Brown and White Vol. 84 no. 12

              lehigh university brown and white vol 84 — no 12 bethlehem pa tuesday october 10 1972 866-0331 276 awarded degrees in founder's exercises the arena in which our great societal issues are going to be confronted and solved requires the presence and participation of the members of the great council of considerable men each bringing his special competence said clarence h linder president of the national academy of engineering at the 94th founder's day exercises president w deming lewis presided at the exercises held sunday in grace hall during which 276 persons received baccalaureate and graduate degrees from the university there were also six honorary degree recipients linder one of the honorary degree recipients said the businessman the lawyer the financier the medical practitioner the agriculturist and the practitioners in the technologies derived from the social sciences and economics have with the engineering profession a common obligation and desire to alter society for the better forty-six students received baccalaureate degrees and 230 received advanced degrees bringing the total to 1,260 degrees awarded by lehigh thus far in 1972 doctoral degrees were awarded individually whereas baccalaureate and masters degrees were awarded en bloc with recipients rising as a group these degrees were later conferred individually at various points around campus recipients of honorary degrees in addition to linder were richard s childs chairman of the executive committee national municipal league dr james l cliffors former member of the english department who is professor emeritus of english at columbia university dr richard g folsom president emeritus of b&w photo by greg boksinger m & c performs you're a good man charley brown all last week the group delighted crowds with their rendition of the off-broadway hit higher education's financial ills explored by carnegie commission by ed fiedler editor's note this is the first of two articles concerning the financial situation of american higher education at least 450 colleges and universities which enroll 21 per cent of the students in american higher education are in financial difficulty according to the carnegie commission on higher education report released june 16 yale and princeton had 2 and 2.4 million deficits respectively in 1971 columbia has had 15 million annual deficits new york university's deficit may reach 11.5 million this year nyu has only 62 million in endowments to fall back on if the yearly deficit continues at its present rate the endowment will be practically depleted by 1977 dean richard netzer head of a task force which is attempting to ease nyu's financial plight said columbia and penn have a few years to go we just ran out of money first the list of colleges in financial difficulties includes such schools as stanford harvard chicago and michigan in 1940 about 0.8 per cent of the united states gross national product was devoted to higher education by 1960 the figure had risen to one per cent and by 1971 to 2.5 per cent the carnegie commission said no other segment of society more than doubled its take of the gnp during that short period of time a resistance point may have been penetrated the commission further predicted that if universities continue on their present courses spending for higher education will reach 51 billion in the academic year of 1980-81 this compares to 7.6 billion in 1960 and 25 billion in 1970 government research programs and grants have been cut drastically and the higher education bill signed by president nixon on june 23 provides a great deal more aid for the individual student than for colleges this new program along with already existing loan and grant programs for students and colleges ". . will be competing for limited federal dollars competing with one another with numer ous education programs previously on the books and possibly with programs that may be encacted during the next three years to meet the crisis in public school finance according to eric wentworth in saturday review the carnegie commission explained in the report how higher education came into financial difficulties during the 19605 ". . some institutions became overcommitted in the euphoria of growth they tried to move up too fast in the academic world in relation to their resources the report continued many campuses found it hard to slow their growth and slow their expectations as the period of rapid expansion ended even now about 70 communities plan to start new medical schools when the nation requires only about 1 0 per cent of this number ; and about 150 colleges and universities plan to introduce ph.d programs for the first time when no more are needed the momentum is there and it is hard to slow b&w photo by owl a weekend accident resulted in estimated damages of 8 as a car traveling the wrong way on taylor street skidded and struck another car no one was injured ultimate goal of century plan is 67 million by pat fekula twelve years ago lehigh looking toward its second century of service undertook one of the largest development programs in american higher education within a few years the university had not only reached its goal but had exceeded it raising more than 25 million now in order to carry the university forcefully into its second century lehigh has inaugurated the new century fund program the program otherwise known as the ten-year plan will be the largest development effort in lehigh's history with a long-range goal of 67 million paul j franz jr vice-president of development whose job it is to organize the fund-raising drive said that a campaign of this size can only be reached with a mass effort this campaign is different from an annual campaign in the respect that the prospective contributors are encouraged to take interest in the program said franz this is accomp lished through personal contact rather than by mail the prospective donors are asked to criticize the university's needs and the money involved in the program we try to match the interests of the donor and the needs of the university before we ask for a gift franz added two phases the new century fund will extend over the next decade and be divided into two phases in phase i the most urgent needs of the university must be met the major elements in this effort are 12.6 million for new construction including a new chemistry building at a cost of 6.6 million and a new athletic and convocation center at 6 million 11 million endowment for new construction scholarship department chairs fellow ships and professorships 39 million for renovations / and campus improvements including renovations to packard lab oratory and for continuing projects on parking utility and general campus improvements after the university has succeeded in meeting its most urgent needs attention will be turned to phase 11 this stage includes nearly 16 million endowment for scholarships fellowships department chairs distinguished profes sorships and plant maintenance the reconstruction of chandler laboratories to accommodate some engineering pro grams a new wing for the college of see funding page 4 see fund plan page 4 see 6 receive page 4 presidential poll the brown and white is conduct ing a poll among the lehigh student body faculty and administration it is designed to indicate the position of the lehigh community on the 1972 presidential election the responses will be compiled by computer and the results and voting tends will be published as soon as they are made available members of the faculty and administration are asked to return completed questionnaires to the b&w through the campus mail the student poll will be conducted by the b&w staff this week