Brown and White Vol. 83 no. 39

              brown and white vol 83 - no 39 ;■:■:■:■:■:■:■:■:■:■:•:•:■:■:■:■:■:■:■:■:■: :.■*.■:■:■:•: wxvx-x •■:■: friday march 10 1972 mmmmim<mmm.m:7777^mm.m 866-033 r emery to inhabit tau deita phi by tom swan in a move similar to the thornburg take-over of pi lambda phi last year the administration has accepted a petition from emery hou.se requesting occupancy in and affiliation with the now financially troubled tau delta phi fraternity reported an unidentified university official the turnover ls a direct result of a 14 000 rental debt owed by the fraternity to the university and the inability of tau delta phi members to maintain a full capacity house of 44 men since 1966 when the fraternity first moved onto the hill a previous petition from emery was rejected by the administration who in june gave tau delta phi until feb 15 to submit a full capacity list of pledges and brothers in order to keep their con tract with the university emery's second petition submitted in the beginning of march was accepted after tau delta phi failed to meet the required deadline president of tau delta phi bob d'agosta admittftig that the fraternity did not meet the deadline claims that they now have 30 signed pledges and at least 14 signed agreements from present mem bers thus bringing their membership up to full capacity for the 1972-73 academic year we do have a full house said d'agosta explaining that after the deadline date during the post-rush period a last ditch rushing effort was made in order to fill their quota tau delta phi has always had a rushing problem because of a lack of manpower he said but spirit here has been at a maximum there has been some fast maneuvering by the university he added they are playing both ends against the middle dean of student life william l quay after confirming the administration's report said that the signatures on emery's petition are considered to be binding for the upcoming academic year emery will move to the nil next semester he said but whether they will be established as the new tau delta phi chapter depends upon the fraternity's national council and alumni approval d'agosta claims that the national council has agreed to support the present members of the fraternity in light of the new list of signed pledges a representative from their alumni association ls expected to meet with the house this week to discuss the situation the question of the 14,000 debt ls likely to become the deciding factor ln the final outcome presently the university has made no decision on this question but is not expected to sign the debt over to the emery men according to the administration's report the alumni association has agreed to underwrite the fraternity's debt for this academic year which is not included ln the 14,000 figure d'agosta said that he has received a pledge from an alumnus which would cover the entire debt but that the pledge has not been met at this time at present there are 24 men living in the fraternity including three boarding graduate students forum will consider grants to local poor a proposal to grant additional financial aid to economically and socially disad vantaged groups in the lehigh valley will be discussed at monday's forum meeting in the osbourne room u.c at 4:10 p.m other items on the agenda include guide lines to residence policy refunds made in deposit on residence hall contracts and changes in parking and vehicle registration regulations the proposal to aid local under privileged youth dubbed the grant-in-aid program has been advanced by the com munity relations committee according to the committee report over the entire nation too many young people have not been able to go to college because of the necessity of finding employment to meet their own or their family's needs a carnegie commission report finds that a family with an income of over 15,000 is five times as likely to include a full-time college student as a similar family with an income under 3,000 the grant-in-aid program is an attempt to narrow the unequal distribution of college students the controversial 150 residence hall deposit which will be discussed at monday's forum meeting was deemed unsatisfactory at the tuesday meeting of the students affairs committee their proposals including a reduc tion of the dorm deposit appear on page five b & w photo by horsting high prices needed by david muldberg 8 book costs 10 the lehigh book store uses a 20 per cent markup on the price of text books this fact was revealed in a budget com mittee meeting in the office of lehigh treasurer elmer glick robert bell director of the bookstore and bill jesse 73 a member of the budget committee also attended with a 20 per cent markup several factors are important a book that costs a student 10 will cost the book store 8 plus postage which runs between two and three per cent per text shoplifting constituted close to four per cent of the sales in the school year 1969-70 which bill jesse said is an extraordinarily high rate this now lowers the sale markup to 16 per cent from which the book store must pay salaries telephone bills advertising buildings and ground maintenance and upkeep jesse said these figures could be compared to those of a retail store which has a markup of between 40 per cent and 100 per cent encouragingly there is between one and-a-half to two per cent less shoplifting this year the book store is owned and operated by the university and has expenses that must be met it pays no rent and ls not charged for light or heat therefore the university expects the book store to earn enough money to cover the remaining over head expenses the profit of the book store directly contributes to the operation of lehigh many students don't realize that they are baw photo by owl parking hint ignore the sign pay the price study of legal manpower affects law school debate by glen clark does the university need a law school this question has and will continue to stimulate much soul-searching in the lehigh community the findings of a study of legal manpower and supply in pennsyl vania may shed some new light on the issue the results of a study prepared by frank durkee an educational research know what's the matter with this car nothing right but if thecampus police should happen along the owner of this illegally and conspicuously parked vehicle would know the forum will deal with the problem of par ki ng in monday's meeting associate shows that the economic attractiveness of the legal profession has been increasing the reason for this trend is the average annual income of lawyers in law firms reached 25,280 in 1967 this figure is second only to the earnings of physicians coupled with this law practice is moving rapidly to the more lucrative law firm pattern because of the economic attractiveness of the profession it is not difficult to understand why student demand for legal education has been on the upswing accord ing to the study applicants for admission to pennsylvania law schools has increased 93 per cent from 1964 to 1969 though expansion of law school facili ties at four institutions within the state will accomodate the predicted needs through 1976 student demand will require an additional increase of 609 admissions by 1980 significant also in discussion concern ing a law school is that legal service in pennsylvania was 25.9 per cent below the national average on a lawyer to population basis the five year 1965-69 average of lawyers admitted to practice was made possible only by the supply from out of state according to the study there is also an increasing social demand for lawyers as shown by the growth of litigation increase in crime and the need for legal service to the poor said the report regardless of lehigh's final decision all indications are that pennsylvania will require a quantitative and qualitative in crease ln legal manpower during this decade b&w photo by owl see residence page 4 see profits page 4