Brown and White Vol. 71 no. 24

              see duke page 9 by grant anderson last friday evening lehigh's os bourne room was the stage for con temporary dutch chamber music which contained many romantic and even some early jazz overtones overall this reviewer was left un impressed by the compositions pre sented in the combined numbers the parts at times seemed vir tually divorced also the fre quent contrast between high and low passages and between musical agitation and serenity drew the listener's attention to the contrasts themselves rather than subtly creating a mood the hi j man sonata for violoncel lo and piano however notably em ployed an easily recognizable theme which compensated for these con trasts and left the listener with editor's note : this is the first atmmq.-£iaries on the other sule in the current rotc debate — the position on the program taken by the defense department and the army and air force the current nationwide wave of student complaints notwithstanding the department of defense plans to swastika fad hits fraternity the international swastika-paint ing craze reached lehigh saturday night members of alpha sigma phi awoke on sunday morning to find a sign in front of their 514 delaware aye house daubed with two ten-inch swastikas fountain hill chief of police gustave a harrison continued an investigation of the incident yes terday but could report little prog ress in finding the vandals good for his ego pressures create fear thomas says continue its reserve officers train ing corps rotc program in the first semi-official state ment on the rotc question assistant secretary of defense charles finucane stated the government's position in the december issue of higher education a publication cf the department of health educa tion and welfare determination of whether the program shall be compulsory or vol untary during the first two years will continue to be left up to the individual colleges according to the defense dept spokesman la the voluntary - compulsory question the stated defense dept policy appears to be in conflict with recently-stated army and air force decisions the army in a statement last month from chief of staff gen l l lemnitzer said it favored retaining required ro tc in universities throughout the country air force authorities in a meet ing at maxwell air force base ala bama over the past month has told college administrators that it also favors compulsory rotc training both services said that although they might not prefer a required see decision pagee 3 by charles miller the university is a great deal more fearful of economic pressures than need be norman thomas asserted sunday in a telephone interview on his c ontroversial position the 75-year-old socialist maintains there are many pressure groups producing a fear ob viously before your president's eyes despite the existence of these groups he feels that many persons would never know of his speak ing at the university and those that did hear of his speech would shrug their shoulders the possibility of a procedural complication re sulting in denia of permission for him to speak here was very inexplicable to thomas the most astounding part of the entire controversy appeared to be the alleged failure of president whitaker to communicate to him the reasons upon which this denial of per mission was based noting there was no direct communication he explained he learned of the controversy only by private letters and newspaper clippings sent me by interested parties throughout the country admitting permission had been denied for him to speak at three other schools wooster blooms burg state teachers and illinois normal during his long career thomas insists this is the first time there has been a cancellation without some expla nation the other three presidents were very frank in admitting that outside pressures brought about the cancellation of a lecture possibility in two of these cases the institutions presented him the nominal fee generally given to their speak ers he also noted that since that time two of thesa institutions have undergone structural changes such that a cancellat on would not occur he called these changes for the better considering the three previous instances of cancellation he insists i don't wholly regard see somebordy's page 5 norman thomas lehem pa tuesday january 12 1960 aaup not to publicize its reply to thomas vol 71 — no 24 optional dress voted by cabinet for hp dance formal dress will not be required for the friday night dance at spring houseparty this year dress for the spring houseparty optional will be either black tie or dark suit the junior class cabinet sponsor of event has de cided dress for dates will be either formal or cocktail length dresses the tradition-breaking decision made at a meeting of the cabinet thursday night represents an attempt to increase the student attend ance at the dance also representing the desire to increase attendance at the dance was the announcement of a 1,500 increment in the budget for house party bands the names of the bands have not been released as the final contracts have not been signed reasons cited by cabinet members for breaking the tra dition for formal dress include the cost incurred by many stu dents for renting a tuxedo and the difficulty had by many dates in carrying their dresses when traveling a third rea son given by many members was the general dislike of most students to formal dress although dark suits will b allowed a special resolution by th cabinet slated that sports coats o any kind will not be allowed also emphasized was that th change was experimental in natur and would not be binding for fal houseparty or for any other spon soring class the increase in the band ex penditure was made possible by the size of the class treasury the largest of any class in the history of lehigh houseparty chairman ken smith expressed confidence however that the larger attendance expected will more than cover the added ex pense in other action the class hearc a preliminary report from a com mittee set up to study possiblt revision of the class gift plan duke chronicle publishes again with new editor solitude — lone student prepares for exams in the university library during the week he will be joined by many others in prepa ration for upcoming finals see thomas page 5 norman thomas will get a pri vate reply to his recent letter to the lehigh chapter of aaup ques tioning the wisdom of a future appearance on the campus prof ernest dilworth sec retary of the american asso ciation of university profes sors chapter disclosed this week that the aaup executive committee had met and was working on a reply but would not make it public if thomas wants to release it that's his business dilworth ad ded at the same meeting the resig nation of prof roy eckardt was accepted eckardt was president of the organization but resigned fol lowing release of an aaup state ment on the thomas affair on dec 15 the statement first from the faculty in many years to publicly question administration policy — asked for a revision in procedures regarding approval of guest speak ers although no new president has been elected committee members told the brown and white that a nominating com mittee would present its recom mendations in the near future reliable sources indicated that prof peter havas currently vice-president was the most probable future president bethlehem steel company spokes men declined any comment this week on the accusation leveled by thomas that the steel company has exerted finanical pressure on the university to thwart his appear dutch performers acclaimed for style see trio page 4 some feeling of unity the compositions were commend ably performed by dr julius hig man piano a faculty member of the philadelphia musical academy and the new york college of music miss deborah reeder violoncello army air force dispute defense dept on rotc duke university's student news paper the chronicle is again pub lishing on its normal three-times weekly schedule following a two week suspension of the paper by the college's administration last month because of an acutely ob scene and offensively sacrilegious column we regard the publication of the column and the subse quent controversy as unfortu nate incidents marian sapp current editor of the chronicle told the brown and white in a telephone interview sunday the column miss sapp re ferred to has become the most controversial piece of college jour nalism published this year it was written by chronicle columnist steve cohen and appeared in the december 2 issue of the duke paper under the title of a christ mas story following the appearance of the christmas story all available copies of the paper were impound ed and destroyed reportedly in a bonfire the editor frederick an drews was removed from his po sition author cohen was re moved and forbidden to write for any duke publication in the future and publication of the chronicle was suspended by the college's executive committee for an in definite period publication of the chron icle was finally renewed on de cember 14 under the aegis of the traditional publications lehigh university brown and white