Lehigh University - Epitome Yearbook (Bethlehem, PA)

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Moods at Lehigh parties are as diverse as the people who attend them; but all this couple needs is a short breather. Dr. Ralph E. Lapp continues discussion on his topic, the effects of nuclear fallout, with students and faculty at a reception given in his honor following his address sponsored by the Cooperative Lecture Series.

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ing yet another program designed as a relief from tfie usual classroom grind, the Student Concert- Lectures Series. A parade of famous names and talent bears witness to the success of the program. The group of musicians, actors, and writers in Non-technical fields has included Charles Laughton, Cornelia Otis Skinner, Victor Borge, Dr. Franz Polzar, hypnotist. Red Smith, and recently. Senators Styles Bridges and John Sparkman. A new series, providing a stimulus to the extracur- ricular intellectual interests of the University commu- nity, was inaugurated in the spring of 1956. The Co- operative Lecture Series proposed to interest various student organizations in sponsoring speakers who were recognized as outstanding in their respective fields. The first guest. Dr. George Wald of the Biological Labora- tories of Harvard University, spoke before a capacity audience in Packard Auditorium. Other distinguished speakers have followed, lending to the educational pro- gram the products of their own endeavors. Student activities have not been confined to the council room, stage, or class room, as intercollegiate athletics play a major role in campus life. Football and, in particular, wrestling hold the limelight where sport- ing events are concerned. In the past two seasons the Lehigh eleven compiled an enviable record of 14 and 4, ending the 1956 season with a spectacular win over Lafayette after a three-year losing streak with its chief PiSrS Students who live within a few hours ' drive of Lehigh can be found packing for a quick trip home after classes on Saturday. Voting for Arcadians and class officers is con- ducted at various polling places throughout the campus by members of Alpha Phi Omega.

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Part of the large Fall Houseparty crowd dances to the music of Tommy Tucker, in the tropical splendor created by the theme, Bali H ' a ' t. The formal attire gives way in four short hours to Bermuda shorts as the weekend parties continue. It was on the wrestling mats, however, that Lehigh proved a formidable powerhouse. Outstanding in the past few years have been Ed Eichelberger, both a Na- tional and Eastern Intercollegiate champion; Joe Gratto, Eastern Intercollegiate champion; and Leon Harbold and Dick Santoro, sophomores who are ex- pected to turn in undefeated seasons under the able tutelage of coach Jerry Leeman. Lehigh fields teams in approximately thirteen var- sity and four freshman sports, and for those who do not participate in intercollegiate competition, a newly revised intramural program runs the gamut from ping- pong to wrestling. Life has its darker moments too, and for many, a night of January 1956 proved bleak indeed. In the early hours of one morning fire broke out in a third floor metallurgy lab in Williams Hall. Thanks to a quick-action Bethlehem Fire Department, damage was confined to the east end of the third floor. But the damage at that point was extensive, amounting to bet- ter than $100,000, and the loss of valuable papers, research material, and several theses which could not 30