Brown and White Vol. 76 no. 1

              big admin guns find uc haven during face lift research scientist dr w dem ing lewis has been selected to succeed dr harvey a neville as tenth president of the university dr neville who for 37 years taught chemistry at lehigh will become president emeritus he has been president since august 1960 monroe j rathbone chairman of the board of trustees has said of the retiring president dr neville has brought to the presi dency both purpose and leader ship dr lewis will be installed at the founder's day exercise in october he has said that he will be most familiar with the engineering as pects of the university but that he will be interested in all phases of university curricula he is confident that lehigh can become a nucleus of academic af fairs in the area i have an aspiration a dream you might say that there is that kind of 8-year-old arsonist l^il««lillillsiliiilliliim theta xi damaged in fire president w deming lewis best truly tough job foust tells record class been repaired two of the three damaged rooms on the second floor have been refurnished walls and ceilings damaged by smoke have been repainted rugs have been replaced and a damag ed section of roof and the water damaged living room have been fixed smoke and fire caused an estimated 10,000 damage to the theta xi fraternity house septem ber sth an 8-year-old bethlehem boy ad mitted setting several fires mi the house located at 468 adams st he said he put out some of the fires but then set one in a second floor bedroom which got out of control one room on the second floor was completely gutted and most of the second floor was damaged by smoke and water one local fireman collapsed from smoke inhalation and was treated at st luke's hospital at the time of the fire the house was unoccupied being closed for the summer one of the firemen said that had the house been open supplying the fire with fresh air the house might have burned completely picture on page 4 but because all the windows were closed said the fireman the fire smoldered causing a great deal of smoke damage on the second floor firemen reached the fire be fore it had burned through the bedroom wall theta xis house manager ken hordch 64 said that the insur ance which the fraternity owns will cover the building but not the furniture and personal belong ings damaged most of the damage has already potential in lehigh he stated shortly after his appointment the new president comes to lehigh after 23 years with the bell telephone co during that time he served as director of switching research executive di rector of research in the commun ications systems division and managing director of systems studies for bellcom inc a bell subsidiary devoted to systems en gineering for the national aero nautic and space administration he does not plan to continue his active research but says he may return to some of it later dr lewis has a background similar to that of former lehigh president dr martin d whitaker whose death in 1960 brought dr neville to his present post dr whitaker came to lehigh from the oak ridge nuclear labora tory in tennessee in contrast dr neville rose through lehigh's academic ranks from assistant professor of chemistry in 1927 to president in 1960 a physicist and mathematician dr lewis holds three degrees from harvard and two from ox ford university where he was a rhodes scholar he also holds 33 patents on such devices as micro wave antennas and filters self correcting circuits digital error detection systems and integrating mobile radio-telephone systems he has written many academic and technical articles in addition to serving as a science consultant to government agencies including the president's scientific advis renovation of the south wing second floor n the alumni mem orial building is entering its sec ond month in a project to provide new quarters for the officers of the university president vice president and treasurer the renovation made possible by the 1962-63 annual giving fund began in early august and is expected to take three months all interior partitions have been razed the fireplaces removed or covered and the installation of floor ducts for electrical and tele phone connections has been com pleted all ceiling ducts and the supply and return lines for the heating system are in place the next major phases in the project will be hanging the drop ped ceiling and construction of new interior partitions the ceil ing will be covered with non-com bustible mineral fissured tile pos sessing favorable acoustic quali ties while most interior walls will be plaster surfaced plans for the see power page 5 sundial vandal scores again over weekend unknown vandals wrested le high's sundial from its granite pedestal behind the alumni mem orial building last weekend the bronze stud which fastened the dial to its base was sheared an ornamental fish was bent and broken and other minor damage was incurred the incident was about the fourth in the three-year history of the dial according to robert numbers superintendent of buildings and grounds numbers said he was first aware of the vandalism when he entered the building monday morning and found the sphere lying inside the entrance apparently placed there by a custodian before the sundial can be re turned to its base a new stud must be made and tapped with an english thread the instrument was designed and manufactured in england the largest freshman class in the history of lehigh 807 men had an opportunity to get acquainted with the faculty and the academic program of the university at three simultaneous college convocations last tuesday the program was part of the three-day freshman orientation week there are really few satisfactions equal to the consciousness that you have tackled a truly tough job have done your best on it and have been successful said dr alan s f»ust dean of the college of engineering i am afraid too many high schools encourage you to work for a grade only you may have been cheated of learning the real satis faction of doing a tough job to the best of your ability he continued the faculty is dedicated to teaching and will make every effort to provide a climate most conducive to your growth dean foust assured the incoming students he went on to say that intellectual growth however must start from an internal spark which gives the individual the drive to learn what you can be taught is infinitesimal in comparison with what you can learn your learning process starts with your own initiative and your internal desire to grow he said the liberally educated man is articulate both in speech and in see yates page 5 vol 76 — no 1 bethlehem pa — friday september 18 1964 blehigh university « ifl •¦ rown ana white dr w deming lewis named 10th president 866-0331 ory committee the office of science - research - development air force and navy he was a charter member of the polaris comand communication commit tee dr lewis is a native of augusta ga pat — sure it's dismal to abandon home town loves to come to school but with girls like this in town things start to look up pat has specialized in several types of dancing — ballet toe modern and party her life-long residence here makes bethlehem a good place to hang your dink