Brown and White Vol. 84 no. 4

              brown and white kku-i >:.:.! vol 84 — no 4 bethlehem pa september 12 1972 electronic security scheme may prevent library thefts by pat fekula a student walks into the library to find a book he needs for an important report the book is not on the shelf because another student had removed 4t not bothering to check it out statistics show that books are disap pearing from library shelves at a rate of from 1 1 to 34.4 per cent of inventory every year lehigh's linderman library is a good example - losing eight per cent of its inventory due to unrecorded withdrawals some libraries have tried to overcome the lost book problem by using uniformed or plain clothes guards but the method is ineffective m intercepting any appreciable number of unrecorded books this fall to help their students obtain library materials when they need them the northampton county area community college learning resources center will install the checkpoint electronic security system . checkpoint created by checkpoint systems of the logistics industries corp monitors the removal of materials from the northampton county area community college library with two screens placed on either side of the exit path a thin ordinary looking but specially formulated detector paper is placed m each book as a printed endplate a pair of sensing screens produces an invisible electronic zone of protection at the charge desk in cases where a patron inadvertently or deliberately seeks to defeat the system by concealing library property m a shielded container such as a brief case the system would be alarmed and upon inspection of the brief case the item would be revealed to the library staff dan da vila director of the ncacc learning resources center stated checkpoint is designed not to catch would-be pilferers but to protect the library collection to improve control of circulation to minimize financial loss and to maximize service davila stated he doesn't believe many students walk into a library with the intention of stealing it is the time limit on the materials that creates the urge to take books without properly checking them out he continued mr james mack lehigh director of libraries stated i'm m favor of any system that will reduce the number of books being lost however mr mack questions the reliability of the system m he linderman library because there are many exits and open windows it is possible that it would be more feasible m the mart science libary he continued we are now looking into systems of this type other institutions using this type of library security system are the colum bia university engineering library yale university medical library rutgers university the university of pennsylva nia fairleigh dickinson university elizabethtown college pace college and west chester state college to name several at yale according to stanley d truelson librarian over a seven month period we took three inventories and learned that a total of only five books and no journals from a highly used collection of about 1200 books and 200 journal volumes were missing at pace college librarian mary vie cramblitt said there have been no complaints from the staff and few complaints from the readers in fact our circulation has increased by 28 per cent because there is now a reasonable assurance the book will be m the stacks or can be accounted for m the circulation files the administration is more than happy with the results the northampton county area com munity college system is being installed at a cost of 13,000 to protect the library collection which consists of 50,000 vol umes the ncacc learning resources center which is part of a newly built complex that opens this fall has no real statistics of their own on past book losses but m some cases m using the new electronic system losses have been reduced by 85 to 90 per cent libraries destroyed over 180,000 volumes were lost by the wilkes and kings college during hurricane agnes a dance marathon will be held sept 22-23 m grace hall to raise money to rebuild the libraries tickets go on sale tomorrow gcd program reaches out to south side by glen clark for several spanish speaking students from the south side the general college division program has taken on new meaning it offers these students an opportunit and the means to attend lehigh ii preparation for possible entrance into the regular undergraduate curriculum the program attempts to reach three types of students in this case it serves as •• trial period for those who wish to become candidated for baccalaureate degrees the program is necessary because these students lack the preparatory training to fully satisfy the entrance requirements for the curricula of their choice others m the program are people who do not wish to complete a four year program and qualified adults who want to continue their education without being committed to a specialized program according to victor m valenzuela professor of romance languages the inclusion of the spanish speaking peoples was the result of a forum recommend ation to increase the number of lower traditional rally held friday class of 26 adopts class of 76 the class of 1976 was officially welcomed to bethlehem and the university friday at the tradi tional freshman-alumni rally m grace hall bethlehem mayor h gordon payrow jr lehigh class of 1942 and morgan j cramer national president of the lehigh alumni assn welcomed the freshmen in a traditional ceremony the incoming class was adopted by its predecessor of half a century the class of 1926 symbolic of this tradition a replica of the 1926 banner with its numerals changed was presented to the new class representatives deborah l greene of potts town and omar v greene of colorado springs colo accepted the flag presented by john maxwell president of the class of 1926 the recipients are cousins and fourth generation lehigh students the presentation of the flag to miss greene was the first time m university history that a coed had participated m the flag acceptance being on the lehigh campus makes you bethlehem citizens said mayor payrow m welcoming the freshmen we m bethlehem have always liked lehigh and we hope you will like bethlehem the mayor also reminded the students of their right to vote in local elections and thus be officially recognized as citizens included m the ceremony was the traditional cheerleading by john s steckbeck assistant professor of physical education steckbeck led the freshmen m a rousing greeting to master of ceremonies lee g barthold jr class of 1950 and president of the lehigh home club following the ceremonies and addresses fred dunlap head football coach spoke on the 1972 football prospects he also introduced co-captains brian p derwin of cresskill 73 n.j thomas c benfield 73 of boyertown and freshman football coach barry fetterman to the gathering contributing to the rally were the lehigh band and cheer leading squad the event was jointly spon sored by the lehigh home club the student relations committee of the alumni assn and the class of 1926 b&w photo by david heck mayor h gordon payrow rush chairman says system is changing the lehigh fraternity system is gradually moving toward an open rush program said bob abadessa 73 chair man of the ifc rush committee he said however that they are not yet ready for such a program last year more pledges were taken than ever before although fewer were taken during the first open rush than is considered normal many freshmen were pledged during that post-rush but abadessa said they don't receive as thorough an introduction into their fraternities life styles as the early rushers do there was no mandatory open house visitation and only the first week was closed to rushing last year at kappa sigma an estimated 85 freshmen visited the house each open house sunday the average for previous years with manda tory open house was 200 abadessa said he believes it necessary for rushing freshmen to see many houses because they offer see rushing page 4 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