Brown and White Vol. 79 no. 37

              brown and white nmimmmmwammmmmmmmmmmammmmmmam bethlehem pa friday march 15 1968 866-0331 vol 7 - no 37 discussion the third in a series of student faculty forums on marijuana will be held monday march 18 at 4:10 p.m in room 308 of the university center the forum under the direction of the arcadia lecture committee will be a continuation of the dis cussion held in kite february which attracted more than 60 persons from the faculty administration and student body value questions concerning moral legal and social views will be emphasized and open for discussion at the february meeting prof thomas haynes rev francis j sullivan and prof richard c lewis stated their views on the use of marijuana their comments stimu lated debate and discussion and at the end of the meeting those present almost unanimously voted that the discussion be continued at a later date the forum is open to au members of the administration faculty and student body refreshments wiu be served sandy mcconnel rush rules pass by 808 benner ifc proposal approved a revised rushing proposal by the sub committee on rushing rules of the inter fraternity council was accepted by 27 of 31 fraternities at a special ifc meeting last night the new rush rules provide for earlier open houses an extended period of open rushing and the opening to freshmen of both lafayette weekend and the first wrestling weekend along with fall houseparty robert gould 68 ifc president and sandy mcconnel 69 chairman of the rush rules committee were well pleas ed with the passage of the new regula tion both agreed " the ifc has always had the university's and the freshman's interests at heart in regards to rushing but lt was just a question of implement ing those interests in the best way under the new rules open houses will be held on the first seven sundays of the fall semester during this open house period freshmen will be required to visit six houses from each of three groups including at least one house on delaware avenue beginning on the seventh monday of the semester a period of open rush will exist " excluding all weekends except those men tioned above the term weekend was defined in the sole amendment to the proposal aa extending from 12 noon friday to 12 noon monday except at pub nights or faculty dinners the distri bution of ruahlng literature by fraterni ties is banned by the new regulations an additional period of no rush will prevail from the end of christmas va cation until the end of final exams the schedule for formal contacting was also shortened to seven days begin ning on the day of pre registration for che spring semester the extending of pre bids will be permitted on the first day of classes the accepted proposal made it clear that the cultural boost program of the ifc will remain in effect and that the serving of alcohol and the presence of women at rushing functions shall con 4^m^^mmmm^^^fmmm^mim^^mmmmmmg^m^mm form to the social rules of the university the only remaining step until full implementation ia achieved la acceptance of the proposal by the student life com mittee robert gould lehigh problems evaluated by lynn havach editor's note the following is the first in a series of four articles on the problems of lehigh succeeding art icles will deal with the university's financial situation the student's rale in governing the university the strength of student government here the reasons for the lack of student demonstrations on campus and the problems of the deans of the three colleges and the graduate school with specific reference to the recent removal of graduate school deferments higher education has had a bad year many institutions have operated at a loss and many have experienced student demonstra tions lehigh has its money woes too in addition to several smaller problems that affect all schools but student uprisings have been absent here discussions with more than a dozen key men in the university administration officials administrative and academic deans has revealed beyond a doubt that lehigh's number one concern is a lack of money to carry out the programs it would like beyond this issue of major concern are two others that turned up in a significant number of conversations l the role of the lehlgl student in governing his school and his participation in student government also discussed in this area were reasons for the lack of student unrest at the university and 2 the present and future affect of the recent removal of many graduate school deferments clarence b campbeir dean oy residence reflected the views of most administrative officials when he said " day to day we are confronted with the problem of presenting students with the services they desire and which we can't meet because of the rising cost spiral the comments on the money problem ran along similar lines all up and down the administrative structure yet although money consumes the time of a good many persons in the university administration lt ia not the only campus problem six persons interviewed — dean of students charles brennan arcadia 8 faculty adviser prof george conard dean of student 2-s status in jeopardy callup may cause problems lt gen lewis b hershey director of the selective service indicated early this week that if the proposed 200,000-man troop increased in vietnam were approved the college undergraduate deferment un til now sacred might be jeopardised lt gen hershey said that if the troop increase proposal was implemented some college students would be drafted he did offer a callup of the reserves as an alternate solution to the manpower shortage that would occur with the pro posed callup he said that unless the reserves were called up we will have to contrive some way to take out part of the expected enlarged draft call from college cam puses under present circumstances all college undergraduates who are taking the required number of courses and who are doing satisfactory work are deferred lt gen hershey in a luncheon talk before the national press club refused to speculate as to just how many college undergraduate deferments would have to be lifted if the proposed callup were put into effect nor would he say on what basis a student would lose a defer ment departing from his statements about possible removal of some undergraduate deferments lt gen hershey defended his letter to draft boards recommending that college students who participate in antidraft demonstrations be reclassified 1-a and subject to immediate callup the letter was widely criticized by stu dent groups and even formed the basis of a suit challenging the recommendations lt gen hershey claimed at the luncheon we don't have to defer people who commit crimes i think a youngster going to college who is taking clinical work in crime with or without credit isn't doing satisfactory work the suit which waa brought by three student groups and 15 student council presidents was dismissed late last week by federal district judge george hart judge hart explained that his reasoning behind dismissing the suit waa the fact that hershey*s letter represented only personal opinion and had no legal effect lt gen hershey also added that he thought drafting college draft demonstra tors was not a caae of using the draft law as a form of punishment in another area of the expanding draft problem lt gen hershey said that he believed last month s decision by presi dent johnson to end most deferments for graduate students would not have the drastic effects that many graduate school deans have predicted there have been reports from across the nation that the decision to eliminate draft deferments for graduate students except those in " medicine dentistry and allied specialties will cut graduate school enrollment by 40 csresnfc some administrators have even said that next year's draft would be composed almost entirely of college graduates according to dean robert l stout of lehigh's graduate school the impact of the draft on graduate students hsre will not be as severe as these other reports indicate dean stout said that he expects the draft to take 88 to 90 percent of the 700 full-time graduate students enrolled in lehigh's school lt gen hershey said with respect to these expressions of fear by admin istrators said that the graduate schools are going to live see increased page 4