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WHITWORTH COLLEGE

WINTER 1968 VOLUME XXXV NUMBER 3

The Campanile Call is published at Whitworth College,• Spokane, Washington 99218, in an effort to reflect the quality and character of the college and to continue and improve sound and proper relations with its alumni and others interested in the advancement of private Christian higher education.

Second class postage paid at Spokane, Wash. 99218. Issued five times yearly in February, May, August, September and November.

V I R GIL G R I E P P> editor

ALUMNI OFFICERS

RIC H A R D JON E S, ' 5 7, president LOW ELL POOR E, , 3 8, vice president L A R R Y HAG EN, '5 9 , secretary

G E 0 R G E :r-,·f e c t A R R EN, J 5 0, treasurer J 0 H N ROT H, JR., '40) representative, Ed. of Trustees

A Swinging Style for Lively Faith .

Tour Southeast Asia.... 5

Changeless Gospel Changes Modes .. 6

Beware of Inkwells __. .. 9

Pirate Sports. .... 11

News ...... __...._ ...... 12

THE COVER

"A college is made of persons. They unite on a vision ... to explore its meanings and implications . . . . These persons are not in college. they .. , are the college." You must read the article on the facing page. A Swinging Style For Lively Faith

"To study at Whitworth College after September will be to learn in a situation unique in the West." Spokane Daily Chronicle by Dr. Clarence]. Simpson chinery-c-too much. It constantly reviews its procedures Dean of the Faculty and regularly puts on the line all its comfortable customs. Whitworth's new curriculum for 1968 is the result of In 1961 the late Dr. LaCoste was given the special such an investigation. It covered a number of years, and assignment to make a thorough study of the Whitworth it embraced the whole range of persons who are the col- curriculum) to compare it with that of selected lege. The program began, as all such programs should, liberal arts colleges of similar size) and to make with a refreshing of the common vision. At the heart of recommendations to the President and the Dean. In 1963 the Board of Trustees secured the services that vision, making it live, is commitment to Christ. Is- of Studies in Higher Education to make a complete suing from that commitment is dedication to liberal edu- analysis of the curriculum. Two years later cation-full integrity in exploring God's creation and President Koehler appointed a faculty curriculum study loving his children. Such a vision cannot be treated committee to employ the resources of these earlier with simple formulae. A college must ask the particulars studies and to make recommendations for curriculum revision. That committee, working with students, about how its work is to be done in the urgent and the Dean of the Faculty) and the chairman of the trustee unique NOW-in this world situation, with this knowl- curriculum committee, Dr. William Richter, edge explosion, for this student generation, with this prepared the way for extensive revisions in 1968. (Ed.) desperate need to find true relationships between power and justice, knowledge and wisdom, facts and faith. Thus were the questions raised, thus are they being raised at Whitworth. A dean's report cannot neatly summarize the conclusions. Only constant progress re- A college is made of persons. They unite on a VISIOn, ports can be given on researches into such queries. It common in some basic ways, and form a community to must suffice here to say that the refreshing of the vision explore its meanings and implications. They invite oth- points clearly to the increasing significance of colleges ers to join in the developing quest. These persons are like Whitworth. Their graduates, in advanced study and not in a college; they, together with the multitude of vocation, attest the academic strength of the institutions. people both on the campus and elsewhere who sustain These schools are favored both in size and in philosophy the effort, are the college, to engage in the inter-personal relationships so deeply To be sure they need facilities. Dormitories and wanted and so critically needed in this time. And they driveways, laboratories and libraries, classrooms and have the freedom, if they are true to their vision, to chapels, rules and regulations, grass and greenbacks- deal as honestly and thoroughly and creatively with mat- all are necessary. But they are only things and thus are ters of faith as they do with all other areas of scholar- secondary; when they work well they simply free the ship. But they must cease to imitate what they are not people to follow their vision. Here a human frailty and should not be, and they must dare to be themselves threatens. These things become numerous as a college and to capitalize on their built-in advantages. grows, they become expensive and complex, and they are always more palpable than any subtle human quality. In A NEW CALENDAR addition, they conform neatly to ruts worn by time. Such a determination at Whitworth brought some Their real function can become obscure, and they can changes in the mundane machinery. First, in time only, act as impediments, not liberators, of the vision. There- is the introduction of a new calendar. The semester fore, a good college avoids loving its things-its rna- plan has served well, but it is no longer the best for A Swinging Style for Lively Faith.

present needs. In it, students are taking too many dif- both faculty and students to achieve their purposes. The ferent courses; faculty members are engaged in too many first term ends just before Christmas and thus eliminates different preparations. With so many courses, scheduling• the awkward holiday break. Students will go home with is difficult and the system tends to favor rigidly main- all course work completed. The short change-of-pace tained fifty-minute periods. Off campus activities, such term in January will provide opportunity for flexible as field trips, are at the expense of other classes. Ex- scheduling, for more independent study, for experimental tended ofT-campus experiences are virtually impossible approaches to courses that are adaptable to such con- because of the interlocking class periods. In the first centrated study, and for more extensive off-campus in- semester, the long holiday break just before the end of volvement. Courses can meet when and where their ob- the first term is conducive to poor usc of energies just jectives can be attacked most directly without causing before Christmas and provides an unappealing remnant other classes to suffer. Even in the two longer terms, of a term during] anuary. A quick improvement could the reduction to four courses for each student and three be made simply by reducing the number of different preparations for each faculty member will ease some of classes, or the awkward holiday break could be avoided the scheduling problems and reduce the waste motion of by a shift to the traditional quarter system. But our shifting back and forth to accommodate from five to times in collegiate education call also for more flexibility eight different academic pursuits. For now, at least, it in scheduling, for increased opportunity for independent seems the best machinery to serve the humane purposes study, for greater mobility of student and instructor to of our college. study where the real issue exists, and for helpful change of pace in the approach to study. NEW GENERAL EDUCATION After considering a variety of ways to make the cal- PROGRAM endar serve the best purposes of the college, and after More central than the way of segmenting calendar studying many other colleges and sending delegates to is the content of the curriculum. In its re-thinking Whit- visit some of them, the faculty voted to adopt a 4-1-4 worth judged as sound the common apportionment of courses in a baccalaureate program: one third to depth (major or major and minor), one-third to general elec- THE WHITWORTH 4-1-4 tives and pre-professional preparation, and one-third to general education. In the revision, majors gain strength FOUR COURSES ONE COURSE FOUR COURSES from the rearrangement of content for a four course sys- In Fourteen Weeks In Four Weeks In Fourteen Weeks tem. Electives also are guaranteed the student, for there is a recognized need for variety, for exploration, and for ~ ~ '0~ ~" ~ a- pointing toward vocational competence; this is no time, ~w~¥ B ~ -s ~ ~ a- '-<0'"'1~ ~ ~~;:: '< a-B ~ ~ ~ 5 this is no generation, for lock step. The general education '< ~ ~ ~ ~ '< ""en program has required the most thorough overhaul. co en 0> '""" 0 A general education program has many special ob- jectives. It advances the student in the skills of mind and body that are crucial in a liberal education. It broadens the student's awareness of his culture, past calendar to begin in the fall of 1968. In this new ap- and present. It brings him knowledge and appreciation proach, students have four courses in a fourteen week of disciplines that he has not-known before. It helps him term that ends in mid December, one concentrated to mature in his sense of what is to be valued most in course in fuJi-time study during the month of January, life. It helps him to be a responsible adult ready to and four more courses in a fourtecen-week term that become a constructive force in his world society. It pro- ends late in May. vides an atmosphere and resources, but not compulsion, This 4-1-4 calendar spans the same period of time to make positive commitments of faith. as the semester, about thirty-two weeks in session, and The problem is that general education requirements, nets the same academic credit, the equivalent of about especially when they become traditional, often are just thirty-two semester hours. But it is better suited to free hurdles to students, obstacles that seem only to test their 2 A Swinging Style for Lively Faith

ability and their endurance. Even faculty members some- of Biblical literature. Specific study in a culture other times speak of "getting requirements out of the way than his own increases the student's grasp of our world. first." The Whitworth faculty determined that the new Regular' work in physical education is to increase: his program should be more than obstacles to the students- respect for his own body and its powers in his continuing that it should be an emerging meaning about us and our life. world and that it should move clearly toward a climax The five core courses are inter-disciplinary, taught by in the senior year. They insisted therefore that all parts teams of six facuIty members, and they move in mean- be relevant to present life, that the sequence be always ingful sequence through the four years. The freshman clear to the participants, and that the cumulative effect student will. [ace the problems of communication that involve not only integrated knowledge but also mature everybody talks about and will take positive steps to responsibility to act positively and to accept fully the improve both written and oral expression. That same consequences of the actions. year he will study the continuing impact of the whole To achieve these purposes the faculty chose a series Judeo-Christian tradition upon his life and upon world of distributed options and designed five one-term core civilization. In the sophomore year he will add the courses. The options provide foundations both for life classical humanistic tradition, the rationalistic way, and and for further study. Two develop the skill to work in again will note the relevance to the issues of his own a language other than our own. Two others give basic time. As a junior he will consider the broad uses, the competence in the natural sciences and mathematics. powers, and the limitations of scientific methods in our Another gives insight into the goals, the methods, and society. As a senior he will draw together what he has the accomplishments of a social science. An experience learned about himself and his civilization, about the in the fine arts develops the creative power of the stu- faiths of men, and about the choices that arc before dent. An option in religion gives depth in the knowledge adults in our world. In the light of all these, he will

THE DISTRIBUTIVE CHOICES

PURPOSE MEANS

To develop appreciation for the body and increase its Four one-fourth courses m physical education. skill in work and recreation:

To develop the ability to work III a language other Options in ancient and modern languages. than our own:

To extend basic knowledge of the natural sciences One inter-disciplinary course in science and one elec- and mathematics: tive in science or mathematics.

To develop appreciation for the contribution of the One appreciation or activity course in the fine arts. humanities and to increase creative power: (Considerable work in the humanities is involved also in the core.)

To explore the approaches and the contributions of One course drawn from such fields as economics, his- the social sciences: tory, journalism, political science, psychology, and sociology.

To broaden the understanding of other peoples and One course in a culture other than our own. Asian other values: history or literature, Latin American studies, the religions of man, an experience abroad, a third year of foreign language are some of the options. To deepen the knowledge of the foundations of the One course in Biblical literature. Christian faith:

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write a series of position papers on basic issues. In effect, position mayor may not be Christian, but it will reAect he will express himself along these lines: "Knowing what the thinking of one before whom the Christ has been I do as one who is about to graduate from a liberal art,( upheld. college, and feeling as I do after exposing myself to the So runs the new general education program. A young minds and hearts of men, here I stand today!" His posi- faculty member was in my office the other day talking tion will not be permanently fixed but it will be the about the new patterns of instruction. "It swings," he careful thoughts of one who has considered the nature said. And it does, now, in the mind. In the fall it will of the issues and the seriousness of his responsibility. The swing indeed.

THE CORE

PURPOSE MEANS FIRST To develop in the student a mature and meaningful Interdisciplinary 100: The Judea-Christian Tradition. YEAR understanding of our judeo-Christian heritage, how This course could be organized in four units: (1) it began and developed and what its relevance is the life and ministry of Christ; (2) the Judaic back- today: ground from which He came; (3) the formation and development of the Church; and (4) the Christian today.

To hone the skills of investigation, thought, and ex- Interdisciplinary 150: Methods of Investigation and pression: Communication. This course is designed to help the student to develop skill in scholarly investigation and to achieve a college level, functional competence in oral and written English. SECOND To confront the student with the origins and develop- Interdisciplinary 200: The Rationalistic Tradition. YEAR ment of classical rationalism and its challenges and Emphasis will be placed on the philosophy and meaning in the world today: science, literature and art, of ancient Greece and Rome, their continuing impact through the years since then, and the challenge of irrationalism and the responses of rationalism in the twentieth cen- tury. THI RD To encourage an appreciation of the development of Interdisciplinary 300: Science and Civilization. Major YEAR scientific methods and their place in our society themes include the historical development of some of the important achievements in the study of man and his environment, the chief philosophical as- sumptions and limitations of science, and the impact of science and technology on all patterns of life today and for the foreseeable future. FOURTH To help the student apprehend and become involved Interdisciplinary 400: Christ and Basic Issues in the YEAR in the important issues of today and the applica- Contemporary World. Some of the presentations tion to them of our best Christian insights will be made by guest lecturers directly related to a particular issue; others wH} be made by Whitworth faculty members. Stt>doals will write a series of position papers to record _ crystallise llW responses to the issues and tbe relevance of Christ to them.

4 tour south east asia•

Whitworth College will offer its 11th annual summer study tour this year featuring a 32-day itinerary including the Orient and Southeast Asia, June 20 to July 22, according to tour director, Dr. Garland A. Haas. Tour highlights will include conducted sightseeing of the historical points of interest of Tokyo, Hakone, Na- goya, Kyoto, Hiroshima, Taipei, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Singapore, and Manila. Excursions will be made to the Japanese Imperial Palace, the Pearl Islands, the Peace Memorial Monu- ment in Hiroshima, the Chinese National Historic Mu- seum, the Wulai Aborigine Village, the Golden Buddha of Bangkok, and other points of interest. Dr. Haas, professor of political science at Whitworth, conducted the highly successful Whitworth College study- tours of Europe in 1965 and 1967. He has taught at Indiana University, the University of Washington, and Gordon College in Rawalpindi, West Pakistan. Haas traveled extensively in Europe, Africa and the Near and Far East and was a member of the Allied Mission which observed the elections which were conducted in Greece Further information may be obtained by writing, in 1946. Study Tour 1968, Whitworth College, Spokane, Wash- Two study-courses will be offered for college credit ington 99218. during the tour. The political science course "Govern- Please send further information on ment and Politics of Asia," and the history course "Asia Whitworth's 11th Orient and Southeast Asia Tour to: Since World War II," will be available to tour participants for undergraduate credit. Both courses will be sup- plemented with briefings by Asian and American politi- Mr., Mrs., Miss.. ..._...__ cal leaders on Asian history, Japanese economic and political developments, Chinese politics, Philippine- Street.. ..__ Phone ... American relations, and work among the refugees from Red China. City . . State Zip_.

5 In 1966 Whitworth's president, Dr. Mark L. Koehler, noted that the "religious techniques that worked in the past do not necessarily work today" and subsequently called upon the Board of Trustees to establish a study committee to research campus religious programs. The Spiritual Life Study Committee was promptly formed and thus began two years of intensive evaluation.

To relate the background and findings of that comrnittee, Campanile Call asked President Koehler for an introductory statement; queried chairman Dr. David Dilworth on the committee's religious life guidelines,' and invited chaplain Ronald Rice to discuss less implications of the revised religious life structure. Giving unprecedented time and thoughtfulness to committee research have been trustees, Dr. C. E. Polhemus (original chairman who resigned due to ill health), Dr. W. H. Frazier; faculty, Dr. P. A. MacDonald, Dr. D. E. Dilworth; administrators, Dr. G. j. Simpson, Dr. R. L. M cGleery; alumni, Charles Ainley, Yvonne Nix, the Reverend R. B. Rice; and students, Barbara Gaylord, Dan Myers, Douglas Anderson, and George Elliott. (Ed.)

CHRISTIAN IN 1970?

How do we keep the "Christian" in Christian higher education in the 1970's? This difficult and compli- cated question has been faced squarely by the trustees and admin- istration of Whitworth College. Knowing full well that you cannot educate today's youth for yester- President Koehler day's world, the college has been undergoing considerable study and revision, carefully appraising various phases of the college life: the academic, the social, the athletic, and also the spiritual.

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Because we believe in doing things decently and in administrators, faculty, students, and staff. These mem- order, the Board of Trustees established the Spiritual bers of the community have a common goal of providing Life Study Committee with a broad spectrum of repre· superior education within a church-related Christian en- scntation. Their task was to re-evaluate the entire re- vironment. The college's long-standing purpose has been ligious life of the Whitworth College community. Their to help young people grow in spiritual faith and maturity goal was not to change the gospel or our allegiance to as well as to be fully educated in mind. the Christian faith but to carefully evaluate methods, organizations, and techniques by which this gospel is The Spiritual Life Study Committee made a thor- communicated and expressed. They have put in a busy ough study' of all phases of the spiritual life at Whit- two years of study. worth. Among the results attained were a set of guidelines, subsequently approved and accepted by the ad- I have seldom seen any group of people engage in a ministration and the Board of Trustees and reprinted task with such prayerful dedication and commitment. below. All who worked on the committee are enthusias- The number of meetings attended is simply staggering. tic, believing that new programs will provide channels The freedom of expression and thought and exchange for increasing effectiveness in achieving the goal of spir- was most wholesome, frank, sensitive, and helpful. Out itual vitality for the whole campus. of these meetings have come some very solid results which will bear fruit in the future of the college pro- RELIGIOUS LIFE GUIDELINES gram. Goals and values were restudied and carefully restated. for the first time in its history, Whitworth was 1. Whitworth's religious orientation may be summarized encouraged to add to its staff a full-time chaplain with in three words: no other responsibilities except those in the spiritual life A. Christian. We stand in the stream of Christian of the campus. New organizational patterns are begin- thought which emphasizes the authority of the ning to form. This is most wholesome and helpful. Biblical revelation and the primacy of faith in Jesus Christ as personal Saviour and Lord. Without in any way changing the doctrinal position B. Presbyterian. We are proud to be a part of the of the school or its allegiance to Jesus Christ as Lord of Presbyterian tradition with its historic stress on all of life, new methods and organizations and tech- the sovereignty of God, the reality of Divine niques will be used to assure more fully that Whitworth grace) and the inclusive nature of the Church. students will be prepared to take vital and creative C. Evangelical. We believe that the Church exists leadership positions as Christian citizens in our human for witness to Jesus Christ through act and word, society around the world. I cannot express too much to and that people are called to a responsible ac- this committee my admiration and gratitude to God for ceptance of this witness. their devotion and for the guidance of God's spirit in II. The religious life at Whitworth should be developed their work. on the following principles: A. Religion is an essential part of the mature and SUPERIOR EDUCATION IN effective life. Religious concerns should be central CHRISTIAN ENVIRONMENT not peripheral to college life. A college is not a series of buildings, B. The religious activities should be ecumenical in or a campus consisting of so many character. There is little place in our day for acres of property. A college is a narrow sectarian interests. Students need to be community of persons gathered to- related to the wide variety and richness of the gether with common goals and ac- Church's life. The ecumenical outlook should be cepted procedures for achieving hospitable to the movements which arise from these goals. time to time within the Church providing par- Whitworth College is not only ticular ministry to youth. Professor Dilworth a beautiful pine-covered campus C. The religious life should provide opportunity for north of Spokane, but it is a Christian community of acquaintance with the non-Christian religious n 7 _ Changeless Gospel Changes Modes

communiues so as to increase appreciation for The Outreach Department coordinates many varied the religious values and traditions of other cul-, activities including gospel teams, summer deputation tures. teams, sensitivity groups meeting on the campus, and D. The religious program should inspire youth to service projects in the community. It is to assist many decision for Jesus Christ, calling them to both students who are working in church youth groups, pro- discipleship and apostleship, and leading them to vide information for pre-seminary students and keep involvement in Christian mission, both at home contacts open for such groups as Young Life, Inter and abroad. Varsity and Campus Crusade.

VIABLE PROGRAMS These three departments are administrative in function and it is the task of the student chairman of each Structures are lifeless and meaning- department, along with the chaplain, to see that the less without people of vision and various programs are properly organized and carried out. direction to carry our various re- sponsibilties. Genuine interest and

enthusiasm on the campus is spark- PRESIDENT ing an authentic and viable spiritual program which will speak to the needs of today's college student. Chaplain Rice Effectively communicating the gos- SPIRITUAL LIFE pel of Jesus Christ on the Whitworth campus will con- CHAPLAIN 1------1 ADVISORY BOARD (4 ,tudo'h. l faculty. tinually require new forms and new ideas. It appears I adminidmt;a'i at this point that the new Religious Life Structure, as it is fleshed-out with students and faculty of creativity and ,..------..., : TRUSTEE-ALUMNI: drive, will provide the vehicle for this to happen. : COMMITIEE : II. (odv',a,YI ..lI The newly proposed religious life structure, seen below, offers exciting possibilities for creative and effective CHAPEL spiritual activities at Whitworth College. The Spiritual CONTINUING ,~ __ VOLUNTARY WEEKLY PROGRAM r<:; MEETING Life Advisory Board is to the Chaplain what the Aca- DEPARTMENT demic Cabinet is to the Dean and the Personnel Com- RESIDENCE CHAPLAINS mittee is to the Dean of Students. It is a creative, policy-making body made up of elected representatives SPIRITUAL EMPHASIS of the student body and faculty. It serves to provide an WEEK overview of campus spiritual life and determine new SPECIAL FOCUS DAYS directions and emphases. An advisory board to the PROGRAM chaplain, it is here the chaplain may sound out new DEPARTMENT MEN'S CONFERENCE ideas and those which others have proposed. It also is WOMEN'S CONFERENCE a source of feedback of reactions to various religious activities. SENSITIVITY GROUPS

The Continuing Program Department oversees the SUNDAY YOUTH GROUPS OUTREACH ~ __ COMMUNITY ACTION chapel program, vespers and any other weekly meetings, DEPARTMENT and works through student chaplains to encourage deeper INTER-CAMPUS YOUTH spiritual life within residence halls. ORGANIZATIONS GOSPEL TEAMS

The Special Program Department supervises all spe· DEPUTATION PROJECTS cial activities, such as Spiritual Emphasis Week, Focus CHURCH VOCATIONS Days and Men's and Women's Conferences. GROUPS

8 OF INKWELLS by Elaine Eastman, '65

Being an outsider gave me a certain advantage. If I did "Living-in" was quite something. The first time I the wrong thing I could always claim ignorance and was shown the buildings, I was awed by the basketball wiggle out of it. hoops above each bed. It looked as though each girl I thought I had a pretty average school life for an had been supplied with her own wrought-iron halo. American. I attended the usual public schools and Eventually, each halo was fitted with a "mosi" (mos- moved around a little in the process. In grade school I quito) net. Most of the buildings were constructed with played a violin, got in fights, climbed trees and managed lots of fresh air in mind and there were no screens any- to be two or three minutes late [or school several morn- where. "So the insects could get out once they got in," ings a week. High school saw fads come and go, seventy I was told. Instead, each girl-and mistress---encased yard petticoats, ponytails, basketball games, Pendleton her bed in a large white net, crawled in and scaled the skirts and the usual boys. Oh, there was some studying opening, then ignored the symphony on the other side. too. But with modern teaching methods, ballpoint pens I was quite amused one hot summer's night to sit inside and preruled notebooks, it never was too difficult. By my white retreat and examine the varied specimens as the time I made it through college, I thought I pretty they flew against the barrier. There were times when I well had this education business figured out. was positive the insect population of the entire Southern But then one morning, I suddenly awoke to find my- Hemisphere was having a convention in my room, on self thoroughly immersed in a girls' boarding school in my mosquito net. subtropical Australia. "What can be so different about This fresh air construction had its problems when a boarding school-in Australia?" I kept asking myself. cold weather came too. Heating was impossible. "And Nothing much, just the way you eat, sleep, talk, besides," they would say, "why heat the whole room study, even teach. It's the latter angle I was particularly when you're just as warm if you add more clothes." So, interested in. "Resident Mistress" I was called. When on cold, crisp mornings the image of the "mistress" took I heard that one, I was nearly scared off before the show on a new look-more like that of a polar bear than a began. I was well assured, however, that such a phrase human being. I must admit, however, that Australians was quite innocent and quite the proper thing to say. have certainly developed the latest in personal insulation. (Being proper, that's important down there.) This "mistress" business was pretty serious stuff. She was something special, on a platform apart from all Uniforms took away the distinguishing features but not their personalities. normal human beings. In fact so special, a whole new vocabulary has been developed. For example: there's Mistresses' toast-just as burnt, cold and thick as the rest, but displayed in a silver holder; Mistresses' tea- half in the cup and half splashed into the saucer; Mis- tresses' towels-rougher and much harder to dry on than anyone else's; a Mistresses' veranda-one the children weren't allowed to walk on; even special morning and afternoon tea-usually denoted by the addition of butter to things normally left plain. In the living quarters, where the mistress suddenly took on the duties of mother, father, and family, uniforms had their advantages. You never heard "But mother, I've just got to have that new outfit." "I've absolutely nothing to wear." "I wore that one last week." Instead I awoke every morning at the crack of dawn to cries of "I lost my hair ribbons." "That's my tie." "Where did I hang my tunic (a jumper-like uni- form with square pleats, looking very much like that of a Roman legionary)?" Beware of Inkwells

The old long red-flannels would be amazed at the fash- ions of their descendents. ' Someone timed a noon meal once at seventeen minutes flat-this included a block- long walk to and from the dining hall, grace, and three courses. Australians School plays are same the world over-wings are seldom in place, someone is missing a sword, or the dragon's tail fails. don't cat their food, they inhale it. And at school these girls were training at an early age for the Olympic team -and I for a good case of ulcers by middle age. foot lizards before their classes can move in, then con- Other meals were just as exciting, and never, in my tend with the mocking laughter of overhead kooka- entire year at the school, was there an uneventful mo- burras during the lesson. And in mating season, we had ment at the dinner table. Some of the procedures I never other problems. The large Australian magpies become mastered. Try eating a whole orange with a dull tea- extremely vicious and protective. They will stake off a spoon, for instance. Or peas and gravy from the back territory and attack anything that trespasses-from tiny of your fork. It produces all sorts of comical results. first graders to P.E. teachers. Anyone with an ounce Likes and dislikes of the odd assortment of dishes served of sense would venture outside only with the protection in the dining room seemed to have a direct correlation of a hat and a large stick. Without the hat, the birds with what ever subjects my science classes happened to would dive straight for your hair, and if your back was be studying. Some little girls I'm sure will never be able turned, they'd make off with a strand or two. We never to eat another piece of liver or drink another glass of could convince them that we were there first, and that water. our hair was not intended for nesting material. This sort of thing went on all day and into the night. Outdoor living has its hardships and its advantages, After a very full fifteen hour day, I retired to my room its times of tragedy and its many humorous moments. to listen to the sounds of squeaking beds and pattering But Christmas in Australia is an unforgettable experi- feet. I became an expert on squeaks. Some kinds of ence. Because it falls at the beginning of summer, a squeaks arc made from rolling over in bed or tossing in whole new set of traditions have been developed. I your sleep. Others occur only when the occupant leaves never will forget sitting under a blanket of white- the bed. I even got so I eould tell by the walk whether mosquito net-writing my Christmas cards to the tunc the night prowler was on legitimate business or on a of humming insects. Or Santa Claus arriving for the forbidden errand. children's Christmas party seated on a power lawn But they were only little girls behaving like little mower. The outdoor stage too, took on a new meaning girls. I know I would have been even more SUSpICIOUS when it was the site of a traditional Carols by Candle- if they hadn't tried the things they did. light service. The tiny candles held by everyone present, They, and I, lived in a world that was attempting to reminded me of fireflies flashing in the warmth of a bridge the gap between history and the present. I had Midwestern summer's evening. And even the carols they heard my grandfather talk of ink wells, and nib pens. sing are different. They talk of dancing birds and bright But never, outside a museum, did I expect to see them. colored flowers and a warm moon-lit Christmas Eve. And you know, my grandfather was right, they're good But the corning of Christmas in Australia also means for all sorts of things-flicking ink across the room, mak- the end of a school year. And perhaps the end of a small ing small oceans on the floor, dyeing hankies and tissues, page in history. It means going home to stations and dipping fingers and hair, giving a page of written mate- families for some. To their own countries and new walks rial the measles. One young lady even succeeded in of life for others. The school and the things that hap- dumping the entire contents of a well into my shoe! pened there will never be the same. Even by the end Don't ask me how she did it, but my foot was black of the year education was getting a remodeling, new for a week. methods were being adopted, ink wells were gone. But Lack of facilities meant that many of my speech or to the children and teachers who spent some small part drama classes had to be conducted on a flat mound of of their lives there, it will always be an experience never dirt known as the "outdoor stage." Not many teachers to be forgotten. History is not easy to relive, and thank in the world have to clear the area of three and four heaven, we can laugh at our encounter with it.

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BASKETBALL The Pirates ended their 1967-68 basketball season with double victories over Northern Montana College to bring SPORTS their record to 18 wins and 8 losses. For Coach Dick Kamm the victories were his 100 and 101 wins in seven WRESTLING seasons at Whitworth. Kamm was also named NAJA Junior heavyweight Mike Carr from Yakima who took District No.1 "Coach of the Year" by a vote of district second place in the Evco tournament finished the season coaches. with a record of 10 wins and 2 losses including 6 pins. Star senior center Dave Rhodes led the team with an Traveling to the NAJA tournament held in Alamosa, average 17.8 points per game to capture the Evergreen Colorado, Carr faced Joe Righetti from Waynesburg Conference scoring crown. Rhodes also led the squad in College and was narrowly defeated in the first round. rebounds with 305 in 26 games and held the free throw percentage high at 76.2. The 6-6 center from Hayward, SWIMMING California, was a unanimous choice for first team NAIA Following the Evergreen Conference meet three Pirate District No. 1 all-star honors and was a first team swimmers were selected to participate in the national choice on the Evco honor squad. NAJA swimming tournament held in St. Cloud, Minne- Senior Frank Insell, Pirate co-captain from Eastmont, East Wenatchee, was a second team choice for NAIA sota, after finishing their best season in the short 5-year District honors and was selected to the first team of the history of Whitworth swim teams. In the conference meet, Chuck Pettigrew, a junior Evergreen Conference. Insell was the second leading from Colorado Springs, swam the 100 meter breast- scorer for the Pirates averaging 15.4 points per game, stroke at 1: 08.9 and Daryl Anderson, a junior from and was second in field goal percentages at 47.1 %. Co- Santa Rosa, California, tied the existing conference 50 captain Foster Walsh from Glendale, California, at 6·4 meter freestyle record for a first place at :22.8 which finished the season with 12.2 points per game. shattered the school record by three-tenths of a second. Senior Steve Kinzer from Colfax, Washington, al- though used as a 6th man most of the season played in every game but one. Senior transfer Craig Johnson from Spokane who only played the second semester finished the season on the first team averaging 10.5 points.

The 1968 Pirate varsity squad included, front row, left to right, Frank lnsell, Rich Pettigrew, Al johnson, jerry Pettigrew Anderson Altorfer Trenbeth; middle, Foster Walsh, Craig johnson, Steve Kinzer, Dan Altorfer, freshman from Peoria, Illinois, quali- Lee Jackman; back, graduate assistant Rod McDonald, fied for the national meet by leading the record assault Dwight Morrill, Dave Rhodes, Ted Hiemstra, Steve McAdams, and head coach Dick Kamm. at the Evco meet in Ellensburg. Altorfer secured four individual records. Placing second in the 100 freestyle (: 52.1), fourth in the 200' freestyle (I: 56.2), second in the 500 freestyle (5: 23.5), this time placing him about fifth nationally, and the 100 backstroke (1: 01. 7). In addition he anchored the 400 freestyle relay to a 3: 40.6 second place with a :51.7 lap, and led off the third place 400 medley relay team which came in with a re- spectable 4: 05.4. Both of these relay times are new school records. At the nationals four school records were set: Altor- fer, 100 yd. freestyle, :51.7; Altorfer, 500 yd. freestyle, 5:22.8 (16th place); Altorfer, 200 yd. freestyle, 1:55.2; and Pettigrew, laO yd. breaststroke, 1: 07 .2. en s: w TOP POST SOUGHT Seminary. He received his bachelor Dr. Dar.id E. Dilworth, chairman of of divinity degree from Princeton the Wl:iitwort~ religion department, Theological Seminary. He was born has been nominated by the Spokane of Presbyterian parents in 1919 in Z Presbytery for the highest elected Hemet, California. The Dilworths position of the more than 3 million have four children. If elected at the member United Presbyterian Church, opening General Assembly meeting CAMPUS EXPANDED that of moderator of the General As- May 16 in Minneapolis, Dilworth would be the second [rom Washing- Students from Whitworth and four sembly. For more than a decade Dil- ton to serve. Dr. Mark Mathews, predominantly Negro colleges will be worth's greatest impact has been on Seattle, served in 1912. (Campanile able to trade classroom chairs this fall the malleable minds of hundreds of Ca.ll encourages interested persons to in a program approved recently by young men and women who have sat W:lt~ known G.eneral Assembly com- the Board of Trustees. In addition to under his warm and patient instruc- missioners urgIng their support of approving a new core 4-1-4 curricu- tion in Bible and religion courses. Dilworth for Moderator. Ed.) lum and calendar (sec page 1 for Dr. Dilworth was a missionary in China from 1946-52, nine months details), the governing body also af- FACULTY NEWS filiated Whitworth with World Cam- under communist rule. On returning pus Afloat sponsored by Chapman to the United States he became a pas- Professor ALFREDO. GRAY,chairman College, California. The program tor in California prior to coming to of the journalism department was calls for selected students to study and Whitworth in 1955. Until last fail he awarded a Citation of Commendation travel aboard ship for one semester was also college chaplain. Dilworth as a publications advisor by the Na- at a slight increase in costs. The stu- is a past moderator of the Synod of tional Council of College Publications dent exchange program involves Washington-Alaska which has also A~visors. He was also recently ap- Howard University, Washington, endorsed his nomination. He has pointed a member of the Commission D.C.; Hampton Institute, Virginia; served on numerous synod and pres- on the Freedoms and Responsibilities Wilberforce University, Ohio; and bytery committees and departments. of the College Student Press in Amer- Knoxville College, Tennessee. Stu- A highly respected leader of both ica .... DR. HUGH W. JOHNSTON, dents will pay charges of their home youth and adults, Dr. Dilworth has professor of chemistry, has been school and retain residency privileges been guest preacher at several U.S. awarded a $250 research grant from while on another campus. The p~o- Air Force base preaching missions the Society of Sigma Xi, New Haven, gram was researched and supported by and has served many local churches Connecticut .... MARGARETSAUN- the campus Human Relations Com- as interim pastor. He is much-loved DERS OTT, instructor of piano and mittee. The unprecedented action- among National Mariners for whom distinguished Northwest pianist will packed session also authorized some he has been national chaplain and adjudicate several piano competitions form of a guaranteed tuition plan to be convocation speaker. He has also in Washington, Oregon and Montana worked out by the college administra- in coming weeks .... DR. ALVIN B. tion. Sabbatical leaves were awarded QUALL, director of graduate studies, J. Russell Larson, associate professor served a second stint on an evaluation of art, and Dr. Patricia A. MacDon- team for the Northwest Association of ald, professor of psychology, for 1968- Secondary and Higher Schools .... 69. Promoted from associate to full ALAN TUBBS, director of the Wind professor were Dr. A. Ross Cutter, Jr. Ense.mble si~ce 1964, has resigned to physical education; Dr. Robert D~ continue private trumpet study with Bocksch, chemistry; and Dr. Jasper Armando Ghitalla of the Boston Sym- maintained productive dialogue with H. Johnson, education. Dr. Ronald phony Orchestra .... ARNIE PELLUER, students of Mount St. Michael's E. Short was advanced to associate track and cross country coach, has Catholic Seminary near Spokane. professor of psychology from assistant. been elected first vice-president of the For more than seven years Dr. Dil- Cross Country Coaches Association of worth has reached millions of per- SEVENTH GRANT the NAJA .... DAVIDP. DAHL, assis- sons through television as the host tant professor of music, was guest A $1500 Shell Assists grant has been and Bible teacher of "LIVING." soloist with the University Chorale in awarded Whitworth College for the This five-day, 26-week series is rerun a recent concert at Pacific Lutheran seventh consecutive year [rom the each year to provide year-round pro- University .... PAUL J. MERKEL, di- Shell Foundation. President Koehler gramming on many Northwest sta- rector of athletics, was one of three said the monies would be used "to tions. Dr. Dilworth is a graduate clinic speakers at the recent NAJA assist faculty participation in schol- of UCLA and earned both a master coaches convention in Kansas City. arly professional activities in chcmis- of sacred theology and doctorate He was also appointed chairman of try, mathematics and physics." from San Francisco Theological NAIA District No.1 .... DR. V. ROD-

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NEYENOS has resigned as head foot- Koehler will address parents and University of Oregon receiving a ball coach to become director of con- students at the banquet Saturday master of education degree in 1950 tinuing education at Centralia Col- evening. Parents' seminars, teas and and George Peabody College of Edu- lege (Washington). Enos came to athletic events will precede the ban- cation where he earned a master of Whitworth in 1965 and had posted a quet. Attendance of parents on cam- arts in English in 1957. Four years 10-18 record here. He holds a doc- pus has increased each year with prior to coming to Whitworth in torate in higher education adminis- nearly 200 expected this spring. 1957, Wurster was president of Shel- tration .... R. FENTONDUVALL,pro- don Jackson Junior College in Sitka, fessor of history, has been named REGISTRAR NAMED Alaska. He was dean of the school from 1944-52. Wurster is presently chairman of the campus "McCarthy Roland B. Wurster has been named permanent clerk of the Presbytery for President" committee. " DR. registrar effective August 1 to suc- KENNETH E. RICHARDSON,professor ceed Estella Baldwin who is' re- of Spokane. of English and former chairman of tiring after 38 years in the post. the department, recently resigned be- Wurster was assistant to the dean of HONOR STUDENTS cause of what he termed "a conflict between me and the college as it is The fall semester Dean's List in- presently being interpreted." He came cluded 205 students who had main- to Whitworth in 1959. tained a 3.3 grade point average or above for a minimum of 14 semester hours. Students receiving all A's or a MID-YEAR POMP 4.0 GPA were: Janice Campbell, "Step confidently into life from prep- Betty Benner, Eleanor Clements, Eva aration to performance," challenged Click, Karen Freeman, Joyce Gates, Dr. Emerson C. Shuck president of the faculty, director of the evening Sandra Gunderson, Mary jahns, Eastern Washington State College school, and associate professor of Randy James, Robert Johnson, and speaker at Whitworth's third English. He will have no teaching James Louschen, Susanne Moline, mid-year commencement for 114 responsibilities in the new position Ralph Pronty, Toni Smith, Charlotte graduates. Another highlight of the but will continue temporarily as eve- Unruh, Douglas Anderson, Tana January ceremony was the awarding ning school director. After gradu- Berndt, Sara Lindgren, Clyde Ste- of an honorary doctor of divinity de- ating from Oregon College of Edu- vick, Nancy Westlund, Marilyn Dan- gree to the Reverend Odin A. Baugh, cation and Oregon State University, ielson, Peter Meilkc, and Jeanette Whitworth graduate and former pas- Wurster did graduate work at the Nokes. tor of the Opportunity Presbyterian Church, Spokane, recently called to the First Presbyterian Church of Kalispell, Montana. "To honor Mr. Baugh is to recognize the highest and best of Christian ministerial counsel- ing, preaching and administrative FIRST CLASS oversight," stated President Koehler. The Dean's Cup, presented by Dr. PERMIT 575 Simpson to a student who has at- SPOKANE tended Whitworth at least two years with the highest GPA, was awarded WASHINGTON to Mrs. Peter (Betty) Benner who attained a 3.71 grade average while BUSINESS REPLY MAIL commuting to evening classes from No Postage Necessary if Mailed in United States Coeur d'Alene where she is also homemaker for a husband and five children. Of the degrees granted, 36 Postage paid by were master degrees.

PARENTS TRAVEL Parents' Weekend, May 3-4, will be rvfzitworrh (!O{(18~ highlighted by concerts of the Whit- worth Choir on Friday evening and by Harpers Bizarre, popular record- DEVELOPMENT OFFICE ing artists, on Saturday. President SPOKANE, WASH. 99218 WhatlsA

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