Bates College SCARAB The aB tes Student Archives and Special Collections 9-14-1979 The aB tes Student - volume 106 number 12 - September 14, 1979 Bates College Follow this and additional works at: http://scarab.bates.edu/bates_student Recommended Citation Bates College, "The aB tes Student - volume 106 number 12 - September 14, 1979" (1979). The Bates Student. 1799. http://scarab.bates.edu/bates_student/1799 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Archives and Special Collections at SCARAB. It has been accepted for inclusion in The aB tes Student by an authorized administrator of SCARAB. For more information, please contact [email protected]. .^*s THEBA TUDENT s^.'V^Vf Solemn Ceremony Marks Library Dedication by Mitch Overbye Ms. Foster displayed at the crucial their home town of Wayne, Maine. Staff Reporter time when the library was to be They have given their time and The Dedication Ceremony for built. Ms. Foster helped design the energy to many efforts in this small the George and Helen Ladd Lib- building, and was commended for community, establishing the Ladd rary took place on the library ter- her work by both the President and Recreational Center and serving race Sunday, September 9. Under spectators alike. on the public library board. As an sunny skies, approximately 200 The afternoon came to a conclu- appropriate way to recognize their students, faculty and friends wit- sion with the President delivering generosity and encouragement to nessed an impressive ceremony a fine dedication speech to Mr. and higher education, especially to which featured many speakers and Mrs. Ladd. He praised George and Bates College, and in respect to the culminated in a dedication speech Helen Ladd for their many ac- pursuit of wisdom and truth, I by President Thomas Hadley complishments over the years, and name this building the George and Reynolds. for their years of support to Bates Helen Ladd Library." Hurricane David left downed trees in its path. Commencing at 4:30 p.m., the College. He completed his talk ceremony got underway with an with a few words that summarized Mr. Ladd was available for com- invocation delivered by the Rev. the reason for this great occasion; ment after the ceremony, and was Storm Blacks Out Campus Frederick D. Hayes. This was fol- words that would thoroughly de- obviously touched by the course of by Jo-Louise Allen turesque fireworks into the air. lowed by the singing of "Cantate scribe Mr. and Mrs. Ladd to events on this day, September 9. "Where were you when the lights About this time, the students Domino" by the Bates choir, under everyone. The President com- When asked to comment on how he went out?" Thursday, Septembers, working in the library to their the direction of Marion R Ander- mented that "In their quiet man- felt in reference to the dedication, the tail end of Hurricane David hit dorms looking disemchanted be- son. Professor John A. Tagliabue ner, these gracious persons en- he stated that he was "deeply Bates College with high winds and cause they had to postpone their was next on the agenda, as he re- hance the lives of generations of moved and greatly honored, torrential rains. Students raced work. The library never reopened cited a poem to the audience. The students. They also are active in beyond all words." from dorms to classes and from when the lights came back on, but poem itself was written by Mr. Tag- classes to dorms in an effort to stay the all-night study area opened at liabue, for this very special occa- dry. By 5:00 branches and leaves 11 pm. sion. Librarian Joseph J. Derby- were strewn along Campus Ave. shire, a virtually unknown figure to and College St; ripped from the College Employee most Bates students, addressed the trees by gusts of wind. crowd immediately following Pro- About 9:15 pm the lights flic- fessor Tagliabue. Mr. Derbyshire kered on and off through out the Sues for Damages spoke at length on the history of the campus. Three minutes later, they Bates College Library; a speech went off. The blackout lasted ap- Claiming he was damaged when which took the audience back proximately one hour and twenty the school didn't pay him on a through the many changes that minutes. weekly basis, Paul G. Sevigny, a have occurred in the Bates Library Flashlights and candles were former cook's assistant here, has over the years. immediately put into use, beer was sued Bates College for a total of The afternoon was highlighted taken out of refridgerators and $41,000. by two consecutive speeches by large dorm parties ensued. Some In charges submitted to the An- President Reynolds, which wrap- Bates students took advantage of droscoggin County Clerk of Courts, ped up the Dedication Ceremony. the blackout and went to bed. Sevigny alleges that he was paid on In his first speech, the President Many freshman from Smith Hall a bi-weekly rather than the re- presented a tribute to Iva W. Fos- congregated in the stairwells, and quired weekly basis. He was ter, a librarian who was very inf- a large group formed outdoors. employed here from September of luential in the construction and ul- Adam's residents, known for their 1977 through March, 1978. timate success of the new library. rowdy behavior, serenaded the The suit asks a $1,000 compensa- Ms. Foster, the President cited, Smith freshman with a rowdy tion for damages related to the Col- stayed on the job at his request at a chorus of "Hey barberino, ho bar- lege's allegedly withholding wages. time when she was planning to re- berino." Roger Bill residents, In addition, $20,000 for "mental an- tire. Mr. Reynolds stated that the known for their ever rowdier be- guish" is included, and $20,000 for library and people of Bates College Speakers honor George and Helen Ladd at Library special damages is asked. havior, were seen shooting pic- owe much to the dedication that dedication Ceremony. Sugarloof Explores the New Fine Arts Center Non-Curricular Reaches Planning Stage educational policy. This year's dis- trast to the opportunities of the ex- by Mary Terry visory Committee on the Arts, cussion of extracurricular learning tracurricular level of education. At the present time Bates Col- chaired by Donald Lent, has re- Beneath the imposing presence provided a thoughful followup. With that, Sugarloaf began in er- lege is planning to construct a new viewed two separate blueprint sets of that mountain, the nth annual For the second year in the row, a nest Fine Arts Center on campus. The of the building. Bates Sugarloaf Conference con- tighter agenda was employed; talks Professor Donald Lent's thought first preliminary report concern- The committee has drawn up a vened Saturday. Over 50 student prepared by the main speakers provoking paper on "Non- ing the Art Center was submitted to list of fifty-nine departmental leaders, faculty and administrators prior to the weekend were circu- curricular Learning in the Resi- President Reynolds in May of 1977. areas that may be included within were present to discuss issues gen- lated among the participants be- dential Context" brought up the Since that date the President's Ad- the plans for the Art Center. These erally centered around the theme fore the conference, along with a ideal of the total learning experi- areas include a slide library, prac- of noncurricular learning; the schedule of events; despite this, ence. Sub- titled ""The Scholar's tice studios, storage rooms for both main focus concerned itself with the timetable was taken rather Life," the paper looked at the pos- students and administrators, a the concept of education outside lightly, and though discussion sibilities of student-initiated im- music library, and faculty offices. the classroom textbook routine. periods began on time participants mersion into academia, as opposed It is hoped the building will also In the past, Sugarloaf has been were seldom eager to conclude the to an unwillingness to study house several classrooms, art used as a forum for furthuring talks that promptly. beyond the classroom and the all- studios, and an art gallery. At pre- student/faculty/administrative in- After the arrival of the group at important course work. "Some of sent the Treat Art Gallery contains teraction and understanding. In its Sugarloaf Inn, right right at the us are scholars all our lives and the College's art collection. This early years, the conference chiefly base of the mountain, lunch was others for not much more than 16 collection would, hopefully, be involved student problems, such as served. Student/faculty barriers years,"he noted. "Most of us con- moved to the new Art Center where the quality of dorm life, social or- crumpled almost immediately as tinue learning but few of us teach." it would be expanded. There is the ganizations and male-female rela- all participant set randomly, and Going on to examine the meaning definite possibility of enabling the tionships. Student leaders of or- conferees met their fellow con- of "scholar," Professor Lent College to offer more exhibits in ganizations were invited to sugar- ferees. examined three sources: Thomas the new complex. In the past there loaf to discuss the mechanics of Dean Spence opened the day's Jefferson's advice to a young has been a limited amount of space handling such problems at Bates. discussion with a brief introduc- lawyer, prescribing reading in all for exhibits due to the size of the In the Recent years, however, stu- tion and explanation of the proce- areas from dawn till bedtime ("a Treat Gallery.