Brown and White Vol. 81 no. 25

              lehigh university brown and white vol tl - no 25 bethlehem pa thursday december is it*9 44-0331 students and residents join in protest vigil by bill chastain about 100 silent marchers their candles flickering in the cold night air filed solemnly onto bethlehem's civic center plaza tuesday to participate ln the candlelight rally that highlighted this month's moratorium activities in the lehigh valley the marchers joined a crowd of some 150 students housewives children and working men who had gathered on the plaza to protest american involvement in the vietnam war the crowd was led by david mcklrachan of easton in the singing of such songs as this land is my land if i had a hammer " joy to the world and the times they are a changing lehigh undergraduate rudy sovinee who helped to organize the rally spoke briefly to urge those present not to let the anti-war movement bog down we must continue to show our opposition to this war and convince president nixon we will not be stilled by his attempts to make vietnam involvement more acceptable to the american public he said ' also speaking at the rally was james mcintosh instructor in sociology at lehigh who discussed the origins of student involvement mcintosh contrasted today's student to the student of the dullard kino's and stated that the increased awareness and involvement had its beginnings ln the early civil rights movement the focus of attention shifted to vietnam in 1965 when college students began being drafted he said the campuses have finally begun todiß themselves out mcintosh stated college students are finally aware of something other than themselves ' v roger miller a worker at bethlehem steel also spoke briefly to urge that american b&w photo by deason peace marchers gather in front of the civic center tuesday night to hear pleas for an end to the war the march through town began dec ember's moratorium activities firearm request rejected lewis cites precautions by dee mcallister at the last meeting of arcadia xxin last night president don parsons read a letter from university president w deming lewis rejecting arcadia's request that campus police be prohibited from carrying sldearms during normal duty lewis's letter maintained that although these weapons have the potential for misuse they have a definite preventive advantage ln deterring crime lewis assured arcadians that all appropriate precautions have been taken and that campus police have taken the bethlehem police department training course ln weapons the president pointed out also that the faculty at their june meeting had rejected a similar motion presented by one of their members this amendment was submitted in response to an incident last spring at wittenberg college where a student from bethlehem was shot and killed by a campus policeman while engaged in a lone panty raid parsons replied that the amendment before the faculty at that time was narrowly defeated primarily because of its bad wording he urged that those students attending the next faculty meeting submit a similar proposal for the group's approval in other business rhc treasurer rich wasch announced to arcadia that thornburg house had officially withdrawn from rhc yesterday see page 4 for letter in which thornburg explains its reasons for withdrawing generally tlie house's action is in protest of rhc's recent abolition of the select ivity process in all residence halls on the subject of residence lulls todd tieger an arcadian elect testified that he will attempt to persuade 75 upperclass men to live in the freshman dormitories next year he said that he will soon approach dean of residence clarence camp bell on tlie proposed action which is designed as a first step to break traditional segregation of frosh in other business the solons approved the suggestion of vice-president norm monhait that committee appointments be made by the president rather then tlie present system whereby the whole group must approve candidates parsons sees greater involvement for arcadia one of the things that pleased me most about this arcadia was its involvement with student groups said don parsons ln commenting on his term as president of arcadia xxin he said that in past years arcadia has tended to be removed from student body but at the beginning of this semester it took an active role in helping student groups coordinate moratorium activities and more recently lt played an instrumental part i n helping students to secure open faculty meetings parsons feels that this type of involvement which breaks down the barriers between the students and arcadia is very necessary i think it will carry over to the next arcadia he added while parsons was glad that the faculty voted to open its meetings to students he said that the move is an interim stop that doesn't represent the significant change in university governance that is critically needed arcadia passed a motion last semester asking for open faculty meetings but didn't actively pursue tbe issue until tbe students began taking their own action on the measure this semester parsons said that he wna initially hesitant in pushing for open meetings because he viewed the measure lir part of a larger issue that of an overall restructuring cf university governance parsons feels that the issue of governance is crucial for students he said that besides carrying out its administrative functions arcadia serves as little more than a suggestion bos to ths faculty and the administration in order for student needs to be met parsons said that the overall university governance structure must be re-evaluated he stated that some sort of student faculty council should be the ultimate goal for students in securing a genuinely effective voice in the policy decisions that concern them don parsons milton friedman to speak feb 5 milton friedman paul snowden ßussell distinguished service professor of eco nomics at tlie university of chicago will speak at the university on feb 5 1970 kicking off tlie spring semester forum for visiting lecturers series perhaps the most controversial figure in the economics profession he has a world-wide reputation as a scholar lecturer and debater he has served as a consultant to the federal reserve board and other government agencies and as an advisor to presidents at the june 1969 commencement exer cises , lehigh recognized his scholarly achievements by bestowing upon him an honorary degree friedman is perhaps best known as the major academic proponent of competitive capitalism which he views as a necessary condition for the existence of individual freedom the preservation of which is an underlviiik theme in all of his policy pronouncements he views government as playing an important role in this respect but contends that ita power should be diminished rather than enhanced in order to achieve the maximum degree of political and economic freedom his position reflecting that of the nineteenth century liberal is that most of the economic troubles which beset ths world's nations are the result of govern ments attempts to control some aspect of the economic system often with the intended purpose of improving the general welfare of its citizens however as milton friedman says the road to hell is paved with good intentions see moratorium page 9 see parsons page 4 i financial aid i i w applications for financial aid for g if 1970-71 are now available in the office || fi of admission and financial aid ln the j j alumni memorial building they should 1 -|; be picked up before christmas vacation ;| | to insure sufficient time for completing i |; and processing by the college scholar p || ship service by the march 15 deadline | if this notice applies to all undergrade |; h ates currently receiving university i fl assistance and wishing to be considered i gii for continued assistance if