Lehigh University - Epitome Yearbook (Bethlehem, PA)

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Lehigh will survive only if it will con- tinue to serve the society which maintains it. Once its usefulness to the community falters, its existence is immediately en- dangered. If uncorrected, this situation must inevitably lead to the disappearance of the institution as a burden to the community. In the words of the UGC Report, a univer- sity seeks to serve in three ways: 1) Pre- serve and impart knowledge; 2) Create new knowledge; 3) Utilize knowledge on behalf of society, all in response to the needs of society. These three functions, though apparent- ly ascribed to the university alone, can reach their fulfillment only through the actions of its graduates, whose collective needs and experiences far outweigh those of the in- stitution itself. In essence, then, can we not view the individual graduate himself as a little university — with the same goals and responsibilities as those of his alma mater? SITE OF LEHIGH UNIVERSITY ' S ;•„-„« ■■■! nt) mi « in mi mi l l ' ■ ' Yt t -ws« ,r «..- |, W V» ,| fSS FRANCIS MACDONALD SINCLAIR MEMORIAL LA] HOME OF THE NATIONAL PRINTING INK RESEARCH I AND THE CENTER FOR SURFACE AND COATINGS THIS NEW GRADUATE EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH FACILITY IS BEING MAI I ' 6 ™ 1 FR0M MRS. JENNIEH.SINCLAIR. GIFTS FROM NPIRI MEMBEI OTHER RESEARCH SPONSORS. AND A GRANTJflDM THE U.S DEPT. OF EDUCA THE LOCATION OF THE BUILDING IS A JOINMBan RENEWAL PROJECT OF UNIVERSITY AND THE CITY OF BETHLEHF Rapuano inc landscap 12

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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

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Here rests the final and most persistent bond of any class — not a mass of stereotyped men, but a diversified group of similar responsibilities. No two will face society in the same manner, no two will be chal- lenged by identical difficulties; but all, to be part of a successful class and a respectable counterpart of Lehigh, must assume the burden of propagating the ideals, not of Lehigh in particular, but those of the ideal university. 13