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HAMILTON AND KIRKLAND COLLEGES, CLINTON, NEW YORK
VOLUME IV: NUMBER 1.
SEPTEMBER 8, 1973
Colleges Open Tomorrow; Enrollments Largest Ever
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J. Martin Carovano, Acting President of Hamilton College
Th� Presidenc� Provost Carovano Named Acting President While Search Continues_
State Department Official and College Dean Con sidered In Search
BY BOB GRIEVES J. Martin Carovano, college Provost and Associate Professor of Economics, will serve as acting President of Hamilton until a successor to former President John Chandler is found. Dean Stephen Kurtz will assist Mr. Carovano while he holds office. The Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees appointed Messrs. Carovano and Kurtz at a meeting last June 7.,. Bo th offices became effective July 1. Mr. Carovano's primary duty will be to direct the central administration. During this period De a n Kurtz wil l oversee fu nd-rai sing activities and represent the College to its alumni constituency. Mr. Carovano said his new post includes "all the administrative responsibilities of the President in a short period." He emphasized that he will not be involved with the presidential search committee. Mr. Carovano believed he was app o inted A c t ing President be c a u s e o f the in timate knowledge of the administration continued on page two
A high State Department official and the dean of a p r e s i t i g i o u s n o r t h e a st ern university have been among the candidates in Hamilton College's search for a new president. As the search for John W. Chandler's successor enters its sixth month, there is no indication when a new president will be named. Act i n g f r om information supplied by a well-informed s·ource, the Spectator contacted the government official at his Washington office on August 17. At that time he confirmed that there were discussions with him a b o u t t h e p o s i ti on , b ut emphasized that the talks were at a "very preliminary level," and that it would be "premature to come to any judgement on whether there is or whether there will develop a mutual interest _between me and Hamilton." This candidate visited Clinton earlier in the summer, spending most his stay speaking with Mr. and Mrs. Chandler who had yet to m o v e p e rma n e n t l y t o Williamstown. The college dean visited the continued on page two
The coordination of Hamilton Colleges' cafeterias, saying that class in Cell Ultrastructute based and Kirkland Colleges begins its they need the time to organize upon use of the new facility. sixth year tomorrow, with the t he ir c o o k i n g a n d e ating Dr. Chiquoine said that the convocations at both schools. arrangements. student capacity of the Hamilton Hamilton will embark upon its An electron microscope facility facility is unusually generous. 161st year. Total enrollment will is nearing c-0inpletion in the Similar facilities at other small be approximately 990 students, Science, Building. The $75,000 colleges, Union and St. Lawrence the highest in the College's facility, which includes a $32,000 for example, are limited to use by Zeiss electron microscope and no more than ten students. history. K i rkland, h av i ng already supportive space and equipment, C h i q u o i n e e xp r e ssed t h e graduated two full classes, will will accomodate up 'to sixteen exp ec ta t i o n t h a t t h e Cell begin its first year as a fully students. Dr. Duncan Chiquoine, a Ultrastructure course will be a accredited institution, and its Hamilton Biology Professor who "fishing net" for students who sixth year of general operation. has ten years experience in c·ontinued on page seven The College will support an electron microscopy, will teach a e x p a n d e d e n r o ll m e nt o f '' approximately 720 students, with ) some living off campus. During the past summer, many buildings were renovated and several new facilities were added to the Collleges' plant. South Pormitory • ·. at Hamilton has undergone' plumbing renovation. The installation of new bathroom fixtures was delayed by a mason's strike - and late deliveries of equipment. The job, which cost o v e r $ 7 5,000 s h o u l d b e completed by the end of the week, accord ing to Gerald Leu i ken, S u p e r i ntendent of Buildings and Grounds. A new brown shingle roof has Dean Carl Schneider talking to guest speaker been installed in the Sage Rink at Professor Ronald Champaigne a cost of approximately $30,000 to Hamilton. Dun h a m D o r m i t o r y renovations have begun. One side of one floor has been altered in a plan where three room suites, Stephen C. Brock, co-director of "Innovations in Undergraduate uncomfortably occupied by four the Innovation Project in the students, will now accomodate Education," Mixed Media in the Center for the Improvement of only three stude_nts. Installation C l a ssroom-A Demonstration," Undergraduate Education of of the Co-op's kitchen equipment and "The Manhattanville Story-A Cornell University and Professors in transformed Keehn Dormitory New Approach" were the topics Sydney Resiberg, Tyrell Runum is on schedule for completion on of the first annual Kirkland faculty forum held last week on and Leslie Urbach of SUNY at October 1. Jesse Zellner, Kirkland Albany. The final guest speaker Director of Institutional Affairs, the Kirkland campus. C a r l S c hne ider, Dean of w� Professor Ronald Champaigne reported that no contract bids of Manhattanville. received by the College provided Academic Affairs at Kirkland The speakers came to Kirkland for completion of the renpvation o r g a n i z e d a nd directed the forums. He explained that the to present their own experiences by the beginning of school. with innovative techniques and Members of the Co-op Dorm program was intended to provide lead discussion sessions scheduled will cook for themselves and the faculty with the opportunity after each presentation. maintain their building in a to learn about and discuss new M r . B r o c k b e g a n his cooperative living effort. Some ideas in education before classes presentation, "Innovations in begin. have welcomed the month in Undergraduate Education," with Guest speakers included Mr. which they ·will have to eat in the an explanation of the purpose and methods of the Center which he heads. T h e C e nter has a p ermanent staff of five, in a d d it ion to several research associates and interested faculty. They have been investigating the various educational options being s t atement for major changes i m p l e m e nt at i o n o f Adler tested throughout the country at affecting both Hamilton and proposals. the undergraduate level, with the A s a r e sult, this year's Kirkland's educational goals and final g o a l o f publishing a p o l ic i es, Adler provided an conference participants plan a systematic compilation of these important forum for the exchange second meeting in early December experiments. of ideas, criticisms and suggestions t o b o t h r e-e val uate and Mr. Brock said he expects the among the faculty, students, and regenerate. results of the study will be of Most of Adler's meetings took administrators of both colleges. continued on pag e six The question of Adler's own place in small, casual room worth and viability as an inform&! containing fireplaces, overstuffed INSIDE THIS ISSUE: conference on Hill problems also c h a i r s a n d o m niprescent A Dean's interview, arose. To justify its existence as mooseheads, while free time was Jane Poller.........page 3 something more than a two-day spent boating, swimming and Food, what's to come? tennis. Unfortunately, the boating Adirondack holiday, a number of Earl D'aPrix .......page 3 students and faculty members became pmited after an unitended continued on page two urged follo_w-up action towards
Kii-kland Faculty Discuss Innovation
Adler Participants Vow Continued Effort By MARIA ZAMMIT and DAVID SCHUTT As another September arrives an d another year begins, another group of students, faculty and administrators migrated to the wilds of Eagle Bay, N.Y. for the annual Adler Conference. A nd, a s familiar as the overcrowded bookstore, another seIJ}ester of Service Systems and Monday morning Chapel were most of the scheduled discussion top ics: at hletics, black-white relations, the advising system, a n d c o o r d i n a t i o n
fraternity-independent problems. H o w e v er, o ne important addition to this year's issues and one which generated prolonged discussion, debate and argument also promises to play an equally vital role in the Hamilton issues dominating this academic year. Discussions centering on "A Statement of Goals for Hamilton College" by the Committee on Academic P olicy (See the Spectator, May 23, 1973) formed a major part of the two-day conferenc e. Co nsidering the significant implications of the