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U.S. Postage I'd. at Gamliier, Ohio Permit No. fiG The Non- - Profit Organization Collegiam Established lH'td ame 102 Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, April 24, 1975 Number 4 vr ffjl Football Team Members Petition 'r Administration To Not Fire McHugh matter is "between ourselves and been advised not to discuss their By Tom Ford our team" and would not comment charges with anyone but Caples. Members of the football team have any further. Richard MHflgan, an Representatives of the basketball presented the administration with a author of the first petition, offered team reportedly met with Caples last petition asking that Thomas F. "no commentwhen asked to amplify Friday to discuss the petition. McHugh not be removed from his the four, .tenets of his petition. Caples was out of town and position as assistant coach of their According to reliable sources, unavailable for comment and the r team. Last week, members of the Milligan and John Van Doom who members of the basketball team It basketball team requested that also helped to write the petition, have refused to comment. McHugh and James Zak be fired from 77ic children were enthralled at the their basketball coaching positions performance of "Bumberton, (Collegian, April 17). Senate Votes To Uphold Hopping and Snickerville" put on by According to Dennis Hall, co-capta- in the 'Workshop in Theater for of the team, the petition Children ' last Saturday as part of the contains over forty signatures of Initial Calendar Change Kenyon who events during Parents Weekend. students are either The Senate unanimously voted to currently playing under McHugh or By Tom Ford support the calendar changes made who have played on a McHugh football earlier this year on a one year trial team here at Kenyon. Hall said that At last week's Senate meeting, the basis. Applications Increases the petition was not meant to conflict 5; senators were presented with a In November, 1974, the Collegian with the petition but only first petition, reportedly signed by over column "Inside Senate" reported concerned McHugh's ability as a 700 students, asking that the recently that: "Following a request of Peter football coach. Quality Remains High adopted academic schedule be Rutkoff, Senate Chairperson, the not trying to cause any "We're recalled. The petition specifically Senate is looking into the possibility are typical, the Admissions office antagonism with the basketball By McCown refers to the new October and of revamping the first semester Bill can expect to receive seventy-fiv- e to team," said Hall, "we're only in vacation schedule to allow for an one hundred new applications November breaks. later support end-of-Novemb- of the football program." er Kenyon to Earlier this year the first earlier break than the present is offering admissions Vice-preside- this year. "We are hoping to enroll John R.O. McKean, nt j percent semester calendar was revised to vacation." Rutkoff had of all this year's 475 new students in the Freshman of the College, said that he and Philip include a nine-da- y vacation in said that a "personal weariness" ;'.:cants, according to information class." Morse, Director of Athletics, have October and a five-da- y, no had prompted him to consider that a :ased to the faculty by Owen York, With regard to the quality of classes, been asked by President William in November for change in the calendar would benefit u:rman of the committee on applicants, the report was not to a report on the break Caples write Thanksgiving. Freshmen Mark both faculty and students. Objections missions and Financial Aid. definite. "Statistical summaries are situation and submit it to him on At Prince, Matthew Freedman, and voiced at the time centered around this time 1)84 applications not yet available but our general Monday. than he made no Other that Brad Thorpe presented the senators complaints that Thanksgiving ;:been received," up five percent impression is that the quality of comment. with their petition and their reasons vacation is a time students like to 3 last year, according to the applicants this year is comparable to McHugh that he felt that the said for requesting a change. They spend with their families and by mmittee's report. ''873 that of the last several years." The , . proposed that from October 15 to the shortening it the College would ;l:cants have been offered applications accepted include - " 19th, classes be halted, but the deprive students of an opportunity to r.:ssion, 102 have been rejected seventeen merit scholars, York campus be left open and that the do so. :r,odecision has been made on the noted. -- r.ainder (109)." November vacation run from (Con't On Page 5) November 22 through December 1. (Con't On Page 5) Tr.e report stated that if past years T - M)lic Affairs Forum Integrated Study Lacking kdds To Kenyon Fame Students; Profs Optimistic S. Wood, of the History Department By Edward J. Gorenc Attempting to clarify these "misunderstandings", Hettlinger By Nick Arnett of Brown University is writing "The In a letter to the faculty last week, sent to incoming Democratization of Mind in The Richard Hettlinger, director of the a letter all the fifth says ' r Kenyon Public Affairs Forum American Revolution", and Integrated Program in Humane freshmen which that to the Program not will bring 23 essay, by Wilson C. McWilliams of Studies, announced that "the "admission does 'weekend depend on high nties from a host of fields, Rutgers University, is entitled "The enrollment in the IPHS has been outstanding school . program former Ohio Governor Varieties of Equality". slower than we expected. We believe scores ." Further, "the will not with concentration J. Gilligan, to the Kenyon Past participants in the Former Gov. John Gilligan will be largely due to mis- interfere this is on your "munity. The topic to be among the participants in this understanding about the nature of major subject or (Con't On Page 4) professional goal, and offers ssed is "The Republic for weekend's Public Affairs Forum. the program." unusually close student-facult- y ii It Stood," an examination of contact." itinnal purpose at the founding Recently, the Regulations Com- -- r country. mittee, in conjunction with the Je of the past conference College Ignored Dr. Kennedy's Requests ' Curriculum Committee, accepted a 'ipants, Senator . Edmund petition from freshman Carl Dolan to 'is, lauded the conference, enter the program, thus setting a :nS, "The exchange of Care Facilities mutual For Adequate Health precedent for other current s in was most specific fields to it, located in a hallway in the fire inspector looked over the freshmen to petition and enter. 'Jrdingtome. to a Iwasable gain By Vicki Barker infirmary. Between the hours of 8:00 premises. Vice President McKean a irer Robert Goodhand, faculty insight into several p.m. and 8:00 a.m., the door informed Kennedy that no violations participant in the program, said, ferns of public and enjoy concern "Kenyon didn't fire me I fired connecting the Health Service with had been found.) "We opened the program to se'f haven't in the process." Kenyon I love working for the the dormitory area is locked. During The fire hazard was only one petitioned on The ... freshman; they have Forum discusses several students, but there are some things these twelve hours the alarm is aspect of the physical plant that their own." ;jys to the topic, which related you accept." inaccessible to residents. Kennedy found dissatisfactory. His The program admitted twenty-eigh- t 11 can't has be revised into a book to be Dr. Kennedy has a KEEP "office" consists of a desk in one students to date; they had hoped Wished of in about 18 months. One RESTRAINED sign on his desk. He corner of a room that also serves as for an enrollment of sixty. When the" five New essayists is Kenyon's Robert looks at it often. Between patients he Doctor Named a library and supply room. It is the Lilly Endowment Fund donated the r'tz, of the. Political Science commented on facets of the Health Dr. James R. McCann, of room where minor surgery is $190,000 for the program it was with rtment, who will be the co-edit- or Service that have been cause for his Mt. Vernon, has been performed, lab tests and orthopedic the expectation that it would have the book. His essay is entitled serious concern and which appointed College Physician. work done, drugs and crutches full 60 students. Goodhand said that i Locke: The Problem of eventually influenced him to resign story on Page 3. stored, and heat packs applied. When even with enrollment lower than ry See and Civil Virtue Within a as College physician. it is being used for one of those anticipated, the Lilly support will not 'Public" "This building is a fire trap!" purposes, it cannot be used for the be removed. "Lilly would be behind "'her to essayists are from some of exclaimed Kennedy, holding up an Last summer, according others.

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