Brown and White Vol. 99 no. 13

              was an opening ceremony at taylor stadium following remarks by likins and harry chalky schelden class of 1919 head football coach hank small started the football's journey with a pass to assistant vice president for student affairs joseph sterrett who threw it to dean of students john smeaton smeaton threw the ball to junior mark mcgowan lehigh's start see tradition page 4 we're real quick but we're getting the job done he said likins termed goodman's donation for the stadium which will be named after him an act of philanthropy but beyond that it's an act of vision you know 20 years from now some one is going to say who had the foresight to put up a stadium " visiting committee on athletics chairman keith rust said likins said that after goodman lis tened to plans to construct new facilit ies for the college of business and economics he said we have to be more bold than that we have to build it where taylor stadium is and move the stadium to saucon valley goodman said this has been a particularly fufilling day for me because it completes a goal i've had for a long time even though i never played football i hope we have cross ed the goal line he quipped and of course the coaches have told me we will have winning teams for years to come rust explained several improve ments the new stadium will bring citing the most obvious as the replacement of the concrete slabs which have served as seating in taylor for 74 years with contoured seats the playing field will be large enough to hold several athletic events includ ing soccer and field hockey he said according to rust parking areas will be only a three or four-minute walk from the stadium and some have already been paved he joked you can all see what the priorities are get the tailgating area in first prior to the groundbreaking there res ops renamed reorganized b&w photo by gil mancuso about to pass the tradition are from left dean of students john smeaton chalky shelden 19 and alumni director donald bott 54 director of residential services new personnel have also been added to the residen tial services staff they are henry odi associate director of residence halls and mark shuster coor see services page 5 by suzanne klein brown and white news writer the resident operations office underwent a reor ganization processs in july and has changed their name to residential services since then the residential services office has been work ing harder to satisfy the needs of lehigh students director of residential services david joseph said the change made residen tial services analogous to residence life which is part of the dean of students office joseph said the two groups still work very closely and hold biweekly meetings each year the two offices put togeth er a list of goals to provide better services for the stu dents one major change was the addition of an associate direc tor of greeks who reports to the director of residential ser vices this position used to be a fraternity services manager who did not work with the th c brown and white 215 758-4181 bethlehem pennsylvania tuesday october 27 1987 lehigh university weekend ceremonies herald new traditions v 01.98 n0.13 ing the ground where the new stadium will stand were preceded with a passing the tradition ceremony dur ing which a football was passed along a line of about 191 people from taylor stadium to the new site it's a wonderful thing to have the mix of students and alumni assembled here likins commented he said over the years we've moved one sport and then the next and then the next to saucon valley finally it's all coming together according to likins 20 years ago the ground was dedicated to build a new stadium in saucon valley with the expectation that construction would begin in the near future i can't say by mary greczyn brown and white features editor murray h goodman lehigh trustee and alumnus has donated 5 million to lehigh including 3.5 million for the construction of a multi-purpose athletic complex on the campus which bears his name in saucon valley lehigh president peter likins announced during groundbreaking ceremonies friday the remaining 1.5 million will be used to establish the murray h goodman center for real estate stud ies in the college of business and economics the afternoon's events culminating with goodman ceremoniously break b&w photo by kathleen gorman larry hunter 83 enjoys the tailgates before saturday's game b4w photot by young honq left president peter likins and murray h goodman meet for the groundbreaking of the new stadium on the goodman campus friday above goodman breaks ground