Lehigh University - Epitome Yearbook (Bethlehem, PA)

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3 II , i 1 i HB S.li e ■■ ' mf DRAYO HOUSE factors of the residents of the slightly depreciated hall. A Brown and White headline. Steel Shaft to Replace Aged Pole, announced the demise of Lehigh s white flagpole in the interests or prog- ress ana safety. Also planned for the very near future was a large testing laboratory to adjoin Fritz ialj. The new edifice is to cost approximate- ly 1 .2 million dollars and will house one of the largest neam testing machines in the world: it is scheduled for completion by September 195-J. Placement was a matter dear to the hearts of most of the seniors during their last few days at Lehigh. Aided by a highly efficient Placement Ser ice. Lehigh engineers found jobs, or at least job offers, in percentages ranging very close to 100 per cent. I he situation was somewhat more stringent for business and arts men, but final figures were about as predicted. 1 fie first inter- view was an ordeal, the second ran a little more smoothly, and by the eighteenth or nincteenlli il was llie student who was doing tlie actual inter- viewing and the company representative who was being interviewed. Placement scheduling was preceded by three talks on the types of jobs open and the proper method of taking an interview. Few will forget and many used the Tea! method for shaking hands — keep your hand in your pocket to prevent it from getting cold and to avoid a wet handsfiake wipe it across the seat of your pants before entering the interview. Working for Uncle Sam was a popular subject for discussion with the world situation in a some- what unstable situation. Many seniors were en- rolled in the ROTC or AROTC programs and most of them had very definite signs that they would soon be selected to join the service. 1 hose who had not taken the advanced courses, and especially the engineers in this group, foimd them- selves with excellent chances ol postponements due to the great shortage of technically trained men. Of course tlie road to enlistment was open to any who chose to direct their after-graduation footsteps along such paths. 25

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A SENIOR YEAR FOR ' 52 Tliere seems to be something different about tbe last year of undergraduate college— maybe it s easier, maybe it s the idea that school is just about over, or maybe just being a senior makes the difference. Even though untold numbers of graduation speakers have brought out the point that commencement is the beginning rather than the end, the windup of the senior year definitely marks the finish to a life that was both fun and work. 1 he parties, dances, and bull-sessions will have to take a back seat and the college atmos- phere will fade into one of career and family. Many things make college peculiarly college- sports, social events, fellowship, and every day happenings. Sports scores are carefully recorded in large tomes for the eager consumption or in- terested parties: social events and fellowship wind up firmly entrenched in experience and are met again and again in daily living; every day happenings tend to be forgotten as few are in- terested in compiling lists of non-momentous events. The school year 1951-52 had its share of events. It opened in September with a large freshman class and approximately 50 misplaced persons, the freshmen who entered during the summer. Already accustomed to Lehigh life they [jointed the way for the uninitiated and it wasn ' t long before all 2,600 men were in the swing of things. Cyanide and Arcadia began functioning and the old Freshman cabinet was re-formed under a new operating procedure. The men of 55 were the first to come in contact with the Freshman Orientation classes in which various student leaders met once a week for three weeks with the novices to give them the scoop on Le- high life, where to get dates (it appeared that the frosh needed little help along these lines), and some background on Lehigh history and traditions. And true to past performance the Nine Old Men came through with flying colors, defeating their younger rivals 10-0 in the tradi- tional Softball game. Early in the Fall the campus was thrown into civil strife when a battle royal occurred between the stalwart men of the Dean s Office and the fabulous vocabulary of Prof. Quirk. The con- troversy seems to have centered around an objet d art which was, at the time, rather prominently displayed on the table around which the Uni- versity Discipline Committee was wont to meet. The statue in question showed a lion, tiger, moun- tain lion standing over its fallen prey and, quite naturally, was thought to be out of order in its resting place. Fortunately tempers did not flare too high and according to reliable reports no blood was shed; the net result was that the statue was removed from the bar of justice in Dean Congdon s office and is now reposing in the archives of the Fine Arts department. At about the same time, Lehigh s IFC began to develop its Community Service program where pledges and members of Lehigh fraterni- ties single out worthwhile projects that may be carried out in the Bethlehem community and devote their energies, free of charge, to these un- dertakings. The idea behind the program is to direct some of the wasted efforts of Hell Week into more useful channels. In line with general campus improvements Taylor Hall was renovated during the Summer of 1951 and the work continued on into the Fall. Alumni were solicited to add their contributions to the fund and when the dust settled it was ap- parent that ex-Lehigh men were to be the bene- 24

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Lehigh professors became television stars. Bow- ing to popular demand Professors Tremhiey and Quirk directed their special talents to the viewers of TV and with remarkable success. Not to be outdone by members of the professorial staff, Lehigh undergraduates went in for their share of public performances. Brigadoon was the theme of a very successful Spring Music Festival, Mustard and Cheese came forth with several productions including Yellow Jack and Game of Chess, the Glee Club travelled hither and yon; so in general Lehigh was well-represented in the public eye. Students and faculty alike joined forces to bl eed in Grace Hall for the Red Cross Blood Bank. Out of almost 800 pints pledged, there flowed approximately 61.75 gallons, enough to paint four ordinary houses a brilliant shade of red. According to reports, a few pints of a Royal fjlue tinge which would make an excellent trim were tapped out of amazed donors. Earlier in the school year Lehigh men, apparently cognizant of their duties as citizens, donated well over three thousand dollars to the Campus Chest, an or- ganization similar to larger Community Chest programs. As a result of the successful adminis- tration of the program and the co-operation shown on the part of the student body as a whole, Lehigh s Campus Chest achieved a very commendable position among Pennsylvania col- leges. This fact is evidenced by the many re- quests for information and suggestions that come into Campus Chest headquarters. With an increased number of freshman cars and a general lack of parking facilities, the ques- tion of the campus traffic problem came rather COPPEE HALL l TtVi . fe ■i ' S '