Brown and White Vol. 77 no. 52

              brown and white v01.77 no 52 bethlehem pa - friday may 20 1966 866-0331 reserve fund motion tabled arcadia xx passed a motion wednesday to table consideration of an arcadia reserve fund until the next meeting on sept 21 the reserve fund motion was amended to establish a chain of events leading to the eventual passing or discarding of the fund the amended motion is 1 the finance and calendar committee of arcadia will re-examine the motion which would enable ar cadia to tax profits of concerts and functions of or ganizations with a maximum of the fund to be 6,000 and a minimum of 4,000 2 a straw vote of the representative groups on campus concerning the motion will be taken 3 taking the straw vote into consideration ar cadia will again act on the motion 4 if arcadia passes the motion then the proposal will be put before a student referendum calling the initial motion ambiguous and " vague harvey york president of arcadia said that arcadia had " made an error in the method in which the motion was presented and in not notifying and consulting student opinion thomas lang 66 who organised a petition aaktng that " arcadia xx reserve their decision to establish the fund or put the fund to a referendum said that the petition was not intended to harass arcadia or call malpractice but it is in the best interests of arcadia and the student body there were 915 slgnees " in under 20 hours according to lang lang said that in his own opinion the students " need an explanation of the action taken by arcadia he said the students showed the interest in the move and he felt that no doubt there was some politics involved i'm going to charge arcadia to meet this responsibility he added and called the motion " very crutial to the lehigh environment following the passing of the amended motion lang praised arcadia and expressed gratitude on behalf of the slgnees farlier he said that the stu dents will support establishing the reserve fund on the referendum g thomas lang henry t berger ifc rejects all agenda items by tom roberts with axes firmly in hand the members of ifc concluded business for the academic year the council voted against every issue discussed at the meeting tuesday night the most important business on the agenda was the proposal of several constitutional revisions the amendments if passed would have defined representation at a meetingas the presence of the chapter president at the present time a fraternity can be represented by any member -- even a pledge in effect the amendment would have made ifc a president's coun cil since the president of a house supposedly knows more about and is the most-respected member of the house ifc would benefit in having the presidents represent their houses at the meetings accord ing to ralph levy 67 ifc president for the passage of an amendment a three-quarters vote of all mem ber fraternities 31 is required - in other words 24 " yes votes however only 25 houses were present at the meeting and consequently only two houses would have needed to vote " no to defeat the motion the motion was soundly defeated when several houses voted " no a motion was made and passed instructing the ifc representative to arcadia d»arcy roper 67 to vote against the arcadia imposed tax roper said he would vote against the tax when arcadia met even though he personally thinks it is a good idea another motion which would have required the secretary to distribute an agenda of the business to be discussed at the meetings was voted down b a w photo by carvill a petition requesting arcadia xx to reserve their dec ision to establish an arcadia reserve fund was circulated by donald dellavia 68 and thomas deeks 67 in the lobby of the university center wednesday afternoon solons o.k proposal by neal arluck arcadia in its wednesday night meeting approved the recom mendations of its fire fines committee and charged the uni versity with shirking its responsibilities with regard to fire safety the approved recommenda tions called the present rules on fire equipment out-dated . . difficult to interpret . and unfair to the majority of residents who respect the regulations the recommended revisions include reports by living group officers and gryphons to the residence halls office concern ing the use and condition of fire equipment no fines to a living group for damage to fire equip ment over houseparty weekend if individual blame cannot i>e assigned and the granting of power to the dean of residence to experiment with other systems the most significant revision would concern the assessment of fines it is proposed that fines will he assessed when individual blame ran he fixed at the rate of f>o for the first offense and 100 for each sub sequent offense if hlame cannot he assigned and daman or mis use is within a section the mem hers will he fined at 1 per man for each offense there willhe no fine for breakage or misuse in common house areas hut the house will pay for the repairs it is also suggested that all and what does yours say •- arcadia's treasurer d arcy roper and advisor dr george conard peer over pres ident harvey york's shoulder to see what roberts has to say about the rules of order deans defend solution i do not know the basis of the front page article on the subject of rc contracts in the may 13 issue of the b & w but regret that this was inaccurate the issue is more complex than appears on the surface on the basis of several conferences with student groups in dividual conversations and thorough review by the deans council we have prepared the attached statement which / hope you will be able to publish - dr charles a seidlc after this subject was raised by ifc last fall representatives of ifc and rhc discussed it with the deans council on two occasions as well as in dividually with officers of the university on many occasions the deans council has given a great deal of attention and thought to the general respon sibilities of the university in housing and to working out the most equitable solutions to some of the speci fic problems we recognize first the need and desirability of providing housing for as many of the undergrad uates as can be accommodated in the undergraduate enrollment has grown faster than was anticipated and has indeed lor the fall semester at least out grown available space it is of course very difficult to estimate the exact proportion of students who might wish different types of housing however active con sideration is being given to increasing the residence halls of the university this must also include plans for expanding the dining service which is now at maximum capacity basically then we are faced with an immediate situation which does not have easv solutions the university lias two major residence programs for undergraduates university-operated residence hails and social fraternities these two systems have ex isted for many years each one filling needs of the university and each developing a truly residential atmosphere for its members loyalty within each group is desirable as well as cooperation between the two groups it is in the area of cooperation that understanding must be developed of the problems of both groups and of the responsibilities of the uni versity on the basis of the review made in the past months the deans council has unanimously agreed to two se dr page 6 see auto page 6 last b & w this issue of the brown and white is the last one of the semester a special centennial issue will be mailed to students early this summer