Brown and White Vol. 72 no. 46

              lehigh university brown and white vol 72 — no 46 bethlehem pa friday may 5 1961 un 6-0331 race problem most serious in u s s africa the united states and south africa are the places where the racial problem is most serious dr liston pope stated last night speaking m the university cen ter osbourne room dr pope dean of yale divinity school told a small audience that american race relations are m a state of revolution dean pope phi beta kappa visiting scholar discussed race relations and world struggle his speech was also sponsored by the cooperative lecture series dr pope explained that the slavery system m the south was created by law and that after the civil war the south devised new methods for keeping the negroes under control at the same time other parts of the country were attempting to control other groups such as the oriental mexican and jewish im migrants everywhere m america the barriers went up racial prob lems became a national problem and they remain so dr pope pointed out that we . are m a period of revolution lynching has disappeared anti semitism is declining there is in creased economic opportunity foij negroes and members of other minority groups negroes are given white-collar jobs and the riots and boycotts which had been predicted have failed to materialize more equality of opportunity m education is being enjoyed by minorities today desegregation of schools is being done at least m token fashion the churches will be slow said dr pope ten per cent of all congregations have mixed attend ance the churches are more seg regated than industry schools sports or any other part of amer ican life most people regard the church as a kind of private club where they meet the same friends each week and they don't want to change this is true m all groups despite the churches stand for in tegration the testimony of the churches is clear the practice — muddy prejudice does not cause segre gation but segregation causes pre judice he noted dean pope said all the recent changes add up to revolution that revolution will not stop short of complete equal ity it is heartening that we are making such progress the whole world is watching our every move of the world situation dr pope stated in general racial tensions are greater m areas which have permanent european settlements he cited examples including the congo where the belgians ruled with an iron hand while doing nothing to prepare the people for self-government he predicted that probably angola will be the next african country to blow up with mozambique soon behind most of the racial frictions in side asia have to do with national struggles and internal conflicts however many asians still be lieve that the white man thinks himself superior very little has to be said about racial friction m south america where it is practically non-exist ent dr pope compared brazil with hawaii as situations of almost com plete integration dr davies to visit may 10,11 distinguished theologian the rev dr horton davies dis tinguished british theologian and church historian will lead the 20th conference on religion here may 10 and 11 currently professor of religion at princeton dr davies led a re ligious conference here m 1956 and has since preached several times m the chapel dr davies will deliver six talks as part of his two-day conference here on wednesday may 10 he will lecture to a government 352 claßs m coppee 34 on christianity and racial tensions at 10:10 a.m at 11:10 a.m he will lecture to a religious 14 class m coppee 3 on the forces making for american religious sectarianism at noon will will speak m form ally at a luncheon for the faculty and the interfaith council on the church m south africa a warn ing dr davies will also speak on christianity and communism m conflict at a gryphon society dinner wednesday evening on thursday may 11 dr davies will lecture to a history 16 class m coppee 26 on the oxford movement at 4:15 p.m he will discuss the place of religion m a mod ern university some reflections on cardinal newmans idea of a university at a tea for faculty and students students not enrolled m courses the rev horton davies i.e professor will chair engineering convo here delegates from 19 colleges and universities will attend the spring middle atlantic section meeting of the american society for engineer ing education here tomorrow wallace j richardson professor of industrial engineering will be the general chairman the theme of the conference will be the use of laboratories m learning the speakers at the session will be dr harry c kelly associate director of the national science foundation dr ralph gordon stanton chairman of the mathematics department at the university of waterloo dr evrard m williams head of the department of electrical engin eering at the carnegie institute of technology and albert g holzman professor of industrial engineering at the university of pittsburgh dr james b hartman head of the department of mechanical en gineering here will moderate the speakers panel 21 faculty promoted 6 full professorships twenty-one faculty promotions including six to full professorships were announced today by dr har vey a neville vice-president and provost two staff members were ad vanced to faculty rank faculty members promoted from associate professor to full professor are dr theodore hail perin department of mathematics alfred p koch department of ac counting joseph b mcfadden head of the division of journalism dr raymond r myers research associate m chemistry dr leon ard a wenzel department of chemical engineering and dr ralph c wood department of ger man the 10 assistant professors ad vanced to the rank of associate ♦ professors are keith b chave geology ernest n dilworth eng lish joseph a dowling history and government albert e hart ung english thomas m haynes philosophy roy j leonard civil engineering joseph c osborn mechanics alexis ostapenko civil engineering william a smith in dustrial engineering and ralph n van arnam mathematics and as tronomy promoted from instructor to as sistant professor are richard j redd fine arts george c m sih mechanics donald g tailby eco nomics and sociology and lambert tall civil engineering research dr joseph g pomponio was ad vanced from assistant director of health services to associate direc tor two staff members were ad vanced to faculty rank they are andrew j edmiston supervisor of counseling and testing m the of fice of placement counseling and testing services to the rank of assistant professor and james c mancuso counselor m the office of placement counseling and test ibsen's hedda gabler first of arts offerings hedda gabler by henrik ibsen will be the first offerings of the committee on performing arts formerly the student concerts-lectures series committee for the 1961-62 season the david ross production a new york sellout will be presented on oct 13 m the broughal junior high school auditorium the second offering will be an engagement of the new york pro musica an ensemble devoted to vocal and instrumental music composed before the 18th century the ensemble will be featured m the series on nov 10 m grace hall the renowned minneapolis symphony orchestra will perform m grace hall on sunday afternoon feb 18 as the committee's third offer ing the orchestra will be making a limited eastern tour the closing presentation of next season will be the production of mozart's cosi fan tutte by the turnau opera players of new york book sale tuesday duplicate books will be put on sale next tuesday and wednesday at the university library the unusual sale will run from 9 a.m until noon and from 1 p.m until 4 on the two days m room 1 of the library opposite the rear entrance . the technical session at which the speakers panel will appear will present all aspects of the lab oratory as a factor m engineering eduaction and will develop broad discussion of trends and effective ness of the laboratory m the learn ing process dr kelly will deal with the science aspect dr stanton with ihe mathematics aspect dr wil see pro page 7 see dr davies page 9 see engineer page 4 see six page 11