Brown and White Vol. 83 no. 9

              lehigh university brown and white v 83 - no 9 mm.y bethlehem pa friday october 8 1971 t*y.-£-x->2^:.y 84 0331 minority report of pp&r debates 10-year plan needs by maria zumas two conflicting reports on the proposed 10-year development plan for lehigh will appear on the floor when the uni versity forum convenes next monday oct 11 these will include a majority report of the priorities planning and resources committee pp&r endorsing the plan and a minority report entitled new century fund needs that outlines its dissent of the committee's approval the minority report indicated the following points as grounds for dissent 1 academic matters including library faculty and student quality should have first priority in the 10-year plan for lehigh university and 2 the construction of an all-uni versity complex costing approximately 6 million which serves solely non academic needs does not aid lehigh's urgent academic problems majority report revisions revisions to the majority report are 1 deletion of the all univer sity complex in phase i 2 deletion of the grace hall remodeling in phase ii 3 adding a creative arts annex in phase i to the chemistry laboratory totalling 2,000,000 4 adding intramural athletic and recreational facilities in phase i totalling 2,200,000 5 adding 1,300,000 to phase i library acquisitions for a total of 2,800,000 in phase i 6 adding 3,000,000 to phase i endowment need i.e professorships fellowships and scholarships for a total of 8,000,000 in phase i and 7 adjusting the phase i and phase ii totals accordingly vice-chairman of the pp&r committee robert w grzywacz 72,whois a minority report supporter commented on the basic conflict between the ten-year plan and the new century plan he is con cerned with placing athletic needs before academic needs on the priority list he stated lehigh's most fundamental tradition is its image as an excellent school we must ask ourselves if we are willing to sacrifice this tradition it is important to aim first for what we need he added is it of more value to have a field house or to improve the academic situation grzywacz feels that the success of the " new century plan depends on how the donor is approached he said if we show a prospect a plan which shows a field house at the top of the list the donor will be convinced that this is what the uni versity needs but if we say that lehigh is facing a financial crisis and in 10 years may be forced to ask for state aid the donor will see the pressing academic needs of the university face money crisis the financial crisis of the private university does not exclude lehigh most private institutions are facing some financial difficulty which results in raising tuition fees as tuition rises student applicants dwindle the university must increase scholarship money for under graduates in order to attract the high calibre student only 18 per cent of the university's undergraduates now receive financial aid of some type two indications show that the university may be slipping in the area of student quality 1 the average sat scores of the class of 75 are the lowest since 1964 and 2 80 per cent of the uni versity's applicants were offered admis sion the minority report states that to maintain student quality rising tuition costs must be offset by the increase of financial aid to incoming students there fore the minority report includes an increased endowment allocation for student scholarships the minority also proposes an increased allocation for endowment for use in faculty salaries as student population increases it is important to keep the student-faculty ratio balanced more endowment for rep fred b rooney founder's day observed for 92nd time on sunday the university will conducts its 92nd founder's day observance this sunday conferring honorary degrees on dis tinguished leaders ln the fields of educa tion law engineering and the humanities at the ceremony starting at 2.30 p.m in grace hall 260 baccalaureate and graduate degrees will be awarded to students who completed their academic requirements for graduation duiing the past summer those receiving degrees are the hon a leon higginbotham jr judge of the u.s district court for the eastern district of pennsylvania doctor of laws degree dr j osborn fuller president of fair leigh dickinson university doctor of laws degree harry edmonds founder and president emeritus of international house doctor of humane letters degree dr herman e collier jr president of moravian college doctors of laws degree prof john j karakash dean of the col lege of engineering at the university dean karakash becomes the 11th mem ber of the university's staff to receive an honorary degree dr w deming lewis university president will preside at the exercises commemorating asa packer who founded the university dr herman e collier jr will deliver the founder's day address degree recipients will be announced by the dean of their division and awarded at the same time during the ceremony the rev hubert l flesher chaplain will offer the invocation and benediction dr richard m spriggs assistant vice president for administration at the uni versity is marshal for the exercises the exercises will conclude at the flagpole green with the traditional singing of the alma mater to the accompani ment of a brass ensemble conducted by prof jonathan elkus director of bands preceding the formal ceremony in grace hall dr and mrs lewis will host a reception in the president's house and a luncheon in the university center for honorary degree recipients and their guests the founder's day exercises have been conducted annually since 1879 dr herman e collier jr president moravian college federal aid for education appropriated in new bill by gary s hauk the higher education amendments of 1971 which authorizes appropriation of 18 billion over the next three fiscal years was passed last week by the senate by a vote of 51 to 0 the bill also calls for 1 billion for emergency aid to financially distressed colleges and the establishment of two new federal education agencies the bill will come before the house next week rep fred b rooney of beth lehem said he will support the bill but anticipates some controversy over a few of the details of the amendments rooney noted that many congressmen fear uneven distribution to schools in the south and believes that too many funds will be allocated to wealthy schools which do not really need the money the major features of the bill include a 1400 annual grant to students minus personal contribution and not to exceed 50 per cent of the cost of college costs the bill also includes supplemental educational grants for students in except ional financial need regardless of whether or not they qualify for the basic grants and a provision for 50-50 matching grants to the states to encourage the development or expansion of state scholarship pro grams other provisions in the bill authorize community service grants for metropoli tan area problems combine various fellowship and graduate programs estab lish ethnic heritage studies and consumer education programs in elementary schools and give land-grant college sta tus to the university of guam and the college of the virgin islands a new community college program in the bill authorizes 15.7 million next year in grants to the states to develop plans for a comprehensive community college program in the succeeding three years it authorizes a total of 275 million in grants for expanding existing colleges establishing new ones and leasing fac ilities the bill would also establish a national foundation for postsecondary education and a national institute of education as recommended by the nixon adminis tration and create a new education div ision with hew a total of 250 million is authorized for the foundation for the next three fiscal years and 550 million is authorized for the division during the same period jobs scarce says e.a teal by scott penniman this is the worst i've seen in twenty seven years stated everett a teal the university's placement director in reference to the current job market if you a*e a senior at the university you face the very real problem of job scarcity if you're an underclassman the problem will probably still be around when you're a senior the recession does not necessarily mean no jobs for university students it does however force the graduate to be less discriminate in his choice of job the days when the graduate could name and select his employer are over as a result of the poor job market graduates are turning to graduate school the armed services and other plans last june only 27 per cent of the graduates found employment graduate school on the other hand took 29 per cent the armed servies received a surprising 10 per cent and those with other plans taking a year off totaled 12 per cent this seemingly small percentage of un employed is deceptive ln that the motives see no sign page 4 see agencies page 4 see pp&r page 4 forum meetings the university forum will meet at 4:10 monday in the osborne room university center among the topica to be discussed are the ten year plan and the all uni versity complex members are urged to bring memoranda that have been sent in preparation for the meeting on sunday the student caucus will meet in room 308 university center at 8:30 p.m