Lehigh University - Epitome Yearbook (Bethlehem, PA)

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In order to preserve Lehigh ' s effectiveness as a teaching institution, it is essential that she adapt her operations to fit the continuously varying demands of the society in which she operates. The most indis- pensible attribute of a contemporary university is its ability to adapt to external needs, to attain the most beneficial interchange of information, ideas, man- power, and services with society. Students at Lehigh have recognized the significance of such an inter- action, and in direct response to their concern the 10

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evolves. Each student finds (or falls into) his special nook, surrounded by his close companions. Gradually we exchange the bonds of class loyalty for our pseudo- independence or group identity. Before long, conflict- ing and coexisting loyalties have replaced our unity: fraternities vs. residence halls, beer-guzzlers vs. heads, jocks vs. bookworms. The list is endless. But through such partitions we have acquired a characteristic self- assurance and a wholesome boldness as Lehigh graduates. As a graduating class, then, each one of us must attempt to reunite the class of 1970, not physically of course, but in the spirit of a common purpose of assistance and adaptation to our society. 2£ Each of us knows how he has changed in his years at col- lege. But what about Lehigh itself? Yes, she too has changed. In containing, educating, and tolerating her students, Lehigh has be- come, literally, more universal. We, her students, are ourselves uni- versal and unpredictable. And as we change, the university, in order to fulfill its functions, must also modify itself. Therefore, regardless of our apathy, our introversion, our in- sularity — in spite of these — we, the students, have changed Lehigh! Lying beneath her incredibly traditional, collegiate ex- terior is a viable internal structure which has proved to be watch- ful, tolerant, and, above all, responsive. As she must, then, Lehigh is slowly removing her mantle of tradition and taking on a visage of change and adaptability. The 1970 Epitome has the purpose of testifying to this gradu- al transmutation in Lehigh ' s mode of existence.

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University Goals Committee was formed in the spring of 1968 by President Lewis. Through this committee, representatives of the student body, faculty, adminis- tration, and alumni have worked together to determine by mutual consent the appropriate, necessary, and attainable goals to which Lehigh should aspire. Its final report laid the groundwork on which Lehigh will design its future, by establishing the university ' s re- sponsibility to the community and by synthesizing the characteristics of the ideal university . 11