Jack Kelly Returns Student Art f estival Opens This Week to Colb —Jane Sudol students and faculty from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Feb 21, at the y fieldhouse. Powder and Wig will present "Barefoot in the -Evan Katz The 1 976 Student Arts Festival will open at 8 p.m. Park" at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on this Friday night with a kaleidoscope of color in Bixler's Sunday at the Waterville Opera House. Given Auditorium Jette Gallery. Visitors to the event, entitled "An Evening will be the setting for "An Evening of Jazz" with the Less You can't go home again ; or at least that's what they say of Colorful Expression," are requested to dress all in one is More Jazz Band at 8 p.m., Feb. 22. However, Jack Kelley may prove to be the exception to the color or in shades of one color. Music and refreshments will The Rod Rogers Dance Company will perform at rule. In 1962 Kelley left Colby to coach hockey at Boston introduce the Student Art Exhibit, a display of projects 8 p.m., Feb. 23, at the Opera House; on Feb. 24, a Gra- University. But last December Kelley stepped down from by all independent and group Jan Plans dealing with.art, phic Arts Workshop will be conducted from 3 p.m. to 5 his positions as Coach - and General Manager of the New England and art work completed over the past year by individual p.m. on third floor Bixler., and reading fro m Shakespeare, Whalers of the World Hockey Association in order to return Colby students . "Singers of American Music", a Jan Plan soliloquies by Hank Offinger can be heard in Robert's Loft to Colby as varsity hockey coach. produced by Bob Weinstein, will be performed at 7 p.m . from 4 - 6 p.m. Kelley will join the Colby College staff th is June. He in Given auditorium, preceding the opening. In the remaining three weeks, SAF will present a will assume the position of Assistant Professor of Physical The activities of opening night are a small sampling poetry reading by Tagliabue ; a lecture and workshop with Education . His contract is one year in length . of the events sponsored by the Student Arts Festival visiting artist Janet Fish; the Student-Faculty Variety Night Ken Mukai, the Mules' hockey coach since 19 72, will during the next four weeks. Student and professional per- symposiums on "The Importance of Personal Artistic Ex- not be returning next season. Kelley's return will hopefully formances, woikshops, and mini-lectures involving music, pression" and "The Commercial vs. the Fine Arts" ; a pot- bolster the hockey program at Colby. He has coached suc- art, dance, poetry, and crafts are scheduled from February tery workshop; and "Ballads, Barrooms, and Bombast," cessful hockey teams at all levels of competition. 20th to March 20. The entire program is based upon stu- 19th Century America in song. The Boston Tea Party, and During Kelley's first tenure as hockey coach at Colby , dent-faculty interaction and inter-departmental cooperation, improvisational troupe, will present a historical revue with commensing in 1955, his teams won 92 games and lost 48. Folk mu-ic by guitarists and demonstrations of glass- music. The Student Arts Festival will end with a Maine Bi- He left after seven years to coach hockey at Boston Univer- blowing, silkscreening, and pot-throwing will highlight the centennial exhibit of crafts by Indians of the Northeast sity. Kelley served there for eleven seasons. In that span BU Crafts Fair from professional Maine craftsmen and Colby Woodlands. captured two Division One Championships and six Beanpot Titles. The Terriers played better than ,700 hockey under Kelley. In 1972 the New England Whalers of the new WHA signed Kelley as General Manger and Coach to guide them in their inaugural season. Under Kelley's leadership the Whalers won the league championship. He was named WHA Coach of the Year. The subsequent seasons with the Whalers began, to take their toll on Kelley . Despite keeping the Whalers in conten- tion for the WHA title year after year the he^vy schedule and constant travelling irritated him. The pressure as a pro- fessional coach, knowing that every game is a must game, was a problem* The time he could spend with his family di- minished. President Strider said that Kelley was "fed up" with the hectic life that he led as a professional coach. According to Kelley's son , Paul, a sophmore at Colby, i, cont. page 7 Pub Op ening Successf ul -Marty Connally With the successful opening of the Campus Pub on Friday evening, the controversy of the past several weeks seems to have died. Nonetheless, disturbing questions concerning the planning of the pub still remain unanswered There were no disturbances, "reactions" by fraternities, or any other visible signs of dissatisfaction with the refur- bished Paper Wall, now tastefully converted into the kind of social gathering place m any saw Colby needing. Indeed , anyone frequenting the Pub would not have even realized that the establishment of it was at all controversial. In addition , the meeting of the IFC last Thursday produced Registration Blues no new course of action. The result of the conference with the inspector from -Gerry Boyle "Students and professors are tortured and abused the Liquor Commission was;that the fraternities were not 'You' ve Got to be Quick to Get an Education while George Coleman's mustache remains serenely in expecting to change any previous plans. They still will be place," the sage concluded. participating full swing in the Winter Carnival, especially What alpha number? One must wonder whether or not this subjection to considering the fact that the Commission needs a search "No, sorry that was closed at prc-registration ..," the whims of a machine and its maniacal servant is neces- warrant or permission of Colby to investigate any frater- "See, I have to have this one, 'cause I took a semes- sary. This question was put to several registrants but few nity's premise on campus. Such was the inform ation ob- ter off , and now so I can graduate ..." deigned to reply. Of those refusing, some thought the tained from the Waterville area inspector who seems to "Arc you sure this is the line for...?" question was a ploy to steal their places in line, Others have contradicted previously received word that the Com- Registration. It looms out of the haze of Jan Plan were so caught up in the frenzy of red tape that they found mission had freedom to investigate any premise on cam- and suddently the poor student is standing in between the question incomprehensible and babbled something pus without warning. Now , the fraternities feci more se- the ropes clutching pink slips and green slips and waiting to like "Is this the line for the 300's?" cure about their future plans, whatever they may be. The Jee if Dad paid the bills. Then it's off to the arena to drop cont, page j o cont. on p, 13 and add until he eventually emerges from the mob ajid won dcrs what in the world he just did to himself. But how to capture the essence of this semestcrly Phenomenon? This ECHO reporter asked one old sage, a senior scliolar with years of white, pin k, and green slips carhivai this mekehdi behind explain it all. After much mmm him, to look back and deliberation the sage concluded that it was ail a plot con- Pg.4 i cocted by the computer devil and his disciple, George AV^M*^*L Schedu le mVm±m±ml. _. Coleman. ___ __. -_. -_ _W -_. -_. __. ___ ___ __. __. __. .__ __. ___ __. __- ___ ______ m.^M.mL^m^^me.m*^m\.mLmLm*.ml m±ML mL^.M*+L*L*.Mt.*.+.±*.*. A. ^ *. *. *. *. * *. _*._**. ___ ___ _k. __ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ This is an open letter to our professors from those of The choice th en is clearly up to us as private citizens Awaken Colby us down here at The Echo . You may know and recog- to decide which way to go. Will it be down the path to a nize us, but if not, we can readily be identified as the ones domestic arms race or will it be in the direction of a sane who constantly miss your class on Thursdays or if we and responsible hand gun policy? If you, as students, feel Mules make it, it is only to fall asleep in a corner. Then there is any responsibility or concern for the welfare of your coun- Varsity try and yourselves the person who held forth at length on Tuesday only to , you will want to do the following things: fall into unresponsive silence on Thursday, an Echo staffer 1) Write your own congressperson (House Office Building, The Colby Varsity hockey team's record stands at no doubt. There are even a few of us down here who Washington, D.C. 20515). 2) Present a hand gun law pro- .3-15-0, not exactly impressive. But their record for tbe carry these tendencies through other days of the week posal to your village or city council. We will be glad to send last five years has not been exactly impressive either. We such as Wednesday, the day we go to press, for. just you a copy of the law to be presented. 3) Join the Comm- don't want to give the impression that our hockey team before our 11:30 class we're bound to remember some- ittee for Hand Gun Control for maximum effectiveness.