Whitworth Digital Commons Whitworth University Whitworth Alumni Magazine University Archives 1960 Alumni Magazine September 1960 Whitworth University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.whitworth.edu/alumnimagazine Recommended Citation Whitworth University , "Alumni Magazine September 1960" Whitworth University (1960). Whitworth Alumni Magazine. Paper 245. https://digitalcommons.whitworth.edu/alumnimagazine/245 This Text is brought to you for free and open access by the University Archives at Whitworth University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Whitworth Alumni Magazine by an authorized administrator of Whitworth University. ___....WHITWORTH COLLEGE am®ie a SEPTEMBER-1960 WELCOME TO WHITWORTH p p o I 5 C T N E I L C L - .. _----------------------------~ From the President's Desk determine the success or failure of the new The Development Story vear. Be friendly, and you will find friends. PROGRAM CONTINUES Dr. Frank F. Seek knowledge, and you will find it. Above UNDER NEW LEADERSHIP Warren all else, soon discover for yourself that the secret of Whitworth is its fine combination of The excellent foun- scholarship and Christian emphasis, and seek dation laid in the De- to discover early in this school year this un- velopment Department usual blending of the spiritual with the intel- of Whitworth College lectual and physical. Do not be one-sided in will be built upon by your development. There is a place for each the newly appointed of you in the total life of the college. It may Director of Develop- be in music, debate, athletics or intramural ment, Mr. Edward V. activit". No matter the place-find it and Wright. Mr. Wright's appointment was an- live on the high level of giving as well as nounced shortly after Dr. James For-ester left receiving. Remember, too, your teachers are to become President of Gordon College and friendly, wellsinformed people who are de- Divinity School, Beverly Farms, Massachusetts. slrous of knowing you. And you must help. The desk and chair remained empty Become acquainted with your advisor and talk through the month of August while Mr. over the p-oblerns that may develop. Above Wright participated in a workshop for devel- all else, do not allow discouragement to con- opment officers at Lake Fo:est College, Lake WELCOME trol your life. College is vastly different from Forest, Illinois. But with the coming of by high school. Be prepared for that fact and September all is back to the normal high-level President Warren fit into the new pattern of learning you a-e of activity commonplace to this suite of offices. A long, glorious summer is ending and once about to discover. The point of origin for our new Develop- more the family of Whitworth gathers from WELCOME NEW FACULTY ment Officer was North Carolina. His most the four corners of the earth. It is my great Ten well qualified instructors have joined recent location was Santa Clara, California pleasure to bid all who come welcome. our faculty and to you aver" special word of where he has been serving as pastor of the WELCOME RETURNING STUDENTS welcome. We trust that quickly you too will First Presbyterian Church. Mr. Wright earned You constitute the greater part of the stu- fee! a part of the Whitworth family. Some his B.A. degree at Cascade College, Portland, dent body and we bid you a hearty return to of you have come from great universities and Oregon, a Bachelor of Divinity degree from your college. You will see many new faces some from colleges similar to Whitworth. We San Francisco Theological Seminary in San in the student body and some among the give you the right hand of fellowship and Anselmo, California, and his Master's degree faculty. As a tried and proven Whitworthian, would assure you that the present teaching from the University of Southern California. I am counting on each one of you to give a staff will quickly make you feel at home. Some Mrs. Wright and three children, ages 7 to 13, glad hand to all who are strangers to you. of you will bring new concepts of education complete the "vital statistics." It is up to you to continue the tradition of and fresh approach to truth. This, too, we To prepare the way for an effective contin- friendliness which for so long has character- welcome and assure you the genius of Whit- uation of the development program at Whit- ized us. Take the initiative and make your- worth lies in its willingness to face life with worth a two-day "Long Range Planning self known to new faculty and students alike. its many complexities and then apply Chris- Workshop" was held on July 19-20 in the Let there be no strangers in our midst. Then. tian education to the solving of the problems Knox Presbyterian Church in Spokane. too, it is up to you to help carry out the we discover, whether they be in the realm of Significant progress was made in the areas traditions and standards which have made physical science, history, political science, or of philosophy and objectives of the college Whitworth the college it is. You have an any other field of education. We hope you and in outlining programs for research and added responsibility of interpreting to others have come to stay and we look forward to student personnel services. The more than what Whitworth is like. And may this be your contribution to life at Whitworth. twenty participants included trustees, alumni, for you, a greater yea: than last. WELCOME MR. ED WRIGHT administrators, and faculty representatives. WELCOME FRE5HMEN-TRANSFERS Your responsibility as Director of Develop- One of the workshop sessions is pictured be- The fact that this is one of the largest new ment will be great and all of us, whether low. classes ever to enter Whitworth makes it administrators, instructors or students, pledge At the end of July, as the Forresters were easier for you to quickly become a part of the you our hearty and full support as you direct preparing to leave, a luncheon was held in family. Remember, there are at least 400 other this important phase of our work. We either their honor. Over 50 representatives of the new students on the campus so there are many go forward as a team or we mark time. And faculty, administration and trustees, and their to share your questions, fears, and hopes. We for Whitworth there can be no hesitation and wives attended. In his farewell address Dr. sincerely trust that you will quickly feel at no turning back. On the good foundation al- Forrester stated, "I leave with the utmost con- home in our midst. Now part of the responsi- ready laid, we now must proceed to build a fidence that Whitworth College will remain bility will be yours, for your attitude towards greater Whitworth. We promise you that we true to her sacred trust and will realize all your peers and your teachers will largely will give you our best. her Christian and educational potential." -------------------------- Conferenees ond Closses Cultural Series Set CAMPUS ALIVE DURING KENYA'S AFRICAN MINISTER SUMMER MONTHS TO PRESENT LECTURE The College campus had no "summer va- cation." Two summer school sessions and A very timely lecture, "Kenya's March Toward Independence," three conferences kept it hopping most of the will be the first offering in an exceItent cultural series. Musa season. Amalemba, Minister of Housing in the Council of Ministers, SUMMER SCHOOL Kenya's first and only African Minister, will give a first hand Nearly 400 students took advantage of the account of the discussions leading up to the Constitution for Kenya summer program. Most classes were scheduled which gives Africans the majority voice in government. He will in the evening which proved to be an at- tractive innovation in the summer session. Sev- also discuss plans for the future in Kenya and the way in which eral classes were on the usual daytime sched- Africans will work together with minority racial groups. ule. The entire program ran from June 13 Musa Amalemba will appear at the morning convocation on October 19, 1960 followed by through August 19. appearances before combined classes on campus. A public lecture on the topic named above will SYHOD MEnJHG be held in Cowles Memorial Auditorium in the evening. The first of three conventions on campus "A fearless voice in the new Africa ... " is descriptive of Musa Amalemba. It is said of him, was the Seventy-first Annual Meeting of the "the thoughtful, retiring man with the wide smile who is Kenya's first Abean Minister lacks Synod of Washington, The United Presbyte- rian Church in the United States of America. the outward appearance of a man of courage, a fighter against mob-rule and the 'big-stick' The meetings were held concurrently with methods of intimidation, commonplace in many parts of Africa today. Yet Musa Amalemba is the Washington Synodical Society and the all of these." United Presbyterian Youth of the Synod of Next in the series is Theodore Ullmann, a piano recitalist in countries located on eve__y Washington. Over 500 were in attendance from June 20 to 24, continent of the globe, including concert performances in each of the fifty United States of Among the many outstanding guests and America. Mr. Ullmann's recital will be given in the Cowles Memorial Auditorium on Monday, leaders were the Rev. Robert Beach Cunning- January 9, 1961. ham, of the Division of Evangelism, The Concluding the series will be a concert by the world-famous baritone soloist William War- United Presbyterian Church in the U.s.A., field on Wednesday, February I, 1961.