Brown and White Vol. 83 no. 51

              brown and white vol 83 - no 51 bethlehem pa friday may 5 1972 aiii-oiair isssss businessmen suggest on campus banking by scott penn im an the business college forum is recom mending an on-campus banking facility to be a branch of a yet undetermined established bank david dopsovlc student chairman of the business college forum stated that such a bank would have value both as a convenience to students and as an educational device he explained that an on-campus bank could be partially staffed by business students who could learn while working dopsovlc added that the bank will create better communication between students and the business community dopsovlc stated that the first valley bank of bethlehem made a tentative offer to establish an on-campus bank earlier the offer he said included student participation in running the bank with a percentage of the profits going to the business college reese jones the first valley bank president said although no formal offer has been made first valley would be interested in the possibility he added that first valley is not ready at this time to make a proposal dopsovlc will take the campus bank issue to the next forum meeting he stated that the forum can look into which bank should come on campus don wylie vice-president of union bank stated that union bank would be interested in discussing the possibility of an on-campus bank he noted however that he has not yet been contacted in regards to the bank elmer w click university treasurer stated that an on-campus bank would be possible if a need could be shown for one gllck noted that first valley has a branch on third street within a block of the university he added that educational facilities could be set up in any bank not only an on-campus bank professor jack keefe of the business college said that the bank would probably begin as a limited hours bank with check cashing services keefe added that the bank could expand its services in time keefe said that the idea of a student oriented bank originally came from two freshmen after they heard a speech delivered by dean of the business college brian g brockway concerning student involvement in the community the proposal said keefe then went to the business forum and will now go to the university forum dopsovlc said that he would like to see the bank used eventually as an investment facility to help students help the com munity dopsovlc noted that lumac an organization set up to help small business in the bethlehem area would be able to use investment money to improve the community thomas t bass friend of lehigh deceased at 74 thomas t bass 74 a bethlehem clothier and long-time benefactor of lehigh students died last thursday in st luke's hospital owner of tom bass men's and women's wear for the past 50 years he is credited with helping hundreds of students get through lehigh bass first opened his doors on 4th street on bethlehem's southside he later opened a store at 518 main st at a time when bass clothes were worn by fashionable dressers in bethlehem it is said that he frequently had needy lehigh students to dinner at his home surviving are his widow a son barton d of fleischmanns n.y and a daughter mrs nathan dtftler of knoxville tenn and four grandchildren p.p & r questions lehigh law school the priorities planning & resources committee pp&r of the university forum feels that a considerably greater amount of inquiry must be done before a law school is established at lehigh this will be the motion that pp&r presents to the full forum meeting monday the educational policy committee submitted a resolution endorsing the law school to president lewis on march 3 pp&r basically approves this resolution but asks three questions which it feels should be answered before a law school is approved the sub-committee says that a law school at lehigh cannot be based on an assumed need for more law schools this assumption stems from the lack of knowledge available with regard to both the number of lawyers and the number of law schools that will be needed in the future pp&r also disagrees with the education policy committee edpol that it cannot be assumed that the operation of the law school will necessarily be profitable to the university this was inferred from the financial figures given by edpol educational benefits of the law school should be compared with those of other programs currently established at lehigh says pp&r the committee feels that further study is needed in this regard therefore pp&r believes that a study should be iniuated evaluating the educational benefits of a law school and also that of the fund raising potential seniors making last hour effort to elect alumni officers may 9 in response to a plea by the alumni association and the development office the senior class is moving toelect alumni officers an open meeting will be held may 9 at 7:30 p.m in packard auditorium for the elections only those seniors attending the meeting will be able to vote the need to elect separate alumni of ficers stems from the fact that the class of 72 has no senior class cabinet tradi tionally class officers have continued to perform various functions after gradu ation however with the establishment of the forum and the dissolution of arcadia interest in class government waned the result was that elections were never held for class of 72 officers the efforts of a few dedicated students enabled the continuation of the senior class gift campaign an activity usually coordinated by the class cabinet it was feared however that without formal par ticipation by 72 graduates traditional alumni activities and fund raising might be ignored among these responsibilities are the organizing of class reunions selecting a class correspondent for the alumni bul letin managing funds collected by the senior class gift drive and determining its ultimate use upon maturation in 20 years and aiding the university in solicit ing contributions to the annual giving campaign class officers also serve as future general alumni officers and trustees initial concern over the lack of alumni officers was voiced by the development office's robert holcombe to two seniors who were working on the class gift campaign ollie foucek and rick koby however being late in the year it was decided that it was too late to have a formal election upon the initiative of koby and foucek a meeting was arranged between about 20 senior leaders and harry b ramsey 50 editor of the alumni bulletin it was decided that the hour was late for selecting officers and some action would have to be taken soon foucek agreed to coordinate efforts for an election the open meeting idee was selected because it was the easiest to implement in addition candidates were nominated for the three executive board positions president secretary and agent and four of the eight spots on a standing advisory committee additional . nominations will be accepted at the may 9 meeting those who are not elected as officers or to the committee on the first ballot will still be eligible for the final four spots on the standing committee the president will be responsible for coordinating all alumni activities his responsibilities include organizing of class reunions usually every five years supervising other officers manag ing any funds the class may obtain and acting as a liaison between the university the general alumni association and his class the secretary will be responsible for writing the class correspondent column in the alumni bulletin in addition he will try to remain informed as to the where abouts of the graduates in his class this is particularly important during the first five years after graduation when alumni tend to change address several times without such information it is possible that many alumni would lose contact with the university and their classmates lehigh might also lose potential sources of funds because alumni can't be located the agent will aid the university in the annual giving campaign this becomes more important after 20 years when alumni are no longer bound by senior class gift obligations and are more will ing and able to contribute the standing committee will advise the executive board and also aid in implementing the board's decisions following is a list of candidates president ollie foucek larry salerno secretary paul malone^tlm bayer bob mar mon agent rick koby standing committee chuck steele bill jessee glover housman les schneider ron horvath ken scott doug finch bob grzywacz b&w photo by smar last thursday april 27 this strange vehicle was parked behind grace hall the vehicle supports a large octagonal antenna and is a tie-in unit with one of the three military communications satellites in orbit around the world a demonstration was staged by a signal corps lieutenant primarily for the interest of the students enrolled in the army and air force rotc programs the entire system called tactical satellite communications enables rapid communications between our military forces located at any point in the world during the demonstration it was explained that this unit could also be tied in to any telephone system it was further explained that the system is still largely experimental and so far the signal can be intercepted by almost anyone anywhere forum meetihg the first meeting of the 1972-1973 forum hi will take place on monday may 8 at 4 p.m in the uc on the agenda is the election of officers and forum representatives to the university board of trustees for the coming year