Brown and White Vol. 76 no. 34

              at least seven lehigh fraternity men were injured and taken to st luke's hospital between 2:15 and 2:30 a.m sunday when an auto mobile driven by charles w riether 66 skidded out of control going west on the road in front of beta theta pi fraternity house six of the injured were released immediately after receiving treat ment for minor sprains and bruises robert j burns 66 was held overnight at the hospital for treatment of sprains of the back and leg he was released sunday afternoon an ambulance was called and the seven students were taken to st luke's hospital in addition to burns the hospital reported the following injuries gerald w gschwind 68 multiple bruises sprains of the upper and lower leg and ankle robert k smith 66 sprained right foot and ankle philip e guidi 68 sprained back and thomas m burke 66 back sprain and multiple bruises others injured were robert e cornman 68 who sustained mul tiple bruises and david t buente 68 who received three stitches in his ankle riether has been cited by the bethlehem police for underage drinking captain frank donchez chief of the campus police force told the brown and white sunday that a routine investigation of the accident was in progress official details of the accident were therefore not available at press time according to witnesses the campus police car was parked in the vicinity of nearby sigma chi at the time of the accident because an officer was pursuing a student who knocked cm the window of their car as they were driving past cosmopolitan club plans culture night eral troops sent into mississippi and alabama to protect people going to register and civil rights workers the original plan was to have the demonstrators march the route in groups of two but this was changed to facilitate handling of traffic by police said john sipio march director and member of the bethlehem naacp the small racially-mixed con tingent marched up new street from the future site of the civic center across on market street to main street north on main to broad street and east on broad street to the bethlehem city hall offices where they halted here rev r wakefield roberts pastor of st john's zion a.m.e church bethlehem presented a petition to mayor h gordon pay row payrow accepted it stating he would present it to the council by chuck tschampion members of lehigh's civil rights group played a significant role la a silent but impressive protest march through bethlehem satur day the purpose of the march the first demonstration for civil rights ever held in bethlehem was to protest discrimination against ne groes in alabama ar.d mississippi it joined concurrent marches in all major cities of the country eight of the 42 participants were from lehigh besides six students from the civil rights club dr arthur l brody assist ant professor of psychology and group advisor and preston parr dean of student life were present david silverstone 68 elaborat ed on the purpose of the protest demonstration : we are trying to get legislative support for stronger national civil rights legislation and to get fed beyond the fringe due here march 25 and voiced his appreciation of those present for coming out and showing concern for your fellow man i think what you're doing is right said one grizzled passerby to the negro minister it takes time you know be patient said the mayor to an old negro woman we will she replied the entire demonstration was carried out without incident or excitement sunday morning state troopers using tear gas broke up a similar march in selma alabama the cosmopolitan club will hold its annual international night at 6:30 p.m friday in the cathedral church of the nativity wyaindotte and third streets the annual international night serves as a general gathering of the members of the cosmopolitan club which represents 50 foreign countries jose h fueyo club president said sunday that there are only a limited number of tickets available for the affair at a cost of 1.50 per person the club affords both foreign and american students a chance to exchange ideas and to learn about the cultures and customs of other nations the affair will feature a variety of international cuisine prepared by the foreign students after din ner the guests will be invited to view a display of articles from different countries including cloth ing pottery and paintings a program resembling a talent show will climax the evening students will sing songs native to their countries play foreign mu sical instruments and perform dances of their homelands anyone interested in attending international night can find in formation on it posted in the uni versity center or can call fueyo at 865-0137 notice students are not permitted to park in the alumni mem morial building parking lot during regular school hours from 8 a.m to 4 p.m week days and 8 a.m to 12 noon saturdays see beyond page 4 beyond the fringe a british satire which has appeared on broad way for two years will be performed on march 25 the program sponsored by the committee on performing arts will begin at 8:15 p.m in grace hall a satire on modern society beyond the fringe is composed of 2 sketches lampooning such institutions and individuals as royalty shakespeare sex journalism racial integration television commer cials civil defense concert pianists and fatuous pedants beyond the fringe was originally created for the edinburgh music and theater festival four years ago the festival not only spon sors many professional troupes but also many amateur and college shows collectively called the fringe a group of four college men — alan bennett and peter cook of oxford and jonathan miller and dudley moore of cambridge — were asked to write a few fringe sketches they responded so well that their beyond the fringe was ex panded in scope and brought to london it was later acquired for new york by alexander h cohen producer of the recent version of beyond the fringe an english satire is due at lehigh on march 25 the play will be presented in grace hall twen ty-three sketches lampoon modern society in many areas brown and white 866-0331 bethlehem pa — tuesday march 8 1965 vol 76 — no 34 several injured by skidding car civil rights march held b&w photo by jack laveson silent line of marchers halts at the end of saturday's demonstration the marchers drew attention to the plight of the negro population in mississippi and alabama which is engaged in a struggle for the right to vote by 808 bachmann