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Colby Magazine Volume 78 Issue 4 Fall 1989 Article 1 October 1989 Colby Magazine Vol. 78 No. 4: Fall 1989 Colby College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/colbymagazine Part of the Higher Education Commons Recommended Citation Colby College (1989) "Colby Magazine Vol. 78 No. 4: Fall 1989," Colby Magazine: Vol. 78 : Iss. 4 , Article 1. Available at: https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/colbymagazine/vol78/iss4/1 This Download Full Issue is brought to you for free and open access by the Colby College Archives at Digital Commons @ Colby. It has been accepted for inclusion in Colby Magazine by an authorized editor of Digital Commons @ Colby. FALL 1989 F 0 R A L U M N I, P A R E N T S CONTE NTS FEATURE S DEPAR T ME NTS 5 The President's Report 2 Eustis Mailroom President William R. Cotter surveys the proudest accom 3 News from the Hill plishments of the past decade and the keenest challenges 33 Class Correspondence of the next. 49 Milestones 56 Appendix A Mileposts 14 New Directions in the Curriculum Facts About Colby Robert P. McArthur, vice president for academic affairs and Faculty dean of the faculty, reviews curriculum patterns of the last Students few years and presents guidelines for future curriculum de Financial Aid velopment, notably a set of educational precepts. Tuition and Fees Alumni 18 The Recent History and Near Future of Computing at Financial Highlights Colby Raymond Phillips, director of Computer Services, looks at 59 Appendix B The Corporation the debut and increasing importance of the computer as a Corporate Name gateway to new ideas and ways of examining information. Officers Board of Trustees 21 New Tool: Computer Algebra System Trustees Emeriti The computer aids in the evolution of mathematical systems Overseers Overseers Visiting Committees and in innovative methods of teaching, says Associate Professor of Mathematics Donald Small. 64 Appendix C Volunteer Leaders Alumni Council 24 Clicking Yo ur Way Out of Frustration Alumni Fund Committee Assistant Professor of Economics Patrice Franko Jones tells Alumni Fund Class Agents how HYPERCARD stacks, created by Margaret McCrud Planned Giving Council den '92 and David Edelstein '92, guide economics students Planned Giving Class Agents through the intricacies of the EXCEL program. Jere Abbott Art Acquisitions Alumni Club Leaders 26 The Digital Impact on Music Class Officers Assistant Professor of Music Jonathan Hallstrom calls com Parents Association Executive Committee puters an amazing tool to examine the way music "works;· Leadership Recognition to create sounds, and to compose new music. President's Advisory Council on Minority Affairs 28 Dollars and Sense: Is There a Crisis in College Costs? 70 Appendix D A Selection of Faculty Publications Colby's financial state is sound and solid, say Vice President and Other Achievements for Development and AlumniRelations Peyton R. Helm and 77 Appendix E A Selection of Student Achievements Administrative Vice President Stanley A. Nicholson, but and Publications continued growth of the College will depend on important changes in the sources of revenues and in expenditure pri 81 Appendix F College Prizes orities. 87 Appendix G A Selection of Events Vo lume 78, Number 4, Fall 1989 Colby is published quarterly for the alumni, friends, parents of students, seniors, faculty, and staff of Colby College. Address correspondence to the editor, Colby, Colby College, Waterville, Maine 04901-4799. Editor: Robert Gillespie; Assistant to the Editor: Nancy Fortuine Westervelt '54; Director of Publications: Bonnie Bishop; Production Editor: Martha Freese Shattuck; Editorial Interns: Jeanine Caunt '92, Julie Marks '90, William Morgan '89, Lisa H. Twomey '9 1; Photography: Rhett Wieland !covers). Scott Davis !pp. 4, 6, 10, 60, 61, 68, 79, 87, 88). Dean Abramson IPP· 6, 7). Mary Ellen Matava IPP· 9, 12, 13, 18, 21, 24, 26, 59, 70, 75, 77, 80, 85, 89). Amy Farmer '90 IP· 13). Colby archives IPP· 51, 53, 54, 55). Mat Lebowitz '87 IP· 81). Jean B. Leedy '9 1 IP· 82). Printed by Knowlton & McLeary, Farmington, Maine On the covers: Colby is the people and the place - President William R. Cotter in front of Miller Library, a student on the steps between Lorimer Chapel and the Hillside Complex. In the annual report of the president, the fall issue of Colby highlights President Cotter's 10 years on Mayflower Hill and looks at what the future has in store for the College. COLBY __.,..i ___:_ u _s_T_1_s_ __M A 1 L R o o M Dear Dean Nickerson ... bunch. I guess Colby prepared me for been llama trekking with us yet, but we doing novel things. are hopeful. I was so pleased to read about you in the Th e llamas have supported us full Come on out west - llamas are fun recent Colby [spring 1989]. Ye s, you are time for a year, and the future looks and profitable. truly a "gift for all ages," and I would add, bright. "a man for all seasons:' You vividly stand Ralph Rideout '59 Carolyn Cummings Crain '59 buys in my memory these 33 years later as a Olympia, Wa sh. her Christmas tree each year. She hasn't counselor of wisdom and fairness. Once I stayed away from freshman German one too many times ... instead of being in German class I was in the library studying. You could have failed me and significantly altered my Colby years. I ended up one of the five that finally passed. I enjoyed your friendship on the in terfraternity council, and there were oth er incidents, both involving my immatu rity or other classmates' immaturity, when you acted with understanding. Most importantly, while I have always thought of you as Dean Nickerson, I also think of you as a friend. I value how you enhanced the lives of Colby students. Don Vo llmer '56 Mercer Island, Wash. I enjoyed the article in Colby-it brought back many memories. I remember sitting in the ATO House library reading the Wa terville Sentinel one morning when you came through the door. Since you were not in the habit of social calls at 10:00 a.m., your arrival got my undivid ed attention. You had an empty beer can in your hand, which you had picked up on the ATO House lawn. You asked me to tell Chick Marchetti, house president, that you didn't appreciate seeing these cans on our lawn, since Colby was a dry campus! I did deliver the message to Chick. Peter Hussey '57 Kennebunkport, Maine Llooking fo r something special? Ralph Rideout '59, who has been raising llamas at the Llama TreeRanch since 1979, says the critters make good pets, are great fo r packing, My mother called this weekend to tell provide wool, pull carts, you name it. me about the latest Colby and the picture of me, Dean Nickerson, and others. Thir ty years later I hang out with a different 2 COLBY M_ws _ FROM 1-b __ THE L L "A Wo rld That We Deserve" message was clear and constant: a com tary. "The private interest of those who mon community vision can be achieved. operate the defense system must equal Paul Loeb, author of Nuclear Culture and "To prepare indefinitely to annihilate our the public interest so that maximum na Hope in Hard Times, spoke to students neighbor;· he said, "is not the way things tional security can be provided at mini and faculty members in the Page Com should be. " mal cost;' he said. mons Room of the Student Center on After citing several examples of gov A major contribution to the national April 12. Loeb has taken an active role in ernmental decisions that have been af deficit, according to Hogendorn, is the the peace movement by giving lectures fected by the intervention of ordinary fact that the government does not heed at colleges and universities across the people, he suggested that the same could the warnings of economists if a project country and was brought to Colby as happen with the peace movement. 'We in question is "already in midstream. " He part of the AmericanJSoviet studies pro don't always realize the power we have;· pointed out that "perhaps no other case gram. He spoke about the connections Loeb said. "Everyone has the ability to in military history displayed a larger gap between everyday life in America and have an effect on the world. We need to in economic reasoning than SDI, or Star global issues, with a focus on the nuclear start saying, 'I am going to take a stand. Wars:· Cost-effectiveness of weapons is threat. "The Soviets have been willing to People will see me and some may judge crucial, he said, pointing out that the really look at themselves and their histo me, but that is okay, because this is what $500 million for one of Northrup's ry;' he said. 'We must hold the mirror up I have to do:" Stealth B-2 bombers would build 20 and look at ourselves carefully as well:' suburban schools. Furthermore, the un LHT Stressing the importance of examin manned Cruise missile can perform the ing and questioning established patterns same duties as the Stealth bomber, and and authorities, Loeb asked, "How often 300 of them can be manufactured for the does our society push us to ask the really Hogendorn Delivers the Grossman price of one bomber. "In short;' Hogen important questions? ... Adapting to the Lecture dorn said, "the new manned bombers, realist path and keeping quiet to fit in the two most expensive items in our de does not give us the tools to bring into Administrators, faculty members, and fense budget, are designed to do a ques being a world, not that we are give , but students filled Lovejoy 100 on April 17 tionable job chasing missile launchers that we deserve.