Heel Edges Past Webster in Race J. Seelye Bixler Dies at Age 90 Cotter
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/: Nbn-Profit. v^ . U.S. Postage Paid Waterville, ME 04901 \ Permit No 39 y ^r Heel edges past Webster in race by David Scanned Jill Myerow was unopposed in her Michael Heel and Katie Webster bid to become cultural life chairman. we re elected Stu-A president and vice president in yesterday's ru n off elec- ti on. They received 54.42 percent of the In Monday 's pri mary election , the of the vole . Their competitors , Dan Webster/ King ticket received 35.13 Webster and Jeff King, got 45.58 percent of the vote. The Heel/Webster percent. ticket came in second with 34.74 per- cent , and the Doug Scalise/Rich I n the run off which decided the Caliehman ticket polled just over 30 cha irmanship of the Social Life Com- perce nt. mittee , Tom McCallum defeated Suzanne Swain with' 50.60 percent of th e vote. Swain received 42.4 percent on Mon- day, McCallum got 34.11 percent and Those obt aining over 50 percent of Philippa Carter polled 23.49 percent. the vote.i n Monday 's election did not have to compete in yesterday 's run off. According to Jim Peacock , director On Monday, Rick Bernard garnered of st udent act ivities , esti mated that Mary Madgelene (Jenny Armstrong) is ridiculed by townspeople for her belief in Jesus Christ in 58.12 percent of the vote and was roughly "64.5 percent " of the cam pus The Three Days. See story pag e 16. elected finance committee chairman. turned out to vote. He defeated Kristen Walsh. Cotter challenges report by Brad Fay argument that the evaluation forms il- One of the major alternatives he The faculty committee which con- licit sexist responses "is very, very named was peer evaluations. But , he cluded last month that student evalua- weak." said, "Student views tend to parallel tions of faculty "have not been shown Perhaps central to his criticism of the views of peers. " J. Seelye Bixler to be valid measures of teacher effec- report 's recommendation that the use Other parts of the report which he tiveness" has been challenged by Presi- of the forms be "carefully limited" questioned included the use of only one dent William Cotter who charged that was the idea that "if students aren't the year 's set of data , the quality of other "the conclusion didn 't follow from best judge [of teacher effectiveness], studies cited, and the statistical evidence. " than who is?" he told the Echo last significance of some data. dies at age 90 week. He also reminded the committee that The debate on student evaluation In the memorandum , originally, student forms was taken up yesterday after- he wrote "It evaluations were in- by John E. Beaudoin seems to me the dilemma stituted to protect noon at the monthly faculty meeting. for all of us faculty members. "Dr. Bixler was one of the greatest is as follows: we In addition to the 43-page report of the all agree that teaching "The absence of a uniform all-college figures in American higher education. is the most important form can, in fact, Course Evaluation Committee, a five- criterion for hir- prejudice personnel He was a scholar , auihor and ing, retaining, decisions to the page memorandum from Cotter which tenuring, promoting, disadvan tage of an in- ph ilosopher who was personal friends and merit determination... dividual faculty lists 19 "matters " in the report which If we were member ," he wrote. with such giants as Albert Schweitzer to abandon student Finally, "puzzled " him has entered the arena evaluations , how he asked , "are we...in a and who, at the same time, would we t ook the of debate. determine the quality of situation where , like Democracy, stu- lime and cared enough to get to know teaching? Would the alternative dent evaluations are the worst measure the name of and make welcome the Among his criticisms was that the methods be more "valid"? of teaching except for all others?" newest freshman. " So eulogized pre- sent Colby College President William Cotter upon the death of one of his most successfu l predecessors. Julius Seelye Bixler , president of the Architect details building College from 1942 to 1960, died Thurs- da y, March 28, at his home in Weston , by David Scannell stated that after the pub's completion , winter. He said that in order to prevent Mass., on the eve ol* his 91st birthday. Saying he wanted to create a it will be able to accomodate about 210 the water in the cement from freezing Coming from a professorship at Har- building that was "elegant and raucous patrons. Currently, the pub in Roberts and cracking the foundation * the con- vard , Bixler and his administration all at once," Jeff King, the architect seats about 120 people. tractors "had to tent the whole thing have been credited with sustaining Col- of the new student center , addressed a King also called attention to the and dump heat in it. " of small group of students last Wednes- multi-purpose room , which will be In addition , he said that it was too by through some its bleakest hours, Julius Seeyle Bixler lt was during his years when the Col- day in Ihe Woodman lounge., located in the large wing. 'This room dangerous to be working on parts of lege moved to its present location on At the meeting, King, Janice Seitz- is going to be a lot more attractive than the structure in the winter, "Steel erec- , , the name suggests," he said. tors can 't walk on icy steel ," he said. Mayflower Hill from the former philosophers and theologians , Bixler inger Dean of Students Joyce McPhetres-Maisel , Associate Dean of This room will be able to seat He did stress, however, that " once downtown site. was named the first chairman of . the He also l aced a drastic period of Students , and Jirn Peacock , Director roughly 500 people. There will be stan- the roof is on , you 're basically out of Albert Schweitzer Fellowship Program ding room for about 900, he stated. the weather." declining enrollment during the early (established in 1949) in recognition of of Student Activities explained the King said that the room's "multi- King also expressed pleasure with the I 940's , when many prospective their personal "friendship , The author building 's history and highlighted some students were serving in the armed of its proposed features. purpose nature will be carried out in budget for the construction of the stu- of several books including A Religion two ways." He explained that riot on- forces during World War II. Within .10 f or , and The Religious "When we were investigating sites, " STUDKNT CKNTKR PaRe 3 Free Minds ly will large groups feel "comfortable" years, however , Bixler had nearly Ph ilosophy of William James , Bixler King said , "we chose it (the present location) because it is almost exactly in the room, but also small groups will doubled the student enrollment , in- had completed a manuscript entitled creased the faculty by a third, nnd the center of campus. " be able to " partition " rooms on the German Recollections: Some of My balconies, made the move to Mayflower Hill , at which He explained that placing the stu- Best Friends Were Philosophers Seitzinger added that she was pleas- the same lime increasing Colby 's total Colby. dent center at the "heart " of the cam- will soon be published by ed with the multi-purpose room 's Inside: assets from $6*5 million to almost was he successful in im- pus "made sense, but posed a pro- Not only characteristics because she "didn 't $13.5 million. proving the College physically with the blem." According to King, "the • Stu-J decisions Earning his bachelor 's and master 's building could have potentially cut the want to have a large room with a drain pu|>e 2 move to Mayflower Hill , but he also in the middle." ' , degrees al Amherst , and his doctorate established the department of fine arts , campus in half. " After describing "some really from Yale , the former president wrote the music major , and expanded the However , he explained , this poten- wonderfu l lounge places" and other • Catholicism at Colby several books on religious and department of philosophy ancl religion. tial problem was eliminated by mak- gateway, features of the structure , K ing pii|>e 4 philosophical subjects and was nn ac- Cotter noted Wxler 's contributions to ing the student center a " something that joined two sides of the answered questions about the construc- _>< complished (Jellist and musician, Col- the College, saying "In many ways, the, by constructed the Bixler Art and campus together," He said that the tion schedule. "Parts of it will be com- Colby of today is his permanent pleled by the beginning of the school • The finale of Gin Pup Music Center in recognition of his ac- sadden- chimneys and the window on the struc- legacy.,.while we are till deeply year , God willing, " he said. complishments and devotion to the ' l turc 's bridge "celebrates this whole na- |»ttfte 12 ed by the loss of this exceptional He also explained "a couple of arts, and established the Bixler human being, we arc consoled by the. tion," Calling the Increased seating capaci- realities about building, " Saying that Scholars program, Mc received an fact that reminders of his strengths , his • Men's Lax upsets Bowdoin , the winter weather was a problem , he honorary degree from the College in accomplishments , his devotion are nil! ty in the pub which will be located in p»m' id 1960.