Brown and White Vol. 84 no. 38

              brown and white vol 84 no 38 friday march 2 1973 886-0331 harvard economist galbraith will be 1973 berman lecturer harvard economist and social critic john kenneth galbraith will lecture at the university on the economics of rational change to take place on may 1 galbraith is this year's presentation in the berman lecture series on economics at lehigh galbraith is currently professor of economics at harvard — a position he has held since 1949 his government service record is extensive he has written many articles and books on economics and government his stand on economic policy is probably best stated in his book the affluent society in which he maintains that the american economy has reached a point where urgency of production is a myth increased production according galbraith does not satisfy genuine needs but rather gratifies wants that have been manufactured by advertising he said that much more should be spent on public services which are far from affluent galbraith stands tall in stature 6'8 and reputation according to current biography galbraith is looked upon by his colleagues as an unorthodox and challenging thinker with an acute sense of humor william f buckley who regularly at tacks galbraith's ideas in national review said where else except in galbraith can you find one who is at once president of the american economics association past president of the americans for democratic action author of the best known economic treatises since john maynard keynes and principal dispenser of the kind of snake oil they have been drinking here in miami beach buckley was referring to galbraith's stand on the redistribution of wealth he called galbraith the principal intellectual patron of the mcgovern convention accordingly galbraith is staunchly anti-nixon in an article in esquire galbraith wrote on a wide range of matters from supreme court ap pointments to racial equality to the problems of the cities and the poor nixon's instinct seems unerringly for the regressive ordivisive course i intend for whatever effect it may have to oppose him in the future as in the past galbraith is an advocate of price con trols despite his bad experiences with price controls during world war ii when he served as an administrator of the office of price administration opa and the director of price controls oi the ex perience galbraith said i reached the point that all price fixers reach my enemies outnumbered my friends john kenneth galbraith leder says u must change to be solvent and viable a national decrease of interest in engineering business and education among college freshmen could hurt lehigh if the university does not change to suit students new interests and demands according to prof lawrence h leder chairman of the forum trends sub committee leder cited a study in the chronicle of higher education which showed that in terest in these careers has dropped while interest in law and medicine has risen according to the study the number of freshmen interested in business since 1966 has fallen from 11.6 to 10.5 per cent in engineering from 8.9 to 5.3 per cent and in elementary secondary and college teaching from 23.5 to 12.7 per cent leder said that in the future it might be difficult to draw high quality students in these areas because of the smaller number of interested students leder suggested that the size of classes in these disciplines be decreased to maintain a high quality of education the creation of a law school at lehigh would be a wise move in view of the study's figures leder said he said that the law school resolution passed by the forum offers the university the chance to move into a growth area he declared that it would get many more applicants than it could handle and would give lehigh a real area of new strength leder also called the recent formation of the lehigh valley area health education center lvahec ) a good step in meeting increased student interest in medicine he said that lvahec would be tapping an area that is in a growth situation leder claimed that the university must change to remain both solvent and viable he noted that such change would be a long-range pattern and would not mean that faculty would be dismissed however he said it might mean that retiring faculty in certain areas would not be replaced noting that a growing number of fresh men are undecided about their majors and future careers leder said that freshmen have a less predetermined career orientation he said that there is more concern about specific education in areas that might close up in a few years he cited teaching and engineering as areas that have closed up suddenly in the past leder attributed the recent rise in vocational training to the fact that students no longer view a college degree as a passport to a job he said a degree is not a vocational certificate and only indicates that a student has been exposed to a variety of subjects class of 1 974 to hold elections mar 14 in uc elections for next year's senior class officers will be held from 7:30 a.m to 8 p.m mar 14 in the uc all june 1974 graduates are eligible to run for office and petitions for the election will be available at the student activities council desk through mar 8 all petitions must be returned by mar 9 students who will graduate in either january 1974 or june 1974 are eligible to vote in the election u wells choirs to perform by david kent joint concert sunday the university glee club and the woman's choir of wells college aurora n.y will combine with soloists and or chestra to perform three sacred choral masterpieces of the 18th century at 3 p.m sunday in packard chapel the program will include haydn's te deum in c j.s bach's cantata 140 wachet auf ruft uns die stime and the coronation mass by mozart the te deum is one of haydn's most profound and mature works written shortly before his death this haydn's second te deum reveals through its power and structural simplicity the full geinius of its creator wachet auf is among the most popular of bach's well over 200 cantatas it is based on a chorale by 16th century mystic composer philip nicolai the three choral movements recount the parable of the wise and foolish virgins and form a mighty framework whose pillars are placed quotations from the song of songs set to two magnificent duets the second of these has been called the most sensuous love duet ever written the first performance of cantata 140 ever given in america probably the first anywhere since the time of bach himself was presented in bethlehem at the third bach choir festival in 1903 the coronation mass displays mozart's peerless mastery of the light italian classical style the juxtaposition of passages employing full choral and or chestral forces with fragile sections for solo quartet creates a brilliant musical effect soprano nuncy armstrong and tenor lester erich will be featured as well as three student soloists alto laurie mr dougall of wells college and baritones andrew knoll 73 and d jackson loughhead 74 of lehigh miss armstrong and erich have both toured in eastern united states and south america erich accompanied the university glee club on their recent european tour the new york times praised his performance as tenor soloist in a performance of bach's st matthew passion conducted by robert shaw the program will be under the direction of prof robert cutler of the university music department woman's caucus blacks roots to present actress ruby dee black actress ruby dee will give a dramatic presentation titled some women writers at 8 p.m monday in packard lab auditorium in conjunction with a women's caucus coordinated by ruth a hurley associate dean of students and kathryn grossman of bethlehem and the three phase black roots program miss dee the wife of actor-author director ossie davis has appeared frequently on programs for organizations dedicated to the improvement of the human condition using plays poetry and stories from negro literature in 1972 miss dee received the annual dr martin luther king jr award for her excellence in family life and contributions to humanity and the jefferson award for the best guest actress for her role in wedding band she has also won the 1971 obie for the best performance by an actress in the production of boesman and lena the women's conference promoted in an effort to stimulate discussion of women's careers employment op portunities law and affirmative action and woman's role in society will continue with open panel discussions tuesday in the uc neville lounge the first discussion beginning at 2 p.m will be on women's issues in general panelists will be sharon lord professor of educational psychology at the university of tennessee and acting con sultant to the conference timmie rielly representative of the national organization of women and mary flesher a university graduate student and wife of the university chaplain the second discussion beginning at 4 p.m will focus on affirmative action women and the law and equal rights in ruby dee see black actress page 4