Strider Favors Four Courses exp r esses h op e f or chang e

by Nick Mencher In an interview with the ECHO this week, expressed a hope that the committee formed President Strider expressed his belief that a at the March faculty meeting to study the four course academic program would be an academic program will find "some solutions improvement over the present five course load. to this problem.' 1 He also discussed the effectiveness of the Stu- The President feels the faculty's decision dent Association and amplified his feelings in 1970 to change the requirement for graduation regarding student participation in the decision to 105 credits was "a response to the feeling making progress at Colby. that four courses might be more equitable than When asked about his opinion of a change five." Strider believes the 120 credits required to an academic program that would involve four for graduation was reinstated in 1973 because courses per semester, as opposed to the present "the faculty felt that instead of using the 105 five, Strider said "I've been arguing for this for opportunity as a chance to spend more time something like twelve years. I think there's on fewer courses.-too many students were using this as a kind of dodge to get out of doing work and weren't spending any more time on their photo by John Devine Tex t of Strider Statement on Student courses than they ever had." of representation. There were students from each Participation on Page Four Criticizes Stu-A Structure dorm and from each student organization." He-went on to say that this problem is In reference to the Student a real argument to the point that five courses - Association, something which students must work ovt in both semesters and a Jan-Plan is a heavier the President said "I think the Stu-A has some "for themselves" and that he hopes-the new load than most colleges require, so I've argued good leadership and has generated some awfully Stu-A will "take a hard look at the best way for this for a long time." good ideas, but I think the system under the they can do the job ' they were elected to do; The President went on to say that the leadership has b een awkward and has hampered mainly to articulate and then be- the proponents faculty has never been presented a course their effectiveness. I would certainly go so far of the matters that seem to be of the greatest formula it has found acceptable. as to say that I thought the old student govern- student concern." When asked about the possibility of a ment, which was in essence a student senate, decrease in the number of credits required for was more effective, than the Student Associa- . Defends Statement on Decision-Making graduation, Strider claimed that the "atmos- tion has-been." Strider claimed that the faculty and the phere is quite ripe for some sort of educational "In the old student government, which President are best able to make decisions .at modification in the total program. He had all sorts of defects, there was at least a kind Colby because "they are professionals in the policy _ • fie ld and are best able to determine whether they are following the institution's philosophy that the Board of Trustees has laid down." MINORITIES PROGRAM -- When asked about the possibility of estab- lishing a decision making group composed of an equal number of stu dents, faculty, and adminis- C o lby ' s Hidden Problem? continued on page Pau l Harvey-

i by Steven Belan ger All-A me ri can The largest complaint among minority A 1975-76 Admissions report states that students here is that Colby lacks a substantial last year members of the Colby Admissions staff minorities community. "I sometimes get discouraged ," visited 154 secondary schools in nine states. "Spec- said one black student, "because there's no sig- ial effort was made to express our specific inter- nificant black community here. I can understand est in min ority students to the guidance counsel- why Colby doesn't attract more minority ors and college advisors, and to arrange for per- students. I think if I had to do it over again, sonal interviews when possible." I'd go somewhere else." As a result of these efforts , applications Carroll admits, "Things won't change were received from 55 minority students; of dramatically for a minority community, it takes , 36 were offered admission last this number time, But we've taken a good first step. year. Ultimately, according to minority recruiter Roberson , a black graduate of Middlebury Michelle Roberson, 17 of these students came College , added, "A black community will come to. Colby. about when we get more black professors and The report adds that this is a 65% ad- more black students. We need to actively recruit missions rate for minority applications, compared , Paul Harvey Jr., high-scoring captain of the minority faculty in every department. I would with an overall admissions rate of approximately . Colby baskttball team, has been named Ail-Amer- also like to see more blacks participating in 38%. ican on the first team of Division III. sports programs." According to Dean of Admissions Harry Selection of the 6-6 , 210-pound junior, was Roberson went on to say, "We need an Carroll, there are no federal regulations requ iring announced by the National Association of Basket- effort put forth by every single person on this Colby to enroll a certain number of minority ball Coaches. (NABC) meeting in Atlan ta, campus, by minority students and the white " Carroll stated, "the college Georgia. students. "However, student body. People here need to get involved roust demonstrate that it recruits equally for both The honor follows several Harvey has been in things going on in the Black Studies Program." white and minority students. The college must accorded. For the second consecutive year he was Roberson also suggested that a black alumni also recruit from the inner-city as well as from selected to the first teams of AU-ECAC Division organization would be helpfu l for recruiting. , the suburbs." III , All-Maine, and to All-CBB, a series with "Bow- There are 21 black students on campus Current minority students have varied doin and Bates. this year (Bates has 40). Roberson stated that reasons as to why Colby has difficulty attract- . Harvey was also voted by his teammates her goal for a liable black community at Colby ing minority stu dents. One student mentioned most valuable player and next year's co-captain. applica- the lack of an adequate Black Studies Program, is 75-100 students. Of the 66 minority Remarking on Harvey's being elected All- tions received this year, Roberson said that !. while another cited a major factor to be* American, coach Dick Whitmore sayst "It is the 37 have been accepted at this point. ¦ Colby's isolation from a big city. continued on pag e ten EDITORIALS

On Minorities

A half-heart.ed effort to improve the minorities program at Colby in the past few years has been slowly successful in terms of the number of students enrolled but it has been a failure in its ability to create an atmosphere attractive to minority students. One need only listen to the largest complaint of the minorities students here—they cannot relate to the predominantly white, affluent culture of a New England college—— to realize that a minorities program does not only consist of intense recruiting and large budgets, but also a sincere effort on the part of everyone at the college. In many ways, minorities students are misled when they consider Colby for a college. They are told of a Black Studies Program, minorities student organizations, and an active social life. They may attend a Pre- Freshma.n Week, jammed pack with minority cultural events. They are promised a college which is concerned with its responsibility to a minorities population. When they attend Colby, these students find that they have - been ripped-off. They discover that there is ' an extremely limited Black Studies Program with one, possibly two Black professors who can serve as counselors as well as teachers. The find student minorities organizations isoloated from the mainstream of activities'in the college. And they find that they must usually wait for the following spring Pre-Freshman Week to hear talk once again of Colby's concern for its minorities population. The Admissions Department cannot be "expected to recruit fifty to a hundred minorities students without IN MEM ORI AM the support of tlie entire Colby campus. It is a fraud for them to sell Colby for what it is not. An honest effort has got to be made by the students and the faculty to create a more meaningful experience for those John Kempers, an associate professor minorities students now at Colby. It's a challenge we've met half-way with money and recruiting but that is of modern languages and a member of the not fair for the students who come here expecting more than half of what was promised. Colby faculty for 17 years, died unexpec- -HMN tedly on Monday night. Services were held on Thursday afternoon. Prof. Kempers was bom in the Netherlands Suns hine in 1922. He came to the United States in 1946 and received his B.A. from Hastings College Recently, Student Association Committee Chairperson Sid Mohel circulated a letter in which he -sup- in Nebraska. He earned his master's degree at ported an Administrative Committee motion which would allow ECHO reporters to attend College Committee the University of Nebraska and a Ph.D. at Syra- meetings. cuse University. Prior to joining the Colby Lack of first hand information is one of the most difficu lt problems a publication must confro nt. faculty in 1960 , Prof. Kempers taught at the It's resppnsibility is to provide its readers with objective and accurate facts, and the lack of first hand University of Rochester and at Syracuse. information inevitably hinders its efforts to do so. At Colby, Prof. Kempers^aught Russian. Clearly, the present motion in the Administrative Committee would provide the ECHO with an oppor- At one time, he was also coach of the soccer tunity to inform the college community as to the activities and decisions of all college committees. It is team. He was devoted to teaching, learning, not merely the ECHO's job to make such news available ; it is the right of every student to know exactly and above all, to his students at the college. what is going on in these committees. He will be missed by his students and by In addition, this motion would have other positive effects. With the publication of committee activi- the many people who knew him at Colby. ties, every member of every committee would be all the more accountable for any action which he or she took. The student body, being accurately informed as to committee decisions, would hopefully supply more input into the Student Association to assure adequate representation of student interest. Ideally, this r is how a student representative body should work. A committee member is not merely speaking for him- self; rather, he is a representative of the student body and , as su ch , should reflect the opinions of the students for whom he is speaking. THE COLBY ECHO There is no valid reason for denying ECHO reporters admission to college committee meetings. It interests of the ECHO, the Student Associa- is clear that this proposal, if adopted, would be in the best Editor-m-Qrief the stu dent body, and the college community as a whole. tion, Heidi M. Neumann -JJW Associate Editor Executive Editor A Look at Ourselves Jeffrey J. Wuorio David P. Linsky Every once in a wh ile it is a good idea for a newspaper to step back and take a look at what it Consulting Editor Features Editor has been doing and to ask how it can be improved. This is of particular importance in regard to the Kent W . Wommack Kevin R* Convey content and tone of a newspaper's news and editorials. A newspaper must be able to strike a fair balance in portraying the positive and the negative in the Arts Editor S , selection of its news stories. Too many newspapers tend to overplay life's tragedies, ports Editor , rather than the happy Madelyn E. Theodore events, or tend to portray the failings of Man rather than report his successes. Brian K. Neligan; "Good news" often has a hard time finding its way into a newspaper , but "Bad news" is quite often Photograph Editors prominent. Is the headline "Four Killed in Fire" really more newsworthy than "Poverty-Stridcen Family y Finds Success"? Susan Gernert Eleanor Gaver An even .more dangerous area where the negative often overplays the positive, is the area of a news- ' . Managing Editor paper's editorials. It is a far more common practice in this country for a newspaper to criticize something Production Manager rather than deliver praise. Even more dangerous is the practice of critizing with out offering another solu- John B. Devinc, Jr. James P. Zendman tion. It is like the mediocre elementary school teacher who says ""That's done poorly" and does not show the student a better way to do it. The same mistakes are made, while the criticism often continues. Business Manager , Grailaliari Manager The ECHO, like any other newspaper, must render its criticism carefu lly . We should also be careful Pamela H. Cleaves Christopher Noonan to put fo rth helpful suggestions and constructive criticism whenever possible. Problems that do exist should be brought to light; wc will never hide anything that should be brought out into the open; But we must Advertising Managers be careful not to criticize just for die sake of criticism. In a sense we should produce a newspaper which Shell Virden Gary Lamont best serves the student body of Colby College. Too often in the past the ECHO has criticized other student organizations, particularly the Student Association and WMHB. These organizations have made their mistakes;-we will never say otherwise. But Founded in 1877, the ECHO is p ublished weekly, too often we forget the time and effort these people have put into their work . Long hours arc spent in except during vacations and examination p eriods, by the serving this campus, usually with little recognition. We must keep that in mind when we render our criticism students of Colby College. All correspondance should In striking a balance between "good news" and "bad news" we should let this balance carry over he addressed to Editor, Colby ECHO, Colby College, to the editorial page, particularly in dealing with student organizations. A letter in last week's issue of this Waterville, Me. 04901. Tbe ECHO is represented by paper complimented the organizers of the Student Arts Festival. A second praised the Women's Basketball the College Advertising Service and the National Edu- team, A third even went so far as to praise this publication. Wie should learn a lesson from these writers cational Advertising service, Inc. for nation al advertising. and give some credit when credit is due. Student organizations in general have contributed an immense Entered as second class mail at Waterville, Me. 04901. amount to life at Colby. We should recognize and appreciate this fact. This campus, and the student body, Subscriptions are available for $6.50 per year, will be better off for it. -DPL I J —LETTER S —l

, '\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\a]\\\\\\\\\\\\\\m ^^ ponsibility of the statement. loin the Board All letters must be signed and submitted by The ECHO is a reasonable publication. Monday evening. Names will be -withheld upon re- The only negative effect it can contain is the To the Editor, quest. negative effect it objectively reflects. . The following is a letter of invitation ad- My last point is,based on the contention that one purpose of the College Committee dressed to the Colhy College Board of Trustees system is to acquaint students with the respon- by the student representatives to the Board: sibilities that committee members must under- take. One of the most important responsibili- On behalf of the Student Association and In Mernoriam ties is that of accountability. To deny them that the students of Colby College, we would like to would be to deny them the true value of the invite you to participate in an informal open To the Editor, experience. Now, to continue to deny that would house on Friday April 15, from 7:30 to 9:30 On Monday evening, Mr. John Kempers, serve to create an extremely insidious air sur- p.m . in Sturtevant Lounge. professor of Russian at Colby , passed away . As rounding the entire College Committee system. It came to our attention at the January a- student of Mr. Kempers, I feel a deep, per- I see no objective, rational reason why meeting that many of the trustees were concerned sonal loss. But more importantly , Colby College ECHO reporters should be excluded fro m the about student morale at Colby. In addition, there has lost an adept and sensitive individual who . committee meetings as long as the committees has been active student disquietude over the recent strove on in his work despite his severe kidney are not acting on material protected by the faculty vote to. abolish the Pass/Fail option for disorder. Buckley Amendment. distribution requirements. It is difficult for the For those jyho had contact with the man, Sincerely, two of us to convey the varied student opinion he portrayed a double image. In class, he was a Sidney K. M ohel on. these as well as other issues. hard driving and aggressive instructor, whose pat- Committee Chair- This type of relaxed a- d open discussion • terns of teaching were uniquely consistent and person of the Student is most beneficial for learning of the varied stu- intensive. Throughout my two years at Colby, he Association dent interests at C olby . has impressed upon me an image of uncanny Also , this would be a good opportunity to self-motivation, strongly inspiring the lucky few meet the aiewly elected Student Association Exec- of us who learned under him. utive Committee and the Student Representatives Outside of class, he went out of his way to the Board of Trustees. to help me and other students in the study of We hope that all will be able to attend this this unique and difficult language . Mr. Kempers discussion. Refreshments will be served and the was patient and thoughtful with those of us who evening guarantees to be both informative and en- did not follow all the ins and outs of Russian, joyable. further adding to our- knowledge and comfort with this language . We hope that as many students as p ossible But most importantly, he was always re- will participate in this open ~~hou.se. The trustees alistic in setting goals for us to strive for. Any are very much interested in student opinion and language for some can be tedious. Despite inten- would welcome the opportunity to talk informally may reap sive study, the student little progress. with you. - Mr. Kempers had only one goal in mind — to J. Philip Bruen teach us to read Russian. And in less than two Bruce A. Dyer years, he instilled in me m ore knowledge about Student Representatives to Russian than I learned about French in eight the Board of Trustees years of elementary and high school study. He gave his all to us, and we are deeply indebted. Personally , I have lost a teacher who will be impossible to replace. With sympathy, Geoffrey Emanuel You Know Who Yon Are

To whom it may concern: Relieve your guilty conscience! It cost me $45 to replace the windshield you smashed on April 4 in the Lovejoy parking lot. Sunshine Law Katz and Dogs J.O. Rosenthal To the Editor, - Lovejoy 308 I have been informed that the Adminis- trative Committee is planning to act on a motion To the Editor, which would officially allow ECHO reporters We the undersigned , feel that a devoted and to attend College Committee meetings. I believe . hard working member of your ECHO staff has that such an act would be in the best interests gone without the recognition he justly deserves. of the students and the morale of the institu- His weekly sports commentary, wit, and statistical tion. wizardry are stimulating and informative, while Spring Carnival Basically, the question is one of responsi- his feature articles cause the ECHO's readers to twitter with joy. His name is, bility . The Federal Governm ent has enacted the of course, Evan , Katz. To the Editor national "Sunshine Law" which states that pub- organizing This fine work should not go unrewarded. The Inter-Fraternity Council is lic committees must have: their meetings out in the Spring Carnival this year and we want it Therefore , we suggest the open where they can be placed before the that in lieu of a testimo- there is need for anyone that nial dinner or to be known that general constituency for scrutiny. This was done recognition of th at sort, you change would like to work on specific activities. the title of his so that citizens could monitor their representa- weekly column, "Clark Barks" to The bulk of the work to be done will the more fitting tives and therefore be assured that they were heading, "Katz Meows." be needed on Saturday of carnival weekend; May acting in the public interest. In the past few Respectfully, 6th, 7th , and 8th. This will include running acti- months, the law has come to be known as a Steven B clanger vities such as the chariot race, the tug of war, progressive new tenet of representation in our Julie Ramsdell canoe race, a Colby Superstars competition , the country . Hank Dunbar egg toss, etc. We will also surely be in need of Now I hear that members of the Colby Dave Projansky people to help when it comes time to clean up . College community would like to do otherwise, Steve Goller after the damage has been done. would like to continue to. run our committee Jim Nelson If anyone has a new idea for an activity system in a way that the Federal Government Ch'ris Perrin to be run on Saturday and would like to or- deems unfit , would like to bar an objective Gary Rogers ganize it , or have us organize it , please let us analysis of the facts. I strongly object to such Peter Gillies know. Basically , we just need people we can re- an action. Don Wojchowski ly on for help when we need it. Members of College Committees must Anastasia Marsden If anyone wants to help in any activities, servo In a responsible manner. They must think or has questions or ideas for the Carnival, get before thoy speak, and they must be account- in touch with me or any Fraternity President. able for what tlvey say. To argue thot allowing The Carnival seems to be shaping up well right ECHO reporters into the meetings would stifle now due to the interest of some really moti- spontaneity is pn exceedingly weak point , for va ted people. Let's hope we can get more- people tho purpose of the College Committee system There will be a meeting Tonight 7pm involved so we , can all have a good time. is to provide rational and responsible solutions in Lovejoy 100 for those interested in Thanks , by rational and responsible members. Spontan- responding to President Stridor's statement Tom Gilligan eity is fine, but it must carry with it the res- l . : : J (553) LETTERS

Colby is a corporation in the business of •_." .; Anti-Inte llectual Society producing a product - students. That product ' Four-Year Program must fit the needs of its consumers, the outside world. The college's prime responsibility is to its To the Editor, consumers ' letter to announce the , and its secondary responsibilities to We are writing this students are best fulfilled by preparing them for formation of a new student group : the Colby real life. What the outside world wants and needs To the Editor, anti-intellectual society. The aim of this group least are people who think creatively and originally Your attention is respectfully called to an is to wipe out all creative and original thought people who ask questions, make waves, cause error in Harvey Cohen's article under the heading at Colby. trouble. What they want and need are what "Drinking Age to 20" in the ECHO of April 7th. Recent events have led us to believe that Colby does such a gqpd job producing: people ripe The article states: "Thomas College plans the time is for our effort. In particular we who know how to make what they do look good, to close their pub down completely. Due largely are encouraged by the faculty decision to eli- people who know how to produce just what minate the pass/fail option for distribution to the fact that Thomas is a two-year school . . . their bosses (or professors) want, people who they feel requirements. We feel that this decision will are content to work within bureaucratic sturctures' it would be futile to remain in busi- help solve the problem of students distracting ness." where they have little voice and no power. themselves with useless intellectual inquiry, and We feel that intellectualism is on the run Thomas College is a fully accredited four- re direct them towards the true goal of a Colby year college conferring at Colby. We want to make it a rout. If what bachelors' degrees, and also education, getting the highest possible GPA we have said makes sense to you, if you has a want graduate program with master's degrees. with the least thought. to wipe out the last vestiges of creativity and It is true that Thomas also offers associate We further wish to commend President originality at Colby, join us. We n$ed wide degrees for the termination of certain two-year Strider for his courageous stand in paying ;^s support , from Fort Weird to Frat Row. possible to the ridiculous ideas Write courses, as do most business colleges, but the little attention as to the Colhy Anti-Intellectual Society , c/o- • emphasis is on the four-year program. of the so-called "Common Sense Group." The Chris Lowe, Woodman. lack of student support for those ideas shows Very truly yours, that Colby students are on their guard against Ernest Marriner Sincerely, intellectualism in any form. The demonstration Chris Lowe Trustee, Thomas and the sit-in held by the "Com mon Sense" College sho-w George Powers people the reult of original thought - Jamie McCracken disturbance and unrest. We hope that President Strider will take a firm stand against increased P.S. We were pleased to notice that the ECHO representation. Any -would be a student increase lias joined President Strider, the faculty, and the NOTE: DUE TO A CHANGE IN THE pernicious step , creating dangers of increased PRINTING SCHEDULE THE ECHO C.A.S. in the broad coalition against intellec- , student involvement, increased student interest tualism at Colby. We have seen few finer WILL BE DISTRIBUTED ON FRIDAY in their education, and a rise in the .general examples le-vel of lack of thought than the editorials AT DIMMER NEXT WEEK ONLY '. of thought on campus. on the sit-in and on President Strider in the As Professor Koons so rightly pointed out, ECHO'S last issue.

duate school. If the college says, 'Here is a requirement, and we consider it a part of your Strider f av ors course lead change education to demonstrate your proficiency in this requirement,' I don't think that it implies that continued fro m page one the college should make it easy for someone trators, Strider said, "1 know there are insti- The President said he has received "a to satisfy this requirement. It wouldn't be a tutions that have final decisions made by a tri- letter here and a letter there" from alumni requirement if the college didn't think it was partite body that includes students. I don 't happen members. "But," he went on to say, "after all important." to think that's the best way to run the railroad. it- hasn't been in the publications that the alumni The people to whom the decision making power receive as of yet. It's not what I'd call a sort is delegated are people who have been appointed of concerted response." or selected for that purpose. I think decisions Tex t of Stride r Statement should be made by those people to whom • Not in Favor of Jan-Plan Credit this responsibility has been delegated. That Preside nt Strider issued this statement April responsibility has not been delegated to the In regard to the proposal currently under 7 on the subject of student participatio n in the students. The students are here for a different investigatio n by the Educational Policy Committee decision-making process. This was in response purpose." which wou ld give academic credit for passing to the request of ' demonstrators last month. The President emphasized the importance Jan-Plans, Strider said he hopes a solution can decision be found "whereby the enthusiasm for learning of the role of student opinion in the In the Winter 1975 issue of the Colby Alum- making process,"It would be absurd to have which was apparent among the considerable nus I devoted the President's Page to a considera- majority of students in the earl a decision making process that did not take y years of the tion of student participation in college gover- into account student opinion. I think the stu- Jan-Plan cou ld be restored." nance at Colby. As I have reread it in 1977, in dents who are affected by the decision should "I'm just afraid that academic credit isn' t the perspective of recent expressions of student the right solution. It would just become another have their opinions reflected in the thinking that concern on this subject, none of it seems outdated. ' part of the academic year and lost its special goes into the decision, but .E don t think stu- Accordingly, I am appending it to this brief state- dents should make that decision." quality." He went on to say, "I'm perfectly ment. willing to admit that the Jan-Plan's vitality has When asked whether he thought students There are two principal reasons why stu- '. should have any amount of participation in been diminished by the fact that not everybody dent contributions to the process of decision have the making of final decisions-, Strider said , takes it that seriously. While I still think the special importance. First, students have certain "No, that really comes down to what I said, Jan-Plan is an exceedingly good idea, I certainly insights that are generally not so accessible to I didn't agree with, namely, that students should agree that it needs to have something done other constituencies in our community, and de- have a final deciding vote in the legislative bodfes to it." cisions that students have helped shape are like- that determine academic policy. I don't think they The President expressed his hope that the ly to be better decisions than those arrived at should. My only con cern ab out the degree to EPC will attempt to find a solution which without their involvement. Secondly, participa- which the student participation is adequate at would guarantee the January period as "a stepping tion by stu dents in the deliberations that lead to the present time centers on the question of how up of excitement rather than the diminishing decisions is of notable educational significance good is the student representation in the committees .' of the inte llectual excitement." for those undergraduates who m ake construc- and in the various pipelines that lead toward tive contributions of this kind. be th at could be im- No Pass/Fai l for Requirements the final decision. May The question that has been raised recent- proved." Strider sees the proper use of the Pass/ ly is whether students should have final, deciding Fail option as a means whereby a student/ In response to the question of what kind of votes in the legislative and deliberative bodies feedback he has received from the trustees and who is in a demanding area of education and that determine educational policy. My considered the alumni regarding the recent sit-in outside hopes to maintain a good record for considera- op inion is that they should not. Educational po- his office and the student demonstration outside tion by graduate schools, can "try his or her wings licy is determined by the faculty, within the , "I on something advanced in another field without the March faculty meeting, Strider said broad ou tlines of institutional philosophy as \ht fear of the penalty of getting a poor grade." don't think anyone's paid a great deal of atten- formulated by the Board of Trustees and as tion to it. I don' think much of anything has When asked about the possibility of a t' administered by the President with the assis- happened." The President said he told the student's record being hurt by a bad grade in tance of his staff associates. to them and that he a required course, and thereb d Board in a brief report y iminishing his The faculty are qualified for this bu rden will elaborate on it if anybody asl« him at the chance of getting into graduate school, the of responsibility. Faculty members have com- next Board meeting. sident said, "If it's a requirement it's because Pre pleted undergraduate and graduate programs, most ' There hasn t been any real reason for me it s an essential thing the college thinks the of them have had anywhere from one to thir- to hear from the Board , it isn't a Board matter student sh ould have, and he should do well for one thing." in everything if he's planning to go to gra- con tinned on page nine Board of Trustees — Stu-A Endorses who .hey ore; what they do Media Ri g hts by Jennifer Strode

There will be an Open House with the does not collectively act on these m atters until Board of Trustees on Friday, April 15 in they effect developmental plans, such as the Strutevant Lounge, from 7:30 to 9:30. The Renovation of Roberts Union, or act on matters by Harvey Cohen event, sp onsored by the Student Association, requiring Board approval, as in the making of was largely organized by the two current studenjt the alternate co-ed floor in Foss-Woodman. The Stu-A meeting on Tuesday night dealt representatives to the Board, Phil Bruen and The Board is concerned about having a with a variety of topics. The first item on the Bruce Dyer. great deal of input and advice. This was indi- agenda was Committee Chairperson Sid Mohel's The Open House is designed as an appor- cated by a resolution passed this January to report to the board. Mohel spoke about the tunity for students to express many of their limit the number of consecutive terms any question of the admittance of "media people" opinions to Board members, and conversely, to one person can serve on the Board, and short- into College Committee meetings. The proposal hear where' the Trustees stand on many issues. ening the length of each term. Board appoint- to allow such people into these meetings was In a recent interview, Bruce Dyer stressed ments now last 4 years instead of 6, and appointees endorsed by the Board. After this decision, the that rath er than being a closed minded, self- can still serve two consecutive terms, but this meeting took up the question of old business. perpetuating group, the members of the Board amounts to eight years instead of twelve. The The first order of business was the approval of Trustees are characterized on the whole by purpose of this change, as was stated in the of the selected members to Mohel's Committee the diversity . of their opinions and their willing- minutes, is to involve "a larger number and on Committees. By a unanimous vote the members ness to receive student input. He noted that greater variety" of individuals with the Board. were confirmed. in the closed Trustee Meetings "an attempt is Most Board members are involved in at Next, was a proposal to reform the always made in the formal procedure of the least one of five general professional fields: Committee System, with regard to the terms meeting to ask for the Student Representatives' banking, law", management, medicine (either as of student members. Mohel ascertained that, opinions regarding the issue at hand." Doctors or involved with the organization of after doing considerable research , he would This is not surprising considering the make a hospital system), and educators or educational withdraw his proposed September-May plan, up of the Board . Of the current twenty-nine administrators. in favor of the current January-January Plan. members, twenty are Colby graduates, repre- Participation on the Board of Trustees Mohel also announced the resignation of senting classes from 1917 to 1972. A few have for the most part divides logically along occupa- David Linsky from the EPC. Linsky submitted served as teachers or administrators at Colby. tional lines: investors and bankers are most a letter of resignation on Monday, stating, Collectively the Board has seen Colby in many involved in the Investments and Finances com- "I do not feel that I can act as an objective stages of development and knows manyof the mittees, people in management and law are editor of a newspaper while serving as a member problems that exist within the college. Dyer concerned with the Development committee.etc. of the college's most important committee. was careful to point out, howeve r, that while Students, other than the Student Re- My opinions belong either on the editorial the "Board of Trustees is the ultimate authority presentatives to the Board of Trustees, are page or in the committee room, not both ." in the running of the college, their prim ary involved with, and can influence the Board In a letter sent to the members of the function is assuring through planning and invest- by participation in four of the Board's ten committee, Mohel accepted Linsky's resignation, ments, that the Corporation of Colby College committees. Each year two students serve on stating, "He is one who exemplifies student's remains solvent, and determining in what areas each of the following committees: Buildings responsibilities to students, and again, I sincerely the College will develop and by wh at financial and Grounds, Educational Policy, and Planning. regret his resignation." means. Direct student input to the Board of Trustees Jerry Crouter, Public Information Chair- The administration is given a fairly free is confined to the ten students who participate person, led off discussion of New Business with hand to deal with immediate problems, espe- either in these committees or are on the Board some comments on the new Powder and Wig cially those that directly effect students, such itself. In some years "special committees are Constitution. He cited its new policy in dealing as Women's ..Health Care and credit requirements. formed , such as the Roberts Renovation com- with an enlarged membership and a renovated While members of the Board of Trustees are mittee, involving more students. Strider Theatre. individually interested in these issues, the Board Executive Chairperson Ron Graham, added that he felt that the "objective clause" in the Constitution was an excellent thing, and could prove helpful in evaluating a particular groups performance. Sue Benso n , Director of Stu dent Affairs, concluded that she had read the document as being a very "specific and serious Constitu- tion."

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Do not say tha t people must be educate d \ in history. Thus according to Epstein: when after all you only mean amused , refreshed , The chief problem in studying the films of soothed , put in good spirits and good humor, or Alfred Hitchcock, then is that they are not „ kept from vicious excess. the dialogues of Plato; the problem with a ™ — ¦ Cardinal John Henry course that assigns a book by Studs Terkel or ; . Frances Fitzgerald is that they a re not Saint Newman "On the Scope and Nature of University Augustine or Machiavelli. Nearly everyone who Education." teaches in a contemporary university has seen transcripts of students whose course lists read like the table of contents of Harper 's or The At- j 1 would like to call the attention of the Echo Ian tic; or worse. Psychology Today. Under- ! graduate education is fast coming to resemble reading populace to a certain article in. the February nothing so much as four-year magazine - and . j sixth issue of The New York Times Magazine. The - like a maga2ine, once one has completed it,- one article is entitled "Bring Back Elitist Universities" might as well throw it away. and was written by Joseph Epstein. Unfortunately the article cannot be reprinted in its entirety in Epstein proposes a three part solution for the this paper so I will bring forth excerpts from the great libera! arts debacle. First, he recommends that ,„ article that best express the issues at hand. Colby faculty members ca. 1940 all courses that are intellectually unsubstantial be * Epstein discusses the uncertain position of to- removed from the curriculum. These courses, he soo and of e administration 's liberal arts undergraduate n t n , and that vie., suggests, can be recognized as covering the most ' 'up- day education. Enroll- and faculty, can make it indisputably true. ment is down, and many non-vocational to-date" or "trendy" material.. . those subjects that colleges are Epstein's essential point is that since the stu- experiencing financial difficulty. According to Epstein, have not proven their worth outside of the univer-. dent uproar of the I960' there has been too much this is due .to a lack of serious intellectual intent in sides through the passage of time. consideration for what are supposedly the student's , today's liberal arts students and curricula. Epstein then proposes to replace those sub- "real needs." This has given rise to courses dealing As a result of the threatened position of the jects and/or departments that have been, eradicated with modern, though transient , social or political role of liberal arts education there is much discussion with material comprised of the best writers in history « thought. Since students today are given so much on revamping the current curricula. Epstein presents philosophers, poets, scientists, playwrights, historians, latitude in choosing course schedules, many faculty one typical scheme of university spring cleaning as and social theorists. The syllabus will thereby lay em- are forced to compete over student attendance and follows: phasis on teaching students to think, rather than keep- i must make their subject matter attractive or brightly Briefly, my plan is this: Apart from our strictly ing students current with intellectual and artistic fads. packaged . Epstein vocational schooling -- the business school, the depicts the folly of some of the The third part of E pstein' s plan, and a particu- engineering school a_d the rest - to cut out all innovations that result: larly moot point for Colby, concerns student input courses, or if need be, entire departmen ts which American culture becomes a field , a pro- to the revised curriculum. Epstein does not feel the insist on making a pretense of offering the 'use- gram," a full-blown departmen t in some univer- subject warrants copious elaboration and says only: ful.' Along with the 'useful' that which makes sities. But is it not provincial to restrict su ch claim to being eithe r relevant or creative will special studies to American culture solely? Let Students ought not to be consulted about the also have to go. To rid ourselves of the useful, us, then , have the Asian studies, and South formation of a renewed liberal-arts curriculum. ¦ the relevant and the creative is no small task, American studies, urban studies, rural studies, and but I believe it can be done. Although they might have worthwhile things to suburban studies. And if all this sounds a bit . say later on about the quality of the instruc- What it would leave us with in our liberal-arts zany, one is not to worry : This clutter of tion or the organization of a course, student curriculum are those subjects that study either fragments can be brought together by the new views about the substance of the curriculum nature or the nature of man, and do so withou t ," glue known as the "interdisciplinary approach itself can be of no possible interest - unless .j>| any other purport or promise than sharpening sometimes also known as the "multi-faceted one assumes that, in intellectual ma tters , the minds of our students. The education wc interdisciplinary, approach -with team teaching." a 19- or 20-year-old knows what is best shall offe , then , r will be useless, as health is for him.. useless,, a thing good only in itself. In suggest- In an effort to stay atune to the times, the ing this reform to you I am aware that I am laying real purpose of the undergraduate education is sup- ou r school open to the charge of being elitist— Joseph Epstein's points arc only outlined above. pressed. One ultimately expects to have learned fo r su ch is the can t wo rd nowadays applied to For the full persuasive effect of liis argument, I en- how to think during the four years in college through an y interest in exccllence- to which I can only courage you to read the complete article. reply that I hope tliat the charge is made exposure to the ideas of great minds and great issues

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THE PAUL WINTER CONSORT

and Special Guest

KEITH Jtt.R GER , MIME

Friday , April 22 at 8:00 p.m. Wadsworth Gymnasium

Tickets arc $2 ,00 in advance for Colby students ($2.50 at the door), and will Lie available at evening meals in all din ing halls , at the Spa , and mornings at Robert 's desk , April 18th -- 21st.

C "Wmter Consort offers a rich ' and aivesomely beau tiful musical experience that everyone should he able to ¦ ¦ enjoy and he touched by, whatever their particula r musical taste, There are elements of rock , ju zz an d ¦ ¦ classical music hut, like a long-simmered stew with many spices, the flavors have become so intertwined j " that they are . impossible to isolate. Winter Comon is a group you should definitely try to experience; ¦ ; they will bring delight and inspiration to your life. " —' CRAWDA DDY ' consor t m

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-by Harvey Cohen temperatures to 65-68 degrees,- closing the aca- CONSER VATION demic buildings at 5:00 and lowerin g tempera- The Colby Energy Control Committee met tu res to 68 degrees (the libraries in Arey Life last Thursday, April 7, to discuss possible mea- Science would have - from the Energy Committee sures that can be taken towards the conser- to be dealt with separately); the installation of low-use water shower heads; vation of energy . the insulation of the Field House ; and the Mr. Palmer , Head of the Energy Control order for Colby's energy conservation lowering of temperatures in the Alumni Hou se In Committee, opened the meeting by citing last measu res to be as effective as possible savings and the Chapel. Through these measures Mr. year's cost avoid ance chart which accounted must be made in classrooms, laboratories, and PaJmef expressed hope that an additional savings for a savings to the college of $90,000. He libraries. Since Colby students spend a consider- of $25,000 could be made. expressed hope that this years figure would be abl e amount of ' time in these facilities there is Besides these proposed oil savings, alter- somewhere in the neighborhood of $65 ,000, much that can be done to reduce the demand for natives concerning the use of electricity were the decrease due to an ' enlarged campus, a rise heat and li ht in these areas. discussed. Among these were: the installation g in the demand, and use of electrical equ ipment. Buildings and Grounds has taken steps to of task lighting in the Library ; a request th at The next items to be discussed were the the Art Gallery cut back its li cut oil consumption in several buildings. Thermo- recommendations made by the Budget Stu dies ghting when not in use; plus a similar request pf the Field House. stats and heat control valves in Miller Library, Committee regarding energy conservation. These Lovejoy, and the Strider Theatre have been 're- recommendations included: die lowering of day Continued on pa ge 12 paired or replaced. The same repairing and re- placement process is underway in Roberts Union and the Arey Life Science Building. HUBERT SPACE New and m ore efficient oil burners have been installed for Roberts, tlie Quad , and Miller Li g htning — Same Place Twice? Library, and the Keyes, Bixler, Arey Life Sciences troika. A new oil burner will be installed in Mary ¦ U •- : by Jim DeVoreo Low in the near future. In addition thermostats across campus have been set at 68°. Few earthly events in nature release such Future savings will accrue from other mea- awesome amounts of power as does a single up with a net positive charge. Thus this enor- sures to be taken by B & G. Insulation of many stroke of lightning, with the force strong enough mous migration of electron s leaves behind a buildings will be upgraded. Storm windows will to accelerate an electron in a vacuum to a -. "path of positive charge." But this ionization of be installed on selected buildings. Heating equip- speed sufficient to smash the nucleus of an molecules is taking place near the positive end ment and controls will be continually monitored , atom. The electric current generated by light- where the electrons have high speeds so that and improved . And l arge bands of lights (for ning will actually vaporize half-inch thick copper the field is now enhanced in strength. example, in the cubes) will be replaced by indi- wire. A single stroke which travels down a More electrons are to rn away from the vidual lights of lower wattage but equal lighting moist tree, releases enough heat -and steam negative region of the field . The positive path efficiency. in thirty feet to literally blow the trunk open. grows in length fro m the positive end back There are many measures that students, fa- The ancients believed that the force to-wards the negative end. The situation can culty, staff, and administrative personnel can take responsible for such power was Zeus himself, be pictured by imagining a magnet placed some within classrooms, laboratories, and libraries to hurling lightning bolts down towards earth distance away from a pile of iron filings. The cut energy consumption: from the sky. Research has shown however, iron filings will move towards the magnet and Take advantage of the sun as a source of that, rather than being "thrown" from the sky, build up on one another from the magnet back- light. Use classroom and office lights only when lightning is actually pulled from the sky by wards, forming a path back to the pile. The necessary, not to demonstrate occupancy or the earth and can even move upwards from positive path that is formed between the cloud for cosmetic purposes. the earth to the sky. and the ground is called a streamer. It acts Maximize the sun's heating potential. Open Before a thunderstorm, the air becomes as a tear in the electric field and provides shades and curtains of south and west-facing win- a channel for the actual .stroke of li htning. ..filled with an electri cal force field , often referred g dows comp letely during daylight hours. to as. static electricity. This is because a thunder- In the evening shut shades and curtains in clou d contains regions of positive and negative classroom buildings and libraries to minimize charge which indu ces oppositel ions ^ y charged reg heat loss. to appear on the earth. If you are the last person leaving a class- The field between the earth and the cloud room , an office , the library stacks, or a labor- is quite large. If a person were to hold up atory "turn off the lights. a ten foot metal rod in such a field , his hair Report malfunctioning equipment, overheated would literally stand on end. (This is an extre- classrooms, drafty windows, or loosely shutting mely dangerous thing to do and could easily doors to B & G. Don 't assume that someone result in blowing .one's ovin trunk open.) This else will. electric field is responsib le for the electrical, Laboratory equipment using electricity and/or corona-like discharge, popularly called St. hot water should be turned off when not in use 4 -H. + Ground "- Elmo's fire which issues from church steeples and checked for efficiency periodically. and rite wing tips of airplanes during a storm. Use group study areas in the libraries when- As soon as the streamer bridges the gap In the atmosphere above the earth there ever possible. Avoid using idle classrooms or library between the ground and the cloud, a cataclysmic are always a number of stray electrons wandering stack areas. burst of electrons is released at the negative around. When one gets caught in the field be- When taken alone one person's conservation end of the field and races down the streamer tween the ground and a thundercloud it travels efforts, may seem limited or fruitless. However, at nearly a third the speed of light. This burst from the negative end towards tlie positive end with the 1800 people that make up the Colby com- laterally tears the electrons out of the remaining of the field because it is negatively charged. munity, working towards a l ess energy intensive molecules in the channel, The clou ds' charge . Eventually, despite its many coll isions, with air lifestyle progress can be made. and energy are d rained down the channel heating molecules, it is accelerated to a hi . Think before you act. Almost everything gh enough the molecules to extreme temperatures, thu s Speed to knock electrons out of some of the you do has a direct impact on energy use. When leaving a luminous trail. molecules it strikes. These electrons in turn, you save wc save. This blinding flash is called lightning. repeat the process until an avalanche of elec- The temperature in the path may reach 30,000°C. trons is leaving for the positive end of the field. This enormous heat causes the diannel to Itods But these electrons were parts of neutral mole- ^pfStoeOrs^ sAxflo expand explosively. The shock waves from this cules so that when they leave, the molecule ends Jllbiuns • Singles • Stereos . Phonographs • Tapes expansion tome to our ears as thunder. Speakers • Headphones .Recorders . '" ¦ --- ii ¦¦¦ « ^ n ^ «« iH«a«aBB«Haa«a««« « H /^"J^rV ' Receivers Lightning can occur both between the cloud and the ground and within the cloud it- mJ AnnePoulin • M lf____^T Q ftJV gr* BER RY'S self. When the latter occurs.the streak is not l »oo_ ::?Jj ll x/ i-.__^ Elm PJflz« * Waterville, Mo. visible and we see it as sheet lightning. As ART SUPPLIE S ,w many as forty strokes have been observed to iiil f ir \A Illl uttu Rmuu*'' yfyf-f 1 ' ^'' . *• 74 MAIN STREET move down the same channel. Lightning docs ' ' ¦ *-**— - ¦¦ • - -- —. strike twice in the some place. ______fl__ tL ^B______(.__^_^_^^ ' ~^ ¦——-dance-— modern... & square The Colby Dancers will be in concert in the If you go by Roberts Union this Thursday Strider Theatre, Friday and Saturday evenings, April Night at about 8:30 and hear phrases like "Down 15 and 16 at 8:00 p.m. the Center," "Swing your partner," "Balance four A broad spectrum of dance styles and moods in line," and "Ladies' chain" coming out of the / -art- — will be presented, including jazz, modem, impres- second floor window, it's not a group df students sionistic, and a period piece. Choreographers and dressed up in rubber suits and spreading crazy foam performers are Gayle Giguerre, Margaret Hannigan,. over each other with rubber spatulas in jig time. Harriet Loewenstein, and Linda Sullivan, along with ' Rather, it is another 10 cent square and contra dance . gallery.- dance instructor Tina Mitchell-Wentzel. Other dan- from the Messalonskee Folk Music and Chowder in the cers are John Edmark, Tod Heisler, Joel Horn, Ellie Society.' Klopp, Mindy Silverstein, and Madelyn Theodore. The music consists of reels, jigs, and hornpipes, The faculty exhibition of paintings by This year's performance promises to be dynamic, and the band is three fiddles; a mandolin, two banjos, Thomas Higgins and sculpture by Harriet unusual and quite enjoyable, so for $1.00 ($2.00 a hammer dulcimer, guitar, string bass, and a recorder. Matthews will be in the gallery through May 1. general admission), come see Waterville's best. All dances will be taught, so*no previous experience at contra dancing is necessary to work up a sweat and have a good time. Square dance sponsored by April 14, Thursday So, if you feel like dropping the books for a Messalonski Folk and Chowder So- The Coverdale Collection of Canadiana, while on Thursday night, and have an extra dime in an exhibition of selected paintings, drawings, ciety, Robins and Kurd Room, Roberts Union, 8 pm, ten cents your pocket, put on your dancing shoes and head and prints circulated by the Public Archives of over to Roberts for another 10 cent Messalonskee Canada will be in the gallery from April 9 Folk Music and Chowder Dance. And we promise, April 16, Friday Contra dance with the Morning through May 8. Star String BAnd, FossTMning NO rubber spatulas. Hall, 8 pm l*H____^______-M HBB»B« .BMH.___--HHMMMHMMSn _a______H •

music fil m film fare April 14, Thursday Colby Music Series Concert, Elaine Comparone, harpsichordist. April 14, Thursday Sunset Boulevard and High f un with dick and j ane Admission by subscription, 8:00 Plains Drifter, 7 pm, L 100 pm. in Given Auditorium April 15, Friday Repulsion by Roman Polanski, by Morgan April 15 , Friday School concert, 10:30 am and 7 and 9:30 pm, L 100 1:00 pm, Elaine Comparone Once in a great while, a movie is conceived for April 16 , Saturday The Last Detail starring . Jack no other reason than entertainment. A few social Nicholson, 7 and 9:30 pm, L 100 Noonday Recital, 12'30, Given statements are injected so as to place the viewer in * the proper frame of mind, but, on the whole, !e April 17 , Sunday Bang the Drum Slowly, 7 and 9:30 th , Sunday St. Laurence University Brass film is an escape — not pa confrontation. April 17 , L 100 Quintet, 8:00 pm, Given pm Fun With Dick and Jane is just such a movie; if you miss it, you won't be an outcast of the social SOBU presents a single showing April 20, Wednesday Cello recital - see Ann Meserrey of The elite of the film world — but, if you do see it, you performing works of Bach, Bee- River Niger, starring Cicely Tyson, James Earle are going to have a few runny moments to remember. thoven, Brahms, and Bazalaine at Jones, and Lou Gossett, on Saturday, April Dick and Jane offers a very attractive Jane Fon- 8-.0O pm, Given Auditorium 16, Lovejoy 100; charge of $1.00; 1:00 p.m. da, who is adept at dressing to accent the positive, "The River Niger is a slice-of-life por- and who is also a talented actress. For the females April 21, Thursday The Colby Band directed by trayal of survival in the ghetto of Watts, Los in the audience, George Segal (Dick) is not exactly Gorden Bowie and the Univer- Angeles. This motion picture version of Joseph quasimodo. The third leading character is none other sity of Maine - Orono Campus A. Walker's award winning play has a cast of than Johnny Carson's cohort, Ed McMahon, who por- Band directed by Fred Heath, outstanding characters — each of whom has trays the president of an aerospace corporation that performing individually and to- distinguished himself in Black Theater. The has been on the skids since the moon landings. , 7:30 pm, Wadsworth It takes a little while for the movie to get gether relentless struggle to escape the grasp of the ghetto holds a different meaning for each of the moving, but the wait brings about a few interesting moments towards the end. After falling victim to characters and inevitabl wmhb y the ultimate conclusion budget cuts and losing his $50,000 a year job, Dick is a violent one. The soundtrack written and begins with Jane to budget what income they are performed Featured artists on the weekend show for this week: by War is dynamic. 'Life in the ghetto able to muster, They are confronted with the reali- where the deck is stacked from the start is zation that their life is one credit account after ano- Saturday 16th at 6:05 - Kansas captured with force and sensitivity,' David ther, with no tangible assets to liquidate in order to offset Sunday 17th at 6:05 - Bob Dylan Sheehan, CBS-TV." the continual incoming flow of bills. Welfare and Food Stamps become a necessity. Crime is the next field of endeavor for Dick afternoon at 12:05 WMHB will air 4/17 Sunday and Jane. This is where the movie finally starts to concert of March the Colby Symphony Orchestra pick up. Dick and Jane find that they are inept at 20ti . Program includes; robbery, just as they are at saving money. Debussy - Prelude to "Afternoon of a Faun" _BSB_i5i_Mw_i_S-_BS_5^_5_^^^ _i__BE«-5ES-BB3BSS_SB__B_^ Mort fell asleep very early in the movie, rallied Man Persichetti - The Hollow The Beverage Warehouse about two thirds of the way through, and crashed Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy again before it ended. I wouldn't recommend this Betthoven— Concerto for piano, violin, and cello movie for the viewer who needs intellectual stimula- tion, but if you have a lack of something to do 4/17 Sunday evening ®l l :0O p.m. - The Album some night - why not try it. Burger King Road P - You also Hour - special on "Leftoverture" by Kansas. .S. 'll be glad to know that Spot makes a guest appearance which means all your child Canada Dry Ginger Ale 2/$.79 hood friends are alive and still amusing. 4/20 Wednesday evening ® 11.00 p.m. WMHB Barrel Head Root Beer 2/$. 79 will air the "Less is More" jazz concert recorded March 19th. ice Cubes & Blocks $.85

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Strider Statement continued from page four Well, yes, ultimately this responsibility does They are full voting members and generally ac- ty-five or so years of teaching, and all of them belong to those in authority. But we have known tive participants. Efforts are made to schedule are competent, some in an extraordinary dimen- for a long time at Colby that students, who have meetings when the student members can be pre- sion, in an academic discipline. All of them are a certain perspective that ho one else can sent, and if meetings are held away from Water- professionals in the educational world, and among share, are likely to view the college scene with ville (quite a few must be held in Boston, for the criteria in their being appointed in the first special insight. Who else is so keenly aware of example) the college assists the students with ex- place was their potentiality for contribution to the effect of living conditions on the atmo- penses of travel and sometimes travel arrange- academic statecraft. Wisdom usually grows, to a' sphere that we hope is conducive to learning? ments. degree, with experience, and the college draws Who else is likely first to discern growing ob- Seven students are chosen by the Student upon that wisdom as it adapts itself, year by solescence in areas of the curriculum? Who but Association to attend faculty meetings. They may year, to a changing world. a student knows whether it is easy or difficult regard this as a dubious privilege, for some fa- The students who are admitted to Colby to find what he needs in the library or the book- , culty meetings are tedious and prolonged. But were chosen primarily for their potentiality for store? the chair always recognizes them when they wish higher learning, and learning should be their pri- Once in a while I read in educational jour- to speak, and I can think of a good number of mary objective: the broadening of intellectual nals or the press an allusion to students as "con- occasions when student representatives have and creative horizons, in an atmosphere condu- sumers" or, much worse, "products." I prefer brought helpful ideas to the attention of their cive to social growth, good health, and friendly to think of them as colleagues and participants professors. ing numbers of students are chosen association with each other and with th ose who in a complex and extremely rewarding process. Vary teach and advise them. It is true that a college When students graduate from Colby, they are by the Student Association and two appointed , community is a cooperative enterprise in which greeted at Commencement as "non iam disci- by the President. The Rights & Rules Committee the broader the base of consultation, the like- puli sed socii." If they are to be regarded in has a student majority. Whenever there are spe- lier the soundness of policy-making. The final this light when the undergraduate procedures cial ad hoc committees (study committees, search decisions, however, are to be made by those who have been completed, it is only proper that they committees for important appointments, commit- have had delegated to them the responsibility be regarded with an appropriate dignity, and tees to make preliminary recommendations on for making them. taken seriously, during the years of residence. new building or renovation programs), it is our R.E.L.S. The president of a prominent college in another practice to involve student members. part of the country wrote an article during The Student Association itself has a num- some of the more difficult years on the cam- ber of significant responsibilities, one of the heav- puses entitled "How to Survive Though Surround- iest of which is total discretion as to the expen- Pres ident ' s ed by Students," or something like that. His first diture of the student activities fund (over $80,000). p age9 and most important word of advice was "Listen Their judgment as to the comparative worth of to them ." the many projects for which they receive requests Colb y Alumnus , It did not take two Constitutional Conven- is not infallible, but neither is the judgment of tions to convince most of us on the faculty the administration or the board in constructing Winter 1975 and in the administration that students ought to the college budget. be listened to. Let mc enumerate some of the It is highly instructive, indeed an educational ways in which students are listened to at Colby, benefit of the greatest importance, for students A few observations are in order with re- and let mc emphasize th at what they have to to .be involved , in the management and p lanning gard to the degree of student participation in say is taken seriously. for the future of an important entity like a col- institutional governance now customary at Colby. Each year two students are elected by their lege. But more than that, the college over and I have occasionally had inquiries frpm alumni as fellows to be representatives to the Board of over again has been the better for their contri- to why it is that students, who pay tuition (or Trustees. They do not vote, but neither do the bution. Time and again, innovations that have "their parents do) or who are on financial aid, or two faculty representatives, They do, however, - proved salutary have been originated by students, both, and who presumably have read the cata- have the full privilege of the floor, and they re- and sometimes brought to fruition through their logue before enrolling and who therefore have ceive all the written materials and hear all the efforts. It is a system to which the college.is have some iclea of the objectives and procedures discussions that full voting trustees have access to. committed, and its efficacy has been dem onstra- of the college before arriving, are encouraged to Several of the major board committees ted. Students do not "run the college.'" but nei- take part in the constant process of change . (Planning, Educational Policy, Buildings and ther does the "Board of Trustees. The constant that any healthy institution continually under- Grounds, Student Affairs) have two student contribution of both these extremities of the goes. Isn't change the responsibility of the admin- members each, appointed by, the Chairman of collegiate spectrum is essential if the college is istration, the faculty, and the Board of Trustees? the Board on recommendation of the President. to be well ran. *N photo by Harry Nelson 1976-7 Maine State Champs : Coach Gen e DeLorenzo, Mary Mitchell, J an Barker, Betsy Shillito, Lin da Alter, Amy Davidoff Clancy Chapin , Patty Valavanis, Leslie Harrison , J ill Waterman, Lori Brigham, Sarah Russell, Norma Boutet, Assistant Coach Boh Clarke; Kneeling — Co-Captains Robin Kessler and Terry Grassey.

in Division I hockey. He may feel that quick and continued success and eventual domination of CLARK BARKS Division II hockey will make attainment of that HOCKEY NE WS goal easier. Third, the vigor with which Harkness has exhibited in putting together an excellent hockey Freshman goalie Joseph Faulstich has been team may have been enhanced by voted most-valuable-player on the 1976-1977 Colby by Evan Katz directives and prodding from or a misunderstanding with the hockey team, and junior forward Thomas Scannell Union administration. has been named next year's captain. Union hockey coach Ned Harkness' two- Regardless of what comes out of this whole Sharing honors for m ost-improved-player week suspension expired early last week. Disci- debacle, one word describes it — unfortunate. are sophomore forwards David Surette and Law- plinary action, if any, will be announced short- It's unfortunate that for some colleges Division rence Sparks. The linemates earned the Norman ly by the college. Harkness, Union College Pres- II hockey has become a life-or-death matter. E. Walker Award. ident Thomas Bonner, and the Board of Trus- With millions of dollars being showered upon Back-up goalie Peter Ommerle, a senior, re- tees met in late March to discuss the matter baseball's recent crop of free agents, fans have ceived a new award citing "a team member who fully. become very intolerant of the mistakes of the best exemplifies a Colby hockey player." Harkness was suspended by Union for vio- financiers-to-be, particularly the more well known Next year's piicksters will see 20 lettermen, lating a New England Small College Athletic of the group . including three seniors and five juniors. (NESCAC) regulation which stipu- Conference "Produce or else," or expletives with roughly k_ __ ates that NESCAC member coaches cannot visit " equivalent meanings bombarded the Red Sox' prospective students in their homes. million dollar reliever Bill Campbell last week. Last November Harkness told President In consecutive .appearances he gave laudable Bonner that the April, 1976 violation did not imitations of Jerry Stephenson. Campbell was Ha rvey continued from page one occur. However, sworn affidavits, pressed for by devastated by Cleveland. He lost two games Williams College President John Chandler who re- and gave up 7 runs in 3 and 2/3 innings for an highest tribute a player can receive and Paul is ported the violation, forced Harkness to admit to ERA of 17.1 1 for those of you without access truly deserving. The honor is the high point in lying in November and visiting the player's home to a computer. a career, and the fact that he has another sea- in April. Paying customers don't like to see their son with us is an exciting prospect." "I lied, but I lied to save my hockey pro- money squ andered. They 11 bitch that they re Whitmore describes Harvey as being a "pure gram," said Harkness as reported in The Boston being robbed by owners who have paid ball- forward" who has improved his defensive play. Globe. He also called the NESCAC regulation players small fortu nes before they've set foot, "His ability to score and rebound make him the "stupid." on the field. dominant player in every game. He is an excel- Harkness' Nixonian philosophy has evoked the But despite being disgusted with the free lent outside shooter, powerful inside, and he re- the ire of other NESCAC colleges. agency, expansion, and astroturf that have tai- bounds against players his won size and bigger." Middlebury College President Olin Robison nished America's national game baseball fans Harvey ended the 1976-77 schedule with . last January cancelled Middlebury-Union hockey will probably attend ballgames in record numbers an average of 24.7 points and 15 rebounds, gi- games for "the forseeable future because of an this year, ving him a season's total of 593 and 360, respec- apparent incompatibility of philosophy and aims Two of the blemishes, expansion and free tively. A career output of 1,527 points makes him of athletic policies and programs between the agency, are blessings in disguise in that they have Colby's third-highest scorer , and his 881 career- two schools." aroused baseball interest in markets that have rebounds rank him fifth at the college. In addition, other NESCAC college person- been dormant in recent years. Early rumblings His high this season was 34 points against violations nel believe there may have been other in San Diego, Los Angeles (the Angel's terri- CBB rival Bowdoin. during the building of the Union squad which has tory), Toronto, Seatde, and Cleveland portend Recalling Harvey's play, coach Ray Biclc- compiled a 43—5—1 record in two years of Divi- banner years for those teams at the gate. nell of Bowdoin, Maine's collegiate coach of the sion II play. Baseball has become a less attractive game year, says ruefully, "I'll be glad wh en he gradu- There are however other factors behind in the last eight years. However, what people ates," Bicknell adds* "He is a very, very fine in- the entire mess that may have had untold fail to realize is that the demise of the sport basketball player, He works hard on rebounding ... fluence on the development of the Union hockey has not been characterized by the ridiculously both position-wise and timing-wise. He has a lot program. high ticket prices, reckless expansion, failing firan- . of assets. His shooting has a nice touch, par- First, the funding for Union's hockey pro- chises, playoff gimmicks and the limited fan ticul arly from the 20-foot range," gram is derived entirely from ticket sales, adver- appeal that has crippled professional hockey and Another of Harvey's attributes is coach- - rising, and ice rentals, among other things. The handicapped professional basketball, ability, says Whftmore. "He , is excellent to work finan cial health of Union hockey depends solely If one assumes that these five maladies with because he listens and really works at doing on ou tside sources, in a sense forcing the college can spell doom for a particular sport then base- what you ask him to do. Beside being an excel- to put a successful team on the ice. ball is safe, at least for now. But the next lent athlete, Paul is a fine young man and a good Sccond r Harkness wants Union to compete few years will tell aJot. Student." Colb y Nine Splits with Trinity - Dumps UMPG by Steve Roy After cancellation of the season's scheduled Martinez ended with 11 strikeouts, 1 base opener against Clark on Friday due to inclement on balls, only five hits allowed, and no earned weather, the Colby baseball team travelled to runs. Hartford over the weekend to face Trinity on Senior hurler _ob Keefe, who is making Saturday in some below freezing temperatures an exceptional recovery from recent knee surgery, Colby edged the Bantams in the opener, was the victim of some hard luck in the second 2-1, in eight innings behind the strong pitching game. Keefe turned in " three strong innings to effort of ace Rene Martinez, but dropped the begin the contest, but was hurt by three Colby second half of the twin bill, 7-5 , despite out- errors, one base on balls, and some cheap hits. hitting the hosts, 10-7. Keefe was relieved'by Co-Captain Tom Martinez hooked up with Trinity's Jim- Whittier, who is struggling with a sore arm, McGrath in a classic pitcher's duel for seven with one out in the fifth. Whittier threw well in scoreless innings. The Mules stranded eight base- the freezing weather, but was nicked for a run ruhners in these innings, but finally managed in th e inning, that run -being credited to Keefe. to break the scoring ice in the top of the In the end, Keefe was tagged with the loss eighth when they jumped on reliever Rick Ulu sk despite the fact that the seven runs he and Sophomore catcher Paul Spillane walked, Whittier allowed, only three of them were earned. stole second, and scored on Co-Captain Ed Colby's offense was supplied again by Ciampa's double to centerfield . Following an Spillane and Lewing, each with a double and UMPG out, Doug Lewing stroked a 3-2 pitch to right a single. Spillane had two runs batted in. Also, scoring Ciamapa. freshman Dave Harvey, the designated hitter The Mules received another fine pitching Trinity spoiled Martinez's shutout in th eir for the Mules in this game blasted a three run performance from sophomore Reid Cassidy bottom half when Dave Weselcouch tripled and homer in the fifth , and chippe'd in with a single on Tuesday against UMPG. He chucked a 4- socred on a passed ball. But Martinez ended and a base on balls. hitter while striking out 11 and walking 3 in stronb by striking out two of the next three going the distance. He was helped by double batters. plays as freshmen Tom Haggerty on second base and Bruce Anacleto at shortstop teamed up. Colby scored the winning run in the first ENT IRE J V PROGRAM IN JEOPARDY when leadoff batter and freshman centerfielder, Arite Sullivan , roped the second pitch of tli e game into centerfield for a triple. Bobby Clarke J V BASEBALL ELIMINATED continued on next page

by Evan Katz cerned," said Covell, "but it (not having a junior athletic program. Regardless of skill, freshmen varsity team) could hurt us in the future if we were forced to play on sub-varsity teams. The , when fresh- Elimination of the junior varsity sports pro- end up with m any upperclassmen as starters." feeder system worked well. However gram at Colby is being seriously considered. In a Covell has decided to work with a larger men became eligible for varsity competition the decision made last week by Athletic Director Ri- squad now that the junior varsity baseball team guarantee that sub-varsity teams would act as chard McGee and varsity baseball coach Waldo Co- has disappeared. He thinks this will help the team. feeders expired . vell the junior varsity baseball program was sus- "We'll carry twenty-five or twenty-six Talented freshmen began to displace less pended indefinitely. Decisions will be made players. This will add to the competition. Players gifted upperclassmen on varsity rosters. Upper- in the near future as to whether Colby's other will stay on their toes knowing that someone else class athletes quit their sport rather than play junior varsity sports, socc,er and basketball, will can step in. Also we can have scrimmages when at the sub-varsity level. Freshmen who played be maintained. we're not playing games," said the coach. sub-varsity sports for one year began to find it into varsity squads the following "We're considering total elimin ation of all Colby's junior varsity basketball team barely harder to break layers were taken fro m junior varsity sports," said McGee, "but a final survived the 1976—77 season. Just seven players year because returning p athletes from three classes rather than decision has not been made." remained on the team at the end of the season the best two as had been done in the past. The Athletic Director asserted that consider- It was necessary to persu ade one player to remain In many cases it became impractical , from ation of the cutbacks was not prompted by bud- on the team so the squad could finish the season the student's point of view, to play on a sub- getary pressures. " and not cancel several games that remained on the varsity team. "The lure of junior varsity teams Three factors have contributed to the demise schedule. vanished . Freshmen teams began to disappear of Colby's junior varsity sports teams in recent Finding suitable opponents for the junior further complicating the problem. Budgetary cut- years. Scheduling difficulties , a redu ction of stu- varsity basketball team was "easy" McGee said , backs made sub-varsity competition less inviting, dent partici pation at the junior varsity level , and however, the very fact that only seven sub-varsity if it existed at all. the failure of junior varsity teams to serve as basketball players finished the season has forced The princi pal ramifications of freshmen eligi- "feeders" to varsity squads have forced the Ath- the Athletic Department to decide whether the bility , decreased partici pation at the sub-varsity letic Department to examine closely the sub- team should exist in the future . level , and the decline of the feeder system , have varsity sports program at Colby. Of Colby's three remaining junior varsity been evident at Colby. A feeder is a sub-varsity team that supplies sports soccer was the only one to receive the Athletic Director McGee thinks the feeder die varsity team with capable players. Generally benefit of full student participation. Last fall' s system is "ideal " , but considering if has not worked a member of a feeder plays on a sub-varsity team team finished the season with about seventeen well with Colby's basketball team and is not now for all or most^. of a season before being ready players. practical with such y oung varsity baseball and for varsity competition. Despite the fact that the team did not suffer hockey teams elimination , or indefinite suspen- A lack of player personnel has forced the from lack of partici pation that has plagued the ju- - sion, seems to be the only feasible alternative. elimination of the 1977 junior varsity baseball nior varsity basketball team , its existence is in Reduction of the junior varsity sports pro- team. danger. does have some benefi ts McGee pointed Coach Covell said "there were not enough Athletic Director McGee has not yet spo- gram out. players for a decent jayvee team. We had to wait ken to soccer coacli Mark Serdjenian about the "N ow that there is no jayvee baseball team , until after the Florid a trip to sec how many fate of the junior varsity soccer" program , hut (to thcMacrosse team has a home," he said , refer- non-varsity p layers came back practice). Fou r indications are that increased scheduling problems ring to Crafts Field , situated on the east side of that were not chosen to be on the varsity came have hurt the team's chances of su rvival. the fieldhousc. The l acrosse team will have the down." M cGee admits that if Colby 's three remain- rights to that field during the spring. The l arge number of freshmen an d sopho- ing junior varsity sports teams are terminated , , In the fall the women' s; field hockey t eam mores named to the varsity team also contribu- "soccer would su ffer the most." will use the area. ted to the sudden cancellation of junior vars i ty The decline of juni or varsity sports teams is The elimination of the junior varsity sports baseball season. Normall y freshmen and sopho- not just limited to Colby. Colleges across the Uni- , will increase the amount mores make up the bulk Of the lower squad, ted States are encountering similar problems. program , McGee added of hours athletic fields and indoor facilities will This year however eight freshman and six • One of the most easily identifiab le causes be avai lable for intramurals and recreation. sophomores were placed on the va rsity squad. In was the National Collegiate Athletic Association 's It also takes some pressu re order for a junior varsity squad to be maintained 1972 decision which made college freshmen elig- off i f the Ath- letic Department's budget and reduces the work- > a large number of upper classmen would have had ible to compete in varsity sports. Before freshmen load of coaches so , they may concen trate more to have been willing to play sub-varsity base- were eligible to compete at the varsity level, ju- on varsity sports. ball. This did not happen. nior varsity, and in some cases, freshmen teams "This year it's the best for all people con- were essential for colleges to maintain a strong < Human Ecology Semester continued from previous page UMPG The Center for Human Ecology Studies is bio lec ture promptly responded with accepting applications from college and university a sacrifice fly that Dr. Christopher Lange of the University brought the fleet-footed Sullivan home. ; students for its second year of field experience of Rochester Medical Center will present a . The Mules added an insurance tally in the programs. Full-time internships are available in the summer, fall, and spring, all with ecologically-concern- lecture on "Aging and Radiation" Monday, April seventh when Haggerty bunted for a sing le, ed organizations in Maine. The Semester in Human 18, at 4: 30 p.m. in the Life Sciences Auditorium. Sullivan reached on a fielder's choice, and Ecology is offered in the fall and spring. Its com- On Tuesday, April 19 at 9=30 a.m. Dr. Clarice singled to left. The leftfielder threw ponents include twenty-eight guest lectures offered by Lange will present an open lecture on "Polarity the ball wildly to the infield for a two-base prominent members of Maine's ecology community, a and Differentiation" to the Developmental error as Sullivan scored again. half-time internship, a reading seminar and a community Biology class in LS207. Dr. Lange will be Besides the triple, specific topic Sullivan also chipped project. A Winter Term focusing on a available to speak with any students interested in with two singles. Hot-hitting Spillane is offered in January. an the study of radiation following the lectures. and Lewing followed with 2 hits apiece. Center programs are open to* all students with The Biology Department notes that Mon- Lewing presently leads the team with a a sincere interest in ecology and a willingness to ex- day's lecture is intended for non-Biology majors BA of .500 (5-10), while Spillane is 4-10 and ert themselves intellectually. Of a broadly multi- ss well as those majoring in Biology. Sullivan 5-11. Sullivan was the team leader disciplinary nature, the programs take up issues as Dr. Lange's visit is sponsored by the for the recent Florida trip with 14 hits in 37 much the province of the social sciences as the en- designed to provide American Institute of Biological Sciences. at bats for a .378 average with 9 ru ns scored. vironmental sciences. They are participants with a base of experience and knowledge V.• - J Colby faces some stiff competition this upon which they can make realistic educational, vo- weekend with Williams Friday and a doubleh eader cational and lifestyle choices. with Amherst Saturday. The home opener is The current catalog and an internship directory Education Courses scheduled for Monday against Boston College. are available in Doris Downing's office, 205 Eustis. Freshmen and sophomores interested in taking Game time is 3:00 p.m. A member of the Center staff will be on campus the "Sociology of Education" 213 course next fall Wednesday, April 20 to interview interested students should pick up an applicati on blank from Prof. Ja- and to answer questions about the program. He will ^ cobson, 114 Lovejoy, some time next week. be in room 206 Eustis from 3:30 p.m. on. Interested Dealing with an introduction to the field of faculty are also invited to come and ask questions. education in the U.S., the course also examines child- Men ' s L ac r osse rearing and schooling in the kibbutzim of Israel, the U.S.S.R., and the Peoples Republic of China . 213 by Peter Goodnow is open to interested students having a 2.5 average continued from page seven or better during the previous semester or overall. It energy is available to students, regardless of major, The 1977 Varsity Lacrosse team opened its season regardless of career plans, who wish to under- Tuesday against tough Plymouth State at home Additional measures could include the elimina- stand better the relationship between the school 3:0O baseball field) First-year head and society, at p.m. (JO tion of the use of clothes-dryers between the here and abroad, and to gain a coach John Krasnavage, along with assistants peak energy using hours of 4p.m. and 7 p.m. perspective on their own education. Russ Bankus and Aubrey Moore (Colby '76), Education 213 is the first course in a two-year Also, student reduction in overhead lighting have been putting the team through conditioning sequence of courses and field experiences for stu- when working at their desks, was highly recom- and dents who plan to make a career in pre-school, ele- and stickwork drills since early March, mended. have been working ha rd and are mentary school, special education, or special subject feels that they Since an overall project of this magnitude ' in good shape. teaching. It is also the first course in a three year will require much time and money, sequence Despite the loss of several key members the Com- which is designed for students who plan to mittee has laid down some basic priorities. become secondary school teachers in those subjects from the 1976 team, there are fourteen re- First off ,,'the academic buildings will be dealt authorized by the; State of Maine to be taught at ht freshmen turning lettermen combined with eig with before the dormitories. With this, each Colby College as part of the certification program. who are expected to play important roles this building must be considered a separate case, Finally, it is the first course for those stu dents in- season. Attack looks strong with senior Steve since a building like the Field House must terested in planning for a career in the Human Ser- ' White (back after a year's absence), returning ; be dealt with differently than the Infirmary. vices sector of the economy, and it is especially lettermen Gary McCarthy and Al Sheehy, and valuable to those students majoring in Psychology, It must decided with regard to the spending Steve Christophe. Sociology, and Human Development. freshmen Peter Crimmin and of fu nds, that if money must be spent priori- . Coach Krasnavage can call on three balanced A pre-school or elementary school field ex- ties will be storm windows and insulation midfields; freshmen Charlie White and Tim perience is available to those students who want to (i.e. thermo-paning New Dorms). Work has Cameron paired with senior Mike Bolduc; help children learn, want to check out career plans, already begun in an effort to procure Federal speedy Gibby Pitcaim and Shell Virden are want to learn more about problems of learning and Loans for energy saving projects. want to learn more about the relationship join ed by freshman Whit Symmes; and senior teaching, The last order of business of the school to society and the school to social Bill Gruber is teamed with freshman Henry was . a statement regarding the future of the Committee itself. agencies in the community , and want to learn more Kennedy and sophmore Gordon Hunziker. It was decided that the Committee would about the politics of schooling. Education 253, Field Captain Charlie Burch leads the- defensive continue its efforts by getting the cooperation Experience, is a two or three credit offering during corps that includes veterans Sandy Buck, of the people in the Colby Community. Through the fall. Stafford, and "Mad Dog" Johnston. Fresh- Interested students should contact Prof. Maril Jeff this full-scale approach , it is hoped that consi- yn Drops and Glenn Rieger will also see Mavrinac, 113 Lovejoy, for an interview any time men Jeff derable savings in energy can be made. lots of action. next week. With the graduation of 1976 Co-Captain Peter Shaw and sophmore Bob Pom eroy's trip to Japan, former midfielder David Raymond has He is backed up by senior ' j r^u _____ been moved to goalie. •' dMtf*^ vP••_. ____flr Peter Masterton. When asked about his evaluation of the upcomi ng season , Coach Krasnavage is opti- mistic. He states that the teams spirit is ex- 'cellent and th at it looked very good in pre- season scrimmages, moving the ball very well. "Plymouth State and Bowdoin , our first two games, will be very tough , with both teams highly ranked in the New England standings ." Capt. Burch agrees with this assesinent but adds that if Colby can play respectably in these two games, the team will be confident enough to gain more than its share of victories in the remainder of the season. In the opening game of the season, Colby lost 17-8 to a strong Plymouth State team. The game was a bit ragged, as both teams compiled numerous penalties. Colby was vie- , timized in the middle two periods when Ply- ^ mouth dominated play but outscored Plymouth Master 's...^(HP r Only 4i miisior nle-mukcr am lirew MtSur luy's (.'renin Ale. in the first and fourth quarters. Charlie White, ll Hikes knowledge llml ddCKn 'l come overnight Id develop ii ....rdy lmrw. Hold nnd invlgomiln ii . Rnhusi. Full-bodied , Yel Tim Cameron and Gary McCarthy each scored smnolli every sip nf Ihe w ny, " twice for the Mules; Steve White and Bill Gruber ¦*¦Only n muster eun brow the nmmii - sinil (he llnvor llml , notching the other tallies, *«—* McSorkyfe. i TheAleMastcrt Ale IfclWl. ll. ,0<*1|«IU * NwllUMP! Mll< . , . r — — , forei gn affairs forum

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value of hearing the perspectives of a party of the "socialist camp in 1948 were instrumen- by Nat Rosenblatt involved in this terribly complex and exasperating tal in aiding Israel militarily in 1948. The arrival situation. of Czech arms at this time was of vital importance The lecture portion of the program was to Israeli forces. This is but a minor reflec- On Monday evening, the Third World devoted to portraying the PLO version of the tion of the complexities of the conflict. Cultural Program presented "Palestine: The historical background of the Palestinian National It is important to mention that the views Palestinian Perspective." The presentation included Movement. It depicted events leading up to presented Monday night were not fully repre- a film and a lecture by two members of the sentative of those of other Palestinians. This writer Committee of Palestinians in New England. has met many who accept the existence of The families of the two speakers, Alia Israel and are thus willing to seek a compromise el-Musa, left Palestine "Special wrath was reserved for Arasoughly and Sharif solution. It seems that the only peaceful conclu- Arasoughly s King Hussein. . . when Israel became a state in 1948 . Jordan' " sion to this long and painful conflict must grew up in Beirut while el-Musa was raised in come from su ch compromise, and that the a refugee camp near , on the West Bank Jericho barriers of distrust and . outright hatred must of the Jordan River. Both have spent about Israel's establishment in 1948, using vocabulary be broken. This is the greatest challenge present five years in the United States. and concepts usually not associated with the in the Middle East. The speakers presented the views espoused situation. Reference to Zionism's so-called It is hoped that at some point in the future by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), "exploitation of Palestine's feudal society" and the Third World Cultural Program will present their major point being that they advocate the to Arab "bourgeois cooperation with the im- an Israeli perspective of the conflict. Exposure establishment of a "democratic, secular and perialist British'* certainly do not present the to these various points of view are essential be- progressive state" in Palestine. Israel would usual picture one has of this period. fore any intelligent evaluation of the situation become part of this state and thus no longer This portrayal differs from the more can be made. In the meantime, students are exist as a Jewish national home. While this common Arab view on several important points. urged to attend the upcoming programs con cern- viewpoint is considered radical and is unaccep- The war which started between Israel and the ing Latin America, China and Africa. These are table to many, it is important that anyone surrounding Arab states moments after Israel rare opportunities for learning which should not seriously studying the situation in the Middle declared her independence was described as a be missed. East be exposed to this line of argument. series of "theatrical battles." Few Arab states would agree with this evaluation, saying instead that th ey were fighting to help the Palestinians " 'The Key' presented the theme and that they would have won had it not been THIRD WORLD that everyone has a home but tSie Pales- for "Western imperialist" aid to Israel. tinians. . ." Palestinian distrust of Arab governments CULTURAL was made quite clear, and the speakers clearly resented efforts by various states to use the The program began with a Palestinian pro- Palestinians as a tool to further their own ends. PROGRA M paganda film , The Key, presenting the theme Special wrath was reserved for J ordan's King that everybody has a home but the Palestinians. Hussein, whose actions in 1970 against the PLO Purporting to represent the "living environment did little to endear him to that organization. Pros p ects f or of the Palestinians," the film was not the Indeed , any Jordanian association with any ultimate specimen of objective , documentary hypothetical Palestinian state is considered out Revo reporting. It concentrated on life in refugee of the question to these Palestinians. lution camps, a life which by any standards is wretched. If this program was truly representative Bill and Kathy Durham of the University It did-not delve deeper, however, and tell us of current PLO attitudes, prospects for the of Michigan will be. speaking at Colby on why these camps, most of which are in Arab future can hardly be regarded as bright. Dis- "Underdevelopment and the Prospects for Revo- countries, still exist twenty-nine years after agreement exists concerning the character of lution in Latin Am erica." The lecture will be their establishment. A tilted view of life in the the basic conflict: Israel views it as a struggle on Wednesday, April 20, 4:30, in L215. territories occupied by Israel in 1967 was pre- to legitimize' her existence as a state while the Bill Durham is a cultural ecologist who has sente d, and little mention was made of those Palestinians see it as a fi ght to maintain their done extensive research in Costa Rica. Kathy Palestinians who have long since left the camps national identity. The speakers rejected any Durham is a political scientist who has studied and started life anew or of those who remained long term arrangement which would permit peasant organization in Peru. in Israel after its formation. the continued survival of a Jewish state. This The lecture is part of the Third World The film portayed astounding oversimpli- is clearly unacceptable to the Israelis, who say Cultural Program, this week focusing on L atin fications. For example, the 1956 and 1967 that history has clearly demonstrated the need America. Arab-Israeli wars were simply noted as "further for a Jewish Homeland. Israeli terror and expansion." However, such When asked how the PLO planned to accom- views arc to be expected in a film of this nature, plish its objectives , the speakers stated that Film: and should not detract from the educational its methods are both military and political. State of Sei ge _ __ ¦ ¦ HHH M *** .^^' '' ^'**''^_. ! !¦ --.----.•.... Arab countries were expected to help out, while RUMME LVSiuek Bar A Ice Cream even greater support was anticipated from the One of the most controversial films of "socialist camp" - the USSR, China and Eastern recent times, State of Siege, will be shown on European nations. Studfents of the Middle East Monday., April 18, at 7 p.m. in L100. ¦ will notice something ironic here: members Directed by Costa-Gavras (Z) and written ______&* i^^^ HH S. op*" W^SKKSh ^fff ^KKBlNOW! by Franco Solinas (The Battle of Algiers), f___H___5«v ¦ ____B___^*rema _i_____H___ the film is a tense drama of political violence ^ iH ^K^ in Latin America. Inspired by the 1970 poli- ImSSmbs^SF ^ tical kidnapping and killing of an American f __ra__35____R'_nM Season kl Corey political advisor in Uruguay, State of Siege fSj is an overlapping of journalism and fiction which ^ "mSm^^ ^^Os^ ' I M usk Center depicts the nature of the U.S. role in fore ign countries and the manner by which national •v»ry thing self-interest can evolve into repression , terror, HAVE YOU TRIED THE " in and torture. BATTING CAGE AT music " The film was produced in Chile and 99 Main St. 8t2<5622 France in 1972 and released in the U.S. in 1973.

RUM MEL'S ______j , , , The Wadsworth-Longfellow House needs tour guides for this summer, from June to September. Al- ($92. per week) is less than a student foreign gtudy though the salary er could earn ^n anoth job, there are certain unique compensations such as direct" involvement in historic Students contemplating study abroad next year „ crib preservation,.opportunity to meet visitors from all (1977-78) must have their applications in the hands over the world, and having every weekend off of the Committee on Foreign Study no later than More details at Career Counseling Office. April 15 for their consideration. notes Those planning to apply for any program of- of European Studies are re- Wanted for summer: Commodity Options fered by the Institute minded that application for the program must be re- Salesman, Boston, high income, fascinating work. ______= ; 4 ceived in the-Chicago office by April 15. Applica- See Mr. Weaver, 1 L 110 tions received after this date will only be considered summer jobs subject to the "availability of space. Excellent sailing instructor job at Linekin Bay ot her jobs Several grants for summer study in Mexico Resort in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. Assisting on a during the coming summer are available through the schooner, ferrying guests, and conducting sailing re- Committee on Foreign Study and Student Exchange The New York State Government announce gattas involved as well, but the salary d a Programs. . Application forms can be obtained from is very good . . list of career openings in research services, room and board ^ recently. Professor Cauz, 329 Lovejoy and must be file d no plus $1020 for the season. Trainee salary is about $10,118. Come to Career later than April 15, 1977. Counseling Office for more information. The Mount Desert Island Youth Hostel in Bar Harbor Maine is seeking houseparents for the season.. AND Must be married. Deadline is EXCHANGE PROGRAMS WITHT POMONA, PITZER April 25th for applic- semester exchange programs ation. Applications for Babysitting job for a mother who works a with the colleges named above are due by April 15 , swirig shift and needs a sitter for two boys for the exchanges are onya one-for-one basis, Appalachian Mountain Club is looking for a full 1977. These 3-11:00 shift and the 11:00-7:00 shift. Salary is all fees are paid to Colby, and financial aid (if the ap- I time cook for its Cardigan Lodge in the White Moun- $5 - $7 per night for five or six nights. plicant ineligible) continues as if the student were tains, New Hampshire. Come to Career Counseling Office for information attending Colby. Good academic standing; approval of the major department and junior status required. Health Consultants Inc. has an opening of sum- Planning or Research Assistant/Intern., Applications available from Doris Downing, 205 Eustis. mer consultant which is an on-the-job training and experience assignment. Will travel alot and must Cleveland, Ohio, Federation for Community Plan- have car. Salary is from $169 per week up. ning. See Mr. Weaver, L 110 contests

Two job openings are available, one with New The Department of Philosophy and Religion an- Counselor needed; New England Music Cam., England Telephone and one with Dead River Com- nounces its annual competition for the John Alden Oakland, Me. See Mr. Weaver, L 110 pany. Both are in business. Come to the Career Clark Essay Prize in Philosophy and Religion. Essays- Counseling Office for details. of any length written for any purpose on any topic in philosophy or religion are eligible, but they must be Swimming instructor at Buzzard's Yacht Club, in submitted on clean typed copy . The principal criterion Pocasset, Mass. is needed. Must have Sr. Life Saving of the prize essay is "marked originality." The deadline Certificate and W.S.I., sailing ability helpful and ability for submission is April 18. ' Essays may be submitted to run a regular Red Cross Program. Contact Carl stu dent teaching to any faculty nenbr \ < the department. Nelson (a student here at Colby) for additional infor- mation. Salary is $800 for the season. Juniors who wish to complete their secondary school teaching preparation by enrolling in Education The Department of English announces that 441, 442 next year should pick up an application blank seven cash prizes will be offered to students Camp specialist, Camp Marlin, Windsor, Ct. in any time during the coming week. N.B., Cooperating the spring of 1977 for original writing of merit: e, negotiable salary; see Mr. Weaver, Starts in Jun teachers are assigned on a first come, first serve L 110 basis, and an early application is advisable. The Mary Low Carver Prizes for Poetry Prerequisites for Education 441,442 are an ave- Camp Counselor and Instructor for student rage of B or better in a commonly taught secondary For women: First Prize: Fifty Dollars with natural resource/biology background. Green school subject which the Maine State Department of Second Prize: Tzuenty-five Dollars Mtn. Conservation Camp, Haiduick, Vt. $100/wk. Educational and Cultural Services authorizes Colby More info in Career Counseling Office (see Mr. College to offer as a major and successful comple- For men: First Prize: Fifty Dollars Weaver). tion of the preliminary courses and field experiences Second Prize: Tiaenty-ftve Dollars in Education. _ t Applications are available from Prof. Jacobson Librarian's assistant, Western Montana College, The Solomon Gallert Short Story Prize D illon , Mt. Various duties, see Mr, Weaver, L 110 in 114 Lovejoy. First Prize : Fifty Dollars Lab Technician (chem. or bio.), Marine Second Prize: Tiventy-five Dollars Colloids, Inc., Rockland, Me., competitive. j ob oid See Mr. Weaver, Ll 10. The Elmira Nelson Jones Essay Prize (for a familiar or formal essay) RECRUITERS COMING SOON ... i _ The Youth Conservation Corps (a Federally Thirty Dollars : funded program) has several staff positions open for April 15 Digital Equipment Contest Rules its 1977 camp season. The openings include Work April 21 U.S. Navy Project Director, Crew Leader, Camp Cook, etc. The April 28 Readak Educational Services salaries range from $1000 for the first two jobs. ' All manuscripts must be received on or before See Career Counseling Office for more information. See Career Counseling Office to sign for inter- April 18, 1977. Manuscripts may be given to any mem- view time. ber of the English Department. There are no restrictions of subject or length in any category. Contestants may submit as many VOCATIONAL INTEREST SEMINAR compostions as they wish. Each contestant must submit a carefully typed copy of each manuscript April 20, 7 pm in the Smith Room: "Opportunities and each manuscript must carry the name of the in the Newspaper Industry" author; BBB IN Winners will be announced at Recognition MAURI CE S Dinner in the spring, f ' ¦> Happy Hours MARKET THE IIVP QRIViATION IIOWl 40 Elm St °MtUaiM'* *°*dl Dri nks iuu\ Drafts 1/2 pr ice ORDERS TO TAKE OUT Every M onda y — Fri day, 3 - 4 p.m. *"" • „ . Impor ted Cbeeu WiW tt *U*»-D*fwoai if Ham **"£ *? "!! "? 1< *Cubit > Beet-Ak S *mMcb*s wb$e ¦*- WW Restaur ant open 6 p,m, -2 a.m. Stm-nmn. FrlAS * *- 1*30- 1 hOO *,S0~i2,00 v . y Give us an hour , We'tl give you the world stu-o news senio rs ATTENTION: If you arc interested in living in Foss or Woodman next year, please let us The "position of the vice-presidency of the know. You can start signing up to live here on class of 1979 is now open . Nominations will Wednesday, April 14th - the list is on the bul- be opened on April 17th and be open for a letin board just outside Nominations for the CON DON ME DAL the dining hall. You week until April 24th. You can pick up no- must sign up by 8:00 p.m. on Monday the 18 th. SE N IOR C LASS SPEA KE R are due and the mination papers at the main circulation desk At that time the list is final and you are com- tonight. Please fill out the sheets and drop in the library. Papers must be returned by mitted to live here. Number Draw will be from them at the intercampus mail slot in Roberts. April 24th to the box at the circulation desk. 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 19th , It is very important that you participate, in and rooms will be picked on Wednesday, April order that those who are on the ballot re- 20th starting at 6:30 p.m. Further information present a consensus of the class. DO IT RIGHT will be posted on the bulletin board. AFTER DINNE R ! ! As the Roberts Student Union moves toward completion, many policy decisions on the use of the. Chris, Noonan Student Union will h ave to be made. These decisions Head Resident, Foss include general policy as well as office assignments for student organizations. aching commencement the As. it is appro The Roberts Union Committee was established to The Colbyettes will be holding auditio ns ing to finalize va- aid the Director of _ tudent Activities in senior class officers are help making the for all parts next Tuesday and Wednesday. If • lans for Senior Week. We will be setting many policy decisions. There is one opening availa- rious p you're unsure, come here us sing in the Spa next week in Miller Libra ry: ble on the Committee. Desireablequalities are: a, up a bulletin board on Sunday at 9:00 p.m. For more information we would appreciate your suggestions for activi- knowledge of student activities and/or an interest in call Donna Dee ext. 416, Dana 116. ties during that week. (May 23 — 27) seeing a well run, lively student union. The position In addition to a student - faculty cock- will last for the remainder of this year and all of next tail party and a senior class day, a senior din- year. active ner-dance has been planned for April 30th. Because the Committee will become quite the new member must be appointed Here is the schedule that has been proposed: as of this month, Contact Lens Wearers — by April 15. Anyone interested in serving on the com- mittee is requested to contact Sid Mohel, Committee Save on Date: Saturday, April 30 your hard and soft lens supplies. Chairperson, at Ext. 533 as soon as oossible. Send 13 cent Place: The fieldhouse or Dana** stamp for price list. Contact Lens Attire: Get decked! ! Supply Center, 341 E. Camelback, Phoe- nix, Arizona 85012. Time: 6:00 - Cocktail hour. 7:00 - Dinner 9:00 — Boogie with R.P.'s band fo lk music Come alone or bring a friend! Surveys concerning health services at Colby ** depending upon number attending. - If you can sing, playa n instrument, or will be made available to any student who was not make people laugh here's your chance to stardom. ' If there are any suggestions please con- selected in the random stratified sample three weeks SPA DAY is Friday, April 29. PUB ago. They will be found at the main desk next week. tact one of us as soon as possible. NIGHT is that night. If you want to perform Phil Bruen (364), Delva King <319), please contact Qaiser Khan for daytime sche- Janet McLeod (319), Jeff Sanderson (235). duling, and Paul Roy for evening performances. There are plans for an "untalen t" contest and an imitation contest. If you "are interested National B'nai Brith Hillel is sponsoring a areas of inter- contact Qaiser or Paul at 873-2321 for the week long summer seminar in four students. We can sponsor a -limited There will be a senior class meeting next imitation contest, 4nd Josh Teichman for the est to Jewish number of students, so if interested, please call week on Thursday. Time and place will be an- "untalent" contest. as soon as possible. (534) nounced sometime earlier during the week. Prof. Jacobson ran d om

available FOR SALE : 1974, 550 Honda. Fast, clean, Clarification: There is housing Foss-Woodman and CCS would like to an- week for $800. Call John G. (5 10). on the campus during commencement . noumce that we are now accepting candidates for all seniors who are presently in residence. There .the position of Dorm Chairperson. Since the po- is not housing available for guests that week. sition involves chairing the steering group of the center as well as the dorm, this position is open For Rent: 2 bedroom , clean, conveniently located to any Colby student regardless of where he/she apartment to sublet for summer. $165/month. Call lives. If you are interested in the position please Carol at 873-4958 or at ext. 372. sign up at the center office in Woodman by Mon- Next Years Seniors interested in Wats on. Fellowship day, the 17th of April. The Election will be held for 1978 - 79. There will be a meeting in Lovejoy at Foss-Woodman Room Selection on the 208 on Tuesday, April 19 at 4:30 p.m. 20thi of April. The Election "is open to all who LOST: One pair sunglasses in case, black frame; will be living in Foss-Woodman next year but lost at hockey rink. Reward. Contact Dave <5 50). the position is open to any Colby student.

Sophomores class meeting Thursday, April 14, Dana Lounge, 6:30 p.m. Zeta Psi is sponsoring "Pie in the EYE" LOST: glasses in a red case, Jenny, x. 565. for Spring Carnival. For information contact Dan Fitzgerald or Doug Norton at ext. 556.

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I was asked to wnte an article on energy. power for the more distant future. Nuclear people matrix with which we are dealing. Nuclear I find that I cannot do that without, at least reactors are unsafe, and in particular, they lead reactors generate large quantities of plutonium, which, in part, writing about people too, or at least to two utterly unacceptable problems: the besides being necessary for the breeder program using my current concept of them. People use energy, generation of plutonium and proliferation of the technology ~we have developed in this country, and it is on people that we must continue to is one of the most toxic materials known. Plu- tonium oxide forms an aerosol depend as problems about energy arise in the which, inhaled in tonium oxide fro future. You'll see what concerns me in a moment We are begi ni g to thi k abo n n n ut the minute quantities, remains in the lungs and induces We live in an historically anomalous century problem, but our thi nking is warped by our immediate history. cancer. A few pounds of plutoniutn can be formed The only long-term source of energy of any into an atomic bomb in a few days' time. And the consequence available to mankind is the sun waste products of reactors are unbelievably radio- in one form or another. We can capture its active. They must be stored in such a way that they radiant energy on earth in a variety of natural the back-yard atomic bomb and the enormous are utterly separated from contact with human kind ways (photosynthesis, hydropower, wind power, increase in inventory of radioactive waste materials for tens of thousands of years. solar heating) or artificial ways' (photoelectric that must be stored and protected for tens of . What guardian am I to trust who is that de- conversion, • solar thermal generators). Perhaps, thousands of years. pendable? I'm just not sure enough of people's if things go well, thermonuclear fusion will A second school of thought contends that judgement in the people-energy matrix. There can be controlled and we can burn the oceans as nuclear power is the coming thing — it's nece- never be a failure. But we all have clear evidence the sun does its hydrogen supply. One way ssary. Not every nation has coal, and we can't that judgement of the majority is sometimes fallible. - The last elected Vice President was Spiro Agnew. or another, the onl long-term answer is the sun ' y With radioactive wastes there can be never a slip — or its energy generating process. not one. It would be irreparable. Of course here I am ignoring the serious problem that, even if that dedicated priesthood of guardians could be found to One way or another,, the only long-term answer is the sun or its energy generating pro- cess. A fe\y pounds of plutonium can be formed into an atomic bomb in a few days' time.

An intermediate-term answer to the ques- y could be nuclear fission. tion of energy suppl protect the wastes from theft or sabotage, no one With active use of breeder reactors, we have a knows how to store them safely. several hundred year supply of fuel. We can use This essay probably seems a little ethereal, becaus such low-grade uranium ore economically that it is concerned with middle and long range solutions of we are in effect burning the rocks. It might the energy crunch, and largely neglects the immediate make a mess of our landscape, but the energy problems. That is in part true, but it is also saying - is available via this route. or trying to say - that the fossil-fuel aspects of the "— transitory As has been said so often before, the anomaly energy problem are, no matter wh at we do they make us near-sighted, and it would be-wise to is that we live in a fossil fuel-burning century. put much more effort into long-term solutions because, Our vision is distorted by that odd fact. that is where the pay-off is, and the sooner we can There is another anomaly in this century. reach pay—off. the better off we'll be. It seems that for the first time large numbers of peop le are beginning to think about the photo by Susie Gernert future of energy use on the planet. Mindless P.S. These thoughts were written down in the mid- dle of the first week of April, before the President's rely on fusion or solar power. No one has been decision to halt plutonium reprocessing and breeder There is another anomaly in this century. killed by a civilian reactor yet, so the safety development was announced. It's gratifying to hear It seems that for the fi rst time large numbers argument is nonsense. And as for radioactive that this major change in our policy will be effected. of people are begi nn i ng to thi n k abou t the wastes: we already have them from the weapons It is now all the more urgent to support solar power future of energy use on the planet . program, so what's the difference? It's only research in its many facets, as well as controlled a matter of quantity. Lastly, with respect fusion research, because ordinary nuclear reactors to fears about sabotage or theft of materials: are at best another temporizing response. There's was, waste is not as commonplace as it once proliferation can't be stopped by our being an not enough uraniurn for very long-term use of or- though change to serious conservation takes time. ostrich and refusing to build reactors. Oth er dinary reactors, and even ordinary reactors breed plu- In the search for answers most attention nations will build anyway . tonium, though not in as large quantities as breeder has been paid to the short-term responses (I Still a third point of view is one that reactors do, and it's called a waste product in the or- reprocessed. cannot call them solutions) to the energy essentially refuses to make a choice now. It keeps dinary reactor case, unless the wastes are supply problem — those that deal with fossil options open and encourages both use of coal , though So ordinary reactors have many of the disadvan tages fuel. This temporizing with techniques that can and few of the advantages of breeder reactors. Their be useful at most for a few decades, meanwhile main advantage is that their plutonium , being classi- ified as waste, is not separated and recycled, so is.. using up precious petrochemical feedstock merely not handled as much, and is less subject to theft or as fuel is, I think, a reflection of those two There is adequate coal for the near term , misappropriation for weaponry. anomalies. We are beginning to think abou t the and promise for fusion and solar power for the more While we may be forced to depend on fossil problem , but our thinking is warped by our distant future . fuels for a few more years, it is a short-lived blip immediate history. on what must be the continuum from pre- Considerable attention has been given to not so much as to induce a greenhouse effects and history to as far into the future as we can middle-term solutions, which arc three in number nuclear power generation, though not so many reac- foresee of our u ltimate dependence on the sun. — all at odds. There is one school of thought tors as to have too great a risk of catastrophic fail- On the cosmic scale of time, there simply is that would halt all production of power by ure - a cautious appraoch. no other energy source (if we can enlarge our nuclear reactors of any type. According to this My own inclination is to side with the first definition to include its provess, as well), and point of view, there is adequate coal for the point of view. The reason is that it is on people that we'd better recognize and start living with the near term, and promise for fusion and solar we must depend as problems arise, It is an energy- fact. i