Lehigh University - Epitome Yearbook (Bethlehem, PA)

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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 '

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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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forcibly to the fore. Accentuated by on-campus accidents, sonietning which had been singularly absent at Lehigh during the sojourn of the Class of 52, the problem grew ana grew until many people began thinking rather seriously about it. IDC and Arcadia studied the problem with the aid of each other, statistics compiled from the Office of Buildings and Grounds, and personal obsersation and contact. Arcadia was against the banning of freshman cars on campus and IDC went on record as favoring the measure, buch a time! With several new factors presenting them- selves and in the light of new discussion, the matter was reopened. Awareness of the gravity of the situation was shown when the grounds of the president s home, the near victim of a car in the dining room, were protected by a substan- tial concrete wall. The academic scene had its profile altered when the College of Business Administration expanded its facilities to include courses which lead to the degrees of Master of Business Ad- ministration. Scholastically. the Class of 55 pull- ed a startling upset over their rivals of 54 by accumulating a point average over and above that of the sophomores. And industry ' donated several new scholarships to engineers in E.M., Met. E., and Ch. E. Ye Olde alentines came out in the Fall as per usual: the Deans Office outdid themselves by expressing their sentiments about academic progress in no less than 1089 courses. Some people never learn, it seems, as the final grades of the Fall 51 semester saw 79 of our fellows leaving South Mountain for circumstances not exactly of their immediate choosing. When the news of the West Point cheating scandal reached the ears and inner sanctums of the Frown and Bite, the editors made a valiant attempt to discover the way Lehigh men behaved during examinations. A questionnaire was sub- mitted to the students via the pages of the campus newspaper, and ballot boxes were placed at strategic places to collect the results. Despite re- peated urgings and requests, Lem Lehigh re- fused to disclose his most private affairs, par- ticularly those pertaining to whether he gives or accepts aid during a University exercise. 1 he DROW ' A ' MEMORIAL HALL newspaper (which has served as admirable source material for this article) startled many when it announced in October 26th issue (Fall Houseparty) Break Lehigh Vice Racket. Evi- dently some did not accept the joke or perhaps they were unaware of the imaginative talents that abide in the basement of Drown Hall. Such a fuss was raised over the poor publicity the well- done issue could create that copies were distrib- uted only on the campus. — regular mail subscrib- ers did not receive their papers. Speaking of Houseparty — it was tremendous. A new animal came to campus to complement the menagerie already begun by Prof. Quirk and the Dean s Office: it appeared under the cryptic title of SCBLH (Student Committee lor the Bet- terment of Lamberton Hall) and soon showed its nature to be that of a student committee on a student committee. It is not at this writing quite clear just where the animal s natural habitat is but an investigation conducted under the au- spices of the Biology Dejiartment uncovered strong evidence that it had migrated South from a region located somewhere in central New York 27