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              rotc program shaping cadets for army camp american college students to live study and work with african stu dents and leaders at first 72 students were sent abroad to work at a nine-week work-camp seminar held in five countries this summer the plan will spon sor these programs in twenty coun tries meetings with political and gov ernmental leaders educators busi nessmen and village chiefs are an integral part of the progrnm the major share of ihe time is see tap page 3 mil ball tomorrow night at 9 met the 900 needed to send one representative to the program was not yet available however the committee has now received pledges for the amount needed for the two representatives the class of 62 offered to bridge the gap if any extra money is necessary the committee is awaiting final approval of the candidates before final plans for securing financial backing are ar.nounced organized in 1958 crossroads africa aims to promote african american relations by allowing ? dr a geoffrey norman professor of botany at the university of michigan will discuss the uniqueness of plants in the osbourne room tuesday at 8 p.m a native of england dr norman attended king edward's school and the university of birmingham where he received his bachelor of science and his doctorate in philosophy in plant-biochemistry prof norman came to the united states in 1930 as a rockefeller • fellow and attended the university of wisconsin where he continued his research in agricultural bac teriology he returned to england in 1933 and re ceived a doctor of science degree from the univer sity of london he was in charge of the biochemistry section of the rothamsted experimental station in herts england from 1933 to 1937 dr norman returned to the united states in 1937 to become professor of soils at iowa state university from 1943 to 1945 he was with the chemical corps of the army in washington and in 1946 be came division chief of the chemical corps biological see plant page 3 geologist to lecture prof marius lecompte will present an illus trated lecture on modern and fossil coral reefs on thursday feb 22 at 8 p.m in williams hall room 301 a devonian stratigraphist at the university of louvain belgium dr lecompte will also speak at several seminars in the geology department ? ? with mississippi college arcadia organizes student exchange program the crowning of a queen will highlight tomor row's annual military ball sponsored by the army and air force rotc at 9 p.m in hotel bethlehem's main ballroom cadets and their dates will dance to the music of walt simpson newcomer to the lehigh scene ball room dancing will be featured throughout the eve ning for the firs't jmie.'tio&efs will be made available to all students wkefh"er~'6r not they are associated with the military advanced cadets and members of the military societies unlike past daiices will be allowed to attend tickets may be purchased from any advanced cadet or from the rotc departments in grace hall today is the last day on which tickets selling for 4 per couple may be purchased candidates for the queen contest will be chosen from the ladies present dates may wear cocktail dresses while their escorts will be attired in formal military dress service uniforms white shirt and black bow tie walt simpson by henry schleicher hup — two — three — four has become a frequent cry in grace hall it's all part of the army's pro gram to prepare the junior class cadets for the rigors of summer camp an army officer said captain theodore d risch assistant pro fessor of military science must be able to make a long march and arrive in a condition to think clearly the army rotc dcparhnent is concerned with cade's and newly commissioned officers reporting for see cadets page 5 lives here wayson made a report on the faculty-stu dent contact fund under which professors are reimbursed either partially or totally for entertaining students arcadia refused to take any definite action until wayson could obtain the number of professors who have used the fund last year rhc and arcadia contributed jfso apiece and 175 was given by anonymous donors chaplain raymond fuessle wanted ar cadia to contribute more this year as the an onymous donors cannot be relied upon every year arcadia seemed in favor of donating more if more than a few professors were tak ing advantage of the fund the two crossroads africa nominees will be given the opportunity to attend the stu dent in international affairs at columbia university from february 23-25 arcadia felt that the nominees would prosper from the col loquim an acting committee to select a represen tative for a student exchange program with tougaloo southern christian college was established by arcadia wednesday organized to combat student apathy with southern negro problems the program is sponsored and financed by the national stu dent association according to the terms of the plan a le high student will spend six days et the jack son miss college while a tougaloo student in grace hall orchestra to perform sun the minneapolis symphony directed by stanislaw skrowaczewski will perform sunday at 2:15 p m in grace hall under the sponsorship of the committee on performing arts the concert will include the symphony number 35 in d major haffner symphony by wolfgang amadeus mozart six pieces for or chestra opus 6 by anton webern and symphony number one in f miner and opus 10 by dimitri shostakovich skrowaczewski considers these pieces a well balanced program he went on to explain that he prefers the classical-romantic music of shubert schumann and liszt . . . .. he feels that a well-balanced program must contain not only the great masterpieces of symphonic repertory in as wide a range as pos sible but that new works must also be introduced the concert is under the auspices of prof jonathan elkus chair man of the committee on performing arts and boris sokoloff general manager of the orchestra lighting and staging will be done by members cf the mustard . and cheese dramatics club the ushering will be done by the local chap ter of alpha phi omega national service fraternity persons arriving late will be seated only between orchestral performances the 1961-62 season marks the 57th consecutive year the state of minnesota has supported a major symphony orchestra stanislaw skrowaczewski bethlehem pa ¦. •• ¦„¦¦ friday feb 16 1952 name austrian wood to crossroads africa vol 73 no 29 contacted — one freshman takes time out from studies to dis cuss his future with a representative from one lehigh fraternity between now and march 10 freshmen will visit at least twelve houses on designated days if they wish to be considered when rushing begins following spring recess botanist to discuss uniqueness of plants michael i austrian 63 and william j wood 64 have been nominated by the crossroads africa committee for participation in the program this summer timothy b bird 64 was chosen as an alternate the committee — composed of preston parr associate dean of students dr glenn j christensen vice-president and provost roger blair 64 and thomas power 62 chairman — will forward the re commendations to the national crossroads africa committee for final approval we were amazed by the quality of the applicants power said and almost had to resort to flip ping a coin between four of them to make the final decision originally the committee had re ceived permission to send one delegate to the program but after receiving more than 20 qualified applicants power said we re quested an additional representa tive . presently the committee is at tempting to obtain permission to send a third lehigh delegate when the committee originally lehigh university brown and white