fnttitB fripoi Volume I, No. 5 TRINITY COLLEGE. HARTFORD April 17, 1968 Senate Scholarship, 4-4-4 Measures Await Enactment by John Osier The 4-4-4 Committee on College approval. Because the Medusa, the Mather Board priorities, the abolition of Par- organization responsible for en- ietals, and the student supported forcing parietals, derives its pow- minority group scholarship pro- ers from the Senate, it may not be Advises Major gram, all passed by the Senate, necessary to seek faculty approval await action this week with little to enact the measure. One Medusa chance of immediate enactment. member reports this week that the Budget Change It was announced Monday by Sen- honorary society has not consid- The Senate Monday night began ate President Leonard P. Mozzi ered the parietals motion passed consideration of a proposal call- that Trustee action on the 4-4-4 by the Senate. ing for an $18,000 increase in its resolution would be delayed until The scholarship program passed allotted budget from the College, June 1. The measure, requesting by the Senate and student body last and the establishment of an 11- the establishment of a student-fac- week calls on the College to re- man board to allocate funds to ulty-trustee committee to deter- lease $50 per student from the gen- all campus activities. mine priorities for all College funds, eral fee to reciprocate the Senate's The measure provides for a was sent to the Trustees March 30. commitment of one half its budget redistribution, of the $150 "gen- The Senate motion abolishing par- to the program. The College treats eral fee" charged each student ietals was. tabled by the Senate it- the general fee as part of student yearly by College. At present the self last week. The initial feeling tuition in its bookkeeping and. ac- College administration allots $25 Carl Oglesby of the Senate was that the motion counting. There is no way of de- per student to the Senate, account- would be sent to the faculty for termining exactly how much of the ing for its $30,000 budget. The funds for activities listed in the measure introduced Monday night College Catalog actually come from calls for an allocation of $40 per the general fee. student, which would bring the Symposium, Seminars to Study A breakdown of the uses of the Senate budget for student acti- fee per student according to treas- vities to nearly $48,000. urer James K. Robertson indicates The 11-man board, called the that approximately $25 goes to the Budget-Program Board, will be Viet Issues? Anti-War Opinions Senate activities budget, $45 for responsible for the " centralization student insurance, and $75 for run- and coordination of all campus by Michael E. Trigg ning Mather Hall. In addition the activities through the institution fee is supposed to cover admission of an annual program." In its re- The SDS Spring Symposium sched- community and the Cold War. participate in the Sympo Pro- to the athletic events, vocational port to the Senate the Mather Hall uled for April 23 and 24 "intends Mason said that Sympo intends gram. The Committee also ad- tests, and laboratory fees, Board of Governors, which drew to do what the College has been un- to show why American policy is vised a rescheduling of examina- Because it is impossible to de- up the proposal, characterized the able to do thus far -- make the not working in Vietnam and why it tions, urging that none take place termine where the money for any present system in which the Col- Ivory Tower scene relevant to what will never work in nations with during Sympo nor in the two days given activity comes from, many lege allocates funds directly to is going on in the real world," emerging nationalism. The work- thereafter. senators anticipate difficulty for certain clubs and organizations according to Stuart Mason '71, pro- shops, films and lectures will dem- Jon Lomberg organized the "An- the student body in determining as having "little policy, many pro- ject chairman. Mason, indicated that onstrate how this policy has a cor- gry Arts," which will happen at which activity it would be willing grams, and no coordination." the Symposium will feature work- rosive effect on the spirit and vit- 6:30 in the Washington Room on to sacrifice for the scholarship The report also criticizes the shops on racism, poverty, and in- ality of the U.S. Tuesday evening, just before the proposal. ternational relations,, as well as an administration's handling of the Despite a Senate-passed resolu- panel discussion. The program Robertson sees the most pro- general fee which It claims is "angry arts" show. Faculty mem- tion, the Faculty Curriculum Com- features New York folksinger Bar- bable solution In the form of a $50 bers, have reportedly been request- "placed arbitrarily into the great mittee recommended that classes bara Dane, Lomberg, Dick Hess increase of the fee, which would melting pot of monies devoid of ed to orient their courses to Sym- not be suspended on April 23 and and Jim Petersen, andtheMother's have to be voted by the student posium related topics. allocation labels." It is impossible 24, but that ordinary cut rules be Old Fashioned Home-Made Root body, before consideration by the for student groups to discern just Mason stated that several pre- overlooked so more students might Beer Blues Band. administration. how much money is actually used paratory seminars, open to the col- for activities, and consequently lege community, are presently un- impossible for them to request der way, attempting to elucidate increased budgets with any basis, the basic issues. The seminar Crew Sweeps Amherst, CW. Post; the report holds. groups and their student leaders Claiming that the present sys- are Imperialism with Ted Cook, tem forces the student groups to the Dra-ft with B. Pierson, Rac- Fraser, King Pace Lacrosse, B-ball deal with "only a few select sen- ism - Bruce Mahaffey, Vietnam ators to whom the budget com- with Kevin Anderson, and Student Trinity's first week of spring by a superb Lord Jeff defense as had succumbed to the Coast Guard, mittee is merely another assign- Power with Jack Tadsen. sports produced some notable Trinity stumbled 17-4. G-3, earlier in the week. King has ment," the report recommends In addition to the preparatory achievements in the midst of so- The Hilltoppers should regain now hurled 11 scoreless Innings the creation of the Budget-Pro- seminars, Sympo will be compos- so results. the winning habit this Saturday since the team has returned from -gram Board to meet the campus's ed of workshops, lectures and pan- Captain Bruce Fraser broke the as an inexperienced Worcester Orlando, Florida. The Bantams need for a "group to whom can el discussions led by fifteen dis^ single game goal record of seven Tech contingent invades Hart- will try to break their 4-4 re- be entrusted the responsible job tinguished guests and several on- in the lacrosse opener; a 27-7 ford. W.P.I, was crushed by the cord when Amherst, a team they of budgeting and establishing fis- campus authorities. Because peace romp over Holy Cross. His eight Holy Cross Crusaders this past split with In -the citrus exhibi- cal guidelines." " talks may soon begin between the tallies and ,three assists bettered weekend 17-5. tions, visits the Hill on Wednes- The Board is to consist of the U.S. and North Vietnam, each work- the previous efforts of Henry Hop- Miles King pitched the blue- day. Austin Arts Center and Mather' shop will be considering these ef- kins. At Amherst, however, the and-gold to a 8-0 whitewashing of Bill Anderson and Chuck Hall Directors, four rising Sen- forts and their effects on the Black diminutive captain was contained Colby last Friday after Trinity Wright's victory at the number iors, three rising Juniors, and three doubles position gave Trln- ' two rising Sophomores. A slate ity a 5-4 initial match success of candidates would be selected over a tough Holy Cross squad. by the outgoing Board and sub- Mike Beautyman pulled the biggest mitted to the student body in a surprise of the engagement by generalelection. 680 Selected for Class of '72, Negro conquering the Crusaders' num- ber one player to spark Trin to a 4-2 advantage after the singles Applications Increase by One Half competition. Amherst should pro- Meskill Plans The Admissions department has that this year the College had more than in 1967. About 35 ap- vide the Hilltoppers with stiff op- selected 680 students for entrance "taken a beating," in receiving plicants from the 1967 group en- position this Wednesday on the College Visit into the Class of 1972 from a fewer applications from public rolled at the College. Hartford courts. Trinity renews pool of 1500 completed applica- school boys who require no mon- "A lot of applicants were strong battle- with UConn at Storrs this tions. Director of Admissions W; etary assistance. The present In one area," Muir remarked, Saturday after many years of "cool Representative Thomas Mes- Howie Muir predicted marked in- freshman class contains only a "and we had more interesting' in- relations." kill, the only Connecticut Repub- crease in private school student 39.1% private school population. dividuals. If the proportions hold," Two tenths of a second deter- lican In Washington, will speak population, totalling perhaps 50% The number of applications de- he continued, "the class of 1972 mined the winning difference as to the Young Republicans in Mc- of the class. creased this year from 1700. Muir will have a lot of individuals in Trinity rallied to sink the Am- Cook Auditorium Friday at 7j3O. After considering 50 completed attributed the drop to the loss it." herst varsity shell last Saturday Meskill, who defeated Demo- applications from Negroes, the of the very weak candidates. Increasing diversity in private on the glorious Connecticut River. cratic peace candidate Assistant College admitted . 22, nearly all The Admissions director ex- school applications forced the Ad- This conquest capped a Bantam Professor Stephen Minot for his with substantial financial aid plained that the College continued missions department to distribute sweep of the four heats (Varsity, seat, addressed a group at the grants. 32 Negroes applied last its search" for diversity, and had to these applicants a larger amount J.V., Frosh 1 & 2) with Amherst College in February. He inspected year, 19 of whom were accepted, therefore accepted students out- of aid moneys. Of the 1500 ap- besting CW. Post. Crew travels the modes of dissent, and: con- The College failed to obtain com- standing in a single area. As an plicants, 650 requested assis- to Philadelphia this weekend to cluded that emotion too ofteadom- pleted applications from a large example, Muir cited a student tance, and 200 of the accepted participate in the Kerr, Cup- Inates moderation. number of Negroes who filed only admitted under the Honors Scholar 680 were awarded financial Thursday, the varsity golf team Defining dissent inthieeways-- Partial forms. Program who would otherwise have grants. Muir expects the per- as dissent through the courts, the swings Into action by hosting a ballot box, and revolution — he Muir pointed to the larger num- been denied admission because centage pf scholarship students strong Worcester Tech squad on of a deficiency in mathematics. to remain approximately 35%. claimed that revolution can only ber of private school applications the Bantam links. Captain Richard be justified when attempts at and the growing diversity of these Muir hopes that a full quota of Muir observed that "this year, 50 Honors Scholars will matri- Tuxbury heads an inexperienced change conducted througlvthe more institutions themselves as the fac- there is more uncertainty about team In search of bettering last culate. 120 boys were accepted who's going to come than ever conventional channels have been tors provoking the projected pri- season's 5-5 slate. frustrated. . •: vate school increase. Muir felt as Honors Scholars this year, 30 before." April 17, 1968' faintly LETTERS to the chairman and should be resolved, partially facts and acting? and if they are (Editor's Note: The TRIPOD or temporarily, but first and fore- afraid of losing their privileges this week received more letters most resolved by money. and security, let them at least be EDITORIAL SECTION about last week's all-College 3. The students requested to honest enough to recognize what meeting than could have been have the money which is to be price they have to pay in order printed on this page. We chose used taken from what their par- to keep them, and keep quiet! to print only one. Miss Ferrari ents pay to Trinity College - many Income: the Communal Bowl is an instructor in Modern of them are able to work to earn I have come to note to what In light of the decision of the student body to allocate for.a Languages at the College. pocket money, to go on vacations, degree the students of Trinity scholarship fund large percentages of what it 'thought was its The reasons for our choice, we to buy cars, etc. Why ask one's (and according to everything that money and the ensuing difficulties in determining what monies hope, will be apparent in what parents for money when one is I have heard this also applies to came from which source, the whole issue of vagueness and old enough to work? And if the the majority of American univer- follows.) sities) whose high Intelligence I "flexibility" in the College's budget accounting must be ex- students feel that the money given by their parents is poorly, appre- have been in a position to appre- amined. ciated, why have they waited so ciate, are conditioned by a soc- In the form standardized in past Reports of the Treasurer, To the Chairman: long to talk about it, regardless iety the aim of which is to make tuition and fees, endowment revenues, and gifts have been lump- Last Monday, following a meet- them PASSIVE - incapable of act- Ing at which I was present, the of the racial issue? ed under a communal "income" from which any and all activities Senate voted the proposals with ing in order to implement values on the campus draw their funds. which you are familiar. If I spoke 4. The students sought a solu- (by defining ideal, i.e. abstract Inherent in this kind of communal accounting is the assump- English better, 1 would have taken tion - a partial solution - through and immaterial); a society which tion that, functioning as one big happy family with like goals, the floor and said: and within the structures of an seeks, by keeping them emotion- all members of this tribe can nourish themselves most effect- The attitude of the students of institution (Trinity College) which ally and intellectually immature, to retard them In a state of pro- ively from the same bowl. Trinity on this occasion makes represents and is one of the pro- me think of a rich child who, at- ducts of what they designate (if longed infantilism; a society which There are few progressive families which find this kind of I have understood correctly) by as a result, not only cripples all communalism beneficial, least of all when the family unit is re- tacked by a street urchin, reacts by running to his mother's skirts the words "system" or "establish- action before it starts, but often appraising its diet in terms of budgeting. and asking her for some change ment," another product of which (and this is the crux of the mat- For instance, we are hard put to explain how a small liberal to give to the other child. is racial inequality. But is it pos- ter) forestalls the process of ques- arts college which cannot afford a department of sociology — a The fact is: sible to change the effects without tioning, which mityht endanger it. necessity in understanding our troubled cities — can sustain a 1. It did not occur to the stu- changing the causes? In other Allow me to make the following mathematics department boasting no less than 14 active profes- dents to proceed to act until they words, are the students too naive comments: sors while there are only 8 senior math majors. felt attacked. Furthermore, this as to believe it possible, either 1. I am convinced that the great- Still further, the question of the general fee - separately bill- is not acting, but simply a react- on a long or short-term basis, to est mark of esteem and respect solve - and consequently to sup- for others is to say what one thinks, ed, yet communally accounted — needs to be resolved. In com- ing of habitually passive indivi- duals to a stimulus - in this case press - the racial problem without 2. I am speaking of the students paring the budgets of the Senate in fiscal 1964-5 and 1967-8, •• a fear or guilt or both. One may, changing the society which engen- as a WHOLE, for 1 know that there it becomes apparent that the buying power of the Senate's funds then, question the value, both mor- ders it? And if they think that the are students who are neither pas- has decreased while the per capita allocation has remained the al and practical, of actions guided resolutions adopted are merely a sive nor naive, etc....and who did same — roughly $25 per student. This decrease in purchasing by such motivations can be. - partial and immediate measure, not wait until this meeting to make power of the Senate's funds is directly attributable to inflation 2. The students' first reaction what are they waiting for to ask the effort and reflect and act. at the rate of at least 3.2% per year. Coupled with the realization was to think of a solution in. which themselves questions which will 3. All that I have said does not that student activities have increased markedly during the same it is MONEY that plays the most enable them to find a permanent imply that I feel the resolutions period, it is curious that no effort has been made in terms of important role. This reveals very solution to the racial problem? adopted to be bad in themselves. allocation of monies from the College's lump income to keep clearly a state of mind according How long will they continue to the students in a fiscally viable position. tn which human problems can be, react instead of waking up to the ' Anna Ferrari Even if the general fee is increased by $50 to cover the vote of the students for scholarships, some solution must be found •..toward-increasing the total funds available to students, such that the needed $15,000 (i.e. \'-i of the present Senate budget) can be raised to supplement the scholarship program without forcing any further curtailment of vitally needed student acti- IT'S vities. THE AIR In terms of responsibility to ourselves as concerned members of a primarily academic com munity, it has become abundantly clear that the College — in its own best interest — must revamp No More Waiting its presentation of fund allocation such that the community re- main aware of the source and application of more specific facets of the total College budget. by Bob Pippin Only via this mechanism can the community begin to reassign its priorities in fiscal terms. On April 22, 1968, the Execu- the Administration reply to its underneath and reflects all the tive Committee of the Trustees scholarship fund. So that, as far others. The 4-4-4 committee, an will meet at Trinity. For a long as the upcoming meeting is con- adequate response to the civil time, maybe as long as three cerned, decisions must be made rights issue, student representa- years, a number of issues con- and made now. The issue of stu- tion at meetings that affect them, cerning the future of this college dent participation in their own the Basic Requirements issue, co- have been "in the air" discussed decisions must be faced; the 4-4- operation in the symposium, fac- widely and at one point, nearly 4 committee cannot remain buried ulty action to end its silence, caused a student strike. "Worthy until the summer meeting of the all must be dealt with now. Per- : consideration" of the issues has Trustees; the common courtesy haps less important, but certain- taken place for a long time; all of allowing students to explain ly more immediate is the recent.^ fainity the "proper channels" have'been theirown proposals must be grant- Senate decision to eliminate par- invoked; "thoughtful study" has in- ed; and the decision to involve ietal hours. Next Monday, when deed occurred, yet a brief sum- this campus in issues other than the Executive Committee of the EDITOBIAI, BOARD mary will clearly demonstrate that .its own well-being must be made. Chairman the College remains in essentially trustees meets, the most convinc- f Consider also the most recent A. Rand Gordon 6a the same position it has been in ing show of good faith possible, actions of the faculty. Certainly the most obvious way that they President for years (and may have amel- one would hope that faculty and John Osier '70 iorated itself further into its own can demonstrate their willingness students and administrators could to redefine power structur.es at News Editor morass). be working together to solve prob- Kenneth P. Winkler "71 Trinity and to let students run their Consider briefly, only the most lems, but recent actions on the own lives, would be a statement Arts Kditor recent actions of the Trustees. part of the faculty seem to evi- by the Committee that it will take Contributing Editor At their full meeting last week, Alexander J.Be.ida '70 dence their unwillingness to work NO ACTION CONCERNING PAR- Steven Keeney '71 Sports Editor they were presentedwith a detail- together with anyone or to work IETAL HOURS AND LEAVE THE Co-photography JKditor.s Richmond S. Hendee '69 ed outline for the so-called 4- Assistant Sports Kditiir at all. The Senate proposal to ISSUE OF THE VIOLATION OF Gerald A. Hatch '69 Judd Freeman '69 4-4 committee discussed at the suspend the penalties for Basic William B. Rosenblatt "88 time of the student strike vote. I RIGHTS TO THE STUDENT DIS- Requirement failures was quickly CIPLINARY BODY, THE MED- Before the. meeting, the Senate refused (although fortunately, or : • STAET ' • requested there be students pre- USA. The Senate decision on par- Wilbur A. Glahn III '69, Michael J. Plummer '69. Michael A. Sample '61). perhaps even gratuitously,- no one ietals uses a complaint system Wayne L. Slingluff '69, Michael A. , Chamish '70. Hu«h M. Elder '70.- sent so that any questions about failed a Basic Requirement for William C. Flood '70. James S. Petersen *70, Frederick B. Rose '70, Peter the proposal could be answered a second time last term). Appar- as the basis of its enforcement, StarJt1 A1e '70n , Charles Wright '70, Paul R. Burton '71. J. Warren Kalbacker on the principle that any student 'XX' ' ,A?? h .Marchisotto '7171. David Sarasohn '7171, Michael E. Trigt* '7171. directly. The Senate received no ently the faculty also considered Mark J Wemsteln '71 D C Wlk '70 St Dik '71 has the right to live by his own MarW Kk J1. eaWemstely n '71, Dean C. Walker '70. Steve Dowinsky '71. A. notification of its exclusion until the death of Martin Luther King, V ^? ? V- Barry Nance''71, Rod Kababian '71. Tom Zarchy '71. moral code as long as he both- Rob Stelgerwalt '71, Chris McCarthy '70, Thorn Thomson '70. Pete the day before the meeting itself. Jr. and the subsequent events im- Huidekeeper '71, Peter Wentz '71. Not only were we denied the cour- portant only in allowing them to ers no one else. And the Trus- tesy of reading and explaining postpone their meeting rather than tees, if they will ever change anything fundamental in this BUSINESS BO ABB our own proposal, but were dealt act and act decisively. The only Business Manager further indignation by not even word from the faculty so far has school, must do it now. It's time, Leighton L. Smith '69 being informed early enough to been the response of one man. It's been three months since the work out alternate proposals. And But perhaps that will change. Per- idea of the committee was pro- the fate of the proposal itself? haps from their meeting today, an posed and it's been a good deal Published weekly on Tuesdays during the academic year except vaca- As is usual, it was hurriedly adequate, and meaningful response longer since a change in parietal tions by students of Trinity College. Published at West -Hartford News, sent to the appropriate commit- hours was suggested. The endless IshamRoad, West Hartford, Conn. will emerge. Perhaps the Senate Student subscription included in activities fee; others 58.50 per year. tee. . request to take two days off to delays of bureaucratic procras- •Second class postage paid at Hartford, Connecticut, under the act of But it is not only the issue of study the- Vietnam war will be tination cannot be allowed to March 3, 1879. met favorably; perhaps in the fut- smother the college in the amel- .Offices located in the; basement of Mather Hall, Trinity College. the committee that must be brought Hartford, Connecticut 06106. up at the Executive Committee's ure the mood will be cooperation iorative rhetoric of confusion. If '• :'•; Telephones: 246-1829 or 527-3153, ext 252 Monday meeting. Prompt, effec- and action, not silence. change is to come, it must come now. We have waited, we have tive action must be taken in re- And yet there is an issue, the sponse to the Senate request that considered, we have studied long most explosive of all, that lies enough. -1 a report on admissions at Trinity ...the seniors may feel out of it, hut the new breed is here
by David Sarasohn
All candidates for Trinity College begin with a dust-brown, three sheet form of construction paper entitled "Personal Application for Admission." This year, approximately 1500 of these will return, to- gether with a check for $10.00 made out to the Trustees of Trinity College. In conformance with the law, there is no question anywhere on the application about religious or racial background. On the upper right hand corner, however, a space is provided for a picture of the applicant. This practice has been abondoned by most colleges, and is illegal in the state of Massachusetts. The questions (names of relatives who have attend- ed Trinity College; to what other colleges you are applying for admissions; what class or student gov- ernment offices you have been elected to ) tend to be the same as those of most other colleges. Another question, "In what activities do you plan to participate in your college years?" can sometimes bring a letter from a campus group during the summer. The essay questions have been increased since last year, when two out of three essays were required, to the present requirement of three out of five. Muir commented that the extra essay "will provide a can- didate with additional opportunities for written ex- pression/' The College no longer requires the WritingSample and the CEEB is being discontinued next year. Muir says that the essays "show a boy's ability to work with expression and ideas, or lack thereof. There are cases when a boy will mention concern in his Interview, but the essays don't show concern." He cited the effectiveness of a particular question which asks the applicant to compose an essay ques- tion himself for a college application. "After weeding out the ones that come from other applications, we get some pretty interesting answers." The question did not appear on previous applications. As to the importance of the essay questions, Muir points out that they are read bythe entire admissions staff, and referred to the case of a member of the class of 'G9 who was admitted almost entirely on the basis of his essays. Mike Floyd '68 who worked with the admissions staff one summer, suggests the'abolition of-the candidate's sole chance to confront the classmakers, with the end of interviews. "Interviews are playing less and less a part, and tend to be less reliable than mitting a boy. after much soul searching, as a Group the- subjective evaluations from the.secondary 3, and losing' him to Harvard. schools." This is especially true with schools that The third means of evaluation available to the trinity has many dealings with, points out Floyd, College arrives at the Admissions department in little who adds that it takes up a disproportionate and un- white stickers every February and March-- belched necessary amount of the admissions staff's time. . out by computers in Princeton and Berkeley — Muir concedes that "the interview is a very un- carrying the results of the three-hour, multiple- attractive aspect. But for every five inconclusive choice Scholastic Aptitude Test, required by the interviews,, there is one that is very useful. While College and virtually all American colleges." The the interview can vary according- to the mood of the most salient point about these numbers is their interviewer, it can be a very sig'nifieantand informa- rapidly decreasing importance. "Less importance tive part of the admissions procedure." He also is attached to the boards, although they are going stressed that the interview can .be an effective means 1 up, and probably will continue to go up. Achieve- of promoting the College. :. ment is most central, less so with boards." The The applications and the interview, together with the boards now tend to be seen as a function, less of subjective evaluation forms from the preparatory the student's ability, than of his preparation. Philip school, provide the College with information of the L. Calhoun, Associate Dean of Admissions of Wesle- candidate's extracurricular activities, which Muir yan, points but, "If a kid has achieved, no matter describes as "increasingly important although it is how bad his high school and boards, he's a good sometimes difficult to determine how meaningfully '• risk," : involved in these activities the individual is." . . Mr. Calhoun's statement on relative importance T/he College regards extracurricular activities tends to be borne out by a study undertaken by Will- as sufficiently important to have a special group, iams College. Ten percent of each class, beginning known as Group 3, for applicants whose academic with the class of 1966, was comprised of candidates qualifications would not normally be sufficiently who would not normally .have been accepted. The«e competitive to; warrant admission, but who are, in fell into four groups: over-achievers with low board the words of Muir, "a strong: participant in extra- curricular activities, a hard worker - a doer." scores, under-achlevers ("late bloomers") with high : scores, men deeply involved with extracurricular There are some athletes in the Group 3 program, activities with relatively low marks and boards and but Muir points out that they by no means dominate it, men with a particular interest and ability in one and that "recruiting is so much better that you no longer need excuses for your athletes.". area, performing mediocrely in other areas. The Group 3 program is approximately ten years The result, as shown in the Williams Record and old, and is considered highly successful, There are corroborated in a similar study at Brown, is that "the about 35 3s.in the Class of 1971, but the program myth of the late bloomer seems to have been ex- participants have achieved somewhat less academic ploded." Board scores, while useful to corroborat- success lately. Muir attributes this to the rapidly ing information already given by the high school , increasing; academic standards of the College. ; transcript, are rarely sufficient in themselves to guarantee admission. .Similar programs are used by many colleges with .generally good results. Harvard's program, forex- The boards do have their own place in the Trinity ample, is called. Group 4.;Muir cites, as one of the adnnssions scheme of things. Muir points out "We most frustrating experiences of his tenure, ad- do pay attention to the math board, because of the math requirements." Boards appear to have been a factor in the selection of the Honors Scholars. They Kurth emphasized that the Athletic Department League admission April 17, 1967. In it, R. Insiee figure importantly in the computation of the Grade cannot make Admissions take someone, although their Clark, dean of Admissions at Yale, comments, "Of Prediction Formula, which also considers rank in interest is known. He estimated that in each class course, we still send our recruiting people to out- class and the type of secondary school attended. there are only about five to ten admitted primarily of-the-way places like Nevada, but there's really In the formula, used to predict the academic success for their athletic ability. Once the decision is made as much diversity in taking Harlem, Park Avenue of an applicant, the Verbal SAT counts for twice as to accept the student, the Athletic Department has and Queens." Clark continues that "Erasmus Hall much as the mathematics board, according to Mike "no influence with financial aid. We give no athletic in Brooklyn, for example, was very surprised to Floyd. scholarships, no grants-in-aid, and I would assume sec our man when he started going there last year." As the importance of the boards declines, grades that the percentage of athletes getting scholarship The article states, "Presumably because of Yale's and marks in secondary school become increasingly money is about the same as everybody else." expression of interest, six boys from Erasmus Hall important. The same Brown-Williams project that The Athletic Department has an enviable record applied for the present freshman class and four of derided boards found that the over-achievers, along in the area of persuading students to come to them were accepted." with the extracurricular specialist, turned out to be Trinity once accepted. According to Kurth, a strong- the best risks. Wesleyan's position paper on "The majority of athletes who decide on Trinity have also Amherst, a few years ago, visited several hundred Admissions Process at Wesleyan", in speaking of been accepted at,an Ivy League school. "The boy schools a year, most of them suburban and indepen- the "best" student, comments that "The surest cri- may come here because he thinks he has a better dent schools. Now the total is higher, and according teria for selecting such students for admission are chance to play," suggests Kurth, "or he may have to a member of their admissions staff, "We spend a linked to academic performance and intellectual vita- been sold on the college by liis student guide.'' lot of time in inner city schools, and In New England lity." A possible manifestation, of this feeling at Kurth would like to see more low-income athletes rural schools. We're starting to get a few more appli- Trinity may be seen by a comparison between the at Trinity. "The lower-income boy tends to be more cations, but it costs a lot of money to do traveling, classes of 1970 and 1971. While the median boards competitive, because he's had to be. If he lost his and the increase isn't that great." declined from C27.0 to 625.8 verbally and 672.5 to bicycle, he had to fight to get it back, or he wouldn't In an article in the College Board Review, .No. 59, 65G.9 mathematically, the percentage in the first get another one." There are, however, few Negro Spring 19G6, entitled "The Trouble with School Visit- quintile of their secondary school class rose from sub-freshmen.- "I'd like to see more Negro athletes ing," Frank A, Logan, director of Admissions at 62.6 to 68.5. here, but a good portion of the Negro boys just are Antloch College, makes some suggestions as to the All of these are the basic indices available to ad- not prepared academically." improvement of visits. One of them, "Give some missions. But as Frederick C. Copeland, Director Kurth, while saying that other areas of the college attention to schools that have a low percentage of of Admissions at Williams, comments in the Will- "are doing exactly this" with recruiting, points out college-bound students and hence relatively few iams College Admissions Profile for the Class of that a big reason for athletic recruiting was that "the college visitors—particularly such schools in your 1971, discussing boards and rank in class, "I should success of the intercollegiate program has a lot to immediate area," is being carried out to an extent, emphasize that these figures have remained relative- do with student morale," and cites state oi the cam- with some inner city school visiting. ly constant for the past five years, and that each pus at the time of the LIU game. Another suggestion is "have the courage to deviate year our admissions committee relies more heavily Alumni participation is easier to implement in from tradition by employing your undergraduates as upon selective judgements of personal worth and athletics than in other areas, for the obvious reason representatives. The purpose of school visits is more human capacity," It is in the formation ofthese sub- that alumni are more likely to be aware of athletic to inform students about your college than to evaluate jective judgements that the change in Trinity ad- prominence than academic or other kinds. Wesleyan, them. And college undergraduates...often can do this missions may be found. Trinity admissions, as Mr. however, has instituted a strong program involving more effectively than many of us like to admit... Muir points out, is more willing to take the chance, more than 40 alumni clubs across the country. Today's sophisticated secondary school student often to admit a candidate for a reason rather than general According to Philip L. Calhoun of the Wesleyan ad- detects pseudo-salesmanship in the presentation of weil-roundeclness. Dean Heath comments, "Due to missions staff, the program required a massive re- the traveling college representative with his attache the difficulty of getting- into college, Trinity is now education of the alumni, informing them of recent case full of glossy brochures. Students' contacts with able to attract a more healthy personality. Per- changes in Wesleyan. It was also necessary to in- ill-trained alumni representatives can be even more haps it's just a reflection of a national trend, but crease the admissions staff to coordinate alumni of a two-edged sword. But students don't have this Trinity is now taking students who are not only will- activities. same skepticism when talking with their peers." ing to be responsible for their own education, but The most important activity engaged in by the Muir says, "We're willing to utilize more stu- demand it." Wesleyan alumni is school visiting. Even if Wesleyan dent visiting, within reason," He cites the program admissions staff visits an area, they can visit only a newly instituted this year to match students with few schools. A strong, alumni group can visit many applicants in their areas, and have the students con- more in the area. As to possible beneficial effects tact the applicants over spring vacation. Muir says - Trinity College, like all colleges, can only admit of the program, Calhoun comments that the program that after the solicitation placed in student mailboxes those who apply for admission. Once the acceptances is starting to become effective after 3 years. in February, he received 300 responses, which he have been mailed out, it has no control over who "Alumni recruiting, in a broad scale, has not considers highly encouraging. But he cites the comes and who doesn't. Recruiting, as a means of worked very sell at Trinity, in my opinion," says difficulty and danger Involved in allowing any stu- getting qualified people into the application pool and Muir. "Alumni are out of touch with the drastic dent to visit schools, and points out that the admis- getting them to come if accepted, becomes increasing- changes taking place in the College, and tend to want sions department lacks the time to screen students ly important, especially for a school such as Trinity, to interview established candidates, rather than who would be willing to. Union College has recently relatively unknown among many possible applicants. really recruit new ones," begun a program of faculty members, visiting secon- A rough example of how recruiting works may be Muir also sees a deeper problem with trying to dary schools. seen from the College's remarkably successful organize a Trinity alumni recruiting staff. "There's One of the strongest recruiting devices -for the athletic recruiting program, an inferiority complex that hurts Trinity recruiting, highly desirable applicant is the Honors Scholar Karl Kurth, Director of Athletics, who says that even though it's less now," he comments, "There program, instituted this year. Under the program, "a college is interested in a boy with a strong- has to be generated a spirit for Trinity as Trinity." a selected group of freshmen--34 in the class of '71 athletic potential just as in a boy with a strong- Muir sees this attitude as also being prevalent --are allowed to waive the Basic Requirements, and academic potential, a strong science potential, or a among the student body. "There are too many men take whatever they want and qualify for. Under the strong thespian potential." says that Trinity's main who don't go out and sell Trinity," he comments. terms of the program, there can be no more than 50 scouting in this area conies Irom coaching assis- "Too many of the students apparently aren't con- Honors Scholars in a class. 120 accepted applicants tants at secondary schools and alumni. Trinity gets csrned with, or aware of, how effective they can be were considered for Honors Scholar status, and 90 interested in about 75-100 boys a year through this in this way, and perhaps don't even give a damn were offered it. Of these 90, 34 came, for a per- method, and hopefully vice versa, Having freshman about the College." centage of 38%. Of the 30 who were not offered such teams play prep schools is another form of adver- As a result, nearly all Trinity school visiting is status, only 8 came, for a percentage of 27%. tisement, keeping Trinity's name in candidate's done by members of the Admissions staff. Accord- minds. - ing to Muir, the most suitable time for college visit- The Honors Scholars Program appears to have The Athletic Department then encourages the can- ing is between October 1 and December 1, the schools been a greater success with little or no indepen- didate to come to Trinity, where theyareset up with not being ready before then, and applications having dent study going on, from an admissions than a student host, attend classes, and get to speak to gone in afterwards. Trinity Admissions people visit an educational standpoint, and a major revision some faculty members in their major. This has the a wide range of schools, many of whom have had of the program is currently underway. But it double effect of getting the student more interested dealings with the College before. The tours include has been sufficiently encouraging to suggest bene- ;. in Trinity, and providing the admissions department California, Texas, Cleveland, Detroit, Illinois, ficial results should the Basic Requirements, be with feedback from the student guide. Florida, Virginia, Washington, D.C., upstate N.Y., abolished for all freshmen, Discussing the new Eastern Pennsylvania, Vermont and many other curriculum that went into effect this year at Wil- At the same time, the Athletic department is trying areas. This has been augmented this year with new liams, the 1967 Admissions Profile stated, "Appli- to determine how good a football or basketball play- visits to New York city public schools, including cants have been as enthusiastic as current under- . er the candidate is (about 95^. of the "sub-freshmen" Bronx High School of Science, Stuyvesant High, and graduates about the increased flexibility this new are football or basketball players, with the emphasis the High School of Music and Art. The total number curriculum allows them. Freshmen hav6 no re- on football), by speaking to the coaches and reviewing of schools visited approximates 400. quired courses and have no language requirement films where available. The candidate's academic to fulfill." folder is also being reviewed by the admissions The visiting of New York city schools may be seen Another result of the end of the basics, feels department. "\Ve can't admit non-students," points as the Admissions Department's response tp what Muir, is freeing the Admissions office to a large out Kurth, "but as long as we find a boy has parti- might be termed the "discovery" of New York, as extent. Currently, the necessity of choosing stu- cipated, we're interested in having him come," chronicled in the New York Times article on Ivy dents who can pass a math requirement, a science students. Some schools take Negroes with 600 Boards, in the top tenth of their'class, We're taking people with 400 boards, for whom college Average Board Scores: Class of 1971 would otherwise be an impossibility. The stress Is laid on disadvantaged, not just Negroes. A middle class Negroisno different from anyone else around here." Verbal Math For the student here now, Admissions is willing to ease the acade- Trinity 634 659 mic load somewhat. According to Muir, if necessary, they can get 5 Wesleyan 653 671 years to graduate rather than 4, a 3-course load, and the basic re- Williams (1970) 644 677 quirements deferred, "As it is now, we do it after the kid gets into trouble," points out Muir. "We'd rather do it before, but it's hard to tell who needs it. Boys we expected to have trouble, are doing all right. Boys for whom we wouldn't have eased the load are having trouble." Public- Private Trinity applied for an Upward Bound program, but was turned down for Trinity 59% 41% lack of funds. Wesleyan 71% 29% Washington feels that one of the reasons so few Negroes are interest- Williams 60% 40% ed in Trinity is "negative; feedback from the students here now," Another Amherst 61% 38% reason is that so lew ure here now. though the number Is increasing with 8 in the freshman class twice as many as In any previous class, Washington describes this as an "increase from nothing." Me feels that Public-Private School Itrcukdowii the existence of TAX does help somewhat. Muir feels that one of the difficulties In attracting different types of Negroes is that many at Trinity now tend to be activists. "We lost sev- eral kids last year because they met with some Negroes here now and were scared off. These kids didn't want tu lie crusaders, they wanted to g<; to college, and they went someplace else." What other colleges are doing In this area is generally not startling. Amlierst, which visits and writes letters, feels that it is "just starting- to hit" witli Negro applications, A member of their staff points out, "You can't have a considerable number of Negro students and expect Amherst freshman work." At Williams, which lias ten Negroes in the freshman class and 38 requirement, a language requirement, a history requirement, ami un in the college, Assistant Admissions Director Wick points out the English requirement enforces a policy of well-raurulwluess amonfi-ac- danger involved In putting Negroes on a differing priority, "even for a cent ees. temporary period." ''Nobody seeks diversity for Itself," says Wick, "We feel there Is an educational value. When Adam Clayton Powell was censured by the House, we had five students from Powell's district," In goliH', for diversity, says Wick, "a lot depends on student feeling, If "In discussing diversity," according to Philip G. Wick, Assistant many tcel strongly thai tin1 student hody Is too narrow, a dialogue Is Director of Admissions at Williams College, "people are wont to put necessary. When we did i,
W. Howie Muir '51, n director of admissions 0. ~m c u Z r-> 1-1 9 Colleg e Colleg e Job s fo r Froshtno n E.O.G . cws p Loans NDS L Amoun t o f ai d $ receivin g ai d Ave . Packag e 51 'Siz e o f Clas s 'Atnherst 135.0V? 119.7 U.9 0 3-35 0 0 318 92 1430.
Bates 59.67 3.15 - 15.8 2.59 .8 279 90 -
Bowdoin 172.55 125.7 13.0 2.3 • 42.6 1.2 .8 262 ?8 2170
Brandeis 287.02 22?.6 1^.95 3-2 56.2 - - 485 1626
Clark ,185^51 1C0.2 20.0 - 57.4 K/A 7.96 359 135 1300 Colby 153.3^ 130. 10.0 _ - 12.5 .5 366 110 1381 MIT 1,200.00 533-0 33.0 15^.0 202.0 - - 925 525 1900
Middlebury 113-0 59-0 11.0 10.0 33.0 3-0 3-0 390 51 1900 Springfield 121-3 67.8 15.5 K/A 33.0 N/A .6 420 134 1400 Trinity 208,4 139.9 15.3 12.0 16.0 24.0 1.2 330 105 1935 Tufts/Jackson 394.0 ^3.5 20.0 0 70.0 N/A 20.0 7C3 238 1572
Wesleyan 186.0 152.7 8.0 7.0 19.0 - - 357 140 - Williams 127.275 100.3 0 3.80 11.42 12.0 0 320 78 1805
WPI 162.75 79-75 16.1 0 66.9 - - 450 130 1252
Financial Aid Information at Selected Northeastern Colleges
Trinity College awards $208,400 in freshman aid to the Class of '71, more total aid than Wesleyan, Williams or Amherst. Of this $139,900 is straight scholarship award, $12,000 in College Loans, $16,000 -National Defense Scholarship Loan, $24,000 College jobs (This provides the difference between Trinity and Wesleyan, which does not give jobs to freshmen), $1,200 for the College Work-Study program which does not normally apply to freshmen, and $15,300 to Federal Educational Opportunity Grants (to families able to contribute $800 or less to college expenses. Colleges are eligible for the EOG pro- gram only if they have a vigorous recruiting program to find and en- Comparison Of Entering Trinity Classes, 1966-1971 roll disadvantaged students). The average package award is $1985, and 31.8% of the freshman class receives aid. "There is a highly conscious effort to give more to high-need cases," says Gummere. "In Illinois, for- example, we seek to use 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 the money in downtown Chicago and East St. Louis." 43% of the appli- X X X 7. 7. cants for the class of '71 applied for financial aid (this stays fairly stable. 44% of the class of '72 candidates have applied). Of these, School 75% were granted aid, an over grant of 75% above available scholar- Independent 42 7 47.3 39.5 43.4 48.6 40.9 ship moneys. 11% were placed on financial aid waiting list, and 1,4% Public 57 3 52.7 60.5- 56.6 51.4 59.1 were judged to have no need. "We try to answer as many needs as possible, and to give a break to the highly qualified," says Gummere. Course "If we can't meet a need entirely, we generally don't award." There B.A. 46 .9 36.7 39.5 - 39.8 39.3 47.9 are very few awards under $1,000 and 33 over $2,000. The amount of U.S. 40 .3 35.5 38.1 36.8 36.6 awards is set by the Educational Testing Service in Princeton. 30.3 Undecided 12 .8 27.8 22.4 23.4 24.1 Washington has been working on a program for underprivileged stu- 21.8 dent recruiting and scholarships. Under it, students from Trinity would Religious Preference begin visiting schools in December. Money for the project would be Episcopal 38 2 30.5 32.7 28.0 30.8 28.5 supplied by corporations contributing to an investment trust, and Wash- Roman Catholic 17 0 16.0 18.8 18.3 19'. 9 20.0 ington believes he has the corporations for it. The program was sub- Protestant 32 6 35.6 27.8 33,2 31.7 30.3 mitted to President Jacobs last semester, and it has been waiting for Jewish 9 6 11.3 16.1 15.3 10.6 12.4 his recovery since. Other 2 6 6.6 4.6 • 4.2 7.0 8.8 Scholastic Standing / "There's no policy to limit the number of Jews," says Muir. "The possibility has never come up. Every year about the same number Top Tenth 38. 2 38.3 37.4 42.8 44.2 •41.0 of Jews seem to apply, about the same number are accepted, and Remaining First Quintile 19 4 , 21.1 24.5 23.4 18.4 27.5 about the same number seem to come. I don't know why." Total First Quintile 57. 6 59.4 62.9 66.2 62.6 68.5 The number of Jews at Trinity does seem to be relatively stable, Second Quintile 18. 1 21.8 18.5 14.1 16.6 16.3 along with most religious percentages. Part of this is, undoubtedly, as Third Quintile 15. 0 10.7 11.4 9.6 10.0 7,0 Chaplain Tull says, that Trinity is an Episcopalian school. Another Fourth Quintile 5. 5 4.3 5.7 4.2 6.0 5.2 part is the natural reticence of Jewish students to apply to a place Fifth Quintile 3. 1 2.7 1.5 4.2 3.0 0,9 called Trinity. But for at least the past five years, the number of Jews Unranked 0. 7 1.1 1.0 1.7 2,1 at the College has stayed within 10% and 16% of the College, while the 1.8 number has varied more at other colleges, and increased greatly in College Entrance Examination some. Over the past five years, the percentage of Jews at Wesleyan and Trinity has looked like this: Board, Scholastic Aptitude Test
Wesleyan 10.0 N.A, 13.6 24,0 16.0 Verbal Average 590. 2 601.4 603.5 618.0 627.0 625.8 Mathematics Average 634. 6 640.7 660.2 659.7 672.5 656.9 Trinity ' 11.3 16.0 15.3 10.6 12.4 Verbal Median 591 606 60 5 618 631 634 ' As can be seen, sometimes Trinity has the higher percentage, some- Mathematics Median 640 646 662 659 671 659 times the lower. What is more significant, possibly, is that over the Period, the percentage at Wesleyan varied 14%, while that at Trinity varied 5,4%. According to the Times admission article of April highly desirable students, it is felt by some to en- 17, "Yale has said over the years that it never had any courage a certain amount of homogeneity among In the Times Admissions article, it was reported religious quota, although the number of Jews in each students. "The reason we do it," says Muir, "is that the number of prep school students in the Ivy class in the late nineteen-fifties tended to be be- that clergymen work with kids, and a lot of kids colleges was decreasing. At the same time, the tween 103 and 109." The article also points out that get interested this way, and come. We're taking number of prep school students at Trinity remains since the change from geographical distribution to advantage of the fact that some clergymen may feel stable. To an extent, these may be related develop- student diversity in 1967, the number of Jews has Trinity to be closer to the Church than it is. Some ments. increased greatly. This was traced to the increase don't like the Church connection, but it is effective." Mike Floyd 'G8 points out, "Trinity is now becom- in students from the New York metropolitan area, There are other kinds of diversity besides racial ing the first choice of many preppies, which I think where 40% of American Jews reside. The statis- and religious, some of which Trinity is thought to works against what they want in the student body." tics given by the article on Jewish enrollment des- be lacking in. Assistant Professor of Psychology, Much of the recent academic improvement in Trin- cribed Columbia and the University of Pennsylvania George Hig-gins,. the College Counselor, describes ity may be traced to the growing' difficulty of get- as around 40%, Harvard, Cornell and Yale as being the Trinity student body as a "run-of-the-millbunch ting Into a ""better," i.e. Ivy, college. Still, Trinity between 20% and 25%, and between 13% and 20% at of English-History majors running around talking is now allowed to be freer, as well as more selec- Brown, Dartmouth and Princeton. about Northrop Frye and psychology, which theydon't tive, in who it takes." have the science background to understand. Trinity "While there is no quota," says Muir, "Ithas been ; observed at some other colleges that if the number is like a mystic religion, with everyone worshipping "We may, in taking- different kinds of kids, be of Jews gets too high, say around 35%, highly at the same shrine. " A balance at Trinity, Dr. Hig- reflecting the times as well as our own Interests," desirable Jews don't want to come, and Gentiles gins feels, would be "45% humanities majors, 40% thinks Muir, "We look for different things in in- feel lost." According to the Times article, "The Science majors, and 15% Arts majors." dependent school boys. But most independent schools deans acknowledge the possibility of a class domi- The difficulty of admitting such a class is des- are changing their own attitudes, and the most con- nated by Jews, New Englanders, or even football cribed in the Admissions working paper of Wes- servative prep schools now take Netjro ghetto kids. players. 'If some year we got to the point where leyan, stating, " How is it possible to measure And then, the College is becoming a little more at- something like that had happened,' Dean Clark says With confidence the qualities of tenacity, imagina- tractive, a little more selective." at Yale, 'Well, maybe we'd have to re-evaluate our tion and commitment required to pursue a major One improvement in the Admissions Office might system.'" in Physics or Biology...? Many drop out of science be the adoption of one of Wesleyan's programs. At "There Is no quota," Chaplain Tull assures, "In virtually none, pick up such a goal after matricula- Wesleyan, the Admissions Office is also the Fresh- fact, something like a quota Is being urged now by tion ... The arts pose a unique problem in that actual man Deans, under the theory that Admissions knows the moderate radicals." achievement and experience in the performing arts the freshmen better than anyone else, According It is pretty clear that no place wants a class must be personally evaluated in a majority of cases. to Calhoun, the feedback helps Admissions slightly "dominated" by Jews. To discover if a quota system The evaluation of skills in music, art, and theatre in its primary function, with approximately 10% Is in use, not only would the number of Jews at is assisted by faculty interviews and auditions or of applicants admitted or rejected for what Admis- the college be required, but the number rejected review of work done in a studio. Although this kind sions has picked up. Muir favors the, adoption of the and the number accepted who went -Elsewhere. Since of evaluation does go on, it is clearly limited and idea, feeling that there is currently no outlet for the question of religion is Illegal to ask on an appli- should be expanded." According to the Amherst Ad- freshman problems, but points out that Admissions cation, the Information might be rather difficult to missions Report, of 36 members of the Class of is. currently undermanned for such an extension. obtain, for admissions deans as well as for some- 1967 who declared themselves mathematics majors, Wesleyan has six men on their current staff, com- one interested in the possibility of a quota. For those at entrance, 6 actually graduated as such, along with pared with three and a half on Trinity's, An ex- who are interested, there appears to be sufficient three who had switched from other fields. tension of the Admissions staff would allow Trinity evidence to believe either way. "Thelack of scientists is strong and universal," to put more men on the road during the short re- Aside from geographical distribution, another points out Muir. "Harvard graduated a few chem- cruiting season, as well as other benefits. means of covert anti-Semitism, as expressed by Rabbi istry majors last year. This,problem is accentuated The Wesleyan working paper comments on ex- I. M. Levy, a chaplain at Princeton, is prefer- at Trinity by the difficulty of the chemistry and ential treatment for alumni sons, since few alumni tracurricular activities in a manner that might des- mathematics majors, and the difficulty of talking cribe all information available about a candidate, from the 1930's and '40's are Jewish. While Trinity science in competition with the big universities. does accord preferential treatment tosons of alum- and indeed be the eulogy of any admissions office or The Physics Department has a strong recruiting policy: ni, Muir says that "the number of our applicants who program,/ but it's a question whether the College are alumni sons is relatively low, approximately "The list of such marginal factors in selection can afford such strong science majors. What the is long, and each year among these priorities shift. 5%. At places like Princeton, it's as high as 30%. College should do is stop trying to prepare, people Very few Trinity applicants are getting knocked off The criticism of 'admission policy,' with regard for everything, and prepare them well for what to these factors, depends largely upon the Individual by ah alumni son." The number of alumni sons in we can prepare them for, Let's admit that we can't the class of '71 is 18. tastes and interests of the people examining these prepare a kid for all psychology, but prepare him matters. The challenge is not to declare such in- Another religious area in which the College comes for those branches of psychology we can prepare formation about candidates null and void, but rather •under moderate fire is the recruiting-device of send- him for. Let's admit that we can't teach all history, to handle it in the proper perspective with the full ing letters to all the Episcopal clergy in the United but give a kid the best medieval history education Interests of the Wesleyan community in mind (an States. While It is fairly effective, and brings in some around." almost impossible task).
INSIDE Chairman: A. Rand Gordon '69 THE TRIPOD Business Manager: Leighton Smith '69 wishes to thank the follow- ing, who assisted greatly Special Editors for INSIDE are: in the compilation of this David Green '71 report: John Osier 70 W. Howie Muir '51 Frederick B. Rose 70 Philip L. Calhoun Photos in this issue: Philip G. Wick. Frederick B. Rose Francis B. Gummere Gerald Hatch '69 Karl Kurth . Admissions report written and researched by: Robert Washington '69 David Sarasohn 71 Michael Floyd '68 Design: Kenneth P. Winkler 71