Brown and White Vol. 83 no. 30

              lehigh university brown and white vol 83 - no 30 bethlehem pa m tuesday february 8 1972 ft psychology dept offers science oriented degree the college of arts and science is offering a bachelor of science 8.5 degree in psychology beginning this semester the b.s degree will become the fourth b.s program to be offered by the col lege a comprehensive range of major programs directed toward the bachelor of arts 8.a degree have been offered at the university for the past 106 years the announcement was made by dr albert c zettlemoyer provost and vice president of lehigh in 1971 lehigh initiated the b.s degree in a specific subject beginning with pro grams in environmental sciences and resource management geological sciences and biology a wide range of b.s degrees have been offered in lehigh's colleges of engineer ing and business and economics also since the founding of the university in 1865 the new programs are designed to provide an alternative educational op portunity for the scientifically oriented student who wishes to concentrate in greater depth on his major field these programs also require fewer courses outside the major area which is customary under the b.a degree the b.s degree in psychology differs from the existing b.a degree with a psychology major in that it emphasizes a strong grounding in mathematics and science which is essential to graduate study in the areas of clinical and experi mental psychology or medicine dr arthur l brody chairman of lehigh's department of psychology says the b.a degree with a major in psychology is designed to accommodate a different set of aptitudes it is directed toward careers such as social work nursing law or special education where mathematics and science need not be heavily emphasized bloch to speak byron bloch independent con sultant and crusader in the ralph nader vein will speak on con sumer advocacy movement or myth tonight at 8 p.m in packard lab auditorium trustees decision surprises some the board of trustees decision over turning the university forum for the first time over the controversial all university complex was a surprise to some faculty members while expected by others they more or less had to . ." said robert cutler professor and chairman of the department of music referring to the action by the board of trustees prof cutler said he thinks the money is available for building at lehigh but is directed to athletics the alumni are interested in athletics cutler continued i hope in 25-years the alumni may be interested in library expenditures and endowment cutler agrees with professors george dinsmore associate professor of civil engineering and lawrence leder chair man of the department of history that the board's decision is final and that they wouldn't attempt to interfere we must accept the decision said cutler and immediately start working for passage of other things in the future dinsmore said the argument is over and now everyone must support the total program tobenefit the whole school the original forum adopted plan called for a proposed 4 5 mi hi on creative arts center this center would have consisted of a theater a music hall a little dramatic theater a rehearsal hall for the band and choral groups and would house the music and fine arts departments since the center will not be built other options have been proposed a combined bethlehem lehigh theater may be built leder said this would satisfy lehigh's needs and it could also benefit moravian college also located in bethlehem cutler would like to see it built on packer ave or near the border of the campus the problem with the proposed theater is that it would only be used for drama a music hall would have to be built for concerts he thinks the chapel could be converted into a con cert hall which would have symphony and rhoir programs this building can hold approximately 1,000 people another solution to finding a good theater is the remodeling of grace hall this is possible because intercollegiate sports would be moved to the athletic complex one of the major issues the minority plan faced was whether enough funds could be raised to back it cutler stressed that lehigh is one of the highest ranking universities in the country in alumni gifts robert cutler professor and chairman of the department of music was a strong supporter of the minority report in the recent controversy over the now approved all university complex he says he feels donations which could be used for building are instead directed to athletics because of alumni per ferences cutler among other supporters say they will not attempt to interfere with the trustees decision u.n ambassador welcomed at african dinner-concert bethlehem and lehigh officials greeted his excellency mr frederic guirma ambassador to the united nations from the african nation of upper volta and welcomed him to the city and to the university at a special dinner saturday night at lehigh the ambassador and mrs guirma were officially welcomed to the university by vice president preston parr and mrs parr at a special dinner held in the u.c the guirmas and the ambassador's brother rene guirma were at lehigh to attend a performance at the university by the royal drummers of mogho-naba an upper voltan drummer-dancer group the concert of ethnic music and dance which followed the dinner was open to the public and was held in the asa packer room of the u.c the upper volta performers who also appeared in a special concert in packer chapel sunday morning were brought to lehigh by the university's chapter of crossroads africa a friendship and aid program through which americans africans and canadians seek to achieve mutual understanding after the performance by the dancers and drummers refreshments were served these delicacies were made from african recipes according to one student the refreshments were good but not what he had expected he went on to add that the program was very well done and quite educational performing in the university center saturday night and again at the packer chapel sunday were the royal drummers of mogho-naba from upper volta west africa the drummers concert was to raise money for the crossroads africa program new division head dr j ralph lindgren associate i professor of philosophy is the new 1 head of the university's division of | philosophy within the department 1 of philosophy dr norman p melchert former 1 head of the division of philosophy 1 is currently on academic leave 1 lindgren specializes in the 1 history of philosophy and social [ theory