VOLUME ONE
HAMILTON AND KIRKLAND COLLEGES, CLINTON, NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 16, 1970-
NUMBER ONE
Babbitt· Removes Prof. Jaffe as I
Humaniti� Division Chairman
Bristol Dormitory
Late Openings Create Housing Overcrowding s t u d e n t s h3:v e r e tur ned Hamilton has assigned 152 un e x pe ct e d l y; o t hers who s t u d e n t s t o t e m p o rary probably will not return have accomodations until the Bundy Continued on page 8 Qua drangl e dormitories are compl ete. Ninety..:seven men are living in th e- thr ee downhill fraternity h o·u s e s which had b e en scheduled for demolition. Most of the remaining 55 students are extras in rooms that were to be triples in Carnegie and South. BY PETER SPELLANE The others are in the Bristol Campus Cent er dormitory and Hamilton College celebrated faculty home s. College officials t h e o p ening of its 158th co nsidered alt ernatives to this academic year at the College's plan of relocating students, but Convocation l as t Monday. plans such as mot el or apartment F o r m e r U n i t e d S t a t e s r e ntal w ere proh ibitive for Ambassador to the Organization reasons of cost and distance ·of Am erican States Sol M. from the campus. Linowitz '35 was the principle The college followed a loose speaker at the ceremony in policy that det ermined where a which four distinguished Latin student was placed. Generally, Am ericans received honorary members of the thr ee fraternities de rees. g who planned to live in the new Th e College award ed Doctor dormitory are in their old of Laws degrees to former houses. If ,one group had more president of Peru, Fernando beds i n Bundy than in th e old B elaunde-Terry, pr esident of the house, the extra persons were I n t e r-Am e rican o·evelopment placed in another house. Four Bank Felipe Lane Herrara, non-G r yphons w e re g iven s e er e t ary-g en eral of th e matress es in the Gryphon house . Organization of American Stat es Thirty-six triples are now Galo Plaza, and chairman of the · quads. Assistant to the Pr esident Int er-Am erican Committee on Gilbert J. Grout report ed that the Alliance for Progress Carlos "one of the thirty-six groups was Sanz de Santamaria. delight ed." Mr. Linowitz concerned his G r o ut said that housing talk with the present and futur e students in the so-called Bristol inter-Am erican situation. He said dormitory was a last resort. that it is his conviction that the There are· no desks and not future of international peace enough space for clothin�- These· : depends on the success of students will be moved first inter-American relationships. He when rooms become available. suggested that if the United T h e c o l l eg e is a t a States concerned itself too much · disadvantage because a few with the Far and Near East, and
BY BARBARA STEIN President Samuel F. Babbitt has announced the removal of P r o f e s s or A d rian Jaffe as Chairman of the Humanities Division. He has also announced the resignation of Prof essor Eug ene Putala as Chairman of the Science Division. Both Jaffe and Putala remain on the IGrkland faculty, but _ after his removal as chairman, Jaffe was granted a - y ear's sabbatical. Babbitt said he us ed his executive power to demand J a ff e 's resignation because Jaffe's actions as chairman were threatening the welfare of the i Babbitt said he and communty. Jaffe differed in their views on the role and power of tl;>.e division chairman. According to Babbitt, Jaffe f a v o r e d stron g d i v i sional a u t o nomy, and his fervent actions in attempting to i m p lement his beliefs were detrimental to the community.
Th e President said that Jaffe solicited support from trustees in an attempt to bring them over to his way of thinking.
Jaffe's supporters among the faculty, however, claim Jaffe was fighting to save the school, to bring the Kirkland ideal of education closer to th e Kirkland reality. They say Jaffe favored strong d i v isional autonomy because only someon e closely conn ected with a division is in the proper position to make decisions regarding faculty hiring and curricula. According to members of the Humanities Division Jaffe was f i g h t i ng "anti-acade m ic" tendencies within the school, tendencies to stress the public relations image of the college rather than the actual quality of the instruction. They_ deny that Jaffe sought out the trustees, and say rather that two trustees asked Jaffe to confer with them. Professor Putala stated he shared Jaffe's beliefs, and that J a f f e 's forc e d resignation represented to him the manner in which th@ school was going. Professor Adrian Jaffe. He said he did not agree with this manner, and had lost "confidence in the l eadership of "' the college." Instructor of Linguistics Stuart N. Scott announced his resignation,. which will take effect next September. Scott said he had not agreed with Alliance goal of 2.5 percent of the � policies of the many gross capita r increas e in pe school, and that Jaffe's forced national product each year. resignation was the "last straw." 'But the real point is that gross national product statistics He said he found the school in themselves ar e a poor measure setting improper priorities. He said the school often of dev e lopment. A better pm-su ed the proper social rather measure is the extent to which Latin American nations are than academic atmosphere in its hiring processes and tended to helping themselves.
158th Convocation Features Emphasis on Latin America n eglects t he A m e ricas, a 'Vietnam' could erupt in this h emisphere. If w e can't deal effectively with nations whose· historical a n d geog raphical backgrounds ar e like ours, it is unlikely we can relate w ell to distant countries, Mr. Linowitz said. Mr. Linowitz stressed that 'economic democracy' must be a basis for political democracy. He added that 'it is precis ely at this moment, when w e most need to e n c o urage t h e economic development of the continent, that we find strong forces in this country, both in and out of C o n g r e s s� p r e s s i n g for p r o t e c t i o n ism and t r ad e restrictions which can seri ously impede the1 advance of thes e Latin A m e rican countries ·toward economic 1ndependence.' Mr. Linowitz also said,, 'The Alliance for Progress was a magnificent concept with goals and aspirations to match its grandeur. Admi ttedly its sights were high-perhaps too high. It is true that the Alliance has not yet stimulated the profound social changes that must tak e place if the goals are to be reached. It is also true that Latin America is not yet reaching the
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Cha ngi ng Faces Beginning with this issu e th e Hamilton Spectator becomes tJ;i e Spectator of Hamilton and Kirkland Colleges. In addition to serving as the official news organ of Hamilton the Spectator will now function as an official K irkland pu bli cation. Th e decision was made last May by th e Hamilton Publications Board aft er a poll of Kirkland students refl ected a desir e to accept the Spectator as their official n e w spaper. Th e Publications Board is still ironing out the details to incorporate Kirkland students and faculty as voting members of the Board. According to Spectator
e ditor-in-chief
Ronald Bruck '70, t h e chang e in th e publication's name will ha ve a g r e a t e r i m p a c t on th e Publications Board than on the Spectator its elf. "E ven before the name was cha ng e d, the staff always considered the Spectator as the newspap er for both colleges. Kirkland students working with us and Kirkland editors have been larg ely responsible for the e ditor ial policy on issues concerning Kirkland." H e c o n t i n u e d , "T h e coordination begun two years ago is now complete since Kirkland will be represented on the Publications Board.,,