Lehigh University - Epitome Yearbook (Bethlehem, PA)

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s for the upcoming centennial, an even greater Lehigh The popular image of Lehigh ' s administration is that of a group of cold conservatives, who offer in thoroughness that which they lack in emotion. Unfortunately, the undergraduate ' s experience is such that this impression goes not only uncor- rected, but unassailed. It is easy to imagine a dean as a disciplinarian and a president as a wandering gleaner of alms. From such miscon- ceptions do university legends grow, but the truth is more attractive. In the past school year, as in every year, there has been one great issue which aligns the stu- dentry on one side and the deans on the other. Most recently, it was the Norman Thomas case, an issue that sunk into abysmal confusion before it could be fairly evaluated. Upon such occasion do many judge administration, crying, supres- sion and censorship when the need is for thoughtful insight. Seniors view the latest job applications requesting gradu- ates for positions in industry and government. Students, alumni, and guests take their questions and problems to the inhabitants of the Alumni Building. If logic be served, the deans must be known in the course of their varied, less controversial de- cisions. On Candidate ' s Day, Founder ' s Day, and every other day, Deans Leith or Parr are avail- able. Late for an alumni luncheon, Preston Parr will stop in the hall and hear and advise two juniors who propose a new campus publication, or will listen to some frosh ' s mother worry about her son at Lehigh. Dean Leith is well protected by a cordon of loyal secretaries, but he too discusses grades and remains patient with hard-plugging but failing students who honestly need the boost. Hard-pressed and subject to mortal failings, the gentlemen of the administration possess the rare and the little discussed virtues of loyalty to Lehigh and continuous desire for the betterment of the University to the student ' s advantage.