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~~~~9uJn:J COLLEGE GI61 ALUMNUS SUMMER QUARTER 1963

The Ford Foundation Grant

EXCERPTS FROM COLLEGE REPORT TO FOUNDATION

KALAMAZOO DODD DODD DODD DODD COLLEGE G6 ALUMNUS SUMMER QUARTER 1963

Vol XXV August, 1963 No.3

CONTENTS

The Ford Foundation Grant 2 The Story of the Ford Grant as told by President Weimer K. Hicks 3 Data and Assumptions 6 Plant Development of the 1952-62 Decade 7 Plant Priorities and Plans for the 1963-73 Decade 8 Academic Goals and Priorities for the Next Decade 9 Products of a New Program 10 The Commencement Weekend 12 Washington in Spring- the Career Quarter of Michael Boyle '65 14 Armchair Adventures and Foreign Travel 17 Alumni Seminars on New Ideas 18 Quarterly Review 18

THE NEW COVER

The Alumnus will continue to carry the symbol designed by Stephen Monroe of Sequoia Press, representing the new educational program at Kalamazoo College. The elements in the design include suggestions of the four-quarter plan, the on-campus program, and the off­ campus quarters of career and service and of foreign study.

PICTURE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

President Hicks, the Field House- Douglas Lyttle; Upton Hall, Commencement photos - CPI; seniors, Mrs. Johnson- Schiavone; Washington photos- Harris and Ewing, and courtesy of Kalamazoo Gazette; 1913 class - Gazette; trophy - WKZO.

MARILYN HINKLE, '44, Editor ALUMNI OFFICERS: Charles E. Garrett '42, President; Richard A. Lemmer '41, Vice President; Ruth Schlobohm Anderson '36, Secretary. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Robert Aldrich '33; Lucille Hallock Brenner '29; Maynard M. Conrad '36; Ward McCartney '45; Marshall H. Rutz '34; Marion Hall Starbuck '45; Marilyn Sharp Wetherbee'46. OTHER EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS: Richard A. Walker '42, Alumni-Trustee; Morlan J. Grandbois '33, Alumni-Trustee; Lois Stutz­ man Harvey '29, Alumni-Trustee; Glen C. Smith '41, K-Club President; W. Harry Rapley '38, Kalamazoo President; Kenneth H. Krum '45, Vice President.

A quarterly publication of Kalamazoo Coilege, Kalamazoo, , issued in February, May, August, and November. Member, American Alumni Council. Subscription rate: One doilar per year. Second class postage paid at Kalamazoo, Michigan. Return postage guaranteed. The Ford Foundation Grant

"DEAR PRESIDENT HICKS, "I am pleased to advise you that the Ford Foundation has approved a grant of $2,200,000 to Kalamazoo Col­ lege for general support. This grant is being made ..." These opening words of a letter, dated June 21, 1963, and signed by Joseph M. McDaniel, Jr., treasurer of the Ford Foundation, signaled a landmark in the history of Kalamazoo College. The grant, to be matched by $5,500,000 raised through its own effort, is the larg­ est single gift the College has ever received. When the matching funds have been accumulated, within a speci­ fied three-year period, the $7,700,000 will represent half the $15,000,000 total of the ten-year Fund for Aca­ demic Enrichment announced in 1961. (After two years, this program is approaching two-fifths of its goal.) A sum of $500,000 will come to the College at this time as a part of the $2,200,000 grant. Of this amount, $100,000 will be used for scholarships; $100,000 will be e No gifts coming to the College before October 1, used to strengthen the full-year program and the off­ 1963, will count as matching funds toward the Ford campus opportunities; and $300,000 will go into the Foundation challenge. After October 1, all gifts com­ construction of the new library. ing to the College within a three-year period, until Sep­ The $2,200,000 grant signifies recognition by this tember 30, 1966- in the form of Annual Fund, scholar­ great philanthropic organization of the high regard in ships, capital gifts, bequests, legacies, life income con­ which Kalamazoo College is held. It becomes one of tracts, trusts, etc.- will count toward the $5,500,000. forty-two independent liberal arts institutions carefully selected from all parts of the country to participate in what the Foundation calls its Special Program in Edu­ cation. James W. Armsey, the program's director, point­ ing out that the funds may be used for any purpose, says, "Universities and colleges are selected for the grants on the basis of their tradition of scholarship, their plans and ability to make pace-setting improvem~nts, the quality of their leadership, and the strength of sup­ port from alumni and other sources. The grants are in­ tended to strengthen ability to achieve and sustain new standards, both in scholarship and administrative effec­ tiveness." How did the Foundation determine whether Kala­ mazoo measured up to these standards? How was it able to measure the College against other colleges of similar character? What follows is the Kalamazoo story, including quotes from the presentation made to the Ford Foun- 2 dation. The Story of the Ford Foundation Grant as told by President Weimer K. Hicks

• THE LARGEST SINGLE GIFT IN OUR HISTORY - such is vinced that the best way of aiding all private colleges the Ford Foundation grant announced in my letter was to strengthen those whose past performance and mailed to you late in June. That brief communication, future planning would mark them as bellwethers of a however, could not possibly have conveyed to you the small college resurgence. Its Special Program in Educa­ critical thought given by College personnel to the prep­ tion, announced that year, in the words of Director aration of our report. Nor could it have conveyed the James W. Armsey, "aims to build on excellence in a meaning of the grant in terms of prestige and stature group of institutions with varying backgrounds, geo­ for your alma mater. Nor could it have indicated the graphic locations, and plans for the future." dedicated effort which will be required to meet the The Foundation's first move was to invite twenty­ challenge which Ford has presented to us. In this Pres­ five colleges from coast to coast prove that their cur­ idential Report and in the pages which follow we shall rent educational program and their plans for the future try to give you the complete story of a two-and-a-half placed them among the country's quality small colleges. year effort which can open the door to an educational Kalamazoo College was honored by being named one program which exceeds our brightest dreams. of the twenty-five which were asked to submit their For many years the Ford Foundation has been inti­ credentials. mately involved with problems of higher education. Each college was then given one month to collect all Today it is concerned with the ability of the small, in­ facts regarding its last ten years and to present com­ dependent liberal arts college to survive under the twin plete programs about the subsequent decade. The re­ pressures of expanding enrollments and skyrocketing port was far more than a statistical analysis. Each in­ operating costs. A second trend complicates the role of stitution was required to prove its abiding faith in the the small institution. In recent years tax-supported uni­ liberal arts. It was expected to spell out the educational versities have grown in size and strength until they philosophy undergirding the college and to reveal the• threaten to dominate the educational scene. As these sense of purpose to which the institution was com­ institutions have mushroomed, all thinking people have mitted. We found ourselves evolving a thorough plan become worried about our dual system of education, for keeping our college abreast of the qualitative and in which the independent college works side by side quantitative demands of the next ten years. And above and hand in hand with the state university. The vitality all else, we had to present a workable financial program of the American system of higher education - private for attaining the future objectives through voluntary and public- depends on the maintenance of the small support while still keeping the cost of education within college as the champion of the liberal arts and as the the reach of all good students. We worked steadily for initiating force for constant refinement in educational a solid month during all waking hours until finally our patterns. 75-page portfolio, Kalamazoo College 1951-1971, had By 1960, Ford executives and trustees were con- been completed and placed in the mail. 3 At the time of this invitation, the College was im­ in higher education and so we built upon the old and mersed in its plans for the new four-quarter program. brought about a new approach to which the Ford rep­ In fact, we had just requested and received a $100,000 resentatives now give their vote of confidence. It is grant from the Fund for the Advancement of Educa­ likewise a tribute to the calibre of students who have tion (itself supported by the Ford Foundation) to in­ been drawn into the Plan that it produces results be­ augurate the plan. It was largely because of this and a yond those for which we had hoped. "wait-and-see" attitude on the part of some Foundation Third, it means that Kalamazoo graduates - and executives, that Kalamazoo was not among the first long before the four-quarter plan was conceived - have eight in the original group of twenty-five to receive an made a mark in the world which has reflected to the award that year. credit of their college. One hundred years ago Kalama- Last September the College was again invited to -zoo bore the qualities of the intellectual institution. At apply for one of the special awards. Again there were the turn of the century it began to secure the tradition volumes of paper work, a reappraisal of future projec­ of the pre-professional college. Origins of American tions and a frank look at our ability to raise the match­ Scientists reported Kalamazoo among the nation's lead­ ing funds the Ford staff insisted on. For a second time, ers because of the achievements of our graduates. Thus, the Foundation sent researchers to the campus to talk the Ford recognition speaks to the calibre of those who with administrators, faculty and students. By this time, have studied here over the years. the year-around Kalamazoo Plan was well under way; And finally, it means that we can now insure the the three-course-per-quarter arrangement had helped future of Kalamazoo College. These are not easy years raise the general level of grades; independent study for independent education. Millions of dollars of tax research had caused library circulation to soar upwards funds are being channeled into our state colleges and by 48%; and there was a new feeling of academic vigor universities in every section of America. To keep pace among students and faculty. The conclusion of the first in a spiralling economy has not been easy; in the future quarter abroad and the senior research quarter had it will be more difficult. Once the Ford challenge has brought completely cheering reports, and plans for the been met, our College will have been given much .of career quarter were proceeding smoothly. (Since then the undergirding which it needs in order to serve a we have found that this too has been a highly success­ wider constituency and to serve that constituency more ful undertaking.) These developments, coupled with adequately. the long tradition of excellence that has always been Succeeding pages will give you more details regard­ Kalamazoo's - and a present day faculty and student ing the Ford grant. These words from the President body to sustain it - convinced the Ford Foundation merely try to convey his thanks and deep appreciation that Kalamazoo was ready for special notice. Thus Kal­ to all of those people and to the good friends who have amazoo College joined the select group of institutions participated in the life of our College over the years. qualifying for challenge grants. We can look forward to an exciting and gratifying To me there are four important connotations to be future. found in the Ford grant. First, it means that Kalamazoo College, long honored in its own midwest, has now be­ come firmly established as a national institution. The Ford decision was based upon every fact, statistic, or plan we could supply of the past decade and the next DODD ten years. An exhaustive study preceded their decision. DODD This endorsement definitely places Kalamazoo among the leaders of the small liberal arts colleges of America. DODD It must be as gratifying to faculty and students and DODD alumni as it is to me to find ourselves in the company of such distinguished colleges. Second, the grant represents a strong endorsement of the new Kalamazoo Plan. Faculty and administra­ tion, who have given hours to conceiving and to making the Kalamazoo Plan work, have labored in a good and a just cause. We are blazing new trails. Conservatives everywhere have raised their eyebrows that a school of our established position would change its program so drastically. We reasoned, however, that the past was 4 not good enough. Our college has a larger role to play INSTITUTIONS RECEIVING

FORD FOUNDATION GRANTS

September, 1961 ... Hofstra College

June, 1962 ...... Lawrence College Excerpts from the College Report to the Ford Oklahoma City University Foundation St. College of St. Thomas e wE WISH TO SHARE the following pages of statistics and goals with our readers to present the facts of the St. Xavier College past ten years and the projected plans of the next ten University of the South years. Please bear in mind that the situation ten years hence is estimated on the basis of an inflating economy. However, these figures of the future honestly attempt June, 1963 ...... to ( 1) Give Kalamazoo College the financial strength to make possible every type of educational opportunity which should be given to our students, both on-campu~ and off-campus. In terms of scholarships, projected fig­ ures indicate $760,000 annually to bring to the College the calibre of students who can benefit from this educa­ Kalamazoo College tion. In the case of tuition of $2,800, it should be pointed out that there are institutions today with tuition rates far exceeding this figure. ( 2) Provide for and hold Saint Catherine, College of the best faculty money can buy. ( 3) Give the College every needed building and type of equipment which a superior college like Kalamazoo has to have to be su­ Stetson University perior. ( 4) Stabilize the day-to-day operation of the College so the new educational program will go for- Wooster, College of ward with utmost effectiveness. 5 Excerpts from the College Report

Data and Assumptions Item 1952-53 1962-63 1972-73 Item 1952-53 1962-63 1972-73 Number of students enrolled 381 839 1,320 Average compensation of faculty (a) Salary Students housed and fed 3,970 9,300 16,430 (b) Fringe benefits by College 276 651 900 (payroll only) 268 900 2,306 Students receiving scholarships (c) % fringe benefits (a) Number 186 359 528 to salary 6.8% 9.7% 14% (b) Percentage of enrollment 50 43 40 Number of students per Students re ceiving loans faculty member 11 15 18 (a) Number 63 140 396 Dollar Amounts in Thousands (b) Percentage of enrollment 17 18 30 Income from endowment for scholarships $39 Geographic origins of students $151 $447 Total available (a) % in state 70 62 40 for scholarships 45 158 726 (b) % out of state 30 38 60 Amt. of endowment (book value) Fre shman admissions picture (a) Unrestricted as to (a) Number of income $429 $3447 $3447 completed applications 141 827 1,684 (b) Income restricted for (b) Number enrolled 91 283 390 scholarships 132 497 8072 (c) Number awarded scholarships 46 128 176 (b) Total available (d) CEEB -SAT for scholarships $561 $3944 $11519 verba I median Not req 'd. 591 660 (c) Income restricted for (e) CEEB-SAT other purposes 362 1973 1973 math median Not req 'd. 614 660 (f) % of class in top (c) Total $923 $5917 $13492 quarter in H.S. 58 85 92 Total revenue from Typical cost for undergraduate endowment $39 $242-A $566 (a) Tuition and fees $ 550 $ 945 $ 2,025 Rate of return (b) Room and board 700 975 795 (on book value) 4.2% 4.1% 4.2% Total $ 1,250 $ 1,920 $ 2,820 Amt. of endowment when securities Amt. of endowment income are valued at year end per student $ 103 $ 290 $ 429 market prices $928 $5300 $17668 %of students going on to Value of educational plant and equipment grad . schools (a) Book value $1300 $6300 $12600 • Number of full -time faculty equivalent (b) Replacement value 1700 7800 16500 (a) Professor 10 11 17 Value of auxiliary enterprises plant (b) As sociate professor 6 16 24 (a) Residences, dining hall, student union (c) Assistant professor 9 21 20 (1) Book value $1000 $2700 $4300 (d) Instructor 6 3 11 (2) Replacement value 1200 3300 6400 (e) Other (lecturers, etc.) 3 4 (b) Other auxiliary enterprises Total 34 55 72 (1) Book value -0- $450 $300 Total compensation of faculty (2) Replacement value -0- 500 500 (a) Salary $135,000 $605,000-A $1,183 ,000 Note A- Indicated amount based upon endowment income for the (b) Fringe benefits fifteen-month period because of date change in fiscal year end to 6 (payroll only) 9,000 59 ,000-A 166,000 September 30, 1963. to the Ford Foundation

Therefore, a formal program of land acquisit.ion was begun in the summer of 1961 for the properties along the north line of the campus. The purchases, which rep­ Plant Development resent an investment of nearly $250,000, in addition to the properties listed above, include the essential acqui­ of the 1952-1962 sitions needed to develop a second quadrangle adjoin­ ing the present campus. Decade Where possible, the College uses buildings pur­ chased for educational or administrative purposes until such times as the land is needed for the construction of • THIS DECADE HAS WITNESSED a carefully planned and new facilities. The old buildings are moved to other executed expansion of the physical facilities and real locations for further use, or are razed, whichever is estate of the College. Since 1953 the physical plant has deemed most economical. increased in value from $2,347,690 to $7,597,863. Early in the decade the emphasis was upon con­ struction, rebuilding and remodeling, and the purchase of structures for ongoing educational and administra­ tive purposes. The following new buildings and property were added to the facilities during this ten year period: Upton Science Hall $380,000 Wing for Trowbridge Hall for Women 310,000 Calder Fieldhouse at Angell Field 87,000 New Wings and Kitchen for Welles Dinir1g Hall 400,000 Connable Estate 75,000 Stuifbergen and adjacent properties 130,000 MacKenzie House 47,500 Humphrey House 100,000 Tennis House 200,000 MacKenzie and ·woodworth Athletic Fields 35,000 Heating Plant 62,000 Tennis House The following units have been rebuilt: Upton Science Hall Bowen Hall - Administration -~ and classrooms $150,000 . Student Center and Snack Bar 165,000 Tredway Gymnasium 160,000 Lounges in Hoben and Harmon Halls 47,000 Olds Science Hall 425,000 Redecoration of President's Home 15,000 Humphrey House 10,000 The recently completed study from which our four­ quarter system was developed also resulted in the pro­ jection of the physical requirements to assure the suc­ cess of this system. This in turn pinpointed the need for additional property and building. 7 Plant Priorities and Plans for the 1963-1973 Decade

• THE INSTALLATION of the new year-around system quarter with a full activities and recreation program and the projections for the next ten years require addi­ underscores the need for this facility. To be constructed tional facilities and the remodeling and rebuilding of in 1964-65. Estimated cost $300,000. others. CALDER FIELDHOUSE - This facility will become in­ FINE ARTS BUILDING - Through the generosity of creasingly inadequate as enrollment grows. It will be friends of the College, funds in excess of $1,500,000 enlarged in 1965-66 at a cost of $50,000. have been made available for the construction of a new HUMPHREY HOUSE - Currently used as an auxiliary building to house the departments of music, drama and men's dormitory, it will be converted for use as an In­ art. Ground was broken in April, 1963. ternational Center for foreign and domestic visiting fac­ LIBRARY- The present library ( Mandelle) was built ulty while they are serving on the Kalamazoo campus. in 1931 to accommodate 65,000 volumes and to serve Conversion to take place in 1965-66, at a cost of $50,000. 400 students. It now serves more than 700 on-campus BOWEN HALL- This well-constructed building is the students, and houses more than 100,000 volumes. There oldest structure on the campus. Rebuilding of the sec­ are only 100 study stations. Since the new four-quarter ond and the third floors will be undertaken in 1965-66, plan will increase the emphasis upon individualized at a cost of $150,000. study, the need for a new and different style of library LANGUAGE BUILDING - Our facilities for the teach­ is acute. ing-learning process in the increasingly important area The proposed library will be designed to house of foreign languages must be completely overhauled. 250,000 volumes. It will seat approximately 700 stu­ The most economical way in which this can be done is dents at study stations. It will provide essential services the construction of a new language center or building. in the audio-visual area and will be flexible enough in This is planned for 1965-66, at an estimated cost of design to meet future and changing needs. It is hoped $500,000. that construction will be started before the end of 1963. REMODEL CHAPEL- The basement of Stetson Chapel, Estimated cost of the building is $1,500,000, of which scene of many public events, must be modernized. Cost $900,000 is on hand. of modernization is estimated at $75,000. Work to be WOMEN's DORMITORY - A new dormitory unit, completed in 1965-66. planned for upperclass women, is now on the drafting AUDITORIUM - There is no meeting place on campus board. The new building is scheduled to be ready for with sufficient capacity to accommodate our entire stu­ occupancy by September of 1964, and it will accommo­ dent body, faculty, and friends of the College for lec­ date 125 women. Cost is estimated at $450,000. tures, concerts, and other cultural events. This handi­ MEN's DORMITORY - To be ready for occupancy in cap will be overcome by the construction of an audi­ 1964. Estimated cost $650,000. It will house 200. torium in 1967-68. Cost of the facility is estimated at MAINTENANCE BUILDING - Present facilities are in­ $1,500,000. adequate for enlargement of the maintenance staff and ows HALL - This science hall was rebuilt in the services which the expansion will necessitate. The new past decade and provision made for additional struc­ building which is to be completed by the end of 1964 ture. By 1968-69 it will be necessary to enlarge it to will cost $150,000. provide classrooms and laboratories for the increasing" TENNIS couRTS - Our present courts, which serve enrollment. Estimated cost $350,000. both the College and the community, will be inade­ LAND ACQUISITION - This program, already under­ quate to this task when the summer quarter is operat­ way, will be continued to make certain that land is ing. Expansion of this recreational facility will cost available for the construction of the facilities outlined $100,000 and should be completed in the spring of 1964. above. It is contemplated that an additional $300,000 REBUILDING OF MANDELLE - The present library will be spent for this purpose by 1964-65. building will be remodeled to accommodate additional GENERAL - Provisions have been made for the ex­ classrooms and faculty offices. Estimated cost $100,000, pansion of the heating plant, heating lines, and electric to be done in 1964-65 or whenever construction of the lines; air conditioning of certain areas in existing and new library is completed. new buildings, and continuous supplementary remod­ 8 POOL - The operation of the summer eling. $300,000 has been designated for these purposes. Architect's drawing of new library Rendering of new women's dormitory

Academic Goals and Priorities for the Next Decade l. To continue building a strong faculty of men and 4. To make more use of institutional research. As a tra­ women so genuinely interested in the students' total ditional college of 400 only eight years ago, the Col­ educational experience, as well as in their own fields, lege could generally make sound policy decisions that they will use the students' out-of-class experi­ without detailed preliminary studies. Now it be­ ence to make fuller meaning of their own courses. comes increasingly important as the College grows Kalamazoo never has believed it possible to produce larger each year, and as its program becomes in­ liberally educated students by subjecting them to a creasingly experimental, that there be careful eval­ succession of specialists, but recognizes that the uation of what it is doing, and that continual studies need for a liberally educated faculty has been mag­ provide facts on the basis of which policy decisions nified with the inauguration of the new educational can be made. plan. 5. To revise teaching methods and student life to lead 2. To improve upon selection procedures in admissions. students toward the self-responsibility they must by carefully weighing the overall secondary school show while working on vocational quarters, studying record, College Board scores, rank in class, and the abroad, and conducting research in the senior year. recommendations of principals and counselors, at­ In order to keep the curriculum as responsive as pos­ trition has been reduced appreciably. But as the sible to developing student needs consideration is number of admissions applicants jumps sharply being given to such ideas as the establishment of a within the next few years, new criteria must be de­ Department of Earth and Space Sciences, and to a vised for discerning among them those who will program of non-Western studies. thrive best in the particular academic climate of 6. To develop students with international understand­ Kalamazoo. Only when its attrition rate drops to the ing and world outlook, by giving all of the student irreducible minimum can it be said of Kalamazoo or body experience in a foreign culture and by build­ any college that its resources are being used to the ing a cosmopolitan environment on the campus • maximum. through increasing the number of visiting foreign 3. To develop a clear-cut policy toward faculty re­ professors and foreign students. Meanwhile, present search. The College is well aware that although some efforts will be continued to find capable students of research competes with teaching, other research can every economic, racial, religious, and cultural heri­ involve students and become one of the most effec­ tage both here and in other countries. tive kinds of teaching. It believes, too, that a man 7. And finally, to continue to refine and improve the who is engaged in research does not easily forget the Kalamazoo Plan of year-around education. Our ini­ difficulties of the scholar and is likely to sympathize ital experiences have strengthened our belief in the with the problems his students face. These convic­ Plan. We recognize, however, that our major con­ tions, however, have not yet been crystallized in a centration must be centered upon the many educa­ policy governing faculty research. It is the intention tional opportunities which are implicit in the twelve- of the College that they soon will be. month college. 9 Products of a New Program

• THESE STUDENTS ARE the honor graduates of the class Lawrence will do graduate study at the University of of 1963. They participated in the foreign study program Virginia under a Woodrow Wilson fellowship; Theo­ when it was conducted in the summer and the senior dore List will be attending the independent study quarter which was initiated this Medical School; Miss Patzelt has a teaching assistant­ year, missing only the sophomore career and service ship in the biology department of Northwestern Uni­ experience which was also begun this year. These three versity; Mrs. Scott has an assistantship in the depart­ off-campus programs are now provided in the new ed­ ment of English at Purdue; and Wilbur Walkoe has a ucational program at Kalamazoo College as enriching Woodrow Wilson fellowship and will be at the Uni­ and vital experiences beyond the confines of a campus. versity of Wisconsin. Magna cum laude graduates included Linda Ander­ These students are among 171 June graduates of sen, Muskegon; Carol Burgtorf, Flint; Richard Com­ which 58% will be enrolled in graduate schools through­ pans, St. Joseph; Karen Erickson, Ypsilanti; Adrienne out the country. A remarkable number of 48 have been Hartl, Chicago; and Kenneth Hunter, Muskegon. Miss awarded assistantships and fellowships for graduate Andersen studied at the University of Caen as did Miss work. Erickson. The others took courses at the University of Bonn. Richard Compans returned to Bonn for his junior year. He pursued chemical research at the College for his independent study quarter and will enter Columbia in the fall with a National Science Foundation fellow­ ship and a Rockefeller grant. Miss Erickson and Ken­ neth Hunter also hold NSF fellowships. Both were mathematics majors; she will study at the University of Arizona, and he will attend the University of Wiscon­ sin. He is a Woodrow Wilson fellowship winner as well as a NSF recipient. A Kalamazoo-Bonn exchange fel­ lowship has been awarded to Miss Andersen who will spend next year in Germany after having completed her research on French-Canadian dialect in Quebec dur­ ing the winter quarter of her senior year. Miss Hartl was a teaching intern during the off-campus quarter of Linda Anderson her last year, and she will be at the University of Illi­ nois in the fall, majoring in English under a University fellowship. Miss Burgtorf has a teaching fellowship and research assistantship at the University of Michigan in mathematics. Cum laude graduates included Jeannie Lawrence, Vicksburg; Theodore List, Ann Arbor; Tracy Newkirk, Muskegon; Jacqueline Patzelt, Brookfield, Ill., and Su­ san Helgeson Scott, Richland. All of these students at­ tended the University of Bonn except Miss Lawrence who was in France. Tracy Newkirk did further study abroad, in Vienna, on neurological research in brain wave patterns at the University of Vienna. He holds a NSF fellowship and will study at the University of Michigan Medical School. Independent study for these Carol Burgtorf students ranged from writing a novel to research on the 10 foundations of logic at the . Miss Richard Compans Karen Erickson Adrienne Hartl

Kenneth Hunter I eannie Lawrence Theodore List Tracy Newkirk

Jacqueline Patzelt Susan Helgeson Scott Wilbur Walkoe 11 The citation on behalf of the faculty carries the fol­ lowing tribute:

"Mr. President, I have the honor to present to you Dr. Rich­ ard Upjohn Light, a twentieth-century gentleman adventurer. He has been a pilot, serving with the Army Air Corps before there was an Air Force. In 1934 and '35 he took a seaplane three­ quarters of the way around the world, and in 1937 and '38 he and Mary Light, who is also of adventurous spirit, explored Africa and South America by air. Today, thanks to men of his kind, such journeys are commonplace. Then, they took vision and courage and, to the timid, they seemed foolhardy. COMMENCEMENT "His interest and competence in geography have made him a member of the Explorers Club, the Royal Geographical Society, and the American Geographical Society, of the last of which he WEEKEND has been President. A skilled neurosurgeon, he has been a Fellow of the Medical School at Harvard and a member of the Faculty of the Medical School at Yale. He is a member of the Yale O N JUNE 15 AND 16, the Kalamazoo College campus e Council, for which he has served as Chairman of the University was the scene of the 127th Commencement weekend Committee on Medical Affairs. He has coauthored two books and activities. Earning degrees were 171 young men and published a sizable number of articles on medicine and geog­ women, representing the largest graduating class since raphy. Everything new challenges him, and to whatever he sets post-war days. his hand he gives himself unstintingly. A special feature of the weekend was the observ­ "It is our fortune that among the many things to which he has chosen to set his hand, this College is one. Through our over­ ance of the tenth anniversary of Dr. Richard U. Light seas program he has made explorers of every one of our students. as chairman of the Board of Trustees. Presentations in­ He has infected us with his spirit of adventure, so that the Col­ cluded a plaque on behalf of the Board of Trustees, a lege is known in the academic world as one of the most imagina­ volume of letters and colored slides from students and tive in America. In budgeting, in building strong faculty, in long­ alumni who have participated in the foreign study pro­ term planning, in working toward full-year operation, he has again and again demonstrated that what the timid call foolhardy gram made possible through the S. R. Light Trust, and will one day be as commonplace as flying around the world. He the honorary degree, Doctor of Human Letters, con­ has made us of his persuasion, so that we share his confidence ferred during the Commencement exercises. Dr. and and his courage. Mrs. Light were guests of honor at the annual Com­ "In consideration of his contributions to geography, to learn­ mencement dinner on Saturday evening. ing, and to education, on behalf of the Faculty of Kalamazoo College, I recommend that upon Richard Upjohn Light be con­ The plaque, presented by Vice-chairman Dwight ferred the honorary degree, Doctor of Humane Letters." Stocker at the June meeting of the Board of Trustees, reads as follows: "You assumed the chairmanship of our Board when revitalization of Kalamazoo College was most challeng­ ing. You began an immediate study of its strengths and weaknesses, enlisted funds to bring in new lifeblood for your plan to dignify faculty salaries. "Sensitive to the need for international understand­ ing, you and yours joined in the endowment which led to our foreign study program. "A ware of the desirability of maximum use of our campus, you urged and encouraged the development of our year-around Kalamazoo Plan. "Realizing the need for new facilities, you obtained anonymous financial support which brought the College a national citation for capital planning and opened new vistas of opportunity. "Finally, as we enter the second decade of your chairmanship, you are giving vigorous leadership to a program destined to keep Kalamazoo among the fore­ It was a sunny and pleasant day on the campus quadrangle for the Commencement exercises, and in this group are shown Dr. most liberal arts colleges of our nation. Laurence Gould, Commencement speaker; Dr. Richard U. "For these services, your colleagues on the Board of Light, Chairman of the Board of Trustees; and Dr. Laurence Bar­ 12 Trustees are fully appreciative and deeply grateful." rett of the English Department and former Dean of the Faculty. A long-time friend of Dr. Light, Dr. Laurence M. Gould, president emeritus of Carleton College and in­ ternationally recognized polar geologist, was invited to the College to give the Commencement address. De­ livering the Baccalaureate address was the Reverend Howard Moody, minister of the Judson Baptist Church in New York City and nationally recognized worker with juvenile gangs and bi-racial groups in Greenwich Village. The College also chose to honor an alumna, Miss Frances Clark, who was graduated in 1928. Miss Clark is Director of the New School for Music Study in Prince­ ton, N. J., which was founded in 1960 with her music associate, Miss Louise Goss '48. As an accomplished pianist and pedagogue, she has prepared a thirty-five book series for piano teaching, known as the Frances Lois Stutzman Harvey '29, Frances Clark '28, and Mildred Gang Clark Library for Piano Students. She did graduate Hackney '28, chat at the Harvey open house in honor of Miss work at the Julliard School of Music and at the Paris Clark and the reunion class of 1928. Conservatory. She taught at Kalamazoo College for ten years, and, in 1955, became head of the piano depart­ ment at Westminster Choir College. Miss Clark was awarded the degree, Doctor of Music. Saturday activities included a luncheon honoring the graduates of 1913 with Dr. Raymond L. Hightower, Dean of Academic Affairs, as speaker. An afternoon panel presented student views on the off-campus quart­ ers with Ray Comeau, Susan Cooper, Richard Eick, Kenneth Elzinga, Donald Frost, John Million, James Morrice, and Carolyn Wendelken, and with Dr. John Thomas as moderator. Participating in the honoring of Dr. Light at the dinner on Saturday evening were Linda Andersen '63, Dwight Stocker, Dr. Laurence Bar­ rett and President Hicks. Dan Ryan '42 served as toast­ The campus quadrangle on Sunday, June 16. master; Dr. Richard Lemmer'41 represented the Alumni Association, and Robert Brackenridge '63 spoke as senior class president. Several alumni reunions were held during the week­ end. On Friday evening, the Charles Venemas hosted a dinner at the Kalamazoo Country Club for the class of 1933. On Saturday afternoon, Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Batts entertained over forty alumni and friends of 1943 at their home. A group of equal size from the classes of 1922, 1923, and 1924 were guests at the Albert Van Zoeren home. An open house was held at the Loree Harvey residence in honor of Frances Clark and the class of 1928; Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Hathaway were hosts to the class of 1958; and Minerva Keis opened her home to the class of 1913. 13 seling and orientation and post-job analysis substan­ tially enhances the learning derived from the off-cam­ Career and pus period. There can also be educational increment through the extra interest which many employers take in students who are participating in a formal work­ Service Quarter study program. Finally, it is to be hoped that ways will be found to draw upon the off-campus experiences - not merely job experiences - of students after they re­ turn to the campus. This will help in integrating aca­ demic work with the "real world." A further advantage to the on-campus educational environment should re­ sult from the greater maturity and independence which many students will achieve during their career or serv­ ice quarter. Dr. John Thomas, Director of the Career and Service Quarter Office, reports that of the 106 questionnaires that have been returned thus far from employers, 100 have given Kalamazoo students "excel­ lent" job ratings, five have said they were average, and only one has been dissatisfied. He declared, "The amaz­ ing thing to us was the striking impression the students made on the people with whom they worked." Typical quotes from employers: "It has been my pleasure to have had him as a laboratory assistant on the Dynamic Meteorology Project at Columbia University. He is conscientious and mature, and showed good judgment in his work." .. . ""Working in every department of our Home for the Aged and Geriatric Center (Chicago), she showed a tremendous interest and enthusiasm to learn." ... "She showed an unusual degree of under­ standing and initiative in a complex job. We would be eager to have her back at any time." (clerical assistant and field supervisor, National Opinion Research Cen­ ter, University of Chicago) ... "We have been very favorably impressed with him and consider that we were fortunate to have had his services." (scientific aide, Great Lakes Research Dept., University of Mich­ Michael Boyle, author of this article, with Senator Philip A. Hart while working as an administrative aide to the Senator. igan) ... "I have the highest praise for him and feel that in time he will make an outstanding minister. He has brought to this job the spark of his own personality and people have responded to this." (assistant to the minister) ... "He has been doing an excellent job. People who meet him are very much impressed with • THE CAREER AND SERVICE QUARTER OFFICE placed 136 his ability to get along with people and with his ability sophomores in jobs with 90 different organizations dur­ to understand many complex factors in the area of race ing the spring, with an average weekly wage of $59.50. relations. You sent us a mature, intelligent and person­ These students had a wide range of positions from able man." (administrative assistant to the Executive which to select, and opportunities were found to be Director, Alabama Council on Human Relations in greater in the spring rather than the summer. Figures Birmingham) ... "They knew how to gain everybody's also indicate that the average earnings were higher friendship and affection, thanks to their high sense of than they had been for students who had had summer companionship and to all their qualities, inspired in the job experience. The variety and types of experiences ideal of comprehension and solidarity of the countries and geographic locations provided opportunities for of the American continent." (Tourist Office, Guatemala) students to select educatibnally meaningful projects in What follows is an account by one of the twenty­ a way which few young people can achieve on their eight sophomores in Washington, D.C., during the 14 own. Tying in the placement process with pre-job coun- spring quarter - Michael Boyle of Sturgis, Michigan. read, analyzed, and answered that day or soon after. After the letters were opened, I took them ar01,md to the 'Washington various secretaries, depending on their content and the matters involved. By now it was only about 9:15a.m. and the day was just beginning. From this point on my schedule varied in Spring' from day to day depending where the "call to duty" lay. Possibly I would be sent to a committee hearing, where one of the Senator's bills was being discussed, in order that I might be able to report back the progress that by Michael Boyle '6.5 was being made. Or I might be given a proposed bill and told to find out how the various government agen­ cies felt about the success and support of such a bill. It • AN INNOVATION 0~ "K's" CA~IPUS is the establishment of the Career and Service Quarter which occupies the didn't take me long to realize that there is a great deal spring quarter of the sophomore year. During this more to a bill becoming law than merely standing on quarter sophomores apply for any of a number of jobs the Senate Boor and saying, "I move that ..." Of course ranging from intern in a hospital, to train guide at the there was always the chore of correspondence and for Bronx Zoo. These jobs are obtained by the College in personal reasons I was put in charge of the letters from order to give students a practical experience associated boys requesting admission to the various Service Acad­ with a vocation or profession that they plan to enter. It emies. is the hope of the College that if a person has a miscon­ ception of some line of work, he will be able to realize this before it is too late to alter his academic schedule. In many instances the pay is small, but the experience more than makes up for it. Such was the instance in my case. When a student is asked to write a summary on a three-month visit to our nation's capital, it is difficult to determine where emphasis should be placed, especially if space is limited. I had the good fortune to spend April, May, and June working for Senator Philip A. Hart ( D-Mich.) under the title of "Administrative Aide." I use the quo­ tation marks for the simple reason that it was a title I assumed. It seems that the positions of Administrative Assistant, Executive Secretary, Legislative Assistant, Personal Secretary, etc., had all previously been filled by very competent individuals, and so the only thing left was . . . "Administrative Aide." Lest anyone be fooled by this impressive sounding title, I will qualify it by saying in simple English I was a "Jack of all trades." My duties were numerous and at times appeared important, and at other times seemingly unimportant, but they were always necessary. In a state the size of ours, it is hard for the average constituent to realize the amount of work that is necessary to enable the office to function properly. Many people who write in have the feeling that they are the only ones with a problem, and that the Senator's staff is just waiting to help them. Waiting to help them the staff is, but not for only Billie ]o Rapley worked in the descriptive cataloging office of the one or two letters a day! My day started at 8:30a.m. by Library of Congress. She considered her temporary government opening 150 to 300 letters from the first mail (there job "a tremendous opportunity - much more helpful than send­ were three later ones). Each of these letters had to be ing students out on their own." 15 And then there were always the visitors, those lovely people from back home who just stopped by to say hello, add a word of encouragement, air a gripe, or (in most cases) pick up their free passes to the Senate gallery. It never ceased to amaze me how our recep­ tionist was able to remain so "cheerful," "friendly," and "interested" in the hundreds of individuals that arrived weekly. On a good day I might have an interesting diversion from the offi ce routine. This could include taking a let­ ter to the Attorney General's office, the Secretary of Four Kalamazoo College students on career quarter duty in Labor, or acting as a chauffeur for the Senator by taking . Washington listen as Rep. Gerald R. Ford, ]r., of Grand Rapids him to the ·white House or the airport. exchanges views with them in his office on Capitol Hill. Ford proved to be more conservative than had been expected by the In between these times there was always the general students. Students, left to right, Daniel Boylan, Gary Rector, office work that had to be carried out. One of the sec­ Elizabeth Meyer, and Terry Bender. Seminars with political fig­ retaries needed a new ribbon on her typewriter, another ures were conducted on Thursday nights at the Great Lakes needed some additional carbon paper. These and other House where the students resided. supplies were all kept in an attic storeroom and could someone else or losing them. One of the assistants had only be reached via "Administrative Aide," of which a pet phrase of asking someone, "How far behind are there was one. In addition there were the machines that you?" Yes, the days were long, but they were only half are found around many offices today: auto-typewriters of the experience. that can type a letter in one-fourth of the time a person Nights and weekends opened doors to opportunities requires, machines that fold the letter, insert it into an that most Kalamazoo students had never been exposed envelope, and seal it ready for mailing. These machines to previously. Just being in our Capital offered chances all had one thing in common . . . they all required an that could utilize any spare time we had. The countless "Administrative Aide" to push the button to start them buildings and memorials were all objects of intense rolling. interest and many a day was spent browsing through­ By the time 4:30 p.m. rolled around, the day's out­ out the National Art Gallery, the Archives, or taking a going correspondence was ready. It all had to be thor­ tour through the White House. oughly checked for errors, sealed, and mailed. When In addition to these, my particular job had many this amount totaled anywhere from 200 to 400 letters, sidelights that made it unique. Several times I had the it in itself became quite a task. chance to attend congressional receptions that some At 6:00p.m. everyone was on their way out the door group was using to honor a particular Senator or Con­ except for one or two who had "just one more letter to gressman. During these gala affairs I had the opp~r­ take care of." Going from 8:30 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. tunity to "meet" (shake hands with ) such men as VICe made quite a long day, but even then there wasn't time President Johnson, Attorney General Kennedy, Secre­ to do everything. If a secretary didn't have a back-log tary of Agriculture Freeman, Secretary of Defense of letters, she was suspected of passing them on to McNamara, and others. Of course now and then a "real chore" would arise such as the time I had to act as chauffeur for four beauty queens who had come to Washington to help open Michigan week. In spite of this sort of "inconvenience" I still found time to take in a game, a play, or take a short trip into Virginia. The total experience of the Career and Service Quarter was one that will never be forgotten or re­ placed. Among the people with whom I worked , I made friends that will always remain close to me. Dur­ ing the long hours of work, I gained experience that I know will be invaluable to me. And during the eve­ nings and week-ends, I enjoyed wonderful times that I wouldn't trade for any price. Ronald Edmonds compiled and checked figures on legislation I along with the rest of the sophomore class extend and the daily Congressional Record. He found his Bureau of the a hearty "THANKS!" to Kalamazoo College for the op­ Budget job "very enjoyable and both the work and living expe­ portunity it has given us. 16 rience in Washington valuable." Armchair Adventures and Foreign Travel

• "ARMCHAIH ADVENTURES" refers to the series of meet­ College will arrange activity to include lectures on the ings to be held on the campus, after the first of the year, political situation and person-to-person exchange. which will lead to "bon voyage" on June 19, 1964, for There will be an optional side trip by train from Paris alumni, their spouses and children. All those planning for two days in Caen, at no extra cost, where one may to join the Alumni Association-sponsored trip abroad visit the Kalamazoo College center of the University may take advantage of this series, and those who can­ of Caen and where other activities will be arranged not commute to the campus for these meetings will be through College contacts. Other side trips available in­ sent resumes of what transpired. clude two days out of London to Stratford on A von But now for the exciting plans for the three-week ( $34.00 extra); two-day motorcoach excursion to Sor­ summer journey! These are presently somewhat tenta­ rento and Capri ( $34.00); and a side trip to Florence tive as to itinerary and cost, but if you will fill out the for two days ( $44.00). The tour cost without optional form below, the travel bulletin when complete will be trips is $898. The hotels are first class and have accom­ sent to you with full details. In order to take advantage modations of twin bedded rooms with bath. Conti­ of the reduced rates provided by a group trip such as nental breakfast and lunch or dinner will be provided this ( 40% reduction in air travel), at least twenty-eight throughout the trip except in Paris and London where persons must make the trip. This particular group, ac­ only Continental breakfast is included. Tips and taxes cording to regulations, must include only alumni fam­ are included in the cost as well as conveyance of pas­ ilies. However, if twenty-eight parents of students, for sengers and hand baggage ( 2 average sized suitcases instance, indicate interest, an identical itinerary could per person) between terminals, airports, and hotels. be arranged for them with the affinity group designated The Alumni Association will welcome an oppor­ as the Parents' Council. tunity to provide more detailed information to all who The itinerary includes four nights in London, two return the form below. Reservations must be made by in Berlin, two in Vienna, four in Athens, five in Rome, October 30, 1963. A $100 deposit is required by January • one in Geneva, and five in Paris. The trip includes tours, 30, 1964. Total payment is due six weeks before depar­ theatre, special arrangements, and time at leisure for ture, and no amount will be refunded in the last 32 days individual interests. In Berlin, for instance, there will before departure. be a tour of the Eastern and Western Sectors, and the I am interested in the Kalamazoo College Alumni As- sociation tour, as outlined. ____ I am interested in the following trips: Stratford Caen ___ Florence Capri ____ Name Class ____ Other members of your family interested: _____ 17 Your address. ______. ______(Return this form to the Public Relations Office, Kalamazoo College) Alumni Seminars on New Ideas

• THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION will sponsor, beginning this fall, seminars on "new ideas" to include discussions on recent happenings in various academic fields. The Quarterly Review seminars are open to alumni and any other persons interested in this kind of study. The first series of five sessions will be conducted by Dr. Jean Calloway, head of the mathematics depart­ ment at the College. Dr. Calloway is a member of a e WILLIAM J. DAVIS, director of placement and alumni group of mathematics scholars working on textbooks to relations at St. Lawrence University, Canton, N.Y., has completely revise and improve the mathematics cur­ been appointed Vice President for Development, filling riculum on all levels. The group is financed by the Na­ the vacancy since the resignation of John R. MacFar­ tional Science Foundation with headquarters at Yale. land, who accepted a similar post at Grinnell College. He joined the Kalamazoo College faculty in 1960 and Before joining the administrative staff at St. Lawrence, is a graduate of and has a Ph.D. from Mr. Davis was assistant in public relations at Bucknell the University of Pennsylvania. He had previously University and worked as a reporter for the Watertown taught at the University of Pennsylvania and Carleton (N.Y.) Daily Times. He received A.B. and M.Ed. de­ College. grees from St. Lawrence and returned to his alma mater The seminars on new ideas in mathematics will be in 1954 as assistant director of admissions. He was as­ held on Monday evenings and will include Revolution­ sociated with Marts and Lundy, a professional fund ary Changes in Mathematics in the Last Fifty Years, raising organization, during 1955 and 1956 when that October 7; Sets and Logic, October 21; Modern Alge­ firm directed a $1,200,000 campaign to provide funds bra- an Exercise in Abstraction, November ll; New for a new library. He will come to Kalamazoo on Sep­ Applications of Mathematics - Operations Research, tember l. Linear Programming, etc., November 18; and Com­ puters and their Impact on Mathematics and on Soci­ ety, Decem her 2. The alumni committee has set a fee of $5.00 for each series of five sessions. After expenses incidental to the series, any balance will go toward purchasing ap­ propriate books for the College library.

I wish to enroll in the seminar on New Ideas in Mathe- matics ______I am enclosing the $5.00 fee Name, ______Your address, ______(Return this form to the Public Relations Office, 18 Kalamazoo College) William ]. Davis MRS. CHARLES K. JOHNSON, Dean of Women at Kala­ OVER THREE HUNDRED STUDENTS enrolled On July 1 for mazoo College for the past thirteen years, is leaving for the first summer quarter of the new educational pro­ Philadelphia in late August. She came to her post in gram. Because of the staggered off-campus quarters Kalamazoo in 1950 after serving as head of the Chris­ during the year for the respective classes, the summer tian Association at the University of Pennsylvania. She student body includes the sophomores, most of whom has worked with effectiveness on the campus and will worked during the spring quarter in jobs arranged by be missed. Her husband, the Reverend Charles K. John­ the Career and Service Office, and the juniors, the ma­ son '32 who has been pastor of the First Presbyterian jority of whom spent last fall and winter studying in Church in Kalamazoo since 1936, becomes secretary of university centers abroad. There are also 17 beginning parish education for the Board of Christian Education freshmen on campus as a pilot group, having elected to in Philadelphia. enter the accelerated three-year program. Dr. Lloyd Averill, vice president of Kalamazoo College, is assum­ ing administrative responsibilities for the summer quar­ ter. President Hicks is devoting his time to the external facets of college operation. The summer quarter will end on September 18. THE RECENT ELECTION by the Kalamazoo College Alumni Association resulted in the appointment of Mrs. H. Loree Harvey to the Board of Trustees, to serve a three-year term as liaison between the Association and the Trustees. She had served as president of the Associ­ ation from 1958 to 1960. She succeeds Dr. Hugh V. An­ derson '43 who has now completed his three-year as­ signment. Also currently serving as alumni-trustees are Dr. Richard Walker '42 and Morlan Grandbois '33. Mrs. Johnson Other candidates selected for this honor this year were Jane Meyer Rapley '37 and Eleanor Humphrey Pink­ KALAMAZOO COLLEGE WON ALL-SPORTS HONORS in the ham '48: MIAA for the 1962-63 school year. The College now ELEVEN MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 1913 were On the has won the All-Sports trophy three times in the last campus during Commencement weekend to observe four years, losing it by a point to Albion in 1961. Shown their fiftieth milestone. with the coveted trophy are coaching staff, left to right, Ray Steffen, George Acker, Athletic Director Rolla An­ derson, and Warren Thomas. Other sports notes: On June 11, under the direction of Frank Otten and Phil Perry, the annual K-Club outing was held. Termed a "smash hit," more than 100 persons attended the out­ ing and the dinner that followed ... Despite rain, the Junior and Boys' Tennis Championships are going for­ ward at this writing. Finals are scheduled for August 4.

First Tow, left to right, Lucile Lester Iddles, Wayne Pa.; Pearl Reedy Tanis, Albuquerque, N.M.; Helen Crissman Thompson, Syracuse, N.Y.; and Miss Elsie P. Kappen, New York, N.Y. Sec­ ond TOW, left to right, Frances Clark Bouwman, Grand Rapids; Miss Elsie D. Davis, Grand Rapids; Dr. George K. Ferguson, Watervliet; Mabel Benson Ratcliffe, South Haven; Mary Munro Morris, Kalamazoo; and Miss Ethel L. Knox, Grand Rapids. Min­ erva Keis, Kalamazoo, was not present for the picture, but held Coaching staff and All-Sports trophy an open house for the group on Saturday evening. 19 Because of this special issue of the Alumnus pre­ senting facts about the Ford Foundation grant we felt would be of interest to our readers, we have abbrevi­ ated the Quarterly Review section and shall resume extensive news notes in the next issue. Meanwhile, the new Alumni Directory will be reaching its subscribers by the time this magazine goes to press.

DEATHS BIRTHS Funeral services were held in New York City on June 21 Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bostwick (Joan Gemeinhardt '48), Melissa for paper industry executive, LOUIS CALDER, SR., Director of the Elizabeth, June 29, Kalamazoo. Louis Calder Foundation, which had provided the Louis Calder Mr. and Mrs. John Fisher (Mary Ann Whan '50), a son, April17, Field House at Angell Field and had also given generously to W. Lafayette, Ind. funds for the new library and for scholarships. Mr. Calder was Mr. and Mrs. ]ames Roos (lean Broo '50), Bret, December 29, board chairman of Perkins-Goodwin Co., president of Kennebec Homewood, Ill. River Pulp and Paper Co. of Madison, Me., and a founder and director of Southland Paper Mills in Lufkin, Texas. Dr. '50 and Mrs. Donald VanHorn, Ann, in April, Utica, N.Y. Mr. and Mrs. John ]. Catherwood (Marilyn Snyder '53), Nancy RAYMOND A. PALMER '04 died on July 5 in a Pontiac, Mich., Jane, July 12, Kalamazoo. hospital. He resided in Birmingham, Mich., and had served that community as mayor and president of the school board. Mr. Mr. '58 and Mrs. Robert Bale, Lori Ann, July 13, Macomb, Ill. Palmer was a retired teacher and real estate broker. He is sur­ Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Slocum (Phyllis Young '60), twins, Sharon vived by a son, John, and a daughter, Mary Palmer Schumaker Elizabeth and Thomas Goodrich, May 30, Hart, Mich. '38. MYRON c. BAXTER '05 passed away on June 27 after a linger­ ing illness. He was superintendent of the Kalamazoo Corset Company and district representative for the International Cor­ MARRIAGES respondence Schools. In 1939, he and his wife moved to a farm Miss Carolyn Kaercher and Warren M. Mix '59, May 25, in Por­ in Gobles, Mich., and cared for foster children through Michigan tage, Mich. Children's Aid. They have cared for 172 children. He is survived by his wife, a daughter, and two stepchildren. Miss Frances Siwik and Robert F. Haiduk '60, June 8, in Kala­ mazoo. FLORENCE WINSLOW '06 died On July ll in Kalamazoo. Miss Miss Patsy Johnson and David F. Pellegrom '61, June 9, in Winslow taught in Kalamazoo area schools until her retirement Saline, Mich. in 1946. She spent 33 years at Kalamazoo Central High School and served as assistant principal there for 20 years. Among the Miss Lela Davis and Walter E. Ash, ]r., '62, June 2, in Vicks­ survivors are two brothers, George '10 and Harris, and a niece, burg, Mich. Harriet Winslow Bemis '37. Miss Rosemary Higgins and Patrick ]. Ryan '62, June 29, !n Mattawan, Mich. SHERMAN FORBES '17 died suddenly in Tampa, Fla., on June 25. He had practiced as an eye specialist in Tampa for some 45 Miss Judith Grubb and David A. Wrend '63, June 22, in Kala­ years. He is survived by his wife. mazoo. Miss Susan Helgeson '63 and Allen W. Scott, March 24, in Kala­ HARRY C. J. LENNOX '21 died on March 27 in Seligman, mazoo. Ariz. He served as superintendent of the Seligman public schools for 17 years and planned to retire at the end of the current school Miss Gayle A. Mitchell and David M. Southworth '63, June 22, year. He is survived by his wife, a son, and a daughter. in Kalamazoo. Miss Virginia Hess '63 and Carlin Black, June 30, in Detroit. HARRY w . HILL '22 passed away on May 8 in Kalamazoo. He J. was employed in the office of the KVP-Sutherland Paper Com­ Miss Gail Olin '63 and ]. Gordon Radwan '62, June 29, in Kala­ pany at the time of his death. He had also been a high school mazoo. teacher and principal, and manager of a Montgomery Ward Miss Ann Sage and W. Wallace Kent, ]r., '63, July 11, in Denver. store. He is survived by his wife; two sons, Harry Grayson '46 Miss ]acquleine Beeke '64 and David L. Markus, June 14, in 20 and Roderick '50; and a brother, Hubert A. '30. Gibbsville, Wise.

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ODlJL: .\CGCST 1 College lecture by Dr. William Merhab, Univ. of 00-::JC Michigan, 8:00p.m., Stetson Chapel. D CJ: 'U 4 College Vespers, Dean Lloyd J. Averill, 6:30p.m., Stetson Chapel. DD=:J:J 15 College lecture by M. Jean Paris, French author and critic, 8:00p.m., Stetson Chapel. 18 Concert by Department of Music, 8:00p.m., Stet­ son Chapel.

SEPTE~IBER 8 College Vespers, Dr. John W. Thomas, Director of A Career and Service Quarter, 6:30 p.m., Stetson • Chapel. 24 End of summer quarter 28 Football game with Eastern Michigan, 2:00p.m., here 30 Fall quarter begins OCT()BER 5 Football game at Hope, 2:00p.m. 12 Football game with Albion, 2:00p.m., here. 17 First lecture of this year's series. The series will center attention upon certain seminal figures whose influence has been felt, not simply on a specialized intellectual discipline, but more widely on our whole culture- individuals whose work has modi­ fied the way in which twentieth century men' think of themselves and view their world. The first lec­ ture will deal with the impact of Darwin and will be given by Dr. John C. Greene, formerly professor of history at Ohio State and now at the University of Kansas where he is setting up a new program on the History of Science. He has authored "Darwin and the Modern Mind" and "The Death of Adam." Subsequent lectures in the series to be announced will deal with Freud, Dewey, Marx, Dostoevski, Stravinsky, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Einstein. 19 Football game at Albion, 2:00p.m. 26 Homecoming Day Football game with Olivet, 2:15p.m., Angell Field