Brown and White Vol. 75 no. 34

              firm foundations — the new upperclass dorm foundations stand solidly in the recent snow fall the new dorms scheduled to be completed by september 1965 will house 264 students in six separate structures each four stories tall rushing rules change proposed the cancellation of ifc week end as an all-university event this year was announced at last night's interfraternity council meeting the traditional weekend had originally been scheduled for march 13 and 14 in a recommen dation to the student activities committee however the interfra ternity council stated that because the wrestling championships are being held in lancaster that week end full participation in the activ ities scheduled for that weekend would be hindered the student activities commit tee rejected the recommendation stating that a concert on the week end of april 4 would be too close to spring houseparty on april 25 on which a concert is also sched uled also discussed at the meeting last night were proposed changes in current rushing rules the changes were recommended by the ifc scholarship committee under the direction of james stehlik 64 the proposed changes are these 1 all freshmen are eligible to be contacted during specified hours contacting defined as association of fraternity members with fresh men within the freshmen residence halls or private homes of the fresh men 2 freshmen on scholastic pro bation may not be rushed until the council's efforts praised by mcshea twelfth week of the second semes ter the exact date to be set by the ifc executive committee rush ing defined as the entertainment or presence of freshmen within a fraternity house during the spring semester 3 any freshmen on scholastic probation present in a fraternity house before the twelfth week without the express permission of an ifc officer will constitute illegal rushing saturday of houseparty during open affairs was not included 4 any freshman on scholastic probation found to be illegally rushed will be ineligible to pledge the house in question until the sec ond spring semester sophomore year 5 pledging of a freshman on scholastic probation may take place anytime after the specified date with notification of both ifc and the dean of students by pledging a man in the twelfth week his average would not count how would you like to name the proposed metallurgy and chemical engineering laboratory it would cost you only 2,000,000 any you could pay it off in five easy 400,000 installments the laboratory is one of several goals listed in the university's 22,000,000 centennial development program some of the money will be used to increase faculty salaries create distinguished professorships fellowships and scholarships and acquire new land and equipment about half of the funds will be used to construct educational buildings a new power plant athletic fields and new residence halls and to expand the library trustees have announced that more than 12,600,000 of the goal has been secured the university will attempt to raise the remaining 10 million during the 1965-66 scholastic year through an intensive solicitation of the entire lehigh family and friends because of the growing difficulty of attracting qualified professors to college employment the university plans to add at least 5 million to its permanent endowment to hold its present outstanding faculty and attract equally competent teachers in the future lehigh will also use 2,000,000 to endow distinguished professorships the metallurgy and chemical engineering laboratory will cost 2,750,000 the proposed four-story structure will he built on newly acquired property north of packer avenue the building will enable the two departments to acquire more equipment increase the number of special research projects and expand tb^ir graduate enrollment to bring together and modernize the scattered arts and science facilities the university plans to build a 1,500,000 arts and science center ground for the five story structure will be made available by the bethlehem urban renewal program three new upperclass dormitor ies will be built at an expense of 2,000,000 to house the future in crease of student population the old semicircular portion of the library will be replaced by a new wing capable of housing an addi tional 500,000 volumes the university's overtaxed pow er plant will be replaced by one capable of handling increased pow er and heat requirements intra mural and intercollegiate athletic fields a field house and a new stad ium will be built on the 550 acre tract of land in saucon valley to accommodate the increase of traffic through the campus the university plans to reroute several campus roads and expand park ing areas on the house average for the se mester other business at the meeting included an address by v rodger digilio 64 on the food for free dom campaign ifc decided to let each individual house deal with the campaign in the manner they see fit rather than to have a coor dinated ifc effort jeff cry enck 64 then addressed the meeting on the subject of crossroads africa after which ifc voted to contribute 200 to help defray the increased expenses of sending four rather than three students to africa this year i the sophomore class will i || meet at 7:30 p.m today to 1 i vote on the proposed class | constitution if a majority of those 1 present accept the proposal | the constitution will be i ratified the ecumenical council has helped put christianity on the road to peace and understanding bishop joseph mcshea of the allentown diocese said here thursday bishop mcshea speaking to a near-capacity crowd in packard audi torium said the vatican council brought an open exchange of views and a broader exchange of questions facing the church today the major accomplishment of the council he said was the decision to allow replacement of latin by the language of the indi vidual nation the resolution deploring anti-semitism received much support he added and will probably be passed over the opposition of the arab bloc the first session of the council was seriously hampered by the sheer volume of the material for discussion before the second session last winter the topics were thoroughly abridged to facilitate discus sion he said both of the sessions emphasized discussion along general lines rather than on specific subjects he added b'shrp mcshea affirmed that the curia the church's permanent administrative body in rome obstructed progress the prelates he said needed no help in slowing things down it is nice to hear your voice ring out in st peter's commented the bishop the spirit of the ecumenical council was aimed at bringing a better understanding in the spirit of charity to religious groups now divided bishop mcshea said the bishop said pcpe john's statement that christianity was marked by cleavages that were too too deep did much to foster a spirit of christian unity however he termed the church's attitude to pro testant unity since world war ii as negative the church must stand firm on disputed points of theology he said and must refrain from soft-peddling these points because they offend some christian sects bishop mcshea called the meeting of catholicism's leaders a manifestation of the universality and oneness of mankind concerted effort — prof jonathan elkus leads the concert band in virgil thomson's a solemn music 1 ' one of the numbers on the program in last friday night's performance in broughal auditorium vol 75 — no 34 bethlehem pa — tuesday march 3 1964 866-0331 blehigh university brown and white expansion fund tops 12 million