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Kalamazoo Gaalumnus KALAMAZOO B§§§ DODO COLLEGE GAALUMNUS FALL QUARTER t965 A Joyous Holiday Season The 1965 Homecoming Queen and her Court THIS ISSUE BRINGS our holiday greeting, extended as well by the five charming students in the photo above. As Homecoming brings together the student body and the alumni of past generations, much of the content of this issue cites the present college scene, along with a vast number of alumni news notes which indicates the very fine response given to the card request for zip codes. Miss Ginnie Good, senior from Bethesda, Md., daughter of alumnus Dr. Walter Good '37 and Mrs. Good, appears first on the left, followed by Miss Nancy Lamb, Monroe, Mich., senior; Queen Marilyn Coffing, senior from Pontiac; Miss Jamie Hall, sophomore from Algoma, Wise.; and Miss Ruth Ryan, Grinnell, Iowa, also a sophomore. Homecoming effort! KALAMAZOO BBBBDODD COLLEGE ~ A ALUMNUS FALL QUARTER 1965 VOL. :XXVII November, 1965 No.4 CONTENTS PICTURE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: Homecoming, registration, Alan Schneider, tennis, football- Kalamazoo Gazette; alumni parents, James Farley, Esther Peterson, Mrs. Komine- Douglas Lyttle; new library, classes of 1935, 1945, 1955, and 1960 - Joe Schia­ The Concerned Student vone; Alumni Council, classes of 1930, 1940, and 1950 - AI by President Weimer K. Hicks 4 Williams. The Freshman Class· 5 MARILYN IDNKLE, '44, Editor Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the Man ALUMNI OFFICERS: Richard A. Lemmer '41, President; Maynard by James A. Farley 6 M. Conrad '36, Vice-President; Marian Hall Starbuck '45, Secre­ tary. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Robert Aldrich '33; Lu­ The Place of Love in American Letters cille Hallock Brenner '29; Charles E. Garrett, Jr., '42; Jane Sid­ nam Heath '37; Susan Ralston Louis '53, Richard Meyerson '49, by Dr. Walter W. Waring, Professor of English 9 Edward P. Thompson '43; Marilyn Sharp Wetherbee '46. OTHER EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS: Lois Stutzman Harvey '29, Alumni­ Quarterly Review 10 Trustee; Robert E. Heerens '38, Alumni-Trustee; Burton L. Bak­ er '33, Alumni-Trustee; David Markusse '57, K-Club President; Sports Kenneth Krum '45, Kalamazoo President; Samuel Folz '47, Vice­ by Dick Kishpaugh 12 President; Mary Ethel Rockwell Skinner '44, Secretary. A quarterly publication of Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Class News 13 Michigan, issued in February, May, August, and November. Member, American Alumni Council. Subscription rate: One dol­ lar per year. Second class postage paid at Kalamazoo, Michigan. Return postage guaranteed. 3 The New Year and the Concerned Student by President Weimer K. Hicks MORE THAN A MONTH has gone by since Kalamazoo could we do to increase the flow of creative minds opened its 133rd year. It has been an interesting month; which had made America the most resourceful people by and large, a typical month. Like the majority of of history? Octobers, life on campus has been quiescent. Each new So we set out to alter our educational techniques. freshman class, invariably thrilled by the collegiate Overnight we discarded progressive education with its experience, brings a refreshing enthusiasm to the "keep-'em-happy" and "peas-in-a-pod" philosophies. campus. The arrival of the new matriculants also seems We urged students to be different. We sought the to bring forth the best of leadership from the upper­ uncommon man. We ferreted out the genius, the merit classmen. A dedication to academic pursuits likewise scholar. We stepped up academic work at all levels. tends to permeate the fall season. This fall the esprit In short, we played down the importance of life de corps on the quad was further enhanced by the adjustment and emphasized individuality. We urged exploits of our football team, which carried a four-game self-expression and freedom for youth. winning streak into the all-important Homecoming And what has been the result? Today we are battle. Thus we approach the middle of the fall quarter educating students who are far more willing to translate with a feeling of satisfaction, notwithstanding the their beliefs into action. In some areas, the ideas and subsequent defeats at Angell Field. activity may follow a pattern with which we disagree, As I view the campus scene, I see a continuation of and we feel as if we have a tiger by the tail. But I for one change which has gripped college youth, all over one believe that the good far outweighs the bad. And the nation. In recent years a profound metamorphosis our challenge becomes that of guiding the movement has taken place in student attitudes and actions. A in directions which will bring optimum values. decade ago we of the faculty and administration I contend that student thinking seems to be taking on worried about campus apathy. The students of the '50's a new and important quality which will make its were dubbed the silent and the beat generation. They impact even more effective. In the earlier years of the seemed interested primarily in their own sphere, their '60's it was strongly associated with Bohemian little microcosm. The majority wanted only to gain tendencies. One had little difficulty in identifying the preparation for a good job so they could live in exponents by dress and appearance. Consequently, suburbia happily ever after. the movement assumed qualities which were distasteful Today students have changed and these recent to many. Year by year the Beatnik influences graduates have likewise changed. Students are con­ permeated more of our campuses, until they all but cerned about issues which should have troubled college dominated at certain of the institutions of strong generations of an earlier vintage. They are bothered intellectual bent. Today there seems to be a changing about our adult failures to find the answer to equality pattern. Uniqueness of appearance, after all, is only among men. They have interest in other nations and a novelty. Even more it is at the periphery. The cultures and desire to know them. They worry about the movement per se is at the core. Why distract from under-privileged, the hungry and the needy. They the effectiveness of the message by extraneous protest against our failure to find an answer to war. associations which bring negative responses. Accord­ And you and I must sympathize with and commend ingly, the concerned students seem to be discarding the them for their concerns. And even more significantly, qualities which have only clouded the issues. they are doing more than merely voicing their Individuality without purpose is on the wane. objections. Some have become activists about those And what of Kalamazoo? For a college of intellectual concepts in which they believe. tradition, we have not been as in£ltrated by the This change, this awakening began to manifest itself Bohemian-type influences as many institutions, though three or four years ago. Today it is still on the they have been and are with us. Today there seems increase. Now what has brought about this change in to be evidence on our quadrangle, and at other schools the minds of students? I attribute the change primarily of similar purposes, that a more thoughtful group of to the influences resulting from Sputnik. When the students are taking the lead. Actually, the new Russians placed a satellite in orbit, America became awakening has been obvious at Kalamazoo for four alarmed. We were losing, we feared, our powers of years. It has expressed itself locally in our response to creativity. We no longer out-ran the rest of the world the service quarter, in the sizeable number joining the in our ingenuity. Where were our scientists? What Peace Corps, in our voluntary tutoring program of had happened to our inventive bent? And finally, what Continued on page 29 4 Among alumni parents of freshmen are Dr. and Mrs. Forrest Strome (Edith Hoven) of the cklss of 1945, from Pittsford, N.Y. They are shown with freshman son, David, and daughter, Carol, chatting with Mrs. Weimer K. Hicks at the reception for new students. Registration for a record freshman cklss The Freshman Class THIS YEAR, the freshman class counts for 365 ( 206 men and 159 women) of the total enrollment of 1140. According to James Mandrell, admissions director, this number was selected from 1317 applicants. Last year, 349 freshmen were chosen from 989 applicants. The class, representing 253 high schools in 32 states, includes six National Merit Scholars and one of the 120 Presidential Scholars named by President Johnson. Fifty per cent of the freshmen attended schools outside of Michigan. Ninety-four per cent of this year's freshman class Others pictured on opening day included Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Schnebelt (Betty ]ames '45) of Dexter, Mich., with ranked in the top third, 62 per cent in the top tenth, and daughter, Susan; Kris Wedge, Hopewell, N. ]., daughter 41 per cent in the top twentieth (or top five per cent) of Dr. '43 and Mrs. Bryant Wedge (Dorrie Reed '42); of their high school graduating classes. There are 203 her cousin, Mike Reed, also a freshman, son of Mr. '43 and Mrs. Arthur Reed (Helen Gklser '46) of South Bend, Ind. freshmen who held leadership positions during their high school careers - offices in student councils, state organizations, honor societies, and the like. In terms of scholarship assistance, this year's freshmen will receive a total of $179,685. This includes $105,965 awarded to 145 freshmen either through or by the College; $48,598 from the State of Michigan Competitive Scholarship Program; and $26,120 from various Foundations and organizations. In addition to scholarships, campus employment and College loans bring the total scholarship and financial assistance to freshmen to $244,625. Meanwhile, of the total1140 students enrolled this year - the largest student body in the history of Kalamazoo College - 179 juniors are at 16 schools in 11 foreign countries for their credit-earning study during the fall and winter quarters, and more than 90 Discussing a mutual interest - tennis - are freshman Sharon Nash, her mother, Mary Pratt Nash '46 of seniors are currently engaged in off-campus Excelsior, Minn., and Dr.
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