Brown and White Vol. 80 no. 25

              brown and white vol 80 - no 25 bethlehem pa tuesday jan 7 1969 866-0331 nrifl_rriiarriass n v aea faculty repeals arts impromptus tm umversity faculty abolished the hour-long junior impromptus at its last meeting folic ing recommendations of tm arts facuitv and tm committee on educational policy a student found deficient in writing on tm test could technically mve been required by tm dean of tm arts college to take additional english courses without credit tms requirement was never imple mented however and students who failed took tm exam over until they passed it still in tm regulations ls a requirement tmt students who persist in the use of unacceptable english tate additional english courses without credit according to dean yates tms requirement ms never been enforced eitmr but m added itet lt ls important tmt individual departments m alert and report such examples to tm dean of tm college tm rationale for abolishing impromptus was tmt tmy no longer served tm purpose for wmch tmy were intended tm change will become effective immediately mm ___ a a •*• ae e a fraternity blackball following a report by ita roman rights committee tmt discrimination existed ina hm at t thigh's fraternities tm interfra termty council voted die 14 to consider elmhfthmae mt m_e mfn-mmll nr___e and in order that tm mot lon m included iatte ifc cottstltotioo anametementwes _„ x - r^l i^li^auu-r ppavflv wavn irjwraiiv v sw wmym^mm v cannot m voted oo until tte mil meeting tte amendment would include i rule se ttl ng 80 mr mm as tte maxl mum numter if favorable votes necessary to offer a md to a rustei tms rule which wss proposed by tte human rights committee would make it impossible for four or flve no votes in an average fraternity to deny a freshman a md while asserting that most of tm fraternities on campus are free of discrimination tm rights committee advocated abolition of tm blackballs stem in order to minimize tm effect of bigots while most of tm body seemed to favor its feasibility it was pointed out tmt tm enforcement would he difficult if not impossible and tmt national charters of many campus fraternities provide for a blackball system otters said ite emem mt locality atattld ba removed even if enforcement la impossible tte eotartte tte fraternity system ls coming inter flte from ite m_t__t __*__* was alao te aad hal ite ipc must declare lta opposition to dla crimination through tm blacktell ayateni te tore tt to tart by adverse pc bet ty ii otter matters tte righto committee fratermtles te required to submit a hat of ma first five choices tte hstswouldlton m mod to determine mw even tte diotri bution is and would alao te distributed to each fraternity to mlp it find out wm is lhtorefße in iti tte ust could also be used teguarantoe each freshman a chance to bi invited to each house ta ms he tte council tov«w»d tte proposal tn a straw vote in ottor action tm council voted to try to obtain a tetter-known group for tte houseperty concert ttet is scheduled for ifp weemwrt th yeeenw ftm im ta because ipc weekend ls just before sprint vacation and ia tela oen tte eastern national wreetltitg tournaments list year tm ifc lost 2000 on its concert because of poor attendance i b * w prtofn hy rai sao 3 j ulliard school of husic graduates mrs almita vamos hrs beatrice al!..n ind roland vamos performed works by brahms and beethoven last night in whitaker lab auditorium tep senior dies saturday after illness dennis sc mil * 69 a member of tau epsilon phi fratermty died last saturday after a pro longed illness he was 21 years old and had been suffering from aplastic anemia tm funeral will m mid at 2 p.m tomorrow ln reading pa a viewing wiil m mid tonight members of tau epsilon pm fraternity will attend tm funeral bftff photo by butt with exahs only a week away industrious students spend many long hours cramming fir finals the tale of the alumni bulletin by alan b soschin editor's note the following in terpretive account of the recent changes in the lehigh alumni bul letin was obtained through interviews and eye-witness observations by the author the recent promotion of harry b ramsey associate editor of tm lehigh alumni bulletin to editor of tm same publication ms raised tm eyebrows of some faculty members and students in tm lemgh community what many in both groups can not understand is why tm editorship of a publication wmch was rated ln tm top ten in its field for tm past two years md to undergo such a change compounding the issue ls tm widely mid but only confidentially talked about belief tmt tm new editor is firmly under tm wing of tm conservative alumni office headed by robert a harrier it is impossible and not even fair to second guess tm job tmt ramsey will do only time will tell however it is fair to ask why such a switch took place one can not mlp but notice tmt tm change came only after tm publication earnestly md begun to tell alumni of significant tmngs mppening on campus to say simply tmt tm editor since 1964 john murphy director of publications resigned for " health reasons and tmt ramsey was chosen to fill tm vacancy does not suffice tm events leading to tm change must m examined one must first keep tn mind tmt the publication belongs to tm alumni office and tmt murphy and ms bulletin met for tm first time since 1964 tm notes staff ln tm publications office were only doing tm alumni association a service by editing tm publication on may 15 1968 tm publications committee a group of university alumni designated to oversee tm of tms meeting are not completely in accord with what some committee members claimed took place tm official minutes read tmt tm group urged a stronger rallying point around which tm bulletin should evolve and tmt tm bulletin should more accurately reflect tm wide awake lemgh of today however otmr members claim tmt tm bulletin was praised for its work and urged to continue tn tm direction on wmch they had embarked which to some members meant reflecting tm wide awake lehigh tm friday of alumni weekend may 30 1968 tm alumni board of directors met as it always does at tms time of year it decided to re focus tm direction of tm bulletin tm board claimed tmt tm publication was not adequately fulfilling its objective of telling alumni wmt is going on at lehigh and what activities alumni are involved ln tm bulletin at times ms men too controversial and ms been undermining tm good will of alumni also during tm weekend ramsey claims tmt several graduates voiced dissatisfaction over recent articles in tm bulletin at s special session of tm alumni executive board on june 19 lt was decided tmt ramsey would take an sole responsibility for tm class notes section of tte bulletin while murphy would m ln charge of the remainder of tm publication it was also decided tmt tm publications committee would m replaced with a more up-to-date editorial board wmch in turn would establish guidelines for tm editor and editorial policy of tm bulletin tm edit board was to be composed of members from tm publications commission and various campus representatives including prof joseph b mcfadden chairman of tm division of journalism paul franz vice president for development and e.m bennett 84 a bethlehem resident in early august tm edit board had its first meeting and tm members elected bennett chairman the board also mgan working on guidelines for tm bulletin bennett harrier and ramsey since ttey were t ogeiter at lemgh were given tm authority to work on tm guide unas tm first two drafts were mailed out during tm summer and returned by tm edit board members with recommendations and criticisms tte tmrd draft was presented at tm nov 7 edit board meeting in new york between tm two board meetings tm school yoar md started with tm bulletin still under tm leadersmp of murphy but on oct 21 , murphy informed tm alumni association by letter tmt for malth reasons and in see tale page 7