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WHITWORTH COL LEG E

AUTUMN 1964 VOLUME XXXII NUMBER 1

The Campanile Call is published quarterly at Whitworth College, Spokane, Washington, 99218, in an effort to reflect the quality and character of the college and to continue and improve sound and proper relations with its alumni and others interested in the advancement of private Christian higher education.

Second class postage paid at Spokane, Washington, 99218. Issued four times yearly in February, May, August and November.

VIRGIL GRIEPP, editor

ALUMNI OFFICERS

AR!\IOLD STUECKLE, '55, alumni director EDWARD UNICUME, '59, president ELWOOD WIDMER, '55, vice president MRS. DAYNE NIX, '46, secretary JOHN ROTH, JR" '40, treasurer and representative, Board of Trustees

BERT WEBBER, staff photographer

Koehler Inaugurated President 1 The Cold War 2 Idealism in Action .5 If We Will Work 7 Scene 76, Take 2 9 News 10 Pirate Sports 12

THE COVER

With bowed head and solemn smile, Mark Lowell Koehler is invested as the thirteenth president of Whitworth College. In the investiture ceremony, the President's Medallion, a crimson and black velvet yoke joined by a large brass replica of the college seal, was placed over Koehler's shoulders by Albert Arend, chairman of the Board of Trustees. Thirteen brass plates with the engraved names and years of service of each of Whitworth's presidents are also affixed to the yoke. Dr. Koehler succeeds the late Dr. Frank F. Warren who died last year after serving as college president since 1940. Mrs. Mark L. Koehler smiles approvingly as her husband, left, and Dr. Theron B. Maxson near the speaker's rostrum to con- clude the inaugural procession.

DR. MARK L. KOEHLER

BECOMES OUR

THIRTEENTH PRESIDENT

Mark Lowell Koehler was inaugurated as the thirteenth graduate school. We shall also prepare a significant num- president of Whitworth College in colorful evening cere- ber of our graduates to enter directly into the life of the monies in Cowles Auditorium on October 9. community with certain vocational competence. For all Sixty-eight specially designated college and university we trust we shall provide a means to understand and en joy representatives from across the United States whose insti- the rich fullness of the life of learning. Along with under- tutions ranged in founding years from 1636 to 1963, led standing, wisdom. Along with facts, faith. Along with the inaugural procession honoring Dr. Koehler and were competence, character. So may we blend human knowl- followed by the Whitworth faculty, administration, Board edge with divine wisdom." of Trustees, and finally the President himself. Nearly 275 Whitworth faculty, trustees, special guests Dr. Theron B. Maxson, president of Hastings College and their spouses gathered earlier in the evening for the and formerly vice president and dean of men at Whit- Inaugural Banquet hosted by the Board of Trustees in worth, gave the inaugural charge to President Koehler. honor of Dr. and Mrs. Koehler at the Davenport Hotel. Maxson said, "Colleges are never static. Therefore stu- Greetings and felicitations were given at the banquet by dents must keep up with the drive toward academic ex- Del Jones, mayor pro tern of the City of Spokane; Lynn cellence and simultaneously acquire values to supplement Cornish, president of the Spokane Chamber of Com- their academic achievements." merce; Dr. Wendell C. Allen, representing the State of In his inaugural address titled, "Words for Work," Washington Education office; the Reverend Edgar E. Koehler stated that "liberal education should inculcate a Toevs, moderator, United Presbyterian Synod of Wash- point of view, a sense of perspective and tolerance, a ington-Alaska; William C. Harrison, Washington-North- breadth of sympathy, and an ability to see the relatedness ern Idaho Council of Churches; Albert Arend; Dr. Clar- of things in balance and proportion." In conclusion he ence]. Simpson, Whitworth College dean; William Du- said, "At Whitworth we shall integrate the very finest kind vall, president of the Associated Students of Whitworth of vigorous academic program with the very soundest, College: Edward B. Unicume, president of the Whitworth most active and creative Christian atmosphere. In this way College Alumni Association; and Walt Horan, United we shall prepare a large number of our graduates for States Representative. The Cold War is a divisive factor of the greatest magni- tude. It is most generally recognized as dividing the free world from that of the Communists. But within each of these worlds questions of strategy also separate allies from one another. And within the individual countries there is sharp division as to the measure of success being realized in the conflict. In the United States there are those who contend that we have already lost or are continually losing the war. Others claim that the war has been won or is moving in the direction of victory for us. Many are con- fused and uncertain as to which way the war is going. Perhaps some unifying understandings can be encouraged by approaching the Cold War historicalIy,-by at- tempting to view it in the light of its development and dis- tinctive characteristics. Placed in its larger historical setting, the Cold War may be considered a part of the international power struggles which have characterized the twentieth century. During the early years of this century the flames of rivalries between nations were fanned by imperialistic competition; the assassination of an archduke of Austria trigg-ered events which built those flames into World War 1. That by R. Fenton Duvall war fathered two developments which bear directly upon A native Pennsylvanian, Dr. Duvall the current conflict. The first of these was the emergence received his bachelor's degree from Temple University and his master's of the United States as a "Great Power," dedicated to and doctor's degrees from the Univer- safeg-uarding democratic ideals and practices. One of the sity of Pennsylvania, all in history. In shibboleths which lent an aura of a crusade to the Ameri- ]949 he was called to Whitworth for a can entry into the war was our announced intention "to ten-year stint as dean of men and his- make the world safe for democracy." The second of these torian but left in ] 959 to become academic dean as King's College, N.Y., for developments occurred in Russia a few months later. Dis- aile year Gild later vice president of ciples of Karl Marx seized control of the Russian govern- Waynesburg College, Pennsylvania. Du- ment and, under the leadership of Lenin, committed the vall returned to Whitworth in ]96] as resources of that large nation to bringing the world under dean of stu dents but last fall relin- the sway of Communism. quished administrative duties to returr: full-time to the classroom. His intense The years which followed that war are more aptly de- study-travel of Europe in recent years, scribed by the historian as an armistice than as peace. uell qualifies him to discuss The Cold Fascist and Nazi societies coalesced into an Axis striving to War. be the controlling center of the power relationships of the postwar world. At the end of twenty years the unresolved causes of World War I, such as international anarchy, en- tangling alliances, and militarism, combined with international tensions and national frustrations resulting from that war to set the stage for World War II. The Nazi in- vasion of Poland triggered the war. In order to overthrow the Axis powers, the United States, dedicated to defend- ing democracy, entered into an alliance with the Soviet Union, committed to communizing the world. That alliance terminated soon after the war. We have 2 adopted the phrase "Cold War" as the most fitting label ment of international and ideological rivalries. Unable, on for these years which have been neither peace nor armis- the one hand, to resolve the basic tensions between nations tice. Out of the ashes of World War II, like the fabled and unwilling, on the other, to precipitate a nuclear war, phoenix, the Cold War arose bearing within itself the the combatants have been forced to battle in a twilight struggles and marks of the earlier wars. The power zone which is neither peace nor conventional war. In this vacuum created by the collapse of the Third Reich and limited area psychological and economic weapons have the unparalleled devastation left by the war encouraged assumed increased importance. the Soviet Union to drive to communize Europe. The de- Its duration is another distinguishing characteristic of termination of the United States to contain that drive pre- the Cold War. It is already nearly twenty years old and is cipita tcd the Cold War. It is clearly a "war baby," con- apparently destined to continue for some time to come. ceived during the first of these world wars and brought This passage of time enables other social forces to effect into being following the travail of the second. important changes in the conflict. One such forc-e,which The integral connection of the Cold War with these has been dominant in modern history, has been national- earlier wars suggests some interesting questions about vic- ism. It proved too strong for international socialism in tory. What constitutes victory in a modern war? When is World War I; the present Sino-Soviet rift indicates that it victory really achieved? The continuing power struggles may to too strong for international communism. A new of the twentieth century indicate that achieving victory phase of the conflict seems to be emerging. From a world by capturing the army or the capital of the enemy may sharply divided into two ideological camps, nationalism be a deceptive illusion. Such spectacular military triumphs appears to be reshaping a world divided into many differ- have not created durable peace. What we have called viI> ent nations or nation-groups each pursuing its own inter- tory see-ms rather to consist of gaining a vantage point ests to which the use of ideology as a weapon or as an influ- from which the next struggle must be undertaken. ence shaping its goals is subordinated. Despite this filial relationship which links our present A claim has been advanced recently that the Cold War conflict with the earlier wars of the twentieth century, the is already won and the only problem remaining is how to Cold War includes several developments which differen- end it in an orderly way. In some ways this is true. The tiate it from the others. The evolution of military mobility Soviet drive to communize Europe, which triggered the and of destruc-tive potential represent such marked in- war, has been contained. Western Europe is prosperous creases over preceding patterns as to be changes in kind and strong and free. It is steadily drawing into its eco- rather than mere changes in d('gree. nomic and cultural orbit such communist nations as Yugo- World 'Val' I was fought mainly in trenches. Mobility slavia and Rumania. But the conflict has not ended; it has was minimal. In World War II troops were put on wheels taken on new dimensions and shifted to other territories. or in planes. Mobility was greatly increased. Luftwaffe The Cold War will apparently be marked by such changes and blitzkrie.!!. suggest the range and swiftness of the war. for its duration. The increase in military mobility has been accentuated Clearly we must be ready for momentary and momen- during the Cold War. It has become more truly a world tous changes if we would wage a Cold War effectively. 'Ve War than either of its twentieth century predecessors. At must ever be sensitive to these changes whether they be anv moment conflict is likely to burst into war in any part gradual or sudden. The rigidity of Maginot Line thinking of the globe. With remarkable speed and facility the focus was tragic enough in World War II; it might be cata- of struggle shifts from the Middle East, to Africa, to strophic in the present conflict. In the light of this, it seems Europe, to the Far East. Outer space is included in the to me that our approach should be marked by broadness rivalries of the Cold War. and boldness of vision which is able, while maintaining a The destructive potential which is now available also position of strong preparedness, to be flexible and adapt- differentiates the present struggle from previous ones. The able, ready to explore any new developments which might development of nuclear weapons has placed stringent lim- be turned to our national advantage and in the direction itations unon the conduct of the current conflict. The of more peaceful intercourse among nations. danger of killing about one hundred million Russians and The ongoing character of the Cold War and the limita- a similar number of Americans during the first hour of tions placed upon it by potential nuclear destruction indi- nuclear war has been a restraining force on the develop- cate that our conduct of the war should also be marked

3 The Cold War

by patience and restraint. The fact that the decisions we The men of democracies are naturally passionately make in furthering our national interests and in advancing eager to acquire what they covet, and to enjoy it on the cause of peace determine the possibilities for actidn, easy conditions. They for the most part worship chance, and arc much less afraid of death than of even for life itself, for all of the millions of persons outside difficulty. This is the spirit which they bring to com- the jurisdiction of our government is sufficient reason for merce and manufactures; and this same spirit carried restraint. with them to the field of battle induces them willingly Viet Nam is one place where our adaptability and re- to expose their lives in order to secure in a moment the rewards of victory. (Italics mine] straint are being subjected to the acid test. Internal divi- sions and the lack of national unity there enfeeble the re- Ultimate victory may not be won in a moment but van- sistance to Communism and produce frequent changes in tage points can be won which will contribute to the ul- government and in policy. If we are unwilling either to timate triumph of freedom if we define our goals real- abandon these people to probable Communist conquest or istically and work for them patiently. to risk expanding this conflict into nuclear war, the strug- In the poignantly beautiful account of her reactions to gle which faces us there gives promise of being a long one. her young husband's death, Anne Philipe, in No Longer While we are helping them successfully defend themselves than a Sigh, tells of the ride home from the hospital with we must also assist them strengthen their economy, learn her dying husband. In the agony of that drive, with death the fundamentals of democratic practice, and overcome closing in upon him, she caught a glimpse of the future the injustices of concentrated wealth and power until the awful loneliness. "Perhaps in a month I would give the Vietnamese are strong and effective in their resistance to whole world for this moment that now seemed a hell to Communist aggressions. The road to such a victory could me." Throughout this brief essay it has been assumed that be a tortuous one requiring that our policy be informed in prosecuting the Cold War we should do all we can with- and alert, keenly sensitive to unexpected developments in the bounds of reason and honor to avoid triggering nu- and sustained by patient dedication to a victory that will clear war. However unbearable Cold War may appear at hardly be won in a moment. times to be, the first moments of nuclear war would cause The entrenchment of Communism in large and impor- all those remaining to be willing to give the whole world tant countries should make us wary of anticipating its to recall what may now seem a "hell" to us. speedy or easy demise. It would seem preferable for us at The Cold War poses for us a strong challenge-a chal- present to be thinking in terms of more readily obtainable lenge to be bold and restrained, vigorous and patient, short-range goals and to work consistently for them. If, as adaptable enough to meet the changing fortunes of war indicated above, modern victories are best understood as with new and different definitions of the victories we seek, gaining vantage points, perhaps the victories most signifi- and wise enough to define those victories in terms that are cant for us now would be those of strengthening- in our fair to all peoples, obtainable within the limitations of the opponents the clement of restraint in the exercise of their Cold War, and helpful to our permanent national interests power-a restraint based on their respect for our streng-th and an enduring peace. and our will to remain free-and a willingness on their part to abide by the standards and practices of free competition and cooperation in international affairs. Ultimately we seek freedom for all men; as Dostoievski pointedly and brilliantly illustrates in the Grand Inquisitor scene of The Brothers Karmaeon, this ran be neither handed to nor forced upon them. To help men develop the political maturity and economic investment which will stiffen their will to be free may in other cases as well as in Viet Nam require a long time. More than one hundred years ago the astute French commentator on the Ameri- can scene, Alexander de Tor-queville, indicated in his clas- sic book, Democracy in America, some aspects of the difficulty of this course for us: 4 Idealism In Action

"How can I get a Whitworth trained teacher?" This question was posed recently by a school superintendent to Professor Mark Lee during a speaking engagement in Oregon. The query is indicative of the enviable position in which the college finds itself. Eagerly sought Whitworth graduates entering the teaching profession are accepting positions in many states across our land. Last spring over 6000 positions were listed in the placement office, and each day from the beginning of February Oll, superintendents and school district personnel directors were on campus conducting interviews as they attempted to employ Whit- worth candidates as teachers of the children in their districts. And perhaps the most gratifying tribute from these educators comes in the years following, as their sons and daughters appear in our Freshman classes. Teacher education curricula have been "cussed" and by John A. LaCoste discussed at such length and in so great detail by teacher preparation institutions, college professors, teachers' or- A veteran of nearly a quarter century of school teaching and ganizations, self-appointed critics, and educationists that administration, LoCoste began his professional career as a high there is a risk of becoming tedious in dealing with this school instructor in Iowa in 1941. After being discharged from military service in 1945, he taught high school history for two topic. Yet, there are exciting elements in the Whitworth years in Newport, Washington, and the following four years was program that identify our college as one of those in the superintendent of schools in Republic, Washington. He came to vanguard of educational achievement. Last year, when Whitworth in 1954 from Central Washington State College to President Mark Koehler received a copy of Dr. Conant's become director of graduate studies and the evening school and The Education of American Teachers, he commented later was named chairman of the education department-the latter two posts he still holds. La Coste received his B.A. from that he thought he was reading a description of our certifi- 1 Coe College, Iowa, his M.A. from the University of Iowa, and cation pattern. Yet, this prog-ram, fashioned in 1956 and his Ed.D. from the University of Washington. put into effect in the late 1950's, predates Dr. Conant and identifies Whitworth as the first of the Northwest's colleges to develop the type of program towards which almost all institutions have since moved. The fact that Whitworth is a liberal arts college-not a college of education nor a university-makes it mandatory spiritual commitment on the part of each student and il- that our program be oriented toward the achievement of lustrated in the intellectual interpretations emanating those educational goals commonly identified with this type from philosophical idealism: specifically, a Christian dedi- of institution. Furthermore, there is a way of life, perhaps cation; a great concern for people than for things: a great- uniquely emphasized at Whitworth based on a personal er emphasis on ideas and processes than on facts and mem-

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The Teacher Education Program

orization. As Santayana said, "We view knowledge not as assists them in working out their class registration so that a possession but as a process, not as an entity but as a they meet all requirements in Washington. Similar to a quest, not as an achievement but as an adventure." t trend that is becoming increasingly evident across the Considering these ideals, what is the practical design of country, there is a requirement that teachers undergo a the Whitworth Program of Teacher Education? five year program of preparation. Most of those teachers 1. All shall major in one of the liberal arts that is com- placed in Washington are visited in their teaching posi- monly taught in public schools. It emphasizes those tradi- tions during the first year of experience; thus, when the tional subject fields from which, for centuries past, the neophyte teachers returns for the fifth year, the advisor is world's finest thinking has emanated. A Whitworth educa- better able to place them in the classes they most need. tion student has achieved understanding in depth in a se- 5. All professional training comes to students from lected field such as mathematics, the sciences, history, Eng- those faculty members who have extensive public school lish, music, art or physical education. The inclusion of the teaching experience, who admit a commitment to the idea last may be surprising to some, yet as we stop and consider, of public education, and who possess graduate degrees in we realize that the discipline of physical education pre- the field of education, as well as the certificates and cre- dates almost all other fields and was a basic feature of the dentials that the students seek. This means that students celebrated Golden Age of culture of ancient Greece. It is preparing to teach receive their philosophical, psychologi- interesting to note that even though the field of coaching cal, and curricular understandings that pertain to teaching and physical education is greatly overcrowded, the service from experienced teachers rather than social theorists who of Whitworth graduates who have majored in this area is have perhaps never been in a public school class room, solicited in the school districts of this state. and who have no commitment to public education. It ap- 2. All shall develop understandings in their selected pears that the college has been successful in sending into fields in excess of the basic requirements for the major un- the public schools, as teachers, young people who re- der the Bachelor of Arts degree. Many majors involve ap- flect a Christian way of life and that react in such a proximately 30 semester hours of work. The candidate for manner that they personify the discipline and subject teacher certification must complete 42 hours; and al- they represent. though he may take subjects other than his major, they It is our belief that the Whitworth young people who must be related and are taken under direction of the rna- select teaching as a career are capable of translating the joring department. ideal into the actual, that they have developed a construct- 3. All candidates for teaching are registered in their ive interpretation of life, and that they are conscious of the classes and advised concerning their educational goals and values upon which the American heritage is based. Thus, their prospects for careers by the professors in those tra- the Whitworth prepared teacher regards himself not as an ditionalliberal arts major subjects. If a student appears in expounder of truth nor as a purveyor of information, but a class in professional education, he is enrolled in that class as an individual seeking Truth and assisting others who by his advisor from the subject matter field. The main re- likewise search for life's meanings. Although he recognizes sponsibility for recruitment into the teaching profession is that "science represents the conscience of education," yet residual with the advisors in the major departments on he as a tearher is primarily an artist diagnosing and pro- r campus. jecting the hopes, aspirations, and goodness of mankind. 4. The education department has a service function. It At 'Whitworth, then, we believe in a romantic concept ! provides the professional training needed in order to ob- of education: that the teacher must be concerned with tain initial certification, advises students concerning spe- beliefs and emotions as well as reason; that there is no cific opportunities in teaching and assists in the initial despair or discouragement as one deals with human lives placement of graduates. It also maintains a guidance serv- -only the vision of the potentialities present in the radi- ice to assist students in achieving the high standards re- ance of the rising sun of each young life. quired of those who would enter the teaching profession. For teaching is idealism in action. • For example, the new bulletin will specify a grade point average of 2.5 as the minimum acceptable for certification. Many students decide to become teachers relatively late in their academic career. The Education Department

6 by Robert E. Mossman, '61

While at Whitworth, Mossman was active in dramatics and gospel team work and was a member of the WCF executive board and was also named to Phi Alpha, honorary scholastic society. He majored in English and minored in history. Last summer Bob completed class work and examinations for his Ph.D. from the Uniuersity of Pittsburgh where he is researching the novels of Henry James. The Mossmans (Nancy Nute, '61) now live in Taylor, Michigan.

with many of Joan's friends, including a young Negro at- torney and his wife, Livingstone and Lee Brun Johnson. ,I My graduate work continued at the University of Pitts- burgh during the 1962-63 school year. Our friendships with the Jameses and the Johnsons grew and we spent a substantial amount of time together. At various times we frankly discussed the limitations placed upon the Negro by American society, even the Negro who can obtain ade- quate education to enter a profession. Nancy and I learned how limited the American Negro's range of opportunity was because he was unwelcome in many white-collar positions of American industry, most middle-class neighbor- hoods, and a substantial number of public accommodation facilities in the North as well as in the South. We increasingly realized that the American dream of "equal opportunity for all" has an unwritten, and usually unspoken, but very real proviso excluding the American Negro. Dr. Martin Luther King's efforts in Birmingham, Ala- bama, during the spring of 1963 were the spark which ig- nited and brought into the open across the nation the American Negro's discontent with second-class citizenship. WE WILL Negroes of all social classes, as well as many whites, realized that direct action would be necessary if the promise of equality for all Americans was to become a reality. In Pittsburgh the United Negro Protest Committee was formed to bring together all who wished to strive for this WORK goal. Livingstone Johnson was one of the principal leaders of this organization. Pittsburgh is located at the northern end of the area known as Appalachia and has one of the highest rates of urban unemployment in America. In such a depressed area it is much easier to discriminate in employment When we relocated to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in Au- against racial or ethnic minorities. The unemployment gust, 1961, so that I could begin graduate work in the rate for Negroes (who comprise about 12% of the popula- English Department of the University of Pittsburgh, tion of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area) is. therefore r Nancy decided to apply for a teaching position in the city twice the rate for the total population. The United Negro ! public schools. She was assigned as an art teacher to Beltz- Protest Committee decided to strive first for equal-oppor- hoover Elementary School in which 88% of the children tunity employment by Pittsburgh firms. are Negroes. Adjusting to a "ghetto" school is difficult for Shortly after I completed Ph.D. class work and comprc- any teacher whose experience has previously been in a hcnsive examinations in July, 1964, a UN PC negotiating white, suburban subculture. Nancy was helped immeasur- team led by Livingstone Johnson began discussions of em- ably by Jean Bolden, a Negro teacher who had an adjacent ployment practices with a large public utility firm which room. Nancy's and Joan's friendship grew to include supplies electric power to the Pittsburgh area. After a Joan's fiance, Dr. Edward James, and myself. We spent week of discussion) the UNPC and public utility negotia- numerous pleasant evenings together, and before they tors could not reach an agreement, so approximately 250 were married in August, 1962, Nancy asked Joan for a list members of the United Negro Protest Committee picketed of friends she could invite to a bridal shower. The shower the company headquarters protesting the refusal to termi- was held in our apartment, and we became acquainted nate discriminatory hiring policies. I participated in that 7

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picket line along with Clifford M. Whitlow, another 1961 opportunity are everywhere apparent in an area of this Whitworth graduate who, with his wife, Marianne Horn- type. There are no panaceas for this problem. Some ele- ung Whitlow, was visiting us in Pittsburgh for several da~s ments of it can and must be solved by governmental ac- during his summer vacation from Princeton Seminary. tion. The final action, nonetheless, is in the hands of indi- After three additional days of negotiating, during which vidual American citizens who must decide whether they the street demonstrations continued, little discernible will take seriously, on a personal basis, the American ideal progress was being made. Livy decided to add me to his of equality. Nancy and I feel that we have been fortunate previously all-Negro negotiating team to point up the fact to experience during the past three years some of the mu- that discrimination had moral implications which reach tual understanding which is possible between all Ameri- far beyond the Negro community. We reached an agree- cans when we are willing to work for it. ment with the power company, and their employment practices have noticeably improved during the last year. During the ensuing months, both Nancy and I participated in equal-opportunity employment negotiations with other Pittsburgh companies. Most of these companies agreed to improve their employment practices without the necessity of street demonstrations. One Pittsburgh department store hired eighty Negroes, mostly in clerk and buyer trainee positions, during a period of several months. Most of these improvements in employment practices are not publicized in order to minimize the problem of "white backlash," which is an unfortunate but significant problem in Pittsburgh as well as in other cities. Progress is being made toward ending discriminatory employment practices in Pittsburgh, nonetheless, and concrete steps are finally being taken toward ending the second-class citizenship to which the American Negro has been relegated. Our involvement in the United Neg-ro Protest Commit- tee has led to several valuable and fruitful personal friendships. One of the men who participated with us in the negotiating sessions was Dr. Isaac Green, the minister of the largest Neg-roBaptist church in the central Pittsburgh ghetto. We have spent many enjoyable times with him and his family. Several months ago Nancy delivered a devo- tional talk as a part of the Women's Day program at his church. With the Greens, Jameses, and johnsons, as well as marry of the other individuals with whom we worked in the United Negro Protest Committee, we have enioyed sharing our friendship and discussing our hopes and our fears with each other as individual Americans who have a common stake in the future of this country. We have all benefited from our exposure to and appreciation of each other as individuals rather than stereotypes. During this past school year. Nancy was transferred to Manchester Elementary School which is located in one of the worst Negro ghettoes of Pittsburgh. The enormous disparity between the American ideals of freedom and equality and the actuality of poverty, misery, and limited

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"The Whitworth Way," the first documentary film ever produced by and about Whitworth College, will be released for public showing around December 1. This sound-color film, which begins with the dreams of young George Frederick Whitworth, an Indiana minister, traces Whitworth's exciting development from a bud- ding idea to its present 200 acre campus and 1236 students. The film has been written to blend together artistically the academic, social and spiritual emphases of Whit- worth for presentation to prospective students, alumni, parents and supporting financial institutions. Four copies of the $lO,OOO-plus film are tentatively scheduled for wide distribution with one slated perma- nently for California, another in Seattle and one to remain at the college. The remaining copy of the 203-scene film will be distributed throughout the Synod of Wash- ington-Alaska for the Diamond Anniversary Campaign and will be scheduled through D. Warren Campbell, campaign director. Written by Fred de Armond, Seattle, award-winning writer of more than 40 documentary motion pictures, the film will be 28 minutes in length and adaptable for television showing. Narrator is radio announcer Rick Liljenburg, class of '66; graphics are by James Quigley, class of '53; and Virgil Griepp, Director of Public Re- lations, is executive director for the picture. Lyle Kellogg, class of '62, composed an original music score for the fi1m with the college String Sinfonietta, Milton E. Johnson, director, playing the opening and closing signatures of the film. The college choir, also directed by Johnson, and the Joe Klose Jazz Trio are also featured. The cast for the film is composed of faculty, staff, alumni, and students. The film is being produced by Empire Films Corporation, Spokane. The Film Advisory Committee-Pauline Haas, art instructor; James Quigley, alumnus and commercial artist; the Reverend William J. Tatum, alumnus; President Koehler and Virgil Griepp-has spent long hours de- termining the proper scenes and focal impact of the picture. •

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w pointed as an official representative to ively. Albright addressed three stu- the five-state Northwest Clinic on Fit- dent convocations, several class ses- nesstto be conducted by Stan Musial, sions and several non-class seminars. director of President Johnson's Coun- He is presently professor emeritus of cil on Physical Fitness. archeology at John Hopkins. He holds Z two earned doctorates in addition to Initiating Whitworth's Diamond An- Annemae Power,• widow of Spokane 24 doctoral degrees from around the niversary year, President Koehler pre. contractor Charles A. Power, left her world. sen ted alumnus, The Reverend Har- estate of more than $1 million equally old E. Penhalurick, field administrator to four Spokane institutions including Dr. Donald H. Frantz,• jr., a Ful- of national missions for the United Whitworth College. Her attorneys bright-Hayes scholar recently re- Presbyterian Synod of Washington- said that the $1,079,458 was willed equally to Whitworth College, SI. John's Episcopal Cathedral, St. George's School and the Shriners' Hospital for Crippled Children. Mrs. ,0 Power died in Spokane April 24. -t5 • ~ ~.1.. Terry A. Smith, a junior philosophy Dahl Ebner major from 'Vest Covina, California, has been elected vice-president of the National Baptist Student Movement. Elected this summer in Wisconsin, Smith was later elected as a member- Alaska, with an honorary doctor of at-large to the Commission on Ecu- divinity degree. Penhalurick was cited menical Voluntary Service Projects for his "enviable reputation among of the National Student Christian Frantz Gunderson his colleagues for the genuiness of his Federation meeting in its sixth general ...--.,~-.... Christian character and his steadfast assembly in Chicago. He will attend a devotion to his Lord and the three day seminar on world missions Church." In his year-opening address in New York, November 23·25, spon- to the students titled "Diamonds in sored by the NSCF Commission on the Rough," President Koehler said, World Mission. "It is interesting to note that the • ...... beauty and worth of a diamond is not Dr. Robert J. Lamont, minister, First Little what is put into it but rather what is Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, turned from Thailand, is serving as drawn out of what is already there. Pennsylvania, is scheduled to be the visiting professor of Eng-lish on the Certainly this is in the true tradition Fall Spiritual Emphasis Week speak- Whitworth campus this year. He has of our liberal arts education." er. The annual occasion is scheduled also written a textbook and had many • for November 15-21 and will feature articles and essays published in na- Dr. A. Ross Cutter, Jr. chairman of two meetings a day including resi- tional magazines and journals. Join- the department of health, physical cd- deuce hall seminar discussions. ing the faculty with Dr. Frantz are Dr. ucation and recreation at Whitworth, • Dean Ebner, who received his Ph.D. received his doctor of education' de- Dr. William Albright, John Hopkins from Stanford in June, in English; gree from the University of California University, initiated the Whitworth Albert Gunderson, already directing at Berkeley in June. Currently the College Diamond Anniversary Visit- "The Diary of Anne Frank," in state president of the Washington As- ing Professor Series in October. "To Speech and Drama; .Tohn Clifton Li t- sociation for Health, Physical Educa- have this erudite scholar, statesman, tie, a doctoral candidate in sociology; tion and Recreation, he received an historian, and researcher open this Kenneth Proctor, admissions; David Oscar Meyer Scholarship this summer special series is a rare privilege," stat- Dahl, organ and music history; Ina for study in the Theory, Practice and ed Mark Lee, chairman of the 75th Henefer, librarian; Elizabeth Mc- Teaching of Relaxation at George Anniversary Steering Committee. Dr. Donough, psychology; alumnae Mary Williams College, Chicago, Illinois. Kenneth Pike, linguistics expert at the Spangenberg, education, and alum- Recently Cutter was named to a six- University of Michigan, and Dr. Karl nus Jay Jackson, varsity basketball year term on the Advisory Committee Olsson, president of North Park Col- coach and physical education. The on Teacher Education and Certifica- lege, Chicago, will continue the parttime instructional staff includes tion for the board of education of the week-long series of lectures beginning Alan Tubbs, music; Christine Hoden, State of Washington. He was also ap- December 7 and February 15, respect- biology ; John Ulrich, journalism; Dr. 10 Donald Waldrip, statistics, and alum- record 1236 day students as compared nus Dr. David Yeaworth, history. to 1186 last year. Evening division classes show a marked surge with an Two former Whitworth• College pres~ enrollment figure of 710 as compared idents have been honored this fall. Dr. to 582 last fall. This year's history. Walter A. Stevenson, president from making freshman class has 432 stu- August, 1923, to July, 1927, was rep dents. The geographical distribution membered as his son, Robert S. Stev- enson, president of Allis-Chalmers, <." Milwaukee, presented the college t, with a life-size oil portrait of his father taken from a photo when Dr. Stevenson was president. Dr. John MacKay was honored when the lan- tion is expected to cost In excess of guage departmen t expanded its fa- $12,000. cilities by moving into the old president's home and naming the building Twelve Whitworth• students have MacKay Hall. MacKay, the president been named National Presbyterian who moved the college from Tacoma College Scholars by the Board of to Spokane, was the first president to Christian Education of the United live in this house which now has lan- Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. Recog- Student Michael Goins and registrar guage laboratory facilities, seminar nized for scholastic ability and ac- Estella Baldwin observe new IBM sorting machine. rooms and professors' offices. complishment, personal qualities of of students shows 791 students from • character and leadership, scholarships Washington followed by California The Reverend Spencer Marsh, Jr., for the current academic year were with 216, Oregon 44, Idaho 40 and pastor, First Presbyterian Church, awarded to Sarah Ann Berkes, Seat- Colorado 33. The denominational dis- Bethlehem, Pa., was the speaker at the tle, Eva M. Click, Spokane, George- tribution reports 646 Presbyterian annual Women's Conference. Devel- anne T. Haun, Colorado Springs, students, 91 Baptists, 85 Methodists oping the theme "Revolutionary Colorado, Kathleen L. Kromm, Port- and 70 Lutherans. Statistics, official Love: From God to Others," the for- land, Oregon, Patricia E. Montgom- transcripts, and semester grades are mer student body president, told ery, Burlington, Gene E. Roghair, now speedily available from the reg- more than 300 women students that McMinnville, Oregon, Richard E. istrar's office through usage of new the purpose of women's conference Ward, Colorado Springs, Colorado IBM data processing equipment. The would not be achieved until the wom- and Gary L. Wolfer, Soap Lake. Hon- new equipment greatly speeded reg- en put revolutionary love into action orary scholars for the 1964~65 year istration procedures. in their daily lives. Rev. William S. are Connie Brock, Yakima, Penny Stoddard, pastor, Walnut Creek Pres- Lyman, Portland, Oreg-on, Myron • byterian Church, California, directed James Newell, Richland and Linda the men's thinking at their annual rep K. Simpson, Spokane. treat on the theme, "To Know the Truth, and the Truth Shall Make Cornelia Otis Skinner,• brilliant writ- You Free." Junior Dorothy Lutz, er-actress, initiated the 1964-65 Dia- Denver, Colorado, and senior Dan mond Anniversary Cultural Series Lazear, Spokane, were conference presenting- her original "The Wives . chairmen. of Henry VII!." Miss Skinner will be followed in the Cultural Series by The President's Home• is undergoing world famous pianist Leonard Pen- its first complete renovation since it nario on November 7, the male chorus was built in 1915. J. Russell Larson, Chanteurs de Paris on March 5, and associate professor of art, is the de- the Spokane Symphony Orchestra on signing architect for the renovation. April 19 with guest soprano soloist Plans call for a completely remodeled Adele Addison. kitchen to include new cabinets and built-in electric appliances, new Whitworth's Diamond• Anniversary plumbing- and wiring throughout, year marks a new summit in student three new bathrooms, and the main enrollment. With the aid of IBM ma- staircase to the second floor is being chines, registrar Estella Baldwin re- 1964 Homecoming reversed. The razing and rcconstruc- leased official registration figures at a QUEEN SUSAN I 11 PIRATE

Matthews was second in pass receiving just four yards off the pace. Perhaps the biggest threats to the Pirates this season SPORTS have been injuries and defense. Scattered injuries have slowed Reed, Larry LaBrie and Leebrick while transfer Don Mikiska has not seen any action due to an injured Reclaiming twenty-one lettermen from last season's knee and Jerry O'Callahan, senior guard, has contracted 7-1-1 football team, the pre-season forecasts on the Pirates pneumonia. On the defensive angle, the Pirates are having had to be optimistic. Returning were Charlie Reed, Little troubles. Last in Evergreen competition in pass defense, All-America fullback, Don Leebrick, Evergreen Confer- Whitworth has been unable to contain the passing game as ence total offense and passing leader, Ed Matthews, hon- illustrated against Southern Oregon when the opposition orable mention Little All-America, and Dave Morton, All- scored 26 points and made 21 first downs. Evidence of Conference end. With these prospects Whitworth figured Whitworth's pass-carrying defense is exhibited in the to have one of its strongest offensive teams in several years. Pirates league leading total of I 0 interceptions. Statistics through four games proved the offensive The schedule following the October 31 homecoming might of the Pirates who were tied at 2-1 with Central, game against Central, includes Pacific Lutheran Univer- Western and Eastern Washington State Colleges for the sity at Tacoma, University of Puget Sound at home and a loop lead. Whitworth also beat College of Idaho and non-conference game with Humboldt State College at Southern Oregon College of Education in non-conference Arcata, California. contests for an overall record at time of publication of 4-1. Statistics reveal that Whitworth was leading the league in total offense, rushing offense, passing offense, and rushing defense \.....·hileDon Leebrick was leading in total offense and passing, Matthews was tied for Evco scoring honors with 18 points followed by George Elliott with 17 and

Soph Pirate scat back Larry Labrie rambles around right end for a substantial gain before being pulled down by an unidentified College of Idaho tackler.

Sam Adams Paul Merkel Bill Sevadjian

Three Whitworthians are guiding this year's edition of Pirate football. Sam Adams, going into his seventh season with a 41-14·] record and three Evergreen Champion- ships, is again head coach. Assisting on the line for his tenth season is Paul Merkel, athletic director and head baseball coach. Both Adams and Merkel hold master's degrees [rom Whitworth. Newest of the mentors is Bill Sevadjian, formerly a scout for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League and 1955 graduate of Whit- worth. Sevadjian started his coaching career in California high schools, advanced to Glendale (California) Junior College, and was an assistant at UCLA in 1961. All three roaches participated in athletics while students at Whitworth. • 12 Executive Report Auxiliary Activities

Whitworth was certainly a "diamond in the Dr. Mark Koehler, Whitworth president, rough" when Dr. George F. Whitworth began summed up the activities of 1963-64 when he an academy at Sumner, Washington, on Feb- exclaimed, "You can't be talking about the ruary 20, 1890. Successive steps saw Whitworth Women's Auxiliary!" at the spring meeting of become a four-year college, move its campus to the Spokane Chapter at which the year's Tacoma, and establish itself in Spokane in 1914. financial statement was given. Today the many facets of its liberal arts and We did have a terrific year. Ballard Hall sciences program reflect the' hopes and dreams lounge was completely refurnished for the of many who struggled to see it achieve its opening of school, South Warren's new lounge, rightful standing among our nation's quality the parent's waiting room and two prayer institutions of higher learning. rooms were furnished and the lounges of the Its high academic stature, its Christian faith three largest men's dormitories-Arend, Stewart and philosophy, its handsome campus, its and \Vestminster-were completely redecorated. quality faculty" and students-all the result of This involved the purchase and installation dedicated persistence against adversity-are of colorful and sturdy davenports, chairs, tables, some of the facets that gleam brightly today. lamps and pictures for all three. We invested The future holds hope of added luster as $5,065.00 with the assistance of the Seattle, we refine our programs, increase our support. Yakima and Wenatchee chapters. and brighten and broaden our performance. We were saddened by the sudden and tragic As in the past, we will need the dedicated co- death of Mrs. Robert Nixon, our Yakima operation of faculty, staff, students, parents, president. Leadership has been sustained by alumni and our several publics. Mrs. Don K. Merritt, Mrs. Carroll Hull and As we enter a new era, the Board of Trustees Mrs. John Gordon. Meanwhile, a special 75th has conducted an objective survey of the total Anniversary Tea has been scheduled at program of the institution. The purpose is to Wenatchee for First Presbyterian Church on prepare Whitworth to continue its existence December 9 with Mrs. Sheldon Price and Mrs. indefinitely into the future. The financial spiral Bernard Nelson acting as hostesses. In Tacoma, is definitely putting some church-related liberal Mrs. John Powell arranged for a feature spot arts colleges out of existence. This cannot the day of Presbyterial on October 13, and in happen to Whitworth because of the unique Seattle there was a "Hoedown" party for Whit- contribution that Whitworth makes in the realm worth students in August. It was my privilege of Christian faith and academic preparation. to speak at Seattle's fall meeting on October 27. Two interesting notes about retiring faculty Spokane has been extremely busy under the are pertinent to all those who remember Dr. leadership of Mrs. James Wadsworth, whose Gustav Schlauch and Mrs. Anna Jane Carrel. father Dr. Donald Mac Kay was president of As they have retired from our program, the the College when it moved to Spokane. The Board of Trustees unanimously elected them to Annual Bazaar and Luncheon is scheduled for the status of Professor Emeritus at Whitworth First Presbyterian Church on November 10. College. They both represent true Whitworth The Membership Tea October 19, featured a greatness. book review by Mrs. Joy Williams and vocal Many exciting experiences relative to the solos by Mr. Thomas Tavener. splendid program of "extras" for this very special When considering our past activities and those year make this a most exciting, dramatic end proposed, I see only optimism and enthusiasm to a grand and glorious era, and an exciting for our college on behalf of the dedicated and stimulating beginning to a new and creative women of the Auxiliary. future for Whitworth College. We trust you will be a part of that future along with us. Mrs. Grant Dixon, Trustee Coordinator Or. Mark L. Koehler, President Auxiliary Projects COMING EVENTS

NOVEMBER 16, 17 Mozart's "Requiem"-Whitwonh College Choir with Spokane Symphony Orchestra Post Thea ter, 8: 30 p.m.

NOVEMBER 16 - 20 Dr. Robert J Lamont, speaker Spiritual Emphasis Week

NOVEMBER 26 Football-Whitworth vs. Humboldt State College Arcata, California, 1: 00 p.m.

DECEMBER 3 Basketball- Tip-Off Tournament Central Washington State College

DECEMBER 7 Visiting Professor, Dr. Kenneth Pike Cowles Memorial Auditorium, 10:00 a.m.

DECEMBER II Dr. Walter Judd Cowles Memorial Auditorium, 10:00 a.m.

DECEMBER 19 - JANUARY 3 Christmas Recess

DECEMBER 18, 19 Basketball-Whitworth VS. Fresno State Fresno, California

DECEMBER 29, 30 Basketball-Anaconda Tournament Anaconda, Montana

JANUARY 22 - 29 Final Exams

JANUARY 29, 30 High School Tyro Debate Tourney Whitworth College

FEBRUARY 4 Second Semester Begins

FEBRUARY 20 Founder's Day-Eugene Carson Blake, speaker Cowles Memorial Auditorium, 8: 00 p.m.

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Our winter issue brings you a 32-page Diamond Anniversary commemorative magazine featuring scholarly manuscripts by alumni, faculty and students. Music appreciation, scientific research, Whitworth's history, Abraham Lincoln's religion, Faulkner's novels, the curriculum, and original poetry, are but a few of the topics to be discussed in depth in this edition. You'll want to save your copy.