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WRIGHT
STATE UNIVERSITY
November - December, 1973 Volume 4, Number 7
Dr. Robert Kegerreis inaugurated as Wright State's second president (see page 2) 2
Inauguration - dedication More than 1000 persons see Kegerreis inaugurated
Robert J. Kegerreis, 52, was conventional students, but we must 1969 as dean of the College of inaugurated November 27 as the keep trying." Business and Administration. He had second president of Wright State Kegerreis received his Ph.D. from been chairman of the marketing University before a crowd of more Ohio State University in 1968, department at Ohio University. than a thousand persons gathered in following a successful career which The University Library, a triangular the University's new $5 million included service with the Federal four story concrete building, was Physical Education Building. Reserve Bank and in management of a completed this past summer at a cost The inauguration was part of a joint chain of retail stores in eastern Ohio. of $5 million. It has a capacity of ceremony which included the With his wife, Kay, a native of 320,000 bound volumes and includes a dedication of the new University Dayton, Kegerreis lives in Rockafield separate wing to house the University's Library. Governor john J. Gilligan was House, the official presidential television facilities. the principal speaker for the residence on the University campus. The library this month became the dedication. They have two children. repository of the personal papers of Kegerreis took the oath of office Kegerreis assumed the presidency Orville and Wilbur Wright, including from Robert S. Oelman, chairman of on July 1, 1973, following two years scientific texts used by the inventors the Wright State board of trustees, and as the University's vice president and of the first successful powered donned the gold trimmed black director of administration. A Detroit airplane, family documents and presidential robe. native, he came to Wright State in memorabilia of their careers. The president, in his inaugural address, made the first announcement of receipt of the largest gift in the nine year history of the University. The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation of Dayton has donated $500,000 to the Wright State University medical school, now in its final planning stages. (See story opposite page.) Elsewhere in his inaugural address, entitled, "The University in the Un certain Seventies," Kegerreis outlined four immediate objectives for WSU: further to refine our undergraduate programs; to enlarge judiciously our graduate educational programs; to develop greater capabilities in the health sciences; and to make sig nificant strides in offering lifelong educational opportunity at Wright State. The last point he called "perhaps the greatest challenge on the horizon for higher education- the growing real ization that lifelong education will become a virtual necessity by the end of the century." He went on to say that "at Wright State we realize that we're probably going to encounter some new prob lems as we make higher education With a little friendly help from Robert S. Oelman, (right) chairman of the available and attractive to non- WSU board of trustees, Dr. Robert J. Kegerreis dons his inaugural robes. 3
WSU attempting to press plans for med school FORDHAM MEDICAL LIBRARY WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY President Robert J. Kegerreis re Architect's Conception sponded to press reports that the Governor's Task Force on Health Care will not recommend the creation of a WSU medical school at a recent meet ing of Wright State's Academic Council. "Officially and privately we are attempting to press on with the de velopment of our medical school," Kegerreis told the body. He said the advisory search com mittee evaluating candidates for medical school dean has submitted the names of more than 15 persons for interviews. "We are very impressed by their qualifications and philosophies," University gets its largest gift he said. "Most come from existing medical schools which they think are for Fordham Medical Library not responding to needs. We are reas Announcement of the largest gift ever part of a medical sciences building, sured that our proposal can attract received by Wright State University one of only two new buildings to be people of quality to head our school." was a surprise part of the inauguration constructed for the new school. Those Responding to reports that the task ceremonies of Dr. Robert J. Kegerreis two buildings, plus existing facilities force favors graduate education as the University's second president. on campus, will be used for the centers instead of new community Kegerreis revealed that the Thomas pre-clinical training of the medical based medical schools such as Wright B. Fordham Foundation of Dayton students. All clinical training will be State's, he said: "The depressing part is has donated $500,000 to the Wright conducted in hospitals, clinics and their reasons. They claim our proposal State University Medical school, other health agencies in the greater is too costly and does not attack the recently approved by the Ohio General Dayton area. problem of retention of physicians in Assembly and now in the final "This gift will be used to accelerate the area. These arguments are phony planning stages. acqu1s1t1on of library holdings," and they offer no data to support "This magnificent gift," Kegerreis Kegerreis said, "and will enable us to them." said, "will be used for the provide a first rate library much faster Capital costs for the WSU program establishment of the Fordham Medical than we had hoped. To have this gift are $6 million for two buildings on Library at the new school." volunteered before we had any chance campus. The General Assembly has Thomas B. Fordham, who died to inform the community of ways it already appropriated the money. about 20 years ago, was an executive could support the medical school is 'This is not particularly dis at the Frigidaire Division of General the kind of investment and couraging," the president concluded. Motors. The Foundation was encouragement that we appreciate "It's mainly infuriating." established by his family in his very much." memory. In making the announcement to the "Mr. Fordham was vitally more than one thousand persons in interested in education and was a civic attendance at the inauguration, leader in Dayton," according to Kegerreis noted that the University Chester Finn, a trustee of the w a s born after a $6 million foundation. "His family believes the community fund drive in 1962. The Wright State medical school is a fitting Fordham Foundation gift, he said, way to perpetuate those interests." recognizes "that a high level of The medical library is to be built as community support continues today." 4 WSU acquires Wright Brothers papers
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Bishop Milton Wright, father of the ,,, Thrr \Vuthu. pioneer fliers, recorded the historic event of December 17, 1903, in his diary, now in the Wright Brothers collection in the Wright State Uni versity library.
The brothers Wright were methodical opinions, and in some cases, their Church, kept a diary from 1857 to men. correction of work done by such 1917. His early career as a That observation is easily made eminent pioneers as Samuel P. circuit-riding preacher is vividly after only a brief examination of a Langley." described. In his later years, many significant new collection acquired by In addition to works by Langley, references are made to his sons' the Wright State University Library. the collection includes rare magazines experiments and to letters from them. Mrs. lvonette Miller of Dayton, niece and articles by Octave Chanute and "The diaries are an invaluable of Orville and Wilbur Wright, has Otto Lilienthal whose works record of the Wright family's named the University as repository of influenced the Dayton brothers. relationships," Nolan said. the brothers' personal collection of Another major part of the The world knows the Wright papers, books, photos, family collection involves the photographic Brothers as bicycle makers in addition documents and memorabilia. documentation the brothers made of to their aeronautical work but few Formal presentation of the each stage of their experiments. The know they also tried their hands at collection was held November 18, in negatives of these pictures are in the journalism . In 1888 and 1889 they connection with the dedication of Library of Congress, which also has an published a newspaper in Dayton Wright State's new $5 million library extensive collection of Wright known as the West Side News. From on November 27. material, but the Wright State copies in the Wright Brothers The collection dispels the popular collection has the brothers' original collection it appeared to have been image of the Wright Brothers as gifted positives. Since some of their negatives little competition to the principal amateurs who tinkered with the were damaged in the flood that hit papers in the city which probably airplane until it suddenly fl ew, Dayton in 1913, this collection has expains the newspaper's short life. according to Dr. Patrick Nolan, prints for which the negatives may be The University is treating its new University Archivist. useless. acquisition with particular care. The "In reality, they were highly The collection includes the original collection will be housed in the methodical pioneer scientists and documents and materials pertaining to Department of Archives and Special engineers," he pointed out. "Before the vast number of honors and awards Collections where the material will be beginning experiments, they read all presented to the brothers and other made available to researchers and avai lable literature on flying. We have items of a ceremonial nature. The scholars. Some of the material that is their collection of books and articles, premature death of Wilbur in 1912 more interesting, visually, will be many of which are valuable in their was an occasion for the presentation displayed in the main reading room in own right. Of more importance, they of many such articles. a specially designed case with are heavily annotated in the brothers' Their father, Bishop Milton Wright maximum security features. own hands including comments and of the Evangelical United Brethren 5
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Typical of the research Orville and Wilbur conducted before their first successful powered flight are these notations in one of their principal reference works. This article on the glider experiments of Otto Lilien
thal, written by Octave Chanute, is F Dr. Arthur Thomas In May of 1970, the Committee for the that will benefit the center. languages fluently and who plans to Advancement of Black Unity pre "In the drought areas, I was able to study geology and later hydro-geology sented the WSU administration with a see directly the tremendous amount of to help prevent future droughts in list of demands. They included the poverty and human suffering that Mali ; Daniel Adjei Addo, a Ghanian establishment of a black cultural exists and to observe that the victims businessman who will teach a course center on campus and the naming of of this suffering still had a tremendous on Ghana while studying for an the new dormitory after Dr. Arthur courage and enthusiasm for life. They M.B.A. and Ph.D. in business and Thomas, Dayton educator and civil did an unbelievable job of using what administration; and Sintim Baiden rights leader. meager resources were available." Danso, inspector of Antiquities of Today, the dormitory is not of He hopes to have three Africans Ghana museums and monuments, who ficially named after anyone. But the study and teach at the University. would teach a course on Ghanian Bolinga Black Cultural Resources They are: Amadou Seydou Mariko, a artifacts while pursuing degrees in Center is a reality, and Dr. Thomas has Malian tour guide who speaks nine anthropology. become its second director. A well-known civil rights leader of the late 60's, Thomas remains firmly The Cape Coast Castle in Ghana is a huge fortress, built by the British in the committed to his earlier goals. But he 15th century, containing a dungeon where 300 slaves at a time were kept believes the era of dramatic militance prior to their shipment to America. Today, a yearly libation is given in the is over, and the time has come for dungeon by area tribal chiefs. serious, dedicated work with young people to change the system. In his role, Thomas plans to build on the fine start of Mrs. Yvonne Chappelle, Bo linga's first director. But his own background and a trip to Africa last summer have lead him to develop new ideas for the future of the center. They include a commitment to attracting more persons- not only black students- to the center while expanding Bolinga's reputation as a resource for information on black cul tu re and heritage. Thomas's four-week trip to Ghana, Mali, Liberia, the Ivory Coast and Niger brought some of his ideas into clear focus and all owed him to develop working relationships with Africans 7 These two young African youngsters are typical, Thomas says. They are active workers and have a good relationship with their elders. Thomas would like to move the will bring more prominent black mining how we can solve ours-for center toward a specialization on one speakers from other areas of the example, studying child-rearing in country- Ghana. He selected Ghana country to the University than ever Ghana; studying black Americans, because it was one of the three great before. Africans and Appalachians in relation civilizations in Africa and the ancestral "I saw three- or four-year old to the work ethic, and in relation to home of many Afro-Americans. He youngsters behave perfectly over a man's place in the ecological scheme; also believes that concentration on one period of eight hours at a festival. and a comparative study of all men as country, rather than an attempt to When active, the young people always cooperative, rather than competitive survey all countries, will enhance the seemed to be engaged in some con beings, relative to the loss of family Bolinga Center's reputation as a study structive task; they got along well with and community connections, and in resource for scholars, and promote their parents and other adults." relation to the loss of independence to cooperation with other Universities in Not all his ideas involve exclusively institutions suffered by all men. the Dayton-Miami Valley Consortium. black concerns. Thomas believes that Thomas wants the center to be "Despite the fact that many black Bolinga should eventually become an come more active in working with Americans will never be able to pin intercultural center, with emphasis on other parts of the University in helping down precisely where they came from another important group in the black students. Another goal is to in Africa, I think the feeling of being Dayton community- Appalachians. encourage more black students to I on African soil is a feeling that should The intercultural perspective of the enter fields where important decisions be experienced by all black Americans. center would involve offering a course affecting all of America -will be It is of tremendous psychological on Appalachian history and culture, made- communications, ocean importance." expanding the Bolinga library to ography, genetic research, urban space The center, he believes, should also include materials on Appalachia, and planning, atomic fusion, chemistry, work for the advancement of black developing a cooperative program on computer science, economics and creative arts. Specific activities WO!Jld Appalachian studies with the Dayton statistics. include collecting books, periodicals, Board of Education. New seminars on current topics of tapes, records and films on black arts; "In child rearing, Africa is as far concern to blacks, such as black urban purchasing and borrowing the works ahead of us as we think we are ahead studies, black politics and education of black artists and craftsmen for of other countries in technology." will also be developed under Thomas's exhibition in the center; providing This intercultural perspective, he scheme. space for persons to use the resources hopes, would eventually lead the "Black students in this country the center collects; and arranging for University to develop a broader should take the opportunities they more visits by black lecturers and comparative approach to problems in have and use them because there are so artists. many areas. He lists many examples many persons in the world without Part of that goal has been achieved including: studying other countries them." in the Bolinga Lecture Series, which that have solved problems to deter 8 Rike scholarship winners announced WSU's Chamber Singers release stereo album Six students attending Wright State McCann, 1042 Shakespeare Ave. The Wright State University Ch.amber University this year are the first The other scholarships went to Singers have released an album which recipients of a new series of Donald A. Caldwell, 115 Circle Drive, is on sale in the University Bookstore. scholarships, each providing $780 a Fairborn; and Michael j. Groff, 1142 The long-play stereo album, the year, established to help Sinclair Royalton Drive, Vandalia. first to be produced by the music Community College graduates earn a Announcement of the new department, contains a variety of bachelor's degree at Wright State. scholarships was made by David L. choral chamber music with selections Each scholarship pays full fees for Rike, president of the Rike Family from the Renaissance to the Twentieth an academic year. Foundation, and Frederick A. White, Century. The funds, provided by the Rike WSU senior vim president and director The University Chamber Singers' Family Foundation, went to four of development. album was recorded live at Christ Daytonians, a Vandalia resident, and a "During my service as a trustee of Episcopal Church in Dayton. It student from Fairborn. Upon the University," Rike explained, "I contains pieces by Carissimi, Farrant, successful completion of the third year came to realize the need for outside di Lasso, Brahms, Morley, program, the scholarships will be support for deserving students. The Me_ndelssohn, Hindemith and others. extended to finance the senior year. Rike Family Foundation wants to be The album is priced at $4.95 plus The Dayton recipients are Kathy D. of service to the University, and this is tax. It will also be available through Bishop, 522 W. Grand Ave.; Phyllis A. one way it can do so." mail order, with a shipping charge of Crump, 150 Victory Drive; Forrest T. Rike sat on the WSU Board of $.50, and at off-campus performances Green 11, 1309 Salem Ave.; and Helen Trustees from 1969 to this year. of the University Chamber Singers. The Wright State University Alumni Association presented the University with a signed, limited edition lithograph by Salvador Dali at November's Board of Trustees meeting. The presentation was made in honor of the inauguration of President Robert Kegerreis. Pictured above are {left to right} Darrell Vickers, president of the alumni group; President Robert j. Kegerreis; and Robert S. Oelman, chairman of the Board of Trustees. In other action at the board meeting, the trustees approved two new study programs-a master's degree in music education for the main campus and a two-year associate degree of WSU's Western Ohio Branch Campus. They also waived the customary $5 admission fee for adult non-degree students and dropped detailed health examination requirements for all but resident and handicapped students-both part of an on-going effort to make admission to the University as convenient as possible for new students. 9 The naming of WSU's two new theatres -- no easy task A scene from the recent pro duction of A View from the Bridge in the Creative Arts Cen ter's Celebration Theatre. The naming of a new theatre can be two theatres. The large theatre in the Creative either a simple or a difficult task. "We decided to come up with Arts Center is a 375-seat When you are fortunate enough to temporary working names," Bassett proscenium/thrust facility which is have a patron who supplies a good said. "We hope someday to rename the scheduled to open this spring. This portion of the financing, the choice is theatres in honor of major donors to theatre also has a high degree of simple- the patron's name becomes the drama program at Wright State." intimacy, with no seat being more the theatre's name. Until you have a The small theatre in the Creative than 42 feet from the stage. But the patron, you are left with the problem Arts Center is a 45-foot-square room large stage allows for a wide scope of of choosing a name which accurately which can be arranged to accom theatrical act1v1ty, ranging from conveys the spirit and purpose of your modate almost any stage-audience Broadway musicals to Shakespeare. organization-and this choice is far relationship imaginable. Plays can be The theatre staff chose the name of from simple. staged in the round, in a thrust ar Festival Playhouse for this theatre. just such a choice faced the Wright rangement, or in the traditional The variety of entertainment which State University Theatre recently, proscenium arrangement. the theatre encourages creates a festive compounded by the fact that WSU's With this in mind, the Wright State atmosphere, and, as Dr. Bassett points new Creative Arts Center contains two University Theatre staff chose to name out, "If a production isn't joyous, in a theatres. Abe J. Bassett, chairman of this 150-seat facility the Celebration sense it really isn't doing its job." The the Department of Speech and Theatre. "Celebration" connotes the Festival Theatre's purpose will be to Theatre, wanted to avoid the common ritual beginnings of theatre, when provide an arena for the festivity, solution of calling the large theatre performer and audience shared an pageantry, and display elements of something like "The Playhouse" and almost magical experience. theatre, as well as for the serious the small theatre something like "The Performances in the Celebration themes and emotions which have Studio", so he and his staff took a Theatre will emphasize the sharing, appealed to theatre audiences through close look at the purpose behind their intimate aspect of theatre. out the ages. 10 Raiders start fourth season Maturity in basketball comes with team in rebounding and scored over 10 from Bellarmine and should see plenty hard work and a great deal of points a game. Other senior starters of action at forward where he was experience. For a full-fledged program returning are Tim Walker (14.3 ppg.) adept. to mature, it takes the building of a and Bill Fogt (10.5 ppg.). Walker The other players returning from tradition which takes many long years should start at one guard spot and last year are sophomore Dan Brinkman to develop. So winning in basketball is provide the Raiders with excellent and Mike Herr. Both spent most of the a combination of many intangibles defense. Fogt, though only 6-2, should season with the junior varsity squad. other than recruiting the start at forward and give the team A factor that worries any coach is ''blue-chipper." excellent leadership along with Minch. how a team will react after a successful The Wright State Raiders are only The other two starters are both season. The measure of a truly fine in their fourth year of existence as a sophomores. Lyle Falknor (15.7 ppg.) team is how they respond when they basketball team and the school is only led the team in scoring and set a are expected to win. The Raiders were starting its seventh year as an in school record for field goal percentage able to "sneak up" on many teams last dependent institution. The 17-5 record (53.3). Falknor provides WSU with a year, but that is a thing of the past compiled by last year's young squad good-sized forward at 6-5. Rick Martin with a 17-5 season. Leadership by the is truly amazing. (10.9 ppg.) is the quickest guard and seniors and the desire of the team will Year four at WSU begins with the one of the better passers. more than likely determine whether most optimistic outlook yet. Only Other lettermen returning are another outstanding season is possible. lettermen john Lucas and Bill Marras senior Greg McCurdy (1.9 ppg.), junior This season's recruits could produce are not returning this season. Dan Swain (3.7 ppg.), junior Phil one or two varsity players. They are The reasons for the favorable McKee (2.0 ppg.), and sophomore Bcib 6-0 Jim Hough (Springboro), 6-7 Ken outlook are five returning top scorers. Grote (6.7 ppg.). Grote was used Millisor (Bremen Fairfield Union), and Three seniors (the first senior mostly at forward last year, but may 6-5 Neil Reif (Cincinnati Indian Hill). basketballers at WSU) head the see considerably more playing time at Overall, on paper, the Raiders returnees. It was the play of starting guard this season. should be stronger this season. For the center Jim Minch (captain of this Add to this transfer j im first time they will play in their own year's squad) last year that turned the Cunningham at 6-8 and things look gym on campus for a "home court season around. The 6-6 center led the even better. Cunningham transferred advantage.'' 11 1973-74 Raider Basketball Team Front Row (left to right} Rick Martin, Jim Minch, Tim Walker, Bill Fogt, Greg McCurdy, Dan Swain, Jim Cunningham; Back Row (left to right} John Ross (head coach}, Phil McKee, Lyle Falknor, Mike Herr, Bob Grote, Dan Brinkman, Jim Brown (asst. coach}, Ray Ridenour (asst. coach}. 1973-74 Raider Basketball Schedule Dec. 15 at Cumberland Jan 21 CLEVELAND STATE Dec. 20 MARIETTA Jan. 26 at Otterbein Dec. 22 BEREA Feb. 2 at Franklin Dec. 28-29 at Colonial City Classic Feb. 7 at Marian Jan. 3 NORTHERN KENTUCKY STATE Feb. 13 TIFFIN Jan. 5 URBANA Feb. 16 WILBERFORCE Jan. 10 at Stetson Feb.20 BELLARMINE Jan. 12 at Rollins Feb.23 at Rose Hulman Jan. 16 at Kent State Feb.26 THOMAS MORE Jan. 19 at Rio Grande Mar. 2 CEDARVILLE 12 ::0 ~ ...,c ::l m~mz ::0 (!) .0 c ~ I ~ D (!) V> ~ GJ 2 -I [ m J: -I m c -I m m 2 ~ IIm --I -< Student Tess Little found this window a quiet place to study in the art wing of the new Creative Arts Center. 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