Brown and White Vol. 82 no. 12

              brown and white 866-0331 vol 82-no 12 bethlehem pa tuesday october 27 1970 opposition to 1-378 meetings proposed faculty and students at thursday's special meeting of the university forum the proposed 1-78 was discussed the highway as explained by bethlehem mayor h gordon payrow and south side 76 chairman reese jones will divide the south bethlehem community with a 158-foot wide high-speed depress ed highway the proposed route is through the heart of the 3rd street business district it will displace over t»00 low-income families living along the proposed route moreover it will completely destroy the heart of the south side urban society we feel this an injustice to displace the victims of the community for the construction of a road whose necessity has vet to l>e demonstrated city offi cials feel this is a closed is^ue we feel it is not the community affected has had little or no opportunity to voice its opinion con cerning this threat to their environment and way ol life and even less ability to affect the political decision made for them we believe that there is considerable doubt as to the necessit for such a route we also feel that the community's desire for the highway is still in question a meeting will be held in whitaker audi torium on wednesday oct 2h , at 7-4f p.m to organize action to join the south side community in the face of this threat to its existence all members of the lehigh community concerned about the plight of the south side community are urged to attend this meet ing a meeting with the community will be held soon thereafter kenneth 1 rl lander donald w miles ferdinand p beer james r kasser joseph a dowling charles s steele david c amidon timothvß mcclarnon charles f vihon william i quay john h.gra ha m . projection 76 pinpoints future housing problems ed'tor s note this text of projection 76 ' was prepared by dean of residence clarence b campbell to outline the university s residence needs over a six year span the report has been approved by the defunct jcul residence subcommittee and is presently being considered by the student affairs committee for adoption final approval rests with the forum and the board of trustees what will be the residential distribution in io7r>_io77 projection 76 is a first working document proposing both a design and a procedure for reaching tliat design whether it will survive intact the scrutiny of interested parties is doubtful it will however it is hoped be useful in pinpointing some of the practical problems that are to be faced some of the philosophical concerns that ought to receive consideration and at the least provide a spring hoard for ultimate derisions it cannot be over-emphasized that decisions must be made in the very near future if we are to maximize the op portunities which the challenge of the next few years sets before us this document does not deal with new housing except to express the need for it statements of design location furnishings etc of new housing are beyond the scope of this paper what projection 76 does 1 it provides for an orderly transition from what is to what will be no upper classman will be displaced from his residence except to equally desirable or more desirable quarters 2 freshman isolation is alleviated bv relocating freshmen to areas also occupied by upperc lass men 3 a fully integrated residence is a possibility in mcclintic-mar.shall freshmen men and women with upperc lass men ami women 4 overcrowding is eliminated in freshman halls by september 1972 r full renovation of taylor is provided for during 1971-72 6 flexibility in regard to number of freshmen housed remains possible by reducing optimum conditions in dravo richards and drinker as needed 7 flexibility in regard to number of freshmen women housed is possible through integration with upperc lass women in mcclintic-marshall . note in spite of the minimum flexibility provided by 6 and 7 above p 76 calls for a new admissions policy based on the housing available and not on a round enrollment figure this is particularly important through 1972-73 while our accommodations are relatively fixed for example to admit more than 84 women to residence in 1971 will leave the excess with no available housing to admit fewer will leave space in a new residence hall 8 women are placed in housing which lends itself most easily to conversion and which provides maximum security 9 women are housed in all general areas 10 coeducational housing is provided housing for women only is not provided for in p'76 but may be made an option in the new housing if desired 11 a maximum variety of housing experiences is available considering the restric tions of the physical plant - freshmen men only freshmen coeducational freshman upperclass integrated upperclassmen only upperc lass coeducational etc 12 p 76 provides for a reasonably good basic dining plan what p'76 cannot do 1 it can't do all of the above immediately 2 freshmen overcrowding continues through 1971-72 3 sophomore squeeze continues through 1971-72 and becomes drastic thereafter until new housing is provided 4 with the completion of the new dining hall we will be long on dining and short on housing until additional housing is available b&w photo by cam an a prominent speakers in thursday nights forum meeting were right to left mayor gordon payrow university president w dem ing lewis the reverend john daniel south side 76 committee president of south side 76 committee and of the first valley bank reese jones city university officals discuss housing plans by walter wilczynski university president w deming lewis implied the finality of the university's decision to locate graduate housing in saucon valley saying only a stroke of genius 1 ' could change the university's plans this remark came during a forum meeting thursday night that was attended by mayor gordon payrow the chairman of south side 76 an organization to facilitate the construction of the proposed highway running through south bethlehem linking the spur route to 1-78 and representatives of the bethlehem redev elopment authority paul franz vice president for development concurred with lewis saving that be cause of financial considerations there was nochoice but to build the initial phase of increased housing in saucon valley the first phase of mags married and graduate student housing can not wait franz said they must be built franz pointed to the high cost of land and high-rise construction as the major deter ents to building on the south side these costs would force rents in such housing to be prohibitively high compared to proposed rents in saucon valley where the universit could build on its own land and have enough room for non-high rise structures the buildings would require parking and access he said which would necessitate buying even more land the land owned now by the university on the south side is being saved for future pro jects involving academic administrative and cultural buildings according to franz however franz said the location of residence halls to be built in later years is up for grabs whatever happens he reassured the university is anxious to come back to the town to come back from saucon valley u's southside building plans b & w analysis by george j bancroft proposals for south side construction by the university are under consideration by the university and the community two specific proposals each of which has great possibilities have been made known the first presented to the university several months ago was for cooperation between the university and commercial interests in erecting high rise buildings the proposal or suggestion as the different parties refer to it involved the first vallev rank and the university reese jones chairman of south side 76 and president of the bank suggested that in view of the bank's planned reloca tion of its south side branch it would pur chase land for its own building and give the university air rights over the building speaking to jones on thursday morning he said his suggestion entailed the purchase of an entire block in the fourth st area he said the bank would construct any foundations necessary to support any building the university would plan toerect the ground floor of the project would include the bank's branch office and possibly other commercial buildings dr w deming lewis university pres ident confirmed wednesday night that such a suggestion had been made he said that it is an extremely attractive proposal and that the university is con see " p 76 page 6 see south page 7 see housing page 4 the brown and white will not be pub lished friday oct 30 the next issue will be published tuesday nov 3