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The Davidsonian THE DAVIDSONIAN Volume LXXII,Number7 The Weekly Newspaper of DavidsonCollege Friday,10December 1982 Spencerresigns HH I Hi ' EBB HBH Surprise Announcement b F j^H at FacultyMeeting By JEFFREY MANN'84 Stair would not speculate on what type of person the Trustees would be College President Samuel R. loking for, or whether he or she might Spencer, 63, announced Tuesday that come from within the College. "We heisretiring aspresident effective 1 Ju- want totalk to the studentsandstaff first 1983. willbecome [at the 7 meeting] before wede- ly Spencer president January ' * '* ■' UCk; * >v / "■ Jhw *"' aS / t !Jbb1H of the Virginia Foundation for Inde- cide what we'relooking for," he said. ■k* fO% H^B "x^fc^ . iaaH^J^H pendent Colleges (VFIC), a fund-rais- The Trustee By-laws state, "The inggroup for 14privatecolleges inVir- Trustees shall elect a President of the ginia. College .. who is a loyal and active ~ Spencer announced his decision in churchman, giving evidenceby his life ' '** ■i "■'■■ » t^ j| letters to the Boardof Trustees,student ofthe strengthsofhisChristianfaith and leaders,andanannouncement at theend commitment. Such faith and commit- I ' of the regular monthly faculty meeting. ment willbeappropriately expressed by bVbV UbI B"^bV "- TbbbIbh IbW^MbW § ' iMB IW3 "Everyone was very "surprised," said his affiliation with the Presbyterian Prof. Everett Jacobus. Church in theUnited Statesandhis ac- "[This opportunity will] allow me tive participation in the life of the Col- ' *' lege ■- * ■■■■ the opportunity tocontinue to work and Church." ■HiB^k>- 1 J BL.'Bflfc^ -'-^aaBBI earn past Davidson's 'normal retire- Inhis letter to the Trustees,Spencer ment age,'" Spencer said. The Trustee said, "Ihave been seriously concerned By-laws sets thenormal retirement age abouttheeffect onTheCollegeofanex- at 65, with possible extension to 70. tended lame-duck period as Iapproach Vice President for Academic Af- sixty-five. For that reasonIhave delib- fairs andDean of the Faculty T.CPrice erately tried to keep uncertain the date Zimmermann said ofDr. Spencer, "He ofmy departure,hoping to leavebefore introduced changes of far-reaching expected to doso."Heordinarily would f BBP^^^^^^^Bl magnitude and built an immeasurably haveretiredafter the next school year. strongeracademicprogram.Ithinkpeo- TheLynchburg-based VFICis "one SamuelReidSpencer Jr. ple willlook back and seehim asoneof of 40 state foundations set up to raise the greatest presidents inthe history of money for its member colleges," the College." Spencer said. The thirty-year-oldgroup $2 $250,000 Spencer would not speculate as to raises approximately million a year D.C.gets hissuccessor, sayingitisaTrusteedeci- for its member institutions,mostly from sion. He does not anticipate any . corporations, but also foundations and Topromote technologicalliteracy* changes intheotherofficers of theCol- individuals. Spencer has agreed to at lege. "I would certainly hope that the least a four-year term and expects the By DUNCANFRASER '86 Students and and faculty members staff willremain intact," he said. office to move to Richmond. Davidson from Johnson C. Smith University in TheBoardofTrustees willmeet ina does not belong to the corresponding The AlfredP. SloanFoundationhas Charlotte willalsoparticipatein applied specialsessionatDavidsononFriday,7 NorthCarolina foundation. given Davidson College a $250,000 mathematics training and technology January tomeet withstudents,adminis- "Somuch ofmy life has been cen- grant for developing curriculum symposiaFinancedby the grant. tration and staff, and the faculty to in- tered here it willreally be a wrench to changes reflectingcomputer technolog- CollegePresidentSamSpencer said itiate the search process, according to leave," Spencer said. 'Though Icould y's impacton theliberal arts education. the grant is "more important than just Board ChairmanFred Stair. "We think not leave Davidson without keen per- The grant will enable about 55 David- money as itrepresentsa capstoneof Da- he's doing a stellar jobaspresident and son professors to study the effect of are saddenedbyhis leaving," Stairsaid. (Continuedonpage 11) modern technologyon theirdisciplines. (Continued onpage II) Nuclear" Arms Some-ironic Controversy foresight in D.C. GoodorBad""""***""*"*" ByaMeador Just twodaysagoourmost visible nationalsym- bol, Washington Monument was held hostage the alot ofmail concerning dorm life hascome This week's hours. Sixty-five-year-old Norman Mayer, Quite for ten in recently. Ifigure the holidays are responsible for ajump suit and motorcycle helmet, paced wearing this.Whether dormlife isGood orBadisnoopen-and- ofhis van threatening to topple theMonu- graph: in front shut case. Let'stake a peek at somecorrespondence. dialogue on the nuclear ment unless "a national "Dear [sic], Ihate dorm life. Your was started.Like somethingofa Queerhead weaponsquestidn" friend,Tammy." BladeRunner and Zamyatin's We, cross between Or this:"Dear Ann,I'vebeenponderingthingslike this sad, insane happening was laced withdeep ir- life ina coeducational dormitory ever since I'vebeen ony.Threatening toblow uptheWashingtonMonu- livinginone.Firstofall,itmustbenice tobeaguyand menttostop blowinguptheworldisanactunique to nothave to walkup56stairs togo to thebathroom.Se- our time. cond, whyis ft that the guys' halls always smellgross bizarre act is horrible Although this terrorist Also, was one guy'sroom issue,it isworthlook- andoursdon't? onceI inthis publicity forthenuclear arms huge fungusgrowing fromunder- both friends and foes of nuclear wherehehadthis out ing at closely by neath[three amazingprepositions— his mattress. arms.Thinkabout itfor aminute.Thisman wanted ed.\ Maybethat's why they always smell gross. Itseems to destroy anational monument to helpthe nation. to me that they would put the gross floors on top so that Although it'sratherclearcut thatviolent actsof ter- - they wouldn't-offend those of us who use non-gross rorism are a threat to peaceful means of political toiletries. At least then we wouldn't have to walk ittakesaslap inthe face to real- change,sometimes through those gross smells every day. Plus, if they how offtrack we are. Although we disagree ize far were on the top, then they could jump out if things any acts or threatsof violence,thisman's idea with started smelling too bad. Idon'tknow;aretheseGood isperhapsthemostimportant onefacing man. A re- Thingsor not?Ijust think gross smellsare Bad, that's book, The Fate the Earth, by Jonathan cent of all. Guys have more gross smellsthangirls. ." The Schell, theimportance of thenuclearde- . describes authorgoesoninthisvein for a while, thenstops. inthefollowing way:"themere riskofextinc- bate Notice this one: "Hey. Cannon. Good Thing. No significance that iscategorically different tionhasa shades.Co-eds. Yeah.Binoculars. Why not." from, immeasurably greater than, that of any and Andaprobablecompanion letterreads,"Hey.Sen- risk Up tonow,everyrisk has beencon- other ... telle. BadThing. We wantshades.Mono-eds.No.Be- within the frame of life; extinction would tained cause."Nothinglike agoodcontroversy,Isay. shatter frame. Itrepresents not the defeat of that Perhapstheseare abit extreme.Inamore moderate purpose but an abyss in whichallhumanpur- some tone, letter runs, "Dear Good andBadLetters, I be drowned for all time. Wehave no one poses would think dorm life is Goodand Bad becauselots of good right place thepossibilityofthis limitless,eternal to things happen indorms likemixersand secret Santas, samefootingasrisks that weruninthe defeaton the think there are badthingslike whentheytake of affairsinour particular tran- but alsoI ordinaryconduct our shower curtains. Iguess all in all there are good and history. Toemploy a ma- sient moment ofhuman aboutboth, mostly goodpretty analogy, we can say that although the bad things much." thematical Message boards with raccoons andrainbows and may befractional,thestakeis, riskofextinction hu-^ ZiggyandducksandSmurfsandStrawberryShortcake manly speakingk infinite,and a fractionofinfinity andPinkPanthersandflowers andhappy facesandcal- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 is stillinfinity." ligraphy andoh,dormlife.Onpeoples' doors,for gosh we thenuclear peril withhelpless- Week often lookat sakes. ness. Even ifoneperson couldconvince his nation to take the threat of extinction seriously, there are stil other nations out ofour control. Thesituation sounds even worse when youthink about thelong- THEDAVIDSONIAN term possibility of nuclear extinction; political agreementshardly ever last,and scienceisimpossi- The Weekly NewspaperofDavidson College ble toerase. Thenuclearissue isnot only important one facing humankind,it isperhaps the most diffi- "*" '— ' ways elimi- TinD«»<d»unl»i biinhlhtn.il Trtitrnfi -*■-*-■ cult to solve, Thereare no clear-cut of ~ - ..- ■ m . i- m- fTllfatolHI nating thethreat ofnuclear extinction.Threatening ... w 9%m MC a wm.rtmHfmmtmm.mnu»m*u».amomiQ-— toblow upthe WashingtonMonument may bring «—< Mn— » Wo flOrtpiMfrW UhIpw.»«*■■"» lotofbad press to thenuclear issue but it is still the Htm awt tW pm v*ar.MwartMnara*w amtabto on most worthyofallissues toattempt apermanent so- lution. weekWill Bersonhas writtenanOpinions Editor:StewartCauley This Lindsay for the 'sonian,andfuture ExecutiveEditor:Brian Butler Staff: Biddle PauletteKurani article ontheMXmissile NewsEditor:DavidResnik ChristiBaggett AnneLambert articlesareplanned. We welcomecommentaries on FeaturesEditor:TomPafford BillBarnett JohnLyday thenuclearissue fromanyviewpoint,beitpolitical, SportsEditor:SteveSoud NeilCooksey
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