Brown and White Vol. 72 no. 1

              dedicated 15 years to building better lu president martin dewey whitaker 60 to graduate dr gipson to deliver founders day address dr lawrence henry gipson research professor emeritus of history will deliver the 82nd annual founder's day address oct 9 in packer memorial church the world-known historian will speak to approximately 60 grad uates founder's day honors asa packer lehigh valley industrialist and philanthropist who founded lehigh in 1865 dr gipson who is revising the 10th volume of his monumental work the british empire before the american revolution was born in greeley colo and spent most of his youth in idaho he was graduated from the uni versity of idaho in 1903 and the following four years studied at oxford as a rhodes scholar with the first delegation from the united states he earned a degree in the honor school of modern history he received his ph.d in 19ir at yale where he studied as a farnham fellow in history and in 1924 came to lehigh as head of th department of history and govern ment a position he held until 191 c when he was transferred to the in stitute of research in order to give all his efforts to research and writing in 1952 he was named professor see dr page 5 all-u average gains 7-year high the all-university average has climbed nearly one-tenth of a point to reach 2.1782 its highest climb in seven years the new mark established last spring is 0951 greater than last fall's 2.0831 this is 0232 short of the university average set in the spring of 1953 2.2014 no fraternities are on academic probation this semester phi kap pa theta on probation last se mester with a 1.711 raised its average to 2.052 an increase of 341 leading this year's list of living groups is drinker i with an aver age of 2.709 richards 111-a fol lowed with a 2.615 the gryphon society composed of counselors in the freshmen residence halls attained a group average of 3.010 topping the fraternities was tau delta phi 2.567 recapturing the number one spot from theta chi which fell to the second posi tion with a 2548 the two rank third and fourth in the university respectively dravo c-iv trailed the univer sity with a 1.592 first time since the fall of 58 that the bottom aver age was above a 1.5 all classes bettered last fall's marks in the traditionally higher by robert m walters 60 former editor brown & white relatively few lehigh students ever met dr martin dewey whitaker personally even fewer really knew the man who guided lehigh's destiny for 15 trying years he welcomed our class during freshman week and he'll speak to us again on graduation day in the four intermediate years i probably won't see him this was the average lehigh man's answer when questioned about the university's top officer what kind of a man was martin d whitaker what did he do for lehigh how did he do it if any single statement can be made about the last 15 years of his life it must be said that he was dedicated to building a better lehigh he was an intensely devoted man who expended the maximum of his energies in the hope of making a greater lehigh the last line in his obituary notice in the new york times spoke for dr whitaker in lieu of dowers donations may be made to lehigh univer sity during his life at lehigh dr whitaker was in deed a unique individual if ever a man success fully bridged the gap between what c p snow has called the two cultures — the world of science and that of the arts — that man was martin d whitaker an internationally respected scientist with a degree of technical competence sufficient to place his name alongside the others who pioneered the atomic age he left the world of science in 1945 to become le high's eighth president in those postwar days lehigh was in a very sorry state the war had depleted the student body the physical plant reflecting a lack of alumni inter est was pitifully inadequate and faculty moral was ebbing lower daily dr whitaker saw the key to improvement in increased alumni interest and support he undertook a personal fund-raising venture that was to see le high's endowment rise 28.7 million dollars — from 16.5 million in 1945 to 45.2 million in 1960 while other college presidents were resigning because of the burden of fund raising placed upon the contemporary college head dr whitaker saw increased endowment as being the first all-important step in rebuilding lehigh in 1947 he beefed up the annual giving cam paign with the university's first major fund drive — the progress fund a venture which was to prove see endowment page 6 brown and white vol 72 bethlehem pa friday sept 23 1960 no 1 trustees boost tuition to meet rising costs an undergraduate tuition in crease — bringing the total annual cost to 1400 — was announced by university treasurer eilmer w glick this week to become effec tive next september decision for the increment by the board of trustees was made reluctantly but was considered necessary to meet rising costs and to maintain the university's high standards of operation glick said the additional annual fee for students in engineering and arts engineering will be discontinued an inflationary period involving a continually rising cost of opera tion and maintenance for the uni versity was cited as the major reason for the tuition raise the proportion of the total cost of education of which the student now pays less than half should reach approximately the 50 per cent mark according to glick in a letter to parents the treas urer explains a sincere concern spring semester the senior class reached a 2.447 junior class 2.270 sophomores 2.060 and freshmen 1.950 fraternity men remained above the town students with a 2.184 to 2.144 the residence halls pulled a 2.125 following is a list of living groups and their ranks gryphon society 3.010 1 drinker i 2.709 2 richards 111-a 2.615 3 tau delta phi 2 567 4 theta chi 2.548 5 m-m i-a 2.486 6 m-m 11-a 2.468 7 taylor-a 2.450 senior class 2.447 see fraternities page 5 for the financial problems which this increase will present to the families of some students has prompted us to delay for one year the introduction of the new rate the trustees recognize that this increased cost in spite of this no tice one year in advance will be a hardship for some of our students and parents increased financial aid and self-help opportunities along with the present program of tuition payment plans will mm imize . . . hardships of needy stu dents dr charles a seidle director of admissions told the brown and white in the past tuition in creases have apparently had no effect to improve or hurt our com petitive interests in admissions regarding the timing of the an nouncement dr seidle noted it is far enough in advance to allow us to announce it for next year's candidates ahmad jamal jazz trio set for tomorrow night tomorrow night at 8:30 the class of 62 will present the ahmad ja mal trio one of the newest jazz groups in grace hall ahmad jamal as one of the top performers in the jazz field will ahmad jamal . . . pianist provide a fitting climax to the first big weekend of the year commented russell borner junior class president jamal started playing piano at the age of three and at the age of fourteen he was an accredited member of the musician's union after high school he joined the george hudson orchestra later he joined several smaller groups where he gained much more val uable experience finally in 1951 he formed his present trio of piano bass and guitar almost immediately the group attracted nationwide atten tion and now has numerous suc cessful recordings television ap pearances and live shows to its credit jamal's albums but not for me happy moods jamal at the pershing portfolio of ah mad jamal and ahmad jamal his most notable successes have greatly increased requests for per sonal appearances he has already appeared in carnegie hall and many night clubs and hotels across the nation tickets will be sold at the door dr laurence henry gipson . . . founder's day speaker