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Rollins College Rollins Scholarship Online Rollins Magazine Marketing and Communications Summer 1970 Rollins Alumni Record, June 1970 Rollins College Office ofa M rketing and Communications Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarship.rollins.edu/magazine Recommended Citation Rollins College Office of Marketing and Communications, "Rollins Alumni Record, June 1970" (1970). Rollins Magazine. Paper 237. http://scholarship.rollins.edu/magazine/237 This Magazine is brought to you for free and open access by the Marketing and Communications at Rollins Scholarship Online. It has been accepted for inclusion in Rollins Magazine by an authorized administrator of Rollins Scholarship Online. For more information, please contact [email protected]. GE JUNE/1970 fe Rollins College column! "RECORD PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS BY DANA SHELTON LEFT to RIGHT; TOP to BOTTOM: Summertime concertgoers at a Hous- ton city park. Brass sculpture; Houston Art Museum. Matador Humberto Mono tossed at a Houston Astrodome bullfight. "In baiting a mousetrap with cheese, always leave room for the mouse." — Edmund Gosse. "Belladonna." In Italian, a beautiful woman; in English, a deadly poison. A striking example of the identity of the two tongues. Frank Sinatra and Astronaut Neil Armstrong signing autographs at the NASA "Welcome Home" dinner in the Astrodome. e Rollins 1969-1970 OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS Judge George C. Young '38 College President B. T. Heineman '64, MBA '67 First Vice President and President-elect o/llumni Douglas Kerr '66 Second Vice President Catherine B. Coleman '38 Secretary Sara H. Howden '35 Treasurer RECORD Robert B. Colville '26 Blanche F. Galey '35 in this issue JUNE/1970 Frank M. Hubbard '41 Robert H. Lorenzen '58 John C. Myers, Jr. '42 The President Speaks Betty R. Pratt '47 Remarks made on the occasion of the Elfreda W. Ramsey '35 Annual Meeting of the Rollins Alumni Charles E. Rice MBA '64 Association this Spring . by President Jack Critchfield U Robert A. Robertson '34 Patricia W. Swindle '50 Partners in Progress A look at how the Central Florida School ALUMNI TRUSTEES for Continuing Studies and local industry share in higher education . reprinted from John G. McKay '37 "Martin Marietta Today" magazine 6 William E. Winderweedle '28 Howard C. Kresge, Jr. '66 Curriculum Reform in the Offing? Have the sands of the hourglass shifted ? EDITORIAL STAFF An in-depth article by Assistant Professor of Walter M. Hundley English Edward H. Cohen 8 Director of Alumni Affairs Editor 10 Loison P. Tingley Tar Topics Assistant to the Director 1970 Alumni Reunion Photographs 12 News of the Classes 15 Member: American Alumni Council Editorial Office and Alumni Office The first two covers of this issue show a collection of Alumni House, Rollins College photography by Rollins Sophomore Dana Shelton. Son Telephone (305) 646-2266 MJSa of William Roy Shelton, Jr., former professor of English Winter Park, Florida 32789 at Rollins and now a nationally-known writer, Dana 1 1 ti bought his first camera at the age of twelve. ■ ' JMHW As a Freshman at Rollins he worked as News Bureau The ALUMNI RECORD is published photographer, and this year he has worked as pho- quarterly by Rollins College Alumni tographer for the Rollins Tomokan and the Sandspur. Association, Winter Park, Florida, and Dana plans to be a professional photojournalist or is distributed to graduates, former stu- motion picture photographer. He has been interviewed dents, and seniors of Rollins College. by numerous major newspapers, Life magazine and Second-class postage paid at Winter National Geographic. His favorite subjects include Park, Florida 32789. nature, sports, major news events . and pretty VOLUME 47 NUMBER 3 w\ Rollins co-eds like sophomore Lucy Cook shown on Circulation 11,000 I the front cover. (Dr. Critchfield wrote this article At the conclusion of my remarks at this current year or nearly 15%. shortly after Reunion in early the Annual Meeting of the Rollins During the same time, income from April. His references to the needs Alumni Association on April 4,1970, endowment has increased by only by the end of the year refer to a number of Alumni in attendance 5% and gift income has increased June 30,1970, the end of our fiscal suggested that I transmit the same year. —■ Editor) by only 4.2%. The result has been a thoughts to the Alumni at large. Be- gradually increasing annual expense fore attempting to do so, I wish to over income, which at the begin- thank all of you who have indicated ning of this academic year totaled your interest and support of Rollins $680,000 and is now $450,000. through your financial contributions While donations since July 1, and your letters of encouragement 1969, have totaled slightly over during my first year as President. $500,000, $211,000 has been for un- Both have been inspiring and greatly restricted purposes. We anticipate appreciated. an additional $150,000 from com- I am certain that most Alumni bined development programs be- would appreciate reading some- tween now and June 30; but unless thing other than a plea for con- we discover a major gift within the tinued support, no matter how next three months, it will be neces- subtle the plea. However, I believe I sary to use $300,000 of reserve funds would be remiss in my responsibil- to balance this year's budget. ities if I did not make an effort to After making all possible budget better inform you of the financial reductions for next year, the oper- condition of the College. ating budget for 1970-71 will be In 1799, parents of students at $6,000,000. This will require total The College of New Jersey (now gifts (unrestricted) of $500,000 next Princeton) complained that annual year to balance the books. expenses of $171.21 were too high. Three years ago, student tuition President Samuel Stanhope Smith and fees comprised 49% of the total sent a letter to parents with an ex- income to the College. With the in- planation of costs as follows: crease enacted this past September, $94.50 food tuition and fees total 58% of 4.67 entrance fee income. 36.67 tuition, room rent, and While every effort was made to library fee defer an additional increase in tui- 12.00 laundry tion charges until September 1971, 13.98 wood we found no alternative to prevent 4.40 servant's wages what would have been a dangerous 5.00 candles expense over income of $1,000,000 President Smith went on to say for 1970-71. Therefore, it was neces- that some young men aiming too sary for me to write to the parents much at ostentation in their appear- of our students a few weeks ago ance, did incur heavy and unneces- to announce a tuition increase of sary debts for clothing, barbers, and $390 and to explain as President horses. The problem of paying for Smith did in 1799 the reasons. Un- Higher Education is not a new prob- like President Smith, I did not sug- lem although the amount of the gest that many of our students are actual cost to be paid by the student spending too much for barbers. (or his parents) has varied consider- When the first president of Rol- ably through the years. lins, the Rev. Dr. E. P. Hooker, took The operating expense at Rollins office in 1885, he observed the by JACK B. CRITCHFIELD College has increased from $4.9 mil- following: President of Rollins College lion three years ago to $5.6 million There were present two freshmen, eight college preparatory stu- needed for improved salaries and cation arts center — a student dents, three in the normal depart- endowed professorships. center with a swimming pool. ment, and more than thirty in the The Rollins curriculum includes Currently the College maintains training school. There were seven 500-600 courses being offered each 150,000 volumes of library books in faculty members, who also dou- academic year in the various disci- the Mills Memorial Library, the bled in administrative roles. A plines comprising the Humanities, Crummer Business Library, and the total of ten courses comprised the Expressive Arts, Behavioral and So- Bush Science Library. There is need curriculum and the total year's cial Sciences, and the Natural Sci- to update the collections annually cost for tuition, room and board ences. With an ongoing evaluation and to increase the useability of the was $164. The unfinished loft over of the curriculum, revisions will library services. Again funding White's store served as adminis- continue to assure a meaningful and is required. tration, chapel, library and recita- hopefully an exciting learning ex- Realizing all of the stated needs tion building. The first library perience. An interdisciplinary major and fully aware of the increasing consisted of a well worn Bible and is being developed in Environmental competition from low cost public a dictionary; physics and chemis- Studies and the Latin American Area higher education, I have great try apparatus, a ruler and a ther- Studies program will continue to be confidence in the future of your mometer. The first building strengthened in upcoming months. Alma Mater. It's potential is what constructed on campus was Pine- With seventy structures presently attracted me to a most challenging hurst, a cottage for young men, at located on 65 acres of campus, position. a total cost of $9,755.73, including Rollins enjoys one of the most I have confidence in our students, furniture. attractive and functional physical our alumni, our faculty and staff, As Rollins is observed 85 years plants to be found anywhere. With and in our institutional structure. later, a number of changes have oc- the A.