Brown and White Vol. 74 No. 21

              lehigh university brown and white vol 74 — no 21 bethlehem pa friday december 7 1962 digilio tops arcadia winners rodger digilio 64 yesterday topped the list of 18 candidates run ning for the seven arcadia posts with 226 first ballots cast according to the hare system the other six winners included three incumbents and the presidents of the ophomore and junior classes a total of 1220 votes were cast michael h reich 64 an incumbent placed second with 164 votes on the ninth ballot transfer alan c eckbreth 64 vice president of the present arcadia was third with 159 votes on the third ballot charles hobson 65 was fourth with 161 votes on the 13th transfer incumbent robert p hess 64 preident of the junior class placed fifth with 160 votes on the 14th ballot ronald kahlow 65 was sixth with 162 votes on the 15th ballot transfer and john harper 65 president of the sophomore class was seventh with 129 votes on the 16th ballot transfer ballots are counted according to the hare system of balloting voters mark ballots in order of preference and a candidate is elected if he receives votes equivalent to the droop quota the quota is determined by dividing the total number of ballots cast by one plus the number of seats to be filled in this case the droop was 152 after the ballots are distributed to the 18 candidates according to arcadia winners — back row left to right robert p hess alan c eckbreth ronald kahlow front row charles hobson michael h reich v rodger digilio and john harper rs.&v r y r vy&:<t<-:.-*<.>:tt 4fvt£**>t%tt&*6 v&tf&f1 ■ " ill"wki1 fly fill til election confusion continues advice of davis disputed arcadia elections began tuesday after a one-day delay when irreg ularities were discovered in the ballots the polls closed at 4:30 p.m yesterday however harry l rinker 63 president of alpha phi omega said wednesday that other irregularities in procedures had persisted apo national service fraternity runs the ballot stations for arcadia rinker said some of his apo members had been instructed by arcadian g sander davis 64 to return the voters identification cards after punching it but before they deposited the ballot in the box dale l darkes 63 sadi that when he was manning a ballot box in the university center at about 10:15 a.m tuesday davis told him we should give back id cards when we return ballots darkes said davis told him to do this in order that they could take them back with them and study them—since the candidates were not well enough known the arcadia ballots instruct voters to submit their id cards to the election official for punching fill out an affidavit and separate it from the ballot and then get their id card back after casting the ballot in the box darkes said he did not follow davis instructions but continued to follow the procedure he had used for the past three years he said m&c plays have dramatic faults m by charles rover the latest effort of the mustard and cheese dramatic organization was aired thursday night in the auditorium of the broughal junior high school the sprace audience a mixture of university faculty students and assorted teen-agers of bethle hem seemed to appreciate the two plays despite the presence of a few dramatic faults androcles and the lion by george bernard shaw and richard brinsley sheridan's the rivals were presented on the double bill shaw's play besides telling a cute story incorporated a few gentle jabs at such institutions as marriage religion and the roman republic despite ilts humor which unfor tunately approached slapstick in the m&c interpretation androc les and the lion is actually an interesting character study of various christians who are about to be thrown to the lions among this crowd are ferro vious a belligerent travelling preacher spiniho a backslider with a martyr complex and a past record of indiscreet indulgences and lavinia who delivers some interesting sermonizing while wait androcles — dana greene plays lavinia in mustard and cheese production of androcles and the lion also on the same bill tonight and saturday is the rivals neville says college must define its role report to alumni while we attempt to meet the demands of our time we must assist in shaping these times university president harvey a neville says in his annual report now being mailed to alumni the report explains that the university's character — its pur poses and its emphases — has de veloped over the years in large part as a response to the needs of our society in addition to filling the role which society expects of it a college or university has the responsibility of helping society to define the role itself in this re spect the institution of higher learning is unique this is always a difficule task and always an unfinished task it means that n preparing men for professional careers we must help them to find for themselves the reasons for which they pursue these careers in higher education no achievement is final in itself it only raises the standards by whch we evaluate our future per formance the needs of our own nation and the world are such to day that our accomplishments must be measured wth ever-higher standards still there was never a time in which traditional values were more important than they are today the expansion of the graduate program undertaken in 1961 does not imply neglect of other fields of knowledge which are equally im portant in the long range view in particular the social and life sciences and the humanities ac cording to the report develop ments here during the intervening year demonstrate vitality and prog ress in these areas also the report emphasizes prog du psi upsilon now in town delta upsilon and psi upsilon have been reclassified as town houses so that freshmen may visit the fraternities sunday freshmen who visited these houses saturday dec 1 may re turn to them again suniday anthony m arcesi 63 ifc rushing chairman said the action absence of six causes arcadia postponement revfew planned the arcadia meeting scheduled for wednesday night was postponed because of failure to meet the two-thirds quorum requirement six of the 15 arcadians were absent r steven schiavo 63 arcadia president later told the brown and white that the meeting would probably be rescheduled for dec 16 a sunday or possibly this sunday there is a regular meeting scheduled for the next wednesday schiavo also disclosed he would propose formation of a commission on reviewing elections at the next meeting he said his proposal is a result of confusion over election procedures in the arcadia election which ended yesterday he said the commission would lok into better election procedures schiavo said monday he would propose that arcadia change its con stitution to reduce the number of polling places from four to three and possibly to reduce days of election from three to two arcadians not in attendance wednesday were alan c eckbreth 64 dennis wayson 63 gerald subkow 63 christopher zarins 64 g sander davis 64 and michael mckay 64 see new page 2 see election page 7 see interdisciplinary page 2 see sheridan's page 2 see 2 frats page 7