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State. Its debut created quite a stir among the undergraduates and administration as it was evi- dent the creature had appeared for a very definite purpose. Shortly after it had laegun its natural functions, however. SCBLH was mated with an official student committee to (it is hoped) the betterment of the race as a whole. Politics was not entirely absent from the Le- high scene as it appeared during the 51- 52 school year. B W began running political car- toons and PSA. the Political Science Assembly, conducted a very well-run Lehigh Presidential Preference Poll. Supplemented by political ad- vertising, columns in the newspaper, and visits to national campaign headquarters, the affair look on an aura of a party convention. Although no caucuses were held and no ward bosses put in an appearance, the poll did present many of the current national political feelings before Le- high men and no doubt did much toward making some aware of the issues and responsibilities that confront a citizen of the United States. Lehigh students and faculty both liked Ike by a sub- stantial vote; Taft, Warren, and Justice Douglas followed in popularity. We beat Lafayette for the second year run- ning. Other unusual and noteworthy events took place. Dr. Frank J. Fornoff planned and con- structed an illuminated periodic table, one of the few of its kind in the country. The device cov- ered part of the wall in the front of the large Chemistry lecture room and was complete with a TILT located in the lower right hand corner. Also new and different was SCL s presentation of a very popular Jazz Concert, featuring Buddy Freeman and his band. This was somewhat of a departure from the usual rather conservative program presented by the group and was, in the opinion of many, a very welcome addition to the annual series of lectures and concerts. Social activities? Legal authorities cut heavily into the available supply of recreation and fel- lowship when they imposed a severe age card check upon the Lehigh undergraduates who were often wont to gather in the hallowed halls of Bethlehem busmess establishments for relaxa- tion, etc. IFC weekend in the early Spring also brought a new twist to the scheduled activities of the year s social calendar. Combining their annual pledge banquet with the Monte Carlo dance and an afternoon get-together at the Chor, IFC sponsored what in effect amounted to a little Houseparty. We wound up our last year in a fitting man- ner. Saturday evening, June 1 4th, many of us at- tended the Graduation Ball. Sunday afternoon, the Rt. Rev. Oliver J. Hart, Bishop of the Epis- copal Diocese of Pennsylvania, delivered our baccalaureate sermon in Packer Memorial Chapel. After the service, Dr. and Mrs. Whitaker entert ained the members of the class and their families and friends at an afternoon tea in Grace Hall ; many faculty members were there, too. The climax of the final weekend came at the L ' niversity Day exercises on Monday morning. Frank W. Afjrams, Chairman of the Board of the Standard Oil Company (New Jersey) , de- livered the commencement address. Approxi- mately five hundred seniors received their long- awaited sheepskins . To sum up in seven words- — A good time was had by all. Yes, a good time was had by all despite the long assignments, the Sunday mornings that in- evitably followed the Saturday nights, and thirty-one weeks of school. Maybe the senior year is not so very different after all; perhaps the fact that it marks the end of something is what causes it to stand out from among the others as unique. Some students breathed a sigh of re- lief when they received their June 1 6th red badge or courage, but there were many, and their ranks will be increased as the years pass by, who were more than a little bit sorry at leaving Lehigh. Let s hope that the incidents here re- corded will help in some way to bring back the good old college days when we are gazing benevolently down upon our adoring great grandchildren as they ask with disbelief on their faces. Did you really go to college? 28 PACKER HALL
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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
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