Brown and White Vol. 80 no. 51

              lehigh university brown and white vol ou no st bethliheh r*-**£j*j a may y tw 866-0331 imiiri liiliiiwillh mill blackball motion tabled 10 student fee blocked - -• * . by mike jeppsen la an action filled meeting wednesday night arcadia tabled a motion that according to its author eric grouse ii wis be transformed into a recom mendation thattrwinterfiaiai'iiliv council formalize its opposition to the blackball defeated a motion to ask the board of trustees to institute a 16 student activities lee for gjediisies and undergraduates tabled a motion from the goals committee that groups 13 arcadia committees under an administrative council of 16 students this last motion is designed to enable vested interest grosps the residence halls interfraternity and town council to work together in areas of common need as athletics concerts and lectures eric crouse said the purpose of the motion on the blackball is designed to spur the inter fraternity council into formali zation of their opposition to the blackball which is defined m * secret ballot la which one two or three votes can prevent someone from becoming a mem ber or sledge of a living group he said that ipc expressed this opposition when it jmtftfmsly voted against ♦!* blackball at one of its meetings but missed an opportrmlty to pot teeth into it by defeating the 80-j proposal the 80-20 pro posal provided thai more than a 20 per cent negative vote would be needed to prevent someone from being offered a bid jack mme president of ipc said the so-s proposal was defeated because the fraternities want to be able to determine selection procedures in dividually the motion on the blackball that was tabled urged the faculty human relations commission to condemn the blackball it was tabled because some arcadians want to discuss further whether or not they have the right to legislate in this area the purpose of the human ■ relations commission is te define and provide sanctions for cuecri mt natory practices ana is not concerned with aaiiiihna '" — it waxrasß^oaßßßvjßjß the commission creuse said aftsr 3 nveitne bow phew by dbason arcadians discuss blackball motion poverty problems not race problems by donald palmer we must stop viewing the poverty and urban problems in america as racial ones and begin to look at them as a class problem one which pervades ethnic bar riers declared dr marc fried of boston college in wednesday night s urban lecture in the last lecture in this year's series fried also blasted prevalent myths about this country's high social mobility and its increasingly equitable distribution of wealth using data which has been regularly accumulating since 1929 fried developed the hypothesis that although there has been an apparent subjective increase in the standard of living due to an increased gross national product there has been no objective redistribution of wealth he also stated that while there are apparently more higher status jobs now than in 1929 this is not really so because job titles have lost much of their original meanings and now have watered down meanings fried said that these factors are components of the social stability which persists in mis country fried said that social mobility ths case with which one can move up in social status is not ever increasing as is commonly assumed but tends to be static in the long run he stated bat if one generation tends to move up the next will tend to move down for the lower classes mobility is virtually not true he said the notion of this country as a melting pot is patently erroneous stated fried he said that there has been a very very slow process of assimilation of immigrants in thin country because of america's continuing pattern of anti ethnic sentiment he added that the negro has suffered more impediments in the assimilation process than any other group dug to this social rejection groups have tended to congregate in urban slums with one ethnic group always in the process of displacing another one within a given slum he said he stated that the close contact between various ethnic groups within a slum tends to dr marc fried seniors trying to offset influence of alumni assn seven university seniors have formed a group called alumni in exile and are now seeking support from other members of their senior class the group headed by casey cogut former vice-president of arcadia • describee the present voice of the lehigh alumni — the lehigh alumni association — ~ as having a 19th century mentality and a beer and pretzel philosophy the group hopes to work toward rede fining the role of the alumni in the operation of the university and promot ing institutional change while offsetting llk lnfluence of the present conservative alumni association besides cogut the group includes aldo borin former arcadia president stu van scoyoc former president of the gryphon society alan soschtn former editor of the brown and white thomas hunt former president of chi phi fraternity ail mcolotic former vice-president of omicron delta kappa and dan sassi former president of residence halls council cogut said that examples of trustee conservatism include their handling of the lehigh alumni bulletin and the type of trustees they elect the group has sent letters to about 110 graduating seniors urging them to join the group because according to the letter they have worked hard to promote change at the university yet many of them now feel a strong desire to leave and forget about lehigh such a move would leave the impetus for reform and innovation at the university up to only a few interested students and a few crusading faculty members the letter explains the group plans to it sßttt tfw nodule of may and then call a meeting of all those who have expressed interest in joining the alumni in exile at this time the group will discuss in jnore detail plans for the future according to sosc hi n the seven founders do net wish t^deter mine the direction of the entire organization plans are also being made to attract a following in the junior class and among those alumni who have graduated within the past five years although cogut said other selected alumni win also be cozseadetue ifc votes for local autonomy by lou lightfoot at its tuesday night meeting the interfraternity council ifc passed a motion stating that frater nities will have local autonomy regarding selection procedures and will comply with any university regulations regarding discrimination the motion which entailed a change in the ipc constitution was proposed by former president sandy mcconnel at the april is meeting as a substitute motion for the controversial 80-20 rule the motion was tabled at that meeting pending further dis cussion there was some dissent on the proposal by members who felt that the ifc should not put its foot la its mouth by agreeing to university regulations which have not yet been forrnnlated it waa mentioned however that the ipc would have to comply with the regulations anyway so there was no harm in taking a positive stand now the motion as passed reads member frater nities should determine their own procedures in , regards to selection of pie dps and/or initiates these procedure should comply with university * regulations regarding minority group discrimina tion the vote wee tl yes two no and two lewis campbell and wuest to speak at coed rally the lehigh university rally for co education scheduled for yesterday has been switched to tuesday afternoon may 6 according to alan soschln one of the rally's organizers the switch was made when it became apparent that only a mediocre program could have been arranged in time for yesterday afternoon the added time will enable the sponsors of the rally to obtain a more enlightened group of speakers it will still be held at 2 p.m at the flagpole according to sos*fe!n clarence b campbell dean of residence francis j wuest chairman of the psychology department w doming lewis university president rick rainin 60 a:d rocky chin 69 will speak and others are still being contacted including prof a w gendebien of lafayette who is an influential member of the movement for coeducation at his college mike berney 70 is making arrange ments with cedar crest and muhlenberg girls to attend the rally also there is a possibility that one of the more popular bands on campus may perform after the speakers are finished arcadia has been active in the plans for the rally and greg landvater 72 is handling most of the publicity soschln is also hoping that local trustees and alumni mk bm able to attend in order to get • feeling cf tfci university attitudes toward coeducation carey b joynt chairman of the inter national relations department and head of the coeducation committee has promised to have official spokesmen at the rally who will be able to answer questions on the progress of the committee teachers are urged to suspend their classes trtwrs practical so that as many pcapls as fqmmihtm wtii beanie to attend see blackball pago 5 s local p « see problems page 9 i tdpol ads i 1 the headline on page one of the | i april 16 issue ralstatenly gave the i i xmmum "*' arc<di * had the ft i authority to postpone a higher cum § i requirement for graduation edpol 1 i passed the arcadia motion this week i 1 but it must pass the acuity before 1 | taking effect