The Trinity Tripod Volume LXXIII, Issue T Trinity College, Hartford/ Connecticut Tuesday/ October 22, 1974 Enrollment Down Graduate Program Runs In The Red by Wenda Harris does well financially, but taken together of their employees' graduate educations at departments. The Trinity College Graduate Studies with the fall and spring semesters, the Trinity. The poor state of the economy has The 1974 grad program offered 40 courses. Program has problems. According to Paul program as a whole is running in the red. reduced that number to a few. Un- A total of 69 courses are offered in the 1974- Smith, chairman of the graduate com- "This is happening all over the country," he fortunately, the graduate committee can do 1975 fall and spring terms, and 332 graduate mittee, the 1973-1974 graduate program ran said, "particularly with the PhD little about the conomy's predicament, but it students are enrolled for this Christmas in the red due to an enrollment decrease and programs." He noted that many schools are does hope to make changes in the program term. 346 students were enrolled in the 1973 a cost increase. Exact figures are not cuting back on their English PhD programs, that will ease its present problems. Christmas term, but in 1963'424 students available, but the loss is estimated at about as many PhD grads can find no available Trinity's grad program mainly attracts were enrolled. $27,000. jobs. "Why take a degree if you can't get a high school and community college Of the 332 grad students this term, 158 are Smith said the committee is meeting job?" Since 1927 Trinity has offered Master teachers, and businessmen and government men, and 174 (52.4%) are women. This is the weekly with the chairmen of the eleven of Art and Master of Science degrees; no workers who want to brush up on current first time in the Trinity graduate program's participating departments "in order to PhD program has ever been instituted. events Smith said. Economics, education, history that a majority of the class is discover ways to modify the program to Smith attributed the gradual enrollment English, history, math, modern languages, women. Last year 192 men and 154 women attract students, and thereby take care of decrease to the economy; people simply and political science are the most popular registered for the Christmas term in con- the deficit while meeting the needs of the can't afford to take courses. Ten years ago courses he added. Other course offerings trast to 329 men and 135 women registered in community." United Airlines, which has several divisions are in the chemistry, philosophy, and Latin 1963. ' According to Smith, the summer program in Hartford, encouraged and paid for many literature and classical civilization Student Chases, Captures Tire Thief In a scene reminiscent of a romantic Mather Hall to report the suspicious ac- when he heard Geraci's message for urgent the information as best she could to Trinity movie, Ralph Stone '75 delayed, chased into tivity, and a minute later, the ongoing theft. assistance. security. the North End, and finally helped capture Stone said that he heard the new in- Friday night a man who had stolen a spare According to Debbie Geraci, the attendant at the Front Desk, she informed Trinity formation broadcast Over the radio just as lire from a Trinity student's car parked on He said that he cautiously approached the he backed onto Vernon Street. As the thief campus. Terming it "Classified in- security of the theft, instructing them to area, in an attempt to witness any criminal proceed to the scene. Security apparently whisked by, he noticed that the license plate formation," by 4 p.m. yesterday Trinity - activity. He pulled into the single lane Allen' matched that cited by Fraser. Realizing delayed in acting, attempting to gain further lot driveway off Vernon Street, where he Security would not release the name nor age information from Geraci. Geraci says she that he "had his man," Stone followed the of the thief, hartford police could not find was soon met by another car desiring exit. thief as he drove away with the stolen goods. tried to explain to the security force that she Stone, assuming that this was the alleged record of the incident. knew nothing else. The incident began at about 10:50 Friday thief, attempted to stall the thief's progress evening when Carlyle Fraser and Debbie According to Fraser, the thief got in apd until security came by remaining parked in The chase took Stone through a series of Donahue, en route to the campus, noticed a out of his vehicle several times, tampered the driveway. After about "thirty seconds to stopsigns and red lights, and finally through suspicious-looking car on the Summit Street with a car window, and finally settled on a minute," he slowly backed up the a maze of streets in the North End. Er- "fov," near Vernon Street. Fraser said that stealing the spare tire from what later driveway onto Vernon Street. stwhile, Stone was communicating with an the car followed them as they turned onto proved to be Ed Carpenter's C77) At this point Geraci received a call from unidentified person on his citizen's band Vernon, pulling into the Allen West lot. Volkswagen. Fraser. Fraser said that he had been wat- radio, requesting, police assistance, and, Fraser said that he passed near the ching the suspect,, and now wanted to report giving continual updates On Ws pifiatfon?.. •. suspicious car as he walked back to his room Meanwhile, Ralph Stone, a Trinity student he was leaving the parking lot. According to The two speeding cars eventually brought in Allen West, getting a good look at the car on exchange to Wellesley (down for the Geraci, Fraser was able to provide ex- pursuit by the Hartford Police. Now being and its occupant. Inside his room, Fraser evening), responded to Geraci's call. Stone, tensive information about the culprit, in- trailed by two cars, the thief pulled over, said he perched himself in a window to who has a police band radio in his car, said cluding the license plate number of the car and the chase came to a halt. As the watch the thief, while Donahue called that he was parked outside North Campus he was driving. Geraci said that she relayed (Cont'd on page 3) SGA Considers Using TX As Dining Room by Alison Staddard The Student Government Association which is also examining other possibilities (SGA) focussed on the problem of over- such as the opening of Hamlin Hall to crowding in the dining hall and considered students for certain meals. A survey is being the possibility of using the presently vacant planned to be distributed among the student TX building as a supplementary dining body eliciting opinion on the matter. facility at its recent meeting on Oct. 16. Mulqueen outlined the present situation regarding the TX building on Vernon St. The SGA is considering the possibility of According to Mulqueen, various making TX a second student dining hall, in possibilities, such as using the building for a '-he hopes of alleviating some of the faculty club, a supplementary meeting and crowding at Mather. Although Ellen entertainment area, or the bookstore, have MuTqueen, Assistant Dean for Student been considered and rejected, for reasons services, warned of extensive expenditure, mainly of location and security. Suggested we building could be renovated to. offer use of the building as a rathskeller, Qining services to approximately 200 people. (basement beer hall or restaurant) in- The matter is under investigation cluding the sale of beer, requires that the primarily by the Food Service Committee, permitee be on the premises most of the time. Mulqueen stated that the structure is vestigate the problem of the uncomfortable Student Directory Ready presently being "held in abeyance" while over-heating of the library and the -longer in coming out than was planned, alternatives are weighed as to the most possibility of keeping the library open later Workers at Mather Hall's front desk Wilson explained. He said he learned than midnight. may breathe a sigh of relief as students quite a bit from the mistakes made and appropriate use of TX. wi« now be able to look up friends' room problems encountered this year, and that Brief attention was extended to a review Other matters of discussion included the of attendance rules and parliamentary ana telephone numbers for themselves, the faculty-administration section will be SAC's decision to no longer fund any ine much-awaited student directory will computerized in future directories. motions for SGA members. Other matter, athletics other than cheerleading. dealt with at the meeting, chaired by Fres. oe out this week, according to Bart Wilson.said the directory will be out Previously, the SAC funded wrestling, wuson,.director of Public Information. earlier next year. Three out of the four Jeff Clark, included reports from the fencing and water polo, but this respon- various committees. the directory will contain the same classes will already be in the book, which sibility has now been delegated to the information as in past years, but the will be a help to the computerization athletic department, and the SGA was As this was the first meeting for some of student section, which lists name, home system; only the room and telephone requested to back the SAC's decision. the newly elected members, representatives caress, school address, P.O. box, phone numbers will have to be changed, he for each committee briefly explained the number, frat, and class, has been explained.