Brown and White Vol. 81 no. 42

              brown and white vol 81 no 42 l*v>e&xtt:w :■:•;■■■•:•:■»:■:■:-■•:-:■■ bethlehem pa tuesday march 24 1970 864-0331 v:v:-.s .-$.-« u pollution problems outlined by loren ota lehigh university presents a mixed picture in terms of attacks upon tte environment on campus one finds examples of potential sources of pollution being effectively handled and other cases where violations of the environment con tinue unchecked while one might suspect tte chemistry department of discharging dangerous chemicals into the sanitation system such suspicions are unfounded sure we dump a lot of common chemi cals down tte drain in undergraduate labs says dr ned heindel of thectemls try department however according to mr joe mart of bethlehem's sanitation department this disposal method is acceptable because the chemicals are diluted sufficiently before reaching the sewage treatment plant although no system exists for disposing of exotic and dangerous chemicals dr heindel points out that rather than being poured down drains such chemicals are stored and kept soon however the chem department will have to develop a method for final disposal of these dangerous chemicals more likely than not the chem depart ment will adopt a disposal method similar to that used tn the chemical engineering department the system in whitaker lab according to dr sidney kleinberg is to store waste solvents and oils ln a large drum which will be carted away and buried once full in addition to the drum disposal dr kleinberg states all chemical drains in whitaker lab lead to a hold-up tank filled with limestone rock where acidic effluents are neutralized clearly the chem and chem engineering departments have attempted to regulate tteir dangerous pollutants in contrast to these efforts of environ mental control the operation of the central heating and refrigeration plant stands out blatantly anyone who has walked between the plant and taylor stadium when the wind conditions were wrong knows how over whelming so 2 ait pollution can be according to a faculty member in tte chem engineering department tte stacks on tte plant are ridiculously short if the stacks were higher the troublesome gases b&w photo by cam an a the university power plant is one of tho sources of pollution that tha eco logy action group is trying to curb their efforts are bant towards tha april 22 ecology teach-in which will ba aa attempt to educate tha people of tha lehigh valley about tha dangers that pollution presents to tha environment ending uni varsity pollution has high priority nader group to fight gm on pollution by donald palmer last week the university of michigan sponsored what was possibly the biggest anti pollution extravaganza so far ln am erica's ever-widening fervor to preserve the environment there were many pro minent speakers a car burial and hun dreds of other events to get people stirred up about the environmental crisis but aside from all the speeches and the symbolic brouhaha some positive steps also were taken toward ending pollution one of these occurred when tte president of u of m backed student demands that the school use its 27 500 shares of gen eral motors stock to back a three point proposal by the project for corporate responsibility the project formed by ralph nader plans to submit the following three points to stockholders at gm's annual meeting on may 17 that no actions of tte company shall be taken in a manner which is det rimental to the health safety or wefare of the citizens of the united states ; that b&w photo by uhland minnie brown director of the bethlehem selective service board discusses draft procedures used by the board in selecting the available registrees mora torium supporters gathered of the office thursday in an attempt to slow down the daily routine if the government service the result was the complete dis ruption of its operation social worker describes efforts to aid baltimore ghetto children by tom foley mrs ric liard polley program direc tor for tlte midtown churches commun ity association mcca of baltimore md spoke on her involvement in the innercity before some go persons at a lee ture in whitaker auditorium wednesday sponsored by the interfaith council mrs polley's appearance was arranged through the rev francis j sullivan former university advisor to catholic students whose present post is at st ann's church in baltimore a member of the mcca camp crisis a summer program for behaviorally maladjusted ghetto children between the ages of five and fifteen and breakfast is a warm experience a break fast program for ghetto y out lis are two programs in which mrs pol ley is in volved mrs polley describes camp crisis as an attempt at providing life experience ior the children she said the camp was a response to one child that i found in juvenile court and became quite concern ed about this prompted her to setup a camp where everyday activities were non-threatening and the dominant feel ing conveyed to the children through personal relationships is one of accep tance dignity and love the structure of the camps is such that personal relationships between the chil dren and tlte counselors are an intricate part of the program last summer 28 counselors trained by the john f ken nedy institute for the habilitation of the physically and mentally handicapped child took care of 40 children individualized attention for each child is an important part of our program she said the camp lasted four weeks with tte children bused between the camp site and their homes each day mrs polley sent out literature to schools and societies asking that they refer to her children that " needed tte camp scene she received 123 applications from which she select ed tte 40 campers she hopes to expand the camp this summer a follow-up program ls now ln oper ation every other saturday the 40 child ren who participated in camp are brought together at one of the mcca churches she said that this continued contact " helps promote a fol low through of tte camp s goals according to mrs polley tte break fast program started with 14 malnur lshed children at camp at tte begin ning of this program she was feeding 30 children in ter own home since then th program has grown to such an extent that it was necessary to move it into sev eral churches where a total of 264 child ren are now being fed a tutorial program a study of mal nutrition in the inner city a counselling service and a clean up are among tte otter projects undertaken by mcca in order to work effectively in the city neighborhood mrs polley her husband dick and their four children moved from their suburban home to a community cen ter town house owned by one of he mcca churches the adjustment was difficult but the polley's made it out of steer effort mrs polley said i don't know that i would advise it when asked if she felt others should take the same action site said one of tte reasons the family moved was because of the children not ing that the children are more free they're learning more there are a few problems however tte children seem to be picking up a a few characteristics of the society around them they have a cer tain sense of timelessness a feeling that there is always enough time for everything one change mrs polley would like to make is to " move away from being a com munity center she feels that increasing the privacy afforded ter family would not hurt ter present efforts mrs richaro polley see students page 5 see pollution page 4