Brown and White Vol. 61 no. 5

              an unrestricted endowment fund exceeding 45,000 was es tablished by university trustees with a bequest from the estate of the late mrs alida r richards wife of the university's sixth pres ident who died april 17 1941 trustees named the grant the charles russ and alida r rich ards fund in memory of the late president and his wife who died in 1947 dr richards served as pres ident from 1922 until aug 1935 when ill health made him retire during his tenure endowment was increased by over two million dollars while student enrollment and faculty increased nearly 50 per cent and the annual bud get practically doubled and balanced every year other achievements under richards were the establishment of the lehigh institute of re search creation of the office of dean of the university establish ment of student health service and revision of the engineering curricula also achieved was procurement of lehigh field on elizabeth aye and construction of the library addition j dr richards was graduated from purdue in 1890 with a me chanical engineering degree he did graduate work at cornell and tha university of nebraska top bands here for hp prompt order of class ring will save 3 representatives of the l g balfour company will be in drown hall from 10 a.m to 5 p.m and from 7 p.m to 9:30 p.m fri day oct 13 to write orders for the official lehigh university class ring if orders are placed at this time a saving of 3.30 is effected ac cording to john maxwell bursar a deposit of 10 is required on each order a full schedule of prices for various weights and stones is posted in drown hall and at the supply bureau these rings are available in the various class curricula designa tions with selected stone settings while it is possible to place an order for these rings at most any time during the college year the saving of 30 can be effected only by inclusion in this group order reservations end tomorrow for bus trip tomorrow is the deadline for reservations on the darimouth bound chartered bus " leaving campus at 10 p.m oct 20 for the footbalf game at ' hanover jth oct 21 send the band to dart mouth too see page six reservations cost 10 with re fund up to 1.50 depending on the number making the trip cash for reservations must be paid by friday information and reservations are available from art golden berg dravo c-203 8-2781 and tom maccabe kappa alpha 7-4241 one bus aleady has been filled maccabe said the trip has university approv al faculty adviser will be capt jack emrick ms&t continuous dancing from 9:30 to 2 a.m on both floors of grace hall is scheduled for friday night of houseparty weekend oct 27 piano playing stan kenton and his new 20 piece dance orchestra is slated to play on the first floor kenton is currently on a three month nationwide tour and will play here on his swing through the east on his tour kenton will present strictly dance music in the famed artistry in rhythm style which first propelled kenton music into the spotlight in addition to kenfon will be matt gillespie who will reserve the top floor of grace hall like kenton gillespie plays a piano stan kenton matt gillespie swim stars tuesday october 10 1950 volume 61 — number 5 bethlehem ivima scl to present destine dancers miss helen furlong former national and middle atlantic breaststroke and individual medley champion and joseph ver deur world's champion and olympic champion swimmer pose for the cameiman with william j christian lehigh swimming coach after presenting a swimming exhibition at the dedication of the new gym taylor hall field day tomorrow taylor hall will hold its fourth semi-annual field day tomorrow in taylor quad activities will start at 4 p.m and continue until 8 p.m included will be an assort ment of games skits put on by the freshmen of each section and movies to be shown after supper the five sections of taylor hall will compete in the activities and the section which compiles the highest number of points will be awarded the taylor hall jug dividual medley relay by joseph verdeur world's champion and olympic champion swimmer jo seph kohut and ralph buratti both eastern swimming associa tion champions gave a diving exhibition lehigh's middle atlantic champions william seip ed ward haupt and walter mc kinnon started the program with a 300 yd medley relay betweon-act clowning was provided by frank harier as sistant swimming coach at continued on page 3 col 4 500 present at dedication of new gym climaxing the first phase of the lehigh university progress pro gram eugene g grace president of the board of trustees presented the new gymnasium to martin d whitaker president of lehigh before 500 open house guests as sembled in the gallery of the new myrl l jacobs memorial swim ming pool saturday afternoon costing 800,000 the new phy sical education plant represents the second major project of the 2,010,449 progress fund two lounges and the idc president's suite in dravo house the first progress fund project were also dedicated at the open house after opening his dedica tion speech by announcing the lehigh-bucknell halftime score grace thanked the alumni and friends who had contributed to the fund and expressed his views on the value of physical training coupled with religious and scholastic development also included in the dedica tion ceremony were a welcome by paul j franz assistant to the president a description of the new facilities by gen percy l sadler director of athletics and an invocation and benediction by rev george m bean university chaplain after the ceremony a swim ming and diving exhibition was presented including a 150 yd in appearing for the first time in this area jean destine and his widely-known group of haitian dancers and drummers will fea ture the concerts-lectures series presentation on friday oct 13 at 8 p.m in grace hall students will be admitted upon presentation of their identifica tion card while guests of students and faculty members will be charged 75 cents each the program will include night club favorites as well as voodoo dances of haiti jean leon destine who has performed in haiti mexico and throughout the united states is a favorite among critics for the vivid interpre tation of his native culture his skill is achieved through authentic movement stem ming from a fusion of the african and french cultural traditions of his country his dances depict the sadness of the haitian slaves in their struggle for freedom their gaiety of carnival time and their mys tery of voodoo destines drummer alphonse cimber will also appear as solo ist during the performance known as king of the drum cimber has had experience in several broadway productions including showboat jeanne ramon destines dance partner appeared in a life maga continued on page 2 col 1 richards fund boosts endowment 45,000 brown and white happy-go-lucky to give prizes for best jingles nobody has to give away his fraternity pin or tear off the top of his convertible to enter the happy-go-lucky jingle contest currently appearing in brown and white all that's needed is a four line rhyme singing the prais es of lucky strike cigarettes and tying in with their new advertising campaign in some 275 college newspapers each jingle accepted wins 25 there is no limit to the number of entries — the only requirement is a campus-life angle entries are to be mailed to hap py-go-lucky p.o box 67 new york 46 nt the world is our home the stu dents next door are starving — give to your campus chest i inside • • • little man 5 6 campus chest 2 rushing 6 personals and comments 6 sports , 4 5