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Digital Kenyon: Research, Scholarship, and Creative Exchange The Kenyon Collegian College Archives 4-3-1986 Kenyon Collegian - April 3, 1986 Follow this and additional works at: https://digital.kenyon.edu/collegian Recommended Citation "Kenyon Collegian - April 3, 1986" (1986). The Kenyon Collegian. 681. https://digital.kenyon.edu/collegian/681 This News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the College Archives at Digital Kenyon: Research, Scholarship, and Creative Exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Kenyon Collegian by an authorized administrator of Digital Kenyon: Research, Scholarship, and Creative Exchange. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Thomas and Mary Greenslade---Kenyon's Lords defeat Columbus biggest supporters in lacrosse opener The Kenyon L-cl~n..-,."""""''''''''''~ApriI~3,~11lll8~] Estohlishcd ian 1856 Assistant Dean Adkins announces resignation By ADD navies with spending time with students that 1 don't plying, and also advertising nationally. An ad After four years of serving as Assistant like it." She added, "If I'm not enjoying it, has been placed in The Chronicle oj Higher Dean of Students, Kathryn Adkins has an- there's no way Ican do a good job." Education. Depending on the response to the nounced her resignation, effective June 30, She plans to take the next year 10 decide if first ad, other ads may be placed in other publications. 1986. She plans to return to school part-time she wants 10 remain in student affairs. "It while also working pan-time in another set- may be that Iwant to do it forever, but Ineed This week the deans are attending a con- ference of the National Association of Stu- ting, perhaps at another school or as a time to look at it," Adkins said. "I went volunteer in the area of community mental straight from college to graduate school, and dent Personnel Administrators (NASPA), and Edwards plans to conduct several inter- health. then three days after graduate school 1 was views there. Adkins received her master's degree in here. There has not been time to make sure that I'm heading the way 1 want to be education and counseling. She feels that in A committee of faculty. staO'and students heading. This is also a 24-hour job, so it's her current position she is not using her skills will be appointed to review applications and hard to step back and assess where you are in counseIing to the extent she would like. in , make recommendations. Ordinarily, hun- while you're doing it." fact making less contact with students the dreds of appliations are received for this type longer she remains. She attributes this to the Dean Edwards has already initiated a of position, but only three people are invited facl that she has become too involved with search for Adkins' replacement. He says it is to campus for interviews, although this her administrative responsibilities. "It's not standard operational procedure to announce number can vary. The application deadline is that I mind the administrative duties." the vacancy within the College community, May 1. Although the selection process is t3k- Adkins remarked ... It's when they interfere in case anyone at Kenyon is interested in ap- see ADKINS page eight AssisrDni D«1n KDthryn Adkins Reading Room dedicated in memory of Daniel T. Finkbeiner II Daniel T. Finkbeiner II,professor emeritus Gorden K. Chalmers, he served as Dean of Said Lindstrom. a long-time colleague and school students in mathematics. and that in of mathematics at Kenyon, died last Friday at Students for one year, and as Acting Dean of friend, "In the early days, Dan was always 1960 he founded the Kenyon CoUese Sum- his home. He was sixty-six. the College the following semester. one to whom many faculty members would mer Program. Describing that PJ'OII'8ID, He will be remembered at Kenyon by the Beginning in 1973, he served on the Presi- go for advice. Dan was a great administrator as Finkbeiner in 1961 wrote, in The MatlwmGt. Daniel T. Finkbeiner II Mathematics dential Search Committee which recom- well as a teacher and a scholar." ks Tef1Cher, "Our society, it seems, is ae- Reading Room in Ascension Hall which will mended that Philip H. Jordan, Jr. be elected Lindstrom noted that Finkbeiner had a customed to permitting its youth a be named and dedicated later this year. president of the College. special interest in challenging promising high see FINKBEINER ptJge eight A memorial service will be held this satur- day afternoon at 4;00 pm in the Church of the Holy Spirit. Kenyon Fund solicits pledges from Class of'86 Finkbeiner came to Kenyon as an associate professor in 1951. In 19S6 he became pro- By Alldrea BII«Y The cost of the class gift is. according to volunteers to pledge a donation to the Ken- " fessor of mathematics and chairman of the SChwarz. "within budget". It is financed by yon Fund, an annual fund of the CoUese. As well as leaving atraditional senior class department. He retired in 1984. senior dues and various memorials made to Letters and pamphlets explaining Kenyon's gift to the College, this year the Class of '86 the C.ollegein Roelofs' name. The Committee needs and the bene6ts of alumni pviDg wiD will be establishing a new plan of continuous hopes the memorial will exude the character be distributed to all seniors. The pamphlets giving through a two week campaign in which of the professor as wen as be useful to contain facts such as the foUowina: tuition senior class members pledge donations to the students. SChwarz describes tbe.memonet as covers only eiahty percent of a student's Kenyon Fund. an "appropriate" one. education and it costs approximately Sso.OOO The gift of the Class of 1986 consists of a The start of continuous giving to Kenyon per day to operate Kenyon. The pamphlet large antique desk, two lamps, a chair. and a will also begin soon, as a campaiJo entitled also reminds seniors that the campaian is for plaque, all placed in Nu Pi Kappa study Senior Challenge '86 kicks 00' for seniors pledges; liviD. docs not begin until 1987. lounge as a memorial to Gerrit H. Roelofs, a this Monday. The two week campaign in. The Senior CbaIJen&e allows seniors to Kenyon English professor who died this faIl. valves the solicitation of seniors by classmate choose one of four payment plana for The furniture and plaque will soon be placed SH SENIORS Pfl8r righr in the southern alcove of Nu Pi Kappa, righl above Roelofs' former olftce. The antique desk is Jarse enouah to seat mka captures more awards two studeDts, says Senior CJass Praident Hika has been ,given three Ook! Circle Poetry compodtion lor bis __ Orris Schwarz. The desk wu recently pur. Awards by the Columbia Scholastic Press Dawns." the first 1D • sequeDCe wbk:b 'WU dwed at an auction in Delaware and is now Association. The prizes, which were an- published inHIbI1ast: spriDa. SduDidt"s1bort A scholar in linear aIatbra., FinkbeiDcr was bcina refurnished. It Is due in Gambier within nounced at "the Association's national con- story "Loeb,- from the Winter isIue CIP" the author of scveral widely-used mathemat- the next week. vendon March 8. honored individual pieces luredIhIrd ...... in tbcFlctIon compeddoe. ics texts, includina &mmu oj LinttU Schwarz, who bas worked on the Senior from last yean iaua of the mll'riM. "'We wac bcttina on the trifccta. IDd .. our A/gebnr and An Introductiolt to Matrlc:a IIIfd a.ss Committee in orpniriDJ the 1986 class Co-cditon BiD MarchI and GeofI' Schmidt hones QJDC in: Marchl comlllCDtCd. ...- awanIs in _ oftbcthree_ Lineru Trr;m.tfonIMtiolu. A PriItW oj m. pft. attributa much of its )H'OIIets to the This iI the tllCOIId '* ill ,... crete M.thmJtllks. c:o-authored by Kenyon help of Mrs. Roelofs aDd President IDd Mrs. cakIOries. "'A coavcnation with Robert that Hbbu fouDd ....... 1t 0CId ar· professor of ......... in WendeIIl.JndItrom. Jordin. Scbwm: deIcribes the thrw u Huo" ............ by tbcIWo _ ......... deA_. ... _ wiD be publilbed this :rar. "coopenlhe ............. _ 10 help. for "'Belt Irdaview or NoIt-Ilktica ArticIe.- tbcA_IO __ .. lad very .eEl SdIwuz 'I1Ie __ -...\ lint Ouad F"lDll:beiDer ... bowIl for lUI Ildmini- fdIOi'Iet..... dIims.. oeII-=eiD ... Utenr7sllb8c--' ...... ..- __ Ia u .....'" 1956, ,,,,,,. "1bIl\ wbJ Il'I ..... 10 be • wry ~ W_-iD- __ .. tbc_ .. _oftbc ''p •• bla tbc__ of -... .,.- " 1IIeI8IDriII •• '15 _. -.... __ pIoce ..... _IIIKA,.., ,.., PAGE TWO OPINION April 3, 1986 Spring nlSll proposal a g I As c:::::::.::c::-:.:::._~ i _er 10 the ninth Satnrday of that .-.!lush aetivltleJ bqla "iI1l an 1l'Cparty at the start ofthe ruofri!lll period,atId by the bqlani!lll ofN~ '.- fraternities ha.. lbelr new resters 10 $llbmlt '" the Olll<e I>f tlle AsaisttInt uean o for Student Residertee$. The revised Pl>Iicy now beins co-..t _Id tn<)ve tbe rullb period from the firse _er '" $IlriI>&'-. We ~__ a proposal fora numbero(reatons. ." . ,.' ...' There are distinct advontilges in a iIJ)fln! r..n for-tbe entire Kenyon _- 4 I munlty. Broadly outlined. ~ s~ that tlle !leW _ ~ be eon- dueted as follows. The entire,tlrstsemester~d b¢"~,, aPt~ period. That is;con~ between fresbmenandfratenliut$would tJe"'~, and limited only to occasional of8lU1il:edrullb parties. Perhaps allOWlIlll_ fraternity to hold one open party a month mitIlIt be a way I>f alloWinIl freshmen to "cheek QUt",fratei'l,lities,withQut beiI1l, ~1>jectedtothe 'pressures oranintenSiverusbjnspeJiod .. ', ',," '" ,',,_,,' ,_"_""',',,_,",' '," _ , . Goodopwl, Intensive rush <OIl1d then begin the first _ after CIlrlstrnos Break atId continue fOrfour~.The ,-peI'iod$.