Brown and White Vol. 81 no. 7

              lehigh university brown and white bethlehem pa tuesday october 7 1969 66-033l vol 81 - no 7 - ' elimination of rejectivity before rhc by mike jeppsen the residence ralls council rhc w ill consider a proposal at its . neat meeting to eliminate " rejectlvtty in residence halls selection the proposal is the result of a search begun last semester by the rhc for a way to eliminate the personal rejection experienced by some freshmen through the rushing procedures of fraternities gryphon society and residence halls according to vic keen 69 keen heads an rhc committee estab lished lest semester to work on the problem although specific changes advocated by the proposal have not been made public yet mike berney 70 said the motion will urge complete restructuring of the way in which upperclass residence ball mem bership will be determined the next rhc meeting is scheduled for thursday oct 23 announcement of the pending motion came at thursday's council meeting which also included a discussion on the refusal of is students in mccllntlc-mar shall to pay social dues the students most of them blacks living in section b-2 have refused to pay a 9 per semester fee because none pt the events being planned really apply to them they feel when it was pointed out that 2 from the fee actually goes for administrative func tions rick whitten 71 replied that the dissenting students would still object to payment of the remaining 7 " m-m acts as a single social group much less than other living groups on campus whiffen added although no concrete measures were taken berney said a major rest rue - b&w photo by cam an a members of the lu.itanian bogey exhort the evil ef society lusitanian bogey bogey the twrd event in the globus creative arts series was per toned sunday night by the negro enmmblt company hit audience was sparse tool tfcmm who came were rewarded with an outstanding performance of playwright peter weiss por trayal of fear the resentment ar»d angar of the angolese people during 500 years of portuguese domination the players reactions to a giant wood nd metal bogey in the canter of the stage the symbol of repression brought out a sensitive empathy with the pentup emotions of an oppressed people and a jazz scon neatly complemented the changing moods of the play see related story paga 4 f valley anti war efforts planned m by dee mcallister ; . ■ • •- by jeff balsa without suspending classes the university ad ministration has given the go-ahead to those stu ds r faculty rrho wish to honor th vietnam moratorium day by not attending classes on october is late last week the committee on educational policy and ad-il-1-uauon representatives met to form the following guidelines first the university will not order the cancel lation of classes since such action would be an in fringement of the rights of those students who wish to attend classes second theee students who feel as a matter of conscience that they cannot attend classes on that day should not he penalized for this action third those faculty who feel that they should cancel classes on oct 15 may do so provided a satisfactory alternative is offered agreeable to the class finally the giddeli nes make clear that they apply only to oct 15 the moratorium is supposed to lengthen by one day each month until toe vietnam war is over aa immediate effect ef the adi-i-stratiotr's ac tion has been to stop a small effort among the faculty to enlist oolletgeee la support of the moratorium dr joseph dowling jeotsaaor ef history said that he had decided not to draw cp a petition for ctr now what they apparently wanted norm monhait vice-president of arcadia and mem ber of ed pol called the administration's action a positive response aad don p-kaons arcadia president said that it was as good es we could xn other news mike klmmel smc chairman frmj oot of thft iiaor_rt i o-"t'-irßr t opc_li eß.rs spftot cos of the abm opposition in hopes of persuading one to speak at the evening rally oa oct 15 the lehigh valley committee to end the war in vietnam held a press conference sunday st the society of friends meeting house on route 512 to explain its position regarding the vietnam moratorium after toe conference sanford gottlieb national director of jsase the citizens group for sane nuclear policy gave a talk on sana's objectives and mike stetson sana's philadelphia regional director explained the importance of individual action miss ann humphreys cedar crest college repre sentative read toe group's statement in the small aus tere basement room she explained their position noting that it is the intention of this group to make all citizens aware of the nature of our pure military in volvement in vietnam and to give witness to the fact that we wish american participation in the war to be terminated without delay bob hawn a lafayette college representative ex plained that an all-day vigil will be held in easton oct 15 the day ot the moratorium in cantor square where toe names of american soldiers killed in viet nam will be reed the vigil will end at 6:30 p.m a memorial service will then take place at st john's church fourth and ferry streets and will begin about 7 p.m jim riley the lehigh representative noted that separate functions will e held in the allentown dl stance of easton from the rest of ths area he explained that each college aad junior couege will conduct its own function in toe morning on oct 15 after which moravian college will have folk singing and discussions while the rest of toe people involved will go into the allentown-bethlehem area handing out leaf lets explaining the purpose of the moratorlum rltey explained that mayor h gordon pay row of bethlehem suggested the hockey rink et illick's mill as the spot for a rally and offered to work out a park ing situation if the spot is need riley stressed that this spot is not definite aad hopefully concrete plans ann humphries bom cedar crest reeds state ment af the lehigh valley committee to end valley anti-war efforts planned better relationships among students faculty trustees and . alumni were the concern of a group of students faculty and administrators who met two weeks ago at dr.w deming lewis home ] as a result of the discussion specific proposals including drop-in lunches fireside chats and living group meetings were suggested to open up lines of communication in a summary of the meeting released by preston parr dean of student life tt was noted that the group considered relations between students and faculty of primary concern and stressed that the quality of those relations is more important than the quantity this second point they felt • - could be best accomplished through infernal meetings that take place on grounds that are natural and comfortable for students ideas to implement this informal communication included encouraging faculty members to eat in the university dining rooms and snack bar in a separate letter from parr he announced that thomas azzalina manager of the service has set up a system to sell meal tickets to faculty that can be used in the student dining rooms other suggestions included fireside chats at dr lewis see meeting page 5 • ... . b_hfc v a j l y p_b_p 9 see elimination page 8