Brown and White Vol. 78 no. 33

              brown and white vol 78 - no 33 bethlehem pa - tuesday february 28 1967 866-0331 representation loss protested by frosh by dee mcallister something is rotten m the rhc said lee stewart presi dent of the freshman class during a heated meeting of the freshman class cabinet thursday the controversy between the freshman cabinet and the resi dence halls council involves a memo sent by the rhc saying that new freshman members to rhc must be elected because the rhc constitution forbids any member pledged to or belonging to fraternities or the gryphon society the presidents of the freshman houses are the freshman representatives to rhc of the four delegates three are pledged to fraternities and one to the gryphon society stewart said that the main problem involved was that of loss of representation for the fresh man class on rhc he maintained disagreement marks student-faculty talk by john seitz wide disagreement marked a discussion on civil disobedience between a panel of students and faculty and the audience thursday m the university center the panel for the discussion sponsored by the cosmopolitan club consisted of robert f barnes professor of philosophy donald barry professor of government charles tipton professor of history and students david silverstone 68 and richard subher 68 barry speaking first quoted from plato that under no circum stance was it right to break the law he said that plato's idea must h rejected since m every system there are some unjust laws he believed that civil disobedience should be limited to non-violent violations of the law barry added two prerequisites for those involved m civil dis obedience -- that one must enter into it with a willingness to suffer the consequences and that there must be some proportion between the act and the goal thai it hopes to reach tipton agreed with barry that there is no society m which civil disobedience would entirely disappear however he placed his faith m the rule of the majority saying that if a " majority decides a law it must be obeyed he added that it is extremely dangerous for each man to judge which laws are wrong since anarchy doesn't achieve justice according to tipton " public patience of civil disobedience is wearing out silverstone disagreed with tipton saying that " laws are only made to further the principles set down by the u.s constitution and that if they don't they should go civil disobedience should be the last method of protest he said used only when all other channels are closed subber taking the most radical position on the panel stated that all laws should be obeyed and that any type of civil disobedience is wrong the prime target for the audience during the question and answer period following the discussion he said that the only way of changing laws is through the law-making process he admitted that the majority doesn't " have a monopoly on truth and justice and that everyone will not like every law but added that the legal system m general is supported by everyone barnes the final speaker defended passive resistance as the only type of civil disobedience that was " morally justified he agreed with the majority of the panel that the majority can often pass unjust laws that must eventually be changed through the legal process three students hurt in crashes three people were killed and three lahlgh student were among six others injured m two automobile accidents late friday night and early saturday morning arvtn e anderson a lafayette student was killed and dortne w glkas also from lafayette was fatally injured at 1:10 a.m saturday morning when according to new jersey state police anderson's car travelling west on route 24 in mansfield twp new jersey swerved into the east-bound lane and ran head-on into another car critically injuring the driver lehigh student robert s hamlln 87 and his passenger miss suzzane avers from centenary college hamlin glkas and miss ayers were taken to warren hospital in philllpsburg hamlln was later transfered to auentown general hospital with critical head injuries a compound fracture of the right leg face lacerations and possible internal injuries hospital officials said sunday that there has been no change m his condition he is listed m critical condition glkas died at 3:55 p.m saturday afternoon m warren hospital miss ayers is listed m serious condition miss kay ritz of pittsburgh was killed m a five-car accident at 11:30 friday night when the volkswagen m which she was riding was hit head on by a convertible driven by miss gerry gumlock of bethlehem seriously injured m the small car were lehigh students craig hopkins 69 and reed beidler 60 as well as beidler's sister sally also from pittsburgh all were taken to st luke's hospital where miss beidler is listed m critical condition due to a skull fracture and facial lacera tions hopkins is m serious condition with a fractured thigh bone and deep facial lacerations . hospital officials commented sunday night that hopkins was doing all right reed beidler the driver is listed m fair condition with a broken nose and facial lacerations listed m satisfactory condition at the same hospital is henry hirsch a passenger m the convertible that struck the volkswagen treated at st luke's for cuts and bruises were george a schrneter a taxi driver and miss gumlock according to bethlehem police miss gumlock was travelling east on 4th st when her car collided with a west bound taxi driven by schroeter of walnutport the convertible then careened down the street sideswiped two parked cars and plowed head-on into the right front seat of beidler's car occupied by miss ritz miss gumlock was released on 800 bail after being charged with involuntary manslaughter reckless operation of a motor vehicle and failure to have a driver's license b&w photo by carvill totally destroyed - what remains of the volkswagen m which kay ritz died and reed beidler 69 craig hopkins 69 and sally beidler were injured stands as a silent reminder of an untimely end to a pleasant evening _^ dean explains concern by marty marasco over crossroads publicity operation crossroads africa inc has stated that it has no knowledge of any connection between the crossroads program and the central in telligence agency here at lehigh dean of student life preston parr expressed concern over the effect of the recent publicity that connected the cia and crass roads africa the statement from the national crossroads office issued by james g rogers chairman of the board and dr james h robinson executive director of crossroads africa stated neither operation crossroads africa inc nor any of its staff or officials have ever at any time had any dirert or indirect relations wtththe central intelligence agency nor has operation crossroads africa at any time knowingly received any funds from the central intelligence agency or organiza tions or foundations alleged to be conduits for such funds the statement said that two grants totaling haw photo by mccaffrey david silverstone 68 insists that laws are only made to further the principles set down by the constitution if they don't they should go he spoke thursday at a debate among three faculty members and two students on civil disobedience see dean page 6 see representation p 8