Brown and White Vol. 68 no. 36

              archaeologist speaks tonight internationally-k no w n lecturer and archaeologist prof pellegrino claudio sestieri will speak in the browsing room of the library tonight at 8 p.m on recent excavations at paestum sponsored by the lehigh valley society of the archaeological insti tute of america and alpha epsilon chapter of eta sigma phi the nor ton lecturer of the archaeological institute of america will tell of first hand experiences lehigh university will be tied in with bethlehem steel expansion plans which call for a multi million dollar research center atop south mountain according to a report released friday by steel officials an affinity with lehigh university was one of the reasons given for the decision to locate the research activities in bethlehem several other spots including sparrows point md were considered before the final decision was reached the report which the company released to local papers stated we have undertaken a study in collaboration with lehigh university of the area on south mountain adjoining existing lands of the university that might be found to be suitable for future university needs as well as provide a location for a future research center for our company when asked if he'd comment on this paul franz assistant to the president said we haven't had time to crystallize any statement in response to another question franz stated that the report would seem to indicate that the university had been con sulted by bethlehem steel be fore the release was made to local papers andrew j litzenberger superin tendent of buildings and grounds said all he knows about it is what he's read in the local papers charles j moravec university news editor and director of public information pointed out that the article appearing in local papers had been released by the steel company and that his office had nothing to do with it he said that at present he is not contemplating writing any release concerning the university's point of view things like this take a while before they can crystalize he said moravec also stated that judging from the article he read that noth ing concrete outside of the fact that the land has been purchased has been drawn up the company estimated that at least a year will be required to make detailed architectural and en gineering studies then if economic conditions are such that money can be appropriated construction should begin within the following year about 1,000 acres of land in all stretching from saucon creek on the east to the seidersville road on the west were pur chased by the steel company within the past two years the territory most of which is see skyline page 5 a victor borge-type humor high lighted george feyer's scl-spon sored appearance at broughal junior high school friday night time and again the hungar ian-born pianist sent the small audience into peals of laughter if he had spoken more often he would have almost been a rep lica of the famous borge the 200 who attended brought back the echo artist for three en cores if the lights hadn't suddenly been turned on he would have been brought back again a feyer satire on the music of my fair lady was especially well received he told the story about the deceased composers who wished they could write the music to the broadway show and how st peter granted their wish his transposition of their ideas on the keyboard was nothing short of hilarious he per see pianist's page 4 elliot lawrence and his orches tra favorites on college campuses throughout the country for their danecable style will be featured at the i.f.c dance saturday evening lawrence a top recording star for decca and columbia has had his band called the best band in the land by bill board magazine he and his band played at the last spring house party he graduated from the university of pennsylvania music school cum laude before deciding to form his own orchestra directly after grad uation from u of p he became music director at station wcau in phila delphia while affiliated with the station a number of his own cbs network shows originated from the phila delphia studios listen to lawrence and the elliot lawrence show were the first programs on which he appeared lawrence left the station after see group page 7 plans for one of the largest and most unique sets in the 10 year his tory of music festival were released friday by leo gould 58 director of set design and jim barney 58 and bruce wendling 57 co-directors of construction the stage will be roughly 100 feet in width with two major areas a hundred foot ramp on the higher level and a 20 by 40 feet stage on a lower level the two major areas will all be tied in by platform series and different-levelled ramps behind this mammoth stage a projection screen also 100 feet wide will be hung with a concave effect projection will be from the front and behind the screen according to barney in discussing set design and effect gould noted that the general set ting will give the impression of being down in a valley looking over a hill at the horizon exchange dinners held tonight dinners for various fraternity of ficials will be held tonight during the freshman pledge banquet fraternity presidents will dine at beta theta pi rushing chairmen at pi kappa alpha treasurers at delta tau delta and stewards at kappa sigma brothers from these houses will eat at other fraternities to ease the load on the cooks and to fraternize with other houses cleaver concert artists an appreciative audience listens to the saturday night presentation of schubert's the twin brothers in packard auditorium by the chamber orchestra directed by prof william schempf as part of the a n cleaver series lehigh university brown and white vol 68 — no 36 bethlehem pa tuesday march 12 1957 un 6-0331 steel co mountaintop project to include university facilities by joe varilla on top of old south mountain the top of south mountain will soon take on a new look when construction begins on this proposed bethlehem steel research center this planners model shows the pro posed construction plan of the research center which will also be beneficial to lehigh and will include a new observatory and amphitheater for the university feyer's music humor delight scl audience deans must keep pace --- christensen elliott lawrence elliott lawrence returns for ifc dean christensen dimensions flexibility mean unique festival the telephone rings you answer it after giving out a few words of pertinent information or relaying some sage advice you return to the pile of papers in the in box your job to transfer the papers from in to out according to dr glenn j christensen dean of the college of arts and science this is a prime example of what a college dean's job should not become he believes that if a dean does not keep pace with and attempt to exploit to the fullest advant age the rapid developments within the college he will be well on his way to becoming a mere paper-shuffler to help the arts college keep in step with the rapid strides with which the university is developing the general foods fund has given the college 25,000 how to spend the money to the best advantage for the arts college is one of the problems which faces dean christensen he has had the money for two months while try ing to decide how to spend it a solution to the problem is also be ing sought by the arts college com mittee this is not the first time in see christensen page 5 see crews page 8