Dazed Carls Return with Fresh Outlook
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The Carietonian, January 10, 1986 Feature s Dazed Carls return with fresh outlook • by Julia Soule Puzzled by a few too many new faces this term? It's a little early for prospectives and the freshmen have become old hat. Those faces belong to several of the 130 Carleton students who have returned to campus after spending fall term on any number of exotic programs. Changes that occurred at Carleton this fail, such as the removal of the WATS line, the new sign on the bookstore window and a powder blue Cave, no longer phase the students that remained on campus this fall. However, for students who were away, changes such as these, subtle or not, have provided quite a jolt to those who recall a different Carleton. Returning to Minnesota after spending three to four months in a foreign country can cause a feeling of 'culture shock' in any student. All students returning to campus in January first faced the hassles of travelling on a holiday, but for those back from off-campus studies, it presented other mmm problems. Diana Morehead, who spent this fall near Copenhagen, Denmark, remarked that having Kirst Tucker, Paul Hemstreet, Carmen Retztaff, and Veronica Raker, "only one day to see your friends, get your stuff out members of the Trier program, visiting the palace of Versailles in France. Felicia Cruz, participant in Hamilton of storage and move it into a new room, just doesn't College's Academic Year in Spain, cut iL" visiting Florence, Italy. Morehea~d- returned from Denmark to Living~ program. Wood did not travel with a spend two weeks at home with her family, and then Carleton group but learned to function self suffi- came back to school. Although she wishes she ciently and become more independent from her could have spent more time at home with her experiences. Wood commented, however, "you family and get inti o thhe swini g off thingshi , MoreheaMhdd idealize your own countrt y and theh n you come back said that she really didn't feel as if she has expe- and wham...it*m...i s a real shock." rienced any culture shock...other than the fact that Both Wood and Cruz mentioned the she has "no desire to do work..Xd like to go to the change in atmosphere between the United States Cities a lot. I spent a lot of time in Copenhagen and Europe. Wood doesn't like being back in the while I was in Denmark." uptight atmosphere of the United States and prefers Because all of the Danes spoke English, by, far the relaxin_go feelinge she experiencer d ..in. Morehead felt comfortable returning to the United EuropeEurope . CruC z commentetdd thathtt thhe SpainardSid s shhe States speaking English. Many students who partic- met were convinced that Americans were too ipated on off-campus study programs in foreign- uptight. 'Their attitude toward women being easy speaking countries had a different problem. *fI tried is perpetrated by advertisements for America and What's in a name? to speak in Spanish to find a bus at JFK to get me to schooling in Madrid." Raker also mentioned the • by Mark A. Greene, College Archivist Newark for a connecting flight home," Felicia Cruz relaxed German atmosphere, where "you'd see Despite the fact that Carleton College mentioned, "it was hard to realize that we were people )?o for strolls with their family." prides itself on being progressive and forward- really back." Cruz spent the fall in Madrid, Spain at Raker commented that there is a lot more looking, it is the product of the past as well as the the International Institute. work to do at Carleton. The Trier program present This is the first of a series of articles on the of history drawn from material in the college's Carieton. Her problem was not being able to find ago he could see and touch great works of art, only archives. Some people call this "cocktail party his- anyony e at home with whom to speap k German, to return to Janson colorplates. tory", because it is the stuff of which small talk is Raker seems to have not suffere" d from any culture Cruz, a senior, came back to her Spanish composed Which is not to say that you won't learn comps. "Maybe it culture shock hasn't hit me yet. shock, realistically saying, "It was different but something. I'm kind of happy to be back here, but I want to go anytime you move you expect that" Although the introduction promises no back. I've had my fun but now I have to buckle Shannon Wood spent foutour months iin oacK. rve naa my tun DU "history book" history, this first article tells a story d Greece, through an Experiment in International down....Unfortunately!"D that has found its way into at least three history books. But it can bear one more retelling. It's the tale of how a struggling Congregationalist school named Northfield College was transformed into a financially sound school named Carleton College... To Celebrate Our Once upon a time, one Charles M. Good- William Carleton as a young man. sell, a deacon in the Congregational church, came to Minnesota from Wisconsin with the hope of ... ™_ ,T. t ,„ . „ „ ,MM. founding a Christian college, which should become ^^ ™e.H*tory of Carleton College, 1904). SUNDAY OPENING en Ml in time a "new Northwestern Oberlin." In 1866, ™ * WiHisdiew a check for the money, and 11:30 a.m.-10:00 p.m. Sundays Goodsell presented the Congregational Conference ^rl.eton uked Stron8 t0 Preach a8ain the next of Minnesota with an offer of $18,500 cash and sunaay- .!. land valued at $2,500 pledged by the citizens of ., ,A «*«»»•% auspicious beginning to Northfield for the purpose of constructing the col- Strong * endowment campa,gh, to be sure A few Sensational Sunday Special lege. The bid was accepted, the school chartered, ****"• S?0De le* Massachusetts to vis.t (rands and classes begun the nexi year in an old hotel *°* d.° bu?mess'n ConnetaiL "But! how sudden building. In 1870, the college hired a president, ^abrupt was the descent from these few cheenng ^^KS Free Salad Bar «-**v* hours of sunhsunlighht t t0to the blackness James W. Strong, who was tfien pastor of a Fari- While out riding8 on e *<evenin= blacknessog with Reverenf darkness.d Col;- with any sandwich bault church. lins Stone of Hartford, Stone; brought the carriage Later that year, Strong went east in an to a railroad crossing, "looketi towards the express during January effort to raise money to keep Northfield College train approaching from New Haven, and evidently Sunday only afloat. One of the men of means to whom he thought he had time to cross." He was mistaken. appealed was William Carleton of Charlestown, The train hit the carriage, Willing Stone outright; SUNDA Y BRUNCH SPECIALS Massachusetts. Carleton, a descendent of an Eng- Strong was first reported killed, the said to be "Basel Benedict" — Toasted bagel topped with two poached eggs lish family which counted among its ancestors both mortally injured. "After awhile, however, there a Viscount and a First Lord of Dorchester, was a was a rally of his vital forces.iand there began to be & creamy hollandaise Sauce, Ham & Green Peppers. 74-year-old manufacturer of lamps and brass uten- more hope for him." Scrumptiouspp ! y p sils. After hearing Strong preach a sermon in Cha- "And now for the almost incredible sequel." "fnhnnv Applpmlrp" — Two neatly rolled pancakes filled rlestown's Winthrop Church, Carleton asked According to Rev. Leonardjand corroborated by with an apple & cinnamon Sauce. The cook's favorite! Strong to his home for a conference. Present at the waffles"af — Two round waffles Twith h twok 'strip f s Miss Willis, the news first ofjthe death, then of the meeting was Miss Susan Willis, Carleton's miraculous recovery of President Strong greatly grilled ham...Also with blueberriesblbi! chief-assistant, impressed William Carleton. Carleton decided "Before the call closed the startling interro- "that evidently the Lord had some important work Rueb-N-Stein gation was put by Carleton, 'What would you do for Mr. Strong to do" at that college of his. And with a little money, if it should be given you now?' Carleton, "as a Christian man blessed with a To which quoth the president, 'Money is most 503 Division 645-6691 v goodly bank account, in this weighty matter must needed now for current expenses. Whereupon Mr. by no means fail to be a co-worker with the Lord." Carleton continued, i guess 1*11 have to tell you Good Food • Good Times • Good Friends^ 1 So in March of 1871 Carleton pledged $50,000 to what she says, glancing towards Miss Willis; 'she endow Northfield College. • . ... , •ay $ that if Til give von %\ 000, she'll give you $500, ami Ithiak I'M have to do it'1* t H^uccord- continued on page 14 :ns in the Rftvertftd D&lflvan l_. Leonard, U.D., in page 14 Sports The Carletonian, January 10, 1986 Despite continuing slide, women's b-ball improves • by Kristen Lindemer With a history like the that of the Carleton women's basketball team (1-22 last season and 0-7 so far this winter), it is tough to build up the confidence and skills needed to change a basketball program around. Tough, but not impossible. Eilleen Reading, first-year basketball coach for the Carlelon women, believes the 1985-86 Carleton team is the team that can make the turna- Wrestling, North Country Tournament round in performance.