Brown and White Vol. 77 no. 2

              oi 77 no 2 bethlehem pa monday september 13 1965 866-0331 names announced for new dorms by william hylton ki.mes for each of the six units in the s rentennial houses residence halls i l w ere officially announced today by wprsity president w deming lewis rndesraduates will occupy the264-man 2 million complex this week for the first netince the three buildings were com bed this summer dip six men to be honored for important tributfons to lehigh over a span of rs beginning in 1875 are the late rev john mcd leavitt the late dr charles thornburg the late dr natt m emery . late dean c maxwell mcconn dr e nne th smiley and dr wray h congdon the centennial houses marked a turning lnt in the financing of building at lehigh - construction project is the first of its ie to be financed by the university under lirect federal government loan the application for the loan was approved the board of trustees in april of 1962 a housing and home finance agency loan in the amount of 1.2 million was granted on oct 23 1962 the estimated cost of the complex at that time was 1.5 million some 770,000 short of the final cost the loan is self liquidating payable over a 50-year period with receipts from the operation of the residence halls the new residence halls one of the goals of lehigh's 22 million centennial develop ment campaign will accommodate upper classmen in six distinctive self-contained units each of which provides the atmosphere of a small living group the first floors of the three-story buildings are used for lounges and re creational facilities while the upper two floors are devoted to two man study bedrooms the centennial houses were dedicated during the centennial all-class reunion last june the special reunion launched the university's centennial observances which will continue through 1965-66 lehigh's 100th anniversary year the rev dr leavltt episcopal minister author and educator was lehigh's second president serving as chief administrator from 1875 to 1879 he was also professor of psychology and christian evidences dur ing the same period dr thornburg came to lehigh in 1895 and served as professor and head of the department of mathematics until 1923 for 23 years he was secretary of the faculty a position which included heavy responsi bilities in student administration dr emery joined the faculty in 1896 as an assistant in english and served successively as registrar assistant to the president and vice president and controller until his death in 1935 dean mcconn lehigh's first full-time dean was named to that post when it was created in 1923 he held the post which then consolidated administration of ad mission procedures registration student records and student advisory responsibili ties until 1938 dr smiley a member of the faculty and staff for a total of 33 years served as vice president from 1945 until his retire ment in 1964 and was secretary of the see centerfold story university's board of trustees from 1952 to 1962 he was on leave of absence from feb 1 1962 until he retired dr congdon served lehigh as director of admissions dean of students dean of the graduate school and as a special assistant to the president during a 27-year period preceding his retirement in 1961 he is currently administrative director of historic bethlehem inc buccess lies with student lewis tells class of 1969 ■ dr w deming lewis unl rsity president greeted the ass of 1969 at a convocation in icker memorial church last ght with a short but direct wel ime address academically you are the most apressive class in lehigh story but the fundamental means success lies with yourselves wis said your goal in life is to become uly educated men and that is liy you are at this university i added the president outlined for the ass which begins its four years lehigh in the midst of the unl irsity centennial celebration a ree-point program needed to ake something of ones self at bhigh lewis said if you are to rhiero success at lehigh you ust a learr about lehigh in its aderaic athletic and social nse 2 conquer a new challenge u.u„7 4 r r^y iasusii'^itjaivmuai spotisfoijuy away from home »> p cob cation i.-oi>si sting of a 3nr*«s of fcyr^ns p*a!m reaviinjrs p l eßsycsy as i k'm presi dent's address and the induction pledge also featured a short presentation by the university chaplain raymond e fuessle we have at lehigh a religious program not designed to convert people but rather to help persons to better fouow their own religions , and to discover other religions in the world he said the program is designed to help you achieve a well-rounded personality fuessle said following the convocation dr lewis entertained members of the freshman class at an informal re ception in the university center members of the faculty were also present at the reception academic opportunities will be outlined tomorrow morning at three concurrent convocations for students from the college of arts and science including arts-en gineering students the college of business administration and the college of engineering in tne afternoon a questions ana afistvers session will give fresh aie.n a chance to ask academic and administrative staff members questions about college and com munity life recreational programs includ ing films presented by the mustard and cheese dramatics club have been arranged for both tonight and tomorrow night registration for all students will be held wednesday r«i mm in j back to the grind — more than 2,900 undergraduates began arriving late last week to resume their studies more than 1 400 graduate students are expected for this semester classes begin thursday three speakers are announced for inauguration sfc^l *****' m * uy « v » president ■ "■«»«. imvtxetty jinj vt i-etu 8 " * eiyr r wn of the w*kßt»»rt lnsu»dte of l>fh ae-°e l*x of sconce m »« mtf r kltemion tmrnwrnetamwa kj * °*»< 1 f-u j r v viv ijjj sm i-jim shf-wrios f »»»■> htommm rd esal c „-'*'' eer s^^e2ri ft ? l ir , * sun z * f m m *•»*■«• at i»m year's m j v ww he — ** wee 1 oxforj g|j^v •• nnzauei em a y m **- *• *•*• «* w ettt.*7e ni , n cwlvfcltsrft > - '_ m m*''em~*emmt rr ' i»»a*i r . ■"*■ •*•**»•» a th class of 1 569 during an in *.----. k . mme m9m .. . t^^u m au -■■ ■ -*» lewis welcomed the rm j m aym the university center -*■*►. • j .■... „ .... .. ■ -^ — .-,„. library needs i d cards official identification cards at lehigh will have a new look and a new use this year . the new look of the i.d cards for students faculty and staff in cludes the plastic i zing of them to coordinate with the future use in the library's new mechanization system "' e new combined 1.d.-library - .- • t m.tm.~.t *».- ----- l*-m 4 fi .( lit linnet ie.l > n ucito — .." — » ary m campus carrying two carv s ma will enable the unt versity library to provide faster service and maintain closer con trol of the book collection said dr charles a seidle vice presi dent for administration i.d cards will be distributed according to a planned schedule beginning today initial distribution will be to those who have had their photographs taken over the past foar most town students will receive their car<ls lei because the uni versity did not mail letters informing them of the photograph ing schedule last semester a schedule for these students as well as the new faculty members has been arranged the cards are supposed to be available to them one day alter the photo is taken although the cards will not !•• ei.j_h ~~ 1it -.--*»%. until the spring semester th csrds should be taken to t lie lib rar during the fall semester to h ranched for library use accard'.r.g to j f ni"«rsitvl«bra v i-'t jcrr?e v msiok the punchirh proce wiu take only a mc amount of time md can be done whllp the person is completi tht centnniai fund officiality passes 19.5 millie the university has achiev-xi ttv 19.5 million mark in its cer tennial development campaign the latest total in the oanipfiug was announced for the end - 1964-65 fiscal vear following th july meeting oi tne boar c trustees the present total is uj>j 2.5 million short of the 22 mil lion goal of the drive whir i te be concluded this fiscal veav . the major objectives of v > campaign are to increase mate merits for professor ships ■">'" faculty salaries scholarship end fellowships and to provide see rtiities and buildings sees i.d > page 12