Brown and White Vol. 67 No. 53

              lehigh university brown and white volume 67—number 53 summer bethlehem pa thursday july 5 1956 phone university 6-0331 sun never but never sets on lehigh's profs * take a jaunt to europe and relax j this summer travel folders vividly suggest and so do two of lehigh's professors anticipating the pleasures of paris during the months of july and august are dr allen j barthold head of the romance languages department and mrs barthold who will be joined by their son 2nd lt gregory b barthold now stationed in gie ssen germany an extensive european itinerary is planned by dr george w kyte associate professor of history whq will be accompanied by dr richard m davis former associate profes sor of economics here v after two weeks in the british fcles visiting london oxford and cambridge the two will sail for denmark and hope to visit copen iagen the cathedral city of roskilde ; md the famous kronborg castle a clsinore before going northward to stockholm and upsula dr kyte expects to tour the swe dish cities of malmo and lund he will also visit the cities of osol and amsterdam but for some educators summer neans a leisurely period of research vriting attending professional meet ings or occupation in fields allied to iheir interests two of lehigh's mathematics fac ulty members who are attending he summer institute in differential geometry at the university of washington seattle wash under the sponsorship of the american mathematical society and the na tional science foundation are dr c c hsiung and dr a e pitcher j the institute continues through july dr bradford willard head of the geology department who has attended international geo logical congresses in washing ton moscow and london will represent lehigh the pennsyl vania academy of science and the association of geology teachers at this year's congress in mexico city in september dr willard along with william 1 637 here for first session lan enrollment figure of 637 for c first six weeks of summer ses sion has been reported thus far by james h wagner registrar the number does not include late regis trants of this total 380 are under graduates and 181 graduates seventy-six students are enroll ed in the engineering workshop program other figures released show 31 secondary school teachers in the health education workshop 20 in the guidance workshop and 16 in the elementary curriculum workshop the number shows an increase in comparison to last summer's enroll ment of 592 of last summer's total 417 were undergraduates and 175 graduates third flre—city firemen climb into chandler chemistry lab after shutting off the gas and bringing last tuesday's blaze under control in 10 minutes the late evening outbreak is believed to have started by an ex plosion in a refrigerator containing hydrogen peroxide globe-times photo mrs bowes discusses cheap nourishing food by pauline seyer thirty-one teachers are enrolled in the seventh annual health education summer workshop under guidance of the staff which includes leading figures in school and community health mental health nutrition group methods and school-community relations participants are studying present-day health problems the workshop also has provided general sessions with leading consult ants demonstrations audio-visual """" "——— aids field trips and a collection of free materials on health topics dr ross l allen director of edu cation state university teachers college cortland n.y outlined a complete scohol health program in cluding as major divisions health instruction and services taking the rostrum during another program was mrs anna de planter bowes director of the division of nutrition penn sylvania department of health who discussed low-priced high ly nourishing foods mrs bowes said it is the respon sibility of our department to keep up to date on nutritional problems and report our findings to profes sional people so they can use them in their work generally speaking she said foods highest in food value from a low cost and high food value stand point include beet greens endive escarole non-fat dry milk liver split green peas peanut butter prunes raisins oatmeal and margar ine dr h jackson davis of the bucks county health depart ment outlined organization and services at the workshop session in an eye-sight study program led by dr h k erwin bethlehem eye specialist the teachers learned of 5,000 blaze chars chem lab after explosion fire left its third scene of destruction this year on campus this time causing an estimated 5,000 damage in chandler chemistry laboratory last tuesday night the fire preceded by a sharp explosion was re ported to bethlehem's fire department by william schafer research associate in the printing laboratory on the ground floor graduate students working late in other parts of the building reported an explosion shortly before 10:30 p.m quick work by firemen confined the blaze to an organic laboratory on the first floor preventing excess ive damage in the building housing some volatile chemicals firemen and workers from the united gas improvement found smoke pouring from the unoccupied room upon their arrival after shut ting off the gas supply they were able to quell the blaze in about 10 sutes using dry powder extin hers and a booster stream the blaze was believed caused r an explosion in a standard pc refrigerator which housed rdrogen peroxide and other research chemicals the force of the explosion knocked the re frigerator door open and tilted the refrigerator against a nearby laboratory work-table the fire apparently started when the ex plosion ignited the chemicals the blast itself shattered windows in the room and one in an adjoining room before firemen could extin guish the blaze the laboratory table and a part of the floor walls and ceiling of the room were charred all gas lines remained intact it was disclosed in an investigation the following day a study of facilities made by dr earl j serfass head o the chemistry deartment along with employes of the department of buildings and grounds dispelled the original theory that the fire was caused by the explosion's rupturing several gas lines in the laboratory tthe hydrogen peroxide stored the refrigerator was of a ghly concentrated formula similar to that being used for rocket fuel and of a chemical composition which rendered it both highly explosive and in flammable the compound dr serfass said must be maintained in a cooled condition virtually destroying the refrig erator the fire also demolished the laboratory table drawers and all and charred a portion of the floor walls and ceiling of the floor sever al balances and an adjacent corridor were affected by the fire the labor atory was used by students working k doctor's degrees le 5,000 damage follows the 100,000 damage in the williams hall fire on jan 7 a dormitory bedroom fire in dravo house jan 9 was the second fire call this year 56 insurance given to glick totals 72,000 insurance policies taken out by the class of 56 which will have a total value of 72,000 in 20 years were turned over to elmer w glick treasurer of the university last thursday by duncan p aspinwall class president the contribution represents 300 twenty-year endowment insurance policies to be sup ported by 240 members of the class graduated last month each subscriber will carry a policy at a cost of 14 per year the class insurance program at lehigh was first adopted by the class of 29 the next class to use this type of class memorial gift was that of 38 following 1958 there will be an uninterrupted flow of class gifts as the result of annual class in surance programs adopted since 1938 new dorm—a hallway view of the new dormitory showing steel beams in place for the roof the steel strike is not expected to hold back construction because most of the steel has been already obtained accord ing to philip b woodroofe director of residence halls photo by whitaker see profs page 3 see health page 3