Brown and White Vol. 78 no. 13

              brown and white vol 78 r not 13 ■'.•'•'■ :•»:■:■ :•:■■■ :•■•% ■-•.•.■.•.•-•.■.■.■.'.•.».-.■ ■.-... bethlehem pa mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm m i mmm tuesday november 1 1966 8660331 30 join political group thirty lehigh students enrolled friday in the students for a democratic society in an organiza tional meeting in the university center heckling caused some difficulty in the progress of the meet ing but was quickly quelled explaining the aims of the society and its local aims thomas power of the department of eco nomics said that the main purpose of the group is to create a radical democracy in which everyone participates he referred to the goal as " parti cipatory democracy in another speech david silverstone 68 said that he believed that the civil rights movement has not accomplished its original aims of the civil rights legislation of today he said that the quality of the negro's life has hot changed as a result of this legislation neal neamand a history graduate student spoke on the draft and what significance lehigh has with the government on this problem herb ford 68 also gave his views on the viet nam difficulty dana hodgdon 68 volunteered to art as tempor ary chairman until the society is fully organized on campus rhc folk festival loss explained blaming the monetary failure of the recent folk festival on the lack of interest and participation on campus henry berger presi dent of the residence halls council said that the council lost 800 of an original investment of 1,600 he said that at least one-half the concert audience was not from campus showing that there was very little s t udent - faculty participation in the festival he blamed the festival failure on conservative lehigh students and faculty who were not enthusiastic about a " something new concert and the lack of publicity and overall excitement for the program since the concert was held in upper grace hall berger felt that the big weekend attraction was not there however he and the council believed that the upper floor has better acoustics than the main floor of grace hall also it had a more intimate atmosphere which was essential for this type of concert he said john szwed associate professor of cultural anthropolo gy and originator of the idea of the concert said " i felt that the afternoon session was much more beneficial than the evening one he noted that the ramblers had said after the show that the festival was more successful than the newport folk festival there were 400 people in the audience at the concert and 125 at the afternoon workshop the concert figure includes go people who were families of the enter tainers asked if the proposed arcadia reserve fund would have helped rectify rhc's loss berger said i feel that the folk festival was purely a rhc sponsored event so no other group should give us financial backing even though rhc sustained a substantial loss thus we wouldn't have applied to the fund in any case . haw pholo by yhwdall a motorcycle operated by robert elliot j 68 collided with a truck saturday on the road behind grace hall leading to the centennial houses elliot was admitted to st luke's hospital with a torn knee cartilage he was listed in fair condition sunday night trustee group releases saftey progress report the trus tee planning and development committee has issued a progress report on several facility projects relating to campus safety the report was released bythe office of public information after a meeting with vice president charles setdle treasurer elmer glick and the faculty committee on safety and preventive maintenance only two of the proposed eight projects have been completed reflectors have been placed a long sayre park roads and new steps have been completed from grace hall to the centenial ßesidence halls work has begun on several of the proposed projects the progress report is as follows six new fire hydrants are to be placed on campus as soon as the locations are approved bythe ret hie hem fire and water departments the bids for the replacement of the steps between the uni versity center and the library are now being accepted reconstruction of the steps between beta theta pi and taylor hall will begin as soon as the fraternity has finalized its construction plans a lighting program for the l>arking bits and roads has been initiated and some of the work has been completed a continuing studv of lighting is being made so that all new areas will have adequate lighting a three-way stop will be initiated at the intersection adjacent to the flagpole green and packard lab the thrt»e-way stop will remain in effect until that phase of the university's " master plan which calls for • he elimination of campus traffic is realized the plan involves all of ihe university's future building programs the total cost of the safety program will be in excess of 30,000 a breakdown on the costs of each of the projects was not available but according to glick the bids will differ from the estimates and not muchcredence should be placed on the breakdown fbaw photo by van damme participatory democracy is the aim of our society says dr thomas power of the department of economics he was the principle speaker at the introductory meeting of the students for a democratic society on friday snack bar expansion has begun during the past week workman began construction in the uni versity center to provide enlarged work areas for the snack bar the work involves the removal or compressors from the kitchen area or the snack bar and their relocation in what was formerly a coat room near the rear entrance to the u c according to the u c staff the construction began on oct 2 r i and if the plans proceed as scheduled the work will be com pleted by the end of this week the construction is part of the dining services program t provide improved service in the snack bar the removal of the compressors from the kitchen will allow for the installation of a work table town students to get 90 mailboxes in u c during the next few weeks all commuting students will be given mailboxes in the university enter at a cost of nearly 000 24 of the old communal boxes were re moved and 90 new ones identical to those used by campus students were installed fach of the new boxes will accommodate lietween six and eight students according to i add siftar president of the town council the move ment to provide town students with rnnpus addressee was starte i last vear alter tlte request was made the university center advis ory committee provided tlie necessary funds for tin 1 project there is a complete lack ol communication l>etween university organizations and town students - especially the freshmen who are unaware of the rnanv campus activities siftar said william dwyer sujiervisor ol the post office explained that one of the main obstacles which prevented installation of tlie boxes in the past was tliat a limited amount ol wall spice existed in the post office he stated these commuting indents have l»een neglected bv roups within the campus campus addresses tor all students should remedy this ." the box numbers ol commuting students will appear in t lie new university directory dwyer requested that all departments use the new numlters