Brown and White Vol. 73 no. 9

              the crowning of this year's fall houseparty queen will be the highlight of the nov 3 dance to be held in grace hall from 9 to 1 will hamp chairman of the queen committee announced that all living groups must submit pic tures of their candidates for the contest to box 67 university post office by oct 26 the girl's name and the living group she repre sents must accompany all pictures hamp added that all pictures will be returned campus chest drive officials will attempt to collect 5,000 this week seeking a minimum 2 contribution from each student the cam paign began yesterday and will continue through next monday thomas power 62 a participant in the crossroads africa program last summer will present two speeches on behalf of the campaign this week presenting a resume of the objectives of the program and his ac tivities last summer power will speak at delta tau delta tonight at 7:30 p.m and at drinker house thursday at 7:30 p.m david vastine 62 was named chairman of the drive by arcadia last week after the resignation of michael vianello 62 living group presidents will solicit contributions for the campaign this week the ten living groups with the highest per capita contribution will receive top priority ticket allotments for the lehigh-lafayette fooball game next month proceeds of the campaign will be distributed among numerous local and national charitable organizations the world university service a non political organization which supports needy students in foreign nations with scholarships food clothing and medical aid will receive 30 per cent of the donations the campus chest scholarship fund will also receive 30 per cent to provide assistance to needy foreign students here and for support of participants in the crossroads africa fifteen per cent of the campaign funds will be given to the united negro students which seeks to provide educational opportunities for negro students ? the bethlehem community chest and red cross will receive 15 per cent to support local wel fare activities the remaining 10 per cent will be distributed among such national organizations as cancer fund march of dimes heart fund and mental health ? editor of endor seesstudentaid key to success u fro sell ross common use funds for market with bud rader's orchestra per forming upstairs in grace hall tickets will be placed on sale in all living groups on wednesday the price is 6 per couple russ cramer decoration com mittee chairman in describing the decorating plans said that the bandstand would resemble a re viewing stand curtains will be hung on either side to create the impression of a tent shields bear ing the names of each living group see hp page 4 ? h'party queen contestants must register by oct 26 umfartllas and raincoats were the unirorm for a soggy but enthusiastic par ents day the class presidents will select 10 or 12 semi-finalists whose pic tures will appear in the brown and white on oct 31 ballots will be printed in that issue the election will be held one day only — wednesday nov 1 the top three vote receivers will be finalists and the queen will be selected by a board of judges at the dance personality and ap pearance are the qualities which the judges will consider doug krause publicity chair man added thatf till contest will be run basically as it was last spring krause mentioned that the committee was looking for a per sonality to conduct the crown ; ng ceremony last semester the honor was performed by louis arm strong featured at the fall houseparty will be count basic's orchestra arcadia begins survey an arcadia subcommittee will survey campus opinion on study habits special facilities and fur ni&hings for the projected expan sion of the university library questionnaires will be distrib uted to living groups who will be requested to complete and return the forms richard straub 62 editor of endor has reported an amaz ing amount of interest in the cdi tion of the literary magazine to be published in december straub believes that with such enthusiasm from his present 14 man staff and support through con tributions and purchase endor will contribute to the literary at mosphere on campus the editor expressed a desire to have this literary atmosphere rep resented in markets off campus in bookstores and at various col leges the magazine will live or die 1 on the support and contribution of students straub said the obvious concern for an audi • see endor page 9 the impending sale of the university's 540-acre ross common tract for 95,000 has been announced the proposed sale was announced during a recent meeting of the bethlehem city council the property was originally part of the brod head estate the money may be applied toward building a food fair supermarket in south bethlehem under the terms of the albert brodhcad will lehigh may use the property or sell it only to acquire funds for improvement on other uni versity sites the property will be sold to philip axt and is located in ross and hamilton townships monroe county near wind gap if lehigh should fail to comply with the will the tract would be turned over to the moravian congregation and from there to the city the 95,000 will be used toward a 300,000 sum which the university needs to complete the construction of the supermarket the construction of the supermarket will increase the university's earnings on its real estate holdings reflections of a university president dr neville discusses future of lehigh the strong will get stronger and the weak will get weaker in the struggle for survival among private institutions in the next decade president h a neville told the brown and white in a personal interview last week in his first official press conference as univer sity president dr neville commented on the prob lems facing lehigh as a private university involved in an impending national teacher shortage and stu dent surplus the major difficulty he noted is not that the number of teachers is diminishing but that it is not increasing striving to maintain a scholarly faculty is the problem of all administrators of private colleges and universities dr neville stated no institution has a monopoly on scholars we must insist on getting our share citing the trustees decision to expand the un dergraduate enrollment as lehigh's part in the na tional problem of an increasing number of students the president said that selection of these additional students will not be based on their proposed fields of study their selection will be determined by the qual ity of applicants we will take the best in every sense if in the future greater numbers of students should enroll in arts or business we shall make proper adjustments dr neville continued how ever it is quite likely that in the foreseeable future we shall continue to have a major portion of the student body enrolled in engineering or science discussing the instructional program dr neville observed that the university is constantly exam ining the content of courses and curriculum the university has a continuous obligation to be constantly alert to new and better instructional methods on alumni-university relations dr neville com mented that each alumnus has a continuing debt which grows as he grows in success to repay his alma mater — not only in financial terms but in in tellectual services bethlehem pa president harvey a neville tuesday oct 17 1961 charities seek 5,000 in funds campus chest fm vo 73 no 9 count ba3ie lehigh university brown and white