Brown and White Vol. 73 no. 47

              ryan missimer gould top annual promotions the promotion of 20 faculty members including two to department heads and three to full professorships was announced at yesterday's faculty meeting by dr harvey a neville university president dr j donald ryan associate professor and acting head of the de partment of geology was named professor and head of the department of geology the appointment of dr rocco j tresolini as head of an independ ent government department was also announced samuel h missimer associate director of admission was named director of admission and advanced in faculty rank from assistant pro fessor to associate professor warren gould associate director of development was appointed director of development other faculty members advanced from associate professor to full professorships are robert b cutler head of the department of music and dr james a mclennan jr of the department of physics eight assistant professors were promoted to the rank of associate professor including dr nicholas w balabkins department of econom ics thoburn v barker division of speech in the department of eng lish dr jerome daen department of chemistry also dr sherman k krupp department of economics dr rich ard g malsberger department of biology dr wesley r smith de partment of physics dr james e sturm department of chemistry and dr theodore v galambos advanced from research assistant pro see 20 page 4 for tenth volume prof gipson awarded pulitzer history prize bethlehem pa tuesday may 8 1962 866-0331 dept of gov't created tresolini named head no 73 — vol 47 dr rocco j tresolini center to hold world's stock of science info dr lawrence h gipson see gipson page 6 ? the rockefeller foundation and from the university the central theme of gipson's monumental series is a contrast and comparison of competing eighteenth century imperialistic systems and the implications to dr lawrence henry gipson research professor emeritus of his tory and an internationally known historian was named winner of the 1962 pulitzer prize in history yesterday announcement of the 46th annual awarding of prizes in journalism letters and music was made in new york by dr grayson kirk presi dent of columbia university gipson received the award for his work the triumphant empire thunder clouds gather in the west 1763-1766 published last no the volume is the tenth of a 12 volume series titled the british empire before the american re volution published by alfred a dr gipson is the first pulitzer prize-winner in the history of the i am very pleased that this re cognition has come to the series gipson laid last night i have a sense of gratitude to the students and faculty of the univers ty for their awareness of the volumes i have a deep sense of appre ciation to lehigh for its perfectly wonderful attitude towards my work i appreciate the continued support of dr neville during hi tenure as director of the institut of research provost and presiden of the university i am grateful to the rockefeller foundation and to its former pres ident dean rusk now secretary of state dr gipson has been working on the series under grants from the revised class schedule for flagpole day whose exercises will be held thursday may 11 at 11:30 a.m , is first class 8 8:10 8:50 second class 9 9:00 9:40 third class 10 9:50-10:30 fourth class 11 10:40-11:20 lunch 10:30-11:15 flagpole day exercises at the flagpole packard auditorium in case of rain 11:30-12:30 fifth class 12 12:50 1:30 lunch 12:30 1:30 sixth class 1 1:40 2:20 seventh class 2 2:30 3:10 eighth class 3 3:20 4:00 flagpole day schedule dr rocco j tresolini professor of political science will head a newly created department of government dr harvey a neville university president announced at yesterday's faculty meeting the university board of trustees approved the separation of the government program from the department of history and government at their meeting in new york on april 4 dr tresolini's appointment will be effective july 1 dr tresolini told the brown and white that there will be no basic changes in the government program he said that establishment of an independent government department recognizes government as a ma jor field this move he said brings us in line with the practice of the major american institutions where separate departments of government have been in exist ence for a number of years in recent years he said in dependent governmental depart ments have been created at rut gers washington state college and villanova establishing government as an independent field tresolini said makes it possible for students majoring in government to be identified with government as a major field he explained that it has be come more and more obvious that government plays a key role in our lives the power of govern see no page 7 ? missimer to mc flagpole ceremonies thursday establishment of a center for the information sciences a trans disciplinary research and instruc tional program aimed at bringing the world's stock of recorded in formation under control was an nounced recently by dr harvey a neville university president the new center is the third in ter-departmental and interdisci plinary laboratory for research and instruction established here in recent months the two centers announced recently concern mar ine science and materials re search established by lehigh to help bring the world's stock of recorded information under more adequate control said james d mack uni versiyt librarian the center will have three major purposes they are interdepartmental re search in the information sciences an interdisciplinary program of in struction at the graduate level and the development and operation of selected substantive information centers the new center will be a divi sion of the university library see science page 5 ing group with the highest academic average winners of the class elections now in prog ress will also be announced at the ceremonies the passing of the senior cane from the class of 1962 to the class of 1963 will be fol lowed by the presentation of the senior class gift the glee club and band will close the cere monies with the singing and playing of th alma mater barclay griffith 64 is general chairman fco flagpole day ceremonies with charles w weigle 64 thomas e reed 64 henry p cambell assistant director of physical educa tion and ceremonies chairman for the athleti department and john n mcgrath jr 62 all classes will be shortened thursday bj 10 minutes in the event of rain the cere monies will be held in packard lab audi torium award to the student who has done the most to promote student body unity campus co operation for worthy objectives and loyalty to alma mater will be presented also to be presented is the howard r bosey reiter leadership cup to a senior for all-around leadership scheduled for presentation are 27 athletic awards covering every sport in which the uni versity participates cross country sailing track and field fencing swimming lacrosse baseball basketball tennis wrestling rifle hockey soccer golf and football following the sports awards will be the awards and recognitions for debate service honoraries and leadership new members of phi eta sigma phi beta kappa omicron del ta kappa and cyanide will be recognized among the other awards to be presented is the phi eta sigma award to the freshman liv presentation of service and leadership awards and the announcement of the new class officers will highlight the annual flag pole day ceremonies at 11:30 a.m thursday dedication of the 1962 epitome announce ment of new cyanide and odk members and the presentation of 27 athletic awards will also be featured samuel h missimer assistant director of admissions will serve as master of ceremonies william b leckonby director of the division of athletics and physical education will give the introductory remarks the lehigh university band under the baton of student conductor grant anderson 62 will play and chaplain raymond f feussle will give the invocation the eastern collegiate athletic conference merit award for academic achievement and athletic prowess and the dean's service samuel h missimer warren gould dr j donald ryan lehigh university brown and white