Ithaca College Digital Commons @ IC The thI acan, 1967-68 The thI acan: 1960/61 to 1969/70 10-27-1967 The thI acan, 1967-10-27 Ithaca College Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/ithacan_1967-68 Recommended Citation Ithaca College, "The thI acan, 1967-10-27" (1967). The Ithacan, 1967-68. 8. http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/ithacan_1967-68/8 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the The thI acan: 1960/61 to 1969/70 at Digital Commons @ IC. It has been accepted for inclusion in The thI acan, 1967-68 by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ IC. ",; HEI AWeekly Newspaper, Published by and for the Students of Ithaca College. Vol. 40-No. 8 Ithaca, New York Friday, October 27, 1967 Beeler Gives Safety Largest Parents W eekeltlld! Final Perform.ance Division I Crowd Expected Today -t\s Conductor Head by Barbara Stein P a r en ts' W eek e n d 1967 promises to be exciting and Resigns worthwhile. The parents will be able to note the student life in John Brown, Ithaca College general, p o p u l a r student ac­ Dean of Students, has announced tivities and centers of activities, the resignation of Ed O'Mara as and the progress of the building head of the College's Safety Di­ program. vision. l\Ir. Patrick Hanna, Weekend O'Mara's departure came in a Coordinator, believes that t h i s letter of resignation to Dean will be the largest Parents' Week­ Brown on October 20, 1967. He end I.C. has ever had; approxi­ had been head of the independ­ mately 2000 parents and friends ent division since it's formation are expected to visit the campus. in 1961. Prior to that the early The program this year is the south hill campus had been pro­ most elaborate yet. It is the first tected by the Pinkerton Protec­ time· that the concert and play tive Service. will be given both nights. The While O'Mara was Chief t h e Concert Band, conducted by division was significantly expand­ Walter Beeler, Assistant Dean of ed personnel and service wise, to Music, will perform at 8:15 Fri­ match the growth of the college's day and Saturday nights. Satur­ Photo by Bill Yerkes Photo by Bill Yerkes student body. day night will be the last .time David Epstein Jim Oakes As to the reason for O'Mara's that Dean Beeler will be on the sudden departure Dean Brown podium before he retires. An gymnasium President Howard will be Bill Schwab, Biology '68, had no comment. He did say how­ open rehearsal of "Tevya and His Dillingham will welcome the Tom Pandick, Accounting '69, ever he was now actively seeking Daughters" will also be per­ parents. There will also be an in­ Jess Nadelman, Radio.TV '68, a new Chief. Applicants are be­ formed at 8:15. Tickets for both formal get together of the and Alex Block, Business Ad­ ing considered both among the performances will be issued on a parents and faculty, where the ministration '68. present officers, and from quali­ "first come, first served" basis parents will be able to get ac­ A smooth dance from' 9-12 in fied people outside the college. during registration. quainted with the faculty mem­ the gym proved to be the m o s t Brown did tell the Ithacan be Saturday at 10:00 a.m. in the bers. popular activity, according to the has a suggestion from the present Provost Robert Davies will replies of the parents. Dem Bick, officers as to who among the moderate a panel discussion on Music Education '70, of Phi Mu incumbent group would be quali­ As part of Saturday mornings "The Changing Values of College Alpha, will head the combo. fied; · he is talcing the sug­ Parents Weekend festivities a Education" given by faculty A luncheon Saturday and soc­ gestion under advisement. panel composed of students and and student members. Dean cer and football games are also The college's safety division of­ faculty will discuss the editorials Brown, Dean of Students, Profes­ on the schedule. fice, represented by Mrs. Donnel­ and suggestions for changes In sor John Harcourt of the English Dave Epstein, Accounting '68, ly, office secretary, refused to re­ Ithaca's academic atmosphere Department, Professor Harold and Jim Oakes, Math '69, are co­ lease any information concerning that appear on page four and five Emery of the History Depart­ chairmen for the weekend. Jim is O'Mara's resignation. of this edition, ment, and Prof-essor Alvin Knep­ "looking forward to a wonderful per of the Political Science De­ weekend and hopes that students, Welter Be'eler partment will represent the facul­ parents, and friends will all have ty. The participating students a most enjoyable time." Walter Beeler, one of the most tributed articles to music jour­ widely known band directors in nals. His numerous published the country, will make his final volumes on methods and tech­ College Costs appearance as conductor of the niques, original compositions and I Chris Steele Ithaca College Concert :Band in arrangements for band are well a free public concert at Walter known ,throughout the country. Spiral Rapidly Ford Hall Saturday evening of With· the Ithaca College Band by KEVIN CONNORS New Copy Editor Parents Weekend. , ... and the professional Golden -----, Chris Steele, a sophomore from Beeler, who has led the Ithaca Crest Band he has made record­ Readers of this paper are i m p o r t a n t than the course Niagara Falls, N.Y., has recently College bands for 35 years will ings, which are widely distri­ among those most involved in the (especially when the course is been named Copy Editor of the give up the Concert Band in buted, and one, the Ithaca Col­ problems of higher learning, one totally out of your major Ithacan, The appointment was order to devote more time to his lege Development Series, is used however, as students the immedi­ field and is simply "required") officially made Wednesday eve­ ork as Assistant Dean of the by schools and branches of the ate problem of obtaining an edu­ finished off with a lovely sheep­ ning, October 18, by editor-in­ School of Music, a position which armed services as a training cation, and as parents the prob­ skin that unlocks many doors chief Alex Block. he has held since 1963. medium. lem of paying for it usually over­ "outside". Sadly the knowledge The responsibility of the copy A member of the Ithaca Col­ Among his former students shadows the underlying prob­ factories have begun to take over editor is to supervise the c o p y lege faculty since 1930, Beeler who are prominent in the music lems that affect education today. and many students are forced to readers and to make sure that received bis education at the Col­ field are Lt. Col. Arnald Gabriel, Unless something can be done obtain the type of education they all typographical errors are lege, New York University, in ·charge of all Air Forces music education will remain in the want in spite of a school and its eliminated from the copy. Chris Northwestern and ComelL He bas throughout the world and con­ same pattern it has in the past, course requirements rather than has been working on the Ithacan served as a visiting instructor at ductor of the Air Force Sym­ and this has produced some because of them. since last semester as a proof­ the University of Michigan, Hartt phony Orchestra and Air Force alarming results. For instance, in Schools too are hard hit reader. She served on the make­ Conservatory, Ernest Williams Band in Washington; Major Rob­ the last 15 years while the aver­ especially by the financial aspects up staff also. Band Camp and Sul Ross College ert Bierly, former director of age cost of food, clothing and of educating. Unfortunately the Chris took part in WA.I\. Texas. He has directed band the Army Ground Forces Bands; shelter has risen 22%, the cost methods of overcoming these fencing. She has also just been ~ 'nics and judged band contests William I. Musser, president of of a college education has risen problems have caused new prob­ named to eZta Sigma Nu, the at colleges and high schools from NYSSMA and professor at Pots­ by 60%. Tuition and fees alone lems, usually for the students. freshman honorary fraternity. coast to coast in many states and dam; Don Wallace, dean of the have risen by 90% and the total As Stanford's Roger Freeman has Photo by Erlo Shepard She stated, "I know that this Canada, and he has guest con­ College of Education at Drake cost is now rising at a rate of stated ''The education establish­ Chris Steele position has much responsibility ducted the All-State Bands of University in Iowa; Harry Carney 5% per year. ment has tended to resist change attached to it, but I am very pleased with the appointment, ew York, Maine, New Hamp- of Miami High School, Florida; What are the effects on col­ and introduced major innovations OF SPECIAL INTEREST shire, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Professor Carl Wickstrom of leges and students, of the rising only with great reluctance under and will try my hardest to com­ IN THE ITHACAN plete all the work." irginia, Oregon and most re- Ithaca College; Frank Battisti of costs, the Tising attendance, the heavy pressure." For example, THIS WEEK cently Maryland. Ithaca High School; and John lack . of teachers and the ever until recently most colleges had Professor Beeler holds mem­ Engelmann, percussionist of the increasing size of the body of no long range economic plans.