Brown and White Vol. 86 no. 35

              lehigh university brown and white vol m-no 35 bethlehem pa tuesday february 18 1f75 m4-ks3i coed singing group may be considered by lew goldstein if the size of the women's chamber singers increases to 45-50 girls then we would seriously consider combining the men's glee club to form a mixed choral group according to robert cutler chairman of the music department when asked if the 90-year-old tradition of the glee club is a primary reason for not allowing a mixed chorus to emerge cutler responded that quality of performance not quantity is stressed there are not enough of them their quality program is not as good as the men's program cutler said and besides they don't learn things that rapidly four years ago when women students arrived a small mixed chorus separate from the glee club was formed the concerts given by the mixed chorus were not very good according to cutler and as a result m 1972 the chamber singers consisting of 14 women replaced the mixed chorus given university funds and course credit for participation the group now consists of 33 members under the direction of jerry bidlack assistant professor of music bidlack said that although the per formances of the chamber singers have been restricted to the campus this year the music department is m the process of planning a weekend trip to new england or washington m the spring cutler said that if the 53-member glee club were to go co-ed they would lose many tours which they give m conjunction with the choruses of women's colleges if the ultimate edict came down from equal raise for faculty proposed the forum's budget subcommittee will submit proposals calling for a minimum equal wage increase for all faculty a review of the graduate program and a postponement for contruction of the athletic convocation center acc will be submitted at monday's forum meeting according to william rankin 75 budget subcommittee chairman the salary proposal would save the students and everybody else concerned money the resolution reads that the forum repudiate its previous approval of com petitive faculty salaries and instead call for a minimum across-the-board wage increase for all faculty the motion states that with some faculty receiving a 7 per cent or greater increase m salary and others receiving only a 3 per cent raise under the present competitive situation the raises are not of an anti inflationary nature the second proposal calling for a review by provost albert zettlemoyer of the graduate programs arose because the quality of the programs is something that can't be measured presently rankin said the resolution calls for the use of in novative accounting methods and academic review of the quality of graduate education to determine the benefit of graduate level instruction m all depart ments new century fund drive may extend past deadline the new century campaign may have to be extended approximately six months to a year m order to meet its prescribed goal of 30 million according to paul franz vice-president for development in a report to the board of trustees dated january 24 1975 franz stated that 25,061,328 had been pledged and 12,069,414 had been paid to the cam paign the report indicates that approximately 27.4 million or 91 per cent of the stated goal is anticipated by june of this year the scheduled date for completion of the campaign franz noted however that this was a conservative estimate and that favorable developments could result m additional commitments of as much as 1 million the possible developments cited were substantial appreciation m the securities market the maturing of certain deferred gifts to the university or the acceleration of one or two major foun dation grants when asked what would happen if fur ther depreciation of the stock market occured franz stated that his estimates were conservative and that he did not wish to contemplate that possibility in order to pay for all of the projects encompassed by the new century fund pledges m excess of the 30 million may have to be raised franz noted that the campaigning goal was based on projected annual inflation rates of five per cent we did not anticipate the double digit inflation rates we have experienced franz said highest priority m presently availble funds is going to those buildings under contract the chemistry complex and the field house franz stated the arena will be built however as soon as the funds are available he added the report also points out that the new century fund has raised nearly as much money as the centennial campaign m half the time and without discontinuing the annual giving fund the fund's phase i goals include building the athletic and convocation center m saucon valley renovation of packard lab and taylor gym and the creation of new scholarships and distinguished professorships b&w photo by baiz trapped — a computer technician was trapped wednesday night m the computer terminal m the basement of taylor hall when residents shown above filled the entrance wells with snow it took 20 minutes to fill the entrances but buildings and grounds workers needed four hours to make a partial clearance paul franz birman raps soviet system byjofineman it is important and necessary to weaken the power of the communist party and soviet leaders and to move m the direction of a free market soviet economist igor birman told a neville lounge audience thursday night at the lecture sponsored by the visiting lec turers committee birman spoke on the problems of the soviet economy in the soviet political system it is im portant to improve the economy radically birman said but he added it is possible to do something better with different measures everybody m the soviet union recognizes the need for change but soviet leaders don't like it because m this case free market they won't be soviet leaders as a lecturer i am glad you laugh but as a man born m russia i am unhappy that you laugh he told his listeners i don't like the soviet union but i like russia birman said it's not a question about soviet leaders mr breshnev has enough fruit cars it is a question . about soviet people he added birman spoke of his awareness that no one economy m the world is m a good economic condition including the united states he noted statistics of the soviet handbook revealing that production m the soviet union is about 60 per cent of that m the united states and the military levels of the two nations are almost the same we know that the tempo of develop ment is higher m the soviet union than america but it the tempo of develop ment is very bad because it can only be because the standard of living m the soviet union is very low birman said using indicators from soviet hand books only birman noted that m the soviet union there are 80 square feet per person eighty per cent of the houses are old with one half of the total housing without gas and 30 per cent without sewers further illustrating the low standard of living m the soviet union birman cited the following comparative statistics on food consumption the average american citizen eats annually approximately 280 pounds of meat while the soviet citizen consumes 100 the american eats 12 pounds of fish the soviet citizen eats 30 the latter consumes 185 eggs 320 pounds of grain and 332 pounds of potatoes to the americans 300 eggs 106 pounds of grain and 133 pounds of potatoes in america there are more than 100 million cars while m the soviet union there are roughly 2 or 3 million cars and trucks birman said the average income of a soviet family is much lower than that of an american family he added on inflation birman cited a difference m the very meaning of the word as applied m the soviet union and the united states inflation here means the prices go up here we have a free market and free prices inflation m the soviet union means you cannot buy m the store what you need because of lines or because what you need is just not there birman said in the soviet union prices go up but to tell the truth very slowly perhaps 50 per cent for 15 years which is nothing comnarable to see equal raise page 5 see coed singing page 4 see economist page 5