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              four lehigh students were killed at mid-year when their car was struck broadside by a steel laden truck on the pennsylvania turnpike the victims were philip g de huff 111 64 richard j duncan 63 bruce s gilfillan 64 thomas e scanlon 64 the turnpike near donegal pa 50 miles east of pittsburgh makes a gentle curve on a small grade on january 24 at 10:30 p.m the road was still wet from an early evening shower it was here that the students westbound auto spun out of con trol jumped the medial strip and crossed into the path of the east bound tractor trailer nearly two hours later the col see auto page 6 rev e sponga leads 22nd religious convo nual program of aid to education 4,000 is to be used for undergrad uate teaching of subjects that con tribute significantly to scientific and engineering education lehigh was also awarded two summer research grants of 1,800 one in chemical engineering and the other in mechanical engineer ing in addition last spring the uni versity received a capital grant of 50,000 from dupont for use toward facilities planned as part of the centennial development program contributions of 1,000 each were given by the international bloch critic finds recital distinguished by prof jonathan elkus joseph bloch a pianist pre sented a distinguished program of music to a capacity osbourne room audience last friday eve ning in the first of the a n cleav er memorial concerts this season mr bloch's recital included the following compositions sonata opus 53 by scriabin sonata opus 101 by beethoven sonata by nor man lloyd first performance four preludes four etudes and lisle joyeuse by debussy in commemoration of the centenary of the composer's birth mr bloch seemed to be in his very best element in the scriabin sonata and in the debussy pieces see bloch page 5 leckonby new athletic director distinguished performer — joseph bloch pianist playing before a capacity audience last friday in university center ? ¦ ? ecumenicism today will be discussed by the very rev ed ward j sponga s j president of woodstock college tonight in the osbourne room of the university center at 8 p.m father sponga a roman catholic theologian who has been involved in a number of efforts toward world wide cooperation among churches is the leader of the 22nd conference on religion which be gan today and will continue through thursday preceding the lecture this eve ning the interfaith council will hold a dinner at 6 p.m in the uni see jesuit page 6 see leck page 8 the u s army he retired from the service with the rank of brigadier general leckonby came to lehigh in 1946 as its youngest football coach in 16 seasons he directed his teams to 85 wins 53 losses and 5 ties the 1950 engineers were lehigh's first with a perfect record and le high was awarded the lamberton cup in both 1957 and 1961 as the best small-college team in the east director leckonby also coached lehigh's golf team to a 140-40-3 mark and three conference cham promotions of football coach william leckonby to the post of director of athletics and line coach michael coley to head football coach have been effective as of feb 1 th appointments were announced by president harvey a neviljc jan 19 leckonby replaces gen percy l sadler who will remain in an advisory capacity until july 1 sadler has served as athletic director at the univer sity since 1946 after more than 30 years service with edward j sponga s.j vice presidents begin duties christensen seidle fronz in new roles bethlehem pa tuesday feb 6 1962 wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmi vol 73 — no 26 honoraries including phi beta kappa of which he is regional vice president dr christensen is a native of canton ohio and received his b.a degree from wooster college and his ph d degree from yale uni versity he was a visiting professor see dr neville page 4 total 62,750 teaching grants given 4 killed on pike in skid-crash turnpike tragedy—-de molished remains of car which carried four lehigh students to their death during the mid semester recess the vehicle went out of control while speeding west on penna turn pike crossed median strip and collided with east-bound trail er-truck killing all occupants and injuring the truck driver dr glenn j christensen dr charles a seidle and paul j franz jr appointed university vice presidents at a meeting of the board of trustees on jan 19 have now assumed office the trustees also granted vice president e kenneth smiley a ter minal leave of absence for reasons of health dr smiley secretary of the board of trustees since 1951 will continue to receive full salary and university benefits dr harvey a neville president expressed his appreciation for the new vice presidents in a letter to the faculty which read it is my earnest hope and expectation that you will give these men in their enlarged responsibilities the same cordial cooperation and support that you have so graciously afforded me i am sure that this strengthening of the administrative staff of the university is required in order to provide adequate attention to all areas and to ensure our continu ing educational progress i am con fident also that your judgment will confirm my decision in recom mending these individuals well known to all of us for their new assignments dr christensen who has been dean of the college of arts and sciences and director of the com bined arts-engineering program since 1956 joined the university's department of engish in 1939 and now holds the office of university provost and vice president a noted authority in the field of english and a writer for government agen cies and private industries on tech nical matters he has been active with lehigh's institute of research and the american society of en gineering education he is a member of numerous junior pix dates set juniors who expect to graduate in june 1963 or february 1964 are urged to arrange for 1963 epitome portraits before friday feb 9 appointments will be accepted february 5 through february 9 in the journalism office university center hours are from 8 to 5 the university has recently re ceived 62,750 in grants ranging from 50,000 from the ford foun dation to 150 from the national lead foundation inc announced elmer w glick university treas urer the ford foundation's contri bution is in the form of forgivable loans to doctoral engineering stu dents preparing to be engineering teachers the number is about one-third the present total of engineering teachers with the doctorate e i dupont de nemours com pany gave 7,600 as part of its an business machines corporation bdgewater steel charitable trust and the bell fund of the buffalo foundation continental can company inc gave 500 and 400 each was con tributed by mccormick and com pany inc.'s charitable trust the joseph parmet co inc catasau qua and morgan guaranty and trust co in new york city household finance foundation gave 300 chenea lectures feb 9 dr paul f chenea vice 1 i president of purdue university 1 i will hold a lecture in the pack i i ard lab auditorium friday 1 1 feb 9 on the next decade in j i engineering and engineering j i education the lecture will be sponsored j i by tau beta pi honorary en j i gineering fraternity and by the j i cooperative lecture series i i committee the lecture begins at 8:00 p.m j 1 and the public is invited see vp page 9 lehigh university brown and white