Brown and White Vol. 81 no. 32

              lehigh university brown and white bethlehem pa tuesoay february 17 1970 vol 81 no 32 846-0331 charged prats claim confusion on rules by william taylor seven fraternities will facp the inter fraternity council ifc judiciary com mittee next week to answer charges of dirty ruahing according to craig hagelin committee chairman the seven fraternities involved are sigma alpha mv alpha chi rho sigma chi theta delta chi kappa sigma lambda chi alpha and phi kappa theta the flrat five are accused of having rush ing dinners while the last two are accused of having freshmen present during a period of closed rush the charges resulted from visits to thirteen fraternities by the ifc fact find ing committee on the evening of friday january 30 according to dft n breene chairman of the fact finding committee the visits resulted from comments over heard ln freshman residence halls concerning friday evening dinner dates breene also received some tips by phone the exact date of the hearing has not been set as yet two members ofthe judiciary committee craig hagelin and k c thompson must be replaced for this case because their fraternities are involv ed according to hagelin the appointment of substitutes is holding up the scheduling of the case several of the fraternities accused felt that some confusion existed with respect to the rules however copies of a letter of clarification were distributed to each house before the end of the first semester and at the beginning of the second semester during contacting paul boneventura chairman of the ifc rushing committee felt the letter clearly stated that weekends were closed but be cause so many questions arose the rules may not have been clear enough both kappa sigma and theta delta chi believed freshmen who had accepted pre bids could visit their fraternities vance parsons of sigma chi aald his fraternity was not aware of the rules he blamed a lack of communication and a general misunderstanding 4 for the pro lems that arose both dava glickstein f sigma alpha mv , and gary lucas of lambda chi alpha thought friday dinners were allowed pat moonan of phi kappa theta said " the rules were clear many houses were doing it all semester dean william quay eco action to solicit aid in lehigh valley area the ecology action group met monday to discuss plans to solicit public aid and cooperation march 4 m the lehigh valley through this meeting the group hopes to enlist support for the environmental day activities at the university april 22 in presenting the march 4 program the group hopes to have the aid of congressman robert roe of new jersey known nationally for his work m the area of conservation and environmental preservation march 11 was set as the tentative date for a symposium of valley mayors this gathering is to be an exchange of ideas between area mayors and scientists concerned with the problem of environmental pollution mayor gordon payrow of bethlehem has already voiced his support and plans to participate m the symposium the program will also serve as a dry run for the environmental day the organizers of the april 22 teach-in hope to use the presence of locally prominent politicians to draw attention to the project letters have been sent to con fred rooney senator hugh scott mayor payrow and mr goddard of the pennsylvania department of forests and waters a program at homer lab on feb 16 is planned to dramatize to the public the role that bethlehem steel has taken m the field of air and water pollution control beginning m group initiate publication a monthly the purpose of the newsletter be to transmit pollution from university to interested people sy welcome any information that concerned persons to be bob fonte outlined the campaign to vehicles for contributing to he noted the cooperation group by payrow bethlehem police department m representatives students at cedar moravian colleges expressed desire to take part ln called for from interested persons to help m group's program pollution educ _. non m grade and secondary schools ota said that needs people who are willing to on pollution in the schools emmaus and quakertown schools have already an m participating ln tma program la expected that other school districts follow a saucon creek pollution study is planned to investigate the problems in immediate of the univeraity the u graduate housing has uncertain future the future of the university's delayed housing project m the monocacy creek urban renewal area was discussed by the bethlehem redevelopment authority bra and university officials yesterday m a closed executive session at the bra headquarters the university purchased a 16-acre tract between the hill-to-hill bridge and seventh avenue and between lehigh street and martins lane m june of 1968 the proposed 4.5-million project is slated to provide 148 graduate housing units long range plans include 300 additional housing facilities totaling 400 living apartments according to paul franz vice president m charge of development the original agreement stated that construction was to begin within two years and failure to do so would empower the bra to reacquire the land and place it on the open market franz stated the delays reflect the difficulties involved ln acquiring finances for this type of project tn order to obtain financing the university had to receive permission from the bra to convey a part of the tract to the penn sylvania higher education facilities authority thia waa done m february 1969 he added that the university ls attempting to secure additional funda from the phefa but mgh interest rates have slowed progress the university stated its case last night a closed meeting waa requested by w deming lewis university president and franz so that the proceedings could be held m a relaxed atmosphere the bra is expected to decide on a course of action the alternatives available to the bra ara to advance the construction date or to obtain legal counsel m adherence with the original agreement harri man distinguished in both public and private life w averill harri man the 1970 blaustein lecturer has distinguished himself as a leader m both the private and public sectors of american ufe a 1913 graduate of yale harri man first worked with union pacific railroad where he served as a vice-president he served as chairman of tbe board of that company from 1932-46 in the meantime harri man's reputation for business and economic acumen had ao grown that he entered public life as an administrator for the national recovery admin istration m 1934 _ .-.__, _ _ . .. w . ... â–  from 1937-39 he wns the chairman of the business advisory the depart ment role m government ex panded during roosevelt appointed harri man as hia i special representative to britain i m later became theam bassador to a post held time he became the secretary in the early harri man as representative to various i nato from i diplomacy to politics m began a four-year term governor new during returned to diplomatic arena and be i came assistant secretary state for far eastern in 1968 president johnson chose harri man serve negotiator the vietnam peace m i by assistant defense secretary cyrus vance was greatly responsible for moving the preliminary talks toward afar more meaningful context harri man's presence adds to growing of outstanding international i experts who have participated m blau i stein series the aeries began ln when sir denis william brogan british political author appeared i here to discuss the dilemma amerl can policy m a changing gen maxwell former u.s ambassador to south vietnam dis cussed the problems multi polar power m world and the vietnam conflict henri spaak a former prima minister of belgium nato secretary-general examined the atlantic ln 1967 aeries ' the fail semester marked the appearance of renowned israeli the annual blaustein lectureships are guaranteed university lectures from the blaustein foundation baltimore md jacob blaustein a member of lehigh's class of is president of the american trading and production corporation ln baltimore w averell harriman see eco page 5