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To the Trustees and Overseers of Bowdoin College: I have the honor to submit the following report for the academic year igyy-igy8. The Transition ON Alumni Day in the fall, following a special meeting, the Governing Boards announced the election of Dr. Willard F. Enteman, provost of Union College, as the eleventh president of Bowdoin College. Since early in the new year, Dr. Enteman has been traveling with me to visit a large number of alumni clubs and since the beginning of March, he has been resident in Brunswick. The Presidential Nominating Committee, under the chairmanship

of Trustee William C. Pierce of the Class of 1928, is to be com- mended on the dispatch with which they proceeded and the wisdom with which they made their selection. Dr. Enteman comes to the College with a distinguished record in administration and teaching. He has engaged the process of transition with energy, in-

sight, and thoughtfulness. I think that the overlap with the latter months of my tenure in the presidency has been not only smooth,

but productive. I know that I speak for all members of the Bowdoin

community when I extend a warm and confident welcome to our

new president; for my own part I can only add that I look forward

to serving as a member of Dr. Enteman's faculty. As I have re-

marked to various alumni clubs, Dr. Enteman is admirably suited to take up the challenge of making certain that the best years of the

College are the years that lie ahead.

The Financial Situation

No one could pretend that the financial situation facing higher education at large, the independent sector in special ways, and Bowdoin in particular affords a happy prospect. On the other hand, the realization that we are in difficult and challenging times should not lead to panic, hastily devised "solutions," or a mood of desperation. The facts are simple enough: their interpretation and the reac- ;

4 Report of the President tion to them are complex and controversial. Education is an expensive industry; preservation of quality, as might be suspected, cannot be bought on the cheap. Inflation has affected education just as it has other sectors of the economy. In fact, the evidence demonstrates that inflation has had a noticeably more significant impact on education than it has on many other sectors. While income has increased, it has not in recent years kept pace with costs, despite stringent controls on the levels of expenditure. What this has meant, in practice, is that colleges like Bowdoin have expended as part of their operating income, income that could, in other times, have been "banked," that is, added to the endowment or a reserve fund. At times, in order to balance the budget in a given year, the

College has drawn, perfectly properly, on "savings" (i.e., ac- cumulated unrestricted endowments) to provide the necessary margin.

The analogy with an individual's savings account is simplistic, but it is not without meaning. An individual saves for a purpose that purpose is not mere accumulation but to meet expenditures in a given year or years, expenditures that go beyond annual earnings but which are judged to be of central importance. Over the years, the individual aims at a situation in which deposits exceed withdrawals. It is much the same with the College's endowment. Con- cern over withdrawals in a space of two or three years must be balanced against the historical record of twenty years. In the past twenty years, Bowdoin has found it necessary to allocate as income for current operations a considerable amount of unrestricted money; at the same time the size of the endowment (the "savings account," if you wish) has grown from about $14 million to about $40 million. The yearly average of such sums allocated amounts to about $130,000, a figure within the expected annual cash flow of new unrestricted money. There are, of course, peaks and troughs. In some years, for example, no unrestricted bequests have been employed as operating capital but rather all such funds in that year have been added to the endowment; in other years, considerable sums of such moneys have been utilized. Not surprisingly, there is a close correlation between the pattern of peaks and troughs and Report of the President 5

the occurrence of major fund-raising efforts such as the 175th An- niversary Campaign. One important qualification must be entered at this point. In

talking of the College's endowment funds, or its "savings account,"

one must recognize that a substantial part of that fund is restricted

in purpose, or, in other words, is not available for the flexible year-

by-year adjustments discussed above. Because of this, it is essential that a very close watch be kept on that portion of the endowment

which is unrestricted, for if it were to be exhausted, flexibility would be completely removed. Prudence, in short, must be used with respect to the expenditure of the unrestricted funds; a single year's problem cannot be solved by reckless employment of such funds. Yet prudence also suggests thoughtful expenditure from this

source ; to contemplate a time when no unrestricted funds are used

at all for operating expenditures is, to my mind, to indulge in a

fantasy. It is, moreover, a fantasy with very serious implications for the preservation of quality education. There has been, in recent months, extensive comment and debate

about the College's budget. While all of the contributions to the

debate have been well intentioned, not all have been at the same

level of reality or perception. It is easy enough to draw analogies between the operation of a college and the operation of a manu-

facturing plant or a law firm. But the analogies, it must be remembered, are far from perfect and the service which Bowdoin

College provides is in deep and fundamental ways different from the provision of legal services or the production and marketing of a manufactured product. Closing down an academic department

is not, in the final analysis, analogous to phasing out an unproduc- tive product line. The maintenance of a working library for a law

firm is substantially different in nature from the maintenance of a working library for undergraduate B.A. candidates and those who teach them. Measuring the effectiveness of plant utilization of a

residential college as if it were an industrial plant has a considerable tendency to be misleading. Debate over the nature and extent of expenditures will (and

should) continue. But if the debate is to be constructive, it must 6 Report of the President be carefully informed by an understanding of what it is the College does or seeks to do. There have been comments made in recent years, for example, with respect to the library and to student aid, which to my mind can only be viewed as dangerous in terms of the College's overriding mission to educate youth. That expenditure needs to be controlled is unarguable; that there will probably have to be cuts in services seems likely. But those cuts must come at the periphery of our concerns and not at the center. And even cuts at the periphery must be taken with care, for their impact on mission and morale could be both sudden and destructive. Above all, it is necessary to remember that our central purpose is education and the pursuit of knowledge ; it is that central commitment which dis- tinguishes a college from other organizations that bring together a collectivity of people such as live on the Bowdoin campus. Financial decisions that would drastically affect either the people engaged in the enterprise—faculty, students, and staff—or the resources they need must be made with the greatest care. This is not to say, by any means, that everything the College does or the ways in which those things are done are graven in stone as unchanging and unchange- able entities. Even a cursory perusal of presidential reports over the last twenty years would indicate how much change there has been and, as part of the continuing development of the institution, every aspect of it must be under constant review for possible beneficial change. What it does say, however, is that change must be accompanied by careful thought and analysis. Bowdoin is, in the spring of 1978, a first-class undergraduate liberal arts college; its success is the result of the delicate balance of many factors and tampering with that balance should not be undertaken lightly. One further and very important point needs to be made about the financial situation. It is perhaps inevitable that attention focuses first on the side of expenditure, but income cannot be ignored. I have stated frequently in previous reports that the financial position of the College cannot be analyzed from a single viewpoint; to attempt to address real problems by concentrating on the single variable of expenditure is unrealistic. Equal attention needs to be paid to current income and to the use of money already in hand. If the pattern of expenditure needs to be scrutinized carefully (and it Report of the President 7

obviously does), so does the return on the endowment and the results of the continuing development program. Every member of the College community has a duty to work as hard for the success of the development program as he does to question the appropriate- ness of the volume of expenditure for faculty development or student aid. There have been some notable achievements in recent years; one thinks of the 175th Anniversary Campaign and of the extraordinary record of the Alumni Fund. But success here should not breed complacency any more than the equally demonstrable success of the academic program should; on the contrary, success should be the spur to further effort. Just as care should be taken with review of expenditure, care should be exercised with respect to the search for income. The most readily manipulated components of income are student charges and the number of students. The charges at Bowdoin have risen considerably in the past few years. While it is true that our competitive position with respect to costs has not altered drastically within our peer group, there are clear limits as to how far this factor can be altered. Costs will continue to rise and tuition will continue to go up, but every effort must be made to see that the increase does not get out of line. Bowdoin has also grown in size dramati- cally in recent years and the incremental tuition revenue that resulted was a major factor in the financial operation of the last

decade. While it may be tempting to solve a current budgetary problem by the addition of another fifty or so students, it would be, in my opinion, unwise to embark on such an expedient for two

reasons. The first is that the expansion to date has stretched the College's resources close to the limit. Facilities once judged under-

employed are now crowded ; I think of dormitory space, classrooms, the library, and dining facilities. A faculty frozen in size has shouldered the burden of teaching an additional 400 students. The process cannot continue further without either new physical resources and additional faculty or the deterioration of the quality of

education and student services. The second reason is my firm belief

that Bowdoin's special quality is connected in intimate ways with the modest size. No one can set a precise numerical point at which

the friendliness and intimacy of a college is destroyed by size, but I 8 Report of the President believe that a substantial growth from our current size would seriously jeopardize these vital characteristics.

To sum up, there is cause for continuing concern about the financial situation of the College. In common with all other institutions of higher education, we face testing and difficult times. But we engage these times from a position of strength and hasty overreaction to them is neither wise nor is it appropriate. Further, in analyzing our future, we must direct as much attention to the development of resources and the maximizing of the return on them as we do to the pattern of expenditure. In doing all this, it is essential to keep in mind that, in the process of preserving a future for the College, we cannot neglect or deal cavalierly with the present from which that future will grow. The Curriculum

For the better part of the past decade, Bowdoin has offered students an "open curriculum." Essentially this has meant that students are not required to take particular courses in order to assure that they are broadly educated. However, each student is counseled by his faculty adviser to choose a well-distributed course of study.

Although I have reservations about the wisdom of continuing the "open curriculum" in its present form and I have advocated changes, the present curricular structure is not so flawed as its worse detractors might suggest. Bowdoin students are in fact enrolling in a wide variety of courses which give them a sound general education. In English, for example, our problem is not to convince students to take a freshman English seminar during their first year, but rather to provide enough instructional time so that adequate seminars are available for every freshman who wishes to enroll in one. Study in the sciences presents a different picture. A large number of freshmen begin each year with intentions of majoring in the sciences. The introductory courses for such students have large enrollments and are characterized by aggressive and competitive student populations. Freshmen not wishing to concentrate in sciences find the atmosphere of these so-called preprofessional courses inhibiting as they seek a general education background in Report of the President 9 science. Having acknowledged this problem, the science faculty are offering a series of courses which are taught with rigor—frequently they have laboratories—but which are intended for the general education of the student who did not plan to major in one of the sciences.

The study of foreign languages presents still another picture. Classics continues to be one of the strengths of Bowdoin's curriculum. The study of classics has so diminished at many other institutions that departments of classics have either been eliminated or seem to be on the verge of elimination. In contrast with this national picture, classics at Bowdoin is one of our liveliest departments. To be sure, we can no longer assume that every student who enters Bowdoin has studied Latin and perhaps even Greek at an introductory level. Our department must offer first-year instruction in those languages and this year more than forty students were enrolled in first-year Latin. Of course the preponderance of language registrations are in modern language courses. All of these departments offer lively curricula and enjoy substantial enrollments even though no re- quirement forces the students into their classrooms. The Russian Department in particular has prospered this year because the presence of two faculty members has enabled that department to offer instruction in a much broader range of Russian literature than has been possible in the past. All of this having been said, it should also be noted that a significant percentage of each year's graduating class had not studied language at all during their years at Bowdoin. Many of that group pursued languages vigorously in preparatory school but it would be difficult to maintain that all Bowdoin graduates are at home in a language other than their own.

Although there are many bright spots in the present picture, I continue to doubt the wisdom of retaining the open curriculum without modification. As I see it this is not merely a problem of student choice of courses but rather one of faculty leadership. I can, perhaps, make my concerns more clear by citing specific examples. To encourage undergraduates to engage in the study of foreign languages is not simply to urge them into an arcane io Report of the President specialty. We live in a world in which recognition of the international dimension is increasingly important. No longer will Ameri- can influence alone rule other nations and, by the same token, no longer can Americans expect the rest of the world to address us in our language. Part and parcel of the adjustment to the end of the American imperial era is our acknowledgment that we must learn to address other peoples in their own tongues. This is a reasonable and indeed an important expectation of Bowdoin graduates. I think the faculty should not hesitate to make this unmistakably clear to freshmen as they begin a course of study at Bowdoin. The same can be said for the study of science as a method for comprehending environmental issues. It is reasonable to expect that the holder of a Bowdoin degree can participate at least on an introductory level in the scientific analysis of environmental issues. Similarly, methods from economics and other social sciences are essential to the analysis of these issues. In this instance also I think it incumbent on the faculty of a liberal arts college that they point out to students not only environmental issues but also the importance of learning disciplines which permit them to engage such concerns in serious and constructive fashion.

Examples could be multiplied and I do not choose the examples cited above to suggest that any one area of the Bowdoin curriculum is more important or more in need of renovation than any other area of the curriculum. Instead I wish to make a more general point about a liberal arts college. An American liberal arts college is an anomaly in world education in that it offers a nonspecialized program to students at so advanced a level. In most other educational systems in the world, students are pursuing a rather narrow and specialized education when they reach the age of an American college student. The diversity of educational offerings at Bowdoin and their general and liberal character are the great strengths of our college and they must be defended by the faculty. We must be careful that we continue to be one liberal arts college and not a multitude of specialized departments each one catering to a clientele of students who concentrate in that area and learn little from other disciplines. It is in this regard that I think some clearer Report of the President n

statement from the College about the expectations it has with respect to curricular choice should be made. A considerable freedom of choice should be preserved but I feel that it should be a freedom exercised within institutionally defined guidelines.

The Senior Center

The Director's efforts to encourage Bowdoin faculty to teach in the Senior Center program have met with marked success in the current year: three out of the seven Senior Courses offered in the fall, and eight out of twelve in the spring, were given by Bowdoin faculty. Two of the spring courses (The Music Dramas of Richard Wagner and Women in Historical Perspective: Germany, the United States, and Latin America), were team-taught by two and three faculty members respectively, which brings the number of resident participants to eleven for spring, and to fourteen for the year. In addition to these eleven offerings by regular faculty, eight seminars, four each semester, were given by adjunct faculty, bringing the overall number of offerings for the year to nineteen, with twenty-two instructors. The new format introduced by the Renaissance Interdisciplinary Course in the spring of 1977 was followed, flexibly, in the two team-taught courses already mentioned, and in the course on human sexuality, which consisted of independent weekly topics, each presented by a different instructor drawn from members of the Bowdoin faculty and the community. Two courses, Human Sexuality and Franco-Americans in New England, were given with the cooperation of student assistants and one, Topics in Nutrition, with the help of a recent graduate. The Senior Center courses and seminars ranged over a wide spectrum of subjects. Of the nineteen offerings this year, ten were in the arts and humanities, three in the social sciences, two in science, and four combined two or more of these areas. The topics included music, psychology, mathematics, history, current political and cultural topics, and the arts. Demand for these courses remains strong. Enrollments in the fall series averaged twenty-seven students, and in the current spring offerings, about eighteen. Most 12 Report of the President seminars had a waiting list in the early days of registration. Though the enrollment limit was expanded, a large number of students were excluded from seminars of their choice. The Center continues to be a focal point of social activities and extracurricular events. From March first of last year through the end of February of this year, the Center sponsored, hosted, or co- hosted some fifty-four lectures, twenty-three musical recitals, and sixty-three other programs, including symposia, conferences, readings, dance, film, and drama. Special events organized by student groups, such as dances, faculty nights, and night club evenings, continued to be popular and to contribute to the diversity of social opportunities on campus.

As forecast in last year's President's Report, the Senior Center Council under the leadership of the Chairman and the Director has prepared a report to be presented to the faculty this spring. This document sums up the history and current state of the Senior Cen- ter in all its aspects, and proposes far-reaching changes. The implementation of these changes depends on faculty action but, in summary, the proposal aims at a reintegration of the Center courses and seminars into the Bowdoin curriculum by means of a mecha- nism which would allow these offerings to become a regular part of departmental course planning. This new academic program would thus be rooted in, and receive its direction from, the Bowdoin resident faculty and thereby gain new focus, purpose, and effectiveness. At the time of this writing, results of the faculty deliberation on the proposals are not known. It can only be said that, in considering them, the faculty are undertaking a curricular discussion of great importance as they seek to define a role and create a mandate for the Senior Center that will make it as vital a part of the College's educational offering in the 1980s as it was at its inception in the 1960s. Admissions and Student Aid

Everyone connected with higher education in these years speaks in grave tones of the "demographic changes" which lie ahead. Put simply, fewer and fewer students will reach the age of 18 in the immediate future. An immense structure of higher education was built in the 1960s to cope with a population boom. In contrast, in Report of the President 13 the 1980s not enough students will be available to fill all of the lecture halls and the laboratories. As a result, many foresee an intense and anxious competition among institutions of higher education to attract students. This demographic change will present problems even to colleges as selective as Bowdoin, but it will not be without benefit. The balance of power between applicants and their families as com- pared with colleges and universities has been seriously out of proportion in recent years. Prestigious colleges have enjoyed the luxury of picking through an immense applicant pool for just the right matriculants to "shape" the freshman class according to various preconceived notions. Being admitted to the "right college" has been one of the most important rites of passage for an adolescent in our society. If the applicant pool diminishes somewhat and the applicant and his parents are in a somewhat stronger position vis-a- vis the college, this will not be entirely unfortunate. College admission officers and faculty may be somewhat more anxious but applicants and their families will be able to enjoy the selection of a college or university in more relaxed fashion. What may be a problem for individual institutions may also be, looked at in a different light, a benefit for American society at large. Bowdoin enters this period of testing for American higher education in a strong position. Our applicant pool is large, especially when considered in relation to the small size of the freshman class. However, the ability of any college to attract a large number of applications can be vitiated quickly. No communications network is more effective or more prompt in spreading the message than that network which connects college students with their friends and siblings at home or the parents of present college students with the parents of prospective students. Even a strong college which falters in its mission of educating undergraduates soundly will learn to its dismay that its problems rapidly become a part of the public record among precisely that part of the population so crucial to its future, potential applicants and their families. Some educators fear that as colleges compete for students they will be forced into a consumer's market in which they must pander to students. No doubt some of this will occur nationally, but with 14 Report of the President respect to Bowdoin, I do not share those fears. Matriculating freshmen at Bowdoin complete a questionnaire each fall discussing their background and reasons for coming to the College. Each year the reason cited more often than any other for choosing Bowdoin is that it has a "strong academic reputation." The students who seek a Bowdoin diploma covet a diploma characterized by integrity, not one watered down by faddish consumerism. The most important consideration in my judgment concerns the present offerings of the College. As I have indicated above in the section on finances, discussions of the resources of the College seem to center on only one kind of resource, money used for expenditure in the budget. An equally important resource is the strength of the present program which attracts excellent students to Bowdoin, students who thrive in the face of the challenge of our program and who can be counted on in the future as successful and loyal alumni. Perceived imperatives regarding economic resources must be balanced against the very real imperatives of program and attractive- ness to students upon which so much of the future of Bowdoin depends. This year the Governing Boards voted that the admission of students to the freshman class should be done without any quota as regards men and women. I endorse this policy wholeheartedly and

I see it as the completion of the task we began when we first admitted women as degree candidates at Bowdoin, indeed as the only policy ultimately consistent with that decision.

With every passing year I am more convinced of the rightness of our decision to admit women students to Bowdoin. Had we not made that decision, I think we would presently find it very difficult to fill the freshman class with qualified students. Even more important, I think we were right to admit women to the College because men and women need to learn how to live with each other as part of the wider human society during the formative years of late adolescence. All agree that our time has been one of turmoil in regard to relations between men and women; many hope that it has been a time of liberation. Whatever one's view of that discussion, the process of coming to terms with the changing role of men and women in our society is not merely a theoretical enterprise. It Report of the President 15 is an experience of daily life and that experience is one that should be available to men and women alike on the Bowdoin campus.

For many students, admission to the College is little more than a hollow gesture without an ability to provide the financial aid that makes attendance possible. The composition of the freshman class, and ultimately the whole College, is directly affected by the amount and types of financial aid we can provide to our students. Some years ago we adopted the only student aid policy that is consistent with the College's educational purpose: to meet the full need of all Bowdoin students who qualify for aid and who are making normal progress toward their degrees. The policy simply expresses the goal we set for ourselves ; whether we can live up to it depends upon the availability of funds in any given year. While we recognize that there can be a disparity between policy and the financial capacity to turn policy into reality, we have traditionally placed the highest priority possible on funding student needs. I am pleased to report that aid resources in 1977-1978 were sufficient to meet the calculated need of Bowdoin students for the sixth year in a row. Over the course of this six-year period, the cost of attending

Bowdoin has increased substantially (39 percent) and the average award to students has risen in almost direct proportion (44 percent).

Cost of Total No. of Ave. Attendance Grant Loan Aid Students Award 1972-73 $4,700 $ 763,750 $177,975 $ 941,725 422 $2,231 1973-74 $4,750 $ 701,625 $252,050 $ 953,675 423 $2,254 1974-75 $5,250 $ 850,000 $275,000 $1,125,000 425 $2,647 1975-76 $5,600 $ 988,750 $325,400 $1,314,150 462 $2,844 1976-77 $6,200 $1 ,097,100 $324,525 $1,421,625 460 $3,090 1977-78 (est.) $6,550 $1 ,150,000 $325,000 $1,475,000 460 $3,207

I see nothing that will break this cycle in the years ahead. While the cost of a Bowdoin education went up, it did so only in relation to the increase in the cost of other goods and services within the economy. In fact, our charges were behind the general rate of inflation through 1976-1977 and it is only with the increase in 1977- 1978 and the one announced for 1978-1979 that we will be back in alignment with the inflationary cycle. This is not meant to justify the tuition, room, and board charges we must impose, but it does cast them in the proper economic perspective. Aid expenditures 6

1 Report of the President have kept pace with the cost increases and pressure to maintain a high quality aid program will undoubtedly continue in future years. Students and their families have had to bear part of the cost increase. Students have had to earn and borrow more and it is likely that aid increases will carry even larger loan/job components with them in future years. Students both understand and accept that responsibility. For its part, the College must make every effort to provide the funds that students will need, including the grant aid that complements loans and jobs. More than ever before, a stronger commitment to our current aid policy is needed if we are to maintain our present level of effectiveness and remain a viable educational choice for qualified students regardless of their economic circumstances. Student Life

We have been concerned this year to strengthen the academic advising system. Since the faculty voted against the reintroduction of distribution requirements or guidelines, the adviser's role in help- ing students to develop a challenging and manageable program remains crucial. Academic advisers met at the beginning of Septem- ber at the Cram Alumni House to discuss the general goals and problems of advising and to exchange information concerning the course offerings of their various departments most suitable for first- year students. To insure that advisers and advisees keep in touch with one another throughout the term, classes on James Bowdoin Day, already a half-day, were canceled to make time for such meetings. The results were mixed. But the policy of setting aside a formal midterm meeting time for adviser and advisee has been continued this term in the belief that the communication is valuable and that the setting of a specified time can facilitate that communication. Traditionally students have worked with their adviser until the spring of their sophomore year. At this point they have chosen their majors and become the advisees of the major department. In the interest of more effective advising, we are now permitting students to choose their major anytime between their freshman spring and their sophomore one. A fairly small number of students have availed themselves this year of the early major option. We expect Report of the President 17 that the numbers may increase, particularly since so many of our students now arrive at college with their career goals already set.

The most striking trend of our current student body is towards greater studiousness. Given the cost of attending the College, the competitiveness to gain admittance to graduate and professional programs, and students' sense of a tight national economy, it is not surprising that they increasingly see college as a means to a professional end. This emphasis has both positive and negative ramifica- tions. I am impressed by the maturity of so many of our students in assuming responsibility for their future and in planning for it so intelligently. Many students, however, suffer from the strain not only of working hard but of worrying about their grades, their choice of major, and their future options. The Counselor's Office, now headed by a full-time psychiatrist, Dr. Aldo Llorente, confirms that the students suffering from excessive stress is an intensifying problem. A number of students find that taking a leave of absence for a semester or a year provides them with a beneficial respite from pressure and decision. Most who leave return. We calculate that approximately 85 percent of the students who matriculate at Bow- doin stay on to graduate.

One small way that the College is encouraging students to focus less on grades is in allowing them to take a limited number of courses on a credit/fail basis. In any given semester, students may enroll in one course of the normal four-course load on this basis up to a total of four such courses during their undergraduate career. Additionally, a student may elect a fifth course any semester on the credit/fail basis. Our hope is to encourage students to be more adventurous in their choice of courses and to focus on learning rather than academic standing.

Yet another facet of student life is study away. A large percentage of the junior class as well as several seniors and sophomores elect to study away for a semester or a year either in Europe or in the United States. Our participation in the Twelve College Ex- change Program and in the Institute for European Studies with its programs in England, France, Spain, Germany, and Austria makes a number of options readily available to our students. They are in- dustrious in finding others as well, ranging from the University of 8

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New Hampshire to programs in Hong Kong and Japan. The reasons given by the students for desiring this alternative educational experience are both academic ones—the desire for language train- ing, for courses not offered at Bowdoin, or specialization in a certain field—and personal ones such as zeal for change and travel. Most of these students who study away return with information, enthusiasm for the experience, a new outlook on Bowdoin and its quality, and readiness to muster energy for their final year. The increased comings and goings of our students as well as the creeping expansion in the size of the College cause certain problems for the housing system. Though close to four hundred students continue to live off campus or in fraternities, college housing is both popular and crowded. Eighty percent of the freshmen are housed in triples, a concept which is proving less than satisfactory. Freshmen spend a great deal of valuable time in their fall semester shifting rooms and roommates. The upperclass proctors who live in the dormitories have done a very good job in providing effective dormitory management and in assisting students with personal and academic concerns. The proctors have had weekly dinner meetings with the Assistant to the Dean of Students and with Dr. Llorente to discuss their role as the first links with students who may be re- luctant to consult the Counseling Service or the Deans. Proctors are not, however, a solution to housing problems. In an effort to cope with the crowding which was anticipated for the spring semester, the College acquired a new residence hall in

December, 30 College Street. It is now considered one of the most attractive dormitories on campus, coming complete with a study

hall and lounge area. Its popularity may be indicative of the students' desire for more space outside their rooms. The house will ac- commodate seven more women in the fall of 1978. Students continue to bemoan the lack of an attractive gathering place on campus where independents and members of various fraternities could meet to relax and socialize. A few student leaders have been looking into the feasibility of reviving the effort to establish a campus "pub" despite the reduced potential clientele under Maine's new drinking law which would exclude all students under

20. Interest in this issue is strong though by no means burning. Report of the President 19

Bowdoin is experiencing a period of political quiescence. The ma- jority of students seem to find little time either for international and national causes or for local campus government and issues. Several student organizations such as the Executive Board of the Student Assembly, the Student Union Committee, and the Afro- American Society have voiced concern over the lack of student- generated activity. They blame the prevailing apathy on students' preoccupation with personal academic goals and on the too-widely- accepted fallacy that one cannot be a serious student at Bowdoin and also "play."

I think that one must distinguish between activism and activity in that there have been a number of student-initiated activities that are worthy of mention and commendation. Among other endeavors, students have helped to broaden some of their academic and cultural options. Student psychology majors, in conjunction with Professor Joel Peskay, initiated, designed, and organized last semester's Senior Center Seminar in Human Sexuality. The Salt Water College was created and organized by students interested in stimulating campus interest in the sea. They sponsored speakers, including Jean-Michel Cousteau, films, and displays on the sea. The project ran from October through November and met with great success.

Student interest in drama is keen. In addition to the regular Masque and Gown productions of A Comedy of Errors and the musical comedy, Peter Pan, there have been a number of student- directed productions, among them The Libation Bearers, The Death of Bessie Smith, and The Children s Hour. Under the direction of Sparks Mellon, the Chambers Theater presented Wilde's World, a compilation of letters, short-story excerpts, and dramatic scenes from work of Oscar Wilde. Finally, the forty-second annual Student One-Act Play Contest resulted in thirty-three entries, the largest number ever. Four plays were produced, the winner being Forever Not Always by David G. Kent '79. The year has also been enlivened by a number of Music Depart- ment offerings. The one hundred and sixteen students who sing under Professor Miriam W. Barndt-Webb in the Bowdoin Chorale joined with the Bowdoin Orchestra under the baton of Professor 20 Report of the President

Ronald R. Smith for the annual Christmas Concert in St. John's Church in Brunswick. Works included Kodaly's Te Deum and a series of Hungarian Christmas carols. The Chamber Choir's Christ- mas program of fifteenth-century English vespers in the Chapel and their performance at the third annual Madrigal Dinner in the Main Lounge, Moulton Union, combined music and pageantry to the delight of many College and townspeople present. A chamber

concert of all contemporary music is planned for the spring.

We live in a golden age of athletic participation and interest. I know of no time in recent memory when a higher percentage of the Bowdoin community participated regularly in physical activity. From morning until night the playing fields, the running tracks, the gymnasiums, and the other athletic facilities are crowded with students, faculty, and staff. A year ago, the visiting speaker for James Bowdoin Day inquired at dinner the evening before the ceremony where he might find a track for an early morning run. Two of the James Bowdoin Scholars immediately volunteered to accompany him early the next morning as they also ran several miles each day. Last fall so many intercollegiate and intramural sports were seeking space each afternoon that even the generous expanses of Pickard Field were taxed. Those alumni who have worked to make athletic facilities available to Bowdoin students can be assured that their efforts have not been in vain. This year we witnessed a dramatic increase in participation by women in intercollegiate sports and, at the same time, we saw important new strength in the ability of female intercollegiate teams.

In the fall, intercollegiate soccer was opened for women. More than thirty women responded to that opportunity and their ability and enthusiasm were so great that in their first year they enjoyed

a victory over a Harvard team which was also in its first year. The

women's basketball team demonstrated that it is one of the most

powerful teams in the State of Maine and that it is now ready to

engage in a schedule which takes it to central New England to play some very strong opponents. We have become accustomed to

enjoying a field hockey team which is the strongest in the state.

Already the women's program is doing its share to add to the trophies on display in the Morrell Gymnasium. Report of the President 21

The men's programs continue to be strong and enjoyed by a wide range of the student body. Approximately a third of the men participate in intercollegiate sports each year. Few colleges can boast so broad a base of participation in intercollegiate sports. Although many men's teams enjoyed excellent seasons, the greatest victories were achieved again by the hockey team. For the third time in four years, the hockey team won an Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference championship. The excellence of that program is demonstrated year after year and might easily be taken for granted. It is perhaps not gratuitous to say that that excellence comes from the unlimited devotion and long hours of work in- vested year after year by the coach and players. The achievement of that program is an example of what can be done by those who demand more than the ordinary from themselves. The question of additional tournament competition for the hockey team was raised again this year. The National Collegiate Athletic Association established a national college tournament following after the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament. Bowdoin was not eligible to participate in the National Col- legiate Athletic Association tournament because of its membership in the New England Small College Athletic Conference, a college agreement which seeks to promote intercollegiate athletic activity within a sound academic setting. In attempting to strike the proper balance between intercollegiate athletic participation and academic commitment, the New England Small College Athletic Conference limits the length of seasons for each intercollegiate team and the number of games in which the team may participate. The goal of this New England Small College Athletic Conference agreement and an important goal for Bowdoin is to keep intercollegiate athletics open to all students at Bowdoin. What is to be avoided is an overemphasis on athletics which forces excellent students to choose between participation in intercollegiate sports and successful en- gagement of the most demanding areas of the curriculum. To date, the Bowdoin program has met these standards. Presently four hold- ers of letters in intercollegiate hockey are completing graduate medical studies. I am concerned that such balance continue to exist and I am concerned that a lengthening of season by increased 22 Report of the President tournament competition—particularly a lengthening which shows no prospect of ending with just one additional week—might force serious students to choose between an academic commitment and participation in intercollegiate sports. The subject will doubtless continue to receive discussion in the Committee on Athletics. Por- tions of the NESCAC Agreement are controversial and merit peri- odic review ; the main aim of the agreement, the promotion of intercollegiate athletics within a responsible academic setting, remains of unquestioned validity.

Looking Forward and Backward

I have normally concluded my annual report with a section that has taken a broader frame of reference than just the current academic year. This year's report is no exception, though this section will be somewhat less extended than it has been in the past. I do not wish to attempt a comprehensive review of the past decade during which I have served as president. On balance, it has been, I think, a period of constructive growth and significant achievement brought about not by any one person nor any single group but by a large number of people who pooled their ideas, energy, and resources into making Bowdoin a better college. Nor do I wish to speculate at any length about the future ; the College stands at the edge of new beginnings and that is an exciting and challenging prospect, but it is the task of others to chart the course for the years to come.

I cannot, however, complete this report without making a few comments, both commendatory and critical, about the preceding ten years, comments which, of necessity, may carry some possible implications for the future.

That Bowdoin is a first-class institution goes without saying.

While I have never felt wholly comfortable with the rhetoric which trumpets that our College is "Number One," I am deeply aware of a solid pattern of achievement on the part of students and faculty which unambiguously places the College where President Hyde as-

serted it should be placed, as one of the best. During the past decade that position has been strengthened and consolidated. In last year's report, I reviewed some of the positive forward steps which have Report of the President 23 been taken in recent years to make this so; I need not go over that list again, for the historical record speaks for itself. The preceding decade has been a period of manifold and puzzling challenges and more than that, a period in which national faith in institutions reached an alarmingly low point. Despite some faltering here and there, Bowdoin has come through that decade with integrity and with sense of purpose. If we do not express our goal with quite the same eloquence that President Hyde employed in "The Offer of the

College," we express it nonetheless with clarity and with dedica- tion. We are staffed by a faculty that is, on every measure, the finest faculty and the most active that this institution has known.

In the classroom and outside of it, we have as students as able and exciting a group as have ever attended the College. In the course of the past decade, Bowdoin has been presented with numerous challenges and equally numerous (often identical) opportunities. It is a measure of the strength of the College that it has, on the whole, responded to the challenges with vigor and taken the opportunities with enthusiasm. But I feel my final report would not be complete if I did not comment briefly on what I perceive to have been some missed opportunities, if for no other reason than that they remain, to my view at least, challenges for the future.

Again, I shall make no attempt to construct a complete catalogue. But four points at least (discussed here in no particular order of importance) seem to me to merit some comment.

In my inaugural address, I urged the College community to expand on its beginnings of a program in Afro-American Studies and to develop a fully articulated program of ethnic studies that would have at its core a deep and abiding respect for humankind, a program that would recognize the worth, integrity, and value of various ethnic backgrounds at the same time as it sought to foster constructive interaction among them. In part I was urging a more vigorous response to the problems of ethnic minorities in our own country; in part I was suggesting some serious rethinking of the narrowly European-American focus of our curriculum. That we have made some progress in this direction is undeniable; that we have to date not come nearly far enough is equally obvious. I am upset by the fact that, despite infinite amounts of goodwill and the 24 Report of the President

energetic efforts, especially of the current Director, limited progress has been made in defining the program in Afro-American studies.

Encouraged as I am by the existence this year of a Senior Center

Seminar on the Franco-American, I can only see it as a beginning and one that has come about at a late date. The broadening of the curriculum to include material from Asia, Africa, and Latin

America has been a step in the right direction. But I am left with the feeling that it has been only a first step and a conviction that we still have a long way to go before the reality of our practice matches the humanism of our expectations.

A second area which continues to concern me is the structure of the curriculum on which I have remarked above. Here, perhaps more than anywhere else, I am aware of the fact that one person's sense of missed opportunity is another's sense of vindication. But I do still feel that the faculty had the opportunity in the last few years to give dynamic new shape, structure, and meaning to the curriculum and that they chose, for various reasons, to remain with the status quo. The arguments in favor of a new statement about the curriculum were obviously not convincing enough, but the failure of the Curriculum and Educational Policy Committee to persuade the faculty to its own sense of the urgency of the problem seems to me to leave with us a discussion unfinished rather than an issue resolved.

A third area of concern to me is at once both more vague and more central. I have increasingly felt that the faculty and perhaps more particularly the administration have failed to convey in full and adequate fashion to the Governing Boards what it is they do, what the nature of this enterprise called liberal learning is all about, what are its demands and its rewards. If the Saturday morning discussion in the midwinter meeting of the Trustees is anything approaching a reliable guide as to how these questions are viewed, there is a good deal of learning to be done. I am aware of the fact that very real financial pressures have a tendency to force one to address such questions in very particular ways. But some of the suggestions that have been offered, with respect to the library, for example, seem to indicate some deep misunderstandings about the nature of under- —

Report of the President 25 graduate liberal arts education and reiterated comments about how the faculty is underworked suggests that a clearer and more force- ful explication of what actually transpires needs to be made. This leads me to a final point. One of the most constructive developments of the last decade has been the policy, initiated by the Governing Boards themselves, of assuring a regular and orderly turnover in the membership of the Boards. A marvelous opportunity for achieving a diversification of talents, interests, and exper- tise has been created. It has not to my mind, been grasped as firmly as it should have been. I will note only one particular example. Because Bowdoin has two governing boards, it has an un- usually large governing body. On that body, the enterprise of which the College itself is a part, namely higher education, is, to my mind, seriously underrepresented. At a time when financial constraints are making educational decisions increasingly difficult, it seems to me of the greatest importance that education should have a more substantial voice in the ultimate forum than it currently does.

I offer these criticisms in good faith and with a profound confidence in the future of the College. If there were no concern to be expressed, I would suspect the College had ceased to operate, if for no other reason than that perfection is beyond the human grasp.

What is here is a very strong College with a justly proud tradition.

I have had the great fortune to be its president in exciting and fruit- ful times. I am deeply grateful for that opportunity and from it I hope I have learned much. As I look to the future as a member of its faculty under the leadership of Dr. Enteman, I do so with a sense of confidence that I am sure is not naive. For all those faculty, alumni, and friends—who have supported the College so magnificently there can remain only one vision of Bowdoin's future—a future in which the best years are always the years that lie ahead. DeMortuis

The Reverend Joseph Cony MacDonald, A.B., D.D., of the Class of 1915, a retired minister and member of the Board of Overseers from 1951 until 1970, when he was elected Overseer Emeritus, died on February 20, 1978, in Wilton. Following his graduation cum 26 Report of the President laude, he entered Union Theological Seminary. His studies were interrupted by World War I, during which he served with the American Field Service in France and then as a second lieutenant with the United States Air Service. After graduating from Union in 1920, he served churches in Wilton and New York City until he became pastor of the Union Church in Waban, Massachusetts, a position he kept until his retirement in 1975, when he returned to Wilton to live. In 1950 he received an honorary doctor of divinity degree from Bowdoin and was described in the accompanying citation as an "eloquent preacher and faithful pastor . . . always answer- ing the many and varied calls made on the modern minister." Survivors include his wife, Leonora, and two children.

Karl Russell Philbrick, A.B., M.B.A., of the Class of 1923, a retired banker and secretary of The President and Trustees of Bow- doin College from 1964 until 1971, when he was elected an Overseer Emeritus, died on September 20, 1977, in Portland. Following his graduation, he did graduate work at the Harvard Business School and received an M.B.A. in 1925. He then joined the Eastern Trust and Banking Co. in Bangor as an assistant treasurer. He was executive vice president at the time of his retirement in 1969. Mr. Phil- brick was a director of the Alumni Fund from 1933 to 1936, class agent for 1923 from 1947 to 1954, and member-at-large of the Alumni Council from 1949 to 1953. He was Bangor area chairman for the Sesquicentennial Fund and a former president of the Penob- scot Bowdoin Club. Survivors include his wife, Florence ; a daughter, Mrs. William J. Armstrong; a son, Samuel '50; and two brothers, Donald '17 and William '25.

Noel Charlton Little, A.B., A.M., Ph.D., Sc.D., of the Class of 1917, a member of the faculty for forty-seven years and Josiah Little Professor of Natural Sciences Emeritus, died in Brunswick on January 26, 1978. Graduated from Bowdoin summa cum laude and a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Professor Little received his advanced degrees from Harvard. He joined the faculty in.1919 and for many years played a leading role in efforts to establish closer working relationships between secondary school and college teachers of Report of the President 27 physics throughout New England. A Navy officer in both World Wars, he served as commander in charge of the Navy's Radar

School at Bowdoin during World War II. Among his many honors was a fellowship from the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1928 for experiments to determine the thermal-magnetic properties of gaseous molecules. A former chairman of the Department of Physics, he had also served as secretary of his Bowdoin class and as president of the Bowdoin chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. In 1967, a year after his retirement and on the occasion of his class's fiftieth reunion, Bowdoin awarded him the honorary degree of doctor of science. He is survived by his widow, Florence Lovejoy Little; a daughter, Mrs. Dana E. Wallace; two sons, Clifford and Dana, both members of the Class of 1946; and a brother, Tappan '15. His first wife, Marguerite D. Tschaler Little, died in 1971.

Bela Winslow Norton, A.B., A.M., of the Class of 1918, vice president of the College from 1953 until 1961 and consultant on development from 1961 to 1963, died on January 22, 1978, in Tops- ham. Graduated summa cum laude and a member of Phi Beta Kappa in 1919, he had interrupted his studies to serve as a second lieutenant in the infantry during World War I. After having been a newspaperman and advertising and public relations man in New York City, he became director of public relations for Colonial Wil- liamsburg Restoration in 1932. He was later executive vice president of both Colonial Williamsburg and Williamsburg Restoration, serving until 1953, when he returned to Bowdoin as its first vice president and was given responsibility for public relations and development. During his tenure a continuing development program was organized, Bowdoin's public relations effort was expanded, and the Alumni Office was reorganized. Coleman Hall and what is now Dayton Arena were constructed. In 1963 he joined Sleepy Hol- low Restorations in Westchester County, New York, retiring as executive director in 1970. In Bowdoin affairs he served as president of the College's chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, class agent for 1918, and as a member of the Alumni Council. He received an honorary master of arts degree from Bowdoin in 1952. Survivors include his widow, Margaret Louson Norton, and a daughter. 28 Report of the President

Retirements

Since my last report, two members of the Governing Boards have retired. Charles M. Barbour, A.B., M.D., CM., of the Class of 1933, first elected to the Board of Overseers in i960, will be remembered for his many contributions as a member of the Committee on the Library. The retirement of Philip S. Wilder, A.B., Ed.M., of the Class of 1923, as secretary of The President and Trustees since 1971, marked the end of an active association with Bowdoin that began fifty years earlier when he was named secretary of the Alumni Council. For the distinguished service and wise counsel of both men we are grateful. Respectfully submitted,

Roger Howell, Jr. April 21, 1978 Report of the President 29

APPENDIX I

Personnel Report

I. Appointments

Officers of Instruction

Charles Roney Backus, A.B. (Southeastern Louisiana), A.M. (Prince- ton), Instructor in History (1977-1978)

James Clayton Baum, A.B. (Williams), A.M., Ph.D. (Princeton), As- sistant Professor of Chemistry

David James Bradshaw, A.B. (Bowdoin), A.M., M.Phil. (Yale), Instruc- tor in English (1977-1978)

Robert Turner Curtis, B.A., Ph.D. (Sidney-Sussex), Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics

Marilyn Ruth Fischer, A.B. (Wheaton), A.M. (Boston University), In- structor in Philosophy (1977-1978)

Stephen Thomas Fisk, A.B. (University of California, Berkeley), A.M., Ph.D. (Harvard), Assistant Professor of Mathematics

Lynn Dorothy Gordon, A.B. (Barnard), A.M. (Chicago), Instructor in Education (1977-1978)

Peter Thomas Gottschalk, A.B., A.M. (George Washington), Ph.D. (Pennsylvania), Assistant Professor of Economics

John Stratton Hawley, A.B. (Amherst), B.D. (Union Theological Semi- nary), Instructor in Religion

Walter Patrick Hays, A.B. (Harvard), Ph.D. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Assistant Professor of Physics (1977-1978)

Robert Paul Kraynak, A.B. (Cornell), Ph.D. (Harvard), Assistant Pro- fessor of Government (1977-1978)

Alberto Mario MacLean, A.B. (Houston), A.M. (Texas), Ph.D. (Michi- gan), Assistant Professor of Romance Languages (1977-1978)

Paul Eugene Schaffner, A.B. (Oberlin), Instructor in Psychology

Daniel Smirlock, A.B. (Rochester), A.M., M.Phil. (Yale), Instructor in

English (1977- 1 978)

Susan Weiss Vince, B.S. (Brandeis), Instructor in Biology (1977-1978) 30 Report of the President

Kathy Mary Waldron, A.B. (SUNY, Stonybrook), A.M., Ph.D. (Indi- ana), Assistant Professor of History

William Arthur Weary, A.B. (Amherst), A.M., Ph.D. (Yale), Assistant Professor of History (1977-1978)

Adjunct Faculty and Staff (Appointments of one academic year or less are noted in parentheses)

Ruth Margalith Abraham, A.B. (University of Massachusetts, Boston), Visiting Lecturer in the Senior Center Seminar Program (Fall 1977)

Ann W. Acheson, A.B. (Brown), Ph.D. (Cornell), Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology (Spring 1978)

Jonathan Dwight Allen, A.B. (Case Western Reserve), Lecturer in Mathematics (Spring 1978)

Charles Douglas Blewett, A.B. (California State, Hayward), M.S., Ph.D. (Rutgers), Mellon Fellow in Psychology (1977-1978)

Peter Frederick Cannell, A.B. (Bowdoin), Teaching Fellow in Art (Fall 1977)

Ray P. Gerber, B.S. (University of Miami), M.S., Ph.D. (Rhode Island), Research Associate, Marine Research Station at Bethel Point

Edward Smith Gilflllan III, A.B. (Yale), M.Sc, Ph.D. (British Colum- bia), Director of the Marine Research Station at Bethel Point and Lecturer in Environmental Studies

Charles Greenlee, A.B. (Massachusetts) , Visiting Lecturer in the Senior Center Seminar Program (Spring 1978) Elizabeth Mendell Grobe, A.B. (Bryn Mawr), A.M., Ph.D. (Michigan), Lecturer in Mathematics (1977-1978)

Sherry A. Hanson, A.B. (Boston University), Assistant to the Director, Marine Research Station at Bethel Point

James Harley, A.B. (Princeton), B.Arch., M.Arch. (Pennsylvania), Lec- turer in Art (Fall 1977) and Environmental Studies (Spring 1978)

Francis Pendleton Johnson, A.B. (Bowdoin), C.P.A., Visiting Lecturer in Accounting in the Department of Economics (Spring 1978)

Christopher Marshall, A.B. (Pennsylvania), A.M. (Indiana, Cornell),

• Ph.D. (Cornell), Visiting Lecturer in the Senior Center Seminar Pro- gram (Spring 1978) Report of the President 31

John Andrew Mertus, B.S., M.S. (Carnegie-Mellon), Mellon Fellow in Mathematics (1977-1978)

Claudia A. Mickelson, B.S. (Antioch), Ph.D. (Rochester), Research As- sociate in Biochemistry

Michael J. Mickelson, B.S. (Antioch), Ph.D. (Rochester), Research As- sociate in Chemistry

Helene Montardre, Teaching Fellow in French (1977-1978)

Mark Ingwald Nelsen, A.B. (University of California, Berkeley), Lec- turer in Mathematics (Spring 1978)

Edwin R. Nelson, B.S. in Bus. Adm. (Boston University), M.B.A. (Indiana), Visiting Lecturer in Accounting in the Department of Economics (Spring 1978)

Erhard Polk, Teaching Fellow in German (1977-1978)

Donald Edward Scheid, A.B. (Colorado College), A.M. (Utah), Ph.D. (New York University), Mellon Fellow in Philosophy (1977-1978)

Edward S. Shanley, Visiting Lecturer in the Senior Center Seminar Pro- gram (Fall 1977) Vadim Igor Soben, A.B. (Queens College), A.M. (Indiana), Visiting Lecturer in the Senior Center Seminar Program (Spring 1978) Brooks Whitney Stoddard, A.B. (Williams), A.M., Ph.D. (New York University), Visiting Lecturer in the Senior Center Seminar Program

(Fall 1977)

Francoise Marie-Therese Tardieu, Teaching Fellow in French (1977- 1978)

June Adler Vail, A.B. (Connecticut College), Visiting Lecturer in the Senior Center Seminar Program (Fall 1977) and Director of the Dance Program

Roberta Meserve Weil, A.B. (Oberlin), A.M. (New York University), Visiting Lecturer in Economics (Fall 1977)

Calvin Wolcott, A.B. (Colgate), A.M. (Bowdoin), Visiting Lecturer in the Senior Center Seminar Program (Spring 1978)

Officers of Administration

Ann Dunlap, A.B. (Colby), Assistant Director of Admissions

Rachel Davenport Dutch, A.B. (Maine), Assistant to the College Editor 32 Report of the President

Wendy Westbrook Fairey, A.B. (Bryn Mawr), A.M., Ph.D. (Colum- bia), Dean of Students

Philip Novy Grime, A.B., A.M. (Vermont), Coordinator, Wider Avail-

ability of Museum Collections Program (effective March i, 1978)

Laura Christy Harrington, A.B. (Bowdoin), Curatorial Intern, Museum of Art (1977-1978)

Susan Deland Livesay, A.B. (Smith), Career Counselor

Aldo Francisco Llorente, M.D. (University of Havana), College Coun- selor and Director of the Counseling Service

Paul Arthur Locke, A.B. (Bowdoin), Admissions Fellow (1977-1978)

Sammie Timothy Robinson, A.B. (Bowdoin), A.M. (Smith), Assistant Director of Admissions

Michaelanne Rosenzweig, A.B. (Mount Holyoke), M.S. (Simmons), College Counselor

Changes of Title

David F. Huntington, Alumni Secretary and Editor, Bowdoin Alumnus

Russell J. Moore, Acting Director of the Bowdoin Museums (1977-1978)

Mark I. Nelsen, Acting Director of the Computing Center (1977-1978)

II. Promotions

John W. Ambrose, Jr., Joseph Edward Merrill Professor of Greek Language and Literature

Charles R. Backus, Assistant Professor of History (effective February 1, 1978)

Martha J. Bailey, Associate Director of Admissions Richard L. Chittim, Wing Professor of Mathematics

John S. Hawley, Assistant Professor of Religion (effective Februarv 1, 1978)

James L. Hodge, George Taylor Files Professor of Modern Languages

Charlotte L. Howard, Assistant Director, Upward Bound

John L. Howland, Josiah Little Professor of Natural Sciences

Katherine R. Jackson, Assistant Professor of English

James M. Moulton, George Lincoln Skolfleld, Jr. Professor of Biology Report of the President 33

Jeffrey Muller, Assistant Professor of Art

Christian P. Potholm II, Professor of Government

Clifford R. Thompson, Jr., Professor of Romance Languages

John H. Turner, Associate Professor of Romance Languages

III. Leaves

Philip C. Beam, Henry Johnson Professor of Art and Archaeology (leave

of absence, spring 1977)

Samuel S. Butcher, Professor of Chemistry (sabbatic leave, 1977-1978)

Denis J. Corish, Assistant Professor of Philosophy (leave of absence, 1977- 1978)

Herbert R. Coursen, Jr., Professor of English (sabbatic leave, 1977-1978)

Myron W. Curtis, Director of the Computing Center and Lecturer in Mathematics (leave of absence, 1977-1978)

Paul G. Darling, Professor of Economics (sabbatic leave, 1977-1978)

John D. Fay, Assistant Professor of Mathematics (leave of absence, 1977- 1978)

Paul V. Hazelton, Professor of Education (sabbatic leave, 1 977-1978)

Charles E. Huntington, Professor of Biology (sabbatic leave, 1977-1978)

R. Wells Johnson, Professor of Mathematics (sabbatic leave, 1 977-1978)

John M. Karl, Associate Professor of History (sabbatic leave, 1977-1978)

David I. Kertzer, Assistant Professor of Anthropology (leave of absence, spring 1978)

John D. Langlois, Jr., Assistant Professor of History (leave of absence, 1977-1978)

D. Scott Palmer, Assistant Professor of Government (leave of absence, 1977-1978)

Christian P. Potholm II, Professor of Government (sabbatic leave, spring 1978)

John R. Rasmussen, Assistant Professor of Mathematics (leave of absence, spring 1978)

James D. Redwine, Jr., Edward Little Professor of the English Language and Literature (sabbatic leave, spring 1978) 34 Report of the President

Morton Schoolman, Assistant Professor o£ Government (leave of absence, 1977-1978)

James H. Turner, Associate Professor of Physics (sabbatic leave, 1977- 1978) John H. Turner, Associate Professor of Romance Languages (sabbatic leave, 1977-1978)

David J. Vail, Associate Professor of Economics (sabbatic leave, spring 1978)

Katharine J. Watson, Director of the Museum of Art (leave of absence, 1977-1978)

IV. Resignations and Terminations

Louis B. Briasco, Alumni Secretary (effective May 1, 1978) James M. Brown, Coordinator, Wider Availability of Museum Collec- tions Program (effective January 6, 1978)

Victor C. Brum, Research Associate in Biochemistry

John S. Hawley, Instructor in Religion

Roger Howell, Jr., President of the College

Charles R. Larson, Jr., Research Associate in Biochemistry

Errol M. McGuire, Mellon Fellow in Religion

Philip H. Merrell, Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Russell J. Moore, Acting Director/Curator, Museum of Art and Peary-

MacMillan Arctic Museum (effective May 1, 1978)

Nizaralli A. Motani, Assistant Professor of History

Arnette J. Nelson, Assistant to the College Editor (effective June 30, 1977) D. Scott Palmer, Assistant Professor of Government

John R. Rasmussen, Assistant Professor of Mathematics

Stephen D. Reid, Director, Aroostook Center, Upward Bound

Morton Schoolman, Assistant Professor of Government

Robert N. Smith, Lt. Gen., USAF (Ret.), Board of Overseers (effective

February 1, 1978) Ronald R. Smith, Assistant Professor of Music

Donna D. Zachau, Teaching Fellow in Biology Report of the President 35

Research, Publications, and Professional Activities

of Faculty and Staff Members

John W. Ambrose, Jr., Joseph E. Merrill Professor of the Greek Lan- guage and Literature

Preparatory Latin, Vol. I, with W. J. Buehner, Independent School Press, 1977. "Ironic Developments in the Horatian Odes." Inaugural address as

Merrill Professor, 1977.

John B. Anderson, M.D., Associate College Physician "Sports Medicine." Seminar presented at Maine Maritime Academy,

Castine, 1977.

Charles R. Backus, Assistant Professor of History "Blunder and Recovery: T'ang Relations with the Nan-chao King- dom in Southwest China during the Second Half of the Eighth Cen- tury." Paper presented to the Middle West Branch, American Oriental Society, 1978. Awarded Ph.D. by Princeton University, 1978.

William H. Barker, Assistant Professor of Mathematics Invited participant, "Representations of Lie Groups and Harmonic

Analysis," a NATO Advanced Study Institute, 1977.

Miriam W. Barndt-Webb, Assistant Professor of Music Exhibition and concert-lecture demonstration for the New England chapter, Music Library Association, 1977. Brahms Duet concert with Judith Cornell, Bates College, 1977. Series of performances of Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance, Monmouth and Bath, Maine, 1977. "Early Instruments." Lecture-demonstration presented to the Augusta-

Lewiston chapter, American Guild of Organists, 1978. "The Use of Early Music and Instruments in the Church Service." Lecture-demonstration for Portland chapter, American Guild of Organ- ists, 1978. "Women and Music: Rite Music for Women—Wrong for Men." Lec- ture delivered at the Bowdoin Women's Association, Festival of Women in the Arts, 1978. Duet recitals with Judith Cornell, Bates and Bowdoin Colleges, 1978. Music at Noon recitals with Marilyn Fischer, Bowdoin College, 1978. Violin and piano recital with Marilyn Fischer, Bates College, 1978. Judge, National Association of Teachers of Singing Competition, 1978. 36 Report of the President

Louis B. Briasco, Alumni Secretary

Selected, Outstanding Young Man of America, U. S. Jaycees, 1977.

Gabriel J. Brogyanyi, Associate Professor of Romance Languages and Director of the Senior Center Chairman, Curricular Review Committee, Institute of European Stud- ies, Paris Program, 1977. Appointed member, Institute of European Studies Planning Commit- tee for the Comparative Literature Program in Europe.

Art review, in Maine Times, 1977.

Herbert R. Brown, Professor of English and Edward Little Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory Emeritus "Bowdoin at One Hundred and Seventy-five," prefatory essay in Gen- eral Catalogue of Bowdoin College, 1978. "Bowdoin, 1821-1825." Lecture presented to the Nathaniel Hawthorne

Society, 1977. Managing Editor, The New England Quarterly, 1977.

Helen L. Cafrerty, Assistant Professor of German

"The Uses of Tradition East and West : Plenzdorf 's Die Neuen Leiden des jungen W. and Kroetz's Maria Magdelena." Paper presented at the

West Virginia University Colloquium on Contemporary Theater, 1977. Respondent and panelist in the special session on Georg Biichner,

Modern Language Association, 1977. Chairwoman, German-American Cultural Relations Session, New England Modern Language Association, 1978.

Elwood D. Carlson, Instructor in Sociology "Family Background, School, and Early Marriage," Paper presented at Population Association of America conference, 1978. Elected, president, Maine Council on Family Relations.

Steven R. Cerf, Assistant Professor of German "Revising the Foreign Language Curriculum at a Small College," in

Association of Departments of Foreign Languages Bulletin, 1977. "Thomas Mann's Joseph und seine Briider and Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen: The Epic as Tetralogy," and "Film and the Class- room: Modes of Instruction." Papers presented to the annual meeting of the Modern Language Association, 1977. "The Thomas Mann-Agnes Meyer Correspondence: Patroness as Muse." Paper presented at the Northeastern Modern Language Associa- tion, 1978. Report of the President 37

Recipient, National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for study of Georg Brandes as a critic of German literature, 1 978-1979. Elected chairman, New Source Material on Thomas Mann, Modern Language Association, 1978. Theater and music reviews, Maine Times, 1977.

Richard L. Chittim, Isaac Henry Wing Professor of Mathematics "The Right Sort of Nonsense." Inaugural address as Wing Professor, 1978.

Ronald L. Christensen, Assistant Professor of Chemistry "High Resolution Optical Spectroscopy of Polyenes Related to the Visual Chromophore." Seminars presented at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, University of Maine at Orono, and Worcester Polytechnic In- stitute, 1977. Recipient, American Chemical Society research grant for study of optical and photochemical studies of simple polyenes, 1977.

Margaret B. Clunie, Curator of the College Museums

"Joseph True and the Piecework System in Salem," in Antiques, 1977. "Furniture Craftsmen in Salem, Massachusetts," in Essex Institute

Historical Collections, 1977. Daniel Putnam Brinley: The Impressionist Years. Exhibition catalogue, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 1978. Awarded, Rockefeller Foundation Research Fellowship for doctoral dissertation work through the University of Delaware, "Futurism in

America, 1910-1920," 1978.

Herbert R. Coursen, Jr., Professor of English

Walking Away. Samisdat, 1977. ." Poetry: "and it comes out here . . in Kennebec, 1977. "Practice" in Fighter's Peace, 1977. "Fourth of July: 1977" in The Small Pond, 1978. "May, 1977" in Upstate New Yor\, 1978. "The Offending Shadows: A Midsummer-Night's Dream," in Drama Survey, 1978. "Polanski's Macbeth" in Shakespeare Film Newsletter, 1978. "The Bard and the Tube," in Teaching Shakespeare, 1978. "To Thine Own Career Be True," in Change, 1978.

Reviews: "As a Fantasy Roc\y Is Fine, But the Big Fight Is Strictly

Hollywood," in Sports Illustrated, 1977. "Wycherley's The Country Wife" for Department of Drama, University of Calgary, 1977. "Still Alive Where Others Have Died" and "Awkward Othello" in Maine Times, 1977. "Faith and Folly in Shakespeare's Romantic Comedies," 38 Report of the President for University of Georgia Press, 1977. "Julius Caesar: A Case of Pre- and Post-Christian Story," in Christianity and Literature, 1977, The Triple Bond, and Shakespeare Quarterly, 1978. "Contemporary Shakespearean Production." Paper presented at the

University of Calgary, 1977.

"Teaching Composition : The Narrative Approach." Paper presented to Maine High School Teachers of English, Orono, 1977. "Polanski's Macbeth: A Dissenting View." Paper presented at the Ohio Shakespeare Conference, Dayton, 1978. "Shakespeare Today." Paper presented at Bowdoin College, 1978. "The World of King Henry IV," "Henry V," and "Reviewing Shake- speare: The London Season." Papers presented at the University o£

London, 1977. "Shakespearean Criticism: Our Inevitably Subjective Stance" and "Old Wine in New Bottles." Papers presented to the Shakespeare Association of America, 1978. "A Jungian Approach to Hamlet." Paper presented at George Mason University, 1978. Poetry Readings: University of Calgary and the Fergusson Library,

Stamford, Connecticut, 1977. Woman's Literary Union, Auburn, Maine, University of Maine, Orono, and Emory University, 1978. Teacher of Shakespeare, Bowdoin College Upward Bound Program,

1977- Lecturer-in-Residence, Westfield College Shakespeare School, Uni- versity of London, 1977. Literary Adviser to the Director, The Theater at Monmouth, 1978. Program Committee, The Shakespeare Association of America, 1978.

Louis O. Coxe, Henry Hill Pierce Professor of English

Recipient, National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship : Academy of

American Poets, 1977.

Robert T. Curtis, Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics

," "The Maximal Subgroup of M24 in Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 1977. John C. Donovan, De Alva Stanwood Alexander Professor of Gov- ernment Democracy at the Crossroads, general editor, Holt, Rinehart, & Win- ston, 1978.

" Faculty member, Seminar on the Presidency, John Fitzgerald Ken- nedy Memorial Library, 1978. Report of the President 39

Panel discussant, "Problems of Western Democracies," New England

Political Science Association, 1977. Discussant, New England Political Science Association, 1978. Member, State of Maine Task Force on District and Regional Or- ganizations. Chairman, Educational Policy Committee, Board of Trustees, Uni- versity of Maine. Member, Executive Committee, Board of Trustees, University of Maine. Member, Advisory Committee, "Head to Head" Series, WCBB, public television. Member, American Political Science Association Committee to Select Best Paper at annual meeting. Editorial Consultant, Prentice-Hall, Addison-Wesley, and St. Martin's Press.

Richard F. Dye, Assistant Professor of Economics "Results from Two National Surveys of Philanthropic Activity," with James N. Morgan and Judith Hybels, in Research Papers Sponsored by the Commission on Private Philanthropy and Public Needs: Volume I, 1977.

^ Recipient, National Tax Association—Tax Institute of America's award for the outstanding doctoral dissertation in government finance and taxation, 1977.

Marilyn R. Fischer, Instructor in Philosophy "Ocean Resources: Common Property or No-Man's-Land." Lecture delivered at Salt Water College, 1977. Performance with the Bowdoin String Quartet Music at Noon series.

Beethoven Quartet No. 7, 1978.

Stephen T. Fisk, Assistant Professor of Mathematics

"Geometric Coloring Theory," in Advances in Mathematics, 1977. "Variations on Coloring, Surfaces, and Higher Dimensional Mani- folds," in Advances in Mathematics, 1977.

A. Myrick Freeman III, Professor of Economics "Congestion, Quality Deterioration, and Heterogeneous Tastes," with

R. Haveman in Journal of Public Economics, 1977. "A Short Argument in Favor of Discounting Intergenerational Ef- fects," in Futures, 1977. "The Incidence of the Costs of Controlling Automotive Air Pollu- 40 Report of the President tion," in F. Thomas Juster, editor, The Distribution of Economic Well- Being, Ballinger, 1977. Review: The Value of Life: An Economic Analysis by M. W. Jones- Lee in Intellect, 1977. "Benefits of Pollution Control," in "Critical Review of Estimating Benefits of Air and Water Pollution Control," a report prepared for U. S. Environmental Protection Agency by Enviro-Control, Inc., 1976. "Environmental Management as a Regulatory Process," Resources for the Future Discussion Paper D-4, 1977. "The Benefits and Costs of the Dickey-Lincoln Project, an Interim

Update," prepared for the Natural Resources Council of Maine, 1977. "Technology Based Standards: The U. S. Case," a report prepared for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development,

1977. "Some Extensions of a Simple Value of Life Saving Model," Resources for the Future Discussion Paper, 1977. Consultant, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Develop- ment. Member, Extramural Panel of Experts, Interagency Research Program on Incentives for Environmental Quality Management. Member, Committee on Assessment of PCBs in the Environment, Na- tional Academy of Sciences.

Alfred H. Fuchs, Dean of the Faculty and Professor of Psychology

Review: Psychology: Its Principles and Meanings by L. E. Bourne, Jr. and B. R. Ekstrand, in Teaching of Psychology, 1977.

Edward J. Geary, Longfellow Professor of Romance Languages Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Academiques, Republique Fran- caise, Ministere de l'Education, 1975. Elected member, Elections Committee (Northeast Region) of the Delegate Assembly, Modern Language Association of America, 1978-

1979.

Lynn D. Gordon, Instructor in Education "Co-Education on Two Campuses: Berkeley and Chicago, 1890-1915." Paper presented at Conference on the History of Women, Women His- torians of the Midwest, 1977.

Peter T. Gottschalk, Assistant Professor of Economics "The Distributional Impact of Inflation and Higher Unemployment," in Improving Measures of Economic Well Being, Moon and Smolensky, eds., Academic Press, 1977. Report of the President 41

"Earnings, Transfers and Poverty Reduction," in Research in Labor

Economics, 1978. "A Comparison of Marginal Productivity and Earnings by Occupa- tion," in Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1978. "Tax Implications of a Negative Income Tax," in Journal of Human Resources, 1978. Review: The American Economy by Lebergott in Monthly Labor Re- view, 1977.

A. LeRoy Greason, Jr., Professor of English "Sir Carr Scroope and a Couplet in Pope's 'An Epistle to Dr. Arbuth- not,' " in Notes and Queries, 1977. "The Indebtedness of Pope's 'Eloisa to Abelard' to Francis Fane and

Horace," in Notes and Queries, 1977. Session chairman, "Mind and Self: Creative Energy," Northeast So- ciety for Eighteenth-Century Studies, 1977. Mediator, Maine District Courts Experiment, Maine Council for Hu- manities and Public Affairs, 1977-1978.

Beverly N. Greenspan, Assistant Professor of Biology "Sexual Dimorphism and Sexual Selection in Decapod Crustaceans." Paper presented at the Third Maine Biomedical Science Symposium,

1977. "Vocalizations of Males and Females in Breeding Pairs of Great Black- backed Gulls Larus marinus." Poster presentation at the Northeast

Regional Meeting of the Animal Behavior Society, 1977.

Daniel F. Hanley, M.D., College Physician "Some Medical Aspects of the Olympic Games." Lecture presented to the Colorado Society of Internal Medicine Scientific Program, 1977. "The Olympic Athlete: Diet and Pills." Lecture presented to the

Michigan Dairy Council Workshop, "Nutrition for the Athlete," 1977. "Medical Care at World Class Games" and "Drugs in Sports." Lec- tures presented at the Seminar on Sports Medicine for the Primary

Physician, 1977. "The Future of Dope Testing." Lecture presented to the International Olympic Committee Medical Commission and International Association of Olympic Medical Officers, 1977. "Steroids." Lecture presented to the Midwest Anatomists Association,

1977.

John S. Hawley, Assistant Professor of Religion "Solitude and Community among Sants and Vaisnavas," in Si\h 42 Report of the President

Studies: Comparative Perspectives on a Changing Tradition, M. Juer- gensmeyer and N. G. Barrier, eds., Berkeley Series in Comparative Re- ligion, 1978. "Inner Sanctums: An American in Brindavan," in Bulletin of the Center for the Study of World Religions, 1977. "Divall, 1977," in Bulletin of the Center for the Study of World Re- ligions, 1977. The Butter Thief. Thesis, Harvard University, 1977. "Brindavna and the Ras hilar Paper presented to the Smith College

Colloquium on Krishna, 1977. Awarded, NEH summer stipend for research in India, 1978.

Ernst C. Helmreich, Thomas Brackett Reed Professor of History and Political Science Emeritus "Letters of Pastor Christian Helmreich: Establishing a Lutheran

Congregation in Weyerts, Nebraska, 1 887-1 888," in Nebraska History, 19 V' "The 'Hole': Brunswick's Wet Tradition," in Bowdoin Alumnus, 19 V' "Austria," in The Americana Annual, 1978.

Review: Foreign Relations of the United States 1948. Volume I, Gen- eral; The United Nations (in two parts) . Department of State Publica- tion 8805, 1975; Part 2, Publication 8849, 1976 in Canadian Journal of History, 1977.

James L. Hodge, George Taylor Files Professor of Modern Languages "The Days of the Week, the End of the World, and Other Things."

Inaugural address as Files Professor, 1977. Editorial Staff, German Quarterly.

Eric J. Hooglund, Assistant Professor of Government

Review : The Persian Gulf by David Long in Iranian Studies, 1977. "Bunihs: Agricultural Co-operative Groups in Iranian Villages." Pa- per presented to the American Institute for Iranian Studies, Tehran,

Iran, 1977. "Continuity and Change in Iranian Agriculture." Paper presented at the University of Arizona Colloquium on Iran, 1978. Resident Fellow, Institute for Peasant and Rural Studies, Tehran,

Iran, Summer, 1977. Member, Advisory Committee, Maine State Government Summer Internship Program, 1977-1978. Elected, Executive Council, Society of Iranian Studies, 1978. Report of the President 43

Roger Howell, Jr., President and Professor of History Cromwell. Hutchinson & Co., Ltd., London, 1977 (English edition of book previously published in U. S.). "The Royal Aesthete and the Politics of Opposition," in Reviews in

European History, 1977.

"Cromwell's Personality : The Problems and Promises of a Psychohis- torical Approach," in Biography, 1978. Reviews: Histoire des Croquants. Etude des soulevements populaires e au XVIII s. dans le sud-ouest de la France, by Yves-Marie Berce and Englishches Interesse am Kaiserreich. Die Attra\tivitat Preussen- Deutschlands fur Conservative und liberale Kreise in Grossbritannien 1860-1914, by Gunter Hollenberg in Erasmus, 1977. The Poor of Eigh- teenth-Century France 1J50-1J59, by Olwen H. Hufton in Studies in Bur\e and His Time, 1977. The Douce Apocalypse, Ms. Douce 180 in Microform Review, 1977. "The Structure of Urban Politics during the English Revolution." Pa- per delivered at the American Historical Association meeting, 1977. "Sir Thomas More: The King's Good Servant." Paper delivered at Bates College Conference on the 500th Anniversary of More's Birth, 1978.

"The Survival of Britain : An Historian's Perspective." Hamilton Hall Lecture, 1978.

"How Firm a Foundation ? The Fragility of Elizabethan England." Lecture presented at Colby College, 1978. Elected member, The International Council on the Future of the University. Editor, The British Studies Monitor, 1977-1978. Co-Editor, Erasmus, 1977-1978. Contributor to Historical Abstracts and America: History and Life, 1977-1978.

John L. Howland, Josiah Little Professor of Natural Sciences and Profes- sor of Biology "Membrane Function Affected by Genetic Muscular Dystrophy," with

S. L. Iyer, P. Hoenig, and A. P. Sherblom, in Biochemical Medicine, 1977. "Erythrocyte Lipids in Heterozygous Carriers of Duchenne Muscular

Dystrophy," with S. L. Iyer, in Science, 1977. "Abnormality in Fatty Acid Synthesis in Myotonic Dystrophy," with

F. Dyro, in Abstracts of Eleventh World Congress of Neurology, 1977. "Erythrocyte Surface Membrane Alterations: Findings in Human and Animal Muscular Dystrophies," with H. B. Bosmann, D. M. Gerstein, 44 Report of the President

R. C. Griggs, M. S. Hudecki, S. S. Katyare, and J. McLaughlin, in Ar- chives of Neurology, 1976. "Pathogenesis o£ Muscular Dystrophies." Paper presented at Yale Medical School, University o£ Connecticut, Middlebury College, Tufts Medical School, and Togus V.A. Hospital, 1977-1978.

Barbara J. Kaster, Harrison King McCann Professor of Oral Communi- cation within the Department of English "Approaching the Liberal Arts." Address delivered at the Gilman

School, 1977. "Film and the Performance of Literature." Lecture delivered at the

Humanities Colloquium, 1977. "The Open Window." Director of the television production for the

Speech Communication Association, 1977. Member, national selection committee for Dimension Series of Speech

Communication Association, 1977.

Elroy O. LaCasce, Jr., Professor of Physics "The Energetics of Normal-Incidence Marine Seismic Profiles" and "Estimation of the Acoustic Impedance Structure of the Seabed." Papers presented with S. T. Knott and H. Hoskins at the International Sym- posium on Computer-Aided Seismic Analysis and Discrimination, Fal- mouth, Mass., 1977.

John B. Ladley, Reference Librarian Reviews: The New Age Dictionary by Alex Jack and The Scribner- Bantam English Dictionary in Choice, 1977-1978.

Mortimer F. LaPointe, Coach in the Department of Athletics Chairman, National Collegiate Athletic Association Lacrosse Com- mittee, 1978.

Sally S. LaPointe, Coach in the Department of Athletics "A Strong Left-Handed Defense," in Women's Coaching Clinic,

1977. Coach, National Developmental Camp, 1978. Elected treasurer, Maine Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women, 1977-1979.

Aldo F. Llorente, M.D., College Counselor and Director, Counseling Service

. Elected president, Lincoln-Sagadahoc Medical Society. Recognition award from Bath-Brunswick Area Rescue, Inc., for ten years of voluntary service. Report of the President 45

Burke O. Long, Associate Professor o£ Religion Canon and Authority: Essays in Old Testament Theology and Re- ligion with George Coats, Fortress Press, 1977. Reviews: Sacred Discontent: The Bible and Western Tradition by Herbert N. Schneidau, Covenant and Promise by John Bright, and Tradition and Theology in the OT by Douglas A. Knight in Choice, 1977-1978. A Theology of Exile: Judgment/Deliverance in Jeremiah and Ezefyel by Thomas Raitt, in Choice, 1977. King and Messiah: The Civil and Sacral Legitimation of the Israelite Kings by T. N. D. Mettinger, in Journal of Biblical Literature, 1977. "Recent Trends in the Criticism o£ Biblical Narratives." Paper read at the World Congress of Jewish Studies and the International Organiza-

tion for the Study of the Old Testament, 1977. "The Form and Meaning of I Kings 22." Paper read at the American

Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature, 1977. "Literary Issues in Teaching the Old Testament in English." Paper read at the American Academy of Religion, 1978. Editor, Sources for Biblical Study. Member, Editorial Board, The Journal of Biblical Literature.

Larry D. Lutchmansingh, Assistant Professor of Art "William Morris's Marxism: An Art-Historical View," in Caucus for

Marxism and Art, 1977. "Provincial Art and Art of the Provinces." Lecture presented to the

Maine Union of Visual Arts, 1977. "Style in Visual Art: A Lukacsian Application." Paper presented at the Institute for Aesthetics, Department of Philosophy, University of

Colorado, 1977. "Ideology and Contradiction: Courbet's The Stonebreakers." Paper presented to the College Art Association of America, 1978. Participant, University of Southern California Center for the Humani-

ties conference, "Towards a Theory of the Humanities," 1977. Fellow, Institute for Aesthetics, Department of Philosophy, University

of Colorado, 1977.

Dana W. Mayo, Charles Weston Pickard Professor of Chemistry "Improved Techniques for the Isolation and Quantitative Estimation of the Hydrocarbon Content of Tissues and Sediments," with D. S. Page in Proceedings of the 2<)th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chem- istry and Applied Spectroscopy, 1978. "Weathering Characteristics of Petroleum Hydrocarbons Deposited in Fine Clay Marine Sediments Searsport, — Maine," with D. S. Page, J. 46 Report of the President

Cooley, E. Sorenson, F. Bradley, E. S. Gilfillan, and S. A. Hanson in Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 1978. "Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Tissues and Sediments from Steadily Weathering Oil Spills—Searsport and Casco Bay." Paper delivered with D. S. Page and E. S. Gilfillan at the International Symposium dedicated to the memory of Dr. M. Blumer, "Recovery Potential of Oiled

Marine Northern Environments," 1977. "The Uses of Glass Capillary Columns in Oil Spill Investigations." Lecture delivered with D. S. Page at the Program for Oil Spill Studies,

St. Andrews Biological Station, 1977. "Long Term Effects of Oil Spills on the Coast of Maine." Lecture delivered at the Central Massachusetts Section of the American Chemical Society, 1978. Co-Director, course on Advanced Applications of Infrared Spectros- copy, 1977. Appointed to the Joint Committee on Atomic and Molecular Physical Data, 1976. The committee represents the American Petroleum Institute, Manufacturing Chemists Association, Society for Applied Spectroscopy, American Society for Testing and Materials, American Society for Mass Spectroscopy, Spectroscopy Society of Canada, American Chemical So- ciety, American Physical Society, and Optical Society of America. "Effects of Varying Concentrations of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Sediments on Carbon Flux in Mya arenaria," with E. S. Gilfillan, D. S.

Page, D. J. Donovan, and S. A. Hanson in Physiological Responses of

Marine Biota to Pollutants, F. J. Vernberg, ed., 1977. "Infrared Frequency Effects of Lone Pair Interactions with Antibond- ing Orbitals on Adjacent Atoms," with L. J. Bellamy in Journal of Physical Chemistry, 1976. "Recent Advances in the Application of Analytical Techniques to the

Study of Hydrocarbons in the Marine Environment," D. J. Donovan, and F. C. Bradley in Proceedings of the Lippincott Medal Symposia of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies Meet- ing, 1976. "Oil Spills." Paper read at the New England Section of the American Chemical Society Symposium on Pollution, 1976. Elected to the Board of Management of the Coblentz Society (Na- tional Infrared Spectroscopic Association), 1977.

Craig A. McEwen, Assistant Professor of Sociology Designing Correctional Organizations for Youth: Dilemmas of Sub- cultural Development. Ballinger, 1978. Report of the President 47

Review: Theoretical Approaches to Deviance: An Evaluation by

Charles Frazier in Social Forces, 1977.

John McKee, Lecturer in Art Maine Instrument Makers. Exhibition o£ photographs commissioned by Wider Availability of Museum Collections, Bowdoin College Mu-

seum of Art, 1977.

Philip H. Merrell, Assistant Professor of Chemistry "Synthesis and Characterization of a Macrocyclic Nickel Complex," with F. L. Urbach and M. Arnold, in Journal of Chemical Education, 1977. "Synthesis and Characterization of Metal Complexes of Terdentate NNN Donor Ligands Derived from 2,6-Diacetylpyridine. Nickel (II) Complexes with 2,6-Diacetylpyridinebis (imines)," with E. C. Alyea, in

Inorganica Chimica Acta, 1978. "Synthesis and Characterization of Some Metal Complexes of a

Novel Binucleating Ligand (II) : 1,2,4,5-Tetra (3-iso-propylsalicylidene)-

aminobenzene," with L. }. Maheu, in Inorganica Chimica Acta,

1978^ "Binuclear Metal Complexes. I. Dicopper (II) Complexes with Binu- cleating Ligands Derived from 2-Hydroxy-5-methylisophthaldehyde and

and 2-(2'-Aminoethyl) pyridine or Histamine," with }. J. Grzybowski and F. L. Urbach, in Inorganic Chemistry, 1978. "Bimetallic Complexes of the Ligand: i,2,4,5-Tetra-(3-Isopropylsali-

cylidene) aminobenzene," with L. J. Maheu. Paper presented to 174th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, 1977. "Interacting Metal Atoms in Single- and Double-Bridged Dimers

of Ruthenium," with B. P. Sullivan and T. J. Meyer. Paper presented to the 175th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society,

1978.

Richard E. Morgan, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Constitu- tional and International Law and Government Review: Prophets With Honor: Great Dissenters in the Supreme

Court by Alan Barth in American Political Science Review, 1977. "Protected Official Information: The Democratic Dilemma." Paper

presented to the New England Political Science Association, 1977. "Toward a General Due Process." Inaugural address as Cromwell Pro-

fessor, 1977. Research Director, Project on Political Surveillance, Twentieth Cen-

tury Fund, 1977. 48 Report of the President

Nizaralli A. Motani, Assistant Professor of African Studies in the His- tory Department On His Majesty's Service: The Origins of Uganda's African Civil Service, 1912-1940. Syracuse University Monographs Series, 1977. "East African Ismaili Diaspora: To Integrate or Not to Integrate?" appeared simultaneously in Ismaili Forum, Ismaili Newsletter, and Ca- nadian Ismaili Newsletter, 1977. "Update on Ugandan Asians," in Lutheran Bulletin, 1977. Reviews: The Status of Aliens in East Africa by D. C. Nanjira and Uganda: The Asian Exiles by T. P. and M. B. Melady in Africa Re- port, 1977 and 1978. Conflict and Collaboration: The Kingdoms of West- ern Uganda by E. I. Steinhart, Idi Amin Dada: Hitler in Africa by T. and M. Melady, A State of Blood: The Inside Story of Idi Amin by H. Kyemba, and Idi Amin: Death-Light of Africa by D. Gwyn, in Choice, 1978. Steam in East Africa by K. Patience, Permanent Way: The

Story of the Kenya and Uganda Railway, Volume I, by M. F. Hill, and History and Social Change in East Africa, edited by B. A. Ogot, in African Boo\ Publishing Record, 1978. "Makerere College: A Study in Colonial Rule and Educational Re- tardation in Uganda, 1922-1940." Paper presented to the Historical As- sociation of Kenya, 1977.

"From Dukawallah to Dustman and Up Again : The Changing Pro- file of East Africa's Asian Refugees in North America." Lecture delivered at the University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1977.

"From Marrakech to Istanbul and Back Alive : An Audio-Visual Sa- fari through the Middle East." Lecture delivered at Bowdoin College,

1977. "British Imperialism at Work in East Africa: The Case of the Civil Service." Lecture delivered at the University of Northern Iowa and the

College of the Holy Cross, 1978. Panel chairman, "What's Wrong with History?" Kenya Historical

Association, 1977. Consultant, Houghton Mifflin Company, College Division, Africa and

Middle East manuscripts, 1978. Consultant, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1978.

James M. Moulton, George Lincoln Skolfield, Jr. Professor of Biology "Adventures in Morphology." Inaugural address as Skolfield Profes- sor, 1977. Elected to the Royal Microscopical Society, 1977. Report of the President 49

Jeffrey Muller, Assistant Professor of Art

Ph.D. Dissertation for Yale University : "Peter Paul Rubens as a Col- lector of Art." 1977. "Rubens's Museum of Antique Sculpture: An Introduction," in The Art Bulletin, 1977. "Rubens's Pantheon." Paper presented at the International Symposium in Honor of Rubens's 400th Birthday Anniversary, 1977. "Rubens as a Teacher." Paper presented to a Columbia University symposium on Rubens, 1977. "Rubens, Mantegna, and the Imitation of Antique Sculpture." Paper presented to the Seventeenth-Century Art in the North session at the annual meeting of the College Art Association of America, 1978. Awarded Rome Prize Fellowship of the American Academy in Rome, 1978-1979.

Erik O. Nielsen, Assistant Professor of Archaeology in the Department of Classics

"Rediscovering the Past," in Bowdoin Alumnus, 1978. "Greek Painted Pottery at Bowdoin College." Lecture delivered at

Bowdoin College, 1977. Guest Curator, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 1977. "The Antiquities Collection." An Exhibition in collaboration with Russell Moore, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 1977-1978. Co-Director, excavations at Poggio Civitate, Italy.

David S. Page, Associate Professor of Chemistry Final Report: Comprehensive Study of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in the Marine Environment at Long Cove, Searsport, Maine—An Ecologi- cal, Physiological, Chemical, and Histopathological Survey, Maine De- partment of Environmental Protection Contract No. 906439, with E. S.

Gilfillan, S. A. Hanson, D. W. Mayo, J. Cooley, J. Chalfant, T. Archam- beault, A. West, and J. C. Harshbarger, 1977. Report: A Survey of Hydrocarbons in Bloodworms and Accompany- ing Sediments from the Wiscasset, Maine Area, Maine Department of

Marine Resources, 1977. "Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Tissues and Sediments from Steadily Weathering Oil Spills—Searsport and Casco Bay." Paper presented with D. W. Mayo at International Oil/Environment Symposium: Recovery of Oiled Northern Marine Environments, 1977. "Improved Techniques for the Isolation and Quantitative Estimation of the Hydrocarbon Content of Tissues and Sediments." Paper presented 50 Report of the President with D. W. Mayo at Pittsburgh Conference in Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, 1978.

Harold Payson III, Assistant Professor of Economics

"Invariance in Forward Exchange Theory : The Arbitrage Schedule." Paper presented at the annual conference of the Atlantic Economic So- ciety, 1977.

Edward Pols, Professor of Philosophy and Kenan Professor of the Hu- manities "Action and Its Physiological Basis," in The Review of Metaphysics, 1978.

^ Review: Causal Powers: A Theory of Natural Necessity by R. Harre and E. Madden in International Philosophical Quarterly, 1976. "Human Agents as Fundamental Entities." Invited paper at session of the Society for Process Philosophy during Metaphysical Society of

America meeting, 1977. "Agency, Causality, and Power." Lecture delivered at Dalhousie Uni- versity, 1977.

Christian P. Potholm, Professor of Government "Foreign Research Material and the Problem of Access," in University

Press of America Report, 1977. "Refugees Trouble Africa," in Bath-Brunswic\ Times Record, 1977.

"Coping with Chaos : Graduate Schools and the Job Market," in Uni- versity Press of America Report, 1977. "Patterns of Political Systems in Africa," in African Society, Culture and Politics, 1977.

Reviews : The Great Anglo-Boer War by B. Farwell in The American

Historical Review, 1977. Southern Africa: The Escalation of a Conflict by the Stockholm International Peace Research in Orbis, 1977. The Or- ganization of African Unity and the United Nations: Relation Between the Organization of African Unity and the United Nations by B. An- demicael in African Studies Association Review of Boo\s, 1977. Small Town Police and the Supreme Court by S. Wasby in Social Science Per- spective, 1977. Women in the Military by M. Binkin and S. Bach in Perspective, 1977. Modern Nigeria by G. Arnold in Choice, 1977. "Political Participation Under Military Rule." Co-writer of paper for

delivery at the African Studies Association Meeting, 1977.

George H. Quinby, Professor of English Emeritus "Improving on Improvisation." Lecture delivered at playwriting work-

shop at the First Maine Festival, 1977. Report of the President 51

Co-Director of the Theatrical Section for First Maine Festival, 1977. Member, Maine State Commission on the Arts and Humanities, 1977.

Edward T. Reid, Coach in the Department of Athletics New England Coach of the Year, United States Professional Tennis

Association, 1977.

Matilda White Riley, Daniel B. Fayerweather Professor of Political Economy and Sociology

"A Life-Course Perspective on the Later Years of Life : Some Implica- tions for Research" with Ronald P. Abeles, in Social Science Research Council Annual Report 1976-1977. "The Elderly and Functional Dependency: A Policy Statement" (signed as member of Committee on Care of the Elderly) Institute of

Medicine, in National Academy of Sciences, 1977. "Social Factors in Age-Related Health Risks." Paper presented to the Aspen Conference on Social and Biological Changes over the Life-

Course. 1977. "Aging, Social Change, and Social Policy." Paper presented to the annual meeting, American Sociological Association, 1977.

"Aging from Birth to Death : A Life-Course Perspective." Papers presented to the annual meeting, American Association for the Advance- ment of Science, 1978. "Age, Social Change and the Power of Ideas." Presidential address to the annual meeting, Eastern Sociological Society, 1978. Chairman, Research Committee, Gerontological Society. Overseers Visiting Committee for Sociology, Harvard University, 1977-1978. Chairman, Committee on Life-Course Perspectives on Middle and Old Age, Social Science Research Council. Editorial Board, Annual Review of Sociology and Sociological In- quiry. Appointed Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, 1978-1979.

Guenter H. Rose, Assistant Professor of Psychology "The Interplay of Theory, Research, and Application in Develop- mental Psychobiology." Address delivered at the Conference on Neuro- biology and Psychology: Brain Mechanisms and Clinical Application,

1977. "The Developmental Psychology of Infant Animals." Paper presented to Maine Psychological Association, 1977. 52 Report of the President

"The Psychobiology of Visual Development." Lecture delivered at Maine Medical Center, 1978. "Threshold Responses to White Light and Hue (Spectral Sensitivity) in Newborn Kittens." Paper presented to Eastern Psychological Associa- tion, 1978. Editorial consultant, Developmental Psychobiology and Science. Grant Reviewer, National Science Foundation and March of Dimes. Appointed chairman, Committee on Academic and Scientific Affairs, Maine Psychological Association.

Daniel W. Rossides, Professor of Sociology The History and Nature of Sociological Theory. Houghton Mifflin, 1978.

Elliott S. Schwartz, Professor of Music Electronic Music: A Listener's Guide, revised 3rd edition. Holt, Rine- hart and Winston, 1978.

Five Mobiles (flute, harpsichord, organ and tape) ; Cycles and Gongs

(organ, trumpet and tape). Hinshaw Music, Inc., 1977. Janus (piano and orchestra). Carl Fischer, Inc., 1977. "ISCM World Music Days: The 'Environment' is Very Much Pres- ent," in Musical America, 1977.

"Thirty Years of Tape Music : A Guide to the Literature," in Music Educators Journal, 1978. "The American Bicentenary," in Soundings (University College, Car- diff, Wales), 1977. Review: recordings of music by British composers H. Birtwistle, G. Crosse, P. M. Davies, T. Musgrave and others, in The Musical Quarterly,

1977-

( Review: Twelve-Tone Tonality by G. Perle, in Choice, 1978. Residence fellowships at Yaddo, 1977, and at the Composer's Cot- tage, Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts, 1977. Ford Foundation Resident Fellow at the Center for Music Experi- ment, University of California San Diego, 1978. Chairman, Electronic Music Committee, MENC national meetings, 1978. Co-Chairman, New England Region, American Society of University Composers, 1977-1978. "Avant-Garde Music for Amateur Performers" (panelist), session at the College Music Society national meeting, 1977.

Lectures on new music and recent Schwartz compositions at : Carleton ;

Report of the President 53

College, Colorado College, California Institute of the Arts, Lewis and Clark College, University of California Santa Cruz, University of Wash- ington, University of Minnesota, Macalester College, 1977-1978. Premieres of compositions: Chamber Concerto I for contrabass and 15 players, Bennington (Vt.) Chamber Music Conference, August, 1977; Chamber Concerto //for clarinet and 9 players, eastern tour (Dartmouth, Smith, Bowdoin, Wesleyan, etc.) of the University of Illinois Contempo- rary Chamber Players, October, 1977; A Dream of Bells and Beats for piano solo, music boxes, radios and metronomes, Colby College, October,

1977; Pentagonal Mobile for five grand pianos, "Real Art Ways" series (Hartford, Conn.), November, 1977; Souvenir for clarinet and piano, WNYC-TV, New York City, December, 1977; Chamber Concerto 111 for piano and small orchestra, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (Min- nesota), February, 1978; California Games for six musicians, 50 amateurs and 10 tape operators, University of California San Diego, April, 1978.

Other important performances of compositions : Electronic Music Plus

Festival (Chapel Hill, N. C.) ; American Cultural Centre (Paris)

BBC Radio (London) ; 60-minute interview including recorded performances of Chamber Concerto 1 & 11, KPFA-Pacifica Radio, Berkeley

(Calif.) ; all-Schwartz program at the Metropolitan Arts Center (San

Francisco) ; all-Schwartz program at Wesleyan University; all-Schwartz program at Evergreen State College (Washington) ; all-Schwartz program for the "Real Art Ways" series (Hartford, Conn.) ; all-Schwartz program at University of California Irvine; American Society of Uni- versity Composers national conference (Miami) ; Memphis State Uni- versity New Music Festival, 1977-1978.

C. Thomas Settlemire, Associate Professor of Biology and Chemistry Microbiology for Health Students, with W. Hughes. Reston Publish- ing-Prentice Hall, 1978.

Allen L. Springer, Instructor in Government "Toward a Meaningful Concept of Pollution in International Law," in

International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 1977. "International Law and the Protection of Human Rights." Lecture delivered at Vermont Academy, Man and His World lecture series, 1977.

William L. Steinhart, Assistant Professor of Biology "Clofibrate and the Role of Membrane Lipids in Herpesvirus Infec- tivity." Paper presented at the Maine Biomedical Science Symposium,

1977. "Transcriptional Control of Gene Expression during Herpes Simplex 54 Report of the President

Virus Infection of Human Cells in Culture." Paper presented at the

University of Maine at Orono, 1977. "Hope in Cancer Research." Keynote presentation to the American

Cancer Society—Maine Division, 1977.

Doris C. Vladimirorr", Project Director, Upward Bound Executive Committee, New England Association of Educational Op- portunity Program Personnel, 1977. Reader, English Composition Test of the Educational Testing Service,

1977. Member, Maine Lyceum, 1977.

John C. Walter, Assistant Professor of History and Director of Afro- American Studies "Black Immigrants and Political Radicalism in the Harlem Renais- sance," in The Western Journal of Blac\ Studies, 1977. Review: Blac\ Men, White Cities: Race, Politics, and Migration in the

United States, 1900-1930 by I. Katznelson in Afro-Americans in New

Yor\ Life and History, 1977. "Public Assistance Programs and Blacks: The Unfinished Struggle." Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Society of

Public Administrators, 1977.

"Myths and Realities : F. D. R. and the U. S. Navy, 1933-1938." Paper presented at the Third U. S. Naval History Symposium, 1977. "What Black Directions Ought to be in View of the Afro-American Experience in the United States." Lecture delivered to the Afro-Ameri- can Society, Bowdoin College, 1978. "Extra Curricular Methods for Strengthening Black Studies Programs in Small Liberal Arts Colleges." Paper presented at Wesleyan Univer- sity, 1978. "Afro-American and Afro-Caribbean Interrelationships: A Positive Record." Paper presented to the Department of Black Studies, Herbert

H. Lehman College, 1978. "The Response of the Caribbean Immigrant to the Call for a Talented

Tenth : 1900-1930." Paper delivered at the Tenth Annual Conference of

Caribbean Historians Association, 1978. Chairman of the panel and critic of three papers on "War and Di- plomacy," at the Citadel's Third Conference on War and Diplomacy, 1978. Chairman, New England Regional Conference of the National Coun- cil for Black Studies. Report of the President 55

Contributing editor, Journal of Afro-Americans in New Yor\ Life and History, 1977-1978.

Sidney J. Watson, Coach in the Department of Athletics Board of Governors, American Hockey Coaches Association, 1977- 1978.

William A. Weary, Assistant Professor of History "The House of La Tremoille, Fifteenth through Eighteenth Cen- turies: Change and Adaptation in a French Noble Family," in The

Journal of Modern History, 1977.

William B. Whiteside, Frank Munsey Professor of History Awarded Fulbright-Hays Grant, 1978. 56 Report of the President

APPENDIX II

Enrollment

"« ^ .J *<3

Students enrolled September 1977 1,347 I23 Regular 1,286 Special 25 Exchange (here) 36 Studying away (Exchange and others) 123 Students who completed work

January 1978 23 3 Students dropped for academic

deficiencies January 1978 7 Exchange students returning to home

colleges 2nd semester 4 Students leaving for study away (Exchange and others) 22

Students leaving for all other reasons

between September 1977 and January 1978 37 5 Students enrolled January 18, 1978 1,319 no Returned from study away 27 Students readmitted January 1978 20 New students admitted January 1978 18 Entering Freshman 3 Transfer 2 Special 8

Exchange 5

Geographic Distribution

(Regular students who entered September 1977) Massachusetts 106 Illinois n Maine 66 Ohio 10 New York 43 Florida 9 Connecticut 31 Michigan 7 New Jersey 18 Minnesota 6

California 13 New Hampshire 6 Pennsylvania 13 Virginia 6 Report of the President 57

Washington Oklahoma .

District of Columbia . . Texas Vermont Canada Maryland Greece Rhode Island Japan Tennessee Brazil Colorado France Indiana Ghana Missouri Hong Kong Oregon Mexico

Wyoming Pakistan . . . Alabama Switzerland

Arizona 4°3' Kansas

* Of these, 380 were freshmen

Distribution of Majors

Class of 1978

: Art History 10 (6) Creative Visual Arts-En- Art History-Archae- vironmental Studies

ology 1 Creative Visual Arts- Art History-Creative History Visual Arts 1 Economics 45 Cm) Biochemistry 11 (3) Economics-Archae- Biochemistry- ology

Chemistry 1 Economics-Environ-

Biology 41 (17) mental Studies 3 Biology-Creative English 20 (7)

Visual Arts 1 Geology-Environ-

Biology-Environmental mental Studies 5 (1) Studies 3 German 7 (4)

Biology-Mathematics . 1 Government 60 (31)

Biology-Psychology . . 1 Government-Environ-

Chemistry 12 (5) mental Studies Classics (3) History 37 ( IQ )

Classics-Archaeology History-Archaeology . 2

Creative Visual Arts . History-Art History . . 1 Creative Visual Arts- History-Environ- English mental Studies . .

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History-Russian Psychology 10 (4) Mathematics 24 (16) Religion 4 (1) Mathematics-Geology Romance Language 10 (7) Music 9 (4) Sociology 17 (15) Philosophy 9 (4) Sociology/Anthro- Physics 10 (5) pology

* Figures in parentheses denote the number of students with a double major, e.g. Art History 10 (6) means that 6 art history majors are carrying another major as well.

Enrollment in Courses

bo <-> 15 5 c 8 to, co Co to to, £ co co Afro-Am. Studies 201, Art 201, 201 2 M 201 I I Art 202, 202 I I

Afro-Am. Studies 202 I Biochemistry 201 .... I

Anthropology 1, 19 68 24 Biochemistry 202, 202 I 2

Anthropology 7, 20 21 12 Biochemistry 203, 204 2 I

Anthropology 201, 201 3 I Biology 15, 18 123 96

Anthropology 202 . . I Biology 23, 24 21 20 Archaeology 1, 2 .... 4i 32 Biology 29, 34 37 21 Archaeology 4, 6 23 9 Biology 36, 39 21 40 J Archaeology 201, 201 . 2 4 Biology 41, 42 28 3

Archaeology 202, 202 . 1 1 Biology 45, 44 20 46 Art 1, 2 180 42 Biology 47, 48 61 25 Art 9 9 Biology 49, 50 26 17 Art 12, 13 18 10 Biology 201, 201 16 7 Art 18 10 Biology 202, 202 1 13 Art 21, 22 46 66 Biology 203 1 Art 48, 47 11 13 Chemistry 14 18 Art 51, 52 46 30 Chemistry 18, 18 94 34 Art 56, 53 18 37 Chemistry 19, 21 85 81 Art 61 18 Chemistry 22 37 Art 62 9 Chemistry 31, 32 3 1 18 Art 63 9 Chemistry 43 *4 ..' Art 65, 71 7 12 Chemistry 44, 46 17 2

Art 72 9 Chemistry 201, 201 . . . 9 1

Art 75 22 Chemistry 202, 202 . . 2 6

Art 90 8 Chemistry 203, 203 . . . 1 2 2 .. .

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Classics 12 183 English 51, 52 35 16 Classics 201 3 English 54, 55 13 27 Economics 1,1 165 50 English 61, 62 10 16 Economics 2, 2 47 117 English 71, 72 15 28 Economics 3, 3 38 33 English 75, 76 37 18 Economics 4 67 English 80 8 Economics 5, 6 51 39 English 85, 86 29 40 Economics 8 15 English 89, 1 6

Economics 9 33 English 89, 2; 89, 3 . . 4 17 Economics 10, 12 .... 18 21 English 89, 4 19 Economics 15 19 English 89, 5 8 Economics 16, 17 ... 11 19 English 201, 201 6 7 Economics 18 24 English 202, 202 1 3 Economics 21 20 Envir. Studies 51, 1;

Economics 22, 41 ... 13 2 5h 2 . . : 54 19

Economics 201, 201 . 5 7 Envir. Studies 201, 201 1 3

Economics 202, 202 . . 1 1 Envir. Studies 202 ... 1

Economics 203 1 French 1, 2 31 30

Education 1 32 French 3, 4 38 32 Education 4, 6 7 4 French 5, 6 33 26 Education 10 40 French 9, 10 27 n Education 201 1 French n, 12 8 1

English 1, French 15 7 Seminar 1,1 23 19 French 16, 19 5 n Seminar 2, 2 31 12 French 20 4

Seminar 3, 3 11 21 French 201, 201 1 1

Seminar 4, 4 28 26 Geology 11, 12 47 10

Seminar 5, 5 19 25 Geology 14 14 Seminar 6,6 29 18 Geology 21, 22 9 n Seminar 7 16 Geology 201 4 Seminar 8 11 Geology 202 1

Seminar 9 16 German 1, 2 51 43

English 10, 11 19 14 German 3, 4 26 19 English 12, 13 64 no German 5, 6 15 9 English 20 12 German 8 7 English 21, 24 16 n German 13, 14 3 5 English 29, 30 17 15 German 18 12 English 30, 31 15 6 German 22 5 English 32, 32 13 17 German 31 14

English 43, 41 28 7 German 201, 202 6 3 .. .

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Government i, i 57 25 History 50 11 Government 2 163 History 53, 1 3

Government 3, 3 . . . 83 28 History 54, 1 9

Government 4, 6 ... . 38 92 History 54, 2; 54, 3 ... 12 x 3 Government 7, 8 ... 66 34 History 55 3 Government 12 3i History 60, 61 2 3

Government 13 . . . . 39 History 201, 201 7 i7 Government 14 50 History 202 5

Government 15, 16 . . 20 35 History 203 2

Government 17, 18 . . 6 8 Italian 1, 2 17 i7

Government 19, 20 . 8 18 Ind. Language Study

Government 23, 26 . . 37 25 Chinese 11, 12 6 6 Government 30, 31 38 24 Chinese 13, 14 4 4

Government 41, 40 . 12 22 Japanese 35 1

Government 42, 43 . . 10 10 Persian 43 4

Government 60, 61 5 4 Chinese 203, 204 . . 1 Government 201, 201 10 11 Latin 1 40

Government 202, 202 1 Latin 3, 4 12 7 Government 203 1 Latin 5 9 Greek 1, 2 18 11 Latin 7, 8 14 17

Greek 3, 4 6 5 Mathematics 5 68 Greek 5, 6 8 6 Mathematics 10 35

History 3, 1 17 Mathematics 11, 11 in 29

History 3, 2; 3, 3 .... 20 13 Mathematics 12, 12 . . 69 69

History 5 26 Mathematics 13, 13 . 58 26

History 6, 7 19 8 Mathematics 14 21 History 10, 9 3° J7 Mathematics 21, 21 19 21

History 16, 17 29 14 Mathematics 26, 22 . . 48 35 History 20, 19 9 10 Mathematics 27 3 1

History 23, 24 33 I27 Mathematics 28, 30 . 14 16 History 25, 26 83 90 Mathematics 31 30

History 28, 29 18 9 Mathematics 34, 32 . . 13 29

History 30 17 Mathematics 35, 36 . . 12 6

History 31 7 Mathematics 38, 37 . . 3 17 History 32 58 Mathematics 42 3 History 33, 34 11 7 Mathematics 201, 201 6 2 History 35 12 Mathematics 202 .... 6 History 41, 42 15 32 Mathematics 203 .... 1 History 43 20 Music 1 39

History 46, 48 1 2 37 Music 3, 4 16 16 .. 2:5: .

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1 Music 7, 8 . 12 23 Music 67, 3

Music 10 . . 33 Music 67, 5 2 Music ii, 12 20 9 Music 68, 1 1

Music 14 . . 4 Music 68, 5 1

Music 21 . . x 9 Music 201, 201 7 6

Music 22 . . 9 Music 202, 202 2 4 Music 25, 42 2 5 Music 203 1

Music 51, 51 11 14 Philosophy 1, 1; 1, 2 . 13 26 Music 52, 52 7 8 Philosophy 1, 2 19 Music 53, 53 14 5 Philosophy 6 70

Music 54 . . 11 Philosophy 8 26

Music 55 . . 1 Philosophy 11, 12 ... . 46 37 Music 56, 56 5 1 Philosophy 20 17

Music 57, 57 3 6 Philosophy 22, 23 ... . 7 28 Music 58, 58 1 2 Philosophy 24 3

Music 61, 1; 61, ]c .... 6 1 Philosophy 26 3 Music 61, 2 6 Philosophy 36, 33 .... 10 10 8 2 Philosophy 201 Music 61, 3; 61, ^;.... 4

= Music 61, 5; 61, ; . . . 35 18 Physics 2, 3 86 39

Music 62, 1 ; 62, ][ . . . . 1 5 Physics 17, 17 16 76 12 Music 62, 2; 62, 1 .... 3 4 Physics 21, 22 14

; : Physics 6 Music 62, 3 62, 5 .... 2 5 23, 24 41 = ; . . . . 2 Physics 2 . . . 1 11 Music 62, 5 62, ; 14 5 25, 1; 25,

Music 63, 1 ; 63, ] [ . . . . 2 1 Physics 26 . . . 19

Music 63, 2; 63, 1 11 5 Physics 27 6

Music ; .... 2 Physics 32 63, 3 63, \I 3 31, 4 7

e Music 63, 5 ; 63, > .... 7 13 Physics 37 4

; ; . . . Music 64, 1 64, [ . 1 2 Physics 201, 201 4 1

Music 64, 2 ; 64, J .... 3 9 Physics 202, 202 1 4 Music 64, 3 2 Physics 203 1

Music 64, 5; 64, 5 .... 2 7 Physics 204, 205 1 1

Music 65, 1 ; 65, [ .... 3 1 Psychology 1, 1; 1, 1 . 56 42 Music 65, 2 ... 2 Psychology 1, 2 43

£ Music 65, 3; 65, 5 .... 2 2 Psychology 3, 4 45 23 Music 66, 1 ... 1 Psychology 6 14

Music 66, 2; 66, 1 . . . . 1 2 Psychology 7, 8 32 70 Music 66, 3 ... Psychology 9 31

Music 66, 5; 66, 5 .... 1 1 Psychology 11, 12 ... 34 14 ;

Music 67, 1 .... Psychology 13, 15 .... 41 12

Music 6 2 . . . . 1 1 Psychology 16 2 67, 2; 7 ? . . . . 21

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Psychology 17, 18 . . 8 5 Senior Seminar 20 16

Psychology 24, 1 ; 24, 10 6 Senior Seminar 21 21 Psychology 24, 3 8 Senior Seminar 22 16 Psychology 201 6 Senior Seminar 23 24 Psychology 202 4 Senior Seminar 24 17 Psychology 203 1 Senior Seminar 25 13 Religion 1,1.. 63 69 Senior Seminar 26 20

Religion 2, 1 . 5 Senior Seminar 27 8 Religion 2, 2; 2, 3 6 5 Senior Seminar 28 19

Religion 15, 16 . . 5 12 Senior Seminar 29 18 Religion 21, 24 7 7 Senior Seminar 30 17 Religion 25 18 Senior Seminar 31 25 Religion 31, 32 15 14 Sociology 1, 1; 1, 35 41

Religion 40, 1 ; 40, 12 8 Sociology 1, 2; 1, 86 24 Religion 201, 201 4 2 Sociology 3, 6 ... 43 28 Religion 202 3 Sociology 7 104 Russian 1, 2 9 9 Sociology 9 44

Russian 3, 4 11 12 Sociology 11, 12 . 22 13 Russian 5, 6 7 4 Sociology 13 .... 22

Russian 9 . 2 Sociology 16 .... i7

Russian 19, 20 25 24 Sociology 18, 20 . 35 27

Russian 201, 202 1 1 , Sociology 31 .... 17 Russian 202, 203 1 1 Sociology 201, 201 3 6

Senior Seminar 1 20 Sociology 202 . 3 Senior Seminar 4 18 Spanish 1, 2 ... 34 28 Senior Seminar 5 71 Spanish 3, 4 ... 18 12 Senior Seminar 6 23 Spanish 5, 6 ... J 4 12

Senior Seminar 7 23 Spanish 9, 10 . 3 5

Senior Seminar 8 27 Spanish 11, 12 . 4 3 Senior Seminar 9 17 Spanish 201, 202 3 3 Report of the Librarian

To the President of Bowdoin College: I have the honor to submit a report for the Bowdoin College Library for the year igyy-igy8. SPACE concerns form a never-ending theme running through these reports for the last five years. Last year's report opened on an optimistic note indicating that the problem would be at least temporarily solved by the construction of a tunnel linking the Hawthorne-Longfellow Library with the Hubbard Hall stacks and the installation of an elevator in Hubbard Hall to move books and readers between the six floors. When it developed that the cost of the project would be double the expected amount due to much more extensive foundation work in Hubbard Hall than anticipated and legal requirements for enclosed stairways within the structure, the approval voted by the Governing Boards in January was re- scinded at the May meetings and the tunnel-elevator project is dead. Last fall a proposal for long-range library space development was put before the Faculty Library Committee. It provided for an additional forty study places and gave immediate relief to the over- crowding of books by replacing some open shelves in the basement level with compact shelving to be used in a closed stack mode. The

first step in the plan was to be followed, in at most two years, by the conversion of the third floor of Hawthorne-Longfellow Hall to library space, which would restore the open stack shelving lost to compact shelving and provide space for six additional faculty studies and about sixty study places. The plan encompassed the gradual conversion of Hawthorne-Longfellow Hall to library space

as it is needed, with expectation that after all the space in the Haw- thorne-Longfellow building was filled with books, further expansion of shelving for books could be provided by the installation of more compact shelving on the lower level. The proposal was considered by the faculty committee and pre-

sented to the faculty at its December meeting where it was approved on the condition that no further compact shelving would be installed until the entire Hawthorne-Longfellow building had been

63 64 Report of the Librarian converted to library use. The Governing Boards' Committee on the Library has considered the proposal as well, and that committee will present the plan to the Governing Boards this spring. More space for readers continues to be a pressing need. Last spring a large room on the second floor of Hubbard Hall was equipped with study tables and reading chairs, and remains open until midnight. The room is well used and has partially alleviated the shortage of good study space. There seems to be no adequate substitute for study places within the library, however, and it is hoped the additional forty seats can be realized for next year. The following table indicates the use of the general collection over the past five years.

1972-73 1973-74 1974-75 I97576 1976-77 Lent (for

extended use) 47,459 42,762 43,464 40,838 34)685 Lent (from

reserve) 20,352 29,695 40,748 52,831 51,402

Total 67,811 72,457 84,212 93,669 86,087

That part of the collections which is taken from the shelves and used within the building is not, of course, reflected in the use total.

There is no practical way to compile reliable statistics of this use aspect. It is clear, nevertheless, that a count of such use would significantly swell the figures given above. The past year again saw a number of courses which drew heavily upon Special Collections for papers, providing students with an unusual educational experience in using primary sources. Use of Special Collections was generally up from the previous year. Three hundred twenty-two (248 last year) readers used 629 (490) books and 294 (356) bound volumes or boxes of manuscripts, 167 (361) books or boxes of archival material, while 154 (120) written in- quiries were answered, for which 1,579 photocopies were supplied and 769 photocopies were provided to readers. An analysis of Special Collections use refutes the argument that the unit is an expensive luxury for the College. The ratio of use to holdings comes surprisingly close to the same ratio for the general collection. Fifty plates from the Edward S. Curtis photographs of North Report of the Librarian 65

American Indians are on loan to the Wider Availability of Museum Collections program as a circulating exhibit, and during the past year four exhibitions were mounted in the Hawthorne-Longfellow Library. They were Museums Without Walls; North American Indians; Seashores, Sails, and Salt Water, and William Bla\e. Interlibrary loan activity continued at about the same level as previous years. A total of 293 items was secured on behalf of Bowdoin students and faculty while 1,328 items in photocopy and books were lent to other libraries. The automated interlibrary loan switching system predicted in last year's report did not materialize

and it is now uncertain when it will be ready for implementation.

Of growing significance to library users, however, is the increasing availability of large data bases that can be queried over telephone lines. Chemical Abstracts, Biological Abstracts, and Social Science Index are just a few of the large abstracting and indexing services that can be searched on-line. Just a few years ago only two com- mercial companies offered the service. Today more than half a

dozen are marketing it, and the increased use and competition are

bringing a reduction in the cost to users. There is every reason to believe the trend will continue. The service has been available in

the library for two years and its use is growing slowly. While the

cost per search is still too high to justify substituting the on-line search service for subscriptions to even the most expensive abstracts,

it is likely that a favorable cost ratio will be reached in the fore- seeable future. The following table shows the growth of the library over the past five years.

it! a Budget •a Expenditure u Books, 3 r) T3 "3 •a Total rt u n 10 2 a V u 1 Collection h ft u 3*9 End % .2 '5 Binding Spent O V Fiscal Library u X u Ph u > at as pmc*:

1972-73 16 5-2 1,660 348,745 1 134,013 197,900 9 25 8,663 14,567 473.325 2I2,l83 1973-74 401,702 | 166,145 9 15 24 12,514 l6,708 486,387 5.3 1,754

1974-75 435,320 | 200,932 209,580 9 13 22 11,632 15,229 501,362 5-4 i,757

1975-76 460,286 | 22.5 l6,502 i,795 196,635 231,898 9 13-5 10,545 517,631 5.1 1 i,7i5 1976-77 529,245 | 243,862 244,862 9 13-5 22.5 11,556 15,551 542,552 5-4 1 66 Report of the Librarian

The new copyright law which took effect January i, 1978 stirred a good deal of anticipatory interest and concern among librarians.

In actual practice, the law will have little impact on the library's operations save in the area of reserve reading, where the extensive use of photocopied material appears to be in conflict with the fair use provisions of the law. It will doubtless take some time for a clear

picture of what is legal and what is illegal copying to emerge.

In response to urgent student requests that the library extend its hours during certain periods of the year, a test will be made this spring to determine the feasibility of keeping the library open until 2:00 a.m. during reading and examination period. If the Desk can be staffed and a significant number of students use it after midnight, the practice will be continued next year.

The list of those who deserve thanks for their contribution to the welfare of the library and the effectiveness of its operations is far too long to cite here. The staff performs its daily duties efficiently

and is always ready and willing to put forth special effort when circumstances call for it. When Charles M. Barbour '33 retired from the Board of Overseers last year, his long and faithful service on the Governing Boards' Committee on the Library ended as well. His counsel and his presence are greatly missed. The Faculty Library Committee under the chairmanship of Professor Robert Nunn spent many hours wrestling with the difficult problems of library space and book fund allocations, and the Librarian's debt to Dean of the Faculty Alfred Fuchs for his strong support and effective advocacy of the library increases each year.

Respectfully submitted, Arthur Monke Report of the Librarian 6j APPENDIX

Donors of Funds or Boo\s, igjy-igy8

Once again it is my pleasant duty to report the establishment of new funds and the growth of existing funds. The Dr. John A. Wentworth

Book Fund was established by gifts from H. Philip Chapman, Jr. '30,

Benjamin B. Whitcomb, Jr. '30 and John A. Wentworth, Jr. '43, to honor the memory of a member of the Class of 1909, long a leading physician in Hartford, Connecticut. The Harry de Forest Smith Book Fund was established by a bequest from the estate of Barbara Smith to honor the memory of her father, a member of the Class of 1891. Space does not permit listing the individual donors to existing funds.

It is nevertheless gratifying to report the increase to the Albert Abraham- son Book Fund, James Alan Auld Memorial Book Fund, James E. Bland Memorial Book Fund, Gina Briasco Special Collections Fund, Herbert Ross Brown Book Fund, Philip M. Brown Book Fund, Burton Book Fund, Class of 1924 Library Fund, and Class of 1929 Book Fund. A gift increased the Philip D. Crockett Special Collections Fund, and other gifts added to the Athern P. Daggett Memorial Fund, Stephen A. DeVasto Memorial Book Fund, Daniel Coffin Drummond Library Book Fund, Daniel C. Fessenden Book Fund, Edna G. Gross Library Fund, Ernst C. and Louise R. Helmreich Book Fund, Charles H. Livingston Memorial Book Fund, Bernice H. Mersereau Book Fund, Ray W. and Rachel T. Pettengill Library Book Fund, David A. and Dorothy G. Ramler Book Fund, Alfred Rehder Library Fund, Sills Book Fund, Stones-Pickard Special Editions Book Fund, and Thomas Curtis Van Cleve Memorial Book Fund. Many gifts received as memorial tributes to Professor Little added to the Noel Carlton Little Book Fund.

The library is always the recipient of gifts of papers and books each year. Outstanding this past year was a gift by Mrs. Charles H. Livingston of the Charles H. Livingston French Autograph Collection consisting of letters from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; the collection includes an astounding array of authors, statesmen and scientists. When

the gift is complete next year, it will represent nearly every major French figure from the two centuries. An exceptional collection of Canadiana came to the library, the gift of Mrs. Albert P. Loening. It includes many rarities dealing with early exploration and North American Indians. A bequest from the estate of Katherine S. White brought to the library an extensive Shepley family 68 Report of the Librarian archive. The letters and manuscript sermons of Pierre Garcelon dating back to the eighteenth century came to the library this past year, and the gift of Ambassador Karl Rankin added many useful books on China and Greece to the collection. Perhaps the most moving item acquired by the library was the gift of

Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain's granddaughter, Rosamond Allen. It is a touching farewell note to the General's wife, scrawled in pencil as he lay, he thought, mortally wounded on the battlefield. Other donors of books and funds include Albert Abrahamson '26, Charles F. Adams '12, Mrs. Wallace Adler, Aetna Life & Casualty, Renaud Albert, Richard H. Allen '58, Rosamond Allen, Wolcott E. An- drews '26 and Mrs. Andrews, Anthoensen Press, Ingersoll C. Arnold '39,

Mr. and Mrs. John H. Auld II, Mr. and Mrs. John P. Auld, John M.

Bachulus '22, Mrs. Harry Baldwin, Charles M. Barbour, Jr. '33, William H. Barker, Bath-Brunswick Duplicate Bridge Club, John L. Baxter '16,

John M. Beale '35, Ross W. Beales, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Philip C. Beam,

Richard C. Bechtel '36, David P. Becker '70, Philip and Muriel Berman, Mrs. Henry Beston, Jayne E. Bickford, Ray S. Bicknell, Mr. and Mrs.

Thatcher Blanchard, Mary K. Blunt '74, Barbara Boiling, Edward Born

'57, Mrs. William J. Bosworth, Mr. and Mrs. Neal Bousfield, Clarence D. Brenner, Louis B. Briasco '69, Richard Neal Bromfield '74, Keith K.

Brooks '65, Herbert Ross Brown. H'63, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Brown,

William D. Bryant '77, Frederick O. Buckley, Jr. '70, Benjamin B. Bur- bank '26, David W. Burnett, Robert S. Burton '43, William S. Burton '37,

Douglas Carmichael '44, James G. Carnathan '59, Kenneth E. Carpenter

'58, Dean Chamberlain, John B. Chandler '37, Mrs. John P. Chapman,

Sheldon Christian '37, Alexander P. Clark '34, John Lee Clayborne '69,

Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Coleman, Jr., James Stacy Coles H'68, Clyde T.

Congdon '22 and Mrs. Congdon, Herbert R. Coursen, Jr., F. Erwin Cousins '24, Sanford B. Cousins '20, Consulate General of Switzerland,

George V. Craighead '25, Philip D. Crockett '20, Leroy D. Cross, Robert M. Cross '45 and Mrs. Cross, Albert P. Cushman '13, Mrs. Athern P.

Daggett, Edward F. Dana '29, Joseph A. Dane '69, Joseph H. Darling- ton '28, Powel Mills Dawley, Archibald S. Dean '18, Mr. and Mrs. Roger

Deveau, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Donovan, Abraham E. Dorfman '53, Mrs. Donald C. Dorian, Mrs. Paul Douglas, Dow Foundation, Mrs. Eugene

H. Drake, David C. Driskell, Daniel T. C. Drummond, Jr. '42, Charles

G. Dyer '59, Richard N. Dyer, Mrs. Arthur H. Fawcett, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Pilayo H. Fernandez, Drusilla Fielding, Allen L. Fiske

'28, Leon G. Flood, Mrs. A. E. Foss, Mrs. Charles S. Frary, Jr., Alan M. Report of the Librarian 69

Freedman '76, A. Myrick Freeman III, Alfred H. Fuchs, Bruce E. Ful- ton '70, Fund for Animals, Inc., Mrs. Gregor A. Gamble, Robert D.

Gault, Edward J. Geary, Edward S. Gilfillan III, Roger E. Gordon '54, Grenville Clark Fund, John F. Flagar '27, Warren A. Hagar '36, James H. Halpin '26, Stanwood L. Hanson '18, Richard Harwell, Mr. and Mrs. Ernst C. Helmreich, Merton G. Henry '50 and Mrs. Henry, Wolcott A.

Hokanson, Jr. '50, Christopher Holleman '73, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil

Holmes, Alfred T. Holt, Frederick J. Honold, Jr. '74, Leland B. Howe

'50, Roger Howell, Jr. '58, Edward Humphrey '17, Edward P. Hutchin- son '27, Irvine W. Jardine '24, Jessup Memorial Library, Mrs. Edward C. Jones, Mrs. Meredith B. Jones, Joseph Kachinski, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel

E. Kamerling, Gregory V. Karakashian '70, Stafford Kay '64, Otis Ken- dall, Roger L. Kenvin '49, Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Kitchin, Frank C.

Kittredge, Lendall Stone Knight '79, Julius W. A. Kohler '27, Thomas M. Kosmo '68, Claire Lambert, Donovan D. Lancaster '27, Edward E.

Langbein, Jr. '57, Eaton Leith, Mr. and Mrs. Henry N. Little, E. Chris- topher Livesay, Burke Long, Hartley Lord '36, Bruce A. Lunder '51, Mrs.

Donald B. MacMillan, Don Marshall '27, Robert F. Mason, Jr., Mrs.

Thomas Means, Ralph E. Mersereau, Richard A. Mersereau '69, Juliette Messier, Mr. and Mrs. David M. Metcalf, Metropolitan Museum of Art,

Michael Michelson '71, David G. Millay '67, August C. Miller III '70, Mr. and Mrs. Otis N. Minot, William D. Mone '67, Arthur Monke, James M. Moulton, Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Mull II, National Broadcasting

Company, Mrs. Norman R. Ness, James J. Newman '72, John W. Olson '70, Barrett Parker, Mrs. Jefferson Patterson, Mrs. Louis A. Peirez, Daniel

W. Pettengill '37, George E. Pettengill '33, Donald W. Philbrick '17, Mrs. John C. Pickard, Harold B. Pinkham '15, Jennifer L. Pinkham '77, Polar- oid Corporation, Herbert L. Prescott '30, Albert L. Prosser '18, Karl L.

Rankin H'6o, Gehard O. Rehder '31, Harald A. Rehder '29, Research As- sociates, Richard A. Rhodes II '44, John W. Riley, Jr. '30, Matilda W. Riley H'72, Thomas P. Riley '39 and Mrs. Riley, Stephen N. Ross '63,

Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Russell, Francis Russell '33, Stafford Russell, William A. Rusell, Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Ryan, Marvin Sadik, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick St. Cyr, Jr., Glen C. Sanderson, Sears Roebuck Foundation, John D. Shove, Mrs. Herbert Sibley, Mrs. Kenneth C. M. Sills, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald T. Small, Danny Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Howard

C. Smith, Oscar S. Smith '38 and Mrs. Smith, Philip S. Smith, Jr. '47, L. Winfleld Smith, James F. Sterio '70, Albert E. Stone, Wayne R. Stras-

'62, baugh '70, Mrs. Patrick J. Sullivan, John L. Swift Barbara A. Tarmy '75, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Tarmy, David Thorndike '46, Robert Timberlake, jo Report of the Librarian

Jr. '68, Trinity College Library, Payson W. Tucker, Jr. '40 and Mrs. Tucker, Stuart H. Tucker, United States Trust Company, University of

New Mexico, N. J. Vachon, Peter H. Vaughn, Barry C. Waldorf '58, Mr. and Mrs. Barry Q. Walker, Harry K. Warren, Isaac M. Webber '17, S.

Sewall Webster, Jr. '43 and Mrs. Webster, Mrs. H. C. Weidner, Jr., Gordon L. Weil '58, Westborough Public Library, West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company, Bruce H. M. White '22, Elwyn Brooks White H'50,

Mrs. Herbert F. White, Peter B. White '75, F. Burton Whitman, Jr. '35 and Mrs. Whitman, Luther G. Whittier '13, Walter F. Whittier '27,

Philip S. Wilder '23, Mrs. J. Vance Williams, Robert J. Williams, Wistar Institute Press, Mrs. Martin Wilmington, Willard P. Woodman '16, David A. Works '42, Marguerite Yourcenar H'68, Mrs. Emerson W. Zeitler, Xenophon Zolotas. Report of the Acting Director, College Museums

To the President of Bowdoin College: I have the honor of submitting the following report for the year ending April 30, 1978. THE 1977-1978 period marked the second year that the Bow- doin College Museum of Art operated in the expanded facil- ity and noted a refinement of the museum's exhibition program with a renewed attitude towards the display of seldom-seen works from the permanent collection. The intent has been to make important parts of the collection readily accessible to the public through the use of longer exhibition periods, an added emphasis on symposia and lectures augmenting individual shows, more fre- quent use of smaller temporary exhibition areas throughout the Walker Art Building, and increased student involvement, either through individual projects or staff teaching efforts. With an increase in the number of galleries on the lower level, the museum now has the opportunity to bring works of art out of storage. This trend will continue with additional redesign and reinstallation of present display areas. Exhibitions

The museum's exhibition schedule for the year was varied and unique, encompassing most media of the fine arts. In May the museum presented Paintings—Calvert Coggeshall, a show highlight- ing an important abstract expressionist's career over a period of many years. The exhibition was made possible by generous loans from private collectors and the special efforts of the artist's dealer, Betty Parsons. A premiere performance by the Bowdoin Dance Group, under the direction of June Vail, was presented at the As- sociates' preview. Mr. Coggeshall and his guest, Jack Tworkov, provided an informal gallery discussion to a large group of interested students, Museum Associates, and the public in conjunction with this show. In July, the museum presented Art in a Wood Medium by Maine Artists, an exhibition held in conjunction with the Maine Festival, a three-day program which brought to the Bowdoin campus artisans, craftsmen, musicians, poets, and dancers 72 Report of the Acting Director, College Museums to celebrate all forms of the arts. The exhibition, of which Tom Crotty, director of the Frost Gully Gallery, Portland, was guest curator, provided a fine selection of sculpture in a wood medium by such artists as Leonard Baskin, Charles "Chippy" Chase, Bernard Langlais, Robert Laurent, Louise Nevelson, and Jason Schoener, to name only a few. Art in a Wood Medium by Maine Artists was followed in August with tapestries by Nancy Hemenway, Textures of Our Earth, another exhibition that emphasized the natural elements in our environment. The show dealt extensively with the artist's most recent work in a natural wool "Bayetage" technique, a unique tapestry form developed by the artist. Thirty-two works were displayed. A handsome catalogue, with an essay by Benjamin Forgey, art critic for the Washington Star, was produced with support from the Maine Savings Bank, Portland, and the International Wool Bureau, New York City. In line with a renewed emphasis on featuring works from the permanent collection, the museum presented in the fall Bowdoin College Museum of Art: The Ancient Collection. This was the first time the ancient objects have been shown in their near entirety. In- cluded were pottery, bronzes, sculpture, jewelry and coins—more than five hundred individual items in all. The ancient exhibition remained on display for three months, thus attracting and serving a large audience. Coincidentally, a gift of several important ancient artifacts, which filled important gaps in the collection, was made at that time by the Hon. Karl L. Rankin H'6o. In addition, a major bequest was presented to the museum from the Adela Wood Smith Trust to expand the area of ancient Greek holdings. The ancient collection exhibition would not have been possible without the enormous effort of Assistant Professor of Archaeology Erik Nielsen, guest curator, who made the actual selection of objects to be displayed and conducted the research on the individual pieces. He was assisted in this task by James K. Hare '78, teaching fellow in archaeology, and conservator Judy Wight. In conjunction with this show, two lectures were presented, one by Professor Nielsen, "Greek Painted Pottery from the Bowdoin College Museum of Art Collection," and another by guest speaker Brunilde S. Ridgway, Report of the Acting Director, College Museums 73

Rhys Carpenter Professor of Archaeology, Bryn Mawr College,

"The Mute Stones Speak . . . With an Italian Accent." At the conclusion of the ancient collection show in the temporary exhibition area, the major works were permanently installed in the John H. Halford Gallery. Previously, only a small portion of this collection was on display in the museum. The reinstallation was supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the

Arts, a federal agency, under its special category of Utilization of Museum Collections. Now, with the exception of the Molinari Col- lection, the more important examples within the Bowdoin Museum are available to the public. A Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum is tentatively planned for the ancient pottery collection. The Spirit of the New Landscape, an important review of contemporary photography, opened in January to a large, receptive audience. Attendance by Bowdoin students of photography was particularly enthusiastic. Lecturer in Art John McKee was guest curator of this exhibition. He had the able assistance of Laura Har- rington '76, the museums' curatorial intern. Mr. McKee's unique perspective on photography pulled together an impressive group of works by artists who are gaining national acclaim ; Mario Gia- comelli, Harvey Himmelfarb, John Cohen, Paul Caponigro, Art Sinsabaugh, and Joel Meyerowitz participated. Mr. McKee lec- tured to the museums' Volunteers on the show and held classroom discussions utilizing the exhibition. A handsome catalogue prepared by McKee and Harrington was produced.

In April, the first extensive review of Daniel Putnam Brinley: The Impressionist Years, was ably organized and developed by Curator Margaret B. Clunie, who also prepared the accompanying catalogue. Significant new information was provided by Mrs. Clunie's extensive research of this artist. Assistance from the Maine State Commission on the Arts and Humanities and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Loder helped produce this exhibition and catalogue. The

Bowdoin museum, with its special interest in the development of

American art, is particularly pleased to have highlighted the unique contributions of this artist. The Twentieth Century Gallery, which usually presents modern paintings, drawings and photographs from the permanent collec- 74 Report of the Acting Director, College Museums tion, also served as an important auxiliary space for shows held in the Temporary Exhibition Gallery. This was true of the Paintings— Calvert Coggeshall, Textures of Our Earth, and Daniel Putnam Brinley exhibitions. In addition, an exhibition of wood sculpture by Louise Kruger was displayed in the Twentieth Century Gallery and complemented the Art in a Wood Medium by Maine Artists exhibition. Similarly, Selected Paintings and Graphics by John Sloan augmented works in the exhibition Daniel Putnam Brinley: The Impressionist Years. During this past year, the John A. and Helen P. Becker Gallery was actively utilized under the direction of Ms. Harrington. Prior to the start of a program concentrating upon works from the collection, a one-woman loan show of etchings and monotypes by Dorothy Schwartz was presented. Graphic Wor\s of John Sloan, drawn from the permanent collection, followed the Schwartz presentation and was an instructive review ; the museum is fortunate to have an extensive collection of this major American artist's prints, drawings, and paintings. In October, Rodolphe Bresdin—Odilon Redon: Prints and Drawings from a Private Collection was gra- ciously made available to Bowdoin. Nineteenth-Century European Views of Landscape and Architecture: Harmony and Discord followed in December and contained examples by Whistler, Ruskin, Meryon, Corot, and Pissarro. In February, Sixteenth- and Seven- teenth-Century Dutch and Flemish Drawings was presented and included works by Moeyaert, de Koninck, and Brueghel. This show was followed by expressionist prints and drawings, with examples by such artists as Kandinsky, Munch, Ensor, Klee, and Feininger. The final presentation in the Becker Gallery during the 1977-1978 reporting period was Etchings and Lithographs of Childe Hassam, which complemented the Brinley exhibition.

The last four of the exhibitions cited were presented for student research and study in conjunction with, and as a complement to, courses being offered simultaneously within the Department of Art. Courses coinciding with the Becker Gallery presentations were Art 21, European Art of the Nineteenth Century (Lutchman-

singh); Art 13, Northern European Art of the Fifteenth and

Sixteenth Centuries (Muller) ; Art 22, Twentieth-Century Art .

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(Lutchmansingh) ; and Art 47, Modernism in American Art from the Armory Show to the New York School (Clunie), respectively. Ms. Harrington's efforts in the research, selection, and installation of these exhibitions were commendable. Andrea Burr, Smith College exchange student, participated in the design, selection, and installation of the Selected Paintings and Graphics by John Sloan exhibition in the Twentieth Century Gal- lery, and Kerry O'Brien '78, as a project for Art 21, was instru- mental in the design, selection, and installation for the Nine- teenth-Century European Views of Landscape and Architecture . . exhibition in the Becker Gallery.

With each exhibition, a great deal of coordinate staff effort is mobilized. The enormous initiative and high standards of the staff are obvious in the quality of exhibitions and publications presented in addition to other programs offered, such as films, lectures, and symposia. In addition, we are grateful to John Green for lighting assistance this past year; he is able to bring forth hidden qualities in each show. Operations

Katharine J. Watson, appointed director in January of 1977, left in September for a ten-month sabbatical in Florence, Italy, to complete research on the oeuvre of the Italian sculptor Giambologna, and I was appointed acting director/curator for the academic year.

In May I assume the director's position at the Long Beach Museum of Art in California. Dr. Watson will return in June to resume the directorship of the Museum. Also, during this last year, Roxlyn C. Yanok was promoted to administrative assistant to the director and Margaret B. Clunie became a full curator. The staff expanded with the addition of Kenneth Daniel as part-time technician/preparator. Laura Harrington '76 was appointed curatorial intern, a position funded in part by the Ford Venture Fund. (The successful Intern- ship Program will be repeated next year with the support of the National Endowment of the Arts.) Brenda Pelletier continued in her position as secretary to the director, and Mary Poppe as museum receptionist and manager of the museum shop. The summer months saw the renewal of the Wintherthur Intern- ship Program, with Nina Lindsey-Rayer and Gary Albright, who y6 Report of the Acting Director, College Museums completed the restoration of the museum's important collection of Winslow Homer wood engravings and assisted in the repair of other works on paper damaged by 1976 flooding in the storage areas caused by Tropical Storm "Belle." The Wider Availability of Museum Collections program presently being hosted at Bowdoin College continued in 1977-1978 with support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Maine

State Commission on the Arts and Humanities. The project is designed to make works of art in Maine more accessible to the public. James M. Brown III, coordinator of the program, left in January to become director of the Museum of the Four Arts in Palm Beach, Florida. In March, Philip N. Grime was appointed the new coordinator; he is assisted by Dana W. Bourgeois '75, curator/preparator, and Ursula McAllister, secretary. Another grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to conserve European paintings still is in process. To date, the paintings of William Merritt Chase The Art Dealer, Otto Fleischmann, Jan Fyt Still Life, Birds and Still Life, Birds and Hare, John Smi- bert Portrait of a Cardinal, and John Sloan The Cot have been con- served; other works are scheduled for treatment. A handbook of the collections, also supported by the National Endowment for the Arts and individual endowment, and edited by Margaret B. Clunie, is expected to be available for distribution by year's end. The Maine State Commission on the Arts and Humanities generously supported two museum endeavors this year: the much- needed conservation of the Gilbert Stuart portrait of fames Bow- doin III, the College's chief benefactor, and the Daniel Putnam

Brinley exhibition mentioned previously. The museum staff is grateful for the continued support of the Maine State Commission in all areas. Throughout the year, the museum shop, managed by Mary Poppe, offered quality merchandise unavailable locally. As a special attraction, one month before Christmas, gift items from countries around the world were featured. The museums' public looks forward each year to the exciting display of pewter, Delft hand- painted china, Oriental objects, and handcrafted jewelry from Maine and other states. Many visitors take advantage of this unique Report of the Acting Director, College Museums 77 display and often, through the sale of these attractive items, dis- cover our museums for the first time.

The Museums' Associates Program currently is supported by 800 members, including 130 students from Bowdoin and other Maine campuses. Eleven films were offered to associate members during the year, including two silent films accompanied by Professor El- liott Schwartz of the Department of Music. The museum staff was pleased to have been able to offer the film program in the Kresge

Auditorium of the Visual Arts Center for the first time. Attendance at the museums reached the 48,000 mark during this reporting period, including approximately 13,000 visitors to the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum.

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum

The arctic museum continues to attract a large audience of all ages with interest in Bowdoin's famous explorers, Admirals Robert

E. Peary and Donald B. MacMillan. Its operation is now an efficiently integrated part of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, with productive coordination of all programs. The success of the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum would not be possible without the dedicated support and interest of Honorary Curator Miriam MacMillan and C. Warren Ring, vice president for development, who have been active in promoting the museum's unique potential. In January Mrs. MacMillan and Mr. Ring gave a lecture and presented slides at the Kane Lodge Foundation, New York, which has generously supported the arctic museum in the past. As a result of this effort, funds were given by the foundation for the development of an audiovisual presentation for use at schools, museums, and civic organizations. This new program will add to the educational emphasis which is a fundamental part of the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum. This past year, the arctic museum was fortunate to also have received additional financial support from the Emery-Waterhouse Company. The gift was in honor of Charles L. Hildreth, Sr. and will be combined with an existing fund established by him. This gift is one of the most important in the history of the Peary-Mac- Millan Arctic Museum and will provide much-needed support for yS Report of the Acting Director, College Museums the preservation of arctic exploration traditions at Bowdoin. A matching grant will be developed for the Emery-Waterhouse gift so that irreplaceable films and glass slides of Admiral MacMillan can be restored and preserved.

Special recognition is due to the Museums' Volunteers Associa- tion, a tremendously valuable and instructive liaison with the public. The roster of volunteers has risen to forty-six in the current year, ten more than in 1976-1977. The guiding staff conscientiously researches and assimilates both permanent and temporary exhibition material and then interprets the information for visiting groups to the museum. Volunteer guides provided 230 tours of the two museums for school, senior citizen, and other groups visiting the Bowdoin campus. In addition to an active tour program, the volunteer guides found time to develop an arctic film series bor- rowed from the Canadian Consulate General in Boston. The Tuktu film series included Caribou Hunt, The Magic Bow, The Magic Spear, The Trials of Strength, The 10,000 Fishes, The Living Stone, Haida Carver, and Eskimo Artist—Kenojua\. Additionally, staff aides provided a valuable service to the Museum of Art's reception desk and shop; without their assistance, many endeavors, such as the annual Christmas Fair, would not have been possible. The staff extends its sincerest thanks to Association President Marion Winkelbauer, Acting Vice President Suzie Allen, Secretary Doris

Gilbreath, and all volunteer guides and staff aides for their dedicated service.

Our sincere appreciation also is extended to the Governing Boards Committee on the Arts, under the supportive chairmanship

of William C. Pierce, and to President Roger Howell, Jr. and Vice President for Administration and Finance Wolcott A. Hokanson,

Jr., for their continued support.

Acquisitions

The Museum of Art, which works with a small acquisitions budget has, in the past year, been able to acquire a limited selection

of works to fill out certain areas of the collection. In addition, a number of important items augmenting permanent holdings came

to the museum as gifts. Report of the Acting Director, College Museums 79

A museum purchase plan grant, matched by the National En- dowment for the Arts, was brought to completion and enabled the acquisition of drawings and photographs by living American artists. An exceptionally fine drawing Studio Nude, Seated, 1976, by Assistant Professor of Art Joseph Nicoletti, was added to the collections. In addition, two photographs by Lecturer in Art John McKee were purchased. They were Katsurahama, 1976, and Causse noir (vers les Espinassous), 1977. The museum is especially pleased to support the efforts of members of the Department of Art when- ever possible. One other photograph, Untitled, by Harvey Himmel- farb, was purchased under the same grant provisions. Most of these works were part of individual temporary exhibitions at Bowdoin and remain as significant and instructive documents for the future. Other drawings acquired as a result of this grant were: Louise Kruger, Running Figure, Left, Right and Center Views, 1977 and Sol LeWitt, The Location of a Blue Square, a Red Trapezoid, a Yellow Circle and a Blac\ Triangle, 1976, thus completing the drawings selection which aided in bringing this part of the museum's collection fully into the contemporary American art move- ments. Twenty-two wood engravings by Winslow Homer were added to the existing collection through purchase. Since Bowdoin is the repository for the Homer memorabilia, these purchases assisted in rounding out the now nearly complete set of wood engravings by this artist.

While purchases were primarily in the contemporary area, gifts to the museum covered a much broader art historical area. Two works from private collectors were given; an engraving (after Adam Elsheimer) by the Dutch artist Hendrik Goudt (1585- 1630) entitled The Flight Into Egypt, 1613, and Horizontal, a painting by Calvert Coggeshall (American, b. 1907). Horizontal was part of the Coggeshall exhibition which opened at Bowdoin in the spring. Mrs. Richard H. Downes presented to the museum a hand- colored engraving Franklin at the Court of France, 1778, by the nineteenth-century English artist William O. Geller. Interior with

Glass Dome, 1962, a painting by the American artist Donald A.

Stoltenberg (b. 1927) and Exterior of a Victorian House, 1943, a 80 Report of the Acting Director, College Museums watercolor by the American artist Lawrence Kupferman, were given by Mr. and Mrs. John D. MacDonald. Mr. and Mrs. John B.

Chandler '37, added an important selection of Costa Rican, pre- Columbian jade, which greatly enhances our holdings in this area. Hon. Karl L. Rankin H'6o, added to our antiquities collection with a gift of several Greek artifacts, which included an important Mycenean Kylix, presently installed as a part of the permanent ancient display in the Halford Gallery. Gertrude H. Plaisted, a long-time friend of the museum, made a gift of an Arita ware Japanese Plate, Edo Period (1615-1868), of porcelain with under- glaze blue floral decoration, in memory of her mother, Mrs. Harris M. Plaisted. Finally, Professor James M. Moulton gave to the museum an aquatint by Jeana Dale Bearce (American, 20th century) entitled Choir of Angels. The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum acquired from Mrs. Mac- Millan throughout the year extensive archival material relating to Admiral MacMillan. Lola Brackett, of New Harbor, Maine, presented seventeen black-and-white photographs with negatives relating to the schooner Bowdoin on Monhegan Island. Donovan D. Lancaster, director of the Moulton Union emeritus, made a gift of rare postcards depicting "Commander R. E. Peary, C. E., United States Navy," and Professor Moulton presented a newsprint of he Petit-]ournal, September 19, 1909, which reports upon Admiral Peary's discovery of the North Pole.

Loans

We continued to keep pace with a large number of loan requests on a statewide, national and international level. With reductions in staff and increasing susceptibility to wear on the released objects, our loan policy is being reviewed realistically. The museum is most willing to lend objects from the permanent collection which are in good condition to exhibitions that contribute significantly to art historical knowledge. The loan of Winslow Homer's watercolor box and brushes to the Fogg Art Museum's Wash and Gouache: A Study of the Develop- ment of the Materials of Watercolor exhibition in May and June 1977 provided important information about the artist's watercolor technique. Other objects from the Homer Collection were eagerly Report of the Acting Director, College Museums 81 sought by institutions such as the University of Maine at Augusta

Gallery; ten wood engravings were lent for its Winslow Homer in Print exhibition in September and October of 1977. John G. Brown's Bowdoin Campus and the Portrait of Reverend Elijah Kellogg, Sr. by an unknown artist, were released to the Portland Museum of Art's The Revolutionary McLellans exhibition on display through October 1977; at the same time, Asgaard— Cloud Shadows, 1939, and Sun, Manana, Monhegan, 1907, by Rock- well Kent were lent to the Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, for The Art of Roc\well Kent exhibition. Works by important American artists are of particular loan interest both nationally and internationally. In August 1977 The Cot, 1907, by John Sloan, was forwarded to The Modern Spirit: Ameri- can Painting, igo8-ig^ exhibition on display at the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland, and the Hayward Gallery, Lon- don, England. Another international loan request came from the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, West Germany, for the Peter Paul Ruben's drawing Thisbe Committing Suicide, ca. 1602-1605. The drawing was included in an exhibition entitled Rubens in Italy. On a national level, loans were approved for important exhibitions throughout the United States. Washington Allston in his Studio by David Claypoole Johnston was sent to the Grand Rapids Art Museum, Michigan, for an exhibition entitled Themes in American Painting (October i-November 30, 1977). The William Merritt Chase portrait of The Art Dealer, Otto Fleischmann was lent to the Munich and American Realism in the Nineteenth Cen- tury exhibition, which opened at the Cincinnati Art Museum in April. The show will travel to the Milwaukee Art Center in July, and close at the E. B. Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, California, in December of 1978. The Bowdoin Museum's Nancy Hemenway: Textures of Our Earth exhibition began its national tour at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, in October, and will continue on to the Seattle Art Museum, Washington, and the Textile Museum, Washington, D. C, later this year.

Respectfully submitted,

Russell J. Moore 82 Report of the Acting Director, College Museums APPENDIX

Exhibitions

May 13-June 26, (Twentieth Century and Temporary Exhibition 1977 — Galleries) : Paintings Calvert Coggeshall.

May 17-June 26, 1977 (Becker Gallery) : Drawings, Etchings and Mono- types by Dorothy Schwartz.

July 8-31, 1977 (Temporary Exhibition Gallery) : Art in a Wood Medium by Maine Artists.

July 8-31, 1977 (Twentieth Century Gallery) : Kruger Sculpture.

July 12-October 16, 1977 (Becker Gallery) : Graphic Wor\s of John Sloan.

August 5-September 25, 1977 (Twentieth Century and Temporary Ex-

hibition Galleries) : Nancy Hemenway: Textures of Our Earth.

October 21-December 4, 1977 (Becker Gallery) : Rodolphe Bresdin- Odilon Redon: Prints and Drawings from a Private Collection.

October 21, 1977-January 8, 1978 (Temporary Exhibition Gallery) : Bow- doin College Museum of Art: The Ancient Collection.

October 21, 1977-March 19, 1978 (Twentieth Century Gallery) : Selec- tions from the Permanent and Loan Collections.

December 6, 1977-January 29, 1978 (Becker Gallery) : Nineteenth-Cen- tury European Views of Landscape and Architecture: Harmony and Discord.

January 20-March 12, 1978 (Temporary Exhibition Gallery) : The Spirit of the New Landscape.

February 3-March 5, 1978 (Becker Gallery) : Sixteenth- and Seventeenth- Century Dutch and Flemish Drawings.

March 9-April 9, 1978 (Becker Gallery): Expressionism: Prints and Drawings.

April 14-June 18, 1978 (Temporary Exhibition Gallery) : Daniel Putnam Brinley: The Impressionist Years.

April 14-June 18, 1978 (Twentieth Century Gallery) : Selected Paintings and Graphics by John Sloan.

April 14-June 18, 1978 (Becker Gallery) : Etchings and Lithographs of Childe Hassam.

Loans to Other Museums

" Lent to Wash and Gouache: A Study of the Development of the Ma- terials of Watercolor exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, . :

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Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 12-June 22, 1977: Winslow Homer's Watercolor Box and Brushes. Lent to The Revolutionary McLellans exhibition, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine, June 30-October 30, 1977: John G. Brown, Bowdoin Campus; Unknown Artist, Portrait of Reverend Elijah Kel- logg, Sr. Lent to The Modern Spirit: American Painting, igo8-ig^ exhibition,

Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland, August 19-September 11, 1977; Hayward Gallery, London, England, September 28-November 20,

1977 : John Sloan, The Cot, 1907. Lent to Winslow Homer in Print exhibition, University of Maine at

Augusta, Augusta, Maine, September 16-October 27, 1977: Winslow Homer, Collection of Ten Wood Engravings. Lent to Themes in American Painting exhibition, Grand Rapids Art

1 Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan, October -November 30, 1977 : David Claypoole Johnston, Washington Allston in His Studio. Lent to Rubens in Italy exhibition, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Co- logne, Federal Republic of Germany, October 15, 1977-January 1, 1978 Peter Paul Rubens, Thisbe Committing Suicide, ca. 1602-1605. Lent to The Art of Rockwell Kent exhibition, The Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine, October 25-November 18, 1977: Rockwell Kent, Asgaard-Cloud Shadows, 1939; Sun, Manana, Monhegan, 1907. Lent to Munich and American Realism in the Nineteenth Century exhibition, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, April 15-May 28,

1978; Milwaukee Art Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 13-August 27, 1978; E. B. Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, California, October 28- December 10, 1978: William Merritt Chase, The Art Dealer, Otto Fleischmann.

Films

(Shown to Museum Associates)

October 9-10 : The Best Years of Our Lives (USA) November 6-7: A Star is Born (USA).

December 4-5 : The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (USA).

February 5-10 (Film Festival: The Leading Man) : Pour Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Thief of Bagdad, It Happened One Night, Casa- blanca, On the Waterfront, Rebel Without a Cause. March 5-6: The Wrong Box (Britain). April 9-10: La Grande Illusion (France). 84 Report of the Acting Director, College Museums

Gifts

(Museum of Art)

Anonymous: Calvert Coggeshall, American (b. 1907), Horizontal, 1976, oil on canvas (1977.16). Anonymous: Hendrik Goudt, Dutch (1585-1630), after Adam Elshei- mer, The Flight into Egypt, 1613, engraving (1977.6). Mr. and Mrs. John B. Chandler '37: Collection of Costa Rican-Pre- Columbian fade (1977.11.1-.29). Mrs. Richard H. Downes: William O. Geller, English, 19th century,

Fran\lin at the Court of France, 1778, hand-colored engraving (1977.8). Mr. and Mrs. John D. MacDonald: Donald H. Stoltenberg, American

(b. 1927), Interior with Glass Dome, 1962, oil on canvas (1977.9). Law- rence Kupferman, American (b. 1909), Exterior of a Victorian House, 1943, watercolor (1977.10). James M. Moulton: Jeana Dale Bearce, American, 20th century, Choir of Angels, aquatint and mixed technique (1977.20). Gertrude H. Plaisted in memory of her mother, Mrs. Harris M. Plaisted: Japanese, Edo Period (a.d. 1615-1868), Plate, porcelain, with under- glaze blue floral decoration (1977.15). Honorable Karl L. Rankin H'6o: Collection of Ancient Gree\ Artifacts (1977.13.1-.9).

(Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum)

Lola Brackett: 20th century; seventeen black-and-white photographs and seventeen negatives relating to schooner Bowdoin on Monhegan Is- land (AM i977.2-.35a-r). Donovan D. Lancaster: 20th century; four postcards of Commander R. E. Peary, C.E., United States Navy (AM 1977.3.363^). Mrs. Donald B. MacMillan: 20th century; archival material relating to

Admiral MacMillan (AM 1977.1.1-.34). James M. Moulton: 20th century; Le Petit-fournal, newsprint Septem-

ber 19, 1909, relates to Admiral Peary's discovery of the North Pole (1977.4.37).

Purchases

Harvey Himmelfarb, American (b. 1941) : Untitled, black-and-white photograph (1977.24). Report of the Acting Director, College Museums 85

Winslow Homer, American (1836-1910) : Collection of Wood Engrav-

ings and Reproductions ( 1977.14. 1-.22). Louise Kruger, American, 20th century: Running Figure, Left, Right

and Center Views, 1977, pen and ink with watercolor wash (1977.21).

Sol LeWitt, American (b. 1928) : The Location of a Blue Square, a Red Trapezoid, a Yellow Circle and a Blac\ Triangle, 1976, pencil and colored ink on paper (1977.23).

John McKee, American (b. 1936) : Katsurahama, 1976; and Causse noir (vers les Espinassous), 1977, black-and-white photographs (1977.25-^6).^

Joseph Nicoletti, American (b. 1948) : Studio Nude, Seated, 1976, pencil and watercolor (1977.5).