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Bates College SCARAB The aB tes Student Archives and Special Collections 10-22-1971 The aB tes Student - volume 98 number 06 - October 22, 1971 Bates College Follow this and additional works at: http://scarab.bates.edu/bates_student Recommended Citation Bates College, "The aB tes Student - volume 98 number 06 - October 22, 1971" (1971). The Bates Student. 1628. http://scarab.bates.edu/bates_student/1628 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Archives and Special Collections at SCARAB. It has been accepted for inclusion in The aB tes Student by an authorized administrator of SCARAB. For more information, please contact [email protected]. DRY FRI. - SAT. AT BATES Fourth Annual Parents Weekend Starts Today The fourth annual Parent's Registration will also take place will present "Lobet Den Herrn, Alle Brown will be presented in thd Weekend at Bates College will be on Saturday morning. From 10:00 Heiden" and "Motet VI" by J. S. Chapel at 11 p.m. held on the Lewiston, Maine cam- a.m. to 11:30 a.m. parents and stu- Bach, and the Choral Society will Chapel services will be held on pus, Friday, October 22, through dents may attend student-faculty sing "Gloria" by Francis Poulenc in Sunday morning for parents and Sunday, October 24. Parents of panel discussions on the new libra- the College Chapel. The public is Students. At 8:30 a.m. a Roman Bates Students will be guests of the ry or the new short term courses. cordially invited to attend this free Catholic Folk Mass will be held in College for a weekend including At 10:30 a.m. the soccer team will concert. At 9:00 p.m. the Bates Col- the Bates Chapel, with Father Ken- special entertainment by several play Clark University. After a Par- lege Afro-American Society will neth Rancourt officiating. Rev. campus organizations, athletic com- ent's Luncheon in the Alumni Gym sponsor a performance of the Dance Garvey MacLean will speak at an petition, and opportunities to meet and the Gray Athletic Building, Company of the National Center of interdenominational service in the members of the Bates faculty. there will be a 2:00 p.m. football Afro-American Artists. This event is Chapel at 10 a.m. The Deansmen game on Garcelon Field between The program for the weekend in- also open to the public. Admission and Merimanders will present a con- Bates and Norwich University. Fol- will be charged. The company will cludes registration for parents as cert at 1:00 p.m. in the Little Thea- lowing the game President and Mrs. perform in the Lewiston High School ter. they arrive on Friday. Classes will Thomas Hedley Reynolds will-hold be open to parents from 1-4 p.m. Auditorium. During the weekend the Treat a reception for parents and faculty Gallery will have on exhibit "The "The Wrong Box" will be Shown in At 9:00 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. par- in the Treat Gallery, Pettigrew Portrayal of the Eagle in American the Filene Room at 7 and 9:15 p.m. ents and students will be treated Art." The Gallery will be open 1-5 A Shoestring Revue will be pre- Hall. again to a Shoestring Revue in the p.m. and 7-8 p.m. on Friday, 9-12 sented at 9 p.m. in the Little Thea- Saturday evening at 7:45 p.m. the Little Theater. A flute and piano p.m. and 4-6 p.m. on Saturday, and ter. Bates College Collegium Musicum duet by Steve Tapper and Ron 2-5 pm. on Sunday. J Y A A Unique Experience October in London, April In Paris tile" environment. JYA also provides —these are some of the thoughts an opportunity to experience large that come to mind when the words university life. Junior Year Abroad or JYA are men- Although only fourteen students tioned. But the Junior Year Abroad chose to participate in JYA this ac- program is not intended to be a ademic year, the number of students year's travel around Europe, but is not restricted. The academic re- rather a unique educational experi- quirements are set only to insure ence. student success in his year abroad. Professor Carl B. Straub devotes Bates students are usually well- five afternoons a week to admin- received by the foreign universities istration of the Junior Year Abroad and not many students are disap- program. In outlining the object- pointed in their year spent abroad. ives of the JYA program, he stressed The challenges that Professor the educational aspects. He sees the Straub sees in the future for the most important advantage to a year JYA program involve increasing \t IBate£ EfrnJwA abroad as the opportunity for a stu- competition of American students dent to study in his chosen field in for admission for one-year studies */W*£ 9* Service *7» *7&e (fattmUHity" a different department other than abroad, the desire to make JYA an the one at Bates. The foreign univer- always successful intellectual exper- xcvm OCT. 22, 1971 NO. 6 sity structure differs from Ameri- ience, and to make the JYA pro- can universities in that admissions gram a more integral part of a Bates STUDENT GOV'T. and study are arranged by depart- education. ments. The notion of a broad liber- Since foreign universities as well al-arts education is not usually as students differ, the real task as More Committees Formed found outside the United States. The Professor Straub put it is to, "select student's work in his major field students well" so that the program by Jonathan Smith The fourth committee appointed therefore is more concentrated and may continue to be successful. The second meeting of the rep- grew out of a discussion on the intensive than at Bates. A second resentative assembly continued the temporary den situation. This com- advantage is the increased expos- pattern of the first meeting as four mittee will meet with temporary ure to aspects of a major that may Faculty Interview more committees were appointed to den manager, Mr. St. Pierre and re- not be offered at Bates. A third ad- by Barb Billinsky deal with various assembly and port at the next meeting. Those vantage is the encounter with dif- "Students given a chance can do campus problems. The first com- members are: Mel Bowler-OFF, ferent world views and defending a good piece of work," commented mittee appointed will concern it- Dale Shaw-MIL, Beth Palmer-MIT, one's own views in a possibly "hos- Continued on Page 5, Col. 2 self with recommending a perma- and Cindy Alemian-PAR. nent advisor. The committee con- During an open floor period at sists of Tina Psalidas-PAR, Debbie the end of the meeting members Hibbard-RAN, Eileen Kitchen-CHE, voiced their views of topics and and Herb Canaway-WA. At the issues that the assembly should dis- present time, Professor Turlish is cuss in the future. These topics in- serving as temporary advisor. cluded: student attendance at fac- A discussion then ensued concern- ulty meetings, the maids' duties ing the composition of officers, eli- (and the discrimination shown in gibility requirements, and method not making beds in co-ed dorms), of election. After several minutes of pool tables in some lounges, and a debate, the issue was referred to student assembly office in the base- a By-Law Committee composed of ment of Women's Union. These Martha Georges-WHI, Peter Goldie- were taken under advisement by JB, Steve Lamson-FT, Doug Wheel- the temporary agenda committee. er-OFF, Charlie Rose-RB, and Paul Sign up sheets will be up until Brinkherhoff-WA. Monday for those interested in serv- The third committee formed con- ing on a Food Committee. This com- cerns itself with studying the pos- mittee will meet with Mr. Canedy sibilities for dorm councils or gov- periodically concerning meals serv- ernments. Students on this com- ed in Commons. mittee are Dave Lounsbury-WA, The new 19,000 microfiche library acquired toy Bates College is shown Joanne Rosenberger-WU, Ken Sas- The next meeting was held above. At left, Bates senior Mrs. Janis H. Bass, of Lewiston, Maine, demon- sorossi-PAlG, Pat Foss-PAG, Peter Thursday night in the Rand strates the microfiche desk reader and holds a sample 3 x 5" film card. Sass-PAG, Joan MacDonald-SH, Cin- Lounge. Dean Issacson was expect- Through high reduction photography, up to 1,000 book pages can be stored dy Alemian-PAR, Beth Palmer-MJT, ed to speak to the assembly con- on a single card, or fiche. Ellie Mainolfi-RAN, Debbie Hib- cerning its budget and extra-cur- At right, Mrs. Bass selects a microbook from the card files, which take bard-RAN, Jack MacLean-CHA, Rich ricular affairs committees, which up less than eight cubic feet of space. Ordinarily the 19,000 "Library of Bayer-SM, and John Stimmel-OFF. have yet to be appointed. American Civilization" would consume 2,000 feet of library shelf space. TWO BATES COLLEGE, LEWISTON, MAINE, OCTOBER 22, 1971 tain climb up'Mt. Abraham which only strong opening bid is 2 clubs, is probably a four thousand footer. which means a hand valued at 22- Guidance & Placement Sign ups as usual will be held near 24 points . and that is all. The Andover Teaching Fellowship the scriming area in Commons. 2 club bid is a point-count bid and Stipends available to qualified The Council elected Burt An- not a suit preference bid. The bid- personnel interested in teaching.