Brown and White Vol. 83 no. 11

              lehigh university brown and white beth leh em pa f riday october 1 5 197 1 866-0311 vol 83 no ii cedar crest girls protest parietals by david ingram cedar crest college was the scene monday night of a mass demonstration m favor of 24-hour visitation privileges over 200 girls organized m the cedar crest quad and formed a candlelight procession to the home of the president of the college dr polly tomldns and then to the home of the dean of the faculty dr henry f pommer pommer talked with the students for a half-hour he said that he was not m favor of the proposal but that he was not on the committee that made the decision last spring the demonstration broke up after further plans were made for the next day the present male visitation hours at cedar crest are noon to 2:45 a.m friday's and saturday's and noon to 11 p.m on sunday's these were arrived at last year before which they were four hours on friday night and four on sunday afternoon last may the proposal for 24-hour parietals was brought before the trustees and was defeated the purpose of the demonstration was to let the trustees who met on tuesday know that the students were still interested m getting open dorms the visitation question was not included m their agenda the students originally were not to be allowed to attend the trustee meeting to discuss the problem however when presented with the possibility of students storming the meeting dr tomkins agreed that letting two students kathy hahn and linda vola present the students requests to the board would quiet the unrest the students planned a silent lunch on tuesday to demonstrate student solidarity over the issue m front of the trustees who were eating lunch m the same dining room it was successful m that all students were silent through lunch however the trustees chose to accept the silence as a sign of respect so that they could get their work done at the board meeting the students presented their requests and asked that the board consider them before their next meeting m january the trustees agreed to re-open the issue after the meeting the trustees issued a statement to the students through kathy price president of the student govern ment it said that the board would continue to follow regular procedures m re-open ing this question there will be a meeting of the student government executive com mittee with an ad hoc committee of stu dents to discuss the topic further the board will also meet with the campus life committee on nov 19 to discuss a report of the committee on social life at cedar crest with this announcement cedar crest calmed down once more photo by allentown morning call silent lunch at cedar crest college wednesday after more than 200 women dem onstrated for 24 hour visitation privileges tuesday night the students spoke with dr polly tomkins president of the college and the dean of the faculty dr henry f pommer to show their continued interest m 24 hour parietals last year the issue was defeated by the cedar crest trustees ivy league applications down by pat fekula average drop 6 per cent just as lehigh is re-examining its admission policies ivy league schools are also feeling the pinch of the shrinking college pool despite rigorous recruiting efforts five of the eight ivy schools reported drops m freshman applications last year ranging from 3.9 per cent at princeton university to 18.9 per cent at yale university the average drop m applications was 6.7 per cent for the ivy league schools which was the first decrease since 1967 when it dropped 6.9 per cent in 1968 applications grew seven per cent m 1969 10 per cent and m 1970 up six per cent most of the blame for the recent de crease m applications was put on the current economic situation cambridge can be a long way off when your father is not sure of his job said chase n peterson harvard's dean of admission a freshman at harvard paid 4470 this year for room board and tuition it appears that many prospective applicants to ivy league schools are scared away by the financial picture although many state universities re ceived a record number of freshman applications the new york times recent ly reported that a national survey showed admission requests had declined at 39 of 92 institutions this means 42.2 per cent of the col leges reported receiving fewer applications this past year ifc is working to rekindle bonfire for annual lafayette weekend by eric bond hank hamilton 72 treasurer of the inter-fraternity council is attempting to bring back the bonfire that used to be held on the weekend of the lehigh-lafayette football game he said there is a lot of random enthusiasm around but there is no all-university event m the fall where it can be expressed the bonfire was last held three years ago at that time the city of bethlehem passed a no-burning ordinance that made the bonfire impossible violation of this ordinance would result m a 300 fine for each person present hamilton however has talked to members of the city council and feels that there is a chance a variance could be issued to allow the bonfire to be held m the saucon valley area if this does not work out there is still the possibility that the bonfire could he held m an area of the saucon valley which is m lower saucon township lower saucon does not have a no-burning ordinance but the sites m that area are not as good if bethlehem approves the plan a barbecue and rally would also be held the dining service would be closed friday evening and all the fraternities would be backcharged for the meal this money would be used to hire the catering service that serves the u.c to cater a barbecue the barbecue would be followed by a rally with the band and members of the football team present these plans however are all tentative at the present time other problems still to be dealt with include transportation to and fromthesite for freshmen and lighting for the area hamilton hopes that if th(t\lans are arranged successfully this year the bonfire can again berome an annual event in the past the bonfire was held m back of taylor stadium now a parking lot prof steckbeck traditionally led students stomping around the hill this was followed by a pajama march on moravian college the lehigh lafayette weekend bon fire last burned three years ago when a no-burning ordinance made future fires impossible ifc might bring the old flame back this year m satkon valley see total page 4 lehigh valley college forum the lehigh valley college forum will study four specific topics on sunday oct 17 the meeting will be held at the uc 409 areas of study include collefie-community relations description college gov ernment the development of a cul ture complex and a discussion of resources m the valley anyone wishing to see more cultural oppor tunities m the valley should attend the meeting on saturday night forum meetings the university forum will meet monday october 18 at 4:10 p.m m the osbourne room of the u.c the meeting is an extension of the october 11 meeting the community relations com mittee will meet tuesday october 19 at 4 p.m m the conference room of maginnes hall the budget committee will meet tuesday october 19 at 4 p.m m room 408 of the u.c the english department will hold a departmental forum meeting on monday october 18 at 4:10 p.m to discuss the freshman english curriculum