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              , cil has decided to substitute a vol untary system with a maximum of 12 non-lehigh graduate students in residence hall sections rhc will review applications of graduate students seeking liv ing accommodations on campus and will make selections stress ing foreign students as well as students from other universities and other areas of the country purpose of this program rhc president william f eberhart states is to introduce both a stabilizing force and a cosmopolitan atmos phere into the residence halls dean campbell has indiacted he will consult with dr wray h congdon dean of graduate school on the matter of incorporating rental costs into graduate fellowships residence halls council officers elections will be held thursday night in the university center eberhart also announced upperclass section presidents will elect the housing facilities chair man at 9:15 following the rhc meeting at 8:30 where the president vice-president and secretary will be elected by upperclass house and section presidents the treasurer will be elected by house and section treasurers house and section social chairmen will elect the social their rhc coun terpart at 10 at 10:15 house and section vice presidents will elect the discipline committee chairman residence halls members inter ested in any of these positions may contact their section presidents by brian skyrms saturday night i heard something that made me want to haul my trombone out from under the bed and start practicing scales again playing to a half filled house cliff sloyer and the lehigh jazz moderns once again demonstrated that le high is capable of producing disci plined powerful and exciting music the performance ranged from magnificent overpowering ken ton arrangements by the full band to john heiss virtuoso election results 37 awards dedi cation of the 1960 epitome and tapping of odk and cyanide will be featured tomorrow at lehighs annual flagpole day ceremonies classes will be shortened 10 minutes to permit students to attend the flagpole gathering at 11:30 a.m band selections are scheduled to open the ceremony followed by an invocation by chaplain ray mond fuessle introductory re marks will be made by gen percy l sadler director of athletics associate dean preston parr will act as master of ceremonies for the remaining program twenty-five athletic awards are scheduled for presentation they are given for achieve ment in every sport from foot ball to golf to sailing the 1960 epitome will be dedi cated by editor m edward dehart 60 though the actual yearbook will not be available for distribution for two more weeks art awards will be presented to the three students who have shown artistic progress and meritorious ability in painting and modern art at lehigh presentation of the service awards including the dean's service award the apo service key and the arcadia service award will follow pi lambda phi will present an award for the first time tomorrow for achievement in journalism odk and cyanide tapping will follow — cyanide's tapping has never occurred at flagpole day ceremonies after tapping will come the results of class elections which were held may 4-6 presenta tion of the senior class cane to the president-elect of the class of 1961 will be made by tom gilhool senior class presi dent completion of tomorrow's cere monies will be marked by pre sentation of the coveted bosey reiter leadership cup followed by the alma mater sung by the glee club an innovation this year will be see parr page 6 flute rendition of a sort of lyrical chant by paul desmond with piano percussion and brags backing the concert was a striking dem onstration of the versatility of the band as a whole arid even more so of three particular men sloyer an instructor in math now working towards his doctorate seemed ai home as a band leader but his tal ents were indicated not so much by stage prescence as by the impres rive cohesiveness balance and dis cipline of the group john heiss leader of his own sub group the lehigh modern jazz quintet alternated during the eve ning between a good alto sax and a virtuoso flute jim meloney in pos session of a very swinging tenor demonstrated an almost equally fine clarinet during the quintet's rendi see balance page 4 catholic fitness for presidency discussed wed this house disfavors a catholic for president of the united states will be debated in oxford union style tomorrow night at 8 o'clock in the osboume room of the uni versity center taking the affirmative that there should not be a catholic president will be robert walt ers 60 and jeffrey harrod british graduate student robert cochnar 61 and dennis fitzgerald also a british graduate student will argue the negative political scientists have held that the religious question has become a determinant issue in senator ken nedy's candidacy for the democratic presidential nomination this is the first time since the defeat of al smith in 1928 that a catholic has been a serious contender from either party for the presidency commenting on the selection of the topic robert jablon 61 dot president said there is no question that this issue has become an important factor in the campaign many claim it will decide the west virginia primary and eventually the presidency since senator kennedy's religion has become such a vital political factor i do not believe the issues it presents should be pushed under a see kennedy's page 3 retiring h v anderson to be honored at dinner prof harold v anderson who has been teaching chemistry here since 1918 will retire from the faculty june 30 a silver tray will be presented prof anderson by harvey a neville vice-president and provost during the 13th annual fac ulty dinner honoring faculty members who have retired and those who have taught here for 25 years or more in the university center asa backer room may 24 during his 42 years with the university prof anderson has en gaged in considerable research and with other chemists has written several books and texts among his important x-ray investigations or analyses were those of asbestos pennsylvania anthracite slate egg albumin animal skin during soaking and liming natural and synthetic resins and linseed oil his most recent work is the 1955 copyright edition of chemical calculations pub lished by mcgraw-hill book co this book and previous editions written in collabora tion with j si long are now used by colleges and universi ties in the u.s and canada as well as foreign countries the society for experimental stress analysis published his x ray stress measurements written with c w tucker jr in 1952 he see hua's page 6 outside concert tonight at 7:15 see band page 4 spring serenade an outdoor band concert will be presented by the lehigh varsity band tonight at 7:15 on the lawn of packer church ¦ the performance will be open to the public jonathan elkus associate professor of music will conduct the 40-piece band will have a program of nine selections they are in order of performance lon don pageant composed by george melachrino an overture the lan tern marriage by jacques offen vol 71 — no 47 resident officer program halted for next year bethlehem pa tuesday may 10 1960 un 6-0331 annual flagpole day services tomorrow lehigh university brown and white the graduate officer program — a hotly contested issue last spring — will be discontinued in upperclass residence halls next year in a three hour session with as sociate dean of students c b campbell the residence halls coun jazz moderns termed proof that lehigh is capable of pro ducing disciplined powerful and exciting music cliff sloyer and com pany presented a concert saturday ranging from slow blues to dynamic driving numbers here john heiss plays his virtuoso flute jazz performance lauded for versatility gone flshln rutgers aaron henschel is not on the green but in he green on saucon valley's eighteenth hole henschel's misfortune occurred friday during the rutgers swarthmore lehigh triangular golf meet see story page 8 ' „„. ix class schedule - tomorrow's class hi-hedvle modified for flagpole day exercises as released by registrar 1 as follows first class 81 s:10 50 second class 9j 9:00 40 third class 101 9:60-1o:w fourth class 11 ¦ 10:40-11:20 or lunch hour exercises at the flagpole , 11:30-1 2 30 packard auditorium in ease of rain fifth class 12 12:50 1:30 or lunch hour sixth class 1 1:40 2:20 seventh class 2 2:30 3:10 eighth class 3 3:20 4:00