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              the fall of 1961 when the rates were increased to the present 1,400 per year and the engineer ing fee was eliminated dr charles a seidle director of admissions in 1960 told brown and white at that time in the past tuition increases have appar ently had no effect to improve or hurt our competitive interests in admissions elmer w glick university treasurer said in 1960 that after the increase to 1400 the student would be paying about 50 per cent of the total cost of education at lehigh previously according to 1960 brown and white the student had paid less than half the total selves the 1960 announcement according to the sept 23 1960 brown and white blamed an in flationary period for the rise in operating costs at that time back in 1865 to use the classic comparison tuition at lehigh cost 50 per term — 100 per year — and room in university buildings was free but that was the era of penny candy and one-cent newspapers more recently — between 1952 and 19'4 — tuition for arts students was 725 per year and for engin eers 800 in the fall of 1955 tuition was raised to 900 for arts students and 900 plus a 100 engineering fee for engineers the rate held for two years until the tuition was raised to 1000 for arts and 1000 plus the 100 fee for engineers in the fall of 1957 the following year the rates were raised to 1100 for arts and 1100 plus 100 for engineers tui tion remained at that rate until taylor mccloy named to panel sheltermate no 76 cathy — a freshman at connecticut college cath as she likes to be called is a horseback riding fan and can't stay away from the beach even in the winter by tim wentworth that white tent near the library may look like preparation for nuclear war but actually it means that the bell telephone company is enlarging campus telephone facilities during the summer an incredible 5,000 miles of telephone wire were installed underground to bring total mileage under the campus to about 25,000 as these are actually pairs of wires total length would be double the figures the telephone company has un dertaken the work to insure ade quate service after expansion plan ned by the university several new outside lines have been installed and will be put in service at a future date most work has center ed on increasing the number of inter-building extensions phone company men have been working three shifts per day for the past week to connect some 1800 pairs of new wire the dia meter of the finished package of connections is only about six inches work is done in a 10-foot deep manhole with a canvas tent over it to keep out rain the scourge of telephone lines cables containing 300 or more wire-pairs protrude from one brick wall of the cham ber collect in a tangled mass on the floor and disappear through other walls the entire campus underground cable system is encased in an air tight lead sheath and nitrogen pressure is maintained in the sys tem a drop in this pressure indi cates damage to the cable meters along the line pinpoint the damag ed section and service crews re pair the trouble in a minimum of time this enlargement of facilities is the first major work bell tele phone company has done on the campus in many years this was a dance ??? — lehigh and cedar crest freshmen fraternize saturday night at the annual mixer authorities differed in guesses as to whether upperciassmen outnumbered lehigh frosh 1 lehigh university a #| • m brown and white vol 75 — no 3 bethlehem pa — september 24 1963 866-0331 promotions given to nine on faculty effective next foil tuition to rise by 200 gen maxwell d taylor chairman of the joint chiefs of staff will head a panel of four prominent figures in the first symposium of lehigh's centennial convocation oct 24-26 general taylor will be joined in the discussion of the problems of peace and war by john j mccloy chairman of the board of the ford foundation lord hartley shawcross director of the shell petro leum co and emilio g collado vice president of standard oil co of new jersey dr carey b joynt head of the department of international rela tions has been selected as moderator the panel is one of four to participate in the three-day convocation the 19 speakers for the opening event of the centennial observance will discuss the exercise of man's incredible powers general taylor was appointed to his present position as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff on oct 1 1962 highlighting a distinguished military career spanning five decades of general taylor's efforts during world war 11 former president dwight eisenhower wrote the risks he ran were greater than i asked any other agent or emissary to undertake during the war — he carried weightly responsibilities and discharged them with unerring judgment and every minute was in imminent danger of discovery and death taylor's lengthy military record began in 1922 upon graduation from the u.s military academy he was appointed to the rank of major general during the early years of world war 11 his decorations include the distinguished service cross silver star legion of merit and the purple heart he has received honorary de grees from 13 institutions including lafayette college see more page 5 geology has been appointed head of the all-university comprehen sive honors program dr norman h sam assistant professor of education was named director of summer sessions and dr john a hertz assistant pro fessor of english was appointed director of adult education sheet of canvas covers tangle of phone lines promotions have been awarded to nine members of the university faculty and staff and new appoint ments have been designated for three others some 20 promotions were an nounced at the close of the last academic year advanced from instructor to assistant professor are dr richard kalish and dr warren a pillsbury both of the department of econo mics and robert g sarubbi de partment of mechanics howard c troy assistant to the dean of students has been pro moted to assistant dean of students albert a guilford graduate assistant in civil engineering and stewart l swihart graduate assistant in biology have been pro moted to instructor maxwell g lay fiorello del r estuar and jo seph a yura were advanced from research assistants in civil engi neering to instructors dr j donald ryan professor and head of the department of by eric gutsche the university board of trustees has approved a 200 increase — 14.3 per cent — in the cost of instruc tion starting in the fall semester 1964 notice of the increase in tuition to 1,600 per year has been sent to parents the notice attributes the increase to rising costs the last undergraduate tuition increase — to the present 1400 — was announced in september 1960 and became effective the following pall the explanation presented at that time differs from the present announcement only in phraseology the present announcement says the decision was made reluctant ly and was dictated by rising costs found necessary if the uni versity is to maintain its high standards of operation the 1960 isnnouncement said the same missing from the present an nouncement however was expla nation for the rising costs them