Brown and White Vol. 79 no. 2

              lehigh university brown and white vol 79 no 2 mthuhim pa - tuesday september 26 1967 power failure hits centennials a mechardcal function in the main power transformers caused an t«ctrteai-fahttre-+ir all the centennial houses esmday beftminc »♦ 7:13 m all major circuits were inoperative until monday water supply and telephones were not affected by the failure an emergency generator took over sunday morning and the emergency circuits — exit lights ball lights and staircase lights — resumed operation by 8 a.m austin electrical contractors ware on the scene the power transformers were temporarily replaced by trans formers which could not provide full power this was done instead of attempting to repair the faulty transformers because there was less time involved m the replacement than the repair however when the replacement transformers were installed and the power turned on sparks flew from utility pole transformers behind grace hall and the lights didn't goon and at this point the electricians went home they reported that this was the first major electrical failure at the homes mnd added thai tot emergency power system was working fine however around 5:30 p.m the emergency system also failed for approximately four and one-half hours normal routine was disturbed m the houses one of the first prob lems occurred m the heating system the electric pumps which cir culate heating water through the rooms had to be hooked into the emergency circuit this was accomplished by 2 p.m sunday one student was late because his alarm clock did not go off refrig erators bad to be kept shut to keep food m them cold and a laundry probiem was created because washing machines no longer worked since sunday's weather was overcast it was difficult for the cen tennial house residents to play cards or study however clean-ups from saturday night's parties were held as scheduled and in one house someone had the initiative to connect a television set into the emergency electrical system although this system isn't designed for tv sets the circuit apparently was not overloaded the orchestra will open this season's performing arts at 8 is saturday flight m grace mall students move to town for lack of housing lack of upperclass man living accommodations or campus forced more than 78 students to seek hous ing elsewhere this semester the number is slightly larger this year than during the past two years be cause of ever increasing enrollment m the uni versity including more transfer students and fewer openings from seniors who graduated last year the exact number of upperclassmen who had to live off-campus is not known according to clarence b campbell dean of residence " we at one time had on our list perhaps 75 names he said but we do not know how many imply did not apply to live m the residence halls the figure 75 is not the true number m any case there are also students who are living off campus without wanting to campbell said each year there are at toast 150 more students who have to live off campus the 150 are those freshmen who do not move into fraternities or resi dence halls of course many choose to get apart ments or rooms m town but for those who wish to live on campus there simply is not enough room architects are now drawing up basic plans for new residence units including more dining areas campbell said considerable pressure by parents for more living and dining space is being put on campbell he said next year there should be a little more room on campus because there will be more seniors gradu ating who now live on campus b*w photo fey rath pep signs — several fraternities displayed their pre-game enthusiasm on decorated sheets at friday's rally in the freshnan quad the signs may have helped the engineers down ithaca see page t chamber orchestra to play on saturday the chamber symphony orchestra of philadelphia under the direction of anshel brusllow opens the 38th season of the committee on performing arts m grace hall at bxls p.m saturday tint chamber symphony the largest and only permanent chamber symphony m the united states was formed two years ago by brusllow when he thought the country was ready for a chamber symphony the program will open with scarlatti's symphony no 4 in e minor a composition written especially for chamber orches tra this will be followed by beethoven's " rondtno m e flat major and " italian serenade by hugo wolf 11 cantus anlmae et cordls a work by the contemporary com poser richard yardumian and haydn's symphony no 60 m c major will complete the program the chamber symphony is especially suited for the per formanre of h ymnhnnl#s by scarlatti and haydn because it has a full complement of strings woodwinds brass and percus sion the symphony performs compositions ranging from baroque to contemporary brusilow studied under monteux orroasdy and ssell,all of whom he considers great influ ences m his career the freedom of expression he has instilled ik his musician allows mm to conduct without score formerly a violinist brusllow was concertmaster with the new orleans symphony and assistant concertmaster under gtorge stall with the cleveland symphony immediately before forming the chamber symphony brusllow was concertinas under eugene ormandy with the philadelphia symphony orchestra the chamber symphony which performed m the lemgh valley last year without brusllow pro vides an opportunity to hear music performed by an orchestra of the siss for which it was written i d cards will be accepted for admission to this and the three following concerts m the cdiuniikee on ferfbronna arts series fall parents weekends to offer innovations freshman parents weekend tms year will be murked by the lecture of a prominent economist while upperclass parents weeks nd will h*v a new coffee hour on freshman parents weekend october 7-8 a lecture will be given oy gunner myrdal a prominent swedish economist of the university of stockholm , instead of the usual concert or play that saturday night during upperetass parents weekend oct 21 and 21 the university will hold a " meet the faculty eoff hour " m the ass packer room of the university center at loioo a.m saturday for parents and upper classmen samuel i connor director of public information said that the coffee hour will give more opportunity for parents to meet teachers also connor said tfewas originally hoped to shorten classes on that saturday morning to have everyone free tor the coffee hour however the shortened schedule was vetoed la order not to disrupt the academic schedule connor added that the coffee hoar was an expert ment and if it proved successful this year it might be held m future years with short ened classes see lecture pag 4