Published by Pitzer College, Claremont, October, 7977

A member of The Claremont Colleges Vol . 5, N o. 4

"What courses shall I take?" COLLEGE RESPONDS TO "LOST" FEELING OF FRESHMEN WITH YEAR-LONG PROGRAM

Pitzer College has a habit of asking allow for easier switching for freshman tinue to meet students on a "one-to­ itself, "How am I doing?", "How can I advisees at an early stage if the student one" basis, and in addition, she will be better?" When it inquired, "How am so desired. (4) It would provide a focus meet twice a week with three groups I doing in student advising?" it did not for academic orientation. of 15 freshmen for "simple, low key give itself aI! "A" and for some good The Committee further recommended talks on problems that are shared by reasons. that the plan be given a one-year trial many freshmen." period, that students be involved in For students who need information "] really didn't get much advice. ] Just evaluating the program, and that an oat­ and guidance on graduate schools, there picked what] wanted to do as far as side person be appointed to make an is a Graduate Studies Advisor, Miss choosing courses. ] said, '] want to take independent evaluation. Barbara Beechler, Professor of Mathe­ this, this, and this, ' and she wrote it down The Executive Committee proposed matics. The doors of the Dean of Stu­ and signed it; and once in awhile she that a Special Advisor to Students be dents office and the Claremont Colleges said, 'what do you want to take that for, appointed as a resource person for con­ Counseling Center are also open. or oh, that sounds like a good course,' sultation in ways supplementary to or­ With summer over, the wheels of the and that was about it; and then we talked dinary academic advising and personal newly-formed advising machinery be­ about other things. " counseling, e.g., for consultation con­ gan to turn. Miss Sharon Nickel, As­ "] have several freshmen in my suite, and cerning life objectives, the 'relevance' sistant Professor of Political Studies, going by their experiences, they need of education to life and career, and the (continued on page 2) more direction. They don't know what choice of a field of concentration. The they want, they don't know if they are Special Advisor to Students should also going on to graduate school, or if they are be available as a consultant to the Reg­ Woodcuts by Alumna not, and so- it's a problem. " istrar, the Academic Standards Com­ mittee, the Orientation Committee, and Mark New Pitzer Catalog The above comments, typical of many possi bl y to the External St udies students' reactions, prompted a harsh Committee. evaluation of the College's advising pro­ Appointed to that oSitIOn, with the cedures. As a result of its findings, this approval of the faculty, was Mrs. Cyn­ year's advising system has been thia Si bel, who is als Assistant Pro­ strengthened and intensified, particular­ fessor f Education. S now divides ly for incoming freshmen and transfer her tim between couns ng and teach­ students . . ing. Sh is teachlrig a dvanced semin­ May, the Academic Standards ar, "Field Work in Education", a course, om .ttee recommended that eleven "Education and Human Development," faculty embers be selected by the Dean and Fresh' ~mi ar on the same f Facul , in consultation with the Freshman Seminars are manda­ cademic Standards Committee to ",,,'''''',r entering freshmen. team of advisors for the en- views her role as one who is a- 'vail'l8,lble to . about why

The talents of alumna Jonnie Russell, class of '68, are evident in the 1971 -72 catalog. Her wood cuts were used on the cover and throughout the catalog to introduce each major section. Miss Russell is the mother of a three­ month old son, John Ulysses, born at home with the assistance of his father. The family lives in the semi rural area of Windsor, California where Miss Russell says, "The cows poke their heads through our bedroom window." (continued from page 1) 25, classes for students of all The Clare­ and Allen Greenberger, Associate Pro­ mont Colleges began. Within one fessor of History, acting as co-chairmen month from the start of school, the of the Freshman Advising Committee, Freshman Advising Committee must called the group together a week before present a report to the Academic Stand­ the arrival of students on campus. The ards Committee on its organization and other freshman advisors were Professor work, and an evaluation of the program Beechler; Harvey Botwin, Assistant at the end of the year. Feed-back on Professor of Economics; Stephen Glass, the effectiveness of the advising pro­ Associate Professor of Classics; Beverle cedures will come officially and through Houston, Assistant Professor of English; the "grapevine". Elia Ibarra, Assistant Professor of eel think an advisor should be more Spanish; Agnes Jackson, Associate Pro­ aware of your grades and how you're do­ fessor of English; Lucian Marquis, Pro­ ing-he should be somebody you can sit fessor of Political Studies; Harry Senn, down with and say, 'look I'm having Assistant Professor of French; and problems with this course,' somebody Werner Warmbrunn, Professor of you can go to and talk to about your History. classes. My advisor has been that way." Also at the initial meeting to estab­ lish guidelines and plan further the On December 8, the Advisors will activities for the coming year were Al­ meet their freshmen advisees at a din­ bert Schwartz, Dean of Faculty, Mrs. ner where there will be a discussion of Diana Malan, Dean of Students, and academic opportunities within the Col­ Professor Siebel. ; lege; academic problems such as incom­ Above: Les Leopold, Assistant Dean of Students. Center: Mrs. Cynthia Siebel, eel think that there are some of us who pletes, and plagiarism. Special Advisor to Students. Below: come to college simply because we're ex­ At the end of the school year, when Miss Barbara Beechler, Graduate Stud­ pected to come to college. Well, I don't evaluations are relatively complete, the ies Advisor and Professor of Mathema­ know what I'm interested in. I've got in­ faculty will take steps toward making tics, confers with Mrs. Bylle Whedbee, terests, sure, but I'm not sure I'd like to the procedure even more effective. Assistant Dean of Students. major in them. " Then will more students feel they are All advisors met the Academic on the "right track" academically? Will Standards Committee requirement that there be less confusion? Will freshmen 2 they be neither "new or part-time fac­ feel that their advisors at least cared? ulty" . In addition, all had reputations as effective counselors who also enjoyed At this point, those involved in the the counseling and guiding of students program already point to signs for op­ in their academic careers. timism. Others not directly involved All were aware that the freshman have observed less confusion among advising assignment would mean a lar­ those taking their first steps in a college ger-than-normal advising load. The career. normal advising load, which all faculty Next year, will Pitzer College be able members must carry, is about 15. Fresh­ to give a more positive response to the man advisors would work with about 25 question, "How am I doing in the area students each. of advising?" On Saturday, September 18, students arrived on campus. They met the resi­ dent assistants of their dormitories, and were greeted by President Atwell and Robert F. Duvall, Director of Admis­ sions. On Sunday, they met for brunch with their respective faculty advisors. At a meeting held later in the day, they learned how, where, and when to contact various people; how to register; and how to handle some of the prob­ lems that could arise within the next few days oftheir college lives. Interspersed with the business of starting a college career, were numer­ ous sports activities on the lawn, and social events with students from the other colleges. The five-day orientation program was the result of planning by students and Deans of Students of all the undergraduate colleges in the Claremont cluster. On Tuesday, September 21, advis­ ing sessions began, and on September 3

"Educational Options-Are Students Make the Big Move Schools Necessary?"-Topic of S & H Lecture Series Pitzer College has received a $2,000 grant from the S & H Foundation, Inc., to help sponsor a series of lectures on "Educational Options, Or Are Schools Necessary?" President Atwell has announced that the lectures will be presented in spring, 1972, on the Pitzer College campus. Speakers for the lecture series will in­ clude those who advocate the abolishing of schools, or "de-schooling" of society, as well as those who favor the more moderate approach of revising educa­ tion within existing systems. Lectures will be combined with seminar groups and workshops, all of which will be open to those interested in educational options. Pitzer College is one of 35 colleges throughout the country to be awarded an S & H Lectureship grant. The lecture­ ship grants are designed to bring prom­ inent and thoughtful speakers to college campuses and to help strengthen col­ lege and community ties by opening the lectures to the public. ALUMNA PROFILE: LYNN HARRIS What's a woman who says, "Pitzer's image of a self-actualizing, fulfilling hu­ the best mistake I ever made", doing on man being. If Pitzer had a Dean's List, the Board of Trustees? On top of that, her name would have been near the top. Lynn Harris, newly-elected trustee, a­ Upon graduation, Lynn was selected lumna of the class of '70, and winner of for a Coro Foundation grant which in­ a Coro Foundation Award, refers to Pit­ cluded a tuition and living allowance. zer as "my last choice", when applying Under terms of the grant, she spent for admission to undergraduate colleges. six weeks each with a labor union, a Five years after making that decision, government office, a business firm, and she finds herself enrolled in law school a community agency. For a candidate at the University of California, at Davis, for Secretary of State of California, California, because "it's so much like she arranged state-wide public appear­ Pitzer. It has a community action or­ ances, maintained campaign and con­ ientation. " tribution records, and answered mail Although the catalogs from other from interested citizens. colleges "promised the structured things Following these experiences, Lynn that made me feel more comfortable," then earned her M . A. degree in Urban she found that in the open, intellectual Studies at Occidental College. climate of Pitzer she began to speak up, Now as a member of the Board of express her ideas, and to take an active Trustees, Lynn says, "If I have anything role in the many issues that interested to give to the Board this year, it's logi­ her. cal thinking. I'd like to think of myself "My mother had often asked, 'Why as a facilitator. That is one of my main don't you commit yourself to a leader­ reasons for going to law school. Another Lynn Harris, alumna trustee shi p role since you have ideas?' I con­ reason is that I would like to help peo­ sidered it, and decided, 'what do I have ple understand what options are avail­ to lose?'" Such risks paled against the able within the framework of the law. adventures of living with three brothers. People generally don't understand what Pitzer Economist Her new courage took her into the the law means." middle of Town Meeting controversies, With all of Lynn's interests and ener­ Begins "Chair" the Committee on Coeducation, and the gies, 24 hours a day seem hardly suffic­ Presidential Search Committee. Not ient. Though in 22 years, she has accom­ Harvey Botwin, Assistant Professor 4 that she felt she was solving the prob­ plished a number of things. She has of Economics, is establishing a $10,000 lem with her contributions, "but if you been a volunteer staff worker for Sen­ fund with Pitzer College, terming it "a wait for the perfect solution to come a­ ator Edward M. Kennedy; an active start toward a chair in economics." He round, you might wait forever. The per­ member of the American Field Service hopes to make a similar contribution fect solution seldom comes in one piece. organization, and for a time resided toward the project each year. The cost It usually comes in pieces as the result with a Pakistani family. She was given of founding an academic chair in entire­ of everyone's contributions." the "1970 Key Woman Award" by the ty is approximately half a million dollars. "I like the term 'conventional new California Democratic State Central As for naming the chair, Botwin says, ideas.' It means taking a conventional Committee; she is an accomplished lin­ "I'd like to leave that open for others idea and turning it upside down." guist in Latin, Hindi, and English. "If who may be attracted to this idea. I As a student at Pitzer, Lynn enrolled you add one thing at a time, somehow would welcome their help most warmly." in one of the ear!y external studies pro­ you can find the time to do the things Professor Botwin is the first econom­ grams, Washington Semester Program, you want to do," she says. ics faculty member at Pitzer College, working and living in the nation's Now what? Push toward a career having been appointed in 1967. A sec­ capitol. that is obviously bright with promise? ond economist, Mrs. Sandra Schickele, During that period, she interviewed Possibly, but "I believe a family is Assistant Professor of Economics,joined former Attorney General Ramsey Clark, important, not to give you a push; but the faculty this year. and justices William O. Douglas, and to give you a little bit of support when "I have hopes that a high quality, the late Hugo Black, gathering material you need it. modern economics program- one which would find its way into her paper "So no matter what I'm going to do which is based upon outstanding teach­ "Title II of the Omnibus Crime Control professionally, my first objective is to ing and a close faculty/ student relation­ and Safe Streets Act of 1968: A Web create a home where people can feel, ship- may continue to be developed at of Political Timing and Leadership." as I do, that 'it was a great beginning.' " Pitzer College." Lynn describes the off-campus exper­ Professor Botwin holds the B. A. ience in Washington as "one of the most COMMUNITY QUOTE from the University of Miami, and M.A. valuable experiences of my undergrad­ "Coming to Pitzer has given degrees from both the University of uate years." me endless opportunities to ex­ Miami and Princeton University, where Looking at this year's catalog, which plore my own interests, using he is a doctoral candidate. Since com­ lists External Studies, Special Projects, the institution and using vari­ ing to Pitzer, he has been a member of and Independent Study, she says, "In a ous other types of institutions the Executive Committee, the Budget way, most of these opportunities have in the community. It has added Committee, and the ad hoc Committee always existed. The catalog is simply to my education- not just a on Coeducation. He is currently serv­ spelling them out more clear! y." classroom education, but a com­ ing as a faculty member on the In­ Lynn graduated from Pitzer with a munity education as well." vestment Committee of the Board of B. A. in Political Studies, and with the Trustees. Faculty Bring Fervor, Scholarship, And Fresh A pproach On Return From Leaves

Sabbatical policy at Pitzer College permits faculty members to be absent from their teaching positions, and through financial assistance, enables them to "widen the frontiers of knowl­ edge" by engaging in research. They may also use the period to further their professional powers, or work toward developing new or supplementing estab­ lished courses. From the experience, faculty mem­ bers may impart to students not only knowledge about their particular field, but an excitement and enthusiasm. In the 1970-71 academic year, five faculty members who have been heavily involved in the development of the Col­ lege since its beginning in 1964, were on leave. Representing the fields of English, classics, anthropology, psy­ chology, and history, most returned with changed or at least modified perspec­ tives toward their professional roles. Stephen L. Glass, Associate Profes­ sor of Classics, accepted a fellowship from the National Foundation for the Humanities to conduct research on the topography and urbanization of Athens. His book will be published by Methuen Press in 1972. 5 Always deeply involved in the issues of the College, he returned from Greece with a somewhat modified attitude toward the little day to day things. "I Above: Werner no longer become exercised about them. Warmbrunn, Profes­ I'm not demeaning the importance of sor of History. Be­ those issues to someone, but not to me low: Valerie Levy, as a teacher. Assistant Professor "I regard teaching and scholarship to of English. be my principal concerns, and a year away always renews the edge for me. Students react most positively to the professor's own fervor, thus revitalized. Relevance and all that aside, students can sense when a professor feels a fer­ vor for his field of study." Werner Warmbrunn, Professor of History, spent the year in Munich, Ger­ many, as a Senior Research Scholar, sponsored by the Fulbright Foundation. Professor Warmbrunn continued re­ search for his book, "Belgium Under German Occupation." "The next few years will have to be devoted in part, to finishing my research and writing. "I came back to Pitzer feeling more strongly than ever that faculty ought to be engaged in academic intellectual enterprise beyond their teaching. And from that, students get a whiff of some­ thing broader. Because of my time in Germany, I can bring a fresh approach to my work." (continued on page 7) So you're a young woman with a B. teria, must be working or attending Whites, Puerto Ricans, Chinese, and A. in the social sciences. What can you school full-time. numerous other cultural groups are con­ do with it? "The whole program," says Lynn, "is tributing to a promising community One of Pitzer College's 1968 gradu­ geared toward long-term residency as dynamic. ates provides a beautiful case study opposed to emergency and other tem­ Two of the three operating Group­ ... one that may never be duplicated, porary placement, consistent with the ways facilities are structured along the but one that should certainly give heart overall program goals of breaking wel­ half-way house model, each staffed by a to bewildered sophomores and anxious fare dependency cycles, enhancing self­ residential house-parent couple and parents. worth, and modifying behaviors and counselor. The third is designed to op­ The post-graduate story of Lynn attitudes for the achievement of indivi­ erate as a "3/ 4 house", staffed by resi­ Thompson, now of a Boston Brownstone dual educational and career objectives." dential male counselors and resembling unfolds like a road map-with a plot The South End, where Groupways is a supervised apartment setting. Resi­ and with dots starting in Albuquerque, situated, symbolizes the very transition dents are 18 or older. It is hoped that New Mexico, and ending in Boston. the program hopes to realize. At the those youths in the half-way houses will And with the promise that what she has turn of the century, the South End was "graduate" to the 3/ 4 house, achieving been doing may be linked across the an affluent and prestigious neighbor­ greater personal independence as a step miles with her very own alma mater in hood. The four and five-story Brown­ toward self-reliance at age 21. Claremont. stone houses still reflect the elegance How does this project in Boston link Lynn enrolled right after graduation of this era. But as the wealthy migrated with Pitzer, other than having a gradu­ here in the University of New Mexico's to Beacon Hill and metropolitan sub­ ate involved in it? Well, it seems that Graduate School of Sociology, a Father urbs, South End became a predominant­ a Pitzer undergraduate, Meredyth Al­ routine move for a superior student with ly Black slum. Now this trend has been pert, spent two months this summer in sights on advanced degrees. But what reversed as white middle-class famil­ Boston to eval uate the relevance of an happened beyond that is anything but ies ventured back, spurred by real estate external studies program at one of the routine. speculation and a new liberal ethic. half-way houses. She became involved in the Albu­ "The sight of a $60,000 renovated Relevance indeed! As Meredyth ex­ querque Model Cities Program, which, Brownstone standing against the bro­ plains it, "After spending two years at among other things, had as its project, ken glass and fallen brick of an aban­ Pitzer, I was accumulating a vast a half-way house for criminally adjud­ doned shell is not unfamiliar." amount of information about anthro­ icated adults. She also became a senior Lynn explains that while the area pology and environmental studies. Yes, research analyst for the Albuquerque still exhibits the highest crime, drug and I remember what was lectured to me Urban Observatory, conducting applied prostitution rates in the city, Blacks, and most of what I read. And yes, I research in areas of municipal planning. With this background and interest, 6 she and a friend arrived in May, 1970, in Boston, where she would soon begin working on a doctorate at Boston Uni­ versity Law School. She tells what could graduate with a well-rounded ed­ happened this way: ucation. However, I feel like I have learned much more- in the South "Searching for housing in a city End. The difference is found in one which is lagging twenty years behind innocuous word: EXPERIENCE ... existing demand, my friend Joe Long experience here has thrilled me to such and I were introduced to Dr. Andre a point that I am bursting with Quamina and his wife Dorothy. The excitement. " Quaminas had been involved with child She concludes: "I cannot exagger­ guardianship in the Boston area for sev­ ate my belief that an experience of this eral years, sponsoring children in their sort is one of the most valid things a stu­ home while Andre completed medical dent could do to supplement and en­ school, internship, and residency. hance her education." "J oe and I moved into a second house Pending faculty approval and work­ owned by the Quaminas, began accept­ ing out of details, such an external pro­ ing state wards, and the four of us have gram for Pitzer students could well been actively developing the program happen, especially with a young woman ever since." named Lynn Thompson there to help. What Lynn is matter-of-factly talk­ She sees students participating as res­ ing about is a non-profit, public corpor­ idents in Groupways homes, learning ation known as Groupways, Inc., spon­ about counseling and case-work, the soring group homes for adolescents in functioning of public agencies and pro­ Boston's South End and supported grams, the culture of poverty, law and through the Special Services Unit, Di­ economics of the ghetto, behavior vision of Child Guardianship, Depart­ modification, etc. ment of Public Welfare. Lynn concludes, "On-the-job training At this point, there are three homes has traditionally been a concept applied in operation serving 18 youths, all State to the poor and unskilled. Coupling ex­ wards between the ages of 15 and 21, perience and academia is the only 'real' and all male. (The program may in­ learning for us all." clude females next year, according to Right on, Lynn! You live what you Lynn. ) Eligible youths, among other cri- speak! by Mary Ann Callan Among first on West Coast DANFORTH ANNOUNCES Pitzer Receives Federal The Danforth Foundation an­ nounces its program, Graduate Fellowships for Women "to Government ACTION Grant find and develop college and secondary school teachers . . . Pitzer College is one of the first insti­ agencies, hospitals, and other public ser­ among women whose prepara­ tutions on the West Coast to be selected vice must provide meaningful tasks and tion for teaching has been post­ to participate in the Federal Govern­ adequate supervision to volunteers. poned or interrupted." For in­ ment's new "University Year for AC­ According to President Atwell, the formation, write Director, TION" program. ACTION volunteers should become Graduate Fellowships for Wom­ ACTION brings together VISTA, the not just "doers", but "mobilizers" who en, Danforth Foundation, 222 Peace Corps, and other, more special­ energize and organize additional part­ South Central Avenue, St. ized, federal volunteer programs. AC­ time volunteers wherever they serve. Louis, Missouri 63105. TION is designed to provide education­ Already, 29 agencies have agreed to al experience outside of the classroom sponsor more than 100 positions for vol­ at the same time that it increases the unteers in the San Gabriel and Pomona size and quality of the volunteer service Valleys, as well as San Bernardino and body working toward the alleviation of elsewhere. These include the San Ga­ poverty. Through this program, a se­ briel Valley Neighborhood Legal Aid lected number of Pitzer students will Offices, the Chino Council of Social Pitzer ends '70-71 be placed by the College, beginning in Services, Neighborhood Youth Corps, spring, in full time voluntary jobs in Head Start Program, South Hills Child on Sound Basis antipoverty and public service programs. Care Center, Pomona Unified School With implementation of the ACTION District, Chino Unified School District, planning grant, these students will be Boys' Republic, Claremont Unified Pitzer College had the distinction of full-time volunteers in 1972, will not be School District, Pomona Valley Fair being one of a few private institutions enrolled in regular classroom courses nor Housing Council, Pomona Valley Men­ in the country to finish the fiscal year hold employment outside of the ACTION tal Health Authority, Pacific State Hos­ of 1970-71, on June 30, "in the black" program, but will receive full course cre­ pital, the cities of Ontario, Chino, Pom­ financiall y. dit, under supervision of facuity, for the ona, Montclair and Claremont, and the 7 This small surplus in funds was due year. Thus far, opportunities for such California Institute for Men. to a concerted effort in fund-raising and service are open only to Pitzer sopho­ The ACTION program has a general in careful control of the budget. Because mores and juniors. mandate from the Congress and the Pitzer College has a limited number of While the College is -expected to pro­ President to devise new forms in which young alumni and a small endowment vide academic supervision normal to Americans may aid their fellow men and in comparison with larger and longer the level and amount of credit involved, women through voluntary public service, established institutions, this record has the government will provide subsistence but, with the stipulation that such ser­ been particularly noted with pride by allowances, insurances, and, when nec­ vice must represent a meaningful con­ trustees, friends of the College, and all essary, limited support for expenses to tribution to the alleviation of poverty in other segments of the Pitzer Community. the student volunteers. Co-operating the United States.

(continued from page 5 ) think that what I got out of last year Robert Munroe, Associate Professor was being in New York. I went to the of Anthropology, and his wife, Ruth theater constantly, seeing about 20 Munroe, Associate Professor of Psy­ plays. chology, spent the year in Kenya on a "Also, I went back as an auditing project based at the University of Nai­ student to Barnard, the place I had grad­ robi and funded by the Carnegie Cor­ uated from 10 years ago. I'd been on poration. They describe their research the teaching side of the desk now for as "concerned with the broader issues seven years, and to sit in the classroom in social science as they pertain to hu­ among the students and to listen and man development. We are involved in watch as a. student, I began to identify a very small aspect of these problems, with them. Though I didn't have to take but in the long run, if more and more the exams and write papers, I was sit­ people do this kind of thing, we'll have ting and getting nervous when test time some answers to the broader issues. came around. What you learn is to be satisfied with "To know New York is an-education, the answers to small questions. It's and something everybody should do. something we try to teach our students." Even though I went there to write some Valerie Levy, Assistant Professor of articles, the urban experience is what StephenL. Glass English, describes New York as "the meant most to me and mostly what I Associate Professor of Classics most exciting place in the world, and I have to bring back to my students." The Participant Entered as Pitzer College Second Class CALENDAR Claremont, California Matter 91711 HIGHLIGHTS

Friday, October 15 General Meeting, Parents Association; Mead Hall. Coffee, 10 a.m.; Meeting and Return Requested Program, 10:30 a.m.; luncheon, 12 noon, McConnell Center.

Friday, October 22 "Lotus or Robot", an Historian's Perspec­ The Participant is published by Pitzer College, Claremont, California in tive. First in a series of Academy Lectures January, April, July and October. Second class permit pending at Claremont, on the theme, "East/ West: Never the Twain California Shall Meet?"; luncheon and lecture, The Founders' Room, 12 noon.

Friday, November 12 "Comparison of Cultures," an Anthropolo­ • • • Community Notes gist's Perspective; Academy luncheon and lecture, Founders' Room, 12 noon.

• • • Two current publications contain articles by Robert S. Albert, Professor of Wednesday, January 12 Psychology. The Journal of Clinical Psychology contains "A Reliability Study of Annual Dinner, Parents Association, with program following; Founders' Room, 6 p.m. Interpersonal Agreement on the Rimland Diagnostic Checklist." "Cognitive Development and Parental Loss Among the Gifted, the Exceptionally Gifted, and the Creative" appears in Psychological Reports. Friday, January 21 Albert's continuing research centers on intellectual giftedness and early family "Yoga and the Young," A Look at Eastern Religions, luncheon and Academy lecture, experiences which facilitate high-level achievement. 8 Founders' Room, 12 noon. • •• A ceramic piece, "Set of Plans" by Dennis Parks, Assistant Professor of Art, will be shown at the First Contemporary International exhibit in Chico, California from May 9 toJune 7 at theJon Morehead Gallery.

Quote from Our • •• R. Stanton Avery, Chairman of the Board of Fellows of Claremont University Community Center, has donated a set of hand forged iron gates which are being installed at the entrance to the northwest parking lot. Their installation is being accompanied by pitzer / pitzoer/ vb (origin obsc.) v.i. the expansion and landscaping of the present area. 1. to pursue at great length, to no discernible end, the totally in­ conseq uential. • •• An article by Sheryl F. Miller, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, will appear 2. obsessively to ditto and distri­ in the next issue of Current Anthropology. The title is "Old and New Concepts of bute to one's colleagues one's thoughts, esp. those which are Typology". She has also been invited to deliver a paper at the Seventh Panafrican random, ill-considered, and of Congress on Prehistory and Quaternary Studies, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in little intrinsic interest or merit. December. generally, to publish gratuitous opinions. 3. to create an ad hoc committee • •• Stephen L. Glass, Associate Professor of Classics, is the author of "Ancient in order to avoid prolonging a potentially fruitful discussion Athens," appearing in the fall issue of Archaeology. on any issue. generally, to pro­ liferate committees, e.g., in the phrase "we have some real prob­ • • • At a recent meeting of the Western Economic Association, Harvey J. Botwin, lems in that area which hope­ Assistant Professor of Economics, presented a paper on "Historical Economics". fully will be reviewed by an The meeting was held in Vancouver, British Columbia. ad hoc committee in the near future." • •• Glenn A. Goodwin, Assistant Professor of Sociology, participated in a national pitzer n. a place or state in which one pitzers to the exclusion of near­ meeting of the American Sociological Association to discuss the theme, "The City ly every other fruitful activity. and the Counterculture".

-from the Pitzer Glassary • •• Constance G. King, freshman from San Diego, has been awarded a Pitzer College Merit Scholarship by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.