Brown and White Vol. 77 no. 6

              lehigh university brown and white 8660331 vol 77 - no 6 bethlehem pa - friday october 1.1965 tuition to rise 200 in fall tuition tor undergraduates will be 1,800 next toll aa increase of 800 or 1 2.5 per cent university president w deming lewis announced wednesday the tuition for graduate students will remain the same at 550 per semester or 46 per semester hour whichever la low*»r this increase will be the sixth in 41 years the last increase raised the price of a year at lehigh 200 effective september 1964 the announcement of the tuition . hike has been made to the parents of undergraduates in a letter mailed early this week the letter stated that the increase had been brought about by rising costs necessary to maintaining the university's high standards of operation announcement of previ«?«js increases differed only in the wording the announcements ln 1960 and 1963 both said the decision was made reluctantly but was considered necessary to meet rising costs . . ." this year's letter to parents said a sincere concern for the personal affairs of the families involved prompts the university to provide this notice one year in advance every effort will be made where needed to assist in meeting this necessary increase in ih cost of education through under graduate scholarship aid and self-help opportunities when contacted wednesday evening elmer w glick university treasurer had no comment to supplement the letter to parents in recent years , tuition has more than doubled for undergraduates between 1952 and 1964 tuition was 725 per year tor arts students and 800 tor engineers a hike ln the toll of 1955 put tuition at 900 tor arts men and 900 plus a 100 engineering toe tor engineers another raise effective september 1967 raised tuition to 1,000 tor arts and 1,100 for engineering the very next year tuition jumped another 100 to 1,100 for arts students and 1,100 plus sioo for engineers the engineering toe was eliminated in september 1961 and a blanket tuition of 1,400 was set another hike raised tuition to the present 1,600 effective ln the fall of 1964 by way of contrast tuition at lehigh was 100 a year room ln the university buildings waa free p a w photo by george carvill the grind - next year undergraduates will have to pay 1,800 for the privilege the increase in tuition 12.5 per cent over this year's 1,600 is the second increase in two years tuition at lehigh has douuieu over the past 10 years solons to control f unds for student activities a major revision ln university organization was revealed at wed nesday night's meeting of arcadia president maury poscover 66 announced that arcadia is in a state of transition leading to the assumption of the planning and monetary allocation powers of the student life committee by the beginning of next year arcadia will have full control of the planning of student activities and the allocation of funds vice president bob young 66 reported that arcadia associates has taken over the expansion and publication of the sample examin ation booklet they also plan to investigate the possibility of a reduction of prices ln the supply bureau now that tt is fully owned by the university following many requests for a clarification of policy on study rooms young announced that rooms 212 and 213 are open for study when these are filled other rooms can be opened requests should be made at the student activities desk ted breton 68 head of le high's bethlehem tutorial pro ject briefed arcadians on activ ities and plans of the group a motion was unanimously passed to allocate 100 to the program steve wilcox 67 head of the freshman life committee re ported that rhc will sponsor a dance for freshmen on the fri day night of houseparty he also announced that a second activ ities night is planned for the beginning of the second semester to give freshmen a second oppor tunity to meet with lehigh's var ious organisations harvey york 67 announced that this year's campus chest commit tee has just been formed and that faculty members will be solicited within ihe next 10 days two teams win debate round ii the two victorious teams in the second round of the williams de bate contest were dennis adam son 68 and ted brenneman 69 and dave popeil 69 and mike sllverberg 69 topic for the debate was—re solved that the united states id withdraw all military per i from viet nam amson and brenneman took egative side and were opposed audi lieu 67 and norman ser 6b prof jonathan elkus e affirmative presented evl i to prove that it is undesirable the united states to be ln iey claimed that south viet namese government is unpopular we are losing face there and the i id nations should handle the ey further asserted that the rican loss of men and money it justified the jungle warfare io much to cope with and we id aim at a political solution idition to negotiations the negative side retaliated with the charge that since the viet cong constitute a threat with their aggression we must defend free dom ln viet nam said one debator " in korea we fought for containment are we going to lose everything we fought forr popeil and sllverberg defended the affirmative position and were opposed by kenneth schur 68 and stephen glazer 68 main points made by the affir mative were the ujs is losing the war it is costing us more than a billion dollars a year and noth ing is being accomplished they also contended that the war in viet nam is basically unneces sary and the viet cong are on the surge and are gaining strength the negative team stressed their contention that u.s withdrawal would mean infiltration by the communists they felt even if a cease-fire were instituted the viet cong would never know about it ( b « w photo bv 808 kraut ) chesnuts 4 sale ~ pamolla paul a daughter of dr paul of tne health center sot h«r wares out for the frosh on tho stops in front of taylor hall wednesday although tho horse chestnut business was not too good she did manage one sale to frosh jack idenden folk football to host cornell by 808 bachmann cornell weekend featuring lehigh's first home football game of the season and a concert by folk singers lan and sylvia officially begins this evening with a pep rally in the freshman quad the cheering squad assisted by prof john s steckbeck will lead the rally the band will play traditional lehigh songs concluding with the alma mater the rally begins at 7:15 p.m kickoff time for tomorrow's game in tvylcr stadium is 1:30 p.m canadian folk singers lan and sylvia will perform in grace hall at 8 p.m tomorrow evening tickets are 2 and may be purchased at the door or at the student activities desk a dance will be held after the concert in room 308 of the u.c from 10 p.m until 1 a.m with admission free to freshman couples music will be supplied by j ona and the wales a liberty high school group parties are scheduled for most fraternities and residence hells the junior class-sponsored folk concert will feature a variety of music ranging from traditional ballads and negro blues to mountain music and cowboy tunes the background and life of both lan and sylvia has greatly influenced the type of music which they sing according to lan " the vocal style that has affected me most power fully is that deadpan high-wailing kentucky-tennessee tenor lan a 32-year-old native of the british columbian plains has worked both as a lumberjack and a rodeo performer he also worked as a com mercial artist before deciding on a singing career he began appearing in night clubs in toronto and montreal in 1959 he met sylvia a toronto soloist ln 1969 they have performed strictly as a duo since 1960 not plaque but mace is seniors class gift breaking a 100-year-old tradi the centennial class during the hon the senior class will present inauguration of university fres the university a mace instead of ldent w doming lewis oct 10 a class plaque it was decided to discontinue the 38-inch silver gold and ihe plaques which had previously jeweled oak presidential mace will listed graduating seniors because be presented to the university by of a lack of space ln packer memorial church where they had i been mounted maces evolved from medieval weapons and were first used by royalty civil and military leaders as symbols of responsibility topping the natural grain oak handle is a head and knob of silver the head is a sterling silver lehigh seal with a gold relief book of knowledge the light of truth is represented by a pale yellow topaz dr j burke severe disting uished professor and head of the department of english has been selected official mace bearer frank l magee a vice chair man of the board of trustiees and retired president and chair man of the board of the aluminum company of america will present the mace to dr lewis during the afternoon inauguration ln grace hau stephen f goldmann will pre sent the mace to the university during founder's day exercises earlier ln the day edward a curtis also a vice chairman of the board of trustees and vice president of public affairs for the new jersey bell telephone see solons page 8 see jeweled page 6 see three page 6