Brown and White Vol. 81 no. 41

              brown and white nmeg»_>e»9-h«hhw9«ssw_s vol 81 no 41 bethlehen pa friday march 20 1970 866-0331 anti draft week ends with sit ins by tom foley and robin reinhold to climax the final event of the four day anti-draft week 50 people mostly of college age assembled thursday at the bethlehem draft board under the watchful eyes of plainclothed policemen and cur ious on lookers while the demonstrators waited outside the office to have their turn to bewilder the draft people some displayed signs protesting the present draft system while others engaged tn argument with by-stand ers or remained ln their ranks to discuss the possible outcome of the sit-in mike kimmel chief coordinator of the week's activities said the draft officials " welcomed us with pleasure oven though the sitln prohibited the board from oper ating on a regular basis he stated that no one to his knowledge registered at the board which normally conducts business with ten reglstrees a day kimmel added that easton was completely closed down and the allentown board registered only four people as compared with the usual 15 wednesday night rally in general the protest was calm but one incident arose when policemen dis covered that an unknown culprit had cray oned the wall with peace symbols and revolutionary slogans the offender av oided capture the demonstrators jok ingly warned all newcomers to get rid of any crayons on their possession be cause the police had threatened offenders with arrest prior to the sit-in bethlehem police stated that there would be no arrests or interference if the demonstration was conducted within the confines of the law policemen were stationed at the en trance to limit the number of entering protesters to eight in accordance with the bethlehem fire ordinances kimmel stated tliat the demonstra tion achieved its purpose by showing people the effects of a non-violent protest and by also making them think about the draft system currently implemented he added that it ls possible to close down the draft boards every day demonstration peaceful as a prelude to the sit-in the lehigh valley peace coalition sponsored a series of talks on the draft during the rally held in grace hall wednesday the program speakers were david hawk a coordin ator of the national peace movement neal neamand a local draft resistor and dr charles vihon a university pro fessor mike kimmel the coalition's uni versity representative moderated the talks the ability of draft board to " manipu late lives was one of the objections to the selective service raised by david hawk he felt that classifications are a club charles vihon david hawk neal neamand houseparty probably extinct by william taylor big weekends change form houseparty weekend may never again take place here at lehigh spring house party is being replaced by a spring weekend which may or may not be a big party weekend current plans call for open living group parties probably on saturday night of the weekend of april 25 no concert has been scheduled for the occasion although rich sedmak 71 arcadia finance and calen dar committee chairman and acting concert chairman is working on plans for an outdoor concert according to william quay assistant dean of student life pinkerton guards and guest passes will not be required many living groups will probably elect to hire pinkerton guards anyway pro visions are being made to hire additional foot patrolmen while open parties are in progress in a memo to arcadia quay pointed out that driving permits will still be required also included in the memo was that tive current university social code regarding women guests will be in effect for spring weekend though fraternities may elect to hire chaperones as under the old houseparty system any special provisions for residence hall students will be determined by a residence halls organization according to quay spring weekend may be preceded by a greek week if greek week is scheduled to coincide with spring weekend and a concert is held the weekend will be a big weekend if those events are not scheduled only living groupactivi tles will take place quay also pointed out that fall houseparty has not been placed on the university calendar for next semester concerts are scheduled for the weekend of october 9 and lafayette weekend the weekend that has always been houseparty weekend will be parents weekend next fall he felt that the old houseparty format has lost its useful ness we are in a transitional period said quay not much of the hold houseparty will be retained the students are not particularly interested many students would like to enjoy themselves rather than get caught ln automated social life preston parr dean of student life said " many students are too sopmsticated for an old fasmoned 48-hour blast he said " tive faculty may not continue to cancel saturday classes because the historical justification doesn't exist any longer dean parr explained that social life is no longer confined primarily to a few big weekends senior class considers proposals for class gift representatives from the classes of 1950 and 1970 met monday afternoon to consid er two proposals for the class gift the meeting was held in the rathbone room of the university center barry orton of the class of 1970 proposed an expansion of the university's film studies programs he cited the tremendous popularity of english 151 the present film course as evidence that university students want to learn the aesthetics and tech niques of film production orton suggested that some of the money raised by the classes of 50 and 70 be used in hiring a skilled film technician and in purchasing adequate film-making eqlupment george macdonald instructor of english 151 attended the meeting in an advisory ■ capacity the second proposal presented by prof . john steckbeck intramural athletic dir ector was to improve and renew facili ties in taylor gym he requested that he class gift be devoted to construction of four squash courts at a cost of 60,000 and to acquiring another universal weight train ing machine which would cost 3,000 steckbeck said surveys indicate that 65 percent of the students who come to the gym use the present machine mike morris 70 class president sug gested that the funds raised by the class of 50 be divided . equally between the two proposals tms would mean that each re quest would receive approximately 57,000 however the three representa tives of the class of 50 said they could not say now where the majority of their funds would be directed they said they would have to consult the other members of their committee before any definite commit ment can bo made baw photo by doster anti draft protestors picket close local board graham wins top ifc post presidents of the university's thirty one fraternities elected officers to the interfraternity council ifc at tuesday's meeting the following officers are president john graham 71 of phi gamma delta vice-president allen jennings 71 of kappa si gma treasurer douglas gill 71 of delta tau delta and secretary jim cote 71 of phi delta theta after one week of campaigning in the individual houses candidates were elected under a hare ballot system assuming office immediately after the election in a campaign statement graham said he wants to see the fraternity manage ment association get off the ground the association is designed to aid the fraternities in handling their financial affairs he added that he plans to bring the rushing and pledging regulations up to date according to the changing times in order to benefit the houses freshmen and the university as a whole graham also wants to see a movement in the direction of making ifc a service organization to the fraternities and to the university while the houses become more involved in all aspects of life in campus life and the valley community jennings urged an expansion of sche duled classes to the fraternities at present delta upsilon and sigma pm hold freshman seminars in the houses jennings supported a program containing regularly scheduled classes ln the fratermtles he also mentioned the possibility of using the fraternity system during the summer to house university officials ln order to provide the fraternities with an added income and to aid in a house's maintenance see 3 speak page 6