Brown and White Vol. 82 no. 13

              brown and white bethleheh pa tuesday novehber 3 1970 866-0331 vol 82-no 13 u's basic direction unchanged by steve glickstein the three major issues confronting the university — coeducation student unrest and finance have not changed the basic direction m which the university is going said president w deming lewis m his annual report using the words of asa packer lewis described those goals as acquisition of knowledge broadening of vision and enrichment of personal life lewis stressed that the university's primary activity should be the organization preservation dissemination and creation of knowledge he warned against the providing of services which are not strictly educational especially those which would commit us as an institu tion to political or partisan causes lewis said the goal of the university should be to help people to learn to be more effective m doing all of these things and to do them ln a manner which will benefit society educationally the board of trustees has expressed its desire for the university to retain its preeminence ln engineering and the physical sciences while extending its excellence to the humanities and social sciences however lewis cited a lack of resources as an obstacle against realizing these goals for the liberal arts the same pattern has been repeated m the graduate school where problems of resources have prevented the university from developing new areas of strength the result was that lehigh was m danger of develop ing those traditional areas science and engineering even further without comparable development else where said lewis we were m danger of becoming narrower rather than broader m spite of asa packer's goals--as reaffirmed by the trustees—which required us to be concerned with broadening of vision and enrich ment of personal life lewis stated that this was the most important factor leading to the decision to become coeducational he said that the addition of women will increase resources by adding to the number of courses tn tho humanities and social sciences permitting more efficient operation and enriched programs in those areas lewis added that the presence of women on campus should result ln a substantial increase ln the number of male applicants this would help to strengthen the university's largest area approximately 60 percent of financial support tuition that reinforcement may be of vital importance to us during the coming years if we are to continue our progress and remain solvent m the face of considerable financial stress he said lewis characterized the financial problem as the irish senator sees increase in non-violence by gary dohanich in spite of a history of violence we are beginning to find non-violent methods of change irish senator and journalist john horgan said last monday during a speech m whitaker lab horgan gave a background of irish history and compared violence today with the violence of the past both m ireland and america he also discussed some aspects of campus violence and the motiva tions behind this militancy there has been an almost continuous conflict between the majority and the minority of the population he said adding that only recently has this conflict begun to take the form of a non-violent civil-rights movement m ireland horgan explained that the resentment caused by discrimination has acted as a unifying force for the discriminated parties the people notably the catholic minority have decided to be gin imp roving their condition within the framework of the system he cited a change of rhetoric among b&w photo hy smar speaking m whitaker lab last monday irish senator john horgan said today's demonstrations tend to be less violent than those of the past the interna tionally known journalist said this trend toward non-violence is making itself felt m the current civil-rights movement m ireland south side 76 makes last-ditch attempt to persuade u to build housing in city the bethlehem south side 76 committee decided wednesday to make a last-minute attempt to persuade the university to construct a student housing unit within the city a south side 76 general committee meeting will be held at 7;30 p.m next wednesday m ss cyril and methodius church school to consider the alternatives to the university's plan to build m saucon valley gruen associates consultants for the committee proposed alternatives at wednesday's meeting paul franz vice president for development at the university made a presenta tion of the university's construction plans for the next six to 10 years concerning the nov 11 meeting franz said the university had about another month before we lose the housing and urban development grant . the 11th is a good date two alternatives to the university's saucon valley construc tion plan were presented by crawford westbrook of gruen associates option a provides for a non-profit corporation of up to six property owners who have land around the intersection cf fourth and new sts the option calls for the corporation to 1 lease a segment of their pooled land tothe university for the construction of housing units for married students 2 cooperate with the university m the construction of a high-rise structure which provides for a ground floor store and service area and upper-floor apartments 1-378 opposition to be discussed with city officials university students and facuitv members concerned with the proposed construction of a highway through bethle hem's south side will meet this week to discuss the problem with city officials mayor gordon payrow and reese jones chairman of south side 76 will be asked to attend according to don miles the meeting will be to decide whether or not i-378's route through the south side is the best one miles said that a meeting of about 100 people m whitaker lab last wednesday was to find out what campus feeling was toward the proposal david c amidon a history instructor cautioned the group saying i hope there will not be an attempt to rush into the issue it bears investigation amidon said he would like to see a large number of people considering wide range alternatives before any proposals are accepted for construction of the high way i don't think the south slde'76com mlttee has done this amidon also said they needed to know if there was enough housing to replace housing that will be torn down if that is not the case he said we will have to add that to the cost of construction of the highway miles asked volunteers to go to city officials and obtain as much information on the issue as possible blacks here struggle to relate by john lazenby an element of negativism m the univer sity community and the problem of " relating to the school are basic aspects of life for black students here both of these factors lie within the context of student life at lehigh an experience generally considered lacking by both blacks and whites alike nathan harris assistant dean of student lite and advisor to the university's black student's group organization for the enchancement of afro-manlty oea says he feels there is a negativism to ward black-white relations on the campus he believes most black students are fully aware of the fact this negativism harris says is mir rored m black's being subjected to long curious degrading stares as lf they were some sort of oddities and the attitude that blacks are receiving rewards and finan cial aid far out of proportion harris believes that black students do not feel a part of the university and that they perceive the white community as not wanting them here only the pressures of government and the idea that the uni versity should do something for blacks has brought blacks to the campus he says though black students are here harris sees nothing to spur white students to accept them or to become more sympath ic to the black movement opinions on this differ in the words of charles terry 72 many blacks feel that the university does not relate to black students dave lively 73 calls the university a traumatic experience for blacks with more nega tive aspects than positive ones the administration and student body continually say they're liberal but their actions prove otherwise dennis grant 73 says the idea of being looked down upon does not enter into the problem it ls not relevant if someone looks down on him because he's black grant says that ls a problem of the other man's ignorance a black fresh man who did not want his name used finds that everyone ls at least willing to listen the frequent answer blacks give to the problem of relating is more blacks the general belief seems to be that more black students will enhance the community here making life more pleasant for blacks encouraging those that are here to stay and attracting more harris states that every effort ls being made to increase black enrollment though he does not be lieve this will necessarily solve all the problems in his opinion many of these stem from white attitudes perhaps the most acute need some blacks here feel ls for more blacks on the university staff carlos rawlins 74 puts it this way he says he can not trust a white teacher or administrator the way he could a black one the idea ls that the black community here ought to have more adult black leadership and guidance see south page 4 see blacks page 4 see lewis page 4 see irish page 4