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The Morning Call from Allentown, Pennsylvania • 31

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The Morning Calli
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Allentown, Pennsylvania
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THIRD THE MORNING CALL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1991 E6 sdScDsrttes iroow (DQfcg (smteir tedfeiy Lafayette College's new Farinon College Center will be dedicated In a special ceremony at noon today, followed by an all-college picnic on the Quad for an estimated 3,000 students, faculty, donors, trustees, and other guests. The building's principal benefactors, William and P.T. Farinon of Honolulu, will be on hand for the ceremony, which will include the unveiling of a portrait of the couple. The portrait will hang over the fireplace in the center's main lobby. Designed by Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott of Boston, the building is made of sandstone, brownstone and granite, and has a copper roof.

It was constructed by Irwin Leighton of King of board of trustees. A number of other donors who contributed substantial gifts toward the project will also be honored. They include: Retoa Hardtn Bloom of Otnlon, N.J., wnou latt husband, G. Harvey (Cv) Bloom, was a 1930 graduate, provided the first-floor student activities room now assigned to the Association of Lafayette Women. Walter E.

Hanson of Maul, Hawaii, funded the snack bar. Hanson, former chairman of the the college's board of trustees and former head of Peat, Marwick, Mitchell Co graduated from Lafayette In 194. William A. and Bobbie Hardng of Charloffe, N.C dedkated their gift of the Student Residence Office suite in honor of his parents. William Harding, a 1958 graduate of the college, is a vice president of Fiber Industries, Inc.

Ed and Helen Johnsen of Rancho Mirage, provided one of the second-floor lounges. A member of the Class of 1942, Johnsen Is chairman and chief executive officer of Trojan Properties, Inc. John and Muriel Lands of Weston, funded the atrium and common room. Landis, an emeritus trustee, graduated from Lafayette ki 1939 and is senior vice president nience store; lounge; student activities room; offices for The Lafayette student newspaper, Student Government, the Lafayette Activities Forum and other student organizations; and offices for the deans of student activities and student residence, and for the community outreach coordinator. On the second floor are a 250-seat dining room, three smaller diningmeeting rooms, a multipurpose room seating up to 200 and two meeting rooms or lounges.

Speakers at the dedication will Include Robert Rotberg, president of the college, and Charles E. HugeL chairman of the Prussia. The project cost $16 million: $13 million for construction costs, architects' fees, and related costs; and $3 million for an endowment for the upkeep of the building. The L-shaped structure contains about 68,000 square feet and is 200 feet long, 80 feet deep, and 60 feet high. Groundbreaking in June 1989 coincided with William Farinon's 50th class reunion.

On the concourse level are a college store, post office, video arcade, 100-seat movievideo theater, copying machine, automatic teller machine and fax machine. The first floor contains the atrium and common room, which features a skylight and fireplace; a 150-seat snack bar; conve ana a owedor of Stone Webster Engineering Corp. Charles Umburg, who graduated in 1929, funded the movie theater on the concourse level. Dr. Umburg, who died in 1990, will be represented by his widow, Linda.

Charles H. Wood of Georgetown, S.C, a member of the Class of 1933, and his late wife, Elizabeth, donated a second-floor lounge and study room. Edwin L. Frankenstein of San Antonio, a member of the Class of 1922 and former president of a New York City advertising agency, provided the Student Activities room occupied by the International Students Association. The Wood Company of Allenfown contributed The Buttery, a service facility on the second floor, in honor of its 'HSftY win be Dr.

Paul F. Drakej Class 1920, and Ruth Nice Drake, a Phillipsburg couple for. whom trie main dining room is named, and Frank E. Tresster, Class of 1924, and Hilda V. Tressler, whose bequest created an endowment to support the center's rrffntendnce.

Four alumni classes provided gifts for the center. The Class of 1965, with a leacterstwo from a Lafayette trustee from NortrrfieH N.J., contributed the college store. The Class of 1980 gave the EastTerrace memory of classmate Edward Petraiuok) III. The Class of 1987 funded the video arcade and the Class of 1988 made a gift in support of the pub adiacent to the snack bar. Atone on Columbus Day, Indian woman preaches What's open, closed on Columbus Day Marty area offices, businesses and organizations will be closed Monday, Columbus Day.

The Morning Call win bs published on i Monday. Here is a brief rundown of what is open and dosed Monday and what services are available. Federal Offices Closed. U.S. Rep.

Don Bitter's offices Closed, but will take telephone calls. Sen. Roy Aff lorbach's offices Closed. State offices Closed. County offices Closed, except Lehigh and Northampton.

City offices Open. Township and borough offices Open, except Bath and Northampton. Postal service No deliveries, except Special Delivery, Express Mail and inside post office boxes. Collections from mailboxes at post offices, branches and stations; also, evening collections from all Allentown mailboxes and those in major Bethlehem shopping centers. No window service, but post office lobbies will be open for self-service from 8 a.m.

to 5 p.m. in Bethlehem ami Easton and from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in Allentown. LANTA and METRO buses Regular schedule in effect Public libraries Open.

Banks Closed, except for First Lehigh Bank. Trash collection Regular schedule in effect in Allen-town, Easton, Emmaus, Hellertown, Northampton and Whitehall Township. Bethlehem residents should contact their independent haulers for information. Miscellaneous State Police Driver Examination units will be closed tomorrow in observance of Columbus Day. traditional homelands.

"Millions of dollars are being spent without recognizing there were people here already," she said. "How can this nation celebrate without recognizing the Indian's great contributions?" She read a list of Indian contributions to society, which included gold and silver, quinine, witch hazel, beans, tomatoes, American cotton and rubber. "The history of America remains a mystery," she said. "We know more about the pyramids of Egypt than we do about the mounds in the Mississippi Valley. That is a crime." Stewart said the education system doesn't have access to information about Native American history and "we all need to work together" to preserve the rich Indian cultures.

"It's frightening that Indian language is starting to slip. We're trying to keep it alive." She said there already was a large population of Indians in America when Columbus arrived and the Indian society was organized and not chaotic. She added "ideas brought by Columbus," such as "accumulation of wealth" and "general disregard for the Earth" did not benefit the Indians' lives. By KATHY LAUER-WILLIAMS Of The Morning Call Columbus Day should be a time to celebrate that history that didn't begin with Columbus, Susan Stewart, a Crow Indian, told students at Northampton Community College yesterday. Calling it "ethnocentric" to recognize only part of the history, she said Columbus Day should be a time for atonement and taking responsibility for our actions.

Stewart, president of Montana Indian Contemporary Arts, an organization to promote Indian Arts, and an artist herself for 20 years, was bringing the message of the Submuloc Society, an organization dedicated to fostering awareness of the native American culture before and after Columbus arrived in the new world. Stewart said members of the society are visiting schools and other groups across the country to make people aware of the contribution to history of Native Americans. Greeting the audience in Crow language, Stewart explained her Indian name was "Her colors are good" and said the society was started by a group of Indian artists who wanted to tell the public how they felt about "the mass celebration of Columbus' discovery of our FRAN KITTEK The Morning Call Susan Stewart is a member of the Submuloc Society- THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION MEMORIAL PROGRAM 1-800-242-8721 iducatioai 'secretary to meat LV. 2009 American Heart, Association American School In the spring, the Lehigh Valley group released a lengthy task force report, recommending more than 200 changes in area schools. The group is working on ways to implement the changes.

This ad is presented as a public service by THE MORNING 1 CALL U.S. Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander will meet at an Allentown school this month with members of Lehigh Valley 2000: Business Education Partnership. They will get together Oct. 21 to discuss the group's work so far and its plan of attack. "He believes that we are the most advanced in the country," said Ed Donley, partnership chairman, "and he wants to know the details of what we're doing so he can tell others." Alexander is coming to the Lehigh Valley for a fund-raiser for Dick Thornburgh at Lehigh University, Donley said.

His visit was confirmed Wednesday night, he added. Thornburgh is opposing Harris Wofford for the seat of the late Sen. John Heinz. When Alexander leaves there, he will meet with members of the partnership at South Mountain Middle School on Emmaus Avenue about 1:45 p.m, Donley said. He will stay l't to two hours before departing for York.

The partnership sent out invitations to all 72 members, including the heads of the 30 largest corporations in the Valley and superintendents and college presidents from area schools. Donley said Alexander will talk about President Bush's America 2000 plan in more detail. The partnership hopes the Valley can be designated an America 2000 community and that the group will receive a federal grant to start a New. i 1 Sheraton -Pocono Inif5 Our Smcialtv Weddinm! -j Enjoy The Orthopaedic Center of Easton Hospital- $24.50 per person includes tax gratuity mxmr, fine dining at Delightful hors d'oeuvres in ft our inuuor irupicai touriyara, Lf Full course sit down dinner miu wiiiic giuvc service. affordable prices.

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