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              continued on page 4 col 3 june grads set for post session approximately 65 of the 497 seniors graduated in june have already announced plans to con tinue their studies in graduate or professional schools more than 30 per cent of these men plan on fur ther study at lehigh while the re mainder will enter other graduate and professional schools through out the country the law profession is the most popular with this group with nine men planning to attend law schools while three plan to enter a medi cal career divinity schools will claim two students with one grad uate going on to dental school in addition to the regular avts business and engineering majors one man will study architecture while another will take up insur ance other graduates not going into post-graduate work have found jobs in all parts of the country the majority of them now have iebs but a few are still on the lookout for employment cars of future to accommodate four in front seat casting light on automo bile design for the future clare hodgman a member of the ray mond loewy associates spoke to delegates of the product design seminar last week automobiles of the future may be wide enough to accommodate four passengers in the front seat hodgman said they will have more demountable parts greater entrance room doors going into the roof more glass and smaller headlamps designer of the 1950 studebaker hodgman revealed that he design ed the car six years ago and that numerous models were presented before the manufacturers made a final decision the new cars will not be radically different from those we have today he said the ap pearance will be silm and crisp greater attention will be paid to sight protection headlamps will be smaller but give more power crash pads will be installed for passenger protection during the discussion period hodgman said that light colors will continue to be a trend because they give an automobile a brighter newer appearance he said that manufacturers are maintaining charts of color preferences of the public by states based on the types of present colors purchased commenting on convertibles he expressed the belief that all metal folding tops will be adopted in the near future the four passenger front seat is being stud ied by designers he said to take continued on page 3 col 2 new appointments mack serfass in new posts would the atomic bomb be as effective if it were used in korea as it was in the war with japan if the atomic bomb were used in korea its destructive potentiality would be just as great if not greater regardless of the moun tainous terrain found on the penin sula said sgt russell v wall of the rotc training staff in a re cent interview i have seen what the bomb did in japan and judging from what i have seen of southern korea in my three year's stay i would say that if the bomb were used it would play havoc with everything it came in contact with not be cause of the atomic bomb's power alone but also because of the geo graphical structure of korea it self he explained recently returning from a tour of duty in korea sgt wall would not commit himself by stat ing whether the bomb should be used there but he did comment on the success of the communist for cess in their drive south one reason for their success he went on lies in the fact that the communists were able to mass large formations of heavy fighting equipment on the south korea's door step before anyone knew what had happened while in korea sgt wall found that there was no feeling of hatred between the people on either side of the 38th parallel but he did no tice what he called a keen hatred toward communism by the south koreans on many occasions while do ing frontier duty i witnessed long lines of discontented north kore continued on page 4 col 5 health shop ends today an evaluation of the out comes of the health education workshop will mark the close of the second annual seminar today a panel discussion on home and school relationships was held thursday night in packard auditorium for the benefit of local parents and teachers with a num ber of leaders in the field of medi cine and education in the lehigh valley participating mrs marjorie landis of the le high valley child guidance clinic served as moderator for the panel and presented an introductory re view of the subject alos participating in the panel were dr paul b kreitz lo cal pediatrician mrs john d leith mother and teacher dr john w hedge superintendent of bethlehem public schools william tollinger superintendent of wil son borough schools mrs mary koch school nurse kutztown and berks county kathryne eckert school nurse liberty high school renee b paul teacher allentowrr schools and mrs lenore bucking ham palmer township teacher motion pictures designed to help parents and teachers achieve bet ter relationship with children both at home and at school were shown the health education workshop sponsored by lehigh university was made possible through the co operation of the pennsylvania de continued on page 4 col 4 brown and white lehigh university dr earl j serfass continued on page 3 col 4 prof darrel e mack and prof earl j serfass were appointed di rectors of the curriculums in chemical engineering and chemis try respectively last week by president whitaker the appoint ments were effective immediately dr harvey a neville will con tinu as head of the department of chemistry and chemical engineer ing in addition to his duties as dean of the graduate school and director of the lehigh university institute of research in his announcement president hitakewr said that mack and ser fass will be in charge of the pro grams in their respective curricula and that dr neville will continue to coordinate the work of the de partment a graduate of purdue uni versity dr mack completed ad friday july 14 1950 volume 60 — number 3 korea vulnerable to a-bomb lehigh rotc staffer explains bethlehem pa more on a-bomb further campus comment on the a-bomb in korea issue will be found in the letter to editor by prof ray mond g cowherd on page 2 and in mountainviews on page 3 additional comment in the form of letters from our readers will be appreciated capt john w schreiner left and master sgt russell wall both of the lehigrh department of military science and tactics look over a map of korea while discussing recent developments in the coun try 259 receive tuition loans total 132,000 tuition aid awards valued at 132,000 were presented to 259 le high students by the committee on scholarships and loans dean wray h congdon announced monday split up among 58 seniors 63 juniors 90 sophomores and 48 freshmen the awards were mostly of the free tuition type with a to tal value of 97,000 of this amount 21,600 was granted to top ranking students competing for re gional scholarships tuition loans amounted to 35,000 regional scholarship awards are reserved for entering f reshmen and provide an award of 400 for each semester of eight semesters in any curriucum of the univer sity awards are made in the order of the contestants ratings on such factors as preparatory scholastic record evidences of effective lead ership and distinguished group service character and personality and performance in the competi tive entrance examinations tuition loans are made to stu dents in need of financial aid be yond that granted by a trustee scholarship upon leaving the uni versity for any reason whatsoever the student agrees to start repay ment of the loan within three months at the rate of 20 per month pre-theological students at leon ard hall who are studying to be come episcopal ministers are granted tuition loans until they have been ordained as ministers in the episcopal church dates listed on calendar undergraduate registration for the fall semester will be held sept 18 19 and 20 according to the recently compiled university calendar which calls for the open ing of classes thursday sept 21 freshmen will hit the campus a week earlier than upper-classmen and sophomores to take part in freshmen week activities a period of orientation for students new to college life first official gathering for the teaching staff will be a faculty meeting on sept 11 when plans for the academic year 1950-51 are formulated the annual founder's day commencement exercises will be held oct 8 social events on the fall calen dar include the campus chest charity ball scheduled for oct 14 and fall houseparty which will begin friday oct 27 and continue through oct 29 following thanks giving vacation which begins nov 23 and ends nov 26 there will be the annual sophomore dance or snow ball as it is better known on dec 16 with examinations slated from jan 22 to 31 the social cal endar is bare following christmas vacation which starts dec 20 and ends jan 4 junior prom on feb 17 is the first big social event of the second semester spring semester classes will begin feb 8 with registration on feb 5 6 and 7 on march 3 wlrn campus radio station will hold a dance following an eight day spring vacation beginning april 1 a busy social season will open with spring houseparty may 4 5 and 6 follow ed by the military ball on may 12 continued on page 4 col 3 art show marks week's activities of workshop its wonderful what music does for clumsy children mary mahan of binney and smith com pany said wednesday in the art room of the curriculum workshop in packard lab miss mahan who this week is showing lehigh valley teachers enrolled in the workshop that art is fun uses the method of having the teachers assume the role of the child and she as the teacher makes them do everything they would have the students do in cluding cleaning up and putting equipment away when the day's session is ended today the group will hold an exhibit of all the work which has been done during the week for the benefit of all teachers attend ing the workshop on wednesday all the teachers turned out finger paint ings to the rhythm of the music — all with paint up to their elbows