Lehigh University - Epitome Yearbook (Bethlehem, PA)

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the very start and went on to a resounding vic- tory o ver Lafayette after a disappointing mid- season slump. One of the innovations inaugurated this year in the ancient Lehigh-Lafayette rivalry was the Most Valuable Player Award in the Le- high-Lafayette game awarded to Al Richmond of Lehigh. Socially, Ahmad Jamal and his piano appeared and kept things moving in Grace Hall. As usual, everything broke loose for Fall House party and the fine vocal chords of Joni James enchanted the participants in the festivities. In February, Fats Domino really had things hopping at Grace Hall again, in one of the most spontaneous exhibitions of Lehigh gaiety in recent years. There was dan- cing on the floor, and when there was no more room there, there was dancing on the benches. These military hats with the gold braid were here with their Brass for the National Security Seminar. A student may pass this spot for weeks without seeing a train, he is late for a class, exam, or interview one always appears. but as soon as

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The artistic endowment of the University was greatly enhanced by the appearance of such groups as the Budapest String Quartet, and Gal- lery 10 from New Hope, Pennsylvania. The Quar- tet, which celebrated its thirtieth anniversary of concerts in America this year is considered one of the finest chamber music groups in the country. Under the auspices of Student Concerts-Lectures, several other groups performed at the University, and added genially to an atmosphere of culture and enjoyment. Nineteen sixty-one at Lehigh cannot be mea- sured alone by cultural and intellectual stimu- lants. For the Lehigh student, there must be a time to break loose and this time occurred at the many sports events and social functions of the University. Our football team gave us a thrill from It ' s always a big rush to get across campus from class to class in the ten minutes available. The Fine Arts Department office is often open so that students can come in and review the slides of the artistic classics they have studied in class. 25

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The wrestling season ushered in an amazing four months of school spirit. School pride was at an all-time high as the junior-studded team went into its first dual meet and shut out a powerful Cornell team. Hopes for the first undefeated sea- son since the early forties were scuttled as Pitt managed to eke out a narrow victory. But the Pittsburgh match assured the Lehigh wrestlers of their overall strength and determination to win the Easterns. These then, are some of the vast number of impressions of nineteen sixty-one at Lehigh. This was a year of revision as well as recognition. To those who lived these events, the Epitome offers a host of memories to lighten the burden of the realization that those things we did this year we can never do again. Its Ivy to possess a pipe, you know; so when the sales- man arrives at the Supply Bureau with a special offer, everyone takes a look though only a few buy. it Another festive throng of couples overcome with Houseparty ' s mysterious ' Enchantitis ' pause in their evening of traditional madness and delight.