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SEPTEMBER 7, 1974

Colleges Open Toµiorrow: New Hill Faces and Facilities

By SUSAN MALKIN New Organ Expected Students· returning for the A new pipe organ for the official opening of Hamilton and Hamilton College Chapel is due to Kirkland Colleges tomorrow will arrive this December to replace probably notice many changes in the pld organ built in 1950. ,The adm inistrations, faculties, and donation for the new organ was facilities. made by Hamilton Trustee Lee H a m i lton s t udents ·wi l l Bristol. The old organ has been welcome and b e welcomed b y J. remo ved, and alterations to M a r t i n C a rdvan o a t h is_ accomodate t:l)e new one are inauguration as 16th president in· underway. , I H amilton's 162-year history. Kirkland's seventh convocation will introduce the community to C a t h e r i n e F r aze r , t h e n e w l y-a ppointed dean of academic affairs. Hamilton has enrolled a freshman class of approximately 270, one of the largest in its history, while Kirk.land's. freshman enrollment dropped to 193 from a high point of 216 last year. However, total enrollment at both colleges remains essentially the same as.last year with about 970 Hamilton students and 650 Kirkland students. The summer months have kept Gerald Leuiken, superintendent of building& and groundsJ md his staff at the Physical -Plant busy with repairs, renovations, and general upkeep of the colllege facilities. Dunham and South President Carovano, who will be inaugurated tomorrow afternoon. South Dormitory required new electrical wiring at a cost of $175,000 to remove the danger of fires caused by old and overused --9utlets, Leuiken said. All rooms in .. The Dean Search Committee is South now have four electrical preparing to conduct its' first on­ outlets, instead of one, and all campus interview within several Two men who helped shape was president of Pomona---while have central lighting. Emergency weeks. About six to eight candi­ the professional career of Carovano - was an undergraduate ligh tiag i n the corrid ors, dates are expected to visit Hamil­ Pr esident Carovano will be there. Break will receive a Doctor emergency power for heat, and a ton in the irrst round of inter­ awarded honorary degrees at his of Letters degree from Hamilton, new fire alarm system have also views, according to committee Lyon a Doc-tor of Humanities, and been installed in the building. chairman Lawrence Y ourtee and inauguration tomorrow. H o t w a te r a n d heating other members of the six-man As has been tradition for new President Carovano a Doctor of problems in, Dunham last winter panel. presidents, Carovano also will Laws. 1 Professor Break is Qne of the have been corrected by installation Out of an "active file" of receive an honorary degree at the nation's foremost authorities on of new controls on hot water and 25-30 people, the committee now ceremonies. will select those whom it feels The inauguration ceremony, at public finance-the field in which electricity, Leuiken said. .Computer-Link Set merit more · careful consideration. 2:30 p.m. in the- College's Sage Carovano specialized as a member A new computer center for Robert- Evans '75, one of two Rink, will also serve .as the of the economics faculty at opening convocation for the Hamilton. A native of Canda and both Hamilton and K.irltland will students on the committee, said a graduate of the University of be housed in th'e basement of the that the new dean must be a 1974-75 academic year. Tlie guests to be honored, both Tor onto, Break has been Daniel Burke Library. The new scholar and one who can encotir­ from California, are George F. · associated with the University of computer is linked to Cornell age scholarship in his colleagues Break, professor of economics at Califomai since 1945. University's IBM 370-168, one of on the faculty. Although Evans the University of California at He was a visiting professor at the largest computers in the · acknowledges the administrative Berkelyey, and E. Wilson Lyon, Harvard · University in 1964-65. w or ld. The link allows the work a dean must cope with, it is president emiritus of · Pomona The author of six books �d colleges' computer full access to his hope that the new dean will College. mon ographs and dozens of the Cornell facility, according to consid�r teaching an important Advisor Honored articles, he has served widely as a David Smallen, director of the part of his job, much' as Dean Professor Break was Carovano's speaker · and a ·consultant on Computer Center. Aside from Catherine Frazer of Kirkland Col­ thesis advisor when the President ouhlic finance. academic work, the computer will lege does, who teaches one course was · a graduate student at he u s e d for· a dmi nistrative each semester. continued on page sevc� Berkeley 12 years ago, and Lyon Associate Professor of History purposes. . David Millar said that he is look­ ing for a "face::--to-face confirma­ tion of what the written material The governance structure of suggests" during an interview Kirkland College will undergo with a candidate for the position. review this year, according to "If we are not looking for , He n r y Stahenau, a ssis tant Christ, then it is St. Paul, who was professor of literature and more of an administrator any­ c hai r m an of the Assembly way," quipped Millar. Steering Committee. Hamilton as a Stepping-stone Stabenau made his statement Commenting on the possibility at a meeting of faculty Wednesday that certain candidates would which included reports from make a "stepping stone" out of Professor of Literature Sybille Hamilton, Millar said, "It is virtu­ Colby, chairman of the Second ally l'inpossible to deduce that a Dec ade Planning Committee, man will stay for a short period of Assistant Pr ofessor of Philosophy time." Phyllis Morris, speaking for the He added, however, that one Appointments Committee, and could made a case for wanting a Assistant Professor of Sociology person who one might expect to Walte r Broughton, who has leave after a period of time recently completed a research because those whom others find · professorship. attractive are often very· highly · Although Stahenau said that qualified. the review will not necessarily be The committee has received in the hands of the Steering approximately 17 5 applications Committee, which coordinates for the position, and an estimated Assembly business, the committee 50 additional applications are ex­ pected by ithe committee, which continaed on page three Assistant Professor of Literature Heinrich Stabenau

A Ball for All

Ulrovano To Be Swomln

Stabenau:Assembly Review in the Offing

Major physical changes at Kirk.land involve the conversion of the lounges in Keehn and Major Dormitories into four faculW o f f i ce s . Classr o om "B" in McEwen Hall will he converted in to two additional offices for the O ffi c e· of R esearch a n d Development. continued on page five

Dean Search Committee Prepares for First Interview has been screening resumes since late May. Qt:. the applications received thus Jar, 40 to 50 have originated from sources within the colleg, community. "On the whole, the nomina­ tions we get from alumni, friends of the college, and similar sources tend to he a litt1e more selective, although we have received some very good ones from The Chroni­ cle of Higher Education also," said Y ourtee. December Target Date Y ourtee. also reports that sever­ al applications have been received from women and that they have been given equal consideration by the committee. The Committee has set a Dec� 1 deadline for itself, at which time they hope to recommend the best person(s) to President Carovano, w h o w i l l m ak e t he finar� ·appointment. In order to finish its work on time, the committee will have to interview a candidate every week beginning early in the _fall. Three candidates are expected to be asked back for a second visit after several first .r;:qund, visitors are eliminated. Milla:r said that time is something,,over which the committee has no control hut added that he does not feel cramped for additional time. When interviews begin, :Presi­ dent Carovano will meet more frequently with the committee, according to Y ourtee. Thus far, the' president· has been meeting with the committee to discuss policy and procedural matters. The.Dean Search Committee is composed of four faculty mem­ bers and two students, elected respectively by those groups. For the faculty are Professor of Chem­ istry Lawrence Y ourtee, Associate Professor of History David Millar, Associate Professor of Philosophy Robert L. Simon, and Assistant Professor of Government Richard P. Suttmeier. Two seniors, R.oger Schneider and Robert Evans, rep­ resent the students.


2/fHE SPE�T.,�TO�/Sept-;ml;>�r 7_,··1�_74�

Room ·Service

VD Shots

Kirkland upperclassmen were foiled this week in their attempts to get into their rooms before today, which Dean of Student Affairs Jane Poller had set in August letters to students as the first day on which they would be permitted to move into the dormitories. Poller advised the Kirkland womei:i to request special permission if they wished to come before today. Many Kirkland students, however, accustomed to lax f;!nforcement of such deadlines in the past, were surprised and exasperated when Linda Patrick, the new assistant dean of student affairs, refused to permit students with mounds of luggage and stereos to move in early. According to Patrick, some of those students whose requests to come up early were denied still came into the Student Affairs Office this week, expecting to be allowed into rooms, and some had ignored the letter altogether. she said. Besieged by angered students and preoccupied with· orientation activities, the new dean began to refuse students admissions to dorms without regard for extenuating circumstances. She was found shouting at 1 a student and _closing conversation "-by retreating to her -office 'and slamming the door.. Students who had not received the letter, either because they had been traveling· this summer or for other reasons, were reportedly denied room keys, along with the rest. Some people who had received special permission to come up this week said that they found it extremely difficult convincing the dean that they had received such special permission. In retrospect, it appears that Dean Poller should have specifically advised students thaf although they were able to move into their rooms in past years despite rules to the contrary, such would not be the case this year. Students, having received an opportunity to request advance permission, should have, in all prudence, written to the deans. Dean Patrick's rigid stance, however, and her inability to calmly cope with the business, albeit somewhat unusual, of her office, strikes a distinct contrast to the manner in which one expects a college administration to operate.

Adler For All

The Adler Conference, the Hamilton symposium held last w;eek which included Kirkland representatives, offered a valuable opportunity for students, faculty, and administrators to share their personal reactions to life on the Hill, while discussing a number of the issues whi�h the college now face. --- Unfortunately, only 70 people were accomodated by Adler at the Mohawk Lodge in the Adirondacks, which offered a secluded and leisurely setting fot the conference. While not destroying the intimacy of Adler, which is one of its principal assets, the standing conference committee should investigate varim�s means of expanding the symposium so as to include more people. Holding the conference at a religious retreat instead of a commerical hotel would save the committee money, which could be used to sponsor more than one conference a year. Similarly, Adler Conferences could be held more than one a year in and around the Hamilton presidential mansion. Offering significant reductions in1 cost, more people could attend, while the purposeful tenor of the conference, held · away from the beaten path of the two campuses, would be preserved.

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@1974 by the Trustees of Hamilton College

Homecoming

By VINCENT DiCARLO Many of those returning to the· Hill for the last time as undergraduates have experienced what will be to some an entirely inexplicable feeling. They feel as though they are coming home. At this point the (admittedly few) pillar-of-the-campus types may be murmuring something about "community" or "best years of your life" in unison with nostalgic alumni. Fellowship or good times, however, could never produce the distinct sensation of coming home that is associated with a return to the Hill. Emotions have a logic of their own and in order for a place to evoke the kind of reverence it must have been associated with an event of enduring significance. The scene of past sa,tisfactions, real O.!'° imagined, may produce wistfulness, ·regret,, longing, or any of the other feelings associated with the term "nostalgia," but the link between a person and his home can never be generated out of the mere accumulated weight of such stirrings. As a member of the class of places connected with the beginnings of things of continuing importance, the home has a special status because it is the place where the person himself began. As citizens, the most revered places are those of the beginnings of our• nations, as members of a religion, those where the faith began, as representatives of aµ ethnic group, those where our ancestors first �merged as a distinct racial group. As individuals, we revere most the place of our own beginning, that is, our home. For many, that place of origin is the college. The actual beginning has been termed an· "identity crisis," a "self-discovery," a "realization of potential." It has sometimes been confused with the

accumulation of information or the development of intellectual powers. However, this beginning is not a discovery of a previously existing thing or the development of the mental faculties. It. i!! a creation . in .the only sense that merits the term. It is a "coming into being." When the new college student, 1deprived of his· accustomed emotional props and realizing that the course his life takes will soon unalterably be set in · the direction that he alone must decide, looks into himself for guidance concerning the choices facing him, h i s f irst s e r i ous i ntrospective gaze discloses ... nothing. It is not that he cannot see. There simply is nothing to be seen. If a crisis is a situation that compels a response, then the "identity crisis" is not misnamed: The knowledge that if a person is to have a central set of principles that gives rational( coherence .to his actions, he must himself rcreate it, iroduces the sort of anxiety that will not be relieved until either such a set of rationalizing principles is established or the knowledge of their lack is obliterated. Thus, college becomes in a more than poetic sense ti!_e _alma mater, for it is the place where the persona· that will give rational structure to all future behavior is initially fashioned. As the place where that which gives unity and identity to a human being is born, college becomes the home of the individual as a pe:r;son, in other words, the home of the soul. When a returning senior feels as though he were coming home, he is right. This is due less to the good times and intellectual rewards of academe than to the dark moments of isolation and despair when he wondered, not who he was, but into whom he would make himself. 1

Lettet to' the Editor

·. Responses and Admissions

To the Editor: "high testing" students. I ·am country and have recently shown ... S everal r e actions I have disappointed by the ambiguity of up among several colleges in our received from members of the that statement in the article. The competitive group. Should these Hamilton community to the Aug.· d o min a n t f e ature of our pra cti ces become widespread 6 Spectator article concerning the admission picture is our increased among our competitive group of colleges as a result of pupulation Admissions Office Report for the . popularity. Adler Conference prompt me to - The number of Wait List · pressures in the 1980s I would not write this letter. . students for the Class of 1978 was want to be a part of them. That The a r t icle is essentially 17 and not 25. The figure was statement in no way was meant to accurate in the statistics it quotes, given to the Spectator before the imply that I foresee Hamilton's statistics which can ·be found in · completion of the profile. So the decline in the 1980s or that I the Adler Report. However, it statement that we are dipping �ould not find the- challenge of focuses on only one of the six further and further /into the Wait · ma-i n t a in ing and enhancing questions the Adler Committee · L i s t is n o t actually true. Hamilton's envious position in the requested us to deal with - the Moreover, the article fails to point a d m i s s i o n p i cture worth p r oblems of admission. The out that the Wait List students accepting. The . a rt icle outlines real problems- in college admission were really quite strong. We are across the nation are relative. They fortunate to have a reservoir of . problems. The drop in Early are menacing to a large proportion good applicants each year. We Decision applications, the related · of private colleges. They are would be . pleased to have these drop in yield, and the loss of worrisome to the colleges we applicants on campus but they are "high testers" are the major ones. compete with. However, the cut out by the numbers. Students, faculty, and alumni There are other points of whose role is so important in the problems and the article which surveys them are not reflective of clarification which could be made, • admission process should not be the dominant mood in our 'but let me pass over them to a lulled into a sense of complacency Admission Office, nor should they final one. I was annoyed to read by our healthy admission pictµre. d o minate' the mood of the the concluding quote because it is We must maintain our diligence. I Hamilton community. o ut of context. Competition hope, however, that this letter Indeed, the admission picture all!ong colleges for top students in adds some perspective to the h er e , d e sp it e changes in the application pools is becoming a r t icle's s ummary of those population and college' tests, has greater. Practices which are not problems. Edward B. Wilson never been better. Applications, acceptable to the professional Associate Director the article points out, have organizations of college advisors of Admission incrteased over 50% in six years to and admission personnel have the highest level in Hamilton's been increasing throughout the � history, excepting only the year · after World War II' While it is true that we are admitting more ever and need the application increase to meet that demand, the article does not point out that we are admitting a smaller percentage of our applicants than six .-years ago. The increasing popularity of Hamilton, rather obvious from the i n c re a se i n a p p lications., is reinfo r ce d by t he positive r e a c t i o n s o f prospective candidates, their parents, and college advisors we meet here and· on the road. Hamilton is enjoying steadily increasing popularity and respect. In a day when many private colleges are suffering, -Ham ilton has been able to maintain the quality, balance, and warmth of its student body. Our increase in applications is "hollow" in the sense that there is no evidence that the Class of 1978 is 50%- better than the Class of - 1972. It is "hollow" in the sense that we must admit more students because of the decline in Early 'Smile, Son, SMILE!' Decision applications and a loss of

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continued from page one ''will be concerned with the problems peopfe see in the governance structure." The committee chairman said that people have complained about alleged inefficiency in Ass e m b ly operat i on s a n d un c e r t a i n s e p a r a ti on o f responsibilities between the Catherine Frazer Assembly, the president, and other college bodies. A s s i s t a n t P rofessor o f Philosophy P h y llis Mor ris, Balance of Power Purported friction between-the reporting for the Appointments Assembly and President Babbitt, Committee, said that there is still who has no formal relation to the "a great deal of clarification to be Assembly, will be ""a matter of done," regarding criteria used in continuing con�em this year," the granting of tenure to Kirkland faculty. Stabenau said. Although a faculty resolution He pledged to insure greater communication between all parts. o p posipg explicit or implicit of the college "to make sure that tenure quotas was met last year everybody knows what everybody w i t h a d e n i a l b y t h e else is doing," although he would administration that any quotas n ot s a y h i m s e l f t h a t exist, Morris said that the responsibilities of the Assembly or question of quotas is not dead,­ faculty have been tak�n over by e sp eci ally 'since many more. faculty th�n it is believed can be the administration. Responding to complaints of t e n u r e d· w ill come up for inefficiency of the committee consideration at the same time. Morris also said that any structure, Stabenau expressed doubt about claims that the impJicit criteria used in granting reappointments or tenure by Assembly gets nothing done. "I would ask people on p ar t i c u l a r di vi son personnel committees to make sure that committees should be· brought out inefficiency of committees is the into the open. Morris referred to fault of the committees [system]. complaints that one division may deem research and publication and not its members," he said. more important than another. Appointments Committee

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Phyllis Morris Frazer on Tenure Speaking about the need to clarify tenure aµd reappointments policy, Dean of Academic Affairs Catherine Frazer said at the meetin� "I think this is really a number one problem." She said that the college needs to .clarify artd order in terms of priority what it considers evidencia ry in e v a lu ations of te ache r performance. Questions were raised at the meeting about the propriety of the Appointments Committee, w hi c h rules on p ersonnel decisions, to evaluate and clarify criteria itself. Frazer said that as long as the committee has q>mpleted its e v a l u ation of reappointments p ol i c y before i t considers 'individual cases, there would be no conflict. The dean pledged as sistance to the committee, especi ally in answering any •questions of consistency with other., m o re general college

culminated in a critique of, po��ie.s. reductio n i s t t en dencies i n · ' The 'Second' Decade ·Professor of Literature Sybille sociology of religion, said, "l Colby, chairman of the Second haven't ·felt- as on top of things Decade Planning Committee, said intellectually since I came to tha.t revisions were being made on Kirkland." Before explaining the aims and the draft of the committee's report disttributed last spring to findings of his project, he said, "I faculty, administration, and some hope more of us will have a students. chance to do this sort of thing, Jf Having received responses to adding that he thought his leave the draft which Colby called "not will make him more competent in overwhelming in quantity, but... the classroom. Faculty Seminars Held bloody fine," the committee plans to present it's second draft to the The meeting of faculty was c o m m u n i t y b e f o r e t h e part of a four-day program of mid-October break. It will then faculty seminars sponsored by solicit written responses and hold Dean Frazer, which focused on "open hearings" according to its the evaluation of faculty, ·their chairman. teaching, and their contributions Five-Chapter Report to the growth of the college. Held between Aug. 29 and T he report under revision consists of five chapters: on Sept. 5, the seminars included Kirkland as a liberal arts college visits by Nathaniel Evers, special f o r w omen, coordination, assistant to the chancellor of the experimentation and innovation, U:niversity of Denver, Carol c u r ri cular g ui delines, and Guardo, dean of Utica College, gr aduation requirements. An .and Steven Phillips of Alfred additional chapter summarizing UJ1iversity, who has worked on the five may be added, Colby said. the faculty development programs Created by President. Babbitt of the Finger Lakes Consortium. and charged to suggest a specific The three discussed t heir path for the college in its second experiences as faculty and as decade, 1975-1985, the committee college administrators. Charles Meinert of the Bureau expects to submit its completed document of about 100 pages to of ·college Evaluatio� of the New the Lon g Range Planning Yo rk State Department of Committee of the Board of Education and Carl Schneider, Trustees by January, Colby said. Ki rklan d vi ce-presi dent for --- r e s e a r c h a n d evalu ation, Researcher Reports · Also at the Wednesday meeting conducted a seminar on assessing in the Red Pit, Assistant Professor­ . the institution and its programs. of Sociology Walter Broughton Workshops were held on reported_ to faculty ·about his curricular change, faculty growth, recent research professorship in and student involvement, and a which he was awarded a paid leave session on the art of counseling · of absence for one semester last students was given by Dean of year to pursue research in the Student Affairs Jane Poller and socioloizy of reli'tion. Assistant Dean of Academic Broughton, whose work has Affairs Ruth Rinard.

Joe Anderson Takes Helm, Plans to Steer College.Towards Millirms

Echoing President Carovano's said that he hopes to reverse' the Caught in the Middle fundraising resource. Under what statement that "we will work like trend and to improve upon the Anderson enters the job in the he . termed "the pooled life hell" to get $25 million in accomplishments of otfiers. mTdd le o f a -$43 m illion p r o gra m," men w ho have addi�ional endowment funds by Hamilton raises money · by f undraising effort that was begun established themselves financially 1984, Vi ce-P resident Joseph c o n vincing- people o f i t s in 19 70. So far,. $17 million has "-will be asked to donate money to Anderson said that to raise the educational worth, said Anderson, been given or pledged, and to raise the school. Th� money will be money, Hamilton has to improve . and added that his 25 years of the remaining funds, it is felt that pooled and invested for a high the already good structure of public relations and marketing both alumni and outside sources yield. The donor will receive a communications existing between e xperi e n ce wi ll help him must be tapped. guaranteed income from this itself and the outside world. Carovano and Anderson agreed money for life, as will his success.fully serve the college. · Dictaphone Corp. that Hamilton's major source of beneficiary following the donor's Anderson, the newly-named Ham ilton vice- p resident for Anderson waswith Dictaphone new funds is the alumni. Carovano death. However, upon the communication and development, since 1950, and he held the said, "When push come to shove, beneficiary's death, the hulk of s aid that the college must position of vice-president for the big money_ has come from the investment will be turned over c o m m u n i c a t e i ts q u ality advertising and public relations alumni contacts.!' vice chairman to the c olle ge. An added o f the Trustee Devetopment advantage to the donor is that he education to its alumni, friends since 19�3. and the outside community if it Carovano said that Anderson Committee. His was the first will be able to receive a specified wants to receive the money it has been "in the business" and Alumni fund to top the $100,000 tax deduction. a n d h e org ani ze d Although deferred-giving can that his understanding of the mark·· needs. Anderson s a i d t hat the college will help him, attract H a m i lton 's f i r s t fundraising only be important in the long run, Anderson said, his office will college's lack of a president financial support for it. Carovano telethon. . But neither Anderson nor co�centrate compounded a loss of momentum added that the college depends on very hard ·on this in the college's fundraising, which people who believe in it - and Carovano i n t e nd to ignore program. had begun b e fore Williams t h a t A n derson has great non-alumni support. Anderson · From the Inside Out 'President John Chandler left· familiarity with the alumni body spent his whole career dealing Carovano does not see the loss - traditionally a source of major with businessmen and h.e s aid that Hamilton. Anderson could cit� no' reason faith in and support for Hamilton. · he believes that he will. have "It would take most men years contacts with many foundations. for the fall off, but added that it Deferred Giving occurred at a time when $1.1 to· get this kind of familiarity," Anderson pointed to deferred million was needed to finish Carovano said. "Alb-ert Wallace' givin� as one major untapped paying off the Burke Library . He was getting it only as he left."

of new contacts that an outside would have brought to the college a s significant. He said that development of ficeres are usually highly mobile and that he wanted a man who would stick with the college. Anderson said that he planned to sty on the Hill untill he r e aches the m andatory retirement age. Anderson commented that before his appointment, he came to the Hill three times a year for trustee meetings. Ninety-eight per c e n t o f h i s w o r k w as n on-Hamilton oriented. As a full-time servant of the college, Anderson hopes to widen and use his contacts substantially. No replacement for Robert Brooks, H am ilton's former director of development, is being sought. Anderson plans to run the college's development program him'self.

Clintonian An-ested On Sexual Attack Charges

By SUSAN MALKIN State Police arrested Brian L. Seelow, 22, of 8 West Park Row, Clinton, in connection with at lea s t three of six reported incidents of' sexual assault or harassment that occured in the College Hill vicinity this summer. A d e s c r i p t i on of the automobile supplied to police by a Kirkland student aided in the Aug. 27 arrest. All of the incidents occured

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Adler . P�icipants · Muse, Reflect, and Suggest Alternatives Te:

Mrs. Katherine Burns . Hamilton/Kirkland Business Office College Hill, Clinton From: R.T. Blackwood, professor of philosophy Dear Mrs. Bums: l submit herewith, and at the request of' tlie leadership of the Adler Conference, my expense account for the Conference. Since this account does not f�t your regular Business Office balance- sheet, I have devised one of my own.

DEBIT Sept. 3 1 :00 . Utterly deplorable weather for a trip to Adirondacks. 3:30 Why have coffee on the open p or ch in u t terly deplorable' weather? 4:00 Why does R.S. urge participants to express freely those beliefs which they feel to be true, rather than those beliefs they believe to be true? 5:30

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· Weather continues deplorable Why does astonishingly attractive young barmaid smile more at undergraduates than at professors? Dinner. Hiawatha's mother-in-law? Will there be trouble deciding whether internships count as W courses?

I am surprised at reports from Hamilton and Kirkland students on morale problems regarding also c a mpus stereotyping, stereotyping of students. Am also surprised ·that Sam Babbitt agrees that these are real problems. Complaints about "the other side of the street" Too civil? 10:00 Weather deplorable. Why �rve cold beer on cold open por� · while roaring fire is inside? a • Are undergraduate pool sharks just beiJ}g kj.nd to professors? 11:30 Weather deplorable. .Mrs.• Blackwood had alleged to my roommat.e, hesident Babbitt, that I snore.•

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G r e a t s t udent v andalism, both institutional.

Pleasant and informative opening remarks by R oger S c hneider. �ar ticipants introduced by Carovano and Babbitt to lhe "reality principle" insofar as it affects private higher education. Fi n ances, demographic charts, stock market. Cocktail Hour. Astonishingly attractive young barmaid in backless maxi-dreSiS. Dinner First small discussion group at cabin anmed after Hiawatha's mother-in-law. Civil and · genial discussion of Committee on Academic Policy's plan for calendar and ·curriculum. Discussion with President Babbitt shows no coordination problems with the new proposal. New topic: unresolved problems with coordination. If I can be surprised at these reports and their confirmation, it is a good thing I came to the Conference and-learned about them. Yet Kirkland and Hamilton students in this discussion group seem quite fond of each other; more than a few coy glances passbai� and · forth during the discussion. All considered, very civil. Social hour. All discussion groups seem to have been cordial. Our perhaps more productive than most. Am delighted to see my pocket�billiard skills astonish several undergr_aduates. · ·· Back to �abin. Sam graciously does not mention snoring.

Sunshine promised by management. Discussion: health services. Our group generally quite pleased by health services. Expensive but good.

Discussion continued: Honor system: not working too well, but better than most. When it works it creates a healthy envjronmcnt and happy feeling.

CREDIT dismay over personal and

Misuse of alcohol a problem.

I learn that students now are either deep into the drug scene or quite removed from it. If deep in, they generally don't last in college. Largely a repeat of second• half of last evening's discussion. Why don't more white students 'visit the BPRU?

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Sub�total: B+ Sept. 4 8: 30 Weather deplorable. Coffee and doughnuts. 9:00 Why the same discussion group in the same place. Should there be more attention to gynecological medicine? Should the inimnary not also be an educational institution? 11:30 All urged 't o swim in cold lake. 12:30 Lunch. 1:30 Extensive student misgivings about "neighbor-reporting" feature of Honor system. This is a tough one, but is its omission realistic?

Allier Conference, attended by students, .

Water-ski sail kite fails to gain altitude. Provost Lewis reports on current stock market as it affects gifts to colleges. Sitting in the stem and pointing to the bow, Lindley says,· "111 sit iri the back..and you sit in the front." Dinner. Same group, pretty well worn out. Depleted by one third who have rettlqled to Clinton.

Moral climate: Are students as careful as they showd be about locking doors? ShQuld th� colleges acquire an engraving ·pencil for putting identifying marks on _stereos, etc.? Spectator, WHCL, infirmary, et al. have· informational responsibilities re alcohol misuse. Is this a debit or a credit? Is- if · an improve.men t_ over the pervasiveness of five years ago? I don't know. In any event, it is a credit that I learn that this is the case. Social: If there are male-female social problems surely the members of this conference would make poor witnesses to them. Much gaiety. Black-white relations: Our group contends that black-white strains are· over-stated. Discussion leads to most insightful thesis to appear in the Conference thus far: Human relationships (b-w, m-f, f-s 1 et al,) are best enriched when the partners in them are engaged in a common enterprise. And this is far more often successful than when attention is focused on the relationship itself. And we all, black-white, male-female, faculty-student, do have such a common enterprise on College Hill. Cocktail Hour. Provost Lewis arrives. I

Brilliant sun comes out. Swimmers, boaters galore. ,, H e r b s ter and Babbitt compete in a mini-America's- Cup with two Sailfish. Lindley and Traer set �ut in a canoe. My pocket billiards continue to improve remarkably. Dinner. Di s cussion: T h e a d vi s i ng system: considerable approval of the system at Kirkland. Students say it is good to have as adviser a faculty memb�r in a probable: field of concentration.. Hamilton should explain the troika advis�g sytem more clearly. This would end some puzzlement. Freshman dorm advisers are very useful and an important part of the Hill program. Advising is very complex and not all advisers see things the same way. Brief discussion of 'graduate schools. Co l l e ge should make the national manpower prospects clearer to students. Raucous stories of pranks in Dunham in "the old days" (i.e. two or three years ago} Beer keg . open. Billiards continue to I improve.

How are Hamilton faculty advisers chosen and assigned? Do all advisers · understand pre-medical advising? Hamilton students do not understand the troika advising system. Could selection procedures for dorm advisers be improved? Advising is very complex and not all advisers see things the same way. S tuden ts do not grasp the d e m o gr aphi c and v ocational crunch in graduate schools. Group very tired and ends early. 10:00 Clear to all observers that I have been hustled in billiards by Bobby E v a n s . F a c u l t y c o l l e ague comments that attractive barmaid now in backless pantsuit, gives d i s p r opor ti onate amount of_ It occurs to someone to bring beer keg in attention to the undergraduates. from cold porch. 11:30 Exhausted. And so to bed. Sub-total: A Sept. 6 8:30 Why no breakfast? 9:00

M or e t h an a third of the participan�s have left_ for other duties in Clinton. Mathematical error surfaces: If the faculty·student ratio is 1:13 then why do almost all classes have more than 13 students? Should give attention to freshm.an and senior programs.

Why did so many leave early? 12:00 Lunch 1:00

-Coffee and dougnut�. Sunny. Disccusion: wrap-up. Faculty-student ratio an attractive feature of Kirkland and Hamilton. Explain difference between ratio and class size. Urge students to study mathematics. That almosi all faculty and administration doors are open is an attractive feature of · . H/K. SAC - divided view on whether many mini-concerts are preferable to a few big concerts. Good discussion. DePuy demonstrates, as had Carovano yesterday, that tennis is the game of presidents. Pineapple cheesecake. Bus to Clinton.

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By JANE POLLER Communications between faculty, students, and administrative staffs at Hamilton and Kirkland is, 'at best, limited. There are few "excuses" for informal contacts among the groups mentio�ed. fu class contact, joint committees and activi­ ties and shared facilities help facilitate contact-but they're not enough. Two colleges which have a coordinate relationship have a strong and vested interest in one another. As we work in our capacity of faculty mamber, administrator or student, it is often in isolation from one another. The opportunity for members of both college communities to take the time to a) get to meet and know one another b)

discuss current issues on both campuses and c) look at long-range plans or needs toge ther e xammmg, evaluating and implementing ideas and programs is what \ · Adler is/was all about. My reactions to Adler are two-fold: On the experiential level, as a ·participant, I found the -conference to be a valuable opportunity to explore perceptions and issues that are relevant to my work as Dean of Student Affairs at Kirkland. Our two student bodies have a number of shared and complementary concerns. At Adler, we had an opportunity to listen to one another and talk out supposed differences. The oft-ref ered to iron curtain between the two campuses was not evident. Through shared written and verbal -s t atements� policies and institutional philosophies were explored in a factual rather than rumor-based manner. The

steering committee display�o. a 6Teat time investment and a sense of responsibility in the amassing and distribution of many key documents �d statements. Risk-taking occurred as people shared their skepticism as well as constructive ideas about our coordinate college relationship. In introductory comments and in the topical format, K i rkla n d ' s p re n e nce and participation in the conference was taken seriously. On a second level, I must raise practical questions. While I favor and encourage incr eased i n fo r m al communications between members of the two college communities, I think the costs and scheduling of Adler and the selection process must be dealt with. Five thousand three hundred dollars was spent on 67 people for a two-day peiod · of time. If Adler was to occur in a local setting, many more people could participate at a much

more reasonable cost per person. • Futher, the conference occurs at a most difficult time for many of us; faculty m e m b er, administrators and student advisors had to, in several instances, come later, leave early, or totally withdraw from the conference due to schedule conflicts. New students arrived on Thursday, Sept. 5, while Adlers was still in session. Most of the Kirkland delegates had to leave a day early - a situation we all regretted, but nonetheless were forced into if we were· to meet our primary responsibilities as advisors and deans. I suggest a late August ·or mid-fall week-end as an alternative time for Adler to be held. For the most part, my reactions to Adler were generally postivie. Those people who went to Adler must ·somehow reinforce the expereince and integrate their individual ideas into the day-to-day workings of the two colleges.

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ei:r.2��!?� fall. The Aru Peter Rabinowitz will teach one stricken by Dutch elm disease. 'l'he Division has �ad the largest course · this semester -on the -college could not afford them. elms other are being presently seven turnover in faculty, with · detective story and one on New cement curbing• along . Two platform tennis courts, Kirkland's driveway and College sprayed and injected to protect new professors in the 17- member expository prose while Naomi costing $39,000, are expected to Hill Road was constructed this them from this epidemic. Forty division. Marsha Brunner, adjunct Rabinowitz will teach a course on b e i n stalled behi n d "B" summer to' gu�d against land new trees have been planted on instructor of Dance, and Sharyn Greek poetry. C�ol Rupprecht, Dor mitory by the end of e rosiop, and , sinkiµg due to the Hamilton campus, 20 on Helland and Mary Jane Warner, formerly a teaching fellow at Yale September. The original plans for puddles in that area. Mercury Kirkland, and 20,000 seedlings assistant ProfeSjors of Dance, have University, has been hired as four clay courts have been lighting has been installed on the have been planted on the college b een hir�d to replace the assistant professor of literature. abandoned because according to Kirkland campus, which according grounds. Salatinos. Chester Sadowy is a visiting William Jamison, acting director to Leuiken,_ p rovides more The theatre department has, professor at Kirkland specializing Damage due to vandalism at, of institutional affairs, the bids intense, longer lasting lighting. Hamilton was extensive, Leuiken added Fred Warner, adjunct in American literature. for the courts were higher than The Physical Plant had . to said. A total of $7,000-$5,000 assistant professor of theatre, and Lin d a Burnbaum, assistant over the budget allotment- was . Rodney Umlas, assistant professor professor of biology is the only J?a_yid its to ,taff. theatre, of spent to repair damage due to addition to the Kirkland Science Vandalism at Kirkland McDonald, adjunct mstructor in D i v i s io n . She w i l l t e ach vandalism. Clinton Car Wash Clinton U-Haul SHELL Jerry Dodd, and was minimal. The major cost was ceramics, bi ochemistry and biology of replacing lost or stolen cushions in assistant professor of sculpture are disease, courses not offer.ed ·at _ also new to the division. the lounges, Leuiken said. . Kirkland before. Nadine George, In the Humanities Division, assistant professor of historu of Kirkland New Faculty Nancy and Peter Ravinowitz � ·Fifteen· new faculty members be sh_;ll'ing a joint appointment as science is the new c�airman of this division, replacing Elizabeth have join e d the K i rkland assistant professor of literature. Gilbert. We Service All Makes of Cars Three new social scientists have Road Service on the Hill been named to the , Kirkland faculty. Rovert Krautz, instructor 853-8030 · in anthropology, was formerly a lecturer in archaeology at the The Assembly of Kirkland College, made up of faculty and; University of �alifornia. Seward student representative, will soon' hold election. There are 17 Salisbury holds .. the position of faculty representative 12 elected at large, plus the five fa�ulty visiting profe-ssor of sociology. He members of the Steering Committee. The students have 16 is a recognized ·authority on the representatives, of whom three are the student members of the sociology of religion and the Steering Committee. Of the remaining 13- �tudent representatives, family and has written three nine are elected by Kirkland dormitory, one by the Kirkland books on the subject. Bruce students living at Hamilton, one by the Kirkland members of the Wittmaier, assistant professor of , Black and Puerto Rican Union of Hamilton and Kirkland, and two . psychology, specializes in the elected at large. s�c i al p sychology of higher The election of representatives and committee staffing will be education. _ doncuted in a new way this year in an e-ffort to achieve greater efficiency and to· foster a greater sense of identity among the Hamilton New Faculty various constituencies and their representatives. Thus, only the at The Hamilton Facuity has large student representatives will be elected by mail ballot as in the added eleven new· members this past. The dormitory representative will be elected at dorm fall. A specialist in computer meetings. Also, the student Assembly members will be directly science, Andrej S. Targowski, has involved in the staffing -of Assembly committees. been hired as visiting professor of The election schedule is as follows'/4 mathematics. Judith A. Bland Thursday,Sept. 12 joins the biology department as an Election -fo dorm representatives to be conducted by student assistant professor. advisers in dorm lounges. Notice of time will be given on a flyer to One-semester appointments have been extended to John be distributed by the advisers. Faculty representative elections will · Nelson Morris, visiting professor be conducted by mail ballot. Friday-Monday,Sept. 13-16 of English, and assistant professor of Religion Glenn T. Miller who Distribution of Assembly committee preference questionnaires will replace J. Gomer Williams by the newly elected representatives. Information about the duties during the second semester. of each Assembly committee is contained on the questionnaire. Hamilton .gradua.,te Jonathon Applicants for committee posts must write out a statement about. Tittler has been hired as assistant the nature of their interest and their qualifications and are strongly urged to discuss their interest with their dorm representatives(s). . prQfessor of Spanish. Robert Kweit has been added to the Committee preference questionnairres are to be collected and Government Department as an returned to the Assembly office on the morning of Monday,Sept. assistant professor. 16. Other .new instructors include Wednesday-Monday,Sept. 18�23 F. A nn Ducille in English, Selection . fo student As�bly committee members by the Germina Lubega in anthropology, student Assembly representative$ subject to final approval by the Steering Committee. and Sy<!na,Stem Weiss in German. ·

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On Campus This Week Spellbound. Alfred Hitchcock Thriller, and The Wonder Ring, a

short. Saturday and Sunday at 9 p.m. Chemistry Auditorium. King of Hearts, Saturday at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday at 10 p.m. only. Kirner-Johnson Auditorium.

September 9 and 10 (Monday an� Tuesday) Gary Cooper in High Noon, and a Charlie Chaplin short. 10 p;m. Chemistry Auditorium.

September 12 (Thursday) _ . Eric Rohmer's My Night at Maud's, starring Jean-Pierre Leaud, and The Door, a short. 8 p.m. Kirner-Johnson Auditorium. Klute, starring Donald� ,Sutherland and Jane Fonda. 8 p.m. Science Auditorium.

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LECTURE AND DISCUSSION

September 7 (Saturday·) Newman Mass. Father Drobin. 5:30 p.m. Chapel. September 8 (Sunday) Newman Mass. Father DrobLn. 9:30 a.m. Chapel. Free Church of Clinton. Joel Tibbetts, College Chaplain. 1 }.:15 a.m. Chapel. September II (Wednesday) ·Bible Studies 9 p.m. Alumni House.

EXHIBITIONS

Currently on Campus Student Loan Collection. Bristol Campus Center. Through September 22.

Opening Soon

"The Architecture of Hamilton College and the Surrounding Area." Root Art Center. Through October 13.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

September 7 (Saturday) Beer-Lemonade and Band. 8 p.m. McEwen Cafeteria. Co-ed Bingo. Midnight. Kirner-Johnson _Room 220. September 8 (Sunday) Wine and Cheese. 9 p.m. McEwen Cafeteria.

PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION

2:15 p.m. Inaugural Procession. Sage Building. 2:30 p.m. Inauguration Ceremony. Formal installation of J. Martin Carovano as the 16th president ·of Hamilton College. Sage Building.

Tryouts for Ibsen's "A Doll's House" will take place at List Recital Hall Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 17 and 18. Please notify Carol Bellini-Sharp for the rehearsal schedule.

ROOM TELEPHONES

A representative of the Telephone Company will be in the Bristol Lobby during the first week of classes, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., for those Hamilton and Kirkland students who wish to sign up for telephones in their rooms but did not do so last spring.

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Although "Sp'ellbound" is one of Alfred Hitchcock's best films, it is quickly able to involve and maintain the interest of the audience. · Throughout the film, Hitchcock's uriique biend of the f e a r f u l and the c om i c a l demonstrates his own directorial genius, while reaffirming his unquestioned title of Master of Suspense,· The film, which was released in 194 5, may not be entirely plausible in its plot, but the combination of the acting, the supernatural scenery, and the ha unt i n g m us ic make "Sp ellbo und" a thoroughly enjoyable movie. · Starring in the film are Gregory Peck as a psychotic amnesiac who assumes the identity of an asylum dir�ctor, and Ingrid Bergman, a psychiatrist who tries to help Peck regain his memory. The amnesiac becomes , quit«: confused and fearful in his new role as director; he loses his sense of reality and begins to fantasize uncontrollably. Some of the best scenes of the movie are contained in these dream sequences, which we�; �ividly designed by Salvador Dali. However, even though the plot and t ht s ce n ery are both u_nrealistic, "Spellbound" is a surprisingly sensible movie. Since it is one of the first films to directly explore · the field of psychoanalysis, Hitchcock favored a truthful approach with a reluctance to become too creative. O ne m�ht think that a Hitch co ck film which deals

directly w i t h psychoanalysis would be very loose and wildly imaginative. Sadly, this is not the case. The film often falls short of greatness because parts of the script are loaded down with dialogue. When Hitchcock is at his best, the master depends mostly upon purely yisua1 cinema; in "Spellboum,1" however, he pays too much att-ention to words

rather than action. Still, e ven· though it is somewhat flawed, ''Spellbound" is an exciting and entertaining movie. Clearly, Hitchcock is an �xp e r t f i l m m aker, and his inimitable technique of directing a film makes almost anything of his worthwhile. Enjoy it, but keep your eyes OJ>C:�· Don�t. miss the: master's ritual appearance.

Architecture Photographs Bow in Root Art Center Exhibition

September 8 (Sunday)

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Alfred Hitchco,ck's "Spellboundf' Blends Love, Fantasy, and Suspense

By KENNETH GROSS and trefoils done up with bits of Why, I know people wlw don;t ·, tinte d glass ) are associated even like American architecture. expressly with monstrous stone It offends their sense of stylistic cathedrals, but that is not to say purity. The wanton rape of design t h a t s uc h t hings ( s uitably ·elements fr om ar chitecture modified) will not go as well or rang ing fr om Romanesque, bett er , set into whitewashed Gothic, to Renaissance and their , clapboard or red brick. cl se by _ var y ing nati onal expressions p r i ve t h e dges. Never <;>mmd. among the French, Germans, Thomas Jeffer�on set windows Italians, and Spanish can be very into friezes where relief panels disconcerting. should have been. Of course, Gothic windows As. important as the correct (stone trac�ry, pointed arches, transferral .of gothic decorativl=

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Munstitute Exhibits Frontier Landscapes

A selection of paintings frorp. nation on . the threshold of the collection of, the Adirondack greatness. T h e p a i n t i n gs of t he Museum, Blue Mountain Laite, , ,will opemat the Munson-Williams­ Adirondack Museum reflect these . 1Pr octor. Ins ti tu te Sunday, early developments, as well as ; ,Sep te mber 22 and continue their subsequent expressions later · in the century. £through Sunday, October 27. The discovery of the American Kent, Tate Exhibited • ' j wilderness by philosophers and · artists in the early nineteenth The Adirondack Museum limits · 1 century left a lasting legacy in the 'its collection efforts for the most attitudes which Americans hold part to Adirondack subjects. It a bo ut the landscape today. - owns approximately 360 oil Romantic and a mb i guously paintings by about one hundred divided between the urge to a n d fifty art ists. Rec ent preserve and the need to exploit, acquisitions include "Otter and t hi s -atti tude found early Spe ckled Trout" by Arthur expression in the paintings of Fitzwilliam Tait (the subject 0£ a those artists associated with . the major loan exhibitioncurrently Hudson River School. open at the Museum) and. an oif In the vrrgm forests and p ainting en titled "Mountain countless lakes of an area located Road" by, the late artist and near the oldest cities of the new author from AuSable Forks, n a t i on b ut which remained Rockwell Kent. unnamed until the late 1830's, One of the works on display, these artists were excited by. the Remington's "Hunter Cabin'' size and primitive conditions actually was the home of Ab which seemed to them a metaphor Thompson on Silver Pond near of nature's generosity to a young Cranberry Lake.

motifs or accurate proportion and scaling of the classical orders is the s ometimes "in novating willfulness" of the planning. And that is purely American. It is American in its conception even if there is no American tradition. And having said that, it is the purpose of the article to :,.rrge everyone to view the Root Art Center photography exhibit of "Archite ct ure of H a milton C ollege and the .Surrounding A re a," organized b y A r t Departp:iel}t C hairman Rand Carter . T h e e x h1bit opens tomorrow� Sept. 8 and closes Sunday, Sept. 15. The first part of the _ exhibit shows buildings in Utica and surroundirig towns ranging from pre-revolutionary stone houses to early twentieth-century public structures. There are columned porticoes, castelated roofs, and even a couple of octagonal houses (popular in the decade af�er 1850 when they were claimed to be the configuration ideally suited to the promotion of family order and bliss). Accompanying notes sketch the architectural history of the Northeast from the days of the e arly r e public through the Late Victorians. The other half of the exhibit deals especially with• Hamilton College buildings, some with a series of photographs showing the building and its changes and settings over a period of as much · as 100 years. One can see old inte riors, redone or recovered exteriors, Buttrick hall when it had three stories and gables, even an old stereograph pair of the Chapel, and, in both part of the sh ow, architecturally notable b u i l d i n g s u n fur t u n a t e l y d e m o li s hed.


Fewer Students Pick Kirkland Cosper to Focus. on East

year Cosper plans to sacrifice and what .she Karl done with what geogr aph ical distributlon for was available. As in the past, finances increased effort at mid-Atlantic affected the adn;iissions process "No one's here who shouldn't and New England area schools. A total of 19 3 students or 45% very little, Cosper said. More be," said Kirkland's Director of Admissions, Bridgie Cosper. It of those receiving a letter of people are on financial aid tlµs was, however, easier to gain acceptance enrolled last Thursday. year than before. The average SAT score went admission to Kir.kland this year Thirteen students who were than in the past. "Some people accepted deferred admission until down th1s year, reflecting a who were accepted right -out this 1975. Two hundred twenty four national trend as well as the year were rejected in previous applicants were accepted but Kirkland admission policy which chose to atte,nd other schools. stresses grades over SAT scores. years/' said Cosper. Fewer While 52.4% of the Class of people applied to Kirkland last Ni ne chose Hampshire over year than in other years. Cosper Kirkland, eight each to Mt. 1977 scored over 600 on the pointed out, however, that the Holyoke and Cornell, five each to verbal part of the SAT, 46% of general student peopulation is Rochester, Union, Smith, Oberlin, the freshman class topped 600. declining across the country. The Trinity, Radcliffe, and Brown. The difference in scores over 5 00 . number o f early decisions Thirty transfer students enrolled is much smaller, however; 85.4% applicants has remained constant, this year, including eight. from of the sophomore class, 84% of Western College in Ohio. the freshman class. The average Cosper said. There was a slightly different score for the Class of 1977 was Cosper said that another reason for the decrease in applications emphasis in selecting the class o( 600, for the Class of 1978, 585. was the college's lack of a 1978 than in previous years, The Math SAT scores followed concentrated drive at high schools according to the director of a similar p�ttern. Students with where Kirkland had previously admissions. Accomplishments and scores over 500 totaled 83.4% of received ·many applications. The interests were considered in light ,- the Class of 1977, and 77.5% of decrease in applications from of the academic environment in the Class of 1978. Average scores 'these schools was marked. This which the . �nnlir::ant fnnrtinnc, d r opped from 600 for the Kirkland Assistant Dean of Student Affairs, Linda Patrick. · sophomore class to 575 for the · freshmen. s l igh t l y b ut enrollment by students from experimental high schools was, up. Despite the over all drop in applications, ·Cosper said that the class of 1978 is "full of verv sounkv oeoole." rick said that more informational By LIZ BARROW Ad.missions Office Additions and counseling services for women Students are not taking ad­ The admis·sions office has are needed. She expressed concern vantage of Kirkland's innovations added four new people that women are locked into pro­ according to Linda Patrick, the Katie Hutchinson, a recent grammatic courses while forget­ college's new assistant dcian of graduate of Bryn Mawr will be in student affairs. Patrick said that ting "where they are" in the targer charge of giving interviews in Kirkland, as a new college for scheme of their educational, pro­ various cities while Cynthia Allen, fessional, and personal develop­ who worked as a counselor in the ' women, must encourage m\>re per­ ment. sonal contact between faculty, ad­ Dean of Students Office last year, Lieberman Praised ministration, studen�s, and pro­ will be working part time with· Patrick expressed support for fessional women from outside the similiar duties. community.' The new dean said Career Center Director Bunny Kris Pittman, a recent graduate that she hopes to supplement and Liebermln's program which brings of Western College, will be assigned administrative duties ? ' continue the work Dean of Stu­ women from other colleges and dent Affairs Jane L. Poller has communities to Kirkland for in­ al though she will do some already undertaken in these areas. formal_ discussions with students. interviewing. O n e o f P atr i ck's s e l f-·' Patrick said a program that would Molly Bartlett, who has a .proclaimed. goals is to deal ef• allow students to accompany pro­ graduate degreee in counseling fectively with 'all the aspects and fessional women during a normal from Colgate University, will be problems of "'womanµess." Based working day would give them the r e spon sible for interviewing Kil'kland Director of Admissions Brigid Cosper candidates and travelling. upon her initial impressions, Pat- opportunity to. see how a woman copes in an environment away For the past several do:ys, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs from College Hill. Linda Patrick had been enforcing a regulation prohibiting Although Patrick said that she upperclassman residents from moving into their rooms on the eschews the term "role model," Kirkland campus before today. The Spectator, in response to she supported efforts to bring numerous complaints from students, asked Dean Patrick to explain competent women to the Kirk­ her office's position. Her statement follows. cOll"_tinued from page one Former Deans Attend land campus in order to expose · Former Dean of the College, students · to life styles different Developed Cluster Colleges from the traditional mother and Lyo-n , _ when president· of Win t on 'Tolles, now Acting housewife. Pomona, brought that college to Presiderit of Delaware Valley In r�sponse to the concerns expressed by the Residence Work-study programs already the prominence it now enjoys· and College and fonner Associate Committee, other Student Life committees, and individual faculty provide students an opportunity was instrumental in the successful Dean Hadley Depuy, now heading· members and students who felt that residence halls needed to be to vary their environments and to development of the Claremont t h e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n o f better cleaned, maintained and secured, each room _was thoroughly learn how to deal with the subtle Cluster Colleges, a paradigm for Fulton-Montgomery Community inventoried and locked. ($80,000 is a conservative estimate for a discrimination women face in academic coordination on College College will also join the invited three year period loss of furniture and d amage) Other concerns varying positions, according to Hill. Carovano said Lyon was guests. were an abundance of unauthorized · keys, and the recurring Dean Patrick. . contacted for advice in the Fin al1y. r epresentatives of problems of intruders. development of Kirkland as a Cornell University, Union College ,., Women's Center It was felt that orientation, and student advisor training were coordinate institution. Patrick also plans to work and C olumbia .University-the nece� priorities if community was ever to occur. The resulting closely with the Women's Center, Altho�h President Carovano is institutions with whom Hamilton scheduling was due to Labor Day week-end, the Adler Conference, saying it is a "very viable place" not inviting scores of college ,compares itself in New York -will and demands on a limited staff. for the kinds of activities Kirkland presidents and delegates as did his attend. Representing Columbia The Hamilton system of arrival into residence halls as opposed needs. predecissor, Willianis President will be Paul Carter, a fonner to the Kirkland community should also be considered. At She said, however, that she John W. Chandler, he has invited a Hamilton provost. Hamilton assignments are made in conjunction with the hopes to discourage the continua­ n u m b e r o f c ollege ·c h ie f O ther s p ecial guests will Admissions Office. Key straightening takes place in the Business tion of what she termed the W om­ executives. Kirkland President include alumni who h ave been Office, and key distribution occurs both at the switchboard and en's Center clique of "ten very Samuel F. Babbitt as well as the acti ve i n Ham i l ton affairs, the Business Office. On the other hand, the Kirkland procedure is to vocal, super-militant women" by presidents of other area colleges including all memtiers of the make assignments, distribute keys, pass out information, and plan approaching new students. She will attend. Alumni C9uncil since its inception ., orientation activities through the Dean of Student Affairs Office · · · said the Women's Center should 30 years ago. Greetings from the and student advisors. consider what it can offer to all alumni will be delivered by John Possible solutions to the tight schedule which occured this year women and that eventually some F. Mahon of Rochester, president might be: _ _ · programs including men may be of the Alumni Council. 1. Moving the Adler Conference to a less hectic time for VillaF Variety Stare added. Spokesman for the faculty, everyone concerned. Qinton. N. Y As the administrator of student which will march in the academic 2. Having new students a full week ahead, or at least several housing, Patrick said that she will procession, will· be Otto Lledke, Scmn1 the Collqe days earlier. review the entire residence pro­ Munson Professor of German, the Community for 3. Considering a summer orientation for new students. gram with a better utilization of senior active faculty member at 25 years. Responsibility for all of the aforementioned is a shared one. Our lounge and classroom space in Hamilton. Also part of the office is not trying to overly structure residen·ce hall procedures; mind. Patrick is also considering Clothing _�ademic procession will be a. however, you cannot straighten out keys, room damages , thievery, Housewares an examination and possible sim­ group of student leaders, to be and rooming assignmen'ts• without starting firmly somewhere. In Stationary plification of the annual housing represented on the platform by our minds, this means a consistent policy. PantyHosc lottery. Kevin McTernan of Vienna, Va., We welcome the opportunity to discus·s and review policies (from $.59) Patrick, replacing Carol Cooper president of the Student Senate. including lottery with students. The Residence Committee and Art Goods in the dean's office, received her T he actual installation of Assembly are excellent places for this to begin. Knitting YU11 B.A. in religion from Southern Carovano will be conducted by We felt we did the best we could given this year's circumstances Methodist University and her Coleman Burke, chairman of the and schedule demands. If some people perceive the system in a You-n-.-it-we.JlaYC-it M.A. in colleg� students personnel Board of Trustees, and a .partner critical way, then it's up to them to help us work out a better _a dm inistr ation from Indiana in the Wall Street law firm of system which me�ts both students and institutional needs. University. Burke & Burke.

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Academic life on the Hill has always be-en hard, but one can't a l w ays engage i n m en t a l gy m n a s t1es. Th e community offers organized a c t i vities, f a cilities, and other leisurely exercise. Many students frequent the gym. There is a universal gym, which is a good workout. Pick-up games on the basketball courts are always in progress. Usually the squash court and tennis courts are crowded. In addition, badminton is available. Time schedules should be posted in the gym. For those who don't enjoy competitive activities, the Al_µmni Pool is open at varying hours throughout the year. During the occasional warm months,' people have been rumored to use the Hamilton College Reservoir as a l o c a l s w i m m i ng h o le {but swimming there is in violation of the saw). Bicycling is popular and the surrounding areas could be difficult for a beginner. The golf course is in use throughout the spring and faJl. T he o u t i ng c l ub o f f ers equipment and advice for all who pay its membership fee {cheap!). S n o w s h o e i n g , c r o s s-c ountry skiing, and camping are all covered. The headquarters is in the bas ement - o f Kirkland

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Dor mitory on the Hamilton campus. ___ __ _ _ _ If you are just after a long walk, Rogers', Kirkland, and Root Glens provide all the essentials. and some .,extras. Fishing is a vailable in nearby ,Oriskany Creek rurining parallel to Rte. 12-B. The trout are there, you just have to pull them in. For those who ,just like to watch, the Hamilton sports season kicks off on September 21. Sports events are great study breaks and usually provide a chance to see new· people. And if you happen to be -the type that j1:1st likes to_ .lay back and hang, a frisbee will keep your thr�wing arm in shape. Fall doesn't last now, so do it now.

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vehicle to the point where it will By CHIP WHITELY On Sept. 8, Evel Kneivel will bounce on its nose like a pogo attempt a feat that could place stick over a half mile from take him on top of' the illustrious list off. Evel has become an · instant of daredevil showmen. Those who have tempted audiences with their folk hero. Bearing a reputation as apparenlac� of concern for life or a family oriented man, he has J.irilb will most certainly turn over preached violently against drug in their graves upon hearing of · abuse. His constant warning that Evel's attempt at blasting across all motorcyclers wear , helmets the Snake River Canyon. Six h ave labeled him as safety million dollars is purported to be concious. , Why then would he headed his way as a result of full attempt such an outrageous feat? cloased circuit television coverage. Money? Fame? ...or is he from His. jet powered "motorcycle," that high echelon of daredevils, built by polaris missle designer who's only satisfaction comes Robert Truax, will soar off a · from the yells of captivated highly pitched ramp in the Idaho crowds. Two dry runs, i.e. without sky., t is equipped with drag racing type parachutes that will slow the rider, have failed. Evel comments philsophically on death, using an extreme "live life while you've got it" ideal. What will happen? Past performances include a record of broken bones and world records. The man is very well vers�d in the profession,. which would lead o·ne tQ keep the faith. The aura of "Hewy" also suffered a slight susperice is· apparent in local injury when he was fingered in the conversation. Outcome? Anyone¾ eye and had his cornea scratched. He is doing fine now,· and saw limited action when the Cowboys met·the Steelers last Thursday. With the veterans back in c amp, Hewitt's chances of surviving the cut are slµn. Curt : Mosher·, s pokesman for the Cowboys, said, "All the' regulars are back and we are seven deep in defensive tackles with 'Too Tall' Jones as -0ur first draft choice." Hewitt has to be commended. He is the product of one of the weakest football programs at the college level, and is now playing with the best. Jeff thinks he can play with the best, and has shown he can. His confidence is even more awesome than his size. The pros have to reduce their rosters to 4 7 this week. The Cowboy cut will be announced Tuesday. Whatever the outcome, Jeff Hewitt wants to play in the NFL, and should.

Hewitt Still Professional_ · ai Dallas Cowboy Player Cut Due On Tuesday

Jeff Hewitt '74, who was signed as a free agent last spring by the Dallas Cowboys, has been valiantly trying to make the defensive line there as the veterans and. top drafts picks return from the players strike. . H e w i t t was H a mi l ton's defensive line last year. The Cowbofs signed the 6'4" 250lbs.

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Pennant Fever FEINGOLD AND SHOEN There's pennant fever in at least eight cities in the American and National leagues right now. Players are acting more confident now, assured of their abilities, and managers talk about taking this"series three out of four and that series two out of three etc. All of a sudden the schedule that was '1ust beginning" after being played three months byJuly is all too important. But the biggest sign. of pennant fever is not found in a team's clubhouse or on its bench. It is found in the stands. Fans who could afford better seats sit in the grandstands just to get a better view o! the scoreboard- The most important man at the stadium is the scorekeeper who keeps track of the scores at other ballparks. There are oohs, ahs, boos, cheers, and riots (notover the action in the Rlaying field but over a few numbers on the scireboard). T.he pennant fever that plagues many ballparks now is t.Jie first sign that the Great Plan put into effect in 1969 �sworked-up to its full potential. Up until ndw the only r1eal pennant races under the Plan were the perennial Cincy-L.A. battles and the Mets rise every mayoralty election year in New York City. This month there will be twice as many arguments in the bars. as ever before. Even the powerful Oakland A's can slump and imd themselves fighting to stay alive with the Royals and/or t;he Rangers. The great pennant races (pre Great-Plan) usually consisted of two or three teams in one league fighting it out (mainly because the Yankees clinched it by Labor Day). Now you can find eight, nine, oreven ten teams battling until October One. Since professional baseball as will as any sport is a big business, the main idea of the sports moguls is to get as many fans as possible in the ballpark. Fans go to th� ballpark· only when their team can possibly win (unless they're giving away bats). San Diego does not get as many fans in September as they do in M_ay when McCovey is exciting and the Padres are only six out.· The idea is to get as many teams as possible into playoff contention. The old idea of baseball · was that the World Series should be played between the "two best" teams. With the growth of football, basketball, and hockey the idea of the ''best" has changed considerably. The best team is the team which can play under pressure, the team that can win the "second season" be it the NFL playoffs, Stanley Cup playoffs or whatever. The Celtics of the 50's and 60's rarely won their division title, but they slaughtered every team that faced them in the playoffs - they were "'the best". Baseball, being the oldest of all professional sports is the most conservative. It took decades before the higher-ups adopted -the views of other, younger organized sports. The reserve - clause won't be gone until the Rozelle rule is long buried. But when it comes to more money the owners can move slightly faster than their normal snail's pace and· that's why there is talk now of adopting a basketball-type playoff setup as early as next season where thJ two top teams in each division will enter the playoffs. Theoretically, this means that each team in each division will be fighting playoff spot in September. That means each city in the majors can be infected wi� pennant fever which means that each ballpark will be packed with beer-happy, concession attending fans which means... ·money. Too bad it took the 1973 Mets to make baseball realize all this.

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defens i ve t a ckle w ith the intention of switching him to offensive tackle. The Hamilton grad left for Cal Lutheran College, the site of the Cowboy training camp,July 4.' He entered the camp as the starting rookie at offensiv.e guard. But this was at the start of the NFL player strike. With mostly rookies filling the dep leted ranks qf all the pro _squads, Hewitt saw pre-season action on the off�nsive line. But he asked the coaching staff to be switched back to his defensive position. At defensive tackle Hewitt seems small compared to Cowboy regulars. Jeff did well in the pre-season and his chance came in . a pre-season game against the Houston Oilers. Hewitt won the starting position, after coming off the· bench and assisting on sacking the Oiler quarterback, and also went head to head against John Cappaletti at the goal-line and stopped the Oiler back dead. Hewitt started the next game playing next to the immortal Bob Lillv.

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Preseason _Viewing Late August and\ early September have seen a steady flow of people to the Hill. Most of the early-comers seemed to have a mission. Kirkland students were seen besieging the student affairs Qffice. And with the start of the Adler Conference, a hardy band of Hamilton athletes were bastioned on campus. A training table was set up in Commons. The dining room was . divided between the football team and everyone else. But it was still Commons and Commons food. But all the players, with only enough energy-to eat, appreciated the waitresses serving dinners. The football team has a new coach. Bob King is rebuilding a team that has seen only one win in two years. King seems to be determined in his work. The players also are determined. The team has given the weight machine a rugged worko-ut in the morning these past few weeks. Afternoons and evenings, players and coaches sp�nd their time between the practice field, the gym, and Commons. - People should not rush their evaluations about gridiron performace. The schedule has �ome tough opposition, with the first conflict against Franklin & Marshall, one of the toughest. The cross country team can be seen just about anywhere. They are constantly on the run around campus and off in the glens. They were always seen running in the rain early last week, but they don't seem to be under the weather. Gene Long's runners seem t� enjoy their work. They are also- very efficient. They should be out front again in'the running for New York State. Soccer is progressing. Freshmen are beginning to trickle into the ranks of the squad with the start of orientation. They should fare well this year, but one never knows how well. A few injuries have Iesulted from collisions and other mishaps that always accompany pre-season training. A few of the fallen have been seen hobbling· around campus with canes: Many of those still standing complain of assorted tight muscles, hard workouts, and other disabilities. All in all, there �hould be something to look forward to after all the preparation.


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THE SPECTATOR. HAMILTON AND KIRKLAND COLLEGES. CLINTON, NEW YORK

Volum� Five, Number Three

September 13, 1974

Kirkland Holding its Own Through Current Hard Times '

Inflation is forcing Kirkland to tighten up its whole operation ., President Babbitt said in a recent in t e r v i e w . H e e xp r e s s e d co.n f i d e n c e , h o w e ver , i n Kirkland's ability to survive the current economic crisis.

At a time when tight money and a depressed stock market are putting increasing fiscal pressures on donors, Kirkland has to build its own base of financial support. B a b b i t t sai d t hat trustees, foundations, �d other� who have

not yet been approached will ha\'e to be contacted for needed funds. Babbitt said that although financial stringe�cy has caused no cuts in the current operations, the college has to hold back on a few programs that it would like to initiate. Sexy Area He commented, however, that ) the science program woµld not be so difficult to expand because it is a "sexy area." Kirkland's budget is not as. Utica Mayor Edward A. Hanna the niileage from ·the garage, has decided to discontinue the which is 18½ miles round trip, tight as it can be, but it is as tight Utica Transit · Commission bus when it runs only a mile and a as it ought to be at the moment, route between Utica and Clinton half in Clinton. They wanted Babbitt sai�. "We want to see the after Sept. 27, which may lead Clinton to pay $30,000." ice much thinner before we cut. -Oneida CoW'lty Executive William Lewis saicl Clinton should not back on any programs," he added. Bryan t t o initiate · a court have to pay that sum since the bus Kirkland needs $750,000 a injunction against the city. also runs through four other year in gifts to continue running _The mayor's action is intended villages. According tp Drums in the black, according to Babbitt, to relieve Utica of the financial Along the Mohawk, Hanna had and any extra money that is raised res ponsibility for providing bus requested a total of $100,000 will be invested. Kirkland .now has approximately $900,000 put seIVice _to· the five suburban from the five towns together., villages of Clinton, New Hartford, "They're trying to pin it on the away. The money is controlled by Whitesboro, New York Mills and five villages," Lewis explained. "If the trustees and most of these Yorkville. they cut service to the villages, the funds which serve as the college's 'A City That's Broke' property owners of Utica would endowment have a restricted use. B a b bi t t also s a i d t hat "We've been carrying the pay only for their own losses. The financial load for a number of way they figure it would be continued high inflation will years,nHanna said. ''The city lost detrimental to the villages. They boost the $750,000 figure. Money in the Bank $191,000 running buses outside want us to pay f<r the bus route in The president said that he does the city. The County Executive the city of Utica. We won't pay William Bryant labels it a county the $30,000. We'll pay our rate, not expect Kirkland to reach a Catherine Frazer, Kirkland dean of academic affairs and multi-million dollar endowment. function. Buses should be about $2,000. ,., speaker at Sunday's convocation. See news story page 4. Lew1S said that apparen.tly not "Each year, we feel we should operated on-a county level. Why should the city run the buse�-a many Clinton residents used the cover expenses and put something city that's broke, a city with the bus service to Utica and that he in the bank." Babbi tt e xp ress e d q u iet highest unemployment in the had not received many complaints st ti:? Why should we pay f r o m v i l l agers a b ou t the opt i mism that Kirkland will continue to be an economically cancellation of the bus route. anything?" However, he said that both he viable institution, although it is Bryant was not available for Sheila McC. Muccio, formerly held various positions in �er comment, but Drums Along - the and llamil ton President J. Martin not in a growth situation. "If we Mohawk said he_accused Hanna of Caravano had written to the did not raise a nickel; we could development coordinator of the career which stretches over a failing to explore mffi.ciently the Department of Transportation to survive for .the next two or three Overseas Education Fund of the thirty-year span. Besides holding League of Women- Voters, has positions with private voluntary possibility of obtaining increased 1 express their displeasure with the years," Babbitt said. Babbitt said that the college's been named 'Vice-president for organizations, she has spent many federal and state mass transit move. '"The county is working subs idies a n d i gnoring the seriously to continue operation of newness and its identity as a _ development at Kirkland College, years in government service. w o men ' s c o l l ege has i t s according to President Babbitt. Government Service .economic ramifications of the buses," Lewis said. Muccio, who will begin her When asked about the possible advantages, but that they are At the U.S. Eml;>assy in Tokyo, eliminating the bus transportation to city and suburban stores and court injunction against Utica, limited. The newness evens itself new position in early Octobe_r , Muccio was the assistant attache factories. Mayor Hanna said, "That's· crazy out, he said. Some foundations will · be responsible for the staff who reported on topics of minor ,_, Mayor Hanna said he had talk. They haven't got a foot to want the· high prestige and_ and programs of the college, interest concerning the United originally offered the bus service stand on. I have a responsibility to assurance that an older school can w h i ch relate to fund-raising, Nations to the United States. As policy reports officer with to the towns at "one half their the taxpayers. What right have I guarantee, while others want to , public relations, publications and to give out taxpayer's money �o give their money to new and alumnae affairs. As vice president the' B u r eau of International fare," but they refused. Clinton Mayor Harlan Lewis service other. towns?, If there's different educational concepts. for development, she will lead a Organization Affairs of the United said that the villages had been going to be an injunction, it He said that the college will fundraising effort, designed to Na ti ons, M u c c i o pre pare d overcharged. "They charged us should be agafust me for not not be forced to raise the tuition seek and obtain support fron documents and policy papers for against the cost of running the bus taking this action the first of the any faster than has been normal in f oundations, corporations and internal use in the Department of in to Utica," he said. "They figured year." the past. individuals. State and the White House. Earlier in her career, Muccio A c c ording t o P r eside n t was a foreign affairs officer ;.Tth Babbitt, Kirkland has tried a the Bureau where she specialized v ariety of p atterns. o f in preparing reports dealing with coordination with Hamilton in S e curity Coun ci l a ctivit y , this ai:_ea and has concluded that formulating U.S. policy with the ·.d evelop m en t U.N. , a nd aiding the U.S. Acting Dean of the College, Dwight N. Lindley s e p a•r a t e yesterday declined to make public the minutes of o f f i c e s , w o r king i n c l ose ·-representatives to the General Hamilton faculty meetings in response to a request cooperation, will provide the best Assembly. L is te d as r efer ences on fr<Xll 1he Spectator. Lindley made his decision known service for both Hamilton and after consultation with J'resident Caro'vano and Kirklarid. Kirkland's new Office M u ccio's r e s u m e a r e t w o Provost Eugene Lewis. Carov2.no told The Spectatol' of t he V ice P resident for worldfigures: Hamilton alumnus earlier in the week that public release of the account Development will be housed in Philip Jessup, former head of the· World Court, and Dean R usk, of faculty meetings would make them meaningless McEwen Hall. secretary of state in the Kennedy Worked With Voters League since heated debate would be stricken from the Muccio has been with the Administration. record.. Rusk, who was · contacted by "We decided that the posting would be unwise Overseas Education Fund of the because the minutes would have to be bowdlerized League of Women Voters in ·phone at his Athens, Georgia for them to be public... Occasionally, however,· the Washington, D. C., since 1969. As home, qeclined to comment on faculty discusses matters which should not become development coordinator. she has Muccio, saying that since Kirkland public until the proper time,"wrote the acting dean designed and implemented the had never asked his counsel befor� private sector funding of the Muccio's appointment, he did not in a memo to The Spectator. · . Mitchel Ostrer, editor-in-chief of Th� Spectator, Overseas Education Fund, a think it proper to sp'eak to the said, "We requested the minutes so that we could position which has given her an press. The former secretary of state, report to students and the rest of the college o ve r v i e w o f U ni ted States community the activities of the Hamilton faculty, 0 p h i l a n t h r o p y , i n c l u d i n g however, wished Mucclo luck with foundation and corporate funding her new job. explaining th� newspaper's position. M u ccio is a graduate of At present, the only non-members who attend practices, ary:l has involved her in the bi-we-ekly meetings are two observers elected by extensive proposal ·writing and A m e r i c a n U n i v e r s i t y i n the Kirkland faculty. Similarly, Hamilton elects two grant reporting. The Overseas W a shing ton, D .C. and did E d u c ation Fund s u p p o r t s graduate work, at Georgetown observers to the Kirkland faculty. All meetings of the Assembly, the . faculty's , educational, programs i n the · University and at San Carlos ·· Kirkland equivalent, are open to the public. The developing countries of Latin · UDiversity, Guatemala. The new vice-president. is public has, on occasion, also attended meetings of America and Asia. The 51-year-old Muccio has married and has four children. Acting Dean of the College Dwight �. Lindley the Kirkland faculty, which meets separately.

Hanna Plans to Cut Utica-<:lintrm Bus Run

Kirkland Names Muccio Oiief College Fundraiser

Dean Lindley Declines Release of Minutes


People You Should Know · fhe Spectator's recent request for minutes of the traditionally closed meetings of the Hamilton faculty, the principal governing body of the college, was made in the int.erest of better informing students and other sectors of the colleges of faculty actions and questions under their consideration. In this light, Acting Dean of the College Dwight Lindley's response, made in consultation with President Carovano and Provost. Eugene Lewis, is puzzling. The acting dean explained that for the minutes to be made public, they would have to be diluted to the point of making them unimportant. However, in the minut.es of the May 21 faculty meeting, which The Spectator obtained this week, there was little that could be called controversial. The minutes included a report from then Dean of the College St.ephen Kurtz, a report from Chris Covert, director of admissions, and remarks and announcements by President Carovano. Reports of arguments, feuds, or any sort of provocative discussion, if they occurred at the meeting, were already expurgated from the minutes. The Spectator does not question the faculty's right to the occasio11al retreats to confidentiality of which Lindley spoke. However, there seems to be little justification, other than a reliance on club habit, for the Hamilton faculty to refuse to release reports of its regular business. Withholding of the minutes apparently does not serve to prot.ect faculty from embarrassment or controversy, but seems only to stymie complete and responsible news coverage of the faculty .

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Andrew Wertz Director of the Bristol Campus Center Bristol Campus Center

Father Paul .Drobin Newman Chaplain Keehn Dormitory

The Rev. Joel Tibbetts Hamilton College Chaplain Kirkland Dormitory

Jane Poller Kirkland Dean of Student Affairs Kirner-Johnson Building

R. Gordon Bingham Hamilton Dean of Students ' Root Hall

Linda Patrick Kirkland Asst. Dean of Student Affairs Kirner-Johnson Building

Kenneth Kogut Director of Financial Aid Dunham Dorm Basement

Bunny Lieberman Director of.the Career Center Dunham Dorm Basement

C. Christine Johnson Director, HEOP Root Hall

Dr. Leon Roe ·Medical Director Rudd Health Center

Dr. William Klingensmith Associate Medical Director Rudd Health Center

Dr. Donald Muilenberg Resident Clinical Psychologist Rudd Health Center

. Bus Blunder

Utica Mayor Edward Hanna's decision to cut suburban bus service to five villages outside of th� city, including Clinton, will cause consi�erable inconvenience to students and other Hill people who do not own cars and depend upon the buses for traveling into Utica. Although Hanna's decision appears to be fiscally prudent for the city, he has acted hastily, threatening the five villages with the bUl'den of subsk;lizing the bus service themeselves. Clinton Mayor Harlan Lewis said that the charges presented to his village were unreasonable and exaggerat.ed. Mayor Hanna, who has built a reputation for behaving impetuously, . would have done better to investigat.e possible sources of federal or state transportation subsidies, in coop�ration with Oneida County Executive Wi)Jiam Bryant and the five village mayors. IY the search for sµbsidies proved fruitless, then Hanna would have been forced to take the then only reasonable alternative: cut bus service unless the vill�s could find the money to support it. As it stands now, however, Hanna has evoked concern by bus-riders here, and has sparked a scramble for government subsidies by the village mayors and Bryant in order to mee-t a Hanna deadline.

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Orientation & Thanks To the Editor: As a member of the Kirkland Orientation and Handbook Committee, I am writing to express deep personal thanks to all of those who helped to make th is fall's orientation an incredibly successful one. Primary gratit4..de (and respect) must go to the entering freshwomen (and men) of the two campuses, the transfer students, and special students. They arrived with an enthusiasm and energy level that excited and stimulated all of us. Their attendance rate at our planned activities, their questions and feedback, all showed evidence of a group of men and women who have much to gain from and give to the Hill community. Additional (and very heartfelt) thanks to the upperclass women and supporting staff who made each event possible, the orien tatiori staff (and others who volunteered on the spot) did .everything from flying kites to. driving the jitney . Many women worked incredible hours at thankless tasks in - order to make the new women welcome. The staffs of all the Hill offices added to that effort with their efficii;nt and friendly handling of the problems that cropped up. From. working directly with our program, I know that a walloping thanks is owed to the Kirkland Student Affairs Office. The entire program was conceived in communications with that office, and much of it was implemented through its patience and dedication. Jane Poller and Linda Patrick did an incredible job of trying to meet the needs of the new and returning students. The entire office staff is to be commended. I m u st r egis ter my extreme disappointment with last week's lead editorial-this was not the kind of welcome or thanks I had anticipated for the new assistant dean. Ms. Patrick knows, I hope, that -those of us with more complete knowledge and experience of orientation and residence policies do not share the sentiments expressed by the Hamilton students who wrote the piece. Their statement was in poor taste, in addition to being a very distorted version of the facts. The Student Affairs Office and the Residence Committee (as was stated in Ms. Patrick's statement in that same issue) had strong and pressing reasons for the action taken. It is not true that students with extenuating circumstances were turned aw ay. Ms. Patrick gave the same· personalized attention to each student's needs that has always been given ·by that office. I have the greatest respect for the job she has done since her arrival on campus. I would hope that students who objected to the policy concerning students returning early would communicate those sentiments to the Residence Committee. One lesson that we may have to learn from the new students stu dying their handbooks is that Kirkland governance is open and receptive to all of us. Policy cannot be blamed on "them," 'cause "them" is us. Patty Coleman '77

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To the E ditor: In last week's issue of the the editorial addressed itself to the new residence policies. From the time of t.lie article it· would seem that the early returnees were the rule rather than the. exception. I would suggest that anybody who wishes to discuss the matter and the way the . violaters were handled go to Residnce ·· Committee meetings. I feel that the editors, instead of focusing on an issue concerning the minority rather that the majority, should have acknowledged if not welcomed the new students on campus. No mention of this year's orientation program - much less any friendly welcome from the editors was at all evident. As Chairperson o f K_irkland 's orientation program this matter concerns one greatly. The fact that a concerted effort was made on the part of the Deans' offices and old students to assist new students in their transition from home to school and explain to them the actjvities, organizations, and policies available to• them on the Hill was completely ignored which shows a lack of und erstanding in matters concerning students on the Hill. Instead of fostering and continuing the attempt to welcome and invite the new students to participate the editors of th.e in the community,

Letters to the Fmtor

However,all we wantcd was a change of clothing and a jacket because it was before vacations and at semester's end. Spectator saw fit only to focus on political issues and emphasize the problems that _ Little vandalism and less pilferage occur at getting cold outside. We did not try to the beginning of the year. Ms. Patrick's force our way through any rooms. All the arise when people consider themselves the remarks concerning rhe "tight schedule" lounge doors were open through the exc_eption to the rule. and the,problems of key distribution have bathrooms. The Spectator is the most easily After we came here we were given a simpler solution than that outlined in accessible means of communication the her remarks: a return to the distribution s e v e ral explanations for the dean's Hill has. To initially ignore the issues decision, but only after dem an dingthem. system of preoeeding years. concern ing 400 new students and were told that security was a The policy would not have been so bad We concentrate on the problem of a few is a if it had been fairly administered. All problem. We agree that this was a fatal error. Because no one saw fit to students were excluded from their rooms, problem, since one of the doors was welcome the Freshwomen and Freshmen I with few exceptions.I personally know of propped open at nine o'clock at night. would like to extend my welcome to two women working at the college who Also, if just one suite is open, they are all thein. And many th anks to the denied permission to move in. There accessible. We told one of the secretaries were Orientation Committee without whose must be many others. I know of at least that if they would give us our keys we help the program would not have been the one student who received, by telephone, could l�eep the doors locked. She did not success it was. believe that we would. We were also told pennission to move in early. When she Abby Schenk.man we might steal something, but the that anjved her into allowed not was she ,. Susan Braider only things to steal were our C!Wn' room. Even these criticisms pale before the belongings since they were not locked up To the Assistant Dean main problem, best expressed by a junior anywhere. We resent being treated like To the Editor: woman,"fit ju.st isn't the Kirkland spirit.•• criminals. Another reason for the decision In response to Ms. Patrick's statement: .. .(the] regulation :is meant for those was that the keys were not made yet, but Ms. Patrick was within her rights· to large dehumanizing instit\ltions that we wonder what h ap pened to the keys insist on a firm policy regarding entry students come to Clinton to avoid. Even that we returned last year. Finally, we procedure. What we found distressing was Ms. Patrick claims '.> in the article ·by Liz were told that our contracts did not start the method that she chose to carry oµt her Barrow, that there must be more ..personal until the seventh. We do not recall signing policy. con tact be t ween. • .administration, any contract; we only paid our bill, which , The Dean of Students Office has, for students. . - Her actions achieve the was due August 15th. Is that a contract? the past few- years, attempted to be In that case we should be able to move in antithesis. responsive to student needs. According to Besides her impersonal attitude, Ms. on the date of payment. Why can some the September 7 issue of The Spectator, Patrick also seems quite disorgan ized. Five students-the advisors, choir, freshmen, Ms. Patrick feels that "Kirkland as a new keys had to be returned to the Dean of and a few select others, move in e�lier college for women, must encourage more Students Office before I received -the when we all pay the same fees?. Th� letter could continue on and on. personal c on tact between faculty, coned one. One student, quite high on administration, students, and professional the singles waiting list_ was told that there We suffered many abuses during our first , women outside the community." Yet,the would be "no time; to assign the extra two days at Kirkland. One student was singles until Monday or Tuesday , forcing reprimanded for the actions of three of Assistant Dean of Students has in the past week refused to speak with students and, ha to live in a double without unpacking her suitemates. She has just arrived on campus and had no idea of what was going until that time. � parents. When she does it is not with an I beliewc Linda Patrick has lost the on. Should we be held responsible for the open mind, nor is she tactful. This is tcspcct and confidence of the en tire actions of our friends? Are we one antithetical to the role o(a Dean. n e w buddied mass or individual people with s t u d e n t b o d y ,· something a Per haps the Assistant Dean is administtator can ill afford.She wil l have different problems?Kirkland has taught.us unfamiliar with some of the varied to do a sopahuman job to even stand a to thipk. for ourselves, to question and organizations at Hamilton and Kirkland. chance of iregaining that trust.Ms. Patrick realize that _nothing is clear cut. This is Many of these depend on officers meeting belongs in a large university, not the what we did whe1 we came to Kirkland during "orientation" week to get things earlier than the 7th, despite the problems Hamilton-Kirkland community. moving. These organizations help make Hamilton and Kirkland less isolated. They Howard G. Port '75 it involved. We sincerely hope that now Kirkland will re-evaluate its attitude are vital to the community. The first week . towards students and look to Hamilton of ;chool is hectic. The p aper work and The Kirkland Spirit and its liberal policies.for ari example. We p r e p a r a tion necessary in these thank the Hamilton students for their aid organizations must be done before the at a time when our college across the first week of school. In addition, seniors _iTo the Editor; Kir k la n d 's i n n o v a t i v e a ca demic s t r e e t refused to acknowledge our who are starting senior projects during fall semester need that week to prepare before program and flexibility are what attracted existence, and even forbade our Kirkland regular courses begin. Many people were us to this oolleg.e. · Here we would be friends who had permission to be there _to Jet us stay with them. denied audience to plead their cases. They treated as individuals, responsible for our own education and our own actions. That were expected to stay in a hotel. Jackie Laudau '75 We pay close to $5,000 a year to attend was three years ago, and now, three days Lizzie Wicks '75 this school. We work hard to make it a ago, we were treated like juvenile definqu.ents and harassed by our own Dean good place to be. This is made difficult Judith Herskowitz '75 when administrators are not open for and Assist a n t D ean of Students. Sue Greenstein '75 communication. Kirkland prides itself on Appm:ximat,ely the third week of August Barbara Weisser '75 having a small enough community to allow we n:ceived notices that upperclassmen for open and honest communication. We could not rebun until the seventh of are sad to see that the Assistant Dean of Scpkmba at 10:00,contrary to the policy Students has closed the doors on a policy of pn:rious years. No· explanation was Bureaucracy given for this decision but we were told to that was be�eficial. We wish to emphasize that we do not write to Dean Poller or Assistant Dean To the Editor: condone the thievery and vandalism that Patrick if we had �y questions.This was , S l o w l y b u t s u r e l y t he early has occurred in past years; 'ves,we should late in the swnmcr and we had aJready disorganization of Kirkland College is keep the doors locked. No student, made plans to return prior to that date being replaced by a bureaucracy which however, should be denied entry, and be becaua: we kn.cw the dorms would be .hopefully will end former frustrations due indirectly blamed for what others have open for the freshmen on Thursday. Some to an undefined structure but which is at done. If anything, the new attitude on the of us had to come up-on Thursday ; there · the same time becoming unresponsive to part of administratiors will encourage were.no other altanatives. One of us has a basic student needs. I speak specifically of sister who is a flahman and her parents the current ruling that prohibited Kirkland hostility and destroy the sense of community that was beginnin2 to develop. wa-e not about to make two trips tip to women from occupying their rooms until We hope that the new Assistant Dean �kland within two days. All of us either_ Saturday, September 7, two day.,s before of Students will begin to work with the wrote to Dean PoDcr or called the office. classes began. The· letter advising us of this decisi�n Nooe of us got any reply from Dean community rather tnan apart from it. PoBer, hut wett answered by the Assistant came approximately two weeks prior to Alice Kohn '75 ,Dean, and one of us did not receiw any the opening ot school, after plans had Julie Bloss '75 reply until after she had come to Kirkland. already been made by both parents �d Christine DeLuca '75 Two of us wn-c mid �t we could not . students. As a senior returning after a year' sleep in the rooms but we could get a . abroad, a few extra days_ before · the_' Complaints security guard to opep the door so that we opening of classes would have aided could pot our belonging in the room. immensely to square away administrative To The Editor: When we arrived, Dean Patrick said that details rela:ting to my academic standing, I am a Hamilton student living on the die never told u.s we could put anything in my Senior project, and talking to and procuring needed advisors. Instead, all this Kirkland campus, so it was with interest the rooms. that I read the statement by Assistant One girl found herself sitting on the as to be sandwiched in to an already too Dean of Student Affairs Linda Patrick in Jawn in back of McEwen, where she had hectic first week of settling in, seeing �e September 7 edition of The Spectator. been dropped off with all her luggage at friends, doing errands in Clinton, buying Unfortunately, this statement fails to eight o'clock Thur$day morning, when she books, etc.,etc.,etc. address the main dissatisfaction�s with Ms. The spring issue of At Kirklan d most.. was informed that she could not put her Patrick and her policy. things in her room. She asked Assistant successfully zeroed in on a lot of the First of all, the regulation does not Dean Patrick what die was supposed to weaknesses of Kirkland an d what some accomplish any of its purposes. Ms. do.Ms.Patrick and Mr.Janson did not sem1 students have termed as the loss of "the Patrick states that her policy helps keep to think it was their concern. This is -a K i r k l a n d i d e al." R e c og n i t i on of rooms ''better cleaned." Surely three good example of Kirkland flexibility and individuality, even in an institution is part months is enough time to clean the rooms humane treatment of students. of this ideal. An action such as theone at Kirkland College! Ms. Patrick mentions Finaily, one girl did �t permission to which recently occurred may seem small "the abundance of unauthorized keys." I put her things in her room.. When the door in the eyes of the administration, but to fail to see how the policyprevents the use was opened, the girl also put her roommate's those of us who have been inconvenienced or possession of these keys. Ms. Patrick's belongings in the room.. When Dean and who have known better, it only main concern, at least in my talks with Patrick found out abont this. she was very constitutes an unresponsive attitude which her, seemed to be with the possibility of cannot be tolerated if Kirkland is to live annoyed. theft and damage. Yet it is my belief (and Three of us do wish to apologize for an up to the ideals it so gloriously professes. I have heard no accounts to the contrary) incident that occurred Thursday night. We -�e_v�r!� M. K���?���Y '7 � . . that most damage and. vandalism occurs deeply n=gret our d esp arate. actions.,


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HONOR COURT

The Honor Court will soon choose two seniors to act as 1ltemates. A:lternates participate in Honor Court proceedings and rote in the absence of elected members. Any seniors interested in ,articipating as an alternate shoul d contact Steve Percy or other -Ionor Court members as soon as possible.

Frazer Speaks at Kirkland Cmtvocation

In his acad emic career, Salis­ hopes to act as a native speaker Kirkland College will mark the , opening of its seventh academic bury has been the recipient of five for Finnish stud ents who want to year with a formal convocation State University Research Grants,­ refine their spoken English. and welcome for the freshman a Fulbright lecturer at the Univer­ class on Su nday, September 15 sity of Helsinki, and a visiting ANIMAL REGISTRATION Dr. William R. Klingensmith , at 2 pm in the college courtyard. professor of sociology at the Animal registration will take place in Mc�wen Hall Sunday, Sept. University of Colora do and the the new associate me dical d irector A processional of fac u lty, L 5, 11 : 00 a.m. to 6: 00 p.m. Students are advised to bring proof of administrators, an d members of University of Maryland in Eu rope. of the Thomas Rudd Health .hots, proof of living unit permission, proof of neuterization or Salisbury will teach one cou rse Center, said that he was looking the freshman class will be lead by ,paying, and ID card. There is a $2.50 semester charge for cats or Jennifer Kerr, holder of the E lyn at Kirkland, focusing on changes for a "change of life style" when ,, logs payable by cash or through the Business Office. Questions may C h e n e y B agpipe Scholarship. in the American midd le class fam­ he accepted his post here. >e answered by referring to the Student Handbook 1974-75, pages "I wante d to do something Peter Marcy, associate professor ily. i8-59. For further information, call Phil Hayes, Robin Hall, or Lind a c omplete ly d i f fe rent," said as of history, will serve the rfacKenzie. Klingersmith. "Except for my Faculty Marshal. JEWISH HIGH HOLY DAYS Among those speaking at the William Hoffa, assistant · pro­ schooling, I'd stayed in one part Hamilton and Kirkland students interested in spending all or part convocation will be President fessor of literat ure at Kirkland , of the country." Dr. Klingensmith was horn in Babbitt and Chairman of the has been named a Fulbright Lec­ ,f the holid ays with Jewish families in Utica offering hospitality are Board of Trustees Francis H. turer in American literat ure at the For t S m i th, Arkansas, and 1dvised to contact Cheryl Daly iri the Kirk land Public Relations Musselrnan. University of Jyvasky la in Finland graduated from the University of )ffice in McEwen Hall, extensi�n 7276, or Mrs. David Gross at The main address, entitle d for the academic year, 1974-75. Oklahoma with a B.A. in history. 733-9304 for Temple Beth-El (conservative), or Mrs. Char les ''The Discipline d Imagination," Hoffa will take a one year leave of He received his me dical degree ; checter at 737-7152 or Mrs. Lawrence Lee, 737-7541 for Temple _in will be given by Catherine S. absence from Kirk land, in order from Northwestern University . �manu-El (reform). Frazer, dean of acad emic affairs. to teach American literat ure to 1945. Rosh Ha-Shannah falls on Monday night, Sept. 16, and Tuesday, After three years in the U.S. F r a z e r , w ho a ls o t e a c h e s English-speaking stud ents at the ;ept. 1 7, and Wednesd ay, Sept. 18. Y om Kippur falls on Wednesday philosophy a t Kirkland, joined the Finnish university u nd er the State Ar my Me d ical Corps, Dr. tight, Sept. 25 (Kol Nidre) and Thursday, Sept. 26. / Kirkland administration this past Department's cult ural exchange Klingensmith returned to Chicago as a resident surgeon at Cook summer. Previous ly she was a program. STUDENT }iEALTH COMMITTEE Hoffa has taught courses in •County Hospital. He had interned professor of philosophy at the The Hamilton-Kirk land student health committee will soon nineteenth and twentieth centu ry at the same hospital in 1944-45. University of Denver. Dr. Klingensmith traveled to hoose student members of the committee.. Interested Kirkland One hu,ndre d and ninety seven literature as well as Amerin dian tudents shoul d contact either Sue Greenwood or Martha Freyman. freshman stude,nts are enrolled at literature and American l)umor at Amar i ll o, Texas, where he lamilton stud ents shoul d contact Steve Percy. Freshmen of both Kirkland this year. The co llege's Kirk land since 1967. He has also founded the Amarillo Surgical olleges are especially encouraged to participate. total enrollment is 650 women, advised stud ents in the American Group in 1951. He worked in the incl ud ing a number of older stud ies program at Kirkland and Amarillo area until he· came to BEER AND BAND stud ents who have been admitted has taught at the University of Clinton. In 1951, Dr. Klingensmith was to the college for full or part-time Wisconsin and Vand erbilt -Univer­ A Beer an d Band sponsored by the Campus Fund Drive will be name d a diploma te of the under a s p e c i a l admission sity. .eld Friday night at Mc Ewen Hall from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Admission "With the exceptipn of a few American Board of Surgery and program. ; $1.25 for the dance featuring the bands Tria ls and Steaknite. foreign students, I have always he was named a fe llow, American taught American literature to College of Surgeons, in 1953. In BPRU LIBRARY Americans," he said, ''I really am 1972, he was clinical associate Library hours for the Afro-Latin Cultural Center for this professor of su rgery at Texas looking forwar d to broad ening my Three social scientists · have emester will be: Monday-Friday, 10:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m., Technological University. own perspective on the h uman been named to the Kirkland fac­ venings, 7:00 p.m.- 11-:00 p.m. Dr. Klingensmith expressed meaning of literature by teaching ulty, accor ding to Presi d ent Bab­ appreciation for the difference bitt. The new faculty members are abroad." LONDON THEATRE Robert Kautz, an instructor in At the University of Jyvaskyla, between working as a city surgeon All persons interested in goin g, to London with Mr. Barrett for a�thropology, Br uce Wittmaier, which is 160 miles north of Hel­ and as a campu s physician. "I ,nglish WSP-1 must promptly write him notes ind icating their an assistant professor of psycholo­ sinki, Hoffa will teach two cour­ used to work eighty to ninety 1terest. Trave l reservations have to be made b)" September 20. gy, and W. Seward Salisb ury, a ses, includ ing such / authors as hou rs a week, while here I have lininium estimated costs for the three-week period are abc ut $750. visiting professor of sociology. Emerson, Thoreau, Melville, Whit­ fixed hours and more free time," ome.;scholarship money is available. Kautz was formerly a lectu rer man, D i ckinson, Hemingway, he said. Dr. Klingensmith said in archaeology at the University Eliot, and Po und. The co urses will however that he hopes to become SENIOR PROJECT GRANTS of California at Davis, and spent be ta ught in English, the third "involved in the college in some _ Mo_ney is available to support Kirkland 11tudents' senior projects. the past surrimer d oing excava­ most commonly spoken language way, if there's a need." F o r t h e p r e s e n t, Dr. n general, the funds shoul d be u sed to defray unu su al costs of tions in "Old Sacramento" -with in Finland . quipment and /or materials. Stud ents wishing to requ est an award, the California Department of Hoffa's wife, Rosalind, who Klingensmith is filling some of his rhich will average $60, are a dvised to su bmit a statement of P.,arks and Recreation. The new has coord inated Kirkland 's pro­ leisure time with a Spanish course, ropok d expenses to Dean of Academic Affairs Catherine Frazer, Kirkland instructor has d one ex­ gram for women who enter col­ which his wife is also taking. long with an approved copy of her senior project proposal. The tensive archaeological work and lege after a number of years away W a t e r-c olor p ainting an d eadlfue for fall semester projects is Mond ay, September 23; for site su rveying in California, Nev­ from school, will study the Fin­ birdwatching_ are some of his �ring semester projects, Mol)d ay, February 10. ada, and South America, and has ni_sh language at Jyvaskyla. She other pastimes. written and p ublished1 several arFULBRIGHT GRANTS ticles on this work. The annual competition for 1975-76 overseas study grants, the He holds a bachelors and doc­ ulbright Program, is now open. Those seniors who received letters torate d egree from the University ·om Mr. Richardson during the summer shoul d check in his office of California, where he has also >r further details. The deadline for to!Jlpletion of a very long and t a u g h t cultural anthropology, :,mplicated application blank is Oct. 13. archaeology field methods, and new world archaeology. Wittmaier, formerly an assis­ RHODES AND MARSHALL SCHOLARS tant professor at Eisenhower Col­ A committee chaire d by Acting Dean of the College Dwight lege, will teach psychology at , indle,t wishes to interview those seniors interested in becoming K irkland. Wittmaier has also ither 1<1iod es or Marshall Scholars. These programs call for two taught at Marietta College and the ears of study in England -- the Rhodes schol ars being restricted to University of Rochester, and was :ud y in Oxford . In general, students should stand in the top fifth an . admission officer at Lehigh f the' class and have a broad range of activities, including athletics. University. He has also done ex­ .ny senior who wishes to be considered should leave his namewith tensive consulting work, includ ing !rs. Schilling in Root Hall by Friday, September 20. work with the Alpha Day School. A grad uate of Lehigh UniversiWATSON FELLOWSHIPS ty, Wittmaier also has a d octorate The · Thomas]. Watson Fellowship for 1975-76, a program to d egree in social· psychology and nable college graduates of unusual promise to engage in an intial personality from the University of ost-graduate year of independent stu dy and travel abroad, is again Rochester. He has d one extensive eing· offered this year. The Fellowship provides a grant of $7,000 research and several scholarly arnd is administered in cooperation with 35 outstand ing private tides on the socia l psychology of :>lleges throughout theJJ.S. higher education, , includin g test The selection committee is most concerned about such qualities anxiety and human motivation. In , intrgrity, creativity, capacity for leadership, and potentia l for add ition, he is a member of the umane and effective participation in the wor ld community. The United Ministries of Higher Eduverall academic record of a candidate, while relevant, is not the cation and is currently doing rerincipal crit-erioR for selection; nor is an extensive array of campus search on the experiences of minctiv�es. More than modest weight is given to achievement in the isters, child ren and the re lationmdidates fie lds of special interest and to extracurricular ship of social attitud es and reli1volvements, assuming that they reflect aspects of the candidates's gious beliefs. asic concerns and the nature and measure of his probable Salisbury .is an internationally :,mmitment to them. re cognized authority on the sociA candidate's proposed project is -of particu l ar importance. It o logy of religion and the family, 1ould be realistic, imaginative, and personally significant. As it is and has authored three major ot intended that the year's experience wi ll involve extended formal books on these subje cts: ''The :udy at ·a foreign university, it should be a projec t capab le of being American F�ily , '; "Religion in ursued with great independence and adaptability. It may be in an American Culture," and "Religion rea to which the applicant already has a commitment or in one of and the College Student," in adotential commitment, but in either case, should reflect an already dition to numerous r�search studcmonstrated concern. ies and reviews in scholarly publiInterested seniors should get in touch with Professor Richardson FOl'mer Hamilton lkan of the Collqe Winton Tolles llll'Veys the IICelle cations. Last spring, he retired t once. The deadline· for completed applications is Oct. 13. fro?' t�� , (acuity at" the State lalft\lton has been successful--in tbe pa5t: ·in this program. David �uck _ ;iaaapratioa of -*-' Hamilton Prclidaaf J. ' .Pf.-Jln 'C� . , · -',\,,. ·.•. --'· .... · :, ' ' . . ,_ • __.'. •' :.:•,-\tt'••·t'.�rt•tl_ti.<i\� ';,'. 11d·-Bi1Sortg-_wo� ..F�U���lps,-la��•-ye�..·- ·.' ,' : _- -.• ,_ ·,: · -:.- ·. _.,·,:.· ·.-l!n�e:r�itr•ffQS\YegO.

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Joe Sisco in Washington-- 'A _Larger Duty' The Man ·who Said Yes; and No

The Presidential Search seemed to be over to all of those concerned when then-Assistant Secretary of State Joseph J. Sisco accepted the position and visited the campuses in . early December, 1973. Sisco had reportedly been wooed by the college for months, and when just several weeks later, the diplomat informed Hamilton that he had changed his mind and had decided to accept a promotion at the Qepartinent of State, disappointment, outrage, and surprise ran through the college community.The Search Committee reconvened and severaL months later chose then-Acting Pre�ident J. Martin Carovano to fill thc1;t office on a permanent basis. BY PETER W. SLUYS r a p p o r t w i t h the c ollege community." JOHN W. HORNOR The view from Joseph Sisco's Before his promotion to the office looks out to the jefferson highest position in the department Memorial and the Potomac Tjdal for a career officer, Sisco was Basin, a far cry from the trees and Assistant Secretary of State for quiet quadrangle one can see from Near Eastern and S ou,,th Asian the President's Office in Buttrick Affairs, and in that capacity was Hall. Two doo�s away from Henry Secretary Kissinger's top aide on Kissinger, Undersecretary of State the Middle East. Sisco continues Sis co 's office can only be to give close attention to the descr ibed as majestic.' This Middle East; he participated, with s e t t i n g - p r i v a t e e l e v ator Kissinger, in the June marathon included-awaited Sisco when he negotiations between Israd, Egypt resigned the Hamilton presidency and Syria, and he plans to remain last January. When not in this "on station" in that part of ¢e core of power of the State world for the next six months. Sisco v a ci l lates between Department headquarters, Sisco represents the United States in the optimism and pessimism for peace Middle East and Cyprus, _both in the Middle East. He believes the recent negotiations brought about scenes of recent warfare. "In the past eight months, as I the first effective cease-fire since look back, I just couldn't leave the October 1973 war, saying, the Department of State-and I "We've made great strides in the thi n k e vents c on f i r m my area, an� we try to build on our gains; but the possibility of war r e t u r n to education, t he Mr. Sisco," referring to the S i n c e The Spectator decision," said Sisco. The f onner president-elect remains. You can't sit still in the profession he described as his undersecretary's accomplishments questioned Sisco, much of the "difficult domestic situation" has expressed some remorse about Middle East, for it is an area that "first love" when he visited in Cyprus. "I kind of get a boost from dissolved with the departure of l e a v in g H a milt on, s ayi ng, is constantly in flux-we must College Hill. But Si�o's occasional longing stuff like that," he said. Richard Nixon from Washington. "Personally, the decision to leave move from the difficult to the Secretary Kissinger has also Speaking shortly before Nixon's Hamilton was a painful and more difficult, all the while for academic life seems to be anguishing one, and of course I solidifying the gains we have quelled by the recognition he been instrumental in Sisco's r esignation, Sisco said, ''T)le have regrets." He added, however, made. We must try to find areas receives in tiis government post. decis i o n t o stay with the longer llllpeachment drags on, the t h a t h i s r e g r e ts w e r e of fundamental agreement in An article in the London Evening d e p a r t m e n t , a n d t h e greater are the chances of long Standard was prefaced by a ·undersecretary speaks of his boss r a n g e hann to · our foreign overshadowed by what he terII1:ed -order to reach a settlement." policy-but not now. We have a E v e n for Joe Sisco, the headline which read, 'Well done, with admiration. his "larger duty." "Kissinger will go down as oile bi-partisan foreign policy with "My interest in education problems of state sometime of the most effective practitioners ,great strength .in its institutions. continues; I haven't lost my become a heavy burden. "Some of diplomacy in our history," he The Presidency is a major element in terest in Hamilton," Sisco days I just say, 'By God, I wish I said. "He has been the principal in government, but we also have commented. He would still like to were out of it!"' he said. If he did architect of the major changes good government going in the be president of a college one day, decide to throw in the towel at recently brought about in our fifty states of the Union. There is and speaking of the man who the department , Sisco would f or eign policy. He has had an underpinning of stability and succeeded him here at Hamilton, remarkable c'ontinuous success, continuity. Frankly, I think the he said, ''Hamilton is fortunate to despite a difficult domestic Rodino committee has done a have J. Martin Carovano-he is an situation." outst anding man with good responsible job. I think the Congress will, too." E v e n w hile Congress was deliberating impeachment, the foreign policy of the United States continued intact-as did the detente between the superpowe·ts, according to Sisco. Speaking o f U .$.-S oviet relations, Sisco said, "We have made progress towards our mutual ,/ interests, but that does not mean we can let our guard down and unilaterally disarm. The Soviets are rtot going to change their spots. Our two systems coexist, but there is no compromise on ideology. We must maintain our strength so that no nation will � tempted into a rash act." Negotiations are c.."llcial to detente, according to Sisco, and he beli e v es th�t the pYess sometimes play a crucial role in such negotiations. "Our country's policies depend on openness. In situation where our most basic institutions are being ·questioned w e n eed more openness in g ove rnment. Yet, anonymous source reporting is useful to break a negotiating deadlock- as long as such leaks are not used to manage the news." Peace, detente, and the future of this planet remain uncertain' but one thing is for sure: J� Sisco , despite an occasional t winge of regret for having rejected an academic career, will .rwr-, •.;1=4 .;·.• ., ,11CP.��\:le �lnutm�-ij..e l),i�.4qty ,· · Wi<ts,�iJ;\g't�tJwDi!C," < G�n.e,�;. Nicosia, Damascus, and other international arenas

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The Two Penny Circus is a non-profit touring that had spanned centuries. Un - clown trqupe, - based in Plainfield, Vermont. The: . economic- pressures of recent ye clowns have been taking their show throughout the circus to be an event large the Northeast since ·early 1973, and will be in enclosed _ auditoriums �ch as 1 the Alumni Gym at 8 pm, on Saturday, Garden in New York, ,where alth September 2 l.'' a worthwhile entertainment, The Two Penny Circus is not an elaborate spontaneity and intimacy of th extravaganza. Rather, with .simplicity and shows, abandon it tries to touch the place inside everyone wher� lurks a beautiful. unselfconsdo'us _ .belly laugh; remembering always P.T. Barnum's own dictum: "Clewns are the pegs used to hang . circuses on. In an attmept to i-ecreate the old time circuses and to offer quality theater to "children of all ages," the Two Penny Circus has developed a fast-paced, high energy show. / Based 9n the vital - assumption that a clown lies dormant within each of us, the performers have worked to bring forth their own personal clowns. Each in his own way, exposes and explodes to bigger than life the humor, the sadness, the embarrassment, the arrogance �d the innocence that we all feel. In a series of theatrical skits consisting of various circus arts including acrobatics, fire-eating juggling, unicycling and magic, we_ enter the world of the clown. In an atmospliere of spontaneity and intimacy, the clowns respond - directly and creatively with each other and with the audie1'ce. Influenced by the size of the audience and the general age of the sp �ctators, - e�ch performance is , fresh 'and commentary of the narrators, and the usual alive. MGM propaganda, you can1 sit back and enjoy Circus itself is a form' of legitimate theater scenes from fine - musical motion pictures. After seeing this movie, you will never again be ... satisfied w__ith the confinement of a television screen. That's Entertainment is not a great movie. It has no plot, Ilo outstanding points of merit. Instead, it is many great films, many great visual e-x.p e r i e n c e s . If ynu enjoyed Walt Disney;s Fantasia, perhaps you might enjoy Esther Williams' opulent and colorful swimming extravaganzas; or the impressionistic settings of An American in Paris. If you enjoy a movie that is awesome, funny, artistic, musical, "camp", and just plain fun; then That's Entertainment is a must picture. When you leave the theater you'll find yourself saying: "They just don't make 'em ; like that anymore."

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Offers Best of Studio's Musicals By KEVIN BUR.NS

MGM's Fift ieth Anniversary film, That., Entertainment, is a rollection- of highlights from some of MGM's best musical films. From "Ukelele Ike's" :rendition of ,sSinging in the Rain'' in - H,oU'Ywood 'Reoiew of 1929, That's Entertainment . feat:w'es such great musical numbers as Eleanor :Powell's frenzied tap dance th�ugh the grand-scale sets of Rosalie. scenes from Vincente Mindlli"s,. musical triumphs The Band Wag�n and Mreret Me in .'St.Louis, and. concluding with the highly acclaimed "ballet" sequenoe from An _.A:meriam in Paris. , ,..._ In case those titles are not enough to whet your cinematic appetite, pemaps the . thought of seeing the masterpiece Showboat or the all-time favorite Wizard of Oz on a wide screen in full technicolor will Thu , e i-s something for everyorie in That's E1/l:trertain:ment. You'll see such great dancers as Fred Astaire, who, dances · witheverythin_g from Ginger Rogers to a coatrack, Gene Kelly, displaying his awesome acrobatic style, Eleanor Powell, Ann ·Miffer and even (and especially} _ Donald O'Connor, doing his famous ''Make 'Em Laugh.'., number &om Singing in the Rain. H singing and gre�t mll'Sit are what you crave, then could - you argue with mdi gr�at musical talents as Judy Garland, Mario Lanza, Howard - Keel, and Kathryn Grayson smgm;g �ngs writt�n by great composer, s like Jerome Kern, Deitz and Schwartz, Cole Porter, Arlen and Harburg? For those who 1:hin.k :they"ve :seen_it all, I doubt they have seen the care attcnq,ts at· :singing made by dramatic stars like C� Gable ,. Jo:an Crawford, Jimmy Stewart,..-:!llld Jean Harlow. MGM dipped into its film archives, with little more than a director, producer -and a few -skilled film editors ,;md technicians ,. and came up with -a film that will last as a tribute to an era sadly gone by. - To. provide a degree of continuity to That's Entertainment MGM0 m�ted Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra. Debbie_- lleynol�s, Elizabeth Taylor, J i m m y S tewart ,. iMicikey Rooney, Donald O'Connor, Liza Minelli, Peter Lawfqrd and Bing Crosby to provide illlarration. If you can exbuse ·the "'pat on the back"

September 14- (Saturday} Newman Mass� father , Drobin. 5:30 p'm. Kirner-Johnson Re.d Pit. September 15 {Sunday) Newman M ass. father Drobin. 9:30 am. Chapel. Free Churoh of CHmtorn. l1 :15 am. Chapel. Kirkland College Commumity Convocation. Speaker; Dean Catherine fraz,er, Dean of Academic Affairs, l(irldarrnd CoHege. 2 pm. Courtyard adjacent to J<ijrner-lohnson .and List Bu�Jdings. Rain site, Oh;apet Th e o l o gicaJ W o rk s hop. 7:30 p.m. Kirner-Johnson Red PSt. September 18 (Wednesday) Student Activities 5'ign-u� Night. Open House. HO pm. Bristol Campµ-s Center. Bible Studies. 9 pm. Alum nij House. September 19 (Thursday) J ']t roduc,tory , Leclll;lre to �r,n,scende,nµI ... : ••.. .,Mt;di�l•91,l-.. 7:30 -��·.Chemistry_ A!Jdltori��--. '(

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Kirkland Dormitory, with entrance facing east, early twentieth century.

BY KENNETH GROSS In a feature story entitled "College Architecture: Preserving Those Worthy Buildings," (Spe ctator • N ovemb�r 16, 1973), Ada Louise Huxtable, architecture critic of :the New York Times, asked for a m o re e n lightened attitude towards the preservation , of old·- college -buildings. H�table expressed her concern for the aestheti� and historical value of college architecture, as well as the desire to preserve a '"good old building" in a time when "good buildings are hard to get." Hamilton h� never had the problem of effecting · a massive program of rebuilding or expansion, but generally it has the same troubles any old college has., Each of our buildings has sprung up over a period of years, and they are anything but uniform.

If they are. not tom down ai buildings are_ continually refitte fµnctions, or modifi�d to increase 1 Old Buildings, New l The building that houses Mi remained essentially the same on over 100 years, _but in that time three di sparate functions· of librar theatre. On the other hand, Sc originally looked much more Kirkland, was refitted in the "C style found in colleges all over· the: or less in imitation of Oxford. An example of the physical stJ can be seen in the front of the Ch In the exhibition, it is shown a� • rectangu]ar building with boulder later covered and extended wi sandstone shell. But the part, of th through the newer arches, with win line up,"is one of its positive beautie

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September 14 (Saturday} Newman Mass: father Drobin. 5:30 pm. Kirner -Johnson Red Pit September 15 {Sunday� Newman Mass. Fatiher Orobin. 9:30 am. Chapel. Free Churdh of Clintora. l l: 15 .am. Chapel. Kirkland Co.llege Community Convocation. Speaker; Dean Catherine Frazer, Dean of Academic Affairs, 1(irldand College. 2 pm. Courtyard adjacent to Kirner-Johnson and List Buildings. Ra:in site, Oh.apel. Th e olo gic al W o rk sho p. 7.:30 p.m. Kirner-Johnson Red Pit. September 18 (Wedraesdayt Student Activities Sign-ul? !Night. Open House. 7-10 pm. Bristol Campus Center. Bible Studies. 9 pm. Alumni House. September 19 {Thursday) ,_ .1 IJ V od u c,tory - Lecn,,r,e ro TH,nscenden�I _ • : •.....M�d l.11'ti9�- 7 :30 ·Wt:·. Chemistry_' Au�itori�!h; _

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Auditions for Ibsen's "A Doll's House" will The Women's Film Society presents Pride and take place on · . Tuesday and Wednesday,· Prejudice ,starring Greer Garson, Laurence Olivier, September 17 .and 18, at 6:30 pm in the Recital and Maureen O'Sullivan, A Virginia Woolf short Hall of List Arts Center. Participation in student is included on the bill. Shows are at 10 p.m. on directed one acts does not disqualify anyone Monday and Tuesday, September 16 and 17, in from auditioning for this production. the Kirner- Johnson Auditorium. Admission is $.50 .

On Campus This Wee�end My Nifl,t At Maud's and The a short. p . Friday and Saturday at 8pm. Sunday at IO m only. Kirner-Johnson Auditorium. Admission $.75. Klute. Friday and Saturday at 8 pm. Sunday at 1 0 pm only. Science Auditorium. Admission $.75. • September 16 (Monday) This land The evolution of North America. 8 pm. Science Auditorium. September 19 (Thursday) l:.o Gue"e est Finie starring Yves Montmd and directed b_y Alain Resnais. 8 pm. Science Auditorium. Admission $.75. The lost Picture Show and All My Life, a short. 8 pm. Kirner-Johnson Auditorium. Admission $.75. At Nearby- Theaters Cannonball (853-5553) For Pete's Sake {g) Cin ema Th e a ter (7 36- 0 0 81) That's.

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The Two Penny Circus is a non-profit touring that had spanned centuries. Unfortunately, th e:· clown troupe,· based in Plainfield, Vermont. The . economic pressures of recent years have forced clowns have been taking their show throughout the circus to be an event largely restricted to RAC ARCHITECTURE EXHIBIT ·the Northeast since ·early 1973 , and will be in enclosed . auditoriums such as Madison Square An exhibit depicting a variety -of architectural The Hamilton -Kirkland the Alumni Gym at 8 pm, on Saturday, Garden in New York, where although it remains Orientation committees wish September 21.' a worthwhile entertainment, it lacks the styles throughout the Mohawk Valley is now on view ..at Hamilton's Root Art Center. t o express their sincere The Two Penny Circus is not an elaborate spontaneity and intimacy of the original road ''The Architecture of Hamilton College and thanks to AMENIC and extravaganza. Rather, with .simplicity and shows, the ·surrounding Area" is the title of the K INOKUNST GESELL­ abandon_ it ti:ies to touch the place inside SCHAFT· for their kindness exhibition, which will be on view until October everyone where lurks a beautiful, unselfconscious . and generosity for providing 13. belly laugh; remembering always P.T. Barnum's free flims during the orientaIn addition to ph,otographs and drawings of the own dictum: "Clowns are the pegs used to hang tion period. Hamilton campus at various times since the circuses on." college's opening in 1812, the exhibition 'includes In an attmept to recreate the old time circuses dozens of views of architecture of the region, and to offer quality theater to "children of all m o st of t hem supplied by the ages," the Two Penny Circus has developed a ,, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute and the ROCHESTER WOODWIND QUINTE� fast-paced, high energy show. Oneida County Historical Society. Based pn the vital assumption that a clown Ragtime and classical music will share · the Rand. Carter, associate professor of art at Entertainment (G) lies dormant within each of us, the performers program Tuesd ay night, September 17, in a free Hamilton, organized the exhibition. Mr. Carter Cinema National Uptown (732-0665) Jeremiah have worked to bring forth their own personal public concert by the Rochester Woodwind also arranged a preview a ·week ago for members Johnson (PG) p clowns. Quintet · in the Hamilton College Ch a el at 8:30 of the Society of Architectural Historians who The Groove Tube (R) Paris (733-2730) Each in his own way, exposes and explodes p.m. were visiting the region on a society-sponsored to bigger than life the humor, the sadness, the Stanley (724-4000) Women in Cell Block The quintet, known for its � innovative, · tour. en ·(R) embarrassment, the arrogance and the innocence informal approach to performances, was founded Sev The public is invited to visit the exhibition, that we all feel. In a series of theatrical skits three years ago by its members, all of whom ai:e on view daily from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at• conSJstmg of various circus arts including graduates of either Eastman or .Oberlin music the Art Center building on College Hill Road acrobatics, fire-eating juggling, unicycling and conservatories. They are Kathryn Levy, · flute; magic, we enter the world of the clown. oboe; David Glick, clarinet; Priscilla Brown, PLAY AUDITIONS In an atmospliere of spontaneity and intimacy, Steven Douglas, horn; and David Gallagher, the clowns respond directly and creatively with Auditions for two one-act plays, "The bassoon. The performance Tuesday night will each other and with the audie�ce. Influenced by Gloaming, Oh My Darling," by Megan Terry, and include works by Ibert, Haydn', Hindemith and the size of the audience and the general age of "Pidgeons," by Lawrence Osgood will take 1 place Scott Joplin. For the two days preceding the the sp�ctators, e�ch p erformance is fresh 'and tonight, Friday, September 13 from 7-9 :00 iI! concert, quintet members will be on campus to commentary of the narrators, and the usual alive. the Red Pit, room 109 in the Kirner -Johnson' participate in · the Hamilton music instruction MGM propaganda, you can, sit back and enjoy Circus itself is a form of legitimate theater building. program. scenes from fine musical motion pictures. After seeing this movie, you will never again be satisfied wjth the confinement of a television screen. That's Entertainment is not a great movie, It has no plot, no outstanding points of ·merit, Instead, it is many great films, many great visual exp e r i e n c e s , If you enjoyed Walt t:;>isney's Fantasia, perhaps you might enjoy Esther Williams' opulent and colorful swimming if carefully executed, will produce one of the more of -a mistake when the required material, and a sense of mortality. a extravaganzas, or the impressionistic settings of college's most interesting structures-.· rough-hewn sandstone, must- f ce a building to Architecture is perh aps a college's most �It: An A merican m Paris. If you enjoy a movie that But new buildings are often absolutely necessary. whose architectural style it may not be suited (as in expression of continuity. Landscaping is changeable is awesome, funny, artistic, musical, "camp", and This does not prevent, however, their falling into the case of Bristol). and more• subject to fashion; short-lived poplars give just plain fun; then That's Entertainment is a harmony with the,_rest of the campus. From one Historical Reflections way to elms and straight garden walks give way to must picture. When you leave the theater you'll point of view, there is a difficulty in justifying the "Buildings and campuses ought to reflect their crushed shale paths that gently wind over bill and find yourself saying: "They just don't make 'em , claim- that the new library does not fit in with the his-tory; and to impose artificial uniformities on dale.like that anymore." The sense of mortality is persent when you look style of the main quad. The Quad really has no them is dishonest,"·said Art Department Chairman consistent style; at least with buildings as different Rand Carter. at a photo of a 90 year old building that is still as North and Kirkland, Carnegie. and Root Hall, According to Mr. Carter, if the Burke Library, standing after generations of students have come staring at each other across the grass,· aside from aesthetic questions, is successful as a and gone, or one of a formerly important building The Burke Library library, forty percent of the credit belongs to the that no longer exists. It can be argued that the library, by virtue of its architect and fifty percent to the college 'people After looking at a picture of the old Hamilton scale and location, serves ·to unify and close off the involved. No architect is given a free hand, the College Observatory, its only remaining fragm ent, north end of the quad, bridging the wide gap College will, always make specific demands, and a the central granite support for the main scope which between North and Carnegie where a dwarfed Truax workable building is produced only, by the happy is the monolith · presently . standing in front of Hall formerly left an unbalanced area of empty collaboration of the two,The architect of Dunham Sigma Phi, takes on a very forlorn aspect. That the space. Dormitory is not the only one to be cursed by old wall and foundation lines of _the structure are It ma·y also be a misjudgment to insist that in freshmen and former freshmen. still visible in the varying textures of the grass in order to maintain a vague notion of unity in campus One thing was forgotten in last week's reviews of front of the fraternity house is positiv�y_ eerie. � architecture, all buildings on campus should be built the current Root Art Center photography exhibi .t. ''Ttansparent things," says Vladimir Nabokov out of the same material. Part of the beauty of a Seeing. the pictures of buildings hung on the walls, "through which the past shines." gradually built-up campus is the varying texture and one was struck by equal and somehow opposite color of the edifices. Such a stricture may even be r�ctions: a strong feeling of place and permanence,

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"A DOLL'S HpUSE" WOMEN'S 'FILM SOCIETY Auditions for Ibsen's "A Doll's House" will · The Women's Film Society·presents Pride and t ak e place on · Tuesday and Wedne'sday, · Preju.dice,starring Greer Garson, Laurence Olivier, September 17 .and 18, at 6:.30 pm in the Recital and Maureen O'Sullivan. A Virginia Woolf short .Hall of q_st Arts Center. Participation in student -is included on the bill. Shows are at 10 p.m. on directed one acts does not disqualify anyone Monday ana Tuesday, September 16 and 17, in spanned centuries. Unfortunately, the- , from auditioning for this production. the Kirner- Johnson Auditorium. Admission . . �s pressures of recent years have forced $.50. to be an event largely restricted to RAC ARCHITECTURE EXHIBIT Ltiditoriums �ch as Madison Square An exhibit �epicting a variety of architectural ; The Hamilton -Kirkland New York, •where although it remains sjyles throughout the Mohawk Valley is _now on Orientation committees wish ,bile entertainment, it lacks the n's Root Art Center. to express their sincere ' and intim·acy of the original road view ..at Hamilto "The Architecture of Hamilton College and thanks to AMENIC .md K INO KUNST GESELL­ the ·surrounding Area" is the title of the SCHAFT· for, their kindness exhibition, which will be on view until October and generosity for providing 13. free flims during the orientaIn addition to photographs and drawings of the tion period. Hamilton campus- at various times since the college's opening in J812, the exhibition 'includes dozens of views of architecture of the region, most of them supplied by the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute and the ROCHESTER WOODWIND QUINTE� Oneida County Historical Society. Ragtime and classical music will share • the Rand Carter, associate professor of , art at program Tuesday night, September 17, in a free Hamilton, organized the exhibition. Mr. Carter public concert by the · Rochester Woodwind also arranged a preview a week ago for members Quintet ·in the Hamil�on College Chapel at 8:30 of the Society of Architectural Historians who p.m. were visiting the region on a society-sponsored · The quintet, known for its, innovative, tour. informal approach to performances, was founded The public is invited to visit . the exhibition, three years ago by its members, all of whom are on view daily from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at' graduates of either Eastman or .Oberlin music the Art - Center building on College Hill Road conservatories. They are K athryn Levy, · flute; oboe; David Glick, clarinet; Priscilla Brown, · PLAY AUDITIONS Steven Douglas, horn; and David Gallagher, Auditions for two ohe-act plays, ''The bassoon. The performance l'uesday night will Gloaming, Oh My Darling," by Megan Terry, and include works by Ibert, Haydn·, Hindemith and "Pidgeons," by Lawrence Osgood will take1 place Scott Joplin-. For the two days preceding the tonight, Friday, September 13 from 7-9:00 Ill concert, quintet members will be on campus to the· Red Pit,· room 109 in the Kirner -Johnson' participate in · the Hamilton music instruction building. program. r

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Those Good Old . BuildingS' if carefully executed, will produce · one of the college's most interesting structures-. But new buildings are often absolµtely necessary. This does not prevent, however, their falling into harmony with the, rest of the campus. From one point of view, there is a difficulty in justifying the claim that the new library does not fit,.in with the style of the m� quad. The Quad really has no consistent style, at least with buildings as different as North and Kirkland, Carnegie and Root Hall, staring at each other across the grass.· The Burke Library It can be argued that the libTary, by virtue of its - scale and location, serves ·to unify and close off the north end of the quad, bridging the ·wide gap between North and Carnegie where a dwarfed Truax Hall formerly left ·a1_1 unbalanced area of empty space. It may also be a misjudgment to insist that in order to maintain a vague notion of unity iii campus architecture, all buildings on campus should be built out of the same material. Part of the beauty of a gradually built-up campus is the varying texture and color of the edifices. Such a stricture may even be

more of -a mistake when the required material, and a sense of mortality. Architecture is perhaps a college�s most �le rough-hewn sandstone, must- face a building to whose architectural style it may not be suited (as in expression of continuity. Landscaping is changeable and more- subject to fashion; short-lived poplars give the case of Bristol). way to· elms and straight garden walks'give way to · Historical Reflections "Buildings and campuses ough_t to reflect their crushed shale paths that gently win� over hill and liistory;. and ·fu impose ar.tificial uniformities on· The sense of mortality is persent when you look them is dishonest," �said Art Department Chairman at a photo of a 90 year old building that is stilt Rand Carter: According to Mr. Carter, if the Burke Library, standing after generations of students have come aside from aesthetic questions, is successful as a and gone, or one of a formerly important building library, f�rty percent of the credit belongs to the that no longer exists. After looking at a picture of -the old _Hamilton architect and fifty percent to the college 'people involved. No architect is given a free hand, the College Observatory, its only :remaining fragment, College will, always make specific demands, and a the central granite support for the main scope which workable ·building is produced only, by the happy is the monolith · presently . standing in front of collabora�ion of the two. The architect of Dunham Sigma Phi, takes on a very for1om aspect. That the Dormitory is not the only one to be cursed by old wall and foundation lines of .the structure are freshmen and former freshmen. still visible in the varying textures of the gra� in One thing was forgotten in last week's reviews of front of the fraternity house is positiv�ly eerie. the current Root Art Center photography exhibit. ''Transparent things," says Vladimir Nabokov Seeing the pictures of buildings hung on the walls, "through which the past shines." one was struck by equal and somehow opposite r<;actions: a strong fee�g of place and permanence,

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are, not torn down and repl�ced, the are. continua11y refitted to serve new or modifi�d to increase space. Old Buildings, Ncw Uses uilding that houses Minor Theatre has essentially the same on the exterior for years, but in that time it has served the arate functions of library, infirmary, and )n the other hand, South Ilall, which looked much more like North or was refitted in the "Collegiate Gothic" d in colleges all over the Northeast, more mitation of Oxford. Lmple of the physical strata ·,of rebuil�g :n in the front of_.. the Chemistry Building. hibition, it is shown as a squat, simple r building with boulder walls, which was ered and extended with a neo-gothic shell. But the part, of the old walls visible le newer arches, with windows that do not >DC of its positive beauties. Oldies But Goodies b u ildings are n o t always better �ts. Peter Blake, in ''The Folly of Modern tre" {Atlantic Monthly, September' 1974), "some of the most successful buildings in · century are old ones that were originally for some totally different usage and then d f o r a c o mpletely unre l at e d r ••••For some reason that ought to depress out of every modern architect, these buildings are, almost invariably, much ting, much more stimulating, much more Icing .than the latest models produced by chitects using today's tec�ology." illy ., the reipode�g of the Jame� L��rary, ,

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'Personality UJnflicts' UtUse Literary Society Member Falloff

BY SUSAN MALKIN LIZ BARROW Creative tensiondeveloping into factionalism has been cited by many members and ex-members of Emerson Literary Society (ELS) as the reason for an abrupt d r�p i n t he fraternity's population. M e m he r s h i p f el l f r o m approximately fifty students in 1973 to thirty this year, said Engin Kevenk, president of ELS. Of the 21 upperclassmen who chose not to live at ELS fhis year, six left without giving any public reason. Kevenk said that people left ELS because they were "diverse to the extent that they 'r.ere not compatable. Nobody left because of antagonism." According to Trevor Drake,'75, the groups that existed in the house were never defined enough to be considered factions. Drake Disagrees Drake said people left the f r a t e r n i t y b�cause "The atmosphere of the fraternity was a little close and [some] wanted to get out because they were tired of not seeing a�y independents." The factionalism grew out of a diverse house membership, said Jack Levy '75, former ELS member. In the past, creative diversity and creative tension were part of the ELS "open-house -ideal,'' he said. However, last year, t he ·t ension g rew to ·such proportions that the diversity was no longer beneficial; according to

Levy. "Nothing got done,.. he said. The diversity in the fraternity body, -according to Dean of Students R. Gordon Bingham, was a result of " different perceptions in the orientation of ELS." "We accept anybody tllld everybody who's interested in the house with a few exceptions," said Kevenk. ''There was a great difference in lifestyles," said a student familiar with the house, "which r esulted in many personality conflicts." Many agr:ee that personality c o nflicts seemed to be the underlying cause of three of the rifts the house suffered last year. Fraternity Records Treasurer Rick Bryson found discrepancies in former treasurer Andy Heller's auditing of the h ou s e account s. H o w e ver, according to one ELS member, "Every penny was ultimately accounted for and the confusion a r o s e over Heller's personal accounting procedure. It was all Zioni st/Anti-Zionist distinction e x p l a i n e d t o e v ery one's was "m erely one way of, i d entify ing the pe ople on satisfaction." Howev<:r, the. house split into different sides." Some members members who supported Heller per ceive d_ t hat the Jewish and those who supported Bryson. population suppo;ted Heller while "There were no neutrals allowed," "in reality, it was both Jewish and said oµe member. Disput�g this, non-Jewish mixed.'' he said. Drake said people "didn't have to Individual Perception choose sides." "I felt no Zionist/Anti-Zionist Some members felt that an , sentiment,'' said Levy. He said anti-Zionist sentiment was the that he believes such distinctions basis for the attack on Heller. were based upon an individual B in g ham said t hat the perception of the situation.

Bryson's challenge of Heller led t o a "pitched battle between personalities," said Levy. "Heller felt his honor and integrity had been offended." Drug Bust The second incident-, further dividing the house, was a drug bust last February in .which

Bryson and his roommate, Mark ·Brandt, -- wer e arr ested and ultimately expelled from college. After the arrest there was an emergency meeting at which the members voted to put up $200Q. of the $8000 needed for bail, said Drake. It was understood that this tontinued on page nine

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Schneider Now Research Vice-president BY ROBBY MILLER Carl J. Schneider, former dean of academic affairs at Kirkland, has returned from a recent six-month sabbatical to assume the post - of vice-presiden t of research and development. S c hn e i d e r d evoted hi s sabbatical to study of educational research and evaluation, with the objective of setting up a system of evaluation and assessment at Kirkland. This past year, Schneider attended various conferences 1ponsored by e d u ca t io nal ilstitutions studying "assessment 1ystems," and visited small colleges like Kirkland, such as Mmhattanville and New Rochelle in New York and Governor's State in Il l in o i s , w h i c h a r e experimenting with innovative evaluation systems. Schneider conducted a faculty o n i n s titu tional minar aaessment and evaluation here Aug. 30 along with Dr. Charles Meinert of the State Education Department's Bureau of College Evaluation.

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students; (c) the institutional environment-the intellectual, social, aµd cultural atmosphere of the college; "Establish a bank of data for use in academic planning, to bring informed judgment on questions of possible changes and to analyze s tr engths a n d w eaknesses, successes and failures." In commenting on his new position at the college, Schneider descnoed his role as "interesting" and said that it will give his "a chance to look at the educational p r o cess as a w hole while a c complishing something that needs to be done at Kirkland."

continued from_page eigb� money would be paid back with the interest the house lost for loaning it. According to police reports, the informer called from a pay phone at ELS..This fact led to speculation about whether the informer was a member of ELS. ''I do not believe that the informer was somecme from the house," said Levy. Neither Bingham nor any of the house members interviewed knew the identity of the informer. "Whoever reported it decided the house or college treatment of t he situation would not be sufficient," said Bingham. "It is likely that th·e person who reported the two had a strong or weak conscience about what was going on, depending on your perspective," he said. "Many guy� didn't like the idea of drugs in the house,'' according to Maria Stadtmueller. a close friend of Brandt. "There were a d isproportionate number of straight and freaks in the house, with the straights prevailing," she said.

However, Levy said that he felt not a pro-Mattie [ one of the upkeep, according to Kevenk. The decreasing number of no conflict between the straights cooks) faction and an an•ti-Mattie m e m b e r s , Kevenk said, has and the freaks in the house. The faction." '"The tensions that existed actually benefitted the house, consensus· of Bingham and the members interviewed was that the were natural for EI,.S considering since last year the house had situation should have been dealt the way it was run," said Levy. been too large and people had not with by _ the fraternity at a house "E LS has a l w a y s had its gotten to know each other. He meeting, and that calling the undercurrents and hassles. Last said this year's members identify year the factionalism got intense with the house and are a "strong police was a drastic measure. Drake said that prior to the and the lid blew off the top....The base.'' ELS will continue its general bust, other house members were bust was just the icing on "the policy of rushing a diverse group concerned about the possible cake." of people, said Kevenk, adding Financially Stable consequences of Bryson's and The financial situation of the "the future is not in danger." Brandt's involvement with drugs. Bingham stressed, ''The image The decision to expel Bryson fraternity is "basically pretty and Brandt was made by the good," said Kevenk. 'We're _in no of ELS is not tarnished with the Faculty Committee on Student danger of f olding and are college. We will not stereotype the fr�temity because of two people." Activities in compliance with the financially secure." Bingham said, however, that Hamilton College Drug Policy . such drastic measures as closing Cook Controversy Spectator The selection of a cook for the t h e k i t c h e n w e r e bei ng Subscribers! house was, according to Levy, a considered, although he said he trivial matter which "blew up to felt this move was premature. ELS owns their house and all �ted importance and that is needed is money for added tensions." At $7.00, a great buy. "' Y•• ...-,_�.-.•�V ...••-· �';❖\CWS"h::-� -<.iaa..Y"' "-.-�_# :h·:r:� Members split over which cook _....,-_.::::;,:.r_. t o c h o ose and · the tension ·-:�. CUNTON SHOE CENTER j Send your check today to festered, said Levy. SPECIALIZING IN . P. Sluys, bus. mgr. "It was a contributing factor to � WINTER BOOTS \ The Spectator a sense of uncertainty which grew � AND SHOE REPAIR Hamilton College up towards the end of last year," Clinton, NY 13323 said Drake, but again "there was

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Winter ;r... freshman QB Tom La Fontaine. On defense, the situation is no different. Mark Marinelli and Phil Lowe stand an excellent chance of starting. Young Johny Alteri will adequ a t e l y s p ell co-,captains Newell and Ferris. Tony Scibelli and Dan Sweet can also play the p osition. Ricky Lee Mobley, Larry Campbell, Gary Klingaer and Mike Lengraisky will definitely bolster the secondary. Ed die Murphy, Chandler Stimmel, Lengraisky, and Sweet can play offense or defense. What more can be said? Maybe King can turn things around. One thing is certain, he can't do it without the class of '78.

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Yankee Folklore FEINGOLD AND SHOEN "... the only real game, I think, in the world, is baseball" Babe Ruth 4/27/47

The first thing I ever did when I was a kid was pick up a ball. It was a white sphere, with red laces, not oblong. We used to spend hours trying to get kids with mitts--anyone, so long as he had a mitt and had a friend to keep the sides even. We played on concrete, .asphalt-anything. My love for the American game was developed at a very early age. According to Lou Harris, America's favorite spectator sport is played by 22 guys with helmets. But to me, nothing compares with a 3-2 pitch, bases loaded, in the bottom of the ninth. I don't want to boast of a complete technical\ knowledge of football or basketball, but it doesn't take a Vince Lombardi to know that the Buffalo Bills are going to give O.J. Simpson the ball three out of four times or a Red Auerbach to know that Walt Frazier will be shooting in the closing seconds of a tight game. But who knows what the third base coach is doing when he rubs his nose, pulls his ear, and strokes his chin? Who could ever tell that a pitcher with a .471 winning percentage and a 3.78 ERA would not allow a single Brooklyn Dodger to reach first base in a World Series Game? Any player on any team on any given day can beat you in a variety of ways: with his bat, his glove, his speed, or his mind. Writers have written about baseball for decades. It.has become part of the American folklore with certain players (Cobb, Ruth,etc.)becoming legends. But it also allows a Bobby Thomson or a Sandy Amoros, men with limited abilities, to become a permanent part of the ever-growing legend. The excitement of football and basketball can almost always be compressed into the last three minutes · of_ the game. But the excitement, the electricity, of a game between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees lasts from first pitch to last. Even Frank Messer can make a game sound exciting. There's a mystique and beauty to a long double, a diving catch, a stolen base, a squeeze play, taking an extra base, -and breaking up a double play. A fan can get excited by a 4ard slider or a Ruthian swat and perhaps that is why baseball is so great-you get a little of this and something different in every game. I love baseball. I can't put my finger on the exact reason why. There are millions of words contained in the libraries across America and there are thousands more written every year-. But all these words put together still can't describe the excitement, beauty, and grace of the game. Perhaps Doris Day said it best when she sang: Take me out to the ballgame. 'Take me out to the crowd. Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack, ' I don't care if I never come back. For it's root root root for the home team, j/they don't win it's a shame Cause it's one two three strikes you 're out , , , , 1 At the old ballgame.

Ha milton tennis op ened Tuesday with a match against CortJand State. Cortland's record last year was 12-0 and they have been working out together this fall since Aug. 28. The match followed after only two workouts for Coach Batt's team. Cortland won it 6-3. We lost 5 of the 6 singles matches, four of them in just two sets. Only Dave Schutt, playing in the second position, was ·able to win a set. He won the second, after losing 6-3 in the

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Jeff Hewitt, a 1974 Ha ilton gr adu ate and star defensive lineman, was cut from the Dallas Cowboys roster last Tuesday. Hewitt saw a fair amount of preseason action It is rumored that ..Hewy" still wants to play with a pro team and is now looking for a position with a team in the newly formed World Football League.

first. He lost the third however by the same score. The one singles point Hamilton scored was on Bob Worden's victory playing fourth. Bob was 12th on the team l as t y e ar, bu t remarkablee improvement during the summer moved him up eight slots� He blew his opponent ofrthe court, 6-1. 6-1. Part of Coach Batt's strategy is to concentrate on doubles. We dcm't have the big guns to sweep teams away in singles,'so he hopes to win through tight teamwork and smart play during doubles. Two of. the three doubles points went our way. Bob Wo�deri won

again, te'°amed with Dave Schutt in the second doubles. They stormed Flagg and Kresh of Cortland 6-2, 6-2. Tom Pirodsky, anotha greatly improved player, and Tom A JJen won t hi r d d o uble1 convincingly 6-3 in two sets. Coach Batt is optimisticabout. the s e ason. He has fifteen freshmen out for the team. They are generally quite potent and an now playing a round robin among themselves for team positions.His veterans will get much sharper as the season' progresses . Over all I'm sure that Hamilton tennis will do very well. for itself this fall.

Sports Blurbs Co-ed Gym Night Wedn�sday nights at 7:30 the gym will-be open for the college commuruty. Basketball, volleyball, and badminton are available.

SPORTS EVENTS

WATE RPOLO: Scrimmage Saturday II :30am, Alumni Pool. FOOTBALL: Scrimmage Saturday 10:30 at Rochester.

Intramural Information Tennis Courts .Upended Prices Force Ulncelation

By MATT PECCHENINO It is again time for intramural football on the Hill; there is still tiin.e to form a team. YOU must return a typewritten roster of at least• e i g h t m en to Coach· M a c D o n a ld' s o f f i c e b y Wednesday, September 18 in order to participate. Games begin September 2 3. This year there will be a $5 returnable registration fee for all major sports. This fee is an attempt to reduce forfeitures. One forfeit causes loss of half the registration fee;' two forfeits constitutes loss of the fee and expulsion from the league. Upcoming intramural events include a team c.c. meet October 10 at 4:00 p.m.. Individual intramural events this will be a tennis tournament to be held the weekend of September 28-29, and a golf tournament to be played t h e w e e k o f Septem ber 2 8-Octo her 5. ·Reg is tration information for these events will be forthcoming. If you have any questions contact Bill Hooke at Theta Delta, G�i (853-8063).

Editor's note: On February 15th, 1974, The Spectator announced that Kirkland College had decided to build four regulation tenni� courts and two platform tennis courts to be finished sometime this fall. At the beginning of the semester there was no evidence of courts or construction. Although bids were turned in by several contracters, the prices on the land construction . and construction of the courts themselves far exceeded the budget. William Jamison, ,Director of Institutional Affairs at Kirkland, released the following statement to the Spectator. We realize what inflation is doing to the economy, but also feel that the facilities are neede� now and hope to see their appearance in the near future.

Last spring plans were made to build four regulation tennis courts and two platfo� tennis courts on the Kirkland campus. When bids were received on this project, however, it was discovered that the cost of the project far exceeded the funds available. In order to make a start, a decision was made to build the two platform tennis courts. As soon as the site is prepared these coufts will be built. They should be in operation withll!._ a month. Plan n i ng for th� re&1:1lation courts\ continues, and it is hoped that a way can be found to proceed with this project in the near future. William A. Jamison


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Runaway Inflation Limits Variety of Food Served on Hill

will be made in the menu until · By SUSAN MALKIN and ROBBY MILLER· either Anne Martin, director of Ha m ilt on and Kir k l and Service ·Systems on the Hill, or students on the meal plan will D'Aprix meet with this year's suffer a cut in the quality of food committe_e. The Contract selection of the food they eat this According to the contract, raw year, said Earl D' Aprix, director of Servic e Systems for the Utica meats must be United States .De p ar tm e n t o f Agr i c u lture Area. Although Hamil ton a n d inspected, choice grade; processed Kirkland board fees for the meats must be U .S.D.A. inspected 1974- 7 5 school y e ar have o n l y . The c o l l e ges require increased by 9.5% and 6.3% U .S.D.A. inspected Grade A respectively, D'Aprix said that. poultry, and Grade A dairy these increases will not offset the p r o d u c t s . C an n e d f r u i t s , 30% to 40% rise i n grocery prices. vegetables, and fresh produce "We won't cut the quality of must be the "best available." food, but we will have to cut the Ground beef may not exceed 20% quality of selection," D'Aprix fat, and must be U.S.D.A. said ..,"The higher priced foods inspected, good grade. Break.fast, according to the have been reduced. Roast beef and turkey will be served less contract, must consist of at least a often." selection of three or more fruits Service System� is bound by and/or juices, a selection of cold i cereal, one hot cereal during cold con tr a ct to f u l f i l l qualty s t a n d a r d s a n d m1n1mum weather, toast and/or sweet rolls, specifications of meal variety. at least one protein food, and "We have no inflation clause in coffee, tea, hot cocoa, and milk. our contract and we can't do T h e l uncheon meal must anything about higher costs," said include one soup, a selection o1 at D'Aprix about the contract signed least two entrees, one sandwhich, a selection of three salads, a last May. Service Systems is using the selection of three desserts, and menu planned by the Food coffee, tea, milk, fruit drink, and Committee last year. No changes soda.

The dinner menus must consist of one -appetizer, two meat entrees, one potato, a selection of two vegetables, three salads, three desserts, and coffee,tea, milk, fruit drink, and soda. Weekend brunch must include at least all.of those items specified in the breakfast and lunch menus. "It is in our interest to satisfy a majority of people, a majority of the time," D'Aprix said about the additional options such as the vegetarian entree, yogurt, and granola offered at McEwen Dining Hall. "The extra attractions are public relations moves to please the students," D'Aprix said. However, in the case of the vegetarian choice, the added attraction is presenting additional problems.,

Couple Holds Kirkland Professorship By FELICE FREYER N�cy and Peter Rabinowitz, a married couple in search of more free time and the opportunity to live and work in the same community, have apparently found the ideal situation at Kirkland. Here, husband and wife are sharing both the title and salary of assistant professor of literature. "It just seemed the most reasonable thing to do," Mr. Rabinowitz explained. "We get to live in the same city." "The only reason it's not reasonable is that there's only one s al ary, b ut many American families live on_ one salary," said Ms. Rabinowitz. "It's difficult to' find two jobs in one city," she continued, noting that many college couples must commute in order to see each other on weekends. The Rabinowitzes had also hoped that sharing a teaching _ Nancy and Peter �abinowitz, who share a literature professorship position would allow them more find time occasionally for rides in ''This is what makes Kirkland exciting, but it is also what makes time to pursue outside interests the country and reading. and hobbies. Ms. Rabinowitz, who However, Mr. Rabinowitz, who it exhausting." is teaching a course on Greek is teaching a course entitled, The "Living in the dorm also takes poetry in translation, is presently Detective Story: Tradition and a good deal of time," added Ms. completing a doctoral thesis at the E�periment, con;tplains, "I can't Rabinowitz. "We've been meeting Univ ersity of Chicago on dragon figure out where all the time with the students. It makes you feel more a member of the goes." battles. She sai d that although there He said that he is supposed to community." didn't seem to be as much free be teaching half-time, but actually The Rabinowitzes live in the time as the y had imagined, the teaches 12 hours of class per faculty apartment of B Dorm. Rabinowitzes were still able to week. In addition, much time is When asked if they had yet attend concerts and movies, and spent in c on f e r en ces with e n c o u n t e r ed any s p e c i f i c disadvantages to their unique ·students. "Kirkland is very advantageous, arr angement, Mr. Rabinowitz Note to Our Readers to students," Mr. Rabinowitz said. answered with a decisive "No." Because of Yom Kippur, which "Students who have not been The Rabinowitzes believe their conflicts with weekly production elsewhere don't appreciate how shared professorship is "a good' hours, The Spectator will publish available the faculty is. I have deal for the school" because it on Saturday, Sept. 28 instead of never seen a place where so much enables them to devote more time f'riday, Sept. 27. continued on page eight faculty time is given to students.

A Guessing Game amount of beef strw,, meat loaf, S er v i c e Sy s tems plays a and spaghetti with meat sancc. In "guessing game,"· said D'Aprix, in addition, "all foods are now determining how many students baked on campus :instead of being , will eat each entree at which bought,. D'Aprix said. HWe offer as man other items dining hall. The third entree just complicates the situation, said that the students will accept at D'Aprix, adding that there is the least co.st," said D -"Aprix. • e often not enough of one dish and may try �ut f.rench toast and a surplus of others. Welsh Rarebit for dinner,'' the "We can't provide enough of food director said. The Magic umber a l l t hree for each to last throughout the meal, otherwise The contract also guarantees there would be food waste," Service Systems a mmnnum D'Aprix said. "The vegetarians number of students on the meal rely on that one entree, and it is plan: 500 for K.iddand and 550 not fair to them when we TUD for Hamilton.. out." .. With out th is guanmtee, In order to offset increased Service Systems can no afford to grocery prices, Service Systems do business," said U" priL has reduced the number of times Despite rising costs, Service roast beef and turkey appear on Systems has made a profit foy the the menu and has increased the a, al uu ·,uaJ:!!'11::: right

Hamilton Dean Search

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John E. Rexine, associate dean of the f a cuity of C�lgate University, will be the first of six or seven candidates for dean of the college to be interviewed by th e Ham i l ton Dean Search Committee, Lawrence _K. Yourtee, ch a i r m an and p rofessor of chemistry announced Wednesday. Rexine will visit the campus Sunday and Monday and will also meet with President Carovano, Provost Eugene Lewis, Acting Dean of the College Dwight N. Lindley, and Kirkland Dean of A c a d emi c Affairs Catherine Frazer. The Committee, which plans to recommend the best candidate(s) to Pre_sident Carovano by Dec. 1, expects to eliminate several of those candidates invited for the first round of interviews and then ask three to return for a second visit. It is expected that on the second round of interviews, the candidates will be exposed to other groups of students and faculty besides those on the Committee. Commenting on the first round_ of interviews, Yourtee said, •--rhey tend to be exploratory, both on the part of the candidate and the college." The Committee is still receiving applications for the position and is in the process of inviting another candidate to the Hill. Rexine, who is also professor of · classics and director of the division of the humanities at C o.lgate, has been with the university since I 9 5 7. Af ter t w o years as an i ns t ru c t o r in humanities at Brandeis University, Rexine went to Colgate where he served as an instructor in the classics and rose through the professorial ranks. Besides teaching at Co)gak,

a ri on-5 R ex in e h as h eld administrative positions during .his c a r eer_ Before as5UJDing bis present poSlb.ons, Rexine was chainn.an of the Department of Ciani.cs, director of the division of university studi.� and director of the Colgate-IBM Co:rp. Institute in the Liber.d Arts Program for Executives.. R exine also was visiting pIOfessor of Gn=ek. for e College Year in Athens, and a FuJbri_ght Scholar at the J\rnerican School of Classical Stu.dies in Athens.. A magna cum laude graduate of Harv.ml Co iege in 1951. Rexine n:ce.wc:d his A..M... .and Ph.D. from Harv.ml as well. Rexine has published three boo.ks, ''Solon and His Political Theory," "Religion - Plato and , Cicero, . and ...A Pictorial History o f Gr e ec e.,. "' �d w as a con tributing anthor m ...The Educated Man."' Rexine has also authored �aal hundred articles and reviews. Rexine, 45 years old, is married and has three children..

R esults of the Kirk1and Assemb l y Elcxtioo.s are .as _ follows; Anne ry and Susan Malkin were elected from ... n•• Doim; Lyndelle Bradley :and Anne McGcda.ee from ilbank; Sara Grimes fJ:om Major; 1 ancy Bemsrem. &om Minor: Julie Sudarslty from Root; and SU7.allllC Hamlin from MclntoJh. Julie Websta' .-di l'q)ttSCllt Kirltbnd studrnts living on die Hamilton campus. Faculty •�• » 11Jativcs and rcpRSCD�-brF have not yd beat clcdcd.


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Football. in Fall With the advent of cool, autumn weather and having finally settled in for the semester, football arises now as an object of many people's attention. Although Continental football has had to sustain a couple of lean years, the players have been training hard and are looking forward to a successf¢ season. The Buff & Blue, counting on the strength of several veterans and a roster of inexperienced but eager freshmen, are slated· to face such small college powers as Hobart, Middlebury, and Franklin & Marshall Colleges, and long time rival, Union College. One does not have to be a football maniac, however, ·to enjoy a Continental game, for they are marked not only by the sport, but by the gladness of gathered college loyalists. Sneaking warming whisky from a coat-covered flask as an alumnus of 20 years rekindles his home team spirit is as much a part of Saturday Hamilton football as the football itself. Tomorrow afternoon, the Continentals meet the first of the tough ones, the perennially powerful team of Franklin & Marshall, at 1 :30 p. m. at Steuben Field. If the weather is · good, and the football fortunes fine, it should be a happy day for all.

Voter Apathy The Hamilton Judiciary Board, whose lack of precedents and clear guidelines for operation made it the object of study and careful revision last year, is sure to continue . to play a crucial role in the · self-governance of Hamilton students. It is therefore disheartening to learn that only about one out of every four students voted in the election yesterday of the Judiciary Board Chairman: Responsible for maintaining fair and clear Judiciary Board procedures, the new chairman should be a student respected and supported by his peers. A run-off election between Eric Kraus '76 and Steve Tepper '75 will be held in Bristol Tuesday Sept. 24. There will also be an election Oct. 1 for ten regular representatives to the board to come from the sophomore, junior, and senior classes. It is hoped that voter turnout will be substantial on both days.

Fund Drive

When volunteers · from the Campus Fund Drive come to student's doors next week, they will be collected contributions to a long list of worthy charities. Many of the fund drive's beneficiaries are local community service organizations in the Utica-Rome aream including hospitals which specialize in programs and care for the · old, and sometimes disabled, the young, the handicapped, and the underpriviliged. - The organizers of the fund drive hope that each student contributes an average $2.50, which would allow the drive to top last year's $2,800 collection by $1,200. Give to the Fund Drive. Volunteer's requests for a dollar or two should only be well-received_.

THE SPECTATOR

VOLUME FIVE NUMBER FOUR Editor-in-Chief-Mitchel Ostrer Managing Editor-Henry Glick News Editor-Douglas Glucroft Business Manager-Peter Sluys AssistanfNews· Editors Production Manager Liz Barrow " , Jack Hornor , Susan.Malkin Technical Manager Edito.rial Page Editor Mike Bulger Photography Editor · Ken Gr.oss Arts Editor"'.· ' David Ashby Jonathan :Cramer S ports Photography Chip Whiteley Arts Assistant Graphics John Joelson Kevin Burns S ports Editor Andrea Ker John Navarre Melissa Stern Copy Editor Felice Freyer Layout Assistant Copy Editor Beverly Draudt . David. Schutt Business Staff- Peter B. Bayer, Geoffrey E. Lawrence, Marc S tandig, William D. Underwood, S teve Brenner, Andy Wilson, Jim McManus Production Staff....._ Chris Cahill, Peggy Dills, Judy Gillotte, Marc Komisarow, John McNeel, S avi Perera Photography S taff- Robert Dolan, John Moon News Assistant-Robby Miller Kevin McGowan S ports Assistants- Steve Haweeli, Robert McCormick The Publications Board publishes The Spectator, a newspaper edited by students, 28 times during the academic year. Subscriptions: $7.00 per year. Address: Box 83, Hamilton College,Clinton, New York, 13323.·Letters to the editor must be signed, but names will be withheld upon request.

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fact," as_ you call it in the next A series of coincidental factors To th� Editor: line, is quite simply nothing of the account for our recent and The time has come for me to sort. I asked S ue Malkin where she unusual m'embership drop-off. In voice some of the concern I have picked up this tidbit and she said, addition · to the fifteen seniors for your position as a responsible "from an unidentifiable source in w h o g r a d u a t e d , t w e n ty source of information. I've had ELS." That source is hardly a underclassmen left. Of these, ' reservations about you for some "police report." Furthermore, the· .seven transferred to other colleges time but after your Sept. 13, police couldn't know where the and universities. Three left for 1974 article on the condition of call originated'; they know the financial reasons. Three were EL S, I'm downright scared. All name of the informer but they're expelled by the college,. one being questions. of style and propriety not even telling Dean Bingham. for academic reasons. One is living aside, much of what you present In short, Mr. Spectator, clean off campus, and another was as fact is distorted, and in some up your act. Get your facts , chosen to be a freshman' advisor. s t r ai ght. I further suggest Only a few left because of cases, pure rumor. My first point is general:- To consulting the full range of useful disinterest in what the house had consider _EL S ·as factionalized is a information sources; past house to offer. facile oversimplification. ELS was, presidents can be fonts of detail Our present membership of and is, comprised of individuals. and opinion for the energetic thirty is a strong working group, In a collection of 50 individuals reporter. primarily due to our principles of there is a natural tendency· toward George M. Walsh '75 , openness and diversity-in our disagreement. But as much as 'I Former President opinion challenging and creative was impressed by the diversity of Emerson Literary Society forces. We have never been an the house , I was more impressed institution of strong fraternal ties. Editor's Noie: · Mr. Walsh's Our principles have worked for us with the ability of 95% of the members to wait for the facts on a t t a c k on the integrity of for the past 92 years, and we are both sides ·of an issue before reporters Liz Barrow and Sue confident that they will continue making an irrevocable decision. I M a l k i n i s b a s e d u p o n to make for our success in the must also note that ELS is misconceptions of news gathering future. inhabited by rational beings and techniques and merits a reply. The members of_ the A Sp ect at or reporter on ..that any decision that isn't Emerson Literary Society approved nearly unanimously is assignment is given background the exception rather than the rule. information pertinent to a story, White Paper The question of Andy Heller's including a list of published accounting procedures caused a references,people to interview and To the Editor: stir, but when the case was placed a sketch of the situation or event Between orientation and the before t h e H ou s e , Andy's to be reported. first week at school we have explanation was accepted by 95% Wh e n f irs t s p e ak i ng in received about 50 mimeographed sheets of which the majority were unnecessary. For example, . the parking registration this letter is wr,itten on was given to 'every freshman student, when it is very rare that freshmen are allowed to have cars. These notices should ,., have been available to those few upon request. Another example of this is the number of sheets info rming students of various- meetings and services,etc. The same effect could be achieved through the posting of these bulletins in the mailroom. Perhaps it would be more efficient · · because many students throw out the sheets without even reading them. If it is essential that each individual student receive some of the messages, several could be combined on one sheet printed on· both sides of the paper. A paper recycling box should also be around in the mailroom -if it isn't there yet. A s o-called ''i nn ovative" of the members. There were no interview, the· reporter attempts factions; just a �verse bunch of to see if the leads were correct. institution, -that Kirkland professes Later, as the story develops, the to be should show some awareness very individual people. In this same respect, it is a reporter tries to validate or of the ecological p:i:obelms facing great disservice to use labels such invalidate facts and opinions us today and in the near future. as "Zionist" or "Anti-Zionist," received from early sources. At The paper shortage is no secret, "freak" or "straight." Not all of . this point, the reporter begins to even here in Clinton! We urge the Jews in ELS held Zionist use words which sources have some action to be taken to curb views. Not all of the goys slept -used in describing the situation such a profuse waste. Next time with "Mein Kampf." It's·absurd. · being inve$tigated. you are sitting in the shade of T h e r efore,· M r . Wa l s h's your favorite tree-think about it! And what is a freak? Someone with long hair, a large stereo, and complaint about the �·mproper use Carla Golden,'78 a hash pipe? As I understand it, of s uch "biased" terms as Cathy S ommer;· '78 "Zion ists," "A nti-Zionists," correct me if I'm wrong, your i n t e rvie wers asked questions "fr e aks, "and "straights" was .loaded with these classifications. . unfounded. These words were LETTER POLICY. In addition, it has been my obtainf!d from key interviews and The Spec;tator welcomes e xp e r i en ce t h at S p e ct a t o r were used· during subsequent letters from all of its readers: interviewers ask questions in order questioning as directional terms. s t u d e n t s, faculty, to confirm their own opinions, ' Likewise, the notion of the admi nistration a.pd alumni. not to elicit information. I must factionalism was acquired through W h i l e we recognize our cite the example of an article interviews with ELS members. responsibility to print what we done last Spring on fraternity Ample opportunity was given receive, the editors reserve the membership in which certain to all those questioned to refute right to edit or withhold a letter - opinions were attributed to me, in any information presented in the from publication, 'for instance quotation marks. The problem interview. Some people took this in the case of possibly libelous was that I was seeing these opportunity and their view was content, but as well for any opinions for the first time being given equal attention in the other reason that they see fit. attributed to me. I never even article's preparation. All letters·must be signed, not attributed them to me. But that's Th e incorrect information . with pseudonym or initials, another story. concerning the am.ount of bail al th ou_gh names may be One bit of information you money and information credited withheld in print upon request. might have checked was the to the police was received from amount of the bail needed to get two ELS members. The Spectator Brandt and Bryson out of jail. At regrets that it failed to double an emergency meeting that I check these facts. CORRECTION called on the day of the arrest, the Fi'nally, the Specf,ator reporters Due to a typographical error, house voted unanimously to made attempts to speak to Mr. The S p e ctator er roneously supply the $2000 Rick and Mark Walsh, but he could not be reported that Sheila Muccio, said they needed. The· total bail reached. Kirkland's new vice president for was $3000, not $8000, with Mark development, "reported on topics supplying $1000. of minor interest concerning the ,,, This next point really had me To the Editor: United Nation ... " from the U. S. w orried. When I read that, We ·would like to make• a Embassy in Tokyo. The article "According to police reports, the statement in response to your should have read "majqr. interest ... " informer ·called from a pay phone article of Friday, September the The Spectator regrets the at EL S ," a great unprintable thirtee nth, concerning our error. erupted from my very soul. "This society.

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face usually indicates that he's not quite · sure that playing a kazoo is compatible It finally happened. It's everywhere,­ with an image of temperate respectability. Bristol, the library, the paths, even(gasp!) Kirkland has not been unaffected by the pub - there is no escaping the ch ange. the emergence of healthies from their We are having an epidemic of health. strongholds in a few fraternities. Perhaps a I don't mean that the health center review of recent history is in order. lacks patrons with sore throats an d In the beginning there were what one allergies. These annoyances are as reliable bearded sage called the Kirkies and the as the seasons and will persist as long as K i rk e tt e s. Kirkies were c�mmitted, the present latitude of the colleges remains ear nest, \ relevant, .and their moods unchanged. The " health" with· which we alternated between sullenness and shrill are afflicted consists of an attitude or indignance. They ruled unchallenged until value that is reflected it\ the demeanor and recently. Kirkettes were cool, aloof, and personal appearance of an overwhelming well-dressed. They rarely ventured forth · number of the students who may be seen from their habitual environs, however, simply by glancing out of a window. except in the spring, when climatic Degeneracy ap.d eccentricity are out, conditions favored their growth and while normalcy, conventional behavior, development. and health are taking over. People wan t to Recent events have changed the old have "a good attitude"; freshmen want to picture in two major ways. First, the join the "right fraternity"; phrases like K irkettes have emerged from the "social life"· are creeping into · diverse • background and, with the help of an vocabulari�s; the pub is being slowly influx of reinforcements, have driven the wrested from · the drinkers by the K i rkies back to sanctuaries located socializers. To paraphrase the song: "the in-and-around List. If future events bear out the trends now established, the games, they are a-chan gin '." The victory of the ''healthies" is not Kirkettes · will hold the field for the complete . yet. An occasional forseeable future. The second major change has affected stoop-s h o uldered, bleary-eyed, dirty derelict may be seen shuffling between the makeup of the Kirkette population. Commons and Bristol by the patient Cool indifference is no longer the. ouly observer.. A really sharp eye may even acceptable Kirkette act. New �irkettes are discern a denim-jacketed knapsack carrier. being offered the option of be":1g pert �d In general, however , hair is cleaner and sprightly this year. They are still reqwred shorter, posture is better, an d denim to be healthy-looking, though. This is not an attack on the new look, j a c k ets a r e yielding t o s chool and �ports the new games,or the new students. The windbreakers, sweaters, old acts were just as artificial and jackets. Perhaps the best indication of the contrived since there is simply no such fanaticism with which the "healthies" thing as h u m an behavior without _ pursue respectability is the difficulty that contrivance. In addition, there 1s much about health an d the healthies that the kazoo band is having in recruiting new members. "Kazoo band? You mean they com mends itself to our thoughtful march up and down the field at half-time attention. Yet, it is still to be hoped that playing kazoos an d forming trains and there will always,be a place on the hill for spaceships? I don't think I have the time." the disreputable, the odd, and the The expression on this "busy" scholar's unhealthy. By VINCENT L. DiCARLO

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DANFORTHS AT KIRKLAND

Inquiries by Kirkland students about the Danforth Fellowships, to be awarded by the Danforth Foundation of St. Louis, Missouri in March, 1975, are invited, according to the local campus representative, Professor of Literature Ursula S. Colby, room 21 7, Kirner-] ohnson. The Fellowships are open to all qualified persons of any race, creed or citizenship, single or married, who have serious interest in .. careers of·teaching,and/or administration in colleges and universities, ,and who plan__ to study for a ,Ph.D. in any field of study common to the unde:rgraduate liberal arts curriculum in the United States. Applicants must be under 35 y�ars of age at the time the application , papers are filed, and may, not have undertaken -any graduate or professional study beyond the baccalaureate. Pe�on� �ust be nominated by liaison officers of their undergraduate mstltutions by Nov. 20, 1974. The Dan forth Foundation does not accept direct applications for the Fellowships. Approximately 100 fellowships will be awarded in March, 1975. The Award is for one year, and is normally renewable until completion of the degree of for a maximum of four years of graduate study. Fellowship divjdends are. based on individual need, �ut may not exceed $2025 for single fellows and $2200 for married fellows for the academic year, plus dependency allowan ces for children and required tuition and fees. Other fellowships may be held concurrently with a Dan for� Fellowship, except for those administered through other pro�ams of the Danforth F oundation. Income from other awards will . be taken into consideration in determining the supplementary living expense dividend if the amount received is less than the D an forth maximum, and if the agency concerned will allow this. The Danforth Foundation was created in 1927 by the late Mr. and Mrs. William H. D anforth of St. Louis as a phil an thropy devoted to giving aid and encouragement to persons, to emphasizing the humane values that come from a religious an d democratic heritage, and to strengthening the essential quality of education.

HUMANE SOCIETY

LOST KITTEN: 7-8 weeks old; black and silver with stripes an d· spots:; female. Up for adoption if no owner is found. Contact Andrea Kantor, Keehn 209, X4941. The following are the . only dormitories where animals are permitted at Kirland: Milbank., McIntosh, Keehn. Dog up for adoption: half-collie: one year old. Contact Ar..ne Fry, X4525.

JUDICIARY BOARD ELECTIONS

There will be an election Tuesday, Oct. 1, for three seniors, four junior and three sophomore Judiciary Board members. Petitions will. be available in Root 7, Monday, Sept. 23 at-noon.

VOLUNTEER TO LEARN

Mem_beTS of the college community are needed[ in adult learning situations in teaching la�oratories. Not more than half and hour is requested, an d no assessment is made of the work of the volunte'ers. Those interested should contact Dorothy Harrington, KJ 156, or sign the sheets in the dining halls.

Winter Study Abroad Announced

Jn addition, Hamilton pl ans to continue its informal exchange E gy pt and the Soviet Union are p rogram with other colleges. two of the places which Hamilton Students- may enter �e exchange _ and Kirkland students may visit in on a one-to-one basis contmgent eight 1 975 Win t e� Stu d y on approval by the Dean's office off-campus programs, according o f s.tudents' elected course�. to Associate Dean of the College Hamilton students must submit the n am e of his proposed Robin B. K.innei. By ROBERT RZASA

HONOR COURT

Petitions for freshmen who wish to mn for Honor CouTt election will be available in Root Ban no. 7 beginning Monday, Sept. 23. Each can didate must obtain 15 signatures from members of his class. Petitions must be retmned to Root 7 no latei; than. 4p.m.. Friday, Sept. 27. The election will be hdd on Tuesday, Oct. 1. There is one position for a freshman representative on the Honor Court�

FROSH HONOR. COURT ELECTIONS

There will be an election for one freshman t0 sit on. the �onor c"ourt Thursday. OcL 3. Petitions for this position will be available in Root 7, at noon Monday, Sept. 23 .

CLINTON CJUI-D CARE CENTER

All students interested in volunteering for Clinton Child Care Center are advised to call Ginger Tibbetts; at &53-2459 or Arlene Liebman at 853-6012. Both vohmteer and w0rk. - s.tudy students. are welcome. The Center is located in th:e faculty ap.irtment of the Major ·Dormitory at Kirk.Janel

BLOODMOBILE

The Red Cross Bloodmobile will be at the: Bristol € amp us Center Monday, Sept. 30 · between 10:00 a..m.. and 3:.45 p.m. Anyone interested in donating blood should make an appo.futment in either ·the McEwen or Brislol lohbies Sept. 26 CiJI'.' 27� Donors who cannot make an appointment will still be accepted. Volunteers are also needed to help the Bloodmobile s.taff between 9:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.. Anyone interested in hdping please contact Steve Percy, Gary Smith, Marth.a Fre,ymann, or Sue Greenwood through the campus mail as soon as possible.

GR.E's AT HAMILTON

Those seniors going to graduate schoot in one of the ar�s or sciences can take to -Graduate Record Examination at Hamilton either on October 26, 1974 or on January 18, 1975_ For the first administration of the test they must register by October I, 1974. For the second they must register by December 31, 1974. For details consult the booklet in th.e Dean's office.

J-BOA.RD CHAIRMAN RUN-OFF ELECTION There will be a run-off for election for Judiciary Board Chairman Tuesday, Sept. 24. The run-off will be between St�e Tepper '75 and Eric Kraus '76.

exchange counterpart to De an Kinne!. T he o f f-campus projects, sponsoring professors and costs are the following: S t u dy in archeology and ethnology in Mexico, Guatemala an d Belize; Associate Professor of Anthropology, Grantjones, $775. Study of Egy ptian are in the Nile Valley; Professor of Art Rand Carter; $1,000. Comparison of Anierican and English Financial institutions in London; Professor of Economics -Sidney Wertimer, Jr., $650. Study of the London theatre; Professor of English Edwin B. Barrett; $750. Aspects of Soviet life; Assistan t P rofessor of History Michael Haltzel and Assistant Professor of Russian David N. Young; $1,055 A Study of French in Paris; Professor of Roman ce Languages Marcel I. Moraud; $650. A Study of Sp anish in Madrid: Assistant Professor of Sp anish Jeremy T. Medina;S650. Geological Field Mapping in West Texas; Professor of Geology Donald B. Potter; $200. Scholarship money is available and will be awarded based on need and the amount of funds on h an d. All questions should be directed to Dean Kinnel or the instructor leading the trip.· According to Kinne!, all trips except the Geology, Spanish an d French trips require that a $200 deposit be made by Sept. 30. The Romance Language trips require a $100 deposit by Nov. 15. All students interested in the French and Spanish projects should consult Mamie Meyer in t h e R o m an c e La nguages Department. Des cr iptive listings of all Winter Study trips are availabfe in the Registrar's Office or the Dean's Office.


4/THE SPECTATOR/September 20, 1974

New CompUteT Center Open for Student Use

By- BEYERLY DRAUDT The new National Cash Register computer system, lo_cated in the basement of the Daniel Burke Library, will make the Comp1.1ter Center "one of the busiest places on campus," according to David Smallen, director of the Computer Center .. There is no doubt in Smallen's mind that the computer will have a big impact on the Hill. Programs for se vera l o f fices of the administration are now being �developed and faculty members will use the computers for class a s s i g n men ts and rese a.r c h problems. When asked which courses the computer could serve, Smallen said, "Ninety per cent of the courses on campus can use it." Smallen also mentioned that several students would be doing . senior projects on the computer. Ro n a l d F. M a cDona.ld, con t roller for Hamilton and Kir.k land C o lleges, s ai d a com p u ter program is being worked on for the payroll. This proposed program will initiate a sy stem · of payment whereby non-faculty members will receive their checks every two weeks, and faculty members will receive their checks once a month. This double payroll will be a more efficient way of billing c o m p a r ed to the 18-payroll system used now. Eventually all accounting will be done by c o m p u t e r , i n cluding student billing and increment reports. Registrar's Work This semester's class lists and schedules were prepared by the n e w c o mp ut er . The N CR c o mpu ter i s e x p_e ct ed t o streamline work· in the Registrar's Office previously done by the old IBM machine. This work includes preparation of grades, a course and grade boo k, a n d s t u d e n t c ourse s ched ule s . P a l mer Fargnoli, 'fegistrar, described the computer's task as handling all of the peripheral jobs of the Registrar's Office. p;:::=:��-:·=:=�-;;:::;:-;;:;:�-�;=>:�� �:� CLINTON SHOE CENTER

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Mr. Smallen and the NCR computer system of the- use of the computer to NCR 656 "filing cabinet'� which people with the machine. The English 11, "It's a necessary part can hold five million computer computer can be used by all of a, liberal arts education." The words on each of 10 magnetic students, free of charge, from computer will be used next discs. The computer can sent;l 2:00 p.m. to midnight, Monday semester for Math 24 and 34. The information to Cornell, where the through Friday; 8:30 a.m. to d e partment has a 1 s o calculations can be performed, 5:00 p.m.on Saturdays; and from · "contemplated using it in the and sent back in about 15 noon to midnight on Sundays. Calculus course." seconds. The NCR 649 printer Business offices use the computer S o ciology 400, taught by then prints out the result at a rate from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. - daily. Students must reserve time Assistant Professor of Sociology of 300 lines a minute. on the keypunch machines . Computer Lectures Walter Broughton, will use the computer to collect and analyze Use of the nc::w computer is Knowledge of how to operate the data. The. course was designed expected to increase as more computer itself is not necessary before the arrival of the new faculty and students learn of its because student operators, who computer but Broughton said applicability. Lectures will be are now in training, work the much more extensive research will given during the semester by users machine. Several more student of the computers rather than operators are needed, according to now be possible. Psychology T90 computer specialists. Non-credit Smallen, who as\(ed that those In Experimental Psychology, courses w�l be given to acquaint interested contact him. taught by Hamilton Assistant Profes.sor Jonathan Vaug!tan, one The Computer Center, in an An Introduction to CC3 the Cornell System week during the semester is set effort to acquaint the widest DE SCRIPTION: For those who aside to acquaint the student with range of the academic community the computer. The NCR computer with the services and capabilities already know how to program in Fortran, Watfiv, or Pl 1, this course is not expected to affect other of our computer installation, will will explore the services available from Hamilton psychology programs, as offer the following (non-credit) Cornell and how they can be utilized. the Psychology Department has courses to begin in the. period of A beginning will be made on-learning the Job Control Language necessary to Sept. 30- Oct. 6. These courses its own small computer. utilize the Cornell system. · In the past an IBM 407 should not be confused with fully COURSE LENGTH: Two or three computer handled the business for Mathematics 17 which provides a meetings of approximately one hour the colleges and was used by a thorough introduction to many each. These courses will be arranged limi ted n u mber of courses. aspects of computer science. to meet the needs of those taking Besides being slower than the new CCI Introduction to a Computer NCR system the old computer DESCRIPTION: A course in.tended for t hem. was limited in the number of anyone who would like to know what T he r e are sign-up sheets a computer is, how in general it works, functions it could perform. This and what it is capable of doing. located in the user work area of machine had no memory and Demonstrations will involve the use of the computer center {adjacent to programs had to be wired and· our local NCR computer and the the computer center in the lower C or n e l l IBM system. -COURSE changed manually. LENGTH: One or two meetings of level of the Burke Library). Those The NCR Century 101 can approximately one hour each. interested are asked to indicate store 32,00 computer words in CC2 two choices for a time period An Introduction itself and al,so draws from the when they would be available for to a Computer Language DESCRIPTION: A start on the a p arti c u l ar cour s e . T h e WATFIV Fortran language. WATFIV is Computer Center will then notify a language developed with the learner them of when the course·s will in mind, and the emphasis of this meet. course will be on the ease with which A n y questions should be A CHARTER NEW YORK BANK one can begin to program. COURSE ·-...... , "··...f LENGTH: Two or three meetings of addressed to Dave· Smallen at 4169. approximately one hour each. MAIN OFFICE, CLINTON, NEW YORK 13323

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Friedberg . Seu lpture lnsta lled on Campus· A 1 6-foot long sculpture, r constructed by Richard Fiedberg at the Kirkland Art Center, will be installed on the Kirkland College campus next week by the artist, with ·the help of college students. At the conclusion of the installation on Friday, S eptember 27. the artist will give a_ lecture and slide presentation on his work in the college's Red Pit at 7:30 pm.

The Fr i e d b e r g w o r k is c onstructed of alu minum, fiberglass, .and sand . It was built piece by piece in the classrooms of the Kirkland Art Center and then assembled in the gallery last month. Many area residents were able to observe the artist at work " removed. be must "It Lewis, said T h e Pl a y h owr has been on this unique project, which was restricted from pedonning at the A citation, on the other hand, is made possible with the support of theatre until. the ··mla.tions arc like a "speeding tic�et", according· the Artist-in-Residence program Lewis. to corrected. Th.ere also is doubt of the Committee for the Visual sociate s a tt, e r r a B in Edw whether the colleges- will be Arts of New York State. permitted to sed. _ kp1y puWic producer of the Playhouse and English,said �f professor Hamilton support for student pafonnancrs Sculpture Installed that the Playhouse plans to until the req uirements arc ID.CL summer. next theatre the occupy Hamilton has- hired a private On Friday, September 20, the inspector from the Binghamton ''"I would be very sorry if the sculpture · was moved to the he return," couldn't Playhouse i nsurance firm o f Couper,. college campus, where students· A c k.e rm.an, and Sampson. to said. The citation did not affect enrolled in Professor Jerry Dodd's it since productions summer's last examine the theatre_ -WC will sculpture classes assiste d in in­ meet and probably smpass the was delivered near the end of the stalling it in front of the college's · said. Barrett season, code requirements", said Lewis_ T he insepctor p:nnnncd a report to the college in time for the Board of Trustce ,-s meeting Oct. 4, but Lewis said that he doubted a report will be ready by then. Student Prod.actioas J a m es Penney,· artist and are intense expressions of the Meanwhile, Car:ol Bellini-Sharp. professor of art at H�lton experience of color and light, director of Minor Th�trc, has College, will show a group of new wherever it may be fo und on been asked not to K!ek public paintings and watercolors at the s u bje c t s r a n g i n g f�o m support for co1lege productions at Sep tember 25 opening show at the archi t e ct u r a l and h istorical the theatre. BeJJiniSharp said that Munson-Williams-Proctor I nstitute monuments or fragments to sea production pJans and. tbeatn: School of Art. Many of them are and sky, autumn leaves, trees in classes have not been affc::clrd,. new paintings that have not been snow, or shelves and hallways-the however. seen in this area previously and forms emerging from abstract ''We're in an investigative were done this past year while on patterns of color and line. stage". she said. ''"It's not a ams a fellowship from the College. Some of these paintings will situation.".also be included in a special Local Landscape Eugene Lewis. provost of one-man show of his new work at of the pa.in tings· are of Kraushaar Galleries in New York Several Hamilton, expressed resenbnc:nt about false reports that the the local landscape, while others City from October 22nd through theatre had been comkmned were done on an extended trip in November 9th, where he has had "When a b uilding is conderrmr.:d, it Italy and Greece during the one-man shows regularly since has received the death scntc:n.cc,:• summer and fall of 1973. They 1950. Some of his early prints

Receives Citation Playhouse Qn­ For Failure to Maintain Safe Conditions By KEVIN McGOWAN The Playhouse on the Hill, the summer tenant of Minor Theatre, was served · with a citation this summer for failing to maintain fire safety standards. S er ved by the St ate Department of Labor, Bureau of F a cto r i e s a nd Mercantile E sta b l i s hmen ts, the citation required a fire exit in the rear of the building, and less substantial changes including the posting of more exit and no smoking signs, and the in sta llm ent of m ore f ire ·extinguishers in the stage and balcony. The Playhouse informed the college about the citation Aug. 28. Hami lLo n Pr ovost Eugene Lewis stressed that the building w as c ited b e c ause of the commercial use the Playhouse makes of the theatre. "There�s a difference between standing room only crow,ds and theatre classes," he said. The college is under no legal obligation to do anything about the theatre, since the Playhouse and not Hamilton was served with the citation, Lewis said. W i d e s p r e a d a d vert ising attracted the state inspectors,. according to Le�wis, who said that Hamilton regularly has campus b u i l d i n gs i n s p e cted and maintains to meet standards, at the ·college's expense.

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"This project will invohr us to a g r e a t e r d e g r e e w i th contemporary art,"' said Dodd, an asm.tant professor of sculpture at Kirkland, '-i'he sculpture will be installed in the community wheR people can see it, and not in a gallery or museum in ew York City. In · addition" student artists will have an opportunity for exce11.ent interchange with Mr. Friedberg whilethey are installing it." Friedberg presently Jives in New York City, and he u an assistant professor at Fairleigh D i ck i n s o n U n i v ersity in Rutherford, New Jersey. He has also been on the faculties of Ca lifornia Institute of 'Art, Rut gers Unive rsi t y, Cooper Union, and Hunter College_ Be received his BFA and MFA from Yale University and studies with Anthony Caro and Philip King .in London_

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have been shown in the '�ew York� New Yorkn show at the AAA Gallery .in ,i ew York City this past month. He is also included in a special show at Kraushaar.s this month called ..People 1920-40'\ along with .Peggy Bacon, Glackens, D uB o i s , J e r o m e My ers, Schakenberg and John Sloan_ Bloch Student

P e nne y studie d a t the University of Kansas, B.F.A. 1931� with Karl Mattern and Albert Bloch (whosr: work was shown at a large inclusive show at M u n s o n-Wi l l i a m s-P r octor Institute and the Root Art Center last February and .March for which Penney wrote the forward,. ew York City, he Later .in studied at the Art Students L eague with William Von Schlegell, John Sloan and George Grosz. He did murals and munl commissions for the W..P.A Projects and F cderal Buildings� In 1 9 63, w inning a natioml competition. be executed m-urals for the vestibule of the famous Nebraska State Capitol at LincoJn. A muI31., '6Ham.ilton-4 Seasons", is also in the Bristol Campus Center at Hamilton College_ He had his first major one-man show in cw York City at Hudson D- Walker's Gallery in 1939_ Exknsive Teaching

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FILM

Bogdanovitch ·scoresWith "Tne Last Picture Show"

On Campus This Weekend La Guerre est Finie. Fr-ench with English subtitles. Friday and BY TOM BECK Saturday at 8 p.m. Sunday at 10 p.m. only. Science Auditorium. If you've ever experienced the Admission $.75. d u l l n ess and sterility o f The Last Picture Show, and All My Life, a short. Friday, " small-town life, you'll feel a pang or,. of recognition upon seeing "The Saturday, and Sunday at 8 p.m. and IO p.m. Kirner- Johnson Last -�icture Show." Directed by Auditorium. -! Admission $.75. September 23 and 24 (Monday and Tuesday) Fallen Idol and Nicolette, a short. 10 p.m. Chemis try Auditorium. Admission Fee. September 25 (Wednesday) Anthropology Film: The Hadza. 7:30 p.m. Science Auditorium.

September 26 {Thursday)

Roman Polanski's MocBeth. 8 p.m. Kirner-Johnson Auditorium. Admission $.75. 8½ and a short, Anemic Cinema. 8 p.m. Chemistry Auditorium. Admission $.75. LECTURE AND DISCUSSION September 21 (Saturday) Newman Mass. Father Drobin. 5:30 p.m. Kirner-Johnson Red Pit. September 22 (Sunday)

Newman Mass. Father Drobin. 9:30 a.m. Chapel. Free Church of Clinton. Warren E. Wright, Professor of Speech, . Hamilton College. 11 :15 a.m. Chapel. September 23 {Monday) Newman Mass. Father Drobin. 12 Noon. Chapel. Also Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. Lecture: Most Rev. Erica Sabiti, Archbishop of Uganda, Rwanda, Bura.ndi, and Boga Zaire. 8:30 p.m. Chapel. September 25 (Wednesday)

Root-Jessup Lecture: Jeane Dixon, Looking Through the Spiritual Heart of America to the Future of the Universe. 8:30 pm. Chapel. Bible Studies. 9 p.m. Alumni House.

Currently on Campus

EXHIBITIONS

The ArchitectJJre of Hamilton College and the Surrounding Area.

At Root Art Center through October 13.

Opens Sunday, September 22.

P aintings and Drawings by Hamilton-Kirkland Students. Afro-Latin Cultural Center. Opening 2-4 p.m. Closes October 19.

Srudent Loan Collection Distribution

Bristol Campus Center Second Floor Lounges. September 23; students only. September 24; students and faculty. 3-8 p.m. both days. TWO PENNY Cl RCUS

Saturday, September 21. 8 p.m. Gym. Free with Social Tax.

Peter Bogdanovich and released in 1971, ·the film evokes time and place perfectly. S'et in Anarene, Texas in 1951, a bleak desert tank town, the film . examines the dehumanization of people trapped in such a spiritless place. ''The Last Picture Show" follows S o nny ( p layed by Timothy Bottoms) and Duane (played by Jeff Bridges), two high school seniors in Anarene, as they approach graduation. The town has nothing to offer them, but they --know of no other life, and have nowhere else to go. As with most adolescents, their principal thoughts are of sex. They take their girls to the picture show, and then- drive to the lake to neck, but they can go no further, because "nice" girls did not do that. back then. What other pleasure existing in Anarene is supplied by Sam "the Lion" (Ben Johnson), who owns the picture show, pool hall and cafe. Sam has been around Anarene for over forty years, and h�s seen the town grow and die. He is a father figure to· Sonny, Duane, and. Billy, a mute retarded child (played by Sam Bottoms, Timothy's yowiger brother), who idolizes Sonny and Duane. Other characters include Jacy, D u a n e ' s girlfriend (C ybi l Shepherd) a rich man's daughter, always looking for her main chance; Lester (Randy Quaid), also a rich kid, who lures Jacy to a private, all-nude sWimming party; a nd Ruth Pop per (Cloris Leachman), wife of the Coach, lonely, ill and bored. The bleakness of Anarene permeates all the town's human relationships. Jacy bounces Duane

when he he fails to deflower her (embarrassing her because the whole class knows they went to the motel together. For lack of anything better to do, Sonny, Duane and the other boys set Billy up with the town whore, who bloodies his nose, for which Sam bans them -all from his picture show and pool hall. But Anaren;e itself is dying. Sam has died of a stroke. Jacy leaves to go to college. Duane joins the Army and goes to Korea. On his last night home, he and Sonny go to the picture show, which is closing. On the screen is "Red River" starring John Wayne, Howard Hawkes' definitive Texas western, a marked contrast to the desert outside the cinema. T h e f i l m ' s t e xtures are r e m a r kable. T h e b ri ll i an t black-and-white photography (by Robert Surtees) shows vividly the grit and dirt that is this decaying t own. T he s cr eenp lay , b y Bogdanovich and Larry McMurtry (adapted from McMurtry's novel) is excellent.., both in establishing time and in revealing character. The sense of time is enhanced by the sonndtrack, which uses old country and western singers like Hank Williams, and also old television programs like "Strike It R i ch" and "Your -Show of Shows." Bogdanovich's direction is fine, capturing the nuance and flavor of the period perfectly. But what really distinguishes "The Last Picture Show" is the ·performance itself. The quality of

the ensemble is astonishing. As Sonny, Timothy Bottoms has a wounded look, one of perpetual pain, a search for something lost, something missing that he can not name. - Sp-irit of the West

But the top acting honors must go to Ben Johnson, Ellen Burstyn, and Cloris Leachman. Johnson is brilliant as Sam "the Lion." An actor of massive strength and great human warmth, his Sam epitomizes the �eart of the old West, the spirit that supported the frontier. When he dies, the town loses its last chance to survive. Ellen Burstyn's Lois is a strong woman, refusing to give in despite � i s a p p ointments and l o s t o p p o r t u n i tie s. Although her marriage is a failure, her aff!l irs disintegrating and her daughter no better, she is sustained by her resiliency and tartness. A n d C lori s Leachman is equally brilliant as Ruth, the despairing wife of the coach. Quiet, shy, but desperately in need of someone, she is portrayed sensitively as a prim and dignified w om an. Her final scene is ·haunting, as is the closing shot of the boarded-up picture show. "The Last Picture Show" is not a great movie. It lacks direction at times. There is little change or growth in any _of the characters, but it has many strengths and some truly stunning performances that are both illuminating and affecting.

Museum Exhibit Slate Features Diversity of , Artistic Forms

Eleven exhibitions will · be and older residing within 100 displayed in the Museum of Art miles of Utica. d uring the upcoming year at Beginning November 10, and Mu n s o n - W i l l i a m s -Proctor exhibited through December 8, is Institute. Beginning in September an e x h i b i t i o n of major and continuing in July, 1975, this proportions: "African Art of the diversified selection offers an Dogon, The Lester Wunderman interesting sampling of art from as Co llection". This exhibition, far away as Africa and as nearby circulated under the auspices of as Upstate New York. the International Exhibition T h e f i r s t show, ,f r om Foundation, Washington, D.C., September 22 through October affers a multi-media experience of 27, fe atures a selecpon of wood, iron, brass, copper and "Paintings from the Adirondack ter r ac otta, slides, films and Museum Collection". Included in photographs by Eliot Elisofon, the dispJay are exampl�s of work music and dance, all revealing the by Tho m a s Cole, Frederic environment and life style of the Remington, Samuel Colman and Dogon Cuitme of Mali. other prominent early American On December 15 an exhibition artists. of paintings by Arthur B. Davies On October 13 (through will open, and remain on e;xhibit November 10) the "31th Annual through January 25, 1975. There Exhibition, Artists of Central New _ will also be a special "Christmas York" will open in the Museum of E xh ibition" (through January Art. This annual Museum event is 12). open to all artists 18 years of age S i xty- two photographs by

AMENIC 'This week. Amenic presents Alain Resnais' "La Guerre est Finie" {''The War is Over".) The plot of "La Guerre est Finie" depicts a long-tune professional revolutionary hvmg in Paris, who had fought against Franco thirty years ago. He is haunted by doubts about his commitment and his political effectiveness as an exiled undercover agent. He finds himself lost in the pwpose of life. The film ends in a sense of uncertainty in his fate while he sets out to return to Spain in an attempt to restore some meaning to his life. Like many of the other established masters in the French cinmea, Resnais' handling of the emotions of his characters is superb; and emotion has always been the underlying theme of Resnais' films, whether it be expressed in the form of a passionate search for a lost love (in "Last year at Marienbad,") an ambivalence towards a lover who embodies the complexities of a political event (in "Hiroshima mon Amour,") or an anguish in confronting a directionless and purposeless present.

Gyulu Halasy Brassi are featured in the exhibition titled, "The Eye of Paris", from January 12 thr ough February 1.6. From January 26 through March 2 the display, "American Art in Upstate New York", will be on view. New York Art This exhibition will include drawings, watercolors and small pieces of sculpture from public. colle'ctions in Albany, Buffalo, Ithaca, Rochester, Syracuse and Utica. The show has been made possible through support from the New York State Council on the Arts.

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I n c ooperation with the The McEwen· Coffeehouse, a Graham Gallery, New York City, late night gathering place for an exhibition of paintings by John students in years past, will open at M a nning, d i r e c t o r , 9:00 tonight with the appearance Munson-Williams-Proctor School of jazz pianist Mark Chambers of Art,, will open February 23, · Perry. and close March 23. Beginning Whether or not refreshments March 30 and lasting for nearly a will be sold tonight was still month is the major show of the uncertain yesterday. Food and year: "Jean Arp", an extensive drink sales at the Coffeehouse are retrospecti ve exhibition of being organized by Cbr(stopher sculpture, drawings and prints Hyde '77, who said that he- should c i r c u l a t e d b y C h a l e t t e have the food operation _going International of New York City. shortly. Coffee and baked goods A display of American Indian will be sold every night as soon as Art will open in the Museum of a time schedule can be arranged Art May 4. This exhibition is f o r those· w ho s taff t he being circulated by the Herbert· F. refreshment stand. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell In light of complaints last year University. that Coffeehouse entertainment C o n c luding the 1974-1975 was almost exclusively folk music, exhibition schedule on June 1 C o'ffeehouse Manager Brook (through July 27) is the "Annual Redick '77 said that she is Exhibition of Adult Student Art", attempting to vary the schedule a display of work completed by this year. ad ult students attending the While folk music will remain a M-W-P School of Art during the strong point, there will be some ye ar. variety offered in the form of

jazz, string bands, and possibly some mime, according to Redick. Redick, a member of the S tuden t Activities Committee, also expressed an interest in student performers, and said that anyone who might be interested in performing should contact her. - McGann Returns Future appearances which have been definitely arranged include Jack McGann, Oct. 4; Paul Geremia, Sept. 27 or Dec. 6; and Jay and Lynn Ungar, sometime in the spring. Other tentatively scheduled performers include Fraser and DeBolt, Country Gookin', and the Highwood String Band. Redick, who said that she was still somewhat disorganized, said that -the entire organization will be much more relaxed this year. Performances will be staggered, r ather than scheduled every weekend as they had in the past. Admis sion to Coffeehouse performances remains at $.50, and social tax holders will be admitted at no charge.


8/TH�E, �P.E_CTATOR/September 20, 1974

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BY STEFFI KALMIN About twelve women have matriculated at Kirkland this fall under the college's' "Kirkland for All Women" program, which is designed to offer women pasf college age the opportunity. to rea cquaint t he m se l ves "Vith academia. Currently overseeing "Kirkland for All Women" is Cynthia Allen, assistant Director of Admissions. Allen succeeds Rosaland Hoffa, who will be studying in Finland for the academic year 1974-75. The program allows the women to either pursue their interests or work towards a degree by auditing or receiving credit for courses. The college has tried to allay the fears of those hesitant about returning to campus life arid the academic demands of courses, according to Allen. Flexibility Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs, Ruth Rinard, cited an "emphasis on flexibility" as the major attraction of Kirkland. With the evaluation system and no d i stribution requirements, the older student is better able to fill her exact needs, said Rinard. Evaluations eliminate fear of grades and allow the individual toconcentrate at her own pace, Rinard said. T he college considers . the program a two-way proposal, benefiting both older and younger students. Barbara Roberts, a new part-time student, chose Kirkland for its emphasis on the individual. Presently a nurse, Roberts has returned in an effort to pursue a new career. With spiraling costs and a nat ion -wide drop in college reg istr ation, the program is expected to partially alleviate dwindling applications. Tuition

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fees are identical to the $425 per . from school for several years, as course paid by regular students, well as academic achievement. It with the ·exception of an audit. A has been shown that there is a participant i,n the program may great diversity of backgrounds and audit, for $100 a course, with the levels of experience unlike those option of later changing to credit found in students straight out of and paying the difference. high school. Financial aid, though difficult The selective admission policy, too, varies slightly. An interview, to obtain, is available to older a p p l i c a t i o n f o r m , t w o students. Yet, one's financial r e commen dations, and any situation has been found to be a transcripts or board scores _are major determinant in the decision required, but the decision to to return to school. The drive to recruit the older a c ce p t a student includes con si de r at ion of change in students is being publicized by television and radio stations in the outlook and motivation acquired by a woman who has been away surrounding area.

continued from page one first time last year in its five years w i t h t he colleges. Although Service Systems had a 6.5% profit, they still did not att.ain their -10% profit goal they need to cover supplies, labor, cost of operation, and a desired 4% management fee. In previous years, however, Service Systems has either lost money or broken even, said D'Aprix. "We are here to make a profit," said D'Aprix, "but we are not here to rob you." According to Eugene Lewis, provost of Hamilton College, the average increase in board rates at Hamilton during the past ten years has been 6.9% while "food prices have gone up much more rapidly." "Our institution is trapped. like everyone else, in a larger set of market forces over which we have no control," said Lewis. "Earl is caught up in this trap as much as· we are," he said. "We'd get out of this food business tomorrow, if we could... "The retail food business is a disaster. Sure, we could operate our own system, and have much better food, but how many students could afford the price?" 336 Over 800 Last year, Service Systems received approximately 78% out of the Hamilton students board

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continued from page one to individual students and class preparation. "It's .t'retty obvious that you don't just work part-time," said Ms. Rabinowitz., T h e R a b i n o w i tzes were attracted to Kirkland by an ad vertisement. "To be quite hpnest," Mr. Rabinowitz said, "when we applied we had never heard of Kirkland. "It seemed from the Kirkland ad that they could use someone of our combined backgrounds." Although the Rabinowitzes share · a single pos1t1on, their teaching responsibilities are by no means interchangeable. "We work in very different fields," said Ms. Rabinowitz. So far, the couple seems to like it at Kirkland. Ms. Rabinowitz thinks the students are "very nice " and Mr Rabinowitz found

the faculty to be "superior." "W e're excited about the cur r icul u m and the general freedom here," he. said. "We're e xcited about living in the cou ntry, but we also miss Chicago." Looki ng through the fog outside at a row of rain-splattered bicycles, he added,"No one told us about the weather until it was too late." Ms. Rabinowitz was educated at City College of New York and

the University of Chicago. Prior to her appointment at Kirkland, she was assistant humanities editor at the University of Chicago Press until 1973 and then did freelance editing for a year. M r . R abinowitz completed b o th his undergri!,duate and gr aduate studies at the University of Chicago. Before coming to Kirkland, he was an, assistant p r o f e ssor of h umanities at Southwest College, one of the City Colleges of Chicago.

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fee. D' Aprix fu gures it costs $.80 per student per meal or $2.40 a day. Based on 14 meals a week, which is the average number of m ea ls D ' A prix figures each student eats a week, about $336 out of $800 Hamilton board fee is spent on food a student a year. The remainder of the money Service Systems receives is spent on l a b or , opera ting costs, administration and supervision. The money the college receives from the board fee, according to Lewis, pays for the overhead costs of auxiliary services. Extra costs incurred this year were new d i s h w a s hers, the drain pipe installed between Commons and College Street, replacement of lost or stolen -silverware and dishes. In addition, Bundy Hall and Bristol Snack Bar run at a deficit. "The costs have got to he displaced to the students and to the institution,"Lewis said. "Food services get melted into the overhead." D'Aprix: Close Bundy Bundy is on overhead drain on Service Systems, and according to D'Aprix, "Bundy Hall should be closed.''- Bundy has a capacity for 250 people, and last year Bundy served only 125 a meal. "If we could close Bundy, this would positively affect the quality and quantity of food served in the other dining halls," D' Aprix said. · The difference in overhead and labor costs, according to D'Aprix, is minimal when raising the number of students to be served from 500 to 600 in each dining hall. Money would be saved from the overhead expense at Bundy and this money could be usea to better food at other dining halls. H ow e ver , n o dining hall changes or menu changes will be seriously considered until Service Systems has met with the student food committee. "All decisions have to be made in conjunction with the students," said Director Anne Martin.

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Free School Offers Array Of Non-credit Courses By WENDI PASBMANThe Free School of Hamilton and Kirkland Colleges is being revived, according to its head, Greg Marsello '7 7, in order to p resen t a c om b i n a tion of acad e m i c a n d n onac ademic courses more informal than the regular curriculum permits. The Re v . Joel Tibbetts, Hamilton ch ap lain, said that the last free school here, which closed in 1971, offered about 12 classes and was fairly active, but that subsequent lack of interest and organization forced the school to close_ According to Tibbetts, "some stopped going and some· stopped teaching." The new Free School will be offering eight courses, beginning the week of Sept. 23 and running for a six -week penod. Courses i n elu d e g ou r m et c ooki n g , macrame, basic guitar skills, and ten - speed bicycle repair� In which three students will now be addition:, the Free School plans to allowed to .sit, and the possibility present a weekly lecture, open to of two students being allowed to all members- of the colleges and C l i n ton,. on. such topics as sit on the provost's committee. McTernan expressed pleasure gravestone etcb.ing, weaving, and in the fact that students are the history of Clinton_ Marsello getting involved in administrative expressed the hope that residents ¥eas. "We can push for even more of Clinton wCi>uld act as guest lecturers alild help to facilitate a of it " said McTeman. g r e a ter rapport between the . Clinton and college_ �mmunity. The Interfaith f:onim and the Office of Public - Relations of Kir k land are mbsidizing . the program which will be responsible for buying his own supplies. Downtown Utica Marsello plans to petition the K i rk.lan d Assembly and the for Guys & Gals Hamilton Senate for funds to defray the CC!>llt of ma�erials.

McTeman Seeks New Senate Image·, Body Avoids Faculty Minutes Stand this year," he said. BY GUY ARCIDIACONO McTeman also pointed out that The Hamilton Student Senate, at its first meeting of the year last President Carovano had invited ni g h t , d i s c u s s ed v a r io us the Sen a te to sit on the procedural matters and declined President's Advisory Council this to take any action on the Sept. 13 year. The Council, on which the Spe ctator proposal for public Senate did not sit last year, rele ase of t he minutes of consists of the three deans, the provost, and the president. Hamilton faculty meetings. As one of its first orders of John Emerson '75, reporting on his meeting with the Acting business, the Senate adopted a Dean of the College Dwight resolution to req uire that pictures Lindley, said that the faculty's of the Judiciary Board candidates reason for w ithholding the be available at the election minutes "were very legitimate." b o o t h s . One senator, i n Sen ate President K e vin supporting the resolution, cited McTernan '75 said that he did not low voter turnout and voter wish to see passed any ironclad ignorance at yesterday's Judiciary resolution that would arbitrarily ·Board Election. Election Review force the release of minutes under It was also decided that any circumstances. One senator said that the issue had been procedures for Judiciary Board created by The Spectator which elections will be reviewed. As the was "groveling for news." H a m i l t o n S t u d e n t Body Senate Rapport C on st i t ution now reads, no McTeman said in his opening election procedures exist. The remarks that the Senate had not Constitution requires only that "a communicated well with students president shall be elected." Among other topics that were in the past. He stressed the importance of an increase in d i scussed w ere the Trustee rapport. "We will be very visible Committee on Instruction, on

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10/THE SP.E�i:AJ"QR/�eptember 20,,l9'Z4-.

Kirkland Tennis Strong Its Fun and Healthy Comfort Richardson, Kirkland tennis coach, is now completing the selection for her varsity and j.v. squads. Thirty- six girls have come to tryouts for the eigliteen available spots. The team has a loose structure, and no real budget exists. The team had a slight setback when the scheduled tennis courts did not appear this fall. One player from last year felt that .the· new courts would have given the program a sho! in· the arm. Mrs. Richardson has been holding tryouts this past week, and shares two courts with coach Batt and his squad. The girls seem to enjoy the game, and the

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A new devdopment on the Hill this fall is the Kirkland Fidd Hockey Team. The _newly formed _squad has had thirty five to forty stick carriers fill it's ranks. Mrs. Gloria Nixon (No relation) is the coach. She has coached for seven years in the Utica Public School System. Gene Long bas donated a playing field, but the team as yet bas no schedule.

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Football Strikes FEIN GOLD and SHOEN The football season that just began has all the looks of another season of predictability. It started out as a prediction, of sorts, because the owners said that the strike would not interfere with the regular season. It. didn't. The strike was more like a bunch of kids saying they're not going to school during the summer-everybody knows that they don't have to go ·until fall. Not participating in exhibition games only hurt the players, although the owners did suffer some financial setbacks. Most of the players, it turns out, are as money-hungry as their bosses and the idealistic talk of Currie and Garvey that was supposed to change the set up of organized sports only landed on deaf ears. Besides the financial profits of another season of football, the owners, unsurprisingly, got the support of most fans. The fans are the ones that helped make football the biggest thing in America since the Big Mac. They'd rather see the owners get away with huge non-taxable profits, that the borderline players _ (whom the strike was really for) get something that most of us take for granted-something called the right to have differences with their employers and still be able to find another job. Another shot in the arm for the owners is that the new WFL, which did so well during the early months of the summer {what kind of madness is footpal in summer?), will now probably just flounder arqund getting minimal publicity until anohter threatened, but doubtful, NFL strike. It looked as if the WFL had a real chance, but now they can barely hop to survive, especially in areas with one or more NFL and/or major college team. What started out as a good money-making hope for the future just faded back into a plain old hope. What wasn't so predictable about this football season was the amazing start the Buffalo Bills got off to this past Monday night. Without O.J. Simpson in the second half,- the Bills beat the Raiders in what had to be one of the most exciting games in recent memory. Buffalo proved itself to be a real contender for this football season and. along with the other unpredictable feat by New England (when they beat the Dolphins) on Sunday, the AFC East should be at least close and, according to the optimists in Buffalo, very, very surpirsing. Something that can't be predicted at all is the Continental's football season, The reports say that this team is somewhere between good and excellent. Let's hope so. The Hill has been supporting football for so many years'worth of lost causes that a winning team, a good team -would be something like warm weather. Pretty refreshing. But, then again, they've been saying that for quite awhile. If memory serves well, last year's team was supposed to be somewhere near .500. Oh well, even Sid Gilman has- high hopes before the regular season begins.

The Hamilton Waterpolo Club met Morrisville: in a closed scrimmage last Wednesday night. The club is not under the direction of 'the At hle tic Department, and has no official coach. Brad Johnson '7 5 is president. Brad has played starting defense for the Polo team for the past three years, and his West Coast experience is a great help. Craig MacDonald '75 uses his size and ball handling to lead the offense into the scoring position. Johnny Needham, who seems to be proficient at anything in the water, plays left wing defense. And John Navarre is coming back after a year layoff to round out the defense. A typically freshman standout is Bill McCann, who played at Exeter and has added to a potent and deep offensive threat. Dave Greenhalgh adds speed to speed power, and a strong arm to the front three. They are all backed up by Jeff Carlberg, who is in front of every shot on goal. The rest of the roster is strong and deep with Junior and Senior reserves back, and a very thick squad of Freshmen. T h e C l u b has scheduled matches with Syracuse, Army, Yale, Cornell, and •host of other schools, including Colgate, and a late Oc tober tournament in Canada.

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12/THE SPECTATOR/September 20, 19�4

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Frosh Bolster King's (;ridders, Team Must tGrow up Fast'

Sop h omore Don Oyer and Waldron, from Whitesboro, New By JAMES CARR JR. It's that time of year again, all freshmen Mark Marinelli and Phil York is not big but has shown you wives and girlfriends. Take Lowe, are young but they will good quickness. Former Notre your vacations now because your surprise people. They have good Dame- High School star, Steve man is gone, off to that "boob size and speed and have shown Hajec and junior Lou Cordia will_ tube" in the sky. Football season well as a unit giving Hamilton a give Coach King good depth in the backfield. is here once 'again so stock the good defensive front four. The Hamilton offense is also Opening at center will be refrigerators, kiss him goodbye, chock full of newcomers, the sophomore Eric Johnson. He did and say "see you in January." What can one say about a addition of whom will hop�fully not play last year but his high football team that was 0-8 last _mean points to a team whid_i school credentials rate him as a year? "They can only .get better," didn't spend much time in their fine center, winning All-State recognition. right. The talent is there, the opponents' end zones. The Placekicking duties will be At the helm will be a much question remains can they put it improved Rob Winter '75, from performed by the educated toe of together come game time. Bob King is the coach of the Odgensburg, New York. Winter, j unior Bill Finan. .Don't be 1974 Hamilton College football however, is being pushed hard by surprised if you see a Cincinnati team. Gone is the "acting coach" freshman Mike La .Fountain from Ben g al scout in the stands label following the resolution of Utica, New York, who played checking Finan's progress. The Continentals are young, Hamilton's version of "musical under King at JFK and has a coaches." King, who came to the strong arm. With experience, La inexperienced and about to meet Hill via John F. Kennedy H."S. in Fountain will provide Coach King one of the finest small college football teams in the east. "We're Utica refuses to dwell .on last with another able quarterback. On the catching end of those going to have to grow up fast," year's failures. He's looking to an impressive array of freshmen to Winter and Lafountain passes will said co-captain Newell, .referring head Hamilton football fortunes be wide receivers Dave Pisnalli to Saturday's home opener against. '77, Frank Assuma '7 5, and tight the Diplomats of Franklin and in the other direction. Leading the frosh parade is end George G ramaglia '77. Marshall. Coach Bill Curtis, with a 23-3 Ricky Lee Mobley, a 6-1 defensive Pisanelli, who led the team in bar::k of enormous talent. Mobley, receptions last year is small at 5 -8 three year record at Fand M has a native of Hornell, New York, 160, but a pair of excellent hands got 31 letkrmen returning from w i th e x cep tional speed has and good speed make him l ast year ' s Mi ddle Atlantic already nailed down one starting Hamilton's breakaway thieat. Conference champs. So you've got Assuma, a former linebacker, adds to figure that this is not a building cornerback position. Sam Tarantino, a 6-0 : 95 lb. experience to the receiving corps. year in Lancaster. linebacker is another member o( Apparently ,recovered from a knee Sophomore quarterback Joe By SHERWIN TUCKER the class of '78 who will be injury, the 6-0 170 lb. senior will Coviello will be perh s one of ap On Saturday afternoon, the a as action see also starting for the Buff and Blue. probably the best quarterbacks the defensive back should he be Continentals will face this year. Hamilton cross-country team will Tarantino, perhaps the strongest man in a Continental uniform, is needed:- Gramaglia, the big tight As a freshman last year, Coviello officially open its fall 1974 another .in a long line of rugged end, is bigger this year at 6-1 186, rewro·te a ll the Dip lo m at schedule in Troy. The 13- member Con tin en tal squad will be and faster. Add that to good quarterbacking records. Hamilton linebackers. attempting to defeat a young hands and you've got a fine tight C h an d ler St im mel from Senior tri-captain Bob Raithem RPItean in order to further the Slingerlands, New York is yet end which is exactly what he is. leads an experienced set of wide another frosh in King's starting Stanley Foo and Lou Matta, r e c e i v e rs. Look for the lineup. The 6-1 175 lb. Stimmel will open at the guard positions Dipl<:>mats to run Saturday. In has got the size and desire to but junior Steve Haweeli will be M a rk , G oldstein an d T om develop into a very talented back in a Continental uniform Westphal, Curtis has a good comerback. after a year's lay off, is quickly complement to his potent air Joining Stimmel and Mobley in rounding into form and will push attack. By DAVID WOLLMAN both Matta and Foo for the t he deep secondary is New The Continentals must contain The Hamilton soccer team starting nod. Hartford's finest, junior G ary Coviello and they must put po.ints begins its season this Saturday at Smith. Smith is a hitter, and his Joinmg Winter in the backfield o n t h e b o a r d. '"Th ey'r e 3: 30 against a very good R.I .T. outstanding speed and experience will be senior Bill Collier, off a explosive," said Coach King, but team. The Blue has been working will be invaluable in the games to fine performance in the Rochester you can be sure that his men will very hard this past week, . and ago come. scrimmage of a week �e ready Saturday. Be there­ including two scrimmages. The Joining Tarantino at the f re s hm an Danny W a ldr on. Saturday, 1:30 at Steuben field. first s cr immage was against l ineba cking slots are t he Can t on early in the week. e ver -present co-c ap tains John Although Hamilton's hooters Newell and Bill Ferris. Newell, a played well, the h1gn pressure 6-0 190 lb. native of. Bethel, Varsity Football offense of Canton tallied two Connecticut will be calling the vs. Franklin & Marshall. Saturday, Sept. 21.1:30. goals while we reµiained scoreless. defensive signals and will be Varsity ty Soccer • The second scrimmage was counted on strongly to add against Colgate University. Once vs. RIT. Saturday, Sept. 21. 3:30; maturity to an extremely young again Hamilton played a tough vs.St. Lawrence. Thursday, Sept. 26.3:00; defen1>e . Ferris, somewhat light hard fought battle only to end up Cross Country for a lineba.cker at 180 makes up on the short end of a 2-0 score. As at RPI. Saturday,Sept. 21. 2:00. for his lack of size by being an with Canton, Colgate's relentless excellent hitter, with good range. Tennis · pressure on our goal proved to be The defensive line will sorely at RPI. Saturday, Sept.21.1:00; t he deciding factor. During _ miss the presence of Charlie p r e-season, Hamilton's goalie, Liebling and Jeff Hewitt. Gary Neville, sustained a couple of Ju nior Do n Ar mstr o n g, bruised ribs and was not able to play 100% during the scrimmages. Coach von Schiller cites his problems in filling a vacated fullback spot as one of his major problems. Presently, he has Kerry Reagan, p revioµ.sly halfback. p laying the position. Kerry's ability is more than adequate for the position, but it will take some t i m e b e fore h'e 'be comes accustomed to the new position. Also helping out at fullback is freshman Randy Williams, who looks very promising. The team also seems to be h a ving troub le mounting a con si s ten t o ffensive attack. Hamilton's small number of shots on goal may account for their scoreless past week. However, Coach von Schiller feels that the team is beginning to gel into a solid unit and thinks that if the t earn is very aggressive and ferocious on the field, they should do quite well in, their regular season.

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team's 24 consecutive dual meet win streak which extends over the last four years. D e sp i t e t he loss due to graduation of three runners from last year's undefeated team, this year's team c o u ld be as victorious as those of the recent past The nucleus of this year's team is composed of two s o phomores and one junior. According to Coach Long the top spot belongs to sophomore Jon Schmeyer, having logged about 200 miles a week during the summer v acation, he is in excellent shap e. Closely following Schmeyer s ho u ld b e sophomore John Rogerson and junior Bruce Carter. Long descnl>ed the latter two as being in "good shape." As for depth, the only place where Long's harriers may be weak, Joe Terranova who according to Lon� has made ''remarkable progress," will fill the fourth spot. Captain Lou Pacilio, the only senior ·on the squad, should be the fifth man. Long l o oks towards sophomore Kerbie Joss and a nrst year runner, junior. Matt Scott as his sixth and seventh runners respectively. The roster is completed with track quarter-miler. Bob Hylas, junior college transfer Dan Fisher, freshmen Mark Grosk.in and Dave Bur gess, both have trained unusually hard and sophomore Guido Adelfio and Chris Hudson. Both Adelfio and Hudson may only see limited action due to recent injuries. Adelfio is ailing from the after affects of a con cussion and Hudson is suffering from ..nmner's knee." L ong, who h a s coached cross-country at Hamilton for the last twenty·-two years. would n ot p red ict if this team would lengthen the undefeated streak to f ive seasons. He did cla.im, however, that this year's has maintained. a gOQd attitude and concentration. Both are vital for a successful s ea s o n. Long is confident that through experience and maturity which can only be obtained from tough competition, this year�s team could be one of his best.


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THE SPEC-TATOR VOLUME FIVE, NUMBER FIVE

HAMILTON AND KIRKLAND COLLEGES. CLINTON, NEW YORK

SEPTEMBER 28, 1974

Hamilton Dean --Search

Rexine:· Tap Federal Funds

Colgate Associate Dean of the a professor exhibits in the classroom, he said. Faculty, John £.Rexine, said that Grad School Admissions if chosen dean of Hamilton he When asked what role he wou,ld encourag,e the faculty to develop new curricular programs would play in helping Hamilton and · increased prov1s1ons for s t u d ents g a in admission to graduate schools, Rexine said that 'faculty scholarship. R e,xin e; w h o visited the he did not think it the college·'s campus last weekend, said that fun ction to , handle iaduate such new programs. could serve as _school applications. · "Graduate schools look with a basis for soliciting outside funding of. the college's academic great respect upon students from programs. The_ candidate is the Hamilton," Rexine said. first of six. or seven expected to The candidate said that he did visit the campus and participate in not believe Hamilton students the Dean Search Committee's first have difficulty gaining entrance to round-of interviews. graduate schools. "The really top ''H amilton has not taken �aduate schools should recognize advantage of available funds," said the difference between Hamilton Rexine in a telephone interview and a second-rate institution," he t h i s w eek, T h e f e d e r a l government is a source of funding which many small private coHeges have not tapped, according to Rexine. CAP Chairman, Edwin B. Lee Coordination A young department chairman Development or new curricular of a public university will be the p r o grams could also include second of s i x or seven Hamilton Kirkland, the candidate said. dean search candidates to visit the RexiRe suggested that Hamilton Hill, The Spectator has learned. and Kirkland devise Expected to visit Hamil ton i n ter dis ciplinary programs of sometime this weekend,· the The Hamilton Committee on required for graduation to 35 and study in history and literature, candidate,- in his early thirties, Academic Policy (CAP) met counting winter study projects as com p a r a t i v e lite r a t u re, the confirmed that he had been in-­ yesterday to decide the final regularly graded courses. Students creative arts and the natural contact the with college. wording of a proposal which is would . still have the option of sciences. However, he said that negotiations expected to recommend tliat the electing ,four - pass-fails during Asked about the relationship were not now serious enough to present 4-1-4 calendar be retained, studies at Hamilton. betw e en t h e · t e aching and warrant further comment. The current curriculum requires scholarship responsibilities of the with. but academic· stricter Requesting confidentiality on requirements during- the winter 32 courses and four winter study faculty, Rexine said, "I would not the first round of interviews, �e projects for graduation, and divorce the two," adding that c;anclidate said that if he makes it study term. The final proposal, based on a courses and projects completed in "teaching is a sine qua non at a to the second round, he wants to working .paper the committee the winter term are automatically school like Hamilton." meet members of the community · A professor of classics and not related t<> the search. prepared last spring, will be graded pass-fail. Spring Dispu_te �uthor of hundreds of published written by Professor of History Chemis try � Profiisor Lawx:ence Winter study was a major item -articles and reviews , Rexine said Yourtee, chairman of the Dean Edwin· B. Lee, chairman of the CAP. The faculty will vote Nov. 5 of dispute when the committee that there is no · good teacher who Search Committee, confirmed faculty does not keep up with his that a second candidate has been resolution m et <last, sprin g; on a curriculum sentiment at that time leaned scholarship ► although it need not iIJ.vi'ted to Hamilton, but would stemmi�g from this proposal. · The working paper suggests toward abandoning the program be in the form of published books not say when the candidate will and articles. enhancing the importance of the entirely. arrive nor would Yourtee identify "One year ago the general winter study program by the candi_date. Scholarship- can· be e�ident "in increasing the numbe� of courses continued on' page three the rigor and vigor and freshness" "We asked him, as we do all candidates, - if he had any objection to being identified. If he does, then we don't inquire

said. C i t i n g t he l etter o f recommendation as the most important part of an application, Rexine said that if it comes from > a respected. faculty member and scholar, an applicant's chances would be enhanced. Faculty Salaries Rexine expressed support for the affirmative act\on program ins t ituted by the federal gove r n m en t.' w hi ch requires colleges to seek minority and 'female candidates for positions. He said, however, that a school as small as Hamilton does not require a full-time affirmative_ action officer. The dean of the continued on page eight

Hamilton Dean Search To Meet Second Candidate

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WHCL-FM Threatened -1 Deficit

By LIZ BARROW The Hamilton College radio station, WHCL, needs $12QO more than its $3900 budget to stay in acceptable operating order, said Peter Lotto, the station's chief engineer. The original equipment, bought when the--- station first opened in the early sixties "is in absolutely deplorable condition," Lotto said. The · single most expensive piece of equipment th�t needs to be replaced, the limiter, which moderates frequency, costs $550. Volume control�, tubes and incidentals make up the $650 difference. Lotto said that if the $1200 was spent_now, the station would. remain in working condition for another ten· years, but it would cost $2500 to replace all the deteriorating equipment. News director, Margaret Doris said that without the $1200, the station will not be on the air next semester. Kirkland Bequest The station may have to resort to using a $50oo· bequest made a continued on l?age eight

further in to that," Y ourtee said, explaining the committee's silence about the visitor. The Search Committee, which· released information about the candidacy of Colgate Dean John E. Rexine, 'also declined to .release a general description of the second visitor. "We would not offer information that would lead to his identification," Yourtee said. A Third Invited He did say, however, that a third candidate has been invited to the campus to meet with the committee, but there has been nb response. The committe has not as yd chosen a four-th candidate. The committee, which placed its last ad in the September, 1974 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education, is still rece1vmg applications for ,the post. Yourtee said, "We are quite satisfied with the response." Yourtee said that although it may be a• little early to _say, he believes that •the committee will meet its Dec. 1 deadline.

D.eans Caucus on Science No Conclusions Reached

and great priority in the problem By MONICA LIFF .... Deans Catherine Frazer of of science here," she said. Kirkland and Dwight Lindley of Acting Chairman George said Hamilton have been me.eting since that Hamilton and Kirkland "need the end of August to discuss people who can "see the science proposals for a cooperative division in· terms of institutional s c i ence resources effectively mobilized H amil t o n-Kirkl a n d program, accjrding · to Nadine and the deans _are the people who George, acting chairman· of the have the authority to discus.s what the ll!.Stitutions might do. The Kirkland science division. decide whether S pe ci f ic a l l y, ; -b iological deans must sciences prpgram coordinating the ·particular dirt!ctions will be valid p r e s e n t H a m i lt o n b i ol o g y for the two colleges as a whole.�• "It is an unrealistic prospect department with the .Kirkland science division, which now offers that Kirkland should run an science program a major O!!lY in biology, is being independent ,considered. .itself," said George. "Economic But while Frazer and Lindley ·necessities demand ·a cooperative both confirmed that discussions agreement with somebody." had been held, both also stressed Birnbaum Hired were t alks t hese that A.t present, Kirkland's science "preliminary.'' i n c ludes two division "We have nothing concrete; no _experimental ·scientists, Professor proposals have been thought of Botany· Eugene Putala and through," said Lindley. "The talks A s s i s t a nt P r ofess or of ·have all been, on how we will Biochemistry and Microbiology proceed." Linga Birnbaum, and two science Frazer explained that both she historians, Acting Chairman .'tnd Dean Lindley were new to the George, who holds two-thirds of a situtation, and that' she needed regular course' load, and Assistant time to educate herself to both Dean of Academic Affairs Ruth the current trends in biology and -Rinard, who teaches one-third time. Last 5Rring, when three of the needs of the two campuses. continued on page four ," I have a sense of great i�terest


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The CAP curriculum proposal, which calls for the retention of Winter Study but which will award semester course credits for the three and a half week projects and count them towards a 35 credit graduation requirement, is a worthy one and reflects .-a hard-earned compromise of faculty and stud ents. A principal aim of the faculty's proposal is to maintain academic standards in January which are as high as those imposed during the regular semesters. It is questionable, however, that merely instituting grading of Winter Study projects will legislate academic rigor. If a certain type of study during January is to be prohibited becaµse it is not · deemed academically rigorous, however, criteria for such prohibitions should be made clear now. Fearing such nebulous classifications as "cognitive" and "expr,essive", the latter type course being somewhat less valuable, the students require a definition of what the institution of academic rigor in Wint.er Study will entail before properly evaluating the faculty's proposal. While maintaining the academic credibility of the January term, it is lioped that the freedom and diversity of Winter Study will not be quashed.

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It is surprISmg to discover that six years after the beginning of coordination, WHCL-FM remains a student organization funded completely with Hamilton dollars. Kirkland Director of Development Donald Braider .,.., explained that Kirkland had not contributed to the station's financing in the past because of limited participation in the station's activities by Kirkland students. The station, however, which serves both sides of the Hill, is now run by students fro:rrt both colleges, and it seems appropriate for Kirkland to now lend financial support ti° WHCL. This seems especially sensible, considering the station's present financial straits. Although fiscal participation should not be thought of as a means �f "buying" a Kirkland voice on the radio station, it seems that Kirkland funding· will only lead to increased participation by Kirkland women, and increased diversity and quality •'t>f programming.

By POOKIE ADAMS The senior, however, faces the added trauma of his Webster's Seventh New Collegiate D1ctionary approaching 1mt1at10n into the real world. defines nostalgia as, "a wistful or excessively Sophomores and juniors, on the other hand, are sentimental sometimes abnormal yearning for return rea�onably comfprtable in their essentially to or of some past period or · irrecoverable anonymous positions-they have the experience that condition." At the risk of seeming either excessively fresjimen lack, but they _have a cushion of one or sentimental or abnormal, I'd like to indulge in some two years before graduation. But being a senior is not all gnashing of teeth and nostalgia, Hamilton/Kirkland style. Do you tearing of hair ("What am I going to do next remember: when the-Helen Curtis James Library was a great year?"). There are advantages. The main one, of place to seek out a nook· in which to study and course, is that, precisely because there are ·no upperclassmen who are "upper" than the senior, he dream, and not just where you go to register? is a big shot, on top of the heap,· so to speak. The when you were afraid to go to the Pub alone because a) you might be the only girl, or b} you self-consciousness caused by what the senior considers to be' his corispicuous seniority. might be the only freshman there? Another advantage of being a senior is familiarity. the night ·someone put doughnuts on the doorknobs in Dunham? There is very little about his school that the senior watching Kirkland's charter class graduate? does not know, simply because he has been there when there were pastries (pie, cream puffs, longer than has anyone else. There is a dichotomy eclairs) almost every night for dessert and the here, however: what in some circums.tances may be special dinners were really special? an advantage can prove to be disadvantageous as when Kirner-Johnson was still under construction , well. Because he has been through almost everything and (if you were a girl) you couldn't walk past before, the senior may find· that the shiny-new without being ogled or whistled at? excitement has waned. In fact, doing the same old when the Russians and the t.v. cameras came? things can get to be a downright bore. There are , If.you do, you are a senior, and if you are typical ,_ remedies for this fortunately. One of the most you feel strange being one. Suddenly, there is no popular is to take a year or even a semester away class above you, and your classmates are assuming from the Hill. In this case, the cure may be worse positipns of leadership and responsibility. They are than the disease, for many returning students feel so fraternity presidents, club presidents, and active in estranged that they want nothing so much as to student government. They are editors of the literary leave again. Another solution, of course, is for the magazine and the newspaper, they are advisors, and· senior to try new things, to overcome his they are team captains. An_,d you remember when -self-consciousness or snobbery and sign up for every they were freshmen, rookies on the team, advisees club or activity in which he has even a rremote rather than advisors. interest, and to immerse himself in new people and It has been said that senior year is analogous to new situations. But there is yet another alternative, freshman year, and in some ways this is true. The seniors. You may find that you are too busy senior and the freshman have in common the studying, taking GRE's and LSAT's, applying to experience of beginning something new-the senior graduate schools, and looking for jobs to be bored is a novice at being the oldest, the freshman is after a�. starting what is essentially a whole new life-and Pookie Adams is the chosen pen name of a Kirkland each is singularly self-conscious in his new position. senior.

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� Students have been taking college chairs, tables and cabinets from lounges or moving the furntiure from one dormitory to another, and the situation . has become increasingly troublesome and costly to the colleges. In order to· replace college furnishings to their proper places in dormitory lounges and bedrooms, Hamilton Dean of Students R. Gordon Bingham and Kirkland Dean of Student Affairs Jane Poller have offered amnesty to those students who return "borrowed" furniture Thursday. Hamilton and Kirkland students, who should not have to act under the threat of disciplinary action, will act responsibly if they return the furniture which they have but should not have next week.

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Professor Daniel Lasker will conduct a winter study entitled �lodern Israel: A Society in . Transition. The course will be an on-location examination of the Israeli society, the political structure, the problems of immigrants, the P.Osition of minorities, the security situation, and the status of women. The group will be based in Jerusalem with side trips to work in a kibbutz; see development towns, visit an Arab village, tour archeological sites, and swim in the Dead Sea. The cost is $800, $200 by Nov. 1, and lull payment by Dec. l. Interested students should contact Mr. Lasker in the near future. Mr. Lasker's office is in Kirner-Johnson 121, exL 4151.

CHESS CLUB

The Chess Club will hold a meeting Tuesday, Oct. 1 in the Backus Room of the Bristol Campus Center. All budding Boris Spassky's are invited. Bring your own set.

JUDICIARY BOARD- PETITIONS

Those interested in running for t,fte Judiciary Board can pick up petitions in the Root Hall Secretarial Office. Three s�phomore, four junior, and three senior positions a.Te open. For :further inform�tion contact Neil Scheier at 853-5169.

SENATE BUDGET HEARINGS The Hamilton Student Senate Budget Committee will hold its October hearing on Wednesday, Oct. 2, and 7 p.m. Any chartered organization seeking funds should contact Hugh Mackay (x7184), immediately.

STUDENT SENATE MEETINGS The Student Senate will meet Tuesday, Oct. 1, at 9 p.m. Included on the agenda are reports from members of the Curriculum Committee and the Dean Search Committee.

HONORARY DEGREES

Who will get honorary degrees at next year's graduation? The Bo ard o f Trustees is open to suggestion.. Presidential assistant John Mavrogenis has asked the college . community for names of potential degree recipients and Baccalaureate of Commencement Speakers. They might include worthy educatprs. l;,;usinessmen ,. government officials, noted professional people, artists, and others. Mavrogenis said suggestions should be limited to individuals probably willing to come to Hamilton in May. Proposals should go to the assistant's office via compus IQ.ail; they will be forwarded to the honorary degrees committee of the Hamilton Board of Truste.es, which will make the final decision. Mavrogenis asked that all proposals be in writing, and include a supp orting p aragraph outlining the p o·tentfal candidate's qualifications.

LIBRARY TOURS,

JEWISH STUDENT GROUP.

An organizational meeting of the Jewish Student Group will be held Weanesday Oct. 2 at 9 p.m. in the Fisher Room of th e Bristol Campus Center. All students are invited to attend.

VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE CORPS

Central Oneida County Volunteer Ambulance Corps. begins its fund drive Oct. 1. The Corps. is also offering.a rrrst aid class Oct. 7. Students are invited.

UNIV. VA. LAW SCHOOL

A representative from the University of Virginia Law School will be on campus, Wednesday Oct 2 from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Seniors who are prospective applicants should sign up for interviews at the Career Center in the Dunham basement. Freshmen, Sophomores, and Juniors are welcome to attend group meetings.

STUDENT SENATE OFFICE OPENS

The Student Senate now has an office where members can be reached and questions can be answered regarding Senate activities. The desk is in the Spectator office {3rd floor :Bristol} and the phone number is 4911: Office hours are 1-4 every Monday and Wednesday.

BLOODMOBILE

The Red Cross Bloodmobile will be at the Bristol Campus Center Monday Sept. 30 from 10:00 a.m. until 3�45 p.m.• A beer prize will be given to the organization whose members: donate the most blood. .

RAMSEY CLARK CAMPAIGN

Anyone interested in on-campus campaigni°iig for Ramsey Clark for U.S. Senator, please contact Kevin McTernan, x49 l l or Box 767.

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\ faculty prejudice lay in reverting to two 15-week semesters, study," e lim inating winter explained Lee. "However it became evident that there was overwhelming student support for the 4-1-4 calendar. The .problem changed to one of compromise." The nine-memb_er committee had polled the different departments on campus over the the summer, to determine feasibility of a ne� curriculum as sketched in the working paper. Acting Dean Dwight Lindley, an ex officio member of the CAP, said that he is satisfied with the new winter study plan. "The new proposal offers the opportunity of welding the three terms together so that winter study is not just a three and a half week interlude. The winter study courses and efforts would contribute more curriculum tow a rds total experience." Academic Pressure Lindley .also said that he feels would curriculum new the eliminate the present disparity between the amount of academic· pressure during winter �study and the regular·fall and spring terms. According to new the recommendation, the winter stu dy session would be substantially as difficult as the fall and spring terms. However, as only · three winter studies are required for graduation, one · sessi_on would allow the student to �xplore other areas of interest. In addition ? students who have.

Conducted tours of the Daniel Burke Lib:ruy are scheduled from Monday, Sept. 30 through Thmsday Oct. 3 ,, at 7 p. m. All Hamilton and Kirkland students are invited to take part. Poitn of departure will be the Referenee Desk on the main floor of the library.

ln the Sept. 20 issue, The Spectator erroneously reported that the Kirkland Public Relati�ns Office was helping to subsidize the Free School of Hamilton and Kirkl a n d. The Free School received no funds from the Public Relations Office although its director, Cheryl Daly, petitioned' the assembly on behalf of Greg Marsello.

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pra�t�r wh�!!!:!i��'fr!!!.y. are taking extra courses could <lo Schnieder· said that although as they pleased during several the meeting did npartly iron out some reservations•' on the part of winter study terms. The working paper also the students, some areas of includes a provision for extending student concern still exist. courses from one term into No Pass-Fail another. For example, some Primarily, Schnieder said, some courses would :fill both the fall and winter terms, or both the students are disturl,ed by the winter and spring terms.· These proposed elimination of the courses would count two credits p:as:s-fail policy for winter study_. towards graduation. COUISCS. 14-Week Term Schnieder :said some students Ano th er working paper are concerned that in tern.ships, suggestion to . increase the length such as those in medicine, of the fall and spring terms from teaching, and Jaw, would not 13 to 14 weeks will probably not r e c e ive aca d e m i c c redit. be included in the final proposal, Furthermore, some Kirkland said Lee. The CAP chairman winter :study courses, such as · explained that the specifics of the those in art, writing and dance, calendar are under the jurisdiction would not be eligible for a winter of the Academic Council. study credit at Hamilton. However,. after the faculty has To gather opinians on the new accepted the new curriculum, Lee auriculum proposal. both the plans to have the CAP submit a CAP and the SOC will' open letter to the Academic Council, meetings to discuss the suggested spelling out what actions his am:iculum. Lee plans an open feels be faculty meeting sometime before committee would the new the Nov. 5 voting. desirable under curriculum. S chneider said he would Jook That letter will probably recommend 14-week fall for possible student concerns at and spring terms. the Student Senate meeting this The Academic Council must week. He also will schedule an Hamilton's open discussion . for interested coordinate then calendar with Kirkland's. .students within the next two Though the decision on the weeks. new curriculum is to be made by ••1 think the proposal will go the faculty, the CAP has been over fairly well with the working closely with the Student students/� :said Schnieder. "Aside Curriculum Committee (SCC). from :some individual reservati�ns, Lee met with Roger Schnieder, I think they'll £ealize that there chairman of the SCC, and other are a Jot of advantages in this new representatives of that committee proposaJ.u -JohnMcNeel

League of Women Voters at Kirkland

· Several representatives of the supportin_g a study on a coalition and in offering contacti and youth League of Wom�n Voters will be of services · and a opportunities for independent ahd winter study for college students. at Ki rkland· College on county-wide youth bureau. Wednesday, Oct. 2, · to talk In addition, there will · be Lewis and Mary Ann Guarilia, the about the league's on-going speakers on health services, league"s membership chairperson,· studies in education, equal rights p a r t icularly mental health met with repreScntatives of the for women, health services, s e r v i c e s , and o t h e r Women's Center, the Professional . juvenile justice and Oneida county-supported services. in the Women's Caucus, and the Hamilton Faculty Women's Club County services. '.fhe discussion area. will be held at 8:00 p.m. in the According to Lewis, the Utica earlier itbis month to· discuss the of W e dnesday's _ chapter is interested in recruiting planning Red Pit. Audrey Lewis, president of the members -both men and women- discussion. league, will moderate the discussion. Lewis is a feature writer with the Lifestyle section of the Utica Observer-Dispatch. She is also one of the organizers of the Womens' Day, sponsored by several women's organizations, i n c l u ding N a t io n a l the Organization of Women (NOW), and the YWCA, which will be held Noven Ruth Phillips, chairperson of the human resources committee, will explain the league's efforts in support of the Equal Rights Amendment. The Utica chapter has worked . with the league's lobby in national gtoup Washington, D.C. on the passage of the amendment.The chapter has also raised funds which are being used for lobbying in the states where the amendment has not yet passed. Phillips will also talk about the implementation of the amendment following its passage. Sylvia Armstrong, the Utica chapter's first vice president, will discuss the organization of a study group on Utica's participation in Board of Cooperative the Education Services (BOCES). U!ica presently does not beling to BOCES, but the league is investigating whether or not the program might offer equal education opportunity to urban and suburban students. Last year, the league conducted a related study on the finances of the educational services in the area. Annabelle Street, who recently headed a one-year study on juvenile justice in the area, will speak about t. he league's work with judges, social workers,_ . teachers and school psychologists One year after the strike: see the n:port on mainknalwe morale in m, t he area. The league, is presently the next issue.

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4/THE SPECTATOR/September 28, 1974

Lee Bristol to Lecture at Clinton Historical Society

Professionals Against ABM. With Margaret Mead, Roger Shinn and J. Edward Carot)lers, he is editor of "To Love or To Perish: The T e c hnological Crisis and the Churches." Among future lecturers in the series are Andrezej Targowski, Poland's leading computer expert, now a visiting faculty member at Hamilton; Ronald E. Weber, a p-o Ii ti cal s cientist from the University of Indiana; George Cogar, president of the Cogar C o r p o r a t ion, and Fr ancis Musselman, a New York lawyer and chairman of the Board of Trustees of Kirkland College.

"Where Roots Are Deepest" is the title of a talk to be given by Lee H. Bristol, Jr. before the Clinton Historical Society on Thursday, Oct. 3, at 8 p.m. at the K i r kl an d T o wn Library in Clinton. Bristol's talk, open tQ the public without charge, will be illustrated with slides. Its title refers to the role of his family in the history of Clinton and the surrounding area. Bristol, the former president of W e st m i nster Cho ir C ollege, Princeton, N.J ., is the grand·son of t h e c o- f ou n d e r o f t h e Bristol-Meyers Company, which had its origins in a small "pill factory" in Clinton 87 years ago. The Br i s t o l f a m i l y's connections with Hamilton, of which Lee Bristol is a trustee, go back even further, to the initial construction of the college in the late 18th century. The brothers Joel and Eli Bristol eached pledged money, in the amount of one pound, as well as lumber and labor to the building of Hamilton. Joel served on the first board of trustees. Lee B r i st o l r e pr esents the fifth g en e r a t ion o f B r i s to ls a t Hamilton. I n all, nearly 60 Bristols have attended the college. Other ancestors, members of the Lee and Hastings families, have also been associated with Hamilton and Clinton. One was Dr. Thomas Hastings of Clinton, who wrote some 1,800 hymns and t unes, including the familiar "Toplady" tune to "Rock of

contmue d from pag e one Kirkland's four experimental scientists, two botanists and a chemist, left the college, Putala was Kirkland's only scientist. Putala plans to take a leave of absence for the spring semester. Birnbaum was hired during the summer with a temporary

one-year appointment, according to George. "We were lucky to get Mrs. Birnbaum, but I can't say that hiring her indicates the direction in which a Kirkland science program will go," said George. "We have to have some type of a program· to fulfill -our commitment to the present

McCracken Opens Computer Lecture Series A series of lectures on topics programming. In the 1950s he r e l a ted to computers begins worked for the General Electric Tuesday, Oct. l, at Hamilton . Company and the Atomic Energy College with a talk by Daniel Commission Computing Center at McCracken, who is known both New York University. for his expertise in computer Opposed ABl\1 science and for his concern with He entered Union Theological social problems created by that Seminary in 19 66 intending at the science. time to enter the ministry. He "Computers -- Implications, received a Bachelor of Divinity Applications and Supplications" is degree in 1970 but has since the title of the lecture series, returned to the computer field. being presented in connectfon In 1 9 6 9 he o r g a n ize d with the new Computer Center of Computer Professionals.. Against Hamilton and Kirkland Colleges. ABM, a committee of some 900 McCracken's lecture, titled computer scientists opposed on "Computer Aspects of the Privacy t e chn i c a l g r ounds to the Issue," will be given at 8 p.m. in S a f eguard Antiballistic Missile the auditorium of the Science System. Building and will be open to the In addition to textbooks, he public without charge. has written "Public Policy and the He is the author of 13 Expert", part of which is a report t e x t boo k s o n c o mpu ter o� his experience with Computer

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Clairvoyant Wams of· Marijuana Peril Sees Earthquakes · Angel Aids 'Christian'Oixon at Races By MIYE SCHAKNE

asked Dixon to care for her child, even if the child were born deformed. When the child was born with no arms, the young w9man admitted that she had smoked a lot of "pot", and from this Dixon concluded that "pot" was the cause of the defects. A shocked silence followed. The students' credulity was further strained when she told of a day at the horse races where an "angel" gave her the name of the winner in the sixth race. Relating some of her past predictions, Dixon told of her �ttempts to convince Robert Kennedy not to _run for the Presidency in 1968. He did not heed her warnings. Quoting the Bible, she forecast

Wearing a long white gown, with a gold cross around her neck, Jean Dixon presented a two-hour l�cture Wednesday evening in the Chapel , on what she titled, "Looking Through the Spiritual. Heart of America to the Future of rather Universe." Thjs the ambiguous title attracted both students and residents of Clinton, curious to hear the words of a "true psychic." Expecting a lecture on Dixon's psychic powers, students were disappointed an'Cl skeptical when she gave a long-winded sermon on the harmfulness of drugs and the value of being a "good Christian American." Midway in her speech, she launched into a dramatic tale of a pregnant young woman who

of darkness, a three diy,s world-wide earthquake and the coming of the Messiah in Jerusalem sometime in the l 980's. Some rriembers uf the audience seemed to be enlightened as she expounded · on the virtues of Christianity and the inner light within us all-a flame like the eternal flame Arlington at Cemetery. had who women, Two previously read her numerous · religious publications, glowed as they expressed their satisfaction with the lecture-. Others said they had been ''pleasantly surprised." "It sucked!" said a Hamilton student, adding that Dixon offered nothing of any substance and only sermonized, using moral tales concerning politics, drugs, and religion. Other students were less· emphatic, and felt that it was interesting in· at least one respect: one does not. often see a woman as zealous and possibly fanatic as Dixon, and }:learing her speak was an "experience." Dixon was as adamant about the strength of the United States

as shewasof the universal need for Christianity. 'The students listened skeptically as Dixon spoke of a great• inner strength that would restore tranquility and rebuild America to its former stature. · Dixon concluded her lecture with the recitation of a hymn, and

offered prayer cards to those who wanted them. Then about half the audience began to leave the Chapel, despite her "rousing" rendition· of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," and only the true belitvers joined Dixon at the reception aftq the speech.

The four panel members will be Anna Longobardo, manager of Technical Personnel Planning at S p e r r y-Rand Corp.; Adele Simmons, dean of student affairs at West College, of Princeton Uni ve r si t y; Helen Brown, executive director of the CBS Foundation; and Susan Stern, a lawyer with Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle in Rochester. The topics discussed by the panel will then be further explored in the workshop, scheduled for 7 p.m., Sunday, October 13. The discussion will be

led by an associate, a faculty member in a related field, a student, and a staff member. Prop<;>sed areas of the workshop discussion are: career possibilities; interesting new ways to apply skills; a survey of new trends; education and skills to do what you're doing; effective programs to bring women into a field; programs to change. th.e public perception of women and eliminate stereotypes; and the pressures that might force a woman to emphasize her sex over her role as a professional.

Career Wo11len to· Hold Panel Discussion

"Women's Expectations and Career Realities," a -panel discussion followed by workshops and conferences,. will be held at Kirkland, Sunday and Monday, October 13-14. The two-day career exploration is sponsored by the Kirkland· Associates and is coordinated by Dorothy Evans, Kirkland director of alumnae affairs and special programs, and Bunny Lieberman, director of the Career Center. The panel is comprised of four professional-women who will each address herself to the general theme of the program, reviewing highlights of her caree:r and discussing such issues as: The of roles s i m u l t a n e o us p r of e s s i o n a l / wife/mother or professional/single; a woman's image of herself, through her family, peers and colleagues, and the resultant pressures of "having to be perfect"; the sacrifices, satisfaction and frustrations of

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Choir -Slates Concert Season

"M usica R eservata"· is a unique chora� 3:00 pm. Sunday, Oct. 6, 1974 Chapel organization. Founded and directed by Margherita L(?rna Haywood, soprano Hastings, the ensemble ef eighteen singers is Don Smithers, ·natural trumpet organized in an intentional and direct reversal of Priscilla Brown; oboe mo_dern trends. There is no emphasis on youth in ·Sonata for Trumpet ................, ........· ...... Purcell the make-up of the choir. Miss Hastings · believes that only skilled, , Cantata 84 ...............· ..................... J.S. Badl lch bin vergnugt mit meinem Glucke prof�ssiona) singers of a certain maturity can Cantata 51 ........· ............-................ -J.S. Bach collaborate adequately. The choir works long hours, and often, to achieve balanced ensemble, Jaudlzet Gott in allen· Landen and it also limits the number of appearances each Monday, Oct. 14 8:30 pm. . Chapel year, all facts which set Musica Reservata apart. Amici Quartet The choir has become a regular part of the Haydn, Webern, Mendelssohn annual Caramoor Festival and it is often called Tuesday, Oct. 22 8:30pm. Cha�el upon by "The ::Performers Committee for Musica -Reservata 1 Twenti�th Century M1:1sic" in New York to Margherita Hastings, conductor premier work. lt Musica Reservata will perform in the Hamilton �lian Madri�als by Marenz_io� Gesualdo, and Monteverdi ·Figure Humaine ................................. Poulenc , College Chapel Tuesday, October 22-, at 8:3_0 p.m.

Loma Haywood, the versatile young English soprano, \etums ·to the Hill this year as a solo .,.., recitalist. Miss ·Haywood won many fans last year with her performance in the Brahms Liebeslie der and Pergolesi Stabat Mater. This year she will be performing two solo Ba_ch cantatas. Miss Haywood's tremendous successes on continental Europe and in the United States, as well as in her native Britain, have compelled her to become a part of the artistic jet-set, with as many � twenty-five trans-Atlantic flights, in a season. Her performance will be at the Hamilton College Chapel, Sunday, O ctober 6, at 3:00 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 5, 1974· 8:30 pm. Chapel 1 Studerrt Concert Tuesday, Nov. 12, 1974 Chapel 8:30 pm. JoElyn Wakefield-Wright, mezzo soprano Grant D. Jones, piano Tonadillas ......................... '. ........... Granados Harmonium ... .' .................•............. Persichetti F�tes Galates ... : ...... : ............ : ...... _·· .... Debussy Folk Songs ............................ _' ......... Britten Selected Lieder ....................................Wolf -... 3:00 pm. Chapel Sunday, Nov. 17, 1974 Hamilton-Kirkland Choir Hamilton-Kirkland Brass Choir T�e Buffers A varied program of a cappella choral work, barbershop, and brass ensembles. Friday, Nov: 22 7:00 pm. and 9:00 pm. The Music Room Silvia Saunders' Ho use Griffin Road An Elizabethan Entertainment The College Hill Singers · A program of _madrigalian glee. 3:00pn:i. Chapel Sunday, Oec. 8 Second Annual Messiah Sing Chapel · 8:30 pm. Tuesday; Dec. 10, 1974 Amici Quartet Mozart, Beethoven, Bartok

J oElyn Wakefield-Wright has amassed an incredible number of opera, oratorio, and recital performances. She 'appears in the NET f"dms of "Albert Herring" and "Elegy for Young Lovers." She has appeared as soloist in the Tanglewood Chamber Series performing the Schumann Frauenliebe und Leben. Other concert appearances include several with the O r c hestra_ and Sy m p hony In d i an a p oJi s Philharmonic, the Manchester Symphony, and the Berkshire Festival Orchestra. JoElyn Wakefield-Wright comes to the H a m i lton community from an assistant professorship at Manchester College. She is married to Warren Wright of the Hamilton College _speech department. Grant Jones, associate professor of anthropology at Ha:D!ilton, will be ·pianist for the recital Tuesday, N'ovember 12 .at 8:30 in the Chapel.

The Hamilton-Kirkland Choir, Brass Choir, and the Buffers open their co.._ncert year vyith a program- in the Hamilton College Gym,Sunday, Nov. 17, at 3:00 pm. The College Hill Singers W)II present their first ful I concert-"An Elizabethan Entertainment"-'in the Music Room of Miss Silvi& Saunders' house, Friday, Nov. 22.

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Student-Directed Plays To Open Theater Season

'76, are the set designers-. Bdiini-Sharp has translated the play's title as "A Doll House", rather than the more common "A Doll's House". 'Eitensive research "Pigeons" has led her to conclude that "A Trevor Drake '75, will be D o l l ' s H o u s e" i m p l i e s directing the one-act "Pigeons," possessiveness, on the part of the by Lawrence Osgood. ✓ The cast heroine, Nora. Bellini-Sharp does includes Margaret Klenck'75, Meg not believe Nora has an y control Haines '78, and Robin , Roseman . over her environment, but rather '76. sees a total breakdown of the Drake, who i� directing this houi.e an d its inhabitants. play as part of an independent She feels that, at this point in study in arena staging with Carol her directing career, she needs to Bellini-Sharp, noted that one-act do a realistic play and that Ibsen's plays give inexperienced directors c h a r acters provide a strong, a ch ance to work without paradoxical basis on which to investing, large sums of money and, work. In Ibsen's words, ''The job also provide theater experience of the playwright is to be a poet, for student actors who cannot most of all to see." Bellini-Sh arp · afford to spend a lot of time in sees this as the job-of the cast. rehearsal. Bellini-Sharp said the play was "A Doll House,." by Henrik a good choice because it affords Students Dire.ct Plays Ibsen,· will be playing Nov. 7 parts to ·both experienced and Minor Theater will open Oct. 4 through 10, and then will re-open inexperienced actors, with an and 5, with two student-directed from Nov. 14 through 1 7. The equal number of male and female one-act plays. Marcie Begleiter '76 cast is: David Cross '76, R"y roles. It is. a, realistic play which will direct "Toe Gloaming, Oh My Dooley '75, Margaret' Klenck '75, should pose some workable Darling," by Megan Terry. The Joanna Langfield_ '76, John Moon problems fQr the set desi gn ers and cast is: Barbara Bums '78, Libby '78, Liz Rothberg, Melissa Stem for Bellini-Sh arp herself. McCauley '78, Susan Shopmaker '77, and George Walsh '75. Steve oeing are R ehearsals· '78, and Tom Stoenner '77. Craig Zorthian '77, is the stage manager video-taped. A documentary, Sonnenberg '76, is the stage and Marcie Begleiter '76, John concerning the rehearsal process, manager. This is_ Begleiter's first Heyl '76, and Craig __ Sonn�nberg will be made from the tapes. The _ _ en tin� play may also be re-staged and video-taped for a television production. Bellini-Sharp chose a quote from the director ·Peter Brook, to FILM define theater: "Finding the On Campus Thjs Weekend meaning and making it mean." Macbeth. Rorpan Polanski's controversial production. Saturday at She is hoping that -the play will 8 pm. Sunday at 10 pm. only. Kirner-Johnson Auditorium. 1 force people to ask questions and Admission $.75. · wake them up to the reality of the Fellini's 8½ and Anemic Cinema, a short. Saturday at 8 pm. outside world.

By JO-ANN MORT The 1974-75 theater season on the Hill promises to be a "very healthy - and thriving program," according to Carol Bellini-Sharp , head of the Kirkland-Hamilton dra ma T he depar t m e nt. department hop es that the hiring of Assistant Professor of Theater Rodney Umlas an d a new course in stagecraft, taught by Assistant Professor of Theater Fred Warner, will broaden its curricular and _production possibilities. Many students have been signing upJor courses and coming to auditions, with increased participation and em:ollment on the part of Hamilton students. Another aspect of this year's program may involve presenting theater workshops and plays to public schools in the area.

directing experience at -Kirklan d, and she hopes to learn about the play through the direction pro�ess.

REVEREND IMILLER.READS BU�S. The Revere�d Colin Miller will read from the p-�etry of Robert Burns on Tuesday, October 8, in the Chapel, .at 8:30 p_m. This reading continues a tradition started in 1956, when the Reverend Miller was Dean of the Chapel. Each year he read close to the time of the birthday of Burns, January 25, when Scotsmen all o_ver the world celebrate Scotland's most faµious poet. Since his retirement, Dean Miller has returned each October to continue the tradition. His reading will include selections from ·the tales, the love poems, and th� satiric poems. Dean Miller was educated at Glasgow University. He- became Dean of the Chapel at Hamilton College in 1955 and served through 1969. In 1967 Susquehan na Univ-ersity conferred upon him an honorary Doctor of Divinity.

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Sunday at 9 pm. only. Chemistry Auditorium. Admission $.75. September 30 and October 1 (Monday and Tuesday) Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Written by Anita Loos and starring Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell. At 10 pm. Kirner-Johnson Auditorium. Admission $.50.

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Putney Swope and Flora, a short. 8 pm. Kirner-Johnson Auditorium. Admission $.75.

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LECTUR� AND DISCUSSION

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Newman Mass. Father Paul Drobin. 5:30 pm. Chapel.

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Science Auditorium. October 2 (Wednesday) Bible Studies. 9 pm. Alumni House.

· Severi Artists· Join Kirklc;md Staff; Display Diverse creative S'trength_s Dance, the Mary Anthony Dan ce Seven artists· are now teaching Studio and the June Lewis Studio, at Kirkland College as new members of the college's art all in New York City, for the past faculty. The new appointments two years. She has also studied with Bella have been made in sculpture, ceramics, dance and theater, Lewitzky and Saida Gerradi in according to. William Rosenfeld; · Los Angeles. She has performed in New York City and in Florida and chairman of the arts division. Jerry Dodd is a new �ssistant Georgia. She received her 8.A.and professor of sculpture at Kirkl and. her M.A. from Florida State He previously taught sculpture U n i v e r s i t y a n d a l so has ce r t i f i cation i n e l ementary and design at the State University C o l l ege a t G eneseo, Keuka labanotation from the Dance College, State University College Notation Bureau. Marcia Brunner is an adjunct at Fredonia,, Niagara County C o m munity College and the instructor in dance at Kirkland. She also teaches· dan ce at the University of Oregon. In addition, he has exhibited Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute his own work at group an d an d until last year, she operated one-m an s hows around the her own dance school in Clinton, country, and he has received · the Village Ballet. Brunner has studied- dan ce with Robert awards for his work at the 31st an d 32nd Western New York Joffrey,, with Dougovesky at the Ballet Art School, and with Exhibition... Preyslavic at the Ballet Theater, Dance Department Two new assistant professors all in New York City. She studied of dan ce are Sharyn Heiland and ballet at Saratoga Springs during M ar y J an e Warner. Heiland, the past three summers. Dancer Mary J an e Warner, formerly an assistant professor of dan ce at the University of Florida, formerly a teacher of dance at has been studying at the Martha Newberry College in Newberry, Graham School of Contemporary Sou t h Cart>lina, is now an

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assistant professor of dance at Kirkland. She has also taught at O h i o State Uni versity, the Toronto Academy of Ballet, and public schools in Toronto. Ms. Warner is a member of the American Dance Guild, Dance Notation Bureau, International' Council of Kenetography L'ab an and the Royal Academy of Dance. She recently completed work on a doctoral degree at Ohio State University, and she atso holds a bachelor's d e g ree from the University of Toronto and a masters degree from Ohio State. Her husband, Fred WaPner, also teaches at Kirkland. He is an adjunct professor of theater. Mr. Warner was previously an assistan t professor and technical director at Newberry College and also taught at Ohio State, Wisconsin State and Baldwin-Wallace College. He has published a number of articles on the technical aspects of theater, and has earned a doctorate and B.A. at Ohio State. A n o t h e r n e w a s s i s t an t professor of theater is Rodney Umlas, who previously was a preceptor ,of theater arts at Columbia University. He has also taught dramatic arts at Goucher College. A graduate of Cornell _University, Umlas received his M.F.A.from Columbia. He has extensive acting and directing e�perience, and has performed in New York City. In 1968 he directed a professional production of Genet's "The Maids" in New York City. Artist 'David MacDonald is an adjunct instruc�or in ceramics and he i s teaching part-time at Kirkland. MacDo_nald has studied at Hampton Institute in Hampton, Virginia, and received- a BS degree fr om t he U n i v er s i ty o f Massachusetts an d an M.F.A.from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.


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Money Crisis -Hits HCL, License Renewal Pending

continued from page one Carovano or Hamilton Provost year ago to Kirkland for the radio Eugene Lewis this year. station. This money was not H ami l t o n · i s e n t i r e l y. intended for incidental expenses, responsible for the station's but rather, for helping the station $3900 budget. The money comes convert to stere·o, but no legal out of student activities fees. Kirkland does not contribute stipulations limit its use. Aft�r speaking· to Kirkland to WHCL's support. When asked P.resident Babbit and Hamilton about this, Braider said he President Carovano, Kirkland's thought this was due to the initial Director of Development, Don absence of Kirkland students Braider said, ''The feeling is that, participating at WHCL. Recently, while the money is not restricted however, more Kirkland students legally, it is morally." have been active at the station, , The original hope was that but no altera"tions have been made some other people would provide in the budget. License Expires more money to create_a new radio station, possibly stereo, said Tom WHCL's licen;e expires in Willis, WHCL business manager. June, 1975. Its renewal will H ow e ver, because o f t he i n v o l v e t h e F e d e r a l a d m i n i s tr a ti on s i tu a tion at C o mmun ication Com mittee Hamilton last year, then acting (F C C ) - monitoring a · f ew P r esident Carovano said any broadcasts next spring and a trouble.. However, the consensus decision about the relocation of review of 7 days of logs, chosen at among the five-member Executive the station or solicitation for random from the last three years. · Board is that the records have donations' would have to wait There may also be a surprise visit been kept correctly. until a permanent president was to the station. In the past, there have been a Some station members were few minor mistakes that had not installed. Station representatives have initially concerned that the review been corrected by the time people no t been i n c ontact with of _ logs would cause licensing graduated, said Lotto. He added that the FCC was not likely to find many record-keeping errors. Lotto said there will not be any mistakes this year, and Steve_ Savitsky, studio manager, said the logs will be corrected once every two weeks. Drinking and Cursing In the past there has been ..a fair amount" of drinking and some profanity on the air, both of

which are contrary to FCC regulations, according to Lotto. The FCC definition of profanity includes any words stronger than ·"damn" or "hell" in either the broadcaster's language or a song's lyrics. "' If the FCC learns that these rules have been broken, fines, imprisonment, and/or loss of individual license could be the consequences. Intoxicants, drugs and alcohol are also forbidden. Enforcement of this rule will be ''really tough" sai d L otto. The personality clashes experienced by the station last year are thought to be less severe this year. Sean Delan�y,

program director, said ''Thus far the working relationships are just fine... no clash of personalities, nor am I anticipating any." Lotto said that there is very real strife in the Exe cu tive Com m i t t ee, but fighting is improbable. ''The possibility of factions arising again with a group of people with such diverse outlooks, disagreement and division is quite inevitable," said Doris. However, she is hopeful that the increase of student interest in the station (over 100 participants) is a good sign for the station. "If they hold the middle of the road course, they can' help bring us back together," she said.

that the college needs a lar ger endowment if it is to become more competitive with those schools in faculty compensation. Distribution Requirements,? A sked about proposals to r e-i n s t i t u t e d i s t r i b u ti on r equirements f or Hamilton students, Rexine said that he does not rule out the possibility. "If the current system shows t hat s tudents g ef a f air distribution, of classes in the d ifferent areas, · I would be satisfied. If the pattern showed an excessive emphasis -in certain areas, then I would be inclined to put my weight behind a wider distribution of courses," he said. "Liberal arts must introduce students to the three major areas" of social sciences, science, and

humanities, the candidate said. Pa:st Associations Asked why he found himself qualified to serve as dean of the college, Rexine pointed to his twenty years in private liberal arts edu cati on as t e acher and administrator. "I have a basic �ommitment to private, liberal arts education," he said. Rexine said that he has visited Hamilton many times and that he has many acquaintances here. He said t h at there are many similarities between Colgate and Hamilton. The Colgate dean, who directs the unive r sity's h u m anities division, said that he was also a candidate for the Hamilton presidency last year.

Rexine Proposes Curricular Programs

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Court Stops Mayor Hanna's Attempt to· Cut Clinton Bus

A court. order signed by State Supreme Court Justice Ponald H. Meade has cur short Utica Mayor Edward H anna's p l a n s. to discontinue bus service between Utica and Clinton, and four other suburban villages. Th.e temporary restraining order was initiated by Oneida County Executive William Bryant. Bryant claims that the city ign o r e d t h e e c o n o m i c remifications of hte service cut and did not thoroughly seek out additional subsidies from the state and federa l g o ve r n ments, according to a recent report in "Drums Along the Mohawk." The order is a stay until Oct. 9 when State Supreme Court Justice Thomas Aloi will hear the case.

The City of Utica will appeal the decision. Representing the city will be its corporation counsel Steven Pawlinga. Meanwhi le, Harlan Lewis, mayor of Clinton, has no plans in support of the restraining order, but intends to discuss it at the v i l l a g e b o a r d ' s meeting, Wednesday night. At this point, Lewis does not know what recommendations the village will make on behalf of -the court's temporary decision. Lewis said that Richard Abend, vice-president of the Boston store in downtown Utica had formed an ad hoc c i t izens committee composed of village mayors and supervisors to plead the· couse of the uotlying suburbs.

• The Utica-Clinton bus.

Larry Cohen, chairman of the Utica Transit Commission, said "I am very confiden t w e (the City) are going to win. It seems patently ab�urd that any court would force any municipality such as ours to give away city taxpayers' dollars." Cohen was one of the city administrators who first suggested that service be cut to the suburbs. "I believe that the efficience of the entire UTC operation can be improved by cutting the service to the suburbs."· Cohen responded to criticisms of Hanna which claim that he did not search out state and federal subsidies for the transit lines, s a ying ,.__ ''That's Bullshit, and quote me on that." Cohen explained that the city received $27,000 of a $41,000 request for state subsidy to operate its public transit. He said· t hat e ven i f t h e subsidy quadrupled, the city would still lose money because they now run the bus· lines at a $200,000 deficit. State subsidies would be cut if Utica discontinued service to Clinton and the other towns affected. Of Co mmissioner Bryant, Cohen said, "He is up against the wall. He is running for election next year and he's got to get votes and he knows he is not getting them from the city." "Bryant is using the issue as a political tennis ball. He Couldn't care less about the buses. He's never even taken a bus. Ask him!" "Bryant has ten floors to look down from. We have only three. He'd like· to look down on the state offices if he could," said\ Co hen in reference to the respective heights of the county, and city office buildings. C o h e n responded to accusations that the bus cuts would hurt downtown Utica e conomically, s a y ing, ''The· economic ramifications are that we send Utica dollars outside the

Waiting for t he bus service-will it continue? city. We take those dollars and zero...They have been threatening drop them at the New Hartford to leave Utica for a long while." Shopping Center. We drop the Cohen's explanation for the p e o p l e r i g h t a t t h e B o s ton Stor e ' s support of door...Downtown would not be in continuation of suburban bus such bad shape now if everyone service is that the store is in such shopped there," said Cohen who poor financial shape they lose believes that Utica commerce nothing by jumping on the band would not deteriorate much more wagon. if the suburban buses no longer "The days of the Boston Store came down Genessee Street. is. limited. They are going under. Commenting on the Boston This is their last chance to make Store's interest in the issue, Cohen waves down there and they are said, "Their i n ventor y is grabbing for straws."

Dean Search Examined as Second Prospect Visits Hill

By DOUGLAS GLUCROFT Hamilton's search for a dean of the college has been marked thus far by an honest effort at openness with the right to maintain confidentiality of certain candidates, a policy of equal treatment for News Analysis candidates from the Hamilton faculty, and composure in its chairman, Professor of Chemistry Lawrence K. Yourtee. Si n c e m i d summer, t he committee has attempted to forge a policy of openness which would still allow it to retreat to secrecy when extraordinary occasion demanded. The .letters sent to the candidates inviting them to the Hill include a request for the release of their names and warning that the 9!lnfidentiality of their candidacy cannot be guaranteed, regardless of their personal wishes, The Spectator has learned. In following up its letters, the committee agreed to release pub l i c l y the names an d biographical data of any candidate who visits the Hill and who does not object. In cases where secrecy is re quested, the committee _informs The Spectator, but no further information is given. As reported in this issue, The Spectator has learned that a departmen t chairman in his early thirties will visit the Hill shortly. This person has authored various publicatio ns, taught at several presti gious i ns titutions, and apparently supervised a staff shake-up while at his present 'position. It would seem that -the

committee has apprehensions has spent a long career at one ·. · about the candidate because of his institution such as John Rexine of age, but because of his superb Colgate, might be to anticipate a credentials it has felt that he long stay at Hamilton. should be invited for an interview. Acting Dean Lindley The selection of a dean in his Out of the 200 applications the early thirties would complete the committee has received, several Carovano administration with the are nominations of members of th!ee highest officers of the the Hamilton faculty. Acting college under the age of . forty. Dean of the College Dwight N. Carovano is 39 and Provost · Lindley is considered to be among Eugene Lewis is 34. those nominated for the position. . I f L indley is offered an The Rexine Candidacy 'interview by the committee, one Associate Dean of the Faculty can posit that it will probably be of Colgate University, John E. towards the end of the first round Rexine, the frrst candidate to be o f i n t e r vi ews, when t he · inteiviewed, believes that the dean committee will have had the should not play an overly-active � opportunity to watch Lm· dley m· role in graduate school admissions his job as acting dean. as d(d former Dean of the College L indley, a grad'u at e. of Stephen G. Kurtz; who organized Hamilton, has taught E11gli� here a small-coll ege conference on the since 1962. He chaired the department unti l President subject. �:th� Rexine, 45 years old, has been Carovano chose him:: in liberal arts education for 20 one -year position he now holds. years, 17 of which have been spent Lindley recently publfa&ed the at Colgate. If Rexine is anxious to letters of John Stuart Mill "jointly l eave Colgate because o f with Francis Mineka of Cornell factionalism in the administration University. Throughout the committe�'s or general discontent as is sometimes the case among college deliberations one can expect from officials, one might expect him to L aw r e n ce Y ourtee a calm, Committee- Chairman, �awrence K. Y ourtee stay at Hamilton for a long period mediating approach to- the many. schedule for meeting their Dec. 1 History David Millar, Associate difficult decisions the six-man of time. T h e co llege must decide committee will have to make. All de adline. If it interviews a Professor of Philosophy Robert whether it wants a man whom it the members of the committee candidate for each of the next five Simon, Assistant. Professor of expects to remain -here for an have individual-and one might weeks, and then invites three back Go v e r n m e n t R i c h a rd P. extended period of time or s u s p e c t , o c c a s i o n a 11 y for a· return visit, their work will Suttmeier, and two students, Roger Schneider '75 and Ro�rt someone who will be effective in a con fli cti ng-views. It is the be finished Th.anksgivingtime. matter of several years and then chairman's r es ponsibility• to O n t he comm i t tee with Evans '75. move on to another position. It· adjudicate difference fairly and Yourtee are Associate Professor of s e e m s t h a t t h e s e c ond maintain the· momentum of the candidate-a young scholar-might ,s.ea r c h� -For• •aH O'!,!t,"{atp I not consider Hamilton the acme app'ea,rances, 't'ourtee has do..r e sq: t I �>f his career whereas a man wh9 Thuf, far,. tlie co,mrn�it'tee, is on ♦

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-Bring Back Furniture; Amnesty For All

Furniture pilferers on both Students Fin.ed f u r n i t u r e h a s c a u sed a c a m puses will be offer ed Bingham said that 1hree Bundy considerable problem for both unconditional amnesty Thursday, file cabinet were found in a colleges. when college officials. in- the Red South Donn :room during the Students will be able to bring Pit and a truck driver stopping at summer, and a Bundy Dining Hall furniture to the Red Pit Thursday dorms will be ready to receive table was a1so found further up or to the college truck driver who stolen goods, no questions asked. c a m pus. The students who will be stopping a t dormitories The offer, which will be made "'borrowed., the Bundy table were between -7:00 �d 9:00 p.m. The in a letter to students Monday by fined, Bingham said. exact schedule will be included in Hamilton Dean of Students R. Bingham said that the loss of the Monday lett�. Gordon Bingham and KirJ<land Dean of Student Affairs Jane L: Poller, comes in the wake of a summer inventory that revealed considerable losses on both Meanwhile, there are no plans President Carovano said he campuses. plans to ask the Board of for imminent renovations on Guessing the value of the Trustees' p enn1SS1.on to do Dunham Dormitory. Last year, missing furniture at $10,000, renovations on Carnegie Han ·next one floor of one wing was Dean Bingham said that students summer similar .to those done on refurbished and the ropms were have most often set their sights on South Dormitory this- year. redesigned to accommodate fewer B u ndy D o r m f i le cabinets, No contractors have been students. Dunham Dorm lounge furniture, contacted for bids, and Carovano C a r o v a n o s a i d t h a t the Kirkland director chairs, butcher said nothing: further will he done Dunham renovatioti- project is block tables, and lounge cushions. until the Trustees have voted on dependent upon whether housing After Thursday, discoveries of the proposal at-their meeting,. Oct. can be found for the students who stolen furniture in students rooms 4-5. would be displaced. The college is will result in disciplinary action, New electri.caJ wiring and p r e s e nt l y negot i at i n g t he "which is something we would fixtures were installed in South, possib ility of renovating 98 like to avoid," Bingham said. fir st cons t ructed in 1904. College Hill Road, the residence When asked if he planned to Carnegie, which was built in 19"06, of former Vice-President for check students' rooms for the has the same electrical capacity D e velop ment Albert Wallace, missing furniture, Bingham said, t h a t South did before the which could accommodate 15 to ''That's certainly a possibility." modernizations. . 20 students. Bingham indicated that he knew !\.-=�---,.,:-�❖�--====-:-•"'.:::t�":z!!-�-�=·•�===�:::-:-ac.�=-==�,ag==-:�-.,..."';;•.�-=-�-z: where some items were, and that i f they were not returned Thursd ay , he would attempt to collect them. "Th e r e 's a lot of stuff ;-:� ;&· / _Mon.-Fri. 10-9 missing," Bingham said. Sat. f0-5 /�· •-------------- �:� � Route-SA Commercial Drive· :-:�� SEPTEMBER SPECIAL New Hartford 736-7106 ii. ,...,. Spanish Riova $1.50 Backn2r1.-,;..,, ... and Bicyclist r-� , ..,,...· $1.99 .: t) Castelo Real Specialists $1.99 Okaru Sake , Pa.ells by: Cross Country Equip.:- ;,_,;. Boots: Cotes du Rhone $1.99 �-'! Vasque Kelty Trak. Northface Raichle Bonna 1 Gerry Toppen =and � �� Alpfoe Design Weaver's Wine � Liquor Fisher !It -ih H ouse M orm= D enaUi • -:-;-.: On the Square in Clinton FREEZE Dried Spitkien-Bass ${ & iji 853-5421 Foods Class 5 =--�·

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'Hill Booters Freeze ·St. Lawrence Second Win in a Row: Nets Are Closed By DAVID WOLLMAN The soccer team started their season rolling this year with two outstanding victories this past week. Beginning with R.I.T., the Hill saw a different'. Hamilton team on the field over what was generally seen in pre-season. Going into Saturday's game without having mounted much of an offense in the pre-season, ow: R.I.T. footmfn p o u nded mercilessly for 7 goals while their outstanding defensive play held R.I.T. scoreless. The first half of the game saw � tough defensive battle with only one goal scored. However, the second half proved to be a disaster for R.I.T., with Ray Terepka, Dave Church, Phil P ete "Fu n k y" Ha lpe r n , Follansbee,Sophomore Z wemer and Pan Daley tallying goals for Hamilton.

Som� menu.on w�s made of the in, making the score at the end of fact fhat Coach von Schiller did the half 1-0. St. La�ence having not take out the first string after been unnerved by the first half of the game seemed won, but it was the action never could get :1 probably a good idea to let the'' together during the second half to team gain some confidence in its score. scoring ability after its poor Their final shot was battled pre-season. away as the horn sound the end of The second game of the week t h e g a m e. A special matched the Continentals against commendation should go to Walt a powerhouse St. Lawrence team. · Stugis, who did an e,xcellent job Hamilton went into the game filling in for Gary Neville. Neville against this ranked team heavy sustained an injury to his mouth under d og s but a p peared r eq u1rmg twenty stitches. unintimidated as they displayed However, to single one man is one of the finest efforts ever seen unfair, for Thursday's game was a on a Hamilton field. Although team effort with everyone putting outclassed, Hamilton "took the out 100%. Hopefully the team game to St. Lawrence" and played will be able to retain its psych for a very aggressive and tactful game. the rest of the season. If they do, Our efforts proved rewarding I see no team on the rest of the; when Ray Terpka shot across goal schedule that they couldn't beat hitting Ned Drinker. Drinker -"no problem!" ·wasted no time in putting the ball

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BY DIANE PIES scheduled Hamilton activities . The problem is overp_opulation. Indignation is the feeling that m a n y Kirkland women have With.only six hundred students at expressed towards use of the Hamilton, the size of the gym was Hamilton Gym. ideal, when it was built. However, The main, complaint is that now that there are over fffteen Kirkland women must use the hundred people in the college faculty locker room. Since only community,Kirkland women are the room and not the lockers are , forced to "use their overcrowded available, some women think it facilities." Richardson feels that inconvenient to have to bring the gym was "just not designed towels and soap every time they for co-education." plan to use the gym or pool. En t hu s i as t i c g ymnasts .or The locker room is available fencers at Kirkland are at a loss, only on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, since there is no professional on and Thursdays from 7�30 p.m,. to the staff. Students will be pleased 9:00 p.m., and during swimming to learn, however, that hockey ' hours, which are also at night. and judo instructors will be These night hours are restrictive in appointed sometime in the near that they conflict with studying future. time. Other improvements in the Minor problems, such as the K irkland Athletic- Department location of the locker room, which that might compensate for the is ,quite a distance from the gym lack of facilities at Hamilton and swimming pool, and the fact include the construction of two that there are no signs to' guide . platform tennis courts. Platform the unsuspecting but eager person tennis is a combination of tennis wishing to use the gymn have and squash and can be played to embarrassing outdoors all winter. Kirkland contributed stti:dents will get priority, but, as episodes. One freshwoman reportedly Richardson implied, "It is much used the men's locker room, more fun played co-ed." Emphatic in her belief that any r e a l i zing her mistake upon opening the door, as the entire new facility built should be done football team happened to be in coordination with Hamilton, descending the stairs. Richardson maintains that this is The problem, according to so that we would get the best Comfort Richardson, coordinator possible facilities. Unt il t h at t ime, anyone of athletics at Kirkland, has nothing to do with the athletic interested in a night of co-ed _recreation might want to take staff at Hamilton. Richardson stressed · that she adva!}tage of the speical weekly, has had "extraordinarily good · Wednesday night co-ed recreation cooperation" from the staff,. at· the g.,·m. It· offers the use of which all owsKirkla nd students to eq ui pw nt f or b a d m i n t on, use the gym as much as possible vollevt· l, and basketball, and is without confficting with already open ·f- ·1 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. • l •(

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F&M- EDGES HAMILTON, _-14-9By JAMES CARR The teams came out for the celebrated place-kicker, Bill Fin-an Attention all Hamilton men second half of the Mud Bowl and for a 32 yard field-goal attempt. and Kirkland women! We have a the Buff and Blue too,\c over right The pigskin split the uprights and football team. Any of you brave where they had left off. On the the Continentals were threatening, souls who combated the elements first play from scrimmage Senior trailing 14-9, with but 1:08 gone last :Saturday at Steuben Field Bill Collier took the handoff from in the third quarter. witnessed the Continentals throw LaFountain and raced 45 yards to Mother Nature had things a scai:e into mighty Franklin and 'F&M's 30 yard line. The drive figured differently, however, and Marshall. The visiting Diplomats stalled and in came Hamilton's her entry into the contest ended came to Clinton sporting a 23-3 three year record and who can blame them for being confident? The team they were meeting wasn't expected to put up more than ·token resistance to their potent attack. They left town after squeaking out a bitterly fought 14-9 decision over the Hamilton gridders, a subdued and respectful fo_?tball team. The game started out ordinarily enough. Hamilton's defense looking tough, the offense unable. to do a thing. Midway ' through the first quarter, the defense sufferecl a momentary Dan freshman after lapse Waldron's fumble gave the men from Lancaster the ball on their own 41. Eight plays later, f' aced with 3rd and 11 , sophomore quarterback Joe Coviello sprinted left, fumbled the ball into the arms of Ted D'Amico, who raced 11 yards unmolested into the end zone. Dave Lissooey's conversion made-it 7-0. pretty defense Hamilton's FEINGOLD and SHOEN much told the story for the There will be no more cheers for Willis Reed. The big man of the New York Knickerbockers announced his retirement from basketball remainder of the first quarter. last week-holding back the .tears, his teammates said. This was the Franklin and, Marshall controlled same Willis Ree<;l who held back the tears of pain when he led the the ball for 19 of the next 25 Knicks to the 1970 and 1973 NBA championships. Their only plays from scrimmage following championships. the initial touch-down. The This is mere sentiment. Not only from a Knick fan's point of Diplomats neede<! two key view, but from a sports fan's. Willis is going to have to find some penalties by Hamilton to put other way to feed his 6'9" body. Oh sure, you say, he's got the 600 points on the board, however. A grand from the contract. But the•fact remains that Willis as hero for questionable pass interference call New York City is dead. The cheers will vanish-the last ones will ag�inst Junior comer-back Gary Smith gave F & M the ball on the probably be on Willis Reed night or some such nonsense. That is_ what today's athlete feeds on. He is an entertainer and is as familiar Continental 1 yard line. On the as Johnny Carson to television viewers. Of course Willis can stay next play, all E.C.A.C. rookie of employed with the Knicks in the front office or even, as some 1973, Joe Coviello bulled over giving his team a 13-0 edge with maniacal Knick fanatics think, as coach (God forbid!). Willis Reed, but a minute gone in the second as hero for the kids in Queens, Harlem, and Bernice, La., is out of a period. Lissooey's kick made it job. Step up Dr. J., Tiny, and Clyd�. ***** 14-0, and things looked bleak This spreads to other sports. As a matter of fact, it started in indeed for the Buff and Blue. Down by 14 and with a season other sports. Everybody knows of the Babe, Cobb, Alexander, Johnson, etc. These men were heroes to their adoring fans, as the to go, Head Coach Bob King reached into his bag of tricks and , expression goes, and you can argue that their talents were greater than anyone else's. But the records that they set as the greatest no pulled out a beauty in the form of q uarter b<}ck T o_m longer exist. What_this all means ·is that you don't have to have the f ro s h talent and th� records to prove it, you need the love of fans and the Lafountain. Lafountain, from John F. · Kennedy High in, Utica, press to keep your legend growing and kids to keep on naming you to the all-time greatest lists. the and helm the took * * * *"' Continental's once anemic offense began to· roll. Jimmy C�non, the scribe, called it the Hot Hand. That's wh,at Senior co-captain Bill Ferris Johnny.Padres of the Dodgers had in 1955 when he b�at the Yankees twice in the Series. Dusty Rhodes of the Giants had it before him. partially blocked an F&M punt Then there's Gene Tenace, Moe Drabowsky, and Elroy Face. All of giving the Hilltoppers excellent these men had the Hot Hand and, in the words of Cannon, kept on field position on the Diplomat 30 it until, there was a new deal. The men mention_ed above playing struck LaFountain line. yard were all stars for a limited amount of time and did their best in a quickly connecting on two quick limited amount of games. They got the publicity, but when we saw passes to sure-handed Sophomore their real ta1ents-their limited abilities_: we dropped them like last flanker Dave Pisanelli, the ball year's fashions. coming to rest on the 1 yard line. :Yhe greatest stars i� sports are not the men that �can make the Hamilton scored, right? Wrong, most of their abilities in the big game, but the men who can spread well almost wrong. Lafountain their talent over a longer period of time. fumbled the snap from center Eric Willis Reed won't go down as the greatest center in the NBA 's Johnson, Franklin and Marshall history. Bill�Russell will. Willis won two championships. Russell won recovered and that was that, or so eleven. seemed. However, the it A_lan Ameche scored the winning touchdown for the lJaltimore determined men from Clinton Colts. in "the greatest football game ever played" in 1958. Who is the were not to be denied. F&M, one player from that game who sta11ds out in our minds? Not unable to move the ba).l .was Ameche. Try Unitas. forced to punt from deep in their * * *** own end zone. They punted out Nobody ever said that athletes should be remembered for their of trouble, right? Wrong again. The Diplomat punter Larry Gruss, feats like generals, diplomats, or scientists. There shouldn't be couldn't find the handle on the highways, buildings, and parking lots named after them. The only snap and watched helplessly as thing they ask for us to remember is the deeds they did so mightily. Hamilton's defensive end Don ·Re:r:µember Bobby Thomson's home run, Sam Jones' jump shot at Armstrong-· quickly covered the the buzzer, and Matt Snell's Super Bowl. I remember all these people. Maybe you �o, too. Willis broug�t ball in the endzone, cutting the deficit to eight. The two-point me a great amount of joy as I watched him lead his team, on one leg, conversion attempt failed, but to two championships. Willis and all these johnny-on-the-spots won't with plef}ty of time and th� be remembered i� the annals_ of sports, and it makes you feel a little older to know that they could. momentum on their side,

the scoring with both teams seeing Maine, where they'll test the scoring opportunities slip away efforts of a rejuvenated- Bates from mud-caked hands. The °final College Football program. The scoreboard read, Visitors 14, _Bobcats, under mentor Vic Gatto, Hamilton 9 but what wasn't up are also leaning - heavily on new-found freshman talent. -Look for the was the there confidence to be read on the faces squad making the fewest mistakes of the Continental team. to come out on top in this one. This _ S�turday aftemoon will Catch all the action with _Lee find the Continentals in Lewiston, Hamilton on WIBX-AM starting at 1:30.

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1 2 3 4 T Hamilton 0 6 3 0 9 First Downs Franklin & Run Marshall 7 r o o 14 Pass F&M-D'Amico, 10 yd. run with Penalty Yds. Rushing fumble, (Lisooey kick) 7-0 F&M-Coviello, 1 yd. run, Yds_. Passing Passes (Lisooey, kick), 14-0 Ham.- A r mstrong, fumble Interceptions recovery in end zone, ( conversion Total Offense Penalties failed) 14-6 Ham. Finan� 32-yd. field goal, Fumbles Lost Punts 14-9.

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Intramural Update Intr.amural football began this w eek, b u t t h e ever-present Hamilton rain kept the fields wet and the footing treacherous. A full week of action left many players sore with the distressing discovery of many long-forgotten muscles. W eather p er mi tt i n g , the individual tennis tournament will take place Saturday and Sunday. The seeding brackets are posted in the gym. All playersi are expected to be on time, to avoid fbrfeits.

Sept. 2 8 - Oct. 5, the individual intramw:-al golf tournament will take place. All those who have signed up should tum in an 18 hole, attested score card to Bill Hooke through campus mail by Oct. 5. Coming up Oct. IO at 4:00 p.m., there will be a team cross-country meet, the details of which will be published - next week. A ny q u es t i o n s a bout intramurals should be directed to Bill Hooke or Sharon Kelly.

Varsity S9ccer At Rochester. 11 am. Saturday, Sept. 28. Utica CoHege, Home. 3 pm. Wednesday, Oct 2. Varsity Football At Bates. 2 pm. Saturday, Sept. 28. Varsity Cross Country Against Hobart, at SUNY Binghamton. Varsity Tennis Utica College, Home. 3 pm. Thurscfay, October 3. Junior Varsity Tennis-Kirkland Utica Lollege, Home1 4 pm. Monday, Sept. 30. •


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TH:E SPECTATOR VOLUME V

HAMILTON AND KIRKLAND COLLEGES, CLINTON, NEW YORK

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Inside this issue:

3 rms C_ltn vu: Students move off-campus, live in village and countryside, page 11

OCTOBE� 4. 1974

Maintenance Morale Better One Year After the Walkout i employees have been observed By JOHN McNEEL Almost a year ago, members of working s�de by side, with no t h e S e r v i c e E m p l o y e e s obvious bad feelings. Animosity Alleged International Union (SEIU) Local But one non-union cleaning 200, at Hamilton and Kirkland, woman who suffered name-calling walked off their jobs. In the three weeks that and abuse last October because followed, the union and college she worked during the strike said struggled over wage packages, that she still encounters bad vacation days and a closed union feeling. She said that underlying shop, and frictions developed animosity has split the work force between the picketers and the in to uni on a n d n on-union non-union workers who stayed on factions. However, many workers do not the job. Since the settlement, the seem to -feel the rift in the work situation stabilized substantially force is as prevalent as it was as relations. improved among- the immediately following the strike. "There was a lot of tension workers and between labor and management. However, some right after the strike," said one w o rker s t e l l of underlying worker. "It's not as bad today, bitterness and bad feelings that but the bad feelings exist to a degree." have survived from the strike. Others feel the animosity has M an y w orker s said that complaints which forfaced during disappeared totally, and that the the strike are still being voiced work force is now "one big, today. When interv..iewed, the happy family." "Everybody is all together. The workers, fearing reprisals from co-workers or supervisors, asked trouble has passed over now," said another ma.intenance worker. A that they not be identified. Any animosity that does exist non-union co-worker claimed he among workers is not visible, encountered cold glances and however. Union and non-union - silence from other employees

immediately after the strike and that the morale is great today. Union/Non-union Strife The issue of the union shop and claims of favoritism for non-union workers were largely �esponsible for the development of ill feelings at the time of the strike. Primarily, many union workers resented the non-union workers benefiting from pay raises won by the pi cketers. Some union members today remain bitter over this point. An important issue for · the union during the strike was the union shop, which would have made it mandatory for all workers to join the union, thus boosting union strength and bargaining power.

The college opposed_ the union shop on the grounds of freedom for the worker, and the clause was eliminated from the settlement. Favoritism Gerald Leuiken, director of the 90-member work force at the Physical Plant., said that the charges of favoritism were never continued on page ten

Kir/e/a,nd Searching for ·consultant To Its Affirmative Action Program

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Commission to "eliminate bias r e s p o ns i ble for "as s u r i n g By SUSAN MALKIN Kirkland has been advertising and to develop job descriptions adherence to affirmative action for a n Af fi rmati ve Action and hir,ing goals." principles." Terminal Two-year position Consultant- since early this past However, "the program is_.s.q__ summer. The position was created The position is a terminal, complicated that we are not sure in r es p onse to a ''moral two-year position to set the how to set it up ourselves," said obligation" to more fully execute i n s t i tutio nal practi ces and DeMeyer-Gapin. "There is a great the anti-discriminatory and equal procedures, said Frazer. deal of paper work and legal opportunity hiring policies set Ac co rding to the present technicality involved." for t h in Ne w York State Affirmative Action Program, the· Some faculty don't feel the A c t i o n dean of academic affairs is Affirmat iv e continued on page twelve recommendations , said Catherine Frazer, dean of academic affairs T h e Af fir mati ve Ac tion Program calls for the college's co m m i t m e n t to equal opportunities for women and minorities in recruiting, hiring, By NEIL CHENEY s a l a r y a n d The Hamilton Department of Economics has been plagued by a H o w e v e r , high turnover rate in recent years due to a series of extraordinary p r o m o tion. · Kirkland's policy is "ambiguous" events, according to Sidney Wertimer, chairman. and there is a need for a more Wertimer is the only tenured professor in the four-member "workable" policy, according to department. Assistant Professors Derek Jones and Robert Allen, and Sandy DeMeyer-Gapin ,. member of Instructor Germina Lubega were appointed in 1972, 1973, and 19747 t h e Af f i r m a t i v e A c t ion respectively·. Committee. Flukes Community Input Wertimer described President Caravano's move from teaching to Pressure for clarification and administration, former Assistant Professor William G. Snead's decision expansion of the program was to leave teaching to pursue a law degree, and his own leave of absence e x e r ted by t h e K irkland as "flukes" which.contributed to the department's fluctuations. Professional Women's Caucus, the Originally, Snead was expected to take only a one-year leave and Women's Center and individual then return to Hamilton. students - who expressed concern Four other economists, Assistant Professors Stewart Butler and over the small percentage of Richard Edwards, Instructor Thomas McCown and Visiting Assistant women and minority faculty and Professor Javad Shirazj have all left Hamilton in the past three years. staff members, she said. Shiraz was _a one-year replacement for Wertimer during academic The decision to hire a special year 1973-74. co n s u l tan t grew out of a A Small College Problem recommendation of the Kirkland Hamilton, as a small liberal. arts college, is faced with problems Human Rights Commission, and a filling teaching positions in economics, said Wertimer. c o m m i t tee to s e l e ct the According to the department chairman, Hamilton must seek out co nsultant was formed this those individuals who are both "superb teachers and superb summer by President Babbitt. economists." The type of program the department offers requires th� "The consultant's job is to sort the professor be versatile in his field, that he be an excellent teacher, o u t what i s re levant t o and that he be available to students, said Wertimer, adding that he sees establi s hing - gui delines f or the turnover in the department as the result of an inability to find Affirmative Action hiring and to both a superb teacher and economist. develop grievance procedures," All the economists at Hamilton in recent years have had excellent DeMeyer-Gapin said. credentials, said Wertimer, admitting, however, in some cases the A c c o r d i ng to the j ob teaching has been less than superb. description, the consultant will Competition be required to determine statistics Wertimer said the highly competitive market between academic, on present staff, faculty, and business, and governmental institutions for economists as an added students by sex and race and to problem faced by a small college. Many graduate students place a high evaluate "patterns" of salary, priority on research, thereby excluding Hamilton as a job possiity. In promotion, and hiring. addition to problems in the job market, the Department must make The consultant will also work sure that it has well balanced offerings. with the Kirkland Human Rights continued on page five

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2/THE SPECTATOR/October 4, 1974

Stop the Talk

Letters to the Editor

Although the Adler Committee Evaluation Report did not include an endorsement of distribution requirements, it nebulously stated that required "core courses" would "force students to obtain a more eclectic education." Such talk of instituting a basic, force-fed curriculum at Hamilton has increased recently. When asked if he favored required courses, dean candidate John Rexine said that if records showed uneven selection of courses, he "would be inclined to put ... [his]... weight behind distribution requirements." When the college abolished distribution requirements here several years ago, however, it_ in effect recognized the Hamilton student's academic maturity and his desire ·to freely pursue his own education. There seems to be liftle 'reason for anyone to believe that the college's present position is no longer appropriat� here. If a formal move toward distributions requirements is indeed underfoot, it should be made known .to the �ollege community, so that students who now_ freely and presumably intelligently choose their academic' programs, will be afforded ample opportunity to voice their sentiments.

Plans for Making It New

bound to be misunderstood. ,To ·the Editor: This is a complaint concerning Those offended will iplmediately accuse me of trying to glut the the state of literary activity on the community with doggerel and Hilt· Every institution is a world in waste paper. They will argue: "What's the good of it?" itself. Those confined in an It is precisely these categories institution are circumscribed by of good or bad that I wish to standards of judgement no less rigorous than natural law. The avoid. I am saying-realign your individual orbits his institutions · beliefs. In a community such as like a satellite about the sun-his this the ideal of literature must give way to the reality of words. p o s ition strictly . defined, his personal merit dependent upon L i te r ary m ag a z i n es propose the physics of a closed social perfection of form as their model. system. Such physics are better Perfection is exclusive. It limits. It known as an institution's founding turns our face from life. What is philosophy. i m p o r t a n t is language. The Clearly, a notion that is dear to propogation of words. Feeling's our own institution's heart is that free expression. Sounds. The excellence justifies dominance. interchange of energies through That the clever, the favored, the w ords. M agic words. Words gifted, ·. and the able deserve scrawled or polis)ied. Words hasty prededence over others. We accept or exact. But words that beat with life. With immediacy and intent. it because we have been taught to. What do we care if a poem is Because it is central to the social and intellectual tradition in which b a d l y m a d e ? W i t hin i ts community the poem should have we were raised. We accept it for life. It grows in our shared i t s e x p e d i e n ce . B u t ou r acceptance is purely cant. In no e x pe r i e n ce . It g i ve s t ha t STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP, S e r vi ce a w r i t t en r equest for way does it authenticate. experience voice. I t may not permission t o mail matt er at su ch A ND M AN A G E M E N T Two or three t�mes a year this speak finely or well, but it speaks. rat es." CIRCUL ATION (Act of August 12, Its immediacy alone is its value. In ac cord an ce wi th the provisions college_ p r odu ces a literary 1970: Se ct ion 3685, Ti t le 39, United After it's heard let it die. The S t ates Code). I. Ti t le of Publi cation: of this statute, I h ereby request magazine . Whatever name it permission t o m ail the publi cation The Spe ctator mania for poetic perfection is a bears, we are told that the work 2.D ate·of Filing: October I, 1974 n amed in Item 1 at the redu ced within it is· the ·finest example of mania for posterity. To speak p ost age r ates presen t ly authorized by 3. Frequen cy of Issue: Weekly from the. future and not the literary effort · this college · can du ring the ac'apemi c ye ar, Christmas 39 u.s.c. 3626. PETER.W. SLUYS produce. And we accept.. this as present. Better that our poetry and E ast e r v acations ex cepted.' Business M an ager 4. Lo cat ion of Known Office of fac_t. Why? Mainly because the should falter and fail than it 10 . For comple t ion by nonprofi t Publi cat ion: H amilton College, College should exhaust itself in a mad e d itors of that magazine-its rganiza t ions autho rized to mail at o_ Hill Road, Clinton, Oneida County, 1 pursuit for "ideal.'; There will spe�ial r at es: The purpos e, funct ion, board-are q u a l i t y con trol New York 13323. '· always be good poets. But let 5. Location of the He adqua rt ers of an d no np r ofi t . s t a t us , o f this schooled in the same critical Ge ne ral Business Offi ces of the org aniza t ion and the exemp t status fo r tradition as· we. We trust that 'these poets speak with.humanity. Publishers: H amilton College,�Clinton, - Federal income tax purposes h ave not Amid the clamor of many voices. · cahnged during p rec eding 12 months. tradition to provide a convenient N ew York 13323. They will shout that much louder. yardstick of literary merit. Ana'· 11. Ext en t and n ature of cir cul ation: 6. N a mes and Add resses of . Act u al No. Copies we do not quil>ble if. our (?Wn And in the shouting more will be Publish er, Editor, and M an aging Av erage No. Copies Of Single Issu e Edito r. heard. E ach IssueDuring Publish ed N earest w Or k h a s b·e eil reJ· ected Publisher: A non-s e le ctive "literary" because-judged by that same receding 12 Months P o FilingDa t e t Th e Trus t ees of Hamil ton magazine is the only way that the · convenient yardstickthe quality College, H amilton College, Clinton, A. Tot al No. copies p r inted 2,500 3,500 of our work was clearly deficient. en t ire c ommunity can find New Yo rk 13323. (net press run) I suggest the contrary. The expression. By whic h the language Edi t o r: B. Paid Circulation M i t ch e l O s t r e r, H a milton S al es through de alers entire idea of a quality literary will at last. have to struggle with College, Clin t on, New York 13323. and carrie rs, s t ree t magazine is deficient. Were such a the problems that beset us all. If M an aging Edi t or: v endors and coun t e r ;;; 1,800 magazine merely the product of our literary standards must suffer Henry Gli ck, Hamilton College, s ales (less re t urns) 1,632 Clinton, New York 13323. 1,000 harmless pretension I would not in_ the process, then _let them 454 2. M ail sus cript ions 2,800 make dispute. But as it must serve suffer a l oud. Groans, sighs, 7. The owne r is: THE TRUSTEES C. To t al � aid_ Cir�ul at ion �,086_ �..6).J:; HAMILTON COLLEGE, H amilton D. Fre e d1stnbu t ion_by mail,carneroroth1 as an expre s s i on of t his stutters, and mumblings have as College, Clinton, New York 13323. . 1. S amples, comphmentary . 1 00 commumty, I call such service a much value as the subl.nn!. They 8. Known bondholders, mortg agees, and other free copies 350 are the reality of our literary hoax. and othe r security holders owning or 2. Copies dis t ributed to news holding I per cent or more of tot al 1 00 agen t s, but not ssold O This community requires the effort. We must not stifle ourselves. amount of bonds, mortg ages or o ther E. Tot al distribution Bruce Donehower '75 non-selective distribution of all 3,000 2,436 se curities: None. (Sum of C andD) w r i tt e n w o r k -prose a n d 9. For option al eompletion by F. Offi ce use, leftover poetry-regardless of the work's publishers mailing at the regular rates un accounted, spoiled 5 00 ability to satisfy preconceptions 64 (Se ction 132 .121, Pos t al Servi ce aft er printing M anu al) 39 U.S.C. 3626 provides in G. Tot al (Sum of E & Fof literary merit. Regardless of To the Editor: pe rtinent p art: "No person who would should equ al net p ress I am currently involved in 2,500 3,50 0 conformity to arbitrary literary have been en t itled to m ail mat ter run shown in A) I certify that the st atements m ade ideal. And by this I do not mean a assessing the practical possiblity under former se ction 435 9 of this title shall m ail su ch matter at the rates by me above are cor rec t and complete. magazine for experimental or of s ta r t i n g a n o n - selective PETER W. SLUYS provided under this subsection unless a v ant- g ar d e work. I mean "literary"campus periodical on the he files annually with the Post al Business Man ager precisely the total distribution of Hill, such as that suggested by .------------------------------ all work. Bruce Donehower in his letter to This position is novel and this week's Spectator. What Bruce

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VOLUME FIVE

NUMBER SIX

Editor-in-Chief-Mitchel Ostrer Managing Editor-Henry Giick News Editor-Douglas Gluaoft Business Manager-Peter Sluys Assistant News Editors Production Manager Liz Barrow Jack Hornor Susan Malkin Technic al Manager Editorial Page Editor Mike Bulger Ken Gross Photography Editor Arts Editor David Ashby Jonathan Cramer Sports Photography Arts Assistant Chip Whiteley John Joelson Graphics Sports Editor Kevin Burns · John Navarre Andrea Ker Copy Editor Melissa Stern Felice Freyer Layout Assistant Copy Editor Beverly Draudt v- ,,:', ·, · . David Schutt News Assistant-Robby Miller Kevin McGowan ::,;,_. Sports Assistants- Steve Ha�eeli, Robert McCormick J .. Phbtography Staff-Guy Arcidiacono, Daniel Becker, Robert Dolan,John Moon, Phillip Morris,Joel Stern Production Staff-Tom Beck, Chris Cahill, Peggy Dills,Judy Gillote, Marc Komisarow, Fritz Lewis, Sarah McGregor, Savi Perera Assistant Business Managers-Peter Bayer, Geoffrey E. Lawrence Mark Nelson, William D. Underwood Business Staff-Steve Brennen, Cliff Davis, Jim McManus, Marc Standig, Andy Wilson Tho Pub,ications _Board publishes The Spectator, a newspaper edited by students, 18 times during the academic year. Subscriptions: $7 .00 per year. Address: Box 83, Hamilton CoUege, Clinton, New York, I 3323.·Letters to ,. the editor m� be signed, but namts.wiJI be withheld upon request. · · ;'.c;l 974 by the Trustees of H:•milton College

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fo the Editor: As a member of Root-Jessup, I feel that the Sept. 28 article on Jeane Dixon, written by Miye Schakne, was in extremely bad taste.Miss Schackne's article belongs not on the reporting page, but on the editorial page where her opinion should be expressed. The article is not even worthy of being called a critical one, since all it does is unconstructively throw m u d a t Mrs. Dix.on. What authority does the reporter have to interpret and sense student attitudes toward the lecture? How can s he validly make such s t a t e m ents as "the students' credulity was further strained?" One is able to sense emotional response, but it's impossible to conceive audience opinions frC>m their emotional response. A good reporter knows when to be candid and when to use discretion. Miss Schakne is candid when discretion is warranted, and . she is discreet when she should be candid. A good reprter uses di scr e t ion when ql,loting a foul-mouthed fool. The interview W-<15 prejudicially reported from the first sentence

and I are proposing is to put out a magazine as often as there is need and as inexpensively as· possible. W e w i ll- p ri n t e v ery th ing s u b m i t t e d w i t h t he sole qualification that all work must be signed. We emphasize that this magazine is conceived of not as an alternative for "bad" writers, but as of a n i n s t r ume n t open to all communication m e m b ers of the community whether they think of themselves as writers or not. The staff will b e typists; editors serve no function here as there will be no rewriting or selection of material. We are bringing our proposal before the Publications Board in the near future and if it is accepted our first issue will appear close to November .1. We will print as often as there is material and as many copies as our budget permits-not enough for everyone on campus to have one. This magazine will be a scarcer item than most of the printed literature on the Hill. It may be necessary for people to share, since there will not be enough copies to go around. Of the possible methods of printing I have looked int'o. the most reasonable appears to have it done at the Hamilton College Print Shop. Their price is $40.00 for 500 cop ies of twenty typewritten pages each. Although this method will perhaps be less elegant than having it typeset at The Courier or elsewhere, it is a far more sensible method for our purposes. For example, a twenty page . issue published bi-monthly from now until June would cost under $500.00. I am convinced that this could be an important experience for the college community-even a revolutionary experience, for it implies a new approach to the nature of "lit_erary" langu�ge and ev�n · a change in our cus·�omary channels of ..-communication. We have no desire to usu·rp the present literary magazine. Rather, we stress an alternative. We throw out to everyone, not just to a few, the challenge to work with words creatively, and to be heard in that endeavor. The magazine ought ideally to be in a continual process of redefining itself, since new discoveries will likely change the face of what we think we are doing. Whether our experimental results are sucessful in the conventioal sense or not, they are bound to be vital, exciting, new. Nellie Burlingham '77

to the last period. Mrs. Dixon would not like to see "Freedomof never once proclaimed that an the Press"swallowed up by these "angel," which was invented to monsters of sensationalism . in sti ll disbelief into readers, Mrs. Dixon asked only one whispered the results of a horse favor, that we sing "Battle Hymn race in her ear. The article of the Republic"- not a very sugge sts that she uses her degrading song. Although we did "God-given" powers �o gamble. A not ·expect all to sing, we did person betting on a horse once expect everyone to show at least does not make that person a some respect and consideration gambler, just as a person writing for this woman. By leaving the for t he Sp e ct a to r is not chapel, the students demonstrated necessarily a news reporter. One their '"educa_tional ignorance"" and who reports news is· not a news complete lack of sophistication. It reporter; it is one who reports is disillusioning to observe the news objectively that is worthy of way "educated" people behave. I the title of news .reporter. Miss always thought that the educated Schakne has not earned such a· ones set the example for . all title because she is not objective. o t h e r s. O bviously, · I was 'Jeane Dixon ·came to Clinton · sQmewhat mistaken, for we can as'king only, $200 plus one-half all learn much from the way many proceeds: The money raised by '.'uneducated" who remained in Mrs. Dixon would all go · to the chapel out of respect for their charity. Mrs. Dixon received no fellow ·man. money herself for the lecture. Edward Sinker '77 Why wasn't this in the headline about "Christian Dixon"? The CORRECTION st�-iy is typical of a journalistic In the Sept. 28 issge, The monster called "sensationalism." Spectator erroneously reported This monster has killed many that the Kirkl�nd science division inno ce nt people who were offers a major only in biology. It dedicated to some goal. Miss should have said that the science Schakne should read "Profiles in division offers a major only in Courage" and see. 0 the damage botany. journalists are capable of doing. I


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THE SPECTATOR Hamilton College Clinton, New York 13323

Monday, September 30, 1974

To the Editor: The Times reported recently that Columbia University's President McGill has been moved to call a new building on campus the "Physical Fitness Center," for cause, i.e., that in and around our second "soul mother" in 10027 the word " gym" has become a three letter DIRJ'YWORD of itself, by Dr. McGill's "contemporary community standards," if not by those of the "aver age person." Of this we were reminded by a line or two of propoganda re "Homecoming '74," ostensibly from President Caravano, i.e., "9:00-Fall Houseparty Ball with 20 piece danceband. Alumni Gym. (Alumni welcome at no extra charge.)" A full four decades ago, when I was learning Greek on the Hill, "gymnaein" meant then (and probably still does) "to exercise naked." No "seeing eyes" does it take for any "average person" to grasp that in very' few gymnasia and/or gymnasiums· -do very many bodies exercise naked in this allegedly enlightened age. Or, how many naked gymnasts can be found anywhere in the Empire State other that on the beaches which have become gymnasia in recent years.? All of which is to suggest that the Homecoming could acquire a measure of appeal to"prurient interest," as well as "redeeming social value" to the Fourth Estaters in the Empire State were President Caravano to take program fr�m President McGill 1:>y re-namir:ig the building referred as tge "Alumni Gym." The ALUMNI PHYSICAL FITNESS CENTER may be more of a mouthful for Americans inclined to abbreviate wherever possible, but it could be printed in FULL in even The Times were President Caravano to preach a sermonette pointing out that HONEST� TO-ZEUS gy mnasia were banned by the Legislature in ·Albany way back in 1928. Whereby hangs a tale, in that a little group of willful men and equally willful women dared· to exercise naked (" gymnazein") in, of all places, a New York gymnasium, so called, thereby getting his late excellency Alfred Emanuel Smith all UPTIGHT- and the Legislature to bare butt­ with the result that NOODISTS were enjoined from NOODISING in COLONIES anywhere from Ni agara Falls to Montauk Point. Which is why, to this very day, New York State has no resorts in which people allegedly "cavort and gambol in their altogether for sun, fun, and good fellowship," whether affiliated with the AMERICAN SUNBATHING ASSOCIATION or with the NATIONAL NUDIST COUNCIL. Enough, other than to note that tht,ts can Hamilton College TEACH each and every "average person" the meaning of the prefix _" gy mno-" via some "hard core" gymnography printed not only in the Gannett Newspapers, but also in the Sulzberger Newspapers, the Ridder Newspapers, .the Knight Newspapers, etc.,etc.,etc. Which could move any and all college and university presidents to redesignate atheir currently miscalled PHYSICAL FITNESS CENTERS in due time and space. The painting of the lily and/or the gilding of the fine gold, however, calls for all of the members of the ASA and the NNC abo abovenoted to be generally recognized as "gymnasts," for the simple and obvious fact (bare-type) that they DO exercise·naked, "cavorting and gamboling" as aforenoted in their gymnasia, HONEST-TO-ZEUS type. But that is an Herculean task, one not unlike the smiting of the smut in King Augeus's stables by Smut-Smiter Hercules himself, if it not by Sisyphean, given our persistence in calling the descendants of the Original Americans "Indians." Wherewith, more than enough from a nurseling of the Class of 1938, i.e., Robert Clogher

P.S. Alt,ernatively, let everybody dance 11.aked at the Eall Houseparty Ball-and the "Alumni Gym," so called , will REALLY be a GYMNASIUM, right? A better "publicity gimmick" (ech!) that would be, but unlikely to be a "happening,'' right?

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By VINCENT DiCARLO There they sit. Alone, rejected, disoriented, and confused, the sorry ranks of defeated regulars line the wall with the mural on the far side of the Pub. It's not that they can't play -the Pub games. It's just, that the crowds of novices that fill this pit of a Monday {that's right, MONDAY) night haven't yet learned the hallowed drunken pastimes of yore. If only to relieve some of the disorientation and discomfort that results from not knowing the conventions governing methanol-related behavoir, it may be desirable to short-cut the long learning process by providing a rough guide to the highly involved posturing characteristic of that haven of relaxation officially termed "The Hamilton College Student's Club." Particularly neglected by the newer components of that seething mass of human protoplasm, to be seen between the hours of 11:30 and 1:00 in the Pub, is what is generally called the ''line game." This, of all the games played at the Pub, provides the novice with the best possible combination of easy access and sociability. A warning to the unwary: the line game can be played only by the fully committed. An indifferent player is worse than unselss. The line game's very essence is enthusiasm in the pursuit of mental oblivion. The rules are simple. A solo player appears at whatever time three or more people are lined up awaiting service fro·m the bar. It is imperative to the successful participation in line gaming that it be such a night of the week that this condition prevail for at least ninety minutes at a stt·etch. Generally, any night from Tuesday until Sunday will guarantee this condition. However, there are important exceptions to this rule.

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Please note for example that the number of live bodies at the Pub is inversely proportional to the number of people attending the parties of different sorts occurring at. other places on the Hill. Thus, the fact that the calendar indicates a particular location on the SMTWTFS map does not assure an appropriate environment for the line gaming. Simply placing yourself at the end of the queue makes you eligible to play. All that is necessary to continue competing is the willingness to do exactly the same thing Upon the emptying of your cup. In case you didn't catch on, get back on the end of the line and be sure to do it with what the ads call gusto. As I said, it isn't difficult, and it's quintessentially • conventional. To those students of computer science who have noticed that the line game seems to involve an infinite loop, I should remark that the game does in fact end when an unsuccessful test is performed of one's ability to perform simple motor tasks (like bending an elbow to find a mouth with an object held in the hand). You leave when you're too far gone to manage to drink. One of the advantages of the line game is that it immediately puts the player among those of the "demo" generation, that is, those who engage in the only kind of demo worth the name self- destruction-with-a-smile. Another advantage is that playing the line game gives the player a feeling of cameraderie with all the dedicated drinkers. That is, he can show crapulous greetings at any and all with perfect propriety. Last, and certainly not least, it is guaranteed that players. of the line game will eventually reach the point where it is no longer true that reflection upon where he is and what hd is doing afflicts his fevered brain with a panicked desire to escape.

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Rabinowitzes at Women's Center

WOMEN'S COALITION

The Women's Liberation Coalition/NOW will hold it's next meeting on Thursday., October 10th at 7:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Women's Information Center, at the corner of Sunset and Mulberry Str�et. Dr. Marguerite Fisher will be the featured speaker. Dr. Fisher, a member of the Syracuse NOW Task Force on Abortion, will talk on the background and ramifications of the current abortion controvery. All women are cordially invited to attend. For any further information call: Ellen Rockefeller, 853-6065.

PHI BETA KAPPA

The Phi Beta Kappa Chapter of Hamilton College elected four seniors as members at its meeting on September 1 3, 1974. Those recognized for superior scholarship were: Kent Kalina, Louis Pacilio, Martin Shapiro, and Raymond Dooley.

WINTER STUDY HEARINGS

�The Committee on Academic College, President Carov�o, Acting Dean of t-he college Dwight N. Lindley and Associate Dean Robin Kinne! will meet with all students interested in discussing the proposals for revision in Hamilton's curriculum and winter study program. The discussion is scheduled for Oct. IO at 4:15 p.m in the Chemistry Auditorium.

HOMECOMING

Homecoming '74 is scheduled for the weekend of Oct. 18-19. Originally scheduled for the weekend of Oct. 4-5, it was switched to avoid a conflict with the fall meeting of the Board of Trustees.

Nancy and Peter Rabinowitz, who share the title of assistant professor of literature at Kirkland, · will hold a discussion on the Women's Center Lounge at 8 p.m. Wednesday Oct. 9. This will be the first in a series of with c:on versations faculty community a nd members residents, to be sp onsored by the Women's Center. The Rabinowitzes will discuss "liberated on their views marriage" as well as their own experiences sharing a single job and salary. Rabinowitzes were The appointed to the Kirkland faculty July I, 1974. They are both from Chicago, where Mr. Rabinowitz taught literature at Southwest · College and Mrs. Rabinowitz was an assistant editor for the �niversity of Chicago Press.

Hendricks added that the state An evening of inquiry and discussion on the topic of of New York has mandated that "compency-based education" will teacher c e r t i f i ca ti on be take place Monday Oct. 7 at 7:30 "demonstration-ba�d" by Feb. I, p.m. in the Kirner-Johnson 1975. The forum· will include the Auditorium. A ccording to E ve l yn presentation of a half-hour film. Hendricks, an assistant professor on competency-based education of education who will lead the for persons who have had no Monday evening program, all exposure to the topic. There will Kirkland education classes include also be an open discussion students, teachers, laboratory and field work to involving and interested accomodate this approach to -administrators learning. persons.

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By ANNE SURCHIN and ROBERT SIGMUND For those who have the urge to venture off campus every now and then, the Hart's Hill Inn in Whitesboro offers much needed relief for the Service Systems blues. The a la carte menu features a wide variety of dishes at moderate prices. Standard appetizers such as fresh fruit cocktail, chopped liver, marinated herring in sour cream "How to Win an Election at and escargots vary in price from $.75 to $2.00. With a well prepared salad came a choice of dressings. The house the State and Local Level" will be the title of a talk by Harvey R. dressing, a basic oil and vinegar was fine and the creamy roquefort, Goslee, who has been active for truly excellent. A basket containing fresh baked raisin bread, on a more than 20 years in local par with Mr. Veerhoven's, went well with the salad. Varying in politics in Fairfield County, quality, the entrees on the whole are very good. If one tends to be Connecticut. The lecture, open to carniverous, the roast beef, $5.95 and '$6.95, depending on size, the public without charge, will be prepared exactly as ordered, is a feast. This fine cut of meat is Building reputed to be the best in the area. Scinece in t he On the other hand, Long Island duckling connoisseurs will be Auditorium Thursday, Oct. 1 0� at disappointed. Not only was it underdone but the chef had also 8 p.m. Goslee (Hamilton '24) served failed to prepare it correctly which resulted in a layer of fat as "class annalist," or historian, at remaining under the skin. The stuffing was extremely bready and the 50th reunion last May. He has sadly lacking in flavor or in sp iration. The tangy orange sauce been engaged in college textbook coupled with a sp iced apple, however, did minimize the lack of publishing for 35 years, 22 of preparation of the dish. The sweetbreads were well-prepared and quite tasty. The serving, them with the Ronald Press Company of New York City. He which included a slice of ham, was generous and appetizing. The was Ronald Press' senior vice saute chicken (which was really baked) proved to be a wholesome president and director until 1969, dish done to perfection. The calves liver, done just right, was a bit / and has since been on the firm's scant. Aside from bl.and creamed cauliflower, the vegetables were'not Editorial Advisory Board. x A resident of Wilton, Conn., he is only fresh but distinctive. Each side order was cooked to that point secretary of the Wilton Town ,, which best compliments its nature and taste. The meal culminated in a mouthwatering selection of desserts. Government Study Committee and editor and publisher of its The parfaits looked as though they floated straight out of Gourmet report. He is a member of the Magazine. The fresh baked pies, still hot from the oven, equaled or Wilton Board of Selectmen and even surpassed Grandma's best. The main dining room decorated in white wrought iron furniture, serves on several other committees offers through its large glass windows a bucolic scene. The front and commissions. Formerly a justice of the porch atmosphere, in addition to excellent service, establishes a low peace, he has been a member of key and graceful ambience. Excellent service, very good cuisine at a reasonable price. and live the Wilton Town Democratic Committee for 22 years and a music on Saturday nights easily rates four stars. (A good spot for parent's weekend.) To reach Hart's Hill Inn take 12B to 5A Gust delegate to 20 conventions. past Nichols) and continue straight on Clinton Road until it intersects Clinton Street, where you bear right. About half a mile further is the Hart's Hill Inn on your right. Hart's Hill Inn, Clinton Street, Whitesboro, tel.-736-3011.

HUMANE SOCIETY

Cat up for adoption: an affectionnate one year old male, black with one white spot on chest. Contact Phil Hayes x4921. Complaints about animal misbehavior should be made to Linda MacKenzie via campus mail. Please si gn your complaint,give a description of the anjmal, and the name of the owner if you know it.

VOLUNTEER TUTORS NEEDED

Community A(:tion Volunteer Tutoring needs tutors to work with students fr om the Waterville School for Boys. These students need help in eighth grade math an<_i with reading and vocabulary. It will be one evening a week from 7-9 p.m. Training and materials will be provided. ·If interested, call Mrs. Jeannette Hoke at 336-7880, in Rome. Students may call collect.

FLU SHOTS

The Health Center wishes to inform students that flu shots are now available, cost $1.00. Only one injection is needed. The Health Center is open all the time.

AMBULANCE FUND DRIVE

The Central Oneida County Volunteer Ambulance Corps. are having their third annual fund drive this week. ·They are looking for area contributions which are their only means of support. Any dorm or fraternity that wants one will be given a free sticker with their emergency phone number. They will also be holding a first aid class or"'Qj;t. 7.

ST. ELIZABETH'S HOSPITAL The St. Elizabeth's Hospital Program will hold an organizational meeting for all interested students Monday Oct. 8 at 7 pm in the Bristol Campus Center. Che�k for the room at the Bristol Office. Anyone not able to attend the meeting, please contact Robin Hall x7357 or Brian Chanatry x4447 before the meeting.

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.Hamilton Dean Search

Second Candidate Silent Citing his unfamiliarity with Hamilton College, the second candidate for dean of the college refused to comment on a wide range of questions about his educational philosophy and its relation to Hamilton. He made his comm en ts in a tele phone interview earlier this week. His reticence is in direct contrast to the responsiveness shown by John Rexine, the first candidate to visit the Hill, who is now associate dean of the faculty of Colgate University. The candi date, a young department chairman at a public university and the author of two publications on e d ucation, requested confidentiality from the college before he visited the Hill. Visit Acknowledged He said, however, that he met with the Dean Search Committee and various administrators of both colleges Sunday and Monday. He added that he is reflecting on his visit to the campus and is deciding whether he wants to remain a candidate. He said that the committee is going through the same process. In refusing to comment on his ideas of Hamilton's needs, the candidate said that he would like to consider what he has seen and that he needs more exposure to the campuses before he can comment on t he c o llege's strengths and weaknesses. Inappropriate At This Time Any comments would be "inappropriate at such an early stage," he said. In his brief comments to The Spectator he stood by a recent publication of his in which he supported the role of grades, in-c l a ss e xamination s, and distribution requirements in a liberal education. I-le said that his views apply to general trends in American higher education and can n o t be applied to any

particular institution. Colleges Atypical The candidate did not want to say how his ideas could be applied to Hamilton and Kirkland because the two colleges are atypical in size, student body, faculty, and in other ways as well. The candidate deplores the trend toward lower standards and higher grades in colleges and universities during recent years. In his publication he argues strongly in favor of grades as the best available measurement for academic achievement, and for

examinations as the best method for testing knowledge in any given discipline. Bachelor's Degree Earned A bachelor's degree is not purchased but earned, he believes, and failure in academic work, rigorous requirements in many disciplines, and competition as a means for motivation are all part of the ideal liberal education. The publication details what is possibly a more effective sort of e xa mination and describes a grading system which lie considers equitable.

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William Siffin, director of the International Development R e s e a r ch Center· of Indiana University will be the third of six or seven dean search candidates to visit the Hill as the Search Committee continues- its first round of interviews, Chairman Lawrence Yourtee told The Spectator yesterday. Siffin, a professor of political science at Indiana, will be on campus Sunday and Monday and will meet with members of the c o m m i t t ee a n d President Carovano, Provost Eugene Lewis, Acting Dean of the College Dwight N. Lindley, and Kirkland D ean o f A ca de mi c Affairs Catherine Frazer. A member of the Indiana faculty since 1952, Professor Siffin also taught at Thammasat University, Thailand, where he served between 1957 and 1960 as academic advisor, chief academic advisor and research consultant at t h e I n s t i t u t e o f P ub l i c Administration. Besides his' directorship at Indiana, Siffin's administrative experience includes a two-year

Wertimer Expects �f�;J;!?�rse Changes

Wertimer cited three types of students whom the department must serve: the "rare bird" who wants to attend graduate school and become an economist; the student who aspires to a career in business, law or accounting; and the student who is interested in a general understanding of economics. Wertimer said these three types of student must be kept in mind by the depar tment when it considers the filling of vacancies. Course Additions According to Wertimer, public finance, industrial orgainization and comparitive economic systems are three areas in which the department needs Strengthening. President Caravano taught public finance, and Snead taught comparitive economics. Wertimer doubts that he can find one person to teach in all three areas, but believes that courses should remain in the offerings. However, if a course is not offered for three successive years, the Committee on Academic Policy (CAP) may force the department to drop that course from its offerings. Wertimer said it is possible for the present members of the department to teach these courses, but a specialist in these fields would be more desirable. The absence of a China specialist; caused by the departure of Snead, will not be filled. The course offerings in Chinese economics were included because of Snead's research interest. Wertimer does not believe that "all small colleges should have Chinese Economics." Needs and Economics Wertimer is in the process of ascertaining the need� of his department, and will eventually determine what courses should be added or dropped, and possible changes in department staffing. Thus far, Wertimer has made preliminary investigations into the type of economic programs offered at Bowdoin, Bates, and St. Lawrence University. "We will know where we wnat to be -going by the second semester and we will move in those directions," said Wertimer. Besides consultations within his department, Wertimer must consult the CAP for any changes in course offerings, and with the faculty Committee on Appointments to approve any changes in departmental staffing . President Caravano must finally approve all changes in the depart ment. Lindley's Ideal Type Acting Dean of the College, Dwight N. Lindley, stated that the Economics �partment is not the only one in "weak shape." He cited the similar situation of the Mathematics Department, which is overloaded with junior members. An ideal department, according to Lindley, would have almost equal numbers of tenured and untenured faculty, giving it both stability and mutability.

tenure as director of the Office of Development Administration of the U.S. Agency for International Development, 1970-72. He was also director of the Kentucky Legislative Research Commission, 1950-52. Siffin, who has edited or co-edited three books in political science, is the author of "The L e g i s l a tive C o un cil in the American States", "O and M: An Introduction", "Th e T h a i Bureaucracy: Institutional Chance a n d D e v e 1 o p m e n t''. a n d ''Thailand: Politics, Economy and Socio-C u l tural Setting A Selected Guide to the Literature". The candidate holds a Ph.D. from Harvard University, a M.A. from the University of Minnesota, an d a B.S. f r o m I n diana University. He served as a senior specialist at the East-West Center, Hawaji, 1964-65. A lecturer at Hamilton in 1971, Siffin was director of the Midwest Universities' Consortium f o r I n ternational Activities, Program of Advanced Studies in Institution-building and Technical Assistance Methodology. Siffin, 52, is married and has three children. Last week, The Spectator erroneously reported that John Rexine, candidate for dean of the college, said it was not the college's responsibility to handle graduate _school applications. Rexine told The Spectator that he believed it is not the dean of the college's function to personally h a n d l e g r a d u a t e s c h oo l applications, but i t i s the college's responsibility to place its students in the best possible graduate programs.

Executive Howard Bird To Be Guest Scholar ,

Howard B i r d , J r . , political, business and diplomatic vice-president of marketing of worlds to spend brief periods o M o b i l O i l C o r p o ra tion's time on selected college campuses International Division, will be-the The Wilson Foundation describe third Woodrow Wilson Senior the participating institutions a Fellows Scholar to visit Hamilton mainly small, private liberal art and Kirkland. He will be on the colleges with high admission standards. Hill from Oct. 6 to 12. Bird will give a lecture in the In announcing the grant by hi, Chapel Monday, Oct. 7, entitled organization, President Landron "Multinational Companies: 'Friend Bolling of the Lilly Endowmem or Foe?" He will also lead a said the program would aim tc d i s c u ss i on on t h e s o cial "p r omote g re a t e r c on tact responsibilities of corporations understanding, and sharing o Wednesday, Oct. 9, at 8 p.m. in ideas and experiences between th( Room 108 of the Kirner-Johnson academic community and tht Building. 'outer world.'" Bird is a nativ< Bird has agreed to be in a of Schenectady and a graduate o ·number of career planning Yale University. V irtually...,�hii discussions, during which he will entire business career has, beer talk about his own career as well· with Mobil, which he joined ir as career o p p ortunities for 1943. His service has included 1' students in international business. y e a r s resid ence overseas i1 Students w i sh in g individual C o l o m b i a , Me x i c o a nc interviews with Bird must sign up S wi tzer lan d. Be f o r e beini in advance at the Career Center, promoted to his present post he The Wilson Senior Fellows held such positions as marketin� program is in its second year, and manager for Colombia, president Bird is the third Fellow to come of Mobil Oil de Mexico an . to Hamilton. Last year, Ladonna regional vice president for Lati Harris, Indian rights leader, and America. A r c h ie A lb r i gh t , b u s in e ss His hobbies include choral executive and stockbroker, visited s inging, amateur theater an the campus. photography. While in college he Funded by a· $1-million grant was one of the founders of tht from the Lilly Endowment, the Yale ski team and maintains his program enlists leaders in the interest in that s ort. The Tailor Shop ., Serving the Hamilton­ Kirkland community with pride and good service. 43 College Hill Rd. Clinton 853-842[ WE DELIVER

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Bergman's"Hour o·f the Wolf," Eerie, Mystifying, Surreal

By PETER SOMMER spend most of your time Anyone who still thinks that a wondering who on screen exists discussion of a film can be and who is someone else's surreal squelched with the observation, hallu�ination. not my idea of "It's "All my pictures are dreams," entertainment" may as well stop Ingmar Bergman said in an reading this week's review right excellent 1V interview in 1968. He here. said that when the audience's Ingmar Bergman's "Hour of dreams meet his dreams, that is the Wolf" is one of those "Are real communication. I am afraid they real?" movies in which you, Mr. Bergman and I do not

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FILM On Campus This Weekend Putney Swope and Flora) a short. Friday and Saturday at 8 pm. Sunday at 9 pm. only. Kirner Johnson Auditorium. Admission $.75 Bergman's Hour of the Wolf.. Friday and Saturday at 8 pm. Sunday at 10 pm only. Science Auditorium. Admission $.75. October 7 (Monday) Film a·n d Discussion: Competency Based Education. 7 pm. Kirner Johnson Auditorium. Rebel Without a Cause.James Dean Classic. With Pie in the Sky. a short. 10 pm. Kirner-Johnson Auditorium. Admission Fee (Also Tuesday) October 10 (Thursday) The Harder They Come>-starring Jimmy Cliff. 8 pm. Chemistry Auditorium. Admission $.75., Redford and Newman in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.,8 pm. Kirner Johnson Auditorium Admission $.75. At Nearby Theaters Cannonball (853-5553) Blazing Saddles (R) Cinema Theater (736-008'1) juggernaut (P G)' Cinema National Uptown (732-0665) Seven Wonders of the West (G) Paris (733-2730) Dr. Zhivago (G) Stanley (724-4000) Phase IV (R) 25 8 Cinema (732-5461) Tender Loving Care (R) ; Jeremiah Johnson(PG); Lady Sings the Blues(R); and The Education pf Sonny Carson (R) '2£.!ober 8 (Tuesday) Free School. Outdooor Living. 7 pm. Bristol Campus Center Brown Room. A Reading of the Poetry of Robert Burns. Colin Mille� 8:30 pm Chapel. October 9 (Wednesday) Discussion: Social Responsibilities of Corporations. Howard Bird Jr. Woodrow Wilson Fellow. 8 pm. Kirner-Johnson Red Pit. Illustrated Lecture: The Aragonese Arch at Naples. Dr. Hanno-Walter Krufft. 8:30 pm. Root Art Center Ballroom. Bible Study 9 pm. Alumni House. October 10 (Thursday) How to Win an Election on the State and Local Level. Harvey, Goslee '24. 8 pm. Science Auditorium. D ANCE AND MUSIC October 6 (Sunday) Lorna Haywood, soprano. In concert, 3 pm. Chapel. 3 pm. Kirkland College Quad. (Dance Studio, Folk Dancing. List-rain site) EXHIBITIONS

Currently on Campus Paintings and Drawings by Hamilton and Kirkland Students.Atthe Afro-Latin Cultural Center through October 19. Photographs and Silkscreen Prints by Terry Gips. At the Bristol Campus Center ,.through November 1. Architecture of Hamilton College and the Surrounding �rea. At the Root Art Center through October 13.

DRAMA

October 4 (Friday) "An Evening of One-Act Plays," \I.1th "P@ons," by Lawence Osgood, directed by Trevor Drake. Also "The Gloaming Oh My Dari ing" by Megan Terry. LECTURE AND DISCUSSION October 5 (Saturday) Newman Mass. Father Paul Drobin.5:30 pm. Chapel. October 6 (Sunday) Newman Mass Father Drobin. 9:30 pm. Chapel. Free Church of Clinton. Joel Tibbetts, College Chaplain. 11:15 am. Chapel. October 7 (Monday) Newman Mass. Father Drobin. 12 noon. Chapel. (Also Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday) Free School. Science Fiction. 7:30 pm. Bristol Campus Center Brown Roum. Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Lecture: Howard Bird Jr. Vice-President Marketing-International Division of the Mobil Oil Corporation

communicate completely in his "Hour of the Wolf." The loss is no doubt mine. l'he film has many excellent things in it, as it follows the story of Alma, the devoted, pregnant wife (Liv Ullmann) of Johann, a recently vanished artist (Max Von Sydow), who relives his gradual deterioration in an mental anguished effort to determine whether she could have prevented it. Her helplessness in the face of her husband's growing delusions and alienation was matched by my helplessness in interpreting and correlating the data with which Bergman was confronting me, however brilliant its cinematic images. Bergman's "Psycho"

The film has been called and "Bergman's ' Psycho'," certainly jt f o llows a similar progression into ·ever-deepening darkness and horror to the ultimate disintegration of the personality. But perhpas, if we are to compare it with Hitchcock, it has more in common thematically with ''Vertigo." We have,· again, the hero torn between the worid of daily reality and another world," a fascinating abyss, which may represent a deeper and more potent reality or may be an illusion, but which leads to an ine vi table process toward disintegration and death. The function of Alma, though she is a far "deeper" personality, is analogous to that of Midge in Hitchcock's film: both struggle to keep their men in the real world (see, for instance, Alma's efforts to interest Johann in her accounts), and their failure to do so is decisive to the development of each protagonist, hence of each film. Alma is the film's most striking figure. Quite simply, Alma is the most beautiful character in Bei-gman's whole work and quite distinct from the "affirmative" characters of earlier films like ''The Seventh Seal" and "Wild Strawberries.'' Alma is a positive figure who is at once mature and convincing, a figure born out of the merciless honesty of "Winter Light" and "The Silence." She is associated throughout with the idea of fruitfulness. We first see her big with child. at a table on which lies

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a heap of apples, some half-peeled Among the objects she h andles while unpacking Johann's artist's equipment from the boat is a growing plant. The symbolism of the blossoming apple tree, though quite simple and unequivocal in its meaning, emerges naturally and onobtrusively. What we register first is Alma's spontaneous delight in it, so that the tree is a means of characterizing her as much as it is a symbol. Symbolic Tree f irst the on W he n , "manifestation" to Alma (the appearance of the old woman), the tree is banjen and bare, the symbolism is allowed to make its directorial a f fe ct w ithout insistence. The fact of Alma's pregnancy is discussed little in the film, apart from one key speech; but as a visual presence it assumes pervasive importance. In a film showing ultimate disintegration, she stands for its opposite, at least as an ideal whose attainability, though questioned, is not decisively denied. · Bergman begins with Alma facing us and talking to us-for at least three minutes. This scene certifies his oft-stated belief in the human face as the theater of life. The very fact of his self-confidence-that he doesn't feel obliged to hop about to keep the shot from being static-keeps it from being static, and makes it quietly daring. Later there is a scene in which Johann times one minute of silence by his watch. Bergman makes a drama of the sixty seconds by conveying Johann's triumph in surviving at least one more minute of his life sentence. There are some virtuoso touches, like one in which Johann is seated on a stony beach, painting. On top of a rise a girl appears, with only her legs visible. Her head is kept outside the frame even as she approaches. We

assume it is Alma. Suddenly, when she is next to him, she kneels and we see th�t she is another girl. (Veronica, as we learn.) It is more than a surpri_!>e. It is a revelation. Because Veronica never really comes to their island, the surprise tells us retroactively that we have been watching an illusion. In one scene, after Johann has killed his son and dropped him into the water, the boy slowly sinks and then, even more slowly, rises until his long hair floats on the water's surface like a lily pad-and he sinks again. In Johann's final visit with Veronica, in the depths of the castle, she is -stretched out on a table. Johann approaches the table, removes the white sheet that covers her seemingly dead body, and, again very slowly, very delicately, runs his hand over her, from head to foot. Sexual Emotions No interior monologue or heavy breathing in needed to convey the aching memories and ant1c1pation that throbbing Johann must/feel. As an example of Bergman's ability to convey the deepest sexual e�otions with the simplest dramatic devices, this sequence is equalized only by Bibi Andersson's confession of a beach orgy in "Persona." It is, in fact, that scene's visual counterpart. Perhaps it is wrong for me to want things more cti't--and-dried than Bergman makes them. During the course of that interesting TV interview, Bergman said that the conception of a picture should _ pass into the viewer without going through his mind., And perhaps this surrealistic method is exactly · what the director wanted in "Hour of the Wolf." In spite of its ambiguities, "Hour of the Wolf" is fascinating. Even though Bergman's dreams and mine don't coincide, I found his nightmares much nore exciting and interesting than mine.

Putney Swope" Poor Satire; Novel, but Slow and Misguided

By MARC KOMISARO W lac king in the movie "Groove Robert Downey wrote and Tube." The piinple commerical .directed "Putney Swope," a film will put an end to the use of which purports to be a satire. pretty people and soft focus used Unfortunately, the movie lack� in commercials. the necessary fast pace and good H ow e ver, when · attacking taste common to effective satire. 1>0litics, Downey misses the mark. "Putney Swope" is the tale of His characters are protrayed as a token black man's rise to the - f u zzy , s upe r f i c i a 1, a-n d top of an advertising agency. Once one-dimensional. Swope parades he becomes chairman of the around in fatigues with a cigar, board, Swope fires all the white Castro-style. In the next scene, employees except one or two held S w ope i s dressed l ike a over as token. The agency is _ Republican businessman. Then ir, renamed Truth and Soul, Inc., and another scene, he looks like a its commericals are geared toward Maharishi. Subjected to these: the American Black. Swope's inconsistencies, the audience is innovations m a ke him the unable to find a coherent ideology industry's major power. w h i c h m o ti vate s S w o p e 's ''Putn ey Swope·" is very behavior. We never know why successful when it attacks the Swope destroys his agency; we are advertising business. Downey's only witnesses to the destruction. precise, disciplined shots the Robert Downey, the director opening sequence show the and writer, is both the film's members of the board of directors greatest asset and its greatest to be no more than a group of debit. As a director, he displays an obsequious cretins. Commercials uncanny ability to use a hand-held are -treated with a �efreshing camera. Swope's press _conference irreverence and slickness that is from a moving car is expremely

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powerful. In fact, Downey would make a great cinematographer. Downey fails to develop his characters, using them as mere robots in an attempt "to prove his own "genius." His casting is equally as poor. His actors seem to have been selected for their freakish appearance rather than their acting abilitv. Conception a Strong Point The movie's strong point is its conception; the idea of a black taking control of an advertising agency and making this rotten ele.ment of society even more r ot ten i s f ascinating. It is unfortunate tllat Downey fails to support his original idea. "Putney Swope" was made in 1969. Satire usually is timely, not timeless, and "Putney Swope" has not aged well. This is the first film of a man who was unsuccessful in several careers. In the credits, Downey calls himself a prince, but on the basis of this film3 he is no more than a pretender.


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No Social Pressures By ROBBY MILLER "If I don't want to have "T h e s oaring c osts o f off-campus living are _ forcing anything to do with school, I can students to return to college take a vacation," Robbie said. "I dorms this fall," a nationwide don't feel any of the social report in last month's Chronicle pressures on campus. But when I of Higher Education said. want it, it's there." Not so at Hamilton and · Most off-campus students who were interviewed treasured their Kirkland Colleges, however. Here students in increasing privacy. Barbara Lewert '74 saw numbers--over fifty people this off-campus living as a solution to year-are happy to be separated a common complaint .. "You don't f r o m dor m i tory l i fe a n d have to hear stereos blaring all the institutional f�od to enjoy the time,'.' she said. benefi ts o f off-campus While inflation of housing and living. "Everything's too easy food prices can be blamed for the for you on campus," said Tracey nationwide trend "back to the Stephens, a senior living with two dormst. at Ham ilton and classmates in a house in Clinton. Kirkland, the inflation of board "I felt too pampered there. It prices caused the reverse trend makes me feel responsible to have toward off-campus living. "You can't really save on room some sort of control over my charges," said Dave Backus -'75, everyday life."· "It's more like the real world," who lives with three people in a she said. $200-a-month apartment above Away From College Utopia the Health Food Store in Clinton. "You get a s ense o f "But you can cut board charges s t i m u l a t i o n , more o f. a almost in half, and no matter realtionship with the town by what housing you get, it's almost being removed from the ideal, always more room than a dorm." utopian campus life," said Bobby A Little Cheaper T he t o tal cost of living Minter, '75, who lives on the second floor of a house with off-campus is generally "a little Robbie Rudd, '7 5. bit less" than living at school. "It "You have to do more for depends on how much you spend your self off-campus," agreed on food," said one of Tracey's Diane Walden, '73. "It takes more roommates, Jane Croes, whose time to get things done, but three-bedroom house runs at you're not just handed a dish at $200-a-month withou,t utilities. McEwen." "Our monthly rent is cheaper "By living in Clinton, you have .than room and board costs at a different life. School dca//� 't college, but the costs figure out to become the only and m��rvaJ.":11.ost the same, because our style o�fJgliving is so much more important thing," said Tracey. '"I like the detachment from sumptuous than dorm occt�pants,'' the Hill, th at's the major said Barbara, who lives in a $'1 50-a-mo n th, t wo-bedroom emphasis," said Bobby.

house with two classmates. Economic Understanding Li v i n g o f f -camp u s· h a s obviously given many students an i n s t a n t awareness and . understanding of the problem of inflation. "One thing you le_arn pretty quickly is the prices of things," sai d Diane Walden, one of B ar bar a's r oo mmates. "You understand more why college bills are so high and that they're really not ripping students off." The cost of renting houses and apartments in Clinton varies g r e atly, depending upon the quality of the housing and how much profit the landlord wishes to make. "The people who rent here are not· out to make a' big business, just a little extra income,"said Robbie.. "Our rent is just for the mortgage on the house," said Tr a ce y . "They're really not making money on it." Bobby and Robbie, who are living in the same two-bedroom set-up as last year, will have to face a 30% increase in their monthly rent, from $115 to $150 (without utilities), beginning next month. "Until this increase, this was the cheapest place I'd heard of," said Rob• As for any difficulty in travelling to and from campus, many off-campus students have access to a car through one of . their roomates or friends, and others found hitching rides "no problem." However, it was generally felt to be "somewhat" difficult to get a ride home from �ampus late at

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night, and, that "it will be harder getting up and down the Hill during winter." "You just have to plan and allow more time for yourself," said Bobby. A. Few Drawbacks A n o t h e r d ra w ba c k f or off-campus students, in Robbie's words, is that, "you can't just go back to your room and flop down if you have some time between classes." Also, one student pointed out that "you don't have the so-called 'c a m p u s i m m u n i t y ' f o r drugs...you have to be more careful off-campus." Mo st o f those s t u dents interviewed said that they had a "good relationship" with their landlords and that there were "no big problems" with maintenance. Some students do maintenance and renovation themselves for com p ensation in their rent payments.

The most . unique off-campus housing is occupied by Jeff Wallace '75 and Peter Regan '75 and two non-students who live on a ninety-acre farm on Skyline Drive. When they discovered it last spring, the farm house was run-down and had not been rented for over a year. They proceeded to "wor}{ out a deal,'', with the owners where they "would fix up the joint" if they could live there. According to Jeff, they have put in "about 150 hours of work"there and now like it -�Q much they are' thinking of buying the place. When asked if they missed any of the virtues of dormitory living, most of the off-campus students seemed to share a vtew similar to that of Diane W�lden, who said, "Jane Poller would have to grab me by the hair and lock me up to make me live in a dorm."

There is no easy or organized w ay. All o f the s tudents in terviewed had remained in C li n to n d uring the summer preceding a year of off-campus li ving campus living. Through "word-of-mouth,'' "legwork," and "luck," they were able to find living units. Real estate agencies are of very little help in finding a student housing in a small town like Clinton. Word Of Mouth A secretary for the Burns Agency said that about two students a day come into their office asking advice, but they can rarely help. "Most information travels by word of mouth, " she said. Diane Walden describes the way which she, and most other stude nts, f o und o ff-campus housing: "I went around and talked to th e t o w n s p e ople and the storekeepers, and people were very helpful. They gave me leads to follow. "I looked in the newspapers, the C linton Courri er and especially the Penny Saver, for advertisements. "1 talked to seniors and other people who I knew had been living off-caµipus to find out what places would be available." Both colleges feel that their responsibility is "to get the beds filled" on campus. According to Hamilton Dean

of Students R. Gordon Bingham, "the college is not deluged with requests" for off- campus housing and thus turns down very few each year. But Kirkland has twenty-one students presently on a waiting li s t for o ff-campus housing permission. off-campus To apply for housing, a Kirkland student must now b e a b le to prove a pyschological or emotional need by submitting a statement from her p e r·s onal d o cto r w i th collaboration from the health center. Although Kirkland's Residence Committee has a rule stating that only fifteen students be allowed to live off-campus, this regulation has not ,been strictly enforced, as over thirty Kirkland students are now o f f-campu s. Ho wever, according to the Assistant Dean of Students Linda Patrick, about five off-campus students are als;-­ paying for room and board at Kir k la n d . "But that's their choice," she said. Patrick also said "We will b� re-evaluating the number this year. There may have to be a longer waiting list in the future. We'll pnobably make the number of off-campus students smaller in the spring and let people off the waiting list one at a time as we get bodies to fill the beds." "There are twelve empty beds on campus right now," said Patrick.

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There was a general consensus that co academic coordination should be tm administrative levels. Hopefully, the stabi administration will lead to such advances.

Admissions

Maintaining and promoting Hamilton's r declining pool of qualified applicants is the Admissions Office. This can best be acco \ to use students and alumni as resources � making applicants more aware of the ad� through the use of tours, an expansion of more information about the other school, the situation on the Hill as bi-institutional.

Health Services

Adler participants were generally quite services on the Hill, which are substantially suggests. However, there is room for improv A non-credit course, including first-ai examination of human physiology would community value. Copies of directions to area hospitals sh the Health Center. Perhaps a system non-emergency medical situations could be lnformation,about health and psycholo made available several times during the y the Spectator and WHCL-FM.

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Introduction

The 1974 Adler Conference was held at the Mohawk Inn on Fourth Lake in the Adirondacks . The ninety members of the Conference included Administration, Faculty, and Students from · Hamilton and Kirkland Colleges. The purposes of this year's Conference remained essentially·the same as in past years: to identify and discuss problem areas on the Hill and through the discussion and free exchange of ideas to suggest some solutions or at least approach some type of resolution of the problems. ':"' Adler is· not a legislative body. Its success is contingent on its participants' rnotivation to implement its proposals. Much of the value of Adler lies in the communication and the discussion which the Conference spawns. __ Membership was solicited from the student bodies and faculties at large, with emphasis being placed on the recruiting of new participants, so as-to get a fresh input. The Evaluation Committee had a tremendous amount of material to condense and disseminate. The following report contains a brief summary of the major topics discussed and the concrete proposals that emerged from the various groups.

Curriculum.

The commitment, indeed the devotion, of the conferees to the liberal arts was clear. There is little disagreement regarding the ultimate goals of Hamilton-Kirkland. ,Much of the discussion of curriculum centered around delineating the best means to those ends. The concern was voiced that many students limit their educational horizons under the present system of course selection. In order to rmprove the quality of the liberal arts education, several suggestions we__re made: Academic Advising The current advising system should be bolstered by the addition

A Kirkland Studen~t By DIANE DAVIS

The Adler Conference is a Hamilton-instituted and largely Hamilton-funded event. I have lived two years with Hamilton, and one of those two years at Hamilton (in North). Prior to the conference I thought I knew a lot about the college-enough to be an active and verbal participant at Adler. What follows is "on the. Adler conference, for the Spect:jltor, by a Kirkland student."Colored by post- conference fatigue and pre-semester-start euphoria; �his has turned out to be less about and more a (subjective, informal) reaction to Adler. I found out almost immediately that I knew far less about Hamilton College than I had thought. There were many issues I could not· even confront, as a woman, and an art major-a fairly typical Kirkland student. I was amazed at the yery meager conception I had had of the "burning issues":· the various academic pressures, the difference one's faculty advisor makes when one is an ill-advised pre-med, the pre-professional bias of many Hamilton courses, the hell on earth a freshman year in Dunham can be, and the moral ambiguities possible in the honor system. The very basic differences I saw in Hamilton's way of doing things forced me to continued on page fourteen

of a catalogue containing precise course descriptions, including reading lists, approximate paper and exam schedules, and the criteria by which a student's performance will be evaluated. Sophomores, upon declaration of their majors, will be asked to evaluate their previous advisors. Midsemester conferences, to be scheduled prior to the course drop deadline, should be encouraged. Faculty advisors should not hesitate to steer their advisees toward profe.ssors knowledgeable in the students' field of interest. Distribution Requirements The institution of interdisciplinary core courses would force students to obtain a more ecle(:tic education, and would provide a common fund of knowledge which professors of upper level courses would- be able to build upon. Such a move would also make the prerequisite system more meaningful. Winter Study -- There was a general satisfaction expressed by students and faculty alike for the CAP Winter Study proposal. Some possible improvements were suggested: Pass-fail options should be increased from four to eight so a student may continue to take all Winter Study courses P/F and still have a chance to opt for P/F during the regular semester. A committee, analogous to that committee which evaluates independent study proposals, should be formed to evaluate Winter Study proposals and determine their academic viability. A suggestion was made concerning Legal Internships for academic credit: The supervising professor would contact the law firm to let it know what is expected from the student. The student would be required to keep a journal of his experiences and to write a paper based on his internship. He would meet with the supervisor at the end of the month to discuss the experience. · internships in fields other than law could be worked out following these guidelines.

Coordination

The relationship between Hamilton and Kirkland is a symbiotic one. The differences between these institutions, which Dean Tolles termed a 'creative friction' which motivates each school towards its own goals, are of great value. The conferees discussed means by which problems in coordination can be alleviated, thereby allowing the two institutions to grow together while preserving their indivi<;tuality. Academic Coordination .· Hamilton students should be .allowed to major in ,fine arts at Kirkland. Variations in style should be recognized as such and not as variations in academic quality. In order to encourage more academic and social exchange more Kirkland courses should be taught at Hamilton and vice versa. Kirkland needs a science department consistent with its educational philosophy to supplement, but not duplicate, the science program at Hamilton. Social Coordination Freshman orientation should be a year-long' process; more mixing between the two schools should be encouraged. � A dler p articipants were generally satisfied with social coordination.

While the college is not obligated to pro should make avenues to employment knoVI up to the individual student to explore the We should maintain and attempt to im professional schools as QUtlined by Mssrs. law- and med- school reports. Pre-medical meetings should be better pu

Honor System

The· great value of this system is Howev_er, the Constitution should be re\l ambiguities (i.e. specify various infractions and potential penalties). Furthermore, Ki� bound to the Honor Code in Hamilton aware of these specifics. The trial procedure should, be -codifie defendants.

Community Conce Because we are such a small community, can affect the community as a whole. In oro fruitful society on the Hill, we can: Inform students about the needs, hist minorities. The Black-Puerto Rican Union for such information. However, the individu effort to improve his/her understanding of o refuse to make such an effort, there is very Ii for them. De-emphasize alcohol as the cornersto

Non-alcoholic beverages should be functions. Drug use seems to be on the decli serious problem on the Hill. However, . drug abuse still remains, and prophyl continued. The SAC, w ith the cooperation of the new policy of spreading social functio Make a greater attempt to curb the van which occurs on both campuses. This respo individual student. The J-Board appears means for resolving these problems when th the J-Board should take an active role in dis by publicizing penalties and�discipl inary proc Re-institute the jitney service to and fro light of recent assaults and harassment of Ki1 Make permanent women's locker faci Hamilton campus, and develop athletic pr Kirkland. Look into ways of increasing "class u1 would have important implications regardinE 'uture alumnae support.

Adler In The Futu

The Adler conference provides both a va for examining Hamilton-Kirkland probl continued. The intimacy of Adler must be preservE reducing the Conference's cost must be e extravagant site could be found; e.g.·- the 1 Adirondack facilities; local conference halls. The Conference should be expanded to i of Kirkland students,.and should be equally 1

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There was a general consensus that continued improvement in academic coordination should be initiated by the upper administrative levels.. Hopefully, the stabilization of the Hamilton administration will lead to such advances.

I submit to the Hamilton-Kirkland··community the following letter from former Dean Hadley S. DePuy.

Chairman Roger E. Schneider 1974 Adler Conference

Admissions

I write to express my thanks to the Adler Planning Committee for granting me the privilege of participating in the 9th Annual Conference. Also, I want President Caravano to know that I believe he should receive the thanks of all of us participants for providing the necessary institutional resources that made the Conference possible this year. I believe these conferences have annually provided for a comprehensive discussion of comtemporary social, residential, and academic life at Hamilton. They have done much to enrich friendships and strengthen relationships. May they long continue! As you know, my role in this year's conference was never explained to me so I had the luxury of listening and contemplating without having to explain, defend, or temporize. S-uch is the beauty of being an Adler alumnus who became the "Ghost of Christman Past"- at least for several days. Perhaps I can contribute in some small way to the College and to the conferences that tolerated my presence by reducing to writing the substance of my reflections on the Conference. I shall make no attempt to comment on all items discussed but only on those which are of chief interest to me. I. Great crises, large problems, deep differences at Hami I ton? I found little indication of that. There is a kind of all pervading spirit that Hamilton is doing just fine. New top leadership, committed to a Hamilton which will encourage self-renewal, has helped. A committed, sensitive faculty is another-major reason for this feeling. Most of those I talked with found professors invariably approachable- no lecture-'em and forget-'em here. The assemblage was quite - concerned about grades and post-college employment. This is, I believe, quite in keeping with the times. Nothing matures one like discovering that no job or graduate school is readily available at the end of the college rainbow. And this Adler was marked by mature people considering important and timely concerns-a distinct triumph over the prate about trivialities which marked some of the earlier annual encampments. There is a Promethean spark, a· spirit, which long has been in evidence at Hamilton, and it is a unique and fragile thing. There has been at the college-and there was at Adler-a sense of community that maintains it. What binds Ham ii ton together is a special kind of social glue, the sum of all the unspoken and unwritten understandings Hill people have with each other. When you trust, when you can predict someone's behavior and depend on it, then you do not get into power relations, and that is a very attractive situation. There are all kinds of tyranny most of the institutions in higher education live by, and they are what very few colleges have managed n0t to live by. II. There were lengthy conversations about curriculum. Almost everything that was said within my earshot related to the calendar and to the forms of curriculum. No one argued that a liberal arts education isn't useful in 1974. There was strong support for a general education. A) Few students could define a liberal arts education. Who can?

Maintaining and promoting Hamilton's reputation in the face of a declining pool of qualified applicants is the primary concern of the Admissions Office. This can best be accomplished by (!)continuing to use students and alumni as resources for recruiting, and by (2) making applicants more aware of the advantages of coordination through the use of tours, an expansion of the catalogue to inciude more information about the other school, and generally representing the situation on the Hill as bi-institutional.

Health Services

Adler participants were generally quite pleased with the health services on the Hill, which are substantially better than the grapevine suggests. However, there is room for improvement: A non-credit course, including first-aid, CPR, and a cursory examination of human physiology would be of great personal and community value. Copies of directions to area hospitals should be made available at the Health Center. Perhaps a system of volunteer drivers for non-emergency medical situations could be developed. Information-about health and psychological facilities should be made available several times during the year through the media of the Spectator and WHCL-FM.

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Introduction

The 1974 Adler Conference was held at the Mohawk Inn on Fourth Lake in the Adirondacks . The ninety members of the Conference included Administration, Faculty, and Students from Hamilton and Kirkland Colleges. The purposes of this year's Conference remained essentially the same as in past years: to identify and discuss problem areas on the Hill and through the discussion and free exchange of ideas to suggest some solutions or at least approach some type of resolution of the .,,,. problems. Adler is not a legislative body. Its success is contingent on its participants' motivation to implement its proposals. Much of the value of Adler lies in the communication and the discussion which the Conference spawns. _____ Membership was solicited from the student bodies and faculties at large, with emphasis being placed on the recruiting of new participants, so as to get a fresh input. The Evaluation Committee had a tremendous amount of material to condense and disseminate. The following report contains a brief summary of the major topics discussed and the concrete proposals that emerged from the various groups.

Curriculum

The commitment, indeed the devotion, of the conferees to the liberal arts was clear. There is little disagreement regarding the ultimate goals of Hamilton-Kirkland. Much of the discussion of -., curriculum centered around delineating the best means to those ends. The concern was voiced that many students limit their educational horizons under the present system of course selection. In order to improve the quality of the liberal arts education, several suggestions were made: Academic Advising The current advising sys-tern should be bolstered by the addition

A Kirkland Student

By DIANE DAVIS The Adler Conference is a Hamilton-instituted and largely Hamilton-funded event. I have lived two years with Hamilton, and one of those two years at Hamilton (in North). Prior to the conference I thought I knew a lot about the college-enough to be an active and verbal participant at Adler. What follows is "on the. Adler conference, for the Spec@tor, by a Kirkland student."Colored by post- conference fatigue and pre-semester-start euphoria; this has turned out to be less about and more a (subjective, informal) reaction to Adler. I found out almost immediately that I knew far less about Hamilton College than I had thought. There were many issues I could not even confront, as a woman, and an art major-a fairly typical Kirkland student. I was amazed at the yery meager conception I had had of the "burning issues": the various academic pressures, the difference one's faculty advisor makes when one is an ill-advised pre-med, the pre-professional bias of many Hamilton courses, the hell on earth a freshman year in Dunham can be, and the moral ambiguities possible in the honor system. The very basic differences I saw in Hamilton's way of doing things forced me to continued on page fourteen

of a catalogue containing precise course descriptions, including reading lists, approximate paper and exam schedules, and the criteria by which a student's performance will be evaluated. Sophomores, upon declaration of their majors, will be asked to evaluate their previous advisors. Midsemester conferences, to be scheduled prior to the course drop deadline, should be encouraged. Faculty advisors should not hesitate to steer their advisees toward professors knowledgeable in the students' field of interest. Distribution Requirements The institution of interdisciplinary core courses would force students to obtain a more eclectic education, and would provide a common fund of knowledge which professors of upper level courses would· be able to build upon. Such a move would also make the prerequisite system more meaningful. Winter Study There was a general satisfaction expressed by students and faculty alike for the CAP Winter Study proposal. Some possible improvements were suggested: Pass-fail options should be increased from four to eight so a student may continue to take all Winter Study courses P/F and still have a chance to opt for P/F during the regular semester. A committee, .analogous to that committee which evaluates independent study proposals, should be formed to evaluate Winter Study proposals and determine their academic viability. A suggestion was made concerning Legal Internships for academic credit: The supervising professor would contact the law firm to let it know what is expected from the student. The student would be required to keep a journal of his experiences and to write a paper based on his internship. He would meet with the supervisor at the end of the month to discuss the experience. Internships in fields other than law could be worked out following these guidelines.

Coordination

The relationship between Hamilton and Kirkland is a symbiotic one. The differences between these institutions, which Dean Tolles termed a 'creative friction' which motivates each school towards its own goals, are of great value. The conferees discussed means by which problems in coordination can be alleviated, thereby allowing th'e two institutions to grow together while preserving their individuality. Academic Coordination Hamilton students should be .allowed to major in ,fine arts at Kirkland. Variations in style should be recognized as such and not as variations in academic quality. In order to encourage more academic and social exchange more Kirkland courses should be taught at Hamilton and vice versa. Kirkland needs a science department consistent with its educational philosophy to supplement, but not duplicate, the science program at Hamilton. Social Coordination Freshman orientation should be a year-long'process; more mixing between the two schools should be encouraged. A d ler p articipants were generally satisfied with social coordination.

While the college is not obligated to provide jobs for graduates, it should make avenues to employment known to students. It is then up to the individual student to explore the available options. We should maintain and attempt to improve our relations with professional schools as 0utlined by Mssrs. Traer and Kinne! in their law- and med- school reports. Pre-medical meetings should be better publicized at Kirkland.

Honor System

The great value of this system is generally acknowledged. However, the Constitution should be rewritten so as to remove ambiguities (i.e. specify various infractions, student responsibilities, and potential penalties). Furthermore, Kirkland students who are bound to the Honor Code in Hamilton courses, should be made aware of these specifics. The trial procedure should, be codified, and made known to defendants.

Community Concerns

The conferees I talked with would be in agreement with Ed Lee's hope that Hamilton students will learn: "To appreciate excellence and abhor mediocrity. "To be tolerant of dissent and yet most discriminating of people .in your thoughts and actions. "To be humane without being patronizing. "To be sophisticated without sophistry or arrogance. "To be skeptical without being a cynic. "To recognize inevitabilities as well as alternatives." B) What is a liberal education? How should we define breadth and depth in curriculum? Should there be a Winter Study? What courses should be required? These and other questions relating to curriculum (as well as questions Ion parking, food, and dogs on campus) will fill the conversations of this and many future generations of Hamiltonians. There are no final a,pswers, no ultimate models. But the commitment, indeed the devotion, of the conferees to the libe'ral arts was clear. There was no division as to the ultimate educational goals. The difference of opinions as to form by which the curriculum is to be organized are natural and healthy. Ill. As one who believes that Hamilton and Kirkland are absolutely essential to each other, I found the unremitting utterences of unsupported suspicions by "spokesmen" for both colleges to be sorely trying. Some say Kirkland is unduly radical. Some say Hamilton is staid and sedate.· Some say abandon coordination. Some say both should go coeducational. Some say the cheerleaders at Kirkland have lost Lheir porn-porns. Some say the Hamilton Jocks have lost their snap. And most of all, everybody says som ething about coordination--including me! In time of e conom i c stress, of ·crisis and concern for the survival of private colleges, of the need for finding qualified students, how is the relationship between Hamilton and Kirkland? I believe coordination is working quite well. This does not mean there aren't any problems! It seems to me that for over six years the folks on the Hill have suffered from the confusion and distraction of alternate moments of illusion and despair. Hoping always for a painless esc,;ape from the realities of new beginnings, often attacked by cynical faculty on both campuses who will say anything to be popular and by a minority of students either myopic or worse, the leadership on both campuses has moved in violent pendular swings between optimism and pessimism, between the mountains of complacency and the marshes of despair. The plain truth is that there are signs that have increased in size and intensity that the differences between the two Colleges is a blessing in that each learns from the other and improves its own programs accordingly. The situation has helped to develop what former Dean Tolles called a "creative friction" that has motivated each College toward a realization of its own academic potential. Long live the differences! A strong word of advice to people on both campuses.It is difficult and unfair to label or type institutions or people by single or quickly determined designations.

How can we judge whether or not coordination is working? Perhaps more than any other one element the s ucce ss of the coordinate venture will be determined by the . extent and effectiveness of the academic cooperation. continued on page twelve

Because we are such a small community, the actions of only a few can affect the community as a whole. In order to provide for a more fruitful society on the Hill, we can: Inform students about the needs, history, and culture of the minorities. The Black-Puerto Rican Union is an excellent resource for such information. However, the individual student must make an effort to improve his/her understanding of other cultures. If students refuse to make such an effort, there is very little which others can do for them. De-emphasize alcohol as the cornerstone of social exchange. Non-alcoholic beverages should be made available at social functions. Drug use seems to be on the decline, and does not pose a serious problem on the Hill. However, the possibility of serious . drug abuse still remains, and prophylactic measures should be continued. The SAC, with the cooperation of the I FC, should continue its new policy of spreading social functions out over the semester. Make a greater attempt to curb the vanaa11,.,' and petty larceny which occurs on both campuses. This responsibility begins with the individual student. The J-Board appears to provide an excellent means for resolving these problems when they do crop up. However, the J-Board should take an active role in discouraging such activities by publicizing_penalties and-disciplinary procedures. Re-institute the jitney service to and from Clinton, especially in light of recent assaults and harassment of Kirkland students. Make permanent women's locker facilities available on the Hamilton campus, and develop athletic programs and faci Iities at Kirkland. Look into ways of increasing "class unity" at Kirkland. This would have important implications regarding social coordination and cuture alumnae support.

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Adler In The Future

The Adler conference provides both a valuable and viable means for examining Himilton-Kirkland problems, and should be continued. The intimacy of Adler must be preserved. However, means for reducing the Conference·•s cost must be explored. Perhaps a less extravagant site could be found; e.g.-- the Colgate or St. Lawrence Adirondack facilities; local conference halls. The Conference should be expanded to include an equal number of Kirkland students, and should be equally funded. Respectfully· submitted, David B. Duggan '75 and John B. Emerson '75 Co-Chairmen, Adler Evaluation Committee.

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Fotmer Dean DePuy Reacts to Adler

neral consensus that continued improvement in ation should be initiated by the upper s. Hopefully, the stabilization of the Hamilton lead to such advances.

I submit to the Hamilton-Kirkland-community 'the following letter from former Deon Hadley S. DePuy. Chairman Roger E. Schneider 1974 Adler Conference

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I write to express my thanks to the Adler Planning Committee for granting me the privilege of participating in the 9th Annual Conference. Also, I want President Caravano to know that I believe he should receive the thanks of all of us participants for providing the necessary institutional resources that made the Conference possible this year. I believe these conferences have annually provided for a comprehensive discussion of comtemporary social, residential, and academic life at Hamilton. They have done much to enrich friendships and strengthen relationships. May they long continue! As you know, my role in this year's conference was never explained to me so I had the luxury of listening and contemplating without having to explain, defend, or temporize. 5uch is the beauty of being an Adler alumnus who became the "Ghost of Christman Past"- at least for several days. Perhaps I can contribute in some smal I way to the College and to the conferences that tolerated my presence by reducing to writing the substance of my reflections on the Conference. I shall make no attempt to comment on all items discussed but only on those which are of chief interest to me. I. Great crises, large problems, deep differences at Hamilton? I found little indication of that. There is a kind of all pervading spirit that Hamilton is doing just fine. New top leadership, committed to a Hamilton which will encourage self-renewal, has helped. A committed, sensitive faculty is another-major reason for this feeling. Most of those I talked with found professors invariably approachable- no lecture-'em and forget-'em here. The assemblage was quite · concerned about grades and post-college employment. This is, I believe, quite in keeping with the times. Nothing matures one like discovering that no job or graduate school is readily available at the end of the college rainbow . And this Adler was marked by mature people considering important and timely concerns-a distinct triumph over the prate about trivialities which marked some of the earlier annual encampments. There is a Promethean spark, a· spirit, which long has been in evidence at Hamilton, and it is a unique and fragile thing. There has been at the college-and there was at Adler-a sense of community that maintains it. What binds Hamilton together is a special kind of social glue, the sum of all the unspoken and unwritten understandings Hill people have with each other. When you trust, when you can predict someone's behavior and depend on it, then you do not get into power relations, and that is a very attractive situation. There are all kinds of tyranny most of the institutions in higher education live by, and they are what \lery few colleges have managed n0t to live by. 11. There were lengthy conversations about curriculum. Almost everything that was said within my earshot related to the calendar and to the forms of curriculum. Nq one argued that a :-l�beral arts education isn't useful --in 1974. There was strong support for a general education. A) Few students could define a liberal arts education. Who can?

promoting Hamilton's reputation in the face of a ualified applicants is the primary concern of the This can best be accomplished by (!)continuing alumni as resources for recruiting, and by (2) more aware of the advantages of coordination tours, an expansion of the catalogue to inciude bout the other school, and generally representing Hill as bi-institutional.

Services

ts were generally quite pleased with the health which are substantially better than the grapevine there is room for improvement: ourse, including firs�-aid, CPR, and a cursory an physiology would be of great personal and ons to area hospitals shou·l d be made available at . Perhaps a system of volunteer drivers for ical situations could be developed. ut health and psychological facilities should be ral times during the year through the me�ia of HCL-FM.

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e is not obligated to provide jobs for graduates, it es to employment known to students. It is then student to explore the available options. tain and' attempt to improve our relations with as 0utlined by Mssrs. Traer and Kinne! in their ol reports. ings should be better publicized at Kirkland.

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of this system is generally acknowledged. titution should be rewritten so as to remove ecify various infractions, student responsibilities, lties). Furthermore, Kirkland students who are or Code in Hamilton courses, should be made fies. ure should, be codified, and made known to

ity Concerns

The conferees I talked with would be in agreement with Ed Lee's hope that Hamilton students will learn: "To appreciate excellence and abhor mediocrity. "To be tolerant of dissent and yet most discriminating of people _in your thoughts and actions. "To be humane without being patronizing. "To be sophisticated without sophistry or arrogance. "To be skeptical without being a cynic. "To recognize inevitabilities as well as alternatives." B) What is a liberal education? How should we define breadth and depth in curriculum? Should there be a Winter Study? What courses should be required? These and other questions relating to curriculum (as well as questions ion parking, food, and dogs on campus) will fill the conversations of this and many future generations of Hamiltonians. There are no final �swers, no ultimate models. But the commitment, indeed the devotion, of the conferees to the libe·ral arts was clear. There was no division as to the ultimate educational goals. The difference of opinions as to form by which the curriculum is to be organized are natural and healthy. 111. As one who believes that Hamilton and Kirkland are absolutely essential to each other, I found the unremitting utterences of unsupported suspicions by "spokesmen" for both colleges to be sorely trying. Some say Kirkland is unduly radical. Some say Hamilton is staid and sedate.· Some say abandon coordination. Some say both should go coeducational. Some say the cheerleaders at Kirkland have lost (heir porn-porns. Some say the Hamilton Jocks have lost their snap. And most of all, everybody says som et hing about coordination--including me! In time of econom i c stress, of crisis and concern for the survival of private colleges, of the need for finding qualified students, how is the relationship between Hami'lton and Kirkland? I believe coordination is working quite well. This does not mean there aren't any problems! It seems to me that for over six years the folks on the Hill _have suffered from the confusion and distraction of alternate moments of illusion and despair. Hoping always for a painless es�ape from the realities of new beginnings, often attacked by cynical faculty on both campuses who will say anything to be popular and by a minority of students either myopic or worse, the leadership on both campuses has moved in violent pendular swings between optimism and pessimism, between the mountains of complacency and the ' marshes of despair. The plain truth is that there are signs that have increased in size and intensity that the differences between the ·two Colleges is a blessing in that each learns from the other and improves its own programs accordingly. The situation has helped to develop what former Dean Tolles called a "creative friction" that has motivated each College toward a realization of its own academic potential. Long live the differences! A strong word of advice to people on both campuses.It is difficult and unfair to label or type institutions or people by single or quickly determined designations. How can we judge w hether or not coordination is working? Perhaps more than any other one element the succ�ss of the coordinate venture will be determined by the extent and effectiveness of the academic cooperation. continued on page twelve

�ch a small community, the actions of only a few unity as a whole. In order to provide for a more e Hill, we can: about the needs, history, and culture of the ck-Puerto Rican Union is an excellent resource . However, the individual student must make an ;/her understanding of other cultures. If students an effort, there is very little which others can do alcohol as the cornerstone of social exchange. beverages should be made available at social s to be on the decline, and does not pose a on the Hill. However, the possib-ility of serious II remains, and prophylactic measures should be the cooperation of the IFC, should continue its spreading social functions out over the semester. ttempt to curb the vanaa11:,1," and petty larceny th campuses. This responsibility begins with the The J-Board appears to prqvide an excellent these problems when they do crop up. However, take an active role in discouraging such activities ties and�disciplinary procedures. �itney service to and from Clinton, especially in ts and harassment of Kirkland students. women's locker facilities available on the nd develop athletic programs and facilities at of increasing "class unity" at Kirkland. This t implications regarding social coordination and ort.

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The Future

ence provides both a valuable and viable means milton-Kirkland problems, and should be Adler must be preserved. However, means for ence's cost must be explored. Perhaps a less Id be found; e.g.-- the Colgate or St. Lawrence ; local conference halls. hould be expanded to include an equal number and should be equally funded. Respectfully· submitted, Dav-id B. Duggan '75 and John B. Emerson '75 Co-Chairmen, Adler Evaluation Committee.

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Lo c ilton whol st m w or kers w munit y as al d urin m e," b e ho w e�e bj g, s everal rs s ai have exp r d the a dis:o nte H ami l t o n . ddi. ng for th jo b wit hdr es sed mee .g the s ummer th n t Wit h p r ovost Lewis not pro vost. . e w th. ei e L .SE s e Sept. 18 e tmg w a I w i U E r s e _ ug ene Ca r bld In p ro s .., ..,;d that s the f'irst' Leuik e ovano h d that pr esid en t saying th e repr esen ta m Syracuse, L. o cal test b e t the re co ntac n a d e n I· e d W la · t io t t hat 2 p e 0 t i oo e n 0 d o r ... pro pri e in-. n n o h . s fa cu . has had . as bee n si se d a re c s t he a n y mai ty o n the c o IIe g e Jty meeti ng Wit h Duff en t nce Ap r ntenance a il p • Wi n . " co�e g e a r y th d . 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HAMILTON AND KIRKLAND COLLEGES. CLINTON, NEW YORK

OCTOBER 24, 1973

WORKERS-AT_COLLEGES STRIKE; DISPUTE IMPEDES HILL SERVICES J;lickets Out Since Midnight Monday, Talks Falter After Several Months

BY BOB WEISSER Members of Lo cal 200, Service Employees International Union, went on strike against Hamilton and Kirkland Colleges late Sunday night. The strike was to have officially started at midnight Monday, but was moved up an hour because of reports that non-union workers plann ed to come to work earlier than th eir twelve o'clock starting time in nrrier to avoid the pickets.

has been reached - with two ex ceptions - on virtually all issues." These issues include the vacation program, n_y!flber of holidays, pe nsion plan, sick leave proc edures, leave for death in the family, and the probationary period. Unresolved Matters The two matters that had not been resolved were th e union shop and the wage package. The union added one other, lesser problem:

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union would like to change t either a union shop, a. modifie union shop, or an agency sho­ An agency shop would require : employees to pay the dues, b not necessarily to the unic Con sequently, they would under no obligation to the uni College Offered Wage Hike The wage package that college has offered is a total 1 of 40 cents divided equally two years. The union den


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LORNA HAYWOOD

Lorna Haywood, English soprano, will sing in a concert at the Hamilton College Chapel Sunday, Oct.6, at 3 p.m. One of a series sponsored by the Hamilton Music Department, the concert will be open to the public without charge and will include two Bach cantatas and Purcell's Sonata for Trumpets and Strings. Haywood, who first appeared at Hamilton last year, will be accompanied by Dan Smithers, trumpet, and Priscilla Brown, oboe, as well as members of the Rochester Philharmonic. Haywood has appeared in operas and concerts in the major recital halls of Great Britain and the United States, sharing the stage with such conductors as Leonard Bernstein, Georg Solti, Jean Martinon and Charles Mackerras. Dan Smithers, a musicologist. on the faculty of Syracuse University, is recognized both as a virtuoso performer and as an authority on the brass instruments of the Renaissance and Baroque eras, on which he has written books and articles. Priscilla Brown is a member of the Rochester Woodwind Quintet, which played at Hamilton earlier this year. She holds a degree from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. The concert program Sunday will consist of Bach's Cantata No. 51, "Jauchzet Gott in alien Lander", and Cantata No. 84, ..lch bin V ergnugt mit meinen Glucke",as well as the Purcell sonata.

N e v a P i lgr im, associ a t e soprano and orchestra at the which is intended for young professor of vJice at Kirkland, University of Pennsylvania, and musical artists •of exceptional will smg the songs of Charles Ives perform at the Boston Museum of accomplishment. Pilgrim has . toured the United to c omm em orate the Ives Fine Arts. She recei".ed her Master of · States, Europe and Japan as a Centennial on Friday, October 11 at 4 p.m., in the List Recital Hall. Music degree from Yale University soloist and recitalist, and has She will be accompanied on the and was awarded the Ditson appeared on CBS Television with piano by Sue Steck, a faculty F ellowship to study at the the Chicago Symphony Orchestra member at the State University of Academy of Music in Vienna, in the Oratorio series and with the Austria. In I 967, she was awarded Contemporary Chamber Players New York at Oswego. Pilgrim's brief and informal a Martha Baird Rockefeller grant, of the University of Chicago. program will include explanations of some of the songs and anecdotes. The performance will be repeated at the National G allery in Washington,· D.C., October 13, and later for the National Association of Teachers of Singing at Vassar. Last summer, Pilgrim recorded Stradella Cantatas for the Musical Heritage Society, and performed at the Baroque Festival at Saratoga and the Monadnock Music Festival in New Hampshire. This fall she will sing with the Baroque Festival Orchestra in Chicago, premiere a work· for

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A staged reading of Congreve's ..The Double Dealer", the most concentrated and perhaps hardest-minded of Restoration comedies, is planned by Mr. Barrett for the first weekend in November. The intention is to invent a style through which we can project the realitites in this very mannered sort of drama. The show requires a cast of seven men and four women, a stage manager, a technic� director;a costume designer, and a properties person. No previous experience is necessary. Auditions will be held Monday and _Tuesday evenings, Oct. 7 and 8, from 7:30 till 9:00 p.m. in the Student Senate Room, Bristol Campus Center. Copies of the play are reserved at the Circulation Desk, Burke Library.

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By JACK MCGANN McEwen Coffeehouse this week presents the incomparable Jack McGann on Friday and Saturday nights at 9. McGann, known for his lively performances,has backed up ·steve Goodman, and appeared at the recent Philadelphia Folk Festival. Bruce Carver will play bass to McGann's guitar. Admission is $.50 without Social Tax.

THE ARAGONESE ARCH Dr. Hanno Walter-Kruff t of the lnstitut for Kunstgeschichte, Dornstadt will appear at the Root Art Center on Wednesday, Oct. 9, at 8:30 p.m., to deliver an illustrated lecture entitled "The Aragonese Arch at Naples." Dr. Walter-Krufft is the author of a monograph on Domenico Gagini, a Sicilian Renaissance sculptor. He has also written many other articles on Renaissance sculpture in Naples and Sicily.

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Hadley DePuy

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What suggestiqns may be offered to aid coordination? Perhaps 1974 is the time for the presidents and officers of both Colleges to take the lead in articulating the purpose and combative faith of Clinton educators in the core of the liberal arts tradition, by people of small vision and great emotion in this era of convulsive transition and doubt, Hamilton and Kirkland (indeed all private institutions) must gather all the Ii ke-minded allies they can find and settle down seriously to the very serious business of working together. Maybe by working together the leadership can clear the air, focus attentiort on the great needs of the two institutions and melt divisionist controversy into a mold of common conviction. Maybe faculty and students have about reached a common conviction that strength through coordination is their salvation. Maybe the Colleges have about decided that only by sharing their resources and their faith in the spirit of free inquiry as a prerequisite for the education of future leaders of a civilized nation can they thwart conditions of economic crisis more potentially damaging to education than we have ever seen. In sum, I believe the relationships between the people in the Colleges has shown marked improvement over the last several years. It is better now than it has ever been - and it's getting better! IV. But lest this letter seem all Elysian Fields, let one deep concern of this former dean be cited: that students arrive at both campuses with vast ignorance of the needs, history, and culture of the minorities. Would it not seem important for all those concerned to attack this educational, social, attitudinal problem head on? And soon? There is a genuine willingness by students to accept help in confronting this long standing problem. Surely Hamilton and Kirkland can do better than they are presently doing. You know, Roger, that my assignment for seven years was to work closely with Hamilton students. From this cat-bird seat I saw things about which I can no longer do anything. Yet still I believe that yoJr Hamilton is my Hamilton. Knowing my attachment to the Colleges, perhaps you will permit me to strike to paper some long standing, unanswered questions which should be discussed by the larger community. How can we alleviate the wasted man/woman/power which many believe is inevitable in education? Can we provide new and more effective programs beyond those established by our predecessors which will provide unity as well as diversity on the Hill? Can we find new ways to involve students in the governance of the College in areas where their opinion should be sought? How can we find ways to get our faculty colleagues further involved in the neglected area of assisting students in- becoming socialized humans out of the classroom? How can we aid students in the process of making vocational choices? Hamilton gave me a rare privilege--the privilege of working ·with Hamilton and Kirkland students at one of the most exciting and demanding times in the history of Hamilton College. I welcomed the challenge and the opportunity. I enjoyed reliving my days at Hamilton while at Adler. Good luck to you--and the Colleges. Ave! Hadley "Stretch" DePuy

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Women's Center 'Psyched' By MIYE SCHAKNE The Women's Center Steering Committee is planning a variety of programs for the coming year aimed at what one woman termed. "human liberation"- broadening e veryone's outlook, not just women's. The center, attempting to organize and structure itself, has as its p r i orities i n cr e ased cooperation between itself and other campus groups, and the for mation of a flow o f information to women and the rest of the community. T h e c e n t e r ' s S t e er in g Committee, a governing body consi sting of four Kirkland students and two non-students, includes: Becky Sangster; Diane Davis; Susan Braider; Stephanie Stone; Assistant Professor of Ps y c h o l o g y Sandra DeMyer-Gapin; and Candy Chase, by and for women. a secretary. The committee is The center also worked during trying to give the Women's Center the freshman orientation week, the organization that It has lacked helping to find the women's band in the past. which played at the orientation The committee's plans include dance. They assisted the Health regular meetings with the Health Center organize women's health Committee, and meetings with the meetings. entertainment commmittee which Leading members - Marianne have resulted in the Women's Film Udow, Professor DeMyer-Gapin, Society a n d t he p roposed Dean of Student Affairs Jane Women's Arts Weekend. Poller, Candy Chase, and Patty The Women's Film Society Coleman - discussed ways to brings films to the college which involve many diverse groups in the are pertinent to the contemporary center at a.meeting .this week. woman. Their aim is to get to know The Women's Arts Weekend, people other than students and still in the planning stages, will people of different age groups and consist of contributions in the arts backgrounds.

Assembly Convenes; Committees Set and Ready

By DENISE BEDELLE quality and variety in the food Margaret Laudau '77 and Peter served. Landau said that _this year the Rab inowitz, assistant professor of literature, were elected Assembly emphasis will be to involve as chairwoman and vice-chairman at1 many people as possible in the Assembly's first meeting of improving the community. An the year Monday. effort will be made to disseminate Domin ated by committee t he jobs so that all those business, the meeting included a interested will be given the favora ble report by the Steering opportunity to work with any of �ommittee on the procedure of the c om m i t t ees. In te rested the recent Assembly election. In students are urged to contact the the p a s t, t he dormi tor y committee members. The Membership representatives were elected along T h e A d missions Poli cy with the at-large representatives. This year the dorm representatives Committee includes Director of were elected Sept. 12 at the dorm A d mi s si o n s Bri g i d Cosp er, meetings, in hopes of generating chairwoman, Christine Johnson, more community feeling. Maya HEOP director, Ana Sierra '75, Memling '75 and Gail Weinstein April Brown '77, Patti Pomerantz '77 were e l ected a t - l arge '75, Denise Moy, Sue Skerritt '77, repr esentatives in a sep.arate Ruth Weiss '78 and Margaret election Sept. 23 in which 60 Dons. Mem her s of the Athl�tic percent of the Kirkland student Committee are Lisa Mesinger '77, body voted. chairwoman, Sharon Kelly '77, Committ�es Staffed The Steering Committee also Liz Morrison '78, Ann Baker '77, of Athletics rep orte'd that a l l of the a n d Coordinator committees have already been Comfort Richardson {ex officio). The Committee on Community sta ffed, g i ving them the opportunity to begin their work Relations includes Director of as soon as possible. Public Relations Cheryl Daly as A rough outline of the ch a i rwoman, Joel T i bbitts, programs planned for this year Chaplain, Christine Johnson, was given in the report by the Elissa Brown '78, Janis Avery '78, St udent Life Committee. P. McLaughlin. The Orientation Committee T h e m e m b e r s o f the reported that it is in the process Committee on Kirkland as a of formulating a questionnaire to College for Women are Assistant be sent to freshmen to gather to the President Dorothy Evans, ideas for possible improvements in Bette Low '77, Diane Davis '76, the orientation program. Edna Cardona '77, and Laurie The Health Committee told the Galka '77. Assembly that it has already had The Judiciary Baord includes tw o sexuality presentations, President Babbit, D. Aidun, Liz which were open to the Kirkland Barrow '77, Emily Reid '76, Rene student body. Baker '77, S. Grimes, Mary Food Lines Hoerger '76, Paulette Humphrey Th e Food and Auxiliary '78, and Sarah Tuten '76. The members of SCACA are Committee reported that it is working to establish•separate lines S te phe n L i pm a n n , assistant in the dining room for vegetarians, professor of literature, chairman; continued on paae foartem which is expected to improve the

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D i s cus sions will be more varied, includfng those topics previously not discussed, such as cooking, motherhood, and men, members of the center said. T h i s We dnesday, Assistant Professors of Literature Nancy and Peter Rabinowitz will discuss their roles as husband and wife and as professors. The response to the center this year, according to those at Wednesday's meeting, has been good. A positive outlook and an open-mindedness have given the center new directions to follow, said one woman. A •�new energy", a desire to be involved is being silown by new students as well as old. Student acti vi ti e s n i gh t had many interested people asking questions and signing up to be informed of all the Women's Center sponsored activities, members reported. The center's lounge has started a file of useful information on different women's groups, and varied literature on different _as p e c t s of women's l i ves. Discussions and meetings, as well as some lectures will be held there. A members of the center will be there as much as possible, to aRswer any questions she can. The Women's Center stressed that it is trying to work with other groups as well as developing internally.

By �UY ARCIDIACONO professors who would be voted to T h e H a m i l t o n S e n a te have contributed most to the. unanimously voted to accept the college in an academic year. Finally, the Senate voted to results of the Judiciary Board e le ctions w h i ch were held accept a request by the Humane Tuesday, overriding the objections Society that an amendment to its of some candidates, who felt that charter be ratified. The changes the election had not been include the banishment from the conducted in accordance with c apus of any animal which receives five complaints, or whose parliamentary procedure. S pecifically, the candidates owner is remiss in his or her objected to the fact that the · responsibility to control it. The students were asked to vote for measure, which passed 6-5, had one less than the number of alre ady b e e n a c cepted at positions being contested for each Kirkland. It was decided that rushing class. The Senate felt that this would start Monday, Oct. 7. procedure was the most effective Schneider also said that the way to hold an election in which Committee on Academic Policy the number of candidates far (CAP), had outlined a proposal exceeded the number of positions for a change in the winter study available. program. If this proposal is However, the Senate agreed to adopted, winter study will be re-examine the Judiciary Board referred to as the winter semester election process because there are and be subject to the same presently no set provisions for rigorous marking system as fall procedures. e le c t ion and spring semesters. The Senate High Quality.Candidates was divided as to whether or not In a r e port by Roger to support the proposal and Schneider, it was announced that debate was postponed until Oct. the Dean Search Committee had 10. narrowed down its prostpective Pub Record Set candidates to three. In a report from the Auxiliary Schneider expressed surprise at Services Committee, John D. the unusually high quality of the Shulansky '75 said that although candidates. "I didn't think we.d sales in the pub last year resulted get as. excellent a response as we in a substantial financial loss, did," he said, adding- that "This possibly as much as $2500, after should be as open a search · 24 days of this academic year, the aspo ssible." Each prospective pub made a profit of $34 7. Last dean candidate will have an week, more beer was sold in the opportunity to m eet with pub than at any other time in the students, although the final h istory of Hamilton College, de cision rests with President despite the increase in the cost to Carovano, said Schneider. students. Schneider also stressed that the Shulansky explained the pub committee would continue its annually tries to make a surplus of policy of not disclosing whether any Hamilton faculty members $ 5 0 0 to $1,000, which is are under consideration. However, s u pposedly recycled to the he urges any student who wants students in the form of events to offer an opinion on a faculty such as 10-cent beer nights and member he feels might be under un-birthdayparties. In reference to c onsideration, to address his last year's deficit, Shulansky suggestions to the Dean Search remarked, "I would like to be able to pay the college back for some Committee. of that." Winter Study Changes �everal senators were outraged An open discussion will be held over the fact that this year's on the CAP winter study proposal substantial gains had not led to a O c t . 15 i n t he Chemistry decrease in beer prices. In reply, Audi torium so that student Shulansky said, "We might be able sentiment may be expressed. to lower prices for a period of The Senate also voted to time if the level of profit approve tentatively a proposal by · continues." Shulansky ended his Acting Dean of the College r e marks by saying that his Dwight D. Lindley to establish a committee was doing a full audit $500 award for each of three of the pub.

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] A Kirkland Adler View I Lectur1 e on. . continu ed from page eight

(once again, folks) re-evaluate Kirkland. Until Adler, the Hamilton-Kirkland dichotomy was never so graphically illustrated to me. The feelings I saw at Adler and the character and major concerns of the discussions were all quite different from what I have seen at Kirkland. It is not the stereotyped "Ham Coll," the fraternities, beer, football, and "demo," that really separate the two campuses. Instead, it is the colleges' respective reasons for being. It is the meaning of a liberal arts education: obsolete perhaps for anyone, but still essentially different for men and women. This difference is an attitude perpetuated in some ways by Ham_ilton's and Kirkland's "coordination." For example, Kirkland students taking Kirkland courses don't have the pressure of grades. The student is in competition only with herself, unless she is professionally odented and extremely motivated. There are those of us who prefer it that way. But what about the specifically directed pre-professional? Would potential pre-meds do better to choose an all-female or coed version of Hamilton instead of Kirkland? How much guidance does Kirkland or Hamilton give Kirkland pre-med students? Hamilton has had a long time to become reasonably competent at what it sets out to do. Kirkland is young enough to keep examining its students' needs and expectations and its roJe as a woman's college in preparing women to deal with what is still a "man's world." Certainly many Kirkland students' aspirations are higher when they leave than when they come in-I have not seen many freshmen entering Kirkland with sepcific or even general goals in mind. I could cite "the system" that sanctions wo"2�n coming to college to be "well-educated" (and thus better wives and mothers?) or fo "find themselves," but people can't afford that sort of thing anymore. If these attitudes are true for the women who come to Kirkland, do we fulfill our responsibility to help students see the purpose of education beyond these categories once we get them here? Perhaps. My own greatest debt to Kirkland has to do with emotional and ideological growth. But ·did I gow because of or in spite of the institution? I could have experienced the intellectual growth at almost any school. Kirkland's "deficiencies" are why I came to Kirkland and not a school Iike Hamilton, and Adler reminded me of that. While many of Kirkland's problems stem from her proximity to Hamilton, we of course would not be here without Hamilton. We have to deal with the facts .as we find them. It is tempting to make negative comparisons; the important thing is to recognize our respective strengths while maintaining our identities, so �hat we are the best �olleges we can ·be. So what happened at Adler? My reactions here seem not only very generalized but also similar to what has been said before. A glance at an outline of the topics discussed could confirm that suspicion about Adler itself: the same old stuff, no great problems to solve, no real solutions. We ' have all been through different experiences here; Kirkland has been good to me so my feelings about things in general here may be unduly positive and complacent. A large ·part of the talking at Adler merely reinforced positive feelings about the colleges. Discussions were relaxed and low key. Topics were presented, discussed; and talked out rather quickly in many cases. It was certainly a pleasant way to get psyched for the com�ng semester ... Probably the only tangible results will be what. the individuals brought back. I found a different perspective, and saw a potential for community, enthusiasm, relationships through an exch,ange of ideas and a kind of mutual understanding and acceptance. Perhaps this will all fade with the first Clinton rains, I don't know. It is important for Hamilton-for both schools-to experience the kind of rejuvenation Adler provides, more important (for Kirkland anyway) to investigate the peculiar problems of Kirland and Hamilton's peculiar relationship. All I can suggest is that I personally gained a better understanding of what Kirkland is, and more respect for Hamilton. It would be a good thing for thi� reaction to spread, or at least to be made accessible to a wider range of the college population. Ignorance, mythology, and mis-directed good intentions exist in abundance on voth sides of the Hill. The lines of communication can be opened through exposure and the exchange of ideas and ideals. Kirkland is far from her ideal. If we at Kirkland are to understand why, more people have to understand what goes on across the street.

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HOMECOMING RESCHEDULED

Tony Woodin, director of alumni affairs wishes to inform ah that Homecoming, originally scheduled for Oct. 4-5, has be en rescheduled for the wee kend fo Oct. 18-19. The switch was made due to a conflict with the fall me eting of the Board of Trustees. Also, Woodin siad that the switch was made to coincide with fall house-parties. The Alumni Council will hold its fall me eting Oct. 18-19.

FOOD COMMITTEE

The first Food Committee meeting will take place Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 3:00 pm upstairs in McEwen. The sp ecial concern of the meeting is the vegetarian meal plan. All those interested are strongly urged to attend.

JUDICIARY BOARD RESULTS

The following people were elected to the Judiciary Board last week: for the sophomore class: Pat O'Brien, Chip Hollands, and jack Hornor; for the junior class: Ed Giminez, Tom Berglund, Bill Foley, and Keith Min; for the senior cl�: Dan Cotlowitz, Gary Kart, and Stev(; Tepper.

LAW AND BUSINESS RECRUITING

Representatives- of Cornell, Dickinso n, and Suffolk law schools and Wharton business school will - be on campus next week to meet with students. Seniors who are prospective applicants should sign' up at the Career C�nter, Dunham basement, for inteiviews. Sophomores and juniors.are invited to attend group meetings which they should also sign up for. Interviews will be held in Bristol. For further information, call the Career Center, x7346. The schedule of visits are as follows: Cornell Law School, Monday, Oct. 7,10:00-4:30; Dick.in.so n Law School, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2:00-5:00 pm; Suffolk L�w School, Thursday, Oct. 10, 1:00-4:30 pm; and Wharton Graduate School of Business, Thursday, Oct. IO, 9:00-5:00.

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Poloists Top Colgate & Syracuse, Rough· Rematch Expected Wednesday

By R.A.G. KARL The Hamilton Water Polo Club upped its record to 3-0 this week with a pair of one goal victories. Monday the poloists travelled to Syracuse to play one of the toughest teams in upstate New York. • The Orangemen had handled th.e Hamilton team easily in the past two years, but H a mil ton's va s t ly improved def ense kept Syracuse from scoring for the first period. Early in the second period, however, Syracuse scored their first goal, and it seemed that they were going to dominate play. It was not until late in the half that the Con tin e ntals discovered they co u l d e f fectively p enetrate Syracuse's experienced defense. Freshman Phil (the Enforcer) Hawkins tied the score with about two minutes remaining. The S y r a c u s e t eam was surprised but not dismayed at the halftime score; Hamilton was surprised and encouraged. In the third period both teams ,played exceptional defense. Hamilton was led by Brad Johnson and John Navarre, who were called several times to thwart the Syracuse fast break. Midway through the quarter Hamilton accrued its tenth team foul, and Syracuse wa; awarded a man-up­ advantage for thirty seconds. The Or ang emen pounced on the opportunity and scored. By this p oint in the game Hamilton was confident of its ability to move ·the ball offensively, and it was not long ·after the Syracuse goal that Craig MacDonald countered with a score for the' Blue. The- third quarter ended with ,the score stµI tied.

offensevely and failed to take advantage of the wide pool in the first period. I n t h e s e c on d p e riod H am i l t on's perpetual motion machine, Dave Greenhalgh, got warmed up, and he and Bill McCann threw three shots past the C o l g a t e goalie. Colgate retaliated by trying to drown or maim the entire Hamilton team individually. The half ended with Hamilton winning the game, 3-1, but losing the skirmishes soundly. T e m p e rs flared_ on both benches during the half-time intermission, · and one of the referees came by to warn that he was now going to try to regain control of the slugfest. His promise was to be only half fulfilled. The brutalities continued,

Hamilton's Dave Greenhalgh and Bill McCann continued to pressure the Syracuse defense, but the Syracuse goal-tender matched Jeff Carlberg in quickness. Syracuse scored once more in the fourth period on a fast break when the Hamilton defense broke down, but the ball was soon back in the Syracuse. half of the pool where it had spent most of the period. Hamilton was controlling the play, but the Blue shots were usually misdirected. Finally, with about 3:30 remaining in the game, Dave Greenhalgh slipped a well placed shot past his little brother and the Syracuse goalie. Syracuse was by now genuinely distressed by the score and called for a time out to set up their offense. Once t h e Hamilton a ga i n defense-Johnson, Navarre, John Needham, and goalie Carlberg regained possession of the ball. With but fifteen seconds left in the game freshman Bill McCAnn rifled a shot into the goal, and the Hamilton water polo enthusiasts had triumphed in an extremely well-played 4-3 upset. The Syracuse match was but a tune-up for Wednesday's match against archrival Colgate. The C o n t i n entals t ravelled t o Hamilton fully psyched but not prepared for the peculiarities Colgate offered. Colgate's brand new swimming pool is more than twice as wide as. the familiar confines of Hamilton's Alumni Pool; t he- C olgate team is e x c e p t i o n a l l y l a r g·e and exceedingly physical; and the referees refused to control the game. Colga te scored first, compl e t e l y surprising Jeff Carlberg in the goal by taking a shot from half-tank. As in the Syracuse g a me the defense immediately stiffened while the offense was stifled. Hamilton was unable to control the ball

Rochester Stops Footsters U.C. Provides No Problem

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on in the third period. Colgate scored their second goal in this quarter on a full-tank shot which went over the head of Jeff Carlberg who had come out of the goal fo double team one of Colgate's more zealous fighters. Bill McCann scored his second goal of the game in the third quarte(, and defenseman Eric Kraus, who played an outstanding game, added another. Colgate come out in the fourth quarter still alive and kicking. They scored two goals in the final stanza to cut the Hamilton lead to one. The fighting was climaxed with · just under four minutes remaining when a Colgate player, a Mephistophelean grin crossing his otherwise simian features, attempted to separate the nose from the face of Brad Johnson. The attempt nearly succeeded, and Johnson was forced to leave the game. With 1 :45 left in the game Dave Greenpalgh scored his third and Hamilton's sixth goal. Colgate continued to pressure goalie Carlberg, and finally did score- w ith t h r e e se conds remaining, but by then the o u t com·e· was academic. The Continentals outlasted ColgaJe, 6-5. A rematch is slated for next Wednesday, October 9, at 7:30 in the Alumni Pool. The smaller pool m akes the .Iikelµ10od ·of an exc1t1ng contest . even greater. Colgate plays a physic.al game that r� l ies on t he i r· s i z e and considerable · swimming ability. ,Hamilton depends on finesse, tight c\efense, and depth from the bench. It should be a splendid evening of sports entertainment.

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SPECTATOR SPORTS By DAVID WOLLMAN The Hamilton soccer team came off of last week's two wins with a loss against a respectable Rochester U. team. Our hooters were at Rochester for the context which resulted in a 4-1 defeat. The teams were evenly matched in skills, but the Rochester team seemed up for the game. Rochester scored early in the first half to go in front 1-0. Later in the period, Terepka and Daly combined talents to tie the score 1-1 which was the way the half ended. The Continentals faltered in the second half allowing three goals including a questionable penalty kick.- Hamilton was unable to score and the game -ended 4-1. On Wednesday, our socsters played against a perrenially weak The Utica College team.

Continentals breezed to an easy 9-0 victory with twenty-six of our players seeing action. Follansbee, Daly, Joyce, Pecham, Terepka, and Zwerner accounted for the Hamilton scoring. The team's record in now 3 wins against a single loss. They seem to have more confidence in themselves than in the past and are continuing to get stronger. Potsdam will be Hie team's next foe when they meet here Saturday at 12 :00. Paaprent confusion over lack of substitution should be cleared up at this time. In soccer, a coach is only allowed to substitute when the ball travels over on,e of the two end lines (not side lines). Often players will wait ten minutes after receiving wordto go in, before they are officially allowed to enter. Clear? See you at the game Saturday.

SCUBA DIVING OFFERED There will be a course in scuba diving offered at the Hamilton pool during October and November. The course fee is $50, which includes descriptive literature: text book, and all necessary equipment, except mask, fins and snorkel, which may be rented for $5.00.

FOOTBALL STATS 1 2 3 4 T Bates 0 7 7 16 30 Hamilton 0 0 0 0 0 Bates-Bruce, 2-yard run (Godiksen kick), 7-0. Bates-Dell'Erario, 22-yard run (Godiksen kick), 14-0. Bates-Dell'Erario, 6-yard run (G odiksen kick), 21-0. Bates-White; 36-yard return with interception, 28-0. Bates-S�fety: Majsak tackles Puleo in end zone, 30-0.

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HAM.BATES 10 20 2 16 8 3. 0 1 -4 275 142 113 12-30 12-26 I 4 138 388 9-82 9-75 4 2 7-29.9 6-28.l

r Football: continued from pg. 16 hard�nose Hamilton defense. The gun. Puleo was the lone bright spot in a backfield that netted game is a tossup. The game re�ained a tossup four. yai:ds on the ground, as he for about one more qu�er and rainbkd for 33 y�rc;ts· in six then all hell broke loose. Entering attempts. Just • about everything that the final quarter Bates was on top 14-0, having engineered a long could gb wrong for a football scoring drive at the tail end of the team. · .went \VTong for the third quarter. Nick Dell'E�ario Conthientals last Saturday. They capped the drive with a two-yard last, th�y played badly, and some pl_ unge. The fourth quarter was a were even embarrassed by their statician's nightmare as Bates performance. Those who were didn't ,., like the ended it in a hurry. One fumble embarrassed recovery on Hamilton's one plus feeling. They don't want to be an interception equals two Bates embarrassed after tomorrow's touchdowns and that was the game with Oberlin. I don't think ballgame. To add insult to injury, they will be. Game time is 1:30 at Steuben the Bobcats' Joe Majak trapped Continental running back Vin _ Field. If you can't make it, besure Puleo in Hamilton's end zone for to catch all the action on WIBX a safety. The scoreboard read ,radio 95, with Lee Hamilton Bates 30; Visitors O at the final calling the play-by-play.


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Sports

Harriers Still Streaking, LeMoyne Invite· Slated

By SHERWIN TUCKER Long claims that these first "We run with intelligence, not two meets have given his young pressure," said cross-country team a chance to mature and Coach Gene Long after his , develop poise. Both will be need­ runners extended their dual-meet ed this Saturday as Hamilton, as and tri-meet winning streak to 27. well as 20 other cross-country Two weeks ago, the Blue teans, will participate in the runners opened their season with LeMoyne Invitational. a 15-40 victory over a young . S o�e o f t h e f i n e s t R.P.I. team. The Continentals had cross-country runners and teams an easy time, as they grabbed the from Eastern New York will be at L e M o yn e , including Colgate, first five places. Sophmores Jon Schmeyer and Rochester, Cortland and Albany J o h n R o g e r s o n l e d the State. They are all excellent long Con tinental's attack as they distance teams. Run Relaxed finished the five mile course· in a Since the results at LeMoyne dead tie. Closely behind Schmeyer and Rogerson was the Hamilton will have no bearing on the combination of Bruce Carter Lou Continental's dual/tri-meet streak, ' Pacilio and Joe Terranove who the Blue runners will run a relaxed • finished third, fourth and fifth race. over from the two. Godiksen's respectivdy. "We will run for fun and the conversion is good and score at experience of running a race of Blue Tops Hobart half is Bates 7, Visitors 0. Last S a t u r d a y , t h e this size," Long said. First half analysis: the cross-country tean traveled to Long and his runners are Continentals are going nowhere Binghamton where they defeated looking beyond LeMoyne, to Oct. on the ground, but La Fontain is Hobart 15-50 and Binghamton 12, when they will host two beginning to find the mark with 16-44 in a tri-meet. Hamilton powerful cross-country teams, his passes. Bates is running well captured the first four positions in Colgate and Rochester. All the but is unaple to get into the the 32-man field, h a r d w o r k , d edication and endzone more than once due to a maturity of the Blue harriers will Hamil ton's B r u ce Carter continued on pg. ·15 finishing first, out-ran the rest of be tested by these two teams. Asked if the pressure from the the field as he covered the 5.1 mile course in 26:37. Closest to winning streak will affect the Carter were teamemates Rogerson ability of his runners, Long and Schmeyer who finished 4 7 responded "They are too smart to let it get to them." seconds later.

Bates Overwhelms Continentals Blue Looks Ahead to Oberlin By C. JAMES CARR Jr . .

The Hamilton College football team played the Bates College f ootball team last Saturday in Lewiston, Maine. The weather was nice, the campus was pretty, the bars were friendly, and we lost the game 30-zip. The day started out well enough. The Hill-toppers got a rare glimpse of the sun. She peeked out from behind the clouds just as Sparky Godiksen, the Bobcats' six foot eight inch placekicker, teed up the pigskin for the opening kick-off. Dare we interpret the appearance of the sun as symbolic of better things to come? Nope. The Hamilton squad remains a dichotomy-tough capable defense, and no offense. Trite as it sounds, "you can't win ' football games withoug putting points on the scoreboard," and you can't score points when the defense plays three-quarters of the game. The Continentals haven't scored a touchdown via the rush in 12 consecutive games. They have not won in their last 15 starts. Enough said. No scoring in the first quarter, as the game is confined _ between the thirty-yard lines. Bates' leading receiver, Mark Shapiro drops touchdown toss. Score at the end of one quarter is Bates O, Visitors 0. Ten minutes are remaining in the first half.

Intramural Update

With the race for the trophy in full swing, the upcoming X - country meet provides an excellent. opportunity for teams to pick up a few extra points toward the coveted cup. Teams will consist of seven runners; five will count in scoring. Individuals may enter and bump. The course and distance will be chosen by Gene Long. Everyone is eligible except junior varsity and varsity cross-country runners. A house may enter as many teams as it wishes; however, only one will count f,.- points toward the lntram�.� trophy. The event will be held Thursday, Oct. 10 at 4 p.m. Rain caused some problems for last weekend's tennis tournament. Those persons with matches still unplayed should get done as soon as the weather permits. Attested 18-hole golf scorecards are due Sunday Oct. 6, at 7 p.m. Turn scorecards in to Bill Hooke at . Theta Delta Chi. If you have any questions concerning intramural sports on the Hill call Bill Hooke at Theta Delta Chi (853-8063) or Sharon Kelly (X4949).

Hamilton is hanging on. Kevin Murphy, Bates' quarterback, connects on 4-yard aerial to frosh Mark Pugatch and the ball is resting on Hamilton's one. Bates is repelled in four plays as the Continentals disp lay magnificent goal-line stand. Hamilton takes over and fumbles. Sop_homore Marcus Bruce, who picked up 90 yards for the afternoon, crashes

Nobody Asked Me But... •

Not 10 -Shea FEIN GOLD AND SHOEN

"But there is no joy in Mudville--Mighty Casey has struck out"' I developed a bad habit this summer, I started I developed a bad habit this summer. I started going to the track. I would place a two dollar show bet on any 2-1 shot but never-with my income and sobriety-would I put a cent on a 50-1 shot. but that only goes for horses. You see, I'm a Yankee fan, and the 1974 Yankees were the 50-1 shot that had my two bucks. The Yankees ended last season without a manager and most fans will tell you that they played last season without a second basemam. In Feb�ary, the Yankees had a manager for two days, and there was two days of short-lived ecstasy for Yankee fans. Dick Williams in pinstripes. They couldn't believe it. They didn't have to believe it because it didn't last. Just like Joe Sisco, Williams wasn't around very long. The managerial duties were passed on to Bill Virdori, whose only claim to fame in New York City was the ground ball that turned the 1960 World Series into theKubek Series. Virdon's quiet enthusiasm instilled in to the Yankee players the belief that they were winners even though they read every day that they were losers.

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The Yankee season didn't start until August. After Aug. 1, the Yankees won 65 per cen-t of their ballgames. Everybody says that it was the acquisition of Sandy Alomar that turned the Yankees ar01p1d. But it wasn't just Alomar; it was all of the journeymen who finally found a home in New York City. Men like Mike Wallace, Larry 'Gura, Rudy May, Jim Mason-who weren't exactly household names. Maybe they were in Syracuse and Toledo but not in major league cities. By August they became major leaguers par excellence. My two dollar bet looked better and better. They play_ed 1974 with their best pitcher out for the season and their best hitters 25 points and many home runs below their averages. To top it off, they played all 162 games as a visiting team and at least half of them as strangers to each o tlier. Throughout May, the papers spoke of the "deal-a-day" management and how the morale on the team made the Bounty look like a boy scout troop. Bill Virdon handled it, and he molded the players into a team that Dick Young described as more miraculous than the 1973 Mets and the 1951 Giants of Coogan's Bluff. The memories of May, June, and July disappear quickly when there is a pennant race in August and September. But now it's all over- 162 games and they fell one game short- I know that if one of those eight game losing streaks in May had been a six game losing streak I'd be in Shea Stadium for my first World Series. That's all right, my two dollar bet was for place. The only sad thing is that I won't see odds like that again for a long, long time.

Co-Ed Soccer? Do It SundayI

By BILL FOLEY "Coed soccer" made its debut high degree of versatility, speed on September 29. On the varsity and s occer knowledge. That soccer field, between 20 and 25 afternoon, the pick-up teams H a m i l t o n- K i r k l an d s t u d e nts sp orted an unequal and rather p a r ti cipated in an enjoyable disappointing Hamil ton-Kirkland cJ:lallenging match that ended ·with ratio of five to one. All the a 3-2 score. participants religiously observed· Coed soccer was conceiv�d the basic rules , and consequently with the intention of offering the the f l u i d m at ch saw few c o l l e g e c o m m u n i t y t h e infractions or penalties. Most opportunity to indulge in the importantly, the game was, for "World's Most Popular Sport." some, a novel experience, and. for Last week, in an attempt to all, an excellent workout. Perhaps this weekend will s timulate enthusiasm for the event, advertisements were posted witness _the second game of the on both campuses. However, coed soccer season (if it doesnt't enthusiasts and spectators were snow). Sneakers and comfortable clo�hes are all the equipment few in number. The match was played on the necessary to play. The atmosphere H a m i l t o n v a r s i t y f i e l d of is extremely informal, and very regulation length and width (110 . r e l a x ing. Coed soccer offers yards x 70 yards ) with regulation exercise and a brief respite from goals and regulation balls. The the Sunday afternoon monotony participants displayed a relatively of work or watch.ing the New England Patriots tear •the NFL apart.

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Varsity Football Against Oberlin. Home. Saturday, Oct. 5, 1 :30 Varsity Soccer Against Potsdam. Home. Saturday October 5, 12noon. Against Union. Home. Wednesday, October 9,3 pm. JV Soccer Against St. Lawrence. Home. Thursday, October 10,3 pm. Varsity Tennis Against SUNY Binghamtom. Home. Tuesday, October 8,3 pm. Kirkland Varsity Tennis Against Colgate. Home. Wednesday, October 9,4 pm. Cross-Country Lemoyne Invitational at Lemoyne. Saturday, October 5, 1 pm. Against Union. Home. Wednesday, October 9 4 pm.s, .-


THE SPECTATOR . HAMILTON AND KIRKLAND COLLEGES, CLINTON, NEW YORK

.,.OCIDBER 11, 1974·

Hamilton Dean Search

Dwight Lindley, Candidate

w i des pread given up its special claim to C o n firming suspicion, Professor of Chemistry "maleness", and this one has ... Lawrence K. Yourtee told The should _reflect more or less what · Spectator yesterday that Dwight society is like. "Surely [ such reflection] N. Lindley, acting dean of the to the general college , is a candidate for that. contributes of any college position on a permanent basis and well-being will be interviewed this weekend community.Students have said it's by the Dean Search Committee. absurd to have only white males Lindley is the fourth candidate it's absurd to only have them on to be interviewed - the first from the faculty as well," the acting H a milton the community. dean said. Yourtee reported that a fifth See Siffin Interview candidate has been invited but has on page four not yet responded. The format for Lindley's Lindley, formerly chairman of interview, notwithstanding his the English Department, was association with the college, will instrumental in hiring three be conducted in the same way as women in that department during were the preceding interviews. academic years 1972-73 and Lindley will meet with President 1973-74: Annette Stoller, Anne Carovano, Provost Eugene Lewis, Patenaude who has since res�ed, Kirkland Dean of Academic and Anne DuCille, · a black those registering as vegetarians, Affairs Catherine Frazer and the woman. entitling them to the vegetarian members of the committee. In another. . administrative entree and restricting them from President Carovano appointed stance, Lindley refused to release selecting the meat dishes. Lindley to the dean's post for one publicly the minutes of faculty ''Ther e c an he n o year after ·Stephen G. Kurtz meetings, saying that the minutes in-betweens," said Linda Patrick, resigned that position last spring would be "bowdlerized" if made assistant dean of student affairs. to be come principal of subject to widespread perusal.The "A student will either have to Phillips-Exeter Academy in New . request for the minutes was made ·register as a -vegetarian or as a ·· Hampshire. by The Spectator. meat eater." Lindley · meets with Dean Support of CAP Plan To insure adherence to the Lindley, who has taken public Frazer weekly in their efforts to plan, all students will be required positions on several college issues improve academic coordination. to show their meal cards on line since becoming acting dean, when picking up dinner entrees. recently endorsed the Committee The new system will apply on Academic Policy proposal to only to dinner at McEwen Dining revise the college's curriculum (sec Hall. At lunch, the choice of news story below). s an d w i ch, cottage cheese, Commenting on th� proposal, yoghurt, cheese and salad was Lindley said, "It offers the thought by the committee to be opportunity of welding the three sufficient to meet the dietary terms together so that winter needs of vegetarians. study is not just a three and a half Preference Poll week interlude. The winter study O ffering better quality courses . . . would contribute vegetarian meals will mean serving .more towards total curriculum foods with higher protein content experience." and high nutritional value, said On Affirmative Action, the Martin. When asked whether the widely-instituted plan to hire quality of meat will also improve, women, and other blacks, Earl D'Aprix, Utica Service minorities at colleges and Systems director answered, "We universities, Lindley said, "Any continued on page three college commu�ity, once it has

Martin Plans to Restrict McEwen Vegetarian Meals

By SUSAN MALKIN A proposal to offer the vegetarian dinner entree only to those students who register as vegetarians with the college was unanimously passed by the Kirkland Food Committee Tuesday and will be put into effect after midsemester break. The purpose of the plan is "to provide better quality food for the vegetarians," according to Anne· Martin, director of Service ·Systems for the colleges. It is also expected to in�ure that enough food is prepared to. service the 50-60 strict vegetarians on campus. Under the present system, student choice of three entrees has presented Service Systems · with the problem of determining the quantity of dishes to prepare. A quality vegetarian dish has �£ten been preferred over a meat dish, and vegetarians. arriving late to dinner have sometimes found the meatless entree gone. As part of the new policy, which is subject to review at the end of the fall semesfer, a special sticker or card will be issued to

One area they both have been working on is an integrated H a m i l t o n-K irkland s ci ence program about which no conclusions have yet been made. An alumnus of Hamilton, Lindley joined the English faculty,,.__ in 1952 as an assistant professor after three years as an instructor at Bowdoin College. He has risen through the professorial ranks and was named Hamilton B. Tompkins Professor of English in 1973. Lindley was chairman of the CAP in 1969-70, and has sat on other faculty committees over the years. Mill Leticrs A · scholar of Victorian literature, Lindley co-edited "The Later Letters of John Stuart Mill" with Francis Mineka of Cornell University. Lindley also coedited E n g l ish "Adven tu.res in Literature," an anthology used widely in high schools. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Hamilton class of 1942, Lindley went on to receive his M.A. in 1947 and Ph.D. in 1958, both from Columbia University. Lindley, 54, is married, has three children, and lives on Fountain Street in Clinton.

Students Question CAP Proposal; January Internships Debated By KEVIN McGOWAN At an open meeting yesterday afternoon, Hamilton's Committee on Academic Policy (CAP) answered student questions on the proposed revision of the 4-1-4 curriculum. The proposal under discussion recommends increasing the number of courses required for graduation to 35 and counting winter study projects as regularly graded courses. Professor of History Edwin B. Lee, chairman of the CAP, opened the discussion with a brief history of faculty disenchantment with the winter study program. Lee said that in 1972, the faculty reported to the CAP that it strongly favored a calendar of two 15-week semesters.

"F acuity did not regard winter study as a non-academic interval," said Lee, ''but some students looked at it differently." Lee said the CAP subsequently rejected plans for a trimester calendar, which would involve "bookkeeping" difficulties, and a two-semester calendar, which would extend into the summer months. Faculty Discontent Lee outlined the sources of faculty di son tent. He said it takes an "inordinate" amount of time to prepare winter study courses which vary yearly. "Some students put forth minimal effort," said Lee, "and, according to students, some teachers did the same." Student support, however, deterred the CAP from elim in ating· w i nter study Power on the Hamilton campus altogether. "In the past, there was discontent student will be interrupted between 7 :00 continual a.m. and 12:00 noon Sunday, about the substance of winter Oct. 13 so that a high voltage study," Lee said.· But when the connection may· be made to South committee announced it was Dormitory and to the Sage Rink. considering changes, the students supported" Commons, Bundy Djn.ing Hall, '' o verw helmingly and the Bristol Snack Bar will be retaining some form of t_ he 4-1-4 closed. Extended hours for calendar. In addition, the admissions McEwen brunch �II be 10:30 department at Hamilton indicated a.m.to 1 :00 p.m. that the present calendar was

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attractive to prospective students. "Faculty would have voted for a two-semester calendar, while students were for something like a 4-J.-4 calendar," said Lee. "It was clear we had to come up with a compromise." Advantages Acting Dean of the Colle ge Dwight Lindley Members of the CAP described the advantages of the proposed curriculum. "Advanced placement and that he would pursue the By JOHN IJAYES credit and summer school credit Buses from Utica to Clinton case. are included in the 35 courses," He said that Utica taxpayers noted J o nathan Vaughan, and other nearby surrounding assistant professor of psychology. villages will continue to roll by should not have to support Because students would no order of State Supreme Court services to other towns but that his next move will depend upon longer need four winter study Justice Thomas Aloi. the wording of Aloi's written :in making his decision courses to graduate, it would be easier to complete a degree a Wednesday, Aloi pointed out that decision. Contribute Fair Share semester or a year early. Lee said a 1970 law had changed the Utica :rhe mayor, it was reported in tuition would still cover 37 Transit Commission (UTC) to the the Utica Daily Press yesterday, courses over four years, so a Utica Transit Authority (UTA). The fact that the UTC was said, "I do not want to stop student could take two extra· changed to the UTA binds the services to the towns. I only want courses tuition-free. Members of the CAP also city to act under that authority, to stop Utica taxpayers from pointed out that the proposed forcing it to request permission supporting the towns. All we program would allow for more from a municipality to which it want is for the t�wns to plans to cut service. The authority ·contribute their fair share and flexibility in the curriculum. also requires, however, that that's all we ever wanted." "Courses could begin in The .villages have the option of September, and end with intensive Clinton and other villages must joining or leaving the authority. If pay for their participation in the work in January," said Lee. "It a town joins, it will be allotted presents interesting possibilities system on a pro-rated basis. one vote in the authority 'for Hanna Undaunted for new courses." Sidney· Utica Mayor Edward Hanna, every 20,000 residents and it will W e·r ti mer, professor of have to pay its share to keep the economics, noted that language who tried to cut the bus service, continued on page ten said that he was not disillusioned buses' running.

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2/THE -SPECT AT.OR/October 1 l, 1974

EDITORIAL Ombudsman

The r e c e n t p o l l o f s t u d ent o pm10n concerning the granting of credit for winte� study internships, which was instrumental in dramatizing student sentiment in the eyes of the C o m m i t tee o n Academic Policy, was pr epared by the Hamilton Student Interest Committee (SIC). SIC, formerly the Student Rights Committee, w i l l s e r v e as an ombudsman for students wishing to register complaints against college officials and faculty or about college policies, a c co r d i ng to sophomore Mark Rosenbaum, chairman of the committee. Rosenbaum said that the committee plans to sound out student opinion about present limits on the number of pass-fail courses one may e)e c t , c o u r s e d rop d e a d l i nes, arid other administrative rules and regulations which some students have reportedly found unnecessarily burdensome. I t i s p resumed that if the committee discovers popular support or lack of support for any particular policy, it would bring its findings to the Senate or appropriate Senate s u b c om m i t t e e f o r a c t i o n a n d e v ent ua l presentation to the college. Hamilton is not so large that. a student cannot find the appropria� channel through which he may · register grievances when he has them. Nevertheless, long-standing rules here have usually stood stubborn against scattered c om p l a i n t s . H ow ev er, documented general s t u d e n t s e n t i m e'n t , if i t exists regarding p a r t i c u l a r administrative rules or practices, could facilitate the elimination of unpopular policies. SIC, whose success will depend in part upon the cooperation of the student body at-large, promises to be an asset. to Hamilton students.

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encourage that freshman ·to join a fraternity, at least, By POOKIE ADAMS There has been· a lot of talk at Kirkland lately friendships �e developing. There is an effort to about a sense of community, or rather, Kirkland's establish communication between the members of lack of it. "Community" is an amorphous different .<;lasses. Once a- member of a fraternity, a expression and it is particularly difficult to define boy finds he has many built-in friends- his where it- seems to be deficient. It is then expedient brothers. In addition, there is much interfraternity to examine a school which does-in fact h,ave a strong riva:lry- of which ' intramural sports play an sense of community, in order to understand what it important part- through which friendships or is that Kirkland lacks. The school which we shall · acquaintances can develop. Altho.ugh he may also consider is Kirkland's big brother, Hamilton College. choose to remain independent, the Hamilton The Hamilton student assembly, held Monday student can still retain his friendships with mornings in the Chapel, epitomizes the "Hamilton fraternity mem_bers. spirit." To an outsider (for example, a Kirkland Now that we have examined the institutions student), the Chap�l meetings may be somewhat behind the sense of community at Hamilton, it bewild.ering. Although he may be cognizant of _the seems reasonable to propose that similar institutions traditional responses (hissing, finger snapping) to be introduced at Kirkland. Although of course these • bad jokes and such, the neophyte is not likely to proposals must be considered by Kirkland's Board understand · the vicissitudes of animosity or of Trustees, we feel certain that its ;members will be approbation accorded to certain speakers. The motivated by a concern for the welfare of H ami lton student, h o w ever, unconsciously Kirkland's students to adopt our suggestions. The participates in the camaraderie.· Although the first priority, then, is the purchase from Hamilton Hamiltonians may have nothing in common with of the former Wallace residence, which is then to be the person sitting next to him other than the fact renovated and converted to a sorority house. The that each choose to attend the same school, that can Anderson Cottage, which is adjacent to the Wallace become a very real bond. house and presently for sale, is well suited for the From what, it �ay be asked, does this sense of same purpose. Although the size of the two community derive? What has Hamilton got that buildings will limit the number of women who will Kirkland hasn't? What can account for this be able to join the sororities, it is to be hoped that community spirit? For one thing, Hamilton has alumni will be interested in supporting this program Dunham. Yes, that's right, Dunham. The idea of by contributing money for housing. throwing two hundred horny freshmen together in But this is only the beginning. 0-ne of the 3M's-­ one dorm is quite a coup ,and also quite an Minor, Major, or McIntosh- will be designated for anachronism. Yet it is part of the Hamilton freshwomen · and their advisors, and an intradorm tradition. At the very least, it gives freshmen sports schedule will. be initiated. And on Monday something in common- they all hate it. mornings at 10:00 Kirkland women will hold a Another institution which Hamilton has and 'student assembly in the James Library. Let us hope Kirkland lacks is the fraternity system. Although it that Kirkland's tenth anniversary bash will find the may be true that in some cases an upperclassman Kirkies and the Kirkettes dancing the Big Apple may befriend a freshman principally in order to around the McEwen Swing.

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Letters to the Editor Nobody's Daddy To the Editor: The b asic thrust of your October 4 editorial is well-placed but you fail to deal with what appears to be a growing trend in Hamilton College's view of its relationship with its students. This trend has been reflected in the­ pages of The Spectator all year. First we read a proposal which dissects Winter Study beyond recognition; now we hear the ' ' d i s t r i b u tio n phrase r e q u i r e m e n t s" w h i s p e red furtively. There are obvious points to be made on both sides of each but the present i s s u e, considerations· reflect an ugly attitudinal trend on the part of the various administrative bodies of this college. That trend involves conceptions of students' maturity and responsibility. The basis of the proposed and/or rumored curricular changes displays _ the lack of trust and responsibility accorded to the students of this college. Students are viewec\ as out to get through their four year "term" with a minimum of work and intellectual benefits. The proposition that a student might attend Hamilton because he seriously desires to learn something seems to find little support among various and administrators faculty; college, that instead, . the institution of parental wisdom and guidance, must stand ready to

first, Jeane Dixon, who enriched her middle-class, us with middle-aged views on American decadence and misguided you th. I) sincerely believe she is a dangerous woman). Then Mr. Mobil Oil who showed us that lecherous mind-b.ending capitalism is not only alive and well but apparently flourishing, through rain, sleet, depression,and war, and exhibiting general blindness towards the dark fate of all humanity. Economics majors of Hamilton and Kirk.land mrite-' you have nothing to lose but your lives. While all this stimulating, neat stuff is going on here, down the road at Colgate Yoko Ono was speaking on conceptual art and music, and even further down the road Angela- Davis was speaking at U. Mass. reminding us that something is �eriously wrong and there are things to be done. If l had transportation or half a brain, It's All Wrong it's obvious which lectures I would have attended. But more importantly, the implications 'To the Editor: It's sad I feel the need to write involved in the lack of sensitivity this letter. I only speak broken or general awareness of things in English but I'll try anyway. It the scheduling of the first two seems safe to say that a school's lectures is almost humiliating. offerings, in the way of exhibits, How can we all become one in the lectures and events rather implies eyes of God and smile the Smile the interest or direction of the of the Beyond when we keep . school. In those terms the last two walking backwards? I am looking weeks were straight out of an for the reincarnation of America, Andy Warhol film, enraging me to and it sure ain't happening here. the point of violence and No one seems to realize that camp condemining me to premature is over. Katherine Moore senility. No kidding. Dig this: protect the student from himself. It must tell him what is good for him. It seems as if the college sees its relationship with the student as one of a determined father trying to force-feed his screaming and kicking baby. The only way for a student to develop m a t urity and responsibility is to have these qualities expected of him, and taken for granted by the college. As long as students are treated as children who don't know what's good· for them, they will tend to act exactly in that manner. There comes a point in life when an individual must ·shed his reliance on institutional parentalism, and take responsibility for himself � a mature adult. Hamilton College seems to feel that the time has not yet arrived for its students. David Ruben


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the notes BLOODMOBILE One ·hundred seventy-nine pints of blood were collected at the recent .bloodmobile drive,up 49 over May, 1974. Respiratory diseases and possible exposures to hepatitis were main reasons for deferments. . Of special note, Hugh McKay achieved the status of "Gallon Donor." In the competition between Women's Center and Fraternities for most actual registrations, the Women's Center won 60-44 taking three cases of premium beer, compliments of the L-K Distributing Company.

ABC SALE The ABC (A Better Chance) Program in Clinton will hold a winter sports consignment sale at Clinton Ser..ior High School· on Wednesday, Oct. 23 at 6:00 p.m. They need things like toboggans, skates, sleds, skis, ski jackets, boots, and gloves. Anything you would like sold or would care to donate, bring to the high school cafeteria Wednesday, Oct: 23 from 3:00-6:00 p.m. For further information call Bob Mason at 853-6253.

NO MORE GENNY CREAM The Auxiliary Services Committee is considering removing Genessee Cream Ale from the Pub. Any suggestions and other comments regarding the Pub should. be directed to Box 344, Hamilton, campus mail.

FLU SHOTS The Health Center wishes to inform students that flu shots are. now available, cost $1.00. Only one injection is needed. The Health Center is-open all the time.

CAREER CENTER Represent:atives of the foll�wing graduate and professional schools will be on campus next week to meet with students. The meeting are largely informational. Seniors who are prospective applicants should sign up at the Career Center, Dunham Basement, for interviews. Sophomores and Juniors are especially invited to participate in group meetings and should sign up also at the Career Center. Interviews are held at Bristol Campus Center. Check Career Center Bulletin Board there for room assignments. For further infonnation, call x7346 or drop by the Career Center. Oct.14, Monday: University of Cincinnati School of Law 9��0 a.m.-4:30 p.m., and Syracuse University School of Law 1:30-5:00 p.m. Oct. 17, Thursday: U. of Rochester Grad. School of Bus. 9:00 a.m.-noon and Rutgers (Camden) School of Law 1:30-5:00 p.m.

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The Kirkland Board of Trustees are expected to discuss financiai matters at their first meeting of the year, to be held at the college this weekend. When asked about matters the Board would co�der, President Babbitt said the trustees would "recap last year financially," as well as discuss the activities of the past summer. Babbitt said "There are no ,, foreseeable oontroversial issues likely to be discussed by the Board at this 'meeting. He said they might have a prelimin ary look at next year's budge t. All committees of the Board will meet this weekend, except the Nominating F i n a n ce and Committees, which have already met in New York. There will be a dinner Friday night for trustees and faculty members. As the meeting coincides with Parent's Weekend at Kirkland this year, there will be a luncheon for parents and trustees on'Satwday.

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Two truckloads of pilfered college furniture, evenly divided between Hamilton and KirUmd, was returned Thursday night, Oct. 3 by students here who were taking advantage of a ..furniture ·amnesty."' · Dean Gordon Bingham, who admitted he had not known what to expect, said he was quite pleased by the response. The Dean added, however, that everything had not been returned, and that "some of the things I expected to see did not come back. n When asked if members of the college s would search dorms and fraternities for the remaining furniture, Bingham. said the college , as landlords of the student residences, has the option at any time to search the dorms. Disciplinary measures will be taken against any furniture ''borrowers•• brought to the attention of �ither school, Bingham said. In fonner years, the Dean has imposed fines on such violators, but this hear he said that he plans to treat it as a disciplinary action and send it directly to the Judiciary Board.

* * * Geon� R. Cogar, founder and p r e su <::nt of the Cogar Corporation, will give a lecture titled "Computers - A Diamond Jubilee" on Monday, Oct. 14 .in the Science Building auditorium at 8 p.m. It is the second in a series ., "Co mp uter s: I m p li c ations, Applications and Supp lications," being given in cooperation with the new Computer Center. Cogar's title refers to the 60th anniversary of the introduction of the computer, which will occur at the beginning of the· 21st century. His talk will be a survey of probable compu�r uses in the year 2,000 and beyond. Cogar, 42, is a native of Gassaway, W.Va., who came to

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General of Israel _in New York, will give a talk entitled "Will There Be Peace in the Middle East?" at a brunch at Bristol Campus Center at 10:30 a.m., Sunday, Oct. I 3. His visit is sponsored by the Jewish Student Group · in conjunction with the Chaplain's office and Root-Jessup. Rapoport will also appear at the Temple Emmanuel in Utica that evening at 8 p.m. R apoport was born and educated in Israel, where he studied literature and history at the Hebrew University in"2 * * * Jerusalem. He also worked as an Campus security found two announcer, writer and actor for trespassing hunters in the Root Kol Yerushalayim Broadcasting. Woods behind Kirkland College He served with various units in last Saturday. The two men, from the British Army, with Palrnach Utica., were shooting at birds. units in the Jerusalem area, and Gerald Leuik.en, director of the later as a military correspondent physical plant, .said that the men with the Israel Defense Anny. In were detained temporarily but 1949, he was part of the officer's were released soon after the mission of the Israel Army to the .incident. The men said that they United States on behalf of the did not see the �'No Hunting, No United Jewish Appeal. ·Trespassing" signs and had hunted Rapoport has written a there several years ago. column on arts and entertainment Associate Dean of Hamilton, in Ma'ariv , Israel's leading daily Robin Kinnel, who :reported the newspaper, and has also written incident to ·The Spectator, warned for Variety. students walking in those woods Prior to his current position, to to be aware of possible hunters which he was ap pointed in and other trespassers. October, 1973, Rapoport took a "" * * * leave of ·absence from the Israel Azaria �Rapoport , co�sul and Broadcasting Au1iliority, press officer of the Consulate Upstate New York in 1955 to work at the Univac Division of the Sperry Rand Co. in Utica. Three years later he left to become engineering group supervisor for division, P hilco•s colJ}.puter returning to Univac in 1960. In 1964 he co-founded Mohawk Data Sciences Coip., serving as a director and as vice president in charg� of engineering until 1968. In that · year he· formed his own company. Since 1971 he has been a charter trustee of Hamilton.

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like any other candid ate. 3) The article .reported that the Senate decide that rushing would start Oct. 7. Instead, the Senate simply announced that fact. The decision had been made earlier by the college .

In the Oct. 4 issue of The Spectator ., three errors were made in the article on the Hamilton Student Senate. I} Roger Schneider did not say that the De.an Search Committee had In the Oct. 4 issue, The Spectat�r · narrowed down the field of candidates erroneously- reported that Kirkland to three. I nstead, the Search students wishing to move off campus Committee expects to narrow down · must be able to prove a psychological · �e field aftei; the first round of or emotional need to do so. According interviews. 2) The� article stated that to Assistant Dean· of Student Affairs the Search Committee "would Linda Patrick,- a lottery held in the continue its policy of not disclosing" spring decides which seniors requesting Hamilton faculty who are candidates permission .may iive off-campus. The for the position. That fact should have dean -will consider the requests of other been qu alified, for Hamilton faculty students and lottery loers, and it is -who are interviewed and who do not they who must prove a psychological obiect will have their names released or emotional need to live off- campus.

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Services Outlined By MARTHA FREYMANN and SUE GREENWOOD The members of the · Hamilton-Kirkland Student Health Committee have become aware that many students do not know where to go, or whom to see concerning their health needs. The Health Center is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The - doctors are available to see students on weekdays from 9:00-12:00 :a.m. and 2:00-4:30 p.m. and are always on call in case of emergency. In addition to Dr. Roe and Dr. Klingersmith, the Health Center provides four full-time nurses, five part-time nurses, and a full-time X-ray and .lab technician. Specialists are .also available for consultation. Planned Parenthood holds a weekly clinic at the Health Center Wednesday -afternoons. Group instruction at 4.: 00 p.m. is open to everyone and the clinic staff is available from 3:.30 p.rn. to answer questions. Men are urged to avail themselves of these services. The clinic serves the college community including all students, wives of students, faculty and staff. New patients at the clinic receive group instruction, a Pap smear, and VD testing. Contraceptives are sold at the clinic. These services are also provided by the Health Center staff. Appointments may be m.ade for Planned Parenthood or the Health Center physicians by calling the Health Center at 859-4111. Dr. Don Muilenberg is the resident clinical psychologist. His services are free of charge. He works with students experiencing ' emotional or psychological disturbances, as well as students with less severe problems. Any student is welcome to ask for an appointment by calling 859-7.318 or by stopping by the Health Center and talking to his secretary� All consultations are completely confidential. Students should also feel free to consult with the Dean of ,-1Students Gordon Bingham, Dean of Student Affairs Jane Poller and the chaplains at both colleges. In addition to the aforementioned, Linda Patrick and Cynthia Allen are available for counseling in the Kirkland Dean of Student Affairs Office. More information can be obtained by contacting the Health Center or any member of the Student Health Committee through campus mail The Student Heal� Committee also handles any complaints concerning health. Please sign your complaint and address it to the Student Health Committee at either college. Stay healthy!

Readers are encouraged to submit questions or topics concerning any aspect of health for discu.ssion in this column. Please send them ZtLrough campus mail to either Meg Zabriskie or Phil Montalvo.


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.Candidate ·w illiam Siffin Would P,lan Long Stay Here

Willaim Siffin , director of th� I n t erna ti onal Development Research Center of Indiana. University and candidate for deari of the college }:lere, said if appointed he would anticipate a long stay at Hamilton. He said he does not view the post as a "transitory job." considers himself a Sif fin "serious candidate" and said he was impressed with his visit to the campus. He characterized the college community as ''civil, yet not effete." An attendant at last Assembly, Monday's Chapel Siffen said the meeting "suggested a widely shared spirit." A professor of political science at Indiana University, Siffin said the way to encourage scholarship among any faculty is with "inducements, not threats"' He �. "I think it is very important that menbers of a faculty stay intellectually alive." Distribution Requirements? ·n stitute w o uld S i ff i n distribution requirements at Hamilton if he thought them necessary. According tu Siffin, distribution requirements are just a device to advance an educational philosophy, and hot a goal in themselves. He added that one can train both specialists and generalists in a liberal arts college. Siffin would only support the requirements if everyone were receiving a narrow education, but he said curricular narrowness can be off set by the broad kind of informal education that can

happen outside the classrooii:i. Departme�t of Government Eugene Lewis_,_ The candidate, the third the p ers o nally. Search Committe interviewed, associate professor of government said that the i.n1)<Itant question jn and the college's provost, determining faculty compensation completed his M.A. at Indiana and is whether the college is providing Siffin was one of his professors. of a "decent standard of living" to A s-s i s t a n t Pr ofe ssor those professors o n the lower Go vernme n t Ri chard P. salary level. "You can't buy a Suttmeier, member of the search man's commitment," Siffen said. committee, received his Ph.· D. at Siffin, 52, has been at Indiana Indiana and Siffin sat on his since 1957, and knows two dissertatiop. panel. Hamilton the of members

By LIZ DINNEL and · Kirkland Hamil ton 'recently hired its first woman security guard, Lynne Porcelli, who has been assigned to the third shift, which runs from 12:00 midnight to 8:00 a.m., five nights a week. After two nights on the job, she said that she had no trouble and was enjoying her duties. Porcelli said, however, that she had gotten several surprised looks ,from students she has met. She also expressed amazement at the late hours some students keep. Porcelli is paid the same salary as all other full-time security guargs and performs the same duties.She keeps an eye on the dorms and buildings, unlocks doors in the morning, checks for burned out lights, fires, illegal parking, and investigates reported c!i,sturbances. Fashions for Secmity Her wardrobe consists of skirts and slacks, which · she wears according to the weather. The Physical Plant, which rents guard uniforms, had to buy her uniforms because the college supplier did not rent women's outfits. Director of the Physical Plant Gerald Leuiken, who hired Porcelli, said that there had been 50 applications for the position, i n c l u di ng r e ti r e d state policemen.When asked why he chose Porcelli, he explained that

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Beating the Batter By SUSAN MALKIN For a man who "doesn't eat sweets, never liked them, never w,11," Jake Veerhoven certainly knows how to bake them. Jake the Baker, as he is more commonly known, is the owner of the Clinton Home Bakery, and is credited with making the best hot raisin bread and pies, coookies, doughnuts and homemade baked beans in the Utica metrqx>litan area . But it is his raisin bread that makes him famous. This special raisin bread, with four · times as much sugar and twice as many eggs as white bread, represents his claim to culinary fame. But for those students who make midnight ventures to Jake's and do not exercise moderation, this same raisin bread contracts into a heavy, dead weight that sits in their stomachs. Regardless of the side-effects, every Friday night some thirty-five' loaves of raisin bread are gone before they are cold"' Business Booking "They sell so fast, I just don't have time to make enough,'{ Jake complained as he prepared the dough for the second batch of raisin bread. "I've never had to make so many pies, 11

or a second batch of brownies in one night. Since September, I've just been too busy. .,. "It's the college kids coming down for the bread," he claims. "One will buy a pie and everybody thinks they have to buy a pie. Its so hard to figure out wh�t to make anymore." Friday night is the only night Jake bakes raisin bread, and Jake realizes that the Friday midni_ght·trip into town for the b r e ad is fast be coming a Hamilton/Kirkland tradition. Some student interruptions don't bother Jake-in fact he likes them. "Baking's rather routine after a while. It doesn't take much once you are used to it," he said. No Help However, this year, with the1increase in student visits, Jake said that it is harder to manage the sales and baking by himself. He hires no help except a "morning girl" who does the finishing up jobs such as icing the cookies and glazing pies. A slam of the outside screen door will summon Jake, complete with doughy hands, from the back kitchen to wait on custoners. A glance at the clock will send him hurrying to the .oven to take out a

Measuring Flour batch of cookies before they burn. And thirty-five more raisin bread loaves must be kneaded and rolled before they can be put in the oven. For a paunchy, stocky man, Jake moves quickly and deftly in his small crowded kitchen. He welcomes students to come into his kitchen with only one admonition: 'Stay put, and don't move around." Between the huge flour-covered table that sits in the cent6r of the room and the bulky baking machinery which lines the walls, a Iittle passageway provides barely enough room for Jake to get through. The kitchen is cluttered with· cooling racks filled with cakes and cookies, a deep fat fryer, a kneading machine, and various other obstructions. The floor, too, with a mound of broken eggshells in one corner and broken sacks of flour in another adds to the obstacle course. But twelve years. in the same shop enables Jake to scurry around with assurance, avoiding any collisions. Bakers Gotto Eat Jake has baked since he was 15 when he began· as an apprentice in Holland. "During the Second World War, everybody was hungry. Bakers were the only guys

who got anything and didn't have to go to: war. So I became a baker." Jake's baking has taken him to Scandinavia, Michigan and Holland, but he had always worked as an employee. Clinton is the first place in which he has owned his own bakery. "I love my own store, but sometimes you're better off not having it. Government involvement, control lisences, a paper for this, a paper ofr that, it's too ·much. I just get tired of it, but I'm not the only one, you know.­ Som·e bakers just give up." Inflation

Aside from government interference, inflation has also hit Jake's business. "I can't make too many pies anymore; the price of fruit is just too high. I couldn't afford to have any left over." Jake works a "six-night" week, generally from 2 a.m. to 10 a.m. except on Friday when he begins at six in the evening and puts in a 16 hour night The extra time enables him to bake the r�isin · bread which is a long, arduous, 6-hour process. Other nigh.ts he generally limits himself to baking pies, cookies, doughnuts, apple strudel, tarts, eclairs, brownies, cakes, dinner rolls, pastries. . :..i.. not to mention baked beans.


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Jack McGann at Coffeehouse: Not Just 'Any - Old Guitar Picker'

notably Rodgers' ''Travellin' Jack's set. The song better By JO-ANN MORT If Jack. McGann and Bruce Blues" and S"iebel's graceful, exemplifies McGann's style: C arver believe in touching "Any Day Woma�." didn't "Here's to the town of Toledo, rummaging through old 78 ·· Jack maintains that performing Ohio-they've got entertainment recordirigs, they wouldn't have with another person relieves him that will make your eyes brought their musical tales of of half the ·w oi:k.. Jack and wide-you can,. sit in the bakery Lydia, the Tattooed Lady and Bruce play off each other, · and watch the buns rise ...so here's Gershwin's Lady Be Good to the improVISmg, and taking turns to the town of Toledo, McEwen Coffeehouse last Friday doing back-up and lead. Jack met Ohio-which dies every Sat­ Bruce when Bruce was playing urday night." . and Saturday nights. By transfiguring Rudy Vallee's bass with Lewis London, a former Jack closed his set with a song tales of Lydia from megaphone to member of Bottle Hill. They have written by Gary-White, once a guitar, Jack introduced his been playing together for over a member with Jerry Jeff Walker, audience to an unusual blend of year. They both contend - that of the now defunct Circus As folk music styles, with Bruce they tend to expand each other's M a x i m u s . mi dnight Carver backing him up on b� musical perspective rather than approached, Jack announced in a and picking a fine guitar in his argue about differences in taste. good-numored tone, "Here's the own right. kind' of song you finish with-so "Lively .Stuff" Jack is a highly rated consequently we're gonna finish." folksinger, known for his guitar Their repertoire is certainly Lingering on that last song's final virtuosity and lively performance. more diverse than that of a typical lines: "bottles all get empty and Clem De Rosa and his Orchestra will provide the music for the Big He lives in Philadelphia where he sensitive folksinger. Jack is not a your friends have all gone Band Dance; Saturday, October 19. teaches- a course in music at song writer, rather he interprets home-so you drink the toast in Voyage House, an alternative high other people's.. songs. When asked silence and you drink it all school. He also conducts private about the priorities involved in alone''-one is left.with the feeling guitar lessons. choosing material, Jack said that that Jack is a Folksinger in the he does .. lively stuff." He hunts truest sense-a chronicler of the Snaker Inf luence condition and an out songs which express the same huinan Jack said that Dave Ray, Steve emotions as "drunken self-pitying incredible guitar player at that. · "Lo'lling Couples" will be with a baleful twist: it hates men. Mann, and Steve Goodman have folksingers" yet are in a happier "I like to do songs which sum presente_d as part of the Women� Here, even the ironic title is a up whole attitudes," expla in ed Center Film Series on Monday dissonant scrape of protest. Based been major influences. Attending vein. graduate school in Toronto, Jack An example of his pick and Jack, thinking about how he and Tuesday, October 14 and 15? on a woman novelist's diatribe heard "Snaker" Ray, who later choose strategy can be -found in chooses material. A folksong is a at 10 p. m. in Kirner-Johnson. against the double standard in played with Mountain and two songs written by Mike Smith. very basic phenomenon. It is a Peter Sommer previewed the film Sweden at the time of World War Spider John McGann recorded Smith's song lyrical record of anything which Thursday morning. free-wheeling I, "Couples" is the ·fir� -movieto Koerner. "The D:w:-chman" with Steve concerns life and human nature, be directed by Mai Z etterling, By PETER SOMMER He cites California artist Steve Goodman on Goodman's second built musically upon a three chord Most films from Sweden are who apparently intends to raise all Mann as a key influen�e: "He was album. When asked to play the 1-4-5 progression. "What · the saturated with sex or infatuated kinds of hell on the other side of the first guy I saw play without song in his set, McGann replied: " individual folksinger decides to do with Ingmar Bergman-or both. In the camera. f in ger picks." Jack _was 'The Dutchman' is a tear with those chords and the She begins by corralling three Swedish Couples," "Loving performing with Chad Mitchell, a jerk�r-it's a beautiful song-I interpreting of the individual young women in a Stockho_lm 'director Mai Zetterling, also a very major force in the 1960's folk don't mean to put it down, but notes" is -what distinguishes a · maternity hospital and ends with movement, when he met Steve' it's not my style-besides I don't memorable performer from any fine actress, makes no effort to a long, joyless look at a squalling tum away from this subject, which Goodman in a bar. in Chicago. He know the words." However, Mike _ old guitar picker. Jack McGann baby. In the interim, she pours began to play with other people, Smith's song ''Toledo Ohio" . certainly isn't any old guitar is still man-woman-mattress . scorn over all the corrupt, vain, However, this anti-m a rriage, and soon joined David Bromberg £oun d l"t SWay very- agreeably into picker. . ·an ti-sex fihn is a woman s picture stupid and ineffectual males who --on the guest back-up artist circuit. have brought her heroines to grief. "Mainly because I can't afford­ The three pregnant women are to buy new recordmgs," Jack has expertly portrayed, but strangely taken to collecting old 78's and eno�h, the actors who play the learning new material from them. -men in their lives are quite "Contrary to popular belief, ineffectual. Because of this, as rDavid Bromberg did not invent well as the story itself, "Loving ' the blues," Jack quipped as he Couples" isn't so much about began to sin g "Church Bells". a Saturday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday couples . as about m en-ch asing·, Monday Sunday ·1931 Luke Jordan song which men-ditched women. Bromberg has popularized on his Th� women themselves are not I .. third album. The fact that both the most promising lot. Adele, Bromberg and McGann include Dave Bernie Stan played by Gunnel Lindblom, is a Harry Laura ' in Bells" their "Church Ruben Mucitelli· Singer Gelb Wiener sullen servant wretch whose 7-10 ,· (light (light (light (light (light perfprmances is indicative of the I impending miscarriage climaxes a rock) rock) rock) rock) rock) wave of contemporary_ folk lifetime of disappointments. ;musicians transforming old swing Having lost a girlhood lover, s he ·and blues recordings into , Buzz barely tolerates marri age to a Leslie Matt Howard Chuck animated guitar jargon. Morison handyman she loathes. Angela Cook Kasman Rosenbaum Tint 10-1 (rock/ "I've just started to take up (country) (roe�) (rock) (rock) (Gio Petre} is a young aristocrat, jazz) ' ·piano," Jack said as he Cliff seduced and abandoned by her to cite Teddy Wilson, Thelonius Daw aunt's former pa-::amour. Agda Joe& Monk, and "of of course Duke Jeff .Mike ! Jo Steve (Harriet Andersson) is a trollop Rutherford Betty Larson Ellington," as influences in that 1-4 Flynn Langfield. Ayres who took sweets· from a lecherous (rock/ Selby (rock/ k) (roc (rock) (rock) area. Jack, who was engrossed in a _ jazz) (classical) stranger at nymphet age, and has jazz) Duke Ellington biography when been surpassingly generous to � he was here, played a guitar menfolk -- ever -- since. . Nancy rendition of Ellington's "Prelude Maria John Dan Ruth Public The film makes liberal use of to a Kiss" (He didn't include 4-6 Stadtmueller -Oppenheim• ·Kreischer Staugitis Becker Affairs flashbacks and exhibits a happy (classical) (classical) (classical) (classicf!,l) piano numbers in his sets because · (classical). restraint in the use of music. the piano in the coffeehouse is. Zetterling sets the mood of scene unusable). Asked if he "plays jazz naturally, letting hunian sounds or guitar," Jack responded: "I don't s p ea k without s i len ce Peter John Steve Libbie Jeff Jeff know if it's j;;lzz guitar, but jazz Wilson 6-9 Held Hargrove Hull interruptions by a redundant - Janata Hjelm sure sneaks into �-y play1.ng." (rock} (rock) (rock) (rock): (rock) (rock)_. _ orchestra. ,,.. ...,.....,. "Country Drip". In o_ne_ __,fl a_sh b_ac_ -=-k_ in _t-erlude, With fluidity, Jack and Br�ce's lesbianism upsets the curriculum Bluegrass & sets ranged from the blues of Big of a sedate girl s' school where Trivia Folk Dave Gary Craig Sean Frank Oldies Bill Broonzy to the picking of the J.otto & normal curiosity is rigidly . McDougal Buonanno Mengel Delany To:w 9-12 Jim Carter Family. Introducing the Pirodsky (rock)* suppressed. In another sequence, (rock) (rock)* (rock) Persons Carter Family song, "Heaven's Concert Adele, Angela and Agda assemble '· Radio," Jack noted that he was for midsummer revelry in a vast using Carter picking. The style country estate. Agda is lured into � was devised by Mother Maybelle the woods by the son of the Jazz Walter Rich Dave Steve Jim. Carter and i� composed of a note, George 12-3 ·hostess (Eva Dahlbeck), a bored Lipman Taskin Buonanno Savitsky Donaldson a chord, then a note, which form Brooks creature who slips upstairs to keep the; melody ·as opposed to a rendezvous with an artist and melodies d e vulg in g strictly finds him wearing her negligee. News: WHCL-FM delivers news headlines on the hour, with a comprehensive "Evenmg through outright finger picking. "Marriage," Angela muses es, concerts, Report" at 8 p.m. each day, Sunday through , Friday. Lectu As Bruce began an old Hank· f forlornly, "is like falling aslee p for controversy - people, events, and issues of interest to the community WHCL-FM Snow song, he and Jack began to the rest of your life." Though welcomes support and suggestions for its public affairs programs-you do have a converse about "country drip." Director Zett_erling often seems voice in the community}. Country songs can cnly plead to a overzealous in deploring the A live :record in g · o t a naine artist in popular music each Wednesday at 11 p.m., all 'Con�t Series: certain degree before they wash dilemma of women, she times her previously unreleased materiaL you away in their tears; Jack and surprises so effectively that Bruce struck a nice- medium in Adventure: ''The Giee� Hom:et" - WHCL-FM revives old-time radio with the awesome movie-goers of all' sexes, married choosing the songs of Hank Snow, adventure of �ionaire pqblisher and playboy Britt Reid and his sidekick· Kato or single, will have no trouble · Jjtnmy Rodgers, and Paul Siebel, each Tuesday and Thursday at 1 - 1 p.m. staying awake.

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FILM On Campus This Weekend The Harder They Come, starring Jimmy Cliff. Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. Sunday at 9 p.m. only. Chemistry Auditorium. Admission $.75. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Frid�y and Saturday at 8 p.m. Sunday at 10 p.m only. Kirner-Johnson Auditorium. Admission $.75. October 14 (Monday) Mai Zetterling's Loving Couples. Kirner-Johnson Auditorium. Admission $.50 (Also Tuesday)., _ October 15 {T u�ay_) La Kermesse Heroique, French film with English subtitles. 8 p.m. Science Auditorium. Reception follows immediately at Root Art Center. October 16 (Wednesday) Proposed National Porks of Alaska. 8 p.m. Science Auditorium. October 17 (Thursday) 0 Lucky Mon Kirner-Johnson Auditorium. Admission $.75. Jean Renoir's Rules of the Gome, 8 p.m. Science Aud· ·orium. $.75. At Nearby Theatres Cannonball (853-5553) Death Wish (R) Cinema National Uptown (732-0665) 2001, A Space Odyssey (G) Stanley (7244000} Animal Crackers (G) 258 Cinema (732-5461) Inside Amy and Hot Fusion (R); UFO: Target Earth and Devil's Triangle (G); Willie Dynamite and (Jatman Bolt (R) LECTURE. AND DISCUSSION October 13 (Sunday) Newman Mass. Father Paul -Orobin. 5:30 p.m. Chapel. Free Church of Clinton. William Jamison, ".The Th_ings of ThiY World"· 11 :15 a:m. Chapel. 'Brunch with lecture by Azariah Rappaport� Will There Be Peace in the Middle East? 10:30 a.m.' Bristol Campus Center Lounges. October 14 (Monday) Newman Mass. Father Paul Drobin. 12 Noon. Chapel. (Also Tuesday, Thursday, Friday). Free School. Science Fiction. 7:30 p.m. Bristol Campus Center Brown Room. Lecture: George Cogar, Computers-A Diamond Jubilee 8 p.m. Science Auditorium. October 15 (Tuesday) Christian Science Campus Counseling. Suzannne Scholet. 7 p.m. Bristol Campus Center Backus Room. Kirkland College Student Life Committee Forum. 7 p.m. Kirner-Johnson Auditorium. Free School. Outdoor Living. 8 p.m. Bristol Campus Center Brown Room. October 16 (Wednesday) Open Meeting of the Hamilton College Faculty. 4:10 p.m. Trustee Room. Buttrick Hall. Seminar and discussion of Ibsen's A Poll House Presentation, Ibsen: Poet and Philosopher. 7 p.m. Kirner -Johnson Red Pit. Scuba Diving Classes. 7 p.m. Chemistry Auditorium. Lecture: Mrs. Beekman H. Pool, Population Problems and Control. 8 p.m. Kirner-Johnson Auditorium. Bible Study w ith Ruth Rinard. 9 p.m. Alumni House. MUSIC AND DANCE October 14 (Monday) Concert: Amici Quartet. 8:30 Chapel. October 13 (Sunday) Folk Dancing. Kirkland Quad.(Dance Studio-List, rain site) EXHIBITION Currently on Campus Paintings and Drawings by Hamilton and Kirkland Students At the Afro-Latin Cultural Center through October 19. Photographs and Silkscreen Prints by Terry Gips At the Bristol Campus Center through November 1. Architecture of Hamilton College and the Surrounding Area. At the Root Art Center through October 13

October 11, 1974/THE SPECTATOR/7

'Pigeons,' 'G/Oaming' Ineffective; One-Act Plays Erratic and Shallow

Watermelon ramble on together, By NANCY OPPENHE™ lines of the playl Although there are tnore hopping from reality to unreality, In the role of the Nurse, Libby but staying mostly in unreality unsettling things to do in this McCawley was adequate. It's not _world than to go to the theater, it · and senility. They talk about days an especially nice role to play, and sexuality-Jots of is nonetheless vexing to spend a of bygone she wasn't especially nice to bygone sexuality. We get a long disappointing evening there. watch. Friday and Saturday, two look at their relationship. And, at Some parts of the play were student directed one act plays. the end, a heartless sugar<oated funny, and there was quite a bit were presented at Minor Theatre. nurse comes in. of-, laughter� but it was laughter Obviously the play is not \s · a rule, one act plays leave without compassion. ''realistic.'' Only the people can nuch' to be desired. They are Given, this is _college theater. be real, and must be real in their usually too short to build a solid Given, the actors had only. three twilight zone setting. base for in-depth character study; weeks to rehearse. Given, the Susan Shopmaker was good as or: else they are very choppy, with directors are new. Given, these .are Mrs. Watermelon. She was too much squeezed into a short not professional actors. believable, and though her time span. Given all of this, it is possible physicalization wam't perfect, she to accept the shallowness of the Drake Dir e cts had a dear unaffected voice, and However, p ro d u ctions. an she had stage presence. The. first play, "Pige ons." was audience is not requ_ired to know The same cannot be said for written by Laurence Osgood and any of these "givens."They don't Tom Stoener as Mr. Birdsong, directed by Trevor Drake.. All have to take anything into Barbara Bums playing Mrs. action takes place between three account but what they see on the Tween, or Libby McCawley, as women named, · aptly enough,. First stage.. the Nurse. Stoermer had potential. Woman, Second --Vvoman, and What was onstage for the most Birdsong is a pathetic ghost, and -Thin;lWoman. Third Woman is out part unconvincing. A few short ·though in a few rare moments to control number One and monologues, a few honest, this: pathos came across, most of number Two.The play focuses on energetic moments do not make the time;the acting seemed like a her rather neurotic manipulations, theater, or hold a play together. put-on. and their effects on First and The erratic believability, _ the The same ·held true for Burns, Second. mixed b ag of actors, the weakness Margaret Klenck, as the Second ' whose performance had no flashes and/or obscurity of the plays of honest reality, and whose Woman, undoubtedly had the themselves and the uncertain s om e wh at was d i c tio n strongest acting technique of the direction, unfortunately did pot unintelligible. Perhaps it was an three, but technique was all she add up to a cohesive, enjoyable attempt to regain the Scottish ,had. While she maintained her evening. accent she lost after the first three characterization . of a nervous Southern lady, her acting was overdone and not realistic. This would have been fine if Meg Ham�. the Third Woman, had not taken her role so seriously, or if the reconciled Drake had discrepancy between their acting styles. Hames played it straight on: Klenck overdid it. In­ consequence, while each of ,·.•em had their occasional moments, they failed to create any tension, and the action of the play seemed unimportant. That leaves First Woman, a deranged belligerent old lady, a real New York City crazy person. Robin Moss yelled quite a bit, and was belligerent and yell�d some more, but she simply wasn't conyincing. I was hard pressed to find any motives for any thing in Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and Katherine Ross star in "Butch "Pigeons." . The play was Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" this weekend in Kirner-Johnson dissatisfying in its lack of Auditori�m, Friday_ and Saturday_ at 8:0�,. s_unday czt lO:O!). cohesion. and lack of a directing hand in the give-and-take between the characters. Next on the program was ''The 9loaming Oh My parting,'� written by Megan Terry, and directed by Marice Begleiter. The play is as MODERN JAZZ AND DANCE WOMEN'S ARTS· strange as its title. Two semi-senile Any women interested in old women living as roommates in Wendy Schackrow will give a a nursing home, have stolen an old contributing artwork or working class in modern jazz· and dance man, Mr. Birdsong, to keep as a on planning and/or setup of the Saturday, Oct. 12 in the List Women's Arts Weekend, Nov. 2 Dance Studio. All are welcome to husband. For about three-quarters of the and 3, should contact either come and learn. play, old Birdsong lies like a Marianne, x7309, or Diane, corpse on the bed, covered from .x4530. head to toe. Mrs. Tweed and Mrs.

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Ca r o l B ellini-Sharp has scheduled a discussion/seminar on Ibsen's "A Doll House" on October 16, at 7pm in the Red Pit. The discussion will concern theme, conflict, and title, among other topics. The title of the discussion, which is open to all, is "Ibsen: Poet and Philosopher." The seminar will be generated by panel Hamilton-Kirkland a faculty.

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Due to Houseparty Weekend, the Aaron Burr Lucky Shot Marching Kazoo Band will not march at the next home game, Saturday, October 19 .., The band will march at the Fordham game, ·November 2, and the Union game, November 9. Interested persons should contact ko-kazoo leaders Don Condit or John Helander at X7540;

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BAGPIPE CD.NCERT The Amici Quartet, from left: Daniel McIntosh, Bruce Berg, John Dexter, and Cordula Rosow. The ensemble, currentl y in residence at Hamilton and Kirkland Colleges, will perform several concerts in the chapel this year.

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· Judiciary Board Hears Football Player As_sault Case A Hamilton football player, class of 1976, will be brought before the Judiciary Board tonight o n charges tha:t he assaulted a Hamil ton student in the gym locker-room Saturday afternoon a fter the Oberlin football game. T h e hearing, which will be closed in accord with the wishes of the defendeant, was called at the request of the al leged victim, who is a black member of the freshman class and not a football player, according to Dean of Students R. Gordon Bingham. Eric Kraus '7 6, chairman of the Judiciary Board, declined to comment ·about the incident or t he u p coming hearing, saying that he diµ not want to prejudice the case. Kraus also refused to identify the principals in the proceedings. When asked why he would not �comment, he said, "It is not on c onstitutional grounds-this is j u s t m y per sonal opinion as ch'airman of the Judiciary Board.

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However, Sidney Bruton '78, who identified himsel f as the a l leged victim, named Vincent Puleo '76 as the alleged assailant. This identification was confirmed by William Ferris '75, a member of the football team and other witnesses to the altercation. According to Bingham, who s a i d that the details of the alleged assault were unclear, the altercation occurred on the stairs between the two locker-room l eve l s , and moved upstairs between two rows of l ockers. Saying that what he knew of the event was what he had been told by various people, Bingham said that the freshmazn went to the hea l t h c enter after the incid_ent with swelling in the l o w e r a b d o m e n a n d was Bingham: No excuse administered an ice pack. "I can e asi l y picture this B ingham said that t here "s e e m e d t o have been a having happened stri-;tly among widespread speculation on the . \}'hite students, but this doesn't part of the guys on the t_eam excuse it," he said. that the victime was an Oberlin The Judiciary Board, which is not bound by its precedents, did student."

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"Racial Epithets" Although Bingham said when asked that he did not believe the altercation, at the outset, was a ra cial incident,added that, "In the heat of it, there were some racial epithets thrown around as · far as I have been told." The dean speculated that the Judiciary Board may consider the crux of the case a question of provocation. First however, one msut determine that there is such a things as a provocative act and what effect if any a prrof of p r ovocation would have on a decision, Bingham said. Bingham added, however, "I think w e ' d all be concerned [ about the incidynt] whether racial overtones were involved or not. This [the racial overtone] adds another dimension to it."

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Locker-room Singing Bruton said t h a t he was singing in the lockers on his way to a basketball game with friends and was told to shut up byt the football players. Lyle Jeffris, manager of sports equipment, asked Bruton to stop singing whi l e trying t o h o l d back d i sturbed f ootba l l p l ayers, according to the alleg ed victim. Jeffris said that he could not h o l d t hem b a ck for l ong,

however, and soon tp.e alleged assailant ran up the stairs and grabbed Bruton, the freshma coi:itended; Bruton said that he went on to play basketball and that his swelling in the stomach was not painful. F e r r i s said t hat Bruton verbally abused the members of the football team and that many of the players were angered. Not heeding demands that he stop, t h e d e f endant a pproac hed Bruton, who spat on him. Bruton was then tackled. Bruton, however, denied that he spat , s a hing that he did something w hich might have been construed as spitting. Bob King, head football coach, declined to comment about the inc id en t u ntil the Judiciary Board compl eted adjudication of the case. Eugene Long, director of p hysical educa t ion, also declined to comment for the same reason.

-Howard Bird Discusses Business Careers short v acat io n ta lking with them, By LIZ BARROW To all those inte rested in he ad vised. ''A woma n's abilit y o r lack of ge tti ng ahe ad in th e busi ness world, espe ciall y wom en: the ol d it will be taken o n the sam e pl a ne story of cl imbing the ladde r of as any m an's," said Bird. Despite infla t ion, Bird said the success with only a grade school _ opportunit ie s for g etting in to educ at io n is imp ract ic al , if n o t busine ss are good right now. He obsolete. So s ays Vice Presi dent of the In terna tional Division of sa id that in big busi ness chances Mobil Oil Howa rd Bird, Woodrow are ev en b ette r , since there are m or e opp or t u n i t i e s for Wilson Scholar. Bird, who h as b een visit ing the ad vancem ent. A Great Place colle ges t:Jiis w eek, said that Bir d arriv ed at Hamilton and although pra ct ical knowle dg e is importan t, aspiring stu de nts Kirkland Sunday afte rnoon and should p lan to get masters sin ce th at time has m ade two formal sp eeches. I n addition he de grees. had several informal He cited conversatio ns he had . has wi th leading women execu tiv es

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Committee. According to Lee, in temships be entered in the departments could teach three would a of co1umn co-curricular sememstes of work in a year. Lee said the CAP would work student's transcript. Lee considers �'important," and_ "forcefully" to retain the present internships concentration �quirements. He suggested they be a way to denied that redesigning the occupy vacant January periods. The CAP was not sure how the current winter study program would restrict independent studey semester in Washington program opportunities. Independent study would be affected by the The Washington would be "less regulated" p r o pos al. according to Lee, because program, unlike an internship, proposals would be considered on includes :a seminar with a an "individual basis" regardless of Hamilton ,professor. Going Abroad the candidate's class. Concerning overseas trips now Robin Kinnel, associate dean, said, "Faculty must believe it is taken during the winter study worthwhile to offer a course period, Lee said,"Realistically, intensively," Course proposals they're probably on the way out; would have to be approved by the money is scarce." The proposal admits of some department chairman and the procedural problems. The January CAP. courses will h:ave to limit No Internships Un d e r the pro pose d - enrollment. Lee .said the winter ccurriculum, internships would study Committee would have to The Hamilton Student Senate problematic. The vote was 0-6, for the January term submit a no.t reveive academic credit. devise ·a mechanism for admitting voted 10-2 Thursday in favor of with 6 abstentions. proposal to be considered by a Members of the committee students, and also for deciding retaining off-campus internships Schneider said that he based "January Committee" consisting claimed it was impossible both to which .Kirkland courses would be as an academic alternative at his views on discussions he had of three faculty members, two control the quality of an eligible for ,credit. Ha m i l ton. The resolution, with Dean of Academic Affairs students, and chaired by the dean Lee :stressed that the CAP introduced by John Emerson, will Catherine internship and to grade it. "What Frazer, Associate of the college. The student's in heaven does a 'pass' on a legal proposal is not final. The now be submitted to the Professor of History Peter Marcy, faculty sponsor will act as advisor internship mean on a transcript?" .committee has yet lo meet with Committee on Academic . Policy and President Babbitt to the committee. the Standing Committee o� for its consideration. · More Pass-Fail, asked Kinnel. Internships, according to the In other action, the Senate also resolution, must include written This was a controversial issue Academic and Curricrilar Affairs In a second vote, the senators of th-e .Kirkland re j e ct e d in the · discussion. Hamilton (SCACA) Emerson passed a resolution offered by work, a reading list, and the another s u t d ent s h ad v o t e d Assemb1y, and the Hamilton resolution asking the faculty to Warren ·Hart which asks that the specific place in which the student overwhelmingly in favor of credit faculty. grant academic credit for any number of pass-fail options wiU carry out the project. '-'The draft re.soluti«�n is still Kirkland on-campus course listed students can elect be increased for internships in a poll conducted Reasons Given from the present four to seven. It by the Student Interest subject to change," said Lee. · in the catalogue. If the January Committee Roger Schneider, senator and was felt by the senators that with graded winter studies, the option rejects the proposal, it must the Student of chairman C.A.P. RESOLUTION Curriculum Committee, spoke should be expanded. The motion present a written statement That the academic year be divided into fall, winter, and spring explaining its reasons. The student against the resolution, saying that passed 9-1. tenns; the fall term to be approximately 1.3 weeks Jong, beginning in resolution is then given the opportunity to Emerson The K i rkland does view not September and ending before Christmas; the winter term to last Hamilton's passing judgment on adopted by the Senate stipulates resubmit his proposal· to meet the approximately 3½ weeks within the month of January; and the some of its course offerings as that students seeking internships objects, the resolution states. spring term to begin approximately one week after the�end of the winter term and to ·last approximately 1-3 weeks. That courses of study offered in each of the three terms be as comparable as possible in academic content, demands, and grading lead to 6-5 by me end of the Alumni Pool were treated to an continued from page twelve (A+-FF). second quarter, in tne shooting third period · as the Hamilton outstanding exhibition of water That the normal course load for a student consist of 4 courses in but most shots were off. Finally starters began to tire. In the polo by both teams. The the fall and spring terms and one course in the winter term, any_ John Needham, peering at the second half tpe Continentals Continentals particularly have deviation in any term being subject to the procedures and policies of goal in his singularly myopic way, looked almost exclusively to Craig reached a level of considerable the Board of Review. was able to avoid the crossbar and MacDonald to take the shots. Big sophistication in the game. That graduation requirements consist for the class of 1 976 of the scored, Hamilton's prolific scoring Mac at first had his problems, Hamilton's play against Colgate successful completion, according to standards currently in effect, of duo of Bill McCann and Dave throwing the ball long, short, and was marked by finesse • and 32 cmirses and three winter study projects; for ·the class of 977 of Greenhalgh each added a goal in into the cross bars, but with balance, and this kind of play entertainment. good the successful completion of 33 courses and two winter study the second period. Colgate twice practice he ascertained just where makes projects; for the class of ·1978 of the successful completion of 34 caught the defense off guard and the goal �as and where the goalie Saturday Hamilton hosts Oneonta courses andone winter study project; and for the class of 1 9-79 and capitalized on both opportunities wasn't. MacDonald had all four of in the Alumni Pool at 12 noon. subsequent classes cf the successful completion of -35 courses. in this period. The half ended �Hamilton's second half goals. Oneonta is an unknown quantity That all academic reg ul ations not specifically dealt with in these with Hamilton leading, 4-2. Colgate added one final goal in in water polo, though they do .,_ resolutions remain in effect. Colgate cut close Hamilton's the waning moments of the game, have great swimming talent. ._________ iliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii-liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiaiii_...,_iiiiiiii;;;;;::=..... -'��:;:::£9.t=-:�C;/-;:?:illtt41'!;;::�� but . by then it was too late. Though this game lacks the � :��n_ _defeated archrival element of keen rivalry that any Colgate-Hamilton niatch has, it WANTEp FOR TRIAL 8 6 : should still be a fine game. �.., -�:e spectators w o en ure � Th h d d Aaron Burr the pernicious humidity of the Gavel Coat Tree Lucky Shot _ _ _ _ _ _ L_ L___________ _ _ _ _ i_ l _ _ _ul_ _ _ _ _ _ nm Feather-pen Leather bound Bible T-Shirts t wo d be a c e no to FOOT BA Grill � continued from page twelve mention the efforts of Oberlin St:iff �--� Martinez's nine-yard touchdown running back Harry Bonner, who Coal Bin dash. The all important extra collected 152 yards in 36 :• � "' point was wide as a bad snap from Now on Sale tt cen e At If anyone has� or can get ahold of any o f these items �/"c';'!��:!�! to • e;::•�eek the Hamilton squad please call Mike Bannon at -4549 or Bill Bagwill at � fold and after taking the kickoff will travel to Geneva to take on li:_ j 7191. • marched to Oberlin's 1 8 before the Hobart Statesmen. The � Puleo's 4th and one was again defense will .be test�d again, as The stacked up at the line of Hobart boasts of one of the finest :, -:::• •.·.• The Tailor Shop scrimmage and the heart seemed small-collegerirunning backs in WHOLE EARTH College to go out of the Hamilton squad. junior Rich Kowalski. Kowalski, NATURAL FOODS. Bookstore Martinez, takin·g ov�r on his rejected _ by the Hamilton �� �;:� Serving the Hamilton­ has own twenty yard line directed an Admissions.Department 2 College St. Kirkland community Oberlin in each scoring drive, collected over 1,000 yar�s putting the ·,l �,::::_..., ,; Clinton with pride and good game on ice with an ll yard of his first two seasons in a service. touchdown toss to his favorite Hobart uniform and will be receiver, sophomore Jay Greeley. looking to add to his total this Special of the week: Martinez p�ssed to junior wide' weekend. The Blue will have to Whole Shelled Almonds 43 College Hill Rd. 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Loss en th Sixte Continental Eleven Suffer • Blue Lose Gro11nd 1n Second Half

ByC.JAMES CARR lost its third Hamilton consecutive contest of the 1974 campaign to Oberlin College of Ohio by a 14-6 count. The Contine ntals led 6-0 at the half, but were unable to contain Oberlin's big offensive guns, as the

Y eom�n tallied twice in the seasons atop the Hill. out of Buffalo, New York, had fourth quarter to extend the Buff The homecoming crowd got its other ideas. Martinez, looking to and Blue's winless streak to 16. first look at the Continental squad put points on the board before Mother Nature was kind last as the Hill welcomed back all the halftime , put the ball in the air Saturday and prompted Hamilton old grads. All the fans got their and Logal made a diving Athletic Director Gene Long to first look at the offense as , ipterception to give the Buff and note that it was the best football Hamilton displayed varied attack Blue possession at Oberlin's 36 weather he'd seen in the last five which accounted for 327 yards yd. line with 24 sec,,mds to go. It total offense. took LaFountain just one play as It was mistakes once again he drilled a 36 yd. aerial to which hurt the young Hamilton Pisanelli who was all alone. The eleven. The Blue had some early 'conversion attempt was wide but scoring opportunities but fumbles Hamilton was on top at halftime and interceptions thwarted them 6-0o for much of the afternoon. Hamilton came out in the Early in the first quarter the second half and took over right Continentals, aided by a 24 yd. where they had left off. After • Tom Lafountain '78 aerial to kicking off, Nick Lore '77 picked third Martinez's the Dave Pisanelli '77, drove to off Oberlin's 15 where the _ drive intercepted aerial and returned stalled. With 7:35 remaining in the ball 45 yards to Oberlin's 29 the first half Hamilton once again yard line.. Six plays and two had good field position on penalties later, the ball was at the Oberlin's 19 but Bill Finan's 42 20 yard line and out came Finan yd. field goal attempt was .short. to attempt his second field goal of John Newell senior co-captain the game. It was a 42-yard from Bethel, Connecticut picked attempt but .fell short and the off a Willie Martinez pass to halt Continentals were unable to get an Oberlin drive which had breathing room, the score reached the Continentals 27. remaining at 6-0. With 31 seconds remaining in Another Hamil ton drive stalled the half, Oberlin in possession of late in the third period at the football on their own 20, it Oberlin's 17 with a fourth and appeared that both teams would two, as Vin Puleo '76 was stacked head for the dressing-room dead up for n Q gain. locked at 0-0. Oberlin's offense, which had Mike Logal, 180 lb. freshman per f ormed sporadically all _ afternoon, finally got going as Yeoman QB Martinez engineered a 51 yard scoring drive, capped by

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BySHERWIN TUCKERIn record-breaking style, the Hamilton harriers extended its winning streak to 28, dt.feating Union 17-42 here Wednesday afternoon. Bruce Carter, shaving 26 seconds off the 5.1 mile c;uurse record set last year, ran a record 25:28. Carter and Jon Schmeyer ran neck and neck over the first four mile s, but during the latter part of the last mile Carter overtook Schmeyer and went on for the record time victory. Schmeyer finishing second, also broke the old record with a time of 25:37. Following Carter and Schmeyer was L ou Pacilio, who cove r e d the course in 26:06, taking 1 :06 off his personal best time for the course. The only Union runner who finished among the top five was leff Wistowski, who took fourth. "It was a perfect race," said Coach Eugene Long after he was Carter break the orange tape and set the new course record. The Cc;mtinentals will need a repeat performance this Saturday when they take on Cortland and Rochester. "Rochester will make a serious challenge to our streak," Long said. Hamilton has already faced Rochester once this season, taking a third at Saturday's LeMoyne SPECIAL! SAKE under $2.00 Imported French -Cider under $2.00 "JOCKLO" Weaver's Wine & Liquor On the Square in Clinton 853-5421

Ham.: LaFountain 36 yard - pass to Pisanelli (kick failed) Ob.: Martinez 9 yard run (kick failed) Ob.: Martinez 11 yard pass to Invitational behind Plattsburgh - on Saturday, the constant ( M a rt,inez-Ph illips improvement' of the entire team Greeley State and U. of R. But the Continentals were and the advantage of running on _ conversion pass) forced to run without one of their the . home course, look for Ham. Ob. 19 top harriers, John Rogerson · Hamilton to take two more on First downs 22 14 12 Saturday. He was bothered with Saturday. Whatever the result, the Run 6 5 sinus problems, but hopes to be meet should be exciting and close. Pass 1 3 The 1race starts, at 2:00 p.m. Penalty ready this Saturday. 160 313 Yds. rushing With Rogerson expected to run near the football field. . 12-27 7-15 Passing 167 63 Yds. Passing I 4 Interceptions 327 376 Total Offense 9-96 9-98 Penalties 1 1 Fumbles lost 35.7 40.5 Pun,ting

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Athletic Facilities_ Less than Adequate New Fieldhouse not Future Priority By ROBERT LUND Although Hamilton Athletic said that when the college is Director Eugene Long expressed blessed with additional funds and confidence that construction .of gifts, this need should not be improved athletic facilities is high passed over or forgotten. on the institutional priority list of Kirkland Needs Hamilton's administration and Speaking a�out the factors Board of Trustees, Provost Eugene which brought about this need, Lewis said that a new fieldhouse Long said,"Kirkland has forced it was not likely to be built in the as much as anything." Alumni near future. Gymnasium, completed in 1941, Jose ph A n d e r s o n , was built to accomodate about vice-president of communications 800 men. and development, explained that When Kirkland College was all the money now. being raised constructed, eventually adding from alumni and other sources . over 600 more students here, no was b�ing used to pay the provisions were made for any kind remaining debt on the Burke of athletic facility. Kirkland Library, to increase the college's students are invited to use all of endqwment, and to remodel the · H amilton's , facilities during Chemistry Building. allotted time periods, and when In 1970, a ten year plan called Hamilton. students are not useing for the raising of $43 million by_ them. 1980. The building of a new Long said, "If every Hamilton fieldhou_se was. allocated $1.5 student asked me for a locker, I'd million in this plan. have to tum some away, and now Almost five of this IO-year the girls want lockers." Ten years ago the Gym was period has elap sed, however. But due ·in part to double-digit rarely open more than eight hours inflation and a sagging stock a clay but now, to accomodate market, only $8 million of the both colleges, it is q,eri about 14 hours - projected $43 million has been a day. The growth of Hamilton to over 950 students and the advent . collected. of Kirkland College have badly No Money Even if a new athletic complex strained and aged- Hamilton's were high on Hamilton's priority gymnasium complex. All Purpose· Building list, the money for such a project The gym itself serves as a is not available now and probably won't be available in the next five lecture hall, a concert hall, a dance floor, and a circus tent. years. Despite this dismal outlook, Long called · it "the all campus Long emphasized Hamilton's need m e et i n g c e n t e r". ' Besides for better athletic facilities, and damaging the gym floor with

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In 1964, on an unheralded night, in an unheralded event, a young, brash boxer gained the world heavyweight title and laid the foundations for becoming the· greatest }:leavyweight of all time. Cassius Marcellus Clay VII was undefeated as a heavyweight for six years, five months and held the title for three years until he was KO'd by Uncle Sam (a light-heavyweight at best). You can tell me about the speed and agility of Joe Louis, the power of Joe Frazier, and the strength of Marciano - but the man who could combine all of these qualities into his TKO'd career is Muhammad Ali Hajaka Cassius Clay. You can talk about George Foreman knocking out the strongest heavyweight of the seventies, Joe Frazier, in the second round. But Muhammad Ali did away with Sonny Liston (certainly one of the most unsung champions) in 1:57 of the first round Along with being· one of the foremost poets of our age, Ali was certainly the greatest drawing card of th-e sixties. At a time when other sports found themselves in leaner times - baseball was being overhauled, football was being dominated by the Packers, and people south of the Mason-Dixon hadn't even heard of hockey and basketball - Ali brought boxing to the point where a good fighter could earn more money in an hour than a baseball player could earn in ten years (perh ap s Gerald Ford should outlaw Muhammad Ali to fight inflation). Muhammad Ali's greatest crime was �enating conservative sections of the boxing establishment. And by changing his name to Muhammad Ali, he developed black consciousness while James Meredith was still trying to get into the University of Mississippi, dodgingsniper's bullets. Ali's flambuoyancy made him an antagonist of white society as all the cards were being stacked against him. While Americans still thought that there was something to fight for in Southeast Asia Ali's religious convictions prevented him from accepting the immoral war. That was all they could take, the World Boxing Association raised its ugly head and stripped him of his title. But a court doesn't beat a boxer. And a legal system does not erode his skills. When the People's Champion came back after a three-year layoff, it was evident that "the greatest" was approaching middle age. At an age when most men will sit down on a Sunday afternoon with their can of beer, Ali took on boxing's champion. He pummelled, mutilated, and disfigured him, but he lost. His mythical championship lay solely in Joe Frazier's hands. But even in defeat, Ali showed that he could take. what he could put out and the shadow of his former talents can stay in the ring with boxing's present greats. This is not to say that Ali will beat George Foreman in Zaire two weeks fr9m now. Foreman was a junior in high school when Ali won his title. Now Foreman's a little bit bigger and a. little bit stronger. And a lot younger than Ali. Maybe Father Time will forget Ali in Zaire and let him box like he used to - one last fight of floating like a butterfly and stinging like a bee. One ·more Ali Shuffle. And come .,, on, Zora, call him '_'Muhammad."

platforms, hard-soled shoes, and grand pianos, many social a£tivities usurp the use of the gymn asium from Physical Education classes, varsity sports, and intramurals. Long cited other specific reasons for his contention that "we are close to outgrowing the present facility": inadequate locker and shower room facilities for Kirkland students insufficient number of squash and handball courts only one team room for varsity sports Visiting inadequate Team rooms major repairs needed on the filters in the pool leaky roof in the ·gymnasium worn floor boarqs in the gym and in the squash courts Improvements Welcome If Hamilton is to attract fine student-athletes to its athletic programs the present facilities By DAVID WOLLMAN should be updated, according to The Hamilton Soccer team Long. Athletic rivals such as last State Potsdam Williams, Union, and St. Lawrence faced have fieldhouses in which outdoor Saturday. With fine weather and sports - football, soccer, baseball, an excellent crowd, all things lacrosse may be practiced looked good for our Buff and · Blue. This year was the first time during inclement weather. Although Long said that a we have met Potsdam in regular multi-purpose fieldhouse with season play and they proved locker rooms for men and women worthy opponents as the two would substantially alleviate the teams fought to a 1 1 present problems, he said he tie. Hamilton drew first blood would w e l come a n y early in the first period on an existing indirect kick. The kick was taken to im pr ovements by David Church and headed in facilities. by Ray Terepka for a fine score. The Continentals were unable to score again while Potsdam tallied

Foot�ters ·Fight Hard Potsdam Holds Lead

a goal ending the game in a tie. · Thursday our socsters met a tough Union College team. The Continental's figured their main problem to Union's Jeffries (7). Walt Stugis was assigned to play him man to man, and did a fine job in keeping him from scoring. Although Hamilton failed to capitalize on many sure the opportunities throughout game Union's long tally proved to be the difference. The team will face their toughest matchup of the year this Saturd ay when they meet a highly ranked Albany St. team. The game should be very exciting.

Blue Rackets In Action Poloists Still - Strong By RICHARD MURPHY Our tennis team finally got some decent weather and, after two previous matches were cancelled, played Utica College last Saturday. There were no Hamilton players who were even contested as they marched to a nine zero victory. Tom Griffith, who plays number one, had a bad day and still beat his man 6-3, 6-2. No other Hamilton player lost more than three games in a set to a Utica opponent. Tom Pirodsky registered the only shutout. He allowed his opponent a miserly four points in the whole first set. On Tuesday, Hamilton met Binghamton . Scott and Allan, our four and five players were unable to play. Rowan, usually number nine in the line-up; jumped to four and held, 7-5, 6-3. Tom Griffith won a tough match, 7-5, 6-4. Tom Pirodsky and Jim Carr also won their singles matches giving us the lead, 4-2. We swept the doubles matches 3-0. Pirodsky and Worden lost the first one 5-7, but came back 6-4, 6-0. Griffith and Spillane outclassed ]Binghamton's best doubles team 6-2, 6-1. Rowan and Carr, who both moved up to replace Schutt and Allan in singles, combined to win 6-3, 7-6 over .tlinghamton's _number � tinnhles.

impartial and able referees to By GARY KARL The Hamilton Water Polo Club officiate the contest. Right from the outset the notched two victories and a loss in a busy week and upped its recor1 officials made it clear that th ey were going to call a tight game . As to 5-1. The poloists played two games a result, Colg.ate was soon in foul in a tournament at Syracuse, last trouble; in fact, four of their Sunday. The first game . was a starters were to foul out before game was over. ·The laugher against St. Lawrence the which the Continentals won Continentals played meticulous 13-5. The second game proved to water polo in the first quarter. be no joke, as Hamilton lost to Their· passing and ball handling RPI, 9-8. The Continentals' poor were nearly faultless, and the play reflected their activities the defense was superb. Defensemen previous evening, and all agreed John Needham, John Navarre, and that the whole afternoon best be Brad Johnson handled their mesomorphic opponents with forgotten. It was. Wednesday evening the unrelenting detemiination. Late in Hamilton poloists played what the first period the discip lined was certainly their fir est water Continentals isolated holem an Bill polo of the year in a rev... atch with McCann who fired a shot into the Colgate. A week ago Hamilton goal. The first period ended with outlasted Colgate, 6-5, in a game Hamilton holding the one goal marred by fighting and officiating lead and eager to shoot at the a Colgate goalie in -the deep end of To prevent ineptitude. re<;urrence of the uncontrollable the Alumni Pool. Hamilton went into a frenzy of p lay, Club Advisor · Eric MacDonald hired a pair of

Sports Blurbs··Varsity F ootball

HAMILTON-KIRKLAND SPORTS

At Hobart. Saturday, Oct. 12. 2 p.m.

Varsity Soccer

Albany State. Home. Saturday, Oct. 12. 2 p.m. At C larkson. Thursday, Oct. 17. 3 p.m.

J.V. Soccer

At St. Lawrence. Thursday, Oct. 17. 3 p.m.

Cros s Country

Cortland and University of Rochester. Home. Saturday, Oct. 12. 2 p.m. At Hartwick. Friday, Oct. 18. 4 p.m.

Kirkland College Field Hockey

At Mohawk Valley Community College. Thursday, Oct. 17. 4 p.m.

Kirkland Tenni s

At ":ells. Monday, Oct. 14. 4 p.m.


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THE -SPECTATOR VOLUME V, NUMBER 8

HAMILTON AND KIRKLAND COLLEGES, CLINTON, NEW YORK

OCTOBER 18, 1974

Stude1:1t Plan� Charitr. Dance To Aid Mexican Orphanage William Rosenfeld, chairman of ; the Arts Division and supporter of Blank's drive,said that there are so many stark realities in this world, like hunger and poverty, that· are "burning issues." When Blank spoke to him he said he was "refreshed" because the students were responding to and dealing w i t h an issue o u t s ide of them s e l ve s, which · is what education is about. Wide Support Interfaith, the Black and Puerto Rican Union (BPRU), the Student Activities Committee (SAC) ang the Student Life Committee donated a total of $27 5 to be sent to the orphanage along with the funds raised by the 1 dance. Blank hopes her $1000 goal will be met. Frats Pitch In Almost all of the fraternities have each donated a keg of beer for the dance; Hamilton Dean of Students Gordon Bingham and Kirkland Dean of Student Affairs ane Pollet have each contributed hree kegs of beer. (: The Arts Division is covering the cost of seventy-five silk screen posters to publicize the dance. 1 These donations guarantee beer, music and publicity for the dance. More importantly, they shgw the involvement of varied s e g m e n t s o f t h e s ch oo l By BOB RZASA community in the fund raising plans to provide North with a Fuel prices at Hamilton and lighting generator. drive, according to Blank. Blank said that she and her· Kirkland· are expec,ted to rise According to a survey done b'f associates have tried to generate again . this year, according to · Chuck Byrum of the Physical enthusiasm and awareness within Hamilton Provost Eugene Lewis Plant, the price of N o.2 fuel oil the community that ·the cause and Phy s ical Plant Director rose from 20 cents per gallon in they are sponsoring 'is a needy and Gerard Leuiken. September 1973 to 31.4 cents per Lewis said that although the gallon in September 1974. wortliwhile one. La Gran Familia. an orphanage in Zamora. Mexico Motivations college is now using less fuel, it is Electricity also rose in price. The leaders of the projec� were still paying more. The price of During 1972-73, Kirkland used 10 • • e ach originally motivated · by both No.2 fuel oil, Hamilton's million kilowatts and in August, �' different interests. Raquel Ramos primary fuel, and electricity, 1973, was paying 3.2 cents per· '77 said, "Whether or not the K i r k land's primary fuel, has k ilowatt-hour. During t h e orphanage is in the United_States, increased by ·more than 50 per 1973-74 school year Kirkland the kids need help. To see cent between 1973 arid 19.,4. used 10.7 kilowatts ang paid fiv� favorably to alumni and other everyone here getting together for K i r k l a n d's D i r e ctor o f cents per kilowatt- hour. By GLEN WOL THER The price of secondary fuel a c a u s e , e s t a b Ii s h i n g In s ti_tuti onal Affairs, William In a radical break with friends." Hamilton tradition, Homecoming .. Alu'mni response has been commun ication and rapport Jamison,said he expects a 17 per also went up in the past year. Hami l ton u s e d 6.2 million 1974--scheduled for today and better than that of past years. amongst each other is a source of cent rate increase in electricity. 2 00-300 former satisfaction to me." Also, according to Leuiken, kilowatts in 1972-1973, paying tomorrow,-will include discussions Between with faculty and students and Hamilton students are expected to Rhonda Bugg· '76 was influenced hot water at Kirkland is heated by 1.4 cents per kilowatt-hour in demonstrations of the college's return to the hill this year. This more by the cause. "I wasn't. , natural gas, which has been September, 1973 and in 1973-74,"'­ new science facilties. In past figure is still disappointing, thinking about people here getting - d e r egula t e d by t h e F or d H a mi l ton used 8.3 milliorl . tog ether-t hat was just an Administration and -will rise in kilowatts and paid 2.1 cents. years, no formal program besides however, according to Woodin. The price of gasoline rose from the football game and cocktail All alumni and students are afterthought. It helps me to work price. Gas at North 19 cents a gallon in September, parties were ever provided for the in v i t e d to v i ew the on it knowing that it's a Third Leuiken said a gas line bas beeq 1973 to 36.4 cents a gallon in returning alumni. demonstrations and attend , and World family." In speaking about The reason for the change in participate in the various the coordin<l,ted efforts within the installed in North Dormitory for September, 1974 an increase of continued on page ten emergency use, and there are continued on page thr�e policy dates back to last year's discussions. homecoming weekend. At that time W. J. (Tony) Woodin, director of alumni affairs, believed that the traditional homecoming not were events weekend presenting an accurate picture of Ha.�i!ton. He pres���:'.:: �.�s ici'eas �� me Alumni Council and they opening statement. women w_orking for the Spectator radio, and the SAC. One Hamilton By KEVIN McGOWAN · The discussion was prompted of being "Hamilton wives" and student and a Kirkland faculty agreed to the change in the A group of Kirkland students member were also present. program. held , an open meeting Sunday by complaints, rumors, and not "Kirkland women." The discussion, which lasted Woodin hopes that this year's night. to air student opinion on so-called pressures related to the Another rumor that was schedule of events will givi; the the subject of Kirkland's role in alleged failure of students working mentioned was that the formation nearly two hours, ·strayed to such coordinate act1v1ttes to of a separate newspaper for issues as "divisiveness" amongst alumni a chance to learn more coordination, and to discuss what on the Ki rkland Kirkland had been suggested. Kirkland students, the-Women's about the current operations of they termed "a separatist "r epresent i m ag e , A s sembly both Hamilton and Kirkland movement" in the attitudes of viewpoint." Gorfein and Reiners Dean Poller said she did not know Center "cliques," the Adler Conference, colleges. He also hopes to get certain members of the Kirkland are members -oi the Student about these allegations. more involved in administration toward Hamilton. Activities Committee (SAC) and The meeting's ·organizers said and inequities in the funding of alumni homecoming weekend by having The meeting was organized by Barrow and Malkin are The their objective was to find out joint efforts between Hamilton some of the alumni "bring to the Liz Barrow, Anne·Gorfein, Susan Spectator's assistant news editors. whether other students had and Kirkland. Anne Albright '76 and Dean c a mpu s t h ei r bus·in ess Malkin, Martha Reiners, and Amy The consensus, however, was experienced similar pressures and Hamilton's criticized acumens" through the discussion Wolsky,- all sophomores. Dean of that the're was not and could not antagonism or had sensed this Poller panels. s u p posed m o ve t o w a r d method of choosing Kirkland's Student Affairs Jane Poller, be a single Kirkland view. This ye.ar's program is not part Director of Admissions Brigid Reiners cited an incident last "separatism." Those attending representative to the steering Adler for the of an overall change in the image Cosper, and approximately 25 year when the Student iife the discussiou seemed to consist committee of Hamilton, Rather, says students attended the meeting. Committee criticized the SAC for of unofficial representatives of a Conference. Poller said that it negated the Woodin, "It's an expansion of "Is the emphasis being directed failing to consider "Kirkland variety of campus organizations, "com pletely our ongoing attempts to present toward and "could be coordin a t i on or tastes," and Barrow said that a including the Women's Center, the · Assembly" acc urately and separation?" asked Gorfein in her college administrator had accused Assembly, The Spectator, WHCL Hamilton continued on page three

· By DENISE BEDELL effort and others' time and effort Lisa Blank '75 has managed to to give what we can." People Outside pull together diverse factions of She and three ·others, Rhonda th e H a m i l t o n-K i r k l a n d community in an effort to raise Bugg '76, Raquel Ramos '7 7, and money for La Gran Familia, an M o lly L azarus '78 h ave been working to muster the ,fjnancial orphanage in Zamora, Mexico. Blank decided to raise the support necessary for the project's money by holding a dance, success. "It's about time people got scheduled for Sat., Nov. 2, from 9:00 p.m.-2:00 a.m. in Bundy together and worked together to help someone out," · said Blank. Dining Hall. Blank, who spent five days at "In t h e Hamilton�Kirkland the orphanage last December said, . environment people forget that "rh e i m p r e ss i on was s o t h e r e a r e o t h e r people re markable that I felt the outside-w hat they have to orphanage deserved my time and do is remember."

Energy Crunch Ciiuses College Fuel Pr.ice Rise

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Kirkland ·Students Voice Dissatisja,-tion with A!!eg�d Separatist Tendencies, Leadership Cliques


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B.P.R.U. Speaks �EDITO.RIAL. . . The Days of Old SAC Coriun:itment The recent request for Student Activities Committee (SAC) funding of a charity function, made by Kirkland senior Lisa Blank for the Nov. 2· benefit dance for La Gran Familia, brings to light questions about the_ committee's mandated fiscal responsiliilities. The SAC is chartered to "act in behalf of the student bodies in providing a varied program of social events for the campus community," according to the organizations' constitution. The SAC's . $50 contribution t.owatd the benefit, which equals the committee's donation t.o the -".'I)elta Kappa Epsilon Muscular Dystrophy benefit last year, · will probably raise- no hackles here. However, the committee had unwarrantedly offered to the sponsors of this year's charity oenefit whl;l.t would hav� been a more generous arrangement. Richard -Koffs, treasurer of SAC, said that the committee, which had planned to give its own dance Nov. , 2, offered to give the charity any profit it realized from its event. Wanting to stage their own function, however, the promoters of the charity benefit did not accept the SAC offer and the SAC later decided to give them its spot on ,· the calendar. Nevertheless, SAC was prepared to offer the · profit if would have realized from its dance - an offer that · should never have been made. Profits from any SAC function rightly belong t9/ social tax holders, whose annual $35 contributions underwrite SAC events. The SAC is supposed to provide social events for the campus community, primarily for those who pay social tax. Notwithstanding the merits of any charity, the SAC would act inappropriately if it depletes: its resources through charitable donations. It should, rather,. sincerely attempt . to increase its revenues wherever. possible, especially in light of SAC claims that it does not have the money to woo top name concert acts or to subsidize Coffeehouse entertainment on a weekly basis.

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Many White liberals on both campuses preach that "you've come a long way baby" philosophy. They talk about how things have changed �nd about how much progress has been made, in race relationships. Has progress really been made when a White student can call a Black student a "nigger," in full view of Hamilton staff �embers and students? Has progress been made when two football players in full uniform vent their racist aggressions on a Black Hamilton student and only two others step in to help? Has progress been made when someone gets reprimanded for_ defending himself? No-!- This is not progress. This is not even change. These things have been happening all along. Our past silence has··not been a sign of acceptance. The past few incidents on both sides of the Hill have sensitized us to the need for change. Change in administrative policy. Change in faculty attitudes. Change in liberal students' views. Change/people, change! _ . We have changed enough. In the past, we have accepted your irrational decisions on: how we live, 1

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language nothing more than our shapeless screaming in the dark. Scott Wright '75

To the Editor: I would like to respond to Mr. Donehower's letter of the October Why Not Inflation? 4 jssue in which he mentions such vague phrases as "ideal of literat"u r e ," and "reality of To the Editor: words." As a supplement to the A f t e r reviewing the news current college magazine, Mr. · events of the past two weeks, it Donehower's suggestion has merit, occurs to me that President Ford's however. new inflation fighting campaign M r . Donehower's argument W.I.N. (Whip Inflation Now) has seems · t o b e that f o rmal been incorrectly named. Rather, it perfection, because it is sele.ctive, s h o u l d b e c alled W .N . I . cannot honestly portray life, that· Washington Not Included. I t is sharing experience is the proper inconceivable to me how a body intent of literature, and that any of. 'suppos edly conscientious . words are sufficient because all representatives of the citizens of w'Ords "beat with life." He the United States can vote misunderstands the nature of themselves a 5.5% pay hike one language. There will always be a day, scowl at a 5% surcharge tax . g ulf between experience and on incomes (that would. include · expression. The word "sadness" theirs) the next day, and then hardly begins to - reflect actual return to their districts and tell tears. One is private and visceral voters that they'll do all they can while the other is onJy a public, to stop inflation. Incumbants in telldctual portrait, and · the seeking re-election, tell me how effects are quite different. Writing you can expect any voter to is an artificial craft, and we must believe you'll work for his or her ·a p p r e c i a t e t h e i n h eren t best interest if re-elected, when ;imp r e ci s i on of words. The you just got through voting for challenge is to atone the visceral the most blatant example of the with the intellectual, to be as man in Washington putting his precise as the language Vv1.ll - best interests above those he is permit. Otherwise the artist lies. representing. How m.iny of ou� Language has the po.tential to upstanding Congressmen ever stop unite or corrupt a world of people and think about the fact that they separated by their very selves, _sometimes spend more for one people who literally perceive lunch than some people over 65 d i f f e r e n t l y . W o r d s a r e have to spend on a month's once-removed from life, but the supply of groceries? Instead of a , notion· that any words will serve 5.5% pay increase for Federal ] such subtle union betrays a workers, Congress could have ; m iscon ception which renders appropriated that same amount of

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Editor-in.Chief-Mitchel Ostrer Managing Editor-Henry Glick N�W!: Ed-itm:--::-Dm.!glas Glucroft ·Busine�§ M�a�er-Peter Sluys Assistant News Editors Susan Malkin Liz Barrow Editorial Page Editor Ken Gross Arts Editor Jonathan Cramer Assistant Arts Editor John Joelson Sports Editor John Navarre Copy Editor Felice Freyer

·Productioii t��!!_!ltter Jack Hornor -­ T echnical Manager Mike Bulger Photography Editor 1 David Ashby Sports Photography Chip Whiteley Graphics Kevin Burns Melissa Stern Assistant Copy Editor . David Schutt

money for i n creased social s e cu r i t y be nefits. A token perh ap s, but I don't think it would hurt this Congress to take on a W.I.N. drive, instead of the W.N.I. attitude it is so clearly manifesting. After all, W.I.N. should also mean Washington Is Notwithstanding. Pemie Gilbert '73, '74, '75 Appreciation To the Editor: Since school is now in session and your newspaper is again being widely read, I want to make known my appreciation to all the students who participated in the development and passage of the. Tuition Assistance Program. The vital concern exhibited in this legislation by students throughout the State impressed me as being a n e·x a m p l e of j us tified self-interest in a program which, if passed, would have far-reaching effects on their lives and their families'; however, it was more than tha;:. It ·was also a willing dialogue which can and should occur between kgislators and citizens. I am grateful to everyone who took part in that dialogue. - The Select Committee on H i g h e r E d ucation, w hich originated TAP, hopes to hold several hearings early next year in order to solicit suggestions for improving the Tuition Assistance Program. I feel that a program as complex as this must constantly be r efined to maintain its effectiveness. The hearings will be publicly announced and your participation would be more than welcome. However, should you wish to contact us sooner, please c o m m u nlca t e y9ur ideas, complaints and suggestions to the Select Committee On Jiigher Education Room 842 Legislative Office Building Albany, New York 12224 Peter J. Costigan, Chairman Well Speech ·To ttte· ������I trust that the short joui--u�, from the northeastern to the southeastern corner of Root Hall has not dulled Acting Dean L�n d l e y ' s c o n t e m p t for 'o u t r a g e o u s l y m eaning le ss language. Surely, when you report him as referring to "total curriculum experience" you are accidentally subjecting him to a complete misquotation event. Warren E. Wright Speech Department Chairman

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where we sleep, what we eat, who we see, how we speak, and what, where; who,, and how we learn. Even now we must accept the decision of a group of some Whfre students, the Judiciary Board, concerning a Black and White issue. There are those who would like to believe that this is not a racial issue. Any thing that concerns one of us concerns all of us and therefore, our mere existence here becomes a racial issue. Black and Latin students on these campuses constitute three percent of the population. Just because we are the minority doesn't mean we will be silent when asked to, by the majority. We consider it an affront when a Black Hamiltonian is physically attacked'by White Hamilton athletes, as . college staff passively witnesses �e incident. Is passivity the "new" policy of the college on race relationships? If it is, the Black and Latin Class of '78 should be the last Black and Latin class, at Hamilton and Kirkland Colleges.

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The Kirkland Assembly will meet Oct. 21, 3: 30 p.m. in the Red Pit in Kir ner-Johnson . All members are urged to -attend. The meeting is open to commu ni�y.

CAREER CENTER

Represen tatives of the foll owing · graduate an_d pro fession al schools will be on campus this week to meet with studen ts. The meeti ngs are largely in formati on al. Seniors who are pr o spective applicants ·sh ould sign up at the Career Cen ter, Dunham Basemen t, for interviews. Sophomores and ju niors are especially invited to participate in gro up meeti n gs and should sign up also at the Career Center.In terviews are held at Bristo l Campus Cen ter. Check Career Center Bulletin Board there for room. assign men ts. For further information, call ext.7346 o r drop by the Career Center. Oct. 21, M on day: Babson College Business, 1:00-3:00 p.m. Oct. 22, Tuesday: Colgate University M AT Pr ogram, 1:00-5:00 p.m. Oct. 23, Wednesday: Bost on College Law School, 9:00 a.m.-noon , and Duke U niversity Law School, 9:00 a.m.-noon . Oct. 24, Thursday: U n iversity of Pittsburgh Business, 1:00-5:00 p.m. A represen tative o f the Navy Officers Program will be interviewing in the Sn ack Bar of Bristol Campus Cen ter on -Tuesday, Oct. 22, 9:00 a.m�-5:00 p.m.

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I have l ost a manilla folder c on taining the o nly rec ords of Kirkland's graduations. I had it o n Monday, the 7th of Oct ober in Bristol, Common s, the Kirkland Dorm Loft and the Library. If y ou have seen it; or heard of it in these places or anywhere else, please call Cathie Belden at 4522-it is v ery imp ortan t.

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Historical Tours of Clinton Sunday

KIRKLAND MEETING The Clin ton Historical So ciety Note to Our Readers continued from ptge one will host an historical tour of Because of mid-semester recess, con strued as meaning the ,Clinton on Sunday, Oct. 20 at The Spectator will not publish Assembly isn't meant to be taken 2:00 p.m. The tour o f the . Oct. 25. The next issue of The seriously." 187-year-old vill age will begin at Spectator will be Nov. l. However, she added, ''To raise the village park, and will include a questions about student program walking tour of the center of the funding and the Adler Conference village and a bus tour of th e Sister Joel Read, Presiden t of is not anti-Hamilton.'' outlying areas. Alvemo Co llege, a small liberal Margaret Doris '77, news Guided by Phil Munson , Jack arts college for women in director of WHCL, · pointed out Elliot, Dick Williams and Howard �ilwauicee • will speak at Kirkland that Kirkland did not pay its fair Chaney, all members of the Wednesday, Oct. 30 at 8 p.m. share in the funding of the radio H i s t or i c a l S o cie ty, t h e Sister Read will explain her station, which is supposed to be a participants will hear the hist ory college's C ompetenc_y Based coordinate effort. Poller said she of the many famous Clint on Learning (CBL) progr am, an is working to establish a joint families and institutions. The educational experiment wh-ich was Hamilton-Kirkland funding hoard. village park fountain, which was begun just o ne year ago. Poller said that the Student an artisian well in 183 7 the ' U nder Sister Read's directio n, Health Committee was a good Scollard Opera House, the site o f Alverno has gone fro m a once example of a group working with m o v ies and plays fr om traditional Catho lic c ollege to an the . "creative tension.�' 1860-1930's, the Williams Home, experiemental in_stitution , u�ing_ a Members o f the Women's which i!i n ow the Alexander . program called Liberal Learning m Cen ter denied a charge that they k Hamii ton Inn, and th e gmg o , Context. Al vemo attempt to "legislate " the · from th e 1s60 s, are a Management tree, d atmg . n tly recieved a $250,000 gra n t rece . definition of "the Kirkland e o m · u o ur. f t · luded m the o Th� r te from , the Fund the woman." They also pointed out for the Chenango Canal, which passed Im_ p r ove�ent of Post-Secondary that the Women's Center has through from 1836-1879, will also E d u ca ti o n (FIPSE) f or broadened its membership and be outlin ed. · div ersity o f c on cerns, in an eff ort_ A highlight o f the bus tour will dev elopmen t O f t h"is pro gram. At Alvem o, C ompetency Based to change its image as a "radical­ • Gr ound, be the Old Burymg . Learrung means that a studen t militant-feminist'' organizatio n. k d R vo1u ti n where 48 � must demon strate that she ,has m: � : : Member s of the Assembly said war graves, e arges nl!_m er m · ncies that relate that changes in the electio n the coun try, can be seen. Also on achieved compete · _ . . i e m a pro cedure this year had the tour are the Washmgt on Tract, to her managmg her l"f 1 d "dly cham · ·ng successfully eliminated the all� a reside · nce of Gr over Cleve1 and; s, comp ex a n --- rap1 Id "cliquishness" of last year's a link in the under ground woWhile in Clint on, Sister Read railroad, the Barnabus P on d will also speak - to members of committees by increasing the Homestead, the site of the Samuel Kirkland College's Second Decade variety of stude nts in the Assembly. Kirkland c ottage a nd the remains C ommittee. · of the iron ore furnace and slag hea :;� rvatio ns for the historical tour are limited and can be made by calling 859-7276 between the hours of 9:00- 4:30 p.m. on I · · weekdays. In the even t of rain, the to ur will be resc;heduled for By ANNE SURCHIN Sun day,.Nov. 3. Tony's, located in the Cllat on Shopping Center on Mead ow Street, specializes in her o . sandwiches (tunnels) and pies. The . tunnels vary fr om fair to very g ood. The combination tunnel, on thick hero bread, consists of meatballs, sausage, peppers, mushrooms continued from page one and cheese all un der a sizable quan tity of t omato sauce. Although by 91.6 per cent. Natural gas rose n o ·means extra ordinary, this tunnel is hefty and rath er satisfying. fr om eight cents a cubic foot in The meatless special (pepper, mushrooms, cheese, t omato sauce) August, 1974, a n increase of 28.8 is seriously lacking any substantial quantity and variety of per cen t. vegetables.I n contrast, T on y's roast beef tunnel is very good. _P lenty I n addition , acc ording t o of lean , rare ro ast beef with lettuce and a little may onnaise make Leuiken , the n ew rate increases this tunnel a meal in itself. S ome of the o ther tunnels offered are for electricity, ,whenever they go meatball, ho t sausage and surf an d turf (liverwurst a nd sardines). into effect, sho uld be about 18.3 Ton y's is perh aps best kno wn for his pie concoctions. Of these, per ce nt for Hamilto n, 1 7.8 per his pizza is the one t o avoid. The pie is much too thick, not cheesy cen t f or Kirkland, 30 per cen t for or crisp enough and has a to mat o sauce practically devoid of real private lighting an d 17.6 per cen t . tomato flavor. for street lighting. The spinach pie, reputed to be Tony's special attraction , is fairly · Street Lights goo d. The pie, c ontaining spinach and melted cheese under a crusty The rise i n street lighting c osts crust, bears n o resemblance to pizza or quiche. Rather, it tastes mo re are due t o the fact that the college like a sandwich o n pizza bread. The consisten cy of the spinach ( a is planning to put more lights on bit on the watery side) leads one t o belie ve that it has been frozen. College Hill Road from the base In addition t o a plentiful amo�nt of cheese there is also a moderate of the hill to the colleges. amoun t of garlic flavo ring. A great pie? No. S aporific. Other selections include Italian Sausage pie, P o le Lock pie (sauerkraut and NOOKIE'S DELI kielbasa) h ot sausage turnover, pickled eggs and an assortment o f 226 Liberty St. side dishes. The pies range in price fr om $1.45 for the spinach to ,. $1.90 for the Italia n -.ausage (a real feast). Sandwiches vary between $.80 to $1.20 depending o n extras. Beverages include beer ancrsoda. Original For those with a gargantuan thirst, Ton y's extra large beer comes in . !Kosher!!! a quart size T ony's i� a small place (in the 2x4 category) and very !Co rned Beef, Pastrami, informal with booths and tables. A bove the bar coun ter is a Ro ast Beef, Chopped Liver, Etc. television and in the back room pin ball machines. The service is Salads and Soups Made Daily pretty g ood except during the busy hours. T ony's rates tw o and a half stars.N ot a bad place to tickle the palate. Next to N.Y. Bakery · The restaurants reviewed in this column are rated five star� to Hours: � :30-6:30 Daily none. Service, cuisine, price and a tmosphere determine the rating the Fri.8:30-4:30 restaurant will receive. One star signifies edible, two stars mediocre, three goorl, four very good and five excellent.

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4/THE SPECTATOR/October 18, 1974

Candidate Lindley: KeepGrades Credible

By DAVID SCHUTT D iscussing the amount of Dwight N. Lindley, candidate faculty scholarship done outside for dean of the college, says it will the classroom, Lindley said a good be up to the Dean Search professor is stimulated _ by his Committee to decide whether it WQrk to do more research in his / needs a "fr e s h vi�w" or field. He views the dean's role as "experience" in deciding on the one of "keeping the faculty . appointment. informed" about ·various grants in Commenting on a wide range their respective fields. He feels of topics concerning the college, that Faculty Support Funds are Lindley said that if appointed he and have been used constructively would continue the college policy and fully..· ,, Grad Schools of no distribution requirements. With respect to the graduate The Acting Dean said he sees no need for them at the current time. admission program, Lindley would However,.he would not rule out like to increase support for the the possibility of reinstituting various advisers. He specifically mentioned the efforts of Assistant requirements in the future. Professor of History, James Traer, On the subject of grade Associate Professor of History David Millar (left) and Associate Professor inflation, Lindley said grades have pre-law adviser. He said he greatly of Philosophy Robert Simon, members of the Dean Search Committee. been rising at Hamilton and that appreciates the efforts of Traer in he ho pes t he y have risen law advising and Associate Dean "sufficiently" to keep Hamilton Robin Kinnel in medical school students c ompetitive w i t h advising and would like to help . s t udents from other schools them financially. �indley hopes that law school applying for graduate work. admissions will do as well or The Hamilton alumnus said he W.R. Jones, professor of seventh candidate has not been and Ohio Wesleyan University history at the University of New m a d e y et. T h e c ommittee before going to New Hampshire. · would like to see a "balance better this year and that medical Jones was Fulbright Fellow at achieved,"'' between keeping school admissions will increase. Hampshire, will be the fifth e xp ects to d i s cuss student candidate to be interviewed by involvement in the second round of King's College of the University of Hamilton students· competitive He noted that he will have to wait the H a m i lt on Dean Search interviews "quite soon," but has London in 1957- 58, and received .and maintaining a "credible" until the results from this year are Committee, Chairman Lawrence not done so yet, according to a French Government Fellowship grading system. He warned that in before devising any changes. Tenure at the Universitv of Paris in 1951, grade inflation couid eventually , K. W ourtee told The Spectator YotJ.rtee. The Acting Dean refused to yesterday. No candidates who have visited // A magna cum laude graduate m ake grades useless. Faculty Salaries, comment on his own criteria for · Jones will visit the campus, t h e H i ll p re vi o us l y h ave · of Harvard College, Jones also The foriner Chairman of the granting faculty tenure but said and will confer with President w i th d r aw n , t he committee's received his master's and doctoral E n glish Department expressed t h a t· h e s u p p o r t s t h e degrees at Harvard. Car ovano, Kirkland Dean of chairman, said. Jones' publications include a · · concern oyer faculty salaries , recommendations made by the Academ i c Affairs Catherine Jones, 44 years old, has been at Fraze'r, Provost Eugene Lewis, and the University of New Hampshire monograph entitled "Relations of stating, "we are not as good as we Appointments Committee to the Acting Dean of the College s i n c e 1962, and served as the Two Jurisdictions: Conflict should be" in comparison to other faculty. These recommendations D w i ght L i n d l e y , himself a chairman of the department of a'n d Cooperation in England small l i b e r a l. a r ts colleges. will not be made public for about D u r ing t he Thirteenth and However, he said that schools another month: history from 1964-71. candidate for the postition. If appointed, Lindley will A sp eci alist in medieval Fourteenth Centuries," as well as such as Williams, Amherst, and Yourtee said that . a sixth can d i d a t e has accepted the history, Jones taught at the 25 articles and numerous reviews. S w a r t h m or e ha ve greater teach one course each fall in Jones is married and has four . resources to. work with in paying English Romantic Poetry as he is Committee's invitation,but added University of Georgia; the College now doing. faculty. that a decision on a possible of Charleston in South Carolina, children.

Medieval Historian W. R. Jones Is Fifth Candidate in Dean Search

Professional Women: Sex Discrimination Easing, Up

By LIZ BARROW F o ur K i r k l and Associates discussed their jobs, home life, and wh4t it · means to be a woman professional at two seminars last Sunday. Differences in lifestyles and business situations prompted much debate among the panelists a s t o what possibilities for advancement women have today. All four professional women agreed, however, that women now have chances that were never available to them. At the afternoon session, CBS foundation executive, editorial consultant and researcher Helen Brown reflected on her first job as a researcher. At the time, it was the best job a woman could find in ·ournalism, · for women were

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not allowed to report, she said. Brown added, that within the past t h r ee y e a r s , howe ver, the journalism field has substantially opened up to women so that there are now as many women writers as male researchers, 40 percent in e a ch case. The· change was especially significant because it e volved f r om the president himself and therefore was very l i k e l y t o be · a long term adjustment, said the executive. ..-Singles·' Woes O n e o•f t h e m a j o r discriminatory problems Brown s ai d she encountered was resulted more from her single marriage status than from her sex. . She said· often women who are unmarried are given bo-th longer and un o ular workin hours d

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may be sent to out- of-the-way York section of the Society · of n e eds to be studied very serious ly," s aid Schn eider. p l a ces while t heir married Woman Engineers._ coun t e r p a r t s re ce ive better Both Longobardo and Brown Community pressures are great for treatment in this area because of run sensitivity sessions for men at the· woman to follow her husband their family reponsibilities. their companies on being a from job to job. Anna Longobardo, engineer for woman. The "Bottom Line" Sperry Rand, said women aspiring In contrast to the first three A Liberated Husband The first dean of _ Upsala panelists, Susan Stem, a member of to executive positions must be prepared to travel. Married and College in Orange, New Jersey, Nixon, Hargrave, Devans, and the mother of two, Longobardo Dorothy Schneider said, "What Doyle, the Rochester law firm herself does a fair amount of saved me was my husband... he that represents Kirkland, said, "I tr.aveling and said she relied. on a was far more liberated than I." think the woman is still bottom faithful housekeeper to help keep (Her husband is Carl Schneider, line ...emotional housekeeping is her home running. K i rkland's vice president for still a woman's job." research and evaluation.) Engineering Her young daughter�s cries in "I h a v e n e v e r b e e n Schneider briefly described the the background, Stem continues, d i s c r iminated against because hectic per�od in her life when she "It's the woman�s reponsibility to t here a r e so few women w as involved in three time keep things going. Accept· it. engineers...it's a remarkable fact consuming ventures concurrently. Don't fight it. Make it into a at first, then they forget you're While working full time as a grade fulfilling experience." there," said Longobardo, the first school teacher, she finished her Stern was the first woman woman to recieve a degree in doctorate degree and maintained hired-by her firm. She said there Mechanical Engineering from the her household. has been a terrific change in the She agreed with Longobardo legal p ro fessi o n _s in ce her Columbia School of Engineering. She explained that she had been and Brown· that the problem of appointment several years ago. hired solely because she was a geographical mobility in jobs is Firms have gotten past looking at woman, however. The duties of one of the largest currently facin g women as women, placing her first job were to time men in women. i m p o r t an ce on a p plic an ts' "This is one of the areas that credentials, Stern said. production lines and the men didn't seem to mind a woman at this job as much as they would have objected to a man. Longobardo is a member of the WERT/MER, BABBITT, CHOLAKIAN, Advisory council o_f the Joint TRAER, and R. B. KINNEL L e g i s lati ve Comm ittee on in Consumer Protection and has "TRIAL BY JURY" served as Chairman of the New. and "COX AND BOX'' OCTOBER 18, 19, 20 8:00 pm HAMILTON CHAPEL STUDENTS-$.50 ADUL TS-$1.50

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October 18, 197 4/TH E SPECTATOR/S

En-tered Hamilton 100 Years Ago

'Sun,ny Jim' Sherman '78 Was -a �eartbeat Away

By STEFFI KALMIN Beardsley, Bµndick, and Cookingham, the The month of October marks the birth last member his brother-in-law, and in and death of one of Hamilton's most 1879, Hamilton awarded hnnthe degree of distinguished alumni, James Schoolcraft L.L.B. The college, in 1905, elected him Sherman, 27th Vice-President of the trustee� United States. The son of a true-blue Democrat, No one will ever extinguish the Sherman embarked upon his political memory of "Sunny Jim," remembered for career as a staunch Republican. A party his outstanding contributions to his member for 22 years, he held political country, as well as for his cheerful office from 1892 until his death. Utica_Mayor and Elk demeanor. He was a politician cited hy The people of Utica elected him mayor President Taft as "free from the exaggerated egoism which has wrecked so in 1884. During his term, Sherman, a devoted many fair causes." Born Oct. 24, 1855, in Utica, the city member of the Dutch Reform Church, he was later to serve as mayor, Sherman became its treasurer and, eventually, its was the son of a prominent newspaper chairman of the board of trustees. In a editor. Of English stock, his ancestors speech concerning his father, Sherril were early settlers upon land relinquished -Sherman told, "It was his habit to time.._ by the Oneida Indians. sermons and if it was longer than twenty After attending Whitestown Seminary, minutes, the minister was acquainted with he entered Hamilton College, a member of the fact." the Class of '78 and of the illtistrious Sherman was also a member of the Sigma Phi. Sherman's own diary showed Royal Arcanum and Order of Elks. he did not graduate in the upper half of Upon his election to the Hou� of his class, although a gift for oratory and Representatives, Sherman served on extemporan eous degate won him numerous committees, most notedly as distinguished honors. It was his practice to chairman of the Committee on Indian learn several declamations a week and, Affairs. Under his direction, there resulted going into the woods, speak aloud the in a complete reversal of the country's pieces. policy toward its wards. He advocated "H e w,a s t he· m os t p o,p ular paying the Indians for their work rather undergraduate at Hamilton during his than the continuing to offer them college course," reminisced friend, gratuitous support. For 14 years as classmate, and fellow politician, Elihu chairman, he resisted and frequently succeeded in defeating schemes to defraud Root, in his memorial address. Also a Hamilton graduate, Root's term as New the Indians. Hometown Fanfare York Senator coincided with Sherman's After receiving the nomination for period of presiding over the Senate. Following his brilliant career as a Vice-President on the 1908 ticket with student,Shermanembarked upon a pursuit Taft, Sherman rose to celebrity in Utica. of law. He studied in the office of Each return home prompted considerable

fanfare. Together he and Taft defeated William Jennings Bryant and John W. Kem. During his term, Sherman was considered by some an ideal politician. In one Taft history one colleague was reported to have said, "I never knew any man who was so long in public life with the jealousles and animosities which are incidental to such a career, who enjoyed such an unusual degree of affection from his fellow citizens of both parties." Relations between he and the President

were considered particularly good. A great deal of advising went on between the two men. A golf enthusiast, Sherman often played with the President, making them the first executive team to be acquainted socially. Use Patronage Yet, Sherman was not always in accord with Taft. Early in his administration Taft was forced to consider the use of patronage as a means of disciplining uncooperative congressmen. While the President remained reluctant to use it, Sherman was quoted in one history as saying, "You have other weapons but appointing power is your only club." -• Even as the President's subordinate, Sherman r e mained s teadfast and outspoken in his opinions. He was a leader in the effort against the attempt to make silver the standard value either alone or with gold. On evaluating the economic situation of other countries, Sherman concluded that the American market was the best market in the world, and that competition , with conditions so different in other highly organized industrial natio.ns should not be able to deteriorate the standard of American wages and living. Sherman remained firm at a time when a large percent of the press of the United States opposed this idea, imperilling his renomination for the Vice-Presidency. Liberal Interpretation Convinced that the nation had the power to do everyt4ing required for the common welf�re, he favored a liberal interpretation of the written Constitution. Friction did occur between the heads of state when Sherman used Taft's name · without his authorization in behalf of his own candidacy for chairman of the Republican's. state convention. The party endorsed Sherman instead of Roosevelt, humiliating the former President. In 1912, Sherman agreed to run again in the following election. Although aware he had an incurable heart disease, Sherman a ccepted t he nomination for �he Vi ce-Presi dency at the Republican National Convention. On October 30, 1912, only days before the election, James Schoolcraft Sherman died. Utica Monument The city of Utica erected- a bronze statue to commemorate their native son. In a memorial address, the City of New York Republican Club once said of Sherman, "His steadfast loyalty to his alma mater, in subsequent years, is today a precious legacy at Hamilton-where his memory will ever remain green and the record of his achievements an inspiration to high aim and ardent endeavor."


6/TH E SPECTATOR/October 18, 1974

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Players Jo Pe__rform · Gilbert .and Sullivan

If you are partial to the musical-comedy genre, and then again even if you're not, the world of Gilbert and Sullivan is certain to delight you. These English composers are responsible for numerous one-act operettas, and foremost among them are ''Trial by Jury" and "Cox and Box." "Trial by Jury" and "Cox and Box" will be presented by the Alexander Hamilton Players Oct. 18-20 in the Chapel. In presenting . their current double bill, the Players turn to . two of the earliest extant Gilbert and Sullivan .operas. "Trial by Jury" is a perfect little gem of h u mor. Like the "Precieuses Ridicules" with which Moliere began his career, "Trial" is a miniature masterpiece of realistic satire. The goings-on at Old Bailey d u r ing t he h e ar i n g Q f a breach-of-promise case provide Gilbert with the opportunity to poke light-hearted fun at the venerable institution of English law which he knew' so well. if its

tenuous plot is prepo�terous it i a l s o sufficiently plausible t, a c h i e v e t h e i l l us i on o verisimilitude as it parades acros the stage a veritable cross-sectim of London in the personages o j ur y m e n , s p e ct a t o r s , ji ltec maidens, gay�log deceivers, arn p o m p o u s m e n of learning. Sullivan's music is a brillian accomplice in the conspiracy tc deflate swollen egos, trippinr lightly from the trivial to_ the: mock solemnity; of the swellinr oratorio. "Hot Bed"

The' Player's second one-act, "Cox and Box," 'is the story of a · "ho t b e d " shared .by two occupants who, because one is on the day shift and the other on the: night shift, are -ignorant qf each other's existence. It will seem only slightly exaggerated to those w h o h ad t o e ndur e th e home-front housing shortage of: World War II. F .C. _Bumand, editor of Punch,.

FILM On Campus This Weekend Friday and The Harder They Come, starring Jimmy Cliff. Saturday at 8 pni. Sunday at 10 pm. Kirner-Johnson Auditorium. Admission $.75. Jean Renoir's Rules of the Game, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. Sunday a� 10 p.m.. only. Scien� Auditorium. Admission $.�5. October 21 (Monday} Mr. Deeds Goes to Town and New York, New York. 9 p.m. Chemistry Auditorium. Admission $.50. (Also Tuesday}. The Triumph of the Will, one of the most successful Nazi propaganda films. 7 :30 p.m. Science Auditorium. Admission Free. October 24 (Thursday} Sidney Lumet's The Sea Gulls. 8 p.m. Science Auditorium. Admission $.75. College and Sherlock, Jr., a Buster Keaton double feature. Also The Father, a short. 8 p.m. Chemistry Auditorium. Admission $.75. At Nearby Theaters Cannonball (853-5553}Buster and Billie (R) Cinema Theater (736-0081) The Longest Yard (R) Cinema National Uptown (732-0665} Gone With the Wind (PG) Paris (733-2730} What's Up Doc? (G) Stanley (724-4000) Animal Crackers {PG} 258 Cinema (732-5461). Open Season (R}; Flesh Gordon (X); 2001: A Space Odyssey (G) LECTURE AND DISCUSSION . October 19 {Saturday) Newman Mass. Father Drobin. 5:30 p.m. Chapel . October 20 (Sunday) Newman Mass. Father Drobin. 9:30 a.m. Chapel. Free Church of Clinton. Joel Tibbetts, College Chaplain. 11 :15 a.m. Chapel. October 21 (Monday) Newman Mass. Father Drobin. 12 noon. Chapel. (Also Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.) Reading of Congreve's The Double Dealer. 7 p.m. Kirner-Johnson Red Pit _(Also Tuesday and Wednesday). _ Free School. Science Fiction. 7:30 p.m. Bristol Campus Center Brown Room. October 22 (Tuesday) Lecture: Dr. Gerald M. Friedman. Reefs, Tropical Islands, and Far-Away Places. 8 p.m. Science Auditorium. October 23 (Wednesday) Scuba Diving Class. 7 p.m. Chemistry Auditorium. Bible Study. Daniel Lasker. 9 p.m. Alumni House. October 14 (Thursday) Christian Science Meetin g. 4: 15 p.m. Bristol Campus (:enter Backus RDom� DRAMA

October 18, 19, and 20 (Friday through Sunday) Alexander Hamilton Players presentation of Trial by Jury and Cox and Box. 7 p.m. Chapel. MUSIC AND DANCE October 19 (Saturaay) Big Band Dance, with Clem DeRosa and his 17-piece band. 8:45 p.m. Alumni Gym. Free with Social Tax. October 22 (Tuesday) Concert: Musica Reservata.8:30 p.m. Chapel. EXHIBITION

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The Agony and th� Ecstacy: Robin Kinne/ and Samuel Babbitt take the stage.

got-the idea of adapting Maddison - P;esident Sam Babbit who plays Mort�n's farce, "Box and Cox," the Judge in "Trial By Jury." into a musical to present to his Drama is - the president's chief guests at a supper party . and relaxation, and he very much persuaded Sullivan to write the enjoys working with the Players music. The charm of "Cox and on the show. Hamil ton senior Dave Kulle; Box" is in no way marred for us today by the fact that its success who played the role· of the young prompted the collaborators to try C a p t ai n in "Pin afore ," is again with the full length opera, deliciously comic in his role in "Cox and Box." Kulle eventually "The Contrabandista," which met hopes to sing opera, and he is off with a less kindly fate. to a good start with last year's Babbitt Returns productio.n of "Pinafore" and this T h e A l e x.antle r Hamil�on year's "Cox and Box." Sidney Wertimer and Rouben Players are not new to musical the<!,ter, especially the world of Cholakian, Hamilton professors of Gilbert and Sullivan. Last ye ar, E c o n o m i c s a n d F r e n c h the Players P!oduction of "H.M.S. _ respectively, join the Players for Pinafore" was lauded as "the most the first time this year. Both men entertaining theatrical event on have been working diligently and the ·Hill." And many of the stars their performances on opening of "Pinafore'.' have· lead roles in night promise to be delightful. the up- coming o n e- act Musical director Lee Spear is p r oductions. Back again, for happy and confident with the way e xample, is Kirkland College both one-acts are progressing, and

he is expecting fine performances. Spear, who has done choral work with Leonard Bernstein, claims that "both productions are certain to m a t c h o ur s u cc ess .in 'Pinafore."' The producer of the shows is Mike Bannen '77, chairman of the Players group. He and his staff have · been g r a p p l ing with problems ranging from where to find I 7th century "powdered wigs" to how to construct an economical yet attractive set for each show. The performances of_ "Trial by Jury" and "Cox and Box" are scheduled for 8 o'clock Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, Oct. 18, IQ, and 20. Admission is $.50 for all students, and $1.50 for adults. Reserved seat tickets will soon be avai lable at Bristol Campus Center, and tickets will also .be available at the door.

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Spurs: ,Female Concern for Arts

By ROSANNE KORENBERG conjunction with the Ar-ts free and men and women from The Women's Center will Weekend, wiU present '°The Blue the colleges and the surrounding sponsor a Women's Arts Weekend Angel," a classic German drama community ar e invited to attend.­ Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 2-3. starring Marlene Dietrich and Emil A final schedule will be posted The purpose of the program is to Jannings. and inquiries should be directed expose the work of local women Admission to all the events is to Marianne Udow, X7309. artists and "to ·stimulate thinking about the status of women's involvement in the arts," said Marianne Udow '75. Tired of the same old thing? dedicated to the proposition that The focus of the weekend will be a performance by Joan Stone, Does your· life lack excitement · "it doesn't mean a thing if it ain't a modem dancer, Saturday, Nov. and adventure? Well, Saturday got that swing"- swing in the true 2 in the gym. Her dance, an night Clem DeRosa and Bis sense of thet word as defined. by e xp r es sjon of w om en ' s orchestra will swing you out of music's royal family. Groove to consciousness , dedicated to the blues and into happy days· the tunes of Duke Ellington, Isadora _Dusca? will be followed once again. Straight from a Count Basie, Sir James, Earl Hines by a lecture and open workshops three-day engagement at Sonny's and countless others. jazz' club on Long Island, Mr. "D�• scheduled for Sunday Nov. 3. So, this Saturday night, the Stone's dances are thematically and' his band will rock you, swing linked to political issues and her y ou, s h?l,e-rattle-and-roll you place to be from 9 p.m. until emphasis is on pure movement, through some of the finest big midnight is the Alumni Ballroom without music, costumes, special band sounds from dixieland to ('occasionally_; known as the Hamil ton .Gym). The festivities today's· jazz rock. lighting, or theatrical effects. The b�tld. consists of 17 of are free for all social tax holders An . exhibit of paintings, drawings, photography, and crafts N e w York ' s· f i n e s t s tudio and only one do·nar for non such as cermaics, weaving, and musicians and teachers who are all tax-payers. jewelry by women artists from the Hill and Clinton will be held in HOUSEPARTY SCHEDULE List Arts Center all weekend. A slide presentation dealing FRIDAY with the image of women in Alpha Delta Phi--Stinger !'arty; 10:00p.m.-1:00 a.m.� advertising and commercial art Delta Phi--Beer and Band with Uhuru; 11:00p.m. f"'r 1,.,; · will-be l!hown continuously in List Emerson Literary Society--Beer and Band; 9:00p.m. Saturday and Sunday. J>si Upsilon-Beer and,Band; 10:00 p.m. Other activiti�s for the Teak .--Beer and Band; 9:00p.m. weekend have not yet been .SATURDAY finalized. An afternoon classical Chi Psi--Gin and Juice; I0:30a.m. music concert by Kirkland Delta Upsilon--Beer and BaQ.d; 11:00p.m. a students, student-initiated Sigma Phi--Open Band, 12 Midnighi:.1. poetry reading, and a lecture on SUNDAY the historical role of women in Delta Kappa Epsilon--Gin and Juice; 1 :0Q p.m.; the arts are among the events Houseparties are open to fraternity members, freshmen, and being planned. Kirkland students. The Women's Film Series, in

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October 18, 1974/THE SPECTATOR/7

Renoir Film Explores French Manners

By PETER SOMMER discnarges the reluct a n tly "The Rules of the Game" is a distr aught gamekeeper for taking film which demands considera ble pot shots at his gue st s. particip ation from its viewers. The In an abrupt change of mood, title itself is indicative of the reality intrudes upon the artificial nature of the film. And the viewer surface, leaving the dazed and who does not pick up the frightened guests gathered around invitation to play the game will the body of the only sincere feel a bit left out. member of their party. He Study of Manners become s the innocent victim This remarkable film is Jean precisely because, by revealing the Renoir's study of the manners and_ sincerity of hi s emotions, he mores of prewar Fra nce. His broke the rules of a society screen play, loosely based on a founded upon a superficial displ ay modernized play by Alfred de of manners. As a final cod a, the for the Musset, deals with a house p arty .m arquis apologizes given by a wealthy French "accident," while a bystander aristocrat and his Viennese wife. remarks that "he h as class- and Among the gue st s are his believe me, the race is dying out." To subtle possessive mi s tress, a family friend the g ras p who worship s the wife from a organization of "The Rule s of the distance, and her lover, a heroic Game" we h ave to go from the aviator. general to the specific, from the Downstair s, where the servants action to the plot and from the. watch and their plot to the scene. To grasp the imitate employers, a parallel tria ngle scheme of the film, we must see develops among a flirtatious maid, the music boxes, the bearskin, the her jealous gamekeeper husband, agony of a little rabbit, and the and an amorou:� poacher. game of hide-and- seek in the The situation erupts into a corridors of the chate au as the wildly comic chase in the mid st of essential realitie s. a costume ball, when the In other word s, Renoir does masquerading lovers intermingle not construct his film s around in the confusion and the marquis s i t u a tion s and d r a matic

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A benefit dance for La Gran Familia, an orphanage in Mexico, which will feature "Uhuru" and "Steak Nite," will take place on Saturd ay, November 2, from 9 p.m. until 2 a.m. in Bundy Dining Hall. Admission is $1.25 for all, and the beer i s free.

BENEFIT MEETING

A meeting for all those interested in helping with· the benefit d ance for L a Gr an Fa milia will be held in the Red Pit on Tuesd ay, October 22, at 9 p.m.

OSYCZKA EXHIBIT Bohdan Osyczk a is exhibiting his painting s in the List Arts Center through Saturday, November 9. Osyczka, a native of Herkimer, New York, h as studied at the Vesper George School of Art and the Art Students League. He received his B.F.A. from Syracuse University, where he also was awarded the Agust?, Hazard Fellows hip. Osyczka has won awards for his watercolor paintings from the· National Academy of Design, the American Veterans Society of Artists, the Westchester Art Society, and the Yonkers Art Association of the Hudson River Museum. An. article entitled, "Bohdan Osyczka Strives for the Elusive Moment" was published in the September, 1965 issue of American Artists.

FIRST FRIDAY COFFEEHOUSE REOPENS The coffeehouse at the Universalist-Unitarian Church 1304 Genesee Street at Oneida Square will reopen its doors on Friday, November 1st. Hours ·are from 8 to 11 p.m. and there is no cover charge for entertainment. The coffeehouse will feature a variety of musical style, from. bluegrass musical performances to open poetry readings. The coffeehouse is secular in nature and attempts to provide an alternative to the existing night scene in Utica. It will be open the first Friday of every month until May 1975 when it will close for the summer.

AUDITIONS

Auditions for two one-act plays, both to be presented before Thanksgiving break, are scheduled for this week. The plays are "Aria Da C apo," by Edna St. Vincent Milla y, and a student-written play, "Back in the Doll's House," by Harry Kondoleon. Auditions for "Aria" will take place on Tuesd ay, Oct. 22 at 9:30 in the fourth floor loft of Kirkland Dorm and those for "Ba ck in Doll's House" on Wednesday, Oct. 23, also at ·9:30. Contact Trevor Drake or Andrea Kantor, 7398 or 4347, for further information.

MUSICA RESEJ.{VATA

The third in a series of professional concerts sponsored by the Hamilton College Music Department will take place Tuesd ay, Octolier 22, with a perfo rmance by Music a Reservata of New York City, a unique 18-voice choral group. Like the other s in the series, the concert Tuesday, at 8:30 p.m. in the Hamilton Ch apel, will bt: open to the public without ch arge. The program will include Italian madrigals by M arenzio, Ge sualdo and Monteverdi, and Poulenc's Figure Romaine. Musira Reserv ata's name is a term that came into being in the 16th century for the more sophisticated, expressive kind of music then being developed.

developments, but around living observing the action. beings, things, and fact. Thi s With the two tr aditional assertion, which explains his references of the canvas and the method of handling actor s and stage in mind, director s tend to ad apting the scen ario, also gives � s conceive their images as boxed . the key t? �ndersta ndmg his within a rectangle, but Renoir has method of filmmg. successfully rid the screen of the Just .as the actor does not equivoc al analogies with painting "play" a scene which itself will be and the theater. merely another epis ode in the He understa nds that the screen scenario as a whole, s o the camera is the homothetic surface of the doe s not simply record the viewfinder of hi s camer a. It is the d r a m atic and relationships opposite of a fra me, a mask whose underline the main lines of the function is no le ss to hide reality plot. Rather, it focuses on than it i s to reveal it. The whatever is and significance of what the camera origin al irrepl aceable in the scene. disclose s is relative to wh at it Human Camera leaves hidden. T hroughout the l a s t s cene s A scene which I would like to of "The Rules of the Game" the use as an illustration is the shot camer a acts like an inquisitive after the chase by the pond, guest w andering about the salon where th� marquis' wife (Nora and the corridors, with no more Gregor), fooling about with a advantage than its invisibility. The little spygla ss, ha ppen s to spot her camer a is not noticeably any more husband kissing his mis tre ss. Just mobile than a man would be. It a s chance brought the husba nd even gets trapped in a corner, into her field of vision, so chance where it is forced to watch the determine s to a certa,in degree action from a fixed position, as if · wh at part qf a scene the lens will unable to move without reve aling- uncover. And, paradoxically, it i s its presence and inhibiting the this element that makes viewer's insight and vigilance so important. protagoni sts. Thematic Carousel Thi s per sonific ation of the camera accounts for The film is nothing-�or:e th an the extraordinary quality of this long a tangle of reminders, allusions, It is striking not andcon-espondences, a carousel of se.quence. because of the script or the acting, themes where reality and the but as a result of Renoir's moral plane reflect one another half-amused, half-anxious w ay of · without disrupting the movie's

a tangle of /reminders and allusions, a carousel of 'themes... meaning and rhythm, its tonality ' and melody. Just a s a symphony must be heard more than once to be understood, Renoir's brilli a ntly-constructed film· should be seen again and again.

Reggae Music Powers Jimmy Cliff in Jamaica's"The Harder They Come"

By TOM BECK Quick-what's Reggae? If you said right field for the O akland A's, you strike out. If you said Jamaic an folk-rock music, you get a gold star. Jimmy Cliff, a regg ae singer, stars in "The Harder They Come," the fir st film m ade in Jamaic a by Jamaicans. And it's strong. Strong music, strong Jimmy Cliff, strong action (including a lot of needless violence) and strong points to m ake concerning exploitation and corruption. Unfortunately, the film is haphazardly put together, occasionally misdirected, and a little hard to follow. But these quibble s don't matter in the end. Ivan Uimmy Cliff) comes to the city to see his mother, and to make it big. He wander s through. the city, getting swindled and not finding work. Eventually, he follows his mother's advice and goes to see her preacher. Working in Preacher's yard, repairing a bicycle, he falls in love with Elsa, Preacher's ward. After falling out with Preacher, Ivan leaves, but Preacher refuses to let him take his bike. In an overly bloody scene, Ivan knifei;: one of Preacher's men, and repeatedly slashes him across the face. Ivan finally cuts a record, called "The Harder They Come," and after trying to peddle it him self, he sells it to Hilton the producer (Bobby Charlton) for 20 dollars. But Hilton decides not to push it, to- ."teach him a lesson." Ivan starts to dress well and spend freely, and pretty soon he's broke. Then he gets sucked into the "ganja" (marijuana) trade, 'which is controlled by the police, The Set-up When Ivan · refu ses to make a payment, he is set up to be arrested. He kills the cop and becomes a fugitive; then he kills three more a nd becomes a star. ''The Harder They Come" is soon a hit song, an_d Ivan's na�e is scrawled everywhere. The police cut off the drug tr ade to smoke him out. Finally, Elsa set s him up, and after failing in an attempt to escape to Cuba, he is killed by the police on a sm all isl and. Reduced to its story line, ''T�e Harder They Come" seems · to have no plot. Yet the movie is

fresh and absorbing, mainly becuase it deals with a different culture arid lifestyle. Di re ctor Perry Henzell obviously know s his community, and the film has the grit and texture of reality. Depth and Insight

More importantly, the film raises questions about the nature of exploitation and corruption. Also, the desperation of the sh anty town, the t awdry gambling parlors and crowded the marketplace, and the people's jubilant reception of Ivan as a hero give the film depth and human insight. Yet some problems still remain. First, shot on poor 35 millimeter color stock with a jiggling camera, the film looks cheap. Second, there is too inucl! violence. Third, the dialogue i s in

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The film's bigge st fl aw i s th at Ivan i s the only fully-developed char act<;r. E�sa is the eternally devoted wom an every hero h as. Hilton i s a typical stage willain in his greed and megaloma ni a.

Except for Cliff and Charlton, most of the cast seem s to have been dr awn from the ghetto streets , and thi s lends authenticity and vibra nce to the film. The direction tend s to be mainly fa st-moving and erratic, except for the glorious closing scene. The insi stent regg ae music pul ses underneath the film, and occa sionally the camera work surpri ses. And the film's s implistic moments and facile ironie s are overpowered by the total strength of its message.

Amenic Film Schedwe·{october 1974-January 1975)

Oct. 17-20 Oct. 24--26 Oct. 31-Nov. 3 Nov. 7-10'

Nov. 14-17 Nov. 21-24 Dec. 5-8

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Jean Renoir's "Rules of The Game" Sidney Lumet's "The Sea Gull" Antonioni's "Red Desert" 'Duck Soup" (Marx Brothers) and "Brats" (Laurel and Hardy) "The Lion in Winter" (starring Katharine Hepburn and Peter O'Toole) (Cinemascope) Luis Bunuel's "The Exterminat�ng Angel" Jean Luc Godard's !'Two or Three Things I Know About�Her" (Cinemascope) "Five Easy Pieces" WINTER STUDY

"Film And Film-maker" series introducing Jan. 9-12 Jan. 16-19 Jan. 23-26 Jan 30-Feb. 1

Andy Warhol and His Group Satyajit Ray- The Indian Master Pier Paolo Pasolini-An Italian Film-maker ' 'Super Artist, Andy Warhol" Andy Warhol's "Women in Revolt" "Satyajit Ray" l:,atyajit Ray's ''The Adversary" "Pier Paolo Pasolini" "The Hawks and Pier Pablo Pasolini's The Sparrows" "Far From Vietnam" (a documentary made by Alain Resnais, Godard, Lelouch, Agnes Varda and others)

"The Lion in Winter," "Two or Three Things· I Know About Her," and "Five Easy Pieces'' will be shown in Kirner-Johnson Auditorium. All others will be shown in Science Auditorium. Admission to all shows is $.75. Unless otherwise announced, show times are Thursd ay, Frid a y and Saturd ay at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 10 p.m. We suggest that you te a r off this schedule and keep if with your calendar.

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8/THE SPECTATOR/October 18, ·1974

Kirkland PR Plans

Kirkland Trustees Hopeful , About Financial Future

By WENDI PASHMAN result of the coJlege's policy to By' LIZ DINN EL Kirkland raised more than a ·sell and invest it in short ·term Recent changes in Kirkland's million dollars last year, according notes at high interest rates. In the Office of Public Relations and its to President Babbitt, who spoke at last two years, over one million Office of Development have the Kirkland community meeting dollars has been earned due to the amounted to some structural interest rate of 10 to 11 per cent. Monday. reorganization there. Among the Explaining that three The financial committee most significant of the changes community forums are scheduled - recommended that Kirkland was the hiring of Sheila Muccio as each year to follow trustee continue it1, emphasis on soliciting vice-president of the Office of meetings, Babbitt went on to say money from parents, because, said Development. that the function of the Babbitt, they are some of the most Muccio was not hired as an "get-togethers" is to air informed and interested groups addition to the office, but as a and outside the college. Babbitt said commun ity problems replacement for the person who disseminate information as to that the cost of Kirkland's when duties handled such what the trustees decide at their education exceeds each student's Hamilton and Kirklan·d shared a meetings. tuition by $1000 and that two joint office for deveiopment. Babbjtt spoke of the financial grants totaling $8.0,000 over a According to Director of a s two-year period would ease the c o m m i t t e e's report Development Don Braider, after "encouraging" in light of the financial burden. the separation in November 1972, situation at other small private The Emerson Foundation. gave many necessary functions were colleges. Telling the group "We $50,000, which was donated for neglected as a result of the can survive the draught," he the purpose of buying computer personnel shortage. explained that the financial and audio-visual material and At the moment Muccio's main outlook at Kirkland is better now books for Kirkland's library. The concern is to - bring -Public . than it ever has been before. Hayes Foundation gave the Relations Development and According to the imancial college $30,000, specifically to be together to. work as a whole, committee's report, the economic spent on videotape equipment for although she emphasized that this stability of Kirk.land is partially a. use in the education department. does not mean a change from past behavior. She also stated that "it is premature to say anything specific about the future." according to Director of Public Relations off�c� as a ''resourc! ··· Graphics Specialist Relations Cheryl.Daly. · Another new face in the office The room acljacent to the is Rose Morasco, graphic artist Coffeehouse, formerly McEwen B, When asked about the main � Mon.-Fn. 10-9 and photographer. She is has been converted into offices emphasis of the Public Relations � ! Sat. 10-5 �:/ responsible for designing lay-outs for Muc;:cio and Dorothy Evan_s , office, Daly replied that her · for Kirkland publications and assistant to the president. Route-SA Commercial Drive efforts were not channeled into a � --..-.:�_ . other related functions-. In the New Hartford 736-7106 In addition, the offic� has single direction. Muccio agreecl, ·��� past, the Public Relations Office helped promote a new program comparing the distribution of . ., Backpacking and Bicydist �-:=: hired free-lance artists to perform this year entitled, "Kirkland For emphasis to 2 flow ·chart. .\� Specialists _ . these services on a short-term All Women" ( see The Spectator Sometimes, ·com.munity relations � Paclcs by·· Boots: Cross Co untry c • !'-' -.;;quap.:• •'.❖; basis. Sept. 20). are the most important. -At other �-" Kel t ·_Vasqu e The decision to hire Morasco :;:::, Trak y times, concern is directed towards i:�Student Interns Northface Raichl e was based on a desire to develop a Bonna _ The office is also interested in Publicatl·ons �:?J G err consistent style for Kirklan� students considering a career in y Toppen Public Relations also assisted a ..� , 1 and D e _ cs·1 nn ' 1 g Atp• publications for the the media. Presently, there are photographer, Ezra Stoller, who and ,·-��1 Fisher Mountaih Hous e D e n alli }f'. convenience of having these two student interns working on · was on campus Sunpay and _j{ , FREEZE D ri ed . Spitkien-Bass ' & services ava.ilable in the office� .press releases, researching for Monday, Sept. 22-23. Stoller _ Foods Class 5 \�: . _ _ writing done by the department, photographed campus buildings ;{�e.'::•::=:•:=:=��::: �e:�-:=�•.t;;:�•==:={•:===�•t:�-;�::":: , ::. : e;:::: ( :;11{:: J �� and keeping the office aware of *!"".«�r-:;�(-:;:',r•t�-;<��;(�'.i-:<c:(�\;.:,s��l student attitudes. , ,J Daly said that she would like to ' -� ,;.: see more students use the Public competition_, _ §. ii

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October 18, 1974/THE SPEC.TATORj9

J-Board: �th At Fault

E x amining the O ct. '5 identified himself as the other a lter ca ti on i n the Alumni _principal in the case, said that abused the G ym n asium locker-room, the Bruton verbally Ju d i ciar y Board found one football players and that he student guilty of "misconduct". s l o w l y- ap p:i:oache d Bruton and send him a Letter of standirig at the top of the stairs Reprimand and found another between the two levels. Puleo said student g ui lt y of "serious that Brutons�eeredand then spat misconduct" and sent him a on him. The football player said Letter of Censure, according to a that he then verbally abused statement released by Eric Kraus, Bruton and slapped him with an chairman of the Judiciary Board. open hand. He said that he was The Faculty Committee on then kicked -in the chest, after Student Activites, which met which he and BnJton tumbled to yesterday, approved the Judiciary the floor, where the scuffle ended. The Hamilton junior said that Board action, said Dean of Students R. Gordon Bingham, a he regretted the incident. "I guess we were two people who couldn't committee member. Ac cording to reports, the reason with eacb other. I feel it incident occurred when a black shouldn't have happened." Hamilton student singing in the A ss i stant Football Coach locker-room aroused disturbed Thomas Murphy, who said that he Hamilton football players who was the first coach in the had come into the locker-room locker-room after a post-game after losing a game to Oberlin. meeting in the Sage Rink, said Sidney Bruton '78, who identified that by the time he made his way himself as the black student, said through a crowd of football that he refused to stop singing, players to the fight scene, the two despite requests from the football s t u d e n t s h a d a l ready been players, and that he was assaulted separated and were standing. by one player. Bruton could not be reached Vin ce n t P uleo '76, who for comment after the hearing.

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UJ/fee House Begins Food Operation; Lack of .Organization Caused Delays By JOHN M. McNEEL The McEwen Coffee House began serving food and beverages this week, despite organizational difficulties that hindered attempts to open earlier. Aiming to eliminate a lack of organization that resulted in problems last year, the Joint Auxiliary Services Commitee will meet Monday afternoon to discU:ss proposals to restructure Coffee House operations. The committee will attempt to formalize the management of the food service, while retaining the atmosphere of a student-run business. The Coffee · House is still suffering · from a lack .of proper supervision, which last year resulted in poor bookkeeping and general inefficiencies. Hamilton and Kirkland originally supervised the operation through the Dean of St ude nt, Affairs Office, but relinquished that responsibility this year. Run by Itself Dean of Students R. Gordon Bingham said the colleges "want to see the Coffee House run in a consistently efficient manner so that we don't have to watch it all the time." "There's no way now to prove that the sloppy administration that hurt the Coffee House in the first semester of last year won't happen again." One option that the Auxiliary Services Committee considered was handing the management of the House over to Services Systems. At the present time, it is the only food service on either campus that is not controlled by Service Systems. "The Coffee H ouse is the one exception to the contract that

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Corruption Theme Marks 1975 Winter _Study

By MONICA LIFF F o l l o w i n g l a s t y e ar' s preceden t, _ Kirkland is again winter study courses offering around a cen tral theme for January 1975. All structured co urses will be related to the topi c "C orruption: A Crisis in Values," and will, "delve into th e br oad issues of integrity and its decline in our society," accordin g to the win ter study catalogue. · Kirkland's· course offerings will consist of a number of course projects rela ting to the th eme, and some group independent studies. T h e c ourses will include: ''Moral Developmerit," which will follo w the theme of corruption f r o m t h e o r i e n t a t i on o f child . psychology; "The Problem of Evil," which will treat th e philosophical approach to the theme; and "Integrity and The Artistt which will be ,concerned w ith issues in all aspects of th e creative process that touch upon the theme of the crisis in values. Also offered a t Kirkla nd will be courses in photo silkscreening, an d weaving. Although th ey will concentrate on the craft, each course will also relate to ·th e theme through discussion. Independent Study In addition , Kirkland is also o ffering a n umber of "guided in depen den t projects," which will be based around gen eral topics. · A student takin g on e o f these p r o j e c t s w o uld be d o i n g

· completed pro jects t o the same Study Committee, which has the work of his or h er- feel about their work. ultimate approval or disapp_r o val In addit ion to th ese structured group for evaluatio n. choice, within a general theme, respo nsibility. Kirkland students may also a n d i n a dd ition would be courses, there is a listi n g in th e take any of the courses listed in attending a series of discussion s K i r k land Dean o f Academic Deadlines T h e t h e Hami lton winter study . w i n ,.t e r w i t h s t uden ts doing simila r Affa i rs O f f i ce o f p o ssible s t u dy pre - r e g i s t r a tion deadline for catalogue. pr o jects. According to Ruth i n d e p e n d e n t s t u d i es and Hamilton students is Nov. 1. Hamiltop Approvals Rinard, assistant dean of academic internships, and studen ts can K i rkland 's d e a dli n e f o r A n d , according to Hamilton affairs, the independent studies design their own independen t are designed to give the student a studies. Associate Dean Robin Kinnel, pre-regis tra tio n is· ..Nov. 15, Options more bro ad o utline of the area in Hamilton students may take any with meeting between students Th ese m ay, like last year, be and advisors scheduled for the of the Kirkland courses or· guided wh ich she or he would be wo rking, than if she or he ·were d o n e either with a faculty independent projects, except the week of Nov. 7-15. sp o nsor, o r "non-supervised." Th e Kirkland wm,ter study working alone. on e on· weaving. Decades as Topic Students optin g a non-supervised ... In addition to the courses catalogue should be distributed by The topics for the group . pro ject will have t o submit their o ffered on both campuses, - the end of next week, according independent studies include : "The proposals to a group of other Hamilt on students may pursue to Rinard She said "it has been Crafts Today," which would· s tude n ts with non-supervised sponsored independent projects, h e ld UJ! p ending Assembly encompass students who chose an projects for initial approval, _and, a cc o rdin g t o K i n n e l. The approval, and it will go to the individual study in a craft. The at the end o f th e winter study p r o posals for these will · be Assembly at thei r meeting on discussion will focus around the p e r i o d, wi ll s ubm i t t h e ir reviewed by the Hamilton Winter Monday." craft movement today. • The to pic. "Th e 60's and the 70's" will examine recent history from a cultural perspective. The continued from page one emph asis here co uld be connected school, she added, "I don 't think· to the theme o f a crisis in values it's been done before but it could in almost any are a, such as art, have been done if so meone took labor or politics, -acco rding to the init iative." In planning the dance here at Rinard. Individual projects wo uld be d9ne on specific ·topics within school, Lisa Blank said she was prompted by the feeling "that recen t history. The theme "Dyst opia: Th e maybe for one night people can Inhumane Society" is pla n ned for get together and have a good time, study relatin g to corruptio n an d and at the same time kn ow that its results in fields such as they're helping others." Twenty-three Years economics and politics, and •ca n L a G r a n Fa m i l ia is- an include studies throug h media o rp h a n age h eaded by Rosa such as literature and film. "Working in America" wi ll deal Verduc;o . 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By BOB \tcCORMICK. Do you know the condition of your l'atus media/is ? If not, or even worse, if you don't know that the vatus media/is is, a thigh muscle, perhaps a visit to the universal gym might be a wise face as phys-ed instructors, is that the students who come to us have idea. The Universal Gym is the not developed their physical Long said. "The perfect springboard to increased strength," physical fitness, and in the case of Universal is great for the guy who the serious athlete, an invaluable spends four or five hours .in the library, and then wants a aid in maintaining muscle tone. The Gym is a relatively new compact, rewarding work-out.'' A typical, general fitness concept in physical training, arid incorporates sit-ups, has several advantages over the old progr� weight lifting programs. No chest presses, leg curls, shoulder and side bends, supervision is required because it p resses, by a jogging is almost impossible to injure supplemented oneself. With its, sixteen different program. stations, the Gym is able to· But the Universal .Gym. at accommodate a large number of Hamilton is certainly not used to people at once. capacity. It is relatively empty Before development of the most· of the day, except during Universal Gym, weight lifting was the late aftemoon. The ratio of undertaken only by fanatics and no�-athletes to athletes users is athletes who had no other choice. about 50:50, with lacrosse and p l a y e rs Since the installation of the h o c key presently facility at Hamilton three years dominating. ·Their · programs are­ ago, there has been a noticeable fixed by the coaches, but there is increase in the number of room for improvisation. Some people work out on a muscle-building devotees. Eu gene Lon g, physical seasonal basis, while others prefer ed,ucation director, said, "We used to keep at it throughout the year. to have the weights in the darkest, "YOU see a noticeable increase in dankest room in the building the number of_ guys here once (gym). Now we have the Universal spring roils around," ventured located in an airy room. It's much one regular. "They a11 want to more attractive. AIJ.d the look good on the beach." machine's red upholstery almost This statement is applicable to creates a c a rni v al - l i k e -the wome'n also. Although there atmosphere." are not many women who use the A training program employing G� regularly, there are some, the Universal Gym can be set up and Long wishes there were more. to fit almost any individual need. "A weight training program is A general maxim is that one equally beneficial for men and shouldn't be overly concerned women. The only difference is with developing that "he-man that while men's emphasis is on physique" · overnight. Train for arm . and shoulder strength, in strength and endurance; the women's programs it is on the visible results will come later. thigh and hip area," Long stated. The Gym is ideal for the Increased , physical fitness student who is simply out to· carries over into other aspects of improve his general physical life. Mens sana in corpore sano. condition. And if that isn't enough, there is "One of the main problems we always the beach.

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Rogerson was unable to finish in t h e next c ouple of weeks' By SHERWIN TUCKER Whoever co-ined the phrase one of the top places. If he had, preparing for the NCAA Coll<;ge "records are made to be broken," the Continentals would have won. Division Nationals and the New Neither Rogerson nor any York State College Cross-Country must have had the Hamilton other team member can be meet, where they will have cross-country team in mind. Prior to Saturday's tri-meet blamed for the defeat, however, in another chance to outrun the here with the University ·of light of Rochester's depth. University of Rochester. For those sentimental about Rochester and Cortland State, Blue runner Bruce Carter held the winning streaks, the Hilltoppers Hamiltori · cr�ss-co�ntry. co�rse , defeated Cortland 20-38, so their By DAVID WOLLMAN goal, making the score at the end record, which he set only _ the present winning streak now stands A psy ch ed - u p Ham i l ton of the period 2-0. preceding Wednesday, and the at one. Co n t i n e n t a l so c c e r t e a m Hartwick next In second half Hamilton cross-country team had.a 28-win u n e x P e c t e d I y d e f e a t e d c ontinued to dominate until streak which extended over the Friday the Continentals wilI SCRORING state-ranked Alba n y S t ate Albany scored at 21:25. The . last four seasons. travel to Oneonta, where they will Saturday 3-1, controlling the ball m om en ttJ.m seemed to have Both records went by the run against Hartwick College. 1 2 3 4 T for most of the game. The harriers will then spend HAMILTON O O 14 13 27 shifted to· Albany's side but the boards Saturday. University of The gam� began as a defrnsive Continentals had nothing of it as Rochester's Track All-American HOBART 14 21 ·O 6 41 duel until Pete Follansbee passed Phil Halpern scored only a minute David Moller propelled his team FOOTBALL Hob.-Kowalski, I yard run, across the goal bouncing the ball later making it 3-1. to a 27-30 victory over the Blue Continued from page 12. (Thon-kick good), 7-0. off the· goalie. Dan Daly was there G ary Neville sea. led up the nets r u n n e rs fin i s h i ng first and receiving end of 8 passes for a Hob.-Hanley, 24 yard run, to _pick up the ball and rammed it for the remainder of the game covering the 5.1 mile course in a _total �f 118 yards. in for Hamilton's 'first score. giving him 17 saves total. Coach Bob- King has got to be (Thon-kick good), 14-0. blistering fecord time of 24:57.4. Hob.-Thon to Nelson, 49 yard Time: 37:10 into the period. pleased Schmeyer Second with his The Continentals travel to. team's pass, (Thon-kick good), 21-0. Hamilton took advantage of E is enhower on Tuesday and "M oIIer ran a spectacular performance. LaFountain proved Hob.-Thon, 15 yard run, their momentum and c� back Hobart on Saturday. race," said Hamilton .Coach Gene he can put points on the board in (Thon-kick good), 28-0. immediately for another goal, , Coach von Schiller appears Long. Moller led throughout the a hurry. Hob.-Thon to Nelson, 21 yard 38:50 into the period. This time p l e a s e d w i t h t he t eam's entire meet. As he passed the Middlebury is the next freshman Rene Peralta's pass performance thus .far but the timers at the three mile mark, challenge the Continentals must pass, (Thon-kick good), 35-0. H a m . -L a F o u nt a i n to found Bruce Peckam open about remainder of their schedule will Moller quipped, "this is a face when the Panthers invade 9 Gramaglia, yard pass, 16 yards out. Peckam wasted no n o t b e easy. Steuben this Saturday. The Team- hopes beautiful course." time in giving Hamilton its second _ are high. Finishing behind Moller was Panthers have been an eastern (Finan-kick good), 35-7. Ham.-LaFountain to Baker, 31 ,.-----------------------------"'T' the Hamilton combination of Jon small college power in recent yard pass, (Finan-kick good)� Schmeyer, Bruce, Carter and Lou years, and judging from last 3H4. Pacilio. They finished second, week's 25-20 conquest of Williams Hob.-Kowalski, 19 yard run, third and fourth respectivelv. College, they remain a very good (Miqdleton-kick fails), 41-14. However, the University of football tt>,mi. �iddiebury has WATCH FOR OUR OPENING H ..rn.-L��ountain ff) Collier, 2 Rochester harriers grabbed the embarrassed Hamil ton in their last fifth through ninth pos1t1ons, three meetings, but they will be yard pass, (Finan-kick go'o'd), COMPETITION AND LOW PRICES COME TO CLINTON assuring themselves the victory. facing a different Continental 41-21.· Ham.-LaFountain to Pisanelli, Ham i ltonian Joe Terrovano football team this year. This 25 yard pass (Finan-kick fails) VILLAGE PHARMACY finished ten th. year's Hamilton football team will 41-27. Although Continental John score Discount Prices points. "' The question STATISTICS Rpgerson participated in the remains, can the defen'se stifle the Quality m eet, h i s pe rformance was powerful Panther attack. We'll Courtesy Ham. Hob. hampered by a lingering cold. find out Saturday. Be there! First downs 23 28 Service Pass 6 23 19 College St., Joseph Battaglia, R.Ph. HOMECOMING ... Run 16 4 member of the economics faculty Penalty I I b e f o r e h e b e c a m e a n The N o . 1 topic on Yards Rushing 85 451 , everyone's mind--inflation--will be administrator; and three Hamil ton Passing (att.-comp.) 43-30 7-4 the subject of a panel discussion alumni: Harlan D. Calkins '54, Yards passing 373 92 by experts at Hamilton Saturday. executive vice president of the Had intercepted 2 0 Rochester Germicide Co., Chester (oct. 19). The discussion, at 10:30 Total Offense 458 543 RARE HOUSEPARTY PLEASURE a.m. in the Chapel, is also a part Hamilton '44, treasurer of the Fumbles lost I 4 I see of t he activities surrounding F i d e li t y Mana gemen t a n d Penalties (no.-yds.) 5-39 5-49 Homecoming Weekend ar the Research Co o, 'and Charles 0. THE ALEXANDER HAMILTON PLAYERS IN Punting (no,-avg.) 5-36.45-32.4 coilege, but it will be open to the Svenson '61, an international TRIAL BY JURY investment banker with God.Iman public without charge. AND The moderator will be Sidney Sachs and Co. COX IN BOX Other homecoming events, in Wertimer, Leavenworth Professor OCTOBER I�, 19, 20 8 PM HAMILTON CHAPEL of Economics at Hamilton and addition to social activities and a STUDE:'\TS S.50 ADULTS-$1.50 chairman of the Economics football game against Mic;ldlebury Department. Panel members will College, will in�lude a discussion be President J. Martin Carovano, a by Hamilton students

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LaFountain's Aerial Display Takes _Sting From Hobart Defeat · By C. JAMES CARR JR his press notices. The 6-1 210 Hobart College has one of the pound running back out of best small college football teams Mohawk, ' New York, put t,he on the east coast. Hamilton has Statesmen on the board with 8: 12 one of the worst, or did. The to p�ay in the 1st quarter. Hobart homecoming crowd did Kowalski's I-yard touchdown not expect much of a football plunge capped a 61 yard Hobart game. The Hobart team did not scoring drive on their first expect much of a football game. possession of the contest. The press_ didn't-expect much of a In the second quarte�, ';['hon, football game. It seemed as who only threw 6 passes all though nobody thought that it afternoon, connected on two would be any contest at all and touchdown aerials to freshmen the first half score of Hobart 35 standout Marion Nelson, and Visitors O didn't change any added another on the ground as minds. St atesmen the completely Junior All-American running o verwhelmed hapless the back Rich Kowalski lived up to · -Continentals.Thon, who seems to

end of the 6 LaFountain passes for 84 yards. With 1 :31 to play in the third quarter, sophomore Dave Baker {9receptions 11 Oyds.) hauled in t he L afou ntain se cond touchdown toss of the afternoon from 31 yds. out and the gap was closed to 35-14. With Hamilton threatening to make a game of it, Hobart head coach George Davis immediately put his first team back in and you guessed it, Kowalski scrambled in for his second touchdown of the day from 19 yds out. This was the only score the statt:smen were able to muster in the second half defense, Hamilton the do just about everything for the as Hobart Club, was successful on all spearheaded by senior co-captains 5 extra attempts givfog the Bill Ferris and John Newell, importance of the "B" squad. Statesmen a 35-0 edge at halftime. managed to effectively shut down There are eight men on this' part The second half was a repeat of thes Hobart offense for t11e of the team, ranging from number the first half, right? Wrong. The remainder of the half. eleven thru eighteen on the second half of this football game LaFountain's third touchdown ladder. They showed tremendous would more appropriately be toss of the day came with 10:02 dedi cation, coming to every labeled the "Tom LaFountain Air remaining in the contest whfn he practice and pushing to keep the Show". Di splaying the poise, connected on a two yard aerial to top ten men honest. Two, Ron of a veteran signal caller, senior running back Bill Collier. Turbayne and Ben Young, have LaFountain connected on an Late in the 4th quarter, moved up quickly through the unbeleivable 20 of 29 passes and 4 LaFountain finally connected on ranks this fall. In the spring "B" touchdowns in the second-half a 25 yd, scoring strike to the team has its own matches, buL alone. 30 -ever-present sophomore receiver of totals His during the fall the only attraction completions in 46 attempts for Dave Pisanelli, Pisanelli was on the is impr ovement. The coach 373 yards and four touchdowns Continued on page 11. expressed appreciation to these earned him ECAC division III men. rookie of the week honors, and an With the addition of new guns award was never more richly and the continued improvement earned. Virtually moving the ball of the old ones we may gain the at will against a defense that had singles-strength to beat giants like yielded a scant IO7 yds, per game in Rochester. 0ur doubles teams can the first air, • LaFountain's already hold their own, due to touchdown 1.erial to sophomore Batt's c o ncentrated efforts. George Gramaglia came with 8:42 The Kirkland field hockey teaching the men strategy. The to play in the third quarter. team won its historic first game spring holds a winning record for Gramaglia was on the receiving last week while the tennis team H a m i lton. continued its season without a win. The field hockey team upset the Colgate J.V. team;l-0. Claire Robins '77' netted the winning goal with an assist from Molly Babbit '78'. New Coach Agnes Nixon praised the play of the play as well as any team in baseball, even with "all hit, no field" entire team. Dick Green at second base. They proved, as they prove every time The victory was especially they win a game, that the winning team must make its own breaks satisfying for the team since it had and take advantage of those breaks. to practice on a shoddy practice The L.A. Dodgers are young, and even with all the mistakes they football field without a net. The made, the talent on that club is obvious. They have a pitching staff net, which was ordered four that can make any team tum back in fear. And don't forget that one months ago, arrived this week. of their starting pitchers has been out since July-they beat the Coach Nixon, who coached for Cincinnati Reds in that condition. The power on the club would five . \1 ears at the Utica Free make the City of Brooklyn proud. The errors, well, let's attri6ute Academy, expects an improved them to the breaks the A's made. Walter Alston should have no and more experienced team next trouble getting another one year contract because, Walter, once year, as the team will lose only a again, you've got to tell them to- wait until next year. few seniors. * * * * * Tennis Losses The A's have won three in a row now. Winning is a habit that's The tennis team dropped its hard to_break. All night, Curt Gowdy and Tony Kubek (Monte only two matches to a powerful Moore wouldn't dare say anything in favor of the A's, he had to Colgate squad. Bunsy MacLean prove his "objectivity") spoke of the youth on the A's. As one '77' and Roz Root '76' filled the Athletic put it: "We're not stopping here. We're. thinking of five two t-op spots on this year's now." They could do it with all that youth and all that talent. But I squad. Hopes for a. win against know of at least one team in the American League that wants to Skidmore were dashed because of , stop them. Because, come on now, fellas, "it's getting repetitious_; rain. The team has another chance to get on the winning track against Oneonta this week. Because 40 Kirkland students tried out for tennis this year a junior varsity team was formed. FOOTBALL STANDINGS T h e team sports wins over T L w L T M o hawk V a l l ey Coinmunit_y w l 0 0 7 DKE 0 College and the Cazen,ovia team as 5 Psi U 0 1 IND 5 0 well as a loss to the team of 1 6 D.U. 0 OT 3 3 3 1 nemesis Colgate. 4 Dun S. Next Year I 3 TEAK 2 3 3 2 AD With a strong J.V. and no 0 Chi Psi 3 I 3 3 2 TDX 0 D Phi 0 7 I seniors on the varsity team Coach 0 5 SIG Comfort Richardson hopes for a better season next year and also an expandecl schedule. Congratulations to Marty Guy and Brian Gelber, who defeated Richardson, co-ordinator of Jeff Jones and Greg Thomas, 1-6, 6-J, 6-3 last we�k to become the athletics at Kirkland, believes that Intramural Tennis Champions in the doubles competition. Roger Kirkland has allocated enough Lehr won the singles crown with 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 match against Ed funds for athletics to meet Giminez. Bill Hooke lead the paok with a 76 stroke round to win the student needs for the present but Golf Title. Rob Morris finished second, three strokes behind the · th a't c ontinued g r owth of leader. Kirkland's athletic program may D.U. was the only team to enter a team in the X-Country Meet.' result in a financial squeeze next Jeff Carlberg strided to a 13:08.45 first place. And Ned Drinker, year. , A.D., was across the.line second in 13:11:00.

Tennis Team _Ends Fall Season

By RICHARD MURPHY Hamilton tennis closed its fall schedule Friday, abused 8-1 by a very potent Rochester squad. All of our singles men were beaten soundly. Dave Schutt hung on to win his first set 7-6, but went down 6-2, 6-0 in the next two sets. No one else took a singles set. Rochester's first doubles team delivered a convincing beating to G r i f f i t h and Spillane. Tom Pirodsky and Bob Worden edged the first set, but sank 6-2, 6-3. Allen and Carr scored Hamilton's s o l i t a r y p oi n t , tr ouncing Rochester's last doubles. The season ended 2-2. One match was cancelled due to poor weather. The spring promises new life though. Tom Griffith, who described himself as "tennised out" from playing so much this summer, will be sharper than ever a f t e r a restful · winter with

CoachBatt in the Sage Rink. Team captain, John Hutchins, who played soccer during the fall, will be playing come spring. He used to vie with Caswell for number o'ne last year. Rumor has it that D avi d Wo llman, starting in football this fall after playing soccer for two years, will be playing tennis inste.ad of golf this spring. "Crazy Dave" was ranked in the middle states in high school and should prove a great asset for the team. Coach Batt also points out that a number of his top players have improved tremendously not only from last year to this year, but from the beginning of this fall season till now. He specifically mentioned Phil Spillane, Bob Worder and Tom Pirodsky. He expects their trend to continue thru spring. Coach Batt also stressed the

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FEINGOLD AND SHOEN The Oakland Athletics once again proved that they are the best team in baseball by beating the qest team in baseball. All summer long, tqe Los Angeles Dodgers were touted as the best of the best. After· all, the experts said, the Dodgers did have half of thestarting players on the National League All-Star team. And we· all know that the NL is the better league. In some segments of society they call it th-e Major League. They wouldn't say it so many times if it weren't true. But the A's constantly refute it. They constantly beat the best teams from the NL (alright, 2 out of 3 times-they beat the best. But still...). It seems as if the A's are addicted to the World Series trophy. Will they ever give it up?

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They came into this series a heavy underdog. Everybody talked about the abundance of talent on the Dodgers and its youth. But, as Reggie Jackson said when it was all over, ''We playrd with a little more poise and a little more experience." That tells most of the story. The A's have talent. Lots of it. They have, by far, the best bullpen in the major leagues. They have, at least, the best all-around ballplayer in the American League. Reggie Jackson is the kind of man who can turn any team around. But with the players �e A's have, he merely set them on the right course. There's Bert Campanaris , Sal Bando, Bill North, Joe Rudi, Catfish Hunter, Vida Blue, Ken Holtzman, and Rollie Fingers. All of these men can be called "superstars.". Could it be that the shinin_g talent of the Dldgers blinded people from seeing the superior talent of the Athletics? Even Alvin Dark could�'t prevent the A's from winning it again.

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This has to be the sweetest victory for the A's. The first victory was sweet, sure. And last year's victory was probably one of the prime causes of Charlie Finley's heart condition. But this 'year the A's proved it. They proved that they could hit home runs off of Mike Marshall, and they proved that they could tum over the double

Sports Blurbs HAMILTON-KIRKLAND SPORTS Varsity FoQ,!:ball Middlebury. Home. 1 : 30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19. Varsity Soccer At Eisenhower. 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22. [Kirkland Varsity TennisfENNIS Oneonta. Home. 4 p,..m. Wednesday, Oct. 23.

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Hill Students Default Loans; Hamilton Loses $14,000 By GLEN WOLTIIER The colleges eventually receive 48% of the amount of money O ne out of every three their money from the states. Each really needed by the College. Payment on the loans can be Hamilton and Kirkland students state is given a sum of money dHault in paying his Federal loan from the Federal Government lowered by 10-15% if the student ""-' according to Ken Kogut, director �based on the total requests of goes into teaching. In such of financial aid for the colleges. each school there. The money is i n s t a n ce s , t he government A l t h o u g h K i r k l a n d w as then divided up _ among the r e imburses the college. Nine months �ter a student loses his reimbursed, Hamilton has taken a different colleges by the state. loss of $14,000 according to ' Last year Hamilton needed full or part-time student status, he figures from 1973. $20,000 but this sum was not most begin to repay the interest In the 1973 tally, of 334 received from the state. As a on his loan. Kogut also reports that the Hamiiton students who received r e sult , t h e N ational Direct the federal loans, 115 defaulted. Student Loan was funded at only continued on page four Thirteen of 31 Kirkland students were similarly dilinquent. These figures for Hamilton and Kirkland graduates reflect a nationwide trend. Students have ten years after graduation in which to pay the loan, and payment is deferred if Free beer at the Pub? Several students, who have t he de btor attends graduate A .recent financial report of the asked to remain nameless, have school. Pub's operation indicates that alleged that certain members of Kogut belives many students although the campus bar has made the Delta Kappa Epsilon ....,.. are simply negligent, and that over $1,000 in· profits since the fraternity have received more free others do not know all the facts colleges' opening, profits fell off beer than other pubgoers. concerning the loans when they · sharply recently. Although the fall "Anybody who spends a lot of take them out. off cannot be fully accounted for time in the Pub gets a free beer Forgetfulness at this time, some say it is due to now and then, but the DKE's have · According to Kogut, some the free di�pensation of beer made a science of it," said one students forget to tell the colleges which regularly sells for 30 cents a continued on page four if they attend graduate school, glass. and thus they never find out John Shulansky, chairman of Services Auxial i a r y about m a n y d eferments of t h e Committee which oversees the payments. President Car9vano has sent Pub operation, said however, that letters to the students who have the figures compiled by Service defaulted. But, if the college does Systems have not been audited by not recoop its financial losses, it the College and are not final. By MONICA LIFF During the fourth week of will have to cut back the number The Interim Report of the operation, profits at the Pub of loans in die futme. Three federally-based financial dropped by 42 per cent; during Committee on Cuniculum for the programs are available on campus. the fifth week, by 65 per cent. Second Decade of Kirkland One. program, the National Direct Much ·of the fall-off can be College, which was distributed to Student Loan, is financed by both explained in terms of a salary t he Kirkland community fo,r t h e college and the Federal increase for the bartenders and an evaluation and criticism this week, Government. The college puts up unusually large purchase of beer, contains. very - few specific proposals, said Walter Broughton, 10% of these loans. according to Shulansky. E ach fall, Hamilton and These factors aside, $100-150 as sistan t professor of Sociology. In its final form, the document Kirkland estimate their needs and remains unaccounted for, apply sepa1!'-tely for the National according to Shulansky's analysis will be the curricular policy Direct'Student Loan program. of the figures. Irwin MacIntosh, statement of Kirkland for the Kirkland O.K. director of the Pub for Service years 1975-1985. The college's estimates are Systems, said there has been little The Committee on Curriculum · reviewed by a regional hoard free beer given out this fall. He for the Second Decade, authors of consisting of two Financial Aid noted that free beer was a the report, is a special sub-group Offices and one HEW officer. of the Trustee Long Range problem last spring. Hamilton reported a loss of MacIntosh, said however, that Planning Committee, charged with $18,000 in delinquent payments he has looked closely at the Pub's drawing up a statement of policy last year, hut the board said the finances recently. continued on page ten college should have ·had only $4,000 in delinquent money. The g o ve rnment r e i mbursed the college only for this sum. Kirkland College has received all of its requests from the board in the last few years.

Free Beers Allegedly Cut Into Heady Pub Profits

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Buckley Law May Force Opening of Student Files

2nd Decade Committee Report Out

By ROBBY MILLER "A new federal law may soon give college students the right to inspect the confidential records the ir institutions keep on them -involving admissions and job recommendations, . psychological and medical records, and even_ f i n an c i a l t h e i r parents' state ments/' r e ported The Chronicle for Higher Education last month. However, at Hamilton and Ki r k I an d C o11 e ge s , b o t h administrations have said that there will be "no change" in the present policy regarding student access to such files until the U.S. Office of Education has issued specific regulations for carrying out the new provisions,, (See president Carovano's statement below.) According to Dexter Majors, head of the task force which ·is working on the guidelines, the regulations may not be in their fina l f or m "u n t i l a year-and-a-half" afte:r.; the law

takes effect on Nov. 19, and even then, ·the issue might not be finally settled until there i.s a test case in the courts. (See article below.) Limbo "In the meantime, the act will be in limbo," said Hamilton Dean of Academic Affairs Robin Kinnel. "We'll go on doing exactly what we've been doing until it's finally settled." "Until we see the regualtions, we don't know how to react," said Kirkland President Samuel F. Babbitt. Cumulative files are kept on each student, in the Dean's Office at Hamilton and in the Dean of S tu de n t A f f airs' Office at Kirkland. Such files include high school and college transcripts (grades/evaluations, dass rank), general biographical information, Scholastic · Aptitude Exams and Achievement Test scores, a copy of all correspondence between the student and the Dean's Office, an continued on page four

By JOHN McNEEL The Admissions Office at Kirkland College is preparing to publish a second edition of the Particulars catalogue to correct faulty information in the presently used 1974-75 �it ion. Brigid Cosper, director of Kirkland Admissions, said that errors and discripancies in. course and faculty listings, admissions information and sections on students affairs will be eliminated in the revised edition. "We plan to keep the strengths of the first Particulars, but will correct the errors and update old information," explained Cosper., "We also hope to make it more useful by reorgamzmg the information within the present format." Cosper said the revised edition would also eliminate sections about Kirkland life which were signed a!lonymously.

About 7,000 of the books have Previously, Partic�lars was been sent out by the school to printed in newspaper format and prospective applicants, high was used in addition to a Kirkland sch.ools, alumni, parents, and catalogue. As a money-saving various foundatic,ms and friends of mea,sure, the two were combined Kirkland. this year and the publication was Cosper said that although the handled through the Resources h ave errors resulted in and Development Office. Don. , Braider, director of correspondence problems, the Admissions • Office plans to development at Kirkland, who continue using the present edition . copyedited the material for until a revised Particulars is Particulars, said that difficulties available, because material with arose early last summer when the c or re c t in formation students that were preparing accompanies the catalogue when information for the book did not it is sent to prospective applicants. "come through.'' Though the budget for the Because of resulting confusion, corrected edition has not yet been preparation of the book was determined, it is projected at rushed to meet the printers' about $2,000. Cosper estimated August deadline. that between five and ten thousand copies of the new edition Braider said that some would be needed to last until information received by his office September 197 5. The present was incorrect and that additional Particulars was printed at a cost of errors occurred during production about $14,600 for 10,000 copies. of the final edition.

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Letters to tl,e Editor EDITORIAL Outraged Fan Response to B.P.R.U. The Second Round �

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As the Dean Search Committee begins to narrow down the field of first round candidates, it appears that two men have distinguished themselves as the most promising of the remaining five. They are the second and sixth candidates interviewed. Both men, however, have asked the committee to hold their candidacies in confidence. The two men understand that their names will be made public by the committee if they reach the second round which will include opportunities for wide exposure to the college community. The Spectator, which learned the names of the candidates, decided· to honor their request for anonymity in light of the exploratory nature of the first round and the delicate professional situations in which both men said they found themselves. On the basis of impressions and opinions the men conveyed when interviewed, however, judgements of their candidacies can be made. Coming from outside the Hamilton community, both men are active members of their own prestigious institutions. They promise to introduce fresh ideas and an element of objectivity that has been lacking in the present administration which has followed a path of incestuous procreation. The next dean of the college, who deals most closely with the Hamilton faculty, will have to contend· with the problem of low junior faculty morale in the face of a tenuous tenure situation and reportedly inadequate salaries. He will also have to evaluate the performance of · senior, tenured faculty, some of whom have not been as active as they should, and determine corrective measures, whether they be mere prodding or the institution of salary cuts. The dean will have to be able to deal intimately and freely with Kirkland Dean of Academic Affairs Catherine Frazer and other members of the Kirkland community. Lastly, the dean will have to respond to Hamilton students' concerns _about graduate school admissions, grade inflation, and curricular freedom. . The second candidate, who is a department chairman at a public university, was apprently brought to his present position to supervise a staff shake-up. Although he is in his early thirties, the candidate has proven his ability to attract and command the respect of other scholars thus maintaining high professional standards of teaching �d scholarship. The sixth man, who is the most distinguished scholar of the first round candidates, is a department chairman at one of the most respected colleges in the country. Able to attract exceptfonally qualified faculty, the candidate, if made dean, would bring to Hamilton a luster it presently lacks. Based tipon their credentials and the positive personal impressions they conveyed, the second and sixth candidates appear at this point to be the most qualified to fulfill the varied responsibilities of dean while commanding the cooperation of the college constituencies with which either ·of them will have to work. We strongly urge that the Search Committee invite these two men for a second interview.

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To the Editor: I am offended by the letter from the Black and Puerto Rican Union which appeared in the October 18 issue. Do we not all have an equal chance in the rooming lottery? Do we not take the same courses, with the same

teachers, ·and do we not all have the same amount of work? Do we not eat the same food? Do we not have an equal opportunity to be elected to the J-Board? I do not see the basis for the Black and Puerto Rican Union's complaint that they must accept . our

"irrational" decisions on where To the Editor: they live, what courses they take, YANKEE DOODLES NO MORE where they learn, who they learn "FAREWELL TO from, and what they eat. Nor do 1 FEINGOLD" �ee the basis for their complaint Newsflash: Today New York that they must accept a verdict City was tragically destroyed by from the J-Board, made up of radioactive pigeon shit from the "some white stu�ents." little �nown Sho�n-gold species. Fortunately, the "Nobody Asked Me But .. .'' column died with its lifeblood. As a member of Hamilton's Semester in Washington Program I enjoy reading the news of the Hill each week. However, outrage prompts me to pen this letter. F · and S's column purports to be a sports column, but is in reality and substance merely a vain effort to recall past sports heroics of New York City Sports Teams. Since there is nothing to cheer about now in the big apple, they resort to basking in glories now dimmed by time: I will discuss the September Who are the real racists? Since 28th column,· which is quite when has there been a seperate typical of their, pardon the branch called "The Black and expres-sion, work. It contains Latin Class of '78?" Does such an romantic memories of the 1955 extension of The Class of '78 World Series between the Dodgers exist? I contend that if it does, it and the Yankees. They remember exists only in the. minds of racists. -;-. ·Name withheld upon request

Scooping the Spectator that he is in fact the Editor, and a To the Editor: Having felt compelled for some senior and a ''Kirkland husband" time to write a "Letter to the and that he'd rather not have his Editor" (for such, I believe, is the name printed. duty of every Hamilton and It may seem rather strange that Kirkland student, although I can I have attacked the policy of find no written or unwritten rule keeping tlte Editor's name secret that one well, although they were to support my· belief and no one not by ar•gu ing against it but by almost a year old at the time! The who agrees with me, and this duty ignoring it, and thus shattering it. 1973 Mets and the 1960 Kubek has never. before been perceived in But it is the duty of the Series had to be included since letter-writer not merely to expose, baseball has not made it off the the history of either college), but f ailing repeatedly to find a but to resolve his issue in East Coast yet. In addition, the suitable issure to discuss in my whatever manner he personally comments on Bill Russell are letter, I turned to past editions of sees fit. After all, the issue was my b l a s p h e m o u s! His e leven The Specatator for inspiration. own creation, and I certainly may chru:npionships are impressive buf Concentrating my attention on do with it what I will. his superior ta le nts to any Steven Tepper, '75 other center, especially Willis t he a r t icle s a n d . e d i torials concerning the Presidential . and Reed are obvious to anyone who Dean searches, pending J -Board does not have New York City cases, allocation of SAC funds, blinders on with respect to the and the release of the minutes of To the Editor: sports world. faculty meetings, I immediately On Friday evening (October It's a shame that I will no noticed that o ver the past two I 8) of h ouseparty weekend longer have the weekly pleasure of years, our newspaper has shown somebody broke into my room in gu essing what N.Y. team will an increasingly uncanny ability to Bundy between 7 p.m and 1:30 appear in the column, I was just identify those critical issues that a.m. and borrowed my acoustic getting the hang of it. Farewell we, whether we know it or not, guitar for what seems to he an Feingold, without N.Y. you're are all discussing. Discovering indefinite period. And I have nothing. after agonizing hours of analysis, reason to believe that it was a Oves '76 that The Spectator's singular student here. So, because my Semester in Washington knack of issure-finding lies not in guitar r epresented a sizable its I ooking outward at the investment on my part, not to LE'.fTER POLICY c o m m u n i t y (e xoj ourna l i s m, mention personal value to me, I The Spectator welcomes technically speaking) but inward am asking any of you who know letters from all of its readers; to the i m a g i n a t i o n of anyone who has very recently s t udent s, f a c u l ty (endojournalism), I found that I aquired a Martin D-35 guitar to administration and alumni. could easily find an issure if I too encourage that person to return it All letters must be signed, not were only to close my eyes. to me or get in touch with Dean with pseudonym or initials, So it is that I came to write Bingham. No questions will be although names may be this letter which will finally reveal asked. Your anonymity will be withheld in print upon the name of the Editor of The preserved etc. etc. request. Deadline for letters is Matthew Kasrnan '76 Spectator. I realize that the before Wednesday the 102 Bundy East, 4148 by-laws of the Publications Board, publication. the Student Senate, CAP, the Women's Center and the Council of Trent all prohibit dIVUlgence of such information, and that no one on either campus wants to know, but I feel obligated to tell you Nick...Bums, Broker Hamilton '46 anyway (cf. discussion of duty above). The information itself was Auto, Tenants, Motorcycle, and Homeowner's Insurance fairly easy to obtain, those responsible for covering the I West Park Row Editor's tracks foolishly beliving that some traces of trust ·and. Clinton, New York honor remain on our campuses and that if they merely asked that UL3-5051-2 the 'information remain. secret, no one wouli;l search for it. Checking the sign-out sheet for the key to The Spectator ·office during a midnight ransacking of the Bristol Campus Center, I noticed that A C ART R NEW YORK BANK three n ames.; appeared most ·•............................_._____.__ ·•....j H E frequently. 'r shall not reveal the MAIN OFFICE, CLINTON, NEW YORK 13323 names of all three suspects but SENECA PLAZA OFFICE (RT. 5), NEW HARTFORD, NEW YORK after eliminating the possibility BANKING HOURS that either Glucroft or Glick is the Thursday and Friday Editor, I was left with only Monday through Wednesday Ostrer's name. In a telephone 9:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. 9:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. conversation with the remaining and suspect, who begged that his name 4:30 P.M. to 6:00 P.M, not be divulged, Ostrer confessed

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�VQ_ Shots

Hallowed Hollows

By VINCENT L. DiCARLO Ha lloween . I t has been nearly imp ossible to ignore the sense of anticipation with which the Hill has awaited that celebration of inchoate imaginings of powers unknown and beings unseen. After all. if there is any physical setting conducive to the production of vaguely supernatural figments it is that of this campus at precisely this season of the year. Anyone watching the sere leaves being whirled and buffeted by a wind indifferent to all but its own whining lament may be forgiven if he imagines that what he is really seeing in the cold grey light is the torment of poor damned �� One can't avoid thinking in Autumn that · the desolation of the milder seasoD$" greenery is due to an agency of malignant purpose. . The same mist that drains the color from, and softens the outlines of, objects any further than a few feet from an observer seems also to mitigate the rigid strictures of natural law. so that the dim sight ol: trolls cavorting clumsily among the trees of Root Glen would be-greeted with only a mild sort ot surprise. There is a sense of the immanence of potent supernatmal agents of change. AsThales said, alfthings are full of demons.- and in October the demons seem to be tantalizingly close to �ibility. Not unlikely. then. is the heightening of the mystical sense among students of both colleges. What is puzzling is the poignant quality of yearning apparent in those who have been swept up in the spirit of October country. Their desire to believe in the existence of mysterious personal powers in the w�rld -has an almost desperate quality. Petbaps the educational experience itself has something to do-with this quality of urgency in students' celebration of HaBoween.. Common to most courses given at Hamilton in departments as diverse as chemistry and philosophy is a preoccupation with the epistemological underpinnings of the discipline involved. The problem with thus exposing the foundations of a complex of

beliefs about the world is that they are seen for what they are-presuppositions. If one were to commit oneself to supporting these foundations he would soon find himself in ·the position of the man who �ys- that the ·world rests· on the backs of elephants• only to be asked what the elephants stand on. On the other hand, an . u n qu estio n ing a cce p t ance of the epistem o logical assumptions of, for example, chemistry leads to no disastrous consequences, since any challenge to the assumptions may adequately be answered by the observation that if you want to do chemistry this is what you do. If you Sin ce H aUoween celebrates - the don't use empirical methods you may be an alchemist but a chemist you will never unknown, the unseen and the mysterious, it is the symbol of the only absolute belief be. A problem arises, however, when what left left to the students.· It represents a is being considered is not a· particular sort, belief that anything is possible. And if of belief (e.g., scientific) but rather unqualified belief. That is, when what is at issu e is the reason for accepting any· particular set of epistemological principles, the believer is left without justification, since what counts as a good reason for believing is determined by the principles in Fou r candidates for the Watson question. The resulting philosophical Fellowship were selected by Channing scepticism is hell on unqualified belief. Just such an unqualified belief is that Richardson's committee last week. The · nature reflects some sort of purpose, that losers received a form letter from Mr. there is a ..why" as well as a "what" to Richardson expressing his regrets. I was among the group who will not be events. Unfortunately, human beings seem to require a faith in -the purposiveness of ._.considered for the Watson· Foundation's natural events in order to feel at home in final selection. I am disappointed by the the world, and every time this faith is put com mittee's failure to approve my in tenns that admit of logical analysis, the proposal I feel, however, that the process specter of scepticism raises its ugly head. of selection i,s irresponsible and unfair. Candidates are asked to submit a The scientific as well as the religious perspective on the world is vulnerable to creative and· original proposal which is a this scepticism. Superstition seems to be continuation of an interest manifested in the only way out. If the beliefs are the past. This proposal is not allowed to sufficiently vague and unclear it never fill more than one typed page. The becomes possible to apply the solvent of proposal, stated in the merest skeleton of outline, is reviewed by the committee philosophical scepticism to them. Instead of claiming that there is a specific thing in which, through its wisdom, rejects- or the world, the superstitious merely assert �pproves it. If the candidate is iucky, he is that scepticism precludes ruling out a g r an ted an inte r view t o c larify belief as effectively as it deprives the misinterpretations. The committee took the liberty of believer of u11questionable support for his making an assumption about my proposal credo. which was only partially tme. and which an interview might have clarified. In their superior judgement, and complaining of their lack of time, they consented to give in te r views to only seven of the twenty-seven applicants. The others were - rejected. I question the ability of this committee to choose responsibly among these proposals wlien they do not take the trouble to interview more than a favored few. Their decisions are based upon a set of precedents which is badly understood by the student body. Only the committee seems to know what is being looked for, and the advertisement of the Watson Foundation seems to be deliberately vague. Only the whims and the precedents of the committee determine who will be

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selected for the final elimination of candidates by the Watson Foundation. M r . Ric hardso� requests that a biography be submitted with the proposal. · He stresses that it be no more than one page. Does be feel capable of evaluating the worth of someone he doesn't know on the basis of this one page? Wouldn't preference be given to someone who has proved himself a serious student in one of Richardson's classes rather than to a student who is a stranger to him? If the committee wishes to act without bias, then why are interviews granted only to seven people? . H the complaint of this committee is a lack of time. then more people should be put on the committee, or else outsiders (people not on the faculty of Hamilton College) should be paid to review these proposals. In view of the quantities of money involved (each winner receives seven thousand dollars) and in view of bow this money can influence a career choice for the recipient, I do not feel that the present system treats this selection process as responsibly as it could. When he spoke to me last week, Mr. Richardson expressed surprise at my cnt1c1sm o f the �orkings of his committee. No one, he said, had expressed lhis type of feeling since he entered the committee twelve years ago. Why not? The c o m bined. c ompan y of Mr. Richardson, Mr. Ring, and Mr. Roth is by no means infallible. And is the committee is distressed by the fact that I challenge their mysterious workings, then let them e xamine their proceedings and ask themselves what-they are do�g wrong. William Prince, '75

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, WATSON NOMINEES Professor of Government C.B. Richardson, the liason. officer for the Thomas J. Watson Foundation, announced that the following four Hamilton students have been nominated for Watson Fellowships for 1975-76: Raymond E. Dooley, Jeffrey H. James, Jack Levy, and Joseph S. Lewis, Jr.

SENATE FUNDING The Senate Budget Committee will meet on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 7:00 p.m. to hear requests for funds. Any group seeking money should contact Hugh Mackay ext. 7184 immediately.

FRESHMAN SENATORS

Elections for freshman representatives to the Student Senate are scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 12. Students interested in running for one of four positions may pick up nomin.ating petitions in the Root Hall secretarial office Monday. Small platform statements which will be published in the Spectator are due Wednesday, Nov. 6, in The Spectator office.

Halloween: An Evening of Lunacy

Maybe the second full moon of October was a cause for the evening's lunacy. One girl in Milbank, struck by the spirit, was reported running through her suite screeching incessantly. like a witch. Rumor had it that a gorilla was seen stalking the campus, and students would have been well advised to keep their windows locked. There was screaming emanating from South, and there were parties everywhere from _ Carnegie to B. Uncostumed

Students Denied Access to Files "Our assumption is that an advisor does have a legitimate interview information and high need to know everything about a . school and college letters of student." recommendation. Reacting to the new legislation ,, Files Kept Private which might "open up the files N o Hamilton or Kirkland to students, Babbitt said, ''There student is allowed access to his or is really nothing in the files that her own cumulative file. However, would cause difficulty, except in the files are "open" to all the area of counseling. My single adm ini s t r a tion a n d f a culty concern is that the kind of members. confidentiality which has been ,the A c cording to Kinnel, the normal way of counseling needs Hamilton students' files are used, to be protected." in most cases, by a faculty "Otherwise, my view, and our member who wants to better general institutional view; is that u n d e r s t a n d a s t u d e n t ' s this (student access) is fine," said performance in a course or who is Babbitt. "In most cases, if the asked by a student to write a · student wanted to see her file, she letter of recommendation. ''The probably could; however, most more mformation you have, the people don't ask, and there would b e t t e r t h e l e t t e r s o f be some hesitation on our part recommendation you get," said because some data has been Kinnel. s o l i c i t e d on grounds o f A Legitimate Need confidentiality. At Kirkland, Babbitt said However, objections to student faculty advisors normally are the access at Hamil ton have been ones who look at student's .files. · more strongly voiced. continued from page one

"I'm Disturbed" "I'm disturbed,'. said Dean KinneL " The real question comes down to evaluating two types of privacy, that of t;lJ.e individual who writes down something about a student and of the student a b o u t whom the individual writes." ''The .nub of the issue is those letters of recommendation," said Kinnel. ''This legislation would kill us. . .it would ruin letters of recommendation." "The la� will tend to make all the recommendations bland and n o n - d i s c r i min ator y," said Hamilton Acting Dean of the College Dwi&ht Lindley. ''If everything is open to the students, nothing is written down. There will thus be an increasing reliance on objective scores in the admissions process." "Besides, most of the material in these files are what the student has already seem or kn(?Wn about," said Kinnel.

people were appearing eveiywhere to get a glimpse of\the costumes which ranged from Groucho Marx to a red M & M. On the evening before All Hallow's Eve, a serie� of readings were held fireside at McEwen. The atmosphere was cozy as students listened to story and _poetry readings while candles and the glow of the fire lit the room. Among the authors selected were Poe,. Stoker, Dahl, and Jackson. Cider, wine, and apples were also on hand to complete the · atmosphere. Activities for the evening of the 31st included a free movie, "Scream of Fear," a gathering at Bristol and various parties and gatherings all around campus. At 11:30 p.m. on Halloween evening, the annual "witch hunt" began. Chi is Psi planning a post-Halloween square dance on Friday night, and Theta Delta Chi will be having their annual "Beggar's Banquet" on Saturday evening. ELS has scheduled - a masquerade party Friday night.

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Chairm_an of the Department

o f German Thomas · Colby underwent heart surgery Tuesday and is reported in fair condition at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Leslie Swid '73, a graduate of K ir k l an d , h as t e mp or arily replaced Colby who will not be teaching for the remainder of the fall semester. Ursula S. Colby, chairman of the Humanities Division and Colby's wife, is. also in Boston at this time. Swid took over two sections of German 11, and one section of German 13 on October 21. Earlier in the semester. Mr. Colby's upper level German courses had been cancelled. Professor Otto Liedke i s ;acti n g c hairman of the department during Co lby's absence. Colby is expected back next semester. * * ·* Jitney service between the two colleges and Clinton has not been funded this year, but· William J amison, a cting director of I n stitutional Affairs and the Kirkland Student Life Committee, has plans to raise the issue..

From the -Health ·Committee

Drinking and Leprosy

By DR . WILLIAM R. KLINGENSMITH If you got two invitations for this Saturday night, which one of these two would you most likely accept? To have tea with the lepers at the local leper colony· or cocktails at the fraternity across the street? Only some creep who wanted to wear a hair shirt would go to the leper colony and most of us would pick the cocktails because it sounds like a lot more fun, but that would not necessarily be the healthiest decision. You can drink tea with lepers each Saturday rught for years and not catch leprosy. If you look around at the cocktail party, you might recognize a few ( especially older types, if , any have been let in) who have caught alcoholism and you can bet continue_d from page one "I don't foresee a large number that every 8th or 9th person there is going to catch it at a later date. doesn't pay for a beer, he puts the cases," said Shulansky. Alcoholism is easy to catch and awfully common, but most ·of us money in the till himself. Of some of · ijamilton student. Another student contended DKE's, he said, ''They are our "Students should realize that they would still pick the cocktails. To drink or not to drink no longer seems to be the question that some DKE's have the free friends, and you take, care of your are being ripped off when free . among college students because 90% drink to a degree and a large beer privilege because they are friends," referring to his practice beer is given out in the Pub." Shulansky plans to attend all percentage drinks heavily on occasion. A college man, and perhaps of buying beers on occasion. friendly with the bartenders. another the bartenders' meetings coming women _,.too, is expected to hold his liquor, the old machismo. . Forrester, P eter David Duggan, a member of DKE, said, "Yes, there is a lot of bartender, also said he buys a up, and he said, "Either they will Everyone else drinks and who wants to be one of those who doesn't. free beet given out - largely member of DKE a beer now and shape up, or we will fire them all Liquor is served at all social occasions although a soft drink, usually not a best seller, is sometimes offered with it. Parents are so relieved and start from scratch." through the DKE house. But that then. is that their children are not taking dope that destroys their minds and committee Shulansky's the that Shulansky said is as far as I will go. I will not bartenders told him that any free authorized by the college to makes hair grow on the palms of their hands that they welcome a implicate anybody." beer they might have distributed consider and recommend policies few beers and isn't it nice that Linda likes Boone's Farm. Daddy \ Berry Replies DKE functions as advertising because for the Pub. Service Systems sometimes gets awfully loud at parties and has to come home early Berry, Jon a than president, '\Y'Ould not comment those who would receive it will managei:sthe Pub in return for 10 and Aunt Betty has had three husbands and keeps going to Shady directly to the allegations, but spread the word on how great a percent bf the gross sales {$2900 Lawn to dry out, but what the hell. Ninety-five million Americans drink and ten million of them are for 1973-74). The college and the said that it is not fair to single out place the Pub is. drunks or whatever y9u want to call it. They outnumber drug committee split either the profits 'I Spy' any fraternity for getting free, beer It is believed that if free beer or losses that the Pub accrues. In addicts ten or more to one and provide 65% of the cases in the lower at the Pub. Shawn George, a member of had been given out the practice the past, the money that the courts, most job failures and family breakups. Consumption is up DKE, said, "I don't think it is fair, · has stopped at least for the time committee has re.alized from the 26% in the past ten years. Alcoholism costs $15 billion a year. �n the basis of a few individuals' being. "I spy" signs are wsted in Pub has been re-invested in the Alcoholism, after heart disease and cancer, is the largest health The the Pub, and although the form of the Cable TV's at Bristol problem in the country and shortens the life span by 10 or 12 years. to (given comments a bartenders do not know from and McEwen and the new cash One half of the 55 thousand automobile deaths and one half of the implicate to Spectator] one million injuries each year are traceable to drinking. fraternity.'' where they. originated, sources _ register at the Pub. The tag "chrome alcoholic" is hard to pin on college students ' "I don't think it is fair that our report that the signs are a LOANS · because it usually takes a few years of drinking to reach this stage, n.une is the only one mentioned response to the recent effort by continued from page one_ in the story," he said. Service Systems and the Auxiliary loans are becoming more difficult but some students begin to manifest the potential while they are in Shulansky has spoken to the Service Committee to clamp dowri to get because more colleges are school. Some of the signs are heavy, compulsive, and protracted applying for the money while the spree- drinking, a tendency to drink to the point of amnesia, bartenders about the reports that on possible free beer. free beer has been given. Before the mid-semester break, amount of money available has antisocial behavior or to pass out, and an inability to cope with job one student was heard saying to re mained constant. The best routine school activities because of the effect of drinking. In the A c c o rd ing their to descriptions, the bartenders are the bartenders, ''What is this procedure for getting the amount Rutgers Study an alcoholic is defined as "one who is unable to subject to dismissal if found about paying," in likely reference of money needed is to give an choose whether he shall drink or not and who, if he drinks, is unable and to the fact that he was forced to accurate estimate of the money consistently to choose whether lie shall stop or not." In deference to beer, distributing free needed by the school without Kirkland, the term, she, can to substituted since the incidence of Shulansky has reiterated that purchase his beer. alcoholism is up 30% in women. particular aspect of the job . Shulansky said he received over ovc;restimating. Maybe you ought to choose the leper colony. If you choose the description to the bartenders. ten anonymous notes reporting cocktail party, watch ·it. The issue has also been brought instances of free beer being Dr. Klingensmith is associate medical director at the Health up at a meeting of the Auxiliary dispensed, but he has not taken Center. The Health Committee welcomes questions from the student any of the parties mentioned in Services Committee. body. They should be directed to Philip Montalvo, or Box 746, or "Bartenders are in a bad the notes to the Judiciary Board Centrex extension 4921. psychological position. They take because he lacks more than a lot of nonsense unless they give hearsay evidence. Shulansky said that it was . out free beer. They won't feel justified in not giving out free decided after a discussion with Dean of Students R. Gordon beer," said a student. Bingham on the matter that if a Bartenders Deny Announces the Opening Achieve the Natural Look Tom Davis, a bartender, said "I violation in the Pub is reported, of the Downstairs Pub with a little help from suppose there are a few - if the bartender involved will be on October the 31st someone has been there all night. dismissed, and the Auxili ary featurinl( THE ACE BEAUTY SHOPPE It's no big deal. They- are not Services Committee will issue a Mark Chambers Perry ,· 9 E. PARK M losing any money on· it.'-' Davis warning to the student involved. The Pub is generally open from 8 pm to Phone 853-5621 denied that the DKE's receive free If a second violation is reported 1 am Friday and Saturday nights. Live beer more than anyone else. on the same student, the case will REDKIN PRODUCTS entertainment will be featured every weekend. George Davis said that if be submitted to the Judiciary AVAILABLE someone is a friend of his and Board for deliberation.

Auxiliary Services Examines P1'.h

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November 1,.1974/TH E SPECTATOR/5

Hanlilton Dean ·searth

#6: Top Psychologist )

A department chairman of a prestigious northeastern college was the sixth dean search candidate to visit the Hill , The Spectator has learned. The candidate, in his late forties, is a psychology professor and has a and distinguished research publication record. [The Dean Search Committee began its second round of interviews with an offer to William Siffin, who suosequently withdrew. Chairman and Professor of Chemistry Lawrence K. Yourtee said Wednesday that the rornmittee had reached a consensus on another possible second round visitor, but an invitation had not been sent. Y ourtee declined to say why it had not been sent nor would he name the candidate. It is believed, however, that the sixth first round candidate is the oommittee's choice.] In a telephone interview Thursday, he said he has not received a second invitation and be has had no indication of whether the committee intends to offer him one. The candidate has requested that his name be withheld from publication. He said that if he reaches the second round he will

be more than willing to speak to •scholarship amongst tenured faculty, the:: department chairman the public. Grade Inflation would spread research funds, Citing the extremes of grade leaves and sabbaticals, and funds academic to inflation and� deflation, the for t r a ve l candidate said that students suffer conferences. Salaries in either case. What determines. a school's quality is its students and The psychologist believes its faculty, said the psychologist. Hamilton must have faculty a salaries high enough to retain the· needs c ol lege The distribution of grades that clarifies faculty whom it chooses to retain. to the outside community which He acknowledged that Hamilton students are excellent, which· are will not be able-nor should good, and which are ordinary, he it-compete with "a Princeton." added. If the grades don't make Speaking of his own salary, the these distinction explicit, then th� candidate said he could not afford students are hurt, he said. to take a significant cut in his No Tenure Quotas present compensation because of Recognizing the dangers of his f amily, and he said he has fully-tenured departments at small informed the college of his colleges, the candidate said he financial requirements. would work for a balance in the If ·the college can meet his number of tenured faculty if salary needs and invites him for a appointed dean. second interview, he said he will He said however that the come. of a The candidate has resigned m a i n t e n a nce tenure/non-tenure balance will himself to giving up a large not lead to a tenure quota, a portion of his research if policy to which he is personally appointed dean here. "The opposed. attraction is the magnitude and The candidate said that new the challenge of the deanship.', faculty must be made aware that The candidate who has been at they may stay for six years and his present institution for nine not get tenure. years, "has, no play of-thinking of In order �o encourage faculty Hamilton as a stepping stone."

W.R . Jones, professor of history at the University of New Hampshire and the fifth candidate in the dean search, said that he favored liberal distribution requirements · because "certain areas of pr incip le learning collectively make 'the educated man.'" Jones, describing himself as a mo d e r a t e - c o n s e rva ti ve in academic matters, said. that he opposed the sort 'of "petty course-counting" that -accompanies rigidly-de fine d p rograms of distribution requirements and ab s o l u t e a b o l i t i o n o f course requirements. The ideal, said J ones, is somewhere between rigid requirements and absolute abolition of course requirements. Affirmative Action Jones, who served on a search c omm ittee l ooking f o r a university a ffirmative action officer for New H ampshire, said that "everything should be done to solicit -qualified candidates who are women and members of minority groups." He said jt might be desirable for Hamilton to hire an affirmative action officer, adding that he had not known the college did not have one already. Jones said his experience has been at a public university, where a d e t a i l e d pr op o s a l for

i mplementation of affirmative Burke Library's· collection in action must be presented to the ·medieval history as being "as good local o f f i ce o f the U .S. as Harvard's." Jones, unfamiliar with graduate Department of Health, Education, school admissions for Hamilton and Welfare for approval. students, said that H amilton's Faculty Scholarship If chosen dean of the college reputation puts it in a very here, Jones would attempt to competitive position, but did not keep Ham ilton's faculty salaries comment further. But he did say competitive with institutions such that, on the basis of his limited as Colgate University, Bates knowledge of the institution, he College, and Bowdoin College. He thought grade inflation was not as said that the institution must keep serious at Hamilton as elsewhere. ) salary increments even with Coox:_dination inflation. , Jones said that he did not In addition to salary, Jones k n o w e n o u gh about favors "merit raises" as · an ideal Hamilton-Kirkland relations to way to encourage scholarship suggest specific program s for coordination with Kirkland and among the faculty. Jones was impressed by the its dean, Catherine Frazer. He did caliber · of the Hamilton faculty say, however, that a good personal when he visited briefly two weeks relationship ·between himself and ago, and said he met no faculty Frazer would be a prerequisite to member who was negligent in his cooperation if he were chosen r e sponsibilities as teacher or dean. scholar. The appointment of Dean Jones, a scholar in medieval Frazer, whom he characterized as history, said he would deal with having a "serious, scholarly f a c u lt y sch olarship on an approach," was a step in the right in d i vi d u a l basis. "Everything direction according to Jones. should be done to encourage Jones h a s b e e n at the scholarship- it is tied to good University of New Hampshire teaching." since 1962, and was chairman of T h e ins t it u t i on h as a the department of history from responsibility to provide generous 1964 to 1971. He has directed a grants and resources to faculty, HEW-funded summer institute for said Jones. He characterized the three summers.

By LIZ BARROW and SUSAN MALKIN The stereotypes of separate and K i r k l an d Hamilton philosophies of education were supported by the results of a Spectator survey sent out in Sept ember to d e t ermine Hamilton's and Kirkland's reputation among high schools, graduate schools, businesses and other colleges. The survey indicated that traditional higher education is an outstanding characteris·tic of· Hamilton's philosophy, while flexibility ranked hi�hest as Kirkland's .educational · strate gy. The survey, sent out to 140 institutions, drew 31 replies. Fifteen responses were from high school guidance counselors; the remammg responses were split approximately evenly between colleges, graduate schools and businesses. Responses indicated that the enphasis of Hamilton's academic orienta.tipn is strongl"y liberal arts.

Pre�law; pre-mea and graduate school preparatory programs (in that order) were seen as the emphasis for Hamilton students. Kirkland Seen Liberal arts and creative arts were viewed as Kirkland's educational orientation with a secondary emphasis on graduate school preparation. Respondents did not view pre-law and pre-med programs as areas of Kirkland's · emphasis. On the average, science and math were seen as Hamilton's strongest departments with history and social sciences viewed positively. The majority of respondents cited religion and art as Ham ilton's worst departments. Results of the survey showed the social sciences, history, and philosophy as Kirkland's strongest df partments. Critical bt.nguages, art and music ranked second while science was seen as Kirkland's weakest department. Six of nine who responded to a question con'-rning perceptions of

Rodger Schneider

Robert Evans

H a m i l t o n dean c ad i d a te William J. Siffin, after bei.ng offered a second round interview, has withdrawn from the colleg�'s dean search. Siffin would have been the first of two or three c a n d i d a t e s t h e S e a r ch Committee plans to invite for a secona visit to the campus to meet a larger portion of the community. A professor of political science and Directot of the lnterational Developme�t Research Center at Indiana Univ�rsity,Siffin said that he had withdrawn for personal reasons when contacted Monday. "My decisio� does not reflect. on the college. I was very impressed with what I saw and by the requirements of the job," he said. Siffin was the' third of six candidates who have visited the campus so far as part of the committee's first round of interviews First Round Still Open A l t ho u g h the search has entered the second round, Dean Sear ch Committee Chairman Law rence K. Yo urtee said Wednesday that the committee had not yet precluded the ·possibility of inviting a seventh first round cadidate. "There are several can d id ates 'Wh ose credenti�ls we're still exploring and it's possible we might invite one of those," Yourtee said when asked if the field of possible first round candidates had been closed. The committee chairman said that the committee was still r e ce1v1ng n ominations and applications, and those of special intere-st may still be considered. Your t ee also said that the committee still · hopes to be able

to meet its Dec. 1 deadline. A s k e d t h e n a t ure of community - participation in the second round, Yourtee said that candidates will meet with groups. of students and faculty and a group of administrators whom the candidate did not meet on the first visit. Yourtee said, however, that the manner of selecting the members of these panels was still under discussion. When asked of possible participation of Kirkland faculty, or administrators s t u d e nts Yourtee said, "We· have not so far considered that they would be included in a formal way." · The chairman said that the committe was also considering the p ossibili t y of holding a general open m eeting, but had not yet_ made a decision. CoQtmunity Input Y ourtee said there has not been a considerable amount of comment a d d r essed to the committee from Hamilton faculty at-large. Student input, which has been directed primarily to Roger Schneider and Bob Evans, the two students on the committee, has concerned most specifically the candidacy of Acting Dean of the C o l l e g e D w i g h t Lin dl e y, Schneider said. Schneider said that the nature of the comments was "mixed" but wo u l d n o t e l a b or a te, explaining that the "entirety of the (students) views haven't been conveyed to the committee.'' Schn e ider, who said that student reaction would be fully related to the committee, _said that he was very interested in what fellow students had to say about dean candidates.

educational quality at the schools volume of applications. checked that Kirkland provided a Esse�tially, you make us give the rigorous · academic program. A student a grade." Academic Orientation rigorous program was the According to the responses, unanimous opinion of the five who responded in reference to Hamilton and Kirkland students generally were academically Hamilton. oriented. In addition, Kirkland Evaluations Evaluated For both schools, paper-based students were thought to view art and discussion-oriented courses as and culture as important aspects opposed to test-based and lecture of college life. The responses courses were seen as the prevalent indicated that politics, athletics, and social affairs were only minor forms of education. of Hamilton and Of the seven graduate schools conce rns and businesses that responded to Kirkland students. The general impressions of the questionnaire, reactions to Kirkland's form of evaluations Hamilton and Kirkland Colleges is that they are small, rural, and were mixed. The respondent from the culturally and physically isolated. A generalized composite admissions department of the Wharton Graduate Division of the picture of the Hamilton and University of· Pennsylvania said, Kirkland student body is as white, a n d "It is probably easier to give a P r o t e s t a n t , mediocre grade than a mediocre upper-middle-class. A question concerning the evaluation." This view was .contrasted ·by a perceived stereotypes of Hamilton per sonnel officer of one of the and Kirkland students resulted in responding businesses. Evaluations no clear consensus of opuuon. are "an irritant, g�en, the_ large H?wever, a high school guidance •

counselor· responded to this' question, ''We hear that the Kirkland women are more interesting than the Hamilton men." "If the percentage �f Jews at Kirkland increases the college will be in trouble," was the response of a Ham ilton alumnus · based in a New York law firm.

Jones Backs Course Requirements

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William Sifftn Withdraws Was S_lated for 2nd Visit

Survey Results Support Hamilton-Kirkland Stereotypes

Questionable Results · A number of respondents co111plained that the survey was not valid. John F. Kullberg, Director of Admissions, Columbia School of Law, said that the comparative data in published format would be unfair to other excellent colleges. "On some points, one college might be stronger than another college while, on other criteria, co-equal or weaker. An overall rating might misleading,'' said thus be Kullberg: Others found it difficult to respond to particular sections of the questionnaire.


6/THE SPECTATOR/November 1, 1974

'Red Desert" Opens Possibilities, Advances Art of Film By PETER SOMMER "I'm scared of the factories, people, colors, everything." So says the heroine of "Red Desert,'' the first color film by Michelangelo Antonioni. Giuliana (Monica Vitti) is a woman who lives in the modern world but cannot adjust to it. Her malaise is rooted in a profound sense of disengagement from life as she sees it and feels it, as it is thrust upon her by her experiences. At an earlier time her angst had become so acute that she attempted suicide-an event which her husband still believes

events

was an automobile accident. Giuliana, her husband Ugo (Carol Chionetti) and their small son live in an Italian industrial city. Probably never before in a film has environment been cast in a role equal to that of the human actors. In "Red Desert'' Antonioni pioneers in cinematic use of color: the red band winding around a gigantic gasoline tank, the yellow smoke belching from a factory chimney, the rusty iron of an ancient ship in the harbor, the cooly efficient blues �nside the a t emple of te ch n i c a l h igh ly-s truct ured industrial

FILM The Haunting and The Creature From the Black Lagoon. Friday and Saturday at 8 and 10 p.m. Sunday �t 1O p.m. only. Kirner-Johnson Auditorium. Admission $.75. Antonioni's Red Desert. f:riday and Saturday at8 p.m. Sunday at 10 p.m. only. Science Auditorium. Admission $.75. November 4 (Monday) Marlene Dietrich in The Blue Angel, 10 p.m. Kirner-Johnson Auditorium-. Admission $.50. Also Tuesday. November 5 (Tuesday) L 'lmmortelle, French with English subtitles. 8 p.m. Science Auditorium. November 7 (Thursday) The Marx Brothers in Duck Soup, and Brats starring Laurel and Hardy. 8 p.m. Science Auditorium. Admission $.75. Sleuth 8 p.m. Kirner-Johnson Auditorium. Admission $.75. At Nearby Theaters Cannonball (853-5553) California Split (R) Cinema Theater (736-0081) The Longest Yard (R) Cinema National Uptown (732-0665) What's Up Doc? (G) Paris (733-2730} The Gambler (R) Stanley (724-4000) Madhouse and Savage Sisters (R) 258 Cinema (732-5461) Pink Floyd (G}; and Flesh Gordon (X); and Black Godfathers (R) LECTURE AND DISCUSSION November 1 (Friday) Newman Mass. Father Paul Drobin. 5:30 p.m. Kirner-Johnson Red Pit. November 2 (Saturday) Newman Mass. Father Paul Drobin. 5:30 p.m. Kirner-Johnson Red Pit. November 3 (Sunday) Newman Mass. Father Drobin. 9:30 a.m. Chapel Free Church of Clinton. Colin F. Miller, Dean Emeritus of the Hamilton Chapel. Thou shalt not. . . not... 11:15 a.m. Chapel November 4 {Monday) Newman Mass. Father Drobin. 12 Noon. Chapel. Also Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Free School. Science Fiction. 7:30 p.m. Bristol Campus Center Brown Room. Poetry Reading by members of the Hamilton and Kirkland faculties. 8 p.m. Kirner-Johnson Red Pit. Christian Fellowship Meeting. 8 p.m. Milbank 36 {entrance 5). November 5 {Tuesday) Free School. Outdoor Living. 8 p.m. Bristol Center Brown Roo�. November 6 {Wednesday) Root-Jessup Lecture: Bernadette Devlin. The' Northern Ireland Crisis. 8 p.m. Gymnasium. Bible Study. 9 p.m. Alumni House. November 7 (Thursday) Christian Science College Organization. 4:15 p.m. Bristol Center Backus Room.· MUSIC AND DANCE November 1 (Friday) McEwen Coffeehou_s_e Presents Highwoods String Band. 9 p.m. rree with Social Tax November 2 (Saturday) Benefit Dance - "La Gran Familia." Uhuru and Steak Nite. 9 p.m. - 2 a.m. Bundy Dining Hall. Admission $1.25. Free Beer. November 3 (Sunday) Folk Dancing. 3 p.m. Kirkland Quad. Dance Studio-List, rain site. DRAMA November 7 (Thursday) Tneater Production of Ibsen's A Doll House. B p.m. Minor Theater. EXHIBITION November 3 (Sunday) Opening: Photography by Hamilton and Kirkland Students. 2-4 p.m. Afro-Latin Cultural Center. Through Dec. 7. November 4 (Monday) Exhibition and Sale of Original Drawings, Watercolors, Serigraphs, and Sculpture Multiples by Heidi Jost, John Von Bergen and James Loveless. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Bristol Campus Center Snack Bar.

compl�� as good and as bad as former ones. industrial chimney kills the birds' He portrays objectively yet A man or woman must always flying in the sky. She tells him unobtrusively the colors of adjust to the pace, forms and they learn not to fly through it. today's culture: orange plastic demands of his- own time, leaving Antonioni's film reaches no kitchen utensils, green cars, red the - seeming comfort and g:ran�resolution. The affair with book spines, blue mailboxes·, insulation of fantasy to respond, Corrado does not "cure" Giuliana. yellow lemon twists in martinis. not only to complex human Her isolated dialogue with the But, going further, he directly relationships and social demands, Turkish sailor is not a relates color to human feelings but to insistent questions about "come-to-realize'' scene. There is and emotions, such as the self-identity. no guarantee that she is on the unforgettably bright red wall in a _13,.eve�g a philosophical Road to Happiness. But she has shack where erotic feelings are attitude developed in reaction to finally accepted what has been no aroused, and, in contrast, the her environment and to the other secret from her all along: that blandly indifferent coloring of persons in her life, Giuliana says: "what happens to you is your huge industrial structures against "I have to think that all that life." which Giuliana helplessly beats happens to me is my life." She is Antonioni has, in all his films her fists. functioning within a context of opened new possibilities. With hi; In the hotel room where she reason and· purpose even though first use of color and with other and her brief-encounter lover she cannot define it. At the film's elements, he further enlarged tmr Corrado (Richard Harris)engage in end we see her walking with her vision of what a film can be and a passionate but loveless search small son. He asks whether the do. "Red Desert" has advanced for orgasm, a huge lightbulb h,angs yellow smoke pouring from an the art of the film. from the ceiling. Like· the lightbulb in Sartre's "No -Exit," it is a compelling, unrem1ttmg symbol of detachment from all passion, all ideas, all COJJl_J]lltmenL The film begins - with an appropriate overture; first, we hear electronic music, and then, a woman's These voice -over. juxt;_iposed elements separate, and we hear the vocalise again later, in an interp�lated idyll. Giuliana is the exponent and victim of these two themes. She is a woman in crisis, but she also has the aura of a masque figure. A recurring method used to open a sequence is a shot of a background in slightly blurred, diffused focus in whic·h Miss Vitti then appears, very close, in sharp focus.' LA GRAN FAMILIA - However, the principal and The benefit dance for La Gran Familia on Saturday, Nov. 2, from only serious flaw in the film is the 9 p.m.-2 a.m. in Bundy Dining Hall will feature five hours of solid casting of Richard Harris as non-stop music provided by Uhuru and Steak Nite. Admission is. Corrado. What he does is suitable $1.25, and there will be enough free beer for all. Everybody and their enough; he has affecting ease and mothers are welcome. Dance and drink for a kid's future. unexpected gentleness. But what point was there in using a FACULTY POETRY READING non-Italian who had to be dubbed? As for subject matter, A poetry reading by faculty members of-Kirkland and H amilton this film examines the reality of Colleges will be held in the Red Pit of the Kirner-Johnson Building, hope, the prospect of full human at 8 p. m. Monday, November 4. life in the midst of whirling HIGHWOODS STRING BAND changes . That world famous string band from Ithaca, Highwoods, will In a fantasy se_quence, appear at the Wine and Cheese Center tonight. The music starts at 9 Antonioni pictorializes a story Giuliana tells her son while he is _p.m. Highwoods has just returned from a State Department sponsored tour of South America with Martin, Bogan, ancr-­ The temporarily paralyzed. Arm.strong, who will appear on the Hill on Thursday, Nov. 7. sequence seems to say that there is no idyllic past or fantasy vision INN MUSIC for men and women of this age-indeed, there never was, in The Alexander Ham ilton Inn will feature jazz pianist Mark Cham bers Perry tonight, in the downstairs Pub. The music will last any age. Giuliana is telling herself, as , from 8 pm. - l am. The Inn will have live entertainment on Saturday night also, during the same hours. well as her son, that the new age is

New Literary Magazine to Be Uncensored A new literary magazine which will accept every contribution has been established by Nellie Burlingham '75 and Bruce Donehower'75. The Publications Board has allocated $300 for the magazine. Citing the alleged lack of communication and literary dialog-tie which have characterized previous publica:tions, Burlingham said the new magazine will be an effort to "challenge the accepted standards of taste" at Hamilton and Kirkland. The pr in ting of all contributions will hopefully promote a literary exchange has been virtually. which Hill, the on nonexistent Burlingham said. It will also encourage "closet writers," or those "who do not even conceive of themselves as 'writers' to contribute to the magazine." Ideally, it will be published every two or three weeks, in order to encourage a continuing exchange of ideas-. The other literary magazines are usually published "just before a vacation and merely as a showcase,'' said Burlingham. The new magazine will appear "not in opposition to the current magazine,": said Donehower, but

to supplement it by adhering to a different literary philosophy. "Arbitrary standards of taste are useless at this level," he said. The two founders are publicizing their endeavor as. much as possible, but they have no concrete plans in the event that the project fails to stimulate the anticipated interest. 'Without dead," are we responses Donehower said, "we want to attack, challenge people with it; the whole project will be

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WO MEN'S ARTS WEEKEND November 2 (Saturday) Art exhibit featuring the works of local women. 12-6 p.m. Second floor List. Joan Stone presents a dance tribute to Isadora Duncan. 2-4:30 p.m. Hamilton Gym. Free with social tax, $.50 without. Slide show: Image of women in contemporary commercial art. 4-4:30 p.m. List womb room. Reception for Joan Stone, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Women's Center Lounge. Nove,;..ber 3 (Sunday) Dance workshop with Joan Stone. 10:30 a.m. - 12 noon. List dance studio. Art exhibit featuring the works of local women. 12 - 3 p.m. Second Floor List. Slide Show: Image of women in contemporary commercial art. 2 3 p.m. List womb room.


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said Dwight N. Lindley,. acting word by word, paragraph by By NEIL CHENEY A crisis. in college English is dean of the college and foriner paragraph." However Rabinowitz spreading nationwide as students' c h a i r m an o f the En glish said that the problem can be corrected through intensive work. proficiency in writing is falling to department at Hamilton. Lindley doubts the quality of S e v e r al p rofessors aho new lows, according to a report in the Chronicle of Higher Education writing of entering freshmen is suggested that other departments worse here than at other schools at the colleges did not pay enough (Sept. 23). English professors at Hamilton and adds that the college has attention to basic grammar and and Kirkland have noted a general never been · able to find many diction in correcting students' work. decline in the writing skills of good writers. When asked if he received Professors see· a number of entering freshmen, but th ey do different factors responsible for complaints from other Kirkland not see any crisis. According to Austin Briggs, the decline in basic writing skills. professors about students' writing, Citing the lack of public Stabenau said, "It is not my job acting chairman of the Hamilton English department , the quality officials who are great writers as to provide remedial service. It is. t of freshman writing has gone an example, · Briggs stated tha everyone's responsibility to teach come writing. It is not the special society "students a from down this year; but in the previous ten years Briggs said that that does not place a premium on responSibility of the literature there has been an improvement in writing. Even students who come teachers." from schools with advanced Can't Do it All quality. Assistant Professor of English Kirkland Assistant Professor of writing courses. have never done at Hamilton Bruce Kaufmannhas Literature Heinrich Stabenau said much writing.'' not received · complaints from 'The Ultimate Fact' 1hat he has found that the writing ""The ultimate fact is that other professors about the quality ability of students "has not been all that great," but "it has not education went through very great of students's writing., How:ever, become drastically worse in the changes in the 1960's and "n o t en ough of the ot]ler 1970's," said Lindley. ''The result departments pay attention to last seven years." "In some respects, students w as m u ch l e s s interest in writing, the social sciences in handle language better than .they fundamental education, and much particular," said Kaufmann, adding did four to five years ago," said more interest in letting students that "the English Department cannot do it all." Stabenau, citing more use of do what they want to do." Despite the problems, more Lindley also mentioned that language and less use of the jargon of what he called the · "drug the mass media "has wrecked the freshmen are taking basic writing wave." However Stabenau did writing, so far as it has been courses on both campuses, and note that "in the larger historical goo d." In addition Lindley the English professors find this . By STEVEN SEIDE perspective, the ability to handle blamed "frivolous high school trend encouraging. H omecoming John N. According to Lindley, more of the language has declined in the last teachers" as a part · students are taking English l1 Morris '53 will last the whole half century." problem. Writing Skills Lacking "It is not only the - high btcause more are thinking that semester this fall. Mor ris,. Hamilton graduate, The college is getting better school's fault," said Peter J.. "they need it" and that "they English professor at Washington students each year even though Rabinowitz, assistant professor of should do it." Briggs ·described the student Uniyersity ip St. Louis, _and poet, the students are· not very well literature at Kirkland. "No one educated in simple writing skills, has gone over the student's pa�ers . body as "high minded," because has been hired as a visiting most students recognize that they profess-or of English for the fall need the course, and do not have semester. Moms iis on a sabbatical to be forced into taking it. "With leave and his good friend Dean as rigorous a program as we have, Dwight Lindley invited him to it is amazing that so many teach an English 21 course while s tude n.ts t ake the c ourse in Clinton. Comparing Hamilton now to vo luntarily. It describes our the college when he attended it, student body," said Briggs. T h e p e o p l e who- t ake Morris said it was "a good school Expository Prose at Kirkland then , a b e tter one now." choose to come to improve their Kirkland, I he said, is. an especially writing ability, said Rabinowitz, positive change in the college adding that most of these people environment, c alling it a recognize that they have writing ''civilizing influence.'• Morris is impressed with the pr oblems and want to do new breed of Hamilton students, soipething about them. I�an Marki, assistant professor whom he considers to be generally of .English at Hamilton, stated more diverse� brighter and mo:re that "the egos take a terriffic serious than the students of his bitte ring" in. E n glish IL day. Hamilton students are mo:re Graduates consider the course to d iscip lin ed t h an t h o s e at have been of use, despite its Washington University� according painfulness." He added that he to Moms. They are more punctual "sympathized with the frustration and conscientious about the of the student." Marki, who described the writing ability of the English 11 students he has encountered in Acting Chairm an of the Engiish D epartm ent Au s tin Briggs ten years of teaching as "poor to, illi ter ate," summed up- the statements of most of the English Dear Ann: pro"f ess ors saying that most Almost two years now. Do Need plant!!, second hand students have become "reasonably you still like art prints? books, gizmos, or good food? (:Ompetent" by the course's end. Happy birthday. Come to the St. James Bazaar Love, Doug Saturday, Nov. 2, 10 am-4

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c o m p l e ting o f h o me w o rk. assignments, and class attendance is good. Grades Differ Grades are much lower here than at Washington, Morris said, but saw this as a positive factor, ·for !_IlOst graduate schools have a s tandard on which to base acceptance decisions. As for football, Morris said, ''Looks like the same football team we had when I was here." He said he is looking forward to the game against Union. In addition to being a teacher, Morris is an accomplished poet and published a collection of poetry in 1970. He hopes to work on his writing while in Clinton, and later in the semester, he and Instru ctor in English David Rigsbee may give a reading for the H a m i lton-Kirkland community. Morris termed his poetic style •'c o n se rvative r a t h e r t h an free-flowing. H Morris, who is living in his mother's house, is happy to be back on the Hill. His only complaint is that his office is infeste� with wasps.

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When t he departments that employ the new department m�t as a whole, it was women professors all denied found that all its members had having any special policy on hiring chosen,the same three candidates­ women and emphasized that they and that all three were women. Flabbergasted chose only the most qualified "We were lookirig for the top candidate. Professor of Geology Donald three candidates," said A. Duncan Potter, c h a i r man o f t he C hiquoine, chairman of the A pp o int m e n ts C omm ittee, biology dep artment. "I was d e c line d t o c om m en t on absolutely flabbergasted~ that it Hamilton's policy with regard to came out that way. The fact that hiring women, but Acting Dean it did led me to believe we had Dwight Lindley said, "The policy picked the three best candidates." Chiquoine said that the biology is that women will be considered department had made no special equal with men." However, Lindley said more effort to find a woman and felt no women have been appointed to pressure to hire one. "We were Hamilton teaching posts in the making a special effort to hire a past two years because "extra microbiologist," he said. attention has been paid to their Instructor in English Ann duCille (left), E ng Iis h Instructor duCille, qualifications." hired on a one-year contract, said Assistant Professor of Biology Judith Bland, Austin Briggs, chairman of the that she had found "no overt English department and a member d i s c r i m i n a t i o n" a t · and Visiting Assistant Professor of of the Appointments Committee, "male-oriented" Hamilton. attributed the increase in female Anthr�pology Allrieta Parks. ''I'm not as sensitive to sex faculty m embers to two factors: discrimination as I am to other· 1) Hamilton became more aware kinds," she said. "It is repeatedly of the need to consider women, frustrating that wherever I go, and 2) more women became people automatically assume that tokenism to hire three black flexibility ._ and .. fringe benefits in aware of the possibilty of finding because I am black and a woman, women," he continued, referring terms of time" that her position a job at Hamilton. allows her. to duCille, Parks and Lubega. I am going to Kirkland." Hamilton hired six new male Parks said she has not "noticed Economics Instructor Lubega, "I'm not that much a liberated faculty members this fall, two of woman," duCille said. "I'm not as who w as not available for anythin g d i s cr iminatory" at whom are visiting professors; one much concerned about liberation int e r v ie w , i s a n ative of Hamilton. "My two colleagues of the five new women is a visiting as I am about freedom to be· the Uganda.She studied at Vassar and have been really fantastic,- very professor. kind of person that is in me to be. received her Ph.D. from Duke helpful," she said. However, Parks encountered Other women on Hamilton's And if that's baking apple pie .and University. Sydney Wertimer, chairman of the same problem as duCille. taking care of five children, I want teac hing staff are: Ann ette Stol ler, assistant to be respected for the way I do the economics departmerit, said "Because I'm a woman,people t h a t L u b e g a ' s o n e - y e a r assume I'm from Kirkland. professor of English, and Valerie that and not because I do it. Warrior, associate professor of "Similarly, if I am qualified to appointment will probably be Because I'm young, they assume classics, both appointed last year; be president of General Motors, I renewed next year. "We were very I'm a student," she said. ''They have a stereotype of what a Patricia F. Cholakian, assistant want to be respected for the way I lucky to get her," he said. Werti m e r , who was on Hamilton professor should be." professor of French, Hermine handle the job and not because I Ch air man Jones said the sabbati cal in London when Williams, assistant professor .of aspired to it." religion, and Elizabeth Ring, DuCille said that when she first Lubega was appointed, said that anthropology department had not ins tructor in phil_osophy, all visited Hamilton," the 'students, the department does not have a b�en specifically looking for a part-time; Leslie Swid, a Kirkland particularly the black students, policy for or igainst the hiring of woman, but was seeking black graduate hired for one semester to impressed me as being very women, but that it had been faculty.,Jones said a black male replace Professor of German hungry for black faculty. I was "e n c o u r a g e d b y t h e candidate had originally been Thomas E. Colby who is in the bothered by the fact that black administ ration to seek out preferred to Parks, but stressed that the male candidate's only hospital; and Shirley Hughes, literature was in no way an women." No Discrimination advantage over Parks was that he working par t-time to assist i n t e g r a l p a r t o f t h e Anthropology Professor Parks was older and hence was thought Professor of Education J. Franklin curriculum." DuCille teaches a has been hired for a one-year more able to withstand the Hunt. course in black poetry. pressures of being the only black First Woman in Sciences According to duCille, Hamilton temporary position. According to Grant D. Jones, professor in the department. Biology Professor Bland is the is "a particularly good place for a First Woman in German first woman to teach science at beginning teacher." She said- her chairman of the anthropology Professor Weiss, who was not Hamilton in i t s 162 - y e a r colleagues have been " extremely department, Parks' appointment was a result of the efforts of an ad available for interview, is the first history.Bland said her two-year helpful and anxious to share their · hoc c o·m mittee w hich was woman "of real true faculty rank" appointment is "full-time with the insights." Chai rman Briggs said the instituted last year by former ever to be hired by the Hamilton view to get tenure." Bland said that although English department hired the best Dean Stephen· Kurtz· and the German d ep artment, according to te a ch ing science is "still a person without consideration of B o a r d o f T r u ste,es. The Chairman Colby. The German committee's objective was to help d e partment h a s e m p l o ye d pre-dominantly male situation," sex. He also said, "It is literally true , Hamilton compet€: in "the market part-time women i n the past. she has encountered no sex that we had no idea that Ann for black professors" by seeking Weiss' appointment is for two discrimination at Hamil ton. " I don't feel any different duCille was black before she came out black faculty to fill temporary years; this year she is replacing ·professor of German Robert M. here than anywhere else. My being for the interview. By then, she posts. Parks is currently completing a Browning, who is on leave, and a woman never seems to make any had already beaten down a lot of difference," s he s ai d. "If competi t i o n." "It's hardly thesls and said she enjoys the next year she will replace colby, anything, the college has been ---���...-•• :vi>afi who plans to take a leave of �:·-CUNTON SHOE c&NTER. more friendly on all levels," absence. 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Second DeC:Ode Report: 'B8yond lrinovaHOri-, Second: Coordination

.PR EFACE In its first decade, Kirkland College was guided to a large extent by the philosophical· and educational position expressed in the McIntosh report. The following report, which owes a great debt to the McIntosh report, is an attempt to establish guidelines for Kirkland's next or second decade. The Second Decade Report is broken into rive· sections, the major points of which are outlined below.

First: Goals of Kirkland College, 1975-1985 It is the opinion of the committee that Kirkland will continue to meet the contemporary and special needs of women by viewing itself as both a Liberal Arts College and a College for women. A liberal arts education should lead to a life of imagination, action, and discovery, and it should develop in the student a recognition of the need -fo r objective and emphathetic questioning as well· as a consciousness of the world outside self. A realistic and forward looking education for women should be flex.il>le, should prepare women to compete in a changing world, and should acquaint women- with· their nature as autonomous human beings. In order to attain these goals, Kirkland must use its resources, its physical situation r its size, its administration, and its faculty, imaginatively; use them to best advantage in a world in which competition for able students will be keen. Further, the college must be clear about its purposes and recognize the fact that choices will have to be made. It cannot meet all the expectations, curricular or extra-curricular of its immediate or wider constituency society. It must reamin self-revising but not careless in changing academic porgrams of process integrity. Finally, the college must remain sensitive to a wider context of higher education with which it shares a common commitment to the preservation of the process of inquiry and production of both scholarly and artistic works.

The committees investigated the possibility and , reasonableness· of alternative arrangements to that now enjoyed by the college and came to the conclusion that the c oordinate a rrangement with Hamilton is fundamentally sound. The coordinate relationship porvi<les for the efficient use of resources and facilities, and a curricular depth which enhances both colleges and extends the possibilities of variation in approaches. In order to continue the provision of alternative approaches each college must maintain its pedagogical distinctiveness and integrity in an atmosphere of mutual respect, a respect which may be fostered by structural changes designed to facilitate collegial contact, more efficient curricular planning, and mutual understanding.

Third: Beyond Innovation

Due to, the. excessive and imprecise use of the word innovation, the committee proposes that Kirkland set the term innovation aside in its second decade, not to sacrifice but to proclaim more openly and with less ambiguity its commitment to an open, experimental educational stance, concerned always with speaking as directly as possible to the intellectual, aesthetic and human needs of individual students. The college must not in its experimental stance whimsically change those methods and programs which have proven viable. More positively, it must seek students who_are willing to take the- risks involved in an experimental college as well as create an atmosphere for faculty members in which there is support for risk taking and a system for faculty development. Finally, the _method of college governance should be reviewed and improved in order tQ provide an atmosphere in which energies may be more efficiently and fully directed to make these changes possible

Fourth: Graduation Requirements It is the belief of the Committee that the college has relied too heavily on quantitative and too lightly on

Decade Committee Releases Goals

continued from page one recommendations for Kirkland's academic and curricular life for the next ten years. Broughton, a member of the Committee, emphasized that the contents of the report are general policy recommendations, not specific plans. W e were c h ar g e d w i th d e v e l o p i n g p olicy r e c o m m e n dat ions for t h e curriculum o f the second decade of Kirkland Coll�ge," he said. "We were to design what it would be

desirable that Kirkland be like.'; The c ommi t te e h a s no authority to impleIQ.ent any of its policy statements. Once the report is approved, other authorities within the college cummunity, such as the A ss e mb ly, or the Dean of Academic Affairs, or Presi<;lent Babbitt, will be charged with implementing the statements of policy which pertain to their functions. The interim report is. a revision of the working paper that was

distributed to members of the Kirkland community for criticism l a s t spr i n g. It reflects the C ommittee's response to the opinions and criticism that were. received about the· first document. The committee is now requesting responses to the interim report from the community. On the basis of these responses, the Committee will once again revise the document, and will present it to the Trustee Long Range Planning Committee late in November. According to Broughton, the Long Range Planning Committee will study the plan, and will make any changes it feels necessary, before submitting the document to the full Board of Trustees in t heir February meeting. The Board will then make any changes it feels are necessary, and, if all moves according to schedule, will adopt the Curricular Policy for the second decade at their May 1975 meeting. Br oughto n said that the Trustees were concerned that the contents of the interim report "not raise false expectations or false hopes." "The report is a statement of policies, not detailed blueprints," he said. Broughton said that the contents of the report may never be realized. He pointed to the number of possible points of revision between the interim r eport and the final policy statement, and added that, even if the statements were approved, they might, for economic or other related reasons, never be fulfilled. "Parts · of the report may be vie wed by the • Trustees as undesirable, or even if they are liked by the Trustees, they could be found wifeasible when the college went to implement them," 'he said.

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Five: Curricular Offerings Many of the goals outlined above remain meaningless and lifeless if the curricular offerings of the College do not lead to the actualization of their intentions. The Committee believes that the college must evaluate its curriculum in terms of the extent of its contribution to the development of stu<tents' cognitive, aesthetic and ethical apprehensions, knowledge and skill, rather than in tenns of coverage of specific substantive content. At the same time, the college must not remain unresponsive and unaware of important new areas of human inquiry or shifting student interests in instituting new courses and programs. We anticipate that the course will remain the f u n d a mental unit of instruction. Moreover, the committee believes that the course as a form may be used in a more flexible and varied way. However, we suggest that a variety of educational contexts beyond the classroom must be developed more fully: These may include mini-courses, independent studies, field work work study, semesters abroad or at American institutions as well as student-led group study. Off campus options should be allowed to those whose previous experience gives evidence that they will clearly benefit from them. The special advantages of life on a college campus for intellectual growth and inquiry are also clear, and they should be emphasized. Finally, it should be recognized that everythip.g worth doing is not necessarily an appropriate part of a h'beral arts education for women.

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Poloists Sink Cadets and Penn St. Lose -Seniors· with Seasons End

By GARY KARL Kraus, and Brad Johnson and The Hamilton College Wat.er meticulous ball control triggered Polo Clu_b cli maxed its 10-5 t he 4 -3 ups et. Ha milton's season w i t h a Hous ep.arty euphoria carried into the second Weekend victory over Army. game with Penn State. Again the The poloists delayed their poloists p l ayed unrelenting observance of Hamilton's thrice defense, and this defensive effort annual bacchanalia a day to play keyed Hamilton's secor:id upset of in a Syracuse tournament. Friday the tournament, this one by a. evening the Hamilton team faced _score of 4-2. h o s t S y r a c u s e , b ut t he The Water Polo Club played in Continentals' attention seemed to t he C o l g a t e I n vitational, a be more on what was happening tournament of similar format, - on the Hill than in the pool. As a d u ring the weekend of the result, the vengeful Orangemen, · Mid-semester break. The poloists' angry at their loss to Hamilton Friday . night jinx continued as two weeks previously, drowned t hey lost a heartbreaker to Cornell, 3-0. Again a fe� beers on the hapless Hamiltonians. A few beers after the game Friday seemed to have a sobering r e vitalized the poloists, and influence on their play Saturday Saturday morning they played w h en the Continentals were absolutely brilliant water polo. In scheduled to play two of the the first game Hamilton was b e t t e r t e a m s f r o m t he ma tche d against Army, the Mid w e s t--the University of Number 2 team on the East in Cincinatti and the Cincinatti Pepsi 1973. The Cadets' expected, Marlins. disciplined game was thwarted by The University of Cincin;tti, the Continentals' superb defensive led by former Olympian Larry Kirkland College dropped the prevented the home team from p l a y a nd J e f f C a r l ber g's Barbiere, o u tm uscled Hamilton, second match of its abbreviated ° making the game a runaway in the ini p e c c a bl e g o a l t e n ding. 9-4, in the morning game. It was Hamilton attempted only five the first time the Continentals had field hockey season to a powerful . first half. · In the second half, both teams shots on goal in the first half, but ever been defeated by UC. In the Herkimer Valley Community played stalwart defense as neither three found their way past the second game Hamilton played College team by a 3-1 count. Kirkland completed its initial team was able to score. HVCC A r my goal tender, and the evenly with the Marlins until the substituted freely in the second half-time score of Hamilton 3, last few ,m�utes. The Pepsi season of field hockey with a 1-1 · half as they had enough player·s Army 0, surprised everyone in the Marlins team is one of the fastest record. At the outset of the 'contest, on their squad to field two teams. n a t a tori u m . Not t he least growing swimming programs in K irkland field hockey coach On the other hand Coach Nixon surprised were the Continentals this country, and they were able to send wave after wave of fast Gloria Nixon gave her players the had only two Teserves and she was themselves. The cavalry never did arrive in fresh swimmers into the pool t� option of scrimaging the Herkimer f orced to juggle her lineup squad or playing a regulation b e cause several starters were time for the Cadets. Ar�y scored tire the smaller Hamilton team. game. HVCC has played field injured or otherwise· unavailable three- second-half goals, bi:it Ultimately the Marlins, -who hai freshman Bill McCann countered emasculated Colgate earlier by a hockey for several yea.rs and they for the game. Herkimer played an innovative w i t h H amilton's fourth and score of 2 2-2, squeaked by went into the Kirkland game with a 7 •2-2 record, which included a nd exciting brand of field game-winnin g g o al . S te llar Hamilton, 6-4. as well as d e f e n s i ve p l a y f r o m John A report of the conclusion of victories over the Morrisville and ' hockey. !NCC fullbacks n Oneonta. Unsurprisingly, Kirkland halfbacks took ·"d.rops {similar to Needham, John Navarre, Eric any s ports season inevitably choose to play a regulation penalty shots). They also used several unusual formations on contest. The Kirkland-HVCC contest offense, for example putting an was played at Herkimer on a extra person on a forward line. lumpy field with the best weather This would be equivalent to conditions of the fall. In the first hockey defenseman playing wing. Kirkland's entire team deserves half, the visitors from Clinton were assigned to defend the net credit for getting its collective feet facing the setting Western sun. wet against first-r�te competition This made it extremely difficult and more than holding their own. for the Kirkland defense to pick Special merit should go to goalie­ Gay Smith, who made sixteen up the path of the ball. HVCC took advantage of saves and on several occasions Kirkland's inexperience and they made rapid-fire saves as HVCC dominated the early stages of the players surrounded the net. Perky game. Herkimer scored very early Finch '75, Kirkland's a_ggtesive into the contest when a shot halfback who is the only senior on accidentally. de.f.iec ted off a the squad, played a fine game. Kirkland player's stick and got by Several times Finch scrambled all around the Kirkland net stopping goalie Gay Smith '77. Kirkland quickly knotted the several HVCC scoring attempts. score on a pass from right winger Lisa Crockett '78 and Monica Liff Molly Babbitt '78 to center '77 both played very well. Co.ach forward Paula Canny '77, who Nixon and her squad undoubtably fired a wrist shot by the HVCC are already looking forward to goalie. Herkimer added two more n e xt ye a r w h en a. mo.re goals in the first half and several experienced sqaa.d will sport an fine saves by goalie Smith expanded $chedule.

Field Hockey Hold Own E��!A���n Even Split

SOCCER: continued from page twelve. winning a playoff bid are a different story compared to the performance of a- team. Several times teams t�at the Continentals - have beaten were still ranked above_ the Blue. But who knows, Hamilton is hungry for a chance to show what they can do in a tournament. The team has seniors John Hutchins, Phil Halpren, and Ray Terepka, who would all like one more chance to play for Hamilton. Coach Von Schiller · talked to th e team after W e d n e s d a y ' s w in agai n s t Lemoyne, and _-they will be running to stay in shape as they all wait to hear about their post-season future,

eulogizes the seniors involvt j in that sport. Certainly the seniors of this year's water polo club deserve considerable credit in a review of the team's surprising success this season. When water polo was first introduced at Hamilton five years ago, none of the players knew how to properly tie the silly cap they were required to wear. The game was played by swimmers looking for a more enjoyable way to work into shape th.an enduring the tedium of swimming laps. Brad Johnson '75 deserves credit for the transformation of Hamilton's water polo team from a laughing, laughable bun< h of hackers to laughing, sophis,-1 :.ated bunch of discrete hackers. ! · \Vas Brad Johnson who introduc•..... the fundamentals of good water r.:•olo, both legal and illegal, to the Hamilton team. Johnson, however, is net the only member of the team whc has played his last game for Hamilton. F e l l o w d e f e n s e man John Needham and goalies Jeff Carlberg and Mike Lannon, all of whom were important components of Hamilton's sterling defense, have also hung up their caps. Finally, the poloists will also be losing the strong arm of Craig MacDonald. Bi� Mac was heavily relied upon in the offensive half of the tank The A.rmy victory represeri ts the apex of achievement in water polo for these five seniors in their careers and for the team this season. Next fall the Hamil ton water poloists will once again be playing with their yellow balls and silly caps in the Alumni Pool in pursuit of a similarly successful season.

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Continentals Fall Behind Early, Lose to Middlebury, St. Lawrence

hr �-JAMES CARR JR. A V"i" young Hamilton College footba.h team continues to learn the ha1 J way. Agains t the M i d d lebury Panthers two weeks ago, the Continentals absorbed their 18th consecutive defeat 56-16, and last week _ the Buff and Blue gridders traveled to Canton, New York and came back on the short end of a 41-28 count against the Larries of St. Lawrence. I n a l l h onesty, the homecoming crowd in Clinton for the Middlebury contest didn't see much of a football game as the Panthers raced to a 21-0 first quarter lead, capitalizing on H ami l t o n m i s c u e s a n d inexp�·rience. First-quarter Score Mi ·;dlebury got on the bo.ard 8:43 :_,�o the first quarter, when ·o phc more h al fb a ck S t eve )Chet· fde burst over from the 3. An 82-yard pass play from junio quarterback Jack Leary to Rod cknell set up the Panthers

second t o u chdown of the afternoon. Middlebury Captain Torn O'Connor bulled into the end zone from one yard out and Bicknell added the extra point. Fumble Hamilton fumbled the ensuing kickoff and Middlebury had its third touchdown two plays later as sophomore Ken Chase darted into pay dirt making it 21-0 at the quarter. The Continentals, h6wever, managed to get rid of the goose egg on the scoreboard as the celebrated toe of Bill Finan connected on a 33 yard field goal. Leary came right back to engineer a 69 yard scoring drive. The drive was culminated by Leary's one yard dash into the endzone, giving the Panthers a 28-3 halftime edge. More of the Same The. second half, normally the one in which Hamilton puts it together, was hardly different from the first. A seven- yard run by L e ar y and a 25 - yai;d

·iNxiy Asked Me But...

'Ali! Ali! Ali!' FE INGOLD AND SHOEN "His hands can't hit what his eyes won't see." - M. Ali Ask anyone who knows about boxing who the 4-1 shot was last Tuesday night. Someone forgot to tell Muhammad Ali. Nine years and eleven months after he won the title and five years after that title was taken away from him, he regained it. For five years he has proclaimed himself "The People's Champion". Saturday night, he was named, by the Zaire government, the African Champion . And on Tuesday night he became, once again, the World's Champiilll. Every heavyweight championship fight of the last three years has been billed as "The Fight of the Cei:itury'�. This one was billed similarly and it appeared that it could not, like a few of its predecessors, live up to its expectations. In one comer would be George Foreman, the man with the piercing look who had humiliated the two men who l}ad beaten Muhammad Ali. Ali, the legend. That was all that seemed to be left. 'That and his mouth. It's hard to go the distance in your last five fights and still be calle? "the greatest". It's hard, but if anyone could do it, it would have to be Muhammad Ali. Ali said that he would be the greatest. As beautiful and as graceful as ever. Ali said he would beat Foreman- that he would fight like he did against the other puncher, Liston. But you know it's hard to b'elieve anyone over thirty.

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It wasn't the same Ali. He wasn't floating like a butterfly, but somehow he still managed to control the.fight. He would lean back on the ropes, cover his face with his g1oves, and take everything Foreman could deliver. When Ali got tired of one side of the ring, he would move to the other side, Foreman follow.ing. Then he would resume the pose. When Foreman's arms grew too heavy for him, Ali would stick him in the face five, six, or seven times, scoring with every punch. T�e butterfly was-gone, but the.sting was there in full force. It seemed as if Ali wanted a TKO--making Foreman another Henry Cooper or George Chuvalo--trying to open Foreman's cut. But that wasn't what he wanted. The crowd waited for the punch that h.ad helped Foreman win 24 consecutive fights by knockout. But by the second round, the crowd realized that a mere mortal could take Foreman's punches. The crowd knew it. Ali knew it. All of a sudd�n, George Foreman knew it. Between rounds, as Ali stood in his corner, waving the crowd on to chants of "Ali! Ali!", George Foreman sank back onto his stool. The stern face that entered the ring had taken on the signs of worry and disbelief. But it wasn't so much his face. It was his eyes. He was looking at the past. Maybe 1966--when Ali was the greatest. Was this the same Ali, Foreman must have thought. And by the time Foreman realized who he was pitted against, he once again became a contender. Ali wanted to KO Foreman. He wanted to erase the doubts about his greatness. He wanted to prove, once and for all, that he is the greatest. Maybe now Foreman will believe him. "You didn't believe me in 1964 when I said I was the greatest, you suckers,'' Ali told the closed-circuit audience. Maybe now they'll believe him.

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Years from now, they might say that this was Ali's best fight. Maybe it w·as. Never before had a fight been fought with such perfect strategy. Never before were the men in one corner of the ring so certain of the outcome. Their certainty wasn't based on the strength of their boxer. It was based on his intelligence and skill. And Ali won it with strategy. Strategy and intelligence. And he won it with class. He could have hit Foreman one more time as he was pirouetting towards the floor. But he didn't. And he can kill boxing by retiring, but he won't; because Ali has class. A knocked out Foreman has saved Ali from his last bell. He'll be back to fight another round.

i nter ception r eturn b y L i t t le -All-American Linebacker Jim Barrington gave Middlebury two touchdowns in the space of 5 minutes and quickly erased any Continental comeback ideas. ; Junior Vin Puleo and frosh Dan Waldron were able to find paydirt however: Puleo's 2-yard scamper with 2:15 to play in the third quarter was the first Hamilton touchdown scored on the growid in 15 games. Waldron gave the Continentals their second and last �'TD" of the afternoon on a 23-yard run but 16 points just isn't enough when the other team scores fifty-six. W i t h t h e - s e co nd-stringers finishing the afternoon off, the Panthers. managed to find the endzone twice mor:e making 1t 56-16 at the final gun. Hopes Crushed Any hopes for a reve: :.al of fortunes were quickly dem0lbhed . ' when the Continentals traveled to Canton for lastSaturday's contest with St. Lawrence. · A 28-yard inte,rception return for a TD by Paul Fuyak started Post-season playoffs is an things off for the Larries and they unfamiliar term on the Hill. But were never headed thereafter. Just the Continental's soccer team is a 15 seconds later Rich Klingman contender for one o f the four bids bulled inio the endzone from 5 to the ECA�playoffs_. and that 1s yards out after Hamilton had _.,-in itself is an accomplishment. fumbled away the kick off. The Hamilton squad boasts an Two field goals of 30 and 41 8-2-1 record, the best record a yards by Mitch Brown, and the Hamilton soccer club has attained Continentals were down 20-0 at in the last seventeen years. This is the close of the first quarter. the same soccer team that met Blue 'Out.classed' Albany State, at that time ranked K l i ngman, who ran over, fifth in the state, and beat them wider, and through a game but 3-1. Earlier in the season the outclassed Hamilton defense, Continentals took an always added two more touchdowns in strong St. Lawrence squad and the second and third quarter on sent. the Larries back to Canton runs of 1 and 14 yards. Brown with their first loss. adde-d a 30-yard interception TD Recently, the Blue stifled to close out the scoring for St. Clarkson (4-1 ), Hobart (2-1 ), Lawrence. The Larries then had a Eisenhower (6-1), and Lemoyne 41-0 lead going into the final (3-1) with the opposing, teams period of play. only managing one goal apiece in But in the Fourth... each contest. The fourth quarter was all The defense ·has been the key Hamilton as Tom Lafountain, to Hamilton's success this season. f r e s h m an QB fr o m J F K , In the opening matches against connected o n four touchdown RIT and St. Lawrence, the Blue aerials; two to tight end George d e fe nse n ev e r a llowed the 9ranaglia, and one each for soph opposition a chance to score. Dave Pisanelli and junior running Kerry Regan, junior. fullback, back Bill Collier. An impressive seemed to always be in the middle fourth quarter performance to be in front of the goal whenever the sure, but once again-not enough. ball was in the Hamilton zone. The Continentals now have a Gary Neville spent his time in the much-needed week off before nets stopping almost anything traveling to Fordham next week that was headed for the goal. for the first meeting ever between Neville was injured early in the the two teams. Although no one s eason when a charging, St. knows what will happen ir.i this Lawrence wing let loose a low one, you can; be sure, however, shot which G ary · blocked, but that the Continentals want a win only to be kicked in the mouth. badly. Whether they can conquer Neville suffered a cut that their increasing propensity to tum required twenty stitches, and over the football will be a missed the Rochester and Utica d e c i d i n g f a c t o r i n t h e College games. But Coach Von contest. Schiller moved fullback Walter

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I 2 3 4 T O O O 28 28 HAMILTON ST.LAWRENCE 20 7 14 0 41 SLU-Fuzak, 28 interception return (Brown-kick) 7-0. SLU-Klin g man, 5 r un (Brown-kick) 14-0. SLU-Brown, 30 field goal 17-0. SLU-Brown, 41 field goal 20-0. SLU-Kl in g man, 1 r un (Brown-kick) 27-0. SLU-Brown, 30 interception return (Brown-kick) 34-0. S LU -Kl ing man, 14 run (Brown-�ck) 34-0. HAM-Pisanelli, 6 pass &oui Lafountain (Finan-kick) 41-7 HAM-Collier, 9· pass from La.Fountain (Finan-kick) 41-14. HAM-Gramaglia, 9 pass fro111

Stugis into the nets and Bill Foley was brought out to fill in the d e fen se. N e v i I le i s an All-American sta.tus goalie, with only Union and Lemoyne able to put the ball past him without the help of a_penalty or indirect kick. The defense, does not deserve all the credit though 1 Hamilton has outscored its opposition 37-U, with the University of Rochester Yellowjackets being the only team able to score more than. one goal. Ray Terepka, and Dan Daly use their speed on the inside to pound the passes fed into them by wings Peter Follansbee and Chip Williams. The offense seemed to have trouble early in the season with finding the comers of the net and also with clearing the center, but as the record shows they reversed their bad habits into winning ways. Halfbacks D�ye Church, Phil Halpren, and Bruce Peckham are the links in the chain between the offense and defense. Ned Drinker has to be labeled as the utility man. Drinker has played all over the field this year filling in on each line whenever he was needed. The team has suffered some serious injuries late in the season, which, if they do win a playoff bid, may hurt their chances. Walt Stugin broke his foot, in a freak accident in the Eisenhower game. And Dave Church, trying his hand at frisbee football, suffered a gash on his knee. Stugis is out for any p os t-s e as on activities, but hopefully Church will be ready if the Hamilton squad does win a bid. The politics involved with Continued on page eleven.

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Ru n Mi d - S c h e u f e l e - 2 . LaFountain (F�an-kick) 41-21.(Bicknell-kick) 7-0. HAM-Gramagba, 5 pass from M i d . o ' C O n n o r - I Ru n LaFountain (Finan-kick) 41-28. (Bicknell-kick) 14-0. Ru n HAM SLU M i d · C h a s e - 2 18 20 (Bicknell-kick) 21-0. FIRST DOWNS Ham-Finan-32 Field Goai 21-0. 7 15 RUN Ru n 11 2 Mid-Leary-I PASS O 3 (Bicknell-kick) 28-3. PENALTY Run 34 58 M i d • L e a r y · 9 RUSHES ATT. 98 191 (Bicknell-kick) 35-3. NET RUCHING 20-54 3-11 Mid-Barrington-25 Interception PASSING 181 33 Return (Bicknell-kick) 42-3. PASSING YARDS 8 O Ham-Puleo-3 Run (kick fails) HAD INTERCEPTED 279 224 42-9. TOTAL YARDAGE 7-55 _ 7-45 Mid-Ross-I Run (Bicknell-kick) PENALTIES 21.7 22.8 49-9. PUNTING Run 1 4 H am-Wa l d r o n - 2 3 FUMBLES LOST I - 2 3 4 T {Finan-kick) 49-16. HAMILTON O 3 6 7 16 Mid-Defeo-40 Pass from Martin MIDDLEBURY 21 7 14 14 56 (Bicknell-kick 56-16


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COMMITTEE ASKS FOR· LIMITS ON TENURE; STRONG FACULTY OPPOSITION· EXPECTED Hamilton Appointmenti Panel Proposes Departmental Guidelines

The Committee on Appointments of the -Hamilton Faculty made public this week its proposal _for tenuring policy at the_college. This is the first time in the college's history that a faculty committee has been charged with stating explicitly a policy on tenure. ._ The proposal calls for limit] on the number of tenured faculty by department while stipulating provisions for exceptions· to theguidelines. It has been distributed to the faculty, Acting Dean of the College Dwight N. Lindley, arid President Carovano, and will be discussed at an informal faculty meeting Nov.19: ' President Carovano said that -he requested the proposal from the faculty to "get some advice from the faculty on this 'rather difficult question." Asked how the proposal will affect actual policy, he said, "We don't have an ironclad- notion of what will follow after the 19th.h Carovano said he will not comment ·on the proposal until the faculty meeting. Just several days after its release, however, strong opposition to .the plan has already surfaced. The Hamilton chapter of the American Association of University Professors {AAUP) has drafted several resolutions which are critical of the proposal, and faculty have individually expressed disappointment about the report from the Committee. ' •

AAUP ReS<> · 1Utton The following statement was passed by the Hamilton Chapter of the American Association of University Professors at its meeting several weeks ago. Passed in October, it is not a response to the report of the Committee on Appointments released this week. The Hamilton College Chapter of AAUP, understanding that the tenure policy of the College is presently undergoing a review, wishes to remind the administration of the policy of the national A ssociation on the imposition of tenure quotas. The statement of the Association's Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure (AAUP Bulletin, December, 1973) says in part: Holding faculty members in nontenured service, and then releasing them because a numerical limit on tenured positions prohibits their retention, has the effect of nulligying probation. The Chapter concurs in the position of the national organization. There are many valid arguments against the imposition of quotas on faculty tenure, but one which may apply with particular force to the situation here at Hamilton College is the fact that continued on page ten

The AAUP represents 35 to 40 per cent of the Hamilton faculty, and the chapter earlier had expressed its opposition to tenure quota systems. The Committee The Committee-Professor of Geology Ddnald Potter, Professor of Music Stephen Banta, and Rouben Languages Romance of Professor CCholakian, said in the report that a tenure policy is needed at Hamilton in light of the number of faculty soon corning up for tenure. According to the report's seven-year projection, 23 faculty will come up for consideration while only 10 are expected to retire. · Sixty-one per cent of the faculty at Hamilton is presently tenured. If all 23 were to receive tenure, by1980, the percentage would be 78. ''Even assuming that all those coming up for tenure are worthy of it, the college must not grant tenure to all," the committee's report said. It said that such a policy will be necessary to ensure a better distribution by age in each department at the col)ege. · The report also argues that in order for the college to be able to recruit faculty in fields not already repres.ented on the faculty, and to recruit minority candidates, such guidelines as proposed will be necessary. The ideal number of tenured faculty is determine? in the report by t�<:_ total n�mber of members m a department. For mstance, m a fourr man department it i; recommended that two, at most three, be eligible for tenure. Special Cases Stating that there may be special cases, the report recommends that department chairmen solicit evaluative comments from numerous sources to support candidates whom they believe deserve tenure despite the fact that such a decision would violate the guidelines. "If the hope that only the excellent will receive tenure when there is an openi..rig, the hope is that only for the superior will an exception be made," the report states. In addition, provisions are made for an ad hoc review board to handle grievances faculty members up 'for tenure might .have. The proposal also recommends "taht members of, each department, tenured or non-tenured, shou�d be of different ages." The report says that a mixture would contribut(! to the health of a discipline. Although opinion on the Committee's report varies widely, the seriousness and complexity of any discussion of tenure is acknc;>wledged by all concerned.

Profes�r Donald Potter

The Committee RepOrt Hom ii ton Appeo Is Process Suggested. Age Distribution a Mo jor Factor. Preface The memorandum below describes a policy on tenure. The memorandum_ can become policy only if it is adopted by the chief executive of the College, and for the policy to work effectively, it must be acceptable to most members of the facu!ty. lf the policy is acceptable, the provisions for exceptions to the staffing plan (see below) arid for a procedure for reviewing decisions (see below), should be incorporated in the "Faculty Handbook." The memqrandum begins with a brief history, states the assumptions in favor of tenure, describes very briefly the current situation, and recommends solutions to the problems raised. History Until 1949 the members of the Hamilton College Faculty received contracts each year for the following year. No distinction as to the period of the contract was made either because of rank or length of service. Since 1949 Hamilton has adhered much of the te to the provisions of the AAUP, as· established by the 1940 "Statement of Principles." That is, the probationary period is for seven years: notice on non-renewal must be given at least one year in advance. For some years during the presidency of Robert Ward McEwen, the College did not count as part of the probationary period time spent teaching elsewhere. Currently, the College is in substantial agr�ement with the 1940 "Statement of Principles,", continued on ·page ten

Recent Rape Stirs Hill Community Escorts Provided, Lights Planned Poller, Kirkland dean of student affairs. By midday Friday, three other incidents had been reported an!'.!. by Thursday, approximately 15 students had told Poller_ of incidences of indecent exposures, h i t ch in g e xp e riences and since the beginning harassments of the year At an open meeting Tuesday night, Poller told about 300 people that, most of the incidents se(_!med However, unreiated . "descriptions of at. least three of See Rape Prevention the people seem to be the same" Special, page 11 said Poller. This latest flurry is not related precautionary actions to infomt to the events of a year ago or those Kirkland students of the incident of this summer, said Poller. Both and to warn them of the dangers of those cases were presumed to be settled when the men of possible assault. Notes ·about the incident were responsible were arrested. Poller said that all the incidents sent to students Friday tl}orning cautioning them to be careful had occured when a woman was walking alone. She advised that when out at night. 1he notice also requested· any women always try to.walk with at students who had knowledge of • least one other person, in light of other incidents to contact Jane the incidents.

A Kirkland student walking alone near the Root Art Center Friday, Nov. 1, a:t 2: 30 a.m. was reported to have been raped by a man who threatened her with a knife and a bottle and warned her not to tell anyone. The woman reported the alleged assault to Linda Patrick, Kirkland Assistant dean of student affairs, who then called the State Police. The Dean of Student Affairs im m e d i a t e took Of f i ce

Kirkland meeting held in response to the rape of student last week

Professor Robert L. Simon

The State Police are presently investigating the r�pe and about ten other incidents. Although one investigator is responsible for the investigation, probably eight to ten men have been on the case at various times in the past week according to Senior Investigator Gerald Thomas. Thomas said they were doing "everything possible" to find the man or men responsible including checking with other colleges in the area. In addition to actual wor.Jl on the· case, the police have stepped up their patrols through the college areas from three, to six. to nine patrols daily. The colleges have added men to their late night security shifts and �re patrolli_ng the campuses more frequently. They are also investigating ways 'to make the campuses ·safere Mike Caldra, president of the Intra-Fraternity Council organized an escort service of volunteers continued on page eight


SPIT�TUR7November 8, 1974

Letters to the . Editor The Tenur'e Debate Two from �nglish 11

The question of tenure policy_ has been of increasing interest recently, at Hamilton and Kirkland and at colleges and universities across the country. The Hamilton Appointments Committee's report on staffing and tenure, in recommending future policy for the college, has spuked for the fir�t time a wide-open debate about the issue at the college. The discussion ranges from inspection of the notion of tenure itself, to how Hamilton will explicitly set tenure policy in light of the sometimes conflicting_ considerations of prudent fiscal management, continual improvement of the quality of· the institution, and the support of faculty morale and academic freedom. A complex issue and one that almost defies .solution, the question of tenure deserves clarification. Tenure, which offers a professor life-time job security; is most commonly justified on the grounds that it insures the acatlemic freedom of faculty. Without tenure, professors would have little protection from the possible persecution of a college administration because of their political views, life-styles, or opinions about their college itself. Although a professor with tenure may still be fired for gross incompetence, tenure is also support�d on the grounds that the job security it offers is just compensation for men whose extensive education is only equalled by such professionals as doctors and lawyers, who are usually rewarded greater �alaries than �re given to professors. The problems which colleges now face with regard to tenure is caused in part by a tightening job market. Unlike during the 1950's and 1960's, when faculty were able to move from college to college, tenured professors are not staying at their· present institution, and the untenured professors there are also hoping for tenure. Colleges, however, cannot afford. to pay everyone the salaries that tenured professors, as senior faculty members, command for long periods of time. A tenure policy must also avoid protecting from institutional discipline tenured faculty who are not performing well, but · who are not guilty of gross incompetence. It must also deal with the case in which a group of men in a department, all of whom are the same age, comes up for ronsi:leraticn at the same time. If all men were tenured, a department would suffer from uneven age distribution which would probably cause the department to later become stagnated or monolithic. Any attempt to solve the tenure crunch, however, seems doomed to frustration. Some say that colleges should merely increase the standards used in granting tenure. If only the outstanding men were given tenure, it is argued: a college could avoid over-tenuring their facult:Y and junior faculty could not object. that they were being denied tenure on any grounds other than merit. Stating. explicitly how high "higher standards" will be, however, and enforcing them evenly throughout a college is thought to be a difficult task at best. It has also been simplistically proposed that colleges institute across-the-board quotas, setting a percentage limit on the number of tenured faculty possible in a college. If a college were near its quota, . however, it would very unlikely that any qualified faculty would join that college's ranks. Quotas would also unjustifiably deny tenure to faculty on the basis of an arbitrary numerical standard. As an attempt at compromise, the Committee on Appointments has proposed the· institution of rotating positibns and departmental guidelines or quotas, which would, however, be subject to exception. The committee suggests that age distribution within a department be an important concern when following the plan's suggested guidelines. The committee also proposes the institution of a formal grievance procedure, which woulc_! be welcome at H8!flilton, which has had no formal appeal process. Departmental quotas, however, also impose an arbitrary criteria on a decision which should be based on the quality of the candidate for tenure. Although the committee makes provision for the "superior" faculty member, what is meant by ''superior" other than that which is better than "excellene' is not set forth. Departmental quotas, it seems, ,would also encourage unhealthy competition between non-tenured members of a department. Although one can :µot expect a perfect solution to the problem of setting tenure policy, it appears that the Committee on Appointments' proposal as it now stands is still not the satisfactory solution b�i�g sought. ·

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freshman classes. Granted, he is determined to batter freshman egos, but as a professional educator, he must realize that a person who is sincere-ly striving to improve his writing needs. some reassuring praise, no matter how slight, to encourage him to try even harder. When a student is mercilessly beaten down by a barrage of vicious, mocking, and insulting remarks every time he

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rises in a new attempt at improvement, he eventually sees his effort as pointless, and he ceases to care. The result is the l is t les s w r i t i ng which the department is supposedly striving to prevent. A little bit of encouragement might motivate students to become more than "reasonably competent." Howard Morrison '77

To the Editor: Dere Surs, In considerashun of yore resent · Spectator artikle in witch Mr. Marki labels the·· qualitee of fr�shmun English as "poor . to illiterate," I shoud hasen to point out that at Harvard, where the number of freshmuns xceeds 5 times the number of Hamilton freshmuns, the average size of its freshmun English classes is, on the hole, hafe that of Hamilton's. cinserely,

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proposals · accordingly. In other To the Editor: It s�ems that the annual words, if Prince learns that po s t-Advisor-selection-sour•gr�pes art-oriented projects are "in," he letter has a new cousin: the will be able to formulate an post-Watson "I didn't get picked, appropriate proposal-regardless therefore something must be of whether or not he is honestly To the Editor: Prior to the football game this wrong with the selection process" intereste.d in art. Secondly, Prince's accusations past Saturday, I sat on a park letter. Such letters occasionally do raise valid objections to a given of favoritism are rebutted by the . bench perusing the latest issue of method of selection. Mr. Prince's simple fact that two of the four The Speculator. In an article titled lette.r, however, was different. By finalists have never taken a "Hill Students Default Loans; s ug g esting that the Watson · Richardson course. That the color Hamilton Loses $14,000," I Committee was partial to friends of one's nose is not a factor in the discovered the source of increased of Mr. Richardson, and that its selection process is supported by interest on the part of the subseq ue n t de cisio ns were Hamilton's excellent past record Administration concerning the "irresponsible and unfair," Mr. in the placing of Watson scholars. future plans of seniors. A fan Prince has directly attacked the Rather than condemnation, the from the opposition joined me on d e s e r v e s the bench. Du ring the integrity of those who volunteer C o m m i t t e e their time to give people like c o m m e n d a t i on f o r s u c h conversation it became quite clear that he had a 4 .00.000 average, as Prince an opportunity to win this perceptive decision making. Finally, Mr. Prince argues that compared to my sub 85. When we scholarship. I wonder whether or not he w·ould have. written this a one page biography is far too left the bench for the same . } ' letter had he been chosen by the brief. "Does (Richardson) feel destination, it became quite clear Committee. I am certain that such capable of evaluating the worth of to me that I had been sitting on a a letter, wrilten under those someone he doesn't know on the splinter for. the p,:1.st 3½ minutes. circumstances; would not have basis of this one page?" The So typical of the Hamilton been so vicious in its tone.-As one Watson Committee does not pass experience, much pain but the who also applied for a Watson judgement on the worth of same result, except for the fact S c ho l a rs h ip (and also was individual applicants; it merely that low grades build character. rejected), I am so embarrassed by selects those proposals which are At the game, I thought how Mr. Prince's "Comment" that I most likely to l;>e funded by the wonderful it was that our Watson family. Perhaps Mr. Prince opponents had sufficient respect am forced to write this letter. To begin with, our intrepid would like to have submitted an for our team to come to Hamilton aut4or has failed to notice that he extensive auto-biography which, to defeat us. As usual we suffered contradicts himself. He first coupled with a triple major in a double digit defeat on that criticises the Committee for English, Gove'mment and Physics, fateful Saturday, November 2, choosing finalists by virtue of the would have assured his selection 1974. Another facet of the Hamilton experience. likelihood of their receiving the by the Committee. John B. Emerson, '75 The Grinning Greek scholarship ("only the committee seems to know what is being looked for"), and then implies that selections are made on the basis of personal friendship. The Committee obviously cannot act in the former manner if it is also acting in the latter. As for his first point, Mr. Prince wduld apparently prefer a What can you do with only a bachelor's degree? ·game called "Who is the best. Now there is a way to bridge the gap between an undergraduate education and a challenging, respon­ Bullshitter?" to the present sible career. The Lawyer's Assistant is able to do a p p l i ca t i o n p r ocess. T h e work traditionally done by lawyers. Committee, h e believes, should Three months of intensive training can give you d e l ineate · exactly what the the skills-the courses are taught by lawyers. You Watsons, are "looking for" so choose one of the six courses offered-choose the appli cants can tailor their city in which you want to wo'fk. Since 1970, The Institute for Paralegal Training has placed more than 700 graduates in law firms, banks, and corporations in over 60 cities. If you are a student of high academic standing and are interested in a career as a Lawyer's Assistant, Clinton Courier we'd like to meet you.

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shit!" ... it really is good. What d'ya By POOKIE ADAMS know? Thursday p.m. "Hey, Joe, I found you a date for the · They walk together to the cocktail party. "So, Joe, tell me about yourself. I - cocktail party!" know you're in Bill's fraternity, EEK.And "Oh, yea, Bill?With who?" "This really nice girl in my dance class. you play football, right? What do you do explained your predicament--how your in your spare time?" "Uh, I play hockey, too." hometown honey cctuldn't make it up here "Oh, wow, re ally?I can really get in to at the last minute-and she seemed interested. Said she'd never been to a hockey!" "Can ya, Kate?Somehow I didn't think cocktail party." you'd be interested in that kind of thing." "Oh, yea?What is she, a real dog?" - "No, Joe, she's a real nice chick.She's At the cocktail party, several drinks later. "Hey, _listen, Kate, you wanna go up to not bad looking, either " my room? Uh, I've got some, uh, hockey Saturday p.m. "Oum de dum...Let's see .. she lives in trophies I want you to see." 325 Minor...Can never teU these damn "Oh, wow, I'd love to see them.." buildings apart...Aha.Here it is.Gulp." "Come on then' " Knock knock. "Gee, these are really nice, Joe. And "Comt.. in! Oh, hi, you must be Joe.". you know, I really like your fraternity ..Oh, God, Bill didn't tell me this guy was brothers.They're beautiful people.Not at There are many things I want to say in That includes the following: Student Life, gonna be Joe Jock. Dig those shoulders. all what I had expected. Hey, what are this letter because I feel they are all The Black and Puerto Rican Union, But it's the football helmet that really you doing?Stop it!'' Slap! important and I want you to know about Interfaith, The Alexander Hamilton gives it away.. "Hey, what was that for?I just wanted "Uh, yea.Hi, Kate.".. .Oh, God, Bill Players, The Charlatans (who will donate them. . to give you a little kiss!" The purpose for the dance was, of the proceeds from their next two didn't tell me this chick was Katie Kirkie. "I'm sorry, Joe, It's just that I want the course, to raise money for the children of performances to Mama Rosa) and SAC. I shoulda known when he said she was in first time to be special.You know,outside, La gran Fam ilia. The dance however, was Our cost of beer was covered through the · his dance class. She don't even wear a bra. in a field, �th the birds and the flowers ... something more than simply a "charity help of Dean Poller, Dean Bingham, Chris That and the clay covered overalls really Do · you understand? Please, Joe, this is dance." It provided a chance for the Johnson, Alpha Delta Phi, Chi Psi, Delta give her away. important to me." Kirkland and Hamilton communities to Kappa Epsilon, Delta Phi, Delta Upsilon, "Well, sure, Kate.I mean, I'm no ogre." "Uh, nice room you got here, Kate. enjoy themselves and, at the same time, to Psi Upsilon, Sigma Phi, Teak, Theta Delta "Oh, Joe, you're so together. I must What's that hanging from the ceiling?" feel part of a meaningful cause. Chi and a friend from the Bronx who "That's my organic mobile.Do you like admit my first impression of you was not When I spoke to Mama Rosa of La donated three kegs. To the faculty, it?-1 created it from objects given to me by all that positive, what with the football people who mean a great deal to me "Uh, helmet and all. But, you know, you're Gran Familia last week and told her our Clinton community and Kirkland Art plans, she said that what pleased her most Department, again I w�>Uld like to extend yea, that's real nice Kate.Uh, listen, don't really beautiful." "Well, uh, th�ks, Kate, You ain't bad you think we should get going?" about the dance was not that we were my thanks for your contributions. "Oh, wow, sure, Joe.Oh, no!I almost yourself.You bake a mean loaf of stoned raising money. She remarked, "Blacks, The Clinton Courier was kind enough Whites, and Puerto Ricans are getting to publish our background information forgot my stone ground pumpernickel bread, and you can hold your liquor. You're a pretty nice chick. Hey, I've been together, together!" This unification - a about La Gran Familia and to request bread in the oven!I'll be right back." "Well, hurry up, wouldja?...Boy, what thinking .•. 'you wanna ·take a walk united support - is what meant the most donations.One of the Courier responses, to her.What I wanted to give was a dance for example, reads: "Having read the two a night this is J!Onna be. I'm gonna flatten through the Glen?" "Oh, wow, I'd love to." where everyone here could come and articles by Jack Boynton in the Courier I that Bill. Joe, have a piece of bread. Fadeout as the two walk hand in hand Careful, it's hot." enjoy themselves and feel a part of want to help by sharing a part of this into the sunset, together. "Hey, Kate, this is great stuff. No something. month's social security check.Keep up the In retrospect, what occurs to me, is good work." wgy do we have to have a "cause " to bring Money was necessary to get the whole people together? Why can't what project off the ground, but another happened Nov. 2 happen more often? essential factor was student and staff Maybe this is too idealistic, but people support.The set-up crew, admission crew, should make an effort to improve relations beer crew and clean-up crew were all here: that entails communication.Instead, fantastic: they did their share and became, feelings of antagonism, tension and a part of the effort-they made it work.I misunderstanding between people and want to thank Robin Gardner, Sharon groups of people are apparent here. Brazen, Julie Weinstien, Gary Matthews Remember those words, Kirkland and and Wendy Shacknow for organizing these groups of people. I would also like to Hamilton, "relating to each other!" You have the power to change thank the two people who wall-papered conditions at Kirkland and Hamilton.You the campuses with posters, Anita Curtis are the ones going to school here.If you and Debby Block; and the person who are satisfied with the situation, fine; but if made the posters, Cary Clark.Ann Martin not, this is a small enough community and Terry Ritchko of the foods system where if you want, you can do something and the personnel at the physical plant about the environment.If you don't like deserve a work of thanks for being so what is going on-say it, scream it, write it helpful.Mr. Wertz of the Bristol Campus or do something about it. .But just don't Center, who supported our effort from the accept it! very beginning, deserves special thanks. If any of you ever decode to do Many thanks are extended to Albert something like this, let me offer a few Jackson, Jimmy Francis, Martin Soto of words_ of �dvice.It may not be easy.You Bundy, and Mike Chin, all worked very may have to make sacrifices.You will have hard at the dance. I am grateful to the to beg and bitch and I mean bitch- to get people who called at the last minute what you want. People and groups of asking to help and to the people who people may tell you and may do things became involved during the dance.Uhuru th at will shock you. Their actions will and Steak Nite were both fantastic and the seem not only apathetic but regressive and music could not have been better. hostile.Your real moral support will often· So again, I thank everybody.And to only come from a few people or a few the Three people who worked closely with close friends. me-Raquel Ramos, Molly Lazurus (who Above all, believe in yourself, what you put in so much time and was in the are doing, and why you are doing it.This hospital during the dance), Rhonda Bugg, is the whole key.Don't let anyone, any and to my suite mates and personal group of people, or any organization stop friends, you all have my love anµ respect you. It wasn't easy for our group. The for standing behind me and working with lesson that one of the members learned me over the past month. To everybody who came to the dance, was very painful. She said, "Lisa, where are these people at, where are their thank you. I hope you all enjoyed -it as hearts?" I cduldn't answer. It doesn't much as we did. Yet, it was all worth it and we will be matter how intelligent you are. If you don't have compassion for others-humari sending a check for $1300 to Mama Rosa _ and La Gran Familia. feelings-you aren't worth a damn. Secondly, I want to thank everybody Sincerely, who donated financial support in the Lisa Blank effort to raise money for La Gran Familia.

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Wine and Cheese Off and On

A�istant Professor of History Mi�hael Haltzel_

Haltzel Joins Delegation

Michael H al tzel, assistant I t is co-sponsored by the professor of history at Hamilton, American Council on Germany has been named a member of the and its counterpart, "Atlantik United States delegation to ·the Bruecke" (Atlantic Bridge). E,i g h t h A m e r i c an-German P as t pa ti c i p a n ts in the Conference, Nov. 17-19 in Bonn, confere nce h a v e i n c luded Secretary of S tate Henry Germany. John J. McCloy, chairman of Kissinger, former Secretary Dean t he Ameri ca n Council on Acheson and former German Germany and former U.S. high Chancellors Kinrad Adenquer and comm1ss10ner to Germany is Ludwig Erhard; The present leading the group and invited the chancellor of Germany, Helmut Hamilton professor to join the Schmidt, and Germany's .foreign conference.Haltzel will join a minister, Hans Dietrech Geuscher, group of 60 American academic, will address this year's sessions. business and government leaders Professor Haltzel, a specialist in who will meet with � like number Eastern European history, has .., been a member of the Hamilton from Germany. Members of the American faculty since 1971 . He holds a delegation include Senators Jacob B.A. from Yale as well as an A.M. Javits, R-N.Y.; Edward M. · in Soviet studies and a Ph.D. in Kennedy, D-Mass., Hubert H. history, both from Harvard. Humphrey, D-Minn., Charles In 1963-64 he attended the McC- Mathias, R-Md., and Birch Free University of Berlin on. a Bayh, D-Ind.; Reps. Henry Fulbright fellowship. He has Reuss, D-Wis., Wayne Hayes-, returned to Germany several times D-Ohio and Jack Brooks, since. After a visit two years ago, D-Tex.; R. Sargent Shriver, he published an article in former ambassador to France; "Change" magazine on the Professor Zbigniew Brzezinski of political situation at the Free Columbia University, and Carl University. The article was Kaysen, director of the Institute reprinted in a mass-circulation for Advanced Study, Princeton, European newspaper. Haltzel is the author of a NJ. number of papers and articles on Forum for Views T h e conference is held the history and politics of eastern biannually to provide a forum for Europe and was one of the an off-the-record exchange of speakers at the First International views on economic and political Slavic Conference held at Banff, _·i;;sues involvin the two countries. Alberta, in September.

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The Wine and Cheese Center, which has been open sporadically, cannot open on a regular basis because of its inability to ebtain a state liquor license. In order to qualify for a license, a room must be set aside exclusively for the purpose of selling liquor. It must have two entrances and exits, and sufficient facilities for proper storage. There is no immediately available space on the Hamilton or Kirkland campuses, however, that with state comply would specifications, although the situation is being reviewed, said Dean of Student Affairs, Jane Poller. The Center is now under the direction of Anne Gorfein and run t hro u gh K ir kland the Entertainment Committee under Student Life. The Center has requested $75 to cover initial operationing costs. Profits are expected to go back into the Wine and Cheese Center. Due to the lack of a license, however, funds must be collected under the guise of mandatory donations. ''The only way we exist is if people pay," said Gorfein. Thirty-cent donations are asked for each glass of wine. The Wine and Cheese Center will continue to operate, tentatively, every two weeks. It is expected that it will next open Saturday, Nov. 16.

* * * Kirkland students wishing funds for · their Winter Study projects must apply before the cut-off date of Nov. 15, according to Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs Ruth Rinard. The Office of Academic Affairs reports that last year they were able to finance all requests receiyed before that date and this year a shift in allocation policy will result in money being available to even more individuals. Last year, the committee thought it better to put the upper limit of money to be awarded to a single applicant at a higher figure $150. This would it was thought make possible some more expensive projects feasible that.• probably could not be realized otherwise. Now, no one foresees any person receiving more that $50-60. Though the total amount of money available has remained constant, the new limit will make possible the financing of more projects. Rinard, hopes that .students will take advantage of this wider availability of funds, and make their requests before Nov. 15. In Fall 1973, because of overestimation of other Winter Study expenses, some money was left from funds not originally marked for financing of student projects1and it was possible to fill some requests that were made after the cut-off date. But no such windfall can be predicted for this year according to Rinard, and studen�s are urged to use a little foresight in estimating what, if any, their expenses will be. Requests are evaluated on the basis of need of the student, with those projects that are related to the Winter Study theme receiving priority. For projects involving travel abroad, or other large expenses, loans are available to both Kirkland and Hamilton students through the Financial· Aid office. No-tes compiled by Allegra Shumway and • • 'Steffi Kalmin.

James Penney has been named t he Margaret Bundy Scott Professor at Hamilton College, according to an announcement by President Carovano The endowed professorship, established in 19 67 , was previously held by G. Harvey Cameron, professor of· physics, now retired. It is not limited to any particular academic discipline. A member of the Hamilton faculty for more than 20 years, Penney is a graduate of the Fine Arts School of the University of Kansas and also attended The Art Students' League of New York. He is widely known as a painter and has had more than 25 one-man shows at galleries in North America and Europe. One is now on display at the Kraushaar galleries in New York City. Margaret Bundy Scott, the professorship's donor, is a daughter of the late Harlow E. Bundy, a Hamilton graduate who Bundy fo unded the Manufacturing Co. and the International Time Recording Co. These two firms eventually merged with a third to become the Interna t i o n a l Bu siness Machines Co.

Thomas Colby, ch airman of the German Department, is reported to be improving steadily after his heart surgery. Colby; who underwent surgery at 29 O c t. T u e s d a y, Massachussetts General Hospital in Boston, said that he feels fine and has been up and walking around in the last few days. · Doctors have . been giving him decreasing amounts of medication as his condition improves. No time has been set for his return to his home here as yet though. His wife, Ursula S. Colby, chairman of the Humanities Division at Kirkland, is leaving Friday to visit him over the weekend.

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Douglas E. Van 'Houweling, assis tant professor of government at Cornell University, will give a lectu r e en titled, · "Computer Gaming: The Language of the Future," Monday at 8 p.m. in the Science Auditorium. The lecture is part of a series, '"Computers: Implications, Applications and Supplications," being presented in coopera t ion with the new Computer Center.

BAHA'I AT KEEHN "O son of Being! "Love me, that I may love thee. If thou lovest me not, my love can in no wise reach thee. Know tb.is, o servant" -Baha'u'llah Baha'i firesides will continue to be held every Friday night at Keehn Co-op lounge, at 7:30 pm. All are welcome. For ·more information, call Casey Eckels-Webb x7459 .

COED HOUSING FORUM

Root dorm will hold a forum on coed housing at Hamilton and Kirkland, on Sunday, Nov. IO, at 4:00 p.m. in the main lounge at Root. All are welcome to attend. Come with questions, ideas. etc. Members of the Student Life and other Kirkland Assembly Committees wil be present. Refreshments will be served.

:ST. ANDREW'S SCHOLARSHIPS; The.._ St. Andrews Society of New York offers graduate scholarships to promote cultural exchange between Scotland and the U.S. The basis for selection includes the applicant's academic and t>xtracurricular record, leadership qualities, financial need, evidence of Scottish descent, and a statement of personal objectives. Awards go up to $3,750 to cover transportation, tuition and living expenses. Men and women are equally eligible. Applications are due Feb. I, 1975. See Dean Bingham for details.

FRIDAY SQUARE DANCE Put on your bonnet and polish your bo�ts.· Give Mom a kiss and tell Dad not to wait up. Corne to the Square Dance andfinally have a good time. At Bundy, Friday, Nov, 8, 9:00-12:00 pm. 50 cents a person, $1.�0 a couple.

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By ANNE SURCHIN ·Nookie's, in dowtown Utica, is a small delicatessen featuring cold cuts, salads and soups, sandwiches and hot dishes. True deli mavens of College Hill cast away all doubts--Nookie-� cuisine is Kosher. The sandwiches we devoured were excellent. The corned beef, as lean as one can possibly imagine, had that perfect smoky flavor, yt;t miraculously lacked the salty taste which usually accompanies it. The hot pastrami, tender and tasty, certainly equaled the corned beef. The rye bread was full of seeds and the mustard had that gritty consistency characteristic of a fine deli. The pickles, which appeared to be home made, were quite savory. The vegetable soup unfortunately lacked veget,hJes and was rather bland and weighty. A different soup is prepared every day and one can even have knaidlach (a sort of dumpling) along with the chicken soup on Friday. The meats are prepared fresh every day. There is a take-out counter for cold cuts and a variety of wursts, and beverages include coffee, tea and soda. Those who have a pre'dilection for the piquant might want to sample Dr. Brown's Cel Ray soda. There is no posted menu but prices seem to be in the moderate range. About $1.25 for a nice size sandwich; soups $.50; and beverages $.25. Take-out orders are slightly higher. The atmosphere is store front with take-out counter, wooden chairs and formica tables, linoleum floor and fluorescent lighting. The quality of the food atNookie's rates three stars. Epicures might well enjoy a taste of Flatbush in Utica. Nookie's (732-8523) is open Sunday-Thursday 8 :30-6:30 and 8:30-4:30 on Friday. Nookie's, ·226 Lixrty Street (next to the New York Bakery), is a few blocks off Genesee Street.

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Hamilton Endowment Falls; Market Decline Responsible

Mirroring a general decline in the stock market, the Hamilton endowment now stands at $23.5 million, down from its high of $31.6 million in the first quarter of 1973. The endowment, which sank as low as $21.2 million in September, recently rebounded along with the market, which was recovering from a ten year low. Ralph Hansmann, and consultant i n vestment . the Trustee chairman of Committee on Budget and Finance, said that it is not unusual to have a sharp upward move after the market becomes extremely depressed. "One has to' expect that kind of rebound," he said. However, the endowment's market value has suffered an almost continuous decline since the first quarte� 1973. The greatest decline, a loss of $2.6 million, occured between the fourth quarter 1973 and the

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first quarter 1974. Endowment income, another e n d owment i n d i c a t or of performance, however, has risen slightly during the past year. Essential to the operation of the college, $238,952 of the 1973-74 endowment income went to $11073,906 · scholarships and helped cover the college's general operating expenses. The equities (stock) portion of the ·endowment is "by and large invested in companies of size with attractive current yield. They are valued at low multiples of their current earnings." Hansmann said. He explained that these stocks have long term promise for appreciation. Hansmann said that the world economy is going through a "difficult the period," and committee is taking these broad economic problems into account in investment decisions it makes.

"The economy is not going to sh6w the growth it has inr�he past. This may be a watershed so far as the economy and the standard of . living are concerned. We may not see the same patterns we have in the past," he said. Hansmann said that he did not know how Hamilton's endowment performance compared with other small colleges. He added, however, that representatives of Irving Trust co·., the daily manager of the college account, said that, compared to their other accounts, the college has done relatively well. Eugene Lewis, provost, said that the college must balance endowment grow:th with fixed income, equity with bonds. In the last three years, endowment income has averaged 20 per cent of the college's total income. Lewis said that the students here are bcing subsidized by this: income. Per student, the subsidy last year was ap proximately $1,368. This was an increase of $50 ,-1over the previous year ana, despite enrollment increases, it was There was a discussion of why an increase of $512 over. ten years the word "experimental" was ago. Lewis said,"I hope that we word the for substituted to increase be able "innovative" in the description of will endowment income by as much as Kirkland's educational policy. Colby explained that the word we increase tuition per student." "experimental" implied both the Hansmann, who echoed this hope, willingness to experiment with cautioned that this depends on new ideas and methods, and investment selection and dividend willingness to reject them if they increases from equity securities. did not work. She contrasted this The correct ratio between with the word "innovative" equity and bonds is "hard to which, she said, means always determine," however, Lewis said. and different. Even if the stock market rises new being According to ·Colby, the college sharp ly, the college will still have cannot stay new. "You are to make sure that there were constantly looking over your sufficient funds in bonds and high sh,oulder, �d comparing yourself yield . stocks to keep thewith the college down the road," endowment income steady, Lewis Colby said that negotiations for such a joint program are currently underway. Dean of Catherine Affairs Academic Frazer, who is involved in the negotiations, said that she would welcome a statement in the R epor t D e c a de S e c ond D artmouth Professor of emphasizing the necessity for Psychology W. Lawrence Gulick science at Kirkland without will visit the campus this weekend irestricting the negotiators to any as 'the first of two or three dean specific program. "It is critical -�-!! arch be candidates to that we get a loud clear interviewed in the second round , this-we-must-have,, she said. of the search. Gulick, who was here last weekend for a first round LINDA'S BEAUTY BOUTIQUE interview (see The Spectator, Nov. 39 College St., Phone 853-5262 1) is chairman . of the undergraduate and graduate programs in psychology at Special Wash Set Dartmouth. He is a graduate of including conditioner­ Hamilton, class of 1952. He has $4.00 authored or co-authored five also available monographs and over 35 journal Perms, Tints, Blood cuts, articles. He has also written two Streaking, Frostings, 'p h y s i o logy and b oo k s, Wig care. Psychophysics, published by Open Thurs., Fri., & Sat. Oxford University Press, 1971, and Stereoscopic Vision which is now . in press, also by Oxford. The candidate, who will be on campus from Friday evening to Sunday afternoon, will meet with a panel of students, and a panel of faculty, comprised . of the members of the Academic Council and Committee on Acade�ic Policy. Gulick will also meet with Dean of Students - R. Gordon Bingham, Associate Dean of the

Policy Document Not Concre,-e By MONICA LIFF

"Our charge gave us a problem marvelous cop-out," a and Assistant Professor of History of Science Nadine George said at a sparcely attended hearing on the Interim Report of the Committee of Curriculum for the Second Decade (CQSD) last night. "We are just supposed to be tentatively indicating directions.'' George, and Professor of Colby Ursula Li ter a t ur e represented the CCSD at the meeting, which was to collect reactions to the report distributed last week. Almost twice as many faculty members as students attended. , One of the . major issues.· raised dealt with the t he of i m p l e me n t a t i on recommendations of the report: A Professor asked how one would go about proving her abilities for the of s y stem recommended concentration and graduation requirement. Another · requested that the committee be more concrete in the wording of passages. In response, Colby said, "We can't be concrete. We aren't supposed to be. We were charged with writing a policy document."

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Hamilto n Pr ovost Eugene Lewis said. Hansmann, describing the endowment as "conservatively invested,'' said that currently, about half of it is invested in equity and half in fixed income sources. He added that recently the college has used some of its reserve funds to modestly boost its equity holdings. Lewis. said that in late 1972, the high point of both the market and the endowment, the college held 60 per cent equity and 40 per cent bonds. Investment Committee The ratio determination, and other investment guidelines are set for Irving Trust by the Trustee on and Budget Committee Fianace.. Lewis said that the

Hamilton Dean Search

committee does a "fabulous job.'' Lewis the that added committee has followed policies that have protected tqe college "in the down market.'' While other colleges have been operating under a . "total return or gain concept in which you spend not only your dividends and interest but your expected appreciation," Hamilton has only budgeted expected return, Lewis said. In a down market, where the expected appreciation is not realized, colleges which use the total return concept must draw from their endowment principle to pay off their debts. This policy, which is feasible in an up market, can be disastrous in the face of economic crisis.

Round. Two for Gul ick College Robin Kinnel, Director of second round visitor. Speaking of the members of Admissions Christopher Covert, Vice-President for Development the student panel, Evans said, "We and Public Relations Joseph thought we'd invite people who Anderson, and Kirkland President have expressed interest in the Babbitt. search to us." Next Man Undecided Members of the Hamilto� and Kirkland psycholo�v departments Yourtee said that evaluations will speak to Gulick, who is also would be prepared by the faculty scheduled to vISit the new and students after their meetings Computer Center. Gulick will with the candidate. He said, meet with President however, that he could not again what Carovano, Actiµg Dean of the p re dict effect the College Dwight Lindley, and the evaluations would have on the i.... m e m bers of the Search committee's decision. Asked if another second round Committee. Lindley will not participate in the faculty panel's candidate had been invited to the Hill, Yourtee said "I'd rather not meeting o When asked why there was no comment. prov1S1on made for an open "It would seem better to focus meeting between students and the attention on the interview this candidate, Chairman of the Search weekend rather than diverting it Committee and Professor of by discussing future plans at this Chemistry Lawrence Yourtee said, time," Yourtee said. "We rather had the impression Yourtee said that the that there might not be sufficient committee had not decided yet if interest or value derived from it to a third second round candidate further crowd the schedule." were to be invited to the campus. Bob Evans, one of two Asked if time were a students on the committee, said consideration, the chairman said, that if a large number of students "We hope to meet the Dec. l complain that an open meeting deadline, but if we feel we should be held, efforts would be couldn't do the job properly by made to arrange one for the next that time, we would want �o extend it somewhat." Y ourtee said that the committee was still considering the possibility of inv1,tmg additipnal first round candidates. Those who have participated in Fri. 8-I first round interviews and are still Mark Chambers Perry considered candidates are Colgate Sat. 8-1 Associate Dean of the Faculty John E. Rexine, A c ting Dean of JEANNIE VILLIERE the College Dwight N. Lincijey, JOHN KELSEY The Pub is generally open from 8 pm to University of New Hampshire Professor of History W.R. Jones, 1 am Friday and Saturday nights. Live and one other candidate who has entertainment will be featured every weekend. requested that his name be kept . .cppti�e,n.tiaJ-... , � • •

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Chris Burden Acts Out Fantasies; 'I'm Not a Lunatic, I'm an Artist'

"Will he blow up the Art Center?'' "Will he masturbate in the chap<;l?" "This guy's not an artist, he's a first rate sickie!" "Gee, I hope he doesn't kill himself." Such has been the general reaction to the presence of California artist Chris Burden, who will appear at the Root Art Center at 8 p.m. Saturday night, as part of the "California Climate" exhibition. Burden's "performances" have included having himself shot in the arm by aJriend, staying in bed in a gallery for 21 days and not leaving it once, and crawling down a Los Angeles boulevard over fifty yards of shredded glass. Indeed, for those who are not aware of Burden's artistic philosophy, -and for many others who do not want to know, there is ample justification for the myths of violence which surround him. But Chris Burden is a soft-spoken, intense young man, with an easy smile and a sense of humor. He speaks freely of his art, its influence and motivation. Although defines Burden himself as an artist, he said he is not a "conceptual artist," calling the term a "misnomer." His art involves more of an "execution of an action" . than merely the development of ideas, he said, and the catch-all phrase "conceptual artist"is applied to him only for lack of a better way of describing his work. Whether or not Chris Burden is a "conceptual artist'� is a minor

issue; there has been a growing money will prove himself a fraud, debate among the local art experts and that considering the small as to whether or not he is an artist amount of money most artists at all. make, it is absurd to believe that What Chris Burden calls his art money could be their motivation. is personal "Sure, it's a consideration." an intensely expression. Most people only Burden said, "I've got to eat and experience such intensity when pay the studio rent.'' they have a narrow escape from Chris Burden defines what he death. Burden likes to soak up the does as art, and says that a atmosphere of a place of considerable number of people exhibition, and he derives his consider him an artist. Are these insp iration from the site. sufficient criteria for definition of the man as artist? "What else am I Fantasies "I'm not making any political if not an artist? Art is whatever comment; my art is highly the artist says it is. It's a'free spot intuitive-I often act out my own in society." fantasies, and sometimes those of _ ''An artist can do anything he others," Burden said. "I try to wants and still remain an artist. achieve the highest level of energy Many people say I'm not an artist possible." be<;:ause they can only define art Burden said-he listens to some as a piece of canvas with paint on of his critics, depending upon who it or a free-standing sculpture. I they are. "I'm not a frothing don't think that's what it is at lunatic," he said. "The problem is ' all.'' that people fail to distinguish between the artist and his art." He is making an effort to "explode the myths" that surround him, By SUSAN HUNT INGTON and so, in a partial concession to his critics, Burden will avoid the Recently David Din ce '75 exhibits of a more violent nature resigned as chairman of the that have characterized him as an H a m i l ton/K i r k l a n d S t u d ent emotional deviant. "I don't want A_cti vitie� Committee (SAC). to die," he said. "If I thought Robert Minter '74 and Martha Reiners '77 are something would kill me I News n o w t h e n ew wouldn't do it." co-chairmen, and Burden chuckled when asked if Analysis p u blic sentiment he was nothing more than a seems to indicate con-man out for the money. "What money?'' asked his wife, that they will have the same Barbara. Burden said that any problems former chairmen have artist who only wants to make encountered.

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'A Doll House' Worth Seeing; Play Flawed , But Compelling By NANCY OPPENHEIM Hamilton and Kirkland are presenting "A Doll House," by Henrik Ibsen, in Minor Theater. One hundred years after it was written, this play is still important. The college production should be seen. Ibsen opens the play by allowing the auqience to watch the daily actIV1ties of the occupants of the Helmer house. We follow them through processes - and growth, and eventually view the final - culmination of their actions. "A Doll House" has been called· a play for women's rights, portll"aying women as complete adult people rather than playthings. This is true of course, and hundreds of nineteenth century audiences were deeply offended by precisely this point. However, Ibsen's objective was not to .make a case for wo�en's liberation, but was rather an attempt to reveal the lack of artd absolute communication dishonesty in the interactions between people, the dishonesty of. society. This production is not without faults, yflt it is worthwhile and at times compelling. Margaret Klenck performs admirably in the difficult role of Nora. She must undergo a inetamorphasis of personality as well as relating separately to the various other characters who enter the house. Although she overacted slightly in the first act, she was much more at ease with her role for the final two acts of the play. Klenck makes Nora• s growth a visible process, and her ability to convince us of its possibility and reality, is immensely laudable in itself. Ray Dooley is less believable in his portrayal of Nora's husband Torvald. While Dooley did provid;: us with some glimpses of Torvald

Helmer's humanity and honest devotion to his wife, more often he was portrayed as an absolute tyrant, unrealistic and almost inhuman in his lack- of depth or understanding of those around him. Without such depth, Torvald appears merely melodramatic and somewhat uncomfortable. Rather than using natural movements, Dooley appeared to strike poses, or overplay Torvald's paternal and patronizing attitude . One of the most interesting, if uneven portrayals of the evening was David Cross's Krogstad, the man who blackmails Nora. Cross t s performance was probably the roughest of the evening, with sectjons of obvious "acting," yet he's managed to give Krogstad an honest characterization rarely achieved by any of the other actors, with the exception of Klenck. The two remaining characters of importance are Dr. Rank, a friend of the family, and Mrs. Linde, a childhood friend of Nora's. As Rank, George Walsh was a bit too low-keyed. Rank's wit and falshes of black homor and his deep love of Nora and Torvald are adequate but very muted. L a n g f ield's Jo a n n a performance as Mrs. Linde was also adequate, but un-exciting. Langfi(':ld tended to be a little obvious, but the qualitiesof this strong, sedate woman were expressed. In a minor role as a maid, Melissa Stem deserves a brief mention: her appearances were few, but were simple and convincing. · "A Doll House,'' directed by Carol Bell_ini-Sharp, was produced as a period piece, with all the action in the �ineteenth century. The set a,nd costumes were realistic, so presumably, the acting was supposed to be realistic. It is

here that some confusion arises. Each of the actors - and actresses gives a fairly accurate individual characterization, but when they come into contact with each other · the mood on stage changes. Elements of soap opera and melodrama descend. Actors were relating to other actors, instead of real people consistently relating to each other. Though the action of the play ostensibly views a few arbitrary days in the lives of the Helmers, these few days are carefully chosen. The dramatic action is the climax of eight years of marriage, and each new development is crucial. Ibsen has two hours to build an e�tire world, so necessarily there will be elements of drama above those which occur in ordinary life. Even with these uncertainties, p r oduction is t he well-constructed. Each character i::. developed sufficiently to provide tension and plot build-up, and interest is sustained. Ibsen's play has the aura of -real life, and that inevitably is what makes any production worth seeinJl.

Scene fr'om 'A Doll How;�'

Chris Burden: Is he really an artist?

The SAC has in recent years b e en under a considerable pressure to provide entertainment that is responsive to an extremely div�rsified student population. Tomorrow's Elvin Bishop/Deadly Nightshade concert almost surely will spur yet another attack of criticism and controversy. Many students have already complained about the relative anonymity of the two groups. Disappointed at the scarcity of fancy commercial groups and impressive sounding name's, they , wonder whatever happe�ed to last year_'s questionnaires and the Beach Boys "Whoever was responsible for that questionnaire deserves to be shot," says Reiners. ''We couldn't possibly afford the Beach Boys, and even if we could, there isn't a chance they would come." Farcical Questionnaires "Questionnaires are a total farce,'' agrees Minter. It is impossible, he said, to obtain any kind of significant majority opinion through the use of student polls. Even if a questionnaire did indicate an overwhelming demand for one parti�ular performer or group, the limitations on dates and financial resources in addition to the lack of a suitable auditorium, would make it very di.fficult to insure that such a demand could be met. "It is important for students to �ealize that SAC receives its funds directly from social tax payers," says Minter. ''Because this is a voluntary charge, our budget depends entirely on how many people contribute. Approximately 1000 students paid the tax this year, whick provides SAC with a · $35,000 budget." $35,000 may sound impressive but really can only cover a very limited amoimt of entertainment. This is one reason that SAC sponsors primarily small�scale

concerts. It would be foolish, members agree, to set aside the whole budget for one big show. After Saturday's concert has been funded, nearly half of SAC's resources will have already been a l l o cated. $3,000 has been reserved for the B.P.R.U. cultural weekend, $3, 000 for the coffee-house, and $2,500 for the folk festi"val. · Complaints A large proportion of the complaints which concern student entertainment seems to stem from the fact that there is such a sharp distinction between the social tax payers, who feel they are not getting their money's worth, and non-payers, who feel that they are not getting anything geared towards them at all. T his p r oblem is further complicated by the fraternities; and Hamilton and Kirkland have different ways of dealing with student social life; thus, the E n t e r t a i n m en t Kirkland Committee (KEC) i s able t o help in that area, according to its chairman, Anne Gorfein '71. People have tended to confuse the functions of this group with those of SAC, partially because until very recently KEC wa, referred to as SEC, the Studen: Entertainment Committee. Kirkland Input Although the members of KEC are also members of SAC, they work with Kirkland affairs as a c o m p letey autonomous unit. "When KEC brings its particruar proposals to SAC," said Min1er, "they are treated in the sane manner as those from-a fratemty, the Women's Center, or a charitable organization." Recent efforts have been nade to provide entertainment that involves_ a more varied canpus representation. For example last spring a decision was made tc stop planning large concerts aound houseparty weekends. "If concerts are alway: held during houseparties," says Ninter, "S AC sy mbolically brcomes Hamilton oriented. It is unair for the committee to be houncby the social commitment of onefaction or _anotl].er." The factionalization cruld also be overcome if more pe9le paid social tax or if there were some type of fee that everyoie would pay according to Gorfein Everybody Whinis Meanwhile, SAC con:inues its work. One event wtich has already been arranged irn concert on Dec. 6 in the Chape featuring Paul Geremia, Raun kKinnon, and either Eric Fransn or Lou continued on page se\!n


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· Any Events or Arts Briefs notreceived, typewritten, by 7 p.m. on the Wednesday before publication will not be printed.

FILM On Campus This Weekend Duck Soup starring the Marx Brothers and-Brats with Laurel and Hardy. Friday and Saturday at 8:00 p.m. Sunday at 10:00 p.m. only. Science Auditorium. Admission $.75. Sleuth Friday at 8:00 p.m. Also Saturday and Sunday at ,8:00 p.m. and 10:30p.m. Kirner-Johnson Auditorium. Admission $.75. November 14 (Thursday) Devil by the Tail and Ghosts Before Breakfast, a short. 8:00 p.m. Chemistry Auditorium. Admission $.75. The Lion in Winter starring Katherine Hepburn and Peter 0'Toole. 8:00 p.m. Kirner-John.son Auditorium. Admission $.75. At Nearby Theaters Cannonball (853-55 53) Chinatown (R) Cinema Theater (736-0081) The Longest Yard (R) Cinema National Uptown (732-0665) What's Up Doc? (G) Paris (733-2730) The Odessa File (GP) Stanley (724-4000) Truck Turner (R) and Foxey Brown (R) 258 Cinema (732-5461) Class of '44 (R), and T ogether Brothers (PG), and What's Up Doc? (G).

LECTURE AND DISCUSSION

November 9 (Saturday) Newman Mass. Father Drobin. 5:30 p.m. Red Pit. November 10 (Sunday) Newman Mass. Father Drobin. Chapel. 9_:30 a.m. Free Church Service, Chapel. 11: 15 a.m. November 11 (Monday) Newman Mass. Father Drobin. 12 p.m. Chapel Christian Fellowship Meeting. Milbank 36. 8:00 p.m. Reading ·of Congreve's The Double Dealer Alpha Delta Phi. 8:00 p.m. Also Tues day. Lecture:· Mr. Douglas Van---Houweling. Computer Gaming: The Language of the Futwe. Science Auditoriumo 8:00 p.m. November 12 (Tuesday) Student Senate Meeting. Bristol Campus Center Senate Room. 9:00 p.m. November 13 (Wednesday) Lecture: Mr. Frederic J. Fleron, SUNY Buffalo. Technology and Communist Culture Bristol Campus Center Fisher Room. 3:30 p.m. . Poetry Reading: Carolyn Kizer. Red Pit. 8:00 p.m. Lecture: Mr. Edward L. Titlebaum. Echo Locations if} Bats, Dolphins, Whales, and Man. Kirner-Johnson Auditorium. 8:00 p.m. Bible Study. Mr. Melvin Endy, leader. Jesus on Wealth and the Kingdom Bristol Campus Center Fisher Room. 9:00 p.m. November 14 (Thursday) Christian Science College Organization. Bristol Campus Center B ackus Room. 4:15 p.m. Lecture. Brenda Danet, 5ociolinguist of Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Watergate: Language and Moral Accountability. Science Auditorium. 8:30 p.m.

MUSIC AND DANCE November 8 (Friday) McEwen Coffeehouse Presents:· Jane Voss and Will Spires, fiddle, banjo; and guitar. 9:00 p.m. Free with Social Tax .

November 9 (Saturday)

Student Activities Committee Concert. Elvin Bishop and Deadly Nightshade. Gymnasium. 9:00 p.mo $5.00 General Admission. Free with Social Tax.

November 10 (Sunday)

Folk Dancing. 3:00 p.m. Kirkland Quad. (Dance Studio - List, rain site.)

November 12 (Tuesday)

Recital: JoElyn Wakefield Wright accompanied by Grant Jones. Chapel. 8:30 p.m.

EXHIBITIONS Currently on Campus Photography by Hamilton and Kirkland Students. Afro-Latin Cultural Center. 2 :00 - 4:00 p.m. (Closes December 7) California Climate: Contemporary California Artists. Root Art Center. (Closes December 20.)

THEATER November 8 (Friday) Theater Production of Ibsen's A Doll House Minor Theater. Also S aturday and Sunday.

WH CL-FM Winter Study? WHCL-FM talks with Ed Lee, of the Faculty Winter Study Committee, on the uncertain fate of that cherished institution. And... Lee Spear on the problems of the Alex ander Hamilton Players. And. . . I Professors Bowie and Hendricks on teaching philosophy to children. 4:00 p.m. Cafe Lena Series: Old time string band music with the acoustic virtuosos Coster, Welling, and Walich-Live from the Cafe Lena. 11:00 p.m.

Elvin Bishop and Deadly Nightshade

ElvinBishop and Deadly,Nightshade Scheduled for Weekend Concert

The band, which recently Many people have a stere(?type Chicago, ''I didn't give a shit filed back in their minds when about college, but I know the played at Max's Kansas City in they think of Elvin Bishop. If blues scene in Chicago was big." New York; consists of Helen they remember Elvin at all, as he He met Butterfield on the steps of Hooke, playing lead guitar and himself puts it, they think of the a building · one day, "He could fiddle, Ann Bowen on rhythm si2;zling 12-bar raver who was part hardly play any harp at that time guitar and washboard, and Pam of one of the most incredible (about 1960), he was just pl�ying Brandt who plays an electric bass. electri_!: bands that ever made guitar." They joined forces and Singing together, the produce a records, the legendary Paul played clubs and parties in .lively, vibrant sound. Chicago, mostly for the free beer. Audience involvement is an Butterfield Blues Band. part of a Deadly While a case can be made for The Butterfield Band formed out integral t he B u tterfield concert. Dancing, B an d ' s of several aggregations with which Nightshard con t r ib u tion in t u rn ing the two played, and the rest is, as clapping, and singing in the crowd accompanies the trio. "Most· fonumerable record players from they say history. people want -to jump around and folk to electric mu'sic during the have a good time," says Hooke, Sixties, the group's early DEADLY NIGHTSHADE and the other members of the . introduction of Paul Butterfield, The Dead:ly Nightshade, the band feel the same way. The aim Michale Bloomf1eld, and Elvin to mass audiences · alone earns it a female trio performing with Elvin of their music "is to help people Bishop on Saturday night, have a good time,'' according to place in rock history. i t s m u s ic con s i d e r s a Brandt.New Capricorn Label Unlike "celebration." other Elvin knows the association is groups who make the same claim, SAC there, because his new record this band rarely leaves the continued from page six company president, Phil Walden audience unsatisfied. London. Plans also include a of Capricorn Records, was one of "People keep trying to dance the first weekend in those who had the wrong idea categorize us as a country band, about his music. Elvin's switch to or a rock band or a bluegrass January, a jazz concert in the the Georgia-based label-which band, but we really don't fit any Chapel the second weekend, and a released his first Capricorn of those slots. The fact is that we small folk concert the third Flow alb u m ,Let It last play country and rock and weekend. It is b�lieved that more summer-employed a reknowned bluegrasss and oldies and what we improvements could _be made if middleman, Richard Betts of The call 'old soul.' We like a lot of s tu d e n ts were w i l ling to Allman Brothers Band.- Elvin and different kinds of music, so we participate actively and voice their Richard have known each other play them all,'' said Hooke in an opinions. SAC meets every for some years, but it was at a interview with Ms. Magazine. Wednesday � at 4:30 in the New Year's Eve '73-'74 concert in Although much of their coffeehouse, and although the San Francisco (one which repertoire is not original, each of second meeting of every month featured the Allmans) that Betts the three women write music and has always been open to the introduced Phil Walden to Elvin lyrics. their own public, -very few people have Mixing Bishop. compositions with those of other t a k e n a dvantage of the In a Macon eatery interview, groups, Deadly Nightshade gives a opportunity t o g o and make their the cowboy-hatted, sheriff's diversified and interesting concert. opinions known. badged Elvin ("pass the biscuits, .please!") talked a little bit about the new emphasis. "Blues enjoyed quite a bit of popularity a few years ago, but there are less and less people who are willing to sit down and hear some guy play 12 bars for half an hour," he says. , "Then, too, this music is more in line with where my head is-we're playing stuff that has a wider variety of forms, and stuff that we like. That's important, because all we're trying to do is show people a goo_d time, and it sho' helps •if we can have one too.'' Country music isn't really anathema to a guy who comes from Tulsa, Oklahoma, though, and who listened to it all his young life. Elvin had started · playing guitar after hearing a broadcast of Hamilton and Kirkland Colleges Nashville's WLAC; he became a Nov. 7, 8, 9, IO, 14, 17 at 8:00 p.m. blues fanatic and bought "every Nov. 15, 16 at 8:30 p.m. record I could· find." He. quit MINOR THEATRE guitar several _times, but always Admission: general-$1.50 student-$1.00for came back to it because "l liked to be around girls but I didn't know how to dance." It was music that changed the reservations �all: 859-7193 course of Elvin's life; he was a National Merit Scholarship winner and settled on the University of

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Financial Aid Revised More of the -nation's students will be eligible for financial aid in the 1975-7 6 academic year. In response to the rising rcost of living, the College Scholarship Service (CSS), which determines student financial need, has lowered the amount of money a student's parents are expected to contribute to his education. Director of Financial Aid Kenneth Kogut said that, given the same number of students, Hamilton must raise an extra $250,000 and Kirkland must raise $180,000 to bridge the gap between the amount of money presently allocated and the gross financial need as established by the new CSS standards, "I am hopeful that we will be able to meet this need," said Kogut, but added that he will not be able to appraise the Hamilton­ Kirkland financial aid situation until mid-spring. � Kogut said that for 1975-76, Kirkland will request $280,336 and Hamilton will request $503,557 in federal grants, loans and student employment funds. However, he does not expect that the federal government will meet these requests. · Forty-five Per·Cent Last year, every college in New York State received only 45 per cent of the federal aid which the college requested and a state panel approved. Kirkland's; request was approved 100 per cent, by the state college the p anel, and appropriated 45 per cent of this request. However, due to its high delinquency rate on federal loans, only 91 per cent of Hamilton's request was approved and Hamilton received 41 per cent of · the federal aid it needed. In the 1973 tally, ll5 of 334 Hamilton students who received

"Wright Chapel Concert" JoElyn W akefield-Wright, mezzo-soprano, will give a concert at the Hamilton College Chapel Tuesday, Nov. 12, at 8:30 p.m. The concert, one of the professional series presented by the Hamilton Music Department, will be open to the public without charge.,. Wakefield-Wright; who has sung in opera and concert in many of the major recital halls of the United States, will present the In dem following program Schatten meiner Locken, Das Magdelienn, verlassene and Elfenliede, by Hugo Wolf; Fetes Ga/antes, by Claude De Bussy; Harman ium, Vi ncent by P ersichetti; . Tonadillaas, by Enrique Granados, and five songs by Benjamin Britten. A student of Richard Brewer, Martha Lipton and Uren Brown, Wakefield-Wright recently moved to Clinton after six years on the music faculty of Manchester College in Indiana. She holds a bachelor's degree from Pfeiffer College and the Master of music from Indiana University. She was a Tanglewood fromm Fellow in 1966 and 1968 and studied at the Aspen School of Music in the summer of 1973. The operas in which she has performed include '�ido and Aeneas" · "Sister Angelica," "Carmen," "Albert Herring," and "Elegy for Young Lovers." In the latter two, the performance was· filmed for public television. Her many stage appearances have also included concerts witb the Indianapolis Symphony, the Fort Wayne Philharmonic and the Berkshire Festival Orchestra, as well as an appearance in the Tangelwood Chamber Series.

the National Direct Student Loan (NDSL) and 13 of 31 Kirkland ;tudents who received the NDSL were delinquent in paying their debts. For the New York State Higher Education Hamilton's Loan, default ratio was 6.3 per •cent and Kirkland's was 3.2 'per cent in 1973-74, while the average of all New York State borrowers was 8.6 per cent. TAP and BEOG

Kogut said that the new state Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) will help increase financial aid for incoming freshmen. Also, the Basic Educational Opportunity Grant (BEOG), previously only for sophomores and juniors, will now be available for freshmen, sophomores and juniors. Kogut emphasized that the amount of money the college can provide is largely dependent on the cooperation of the students.

RAPE SUSPECT SOUGHT BY POLiCE continued from page onefrom fraternities to walk Kirkland students to and from the library and the McEwen Swing from 8:00 to midnight. The escorts leave from the library on the hour and from the swing at 15 minutes past the hour. When Poller told the . audience Tuesday night of this · service, there was spontaneous applause. Acting Director of Institutional Affairs William Jamison said that in reaction to Health Committtee prompting, he will soon institute jitney service up and down the hill at nights. A small charge will be

collected for each trip. Jamison said the hours must be worked out and responsible drivers found before the service begins. He said that it made no difference if the jitney drivers were men or women. Gerald Leuiken, director of the physical plant, Poller and Martha Freyman and Sue Greenwood, mem hers of the Health Committee took a walking tour of the campuses Wednesday night to look for potential trouble spots and poorly lighted areas. (See the map)

Director of Financial Aid, Ken Kogut

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BLUE ANGEL "Blue Angel" starring Marlene Dietrich and Emil Jannings, which arrived too late last week to be shown at its previously scheduled time, will be shown on Monday and Tuesday, Nov. II and 12, at 10 pm. in Kirner-Johnson. Admission is $.50.

CALIFORNIA CLIMATE An_ exhibition of work by' 23 young California artists, entitled "California Climate," will open Saturday at the Root Art Center and will remain on view through Dec. 20. " · A reception will be held Saturday at 8 p.m. at which Chris Burden, one of the artists represented in "California Climate," will appear from 8 to 9. A book of photographs of Burden, a member of the "conceptual art" movement, is part of the exhibition. Conceptual art, ,since it ·consists only of actions on the part of the artist, is collected only in the firm of "authentications," such as ' Burden's photographs.

"I.F.C. Escorts" The Inter-fraternit9' Council, with the assistance of the Auxiliary Service and the Student Health Committees, has established an escort seivice for Kirkland students travelling between the two campuses at night. The seivice operates between 8: 00 p.m. and midnight on the following basis: leaving the lobby of the Science Building at five minutes before the hours; leaving. the Burke Library on the hour; leaving Silliman at five minutes past the hour and proceeding to McEwen. The return trip leaves the swing in McEwen at 15 minutes past the hour. Students are urged by the Dean of Student Affairs Office to use this service for their own safety.

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William Congreve's comedy about incest and· other family and friendly relations will be performed in a staged reading in the Alpha Delta Phi living room on Monday and Tuesday. November 11 and 12, at 8:00 p.mo The cast of ·fifteen has been rehearsed by Mr. Barrett. Admission is free.

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Polish Mathematician Joins Hamilton Staff ,

By MIKE WEITZNER along· with Japan, one of the more An drzej S. ·Targowski , a prominen_t nations concerned with distinguished member of the "precisely defining plans for a e as tern E u r opean scientific computerized society," Targowski community, will be visitmg .said. a s s o ci a t e p ro f e s s o r of In addition, Targowski was a �a t he ma t i cs a t Hami l ton. member of the Governmental · Targowski will teach a winter . Commission of Ex.perts, the study project in mathematics National Coun�il for Informatics, entitled Information Technology or Infor matics, and one e conom i cs course, Systems .Planning ,in the spring . Targowski said he hopes to accomplish ,,,three objectives while at Hamilton: 1) to conduct an exchange of views in ,political and economic management as related to computer science, 2) to use the free market system as a basis for a nonjudgmental comparison with Bernadette Devlin at her Wednesday press conference in the Bristol Center the planned market system, and 3) to promote a more economics-oriented application of the new compl\ter -�t Hamilton. "Targ�wsk1 graduated . from Warsaw Technical University in 1961 and was nominated in 1965 as director of "ZOWAR" Warsaw By PENNY WATRAS Her argument for socialism un�mployment started when the Computer Center. Under his "The only way to do it is stressed the degradation as a result Unionist Party decided that leadership, the company grew Bernadette or" poverty in Northern Ireland, . Northern Ireland should- be a from a minimal number of said socialism," Andrzej Targo�ski Devlin, offering her suggestions to and the proximity of much Protestant state for Protestants, ·employees into the largest member alleviate the turmoil in Northern money which is in the hands of a said Devlin. Therefore, she added, of the P olish information and the National Commission of Ireland. few. Catholics were not given any industry. Experts for Improvement of Gesturing .fervent�y to the administrations: the Protestants' In 1970, he originated a task Control, Systems in Investments. Devlin, a former member of the British Parliament, made her audience, she said that we too in reasoning was that Catholics force, responsible for preparing He is the author of four books, remarks Wednesday in the first of the United States would have a "didn't want to live under British t he N a ti on a l Program for i n cl uding best-selling the three Root-Jessup Lectures to be choice to make in-the near future, rule." Infor mation T e c h no l o g y "InformaticsA Key to and "socialism The Catholics in . one town, Deyelopmenf (1971-1975). delivered at the colleges this year.. b e t w e e n Prosperity,''and was president of were crowded into 25% of the The problems in Northern barbarism." Targowski · was tlien named the Polish Tennis Association. Devlin had earlier outlined· housing facilities, and were given vice-president of the National · Targowski said that he likes ·it Ireland, according to Devlin� have resulted largely from injustices of what she· believed are the origins 25% of the vote, when they made Bureau for Infonnatks, where he here in the United States. He said the British government . She said of the prqblem: a national up 65% of the population, said served as a liaison between the that Hamilton has successfully that in Northern· Ireland the unemployment rate of 6-7%, with Devlin. government and the technological bridged the gap between modern And it was in this own community, and also introdued - and classical education, and Secretacy of State "may sign a some towns' unemployment rate detention order against anyone as high as' 40%, and also the town-Derry--Devlin said, that in new advances from the west. His Hamilton's math and economic over age 16, held indefinitely environment that the people must August of 1969, the Catholics work with NBI and other related departments have reached an conseqµently live in. Most of the became fed up with begging the _are_as has help_e_d ___tp-3:ke Poland, "exce\J.ent level" of achievement. without trial, without charge." middle-lower class housing is built ·Briti�h gove�ment for more : �1:a.::-e.r.-�la"�:oJll-!:i•·1 Trial.By-Jury Trial by jury was abolished 18 and rented by the government. -housmg, that they turned to , �{ CLINTON SHOE C£NTER fi months ago, Devljn asserted and With families . growing, there is violence, �arking �e beginnin� of SPECIALIZING IN _ •:c · the prov1S1onal Insh Republican _ i" �:i'; · . W NTER BOOTS added that in Northern Ireland, "just no room." i I Religious Conflict Army (IRA). ' unlike anywhere else in · the REPAIR SHOE A ND / The reaction of the audience to .� � . 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10/THE SPEC:TATOR/November8, 1974

Appointments Committee ·Tenure Proposal -

Letter of ----Transmittal

To: The H�ilton College Facultystaffing of departments according to size. The nature of this part of the proposal, From: The Committee on Appointments Subject: Open Meeting on Proposed Staffing which bears directly on appointments and college finances, is administrative and it and Tenure Policy Last year, the Committee on will be for the President to accept or Appointments {Ogilvy, Lindley, and reject. Two closely related parts of the Potter) was asked by President Carovano proposal, Exceptions to the Staffing Plan, to draw up a policy to help guide the and Review Procedures, have to do with Administration in making decisions on action that can be taken by or on behalf f aculty staffing and tenure. The of an individual faculty member. Because Committee examined plans proposed or in - of their nature, these two parts of the use at ohter colleges, recommendations of proposal should be voted on by the the AAUP, and esp ecially the current and Faculty and, if approved, incorporated in likely future make-up of the Hamilton the Faculty Handbook. Faculty. We on the present Committee In order to explain the entire proposal, have thoroughly discussed and have so that it will be fully understood and gain revised the document drafted last year, as broad acceptance as possible, we invite and we hope that we' will be able to you to an open meeting of the Faculty on present our report to the President very Tuesday, November 19 at 4:10 p.m. in soon. Before doing so, however, we wish Buttrick Hall. Committee on Appointments to give you the opportunity to read the Stephen BQ,ntadocument and to discuss it with us so that Austin Briggs (resigned) we may benefit from your views. Rav.hen Cholakian The heart of our proposal is a Staffing Donald Potter Plan _which spells out guidelines for

Acting Dean Dwight Lindley speaking to Professor of English Austin Briggs particularly through counting as many as 1949, within the-academic departments 49 four years of full-time teaching elsewhere fu l l-time members of the faculty and through counting leaves during the instructed 638 students; in 1974, the probationary period as service at another comparable figures are 77 and 950.) three m embers: two of the recommended; the same procedure applies institution. During the next seven years, ten tenured tlrree eligible for tenure; the third, on a to questions raised about reappointment or promotion. The Case- for Tenure: 1. A system of members of the 'faculty are scheduled to rotating appointment. l) If, after making informal inquiries of tenure offers a form of compensation for retire; twenty- three non-tenured must be · (d) For departments of four members: members of _the profession, that of considered for tenure. In 19 74-75, the two, at the most three, eligible for tenure; the Dean and The President, the aggrieved· continual employmen·t. Those on tenure percentage of tenured faculty will be 61. · one or two on rotating appointments. The remains convincedthat justice has not been · are assured of a steady, modestly increasing Were all twenty-three to be granted Committe recommends that three on - done, within ten days of his or her last income and decent fringe benefits, even tenure, but no others, by July I, 1980, ten�e makes the most sense when one of meeting with either officer, he or she shall though their incomes will not reach those 78% would be on tenure, providing that request in writing to the Dean a hearing; these is close to retirement. which doctors and lawyers can and often no tenured faculty other than the ten (e) For departments of five members: before an ad hoc faculty review board. Its' attain. (In secular life the legal and retiring left the-College. Even assuming that Three eligible for tenure; the other two on recommendations shall be communicated. medical professions are the only ones all those coming up for tenure are worth rotating appointments. Four on tenure in writing to the President. His decisions requiring comparable educations.) 2. of it, the College must not grant tenure to would be feasible when the senior · shall be final and shall be communicated within one week , in writing to the Tenure also affords necessary protection all. First, it is widely recognized that as memberr is close to retirement. t he Commit tee on for academic freedom. (See "Academic time passes the cost to the College of (f) For departments of seven or more: aggr ieved , Freedom," "Faculty Handbook," p. 16). supporting a tenured position is far heavier 60 per cent to 70 per cent eljgible for Appointments, and the Dean. He shall This freedom extends to tenured and than that of supporting a rotating_ t e n u re; t h e _o thers on rotating furthermore announce his decision either · in writing to the secretarty of the faculty non-tenured alike; but those on tenure position. This _reason is important, but not appointments. provide the necessary umbrella for all. so important as three others. Over the 2) The members of each department, or orally to the faculty at the next Any encroachment on the academic years the College must be able to recruit tenured or non-tenured, should be of meeting following the final review. 2) Should the aggrieved at any point in freedom of the non-tenured· presumably men and women who have just completed different ages. For the health of each would arouse the protectiveness of the d iscip'l ine· a m ixture their doctorates and are, therefore, should the grievance procedure choose to take tenured. A system of tenure makes· immediately up-to-0ate in their disciplines. be sought between recent recipients of the direct legal action or officially present his doctorate, scholars in mid-career, and case to the AAUP, the President in person protection from outside pre;;sures far These men and women bring r:iew ideas or through his surrogate may choose to seasoned senior members. easier both for the faculty member and for and approaches to the disciplines they Obviously, no plan should be so present the administration's case to the ad the administrator, who ordinarily will be represent. Likewise, the College must be inflexible that it does not make allowance hoc f acu lty review b oard. Its the one to represent the institution to the able to recruit men and women in for exceptions based on individual merit. recommendations are forwarded to the public. 3. A system of tenure helps to di s ciplines or areas not currently W i t h out f l e xibi l it y in staff ing President and communicated in writing to · create an atmosphere in which men and represented by the faculty. If the College arrangements, tn fact, not only the the secretart of the faculty, who women as scholars and teachers become has not this option, it will not be able to individual but also· the College_ will suffer._ distributes this statement to all members committed to the long-range well-being of respond to new curricular needs as these Exceptions to the Staffing Plan: Under of the faculty within one week after the College. Ideally, those on tenure arise. And finally, the College should be provide models of academic excellence able to recruit minority candidates for t he s t affing p la n proposed above, receiving it. �s e l e C t i O n O f a d h O C exceptionally able instructors may be sutitable for imitation by those not on positions eligible for tenure, not just for forced to leave the College because the F a c u l t y' R e v i e w ·B o a r d; tenure. rotating ones, fo r the longplan has shut them o_ut. The Committee, I) When the secretary of the facutly is S taffing Plan: Pre sent Tenure Pro c ed ure: A therefore, recommends that the chairman notified by the Dean that a request for term· health of t he C ollege_ the recommendation for tenure initiates with . Committee believes that the guidelines for with the support of the tenured members : faculty review board has been received, he the department chairman, who has first staffing should be adopted. It recommends of the department, shall write. the names of all resident consulted the other tenured members if that such a guideling be based on the and two tenured faculty members from tenured full-time faculty mambers upon departments in cognate fields may ask that note cards of equal size, omitting onlt the· d epartment and his Kirkland following considerations: l)Each department should, with the - an exception be granted; the chairman will members of the department in which the counterpart. The recommendations are consult with his counterpart at Kirkland aggrieved is serving, the members of the then forwarded to the Committee on exceptions noted, maintain a reasonable College. The Dean of the College and the Committee on Appointments and, where proportion between appointments eligible Appointments, which sits with the Committee on Appointments will then applicable, the name of any colleague who for tenure and rotating appointments. The President and the Dean to consider all make a particularly searching inquiry, may be a direct party in the dispute. pertinent information on the candidate. ratio between the two would be a function This includes material gleaned from of the size of the department as follows: which may include interviews with 2) In the presence of the Committee on (a) For departments of one member: students about the instructor's excellence Appointments, whose members shall interviews with colleagues, from student in teaching and opinions- gathered from verify that the above procedure has been evaluations, and from whatever other the position may be either tenured or outside experts as to the quality of the carried out, the secretary of the faculty rotating. relevant sources help to establish the instructor's scholarship. Only after such shall thoroughly mix the names in a box (b) For departments of two members: candidate's competence in those categories inquiry is made, will a recommendation be or other receptacle and draw at random outlined by the "Faculty Handbook" (pp. both may be eligible for tenure. The Committee recognizes that a chairman . forwarded to the President. If the hope is the names of seven tenured faculty 10-11)·. The Committee then �akes its that only the excellent will recieve tenure members. The fast five drawn shall cannot develop a long-term program unless recommendations to the President. The when there is an opening, the hope is that constitute the review board: the sixth, a D e an m a kes a s e p a r at e he can count on having a permanent only for the superior will an exception be _ first alternate; and the seventh, a second colleague. Moreover, unless such an recommendation. The final decision rests arrangement for tenure is made, a made. with the President. - alternate. m an y - potential inequity is created between Review Procedure: Anyone who has not Like Probl em: 3) The secretary of the faculty shall The J�<!!llilton fact=� a chairmen of two-man departments and c o ) 1 e _ g _ e s, received tenure and feels aggrieved should inform those chosen as well as the have a review procedure available for his aggrieved of the time and place of the problem caused by the cijsproportion those of larger departments, since it can be u s e. -T h e f o l lowing procedure is hearing. between those approaching tenure and difficult for a tenured professor in a those retiring. This disproportion arises as two-man department to receive a faculty 4) At its first meeting, the five-person· a direct result of fast the increase in the fellowship if the second position in the board shall elect a chairman. It shall be his numbers of students and hence of faculty, department is rotating. or her responsibility to communicate in and then the cessation of this increase. (In F o r departments of writing all recommendations of the Board. ( c) to the parties concerned. 5) All full-time tenured members of the faculty are obligated to serve on a review board, the duties of which shall take continued from page one the -imposition of'such quotas. The only p reced e n ce o ver others normall such quotas tend to divide faculty. A argument which has been advanced here is undertaken. It is specifically charged with quota places a disproportionate share of that the College now has about 60 per discovering whether errors in procedure• the burden of satisfying the desired tenure cent of its faculty· on tenure, and that to exist and in considering whatever new ratio on the probationary faculty, and any allow the ratio to rise further might facts of substance may have come to light disp roportion in the burdens born by endanger the quality of instruction. But a since the last meeting of the Appontments different classes of faculty members tends tenure ratio will not necessarily improve Committee which considered the case. It to arouse resentment and division. At or maintain the quality at an institution; must report its findings to the President present, one of the greatest strengths of in fact, it may actually diminish that within ten days of its first meeting. Hamilton College is the sense of unity quality. Committee A remarks, Committee on Appointments A satisfactory - long-range plan may within its faculty. This is an asset which Stephen Bonta well imply that, along the way, the the College would be ill-advised to risk Austin Briggs (resigned) proportion of the faculty on tenure will losing. Rouben Cholakian In fact, the Chapter knows of no Donald Potter continued on page eleven Associate Professor Norman Bowie particularly forceful arguments in favor of

AAUP Resolution


November 8, 1974/THE SPECTATOR/11

Committee Supports,Others Criticize!enure Plan

of flexibility in a department was commmittee · was not proposing . present untenured faculty-:--who the crucual issue in the tenure ' quotas. ''The reason I do , is will suffer, Cholakian said. He said debate. He suggested as a solution because there are so ·many . some anguishing decisions will the institution of rotating provisions for exceptions to the have to be. made. positions, the raising of tenure guidelines." Asked if the committee had in standards, early ·retirement of Briggs said when asked if the mind any date of implementation some tenured men, �nd what he language-of the proposal were too of the plan, Briggs said, "It was in called "putting the screws on vague, "I do believe if one were to the minds of the committee that those who aren't working." define standards in a rigid fashion·, it could be made use of this year:" A junior faculty member it would make it harder, not easier Briggs added however that it was proposed that tenure standards (to make tenure decisions); also the committee's desire to give should be raised as part of a Vagueness makes it possible to the faculty sufficient time to solution to the problem. He make exceptions to general discuss the proposal. that explicit .guidelines-the s u g ge s t e d more strictly Although the -Committee on requirements for publication be defined, the more likely guidelines Appoi ntments: report has set, as well as more precise tum into quotas." undergone several metamorphoses teaching standards. Potter said Cholakian pointed out that the since last year, the proposal was in the committee did not have any proposal is meant to be "explicit, its basic form last year when specific sort. of appointment in but not ·rigid." He said, "Some Acting Dean Lindley chaired the mind when proposing the rotating terms are willfully vague. Nobody committee. Cholakian said, "It appointments. They could be for wants to render it a ·scientific seems to· me-and this is not the variable lengths of time, he said. e xp e r i m e nt." The French Gospel-that' he (Lindley] took Experience , professor, at Hamilton since.1963, elaborate notes with his colleagues said t h a t said that there are two crucial (Oglivy and · Potter] on the LindIey filling rotating issues in the proposal: one is committee,, and he put the words sometimes-in positions-scholars with teaching ,procedural; the other, contextual. on paper. 1 We (Banta and Cholakian] were there after the Whose Prerogative experience will be sought, but ·that it is not always necessary and The procedural question fact.'' depends on the subject. Th� centers around whose prerogative acting dean said that when the instituting and mandating tenure person accepts such a position he policy is-the administration's or or she would know that there it is the faculty's. The second question concerns the validity of the not a permanent one. At present, the college has criteria set forth in the proposal. faculty expects Cholakian in some positions rotating reaction, and said 1 "I would be departments. ''The problem, as President annoyed if they did not react." Carovano sees it, is how to staff He said that if he were not continued from page ten first increase and ,then, as the cheaply," a non-t€nured professor tenured, ''My emotional reaction force of the plan takes effect, contended. He said that the plan would be the same [as that decrease. Just as the ,end of a t tempts to g i ve . t he e xp r e s s ed by non-tenured growth in the size of the administration the luxury of high faculty] , but I tnink a proposal turnover which keeps the number which takes into account age faculty leads to a gradual increase in the ratio of those of tenured faculty down in an age distribution · by department is when high turnover will be healthy.'' tenured, so the gradual aging of Junior faculty have already increasingly rare." the present faculty will Despite the controversy complained that the Committee ultimately lead to a tendency surrounding the proposal, one of ought to have consulted its for the ratio to decline. its a u t h o r s - P r o f e s s o r colleagues during the formulation The Ch apter believes that if the Cholakian-said that it is not process. Administration reco_gnizes that Simon said, "I think they have any "bulge" in the tenure ratio is nearly as dramatic or innovative as it appears to be . He said that the misread faculty sentiment. I was temporary, it will not try to basic structure of the proposal h�s disappointed at the lack of open re,think t by means of so radical a always been implicit. communication with all segments policy as a quota on t�nure. ''If there has been innovation, Qf the faculty at earlier stages in The Chapter would like · to it's the new criteria of selection in the formulation.'' assure you of its willingness to terms of age," Cholakian said. Bowie said, ''They [ the participate in a continuing P rofessor of English Austin . members of the Committee] discussi�n aimed at formulating Briggs, a member of the should have gotten more input a personnel policies which will Committee who resigned because long, long time ago." support the goals of excellence in of duties as acting chairman of the It is those now "in instruction and of equity and English Department, said that the limbo''-that is the college's security for the faculty.

opponents of the proposal might continued from page one Acting Dean Lindley, who argue that it forces the college to on sacrifice superior faculty for beaded the Committee Appointments last year, said that excellent ones because of the he supports the proposal and is departments in which the teachers ''hopeful that the majority of the are appointed. Of the distinction, Cholakian faculty will accept it." He went on to say, however, ''It is a said, "It is a double standard only document about institutional to the extent that a chairman well-being-the long range health doesn't want to fight for him [the of the College. It is necessary that superior candidate for tenure]." Faculty Reaction we have a policy that is clear, One non-tenured professor understood by all, and explicit." Simon Critical said, ''The premises of the plan of are simply false. A worst possible Professor Asso ci ate Philosophy Robert L. Simon, who case analysis in tenns of heads the Hamilton chapter of the percentage of faculty on tenure is AAUP, is critical of the proposal. ahi_storical. Furthermore, they've Making clear that he was speaking chosen one year-1980-which is for himself and n�t as president of the worst possible year. The the chapter, Simon said, projections should be for a ten or year period when the "Justification for the statement is 15 inadequate and the quotas or percentage on tenure would go down sharply. As for quotas by guidelines are ill-conceived. "l believe that implementation department, it is an absurdity, of the proposal would make-- it • especially at a small college.'' Another junior faculty member rational for young faculty to be thinking of their next job the said that untenured faculty were moment they get here and would self-conscious about participating their I in the debate over the proposal discourage therefore involvement in the college," because "anything a junior faculty member says is' interpretable as Simon said. , The senior member and &e If-serving.'' Associat e Professor of chairman of the Committee on Executive and Appointments, Donald Potter, Phi l o s ophy of the American said about the report, ''This is an Secretary extremely important document to Philosophical Association Norman individual faculty members, to Bowie expressed a negative departments and to the college. reaction to the plan. "You have a We have not discussed this with very, very angry faculty, not just the faculty and I am reluctant untenured," he said. ''I guess 95 to make many specific statements per cent of the faculty are opposed." at this time." Questions have been raised Rotating Positions regarding the report's distinction Simon was also critical of a between "excellent'' candidates worst possible case analysis on for tenure and "superior" which he claims the report is candidates for tenure. Potter, bas-ed. He refutes the analysis on explaining the terms said, "The four counts: under any reasonable connota tion is that the perS6n merit system, not everyone will who is superior is an exceptionally receive tenure; there have been a gifted faculty member.'' The ,n u m b e r of u n e xp e c ted proposal asks that only superior retirements; younger people have faculty be tenured in cases where left thus leaving tenure spots open such a move would violate the longer; and finally, there are a guidelines· . and . that ex,cellent. �her, of faculty who have-or faculty be tenured iri other who are on the verge of d e v e l o p in g...: situations. o u t s t an d i n g Professor Rouben Chol�kian of professi<;>nal reputati9ns, and it is the committee notes that the too hopeful to think they will all superior-excellent distinction stay here. Bowie said that the possibility might be a "loophole" and that

AAUP Criticizes Quotas

RAPE DEFENSE Many precautionary measures students can take are just common sense. One of the ones most stressed by Linda Patrick, assistant dean of student affairs, is that of closing blinds at night and when undressing. ) "We need to be aware," she said, ''if we don't pull our blinds down, what does that mean? It could mean leading someone on." As an example, ·she said a security guard had had to ask someone in a car behind Minor Dorm to leave because he had stopped there and was looking into, the dorms. She said this kind of practice was • · fairly frequent. Committee H e a lth The some r e commended other common sense measures. Lock • your room doors at night. Take the keys out of your door when you're in your room. Don't leave them in an obvious hiding place where people could find them. Keep the shades down in your suites at night. Keep the windows closed and the screens over the windows, especially if you're on the first · floor. Leave the lights on in the kitchens, halls, bathrooms, laundry rooms. Below are some assault prevention measures compiled from "Our Bodies Ourselves." Be alert at all times. If you're

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If attacked, try· to keep him afraid someone might be following you the · safest back and avoid as much response is to head for a fighting as possible. It's best for a woman to rely lighted are<!. where people might be.­ If you're caught by surprise on kicking, her kick is longer and don't think you can run than his reach and her legs are away, look for something to the strongest part of her body. hit him with. Use it quickly so The best way to kick is to bend he doesn't have time to tum your knee and snap out fr9m you. the knee. If you're grabbed 'from the To make a fist that will give front, give a fast and hard kick you the most power, keep a to his groin. Use your arms to straight wrist; your thumb hit at his ' head, and other outside yow: fingers and aim vulnerable regions. with your knuckles. If you're grabbed from behind, If he has a weapon, don't fight. move your hips so you can unless it is absolutely drive your elbow into his solar necessary. If you should be raped plexus. Whatever you do, do it quickly ''Against Rape" recommends and with all your strength. these procecures. Stay calm. Often this. will give you extra strength.. Yell loudly, it will Talk sanely, quietly, to remind him that you are a human · probably scare your attacker being. and give you a psychological boost. If he asks you a question that RUN! FAST! you can't answer without Worry Later exciting him say something else This advice is from "Against such as calmly, . fa�tually stating, "You're . hurting ·my Rape" by Medea and Thompson. arms.'' When walking alone at night, Memorize the details of his keep ·your hands out of your · face and cJothing, and describe pockets. him to yourself. Keep an avenue of escape in something about mind. Thi n k concrete and routine, such as Concentrate on being calm and what you should do later. rational. Don't show any pain or Follow your own intuition if weakness if you can avoid it, you think someone may be for it will only make him more following you. Worry about being foolish later. violent.

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.· Sports· I

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Intramural Injuries Cari Be �rious Right' Gatne Played · Wrong Way_

considering the large number of By ROBERT McCORMICK For those who play intramural students who participate in the intramural football (1200 man Hamilton, football at possibility exists that they will hours), the number of injuries is incur serious--pehraps even fatal-­ proportionate to the number injury according to Associate suffered-by varsity performers. A rule instituted this year Medical Director Dr. William Klingensmith and Intramural permits blocking only between Coordinator Frederick MacDonald. the shoulders and the waist. This has cut down on ankle and knee damage most but During the season just completed, mJuries two shoulder separations� a continues to be caused by illegal damaged kidney and two broken use of the hands. Gloves are being hands were sustained in the course considered as a possible solution to this problem. of play. Cheap shots are also a At a luncheon meeting last week concerning the subject, Dr·� problem--especially when there is Klingensmith warned, "serious a lot at stake. "The intramural valued," highly is injury will continue if something trophy is not done about the situation." MacDonald siad."We're lucky that In addition, five cuts required we've never had to decide it on sutures and numerous sprains the basis of a football game. If so, were treated at the Health we'd have a war on our hands." Another factor in injuries is a '75, Aubry C e n ter. Rick director of the intramural football lack of common sense. Long program, blamed the injuries on fingernails and eyeglass frames can the poor condition of the playing be dangerous. And some students fields and the aggravation of don't belong on the field at all, previous injuries. "Aggressiveness according- to MacDonald. Unfit Player is responsible for only a few o( the injuries,"Aubry said. "One fellow who is playing has Dr. Klingensmith contended had two concussions. One more' that the "terrific force" required good shot to the head and he's in to inflict such injuries belies serious trouble," MacDonald Aubry 's statement. "I believe it's stated. Dr. Klingensmith advises the right game being played in the such individuals not to play, wrong way," he stated. although he can do little more. feels that mJuries Aubry Fields Unsuitable Coach MacDonald agreed that frighten school officials and the more than the - the fields are unsuitable for play d o c to r s 'but that economic circumstances participants, and the fact that 12 prohibit the playing of the games or so teams are formed each year elsewhere. He pointed out that seems to.back hi� up.

. Nobody Ask«/ . Me But... '

Political Games

FEINGOLD AND SHOEN "Yes. The I+esident has phoned me a play." G. Allen Jan, 1973 Indoor sports have been in the spotlight for a month now, and on _ arty given day a person scanning the sports pages of The Times can find the results from the NHL, WHA, NBA, ABA, NFL, WFL, and British Football. Where will it all end? One thing is certain: Once· the American sports fan's IQ is raised to the level of moron, organized sports might reach decent and acceptable levels. But it isn't only the fault of the fans and promoters. If the press secretary to the President of the United States of America, when asked about what the President's reaction was to the election results, caQ..s�y that it.,wasn't as bad as Michigan losing to Ohio·State - then ' we're in for it. Richard Nixon was fond of using sports terms in his high-level vocabulary whenever possible. Rem�mber the November, 1969 March on Wash ington, when the President wouldn't come out to meet the demonstrators? He had a much better time in his white house, drinking beer, watching football, and figuring out how to bug Democratic headquarters.

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Politics and sports can't mix. Look at the Olympics. This is the greatest example of the political exploitation of the athlete. It's hard to compete in an event when you're carry ing a flag (George Foreman excluded). The athletes and their coaches realize that they are running for their countries, not for themselves, every fourth summer and winter. The horribly high degree of nationalism that is born from these realizations makes the ' Olympic Village look like a temporary meeting place for the U.N. General Assembly. And any guerilla worh his salt can take a rifle and pick off most of his enemy country's best athletes. But the competition between countries isn't limited to every fourth- year. Nations are constantly fighting with each other over which one should host the Olympics, five and even ten years from now. Moscow recently spent an obscene amount of money on.their display for their bid to the Olympics. (And what about the money they use to pay their amateurs?). The Olympics isn't a display of athlete's abilities anymore, it isn't a showcase of pure competition between men and women - it has turned into one of the worst examples of competition between the big powers of the world. But this competition isn't really limited to the big powe-rs. When a German diver is diving in Germany, an English competitor would have to do a triple reverse with a fancy nip and tuck to score as much as the German does with a German judge there.

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In this age of inflated depressio�, governments should have more on their minds than raising money for and becoming involved in sports. If India wants to protest South Africa's policy of apartheid, they don't have .to do it by letting them win the Davis Cup. Sports is a world that should satisfy the children in all of us. But when it becomes a tool of policy, it loses its purpose. N9 athlete wants to govern a country, so no politician should play games.

"There's no way you can alter the rules without destroying the essence of the game," Aubry stated. "A lot of guys would be disappointed if the rules were changed. Most of them don't feel intimidated out there. They don't want the game to degenerate into a backyard touch football game."' Two Leagues Proposed One possible solution set forth by MacDonald is the creation of two leagues-one composed of experienced players and the other of novices. This would go a long way toward eliminating the inequality of ability, But the intense competition between the .fraternities would continue. MacDonald admits that the injuries would likely be fewer, but more severe. The intramural hockey season begins next week, and this controversy will be forgotten. But it will flare up again come next fall. "It's a universal problem," MacDonald conceeded. ''When we had a wa.ter polo match with Colgate, one of their stars was sidelined with an intramural football injury. I wouldn't let one of my swimmers near a football.''

Speculation Over ECAC Soccer Bid only playoff bids. Union seems a sure been has T h ere the bet ·for either the first or second concem�g speculation nomination of the Hamilton soccer bid; Hamilton lost· to Union 1-0. team for an ECAC playoff bid But rumors have travelled to the on the Hill this past week. Gene Hill. concerning some of the state Long, Hamilton athletic director, schools that usually spend their spoke with his counterpart at the post-season NCAA at the University of Rochester and tournament. It seems inflation has learned that the Continentals are cut several of the state schools being "seriously considered'-' for athletic budgets, and some of one of the four bids. these teams may change their Coach Manfred Von Schiller plans and change course for the claims that his team is "in the ECAC's. This could impair heart of it." But Von Schiller Hamilton's chances. made it clear that no one really real any mostly, But kn9_ws anything reliable about the knowledge is non-existent about

the playoffs. The team, although, is excited about the possibilities. Dave Church '76 said, ''The selection is all politics, so therefore we're confused but definitel9 hopeful.'' The politics are always uncertain, but the hope is definitely there. No one will know till this Monday; that is when the ECAC committee reaches its decision. Coach Von Schiller said, "This is the first time anything like this has ever happened around here." Hopefully, whatever the ultimate decision, it won't be the last happening.

Football's Future. Prospects Reviewed the following Saturday. Chances By C. JAMES CARR There's been a break in the are the Continental losing streak action at Steuben Field so let's sit will be 21 two weeks hence, and back and reconnoiter a bit. Coach the next question has got to be Bob King is not having the kind of "what of future prospects." What are the future prospects year that helps coach's ulcers, and there does not appear to be much for Hamilton College football? relief looming in the near future. Every year one hears the same thing The Continentals have now' about these big, huge all-state extended their ·losing streak to 19 football players who are going to games, a streak spanning three turn Hamilton 'College into a seasons and two coaches. The veritable football power. Some of current count on the '74 season is them are injured early, others 0-6 with two games remaining on leave school, and some just decide the schedule - Fordham this football isn't worth it anymore. weekend in the Bronx and then But whatever the reasons, th,ey the traditional contest with Union haven't been there to turn

football Hamilton's fortunes around. As a member of the newly-formed New England Small College Athletic Conference, and subject to the same recruiting restrictions as Middlebury, Union, and others, Bates Trinity, Hamilton will be drawing upon the same quality athlete as the aforementioned schools. Does this mean that Hamilton is going to blossom overnight into a Lambert Trophy contender? No! What it does mean is that Hamilton College should be able to field a representative football team in the seasons to come.

Lack of Ice Problem in Sage Rink By BARRY KREISWIRTH With the opening of the hockey season last Monday, N o vem be r 4, , Coach Greg Batt and his anxious iceman found themse1 ves on dry ground. The lack. of ice in the Sage Rink can be attributed to the wonders of modern science and the Mueller inco m p e t an ce of Company. The problem began with the installation of the new automatic, freon cooled ice compressors, which are replacing an outdated and dangerous ammonia cooled, The semi-automatic system.

trouble in the new unit according to the Hamilton College physical plant staff - lies in the shipping dealy of two strainer valves in the brine ·compartement. The companies incompetancy caused an emergency trip to North Carolina to pick-up the valves and therefore, the ice making was seriously delayed.. The valves are now in, however, the problem is not over yet, now the pressure ·in the freon system shuts off too early. The trouble is .now in the hands of the Rheem Company representative _who is in search of the problem, and .unfortunately the ice cannot

go down until he gives the word. If all the bugs are cleared-up by the time of printing, the Continentals could be on the Sage Rink ice by Wednesday. The lack of ice obviously poses a problem for Coach Batt and the Hamilton hockey team; however, the Continentals have not been totally stymied due to the gratuitous efforts of alumnus, Mr. Earl Stanley, and Mr. Grapplinger of the Clinton Arena. Through their work, the Continentals have been able to squeeze in some valuable ice time, allowing Coach Batt a good glimpse of his '74-'75 contingent.


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THE SPECTATOR VOLUMEV

NUMBER 11.

HAMILTON AND KIRKLAND COLLEGES. CLINTON, NEW YORK .

NOVEMBER 15. 1974

Appointments Panel Looks At Kirkland Tenure Criteria

Laslie, faculty member's case as an entity Ade.le literature; of By DENISE N. BEDELL The Appointments Committee i.p.structor in philosophy; Peter · in itself, she said. T h e - commit tee report· at Kirk.land will be meeting this . Marcy, associate professor ·of· Muirhead, ·suggested that the faculty develop Robert year to consider the definition history; and application of criteria for associate professor of painting, its own code of professional faculty reappointment, as was drawing, and printmaking; and responsibility, stipulating visible assistant disciplinary sanctions, in order to Raybeck, hoc Douglas ad the by. suggested high level of a committee report on tenure professor of anthropology, all encourage performance among both tenured elected at-large. policy released last February. be and nontenured faculty members. will committee The The • faculty have expressed Last year the Appointments their desire that Kirkland retain a reviewing the ad hoc committee tenure system wit-hout imposing a report, re-evaluating criteria for Committee considered a form of a fixed maximum quota that would re-appointment, and discussing contract system as as alternative limit the percentage of tenured length of appointments·. The to the tenure system. The faculty members at any given committee will then- work as an committee rejected the proposal time. Each professor's case should· advisory board to Dean of because when faculty are coming Catherine up for review, there is a strong Affairs be considered for its own merit, Academic professional that d e t e r m i n i n g likelihood in hoc F r a ze r ad the to according considerations might be weakened the appointments. and report, committee in favor of purely political ones. Academic Freedom Appointment Committee Report, con tr actual addit i o n , Frazer stressed the need to In passed by the faculty on Feb. 18, be not may view-tenure as a device to protect arrangements upheld this stand. achi e v i n g. to The new members of the academic freedom, rather than a c o n d u ci ve are means of attaining job security. A innovation. Committee Appointment The committee also considered a without system C hairperson Morris, tenure Phyllis 'assistant professor of philosophy; restrictive quota would facilitate instituting tenure quotas. It was George Bahlke, associate professor the effective evaluation of each suggested that quotas would help Assistant Professor Phyllis Morris to maintain an even distribution of ranks, to control the budgetary problems resulting when too many faculty members receive In the Arts Divisi�n, Associate tenure, greater provide to This year Kirkland will have to make more tenure decisions that Professor Robert Muirhead and o�p�r�unities for women and· . it has in any single year since its Assistant Professor of Ceramics mmonty group members, and to Robert Palusky. opening seven years ago. permit greater flexibility and Over of t h e year at this time, despite only a si xt y information to According T he percentage of tenured possibilities for innovation. thousand one approximately rise in the number of slight gathered by The Spectator, eight faculty stands now at 17.5%. If No T nure Quotas faculty members - all but one of everyone up for tenure this year committee books that were ordered by students. the. However, Although the bookstore marks fall semester's -whom are men - will either be · were to get it, that figure would decided against tenure quotas on professors for courses did not come because no up textbooks by 20%- it makes granted or denied tenure; in tl\e almost double. the grounds that they do not spring. The college, however, did Tenured faculty at Kirkland gu arantee high quality, and could copies had been printed. The texts "essentially no profit" on them not confirm The Spectator's list. - now are: Prof_essor of Sociology . have a destructive effect on the were not reprinted because. it is due to labor and time costs. Mos.� David Gray,Professor of Creative morale of faculty members who more profitable for publishers to of the profit made by the - The candidates for tenure: David bookstore is from paper supplies, In the Social Sciences Division, W ri ti n g W i lli am R o s e nfeld, had accepted the job here with print popular books sairl. _the gifts, novelties and softwear. of :manager Cannamela, Chairman and Associate Professor · A s s o c i ate Professor of Film the understanding that a tenure in Bristol. However, the net profit of these Store of Psychology David Begelman, N a t ha n Boxer, Professor of slot would ht, available Also, College departments is only about _ 10% Assistant Professor of Sociology Literature Ursula Colby, Associate Kirkland's. small size makes it Cannamela expects the same Cannamela said. Walter Broughton; and Assistant Professor of History Peter Marcy, · impossible for tenure slots within situation in ordering books for the The deadline for professors to spring_- term. Professor of Psychology Sandy Associate Professor of Literature a quota system to be distributed The cost of printing books has submit their lists of required G e o r g e Bahlke, A s s i s t a n t evenly among disciplines.DeMyer-Gapin. books for next semester is Nov. 1. In the Humanities Division, Professor of Literature William Only 17.5% of the Kirkland risen"easily 25%" in the past year, But, as of Nov. 14, only 10% of Assistant Professor of Literature Hoffa, Assistant Professor of faculty is tenured. However, in Cannamel said. How this inflation the Kirkland faculty and 40% of reflected is students to applied is Hein rich Stabenau, Associate P h i l osophy P h y l l i s Mor r is, future years, the number of in a 20-25% increase in the the H a m i 1 i t o n faculty had Professor of Philosophy Richard' Assist�t Professor of History tenured faculty will incrf:ase amount of money taken in by the submitted lists, according to Roelofs, and Instructor in History David Miller, and Professor of significantly, leaving fewer slots bookstore this semester than lasL Cannamela. Jerrald Townsend. for new faculty.· Botany Eugene Putala.

Decisions This Year

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Hamilton Dean Search

Gulick Rap s Tenure Pap er�

Clockwise from the top left: Professor Lawrence Y ourtee; Associate Professor Robert ~simon; Assistant Professor Richard P. Suttmeier; Associate Professor David Millar.

The candidate qualifie9 his , be codified. Explaining that the D a r t mo ut h Pr o f e s s o r o f Psyc hology and dean search - college should expect the normal position, however, saying that he candidate W. Lawrence Gulick · percentage of tenured faculty to would interpret such requirements vary between 50 and 66, he said broadly. He suggested as an c r i t i c i ze d t h e H a mi l t on Appointments Committee tenure that the college had to accept example that rather than wanting to require students to take a policy paper during a meeting i'nterm!ttent tenure bulges. Winter Study Tim� s p e c i f i c n umber of science with a fifteen-member student Speaking of ways to increase the courses, he would want to require p.anel Saturday in which he intellectual vitality of the college, that they gain a command of discussed various college issures. Gulick, who was on campus for Gulick suggested the institution of scientific method and inquiry. He a second round of interviews with a program of distingu ished vis.iting s a i d t hat s u _ ch requirements the Dean Search Committee and professors and a senior fellowship should be subject to ex'ceptions: Dec. 1 Deadline-· college faculty and administrators, program for especially capable H�ilton students. told the group of students that Although Gulick and Acting Gulick also said that he was Dean of. die College Dwight N. t_he departme n t al guidelines proposed in the policy statement committed to providing freshmen Lin�ley will have had second could force the college ''to forego w i t h t he op p o r t u n i t y t o round interviews by this weekend, a good man for all the ,wrong participate in small classes, and Chairman of the Dean . Sear�h questioned whether faculty time C ommittee Lawrence Yourtee·""'­ reasons." · s p e nt teaching winter study said that the committee had not Acting Dean of the College courses could be better used made a decision yet on whether Dwight N. Lindley will meet teaching freshman seminars. with the student panel, a any more --invitations would be T h e c an d i d a te s a i d that sent, for either the first round or faculty panel, the search although he understood that second round. committee and other college winter study was meant to allow administrators this weekend Yourtee said, however, that the st udents the opportunity to committee still hoped to meet its as the second dean search pursue a subject . in depth, he Dec. 1 deadline by which time · candidate to be invited for a doubted that anyone could t h e y p l a n s u b m i t their second round of interv_iews, The Dartmouth professor, who accomplish something seriously in rec ommendation to President chairs the undergraduate and three and a half weeks. Carovano. Yourtee refused to Distribution comment .on the number of -g r a d u a t e d e p a r t m e nts of Gulick, when asked if he candidate�, if more than one, they p_sychology, said that means for maintammg -a healthy tenure thought distribution requirements p Ian to recommend to the balance in department could not should be reinstated, said, "I do." president.


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Kirkland will consider eight .candidates for tenure this year, seven of who.µi are men, The Spectp.tor has learned. How the college deals with the group, which is distinguished both by its size and sexual composition, may presage the character of future t.enure decisions at the college. Kirkland's female faculty has reached 33 per cent and the administration has repeatedly expressed its desire to continue to attract women here. Tenuring a large number of men, such as that which will come up this year, could· puf a damper on the college's recruiting for many years. The . men, in light of the present job market, would be expected to remain in their tenured positions here for long · periods of time. Despite Kirkland's aims towards- fair sexual representation-• on the faculty, any indication of -sexual discrimination in tenure decisions would obviously cause harmful repurcussions. The college's predicament regarding the sexual composition of the tenure candidates is a· delicate one indeed. The eight faculty members are also the largest single grm�p to come up for tenure at one time at Kirkland. They can not all be tenured if the college is to retain flexibility in its faculty and if it is to be fiscally prudent. The college must appeal to a fair and clear set of criteria.for tenure, however, if a significant number of tenure denials is to be accept.ed by the faculty. But after the Phyllis Morris (�istant professor of philosophy) tenure controversy last spring, it became apparent that many Kirkland faculty members do not believe that th� standards used in tenure decision are clear. Unlike Hamilton, which has been tied to tenure standards which it may now find · too lenient, Kirkland has. the opportunity to set stringen_t standards for faculty excellence. If clear but demanding criteria are adopted, the college would fulfill its obligation to the faculty, which deserves to know as muc.h as possible its chances for tenure, while it would also fulfill its obligation to maintain the integrity of the institution. It is incumbent upon the Kirkland Appointments Committee to resolve its questions about tenure criteria before the spring, when the eight candidates will be considered.

Book Bargains

By today, Hamilton and Kirkland professo·rs should have submitted their lists of course books to the college store. Although the bookstore staff is expect.ed to act on ..the orders immediately, students have had no indication that they will see the lists until one or two days before the start of spring semester. Then, they · will crowd into the store and pay up to $100 for brand-new textbooks and paperbacks, many of which can be bought for less money elsewhere, or at least without the long waits. Students living in cities or near large universities, however, can buy many of their textbooks at stores which, unlike the college store, offer discounts and sell used books. These, despite slight wear, can save a student a considerable amount of money if bought instead of increasingly expensive new books. If college store manager David Cannamela or the department and division chairmen posted the book lists now, they would enable these students to cut · the cost of their course books while reducing the pre-semester bookstore lines.

Homo Ludens

By VINCENT DiCARLO People are starting to tell jokes again. Only last year one· could go for months at a time without hearing so much as the suggestion pf one. In fact, in the five years starting with 1968 the joke seemed about as dead as old Marley. During those years both amatuers and professionals tried to make us laugh, all right. They just turned to a topical of personal kind of humor having almost nothing in common with real jokes of the sort that provided laughs for the Bob Hope generation. For those who have difficulty distinguishing the real jokes from other sorts of humor: if it starts with "Did you hear the one about ...", it's the genuine article. This rebirth of the joke has greater significance than its immediate impact on lunch table conversation. Jokes, and the proper telling and appreciation thereof are highly conventional forms of behavior. They require for their content a complex of predictable responses. When all sorts of social behavior become unpredictable jokes are impossible. Likewise, the impossiblility of jokes.is a clue that the conventions have broken down and their resurgence is indicative of return of ritualistic social behavior. An example of such ritual will illustrate this point. Perhaps the most ardently pursued of all human activities is the mating game. In the_good old days, the conventions surrounding this activity allowed it to be classified into categories. The

Letters to the Editor

Hannful Helpful Hints

To the Editor: I a m e n c o urages by the constructive attempts to openly deal with the rape "situation" that has arisen on the Hill. The IFC escort service and the public awareness program can only help to mi�imize the likelihood of another ugly incident. But I do believe that some of the rape defense tactics that have appeared •in cartoon form on bulletin boards' and in The Spectator are foolhardy efforts to deal with· what may be a life or death situation. I'm confident that the average Kirkland woman is much tougher than a lot of rapists would ever suspect, but I doubt that any woman unschooled in the art of s tr e et fighting could benefit sufficiently from cartoons of

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superwoman pummeling a hapless To the Editor: So, Big Brother has finally made sex maniac. For starters, most sex criminals are not listless punks it to the library. A life-size poster who know nothing about handling of Mr. Pilkington on his knees an uncooperative victim. Only with a beseeching look on his face experience in the streets teaches w o u l d have been far more one to aggressively kick an effective. assailant in the groin or gouge at Beverly Klimkowsky, '75 h i s e ye s. 'P er h a ps physical resistance and screaming will scare off some ir apists, but it's the exception thit -concerns me. One To the Editor: mistake, one misdirected kick, Next week the Class of '7·8 will and our superwoman is not only be electing four members of that raped, but dead. class to the Student Senate. As As horrible as her experience one of the candidates, I urge all was, last week's rape victim is freshmen to vote, and to vote not alive today. I hate to think what for people who may be their might have happened if she had a cq uaintances, -but for those s een t hese · "s treet fighting candidates who have an interest superwoman" cartoons before she and eagerness to work in the was attacked. Senate. All of the candidates were w. s., '76 a s ked t o s ubmit pl atform statements to The Spectator; I );lave not done so. After nine weeks OQ. the Hill I feel my those things with which they take knowledge of the Senate and its issue and adopt a positive stance wirkings is at best scanty, and towards mediation and change. ther�fore have no frame of Maria Burnett, '75 reference within which I could Student Life develop a "platfo rm." I can only Melinda Foley, '77 offer the Class of '78 a desire to Steering Committee learn the workings of the Senate­ Maggi Landau, '75 and an eagerness to work within Assembly Chairperson it. Ana Sierra, '75 Howard Wallack, '78 Steering Committee

To the Editor: We w i s h t o support the p e r v a ding sentiment of Lisa 'Blank 's C o m m e n t to t he Spectator (11/8): don't accept s omet hing you d o n't like, especially if you have the power to change it. We, the students, have the opportunity and power to create, modify, and abolish policy at Kirkland, but all the bitching isn't worth anything unless we are willing to devote time, energy, and thought (womanpower!) to some concrete action. There are valid gripes and questions that people have which need to be dealt with and hassled NUMBER ELEVEN VOLUME FIVE over. Governance at Kirkland is· set up specifically to respond to Managing Editor-Henry Glick Editor-in-Chief-Mitchel Ostrer News Editor-Douglas Glucroft these changing needs and ideas Business Manager-Peter Sluys but we must be willing to initiate lj well thought out proposals, stand I] Copy Editor Assistant News Editors b e h ind our conv1ct1ons, and 1, Felice Freyer Susan Malkin openly support those with whom Liz Barrow Technical Manager Editorial Page Editor Mike Bulger we agree. ' Photography Editor Kenneth Gross M a n y po s 1 t 1 ve things are Arts Editor David Ashby happening at Kirkland and we do Jonathan Cramer Sports Photography ' · not wish to belittle the imp0rtant Assistant Arts Editor Chip Whiteley John Joelson Graphics contributions people (students', Kevin Burns Beverly Draudt faculty and administrators) ar� Melissa Stern Sports Editor making. We only wish that more Assistant Copy Editor John Navarre people would publicly confront : David Schutt

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"normal" progression involved "dating," "going steady," "engagement,". a.'ld marriage. Each stage was characterixed by certain levels of intimacy and each party had realistic expectations of the other based on the conventions or rules governing the categories. Further, it was possible to tell whether a particular person was interested in the respectable progression, just how JDUch involvement was being contemplated, and what sort of involvement it was. As social conventions broke down jokes lost their humor and actions lost their meanings so that a single woman being pursued could no longer teU whether her pursuer wanted a friend, a night (or more) in bed, or a wife until things had reached the point where disillusionment became potentially painful for both parties. This is obviously an inefficient way to enter into relationships. The frustration of not knowing what to expect of anyone in a given situation has undoubtedly taken its toll on many. Things are getting better, though. The joke is back and with it are coming a host of other rituals that allow people. to make reasonable judgements ab?ut the future behaviour of others. Perhaps the' l ac k of p r e o c c upation with "causes" has contributed to this renascence. After all ,. you can't learn the rules unless you are-- willing to pay attention. Speaking of attention, I heard a good one the other day about a lady who misunderstood her doctor.•.

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The Stud'ent Senate represents the most effective way in which the student body can make its feelings known; but unless students take an active ro le in the decision making process, the Senate cannot and will not function properly. That most students are neither involved in nor interested in the workings of the Senate has been demonstrated repeatedly in the past; · but the blame rests most heavily upon the Senators themselves. It is their responsibility to seek out student opm1on. Unfortunately, not all Senators are interested enough or willing enough to make this effort .. School policy must reflect the feelings of the student population, but regrettably it has not always done so. If elected, I will put strong emphasis on seeking out student feelings. Perhaps this may best be carried out by holding weekly o! monthly meetings between students and Senators, or perhaps this means gqing from door to door. But students must be made aware of the proposals and issues which affect student life. Althot1gh it is easier to vote solely on one's own opinion, I don't believe th11t this is, the purpose of the Senate. The Senate must represent 900 students·, not 16. I hope to be able to accomplish this. Guy Arcidiacono

MOMS AND DADS This weekend is Hamilto n's Parents Weekend, and on Saturday at· noon there will be a luncheon for freshmen and their parents in the Alumni Gymnasium. At 4 p.m., President Carovano will hold • a reception for students and parents in the Bristol Center.

THANKSGNING WITH FACUL1Y

The Hamilton Dorms will remain open during the Thanksgiving vacation. Any student staying on campus and interested in having Thanksgiving Din�er with a faculty family, please see Dean Bingham.

JITNEY DRNERS ANYONE?

As a safety measure, an attempt is being made to institute jitney service to and from Clinton from 9:00 P:m. to 1:00 a.m. seven days

a week. Any student interested in working as a jitney driver must have been driving three years with no moving violations in. the last eighteen months. The job will pay $2.00 an hour. All interested students should see Dean Bingham.

FREE SCHOOL

There will be an open meeting of the Free School Tuesday Nov. 19 at 8 p.m. in the Kirner-Johnson Red Pit. Ideas and suggestions, and criticisms are needed to plan next semester. The Free School will only be as good _as the community-makes it.

BRIDGE TOURNAMENT

The decline in population growth and obvious economic pressures are shrinking the number of high-quality candidates applying to colleges of high caliber like Hamilton. academic Hamilton's comparatively limited reputation and New York's fine public system of higher education hampers the search for qualified applicants. Financially burdened students who might otherwise apply to Hamilton opt for the less costly state system. The Student Senate could help check this applicants problem before this matter becomes critical. The Senate's Admissions Committee has the potential to be a primary force in attracting future admits, working closely with the admissions office in order to determine Hamilton's· finer and lesser points in the eyes of interested candidates. The Committee can also act to devise ways of establishing more direct, personal contact with potential and actual applicants.. The solution to I this ����1�ti'I>T3'?:7:ti"P¾�lrl&JJlll�MIE�D���,., problem demands plenty of work, but the task offers satisfaction. At a time when the effectiveness of government at all levels is suspect, student can help safeguard government Hamilton's reputation and insure the future. Christopher Cahill

There will be a bridge tournament held Nov. 20, at 7:00 p.m. in the second floor lounge of the Bristol Campus Center. The tournament will determine which two pairs of students will repre sent H amilton-Kirkland at the Intercollegiate Bridge Tournament in February at R�P .I. For information contact Bob Kaplan x7444.

YEARBOOK PICS

The 19 7 5 Hamilton/Kirkland Yearbook cordially invites you to submit your own informal black and white 5 x 7 senior picture. We must have the accompanying negative to assure uniform print quality. All senior pictures are due before Dec. l, 1974. This is your opportunity to decide the content of your yearbook. Candids taken · by the yearbook staff will be used in the absence of a personally submitted photo. Any questions or problems contact either John Adams 7541 or Carol Davis 4482. Send all photos and negatives to Hamilton campus mail yearbook box 81.

KARA TE AT KIRKLAND Ha milton student Bruce Cohen, purple-belt in karate, will give self-defense classes which are aimed to teach Kirkland students techniques in avoiding would-be attackers. They will meet as follows: Monday, Root and Keehn, 7-:00-8:00 p.m., Major 8:00-9:00 p.m.; Tuesday, Minor, 7:00-8:00 p.m., McIntosh, 8:00-9:00 p.m.; Wednesday, B Dorm, suites 10-26, 10:00-11:00 p.m., suites 27-39, 11:00 p.m.- midnight; Thursday, Milbank, suites 11-26, 7:00-8:00 p.m., suites 27-39, 8:00-9:00 p.m. The Health Committee invites Hamilton students as well as Kirkland students to the classes.

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It is difficult for first semester freshmen to identify Hill issues. Certainly Winter Study internships should be continued, and consideration should be given to the inclusion of such vocational crafts as auto mechanics which was offered for credit last year. I would also like to see the Chapel bell adjusted to strike the correct time every now and then. Marc Derewetzky I intend to concentrate less on schmaltzy rhetoric and more on logical action in dealing with Senate matters. I favor i,nternships as legitimate projects for the proposed "winter-semester," am in principle against distribution requirements, and, if elected, will call for continuing bilateral detente with Russia. Robert J. Dolan Gentlemen: We ·can not forget tradition, yet �e must move forward. We are a new class at Hamilton, and already we are aware (to some degree) of its strengths and its failing,. We know of Hamilton's tradition of excellence in academics, and we know of the problems facing Winter Study. We know of the accomodations at Bundy, and we know of the uncomforts of Dunham. The S e n at e must walk a fine line between the old and the new, and weigh alternatives and public opinion before making decisions on matters such as Winter Study or resolutions to go to a higher authority.

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social tax system. At present, we are involved in a cycle of student dissatisfaction with the entertainment followed by a decrease in the number of people buying the social tax leading to a further drop in the quality. A social cooperative needs to be established to include more people in the decision process. The · security force must be The most important responsibility we face is bringing the College into the • improved. Only two ,men patrol the mainstream of American academic life, campus each night which is obviously while maintaining its traditions. We an insufficient number in the light of should seek to equalize •Our grading re1ceqt events. Finally, there must be an increased with that of other institutions, and allow limited football recruifing. We student' awareness of t·he issues facing should establish definit� pre-law' and_ . the �chool couple� with <>penings to pre-med programs to guide students allow for increased· underclassmen through their course selections. Also,. participation. This can only happen we should combine the ,future housirg with. an open and responsive· Senate, needs of Hamilton and Kirkland by which I shall strive for if elected. I \ i constructing co-ed dorms. Fo.nal½<,we • Stan Singer should continue to. allow students to receive credit for Winter Study The Student Senate should do all it intern ships, can to keep important decisions, such William Helmer as the Winter Study problem, from being decided without its involvement. don't want you to vote for me If it proves that it can act responsibly because you think I may know more while expanding its role, the Senate prople than others, because you like or should adopt policies that are more dislike me, or because you think I aggressive. As it stands, too many might make a better Senator than decisions affecting students take place other people; but I do want you to without Senate participation. vote for me because I want very much Yet making decisions on its own is to be a Freshman Senator. I cannot not enough for an effective Senate. If guarantee that I would save internships, the members allow themselves to replace 'Dunham, or end inflation. I can remain detached from the students only promise that I will try to make they represent, the Senate will be some sort of contribution to the denying Hamilton of something -improvement of the quality of important, namely a sense of Hamilton college life. community. Participation 'beyond Scott G. Klein voting is essential and stude.nt involvement should not end once the The Senate, at this time, is a election is over. By encouraging relatively ineffective organization. It student participation the Senate will needs to regain its lost respect in the have a more realistic view of crucial eyes of the faculty, administration, and issues and its range of ideas will not be limited to the judgement of itsstudents. The Senate must develop the ability to meet the issues that are of "- members. None of this can happen, however, greater concern to the students, such as representation . A the fate of the winter study, the social without good senator should be sensitive to the tax, and th� security system. Winter'study shall be going through problems that confront the Senate and many changes in the coming year and be available to all interested students. Instead of reading about a major it should be the job of the Senate to decision in the Spectator four days keep students well informed as to later, the student shoul·d know what's when the issue will be up for going on before a vote. If these discussion.. The Senate must also make concerns are yours as well as mine, every effort to get the opinions of the consider my candidacy. students on these changes. Jeffrey Stoller There is a need to improve the I do not pledge new heating systems in Dunham or steaks at Commons .in place of applefritters and peanut butter and bacon sandwiches. I can only promise to do the best job I can do, to maintain a sense of the old and the new, and to listen to you. John C.T. Hayes '78

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not what happens on stage. He By JO-ANN MORT Music, like every other art, feels out the audience and plays cannot be separated from the what he senses they could get mainstream of life.· In 0th.er into. This audience, he said, words, no matter how much seemed to be · a "calm" crowd. talent a musician or musical group Was. it our calmness that earned us may have, the vibes which come the honor of watching him light off the stage are more than what a up cigarettes on stage and blues man does with twelve bars leisurely roll up his shirtsleeves? or how a rock interpreter He then proceeded to make performs a Hank Williams tune. e x c us e s band's the for Being on the road for eight performance. He explained that months is tough; even Holiday Inn the/ pianist's sound system broke would agree that institutional right before the show. That is soap is not the sustenance of life, definitely a legitimate problem but the musician's vocation is and it should be added that the privileged and should be treated piano player, Phil Aaberg, did a �with respect.· Who's kidding f i n e j ob u n der t hose whom? The travelling musician's circumstances. But all of Bishop's life just doesn't compare to that · other excuses don't hold up. of the travelling salesman! Bishop ended his little discussion Which brings me to my with a cute wink, announcing that interview with Elvin Bishop. It this concert "isn't the world, you was a last minute �rrangement, kno.w." This is precisely the point. It and that can account for some of the abruptness on the part of should be mentioned that people Bishop and some of the on the Hill do not respon�ell to awkwardness on the part of the the performers on stage, hut it should also be mentioned that the interviewer. performer didn't show up for a Blu�s and Country Music· � At nine o'clock, as Deadly sound check and seemed to have Nightshade b�gan singing about . come to the concert already Uncle John's -Band, I was invited decided that this show will not into Bishop's dressing room and make a dent in his precious career. asked to wait for him. He walked DEADLY NIGHTSHADE into the room, sherriff's badge A welcome contrast to this pinned to his vest, and sat down as if to say, "Well, come on, I frustrating incident was the of the Deadly haven't got all day." I proceeded performance to ask him about his change in Nightshade. T�e band;with Helen direction from electric blues to Hooke on lead guitar and fine electric country, as evidenced by electric fiddle, Anne Bowen on

rhythm guitar, and Pamela Brandt on electric bass, did a varied forty-five minute set. Their repertoire ranged from a popular rock 'n roll song from the fifties, . "Lollipop," to an original piece, "Dance, Mr.- Big, Dance," the 'secretaries' liberation song. "We opened up the set with. 'Uncle John's Band' because we remembered that they· liked it when we played here last time," said Pam, adding, "You can't do very much in 45 minutes so you Elvin Bishop want to do as much variety as you song ·'Dance, Mr. Big, Dance,'' at group.")_and their refusal to act as can and make sure that the West Point. "The cadets really back-up vocalists for Bishop, audience enjoys it.'' enjoyed it. They were thinking of Helen said, "We can't help it. But The band feels that audience . we still have a stigma about the their officers," said Helen. reaction to their performance is Commenting on Bishop's female back-up vocalists. That's important. They enjoy "physical introduction to "Hey Good not what we are. We're musicians. contact," having people dance and Lookin" (he said, "I'd like to If he had asked us to jam with feel a part of the music. Anne dedicate this to the previous him, we would have." commented that "You really don't know how people , are reacting to your song until you're all done, but if you can see people BAROQUE THEA1ER LECTURE dancing, you know they're having Mr. Barrett will lecture on "Representational Style in the a go�d t1!11e. " Baroque Theatre" in the Kirner-Johnson Auditorium on Wednesday, Musicians First Nov. 20, at 8:00. The women · are all feminists but do not like to be considered a BENEFIT CARD PARTY "feminist group." They are There will be a benefit card party in the Bristol Campus ·center musicians for music's sake, not to Friday, Nov. 2 2. The evening's activities will begin with dessert and cause. coffee at 7:30 p.m., card games will start at 8 p.m. (bring your own a advocate feminist However, Helen said, "You can't chips and cards) and soft drinks will be sold throughout the even�g. people's Many door prizes will be offered, and a $1.50 donation-per person is but raise help consciousness �hen_they �e three expected. The proceeds of the _event will be used to purchase a women on s�age domg th gs men braille typewriter, and to fund the ABC program and the Clinton n; Everyones got - Child Care Center. Make reservations NO LATER THAN Tuesday, do. usually someone or something they want Nov. 19. Call Anne Covert 853-6255 or Rachel Penny 853-5676. to be liberated from.'' The women, ARTIE TRAUM then spoke about performing the Old time ' folk musician Artie Traum will perform in the Coffeehouse this Friday, November 15, at 9:00. Admission is free for social tax holders, $1.00 for those without.

his new album, "Let It Flow," When asked if he still played blues, despite his . switch to country music, he said yes. Then I asked him if his new recording company, Capricorn, allowed him more freedom of expression. His answer to this question was equally verbose; he said, "Yes." Bishop did become a little more talkative when asked which country artists he preferred. As evidenced in his set, he thinks highly of Hank Williams. He also likes Jimmy Rodgers, considering him an important musical force. I asked Bishop what he thought of Bob Wils, called the father of Texas Swing by folk officiandos. Shaking his head vehemently, he said, "Not at all, not at all." He characterized Wills' music as the "surfing music of country," saying that he just couldn't take Wills seriously. Calm Crowd After the show, I was waiting to join Deadly Nightshade for a snack and · � interview, when Helen Hooke of the Deadly Nightshade Bishop came up to me and said, "Well, kiddo, are you gonna give us a good review?" Caught off-guard, I was too startled to appear starstruck, and replied,. "Well, to tell you the truth, I don't know." I didn't understand his facial expression and said, "Well, I'll tell you. I don't know much about music, but I could swear that I was watching a blues guitarist on stage. There was almost no country-influenced rock · in your performance. I thought you said you were moving toward c.ountry." Bishop proceeded to explain that what he does in the studio is Hamilton and Kirkland Colleges

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FILM On Campus This Weekend Devil by the Tail and Ghosts Before Breakfast, a short. Friday and Saturday at 8 pm. Sunday at 10 pm. only. Chemistry Auditorium. Admission $.75. The Lion in Winter starring Katherine Hepbl.(rn and Peter O'Toole. Friday and Saturday at 8 pm. Sunday at 10 pm. only. Kirner-Johnson Auditorium. Admission $.75. November 15 (Friday) Delta Phi presents Private Life of Henry VII 8:00. Juker afterwards. November 18 and 19 (Monday and Tuesday) Les Mains Sales. French with ,English subtitles. 8- pm. Science Auditorium Pat and Mike, with Katherine Hepburn and Spencer T racy. 10 pm. Kirner-Johnson Auditorium. Admission $.50 November 21 (Thursday} Dr. Strange/ave, and a Pink Panther short. 8 pm. Kirner-Johnson Auditorium. Admission $.75. , Luis Bunuel's The Exterminating Angel B pm. Science Auditorium. Admission $.75. At Nearby Theaters Cannonball (853-5553) Vanishing Wilderness (G) Cinema Theater (736-0081) The Longest Yard (R} Cinema National Uptotown (732-0665) Vanishing Wilderness (G} Paris (733-2730) The Odessa File (PG) 258 Cinema (732-54 61) Trial of Billy Jack (PG)

Anyone lucky enough to have to play jazz on. Bass and guitar music. We've played in front of all strayed from books last Thursday are t he o n l y n.ormal jazz different ethnic audiences,'' said night, into McEwen Coffeehouse instruments in the group and very Armstr ong, who has taught understands the implications of few black people play fiddle and himself seven languages. ''We do a the word exciting! Reunited after mandolin. What other group can number in Mandarin Chinese and thirty ye ars, Martin, Bogan, and say they have forty years of have even sung songs in Hebrew." Armstrong is an artist; he Armstrong ar e probably the only back ground_ or that they were early black string band performing b r ought out of broadcasting illustrated the covers of both of today. stations b e cause they were the group's albums. He is sticking with the gr oup, though, and not They displayed their unique black?" talents in a set ranging from Armstrong· continued: "Most concentrating on his art work: "Sweethe art of Sigma Chi" to musicians our age have gone into ''We've got- to stay together ''Hello Dolly." The band consists obli vion, retirement, or the because I know that the sun is on of Carl M arrin on mandolin, Ted graveyar d. Uuys like Tampa Red the horizon," said Armstrong. Bogan on electric guitar, Howard and Johnny ·Young, a mandolin Anyone who heard their concert Armstrong . on electric fiddle, and player� he just died a little while here knows that the sun has Howard's son, Tommy, on ·electric ago - even Big Bill Broonzy - but already begun to !ise. he played just blues and more bass. N ow M a r tin, Bogan, and They have been playing clubs blues. Armstrong are back from South and various places around Chicago ''We are a unique gr oup - we America spreading the culture of since 1970 an d h a ve just play universal music because we the United States among the completed a tour of the east have had to play all types of people of the United States. coast, playing clubs like The B ot to� Line, and c o llege campuses. Their date on the Hill was the end part of the tour. State Department Tour Earlier this year, they were EXHIBITION sent to South Armerica as part of a St<Jte Department Tour. ''In Currently on Campus South America we played for Photography by Hamilton-Kirkland Students ,at the Afro-Latin eve r y c ult u r a l le vel," says Cultural Center Through December?. Armstrong. "In Guatemala we Seuss-Deakin-DeBruin..Paintings and Wall Sculptures. At the played in · military academies, Bristol Center through December 20convents, schools, and hospitals. California Climate:Contemporary California Artists At the Root We played for the President of Art Center through December 20. Nicaragua and his wife· - she asked Carl to play some real black blues.'-'. The tour was set up tospread goodwill ana exchange the culture of the people of the United States.and South America. Martin, Bogan and Armstrong The musicians on the tour had RELIGIOUS SERVICE -as close contact with the peasants November16 (Saturday) as with the military people. Newman Mass. Father Paul Drobin. 5:30-pm; Chapel A r mst rong recalled incidents By JONATHAN CRAMER knock was answered by Burden's .November 17 (Sunday) where ·little children would come . As expected, Chris Burden wife, BBarbara. "<;:hris is in here,'' up to the. band and ask them for Newman Mass. Father Crobin. 9:30 am. Chapel. some food from their plates. created a commotion Saturday he said, sh_owing me a darkened Free Church of Clinton. Joel Tibbetts, College Chaplain. 11:15 Armstrong spoke about the many night at the Root Art Center, b11t room. am. Chapel After stumbling through to the differences he found in the has failed to do what was expected November 18 (Monday} culture; "Brazil and Columbia had of him. Rather, the hundreds of other side, I noticed two small Newman Mass. Father Drobin . 12 Noon. Chapel. (Also Tuesday, slavery systems but they have people milling around waiting for charcoal fires in the �ack corner. Thursday, Friday) .. never been ashamed of their something to happen . became a Bur_<len was seated on a chair between them, warming his hands. Christian Fellowship Meeting. 8 pm. Milbank 36 (entrance 5). cultur e." Bo th Martin and · part of his exhibit. He was neith.er naked, nor People were jammed into the Ar_mstrong were impressed with November 20 (Wednesday) the beauty and care with which rooms of the center waiting for dressed in a dinner jacket and Bible Study. 9 pm.Alumni House. every building was constructed. him to gjve credence to the myths white ·tie, as was suggested by November 21 (Thursday) A r m. s t r O n g of masochism which surround some rumors, but in a tee shirt Christian Science College Organization. 4: 15-5: 15 pm. Bristol commented,"''Theydon't have the him. As time passed, and Burden and jeans. As I was about to leave, Campus Center Backus Roomm. riches but they know how to did not appear, some began to . still skeptical about. his ''art,'' I LECTURE AND DISCUSSION make the most of little things." show anticipation, nervousness, heard his low voice in the shadows November 17 (Sunday) M artin agreed, ''When they build and anger. Those who were a little inviting me to have a seat� "These people out there want a things you know they're gonna overeager began to invent stories Self Defense Lecture and Demonstration by Carol Bessey, , - which rapidly infected the other thrill show," he said. ''If I present last a million years., 4 pm. Kirner-Johnson Red Pit. now, I'd only be The band's fascination with people in the building. Rumors myself November 19 (Tuesday) entertaining them." He wanted to about th. e place and nature of his beauty and things which are built Free S_chool open meeting. 8 pm. Kirner-Johnson Red Pit. Poetry to last is reflected in their music. appearance were as numerous as isolate people in a one-to-one Reading: Robert Bly, winner of the 1968 Natio.nal Book Award situation and talk with them The group feels that their rapport the spectators. for Poetry. 8:30 pm. Chapel Reception to follow. I had been roaming from room al!._out their feelings and reactions. is the most important thing. November 20 (Wednesday) room, wondering like Our relaxed fireside conversation, "Nowhere in the world will you to Lecture: Dexter Morrill, Chairman of the Colgate Music find an.other group like this - we everybody else. I finally asked contrasted by the creaking of the Department.Composing with Computer 8 pm. Science are the last of the old string . Mike Shapiro,'the organizer of the floorboards and the exclamations Auditorium. show, if he could give me an idea of the crowd, deepehed my bands," reiterated Armstrong. lllutrated Lecture: Professor Edwin Barrett. Baroque Staging. 8 ''Nowhere will you find a black of what was going on. He led me understanding of Chris Burden pm. Kirner-Johnson Auditorium. �ro�sing this instrumentation to a back room in the cellar. His and his art. He was hoping that the people November 21 (Thursday) Lecture spon·sored by Hamilton/Kir-kland who were serious about wanting Faculty journal Club, Nadine George, speaker. 8 pm. to see him would find the way be Kirner-Johnson Red pit. asking Mike Shapiro, who had MUSIC AND DANCE announced this intent to the crowd. The idea backfired when November 15 (Friday} ····........._.....-..········-·-·-·-·-··•,...J A CHARTER NEW YORK BANK ipany more poeple than expected SAC Coffeehouse Presents Artie Traum. 9 pm. McEwen MAIN OFFICE, CLINTON, NEW YORK 13323 showed up. The article in last Coffeehouse. Free with Socia' Tax. $1.00 without. SENECA PLAZA OFFICE (RT. 5), NEW HARTFORD,-NEW YORK week's Spectator was partly to November 16 (Saturday) BANKING HOURS blame, though I have faith in the Wine..and Cheese. McEwen Dining Hall. 9 pm.-Midnight. Thursday and Friday . rumor mill on this campus. Monday through Wednesday November 17(Sunday) 9:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. 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By JACK CURRAN "Dem Bones.'' The women were the country fiddle group was the since no individual is really worth boredom. I was told though the mentioning. The pianist is really Elvin Bishop played an encore, The Elvin Bishop Group and good dynamic performers, but best of any style they played. The Deadly Nightshade were far The Elvin Bishop Group was the only one who almost got which seems very absurd and also the y p l a yod an in credible from electrifying Saturday night. mish-mosh of styles. not at all refreshing. Introduced as going and at times he brought an seems to indicate the audience's T h e con cert followed, the Although this mixture of "another ·blues band from Macon, excitement and drive to the band severe lack of musical taste, appreciation and sophistication. typical Hamilton-Kirkland Coliege styles cramped their act, The Georgia," -they couldn't quite which was otherwise acutely formula for the · :r;najority iof Deadly Nightshade was a good seem to cut the typical Allman lacking. Too bad we couldn't have People up here should learn to concerts I have,seen ·her,e ove,r the opening war_m-up band for Elvin Brothers success story and style. heard more of him. He played open their ears and realize that years:. l)i,r_e tw?_ fair-to-:r;ne<liocrr· Bishop. They were refreshing; and The band played loud, white blues almost exactly ra s t h e Allman "loud" is not the same as "good." I suggest that for the next bands who play loudly and_ . can with · repetitively boring leads Brothers Band's Chuck Leavall. I must also admit that for the . ronrert the SAC hire someone who make.' m,usjc-sljarved p�c;>ple sto:rµp (lea�s is the wrong word to use and chee� and CfY ,fcir ;:rµ<;>re. '. ;- - , here since it implies imagination first time. in my career as a , will pick his nose in front of a r evi e w e r · I s h i r k e d m y microphone backed up b y many Th,e .Oe<1;dly N�&ht�l;ia1� Qp�nep1 and talent.). with two Grateful Dead_ . tul\e:, ,_: . I didn't bother to find out the responsibility and left the concert amplifiers. Watch how the crowd will cheer! "Un cle .John,'s:;:B.and" ')31�.-d · n�e-s �f any one in the band half an hour earl -llliliiliiiiiiiiill_____.. ''Tn,1c;kin'," playe� a p�udo-?0\ NOOKIE'S DELI song 9f their ·�wn, '.'� May Be; . , Get Christmas and Winter' Study The Tailor Shop 226 Liberty St. Winning at Card�, But I'm a . , Reservations -NOW!! Lo-o-osing at ,Lo':e/' �-few Aret11a 1 '. · ,:;, Make your r;eiservati�ns and Franklin tunes, a toke�_ anti-mcpf� iginal Serving the Hamilton­ pick up your tickets in chauvanist-pig-song, �'Dance, Mr. osher!!! Kirkland <:ommunity Clinton at no extra charge! Big," some fiddle music, and omed Beef, Pastrami, with pride and good : for closed with an original rendition Train and Air Tickets service. Roast Beef, Chopped Liver,Etc LEE of that good old time favorite, 853-6128 Salads and Soups Made Daily

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Assembly,' Held Inefficient,to Undergo Review By WENDI PASHMAN well and some are less effective,'' committees. There is often a breakdown in communications said Landau. and MIYE SCHAK.NE Echoing Landau, a freshman between the committees and the d isagreements De s p i t e Assembly members might have donn representative said that the assembly.". "One has to plead his case too basically s e e ms about specific issues, most of the s t ructur e representatives agree that the satisfactory, but the power is so many times before a piece of �mbly is not as effective as it 'diversified tpat the major issues legislation can be passed, said are often lost by the time they Nancy Held of the Residence could be. general Another a pp rop r i a t e Committee. the Henry Stabenau, chairman of r e a c h student complaint- is that there is the Steering Committee said in sub-committees. associate too much unnecessary disscussion Ma r c y, P et e r early September that there would be a review of the Kirkland professor of history, who was and not enough .action in the governance structure, but since acting dean of academic affairs meetings. ''I think that the Assembly is a of lack cites spring, last then, little has been reviewed. the locus of power:• said David w it hi n Kirkland administrators and or g a n i z a t i o n Assembly members, however, are committees as a problem resulting Locke, assistant professor of Steering still looking forward to a change in the transfer of· committee history and a former An Chairman. Commit tee. in the governing body's structure. workload into the Assembly. of the Assembly's He also said that lack of example "The governance review has to look over everything since the committee organization is the strength, he said, was the Assembly touches every phase of cause of overlap in committee legislation of the end of the core course program five years ago. life at Kirkland," said Ana Sierra, functions. "Vote of Confidence" Landau said that the fact that a Steering Committee member. Clarify Objectives Frazer believes that committee the Assembly did not have powctof efficiency could be increased if ., over hiring and firing should not objective The main governance review, according to the Assembly would put a ''vote be a subject of concern. "It's not Henry Stabenau. 3.ll assistant of confidence" in the committees' necessary that we have this power professor of literature, should be work. She said that she thinks the when we're not using the power the we have to the fullest extent," she redoes often ''o n e of clarifying. Assembly misconceptions." committees' work, unnecessarily. said. Catherine Frazer, dean of Faculty/Student Imbalance Similarly Babbitt said, "We are The present imbalance between academic affairs, said that .the wasteful of ourselves in the review should direct itself to estab1ishing a "more efficient kind of government with less energy expenditure.'' continued from page eight practice early to go to the "Exhaustion and frustration another opponent for the Blue. infirmary for medication. are the visible symptoms of the . St. Lawrence, 8-1-3 for the Assembly's problems," she said. Walter Stugis, the starting center fullback_ for the team, was lost for season, lost its only game of tht> 'We buy an open organization at the price of efficiency...We have the season when he broke his foot year to Hamilton, but in their against Hobart. Dave Church cut match .with Cortland (6-2-5) to determine whether there is a his knee open that same weekend Cortland is favored. All four fair return of the investment of and has just recently recovered teams have been labeled as one of time and energy in the enough to put on his spikes and the best teams each school has Assembly." return to workouts. Church is ever fostered, and the play should Determining priorities, defining scheduled to play against Union, be tou�h and defensive. structure, and clarifying goals but not in his regular starting were seen as major areas in which position. At practice Thursday, the governance review should LINDA'S BEAUTY BOUTIQUE however, Church said, "My 'leg concentrate. Maggie Landau, 39 College St., -Phone 853-5262 feels unbelievably good, I'm ready chairman of the Assembly, felt to play." the Assembly should be analyzed Kerry Regan, the defensive Special Wash Set to see if it fits into the total kingpin on the team said, including conditioner­ st ructure around it - the Kirkland · "Without Davey and Walter the $4.00 ·community. She also said that the team is obviously not the same, also available Assembly sho_uld work towards but the guys left that carry the Perms, Tints, Blow Cuts becoming a more defined body. team are all playing well." The flu Streaking, Frostings, Commit tee structure is is also taking its toll. Coach Von Wig care. frequently mentioned as one of Schiller is its latest causualty, and Open Thurs., Fri., & Sat. the areas that needs improvement. one of the starting fullbacks_ left "I think the committee structure needs critical analysis since some VILLAGE PHARMACY committees are functioning very

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ContinenJal Gridders contll'.lued from page eight any offense. Unfortunateiy the Fordham defense was just as stingy in giving up yards and when Ram defensive back Joe Maitland intercepted a La Fountain aerial with under a minute to play, the Continentals fate was sealed. Perricelli was the games leading ground-gainer as he ran for 85 yards in 15 carries. Freshman running back Bill Waldron lead the Continental's with 56 yards in 13 carries. Union Last Stand. Tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 Hamilton will host traditional toe Union College at Stenben Field. This will be the 79th meeting between the two teams, one of the oldest and lo�g!st rivalries in

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Blue Wins ECAC Bid Union First · Qpponent

It was cold and rainy on the soccer field yesterday, but the Hamilton soccer team was praticing as "if it was early September and not thinking about the mud or the oncoming darkness. Last Monday, the ECAC tournament to committee gave out the bids to this weekend's ECAC tourname{tl to be played at Union. Union received the first bid as expected, Cortland the alternate for the NCAA

tournament was the second pick, Coach Von Schiller said, "We St. Lawrence was bidded third, played real strong against Union and the Hamilton Continentals in our first game and it could have were awarded the fourth bid. been anyone's ball game." Von The Blue squad left last night ·Schiller thought it good that we for a game that was played today were playing Union because of the at 2:30. The fourth seed in the incentive that the first toss might tournament, the Conts were set incite. Union's squad also boasts against Union the first placed two of the top ten scorers in the seed.· The winner of this match state of New York. Rumors have claimed that the will meet the winner of the game between Cortland and St. field conditions at Union are Lawrence, Saturday. Union is a similar to the rain soaked, muddy tough, well-balanced squad. In conditions on the Hill this their Oct. 9th game against weekend. This could change the Hamilton they showed their whole style of play in the strength beating the Blue 1-0 in an·tournament. Von Schiller said, "It evenly played contest. Union is could be asone-nothing game, or the only team to shut out the high scoring." Buthe thought that Hamilton club. The Capitals the teams would play tight finished their season with a 9-1 defense and go for that one goal By SHERWIN X. TUCKER J o hn Rogerson placed sixth, better. Only one runner from this The Hamilton Cross-Country seventh and tenth respectively, year's squad will not be returning, record losing only to Colgate a to win the contest. Division I squad on its way to the Sickness and i�juries may be team completed its fall schedule the 16th and 22nd place finished Captain Lou Pacilio '7 5, whom Saturday at LeMoyne with a by Colgate runners assured them Coach Long praised highly. "Lou NCAA. continued on page seven second-place finish in the New _J the 50-62 victory. Pacilio was greatly responsible for Yo r k S t a te Collegiate Despite the second-place finish, the success of this team," Long Cross-Country Championship. Coach Gene Long said he was commented. It was the second year in- a row extremely proud of his team's W i t h the constant positive that the Blue harriers have placed performance. "They have showed development of Joe Terranova, second behind victorious Colgate. s p e c t a c u l a r i m p r o vement freshmen Mark Groskin and David A lthou g h Hilltopper Bruce throughout the season, and B u r gess w hi ch ,h as greatly Carter captured first place with a, everyone showed a tremendous enhan<;:ed the depth of the team FEINGOLD AND SHOEN time of 2 5: 2 5, Colgate runners individual effort at LeMoyne-," along with the tested consistency It was a·-be�utiful thing to see. Here they were; the mecl?, tough, unbeatable Buckeyes from Ohio State, picking on the poor Spartans grabbed the third, foµrth and fifth Long said. of Schmeyer, John Rogerson and spots. from Michigan State. Woody Hayes, Buckeye coach, pacing the Although Long claimed that Carter, next year's team should sidelines, watching his team lose-that was beautiful. And Jim McKay While the Continental trio of "man for man this was the best improve on this year's 5-1 record (or is it Chris Schenkel·<\, sitting in ABC studios in New York, Lou Pacilio, Jim Schmeyer and Rarnilton Cross-Country team," and the second place finish at the interrupting Keith Jackson (or is it Bill Fleming?) who is next year's team could even be New York State Meet. broadcasting the LSU-�labarna game. It was beautiful to watch all those guys, after Ohio State lost, telling each other (via th� miracle of television) about what a shambles the college footbaJ.: situation is now. They would go down the lists of top �en teams who lost: Penn State, Texas A&M, Florida, Texas, OSU. A shambles, Huh? To me it's beautiful. By C' JAMES CARR JR. Football, over the last six years or so, has been acting more like a Hamilton fumble and drove to computer games than human sports. There were your typical "Close, but-no cigar" as the old the Continental 13 before the powerhouses--marching through their seas.�:ms undefeated. The only saying goes, Hamilton College's Hamilton defense stiffened and time football would be fun to watch_ was on New Year's Eve and football team gave highly-favored the Rams had to settle for a 31 Day when the undefeated would get together and cut their ranks by Fordham University all it could yard field .goal by Dick Anthony one half. For most of these teams it's their only game of the season. handle before succumbing by a with two seconds remauung. Look at Ohio State, plowing through schedules making Sherman's 1 6-13 count, in the Bronx Halftime score Fordham 9, march on Atlanta look like a birthday party. Woody Hayes is a great S a t ur d ay. The Continentals, Hamilton 6. Second HaJf Defensive coach. He's so great, taking care of his team. He nurses the players. playing before a highly partisan Fordham scored what proved to He gives them gifts like Syracuse for the 1978 schedule. Things like Hamilton alumni crowd, were in that. "Look boys," he must say, "another win." this one right up to the final be the winning touchdown with He wants to win so badly that he'll have games that could seconds but once again it was 9:18 remaining in the third probably produce scores with triple figures. But he's a nice guy. He'll mistakes which sent ·the Hamilton quarter action when Homnel put the second string in towards the end. He wants to win so badly gridders to their 20th consecutive gashed over from eight yards out giving the Rams a 16-6 edge. that, if he loses, he�ll curse the officials, throw temper tantrums, and defeat. Hamilton did not give- up and beat up photographers. He must be a riot when he wins. Hamilton won the toss and drove to the Fordham 27 before a with 10:43 remammg to be * * * * * fourth-down pass from frosh played in the game senior running The results of the past weekend in both college and professional quarterback Tom La Fountain back Bill Collier literally ran over football make it easier to watch. It was getting to the point where a eluded the hands of tight end thesopposition from one yard out bookie would make you bet $150 to win $100. How many bets are George Kraus '78, giving the Rams to close the gap to 16-13. It taken on Ohio State (or any power)? Probably none. When the game the ball. Seventy-three yards and became simply· a question of gets to be predictable there's no more fun in it. When you can tum 16 plays-later the scoreboard read containing 'the Fordham offense and getting close eno·ugh for a Bill ' on the television and not know the outcome then it's fun. When a Fordham 6, Hamilton 0. Finan field-goal or a touchdown. Control Football game is exciting in the last few minutes-when it's close-that's The defense did their job well as football. The big days of football started whe,n Baltimore and New The scoring drive was a perfect York• played a sudden death championship game in 1958--people example of control football - run Fordham was unable to mount loved th_e excitement of a "must" situation. It made the game with the ball. And Fordham did, continued on page seven as running backs Bob Perricelli, popular. The popularity grew to such proportions that they'd take anything. The NCAA, the NFL, and ,the TV networks have gotten Owen Ward, and Dennis Demeo this country addicted to the sport. But where's the excitement? were the workhouses pounding Of course there have been some great games this past season. But the Hamilton front four for more 1 2 3 4 T FORD. - DeMeo, I run those games were usually upsets, and when they weren't they were than five yars per carry-. Demeo 6 3 7 0-16 (kick-fails 6-0 beautiful dramatizations--goal-line stands, 90 yard runbacks, taking got the nod from quarterback FORDHAM 0 6 0 7 -13 Ham. - LaFountain, 5 run chances with the pass--that's what it's all about. Don Hommel on third and .goadl 'HAMILTON (kick-fails) 6-6 It's also beautiful to watch teams like Buffalo and New England from the Continental one• yard FORD. HAM. FORD.- Anthony, 31 yard and St. Louis coming out of nowhere to dethrone the big boys. It's line and he followed his right FIRST DOWNS 22 16 beautiful to see Purdue beat Notre Dame or Navy beat Penn State or guard into the endzone giving the ·RUN 15 7 field goal 9-6 FORD. - DeMeo, l run SMU beat Texas A&M. That's football. A sport can no longer exist Rams a 6-0 bulge at the close of Pf'\SS 5 7 (kick-fails) 6-0 thesfirst quarter-. when the announcers- complain that the upsets - are making their PENALTY 2 ·2 HAM. - LaFountain, 5 run predictions for bowl bids come out wrong. It shouldn't exist. The Continentals came right RUSHES ATT. 39 67 * * * * * b ack and dominated second NET RUSHING 243 156 (kick-fails) 6-6 - Anthony, 31 yard _ That's why it was beautiful to watch Woody Hayes lose. He has a quarter play. The Buff and Blue PASSING YARDS 99 ,., FORD. 85 field goal 9-6 great team, of course. But don't wait until New Year's Day to prove got six on a five yard scamper by INTERCEPTIONS 2 l FORD. - Hommel, 8 run it. Why not have Purdue on top once in a while? (Afraid about losing La Fountain midway through the TOTAL YARDAGE 328 255 some bucks, boys?) A maJor shake-up in the standings is healthy for second period to knot the score at PENALTIES 9-78 7-70 (Anthony-kick good) 16-6 HAM. - Collier, l run any sport--even "amateur" sports- and that's what started happening six apiece. PUNTING 36.5 46.3 (Finan-lach good) 16-13 last Saturday. So give me some more pictures of rough, tough Shortly before •the end of the FUMBLES LOST 1 I Woody crying about loseing. He m1ght even grow up. first half, Fordham got the ball via

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Attrition Rises Here; Hamilton's Doubled

Hamilton Pre-Meds Below Par

By KEVIN McGOWAN The attrition rate at Hamilton has nearly double d in the last five ye ars, while the Kirkland rate is­ �y WILLIAM HELMER estimate d at close to the national Hamilton •·s m e d i cal school average of 33 percent. appli cants f a r e d p o o r l y i n The attrition rate at Hamilton romparison to their counterparts measure s loss of students e ach at Williams, Colgate and Union year, includmg temporary and last year. Forty-two p erce nt of pe rmanent withdrawals. The rate Hamiltons's appli can ts w e re for the stude nt body during accepted to medical schools, while, 1973�74 was 13 percent, compare d 58 per cent of those from Colgate , to a rate of 7 pe rc ent for the 76 per cent from Union, and 81 -student body of 1969-70. Broken per c ent from Williams were down by class, the rate has accepted. jumpe d from 6 to 10 percent for While Union's me dical school freshmen, 10 to 15 pe rcent for might ac count for a large part of sophomore s, and from 4 to 14 their success, Colgate and Williams perq:nt for juniors. achieve d t heir re sults de spite Robin Kinne!, associate dean being in much th e same situation of the colle ge , attribute d the rise as H amil ton. in the attrition rate to a rise in the Th e i mme di at e caus e of number of personal withdrawals. Hamilton's poor com parative Kinnel asse rte d that transfers are sho w i n g w a s t h e g r a d e actually down, while withdrawals discrepancy be tween the schools. for pe rsonal re asons have gre atly Both Williams and Colgate agree d incre ase d. Kmne l said the num be r that a B average was required fqr of students taking non-acade mic admission to me dical schools and le aves in "cle arly up, as com pare d at both, the majority of students to two ye ar ago." Hamilton pre-medical students were significantly less successful we r e abov e t h i s l e v e l. , A t Kinnel e xpe cts 21 stude nts Hamilton, howeve r, only 42 pe r than their counterparts at Colgate, Union and Williams in gaining pre se ntly on leaves to re turn ne xt cent of its pre -med students had a admission to medical schools last year. semeste r. About 40 students are B: the average grade was slightly on leave s this se meste r, whom lower. Kinnel said he expects to come One e x planation for this back at some time. This total discrepancy is that Williams and in cl udes students temporarily Colgate ar e more successful at studying at othe r instit1,1tions, and "w eeding out" stude nts from those on non-academic leaves. their pr e -me d programs; the Kinne l said eight students --have By SUSAN MALKIN a ction as oppos ed to e qual attrition rate at the se s schools was , "In our socie ty, since wome n opportunity,'' she said. Equal told him "in an offhand way" foun d t o b e high e r t h an are victims, you have to take opportunity is a passive policy; they will not be here next Hamilton's. affirmative action," said He le n it's just a commitment to conside r semeste r. Lack of Reputation Budget Concern Whee le r, candidat e for affkmativ e e qually all women who apply for However, e ven if the attrition K i nn e l e xpr essed concern a ction c onsultan t· po st at a job, sh e e xplain e d. rates had been the same , only 52 about the financial problems past Kirkland. A World of Difference per cent of the ipre_-meds here would withdrawals camed. "W e had 20 to Whee le r, who spoke at an op en "Th e re is a world of diffe rence have had B or bette r compare d , mee ting in the ·women's Ce�ter be tw een passivity and affirmative 25 withdrawals from August on," to-80% at Williams. This indicate s Lounge Tue sday night, is the first action, said Wheeler. Affirmativ e he said. ·"By that time the either that the Hamilton student cand1aat e for the post to come to action m ust seek out women by transfe rs and fre shmen class are was weaker or Hamilton's grading th e Hill t_o meet with students, e xpan ding advertisem ent and fixe d, and w e can't fill spaces." was toughe r. faculty and administrators. re aching out to women's caucuse s. Kinn e ! said late wittdrawals Associate D e an Robin Kinne l, Part of the se le ction process, "Tr u e aff i r m a t i ve action disrupt the budget, which is Hamilton's pre -me d advisor, said the mee ting was atte nd ed by p r o ce dure s provide employers predicate d· on a certain number of last year's pre -me ds did poorly between 8 and 12 students and w i t h t h e · b e s t q u a li f i e d s t u d e n t s p aying. A student­ because many pre -med students de posit in June is "not· a v ery two faculty mem be rs. pe rsonne l," she said. should have been advised to go attractive way" of solving the Wheele r said sh e vie wed the Th e policy also pe rtains to into other fi elds. Kinne! admitte d affirmative action program as "a -women already employe d by the problem, according to Kinne !. that he was partly re sponsible for Kinne ! guesse d th e attrition commitment on the 2._art -of the colle ge by ensuring them equal this. rate would -be down this year. Kinne! said that the problem employer to re ach out to women pay and providing opportunitie s 0 n l y f our s t ud e n t s h av e for advancem ent, she said. "Phase also lies in Hamilton's lack of and minoriti es." "It is very important that one in the affirmative action withdrawn this semester, while by reputation. "Whe n I first came to e veryone unde rstand affirmativ e continued on page ten this time last year, "it was ge tting continued on page ten

Wheeler Says Kirkland Needs-Affirmative Action

Many Foreign Students �an't _Go Home By STEFFI KALMIN Thanksgiving is a time when students here head for home-at least those who live in this country. What become s of the colle ges' foreign students during the wee kend, how eve r, is large ly their own concern and not in ev ery case do the y spend a happy holiday. There are almost 50 stud ents from 22 countrie s at Hamilton and Kirkland. While school is not in session, little is done by- the colle ge s to accomodate them. This vacation, H�milton dorms will be op en and any st udent remaining on either campus has been invited to have Thanksgiving dinner with a faculty family. Dining halls on both campuse s will be closed. Kirkland women are re quire d to find housing at Milbank or s earch e lsewhere . "Thr.re is no re ason we should move for four days," said Lale Ansen of Turkey� She was told 'that she could secure a room at Milbank but that no assignments were going to be made by th e colle ge. She would have to make he r arrangeme nts by h erself. The majority of students do have places to go. Most reported a deluge of off ers from roommates, friends, and relatives. A num be r of stude nts, like Swee Ho of Malaysia, who spent a year in th e United States with The Experiment in Living, have a

family of friends whos e home is always available . School Work But not everyone leave s. A surprising numbe r of fore ign ·stude nts remain on campus by their own choosing. "I hav e too much work to do and four days- is quite short," said Whang Phang of Laos, "It costs too much mone y.'' Although many se em concerned with their colle ge work,others would rath er tour the country if they could. Voicing a common se ntiment Gordon Muchall of Scotland, said "Money is the main proble m." One student remaining on dampus re asone d that because he was paying for a full ye ar of colle ge he should take advantage of it. During vacations, howe ve r, the solitud� provid es exce lle nt conditions for studying but the accomodations are not always satisfactory according to some foreign students. "Friends cook toge the r and we try to he lp e ach other out," said Whang Phang, but the inadequate cooking faciliti e s cause d sign ificant inconvenie nc e, he said. Although McEwen was open for Kirkland stud ents, Hamilton men pay $2-:25 for a meal, said Bt:n Young, referring to the availability of meals Octobe r bre ak. Young,·who occasionallly goes home . continued on page eight

pre tty heavy;, the dean said. K inn el said he sensed that students can't see anything better in a tight labor market, and "choose the lesser of two evils"' by r emaining in school� Carl Schneider, Kirkland -vice p r e sid e n t o f r e se arch and evaluation, said he is .in the midst of trying- to make an attrition report. Kirkland's rate, Schneider e �t i m a t e d,w a s .. rou ghl y one -third," which is the national average. R,eport Forthcoming 56 students withdre"l from the class of 197 4, out of an original class of 178. Figures on the classes of 1975, 1976 and 1977 are not yet available A q u e s t ionnaire given to i n commg freshmen last year indiq.ted that 17 percent of the class of 1977 e xpected to transfer, Schneider reported. Another 13 pe rcent anticipated taking leaves o f abs e nce, and 3 percent e x pe c t e d to wi th d r a w p e r m a n e n t ly__ A s i mi la r que stionnaire was given to the class of 1978. but the results are not ye t compiled. Ninety-one Kirkland students a r e o n academic leave this semester, including 26 from the class of 1975. Ruth Rinard assistant dean of academic affairs' said · -the student body average� "about 60 in-and-outers.. each semeste r. The number of students taking th e Hamilton Junior Year in France program has stayed about continued on page ten

Tenure Proposal Sent Back

Chairing the faculty meeting Tuesday, President Carovano, in hi s o pe ning r emark s took e xce ption to the Committee on Appointm ents' report on tenure which pre scnbes the number of t enure d faculty · according to depannent size. "I have some differences with the report, and I differ with iL m . one critical way,', the president s a i d , in r e feren ce to the departm ental tenure percentages. The c OD_lm i t t ec o n Appointments will be expanded to include non-tenw-ed faculty and it will once again attempt to draw up a tenure policy that m eets the satisfaction of its colle agues and the President. The Hamilton Chapter of the A m e ric a n Associa tion o f University Professors has also charge d a committee to make r e c o m m e n d a t ions of tenure. According to Associate Professor of Philosophy Robert L. Simon, the chapt e r's pre sident, Professor of Physics James Ring will head the committee . Simon said, ''The chapter is conce rned with several aspects o' P r e sident Carovano's proposal including the importance of age distribution and the role of the. faculty in t enure decisions." C arovano, in an , _interview Wednesday, said that the desirable goal of age distribution is ""to s ome de gree..... contradictory ,,., with the tenure percentages. "Wh at w e want is age continual on p� five


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The Hamilton Dean Search Committee will not interview a candidate this weekend. Having already entertained second round visits from Dartmouth Professor of Psychology W. Lawrence Gulick and Acting Dean of the College Dwight N. Lindley, the committee, which suddenly has refused any comment about the future of the search, appears to have reached the stage of final deliberations before passing its · recommendation on to President Carovano. · · · However, the committee may now be considering inviting more candidates to the Hill in search of a suitable man for dean. If such is the -S!ase, the committee should not look further; they have found an excellent man for dean already. Based upon the opinions he has expressed in an interview and a meeting with the student panel and based upon the general impression he has made, Professor Gulick appears to be most able to serve Hamilton as its next dean of the college. He is the candidate the committee and President Carovano should select. Gulick expressed a commitment to increasing the intellectual vitality of the college which is required of the dean.He said that he favored the institution of a seniors honors program. Gulick also believes that students should be ensured the opportunity to work in ·seminars before the end of their freshman eyar. Disapproving of the Appointments Committee tenure policy paper (which has been returned to the committ�e ), Gulick said that faculty flexibility c� not be achieved by departmental guidelines.. The candidate suggested reasonably that permanently designated rotating . positions would not attract the qualified faculty Hamilton � desires. Gulick supported the invitation of distinguished professors as a means . of enlivening the faculty and the educational offerings here. Clearly the favorite of the student panel whi�h participated in the second round, Gulick was soft-spoken in his meeting and indicated an ability to deal well with students. ·Having commanded the respect of the faculty at ·Dartmouth, serving as chairman there of the college's steering committee, it is expected that Gulick would be so accepted by the faculty here. As dean of the college, which he himself recognized to be a position which included responsibilities to the whole college-faculty, students, and a dministrators-W. Lawrence Gulick would provide Hamilton with new and valuable ideas and the leadership expected of the college's chief acadei:nic officer. -

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Chairman of the Hamilton Philosophy Department Russell T. Blackwood has voluntarily submitted the lists of required books for spring offerings in his department. With plans to publish in the Dec. 6 issue as many lists as are received, The Spectator requests tha� all other department and division chairmen submit book lists by Wednesday, Dec. 4, so that students may obtain their course texts as cheaply and easily as possible. Because of the Thanksgiving vacation next week, The Spectator will not publish on Friday, Nov. 29. The next issue will be published Dec. 6, and that will be the last issue of the fall semester,

THE SPECTATOR�

VOLUME FIVE

NUMBER TWE"LVE

Managing Editor-Henry Glick Editor-in-Chief-Mitchel Ostrer News Editor-Douglas Glucroft Business Manager-Peter Sluys Assistant News Editors Susan Malkin L iz Barrow Editorial Pa�e Editor Kenneth Gross Arts Editor Jonathan Cramer Assistant Arts Editors John Joelson Beverly Draudt Sports Editor John Navarre

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News Assistant-Robby Miller, Kevin McGowan Sports Assistant-Robert McCormick Photography Staff ' Guy Arcidiacono, Daniel Becker, Robert Dolan, John Moon, .Philip Morris Production Staff Tom Beck,-Chris Cahill, Peggy Dills, Judy Gillotte, Marc Komisarow, Fritz Lewis, Sarah McGregor, Savi Perera, Assistant Business Managers , Peter Bayer, Geoffrey E, Lawrence, Mark Nelson, William D. Underwood Business Staff Steve Brennen,• Cliff Davis, Jim McManus, Marc Standig, Andy Wilson The Publications Board publishes The Spectator, a newspaper edited by students 28 times during the academic year. Subscrip1ions: $7.00 per year. Address': Box-83� Hamilton College, Clinton, New York. 13323. Ldters to the editor must be signed, but names will be withheld upon request. @J974 by the Trustees of Hamilton College

Dean Questions Responsibility

terms of individual capabilities and institutional criteria. The future of both individual faculty and of the College are involved. C o n s eq ue n t ly, the academic p r o f e s s i on h a s d e ve l o pe d substantive criteria, procedural formalities, and a strong sense of professional ethics to guide the deliberations. The ethical context requires respect for the individual dignity and personal privacy of those faculty undergoing the To the Editor: When I read the letter from pro<;ess of review. With this in mind, I e·xplained W.S., I got very upset. Her a t t i tu de s e e m e d to be a t o r e p resentatives from The reinforcement of the ''a woman S p e c t a t o r on four separate can't defend herself against rape, occasions during the past week my rationale for refusing to so go along and enjoy it". I have no desire to be violated iqentify in any way the faculty at b y a n yone, and would as p r e se n t concerned. I would forcefully as I could manage, incapacitate the rapist . (Obviously I would have second thoughts if To the Editor: he had a gun). As a senior in the government If W.S. i� interested, there has been a Judo/self-defense class d e p a r t m e n t ' s W as hington taught here, and most of the semester, I find myself forced to women could defend themselves rely on local rags like the Washington Post and Evening Star quite well. A woman who feels that for my daily digest of news and "experience in the street,, is the sports. You can imagine, then, the only way to learn defense ,should voraciousness with which I read have joined the judo class. I also The Spectator when it is delivered disagree with her statement that each week to the Hamilton ". . .most sex criminals are not Washington office. With eagerness listless punks who know nothing I pore through the entire paper, about handling an uncooperative devouring Vince DiCarlo's expert victim." Studies I have read show columns on dipsomania in the that the rapists tend to be normal, Pub, passing with amusement over well-adjusted men sometimes with the umpteenth review of another Bergman flick, and grimacing over a wife and children. It is W.S.'s · attitude that the blow-by-blow accounts of our reinforced the notion i:hat women latest football catastrophe: While at Hamilton, I had little are frail, weak things. I, for one, am net. use for The Spectator, reading Name withheld upon request o n l y I the. now-defunct Gerry To the Editor: The process of review for reappointment and tenure is a professional responsibility which faculty and administrators regard· w i t h great seriousness. Such decisions require.careful judgment of professional colleagues, in

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similarly have refused any request to identify the students about to be reviewed by the Committee on Academic Standing , an analogous process which determines the s t u d e n t ' s s-t a tu s in our community. In both situations, it is the prerogative alone of the individual concerned to make public the fact of review. I am disappointed at what appears to be calculated refusal of The Spectator to act responsibly within this context, and I consider it important to go on record on behalf of those members of the Kirkland · faculty whose right to privacy has been invaded. Catherine S. Frazer Dean of Academic Affairs

I miss you, I love you

Blythe Spirits To the Editor: (This is a ·thank you· letter to Robert Bly, Kathy Dewart and Lisa Blank) Please excuse me for revealing my sad little heart. Listen-. God is the breath within the breath. This is an appendage to an earlier letter where I stated I was looking for the reincarnation of America and it sure ain't happening here. But it is, it has to. There is no place else. All the j o u ru.e y s o u t s i d e m e a n nothing-the road starts here and ends here-inside, winging our way through the Self, breaking through our Selves, to the larger Self, the great blue heart of the Beyond. (God? Light? Eternity?) (d o-n't stop n o w ,itit g e ts e ven better). These are the ravings from a l o ve- c r azed being after experiencing an event (o.k. Pll even be specific: Robert Bly p o e t r y r e a d in g, T u e s d ay November 19, from eight p.m. in to eternity) that changed everyone there from just being into a state of becoming. Last time I also tnentioned that we w e re walking backwards but tonight was proof that it is possible to walk forwards, to run, even better to ·dance to the reverberations of pure eternal mind-blowing joy in that the energy of life and excitement is thriving in everyone and begging to be let out, to be experienced, to be fucked, to be celebrated, to be given. Robert Bly caused the Great Transformation from death to life in all of us present and this letter is for those who weren't there though they will be infected too {what happene� last night

LE'fTER POLICY

_The Spectator welcomes letters from all of its readers; s t ud ents, faculty administration and alumni. · All letters must be signed, not with pseudonym or initials, although names may be withheld in print upon request. Deadline for letters is before , the Wednesday publication.

happened at La Gran Familia dance and will happen again} because this is it. There is nothing e l s e . If w e c a n ' t f i n d t r u t h / e n l i g·h t e n m e n t­ /reality/God/joy/ and pure being here we can't find it anywhere else. And after tonight, I think we can. I'm sorry if · this all sounc;ls ridiculous in words on paper, in the light of day, but listen-to open up, to experience things, to discover ecstasy in digging each other, to make love to God-this is no ordinary garden party. These a r e n o s choolboys t r i cks. Remember-th� way to God's heart is through surrender. gentle and complete. Katherine Moore P .S. Anyway at least Happy ThanksgivingLgive the turkey to the dog and sing old Beach Boys tune�_inst�ad. love Ruby.

Payne column or staggering from one party to another with a tattered "tator" and its House Party schedule jammed into my coat pocket. I can't remember when, but a while in the past, I took a year's leave of absence from Hamilton and during that absence wrote a gi rlfriend' back at Kirkland: "Dz'stance only enhances my love for you," Well, I can only draw the same conclusion about my renewed and distant interest in The Spectator, though · of course I can never consider that interest at all equal with a fine passion for ah adorable and beautiful young woman. In conclusion, I must report, as an objective balance _to my Hill chauvinism, that I have noticed that the Haverford, Colgate and Bowdoin College students who par ticipate with us in this Hamilton Washington program also read and seem to enjoy The Spectator, as an interesting insight into the campus life which they too h a ve t e mpo r arily, and happily, abandoned. Dale N. Walter, '75

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Thought for Food

The problem of Hamilton and Kirkland being shortage here, and rarely do people become involved isolated from the real world has long been a in any cause that doesn't directly affect them. There complaint .flo:ating _ round-about our ivy-covered is no plausible reason for us to be concerned unless walls and carpeted dorms. This isolation is a fact we feel some social responsibility or are committed that we come 1D accept, but so many f�il to t o t h e con ce p t· of a world community. distinguish between the physic:al isolation of Clinton Fortunately, we have shown ourselves to be and the effects of this isolation on our ability to act - concerned enough about the fates of others ·(or within the real world. FrtIBtrated idealists either guilty enough of our affluence) to donate time and become ev.er-mvolved in campus activites or develop money to Gran Familia and others. The Student Senate has decided to organize a a he:althy :sense of :apathy to cope with their Fast for World Harvest on Thursday, December 5, situation. Despite t!his is01lamon. there are .signs that we are and many other schools and individuals here have • indeed begmnin:g ft@ climb out of our graves and scheduled theirs for Novemeber 21. Note that it is take notice :of :smnecm:e besides our teachers and not ·a Beer and Band for a World Harvest, but a Fast. finds. The Campus Fund Drive, the DKE Muscular If we wanted to raise money for the ..starring Dystrophy Fnnd-r.aiser,. and e.spedally the recent people in Asia''-in itself a modest project- we could IICCCSS with \the Gran Familia Dance provide one easily squeeze money from every money-giving with famt hope ithat idrings here :aren't really all that group on campus, send it to Oxfam-America, and bad; Ihm-Kirk Uollege,s just might have a return to our self-satisfied slumber, without hamg done a thing to make anyone more interested in the conscience� There is no Jack ((i)f worthy causes to which we w or l d food problem. Big-hearted superficial coalll respond; in fact_. some justify their refusal to liberalism demands little more of a person than the respond to any ,cause :according to a home-made writing of a check. A fast demands much more, and "Domino Theory � which csays that if you give to the return is negligible. It is a symbolic giving in i one, you'll have to giwe to an who seek your money. which the person shows · sympathy wth those Such primitive logic notwithstanding, 'there is one obliged to fast daily; in which the person takes time problem of which nmst of the world is aware out. to realize how much he or she consumes in a lhro1J8h ei1ther expoiience or reading, and that is the day; and in which the person's attitudes and actions IC\1r� famine that cd'fects over. half a billion people from that day onward are hopefully changed. It is ii India, Africa, Intlones.ia, and Latin America. It's giving unselfishly, but not ineffectively. A means of raising money for Oxfam-Atnerica, not a very new p:roblem, nor very glamorous considering itlhat malnutrition has been a way of life which they will use to stimulate loc� agricultural for these :areas ever since creation,_ or before. projects in these nations is to give the money you However,, it is new of popular concern for two would have spent on food for the day of fasting_ reasons: th-e droughts in some of these areas have Fraternities, the Co-op, and Service Systems are all being contacted to establish a rebate procedure for betn abno:rm:aily .severe, and the ever-developed . countries like the U.S. have been hit with :internal that day. Individuals are asked to contribute what food problems that decrease their ability to shuffle they can, as well, b1.. + of most importance is the off their .smpluses 1to the poorer nation.s. Hence, commitment to fast. Perhaps through fasting we rountries like India es.rim.ate that th ey lose 1,000 will discover that our physical isolation doesn't people each day to 'Starv.ation_ really force us to ignore the world, and that a taste; So what does this mean to Hamil ton an4 of the real world will benefit everyone. likland? Nothing, if w-e don"t care - to face it. Kevin McTeman Rally. we"ll'e not hcing threatened by any food Student Senate President

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precedent and act quickly to repeal •their decision. · _ Daniel Cotlowitz Business Manager, Yearbook

Editor's Note: The commission To the editor: merchants will then be set upon schedule passed by the Publications Unknown 1t0 most 'Students, by pseudo-student businessmen Board specified that payment of commissions would be made in two the Pub!i c atiCilDS Jlo.ard ha : s trying to sell advertising space. in stallments, the second half of cstlblimed an -amazing precedent. Ticket· sellers would demand a commission to be withheld if die On October 24, the Board share of the ticket sales of all newspaper had not realized a porinve approved ;a pi.an 1D pay different activities; finally . any balance in the spring. The Spectator commissi.oas .to lthte bnsi:n:es.s staff student who volunteers their has paid typists minimum· hourly 14111g'e for several years. No proposal was of The Spectator fur :adv..ertising it s e rvices for undesirable but made to compensate editors. sold. The anr:an_gement provides necessary jobs will expect to be It is expected that $250 will be for the p:aymOiil.t @I dleven and paid. It seems dear that in the end spent this year in commissions ,to geven � pa ,cent :o.0mmissions to nearly all students participating in business staff members who wr7l htwe d eve l o ped $3,000 in adverming staff m.emb.n.s for t heir extra-curricular activities will ask revenue. Rather than turning into procuremmt JJ>f nC\w ,and ,old to be recompensed for their time; mercenaries those who participate .ilr adwertisements,. �-ective'ly. Of such is the import of the an e xt ra-cur ricular activity. die the total commission, (i):ru:;porcent "Publications _Board's· decision. I commissions represent a token of appreciation given to a staff which is would the paid to the hope the members of the Board often unrecognized but whose service admi nist ra ivc sta�f-th e will consider the effects of this to the newspaper is indispemitlblL crculation manager., 1lh e assistant cin:ulation manageir,. -and th:e W10 business managm. persistent losing iµ such a 0no I believe t1hat 1th� :Bo_ard'.:s . To tbe Editor: The time has come to look contest" manner. The Hamilton action w;as ill.-adw.sed. iFiir.st,, 'tlre action is ,a direct vmla:tii-on ti die obje. ct i ve l y at the football College -football· coaching staff oonstituri. n of !llhe lPiill>1.li-cahons program at the College. The and the squad should be able to Board whidh. CXJli)1ieSsl§-7 forbids record of 21 straight losses need face the season with the hope of such remunerations.. lBut .even if not he repeated here. Hamilton winning several of four or � the CODStituti.Bn w.as :amended to C o l le-ge has two acceptable games. Anyone who attended the aocomodatre � m'CW policy., .alternatives. 1. Drop football from its Hamilton-St. Lawrence University many objectii:om w<J>lild remain; i n t eI c o 11 e g i at'e a t h l e t i c game realizes that the score could o ne mu-st c o n.side r the have been 82-0 had St. Lawrence program. ram:ificaitions of fth e action. At 2 • .Seek out four or five similar wished to keep up the pressure. first, die bu-sines: s statlf' of The small colleges' whose primary The game was an embarrassing Sp e c t at.or wil11 :re c.eiv e e m p ha.sis is on academic display for the coaches, players of comm1SS1ons; _soon afiter,, all e x ce llen ce and f o r m a both teams, and for the alumni publications .that :adw.er'tlse will conference. and friends of both institutions j u s t I y d e m a n d _sim i l a r Hopefully., these schools would who had come to see a football rommissions. The unlu.cky area bave similar male enrollments. contest. f personally shall withhold any There should be �trict regulatiom within this conference regarding · financial support to the College direct or indirect scholarship aid, until some sensible, intelligent Clinton Cmirier . .actual time spent in practice action is taken to correct the :sessions, and possibly limitation ridi cu lous d is p l ays on fall of the total number of personnel Saturdays. on the squad. If Hamilton College is, as often All Your Pnin.ting Needs I c o m.men d t he athletic described by its faculty, students, staff, staff and alumni, one of the finest department, the coaching Letterpre.ss raind Off.set . and the players themse�ves for institutions of its kind in the their re_peated efforts in losing country, it certainly deserves · endeavors. 1 have personally serious, intelligent, consideration numerous times i , the last two or of the option of dropping football three years sc 1 them to ta,lly or _meeting a more representative outcl-assed after the first five schedule. l Kirklaod Avemue minu.te.s of play. These farces Richard H. Baker '56 Clinton, N_ Y� degr.ade both institutions. No Hamilton Alumnus wishes to The above· letter was sent to ' place any emphasis on winning. The Spectator as a copy of a letter 'Some 1:1.am" :-: Alumni would s en t o r iginally to President 853-558 .;: correction of Carovano. !h@�

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By POOKIE ADAMS One of the most sacred and time honored of the traditions at Hamil.ton College is the roll. A roll, for those of _you who don't know, consISts of a truck,, a keg of b-eer, and as many eager young men as can fti into the truck without asphyxiating themselves. The object of the roll, however, is not merely to get drunk, although that om be an important factor-it may be all one gets on the trip. At any :rate� one has to find some way to keep warm in an unheated truck. Once the group artjves (popular destinations include Skidmore, Cazenovia, and Wells), it is expected that it will be possible to find other ways to keep warm. Usually there are parties, dances, OT mixers., and those who luck out need search no more. The less fortunate of their brethren become increasingly preoccupied with the problem of finding a place to spend the night. If worst comes to wors.e (and it often does), the outcast can resort to walking tmongh the dorms and knocking on· doors. Seldom is a Hamilton student forced to sleep in the ditch_ Of course, there have been cases reported of groups which have rolled out and back in the same night. This is most likely to happen if the majority of the rollers do not achieve their objective:,. but it .:� also occur if only the driver is unsuccessful� Little is ever said about.the ride home_ Tired and partied-out, the rollers crowd into the back of a windowless U-Haul. If they are lucky. they may be able to drain the keg of a few b:·�ws and so make the trip fess painful,.. If not, they can always swap stories and sleep. Have a nice weekend, fellows.

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BLURB DEADLINES The deadline for announcements and blurbs is 7:00 p.m. the Wednesday preceding publication date. Although The Spectator does not guarantee publication of any unpaid announcements, every reasonable effort will be made by the editors to print those submitted before the deadline.

MAIL ROOM HOURS

Notice of Bristol M.ail Room Hours Effective Monday, Nov. ·25, 1974. The Bristol Mail Room window will be open as follows: Monday through Friday (full service) 9:00 a.m.-Noon, 2:00 p. m . - 4 :30 p.m.; Saturday (package pick-up, no stamps) 9:00a.m.-Noon.

IBANKSGNING WITH FACULTY

The Hamilton Dorms will remain open during the Thanksgiving vacation. Any student staying on campus and interested in having Thanksgiving Dinner with a faculty family, please see Dean Bingham ..

FORUM

There will be a forum held for Kirkland and Hamilton students on Sunday, Nov. 24 at 8 p.m. in North 203. The topic of the forum will be "What We Can Get Out of Kirkland". All are welcome-please :ome.

ESCORT SERVICE

The escort . service has been discontinued. The service was provided but it was not utilized by the women on campus. It is urgently recommended that all women walking across campus in the evening make arrangements to walk with at Ie_ast one other person, for their own safety.

CHARLATANS PRODUCTION

Charlatans presents "Aria da Capo" Saturday and Sunday nights at 8 and 9:30. Donations of $.25 are requested for the Minor Theater performances.

HUMANE SOCIETY

There has been an .outbreak of distemper among the cats on campus: Please have your cat vaccinated immediately if you haven't within the last year. If you have any questions, contact Linda Mackenzie at X 4927.

YEARBOOKS

If you haven't picked up a 1974 yearbook they will be distributed Friday and Monday in Bristol from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. arid in McEwen from 5 p.m.6:30 p.m.

MEDICAL VISITORS' On Dec. 5, three eminent physicians will be visiting campus according to Associate Dean of the College Robin Kinnel. Dr. Frank W. McKee, Associate Director of the Education Council for Foreign Medical Students, Dr. John R. Jaenike, member of the Admissions Committee of the University of Rochester,and Dr. John S. Davis of the Imogene Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown and Adjunct Faculty member at Columbia University, all Hamilton graduates, will take part in a panel discussion at 8:00 p.m. in the Science Auditorium. These men will be available for informal coriversation between 3:30. and 5:00 p.m. � the Bristol Campus Center's second floor lounge.

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Nash's By ANNE SURCHIN

Nash's, in Utica, is an Italian restaurant with authentic Italian cuisine. The outside is unimpressive with its neon sign but in_side the atmosphere is warm and inviting. Red table clothes, paneled walls, piped-in music, and wine bottles hanging everywhere provide the setting for an excellent meal. The sausage and mushrooms in sauce ($2. 75) was extremely good. The saus age, while hot and zippy, was n_ot overpowering. The mushrooms practically melted in the mouth and the tomato sauce, seasoned to perfection, had a very light consistency. The veal marsala ($5) was simply superb. Tender veal, a buttery Marsala .sauce rich in flavor, and exquisite mushrooms composed a -dish that 'must not be missed. The portions were extremely generous and along with the entrees came salad and bread. The salad, which looked more like a mountain of lettuce, could feed Goliath. Garlic fiends will revet in a biting Italian dressing. The bread, served hot and very fresh, was crisp but not crunchy. Desserts include spumoni, tortoni, and zab ag lione. The spumoni was very tasty and the zabaglione a real. treat. Zabaglione is made usually in a: double boiler with sugar, egg yolks,. marsala wine and sometimes bits of lemon peel. After being whipped into a light custard it is traditionally served warm in a glass, with a sponge finger biscuit alongside. The cappucino, strorig white coffee, made with Cointreau, expresso, chocolate syrup and topped with whipped cream,. was truly distinctive. A craving for a delicious cup of regular coffee can also be satisfied in Nash's. The. menu, which is quite extensive, features Itali�n specialties such as Braciola a la Napolitana, E�carola, and Bean a la Minestra, Calamari, sausage and meatball dishes, and fried peppers ranging in Rrice from $1.50 to $4. The house specialties, which include chicken Sparagna, Piccante, Veal Marsala, Piccante and Piemontese, vary from $4-5.50. ( The Veal Piedmontese, cutlets in a chicken stock base with garlic and morsels of prosciutto, is reputed to be the only dish of its kind in the Utica area.) Excellent service and cuisine, nice atmosphere and reasonable prices rate five stars. The slogan atop Nash�s menu reads "Our Chef is Our Press Agent." To reach Nash's at 895 Bleecker Street (824-0032) take the arterial to the downtown Utica exit, go beyond Genesee Street two or three blocks following the sign "to Jay Street." Bear right for one block then left onto Bleeker and continue for about ten blocks. The restaurants in this column are rated five stars to none. Service, price, cuisine and atmosphere determine the rating the restaurant will receive. One star .signifies edible, two stars mediocre,, three good, four very good, and five, excellent. I

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Melinda Foley and Greg .Marsello, directors of the Hill's Free School recently attended a n a t i oha l conference of free s c h o o l s a n d uni versities in B o u l d e r • C o 1 o r a d o. Th e conference was composed of large g r o u p s e s si o n s and smaller workshops which catered to the needs of the individual free schools and universities. The t wo Hamilton-Kirkland d e l e g a t e s w e r e p ar ti c ularly intersted in learning more about how to attract more and better q u a l i fied teachers, ideas for courses, ways in which to procure funding, catalogue design and production, and better ways• to involve the community. Foley and Marsello will develop their ideas during a Winter Study project. Specific goals of their winter project include: expanding the n umber o f c o u rses offered t h ereby e xpanding the e n r o l l m e n t , i n vo l ving more Clinton residents in both teaching and participating, publishing a c a t a l o g ue a n d d e ve l opi ng community projects. This semester the Free School offered eight courses ranging from candle making to outdoor living. Foley said the Free School grew out of a need for more diverse course offerings on the Hill. She said that both she and Marsello feel that the Free School is a perfect means by which Kirkland an d Ham i l t on students can become more involved in the community as a whole and that t};iis community interaction may be a way in which students can begin to overcome feelings of isolation.

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raise money for legal services for the d i s cu s sion scheduled for W ednesday, D e c. 4. Christine draft and war resisters. _ , Director of the Higher Schwarzschild, who has long Johnson been a supporter of complete and Educational Opportunity Program universal amnesty, participated in (H E OP) f o r H am i l ton and a debate at Kirkland last year Ki r k l and and mother of a during the winter study program's seven-year old boy, and Cynthia amnesty wor;kshop. With Willeam Allen, mother of a girl and a boy, Ru sher , author of t he book ages nine and eleven, will relate "Amnesty·- Now? Never? ", their experiences. Sch w arzschild debated on the *** to p i c, "Amnesty -Why? Why Not?". Andrezej Targowski, vmtmg Schwarzschild's visit to Clinton a s s o c i a t e p r o f e s s o r o f i s being sponsored by Jeanne m a t he m a t i c s a n d P oland's Kaylor, a Kirkland senior. Kaylor, foremost computer scientist, will who w as responsible for the deliver two lectures December 2-3 creation and execution of last in t he seri es, "Computers: y e a r's a mn es t y w or k s hop, Implications, Applications and requested Schwarzschild's return Supplications" · being given in to refocus attention on the issue c o n n e c t i o n wi t h the of universal and unconditional Ha m i l t on-Ki r k l and Computer amnesty. Center. Kaylor explained that, until Targowski's talks have the quite recently, the ACLU had over-all title "Poland: A Look at funded these legal services, but ·the National Information System that costs have escalated to the in a Planned Economy" and will point where funding is no longer be given at 8 p.m. in the Science feasible fo r this organization . Auditorium. The Dec. 2 talk will alone. The money raised from the discuss the Polish economy, and' pancake breakfast will be sent to the following night's lecture will the ACLU's legal services fund. be devoted to the national i n f o r m a t i o n s ys t em, which *** Targowski had a major role in The first discussion, entitled designing. "Natural Childbirth at Home," A f ormer deputy cabinet was held Wednesday Nov. 20 by minister in the Polish government, Tim and Mary Norton, students at the 37-year-old Targowski is here Hamilton and Kirkland. on leave from the University of "The Professional Woman as a W a rsaw, l e c t u r i n g i n t he Single Parent" will be the topic of Mathematics Department.

from the Health Committee

Nixies

By DON MUILENBERG

Suppose for a moment that an unbelievably naive, but well-meaning, college student were asked to further characterize a person who had been described as being a bit gay, some�hat queer, fairy-like, and homosexual. He deletes the word "homosexual" (since that's not nice), then consults his Webster's, and comes up with the following. "A gay, queer, fairy-like person is (selectively) merry, happily excited, keenly alive and exuberant, unconventional, mildly insane (mildly insane? ), and some kind of mythical being." Wishing to contribute more to the characterization than mrght be required (this is not your everyday, run-0f-the-mill student), the person then adds: "a synonym for such a person might be 'nixie', and one would expect to find him (or her), whomever, in the glen (Root or Kirkland), whichever." Now this is obviously not an especially apt description of your neighborhood hotnosexual, but then the point I would make is that neither is the sterotype of the homosexual, male or female, which many people still have today. Therefore, with a homosexual orientation in our society, and perhaps alleviating some anxiety or unhappiness, let me mention a few facts and share some thoughts about homosexuality. As a starter, male homosexuals do not all walk funny. Neither do they suffer from a wrist disorder. They do not molest children, and they themselves are not necessarily children of passive fathers and domineering mothers. Furthermore, they tend to have two of what all other normal males have two of, and they participate rather freely in athletics, as well as in the theater. Female homosexuals (lesbians, if you prefer) are not "hell's Angels" with less body hair. The tough, masculine image just doesn't hold up. They don't molest children either, and most likely have not been abused (knocked around) by cruel, heartless fathers or other assorted males. Female homosexuals, as well as males, have all their parts, and are also found in a variety of activities, occupations, and professions. Perhaps some of the things I have learned about people in general and those with homosexual feelings in particular might be helpful at this point. First, it is extremely important (and most appropriate) to realize that we are all persons first and that as part of being persons (and only part) we prefer others of the same or opposite (or both) sex as sexual partners. Most of us prefer heterosexual relationships, but surely this should not preclude recognition and acceptance of those who do not. In this regard it is well to remember that a great many people, when given an opportunity to be both honest and unafraid of censure or public disclosure, indicate that they have both heterosexual and homosexual feelings. It should also be helpful to realize that some people are apparently predisposed to homosexuality by nature, whereas others appear to develop homosexual preferences as the result of their experiences. And finally, I think it should be said that one's sexual preference, in many respects, has relatively little to do with the kind of person he or she is. I have counseled and known well many beautiful, thoughtful, intelligent human beings,many of whomwere heterosexual, and some of whom were homosexual. It might be appropriate to conclude this brief, but hopefully , useful, article by referring again to our naive but well-meaning student friend. Perhaps if more people were to take his·attitude, we would have a happier and more humane situation. People are very special beings, and I would much prefer that we see others as merry, keenly alive, and exuberant (perhaps even a little crazy), than as somehow or somewhat less than human because of their sexual preferences. "Grimm's Fairy Tales" ar.e nice-grim ones are not.


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Hill AAUP. Chapters· Active; Advise Administrations

By JOHN Mc NEEL A national organization with salary level data from this and Attemptii:ig to �protect and chapters on many campuses, the other colleges for a comparative maintain academic freedom at AAUP sets standards for and analysis of the faculty salary Hamilton and Kirkland Colleges, attempts to protect academic situation. "If the salary data confirms the local chapters of the American freedom for university professor. Association. for University It also provides information on what is suspected, namely that Professors (AAUP) have recently salaries for faculty members at salaries at Hamilton are below average, the chapter may decide played active roles in matters of colleges and universities. of to make policy suggestions," said P rofessor faculty concern. 'A s s o c i a t e The c h a p ters have Philosophy Robert L. Simon, Simon. "The chapter will provide attempted to make policy makers president of the Hamilton the comparative data so that in the administration s of the two Chapter_, of the AAUP, stressed faculty membe�s will be able to ,::hool aware of AAUP stands on that the organization is.important make own their rational various issues of faculty concern, to maintain academic freedom judgm ents." despite membership representing and to strive for a financially The ch ap ter has created a less than half of each faculty acceptable level of salaries. faculty remuneration committee body. "If the academic freedom and which may suggest• policy on In recent weeks, the AAUP at economic status of university faculty salaries. Simon said he Hamilton has beome heavily professors is eroded elsewhere, expected no immediate action involved in a debate over tenure Hamilton will also be badly awaiting the data results. guidelines p r oposed by affected," said Simon. Budget Reviews Several years ago, the Hamiltor, !Committee on appointments of No Bargaining chap ter recommended the Hamilton F acuity. The chapter president also sees AAUP As reported in the Spectator the AAUP as one of the few institution of a budgetary review bst week, the chapter released a forums on campus where faculty committee that would have full resolution on tenure and held a members can discuss matters of access to budgetary information. meeting of the faculty to discuss general croncern , outside of This body exists today as the Provost's Advisory Committee the situation. committees. 'is able to make The Kirkland AAUP chapter· is Though not a collective and Nadine George, president of the Kirk4tnd chapter of the AAUP on the currently advising and assisting bargaining agency at either r e co m m en d a t ions A younger faculty member The gain of new members in the Appointments Committee Hamilton Kirkland, or the allocation of funds. "Very few college faculties who joined recently said that he the Hamilton chapter seems to which has been· recently charged Hamilton , AAUP is showing reverse a trend towards decreased had become a member " in order wit h the duty of preparing increasing concern 'with faculty have full access to budgetary standards for tenure, promotions salaries, according to Simon. The information as they do at membership that had developed in to be aware of and to participate in campus and faculty problems." previous years. and reappointments. chapter is presently gathering Hamilton," said Simon. afso The AAUP chap ter Assistant Professor of Russian Another new �ember felt that prepared a statement on· the role David Young, secretary of the the AAUP was important to of the office of the d�an, which is ·Hamilton chapter noted that ma""mtain the strength of the presently used as a guideline by membership had declined in the facultv. High Dues the dean search committee. , past by five or six members, Nadine George said that many Additionally, the chap te_r is caused by the loss of. older coming up with a policy on m e m b e r s of the younger- members of the of and l a ck affirmative action that would deal replenishment by new people on faculty who have not joined the If you 're stranded due to the AAUP because of high dues were with the hiring of women and the faculty. courteous s trike, take our minority group members. often not aware of what the "The fa�ulty purchasing power door -to-door taxi service to: Kirkland AAUP association is all about. has been down over the past few has Kirkland Although the Kirkland AAUP years and many younger faculty Because generally conformed to AAUP chapter has not been as openly members found it too expensive standards, people have not wanted active lately, Assistant professor to join the AAUP," explained to pay the dues hecuase they're of Science Nadine George, Young. already getting the benefits," said "However, recently there president of the chapter, sees its the chapter president. seems to be-more interest among role as an important one. "Interest generally only· grows "The AAUP's services are younger faculty members who when the institution starts available in any situation where have joined this past year despite departing from the guidelines." they are needed," said George. "It· the financial burden." Hamilton chapter president Dues for faculty members, can take definite positions on Simon said that while membership issues, but this has_.... not proved which are paid annually to the in the local organization is not necessary in the past. George sees the national organization, depend on as high as would be liked. Kirkland chapter's role more as salary level according to the Presently, the AAUP membership �one of "active consultation." "We following scale: under -$8 ,000, at both colleges represents slightly try to show a n continuing and $12 (per year); $8-9,999, $18; over 40% of the faculty.' ongoing concern with faculty $10-11,999, $24; $12-14,999, Aside from the problem of matters," she explained. "At all $30; $15,00 and up, $36. high dues, Simon also said the times, when issues of great Fees In an informal poll of younger, membership is lower than it policy stands on some of the issues that the Hamilton AAUP non-tenured members of the should be because "the faculty tends to appeal to the AAlTP in has· dealt with recently. Rather, faculty, it was found that virtually times of emergency only , and she said, the chapter plans to everyone cited the expense of often does not see the value when m ake A p p o i n t ments joining the AAUP as a factor in the things go \\'ell." C o mmittee aware o f their decision. "But if the organization is not they draw ·up AAUP standards as "It costs an awful lot of money supported, it may not be there to Jom, when you conside:r policy on faculty matters. when needed,.-'said Simon. Memberships inflation and the fact that many In an attempts to alleviate th·e . Perhap s in response to the of us are dues-paying members of financial pressure that the dues other organizations," said one increased activity of the Hamilton constitute for younger faculty·: · member of the faculty. chap ter, five new members joined members, the chapter it trying tif · However, many non-members this year, bringing the . faculty institute a budgetary checkoff:' membership to about 40. said they were reconsidering their plan so that a portion of the dues Ki r k la nd . membership has decision not to join, as the AAUP would be deducted from members remained stable recently at about "may be important for the paychecks each month. future/' 22 members.

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distribution which ensures regular, predi ct able opportumties· for change," he said. S p e ak in g h y po t h e ti c a l l y , C a r ovano s ai d' t h a t i f a department were comprised of faculty members whose ages are 45, 35, and ,25, when the 25-year-old comes up for tenure, the eldest professor would be near r e ti re men t t hus p r o vi d i ng turnover. If all the professors in that same department were 35 years . old, new people might be locked out for 20 o.r more years. T h e president said he is insuring c o ncer n e d a b o ut flexibility in the faculty during the next 15 years, when mohility in the profession is expected to be very low due to a halt in the growth of" 11th,1H"r education. lie

also noted that the number of retirements expected at Hamilton is not commensurate with the high number who wiB be up for tenure. The president also wants to be able tu reduce the number of people in one department- and increase it in, another if ,the need arises. He pointed out that in 1967, the Speech Department had six professors. It now has t\\'o. Carovano said that he does not see any such changes in the near future however. Due to shrinkin� admissions pools and a drop in popula lion growth. ''The college may nn.-d the flexibility to reduce its faculty," Carovano said while l'xprcssing the hope that such a n1ove never becon1es necessary. President Carovano said that a lawyer found many diffin'ilties

with the rep<;>rt 's proposal for a review board to handle grieYance cases from faculty who ,�ere denied tenure and want to have the d ecision reexamined. .-\ fi ve-p age c r itique has been submitted to the Committee. Carovano said he was disma\'ed at t he fac:t that very few n on-tenured f a cu l ty m a d e comments a t the faculty meet in){. Speaking in favor of the Gommittee on .\ppointments proposal which has apparently heen scrapped in the hopes for s o m et hing b e t t e r- was the committee's ch�tirman, Professor of (;�•ology Donald l'tltter. Acting Dean of the College Dwight N. Lindley. who chaired t he appoi ntments committee while the tenure n·port was substan ti ally written, \\'as silen l dur in){ the f aculty mec:ting.


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'.Robert Bly Stu.ns Audience, A Poet of l'magination By JO-ANN MORT Tuesday night, people were s ee n wandering from Bristol Lounge dazed and speechless, looking as if they were not quite sure what had ha pened to them. They were coming from a poe try reading by Robert Bly. Shoeless is a blue-rimmed caftain, Bly held the audience under his spell for nearly three hours_ It was as much a performance as a reading. He rarely used his books, but recite d from memory; his gesticulations and body movements became a part of each poem_ People were laughing at one moment. cryin g th_e next. O c c a s i ona l l y h e w o ul d interrupt himself to ask,"Do you follow that? Do yon understand ,me?.. Often he asked his audience if they wanted to here a poem again;sthe answer was always "'yes." Only Bly re-read a poem because he didn't like the way he •"handles the adjective.': Bly•s poetry is emphasized images rather than techniques. His are simple and striking, images often symbolic- In a true work of , art, he says, ..you can t distinguish between symbols and reality." · B l y •s symholic ramges, most notably blackness and the sea, were intu i t ive r a ther than deliberate. u1 was writing poetry with

hideous Halloween masks. This serve d to intensify the horrow, and incre ase the effectiveness of these .poems. He also re ad the works of other poets, many of which were translations from Indian or Chinese. He re ad as poem by W i l l i am Carlos Williams and remarke d that Williams was the first poet to write in "Ame rican" rathe r ta in English, like Pound. Bly said Ame rican poe ts should take full advantage of the richness and fle xibility of our eve ryday, colloquial language . His own poetry is te stimony to the powe r of simple language. B l y s a i d t h a t Am erican students often use literature to pass exams, becoming enta ngle d in te chnique and missing the "ecstasy" df poetry. Bly, who is i n fluen ced by Eastern gr eatly religion and poetry, re ad and discussed some Haiku poems. Pointing to his head, he said that. Americans tried to write poems for "up he re'' while Haikus are "arrows to the gut." The poet's lifestyle reflects the influence of EAstern philosophy and men like Thoreau. He lives with his wife and four childre n on a ' Minnesota farm. Ofte n he escapes to a shack in the woods, wh er e h e c l o i sters himself, sometime s for days, writing and meditating. He leaves the farm about one ..,. week each month for poetry readings. The rest of his time is sp e n t w r i t in g p oe t ry a nd criticisms, working on translation, and editing the Seventie s Pre ss.

these symbols for 20 ye ars before I re ad Jung," he said, discussing Jung's shadow theory. Bly also de alth with the nee d for every P. e rson to recognize an4 develop both des of his personalitythe male (the right side) and the female (the le ft side ). He spoke of how we lose ourselves in the "persona" we pre sent to the world. "Art and music and m e ditation are ways to get underne ath the pe rsona and find what's there." Bly was the co-founder of Ame rican Writers AGainst the Vie tnam War, and he re ad a fe w of his political poems wearing hideous Halloween masks. This served to in tensify the borrow, and increase the e ffectiv.eness o_f the se poems. He also read the works of 0ther poets, many of which were t r a n s lations from Indian or Chine�. He re ad a poem by W i ll i am Carlos Williams and remarked · that Williams was the first poet to write in "American" rather ta in English, like ·Pound. Bly said American poets should take full advantage of the richness and flexibility of our' everyday, colloquial language. Agai·nst the War Bly was the co-found er of American Writers AGai nst the Vietnam War, and he read a few of his political poems wearin g

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·Bly seemed to be as much enchante d with his responsive audience as we were with him. "I love thjs audience," he said at the close of the re ading. "I'll read he re every n ight." Then a woman stood up a nd embrace d him. "Oh. you beautiful man," she said. ·

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An exhibit of recent works in p a i n ti n g an d photography by rudmd Merkn will be open in the List Arts Center from Mon day, D e c. 2 to Friday, Dec. 20. Merkin will give a lecture in List Recital Hall Wednesday, Dec. 4 at 8 p.m., followed by a reception in the galle ry at 9 p.m. Tribute to Column

N elson Algren , the writer; Otis Ferguson , the film critic; and Bobby Short, the musician. T h e p a i n ti n g s, w hich are primarily large temperas, reflect the �·s characte ristic sense of bold two-dimension al design and his attention to graphic impact. ''I believe in an art that is pertinent ... a full art, a rich art The exhibition, entitle d "Lost and one that touches as many Fi lm s for the L a t e G eorge le vels as possible "' Merkin wrote. Frazi er," is a tribute to the "I do not make pictures that arc Boston columnist and freelance about anything e xcept themselves writer who wrote the column ... I have no inte rest in nostalgia "Sen se of Style " for the Boston. or a readily translatable language Herald from 1961-65. of symbols . . . I see, both directly M erkin 's work manife sts his and obliquely, books, magazines, interest hi the Ame rican past as p h o t o g raphs, · ne wspapers and subject matter, chronicling lost p rinted epheme ra. of every fr agmen ts, small incidents and nature. I find myself involved minor figure s, including such with the concept of history . d i v e r s e e l e m e n ts as Arnold research and journalism for the Rothstein, the criminal financier; _ making of pictures."

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By PETER SOMMER The manage r of a Parisian movie house showing El Angel exterminador, out of conside ration for the public, aske d _ for some kind of introductory statem ent. Luis B u n ue l supplied the following: "Perhaps the best explanation of 1£1 Angel e x, t e r m i n a d o r is t hat , reasonably, it , does not have one." By yielding to an impulse to e xplai n B unue l's film b y re ason able standards, we will only distort it. It is far better to heed the curious warning issued at the ve rybeginning of the movie. When the irrational rules and directly attacks our intelligence , we are strongly tempted to seek som e symbolic in tent which would enable the re asoning mind t o a s s i m i lat e a n d di g e s t comfortably. 'H ow e v e r, t he ' inten tion from which El Angel de rived was to exterminador impede digestion, not assist it. The scene of the dinner guests arrival at the home of a wealthy host is repe ated twice, treating the audience to the spectacle of s upposedly n ormal p e opl e behaving abnormally, but without seeming to notice. As the gue sts arrive at the house , located on a street calle d P r ovi dence, the servants are m y s te r i o usly l e a ving. The ir r e asons will remain en tirely h i dden from us; only their urgency to get away is cle ar.

Before long we discover that those re maining are unable to leave the drawing room, or even excape from the buildingr Roman Catholics, Freemasons, and even adepts of black magic are all equally powe rle ss to bre ak the s pe ll which confines them, without reason, within the four walls of one room. The ir release comes neither thr o u g h f ait h n or through f r e e -t hinking rationalism, but through an appare ntly nonsensical act of e xorcism. One of the prisoners (Sylvia Pinal) sacrifices her virginity whil e all liste n to a Paridisi sonata, and sub�equently realize d that only the re enactment of this_ scene will lift the spe ll. Libe rated at last, all repair to a church to keep their vow to give thanks: There , no sooner has a Te D eum b e e n s u n g t h a n congregation and clergy alike are immobilized, unable to leave . • Questionable Symbolism Was Providence responsible for the thre e sheep that wander ipto the house to be captured, and eaten by a group of people whose hunger is driving them toward cannibalism? Is this an allusion to the Paschal lamb? Or a refe rence to the Christ as Agnus Dei? Then what are we to make of the final ,scene in which everyone is imprisoned in church, while only a flock of sheep are at liberty to wand er the streets? Any theories we may have nurtured about the symbolism of sheep in /<,'/ Angel exterminador

will collapse , as will any other impulse to, explain Bunuel's film i n a r e asonabl e mann er. Meanwhile, his calm accept�nce of the ide a that .certain things in life resist e xplanation is brought home to us time and agai n. In this connection, one a noteworthy fe ature of Bunuel's film is that it gives us an ironical encourage ment to graps at these illusory explanations. The lamb, for instance, is blindfolded before it is slaughte re d to satisfy hunger. To satisfy thirst, a wate r main is burst, with a gesture reminiscent of Moses smiting the ro ck in Horeb "that the people may drink" (Exodus 17:6). Y et if we are to identify the lamb with the one slain and eaten at the Passover, or with the Lamb of God, if we equate the discovery of wate r with divine inte ivention, then we must admit at the same time that- the Old Testament Mose s and the Ne w· Testament Christ actually le ad their followers away from salvation. Should symbolism be present, its function is to trap the viewer into see king conclusions that con tradict the very precess of symbolizing, B ut i f w e do t r y to understand/El An_gclexterminador, we must n ot be .surprised to hear Bunuel say, as he did in an inte rvie w with Ele na Poniatowska, "It's mystery that interests me. Mystery is the essential e le ment in every work of art. I shall never tire of re peatin !{ this."


November-22, 1974/THE SPECTATOR/7 FILM

On Campus This Weekend Luis Bunuel's The Exterminating Angel. Friday and Saturday at 8 and 10 p. m . Sunday at 10 p. m . only. Science Auditoriu m . Ad m ission $.75. Dr. Strange/ave and a Pink Panther short. Friday and Saturday at 8 and 10 p. m . Sunday at 10 p. m . only. Kirner-Johnson Auditoriu m . Ad m ission $.75. All A.bout Eve 1950 AE;ade m y Award Winner, best picture. Friday at 8 p. m . only. Delta Phi. Free ad m ission November 25 {Monday) Two Engle m ann fil m s fro m the University of Illinois, Teaching Basic Concepts and The Task: Theory, Structure and Application. Films deal with education, psychology and cultural differences. 7:30 p.m. Re_d Pit. Anthropology fil m series; The Nuer. 7:30 p. m . Science Auditoriu m:.. At Nearby Theaters Cannonball (853-5553) The Great Gatsby (PG) Cine m a Theater (736-0081) The Longest Yard (R) Cinema National Uptown (732-0665) Vanishing Wilderness (G) Stanley (724-4000) Steel Edge of Revenge (R) and Super Chick (R) EXHIBITION Currently on Campus Photography by Hamilton and Kirkland Students Afro-Latin Cultural Center. 2:00-4:00p. m . Closes Dece m ber 7 Suess-Deakin-DeBruin. Paintings and Wall Sculptures. Bristol Ca m pus Center. (Closes Dece m ber 20) California Climate: Contemporary California Artists. Root Art Center. Closes December 20. MUSIC AND DANCE

November 22 (Friday) An Elizabethan Entertainment. An evening of m adrigalian glee with the College Hill Singers. Music Roo m , home of Silvia Saunders. 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. November 24 (Sunday) Folk Dancing. Kirkland Quad. 3:00 p.m. (Dance Studio-List, rain site.) A Pleasant Concert of Medieval and Renaissance Music. De Gustibus (Hamilton-Kirkland Consort) 3:p. m . A.D. Fraternity House.

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November 22 (Friday) Afro-Latin Poetry. 8:00 p. m . Red Pit. November 23 (Saturday) Lecture: Henry Schwarzchild of the A m erican Civil Liberties Union, New Yark. President Ford's Clemency Program and its Implications. 8:30 p. m . Chapel. November 24 (Sunday) Lecture: The Rev. Winthrop Brainerd, Assistant to the Bishop; Lexington, Kentucky. The Church and the Crown. 8 p. m . Bristol November 25 (Monday) Illustrated Lecture: Mr. Ben Stavis, Theory and Practice of Agricultural Development in China. 8:00 p. m . Alu m ni House. RELIGIOUS SERVICE November 23 (Saturday) New m an Mass. Father Paul Drobin. 5:30 p. mo Chapel. November 24 (Sunday) ,,New m an Mass. Father Paul Drobin. 9:30 a.m o Chapel. Free Chµrch of Ciinton. The Rev. Winthrop Brainerd, Assistant to the Bishop, Lexington, Kentucky. 11:15 a. m . Chapel. November 25 (Monday) Jehovah Witness' Meeting. 9:00 a. m .-·12:00 p. m . Bristol Ca m pus Center Backus Roo m . New m an Mass. Father Paul Drobin. 12:00 p. m . Chapel. (Also' Tuesday) Christian Fellowship Meeting. 8:00 p. m . Milbank 36 (Entrance 5.) · December 1 (Sunday) Free Church of Clinton. 11:15 a. m . Chapel. BENEFIT

November 22 (Friday) Benefit Card Party. Dessert and Bridge or the ga m es of your choice. Faculty Wives Club. Reservations required. 7:30-12:00 p. m . Bristol Ca m pus Center Lou�ge. November 23 (Saturday) Interfaith Pancake Breakfast. All you can eat. Benefit: A m erican Civil Liberties Union. Contribution: Adults $2.00, children under 12 $1.00, students with ID $1.50. 7:00 a. m .-3:00 p. m . Bundy Dining Hall. November 23 (Saturday J Nine kegs and live music fro m WHCL. Sponsored ,by the guys in Dunham 208-210. Dunha m Lounge. 1:00 p. m . Everyone invited Clinton Car Wash

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By TOM BECK Three themes are constantly intertwined in Stanley Kubrick's brilliant satire "Dr.Strangelove,or� How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb": man's desire to destroy himself, his blindness in the face of major catastrophes and his desire to ignore them and his lack of responsibility for and control over his life (and death). G ener al Jack D. Ripper (Sterling Hayden), petrified by the Communist Fluoridation Plot, orders his SAC bombers to attack Russia. After his sealed base is captured by American troops sent there by the President (Peter Sellers), he kills himself rather than submit to "Communist" torture. destroyed. Premier Kissov of the G r o u p Ca p t a in Li on el S o viet Union is drunk. Mandrake (again Peter Sellers), on N obody understands the loan from the RAF, deciphers the recall code, and all the planes are seriousness of the situation. The_ brought back-except one which men .in. the piane are doing what had its radio broken by a Soviet they were trained to do­ missile. This plane manages to f o l lowing orders. 'General drop its bomb, thus triggering Turgidson is only concerned with Russia's "Doomsday Machine" "acceptable civilian casualties". and second-strike capabilities, and which destroys the world. kill-ratios and mega-deaths. �•Bodily Fluids" PoBut�d Mandrake only sees one small It is the theme rather tlian the part of it. Even the president plot that gives "Dre Strangelove" doesn't see the whole problem: a its p�wer and brilliance. There is system, no matter how fool-proof, so much self- delusion, so much will ·break down even tually, and blindness. Ripper trapped in his there is something wrong with the paranoia is convinced that the Bomb anyway. H� never questions Russians are planning to destroy the need for these things. A merica's water supply, and Dr. Strangelove (also played by pollute our "precious bodily . Sellers), part of-America's German fluids." He sends bombers eff, war booty, a crippled genius and orders his own men killed, scientist who resembles Henry killing other American soldiers. K.issinger is in charge of our And he does all this because of his weapons research, and is the only refusal to accept a rational truth. one who really understands it all. President Merkin M_uffley (and B u t t r a p p e d w ithin his you should look up the definition malfunctionmg body (his right of a merkin) is a' decent _. welf arm keeps doing involuntary Nazi meaning fellow, but he can't cope salutes) he can't deal with the with this sort of aberration. problem either. General "Buck" Turgidson, Chief Love Affair of Staff (George C. Scott), is a Kubrick began his career as a dedicated, t ho u g h s l i g ht ly mor.onic war-hawk, pleased as cameraman, and it shows. Besides punch that the Russkies are gonna the tight close-up deep focus and get it, and somewhat bothered by his continuing love affair with the Gen e r a l Ripper's breach of _ han d- held camera , his fine lighting and remarkable camera auth9rity. For it is authority that Kubrick a n g l e s g i v e t he f i l m a is quest;ioning, and the disparity documentary look. The main between power and responsibility. sets-the War Room (a sort of In "Dr. Strangelove," those with Cosmic Roillette Wheel) and a power have no responsibility, and brilliant mock-up of a B-52 those with responsibility have no interior-lend credence to, and power. Ripper has the power, and hei�ten the suspense. Most of the performances are uses it, but .escapes having to account for it by killing himself. good. Sterling Hayden has the Muffley has the responsibility for this disaster, but can excercise no authority over it-he can't even get Ripper on the phone. The Russians have gone the gre atest e xtreme to escape The fall Afro•Latin Poetry responsibility. If a single bomb Reading, sponsored by the Black t ou_c hes R u s si a n s o i l, the and Puerto Rican Union-, will be "Doomsday Machine" will go off, held 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22 in the covering_t;he earth with deadly Red Pit. In addition to _students radiation. It isn't even a matter of reading both their own poetry and choice. No decisions are made, no thc:lt of other writers, Ann duCille, one is responsible. Hamilton instructor in English The film is full of faulty and a published poet, will read communication and individual some of her original work. DuCille's poetry and prose have blindness. Ripper seals off the base. The radio in the B-52 is _a p p ear e d i n n u m e r o u s

proper driven, insistent speech of t h e d e a d - c e r t a in-b u t­ l o oking-f or-assuran cc- anyway fanatic, but he tends to speak in a monotone. Though Scott mugs far too much, his gorilla antics and won derf ully expressive -face, especially· his eyebrows, are still fine. Slim Pick�s as the B-52 pilot, and Keenan Wynn, as Co. "Bat" Guano, do well with their: small roles. Sellers Steals Show But Peter Sellers steals the s h ow with his three wild!-¥ different parts. As Mandrake, he has just the right manner, with a stiff upper lip, self-assurance and self-control. As Mer kin Muffley, h e d i s p l a y s_ c o u r a g e oil� ineffectuality the inadequacy of a nice guy caught in an absurdity, a rabbit trapped in a washing machine. And his Dr. Strangelove is the best of all-with the suppressed "Heil Hitler's" and disobedient arm, the wracked body and soul, the horror of war and nationalism. Kubrick wrote the screenplay, along with Peter George and Terry ;Southern (based on George's susp�nse-thriller novel "Red Alert"). The characters are more caricature than life-like, but in t h e i r d e v o t i on to t he i r idiosyncracies and minor idiocies, t hey resemble the rest of humanity quite comfortably. From the Freudian opening scene to the orgiastic end, the film is f ull of sexual overtones, the m atching, perhaps, self-destruction of our sex drive. Will we ever learn enough to outgrow the idiocies portrayed in "Dr. Strangelove"?

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publi catio ns, including "New Letters," "Panache Magazine," "American Poetry Review," "The Iowa Review," "Blacks on Paper," and "I, That Am Ever Stranger: Poems on_Women's Experience ," "Keeping the Faith:Writings by Con temporary Black American Women.'' DuCille recieved her bachelor of arts degree in English from Br idgewater State College in Massachusetts and her master of arts in c reative writing from Br o wn Universi ty. S he was awarded a Br own University Fellowship in 1971, again recieved the felbwship in 1 9 7 3, and taught English during the 1972 and 1974 � summer sessions at Brown. on the park, clinton, h.y.13323 In 19 7 3-7 4, s he w as the director of the South Providence ART SHOP · Girls Club and instructor of Christmas Sale writing and Black Literature at opens Sunday, Nove m �r 17 the Rhode Island State Adult 2:00-4:00 p. m . C o rrecti onal Insti tuti on in Cranston. In spring, 197 3,duCille directed a poetry workshop for open daily through Christ m as Black women at the Bannister House in Providence, and in hand m ade gifts, Christ m as decorations,· toys,• recycled Christ m as spring, 1974, she was the hostess cards, autographed Natalie Babb itt 's Ch"II dren s B oo ks, an d m uc h for "Not- For Black's Only " on m uch m ore ==--iiiiU WSBE-TV' Channel 36.

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8/THE SPECTATOR/November 22, ·1974

Damage Deposit Postponed

Service . Systems Alters Vegetarian Meal Plan

The purpose of the plan, Service Systems has altered its policy for the implementation of according to Martin, was to the restricted vegetarian meal proVIde Service Systems with a firm number of strict vegetarians plan. The Food and A u xi li ar y so that the correct amount of By SUSAN MALKJN S e r vi ces C ommittee originally food would be prepared. The T h e K i r k l and Residence p roposed that all students be original policy stated that the Com mittee -proposal requiring required to show their meal cards purpose of the plan is "to provide each student to pay a $50 damage uporr taking an entree. This was to be tte r qu a li t y food for the depos i t was withdrawn from assure that the meatless entree vegetarians." (Spectator, Oct.11) Assembly consideration by Maria Ho w ever, t her e are s ti l l · would be served only to registered Burnett, chairman of Student Life vegitarians, and to assure that problems with implementing this Committee, at t he Mo nday those signed up as vegitarians did aspect of the proposal, according Assembly meeting. not take meat entrees. However, to both Martin and Keane. Acting on the suggestion of Se.r v i c e Sy stems is still the actual policy put into effect Assembly C h airman M aggie requires that only those selecting e xpe rimenting and investigating Landau w ho said t hat the the vegetarian entree show their vegetarian meals, said Keane. The proposal was "too general" and cards. The· rationale behind this vegetarian menu has been posted i g n o r e d m a n y i m p o r t ant policy modification, according to for t he first time this week problems, Burnett will take it Anne Martin, director of Service although the plan has been in back to the committee for further Systems, was to be sure that only effect for threee weeks. "The consideration. students who are strict vegetarians good nutritional consistence is The pr op!)sed $50 damage · were registered as vegetarians with just not there. The high protein deposit would be in addition to the college. These students would meals that we expected are not the $500 tuition deposit. Payment not eat lneat even if they had the there," said Yates. of this fee would be required by option, she said. Misinformation about nutrition all students in order to obtain Service Systems will no longer is a major problem facing the college housing. accept requests for vegetarian vegetarian, according to Martin. Acco r ding to the proposal, "No vegetarian entree alone will meal stickers.,, said Martin, and damages assayed against a student. would be deducted from this damage, damaged furniture, and damage deposit would expediate -changes may be made only when supply maximum protein," Martin deposit, and the student will be furniture theft, according to the m aintenance. Students claimed new stickers are distributed for s a i d . The vegetari an must s u p p l e m e nt his diet w ith that currently repair request are the second semester. -- required to maintain the deposit proposal. "Once Service Systems said additional foods such as granola, Ho w e v e r, t he A s s e m b l y o f t e n i g n o r e d , a n d that b a l an ce i f she is to acquire criticized the lack of specific m a i n t e n a n c e i s s low and they were going to check meal peanut butter, and yoghurt. housing for the follo�ing year. cards, there was no longer any The reside nce committee's criteria by which to judge what inefficient. List Posted "If we charge a student for a need to do so," said Karen Keane, rationale for the proposal is that damage is covered by the d ep osit. the deposit will insure that there Questions were raised as to who damage, then it must be fixed," chairm an of t he Food and Martin has posted a list of Auxiliary Services Committee. is a specially labeled account for was responsible for damage ·done Patrick said. "I do not think it {the change s u p p l e m e n t a r y f oo d s fo r Another problem discussed was repairs, instead of drawing from to common living areas such as the physical plant general funds. the sui te lounges, furniture de term ining w h o w o u ld be in policy) was a right thing to do v e g e t a r i a n n u t r i t i o n a 1 Presently, money is taken from stolen by outsiders, or accidental resp on sib le for assessing the and I think they should check information. In addition, a lecture general funds on a priority basis, d a m a g e s s u c h a s b roken d am ages in a students room. everyone's card," said Linda Yates by a woman mutritionalist from and often minor repairs are not refrig er ator s or stoves: The Under the. present system the f o r m e r c h a i r m a n o f t he· Cornell is being planned for later funde d. In addi tion, it was· consensus of the Assembly was Physical Plant takes an inventory committee. She added that the in the semester. "Wh a t w e { t he F oc;>d thought t h e d epo si t w o uld that it is unrealistic to expect U> of . damages during the summer. decision was made by Service eliminate difficulties in student account for ever y d a m ag e.· Under the new plan, a more S ys tem s alone. "Then t he y Committee) understood was that Further questions 'were raised. for m a lized , m o r e e xt en s i v e informe d us and we didn't the main entree was to pe a high payment for repair charges. protein dish in and of itself, not "Insurance'· a s to w h at cons ti tu tes an check lis t w o u ld have to be protest," she said. Checking all meal cards twice at based on supplementary food," "It is an insurance that you are acceptible amount of damage. "I developed� said Patrick. When a going to be responsible for your would t hink the rent charge student moves out of her room dinner, however, would create said Yates. Students complain r oom," said Linda Patrick, includes normal wear and tear," e ither the student advisors or longer waits, slower moving lines, that they are still seeing rice assistant dean of students. The s aid Ken Kogut, financial aid p er sonnel from the dean of and m or e student complaints dishes, said Martin, but "they deposit would cover such damage di rector. Doubts were a lso students office would assess· the directed at Service Systems, Yates don't realize that rice is a protein _ added. dish.'' as l ost keys, new lock�, �� e xpressed as to whether the damages, she said.

Money, Work Keep Foreigners · On Campus

· she is bothered by her inability to about this country." continued from page on� Not all students rebun home reciprocate for staying at someone to England, said, "They certainly else's house, as well, as the for the summer. Similar to the vacation d i le m m a a r e the don't encourage you to stay here restrictions of being a guest. "It's my vacation and Pd like solutions of visiting and traveling. and for people who do, it is king to be able to do anything I want/' Toshiko Takeuchi of Japan, is one of difficult." S n ae bjorn Fridriksson of One such thing is seeing more of · of several students expressing the Ice land admitted o� some the United States. The lack of -possibility of spending the loneliness ancJ another student alternatives is a problem, she said, summer taking courses at Harvard. Getting a job is not simple. complained of feeling like the suggesting that more information only one on campus. Despite should be made available to Nadya Alvarado, from Costa Rica complaints of lack of heat, food foreign students on visiting other explains, '1f you justify the and hot water, however, many colleges and getting a glimpse of • economic need the -go�mment will let you work," but with the still stay behind to catch up on 9ther parts of America. unemployment rate rising, she - S�_mmer-Time work. over short vacations. Dissatisfaction was voiced over said she understands the difficulty "I do .not enjoy staying at someone's house just to stay winter study courses and their in giving jobs to foreign students. Th e/ m ajority of students somewhere," said Lale Ansen, relevancy to the foreign student. who plans to- stay on campus over Lale Ansen said, "There should be remaining in the United States T han k sgiving. She will take a course about America. There arc find that this is the best time for advantage of a faculty dinner, but many things we'd like to know seeing America. -

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Hamilton Dean Search

Lindley Backs Joint Biology

Acting Dean of the College Hamilton, but pointed out th�t about academic credit for legal Dwight Lindley told a panel of 12 often the college cannot compete an d other internships, Lindley student interviewers Saturday that with other institutions in faculty said, "I am not much in favor of internships which recieve credit in Hamilton is in "fair to good shape salary and compensation. "Right now, men and women gr a des A thro u g h F." Also and we can do a lot better." C a 1 1 i n g h i m· s e I f a who are black are being bought at Lindley said he is skeptical about "conseivative", Lindley said that a premium," the acting dean said. the value of pass-fail because it is O ne student was concerned not being used as it was intended he believes the classroom is the best setting for education and he about rumors that Lindley was - as a means to allow a student to does not plan to remove students prejudiced against Kirkland. In experiment with courses in which response, Lindley said, "I try to - he might not excell. from it. L in d ley is concerned about Lindley, the second dean search deal frankly with what students candidate to be invited for a need or don't need. 0 �indley also courses that may be below the return· round of interviews, met said that he has a fine working q u a l i t y expe cted from its with the students, various college r e l ations hi p w i th D e an of professors, and asked students to ad m i n i s t r a t o r s Academi c Affairs C at herine bring to his attention courses and a panel of faculty comprising Fr azer - a key to effective whi ch t hey believe are mere "pencil-sharpening.'' th e A cademi c Coun ci l an d - coordination. The acting dean expressed a Lindley favors what he called a Committee on Academic Policy. Although promising no major "general education" at Hamilton. com mi ttmen t t o promoting innovations, Lindley said that he He said that, considering the job faculty scholarship and said he would work first towards a joint m a r k e t i n m a n y o f t h e makes a practice of congratulating program in biology for Hamilton professions, Hamilton might be and publi cly ann ouncing at too professionally-oriented. He faculty meetings those who have and Kirkland. After the Burke Library is paid· would like to see more courses published articles, reviews, and for and the Chemistry Building is designed for those who do not books. Such things, he points out, wer e neve r done before the; renovated, Lindley agreed that plan to major in the subject. appointment of former Dean of Internships and Pass-Fail some funds could be used for In response to student concern the College Stephen G. Hurtz. end owed visiting professorships like t h e T r u a x c h a ir in philosophy. The acting dean was not certain Asked also if the committee whether distribution requirements H a vi n g i n t ervi e w e d t wo were necessary at this time. candidates in its second round of had decided how many candidates Acting Dean of the College Dwight N. Lindley Lindley is satisfied with the inter views, the Dean Search it would recommend to Carovano. • present level of grade inflation at Committee is silent about what Yourtee declined to comment. Hamilton and would not want will happen next. The committee chairman also grades to go up much more. He Lawrence Y ourtee, professor declined to explain why the noted that the college has given of chemistry and chairman of the committee had not yet decided on uppublishing the lists of students committee declined to comment the possible expansion of the who achieve averages of 80 or when asked if the job of dean had second round. above (the credit list) and those been offered to a candidate. Y ourtee explained that any with 85 and above (honors). The Asked if a third second round comment on the nature of why college now lists only those with candidate would be invited to the the invitation of a third second high honors - 90 or more. campus, Y ourtee said that it was ,round visitor would be. required still a possibility but that no "would ;involve confidential Grade Inflation Citing a re por t done by decision had been made either committee deliberations." Although Y ourtee refused to Stanford University where most way. He said that he did not know of the students have over- a 90 when such a decision would be say if an additional visitor would be on campus before Dec� 1, the average, Lindley said,' "There is a 'made. The two second round visitors committee t ar g e t date _ for poin t at ·whicqJ y o u can't are D arn;nouth Professor of submitting its recommendations discriminate." Lindley also said that he was Psychology W. Lawrence Gulick to Carovano, the president said co m m i t t e d t o attracting and Acting Dean of the College Wednesday that he was willing to go past the deadline. minority and women faculty to Dwight N. Lindley.

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By DiENISE N_ JBEDELL were on leave last year. The The third dinner was given for The tudeat �cs Office al dinner was given for all women students who live off campu!r-a Kirkland as ecn actively who have returned to Kirkland wide range of people, including a invoked in re.a� at to .special after being away for a long period. Hamilton wife with two children groups withm dire smth:nt body in The Office of Student Affairs and a married freshwoman. For 3D effort to � them. into believed that returning students the most part, it was just a time o ]Qnger found Kirkland as a f or these students to come the schoo y :OOI:Dgnizmg -and respondin to tbcir :needs" per sona l p l ace; they found together and meet each other. according to D12DJ e P J!e:r.. themselves confronted with new A 1 though the discussion was 1 il'.g'3IllZed I.or f_ace s a n d n e w r u le_s, '70 primarily of common interests nts "who handwritten invitations were sent outside of the school, several thntls,, live off calllllt:IU'S and .ttudenlos whn out to announce the dinner which µieans for making their life here at have rctum.cd to Kirkland :after w.a:s held at the back of McEwen . Kirkland easier were mentioned. beingonkaveiut�.., becauscof The relaxed informal setting gave A c o m mut er l ou n g e w as: Poller•s bte ·ef that ""it is the faculty members present and established in Milbank -with that you tb..e -students a chance to sit and lockers and carrels, giv�g the pre511.D1.ptmll1' o &· commuting students some place C3D sit in yo Hice Did rxpect talk. The students were able to meet on campus to relax and spend , studcnbi to Cat herine F r a ztr , dean of time b e t ween c lasses. Gail •"''If we say dwene student hody,. � must academic affairs, Ruth Rinard, Weinstein, a student who lives off m ake life ez.ia fu-r the:se .assistant dean of academic affairs, campus- and is on the Assembly, and new faculty members. The will serve as a spokesperson for studaiu,."" said olkr.. The pmpose of lh.e din:nm was attendance was good, �d the the off campus students. Limited to bring togdhcr !Sllldnits who dinner was considered a success transportation was discussed as share inlr.Rsb,. d by doing so by both the Office of Student one of the major problems 1hese Affairs and the students,.· who accompanying living off campus. establish cohmo special interest � ps_ and give met other students like themselves Poller mentioned at the dinner them the oppottnnity 1D voice' and became reacquainted with the that she didn't want to impose diudva:n.1:agcs� -5diooL these g et-to g e t hel"l' common nttd<S Fo:iri,p :stwruk:nt The studcn.:ts aho Jrq)l"�tiv.es dlairpersons one Wheeler said. fcom the J\.ue y anti :Sm.dent continued from page consciousness," ,. she added. WomenMore Qualified Life Committee. Fewer women than men come W omen faculty should be Fore� rsmdentt,s � faced with : Dean of St;udcnt Affairs Jane Poller adjmting to a ew anmtry .and a encouraged to pursue' Ph.D.s and up for tenure, and those who do new co . l wa.:s Id n their .secretaries to make use of their a r e " o verwhelmingly more part that it takes ;al least -contract benefit which permits qualified'' than men, she addal.. In 1972, while employed as them to take one college course two months to re.an associate professor in the school .ea.ch semester. the schonL In d e v e lo pin g a specific of library science at Louisiana At the reoepim " t.bey were e presented wi2h pwm av.ail:a.b e affirmative action policy, Wheeler State University, Wheler filed the 1n r e sp on se to increased "Ex c ursions in Math" is first female sex discrimination :said .she would examine the to them, a;md wa-e given .th-e demand for science and math designed for students who want to t re class a action As sul the suit. :e:xisting policy� and convert it into of chance to � -with 51:Udent courses geared towam-d the liberal study math but lack the necessary leade.r.s and Jlea:m mu.re about a point of departure for the new suit, Louisiana State was fom1d to right s arts major, two new courses for background to take - calculus, civi th in be violation of e pol i cy. l actirities 1 - :t be .mte:rest a'ct by discriminating al@mst n on -s cience a n d n on-math according to· Professor Pritchett. Timetables lo th em. It was made po5Sible for stu.dents: will be offered th.is However,� the course will not women and blacks. Th e n e w 'p o l i c y m ust the foreign -s'lluda:ils o ov'en::ome p r o v i d e a p r e - ca l c u l us Wheeler_lost her job at the spedfi c a l l y state goals and end spring. any shyness .am 5Pe.ak with the They are, •--:ni.e Basis of Life," background, Pritchett siad, but of that year. timetables·in hiring, she said. division cbairp:e:r .sons about W h ee ler s a y s her l eg a l t an-.gbt b y Linda Birnbaum, will emphasize the historical ' uHowe ver, the affirmative academic ccmnern:s., �cormng to r Kirkland. asssistant professor of development of mathematics as c:ti.on personnel are not faculty b a ck is . mostly •�self gound Poller. b iology, and "Excursions. in well as involving the students in m . ci TI!cmiters," she said. " They don't taught She " parti pated the Those Ce-ming Rack M a t h;" t a ugh t by Gordon some problem-solving. m T AAA P define criteria. nor do they write training program An.other din.nm was _given in Pritchett said that recently Pritche t t , Hamilton assistant tiv response o a ed expressed hy job d e-scriptions. Within _ the. a�ademic affirma e action in professor ofMath. there have been more students shed a .d artments, autonomy would n 1974 she 1972, publi I . ep two OT dlre-.e md-epcuien.t 5tuiien.t In addition, •"The Physicist's- without a strong background in caucuses,, · ·oy omen who not0be threatei'i.ed," Wheeler said. book "Woma n hood Media: atn:re,"• commonly math attending college but felt A ffirm a tive action takes C urrent Resources.About Women, , View of known as uPhysics for Poets-," that a pre-calculus course is leadership by specifying principles an annotated bibliography... taught. by As.wcia.te Professor of remedial and should not be to be applied in the selection - Physics Philip Pearle. is cu rrently offered at a school of Hamilton's _process," she said. being offered for the third time;� standing. Wheeler views Kirkland's major Fr.dnD.it.ics,, Fa.cnhy :ET AL-­ � � r n t r o d u ct i o n t o Professor Pearle said that "The and attracting and oblem �s one of p " r ,TREE Large cmtIS'IMAS Astronomy,""' which is not being P h y s i c i st's view of Nature" retaining women . ..the qualified continued from page one cut to oma Ci!ll 8§3--6-473 taught this ycar,wasdesignedfive i n v o l v e s ·l e s s m a th and (before Fri«bty., Dec. 6) · women would like equity in constant over the last five years, years ago in an effort to present problem-solving than a regular :retention/' she said. according to Franklin Hamlin ,. ·by Mellen professor of French. The cost of to non--majon some interesting physics course, in an effort to "Wheeler said that she provide all stU:dents with the 11]15/74 that part of her job would be the program this year was $4200, aspects of physics. Lost: Bicydc.. opportunity to gain a general Professor Birnbaum said her which p arti cipate in formulating includes $400 for travel. from .MinDf' BG.on. lue,, 3 rnllege wide tenure policy. "I Fourteen Hamilton students and course on �'The Basis of Life'; will knowledge of physics and to speed. w/bzshit :and r.a.c:k.. No wowd suggest that if you have the nine Kirkland students are in e m ph a size a molecular and discover its "exciting" aspects. resale v.alu.c. Bas $Cllrimen:ta] P r of e s s o r of Biology A. b i o c hemica l a p p r oa ch t o opportunity forestablishing France or Spain this semester. v.alne. H found,. plc.ue :return Chiquoine, chairman of Duncan biology. of concepts fundamental you should make them aiteria H a m i l ton _does not make to Minor Donn o:r c.aD. 7339 _. l scholarships available ·to students It wilf be a relativey rrigorous_ the Biology Department, said :rigorous as possible, becau,se or write Box 7.5_ 'Tha:nb� _ in the programs abroad. The course ,. she said,. but �ll riot science courses for non-majors are women have nothing to LamaFdus.. _ student may still applyfor college presuppose any prior knowledge of great practical value and constitute an important part of a loans, or use re�nts or other ofbiology. liberal arts college. "Some feel outside scholarships to defray the that if they leave science alone it cost of studv abroad. w� leave them alone-and this is NOOKIE'S DEU continued &om page one Courses for non-majors are 226 Liberty St. this ,100. I realized the need to get generally felt to be harder to information about Hamilton to t e a c h than regular courses. C hi q uoine s a i d t he y were these institutions,"-' he said. Original Hf rustrating" because of the Aft e r two years as pre-m.ed IK.osher!!! advisor, Dean K.inncl says he now language barrier between the Corned Beef, Pastrami, GRE.A T GIFT IDEAS IN •"knows the ropes,•• and has high s c i e n t i s t a n d t h e l ay man; JEWELRY,LE.ATHER, WAX Roast Beef, Chopped L iver�Etc h o pe s A f te r t w o y e a r s a s professors find it difficult to WOOD AND STEEL Salads and Soups Made Daily pre-med advisor� Dean Kinne! says com m un i cate t he i r s u bject he now'•knows the ropes, " and material to non-maiors. e, -315-853- 62.12 Next to N.Y. Bakery that he a n d Hamilton a r e absolutely not true," he said. e_oow. CRAFTSMAN Hours: 8:30-6:30 Daily Harder to Teach b e c0;m i n g w e l l-known an d Fri. 8:30-4:30 The professors intetviewed all r e s pe c t e d as a result of his personal visits to medical schools f a vo r ed the development of as ell as the efforts of alumni courses for non-majors in all LINDA'S BEAUTY BOUTIQUE across the country. Kinnel said fields, but some reservations were that he also plans to conduct an also voiced. The consensus was 39 College St., Phone 85.3-5262 extensive pre-med orientation for that the growth of these courses is_ underclassmen Jik.e Williams and hindered by limited resources on 1 Colgate. A meeting for freshmen the part of the departments, and a Special Wash Set IMWllil ®'F!RJi:;£, C-LJJflDJl, NEW YD'RK 13323 including conditioner­ and sophomores with a · panel of lack of both the time and the SBilBCA P� D.FFJJ;E (RT. 5). _NEW HARTFORD, NEW YORK $4.00 physicians was to be h.eld befoTe desire to teach them Ot). the part 8 KNG HOURS also available Christmas and another is · to be of individual faculty mP.m hers. Thursday and Friday Penns, Tints, Blow Cuts held in the spring_ So far truee Also, according to Pearle, it is students have been accepted at di fficult to determine which Streaking, ·Frostings, 9:00 A.M.to 3:00 P�M. Wig care. medical schools, and Dean Kinnel materials are right for 'teaching _ to3:0DP• . 9:00 and Open Thurs., }'ri., & Sat. said he has '"high hopes." for inrch a course, since the idea is 4:-30 P_M. to 6:00 P.M. Hamilton's class of "75_ relatively new.

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Swimming? Another Powerful Season · Roster Sports. Depth and Versatility.

Football season has ended, should add some taJe11t in the autumn has passed, and the 200-yd. Backstroke, that has been since Bruce Moh) weather is now truly cold. Bu,t missing none of this seems to bother graduated with the class of 1968. MacDonald. Graf, :1t this point in the season Coach Eric MacDonald has headed indoors is well ahead of his high school for his ninth year to the Alumni , accomplishments. Freshmen Bill .McCann, Jay Pool as head swimming coach for the Buff and Blue. In the pool Maloney, Brian Hogan, and Sloan with the coach is the strongest Cooper all have the talent to push swimming team that has ever a few of theregularsto either swim faster or forf�it their· positions. parted waters for Hamilton. As Coach MacDonald's win-loss Only three team members have grows more graduated since last year, and the (72-7-1) record impressive, strength and depth of improvement for the remaining members and the his team increases also. Hamilton team started the 73-74 season with a determination of the freshmen talented more than make up for the lost of group versatile talent. freshman, and they are now ONEONTA SCHEDU�ED stronger and more experienced sophomores. The 74-75 freshman This season the Blue class boasts another talent-filled have added . Oneonta to their roster; they may push this year's schedule, who they will swim in a Blue squad to heights yet tri-meet with Cortland on unattained. December 4, at the Utica College Coach MacDonald · said at · Pool. practice · last week, "The Oneonta is a powerful squad feeling but lacks the depth of Hamilton. are upperclassmen competition for their positions on Although, MacDonald said, the team. That's a nice thing." It "Oneonta's times are just about must be nice. MacDonald's team the same as ours were last placed second in the Upper New December." In fact, the times for York State Meet last year and both teams in the relay events third the previous seasoq. This were exactly the same last year at may be the year that the the time of this season's meet. rival The outswim Continentals Blue does have one Colgate. Colgate was Hamilton's disadvantage in meeting Oneonta only loss last season and took the so early in the season, the State Championship. The Red Thanksgiving recess ends only Raiders should be better this three days before the meet, breaking up the team and the season. The new fleet of freshman for workouts for a week before the Hamilton is led by _Robert contest. Besides this the only other "Bucko" Strehlow from Peoria Central H.S. in Peoria, Illinois� unbalanced factor between the Bucko is a natural talent from a two clubs is the depth the possess. Coach very accomplished high school Continentals program; his strength and speed MacDonald said, "We can swim should be a key factor in the - two guys in each event and still Continental's success this year. have a backup in case of sickness. MacDonald said that he could We have a lot of versitality, a lot swim Strehlow in any freestyle of guys who- can swim a lot of event from the 100-yd. even{ on different events." The teams are matched in all the other up. Backing up Strehlow in the categories, and both squads swim Free events and adding depth to well when they have to. the Individual Medley will be Phil The usual opener against St. St. Paul, Lawrence has been moved to from Hawkins Minnesota. Hawkins has the February, the Williams meet to strength and size to scare the right after Christmas vacation, and opposition as well as some of the Colgate remains the lone obstacle upperclassmen. Spunky . Graf at the end of the season. All three

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continued from page twe lve Continentals are eager to prove Phil Hildebrand, and Tom Griffith their worth against two of the composed the second line against teams they meet early this year the alumni. Keith O'Brien '77 and Williams and UVM - two teams Gibby Hedstrom '75 were that were in the play-offs · last centered by freshman Teddy year. Molloy to form the thir d shift. The Conts play Elmira Friday Defensively, Aubry and Gillmore night at Elmira in an exhibition alternated with Kurt Ziemendorf game. Also, an early reminder to '77 and Dave Pryor '76. The Upstate fans,. there are two squad must be shaved to nineteen Christmas. tournaments this year. men by the start of the season. On December 21 the Elmira Coach Batt and his assistant Christmas Tournament with John Keren are optimistic about a Army, Oswego, an<l Elmira good season, hoping to better - participating and on December 27 Hamilton's 14-7 record last year. and December 28th Nichols After being passed up for a 'School Holiday Tournament at Bowdoin , Middlebury, play-off berth last year, the Buffalo and Williams participating.

of these teams should provide Hamilton with equal and fierce compebtlon. For sure they'll make the Blue work for their victories. But then, Hamilton has· almost its complete team from last year. Senior Jeff C arlberg is returning with his State Champion crowns in the 100-yd. and 200-yd. Breaststrokes and the Naticmal crown in the 100yd. event. John and Senior Carlberg Needham are the .backbone of this year's squad. Needham is a Freestyle and Butterfly specialist, who has been the_ clutch performe:r_: for the Blue in recent years. Gary Karl, also a senior, will dominate the Butterfly for the Continentals, and so far this year has been swimming far ahead of Karl, seasons. previous his Needham, and Carlberg are the team Tri<aptains. Craig MacDonald is the anchor in the Backstroke events, and David Greenhalgh returns with the 500-yd. Free record for the Blue. was traded That same record between Greenhalgh a n d Needham last season and should again fall several times this season. S prints:rs Jack Widman, Joe Schrum, and John Murphy.should all be at top speed as they were last season, and adding Needham Hawkins, 'McCan n, and Strehlow, the last relay spots could go to just about anyone. Eric Krause, Clarke McGuire, Jim Matthews, · and M ark Walters are all returning to take up their winning ways, but at this point all have the eager freshmen to contend with. MacDonald has the experience of last year's squad, the .winning w·ays of his previous teams, and the drive of the hungry freshman cla� all jn ltis favor this year, and the ,new rearranged schedule may H ill with more provide the excitement than ever in the Alumni Pool. All that can be .said is that as usual Hamilton again. has its best swimming team ever.

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By ROBERT McCORMICK Fate has it in for the Buff and Blue. All season long the breaks went the other way-seemingly sure scoring drives failed by in che s , pena1i te s d i s r upted m om en tum,. a nd second-half catch-up attempts always failed. The frustration reached its zenith at Steuben Field last Saturday as the Continentals, seeking to avoid the dubious distinction of having the nation's longest losing streak, wound up their season against arch-rival U ni o n. Once a g a in, forces

seemingly beyond the Blue's contro_l were a factor in the contest's outcome. The team appeared to have a good chance of winning this one. The Dutchmen of Union came to the Hill' with a l-7 slate and their statistics were similar to those of the. Continentals. The defense, sparked by the efforts of John Newell and Bill Ferris (playing their Jast game for the Blue), was so psyched that it a l l o w�d t.he U nion offense virtually no gain on its first three possessions. But despite excellent·

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FEINGOLD A ND SHOEN You never hear anybody call someone else a good winner-but this is ridiculous. In the past two weeks the Hamilton College Cross Country team (which is now rivalling Colgate and Christian Brothers Academy of Syracuse for Central ·New York cross country supremacy) and the soccer tea� both received statewide recognition for their season's accomplishments. Where's the parade, the trumpets, the cherubim and the seraphim? The cross country team finished a very strong second to Colgate in the New York State Championship. Despite injuries and illnesses, the team did very well in touring the five mile LeMoyne course. The star of the day was Bruce Carter, who finished first and paced the second fastest time ever recorded on the LeMoyne terrain. The same afternoon, Dave Mohler of Rochester (who had previously been beaten by John Schmeyer) won the national meet. If you compare Mahler's results with his results in previous encounters with the Hamilton College team, it is apparent that Hamilton has several All-American caliber runners. But, due to scheduling and financing, · the runners competed on the state level and narrowly missed the BIG prize. The soccer team also reaped the rewards of a very fine season by being chosen to compete in the Eastern College Athletic Conference Soccer Tournament. They lost in the first round. But that was without one of their finest players, Walt Stugis, playing at all and frisbee-injured Dave Church (sabotaged by the physical plant) unable to play up to par. Whoknows·what could have happeped? That kicks things in the head for this year. With most of the team returning, they'll be kicking in the heads again next year.

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But they always compliment a good loser. The football players, like all other athletes on the Hill, play for nothing more than the pleasure of playing. They've worked hard-from the end of August until the middle of November and they don't have a basketful of accomplishments to look back on. It's hard to suit up and lose your 21st in a row. But, perhaps most important, is that the attrition rate on the team is so low, which is a reflection on the character of these athletes. They play-they don't get plush �artments : in Clinton !I<

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But the coaching staff does get paid. And from the sidelines, I do not always feel that the coaching decisions are up to par with the courage and spirit of the team. When a team loses so consisteiltly, through no inherent fault of its own, and they find themselves in a close game, the coach should be willing to take a chance. Against Franklin and Marshal, in the second half and down by five points, Hamilton punted with fourth and inches in the vicinity of midfield. After that, F&M controlled the· ball and the game-eating up the clock and destroying all of Hamilton's hopes. After the second touchdown against Fordham, they sent in their fine kicker, Bill Finan, to go for the extra point. The one point conversion put them in the position where they would need a field goal to tie · and a touchdown to win the game. If they had gone for a two-poin-t conversion, and failed, they still would have needed that same TD to win. A succesful two-pointer would have meant that only a field goal would be needed to win. Playing percentages for a. tie? Is it getting so bad that a tie is as good as a win? Although more open for debate amongst Monday morning quarterbacks, the decision against Union seemed equally as ridiculous. With less than a yard to go for the TD, Hamilton went for the field goal. The real point is not that it was missed-what is the point is that, with more than two minutes to play, Union would have been forced to navigate from its own one-yard line. The TD would have put Hamilton in command and, if they missed it they most likely would have had a chance to try for the same field goal-maybe not from as close. I wouldn't mind going with Coach King to Vernon 'Downs sometime and place two dollar show bets on the 2-5 favorites.

Intramural Update Intramural basketball began this week with 24 teams co�peting to make it to the playoffs. The teams to watch this year should be DU N6.l, ·the Indy Champs, Psi U No.I and DKE No.l . Games start at 8,9, and IO p.m. and the schedule is posted in the gym. Hockey season will open following Thanksgiving break and the -schedule should be posted and distributed by Saturday. The teams to watch on the ice this season seem to be AD, and the Indy's. The next meeting of the Intramural Council will be at 7:00, 3rd floor Bristol on Wed. Dec. 4.

field position, the Hamilton offense couldn't click. T he Dutchmen drew first blood, picking off a LaFountain pass and returning it for the score. A few minutes into the second quarter, the Union offense capped its only successful drive of the day with a one-yard plunge by flashy b a c k R o n W e s tb rook. The point-after failed, but the score was 13-0 in Union's favor. · The Hamilton eleven was not to be denied, however. As they have done so often this season, they dominated the second half. LaF ountain, the ECAC Division Ill's top q_uarterback, came out thro·wigg. Elusive flanker Dave Pisanelli ha1,lled in a perfectly thrown 39 yard LaFountain aerial to p u t t he Conts on the score-board. But the snap on the point-after attempt was bobbled, and Bill Finan's delayed boot sailed to the left of the crossbar. L a t e r i n t h e p e r i od, LaFountain connected on another TD toss to tight-end George G r am a glia. Coach Bob King three clubs that traditionally give By.STEPHEN HAWEELI elected to go for the two-point The recent alumni hockey Ha111ilton fits - Oswego St., c onversion, which, all things considered, was the right decision. game kicked off the 1974-75 Williams, and U r Vermont. However, year's this But Fate wasn't going to relent. season for the Hamilton College LaFountain rolled right and hit Continentals.· The annual contest co-captains, Rick Aubry an<l Dave Pisanelli in the end-zone. A not only gave the fans a sneak Gillmore, aren't dismayed over Hamilton victory? Not quite. The preview of the new Continental the schedule, figuring; the Conts referee ruled that Piser was out of squad, but allowed Coach Batt to will have to play these opponents bounds when he snagged the pass. experiment with his lines and sometime during the ....season Frankly, Oswego, Despite vociferous Blue protests generally get a better look at anyway. the ruling stood. those players · who might be Williams, and Vermont should be worried about Hamilton. The Even this setback did not quell borderline varsity. the Conts' momentum. Although The great thing about the team has only lost four seniors the moderately strong wind would alumni game, however, was the through graduation. Three of 'the four leading be against them in the final triumphant return of the older quarter, it seemed that victory ex-pucksterso Every year they scorers are returning, and from was at long last within reach. The look forward to making the drive the looks of things, fans can Blue offense continued to roll. up the Hill with their friends and expect an. even more productive F i n a l l y , w i t h four minutes family. Some come from as far year.. Rick Anderson '76, Phil r emalillllg ih the game, the away as Cleveland, some are from Hildebrand '77, and Tom Griffith Continentals w e.re on the the Clinton area, and one · '77 are off to. excellent starts. should have an Dutchmen's two yard line, goal to particular Russ Anderson participant, go.Two plunges up the middle Thompson, is seventy-six years exceptional year, just as he did failed, and Bill Finan trotted out. old, a member of the claS_s of '25. last winter when he scored a team N o r m a11 y , B i11 F i n an The lopsided score. (14-3) was leading 12 goals, and a team attempting a twelve-yard field expected, but many fans seemed leading 19 assists. "Hildy" and goal from the exact middle of the to enjoy the fact that the contest "Griff", playing on the same line, field is like money in the bank. was not the intense conflict that paired- up for 19 goals and 28 What could go wrong? The field usually takes place in the rink. assists as freshmen. Aubry! feels been that, "They are potential 20 goal had spectators Most goal was blocked. The Conts managed to retrieve cocktailing it up at the fraternities scorers.''. The defense, anchored by possession with less than a minute or had been feasting at one of the left. But the last-ditch effort fell local restaurants. Ov.erall, the Aubry and Gillmore, will be short. The season ended with Tom occasion was a success as the stronger than ever. And in the LaFountain lying prone on the players seeemed to enjoy the nets, sophomores Ray Rossi and will handle George ground, after having been sacked action, and the fans got what they Shawn sfap-shots and tip-ins even better on the final play. Frustration was · wanted - hockey. In a few weeks the hockey fans than they did last year when the evident . on the bench and in the s tands. But the Continentals will be partying at two- in the two goalies combined for a didn't really lose, they simply ran afternoon to "get psyched" for respectable 3:00 goals against the regular season, and this year average. Freshmen Tom Lenney out of time. It is sad that time has run out Hamilton is confronted with a and Lenny Thomas played with for seniors Rob Winter; John tough opening schedule. The first Anderson · on one line while Newell, Bill Ferris and Bill Collier. three games of the season are not Sophomores George Gillmore, They never gave up during these · ohly away games but are against continued on page -eleven past few lean years and always FOOTBALL STATISTICS gave their best. Now, just when things are beginning to improve, UNION SCORING UNION STATS they will no longer be a part of UN ION: Hood::...36 interception return ( Frampton-kick) 7-0. the team. UNION HAM. UNION: Westbrook-! run (kick First downs 13 17 One measure of the ability of Run 4 6 this year's Continental football fails) 13-0. H AM.: Pisanelli-39 pass from Pass 9 5 'team was the opening game with La Fountain (kick fails) 13-6. 2 4 Penalty Franklin and Marshall. Although HAM.: Gramaglia-4 pass from Rushes Att. 68 41 losing 14-9, the Blues were in the LaFountain (conv. fails) 13J2. Net Rushing 139 85 Passing 5-19 1848 game all the way. F & M went on SEASON STATS Net Passing 62 197 to an undefeated season rolling Ham Interceptions 2 Oppo 0 over its hapless opponents with Points Total yardage 201 111 282 225 scores like 70-0; F & M could have First Downs Penalties 5-62 128 9-85 167 Run 50 Punts ll-31.9 10-30.5 116 a bowl bid if it wished one. Fumbles lost 68 4 2 3lt T h e Con fin en tfl.l d efense Pass 10 20 Penalty improved in each contest and its Rushes Att 287 542 showing against the Dutchmen Net Rushing 829 2128 RECORD SEASON 121-276 49-122 was nothing short of phenomenal. Passing Net Passing 14v2 673 9 F &M Hamilton Next year, with returnees like 14 Incercepted 7 23 Hamilton· 30 0 Bates D on D o n O y e r and Sam Total Offense 2231 2801 6 Oberlin Hamilton 14 Tarantino, the defense will be Penalties 63-617 60-539 Punting 51-33.1 45-31.3 Hamilton 27 Hobart 41 superb. Kick Returns 40 17 Hamilton 16 Middlebury 56 The offense, l!!d by the strong Yardage 577 283 Hamilton 28 St. Lawrence 41 right arm of Tom Lafountain, Punt returns 7 16 Hamilton 13 Fordham will rack up a lot of points. A Yardage 16 37 79 14 23 Hamilton 12 Union reversal of Hamilton's football Fumbles Lost 13 fortunes is in the offiqg.

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DECEMBER 6, 1974

Hamilton- ,Sets Football Policy; Jones _ Is In and King Is Out

"when Don took his leave it was reappointed for another· year. By DOUGLAS GLUCROFT The Carovano administration understood he would return to Jones, recalling _last year, said, has made its commitment to Ham-·· coach football. We had some ''Actually the team he had ilton football - and it is a contro- o bligation to honor t hat thought he did a good job, and they wanted Mr. King. commitment." versial one. "I was not going to fragment With Hamilton football on the The president would not say, side in 1972, the college "tried however, precisely why Jones was Hami l ton football..•and cause something else, and it didn't not reappointed for this fall's dissension." Jones said that · he work," said Joseph Anderson, season, but said, "For a number g ave the players what they vice president. of ·complicated reasons !ie did not wanted. A n a r t i c le in the Utica Anderson points to winning return this fall." C l e ar ly, however, t e am Observer-Dispatch reported the · seasons in the early sixties with the pride characteristic of a sentiment was one major reason sentiment toward Jones amongst devoted alumnus, and in reference · why then-Acting_ Coach King was continued on page twelve to recent years, said, '"It makes me sick to see Hamilton lose." T he "something else" the college tried was Robert King who replaced Professor of Physical Education Donald M. Jones as head football coach two years The K irk land Residence stating the goals and ideals of Committee proposal to establish their group. ago. President Carovano dismissed special interest housing in the The request would also have to King before Thanksgiving, and suite residence halls was presented . state how the students would Jones is now back in his old job for discussion at an informal benefit from living together. and enthusiastic about the future. meeting of the Assembly on Educational Validity Former Head Football Coach Robert King (upper left) Ever since Jones was originally Monday. According tp the proposal, and President Carovano who dismissed him. asked to take a leave of absence In response to comp'laints at criteria for selection of special by former President John W. M o n d a y ' s m e e t i n g , t h e interest housing will be based �n· Chan d l er, the administration, Committee, on Thursday, revised t he e ducational validity and according to President Carovano ,· the proposal to allow fresh men to creativity of the proposal. has been acting in "the best be considered part of special The Black and Puerto Rican interest groups. interest" of Hamilton football. women who ..;ere critical said that By BOB RZASA Lieberman said that although A group of Black and Puerto their needs would not be classified "Best Interests" Although the job m�ket in °the the Career Center is not an active "Don took a leave in the fall of Rican women, critical of the as a special interest according to teaching profession is tight on the job placement center, it does cfo 1972 because it was agreed by all C o mmitt ee's propo sal,· will the present proposal. con cerned that it would be in the present an alternative proposal atThe R e sidence Committee elementary and secondary levels as much as possible to help best inte rest of Hamilton the Assembly meeting Dec. 9. proposal was rejected at a as well as the college level, studen� find Jobs. The Career The proposal as it now stands Tuesday meeting of the Black ano Hamilton and Kirkland graduates Center sends letters out to school football," the president said. are more successful than average­ systems through the state and Up on r e inst ating J on e s, provides those students with Puerto Rican women. Carovano said, ''We believe that it shared academic or special Two of the major criticisms of in finding teaching jobs, according students are informed of any job is in the best interest of football interest.s the option of rooming }he original proposal were that to James F. Hunt, chairman of the openings that appear. Appeal to Alumni at Hamilton if Don resumed together for the school year freshwomen were excluded from Hamilton Education Department L i e berman advises t h a t coaching. His record is a good 19 7 5- 7 6. Stu�ents requesting special interest housing and that and Bunny Lieberman, director of students tr y t o gain experience by one. He is a very talented coach." special interest housing would be the program was slated fm: a one the Career Center. Education students most likely parti ci pating in i nterns hip continued on page five C arovan o explained that required to submit a r,equest to find jobs are those who are programs at schools such as Taft, qualified to teach science, and and by applying for fellowships tho� who apply to privat� such as the Mayal, a one-year schools and areas undergoing fellowship. ·The appointment completes· rapid population increases, such as Guli ck, a class of 1952 The Career Center sent a letter W. Lawrence Gulick has of appeal to all Hamilton alumni, succeeded Stephen G. Kurtz as Hamilton graduate, is professor of P resident Carovano's goal of Suffolk and-Clinton Counties. S ci e n ce students enjoy a asking their help in advising dean of t he co lie ge. His psychology and chairman of the. filling the four top administrative appointment is effective July 1, - department at Dartmouth College p o s t s . D a ys after his own definite advantage in the teaching. students how to find jobs, not app ointment as president, job market on all educational only as teachers, but in the other in Hanover, New Hampshire. 1975. He · is also chairman of the Carovano appointed Associate levels because of a relative scarcity professions as well. The official announcement as In addition, Lieberman said made in Chapel Monday by exe cutive committee of the Professor of: Government Eugene of . good science teachers and an President Carovano ended the colleg� of arts and sciences, the Lewis as provost, and during t.he overabundan ce of s t u dents that she receives letters from recent graduates, who relate their Dean Search Committee's work highest elective position for a summer� Trust�e Joseph Anderson majoring in the humanities. assumed the post of vice-president It is also easier to find a experiences and offer advice. Dartmouth faculty member. begun last May. f o r c o m m u n i cat ions and teaching jo� at a private· school development. because, unlike the public schools, Acting Dean of µie College they do nbt require that a student Dwight N. Lindley will continue have a teaching degree, according in that post until Gulick arrives, at to both Hunt and Lieberman. which point he will return to his Private schools judge teaching former job as chairman of the candidates on different criteria, Department of .English. and tend to· prefer teachers who Dartmouth Reaction are likely to become involved in V Gulick said that many of his extracurricular activities. colleagues at Dartmouth \\'.ere The r e lative s u c cess of By WENDY PASHMAN very disappointed when they Hamilton and Kirkland students "The Women's Center is falling heard. that he was resigning his in finding teaching jobs is due to a par t," s ai d Claire Brown, position then::. the colleges' reputation, according chairman of the Committee on He said that the college to Hunt. He said tjlat despite the Kirkland as a College for Women, newspaper, because of final exams crowded job market, there is still at the last Assembly meeting. is not being published at this time, a demand for good teachers, and According to Brown, a lack of so · he is not aware of student or school systems· are aware that continuity in leadership has led to Hamilton and Kirkland train their organizational failure. '1f the other community sentiment. If acceptable to the Hamilton students well. personnel keeps changing then no Shrinking Job Market Department o f P s ychology, one knows what's happening," she Many schools, in New York said. Gulich will teach an introductory c;ourse here. He said he did not State and around the country, Echoi n g thi s senti m ent,� '·know whether he will teach both s en d l e t t e r s t o H a m ilton Marianne Udow explained that requesting students to teach, the failure was caused by a semesters or only one. Gulick, whose son, Hans, is a e s pe ci ally schools from Hill fluctuartng student body that sophomore at Hamilton, plans to students' home towns. could not provide a stable base for However, Lieberman· said that the center. visit the campus before next July but will not take on any students will have to contend with Both Brown and Udow agree responsibilities of the dean before a shrinking job market for the that students lacked the amount next 10 years, as enrollments are of time needed to keep up then. Before joining the Dartmouth expected to dwindle on all levels effectively a body of this sort. As faculty in 1965, Gulick was of education. :For example, a an example, Brown explained that survey t he women on the center's N e w York .Times chairman of the Department of Psychology at the University at indicates that college emollments S t e e ri n g Committee resign ed Dela ware where he . had risen alone will decrease by 23 per cent from 1980 to 1990. through the professorial ranks. 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· ····Football's Future···· Competition is the aim of intercollegiate sports. Any worthwhile intercollegiate athletic program should provide its students with appropriate facilities and a mature staff which will teach and train them, and it should excite their Competition is the aim of intercollegiate sports. Any worthwhile intercollegiate athletic program should provicle its students with appropriate facilities and a mature staff which will teach and train them, and it should excite their enthusiasm and the enthusiasm of other .perspective athletes. Administrative comments which have followed the recent football coach shuffle, however, seem to suggest a policy which could disturb the stability of the football program and intercollegiate athletics in general here. For it could result in placing undue pressure upon the Admissions Department, the physical education staff, the players themselves,and develop mistaken expectations among alumni. Along with nebulous statements that the administration is acting "iri the best interests'' of Hamilton football, President C a ro v an o h as p ledged t h at H am i l ton will become competitive with teams from Bowdoin, Middlebury, and Williams. And Vice-President Joseph F."Anderson has said, "It makes me sick to see Hamilton lose." Both administra­ tors have already asked alumni to recruit athletes. The apparent emphasis upon winning, however, leads one to believe that inadvisable actions will be taken to achieve that.· Regardless of whether a team were well-coached, high­ spiritied, and faced with equal competition, will a team or its coaches unduly be blamed for defeat? Recruiting, within the framework of an academic institu­ tion such as Hamilton, which is also bound to the restrictive gui�lines of the North East Small College Athletic Confe­ rence, must be primarily the province of the coach. Alumni should be welcome to offer their suggestions. But if a contin­ ued emphasis is placed on recruitment by alumni, they will eventually want to know why the increasing number of ap­ plicants they recommend are not necessarily accepted, and objective admissions decisions will be precluded. A l u m ni and students have expressed disappointment when Hamilton teams lose. But what should be of principal concern is that the best staff be retained and that an atmos­ pher be created for healthy, enthusiastic competition within a highly academic institution.

Feeling Sick

The hospital has- become an increasingly popular retreat for politicians who have found the heat in the kitchen a little too �uch to stand, (with apologies to plucky Harry Truman, who would have been the last to cut and run). Richard Nixon -has thrown the Watergate trial into havoc; phlebitis, with doctor's certification, timetable and all have kept him away. And Wilbur Mills, if he hasn't prevented his own slide from power, has at least slowed it with his entry into the hospital, which seems to promise him little sympathy from anyone except Fanne Foxe,_the Tidal Basin B,ombshell, which, per­ haps, is all Wilbur really wants now anyway. What all this means, however, is a terrible example for people looking for a way out when it's the pressure-cooker they're in. Phlebitis? Exhaustion? Wilbur said his heart was ·skipping beats. But whose heart doesn't when faced with the prospect of � week of finals and a reading period that's only five days long instead. of a semester - which is what some people really need. Or when faced with a pile of unwritten µqn-s which could only be written if one had an extension to May. We've .already been shown the way .out by Nixon, Mills, and all the children whose sore throats appear the morning before the big spelling bee. Don't fight it� Fake it. Buy or cry your way into the Health Center, and cool your heels until the heat passes.

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bring t o Hami l t on s t r ong and student panels who met with To the Editor: gru elin g academic leadership, direction, candidates and whose comments A fter six months, the search for a new and new ideas in the years ahead.. proved enormously helpful to the Dean of the · College has finally He is a gifted man who will committee in the decision-making drawn to a close, and we are now quickly and decisively assume the process. Finally, the search could not able to return to long negletted . reins of the Deanship and will academ i c s t ud ies. We a re easily muster the support .and have been carried out effectively confident-that the appointment of r e s p e ct o f t he H am i l ton without the cooperation of The 1 Spectator for their objectivity, Professor W. Lawrence G ulick will community. We w i sh to express our understanding, and consideration. · gratitude to the faculty members We believe their coverage of the of the Search committee for the search afforded the Hamilton m u t u a l r e s p e ct a n d e qual c o m m u nity a complete and To the Editor: Students at Hamilton and representation a f f o r d ed .us realistic view of the procedures Kirkland Colleges see� to have, an throughout the deliverations in which werre followed. Th rough out the 'selection incredible facility for turning which we fully participated. In something serious into a game. p ar ti c ular,. Chairman Yourtee process, as the student members The n�west of these games should deserves the commendation of all of the Committee we did our best be entitiled, "Fasting for Fun." who served in the search for his to be conscious of the needs of The rules of the game are simple: equanimity, perpetual optimism, the College, to represent the views that were chosen to voice, and to 1. Sigh up to fast, and get the fairness, and diligent labors. F ur t hermore, we wish to remain open to the opinions of monetary equivalent of your meal sent to help the starving e x presss our appreciation to. our fellow students. We believe President Carovano and to the that we have found a man who ' millions. 2. The night before your fast S t u d e n t S e n a te for t he m e e t s a l l t he requirements sneak what you can from the opportunity to serve the College deemed necessary for a highly dining hall to make your next and its student body in this competent ·Dean of the College, d ay ' s o b s e r v an c e s m o r e important task. To· all those who and we are confident that the helped in the interviewing process faculty and the student body will bearable I have a distinct feeling that we also extend our thanks. These be served well . Robert L. Evans '75 this is not what the people who included Dean Lindley, Dean Roger E. Schnieder '75 coordinated these activities on Frazer, Mr. Lewis, and the.faculty this Hill had in mind. The basic idea is n o t t o s e nd the insignificant amount of money raised in these activities to the To the Editor: status made by the Committee on people in need. More importantly, Once again we have seen a Academic Standing when the the fast should arouse a general n o r m a l l y i n t e l l i g e n t , college starts collecting tuition to awareness of the problem at hand. clear-thinking, and enlightened pay those students to teach classes I don't think that I am college administrator ·express a on the Hill. addressing myself to a small rather unenlightened view on the I n s i n c e r e ly h�pe that · minority; I have a feeling that I role of a "responsible" college secrecy-itis, the disease which am speaking to over half of aJl newspaper. afflicted Hamilton administrators those that signed up to fast. I Dean Catherine Frazer wasn't .for so long, but which th ey now work at McEwen dining hall and around for the McDermid debacle seem to be shaking off, has not my _observations_. on Wed11esday last year, but those of us who spread to afflict their counterparts night's food consumption were as were remember the bitterness across the road. If it has, everyone follows: caused by ·Kirkland's refusal to should be thankful that The -General food consumption release pertinent information with Spectator is around as a viable and was up at least 1/3. regard to that re-appointment effective antidote. -Consumption of jelly, milk, procedure. A college which prides Frederic Bloch '74 tea was up more than f/3. i t s e l f on c om m un i ca t i o n , The writer , editor-in-chief of -Bread consumption was up by openness, and flexibility should The Spectator 1973-74, is now a at least 800%. learn from its previous mistakes. reporter on the Buffalo Courier­ T hi s fo o d m us t be going It's unfortunate if Dean Frazer Expre ss. somewhere! b e l i eves that t4e names of Since when has it been more professors being considered for LETTER POLICY moral to raise money fraudulently tenure should not be known by The Spectator welcomes than to pay ou_t of your own the community to which ·those letters· from all of its readers: pocket· or with your own small professors are hir�d to serve. The s t u d e n t s , fac ulty , sacrifice. You may feel you have Spectator obviously realized that adminis tration and· al:µmni. a right to take food that you paid the academic lives of present and W h i le w e r ecognize our for from the dining hall, but how future s t u9ents, indeed the responsibility to print what we ; can you possibly justify eating a-ca d e m i c e nv i ronment of receive, the editors reserve the when you signed up to fast. right to edit or withhold a letter Kirkland itself, might easily be For the two years that I have affected by upcoming tenure from publication, for instance w orked as a head-waiter at d.ecisions. It there fore rightfully in the case of possibly libelous McEwen, I have been able to provided necessary· information content, but as well for any observe · at first hand, how the by publishing the names of the� other reason that they see fit. most fortunate of the world's eight faculty members who are up All letters must be signed, not most fortunate countries can for tenure. with pseudonym or initials, waste such a finite resource as I will accept Dean Frazer's altho·u gh names may be food. Every year I must throw analogy of decisions on student withheld in print upon request. tons of uneaten food into the dumpsters because somebody was too picky to eat it. • Thursday night when you sacrifice by eating peanut butter and jelly. with milk instead of chicken; I imagine yo u'll chuckle at how you screwed Service Systems out of a few bucks and Friday night you'll What can yoµ do with only a bachelor's degree? celebrate at the Special Me� by . 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Letters ContinUed

First on the Football Coach

Hamilton football recruit more· To the Editor: Personally, and from a more and be tter aiheietes. What's objective administrative point of important to .take note of is the view, I strongly believe that the a d d m issions o f f i c e f i n a l l y reappointment of Donald Jones as consenting t o the need for �ead football couch was both qualified atheletes. The team was m ade up of p redominan�y justified and necessary. I've played under Jones my freshman year and under King my sophomore and junior years. In evaluating the two, Jones has a better football mind. Jones used to win with the Hamilton teams. But in the late 60's, our competition increased re cr u i t in g, thereby obtl}ining at h e l e t e s who o u t c lassed Hamilton's.' As a result, his winning seasons were becoming more and more extinct. By my freshman year, I felt he was apathetic toward the game. Virtually, he didn't care what was going to happen on Saturday. The offense, for example, that he was used to running couldn't be affective with the material he had. Thus, the record was 1-6. Most of the team, including myself, favored King's approach, and, as a result of a. petition{ freshman, but it was not different helped encourage his.appointment in the other two years. Although, as acting head couch the· following their quality I feel was better. year ·w hen Jon e s was on We'll never get the sterotype sabbatical. football stud, oversized and no Over these past two years, King brains; the tough monkeys who has worked :hard; he organized an would come here only to play offense t o c omplement his football. The admission office will defense; he showed a dedication only let those in who.can do the to the game; he scouted our job academically. Playing football opponents; and he prepared us has only recently become more well for the games. Howeve:r:, at important than cross country the game, when the team needed a m a n a g i n g i n r e v i e wrn g rational decision to be made on applications. I can conceive of the spot, I felt that he wasn't able s tarting a speech major for to make it. football ogres, but I don't think it Ki ng d e f i n i t e l y h e l p e d would go over very well. Mr-. Todd

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By VINCENT L. DiCARLO "Hey, we beat Oswego;" one of the hardy souls who travelled to see Hamilton's first hockey game of the season might have been heard to say in the Pub in Wednesday night. "Toe Blue certainly won, but what's this 'we' business? I didn't know you played hockey," was an often heard, and even more often thought reaction. Indignation of this sort is most common among those who have at one time or another also played a team game. They rightly point out that the cheering crowds that regularly stuff the Sage Rink and even· occasionally brave snow, ice and hostile fans to see games at other schools rarely venture out onto the ice. Such participation would probably meet' with vigorous disapprival from the officials, in fact. By virtue of what then is out enthusiastic hockey fan gleefully exulting over "our" victory? The root of this use of the first person plural possessive pronoun when referring to team victories or defeats is_also the reason why large amounts of energy and money are expended on team sports in the_ first place and why they are so much more popular than individual competitions. Tacit belief in the existence of the teaµi as a thing above and beyond the players who make it up makes it possible for a fan to feel included in the struggle, to partake, as ABC Sports puts it, in "the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat." Colleges do everything in their power to promote this belief in an entity transcending the players. Uniforms an: not just to enable the players to identify their teammates. The donning of the school 1 colors makes each player the champion of the institution. When the crowd shouts for a particular member it is hoping he will help the team effort, but when it shouts "go blue!" it is shouting for itself as much as for the men on skates. A fan who identifies himself with his institution by standing when other members do, cheering its cheers, or wearing its colors, is giving the only prerequisite for participating emotionally in its contests. This is not a cognitive claim to nave acted in a way that sign ificantly contributes to a win or a loss. The fan has, though, won the right to say "we." This need not be the point of view of the people who wave the wooden sticks in order to be true for the fans. No doubt the players see the game as primaril y a personal conflict rather than as an institutional one. Yet, when they cheer for a point scored while they were n ot personally on the ice they exhibit the same- sort of vicarious pleasure as the fans. The institution they participate in is smaller and its members have more in common. But the fact that is is probably limited to those closely associated with the actual playing does not alter the institutional basis of that pleasure. Emotional loyalties foJKed in the sports arena are not limited to it. Once it is established that it is "our" hockey, soccer or football team it is a logical step to its being ••our"' school. Trustees realize this and also realize that alumni donations depend on the emotional participation in the fortunes of the college by those alumni. The reason why the college lavishly supports leam sports is not to produce a winning Tecord, provide entertainment for students on weekends or give athletes a chance to achieve proficiency in their sports. This is why a lot of the talk about the football team is simply foolish. We care about its performance. but-the reason that the team exists has nothing to do with the record itself. This week, there will be a hockey game in the Sage Rink. I hope / we win.

likes football, hut l don't know if he'd hold back his resignation for this purpose. I think the administration feels., as I do, that with the abolished preconceptions in the admissio!!_s office that all football

because his only perspective is that of ability , honesty. pride, commitment, sincerely of concern_ for students, and unrelenting d e s i r e f or winning through c o n sis t e n t improvement and recruiting. Hopefully, he wilf be given a chance somewhere else, at least to the extent that he can continue until his recruits become vetaans. But in the meantime, I can think of. no worse icing on• the cake after a losing season, to the team, t he coaching staff, and the "Kinger" himself than to ax the most devoted football enthusiast we had. It is my most earnest hope that the dismissal of this man who has revitalized our football program with expertise a n d · commitment is not an underhanded scheme to abolish football at Hamilton College. Bill Ferris '75

E SP'Ett ATOkJ3

La.Foun d will c ntinne to be an excellent passer_ "Tlris year' ream ()OTeD ID:Die points than any t in the '1:ast fuur years.. Don Jones• :attitnded towan:ls the foothaD. field was deprCllJllg_ He used 1D apm og:izr: in the looker mom before games fur the fact that the odmr ..team -was better_ That:'s not the w.ay · to g.e a � ready to o 1!ltt field. 1k bas proved he "can.,,, -win but, more· �tly he bas been a loser_ King has a good attitude :and 'IllllSt he the most .s.cholrerl of -anyone reganling -. decision. I hope ones ,can take this karl the Hamilton material Continentals to a winning :season I

Third To the Editor: The news of the firing of· Bob King and rehiring of Don Jones � as quite a shock to me. I have played Hamilton college football and experienced· both coaches. I players are dumb jocks and a think the decision is wrong. changed attitude, for he seems 'J1ie fact that this year"s senion more determined than ever to refused to play for Jones and prove himself, Jones will be able preferred King indicates 1hat ame fflt''hhddupm:i, :request to get the players he needs to add Jones is not the replacement for to what's. already here. and then King if a replacement is in onler-. I begin immediately to work as do not· think one is. It was not hard and as effectively as he used Jones' recruits who played for to. Hamilton this season. It just so To theEdili Lou Cordia '76 happens -that Tom LaFountain is of lnu:rfaith fr-om the same high school where would like to 1hank fue .students B o b K i n g c o a che d. T o m and faadty -for their generous contn'"bu · os 1lD :this year "'.s fund To the Editor: drive. e rec� a totil of · I would like t o express my In the Health Committee column by 1,616 which brlp support s orrow for the sudden - and Dt. Don Muilenberg in the New_ 22 gyoup such as -Fam America, unwarranted firing of Coach King. issue, a statement read: •"Therefore. Hamilton! - 'khn.tl olunteer with the homosexual orientation in our Yet I can only feel glad that this society, and perhaps alleviating some Services. ARC. �d .American man will no longer commit anxiety or unhappiness, let me Friends Sen.rice Committee. A himself to this school where the mention a few facts and share some special debt of ,grati de is owed administra.ton's - whimsical shaft is_ thought ·about homose.xuality." "Ihe to GI-cg Ma-ymud who organized statement should have read: delivered in response to any - "Therefore, with the hope � the drive along with Ram Porter� spontaneous shifts in teperment. improving ones und el'Staoding of tile Ann Fry aru:i Dave Duggan� .Arni It is sad, however, that the many people with a homoseDJal of cou:ne, nothing would have "' shaft was given to a man who is orientation in society, and pedlaps..... becn - ed. - - hadn t f incapable of understanding voids In the Nov. 22 issue, the heacltioe of been for the e forts of our of commital, two-faced politics, a story about pre-medical admim.ons mlicitou.. '1hank yon 31 very • and utter lack of regard for misleadingly read: "Hamilton .Pre-Meds much. Below Par." · The headline shouW ba¥e students. read: "Pre-Med Admissions Below C o ach Ki n g w il l n e v e r · P·ar." _ understand why h e was fired

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BLURB DEADLINES

The deadline for announcements and blurbs is 7:00 p.m. the Wednesday preceding publication date. Although The Spectator does not guarantee publication of any unpaid announcements, every reasonable effort will be made by the editors to print those subip.itted before the deadline.

DANFORTH FELLOWSHIPS

This year's no.minees for 'Danforth· Fellowship's are David Parker '75, Chok Tso '75, and Charles Verrill '74. The scholarships, w}:iich award over $2,000 to·students who plan to become college teachers, stress intellectual ability, personal characteristics, and social responsibility. Hamilton is allowed two nominees •from the class of '75 and a nominee who is� recent �aduate.

·FOOD' SERV:OCES

If you're tired of the food at the dining halls and would like to do something about it, join the Board of Stewards. For info about this comrnitte�, contact Dean Bingham or Jon Yarmis.

GRAD SCHOOLS

Representatives of the following graduate and professional schools will be interviewing on campus next week: Wed., Dec. 11 11-3:30, Paralegal Institute of Philadelphia. Thurs., Dec. _ 12 10-12, University of Detroit School of Law. Interested students must sign up at Career Center for interviews, or call x7346.

COMMUNICATIONS Five Kirkland alumnae who now work in the communications field will return to Kirkland Saturday for several meetings with students. An informal discussion of careers in communicatio�s will be held in the Red Pit at 2:3-0 p.m. and at 4:30 there will be a wine and cheese reception in the Women's Center Lounge.

ROLE EXCHANGES TALK

"Role Exchange in the Professional Couple" will be.discussed in the Women's Center Lounge in Kirner-Johnson Building December Il at 8 p.m. Carol Rupprecht, 'Assistant Professor of Literature and her husband, Glenn, a lawyer who left his practice to follow his wife when she was hired ·by Kirkland are the final participants in the Life Style Discussion Series sponsored by the Kirkland De� of Student Affairs Office.

STUDENT EVALUATIONS

The Student Curiculum Committee has distributed to each professor a course and teacher evaluation questionnaire to be handed out and completed in class during the period beginning on Wednesday, Dec. 4 and ending Wednesday, Dec.II. In part I of the questionnaire, "STRONGLY AGREE" correlates with "A" on the answer card and "STRONGLY DISAGREE" correlates with "D" on the card. In other words, the card should read strongly agree to strongly disagree from left to right. Part II remains unchanged with "A" corresponding with " l ", "B" with "2", etc. ' The comrnittee asked that students conscientiously answer each question as fairly and as objectively as possible. Students are encouraged to make additional written comments on tlie evaluation cards for this will constitute an important part of t}:le final evah.1.ation report. A 1:;ourse critique will be made availabie to the college comm�nity during the spring semester.

KIRKLAND ASSEMBLY

The Kirkland Assembl y,: meeting has been rescheduled from Tues. Dec. IO to Monday, Dec. 9 at 3:30 p.m.

JOINT CONCERT CANCELLED

The proposed joint concert between Hamilton, Kirkland, and four local colleges was cancelled due to insufficient budgeting. It is a possibility for next fall, the SAC reports.

T he r e n ovation of t he C h e mi str y B uilding-originally estimated at $1 million last year­ is now expected to cost $2 million according to President Carovano. Carovano will inform the Board of Trustees of the soaring estimate at its meeting tomorrow. The trustees , at their second meeting this year, will decide whether or not to go ahead in the fundraising operation for the C h e m i s t r y b ui lding. T h e a d m in i s t r ation still considers renovation the best alternative .. The trustees will also be asked to approve an allocation of $28,000 for equipment purchases for a new plumbing system in Carnegie Hall. The entire project s h ou ld c o s t $ 100,000, the president said. Also on the agenda is a discussion o f t h e college's f in an cia l a i d dis t r ibut ion_ According to new standards for the dissemination of aid set by the College Scholarship Service, the college must increase the amount of aid it now gives. "They (the new guidelines) are almost impossible to comply with. I don't yet know how we will respond," said Carovano. ff an anticipated speciaf gift is donated, the trustees are also expected to approve renovations on the Minor Theater.

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The Human Rights Commission, created last year under the direction of President Samuel F. Babbitt, is charged with impfementing Kirkland's Affirmative Action Program. Out job is as follows: Human Rights Commission Statement of. Role and Function 1974-75 (75-76) October 9, I 974 In .accordance with its duties and responsibilities, the Kirkland Human Rights Commission shall: l. be advisory to the President; 2. assist the affirmative action consultant in implementing the present Affirmative Action Program; 3. assist the affirmative action consultant in designing, monitoring and evaluating all affirmative action programs; 4. provide informational and attitudina] services and programs; _ 5. act as consu1tant to an col1ege recruitment units; (To facilitate and insure the College's compJiance with Equal Employment Opportunity Law and Kirkland's Affirmative Action· Program, the Commission would help division personnel committees, the appointments committee, ·and other offices charged with the recruitment in the following ways:) 6. act as review board in any instance of grievances concerning al1eged discrimination; 7. formulate and revise priorities on .issues relating to women and minorities; 8. a.ct, with the assistance of the affirmative action consultant, as a planning committee to study and recommend action in the fol1owing areas: a. new or revised Affirmative Action program; b. new or revised procedures for the Human Rights Commission c. standard procedures for.processing grievances d. activities and programs to attract minority and women students and personnel. 9. prepare and present an annual report to the College community. a. maintain full and current lists of appropriate news media, journals and women and minority organizations; b. distribute guidelines for hiring; c. provide relevant questions to insure the cqmpleteness of job descriptions; d. assist divisions or other units in establishing and maintaining accurate and complete recruitment records; e. help personnel committees within each division ascertain availability · ,. pools. Commission members: Carol 'Bellini-Sharp, Chairman Candy Chase Patty Coleman

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Housing continued from page one year trial, according to Carol of the Eymen, chairman Residence Committee. The Black and Puerto Rican women expressed the need for a prop osal that would guarantee them special interest housing each year, Eyman said. Furthermore, they said that the exclusion of freshwomen from the special interest housing limited their chances of gathering six p eople to fill a suite. The proposal presently requires that suites be filled at the time the request is submitted. Meaningful Housing The Residenc� Committee's proposal for special interest housing was presented on the grounds that the living experience at Kirklan d ·should} be a meaningful part of the total education of the students, and that special interest housing was required to fulfill that experience. Eyman said that the Black and Puerto Rican women expressed the opinion that their need was already justified by dint of their limi ted population among. a predom inately white student body. Both the revised Residence Committee proposal and the Black and Puerto Ri an women's proposal will be heard at the Dec. 9 �sembly meeting.

KIRKLAND COLLEGE STUDENT LIFE: RESIDENCE SPECIAL INTEREST UNIT - PROPOSAL GUIDELINES 1975-1976 Responding to a continued interest by Kirkland students for alternative housing options, the Residence Committee of Student Life proposes special interest units be established £n the suite residence halls for the 1975-1976 school year. This proposal, we feel, will further promote positive living experiences within the buil.dings and will better utilize the facilities within the suite living arrangement. Kirkland College believes that the living experience should be a meaningful part of the total education of its students. The college is also committed to diversity throughout its housing units. With this in mind, the possibility for a group based upon a common interest or an academic theme should be made available. Therefore, student groups wishing to live together for a special interest are invited to submh proposals to the Residence Committee of Student Life. .,,... The proposal itself is of utmost importance. The committee believes the ability of a group t� agree upon and then to express its goals and ideals is crucial. Criteria for selection will indude educational validity and creativity of the proposal. Proposals may be oriented toward a particular academic area(e.g., a foreign language unit) or toward a special interest (e.g., shared cultural experiences, meditation). The suite living arrangements of Milbank and "B" Residence Halls are most suitable for this special interest housing. The stress is being placed on each individual's commitment to the goals and programs of the group. Theref?re, we ask that you not request a particular suite. Each participant must sign the proposal and, in addition, should submit an individual statement indicating her commitment to the group's goals and what she hopes· to contribute to and gain from the experience. The signature of each participant indicates her agreement and understanding of the proposal, as well as, in the event of acceptance, her willingness to live in the area assigned to the group. · Names of alternates willing to join the group in the case of withdrawal from school by an original participant should also be A stairway in Milba'nk Dorm, one of the buildings in which submitted. The order in which they are to be placed in vacancies must special interest housing might be located if approved. be indicated. Alternates will go through the regular lottery. In addition the following should be understood:· -�-!..E:.. ., ..- .-,.• _.._ · · 1. The special unit must be filled at the time the proposal is submitted. 2. If a vacancy occurs that cannot be filled by the group, the unit will be assigned non-members. 3. These special housing units are limited to students who have lived on campus at least one semester. t1 There will be a general information meeting on proposal information R oger W. Libby, visiting and writing' on Thursday, February 6, at 8:00 p.m. in the Red Pit. asso�iate profe�sor for child and Proposals are due in the Office of Student Affairs by 4:30 p.m., ·» fam i ly s t u dies at Syracuse · Monday, March 3. SUBSTITUTION PROPOSAL University, will speak in the Red The Residence Committee strongly recommends that these special Pit, Tuesday at 8 p.m. flis lecture ng Marriage- . units be made up of six present Kirkland students or Kirkland students l::'j is entitled "Renovati Toward New Sexual Lifestyles," a who are on leave Spring I 97 5. We feel very strongly about the ffl subject on which he has authored committment to the program and its unit members. However, if there is a group that feels freshwomen would be an asset a book. Prior to joining the Syracuse to their special unit, the double could be reserved for them. The J. University faculty, Libby was freshwomen would be required to present the same evidence of ""' engaged in extensive and 'diverse commitment as that being required of upperclasswomen. Including professional work, which included freshwomen in your program should only be made after you have teach�g undergraduate co�se� at considered the ability of new students to cope with the academic E W a s hing ton State · Umvers1ty, pressures and the emotional 'and social adjustment of the first year at appearing as an expert witness for Kirkland, along with the additional responsibility of an intensive court cases on obscenity and residence program. Transfer students should be considered in somewhat · :=r� p o r n o g r a p h y, working with the same manner. 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f[LM On Campus This Weekend G o d ard's Two or Three Things I !<..now About Her. Friday and Saturday at 8:00p.m. Sunday at 10:00 p.m. Kirner-Johnson Auditorium To Have and Have Not and a Harold Lloyd short. Friday and Saturday at 8:00 p.m. Sunday at 10:00 p.m. Chemistry Auditorium. December 9 (Monday) Anthropology Film Series:Ware Ni 7:30 p.m. Science Auditorium Madame, Bovary 10:00 p.m. Krrner-Johnson Auditorium (Also • Tuesday) 8/ood·of the Condors 8:00 p.m. Chemistry Auditorium December 12 (Thursday) Art Division Film Series, Allen Ginsberg> 7:30 p.m. List Recital HalL Monkey tJusiness and Cops a Buster Keaton short. 8:00 p.m. Chemistry Auditorium F.ive Easy Pieces 8:00 p.m. Kirner-Johnson Auditorium

At N�arby Theaters Cannonball (853-5553) Walking Tall (R) Cinema Theater {736-0081) The Longest Xard (R) Cinema National Uptown (732-0665 Lieutenant Robin Crusoe U.S.N. (G)

Stanley (724-4000) The Sting {PG)

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Photography by Hamilton and Klrkland Students Afro-Latin

Cultural Center 2:004:00 p.m. Closes Dec. 7.

Suess-Deakin-DeBruin. Paintings · and Wall Sculptures. Bristol

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Further Romances,. Further Reading Lists: A selection of pictures by Richard M�rkin. list Art Center. Closes Dec. 20.

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MUSIC AND DANCE December 6 (Friday) _ S.A.C. Folk Concert featudng Paul Geremia, Raun MacKinnori and Lew London. 8:00 p.m. Chapel. (Free with social tax) December 7 (Saturday) A.B.C. Benefit Dance. 9:00 p.m.-1:00a.m. Bundy Dining Hall. December 8 (Sunday) Folk Dancing. Kirkland Quad. 3:00 p.m. (Dance Studio, List, rain site.) Second Annual Messiah Sing. 3:00 p.m. Chapel. Scores available for rental at $.25. December 9 (Monday} An Evening of Dance. Presented by students of Modern Ballet, lazz and Labanotation. 7:30 p.m. List Dance.Studio. December 10 (Tuesday), Concert. The Amici"Quartet. 8:30 p.m. Chapel. LECTURE AND DISCUSSION December: 6 €Friday) lecture: Professor Robert Denomme of the University of Virginia French Department. Stendhal's Quest for Self Identity in 'Vie de Henry Brulard' and 'La Chartreuse' de Porme'. Reception to follow. 8:00 p.rn. Alumni House. Dece.:nbeF- 91 (Monday) Lecture: Mr. John Muccio, former American Ambassador to South Korea. The United Nations Role in the Korean Issue. (with comparisons with Viet Nam and the Congo.) 4:30 p.m. Bristol Campus Center Lounges. December 10 (Tuesday) Robert Bly Evening with tapes and video tapes. 7 :30 p.m. List Recital Hall. L_ecture: Dr. Roger W. Libby. Renovating Marriage: Toward New Sexual Life Styles. 8:00 p.m. Kirner-Johnson Red Pit. D�cember 11 (Wednesday) Hamifton-Kirkland Faculty Journal Club Lecture. Speaker: Mr. Rouben Chola�ian, Rabelais and the French Nouvella. 8 :00 p.m. Kirner-Johnson Ked Pit. RELIGIOUS SERVICE December 7 (Saturday) Newman Mass. Father Paul Drobin. 5:30 p'.m. Kirner-Johnson Red Pit. December 8 (Sunday) Newman Mass. Father Paul Drobin. 9:30 a.m. Chapel. Free Church of. Clinton, Dwight Lindley, Acting -Dean of Hamilton College. 11:15 a.m. Chapel. Hannukah Party. Jewish Students Group. 7:00 p.m. Alumni House. December 9 (Monday) Newman Mass. Father Paul Drobin. 12:00 Noon. Chapel. (Also Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.) Christian Fellowship Meeting. 8:00 p.m. Milbank 36 (Entrance

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"Two or 'l;hree Things I Know About Her." It is one of Godard's most beautiful titles. And it turns out to be one of Godard's best films.

The film expresses the state of mind of a lower-middle-class young Wife who lives in a new housing project in the outskirts of Paris and goes whoring on the streets, respectably parking her children, to earn enough loose change to buy the clothes and the -.mokes of a bourgeoise. Social Irony The social irony is a simple circle, perfectly and swiftly made in Godard's particular way, and the girl's consciousness of it is both blasted and blithe. She takes this to be a fact of her city. The "her" of the title probably refers as much to Paris as to the heroine, who is played by Marina Vlady. The picture begins with the sound of . a whisper-Godard's mind-nearly drowned by traffic. The whisper continues throughout the movie, worrying at scraps of thought about existence and language over the racket of cars and building sites. As in most of Godard's work, the split between the subjective and the objective in the film is not simple. It hacks the picture down

the middle, in fact, letting it spill so�e of the director's blood, though a light self-mockery makes the blood seem tomato ketchup. The subjectivity is all in the whispers, audible, barely intermittent, quoting words from Wittgenstein, from the process of this from film-making, Communist newspapers, whatever. The objectivity is in the enacted drama, the characters in the film, the visible. Godard is the most Brechtian of directors. Marina Vlady first appears as herselt named as herself, noted as being "of Russian extraction." She turns her

head. Then she is introduced as the character-"not of Russian extraction." She again turns her head, but now the other way, because the actress' point of view has switched to the audience's point of view. When the heroine moves easily from action within a scene to speak to us directly about herself and her quandries, it creates two dualities of consciousness-hers about her life and her "acting" of it, ours about the film as fictional truth and about the making of that truth. There is a nice sense of metatheater-of the heroine living continned on page seven

Folk Concert Tonight

Lewis performers Folk London, Raun MacKinnon, and Paul Geremia will ap pear in a concert tonight at . 8 p.m. in the Chapel. The three represent varied styles of folk music, and although they are relatively unknown, each is enjoying new critical acclaim. Lewis London is the former­ lead acoustic guitarist, vocalist, and banjo player for Bottle Hill. He can be heard on their only record, "A Rumor in Their Own Time." While the album was recorded. on a·-tight budget and is technically mediocre, the talents

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of London and his Bottle Hill cohorts shine through. Raun MacKinnon is relatively unknown outside the folk music field, but to those on the inside she is becoming increasingly popular. She and her husband, Jeremiah Burnham, were formerly members of the old-time group Jake and the Family Jewels. Tonight she will r play guitar, backed up by a bongo player, flautist, and bassist. While she has a recording contract with Kapp records, she has recently entered the role of studio bar.kup artist. She also sang background vocals on Murray McLaughlin's first album and on John Prine's third, "Sweet Revenge." Paul Geremia has long been a mainstay in the folk music scene in this country. He plays guitar harmonica, performing and everything from blues to ballads.

remains successful, there should By SUSAN HUNTINGTON Nellie Burlingham '75 and be no problem obtaining future Bruce Donehower '75 have monetary support. At least one issue of Public published the first issue of their new literary magazine, Public F antasi es is currently being Fantasies. The magazine was planned for the Winter Study The concert is sponsored by founded with the idea that no p e r i o d . D o n e h o w e r and contributions ( except those of a Burlingham· hope that students the Hamilton-Kirkland Student libelous nature) will be censored. who are pursuing independent Activities Committee. Admission The editors cite their belief that writing projects will contribute is free with social tax, and $2.00 without: standards of good and bad should substantially to this issue. not be applied to creative writing at the undergraduate level as the reason for their acceptance of all contributions. MADAME BOVARY The first issue contained two The Women's Film Society presents· Vincente' Minnelli's 1949 pieces of short fiction and fifteen production of "Madame Bovary", starring Jennifer Jones and James a ss or t ed p oems. A l t h o u g h Mason. Showings are Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 9 and 10, at 10 Burlingham. and Donehower had p.m. in the Kirner-Johnson Auditorium. Admission is$.50. originally hoped for a longer issue, HALF-HOUR SERIES they were satisfied with the final thirteen page len!Jth. The half-hour concert .series will present Marilyn Boenau on the - Both feel confident that, they recorder and Tom Sapporetto on the harpsichord, Friday Dec. 13 at will continue to receive sufficient 7 :00 p.m. in the Root Art Center Ballroom. contributions for the publication . of a fairly regular bi-monthly PLAYWRITING CONTEST issue. The Wallace Bradley J ohn�on Playwriting Competition was Faculty Contributions' founded to encourage writing for the theatre. The works submitted Among the ten people who have usually been one-act plays in prose or verse, but other possibilities are open. The best are performed, and prizes totalling submitted work to the initial issue about $300 awarded. Deadline: F eb. 4, 1975. For further were two faculty members. The information, see Mr. Barrett. editors regard this as a definite

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positive sign. ''We think it's very · MESSIAH SING i mportant that the magazine All who love to sing are invited to participate in a community become a community endeavor," performance of George Frideric Handel's Messiah at the second said Burlingham. "We don't want annual Messiah Sing. The Choir is sponsoring the Sing this Sunday, t o beconie a vanity press;'' Dec. 8 at 3:00 in the Hamilton Ch ap el. Scores will be available for stressed Donehower. They are rental at$ .25. particularly eager to solicit work "AN EVENING OF DANCE': frorn non-�tudent members of the college. Dance students at~ Kirkland College will give an infonnal workshop, presenting dance projects in balle�, modern dance, jazz ,, The primary problem · now, and labanotion, Monday, December 9, at 7:30 Pm in the List Dance according to Burlingham, will be Studio. The program is coordinated by Sharyn Reiland, assistant "making the magazine into mi professor of dance. institution." We know this will take a long time, she continued, �-C�-��-�,w:11■m�■!S-!fl■J l■H •mm■�X'tC€' but eventually we hope regular r publication will be taken for �f\V UorldtimtD granted. Both Burlingham and Donehower agree that for a while IS HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE IBAT the y_ will be depending on STEPHEN W. BRENNEN BOX 1361 WILL DISTRIBUTE publicity to continue generatm�, a THE "TIMES" AT HAMILTON .COLLEGE. high level of public interest and ,.,. Fall subscriptions expire December 11, enthusiasm. 1974 and second semester subscriptions T h e r e a r e n o f i nanci al »· will be resumed on February 3, 1975. __ difficulties anticipated for the Sundays-$9.90 endeavor. The $300 allocated by the Publications Board insures adequate funding through the month of March. If the magazine

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Senate Holds Hunger Day; Meets Mixed Response By JOHN HAYES p.m. Fifteen people attended. the first step to a solution." Service Systems consented to Student opinion of the fast Roughly half the student population of Hamilton and give the committee a rebate of an varied. "I really can't see any Kirkland agreed to fast yesterday estimated $1. 70 to $2.00 for each point to it", said Eliza Mcfeely in response to a request by the student who gave up his/her three '77. "I really don't see hovl not Famine Awareness Committee of meals, and 640 students on the eating for a day is going to make at and Hamilton meal plan signed up for the fast. students the Hamilton Student Senate. In addition, fraternity Kirkland Colleges empathize with The fast was in tended both as a participated. Alpha. the world's poor." gesture of concern for the ctought- members "We cannot live in an stricken African nations and as a Delta Phi closed down its kitchen means of ra1smg money for for the day and the Emerson isolationist world", said Father Oxfam -A m e r i c a relief Literary Society will do the same Paul Drobin, -Newman chaplain. organization that aids J long-term today. Individual members of "If someone has a need, we have agricultural development in the Delta Upsilon, Delta Kappa an obligation to help them. A fast Epsilon and Chi Psi fasted while is a consciousness-raising sort of Third World. Warren Hart '7 7, chairman of Psi Upsilon served a meatless thing. It says to a person, 'maybe the committee, said that the main spaghetti dinner. The co-op I should cut down, and by down, share with point of the fast was served meals as usual but cutting. gave ot her s.' " members "consciousness raising" and the individual money-raising was· only a "side donations. John Emerson '7 5 said, effect." "Although Hunger Awareness Day McDonald's Orange 48 is praiseworthy, its.effect will be donated How ever, workers at Bristol MacDonald's Snack Bar said there were three or gallons of orange drink, only 10 ' more a personal gratification of four times as many students of which was consumed, and those who are involved - 'I did eating there yesterday, and fasting students were invited to my part.' - than a substantive MacDonald's in Clinton reported a help themselves in Bristol and the contribution to the hunger slight increase in the number Coffeehouse. problem. " being served at noon. Donations A pamphlet entitled· "Fast for were ·being solicited both . in World Harvest," was distributed. Bristol anq McEwen. "By fasting, "it said, "thoughtful people will not just reduce their AFS Speaker continued from page ten Sponsored by the American ' own consumption of food. The Committee, money. from these missed meals department Field Service will have the Mahmoud Diallo of the Ivory will help small farmers in poor manpower to intensively teach Coast presented a slide show in nations to grow food where the small classes, he said. the Chapel at dinnertime, 5:30 .world's hungry people live. It's Meetings Mansfield has received past tests, ·curricular hand-outs, information· and resumes of department to members, familiarize himself with the department and the college. But tonight he will have met with students from the introductory course and those majoring in . ecqnomics, as well as members of the department and Dean Lindley. , When asRed about the state of the American economy, Mansfield said that the problem is of such complexity that it does not allow for any quick "panaceas." The economics profession is not confronted with pure "scientific questions" which can be given "value free answers," he said, but rather it is confronted with questions that are partly political, forcing economists to give "value-laden, political opinions." Mansfield described the Whip Inflation New program and the Presid�nt's other proposals as efforts which "instead of biting a bullet, are more like nibbling on a marshmallow."

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Godard continued from page six -her life and simultaneously seeing herself as the protagonist .of a -drama she is watching. But the impasted artistic and philosophical freight is tedious. The interviewing of characters by an unseen interviewer, which is to }>reak open supposed conventional film form is now a The convention. Godardian sound-track has an air of dormitory discovery-a sophomore discovering, under the midnight lamp, what life and metaphor are All About. When we get a huge close-up of bubbles floating - on the surface of coffee in a cup while Godard whispers about Being and Nothingness , it remains bubbles and quotations; there is no transformation into philosophical comment. Marina Vlady, the heroine, is pteasant and composed. While the film stays with her, in her complications of self-knowledge, there is some sense of genuine phenomenological dilemma, some inquiry into the data of consciousness. But when Godard sloshes stuff at us, belatedly discovered and untransmuted, we get a Child's Garden of Phenomenology.


8/THE SPECTATOR/December 6, 1974

The. Washington Semester •

Out lfl the 'Everyday World'

By LINDA ANZALONE "T h e t i m e h a s g o ne tremendously fast," said Chip Presutti '76, a student in the Hamilton College S,.::mestlr in Washington Program. "It seems like we just got down here, and now we're half-way through 'our executive internships." Students participating in this year's Semeste_r in Washington Program, just now getting used to the city's pace, realized that there are c;mly a few weeks remaining in their internships. The 19 students from Hamilton, Colgate, Bowdoin and Haverford began the semester with s ix-week c ongressional internships, and�have since moved into positions in various executive offices~. Program Director Stephen Frantzich, Hamilton assistant p r o f e s sor o f government, . described all the internships as "pretty good and exciting." Some of the more interesting ones, according to Frantzich, include those in the Federal Bureau of Students on the Hamilton Semester in Washington Pri sons a n d the C itizens' • Committee to Fight Inflation. • ZJ (' This y e ar ' s P r o gr a m i s organized so that students work Most campus security problems Because the guards are busy . four full days per week and attend s t e m f rom the stu dents with so many different chores it.is 0 t h e m s e l v e s , . a ccording to administrators at both Hamilton :::�;-�:,� and Kirkland. lack of an operator at the Student<aused problems such switc�board at certain times. as propping open locked doors to "A f ter f ive o 'c l o ck t he. admit late-night guests often keep switchboard is· supposed to be security guards from attending to manned by students. Sometimes By MARK BERKOWITZ other duties. they don't show up," · said The Hamilton student body "The officers see the problem Hamilton Provost Eugene Lewis. favors the maintenance of the Kirkland Dean of Students present Honor Code according to and understand," commented Gerald Leuiken, director of the Jane Poller feels that security is a a recent Honor Court survey. ph y s i c a l plant. However he "shared responsibility" among all However, instances of cheating stressed that this is not only an members of the two colleges. She have increased slightly. Of the 373 respondentstotk invitation for strangers to enter s ai d that it is the Dean's the dorms but a frustration to responsibility to work closely survey, 74 per cent felt the honor guards who must see that they are with security personnel, listen· to system should be maintained in its closed properly. student concerns, and provide present. form. Fifty-four per cent S ecurity g u ar ds generally l o n g - r a n g e i m prov em en ts. of the students reported that they attempt to complete their regular Administrators also agreed that were uncertain whether to report a s s i gn m e n t s while remaining s tu den ts s ho u l d b e m o r e cheating violations. Only 20 per f lexible in their relations with scrupulous about carryh:g key cent said they would report a students. "I try to be nice to · cards and not leaving d�ors ajar. violation, while 2_5 per cent said they would not. everyone," says guard Bob Chase Steven Percy, chairman of the who patrols the campus in his honor court, said he that while green van. che ating h as not increased The s e c u r i t y guards are significantly, he is dismayed at frequently involved in jobs of stude nt ambiv alence toward general purpose, which include reporting instances of cheating. anything from delivering messages P e rcy adcJ.ed that although and mail to bringing disabled cheating has increased slightly the students to classes. "As a rule we number of cases brought before don't think we should do this," THE ACE BEAUTY SHOPPE the Honor Court have remained said Leuiken. He said that an 9 E.PARK M relatively1 small. officer, making his rounds at night Phone 853-5621 The existing processes of the will even pick up hitchikers. REDKIN PRODUCTS "They are not supposed to," he court a re c u rrently being AVAILABLE' added with a laugh. ev_aluated, and several revisions �e being considered. There are some· clauses of th� constitution which are"not spelled out well," and need clarification, according to Percy. In addition, the role of the A c ademi c Council is being

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Humane Society Criticized

Alumnae , to DiScuss. Media Professjons

Five' Kirkland alumnae, who have been working in the commu nications industry for two years or less, will return to Kirkland tomorrow to participate in a panel discussion entitled "Careers in Communications" at 2:30 p.m., in the Red Pit. Two of the wo men have a t tended gradu ate s ch oo l , o n e has completed a· special course in publishing, and two others have moved directly from college into jobs in television and publishing. Elaine Weiss and Jean Miller, are working as researchers for the CB S N e twork's "Bicentennial Minut�s." Weiss, a 1973 graduate, received a masters degree in journalism from Northwestern University last year and joined CBS last summer. Miller was a

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member of Kirkland's charter class and graduated from Barnard C o l l e g e after two years at Kirkland. Another part1c1pant, Kathy McDonald Nelson '73 is employed i n t h e c hi ldr e n's literature department of Crown Publishers of New York City. She completed a publishing course at Radcliffe following her graduation from Kirkland. D e br a S chwa rtz '7 3 i s presently a copyeditor with Links Books in New York City and edits musi c manuscripts and non­ £ iction books. Following her graduation from Kirkland, she joined the editorial staff of a pharmaceuti�al trade publication. Betty Haggerty Wendt '72 is the development officer for the University of Rochester Medical Center, and in addition to her Kirkland degree, she has earned a m a s'ter s d e gree f r o m t h e of N e w h o u s e S cho o l C o mm un i cations at Syracuse By JUDY JOFFE University. Wendt is president of A re ce nt -outbreak of a the Kirkland College Al�mnae distemper epidemic among cats Association. and· dogs here has resulted in an The f i ve , women are all estimated five incidents already m e m b e r s of t h e A l u mnae reported to the Hamilton and Association Media Council, and Kirkland Humane Society. Three a d v i s o r y group on alumnae cases involved cats and two commun i c a t ions and college involved dogs, and two of the publicity. For the past year, the stricken cats died. Distemper, a highly contagious group has been meeting regularly in New York City with Cheryl viral infection common tl' cats, is Daly, director of public relations unrelated to the intestinal virus, and Dorothy Evans, director of characterized by distemper in alumnae affairs, and tomorrow's dogs. ''The t w o d i s e a s e s are meeting will _be the group's frrst _sym ptomatic_ally different for visit to the campus.

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C om p laints concerning. the e ffectiveness of the Humane Society have been voiced recently by b o th a dministrators and students. Animals in non-animal buildings, cleaning up after them, . their care and feeding are cited· as problems. And the .five cases of d i s t em per have resulted in d iscussions of leash laws, a limitation on the size of animals, and even such a drastic measure as a ban on all animals on the campuses. "There is obviously a lack of control here," said Assistant Dean of Student Affairs Linda Patrick and added that she thought the Assembly should look into the validity and actual power of the H um a n e •so ci ety. She said, though, that the responsibility lays finally in the hands of the animal owners_ "Why should the majority of s tu d e n t s t ake care of the m i n o r it y's pr ob le m s w it h animals," she said. Co-chairpersons of the Society Linda MacKenzie and Phil Hayes said that they take care of every complaint which they receive, but they �o not receive many. "We can't do anything unless we are told," said Hayes. He adde4 "Our obvious goal is the protection of animals and the p r otection of the rights · of non-owners. The major problem for the Society, said MacKenzie, was that it is understaffed probably due to the function of of. the Humane . Society as a service to the college co m mu n i t y as o p posed to committee work which many more students ar-e involved in. They also believe that there is a lack of respect for the rules put down by the Humane Society; rules they say, which should reflect the interests of the student body because they are passed in the Assembly. MacKenzie and Hayes also wonder whether more publicity would do any good since publicity in the past has not been very effective. Patrick said that people ought to take the initiative to report complaints to the society rather than waiting until something drastic hap pens as did with the outbreak. of distemper on the Kirkland campus. According to MacKenzie and Hayes, "personal responsibility" is needed in dealing with the animals. "It's basically a concern for the animals' well bein·g," said Patrick. She hopes that drastic measures will not have to be taken, but feels, as many do, that the animal situation, as it now stands, cannot continue.

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Edwin Mansfield Visits Colleges; COuise ]lOOk List To Look at Economics Program

By NEIL C HENEY Edwin Mansfield, professor of _ economics at the Wharton School of Economics of the University o f Pennsylvania spent today at Hamilton College, as part of the college's ongoing program to evaluate a department each who semester. Mansfield . lectured in E conomics 10 this morning, is the author of the textbook currently being used by that introductory course, as well as books used in the Industrial Relations and Microeconomics courses. Sidney Wertimer, chairman o f the Economics Department, said the primary reason for his visit is "to prove to the introductory students that Mansfield is a person and not a book, to help further personalize the course." Mansfield will atso act as an "arbiter and recommender" toexamine the size of the Department and the methods of teaching, particularly in the introductory course. "I want him to tell me if we are doing a lousy job teaching the course," said introductory knows "Mansfield Wertimer. everything that could be known about introductory economics." A Plea·sant Thing Mansfield views his visit as more of a "pleasant thing to do, " an opportunity to meet students and give a . lecture. "I do no t view myself as an evaluator," said · Mansfield in an interview last night at Wertimer's holJle. The mo st important aspect of teaching economics is to teach it well, which can be done in classes of various kinds, said Mansfield. ·He added that l arge clas·ses can be successful depending upon the professor who ·teaches the course and his attitude, the attitude of the !>tudents and the teaching methods used. M ansfield spoke of a "trade-off' that exists between small and large clas�es. By teaching large classes well, a continued on pa e seven The Tailor Shop

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Economics Department Chairman Sidney Wertimer ,. Jr.

Womefl's Center.· No Leader ' contirtued from page one e n c o u r a gi n g p r o fe s s o r s a t because of their academic work Kirkland to pay special attention load. t o w omen who have made The large amount of work con tii b u t io ns w i t hin th e ir · needed to start a center was cited discipline. as a factor which discouraged Center's Rep students. But despite some lack o f F ur t h erm o r e , s Jie w ould interest, Brown and Udow said represent the Women's Center that if activiti� were begun, many before faculty , trustee, and other students would get involved. groups. Brown and Udow appealed for After the affirmative action the hiring of a fuII-tiJ;ne salaried o fficer's term. expired, it is w o m e n ' s a ffairs coordinator. possible that she could take over E x p r e s si n g t h e n e e d for the job of coordin ator , said continuous leadership .in the · Brown. center Udow said, "We've had •'Th.ere is a real need for the student heads, then a group of Women's Center, but people can't s t u d en t s , t h e n faculty and organize from scratch," Udow students. \\'h at we need now is a said. Carol Goldsmith , a Kirkland full-time person ." graduate now at Barnard, said that Coordinator Wanted a Women's Cent.er here could be As opposed to other ·student used to educate women in "reality groups, no one faculty member orientation," suggesting that this has taken a special in terest in the would involve preparing them for Center. conditions they might face as Such a coordinator would take women in graduate schools and over some of the functions now careers. p er formed by the Dean of ''The Women's Center should Student Affairs Office , such as be meeting the needs of C linton leading the consciousness raising_ women also,'� said Udow. group s. Brown said , "Kirkland is .a A c co rding to Brown . she college for women-but a lot o f would also be rf:"�onsible fo� women are uneducated here."

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By SHERWIN X•. TUCKER and year's team is 6-foot-3½-inch C.J. CARR JR. Mark Rybarcyk,'77, who can leap Although Bill Walton has with the best of them. Mark plays graduated to the NBA and Moses good defense and is not afraid to Malone passed up Maryland for charge the backboards. Badger's 4th Year U tah, c o l l e g e basketball is alive-and given a little time might Guy's backcourt mate will fare well in Clinton. most likely be senicr Mark Badger. De s p i t e e nj o y i n g limited He is in his fourth varsity season. success last season, finishing with The sc�ppy team · style could a 6-12 r e cord, coach Tom enhance Mark's game, but his Murphy's Continental basketball court time is expected to depend team hopes for more victories this upon his defensive play. season. In addition to the returning Essentially last year's squad is members, Coach Murphy has returning, with the significant recruited three fine freshmen exception of center Bernie Found. h oo p s ters. A "big" plus is This year's strategy will not be to s ix-foot- six-in ch, 2 35-pound put someone in Found's place. Bernard Mucitelli. A Notre Dame Rather, Murphy will develop a High School, Utica, graduate, new game plan. Mu ci telli, who is nicknamed The new outlook for this. year . "Moose", will fill the center slot. is defense, a word that has not During his senior year at Notre been emphasized in the past. Dame, he was named to the Pr ev i o u sly, · th e H i l l toppers P r e p - s c h o o l C o a c h e s ' employed a zone defense with a All-American team. Another local product is Willie man-to-man press: a wor�able strategy w i th a big team. Jackson. He was selected to the Unfortunately, this year there are first team on the Central Oneida no giants, not even a sizeable Le;:.gue as well as to the first team center. The only prescription for All-Central New York. Jackson at 5-foot-11½-inches is very quick and victory is hard-nosed defense. an excellent defensive backcourt S crappy Defense Since the Blue netmen are not man, who will fit in perfectly. T he t h i r d fresh m a n i n big, they must be quick off the boards, scrappy and relentless in 6 - f oo t -2 -inch swingman, (guard applying defensive pressure. To and forward), John Klauberg. quote an old .saying that is Klauberg has a fine touch and annually executed by Bobby excellent moves to the hoop. He Knight (former hea4 coach at could be the man to· watch in• the Army and now at Indiana), ..A 1974-75 campaign. good defense makes a good The Continental round-ballers offense," but the converse is not opened their 21 game schedule. true. Thursday night flt Binghamton. The captains of this year's This year's slate includes a visit to team are junior Marty Guy and 1he Wooster College Christmas senior Pedro Garcia. As co-captain T o u rn am en t , w i th Earlham, and point guard, Marty's team Wheaton and Wooster Colleges leadership will be essential in j o i n i n g H am il t on i n. t h e making the team move. tournament. Garcia, a small 6-foot-one-inch forward, must play tough defense and crash the boards in order to LISTEN TO create fast-break opportunities. HAMILTO,N HOCKEY Opposite Garcia is sophomore Brian Coombes, who played most of last year on one leg. Coach Murphy expects a good season All Garn es Broad cast from the f o r m e r A ll-State Connecticut forward. on WHCL-FM An· important addition to this

·Swim Team ·shows Strenth .. The Hamilton College Swim Team was in strange surroundings last Wednesday when they met Oneonta and Cortland in a "double dual" meet at the Utica 1 •. College Pool. But the result of the two contests were no different than outlasted Hamilton usual. Oneonta 67 to 46 and swamped Cortland 86 to 27. Cortland never was a threat, but Oneonta, finishing second in the SUNY State Meet last season, had the potential to ups�t the Hill swimmers. Oneonta was rated as an equal with the Hamilton squad, but Coach Eric MacDonald has rated his own Hamilton team as the most talented squad that has ever swam theHill's waters. Depth The depth of the Blue swimmers and the 1ack of depth on the Oneonta squad was the key to the outcome of the contest. Oneonta's lack of depth was most evident in the 500-yard Free and the 200-yd. Breaststroke. By the time that these two events were swum ( the 500 -yd. Free and the 200-yd. B-reast are events 10 and 11 of the 13 even ts), the opposition could only swim one man in each event. Hamilton clinched the victory in the following event, the Optional Diving. Champion Carlberg Jeff Carlberg swam against Oneonta just than more National The Wednesday. Champion Breaststroker was to swim against Oneonta's Haru Naito, who was the 1973 National Champ. Carlberg and N aite first met in the New.York State Meet when they were juniors in high school. In their senior year Jeff placed fourth in the State Gpampionships and Haru · placed second. But �e winner of the event that day was Charles Hampton, also at the Utica Pool Wednesday swimming for the Cortland Red Dragons. Before the race, Carlberg said, "I'm worried about this one." His fears were never realized though as he outstroked both Hampton anClNait_<?e, and finished the race ,ix seconds in front of Hampton who touched out Naite. Carlberg's time of 2:15.0 was faster than he has ever performed

where lie left off last year setting a new school record in the 1000-yd. Free and winning the event. Greenh�gh has been swimming neck and neck with freshman Bucko Strehlow. Bucko won both the 200-yd. Free and the 500-yd. Free. His efforts in the 500-yd. event earned him a school record. Strehlow is the prime example of the new strength that the freshmen have added to the always strong Hamilton club. Brian Hogan winning the 200-yd. Individual Medley, Spunky Graf in the IM and Backstroke events, Gordy Hirsch in the diving, and Mike Gibson in the Free events all back up Strehlow and the rest of the Hamilton squad. Saturday the Continentals at Bonaventure St. meet Bonaventure. Coach MacDonald said, "They have three excellent swimmers. Next to our team's performance, I would say that St. Bonaventure performed better than anyone else in the State Meet last year." They finished third behind Hamilton. Coach MacDonald does not expect the Boonies to be much of a threat and in the light of up and coming exams has let his swimmers choose if they want to swim against Bonaventure.

in the event, faster than he swam in the National Championships last year, and a new school record. Many people, even , Coach MacDonald, expressed disbelief as Carlberg finished the race. Undoubtedly, Jeffs last year of competitive swimming will certainly he his best. Hamilton showed a new strength in the two contests when Paul Edick set two new diving records for the Blue. Edick won both the required and optional events. Gordy Hirsch added some new blood to the Blue diving squad "'placing third in the requireds against Cortland and fourth behind the experienced Oneonta _divers. Unfortunately, Hirsch hit his feet on the board during the event and his finish was not as strong·_ as it could have been. Eric- Kulp dove in the optional event and showed some new dives. Kulp also dove with composure and confidence which was lacking in his performance last season. Edick is the player-coach of the divers. He spent his summer in Cleveland and brought back some new dives and the knowledge that Hamilton diving has needed in recent years. The team is lucky to have Edick on and off the board. Dave Greenhalgh picked up

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JONPS RE�LACES KING AS BLUE COACH An Appraisal

continued from page one the �amilton gridders. former Coach King. By C-JAMES CARR,JR. Jones said he has never bee1_1 While Bob King was having his · President Caravano, in a closed meeting with the Continental first of two 0-and-8 seasons, Jones opposed to recruiting kids in football · team, announced the removal of Bob King as the head was looking at other college Utica, the area in which King football coach and the reinstatement of Don Jones, physical football programs on his leave. In concentrated. education instructor and former 1-!ead football coach. NESCAC particular, he looked at his alma To put it mildly, the move was not a popular one despite the mater, Rutgers. "We love the hometowrt kid," prior commitment which Caravano cited as the motivation force Jones partially attributes the the coach said. behind the move. Jones! a former All-American halfback at Rutgers According to Jones, two of his weak seasons before his leave to a University in New Jersey, exited from the Hill football scene three faltering recruitment process. "It best quarterbacks have come from years ago· nnder pressure from football players and administration became niore difficult to get the the Mohawk-Valley. alike. After establishing a long winning tradition at Hamilton, Jones' Carovano and Jones both said athletes in," said Jones. more recent teams had come upon leaner years b efore his departure. The coach said that he had no th�t the college will-as it has in complaints about the Office of the past-follow the rules for · One has to wonder about the timing of this particular move by Admissions but pointed ont that recruiting set by the New England President Carovano. King was, so to speak, barely given enough time · admissions at Hamilton were most Small College Athletic Conference to unpack his bags. Whatever Jones can do with next year's team will competitive several years ago (NESCAC). be done with football players that King recruited, a fact that does Anderson and Carovano plan when the football team was injustice to all parties involved. to ask the alumni to assist in the having bad seasons. King's tenure as head coach has been a rocky one. Coming into a Jones already has recruiting recruiting process. ,,. slowly disintegrating football program from John F. Kennedy High Anderson said the effect of a plans for this year. He said he will· School in Utica, he immediately went to work attracting some of the have to start re�ruiting from the long string of lisses is negative on better area high -school football players, the most notable being beginning this year, adding that the alumni body and many freshman Tom La Fountain. La Fountain played his high school ball King b r o ught in very few graduates whom he has spoken to for King at JFK and has the arm to perhaps tum Hamilton football are eager to help. candidates so far. fortunes ai:ound. _"The r e a l news here is The Hamilton footbaff coach, King has spent countless hours and though one might at times, also made it clear that the team Hamilt on's c o m m i t ment to question his coaching methods, one can never question his members in the class of 197 7 were football against teams that have dedication. recruited by him, and not by been pushing us around. The fact The players themselves are waiting until they see what Jones can is that Hamilton will field a do before they pass judgement, though, on one point they are all representative team. And we will pretty much in accord; "King got screwed." do what we have to do within the This year's seniors, the last group to play under Jones before his framework of the college," said departure are skeptical. They remember a Jones who didn't seem to Anderson. care and whowasn't hungry for victory. Anderson said Hamilton could They remember pre-game pep talks which consisted largely ,of hope to beat Middlebury and exposition_s about how much better the other team was. J Bejn.g Williams within two years. realistic �s important, granted; but a winning attitude is just as FEINGOLD AND SHOEN Jones also predicts success important and Jones -didn't have one. Hopefullyy, a few fall Larry Merchant· wrote a column about why New York should within two years and says ideally Saturdays at h,ome instead of on the field will have made Jones disown the football Giants in last Wednesday's ''New York Post." He he w o u ld like "immediate" "hungry". Only the future will tell. attacked the Giant management (especially the owner, Archbishop success. The underclassmen have never played under Jones and they're Wellington Mara) and remarked how he loved watching tpe Giants Jones said he has no bitter wondering what's going to happen. Some are glad to see King go. suffer-not from horrible play but rather from mediocre play-a fate feelings toward the college in the There is some question concerning King's ability to handle the worse than death for a football team. aftermath of his two-year absence Hamilton College football player as opposed to the high school Why would Merchant waste good newsprint attacking the .Giants? from Steuben Field. "I want good football player and those of you who claim the above :iistinction is Simple. Because of the lovely sadism that runs through his peh, he gets football within our framework," irrelevant are "off your rocker." something more than pleasure 'watching the Giants lose in the closing the coach said. All in all, it's a pretty confusing situation. It has been a confusing seconds of games, blowing leads that they held for 59:57 of the game. King's Reactions situation ever since Jones' departure. The administration has not The joy is indescribable. Giant haters throughout the-city have watched As Don Jones looks ahead, Bob handled it well. They've been scrambling, trying to please alumni, - their ranks grow over the past two years, ever since the Giants made King looks back--also without apparently unaware of the psychological effects this game 1 of their decision to move to, uh, Jersey. Merchant cannot stand to see this bitter feelings. "musical coaches" has had on the football players themselves. team, so easy to abandon the city that supported it through the King said he was initially' Tenure for coaches is once again given the spotlight as this Sherman-holocaust years, drag the name of the city he loves through the di s a pp o inted about ]:!resident confusion reigns. However, given Hamilton's emphasis on high swamps of Jersey. Sellout crowds for a team with a consistent 1-12-1 C a r o v a n o 's d e c i s i on,, but quality education it is a somewhat consistent policy. So quit playing r;ecord. "Let's get out of here," says St. Mara. "There's not enough acknowledged that when a coach games and let these guys play football. parking space in the Bronx." does not win games, his job is at ***** stake. Mara's excuse for leaving was that he didn't want to share a stadium The former coach's major with another team. So what's going to happen?Rumor says that the regret about his time at Hamilton WFL wants a team in· the New York area next season. They won't be was the fact that he was only playing in Yankee Stadium, say the rumors. No, they'll be playing in-get part-time and could not devote By STEVE HAWEELI this-the new Hackensack, sports complex. Mara runs away from a the daytime hours to the players. If Wednesday night's e·xciting the 'midwest Connection,' only to baseball team and ends up with a football team to share a stadium with. "I thought a full-time coach There must be a God. was necessary," he said. King is a overtime victory is any indication lose the lead on yet another So Mara packs up his team and moves to New Haven for 2 to'3 years driver education teacher in Utica. of what Sage Rink fans have in Oswego goal. The 'Midwest Connection' as the developers redevelop his swamp. As if there's enough parking King said Hamilton had several store for themselves this season, consists of Tom Griffith, a look out! space in the city of New Haven. Mara watches his team get worse as he strikes against it when he came Duluth, from In a most gratifying win the sophomore trades Fred Dr_ yer, Fran Tarkenton, and a host of other ballplayers that here, citing recru�ting "that was Continentals bumped off a tough Minnesota, and Phil Hildebrand, a can make teams contenders. Mara obviously feels that he doesn't owe down''. anybody anything. His father bought one of the original NFL franchises "College football is recruiting," Oswego St. team that had already sophomore from Oak Park, played five games without a loss., Illinois. Last year as fledglings with the profits from his bookmaking operation for something like said King. It was Hamilton's first test this they combined for more than three grand--so what does he care? King said' he needed at least But Mara doesn't want to stop disappointing his fans, no sir. Why, he three years to build up a winning season and considering the lack of fifty points. Entering the third period with sticks with Norm Snead, sends Randy Johnson packing and ends up football team here. He said that ice early in November, w hich with Craig Morton. For Giant haters, the acquisition of Morton was his first year was not useful contributed to a 'slow' start, the a one goal lead, Oswego fans beautiful. Morton is the man that can take the Giants through that because he was not hired until Continentals took Oswego by �lamored for more action. Al Colby obliged them by tossing his barrier of bad fo mediocre--and make them stay there. Me, I'd rather June, two months before the surprise. George Gillmore scored the stick to the hungry crowd. For see the Giants lose by one point in the last 2 seconds of a game than get season's start, and therefore, he slaughtered by 25. Revenge, especially long lasting revenge, is certainly said he only had one full year as winning goal with scarcely a this favor the junior from Quincy, minute left in the ten minute Mass. received a ten minute . sweet. Hamilton's football coach. * * *·* * King said there are probably overtime period. Ray Rossi, one misconduct penalty. The Continentals still needed Where do these owners -get the nerve to take a team that is mixed emotion to his departure of the two standout sophomore potentially good and _proceed to destroy it Where do these owners get on the team. "I will miss them. I net minders, made thirty· saves. two goals to win. Though they · Yet Coach Batt was right in could not quite notch the victory the nerve to make the team's fans (who are potentially great) and don't know if they will miss me." proceed to spit it their faces?N ew York City cannot let Mara get away Although emphasizing that he - calling the win a "superb team in regulation time they did with moistening it anymore. The ultimate insult to the City was letting wishes only the best for Hamilton effort." Co-captain Ricky Aubry manage a tie. Lenny Thoma s Mara use the "NY" trademark on his helmets when his team is playing and is not bitter, King said th� initiated the scoring in the first scored again and Rossi kept his some 100 miles or so from it. In �another state. And he wants to college administration should ha�e period on passes from freshman cage clean of Oswego pucks. Overtime. Overtime games can continue- calling them the "New York Giants" when he moves-and made it clear to him that his Lenny Thomas and junior wing stays-in Jersey. That team deserves to be called the Jersey Giants. What position was only for one year. ·Oswego often be heart attack material and Rick 'An derso n �ore can you say about the only state in _t he union without its own "I didn't realize it was a responded with a tally, then this was no exception. Again the came TV station? opeJ\ed the second period with a 'Midwest· Connection' one-year job," King said. through with the winner. The Gian ts deserve to wallow in mediocrity forever. They deserve to He said ,that although he -quick goal for a 2-1 lead. Now the question is whether share the swamplands'with that racetrack of Sonny Werblin's where the wanted to win games, he also The Continentals, on a goal by aroma of horse droppings and Elizabeth, N.J. can surround the stadium wanted to build a quality team for George Gillmore and one by Phil Hamilton can do the same against so the fans know where to go. But revenge won't be complete until the the long run at Hamilton. Hildebrand, moved ahead 3-2. a very tough Williams team, w·hich Jets, under the direction of super-genius Charley Winner with Al. Then it was Oswego's tum to take boasts a 6-5 win over U. Mass. A Anderson said, "We_can't hide· Woodall at Quarterback, go to the Super Bowl which, if anything is behind the fact that we are an the lead which they did handily lot of the Continental faithful will proper, should be played in the new Hackensack Meadowlands Football academic institution. Sure we are by popping two more pills past bag the books for this tilt at Stadium. And the Giants get the first pick in the draft. Allie Sherman academic, but so is Williams and Rossi. Down 4-3 the Conts Williamstown Saturday night. charged back to tie on :¼ goaf by Game time 7:30. probably traded it away anyway. Middlebury."

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By Vincent L. DiCarlo

Is Clinton a "College Town"? .........•.........•· .............3

By Robby Miller

Ov.erv·iew: The Arts Division ...............·..................5

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Pilkington� Computer-age Librarian ...........................8

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About This Issue

Winter Study,for many on College Hill,is the 'time for.. a change of pace. The' Spectator c o n c u r s;· t hus, the editors ha ve ab a n d o n e d-just for Janua ry-the newspa p er's customary •forma t. The following pages contain longer, more detailed, and we hope, in many ways more interesting, articles than we are usually able to. publish. At the back of The Magazine, · news and sports round-ups have been m included to keep the comunity informed of major events.

' By Jack Levy and Scott Wright

The "Tramp": A Genius of Gestures ..........-. ..............12

By Peter Sommer

"It's a Long Way to The Kitchen " ..................:........14

By John M. McNeel

Rhetoric and Debate, with Elegance ...� ......................17

By Peter Sluys

News Reports ....................� ...................19, 24 Sports Roundups ....................................•. 20- 23 PHOTO CREDITS: David Ashby-pages 8, 9, 14, 1 6, 19; Daniel Becker-pages 1, 3, 19;Doug Gourley-pages 21, 23; Joel Stem-pages 5,6; Chip Whitely-pages 10,11,20.

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Mitchel Ostrer-Editor-in-chief January Staff:Tom Beck, Steven Brennen, Michael Bulger, Chris Cahill, Bev Draudt, Henry Glick, Doug Glucroft, Kenneth Gross, Jack Hornor, Marc Komisarow, Geoff Lawrence, Sara MacGregor, Jim McManus, Bob McCormick, John Navarre, David Schutt, · Peter Sluys, Marc Standig, William D. Underwood. The Publications Board publishes The Spectator, a newspaper edited by students, 28 times during the academic year. Subscriptions: $7 per year. Address: Box 83, Hamilton College, Clintoq, New York. 133 23. Letters to the Editor must b e signed, b ut names will be withheld upon request. @ 1975 by the Trustees of Hamilton College.

Ducking VD Shots portion of the gelid mass from the rest and place it cautiously in my mou�h.It instantly sucks all of the heat out of my tongue.I hope that .soon the temperature of the rest · It is noisy. The light from {he Mercury of what's on the plate will rise to that of the vapor lamps in the ceiling are giving the room,which is too hot. Chew, chew, chew, swallow. At least. unidentifiable mixture on my. plate a greenish tinge that clashes unpleasantly with• there were no bones in that one.The sign at the artificial-looking . purple, of .a small lump the counter said that the gaily colored stuff of Jello. A freshm� has discovered that a that is holding the pasty part together is paper plate makes an acceptable missile. In "chopped Italian sauce." I 'would be Commons, to a freshman,at lunch,any thing ashamed of the race of my fathers were I not makes an acceptable missile. Soon others, absolutely confident of the habitual realizing how many years they have wasted euphemistic mendacity of the subtly sadistic not having known about the useful genius who makes the signs. Al_so, I am aerodynamic qualities of paper plates, certain that no chopped Italian was ever this quickly demonstrate their imitative prowess, insipid tasting. A very hungry looking Irish if not their fine breeding, by filling the air Setter has just eatep an eqtire plate of the with the drippy discs. What these lack in stuff.A grimacing dog is a remarkable sight accuracy they make up for in sheer number. Meanwhile · the food throwers have Fortunately,I muse,no one has yet had the organized themselves in to teams. TEAMS!! idea of launching gobbets of the mashed Maybe they've finally discovered a team , potatoes. sport Hamilton can really excell in. It'll look I have mused too soon. There is a great on ABC, complete with Service freshman in a blue pillow-coat standing on Systems- jerseys and the kazoo band. Of the balcony launching away.He is obviously course, getting another school to play may having the time of his life. A rather timid not be easy. looking Kirkland student who has just I can see my editor doing some creditable intercepted one of the starchy projectiles broken field running in a vain attempt to get with her hair objects to the behavior of this himself and his trny to a table so that he,too, would be Errol Aynn on the balcony on the can perpetrate acts of unf orgivable cruelty grounds that the messy missiles are even o n his a l im entary canal. While his more _j.papptopriate to wear than they are to superhuman reflexes allow him to avoid the eat. "Up yours!", the sportsman jauntily dir�ct threat of being beaned with an apple replies, being well pleased with his audacity or an orange, he loses his footing on a cunningly placed da� of mashed potato and · and quick wit. A tabl� full of Kirkettes cast withering the resulting almost artful caper allows his glances: in his direction. They are worried cream of celery soup to succeed in its about their yellow sweaters. Also, this is a imperialistic designs on the rest of the tray. Sitting down a cross the table he gazes fine opportunity for them to practice their mournfully at the wreckage on his tray. ''f withering glances. . Returning m y a ttenti on to the guess I should have planned it so I got here unpleasantness at hand, I carefully separate a at half time," he says.His name is Ben Base.

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"Well,Baseness," I say consolingly,"It could have been worse. You could have bounced off the wall, been tripped by the Saint Bernard, and ended up in that puddle of· milk," I say as I watch a disgruntled student pick himself up out of the puddle of milk, looking for a responsib�e party. Be doesn't_ find one, so he satisfies himself with some fusiliginous invective at the world in general That Irish setter is beginning to look ill. Probably something he ate. I am hoping fervently that it's not serious as I put down my fork for the last time in favor of a glass of tea. Base is petulent because I missed another deadline. "It's not that ·we want your copy that badly," he says, "but if we save space for you and you don't show up until four in the morning on the day of· publication, you're not exactly doing 1.,1s a favor." I pa.tiently explain to him the value of brinksmanship in a world of certainties,but he is adamant. "If it's not in the office by three-thirty, it's getting bumped," he says. By doing some quick calculations I discover that this gives me enough time to hitch a ride into Clinton,buy a six-pa�k,and make it back with three hours to spare. "I think I can manage it," I say hopefully. "Got any ideas for a topic?" Base sneers di&gustedly into his tray, where the celery soup has now congealed to the consistency of latex rubber. The food fight is over but I don't know who won.. Its debris is in evidence,though. Over in a .comer the Irish Setter -is lying prone.That's alright,because every once in a while, if you look closely, his left hind leg twitches. Only a few hard-core coffee dtinkers are left in the room. Base and I get up and leave. Outside it is snowing� I'm beginning to hate snow.

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Is Clinton a 'Co1le1te Town'? By- Robby Miller

village population, which already includes many college employees, is about 2500. In addition, the increase in the number of "Clinton is a peculiar college town. It is a: townspeople over the years has been about college town in the sense that the college is the same as the increase in students. "There is no doubt that students here, but not in the sense that one is aware upon entering the community that Hamilton comprise the biggest, cohesive buying power in the village of Clinton," said Mellon, whose and Kirkland are present." This view, as expressed by Raymond store' depends upon students for nearly 50 Mellen of Moses Foote Worldwide Imports, per cent of its revenues. Mellen's store is like many in Clinton, is one that is shared by many people living on and off "the Hill," who see Clinton as a which opened 10 or more years · ago combination of two distinct communities: "without even thinking" about the college the wealthy, suburban, profe�ional villagers student market but has since realized its and the well-to-do students, faculty, and value. Whereas H.J. Allen, whose hardware store administrators at the colleges. What many people do not agree upon, depends on students for only "about 5 per however, is whether or not this relationship cent" of its total business, said that his sales between the village and the Hill is one which "do not suffer" when the colleges are out, a promotes the maximum economic and. social ca�hier at the Park Row Pharmacy, whose daughter works at Kirkland, commented, "If welfare of both communities. 1 At question is the extent to which the it weren't for the colleges, we'd be really colleges contribute to the economic stability dead up here . . . We really rely on the of Clinton, whether or not Clinton students to make a profit." "When the college is out, that's when I businesses are supported enough by and cater enough to the college community, and get hurt," said Larry BoVee, the owner of whether or not the Colleges have encouraged Ford's supermarket. "There's an 8-10 per cent increase in our sale of greens when the encourage conege ousmess more !flan they a "polarized" social relationship. do, and they might get more," said Kinne. It is obvious that Clinton is not similar to kids are here.". Bernie Mahoney, the manager of Don's "You can't expect the students to buy if an Ann Arbor, Michigan or an Ithaca, New York, or other "university communities," as Rok, said that 50 per· cent of his trade is you don't have what they want and if you're a New York Times Magazine article recently· with Hamilton students. He attributes such not courteous to them when they come in labeled them, where the Universities of success to the "lo�ser, more relaxed" your store." Perhaps because of his own efforts, Michigan and Cornell have grown to such atmosphere of his bar as compared to others massive proportions that each has become · in Clinton. "Nobody hollers at you here," he­ student check-cashing at stores in Clinton no longer involves the hassles that it did a few - the sole major industry in its community. said. "We depend on the Colleges for a years ago, said Kinne. All of the businessmen Rather, Clinton is still much like the college town to which the Times article contrasts substantial part of our business," said Joe interviewed said that they have -had few o� D' Agostino of Clinton Liquors, "and we no problems with students' checks bouncing, such university communities: ''Your ,old-fashioned , garden-variety really do miss them during the summer and with the exception of Weaver who said, ''We get stung by bad checks every year." college town in which there is the town and vacations." Almost all of the older businessmen who· "As of late, a lot of local businesses have there is the___,college, and the only connection were interviewed felt that, in spite of the begun to encourage the student market,'-'said current recession, students are trading more Bob Hazleton, owner of the Clinton House in Clinton than they did five years ago but Restaurant, which he says has encouraged it not as. much as 10 or 15 years ago. Rocky "from the beginning." Although there is no real evidence that Martello, who works at the College Barber Shop, said, "This is the first year that the old stores are en�uraging students more; student business has picked up a little . . . there are thr�e st.ores which have opened. in. Ten years ago, it was beautiful, but after the the past couple of years which are directly Beatles became popular student haircuts. "s t u d e nt-or ien t e d" i n price and merchandise. Tom Bell, the owner of The went downhill." , C. Bruce Weaver, of the liquor store QY Whole F.arth Natural Food Store, said that the same name, also looked fondly back to he "opened up with the idea that the two "the old days" whert "students used to drink colleges would provide a good business " and between them is the friction that results high-quality stuff, because they liked the that he was surprised and somewhat from the streaking on Main Street." -disappointed that only 30 per cent of the taste." As one Cornell visitor to the Hamilton "Now," Weaver said, "they just- buy people who come i n are c ollege and Kirkland campus recently remarked, booze to get drunk." students. Vicki Dutch, owner of the Bare _ "Whereas Ithaca's industry is students, and Although all of the businesses in Clinton Essentials Boutique, also opened to get the community around Cornell is officially welcome, enjoy and profit from the student college trade. Dutch, whose store relies on "Collegetown," in Clinton there really, are no trade which they have, most have done little students for 60 per cent of its business, said, special apartments or stores directed only at to maximize that group's buying power. As "This town would probably die wfthout the students." "Although Clinton is not all one merchant said, "We haven�t ignored it, college." Hamilton-Kirkland Colleges," as Peter Bliss, but we haven't altogether geared ourselves to The owner of The Reg Madrigal Record the general manager of the Alexander it either." _ and Book Shop said that his business is A large number of students, along with "almost solely dependent upon the college" Hamilton Inn, claimed, "it is a very important element in the whole Clinton the head of Clinton's Chamber of Commerce and that he has twice lowered prices in an and men's haberdasher, Robert L. Kinne, effort to get student trade. -economy." That importance becomes evident when it wonder why there are not mor-e shops, The only other places in Clinton which is re�lized that the student population bars or services "geared" to the college cater directly to the college student's desires during the school year is. abou.t 1500 and the student. "I think that the merchants should are Keenan's Bpok Store and the Downstairs

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Pub at the Inn. Most students,. however, , would probably agree with the statement of a Hamilton sophomore who said, "This village should offer more of what other college towns provide, such as inexpensive but stylish-looking cocktail-entertainment -lounges, pizza and sub parlors, and a Levi's clothing store." As Sally Mellen of Worldwide Imports said, "This college town is . .. far against the norm. Even Hamilton, New York, is [more normal] with its college bars ... " . Perhaps the interests of townspeople and those of the college staff and students in Clinton are not as closely interwoven as such communities as. Ann Arbor, or nearby Hamilton, home of Colgate University. The separation of interests here has occurred partly, of course, because of the physical separation of the Hill from the village. But mostly the separation is due to certaln attitudes and policies on the part of both g r o u p s , o n e ·o f w h i c h i s the p revi ous l y-mentioned lack of student orientation by Clinton businesses. Another is what one villager calls "the self-perpetuating isolationist" policy of the College. "The College has polarized itself, at least residentially, has prevented non-college types from living up the Hill by buying private homes as they went up for sale ,and putting faculty in them," this villager said. "By and large, it has pretty much separated · itself from the rest of the community; no one is saying that this is the right way, but many say, 'why fight it?' " Social friction between the Hill and the village is . further caused by the social separation between Hamilton and Kirkland. As M r. Mellenc pointed out, "When so cializing between administration. and faculty, we seldom see Hamilton and Kirkland members together at the same party. If you can't get the tw·o ca_mpuses together, how the hell can you get the colleges and the village together." "To us, it's absolutely mind-boggling for such a small school," he said. Some villagers further complain that ,the colleges have "intimidated"· them by not keeping them as well-informed of college events, such as lectures and team sports, and of college services, such as the use_ of the Book Store, as they wen� two years ago. These townspeople are somewhat saddened that the Colleges have not made more of a· "conscious effort" to encourage co·mmunity · interaction with the school. Also, some townspeople, such as Larry Vaughn, the owner of Holland Farms, feel that the college administration should promote a representative on the Clinton Chamber of Commerce. Nonetheless, despite these difficulties, most villagers view the relationship between I

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'The College has pola�ized itself... why fight it?' Host Family idea of Joel Tibbetts, and the special effort by Coach Long to invite the public in Clinton to the fall football games. However, there are some lingering reverberations which -are still felt by villagers and faculty who remember a night in 1958 when several fraternity members were

ipvolved in a brawJ with townspeople at the Village Tavern, which virtually demolished the place. "After that, the Clinton area really, looked down on the kids for a long while," said Bob Hazleton, "and things were tough." Mo st vi llagers thus treasure the "pfeasant" relationship that exists today, for they also remember the day just five years ago this spring when Hamilton and Kirkland students wearing black armbands marched side-by-side _in a massive, silent anti-war procession down College Hill Road onto the Village Green. "Those were tense times," said Ray Mellen,_"and the endless sight of such a potentially powerful force made a lot of people and merchants in this little village realize how small a proportion of that college community we'd actually touched.'" It is clear that Hamilton-Kirkland and Clinton have come a long way since both of those days in terms of understanding and communicating ,with each other. But it is also clear that a great deal more "touching" i s l ef t to b e done between both communities.

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Overview: -The Arts Division McDermid, led to outrage on the part of and get your hands dirty.' students who felt the Arts Division had "By the time Kirkland came along, we "betrayed the Kirkland philosophy." -thought we saw a tremendous sense on the Perhaps more than any other academic Students still complain of "secrecy," part of the students that there was a whole division at Kirkland, the Art� Division "division politics," and· "hostility between chunk of reality not being addressed· in the continues to be a source of both intense students and faculty" . within the Arts normal curriculum. In effect, students were pride and vehement discontent for its Division. This year's Pa-rticulars printed a saying 'There is a reality - which concerns students. While virtually all professors and letter by an anonymQus Kirkland student itself with the esthetic and with the stu9ents spoken to in the division who said · the Arts . Division faculty was manifesting of . emotional states of being acknowledge the inevitable problems caused excessively devoted to its own artwork at which is an important part of people's by limited funds and facilities, opposing the expense of their students, and accused existence.... and there is a kind of discipline views ..exist on other issues, such· as them of using Kirkland as a stepping stone. to the arts when approached seriously."' When Kirkland was founded in 1965, The six Arts Division professors who were intradivi sion politics, student-faculty relations, and professional goals. How well - available for intervie'w expressed an overall Albert List -contributed funds to build an are things going at List Arts Center? -Well, satisfaction and optimism when asked about arts center and the Arts ·Division was the quality of their students and the future �stabljshed in its own right. It was intended that _all depends on whom you talk to... Katie Hutchinson, assistant director of of the division. But, when asked about their to comprise one-quarter of the Kirkland admission, said she considered the arts to be colleagues or their opinion of the division as curriculum. Both the Admissions Office and Kirkland's strongest division. Most of the art a whole, most responded with a diplomatic - President Babbitt emphasized that Kirkland students interviewed were pleased with the muteness that sometimes appeared to border is not and was never intended to be an art general quality of both the professors and ooparan�a school. "We don't sell any particular their· foll.ow__ student�.,- and .o_:ne�transfer._ - .: Wh,�\, then, js the tol� of the A�ts d.ivision/' said. Assistant Director..-.of student said-that Kirkland's Art Division was Division· at Kirkland? Does it characterize A d mission Hutchinson. "We encourage "In every way better" than that of her tlie school? Are students satisfied with their anyone with special talents or abilities. You previous school. Enrollment in art courses is teachers and vice versa? What direction do don't want Kirkland to be thought of as an high-A rts Division Chairman William those involved want the division to tak�? art college but rather as a liberal arts Rosenfeld' said that all the introductory What role, in fact, should the fine and college." "I don't think it [the Arts Division] level courses were always oversubscribed and performing arts play in any liberal arts characterizes the college," Babbitt said. students are frequently closed out-and institution? It is a relatively new idea to put the arts !'With the exception of science, I think we're more Kirkland students are concentrating in the _subject listed as "art" (this includes the on equal footing with the humanities and reasonably balanced. I don't think rd like us visual arts, ceramics, sculpture, etc.) than in the social sciences. "lq the sixties, the to be characterized by one division." purpose of most art courses was to give Many of those interviewed thought that any other single discipline. But no one seems to have forgotten the students .a veneer of culture to use at the art s function well, if not better, within cocktail chatter," said President Babbitt. "If the liberal arts context. "The liberal arts McDermid incident. A year ago, the decision not to reappoint there was studio work, it was- either curriculum supports the performing arts and the popular professor of sculpture, James noncurricular or a kind of therapy-'come in the- performing arts are integral to the liberal

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arts," said Dean of Academic Affairs Catherine Frazer. "I think our students are in an important way ahe,ad of students that go to strictly technical art schools," said Arts Division Chairman Rosenfeld. "Art is not just a matter of technical finesse. The technical training students receive here, given the amount of time they spend at it, is as good as they would receive in a professional · school-but with the added ingredient of a liberal arts education behind it. And that's where art flourishes." However, one student, Nancy Burnett '75, who declared as an art major and then decided against it, said she found it too difficult to practice art seriously within a _ liberal arts school. "Art is just as academic as any other field," she said. "But if you do any other academic work, something has to suffer, and with me, art usually did." Some object to this point of view... "You can't underrate the strength of the arts w ithin t he liberal arts," said Carol Bellini-Sharp, assistant professor of drama. "Both can be strong. They fulfill one another; they feed one another." "The arts are an integrated part of life," said Robert B. Muirhead, associate professor of painting, printmaking and drawing. "Here it plays just about the right role-a significant one." Assistant-Professor of Visual Arts William Salzillo defined art as "A way of thinking. It's especially effective in -teaching students to think in situations. A good deal of living is creative. You need a creative imagination to survive." Al t hough there · are more students majoring in "art" than in literature or psychology or any other discipline, the total number of students concentrating in any A r ts Division subject-counting dance, drama, music, and writing as well as art-is less than in any other division except the

extraneous." Salzillo said he was impressed - fine teacher. I'm fascinated by her," she with the talent of Kirkland art students. said. "They're just as good as the students in any But Nancy Dolliver '75, a music major, art school I've ever been at." when asked her opinion of the arts faculty, "You don't find the highly specialized answered, "I'm not too crazy about them. ... people here," said Nathan Boxer, associate I was satisfied with the dance professors but, professor of film. ''Out of every class there's very dissatisfied with the. music professors. I one or two� Most people that come here are didn't learn much from them. I don'teven go not defined as to what they want to do. I to them ·any more. If I have a problem, I go don't find serious writers or serious scientists to. the Hamilton music professors. I found or serious doctors in great numbers here them to be much more helpful." A senior concentrating in the Arts either," he added. "They' re all serious given the particular Division, who asked not to be identified, situation in which they're involved," said said, "I don't have much respect for the Arts Bellini-Sharp. "They have a serious Division as a body of people. A lot of teachers are at odds. They're not a coherent commitment at that time." "We don't necessarily· have much body of people. There's underhand stuff expectation of finesse in the introductory going on. You get the feeling they're doing level courses," said Chairman Rosenfeld. things personally rather than on principle." An art student in the sophomore class, "These courses give the student the chance to test her relationship to a medium so she who also did not want to be identified, said, can determine the extent of her subsequent- "You get the feeling that if a professor is out of favor in the division, he won't get sciences. In other words, there are less Arts commitment. Becoming an artist is a long, reappointed. People I know feel they can Division majors than there are Humanities ongoing process. Those who left here are lose a faculty member if he doesn't agree Division majors or Social Science Division sufficiently fortified to continue pursuing with the division, even if he's a good teacher. majors in Kirkland's junior and senior professional status." And I think that's what happened to classes. Yet enrollments are high; art courses, As for what the students think of the McDermid. especially introductory level courses, are professors, the responses were also varied. "There's a lot to be cleaned· up just in popular. "I think the teachers are good. They're terms of the secrecy that's going on. This raises the cliched and perhaps open to do just aboµt anything you want, Everything is done behind closed doors," she s omewha t prejudic i al q uestion one and then they help you from there," said· said, c iting as an example of the frequently hears: Are Kirkland art students Nancy April '76, who transferred to "defensiveness that stuoents met . with" "serious artists" or merely "dilletantes "? 1 Kirkland in September. when they requested to be allowed to sit in "I think the quality of_ the. students is Nancy Burnett said "They're all pretty on faculty meetings about t_heir own senior very good," said Alan Heard, associate good. They know their stuff," but projects. professor of music, but later he added, c o m p lained of "a trend toward However, this student said that although "Nobody worries that if someone takes a professionalism" in the· teaching. "They're she was disturbed by the "division politics," history course they're only trying to dabble expecting professional quality work. They're she was satisfied with what goes on in the in history. And -it would never occur to demanding too much and not giving enough classroom. "I'm getting what I want, I'm anyone to offer a course -in · 'Chemistry preparation." she said._ Rhonda �ugg '76, a g�tting enough art, enough guidance, and Appreciation.' This question is the result of theatre major, was generally satisfied with enough leeway." the image of the arts as being somehow the dram-a faculty. "Carol Bellini-Sharp is a Margaret Klenk '75, a theatre major, said

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Boxer also expressed the desire to that although she was happy with the forms-as well as to str�ss the relationship quality of her drama professors, she had between the arts and the other disciplines of improve his ability to let students know his ..expectations. "In the arts, there's no such received a different impression of the the college. "The arts faculty does see itself a� serving thing as an easy or hard course. It's a relationship between the students and faculty outside the theatre department. "fm an integral educational functiQn," said question of how far a stude'nt wants to take sure there's still a great deal of hostility Rosenfeld. "The liberal arts education the course. A common understanding is hard between students and faculty because of should include the kind of outlook and to arrive at." And what do the students want? McDermid," she said. "I think the firing of exe r cise that a student gains from The most common complaints were lack McDermid was a very poor move on the part participation in the arts." of the Arts Divisjon and it will resound · Muirhead defined the Arts Division's of facilities, insufficient course selections, throughout the division for many years." greatest strong point as "its expanding and absence of community spirit. "There's a feeling of mistrust," said Kim concepts of learning and education. It brings Nancy Burnett said she came to Kirkland Webster '75, an art major. "Students feel in elements that enhance the total person in because she heard it had a strong arts their evaluations of teachers are not taken his understanding of intellectual life." division, and was very disappointed. "I seriously." couldn't get the courses I wanted. It took me three semesters to get into a drawing All the Kirkland arts professors are course." professionals; they are or at one time were "We are short of facilities," said Nancy involved professionally in their field. When Dolliver. "The dancers are using music questioned on the subject, Nancy Dolliver students' , s p ace."· One art. student said, "In some individual cases, I have gotten complained, "There's not enough studio the impression that ·some professors are space and the easels are ·crappy," and more interested in their own work" than in Margaret Klenck complained, "We really the students, but most people find this need a theatre that isn't a renovated professionalism to be one of the division's most positive aspects. Mujrhead said he wasn't prepared to· hospital." Kim Webster suggested the Arts Division "There's no question they're devoted to l suggest any specific improvements to be their work," said Kim Webster. "They'd be made in the Arts Division, and Salzillo said offer more student-taught courses, and rotten teachers if they weren't. They that any problems in the division are "the complained of "a feeling.of fragmentation. I shouldn't have to give all their time to the result of growing pains. The division hasn't wish professors and students could feel more like a community. A lot of people are doing students." "We are all professionals. We are defined itself yet.'' active in our own media all the time," said Heard spoke of the ·need to clarify the their own work in seclusion. You don't see Professor Bellini-Sharp. "The work we do division's policy. "Policy in the school is much of what other people are doing." here is part of our professional growth." A writing student said she would like to becoming codified," he said. "In the early '_'It's of great value that people work in stages, things were liquid. As policy becomes .see more poetry readings, both of students their areas. If you haven't done an area in more clear, we will attract better students." and visiting poets. "Nothing happens in· the arts, there's a difference in your As part of the division's policy, Heard terms of a community of writers. I feel like comprehension of it," said-Professor Boxer. foresees the establishment of a "reasonable . I'm writing in a void." "Do ing t he a r t s is . part of your passing standard" to judge students' artwork Yet despite their gripes, nearly all the art understanding of it." "This is a pattern in and to communicate to them the faculty's , students interviewed felt that the Arts our society," explained Professor Heard. expectations. He declined to comment on · Division was one of Kirkland's greatest "The artist cannot exist outside the whether or not the . division was also · assets. In the words of Margaret Klenck, "It institution. The setting is created where the formulating standards of excellence by has the potential to be one of Kirkland's artist may work and in return give his which to judge professors. strongest divisions.'' services to the college." "You can't live on art alone," Professor Salzillo said. "They feed each other. It makes me a better teacher and a better artist." Professor Muirhead expressed similar views. "They complement each other," he said. "For me, the contact with people learning and discussing art helps me as an artist. I like the academic life rather than the, comrp.ercial one. Even if I could sell, I would · always teach. I don't really know any other is happy to announce that St,ephen· world." Brennen will distribute the Times at As for the future of the division, . Hamilton College. Delivery for second everyone is aware that Kirkland's expanding semester Subscriptions will resume on phase is over. 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Pilkington, .Co�puter-age Librarian to him, a very progressive small-college library. P ilkington speaks. deliberately. His ---------------- -English accent is still noticeable though he Walter Pilkington. has been in America since the age of 18. And That is a name most people in this college he spices his prose with homespun - comm·unity recognize. Most of these . metaphor: "It's been quite exciting, most of the peo·pl e-- student s especially--might not time; other times, though, it's been duller recognize the person to whom that name than ditchwater," he� said about his 22 years as the Hill's librarian. After Pilkington belongs. That is because Walter Pilkington, simply came to America he attended Brown "P" in his memos to faculty, is not University; and received � M.A., in conspicuous in the building which he International Relations from the University manages, the Daniel Burke Library. For of Chicago. He joined the· New York Public circulation help, one sees Hel,ene Browning Library staff in 1937. or one of her assistants. For reference help, In 1940, while he was with the New York Frank Lorenz is around. Walter Pilkington, - Public Library, he co-founded "American who often can be seen waiting for the Notes and Queries: a journal for the elevator or strolling through the shelves, is curious", and was its editor until 1945. He the man behind the scenes at the library, also edited the "Winslow Lectures in however. Classical Archaeology". His office, hidden behind the circulation Since he has been on t4e Hill, Pilkington desk, is furnished with � huge, scratched-up has written "Hamilton College: 1812-1962", old wooden desk, a stark contrast to the and a serie_s of six limited editions modern fixtures of the library. Pilkington, "Keepsakes for the Friends of the Hamilton too, is old; he is in his mid-sixties. Without C ollege . L i br ary." He h a s edi ted intending offense, he might even look older. "Publications of the Members of the Faculty He is slightly stooped and dresses, shall we of Hamilton College, 1951-19 52", and has say, conservatively-if not drably. But gray written ·articles for local newspapers and hair and moustache aside, Walter Pilkington magazines. is making sure that the Daniel Burke Library Pilkington, who came to the Hill as head keeps pace. with the revolution in 'library librarian in 1952 after working "for a dog's science caused by information and computer age" as a reference librarian at the New York

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Public Library, said that Hamilton was quieter then �han it is now. "There were only 550 students here then," he said. Fraternities had a much larger role in the college social life, and "there was a great deal of college enthusiasm. There seems to be a changed atmosphere-a beneficial change," he said. '�It seems more lively, and freer." Pilkington said that the student body ha_s always been an easy group to deal with. He said that he does not have much direct contact with students, since he does not teach and is not involved in freshman orientation, and implied that he must come across as an old fogey.·" I must irritate the tears out of them, especially- the Kirkland students, because I think of them the way I think of my daughter," he said. Pilkington, modest about his own role in the planning and development of the Daniel Burke Library, is proud of the library and has said it is the subject of envy for many outsiders. "A lot of visitors come and drool over this place," he said. He related with amazement that one person from Colorado had called him and said that he had read about our library and said he would like to see it. The designing of the. Burke Lib_rary was "a beautiful operation," according to Pilkington. The college had a good architect, and sought the advice and cooperation of

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The Burke Library was designed to accommodate an increase in use of · electr onic equipment, according to Pilkington. "It was expected that we would not be involved in technological change for five to ten years, when the library was bull t," he said. "But we had only been in it onevyear when it hit." The building is all set up to receive wet carrels (in which electrical equipment can be used) closed-circuit television, and an increasing use of computer terminals, all of which Pilkington expects within the next ten years. "It is important that when the changes come, we won't have to tear the building down. We'll only hav.e to •plug the equipment in," he-said. Pilkington said that among the future plans for the library is the installation of an electronic circulation control system to check the proliferation of missing books. He said that it was planned for when the library was built--all the electrical work is there--but was not put in at the time. "We discussed it with the students and the faculty," he said,"and we thought that what was called the Honor Code tradition would be strong enough that it would not be necessary." Pilkington generalized · about the cause of the problem of material being taken without being signed for ·to the student protests of the sixties. ''The old unwritten rules, such as Pilkington said that future library-related signing for. things, started eroding," he said. Pilkington said that while. at other colleges uses of electronic technology will include g rea te r uses o f m i c r o�print, a n d the book removal was a matter of theft, here • ' p h o t o - f a c s i m iie students often take bboks unsigned and.then transmission,"--photocopies sent as news bring them back. "It's not a matter of theft, just damn stupidity," he concluded. pictures are today, over the wire. The function of a college library has Pilkington said that seeing and being involved in such vast changes in the changed within the last number of years, c�pabilities of library science is "kind of according to Pilkington. He said that the fun." "It's probably only fun to people interested in the library trade," he added. He admitted that he did not understand much of the technology involved and, gesturing towards his office manual typewriter and, gesturing towards his office manual typewriter, facetiously said that that was about all that he could cope with. The increased use of technology has made possible the extension of the system of inter-library loans which has been in effect in the central New York area for about · fifteen years. According to Pilkington, in the last two years, university resources have. been made available to the people on the James L ib r a ry, which was terribly Hill. Through academic cooperation of the overcrowded and inefficient during its last library with ' the libraries of Syracuse years of use, was a good library in its time. University, Colgate University, Utica However, he said that demands on students College, and other small academic libraries in have changed, and that they need a different this area, a pool of resources of university kind of environment in which to work, than · size is accessible to the Hill community. "If they did -fifty years ago. "Students have we don't have the things here, we can get more independent work," he said. "More is them in a very short time," Pilkington said. ·demanded of the �tudents, and they want a Pilkington stated that such cooperation quieter place to work. Stories have been The library had " quite a strong amortg the libraries is very important. He told about the terrible acoustics in the James bibliographic section," Pilkington said, said that it became obvious years ago, Library. Pilkington said that the acoustics adding "It's important that you have especially before the· construction of the were "tolerable" when there were only ten Burke Library, that "the future of academic men in the library. However, when Kirkland bibliographies to know what is available." opened and WO,!Ilen started using the library, Pilkington spoke of a plan which he said libraries lay in close cooperation." More students use the inter-library loan the higher pitches of their voices caused the should be implemented within a year, for listing all the academic journals in the facilities ·every year, the librarian said. "You acoustics to seem worse, and a carpet had to country, and their location, by computer. . don't have to be in a big university center to be laid to keep the noise level down. The James Library, with its large The Burke Library will be involved in that get stuff, but it does require discipline on listing. 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Cross Country College Hill By Mark McMurray For those snowy winter afternoons, when you think the only alternative to a nap is a beer down at the Village Tavern, borrow a pair of skis from a friend or the Outing Club and try crossrcountry skiing. Cross country skiing can be either a grueling workout or a little more strenuous than indoor gardening. Anyone who can walk can ski. To be sure, developing a strong gliding stride, necessary for racing or advanced touring, requires balance and some practice, but the beginner can enjoy cross country just as much as the expert. Lately more and more people have discovered the oldest form of skiing. Whether for .a mile loop or a three day _winter camping tour, cross country -skiing is not (as once thought) a sport for those too arthritic for Alpine or downhill skiing. If you are tired of the crowds, the ridiculous lift ticket prices, and long drives that render you incapable of more than two runs down the mountain, cross country might be worth a try. However, the two forms of skiing do not have to be mutually exclusive. For the weeks in between the skiing holidays, you also allowing different woods to· be used in warmed in with a torch. Once your skis are need not stay in from the snow, especially in different parts of the ski. Hickory is usually base waxed, -(the Outing Club has all the the Clinton area where there are some used for tne sole; it wears well, and yet holds materials) you've given the skis a surface for particularly good trails, and good equipment wax better than some harder woods. the surface wax. is available, Recently tb.e Norwegian companies have The object of this wax is to give the skis For $8, Dick Sonnes Bike and Ski Shop developed lignostone edges. Lignostone is glide and grip at the same time. The wax is on Commercial Drive, New Hartford, will actually be,achwood, compressed about three applied so that when you are moving supply all the equipment needed for a or four times, giving the ski edges added forward the snow will not stick to the ski. weekend of skiing. The Outing Club will durability. When you stop and press down,however, the provide the same services for less. Just join Although 90 per cent of the slds made are wax creates the slight friction between the for $2. wood, there are some fiberglass and ski and the snow needed when skiing over Jf you are past the fust stage of synthetic· skis. Easier to take care of than unev�n terrain. There are · as many experimenting and would like to buy your wood, skiing purists will argue that waxing different types of wax as there are weather equipment, Dick Sonnes has complete skiing (which is :unnecessary for synthetic skis) is conditions; the skier should match the packages from $50 to $100 - about half of an integral part of cross country skiing. viscosity of the wax with the temperature. what you would pay for downhill boots Without it, they say, skiing isn't the same. Generally, there are two kinds of wax, one alone. But because most of us will borrow or for temperatures below 32 degrees and one The cross country ski is longer an<! rent wood skis the problem or art pf waxing for warmer temp�ratures. The age 9f the narrower than its Alpine counterpart . This is will present itself one way or another. _ snow is another variable. New. snow is because the function of the cross country ski Improperly waxed skis will pick up snow, \usually dryer than old·· snow, lighter and is to glide over the snow rather than to slow you down and probably. send you back finer grained and thus requires a different facilitate traversing down a hill. The to the tavern. wax. Swix has developed a color coding for Proper base waxing is also essential if one their waxes. Green for new fallen or fine Norwegians, who were the first skiers of any sort, today make the three top cross country wants to keep a pair of skis in good shape. grained snow from 10-26 degrees F, Blue for ski brands, Trak� Topper and Bonna. Base waxing, or taring, is done to keep fined grained snow from 26-32 degrees F, The skis are laminated, that is, the skis from alJsorbing water. There are two and Red for slightly wet, new fallen now or constructed with several layers of wood, types of base wax: · one is applied with a sett led fine grained snow about 32 degrees F giving the ski flexibili�y and strength and brush at room temperature, the other is and a little above. There are also semi-fluid

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. Comment: Justice ·with Honor system as a whole. In light of these, Alexander Woollcott. designed Hamilton's honor system which is, of necessity, maintained by the Honor Court. The philosophical need for a court has engendered numerous practical difficulties In a community which takes much of its for the institution itself. Nonetheless, much intellectual vitality from thoughtful of the deliberation within court sessions inquiry and inte.rchange, we ought to admit seeks to solve once more the problems posed our indebtedness to those whose originality by the circumstances of each new case. has contributed to our own. Prescribing While the particular circumstances of academic ethics guards the integrity of academic fraud brought before the court indi vidual effort and is essential to must be kept confid�ntial, there is a difference between that confide"ntiality Hamilton's grading system. . which ,protects the student and the stigma of Like it or not, each of us is evaluated in secrecy which currently shrouds the court. te rms of his a cademic performance (Unfortunately, this distinction has become compared to other's work. Academic fraud unclear and moves are underway to give the skews t he results of a comparative court a better image�) It is not sufficient to perspective and thereby debases the grading announce the results of each case in chapel as that in no w�y illuminates court procedure; it merely ·contributes to what is seen as retributive academic justice. Some people believe that mere announcement of a decision proves the vitality of the court and the efficacy of the code. For us, however, this attitude serves no constructive end." More to· the point would be to fully introduce students to what the court has owed them for some time: an explanation of Alt Your Printing Needs the court's constitution and the implications· Letterpress and Offset of the code. The responsibility for making the honor system clear to students has 1 Kirkland Ayenue always been the court's, not the English Clinton, N.Y. Department's,. not the administration's nor even the freshman advisor's. It can no longer be ignored, and some strides have been made 853-5588 this y�ar toward educating freshmen· in this regard:'None of the five court cases to date. has involved a freshman.

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An educational process can only have limited effectiveness, for while we can tell a student what plagiarism is, we cannot always justify the court's punishment in specific cases of academic fraud. Here_ is not the place to debate the sense of the notion that • guilt comes in degrees. Suffice it to say that where guilt is obvious, that alone may not de te rmine punishment. Curiously, the con s ti tution vaguely asserts that the "Penalty must be commensurate with the crime," while offering only two alternatives: failure in the paper and failure in the course. This points to a major institution.al weakness. As members of the court we_ know that given only two choices we often discover ourselves "settling" for a punisliment which does not suit the offense. We ask the· court, the student body, the facu lty an.d the administration two questions. First, is there a need for new alternatives, and second, what might that · be? Frankly, substantive solutions have eluded us: The faculty is loath to accept no credit as a possible new punishment and the students balk at any idea of their permanent record being scarred by a designation which shows that they have cheated. And so, the ·students who come before the court continue to be judged in a system which is not as equitable as it might be. In summary, there ought to be .other penalties available to guarantee that decisions will be made in an atmosphere which can both assume that the character of an act is defined by its circumstances and then have the means at its disposal to satisfy that belief.

Jack Levy and Scott Wright are both_ members of the Honor Court.


The 'Tramp,' a Genius of-Gestures By Peter Sommer In his autobiography, Charlie Chaplin recounts his struggle to find an idea for his second feature, insisting to himself: "This next film must be an epic! The greatestf' "The Gold Rush" (1925 ), is the "epic" that Chaplin was looking for. The opening strikes a serious .note. The first shots are o f a long, serpentine· line of prospectors filing up the snow-covered Chilkoot Pass {fihned in Nevada, actually). The· sequence is grim;· we even see one of the prospectors collapse while the others trudge heedlessly past him. Then a title announces "A. Lone Prospect or," and we see a narrow mountain path on the edge o f a steep drop. I always laugh at once, not just because I kno w . Chaplin is coming and the path is dangerous, but because the scenery-separated fro m the . opening by only one title-is s o patently phony compared with the reality of the pass. Thus, early in the fibn� Chaplin establishes a contrast that c ontinues throughout: the real w orld versus the theatre of that world,, unblinking reality as the ground for a comic abstract of that reality. It's dangerous to mix modes like that, unless you are able, as Chaplin is, to make each instantly �redible and supportive of the · other. Then· in he comes, dancing along with a pack on his back. In his first sequence he sho ws the touch that made him great. As he skips and skids along the narrow path, a gigantic bear

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Who, we are. forced to wonder, is the Tramp?' o f the Tramp's qualities-inno cence, and an unwitting faith in the power o f that innocence. Later, when he and Big Jim, another prospector, are trapped and starving in the cabin, Big Jim, delirious with hunger, imagines that Charlie is a gigantic chicken. {Big Jim is played by Mack Swain, a fat and· endearing figure in early Chaplin films.) The hallucination is funny, but Chaplin says he got -the idea• from the tragic story o f the Donner party, the emigrants who were snowbound in the Sierra Nevadas in the winter o f 1846 and res orted to cannibalism.

On this odd p oint Chaplin himself wrote: "In the creation o f co medy,it is paradoxical that tragedy stimulates the spirit of ridicule, because ridicule, I suppose, is an attitude of defiance: we must laugh in the face of our helplessness against the forces of nature- or go insane." Fr o m the Donner story:, too, he · elaborated the fam ous sequence of the boiled shoe. (Some members of the starving D o n ner party roasted and ate their moccasins.) Charlie and Big Jim are so famished that they eat a shoe-the Tramp's, o f course. Charlie boils and serves it, and the humor comes no t only from what they are eating, but from the way they eat it. A lesser co mic inventor might have gotten laughs by having the two men grimace in disgust as they forced themselves to chaw. But, as in the bear incident, Chaplin raises the scene to a higher p ower, making it funnier by means o f po etic imaginatio n. Big Jim is jeal o us because the Tramp has the bigger piece o f shoe, and switches plates. Then the Tramp twirls the shoelaces o n his fork lile spaghetti, sucking each nail as if it were a tasty bone. The consolations of fantasy have rarely gone further. The harmonics of the picture-light tone against dark, light tone arising out of dark and vice versa-are enriched by the Tramp's first entrance into the boom-town dance hall. Chaplin, the director, avoids · the c onventional sequence: showing us the bustling saloon, then showing us the Tramp l ooking <:1t it-loo king at the camera, in fact.

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He shoots past the ·Tramp, from behind, to the saloon interior. Charlie is in outline; the brightness is beyond him. He watches from the edge, and we watch from an edge eveil' farther behind him. Yet because we see the Tramp from slightly below eye level, there is something strong , almost heroic, in his p ath os, and simultaneously, there is something comic in his silhouette. It is the classic, quintessential Chaplin shot. Both pathos and comedy are heightened in the next moments. A man comes and stand� behind Charlie, unseen by him. At the bar, the barkee·p says (if we watch his mouth closely), to Georgia, a dance-hall girl, ;(There's Charlie.'' She turns and says, "Charlie," smiles, and comes toward Chaplin. He's mystified but happy-until she goes right past him to greet the man behind him. Chaplin had used this 1dea of mtstaken greetings before, notably in a two-reeler called "The Cure," but only to be funny. Here it is funny, but it also crystallizes another matter: the moment of his falling in love despite his forlorn condition. Georgia is played by Georgia Hale. .tier performance here' is perfect-she supplies exactly the right qualities of sauciness, sex, and tenderness. This dance-hall girl is a prostitute; what else could she possibly be? (One of her friends at the dance hall is. a beefy, older woman, with the look of the traditional madam.) Nothing is done or said to explicate this; it is simply there for those who can see it, and it deepens the film. The point of this subtext is not merely to slip innuendo past the censor. It provides, for those- able· to see it, a further stratum of reality for the comedy and, since the Tramp never recognizes what Georgia is, furthe1 proof of hls armor of innocence. At a later encounter, Charlie invites Georgia and the other girls to NewYear's Eve dinner in his cabin. They accept, without intending to come. On that evening, Charlie sets the table elaborately and prepares a big meal, then sits down to wait-and wait and wait. At last he nods off at the table _and dreams that they have come. In one of the most celebrated moments in, all Chaplin films Charlie dreams he is entertaining the adoring girls by doing the Oceana Roll. Sitting at the table, he sticks two folks intq two sabot-shaped rolls, then kicks and jigs them as if they were his legs and he were doing a chorus-girl dance. Every time I see this sequence coming, I think, "I know every move he's going to make. He can't possibly make me· laugh again." And every time he does. One reason is that he doesn't merely kick his fork· '_'legs," he uses his whole body behind the _ fo rk_s, employing utter concentration in miniature reproduction of a chorus girl's performance. And, typical of the picture's harmonics, this hilarious pantomime occurs in a dream into which the Tramp has fallen because he has been tricked and disappointed. I describe one more scene in "The Gold Rush" as an example of Chaplin's comic invention, though it is hard to limit one's self. When Charlie and Big Jim wake up in the lonely cabin to which they have returned, they don't realize. that during the night the-cabin was blown to a new location - the very edge of a cliff. They can't see out the frost-covered windows. As the cabin begins to shift on the precipice, Charlie decides to have a look at

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the trouble. opens the back door, ·and major 'fihns. The element that persists, hanging onto the doorknob, swings out into through the comedy and through the pathos immense space. If I had to vote for the single that makes the -<;omedy beloved, is a sense of funniest sight gag in films, I'd probably - mystery. Who, we are forced to wonder, is choose th� moment. Big Jim pulls Charlie the Tramp? What is the secret of his unique back inside. Then comes a sequence in which effect on us? the two men, one slight and the other burly, Consider. Here is a prospector who try to inch their way up the increasingly appears on a mountain trail wearing a wing slanting floor toward the safe side of the collar and tie. We never question this, we cabin and the front door. It is .a pearl of _never even really notice it. Alright, perhaps invisible dynamics, in which they cautiously that's because the Tramp's costume is by · now an internationally accepted symbol. wish-and will-their bodies upward. Like so much in Chaplin's films, and in After he gets a job in the boom town, the farce generally, this cabin sequence is built Tramp, who has been collarless for awhile, on danger. It is scary but seen from safety. again wears a collar �d tie. Even though this The sequence is the quantum of the is a rough Alaskan town, we still don't banana-peel gag, greatly multipJied; we also notice the impossibility. When the Tramp know that it isn't. Comedy, of all kinds, and Big Jim are first snowbound in the supplies percepti on and superiority. In high cabin, Jim's whiskers grow and Charlie's comedy, which usually deals with social don't. But then The Tramp's incongruities move criticism, we can recognize hypocrisy or vanity, acknowledge secretly that we share from costume into action, and we begin to it, ...and laugh With relief that it is being wonder. When Georgia invites him to dance, ridiculed in someone else. In farce, the he is wearing silly clothes and has wrapped materials are often physical, often the one foot in rags to replace the eaten shoe. dangers of daily life that surround us all the But he dances with exquisite style. time. Who is.he? The farceur makes injury and possible When he invites the girls to dinner, he not death simultaneously real and unreal. We only knows how to cook, he knows all about know that the Tramp and Big Jim will not table settings, party favors, dainty gift be killed in the cabin- it simply could not wrappings, and etiquette. happen in this kind of picture- yet we feel Who is he? When he performs the Oceana Roll, he the danger with our viscera. We are frightened at the same� time that we are knows a chorus-girl routine. When Georgia's delighted by the skill of the artists who have · Bullyboy tries to force his way into her outwitted death. Farce characters never get room, Charlie chivalrously· bars the door, killed. They contrive for us a superiority contemptuous of danger. Again - who is he? over mortality, even as they make us laugh I propose no supernatural answer, that he at their struggles to escape it. The fi nish of "The Gold Rush" is a divine me�enger in ragged clothes, a fool strengthens and resolves the light-dark of God. I do. suggest that part of the geniµs harmonics of the whole. At the end, the of Chaplin, part of his superiority to all Tramp ,happily, does not walk down the road other film comics except Buster Keaton, is .alone. We see Charlie rich. Essential though his ability to make us believe in a comic the wealth is thematically, this was not the- character whose standards are betteI than image that Chaplin wanted to leave before out own, just as his body in motion is more our eyes, so he devised a way for the rich beautiful than our bodies. Charlie to put on his Tramp clothes once I suggest that one of the reasons we have again. This persona, resumed, gives Georgia, loved him all these decades is that he has not the prostitute, a chance to ·prove the concentrated on merely making us laugh, genuineness of her feelings, and it gives but has shown us the funnine� i n a hero-clown, a succinct - but wise - agent of Chaplin a chance to �core a last point. The Tramp had to be dragged away from exemplary values. He is not dully angelic; he Georgia by Big Jim, and had to be dragged !l>metimes pulls off con games, though to wealth. Now the wealth brings them usually to good end or to flout oppre�ive together again on the ship.. Money and authority. But in the main he compensates happiness, Chaplin seems to say� are for the shortcomings, social and physical, of controlled by the private whims of two our lives and beings. In his movement and in his cod�, even in his cunning, he is what we powers: fate ·and authors. But an even subtler complexity runs f�el we ought to be. through the film, as through most of his �

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·'It's a Long Way to :the Kitchen ! / By John M. McNeel Winter Study, a time of less academic pressure and fewer burdensome homework assignments for many students. on the Hill, also means less work for another integral part of the college community-the kitchen staffs. "We're a lot less busy this month than during the usual semesters/' said McEwen cook Anthony Grasso last w eek. "This is a grace period for us." It was 5 p.m. in the McEwen kitchen and preparations for the evening meal ·were ahnost completed. In a large steam kettle (which is a bit like a cauldron), five gallons of beef stew bubbled and gurgled. In another part of the room, several trays of ham steaks, garnished with pineapple slices, were being heated in banks of horizontal ovens. Tony, as he is known by the kitchen staff, had 350 entree portions ready to serve for the 5:30 p.m. dining hall opening. Depending on demand for the dishes, he would prepare perhaps 100 m_ore portions before 7 :00 p.m. Next month, when all Hamilton and Kirkland students have returned to the campuses, Tony and the rest of the kitchen staff might have to prepare 600 .,ervin� per dinner meal. With the- reduced Winter Study work load, the atmosphere in the McEwen kitchen is calm aqd easygoing: There are no hectic, last-minute preparations for the impending onslaught of hungry students. The kitchen

staff has institutional meal preparation down A strike by workers· .for the Syracuse to a science:· everyone has a specific, purveyor that . provides ·the school with assigned task, all calculated to result in a frozen vegetables and canned goods caused finished meal by 5 :30 p.m. some menu adjustments recently. Cook Earlier in the afternoon,· Commons cook Jones substituted boiled onions for green Stewart Jones, standing over the boiling beans on the dinner menu as a side dish for kettle of beef stew in that kitchen, had the stew and ham because of difficulties determined that the mixture was too thin. arising from the strike. He was preparing He thickened the stew with a flour and fewer servin� than usual because boiled water stock, then gave the whole concoction onions ar� unot a popular item." a rich, lusty color with brown gravy Much of the production, quantity and coloring. menu planning is based on past expe_rience. - All of the ingredients in the beef stew By keeping records of how receptive were fresh, Jones promised. There were no students are to a particular dish, the food left-over' vegetables from dinner the night service staff is able to �uge roughly what before or meat from another meal. The stew the demand will be for that dish 1he next time had been prepared from scratch that it is seIVed. afternoon. Thus, Jones knows that the ham will "Almost all of the food used for the · probably go over t,etter than the stew, and dinner meal is fresh and prepared the same determirtes the ·-proper quantity of each. to - , day-no leftovers,' said Jones. ''Leftovers are prepare _from records given to him by the basically used only during the -noon manager." meal." Commons n:ianager Irwin McIntosh Over the years, the campus food- services explained that fresh vegetables are ordered · haves b�en able to devise fairly reliable each niorning and delivered every day. As a - formulas for production quantities, based on rule,.. the fresh vegetables are used the day apparent stu<l;ent likes and dislikes and after they are delivered. · Orders for- meat dinipg hall attendance rec(?rds. There a,re supplies are placed a week in advance., and · periodic changes for ,whichadjustments must delivered meat is used the day,, after it be made.' For instanc�, this month the bulk arrives. of students happen tq pre,f�r� lunch at ! The fresh meat and vegetables come from ·commons, but v�t McE,wen._ for dinner. suppliers · in Utica and Clintoµ. Canned r Pro,du.cti�n .,correct�ons are .alsd made. on goods ? :·which come,, in once" -'a ;,week/� are. '":·Weekends. tcteompensate'fo1treduced dining_ .. . � . delivere'<i from Syracuse'.· _Al(: in · all, the ball traffic. -" . -, · campus fCJOd supplies come from 28 And although each yeaI brings an influx ,different distributors, or purveyors. of new students, "there has never been much .. .. ',#'�.' -:e.� ·T· :�- ·,'. •• • t ·' ,,, �

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Occasionally, meat is cooked the day before, sliced the vegetables and desserts are consumed daily ?ne for each of The daily llleals. next day and reheated before serving, by the Hamilton and Kirkland population. because some meat is more easily handled in The cooks and managers atMcEwen and that maner. Co mmons rattle off some r random Meal preparation schedules are sometimes quantities of food and drink that would be altered to accommodate special food n eeded to satisfy the hungry students at services. Apart from the normal three daily each dining hall for the evening meal: two meals, the kitchens also handle other food gallons of soup (about one-third of the preparations: special parties, meals for amount consumed at lunch), five or ten infirmary patients, bagged lunches, and gallons of stew, 90 to lO_Q pounds of ham, training meals for sports teams. Most of one �ase of beans, 30 pounds of instant these are handled by the Commons kitchen mashed potatoes, 25 gallons of homogenized staff. _.,. milk and 400 brownies. At _McEwen, a vegetarian entree is Preparing and serv'ing such masses of food The day begins at 10 a.m. for Commons prepared in addition to the two usual main is more than a nine-to five job for the large kitchen staffs. There are three, overlapping cook Stewart Jones. After helping with dishes. This program, which began last year, wo rk shifts: two of these full-time, lunch, Jones begins preparing for dinner in · was expanded this year with vegetarian eight-hour work days, the other a four-hour the early part of the afternoon. This is recipes containing special ingredients that Jones' fifth year on the Hill. Assisting him part-time shift. At six in the mo ming, _ the breakfast with the dinner mean is second cook preparation staff comes in, with but 90 Jeanette Forrester, who comes in at 1:30 on minutes to create a meal to delight ·the · four weekdays. At McEwen, cook Tony Grasso comes palates of sleepy students. This shift lasts until 2:30 p.m., the workers also helping into work at ll:00 am., when he helps·Katie Klueber cook lunch. The dinner meal with lunch preparation and service. At 7 a.m., the breakfast servers and noon preparations. then begin in · the afternoon, meal cooks and preparers report to work. with Klueber as Grasso'�assistant. Klueber_ has seen 21 years of service in Lunch preparation lasts from:$:30 until 11 a.m. The workers on this shift also make kitchens fo · the Hill. She is known as the things ready in the kitchen for the dinner "yogurt lady" at McEwen, because she handles the daily preparation of that meal. From 4:30 in the afternoon . to 8 :30, substance. This is Grasso's eleventh year of parti-time college and high schoof students food service in the community. By the time the dinner cooks had begun had been requested by students. come in. Basically, the jobs of this staff involve helping with the dinner service, - their work. on the evening's main courses and The kitchens af Commons and McEwen replenishing vanishing sup-plies of food, side dishes, some of the dinner preparati_ons _ are well-equipped to handle the production condiments and drinks, and ·cleaning up after were already complete. Baking and dessert of large volumes of food each day. specialists working in the mo ming shifts had The all-electric McEwen kitchen is an dinner. Sixty WO!kers are employed in/ the prepare� brownies an_ d jello that woul� be expanse of stainless steel; glass and wood. Convection ovens, that create heat by forced air and. which served to heat the• ham garnished with pineapple, are used daily to prepare cakes and pastries, and to roast meat. On top of the banks of convection ovens . at McEwen are cartons of s_ tale bread which Grasso said were used for bread crumbs in dishes such ·as breaded veal cutlets. In both kitchens, stainless steel steam kettles, 40-gallon vats which are neated by hot water, were used' in the preparation-of the-beef stew, One of the two steam kettles at Commons was installed earlier this · year.Commons operates both on electricity and gas. In the event of a power failure, food from the electric McEwen and Budny kitchens would ·be brought to Commons for preparation in the gas equipment. _ Both kitchens rely on steamer units, horizontal pressure cookers designed to · accommodate trays of food. Referring to their valuable ability to bring dishes to serving temperature in five to ten minutes, Anne Martin, food services director for the two· campuses, called the steamers "the best equipment we have." Dazzling arrays of ladles, cooking spoons, and assorted spatulas hang in clusters in each kitchen. 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of beans and onions on the stove tops, a six-week menu cycle. Additionally, her the steaming stew and ham. The side dishes monstrous electric �beater ·which sit.s•on the:-. ·,office .d·eals with the footl purveyo.rs: which.,:. at Jhis,.:dining hall tonight are. green beans, floor rather than the counter-top. must first be approved through 'service mashed potatoes and cream of chicken soup.. Before the hungry students arrive, the Each kitchen is equipped with several Systems headquarters. cooler and freezer rooms, which are kept at Presently, Sei:_vice Systems is negotiati�g manager gives the 'serving staff last-minute different temperatures for the proper with the college for a new contract, the instructions on serving the evening's dishes. The period between 5 :30 and 7:00 in the refrigeration of the various dairy products, present agreement having expired this condiments, meats, leftovers, vegetables and month. Martin's office -is showing the kitchens. is occupied with serving food and so forth. The coolers usually only hold a few colleges a "financial picture" of the food r epl enishing ·depleted supplies of the days' supplies at a time, as the shelves are price situation in terms of "what Service individual dishes. When not busy keeping con stantly being restocked, Commons Systems is now doing, how we're doing it, students fed, the dinner cooks clean the Manager McIntosh said that the coolers and and what could be planned for the future," kitchen. As with many of Service Systems' meals, freezers were cleaned out entirely before in an attempt to project the inflation of the each vacation break during the school year coming year. Thus, the company will be able some students were dissatisfied with the to avoid having stored food sit for any to show why a change in the meal plan price food. Others thought the ham was the best may be necessary. The college would then the kitchens had served in a long time. considerable length of time. Martin said that campus Service Systems Both kitchens also have deep-friers, used have a chance to tailor a food plan that in the preparation of fried dishes such as veal would most snugly fit the price range they is eager to respond to students' likes and dislikes, encouraging persons that are or french fries. Commons has a broiler for wish to work within. Martin said that despite the general unhappy with a meal to let the manager of meat preparation. The McEwen kitchen additionally has a unit which has bee·n upward shift of prices over the past year, no the dining hall know about it. She said christened a "yogurt oven" because of its menu changes or substitutions have been response has been good to a comments pad necessary, to compensate for expensive placed n�ar the McEwen dining hall entrance use for that adopted function. The kitchens -at both Hamilton and items. Rather than eliminating menu items this year. Martin characterized her office as always Kirkland are antiseptically clean. Each or substituting food of a different quality, specialized worker is responsible for cleaning the kitchen staffs have adopted certain being receptive to new ideas or suggestions, the area that· he or she works in. An cost-cutting measures such as not buying citing the Hamilton-Ki rkland Food additional thorough cleaning is given to the pre-prepared meat, and making foods such as Committeemeetings a s forums for kitchens about once a w�ek. The cooks at soup, granola and all desserts from scratch. student-Service System interaction. During a break in the dinner preparations Commons said that their unit had been given If kitchen costs during the year rise above a special cleaning because they were thebudget figure because of inflated food earlier in- the afternoon, Commons cook expecting a visit from a food ihspector. prices, the additional expense is absorbed by Jones noted an interest on the part of the campus food services "to cater to student The massive job of feeding the hundreds the colleges. of students of the Hill fell to Service At 4:30 p.m. the dinner meal preparation w an ts to try to get what is requested. We Systems Corp. five years ago. A national "congeals" in the Commons kitchen, said always strive in earnest to abide by what the organization headquartered in Buffalo, Jones. The main entrees and side dishes of students like and want." McEwen cook Klueber admitted that Service Systems is a subsidiary of DelMonte onions, mashed potatoes (instant, because Foods (yes, the same one that makes canned it's more "economical"), and tomato soup there were difficulties in preparing meals to fruit). are ladled out into serving trays. The se,rving satisfy all students on such a mass scale. Food Service Director- Anne Martin, who, crew will be ready to dish out the food· at "Students just don't understand what goes coordinates operation in the campus 5 :00 when some winter sports teams eat into preparing some of the dishes they like," she said. "Sometimes we just don't have the kitchens, keeps close. tabs on production dinner. By shortly after 5 :00, the serving trays time or facilities to make meals that will figures supplied to her by the different units and handles necessary revisions to the behind the counters at McEwen are full of please everybody." ✓

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noted sharp and forger-got into a poker game with three professional card sharps in Utica. Since Whiteman was hardly ,a novice at cheating people, he realized what was "I own this flat. I like- to sit here and happening; he drew his. gun and got his watch the dead bodies go by. They generally money back. Then he took the other sharps make about ten knots an hour." Thus spoke out to dinner. Whiteman poss,essed that , .,, Alexander Woollcott '09� one of a long line combination of "chutzpah" and elegance of personalities who comprise the Hamilton which led the law on a merry chase until the Literary Tradition. More than most other small colleges, Pink�rton Agency caught up with him in the Hamilton cherishes its writers and thinkers, 1880's. More representative of this period, even those of transient fame. This love of - though, were men like Arthur Tappan writing is inbred in the college, for in its Pierson '55, who wrote over thirty-five early years, there was simply nothing else for books and tracts on. religion, and became a the students to do. noted missionary. Then there was Arthur S. Professor of Speech Charles Todd believes Hoyt, whose "The Work of Preaching" went that "Isolation produced the heavy emphasis through several editions and a revision. John on writing in the college's early years; a Butler also completed a six volume set student needed permission to leave the entitled "Butler's Theory," which· explicated Holy Writ so everyone could see the·light. But religion was also used as a tool bv writers like Theodore Weld, wh�se "Slavery as It Is"was a punishing attack on that system. Gerri tt Smith w as another famous abolitionist, whose fiery speeches more than once set the mob against, him. These men were the product and contributors to a literary tradition heavily - influenced by Oneida County, where new sects an_d philosophies sprung up overnight. Herny Shaw Wheeler, more commonly known as Josh Billings, was an exception to the normally solid prose that emanated from H a m i lt o n's g r aduates during t he mid-n i n eteenth century. Billings, who attended Hamilton from 1837-1838, was a master of dialect, and President Lincoln's favorite humorist. While here,� Billings became the first man to scale the Chapei wall and reach the _tower without using rope or ladder. Then c am e the Civil War and campus, and even if he got it�where would Reconstruction. As the century wore on, a hes go? Frustration-also due to a lack of more diversified. student body came to the women-produced constant turmoil at the college-Qut there were fierce. fights for the college; but it also produced a stimulating · literary prizes. So important were these atmosphere for· creative activity." In the · prizes that when faced with a student revolt earliest period of the college's existence, the i n 1884, Pr esident Henry Darling creative spirit found .outlets in two literary threatened to cancel the Clark Prize. He societies, both precursors to today's frat e r n it i e s. These two societies (Philopeuthian and Phoenix by name) scheduled lively debates on such topics as "Are the Abilities of the Sexes Equal?�' and "Would the Acquisition of the Canada Be Beneficial to This Country?," as well as building large and respectable libraries for themselves. The rhetoric and debate was taken seriously not only in its spoken form, but in its written form as well. Elegance of language was the rule, and this demand for beautifully crafted English is carried on by the faculty of the college to the present day. During the 1850's, the literary life was transformed from the Societies and their. fratemity successors, to the classroom and 1 academic competition. During these ye_ars the college turned out preachers, teachers, and con artists. ·Carl Carmer recounts the story of Alonio Whteman, Hamilton student and con artist supreme· in his·lj.ool('Iisten·for a Lonesome Drum." It seems Whiteman-a

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did-and the graduating -class packed for · home. President Darling's action brought national condemnation, and became a cause of contention at the College until Darling's death in the earlY. 1&90's. The twenty· years commencing with 1890 began the "glory years" of the Hamilton literary tradition. In that period, Alexander Woollcott, Ezra Pound ' 05, Hawley Truax, Robert Barnes Rudd, '09, and Samuel Hopkins Adams a ll passed through H a m i l t o n... T h e College L i te rary Magazine-always important-assumed new status, as this eminent group of men came to Clinton. Samuel Hopkins Adams '91 authored over thirty-nine books, of which his "Grandfather's Stories" (dedicated to Hamilton - College) is perhaps the best known. Adams wrote with style and grace, and subtle humor. Subtle hu_mor was· not the trademark of another famous writer of this remarkable period. Alexander Woollcott was perhaps the most outrageous Charlatan (he founded the dramatic troupe of that name) to ever be part .of any tradition. Fat and stumpy, with a red fez perched -Qil his gleaming brow, Woollcott made a show of everything he did-he made a fortune on Wall Street, became The New York Times' powerful drama critic, helped Hawley Truax found 1


The New Yorker Magazine, and seived as a mere Sergeant writing for "Stars and Stripes" during World War I. Though fat, Woollcott was bursting with energy, and his cruel barbs must have hidden a spirit that pleaded for compassion. He made fun of himself in all his writings, sometimes indirectly, as in this letter to a friend: "Thank you for the information about young Greenstreet. Tell •him. that if he · doesn't do better in English and German I

Writing 011 11t·llu111 shall have to sit on him. ThaLought to hold him for awhile." His caustic wit is clear in this letter to P resident William Cowley concerning · honorary degrees: "This final sentence [ in th� citation] is a sample not only of bogus writing of the most spurious sort but is a masterpiece of the immodesty which I thought you were trying to avoido fu any sentence in which

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you effect to suggest the reasoning of subfreshmen you must use an idfom which would fairly represent their thoughts... .! cannot read this verbal monstrosity without passing on to you my mild expression of dissent. Hoping you choke, I remain, Yours Affectionately, A. W." Yet Woollcott was passionately interested in helping others develop their talents. He was a constant booster of the' Hamilton College Choir; he helped young actors get their first auditions, and he assisted several young artists through. college. At his death, Woollcott was hailed by-friend and enemy alike as the greatest critic of the century; he brought pungent wit, acerbic comment, and uncommon honesty to his job. Another honest writer was Ezra Pound, the great-if troubled-mind !hat came to Hamilton in 1904, co graduate with the class of HOS. A rc hibald M acLeish said or' Pound: "He was the . first of the American poets justly called modern; he was the great dismantler, the great wrecker of brownstone fronts and imitation Gothic · stations. He was a wrecker to whom not merely the· politely dead poetry of the . generation .. . but the whole world which accepted that poetry was an obsolescence . . .calling for the crow bar and the sledge." Yet he was a creator as well, and if his poetry was sometimes erratic, there was enough genius in him to excuse his faults.· P ound only published one poem at Hamilton, in the 1905 Hamilton Literary Magazine. It W3;S entitled "Belangal Alba" ' and was supposed to be a translation of a 10th-century manuscript. Pound published his first collection of poems in Italy, from where he corresponded frequentfy with several Hamilton alumni. His letters are disjointed, but.meaningful; he seems to see himself as a prophet, whose voice is disregarded at the hearer's peril. In 1936, he wrote this about the quality of news: "Only an ideal, or a sense of mission of some kind causes men to write for no, or low, pay. You don't or shouldn't want foreign news sifted through what British Secret Service or some oil company thinks the 'Americ/peepul' ought to knowo That rules out a number of snappy well-connected correspondents." Literary life at Hamilton was given new impetus with the arrival of Professor Percy Saunders of the Chemistry Department-who aiso played violin. The Saund�rs homestead became the arti stic center of. the community, with frequent concerts given in the Music Room, and guests such as James Age� and Thornton Wilder stopped over frequently. Indeed, Wilder became enamored with the college , and honored it with an exit

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line in his play "Our' Town". Wilder's brother, ¾nos, taught at Hamilton for four years, and composed reams of poetry about the Hill. The comparative notation of the Hill turned students to the Saunders' mecca of literature and the arts; and, as Professor Todd '33 recalls, if you were accepted at the Saunders! you were in. Now, by the l 930's, the curriculum had changed to "pure liberal arts"; the emphasis on the classics w-a,s declining, while speech and elegant writing dominated. Inspired by the likes of Pound, Woo]!cott, Truax, and Adams, students .wrote for the Hamilton Literary Magazine and the various competitions as never beforeo An alumnus of the early thirties, Louis C. Jo nes, marveled at the improvement shown by each new generation of writers; sensitive skillful prose was the watchword. Yet, radical change was soon to come. Hamilton was to move "from a very artsy little college" in an entirely new literary direction. The bombs of September 1939 brought the first premonition of change. In Part II, Feb. 7: The Wind of Change: 1778; 1880; 19 39-1974 Kirkland Creative · Writing. "Publish or Perish". The Decline of the Competitions. The New Breed. The New York· State Monopoly. The Old ,Guard. Inelegant English?-Ezra I,>ound Walks at Sunset: 1969. The Sterile Beanfield. The turn from the Humanities. Whither Literature on the Hill?

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John Mavrogenis has been Regarding Goplen's dismissal, ap pointed associate director of Anderson said, "Goplen has de v e 1 o p m e n t , H a m i It on done a very good job for sports Vi c e-P r e s i d e n t f o r information, I'd like that job to Comm u n i c a t i o n s a n d be more of an assistant director's Development Joseph Anderson job-not just sports.'' Anderson has announced .. also said he will hire a person , In another st�ff change in his who can do• sports as well as office, Anderson acknowledged involve students in the office's the resignation of Orville H. affairs. He said he would like to Gop len, assistant director of hire an alumnus for the position. public relations. Goplen, who Goplen, who has been with will leave at the end of the the college since September academic year, was asked to 1972, said, "I'm disappointed. I resign. expected to be employed until Mavrogenis, assistant to the my 65th birthday which is two pr esident since 1973, will aid years hence." Goplen said he left his old job And e r s o n w i t h :parents'• p r o gr ams , foundations,- and w i t h the lJn ite d S tate s deferred giving programs. He will Information Agency one year also provide "secretarial support early with the expectation of services," said Anderson, which working five years here. means that Mavrogenis will Serve d in Scandinavia provide administrative help in Before coming to Hamilton, the deve lopment office in mailings, file up-dates, and the Goplen had spent a 24-year current compilation of a new career as a press officer in the fo r�ign service with several Alumni Directory. A 1964 alumnus of Hamilton, a ssignments at various U.S. Mavrogenis will also work with e m b assies, p artic ularly ,in the Dean of the College Office Scandinavia. His last assignment on faculty grants and will was in Vietnam. Goplen's income is subsidized continue his responsibilities to the foreign students on campus. by a government pension, but he The college has begun a says he must look for another search for a successor to job to support himself. In his Mavrogenis in the president's resume, Goplen wrote, "I am office, and Anderson said he well, active, and would like an expe c ts an a pp oi n tment . opportunity to work until I am 70." "reasonably soon."

John Mavrogenis, who is now associate director of development

Amici Cellist To Give Recital A cello .recital will be given Monday (Jan. 27) in the Chapel at 8 : 3 0 p . m. by I?aniel MacIntosh of the Amici Quartet. He will be accompanied on the piano by Joseph DiPiazza of the University of North Carolina. The recital, free of charge, is in place of the concert originally scheduled at that time by the A m ici Q uart.et, the string ensemble in residence at the colleges. MacIntosh has appeared as a s o l o i s t w i t h o rchestras throughout the nation. A native of Wisconsin, he began making concert appearances in· the

Midwest while st.ill in high school and has been featured on "A r t i s t s ' S howcas e," a prod uction of WGN-TV in Chicago. He was the first A merican to perform Boris Tischenko's "Concerto for Cello and Winds."

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must initiate a search in order to meet • its affirmative actior1 committment, Babbitt said. He said that many people believe that Jamison, who is a candidate for the post on a permanent basis, is a very good man. He added, however, that he has a responsibility to make sure that the job is filled with the best person possible.

YEARBOOKS AND ITS PHOTOS Anyone who wants a copy of last year's yearbook, or anyone who. wants to submit a senior photograph or any other photographs for this year's yearbook should contact Carol Davis at x4482. HUMAN SEXUALITY COURSE A course in human sexuality will be offered during the second semester. The course is being coordinated by Clinical Psychologist Don Muilenberg in conjunction with Dean· of Student Affairs Jane Poller and a joint Hamilton-Kirkland Student Committee. The program will include guest speakers, films, and discussions. Some of the topics which will be covered are contraception, venereal disease, heterosexual and hqmosexual relationships, and marriage.There is a $4 registration foe; students can register with Ruth Pansa , on the second floor of the Health Center. Registration will begin Feb 3 and end Feb. 7. VOLPONE Ben Jonson's "Volpone" will be staged by Professor of English Edwin Barrett's winter study class, with three performances scheduled for Minor Theater.- Jan. 27 at 8 p.m. and Jan. 28 at 2 and 8 p.m. LOVE FOR LOVE Auditions for the Kirkland-Hamilton spring production of William Congreve's Love for Love-a Restoration comedy with music, will be held on the evenings of Tuesday and Wednesday (F:eb. 4 and 5) from 7 until 10 at the List Recital Hall.

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Hockey Team Skating to Top of, Divis�on II By STEVE HAWEELI

A mature . and confident Hamilton College hockey team is tearing up Division IT this season. A slow start due. to a lack of ice almost resulted in a season opening loss to Oswego State whom the Continentals embarrassed last Saturday by a score of 9-4. Over vacation, Hamilton swept the Elmira Tournament easily, but lost the N i c h o l s T o u r n a m e n t. Middlebury ou,tscored the Conts 5-2, and Bowdoin outskated them 6-3. However, the new y e a r h a s b r o u g h t t he Continentals four straight wins, as well as a winning attitude, something that a couple of other sports on the hill could use. The University of Buffalo was the first Winter Study ·opponent, and the fans went wild in the overtime thriller. Sophomore Tom Griffith, last week's ECAC player of the week, flicked in a backhander at 5 :48 in the ten minute overtime period to give Ham ilton a 4-3 v i cto ry. Hamilton's third goal was a beauty as co-captain Rick Aubry skated in on the right wing, eluded a defenseman, and fired a six foot slap shot by Bull goaltender Johnny Moore. °The snow and dreariness of Manchester, New Hampshire was the setting for perhaps the most exciting game this year, against th e St. Ans elm ' s Hawks. Hamilton won the game 7-6, but n o t without k eeping the outcome of the game in suspense until the final buzzer sounded. Tied l-1 after the first period, both teams erupted for four

goals. Keith O'Brien. '77, and Kurt ._ Ziemendorf '77 tallied once, and George Gillmore '77 scored twice for Hamilton: In that period, St. Anselm's scored first to give them the. lead, 2-1. Then O'l3rien and Gillmore scored goals 14 seconds apart. After a six-minute scoring respite, Anselm's scored two goals within two minutes tc:; regain the lead. George Gillmore only 1 :08 remaining to play. At Oswego had a tough time 1 :06, before the din in the West playing hockey, as they were too tied it up three minutes later at 15: 18, but Jim Morris of St. A's Side Arena over King's goal b u s y f i ghting. Ha mi lton tallied 35 seconds later. At subsided, Tom Gr�ffi.th, who was managed five more goals to lead 17 :29 Ziemendorf let fly his slap positioned in front of the net, 8-3, and the final score was 9-4. shot that cruised past netminder poked in · the puck for the The Sage was packed, and Tom Gavin to tie the score at seventh and final goal of the one Clintonian in the crowd five apiece. g am e.. Anselm's, which has remarked he hadn't seen the At 6 :02 in the final period, recently been beset by internal comers at the scoreboard-end of Lenny Thomas and Donny strife, managed to miss an the rink filled with spectators Armstrong assisted a speeding obvious score with two secqnds for a few years. Hamilton proved Ricky Anderson for the sixth left in the period, when -Jim to be superior to Oswego, which and apparently decisive goal. Morris failed to lift the puck apparently realized this before Both teams seemed a little abo�t one inch for the goal that the game and employed brutal sizzled from the previous would have sent the game into tactics to try to intimidate the Continentals. They reputedly period's action, and Hamilton overtime. Back in Clinton, Hamilton even brought down one of the w a·s c o as ting a long until Armstrong was ·slapped with a t r o u n c e d RIT 13-2 on local referees from Oswego, who two minute interference penalty. . Wednesday, January 15. RIT made a few ·questionable ,.;alls. Griffith; fiery Phil Hildebrand, took a pJlysical pounding as well The penalty box was warm and Ziemendo rf, and pronusmg i n a n · o b v i o u s m ism atch stinky all night, as an official rookie Bobby Bauer got the call that caused :ijlany Hamilton r ecord of c ombined team to kill the penalty. The action players and fans to question the penalty minutes was set. Despite had been "end to end" just prior prowess of RIT, a team not the questionable officiating, to the penalty, and the stage was noted for winning. Gillmore Hamilton skated all over the set for the Anselm's power play. and Keith O'Brien continued L akers sending them home Arm·strong's sweat was just their torrid pace scoring two wondering what happened to the ·drying in the box when Eddie goals apiece and assisting on at team they almost beat twice. In 197 5 Hamilton has jelled K i n g t r i u m p h an tl y beat least two others. The most rec�nt game was as a team. Assistant Coach John H a mi lton goaltender Shawn George to his short side, firing it Oswego ' State, in which the ·K a rin has con tinued to over George's right shoulder. Continentals dominated play the contribute constructive advice. The momentum definitely had . e n t i r e e v e n i n g . Do nny Coach Batt is pleased with every shifted . to Anseirn's, as the Armstrong wasted no time in his aspect of the Continental'sga.me, Hawks began to concentrate on quest for a hat trick as he scored especially the vast improvement scoring .the winning . goal with the first two Hamilton goals in of the power play. No player can the first five minutes of play. be singled out as better· or more Not to be outdone was Keith valuable on this team. The O'Brien, also after a hat trick, scoring lead is within five w h o s c o r e d t h e t h ird p 1 a y er's g rasp , and the Contin.en_tal goal for a 3-1 lead a t goaltending~. chores are split the· enif 'of the first period: In-, handily by Ray · Rossi and ·shawn the second_ period H�ilton and George. Toe· defense is strong

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with Bobby Bauer '78 coupling spectacular sophomores. Tom a s c rappy sophomore, Chip with Kurt Ziemendorf, and the Griffith, Phil Hildebrand, and Williams, scrappier senior Gib experienced R i c k Aubry George Gillmore are simply too Hedstrom, and Dave Gillmore. working with physical junior much. for opponents to handle.. Gillmore, after being injured Donny Armstrong. Armstrong is Each of them has, scored at earlier in the season is being proving to be one of the finer· least 10 goals. George, the utilized as a wing because of the athletes of the junior class. younger brother of senior fine play of Bob Bauer. Yet Ri cky Anderson, working co-captain Dave Gillmore, has Gillmore is not uncomfortable at with Keith O'Brien a n d been at the right place at the wing because he was a wing freshman Len Thomas, has right time to account for many before he came to Hamilton. successfully maintained his fine of his tallies, and Hildebrand and Recently Williams has had the play despite the graduation of Griffith skate and pass to each . scoring knack, · and it appears the belov�d Benny Madonia '74. other like they've .played on the that that line will have to be heard from more often in games In fact that line might be more same line all their lives. balanced than last years'. Three The.third line is comprised of to come.

The spirit of the squad is high, as are their hopes for continued success this year and for a few years to come. The talent is there, but the question is will Hamilton be allowed to terrorize Division II for two or three more years? A m h e r s t fa c es the Continentals at 3 p.m. on Wednesday at the Sage Rink, which is the last game before the next test Hamilton has against U .Mass, Bowdoin, and Colby on the road during intercession.

Record-Setting Relay Downs Willia.tns By JOHN A. NAVARRE

Th e Hamil t o n College swimming team has kept up its winning ways, beating St. , Bonaventure easily before the Christmas recess and then edging a strong Williams squad ,,,,at the start of Winter Study. Coa ch Er ic M a cDonald, commenting on his coaching policy, said, "I try not to bullshit guys. y OU have to tell guys when they'll win, when they have a chance to win, and when they don't have a chance· to win." MacDonald knew that Hamilton was going to beat St. B's and made the trip tq Olean opt i o nal for his swimmers Hamil t on meets Colgate because of the ensuing exam week. Five Hamilton swimmers February 19th at home and that remained on the Hill that may well be one of those contests that the Blue 1have no weekend. As easy as the meet was, charrce of winning. The Ephmen of Williams Hamilton still qualified eight· swimm ers for t he NCAA t r a.v e l l e d w e s t f r o m Division III Nationals. Hamilton Williamstown for their annual outscore d St. Bonaventure grudge meet with Hamilton on 75-38. Bucko Strehlow set a Jan. 1· 1 t h . H amilton beat sch ool record in the 1000-yard Williams last year in Williams' Freestyle event w_ith a 10: 32.6 own pool, and the Ephmen came clocking and finished 22 seconds to Clinton with revenge as a bef ore the s e c o n d p lace prospect. lfamilton had the home water advantage, but the swimmer. In the top ten listings of the Williams squad had been in the· UNYSCSA for the week of Dec. · water since September. The Blue started their season 14t h, Col gate , as usual, dom inated the standings. It had on No-vember first which ·gave the fastest swimmers in every them three weeks of hard event except the 200-yard swimming until they were Breaststroke where Hamilton's interrupted by the Thanksgiving Jeff Carlberg - last year's State recess. After a week more of and National Champion -: was placed well ahead of the rest of swimming on their return from the holiday they then swam the group.

Cortland and Oneonta in a double dual meet and the following weekend destroyed St. B 's. From the Bonaventure meet, the team took their exams and headed home for the Christmas holidays. The Williams meet was· scheduled for the weekend after the tea.m's return for Winter Study. With Hamilton's slow and interrupted start in the water . and Williams' strong preseason and the thought of revenge, the outcome of the meet was a mystery t o all concerned. Ha m i lton started the meet strong •with a first place ·and pool record in the Medley Relay. Bucko Strehlow topped his ow n school record in the 1000-yard Free, but ..Johnny Needham, who seems to have b een h ampered by several circumstances this season, lost a close race to Williams' Jack Wild.

At the end of the first diving event Hamilton led Williams 2 2-2 1 . Th e lead seesawed between the two teams until the. end of the second diving event w h ich. saw Hamilton and Williams tied 5 3-5 3 with only the last event - the 400-yard Freestyle Relay - left to swim. Williams had three of their fastest sprinters left for the last event. Coach MacDonald knew that the possibility of the meet' being decided in the last relay was strong, so he saved Jack Widman, who won the 50-yard event; Joe Shrum, who anchored t h e winning Medley Relay, Continued on page 23.

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Murphy Doesn ''t E:Xpect to Lose .

By CHIP WIDTELY the term's opening to be greeted In the last month the Blue by a 59% Blue shooting average basketball team has trekked from the floor and flawless team from Ohio to Massachusetts, play. Jackson contributed five compiling an exceptional 7-3 field goals in five attempts and record and surprising a lot of two of two free throws, and fans. Coach Tom Murphy has Mark Badger led the strong and molded a winning ball club out active bench with 14 pts. of returning lettermen and a· Defensively, the Blue_ were able strong group of freshmen. to shut off Williams' high·scoring The hoopsters, however, Tom Sheehe. Coach Murphy dropped two tough games at the rates Williams as one qf the W<:>oste_r Christmas Oassic in . toughest teams on the schedule, Ohio. The first loss was to host but also said, "We can play with team Wooster which outplayed anyone on a good night. We have the Conts 86-78. The Blue were a Io t of i ntensi ty and never out of the game, but the concentr�tion as a team. We are Ohio Valley conference winner not going to overpower anyone of last year out-hustled themo on our schedule; but neither are Murphy termed the Wooster they going to do the same to team as "excellent". Defensive us." stalwart Willie Jackson,, the · Albany State made the trip to freshman . playmaker for the Clinton boasting a New York Blue, copped 5 steals, while John State Collegiate basketball Klauberg, '78,threw in 3 6 pts. at rating. Mucitelli and Klauberg the offensive end of the court. combined for 49 pts. to aid in The fans of this tourney, which the Blue's overpowering of the contained several schools of Staters 95-80 . Mucitelli was also Hamilton's size and scholastic outstanding in the rebounding r eco r d , also witnessed the category. Co-captain Pedro second H a m i lt on loss, to Garcia showed his hustle fouling Wheaton of Illinois. The 85-84 score reflects the closeness of this game which was marked by a 12 pt. comeback sur_ge for Wheaton. The win came on a spectacular 30 ft. desperation field goal at the buzzer. Coach Murphy · attributes this loss in part to poor play; however, the · statistics show that Bernie Mucitelli dominated the boards, and_ that Hamiltol) -players shot I00% from the free throw line . when" they could get there. The tournament play strengthened the team and sent the hoopsters h o m e w it.b. the experience necessary for the winter-study schedule. Williams came to Ointon at

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out of this game while cooling Albany's hot hand and shooting 4 for 6 from the floor. Albany State and Williams were in - last year's post season- tournaments and Coach Murphy hopes that the Conts are headed there this year,too. Roberts T r a v e l ing t o Wesleyan, the Hill five was con(ron ted by a hot shooting and well disciplined team. Brian Coombes , '77, and Ja_ckson rebounded and scored with equal success; spurning Wesleyan 78-68. Again a strong bench led by John Klauberg with 17 pts. was able to keep the starters fresh. Coach Murphy utilizes his depth very effectively, many times able to grab several fast break baskets each game with quick, rested players. Garcia is a m aster of thos� unopposed layups which often sway the momentum of the game tow�rd the Blue. Kevin Smith offe.rs astounding def�nse when the game situation requires it. Later in the week Eisenhower

visited . Alumni gym , to be outclassed 100-67. The 'Blue o u t- s i ze d , o ut-re bounded (50-35), and out-shot(5 4%43%) the Generals. Jackson again stood out as the key play maker, but the whole team got into the scoring column. Coach Murphy recognizes the addition that this year's freshmen make to the team, saying, "They are young and strong and are really out there to win." 'on Monday night the cagers suffered an una ccountable defeat at the hands of Ithaca College. The close 8 1-74 score was a result of Hamilton's last mfoute heroics, but Murphy said, "The team was looking 1 forward to Union and just didn;t get up for this one." A winning season could mean that more good ball players would come Hamilton's way. "If we have another freshman class like this one we will be in good shape," said the coach. However, he · doesn't expect to lose too many under the present conditions.

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Swimming . Strong Continued from page 21. Needham previously during the Bucko Strehlow, who won· and meet, in the 2OO-yard and · set pool records in both the 100-yard Free events. Needham I 000-yard and 5 OO-yard Free held his ,own however and the events; and John Needham, relay team set a pool record of H a m i I t o n ' s t e s t e d · 3 :21.7. The imal score of the trouble-shooter. Widman led off meet was Hamilton 60, Williams and was followed by Shrum and 5 3. Ha m ilton's n ext to u gh then Strehlow swam his leg of the race. Their combined effort ·· c ompetition w ill be S t. placed Hamilton three seconds. Lawrence on Saturday, Feb. 15 in front of Williams with John in Canton, N.Y. The Larries are Needham pitted against Jack pointing toward a win .against Hamilton and have the youth Wild. Wild is the fastest man on the and the strength to pull off the Williams squad and had beaten upset.

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Hamiltofl Sued for $4 Million Hamilton College is being sued for $4 million for _alleged libel by The Spectator in an article published in the newspaper's Sept 7 issue. The complaint against the college, dated Dec: 30 and filed in New Yor k State Supreme Court, Oneida County, was made by Brian L Seelow, 8 West Park Row, Clinton, N.Y. Seelow contended in the summons served to the college that The Spectator published material about him which "was false and defamatory.'' He further contended, "That at the time

of such publication, defendant knew or could have ascertained with the exercise of reasonable care that the matter of and concerning the plaintiff was untrue. ''In publishing such false and defamatory ma tter," t h e s um m o ns c onti nued, "defendant was actuated by actual malice and wrongfully and willfully intended by such publication to injure plaintiff." Seelow is seeking $ I million for �lleged injury, damage to his credit and reputation, and endurance of great pain and mental anguish. He is seeking an additional $3 million in punitive damages, together with

the cost and disbursements of his action. Hamilton Provost Eugene Lewis declin.ed to comment 'about the matter, saying that he would not do so because the case was before the courts. Mitchel Ostrer, editor-in-chief of The Spectator, also withheld comment An answer to the complaint is expected to be made· by The Hartford, one of the college's insurers. The Spectator has taken out of public circulation until further notice all undistributed copies of the Sept. 7 issue in which the allegedly libelous material appeared.

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Kirkland Names Zellner Director of Publications · Jesse Zellner, director of Muccio said that she reviewed institutional affairs, has been early Kirkland publications and named Kirkland director of found that' those publications publications, President Babbitt which Zellner had been in charge announced in a letter dated Jan. of were very good. Zellner had 15. Z e l l n e r 's appointment, shown an eye for detail,she said. which was made in consultation Braider said that he believed with Vi ce Preside n t for the new vice president should be Development Sheila Muccio , is able to reorganize her office any effective March 15. . way she saw fit. He wanted her Although the post of director to be able to appoint anyone she of in stituti on al affairs is wanted to head, up Kirkland's presently filled on an acting development drive, he said. basis by William Jamison, the Br aider a d d e d that he college will conduct a formal suggested that a vice president search for a permanent director, for development be hired, and in accord with a ruling of the that· he had not wanted the job. K i r k l a n d Hum an Rights His resignation, · effective in Commission. mid-February, was "all very Zellner's appointment follows amicable," he said. the r esignations of Donald. Braider said that he intends B r a i d e r, d i r e c t o r o f to remain in Clinton and be a development, and Rose Morasco, fr�elance writer. "I won't have current director of publications. to get up when I don't want to," Braider reportedly submitted his he said. Muccio said that in the re sign ati on b efore Muccio future the college may use arrived as vice-president this Morasco on a consulting basis. summer. Searches Zellner, Who is 1 now on Babbitt said there was· no .sabbatical, will be in complete need for a search to fill the c h a r g e o f K i r k l a n d'·s director of publications post. p u b l i c ations, .B abbitt said. The Kirkland Human Rights Morasco, who held her position Commission assured him that part-time, was responsible for Zellner's move was a lateral g r a p h i cs and design o f transfer and that such transfers publications. Zellner, however ,. were allowable under Kirkland's will be responsible for content as a ffi rm ative action program, well as format, Babbitt said. Babbitt said. Coordination The commission r uled, Muccio said that on her however, that Zellner's vacancy arrival at the college, she saw a .,of the post of director ·of n e ed for continuity and institutional affairs created a coo rdi n a tion , in Kirkland's bon a fide opening in the p u b lications. She said that admin istration. In spite of Morasco did a very good job, but W i lliam J a mis o n ' s- present that the college needed someone position as acting director, the to take charge of all aspects of c om m 1ss1on niled that the the college's publications, not college, when filling the post, · just the graphics end. continued on page nineteen

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With Kirkland since its beginnings, Jesse Zellner now has a new job.

Student Dies in· Car Crash

Calvin Kebemick, a Hamilton sophomore, was killed in an automobile accident Jan. 2 near Irvington, New Jersey. With him in the car was Mary McKnew, a Kirkland sophomore who is l i sted in fair condition at Irvington General Hospital. Kebemick lived in Westfield, N.J. McKnew is from Bethesda, Md.

A memorial service was held Jan. 14 in the Chapel for K e bernick, which friends, a d m.inistrator�. and others attended. A memorial fund is presently bei ng organized b y Jane McAllister and Richard Burns to purchase a library collection of books on brass music.

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Patrick Asked to Leave Job; Student Affairs Office Silent

Linda Patrick has been dismissed from her duties as assistant dean of student affairs by President Babbitt. Her dismissal is effective immediately. Dean of Student Affairs Jane Poller refused to comment; Patrick, reached at home, also had -,:; no comment. President Babbitt said yesterday that he asked Patrick to take an administrative leave with no option to return. Patrick was, initially hired for one year. Babbitt acknowledged that individual students have c o mplained about Patrick since September when she took ,office.

Babbitt said that no single _instance persuaded him to dismiss the assistant dean, but that his decision was based on cumulative events. The president did not comment on h o w much Dean Poller influenced his move, only saying, "The-final decision was mine." Assistant Dean Patrick's brief Courtesy of Dr.Eladio A.Nunez, Dept. of Radiology, Cornell U. Medical College tenure here was marked from the v e r y b eginning by strained relations between her office and students. Her enforcement of a .By MONICA LIFF than that which exists now on the new housing policy early in September evoked anger from T h e H a m ilton B i o l o g y 'Hill. Department and the experimental A lt ho u g h t here will be many students, some of whom scientists in the Kirkland Science personnel additions and some wrote letters to the editor of The Division will be joined together in changes in teaching assignments, Spectator, which also published a coordinate biological sciences th ere will "absolutely not be an editorial critical of Patrick. When the housing controversy program, as of September, 19 75. s i g n i f ican t c h a n g e i n t h e The program will incorporate instructional, orientation, except subsided and students settled into Hamilton's f i v e b i ologists, for non-major courses," according their rooms, other allegations Kirkland Professor of Botany to Professor of Biology A. Duncan were raised against Patrick, most Eugene Putala., and two biologi_s\s Chiquoin� , chair.man of the recently at a Tuesday night yet to be appointed at Kirkland. Hamilton Biology Department. student caucus. Briefly, they unauthorized keys and intruders B.A. in religion from Southern It is desig:µed to be much stronger "It will be part and parcel of what included the following: . -She h a d a d i ffi c ult m�st be checked. "We felt we did Methodist University and an M. exists," he said. personality to deal with. the best we could given this year's in c_pllege student personnel "We had to work 6ut a -At times, she ,refused to circumstances a n d schedule a dm i n i s t r a t ion from Indiana program which would utilize see students. University. demands." present personnel to the best Patrick came here · with new -Her response to criticism No plans have yet been mad'! a dvantage," s a i d A s s i s t ant was sometimes antagonistic. ideas . to improve coordination to replace Patrick. Temporar · Professor of History · of Science In S e p t em�er , P a t r ick with the career center and the arrangements are expected to b � Nadine George, chairman of the defended her housing policy in a women's center. She also favored made, according to Preside t Science Division. The president als,1 The Hamilton Judiciary Board, She explained that only two of 'sta t e m e n t s ub mi t t ed for m o r e i n f o r:qia t i on a l a nd Ba bbit t. reversing past policy, has agreed the positions were "wild cards," publication to The Spectator. She counseling services for students. expressed his confidence in th.: Patrick, . who replaced Carol search committee which selecte to hear drug-related cases of and that the scientists presently wrote that the residence halls had student misconduct according to a continued on page five to be kept secure, clean, and that Cooper as· assistant dean, holds a Patrick last summer. statement released this week by. Eric Kraus, the board's chairman. Such cases had previously been heard by the Faculty Committee on Student Activities. The board's actions do not "in· any way, reflect a change, other By HENRY GLICK and presented , his view of tl than procedural, in the official Carol Bdl i n i-S h a r p , Zellner transfer the committee cl i Hamilton College drug policy," chairperson of Kirkland's Human not say anything. He added th-,­ the statement read. Rights Commision (HRC), denied he took this for tacit agreemer . "The policy is exactly as it President Ba};,bitt's statement that with his position. was," Dean of Students R. Jesse Zellner, newly-appointed In her letter dated Jan. 3 Gordon Bingham said. "If there director of publications, made a Bellini-Sharp defined a later lateral transfer from his director transfer as "those personnel shit are violations to be brought before anybody, then they will be of institutional affairs post to his without promotion which utili2 '!· brought before the Judiciary new position. existing personnel · and · existir · Boaro instead of the faculty B el l i n i-S harp also denied positions." committee." Babbitt's statement that .the HRC When Babbitt did come to th · Both Kraus and Bingham said had reported to him that there ca'�mission , after he had alread that they do not expect an was no need for an "in house" appointed Zellner, it ruled th2 incr e a se in the number of s e a r c h w i th "i n h o u s e" t h e post o f d i r e c t o r c dru g-rel a t ed cases- previously advertis ing. B e l lini-S h a r p's p u b l i c a t i o n s w a s an e heard by the faculty. The faculty comments came in a letter to the administrative position, and th;;: have heard no cases this year, and editor of The Spectator [see Zellner's move "was not a later; heard one last year concerning letter, p. 2] . transfer," Bellini-Sharp said. Mark Brandt and Rick Bryson. No Lateral Move Bellini-Sharp was resp'onding Bingham Suggestion to an article about Zellner's shift S h e a d d e d t h a t tr Bingham said that he would that tl in posts published in the Jan. 22 comm1ss10n bel�eves prepare evidence to submit to the issue of The Specta tor. The administration. should advertise· Judiciary Board for drug related Spectator reported that Babbitt least on an "in .pause" basis f cases in the same way as he had said "there was no need for a lateral transfers. After Zellne, when the cases were brought search to fill the director of appointment Babbitt assured tl 'before the faculty. As is the publications post ... , " and that commission that in special procedure for . all other board "the Kirkland Human Relation$ e x c e p t i onal cases he wou cases, the faculty have the power Commission assured him that consult with it for its advic of review. Zellner's move was a lateral Bellini-Shart reported. Kraus sai9 that the change in transfer and · that such transfers Babbitt said that he was under procedure came as a result of a were allowable under Kirkland's no obligation to go to the suggestion made to the board by affirmative action program•..." commissiQn for a ruling. He did Bingham. The dean said that the Response not believe that the Zellner move Judiciary Board had voted to In response to Bellini-Sharp's was ·ambiguous. Theta Delta Chi opened its kitchen Wednesday.President Bill Hooke place drug-related cases under the charges, Babbitt, in -an interview. Fits· Description '7 5 and Vice-President Mitchel Ostrer '75 relax after the first jurisdiction of the faculty four or Wednesday, said that when he "Jesse fit the job description," regular meal -to be served at the fraternity in 3½ years. . appeared before the commission continued on page eleven continued on page eleven

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The recent formulation of the joint Hamilton and Kirkland biology· program is proof that academic coordination between the colleges can be achieved when need be. After a concerted effort was made by Kirkland Dean of Academic Affairs Catherine Frazer and, Hamilton Acting Dean of the College Dwight N. Lindley, along with the biology faculty of poth schools, a program was devised which will enable an expansion of the offerings and a general enrichment of the science curriculum here. More upper level courses will ·be offered as well as more courses fp� the non-major. Clearly, such an academic marriage generally is to be avoided, lest the faculty and curriculum of both colleges meige, thus· destroying each college's identity. Still, there was a need at Kirkland to _expand its offerings in science --and it was generally recognized that mere duplication of Hamilton's courses. would have added little to the total science program here. And because the teaching of sciences involves the use of expensive facilities, it would have been :impossible, and foolhardy, for each college to maintain independent biology programs. This week's announcement of the program is encm.m�ging and it is hoped that the coordinate teaching of biology here proceeds smoothly.

Kirkland's · Choice In searching for a successor to Assistant Dean of Student Affairs Linda Patrick, the yet to be formed search committee would be wise to saiomly consider appointing someone directly from the Kirkland community - the, spou� of a faculty member, or, a recent graduate of the oollega One of the more serious and far-reaching charges made . against the past d ean was that she did not understand the cbmacter of a small college, nor, specifically, was she at home with the informal atmosphere of Kirkland. The college is not so unique as to preclude the possibility of hiring someone for the job�from -outside the community who can., nevertheless, work well here. However, past experience should serve as a guide� The two women. who preceeded Patrick as· assistant dean, Rosalind Hoffa . and Carol Cooper, were both faculty wives and were both famj]jar with Kirkland. It is required that any dean in the Office of·Sfudent Affairs be compatible with Kirkland's constituents: �pecia.Ily its primary one, the students.

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Commission Role In Zellner Appointment Commis s ion or any of its To the Editor: The January 22, 1975 issue of members advises on personnel The Spectator reported on the policies and procedures. The appointment of Jesse Zellner as Human Rig ht s · C o m m i ssion Director of Publications. In defines lateral transfers as those referring to Kirkland's ,Human p e r s o n n e l shifts w i t ho ut Ri g h t s C o m m ii.sion, T h e promotion which utilize existing Spectator made a few misleading personnel and existing position. s t a t e m ents. The Commission _A c co r d i n g t o Affirmative wishes to clarify its role in the Action law and guidelines, lateral appointment of Mr. Zellner as t r ansfers do n o t r e q u i r e Director ,')f Publications. advertising. However, the Human T h e H u m a n R i g h t s Rights Commission suggests that Commission does not rule on any in cases of lateral transfers the particular personnel choice. The College advertise "in house" at a President of the College, and minimum. President Babbitt and other a dm in i strative officers the Commission are presently through delegation, have the legal designing policies and procedures authority and responsibility for all for later transfers. In special or m a t t e r·s i nvolving hiring, exceptional cases, the President promotion, tenure and other has assured us that he will consult p e r s o n n e l p o l i c i e s. The with the Commission for its . Commission can and does monitor advice. T h e H u m a n 'R i g h t s and evaluate hiring procedures to insure a "good faith" effort Commission was not consulted toward complying with Kirkland's about Mr. Zellner's appointment. Affirmative Action Program. If T h e P r e s i d e n t a n d t he consulted, the Human Rights Commission discussed the matter

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after, the appointment was made. At that time, the Commission saw t he post of Directo r of P u b l i c a t i o n s as a n e w admin i st r a tive position. This action was not a lateral transfer; although the ,shifting of existing personnel was involved, the action di d not involve an existing position. The post of Director of Publications involves a new title, status, description and functions. From the Commission's point of view, this situation constituted a bona f i de opening in the administration and thus required advertising. The President saw no v acancy, ho wever; President B a b b i t t e m p h a s i z e d his c o mm i t m e n t to exist ing personnel. President Babbitt did, however, consult the Commission on the p o st of the Direct o r of I n s t i tutional A f f a i rs. The Commission is fully satisfied that the College is demonstrating a "g ood faith" effort in the recruiting process for the post of t he Director of Institutional Affairs. ·We hope that in the future the , S p e c t a t o r w i l l talk with Commission members about issues a nd q u estions r e lating to Affirmative Action and human rights.; Carol Bellini-Sharp Chairperson, Human Rights Commission

To the Editor; 13 distinct republics of the Soviet The peoples of the Soviet Union. It was our good fortune to Union have just about everything. tave had an opportunity to rub They have the same desires to elbows with these people, and if make the best possible lives for not j us t t o b ro ad en our themselves, they want to make perspective on History, the trip something productive out of their w a s of i m m ea surable value lives, they want to dance and because of the very· people we drink and enjoy life. What is most met. evident is that they want to love, Walt Stugis '76 and be loved by, their own people and, perish the thought, by rich I American tourists as well. C o m mons itself. This . would The peoples of the Soviet To the Editor: First of all, I would like to improve their digestion somewhat Union have Germain (Herman) PODOLAYKIN, an impish drifter' congratulate Vincent DiCarlo for (digesting some of these meals is of the streets and shops r of his excellent column in the Winter difficult under even the best of Leningrad who introduced an Study issue of The Spectator. It circumstances). There are also was very enjoyable, and it pointed other advantages which may be· important tier of the Russian social strata to us. In the midst of up one of the major deficiencies easily missed. The possibilities for an i ndescribable New Year's on the Hill; we sorely lack humor. a food-fight in the dark are mind c elebrat ion in his brother's Not that there are no good jokes b o g g l i n g . Besides ad ding apartment, we politely refused going around, but simply that • immeasiirably to the excitement, offers to buy Russian army coats there is no place that students can this more sophisticated version· of and boots and, the lovely girls go to get a little humorous relief. blindman's buff will also provide that were being ever so friendly. What we need is a school humor an opportunity for the more timid The peoples · of the Soviet magazine, ·or at least a humor students of both schools to get Union have "slick" Sergi and section in The Spectator. Will all involved on the giving side as well "boring" Bob, also of Leningrad of you funny Hamilton and as rec e1vmg. Another easily and two characters that remain as Kirkland students please come out overlooked advantage is that in evidence of the fact that "turks" of h�ding aiid contribute to a the dark people will be less you anxious to go running ( or for that . or "zeros" exist in Russia too. In . student body that needs �atter walking or crawling) back badly. response to, "What'" does your for seconds or thirds. This will On the subject of Vincent father do?", "What do you do?" and ''What is your middle DiCarlo's column, I would like to save Service Systems money, n ame?",- Sergi had but one make a suggestion to solve so�e which hopefully they will spend answer... "I can't answer that of the problems that beset to buy food, and, in the Commons. My proposal is very meantime, the less of the "food" now." Sergi's paranoia is due in· part simple: simply remove the lights. that we students consume there, to his sheepish character, but this (If ihat does not prove adequate, the better for our health. The paranoia is also a disease of it may be necessary to paint the only obvious disadvantage to this epidemic proportions among the windows black. While the light plan is that students may start people of Soviet cities. They must they let in is inadequate now, it enjoying eating at Commons so always be wary of eavesdropping may be enough to defeat my much that they might neglect to strangers, curious foreigners and plan.) The obvious advantages go to their classes. To close, I repeat my request even their closest associates for would be to save the students who fear of registering an unpleasant eat there from having to look at for students to either start a report with the police or party either the food or the interior of humor magazine or publish more h u m o r o us pieces in The · officials. But the Soviet society Spectator. I would do it myself, has developed a mutant strain of but a f t er reading that last Russ i ans t hat are curiously paragraph; J am sure that you will immune to the ,prevelant disease. excuse me. One such mutant is Alexander To the Editor: Michael Margolin '78 Akimov, a 35 year old self As a Kirkland parent for the educated, multi-lingual Muscovite l as t two years, I wish to who craves Western literature and congratulaie you on the Winter - English conversation. The most Study issue of The Spectator (The notable symptoms of Alexander's Magazine of January 2 2, 1975). f To the Editor: condition are his utter disregard refer to the main articles - Is Just a note to tell you how for police harassmen.t,, his 500 Clinton a 'College Town'?, the pleased I was with the articles by volume E n gl ish library, his one on the Library and Mr. Walter Vincent Di Carlo and Peter Sluys blatantly bitter and sarcastic Pilkington, the one on cross in y'our innovative January issue. opinions of the Soviet system and country skiing and the one on Keep up the good work.his recurring dreams of life and rhetoric and debate. Although all John Dickenson · travel in the free west. the long pieces were interesting, The. Soviet People also have these seemed to tell me more LE'fTER POLICY Leonoid Breznev, the Kremlin about the setting of the two The Spectator welcomes wall, Babuska street sweepers, colleges, their main resource - the letters from all of its readers; musewns within the majestic Library, and the historical s t udents, f a cu l t y s hells that were once weat i s o lation of Hamilton which administration and alumni. churches, the body of V.I. Lenin encourg aed a fine wntmg All letters must be si gned, not and the lingering soul of their tradition from the start. Indeed, if · with pseudonym or initials, friend, R.M. Nixon, but we must the Trustees of Hamilton and although names may be remember that they also have _Kirkland want · to familiarize withheld in print upon German Podolaykin, Leningrad's parents with the twci colleges and request. Deadline for letters is Bob and S ergi, M osco w's Clinton, this Winter S�udy issue of before Wednesday the Alexander Akimov and the diverse The Spectator is 'ideal. publication. blend of people that hail from the Eleanor F. Burlingham

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'W·e--·were Always Thirsty In Leningrad', By POOKIE ADAMS With Winter Study only a week behind us and the Committee on Academic Policy once again considering the fate of our three week respite, it seems a good time to inform the 1500 of you who were not able to make the trip just exactly what out journey to the Soviet Union was like. Russia is a country of contradictions. It is huge and empty, yet the cities are crowded. It is rich and powerful, yet airport bathrooms lack toilet seats. It is one of t:}le most technically advanced countries in the world; yet it is culturally anachronistic. It is fascinating, beautiful, magnificent, and frustrating. We were always_ thisty in Leningrad. We had been warned not to drink the water because it contained a parasite which p r o duced a d i s e a s e with dysentery-like symptoms. We were served

.Come Saturday Morning mineral water, warm, flat beer, and bug (i.e. parasite) juice. We brushed our teeth with vodka, gin, and mineral water. Although it is n o t o fficially acknowledged, there is a tremendous alcoholism problem in the U.S.S.R., and, for that reason, and possibly also because the government hopes to discourage people from congregating, bars close by eleven. We spent many hours searching fruitlessly for a place where we could have a few drinks, listen to music, and meet Russians. We usually ended by buying a few bottles of vodka, sitting in a hotel room, and singing Beatles songs (much to the delight of the K.G.B., I'm sure). American and English songs are the most popular music in Russia. Everywhere we went we heard "Strangers in the Night." The young people we met almost always asked if we liked Deep Purp le;'"and they w ould gladly have paid thirty rubles for a Beatles album. A s u r p r isingly large n umber of Russians sp eak English. "Chewing gum," "change money," and "black market" were the words we heard mo st often. A stick of gum .can be traded for a small metal· pin hon oring anything from Lenin ot the International Diamon d Exhibition.

Taking Action

especially since the meeting . coincided with the Hamilton-Colgate hockey game. I was pleased that we stuck to the topics, managed to stay away from personal grievances and formed subcommittees with During my years at Kirkland I'v_e seen a centralized coordinator (Karen Harris many committees come and go. I've x4963) to keep things rolling. Most known students who, in the beginning if importantly, we left the meeting with a each semester worked enthusiastically; positive feeling, knowing that if we took hoping to make some of the· changes that action on any of the four items on qur Kirkland desperately needs. But, as the agenda, some fundamental changes in semester wore on, as the work load got Kirkland policy might result. heavier and heavier ano there were other, We migl)t actually get some things more fun things ot do, these committees done, we might actually make some · out; and all that was left were �- . changes. I'm cautiously, very cautiously, petered series of first meetings resulting in limited optimistic. My caution stems from the fact concrete action.that, like I said, I've seen too many I �as convinced that my meeting was committees come• and go. My optimism going ot be different. I wasn't going to let springs from tfi.e fact that -we've already th;tt happen. We weren't going to succumb started working. Our subcommittees are to 'simply-airing grievances, saying, "yes, formed;� the academic subcommittee is there's something being here," or "gee, drawing up · the constructive guidelines (not rules) that we think are necessary to maybe we ought to do something about ·it", and then, later, after the meeting do improve work-studies, years-abroad and absolutely nothing. If we formed an independent s.tudies. They, along with our ongoing committee, a student caucus, then Student Affairs, Administrative Function, · I w a n t e d action, c om m i tm ent, and Student Caucus committees, will cohesiveness, and proposals for actual, report ba<:k to a general student meeting which will be held at 7:30 on Tuesday, definite changes. With that in mind, our meeting would Feb. 18, in the Red Pit. Will it work? Will we survive the have an agenda of specific issues: 1) the need. for clarificitions, guidelines, and stresses, strains, trials and tribulations of coordination in work/studies, independent an entire semester? Are 5S- students studies, years abroad, trans£er credits, and enough to carry this weight? Is there a summer school credits; 2) the policies of greater, untapped student interest in what the Dean of Students Office, focusing we're doing? I honestly don't know, but promarily on the present problem with there's one thing I'm sure of. It will housing; 3) the need for clarification and survive only if we have broad based perhaps re-emphasis of administrative student support and involvement. · If you want to help us create an functions and 4) the need for an ongoing · effective student caucus, contact Karen student caucus. At the meeting, held this past Tuesday Harris x4963 or Emily Simon x4486, or night, 55 people showed up. Everyone come to our second meeting on Tuesday, tells me that that's a good turnout, Feb. 18. By EMILY SIMON (This comment is in response to the Kirkland General Student Caucus that was held in t�e Red Pit on Tue.sday, Feb. 4.)

The Americanskis are always recognizable because they are the only people who wear these pins. There is a general fascination in Russia not only with American material goods but also with the American culture, and many Russians study English in scho�l. They are delighted to talk to Americans so they can practice their English. The metal buttons are not the only items which differentiated us from the Russians. We were notable for our brightly colored clothes, our overall slimness, and our good manners. The clothes there, for the most part, are shoddy and expensive. Almost all · the men, and many of the women, wear dark coats and (beautiful) fur hats. Younger women still wear micro mini skirts and too much make up. They have a tendency to have figures shaped something like a boiled potatoe, which is riot surprising considering the amount of bread and potatoes they eat and the fact that they have three four-course meals a day. The Russians could give New Yorkers lessons in shoving. They never eait patiently ( except to visit Lenin's tomb), even when there is almost no line. With only one car per hundred peo ple (compared to almost fifty here), the P eople '.s transportation problems are alleviated by · an extraordinary mass transportation system. The metro provides inexpensive, fast, and efficient service.· While the bus and trolley lines are not nearly as well planned or clearly defined, this relults in only a very slight traffic problem since almost the only other· vehicles on the road are taxis. Most travelers to the Soviet Union develop a love-hate relationship with the country, and we were no exception. We were appalled, enthralled, amazed, and frustrated by turns. All m all it is a cowitry tliat must be seen to be believed.

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Because of the old -wiring used before, it was necessary to place t h e n e w wires i n m e t a l bodies, there comes from the encasements o n the outside o f the To the Edi_t:or: Hamilton students had the dustbowl of the West a messiah­ walls. This, of course, ruined the honor of hearing the most a WASP, a blond, a Capricorn. appearance of the brick walls in tasteless morning chapel in its John Denver? No. John Cameron the hallways.· Experienced dorm history on Monday, February 3. Swasey? No, again. It's John designers M r s. R. Gordon The Master of Ceremony's jokes Bonnell .Emerson, speaking not of Bingham and Mrs. J. Martin were not particularly funny. His .Rocky Mountain Highs or eternal· Carovano were chosen to pick references to Skidmore women Timex watches but of Amenic, appropriate paint colors. When were obscene. And the broad Captain J-Board, and Skidmore. the walls were painted white and But what is it about this man the stairwells black, residents of hints he made about th� female director of photography for the that so stimulates the despondent the dorm assumed that was the Yearbook were in very bad taste. masses? Is it the Euell Gibbons end. But when the ·archways were Mr. Emerson holds a position demeanor? The Ed · Sullivan not painted, the question was of responsibility which he is diction? The L enny Bruce asked, "Did they forget to paint them?" No, there had been five misusing. He should be warned delivery? Of this, only the gods and especially picked colors for the that his comments are offensive and legally dangerous. Public perhaps a few princely mortals archways designed to improve the. speakers have been sued for among us can say with certainty. color scheme of the dorm.• •statements less serious than the What we do know is that men Beautiful colors like olive green, ones Mr. Emerson made on such as Bonnell personify the mustard gold, dull orange, yellow fine-st o f Hamiltonensis. We and baby blue (the colors found February 3. ·i n a n u rsery school roo m) It .is unfo rtunate that the commend his moxey. traditional _Mo nday mo rning R oger "Watchdog" Schneider '7 5 rounded out the array. Jack "Face-ripper" Levy '75 So why wasn't the Housing Chapel has beco me a burlesque. I Trevo r ''Thespian ? ' Drake '75 Committee con sulted about the hope that the community will fee1 painting? W hy weren't the the need to correct this situation. residents of the dorm consulted? William Prince, •7 5 Wives of administrati on members :ean 't be expected to be able to To the Editor: To the Editor: design the color scheme of a Monday morning, 10:00 a.m. T h i s s c h o o l 'has student �ollege dorm without some After a depraved weekend of c o m m i tt e e s t o s u pp o s-edly co nsultation with- the student boozing, sciunoosing, racking, .. and 'niorift o r administration policy and stra ppi n g, s ev e r a l hu ndred offer opinions for ,con sideratio n. residents. In order to preven t such blunders in tbe future, it muSt be bleary -eyed u n dergraduates But it seems that when. there is a s-1.1gge&ted that the Co llege allow ir:ri il h l sible t espo w n at on historic decisi 's n H�milto into schlepp more student input regarding of dry decisio ns made by a virtually Chapel, traditional site . dorm improvement. The student announcements regard· mg stolen- c:;i•osed admm' 1·:stra..u:on. muSt also take it upon itself body furniture, lost c on tact lenses, and Last :summer the ma.mtenance to insure that it has a say. e Ji l in a ew n d department sta ld, o s� n beh But, Parking violatio Rob_ert L oughrey, '76 . . Do.rR!.. ......,, - ,. ".,.,,,,-,.. ,..cc, •.••. · •• _ . amidst the .miasma ·of, slouching" clcct;rical system ,m So.uth,

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KEBERNICK MEMORIAL FUND

A fund has been established in memory of Calvin S. Kebernick, '77, who was ·recently killed in an automobile accident, to purchase. a collection of books on brass music for the Burke Library. Those interested in contributing please make out checks to: · The Cal Kebernick Memorial Fund and send to Richard Burns or Jane McAllister through Campus Mail.

ADVISORS

Applications for the Hamilton Freshman Advisor Program are now available from Mrs. St. Clair in Root 108. All members of the current Sophomore or Junior classes are eligible. An applicant should have compiled a reasonably strong academic record, have a strong interest in helping others, and be prepared to commit a large amount of time to working with freshmen. Compensation consists of a one-half reduction in room and board, and a telephone. Selection is based on the application, recommendations, and a series of interviews. Contact Dean Bingham or current Advisors for further .:,_,..formation and details. The deadline for submitting completed applications is Monday, Feb. 17.

CAREER CENTER

Representatives of several corporations which hire Liberal Arts graduates will be on campus this month. The following will be here next week. Seniors who are interested should sign up for interviews at the Career Center. On Tuesday, Feb. 11: Metropolitan Life Insurance atherin Gibbs School will be interviewing on Monday, Feb. 10. Sign up at Career Center. The U.S. Navy will be on campus on Tuesday, Feb. 11 at Bristol Campus Center. No need to sign up. Walk-in at BCC. And Procter & Gamble will hol<;i a group meetingWednesday evening for interested seniors, juniors and other undergraduates. Register at Career Center.

POETRY COMPETITION

The College Students Poetry Anthology announces its competition with manuscripts due April 10. Send poems to National Poetry Press, 3210 Selby Ave., Los Angeles, Calif.. 9 0 034.

ATTENTION SENIORS! Please remember to complete your Senior Surveys and return them via campus mail. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.

HUMANE SOCIETY

Students and faculty V,{ith animals must register them with the Society for the second semester. Registration is Sunday, Feb. 16 and' Sunday, Feb. 23 from noon until 6 p.m. in McEwen Coffeehouse. Details of registration will be sent to the community through the mail. To file a complaint about animal, please send it to Phil Hayes or Alexandra Coursen. Complaints must be signed. Call Phil Hayes at 49 21 with questions.

FILM ON WOMEN

The Women's Film Society presents "The Love Goddesses,"a history of women's role as sex objects in the movies. The cast includes Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo, Elizabeth Taylor, and many others. Showings will be at 10 p.m. Monday and Tuesday in the Kirner-Johnson Auditorium. Admission is $.50.

Kirkland Trustees Meet Today

A native Utican, and Hamilton a l u m n u s, c la s s of 19 50, Musselman also has a iaw degree from Columbia University. He persently resides in New York City and nearby Sherrill, N. Y.

A new trustee committee r e s p o n s i b l e f o r p l a nning Kirkland's tenth year celebration will be meeting this weekend, when Kirkland's Trustees come to the campus for their · winter meeting, President Babbitt said in an interview Wednesday. The have will c ommittee representatives from all segments of the Kirkland community, Babbitt said. The Trustees will also examine the• proposed budget and two curricular proposals. Babbitt is asking the trustees to accept Kirkland's provisional budget f o r t h e 1 975-1976 academic year, he said. The budget will determine the rise in tuition and in faculty salaries, Babbitt added, but he would• not say · what raises have been proposed. The Trustee C u r r i culum committee will be asked to a p p r o ve t he proposed joint biology program [ see news story 'page I]. They will also discuss the plan for a revised education program. The education program has been designed to meet a recent m a n d a te f ro m t h e S t a t e E d u c a t i o n D e partment that requires all education programs leading to certification in New York to be competency based. Applicants for certification must prove their competency as a teacher before they can be hired. The President also said that the TRustee Planning Committee will review the fourth draft of the S e c ond Decade Report. The Second Decade Committee will ask the committee to approve in principle their suggestions. T h e r e p o r t i s ''v e r y heartening," Babbitt said. He said that he expects the Trustees to review the final draft at a special meeting in April. If the Trustees approve the report, the final document will be presented at the May meeting.

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F rancis H. M u s s e 1man, C hairman of the B o ard of Kirkland's trustees will 'deliver a lecture entitled "The Computer: J xtending the Lawyer" in the Science Auditorium on Thursday, Feb. 13 at 8:00 p.m. The lecture is one of a series, '' C omp.u te rs: I m p l i c a t i o n s , Applications and Supplications," s p o nsored by the Computer Center of Kirkland and Hamilt9n Colleges. An authority on the use of computers in the legal profession, Musselman is chairman of the Public Interest Committee of the National Center of Automated Information Re�rieval and is also an advisor to the Committee on Computers of the Economics Section of the American Bar Association. His firm, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley, and McCloy, was the first in New York City to install an in-house computer for drafting legal materials and for storing legal research. I n a ddition to his legal practice, Musselman is a member of the beard ·of directors of two f o u n d adons, t h e Milbank Memorial Fund and the Memton Fund, and of several corporations, including Florida Cane Company, Inc., Arbank Farms, Inc., Panfield Nursery and Panfield Corporation, where he also serves as president. He has been a Kirkland trustee since 1971, and in 1972, he was named chairman of the Board.

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Professor Frank Talmadge,, chairman of the Jewish Studies Program . at the University of Toronto, will speak at Kirkland on "Redemption in Jewish Mysticism," at 8 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 9, in the Kirner-Johnson A u d i t o r ium. His lecture is sponsored by the Kirkland College Humanities Division and the Utica Chapter of B 'nai B'rith. An expert on post-biblical Jewish history and literature, Talmadge has taught at the University of Toronto since 196 7. Prior to his appointment there, he was an associate professor at the College of Jewish Studies in Chicago, 1966-67, and was an assistant professor in Hebrew and Semitic studies at the University , of Wisconsin, 1964-66. Talmadge is the editor of "AJS Review," the newly-founded journal of the . .Associadon for Jewish Studies, which will begin publication this year.\ He has also written and published numerous a n d r e v i e w s in articles p u b l icat i o ns su c h as t� "E ncyclopedia .Judaca," the "Encyclopedia of Philosophy" and the ''Harvard Theological. Review." Talmadge has received grants from the National Foundation for Jewish Culture, the University of Wisconsin Graduate School, the University of Toronto Graduate School and the Canada Council. He is a niembj r of the Board of Directors of the Associatior. for Jewish Studies, the Academic Advisory Committee of the Canadian Foundation for Jewish Cu ltu re, and the Editorial Advisory Committ�e of the "Journal of the American Academy of Religion." Talmadge received his Ph.D. in Near Eastern languages from Harvard University in 1965 and his B.A. in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies from Brandeis University in 196 0.

Interim Report: Kirkland's Human Rights Commission

So far this year the Commission has made a cautious but significant attempt at implementing Kirkland's Affirmative Action Program. As an initial step, the Commission defined its role and function for the next two years. According to the Oct. 2 1, 1974 statement, the Commission is responsible to the President and the College Community for the implementation of all Affirmative Action Programs. This ranges from developing affirmative action auidelines to acting as consultant to college recruitment units. Disseminating information and making the community aware of affirmative action goals, procedures and ideals is one of the C:ommission's most essential functions. -Consequently, on Oct. 21, 1974, the Commission published and distributed an affirmative action packet which included President Babbitt's Notice and Why wait until you have -graduated Affirmative Action Procedures for Hiring. Individual members of the Commission have assis.ted various recruitment units in understanding and to look for a job? If you are qualified, meeting these guidelines. After receiving guidance on particular issues from the Navy will guarantee you a position our college counsel, the Commission is clarifying some of the questions raised by the college community regarding affirmative action recruiting. as an officer after graduation from . As the semester progressed, the Commission recognized the problems o.f college. You will receive challenging and staff personnel as one of its major priorities for the next semester. To acquaint rewanling management experience as an junior staff with the ideas, goals and responsibilities of Affirmative Action and Kirkland's Human Rights Comission, the Commission sponsored a luncheon officer, as well as specialized training in for junior staff. The meeting was quite successful, and the Commission intends such fields as nuclear power and naval to follow it up with informal discussions on specific issues. aviation. Starting salaries are $9,600 to During recent junior staff recruitment and internal shifts, the commission participated in discussions with the President, the Director of Institutional $13,600 depending on length of time as Affairs and the Dean of Academic Affairs in order to claritify the proper an undergraduate. procedures. The Commission was instrumental in alerting the College and its officers to the issues, problems and possible' discrepancies with Affirmative For more information cont.act LT. Action Procedures. As a result of this event, the College has made sound Mi ke Ru t h , Officer Information · progress toward establishing fair recruitment practices, thereby providing , Representative, in Dunham Dorm on 11 greater opportunity for women and minorities already employed by the College. The Commission and the Colfege have also become aware of the February, 1975. pressing need for accurate job descriptions, classifications, and clear, public procedures for internal shifts. The Commission expects to devote much of its time in the next semester to clarifying issues, evaluating problems, compiling data and making recommendations regarding junior staff. In December the Commission received salary analysis reports from the President, the Dean of Academic Affairs and the Director of Institutional Affairs on senior administrative staff, faculty and jumior taff, respectively. The Commission will review these in January. The Commission is now completing its statement on grievance procedures for the College. It expects to distribute this document to the College community in February. hold two public meetings, and publish the document by.March. The Commission will present full report in May. Sincerely, Carol Bellini-Sharp . . Ch_aiq�erson l •• . )� ,. _ . . , .• .- ••. ..,., ,� ,. , . , __ ' .. � .. - - .. ---·--- .. __ l i~...._ •· • ., • • e • • • •·• •' _, ,..._...�-� ·' ,,i ',.Lr 1_, ,·,t·q.> .,..,,>·,1• •�,:( •1·; I J J I 1 >,l'f iU '' .-. 1. ·,11 t t l �l 1

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New :Biology Program· Set; Linda Birnbaum Out

continued from page one on the Hill would necessarily form the base for any pro gr am. The additional personnel to be hired will make possible a ' greater variety of courses than now is available, said Chiquione. However, there will be changes in the curriculum organization from what is presently in effect at Hamilton. Requirement Changes According to Chiquoine, the requirements for a biology major ares going to be changed. At present, a biology concentration at Hamilton requires eight biology courses, four of chemistry, and two of physics. This will be reduced to eight courses in biology, m a king poss-ible a . co ncentration in biology for people without pre-professional plans. "There is absolutely no sense in majoring in biology without chemistry and physics. If you want to go on, you must have it," said Chiquoine. But he added th'i1 t the reduced requirement does make possible a greater freedom of choice for the students. "Biology does not have to be pre-professional," he said. "It could just be wh_i!.t you happen to be doing y9ur undergradu.tte studies in." "The major responsibility of teaching will still be at the pr e-pr'o fessi onal level," said George. There will also be a change in Biology 11-12 faculty. Instruction will be shared by a Hamilton and Kirkland professor. ·chiquoine will teach Biology 11 in the fall, and ones of the Kirkland appointees will teach Biol(!gy 12 in -the spring. The duty of that Kir!<land appointee will be primarily to tea<;h the introductory course, requirements, others, requiring acco rd ing t o the c o llege's additi onal, intermediate level advertisement. courses. This would make possible New Upper-Le,vels a g r e a t e r uniformity of "This does not mean that background and thus a greater the subject matter of general rigor in the work in the advanced bio logy vy ill c h ange," said courses, Chiquoine sai·L In addition to the course Chiquoine. He said that if there are any changes, they will occur o f f e r i n g s f o r . a bi o 1 o gy only because new people will be concentration, there will be at teaching the course, explaining least one course for non-major that essentially the same things ta ught e a c h s emester. This are taught in general biology r e s p onsibility, like that for Biology 11-12, will be shared by courses everywhere. Because Professor of Biology semester by the professors of John F. Ellis and Associate Hamilton and Kirkland. "We must face up to our Professor of Biology Lawrence McManus will be freed from the responsibilities," said Chiquoine. resp onsi bil ities o f t eaching ' 'We have an obligation to Biology 11 and 12 respectively, students on the Hill who are not the y wi ll be offering new majors or prospective majors." Lab. Space upper-level courses next year. Dwight N. Lindley, acting "It frees possibilities that would never have been opened fo dean of the college, shared them," said Chiquoine. "It gives Chiquoine's feeling. "Whenever them a chance to do �omethirig possible, in any department on the Hill-, there should be courses new." New courses that Chiquoine is for non-majors. They should not sure will be taught next year all be so specialized that only include invertebrate zoology, majors feel.- comfortable taking entomology, cytogenetics, and a them," he said. course for non-majors in marine The courses for non-majors biology. will not include laboratory work. "I am looking forward to "It would break the back of the teaching Biology 11," Chiquoine resources, trying to run labs for said. "A general course is the one them," Chiquoine said. that is the most difficult to do Most of the laboratory courses well." will be taught at Hamilton For Non-Majors because of the laboratory space T h e s e c o n d K i r k l and there. "For next year, we can appointee is being sought to teach encompass it with what we have the courses that Chiquoine now at the moment," said Chiquoine. teaches in the fall, and to Kirkland is definitely planning strengthen teaching in the area. to enlarge its laboratory space, The duties of the position are "to according t.o President Babbitt. teach courses in vertebrate Two rooms on the second floor of organization and development." . the Kirner-] ohnson building and Anatomy embryology, which has space in the basement will be been taught only in alternating equipped as laboratories, to be years, will now be taught every used in addition to the two small year, and thus will. make possible laboratories on the first floor, he an advanced course in physiology said. Kirkland Expansion with that as a prerequisite, "Some need to be ready by according to Chiquoine. The increased number of next September," Babbitt said, professors will make possible a adding that the amount of space structuring of prerequisites not needed will depend on what possi ble now, according to courses will be taught in the fall. Chiquoine. More upper level K i rk land Dean of Academic courses can be added, some with Affairs Catherine Frazer indicated only Biology 11-12 as prior that all laboratory space sh�uld be·

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In addition to the two new extent of the interest in the biologists, Kirkland is hiring a courses for non-majors. She cited computer scientist for next fall. thes enthusiastic respons e to a This position is also within th@ non-lab biology course being Science Division. Forty to fifty o f fered t h i s s em e s t e r by applications for the position have B i rnbaum. About 48 people been r e c eived, according to signed up for it, she said_ Frazer, and she anticipates that an "We must have a real sense appointment will be made by that science has a place in a liberal April 1. arts college for women,"'' said George is hoping also to have George. "'With that kind of filled the two biology positions by atmosphere, there would be a the end of March, so that significant increase in interest.." Lindley and Frazer had been c!escriptions of their specific courses can be circulated in time discussing the possibility of the f or- p r e - r e g i s t r a tion. A n coordinate program since late advertisement for the positions is summer, according to Geoyge, and slated for the late February the others became involved in the edi tion of Science. A fter planning in mid-autumn. The plan publication George will begin to was finalized before Christmas, and announced to the faculties at screen applications. their January meetin�. said Admissions George said that she has Frazer_ The comments of the people written to women's professional m ag a z i nes a n d p r o f e ssional who were the most involved with organi zations to insure that setting u p t h e c oo rdinate qualified wome� are aware of the p r o g r a m-t h e d ea n s, t h e presidents. and Chiquoine and positions. T h e K i rk land Admissions George-seemed to reflect feelings Office has organized an active of gratification and amazement_ campaign to inform applicants of "I h oped for it, but I am not so the new program. "This is bold as to say I expected it,n said something new for us. \41_e have Frazer_ .. In Time" not made this kind of effort in the· "It's been a very long time past," saiq George. According to Babbitt, the coming," was Babbitt's appraisaL Admissions Office has made a ''The nature of science lends itself­ mailing to high school students to coordination," he added_ ""It is who are listed by the Educational impossible to sustain a little piece Testing Service as being interested of science off somewhere_" Chiquoine said he did expect a in the b_iological sciences, to coordinate agreement.. ••r did not inform them of the program. There is already considerable see any way that Kirkland could interest in science among Kirkland b e i n -s c i e n c e a n d b e students. Babbitt incredulousJy autonomous,O' he said ...And with c i ted the ACE questionnaire our lim.itations of resources, there results for the class of 1978, in was no hope of Hamilton biology which 11.5 per cent of the solving its problems_ The program entering class listed biological is mutually beneficial." !'I believe this venture will science as their probable major. ready for use by September, 1976 The national average for women work, in time," said Chiquoine_ in 4-year colleges is six per cent. "It will work if the personnel at the latest. The joint program will not "I. almost feU off my chair!" he identify themselves as members of the joint biology program first, s u p e r s e d e t h e s e p a r a-t e­ exclaimed. and then tell you who pays their Impact to be Seen departmental identities of the G e o r g e s a i d t h a t t h e check.. Whether we will get there faculties, said George. There will b e a director of the joint immediate impact o f the science by a change in thinking or ·by­ program,-not necessarily the program will . be shown by the retirement, I'm not quite sure_" department chairman from either college. The position will alternate between Hamilton and Kirkland every t hree or four years. VillaF Variety Stare C hi quoine will be the first Oint�N. Y. director. He will be in charge of ' the operation of the program in Sc�tKCalieF biology, but that will not mean Commanity f• cncr that he will be running the 25 ycan. K i r k l a n d Science Division, Ootbmg· emphasized George. Houscwaa George, who wai; named acting Stalionay chairman of the Science Division Panty Hose July, 1974, has just accepted the Open 4 p.m. - 2 a.m. (from $..59) position of chairman u ntil June, Kitchen until 1 a.m_ Art Goods 1976. Knitliag Yuq Putala, on leave t4is semester, Greg Ross Quartet will return in the fall to teach Friday and Saturday nites general and advanced botany Seneca Turnpike. courses as part of the coordinate 853-8995 program. His courses will have Biology 11-12 as a prerequisite as will all the other biology courses, said Chiquoine. Birnbaum Not Included Assistant Professor of Biology Linda Birnbaum, who was given a temporary one-year appointment last spring will not be re-hired. Men's and Women's Winter Boots "T h e r e i s n o p o s1t1on Men's Work Boots 30% OFF contemplated in the new program Women's Boots 30% OFF for which she would be qualified, Men's Insulated Boots· 25% OFF m u c h to my sorrow," said Babbitt.· Birnbaum is a biochemist, and Gladding FINNSTAR Hockey Sticks her field is not an area in which the joint program is going to 2 For $9.95 Regularly $6.00 Each move, Babbitt said.

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Grace Root, Hill Patron, Dies By Dave Schutt "She was like a pebble dropped in water sending out waves abm,1t her," said J o s e p h T r o v a t o , d i r ector of the M u n so n-W i l l i a m s - P r o c t o r I n s t i t u t e describing the late Mrs. Grace Root. Miss Sylvia Saunders, a close friend of ,r; the entire Root family, recalled that Mrs. Root "would do wonderful things for you; thin gs no one else would think about." Wherever she went Mrs. Root made friends. Though content to read or tend her beautiful gardens, she always enjoyed meeting and conversing with all types of people. While recovering from a horseback riding accident in 1917, young Grace Cogs.well traveled to a spa in the Catskills for treatment. By chance shy Edward Root was also visiting the spa to care for his deafness. The ,two met and were soon married. Miss Saunders recalled that the Root

family had been apprehensive about Edward's falling in love with "someone who had something wrong with her" at the spa. He did fall in love there, but any uneasiness about Miss Cogswell was certainly dispelled rapidly. Each One Blossomed T he p r o duct o f t h e stultified atmosphere of a girls' finishing school in · Albany and uncongenial relations with her parents, the new Mrs. Root thrived in her new, more intellectual surrounding on the The young couple complemented hill. e a c h o t her wonderfully; "each one blossomed," said Miss SaundE:rs. Edward became the art appreciation teacher at Hamilton in 1922, which was then a classically and theologically oriented school. An ardent collector of art, he pioneered appreciation of 20th century American art and helped many then avant-garde painters to achieve respectability in the art world. Frequently artist friends such as Edward Hopper and George Luks would visit the campus and offer advice to

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Hamilton's fledgling artists. Though the refined and mild-mannered Mr. Root loved · the work of Luks, he often remarked that he was unsure of the influence the garrulous, hard-drinking artist had on his pupils. Mrs. Root took a keen interest in her husband's art collection and had her own favorites such as Morris Graves and Mark T o bey. She too aided the artists, introducing them to influential patrons such as Mrs. John D. Rockefeller and others. Enjoyed Woolf Mr. and Mrs. Trovato, who have overseen many of the Root bequests to t he Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, remark that it was difficult to differentiate between the works of MT. and Mrs. Root because their efforts were . always in unison. Unburdened by college education, Mrs. Root had an open, poetic vision of the world and read voraciously to learn more about it. She and Miss Saunders' mother 1 would frequently sit on blankets reading and discussing literature in an orchard where the golf course now abuts Griffin Road. Among her favorite authors were Virginia Woolf and Katherine Mansfield. Later "she enjoyed Proust as we all did then," related Miss Saunders. Anti-Prohibition Though drawn to the contemplative life, she always,had active projects such as her spirited drive against prohibition. Miss Saunders recalled how she and several other women w horn Mrs. Root enlisted went to Washington for an interview with . Representative Davenport, who happened to live down the street in the house where President Carovano now lives. Later Mrs. Root wrote a book on the history of the movement, entitled "Women in Repeal." After her husband's death in 1956, Mrs. Root followed through on many of their projects. Both she and her husband cherished nature and were talented horticulturists.She continued to see to the upkeep of Root Glen even after gardeners had been hired to care for it. The glen, which began as a trash heap almost 100 years ago, fostered many rare and beautiful wild . flowers and many happy hours for the Roots. In earlier years she could be seen hard at work in a loosely fitting, raggedy pair of denim pants with similarly thread-bare coat. She loved to tell of unsuspecting guests who would ask her how the Roots treated their help She also enjoyed Sunday luncheons on the lawn near the art center which bore her husband's name. She brought together

campus -professors with her other friends from all over New York State. She compared the slope of the lawn to "the curvature of the world." In her last decade Mrs. Root fondly embraced the concept of a women's college on the hilL Though self-conscious about the limitations of her advanced age, she begrudgingly agreed to President ,Babbitt's request that she serve on Kirkland's first Board of_ Trustees. She donated the money for the building of Root Dorm, and, as usual, welcomed the new faculty and student body warmly.

G. Root 1890-1975 Grace C. Root, a friend and supporter of the colleges for decades, died Monday in New York City at the age of 84. The daughter-in-law of·Secretary of State Elihu Root, Mrs. Root, with her husband, E d w a r d W ., w a s i n s t rumental in developing 'the Root Art Center and the Root Glen. M.rs. Root received an honorary degree from Hamilton with her husband in 1952 and was an emeritus trustee of Kirkland. In recent years, Mrs. Root has only spent the summers at her large yellow house on College Hill Road; when not in New York City during the winter months, she travelled to the Middle East to visit her son. In 1962, Mrs. Root turned over the Glen .named f9r her family to Hamilton. Until two years ago, she headed the Root Glen Foundation, and could be seen working in the gardens of the 2-acre glen. The Root Art Center was named for Mrs. Root's husband, who, until his death in 195 6, was a prominent art collector. Mrs. Root was also interested in art; she served on the International Council of the Museum of Modem Art of New York and as a consultant to the Munson-Williams­ Proctor Institute in Utica. In her earlier years, Mrs. Root was active in the Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform (WONPR), a group dedicated to repealing the 18th Amendment to the Constitution. "Mrs. Root, who served as a vice-chairman of the New York - Delegation of WONPR, published a chronicle of the organization's role iD' the repeal of the prohibition act. Mrs. Root, born in Albany in 1890, cam e in 1920 to the. college where h er husband taught. Mrs. Root is survived by her son; John B. Root of Clinton. The funeral will be in the Chapel, Saturdy, Feb. 8 at IO a.m., and burial will be in the college's cemetary, located behind Minor Theater.


February 7, 1975/ TH� SPECTATOR/ 7

Master Hitchcock Directs Spy ThriUer

BY PETER SOMMER "Notorious" is a superior spy movie, made with superb slickness. It is expertly cast and is a happy example of what Alfred Hitchcock can do when he is really bearing down. The Second World War was over, but in cert ain South A m e r i c a n c a pitals, determined Nazfa were still plotting and spying. However this state of affairs may have affected U.S. security, 'it was a blessing to fans of Alfred Hitchcock, who is always at his best with spies. The thriller-expert takes his time about uncorking his thrills. Moving at a casual, almost leisurely pace, he waits until he has his audience in a hard, tight grip. Then he runs away with them. -Ben Hecht has written some interesting dialogue even though the story itself is exceedingly melodramatic, verging at times on the stuff of pulp fiction. Hecht has made the commonest of spy stories for the talents of Miss Bergman, Mr,. Grant, and .Mr. Hitchcock. It is the quintessential spy story, the regular one. Uianium Monkey-Business Miss Bergman, as Alicia Huberman, the d aughter of a convicted traitor but inwardly a patriotic American, joins up with Grant, playing Devlin, an American Secret Service agent, to uncover a nasty hive of postwar Nazis in a revived Farbenindustrie in Rio de Janeiro. The Germans are secretly engaged, not unexpectedly, in your basic uranium monkey-business. Miss Bergman must make an alliance, extravagantly leading to actual marriage, with the head man of the Germans;' played by Claude Rains, thus causing considerable distress to Grant, who has been kissed at great �ength by Miss Bergman. Hitchcock and Hecht have made room t h e fo r o t h e r s b e s i d e s Bergman-Gr a n t- R a i n s c o m b i n a tion. Madaine Konstantin, a Viennese actress, is sharp l y SlDISter, in the Hitchcock tradition, a s t h e i m pe r i ous and needle-point-working of one of the plotters. Louis Calhem plays the chief American agent . suavely and quite properly unsinister. One would think that the use of the subjective camera-that is, making the camera one of the characters-would for many years have been as basic a cinematic device as the closeup, but few directors tried it before 1946. Hitchcock is nearly

the only man. I can think of who knew just when and how to use the camera in this fashion. He is equally resourceful in his m an u f ac t u r e o f e x p r e s s ive Ji t tle air-pockets of dead silence. Domestic Psychologist Hitchcock has always been a� good at domestic psychology as at thrillers. He makes a moment in a party, or a lovers' quarrel, or a mere interior, shrewdly exciting in ways that few are able. He has a strong sense of the importance of the real place and the real atmosphere: the shot s of Rio de Janiero, or the late-afternoon l ove scene, equally remarkable in its special emotion_ and the grandeur of excitement it gets away with, and in the amount these depend on in communicating the exact place, weather, and time of day. There is perhaps no telling how much of all this is due to Ben Hecht's screenplay; but it seems safe to credit a good deal pf the sharpest movie sense, and a cool kind of -insight and control which sug gests a good French no velist, to Hitchcock. The Hitchcock suspense tricks dot the film. Some of them are tran-sparent, such as the business of focusing a little too frequently on a cup of poisoned coffee. But, all the tricks together add up to an exciting, welcome break in the strong of dollar-and-cents-o-rama, infernal, mediocre thrillers we've been .getting lately.

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Dylan's ·,Blood on the Tracks': A Myth Still Worth Your Time

By RICHARD TASKIN concerts reported his refusal to say Bob Dylan's lyrics have been analyzed ' anything at all to his audiences, (perhaps more than the work of any contemporary in an attempt to fulfill our need for poet or politician, and his personal life has detached and unreachable heroes) while * * * * * been subject to intense scrutiny. Dylan's the concerts themselves got mixed reviews. emergence as a significant artist in the The 195 6 Cannes Festival was graced Whereas the concerts gave audiences an 1960's led to the acceptance of rock opportunity to 'experience' Dylan, the by a color picture that was rated far and criticism as serious journalism. Yet, in the subsequent live albwn proved to be a dud. wide the best of all entries and bound to become a cinema classic: "The Red l a s t f ew years most critics either Dylan's wild, primal versions of some of Balloon" (the short which accompanies u n a bashedly accept anything Dylan the greatest tunes written by an American attaches his name to or they ridicule him "Notorious") by Albert Lamorisse. songwriter made for a painful and The movie tells the story · of 'little for not being what he was. The origins of saddening listening experience. The album Pascal and a red balloon. The two become this dilemma seem to lie in Dylan's proves, to paraphrase Bob Dylan. that personal life. fast friend , and the balloon, without sometimes even Bob Dylan must stand being hdd, follows its young ma�ter After his motorcycle accident in 1966, naked. everywhere he goes in Paris. It causes an Dylan's reclusiveness made him into a With his career at an unprecedented uproar in church and sch6ol, and Pascal's latter-day saint; his presence could always artistic nadir, Dylan returned to Columbia friends become jealous and want to catch be felt ahhough he couldn't be seen in the and released "Blood on The Tracks" this the marvelous balloon. They finally shoot flesh.. A myth of infallibility built up past month. The album's cover features a it down with their sling shots, and it dies. around Dylan, and the infrequent release classic profile of the artist which recalls But now all the balloons in Paris rise in of new material did little to dispel this. the Dylan mystique of the 1960's, revolt, gather around Pascal, and carry him image. After holding you in rapt suspence for off to the sky. In 1974, Bob Dylan switched from this long, I'll deli�er the good news-Bob After seeing this cinematographic staid Columbia Records to upstart David Dylan is back. "Blood on the Tracks" poem, Rene Clair told its author: "I would Geffen's Asylum Records. Dylan released helps restore the slightly· tarnished Dylan gladly give all my films- for having made a new albm, "Planet Waves" and embarked image. "Tangled Up in Blue" this one." No· higher tribute could have_ upon an ambitious tour with The Band. been paid to a motion picture. A ll accounts of the Dylan-Band The album opens with a bouncy number entitled "Tangled Up in Blue." Dylan the troubadour tells the story of several encounters with a woman and recalls his early years in New York and the many changes his friends of long ago have go�e through: All -the people we used to know are an illusion to me now/ Admission Free. (Also Saturday) Ash Wednesday Service. Joel Tib betts, Some are mathematicians,. some are College Chaplain. 7:30 p.m. Chapel. carpenter's wives/ I don't know MUSIC AND DANCE where it got started/ I don't know February 7 (Friday) LECTURE AND DISCUSSION what they're doing with their Saul Broudy, harmonica and folk guitar February 9 (Sunday} lives. m u s I c I an. 9 : 0 0 p. m . M cEwen Lecture: Professor Frank Talmage, "You're a Big Girl Now" is one of the Coffeehouse. Admission $.50. Free with University of Toronto. Redemption in tunes which becomes more enjoyable with Jewi sh M y s t ic i s m. 8 :00 p.m.· each listening, but the•song is followed by social tax. Kirner-Johnson Auditorium. February 11 (Tuesday) "Idio·t Wint," the album's only loser. In this tune, Dylan mixes humor with a February 11 (Tuesday) A Performance of Balle� Modern-jazz, Lecture and Demonstration: Professor biting vocal which is aime� at many foes. and Ceylonese Dance. 7 :30 p.m. List Don Smithers of Syracuse University. Unfortunately, the song comes off as a Dance Studio. History of the Trumpet. 3 :00 p.m. pale reminder of "Positively 4th Street." 7 7th Century Music Concert: Neva In two particularly uninspired lines Dylan Root Art Center Ballroom. Pilgrim, Don Smithers and Janet writes: One day you'll be in the ditc;h/ Human Sexuality Course. 7 :00 p.m. Smithers. 8:30 p.m. Chapel. Flys buzzing around your eyes? Blood on Kirner-Johnson Auditorium. February 13 (Thursday) your saddle. Hootenany. Bring instruments, lyrics February 12 (Wednesday) "Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Poetry Reading: Carolyn Stoloff. 8:30 Hearts" is unquestionably the album's a nd music. 9:00 p.m. McEwen p.m. Kirner-Johnson Red Pit. Coffeehouse. For more information, centerpiece. Dylan relates a far-fetched Bible Study. 9 :00 p.m. Alumni House tale from the Old West, -which includes a contact Tom Ruppel! ex.4527. lover's triangle, a hanging, and a bank February 13 .(Thursday} RELIGIOUS SERVICES Lecture: Franci� Musselman '50. The robbery. I guarantee that you will not February 8 (Saturday} Computer: Extending the Lawyer. 8:00 absorb the song entirely in one listening. , Newman Mass. Father Paul Drobin. Dylan's best vocals and lyrics in a long p.m. Science· Auditorium 5 :30 p.m. Ki mer-Johnson Red Pit. time are accompanied by one of the February 9 (Sunday) EXHIBITIONS wildest pieces of music he has composed Newman· Mas.s. 9:30 a.m. Father Paul Currently on Campus to date. Throughout this almost nine Ceramics by John Fresneda, Martin minute song, an upright bass is plucked Drobin. Chapel. Bjur/in and David MacDonald. List Art frantically along with an inhumanly fast Free Church of Clinton. 11:15 a.m. Joel Center (Closes February 20) Tibbetts, College Chaplain. Chapel. drum beat which gains momentum as the song progresses. February 10 (Monday) E orly 20th Century American Realists. 1 find the songs in tune with the Dylan Newman Mass. 12:00 Noon. Father Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from Paul Drobin. Chapel (Also Tuesday, the Yale University Art Gallery. Root tr�dition of offering more enjoyment with each listening. Unfortunately, Dylan still Art Center. (Closes February 16) Thursday and Friday.) spews out meaningless cliches in situations Christian Fellowship Meetings 8 :00 p.m. February 9 (Sunday) where- he once nailed our consciousness to Exhibition Opening and Reception: the" w all, but even this is admissable when Milbank 36 (entrance 5) A f ro-Images. Paintlngs by Jack White we accept the fact that not even Dylan is February 12 (Wednesday) 8 :00 p.m. Bristol Campus Center capable of matching the caliber of his best Newman Mass. Father Paul Drobin. Lounges. 4:45 p.m. Chapel. work.

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By HENRY GLICK In these days of tight money and rising prices, auctions can be one way to stretch the consumer dollar. What's more, you can become involved in a fascinating and rewarding pastime: collecting antiques. In fact, auctions can become addicting. The caller sings out prices and your desired purchase always seems to be only one bid away. You come back week after week just for that feeling of attainment you get when you've made a good buy_ But auctions. can he hazardous too. Both the novice and the pro must develop a careful eye. Examine th.e item beforehand, and decide in advance the most you are willing to pay for it. Once carried away by the excitement of thes auction. you may bid nnre than you really want to spend, and you may pay more than the item is w orth. A picture, a set of dishes, a stuffed ow 1: the bidding starts at $3.00. You bid $4.00. The fat woman with the floppy hat behind you bids $5.00 You bid $6.00. Before you know it, the bid is $12 and the auctioneer and the rest of the audience are looking at you waiting for your next bid. The auctioneer lures you, urges you, hounds you, until you've bid $13.00 and it's yours. And w hat had started out as a good buy isn't such a windfall purchase after all. There are about 50 auctions a month in the Utica area. Leo B u s k ey, a nationally known antique appraiser based in Utica, s a id that kitchen ware and household goods are the main staples at these auctions, and antiques are only thrown in as bait. But no matter what is sold, the consumer/collector can have a good day at an auction_ Buskey

said that there is a growing trend a mong non-dealers to attend auctions; now only about 30 per cent of those who come to auctions are dealers. Melvin Mariot, an auctioneer, said many people go to auctions now to find bargains. Dealers are coming, but they aren't buying, he said_ At one auction, a dealer who usually buys a truckload of items only bought three pieces, and eight or nine dealers didn't buy a thing. Alliga tors and Bad minton At one of Marriot's recent auctions, a two-foot long stuffed alligator sold for $3. A badminton set with some trays thrown in for good measure sold for · $1. A rtumber of boxes filled with who k n ow s what sold for from anywhere between $1 and $3. A tin filled with hundreds of buttons went for $.50. A dining room table and four chairs sold for $20. A sofa and two chairs of questionable quality, but certainly still useable, sold for $1.00. The auctioneer asked_ what anyone was willing to give for them. When

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some one made the dollar bid he told the person to get the sofa and chairs out of there. But some auctions sell a large number of antiques. And they are not always inexpensive. 'B en N owakowski holds a uc t ions irregularly at Ben's A u c t i o n H o use, his l a r g e <c· ""'.a.rehouse-style headquarters in Westmoreland. He probably sells at least as many antiques as he does household goods. And some of the antiques are of high quality and demand good prices. Ben, as he likes to be called, sold a signed dated oil lamp for $115 and a shawl for $35. Dorothy and Merlyn Stiles , two collectors who attend Ben's auctions so often that Ben thinks they're dealers, said that ''the cost of the good stuff is staying high." Good glass is really expensive because it is getting scarce, they said. In Madison, too, there are s o m e q uality auctions. One specializes in furniture that has been slightly touched-up and is ready to be used in the home. T h i s a uction attracts both homeowners and dealers from near and far. Investment Buskey said that prices for antiques are good-they are One, other precaution the A n o t h e r t ec hnique t he r i s i ng-and many people are investing in antiques rather than · auctioneers use to raise the price buyer may take, especially if he in stocks and bonds. He added of an 1tem is to direct the bidding has spent a lot of money, is to that the prices for some antiques until it involved only two people have his purchase appraised. The may, like for paintings, reach a and b ec o m e s a duel. The appraiser can usually authenticate peak and then drop off. But auctioneer can then focus his whether what you bought is what Tiffany glassware is the only item attention on just these two., it was ,alledged to be. Sometimes, he could think of that is apt to do coaxing, "Just five more dollars - though, the appraisal will cost and it may be yours," 'and then, money. so in the near future. As to what to expect at an Central New York is a good when it's your turn again, ·"come auction, it differs with each buying area, Buskey said. There on, just another $5." auction you attend. It may be are·still a lot of antiques here and Only Five Dollars they are relatively inexpensive. In this situation you are g o o d t o become a regular Buskey said that for a long time tempted to agree, "Yes, it's only customer at several auctions to this region has been a feeder for $5 more," and that attitude become familiar with the practices New England dealers. Also, in the sustains you for several $5 rounds and less likely to make mistakes. At some auctions, you register summer, this area attracts dealers of bidding. Soon, you are bid far when you enter and receive a number; at others they just record your name. This way, after you havefinished . bidding, you may pay for all the merchandise at once. Bidding at most area auctions i s n ' t d one with mysterious twitches and shakes. You usually don't have to worry about scratching your nose or pulling your ear. Mostly, you raise your from Texas and the Mid-west, he above your original intentions. Buskey said that there are a hand or your numbered card or said,. but warned that they are apt to browbeat people for the sake number of ways to avoid being call out. One important thing to of a bargain. taken. The first is to attend the remember is if you didn't bid for Nowakowski doesn't hesitate i n spection period before the something and the auctioneer thinks you did, tell him. Don't let to brqwbeat his customers either. auction. H e p unctuates most of his _Furniture is one item that him try to talk you into buying singsong sales with comments should be carefully examined. Has something you don't want. Chairs about How "unbelievably cheap" it been repaired, and if so, has it Some auction houses provide everything is going for. Ben says been repaired well? Is all the he does it because things are wood original or has someone chairs, but not all. Usually the ad selling cheaper than they should. nailed or pegged on a new piece? for the auction in the classified But a pp a r ently no one is Does the new pir.ce match the old section of your paper will tell you intimidated by Ben's friendly in color? texture? feel? It is whether or not to bring a chair. banter, and the bidding usually difficult to ascertain all of this At Marriot's auction there were as many people standing as sitting continues at whatexer pace it's while the bidding is going on. going at at the time. Similar care should be taken and few sat on the dirty floor. M o s t ?. u ction houses are N o wak o w s k i a n d other with anything you intend to buy.

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auctione�rs also spice up their sales pitch by insisting that a piece is "a little different." · To one auctioneer in Madision, every item was a little different. S i nce pro's usually know whether or not a piece is a little different, this- bit of salesmanship is usually for the novice at an auction. It's not that anyone is lying; the "difference" line is more to ]ll.ake a pi"'ece seem attractive than to imply that it is truly valu_able.

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heated and dry. They can be very comfortable on a gray day when there is nothing more exciting to do. A few auction houses provide a list- of the items to be auctioned that day. This helps you keep track of what you want to buy you can estimate when it will come up for sale - and record the bids for each item. The diligent auction-goer can review these over a period and get a general idea of the price certain items usually bring. One drawback to such auctions is that it .is harder for you to request that a certain piece be auctioned next, because the auction house will usually want to auction their merchandise in th� order listed. Some auctions provide free coffee, and most have food to sell. Again, the auction ad will usually tell you about the auction food. Many times auctions are so _long that you'll want some kind of ren:_eshment, and if you want you can bring your own and eat there. But having cautioned you about everything, the l�st piece of advice is to enjoy yourself. Auctions are the home.of country spun humor, friendly people and good times. It's true that fortunes can be made or lost. However, the beginner who has any self-control will usually have a good time, pick s o m e i nteresting conversatio n pieces, and learn something. A II you have to do is remember Ben Nowakowski's golden rule, "The trash of one generation becomes the treasures of another."

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Cosper To Resign Admissions

"assign or knowingly permit the assignment of any student to, or exclude or knowingly permit the Brigid Cosper, Kirkland exclusion of any student from any director of admissions, will resign facility owned or operated by or this spring to become head of the under the auspices of the high s chool at St. Ann's School in institution, on the basis of race, Brooklyn Heights, New York. color or national erigin." President Babbitt, with the aid of This would not prevent a the Admissions Committee, is group of Black or Latin students conducting a search for a new from living in a suite together director of admissions, and has under the provisions of regular already received 175 applications. housing lottery procedure. Cosper said that she was "both The R esidence Committee excit ed and sad at the same time" report to the Assembly regarding at the pr ospect of leaving this proposal and the question of Kirkland, and that sh� "had not special interest housing in general, resigned or intended to resign" at c o n t a ined the results of a the time she was offered a job at Kirkland community workshop St. Ann's. on minority student awareness The advantages of her new job, held during January. Present at Cosper said, are that it will allow that workshop were Jack Duggan, her the opportunity to teach and vice-president for student affairs to work with younger people in a at Vasser and Edward Hollander, co-ed situation, as well as to deputy commissioner for higher "learn about high school" and to . Brigid Cosper will leave Kirkland soon for Br ooklyn Heights. and professional education under live in New York City, near the The high school is about the size "Especially since I was here the New York State Department major universities. of the Kirkland freshman class." when Kirkland was opened, I have of Regents. St . Ann's School is a C o s p e r said she has no many attachments. I have a lot of The report called the special progressive private school for intention of losing touch with close friends here," she· said . i nterest housing proposal, as about 7 00 gifted children, Kirkland. She expects to become A year after she graduated 'Don Smithers, musicologist passed, "an experimental program kind e rgarten through twelfth a Kirkland trustee next year and from Oberlin College, Cosper was grade. Cosper said working at St. plans to hold interviews with hired as one of five advisors to a n d p e rformer, will give a allo wing the integration of Ann's "is not a different kind of prospective applicants in her New K ir kland's charter class, and I e c t u r e-d e m o n s t ration a t academic and residential life and Hamilton Tuesday (Feb. 11) on utilizing t he 'living-learning' skill [than working at �kfandl_: York apartment. helped with admissions on the the history of the trumpet. · structure of the buildings." It side. She has been director of Smithers, who will appear later furthermore states that this admissions for the past three Tuesday in a concert at the proposal does not stand in yea r s. Hamilton Chapel, will lecture at 3 violation of any educational Babbitt said that he was not p.m. in the Root Art Center statutes. looking for an admissions director Ballroom. S t u d e n ts i n t e re s t e d in with a "new image," but rather Smithers, Professor of the obtaining special interest housing one who has experience in the History of Music at Syracuse must submit a carefully composed admissions process, is experienced University, is director of the group proposal · showing that with and can be _dedicated to a Syracuse Scho1a Cantorum and group's ability to "agree upon and small liberal arts college, and is founder and director of the then to express its goals and a rt i cu l ate and knowledgeable Syracuse Bach Festival. He has ideals." A separate statement about secondary schools. appeared as a Baroque trumpet must also be submitted by each Babbitt said that about 5 0 per soloist and cornetto player with individual in the group -stating her cent of the I 75 applicants appear thes New York Pro Misuca, the "commitment to the group's goals t_o be unqualified, and that no one Concentus Musicus in Vienna, and. and what she hopes to contribute f r o m t h e H a m ilton-Kirkland has made numerous recordings and gain from the experience." comm unity has applied for the b o t h on his' own and in Guidelines for these proposals job. He said the new admissions c o nj u n c t io n w i t h. G us t a v suggest that applicants will have director will be chosen by the end L e o n h a r d t , N i k o I a u s - to show the specific needs for and of March. H a r n onc ourt, a nd N e v i l l e benefits o f a c tually living M a rriner. He has produced together, as well as what special _1� 3/i ��,��,;-.:r:,}•l?z::J numerous articles and the recently contributions such a group might f tp:i o:>s j -� ¾ f f, 6 " published · book The Music and make to the cultural and academic U!!) -�8 3/i gi"8 .. History of the Baroque Trumpet. community of the Hill as a whole. l?f!Ub:)1. l{lg/ 1 o:vt " ·:ib mn:; " tp:io:>s uon °S:JO:>S 1 • x3 :i1;,A]l?:) SPECTATOR STAFF MEETING � 3/i 00-0I " ·:i b oo-g .1:)pun ll'!D lDAfE:) By KENNETH GROSS A report by the Residence C ommittee to the Kirkland Assembly has shown that separate housing for Black and Latin women is illegal, while a proposal for separate housing for special interest groups was passed by the Assembly in December. The Assembly decided that it is c o her ent with Kirkland's educational philosophy to make available separate housing for "a group based upon a common interest or academic_ theme." But the proposal made by · Black and Latin women in September, requesting "the power to select the people that we will be living with," would be in violation of part 19.4 of Section 207 of the Education laws, which states that an institution cannot

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Free School-of ·Clinto.n Opens for Spring Semester The Free School of Clinton is now planning a second semester with twenty-eight courses ranging from literature to bicycle repair. Classes will begin February 17th and continue until the end of April, according to the organizers of the school, Melinda Foley and Greg Marsello. Among the courses offered are the history of Clinton, square dancing, energy economics for the individual, first aid. practical small s c ale architecture, bartending, cross country skiing, and games. Classes will be taught by both area residents and college students in classrooms at the colleges and in

the community. A Children's Free School where youngsters can learn ·skills, teach skills to one another and i nt eract in an e d u cational e nviroument, is planned for Saturday mornings. The program will be run by. three Kirkland and Hamiltoll'. students and will offer a t h l et ics, arts, crafts, play prodoction, and creative games. In addition, the Free School will sp onsor · other actlv1t1es throughout the term, one-night c o u r s e s , l ec t u r e s , a n d a cr o s s -coun t r y ski race and spontaneous events. There are no requir ements for

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entrance into the Free School; degrees are not granted; grades are not given. Anyone may take a course regardless ofage or degree of education. There is no tuition, although a $1.00 fee is charged at registration to cover the cost of · events. The Free School has professed two goals: first, to supplement the educational institutions in the area, and second, to bring the people of the community closer t o g e t h er, a c c o r d i n g to its organizers. R e gi stration for the Free School's spring term will be held Fegruary 10-12 from 10:00 a.m. _ 2:00 p.m. and abo 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. on Feb. 12 at the Kirkland Art Center.

MONDAY: P oetry Workshop; Storytelling and Bardic Arts; Energy Economics for the Indiv.; Science Fiction; What Everyone should Know Ab-out Property and Money; History of NEEDS PHOTOGRAPHERS Clinton. TUESDAY:- Mao Study Group; Techniques of Competitive Swimming; AND DARKROOM TECHNICIANS Games: Theory. Practice and Philo.; Figure Skating. WEDNESDAY: Japanese Paper Folding; IO Speed Bike Repair; First Aid and Personal F i t n e ss; Backgammon; Anarchy and Revolu. in CONTACT JOHN McNE:EL U.S.; Modern Square Dancing; Reading Ritzgerald. OR DAVID ASHBY AT 7101 THURSDAY: Ballroom Dancing; Stamp Collecting; Small Scale Practical Architecture. Please attend organizational meeting Sunday, Feb. 9 SATURDAY: Seminar in English Hi s t o r y; C r e·a t i v e C a n dle at 7:30 p.m. in the Kirner-Johnson Red Pit. M a k i n g. E TC. (d a y s to be ______________________________,,, a nnounced): Poetry for Children; ' . Bartending; Macrame; Basic Baking; Cross Country Skiing; Cgnsciousness COFFEEHOUSE CONCERT Raising Group.

You may have heard Saul Broudy at some club or festival around Ardin H. �eyer, former U.S. Uni v e r sity, Columbus, Ohio, t_he U.S. or Canada sitting in on harmonica with such performers as responsibilities at ambassador to Japan, Iran and where his Steve Goodman, Bonnie Raitt, Jerry Jeff Walker, and others. Saul's Lebanon, will spend the week of d!fferent times included director own act finds him playing guitar to back up. his singing. His shows Feb. 16-22 at Hamilton and of public relations, dire.ctor of Kirkland as a Woodrow Wilson admission, d�an of men and consist of a lot of country-western songs and folksongs, a little blues, a ssociate professor of Cajun-influenced music, 1950's rock'n roll, harmonica instrumentals, Visiting Fellow. Hamilton is one of 6 7 colleges mathematics. He holds liberal arts and a lot of audience participation. He'll be at the McEwen throughout the United -States and . theological degrees from Coffeehouse on Feb. 9 at 9:00. Free with Social Tax, $.50 without. p�r ti cipating in the Wilson Capital and an M.A. from the Fellows program, which enlists Ohio State University. lead_ers of the business, political , He is married to Alice James 17 Norham Gardens and diplomatic worlds for short Meyer, who is a former reporter Friends of · the following may Oxford OX2 6PZ stays on the campuses of leading and society editor for the write them at: England Washington Times-Herald and the ,Mark Rosenbaum lib_eraJ arts colleges. The program is administered by Washington Evening Star. She will 7 3 Eccleston Square tw: Woodrow Wilson National accompany him on his visit to London. S.W. I England Sugar Daddy, I've lost my sheep. Fellowship Foundation und�r a Hamilton• Please contact me in person. Jon Cramer $1-million grant from the Lilly E n d owment.· Its purpose is des�ribed by President Lakdrum Bolling of the Lilly Endowment as promoting "greater contact, understanding, and sharing of iqe�s and experience� between the academic community and the 'outer world."' Meyer's schedule at Hamilton will include a public lecture on Monday, Feb. 17 at 8 p.m. in the Chapel. Details of the schedule will be announced in about a week. A Foreign Service officer since 1948, Meyer served as ambassador to Japan in 1969-72. He was in charge of negotiations that led to the reversion of Okinawa to Japan and had responsibility deal'ing with the shock felt in Japan as a result of America's new China policies. He was an ambassador to Iran in 1965-69 and to Lebanon in 1961-65, dealing with questions that included those affecting the international oil industry, in Programs in Interpretation and Criticism, The Family, particuhir the dispute between The Creative Process-Theory and Practice, Europe and America, Iran and Saudi Arabia over the Values and lnstitutfons, Public Policy and Decision Making median line in the oil-rich Persian Environment and Natural Resources, History and Public Policy, Gulf. ... M e y er' s earlier diploma tic Genetics and Biochemistry, China, pius basic courses e x perience included political, For application information contact: p u b lic affairs and program Christopher T. 8. Murphy direction assignment in Baghdad) 0 irector of Summer Term Admissions Beirut, and K abul, as well as two 1502A Yale Station tours of doty in Washington, New Haven, Connecticut 06520 including one as deputy assistant 203 432-4229 (after January 1. 1975) secretary of state. Dering World ·war II he was with the U.S. Office of War I nf or mation in Cairo and Baghdad, and then a radio engineer ·with Douglas Aircraft iri · Eritrea, in East Africa. Before· entering government s e ryice h� was at . �apital

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By SUSAN HUNTINGTON Pr elimi nary results of a student survey distributed to juniors and seniors at both colleges last fall apparently support widely-held beliefs about life on the Hill but include a few surprising conclusions as well. The survey, conducted by Assistap.t Professor of Sociology Walter B r oughton and his Sociology 400 class, include a wi d e r a nge o f q uestions concer ning social, academic , p sycho logica l , a·nd s e x u a l attitudes among the elder half of the Hill's student population. Students participating in the project, were Kathryn Grover, Janet Perloff, Melanie Oliverio, Dusty Batley , and Timothy Carter. A l t ho u g h niost o f t h e quest ions r e c eived s i m i la r responses from both colleges, there were a few exceptions. One of t h e s e p e r t a i n e d t o cross-registration between the two schools. Forty-six per cent of , Kirkland juniors and seniors had taken eight- or more courses at Hamilton, whereas only 15 per cent of Hamilton j{iniors and seniors had taken as many courses at Kirkland. Although this seems striking at first, one must realize, said Broughton, that Hamilton offers more courses than Kirkland. Liberal students On the political side, over 65 per cent considered themselves lib era ls, a ssigning themselves ratings of five, six, or seven on a scale of one to seven with one the most conservative and seven the most liberal. Less than 20 per cent of the students expressed unhappiness with the quality of instruction in

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qualities · which they thought would be most desirable in future members of the student body. H a m i l ton students ranked creativity first and rationality second. K i r ktand s t u d ents, however, ranked self-motivation f i r s t a n d c r eativity second. Rationality, highly esteemed at Hamilton, came in a low seventh at Kirkland, while self-motivation, Kirkland's number one choice·, came in only fifth at Hamilton. According to Broughton, these diversities basically reflect the different percentages of science and social science concentrators as opposed to humanities and arts concentrators at each college. ·For example, he stated, it is usually true that rationality is d ee med highly desirable by science concentrators and fairly d esirable by s o cial science ,concentrators, but somewhat less d e s i r a b l e b y h umanities concentrators and not necessarily desirable by arts concentrators at all.

.J-BOAR}? TO HEAR DRUG.:._RELATED CASES NOW continued from page one fi v e ye a r s a g o , a n d h� recommended that the board consider review of its policy. There was no opposition to the change on the board, which took the action during Winter Study. Kraus said-thattlie-change in procedure had nothing to do with any particular case of misconduct. The Judiciary Board statement follows: "In the past, it has been the policy of the Judiciary Board to refuse to hear drug-related cases. It is the belief of the members of the present Board that such a policy e�minates an important

President Babbitt in his office in Kirner-Johnson. a venue of recourse for any Hamilton student involved in a drug-related case by -denying to such a student a hearing before his continued from page one insure a "good faithn effort peers, that is, fellow members of Babbitt said. He added that he toward complying with .Kirk.land'-s the Hamilton student community. knew that and it was not open to Affirmative Action Program," she The Judiciary Board has decided question. said. Bellini-Sharp .said the HRC In an interview, Bellini-Sharp that such a policy is detrimental to the better interests of the "does not rule on any particular said that the commission's rulings student body and it will there.fore p e r s onnel choice", and the are only advisory and carry no a n d o t h e r binding legal weight. agree to hear those drug-related p r e s i d e n t , Babbitt said that if he gave the cases brought before it by the administration officers through d e l e g a ti o n, "have the legal implication that the HRC had Dean of Students. "The above . statement does authority and responsibility for all power over personnel decisions he not, in any way, reflect a change, m a t t e r s involving h i r i ng, was mistaken. The commission and Babbitt other than procedural, in the promotion, tenure and other official Hamilton College drug p e r s o n n e l p ol i c i e s," T h e are "presently designing policies policy (see page 25 of the Student commiss10r "monitor [s ] and and ·p r o c eedures for lateral Hamdb�ok). �valuat� [.s] hiring �!:?ceedures to transfers," Bellini-Sharp said.

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Hockey Rated Second 10 Division II· Skating Fast Toward Playoff Spot By STEVE HA WEELI N ew England against UMass, In Monday's _ECA_C poll the Colby, and Bowdoin. Hamilton Hamilton College hockey team edged UMass 5-4, tied Colby 6-6, was rated second in Division II and lost to Bowdoin 4-2. The ahead of third place Bowdoin, UMass game was gratifying in that· who have beaten the Continentals UMass trounced the Continentals twice, and behind first place at the Sage last year 11-2. The powerhouse Merrimack College. Colby game should have been an Of late, the Continentals have run easy victory, but Hamilton was into a wall of competition, and appa r ently overconfident and making the playoffs has become "looking ahead" to the Bowdoin more of a task than had been game the following night in Brunswick. Against Bowdoin the expected. Before the Intersession road Continentals had to play the refs trip, the Conts trounced Amherst as well as the Bears, and that may 9-0 with goaltender Shawn George very well have affected the registering a shutout. Hamilton / outcome of the game. Returning to Clinton, the team c l e a r ly dominated the game essentially toying with Amherst. started second semester off with This was especially evident in the an exciting game against longtime closing minutes of third period r i v a l Colgate. Unfortunately w hen T ed d y Molloy, Phil Colgate came out on top 3-0. A Hildebrand, and Keith O'Brien superb effort by 'Gate goaltender tallied within 50 seconds of each Ron Spadaccini kept Hamilton from upsetting the cellar dwellers other. Unfortunately Hamilton could of Division I. A victory might have used a couple of the extra have erased the mediocre road Amherst goals on their roadtrip to trip, but Colgate was determined

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to win. The Continentals outshot the Red Raiders 36-22, but Colgate managed a tally in each period much to the delight of the b oisterous Colgate contingent. Many fans thought it was one of the better games they had seen at the Sage·. The game was not interrupted by the usual plethora of penalties, thus the action was often e�d to end. Passes were connecting all evening for both clubs, but Hamilton just couldn't put the puck in the net. After the game the Colg,te coach remarked, obviously trying to maintain the intense rivalry, that he thought Colgate had outplayed Hamilton, had taken advantage of Hamilton's mistakes, and that Colgate's 22 shots to Hamilton's 36 was not necessarily indicative of any equality between the two clubs. Hamilton engages Wesleyan this Saturday at 2 p.m., and T h e H a m ii t o n C o l l e g e for points i n the 500-yd. event. Middlebury on Monday at 4 p.m. B u c ko b e c a m e the first swimming team embarrassed a in the Sage Rink. very weak Hobart squad last Jan. · Hamilton swimmer ever to break . 22 to the tune of 90-22. On five minutes in that event with a returning from Intersession the 4:59.9 'clocking. Strehlow's time team travelled to Troy, N.Y. and was also an RPI pool record and a defeated the RPI swimming team ' Hamilton school record_ by. a score of 64-48. Carlberg Sets Record The Blue swept every event in J eff Carlberg got another the Hobart meet, except the chance to set · records in the · 200-yard Backstroke. Freestylers 200-yd. breaststroke, and left everyone in his wake. Carlberg John Needham and Joe Shrum were put into the Backstroke swam an impressive 2: 16.2 time event by Coach MacDonald for a f o r a p o o l r e c o rd. D ave change o'f pace. Shrum swam to a Greenhalgh also got a chance to third place finish, and John show his strength, and set � pool Needham was touched out in the record in the -1000-yd. free event. G r e en ha lgh race losing to Claude Kopelov by ha s been .4 seconds. hard pressed this year by the Hamilton's sophomore -diving appearance, of Bucko Strehlow, ace, Paul Edick, has been sidelined b u t s wi m m i n g b eh i nd the freshman speedster has helped with a hearing loss.. Edick is planning on diving in the St. Greenhalgh improve his own times. Lawrence, Colgate, and State In the Jan. 20 release of the meets. Gordy Hirsch and Eric · Kulp proved their ability to fill thirteen fastest times in Division Edick's shoes by placing first and III by Swimming World, Hamilton second respect�vely in both diving 'had two relays and two individual events against Hobart. swimmers rated. Jeff Carlberg's Easy t o Be Hard first swim of the season against Hamilton' made an easy win Oneonta is still rated as the fastest difficult against RPI by changing in the country for the 200-yd. around the line up and letting breaststroke. some of the freshmen get their Bucko Strehlow is raj:ed eighth feet wet. Bucko Strehlow swam in the 1000-yd. free and twelfth exhibition in the 200-yd. free, but in the 500-yd. event with a time Coach MacDonald let him swim slower thah his sub-five minute time against RPI. Both Hamilton relays were also rated in the top ten.

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Without New .York You're Nothing

FEINGOLD AND SHOEN "... without New York you're nothing." -anonymous 11/74 When Peter Miniet bought Manhattan, little did he know that his island would someday become the ·:2.pital of professional sports. Every major sport in America must be represented in New York to mrvive financially. When the American Football League was created, the first worry of its founders was to establish a team in New York. Even before NBC was into the AFL, the AFL was in NYC. The Gotham mystique not only draws the sports themselves, ·but some of the top talents in sports today display their skills with New York written across their chests. And those who don't .want to.

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The stars want to play in Ncw York for the same reason that the leagues want a team or two in the city - money. When Jim Hunter signed with the Yankees, he sai<l'he always wanted to do a dog food commercial. The tal�,along Madison Avenue is that he's doing one now. The same superstar in Oakland with the same 88 wins in four years was never asked to make one when he led the A's to three straight world championships. And Hunter isn't the only example. New York caught the eye of Joe Namath, Julius Erving, and, as if to pay tribute to the greatness of New York sports, Pope Paul VI said his only American mass in that stage for the stars, Yankee Stadium. But it isn't only the money that draws these stars. New York offers a star more notoriety, publicity, and adulation than any other city in the land. The debate about who was the best, Mantle or Mays probably only included Mantle and Mays. because a man named Aaron was playing in a city whose beer was more famous than its baseball.

But there are more sports than baseball. The greatest fights of the century were held in New York City's arenas. Yankee Stadium played host to what is considered the greatest professional football game of all time. New York has OTB, Aqueduct, Yonkers, and Roosevelt race tracks. It also has Belmont Park which holds, annually, one of the most prestigiQUS ra:ces - the Belmont Stakes, the last and most difficult leg of the triple crown of horse racing. The list continues: the Millrose Games, ECAC hockey and basketball tournaments, the National Invitational Tournament, the best pro wrestlers (who bring in 22,000 fans each match), and you can go on. As long as the best compete for money and pride, they will compete, sooner or later, in New York. * * **** But sports isn't just the people or the places where they compete. It's also an attitude. An attitude that's conveyed by the sportswriters. New York's sportswriters are probably the most widely read writers in this sports conscious nation. These men have become as legendary as the players they covered - Damon Runyon, Grantland Rice, Ring Lardner, Arthur Daley were all greats in the field of journalism. They have reported the great sporting events of the past, so that you can vividly recall them even if they occurred before you were born.

Please ·Take Notice · The fans at The Sage Rink have always been second to none. Yet at a recent hockey game some of these same fantastic fans were throwing cigarettes, programs and other paraphernalia on the ice. This jeopardizes the safety of the Hamilton skaters as well as the opposing J?layers. Encountering a program lying on the ice when one is skating is like encountering a Mack truck in a Volkswagen. So please, fans, refrain from throwing foreign objects on the ice.

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Pre-�eds_ Cite-;:Reputition, .G·raCfes for Admissions. Woes By ROBBY MILLERs, Medical school admis�ions for Hamilton students has continued to be a source of discussion, anxiety, ant! bitterness this year. Stu dents blam e Hamilton's com paYati v eiy l ow rate of acceptance by medical schools on stringent grading standards and the refusal to inflate grades here, as w�ll as the college's failure to build a reputation among medical schools. · Some pre-meds said that if they had had a r eali stic perspective on the medical school situation for. Hamilton graduates before they matriculated, they would have . gone to c_ollege els e w here, and one pre-med accused the Admissions Office of

d e c e i v i ng a n d m i s l e a d i n g pre-freshmen this year. Others said that pre-med advisor · and Associate Dean Robin Kinne! was unable to invest the appropriate amount of time into pre-med advision. Seventeen Hamilton students have applied to medical school this year, which is nearly half the. number of applicants of' a year ago. Five of the 17 have been accepted .thus far, and 15 have been invit,eq for at least - one interview. Kinnel said this week that he expects that "no more than five more will get in." T he r e f o r e; i f th e h i g h e s t expectations are reached, then 59 per cent of Hamilton's applicants will have been accepted by a

Babbitt Announ·ces / $375 Kirkland ·Tuition Raise

medical school, a 15 per cent increase over last year's f�gures. Students and administrators alike are well aware of the nat ionwide problem o f sk yror;k e t i n g �ompetition in applications to medical .schools, but at issue here · is whether H amil t o n h a s i n s ti t u t i o n<1,l problems of its own which hurt its pre-meds eve� more. "Without a doubt, Hamilton's g r a d i ng s tanda r ds h a ve appreciably ,h,urt us," said Roger Schneider '7 5, a pre-med, who is chairman of the , Curriculum Committee. A c c o rding to Kinne!, the average grade at Hamilton is 8-3.4 per cent.· "No other school of c o mparable qu ality h as a cumula�ive I average which is that low," said Schneider. "It's qui t e obvious that Hamilton is way behind the times in t his r eg ar d ," c ontinues Schneider. "Although I do not approve of rampant _inflation because the credibility of tj-ie school and the meaning of grades are at stake - Hamilton can no longer hide in its own little world and expect the rest of academia to realize that its grades stand for quality while no one else's do." Grades "Gr�des are the only reason ,-vhy I;Iami!ton does so poorly i..."l comparison to schools of similar quality/' said Gienn Perels�n,. who is one of the five students already accepted by . a medical school this year. Hamilton's poor competitive rating with respect to grades and s u c c e s s in m e di c a l s chool placement is exemplified by comparison to Amherst College, where nearly 85 per cent of its a p p licants were accepted by medical schools last year. Of all grades given last year �t Hamilton, continued on page five

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Callfng the increase inevitable·, ·By MONICA LIFF Tui tion at- Kirkland will Babbitt cited increased costs in increase $375 for the 1975-76 everything from electricity to aca·d emic year-the college's paper, as well as the projected largest hike yet-President Babbitt salary increases of 10% for faculty ann ounced a K irkland and staff, as reasons for the at increase. Community Meeting Monday. B y LIZ BARROW of 740 beds on the Hamilton ,:fhe announcement followed Competitive Positia�l There are 5 8 empty beds on campus and 200 beds in the budget decisions made by the Babbitt affirmed that the rise in the Kirkland campus this semester fraternities Binghaµi said. Kirkland Board of Trustees, who costs to $497 5 will mamtam KirkLmd. has 615 eas but ir according to Dean of Student met here last weekend. Kirkland in a competitive position .ffairs, Jane Poller. Last year at generally tries fo keep only 60i.f cf with schools of comparable size. this time there were 26 empty them · filled, President BaQbitl . He cited an article in the New beds said Linda Patrick, former said. York' Sunday Times of Feb. 9 Empty Beds Costs director of residence. T h is fall which stated that college fees there were only 12 empty beds as • Although the current number around the country were being of the trustee meeting the first of of empty beds at Kirkland L� raised an average of 10% for next fluctuate by as many as five, October. y e a r . Kirkland's increase_ is The situation at Hamilton· js .,either way in the next few weeks, s i g n i f i c an t l y below that sim#r to Kirkland Hamilton the total amount of money lost percentage, h e reminded his By SUSAN MALKIN D e a n o f S t u d e n t s Gordon by Kirkland due to the empty New guidelines for financial listeners. Bingham said, though the number beds alone may come to as much Babbitt said that adjustment aid now being formulated by the of empty beds has remained more as $13,975. The drop in federal government may force will be made in the financial aid or less constant at 34 throughout 'attendance the 58 empty beds �Hamilton and Kirkland to revise offered students to take into this school year. There are a total contin1;100. on page eleven its financial aid program, Kenneth · account the increase. Decisions on Hamilton tuition Kogut, financial aid director, has for next year will not be made reported. T he C o l l e g e Scholar ship until March, when the Hamilton Service (CSS), the organization Board of Trustees will meet. replace thos� advanced by the p e o p l e oh c o 1il p e t i t i,v e _ By NEIL CHENEY The Hamilton Committee on committee last November, which probationary appointment in a which has traditionally designed Last Year's Fees A ppoi n t m en t s, in a tenure were received unfavorably by the department do not meet ·the financial aid packages for colleges proposal now under development, faculty. That proposal called for college's ·standards, then neither across the country, recently issued For academic year 1972-73, has established three types of the establishment of guidelines for appointee will be considered fo r ne w gui delines which many Kirkland charged a total of $ 4400 a p p o i n t m e n ts-proba t i o n a r y , restricting the number of tenured tenure. colleges and the Dep�rtment of for tuition, room, board, and A term appqintment would be c ompetitive probationary, .tnd ' members by department. Health, Education,. and Welfare overall . expenses. In 197 3-74, the term-which would govern the Also in response to calls last for a term of "perhaps five years'' {HEW) found unacceptable. The fees rose to a total of $4600. _ a p pointment of new faculty fall that' the committee be more with no chance for receiving colleges said they could not afford · · H a m i l t on's e x-penses are members, according to Professor representative of the faculty, the tenure, according to the chairman. to comply with the CSS standards currently $4425. Cost increases at which shifted much of the of G eo l o g y and committee tenure body has been expanded No Retroactive · Hamilton have been less than - chairman Donald Potter. financial responsibility from the from three tenured professors to The committee's deliberations $200 in recent years, but a larger. The committee is preparing a seven members including two thus far have dealt only with the parents to the colleges. year. new set of te_nure guideIines to no n-tenured faculty, Assistant tenure of future faculty members continued on page eleven increase is expected this Professor of English John O'Neill · and not' with any policy that a nd A s s i s t a n t Profess.or of ,_ w ould r e.t:roa c t ivet-y a f f e ct Economics Rqbert C. Allen. The professors now on the faculty_ committee had been comprised of Accorcling to O'Neill, the problem only Professor Potter, Professor of of a retroactive policy on tenure Music Stephen Bo nta and was separated from the problem Professor of Romance Languages of future tenure by the committet. because the two issues an' Rouben Cho\akian. "logically ·separate." Probationary Terms 0' Neill admitted that A c c o r di ng t o Potter, a probationary appointment as continued on page elev, outlined in the new proposal will indicate· to a new faculty member. Ambassador Annin Meyer --& that he is being hired f�r a on Kismnger's Diplomacy position where tenure is possible. Feb. 17, Monday, 8 p.m. in th<. A compe titive p robationary Chapel. appointment will mean that a new faculty member will be expected Professor Martin Kilson to compete within a department' on "New Ethnicity" with another-new faculty member Feb. 20, Thursday,8-p.m. in the for one tenured position. Fo r both t y p e s of Chapel. appointments, a decision to grant tenure will be based on the See pages three and four for person's qualifications and merits, details. Humane Society leaders discuss problems. See page nine. said Potter, adding that if two 0

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The apparent failure 0f Ilamiltq.,n pre-medi<;�l st�<!�-n�s , to achieve a rate of acceptance to medic-di schools _· · comparable to those of colleges similar to Hamilton, such as Amherst, Williams, and Union, is of considerable concern to those involved in the pre-medical program here. The comparatively poor overall showing. of Hamilton . 4-..,: t t semors w hO have students is particular1Y imporWln medical school for attending of goal the · worked towards over three years. The&e men, alth9ugh apparently qualified, may not achieve admittance. AdditionaHy, the success, or lack of success,, of Hamilton students could have a striking effect on qualified prospective freshmen, who may decide to attend other colleges whose rates of acceptance are higher than Hamilton's. Yet if one dismisses the simplistic solution that grades be inflated across-the-board, there seems to be no· easy remedy to the problem of pre-medical admissions. With fears of repeating the obvious, however, it appears that the solution lies in the slow, painstaking process of improving the c�llege's reputation among medical schools. Although Associate Dean and pre-medical advisor Robin Kinnel has said that this is what he has been doing all along, it seems as though it would be in the college's best interest if it concentrated those efforts. With the volume of pre-med applications skyrocketing · · · nationally as students frantica11Y search for adm1Ssion, review of applications at medical schools has become increasingly mechanical. This has precluded special attention to Hamilton applicants, whose comparatively low grades must be re-interpreted favorably if these · students are to compete. Medical school officers at a select number of schools . could be informed of Hamilton's grading and science program. At least at those Sfhools, Hamilton students would be afforded instant recognition, instead of instant rejection. However, such a strong rapport can only be developed with a few schools, considering Hamilton's resources. In light of the fact that the college's reputation­ is strongest inNew York State, and that it woul4 be easiest' for a pre-med advisor to visit schools in this part of the country, Hamilton should concentrate. its efforts on developing contacts with local medical schools. Students. have charged that Dean Kinnel, d_espite his efforts, has not invested .the amount of time needed to foster the type of rapport with medical schools that is needed. Although Dean Kinnel has denied - that his workload is too great, it may be advisable for the college to -select another professor who could invest more time anel ei:iergy into the job, albeit still·a part-time position. Clearly, as both a professor and dean, Kinnel is unable to do as much traveling as is necessary. The college was cited as the most selective in New York State, and thus should be able to carry this·reputation into the committee room of medical school admissions offices. If increased communication and public relations fail or have failed already, even in a concerted effort, then it may indeed be the case that Hamilton can no longer honestly describe itself as both a liberal arts college and as a reliable avenue to medical schools. Clearly, in such a case, prospective pre-medical students should be told that H amilton is a liberal arts college first, . and a pre-professional school second. Thus, it would end the perpetuation of an ill-founded myth which has led to the disappointment of many Hamilton students.

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1-t's the little things that count. The presence or lack of seemingly insignificant amenitks doesn't merely !l'lake a lot of difference; it makes all the differen,e, When minor indignities upon indignities are perpetrated on)he student body,-the c\(mulative effects inevitably produce visible bruises: If you think this sounds like the introduction to a catalogue of woes, you have •a remarkable grasp of . the obvious. · ;y A few weeRs ago in South Dormitory, to the horror of the inhabitants, a determined crew of men with brushes defaced 'the walls with copious quantities of polychromatic ichor. At first, everyone was certain that this covering must have been compounded from the juice of tropical insects. What convinced them otherwise was the fact that, try as they might, and they did try, hardy soul�, the stuff adamantly rdused to be removed. Soap, Draino, and acid were only laughed at by the visual · abomination. Everi heavy doses of Commons coffee failed to remove it {though some promising looking fumes were produced). As a result, South will continue to look like a cross between a nursery school for the mentally handicapped and a McDonald's. Yes , believe it or not, South now proudly boasts a set· of golden arches to rival those of any hamourger- stand in the Northeast. It shouldn't happen to a pup-tent. Then there's Commons. There may be some reason in the suggestion that Hamilton ·students will simply have to live with entirely unexciting f�re due to limitations of the allocation the ·college grudgingly spares to feed them. But why, why, WHY must what we do get be eaten under lighting the only fitting function of which is to reduce crime · in the inner city? What combination of incredible

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capitalism.) The truth is that U.S. capitalism is confronted with the alternative of capturing new and exten'ding present foreign markets or facing a serious possibly fatal economic crisis at home with an inevitably disastrous effect on W e st e r n c apitalism generally. Russian and Mideast rulers are likewise confronted with the p r o bl e m o f e nl arging their economic control of the world and its resources or facing serious trouble at home¢ E or the American worker bearing tl:ie brunt of the present cns1s and troubled by the disintegration of society and the perils of war, there is no higher contribution to the cause of the social sanity than a serious study of the principles and program of t he S o c i a list L a b or Party. Industrial Democracy is the need of the day! S t u dents de.s i r ing further information about the program of the S.L.P. may write me: P.O. Bx. 41, Mt. Pocono, Pa. 18344. Lillian Beck

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To the Editor: losing does a participant perceive, As I sat on the park bench, in the proper light, the meaning of splinter firmly in place, I w,as victory. Both students, �specially joined by a student from Oswego. seniors, and hockey players are Unprompted, he expoul)ded upon unfortunately subject to bad his great grades. I then realized refereeing. that at Hamilton the students Farewell fair Hamilton, you do received an education, whereas at something not only for us, but to other institutions the students us. Would I do it again? Why not. receive only grades. Upon matriculation the spirit of Hamilton students' situation is , Ha milton takes up residence analogous to hockey games on the within each of us, never to die but h i l l . W i n or lose, we are always a guide. gentlemen; but only through The Grinning Greek '75

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arrogance on the part of the physical plant office, inexcusable callousness on the· part of the administration, and bovine docility on the part of the students, has allowed this entirely gratuitous annoyance to persist? It's· -00 wonder that civility is absent given such uncivilize'd surroundings. For this particular insu,lt we dorr't even have the luxury of blaming Service Systems {"it's those damn· profiteers"). I suggest that Mr. Leuiken be required to eat the sam� green eggs we do until he sees fit to install lighting that will allow nature's gift from the hen to resume its true colors. These two of the latest gestures of .comtempt for student's dignity have by no means been the only · ones. Rather, they comprise only the latest chapter in a long history of abuse. "No Parking" signs on the main quad, numbers on the trees, twenty-cent coffee, non-existent vacuum cleaners, leaky faucets, dirty bath·rooms--- a recitation of the complete list is pointless. The message has already been made abundantly clear. Amenities belonging to students are to be held in contempt compared to such vital considerations as _ administrative convenience. All the sincere· protestations of good will in the country can't rebut the clear evidence of the senses. If Hamilton college wishes to recapture what it may have had of the dignity of a civilized community, the administration must begin to recognize that it cannot constantly irritate stude_nts by sheer indifference to their dignity as featherless bipeds. The cattle-car mentality just will not do any longer of something is not to give. Standard lighting, tasteful paint-jobs, and clean Bathrooms are minor things, right? Bullshit._ Clean up your act, guys, and give"lls a break.

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Applications for Editor-in-Chief of the Spectator will be available from Harold W. Bogle, 119 Dunham, Mrs. St. Clair,. Root 108, and the Kirkland Dean of Student Affairs Office on Monday Feb. 17. The written application must be returned to Harold W. Bogle by· Feb. 27. Personal interviews will be given on March 13 by the Publicatfons Board. The process is open to any sophomore or junior.

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Woodrow Wilson Fellow Armin The Hamilton Chapter of Phi. Meyer, former ambassador to Beta .Ka.ppa elected 13 members Japan, Iran, and Lebanon, said '• of the Class of 1975 to the ranks Wedn�sday that he does not of t h a t n a t i on�! fraternity, , , expect war in the Middle East "as Professor of Chemistry Leland � �CAREER CENTER !.' . long as people keep talking," Cratty, sec°retary-treasurer of the AMBASSADOR & MRS. MEYER Meyer, wbo will be visiting the chapter, has announced. On Tuesday. February 18, from 10 : 15-11 :4 5, Ambassador Meyer, colleges Feb. 16-22 as part of the In conj u n c tion with the Woodrow Wilson Visiting Feliow, will hold career interviews with visiting fellows program of the chapter's election, ·Professor of individual students in Backus Room, Bristol Center. For an Woodrow Wilson Foundation, also Political Science Martin Kilson of appointment, please call Career Center �x7346) or stop by our office said that "America should try to Harvard University will deliver a at Dunham Basement. be more helpful to draw a line public lectur as this year's Phi On Wednesday, February 19, from 1:00-2:30, Ambassador Meyer that would consider the interests Beta Kappa scholar. will meet with individual students in the Senate Room, Bristol of all parties (in the Middle The thirteen new members are : Campus Center. For an appointment, please stop by Career Center East)." David Backus, John Emerson, office or call x7346. . The former ambassador, having Howard J acobowitz, Richard On Thursday, February 20 a.t 8:00 p.rn. in Kirne�-Johnson 220, just completed a month-long tour Kl apper, David Kulle, James there will be an evening of informal discussion with Ambassador of the Middle East, said, however, Udwig, Howard Reissen, Charles Meyer and his wife� Alice James Meyer, a former reporter and editor that given the 'international and Rury, Richard Silver, William for the Washington Times Herald and Washington Evening Star. The domestic setting at this time, he Duncan Stalker, Steven Tepper, topic will be "Juggling Professional _and Private Lives". Students would probably follow what he , Ray, Terepka� and Chok Yuen from both campuses are welcome to join in. calls the "step-by-step" approach Tso. Four other students were On Friday, Febroary 21, from 9-11 a.m., an "At-Horne" in th� to diplomacy which Secretary of elected in September: Ray Dolley, Meyer's suite at Bristol Campus Center (Alexander Hamilton State Henry Kissinger has Molly Bartlett Kent Kalina, Louis Pacilio, and Suite)-a time to drop by and share informal talk over coffee. employed. Kirkland Assistant Director of · Martin Shapiro. CHASEMANHATIANBANK Meyer said his trip to the Professor Kilson, who will Admissions Molly . Bartlett has On Wednesday evening, February 19, representatives of Chase Middle East was a personal orie. been named by President Babbit �peak Thursday evening in the Manhattan Bank will hold an informal discussion concerning cai:eer He did not report his findings to as acting director of admissions, Chapel on "The New Ethnicity in possibilities in banking-. The meeting will take place at 8: 00 p.rn. in Kissinger; the former diplomat effective immediately. Bartlett America,'? has studied politics and Fisher Room at Bristol Campus Center. Hamilton and Kirkland n o w t e a c h e s a t American replaces Director Brigid Cosper, a d m i n i s t ra tion· in developing · students are welcome to participate. No need to sign up. Uruversity in Washington, D.C. who resigned to become head of African state blacks in America, Meyer's: keynote speech is ,set the high school at St. Ann's and is now doing rearch on CALLING ALL FOLK.IES for Monday, Feb. 17 at 8 p.m. in ethicnity in America. School in Brooklyn. Hamilton and Kirkland are sponsoring the Second Annual the Chapel. His talk is titled, According to Professor Cratty, B a r t l ett will now assume l Stephen Fensterer Memorial Folk Festival to be held May 1-4, 19 7�. "Behind Kissinger's Step-by-step_ _ primary- responsibility for the the chapter likes to vary the kind A crafts fair� square dance, and free workshops will be held m Apprpach in the Middle East." daily operations of the admissions of scholars. Its first choice was a addition to the usual musical competition. Competition is limited to Speaking of his 14-country office. Cosper has now bec;_ome California Geologist, ·Eugene M. the first 5 0 amateur (non-union) performers. April 15 is the deadline tour, Meyer said "I tried to test director emerita and will remain Shoemaker. The travel distance, for applications. For information concerning the · festival and the breeze,- as they say in Egypt. in the office as a full time however ,_ precluded his v1s1t. applications write: Box 691, Kirkland. There is a very strong desire, consultant until the end of March. Kilson was the second choice. certainly . in Egypt, to- make HUMANE SOCIETY Bab,bitt reported that almost Last year, concert pianist Charles another step in the direction of Students and faculty with animals must register them with the 2 0 0 · a p p l i cations have been Rosen visited as Phi Beta Kappa peace.· Also in Israel, an Society for the second semester. Registration is Sunday, Feb. 16 and r e c e i v e d for the permanent Scholar. appreciation that this was an Sunday, Feb. 23 from noon until 6 p.rn. in M�Ewen Coffeehouse. director's position. Candidates for opportunity, but quite Details of registration will be sent to the community through the * the post will be brought to the understandably there are those mail. To file a complaint about animal, please send it to Phil Hayes campus beginning in the last week c o n c e rn e d about m ak i n g Much to the dismay of those or Alexandra Coursen. Complaints must be signed. Call Phil Hayes at of February, Babbitt said. concessions and losing strategic students bent on redecorating the 4921 with questions. values." w alls · of Commons to their SPECIAL INTEREST HOUSING M ey e r. s aid it was not "taste," the painting on the west There will be an informational meeting on.special interest housing appropriate for him to comment wallis gone. t will soon occupy at Kirkland on Tuesday, Feb. 18, at 7:00 p.m. in the Red Pit. If you on ·the role Undersecretary of a n h on o r e d p lace a t the have questions about proposal formuJation, want to find students State Jos�ph Sisco plays in The H a m i l t o n - K ir k l a n d Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute considering similar programs, or are simply curious, please attend._ Kissinger's policy making. He said, Debating Society will present in Utica. For further information, contact Carol E yrnan x49 49, or_ Win "He is with the Secretary, and he tonight a parliamentary debate on A c c o rdi n g t o W a l t e r Haslam (Assembly Secretary) x7466. is also very much involved in the resolution that "Beer is the Pilkington, College historian and · day-to-day problems in Sta�e." S a l v a t ion of the American Librarian, the painting is of both N)LER STEERING Sisco was elected president of People." artistic and monetary value. It is a All Kirkland students interested iri joining the present 197 5 Hamilton January 1974, but then Parliamentary d e bate, portrait of Charles Walcott, textile Adl� Committee to study the question of having a joint withdrew to accept his present explained · John Helander, the m a n u f a c turer and nineteenth Hamilton-Kirkland conference this year are urged to contact the position at the Department of society's president, is meant to be century. benefactor of Hamilton. Assembly Office or the Dean of Student Affairs office at Kirkland. Originally the painting hung in State. witty, sometimes absurd, and full Those who have attended past Adler conferences are particularly of style. It is essentially different the Perry Hiram Smith Library, urged to do so. Further information may also be obtained by from national, serious topic and moved with the library to the contacting Bruce Wrigley, chairman, 197 5 Adler Steering Committee James building. There is stayed on debate. at 4296. Langdon Gilkey , professor of Arguing the a f f i r m ative the 4pper floor of the building. A theology at the University of position will be Philip- Montalvo room was built around it, making ' Chicago, will make two speaking and Barry .Seltzei:; handling the it almost impossible to remove. appearance·s at Hamilton Sunday. opposition's case will Douglas W h e n- C o m m o n s w a s Gilkey, author of five books, Snyder and Douglas Glucroft. redecorated 10 years ago, it was will deliver the sermon Sunday The. debate is scheduled for decided that the painting hang on • morning at the 11: 15 a.m. service 8 :30 in the Chapel. Admission is the west wall. It had been rapidly of the, Free Church of Clinton in free, and hecklers are welcome. deteriorating while hanging on the the Chapel. At 8:30 p.rn. he will Next weekend, the debaters top floor of the Jarnes Library , so speak, also in the Chapel;- on ''The will take off for McGill University it was coated with plexiglas, Religious Dimension of Political in Montreal, Canada for more sqeezed out the door and into Experience." The public is invited parliamentary debate. "We hope Commons. to attend both talks. There is no to. come home with the trophy There it .remained until two admission charge. weeks ago. Complaints from this vear," said Helander. students and administration about its condition prompted its move �II� from Commons. "It had become a Clinton U-Haul Clinton Car _wash SHELL ...Pilkington. target," �I� According to Pilkington, the ' next and probable final place of repose for the giant portrait will b e t h e Hamil ton C o l l e g e Collection a t the institute. He added that Ed Dwight, director of We Service All Makes of Cars the �stitute had suggested that it That's what Hildy Johnson called the average 'may. hang in Fountain Elms, the Road Service on the Hill newspaper reporter in ''The Front Page." V i c t o r ian Mansion near the �53-8030 No matter how closely you fit ( or don't fit) that museum.

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"American Furniture in the 19th Century" will be the title of a lecture by· Joseph Butler, director of the Skepy Hollow Restoration, at the Bristol Lounge on -Sunday (Feb. 16) at 8 p.m. Butler 1s the author of two books and numerous articles on American furniture, and is the American editor of Connoisseur magazine.

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B.F. Skinner '26, the behavioral psychologist, is one of Hamilton's more noted alumni and perhaps the most famous person lecturing on the Hill this semester. He has not released the title of his talk March 4, but said that it will be a new departure -in the,field of ethics and ethical behavior. It will be a reduced version of a lecture he is to· •give at Reed University the next day, and part of a series· of lectures eventually to be compiled into a -new book. Some of Skinner's previous publications include "Walden Two," "The Science of Human Behavior," and. "Beyond Freedom and Dignity. The last two in the Root-Jessup series will be James Kilpatrick, columnist and author of several works on the problems and politics of the South, and Thomas Eagleton, the senator from Missouri who_ came into national prominance two years ago when his nomination for the vice-p�esidency under George McGovern was ,.."contested on the ·_grounds of past experience with psychological treatment. Hamilton will hold a symposium April 25 and 26 on "Language and Behavior" in which some four or five scholars in linguistics, psychology.and psycholinguistics will be participating. The symposium has been partly funded by $2000 grant from the Beatman Foundation. The three scholars so far. selected are Peter Farb, author of "Word Play," who will serve as moderator, Jerrold J. Katz, professor of philosophy at MIT, author of "The Philosophy of Language," "Semantic Theory," and "The Underlying Reality of Language and Its Philosophical Import" and William Labov, professor of linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania,, author of "Sociolinguistic Patterns," and -'�language in the Inner City; Studies of_ the Black English Vernacular." Each speaker will deliver a paper and take part in public ,discussion. Exact dates and times for the presentations '1iave not been set. Lecturers are approved and solicited through a joint Hamilton-Kirkland Committee chaired by Professor of Speech Charles Todd. Suggestions for the college-funded lecture's are primarily submitted by faculty, although students may make suggestions indirectly to professors they know. In the past, individual students have been quite successful 4t helping attract speakers to the college through personal and family connections.

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16 "The Religious Dimensions of Political Experience,"

Dr. Langdon Gilkey, Pro essor -of Theology, University of Chicago DivinitySchool. Sunday, 8 :00 p.m., Chapel. "American Furniture of the Nineteenth Century," Joseph Butler, Director Sleepy Hollow Resto"ration, ...,.,_-:;iunday, 8:_00 p.m., Bristol Campus Center, second floor · ·· lounge.

17 Woodrow� Wilson Senior Fellowship Lecture:

"Behind Kissinger's Step-by-Step Approach in the Middle East," Ambassador Armin H. Meyer. Monday, 8:00 p.m., Chapel.

20 Phi Beta' Kappa Visiting Scholar Lecture: "New· Ethnicity in American Life," Martin Kilson, Professor of Government, Harvard University. Thursday, 8:00 p.m.., Chapel.

24 "Japanese Influence on Western Art," Professor

Rand Carter. Monday 8 :00 p.m., Root Art Center. Computer Lecture Series: '.'Computer Graphics,'' Professor Norton Starr. Monday, 7 :30 p.m., Science Auditorium.

A�bassador Armin H. Meyer

.26 Root-Jessup Lecture: "Liberalism and Practical Politics:The Two are Compatible," Thomas Eagleton, Senator from Missouri. Wednesday, 8 :00 p.m., Gymnasium.

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4 B. F. Skinner, '26, Professor of Psych�logy,. Harvard University. Title TBA. Tuesday, 8 :00 p.m., Chapel.

12 Hamilton-Kirkland Journal Clpb and Sigma XI Lecture: "Memory for Meaning," Professor Douglas Herrman. Wednesday, 8:00 p.m., Science Auditorium.

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McEwen Lecture, Prof�ssor Stephen Toulmin of the · University of Chicago. Title TBA. Thursday, 8: �O p.m., Kirner-I ohnson Auditorium. ,.

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Walter Broughton, Kirkland College ·-social Science Division. Monday, 8 :30 p:m., Bristol Campus Center Lounges.

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Professor Joseph Snider, Oberlin College · and Smithsonian and Harvard. Observatories. Title TBA. Tuesday, 8 :00 p.m., Science Auditorium.

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"The Works of Josephy Pennell," Mr. Roger Howlett, Child's Gallery, boston, Massachusetts. Wednesday, 8:00p.m., Root Art Center.

10 "Who Shall Eat?" John Sewell, Vice-President, Overseas Development Corporation. Thursday, 8:00 p.lJ).., Bristol Campus Center · J>rofessor Joseph Zwislocki, Syracuse University. Title T_BA. Thursday, 8:30 p.m., Sctence Auditorium.

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Both the Woodrow . Wilson Senior Fellowship Lecture and the Phi .Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Lecture, delivered by Armin H. Meyer and Martin , Kilson, respectively, will be given this week. Meyer, former U.S. ambassador to-Japan, Iran and Lebanon will be on the Hill for seven days, visiting with student and faculty and participating in academic discussions (see article, page 3). He will deliver a lecture entitled �•Behind Kissinger's Step-by-step Approach in the Middle East" Monday, Feb. 17 (see above). Martin Lilson, Professor of Government at Harvard University, will give the Phi Beta Kappa lecture Feb. 20 on "New Ethnicity in American Life" (see above). Kil son h as been s t udying the politics and administration in developing African states, and the political problems of urban blacks in the U. S. Two of, his published books are "Political�<;:hange in a West African State'' and "Political Dilemma of Black Mayors.'' He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciencs and the Black Academy of Arts and Letters, a fellow of the· African Studies Association, and he is on the council of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Kilson will also speak and lead discussions in regular academic classes on the Hill, s pecifically those in history, government and anthropology.

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Lectu re: "Excursions .,in Molecular Symmetry," Professor Robin Kinnel. Monday, 8:00 p.m., Science Auditorium.

15 Root-Jessup Lecture: "Washington Wonderland,"

James Kilpatrick, nationally syndicated columnist and TV commentator. Tuesday, 8:00 p.m., Gymnasium.

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"Selection of Genotypes Adaptable to Various E nvironments for Improvement of World Food Production," Professor Foster Cady, Cornell University. Monday, 7 :30 p.m., Science Auditorium.

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Diagnostic Medical Laboratory," Allen Pusch, M.D., Upstate Medical Center. Wednesday, 8:00 p.m., Science Auditorium.

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Hamilton-Kirkland Journal Club and Sigma XI Lecture: ·"General Relativity and Cosmology," Professor Philip 1;1. Pearle. Monday, 8:00 p.m., Science Auditorium.

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continued from page one 66.7 per cent were either A or B, 22.2 per cent A, and 44.5 per cent B. Over 85 per cent of all grades atAmherst were either A or B, 30 per cent A, and 55 per cent B-" "Those few percentage points make a big difference t2 me'dical schools," said Bob Evans '75, another pre-med. Schneider said he is presently working · on a C u r r i c ulum Committee proposal "whereby grades given out by professors; when places on transcripts, would be modified to compete with more competitive standards." "I don't think anything should b e d o n e t o w a r d s g r ade modification," said Kinne}, who views such a proposal as "an instant gratification type of solution which would hurt us in the long run . . . [because] it is dishonest." "My' response, is that it is more unethical to subject Hamilton students to grading standards that are so much harsher than those at other schools,"Schneider said. "What is dishonest is to say that our grades are fair." "The places where our system is known �ell and where we do

best - Syracuse, Buffalo, and Rochester - they know what it means when we graduate a man with an 85 or 90 average," said Kinnel. Despite the fact· that Kinne} said tfiat most schools "do r ec og nize Hamilton's worth," many pre-meds said that Hamilton i s not as well-known by professional schools as it ought to be, given the quality of education that is provided here. Reputation Blamed "Our public relations is just bullshit," said Evans. "I think the candidates are qualified, we're just not known outside western New York State. Someone's got to get out arid sell om school." "Half of my interviews were s pe n t j u s t e x p laining what Hamilton is," said Perelson. "It's only been recently that there's been any effort towards going out to other schools to publicize Hamilton's quality and to make contacts- with alumni who went to various medical schools," said pre-med Dan Cotlowitz. Many students expressed the feeling that Dean Kinne! deserved credit for his work as chairman of

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t h e P r e-M e d E v a l u a t i on However, such complaints are Committee, but they complained unj ustified because, as Dean t h a t, · because of his · other Kinne! said, "The rules of the responsibilities, Kinne! does not game began to change so rapidly." "Total Deceit" have enough time to devote to A 'legitimate complaint of being what they consider the full time job of organizing public relations misled may indeed exist, however, and of advising pre-med students. against the Admissions Office, . which according to Director Chris Kinnel's Workload "Kinnel's got to be freed of a Covert, "spouts statistics in a way lot of his responsibilities," said to ma.ke them more p_alatable." Evans. "He's just- bogged down Al though Covert emphatically with too much and isn't given denies having purposely misled ample time to tour the country" anyone, the Admissions Office to establish favorable rapport with 1 a s t s e m.e s t e r w a s t e l l i n g the med schools and to increase 1 pre-freshmen that 60 per cent of what Evans called the "prestige l a s t y e a r ' s a p plicants were factor which has so much to do accepted at medical schools. The with how a school does in actual figure, according to Kinnel, placement." is 44 per cent. Kinnel, however, said that for a "This is total deceit," said group that involves only 15-25 Schneider. "I believe that if the students, he was capable of applicant pool, in which one-third handling the situation. "There's consider themselves pre-meds, been hardly a situation where I ever found out the real statistics, I haven't have the time to do what I seriously doubt whether we would thought was necessary for the be able to fill our freshman class,". prt:�meds , " he said. Kinne! said Schneider. mentioned a letter which he The 60 per cent figure, which recently sent to 30 medical is no longer quoted by Admissions schools that he had not visited to was based upon a list compiled by let them know about Hamilton, the Career Center last May. The and he also said that he visited six list included five students who medical schools last fall and plans said they intended to attend to visit niore this spring. _, _ fpr e i gn m e di c a l schools, a Compared to Pre-Law classification which the college However, in spite of these and does not include in its figures, said other efforts by Kinne!, some Kinne!. A student usually applies s tud e n ts c o m p a r e h i m to a foreign medical school only u n f a v o r a b l y to the pre-law after he has been rejected from all advisor, Assistant Professor of possible American medical schools, History James Traer. Kinnel said. Covert Repli�s "One reason we do very well ill Covert said that he would not getting guys into Law School is that whenever Traer leaves this k n o w i n g l y g i v e o ut f a lse . campus, he goes to at least one information. He said that now he law school and speaks directly to is simply telling applicants that, their. dean . of admissions," said "If you have an 85 average, are in one pre-med. the top third if your class, and Anoth@r pm-med said,''I'm not ·have over 600 on your MCAT, too thrilled with Kinnel's attifode. then you should get into medical Jim Traer's much more active and school." enthusiastic and exhibits more This year's pre-meds said that interest in your personal case." although Hamilton does not do Another complaint by some very well in getting its applicants pre-meds is that the college misled into med school, the program­ t h e m a s p r e-f r e s hmen and does leave one very well-prepared freshmen to believe that anyone for graduate study. with a B-average would be assured One suggestion to improve the admittance to_ a medical school. program, and at the same time

Mrs. Burns to Retire as CashierBy STEFFI KALMIN

.Back when tuition w.as $400 a semester and Hamilton was the size of Kirkland, Katherine Burns began her job as cashier in the Business Office. That was 18 years ago this month and Mrs. Burns admits she never expected to stay so long. Friday, Feb. 28, she will retire. "By the mere nature of her job, trust is the greatest attribute when dealing with large amounts of m o ne y," s a i d Ron ald Ma c Do n aid, c o ntr oller of Hamilton College. "She has done this pleasantly, e x t r e m ely effectively, and from remarks made by faculty and remaining staff, most courteously." Since 1957, u n der four pr�sidents, Mrs. Bums has handled student accounts and all money due to th� college. The most obvious change has been the 1mt1at1on of computers which eliminated the task of doing all the bookkeeping by hand. "What it amounts to is that

improve one's credentials -for applying to· ll}edical school, was expressed by Dan Cotlowitz, who said the program should offer medical and hospital internships during Winter Study as Colgate's program does. In addition, many pre-meds said the college should provide mor e c ontinuous counselling, e sp e c i a l l y w it h r e ga r d to alternative graduate programs. Second Thoughts Many pre-meds said that they enjoyed1their overall education at Hamilton but felt they would have been much better off at a different school in terms of medical 'School acceptances. "If I had to do it over" I wouldn't be here," said Cotlowitz. "I'd probably go to Albany, because I'm pretty sure I'd get higher marks." "If I were going to go to school again," said Evans, "I'd go to an Ivy League or an affiliated school with a name or with a medical graduate school, and" I could have gone to one of those." "These students know in their hearts and froin experience that had they gone to a school of similar academic quality but with more flexible grading standards, they would have gained admission to medical school,�' Schneider said. 'Sacrifice the Idyllic' ,........_ M o s t p r e- med students apparently would agree with the statement by Glenn Perelson: "Un f o r t u n a t e ly, I would sacrifice the idyllic existence on the Hill and the homestead glade and glen for something near a 4.0 average... "Hamilton is not a pre-med school, it's a liberal arts school. Large universities can afford to put a lot of money and resources aside for pre-med programs, but Hamilton can't afford to-and it really shouldn't. "Because of the way that Hamilton is set up, there's no way i t can cater to pre-medical students without sacrificing the high quality of education -"'-it provides to other students."

everyone is a number," she said. set of keys was procured and the Yet, with the development of box was qpened. As usual, the K i r k l a nd and the increasing cash was_perfect. number of HamiltQn students, the That, however, is not how she window keeps her busy_ Five and will be remembered. Students ten dollar checks went a long w.ay describe her as good-natured and 18 years ago. The same $100 helpful. Those who have worked clieck-cashing limit was in effect with her would add loyal and then� but today it is more dependable, in general and to the frequently taken advantage of. c olleges. Mrs. Bums did an Humorous Side 'e xc e l l ent job in training a From seeing Mrs. Bums behind substitute when she went on the window for the several vacations and is doing so now, minutes most students .are there, with Mrs. Beverly Dam, who will few realize the humerous and acquire her duties in several ' human side of the people who weeks. work in the business office. The '�She will be sorely missed," controller, obviously still amused, said MacDonald, expressing a recalled an incident that is still a p o p u l a r s e n't i m e n t, t h ough source of humor to the rest of the students can easily understand her o ffice a n d a b 1 t o f a n tiring of getting up early each embarrassment t o Mrs. Burns. morning. Modestly, Mrs. Burns joked of �uring an annual audit by outside accountants it was necessary to trying to quietly fade away, but open a cashbox in the office. that apparently will not happen. While in the ladies room, Mrs. Mrs. Burns is a resident of Bums accidently dropped the Clinton, and. many hope th.at she keys down the toilet. Fortunately, will remain a frequent visit9r to aft.er some confusion, an alternate the colleges. Mrs. Katlu·rim· Burns.who retires this month.


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dozen really great peopie who were into honored by most, reviled by some. The fashion to keep from being embroiled by the arts· - we talked alot about our work? convocation began late, because Pound it. At our worst we're hicks, at our best, • they too were a big infl1:1ence. Max Wiley, was late. When he arrived, he shuffled up originals." a Hamilton alumnus and noted writer, " E z r a P o u nd was an original," the .stairs, well pleased at this unexpected read a draft of "The Sterile Cuckoo" He looked like a poet - now that's honor. After the degree had been according to President Babbitt, "b ut he hauled it over the coals, and had a major worth noting. His camel hair cloak swung co_nferred, the convocation ended and he was an aberration from almost anything effect on the novel. These people �ver one shoulder, his gold-headed cane, was hustled out the side doo� to avoid the a g e n u i n e g e ni u s . He is n o t influenced me the most." and last - · Hamilton-grown - just look at his his Einstein hair. He was everyone's image crowds. The second Nichols' first widely hailed work appearance at Hamilton of the first great background. What is amazing to me is that of a poet. appeared in "the Fuzzy Continental" in he remained at· Hamilton. It is a rare Pr�feswr of English Austin Briggs genius of modern poetry endec;l. 1962. Since then., he has published many compliment for any institution to keep · Enduring Fame stories, his two major novels, and -is Professor Briggs believes that_ it is Pound, for he was not an institutional I am not usually starstruck, but I just currently working on a .. 'master novel" appropriate that the Hamilton literary man." If Pounl, one of Hamilton's most had to meet the man �nd shake hands with concerning every aspect of a town of tradition's enduring fame rests on Ezra famous alumni, is not representative of the him.·1 looked at his terribly shaking figure, 15,00 0 people. Pound. "I:Ie was an Idaho boy who wertt literary tradition, wlio_or what is? moved up to him and mumbled something Three ·men - a "genuine genius", a Perhaps the best answer to 1hat to an obscure upstate New York school. In about Norman Pierson (his friend and my dedicated professor, and a talented current a way, he spent his entire early life _in a questi�1,1 can be found in the perception of teacher). He looked me in the eye and said writer - all contributors and builders of backwater: But out of such isolation has the literary tradition itself, by the men nothing. What an extraordin ary mind. the literary tradition, answer what it is: come the greatest of modern literature. who helped form it. President Samuel F. Babbitt the literary tradition is a spirit that Isn't it unlikely that great modern poetry Emeritus Professor of English George dominates writteri creativity _on the Hill, s roots in places like Clinton, Oxford Lyman Nesbitt is ambivalent" about the and reveals different facets depending on Ezra R�und walks at sunset, 1969. The and Dublin - all eighth rate cities, the l i t e r a r y t r ad it i o n . "Th e English the mood of the world outside Clinton, expatriate poet returned to the college of very least of· the capitals. of the world? department tries to get students to think the professors, and the talented students his youth, to be admired and gawked' at, Well, perhaps we're far enough_ away from clearly and creatively, . and to enjoy reading and thinking. That is the principal ,. attending the college. There is no other common link that Joms Hamilton's object. of our teaching here." Under immortals · to their insignificant-writers, Professor Nesbitt and under others like Clinton Courier except the spirit that broods over this Hill. him great writers did not originate at Fading Scotsman Hamilton, they came here and were YillaF Variety SIOl'e Thus, Clinton Scollard, famous in the nurtured. "The Hamilton students who OiDl�.N. Y. aspire to write the Great American Novel .,nineteenth c e ntury, has -faded to All Your Printing Needs insignificance today; and even Alexander . can count on the fingers of one hand. you Scni;ng the ColleF Letterpress and Offset>Woollcott is beginning to disappear. For a Periods Great Commanity few owr whil�, t h e im pish and impetuous When we get such men here, of course 25yan. Woollcott will still smile over the campus; we encourage them. We manage to always but, as the winds of change blow harder, k ee p p e o p l e w r i t i ng; our object, Clothia&' I� that smile will fade until it ,disappe�s Houscwaa pa rticularly in freshman English, is entirely. Stationary elegance and clarity. Yet, occasionally we 1 Kirkland Avenue World War II brought the winds of PantyHose have great periods of literary activity. to hurricane force, with only the change (from S-;59) English of Kessler ascha J Professor When Clinton, N.Y.t a l e n t ed aii.d obstreperous President Art Goods was here in the- late fifties ·and early Cowley standing between the college and Knitting Yant sixties, he was a motive force in complete collapse. The "Continental" Hamilton's literary circle. He held a 853-5588 You-e-mr-it-we-hawe-it c eased I publication, many fraternities doctorate from Michigan and wrote a large closed down, and the college effectively number of short sotries, which were later beca}Ile a training ground for the Army collected." Air Force. Cowley held on though, and Under Kessler > student writers w�re the College and its literary tradition began criticized. relentlessly and hard worked 0 anew in 1946, when war veterans swelled John Nichols '62, author of ''The Sterile enrollment in _all AmeriGan colleges. Cuckoo" and "The Miligiano Beanfield , After the war, a new emphasis began to War. , spoke highly o( Hamilton, and its '···•·-------------·--'•,..;-..i A CHARTER NEW YORK BANK develop in writing on the Hill, especially effect on his writing. · Nichols said "Xlot. influenced' 111·:. among the faculty - teaching .would still MAIN OFFICE, CLINTON,- NEW YORK 13323 ,_ Professors' were really open about b� supreme, but publication would SENECA PLAZA OFFICE (RT. 5), NEW HARTFORD, NEW YORK discussing my work. Kessler was _a great become inore and more of a necessity. In part III: Prof. Ellis, Carl Carmer, and Thursday and Friday help during a period where I wrote·a novel / Monday through Wednesday 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM a year. He slaughtered my writing, and Prof. Todd study New York; Faculty BANKING HOURS helped me put it back together. Professors Publication, and its importance for the 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM and Robert Barnes Rudd, Briggs and Nesbitt future of the Colleges," Kirkland College: a 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM were a l l co ncerned and creative. H u m a n i t i e s D e p artment without a Additionally, in my class there were a Sh«:1-dow; Alexander Hamilton's Desk.

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New 'Steaknite' Cut ·•• Well Done By JO-ANN MORT

Four years ago, a w1nter study project in original musical composition generated what has now become a common household, shall we say dormitoiy, word - "Steaknite." Fonc;lly remembered :S those once a week dining extravaganzas, the word, transformed by four . eager · musicians, now c0nnotes a· musical group, w e l l k n o w n t o t h e p r e s e n t· Hamilton-Kirkland College Community. The band, whose members are all seniors, consists of Bob Halligan on electric piano, rhythm guitar, harmonica, and vocals; Jeb Guthry on drums and vocals; Don Fram on guitar, flute, and piano; and Bob Sellinger on bass guitar. Added to this list should be Peter Regan '75, who is the band's roadie, sometimes cook and financier. All of the musicians in the band have been playing their instruments for a span of time which ranges from eight to fourteen years. In its Hamiltonian lifetime, the band has been transformed from the "Oedipus Complex," which incorporated a brass section consisting of two trumpets, a trombone, and a saxaphone; to a five-piece band plus one Scott Bennet, a Hamilton graduate. Last year, when the members were juniors, the band took on its present form, Steaknite has been playing at clubs and colleges in the area. They've played at Colgate, Syracuse, and Union, as well as a lot of area high schools. This summer the. band lived on campus and concentrated on their music.. All of the members of the band are interested in forms of music other than what would be considered rock 'n roll. Asked to comment on the types of music they listen to in their spare time, and who their musical influences are', the guys in the band deliberate and come up with the following: Halligan listens to a lot of jazz and lists his influ"ences as the Beatles, Stevie Wonder, and Chick Corea. Sollinger also enjoys jazz, listing Stanley Clarke, Chick Corea's bass player as an influence'; Fram 's list inch�ded John McLaughlin, Jimi Hendrix, and Debussy. Guthry's interests are the Beatles, Stevie Wonder, but "mostly classical."

audience. When they play a club they must cater to top forty taste, but they enjoy gearing their sets to an ."-FM style", which is more acceptable �-:: college · audiences. in contrast one thinks of the Hill's experiences with big-named, high-priced musicians who dish out 110thing but noise and obnoxiousness. . Record Produced

Last Saturday Steaknite, prompted by friends, set out on an independent venture and cut a record. The band had been considering it for a while but felt that they needed that extra urging and support from friends and admirers. One of the members commented that you "need someone to tell ypu that he think§ you're. good enough." Also, considering that the members are all seniors, -the re<;:ord will serve ·as a nice momeato. There were advance record sales on campus, but the band feels that it received only fifty percent of the support it needed. There are understandable reasons, such as pe'ople'� reluctance to pay for s ome t hi n g they've not heard, but Steaknite is hoping that when the record

hours, for a little less than eight minutes of vinyl. The record is a forty•five which includes two of Halligan's songs - "Goin' to Cuba" and "C1.nderella Magic Midnite." "Cuba," whaf the group terms a "rock 'n roll boogy type," -is actually a spoof rock 'n roll song, memoralizing the days of the a more h i j a ck e r. "Ci n d e r e l la ," jazz-influenced vocal tune," according to the guys, is a very enjoyable, mellow tune. The baqd is eager to continue to play on the Hill. The members of the group are financially committed to paying jobs because of all the time, equipment, and capital whi�h has been invested in the group's total venture. The future of the band will be dictated . by the success of selling their record to a recording company. Who .. �an say what these Hamilton sel)iors will be doing next year? Whether they pursue jobs in their fields of academic study, or whether they trek out upon the road of a musical career, .. they are here now for us to enjoy.

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Musical Influences

When asked to list their influences they are a bit unsure of w·hat to say, perhaps because they are reluctant to compare themselves to some of the musical greats. Betause the band believes in a lot of jamming in its .sets, as the saying goes, we are what we eat, it is fair to list a musician's musical influences just to gain perspective into their own musical directiC!_ns. It is wteresting to see where the musical material comes from, especially when one is talking about rock 'n roll, a term which has come to suggest almost anything. When arranging their sets, they try to aim for a -flexible repertoire. Their basic concern is a "tune that will go over '-"'ell on the Hill." They l!njoy playing for the people on the Hill because they feel it provides them with· their most appreciative

FILM On Campus This Weekend Pink Romingos. Friday and Saturday at 7:00 p.m. and 10 p.m. Sunday at 10:00 p.m. only. Kirner-Johnson Auditorium. ' Hamlet. Friday and Saturday at 8:00 p.m. Sunday at 10:00 p.m. Chemistry Auditorium.

events

February 18 {Tuesday) • Government Department Film Series: The Making of the President 1968.

4:00 and 8:00 p.m. Chemistry Auditorium. February 20 {Tuesday) Superman starring George Reeves. 8: 0 0 p . m . K i r n e r -J o hnson Auditorium. Wild On e and Scorpio Rising. 8:00 p.m. Science Audjtorium. At Nearby Theaters Cannonball {853-5553) Harry and Tonto (R) Cinema Thea ter-New Hartford · (736-0081) Murder on the O rient Express (PG} Cinema Theaters-Riverside Mall Towering Inferno (PG} ,Airport 7975 (PG) Young Frankenstein (R)

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Paris { 733-2730) Freebie and the Bean . . MUSIC. AND DANCE February 14 (Frid_ay) lnterf aith Benefit. Mardi Gras Dance to Dixieland. 9:00 p.m. Bundy Dining Hall. February 18 (Tuesday) ., C o n c e r t: J o y B l a c k e tt, mezzo-soprano, · Marcia Thompson, violinist, and Linda Hall, pianist. 8 :30 p.m. Chapel. LECTURE AND DISCUSSION February 16 (Sunday) Lecture: Joseph Butler, Director of Sleepy Hollows R estorations.:

the Middle East. 8:00 p.m. Chapel. February 18 (Tuesday) Kirkland College Special Interest Housing. 7 :00 p.m. Red Pit. February 19 (Wednesday l Ceramics Lecture:_Mr. John Fresenda. 8:00 p.m. List Art Center. Int r o du ctory Lecture. Student International Meditation Society. 7 :30 p.m. Kirner-Johnson 220. February 20 (Thurs�ay)

American F urnitur e of the 19th Century. 8:00 p.m. B ristol Cam pus

Center Lounges. L·ectu re: Dr. Langdon Golkey, Professor of Theology, University of Chi cag o Divinity School. The Religio us Dimension of P9litical Experience. 8:00 p.m. Chapel.

February 17 (Moriday) Coffee hour with Dr Langdon Gi[key. 10:00 a.m. Bristol Campus Center· Davis Lounge. Kirkland College Assembly Meeting. 3:30 p.m. Red Pit. Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Lecture: Ambassador" Armin Meyer. Be hind Kissinger's Step-by-step Approac h in

Juggling Professional and Private Liv es. Armin H. Meyer, Woodrow

Wilson Visiting Fellow, former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, Iran, and Lebanon, and his wife Alice James Meyer, former reporter and society editor for the Washington Times Herald and the Washington Evening Star. 8 :00 p.m. Kirner-Johnson 220._. Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Lecture. Martin Kilson, Harvard University Professor of Government. New Ethnicity in American Life. 8:00 p.m. Chapel. Watermark Poetry Reading. Marie Harris, Coordinator or ..the Poetry in th e S c h o o l s P r o gram-Ne w Hampshire. 8:30 p.m.- Red Pit. RELIGIOUS SERVICES February° 15 (Saturday) ·Newman Mass. Father Paul Drobin�

5:30 p.m. ,Red Pit. February 16 {Sunday) Newman Mass. Father Paul Drobin. 9 :30 a.m. Chapel. Free Church of Clinton. Dr. Langdon G i I key, Professor of Theology, Universjty of Chicago Divinity School. 11: 15 a.m. Chapel. February 17 {Monday) Christian Fellowship Meeting. 8:00 p.m. Milbank 36. February 19 (Wednesday) Newman Mass. Father Paul brobin. - 4:45 p.m. Chapel. february 20 (Thursday) C h r i s t i a n S c i e n c e C o l lege Organization. 4:15 p.m. Bristol Campus Center Backus Room_ EXHlBITIONS Currently on Campus

Ceramics by Jo hn Fresn eda) Martin Bjurlin and David MacDonald. List

Art Center (Ooses Februa-ry 20)

E a r l y · 20th Century Am erican Realists. Prints, Drawings and Water

·Colors from the Yale University Art Gallery. Root Art1 Center (Closes February 16}. A fro-Images. Paintings by Jack White. 8:00 p.m. Bristol Campus Center Lounges.


8/Jffl: SPECT ATOR/f.ebruary·l4, 1975

Olivier's -�raSsy· HCJnilet·· Won't Make Up Mind

corridors, trying to connect one By PETER SOMMER Si r L.a w r e n ce O l i vi er's isolated scene with anpther d r e s sed - u p f i lm version ·of through its constant motion. It "Harillet" is big, bold, and brassy. has a neurotic habit of mov:ing ip It will give a h�althy jolt to atoa scene and then drawing back, anyone who goes to it expecting a as with tlie King and Laerte.s in boring classic. It will d� no their plotting, an,effect that may permanent harm to the author's be intended to induce indecision in the audience as well as the reputatiOJ;i. I am not at all' sure that such central character. p l a y s as "Hamlet" can be Another cause of confusion t r a n s l a te d i n t o f i lms of may be that Elsinore, as erected at comparable power. But if it is Denham Studios, can exist only in ,possible, then it can be done only the mind's eye. The audience, by a director who · is himself · following the camera down those enough of a genius and enough of halls and stairs and battlements, is a revolutionary to disregard all the led t o s u p po se a definite conventions either of film-making geography; the trouble is that the or of producing Shakespeare. ·geography doesn't make sense. Mr. Olivier is not • such · a There was no real floor plan to d i re c�or. As a movie, this the castles; at any rate I wasn't "Hamlet" is a . disappointment - able to sketch one. -Ophelia's particularly in contrast to the room connects with a long same director's "Henry V", which corridor (it connects with the was exciting as a movie. same corridor whichever door you Part of the trouble - maybe go out), which connects with a most of it - is in the idiom itself. council chamber, which connects Paul .Dehn has suggested that with the graveyard. That makes when Orson ("Citizen Kane") one unit. The large hall, in which Welles presents his "Macbeth" it the play and the duel take place, will be a "Citizen Thane"; but he cannpt be related to it, however. · The castle is isolated • in an should have gone on to point out how much Olivier's "Hamlet" imaginary landscape, being itself owes to Welles' first and greatest imaginary, and the characters react in the only way possible picture. From the opening music,. .by pretending that they are on a through the shots of smoke stage, cut off from each other for leaving a cannon's mouth, to the the sake of an audience they panoramk funeral ending, the cannot see. This, as film, can be vocabulary of the British film can fatal. An Inward Tragedy be timed to the foreign accents of a n A m er i c a n p r edecessor. Roger Furse served as the "P a n - f o c us, w hi c h d e t a i l s product ion's a r c hitect. His backgr ound and foreground with interest, understandably, is the the same clarity and which Welles cam'era. He would be in the wrong first m ade f a s hionable in if it were not. Transferring_ the Hollywood, is used to show us drama to a different medium, he Hamlet and behind him his uncle is bound to have thought in terms at the far end of the council table. of close-ups, long shots, fade-outs, The sharp contrasts of black and all those supposedly liberating a g a i n s t wh i t e a r e a gain technical devices which the screen reminiscent of Welles but suggest enjoys and the stage does not. His in addition that the idiom has problem, a sizable one, is external. been broadened and is now �t has· been to find an outward journalistic. Perhaps the reason is form for an inward tragedy. that this production is more a Almost in�vitably, Mr. Furse's lavishly illustrated version of problem becomes not only "Hamlet" than a movie - a kind Olivier's but ours, too. The final of Lif e magazine goes to "Hamlet", if there be such.a thing, exists in the mind and achieves its Elsinore." Isolation most ·satisfying visualization in 'the The characters are isolated mind's eye. What Shakespeare from one another. Each individual wanted to say, he.said in his uncut does not seem to have been text. Yet the film needlessly loses introduced to the other members of the cast. Norman Wooland, as much that is valuable because of Ho r a t i o, is a virtuous and the swollen dimensions of Mr, personable gentleman, but . his., Furse's Elsiriore. The paradox is friendship with Hamlet is like that that the screen text finds itself confined instead of freed by the of a frat brother. It is the camera that isolates very space now at its disposal. them, a camera that wanders Even though "Hamlet" is ceas e le s s ly d o w n d r aughty compressed and dismembered, the

Morcus Thompson, violist, Linda Hall, pianist, and Joy Blackett, mezzo-soprano, will be featured in a concert at the _'Chapel ·on Tuesday; Feb. 78, at 8:30 p.m; ·

results could be incomparable. And certainly it makes little to direct his own films, and I am But to sacrifice great language for sense to have the First Player fuclined to think that the same meani ngless p a nt o mime; to express his willingness to learn a applies to Olivier. His is the dispense with complexity and "speech of some dozen or sixteen c h a r a c t e r that deserves the innuendo in favor of camera lines" for the · play-within-the-play close-ups, of course, but he brings angles; and to lose key speeches, and then have that play acted the camera to hear at least once too often on his own face, from c h.aracters, ·or scenes merely entirely in dumb-show. Conditioned every angle and prqfile (including because so much time is wasted • getting the actors from one part In short, the film is as upside-down and even magnified of the castle to another, is to c onditioned in its physical and out-of-focus to the muffled create a · "Hamlet" which is movements (hence in the scope of hearth eats that precede the dislocated · by being on location. the text it uses) by Mr. Furse's coming of the ghost. ungainly setting as we are in our He has ainied for clarity, but Cuts The film's cuts are not in every daily living by the blueprints of the �poken moral with which he instance wise or logical even in our architects. carefully opens the film - "This is These are directors' problems, the tragedy of a man who could view of the camera's needs. The transposition of �'To be, or no to which regrettably I must fay at not make up his mind." - may be" until after Hamlet's scene Olivier's feet. I will say only that have to stand as a comment on with Ophelia, does not, I suppose, he plays the lead well. this movie itself. What we all There is a disproportion, forget so easily is that film, really matter. But, surely, the Fortinbras sub-plot and the scene however, in the balance between however much• it has been of Hamlet's embarkation for director and main actor whenever... vulgarized, has standards of its E n g l a".ld , in a d d i t i on t o they are joined in the strong own. contributing t o our understanding personality of one man. John W hich reminds me, "Pink of the prince, are comprised of Grierson insisted that Charles Flamingos'' is on campus this Laughton should never be allowed weekend. ideal stuffs for the movies.

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By SUSAN MALKIN A group of about 25 Kirkland women met Wednesday to form a student caucus within the Arts D i v ision to improve com m u n i c a t i o n s a mong art students, division faculty, and the administration. Margaret Klenck and Anne Warren, organizers of the meeting, said they were trying • to form a "generative group" rather than a sounding board for complaints. The group's primary purposes; as stated in a recent memorandum to art students, are to promote more student input in the decision making and policy formation processes within the division, and to discuss common needs of women students of the arts. Students at the meeting cited the need for a cohesive group· which will represent the needs .of art students to the faculty. A sentiment often expressed was that one-to-one confrcn tations with the faculty often resulted in "the student getting her throat cut." Furthermore, students felt that they had no outlet for

individ ual complaints agah:_1st faculty members since faculty meiµbers tended either to suppo:rt one another or refuse to interfere. A n umber of students expressed concern about the fragmentation of the division. They said they feared the lack of cohesion and would like more togetherness within the division. Students also_ said the Arts Division was becoming too "arts appreciation" oriented and was becoming blended with the rest of the liberal arts education. One �tudent ,described the art co-op as a half-assed organization. Possibilities for expanding it to i n c l ude· dan ce and �t he r departments �ere discussed. Students al�o expressed the desire to create a lounge where students and faculty could meet informally. The need for more student input into the art exhibit� and concerts was a common concern of the group. They felt that. the women's role in arts was not being reflected in these exhibits.

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Humane Society Cites Inexperience And Apathy By MARY BARSTOW Hayes poin ted to lack of The Humane Socie ty has coopera tion and interest on the attracted cri ticism because of part of students as another major. problems w'i t h unregistered problem. Bot h he and Coursen animals, animals in non-animal view the society's regulations as do r ms, dini ng halls, and ·'difficul t to enforce" and believe classroo ms, and resul t ing this difficulty is compounded by annoyance and in ronvenience the apa-thetic and non-coopera tive Phil · attitudes. they cause. Chairman Hard to Tattle Hayes cited inexperience wi'thin The -problems of unregis tered t he Soci ety's ranks, and community uncooperative. nes's as animals and animals in non-animal the primary sources of the dorms are difficul t . to solve, said problems. Hayes, because 1 students are Hayes attributed a portion of reluc tant to "tattle" in such cases. last semester's difficulties to his He reported that the society went "lack of experience." He said that through all dorms last semester to the withdrawal of Robin Hall as check for violations, but met with head of the society had caused a unresponsivenes .and a refusal to where they disrupt classes and rough transi tion; that neither he acknowledge the·· presence of such meals. He said, "the humane th1ng to do is not to le t the animal in nor former co-chairman Linda animals. MacKenzie was fully prepared to "It is tough to act like . a the building." Coursen stated that assume a leadership position. consideration for humans should gestapo," he added. come before· consideration for He added that with a semes ter's Disrupt Classes experience behind him he is The presence of animals in animals. "more aware" and hopes that he buildings other thah dorms is also _ Hayes also said that when a and new co-chairman Alexandra a problem. Accor ding to Hayes, complaint of this nature is lodged,, Coursen can i mprove the people, concerned for the· animals, it is difficult to act on because let them into these buildings, owners disclaim liability. They say efficiency of the s,ociety.

th at they cannot be held responsible when someone else le ts their pet in to a building. Few complaints Hayes said that few complaints are received and that the majority of these are made by members of' the facul ty or administration. He commented that this may be due in part to students 'being unaware of how to l odge a complaint.

Outlining the Society's plans for the present semester, Hayes s ai d t ha t a better-planned registratiop pro cedure would be put in to effect. Registration will be hel d in McEwen Coffeehouse on two Sundays-Feb. 16 and 23-from noon till 6 :00 p.m. Rules regarding the necessary shots will be rigidly enfo rced, said Hayes.

January tn U.S.S.R �xposed Students to Sov�et .Life By BOB GRIEVES time." Haltzel, describing the President Ford in Vla divostock. In Mo sco w, approximately 15 Leningra d, Mosco w, Tblisi, and S oviet Union as a complex The group encountered a students and both profess ors Kiev highlighted the four-week co:untry, als o said that "the trip dramatic; exhibition of the Soviet altended a m�eting with three tour of the Soviet Union 27 ad ds a d imensi on y ou can't get in "hard line" at the University of members of the Committee of Hamilton and Kirkland stud ents - the classroom. Y oung termed the Kiev where a journalist and a Y o u th O rganizations of the this reporter among them - were trip "even m ore successful than professor of languages, ostensibly U.S.S.R., one of whom had the last one," adding that "the in the interests o f an open p a r t i ci p a t e d in t h e 1972 treated to injanuary. The program, a Winter Study success of this program varies in discussion, delivered seemingi y Soviet-American debate held at course under· the direction of direct proportion to the contact long tira des against what they Hamil t o n. The C o m m i t t e e Professors Michael H. Haltzel and students have with Soviet citizens." viewed as blatant imperialistic· coord inates the activities of over policies and domestic economic 150 .Soviet youth organiza ti ons, David Young, this year excluded Soviet Exposure trips to the central Asian Cities Students on the trip' were exploitation pursued by the one of which is Koms om ol, the a n d added an extra Soviet exposed to _ t he official Soviet United States. Communist organization which republic so that the students "party line" from a variety of S t ·u d e n t s f r o m recruits university students. The visited four - instead of three - sources. Four students and Haltzel Hamil ton-Kirkland, Si. Louis Hamilton- Kirkland group, not republics. discussed current affairs with University and San J ose State surprisingly, found that the Party Students on the trip were members· of the U.S.A. Institute, a University broke into laughter exerts a strong influence over all pleased with the extra time in highly prestigious Moscow-based several times ·at the simplistic y outh organiza tions in the So¥iet each city and the increased government agency which studies arguments outlined by th·e two Union. contact with Soviet citizens such all aspects of life in America and hosts. Haltzel, elected � one of The group also visited the visits permitted . which boasts Kosygin's daughter hy o r-epr esentatives for the American Embassy in' Moscow, American contigent, countered where Melvin Levitsk y, a political Haltzel termed the trip " a amo ng its staff. tho roughly successful Winter At ,the Institute, Hill students the Soviet argul!lents, eventually officer, discussed the channels of Stud y" and said that "the also spoke to one of Brezhnev's · causing the journalist. to lose his · co mmunications and the groups students managed to combine advisors who had attended the self-control and make an early within· the Soviet Union, upon serious inquµ-y with having a good recent summit conference with exit. which the American Embassy ¥.,a,u�?l.;��-:!:�1,._W�f��,��!��,��H��:f!!-�t��W'!P:���· rm on s or r :�:: ge: w��!� :�� V

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whom was formerly a senior government official. On separate days in Helsinki, males and females of the group experienced the hellish delights of the Finnish sauna, follow�d b y a frigid plunge into the Gulf of Finland. Valia, the attractive lntourist guide who steered the Hill group t hr o u g h t he l a b y r i n t h o f_ bureaucracy in every Soviet city, added a considerable amount of interest and enjoyment to the trip. All agreed that her card playing abilities and professional cool under fire ( Clarke McGuire and Steve Perc y ] helped to make t he trip successful. Soviet Jewry Several 's tudents v i s i ted synag ogues in Leningrad· and Moscow cUtd found that although Jewish communities in b oth cities are harassed b y authorities, they cling resolu tely to the wa ys of their faith. Another group of Hill s t u dents visited the Mosco w a p a r t m ent of celebrated art collector George Costakis, who d lecture d a t H a m ilt on with ha:: ma::�n paint ings . and slides from his society. collection in October, 1973. A Georgian Godfather i n A few members of the group gra!�i: ;;;r�;i : �:�.� . found themselves among elements m o u :::r �; ·;::,:: ;:.n:�::• : of t he Georgian "Mafia" in Tbilisi, Helsinki, when· the train was and just barely prevented the sale stopped before reaching the of Kathy Grover to the leader of (� Finnish border at 2:00 a.m. for the gangsters for 400 rubles. Bruce Wrigley and "Bruce t h e usual S o v i e t customs inspection. Soviet troops an d Lieberman sent out their laundry customs agents rifled through to Tallinn and found it returned suitcases, wallets and handbags, t o them addressed to "Mr. asked a few Hamilton students to Hamilton and Mr. College". Some members o f the group ',, strip to their shorts and generally I smuggles "doughbags", a Georgian t y beh �,J �:�s�:k��·t:�:! �rovided the gastronomic delicacy, on bpard , several of the Aeroflot (Soviet group with an opportuni ty for open discussion of Soviet life airlines) planes in case the unusual , during which each member of the takeoffs and landings required air group presented an oral resume of sickness apparatus. his project. Livel y ' discussi on Several students' found Bob followed almost every report. The a n d S e r g e i , t w o -university o d s students in Leningrad, always �=:�t� e;e:!e�;:i�e� in ����:�: ready to take them to an ice aspects of Finnish culture.· They cream parlor or to the Leningrad , were treated to seminars on airport, where they spent hours of Finnish history and politics at fun. . Repression 'Worse' .h_ Helsinki University by two Profess or Young observed that eminent Finnish historians, one of although the economic situation of the average Soviet citizen has -1�i����, � ����, -e� improved from his last visit, q:no:,s 1 41,/2 OV6 " U!D 11 political repressi on has grown ·r-e� 1½ %" 8 .. worse as the government seeks to c o n t rol its: populati on while s opening the country to the technolbgy , and culture of the i;:: Ji���i I West. Haltzel commented, "While • ..,nmbs >qi uo individual Soviet citizens seem , . ;:• .- - Sl!.I1ds' t. .l;)Al?;)'AP;)S,, I,.!,·, m a rginall y l e s s afr a i d o f foreginers, there still exists a g ood deel of fear· in Soviet society and the intellectual climate is still repressive b y Western standards."

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Kirkland Now Seeking - Residence Dire·ctor A job description for the "c ould n't have been more temporary pos1t1on of acting democratic," said Poller. There director of residence at Kirkland was considerable student input, . has been distribl:lted to faculty she said, and of the candidates and staff, said Jane Poller, dean of appraised, Patrick was the first students. The position was left choi ce "almost with no open last week when President exception." Until a replacement for Patrick, Babbitt ·gave former Assistant Dean of Students Linda Patrick.an . is found, other members of the administrative leave with no Dean of Students Office have assumed her duties. Cynthia option to return. According to a draft of the Allen, a counselor in the office, description, responsibilities will has taken over the job of writing i n c lude organization and recommendations. Poller will sit administrative detail involving on the Publications Board, student housing, meal plans, and William Jamison, director of related com mittee advising. institutional affairs, will handle Sensitivity to needs of Kirkland food and auxillary divisions, and studel).ts and the ability to relate Assist ant Secretary Winifred well to them, are additional Haslem will be assuming extra requirements. secretarial responsibilities. It will be a half-time position beginning early in March and ending June 30. Poller said the LINDA'S BEAUTY BOUTIQUE college may also hire two faculty 39 College St., Phone 853-5262 spouses to help with spedfic projects, such as staffing for the Special Wash Set student ·advisory interview p anels. including conditioner­ Poller said job descriptions. $4.00 varied meal plans that could be Bingham and Martin refused to have also been posted in By GUY ARCIDIACONO also a.vailable Hamilton Dean of Students R. offered as options to the students. estimate the increase in cost to prominent places where students Perms, Tints, Blow Cuts Gordon Bingham confirmed this He said that- students might be students next year, but Martin will see them, in order to advertise Streaking, Frostings, week t hat the colleges are able to choose ·any ten meals to go pointed out that th� current rate the opening more thoroughly. Wig care. · of inflation in food prices is nine T he search that selected entertaining bids from other food to, or some similar plan. Open Thurs:, Fri., & Sat. Ann Martin, Service Systems per cent. Patrick last spring and summer service companies besides Service Among the other suggested Systems, which now serves college director for the Hill, 'said she "foresees no change" in the changes is one which would limit food. T a 1 k s w i t h f o u r current; arrangement, ·but added the choice of entrees to one. In c o m panies-Saga, Int erstate, that the colleges must decide -Bingham's words, "Institutional United, and Greyhound-are now "what they w�nt, and what they food is not going to ·be like mother used to make," and on. Dean Bingham said, however, are willing to pay for." therefore stressed the importance that no decision has yet been Bundy Loses made. In discussing ways to cut ciosts, of both choice and unlimited "We try to get the best Martin pointed .out that "We've portions. "'Martin agreed: "If a contract for the students that we always suggested that Bundy be student has to eat in a cafeteria, a can ," Bingham said. He called the c l o s e d" (Bundy is currently c hoice o f e ntr ees is very negotiations with the four firms operating at a deficit). Dean important." Bingham said, however, that the "a smart business practice." Production Gears Bingham also said the colleges . school is not "entertaining . the. • In refe,r.ence to plans used at ate exploring the possibilities of thought of closing Bundy." Both other schools, Martin was quick to explain that what works at one school might not work at another. One problem with varied meal plans is the difficulties they might present in p l a n ning meals. By THOMAS BECK . individualistic." He said he liked Currently, Service Syst�ms plans Teak is plan ning to rejoin the the diversity of lifestyles within . according to the expected dem and national Tau Kappa · Epsilon the house. He also said that at the for certam dishes. "People set {TKE} fraternity, after more than t i m e r e affiliation was being. themselves into patterns-that is five ye ars of independence. A considered "the national sent us how we gear our production." roll-call vote of the house's s o m e v e r y u n i m p r es s ive Martin said, "I eat most of my members, taken last December, representatives." meals here-we try to make sure produced a 24-3 margin in favor Bayer said the fight over the that the quality is consistent." o f r e af filiating, with three Wallace -House had led to a change B ingham w i ll. meet with abstentions. for the worse_ within Teak: "It students in the next few days to The Alpha Iota chapter will be was impossible to get a house at sam ple op1n1on on various revived in March, according to this time, and we channeled all suggestions for changes in the Peter Sluys '7 5, acting president our energies into getting one, and meal plan as it exists. With regard of Teak, although there is some we got very sensitive and paranoid to costs, · Bingham referred to the question as to whether or not . about the subject,·- to the point "double digit" rate of inflation, Teak will have enough members w h e r e d i v e r s i t y w a s not and added that it is "obvious that to qualify for national affiliation. t o l e r a t e d." Sluys discounted costs will have to rise." For .· the past · two years, the complaints about his leadership. leadership . of Teak has_ been He said the main problem was seeking reaffiliation, and has also disagreement between those who been looking for a new fraternity wanted a national fraternity. an d house. Teak had hope_d to lease those who wanted a social club. the W al l ace House, located He said he was "very frustrated" between Psi U and Bristol but over the ieaffihation fight and the Gant's concern for fashion and quality is se.en negotiations with the college failure to lease the Wallace House. once again in this classic active sports shirt. proved to be · abortive when the The elections for new officers, In Dacron and Cottori to help you keep your fraternity was unable to come up normally held in April, will take . THE ACE BEAUTY SHOPPE with required guaran tees for the place Feb. 18, to allow time for . 9 E.·PARK M cool. The Navy background is perfect with lease. Phone 853-5621 the Junior� to ' '1ear n any one of our three stripes. ·Ther'e have b een several leadership,"according to Sluys.� REDKIN PRODUCTS Whether it's green, yellow, or red. problems within Teak recently. AVAILABLE Problem Solvers? Six members have resigned. Sluys By Gant $hirtmakers said, however, that the difficulties "The only leadership that will w e r e d u e principally t o be able to solve an y problems we disagreement about whether Teak may have is leadership that was should. reaffiliate and about the not involved in the fight for (9 College St.; Clinton Wallace House failure. reaffiliation," Sluys said. "Unfortunately, through the· He also said that reaffiliation is Open: Mon. Thru Fri. · oversight of myself and several the best thing for Teak and that 9 Tit 6 p.m. Sat. Til 2 Po rn. members of the house, we failed the house is in "excellent financial CLOSED SUNDAYS to renew our alumni connections shape." GENTLEMAN'S HABERDASHER FREE PARKING IN beginning in 1973," he said. "Had Undergraduate members will VILLAGE PARKING LOT we dpne this, I am confident the have to pay ·$60 and seniors $35 Wallace House would have been this year for national me�bership CLINTON'S NEW ours today. All these problems dues. In the future, members will would have been solved." PROFESSIONAL pay a $15 pledge fee and an $85 However, Peter Bayer '7 5, who initiation fee. This year, a special PHARMACY �as against rejoining the national house fund will underwrite all TKE, said "I liked Teak because it these fees for an y memoer with a SENIOR CITIZENS w a s unaffiliated. You joined scholarship greater than $8 00, and CONSIDERATION because you liked the other will cover half these fees for the CHARGE MASTER 853-5970 m e m b e r s . It w a s s m a 11, · remaining members.

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HillFinancial Aid Programs To Undergo Major. Revisions

\ through the grapevine." The new the college can charge $1200. Un der the <;SS guidelines guidelines will be published in the H owever, the college cannot charge any amount lower than pa-ental contribution will be Federal Register. If the colleges are to accept the $ 1000 to s a feguard against decr eased b y approximately 1700-800. In addition, some HEW funding, they must adopt "buying studen!s," said Kogut. A 1th ough the decrease in students whose parentai income their guidelines in determining l'esently makes them ineligible fin a n c i al aid. HEW supplies expected student support and the for financi:tl aid will now be a p·p r o x imately one third of increase in college costs will mean eligible to r�ceive aid. Kirkland's financial .aid funds and harder times financially for the CSS feh they had been approximately 15-20 percent of colleges� according to Kogut, "we "ripping off students in the past" · H�milton's funds. Until ,this year, do not i,qtep_d to have financial aid and "wished to be more realistic, these guideline-:. have been- -the. - sway choice in admission. ' "We want to provide the demonstrating the true needs of same as CSS gwdelines. the college student," said Kogut. The colleges will probably money so that the student can Ivy Proposal conform to the HEW guidelines choose the institution on the basis Meanwhile, a group of Ivy when they are published, but of the education available," he League Colleges, which regularly Kogut doubts they will be able to said. reviews CSS recommendations, fo_llow CSS. Further, since the Money Sh�rtage ha s found css· st a n d a r d s HEW requires a l l colleges However, Kogut did admit that financially unfeasible for colleges. accepting t h e i r funding to They hqve issu�d their own set of conform to their standards as a with the shortage of money, many guidelines, substantially increasing minimum guideline in determining admitted I students may, not be lbe amount parents are, expected parental contribution, the collegeSt offered aid. He said he realized to contribute to th(; student's would lose their funding ·if they that offering admission to a education. were to conform to the CSS lower student who can't afford to pay, may mean in 'many cases that the However, HEW has deemed recommendations.. both the CSS and Ivy League Local Discretion student could not attend. Financial aid waiting lists are a curves unacceptable, .and wi.Q not Although the colleges have in iccept either of these as basis for the past followed CSS and IJEW possibility, Kogut_. said.· When their grants, said Kogut. They are g u i d elines i n a dministering f i n an c i a l a id funds w er e Ken J{ogtit is concerned about future of financial aid. expected to issue a set of financial aid, they have excercised exhausted, a n admitted student recom me nd ations which will "local discretion1 ', said· Kogut. could be placed on a waiting list, increase parental contribution For example, if the Office of and if and when funds became over the CSS guidelines, said Edu.c a t i o n r ecommends that available, that student would be Kogut, who heard it "unofficially parental contribution be $1000, offered aid. · rem a inder o f t h e , c h anges continued from page one represents may amount to a consisted of students leaving or returning to Kirkland. According staggering $98,900. Patrick said there are usually to Patrick the priorities she set for more empty beds spring term than g r a n t ing room changes gave fall, but added it was somewhat upper cla ssmen f i r st choice, · · · · · · oontinued from page one difficult to interpret the doubling although- she estimated that over Term appomtments could al so - uncertamty o f therr situation, of empty beds from last year. The 90 per cent of those who committee has yet to come to lead to less concern for teaching Allen held. In addition, Allen said economy may have something to requested room changes received grips with a retro_a'ctive policy, but and more concern for research tJ?.at competitive probation may do with the situation as students them. he expects that �the committee because goo·d publications n:cords have a "deleterious effect between t�ke semesters off to work or go will devise some plan by the time are better than good teaching people" within a department. THE VILLAGE TAVEnN to a college closer to home, they are expected to give their records, said Allen. He added th�t According to Potter, the new LUNC Patrick said. HEON SPECIALS $1.50 report to the faculty and people on a term appointment proposal ''will make explicit what . Bingham�attributed an increase Presid�nt Carovano in March. hasw+been going on all- the time Dinner Thursday, in empty beds at Hamilton during O'Neill said he did not kno'"! here, except we will have more· . Friday, Saturday the last two years to the iet-up in Full Menu GOOD FOOD whether or �ot the future tenure machinery to determine the the draft. He said the timing of policy would be included in the nat�re of appoin�ents." He said AT REASONABLE PRICES!! students' leaves is unpredictable same document along with a that he foresees "no radical 14 College St. but that the majority of students retroactive tenure policy, but he change in the make-up of this 853-8010 Clinton plan to and eventually return to conc e ded that it will be ·easier to faculty." Hamilton. gtt the faculty to agree • on a ''' The proposed guidelines calling Absences policy for--. future appointments Summer Charters From f o r t h e t h ree types o f Leaves of absence at both than it will be to get them to CANADA To EUROPE appointments would allow an schools neces�itate reserving some agr�e on a retroactive policy. M A K E y' 0 U R institutional consideration. like age · living space for students who may Ac cording to Potter, any RESERVATIONS NOW! to be taken into account by the return. Patrick said that 'there quotas based on the types of See Us administration .. through the back were thirty people who said they appo i n t m e n ts n o w being door," said Allen, to maintain a weren't corning bac and did or For Terms and Cottrlitions considered, on age, or on other ,·,c o n' t i n u o u s s t r e a m o f vice-versa. She said, "Certain factors will be left up to the retirements." insensitivity and lack of concern 34 College Street administration, each department. Allen Sees Problem of some students" in informing chairman and the Committee on Allen said he foresaw problems the Dean of Students' office has Appointments when a vacancy with term appointments because a caused much of the confusion in occurs within a department. persor.. confronted with a choice of her office. Allen statefi that he feels that a limited term appointment or a During the month of January, the Ad minstration has been • tenurable position would most the Kirkland Dean of Students Have You Made Reservations conc erned a b o u t h aving a likely choose the latter, thus office made over 200 room For Spring Recess? c o n t i n u o u s stream of placing Hamilton at a changes Patrick said. Half of those retirements" which would require disadvantage in terms of acquiring were for people on campus. The m even distribution of ages. good . f a culty. Allen noted Stressing that he was pnly however that the committee felt speculating, Allen said that his that there should be as few term impression has been that the . Professor Donald Potter J appointments as g_ossil;lle. administration is concerned about "will make less of an investment its flexibility in the future in Nick Bums, Broker Hamilton '46 in t h e college, "-c itirig as Allen said_ that he has felt a tenns of a possible smaller·pool of e x a m p l es their w or k on d esire on the part of the applicants. Confronted with such Auto, Tenai:its, Motorcycle committees, and attempts to administration in dealing witl). a situation, the college may want acquire grants, and to improve questions of tenure to lessen and Homeowner's Insurance to decrease the size of some facilities. i n d i vjd u a l c o ncerns�g ood departrnents, he said. Two people on competitive teaching, scholarly work, _etc.-in probationary appointments with a f a v o r o f i n s t i t u t i o n a l Clinton, New York department will both have an concerns-such as age distribution. UL3-5051-2 ince_ntive to leave because of the a,ntinued from p�ge one

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Weslyan is a Division III opponent · the puck in the net. Donnie By STEVE HAWEELI With three remaining games in and as expected they weren't Armstrong hit the post twice on the regular season, the Hamilton m.J.ch of a match for the the same shot, and it seemed that C o l l e·g e · hockey team seems Continentals, losing 5-0. Tom ·Greg Adams, their goalie, was assured of a playoff berth. One of G r i f f i t h, Bob Bauer, Lenny having "one of those days." On the better teams in Division II this Thomas, Phil Hildebrand, and top of-that Fred Er�.;i.un.sq:ned -· year, I{amilton has s.q.ffered J:wo G e o r g e G illmore scored for Middlebury's trrst three goals. Fourth in ECAC key defe.its tO both Bow&>in and Hamilton and Shawn· George · Hamilt"on has had to play seven Middlebury, accounting f r four registered yet another shutout. of their six losses. The otne"r losses • Two days later Middlebury games in twelve days, and th� were against two Division I travelled to Clinton to test the wear and tear of the season seems Continentals. The Panthers were to have caught up. In losing to opponents · · UVM and Colgate. , up to snuff for this game anc;I as a M i ddlebury, Hamilton . slipped Home Ice The last three games the r e s u l t w e r e victorious 5-2. from second to fourth place in the Continentals have played have all · However, the score of .the game Division II standings. Ithaca Easy been at the Sage Rink. Last was not indicative of Hamilton's Saturday- Weslyan came to town, effort. T h e Bl ue outs.ho t · A b r ight n o t e was the and it was apparent that neither Middlebury 37-2 2, and skated t r ouncing of Ithaca 7-2 on team was eager to play the game. well,. but were hard-pressed to put Wednesday. Many feit the game would be tougher than it lo o l_(ed, but Hamilton snapped out of their recent doldrums and controlled the.�ame from the start. George Gillmore scored twice in the first period and his older brother Dave also tallied to give Hamilton a quick 3-0 le.ad. Lenny Thomas and · �nArmstrong scored in the second. · shooting. The Conts put on a Ithaca's freshman David Yeo By ROBERT McCORMI-CK spoiled Ray Rossi's :shutout. Yeo T he D{i tchmen of Union burst near the end of the half, scored again to open the third College h a ve the Hamilton however, and narrowed the gap to period, but Tom Griffith and Rick - basketball quintet's number - 3"8-32 by intermission. The second half was all Union. Aubry chipped in a couple more nine to be precise. T h e Sc he nectady s q u a d The Dutchmen played textb ook to round out the scoring. Phil Hildebrand missed the d e c i.s i v e I y d e f e a t e d the ball and finished with a 52.5 games with a bruised coccyx and Contfoentals 72-63 Wednesday percent accuracy mark. from the Hamilton's leading scorer was ably night at Un1on. This marked the field. Listless Offense replaced by Rick Anderson, who second time within three weeks assisted on George Gillmore's two that the Dutchmen had bested The Blue, on the other hand, sc9res. Gillmore is one of the top Hamilton by a nine point margin. see med listless at times on five scorers. Last year George The Conti:O:entals opened the offense, and at the other end of started out on the JV's. His knack g a m e looking determined to the floor allowed the Dutchmen for being m the right place at the avenge their previous loss. The to penetrate for easy buckets. right time has earned him a spot strategy was to utilize Pedro Mid-way through the second on the first line - a remarkable if Garcia's great leaping ability by half, with the Continentals down not unbelievable transformation. isolating him in the pivot against by· 11, Coach Murphy made a Houseparties and-Williams s horter Union guard B i l l fin.al attempt to get his charges back into the game. He inserted There is one more home game Carmody. The ploy worked well as the Marty Guy with instructions to left this year, and appr opiately e n o u g h i t's o n h ouseparty Continentals opened up an early shoot. The Co-Captain promptly weekend. Even more appropriate I 0-6 l e a d. B u t when the uncorked 3 jumpers, none of is their opponent - Williams. This Dutchmen switched to a modified which connected. Minutes later, Saturday the Continentals travel z o n e �efense., Hamilton was frustrated, he returned to the This fall people referred to ·Hamilton as that small school in New bench. It was- that kind of night to UConn to a game that must be forced to scrap this plan. York with the football team that cou}dn't win a game. It was even a Union so on forged ahead on for the Continentals. popular phrase on the Hill. But sports are not dead at ·Hamjlton. Bob • won if Hamilton hopes to capture "Union has an excellent team," the . home ice advantage for the the strength of their aggressive King can tell you that, so can Martin Carovano. Hamilton sports are defen_s e a n d s h a r p outside Coach Murphy said after the play-offs. better than ever. game. "The main difference While the football team fought for their pric;le every weekend, between th�m and us is their poise ManfredVon Schiller's soccer team compiled a 8-2-1 season record .L and earned a ECAC playoff bid.· The Cross Country team and maturity. They're a veteran club. Our guys still tend to go a remained faithful with a second place finish in Jhe New York State Meet. Bruce Carter won the individual championship. The fall also little haywire at times." .l. saw the Cross Country team's winning streak that spanned fou"r A Little Haywire · Blue backers ca,n·-certainly take seasons and twenty- eight matches ended.· T he Hamilton· swim 'team lack of an adequate Medley Relay. The winter sports are even more of an indication of Hamilton's meets St. Lawrence this weekend They have even scratched in the pride in the three freshmen who success. The hockey team has consistently held their own in Division in what should prove to be one ·of first event giving seven points to started the game. Willie Jackson, II. They remain solidly in the top four of the division described as J ohn Kla uberg �-and ,Bernie their hardest meets of the season. the opposition., _ the nation's hotbed of hockey, and are now finishing the season in Mucitelli c o mbined for 36 Hamilton has been-on the top of Strelhow has Challenge hope of a home-ice playoff bid. St. Lawrence's top distance Hamilton points. The other main New York swimming for the last The swimming team is as usual. the best ever on the Hill. Coach three seasons, and St. Lawrence swimmer, John Keller, copped contributor was Mark Rybarczyk Eric MacDonald has boosted his career record at Hamilton to 79-7-1. wants to down the Blue for an two seconds in the distance events (15 points, 9 rebounds). Jeff Carlberg, remains the defending champion in the Division II at the State Meet last· March_. Rybarczyk has been seeing upset victory. 200-yd. Breastroke event and at this -'point in the season has the H a m i l t o n · h a s b e e n Bucko Strelhow should find his mor� playing time recently due to fastest recorded time in the nation. hard-pressed this year, worrying hands full when he meets Keller in · Brian Coombes' bout with the Bu. ' Bob Murphy and his basketball team have- also caught on, and about several opponents thatnave the- 1000-yd. and 500-yd. events. After an absence of two games, have ·been rank<;d in the top ten� in the State. They should even be Tom Brush is also a threat and Coombes was on. limited dutyat the potential to win big against better next season with a roster filled with freshman talent. one of the gutsiest swimm�rs for Unioh and was not yet physically the Conts. Club sports are also flc:mrishing on the Hill. Last fall the water Oneonta was Hamilton's -first St. Lawrence. Brush's showing up to par. RIT Squeezes Blue polo team show.ed that even a club sport can play on the level of the worry. Lack of depth on the against Potsdam last Wednesday big schools. The poloists had a 10--5 season, highlighted by wins over He picture-perfect. to dose this stretch, besides the was During Oneonta squad and a strong first Army, Penn State, Syracuse and Colgate, •without the help of a me�t showing by the Continentals swam the 2 00-yd. Individual two losses to Union, Hamilton coach. The squash club has a coach in Don Jones, and should soon proved that Oneonta was not Medley, the 200-yd. Fly, and. the dropped a squeaker to RIT, be recognized on the varsity level. what Coach MacDonald expected. 200-yd. Back�troke winning all 66-65. K.Jauberg carried the team . Hamilton is concerned about sports. Alumni were heard Williams came to Clinton. with three events. with 21 points, but fouled out concerning the football season. One alumnus- even asked an Larries Have Holes near- the end. a ·strong pre-seaso� and ·a crop of administrator of the college if we couldn't please win just one game. The Continentals· rebounded to St. Lawrence is sfro�g in all the potent freshmen. This was a close Some were reputed to have threatened with more drastic action. meet, and the Blue had to wn:i it · Freestyle events, but lacks the crush hapless Oswego on Feb. 8. President Carovano listened to the disgruntled alumni, but maybe needed second and third places The Lakers' bus almost failed to with the last relay. just watching t\:ie games may have been his mo,tivation for replacing that win swimming _metts. Coach reach the Hill due to inclement Strong Juniors Coach Bob King and reinstating Don Jones. Vice-President Joe St. Lawrence placed fifth, MacDonald said, "If we swim the weather, and they might as well Anderson has asked for alumni support in informing high school three spots behind Hamilton in way I feel we can, we can get to have stayed home rather than athletes about Hamilton. Orville Goplen is leavingHamilton'sSports last year's State Meet. The Larries 57. (points) before the last-relay." absorb the 111-93 drubbing . Information Director position to make room for some new 6lood. sport a strong junior class, and All either team needs is 57 points administered by the Hamilton Hamilton should be credited with its accomplishments. In recent have been filling in the holes with to win the meet. five. years, when Athle�ic Departments are accused of high co�ts and , underc(assme_n. The meet is scheduled for 2 The Continentals will play professionalism, Hamilton operates with no recruiting expenses and All the holes have yet to be p.m. S aturday in Ca nton. Utica College at home tomorrow no scholarships for athletes. Athletic Director Gene Long heads a filled, however. St. L is very weak MacDonald commented on, the night and Rochester U. home on successful track and cross· country program, and operates his· in the Breaststroke event, their. Lar:ries home advantage, "Yau Tuesday. These two games will program on a budget that covers Little more than the essentials. divers are only average. The certainly suffer swimming away bear on Hamilton's post-season - Sports on the Hill are alive. Hamilton should be ·proud of itself. Larries are especially hurt.by th<jr from home." hopes.

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HAMILTON AND KIRKLAND COLLEGES, CLINTON, NEW YORK

-cAP to Review Hamilton Pass-Fail

New- SAC Bylaws Proposed

By JOHN M. McNEEL

The Committee on Academic Policy (CAP) plans to investigate the success of the pass-fail option at Hamilton to determine whether the system is fulfilling its intended purpose, according to Professor of History Edwin B. Lee, chairman of the committee. In a letter to Student · Curriculum Committee (SCC) chairman Roger Schneider earlier this month, Lee explained that his committee would be examining i:he option "with an eye to the basic idea that pas s-fail was to encourage students to broaden their education by taking work in areas. which ordinarily might seem formidable... "We should not want to continue a system which strayed very far from this purpose."

By WILLIAM HELMER

The new constitution of the Social Acti vities Committee (SAC), providing for new election procedures and more dearly de f ine d c h a n n e l s o f communication between the committee, social tax payers, and the student governments, has been ra tified by the Kirkland Assembly and will go before the Hamilton Senate Tuesday. The Assembly ratified the constitution with the stipulation that faculty members be allowed to buy social tax. The new constitution specifies that the SAC is responsible only to those who pay the $35-dollar social tax and not to the community · at large . The SAC will publish_ a monthly newsletter t o p ublicize its plans and programs to all social tax payers. Also; all SAC meetings will be open and announced in advance. The election of SAC members, fonnerly run by the Senate will now be managed b y the committee i t s elf. The new election procedures will ensure that at least six of the new members each year will have some experience with the workings of the committee. Under the new guidelines, the SAC will consist of 10 voting members. Three students from each college will be elected by social tax holders in February, and will serve on the committee as active but non-voting members through the spring semester. The voting term of the six elected in February will begin in the summer and last until the following May. Thus, between February and May, there will be 16 SAC members 10 voting members and six new, non-voting members. One Assembly representative and one senator will be appointed before October by their respective orga nizations. In September·, one student from each college will be selected by the SAC on the basis of petitions ·submitted to the committee during Activities Night. All SAC members must pay social tax, although one need not be a social tax holder to run for

FEBRUARY 21, 1975

Student Proposal

Wo Jackson "Triny" Woodin '65

Lee's letter came in response to a11. SCC proposal that the number of pass-fail options at Hamilton be increased from four to seven. The CAP rejected the stu�ent proposal pending the outcome of the pass-fail investigation and the completion , of the first Winter Term with next year.'s : new curriculum. appointment of John Mavrogenis, Until the CAP h as more as director associate of information, it does not plan to development, will strengthen the decide whether the pass-fail office. option should be increased, Woodin Shocked d e c r e a s ed o r a bandon edl Woodin, meanwhile, said that altogether. he never heard a word of Lee maintained this week that dissatisfaction concerning his the committee's final decision will performance as alumni affairs be partially based on its director and that he planned to interpretation of the role of the stay on the job for another two' or p ass-fail option in relation to the three years" new ''Winter Term." ' • "I did not expect that this CAP Members 'Chagrined' would be a life-long job," said He s'aid that members ·of the Woodin, who is now seeking a job CAP had expressed chagrin at a in private industry. paragraph in the student proposal suggested that "by Woodin also said lie was t hat shocked at his dismissal and that eliminating Winter Study projects he does not know what plans (which are now graded pass, fail Anderson has for the alumni or honors) and by substituting office.· Anderson said he foresees (graded) courses,...this results in a no changes in the responsibilities de fact8 reduction of pass-fail of the position. options frgm eight to four." . The director of alumni affairs ''We do not want to do is responsible for the alumni anything to suggest that Winter council, personal communication Term courses are any different to alumni, loan association from courses in the fall and meetings, campus and off-campus spring," said Lee. ''We would be events involving alumni, �d the very concerned if a pattern of Winter Term pass-fail electives Alumni Fund.

Anderson Fires Woodin As Alumni Director

W. Jackson "Tony" Woodin �65, Hamilton director of alumni . affairs, was fired by Vice President for Communications and Development, Joseph F. Anderson. Several weeks earlier, Anderson dismissed Assistant Director of Public Relations Orville Coplen. Anderson is plannii;ig to hire alumni to fill both positions which will be open as ofJune30. "It was recommended: to me that I call it quits," said Woodin, who was alumni director since August 1970, ''That's a terminal job. Tony's· been in there l�mger than anyone. We wish Tony well," said Anderson, explaining his latest personnel change. Anderson said he does not expect any other changes in senior staff in the development office. ''We are not trying to tear this place apart. We are trying to make it· stronger. Everything we are trying to do is positive," Anderson said,. explaining the various changes he -is making in his continued on page six staff. He said that his

Kirkland Gets .corporate Money

By WENDY PASHMAN valuable source because each "Good use of resources has corporation generally gives sa ved Kirk.land" said Sheila approximately $1,000 and can be Muc c io, Vic e-Pr esid ent for relied on each year� Development when z.sked about Corporations' Gifts the financial situation of the She stated that corporations college. Muccio said that the - feel "a great responsibility . to country's economic situation is so support higher education" and mixed that no one can say how it that her job is to show them ·that will affect contributions. Kirkland is serving a need. ·Muccio "There's a certain time lag so said that it was "good from-a that if the economy doesn't take a public relations point of view" for turn we might feel the difference" corporations to contribute. The stated Muccio. co rporations hope to recruit, Since she took office six graduates with a strong liberal arts months ago, Muccio explained background and their gift is an tha t her strategy has been to advertisement, she said. e mph a s i z e c o r p o r a t e Muccio said that she noticed contributions. She pointed out no sexist discrimination on the that this is a necessity since the part of the corporations against "newness" of Kirkland does not giving to a woman's college. permit the largest percentage to Rather she felt that there was a come from alumni who are a " great deal of creativity- in the tra dition a l s ource at other business com munity" which in stitutions. Kirkland appeals would be an impetus to_ giving to a m ostly to national corporations woman's college. . she explained. According to "We're in a waffling situation Muccio, the corporations are a since� t here's an increased

developed." ' : The CAP reply to the student proposal said that the committee feared that an expansion of the • pass-fail option would encourage use of the option for the Winter Term, suggesting that the co,urses were less important than fall or spring semester courses. At the same time, Lee wrote that the change in the graduation requirements from 36 to 35 courses in the new curriculum "granted another option which 'loosens' the academic crunch a good bi'.t." '•: / Increase Potentially Harmful Lee said that he feared that an increase in the number of pass-fail options as the SCC suggested could be potentially harmful to both students and the institution. "As soon as we say that one fifth of the student,s courses can be taken pass-fail, then we have drastically altered the standards of the institution." Lee said. Additionally, Lee said that graduate schools tend to frown on a large numb�i of pass-fail options on student transcripts. .

Although · he said that elimination of the option would not harm the college, he said, "I do not believe we should eliminate this area of flexibility if · we find that students are exercising prudence in their use of the pas s-fail option, and I believe this will be confirmed." Faculty M.mdate

The GAP investigation, which is to be repeated periodically-it has been done once before-is the result of a mandate from the faculty that requires the CAP to keep constant surveillance over the pass-fail option. Later this spring, Lee will analyze p ass-fail records from the Registrar's Office to quantify.how extensively the option has been used, by which classes and for which courses, in an effort to determine any patterns of use of the option. Lee said the CAP would keep the student committee informed on the data and on the committee's thoughts �n pass-fail. "No major o.Jerhaul will ht

considered witho!Jt first soliciting sttldent advice," said Lee.

awareness for some, and others are in �the Stone Age," Muccio said. 'Keep the Balls Rolling'

Muccio said that she has yet to formulate any well defined new plans. She explained that she's "trying to learn the job and keep the c..irrent balls rolling and there's a tremendous effort in doing these two jobs." She plans to r a ise the remaining ·$74,000 left_ of the $4 50,000 for which she is responsible to ·raise this fiscal year in gifts for current purposes. She expects to do this by resoliciting parents, alumni, and large donors. This summer Muccio intends to · analyze the individual gifts and discover trends in giving. In the future Muccio would like to take alumni or students with her when she travels to solicit funds. She stated that alumni would be especially helpful since the potential donor could see the P,U,'Greeks go Egyptian with a snow sphinx .. "finished product."


2/THE SPECTATOR/February 21., .19,75

EDITORIAL 'Dessert' Money

Letters to the Editor A Bitter Pill to Swallow

On this basis, I strongly believe that the intimatio:o made by unidentified parties and by your editorial that the job of Pre-Medical Advisor The cost of the poetry reading last night by Marie might · be more efficiently, competently, and seriously handled by another is totally unjustified. Harris, coordinator .of the Poetry in the Schools Program Regarding my own case, I can honestly say that the ·in New Hampshire, was underwritten with $300 of the Dean has taken. an active and concerned interest in Dessert �t the Plaza literary magazine budget. Although each phase of my application process. I have spent the value of public poetry readings is not to be questioned long hours discussing with him how every detail of here, it seems an ill-advised policy for the Publications this procedure might most effectively be handled and have, on occasion, discussed with him the Board and the magazine to use students publications fees pre-medical situation in general. Bas�d on these for any purpose other than funding a stude�t publications, discussions, I have developed a great deal of especially when there is an obvious interest in writing and To the Editor: admiration and nothing but the highest respect for student publishing on campus. I appreciated the kind words about my the man, · in both a personal and professional The annual publications fee of $15 per student is the contribution to pre-law advise�ent and law school capacity. His integrity is impeccable; his approach only funding available for student publications while admission in last week's Spectator. In fairness to direct and honest; his commitment to his Kinnel, however, it should be noted that resi;?onsibilities total and beyond reproach. In short, money is available from a number of administrative Robin competition for admission to law and medical regardless of the ultimate outcome of rriy own sources at both colleges to pay for lectures and readings schools is somewhat dissimilar. . ' application process, I am convinced that Dean here. It would seem, then, that money regularly allotted There are two applicants for every law school Kinnel has left no stones unturned in assisting me in for lectures and not student fees should be used to pay the seat and three applicants for every medical school the agonizing process which l am presently going �eat. Thus, the likelihood of disappointment is twice through. cost of poetry readings. as great for the aspiring physician as for the future Friends of mine who are also applying to medical Dessert at· the Plaza (formerly Watermark), as the counselor. schools at the moment have repeatedly expressed formal literary magazine on campus, was funded with 'James F. Traer their appreciation for the Dean's personal interest in • $4,500 for 1974-75. It has only recently ·contracted to Assistant Professor of History their cases, his gef!:erous assistance to them in seeking out potential alternatives to a career in publish its first issue, to be distributed this month, at an medicine, and his use of personal and alumni approximate cost of $1,400, and there are plans to publish contacts at certain schools in support of individual only one more issue later this s_emester. The budget :Yo the Editor: J-lamilton applicants. provided for three such · issues. Despite the fact that the As one of those"lucky" pre-meds who has been Something which Hamilton students are not cost of the poetry reading was easily absorbed by the , accepted to a medical school, I feel obliged to write generally aware of is the Dean's extensive efforts on magazine, it is the responsibility of the editors to produce this letter for several reasons. First, I cannot be behalf of building a network of alumni physicians of sour grapes since I have been accepted. who are on · medical school staffs and who could a magazine, an outlet for student writing, and not to accused Second, I eave had much experience dealing not assist the Dean by calling to the attention of produce poetry readings. only with the people directly responsible for the A d missions Committees promising Hamilton PubJic Fantasies stands proof that here is neither a present situ�tion at Hamilton, but also with medical. applicants.Furthermore, Dean Kinnel has traveled · dearth of writing nor a lack _of need for fund to publish school admissions officers. to· numerous schools to meet with admissions Much of the complex pre-medical problems are officers, explaining Hamilton's educational program that writing. Founded in October and not included in the caused by unique attitudes found here at Hamilton. and our grading standards. I have little doubt that original Publications Board budget, it was underwritten The first misplaced attitude it that Hamilton is with $300 from the Board's general fund. It has published sacred or even special. Dean Kinnel's ·,visits to some of the acceptances received during the past two years can be directly attrubuted to such efforts several times, having received a considerable respo11:se from medical schools have spread Hamilton's name.At on his part. · . student writers who wish to publish ih a modest, unedited · several interviews (Rochester, NYU, G eorgetown, I have raised serious questions in the recent past Albany) admissions officers vividly recalled Kinnel's forum. regarding other facets of the p�e-me_dical situation; I visit.But it is folly to think that any impression the have done so with the intention of making the _ _Dean can make will significantly alter the chances faculty and administration aware of and concerned for · acceptance. Medical schools simply want about issues which must be resolved if this College is superior candidates from solid schools.There is no to survive and its student body is to remain reason to believe that any prerequisite course at reasonably satisfied.But I do not believe, from my Hamilto�n i� any better than the same course taught · own experience, that any blame can be placed on elsewhere. Students everywhere simply learn as Dean Kinnel. much as they can in a short period of time. Many Roger E. Schneider, '75 The Spectator business staff brings in advertising �from good schools are turning out superior graduates (at ocal and national business, it sells and distributes the least on paper). A second attitude is held by the members of the paper, and it prepares. and oversees our budget each year. faculty. Basically, the motivation and integrity,,,of This kind of work contributes to the paper, and off�rs the student is questioned. Professor Chiquoine's To the Editor: Much coordination has occurred between each staff member responsible for our finances a varied statement says it all when he told me, "The problem Hamilton and Kirkland within the past few years; with my grading is not that I give too few A's, but amount of sales and business experience. If you have any there is undeniably a sizable number of people who that I give too many D's.'� ''. • intention of 'working in business after college, this work . cross the road to take courses.We are coming doser A third attitude is that Hamilton, like most will give you the practical experience -other people lack. undergraduate schools, is evalua_ting-Students' work to Kir�fand's intended "raison d'etre" as a coordinate college to complement and strengthen accurately and fairly.This is just not so. It has long We can't publish a paper without a good business staff. been known (especially to Biology majOFs) that to Hamilton educationally and socially. That's , why we're always eager to . get more good get good grades meant much work and more luck. Since a number of students rely on their people.... and anyone who starts with us now can be certain Important fine shades of difference in work, A", B+, coordinate school for courses in their major, a senior dinner might include faculty and students B, become ludicrously obliterated by the of promotion within the year. from both colleges. Unfortu�ately, this is not the capriciousness of the professor. The philosophies that low grades indicate a good -tradition on the Hill. If you would· like to work for the business staff, get in Thus far, the Hamilton Administration has education, or that simply inflating grades will help touch with either Peter Sluys, Business Manager, or maintained that the only appropriate celebration for much are wrong. Competition is so still now at Mitchel Ostrer, Editor. four years together in academia should be a medical schools, that I assume that no matter how good any Hamilton student can appear, there are a standard Friday night community Beer and Band­ . l'""'dozen candidates from oJ:her schools who will be except that for this very special occasion it will be equally qualified for every available space at medical held on a weeknight.We feel that this should be school.What needs to.be drastically changed are not subject to a student vote, and perh aps some other only the types of grades given but also how,,..they are sort of celebration could be arranged. VOLUME FIVE NUMBER SEVENTEEN determined.The games played simply must stop. Laura Fredericks '75 Extensive full-time public relations work and Barbara Chalpin '75 Managing Editor-Henry lG ick Editor-iri.-Chief-Mitchel Ostrer such programs as hospital internships for Winter Carol Cohen '75 News Editor-Douglas Glucroft Study would undoubtedly alleviate the pre-med Business Manager-Peter Sluys disaster here.But it is nof part of the liberal arts Assistant News �itors · Associate Editor policy to be a stepping-stone to medial school.Two Kenneth Gross Liz Barrow . years ago I told then newly appointed Dean Kinnel To the Editor: Production Manager Susan Ma)kin Jack Hornor Robbie Miller that Hamilton was doing nothing special for me as a I am sureJohnNavarre's editorial did-not mean to Copy Editor E ditorial Page Editor pre-med. As far as getting into medical school was imply .that Orville Goplen's dismissal is a good thing F e lice F reyer Beverly Draudt concerned, I . could do just as well from any other for the college. Mr. Goplen is a fine man and a T echnical Manager Arts Editor undergraduate institution. The Dean simply smiled dedicated servant to the college. Mike Bulger David Schutt Photography Editor and said, "Yes, you are right." Perhaps the Dean's Peter W. Sluys Assistant Arts Editor David Ashby John Joelson prophetic words should be spread. Hamilton is not a Sports Photography Sports Editor good place for pre-meds. Chip.WhiteJy John Navarre Graphics Scott W. Bronstehi, '75 To the Editor: I would like to comment on a number of.remarks which appeared in your la:;t issue regarding Dean ' Kinnel's attitude and handling of his duties in overseeing the pre-medical program at Hamilton.I believe that I speak from a position of knowledge on -the subject of the Dean's performance, based on my own personal experience with the man in my present quest to gain admittance to medical school.

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ACTORS FOR THE 'BACCHAE'

Professor B_arrett · and the Classics Department are planning a staged reading of Euripides tragedy, the 'Bacchae'. Anyone interested in acting in the production should contact Professor Warrior, Joel Fredell or Duncan Stalker through campus mail. Only the two weeks immediately following spring vacation will be required for rehearsal and production.

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Joe and Katie Party

BY POOKIE ADAMS been in Colorado, Harry. What Joe." "Uh, sure. Our friends sure . (When we saw them last, Joe were you doing?" "I was gettin' my shit together, seem to hit it off, huh Kate?" Jock, a star player ori both the "Wow, they sure do, Joe. I'm football and hockey teams, and Joe. You know, things just got Katie Kirkie, with a double major too heavy with school and so glad·they like each other." PURIM PARTY Sunday afternoon. in ceramics and basket-weaving, everything. I had to get away." The Jewish Students' Group of Hamilton and Kirkland are "Uh, here, Kate. Have ·another "I went skiing in Colorado over were on a blind date. They soon sponsoring a party to celebrate J>urim, Monday, Feb. 24, at 8:00 discovered that they had several Christmas. It's a great place, isn't gin and juice!' p.m. in the Fisher Room of Bristol Campus Center. Everyone is ''Thanks, Joe, I will." • things in common: they liked it, Harry?'' invited and are encouraged to come in costumes. ·There will be wine, "Hey, have you seen Suzy? She "Yea, I really dug it, Suzy." whiskey sours, home-baked bread, hamenta sc�en, and greggors (noise-makers). "Uh, what are you gonna do was just here a minute ago." ho!=key; and each other.) WASHINGTON SEMESTER 1976 "I think she must be talking to now, Harry?" Thursday, p.m. Hamilton and Kirkland students who will be juniors or seniors "I'm goin' to.._ Bennington Harry, Joe. He's d1.sappeared Knock knock "Come in! Oh, next year who are interested in the Hamilton Semester in "There's Harry. Hey, starting in the summer, Joe. Until too." hi, Joe!" Washington Program are invited to an open meeting in the Fisher · "Uh, hi, Kate. How come then, I'm just goin' to bum Harry! Where's Suzy?" Room of the 'Bristol Campus Center Wednesday, Feb. 26, 7:00 p.m. "She's sick, Joe. I'm goin' to you're studying? This is around and visit m,y friends." Inform�tion and application forms will be available at that time. - "Hey, you guys, be quiet! The take her home." Houseparty Weekend! Come. on, FREE SCHOOL PRE-SCHOOL "Oh, yea? What's the matter, concert's starting!" I'll take you to the Pub." A Free School Pre-School will be offered for 3-6 year-olds and with her?" "Okay, Kate." "Oh, wow·-? Joe, that sounds will include nature-oriented arts, crafts, songs, and games. Anyone "Too much party. See you far -out. But first I have to go to Saturday, p.m. interested in enrolling their children or in helping out with the K a t i e. ' S o long, "Wow, it sure was nice of Joe's later, t_he Coffee House. I promised implementation of the pre-school should contact Bob Pelz Angie I'd sample the honey wheat roommate Bill. to· invite us to this Joe.'' "Yea, so long. Well, there ,.. 853-8015, or Julie Sudars_ky 859-4254. bread she's selling there." · cocktail party, wasn t it, H�? they go.. They sure got friendly ARTS STUDENTS CAUCUS "Uh, okay. Get your coat and Oh, look, there's Joe and Suzy." fast." If you are entplled in an Arts Division course at Kirkland, then ' "They have a lot in common, let's go." ' • ''Outasight." you are a voting member of the Arts Student Caucus, (ASC). Ple�se ''Wow, · I'm so glad you came "Uh, ._ h i , Kate. ' Hi, Joe.'' come to a general meeting to elect board members and adopt the "Oh, Harry, I'm so glad over, Joe� I have to talk to you,•."' Harry." "Yea, I guess. Well, there's no constitution. Wednesday, Feb. 26, 6:00 p.m., in the Red Pit. If you "Uh, Kate, I've: got something you're here! I want you to tell me reason why we have to leave. have any questions, call Barbara Lapidus, x7345, or Miriam Hack, to tell you...Ob, I'm sorry, I all about Colorado!': Wanna dance, Kate?" x4946. "Far out, Suzy. Why don't we didn't :mean to interrupt. What "I was hoping you'd ask. Let's SAC ELEC'.fIONS go sit,down? Excuse us, Katie and hurry-the band's starting/' were you gonna say?" ·: Any student wishing to serve on the Social Activ-ities Committee "That's alright, Joe. You tell (SAC) must submit a platform of less than 100 words to The me first!' Spectator (third floor Bristol) by 7 p.m_ Wednesday. "Uh, okay. Uh, Kate, I'm really sorry about this, but I, uh, I've got a date for the weekend. This chick from home. I'm really contractor had failed to attend.< sorry." '•, BY MARY BARSTOW · ''Oh,· J.oe, I'm: so relieved! A The two platform tennis courts Another, date, February 20, has By ANNE SURCHIN recently built behino. B dorm at been tentatively set, but Jewett friend of mine who just got back A restaurant connoisseur' once told me to beware of Kirkland College cannot be used . said they are still awaiting from Colorado is coming up this establishments with red tablecloths under white, paper place mats, because of technical problems confirmation of this date by the weekend. I was afraid you'd he red checked tablecloths and celery not thoroughly cleaned. Clinton angry." . ·. with the contractor, Said William Reilley corporation. "We are at a stalemate," said ''Who, me? Naah." House, with red tablecloths and white place mats, specializes in what Jamison, Director of Institutional Affairs, . and Arthur Jewett, Jamison, adding that Kirkland •will can best be described as pseudo Italian cuisine. A somewhat limited and unimpressive choice of appetizers Assistant Director at the Physicar not pay for the courts until the Friday, p.m. contractor complies. includes hot antipasto, baked clams casino, scampi alla scarrnarda and Plant. ''Well, Harry, this is the Samuel F. Babbitt, President of Chapel. I think the concert will be Jewett said that there is a a shrimp cocktail listed at $.50 per shrimp. "punch list" 0f incomplete or Kirkland, said that Eugenie Ao really good, don't you?" A pasta dinner comes with tossed salad, garlicbreadand meatball wrong items which the contractor, Haverrneyer, a Kirkland trustee, or sausage. The pasta selection, ranging in price from $2.50-$4.50, "Yea, far out, Katie. Hey R, J. Reilley, Inc., of Danbury, offered to provide one quarter of who's that guy over there who's features lasagne, macaroni, clams alla marinara, homemade stuffed Connecticut, must complete or fix the necessary funds for the cou.rts. waving at you?0 : • - shells, ravioli and Fettucine Alfredo. before the courts can be accepted. Two other trustees will jointly The hot garlic bread was truly a travesty. Made without real "Oh, that's a friend of mine. These problems are relatively contribute another quarter and Come on, I'll introduce you.•.J oe garlic it _came out of the oven burnt and crunchy instead of crisp.i-' small, Jewett said, and include Kirkland will match these gifts. Jock, this is Harry Heavy, the Rather than brushing garlic butter on the inside of the loaf it was to Babbit_t, .friend I was telling you about." A cc o r d i n g adjustments in wiring, painting on poured over the 'outside (a real mess to handle). If discretion had "Hi, Harry. Uh, Kate and lines, starting up the equipment, Havermeyer stipulated that the been used at all, the creator would have at least permitted the garlic powder to dissolve in the butter before pouring it over the bread. and other construction and courts be · completed by the Harry, this is Suzy Skids." beginning of the 1974-75 school "Hi� Suzy. Oh, wow, there's. The entrees were, at best, mediocre. The filetto alla scaloppine specification corrections. ($4.25) steak saute with mushrooms and peppeFs in a wine sauce, Jewett said that a February 11 year. This deadline has since been room on your bench. Why don't was rather sad_ One had to journey on a fishing expedition in a sea we all sit together?" · · meeting to review this list had extended, said Babbitt. of sauce to catch several thinly sliced pieces of meat with a few fresh "Sure. Uh, Kate said you'd been agreed upon, but that the mushrooms and peppers. While the flavor of this dish was pleasant, the. consistency of an extremely oily sauce made it somewhat oppressive. The Vitello Costiletto Milanese ($'>.50), veal cutlet, scallions and chives in a marinara sauce, resembled veal parmigiana_ Three tiny pieces of veal were served in an agreeable sauce. Again much too much sauce appeared on the plate in proportion to the quantity of veal. Onions outnumbered scallions ·and the chives were nowhere to be found. For $3.00 it could be called a good dish, but at $5.50 it's just a rip-off. The other entrees on the menu, mostly veal and beef, cost between $4.25 ·for veal cutlet with lemon and anchovies to $7c25 for strip steak. Veal cutlets or beef with eggplant, cheese, mushrooms or prosciutto also dress up the menu. Clinton House has standard dessers such as tortoni, spumoni and a creme de men the parfait._, The restaurant is decorated with imitation wood paneling and imitation cut glass light panels in the ceiling. Flowered, vinyl booths along the wall and tables in the center of the room are separate from an enclosed bar. \ The food at Clinton House deserves two stars but in relation to what one receives for the price paid the restaurant merits a star and a half_ The quiet atmosphere at Clinton House is conducive to a leisurely dinner providing that one has the pocketbook and a not too discriminating palate. Clinton House is located on Meadow Street ·in the Clinton shopping center.

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4/THE SPECTATOR/February 21, 19_75

Troubled Film Societies Face Newcofiler -By' Pe'ter Sommer Ernest Fung '76, has resigned as chairman of the Amenic Film Society and will form a new subscription film society. Fung said that Amenic was suffer!ng from financial problems and a very loose organizational structure. Amenic has no constitution and is n�t , chartered by the Senate. According to Fung, the society is independent of the school and could be viewed as an independent business form whose financial structure is based on a system of trust. "The legal status of the society isn't clear," he said. "A case could be made for the position that whenever we make money, we can divide the profit." "The film people before us told us we had a balance, but when we checked with

make-up of the committee: whether they , can tolerate each other or not., Fung said that Amenic's loose structure allows it to be monopolized by one or two individuals. The absence of a constitution for the society also affects the selection of films. "There is no fixed way to deal with film selection," said Fung" Last semester Fung was in charge of film selection. He called the members together to participate in the proposal-elimination process. They placed proposals in three categories-selected films, those yet to be decided upon, and those rejected. No formal vote was ever taken, but there were never any objections to the final film selection. A Pseudo-Democracy Fung said that he did make some manipulations and "pushed some [films] through.'' •�The only reason we had a pseudo-democratic process was that we had two strong personalities [ Fung and Kreiswirth] ." "As for this semester," said Fung, "I. think he [Kreiswirth] arranged everything. As far as I know, he alone made the whole schedule." However, financial and �tructural problems are not peculiar to Amenic. John Hutchinson, a projectionist for Kinokunst, said that a great deal of money was also misplaced in that society. Also, for the first three month of last semester, Kinokunst was run by Bill Pranchak, who was not enrolled at Hamilton. When the college discovered this, Pranchak was replaced by Michael Barlow, '74 the present chairma11. Fung, Becker, Hutchinson, and Terry Burke '78- are establishing the Hill's third film society which will consist of a rotating film-selection committee of four to eight individuals and a body-at-large of 100-200 subscribers. The new society will attempt to become chartered by the Senate. . The New Society The society will be a film critics group and will issue a simple publication every month. It will -offer eight films per semester. For $3-$4 one could see any or· all of the films. Membership in the society would entitle one to the society publication as well as the film discount.

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the business office, we had a deficit. This is another big mess," said Fung. Suspicions He said some people suspect that this "ht.ige deficit" is due to corruption on the part of former Amenic members, who may have taken money from the society. H owe v e r , . e v e r y o n e interviewed emphasized that this was no more than a suspicion and nothing can be proven. Daniel Becker '77 said that at film showings, "It happens not infrequently' .,, that many people are told they don't have to pay." Fung added that only the person holding the money knows how much is collected. "As long as you have activities going on, the college doesn't bother you," Fung Sc!id. "If someone js asked to make a financial report, he just makes up a figure." Under the present structure, Fung · said, "honesty is the only cure." Because Amenic does not have a CO'!}Stitution, there is no established procedure for choosing new members. Last semester's four members ·wer� chosen by three different methods. Member Selection As freshmen, Barry Kreiswirth '76 and Fung were asked to submit a list of films to the members of Amenic. They were selected as members of the committee on the basis of their selections. Beth Cohen '75 who also submitted a list of films was not chosen for the committee, but is presently a member. The remammg member, Robert Dolan '78 was enlisted on Student Activities Night at Bristol. "I chose him myself,''. said Fung.· According to Fung, in the past one was chosen -as a member of the committee, "if he was a friend, or 'through some ambiguous process. Nobody knows how the members of the committee are actually chosen." "The survival of Amenic depends oii the

The society will· be run as a pa:rJicipatory democracy. All those· who wish to participate in the film selection process must aid in producing the society publication. The selection-publication committee will choose four films, �d then relinqu_ish

their responsibilities to another group. The departments, expecially the language committee membership will thus be departments. "It's a more flexible constantly rotating. society,'' said Fung. "The crucial point to keep in mind,'' ''We'd like to start the whole thing as said Fung, "is that we really want to soon as possible," said Becker. "The first change the nature of the film society-a step will be to introduce the real film society, one that would promote collegepopulation to what we are planning dialogue." to do." Then they will petition tbe Senate tn ad dition to p r o m otion for $200 and the Assembly for $200. communication among the audience, the "Then if 200 people would subscribe, we society publication would provide would be all set," Becker said. information on all local film activity. "It is a much healthier structure,'' said "There are a lot of films in the ar·ea that Fung. "It would open up a lot more we just do not know about," said Fung. opportunities and would attract the Opportunities interest of people who were interested in Burke added that there were many 'films , not just entertainment." Becker opportunities open to the new society, said, "It's a rist, but a limited risk." including possible joint efforts with Utica "The beauty of the whole thing," said College's. film society, which has a large Fung, " is if it isn't feasible, we can adjust frequently and sponsors along the way. It we can attract a hard b udget discussions. Fung would also like to show 'core of interested students, everything will special interest. non subscription films as a follow." joint venture with various academic

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Magic Flute (in English). Friday and Saturday, 8:00 p.mo, Chapel.

Much of the music played in conce�ts this semester� ·win emenate from the college's new Noack Organ presently being installed in the rear of the Chapel. The funds for the organ were gifts given in memory of the late.-Professor of Music at Hamilton, Berrian Rankin· Shute. Professor Ra nkin came to the college in 1926 and was the founder of the Hamilton Music Department. He died in 1961 after 35 years of seFVice to the college. The organ is of the classis style. It combines a · German classical sound with cl�sical French which makes is a very versatile instrument. In honor of the new organ a series of accomplished organists will perform during the course of the semester. The first will be Gerre Hancock, the organist and master of the choristers at the St. Thomas Church in New York, who will play February 25. Hancock, who graduated from the University of Texas and holds a Master of Sacred Music degree, will perform a mostly-Bach program and improvise on submitted themes. Melvin Butler and Joan Lippincott will also perform in the series. On May 9 Hamilton patron and organsit Lee H. B"ristol Jr. '45 will play a special recital for his alma mater in the formal dedication ceremony. The Paul Kuentz Chamber Orchestra of Paris retl!mS to the Hamilton-Kirkland campus after a one year absence for concerts on .March 5 and March 7. The orchestra is making its twelfth appearence on the hill. This widely-acclaimed fifteen piece ensemble will feature works of Mozart · and other, lesser-known composers in its opening concert. Two days later the group, which won the French recording industry's Grand Prix du Disque, will join with the Hamilton- Kirkland Choir and The College Hill Singers in a special concert. As always Hamilton and Kirkland students will give a number of concerts during the semester. A series of senior rectitalsfeaturing individual student-artists will be presented, though exact programs have not yet been announced. Graduating seniors will cap off the year with a performance of "Music at Hamilton," on the final day of Mayo

16 The A�ici Quartet. Program: works by Boccherini Crumb, ancl Beethoven. Sunday, 8:30 p.m", Chapel.

18 Student Concert. Tuesday, 8:30 p.m., Chapel.

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Melvin Butler, organist and choirmaster, Downtown ·united Presbyterian Church, Rochester, N.Y.' Tuesday, 8:30 p.m"'. 'Chapel.,

12 The Annual Home Concert of the Tour Repertoire.

Hamilton-Kirkland Choir, The College Hill Singers, The Buffers, and the Hamilton-Kirkland Brass Choir. Satui:-day, 8:30 p.m., Alumni Gyino

17 Visiting C hoir Concert. A d m i s sion $1.00

non-students, $.50 students. The University Singers from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Proceeds from the. concert will benefit the Hamilton-Kirkland Choir European Tour Scholarship Fund. Thursday, 8:30, Alumni Gym.

CON,· CERTS

21 "An Evening of Ragtime." ' William Albright,

composer, organist and pianist. Admission: $ 1.00 non-students, $.50 students. ¥onday, 8:30 p.m., Chapel.

22 "Contemporary American Keyboard Music." William Albright. Tuesday, 8:30 p.m., Chapel.

27 Amici -Quartet. Program: works by Mozart, Dvorak, and Carter. Sunday, 3 :00 p.rn", Chapel.

30 Joan,Lippincott, professor of organ at Westminster

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Choir College. Wednesday, 8:30 p.m., Chapel.

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2 5Gerre Hancock, organist and master of the choristers, St. Thomas Church, New York. Program: Johann Sebastian Bach. Tuesday, 8:30 p.m., Chapel.

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6 Student Concerto Tuesday, 8:30 p,mo', Chapel.

9 ·"Alternate Tuning Systems in the Eighteenth

The Paul Kuentz Chamber Orchestra of Perris. Program: works by Barsanti, Jolivet, Leclair, Mozart, and Mouret. Admission: $20 50 non-students, $1 0 50. students. Wednesday, 8:30 p.m., Alumni Gym.

Century." Fritzz Noack, president· of the Noack Organ Company. Friday, 4:00 p.m., Root Art Center.

9 Dedi�ation of the Berrian R. Shute Memorial Organ.

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Twelfth Anniversary Concert, Hamilton-Kirkland Choir, The College Hill Singers and the Paul Kuentz Chamber Orchestra. Program: Bach: Cnatata Noo lil-0 ''Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimrne,'' and Haydn: "Missa in angustiis'' (Lord Nelson Mass). Friday, 8: 30 p.m., Alumni Gym.

Lee H. Bristol, Jr., guest recitalist. Friday, 8:30 p.m. Chapel.

10 A Concert by the Hamilton-Kirkland Choir and The

College Hill Singers. Kathleen Battle, soprano: Thomas Sherwood, baritone. Program: Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem. Saturday, 8: 30 p.m., Chapel.

11 Senior ·Recital, David Kulle, baritone. Tuesday, 8: 30

31. "Music at Hamilton," performances by graduating

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14 �ri Operatic Evening.· Hamilton and· Kirkland vocal

seniors. Saturday evening, Chapel.

students. Program: Telemann: Pimpinone, and Mozart: FILM On Campus This Weekend starring George

Reeves. Friday and Saturday at 8:00 p.m. Sunday at 10:00 p.m. Kirner-Johnson Auditorium Wild One and Scorpio Rising. Friday and Saturday at 8:00 p.m. Sunday at 10:00 p.m. Science Auditorium. February 24 {Monday)

Woman of the Year starring Katherine Hepburn. 10:00 p.m. Kirner-Johnson Auditorium. (Also Tuesday) February 25 {Tuesday)

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Government Department- Film Series: The Making of The President-] 960 4:00 and 8:00 p.m. ,Chemistry Auditorium. Anthropology Film: The Nuer 7:30 p.m. Science Auditorium. February 27 (Thursday) Comedy Film Festival: Coconuts, Horsefeathers, W.C. Fields Shorts, No Census, No Feelings. 8:00 p.m. Kirner-Johnson Auditorium. Memories of Underdevelopment. 8:00 p.rn. Chemistry Auditorium.

Lecture: Professor Rand Carter. JapanesP Influences on Westerr Art. 8 : 0 0 p.m. Root Art Center. Refreshments following.

February 26 (Wednesday)

Root-Jessup Lecture: Senator Thomas Eagleton.. Liberalism and Practical Politics - The Two are Compatible. 8:00 p:m. Alumni Gymnasium MUSIC

February 21 (Friday) Student Activities Concert. Steve Goodman and Loudon Wainwright 111. 8:00 and 10:30 p.m. Chapel. February 25 (Tuesday) Organ Recital by Gerre Hancock, Organist and Master of the Choir, St. Thomas Church, New York City. 8:30 p.m. Chapel. Concert: Cornelia Brewster, Flute and Ursula Kwasnicka, Harp. 8:30 p.m. Chapel. February 24 {Monday) Purim Party. 7:30 p.m. Fisher Room, Bristol. Costumes please. RELIGIOUS SERVICES February 22 (Saturday)

Newman Mass. Father Paul Drobin. 5:30 p.m. Red Pit. February 23 (Sunday) Newman Mass. Father Paul Drobin. LECTURE AND DISCUSSION 9: 30 a.m. Chapel. February 24 (Monday) Free Church of Clinton. Joel Tibbetts, Lee ture: Professor• .Norton Starr, College Chaplain-.11:00 a.m. Chapel. Amherst College. Computer Graphics. February 24 (Monday) 7:30 p.m. Science Audit?rium� Lenten Communion Service. Rev. .W.H.

Wickham Ill, St. James Church, Clinton. 4:30 p.m. Bristol Campus Center Fisher Room. Christian Fellowship Meeting. 8:00 p.m. Milbank 36

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Newman Mass. Father Paul Drobin. 4:45 p.m. Chapel.

February 27 {Thursday)

Christian Science College Organization. 4:0 5 p.m. Bristol Campus Center Backus Room. DRAMA

February 21 (Friday) Charlatans Production of One-Act Plays. 9:00 p.m. Minor Theater. (Also Saturday and Sunday) EXHIBITION

The Strongest ·Man in· the World Paris (733-2730) Freebie and the Bean (R) 258 Cinema (732-5461) My Pleasure Is My Business (R) 8/az[ng Saddles (R) Abby (R)

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Alpha Delta Phi-Sigma Phi, Beer and Band, at Sigma Phi, 9:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m., open to frat members only. Teak, Beer .and Band, 9:00 p.m.-7:00 · a.m., open to frat members, Kirkland women, and invited guests. Emerson Literary Society, Beer and Band, 7 7:30 p.m.-3:30 a.m., open to campus.

Currently on Campus Afro-Images. Paintings by Jack White. February 22 (Saturday) Chi Psi, Gin and Juice, 70:30 a.m.-7:00 (Closes March 8c ) p.m., open to frat members only. February 24 {Monday)· Delta Upsilon, Beer and Band, 70:00 Exhibition Opening: Ukiyo-e: Japanese p.m,-2/00 a.m., open to frat members Prints of the Tokugawa Period. 8:00 only. p.m. Root Art Center. {Closes March Psi Upsilon, Beer and Band, l 0:00 21) p.m.-2:'00 a.m., open to frat members, AT NEARBY THEATRES . independents $2.00. Cannonball {853-5553) fhe Sound of February 23 (Sunday) Music(G) Delta Kappa Epsilon, Gin and Juice, Cinema Theater-New Hartford 72:00 noon, open to campus. {736-0081) Murder on the Orient Note: Express {PG) · Freshmen who have not turned in bid Cinema Theaters-Riverside Mall, Lenny cards by Friday, at . 4:00 p.m. are (R)� Young ,Frankenstein (PG) considered independents by the Towering Inferno {PG) Inter-Fraternity Council. Cinema National U� town {732-0665)


6/THE SPECTATOR/February 21. 1975

Student Curriculum Committee ·Interviews Faculty . Advisors By WALTER KASS In response to complaints lodged against the Hamilton faculty advising system for "1nderclassmen at the Adler Conference last September, a subcommittee of the Student Curriculum Committee is now interviewing each faculty advisor in an «;tfort to improve the system. co-chairmen,. Subcommittee Adam Eilenberg and Daniel Becker, and committee members have spoken to the faculty

advisors on a one-to-one- basis. hi freshmen, according to Becker the interviews, each subcommittee and Eilenberg. Information Gained member sought the advisor's The information gained from thoughts concerning their views of the interview, will be used to the roles.· The members also tried to seek make the advisor more aware of out any unconscious biases that his own perspective with advisees. any individual advisors might "At this time, not 1 all of the have, including biases against interviews have been completed, various courses at Hamilton or therefore no conclusions can be Kirkland. The interviews also drawn," said Eilenberg. However, provided an overview of the both c;o-chairmen were willing to knowledge advisors have of the make c o m m ents general ce>llege community and how they · concerning· the interviews. They �ply that knowledge to aiding noted the following in the advisors comments: -advisors said they need inore time with their advisees. Social Tax Policy 1. The Social Activities Committee sole responsibility �s to provide entertainment for social tax holders. ' he Social Activities 2o T C o m m ittee wished to make apparent the benefits of social tax. Therefore, with the exception o f t h e S t.t:p hen F ensterer Memo rial Folk Festival, the S.A.C. will only give money to events that charge admission to the general public and let social tax members in free. Other b�nefits include free admission to. any SoA.C. sponsored event. 3. Social tax holders can expect: an orientation function,� concert, a Women's Center fu nction, a House Partys function, a BPR U function, a Coffeehouse, a Folk Festival and Crafts Fair. In addition, depending on the function and the budget (made up of the people who pay social tax) there will be 6 to 10 other functions. Dean Robin Kinne!

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continued from page one election. This YF¥, election platforms will be published in next week's i ssue of The Spectator, but in the future, the platforms will be printed in the SAC February newsletter. Those wi s hing t o run f o r SAC membership this year must submit platforms of less than 100 words to The Spectator by 7 p.m. Wednesday. The SAC has also formulated a social tax policy (see below) which sta tes the absolute minimum a tax payer can expect the c o m m ittee to provide. Social tax is now $35, and SAC Co-chairman Martha Reiners said, "We don't intend to raise it."

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-advisors said they find. it Board of Advisors, said he plans difficult to get Hamilton students . to re�iew the subcommittee's final to take a wide distribution of findings which are expected to be courses. available in March. He said he also -the advisors expressed the plans to review the findings with need for more time between the the other members of the Board called of Advisors. advisors groups of "troikas." Dean Kinnel said his aim is to The troikas are, groups of three "sensitize" the advisors so they meet realize what the student will hear w h,i ch p r o fessors discuss the and how the, student will interpret to periodically problems of each others' advisees. what he.hears. Dean Kinnel explained that in , The subcommittee also plans organizing the troikas he tries to to distribute a questionnaire to concerning balance their membership in both students faculty advising of underclassmen. Kinnel, age and discipline. e x pressed According to Kinnel, the troika however, some system allows discussion of skepticism about such a survey, academic problems from different saying tnat it will be difficult to cull out honest complaints, perspectives. Associate Dean of the College griping, and praise, bland Robin Kinne!, chairman of the objective critkism.

Sen�tor Eagleton To Speak

Senator Thomas Eagleton, drugs. veteran of an ill-fated and More recently, the senator has his efforts toward short-lived candidacy for U.S.' directed Vice President in 1972, will speak limiting the President's power to start wars. He was almost alone on campus Thursday, Feb. 26. Eagleton, a Democrat, wa.s among his fellow Democratic George McGovern's running mate senators in opposing the 197 3 War for eighteen days in the summer Powers Act, which would give the of 1972 . until uproar over 'his Chief Executive freedqm to put medical history forced him ot armed forces in combat for any withdraw from the campaign. period up to 90 days without Styling himself as a political congressional approval. E agleton's ''progressiv e," Eagleton will speak Thursday legislative interests have ranged on "Liberalism and Practical from . Civil Rights and the P o l i t i c s-Th e 'Tw o ar e to environment Workmen's Compatible," at 8 p.m. ih the compensation and dangerous Alumni Gymnasium.

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continued from page eight Blue this season·. Ha m i l t o n t o y e d w i t h Rochester, and built up a 13-point l e a d b y t h e h a l f. The Yellowjackets came back out in a UCLA-type press and succeeded in cutting the lead to five. But the Con ts eventually solved this stratagem and hit the century mark with a full 3½ minutes r�maining. John Klauberg led the Blue assault with 26 points, many coming on twisting, acrobatic drives toward the hoop. Bernie Mucitelli was next with 18 points. Farewell to Seniors The Rochester contest also marked the last Home appearance for seniors Mark Badger and Pedro Garcia. In a moving halftime ceremony, Coach Murphy praised_ ''Two guys who helped to turn our basketball program around." Bad ger will hang up his sneakers as the second leading scorer in Hamilton history (1131 points to date). The pint-sized red-head also hqlds the Hill records for career, season, and game assists. Co-Captain Garcia was the,.fifth leading foul shooter in the nation las t y ear and owns the Contin ental r e c-o rd o f 36 consecutive free throws. With regard to the half-time ceremony in which both seniors received

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I.arries Steal Victory From Swimmers Red Raiders Too Hat to Handle

Last week could be termed the most tragic in Coach MacDonald's ten year career at Hamilton. Before the team left for St. L a w r e n c e l a s t S a t ur day MacDonald said "You certainly s u f f er swimming away from home," and Hamilton did, losing 67-46. Then Wednesday the Blue squad entertained Colgate in the Alumni Pool and wer-e easily handled by the Red Raiders. Hamilton was billed as the severest test of the young St. Lawrence team. The Larries have only been in the water for four years, and have a small roster listing no seniors. Coach Scott Woodburn rates Hamilton as the b est small college swimming program in New York State. The win against Hamilton tops off St. Lawrence's un beaten season record. Coach MacDonald and his swimmers were in the position to w o rry about t h e Larries,

especially considering the up and coming mismatch against Colgate. But the Conts couldn't do anything as St. Lawrence swam their· best times of the season and won 10 of the 13 events. H a milton did s h i n e at moments, however, setting two of their own school records, and one of the three records set in the Frank and Lee Augsbury Pool that day. P a ul Edick was Hamilton's only double winner, taking both diving events while o u t c l a s s i n g all the other competitors. Edick set a school record in the optional event. Carlberg Fastest in Division Ill Jeff Carlberg got a special welcom� as Hamilton's National Champion and drew murmers from the crowd .as he finished more than 15 seconds in front of his teammate· Mark Walters. The breaststroke event was the only event swept by / the Conts. Carlberg's swim set both the pool

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National Pastime FEINGOLD AND SHOEN

The Congress of the United States has joined forces with unemployment, the Arabs, William Simon and Gerald Fo:r:d to help the severely hurt economy-if it is still possible. They are about to make the wrong decision-no matter what they do-on the National Pastime , which is betting on baseball, and football, and basketball, and any other clean-cut sport where points are made, shaved, and spread. Congress appointed a commission of men and lawyers to look into this "growing moral decay" (as television and Bowie Kuhn will tell us), and told them to spend as much money as they can by October, 1976 and report their findings to them. Congress will be a little more than shocked. · Congress will be told that not only will some 30· or so per cent of Americans be affected oy .any change in the gambling laws but, more importantly, the economy of the United States today, betting on baseball and other sports takes in billions of dollars a -'year. Such a huge amount is taken in that no one is really sure how huge it is. The money is handled by thousands of people who are waiting to see you invest your money in a 7½ point spread. That's many jobs. Those people are usually not part of the unemployed work force b�cause their bosses do not usually pay them and they are not e!ibible for compensation. But the workers don't worrY,. It takes more than one Paul Screvane and one lousy state east of California to hurt their business. And if the government wants to join the fun, who's to worry? What kind of guy pays a cover charge to a place for taking his money when the guy across the street will do it for free? The workers who are not afraid of losing their jobs like to spend money. Thousands of happy men with hundreds of happy bosses spending billions of dollars. Who says recession?

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But this is not even the important part. A fellow I know who is so good with figures that he got a job as teller in the third biggest bank in America, likes to spend his free time giving his money away. He has many friends. He also has many debts, this short, fat guy. He likes giving it away whenever there is a . sporting event in America-sort of a celebration of great· athletic feats. There is one catch-if he picks a certain team, horse, or athlete to win, and he is right, the me·n who like him a lot will give him a certain amount of money back. They like him very much. There are millions like him who ·follow different sports and use the telephone like Wall Street brokers to invest their money in numbers. There ar.e so many millions like him that they were catered to in a recent gubernatorial primary in New York State. If the government starts making them pay for their fun, they might not like it very much. But can the government have the moral destruction of millions of Americans-lining up at betting counters before work every morning-on its conscience? That's the dilemma. They find thrills and other excitement in placing these investments and testing their skills. These are the people who go to sporting events and root for the home team when the point spread is in their favor. Lately, the crowd in Madison Square Garden has been · upsetting the press because it has been booing the Knicks. They don't hate the Knicks. They are rooting for or against the point spread. It just so happens that the Knicks are making a lot of point spreads unnecessary lately.

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They like the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat as much as the next guy, but they like the thrill of playing \;Vith their money · more. James Breslin, former sportswriter, once quoted a guy as to why he loved baseball so much: "One day I got the Mets with Stallard against the Braves. 2-1. I got a 3-2 lead with two out in the bottom of the ninth, and all the Braves got is a man on first and Lee Maye up. Well, I'm getting dressed to go out. I am going to break all over town. The radio says Stallard throws. a pitch. It says Maye hits it eight miles. I take off my tie and fot the next several weeks I am one of the missing dead. That's why the game is so great. One swing oJ the bat can wreck you whole life."

and -school records, and lowered his time previously rated as the fastest in Division III competition for the country. While Carlberg was busy setting r e c ords, St._ Lawrence's Joe Hannah snuck in third place for the one point that clinched the meet for the Larries. Woodburn said he expected the meet to be 56-50 in favor of the Conts going into the last relay, and counted on his relay team of Jeff Cook, Scott Frame, Monty Bau.er, and Tim Johnson for t_he winning seven points. Coach Woodburn seemed intent on proving that his squad could . have taken the event and the meet. The Larrie's relay outmuscled the Hamilton relay team of Needham, WidJJ}an, Schrum. and Strehlow for a pool record. Nu one seemed worried about the Colgate meet, as the Red R a i d e r s b r u s h e d a side the Continentals easily, 67-45. Hamilton had no chance for the win with Colgate ranked as the best in the Upper New York State Swimming Association. Hamilton and Colgate managed to rearrange the Alumni Pool record board, erasing nine of the pool marks. C o l gate's Bob Collum set records in both distance events, and remained solidly the fastest distance swimmer going into the State Meet. Paul Edick came back from Canton ready to top his school record in the optional diving set only four days earlier. Edick also broke both. of his own diving marks in the Alumni Pool. Union Next Jeff Carlberg, as usual, reset his _ 2 00-yd. 'b reaststroke record, placing him well ahead of the rest of the field. Bucko Strehlow topped his own school record in continuecton page seven

UCnnn Erased by Blue Gillmore Lost far Season By STEVE HAWEELI A,lso lost for the Williams Hamilton's hockey team ended the busiest part of their game is co-captain Dave Gillmore schedule last Saturday night by who tore ligaments ·in his right leg. defeating the University of For the past four years Gillmore Connecticut 8-5. The game was has seen regular action, and has' marked by poor refereeing as can contributed more than his share Anderson who to the strengthening of what is Rick attest received a game misconduct for now a competitive varsity team. fighting. The offensive contributors to In truth Anderson played a · Hamilton's winning effort were passive role in the confrontation. George Gillmore, Tom Griffith, Both players were digging for the and Dave Gillmore each scoring 2 puck in the comer when the goals apiece, and Phil Hildebrand UConn player began to pummel who assisted on 5 goals to raise his Anderson. Anderson did little to scoring total to 40 points - the retaliate, but when the referee best on the club. Saturday at 7:30 p.m. turned around and saw the fight, he passed quick judgement and Williams engages the Continentals sent both players off the ice. As a at the Sage for the last homegame result Anderson will not be of the year and the last home allowed to play in the next game game -for seniors Rick Aubry, Gib against Williams because of. the Hedstrom, John Hutchins, and 1 e a gue rule prohibiting a Dave Gillmore, who unfortunately participant in a fight to play in will have to watch from the bendi. the next game.

Hamilton Five Claim Two Victories Blue On the Rom/ in Quest of Playoffs By BOB McCORMICK Do centers have more fun? Based on the two hoop contests played at Alumni Gym this past week, one would have to answer a f f i r m atively. Bernie Mucitelli helped the Hamilton five make short work of Utica College and Rochester U. by shooting a cqmbined 13-18 (29 points) from his pivot position. Damian Upson and Gordie Taylor, centers for Rochester and Utica respectively, had themselves a pretty fair time alsoA Upson notched 32 points Tuesday night,

while Taylor, a freshman out of New York City, pumped in 34 last S at ur d a y and g r abbed 18 rebounds. But t h e Continentals are exceptionally adroit at team play, and t h e s e s tellar individual· performances didn't faze them. Employing a balanced attack, the Blue nipped Utica, 85-75, then buried Rochester, 113-99. Conts Win Two Against Utica, an early Cont lead developed into a s�e-saw battle. Mark Badger finally broke the _!>!15ket trading with a brilliant

effort near the end of the half. He broke up a Utica fast break and went the length of the court to lay it in. The refs ruled that Badger had been fouled, so he went to the stripe and converted both ends of the one-and-one. This four-point play sent the Blue into the· locker room with a advantage. 41-3 6 half-time Incredibly, Gordie Taylor scored 25 of Utica's first-half points. Taylor's pace slackened off somewhat in the second stanza, but the Conts couldn't pull away. With 8:39 remaining in the game, Mucitelli went out on fouls, and the Blue's six-point lead appeared in danger. Mark Rybarczyk came 'in to do a superb job, but fouled out with just over three minutes to go. Luckily for Hamilton, Brian Coombes had shaken off the flu that has plagued him for the past two weeks and regained his s h o o t ing touch. 'Coomb es dominated the final minutes of the game and insured the Blue triumph. He finished with 18 - points and 10 rebounds. Offensive Fireworks The Rochester game produced one of the biggest displays of offensive firewor�s seen in these parts in some time. Seven Hamilton players reached double figures, and the Blue shot 5 7 .5% collectively fro!D the floor. In this game, · the Conts were not over! y concerned with defense. The 99 points recorded by the Yellowjackets marked the highest total scored against the co,itin'ued on page ;;�


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EDITORIAL Catholic Search

In searching for a successor to former Dean of the College Stephen G. Kurtz, the Hamilton Dean Search Committee is working to staff the last of a long list of vacant administrative positions with the best qualified scholar, teacher, and administrator. One cannot help but notice, however,that the last three major administrative openings here, for president, provost, and vice-president, were all filled by members of the "Hamilton Community." President Carovano had been acting president and provost, and a member of the Economics Department before that. Provost Eugene Lewis . was an associate professor of government before moving into the provo st's office, and recently named vice-president, Joseph Anderson, is an alumnus of Hamilton, '44, and is a member of the Board of Trustees. A person from outside the college community could inject valuable ideas and approaches to education different from those specifically fostered at Hamilton College, while carrying back to his own associations the accomplishments and name of Hamilton. Former Dean Stephen G. Kurtz, who came here from Williamsburg, Virginia, where he was Director of the Institute of Early American History and Culture, looked objectively at scholarship at Hamilton and decided to provide more encouragement and resources for scholarship than had been available in the past. Examining the college's reputation as it related to students' success in applying to graduate schools, he organized a conference and made a concerted effort to convince graduate schools that Hamilton was as outstanding an educational institution as its own sons believe it to be. Although the Search Committee would be unfair to discredit a candidate solely on the basis of his Hamilton affiliation, the Search Committee would be acting in the best interests of the college, especially in light of the last three decisions, if it bore in mind the possibly unique contributions of candidates coming from outside the Hamilton community.

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Donald Gr ayson, assistant professor of anthropology and archaeology at Kirkland College has accepted a position with the Oregon Department of Interior in P o r t l a n d a s t h e sta t e's archaeologist. Grayson, who has taught at the college for three years, left on August I to assume duties in locating and identifying a r ch ae o l o g i c a l sites and in preserving and, if necessary, excavating these sites. He will also do r esearch on conservation archaeology. A t Kirkland, Grayson has t a u g ht c ourses i n t he methodology of archaeological and anthropological research as well as the archaeology of the N ort hea stem part of North America, and in particular New York State. This summer he organized a field school, which has- been digging for Indian artifacts in Blossvale, New York. A g raduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo, Grayson holds masters a n d d o c t or a l d egrees i n anthropology from the University of Oregon. He has worked on archaeological surveys, conducted by the New York State Museum and Science Service, the National Park Service and the University of Oregon archaeology crew. He has also held a teaching position at the Univer s i ty of Oregon's Division of Continuing Education.

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At a· recent meeting of the Kirkland Alumnae Association, it was announced that Elyn Cheney, '73, has been appointed a trustee of the college. She is the second trustee to be named by the a 1 u m nae, wh i ch p r e s e n t l y numbers 400. Cheney, of Cottage Farm in Ossipee, New Hampshire and New York City, was elected by the members of the association and her appointment was confirmed by the Board of Trustees. Cheney is presently a student at the Harvard Divinity School, where she is studying under a Rockefeller Trial Year Fellowship from the Theological Education Fund. She plans to attend medical school in the fall. While at Kirkland, Cheney served on several assembly and trustee committees. She was also the college bagpiper, a tradition that she began when she played the pipes for the inauguration of the c ol lege's first president, Samuel F. Babbitt, in 1968. After her graduation last year, an anonymous donor established a scholarship fund for a college piper, named in ho!,lor of Cheney.

O'Brien, who resigned from the joint position to go into private business. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, C on over w as for 27 years an officer in the Navy, serving in a variety of positions c o n c e r n ed with f inancial m anagement and supply. He retired in 1967 with the grade· of Commander in the Supply Corps. He joined Olivet College as assistant business manager in 1968 and was named business manager the following year. In addition to the Naval Academy, he has attended the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administra tion, the Temple University School of Education, and a number of Navy schools and institutions. He and his wife, Jeanne, have three children, ages 27, 25, and 22. The oldest, Donald L. Conover, is a 1968 graduate of Hamilton.

women and minority members, and the honor system. Schneider e x p e ct s t o e l im i n ate the t r a d itional d i s c u ssions of college-Village of Clinton re.lations a n d f r a t e r n i t y-i n d e pe nd en t relations. Schneider, also a member of the Dean Search Committee doubts that that group's work will be a topic of debate at the conference. T h e a ttendants this year i n c l u d e a bout 40 Hamilton students, 12 Kirkland students, 12 Hamilton faculty, 6 Kirkland f a c ulty, two H a m ilton trustees-William Bristol III and William G. Herbster as well as Presidents Carovano and Babbitt, Deans Lindley and Frazer, and Deans of Students Bingham and Poller.

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R e p. Dona l d J. Mitchell (R-N .Y.) announced the approval of $33,890 in Federal assistance for c o Hege library resources programs in the 31st District, in which Hamilton and Kirkland are situated. According to Mitchell, the funds are to be used to assist the s ch o o l s i n acqumng library m a t e r i a l s such as books , p e r i o d i c a l s , m ag netic tapes, phonograph records, audiovisual m a terials, and other related materials. The Congressman reported that the Burke Library and six other libraries will each be receiving $4 ,23 5 i n l ib r a ry resource development funds. "Considering the impact of inflation on our libraries, I feel t h a t t hi s t y p e of Federal assistance is essential," Mitchell commented. "If you include the expense of purchasing, processing, and maintenance, the average cost of most books is $13.00. In the past five years, the operating cost of many libraries has increased by more than 50%. We simply can not allow the efforts of our educators to be hindered by insufficient library resources. That is why I will continue to support this and similar Federal library assistance programs and why I will continue to seek better ways to . improve our nation's libraries," concluded t h e Utica area's representative. Mitchell will be challenged by the winner in the Democratic p ri m a r y to b e h e ld this September. Among those vying for the chance to run against the incumbent is Terry Tolles, local business executive and son of former Hamilton Dean Winton Tolles.

To better fulfill this goal, moral and attitudinal pressure Frazer believes that Kirkland must than a legal pressure," Frazer said. reevaluate its course offerings, "Science must become an The governance system at Kirkland is another area that effective reality here," Frazer Frazer believes merits immediate said. "I can't conceptualize a attention. "The entire structure is liberal arts education without this overworked and overcommitted, component. Unwittingly we have and the results are not as effective lent credence to the stereotype as people had hoped," she said. that women can't and don't want "B y integra tin g c o mmittee to do hard science." According to Frazer, it is time structures and making clear their charges, the Assembly might for Kirkland to set some specific criteria for granting academic become more effective." Frazer said that many tensions credit. Frazer does not have a of the coordinate relationship specific rule for granting credit, with Hamilton will be alleviated but she does have a 'working once Kirkland defines its own guidel ine'. "A work/study experience, for instance, ought to needs and goals. "Kirkland's duty as a women's be evaluated for academic credit if college is to educate women to be it is acessible to the student only realistic about their abilities and through the institution," Frazer t h e d if fic ulties t h e y w i l l said. "In other words, it must be e n c o u n t e r ," F r azer s a id. s om ethi ng that is done in "Kirkland must teach women not . conjun ction wi th Kirk land to undersell themselves, and to College. If it is something you can undertake self-realization and do totally on your own, it is not appropriate for academic credit." self-renewal."


Economic Crunch Hits Hill Effects at Hamilton Noted

There is a crisis in the financing of higher education that is endangering colleges across the country, according to Walter Adams, past president of the A m e r i c a n Associat ion of University Professors (AAUP). The crisis has been caused by c u t b a c k s i n g o v ernment exp en d i t u r e s , c o r p o r a te contributions and foundation grants, and by increases in educational expenses. "Financial stringency means dismissals of non-tenured faculty, the imposition of h i r i n g freezes, th,e adoption o f tenure quotas and the abolition of tenure altogether," Adams said in his April 26th Presidential address. He said that this stringency was threatening the entire teaching community, and higher education in general. Althoug h many Hamilton fa c ulty and a dministration members say that financially Hamilton is faring relatively well, some admit that Hamilton is beginning to feel the economic crunch. Hiring Freeze Former Dean of the College,

Stephen G. Kurtz, said that a hiring freeze was instituted by former President John Chandler, and that this policy is generally still in effect. R ob er t S i mo n , asso ciate professor of philosophy and current president of the Hamilton chapter of the AAUP, said that what worries him is "Hamilton's failure to keep good people on the faculty and the extent to which the c o l l e ge's relatively high academic standing is a result of sacrifices made by the faculty." Deterioration Cited Simon added that the hiring freeze has caused a deterioration in teaching quality. He said that Hamil ton's d epartments are understaffed and carrying a heavy burden. The work load, he said, cuts into research and into the time faculty members can give to advising students on an individual basis. Acting Dean of the College, Dwight Lindley, agreed that in terms of student load, there is no doubt that some departments work much harder than others. Lindley said, however, that the question is what can be done

There is little fat in the 1974-75 college budget according to Hamilton Provost Eugene Lewis. Affirming that "no one is getting rich," and that there are "no crooks here" Lewis said that although the College· has not even reached the point where it has to contemplate eliminating long standing programs, eventually it may be forced to do so if its budget is not tightened up. The --Ge lk-gc has bcen--h--t¼rt---by inflation and a down turn in the market, Lewis said. At its May meeting, Hamilton's Board of Trustees was told that the face value of the College's endowment portfolio decreased by 7 per cent. Lewis' conservative estimate is that if the College continues spending at present levels, its endowment will have to grow from the depleted $26 million to $50 million by 1984 (assuming that the inflation rate will return to 6 per cent).' If inflation continues at current levels, Lewis said that the College will need much more money. Aside from rising costs, Lewis said that the deterioration of Hamilton's aged physical plant is adding to the College's financial problems. He added that "great 'oits" of the plant will have to be replaced in the next five to ten years. For example, Hamilton is in

the midst of rewmng its whole campus, and building supply inflation has hit especially hard. The Sollege keeps a substantial Maintenance and Operations (M and O) reserve for unexpected "episodic" expenses. However, now the money is going out faster than it can be replenished. Lewis said that last year, close to $400,000 of the reserve was spent, but the College only budgeted $205,000 for reserve replcnishm-en-t..--But unexpected expenses are not the only ones hanging over the College's head. The College still has a $1.1 million Burke Library debt outstanding, and Lewis predicts that a new field house will soon be needed. · Hamilton, however, is not the only school having financial troubles. Many schools are facing financial crises much worse than Hamilton's. New York University, for example, in the midst of a multimillion dollar deficit, sold its uptown campus and laid off or retired 217 faculty members. At present, Hamilton is not operating in the red, nor does it have a deficit. The Tuition Assistance Plan, adopted by the State of New York last spring, will soften the impact of rising tuition costs at private colleges, such as Hamilton, by providing increased, direct aid to students.

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about it. Tenure: No Changes As of yet, Hamilton has not been forced to deal with an immediate financial crisis, and this means that it has not been forced to institute any drastic policies. "Hamilton has been going slowly, and not over reacting," said Simon. "The administration has been �ensible." Kurtz commented that no non-tenured faculty have been dismissed for financial reasons, and that up through 1973-74 there has been no tenure quota. Simon said that although he believes that there has been no de facto tenure quota, he is sure that the number of untenured spots left in a department is in the back of peoples minds when tenure decisions are made. Tenure: A Problem Kurtz said that unless the College can formulate a program to deal with the tenure and financial problems, the College will wind up with an old, stable, tenured staff and a young, rotating, untenured staff. Lindley, who also fears this development, said that although there has been no change in tenure policy yet, there will have to be one in the next year if the College wishes to avoid this kind of outcome. There is much debate over the kinds of tenure policies that should be adopted. Lindley said that a quota will have to be discussed. Simon, however, said that a quota would hurt the College. Faculty Finances Hamilton Provost, Eugene Lewis denies that tenure problems are caused by financial stringency. He added however, that to keep p._.-academic quality, Hamilton has to increase faculty salaries. ''It is disastrous that the salaries of Hamilton assistant professors are virtually the lowest in the state," Simon said. He added that he is not sure where the reallocation should come from, but that one should be made. Kurtz agreed that more mo­ ney is needed for the faculty. He said that Hamilton hasn't had a president on the road for two years and the "lag has hurt." The Problem For Hamilton to exist, it must provide quality education, Lewis said. To provide a quality education, some professors have said, the College must attract top scholars and have a continuous introduction of new blood. Tenure problems and financial stringency, however, are currently working against both. these aims.

The committee charged with the responsibility of replacing former Dean of the College Stephen G. Kurtz has already received over 100 applications, more than half as a result of the notice placed in The Chronicle of Higher Education with the remainder o r i g i n a t ing from s our ces w i t hin t he college community. The notice in the September issue of The Chronicle is expected to yield a much larger number of -application"S- as vacations end and the academic year begins. P r esi dent Ca rovano wrote letters to Hamilton alumni now in higher education, the alumni council, and the Committee sent letters to t he faculties of Hamilton and Kirkland Colleges. "Several" of the applicants are now faculty members of Hamilton College, a ccording to the committee's c hairman Professor of Chemistry Lawrence Yourtee. Roger Schneider '75 was more specific saying that "four, maybe five" faculty members have been nominated. The search for a dean, on since May, will continue into the W i n t e r. Y o u r t e e s a i d t he committee plans to submit the names of the prime candidates to President Carovano by December 1. Before that, two rounds of interviews have been tentatively pl.anned: the first should include

By SUSAN MALKIN Kirkland must "clarify its procedures," "articulate criteria," and "determine its priorities," said Catherine S. Frazer, newly appointed Dean of Academic Affairs for Kirkland College. Frazer, who assumed office July 1, said that Kirkland's major problems are related to lack of direction and definition in the are as of faculty hiring and tenuring, the Assembly and its committee system, teaching and a c a d e m i c s t a ndards, and educational philosophy. "Confusion and uncertainty are inevitable in a growing school," said Frazer. However, Kirkland must now begin to define its philosophy in more concrete terms without losing its flexible structure. "We must build enough 'give' into the system," she said. "T h e s p o n ta n ei ty and e xc i tement generated at the college's early stages is very precious," Frazer said, "but it

really doesn't stay throughout the Frazer said that priorities must be college's lifetime. However, the established based on teaching ability to see things each time standards, scholarly and/or artistic with spontaneity and excitement, c o m p e t e n ce , and fa culty as if through new eyes, is participation. something I would work hard to Frazer thinks that there should keep." be more student input into Frazer said that the .dean of faculty hiring and firing. "As we faculty· "must integrate all points clarify procedures and articulate 0 f View in a p luralistic criteria, I take it as a matter of community. . . . Policy is a course that the students' role will community thing here. It doesn't become more effective," she said. emanate from one source. F acuity d e velo p m ent i s "One of the nice things about a another high priority item on small college is that you don't Frazer's list. She acknowledges deal with isolated problems," the homogeneity of the Kirkland Frazer said. "Each question that faculty, and she feels that "it is comes across my desk has such deadly to get locked into a obvious effects on · the whole homogeneous community." community." "The number of women on the Faculty hiring and tenuring is faculty and staff is certainly not o n e area that needs policy what it should be," said Frazer. clarification, Frazer said. She . "We should start cranking the a d d ed t ha t t h e Kir kland women in. We should try to get as community is not in favor of a many women hired as possible. numerical ceiling on tenure. "There is a very real desire Kirkland is, however, faced from President Babbitt on down with the problem of setting to do this. It is more of a broad standards for tenuring faculty. continued on page two

Professor of Chemistry, Lawrence Y ourtee, Chairman of the Dean Search Committee.

Dean Search Committee Sets Procedure, Criteria

no l e ss than six or eight candidates, postulated Professor Yourtee. The second round would be open to a wider audience and include fewer candidates. The Committee has not yet decided how public the first round of interviews will be. "We will not be unduly secretive, but w e w i l l m a intain the conf i dentia l ity of individual candidates," said Yourtee. The Committee has agreed not to discuss publicly the names of any candidates at this-point. C om m i ttee policy on the further release of information is also uncertain. Chairman Yourtee, Associate Professor of Philosophy Robert Simon, and Assistant Professor of Government Richard P. Suttmeier all expressed doubts about the release of candidates' names for the first round of interviews. Suttmeier, speaking for himself, said, "I want to make it reasonably open but with the understanding that in some cases, the candidate might have reasons to maintain confidentiality, for one or another reason." Yourtee would not comment at this time on the committee's evaluation of candidates currently on the faculty or whether an "outsider" or an "insider" is preferable over the other. The c o m m i ttee has been reading resumes from a file continued on page six

Dean Catherine. Frazer Assesses College's Goals

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Kirkland Faculty Affirms Role The Kirkland College faculty, in a meeting last May, passed a resolution affirming that the primary responsibility for tenure and r eappointments decisions rests with the faculty. The resolution , proposed by ten faculty members, including David Begelman, chairman of the Social Sciences Division, Ursula C o l b y , c h a irman of the Humanities Division, and Nadine George, chairman of the Science Division, came as a result of a controversy surrounding President Babbitt's role in the tenure decision of Assistant Professor of Philosophy Phyllis Morris. Babbitt had overruled the recommendations to award Morris tenure of both the Humanities Division Personnel Committee and the Appointments Committee. Babbitt, a fter the Appeals C o m mi t t ee asked him to reconsider, reversed himself and supported Morris. Coming after Babbitt's final decision in the case, the faculty resolution, drawing on statements in the Kirkland Constitution and the Faculty Handbook, bars the president from overruling faculty personnel decisions except "in rare instances and for compelling reasons." "It is not [ the role of the President and the Dean] to substitute their own judgment in those areas where the faculty h andbook assigns primary responsibility to the division, the di vision c hairman, and the appointments committee," the resolution stated. Although the resolution did not recommend any changes in the reappointments and tenure process, it presented a "cogent statement " of the faculty's role, according t o Professor of Sociology David Gray, one of the resolution's proponents. "There was some, but very little opposition," according to Gray. Although Gray said last week that to name those who

Faculty Resolution

Morris Tenured The Personnel Committee of any official criticism of her the Kirkland Board of Trustees teaching performance. voted t o t e nure Assi stant "I think it's customary to let Professor of Philosophy Phyllis someone know if there are Morris May 25, accepting the problems," Morris said. Morris recommendation of President had seen all student evaluations, Babbitt_, who had abandoned his as is customary of faculty. previous opposition to granting Morris said that she would have Morris tenure. called in the local chapter of the The Appeals Committee,called A m e r i c a n Association of in upon Morris' request,had asked U n i versity Professors (AAUP) Babbitt to reconsider his reversal during the appeal process, but of the recommendations for Kirkland AAUP President,William tenure of both the Appointments Ho ff a, w as also serving as Committee and the Humanities c hairman o f the Appeals Division Personnel Committee. Committee at the time. The Philosophy Professor Phyllis Morris with President Babbitt After meeting with the Division national office of AAUP would opposed the motion "would be said, was whether faculty input in. Committee and the Appointments have been contacted,Morris said, divisive," another faculty member personnel decisions would be Committee, Babbitt decided to if Babbitt had abided by his initial at the meeting said that William rendered irrelevant by presidential recommend tenure. decision. R osenfeld, chairman of the Arts vetoes. M o rris said that a During the deliberations, some Pr esident Babbitt's initial Division, and the Arts Division as presidential veto would be 1 decision t o o verrule the professors proposed to Morris that a b l o c voted a g a i n st the appropriate when it was based Appointments Committee, having petitions be circulated to pressure· resolution. upon new found and significant been based on no additional Babbitt, but Morris decided to • unprecedented evidence, which, she said,was not e vi d ence, surprised Professor continue to follow the normal B a b b itt's decision to overrule both faculty the case in her tenure decision. Morris, and raised hackles among appointments and appeal route. commit tees l owered faculty Members of the Social Science "It was a serious issue for the faculty who presumed that barring morale as it clouded the criteria College, not just the faculty," e x t r a o r d i n a r y b u·t Division, in a memorandum sent that were to be imposed in future Gray said of the Morris case, its well-documented circumstances, to Babbitt May 7, emphasized the reappoin tments and tenure implications, and it's solution. personnel recommendations were seriousness of Babbitt's veto of decisions. c ommittees' "We resolved it sensibly," Gray fundamentally a faculty concern. f a c u l t y "The bottom was going to fall said. "I think everybody learned Informed by then-Acting Dean r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s o n out," said one faculty member, something__'.._faculty, the president, Peter Marcy that Babbitt had appointments. referring to the sentiment among the College." over-ruled the committee, Morris "T h e point you raised," his colleagues while Babbitt's A l though gr oundrules for requested a letter of explanation Babbitt replied, "central as it is as negative decision was still in tenure are "not as clear as they from Babbitt. The president's a goal of this College, is still effect. "Many would have might be,"according to Gray,the explanation raised questions secondary to the question of the seriously considered taking the fac ulty motion clarified the about Morris' teaching based upon quality, as teachers, of those to first boat out of here,"he said. c r i t e r i a s o m e w h a t , a nd s o m e s t u d e n t-a n s w e r e d whom this institution pledges If Babbitt had not reversed contributed to an "improved questionnaires. According to itself as an employer for the Morris, the explanation was "not remainder of their responsible himself, Morris said that she atmosphere at Kirkland." would have requested a review of A s s i s t a n t Pro fessor of a sufficient one." professional life." M o r ri s, who h a d been t he c a s e by the American Government John Bacheller, who B a b b i t t told Morris A s s ocia tion of U n i versity prepared the faculty resolution, reappointed twice at Kirkland Wednesday, May 22, that he was Professors {AAUP), which invests said that "standards still aren't before this most recent personnel going to reverse himself and primary responsibility for tenure clear for reappointment," and "a decision, said she never received recommend that the Trustees lot of work remains to be done." decisions in faculty. grant her t�nure. After resolution of the Morris Although the AAUP was never brought into the case, "It was cas e, P r esident Babbitt was always a force out there in the quoted in the Kirkland Alumnae Newsletter as saying " You will wings,"according to Gray. Babbitt, who based his veto on join me, I am sure, in my regret Hamilton College-Rresident, J.-pr.o¥ed talent--, experience and­ q ue s tions concerning Morris' that this process took so long, but teaching performance, explained also in my feeling of pride that Martin Carovano has announced devotion to Hamilton College.We in a letter to the Social Sciences the various and proper elements the appointment of Joseph F. all look forward with enthusiasm D i vi sion t ha t a l t h ough he of the institution which were A nderson as Vice--- President, to his arrival this fall." W h i l e a H a milton r ecognized that the faculty's i n volved, performed t heir C o m m u n i c a t i o n s a n d undergraduate, Anderson, an fundamental responsibility in decis ion - ma king t a sks with Development. Mr. Anderson, presently vice-· English major, served as campus personnel decisions should be serious,professional concern. "I am convinced that we have pre.sident, advertising and public correspondent for a number of preserved, it was secondary to the quest ion of the quality of been strengthened in the process," r e l a t i o n s o f D i ctap hone newspapers. After graduation he teaching offered by Kirkland's Babbitt said. The president is out Corporation, Rye, N.Y., will be served as an officer in the U.S. tenured faculty. of town and could not be reached responsible for the offices of Marine Corps, with duty in the Development, Public Relations South Pacific. At stake in her case, Morris for direct comment. and Alumni Affairs at Hamilton. Il e joined Sears, Roebuck & He will assume his new duties Co., Buffalo,in 1946 in marketing approximately September 1. and in 1948-50 was with the A 1944 graduate of Hamilton, O'Brien and Dorrance advertising Mt. Anderson has served the agency, New York City. He has College in a number of volunteer been with Dictaphone since 1950 severance, the promotion, the f o l l o w i n g r e a p p o intment positions. Long active in the when he was appointed assistant r a n k , o r t h e !ipecifi c procedure in sectionll -B. Alumni Fund, he is presently advertising manager. He was assignments of any faculty 1. This statement was drawn up chairman of the Achievement promoted in 1957 to advertising to codify and make explicit the Club, the division of· the Fund and public relations manager and member, are reserved to the expectation that changes in concerned with major gifts.He is in 1963 to his present position. Division and through the faculty status {reappointments, an Alumni Trustee of the College Division to the Dean of the Ander son has s e rved as non -r e a p pointments, tenure and vice-chairman of the Trustee campaign coordinator for the Faculty and the President. decisions, promotions) be Development Committee. This serves as the basis for the Advertising Council's work on determined only on the basis faculty handbook statements on "We are fortunate," President behalf of the President's Council of wide consultation . . . . In Carovano said, "to have secured on Physical Fitness and is a r eappointments which follow: the consultative process, first for this very important position member of the Public Relations { Section I-B,part 3-a-l) responsibility is placed upon s omeone of Joe Anderson's Society of America. Divisional faculty.The Division the faculty of a division and its Ch a i r m a n h a s f i r st chairman who has a special r e s p o n s i b i l i ty for t he obligation to build a division r e c r u i t m e n t , s electi on, s t rong in scholarship and assignment, promotion, or discharge of faculty members teaching capacity. within his jurisdiction. He 2. The chairman has the specific carries out this responsibility r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f or the within the policies of the r e c r u i t m e n t , s el e ction, college and with the advice and a s s i g n me n t, promotion or consent of the Dean of the discharge of faculty members Faculty. Final responsibility in within his division. In carrying these matters resides with the out this responsibility the President. d'ivision c hairmen operate Thus, in a legal sense, it is clear within the general policies of that the President's authority in the college.... this area is final. 3. The decision-making process Nevertheless, it is also clear begins at the divisional level where scholars in particular from the handbook that should a and related fields have a special President choose to disregard the competence for judging the actions of the Division, the work of their colleagues. Each Chairman, and the appointments di vi sion should, therefore, committee that he is explicitly e s tablish p rocedures for substituting his own judgment on consultation appropriate to its the question for theirs and is composition and size; the consequently undercutting the procedure must be such that authority of those bodies vested t he division chairman can with the primary responsibility obtain the best possible advice for judgments in these cases. from his colleagues.... The handbook establishes the Joseph Anderson, Hamilton vice-president

Personnel Policy Clarified

The follow i ng is an excerpted version of a motion that was adopted by the Kirklan d faculty in Mav. As a result of our concern for the reappointment, tenure and promotion processes at Kirkland, we offer the following motion: A Motion

App oin tmen t , promotion, tenure, and non-reappointment p rocedures set forth in the constitution and the handbook place primary responsibility for decisions with the Division, the D i vi sion Chairman and the Appointments Committee . The definition of criteria is a faculty .-esponsibility.... The role of the President and the Dean is to review the actions of the duly constituted bodies to establish that they conform with the established procedures and criteria and to weigh evidence r elating to the impact of personnel decisions on the total commitments of the college. It is not to substitute their own judgment in those areas where the faculty handbook assigns primary responsibility to the division, the division chairman, and the appointments committee as long as those procedures and criteria have been properly applied .... Rationale . . . The constitution refers to personnel policies in Section V. part D: All matters concerning the

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One assault and several other attempted assaults have been reported around College Hill d uring the p ast ten days, according to Kirkland Dean of Students Jane �oiler. The State Police are currently investigating one of the incidents and are watching the area of College Hill and College Street in Clinton closely.

The late Wilson Mizner used to say, "There is no sweeter music to a gambler's ear than the squawk of a sucker that has been trimmed of his dough." Too bad Mizner isn't around to hear the wailing at Vernon Downs, Oneida County's answer to Roosevelt Raceway. He would love it. This susceptible correspondent is slowly recovering from the results of a couple of races on a cool summer evening. Meadow Messenger, a 60-1 shot, won the third race-at he "Mira-ere-Mite by two lengths from King Tut. In the fifth race, Aileen Hill, i 4-1, won, with Chockoyotte Star, the favorite. finishing fifth, several lengths down the track. Just as the horses don't understand wagering, the jockeys ver y often don't understand

"pace." Most of the boys we see riding know as much about endurance as rabbits. They go all out from the start and hope for the best. In the fourth race, for example, the first quarter was run in 0:29 3/5 and the half mile in 1:01 ; the second half of the race was run in 1: 11 2/5-the last quarter in 0:36 3/5. How about that? Yet even Vernon Downs has its stars. The start for the sixth race was the evening's best. Saint Clair Dart, a big, rough, lively New York bred was first away at the break. He led around the clubhouse turn and on into the backstretch, followed by Speedy Patch and Roanies Son. At the halfway mark though the pace had not been fast, Speedy Patch tired, and there was � roar from the crowd in the stand as Roanies Son joined Saint Clair Dart and the two went neck and neck from

the far turn into the long run for home. At this time, Curator, with less than half a mile to go, had only one horse, Shadydale Racy, beat. Then he began to move. Most of the way, he saved ground along the rails, but a furlong from the tum driver Jack Bailey eased him to the outside. Later Bailey said he did it to fool the other drivers, who, expecting him to come up on the inside, as he did in a previous race, would certainly have shut him off. As it was, when Curator swung into the stretch, it was all over but the cheering, as the board flashed Curator the winner. The euphoria of the trotters nearing the finish line wears off quickly as, once again, I am not one of those queuing up at the cashier's window. F o r t u n a t el y , t here a r e hu'ndreds o f fellow bettors with whom to commiserate. As the offi cial results were posted,

spectators tore up their losing tickets, and turned to the next page of the program in search of the fortune they know is there for the taking. Pensive cigar-smoking paunches, h e a v ily lipsticked c h a tterboxes, f r e e wheeling u n m a r r i e d s , a n d fl ashy, overconfident salesmen roam the area in front of the betting windows. The air is laden with the smell of smoke and bodies. Chairs line the areas near the TV monitors, while outside people surround the wire chain fence at the track and the blacktop leading back to the i graidstana· ·building, where the affluent can be seen sitting above the masses. And as post-time nears, more and more people file before the betting windows, announcing the number of their horse and then receiving a ticket from the teller who has that deadpan expression on his face

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Dean Poller identified the victims as members of the Kirkland community, two of whom were minors. According to Poller, all of the incidents occurred between eight and eleven p.m., and all involved pedestrians or hitchhikers. In the only incident reported to the police, a 17-year-old girl was attacked on College Street near Cleveland Place on July 23 shortly before eleven at night. Thus far, there has been no arrest in the case. The suspect is described as a caucasian male, between the ages of 35 and 45, well-groomed and clean shaven, six feet tall, dressed in a red shirt and dark pants. T h e s u spect repo rtedly followed the victim on foot and approaching her, grabbed the victim's hair. The victim screamed and as the assailant put his hand in her mouth she bit his hand. During the struggle, the victim's raincoat was pulled off and she was thrown to the ground. She then kicked the assailant in the groin. The suspect reportedly had been under the influence of alcohol.

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Stereo equipm ent worth $ 1 , 5 0 0 w a s s t o l e n from Hamilton's Edward W. Root Art Center (RAC) in a break-in discovered Sunday, July 28. The loss of the equipment, believed to i n clude five turntables, five amplifiers, and five pairs of speakers, may disrupt music classes if the college is unable to refurbish RAC by September. T h e t h i e f s m a s hed a windowpane in the side door of the Art Center to gain entrance, according to Hamilton Provost E ug ene Lewis. T h e thief, a p parently familiar with the building, emptied the cabinet of Art Center keys, and then roamed the building, letting himself into the various rooms. The exact nature of the theft, which may have included records from the Center's record library, has not been determined because a d etailed inventory is not available, Lewis said. Professor Stephen Bonta, chairman of the Music Department, and Lettie Tourville, director of Root Art Center, bdth familiar with the

Center's holdings, were out of town at the time of the burglary. Because the thief took the Art Center's keys with him, all locks in the building will be changed. State Police, Lewis said, are investigating the case. Davenham Break-In Meanwhile, down College Hill, an unknown number of people b r oke i n t o the Hamilton president's house, which has been awaiting the move of President Carovano and his family. Some of the beds had been slept in, and wine bottles were found on the scene. It has not yet been determined, said Lewis, whether t he intruders were partiers, pranksters, or thieves.

By PETERM. SOMMER Although it is not really a musical comedy, "Jacques Brei is Alive and Well and Living in Paris" contains in its twenty-six songs enough attitude and emotion for several musicals. Under Bradley Fields' direction, the P la y house- on-t he-Hill presentation in the caberet atmosphere of the Minor Theatre stage is deceptively merry and relaxed. For while the four performers slip casually and amusingly from one acted-out song to another, the context of the songs is profound and subtle. Indeed, although Eric Blau's and Mort Shuman's translation of the Brei lyrics seems faithful, they are difficult to comprehend in one hearing. Fortunately, such comprehension is not absolutely essential to o ur enjoyment. There's no plot, little movement, no characters, but the evening is nevertheless hyp notic. The songs are original, fascinating in their diversity and spellbinding in their unity. At his funeral a corpse laughs at his mourners. A bull tells us what it's like from his point of view in the bull ring. An in nocent waltz abo ut fun at the fair-carousels and cotton candy-turns faster and faster, until, out of control, it winds up in a nervous breakdown. Sometimes with humor, always with wit, Brel's songs describe a world where tears are dry and laughter hollow and it is hard to tell the difference between the dead and the living. But they are not exercises in futility. If beneath the Gallic cynicism lies despair, desp air itsdf is only a small step removed from hope. The songs are glowingly performed by Robert Lunny, Fred Major, Joan Maniscalco, and Leslie Shuman. Unfortunately, it was not unti l the fourth song, Madeleine, that the four performer-singers and the small musical combo that accompanied them were able to

e x hibit the tightly-knit ensemble that characterized the remainder of the evening. The secret of the show's success is in their interaction, in the spontaneous feeling that comes through, as they sing to and with each other, comment upon each other and move with the discipline of dancers to complement each other. The show needs no plot. Each song is a mini-drama. A rapidly sung opening number depicting society as people caught in a meaningless Marathon makes its point more with the music which keeps finding itself forced into a return to the same musical pattern. This is followed by a constantly varied menu of characteristic Brei creations. Brel's music has a different sound from that which we associate with ordinary popular musical theatre tunes. Social themes are strikingly prominent and are voiced in harsh rather than sentimental tones. Nearly all the songs are virulent with disillusion and possess a gruff assertiveness of protest. The target is the falsity, disarray, and misery of the moral, political and street scene of our day. The first act closes with two intensely theatrical numbers. In one, Sons of. . ., Leslie Shuman sings with beautifully controlled bitterness about how life steals our children before we know it. Like some of Edith Piaf's songs, its effectiveness comes from a progressively increased throbbing tempo in the music. In the other, robust, bearded Fred Major uses a similar technique to make stirring Brel's Amsterdam. Major's rendition begins in a gently romantic mood, and then becomes more fiercely harsh as it pounds into the audience the unpleasant realities of what goes on in the port of Amsterdam. The second act begins with Robert Lunny's accusative rendition of The Bulls, in whi ch the bullfight victims tell the

bloodthirsty crowd that this violence is petty compared to some of man's other cruelties. And this production has taken the liberty of tacking the word My Lai onto the end of a list of disgraces. Joan Maniscalco, assisted by the others, offers us the evening's most quietly terrifying image with Old Folks, which describes the horror of elderly people removed from the mainstream of life and merely waiting to die. Leslie Shuman follows this with Marieke, a shrill and haunting song in which a lost love is inextricably tied to memories of Flanders. Although the Flemish words prevent us from understanding it, the emotion comes through. Just as Brel's Amsterdam will hardly increase the tourist trade in Holland, his Brussels is unlikely to attract us to Belgium. In it, he counterpoints a music-hall refrain satirizing the pleasures of bygone Brussels with more realistic verses until the song slows to a halt under the weight of its contradictions. Perhaps the most unforgettable of the evening's events is Robert Lunny's harshly delivered complaint about how the traumatic experience of assembly line sex in "a mobile army whorehouse" has forever ruined his true enjoyment of sexuality. Then the evening ends as merrily as it began with Carousel, in which life is represented as an initially causal ride on a merry-go-round that spins faster and faster until we are dizzy and unable to get off. To remind us that Brel's humanity consists of not exempting himself from the charges he levels at the world, the performers sing If We Only Have Love as a hopeful epilogue. And, certainly, we have come to feel a sense of shared concern about universal experiences with Robert Lunny, Fred Major, Joan Maniscalco, and Leslie Shuman.

that seems to know you just picked another loser. T he h ardcore follow this routine nine times. Those who run out of money before the final race go back to the parking lot. Where the hell is the car?

The Aftermath... A loser but a fighter, researched the "take" from New York racing. According to the report of the new State Racing and Wagering Board, more than a h a lf and a billi o n dollars-.$1,654,110,434, to be exact-was wagered on the flats and the trots-in the "totes" at the New York tracks in 1973. (That is sixty-one times the Hamilton en dowment of $26 million.) Further figures, indicate that more money was bet on the trotters than on the flats-$879.5 million, as compared to $774.5 million. The big winner of course, was the New York State Treasury, which took in $180.1 million. Close to $17 million of that came from Off-Track Betting, which handled $702.6 million. Patrons of the betting shops around New York City left $4 million in uncashed winning mutuel tickets continued on page six

Computer Center Moves into Full Operation Soon Approximately eighty per cent of the Hamilton-Kirkland NCR 101 computer has arrived on the Hill. It should be installed and operating by the third week in August. The computer, located in the basement of the Burke Library, will eventually be used for all a d mi n i s t rative jobs including payrolls, master student files, endowment, alumni records, fund raising and those of the registrar's office. Employees at the Computer Center include Assistant Professor of Mathematics David Smallen, its d i rector, a n d M s . Lucinda Bingham, a part-time systems analyst. Hamilton student Michael Kaplan, and possibly one other student from the Hill, will be e m plo yed a s lab assistants. Approximately six financial aid students will fill positions as student operators in the fall. Including t he c om puter hook-up with Cornell University, the lease cost of the Hamilton-Kirkland computer will run an estimated $3,000 per month.


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Admissions Gets Tougher As Students Pick and Choose Despite an increase in the overall number of applications d uring the past few years, Hamilton admissions is being forced to adjust to a shrinking p o ol of p rospective college students, the current economic reces sion, and i t s limited reputation in comparison to Williams, Harvard, or Dartmouth. Hamilton's position, nonetheless, remains secure at a time when i n s t i t u t i o n s m u st battle admissions figures which augur disaster. A r eport currently being compiled by Assistant Director of Admissions Edward B. Wilson shows that the percentage of accepted students who decide to come to Hamilton has dropped consistently from 59% for the class of 1972 to 43% for the class of 1977, that those who decide to matriculate, less are in the top fifth of their h_igh school class, more have SAT scores of 550 or below, and more come from private schools than had come several years ago, although the majority still are from public institutions. Appli cations increased at Hamilton from 1045 (class of 1972) to 1533 (class of 1978), but the number of students the c o l l e g e a d mitted rose proportionally from 434 to 62 5 this year. Although this increase can, in part, be attributed to a d e c i s i on to i n crease t he enrol l ment of t h e college, Hamilton has been continuously hurt by students opting to enroll at m ore prestigious colleges. Dartmouth and Williams Colleges lured a combined 43 out of the 162 applicants who answered a questionnaire sent by Hamilton to those students who decided not to enroll here. (The questionnaire was s ent to 3 0 5 former prospectives.) W i l s o n s a id t ha t pas t experience has shown that the student who applies to H,amilton

also applies to Dartmouth and Williams in many instances, and if a ccepted at either of those institutions, most applicants will reject Hamilton in their favor: Dartmouth lures students from Williams and Williams from Hamilton, and Hamilton from schools like St. Lawrence. "You cannot readjust this order. There is nothing you can do about it," said Wilson. Problems Widespread The problems Hamilton is encountering are not confined to College Hill. Williams College, for example, also attracted under 50% of its accepted applicants. A constantly dropping birth rate will continue to cut the number of students looking for a college education, and the grim economic outlook precludes many from considering expensive liberal arts colleges. The latter reveals itself in t}:le recent rise in private high school applications and the concomitant drop in those from public schools. However, the n e w l y c o n cei ved T uition Assistance Plan should help private colleges attract more qualified students. Wilson said the admissions office intends to sell that plan very hard in the year ahead. This year, 28.8% of those applicants who were voted admission to the college upon a first reading of their credentials, opted to matriculate. A greater demand and a smaller supply of these highly qualified applicants is discernible across the country. "We have been hurt the most in that group," said·•. Wilson. The college plans to make greater efforts to retain high achieving applicants and attract more of them initially. The college has now engaged in a Merit Scholar search with other institutions to try and locate exceptionally bright students and then to work harder to interest them in Hamilton.

continued from page three maintained by the secretary to the committee, John Mavrogenis. Thus far, one woman has submitted her name for the po s1t10n. The College is an affirmative action employer, and in the past two years has increased the number of women on the faculty from four, who all taught part-time, to eleven. Yourtee said that the Committee has not yet con sidered its p os1t10n on Affirmative Action. He added, "I can't speak for the College." Offering his personal opinion, Yourtee said, "We should identify the best qualified candidate for the position." The Chairman added that the question of any c a n d i d a t e ' s p o s i t ion on

a f f i r m a tive a ct i o n is an appropriate question. Suttmeier said on Affirmative Action, "We will operate within the law." Suttmeier also commented on faculty scholarship and the role of the dean in that area, sayi ng, "It is felt that the Dean should assume some responsibility for faculty dev elopment-should encourage research and scholarship. We are looking for a scholar-a guy who will encourage others." He added, "Scholarship is not inconsistent with good teaching." At this point, committee members say it is too early to define criteria more specific than the statement they have release.cl. (See statement)

Dean Seardt Kicks Off

The following is a statement drawn up by the Dean Search committee on the functions of the Dean of the College. The statement is meant to give the members a reference point for evaluating candidates. OFFICE OF THE DEAN The Dean of the College is expected to provide leadership in the development of the curriculum and the over-all educational program of the College. It is his task to appraise continually the objectives of the College and to insure that the educational program is in accord with those objectives. The Dean has the opportunity and the responsibility for shaping and strengthening an already excellent faculty. The Dean works with departmental chairmen, the faculty Appointments Committee, and the President on the recruitment of new faculty and on decisions relating to salary, promotion, reappointment, and tenure. To assist and encourage individual faculty members in their growth as teachers and scholars is a primary responsibility. The Dean is expected to provide leadership in academic relations with Kirkland College. In function, then, the Dean of the College is primarily a dean of the faculty. The President and the Search Committee are particula rly i nterested in candidates with outstanding qualifications as teachers and scholars. It is hoped that the Dean will remain active as a scholar and do at least a minimal amount of teaching.

Hamilton no longer publishes its SAT scores to prospective applicants because it can be a deterent to the under-achiever who might otherwise be qualified and the very high-scorer who might think Hamilton is not up to his l e v e l o f a chie ve ment, according to Wilson. SAT scores at Hamilton have dropped from a mean of 644-verbal and 6 64-math (class of 1972) to 605-verbal, 644 math (class of 1977). The SAT averages rose five points, however, for the class of 1978. The percentage of freshmen scoring below 550 on the verbal portion of the college boards has jumped from 6% (class of 1972) to 28% (class of 1977); the math scores below 550 have also increased from 4% to 13% for those same classes. Conversely, 8% of the class of 1977 scored above 700 on the verbal boards while I 7% achieved that highly in the class of 1972. In the math portion, the figure dropped from 31% in '72 to the present 21%. Early Decision Down E a rly decision applications have gone down from a high of 120 the year Kirkland opened to eighty for the class of 19 78. As the college application market has tightened, Hamilton has dipped further and further

Director of Admissions Christopher Covert With each year, Hamilton must into its waiting list. Twenty-five students were accepted into the accept more applications. Wilson class of 1978 from the waiting list admitted that the increase in w h e r e a s f o u r teen gained applications "is hollow" in many admission into the class of 197 5 respects. In his report, which will in that way. be fully released for the Adler The figures for matriculating Conference in September, Wilson minority students has increased po ints t o trends that will sharply. T h e percentage of determine and define admissions minority students who accept policy at Hamilton through the Hamilton after being offered seventies and eighties. "I don't admission went up from 16% to even want to be in the business in 55.2% for the class of 1976. t he 1980s," said Wilson.

A Bettor's Woes At Vernon Downs

continued from page three with the corporation. These funds were then turned over to the state, a nettling thought for all the overtaxed New Yorkers.

A Modest Proposal... All in all, the racing business seems to be doing very well during otherwise hard times. Unlike most o ther i nstitutions-colleges in particular, the track continues to l u r e m i llions of compulsive consumers in the United States. Both the mathematics of the situation and human irrationality demand the use of betting methods in other facets of American life as the only solution to our economic woes. Thus, a modest proposal: That Hamilton and Kirkland Colleges institute an

On-Campus Betting Corporation to be administered and operated b y a n d f or t h e college communities. The colleges would, without question, serve as a· national model. Implementation is simple: Mrs. Burns will be designated chief teller in Buttrick Hall, which under these plans would be c o n ver t e d i n to t he main headquarters for the corporation. Hamilton Provost Eugene Lewis would serve as president of the cor poration with the newly­ furnished c o m p ut e r center handling the massive accounting work. P r esidents C a r ovano and Babbitt would serve as special agents f or the corporation, handling large bets from alumni,

Coming This Fall: dean and v-p searches tenure and faculty salaries county landmarks. full sports coverage •

film and play reviews and much more...

t rustees, and f o undations. Registrar Palmer Fargnoli would compute odds and Bristol Campus Center Director Andrew Wertz would be responsible for the daily schedule of events. Of course, horses would be out of the question, but who needs them given the resources the colleges already maintain? The daily bets would g; as follows: 1. Sports: all intramural and intercollegiate games .would be open to betting. The Spectator would publish the "morning line" every Friday, and betting would be open at Buttrick until two hours before game time. 2. Snowfalls: During the fall semester, special bets offering various combination options would be instituted. First, the day of the first snowfall, second, the number of inches, and third, the number of those students who had not yet put snow tires on their cars. A t h e c o r r e c t- o r closest-placement of the bet in all three competitions would yield a Trifecta return-a full s cholarship for the spring semester. 3. Searches: Once the final candidates have been named in the Hamilton search for a dean and the Kirkland search for a vice-president for development, bettors will be able to place money on the candidates. The Daily Double returns will be available for those who pick the winners in both races. 4. Rules: Bets can be placed at the Buttrick hall windows between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday-Friday and at other designated times. All transactions must be in cash. This is only the beginning. With just a little imagination and effort, the scope of betting on the Hill can be limitless. Hamilton and Kirkland will be able to maintain financial security and even wealth at a time when other institutions are closing and going bankrupt. Admissions will skyrocket, the endowments will skyrocket, faculty will earn the highest salaries in the nation and students will pay low tuition-and most important of all, Hamilton and Kirkland will make an inestimable contribution towards a new and refined conception of a liberal arts education.


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Hamilton to Set File Access Policy

Action Personnel 'In Limbo' /

By ROBBY MILLER

Hamilton has yet to comply with the new federal regulations which expand students' access to their educational records, although By SUSAN MALKIN Kirkland and many other colleges The search for a full time have already begun to do so. Kirkiand Affirmative Action Recom m endations· outlining Consultant is "in limbo," but how Hamilton will comply with alternative Affirmative Action t h e s o ca l l e d "B u c kley programs are currently being Amendment" have been proposed explored, according to Carol by an administrative comTI1ittee Bellini Sharp, chairperson of the headed by Dean of Students R. Ki r k l a n d H u m a n R i ghts G o r d o n B in g h a m· a n d are Commission. presently awaiting approval by The alternative programs are P r e s i d e n t C arovano. ·Federal based on the recommendations of guidelines for implementation of an outside affirmative action the law, which was passed in consultant who visited the college November' but later modified, for two days in January to assess have been available for several Kirkland's n·eeds in developing · weei\,s. and implementing an effective The origin.tl Buckley bill -would affirmative action program. have allowed· students to inspect The college abandoned its • any confidential records placed in search for a full time consultant their files but, due to widespread because it could not find a objections b_y college officials, the candidate with both experience in b i l l w a s · m od i f ied by the Affirmative Action programs and guidelines to exclude the student's 'women on faculty Kirkland seeks to increase number of co llege adm inistration, said r i g h t o f access to· par�nts' C atherine F razer, dean of DeMyer-Gapin, member of the [in terms of an affirmative �ction f i n a n c i a l r e c o r d s , s t u d e n t academic affairs. committee. program]," said Bellini-Sharp. p s y c h o l o g i c a l r�c o r ds , and Furthermore, questions were Economy, Efficiency The college then decided to confidential letters placed in the raised by those on the Affirmative "There was a need for an hire an outside co'nsultant to file before January 1, 1975. The A ction C o m mi t t e e (which o u t s i d e o bjective person to objectively assess the situation at modification also provides that if conducted the search) as to the explicitly detail what Kirkland Kirkland and to make specific a student signs a waiver, any necessity of hiring a full time needed to do and the most recommendations to the Human incoming recommendations may cons ultant since the Human economical and efficient way to Rights Commission for developing also be withheld from inspection. an Affirmative Action Program. : Rights Commission was presently do it," said Demyer-Gapin. The federal guidelines require fulfilling many of the functions of "At that point, the committee �ontinued on page four that an educational institution a full time consultant, said Sandy didn't really know what it wanted must annually tell its students what kind of information is kept about them, where the records are kept, whic}l officials normally Su cc essful fun draising at $250,000 last year are used in capital pledges. Anderson pointed have access/ to them, why they Hamilton, according to those covering yearly operating costs out that in bad economic times, have. access, and what procedures donors will not fulfill as many the institution follows if students in volved in t h e college's of the college. Other gifts as when the stock want to challenge any information development programs, is largely a additions to endowment and pledges question of developing good funding: for capital improvements m arke ts a n d e c o n omy are :in the records. relations with alumni. l i k e t h e Chemistry Building thriving. The vice-president did not say what contributions of that That's why Vice President for renovation are also needed. De v e l o p m e n t a n d · The college set in 1970 a ten sort were like last year. Anderson also said that the Com m un ications J o seph F. year fund drive goal of $43 Anderson said he, along with ·million of which $18 million has Achievement Club, the group of President Carovano, has ·visitedl so far been realized in capital alumni in which each donates at 30 regions of the nation speaking p ledges and -or each. Vice least $250 a year to the college, with Hamilton graduates. Perhaps President Anderson said he . is has received pledges from 70 new as a result of this effort, the optimistic that the goal will be donors. The achievement club last Alumni Fund is expected to set a met on schedule. year had 200 members. record iii' c o ntributions by One informed source alleged, Capital Giving topping $300,000. On capital giving, Anderson h owever, that the Anderson Bu t A l u m n i F u n d disagreed with those who have administration has been lax in contributions are, in fact, only �aid this is not a great time for c ult i vating potential financial part of the support Hamilton has capital efforts, Anderson reported sources at charitable foundations, d epe n d e d u p o n . :su c h that, since October 197 4, the a traditional mainstay of private contributions which totaled about college has received $1 million in philanthrophy. T h e v i c e-pr e s i d e n t , s a id, • though, that the college has been in touch with two or three K i nokunst-Gesellschaft and some months in the black, and f o u n d a tioQ.s c o n c erning the Amenic, the two principal film s�me in the red," Barlow said. He Chemistry Building and t�at the societies on the Hill, were running attributed part of the society's college has a proposal pending at in the red as of the Dec. 31, 1974 fiscal situation to poor attendance the Dana Foundation for a closing of the second fiscal at films which he had selected on separate project, the details of qu arter, according to Hamilton aesthetic criteria. Barlow noted which Anderson did not wish to Provost Eugene Lewis. that the attendance at the disclose. Big Turnout Kinokunst showed a deficit of showing of "Hamlet" last week $ 225.86, having spent $1,332.86, was very low as students flocked "We hope to get foundation and showing receipts of $1,107. to see "Pink Flamingos."" s up p o r t t hr o u g h alu m n i , ',. Amenic spent $1,926 , while Barry Kreiswirth of Amenic Anderson also said. He added, "In showing an income of $1,790.50, said that he will try to make- up the first stage of the effort, we resulting in a deficit of $135.50. his society's deficit by showing hope to let tile alumni know . the The film societies, which more of what he called "popular new administrators." Anderson operate free of the Student Senate films." He said that the society said that attendance at alumni or any other formal supervisory made a $200 profit during the last association meetings in cities such bod y, are s el f-sustaining two weeks, when it showed "The as Washington and Boston has organizations and do not receive Wild On e" and "Pink been very high. any student or administrative Fl aming-os.�• Kreiswirth also _Besides his efforts with alumni, funding. In the past, when a film said, however, that ,Amenic Anderson said he has contacted society has closed out a fiscal year sustained an additional loss of more than a dozen foundations with a deficit, the college has $250 over January. and that his office has submitted absorbed the lass, Lewis sai:l. · Lewis said that Comptroller proposals to some o� them. Michael Barlow, head of Ronald MacDonald wa_s going to Anderson did not say, however, Kinokunst, said that although his advise the film societies of· their exactly how many proposals have society was presently ru.nning a balances, and warn them to been submitted. "I don't think I deficit, he expec!ed to erase it by increase profit-taking. Lewis said could say the exact number," he the end of the second "that if deficits in a society "really replied: semester. "It's possible to run got severe, we'd close it down." continued on page four 0

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At Kirkland, the contents of each student's folder have been stamped to differenti�te between those records which were received prior to Nov. 19, 1974, the date the original law took effect, and those files which were received subsequently. "Any /student. who comes to me who would like to see that information received after N 01,, }9 may do so," according to Dean of Student Affairs Jane Poller. Poller said that 10 students .have come in to look at their file s ince the enactment of the Buckley Law for reasons rangin. f r o m m e r e c u r i o s i t y tu d etermining whether anything incriminating was in their records "I think students need to kno\.v whether the person writing a recommendation for them can or can not write a good letter," said continued on page eigh

Trustees Accept 2nd Decade By MONICA LIFF

T h e Ki rkland Board of Trustees h a s a c c e pted the curricular olan defining Kirkland's policy for . 1975-198.5, which was drawn up by the Committee on Curricu lum for the Second Decade (CCSD) over a period of a year and a half. The plan will be combined with additional statements on non-curricular issues, such as community life, admissions and athletics, to form a comprehensive policy document. This will be presented . to the trustees· in May for their approval. Finally, it must be approved by the Assembly. "What the trustees will approve will be general policy directions, not spec�ic programs," President Babbitt said. He said that trustee approval of the document would be an assurance to the resident c om m u n ity that "reasonable resources" would be provided to reach the goals spelled out in the document. However, all specific program.; and resolutions stemming from the policy directions of the document would hav<'; to go through the Assembly, Babbitt said. The CCSD, which was a subcommittee of the Trustee Long-Range Planning Committee, disbanded after it presented its rep_ort to that body in late· O c t o b e r . T h e Lon g -Range Planning Committee discussed and revised the original_ document before presenting it to the trustees in February and has now. set up a new subcommittee to incorporate the curricular plan and the otner statements into the final policy document. This new committee, chaired by Dean of Academic Affairs Catherine Frazer, consists of two t r u s t e e s , C h a i r m a n of the Humanities Division Ursula Colby, and Anne Albright, '7 6. According to Babbitt, the first d r a ft o f t he comprehensive document was "about six-eights done" by the February meeting. Two or three chapters still needed to be completed, he said. Colby, formerly chairman of t h e C CSD , said t h a t the continued on page mne


2/THE SPECTATOR/Febru-ar'y 2&,'·1�75 . .

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February 21; it seems strange that as a member of the Publications . Board, you were unaware of the circum stances surrounding the Marie Harris reading. In brief: "promi sed" funding dis appeared, all other known sources dried up, and I turned to what I thoi:i.ght would be an interested group, De ssert at the Plaza. When members of the magazine staff discussed the reading with me, it was clear they understood the importance of the event. The Publications Board seems to be ignorant of the possibilities of a literary magazine with a budget the size of Dessert's. Your editorial wa s naive in the premise that all the magazine produced review of her book, and an was a reading. If the present i n t e r v iew with her will be attitude cQntinues to flouris h, published in the next Dessert at nothing exciting will happen in or the Plaza. All this can only because of the publication. Very broaden the dimen sion s of the To the Editor: few small magazines , college, magazine and bring the work of Wi th th e h e1p of regional, or national, thrive well in · its other contributors into a focus Kinokunst-Gese1lschaft a new film a void. A shot of adrenalin-in this a little beyond the campu s series has been brought to the case an experienced poet who boundaries. Hill. The series will deal with the gave a - fine reading, talked to I urge the Publications Board third world and will include many students, and brought the to re-evaluate the function and several important Latin American o u t s ide world to Clinton-is potential of its magazine . films as well as an African film essential at least once a year. It is Katharine Dewart and two North American films. a d d i t i o n a l l y e x c1tmg a n d Assis tant Professor The purpose of this series is not important that the poet' s work, a of Creative Writing _ only to bring good films from the third world to the campus but to c s �� :�� · ;���::i ��\he ���� wo d 1 the political problems that its . #II �1 J //I 114 countries are facing today. Several 1----------------------------- . of the films are from Cuba and --0 were only recently allowed ifito the United States. One is a Uruguayan underground film. We On behalf of those who faint at will be starting off the series this To the Editor: (In regard to the bloodmobile, the mere thought of blood, along w e e k e n d with Memories of McE wen C af e t eria, Monday, w i t h t h o s e who committed Underdevelopment,_ made in Cuba themselves to pledge blood (but at and dealing with the problems of February 24, 1975) T h e b l o o d m ob i l e i s an lunchtime, began to wonder why), a man torn between his way of extremely worthy cause and those. I implore, could the bloodmobile life and the new Cuban society. willing to pledge their blood PLEASE find some other place, On Wednesday, March 5 we will ( esp ecially on Monday after any other place on campus to be showing The Promised Land, a houseparty weekend) are to be conduct its business? I don't find Chilean film which was made highly commended. However, in this request too unreasonable! before the coup but mirrors it. In applying both c�mmon sense and For all those concerned, thank future weeks State of Siege and logic to the situation occuring last you. ,The Tupamaros (the Uraguayan Monday, it seems unrealistic and Sus an Marcus, '78 film on which State of Siege is truly ridiculous th.at the entire based), When the People Awake student body should be forced (Chile), -Lucia (Cuba), A Song for into bearing witness to the event! To the Editor: Dead Warriors (made in, the USA (Especially with chili for lunch. ) There wa s a very important a n d dealing with the 1973 Curtains did seperate the diners omission in Peter Sommer's- article occupation of Wounded Knee) from the givers, but, one was still dated Feb. 21. The Women's Film and other films will be shown, able. to perceive of the action Society has been the third film H o p e f u l ly the series should beyond the boundary ; and, it is society on the Hill for the past entertain a n d e d ucate the hard enough getting the food year and a half. community as well as giving us In The Spectator Feb. 21 issue, it was stated and-or down without having to worry Marianne Udow some tie to the world outside implied in an article about film societies on the Hill that about keeping it down! The added Lisa Loring Clinton, New York. stimulation of fellow students Co-chairpersons Joanne Rappaport '75 certain· alleged deficits and-or misplacements of funds were due to corruption on the part of present and-or former being tied down and thrust with giant needles definitley does not members of the societies mentioned. The Spectator did _aid the digestion of McEwen not have proper substantiation "for those statements and-or meals! To the Editor: Land" and Night and Fog." implications and retracts them. The Spectator regrets the ·.ve would like to draw your The membership fee for spring I must admit that Hamilton and K irk l and students may attention to the newly formed semester will be $3, which will error. sometimes appear a bit barbarious H a m i l t o n-K i r k l a n d F i l m entitle members admission to all at m e a l time s. The are not Co-operative. The Co-operative is f i lm s hows. If a minimum cannibals (yet). Therefore, it is a new o r g a n i z a t i o n which m e m b e r s h i p i s r eached by crude, lewd, and rude for the incorporates various concepts in Wednesday, March 5, the film innocent s t udent dining at p a r ticipatory democracy. The program will begin in the week of McEwen to be exposed to such membership of the Co-op is open March 12; otherwise, the program NUMBER. EIGHTEEN VOLUME FIVE blood and gore, etc. to the whole Hamilton-Kirkland will be postponed to next year. Managing Editor-Henry Glick En.itor-in-Chief-Mitchel Ostrer community. An executive board With your support, this project News Editor-Douglas Glucroft will be formed every month, can, be realized. Business Manager-Peter Sluys drawing from the members who Thank you To the Editor: John Hutchinson Assistant News Editors Associate Editor Is it stupidity that allows are intere sted in running film - Kenneth Gross Liz Barrow �hows, p�odu<:ing a magazine, �d The letter was co-signed by eight people to enter the chapel during Production Manager Susan Malkin a performance? And if they are so . � select:ng films . Knowledge m other members of the Co-op. Jack Hornor Robbie Miller Copy Editor s tupid, what possess them to film� . i s . n ot nec�s sary for Editorial Page Editor Felice Freyer Beverl9 Draudt march down· the central aisle? It part1�ipation, but mterest is -,";;:::{��:=::-:�41t<�•;;:;:�:-:;:::::�;:�1 Technical Manager Arts Editor would be nice if people would, in essential. Mike Bulger The _Co-op wi�l attempt to · David Schutt the future, show a degree of Photography Editor Assistant Arts Editor, accomodate a wide scope of David Ashby re s pect to performers and to John Joelson Sports Photography audiences and wait in the foyer activities throughout the year, Sports Editor _ Chip Whitely �s u c· h a s s t u den t-made film John Navarr� t ·1 they hear applause. uni . . David Zimet festivals, d1scuss1ons, lectures by N'CW, Ass5tant-JoHn Mc Neel f ilm-makers, off-campus activities , Sports Assistant-Bob McCormick, David Wollman etc . -.·,· -�-xltHWE.$-�A-V�BD.ER';'.><:, s -�:,·, · ' · Photography Staff semester, a fil m Th·IS sprmg · ·· r "On the Square in-Clinton" -�� RALF PRICE SALE Guy Arcidiacano, Bob Dolan, Philip Morris, Joel Stern, HoUy Davis program has been arranged by the Production Staff , , Starting March 5th · • If these prices can be beet, ·..,; f o u nding group of students. Mary Barstow, Tom Beck, Chris Cahill, Anita Curtis, Peggy Dills, Tamar �.', , we want to know about it. Gold, Joe Hickman, Marc Komisarow, Kevin McDonough, Sarah McGregor, · Included in this program we have: '.d . Jo Ann Mort, Wendi Pashman Jean Renoir's "Grand Illusion", Assistant Business Managers Orange�� ��rchandise Tequila under $4 .40 I-5th. De Sica's "Bicycle Thief'', Ingmar Geoffrey E. Lawrence, Jim McManus, William D. Underwood, Andy Wilson · Business Staff Calvert Gin " $5.0U qt. Bergman' s ''The Seventh Seal", All Kinds of Used Clothing I;. Calvert .Ex. ,. $10.00 ½ gal. Steve Brennen, Cliff Davis, Marc Standig Hitchcock's "39 Steps ", Chaplin's Open Wed. - Sat., IO - 4 Ro· se D'Anjou "·$2,0f I-5th ''The Adventurer" and "The The Publications Board publishes The Spectator, a newspaper edited by I ·students,28 times during the academic year. Subscriptions: $7.00 per year. I m m i g r a n t", Bu s ter Keaton' s Corner of Fountain �.� IWe also have Hamilton's own Address': Box 83, Hamiltor CoUege, Clinton, New York. 13323. Letters to the ••C O 11e g e • •, K u r O s a w a• s named, Scotch under $5, 15, qt. _ editor must be signed, but names will be withheld 'up�n reqt•est. , · . "Rashomon'', "Guys and Dolls", 1 li!i974 by the Trustees of Hamilton College , �------�....._.._......_.__......_.....,......,________.._..,...._.._..,,...,.,...,.......,...,._,, •., . ��-UlllDrlflli�-� and !WO do�'-!f!l�ntai:,i�s: "Native

The decision of the Student Senate Subcommittee on Course Evaluation to scrap the first eight questions of their questionnaire - those pertaining to the performance of individual faculty members - seems to - have been necessary, although unfortunate, considering the reported confusion about the instructions for completing the q����� It is regrettable that in the process, a considerable amount of student time has been wasted. This only ·points to the futility of the student administration of course evaluation surveys when the faculty already administers them each semester. There is no need to duplicate efforts, both in the classroom by faculty and students on the last "Clay of the semester, and among the formulators and tabulators of each of the reports. The three year mandate of the Appointments Committee to prepare confidential evaluations for the faculty expires at the end of this year. Members of the Senate Subcommittee have said they plan to propose at that time that students and faculty prepare a joint questionnaire, the results of which would be made public to the college community. It would be in the best interests of all concerned if the faculty accepted such a proposal. In light of student interest, as evidenced by this year's efforts to prepare a course evaluation booklet, it seems inevitable that students will in some way be involved in course evaluation. Continuation of the faculty policy of confidentiality, then, would still not prevent the open­ discussion of courses and faculty·performance. · Collaboration, however, would allow the faculty the opportunity to challenge those types of questions which 1 they may have found objectionable in this or past student , questionnaires. A cooperative course evaluation survey -yvould probably be a fairer and more reliable reference source for each student who wishes to know which courses his peers have found most interesting and why. The questionnaires also provide an avenue for input for student opinion regarding tenure, appointments, and salary decisions. It seems unfair that the final total student ,,, contribution t� these decisions, which so closely affect the ,,. students, remain completely confidential. As voters of sorts, the students ought to be told how they, in the end, voted, so they can know wheth,..er they were in accord or , � disagreement with final personnel decisions of the _ admin1stration. If the faculty is unwilling to collaborate with the students in their joint effort, the students should seriously consider whether they ought not continue to cooperate in filling out the ques�onnaires for the faculty's Committee on Appointments.

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SPECTATOR EDITOR ELECTION

Application deadline for editor-in-chfef of the Spectator has been extended to March 6. These written applications are available from Harold W. Bogle 119 Dunham, Mrs.St, Clair Root 108, and from the 1 Kirkland Student Affairs Office. The process is open to all sophomores and juniors and applicants need not be presently on_the Spectator staff. Written applications must be returned to Harold W. Bogle no later then March 6. Personal. interviews will be given by the PublicationsBoard on March 13.

Carol D. Locke, who has served Kirkland in various capacities, has been �ed assistant to the president at Hamilton, President CaTOvano annoµnced today. The appointment is effective March 17. Locke,. DHJst :recently. has been in chaige of conducting senior interviews at Kirkland, and in 1972, she served as a visiting insbuctor in the humanities_ The wife of Assistant Professor of History David Locke, the new appointee described her post� ''a jack-of-all-trades "' job.She �aid she will h andle auanging trustee meetings and aid both the president and provost in gathering information for special projects... Lo c k e r e p l a c e s Jo h n Mavrogenis who was recently n am ed · associate director of d evelopment at Ham.ilton. Mavrogenis had held the job since 1973. Before coming to the Hill, Locke served as assistant to the vice president for �tra:tion at Brown University� Providence., R. I. Locke holds the B.A. and M.A. degrees from Contdl University_

PUBLICATIONS BOA RD INVITES COMMENT

Any person who wishes to comment on any campus publication is invited to contact the Publicatfons Board. The Board consists of two administration, two faculty, and three student representatives from each campus plus editors·of the various publications. For more information contact Harold W.Bogle x7491.

KIRKLAND STUDENT ADVISORS

Please n_ote that all applications for student advisors' positions are due into the Kirkland Student AffairsOffice by Monday afternoon (March 3).

YEARBOOK

YEARBOOK DES PE RATELY THE PHOTOGRAPHERS. Call Carol Davis at x4932.

NEEDS

RECYCLING

The Recycling Committee will meet Monday at 7 p.m. in the Student Sepp-te Room, third floor Bristol, �o re-organize the. recycling of glass, paper, and aluminum on campus. Anyone who is interested in helping but cannot attend the meeting should contact Bob �_ollinger_ x7488 or Bobby Pelzx45_67.

JUNG SOCI ETY

A formative meeting of the Jung Society will be held Monday, Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. in the Red Pit. Anyone wishing further information may contact one of the following: Risa Chalf"mx4306. Carol Rupprecht x7122,Katy van Dyke x4940.

Carol D. Locke, whom President Carovano has named his assistant.

Conroctions Cooking Crepes

BY THE CAVILING COOK

CAREER CENTER:CMLS ERVICE EXAMS

Concoctiom a a new rolumn that will appear every other week in 11re Spectaior. The writer is a Kirklaqd student who is interested in simple recipes em;iJy prepared in college kitchens for a reasollllbly small amountof'!'Oney.

The new Federal Civil Service Exam (PACE) will be given on campus onSaturday, March 15 at 8:00 a.m. Applicants must sign up at the Career Center immediately. The Career Center must notify the examiners by Wednesday, March 4, how many people will be taking the exam, Test location will be Root Hall, room 310.

Since this is my first column, I have decided to use one ofmy favorite foolproof recipes. E ( v _ en Hamiltonians can succeed. if they try.) I hope people who enjoy eating good food or have friends who have special recipes for anything from a whiskey sour to a Quiche Lorraine ,v.ill send in suggestions of people and recipes so I can get in touch with them.. Send them to Concoctions co the Spectator. Crepes Nicoise was concocted one night when I used icebox leftovers for an ex:pemnep1;al dinner. My familv was surprised and delighted over the �ew dish. Von will need , to start pFeparing the dish about two hours before dinner� depending on whether you n>ller skates or not:, and make sure that all the ingredients are fresh. The estimated cost is about 7.00 and you might even he able to afford an ine:xpensive bottle of if you leave out the hambmger.

WA SHINGTON SEMESTER DEADLINE

The deadline for applications to the Semester in Washington Program is March 7. All applications should be returned to Mr. Kweit in the Government Department by that·tirile.

HAMILTON OFF-CAMPUS LNING

Hamilton students wishing to apply for permission to live off campus next year should see Dean Bingham before March 10. -o arrangements should be made, leases 'signed, etc., until approval is received from the Housing Committee and the Dean. Those already living off campus need not reapply.

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The Paul Kuentz Chamber Orchestra of Paris will appear in concert this Wednesday and Friday, March 5 and 7. The Wednesday concert will feature works from the Orchestra's concert repertoire. On Friday the orchestra will be joined by the Hamilton-Kirkland Choir and College Hill Singers for performances of 1 H aydn: Lord Nelson �ass and Bach: Cantata 140. Admission to one concert: $2.50 non-students, $1.50 students. (A $1 rebate will be given to those who purchase tickets to both concerts.) The concerts will be at 8:30 in the Alumni Gym.

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Ped eggplant and cut it into cubes. Place it in a bowl and sprinkle with 4 TB of salt. This process giet rid of the water in the eggplant, and makes it easier to sautee. Leave the eggplant in the bowl one hour, or until water begins to form at the bottom of the bowl. Then rinse the eggplant very well, making sure all the salt is off. Uuring the time the eggplant is � -- salt, you can begin to cut the peppers lengthwise, onions into rings, and the-squash into cubes. Roil water, and palce tomatoes in the water just long enough for the skin to fall off. Then take them out of the water and squeeze until the pulp comes out, the dice_ ow you are ·ready to suatee. Pour ½ cup oil in the bottom of a pan, and start adding the mixture. Then add all the- spices and simmer until all ingredients are firm.; or to your own taste. Remove all ingredients frn:!ll skillet. If you c;lecide to use hamburger meat-just crumble hamburger into .;_ pan until brown: toss into vegetahlt; �ture.

Crepes 2 TB m..elted butter 1 cup mi:Ik ½TP salt • 1 cup flour

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Mix eggs and milk together, and slowly add the 2 TB melted butter. Gradually add salt and flour, mixing carefully to make sure there are no lumps, and the mixture is smooth. Heat butter in the bottom of a.. crepes pan or just a small well buttered pan.. Pour a very small amoutn of batter in the part, just enough to cover the bottom. Let it cook until it is golden, -then flip out of the pan. Continue in this way until batter is rmished.

' PLEASE N<ITE Kirkland of Election students . to SAC has been postponed because a suffici�t number of petitions were not · �cteived. The deadline for from pebbons Kirkland students has been extended to March 5-; candidates should submit their platforms to The Spectator by 7:-00 p..m.. of that date;- Candidates who have previously submitted platforms: need not resubmit. Elections for Kirkland ' will be held Monday, March 10. DAVID CHURCH Tbe£e is no denying the campus'" general � tow:mfs the SAC as a functioning. committee. Fonner problems could be blamed on a lack of -student-committee communication or: pe.-baps impractical application or fun4s by the committee itself. Wbateve£ the n:ason. everyone should .-ealize the bounds of a small school. • Siveise musical 1as1es, ' limited funds., and no useful auditorium complicate

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New Affirmative Action Plan Proposed continued from page one Consultant's Report The report, written by Mary Breakfied, a consultant with Betsy . Hogan Associates, outlined basic p r o b l e m s h i n d e r i n g the implementation o f a n Affirmative Action Program at Kirkland. rt a l s o made s p e c.i f i c recommendations as to what 'sort of program Kirkland ought to i n s t i t u t e , and d e s c ribed a timetable and possible costs. The report also praised Kirkland's present written Affirmative Action policy, and said if it were cqn s c i e n t i o u s l y f o l l o w e d , K i r kl a nd w ould h a ve few Affirmative Action difficulties..

P r o b l e m s h i ndering an · Affirmative Action program· were d i vide_d into those problems peculiar to faculty, those peculiar to staff and gen�ral concerns. The report said that a strong sense of frustration is prevalent among w o m e n faculty and staff members, who perceive internal, systemic blocks to developing an - Affirmative Action program. Salary inequities and fear of biased tenure and reappointment Joseph Anderson, vice-president of communications and development standards were cited by many faculty women as major blocks within_ the system. W9men facuity members felt such factors as lack continued from page on� Woodin, alumni affairs director, of women on the Reappointments _ Last year, Robert Brooks, who handled the Alumni Fund while . Committee, outspoken opinions, heavy committee and counseling · was H a m i lt o n's director of he was vice president. development, handled foundation Wallace also pointed out that r e sponsibilities, and harsher· g i v in g and deferred giving. federal funding has fallen off student evaluations for women Anderson has not replaced Brooks sharply in recent years. He said, interfered with a just tenure and · per se, but has appointed John though, that fonds are available _,,reappointments preceeding. Inequities Mavrogenis as associate. director of from t h e New York State d e v e l o p m e nL 'M avrogenis, D o rmi t o ry�� .A u �h oritY, for S t a f f p r o b l e m s r elated according to Anderson, will be b uildings that- will produce primarily to salary inequities, responsible for parents programs, revenue like residence halls and a c c ording. t o t h e· report. deferred giving and foundations. dining halls. Favoritism, lack of ·upward But Anderson said that his The Dana Foundation and the mobility, unfair job descriptions, office has not yet concentrated on A.W. Mellon Foundation were and inequity in .fringe benefits foundations. "' W e are not t w o of t h e m os t · r eliable were other problems cited by the emphasizing that," he said. foundation sources for Hamilton, report. Alumni 'Best Friends' The report points out that the said Wallace. Brooks, who was contacted by Now, Hamilton has no ptrson low status of Affirmative Action telephone at Moravian College in the development office with on Kirkland's list of priorities is a where he is Vice ,President for ext e n siv e ex p eri ence i n serious problem with potential D e v e l o p m e n t , s a i d t h a t fundraising" Anderson comes to legal consequences. According to i:pproximately 1 2 per cent of Hamilton after a long career in the_ report, many faculty feel that private philanthrophy comes from advertising and public relations developing an Affirmative' Action foundations. He said that while at with the Dictaphone Company. program is "no"t worth the cost" H a m ilton, foundations were Wallace and Brooks, however, and t h at "recruiting faculty depended upon for special giving, both said that an e)f.perienced members won't work and is not and that alumni were relied upon fundraiser is not always necessary. worth the effort." A lthough Kirkland . is not for current and deferred gifts. Anderson · said, ''We must take Brooks agreed with Anderson a d v a n t a g e of p ro fe s i o n a l subj ect to HEW complian_ee tliat "The alumni are the best opportunities, but i t i s a job that reviews since it does not have federal contracts, it is subject to friends th;;tt Hamilton has." He takes effort and brains." added, "That is a prestigious group of alumni Hamilton has." Of fundraising, Brooks said, "Yo� have to make a judgment · about where your money will be Freedom and Dignity," 'in coming from." a.F. Skinner, Hamilton '26, the he argues that the time has come During academic year 1973-74, psychologist whose name has for man to surrender many when Hamilton was run by then come to stand for a wnole theory . individual rights so that society A c ting President C a r o vano of human behavior, will speak at can survive. He proposes a without the help of a vice Hamilton on Tuesday �arch 4 at society-wide system of behavioral president for development, the 8:0 0 p.m'. in t he Alumni controls to reward altruistic Development Office was primarily Gymnasium. behavior and punish such bel;lavior "doing a great deal of research Skinner's topic will be "The a s p o 11 u t i o n, w a r a n d and p r e p a r i n g s p e c i f i c Ethics of Helping People." He is overpopulation. approaches," accordfug to Brooks. expected to discuss recent attacks Known as· "the father· of Cultivating Foundations on t h e u s e of behavior programmed instruction,''Skinner "We w e r e in a holding modification in psychotherapy, is generally regarded· as the most pattern," the former Hamilton· education and penology. Among i n f l u ential figure_ in modern official said. Anderson, however, the attacks was one by former psychology, and has designed did not believe that the year Sen. Sam J. Ervin� D-N.C., in . widely used research tecg.niques without a vice president and testimony before Sen. Edward M. for the study of animal behavior. president hurt the fundraising Kennedy's Health Subcommittee �-..;,-"'.6_.,__,,.�..--.......�� ...,.efforts too muc_h. of the Senate °Labor and Public .-..::""x♦• _. .I\,...,;•>;...��...-:.-� � CI.JNTONSHOECENTER Former Vice President Wallace Welfare Committee. SPECIALIZIN<;;·IN· " who resigned in 1973 recalled that Before his lecture Tuesday, X<WINTER BOOTS . �when he was here ''We were S k i nner w ill hold informal f� . reas onably up on m a k ing meetings with Hamilton students. AND SHOE REPAIR �, >-·!C. proposals (to foundations). That He has made several return visits 853-5242 li.,... �-.:aa.�-.•,_-:••-Y&.,4"�.•.'>I·•• ...••� i s t h e f u n c t ion o f t h e to Hamiiton, which gave him an •-.❖ -�::.-·��,e...� �v-·�-�-:.• � _.;•=��..... development office." honorary degree in 19 51. W al1ace, now development After his graduation from officer for t h e A m erican H am ilton, Skinner went to University of Cairo, said it can Harvard to attain master's and sometimes take years to properly doctor's degrees in psychology. cultivate sources at fouµdations: After teaching at the Universities "You just begin, and then keep at. of Minnesota and Indiana, he it," he said. returned to Harvard in 1948 and . Federal Funding Off h a s b e e n a p r o f e s so r of Wallace, who said he spent psychology there since. . , THE ACE BEAUTY SHOPPE ..., . most of his time with the trustees, He is the author of more than 9 E. PARK M alumni, and big foundations, said 100 articles and several 'bodks," of P�on� 853-5621 t that with a limited staff, it niay be which the best known · are i , , , Rf:DKIN PRODUCTS wise to devote_ more attention to , ''Walden Two'," · a utopian ;rfovel; 'I ,.. AVAILABLE- - - -- - 1 : ,. ..._____________ alumni. He, s�d that W.. Jackson "Verbal Biehavi'Or,' ·ana f''BeyoHd ' --,..J

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By TAMAR GOLD As Mid-Eastern music whined fuzzily from a tape cassette player in the corner, several students decked out in brightly co lored leotards · and tights readied themselves for a new and different experience Monday night in the rear of McEwen dining hall. As part of a Free School class, the students-were about to learn the ancient, exotic art of belly dancing. Sue Jones, one_ of the two instructors, stood in the center if the group as she led the exercises and introduced fundamental 'techniques of the dance. She wore a floor length, blue, veiled skirt covered with round glittering sequins and filOVed gracefully about the circle of students. Jones was joined by Mary Waite, who also demonstrated the fundamentals of the dance while correcting the students as they cautiously followed. Lying on -the floor in the center of the circle, Waite directed, "Try to feel each vertebrae come down one at a time, bring it down slowly," adding emphasis to the last word. One student called out that she was having problems with movement in her waist. She received prompt, individual attention and was advised on how she could stretch her muscles and better accomplish the exercise. Stretching Those Muscles Most .of the class exercises were · designed to loosen and stret'ch the dancers' muscles. Pushing and reaching was practiced to gain agility, although maintainin_g a graceful manner was also stressed by the· teachers. The students crossed the floor, slinking with the "snak� walk," moving their hips and arms as they determinedly bit their

lower lips. They looked down at their awkward body movements and then back at the instructor who seemed to be doing, the impossible, no sweat. Waite suggested that practicing the exercises for a few free moments each day would eventually benefit the dancers·After five to ten minutes of each techniqu e, a new. movement was introduced, as the sound of the music was interrupted by intermittent giggles, sighs and puffs. · 'Just Jelly' One good laugh broke through when one of the two male pupils, who didn't have much of a stomach, attempted the "p u 11-it-in-stick-it-ouf ! exercise. Jones introduced her "shoulder shimmy"-her voice reverberating as she moved, still spurting instructions. "This one's always good for a dollar in your bra," . she laughed. In an attempt to loosen up the stiff, yet attentive pupils, Jones suggested as she shook her hips, "Totally relax, feel like everything: is just jelly." The t eachers collaborated closely durin_g class. "Are they ready for snake arms?" one asked the other, who decided that "the 'finger ripple' was a must" and

promptly taught it to the class. The she claps to meet the rhythm of her dance. teachers often found themselves over-eager The Free School class consists of eight to teach their new pupils, however, and Kirkland students and two male students from Clinton. When asked why she was retreated to the basics. After a while the class began to move taking the course, one Kirkland student .•, with more freedom and less inhibition. said, "I took it to get in shape and because They asked more questions, and even it sounds like a gas." All the students cited began to improvise, adding their own the exercise and rigor of the dance as variations and speed to fit the music. reasons for their interest. Another benefit they noted was the development of muscle The Dance Belly g.ancing has traditionally been a control which the dance movements d a n ce i n which the perform er require. com m u n i cates with the audience. Another Kirkland student .said she Although there is no actual body contact, "always wanted to respond with this sort� � it is considered to be an extremely o f movement to the rhythm of personal dance. The belly dance of Mid-Eastern music." A male dance student Ancient Arabia was used in contests from Clinton, dressed in long white within the harem. The winner, the most thermal underwear and a sleeveless black sensual dancer, won the opportunity to leotard, found that bellydancing was "an expression of form" that he had not lay with the shiek. The conventional belly dance costume experienced before. includes a bra-like top decorated with B o t h Waite and Jones have different beads, coins, chains, sequins and approximately two years of experience in jewels of all sorts, and a girdle which is a belly dancing, both from the local area, thick band that wraps around the hips and they said that they began to belly dance is decorated to match the top. The skirt is . for fun and exercise and found it to be a floor length and made of brightly colored good emotional outlet as well. The class veils that also have randorply attached meets each Monday evening at 8 :00 p.m. ornaments. The dancer holds between her a n d s t i 1 1 h a s room for new fingers cymbal-shaped instruments which students.

If Clem oeRosa's Band Could Only See the Dancers· Nowl BY GUY ARCIDIACONO

Clem DeRosa, who appeared here in October with his big dance band, would be happy to see Hamilton and Kirkland students learning the fox trot, jitterbug, and waltz every Thursday night in the Bundy Dining Hall. With surprising agility and grace, the approximately seventy students step to the tunes and direction of Peggy Dills, Robin Littauer, and Andrea Ker, the instructors of this Free School course.· . "People really want to learn," says Peggy Dills, '78. ",If people knew how to do it, they'd really know how much fun it is." Peggy attributes the enthusiasm to the wave of nostalgia prevalent in the nation. The class, which danced the jitterbug to "Chantilly Lace" this week, has·22 males and 22 females. The class concentrates solely on partner dancing, which seems to have been abandoned in more recent forms of dance. Dress is unimportant, and people seem to do it becuase they_ want to. "My boy friend has been bugging me to teach him . how to jitterbug," says Winnie Wollman, "and now I finally can."

Advanced-Beginner

Rockin' around the clock at the 'Free School Dance Hall' are Ken Lehman and Linda Anzalone

Andrea Ker was a student in the dance - school where Peggy Dills taught for four years, so she decided to' come down and teach a class herself, She teaches the beginnner's class, while Peggy and Robin Littauer have the ·i.dvanced Jitterbug class. New week, the classes will learn the waltz. Ken· Lehman joined lhe class because he thought it would be a really good time ... ""I'll be able to fake doing . it any�t>y ..." And according to Larry Stewart, "I'm a spastic on the dance floor. . .l decided I'd come to do something about it...being at Hamilton, a liberal arts college, I want to broaden my perspectives." Peggy confessed that her mo.tives for te�hing the classes are partially, �lfisl).

She says she enjoys dancing, but found that there are few people on the Hill who really know how to Charleston or Castle walk. Influential Clem She mentioned that when Clem DeRosa and his band appeared on the Hill a few months back, there was great enthusiasm, but unfortunately, few people really knew how to dance correctly. "Hopefully, now I'll be able to find partners .. r" She also confessed that it is she who often leads. She said her biggest fear was that people would be too tense, and afraid to try new things, but so far this has not _ � happened. . It was in 1915 that the fox trot was introduced, a snappy 4-4 time dance. Then, in the midst of the Roaring 20's, came the Charleston. Arthur· Murray standardized the Ballroom dance at about the same time, into five fundamental steps.

The Swing Era

Then in 1935, the swing era arrived, and with it came the Shag, the Lindy Hop, and the Jitterbug. The Rumba and the Conga from Cuba also were popular. After World War 11, the dances moved more towards group participation. Into this grand and elegant history comes the free school class. This semester's curriculum includes learning the Jitterbug, the Charleston, the Fox Trot, the Rumba, the Cha Cha, the Tango, the Samba, and the Waltz. Bunsy McClean said she's jitterbugged before but "not with steps." The instructors take time with each dancer, and try to correct any Ip.is copied steps. "The girl must hold her partner at the nape of the neck with both hands ... then she swings her leg up," she said demonstrating. The atmosphere is best described as casual and loose. Dills was surprised by the enthusiasm; ·a11 said they were enjoying themselves. As Peggy put it, "It's a great cont.inued on page 7


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Double Bill Only Half a Success By Jo-Ann Mort Stars are built of strange substance. They must exist behind a glass wall of performanc� stature. On colle'ge can_ipuses, in a closed community, the situation is quite different. A concert takes on thf: guise of an intense evening occurrance. Students tend to deal more directly with the performer as a person. Loudon Wainwright and Steve Goodman both come from essentially the same musical genre. They are two of the -buge talents to emerge from the new folk revival, a revival which has incorporated , old-timey and traditional music into the minds of urban-oriented musicians. A consequence of this revival has been the growing mass appeal of folksingers in the competitive music industry, as products of that industry. -Folksingers, who in the past were thought to be lone, anti�establishment types are now signing with major· i:ecording companies and churning out highly produced albums. important e x_tr e m ely A n ot her occurrance has been the emphasis put on the singer-songwriter. Both Goodman and Wainwright are songwriters, writing in two s}gnificantly different manners.

Setting Essential The setting was · something of indispensable importance to the outcome of the concert. Goodman and Wainwright are pretty much names which assure sell-out crowds at a few choice clubs throughout the co�.mtry, such as the .Bottom Line in New York City and the Main Point in Philadelphia. Wh.en people go !o see a performer in a club, they go primarily to see that performer and for the most part are already familiar with his music and set. On a college campus, this is not the case. Musical tastes tends to vary and money is limited. The situation results in · a few people being satisfied, even welcoming the entertainment which cotnes on campus, and other people going to the concert because they want· to go to a cqn_cert, and are consequently, unfamiliar with the performer's style. ..._ Which brings me to an�ther point. While Goodman and Wainwright are coming from 'the same basic musical roots, their performance style and songwriting style are as different as is possible. They were both fairly unknown with the crowd. Therefore, they were in esse�ce; starting from scratch.

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Goodman opened-the concert. with the mark of excellence. There is �o escaping from the fact that Goodman is outstanding as a guitarist, as a singer, and as a songwriter. He shines on stage and makes it quit_e evident tha.t he enjoys what he is doing. ' · For both of . his sets, Goodman previewed some of his more recently written songs, which will be on his forthcoming Asylum album. Confident Spontaneity He performed a few requests, but on the whole, seemed to go with anything that came to mind. In fact, a few times Goodman began a song, stopping in the middle to do another song as it popped into his head. The grace with which he carried out his transitions added to his confidence on stage. Beginning to strum "City of New Orleans," Goodman's 'hit,' he began to mention his first album saying, ''This is from my first album. A rumour in its own

An epic film.ballad from Chile combining history and myth. allegory and revolution, spectacle and poetry.

Loudon Wainwright time." Though Goodman wrote the song, Ario· Guththrie's name is associated with it. Speaking with Goodman after the show, he discussed this for a few minu·tes. I asked Goodman how he felt when other people recorded his songs, in that their interpretation would obviously be different. He said, "I love· it!" but also cite4 the example of "City of New Orleans." He wasn't surprised that Guthrie's version made it and his own didn't. Goodman termed the studio version, pr o d uc t i o n o f G uthrie's "incredib1e." Goodman's set was �ertainly varied. He went from Gerswhin to the witticisms of Shel Silverstein to old rock 'n roll to a train song. A list which could last interminably in order to point out his varied tastes and talent. He played directly to the audience, in fact, changed lyrics in keeping with his mood.

Wainwright' Controversial

Second to perform was Loudon_ Wainwright. One thing to be said about his performnace is that it. has become. ; controversial top,ic of conversation. People walked out on him, some from disgust, some from boredom, and some because it was late. Being familiar with Wainwright as a performer and as a· songwriter, I cannot dismiss him. His performance was unfortunate. Wainwright is caught up in the role of being a performer. He's a nice guy, not the violent nervous person he presented on

stage. He conducts every performance in basically the same style, what· we saw as his convulsive, muscular movements . Wainwright was not drunk during the first set. He was drunk during the sec.ond performance, but I am hesitant to say how much that accounted for his actions in performance. I would rather say that when Wainwright fell through it was because of insecurity. Wainwright who graudated from Carnegie-Mellon Drama School, had to rely on his actor's mask for the playing of each song. Later, listening to Wainwright sing the songs on his .albums that he did in concert, I was struck by the enormous difference in presentation. His guitar work was skillful and his voice was controlled. A helpful hint was suggested to me at the concert-to listen to the concert with my eyes closed, and it made a difference. To those who question Wainwright's songwriting ability, I must emphatically disagree.· It takes a while to realize that with all those simple words, wainwright is making a perceptive statement about our modern day lives. To those who were shocked by his violence, I ask them to reconsider their everyday existence. Unfortunately, in a "lot of spots where Wainwright's se·nsitivity might have shown through, he covered over with obnoxious facial expressions. At last Friday night's concert neither performer could possibly have found an out. They ·had not bac_k-u� band to hide continu� oll'page seven

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New Japanese Exhibition Links East ·With West

An intriguing new exhibit featuring Japan,ese wood-block prints opened this week at the Root Art Center. Hamilton Art H istory Professor Rand Carter delivered a supplementary slide-lecture on "Japanese Influences on Western Art."

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The prints, many of which were gifts from Hamilton art patron Edward Root '05 to t h e Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, date from the -pre-Coromorlore Perry, Tokugawa period (1603-18-68). During this period most political power was centralized in the military dictatorship of the shogun. Pl.. burgeoning parvenu class of merchants restless in the confines of an aging f eu d al structure, found few opportunities to spent its new-found wealth. Many turned for excitement to the Yoshiwara district of Edo (present-day Tokyo), an area noted for its-prostitutes and _ trans�estites. These prints reflect much of this search for the ephemeral pleasures of this district. The artists' subjects were often local. beauties, courtesans, and popular actors in the Paris night club-like Kabuki theater. In their tame and sedate moments, artists pastoral-� locale turned· to t!'ie ·marked_ by the - omnipresent mountains of Japan. M<t:ny of the late 19th century and early 20th century artist of the West w e r e at tract due to these Japanese influences. In his talk Carter noted the s i m i l a r i t i e s b e t w e e n s o m e of Toulouse-Lautrec's posters, which are enjo..ying a current popular revival and thes Japanese . ,print . Carter also related that impressionist

Arts Caucus Elects 'Board By WENDY PASHMAN

Claude Monet even went so far as to install a Japanese garden on his property, which served as the backdrop for paintings su h as "Water Lilies",While subject matter frequently showed Japanese influences, techniques also found f a v o r w it h w e stern artists. Carter commented that the vertical. perspective was just one method which the westerners found appealing. The exhibit, which contains about thirty prints, will close on ·the last day before· spring vacation , March 21.

Hamilton SAC Platforms

continued from page three promitional- attempt. But with more useful _feedback from the students and p h y sically stronger selection of entertainment, the SAC could, and hopefully will, bring richer activities to the campus.

they shouta take place. The proposed SAC newsletter will hopefully facilitate this exchange. Years of inte11se immersion in recirds, radio, and concert-going have, l believe, given me sufficient working knowledge to fill a position on the SAC. Nine years bn the trumpet gave me a pretty good ear'.

/!F- UCE HORNSTEIN '78

In my previous life as Bruce Hornstein '77 I thoroughly enjoyed the various oppurtunities DAVID J. K UMA TZ '77 one had for hearing live music on the Hill. Back I realize that I cannot fully understand the from a leave of absence, I still do. Coinmunication is the key to getting the • difficulties which the SAC must surmount to � most out of our social budget. The community bring entertainment to the Hamilton-Kirkland must be made aware of who is· available community. I know about the problem of concert-wise. The SAC must get feedback as to limited funds, the varied interests that the SAC must serve. Still, l am certain that better use can what types_ ?f events are wanted and how often be made of available funds. Surveying recent SAC activities, it seems that certain segments of the community are· not ·being adequately represented. I feel that this should and can be corrected. MORISON '76

MARTIN TYKSINSKI '77 In recent years, the quality of entertainment at Hamilton-Kirkland has been sorely deficient, even when compared to schools of similar size and resoures. Limited funds, restricted dates for scheduling, cancellations, and conflicting interests within _the committee are often cited as problems of the SAC. The fact that these are real problems is made all tQo apparent by the concerts we have gotten in the past two years. -However, despite these problems, I foe! improvements can and must be made over the past two committees' accomplishments. Because of my acute interest in this field, I will make every effort to bring better ntertaioment to this college community. entertainment

RICHARD TASKIN '77

The election of members of the Social Activities Committee (SAC) will be hied Monday, March 3 and will be open only to social tax payers. Hamilton students may vote in Bristol Campus Center from IO a.m. t?' 4 p.m.

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way to meet' people." The class is scheduled to last approximately eight weeks, but that too is flexible. The last class will f�ature a review of all those steps, which heopfully have been mastered. They are even considering some kind of formal -evening of dance. Perhaps echoing the sentiments of the class, she expressed her hopes that the class "followsthrough." So far, no one seems to have lost interest. Now-bring back Clem DeRosa.

My platform -is simply that I will strive to bring good music arid entertainment to the campuses. My qualifications are that I worked directly with the SAC on both the Ret_i.irn to Forever and Orleans-Persuasions concerts last year and know much of what goes on. I am currently Music Director of WHCL, and I spent the year last year working in the record department of the Harvard Coop and have had experience dealing directly with ·record companies and artists. So my _friend. M_arty comes up to me· and says,_ "Hey, why doncha run for the S�C?"

SAC ELECTIONS

LECTURE AND DISCUSSION At Nearby Theaters Cannonball ( 85 3-555 3} Blazing February 28 (.Friday) Informal Discussion - Jack White. Saddles (R) Afro-Images 4:00 p.m. Bristol Carnpu'S Cinema Th_eater- New Hartford (736C e n t e r L ounges. ·(Afro-la tin -0081) Murder on the Orient Express Celebration Weekend) (PG) Poetry Reading: June Jordan. 8:00 Cinema Theater- Riverside Mall Young p . m� 'Kirn er-John son Red Pit, F rankenstein (PG) The Towering (Afro�Latin Celebration Weekend} Inferno (PG) Lenf!y (R) Cinema National Uptown (732-0665) March 1 (Saturday) Sangre Joven, a Puerto Rican protest The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams group. :12 : 00 noon-5: 00 p.m. Paris (733-2730} The Savage Is Loose · Kirner-Johnson Red Pit. (Afro-Latin (R) Celebration Weekend} 258 Cinemas{732-5461 J The Strongest March 3 (Monday) Man in the World (G), Blazing Saddles Computer Center Lecture Series: (R), Freebie and the Bean (R) Computers in Banking: The Beast of MUSIC Data Processing, Not the Beauty. Mem o r i e s of Und erdevelopment February 28 {Friday) Speakers will be three representatives Coffeehouse Concert: Bill Steele. 9: 00 Sunday at 10:00 p.m. Chemistry of the Bank of New York. 8:00 p.m. p.m. McEwen Coffeeliouse (Free with Auditorium. Science Auditorium. social tax, $.50 without) March 5 (Wednesday) March 4 (Tuesday) Third Wor Id Film Series: The March 1 {Saturday) Lecture: B.F. Skinner_ ''.Z6 Professor of SAC and BPRU sponsored Jazz P r o m i s ed · L a nd 1 0:00 p.m: Psychology, Harvard �niversity.. 8:00 Concert featuring Herbie Hancock, Kirner-Johnso11 Auditorium. 'p.m,. Chapel. with the Headhunters. 8:30 p.m. March 6 {Thursday) Rf:LIGIOUS SERVICES Gymnasium. Free with social tax. Monster Double Feature: Them. March 1 (Saturday) (Afro-Latin Celebration Weekend) (Giant ants menace Los Angeles) and Newman Mass. Father Paul Drobin. Bride of Frankenstein. 8:00 p.m. March 5 (Wednesday} 5:30 p.m. Kirner-Johnson Red,Pit. · Chemistry Auditorium. Paul Kuentz, Chamber Orchestra of Paris: GYm,nasium. Students $1.50, March 2 {Sunday) Women i n L o v e. 8 :00 p.m. ,. Newman Mass. F�ther Paul Drobin.. Kirner-Johnson Auditorium. Non-Students $2.50·. 1 FILM

On Cam·pus This Weekend Comedy Film Festival:Coconuts, Horsefeath<:rs, W.C. fields Shorts, No· Census, No Feelings. Friday and Saturday at 8:00 p.m. Sunday at 1 0 : 0 0 p. m'. 'K i rne r -John son Auditorium. The Nationalist a film about the P u e r t o R i c a n lnd e pendance Movement. Sunday at 2:00 p.m. Chemistry Auditorium. (Afro-Latin Celebration Weekend}

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Hey, why not. I' believe that my electric (huh?) musical taste would enable me to serve as a facilitator between hardcore 'folkies,' 'rockers,' et al. I won't stoop to making a lot of (Buffalo p r o m ises campaign cra z y concert dance Jones Springfield-Brian perhaps?) but I think that the economic crunch will bring price tags on quality acts back into the stratosphere, I recognize that the _ SAC is­ hampered by financial limitiations, but I believe that more can be done within t_he present framew_ork. Besides that, I think I can do the job real good.

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The Art Student's Caucus (ASC) met Wednesday to organize its governing board and distribute copies of the group's proposed constitution. Margaret Klenck presided at the meeting during which Barbara Lapidus was selected president of the group and nine others were named to the Board, each representing different disciplines in the Arts Division. On the board are the following students: Franny Drayton, dance; Miriam Hack, music; Andrea Kantor, writing; Margaret Klenck, theatre; Ruth Frederick, ·photography; Clifford Davis and Nancy Juda, studio arts; Liza Bernard and Geri Gale, representatives-at-large. Some students raised� concerns about having a Hamilton student as president of ASC or on its board. It was decided that, because of the high percentage of male professors in the Arts Division, it would be better to have a woman in charge of ASC, in order to provide woman a chance to get involved in division policies. The discussion w a s precipitated by Clifford Davis' nomination to the Board. Franny Drayton was chosen secretary of the group; the next meeting will be Friday at 5: 00 p.m. According to ASC.s constitution, the organization's purpose is to "serve 3:s a vehicle ...for communicating the ideas and concerns of students of the Arts Division to · the faculty and administration of the Arts Divis1')n. The organization shall concern itself with the_ role of arts in woman's college by helping to define the needs and problems of women artists."

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behind and their audience_ was too small and too close to act as if they were nonexistent. What happened was that the concert presented two men in thedilernna of selling themselves, selling their product to the audience. Goodman was able to do this with almost no trouble. He was, in fact, humbled by his warm reception. Wainwright chose to delve deeper into his act and keep his true self as hidden as possible. For those who stayed to see the conclusion of the last set, Wainwright's performing capabilities were made evident. He left the stage a bit dejected and though the sparse audience wanted an encore, he wasn't about to reappear. Goodman, who had been sitting in the back of the chapel throughout the set, ran to the dressing room and brought Wainwright back. He did an absolutely electrifying song "Central Square Song;" 'He played it straight and he played it beautifully.

9:30 a.m. Chapel Free Church of Clinlon. Black TruthKweli Mwensi Gospel group from Newark, New Jersey. 11:15 a.m. Ch ape I (A fro-L a tin C elebration Weekend} Mar�h 3 (Monday) Newman Mass. Father .Paul Drobin. 12:00 noon. Chapel (Also Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.) Lenten Communion Service. Rev. W.H, Wickham 111, St. James 'church, Clinton. 4: 30 p.m. Bristol Campus Center Fisher Room. Christian Fellowship meeting. 8:00 p.m. Milbank 36. March 5 {Wednesday} Newman Mass. Father P4ul Drobin. 4:45 p.m. Chapel. Bible Study. 9:00 p.m. Alumni House.

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C h r i s t i a n S c i e n c e C o�l e g e Organization. 4:15 p.m. 'Bristol Campus Center Backus Room.

EXHIBITIONS

Current Root Art Center Exhibition: Uk iyo-e: j apa n e se Prints of the Tokugawa Period. (Closes March 21) Current Bristol Ca mp-us Center Exhibition: Afrd-lmages Paintings by Jack White. (Closes March 8).


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Kirkland Complies. With Files Law; CaroVano to Act

continued from page one C e n ter's files, which include see in his Hamilton files a letter of Poller. "It's for the student's own letters of recommendation for job recommendation by a faculty protection." applicants from Hamilton will also member to a graduate school However, Acting Dean of the be open to students if the file -because most faculty members College Dwight Lindley and other materials were received in 1975. keep the copies in their personal The Dean's' files, which are a files, rather than in the official faculty members have said that they would be unable to write a combination of the registrar's Dean's file, said Bingham. candid letter if the student is files, all correspondence between ' Waivers allowed to see or hear what is a student and the college, sealed Bingham's report proposes that w r itt en. '"We're taking the enve.lopes of any convictions there be two types of waivers, one Buckley law seriously," said brought b)� the Honor Court or for letters of recommendation to Poller. "Hamilton is handling it Judici ary Board against the graduate school and one for differently." s t u d e n t , a n d a d mis s i ons letters of recommendation that "We haven't shown any files to information, would undergo a are sent from the Career Center.. He suggests that a card should be any student yet," said Bingham, "slight change" with regard to composition due to the new sent to the graduate school or· who noted that only' two or three employer to let them know students have made requests since law, said Bingham. T h r e e a s p e c ts of t h e whether or not a person has Jan. I. Bingham said that the college was not in violation of the ' Admissions report, previously part waived the right. · l a w , h o w e v e r , because the of the cumulative files will now be "Our •Admissions Committee, Buckley Amendment allows an discarded - the voting sheet of as well as other admissions groups, institution 45 days t'o respond to the Admissions Committee, the a request. ' interview report, and letters of According to Bingham's report recommendation, from friends or to Carovano, if a student does not alumni. ''These are no longer of any waive his right of access, three sets of files would now be open· to him use to the student after he is as a result of the Buckley accepted," said Bingham. ' those in the The Admissions report in the Amendment Registrar's Office, th� Dean's file will include, however, the Office, and the Career Center: letter of recommendation from The registrar's files, including t h e h i g h school g u id ance grade transcripts, have been open counselor as well as the secondary to students for the last couple of school transcript. years, said Bingham. Th� Career A student still will be unable to KIRKLAND COLLEGE STATEMENT ON CONFI Dl:NTIALI TY OF STUDENT RE CORDS: BUCKLEY LAW COMPLIANCE Kirkland College has adopted the policy of counseling faculty members to share the content of student letters of recommendations by copy or by consultjition prior to their being sent, rather than to make a waiv�r of non-confidentiality a condition of faculty recommendation. In keeping with this policy, the College has urged faculty members to be cand id with students for whom a mediocre or negative recommendation must be written. In some cases, therefore,. students are encouraged to seek a recommendation els·ewhere· if a positive letter is ·desired. It is important for, prospective employers and graduate admissions committees to be aware of the Kirkland College policy in this regard. The College encloses this cover letter as our official indication that the accompanying recommendation is bona fide, that its contents have been made known to the student, and that· the recommendation is written without any form of coercion. Catherine S. Frazer

wants to know under what Although s o m e Hamilton conditions a letter was written," administrators have dismissed the said Bingham. Iaw as much ado about very The only_ legal reason for such little because the students have a card would be to alert the already seen or know about most receiving institution of the letter's o f w hat is in their files, a ccessability to the accepted supporters of the law have said a p p l i ca n t. Th e guidelines that its establishment marks a explicitly state, "Waivers may no� s i g n i f i c�n t s tep tow ards be required as a condition for protection of student privacy. admission to, receipt of financial Text in Chronicle aid from, or receipt of any other It is also believed that the law's services or benefits· from such strongest• effect will be manifest agency or institution." when colleges' official records will Explanation of the waiver have "open" recommendations. p r o v i s i o n w ill probably be The:; text of the present c i r c u l a t e d dur ing c ou r s e procedures for colleges to follow pre-registration i n the spring or in releasing student records can be fall as part of the official found in the January 13, 1975 notification of students' rights of issue of The Chronicle of Higher access to records, said Bingham. Education.

The renowned Paul Kuentz Chamber Orchestra of Paris will return to Hamilton and Kirkland Colleges - for two concerts next week. The orchestra will debut Wednesday, March 5, at 8:30 p.m; in the Alumni Gymnasium, and will join the Hamilton-Kirkland Choir Friday March 7, at 8:30 in the Gym. It will be the orchestra's 12th visit to the Hill. The Friday concert will be a European Tour Benefit for the colleges' choir.

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By THOMAS BECK The Subcom�ittee on Course Evaluation of the Student Senate Curriculum Committee has been forced to eliminate the first eight ·questions that evaluated faculty teaching ability on last fall's student course evaluations. It was feared that the instructions for these responses were unclear and not_followed by students. However, a booklet of course arid professor evaluations for both semesters will be released at the end of the school year. The · results-for fall, 1974, will be based on questions nine through_ 20 and written comments, and t��y will

be an informational rather than critical report. The booklet is intended to be .an aid to student course selection. Although the subcommittee sent out a notice to all faculty members requesting that they announce and explain the error, Roger Schneider '75 , ch;µrman of the Curriculum Committee, said it is p o s s i b l e students were confused. He added that faculty members had expre�sed fears that the results of this section would aqt reflect actual student opinion. The error was due· to the s u b co m mit tee's failure to c o r r e 1 a t e i t s p r i n ted

questionnaires with the computer Committee on Appointments. The questionnaire t o e l i m i n ate cards. The first eight of the 20 faculty committee, chaired by subjective questions," he said. questions on the subcommittee's Professor of Geology_ Donald_ ''We wanted to look at courses and professors to see whether or questionnaire were to b,e answered Potter, refused. Potter said that when the not there were recommendations on a scale of four to one, while the computer cards the students request was mad·e the committee's to l:>e made, either positive or filled out in response had an questionnaires had already been negative. We did intend to make sent out to faculty members. He critical judgments." ABCD scale. also s aid that the faculty When the faculty mandate on Onlv Information ''We won't use the evalu;tions ins.tructed the committey to evaluations to the Appointments as an input this time," Schneider prepare confidential evaluations Committee expires at the end of said. "We'll give information on for three years. This is the third this year, Schneider said,· "The subcommittee will make a formal course str ucture, class size, . year. · However, Daniel Becker '77, a petition to the Committee on number of tests and papers, who should take it, is it geared for the m e m b e r o f t h e S e n a t e Appointments to combine their major, and the like." Schneider S u b c o m m it t e e o n C ou r s e resources with ours, so that in the said it would still be possible to Evaluation said the• faculty future, students need only fill out make some critical judgments refused primarily because they are o n e c o u r s e e v a l u a t i o n based on this information along unwilling to admit students into q u estionnaire, which will he with the results of the 1 972 the appointment and tenure p u b l i s h e d to the e n t i r e community, and which will be process. evaluations: T he s u b c o m m ittee h a d Potter could not be reached for used both as an informational tool originally requested to merge its comment on Becker,s allegation. and as an evaluative and critical questionn aire with the· one Robert Evans '75, chairman of tool by students, faculty, and administered by the faculty the subcommittee, sa,id it was �dministration." While Potter admitted the important to inform the students, of a merger, he said the possibility the and that in past only department heads have seen the Appointments Committee only course evaluations. "Professors see administe�s the q estionnaires. only their own course evaluations. "The evaluation policy is set by No student sees any of it," he the . faculty," he said. "Any change in policy would have to be said. voted by the faculty as a whole.�• Less Subjective S t u d e n t c ourse evaluation Schneider said the purpose of the subcommittee questionnaire questionnaires had been circulated A temporary dean of housing was partly to give the Senate . in 1972 and 1973, but only the for Kirkland will be selected by input ab'out the appointment and 1 972 1 results were published. Wednesday and the decision will tenure process. ''We devised a new M a n y f a c uity members had be announced Thursday, said Jane criticized the program, saying the Poller, Kirkland dean of students'. questions were too subjective. The A p proximately 10 women new questionnaire, was intended applicants, including a doctoral to be "the most objective and candidate, faculty wives, and constructive possible," according to Evans. Clinton-Utica area women, are being interviewed this week and next by Poller, her staff, panels of student advisors and faculty residents, and members of the Sum.mer Charters From Residence Committee. CANADA To EUROPE The interviews should be M A K E Y OUR completed by Tuesday at the RESERVATIONS NOW! latest, Poller said. The decision See Us will be made by Poiter and and Conrlitions Terms For President Babbitt Tuesday or Wednesday and will be made 34 Coll••• Street public Thursday. Poller said that because the job is both temporary and part-time, she is pleased that there were as many as 10 applicants. The new temporary dean will Make Reservations Now assume her duties no later than March 14, but preferably by For Spring Break · Big 7 - 7 nite March 10, Poller said. She wfll Tues. March 4, continue working until July 15 when the permanent replacement $.45 a drink for Linda1 Patrick, former assistant Door Prizes and Drawings dean of students, will arrive. Poller said that one or two of every half hour the temp·orary candidates have 9 - I a.m. expressed interest in becoming the permanent dean. CHARTERS A formal search for Assistant LESS THAN Entertainment Dean of Students will begin in April, and will be advertised in the Fri.-Sat. nites I 65 DAY ADVANCE New York Times education PAYMENT REQUIRED U.S. GOVJ. APPROVED journals and local newspapers. Seneca Turnpike. 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Decade Plan Accepted continued from page one committee, presently working on the document has revised parts of the curricular plan, but has "stuck to the substance." She cited as the greatest change the revision of tl}e section on advising. While the earlier document has called for � "gtpup of at leas.t two f aculty . advisors [to] work together with each student," the revision, according to Colby, will change the ratio to two faculty memb ers for two or three students. In the plan this is referred to as ·"tutorial' advising." As in · the earlier drafts, the emphasis is on giving advising a greater role in the student's college career, she said. "The single mo st critical dimens'ion of this faculty-student relationship [ tutorial advising] must be to provide a forum for ongoing discussions aimed at integrating the student's artistic i n t e l l e c t u·a l a n d accompl ishments," states the revised document According to the plan, the discussions will fake the form of seminars meeting for one and a half to two hours every other week, said Colby. There will be reading lists, and preparations will be necessary for these meetings, she s aid. This system of tutorials will

depend on the establishment of other aspects of the curricular plan, Colby said. As outlined in the document distributed in October, the plan calls for graduation requirements based on competency attained in a chosen field. Under this plan, graduation requirements would not hinge on the completion of a specific number of cours_es a� the most i m p o r t a n t c r i t e r i on for graduation. Therefore the typical student load would be less, and the tutorial would be in adclition to it. The tutorial would not increase the present student load, Colby said. If the Board of Trustees gives their approval of the Second Decade Planning Document in May, Kirkland will start a pilot program in the fall to test the workability of the guidelines, accor d i n g t o Babbitt. The program will involve a small group of faculty and students, he said, and Colby stressed that it "would have to be voluntary." However, _ regardless of the pilot program, each aspect of the policy plan will have to be passed by the institutional body (the Assembly, SCACA, Student Life C o�m i t t e e) under whose jurisdiction it falls, before it will b ecome working institutional policy.

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highest priority" · and that the Vietnam · to Turkey, from the humiliation at the questioning of to seek national office again United States should recognize its audience , for about an hour. his mental competency, during his because a presidential campaign is With regard to his remark made brief stint as George McGovern's "tortuous,'' and he joked that "to limits with r�gard to our energy run for vice-president, you'd have -situation and "avoid panic." He ,last fall supporting Alabama running-mate in 1972. believes that cutting our oil Governor George Wallace if he· In regard to this last matter, to be an idiot...and that's what co nsumption by one million were on the Democratic N�tional Eagleton said that he has no plans they said about me." barrels a day will not achieve ticket in 1976, E agleton said again energy independence, but that that he could support such a Congress should enact legislation ticket because "I'm certainly not for niass transit and the building going to ·support Gerald Ford." and year for one $1000 By RICHARD TASKIN industry. He suggests that we No Wizard is Ford Many students at Wednesday appearance on the lecture circuit. Ha d v a n ce t o ward energy Also con_ceming Ford, Senator night's lecture were sl!_ocked and In an interesting sidelight, Wang i ndependence and lessen our Eagleton said, "I think he is a nice d isappointed Senator told this reporter- that E agleton is that vulnerability to embargo." fellow-his table manners are E leton did not speak on the in the· process of changing ag Embargo Defense good ... but h e i s n o t the t O p i c w h i ch w a s booking agencies. Senator Eagleton said that the. intellectual wizard of our ag e." -" E agleton said, at a reception and Liberalism ad v er t i s ed United States should limit the oil Another favorite topic of the Practical Politics: Are the Two "They must've g�tten that title we buy in the world market, and from the booking agency." th- <1;t should another embargo Senator's seemed to be the Compatible?" Others expressed dismay that occur, the U.S. · should prepare its DeJense Department and its strategy beforehand "so that we'll budget, which "can and should be Senator .E ag leton received $1000 cut." Eagleton sensed a needless to give a 10_-minute speech which be ready." Kirkland is advertising for Following the prepared lecture, competition for prestige among amounted to nothing more than a One person seven faculty members ·to fill paper. S enator E a g l e t on a n swered the various armed services. He position questions which ranged from spoke of a new plane that the Air responded to this reporter's places that will be left vacant next --.. · Force insists on having, . wi th an· reques·t ,for a good lead with this fall or have 6een opened this year, estimated cost of $200 million a analysis: "�enator Eagleton has said Kirkland .Dean of Academic plane. E agleton believes this i.s earned a reputation as a cra.ss A f f a i rs C a the r i n e Fia z e;. superfluous in that it is a needless opportunist and· he did little Candidates have already applied for five of the positions . display of strength. tonight to dispel this notion." "They (the Air Force] won't Two biology faculty are being Root-Jessup · President Peter. give up," said Eagleton.. "This is Wang said there was a descrepancy sought as the new science program an aircraft that has no legitimate between the advertised topic of is initiated. One will replace Linda By TOM GREENWOOD activities... Inviting freshmen to mission. It's searching for a - E agleton's speech and the actual Birnbaum, assi.stant professor of Fifty-five per cent of the dinner and to parties were the mission." substance of the speech. He biology. The other position was f o s y a w freshman class (148 students) m o s t p o p u l a r He also criticized William F. responded that Root-Jessup had created 1?Y the new science pl e d g e d H a m i l t o n ' s ten .indoctrinating freshmen into a Buckley: "I think Buckley i.s an signed three copies of the program. fraternities a.s of 2:30 p.m. Feb. house. intriguing man. I watch his show contract, two of which were sent There will also be places for a 27, according to figures obtained Discriminate Bids on public television. He is a very back to the booking agency. s o c i?l o g i s t , replac;ing · James from the Dean of Students Office. Most fraternities do not have a bellicose person. If he had his The a.ssumption was that one Shuster, a.ssociate professor of Four sophomores also joined, structured procedure for handing way, we'd invade some country of the contracts would be shown sociology; a teacher of creative bringing the total to 152. _· o ut bids. Usually a rushing ev�ry other week to keep the to E leton so he would know w r i ting to replace Katherine ag As of Feb. 21,. 1975, the committee decides by majority military in shape." what topi� he was expected to Dew art, a.ssistant professor of rushing deadline, 132 freshmen vote. -''We do not indiscriminantly spe.tl<. · on. Wang also added that creative wntmg; a philosophy Buckley Bellicose (49 percent) had han4ed in bids a.s hand out bids. There is a rushing Eagleton was originally scheduled teacher to replace Adele La.slie, compared with 135 (59 percent) meeting, and if at least three _ About r e i n v o l v em en t i n to receive $2000 from Hamilton, instructor in philosophy; an by last year's deadline. people do not know the person, Southea.st Asia, E agleton received but legislation recently enacted bx ed u ca t i o n t ea c her; and a In the '73-74 school year the his name i.s tabled and brought up applause when he responsed, "I Congress forbids Congressmen computer scientist to fill a new Dean's office received 32 bids at a later date when the three had, won't vote for an ·additional from maktng more than $15,000 a position.· from freshmen and sophomores a cha n c e to /m eet them.; ' dime." according to Don Chizzonite, after the rushing deadline. E agleton said there is a D ea n B ingham and mo.st rushing chairman at Chi Psi. distinction to be made between rushing chairmen agree that the A DKE spokesman said that a this area · and Israel, where the n u m b er 0f freshmen J01rung freshman must meet certain strict Unhed States has a "legitimate ·•... ·•... / A CHARTER NEW YORK BANK fraternities will be greater this requirements before he is given a moral commitment" to aid the ·------·-··-·---·-------- ---------- ......·..: year than last year.· Bingham said bid; however, these requirements Israel1es On this matter, he h e e xp e cts the number of were not released. MAIN OFFICE, CLINTON, NEW YORK 13323 noted that the recent con�em SENECA PLAZA OFFICE (RT. 5), NEW HARTFORD, NEW YORK freshmen joining fraternities to o v er Arab i n v e s t m e n t s in level off at sixty percent in the American firms "intrigues " him. Thuqiday and Friday c:;,__ "'"0 long run. The Senator said that he is not · v BANKING.HOURS .0 .Oc:: ell <I) ·­ This year Psi Upsilon repeated 9:00 v · AM to 3:00 PM opposed to foreign investments in ., (,..,-e their performance of last year and "'" co "'" .... U.S. companies, but he believes Monday through Wednesday and 0 <l.) 0 0 led all fraternities with 28 pledges "' -0 that there should be a record kept "' ...."' 9 :00 AM to-3 :00 PM 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM while Chs Psi followed a close "' ... of all foreign investors in the U.S. · second with 2 7. Delta Phi had the and what countries they're from_ bl) • lea.st, one pledge; Teak .had two c.::E W ith regard to Watergate, ui' ci. pledges. Last year Delta Phi Magruder and Dean, he- said that vo received seven pledges after the he did not know what a suitable -<t deadline, while Psi Upsilon only 0. .... sentence would have been� but "'" co r�ceived one. 0 'rl that Nixon should have been ·r-0 °' No Hard Sell � �� required to do some accounting z'' as a precondition to that This year the prevailing reshing pardon." Watergate should show philosophy has been to avoid the Psi U 8 •�d sell." ••Any one who's not 27 26 us "the evil of big money in Chi P 27 20 16 p o l i t i c a l e l e c t ion s i n this 27 enough intelligent to ·know DKE 17 w he t h er h e s hould join a 17 23 22 country," he said. Se n a t o r · E a g I et on a l s o TDX 16 15 15 fratemjty on his own should not 5 ELS 15 join,9? said Lou Brown, ru�hing 14 7 10 exp;essed his views on questions Sig P chairman for Sigma Phi. 14 12 9 s u c h· as S enator J ackson's 9 PHONe. 315·853·6212 DU No f r-a t e r n it y s p o n s ored 28 14 14 26 Emigration Amendment to the L� D. weDCN✓, CRAFTSMAN ADP. 13 13 18 r ushing parties for the sole 18 Soviet Trade Bill, detente, aid to Tu r key, the world's· ·starving 11-5 Every Day ost 'M TKE 3 2 12 10 pur po s e o f r u sh ing. . I popula�ion�; and his own national 4 8 c ombined social and . rushing DP ii' > 6 , ., 4 t • •• , · i ; .� :_,. . .: L .,.::;;"';�•.,.i.; ikv�;;- ,.-�; 't�.;-;,.,.�� •:.......... ;.;.._,i

BY PENNY WATRAS "For<i"s plan should not be rejected piecemeal, it should be rejected in total," said Senator Thomas Eagleton {Dem.-Missouri) · during his 15-minute prepared s p e e c h , t he second .in the Root-Je s s u p L e c ture Series ., Wednesday night. The Senator'-s .somewhat joking m a n n er w as m a d e evident immediately upon his reaching the podium as he established a comfortable rapport with the audience by remarks about "the arnvo.rk done with a few cans of cheap paint and limited talent in South donni tory." His prepared lecture was on the energy problem, and his opinions of President Ford's solution, as well as his own suggestions on the matter. E a g l e t o n believes that "conservation should b e of the

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By ROBERT McCORMiCK One day this week, Hamilton College basketball coach Tom Murphy will receive a very important phone cali. Within a f<lw seconds of answering, he will know if the Continentals' dream has come true. During the half-century or so of basketball on the Hill, the Blue have never once participated in a post-season tournament. Amazing, but true. Now, with three freshmen in the line-up, the quest may be over at last. Depending on the Conts' performance in their final two gam es of the season, this week-end against Clarkson and St. Lawrence, they may be selected as on e of the four squads in the Upper New York State College Tournament. Granted, the Blue didn't exac tly help themselves last week-end with two road losses to Trinity and Tufts. But they are hoping that these New England games will have less bearing· on their fate than New York State contests, in which they have compiled a sparkling 11-4 slate. Sparkling Squad The Trinity game proved to be a_ Blue exercise in futility. ''We w ere awful," admitted freshman guard Willie Jackson. The Conts shot a poor 35% (28-78) and were heavi ly out-rebounded. Nine minutes into the game, they led 22-21, but it was downhill after that. Trinity's Wayne Sokolosky .notched 32 points, while Mark

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exceptional 7-2. On the road, however, they have a mediocre 4-6 record. 1ne Blues tournament hopes may come down to the final game o f t h e s eason, t o m o rrow· afternoon at St. Lawrence. The Larries sport a 1 7-4 mark and are NCAA tournament bound. On paper, the Continentals are distinct underdog!· Yet, they've

has never before been undertaken. . "For the past two years the issue of Kirkland's commitment to athletics has been raised by s t u d e n t s , t r u s t e e s , a nd a d m i n istrators," according to Babbitt. ''When it was re-opened at the last trustee meeting, we were frustrated about not having a stronger body. This precipitated the n e e d to organize the

committee," he said. if any equipment to strive for. The committee will probably Until a policy is set, there will be consist of six or seven trustees, a no allocation of money. representative from the Dean of The need for a re-evaluation of Student Affairs Office,':a faculty the college's position on athletic · resident, a student advisor, and p o Ii c y a p p e a r s imminent two Kirkland students. A c c o rdi n g t o C o m f o r t . No Money Yet R icha rdso n,co-ordinator o f The com m ittee's tentative athletics at Kirkland, "There is a objectives are to decide on the rising demand for a Kirkland issue of staffing and instructional athletic program, and women's lib coaching, and to determine what · has solllething to do with it."

Formation of Athletic Committee 'at K-Lan¢ Effort l,y Faculty, Students, and Trustees By JUDY JOFFE The formation of the first Trustee-Student Life Committee for athletics at Kirkland is presently underway. according to a r e c e n t announcement by President Babbitt. The committee, a joint effort of trustee, faculty and students, will define the role of an athletic progpam at Kirkland, a task that

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been surprising people all year long. 'Perhaps they have yet another surprise in. the works. T h e D utchmen of Union College will be the hosts of the New York State tournament. • Other teams in contention besides the Conts include Albany State, whom the Blue defeated handily earlier this season, and Oneonta State.

Worsi-Best On Friday, then, the Blue played their worst game of the season; on Saturday, their best. What caused such a Jekyll and Hyde transformation? When a team strays far from home, such things are likely to happen. In cozy Alumni Gym this year, which other teams regard as a s nake-pit, the C�nts are an _

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Hamilton Swimmers Dunk Union 71-29 Approach State Meet with 8-2 Record

T h e Hamilton swim team Coach M acDonald used the Colgate sure to win y et another finis he!i off its season against meet as fun and relax ation in the St a t e tit l e . B ut th e real Union a t Sch e n ectady last face of this weekend's State Meet. competition i..11 the me et will be Saturday. Th e Cop.ts won easily, Most of the H am ilton swimmers for second place. St. Lawr ence knocked off 71-29, and the contest was more were entered in events that they or less a farce. Union in no way u sually never swim. Co-captain s Hamilton two weeks ago, and will compares to the strength or depth Jeff Carlberg and Gary Karl were be trying to again top the Blue at featured in the 50-yd. sprint the States . The Larries do lack the of the ,H amilton squad. The Hamilton diving team t a k i n g s e cond a nd t h i rd· depth to out swim the Hamilton pass ed up the meet in favor of an respectively. Sprinter Joe Shrum squad aloner but if all the other o f p r a c t i c e at and Butterflyer Eric Krause took teams in the competition swim a f t e rnoon Morrisville where a three meter their time · to place first and well, the Blue may have some diving facilily is available . Brian second in th e lO00�yd. fr eestyle. problems . · Go, Team! Hogan, usually an Individual And B u c k o S t r e hlow was Medley and Butterflyer, took' on disqualified for an illegal finish in Coach MacDonald had some the diving chores in the fir st the 200-yd. Butterfly. wise words for hi s team m embers diving ev enL Hogan won the ev ent Hamilton ended the dual meet in practice last Wedn esday. "What in which Union did not even enter· S(:! ason with an -8-2 record. The you guys have to do is convince a man. Th e second diving was Blue are now left with the St ate yourselves th at you're ready. nev er run becau se neither team meet and the Nationals to be Mak e up your mind that you want entered any competitors . considered. There are fourteen to go down to that pool and swim Hamilton swimm ers who have well, as a group", as a te a:m." q u a I i f i e d f o r t h e St a t e Hamilton has begu� to be ,C°H,(;K,llefl. «JJi �-1,,�'/,lf:TJ,, c o m p e t i tio n . Th e m e et is challenged in the last year. Their scheduled to be held at St. dual meet schedule has been -;,,_ ,...,, IIn- ... Bon eventure. rearranged to make the dual meets � 4111/ff/J . .L t,141"1+_ , 1 .L 0.,,, ,1,1,11,, Busing Swimmers a bit more competitive . And the By STEVE HAWEELI Due to 'lack of funds in the number of te am s that are shooting leaving the dirty· work to his rankings, they w�re slated fifth In their last outing the hockey t e a m m a t es. George Gillmore, for t he playoffs losing the A t h l e tic D e p a r t ment Co ach for a chance to knock off the Continentals lost a disappointing D ave P ryor, and Phil Hildebrand home-ice advantage because of the MacDonald and hi s swimm er s Conts in the St ate Meet has also have to share a bus with Colgate increased. 4-3 tilt to 'Williams i College at managed to bring the Conts two losses to Bowdoin. the trip to Olean. Colgate for C o a c h M a c D o n a ld a lso scouting r eports reveal Early on ld e h s am Willi but e on within Sag:e Rink. The housepart crowd y t Salem St. might not be as placed first in last ye ar's s tate commented on the competition. was quickly sobered by the to upset the play�off bound tha well balanced a team as the competition in front of Hamilton. "I think we 're ready. I think that squad. Earlier in the Ephmen as all four of their goals Hamilton Hamilton may not - hav e a we're a better team than last y e a r H a m i l t o n tripped the Continentals. On the other hand �ere scored in the first period. Hamilton has not been playing the friendly ride to the States with year." Ephmen 5-3 at Williamstown. Cont' s goaltender Ray Rossi · Although Hamilton h as one type of hockey that they have 1--. J. . w as helpless on the . first two rema ining game against Ithaca on p roved they are capable of tallies due to defensive lapses, but Thu rsday, they will play Salem St. playing. Jim McCormick and Ted Walsh of on Saturday in a firs·t round Salem has . the home ice in this W i l l i a ms scored within nine c o n t e s t o f the Division II contest so chances are good that seconds in the closing minutes of play-offs. the fan s will g et their mon�y's the p eriod to legitimize Williams's Blue Rated Fifth worth. A bus is leaving Saturday efforts. Eight teams qualified for the morning: to transp_ort those fans Rossi Gets Tough playoff s and although Hamilton who can afford the twenty dollar FEINGOLD AND SHOEN From then on Rossi was tough, - finished fourth irt the seasonal ticket. Richie hates winter. He hates it so much that he has hi s bags packed, re ady to head south for Florida. Ther e were times when � Richie could tolerate it, but now there ·is -nothing he hates more in. this world. Not even Bob Grant, who has yelled at him over the phone for seyen months and doesn't know his name yet. "Up till last year Winter was alright," Richie says. "I would get out of my job at Shea around October One o r so - and sit around The new proposal limits the waiting for the l>asketball season. Hockey? N ever. I gave up on that member s. The ch�ges in the Bill Hooke, Intramural Council so long ago it's frightening. Those Rangers play all season when they president, has proposed revisions members to eight: three fraternity constitution, if r atified, shouid e q u a 1 i z e f r a t e r n i t y a n d · don't have to and then when they are supposed to start playing they to the pres ent constitution of the m e m ber!i, t hr e e m e m b er s forget how. Besides, who goes to those game s anyway? Every seat at ind e pendent interest_s in the Council in a meeting with K e vin representing the independents, those hockey game s is a sea son's pass. Sometime s I think the McTer n a n, Stud e n t S e n ate one fr eshman representative, and, Council. Hooke said that he did Rangers have 19,000 fans who go to all their game s and a couple not foresee any problems between president, and Hugh M acKay, one membe r from Kirkland. i n d e p e n d e n t · the interests of the frat s and­ more outside the state. It's a foreigne r's game." T h e Student Senate representative to ***** rep r esentatives are to be chosen indies. the Council. Richie is an expert in spo rts becau se he works at Shea Stadium, The changes s hould · also free Hooke claimed that one of the by the Student Senate, the selling bee r. He has sold bee r to Toots Shor, Gabe P aul, and Casey MacDonald and Hooke from the main problems with the Council fraternity representatives by the Stengel. His life is spo rts, he will tell you, because there is nothing position · of authority they ha ve as it functions now is that Hooke I n t e r-F r a ternity Council, the more beautiful, important, and p rofitable in this whole world. He been forced into, and ·Jessen the and Eric MacDonald, Intramu ral Kirkland representative by the will sit around the television on Saturday afternoon when there is workload placed on both._ D i r e c t o r , a r e t h e o nl y Kirkland Athletic Council, and nothing to do and watch "American Sportsman," even though he The next meeting is scheduled decision-makers on the Council. the freshman representative· by has, never been farthe r away from civilization than the bo rough of for March 4. The meeting is open H o o ke also noted that the the Freshman Council. Richmond. Richie also sits around Carl's Bar and talks a lot. to the public, and will be held in members of the Council are P r e v i o u s l y the Intramural · "Those lou sy Knicks. That's why I hate �inter. Before the winter the Student Activities office. The always changing and neve r show Council was not allowed to came around - around November 1 or so - I thaught, 'Jeez, this revised constitution is to be voted dete rmine the selection of Council up for the p ropo sed me etings. might be a good year afte r all.' How wrong can one guy be? OJ\ at that meeting. "They started out beautiful. The NBA looked around and there's the Knicks who ar e s y.pposed to be dead and buried - still playing like the Knicks. Without any. help. All they had was two guards and a forwa rd. 'Am azing,' I say to my self. "But what happens? Cowens comes ba ck and the Celtic s who were playing like I like to see them play, are b etter· than ever. McMillian, DiGregorio. Both come back to Buffalo, who are very, very good. What happen s to the Knicks? We lose, we're d ead and buried.

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Anderson and Colby look toward ECAC Playoffs and Salem State.

The NBA is tough now. V ery tough. They have guys playing ten minutes a game who are good or ma ybe supe rstars. They each have center s, almo st. Except maybe the Knicks who are stuck with two bums standing around the three-second lane for an hour waiting for a rebound to come to them. "I remember having to worry only about Boston and L.A.' Now who do I have to worry a bout? Houston, Cleveland. Kansas City-Omaha. They have good ballplayers, I know. That's wh at scares me. They're all good now. "Th e ABA? Y eah, [ know. [ don't know any names besides some Nets and George McGinnis, for obvious reasons. Why should I? Do l have to know the nam e s of the President's cabine_L? Who goes Lo Long Island for sporting events anyway? "All I care about now is se.eing my New Y ear's present and . hoping the train doesn't de rail. I'm going down there now. I need the r est. Even though the winter isn't over, it's been too long al�eady. Fort Laude rdale is supposed to be beautiful. That's what I he ar. I'm going to stay with my cousin and go the ballpark every day and watch Catfish Hunter throw fastballs at a dolJar a throw. "Spring, " he say s , drinking his last beer before closing, "Couldn't have come any sooner."


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Faculty Approve. Tenure POiicy; Provides Non-Tenured Appeal Faculty Handbook, when next not accept the . results of the The Hamilton faculty amended r e vised, which takes into review of the conditions of their and then approved Tuesday the account the new policy; present appointments. tenure and reappointments policy • R e c o m m e n dations to the The ECOA proposal called for recommendations proposed by president for review of the individual meetings with each the Expanded Committee on c o nd itions of -alf current nonten,ured faculty member and Appointments (ECOA). o nt en ur ed a ppointments, n the president, 'the dean- of the The faculty approved three som� of which may contain college, and the Committee on separate motions, which included: or ambiguous language. Appointments. At those meetings, vague • Recommendations to the B e f o r e a p p r o v a l , t h e it will be made sure. "that the president for a general policy on appointments and tenure recommendation of the ECOA for terms of...appointment are clearly of future faculty which would review of current ,nontenured and consistently understood-by all i nclude t hr e e types of appointments was amended from parties," the proposal read. The appo intm ents-probationary, the., f l oo r. Th e amendment · nontep.ured faculty member could pro�ided a grievance procedure for ask that the Committee on competitive, and term; t Propo sed changes in the those nontenured faculty who do Appointments be excluded_ from such meetings if he felt his privacy w e re i nvaded b y s uc h involvement. Disputes Anticipated The amendments read that if t here wer e a d i sagreement between the nontenured faculty ,.m e m b e r a nd t h e c o l l e g e c o n c er n i n g t h e t e r m s of appointment, the Committee on Appointments would be re.quired -to submit its interpretation of the f a c u l t y m e m ber's terms of appointment in writing to the president. Copies of the letter would also. be sent to the dean, the faculty member, and the department chairman concerned. The amendment continued by specifying rules for formulatiorrof an ad hoc review committee if the faculty member still believed he had cause for grievance after the initial review, to be completed in 1974-75, had bee� made and a letter from the C9mmittee on Appointments had been written. That ad hoc committee would consist of three tenured faculty · m embers who have had· no previous official involvement in , the nontenured professor's c�se. ff w o u l d b e e m p o w er ed to continued on page nine The Hamilton Faculty chat before Tuesday's �eeting.

Br�tol Family One stumbling block to servi�g beer in BCC according to some, is objections the Bristol family_:_who donated the building-might have to the regular sale of alcoholic beverages. It's ture that some members of the Bristol family have raised objections to beer b ei�g served," said Lewis. He added, however that ·"Mac Bristol [W.illiam M: Bristol III, a trustee] said he'd listen to a proposal." Lew is said, however, that the administration has no plans at this lime to bring any proposal to the Board of Trustees. He said , that the possible costs involved in

Skinner· Questions Helping,· Reinforces Behavior Theory

By FELICE F REYER and ROBBY MILLER "The good life is not the world in 'Yhich people have what they want, but it's a world in which they can get what they want," said B. F. Skinner in his speech Tuesday. "If you give people things, you d_eprive them of the chance to be reinforced.'� Tht; renowned psychologist, a H<!fflilton graduate, class of 1926, leading · figure- in and tJ;ie behaviorism , spoke before a crowd of over 1500 in the Alumni Gymnasium., Skinner, in his 45-minute speech, entitle-d "The Ethics of­ Helping People," added nothing modifying Bristol for beer service January concerning the service of new. to his body of theory. He obtaining the necessary beer in BCC, called at the request defended behavior modification's and The_ group - use in social institutions to more Kreinheder. licenses wen: too uncertain to of consisted of Dean of Students R. effectively aid people, especially quote. The question of whether the , Gordon Bingham, BCC Director the aged, retarded, psychotic and college would need to obtain Andrew Wertz, Controller Ronald deliquen't members of society, to Student Senate 1ead dignified and rewarg_ing lives. another ·beer license , or whether MacDonald, McTernan,_ · "If we could be sure that those Kevin its present license for the Pub P resident Food - that we have fed, clothed, and Cahill, Chris could cover beer service in Bristol s'enator has also .not been answered, Lewis Services Director Anne Martin, sheltered would become artists • and Service Systems Utica-area fine. -· But there other are said. reinforcers around ... If you have Director Earl D'Aprix. January Meeting co�tinued on page ten time on your hands, you ge_t An ad hoc group met once in

BCC· Beer Service Considered

A proposal to institute the regular service• of beer in the Bristol Campus Center (BCC) Snack Bar has been under consideration by several Hamilton administrators. and students Discussion of the proposal, which came in response to co�plaints that the Pub is overcrowded and lacks complete food service, has already resulted in the preparation of a plan for modification of the Snack Bar by Director of Planning John Kreinheder. All those individuals ·in · the talks who were reached for comment emphasized that the talks are in the preliminary stages. "If we wanted to do it (serve beer in Bristol] tomorrow, it woulq take one and a half years to get a liquor license," · said Hamilton Provost Eugene Lewis.

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drunk, you gamble, you watch T.V. . . Leisure time is then destructive. You encourage these things when you ·give people what they need." Rights and Rein_forcers "lf you · are going to give people things that are call!:_ci. rights, you take away the strong reinforcers of life. The 'rights' are directly iri conflict with the w�y to effectively solve the misery of people." that - social said Skinner institutions should, arrange these "strong reinforcers" in such a way that people will earn them by desirable , behavior a.nd thereby become functioning members of society. Response to Ervin Behavioral is modification according to• attack, under Skinner,, because it "looks like you're manipulating people.'' He quoted an attack by former Sen. continued on page four

Trustees To Consider Fees Change

Hami l t o n T h e administration will ask · the Board of ,Trustees to approve . an approximate 10 per cent , increase in student fees for academic year 1975-7 , said Provost Eugene Lewis. If a 10 per-cent increas� is approved, fees will rise by.,.-.., between $400 and $500 Total expenses for students in the residence halls and on the meal plan now total $4425. The Kirkland Board of Trustees earlier approved a $375 increase in expenses. In 1972-73, student feei· totalled $4100, and ff 1973-74, the expenses rose to $4230.


2/THE SPECTATOR/March 7, 1975

·tenure Doubts

The recently approved policy recommendations on ten­ ure and appointments of the Expanded Commi_ttee on Ap­ pointments (ECOA), [see article, page 1, and report, page 8], are a distinct improvement over the report proposed last No­ vember, which included the suggestion of departmental guidelines. With the choice of three types of appointments probationary, competitive, and term - the college should be able to avoid over-extending itself financially anl"tenuring up" d epartm ents, while side-stepping the restrictions imposed by departmental guidelines. It is only hoped that the use of the term and competitive appointments, to be determined by the president after con­ sultation with the dean, the Committee on Appointments, and department chairman, will be modest, and, indeed, "jus, tified by special institutional needs and circumstances," as the faculty policy reads. It seems to be a rioble intention of the faculty to set up a healthy balance between the depart­ ment chairman, who will usually want to offer probationary appointments so as to attract the most qualified candidates, and the president, who must consider the· fiscal drain of maintaining a highly tenured faculty and who may press for term or competitive appointments. However, it should also be noted that the policy accepted by the facultv is understood to be only a recommendation to President Carovano, who still retains ultimate power to hire, fire, and tenure faculty members. In that light, it may not augur well for 'junior faculty that Carovano w�s less than enthusiastic in his public reception of the AAUP amend­ ments to the ECOA suggested review of the conditions of present non-tenured appointments. The conditions of appointment for some present nonten­ ured faculty members are considered to be ·vague or ambigu­ ous; in' oth�r words, some junior faculty may be under the­ impression that they will eventually be eligible for tenure un­ der the terms of theh: letter of appointment, while the col­ lege is under the opposite impression. The avenue for appeal set forth in the amendment, then, is of crucial importance to junior faculty members in the event they disagree with the college's interpretation of their terms of-appointment. The president said yesterday that he had not studied the amendments with great care, and so, was unable to say whe­ ther he will be able to abide by. them. But, Carovano has known of the AAUP amendments for: nearly a week, and pre-· sided over the Tuesday faculty meeting where they were dis­ cussed and passed by a heavy majority, with little discussio·n. Furthermore, the faculty had drawn up a tenure policy at the president's request. In this light, it seems that if the presi­ dent has not carefully examined the amendment as he has said, then he has been negligent and irresponsible to the se­ nior faculty, _and the junior faculty in particular, who haq drawn up and approved the policy_ statement. If the presi­ dent has indeed studied the proposal and realizes its proba­ ble effect on his future tenure and appointments decisfons, then, apparently, he has deliberately clouded his position. In the 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Free­ dom and Tenure of the AAUP, endorsed by Hamilton Col­ lege, it is stated, "The precise terms and conditions of every appointment should be stated in writing and be in the pbsses­ sion of both institution and teacher before the appointment is consummat�d." If, indeed, faculty members do not now possess clear, unambiguous statements of the terms and con­ ditions of their appointments, then Hamilton ha�apparently violated the AAUP guidelines which it has accepted. The president, in the least, should provide each nonten­ ured faculty member with every opportunity to clarify his present terms and conditions of appointme'nt, and to appeal, if the interpretation by the college is not in accord with his. This provision for appeal, as called for in the amendI_llents passed Tuesday, should be the subject of a clear, public statement of acceptance by President Carovano.

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' ...Cocked, Loaded, Blitzed...' By POOKIE ADAMS

Anthropologists have noted that groups of people have a tendency to develop many different words for some single object or form of behavior important to them. The Eskimos, for example, have many different word-s for snow · of different textures. While we recognize corn snow, powder snow, and a few other variants 1 the Eskimos have a word to describe snow that is good for making igloos. All people, of course, have many words to describe the natural bodily functions: hunger and thirst, among others. We, the members of the Hamilton-Kirkland community, are no exception·. But we are all involved, in one way or another, and . to some extent, in academia. Many of our words, then, must be devoted to defining various aspects of our academic activities. Well, we can go to the "libes" to study, work, book, or grind. Someone who studies excessively is called a big booker, a grind, a closet c.rse, or a pre-med. How can we account for the fact that there are so few synonyms for What is, presumably, our most important activity? Are we to infer that this is not in fact our favorite occupation? And if studying, in fact, is a less favorite or popular activity, what is our most favorite activity? Perhaps we can answer this question by

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To the Editor:

Defining "Experimental School" an SchoolExperimental e d u cation of institution employing a philosophy and practice of alternative approaches_ to the classroom, in the classroom, anq in student-teacher relationships which, hitherto, have not been tried at that or arty other institution. Firstly, among alternatives to

qiscovering which act1v1t1es are described by the greatest number ,of words. One leisure-time activity on the campuses comes to mind: drinking, partying, boozing, sipping a few. Getting cocked, loaded, blitzed, bombed, destroyed, zeroed, wacked-out, shit-faced, totaled, smashed. Alternately, high, stoned, buzzed, zonked. What about relations between the two sexes? Going out, seeing each other, getting it on.... It seems that the balance of words is on the social rather than the academic side. Surprise!

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the classroom itself as a vehicle of e xi s ts there e d u c a t ion Work-Study, Winter Study, and informal gathering,s in the_ "Coffee House" and "The Red Pit". One very effective alternative to the traditional classroom is the ''Womb Room" which provides the student with the security and tranquility necessary to facilitate regurgitation. Secondly, we have alternatives for learning within the classroom

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- because the student body doesn't To the Editor, Even with the emergence of care who is elected. l am not student rights in the 6q's, a college saying I am any better but I know 1 remains a place where there can be a cp.ange. The bureaucracy is not only the rule administration does anything it of the school but the accepted damn well pleases while students rule by the_ 'students. Of course sit by and mount feeble there is the token Student Senate' opposition at best. and student committees of which Why was it that the head of the most are unknown. But the power Physical Plant of this school never is admittedly in the hands of the , found out about the famous administration and in the· words library toilets until last semester of the one member affectionateiy in a Housing Committee meeting? known as "Mean Gene", the Why has the college decided that student does not know of the dorm improvelllents need not be existence of many organizations approved by the students? Why is because he does not care. the food allowed to be inedible at Lewis said in class on 2-27-75 the expense of the student and that the studerrt should not be the gain of the food service? concerned with the workings of Students either do not care or do the administration or about the not know how to go about oudget. A student should be in producing a change. This is what school to go to classes, study, and Mr. Lewis really means when he ultimately attain a diploma. This says the student shouldn't care -""-_.:.;,----------------------------,---, type of attitude is typical of the about the administration. He egotistical, dictatorial and doesn't want the student to know unresponsive administration at how to use his power which is certainly there but hidden away. this school. NUMBER NINETEEN The fact that this situation It is about time the Student VOLUME FIVE exists is a feather in· the caps of all \ Senate put put a letter that tells Editor-in.Chief-Mitchel Ostrer Managing Editor-Henry Glick • administration members from the just what committees do exist News Editor-Douglas Glucroft president· on down to the (including those that are not Business Manager-Peter Sluys associate dean. The system is included in the annual Open I Associate Editor Assistant News f,ditors · several House in . September) and that infallible. There are Kenneth Gross Liz Barrow committees on the Student Senate tells the student what needs to be Production Manager Susan Malkin which are open to students but done and what the student can do Jack Horn or Robbie Miller Copy Editor since most students don't know to help.•• unless the student Editori� Page Editor Felice Freyer they - exist,.- there are never enough doesn't care..• unless the .-student Beverly Draudt Tecl}nical Manager Arts Edita{· members-and thus no power. And doesn't mind attending a college Mike Bulger David Schutt the committees that are known to where ' he is just· part of the Pl)otography Editor Assistant Arts Editor David Ash!? y a few students do not receive environment, not a part of the John Joelson Sports Photography Sports Editor participation from those students working system. Chip Whitely John Navarre Robert Loughrey '76 and are usually headed by News Assist�nt-John McNeel t r a d i t i o nalists conservative

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Sports A ssista nts-Bob McGormick, D avid W o llm an Arts Assistant-Peggy Dills Photography Staff Guy Arcidiacano, Bob Dolan, Philip Morris, Joel Ster!1, Dan Barry, ,Make-up Assistants- T o m Beck, S arah M cG regor

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itself. Among these alternatives there is presently in u·se a method proven helpful in non-directive group therapy encounters and during some seances but never before tried in the classroom That is the Sit-Around·The,Tabk and-Guess-Who .., The-Prof.-Is method. Fbr this it is necessary to procure a young faculty so as to camouflage the professor amidst not only a room full of students but the youthful modem decor as well. Of course this mechod has an implicit time limit as a result of the aging of faculty. However, as soon as the faculty turn twenty-six, the method will no longer have that experimental quality anyway. for it would already have been tried by that very institution only the year past. Lastly, therd must be induced by whatever means possible, a student-teacher rapport in and out of the classroom so that, when confronted with the teacher's years of experience and expertise in his-her field, the student does not suffer any feelings of intimidation when his-her own inadequacy is juxtaposed. The professor may use such means as cooking dinner for a group of students, wearing dungarees, smoking pot, sleeping with students, eating Service Systems food, and being seen coming from or going tp the bathroom. While it may be t hJoretically · e x p,erimen t a l l y acceptable, introducing students to the faculty "Sherry Hour" is something still considered taboo among even the most liberal educators, As a last resort, if a school administration finds after its first few years, it is no longer able to muster the· necessary creativity to produce always newer and more innovative approaches, it can instead create new titles for old and s ituations undefined progressive-sounding jobs for adm.i n i s trative s ecretaries. Examples would... be "In Class Happenings" ins.tead of exams and "Off ice of the Director of Development" which is still undefined for most. Then, raise the fuition $375 so only the elitist of the innovative will return. Fanny Risa Chalfin

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BLURBS FOR MARCH

The Spectator will publish on March 14, and then will riot publish again until April 11. People should plan to submit blurbs to The Spectator accordingly. Deadline for blurbs is 7:00 p.m. the Wednesday preceeding Friday_publication.

HAMILTON SUMMER SCHOOL CREDIT

If you an:· planning to take a course for credit in summer school, you should first obtain a catalogue of the school you wish to attend. Next, pick up the api:ropriate form at the de-an�s office, and obtain the signatures both of your advisor and of the appropriate departmental Chairman. Submit the signed petition and the catalogue to the Academic Council. Notification of the decision, which is ordinarily favorable, will come to you shortly. To ensure credit you should seek permission before you attend summer school, not after.

EURIPEDES' 'THE BACCHAE'

Persons 1.nteFested in working on the staged reading of "The. Bacchae" are invited to a meeting on Monday, March 10, at 5:00 _p.m. in the Student Senate Room, Bristol Campus Center. At that time, actors will read for the roles and ·both they and technical persons will discuss the style of the production.

PUBLICATIONS BOARD INVITES COMMENT

Any person who wishes to comment on any campus publication is invited to contact the Publications Board. The Board consists of two administration, two faculty, and thre� student representatives from each campus plus editors of the various publications. For more information contact Harold W. Bogle-x7497.

CO-OP OPEN HOUSE

Interested in the Co-op? The Keehn Co-op will be holding an open house this Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m. All interested students are invited to attend.

BEATLE SPECIAL

Matthew "The Beatie" Kasman and Bob Halligan will present a five-hour Beatie special on Wednesday night from 9 pm until 2 am on W-HCL FM. From 9 until 11, unreleased ..bootleg" concert and studio -material will be aired. Starting at 11, Beatie trivia will be _ played.

ARTS DMSION

Because you are enrolled in an Arts Division course at Kirkland College, you are a voting member of the ARTS STUDENTS' CAUCUS (ASC). The ASC was formed to work for and with you, We would like your ideas, energy, complaints, and enthusiasm. Open board meetings are held every Wednesday at 5:00 pm in the Women's Center. Feel free to contact us, the board: Cliff Davis x 49°63 Andrea Kantor x4347 Nancy Juda x4515 Miriam Hack x 4946 Barbara Lapidus x7345 Franny Drayton x 4346 Geri Gale x4524 Margaret Klenck x4939 Ruth Frederick x4408

CATULLUS AND CWDIA

A presentation in translation of love poems from Catullus to his mistress, who was probably Clodia, o�e of the more notorious women of Roman history. Translations prepared and presented with narrative by members of Latin 22. Non-classicists particular� welcome. Friday, March 14, 3:00 p.m., Fjsher Room, B.ristol:

ASSE1'4BLY MEETING

There will be an Assembly meeting Monday, March 10 at 3:30 p.m. in the Red Pit. As usual, it will be open to the pubiic and the college community is encouraged to come, to listen, and to speak out.

SPANISH CLUB FILM

The Spanish Club presents a film by Lu.is Bunuel, "Mexica.n Bus Ride" (in Spanish with English subtitles) on March 12 at8:00 p.m. in the Kirner-Johnson Auditorium. There is no admissio_n charge and the college community is invited.

KALB IN COFFEEHOUSE

Danny Kalb w�ll perform in the McEwen Coffeehouse Saturday· March 8, at 9:00 p.m. Admission is free with social tax, $.75 without social tax. Kalb, who is one of the definitive voices on the urban blues scene, and the New York City music scene, was the originator of The Blues Project with Al Kooper. Kalb's first influences were Josh White, Brownie McGhee. . . later, Muddy Waters, Dave Van Ronk,- and Eugene D ebs. He was back-up to Phil. Ochs and Bob Dylan. Kalb, who will _be playing acoustic guitar Saturday night, sai�: "I play the blu�s because it is my most natural form of expression. I love the blues because . . .they're real."

_BiOETHICS WORKSHOP

A Bioethics Workshop will be held Friday, April 11 and Saturday, April 12 at Utica College. Discussion sections as well as seminars by noted lecturers will be held. Kirkland is one of the sponsoring institutions. Any student or faculty member interested in helping with the workshops or. in attending, please contact Linda Birnbaum by campus mail.

THE HUB COORDINATION INFORMATION CENfER

The Hub, a new student run coordination-information center needs student volunteers. to staff their office between 12:30 and 4:30 p.m. If you would like to wox:k or have information, come by the Hub in the Assembly Office, drop a note in campus mail to The Hub, or callx 74fi!lor x7274. The Hub coordinators are Karen Harris, Mary Byrne, Hillary Honi,g and Maggi Landau.

PRIZE PLAYS

The Charlatans will present the 1975 Prize Plays this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday ,in the Kirkland ponnitory Loft.

Th�Down Under Thrift Shop HALF PRICE SALE Starting March 5th. On All Orange Tag Merchandise

IJpen Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, 10 - 4 ALL KINDS OF USED CLOTHING, ETCETERA Sponsored by the Kirkland Art Center

Bright Lights on the Great White Way: The Physical Plant installed new lights at Minor Theater, replacing the soft white globes that used to grace the front of the theater.

Kirkland SAC Platforms

Winners in the election of on the responsibility · of being a Hamilton students to the Student member of the committee, I realized that I was dangerously dose to Activities Committee (SAC) this indicting myself. · Therefore, while I week were David Church, Buzz have no real platform, I do like music and I feel that my eclectic (not Norison, and Richard Taskm. The election of the Kirkland electric) taste would be useful to the committee. I also have had limited members :will be 'held from 11 experience working with a coffeehouse a.m. until I p.m. and from 4 to 7 - in the Boston area. And I don't do too much studying p.m. on Monday March 10 in so I have plenty of free t"ime. McEwen Hall. The SAC also selects one additional member in September who is not elected by social tax holders.

MARDI CONSJDINE

Having been on the SAC since my childhood, I am not seeking fame in my reelection campaign. I already am famous. I can assure the voters that the SAC will be in good hands ,vith the C o n s i d i n e-Cook The t e am, combination o f experience and good looks is too hard to refuse, so vote for me. I'm still funky, but clean. I urge more women to run for this committee.

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I don't want to be a politico-I just want to be famous. Since I'm not famous yet, the least I can do is help bring famous people here, or help .deserving unknowns on their way to stardom. So put me on the SAC and we'll all be happy.

By ANNE SURCHIN M aiµiy's falls into the category of the restaurant-delica'tessen with the menu• that's almost too big to handle. It features an extremely wide variety of choices for breakfast, lunch or dinner. With the "breakfast special" (offered Monday thru Sat.) one can KA TE EISENMENGER '78 have juice, eggs {nicely prepared) with sausage, bacon, or ham, toast Tonight at dinner, as I was thinking how sad it· is that so many people and coffee for Sl.24. The "continental breakfast" at the same price, spend so much time complaining about comes with Danish instead of eggs. Pancakes, bagels, and a Nova the SAC while no one is willing to take Scotia platter provide other possibilities in tpe morning. A bagel with one layer of lox and cream cheese is a real_ treat at $1.15. The bagel, however, doesn't really taste the way a good bagel should unless one orders it toas.ted. Corrections For lunch or "dinner the-selection of sandwiches is enormous. The In the Feb. 2'8 issue, headlines true test of a fine deli is the pastrami. Mann°)1 's pastrami, while not about Kirkland trustee approval of the excellent, is very good if one specifically orders it lean (10 cents curricular plan of the' Committee on extra). The corned beef matches the pastrami in quality and should Curriculum for the Second Decade misleadingly read ''Trustees Accept also be ordered lean. Other choices include roast beef; chopped liver, 2nd Decade" :and "Decade Plan salmi, tuna, turkey and hamburgers. Accepted'?' only the curricular plan The normal size sandwiches range in price from $.75· to $1.75. and not the complete planning report . For the big eater there's the ..fresser" sandwich (extra meat) at for Kirkland's second decade have been acc"ept_ed. $1.95. The combination sandwiches, very hefty, are particularly In the Feb. 28 issue, in an article good. Selections include p�trami with corned beef and chopped about faculty openings at Kirkland, it chicken liver with raw onion. . was erroneously stated that a professor Overall, the sanwiches are first-rate but not excellent. If the rye would be hired in biology to replace Linda Birnbaum, assistant professor of· bread h_ad seeds and a crust with character the sandwiches could b i o l o g y at Kirkland. BirnJ:,aum's easily be superior. positio11 has been phawd out in the Manny's '"famous strawberry cheesecake" does� 't quite live up to new joint biology program. The its excellent reputation. The flavor is rather delightful at first but opening in biology is a new position in a different area. after awhile becomes little salty. The strawberries atop the ckae are fresh but glued down in gooey. red sugar._While good cheese· cake should be rich, it shouldn't sit in the stomach-like a lead weight. Manny's cheesecake (Sl .05) is a meal in itself. The chocolate cream pie, rich but light. is sheer ecstasy. The silky smooth chocolate f'illing rests on top of a flaky crust and under real Clinton Courier whipped cream. Luscious and a must. The coffee alone is worth the whole trip to Manny's. Brewed without the most remote trace of bitterness. it· prm·ides for a All Your Printing Needs delectable end to· any meal. The service at Manny's is a little slow, the prices are reasonable, Lctter/Jress and Offset the atmosphere is low-keyed and the food merits two and one-half stars. It's pretty good as a delicatessen for lltica and all things . considered rates three stars. However. having been raised on . · cheesecake al J unior•s. kosher pastrami al Sid and George's, bagels : from Bagel Wheel and lox ·from Morris's� I must confess that Manny's is a long way from Brooklyn. I Kirkhmd Avenue To reach Manny's take the arterial to the Uurrstonc Rd. exit and Cl�tori, N.Y. follow the signs fo� the lltica Zoo. Manny's, at 103 Pleasant Street, is on the left side of the street on the corner about ten blocks from the arterial. Tel.. 735-7933.

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'Behavior, Modification Nothing New'-Skinner continued from page one one of the biggest 'Zaharoffs' in division position." In an· informal session with Sa!p. J. Etvin (O.-N.C.) before a the world .. .. Then we have the philosophy and congressional subcommittee in problem of food aid. We refuse to psychology which Ervin' said the greatest admit that _we are practicing majors the afternoon before the threat of behavioral modification triage-selecting who should live speech, Skinner answered student is that it gives one man the power and who should die." questions, many of which to impose his views on another. Skinner proposes that our focused on some crucial issues in "Ervin apparently believes that society should help people, both behaviorism. it is a new idea for a person to try at home and abroad, only on the He began by discussing his to control another's behavior," condition that they behave in a · best-selling novel "Walden II" �d Ski�ner said. ''We have been certain way. "The effect of the d es cribed . his Utopia as modified by other people since.· consequence is to · strengthen · "m·aximally socializing, maximally the beginning of time." individual relaxing." He said a society similar and b e h a v i or , "One - of the most powe-rful development," said Skinner. to Walden II would eventually be reinf orcers, for example, is money Criticizes Humanists developed. . . . Yet the government is not "So'me people feel it is Cut Consumption concerned with the mystery of unethical to use consequences this "If we are going to survive, rich way, that you should be good to nations must consume less than money as a con. trolling device." Skinner emphasized that all people but not because of what they· do, and pollute less thai'l ways of controlling people's they do," said Skinner, citing Carl they do . . . . We've _got to learn behavior should be sanctioned and -Rogers' method of unconditional· how to be happy without this carefully supervised just as we reinforcement. "If God is good to fantastic consumption of all the you •because of what you do, lie {s goods in the world," he said. "I control.brute force." Skinner also criticized the a behavioral modifier. But if God don't think socialism is any better policy of foreigh aid. "In the is good to you no matter what, he off than capitalism� they are name of aid, America has b(:come is himself good. Roger.s wants this both driven by posessiveness." Gross National Haonfoess

In his speech, Skinner· said, "We are obsessed with material possesions as if they meant happiness." Rather than worrying about the Gross National Product, he said we should concern with the "Gross ourselves National Happiness;" And heaven, according · to Skinner who frequently was , tongue-in-cheek, "must be a pretty dull place. There's nothing to do but c o nsu m e presupposes answers . to certain problems: "For example," Simon reinforcement." One of the questions most said, "How do we distinguish frequently raised in dis_cussion of good. behavior modification from Skinner's theories is concerned · bad b'ehavior modification?" with values and how to determine Good and Bad w hat desirable co nstitut_es In answer to a similar question behavior. in the afternoon discussion, of Skinner said. that desirable Professor Ass oci�te Philosophy Robert L. Simon, a behaviors are those wqich will be specialist in ethical theory, in an helpful to the survival of the interview after Skinner's speech, society. "Some· cultures hit upon said that the psychologist's· practices that make the culture 'You theories could not replace ethical more likely to survive theory b ec a u s e Skinn�r ·can predict whether,something is

going to be useful to the culture." Rather than a group of deciders, Skinner said, \there would be a group of people qualified to'make certain predictions. S k inner emphasized the survival of the group as the primary concern. If a group of people were shipwrecked without food, for example, Skinner said, "If they decided 'we'll all starve together,' I'd say that was a bad choice." "Cann:ibalism is justified in extreme situations," said Skinne;.

13eef Skin': A -Prankster in His·Day Famous for Charlie Chaplin Hoax

- "I never fitted mto student commencement time I was in . campus. A throng gathered life at Hamilton," wrote Burrhus charge of Class Day exercises, around the gym and waited. The F rederic · Skinner - in an which were h.eld in the , comic.never showed up. -Skinner's yearbook page in 1926' authobiographical sketch five gymnasium, and with the help of years ago'. another student .. ·. I covered the described him with friendly · Although Skinner is one of the walls with bitter caricatures of the mockery: "Fred took only one year of most influential figures in modem faculty:-'' philosophy because he couldn't ·,psychology, he ma]ored in English The Chaplin Rush By STEFFI KALMIN 1971. By talking fo students and literature while at Hamilton and But his most famous prank was convince Bill Squires that he is the In an effort to tighten up faculty, rgoing through files and · never too_k one psychology course the Charlie Chaplin hoax in_ his center of the universe. The student organization at Kirkland,- compiling information from past here. .He graduated Phi Beta senior year. Skinner and another phrenologist capped the climax by the Informal · Assembly has committee and assembly minutes, Kappa ,md was salutatorian of the student printed posters reading telling. him that he is an egotist. merged with the student caucus the committee is expected to class of '26; "Charles Chaplin, the famous Fred calmly consented and has led by Karen Harris_.According to assess the effectiveness of the Known as "Freddy" or "Beef cinema comedian, will deliver his been strutting around campus Mag g i Landau, Assembly governance structure, making Skin" during his days at Hamilton lecture 'Moving Pictures as- a with that look-me-over attitude chai�oman, the. move· should proposals. and recommendations. from 1922-26, Skinner was an Career' ·in the Hamilton College eve_r since. ·He is still old-fashioned he.�lp alleviate a major problem at The committee is currently coding active participant in the student Chapel, Friday October 9," and enough to believe the Baconian Ki.·-<fiUand, that "Everything is information to be fed into the humor magazine, "The Royal saia the lecture was ,under the Theory. He has argued the done separately and nothing is college's computer. According to Gaboon", a member of the .auspices of an English professor question so much that he really done together." believes he is the reincarnation of committee member, Meliirda fraternity, Lambda Alpha Chi, whom they disliked. · Landau said the alliance is .. Foley·, · this stage should be and a prankster "in open revolt." In the early morning of Oct. 9, Bacon, but he is really nothing� ". . ' . r complained that the Skinner and his friend plastered more than a ham in disguise. Fred designed "To promote cohesion in completed by spring recess. college was pushing me around the village ·with these posters and clain:_is that he is not sentimental, each of our groups and between · Meeting Monday the� in order to avoid overlap. The next assembly meeting wili with' unnecessary requirements . . notified the Utica newspaper that but sophomore year he was caught leaning out of a window in But most important, we want to be held Monday, March 10, at • ahd that almost no intellectual Chaplin was coming. · be effective and we both want 3:30;p.m., in the Red Pit. On the. interest was shown by most of the The paper rari Chaplin's picture South College while inhaling the action as opposed to sitting agenda are reports from the s.tudents,". Skinner wrote in his on the front plge, children aroma of a violet scented vanity a r o u nd talking." swarmed the Union Station, and case to the pathetic yearning of a Informal Humane Society on the neutering autobiography. meetings convene the Monday of animals, and the res.idence "I wrote an editorial attacking about 400 cars broke through broad 'Ah!' " F.F. and R.M. B e.t a K app_a. ' At• police roadblocks to get to the pr.ior to each Assembly meeting, committee on the housing lottery. P h i• occurring at least once a month. Also, to be discussed is a proposed People start pollutior:1. People can stop it ammendment . to the '.. SAG The HUB _ In four weeks the joint effort constitution on opening the . has initiated the formation of the optionof social tax to an.yorie. in HUB, a student-run, coordination the colle.ge community, students, 19 College St., Clinton information center, operating out faculty, and staff. _ of the former assembly office Open: Mon. Thru Fri. 43 .. College· St. 1w1thin the Office of Student 9 Til 6 p.m. Sat. Til 2 p.m. New Releases this week include: Affairs. Its professed aim is to CLOSED SUNDAYS coordinate campus activities and Tom Scott and the L.A. Express FREE PARK1NG IN. those of the surrounding area, Phoebe Snow VILLAGE PARKING LOT acting as a general information Enimy Lou Harris outlet. "Students didn't know Led Zeppelin CLINTON'S NEW where to go and we'll clarify 0n S a1e are: PROFESSIONAL that," said Landau, referring to Mahavishnu Orchestr:a what she termed the "muddle of "Visions 9f the Emerald-Beyond'" $3.75 PHARMACY commujlication." Blue Oyster Cult (double lp) $4.69 Th e As s em�ly Steering SENIOR CITIZENS Across from the hitching post. · Committee meanwhile is at work CONSIDERATION All $6.98 lps are only·$4.99 on the governance review, the last MASTER CHARGE 853-5970 one having been completed in OPEN: Monday 10-5 Tuesday-Saturday 10-8

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Spinner Conover Demonstrates Skills By LIZ BARROW

"Spinners always have the nicest ha nds, very sof t beca use they're constantly rubbing lanolin into them," explained Jean Conover. Every Friday from eight to four a woma n who has this kind of beautfful hands sits in McEwen TV· lounge, talking wit h students and facult y while demonstrating and explaining her ancient craft, spinning. She ha s been coming to Kirkland to spin once a week since September. "I decided I wanted to contribute some thing Ham ilton-Kirkland t he to community and I can spin, so that seemed the best thing to do," she said w hile showing a stud ent. how to use her wheel. "Now pull some more; keep at it. You're getting too much twist in it. Pull back. Le t that twist run up." Although Conover has only been spinning one and a half years, her yarn is very even and thin; the ability . to do this with the carded wool cylinders is the mark of a good spinner. Conover said sh e first became interested in spinning whe� she and her husband, · Donald C�nover, comptroller for Kirkland, d ecided to raise sheep. They have a 55 acre farm near Cazanovia that is very woody, "too sma ll to raise beef, but perfect for grazing sheep," explained Conover. They bought

five Corriedale sheep at a farm auction and were soon in bu siness. They now own 12 ewes and one• ram, each orie wit h it s own name and "very different" personali ties . The· names include Wooly Bear, Nanny, Stormy, Tweedle Dee (Tweedle Dum was sold), Darling, Ramrod, and R a mbunct ious . Last year, Conover ' took t wo spinning courses while waiting for her �heel to arrive from New Zealand. Al though the spinni;g guild in Cazenovia periodically orders a large number of the spinning wheel kits for in terested people, it takes three mont hs for the wheels to be delivered. Conover said the members hope eventually to get enough money to buy 10 extr a wheels so t hat there will be some on hand for imme_diate purchase. The New Zealand A s hford wheels are fairly sm a ll wit h wooden parts, standing about three feet from the floor, . compai.ed to the larger Canadian wheels, which are about four feet high and made e specially for spinning wool. The guild in Cazanovia meets once a month for a day to take . care of business, exchange dye recipes, spinning techniques, and shopping hints. The memhers are of J:>oth sexes and range in age from 10 to 80 years. Several have been spinning much of their lives and everyone has his or her own spe.cialty, said Conover. Teaching often goes on at the meetings as new members are required to

Drafting- pulling the wool to let the twist run into it r know how t o do certain t hings by the end of their first year. Among ot her skills, t hey learn how to identify fleeces from different kinds of sheep, the variations- of wool of t he different parts of the sheep's bodies, t he differences between carders (t he tool used to prepare t he wool for spinning), and how to dye with natural materials. Spinning is a craft that has been in existence for hundreds of year s. Anthropologists- postulate that the first spinning was done completely by hand, wi th no instruments. The drop spindle technique, operated by twirling the spindle wit h one hand while drafting with t he other was the second mamor stage in the development of spinning. This

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i s still used today in parts of the world. Even tually a wheel was developed in the -eighteent h century whereby one could operate a treadle wit h one foot and use both hands to work with t he wool. The Conovers • first sheared their sheep last spring. They chose to do so then . instead of during the traditional month of February because "February· is too cold to take off anyone's coat," said Conover. Alt hough professionals ca n shear sheep with elect ric shears _in five minut e·s, the Conovers took their t ime, being careful and tFying not to nick the sheep's d elicate skin wit h their m anual shears, and spending one and a half to two hours removing the wool from each sheep. The some

amoun t of wool tak.en from the sheep ranged from eight to 11 pounds. Once the wool is taken off the sheep, it may be spun "in the grease," that is, without washing it if it is clean. More likely it is carefully washed and carded. These fluffy sections of wool are then ready to be spun. Two or more spindles of yarn can be twisted t oget her in innumerable combinations t o get different effec ts. The wool can be dyed either before or after being spun. So if you have a few minute s of extra time some Friday, and come by t he McEwen TV lounge, you can watch Conover teach and explain her craft. She said, "As long as there's another spinner here, I'll be around."

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Kirkland's new science program." By MARY BARSTOW Both George and Rinard Problems facing this year's four expressed belief that the new joint pre-medical applicants at Kirkland p rogram b io logy between lie in the college' s l ack of contact Hamilton and Kirkland would give wit h medical schools and the state Kirkland's science department its of pre-medical advising servic es at "own identity." "I s ee no the college according to Nadine reason why Kirkland c an't be the George, chairperson of the right school for pre-med Science Division. s tuden ts," said Catherine Frazer, Pre-law s tudents at Kii:kland� Kirkland d ean of academic affair s . howt.ver, f�ce an easier set of Frazer believes that Kirkland i s circums tances than do the .__ "well-known in )lcademic circles", pre-meds, said Bunny Lieberman, although not "in detail." Director and Cen ter Career Frazer also said that Hamil ton the of pre-law m e m b er is "very well-known". George committee. Of ll aspiring _lawyers Hamilton's b el i ev e s that in this year's s enior class, nine off" "rubs reput ation on have already gained acceptance to Kirkland. :She said t hat tfie a law school. problems that both colleges are George said th.at Kirkland, in facing wi th getting their s tudents its earliest years as an Ruth Rinard experimental college was "not in a professor for translation. If the . into medica l schools are "hitting everybody/' She believes these· good si tuat ion wi th established professor cannot be reached it i s schools." Bot h sent to Rinard, who makes the professional difficult ies are representative of George and Ruth Rinard, assistant translaijon op. the basis of t hat the nation-wide s queeze in dean of academic aff airs at professor's pas t grade translation. medica l school admissions. Kirkland, pointed out that Rinard i s currently ac ting as No Computers for Law ·emphasis was no t pl ac ed on pr e-med advisor at Kirkland, Lieberman, who is a member pre-professional education at taking over t he duties of the of the pre-law commit tee for both Kirkland. former advisor, Elizabeth Gilbert, college s, said that the situation for Small Numbers a botany prof essor, who left las t pre-law students at Kirkland i s The · :r;iumber of studen ts year. Rinard said that she hasn't som e what different from that of applying to medical school each · enough time to v1s1t medical pre-meds. Law schools do not use year has been very small, Rinard schools as Robin Kinnel, pr e-med computers in their . selec tion said. This year Kirkland has three advisor at Hamilton,does . George process, she said, so studen ts may student s who have applied to med in their include evalua tions believes that Kinnel's vi si ts "come applica tion · portfolio, although school, one applicant to dental across" for Kirkland as well as school, and one Class of '74 Hamilt on. law schools also a.sk for grade,,... translations. graduate who is applying to Kinne! Helps , Lieberman said that the joint I medical . school. All of these are Rinard said that Kirkland advi sing program for pre-law s is ·an waiting to hear if they have been pre-meds sometimes receive advice aid to making Kirkland known · ' accepted, said Rinard. through Kinne!, and that they among law schools . explaining of . All medical schools require m a y l etters get that A ssistant Professor of History that eval.uations be translated in to recommendation from the Jame s. F. Traer, the Hamilton grades. George said that thi s i s Hamilton Pre-Med Committee, in pre-I aw advisor, makes trips to to due l arg ely the addition t� getting them from the school s on behalf of both colleges·. comput er-processing method that Kirkland Dean's office. "This i s a very good acceptance many use in selecting students. George said that Kirkland is rate," said Lieberma11. · She · Evaluations into Grades considering shifting the du ties of belie,1es that it is largely due to An evaluation can be turned pre-med advision back · to the the "general academic stamina" into a gra de if a student makes a Science Divi sion. She also said that Kfrkland fosters and that law Lieberman that "the growing awareness of form� . request, explained. . The .Registrar then pre-professional education has schools are looking for in their sends the evaluation ·back to the been a contriputing factor to applicants.


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The.re Will Be a Riot Held... -By Ann du Cille standing around no matter where • - and here let me please be perfectly clear

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Professors' talk: "Say. did you happen to catch the :\Jessiah Sing yesterday? It was terrific." "�aw. I was ice skating. l\1y �exercise comes first." "We'd love to come to your poetry reading, .--\nnie, but we have this bridge again read you'll :\laybe party. sometime,huh.'' So saith the Hamilton College faculty. .--\dmittedly, it is not quit clean pool ~ to offer_ these statements out of context, b 'l:lt they are all too illustrative of what"l have begun to fear is the attitude of much of Hamilton's faculty toward that -illusive animal called The Arts. Long live football, hockey, and B. F. Skinner, but whoever .heard of Black culture and what's the

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even if it belong to a middle-American of moderate means. with a two-car family that is falling apart in a respectable civilized falling apart mind�your-manners manner

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biological breakdown of a June Jordan? June Jordan is a beautiful black woman. A prize -winning poet, novelist, essayist, columnist (American Poetry · Review·), editor, and teacher, Ms. Jordan has published ten books in the past ten . years. She has taught a City College of Xev,: York, Connecticut College, Sarah Lawrence, and is currently teaching writing and Black literature at Yale Gniversity. June Jordan was here last Friday night, here in Clinton; her poetry reading was one of the high points of the Afro-Latin Cultural Wee�end '75. June read to an overflowing house of students, people from the community, and "Incredible," faculty. few pitifully "Compelling," "She's beautiful," were some of the comments filling the air after Ms. Jordan's reading. Stuoents were particularly surprised by. and impressed with the accessibility of .both the poet and her poetry. Deceptively petite . and soft spoken, June literally shook ·the Red Pit with her poetry and presence, as the audience found itself alternately lulled, stirred, �'frightened, fulfi_lled and · amused by the

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hard and heavy jumping up to stomp them so the flesh leaks and the juice runs loose -and then I get to pick at the pits , Poetess June Jordan _or else I pick up the cherry pits many faces of her verse. In a word she·was dynamite! A particular favorite with t�e (depending on my mood) audience was June's. poem to Richard M. _ and then Nixon, "Poem: On Moral Leadership as a · I fill my mouth completely- full Political Dilemna: (Watergate, 1973):» of cherry pits Ju,ne Jordan's latest book of poems, "New and run over to the river Days," is available in the college the Potomac bookstore. where I spit the cherry pits Poem: On Moral Leadership 47 to 65 cherry pits spit as a Political Dilemma into the Pofo�ac (Watergate, 1973) at one spit I don't know why but I cannot tell a lie and to tell you the truth some more if I ever see a cherry tree I chopped down the cherry tree

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When the two upstart· horn players finished their contribution to the music, Stan Tom Bernie Harry they prepared to relax for the remainder 7-10 Singer Willis Mucitelli Gelb • .. of the night. One opened· a Coke which he· generously· offered to other me-mbers of the group, while the other disassembled Julie his instrument and read -the newspaper. Steve Robinson· Anita Sean Jo 10-1 Mr. _ Kuentz, faced wjth rebellion, ' Ayres Curtis Delaney Langfiela Rich : checked on the music sheets of his string Koelle ,. found to be he which section Marylee upside-down. Individual violinists, carried Stull�folly Laura Dave Dan away by the music, kept popping up to 1-4 Maria Shelly Darling Wiener Ruben Forbes play impasS:ioned solos. Stadtmueller Schultz This work, the exact name of which - was lost in the proceedings, concluded the Alexandra I eve-ning'� performance. It was followed by Dan Coursen• John Laura Nancy Ruth Jim· Nonie a long round of applause from an audience Becker Staugitis 4-6 Owens O_ppenheirn Kriescher Donaldson Mundy �hich did not quite fill the gym. Several (Classical) (Classical) (Oassical) (Oassical) (Classical) lClassical) "bravos" were also heard. The performance itself was a rare _treat . ' Leslie . for an audience which has seen several Beth RockCook Peter Buzz Jeff contemporary rock bands having John Taubner (to �e 6-9 (Country) Wilson Morrison Larson _ Held �apport with · , purportedly close · � announced) · turned out but crowds, college-age George . Libby .,. other-wise. The -Paul Kuentz Orchestra Brooks , Hull / combines first-rate musical - talent. with a Cnuck (Jazz) .. Andy livelyeffervescencewhich is refreshing. Tint Gary 9-12 Jeff Walter Schwab The orchestra will appear ·again Frida y and Craig Buonanno Lipman Hjelm Trivia (Oldies) night at 8:30 p.m. in the Alumni Gym. .. Joe Mengel I The · Hamilton-Kirkland Choir and the Rutherford College Hill Singers, both under the ._ direction of Mr. �ee Spear, will � Matthew accompany the group. Howard Steve Dave Rich 12-2 •. 'The first-half of the program wiJI Kasman Rosenbaum Savitsky Buonanno Taskin consist of B.ach's "Cantata No. 140," . / which is a highly detailed wo'rk ; symbolizing Chr_ist as a bridegroom. The WHCL-FM deliyers five minute news broadcasts on the hour, and a comprehensive news roundup at second half of the program will be News: Haydn's "Missa in angustii s" (Nelson 7:30 pm with local, state, and national news. Old. Time Drama and Comedy: Classic Old Time radio shows will be presented on Tuesday (Drama) and Thursday (Comedy) evenings Mamm). This; mass was written for famous -English warrior-statesman Lord Nelson at i0:30 pm ' during the turbulent times following the Special evening programs include Country, J azz,_Trivia; and Oldies. Special Programs: French Revolution.·

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By G�ORGE BROOKS was often repeti_tive and of ' eleme ntarY. The pe rformance of Her�ie · Hancock quality. and the Headhunters .J.ast Saturday night Some Good Funk was disappointing. Yet, having heard "Butterfly", the third song in that set, Hancock be fore, one· mu st pause to was fine. It restored o ne' s faith in consider his work. Hancock' s capabilities. It was a pretty Reflecting on Hancock's mu sic, it is ballad with good saxella and piano difficult to imagine why he does what he introduction. Hancock' s soloing on this does. piece was quite good but could have been I;I e come s o ut of a strong jazz a bit longe r. Th percussio n transition background which included association s into "Cham eleon" was exc ellent and with Donald Byrd and Mile s Davis. combined the talents of a skilled' How ever,h e recently has devoted hims elf musician with those of a fine performer. to the more popu�ar but less demanding ".Cham eleon" itself was good funk; a fine realm of funk. He manages to defend this beat, tight, and play ed with skilled change, · saying, "Those other records impro visation. Once again, however, the (played with an earlier sextet) would jus t ·synthesize r music was disappointing. The sit o n the shelves, now people play my possibilities for intensity, color, and music any time." · variation w ere ·not taken full advantage of. He also has said he does not want to One particularly nauseating moment "hassle people " with his music. He feels came when Hanco ck programmed his that the re are _enough problems in the . wheelable Odyssey to make a harsh 'white w orld; if people can co me to his concerts noise' and then began waving his arms and spend a few enjoyable hours, then it is pretending to have ·so me sort of mystical all worth-while. control ove r the machine. In actuality he was only stepping on what i� known as a Who Am I? Pleasing the people is d efinitely what ' wah-wah pedal hidden behind a monitor. Herbie is looking for at this point. He Fo r those o f you who believed he had explain s that, "When I'm playing on the power ove r the machine, it was only a stage, I try to listen with the ears of a trick. person not a musician. Also; who am I to For all "the gad�etry it wa s a gen erally decid e that what they like is not good and disappointing concert highlighted by. so me what I like is bette r." good horn and percussio n work. It is Well, "they" certainly s eem to like what upsetting to consid er that Herbie Hancock he's doing now. He -has had top 40 hits with his 30,000 pounds of light s, speakers, like "Cham eleon," his "Headhunters " album and mock 'wizardry' is what.the public is was a top selle r, he has been up for a ,clamoring for. p os e G , f�; :t :�;c:�:e::�:��w eekend he did not start in the funk vein. Instead, he began it with "Maid_en Voyage", an acco ustic number from the old days . The In their twelfth concert he re, Paul band played it well, but the piece allows Kuentz, his Chambe r Orche stra of P aris, for a gr eat amount o f intensity which was , and their music was delightful. not fully developed. More solo accoustic The Kuentz orchestra. has impressive work might have made it more enjo yable musical talent as well as a self-deprecating as well. sense of humo r, both of which were o n The Head Hunters came o ff very poo rly display Wednesday Qight in the Alumni in the course of the co ncert. It was quite · Gym. The ensemble, composed of upsetting to see a great jazz horn player like Benny Maupin r:educed to singing lyrics like "You got it, You got to get i_t."

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Electronic 'Gimmicks Th e music was simple funk with a steady two cho rd beat; good dancing and boogying mu sic if played well, but it was not played w ell. Th e group was loose, and the music followed accordingly. It was easy to ste the fin e mu sicianship in , each individual performer except Blackfial, the guitarist, who relied heavily on �le ctronic g_immicks which he did not employ well. His distortio n was ov erplayed and often little more_ than loud percussive buzzes would be produced . When Hancock ·came on stage there was hope that things might change, -but the first two numbers proved otherwise . The antidpated electronic wizardry and go od spac e music failed t0 materialize. Armed with an Arp Odyssey, solo and string synthesizer, and, a Hohner Clavinet, Herbie should have been able to provid e a wide range of sounds and effects , yet he produced surprisingly little, What he did do

FILM On Campus This Weekend Monster D.ouble Feature: Them and Bride of Frankenstein. Friday and Saturday at 8 :00 p.m. Sunday at 10:00 p.m. Chemistry Auditorium. Women in Love. Friday and Saturday· · at 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. Sanday at 10. p.m. Kirner-Johnson Auditorium. March 9 {Sunday) Means by Craig·Mengel '75. 2:00 p.m. (Also Monday at 8:00 p.m.) Kirner-Johnson Auditorium.

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arch 10 (Monday) · The Little Foxes, starring Bette Davis. K ir ner'-Joh nson 10:0 0 p.m. Auditorium.. (Aiso Tuesday at 10:00 p.m.) March 11 (Tuesday) Mathematics Film Festival: The Marriage Problem-Part I and Gottingen and New York. 3_:00 p.m'. (Also Wednesday at 3:00 p.m.) Scienc� 36(i

March 12 (Wednesday) Spanish Club Film: Mexica!7 Bus Ride. 8:00 p.m. Kirner-Johnson Auditorium. March 13 (Thursday) The Ruling Class. 8:00 p.m. Science Auditorium. At Nearby Theaters Cannonball (853-555_3 ) The Man With the Golden Gun (PG) Cinema Theater-New Hartford (73_6 . - -0081) Murder on the Orient Express (PG) Riverside Mall Cinemas (735-9223) Lenny (R) The Towering Inferno (PG) Young Frankenstein (PG) Paris (733-2730) The Stepford W ives (PG) Cinema National Uptown (732-0665) The L[fe and Times of Grizzly Adams

(G) 258. Cinemas (732-5461) Mr. Ricco (PG) The Savage is' Loose (R) The Strongest Man in the World (G) LECTURE AND DISCUSSION March 7 ( F_riday) .Robert D. Ward, Frrst National Bank of Boston. Financing Overseas Technology and Developmen(. 4:00

fourte.en musicians playe d five piece s fro m Disque. Rubbing his hands together in live, different composers, ·mo s( of whom mock used car salesman-fashio n, the · conductor s aid, "Okay, we play mu sic, lived in the eighteenth century. The eve ning opened with a wo rk by now we do some bu siness." Several students were also spotted Francesco Barsanti, arr Italian composer who became enamored of Sc o tland and trying· out their French on the puzzled musicians. spe nt a good deal o f his life there. The , The sec..o nd half of the concert began · piece, Co ncerto Grosso in D major, was with a more recent work, "Th e Arrow o f handled well by the group. The seco nd piece was by the French "Time;'composed by Andr e J.olivet, who composer Leclair, who worked f or part of was among the first composers to his ' life as a mu sici aJ! at the court of expe riment with electronic in stnHnents. _Spain' s -Don Ph,ilip and was later murdered This was, acco rding to the progi am, the under mysterious circt;mstances, cutting American premiere for this work writt en in 1973. short his car ee r. Th e work included an "The Arrow of Time " differed fro m Monique exc ellent vio lin which the other piece s of the conce rt. It had a Frasca-Colombier playe d ve ry well. movement and the Mouret' s Symphonic. Suite fo_r rather· . halting orchestra mingled with _ hunting horn s , omnipresent plucking o f strings in the concluded the first hal( o f the concert. background lent a haunting aura to the This work, which i s representative of early work. The evening's finale wa s supposed to · eight eenth century French suites, i s comprised of1 a serie s of dance-like have been Mozart' s "Serenata nottuma in • movement s which give it a pleas_ing D major." However, Mr. Kuentz explained that the vio linist was quite tired, and the liveline ss. -During the intermission,Mr. Kuentz and gr oup would play a different selection. He his musicians, mo st of whom speak little introduced the piece·by saying, "This is all or no English, mingled with the audience. right,too." Before the orches tra began, the While some of the musicians checked out conductor cha stis ed two horn players for the univers al gym, Mr. Kuentz was seen napping in their seats in the audienc e. · near .the table where the ensemble' s Thing s went down hill for Mr. Kueiitz Fecords were ·o n sale. Mr. Kuentz spied one· from there, as the ensemble wa s now in student looking o ver the records, several of which have wo n the French recording open revolt: continued on page six industry' s prestigio u s Grande Prix du

p.m. Bristol Campus Center Fisher Room. March 10 {Monday) In t r o d u c t o r y L e c tu r e tq Transcendental Meditation. 7:00 p.m_ Kirner-Johnson Room 220. March 13 (Thursday). The Robert McEwen Lec;:ture: Stephen Toulmin, Professor of Social ThDught, Departme_nt of Philosophy, University of Chicago. Fatalism and its Paradoxes 8:30 p.rfl.. Kirner-Johnson Auditorium. MUSIC March 7 {FridaY-,) Hamilton-Kirkland Choir and Paul Kuentz Chamber Orchestra of Paris. 8:30 p.m. Gymnasium. (Students $1.50, Nern-Students $2..50) March 8 (Saturday) Coffeehouse. Concert featuring Danny Kalb. 9:00 p.m. McEwen Coffeehouse. (Free with social t4X, $.75 without) -ORAMA March 8 (Sa�urday) Wallace Bradley Johnson Plays. Student written prize plays. 8:00 p. m. Kirkland Dormitory Lift. (�lso

Sunday at 8:00 p.m.) RELIGIOUS SERVICES March 8 ·( �aturday) Newman Mass. Fathe·r Paul Drobin. 5:30 p.m. Red Pit. March 9 (Sunday) Newman Mass. Father Paul Drobin. �:30 a.m. Chapel. Free Church of Clinton. Dr.. Lee H. Bristol '45. 11: 15 a.m. Chapel. March 10 (Monday) Newman Mass. Father Paul Drobin. ,-2:00 Noon. Chapel. (Also Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.) Lenten Communion Service. Rev. W.f-1. Wickha111 111, St.' James Church, Clinton. 4�30 p.m. Bristol Campus Center Fisher Room. Christian Fellowship Meeting. 8 :00 p.m. M ii bank 36. March 12 (Wednesday)_ Bible Study. 9:00 p.m. Alumni House. EXHIBITIONS Currently on Campus Current .Root Art Center Exhibition: U kiyo-e: Japanese Prints of the Tokugawa Period. (Closes- March 21.)


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Tenure StatementApproved by Hamilton ·Faculty

Please note: What fol/Olvs below are the .statements of policy approved by the Hamilton faculty at its meeting Tuesday. Each statement is preceeded by the nwtion for approval as recorded ;n the faculty-meeting minutes. The "Review of Current Non-tenured Appointments" was amended before approval; the resolution for amendment and the amendment follows the "Review of Current Nontenured Appointments.,_, Each of the three. motions for acceptance was made by Professor of Geology Donald Potter, chairman of the Expanded Committee on Appointments. The resolution for amendment of the "Review of Current Norztenured Appointments" was made from the floor.

MOTION On behalf of the Expanded Committee on Appointments, I move that the "Recommendations,for a Policy on Appointments and Tenure" be adopted by the Faculty and fo�warded to the President. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A POLICY ON APPOINTMENTS AND TENURE Preface Then� are two sets of criteria which bear on questions of appointment and tenure. l'he first deals with the competence of a candidat�. The second deals with institutional ,considerations. It ·is in the interest both of the institution and of candidates for appointments that the standards and procedures for making appointments and granting ��nure be made expli_cit at the ti�� or'each initial appointment. '

5. The criteria to be used in arriving at decisions on reappointment ?.nd tenure should be excellence in teaching, effective ·research, publication - interpreted broadly - and service to the academic and professional community, the first two being considered as necessary and the last two as desirable. The college will review and develop more specific procedl!res for evaluating a candidate's performance by these criteria" 6. Using· the criteria stated in paragraph 5, the chairman of the department, the Dean of the College, and the Committee on Appointments will make recommendations for tenure to the President, who will make the final decisiono Where there are competitive appointments, all these parties will indicate in their recommendations the relative merit of the candidates involved. In cases" where tenure is denied, the President will provide the candidate with a written statement �f the reasons for the deniaL 7. The college will establish a review procedure to which candidates who are denied tenure may resort" APPROVED

MOTION On behalf of the Expanded Committee on Appointmen_ts, l move that the following paragraphs be adopted as a guide for future revisions of the Faculty Handbook. CHANGES INFACULTY HANDBOOK The following paragraph, which summarizes the foregoing document, is jntended to be placed after the paragraph labeled . "Tenure Policy" on page 18 of the current Handbook. Besides the· normal probationary appointment, there are two types of limited pontenured appointments which may be made in special circumstances. One, the competitive appointment, is made to two or more faculty members in a single department with the understanding that not all can receive tenure. The other, the term appointment, is made with the understanding that there is no chance of tenure - that is, that the appointment will not exceed a stated maximutri term of years. When either of the two types of limited appointments are to be made, the nature of the limits of the -appointment will be stated explicitly in the ofter of the initial appointment.

Policy Recommendations I. Any nontenured appointment which is not otherwise designated (in the manner . explained in paragraphs 2 and 3) will c�rry the expectation that. reappointment and tenure will be granted exclusively on the basis of the fulfillment of the criteria stated in paragraph 5. Such appointments will be called: probationary appointments. 2. The President may, after consultation with the Dean, the Committee on Appointments, and the chairman of the department concerned, instruct the chairman to offer two or more taculty appointments with the understanding that tenure could be granted to some but not all of them. 1n such appointments, all parties concerned would understand that the merit of each appointee would be evaluated not only according to the criteria stated in paragraph �' but also relative to the merit of the others. Such appointments will be called competitive appointments. . 3. The President may, after consultation with the Dean, the Committee on Appointments, and the chairman of the department concerned, offer an appointment limited to a term of five years or less. Such an appointment would be understood by all parties concerned to carry no possibility of reappointment beyond the stated maximum term. Such appointments will be called term appointments. 4. It is the sense of the faculty that the normal nontenured appointment· will be ' a probationary appointment, and that competitive and term appointments should be justified by special institutional needs and circumstances.

This emendation o( the statement on p. 17 of the present Handbook is required to bring it into lin� with paragraph 5, above. RESOLVED: That 1t is the sense of the Faculty that the criteria to be used in arriving at decisions- on reappointment and tenure should be excellence in teaching, effective research, publication interpreted broadly - and service to the academic and professional community, the first two being considered as necessary 'and - the last two as desirable.. APPROVED

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On behalf of the Expanded Committee on Appointments I move that the policy recommendations entitled "Review of Current Nontenured Appointments" be adopted by the Faculty and forwarded to the President. • REVIEW OF CURRENT NONTENURED APPOINTMENTS It is the sense of the faculty that commitments offered by the College and accepted in good faith ma y not be altered. However, the faculty recognizes that some current nontenured appointments may contain· vague or ambiguous language .. Therefore, the President, the Dean. of the College, and the Committee on Appointments will meet . individually with each nontenured member of t�e present faculty to make sure that the ,terms of his appointment are clearly and consistently understood by all parties" This review will take place within the context of the current Faculty Handbook statement on tenure policy. After this meeting, the President, in a letter to the faculty member, will state the substance of the understanding which has been _ reached. Cop.ies of the letter will be sent to the Dean, the chairman of the department concerned, and the Committee on Appointments. However, if any faculty member believes that the involvement of the Committee on Appointments in this · review would endanger his privacy, he may request that the meeting be with the President and the Dean alone, and that a copy . of the letter not be sent to the Committee. AMENDMENT RESOLUTION .A resolution was made and seconded that the statement be amended by the addition of the following: I. If, however, there. is disagreement ·between the faculty member and the College concerning the terms of his appointment, the Committee on Appointments will <.;Jmmunicate to the President in writing its e;_",dc;standing of the College's commitment. Copies of _its letter will be sent to the faculty member concerned, the chairman of the 1 department concerned and the· Dean. After receiving this letter from the Committee on Appointments, the President will state the College's commitment in a ietter to the involved faculty member. Copies of that letter will be sent to the Dean and, unless the faculty member involved objects, to the Committee on Appointments and the chairman of the department conferned. · 2. Review Procedure • If, after completion of· the above procedures and before the end of the 1974-75 academic year, the faculty member still believes he has cause for grievance, he may petition the President, who at the next regular faculty meeting, will ask the faculty to elect an ad hoc Faculty Review Committee to -review st.ch cases. The Committee will consist of three tenured faculty :nembcrs, none of whom have had any previous 0f{icia� involvement in the cases. The Review Committee will decide whether or not the tacts merit a detailed i.1v�stigation, and, if such an investigation is deemed necessary, the Committee will determine the appropriate procedures for examining the case. The Committee may investigate both procedural ·and substantive matters, and will report in writing to the President. Copies of its report will go to the faculty member involved, ,the chariman of the involved department, the Dean and the Committee on Appointmentso .' The resolution to amend was approved. APPROVED

History of Tenure Policy ThiS Year at li;,,milton · Recounted

Pn·sicll'nt Carovano, who makes all final tenure decisions.

of the American Twenty-three Hamilton faculty· Ch�ter By DOUGLAS GLUCRO,FT University of The importance of academic members are expected to come up A ss o c i a t i on tenure in these times of economic for tenure between now and Professors (AAUP}. re cession and shrinking· job • 1980; if they were all tenured, the Some felt the guidelines were, opportunities in higher education. · percentage on tenure would be 7 8 in fact, quotas - a policy the is that it provides job security as percent according to tqe AAUP has stood firmly against. well as academic freedom. Co.mmittee on Appointments AAUP Chapter Pr�sident Robert If academic freedom was the _ report of November, 1974. That L. Simon, associate professor of burning issue in the I.960's w.hen percentage is considered high by philosophy, said in November, · campuses erupted ,in most observers. ' "Justification for · the statement Age Distribution protest, then in the (the report) �s inadequate and the News 1970's,for the young• The q uestion of age quotas are guidelines or Analysis untenured professor, distribution .of faculty within ill-conceived." uncertainty is the departments is also cons�dered The report, briefly, prescribed major cause of anxiety because if . important by· most. It is generally the number of ten�red faculty he is not tenured, he is likely to regarded as desirable to. bring that each _department ought to face unemployment. fresh ideas and recent· doctoral have; for a department of five, the Graduate schools have turned candidates into departments to desirable number on tenure would out more students with doctoral keep the discipline up to date. be three; for a department of degrees than can be absorbed into This goal was .a major impetus for three, two should be on tenure. higher education, now in a the report. · Excellent - Superior no-growth· period. And to proteet Tenure is a delicate subject, Ahd In addition, the sta�ement themselves and their faculty, talking about the process openly distinguished between "excellent" colleges like Hamilton have been is relatively new to Hamilton. The candidates for tenure and forced to review their tenure op·e n discussion started in "superior" candidates for tenure. policies - or, more aptly, their November when the Committee Excellent candidate� could not get lack of explicit tenure po'icies. on Appointments released to the tenure when it would violate the So, for the first time in faculty its report on tenure which guidelines; superior faculty c ould Hamilton's history, a faculty c al led for "departmental receive tenure despite the committee· was asked by the guidelines" for tenuring faculty. · guidelines. president to design a plan which Opposition fo the proposal Objections were also voiced from concerning would assist him in deciding the surfaced quickly this distinction futures of the untenured faculty untenured professors, tenured �ecause it was felt that it would professors, and from the Hamilton at the college. continued on page nine


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continued from page one a m endm ents encumbered the investigate both procedural and committee's · original documents · substantive matters and would unnecessarily. report to the· presidenf in writing. "T hey don't kill the essence of Copies of that report would also it by a long shot. But in the eyes be sent to the faculty member of yo·ung faculty, they enhance it. involved, the cha irman of the So, in that respect, they're good," involved department, the dean, Potter said. Only Recommendation and th e Co m m i t t e e on • T h e c h airma n emphasized, Appointments. Junior Faculty Interests however, tha t all the policy Th e a m endments, w hich . s t a t e ments approved by the !pecifically-protect the interests £.a c u i t y were only of junior faculty here, were. recommendations to President formulated at a meeting of the Carovano, and that the president Hamilton chapter of the Americ an has the ultima te, free power to As s o c i at ion o f Un i v er s i t y hire, fire, and grant tenure. Potter said th at his committee Professors (AAUP) last week" The ECOA had circulated copies of had considered the possibility of their policy p aper to the faculty in�luding the essence of the amendments in it s proposal but Tuesday, Feb. 25. Other than the proposal of the had decided against it . amendments, there wa s little "We wanted to keep t he review d�cussion of the tenure policy procedure simple and agreeable to proposals at t he faculty meeting. all parties," Potter said. "There was some discussion, P r esiden t Carov ano, when but c on s i dering t he issues asked if he would be able t o abide involved, rema rkably little, on any by the amendments, expressed �de," said Actµig Dean of the some doubts. "I have not studied College Dwight Lindley. the ·amendments with great ca re, "I think it wa s a good and I'm no t sure of the ex act proposal," said Assistant Professor implic�tions of them." he sa id. of English John O'Neill, a Of the general policy taken by member of the ECOA. the faculty, however, Carov ano When asked why there was w as m<:>re hopeful. "As nearly as I little discussion of the proposals, can determine, it will be quite expecially from junior faculty, easy for me to work within the O'Neill said, "T he .interests or policy recommended by the ' feelings of the junior faculty . faculty. we r e e x p r e s s e d i n t h e Types of Appointments The section of the ECOA amendments." Professor of Geology Donald policy paper which introduced the Potter, c ha irman of the _¥.COA, t ype s o f a p p o i n t m e n t , said t ha t h e t h o.ught \he probationary, competitive, and

term, will no t arfect t hose already on the faculty here, and was ' accept ed with no amendments. A probationa ry appointment, according to the proposal, is one in which reappoin tment and tenure will be gra nted solely on the ba sis of the college's general criteria for tenure. The . ECOA proposed tha t these criteria be consider e d: "e xcellence· in t e a c h ing, effec t i v e research ·p u b l i c a t i o n -i n t e r p r e t e d broadly-and service to t he academic and professional community , the first two being considered as necessary and the desirable." las t two a s Competitive appointments would be those offered to "two or more faculty members in a d e p a r t m e n t w i t h t h e· understanding that tenure could be granted to some_ but not all of them." the propos al read. All competing faculty members would be advised that the merit of . their ca se for tenure would be evaluated on general crit eria a nd their merit in rel at ion to the others against whom he wa s competing. Term appointments would be Associate Professor of Philosophy Norman Bowie those limited to a term of less and procedures for appoin tment. t h r e e"m ember Committee on than five years with no possibility and tenure be m ade clear to the A ppointments la st November of reappoin tment beyond the candidate. which met wit h dis approval by stated maximum term. T he second part of the ECOA many facul ty, who complained Consultations proposal, dealing in changes in the th a t t h e report wa s not T he offering of- c ompetitive faculty, handbook, suggested that prepared with sufficient input and term appointment s by the when next revised, the handbook from the faculty. president would be. ma de only include the new stateme.nt of T h e C O m m i t t e e On after consultation with the de arl, general criteria · .used in tenure Appoint men t s, consisting of t h e Go m m i t t e e on decisions, and include definitions Professor Pot ter, Professor of App o in t m ent a nd the of the competitive a.nd term ¥u s i c S tep h en Bont a , and cha irman. of the .department a ppo intment, in· addition to . Professor of Roma nce L anguages C o n c e r n e d, t h e p o Ii c y definition of the already included Rouben Cholakian, w a s . then recommendations read, probationa ry appointment. expanded by President C arova no Theory of Francois J acob and The policy stat ement also Now t h a t t he Expande� to include two more tenured J acques Monod. An ope'ron is a included the proviso that t he Committee on Appointments h as f a cui t y m e mbers, Associ ate group of genes of a rel ated '• n Or m a -I non t enured fulfilled its ch arge -to prepare a Professor of Philosophy Nqrma n -'function which is controlled by a p poin t men t w i l l b e· a revised policy recommendation on Bowie,' and ✓Assoic ate Professor of another gene, and t he operon probationary appointment, and appoin tment a nd tenure, it h as Physics Philip Pearle, and. two theory, based on rese arc h with t h a t c o m p et i t ive and term been disba nded. non t enured faculty members, 1 bacteria, deals with the activ ation appointments should be justified The Expanded Committee w as Assistant Professor· of Economics inhibition of . a set of by special institutional needs and and formed after presentatioh qf a R o b er t Allen, and Assistant consecutive genes. This theory c an circumstances." , policy paper on tenure by the Professor of English John O'Neill. be useful in medicine and in the I n t h e preface to the rese arch for cures to diseases suc h · recommendations for a policy on . .-----------------------------­ as diabetes. J acob and Monod appointments and tenure, it was were co-recipients- of the Nobel stated that it wa s to the benefit of Prize for medicine and physiology the college and the ca ndidate for in 1965. appointment that all standards . 1

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Nancy Ro th, · philospher of biology at Y ale University, will speak on "Biology Unific ation of the Sciences: An Altern ative· to Reduction". in the Chemistry Audit orium p.m., 8:00 at Tuesday, M arc h 11. T he lecture is sponsored by the Kirkland College Sc iences Division. Roth will discuss an alternative to reduc tion, the theory ! hat all scientific study can be reduced to chemistry and physics, and · she will also speak on'. the Operon ,

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in a - department committee were Profe,ssor of to the proposed limi t Music and Bonta Stephen impose a double standard on would h ave to be "superior" t'o · Professor of Roma nce L anguages faculty members which would be h ave a chance for tenure. His Rouben -· Chol akian. ' All a re solely contingent on which colle ague in a departm�nt that tenur�d. department they happened to be had not been tenured · to the limi t Of the report, Cholakian said only have to be• "some terms · are· willfully vague. teaching in. A faculty member up would "excellent". Nobody wants t o · render it a The report also proposed that a scientific experiment." 'review procedure be institut�l so F acuity Sentiment that untenured faculty · who _Nonetheless, it appeared t hat believed t h� decision concerning the Committee misread faculty their tenure wa s unfa ir could sentiment if they expected t he l:>ring their griev ances .to another report to be approved largely as• Catherine S. Frazer, Kirkland panel of faculty for furth�r drafted. Lindley sa id, "Hopefully the majority of the faculty will dean of ac ademic affairs, has been consider ation. . T h e spec;ific procedures of this accept it. It is a document about selected to att end the Insti'tute of Academic De ans, sponsored by aspect of the statement - which the institutional well-being -the the American Council on called for a lottery selection of long-range health of the college. It Education (ACE) in Orlando, faculty to sit on the ad hoc review is necess ary that we hav� a policy pa nel -. raised legal questions. that is cle ar, understood by all, Florida, on M arch 9-14. Frazer is one of forty academic President Carovano ·said in and explicit." No one seems to disa gree with deans from colleges and November t hat college l a wyers universities around the country h ad presented a five-page critique Lindley's statement, at least in principle. selected for p articipation in the of the review procedure. However, opposit ion at the Rotating Appointments annual ACE conference. She will Also, ths= report recommended Nov. 19, 1974 faculty meeting to receive a fellowship grant from an expansion -of rotat ing - or the report was strong enough to the Carnegie Corporation. During the conference, the term - appointments. This point have the entire question· sent back C o m m i t t ee on the Kirkl3.!1d dean will present a ca �e. · was criticized in November by· to on the study coordin ate Associate Professbr of Philosophy Appoin tments for further review. relationship of the two colleges. Norman Bowie who said t hat Furthermore, the faculty voted to In this unique relationship, the inst ead of rotating positions, the expand the Committee to include of flqibility Kirkland dean is not only problem in two non�tenured faculty and two responsible for the nature and departmehts would be alleviated additional tenured faculty. Carovano P resident quality of academic programs and by raising tenure standards, early a lso the developme,nt of the faculty, retirement of_ pr�sintly tenured criticized the report in l ate· particularly but is also the college's majc;,r link facul ty, and wh at he called November, the for "putt ing the screws on those who provisions to its coordin ate partner. departmental guidelines. The president said, Frazer bec ame Kirkland's dean _aren't working." last summer, after serving as The November report was .though, that he was commi tt.ed to Professor and Chairperson of the composed by· the Appointments thb goal of age distribution in Philosophy Department at the Committee under the guidance of · departmen ts,. Final decisions on tenure are University of Denver. hi addition first, Acting Dean of t he College to her administr ative duties, she -Dwight N. Lindley,' and then the president's; t he Committee also teaches one course in Prnfessor of Geology Donald recommendations are not binding Potter. The other members of the · on the president. philosophy. tenured

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Kirkland ·Fire Drills 'SCattered'� N.Y. Law ·Requires 3 by May

she plans to appoint about 15 every three months. In between, a volunteer fire marshalls for the maintenance man will check to see that all extinghishers are rest of the semester. and in place. charged the ask plans· dorm She to also ' In addition to these regular residents to circulate information about the fire· exits and . the checks;Poller said she plans to ask different exit routes for each Joseph Mason, janitor director, to dorm. Poller explained that the compile an overall inventoryextinguishersfire Assistant Dean of Student Affairs including Leuiken explained that the for be r esponsible will coordinationg the fire procedure extinguishers differ 'in size and content depending on their activities at Kirkland. · Bingham stated that the location" He stated that carbon community fire marshall system dioxide extinguishers are placed in to at be areas susceptible to electrical fires had Hamilton its such as the kitchens in the suites. . to due di scontinued ineffectiveness: He explained that The halls, he explained, would be the fresh.man advisors still act as likely to have water extinguishers. The type of alarm system used fire marshalls for each of their likewise dependent upon halls in Dunham and South is location. Leuiken explained that dorms. Bingham said that there have in the Jibrary, where smoking is been "only occasional problems" prohibited, smoke detectors are with fire extinguisher vandalism at effective for fire prevention while Hamilton. 1h a recent check of in Compions and McEwen, a Milbank Dqrm, Joseph Leone, combination system of _heat security man with the physical detectors and pull boxes serve .the cited the Leuiken plant, said that he found six purpose. problem of regul ar false alarms extinguishers missing. ·which he thinks are caused by First Bundy Drills Bingham said that for the first students tampering with the pull time since he has been here boxes. C o n c er ni n g safety fire (1972), Bundy Residence Halls . . ' have had fire drills. He said· that procedures, Bil).gham said, "the continued from page one Wertz. explained that he has is whole students question if will before he came, only Dunham At the January meeting, it was had plans to refurbish and take it seriously." Dormitory had fire drills suggested that the Pub and the improve the atmosphere of the The dean said that fraternities Snack B ar both serve beer, and Bristol Snack Bar, regardless of CLINTON are not required to have fire drills, that there be two liquor licenses, the outcome of the beer talks. He .LIQUOR but said that he will be "more according to Bingham. The group· said that he has made budget ST9RE insistent" that the fraternities also discussed the possibility of requests to the provost for new conduct drills. "They should run a Vodka Qts. under $3.99½ obtaining a beer and wine license chairs, carpeting from the east couple a year because· there are Vodka ½ gals. under $7 .97½ for Bristol, so that both could be side of the building to the terrace always new people." under $9.98½ , Calvert Extra Ele anore M. Scott, a member served, McTernan said. doors, portable partitions, and "I think there is a feeling that Scotch Qts. under $4.98½ of the Kirkl and community for · The talks about serving beer in rheostats for lowering lighting. there couldn't be· a real fire six years, has been named Rose D'Anjou under $1.89 BCC began last October, when The recently installed new tables disaster here," Bingham said. temporary assistant dean of Clinton Shopping ce·nter John Shul an sky, then chairman of in the area are part of Wertz's Gerald Leuiken, director of the students affairs, Jane Poller, c!ican Meadow Street, Clinton, N. Y. the Auxiliary Services Committee, refurbishing. pl an . physkal plant, explained th�t a of student affairs announced Discount Liquors, Lowest Prices . suggested the idea at a meeting of Service Systems Plan s ecurity man checks all yesterday; The decision was made Allowed by Law in New·T<Jrk State. the President's Advisory Council, "We are trying to make the extinguishers on both campuses by Student Affairs Office staff according to Lewis. The provost Snack Bar a more attractive, warm and confirmed by President -rsaid that after the meeting, he place," Wertz said. Also in S(lIDuel F. Babbit Thursday asked Kreinheder to draw up a 'set response to complaints about the · • � · °! afternoon. present situation at the Pub, of plans. '"Everyone feels very good .Lewis asked Service Systems to Shulansky Gone ----• . _ about-her coming," said Poller. '• '•.. : � CHARTER NEW YORK BANK prepare a proposal, which was When Kreinheder called the • ···········..-········-·········-·· .. Although her specific work January me�tiQg to elicit response presented to Planning Director ° hours have not ·been completely MAIN OFFICE, CLINTON, NEW VORK 13323 to his plans, Shulansky �as not on Kreinheder,· Lewis said. negotiated as·· yet, she will be SENECA PLAZA OFFICE (RT. 5), NEW HARTFORD, NEW YORI< campus. McTernan and Cahill working 20 to 25 hours a week. attended for the Auxiliary 1be Sa-vice _Systems Proposal, Thursday _and Friday Scoot was chosen from a field Services Committee, which has dated Nov. 22, 1974, calls for an · BAN Kl NG HOURS of 11 candidates, of whom nine 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM had no formal role in the talks. expansion of the Pub in ·the were interviewed by students, Wertz said that his own basement of Commons into some and Monday through Wednesday faculty, and Student Affairs involvement in. the talks about of the space used now by · the 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM 9:Q0 .A.M_ to 3:00 PM Office staff. regul ar beer service in BCC came colleges' print shop. Scott received her BA from after · he made inqumes into The proposal suggests that the Pennsylvania State and has obtaining a portable beer tap for existing Pub �pace be used for a worked in a variety of jobs, use on special occasions. The use lounge with perhaps the including positions in advertising, of such a tap was found installation of a television; the public relations and educational unfeasible, because of its weight, new Pub area could also have a television. She has serv_td on the and a plan was drawn for dance area · with a jukebox, board of directors of the Oneida installation of a permanent tap. according to the report. County Mental.Health Center, the Kirkland . Art Center, and the Players ofUtica. She has also been active in theatre production and has taught children's theatre at What can you do with only a bachelor's degree? the Kirkland Art Center. Now there is a way to bridge the gap between an Scott's husband is Thomas U!1dergraduate education and a challenging, r�spon­ sc·ott, associate professor of s1ble career. The Lawyer's Assistant is able to do psychology, and they have three • work traditionally done by lawyers. children, ages five to 14 years. Three months of intensive training can give you A sherry will be held sometime the skills-the courses are taught by . lawyers. You next week to introduce Scott to choose one of the six courses offered-choose the student advisors, faculty residents, city in which you want to work. and other great and assorted committee members,. Since 1970, The Institute for Paralegal Training Simulations Series Games has placed more than 700 graduates in law firms ' said Poller.

By WENDI PASHMAN and Kirkland Ha milton according to Ne,-\, York State law: are required to c_onduct three fire drills one of which must occur between sunset and dawn each academic year in all dormitory buildings. Kirkland, however, has only .had "scattered" drills in some of the residence halls, according to Dean of Student Affairs Jane L . Poller. Dean of Students· R. Gordon Bingham said thus far Hamilton has had two in each building. Poller said that fire procedures are in flux at Kirkland since they had been the responsibility of former Assistant Dean of Student Affairs Linda Patrick. Kirkland is planning one fire drill in each dormitory before the spring recess, and 'two after it, said Poller. Records Incomplete Poller said that she planned to speak to Patrick and to former Assistant Dean of Student Affairs, Carol Cooper,"about previous fire procedure because Kirkland's fire drill records are incomplete. For the time being, Poller said

'I think there is a feeling that there couldn't be a real fire. disaster here'-Dean. Bingham

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Coots vs. Union in ECAC Opener Swimmers on -to. Nationals B-Ballers End Season with 12-9 Record

continued from page twelve qualified him for Nationals, and in the three meter: Gorqy Hirsch his performance there should be dove well to place eighth in the one meter for the Blue. something to look for. Hamilton has qualified 12 Hamilton was strong in the line. Coombes, Klauberg and distance events lead ably by individual swimmers in a total of positions. : MacDonald is Dave : 22 Strehlow and Rybarczyk all fouled out in this Bucko placed optimistic about the. team's Strehlow Greenhalgh. whistle-dominated game. fourth ill' the 1650-yd. event and chances in the Nationals, he said, G�p not Narrowed The Blue trailed by five points fifth in the 500-yd. event, "If we go down there well-rested at the half, but were never able to Greenhalgh took sixth place in and swim how we can, ther. we narrow the gapo Brian Coombes . both events. Cbrrke McGuire can do as well as we did in the notched 2,1 points, John Klauberg- placed a very slrong seventh ·in the State Meet.,, But 165 0-yd, race and ninth in the MacDonald is also 19. Jimmy Young· was high•man 500-yd. Free to give the Blue cautious. He admitted that, "from for-St. Lawrence with 25. The 21-garne season statistic.� some more momentum and extra here on in it's all psychological." show that J o'hn K1auberg garnered poipts, Phil Hawkins also placed And also said, "It's going to be eighth in the 500. '· tough. It just depends on how 451 points, setting a new Hill Second to Colgate . well these guys can swim after record. He averaged 21.6 points per All three of Hamilton's relay shaving·and tapering." ball game. Bernie Mucitelli was MacDonald was not cautious the rebound leader, averaging teams placed second behind 10.7. · Klauberg · also led in Colgate. The Hamilton diving enough to keep himself from field-goal percentage, hitting on team proved to be the best unit saying that he thought his team without a coach in the State. Paul would place in the top ten at the 54.3% of his shots. Willie Jackson Edick took second in the one Nationals. The meet is to be helcl also succeeded on more than half (51.1 % ) of his scoring attempts. / meter and three meter events. at Allegheny College March 19-22. And Eric Kulp came back from failing to make the cut in the one meter competition to place eighth THE SPECTATOR

to handle Gugliotta, but Coach By BOB McCORMICK The College · Tom Murphy will doubtless be H a m i l ton basketball team would like to ready with high-leaping Mark know how to get the best of some Rybarczyk if "Moose" is stymied. Dutchmen-not the ones with The Union squad is ranked wooden shoes, but the roundball second in the state, and has not Union lost at home this year. The Conts from representatives College. have their work cut out, but ·feel oppose that-victory is within grasp. The · Continentals Union in the opening round of the "If we get a good game from ECAC U p s t ate Basketball everybody, we can win," said Tourney, tonight at 9 p.m. in Coach M urp hy. Brian Coombes Schenectady. commen\ed, ·.. r feel that we can The Dutchmen have defeated definitely beat them· if we shoot the Blue twice this season, each 50-55 percent from the field." time by a nine-point margin. Yet, Hail, Fredonia? and the two games were not similar in ( 1 5- 9 ) O n eonta the least. In the first contest, the Fredonia( 15-8) oppose each other Conts fell behind early, but staged in the first opening round game a dramatic comeback in the tonight. If the Conts get past second half which fell short by Union, they should have a good seconds. The Blue were never chance of defeating the winner of this game, and thus winning the really in the second game. Hamilton fa_ns c'an look for a Tournament: Both Oneonta and nip-and-tuck b'a ttle tonight. One Fredonia are tanked, but neither Sports Pages "' irp.portant reason for this is the plays a schedule comparable to Need Spring s tate of Brian Coombes' game. that of the Continentals. Sports Writers The Blue wound up their Coombes performed well in the first Union tilt, but saw very regular season last weekend, anyone interested limited action in the second nipping Clarkson 79-73, then should contest, due to a persistent case of dropping a closely fought contest call _Navarre John to St. Lawrence, 78-68. This North the flu. Mucitelli a Key Country split left the Conts with a - �1:-!*.l.,;-��lllllfl R The sophomore forward from 12-9 season record. Connecticut is now at the peak of In the Clarkson game, the Blue i ��:ti��':� I his game. His deft touch from opened _up a 51-37 lead by the �� . WINTER BOOTS medium range and ability to mix half. In this half, John Klauberg �J AND SHOE REPAIR it up under the boards should help shot 10-12 in the process of , the Conts to penetrate the stiff racking up 21 points. The Conts ► Union defense. let down a bit after 1ntermission, Another key to· tonight's game but were still able to coast to will be the ability of · P.ernie victory. Klauberg finished with 31 LISTEN TO "Moose" Mucitelli to contain points. Coombes pumped in 21, C h arlie and hauled down 11 reboundij. p ivo tman Union HAMILTON HOCKEY Gugliotta. Gugliotta has been the· At Canton, the Blue outshot test Hamilton 31-68to 29 -6 6)and out-rebounded the severest ECAC Playoff Game freshman center has faced this the Larries (42-40). But charity year. He has done much damage tosses tell the story. The Larries to the· Blue in the two previous went to the stripe 30 times and on WHCL-FM contests. Mucitelli's teammates· converted 20. The Conts, on the expres;ed confidence iri his ability other hand, were 6-8 from the foul

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H.oCkey ·Team Storms to. J�CAC Fi_nals By STEVE HAWEELI If you haven't heard what the hockey team has been up to lately; then you 1re either deaf, dumb, and blind; or you've been off campus. The Continentals are heading to the finals of Division II which mean� that they will travel to Bowdoin for the CHAMPIONSHIP Saturday night. Trouncing Salem State 6-3 last S aturday night the Conts surprised many, but no one expected ·them . to stun the Merrimack Warriors on Wednesday 4-3. The one man to single out is goaltender Ray Rossi, who kept Hamilton in each contest with his superb play. Against Salem, Ray picked. up 35 saves and against Merrimack he totalled 31-Hamilton being outshot in both games. ✓

At 2:37 Phill Hildebrand unassisted Best at Salem At S al em State, the his way to the scoring book to tie Continentals played the best they the tilt. But at 14: 30 Warrior had .all season. Rick Anderson, Brian Murphy, on a late whistle and his second line mates Keith managed to knock the-puck loose Len Thomas,_ from Ray Rossi's glove to give and O'Brien accounted for four straight Merrimack a 2-1 lead at the end of · Hamilton goals, and with Rossi an even period of hockey. The -second period saw Len . keeping his net empty, the Hamilton fans had plenty to . Thomas, on a beautiful assist from Kurt Ziemendorf, score a power scream about. The Upper New York Small In fact Anderson and Rossi play goal at 1: 11. Tom Griffith College Swimming Association were this past w�ek's Division II then gave the Blue the lead with a {UNYSCSA) was surprised a few Len tally at 7-: 10. Then Merrimack weeks ago when Hamilton College all-stars and freshman was upset by St. Lawrence. But Thomas was voted Rookie of the came to Hamiltop.'s aid. Lucky George Coach and MacDonald his Week. Keith O'Brien, whp has George Gillmore centered the swimmers came back -to surprise been playing very wen lately, was named to the. honorable mention puck from behind the Merrimack the State by stroking their way to net and a Warrior defenseman, second place in the UNYSCSA team. while trying to clear the elusive Championships and qualifying 12 M eanwhile at Bowdoin Meanwhile at . Bowdoin, the rubber, deflected the puck past individuals for the Division III Bears troµnced Army 8-4 and at netminder Bill ·· Pieri. Young Nationals. little was a Hamilton Middlebury, the Panthers edged Gillm ore, whose injured older St. Anselm's 5-4. BoyVdoin and brother and co-captain Dave did bewildered going into the States. Middlebury met Wednesday night the color for WHCL, was credited The unexpected · loss to St. Lawrence knocked 'the squad off to determine who would play the with the goal. The final period was tense for tack, but as the meet began w i n n e r ·o f t h e H a m i l ton-Merr i m a c k game. both clubs. Each team narrowly MacDonald and his team showed Imagine how surprised the missed goals, which proves that tl)at they are only second to who the won Bowdoin and Middlebury players hockey-like. all sports-is a game C o l g a t e , were when they found out that of inches·. In fact after Bill Dunn Championship easily. Colgate topped Hamilton the Continentals (who -had been brought the Warriors with one defeated by both clubs twice) had goal at 15:10, one of his 543-332, but the third place finish i m p r e g n a b l e teammates hit the crossbar ,with was made by Niagara with 187 conqu ered Merrimack, whose overall record close to a minute left. By this points. St. Lawrence Coach Scott time Hamilton was on the Woodburn seemed to have burned stood at 23-8-1. Merrimack, who this season def ensh:e trying to hold on to out his squad at the Hamilton bewildered Bowdoin 11-3, was what . turned out to be an meet and complained that his yet . belieyable whole team had colds. The Larries favored to win it all, and unbelievable rightfully so for they only lost victory. placed fourth. Now the Conts make the big two Division II games _all season Hamilton showed some of the and played several Division I trek to Brunswick for their fast old and some of the new at this opponents. On paper they should· game of the season against meet. Jeff Carlberg stroked his have walked away wit_h the Bowdoin. Bowdoin has beaten way to two easy wins, and Brian Division II trophy. But Hamilton_ Hamil ton twice this year, but Hogan has given the fans never mind the scores of those something to look t�ward next was psyched..games. This game . is- for the year. Hamilton was Psyched - Carlberg Takes Two When asked how T hroughout the campus universe. Carlberg is the defenqing students had their radios tuned'in . �amilton would fare against the Rick And erson to WHCL to catch the action. B e a r s , North Dorm even had a keg of convincingly replied, ''We should beer. At 2: 11 of the first period, beat 'em." Pat Lebeau tallied for Merrimack.

Swimmers Take Second in State

Intramural Proposal Vetoed to appoint a The recent proposal to amend precedjng year Intram ural t he Council member to the board. constitution was voted down Chairman Bill Hooke made the when it failed to receive the objection that this would create necessary two-thirds vote from a board with too many members. the representitives present at last The main problem with the board Monday'� Intramural Council as it stands now is that there are meeting. The vote was preceded too many members, and the by discussion of the Council members never show up for members present. · meetings or voice their opinioqs. Beaudry claimed that the The main objection .to the new interested in . the proposal was presented by Pierre people Beaudry, the DKE. representitive Intramurals were those - that filling in for Rick Aubry. Aubry played Intramurals, and the was not present at the meeting in original proposal did not account which· the proposal was drafted, for that interest. But everyone and Beaudry presented a new present at the meeting agreed that the Cotm�·il r.eeds to be changed proposal written by Aubry. The reason for the new into a consistent, responsible, and proposal was that the earlier more efficient governing body. The meeting was adjourned drafting chose board members with the emphasis on community with the intention that a new population. Aubry's proposal proposal be drafted and passed at chooses its members on the basis of the next meeting. The Intramural participation. The new proposal if Council is scheduled to meet on adopted would enable any group Tuesday, February llth,-7:30 on that fields a team for four out of the third floor of Bristol, and is the five mpjor sports for the . open to the community.

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National- Champ in the 100-yd me'et for Hamilton. Hogan placed Breaststroke and at the time, first in the 200-yd Butterfly. before the meet had the fastest Hogan's time for the event was tim� in Division III in the 200-yd 2:00.82'2, which is a meet and event. Carlberg won both events, Hamilton record. Hogan also but in times slower than his -placed a stong. and unexpected qualifying times. Jeff should turn third in the 400-yd fndivi'cfuaf Medley. Both ·of Hogan's s.wims it on in the Nationals. Hogan was the surprise of the continued on page,eleven

Nobody Ask«/ Me But... · .

God · Keeps a List ,

FEINGOLD AND SHOEN

When I Was much younger, my teachers would tell rrie that God kept a list of everything you did for the whole ye¥ and, when the time came, weighed the two lists on a scale-the good list and the bad list. Whichever weighed more would determine when you wer e leaving this world and where you would go. This is if you are Je wish. Horace Stoneham should be very glad he isn't. Of all the investigations and inquiries_into the world of sp orts, of all the charges of corruption and big business in sport, the one great threat that baseball has that no other sport does is the owner of the San Francisco Giants. This man must sit in his office all day, playing with the sword that dangles over his team's yearbook. Within the past ten years, he has traded or sold ballplayers that, if they were ever allowed to play together for more than a season or so, would make many- teams smile with respect.

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Mr. Stoneham has traded or sold some of the best ballplayers to play during the last decade. Names like Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Jim Ray Hart, Juan Marichal, Orlando Cepeda, Gaylord Perry, Bobby Bonds-all of these men were sold or traded (mostly sold) because Horace Stoneham needed money to pay for the rrµstake he made 18 years' ago-he· got trapped into playing- a high stakes 18-year game of Follow the Leader. The leader was Walter O'Malley, owner of the then Brooklyn Dodgers. O'Malley had deGided to move west to L.A. and old Horace decided that it would be too l_onely to play in New York all by himself as the only National League team (he probably didn't like the Yankees too much). The ep.d result of this game is: Walter makes a mint.and Horace loses his shirt. The Mets, dealt into the game five years later, also make a mint. Horace Stoneham is a threat to baseball because he is a terrible businessman. The purpose of baseball is to provide the b est competition you can (at least in the post-1919 era.). Horace doesn't do that. He thinks his team should be used like the Fords use their foundation =-giving charity to whoever needs it. A relative of mine is/ a Giant fan from way back. He loved them, going to Shea whenever the Giants were in town. We would poke fun at him during the glory years of the L.A. Dodgers, telling him that the Giants were always bridesmaids and never brides. He would laugh. and say, "Don't worry. Just wait till next year. Wait till you see who's coming from Phoenix. We just need a shortstop and another pitcher. Just wait." We waited, and so did he. The Giants would get their shortstop ·and their pitcher, but in the process would have to make·some money because the people of San Francisco were tired of waiting for a winning team, so Horace Stoneham sells a second base·man and a catcher. The people of San Francisco are much too impatient for Horace Stoneham. He tells them to wait one more year. They'll even wait five, ten years. But they won't do their waiting in the ballpark. Get them a.winner and then they'll go. Even that doesn't always work-ask Mr. Finley, Horace's next door neighbor.

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MacDonald in cbarge

My ·relative is supposedly still a Giant fan. There are many like him crawling the streets of New York, waiting for Bobby Thomson's ticker-tape parade. They might have to wait forever. Horace sold Bobby Thomson many years ago-for what nobody can recall. He couldn't have received the glory and memories that Thomrnn l?roduced with on�wing of the bat. "When they did that," :said my relative, "My heart sunk. l died."


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Senate Charters Film Cooperative

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according to the Senate By MARY BARSTOW every student The Student Senate, at its c o n�titution Four Pub bartenders were fired is eligible for Tuesday night meeting, chartered organization this week after charges continued the Film charterfng. He also said that when Hamilton-Kirkland to be made by some members of Cooper�tive, and allocated $100 the Senate charters a group it Services A u x i l iar y th e to it. Possible chartering of the gains som_ e control of that group. were Com m i tt ee that they Senate member Phil Montalvo A m e n i c a n d dispensing free beer in direct Kinokunst-Gesellschaft societies said that the Senate would \iolation of their job descriptions. was also discussed, although "examine struc;tural problems", Anne Martin, food services neither group presented a not dictate such· things as director, said s� fired the men, selection of films. constitution for ratification. who were employed by Service "Why should the Senate have Until now, the film societies Systems. have been independent of Senate less confidence in them (the film Karin Keane, co-chairman of societies) than in any other supervision. A.S.C., identified the four In other action, the Senate set group," Schneider said in answer bartenders: Tom Davis, Peter up an ad hoc committee to to the question of financial Forrester, Don Hartman, and Bill investigate existing film societies liability. He pointed out that the Miller. She said that the problem for the purpose of recommending Cooperative�s constitution calls of free beers had been discussed bi-annual statements of structure and-or Senate approval for since November. accounts and said these would be for their being chartered. Martin said that after debated whether an effective check. Senators , complaints were lodged against Abuse of Funds Exagerated chartering the film Cooperative two men reportedly fired, could the bartenders in Novemb,er, she out tree beers." ' Ernie Fung, a Film Cooperative was within the Senate's proper not be reached ,for comment. met with the men and reminded Bartenders Reply jurisdiction. Some believed that leader 1 believes that rumors of Martin said she would meet them that their job descriptions Davis, however, said that the by chartering the group the abuse of funds by film societies in prohibited the free dispensation problem of free beers was today with the two chairmen of Senate accepts responsibility for the past were exaggerated and of beers. •�we thought the exaggerated. "I'm not going to say ASC and Dean of Students R. its actions and finances. They misleading. He said that these Bingham. At that problem has been solved," she I didn't [give out free beers] ... But Gordon questioned the ability - of the allegations should not stop the meeting, the possibility will be said. it was no big deal." from chartering the Senate to effectively oversee the Senate The food services director said Hartman said the firing was discussed of added controls over Cooperative. film society. that she was notified by ASC last "just an excuse to get rid of us." the Pub's bartenders and the Fung added that the Senate Senate Liability week • of increasingly frequent The bartender charged that the institution of a formal manager Mackay "could not gather eviden.ce from Hugh Tr easurer complaints by students that free Auxiliary Services Committee had for the Pub, which now falls expressed concern over the the past record," in deciding beers were again being distributed. unjustifiably blamed a drop in under the auspices of Erwin Senate's liability for debts which whether to support the Film Maclntosh ,_Commons manager for "I spoke to the bartenders. They profits on the bartenders. the Cooperative might incur and Cooperative. Forrester and Miller, the other Service Systems, Martin said. admitted...that they were giving · MacKay also expressed concern suggested that film societies ''should be under a different that chartering the Cooperative would lead to a "rash" of film governing body."' Mackay added that the Senate societies on campus. He said that "cannot accept responsibility if people became dissatisfiep. with By SUSAN MALKIN there e x t e n uat ing problems work themselves out without literally taking over." are present societies they would start Residence circumstances or all the residents given the time, said Eyman. Kirkland The S e na t e m em b er Roger their own, and this could easily Committee's proposals f�r new in her living unit consent that she In addition, explicit housing Schneider said that jurisdiction lead to proliferation. Montalvo rooming and lottery procedures may retain the double-single. If an priorities have been set based on was "no problem" becaus1:_ continued on page ten and new committee policies for upperclassman in the living unit class. year, with seniors granted 1975-76 were passed by the wants the double-single, the the first priority. Returning Assembly at the meeting Monday. freshman is obliged to move out. students will have priority over The most radical change in the According to _Kirkland Dean new students. lottery procedures will be to Jane Poller, this policy has been The amount of room changes The Hamilton Board of Trustees approved last weekend permit any student, regardless of unofficially in operation this made during the course of the a $475 increase in student fees for academic year 1975-76, class year, to bring one {!r two semester. She· said she believed year will depend on the total size the college has announced. friends into any living unit she that letting the individual living of the resident population. The hike represents the largest increase in the last ten chooses, whether the living unit areas decide among themselves is The Residence Committee also be a suite, a half floor or a floor in the most democrad.c way of introduced an amendment to the years, and is a 10.7 per cent rise over this year's charges. a Hamilton dorm. determining who is to live in the Special Interest Housing Program, Overall expenses for students in residene,e and on the The Residence Committee has double-single. w o ul d pr e c l u d e 19-meal plan will be $4900. Tuition rose $350, to which found that the most successful special interest Although this policy was coeducational $3125,board charges rose $75, to $875; and room charges suites were those in which a passed by the Assembly by a vote groups from living in either rose $50, to $650, �l in annual fees. The overall student majority of the occupants had not of 19-1, student representatives at Milbank or B dormitory. This known each other previously, said a meeting afterwards discussed the would comply with state health fee, set at $250 this year, will remain the same next year. Carol Eyman, chairperson of the merit and fairness of such a regulations which require separate Since 1965, charges at Hamilton have risen 84.9 per committee. female bathroom cent; that year, fees were $2650. policy, and some Assembly male • and In the past, a student drawing a representatives suggested that it facilities. ' Suites in these The single most important factor in the rising fees was suite was permitted to fill the be reintroduced for discussion at dormitories have only one the college's decision to raise faculty and staff salaries by entire suite or all four singles with the next Assembly meeting. bathroom connecting two suites. her friends, but students could an average of 10 per cent. A · moratorium on room not choose their neighbors on a changes during the first two weeks dorm half-floor. of each semester has also become The Committee's major policy formal policy, although it was in change will forbid any freshman effect unofficially this semester. whose roomate leaves school to The rationale for this policy is keep the room to herself, unless that many ·initial rooming

Housing Proposals Passed

Hamilton 'Fees Up $475

Glucroft Elected Editor The P ublications Board yes terday eiected Douglas Glucroft editor-in-chief of The

Spectator. Glucroft, who ran unopposed, is currently news editor. Glucroft, a junior, will succ;eed Mitchel Ostrer following spring recess. O st r er, commenting on �,estercfay 's election, said, "I think the paper is in good hands with Doug, and I'll enjoy seeing the light of day on Fridays."

managing Henry Glick editor for two years, said he trusts • that Glucroft will keep up the high editorial standards of former editor Fred Bloch '7 4 and Ostre�. "I have inherited a very good newspaper, and I hope to make it better," said Glucroft.

The �ollege plans to install drainage system to prevent flooding. See page 4.


President Purcell

The Hamilton Student Senate president is charged with leading an organization which has no legislative power over the college. The president is often doomed to frustration when Senate-recommended policy is r�jected or ignored by the faculty and-or administration. Similarly, the president must face increasing disinterest of students in the actual affairs of the college. A successful Student Senate president, then, must be able to both move the faculty and administration. He must also excite the interest of the students in the policy decisions 6f the college which affect them. Most importantly, a Student Senate president must have the imagination arid critical eye to discern those issues confronting the college about which student comment is essential. Bill Purcell, a former senator and chairman of the then-named Studc·nt Rights Committee, app-ears to be that candidate who w]l lead a vital., effective Student Senate. Purcell has demonstrated an understanding of the Hamilton governance structure and the possible means by which student sentiment can be effectively voiced. He has recognized that the Stlldent Senate-can, in defense of its policy recommendation;,, refer to legal decisions regarding civil liberties and the contractual rights of students. Further, Purcell recognizes that the Senate is free to lobby for support, not only its constituents, but among various factions in the Hamilton community. The candidate pointed in interview to a serious failure of the Senate in the past when he stated that the Student Curriculum Committee failed to adequately lobby for those proposals which have been rejected by the Committee on Academic Policy. The aims of the other two candidates, Tim Conner and Phil Mohtalvo, to improve communicatfon between the Senate, and students in an effo rt to improve the effectiveness of the Senate, are worthy. However, both candidates, based upon what they said in their platforms and in interview, take few concrete stands on issues, and thus, seem unlikely to arouse sufficient initial interest in their fellow students.. The Senate president, in the face of frustration and apathy, must carry, prod, and. push the Sen·ate and the student body. He must have a clear and critical view of what the Senate ought to do. Bill PurcelPs principled activism makes him the outstanding candidate for Student Senate president.

Kirkland Housing

The housing policy recently set by the Assembly is\a case in unfair discrimination against freshmen. There seems to be little justification for jeopardizing a freshman's sole possession of her double-sized room which she gains when her roommate happens to leave school or move to another dormitory. In suites, where most upper-classmen live in the secure priacy of single rooms all year, freshmen are usually the only students who must live in a double room. There is no such thing as luck for the freshman who,when she happens to gain full possession of her room, musf then risk losing it to an upper-class suitemate who may have her eye oh a little more square-footage.

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VOLUME FIVE

NUMBER TWENTY

Managing Editor-Henry Glick Erlitor-in-Chief-Mitchel Ostrer News Editor-Do\lgla:; Glucroft Business Manager-Peter Sluys Assistant News Editors Associate Editor Kenneth Gross Liz Barrow Production Manager Susan Malkin Jack Horn9r Robbie Miller Copy Edito·r Editorial Page Editor Felice Freyer Beverly Draudt Technical Manager Arts Editor Mike Bulger David Schutt Photography Editor Assistant Arts Editor David Ashby John Joelson Sports Photography Sports Editor Chip Whitely John Navarre

'HELLO, FATHER? l'VE CHAN6fD MY MIND ABOUf MEDIC/IV�, 1 On Giring About Quality ... and Grades

· Letters to the Editor<

In Defense of the Provost

�Jc,vs Assistant-John McNeel Spurt s-A ssistants-Hoh M cCormick, D avid W ollm an Arts Assistant-Peggy Dills Photography Sta'ff Guy Arcidiacano, Bob Dolan, Philip Morris, Joel Stern, Dan Barry·· Make-up Assistants- Tom B eck, Sarah M cG regor Pr1,duction Assistants-Mary Barstow, Chris Cahill, Anita Curtis, Tamar (;old, Kevin McDonough, JoAnn Mort, Wendi Pashman Assistant Business Managers • Geoffrey E. Lawrence, Jim McManus, William D. Underwood, Andy Wilson To the Editor, Business Staff Steve Brennen, Cliff D.avis Provost Lewis On .2-27-75 The Publications Board publishes The Spectator, a newspaper edited by look time off from his busy students, 28 times during the academic year. Suhscriptions: $7.00 per year. scheduJe to lecture to the Address': Box 83, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York. 13323. Letters to the Economics 19-145 class. The editor must be si_•gned, hu! names will he_ wi�hheld ·i,;:><J� re,�l"�st. • · �974 hy the Trustees of Hatnilton'Collcge _topic we were covering at that 1 J.L.., ...........•........'--'-U..J-:..' --:•...;;..• ,.____.....,.,_._.___,'-'--'"-'-�'-'-·�...· ..._ ...-:�-·--.:.. ·-·::..·J.L.:..' ,:.';.'--i�•ttm'e t,'i'l·W� 11 L'the 6 )Ji;·1 c�yb�rrk,qi c .1..· ..:.•..:.... •

more?'' (P. 50). The answer is YES. But the search for quality is not synomymous with consistently poor grades. Quality is finding and realizing the excellence of the work and grading accordingly. �ore than once I saw the comment, "Excellent work, B-". If the quality of the student at Hamilton is what it is proclaimed to be, then no excuse exists for the continued pattern of poor grades. All Hamilton pre-laws and pre-meds · will continue to face insurm ou ntable problems in gaining admission unless grades are made more realistic. The continued elitist and snobbish attitude of the administration and faculty in failing to realize that high quality applicants can come from schools besides the Ivy's and

Little Ivy's is nothing more than a continuing grand delusion. With 10-30 students applying for each available position at any law or medical school, it is unrealistic to b e l i e ve that any of their admissions officers are goil}g to take the time to learn or care about Hamilton's grading curve. Since grades and boards are the only criteria that these officers have upon which they can make pre lim inary decisions, most Hamilton applicants start with at least one foot in the grave. These graduate schools can fill th eir entire class with students whose applications are far superior, at least on paper, to those which can be presented by most Hamilton students. The statistics presented by the pre-law and pre-1p.ed advisor y boards f u r ther delude the administration. Until last year, no central pre-law advisory system existed and even with the system, not all of those who applied are accounted for. The pre-med system is even more self deluding. While 50 -60% of all pre-meds who do apply are accepted, this figure does not reflect all those w ho are advised not to apply 'or changed To the Editor: Description of the Organization their career goals on their own Robert Loughrey's letter which · Unit. Provost Lewis' �bjective was because they realize that applying appeared in last week's issue of to describe the homeostat of woulcl be futile. I 'know of s everal The Spectator gave the false and Hamilton College. people who did not apply or unfair interpretation of Gene Unfortunately, at least one applied to qther programs simply, misunderstood because their grades were not Lewis's guest lecture in Systems student, R.L., Planning class on 2-25- 75. Both some ot the Provost's comments competitive. If there is a lesson to b'e learned the spirit and the actual words of as demonstrated in his letter to the statements the provost made the Editor which appeared on from Watergate, it is that ignoring on that· occasion preduded the March 7. In his letter, Mr. or lying about a problem will not image • of an "egotistical, Loughrey referred to the "Mean make it go away; it will only make dictatorial and unresponsive" G e n e" approach to the it worse. The problem will continue to grow· until the system attitude. If anything, Mr. Lewis administration of Hamilton. encouraged student participation Let it be clear that the Provost totally collapses on those who the a c t u a l propogate it. Now is the time for in the administration and explained structure of Harniton's administration and expressed his disappointment i n adm inistrative not seeing students on committees Hamilton College emphasizing the faculty to come down off the Hill which require students as standing College's collegial style of and take a look at reality instead members. He gave the Bookstore management as well as the of continually proclaiming their Committee as an example. In an College's non-profit status. By the moral, ethical, and intellectual attempt to account for students' Provost's voluntary participation integrity and superiority. Merely apathy toward administrative in that class, he showed his inflating grades for the sake of matters the provost postualted willingness to be open with the · raising averages is not the only such students, encouraging them to a n s w e r . 'However, u n le s s that the reason for non-involvement was apparently learn more about the College's something is done t o mak e app lica nt s more the irrelevance of such matters to internal workings rather than H a m ilton students. What probably has led . managing from behind a closed competitive, the situation will · Mr . L o u g h r e y· continue to deteriorate to the to a door. Andrzej S: Targowski d is a d v a n t a g e of Gene misunderstanding of d es erving Visiting Associate ·Professor students. Lewis's message seems to lie in the of Mathematics Fred Hirsh '74 realm of semantics. Mr. Lewis did . in fact say "you do your thing, we do ours," but in the overall context of the lecture this was a statement denoting the actual state of events and not an authoritative "should" statement. Nick Bums, Broker Hamilton '46 Engin Kevenk '7 5 To the Editor: O n c e a ga i n, . t h e g r ade controversy is raging at Hamilton. This c�ntroversy will continue until the administration and faculty take affirmative action to remedy the situation. The belief held by Hamilton students that Hamilton is one of the lowest grading schools in . America is no longer mere belief. In the July l, 1974 issue of Newsweek, . an article appeared concerning college grade inflation. A ft er a discussion of the phenomenon which occurred at almost all colleges, ·one small, college in upstate New York was mentioned as a school which had resisted the trend, my alma mater. In the article, former Dean, Stephen Kurtz, stated, " .•.doesn't the world care about quality any

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o the Editor: This is a follow up for you and the Spectator on the Mama Rosa story. The check I sent, which was kept a surprise, was presented to Rosa and the kids on Christmas day during dinner by a mutual friend. I imagine that some people at KC and HC have been wondering why they didn't hear about any response from Rosa about the money. That is the reason. Mail between here and Mexico is incredibly slow during this time of year. Enclosed is a letter she wrote for the Spectator. I would greatly appreciate it if you would please print it. Good luck this semester and in the future. Lisa Blank Dear Lisa: Before anything else, I want to apologize for not having written sooner. I had a series of problems th�t kept me terribly occupied. Now, everything is back to normal (if that is possible with so many kids) so here I am writing these lines to say hello and to thank you for everything you, and y ou r yo u r . f r i e n d s schoolmates have done for "La Gran Familia". Ana spent Christmas with us and brought the check, clippings

In Case of Fire

Professor Putala on Pre-professionalism

about the dance, and love from all To the Editor: I write to clarify some of you. ¥-6u can'·t imagine how moved statements in Mary Barstow;s w/ all are, since it is obvious that article of 7 March p.5 concerning your affection for us took root pre-med and 'pre-professional' and was not just a passing thing. education at Kirkland lest your Tell your collaborators that I, r e a d e r s e rr o ne o u s f or m as well as all my children, was i m p r essions about Kirkland's impressed with the work, effort history and policy in that regard. and dedication they showed. But Mary reports that "...emphasis even more impressive was what it was not placed on pre-professional r ep r e s ented the' coming education at Kirkland" in its together of human beings within earliest years. This statement is your com m unity, and the --false. From the very beginning the stretc;hing of that spirit all the Science Division clearly stressed a way out to Zamora . I think it wa� p r e-professional emphasis for a good lesson for our town science concentrators, exempting (Zamora) which, thanks to you them from core requirements in arid your father's article, finally awoke from its long lethargy. We've made a hell of a lot of new friends, and the house now To the Editor: runs on a new calendar: "Before The Recycling Committee is the article and your_ dance", and r es u m ing paper, glass, and "After the article and the dance." aluminum recycling. We can only My children are as charming as take bundled newspapers and ever and fatter, and ! ...happy to magazines, and they should be left have them! in the laundry rooms at Kirkland Lisa, once again I want to and in the designated entrances to thank you and your pals for your the -Hamilton dorms. efforts, solidarit� and affection Glass will be collected· on the for "La Gran Familia". third Saturday of each month For you, your family and (beginning April) at the B Dorm companions, our love and and Dunham parking lots. The friendship. glass should be separated by color, Kisses, La Gorda and all metal must be removed, from it. Labels do not have to be removed.

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science in order to free I their much of the need' for translating schedules for programs in science evaluations. into grades without . at Hamilton. In proof of this I cite explaining that Kirkland science the following: one of the first (if concentrators are given grades in not the first) applicants for their biology, chemistry, math, admission to the charter class was geology and physics courses. a successful ,chemistry major; in Thus, transcripts for medical and class K i rkland o t h er sam e that pr o f e s s i onal s c h o ol graduated her first M.D., 'an applications are not seriously outstanding biology major; math encumbered by the need for and botany majors as well have evaluation translation. gone on to graduate school in E.C. Putala accordance with these divisional Prof. of Botany recommendations. The record u n equivocally p roves t h e Editor'sN-0te: quotation that Kirkland in its - It should be made clear that the earliest years "...was not in a good statements to which Professor Putala situation w i t h e s t a b l i shed refers were made by and attributed to · al schools" to be Kirkland faculty members. Mary pr of esswn Barstow , quoted Science Division misconstrued or inaccurate. The Chairperson Nadine George as saying policy . of the Science Division on Kirkland was "not in a good situation this matter remains unchanged with established medical schools." Dean of Academic Affairs and the "new joint biology Assistant Ruth Rinard and George both said that program'' is c<;msistent with it. emphasis was not placed on Furthermore,, the article made pre-professional education at Kirkland.

Letters Continued Aluminum can be left in the marked bags in the Kirkland dorm laundry rooms. Be sure that you are not turning in bi-metal cans. Some cans have aluminum sides and tin tops and bottoms. Aluminum cans have rounded bottoms and side seams.

We will be holding a meeting for anyone interested in working with EECHK, the environmental organization, on Monday, March 17 at 8 pm on the 3rd floor of Bristol. Bo_bby Pelz '7 Bob Sollinger '7 5

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although recently it has only been To the Editor: We are in agreement with Dean locked from the outside. We Bingham, who stated in last appreciate the dilemma o. f Service week's Spectator that "there is a Systems, which is concerned with feeling that ther couldn't be a real limiting the access ·of s�udents not fire disaster here." However, we on the meal plan to 'the dining find that feeling to be less halls, but we also appreciate our By PETER SLUYS predominant in the student body right to be .protected by fire laws. advocacy always sounds ' like so many pretty than in the administration. We are - We trust that no tragedy must Editor's note-This speech, newly revised, was delivered last particularly concerned with the occur before this situation is year by the author. It is to be read as a speech, not an articl;., -� platitudes strung together for the approval of a The next twu decades will determine the fate ot' public attracted to glittering generalities. situat ion i n Commons and recognized and remedied. Yet, we cannot afford to avoid the call; there's McE we n d i ning h a l l s . 'A t Nancy Rapp '75 civilization. Every era has had problems, but our era an east wind corning, and many of us will wither in Commons, where from three to Jackie Landau '75 has problems out at interest, compounded daily. Perhaps the most pressing- problem we fate now is its blast, but it is our duty to assure that some four hundred are served lunch lack of leadership-the world· over, the great men survive. Two hundred years ago, patriot leader D r. each day, with as many as several have vanished, and the people are unsure of their Joseph Warren remembered the Boston Massacre hundred present at one time, one future. with these words: "I mourn over my bleeding do orway, which is partially To the Editor: That great leader, the Duke of Wellington, said has Parenthood P lanned country, and deeply resent the injuries she has blocked by a checker's table, received from the hands of cruel and unreasonable serves as both entrance and exit. announced that they will not be that "Waterloo was won on the playing fields of men. But it was a maxim of the Roman In McEwen the· problem is less holding clinics here next year Eton." I submit that our civilization will be won or pr°inounced,' because although since they have other more lost on the campuses of Clinton, and their sister people...never to despair of the commonwealth. Our country is in danger, but not to be despaired of. nearly as many are served, out of pressing responsibilities in the schools throughout the world. The future .is being three entrance-exits, only one is community and feel that they decided today-today our determine the future. The But...o'n you depend the fortunes of America. You are to decipe the important questions, on which rest kept locked. Each of the available could be of more service in a question is this: will we rule the future,by becoming the happiness and liberty of millions yet unborn. exits is, however, again partially different environment. For that leaders today, and· selflessly give of ourselves for blocked. by a checker's table. It reason many of the students will others benefit? This is the awful need; we must be Act worthy of yourselves." Warren, in language far surpassing mine, has said should be noted that at McEwen be turning to us for the service willing to undergo the profound moral fatigue of it .all. We are to "act wortl)y of ourselves," and so one of the doorways open at luch that Planned Parenthood has the supremely responsible man. We are faced with critical events, which we cannot read superficially, turn the tides of history. We can start today, by is often chained at dinner, provided. It is our plan to prescribe and and then pass over: failure to act now costs us the supporting Hamilton and Kirkland financially, by make available all the standard future. dropping our apathy on the Hill, and by extensively materials and-There is no use in studying law, if the legal contraceptive recruiting prospective students for admission while devices except the interuterine system is heading for collapse: politics for personal on term breaks. It is not much, but our united To the Editor: device. Tiiis would be done after gain is also circumscribed; but these careers are action will have great effects, both in helping these I am currently serving as a the student has filled in - an useful if they are dedicated to public service. colleges and aiding humanity by producing men and Teaching F ellow at Athens individual The concept of public service has been used as health has from, women of proven leadership ability. The time is College, a private primary and attended an instructional period, mouthwash' by politicians for so long that its now; will we "act worthy of ourselves?" secondary school for Greek boys and has been seen during regular located in a suburb of Athens, clinic hours for a routine Greece. Hamilton's connection gynecological examination by one with Athens College has b�en one of the ·college health physicians. A By STEPHEN ·PERCY of long standing, and many recent P ap smear would be part of this Ham i l t o n g ra duat es h a v e examination and the charge for For the past six months the Honor Court has take-homes shall be treated as other outside papers. p ar ticipated in the Teaching the Pap smear would be the only been involved in a comprehensive review and Self-plagiarism, the submission of one pie_ce of Fellow program here. cou'rse work in two courses without specific one that the student would have revision of the Honor System Constitution. We h�ve This letter has been prompted to bear. Supplies and devices finally prepared a new draft of the Constitution permission, is prohibited under the revised rules. by a feeling on my part, which is would be supplied from the which is printed in this issue of The Spectator. Soon O t h e r i m portant p.arts of the current shared by my colleagues from Health Service at near cost. It is after the spring break both the student body and C o n s t it ution have not been changed. The Princeton, Amherst and Williams, estimated that die slight markup faculty will be asked to ratify this revised membership of the Honor Court has not been t h a t t h e p r o g r a m w a s would take care of the entire cost Constitution, which if passed will take effect at the changed, although the selection of alternates and misrepresented to me in New of the contraceptive program so beginning of the next academic year. the filling of vacancies have been clarified. The York prior to my acceptance of that it would be self-sustaining The basic changes made in the current penalty structure likewise remain� basically the fellowship, and that this and the students not participating Constitution concern a clarification of student right unchanged. For a first offense the penalty must misrepresentation has resulted in a would not have to support it with and procedures. In Article 4. for example, in the pertain to the course in which the offense \-Vas fair amount of disappointment in their health fees except indirectly new Constitution the procedures for investigation committed; for a second offense expulsion or and disenchantment with both the as they support the Health and hearings- concerning reported Honor Code suspension may be given. Teaching Fellow program and Service. It is also felt that there is violations are clearly specified. According to the The basic changes in this revised Constitution Athens College. then regard the clarification of Honor Court adequate time and very adequate revised Constitution each student who is accused An y Hamilton studen,t or facilities procedures and of students rights. All of-the changes within the regular shall have the rights to preserit evidence, to bring in graduate who has applied or is framework of the clinic and that a witnesses and to question the person who brought from our perspective improve t.he students' relation contemplating applying for a specific clinic would not be evidence against him. Article of the revis�d to the Court. In no way has the Constitution been Teaching Fellowship at Athens needed at this time since it would Constitution clearly outlines the case review and made harsher. College is invited to contact me at require more clinic hours and appeal procedures. Every convicted student shall Both faculty and student input were involved in the address given below for a more time on the part of the have the right to appeal his case before the this revision effort. Through a student questionnaire candid discussion of the school personnel. If, however, µie load of Academic Council if he is dissatisfied with the we were able to assess student opiniol)s and and the program, which I fear he' contraceptive services became so Honor Court decision. reactions to the Honor System By a substantial will not get otherwise. Another area of important clarification concerns majority the student body favored retention of this great that the other students Larry Wingert, '74 could not be seen properly, then a the distinction between in-class examinations and system. We feel this revised Constitution will greatly Athens College special clinic would have to be take-home examinations. Under the current improve the operation of the Honor Court. We hope P.O. Box 5 considered. But this is �ot Constitution no distinction is made between these you will read over the text of the new Constitution, Psychico, ·Athens anticipated at the- present time .. two types of exams. In the revised document, and we further hope you will approve it in the � Greece • . _ -s::o tinu,ed on o e. four •� , .speqij5 rules shall _govern .Jn�class _ex.ams wher��s '_, .rek-r�um to_b� held in upcoming �v.t"ets. _ _ _ . ' -

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PUBLICATIONS BOARD INVITES COMMENT

Any person who wishes to comment on any campus publica.tion is invited to contact the Publications Board. The Board consists of two administration, two faculty, and three student representatives from each campus plus editors of the various publications. For more information contact Harold W. Bogle x7497.

. UJ/lege to Build Drainage· System

Those big puddles that collect t h e n e ar S c i e n ce Building-sometimes, regardless of "the weathe-r-might so.on finally disappear if the drainage system ADMISSIONS INTERN to be constructed this spring by Any member of the Class of '76 or '77 intereste.n in working as the college works. a student mtem in the Hamilton College Office of Admi_ssion is As soon as the ground thaws, asked to leave hisi name with Mrs. Croop, no later than Friday, · the college will begin work on a .\.pril 11. Ann6uncement of the. appointment will be made by project designed to make travel mid-l\Iay. HUMANE SOCIETY around the · wes_t quadrangle (the Complaints about isbehaving animals should be sent via campus one surrounded by the Science, mail to Alexandra Coursen or to Phil Hayes. Owners of unregistered Building, Alumni Gym, Chemistry animals may be subject to fines if they fail to register their animals Building, the back of Root Hall, with the Humane Society by Monday, March 17. Legislation pending and Carnegie Dormitory) drier a.t both Hamilton and Kirkland impose mandatory fines upon and easier. owners who fail to comply with registration regulations. Included in The ground will be dug up the legislation is a bounty system whereby those who report along the eastern side of the unregistered animals to the Humane Society receive part of the fine quadrangle, and catchbasins will paid by the owner of the unregistered animal. be installed which will collect the run-off after rainfalls and SELF-HELP PROGRAM snowfalls. The catchbasins will be The Health Center is also starting a student volunteer self-help connected by piping, and will program. The student will be involved interviewing and helping in education sessions. Men are strongly urged to participate. Any , allow the water to be diffused under the quadrangle. student interested please contact Martha Freymani;i (853-2391) or New curbing will be put along Phil Montalvo (859-4921). the road, and next year, according BIOETHICS WORKSHOP to Provost Eugene Lewis, the A Bioethics Workshop will be held Friday, April 11 and Saturday, college will install more .\.pril 12 at Utica College. Discussion sections as well as seminars by catchbasins on the other side of noted lecturers will be held. Kirkland is one of the sponsoring the eastern ·road around the quad institutions. Any student or faculty member interested in helping and will then pave the whole road. with the workshops or in attending, please contact Linda Birnbaum Lewis hopes the college will by campus mail. complete the first phase of the job SOPH CONCENTRATION DECLARATIONS by Commencement. J Sophomores must declare concentrations during April 7-11. Tb do so, they should consult their present advisor, who will have the * * -* appropriate· form, and file the completed concentration from in the Hamilton is moving ahead with registrar's office. ,For pre- registration April 15-22 sophomores two projects that will improve and will be advised by faculty members in the department of their expand living quarters for concentration. students according to Provost URGENT NOTICE Eugene Lewis. of the Social Sciences Oivision The Reappointment Committee The Wallace House, the of Kirkland College has denied Sandy Demyer-Gapin· tenure.' If Tudor-style house between Psi you have concern and interest in fighting this•· c!ecision on Sandy's Upsilon and Delta Kappa Epsilon behalf, please come to the Red Pit on Sunday,March l6 at9 p.m. If you are unable to make this meeting and are still interested in helping) please call Valerie Okun at x4429, Meg Newman x4456 , or CORRECTION Leslie Loomis x7396 as soon as possible. In the M arch 7 is su

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Lipmann Awarded NEH Fellowship Stephen Lipmi[nn, assistant traditions into written works of prpfessor of literature at Kirkland, literature. has been awarded the Fellowship He plans to use this in Residence for College· Teachers independent research and ·seminar fromthe National Endowment for study to develop a . course for the Humanities, and will be on Kirkland on the relationship leave from Kirkland next year to between ritual and plays. study at Johns Hopkins The fellowship is · meant to University. provide the opportunity for He will parti<:ipate in a seminar college professors to do in written and oral traditions in independent study and research Spanish literature. and to provide experience that Lipmann will also do will feed into teaching, said independent research comparing Lipmann. Spanish Golden Age literature and Lipmann was chosen for this Shakespeare, and examining the program from a group of analogy b et w e e n t he candidates with both junior and incorporation �f ritual elements senior faculty status, and into sophisticated_ works of drama according to President Babbitt, it and the incorporati?n of oral is very unusual for someone so young to be selected.

below Bristol, will be renovated to a c c om odat e a p p r o x i mately twenty students. The building, the residence of f or mer Vi ce-President · for Development Albert Wallace, was damaged by a fire in May 1973. Since that time, according to Lewis, vandals have further destroyed the structure. The renovation project will cost about $160,000, said Lewis. There will be no eating facilities in the building after the renovation, the provost said. The Wallace House renovation is expected to be completed by January 1976. Lewis said that the additional housing the Wallace House will provide will facilitate further renovation of Dunham Dormitory in the future "to make the place livable." In other action, the college has allocated $148,000 to install ne w pipes and bathroom plumbing fixtures in Carnegie Dormitory. The work in Carnegie will be done this summer.

Lieberman is preparing job descriptions of the occupations to provide · students with an "up-t o -date rundown" on developments and openings in the career of .their choice. A1so, three seminars on law, business, and communication conducted by alunini are being scheduled for after spring vacation, and - the Career Center plans to hold at least eight seminars with alumni next year. The center also is planning "career days" for next year, a program in which students will visit an alumnus in a city of interest. Some , alumni h ave expressed interest in a "resident extern" program w�ereby alumni would host students in their homes for about a week to give the student a complete picture of the lifestyle of a given career. Kinne! hopes to improve both Hamilton's reputation and the Hamilton students' chances in medical school admissions by bringing alumni to visit the campus and sending students to * * * visit the schools with which the A network of Hamilton alumni alumni are associated. who will serve as information and "Our purpose is twofold," contacts either with medical Kinne! said. "First, to make schools or in the job market is known the current situation at being set up by the Career Center Hamilton and second, to bring and Dean Robin Kinne�, the specific students to the atten tion pre-med advisor. The program is of specific medical schools." an outgrowth of the Student Kinne! held one alumni Service Committee of the Alumni seminar with students this year, Council, a committee created last which he said was poorly year to aid students with their attended. However, he is planning post-college career choice. many more seminars for next year The C¥'eer Center, which and hopes to more fully utilize concentrates on recruiting the the alumni network. services of alumni who can WILLIAM HELMER provide leads into job openings, has received responses from 20 per cent (1,400) of the 7,000 CLASSIFIED e of The alumni who were contacted, Spectator, und e r th e h e adline according to Bunny Lieberman, "Kirkland Pre-Meds Fac e Problems, director of the Career Center. Eas i e r Circumstances for Pre-Laws " am trying out for a (page 5), it was erroneously reported Kinne} is seeking the aid of semi professional soft ball -team, that 9 of 11 pre--law stud ents have been alumni who can .facilitate the and I need volunteers to throw, acc e pted this ye ar. The story should have r ead that 9 of l1 wer e acce pted · placement of Hamilton students hit, and catch · at any time. in medical schools, and 50 of the Anybody welcome into law s chools last ye ar. The Please call acceptances ar e not as yet d efinite for ·400 alumni he contacted were Meg Newman at 4456. this year. willing to· participate in the program.

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continued from page three Charges for contraceptive material and devices will be placed on the student's bills.[See price schedule below) A bi-monthly instructional session is planned. This will be done by the Health Center nurses and also by the volunteers who

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School Song 'Carissima' Sparks Grammar DebCJte

By BOB GRIEVES is haunting specter A Hamilton, the specter of grammatical revolt, for a problem of perplexing singularity has been brewing within the "Letters" section of the Hamilton Alumni R�view since the Summer 1973 issue. The problem involves a verb in the college song "Carissima," authored . by former J;>resident Melan-cthon Woolsey Stryker. "This whole affair is getting out of hand," exclaimed Public Rel ations Director George Newman, editor -of the Alumni Review. "I'm closing down the dialogue with our next issue." Leslie Moore, '24, wrote . a letter printed in the Summer 1973 Review in which he objected to the singular verb of the first line-"Dear is thy homestead, glade and glen." Moore moved that a plural verb be inserted: "Dear are thy homestead, glade

and glen." His suggestion did not go unheeded. Loyal to the Cause Pollution, war, economic recession and civil strife pl ag ue our globe, but Hamilton's loyal alumni took up Moore's gauntlet immediately. Henry Harlan, '53, wrote in the Winter.1974 issue of the Review: and ' B e tw e e n glad e glen there's no comma. So how many simp.le subjects are there in our complete subject-one (h o m e st ead) or three {homestead, glade, glen?) If there are three, they should, of course, take the verb are instead of is, unless the three nouns, together with ·and, really form ONE singular subject, like "Bailey, Bands andl -Biddle." ' (Dear, 0 Phiadelphia, is thy Bailey, ._ Banks and Biddle. De'ar, 0 Carissima,' "is thv homestead.

CARISSIMA Dear is thy homeland, glade a�d glen, Fair is the light that crowns thy brow; Gather we close to thee ag�n, / Mother of loyal, steadfast men, Our own sweet Lady thou! O�r own sweet Lady thou! Melancthon Woolsey Stryker CLASS OF 1872

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glade and glen...") ....Our glade and glen is either locative or appositive. Three other alumni also attempted to scale the empyrea� heights of rhetoric in the same issue. One alumnus proved once again that brevity is the soul of wit. Wrong is thy Leslie, grad and friend .... • · . (AP) Positiv�ly, Paul B. Boehm, '46. A Cause C�lebre Never one to let his pen lay idle, Moore bounced back with a rejoinder in the Spring 1974 issue. The verbal debate by this time had beeome something of a cause celebre within the pages of the Review. Moore proposed that the singular be retained, but that a footnote be added, explaining the appositive theory expounded by Harlan 'and others, so that "lesser breeds from academic homesteads elsewhere" could not accuse Hamilton of grammatical laxity .. Moore added thoughtfully that the footnote be set to music. The Fall 1974 issue of the Review carried the . dialogue somewhat beyond the sublime. Harlan objected to the analogy of Bailey, Banks and Biddle to a law firm: Though he did, I deplore, ignore my store, I adore Mr. Moore, whose epistles, for sure, never bore. Skinner Mediates As if that were not enough, Psychologist B. F. S'krnner, '26, swept up by the muddy waters of own offered his faction, prognosis: Has anyone thought of comRaring Prexy Stryker's Lath� version?

Melancthon Woolsey Stryker Cara sylvestris sedes stet. It is pretty clear th�t "glade and glen" is going the work of the adjective sylvestris and is · proh.ibly in apposition. · H erl!y F. Schoenflin '22. offered another note of reason: "It seems to me that Carissima is poetry and not prose. Therefore, the use of � should be considered poetic license." Several faculty members were asked their opinion: is or are? Mr. Wagner of the English Department at first allowed: "I'd •use 'is' jf 'glade and glen' were in

apposition." He theJl looked up homestead in the dictionary, found that not only the home itself, but the trees and land about the house are included in the definition of homestead, and said: "If 'glade and glen' were set off by a dash (Dear is thy homestead-glade and· glen) then it would work." Mr. Wagner paused a moment. "Why don't you ask Mr. Mar.ki?" he said. Dean Lindley '42, chose not to address the problem directly. "I don't even sing the song. I despise it. I think it's a dreadful song with Freudian overtones."

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Evelyn Education Hendricks, stresses that students majoring in education must be able to demonstrate certain specified c l a s s r oom skills, including evidence that they have established communication with their own pupils" �inor Changes The changes this progr�.m will

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Food Plan Modified; Sarn_e System By GUY ARCIDIACONO Service Systems will continue to provide food services to Hamilton and Kirkland students next year, although the colleges had considered bids from other food firms, according to Hamilton Dean of Students R. Gordon Bingham. Bingham sajd that of the companies with which the colleges Service negotiated, Systems offered "the best deal in terms of cost and quality." The other food c onsidered included firms Greyhound, Saga, and In_terstate. The colleges have agreed in principle on some financial details of the new food contract but contract talks will not be complete for several weeks, according to Bingham and William Jamison, Kirkland acting director of institiutional affairs. Board1 costs for Hamilton students have risen $37.50 per semester; the Kirkland price has not yet been decided. Ann l\lartin, director of food services, said there would be a change in the present meal plan option. Students on the IO-meal plan will be able to choose any ten meals each week, and this new plan would operate with a ticket system. Also, more students will be allowed the IO-meal option. Under the current plan, students on the IO-meal plan must restrict themselves to either breakfast and dinner or lunch and dinner, Mondays through Fridays. Changes in the steak-night and special night meals are being considered. This year's contract

Storing Service Systems food. provided for six specials plus a steak night every two weeks. A proposal to abolish steak-night, replace it with nin� special nights, with steak occasionally offP.re,d, is being considered. "There are some people who feel that if they could get a special a month- and have a really good steak or the special, that would be preferable," Bingham said. · Karin Keane '77, chairman of the Kirkland Food Committee urged students to take an interest in _the quality of food se�ice they are receiving, and to express their dissatisfaction1 The ·Food Committee meets with Ann Martin Wednesdays at noon in McEwen dining hall,. and the meetings are open. Both Martin and �ingham.

_Heated Competition Signals Clinton Mayoralty Electi()n By STEFFI KALMIN

In the eighteen years that

Harlan Lewis, Mayor of Clinton, has been in office, he has been opposed for re-election once, and that ·was quite a while ago. This �1arch 17, the voters of Clinton will go to the ;:>011 s �d chose among three candidates. Why the sudden interest? "I don't know why," said Mayor Lewis, "there are no real issues." A motive he suggested was publicity. Opponent Brewerton Clarke could not be reached for comment but Gordon Jeffer,y had ample reasons· for entering the mayoralty race. Voter apathy and the lack of people working together were mentioned as two problems he hoped to cure. Figures for last year's election, Jeffery estimated, at about 32 votes and he pointed out that people 1300 approximately registereq this year as compared to 400 in the last ele,ction. ·

"I'm voting for the first time," admitted Robert Kinne, head of the Chamber of Commerce. The several changes that Jeffery sees necessary include transportation for senior citizens and a more accessible link between the town and its citizens. The Village Clerk's Office is """ . closed during lunch hour, the only-­ time, he feels, that working people are able to come in. Proposed, . along with more practical hours, is a bi-weekly G r i e v ance The D a y. transportation system provided by

the Utica Bus Lines is, in Jeffery's terms, "bad and infreguent." According to his figures, it would cost the town $3,000 less and pe more practical to start a van between Clinton and Ne\\'. Hartford. Jeffery has always resided in Clinton and is a graduate o"f Utica College with a bachelor's degree in Political Science. He has spent the past few years working for his father, an attorney. Courier Endorsement A member of numerous committees and organizations, including the Alumni Council of Hamilton College and the Community Relations Committee, headed by Kirkland Public Relations Director Cheryl Daly, Mayor Lewis has the experience of nine consecutive terms behind him as well as the Clinton Courier's endorsement. In the past eighteen years, Mayor Lewis said, five new homes have been built, three fire trucks purchased, and a new sewage treatment plant has be�n constructed. An attempt has been made to make the bus schedule and rates more attractive to the villagers. When asked to predict the outcome, Mayor Lewis would only ventu:re to say, "I expect a large turnout,"and "you never know which way they'll vote." '.

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Hamilton's grade distribution is and B end of the scale. For close to the norm of that of instance, Dartmouth College, in comparable colleges, according to the 675-699 SAT range, showed following distribution: findings· in analyzing grade t h e %B-40.1, %C-15), distributions for 27 private liberal %A-4l.l, arts colleges released to The %D-.2, %F-0. (The data is taken Spectator by the Dean of Bates from �enior's grades for the spring term.) College. Additionally, a 'study of No Reason Cit ed Hamilton's grade distributions for The study of Hamilton College the past four years compiled by grades which showed the shifting Hamilton Associate Dean Robin distributions of A's and C's also Kinne! shows that the percentage indicated that the average grade of A's has risen from I 7 to 25 per has risen on 1.3 percentage points cent and the distribution of C's in the four-year period, from 82.2 has fallen from '26 to 20.8 'per to 83.5.' ,.-cent between 1971 and 1974. Kinne} was unable to name a · The Bates report would seem specific reason for· the increasing to belie the sentiment among distribution of A's but said it was many students on the Hill that not the result of a planned effort. compare "Rather grades H amilton's than saying they're u n favorabl y w it h o th er inflating, we could say they're comparable institutions. ' The floating up," he said with a percentages in the report were chortle. based on a whole grade scale of encouraged students to bring A,B,C,D,. and F. K innel on Grades complaints to the dining hall Dean Kinnel refrained this managers and agreed that the Service Systems Staff are week from making any judgement receptive to student opinion. The of Hamilton's standing compared Five Hamilton and Kirkland managers are Walter Roberts at ·to · the other institutions on the students finished in the· top half McEwen, Erwin McIntosh at report saying, "I would like to let o f som e student L,159 Commons, Richard Abduo at the figures speak for themselves." representatives from 374 schools He placed possible blame for who participated in the 35th Bundy and Mike Ellis, a floating the common student sentiment annual William Lowell · Putnam manager. Bundy dining hall will continue that Hamilton's grades are off-par M�thematical competition, while , to operate without change. on an "information vacuum. , Hamilton's three man team Although Bundy has a capaci.ty of Also, the immense comp�tition ranked 113 out of 306 teams graduate school spots, entered, the Mathematics 200 it serves approximatley 150 for at dinner and little more than 70 especially in pte-med, could cause Department has announced. a student to rationalize that a at lunch. In order, the colleges' top five In reference to continuing poorer grade distribution is at · finishers were Chak Yuen Tso, student dissatisfaction with food fault. Richard Harry Familetti, Kinne} also cited figures on the Klapper, Erica Flappan, and service, Bingham said, "People have to recognize that they can't repovt for institutions in higher Snaebjorn Fridriksson. please people all the time. It's not SAT ranges, that generally show The Putnam competition, a six 1 greater percentag� weight at the A hour examination, began in 1938. going to be like home." •

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Seven Hamilton Faculty·· Members Awarded Fellowships

By TOM GREENWOOD Se v e n faculty Hamilton members - fo4r of whom are tenured, and three of whom are not have been awarded fellowships to further their scho 1 ar l y interests during academic year 1975-76. The four tenured faculty who received fellowships, Associate Professor of Art Rand Carter, Professor of German Thomas Colby, Professor of Government Landon ' G., Rockwell, and Professor of Geology David Hawley. Receiving. Margaret Bundy Scott Fellowships for non-tenured faculty are Assistant Professor of English John O'Neill, Associate Professor of History James Traer,

Hamilton Promotions

Assistant Professor of History James F. Traer has been granted tenure by Hamilton, and has received a.pto�otion to assod,ate professor of history. Traer who also serves as pre-law advisor was the only faculty member up for tenure this year at Hamilton. received who Fac u l ty promotions this year are the following: From associate professor to professor: Associate Professor of Classics J arnes Steele Allison Cunningham, Associate Professor of French J arnes B. Davis, Associate Professor of Psychology George A. Gesheider, and Associate Professor of Speech Warren E. Wright. From assistant professor to associate professor: Assistant Professor of English Ivan Marki, Assistant Professor of Spa�ish Jeremy T. Medina, Assistant Professor of Physics Peter J. Millet, Assistant Professor of History James F. Traer, and Assistant Professor of Russian David N. Young.

of . looked 1.4 billion years ago. He Professor Assistant and will leave after first semester. Psychology Jonathan Vaughan. Both types of fellowships pay During the first two months of his full salary fo,r one semester of half leave, Hawley will study west Texas and southern New Mexico salary for a full academic year. The plans to hire (or already area with the hope of "using it as h i r e d) has t e m p o r a r y a natur.al laboratory for winter replacements for Carter, Colby, study projects of the future." The Geology Department is Rockwell, Hawley, and Vaughan. The. history department is not now advertising for a one semester seeking a replacement for Traer in appointment who will teach and historical his absence, nor is the English paleontology geology. department for O'Neill. Colby will spend the full year Berlin, London Each professor scheduled to go at half salary doing research in on leave already has plans to fill Cambridge, Mass_ and Tubingen, his time. Ci:trter plans to complete Germany on the literary aspects a monograph on Karl Friederich of Bach's Cantatas. Since this Schinkel, whom he calls "the material ties iri with the class he most important architect of the teaches on the reformation during 19th century. He will be on leave the Baroque period, · he . will incorporate much of the. material for the fall semester and will be into the course. working in Berlin and London. Rockwell, who will also be gone for the fall, hopes to interview Supreme Court justices and their staff in an attempt to ascertain the degree to which oral arguments during court sessions change justice's minds. government However, the officials have not approved Rockwell's plans as yet. He will also use the time for reading for the courses he teaches and for leisure.

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Endowment for the Humanities fellowship, for funds for the full ·year. Vaughal) will cfo research at Hamilton beginning after first semester on the way human beings control eye �ovements and process visual information. A computer will record the eye movements and then change the stimuli presented to the subject. He has also applied for a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health which he hopes to use to get equipment to expand his research and to hire students to work with him during the summer months. The psychology department is now looking for an experimental psychologist to teach Psychology 15. No appointments have yet been made.

Rest and Relax'ation

"Everyone uses it for rest and recreation, pa,rticularly the older ones. They come back rested and relaxed a nd with new perspectives," said Rockwell. Rockwell will be replaced by Sanford Kessler who is completing his Ph.D.' at Boston College, and is currently teaching at Colgate University. At Hamilton he will be teaching constitutional law,· political theory, and, most likely a course in his main in,terest, the influence of religious thought on political thought during the Middle Ages. Hawley will study the environment of deposition of rocks in western Montana in an attempt to describe how the area

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conceive of problems- which they By WENDI P ASHMAN Although operating far below couldn't deal with before." capacity, the Hamilton-Kirkland Smallen believes the greatest Computer Center has attracted advantage is that 'the computer 250 users both semesters this gives "the problem and not the year. The growth the center has solution" and "causes you to experienced in its first seven think about what you want to Atwood, who is this year months is expected to continue do." Active Participants completing his four-year terminal by those involved in the center's assistant appointment, has no definite operation. Bacheller, John · Hamilton Provost Eugene professor plans for next year. of government at He will be replaced by Anne L. Lewis said that the colleges are in Kirkland, said its instructional now the "infancy stage of computer advantage· is that it "changes us who L u dington, is completing her doctorate at awareness" and that "Cornell has from passive receiveis of already Michigan State University. She is more resources than we're using." existing . knowledge to active The colleges' computer center participants." ' writing her dissertation of "Commutative Ring Theory." Her is linked to the Cornell Center, Anderson said that knowledge appointment is open ended, "not one of the largest in the world. of computers is an essenti.µ part· specifically terminal," according Computer users here draw on the of a liberal arts education since of capacity of the Cornell computer. · "its pervasive for�e in society Professor Associate to ' I Growth Period makes it an "integral part of Mathematics John T. Anderson, "We're in a growth period existence now." He suggested that chairman of the Mathematics now" said John Anderson, ''it might be more essential than department. . Rigsbee, who is completing the Hamilton associate professor of introduction to College English." ,' third and final year of his terminal mathematics, He believes that appointment, has not made more use could be made of the definite plans for next year. center's resources in the area of offering more course� and encouraging more students to do a . By SA RAH McGREGOR. concentration in. computer President Babbitt has reviewed science. He said he thinks the and returned for clarification the THE DOWN UNDER interest and use will be greater K1r'kl a nd· R i g hts Human �i THRIFT SHOP �/ next year. Commission recommendation that "We have had a .good direct the college hire a temporary ½ PRICE SALE response from the social sciences o utside Affirmative Action On All Orange Tag Items and computer sciences" said consultant. This consultant would Smallen about use of the center. lay the groundwork for a program Open Wed. - Sat, 70- 4 He said, however, that the to be implemented . on campus response "had not been more than next year. �::f �� ::·�� Corner of Fountain & we had originally planned." Babbitt is seeking a clearer A great proportion of these definition of the consultant's role users are connect�d with the at the college. Carol Bellini-Sharp, government department he said. chairperson of the Kirkland Anderson said that these 47 Human Rights Commission, said people who tals.e his computer' that. the consultant would work a science course represent a "broad minimum of 20 working. days to spectrum of people - some may gather, collate, and update CHARTERS concentrate but many others will personnel data. Babbitt said that LESS THAN use it in the social sciences." he "wanted the commission to 'Library's Equal more specific give (hirh) 65 DAY ADVANCE Lewis the recommendations as to what is to stated that .PAYMENT REQUIRED computer's greatest advantage is be done with the c.onsultant." The U.S. GOVT. APPROVED ECONOMY FARE TWA PAN AM TRANSAVIA for instructional use. hi this area, original report from Betsy Hogan 707 707 707 uni-travel charters he said, "it could lhve significance Associates . (see the Spectator, e CALL TOLL FREE 1-800-325-4867 e equal to the· I .ibrary " and Feb_ 28) also recommended the contin.ued "Students now are ab\e establishment� ol. 1a.. permanent 1 �-- ·" -�-- .-.:: � ..... ..., ::s ........_ .. ... .. - ;-;�.r:..�il riP.lst.i:��..... .Jwl,J.e,.;; M-�. !\ffirmative 1\cctinn-offil'c' ;t1'i.d i.1H! ,Z'>k[,8,·J ;j,·•.... .,.,, l'-'11'i•,1<::zt-:P.:.7Jr.,--;9;,ll;,..t·.,...,,

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Three Hamilton Professors on tenninal appointments will be leaving the college this year. They Professor As s i s t a n t ar e ofChemistry Steven · J. Lee, P r o f essor A s s i s t a nt of Mathematics Peter Atwood, and Instructor in English David Rigsbee. a r e c e i v ed has Le e post-doctoral fellowship through Columbia University. There he will be attempting to make organic compounds with metallic properties.

Instructor in German Sydna Weiss who came to take Professor Robert Browning's place this year will remain to take Colby's place next-year. O'Neill plans to <.;ompl.ete the editing of his anthology on pornographic poetry written from 1660 to 1700. He has applied to the National Endowment for the Humanities for further financial 'aid, and if he' receives it, he will spend the full year working on campus. If not, he will be on leave for the Spring only. Traer will do mainly archival research in the city of Angouleme, in Southwestern France during the spring semester. He will study the behavior of the city's elites during the early years of the French revolution. He has applied for a Fulbright and a National

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HRC· Plan Returned

development Affirmative of Action workshops. recommendation to The establish a permanent Affirmative Action office was "still an issue", to _Bellini-Sharp. according Howe.ver, Babbitt said that "in an institution of this scale, such an office would be a redundant layer to a proces� that is really clear. It would fuzz the issue more than help it." Presently, the function this office ·would serve is divided Director the am ong of Affairs, I n st it u t i o n a l the President's office, and the Dean of Academic Affairs. recommendation The to workshops is a formulate "positive idea" and a valuable step in the process of attaining an Affirmative Action effective at Kirkland, said program Bellini -Sharp. Although Babbit.l said that he favored the of Affirmative development 4,�-iQQ �.9w9qe5, ·-'it.Pat' - •,S!CP . •. * .n'umbe; iw�/·'h� said. ,� .


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his role. He ,made the old teacher as solid as his rocks. Mr. Donehower's energy was controlled and contagious. I 'got the sense that at last The two \\' allace Bradley -prize plays two characters sharing the stage actually pnfonned last weekend served notice that communicated, and I would have been· ncati,· ity is alive and lurkir{g somewhere pleased if Young Man had gone no further on the hill. through the play. But Old Man Retreats The plays were Bemused, written by with Scribe behind the scenes, and Young Gt·orge \\' alsh and directed by l\Iarilyn Man passes on to bemusement with John Boenau and Selling the House, written by Barlycorn (Rich Rochford) through whom Harry Kondoleon anrl directed by l\larcie he encounters Beautiful Woman, who Begleiter. indelicately tweaks. Young Man's sense of Briefly, Bemused follows the progress purpose and prompts his rendition of The of a young man's journey along a symbolic Little Engine That Could road in search· of "something that will Bemused has too many pieces, pieces both please him and give his life meaning." which demand the audience to pick His travel is marked by encounters _with through the bits• for treasure while those people harboring various opinions of the bits rapidly passed out of reach. A play of value of his quest. Perhaps through these seven characters, almost all of whom encounters the young man comes to terms 'appeared only once, over the course of with his intept. Selling the House portrays five scenes in twenty minutes, was just too a day during �hich a brother and sister, much. grown and living with their mother, meet Poor Use of Space with a real estate man to discuss selling the Marilyn Boenau inconsistently directed house. the actors' use of space to help define Bemused is amusing after we side-step their characters. I am inclined to react to the pontifical Woman, played by Jo use of space just because stage space, like L a n g f i e l d, a n d t h e e q,u a 11 y a p o e t i c s tr u c t ur e , establishei. know-it-all-and-happy-to-tell-you Beautiful fundamental coherence of the substance. Woman, played by Nellie Burlingham. If at Thoughtful use of stage space is the first first it all seems fraught with a message, it step •in resuming order from chaos. is, and the play suffers accordingly. But Scribe's podium and Old Man's rock pile let's distinguish between a thoughtful accomplish this effectively. But Woman's script and a play which tries too hard to elevated (dare I say it) pedestal did not teach. indicate anything, especially because Ms. :\Ir. Walsh's ability to write is evident. Langfield left it and then returned for no Had the scripts been in front of us,.so we apparent reason. The blocking seem(:d might have carried on our own marginal unnatural, more like rearrangement than dialogue with the actors, all would have motivated use of the stage. been well. We could have glossed the The problem of too· many pieces affects qualities, the nice touches w·hich passed the characters as well. I can not blame the too quickly on stage or were missed From left to right are John Moon, Meg Haines, Andrea Kantor, and John M. actors for not developing roles which offer altogether because our attention was McNeel, stars-of "Selling the House." so little possibility on stage. Again, except usurped by the more engaging gestures. ·\ for Tom Sapareto's Scribe and Bruce the ongoing conversation as the other side while searching for just the right adjective For instance, in scene twoJ Harry, played Donehower's Old Man, acting has to be of the room. Her part is specifically woven with which to describe their dead mother. by Doug Geary, anticipates the metaphor We get the sense that the play largely a matter of recitation. As for Steve into the pattern. for the next scene (and presQ.mably the On ome level the house itself has a concludes, that it doesn't merely stop. It Eldredge's Young, Man, thoug_h he seemed entire play) when he warns Young Man, sure by the end of the play that he was special role, if the title is not utter resolves itself. The real estate man beats a Steve Eldredge, of the perils of spending searching for something, all the questions c h aria tan i sm. Whether or not the hasty if involuntary retreat, Linore and h_is life accumulatmg nothing but a bag full and whatever- answers there were had· not characters themselves imagine there is a Kenneth make up anc::f call it a night, and of rocks, figuratively speaking. house to sell is beside the point. In any. Mother remains (with the house) as she made the abstract manageable .. He was as Realistic Rocks b ot h e r e d b y B e a u t i f u l W om a n's case they exist within a space they define multt completing her accompaniment. The acting was good all around.· Mr. How absurd, I thought, along with the practicality as he was distressed by Old and ,their spacial relationships derive Young Man, until scene three introduces Man's earthy philosophy. He just didn't largely from their various affinities to the McNeel and Ms. Haines paced each other carefully and played their shared lines Old Man, Bruce Donehower. who literally­ have the old man's-tocks. house. Though we are given contradictory easily. McNeel was tastefully well-bred and has spent ·his life (when ·he wasn't reports abo�t the house, it is present quite nicely played his lapses into What did the play leave us with? Sore teaching, I guessed) collecting rocks. Old despite its physical absence; after all, the demented joy at tpe thought of death. :\1an proceeds to deliver a .convincing feet and a muddled mind from our Real Estate Man Qohn Moon) enters and Both McNeel and Haines struck a palatable p anegyric to ro c k s, and actually uncertain traipse along an unclear road to leaves it. Kenneth and Linore, though they balance between momenfs of normality substantiates the metaphor Harry used in a a mild declaration of intent to do profess ownership of it, are captive in it. and the moment in which they ,revelled in something. The bromidic conflict between whimsical moment of oratory. Surprisingly lucid Mother eventually a canna balistic snack of tomato juice and That's the problem. While the lines cynicism masquerading as worldly wisdom "admi.ts" ownership and does seem to be c oo k i e s . The y complemented each often appear formally oratorical, .they mistress of the house by virtue of her otherwell, and gave the impression of rarely, except for Old Man's advice, carry graphic descriptions of its blemished b eing two halves of one deceitful the immediate substantive power to history. All four characters display a character. Ms. Haines �s downright nasty sustain themselves. But in drama, during significant (feigned _or not) relationship to where the script calls for it and came off which the audience does not have the the space involved: E_ach has a different equ·aIIy well as she play-seduced Real luxury of turning back a page, immediacy stake in the house and their differences Estate Man. And as she aroused herself generates tension and feelings which allow, better yet, force the audience to against the table corner we got the sense r eso l v e t h e m s e l v e s at the play's m a k e i t s own evaluations through that such was her general attitude toward c o n c l u s ion. Despite the inadequate translation from script to theatre; two participating with the actors in making the the entire house. Moon Is Good invisible visible. scenes stand out. The opening scene is well - Mr. Moon's Real Estate Man was the The Real Estate Man is ushered in to the done irony. Some fifteen questions are c h imes, o f L i nor e a n d K e nn eth most_ solid character on stage. His ability asked (an advantage of having a text) most dingdonging together, At first he seems to make as much of his comic stature as he of which go unanswered. Happily, the foreign to the space, but as he becomes made of his serious one was pleasing. He Scribe, Tom Sapareto, bored to the point and idealism spurred on by some spectral accustomed to the house and aware of the has to develop the character through of entertaining suicidal wishes, was the vision made me want to agree with Harry curious relationships among its occupants numerous stages, requiring thoughtful one answering. Officialdom was out in Scene II that we've heard much of it before. he sheds his civilian character (he even interpretation and distinctive execution. officialled by our innocent Young Man. Selling the House loosens his tie and unbuttons his shirt) His piyotal soliloquy in the "Playtime" Mr. Sapareto delivered his lines with until he too claims ownership of the space, episode was sensitively performed. He was the detachment natural to a man who Harry Kondoleo_n's Selling the House always aware of' his metamorphoses and the house. really doesn't pay attention anymore. But has to be played. The script calls for As the characters in tum assert their us�d his space, his body and his energy to Linore, played by Meg Haines, and m o st i m p or t a n t l y , Mr. 'Sapareto right over the space, they also command effect his transitions. understood his space, the podium which Kenneth, played by John McNeel, to Andrea Kant or was on par with Mr. dearly distinguishes the Scribe from the speak identical and simultaneous lines. the action of the play and the house and play become one. Eventually Real Estate Moon, even if a little overdone. Because mass, and he didn't stray from his source The effect when read is disjointed. On Man is thrown out for his excessive acting. she was confined to her chair, she directed needlessly. In fact, the only times the play stage, however, the concerted dialogue He is ejected from a house full of actors, her physical and verbal attitudes toward worked Friday..! night were when Sapareto brings Linore and Kenneth together and this is the question the play poses: making the most of her solitude. She symbolically even when they divide the a n d Do n e h o we r , both of whom Just when does the play become a play slumped, trembled and was properly interpreted their space well, used it to stage spacially. within a play? arthritic. She kibbitzed over her children's The play is well conceived, well qualify their actions and words. At those More Than One Play shoulders superbly. Ms. B'egleiter and her moments form and substance coalesced in directed by Marcie Begleiter, well played think, when Kenneth says, actors are to be commended for a Not, by all four actors and effectually balanced. a unified and directed effect. "Playtime." That dramatic interlude gives convincing performance. Questions, Questions Mr. Kondoleon understands how to ·write Unhappily,· some of the language Unfortunately, the only reason I could for the stage and Ms. Begleiter interprets Real Estate Man the opportunity to i perform in his second dramatic musical -doesn't work. M-. Kondoleon has a th at writing forceful) y. see for the scene being part of the play is (including the one he tells us he acted in remarkable graphic imagination. and in the · Here space never seems to be ignored. its hint that it would be a play of high school), this one accompanied by main it serves him well. Yet, I w onder if The Mother, Andrea Kantor, sits apart q. u e s t i o n s , m e a n i n g l e s s , o ft en Mother singing lines from "There's No the references to babies' blood and throughout the play. Accordingly, lines unanswerable questions Business Like Show Business." But outside Mother's urine and decaying animals and The third scene also works. It was are directed at her, statements are made of this play is the play Linore and Kenneth the like are necessary. They seem to make refreshing to meet a man who knew what . her as if she doesn't exist. She attempts to indulge in. It begins with their opening a statement quite apart from the play. His he knew and made no bones about. The overcome the barriers of age, space, preparations in the dark and culminates excremental orientation is often gratuitous infirmity and we suspect incredibility, by Old .Man asked few questions and Bruce during their game of one upsmanship and distracting. Dorichower was obviously comfortable in taking many of her lines from snatches of


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Fast-Moving 'Sugar/and' Film· • Stars Goldie ,n Chase Action

them like heroes. They line the sides of the road and mob th� car as it goes You've probably all he'ard of, or at least through towns. They push gifts into the seen, an Ordeal movie. Certain characters car and hug and kiss all three inside. are taken, put under continuing stress This leads to an interesting question: during the film, usually in opposition to could it actually have happened? The each other, and emerge, at the end, screenplay claims that it did happen -in shaken, maybe shattered, but with Texas in 1969 and it probably did. Excess friendship and respect for each other. publicity can tum anyone into a hero. We've also seen stories in the news of And with the feeling of reality the film. babies taken away from their no-good conveys, one qegins to believe that it parents and ·placed in decent, law-abiding certainly could have. foster homes, with the "natural" parents Reinforcing this feeling is the seamier going crazy to get their baby back. side of things, the rotten, vicious portion Finally, there's Texas, the state with of humanity, those gun-toting morons I_ the weakest gun-control laws in the mentioned earlier. There is a shootout country, and the stereotypical brainless, scene in a parking lot (the only stretch of rightwing, cracker with sixteen guns in his sustained violence in the film) and then a car. later scene of police confiscating guns P u t a l l this together with the (including a beautifully deadly Luger) i!l a com e d y - c h a s e and s ome excellent small town before the fugitives and their phot ogra p hy, and you get Steven captive drive through. One wonders what sort of mentality it takes to go off hunting Spielberg's "The Sugarland Express", a people as if it was a duck-shoot (which is good , fast-moving action picture, but one with some dramatic moments as well. vicious enough) and then drag along their · The film opens at a prison farm near - young son. to enjoy the fun. People can be Tanner, and the Poplins, everyone else in and he paints the screen with light very awful. Houston, where Clovis Poplin (played by the film is a puppet, a supernumerary, a beautifully. He sets up the camera angles 0 n the Other Hand William Atherton) is serving a one year sentence for larceny. With four months to · They can also be decent. For all their device. Everyone and everything else exists well (particularly the scenes of cars rising go, his wife Lou Jean (played by Goldie _ emptiness, the Poplins do love each other, to be used and then thrown away. up over the horizon) and does a very nice There are numerous scenes of cars job with the close-ups of the chase scenes. Hawn) breaks him out and they head for they do love their baby (perhaps too well Spielbers's direction is quite good, Sugarland, where their baby, Langston, and not wisely enough; the best thing for crashing into each other, barreling off has been placed in a foster home. the baby is to be left with his foster roads, turning upside down, etc. The more than adequate for the task. He keeps Accident leads to accident, and after mother) and they can be nice. The captain people inside them are presumably the actors mostly subdued, except when the first chase scene, they kidnap a Texas is a l s o a v er y s ympathetic (and injured, ma:Ybe even killed. There is needed, and low-keyed. His set-pieces Highway Patrolman, Maxwell Sly (played sympathizing) character, full of pity for shockingly little value for life among many work very well-the police car train keeps growing, stretching farther and farther by Michael Snacks) and force him to drive these young kids, so totally messed up, of the characters in the film. back into the distance, and there's a scene them to Sugarland, and the real chase is· each step bringing them nearer and nearer "An Underlying Nastiness" on. One · should expect more from the where they all 'Stop for gas at once, and it the abyss, deeper and deeper into the Then Came Johnson mtid. There is an understanding a,mong makers of the ·film. It's only a movie, looks like a pitstop at Indy. There is also a The manhunt is directed by Captain them, although the Poplins can't articulate perhaps, but either we accept all life as scene of all the cars milling aroung in the Tanner (Ben Johnson, of course), a gruff important, in which case such carelessness dark, and it looks like a set of Christmas what they feel. but good man who, in eighteen years on The most striking thing about the film, .is disturbing, or we say that no life is tree lights- and he builds his scenes well the force, has never shot a man, and waats at least in its character .portrayals, is the important, in which case the film is (with a very good use of mis-direction). to keep it that way. He gets Clovi\ on the essential childishness of the Poplins, Lou meaningless. The Actors police radio, works out an arrangement Jean in particular. While they are being I object to this kind _of chase movie on with him ("Drive off or I'll shoot"),and chased by the police, for numerous. principle. Life may be un.caring and Ben Johnson is fine as Captain Tanner trails them to Sugarland. manipulative, but art should explain such (but then what else is new?) His soft, but serious crimes, she's stealing Texas Gold But there are several cuts to the home manipulation, make it personal, not just gruff manner, firm, noble voice, and Stamps t<:> get clothes for a baby she'll of the foster. mother (played by Louise never see. duplicate it. Our emotions are engaged, we civilised gentleness (out of place in a Texas Latham), which add a serious note to the Lou Jean is, unfortunately, a- typical, are starting to feel for the characters cop) fit the part like a glove. film. Other than Trooper Sly, no one in vacuous, mindless adolescent, unwilling to Atherton's Clovis is equally well involved, and we can't separate those the- movie· is affected (that is to say grow up, unable to have more than one members from their violence. There is an played. There is the nervousness of - the shattered}' more than she is. She is a kindly idea at a time. She persists in believing underlying nastiness about the movie that born loser, the bewildered chump who screws up everything he does, especially woman, who loves Langston very much that all will be well, that they will get can be very disturbing. (sp.e considers him hers) and obviously The excellent screenplay is by Hal his life. For a while at first he doesn't baby Langston, that soon the·y'll be a wants to be left alone. Herwood and Matthew Robbins. The want to leave jail (he only has four more family again. Directionless Which brings us to the question of m aj or characters · are adequately, if months to go), he ends up as strident, and The film moves on to its conclusion, occasionally unsubtly, drawn, the dialogue shattered, as his wife. Sacks plays the irreconcilable objectives. The baby has and the ending is very sad. It is saddest, fOunds like real Texas, and the minor cautious,terrified Sly as if he owns him, been taken away from the Poplins because perhaps, for Sly, who has to go on living in characters-such as a derelict thanking with just the right note of terror creeping they were both unfit to raise him (!hey the real world, picking up the pieces of his God for delivering him from a scary car into ·his voice, the right amount of were both in jail at the same time). This shattered life, and becoming a normal ride, an elderly couple bickering by the cameraderie in his personality. has put great stress on both of them, and, human being again (if that will ever -be side of a road, or a gas station attendant as neither of them is actually much of a Those of you who remember Goldie 1possible). mental heavyweight, or even very mature, fumblingfor words on television- are first Hawn from her "Laugh-In" days had best But with all of its good points, the film they have both cracked under the strain. forget her. This Goldie Hawn is an Actress, is basically directionless, The action scenes This leads them to Sugarland, where the a real one. Her easiness, perfect Texas Good Photography are fast and entertaining, but neither foster mother, who is capable of raising The credits come at the end of the :r,nanner, bubble-gum exterior, and childish �lovis . nor Lou Jean is a particularly movie, but if you didn't know who the inner nature are Lou Jean. She loses Langston,· is just as dead-set upon keeping attractive character. There really •isn't any cameraman was, look at the closing scene, herself in the part and finds the character him. The essence <ff drama is conflict., and message to the film other than a laugh at a sepia-tone sillhouette of Sly and Tanne perfectly. this one is unresolvable. :r; moronic Texans, a form of chauvinism I would tell you it was the brilliant Vilmos "The Sugarland Express" is not a great As they get closer and closer to Szigmond. His color photography of the movie, but it is a well made (if hollow) Sugarland, and get more and more would pref er to avoid. ihere is one other b other, however. Aside from Sly, muddy East Texas flatlands is excellent, action film. publicity, the crowds come out, and treat

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FILM On Campus This Weekend The RulirJ Cbss Friday and Saturday at 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. Sunday at 10:00 p.m. Science Auditorium. Sugar/and Express starring Goldie Hawn. Friday and Saturday at 8:00 p.m. Sunday at 10:00 p.m. Ki•rner-J ohnson Auditorium.

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-0081) Murder, on the O,rient Express ' (PG) Riverside Mall Cinemas (735-9223) The Towering Inferno (PG) L�nny (R).... Young frankenstein (PG) Paris (733-2730} The Stepford Wives (PG) Cinema National Uptown {732-0665) Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (PG) 258 Cinemas (732-5461) The Strongest Man in the World (G) On Any Sunday (G) Emmanuelle (X} LECT�RE AND DISCUSSION March 17 (Monday) · Coffeehour (Colloquim): Robert Simon, A ssociate Professor of Philosophy. The Ethics of Suicide. 10:30 a.m. Bristol Campus Center North lounges. Ha mi I ton - K ir kl an d Journal Club Lecture: Professor Walter Broughton, K ir k land College Social Science Division. Mass Higher Education and the Rediscovery of Progressive Education. 8:00 p.m. Bristol' Campus Center Lounges. March 18 (Tuesday) S panish Club Lectur:.e: Jonathan Tittler, Assistant Professor of Spanish. Peru '75 in Multi-Media: 8:00 p.m.

'Chemistry Auditorium. MUSIC AND DANCE March 14 (Friday) Chamber Opera Recital: Pimpinone and scenes from The Magic Flute. 8:00 p.m. Chapel. (Also Saturday at 8:00 p.m.) Block "H" fund Raising Dance. 9:00 p.m. Bundy Dining Hall. Coffeehouse Concert: Beatles Music with Bob Halligan, Matt Kasman, Tim Shoen, and Jeb Guthrie. 9:00 p.m. McEwen Coffeehouse. Free admission. March 15 (Saturday) Coffeehouse Concert: Sal Amico Quartet (Jazz). 9:00 to 12:00 p.m. McEwen Coffeehouse. Free with social tax, $.50 without. March 1 (Sunday) Concert: The Amici Quarlet 8:30 p.m. Chapel. March 18 (Tuesday) Hamilton-Kirkland Student Concert: Trom bone Quartet, Wo odwind, Quintet, Brass Choir, Voice, and Piano. 8:30 p.m. Chapel. RELIGIOUS SERVICES March 15 (Saturday} Newman Mass. Father Paul Drobin.

5:30 p.m, Red Pit. March 1 (Sunday) Newman Mass. Father Paul Drobin. 9:30 a.m. Chapel. Free Church of Clinton. Joel Tibbetts, College Chaplain. l1:15 a.m._ Chapel. March 17 (Monday) Newman Mass. Father Paul Drobin. 12:00 Noon. Chapel. (Also Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. ) Lenten Communion Service: Rev. W.H. Wickham Ill, St. James Church, Clinton. 4:30 p.m. Bristol Campus Center Fisher Room. Christian Fel_lowship Meeting. 8:00 p.m. Milbank 3 March 19 (Wednesday) Newman Mass. Father Paul qrobin. 4:45 p.m. Chapel. March 20 (Thursday) Christian Science College Organization. 4:15 p.m. Bristol Campus Center Backus. Room. EXHIBITIONS Currently On Campus Root Art Center Exhibition: Ukiyo-e: • Japanese. Prints of the Tokugawa Period. (Closes March 21.)


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STUDENT CONCERT AT CHAPEL TUESDAY

:\lusic students of Hamilton and Kirkland will present a concert Tuesday (i\larch 18) at the Chapel. The concoct, open to the public without charge, will include performances by the Brass Choir under the director of Professor Stephen Bonta, the Trombone Quartet· under under Douglas Courtright, the Woodwind Quintet under John Flaver, a s9prano solo and a performance on piano.

CHARLATANS

The Charlatans will present two one act plays Friday night at 8 p.m. The plays are "Feiffer's People" by Jules Feiffer and ''Women at the Tomb" by Ghelderode. They will be performed at Minor Theater. and admission is free.

CANNIBAL LUNCHBOX

A one-act play, "A Cannibal's Lunchbox," written and directed by Harry Kondoleo·n, will be presented Saturday, March 15, at 8 and 10 p.m. THE Sl!NDAY PERFORMANCE ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED HAS BEEN CANCELLED. All performances are in the List Recital Hall. On the same bill of fare, P.M., an original puppet show, will _be presented. Admission is free.

AMICI QUARTET

The :\mici Quartet, the string ensemble in residence at Hamilton and Kirkland Colleges, will perform George Crumb's "Black Angel for Electric S_tring Quartet" in a c. oncert Sunday March lx at 8:30 p.m. in the Chapel. In _the second half of the program the quartet will play a contrasting work: Beethoven's String Quartet, Opus 132. ,\di-nission is free.

FUGITIVE MAGAZINES

The Publications Board is receptive to proposals concerning new campus pub1ications. If anyone has questions in this area, please contact Harold Bogle, ext. 7497.

FILM CO-OP

The Hamilton-Kirkland Film Co-op will show Vittorio De Sica's ''The Bicycle Thief" Thursday at 10 p.m. and Saturday at 8 p.m.' Only members of the Co-op may attend.

BATTLE OF THE SEXES

"The Battle of the Sexes" starring Peter Sellers will be shown Tuesday night at 9 p.m. in the K-J Auditorium. The film is being presented by a Kirkland sociology class. There will be no admission charge.

SCIENCE FICTION FILMS

The Science Fiction dub will be showing free movies this weekend. The flims are ''The Tenth Victim," starring Ursula Andress and Marcello Mastroianni, and "Destination Moon. " The films will be shown Sunday, March 16 at 9:00 p.m. in the Chemistry Auditorium, and Monday March 17, at 8:00 p.m., in the Kirner-Johnson Auditorium.

RITUA�

There will be an organizational meeting for anyone interested in composing Rituals, an essential form of expression in theater, on Wednesday evening, March 19, at 7:30 in the Red Pit. If you have any questions, please call Jed Coffin, x7402.

COFFEEHOUSE

Beatle music played by Bob Halligan, Matt Kasman, Tim Shoen, and Jeb Guthrie will highlight the coffeehouse Friday night. Music beings at 9 p.m., and admission is free. The Sal Amico Quartet, featuring electric piano, electrjc bass, 'drums, and trumpet will perform at the McEwen Coffeehouse Saturday from 9 until 12. General admission is fifty cents, and free with social tax.

RESCHEDULED TALK

Robert Ward, '55, formerly of Arthur D. Little (international management consultants) now of First National Bank, Boston, will speak on "Nigeria: A Management Consultant's Experience," at 4: 30 p.m. in the BCC Lounces, Friday, March 14.

Art Caucus Progresses The implementation of the newly-formed Kirkland Arts Caucus is moving along smoothly according to Chairperson Barbara Lapidus and Arts Division Chairman William Rosenfeld .. In an interview Thursday Rosenfeld commented that the • caucu·s is healthy and has a g-0od chance for a productive future. Lapidus said she was encouraged with the progress made thus far. Rosenfe1d c i t ed w id e representation of the caucus as one of its strongest features. One of the first products of m eetings between • w e ekly caucus: the of members executive board and faculty members is a new student-faculty lounge on the second floor of List, Arts Center. Students· had asked for the lounge to promote Kirkland Arts Division Chairman William Rosenfeld informal, one-to-one contact with were r elated to student attitudes . woman's role in the arts was a at "what they perceived as · valid basis of discussion and faculty members. Rosenfeld stated that he hoped politics" within the division, perhaps a separate set of the "family attitude" within the Rosenfeld said. He said he hopes faculty-student discussionsl could division would be re-established. to "test these attitudes against the be arranged. Lapidus added · that the caucus facts." Lapidus also stated that / Earlier in the year some stud ent wanted represen(ation to on p rom ote which has students had expressed fears that committees on art exhibitions and c ommunication, sometimes broken down in the the woman's role in the arts was concerts was a coHcem of the past. At present she said relations not receiving proper emphasis. caucus. Thus far representation on Lapidus said she felt attention to the exhibition committee is being are "improving." The most pressing problem at the womin's role depended on the implemented, but the caucus is the moment for the caucus is to individual professor. She added still trying to figure out how to "make itself known" according to that professors at Kirkland were get in touch with members of the award of it since they were concert selection committees, Lapidus. teaching at a female college. Woman's Role Lapidus said. Rosenfeld said he thought the Prior problems in the division

Playhouse on the Hill .Returns 1n- '75 •

The Playhouse on the Hill will return to College Hill, Clinton, for the 1975 season, and the producers will hold auditions for and area Hamilton-Kirkland students. who wish to apply as apprentices. An expanded season is planned: seven shows running over nine weeks. At. this stage of planning, they are scheduled to include "Thurber Carnival,.. "Charley's Aunt" {to be directed by William Roehrick), a review of the musical career of Kurt Weill, and- Noel Coward's "Present Laughter." · Sixteen apprentices will be accepted for training in a revised and improved program: six experienced persons to be a permanent stage crew with rotating functions and ten mostly first year persons who will train primarily in children's theatre. All will spend two to three hours in the mornings in intensive studio trainin� in all aspects of theatre;

in the afternoons the mainstage crews will work on current productions, and the first-year apprentices will be turned over to their own production director for rehearsal of the two or possibly three children's shows which will tour the Jewish Community Center and ·the Rome State Sch�ol. During the last three weeks of the season, the two apprentice groups will join in producing an adult show. First year apprentices pay their own living expenses. Course credit can be earned by Hamilton and Kirkland students if applied for in May and by others by arrangement �ith their own colleges. Auditions and interviews will be held in the Bristol Campus Center, on Monday and Tuesday, March 17 and 18, 4:30 to 4:00 p.m.- on Monday in the Brown Room, on Tuesday in the Fisher Room. Bring a resume, and be prepared with a three minute selection. information further F or contact Edwin Barrett 859-4360.

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The Second Annual Stephen Fensterer Memorial Folk Festival will be held at Hamilton-Kirkland Colleges from May 1-4. This year's festival promises to be the best yet with more proressional workshors and a more integrated program. · Seven professional workshops have been set up in everything from banjo to woman's songs. The festival will end on Sµnday afternoon with a square dance featuring Fennig's String Band with Bill Spence on Hammered dulcimer. A n yo n e i nt er e s t e d in performing should contact Bob Millar through campus mail. For festival further information, people can contact either Jo-Ann Mort or Bobby Minter through campus mail.

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Casting has been completed for "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown" and "Anything Goes," the two spring productions of the 1 AlexandeF·- - HamiJteB--·-· Phyer-s'.

"Charlie Brown" is slated for production April 17-20 at 8 p.m. in the Chapel; "Anything Goes" will appear the second week in a nd g r a d u a t ion May weekend. The plays ar e the lead productions in a semester that will also feature lectures by theater experts · and Hollywood stars under the auspices of the AH Players. *

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A chamber opera recital will be held in the Hamilton College Chapel at 8:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 14-15. The perf�rmanr.e, which will include of s t u d ent productions "Pimpinone," a one-act opera by George. Philipp Telemann and selected scenes from Mozart's "The Magic Flute," is open to the general public free of charge. The operas are staged by Carol Bellini-Sharp, assistant professor of drama at Kirkland. Neva Pilgram, Kirkland's associate professor of voice, is the vocal director.

Films continued from page one said that the students, through t h eir att e n d a nce, would ultimately decide which soc1et1es were acceptable. He added that any society would "die or succeed on the basis of its worth." "How does one charter them (the Film soci�ties) and make them aware that 'they damn well better make a ·profit," President Kevin McTernan said in summing up the debate. '"On the other hand," he added,"how do you get tht:m to charter themselves and still assure �hem that there will be a hands-off policy?" Becker, Daniel another Cooperative leader, reported that the Cooperative has already signed up 275 members. He said that the $825 collected so far covers the cost of the films and that funds were needed only for· such things as printing a newsletter, renting •r;> rg j �-� t � r_J ___ ;g1_q ___o_t� h.et Ji'm'i{cHfa:�tii\lJtlmf." "T" •" •,'


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sit1,1ated in "one of the lovelier landscapes of the world. It certainly has a subliminal "It's interesting to note that most of affect on an impressionable youth. Then, 'o f our writers w ere Hamilton's New York State historians all :_most wrote love poetry of the most maudlin sort dyed in-the-wool New York staters, w ho came here because the college was when they were undergraduates." Professor Charles T�dd : centrally located. For the longest time, over three quarters of our student body There is no way of telling whether love were upstaters. Then, there are other, poems affect a man enough to make him a more intangible things; even a hard-headed New York State historian, but the fact lawyer like Elihu Root staunchly defended remains that lfamiltons'. graduates have this valley "w·here truth and honor dominated the study of New York history dwell {" Hamilton has also · helped men for more than a century, and thus form interested in language, whether speaking one of the solid foundations of the literary or writing." ' · tradition at Hamilton. Carl Carmer, Louis . There, then, are some of the reasons Jones, Harold Thomsen, Samuel Hop1dl\S why Hamilton men have become the Adams, Maitland DeSormo, David Ellis, leaders in New York St.ate history-and Clinton Scollard, and Charles L. Todd are their efforts on area history have been some of the names that have made tremendous. Ellis to Write for 1976 Hamilton pre-emine.nt in the field· of New Ellis himself has been asked to write York history. Unlike other areas of writing, the Bicentennial History of New York Hamilton's supremacy in New 'York State; Todd has written a significant book on Alexander Brian Johnson, the father of literature has never been challenged. semantics, who, . according to Todd, Diversity in Area . The reasons for this are as diverse as the anticipated some of the ideas of student body. TQdd feels that the area Wittgenstein, Russell and Keynes;Carl ,.,, itself has a great effect. "So much Carmer and Samuel Hopkins Adams are happened here-strange religious cults, legendary; even recent graduates like Jack millenfalism-Charles Finney and the great Henke ·72 have written successful books. revivals-and the Oneida community, J. Throughout the state, less famous Humphrey Noyes' great attempt at ' Hamilton graduates labor in their home communism. The Lyceum, a first attempt counties recording local history, the at adult education, also started in Utica. bedrock upon which all other New York · There was a continua! ferment. Carl history is based. Ellis points to Clinton's Carmer called the region from Albany to Philip Munson and Oneonta's Wilmer the Niagara frontier the 'psychic highway ' Breslee,- outstanding historians in their "He's right, in a way, for the area is own communities. fantastically productive of mystery and From top to bottom, then, Hamilton has dominated New York State history for extremism-perhaps this is a reason why over a century; but its involvement with some undergraduates have developed an creative writing has been much shorter. intere_st in the folklore of the area." . Creative Writing Hamilton students, centered in the middle of this ferment, naturally are Professor of English John O'Neill attracted to studying it. But, there are team. 1 teaches creative writing at· other reaons for Hamilton's dominance in Hamilton, though he "is not. a creative this field as well. writer," says, "If'Hamilton students want European Tourists to be writers, [creative writing] is where European tourists made Utica a center they find ·it. The students who take point in their "Grand 'Tour" from New creative writing are often surprisingly York City to Niagara; and if you stopped good. There is a high standard of at Utica, y ou took the day, off to go to excellence set by the students, not the Trenton Falls, to prepare yourself for the professors." religious sight of the mighty Niagara. Surprisingly, "novel writing is not an These European tourists made "good unfrcquent occurrence. At the end of a copy" for historians. Then, the natural year, we've had good first drafts of novels, beauty of the area is such that writers a nice learning experience. All of them were constantly attracted to it. were real novels, exhibiting care and �rofessor Ellis believes that Hamilton is sophistication. When I came to Hamilton,

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·'Most of our writers were dyed�in-the�wool New York Staters, who came here -because the college was centrally located.' my estimation of what a student could do came up." · Not as a Career Many undergraduates do not pursue writing as a career; it is a hobby, according to O'Neill, a satisfactory pursuit which students may return to after graduate school. "I ·tell my pre-med writers that Keats and Cb.ekov were doctors as well as writers," He saicl the course in creative writing is not to train future professional writers. Within the department, published creative writers are Professors Ann DuCil.le

and David Rigsbee, but they do not teach creative writing per se. Because of peopJe like Rigsbee and DuCille, the · future reputation of Hamilton as a school of creative writing seems assured; and this is the direction the Hamilton literary traditiOJl will pursue. The . Hill has had poets; comics, dramatists, novelists, and state historians; some are famous for a few years, while a precious few are immortal. But taken together they constitute .the Hamilton literary tradition, a precious part of our common heritage.

Kirkland's Acting Director of Residence Concerned With_ Responsibility to-Students By ELIZABETH BARROW

"I feel that my job here is to· be available to students, to

facilitate things,. to meet with committees who are directly involved with students," said Kirkland's new Actin g Director of Residence Eleanor (Noni) Scott. "I want to get oriented and meet as many students as soon as possible. ' she said. Scott not did Although officially start her job until this mm:ning, she was on cam pus twice . this week to meet with she � was Monday students. introduced to 'the Assembly by

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student body do not support it, one thousand dollars in debt from TIMOTHY B. CONNER and if the interests of the student operation of the Pub. There is not Many people have been asking body are ignored. If the studen t reason ot_her than Service Systems me why I am running for Student body is uninformed or split, the mismanagement to explain why r Senate President. I am running Senate cannot be effective or the Student Body didn't receive because of the issues. And what The· last Senate that much in profit, rather than representative. are those issues? The first issue is spent a great deal debt. President its and ,. ccmmunity relations; Hamilton's The question of beer in Bristol its strengthening · time of awareness of problems off the Center is a good example Campus committee system and trying to Hill. And what are those ve bullshit. The administrati of community. of sense a develop problems?-the difficulties w�th Faculty, Administration, -Trustees, does and must body student The the outside world. And what are hold regularly townspeople and Senate the and influence e v ha those difficulties?-the issues. in parti�s cocktail attend and should be the way to use and This brings us to the second news the break to Sorry Bristol ( effective. influence that make issue, communication; and those That's the kind of Student Senate to you Mr. Bristol). Further, of you who are anti-semantic according to the State Alcoholic 1 will head. should appreciate the fact that Beverage Control Board which Lon Nol can't spell his name grants the necessary licenses, it backwards. takes the Board only four to six BILL PURCELL My third issue is what I call to reach a decision on the weeks Hamilton's catalogue indicates Hamilton's national conscience. I not a year and a half as licnese, that the college reserves the right believe that Hamilton should be claims. Administration the to stick it to anybody, anywhere, more responsi v e to the nation's Committee Standing new The and twist it real hard. That is problems. Take for instance, committees the which in structure unconstitutional rubbish. The' inflation. I propose a $2,000 cut successors own their appoint Senate should produce a Student in tuition and if they don't go for seems to encourage the "it's who Bill of Rights which would be a that, $3,000. p o 1 i c Y definitive statement as to where you _ know not what you know" m aking My fourth and final issue .is full advantage of the input power f o r situation. The Senate should be each of us stands. Specifically, availability. It is availability that is available _ through the Student recommendations. taking_ an active interest in the much of a e are not W this would indicate the legal the crux of all issues and .until the Senate. As President, I hope to inputs the committee is receiving irkland. ignore we if community to K necessary iniati've the relationship to th�College and the administration becomes available provi<le rather than merely waiting for that remember to important is It student the of wishes the combine individual rights inherent in that and open to suggestions, such results. issues shall remain wastebasket body and the powers of the Hamilton and Kirkland are two relationship. It should further Primarily, it appears to me that ideologically colleges separate . compile _ the rules of faculty, residue. It is my belief that the Senate. wi th s t u d e n ts fe eding various joint worked on Having and should Senate The is J-hoard, and Honor Court, more should administration approximately four million dollars ample, for the e committees ( the focus for to continue be x clarifying how each applies and actively seek student feedback a year into this institution, the before racing ahead on projects interest groups on campus, both Health Committee), I recognize binds a student. The possibility.of Senate has not begun to approach coordination. of student body legal aid to provide directly related to student life. I monetarily and policy-wise. What the importance c ertain power does the Senate have? The However, I also respect the sense advice and representation on and its potential as our consumer that am sure and Senate derives its powers from its of identity each school works to or off the campus should be repr esentative and information administrative decisions source. The major obstacle is the policies could be enhanced if they committees and ·as an "overseer" maintain. I will continue to work considered. Administration - Faculty position coordination and will work Our College controls millions were giv en the benefit of student responsible for student activity. for that students are incapable of be mary to closely irkland objective with the will My pri J( . of dollars in corporate proxies consideration. For example, a The specifics of these holdings are ma�ing . enlightened decisions major factor contributing to the maintain Student support for the Assembly. which ��ll e�fec� futur e classes. attractiv eness of HamiltonCollege Senate. My second objective wil As -has been demonstrated by available to the Student Body. We My position IS si mply that they sure the make be to h is the atmosphere created by its the last few freshman pledge s ould be considering outside are wrong . It is my hope that between the communication e Sernt the and proposals stockholder groun ds. and b u i lding s classes, our campus has as many . who er v is ele�ted Sena�e � Improv ements and renovations and the Student body is always Fraternity men as Independents. I possibility of College-generated Pr esident, next year 8 Senate will like those just completed in South open. Thirdly, I will work to will work for greater participation proposals to the companies we show them how wrong they are. an effective the make Senate dormitory severely detract from by bot, h groups on campus. The own a piece of. I am a member of the Class of · Most specific and current issues this atmosphere. I feel that we representative of the Student student body _ should not and _ _ and as such will be �ttendmg were discussed in the "Spectator" 1?;6 who li v e on this campus should body. I hope to accomplish ·these cannot be divided. . classes through Graduation next The Senate is _not_ powerless, interviews-several were not: Last have more to · say about these objectives · by infroming the year. "communit as well receivin y" as g changes before implementation. but it can be if the interests of the year, the Student Body absorbed • It would be easy to go on for feedback, _ throµgh The Spectator · paragraphs_ relating the plans I andMondayMorningChapel. As an involved student I hav e for the students, the school, Tim Conner , Phil Montalvo, to fulfill its potential as a decisions which affect the rights and comminity, but this would be recognize that the most effective and Bill Purcell, the three powerful organization, it had to or life of students. luence f n i the to way unrealistic. I realize that the Purcell referred to recent power of the Senate and its administration and the Faculty is candidates for Hamilton Student gain recognition as the principle which he said are close decisions organization. student expressed each President, Senate • president is limited to somewhat throught our committees of which distinct the that establishing Montalvo said that he would to outlooks on the role of the is important most our traditional roles. I am confident the student government at find support of the Senate -from relationship between a college and that I would be an adequate Curriculum Committee. I will Hamil ton and the responsibilities st udents through increased its students is a contractual one. student president, but I am afraid make every effort to assure the of its chief executive. communication between the He mentioned the college's that promised or intimations of effectiveness oJ this committee. ' The three candidates were students and the Senate. "If compliance with the Buckley The student body should have interviewed by The Spectator students were made aware of [the · amendment . what I hope ·to accomplish would Purcell defined the Senate's Senate's] efforts, then they'll only, like in all the years before, input into any administrative or Wednesday and Thursday. come to it." Montalvo said that power of educa_tion as the power mean disappointment to the faculty policy that will affect 1 Conner on Communication Tim . Conner said that the the primary concerns of the ,to inform itself and communicate academics at Hamilton. I do· not· student body. s hould improve Senate were academic. "'Any its positions to other areas o( the believ e winter-study should be S e n ate itself and policy that affects his [ the college community, through The between communication eliminated because ofan. inability should student's] academics should be Spectator and other media. Senate The students. the PHILIP MONTALVO of the administration and faculty "I think the Senate should what examined," he said, citing matters oui finding in involved be The Student Senate Presidency to make it effective. the college is doing, informing the involving tenure, admissions, and lobby," Purcell said. "Every time I am also ' concerned about students, and then, possibly athletic policy. ' is not and never should be a J. oke. we get rebuffed by the CAP we To feel that_ the Faculty have Freshman advising (both academic taking action. Asked what the extent of that stop there dead. I think we should the "final" say is not only not and social) and will work to make. "There are a lot of cases where examination would be, Montalvo go to.other sources." , On the problem of student humorous, it' s not true. To keep Freshman advising as complete as people say, 'When did that said that the Senate would not the faculty from having the final possible, and will use the happen?' The Senate should find take positions on issues unless it scepticism about the power of the say, t_ he student body must take questionnaire results as a guideline out what's happening and pass it had the support of the students. Senate, PurceJI said, "As soon as However, he said that the Senate you have .made your first two or on to the student." ' Conner said that the Senate would take the initi_ative to spark three proofs that the Senate does have power...then people will should not "diddle away its time student interest. begin to retain respect for the Purcell on Law with things it isn't related to," Purcell, who maintained that Senate." policy tenure c1tmg and admissions policy as such matters. the Senate "is not_powerless at couldn't. &all," said that the body had "the Senate] [the "It Clintdn Courier accomplish anything, so why power of' law" and "the power of candidate bot}:ler," he said of possible edu cation." ' The Senate posi,tions relating to those explained that the Senate could take action based upon legal matters. All Your Prz'ntz"ng Needs "I don't think the job of the LetterjJress and Offset Senate is to make suggestions. left and right, expecially when it doesn't have the power to do anything." Conner, h_owever; said that he did not have any specific plans in 65 DAY ADVANCE 1 Kirkland Ave,me • I mind, and that future positions of PAYMENT REQUIRED_ U.S: GOVT. APPROVED the Senate would depend upon TWA Clinton, N.Y. the expressed sentiments of the 707 PAN707AM TRANSAVIA 707 ' uni-travel charters students. e CALL TOLL FREE 1-800-325-4867 • 1

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The Revised Honor- Court COOstitution -- - ARTICLE 1

Section 1. There shall be an Honor Court consisling of six members who shall represent the student body and deal with all cases involving violations of the honor system. Section 2. The membership of this Court shall consist of two seniors, two jun iors, one sophomore, and one freshman. Section 3. The incumbent Court shall elect one of its junior members to serve as chairman for the succeeding academic year. The other members of the committee shall be nominated and elected by the members of their own class according to the election procedures established by the Student Senate and the incumbent committee,. The junior of the incumbent committee not elected as Chairman for the succeeding year shall automatically be nominated as a senior representative. The freshman member of the committee shall be el�cted from the incoming class within the fourth week after the beginning of the academic year. Section 4. If one or both of the junior members leave college upon completion of their junior ·year, the chairman shall be chosen by the retiring committee from the examinations and course work. Students newly elected senior representatives., are exµccted to report to the committee Section 5. The Honor Court shall be any violation of the Honor System empowered to select not more than. two observed by him. ARTICLE 3 alternate representatives from the semor I Section 1. It is every student's class. The Court shall circulate petitions among the members of the S$!nior class to responsibility to be aware of_all directions secure nominations for the alternate and regulations surrounding course work posit�ons. From these nominations the at Hamilton and Kirkland -Colleges. The Court shall choose .the senior alternates. In instructor shall specify in writing the rules go verning i n-class the case of emergency the alternates shall s p e c i f i c serve as voting members in the absence of examinations, take-home examinations, and written work submitted for a grade. one or more regular members. n S e ction 2. 'F r a u d i n i n-class Section 6. I the case of a vacancy on the Court during the academic year, petitions examinations shall consist of any attempt shall be circulated by the Court to secure to receive assistance from written or nominations for the vacated position. printed material, or from any pers�n or his Only members o'f the class represented by paper, or any attempt to give assistance at the vacated position shall be eligible for any time whether the one doing so has nomination. 'The Court shall be completed his paper or not. The only empowered to choose a representative for exception to this clause shall be in �he the remainder of the academic year· from specific direction from the instructor these nominations. contrary to these rules, at which point the ARTICLE 2 directions, he specified shall govern that Section 1. Upon entering the College, examination. Strict order and decorum all students 'shall indicate their acceptance shall at all times prevail in' examination of the regulations set forth in this rooms. No student shall go to his room, or constitution through written acceptance to another student's room or to the libz_:ary of the following pledge: d uring the course of an in-class By my signature below I affirm that I ·examination. There shall be no faculty have read _the Constitution of the Honor surveillance during the course of an_ System of Hamilton College and that. I in-class e�amination. understand and agree to abide by its Section 3. Fraud in all other course provisions throughout my academic career work shall consist of the incorporation of at the College. another person's work or ideas in any Section 2. Matriculation at Hamilton ·is exercise without acknowledgement of the contingent upon written acceptance of proper source. Cooperatice effort and thes,e Ho�or Code regulations. EverY, collaboration in course work are only student at the College shall lend his aid in allowed with specific permission of the ·· maintaining these rules. professor. Section 3. This one wrifren acceptance Section 4. Self-plagiarism is prohibited. shall cover all course work and Self-plagiarism is the submission of one examinations at either Hamilton College piece of course work in two separate courses without the permission of the or Kirkland College during the student's faculty members involved. college career. Section 4. Every s'tudent shall be on his ARTICLE 4 honor to abstain from fraud in Section 1. Complaints against students

by faculty members or other students for alleged violation of these Honor Code rules shall be submitted in writing directly to the Chairman, who shall investigate the evidence and speak with the persons involved. Section 2. Only the Honor Court may investigate and hear cases involving infraction of Honor Code rules. In the event that an insufficient number of Honor Court members are available to hear a case, that case shall be put-off intil such time as the Court may be convened. No other body shall in any circumstance_s act in plac� of the Honor court. The Honor Court shall be in session from the commencement of the academic year until 72 hours after the last •final examination of the spring semester. Section 3. Upon receipt of written complaint the Chairman shall convene the Court and present the evidence and information that he has gathered. The Court shall delibe:r:ate and decide whether or not the evidence warrants a hearing. A five-sixtlls vote o( the Court shall in all cases be necessary to convene a hearing; otherwise, the case shall be dismissed. Section 4. If the Court is to hear the case, the accused. shall receive a formal letter from the Court at least 48 hours prior to the hearing. The letter to the accused shall list the allegations against him and the rights to,present evidence and witnesses in his own behalf. At his option the accused may question the person who brought evidence against him. ' Section 5. The hearing shall be closed unless the accused requests a hearing open to ,the College community. A -tape recording of the hearing will serve as the official record 'of the proceedings. AH records of proceedings shall bekept strictly confidential and shall be stored in alocked file by the Chairman. Sectior.; 6. At the opening of the hearing, the Chairman shall read the charges against

student respondents would report an instance of cheating to the Honor Court if they observed one, even though it is requirement of both the present and revised systems to do so. ..That's not really a concern," said Honor Court Chairman Stephen Percy '75, "because the majority of cases are brought in by faculty." The most important· reason for the requirement to report is to insure that faculty do not handle cases themselves said Percy. "It is very important that the accused be judged by his peers." · "I realize that some students are unable to tum in other students. I have to accept this. We thought of taking out that requirement altogether... But the basic right to confront your accuser is more important than any discouragement. "

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Another provmon of the revised constitution states that "a tape recording of the hearing will serve as the official Controversial record of the proceedings." The tape One of the more controversial "shall be· kept strictly confidential and provisions of the proposed system is the right of t!-ie accused to know and question shall be stored in a locked file by the the person who brought evidence against Chairman." The purposes of the. tapes, said Percy, him. Critics ma intain that this will discourage students from reporting will be to provide a "complete transcript" to be used by court members during violations. According to the results of a recent deliberations when there is a difference of '-que-st-iQRnai�-o.n.ly 20-pei-ctnt1.-0f---the---:�opinion-0-ve-i:--t&Stimony. Furthermore, the

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Section 1. After all cases of conviction where the penalty does not involve separation from the College, the Chairman shall meet with the Dean of the College, within the three days following the completion of the case. At this meeting the Chairman sh�l present a procedural review of the case along with the Court's decisions. If !he Dean is satisfied that the proced'ures outlined in Article 4 have been properly followed, then he shall transmit to the Chairman written acceptance of the Court's actions. the Dean is dissatisfied with the procedures used in a given case, them he may submit the case to the Honor Court for retrial. In all such retrial cases the Dean shall submit to the Court written explanations of his objections to the procedures that were used. Section 2. hi all cases where the penalty voted by the Court involves separation from the College, the Academic Council shall act in place of the Dean during the procedural review. Otherwise the same procedures outlined in Section 1 shall be used. Section 3. A student may appeal an Honor Court decision within 3 days of that decision by making a written request o • :u:!1:t�;�e !P:�;fi�::�:·d�:r:���l� In the case of an appeal the Dean shall 'tape acts to protect the school against convene the Academic Council, which w·ill lawsuits char$'ing that fair procedures were them consider the grounds for appeal and - render a judgment using whatever not followed, ' · According to Percy, the chairman is the procedures it deems appropriate. These only one authorized to have access to the procedures need not necessarily involve a tapes. But it is possible that the convicted full re-hearing of the case. The qecision of student will also have such access under the Academic Council is final. The Court the r e c e ntly enacted "Buckley shall be notified in writing of this appeal Amendment" which gives students the dicision. ARTICLE 7 right to see their official school records·. Section 1 In all cases of conviction the Alternatives The revised constitution does not deal student body shall be informed of. the with the suggestion of Jack Levy '75 and v i ola t i o n and p e na l t y . 'S t rict Scott Wright '75 (Comment: Justice With confidentiality concerning the individuals Honor., The Spectator.Jan. 22) that there involved in the case shall at all times be be more alternatives for first-offense maintained. ARTICLE 8 penalties than failure in the paper or Section 1. The Honor Court shall make failure in the cour�e. The proposal also did not respond to provisions for interpreting this sustem to what Percy described as "some faculty the members of the freshman class and to pressure for a harsher penalty structure." transfer students upon their entrance to "They feel that the motivation to cheat the College. ARTICLE 9 is somewhat encouraged under the present Section I. These rules may be amended system," said Percy. Although Percy realizes that the Court by a two-thirds vote of all those voting in has not come up with a perfrct docume·nt, al all-college election, provided that notice he said that most people are satisfied with of these amendments be published in the the honor system. "The procedures were Specta.tor' at least one week previous to wbat we were most concerned with the election. elaborating. and J think the revision is a Section ·2. The adopted am�ndments vast , improvement everybody must be ratified by the Faculty of the for concerned/'' _ -�--."'�-- ,. •• �::?lJC;JtC;. ............ �•---· ----�

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By ROBBY MILLER The Honor Court has submitted a revised constitution for the honor system at Hamilton, which �pecifically outlines - the procedures and student rights in the investigation and hearings of reported Honor Code violations. All Hamilton students and faculty members Will vote on the new constitution next month. The approval of three-quarters of all those voting is required. This action by the Honor Court culminates six months of debate and discussion by its members in determining remedies for the present weaknesses and ambiguities under the present system. Students under the new rights constitution include the right of the accused to present evidence and to bring in witnesses and the right of the convicted student to appeal his case to the Academic · Council.

the accused. The Chairman shall have full authority over the proceedings, and only the persons recognized by the Chairman may speak at the hearing. Section 7. The hearing shall prodeed in the following sequence: The plaintiff and the accused shall appear separately before the Court to describe their respective versions of the facts of the_ case and to respond to any questions posed by the Court. Either party tnay present evidence. After the facts have been presented. by both sides, the accused shall have •.the right to question the plaintiff in order to clarify any points in the case. Next, either side shall have the right to produce witnesses relevant to the case, who will speak in an order to be determined by the chair. The witne�ses may present testimony and may be questioned bo the 'Court. ARTICLE 5 Section 1. After completion of a hearing the Honor Court shall deliberate in closed session. Section 2. A five-sixths vote of the Honor Court shall in all cases be necessary · for conviction. Section 3. In the event of a conviction the Court ·shall stipulate a penalty commensurate with the seriousness of the offense. For the first offense the penalty shall pertain only to the course in which the infraction was committed. In the event of a second offense the penalty may include suspension or expulsion from the College. Section 4. A four-sixths vote of the Court shall in all cases be necessary for ll penalty decision. Section 5. As soon as possible the Chairman shall inform the person who brought evidence, the defendant, and the Dean of the College of the Honor Court decisions. The defendent shall be informed of his right of appeal. This information shall be confirmed in writiJ).g.

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Husain Leads Squash Club ·10 Best SeP,son Bver Under the able direction of s cored when Tom Pirodsky •Am�rican ball is mu�h livelier," he Championships, Mohammed was Mohammed, "he is the greatest coach Donaldjones, the Hamilton powered his way to a 3-0 decision. said, "so the points are· over with not satisfied with the academic squash player who has e_ver lived," I n conim en t ing on the Squash Club finished its season An oddity of the match was the much more quickly and less program at DuPage. "The main reason I come to this country is to Hamilton Club, Mohammed said with· a 3-3 record. Squash is an first game in which Pirodsky­ stamina is needed." Born on DeGember 25, 1948, get a good education," Husain that he has been pleased with its indoor carry-over sport, played scored a merciless 15-0 shutout: performance thus far and hopes with a racquet and ball in a the first and only such whitewash Mohammed gre\Y up in Karachi, says, "not to play squash." It was in the YMCA league that that its success will continue in four-walled cubicle. this season for a Continental Pakistan's largest city. His father, The Hamilton Club, which did racquetman. who died while Mohammed was ·Mohammed met John Marling, the remaining matches. Always pra1smg his f_ellow not win a single match all last At Rochest.er University 0- an. still in high school, worked for'the­ captain of his club. Marling, a year, has posted wins ovd Stevens 22) Swenson, Linder; DeCamp, Pakistan International Airlines. Ham i lton alumnus, directed - players, Husain expressed some College (N .J.) · and Rochester Pandolfi, and Husain won, giving Since the death of his parei:.ts, Monammed to Clinton where it sadness for team on losing University. In ·a neutral court Hamilton the decision over the Husain has been virtually was felt that the athletic and • number-two player Tom Pirodsky academic picture would be who graduated at the end of m atch, played at S.U.N.Y. Yellowjackets. In the first singles self-supportive. brighter Cortland, Jones' racquetmen lost match Husain drove his opponent January. "I will miss Pirodsky As a youngster, Mohammed An econo mics major at very much," he said. to Cornell University; the squad crazy with a display of crosscourt learned squash form his uncle who came out on the short end of c1; shots and textbook alley shots. was, in the Pakistani Air Force, Hamilton, Mohammed plans to Jones Praised 5-4 squeaker at Hobart College. Mohammed's fine touch was but his athletic prowess also work in the United States for two Mohammed also had some fine The squad then lost a rematch to evident and he controlled the included participation in soccer years after graduating, and then words for Coach Jones; whom he Rochester 2-7, and finished the center of the court while sending and cricket during grade school. return to Pakistan. characterized as, "a fine coach Better Way of Life season by edging Hobart 5-4. Rochester's Gary Lisman to all and a good leader." In only his Great Khan It is curious to find a young second year as squash coach, Most Important Reason four corners. The match was over It was not until he was No doubt the most important so quickly that the partisan crowd introduced to Umardreas _Khan man with such enthusiasm and Jones has done an extraordinary reason for the club's success has did not have the opportunity. to (brother in-law of internationally d e t e r m ination. 'Mohammed job of rebuilding a winless team been the addition of junior witness yet another superlative of famous Mohibbullah Kahn) that explaips that his goal in lifb or into a highly competitive one. transfer student Mohammed Husain's game-his relentless . Husain decided to concentrate on "mision" is to bring a "better way Expectations for an undefeated "' squash. Mohammed attributes of life" ·to the Pakistani people. season next year are well-founded. Husain. From the start . of the stamina. Expressing the hope that more squash season Hosain has been The team closed �mt its se.ason much of his expertise to his He hopes to work in the Hamilton students would learn to Hamilt-on's "number one" player. with rematches against Rochester training with Khan, as the family government on his return there. One might liken Husain' to the play squash, Mohammed said that A native of Pakistan (where and Hobart-. In both matches· the of Khans has ruled the world squash is the national game), pre vious winner was upset. scene in squash for nearly thirty gr_eat Hashim Khan who virtually the game can be played for fun, put Pakistan on the map when he "when they grow up to become Mohammed has scored impressive Rochester, who H�lton before years. · Through many diligent hours of topped the world of squash during doctors or lawyers." Indeed victories in every match he has topped 5-4, came on stromg to played. geny the Hamilton squad 7-2. practice, Mohammed reached the the 50's and 60's., Khari is loved as squash is an ideal carry-over sport In the 7-2 loss at the hands of Husain and Linder were the only finals of the Pakistan Junior a hero in his country, he has been that imparts a keen state of Cornell University, only Husain C o n t i n e n t a,l s t o rem a in National Championship three responsible for the success of "so physical condition as a by-product and Rick Swenson of the u n d e f e a t e d a g a i n s t -th e years in a row. Then in 1967 he many people". and according to to its enjoyment. r�ilched the sem_i-fertals of the nine-man squad could- manage a Yellowjackets. win.· The first-singles match was a In another squeaker against Senior Nationals before being c lassie exhibition as Husain Ho b ar_t t he Hamilton nine eliminated by Khalid Mir who has str9ked his way to an easy, almost managed to turn the tables and since ,emigrated from Karachi to e f f o r tless, - victory over the, close out �e sea�on with a 5-4 become a squash pro at the New stunned Com�ll opponent. win. Husa:ip., Linder, Campbell, York Athletic,Club. When Mohammed first came to Stevens College proved to be no DeCamp, and Rob Rowan all match for the Continentlas; Rick tallied wins in the ,come · back the United States two years ago, Swenson, T o,m Pirodsky, Pete effort. he was enrolled as an . exchange Linder, Kevin Campbell, Chris student at a junior college in Nationals Tougher DeCame, Gary Pandolfi, and of F r o m t h er e Moham m ed Gai nsville, Texas. He soon course Mohammed Husain, all trq.vellt;d to Princeton, New Jersey transferred to DuP age College scored wins for Hamilton. to play his game against the top (Illinois) but was discouraged that I On January 18th the squash collegiate players in the United the school had no squash courts. PH(?N<Z, 315-853 · 62.l2 club travelled to Hobart College States. Mohammed had to face Although he was able to LORY D. weDOW, CRAFTSMAN to meet the highly-touted tougher. competition than that compete in a YMCA squash league Open Monday-Satu_rday _ 11-5 Every Day Statesmen. Husain was slated to which he had tasted during and in the Chicago City to against "Chape" Siebert, who Hamilton's regular seasom. Husain· last year was ranked second in fought his way to the quarter New York State. Once again the finals of the tournament before · f irs t-singles match went to suffering his first and only loss as Hamilton. Mohammed, using fine a member of the Hamilton team. In an interview, Mohammed drop shots to complement his array of strokes, drove· Siebert explained his untested durability, into submission quickly-three attributing it to having learned the games to no_ne. game in Pakistan where squash is · Another Hamilton win was played with the English ball. "The' ;c

Intramural Constitution Change, Ratified 9-1

The Intramural Council ratified further action, ' a change in its constitution in a Bill Hooke, President of the meeting last Tuesday. The Council, made a similar prop·osal constitutional change was one of to Mackay's,- only eliminating the four proposals submitted· to the executive committee. The fourth designated Council. All· four proposals dealt pro p o s a l three three members, with the election of members to f r af_er nity the Council. independent members, _ two - Rick Aubry proposed that one freshmen members, and one Council member should be chosen Kirkland member. A straw vote was taken which from each team tha� participated in four out of the five major eliminated Aubry's. proposal and sports the previous year. Aubry the fourth proposal. Another vote stressed the point that the was taken to determine if the members should be chosen on the Council should substain an basis of participation. He added executive committee. The result was unanimous in favor of a body that those who participated would · without the executive committee_ be the ones most interested. Hugh Mackav proposed that · The meeting was then there be a council member from adjourned because the Student each fraternity, three independent Senate Constitution, which also members, two freshmen members, governs the Intramural Council, and a Kirkland representative. The forbids a proposal from being Council would also have an adopted and ratified in the same executive committee consisting of meeting. A new meeting was then one member from each group. called to order, and the change Mackay said that the executive was passed 9-1. committee would be able· to It was also announced in the handle- in detail problems of meeting that rosters for squash, greater concern in the Intramural handball, and badpiinton are due program, and then submit their Thursday the 20th in Coach ;��o_?osal� -t� t�e �u�I coun1cil for McJ??��d•� of�ice. . , 1 d , ... , , ::: 1 1

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Hamilton Five Downed by Dutchmen Murphy Forecasts Bright Season in 76

By ROBERT McCORMICK evid ent right from the start. They Strange things happen in the failed to scor e the first five tim es Union Coll ege field hous e. Some down the floor. Normally steady say it was built by le prechauns. g u a r d Willie Jackson looked How els e can one explain the shaken, throwing the ball away Boston Celtic atmosphere that twice, and being call e d for an pervades the place? off ensive foul. The Dutchmen Hill stud ents who made the jumped out to a 10-0 le ad. trek to Schenectady last week for It was, appropriately, senior the opening round game of the co-captain Pedro Garcia who ECA C U p stat e N e_w York spark ed the Conts out of lethargy,. To u r n a m e n t p i t t ing t h e He came up with three quick C,o n t i n e n t a l s a g a i n s t th e swipes that see med to inspire his mate. Dutchm en.will attest to it. Utilizing Brian Coomb es' hot Did they actiially see Red Auerbach, Bill Russell and Bob hand, and applying good de fensive Cousy sticking it to their belove d pr essure, the Blue at length pulled Blue, or was it merely a two wee k to within three points, 32-29. The early St. Patrick's Day hangover? Dutchmen ran off a spurt near the Neither, in fact. It's just that end of the half that increased Un i on C o a c h B ill Scanlon, their lead to 49-39. Nevertheless, it app e ared that dom inat ing c e nt e r C ha r l i e the Conts could pull it out. John Gug l i otta, and sharp-shou�­ guard Bill Carmody be ar an Klaube rg and- Coombes had found uncanny res emblance to their the range and Mark Rybarczyk C e 1 tic counterparty-they win was plugging the center slot e fficiently. virtually all the tim e. Prospects Dimmed Union Decimates Blus prospects thus look ed The Dutchmen decimated the Continentals, 92-75, and went on 'fairly bright, until the refs went to take the championship by into their act at the · opening of besting Oneonta the next night, the second half. 68-59 It marked the second time The ball was blown dead at the within the past three years that Union end of the court. One ref Union has capture d this title. In appear ed to signal a Union foul. addition, the Dutchmen k ept their But he're was the other handing pe rf ect record at home this season the ball to Union's Carmody, who inJact. smartly stepped up and hurle d.it T h e C o ntinentals lack of the length of the floor for an pos t - s e a s o n e xp�rience was. uncontested bucket.

Badger Coombes Garcia Guy Jackson Kasdorf Klauberg Masterson Mucitelli Rybarczyk Smith Tarbell

C o a ch M u r p h y a n d co-captains Garcia and Guy could get no satisfaction from this dynamic duo, who denied that a foul had b een calle d. Blu e rooters b e gan to chant "Homejob!" Coach Murphy respond ed by savagely booting the ball bag, for which he was assess ed a technical foul. Shortly later, Mark Rybarczyk prot ested a dispute d call by throwing the ball over the top of the back-board. He too was called for a technical.This provoke d Coach Murphy to a few choice w o rds for which he was punished in like mann er. Th e e f f e ct of a l l t his d e m oralized the Continentals. Facing a superior club, convinced that the refs were against the m, they · let the game drift out of their grasp. Benches Cleared Union eventually opened up an 82-62 lead, and both coaches cleared their benches with four m in u t e s r emaining. Co�mbes · By SHERM TUCKER finished with 16 points, and Now, with only memories team may not be st rong. the Rybarczyk grabbed 13 rebounds. The Dutchmen shot 55% from the remaining of this winter's highly sprinters and distance men will be field, while the Coots hit on but successful baske tball, hockey and fun to watch, and 'the re should b e swimm ing t eams, Hamilton's several outstanding pe rformance s. 42% of their attempts. Similar to Long,. the showing Thus ended the most successful spring sports ·teams are hastily season in the annals of Hamilton pr e par ing for the upcoming of this spring's baseball team will College basketball. And things can season. During the last three rest on the showing of the team's only get better. In this final game, weeks, Coaches Long, He ckle r and underclassmen.· Heckler's twenty Murphy started three freshmen Von Schiller (head coaches of man s·quad is composed of nine and two sophomore s. · Add to this track and field, baseball, and freshmen, six sophomores, one the talented group �f JV players lacrosse respectively) have -been j u n i o r a n d t w o s e n i o r s , , who will be fighting for varsity busy conditioning their athletes Co-captains Dave McLean and FG% FT% TP Avg.P TR Avg. R, Stl Ast berths next year, and y·ou've got a and attempting to stabilize the ir John Thomas. 36,5 . 89.5 88 4.4 9 .5 12 32 Since the team's practice area rosters. solid nucle us. . 46.7 74.2 276 13.8 ·: 142 7.1 31 36 Track Success Depends has been limited to the gym floor, "We 'll do better if the boys 4 3.8_' bb.b 148 6.7 77 3.8 47 39 The success of this s eason's the squad's line -up is far from work hard over the summe r," 33.7 74.2 4.2 .93 1.5 18 34 29 comme nted Murphy. "I e xpect track and field team depends on established. He ckler hopes to use 50.3 80.9 230 10 87 4 51 73 that we'll be in the running for an the performance of the �printers the team's ten day southern trip, 34.5 50.0 23 1.4 1.5 . 1 24 4 and long distance harriers and the during which time they will play NCAA bid ne xt y e ar." 53.6 . 80.5 469 21.3 102 41 4.6 28 ability of the numerous freshmen six games, to finalize his line-up. As for Union? Well, th e 40.6 33.3 32 1.5 42 8 2 6 Although Heckler is still highly Dutchmen will still have an on the squad to mature quickly to 49.5 69.6 . 255 11.8 227 10.3 20 23 fill seve ral key positions. sp eculative about who will play excellent club n e xt y ear, though 6.5 19 · 46,3 ' 47.7 145 6.5 145 14 With most of the members of w h ere, h e plans to switch Carmody and Gugliotta will have 54.5 , 66.6 20 1.7 7 .6 4 5 th e outstanding cross-country Co-captain McLe an from his last graduat e d. Their C eltic-like reign, 80.0 50.0 17 1.9 4 .4 4 2 how.ever, should come to an end. te am running the half, one, three, year,s infield position to the or six mile events, the Blue should mound this season. He also have a good showing in the po i nt e d t o w ards sophomore distanc e runs. pitche r John Driscroll as one who The 100 and 220 yard sprints .must deliver if the team is to be a and the 440 yard relay should b e winner•. handle d adroitly by the foursome Heckler Optomistic Heckle r is optomistic that this of Dave Baker, Co-captain Pe dro Garcia, Rick Mobley and Kevin year's te am will have the first Snyder. winning season since ·1969, or as · According to Coach Long, each he put it, ."if· you're not going for membe r of the foursome has an a winning se ason, 'there 's no sense . excellent chance at br eaking the in playing." ' school's 100 yard record- which is M ucb like Heckler, Coach Von 9.9 sec Mobley is the likely Schille r is still in the early stages candidate to r ewrite . the----record. of drawing up a pe rmanent roster. Earlier this year, he ran a 9.9 Since his practices have also been .indoors. The foursome should also restricted to the gym floor and · local parking lots, Von Schiller set the school's 440 y_ard relay. T h e h i g h hurdle and has not had a chan,ce to accuratelyinterme diate hurdle events may judge som e of his pro�pects. With also turn out to· be the te am's the stickplaying time limited, the Anyone interested in a t r i p to Kenya _and Tanzania with strength if the freshman group of team members have spent most of Dr. Richard Leakey to excavations at Lake Rudolf, Ileret, Ted Gardner, Stan Foo and Jim their time getting thems elves into Kaobi Foru, plus Olduvai Gorge, plus wildlife areas (The Alleva are able to develop and better physical condition. perform well. Sophomore Phil With the returning of last Salient. of the Aberderes )? Please contact Margo Walker, year's high scor ers, Tri-captains Barnhill will also l e nd ample aid in Foundation for Rese_arch Into_ the Origins of Men. P.O. Box Jon Be rry and Steve Speno, as these events. 444, Locust Valley; New Yo�k 11560 But, along with the strengths, w e l l a s t o p d e f ens e m;:tn th e team d o es have some Tri-captain Marty Percy, this w eaknesse s. Long points towards y e ar's t e a m c o u l d be an 516-759-0400 Day the 440 yd. sprint, triple jump, improveme nt over last y ear. Von 516-671-2783 E·venings javelin and shot put as the team's S chiller hope.s that freshman major problems. g o a l i e J ohn Rice will also Long plans to use several of the strengthen the club. freshmen long jump ers in the The team will probably not g et triple jump, while he hopes that outside until it starts its five -day disc�s expert Don Oy er can Pennsylvania road ·.trip. Th e Cont compet e succ essfully in s eve ral of stickm en meet Have rford on April th e field events. 2 and then challenge Gettysburg Schedule Demanding and We stchester State on the No previous experience necessary. Trips June and October. Th e Blu e s ch e c;iule is <l following two days. $:4000.00, 25% tax deductible. demanding one: "Cortland and H opefully after the swing Union will be tougher ·than through P e n nsylvania, Von tough," Long claime d. "A fiv e Schille r will I;>� able to d esignate hundred s eason (3-3) would be a his offensive and. de fensive lines, good on e ," ���-1:1�}:e�<l�\�1: : 1 '11) 111d e e e or 1 1 Pfte;'r,{ g./ :- �� r � fr.1i � . -·----------·- --------�---•- - ---------�----- _ ______.,,., �--- _.. _______ ,.. - .,, ________1 Although on the wnole, the the difficult eleven game schtch.d e.

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Sports

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Sports

Hamilton Division · II Runner· up to Bowdoin crashed in on the right wing to BY STEVE HAWEELI wing Keith O'Brien. Bowdoin Wins Again pursue the loose puck. "First of all we'd like to thank Hamil ton for upsetting Merrimack Earlier in the year Bowdoin The hundred or so Hamilton and allowing �s to host the iced Hamilton twice: once at the fans roared their approval with Division II championship game," Nichols Christmas Tourney, 6-3; rists clenched in defiance at the That's what one of the first things and once at Bowdoin, 4-2. So Bowdoin student body. On a that the master of ceremonies said Hamilton was out to prove that freak play minutes late� the puck at Bowdoin after Hamilton:s they could overcome the jinx that bounced off the screen behind unfortunate 6-4 loss to the new the Bears seemed to possess over Rossi, fell to the right of Ray, and Division II Champs last Saturday them, with the added attraction was centered perfectly to a night. of becoming the best team in Bowdo.in player who beat Rossi to But in reviewing the season the Division II. tie the game at one apiece. The The tension-filled first· period Bowdoin fans let out a roar that runner's up should be proud of The Bo ston saw both teams get off to sloppy shook ·t h e m s elves·. the rink, reminding the starts. Just as t�e Bowdoin fans Hamilton, rather impressively, p i cked sport s w r i t e r s Continentals to finish fifteenth began to clamor for a Bowdoin that they were in Brunswick, not amidst some of the mediocre goal, Lenny Thomas alertly Clinton. whackeq in a great centering pass Going into the second period clubs in the league. Coach Greg Batt knew better.· from Rick Anderson, who had down 2-1, due to a Bowdoin tally Realizing that Hamilton narrowly missed the play-offs last year, he figured the Conts to at least qualify this year if things went smoothly. A Couple of Surprises He needed a left wing for Phil Hildebrand and Tom Griffith who FEINGOLD AND SHOEN turned out to be unheralded According to the New York· Times, Dividion JI Hockey in the Gillmore. Gillqiore G eo rge Eastern College Athletic Conference does not exist. According to J. finished with 22 goals and 18 Martin Carovano, President of Hamilton College, it is the center of assists-the 22 goals being tops on the universe. the squad. From Canada, Len If somebody wante.d to keep track of college hockey, using the Thomas turned out to be a perfect Times sp�rts section for his information, he would know a bt about linemate for junior stalwart Rick the sport on the collegiate level. He would know about Harvard and Anderson, and sophomore left Boston University and Vermont and Cornell. He could tell you when and where and how each team was going to play. He could not tell SEASON SCORING you about anything else, though, and obviously the Times cannot fit that kind of news on its printed pages. G A Pts. The Times reader could also tell you about Hamilton Tech. or Hildebrand 14 33 47 Hamilton College, the two-year school near Albany or Buffalo or 46 Griffith 17 29 New York. Or somewhere. He could tell you that its hockey team Gillmore 22 18 40 was ranked 12th before the season began. But that would be all he Anderson 10 26 36 could tell you. Thomas 19 14 33 He wouldn't know that the team went to the finals of Division II Aubry 7 22 29 in the ECAC, and he wouldn't care. He wouldn't kn'ow that there O'Brien 14 14 28 were playoffs - except for Harvard and friends. He wduldn't know Ziemendorf 7 13 20 that Hamilton was considered nothing before the season started, and Armstrong 7 9 16 that it fought its way to the top, beating the team that was Bauer 3 11 14 considered the best in the Division - Merrimack, a school that 6 Williams 5 11 sounds as if it.was founded so it could have a hockey team. Gillmore 4 10 6 One day the Times and its readers might learn that there are other Hedstrom 3 3 6 sports in this world besides golf, tennis and the stock market. And Pryor 1 .6 5 other teams playing those sports also. Malcom 4 0 ***** 4 Lenney 2 1 ·3 Someone sitting in the corner of the Pub one night last week, Molloy 1 2 I 3 complained, "Why can't they do s�mething, give credit somewhere? Colby 0 3 3 Sometime this summer, I have the feeling, there'll be a little filler in Rossi 0 I 1 the Times about the longest football losing streak in the nation. Who

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with 53 seconds left, Hamilton tied it up on a goal by George Gillmore. But .then the test began. Slowly Bowdoin began to mount pressure on Rossi. Bowdoin began to control the puck consistently. By the last half of the third period Bowdoin dominated play. In the heat of the second period Ray Rossi played exceptionally well,· 1 denying Bowdoin of at least two goals, several times making two or three ..aves . in the space of succesive seconds. five Unfortunately Hamilton's offense never really got started, but that's not to say that Bowdoin had a great deal to do with controlling it.

It almost appeared that the Cont's wanted this one too badly, but nothing can be taken away from Bowdoin who pl ay ed an inspiring game themselves, taking twice as many shots at the Continentals. Tom Griffith and Chip Williams scored the two remaining goals. Next year will also be a year of surprises. Chances are good that yet another fine class of freshmen will matriculate to aid the Hamilton cause. It will be no surprise, however, if next year the Hamilton master of ceremonies thanks Bowdoin for beating Merrimack and enabling Hamilton to host the championship game.

All The News Thit's Fit To Print? will they mention? Hamiton Tech. Why not? Who will they be insulting besides some creeps in Buffalo? Right. "They don't mention anything about Hamilton. They make a big deal when Sisco turns down the Presidency, not when he accepted it. They don't talk about Division III swimming. How long has Hamilton been a dominant power there? Where's a mention of the other nationals besides the big boys' nationals? Doesn't anybody else count? "Take basketball. Look what those guys did. First winning team in how long? Must be years. Those guys were supposed to do nothing. Look what they did. They make the playoffs, had a very good record. They played the game the' way it's supposed to be played. Theyplayed with - what do they call it? - aficion. Passion. That's what it seemed like. Nobody cares now. People only care about the big money boys, importing athletes who use the colleges _like minor leagues. Look at the guys here: on the court, on the ice, in the pool - anywhere. They play because they want to. And they win. Nobody cares about that. Sports is big time and anybody who smells small time is not worth the attention. We didn't have a big man, but we won a few games. We had a coach who rants and raves on the bench, and we still won, They were a cinderella team, a great story, what sports is all about. Or at least what it used to be all about."

*****

The hockey players, and the basketball players, and the swimmers compete just like anyone else does. One difference between the way they compete and the way a lot of other teams compete is that they win. They try their best, and they win. But, as someone said, nobody (nobody except a few people on a hill near somewhere) cares. Maybe it's wrong to ask for attention, but if the only time you get attention is when it's bad - well, it's time to start waving hands and screaming a little. Just a little.


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THE SPECTATOR

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Kirkland Tenure Decisions Imminent

Tenure decisions for seven Ki rkland faculty members are currently being considered by the - college administration, The Spectator has learned. All the final decisions will be handed down by April 15, according to President Babbitt. :

Upper left: Hamilton Director of Admissions Christopher Covert; upper right: Acting Kirkland Director of Admissions Molly Bartlett. Below, Kirkland Admissions Office staffers.

Application !rends Divergent Hamilton Down 15% ·

By NEIL CHENEY Total applications for admission to Hamilton were down 15 per cent this year due mainly to the country's depresssd economic situation, said Director of Admissions Christopher Covert. According to Covert, the decline from 1515 applicants last year to 1294 this year "all has to be looked at in the light of last year being the biggest year ever." In addition, Covert cited the economy as cutting into the college's applicant pool by forcing those "on the periphery" of attending Hamilton to choose other less expensive alternatives. Approximately 45 per cent of this year's applicants have been offered ..admission, compared to 39 per cent of last year's applicants who were offered admission" Covert is hoping for a freshman class next year totaling 250, down 20 from this year, giving the college an "optimum full enrollment" of 965. Covert denied that Hamilton is admitting more so-called "high risk candidates." Noting the success of many students attending Hamilton under New York's Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) in the past; Covert stressed the faith, the college has in those it ad.mits. Under HEOP, students who have been confronted with a poor environment for learning in high school are "put in an environment where they could be successful," said Covert, adding that the continued on page ten

Kirkland Up 15%

By SARAH McGREGOR Applications for admission to Kirkland are up 15 per cent over last year, .according to Molly Bartlett, acting director of admissions-at Kir�land. · Five hundred and seventy-eight' women applied, of whom 204 were accepted for the freshman class. Last year, 518 freshman applications were filed, The increase is partially due to a more intensive recruitment policy and more traveling to schools in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, Bartlett said. Only 43 transfer students applied to Kirkland this year, while the college received 67 transfer applications last year. This seems to follow a national trend of fewer transfer applications, Bartlett said; Bartlett said the acceptance · standards for each applicant are flexible and subjective, and early decision candidates are examined more rigorously than regular- decision candidates. ''We have five people in the [Admissions] office, five faculty members and five students reading applications and all of them look at the candidates differently," , Bartlett said o Lower SAT's She also said that SAT scores seemed lower than two or_three years ago. Last year's mean SAT score was 585 for math and verbal. The mean s(ore of this year's applicants has not yet been determined. continued on page ten

The seven faculty being c o nsid er e d are: Assistant Professor of Literature Heinrich Stabenau, Instructor in History Jerrold Townsend, Assistant Professor of Sociology Walter Broughton , Associate Professor of Psychology David Begelman, Assistant Professor of Psychology Sandra DeMyer-Gapin, Associate of Printmaking, P rof e s soi: Drawing, and Painting Robert Muirhead, Assistant Professor of 'Music Alan Heard, and AssistaR{ Professor of Ceramics Robert Palusky. Because official deliberadons are confidential, complete repoi:;ts on this year's tenure decisions w er e not available; but well-informed sources and several of the faculty members who are up for tenure have .supplied information to The SpectatoF. Of the two members of the Humanities Division considered · this year-S ta b e nau and Townsend-Stabenau said the college has denied him tenure. Townsend refused comment until May 1. Some observers of the say that tenure situation Townsend's chances for tenure-if not already decided finally-may be hurt by the fact that he does not have his doctoral degree yet. No Explanation Stabenau said he has received written notification from Lh.e college that he has not received lenure. The notification, he said, included J!O explanation,Stabenau, who was also not recommended positively by his division, said the decision was "the college's" and he does not know what recommendations were made by President Baboitt, Dean Frazer and the individual committee members. Stabenau said he has requested the reasons for the decision. The literature professor said the decision "was, of course, complete and thorough." When asked if the process and decision were fair, he said, "I can't answer that yet." In the Division of Social sociologist Walter Sciences, Broughton said that he too was denied tenure by the college, but

d e dined further comment. Broughton was Kirkland's research professor, 1973-74. Along with Broughton, in Social Sciences,DeMyer-Gapin and the division's cliairman, David Begelman, are up for tenure. Both refused comment. Regelman said, ''This is confidential. It goes to the office of academic affairs. They are the proper ones to release it." ' A reliable source reported that both Begelman and Broughton were recommended for ten�e by the division, but that Begelman'& r ecommendation was more positive than Broughton's. However, it is known that D e M yer-Gapin wa s not recommended for tenure by the d i v i s ion. ' Several students announced in The Spectator's blurb column 'March 14 that they continued on page eight

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Aid Policy. To Change; Parent Contribution Up

By SUSAN MALKIN aid policy at Financial hamilton and Kirkland will· no longer follow the guidelines set by the College Scholar!i_hip Service (CSS) an!,) the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) aid Ken Kogut, director of financial aid. Next year the colleges will follow policy recommended jointly by [vy League schools and MIT" The Ivy proposal generally will more exp e ct p ar e ntal contribution than CSS and less parental contributions than HEW, Kogut said. Previously, all three financial aid guidelines {CSS, HEW, and Ivy) had been _similar. In an effort to elevia te the financial burden on the family, CSS this year i s sued

recommendations for parental contributions which were "way too low" and "out of line," said Kogut. The Ivy League colleges and MlT then issued an alternate which guidelines of set increased substantially the amount of parental contribution expected. HEW found both the CSS and g u id e lines League lv y nnacceptable-,. and issued its own set of recommendations. These cut e x.p e c ted parental contribution by 20% over last year. In the past, if any college accepted federal scholarship funds, it was obligated to abide by HEW guidelines. ; This year., however;· colleges will receive continued on page eight

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.. - --Hard--Timis Hamilton vs. Buckley?

How does a faculty· member get tenured at Kirkland College? Well, it is not easy. The ...college is apparently pursuing· a policy of tenuring only the very best among its professors, and that aim is to be lauded. However, tenure decisions are such that an intangible system of valuation must be brought to bear on the professors at hand. The criteria, no matter how concisely stated, are, by definition, sufficiently broad to preclude the introduction of a set formula for making tenure decisions. And that's the way it should be. But major questions, thus, remain: what is excellence? what is professional iadvancement? Furthermore, can one help but impose different standards 'in each tenure decision? The, disclosure of two tenure decisions at Kirkland raises' immediate and long-term questions for the 'college. Both Assistant Professor of Literature Heinrich Stabenau and Assistapt Pro_fessor of Sociology Walter Broughton have been denied tenure. Although neither has yet announced whether he plans to appeal the denial, more negative decisions for other faculty being considered are likely to produce unrest, if not outright :revolt, on the part of both the faculty in question and the colleagues with whom they enjoy professionally reciprocal relationships. It is not clear that any of these problems can ·b� avoided, but they must· be anticipated. The college administration-particularly th� dean of _academic affairs and the president-ought to take steps now to ease the institutional strain that the nation-wide tenure crunch is certain to provoke here. The first of these constructive steps should be to do away with some of the secrecy that now shrouds individual tenure decisions from start to finish. Students and faculty should be told why their teachers and colleagues did not measure up to institutional criteria when the decision is made, if the faculty member consents to public disclosure. , The criteria do not speak for themselves. Student supporters of DeMyer-Gapin 's want to know why a person whom they consider an excellent instructor does not measure up when pedagogy is so important at Kirkland. Why was s·tabenau turned down when activity in th� college community is important and he has served this year as chairman of the Assembly Steering Committee? And why was Broughton, who was awarded the Kirkland Research Professorship 1973-7 4 also denied a permanent position at the college when professional advancement is � important criteria? The time has come for the dean and president to stop spewing the rhetoric of tenure, namely that these decisions are delicate, sensitive, · and confidential, with wide institutional ramifications that will influence the college for years to come. That kind of talk is growing over-used and meaningless. In light of the abnormally large number· of tenure · decisions now being made, Kirkland administrators and faculty ought to join in a cooperative effort to relate the abstract standards espoused in college documents to th,e very real decisions that come up. Such a move would be helpful not only to faculty who will come up for tenure in future years, but also to students who are baffled by Vl(hat sometimes can seem like duplicity on the part of committees and administrators involved in these necessary, but agonizing, personnel decisions.

A · Lasting Influence This is the first issue of The Spectator in two years for which Henry Glick '75 is not serving as managing edito� Having held the second highest position on The Spectator longer probably than anyone else in the newspaper's history, Glick's influence has been great. The managing editor-besides helping to determine newspaper policy in all areas-is chiefly responsible for the composition and layout of The Spectator each Thursday night. It is he who coax.es, teaches, directs, and pushes an enthusiastic, if sometimes disorganized, staff through to our 8 a.m� deadline. Glick, in his nearly three years as a senior editor, has provided continuity as other staff, including editors-in-chief have come and gone. Now, too, his advice and expertise will be sought often. Editors-in-chief receive public exposure-both accolades and criticism. However, the managing editor is always hidden from the public eye, and his authority often falls shy of his responsibility� As new editors assume larger duties on The Spectator, we publicly acknowledge the work of not only former editors Fred Bloch and Mitchel Ostrer, but also of Henry Glick-whose commitment to the very highest standards of newspaper journalism at Hamilton and Kirkland has never wavered.

_THE SPECTATOR

VOLUME FIVE

NUMBER TWENTY-ONE

Douglas Glucroft Editor-in-c hief

The Publications Board publishes The Spectator, a newspaper edited by students, 28 times during the aca demic year. Subscriptions: $7 a year. A d dress: Box 83, Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y. 13323. Letters to the editor m ust be si gned, but names will be withhel d upon request. c 1975 by The Trustees of Hamilton College \

By David Ruben

, will David Ruben's c olumn, "H�d Times,, appe ar- in The Spectator every other week. His views do not nec essarily represent the editorial policy of The Spectator.

Small controversies have a strange habit of mirroring more general and significant attitudes. One such controversy in our own community concerns the so-called "Buckley Law" and Hamilton College's negative attitude toward it. The law itself and its ramifications have been described previously in The Spectator. Passed last term by Congress and signed by President Ford, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act is a long-0verdue declaration of students' right of access to any files maintained on them by their college. Before the law's passage, a college had the right to withhold from a student such items'which ap: kept o nf i l e as admissions material, copies of c o r r e s p o nd�n c e , tran scdp t s , l e t t er o f recommendation, and any comments by professor or school officials. A college is now required to submit. such items to inspection by the student in quest.ion within 45 days of a formal request. I do not know what, if any, reasons there are for a stu{i.ent at Hamilton or Kirkland to request such information. The right ,to do so, however, should not be taken lightly. For example, take the recent "S-check" issue at Brown University. Students at Brown who examined their files pursuant to the new law in some cases found that the ''S" on their transcript, standing for Satisfactory in a Pass/Faill course, was accompanied by a check. It turned out that professors, without students' knowledge, had been adding a check to Pass/Fail marks when they felt the student had done excellent work. The idea was to aid graduate school admissions offices in evaluating Pass/Fail grading. But the effect, of course, was t� subvert the entire philosophy behind Pass/Fail grading by creating different levels of "Pass". The Brown Civil Liberties Union chapter took the university to task for the "�-check" system, and won. Without the Buckley Law, students could conceivably have been kept unaware of the "S-check" grading. On returning from vacation, Hamilton'. students found in their mailboxes a three page memorandum from Dean of Students R. Gordon Bingham explaing the new law. Instead of being an objective statement of facts and alternatives, the mermrandtun

letter of recommendation on the sole grounds that you have not signed the waiver." The impressions given by this statement is that a student is probably better of f waiving his right. Hamilton seems in effect to be saying that it wants its students to forfeit their lawful right of examination of letters of recommmendation. The law requires only that the college annually tell its students "what kind of information is kept about them, where the records are kept, which official, normally have access to them, why they have access, and what procedures the inst:itutxn folhws if students want to challenge any 'information in the records." The law does not require that the college counsel its students to sign a waiver. Yet, Hamilton has in effect done exactly that. Why? The logic of Hamilton's stance is difficult to comprehend. It is claimed that many professors ''believe _they cannot be fully candid" in their recommendations if those letters are accessible to students. Why not? If a _professor cannot be honest

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in communicating to the student his candid views as expressed in the letter of recommendation, it seems that professor is not qualified to recommend that student. What is the professor trying to hide? Why is full c'indor impossible under the condition of student access? What in a recommendation must a professor protect from the eyes of the student? What other than negative comments about the student? But a professor should not be writing negatively about a student in a recommendation. If he feels that he must comment negatively, he should tell the student that . he cannot write a positive recommendation. Under normal circumstances, most students · would have no desire or need to examine letters of recommendation written on their behalf .. However, the college's negative reaction to a student access law raises a question which would not otherwise arise: whether there really is anything to hide in those letters; ,an d students, as a result of that reaction will, and should, retain their right of access and exercise it. The right of access to recommendations now appears to be an important s tud e n t s afeguard against a faculty and administration which seem reluctant to conduct business openly. is in large part an attempt to persua,de students to The reaction of both faculty and administration sign a waiver of their right to see letters of to the Buckley Law, as expressed in Dean Bingham's recommendq.tion for employment and for graduate memorandum, is a disappointing display of mistrust and professional sch9ols. The very concept of and of an Ivory Tower mentality. The particular "waiving" a right should always be greeted issue of student access may not be an earthshaking dubiously, but what is upsetting is the bias by the one, but the reaction of the college is important in college in its explanation of the waiver. It reads on page two: "Some faculty members will not care its exhibition of Hamilton's condescending attitude whether or not you see a letter of recommendation toward its students. they write. Others, however, believe they cannot be. One further thought: Why is it that students will fully candid if their letters may be seen. It may, be supplied "waiver" computer cards in mailboxes, therefore, be in your own best interest to sign the while to protect against unauthorized release of waiver. Doing so will not prevent a faculty member "directory information," students must fill out, cut from sharing a letter with you if he so chooses. You out, address and mail easily-overlooked forms at the end of the Bingham memorandum? should also know that you may not be denied a

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Don't Let Me Be MisunderstQOO· To the Editor: I would like to clarify some of the misunderstanding surrounding Committee's Residence the proposals which were passed at the Assembly meeting of March IO, and reported on in the March 14 issue qf_The Spectator. First, the Special Interest Housing P roposal, passed fn Dece_mber, stated that special interest groups were to be housed in Milbank or B Dorm. The purpose of the amendment to the December proposal was to provide a means for housing coeducational special interest groups in buildings other than Milbank or B, if state health regulations precluded their T he t h er e. pIa c em e n t amendment's purpose was not to preclude such placement, as was in correctly reported in the article. The other proposals were recommended in order to obtain Assembly approval of, and to inform students of ,some housing policies which had been in effect informally in the Student Affairs Office during this semester. The priority system described in items two and thr�e of "Residence Committee Report to Assembly" is intended for midyear room �ent and any other room changes during the year. This system gives priority according to class year. The article of March 14 would lead one to believe that the same priority applied for the spring lottery. This is not the case--a different priority system, intended for the lottery, is described clearly in the document, at Pro cedures "Ro oming Kirkland." At this time, priority is given· first to student advisors, second to seniors, and third to sophomores and juniors together. The primary purposes of the portion of the report dealing with freshwomen and double singles were 1) to remind fresh women of the possibility that they would be assigned another roommate and 2) to try to abate a situation in which students thought they could easily obtain a double single

by chastising their roommates implying that administrative fiat is preferable to negotiation enough to force them to move out. Figures from the Student among the students involved in Affairs Office show that, in 60% such situations. were proposals of the cases, freshwomen retain�d ' Th ese to response in their old room as double singles. introduced This was as a result of a process in complaints by students that they which the students in each suite were uninformed of what sort of or half floor (in which a system was being followed for freshwoman ended up with a midyear room changes. :The double single at the beginning of committee wished to institute the spring semester) decided on consistent procedures for room their own whether or not any assignment, in an attempt to allay room changes would be made· the future possibility of students within their living unit. Few feeling they were being treated freshwomen were moved from arbitrarily. They were open for their old rooms to another discussion at the March Assembly building, unless they had stated meeting;yet few of the objections that their desire for a particular voiced in the editorial and at the type of living situation (single," informal student discussion after animal or non-animal dorm, etc.) the meeting were expressed th�re. overrode their desire to remain in The Residence Committee has the same building. The room b ee n attempting to act re-assignment process at this time responsively to student interests was, in general, one in which and needs, but our efforts are student decisions were verified by futile if we are working in a Dean Poller, rather than Dean vacuum in wJ:iich students do not . Poller telling students what to do. speak out on the occasions when I would object to the tone of the their voices will be most effective article and accompanying editorial and most widely heard. seemingly critical of the CAROL EYMAN student-oriented approach used, Chairman

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bubble gum, Roy Rodgers and the To the Editor: Galloping Gourmet-what could As the West slips slowly into replace it? We have been exposed, the sunset before the ferocious badly; in Asia, Africa, South gale of the East wind, I think it America. To what do we· assign back our allegiance?, they ask. We look to appropriate nostalgically on our late·, great m a k e i ssue speeches, civilization. communiques, and mumble about Remember when steaks and making the world safe for Xerox. bourbon and Rolls Royces were We invite the United Fruit within the reach of all those good Company and ten leading coffee Joes that worked for GM or the manufacturers to a seminar on complex? . Latin American affairs (where is mil it ar y- industrial Remember when the Federal Latin America? they ask), and deficit totaled only a few billion? send J.P. 'Morgan to Buenos Aires When movies cost two dollars to with the results. (Is J.P. Morgan el see, when foreign nations liked presidente de los Estados Unidos? America, when Corporate Man they ask). But they covet our stalked the canyons of Wall Street lifestyle, you scream, just. look with his brief case, his virile chin how they imitate us_ You're right. Lectric-Shaved, his polyester Hart, They do a pretty good job, don't Marx and suit they. Shaffner resplendent in the morning sun? Look at Rome, you say. I did. When blacks thought they had a Thirty-six governments since chance, before Nixon found he yesterday, and they don't even· did, when Henry Kissinger still make decent pizza. Shocking. lectured at Harvard, when the s p a c e. program i n vo k ed excitement and not yawns, and the Mets hadn't yet grabbed the To the Editor:There is no other way to say it: pennant? And how can we forget the the college has made a grave error Archies, the Monkees, the Dave fn dismissing Tony Woodin and Clarke Five, the Beatles, the Eels Orville Goplen. T h ese g e nt l e m e n are and the Frogs? Yes, music revealed a whole new ethos, and outstanding representatives of you and I were part of it all, glued Hamilton College, and both have to our T.V. sets, appraising the done their jobs extremely weH. same scenes via living color. Tony Woodin is responsible for Oh, now I know some of you developing and coordinating a is that disagree with me-you say I'm too body alumni of cynical, or perhaps a rabble increasingly active. Orville Goplen rouser, out to grab power for stepped in and turned what had himself. Perhaps you say I've been been a long-running bad joke into cracking a little under the strain. something of value to the college. These men are dedicated to Perhaps you're right. On the other hand, methinks you doth protest Hamilton College and I doubt that too much. men of similar dedication can be Do you think that we are found to fill their shoes. Hamilton indispensable, that the world will miss them far more than could not get along without us? anyone realizes. You say the nation that gave the· 'JOHN PITARRESI'70 world Lucky Strikes, Bazooka Utica,. N.Y.

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•'famous" pulling for you. How To the Editor: Hamilton-Kirkland student Two re<JCnt issues that have can in The . find such a person? The answer attention received Spectator have prompted me to lies with a large group of people (l)the th.at, to date, have not been asked letter: this ·w rite co-ordinated Biology program, to help, namely the MD alumni of a11d (2)the poor showing of Hamilton College. There are such alumni all across the country, Hamilton's premeds. I applaud the long-overdue· some on the faculty of medical formation of the joint Biology schools. What I suggest is that program at Hami.lton-Kir.kland Hamilton ( a)find out whichalumni and must congratulate the two on the faculties of various Med departments involved. The n ew scl_iools would be willing to help program promises to broaden the Hamilton, and ( b)invite them to Biology offerings as well as to Hamilton fo a day to meet the about make- for a more well-rounded seniors, their advise major. However, 1 decry the particular medical school, and change in the requirements for a find out about the problems that major. l believe Hamihon,s -and are being encountered. among reputation Kirkland's Hopefully from this kind of graduate Biology programs and .interaction, 'they might be willing industry will suffer if the t o write letters of requirements for Chemistry and recommendation for some of the Physics are dropped. The pretext seniors they got to know and Wei'e of changing the requirements to impressed with. These alumni eight biology courses so that cc:,uld then call up their friends on students with no professional :the admissions committees and plans can major in biology is a try to push Hamilton students. poor one. It is ridiculous to This-kind of interaction could also presume that one can understand, be beneficial in other ways: ( l)the much 1 less appreciate,- the alumni might be able to help intricacies of modern biology Hamilton students obtain summer without a good understanding of jobs either at hospitals or doing the basic principles of chemistry research,(2)they give could and physics. r seriou�y .question- - lectures on topics that would the quality of any biology major, interest the College community as regardless of his future plans, if a whole e.g. Nati9nal Health his only science _courses have been Insurance, Abortion•• : • Obviously, there are numerous the urge that I biology. requirements for ch.e:mistry and ways that MD alumni can be asked to help. I suggest that physics be reinstituted. The second issue I wish to A-ssociate Dean Robin Kinne! and the the pre-meds look into my uf that is address Hamilton-Kirkland pre-med. As a recommendations. I think the recent charge that forth year medical student at Columb� College P & S who has Dean Kinnel is not doing enough been involved with the admissions for the premeds is both unfair and committee, I think I can "5aft}1 premature. Dean Kinnel in my say that the most important single opinion has done very well in the criteria for obtaining an interview two years that he has chaired the of Pre-med Committee. He has been _l et t er good a is recommendation preferably from active in tI &·veiling around the someone '�ig" in medicine. country to meet admission Undoubtedly, good grades are a officers at various med schools. must, but above a certain The job he faced is an unenviable minimum GPA ( this waries from one .in these times of scrambling school to school) one's chances· for admission. He needs help in getting in are helped publicizing Hamilton, and I for co nsid erably by someone propose the MD Alumni on the faculty of med schools. Recent alumni, like my self, as students To the Editor: aln!ady in Medical School could Chicago was right when they also be asked to help, but sang , "Does anybody really ,, undoubtedly our influence is know what time it is? Here at small at best. Hamilton & Kirkland, there are so Hamilton's reputation on the many different times, which whole must also be broadcast everyone insists are righ4 that it is more widely. I was particularly possible to leave McEwen and distressed with the very poor way arrive at Burke 10 minutes before in which significant events have you left. been publicized. The superb Is there any way the -clocks on performances of Hamilton's --t campus can all be set to one time? hockey, swimming and soccer PENNY WATRAS -'78 teams were hardly mentioned by the New York Times. How many when in people beyong Clinton know that involved was I -interviewing a candidate for the we made it to the finals of the creative writing pbsition at ECAC Div II hockey, or that we Kirkland. The energy this woman have All-Americans on the swim generated in the few of us who team? Where was the publicity for interviewed her was amazing and Sen. Eagleton's visit? The subject of grades is a exciting, . and so long .looked for. 'But it was obvious to us that it touchy one. Hamilton's average would hurt her tremendously to _grade has been floating upward teach here. It is difficult to expect over the past several years, and i an.d transmit such more A's and B's are being given mental vtality energy, and get so little in return. now than when I was a student She is totally committed to her art .four years ago. 1 J:wee that the average and lives through it. That is talked GPA should continqe to float about here in all departments, but r upwards, but I am pgainst the . sacrificing, of the quality of so little visible. Is commitment such adifficult Hamilton s graduates that has thing? Are vitality and intellectual been the basis of her reputation. excellence such difficu.lt energies Perhaps my proposal above will to find within oneself? Perhaps redirect some of the eff«;> rts of the there should be a re-assessment of pre-med Committee and students these two colleges. he we and at the .same time maintain offering a playground .(both .quality. I pledge my .suppor.t to help faculty and students implicated} for social interaction., or a out in. whatever way I can. I 'also vital invite replie.s, .either through for forum potential intellects? The playground can be letters to the editor .or to me found elsewhere. l"thought once directly at: in my ignorance that college had JOSE M .MARCALJR. 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HONOR COURT CONSTITUTION

The ,Honor Court will hold a referendum on the proposed new Honor System Constitution on Thursday, April 17, in the Bristol basement. A three-fourths affirmative vote of all those voting in the referendum is required to approve the revised Constitution. Gopies of the proposed Constitution will be available in Bristol all of next week.

Kirkland Receives Audio Visual Grant

Kirkland has received a "Power tor a New Beginning," at Associate Dean of the College $50,000 grant for audio-visual the Free· Church services at 11: 15 Robin Kinne! will give a lecture materials and library acquisitions a.m. in the Chapel, lead a Monday, April 14 on "Excursions related to computer science from colloquium, "Civil Religion and in Molecular Symmetry." The talk an anonymous donor, President the Bicentennial," in the Alumni is in the Science Auditorium at LITERARY CONTEST Babbitt has announced. The funds House at 3:00 p.m., and deliver· a 8:00 p.m. This is to announce the, sixth annual George A. Watrous Literary will be received over the two-year lecture, "Living More With Less: Kinne!, who is an associate Contest for Kirkland College students. Categories are poetry, prose period, 1975-76. An American Response to the professor of chemistry, will fiction, and essays in criticism. Cash prizes will be awarded in each In announcing the grant, World Food Crisi�,",.at 8:00 p.m. discuss his work in orbital category. The deadline for submission is 5:00 p.m., Friday, April 18, President Babbitt said, "In in the Bristol Second Floor symmetry, carried out at Oregon 1975 ..-\.11 manuscripts should be double-spaced. Critical essays and r e spon d i ng to d e ve l o p i n g Lounge. State University two years ago on prose fiction pieces must observe one-inch margins and pages should curricular needs i n all areas for All three events are open to the a leave from Hamilton. be numbered. Poems should be submitted one per page. For longer non-book library materials such as · public and there is no admission The field of orbital symmetry poems, pages should be numbered. No author's name may appear tapes and film and in underwriting charge. h as gr own up in organic anywhere on th� manuscript. Manuscripts should be submitted in a c q u i s itions related .to our A form er m1ss10nary in chemistry, Kinnel's specialty, envelopes accompanied by a separate sheet of paper with the pending faculty appointment in Colombia and Brazil, Shaull is the within the last decade. Kinne! author's name and titles or first lines of her entries. Entries in each computer science, this donor has Henry Winters Luce P-rofessor of defines the basic idea this way: category are limited to five p�r writer, although one person may given Kirkland the ability to move Ecumenics at the Princeton "By loo king at the relationship enter all three categm::ies. in the right place at the right time. Seminary, from which he holds of s y m metry properties of All manuscripts should be given to Mr. Rosenfeld or Kathy We are tremendously grateful." bachelor and doctor of theology electronic states available to Dewart in the List Arts Building. An app ointment in the degrees. reactants and to their possible K i r k l a nd S c i e nces Division, He was in Colombia in 1942-50 products, one can make inferences McKJNNEY PRIZE TRYOUTS scheduled for the 1975-76 under the United Presbyterian as to the likelihood of certain McKinney Prize Speaking tryouts will be held from Wednesday, academic year, will inaugurate the C o m m i s s i o n on Ecumenical kinds of reactions occurring." April 16 trhough Friday, April 18. at 4:00 p.m. in t_he Physics first courses in computer science Mission and Relations. After a Kinnel's talk is sponsored by Auditorium... Freshmen tryouts are scheduled for Wednesday, and information theory on that year of graduate study he the Hamilton-Kirkland Journal Sophomores on Thursday and Juniors on Friday. Interested students campus. In addition, the college returned to South America as a Club, which arranged puplic should contact Professor Todd of the Speech Department as soon as instituional records are being professor of church history at the forums for the research wor k of possible. The Final� will be held on Friday, April 25, with prizes computerized. Presybterian Seminary Campinas, faculty members, and by the awarded to two of the three three speakers chosen from each class. The grant will alst' supply films, Brazil. In 1960, he became vice Hamilton chapter of Sigma Xi, the Interested students should prepare an extemporaneous speech · pre-recorded . videotapes, slides president of the MacKenzie natio n a l s c ientific honorary roughly four-five minutes in length for the tryouts. and recordings to be used as Institute in Sao Paulo. society. instructional aids and reference 1RAVEL FELLOWSHIPS m at e r i al s . A dditional blank Each year, the George Watson School in Edinburgh, Scotland, videotape cartridges will allow the offers a traveling fellowship to a Hamilton student. The recipient college to expand the use of its receives free lod�g and food plus a travel stipend for a six week n ew aud io-vis.ual equipment, period beginning June 10. Transportation arrangements from the making available to all divisions of United States to Edinburgh must be made by the recipient. Interest the college - arts, humanities, juniors and sophomores may leave their names with Mrs. St. Clair in By ANNE SURCHIN social sciences, and sciences - the Root 108, before April 18. Interviews will be scheduled at the end of The Village Tavern at lunch time offers an adequate sekction of means of recording information April. See Herb Downing or De� Bingham for details. for later presenations and of sandwiches and specials at very re1asonable prices. Sandwiches range producing audio-visual materials in price from $ 055" for a hamburger to $1.1�· for a grilled ham a1"1'1 SNACK HOURS for instruction as well as in cheese. The BCC Snack :3ar has decided· to extend its hours until The Tavern's roast beef sandwich ($.95') is excellent. Plenty u:· fu l f i l lm ent o f a c ad e m ic midnighL Along with these new hours, new items (pizza, subs) have lean, rare meat heaped onto fresh rye bread provides for an: assignments. -been added to the menu. Also, �pecial listings for cable J'.V. will be ample lunch. The ham,sandwich, even heftier than the roast bed", is posted weekly on the bulletin board beside the T.V. in' the first floor lean and flavorful. It should prove satisfactory to even the most * * * * ,lounge. ravenous appetite. With the luncheo� special, a new soup (home-made) is featured Nathan Boxer, ass_ociate profes­ LAW SEMINAR sor of film at Kirkland, , has received daily. Specials include a hot beef sandwich or an open steak A Career- Seminar in Law will be held on Monday, April 14, 1975 an award from the Society of sandwich. rhe open steak comes with a slice of tomato over lettuce at 7:30 p.m. in the Bristol Lounge. The seminar, presented by the Film and Television Arts in and choice of potato. AT $1.50, the six-ounce steak, tender and Center and Hamilton Alumni, is open to� students and is designed t� provide an inside veiw of work in the profession. London for the best sound track juicy, is a real feast. ,.. of 1974 for the �ovie ..The The side order of fried onion rings ($LOO) i; · en�ii'gh to feed Conversation." Boxer worked on Goliath. While not home-made, they are very crisp and pleasant. A SENATE VOTE the sound track for this movie, nice size tossed salad ($.50) with choice of dressing goes well with Student Senate nominating petitions will be available Monday, which was directed by Francis any sandwich. April 14, in. Root Hall Room 116. Platforms are due in the Spectator Coppola and starred Gene On weekends (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) the Tavern has a , cffice by Wednesday, April 16. Elections will be held the following Hackman, during January , ·1972. seafood and beef dinner at moderate price�. Some dishes featurerd .�week. ' Boxer presently teaches classes are fantail shrimp ($3050), Frog's legs ($4o,75'), com�ination seafood KEEHN CO-OP in photography, film production, ($3.75), pot roast ($3.95), steak, fried chicken ($.3.75). The dinner The Keehn Co-operative Dormitory is an alternative housing animation and the language of ' comes with salad, vegetable, roll and potato, The menu lists a · �ption for Hamilton and Kirkland students. There are 45 members film at Kirkland. He has been on selection of pies, sundaes and ice cream for dessert. Friday nights the who share the cooking and cleaning responsibilities, order all food, · the college faculty since 1970. Taven has a fish fry for $1. 75-. plan menus, do some repair work and manage financial accounts. In addition to teaching, Boxer The Tavern is divided into three sections: a bar with ToV,' and Regular meetings are held in order to discuss and decide Co-op has worked o n numerous pinball machine, a dining area with a pool table, and a dining room policy and there is a 3½ hour per week work commitment for all commerical productions. Last in the rear. Although the food at lunch times was very good - well members. The Co-op is open to students of both colleges, regardless year, he took a temporary leave worth three stars - the atmosphere was lacking. hi fact, the Village of their eating habits. If you enjoy eating and preparing good food, from Kirkland, while he worked Tavern is pretty raunchy and not exactly the idea spot for a peaceful and are interested in regulating the social conditions in which you the microphones and boom for his meal. I found the soiled, red tablecloth under the white, paper will be living for the Fall, 1975 term, please sign up for the Co-op in second picture with Coppola, placemat most unappetizing. Nevertheless, the Tavern's not a bad the Dean of Student's Office by Friday, April 18.'A separate lottery "Godfather II." The Kirkland place for gluttonous souls who enjoy good,. honest food. The foli all prospective member·s will be held soon thereafter, before t4e . professor is credited with more V illage Tavern is _located o:ri College Street in Qinton. regular housing lottery. If you'd like to try a Co-op supper some than 50 dramatic productions, The restaurants reviewed in this column are rated five stars to night, contact Jani Klebanow at x4942. including "Requiem for a noneo Service, price, cuisine, and atmospher determine the rating GRIFFIN ROAD APAR1MENTS Heavyweight," "West Side Story," the restaurant will receiveo One star signifies edible, two starts Each year an apartment at 'Griff'm Road is set aside for a married "A Thou_sand Clowns," and "The mediocre, three good, four very good, and five excellent. Hamilton student. Any student interested in such an arrangement Subject Was Roses," plus 100 for next year-, please contact Bingham immediately for details. d oc umentaries, 300 dramatic television productions and 500 A Francophile's Dream HUMANE SOCIETY television commericals. The following legislation became effective at Kirkland College on April 6, 1975: Every Kirkland student who owns a cat or dog but has failed to register their animal with the Humane Society of the ORION LE TUEUR * * college either during the registration period at the beginning of each semester or before the animal arrives on campus in the middle of the "a melodrama with music, done entirely in French" semester will be subject to an immediate fine of $10.00 to be levied Hamilton Chapel, Saturday, April 19 Professor M. Richard Shaull of by the Judiciary Board. Persons who fail to register their animal 2 Polllo' ' the P ri n c e t o n T h e o l ogical within three days after they are fined will be required to remove S e m i n a r y will make three their animal from campus immediately. Animal owners who want to speaking appearances at Hamilton register their animals or persons wanting to report unregistered Admission Is Free Sunday, April 13. animals to the Humane Society should call Phil Hayes at x4921. He will deliver the sermon,

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Carol Braider, author of. ''The Grammar of Cooking," will give a cooking demonstration on Wednesday, April 16, in the Science Auditorium. at 7:30 p.m. The program is sponsored by the Hamilton College Faculty Women's Club and is a fund raising project to benefit the Clinton A.B.C.'and the Child Care CEnter. Ah admission fee of $ 1.00 will be collected at the door.

EDITORSHIPS

Dessert at the Plaza, the Hamilton-Kirkland Yearbook, and Public. Fantasies are all seeking-new editors for 1975-76. Any sophomore or junior interested should contact Harold Bogle, chairman of the Publications Board. Interviews will be conducted for Public Fantasies and the Yearbook on May 1, and on May 8 for Dessert at the Plaza.

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President Montalvo: 'My Job Is To fu"itiate� and Stimulate'

By THOM AS BECK Newly-elected· Student Senate President Philip Montalvo '7 6 outlined, in an interview with The Spectator, the problems he plans to grapple with during his one-year term �hich will begin soon. Montalvo said he sees his job as bas i c a l l y that of coordinator-administrator. "My JOb is to initiate and stimulate, to bring forth policie� · to get the Senate working. Montalvo said to succeed in his efforts he must work with the three groups in the college community - the students, the Senate and the administration and faculty. As a senator I was concerned with students and with the Senate. As president, I will be more concerned with getting information from the Senate to the administration and back to the Senate." Montalvo said he doesn't forsee any structural changes in the �nate' next year. Meetings will continue to be held every two weeks, but,he added that it's not how many times the senate meets, because the meetings are 9rimarily to let the senators know what is going on on the campus. What is important is what the senators do between the meetings, Montalvo said. Needs Students to. Help Montalvo said he is interested in getting people who are willing t o war\<.. "There's a lot of work that has to be done, most of it in committees. Each committee is

chaired. by a senator, and each· senator works of a committee, but we still need other students to help. "It '11 be a neat trick if I can· pull it off. "The trouble is that there are many people who want to help, but they just don't know what, needs�to be done. We have to get the information to them. The Senate's minutes should be posted in many different places on campus. Each senator should b e at work informing his· classmates of what the Senate is. d,oing." Montalvo expects the Senate·to be cautious but optimistic in its· relations with the faculty, he said. He, pointed to the recently published Curriculum Committee Course Evaluations as an area where there should be greater student-faculty coordination. "Wh_y should there be two sets of questionnaires? At meetings of the P r es ident's A d viso r y Committee the faculty seemed receptive to some sort of joint project in the future. They were a little shy, they want. responsible, New S en ate P�e s id·ent Phil M ontalv o believes there s ho uld be more student�fa c ultycoord ination. serious students who aren't just He said he expects the Senate finals. "We brought it up this year this. It has to be your own out to cut down some teachers. I to initiate a number of programs a nd didn't get anywhere." preference. But I do want to get think they respect our evaluations and he hopes the faculty will M o n t a lvo said that. Hamilton more minority group input." a little more now," Montalvo said. .. cooperate. "This year things were has a wide range of clubs and Montalvo said "it's important "Acting Dean Lindley said 50-50, we went to "tiiem·; and they groups, and they each havethings to be aware of. Kirkland." there was a possibility of a came to us. They want student they want to get done. "I want to He mentioned problems with combination of the questionnaires input. They can't forget us," open the Senate up. We can't get coed housing, saying that some next year, but of course, Lindley Montalvo said. every single interest group in, but Hamilton students were "upset" Self Scheduled Finals won't be dean next year. I expe.ct they should all feel they can come that Kirkland students were being to work well with the new dean, -One of Montalvo's pet proJects to the Senate for support, help . housed in Carnegie. Montalvo, Lawrence Gulick, though. As a next .year will be to re-examine and direction. Montalvo added who served''as ·senator this year, candi<4tc;, h� seemed receptive.'' the possibility of self-scheduling, that the Senate should be the won the post in a runoff election point for contact between these March 20, defeating Bill Purcell groups and the &dministration. by a vote of 237-215. · Montalvo said he is interested On a lighter, though to in improving the Sentae's relations Montalvo, �ot less important Mexico into the Yucatan where he students to arrange this. "My main purpose beside the w i t h other campus groups, topic, he mentioned Chapel. As will study the high classical period , pectator. "I'd president, i t· will be his in Aztec art. Lewis said he also help it will be artistically," Lewis particularly _The S plans to study the Olmec, Incan, saidn, "will be to absorb .the hate for either The Spectator or responsibility to choose new cultures. By being a minority I the Senate to be the instrument of emcees. "I don't know what type and Mayan cultures. the other. But there is a big of atmosphere I want for Chapel. will learn more about myself." ' Jungle Study He believed the project would potential to bring along the I'd like it balanced." Montalvo "I hope to spend most of my time in jungles because I am a help him to realize his long-term student body if .we do agree," said,"Chapel is a light occasion. Some times this year it was too product of one, New York City" goal of starting an art school Montalvo said. 'Low Key Relations' l i ght, though n ev er too he explained" While ,there Lewis emphasizing the interrelation of At the moment, he sees bad,"When asked whether 'or not expects that he will be - doing the arts. Levy said he will start in black-white rel�tions on campus he would participate in Chapel jungle color theory. He said this the languap-e as "very low key. You have your skits, he replied "If I'm asked, I'll means he "will try to copy as England since own friends. · You meet people participate. I don't play the guitar much as possible the colors of the ''niakes it a good place to get initiated." Levy said he will study through your interest groups. very well, though. I don't want to its contrasting jungle · and continued on page eight There can be no Senate pushing in sing a capello." effects." Developing knowledge of art history and his own artistic talents are Lewis' objectives. He said,, "Being an artist I can't separate the two." 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Levy and Lewis Awarded Watsons By WENDI PASHMAN Joe Lewis '75 and Jack Levy •75· have each been awarded a $7,000 fellowship from the Thomas J. Watson Foundation for a year of study and travel abroad, President Carovano has announced Watson fellows are selected for their commitment to their field of interest and their potential for leadership in it. Lewis plans to use his grant t<> travel to South America and study painting there. He said, "I wanted the opportunity to do in..depth artistic study on my own in South America because I always felt closer to this continent than any other." Levy plans to study worker industrial part i ci p ation in Yugoslavia, management in England, Sweden and West Germany. He said the breadth of the project "would provide multi-dimensional exposure." ' L ewis will travel to Mexico City and then go by bus through

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Pennell Ca.,ptures the Dramatic and E_ssential By Robert Sigmund

brushing a solvent onto the plate to dissolve the ink in strategic places. However, . such laborious technical An important new exhibit entitled processes denied the spontaneity which �'The Experimental Etchings of Joseph Pennell considered the true power of Pennell" 0pened at the ·Root Art Center etching. this week. This presentation of one of He also experimented with colored and America's · foremost etchers effectively textured papers in his search to vitalize the places the artist in an historical context. it' drama of atmospheric effects. includes works of artists who 'influenced In two states of ''The Entrance to Pennell and also those who were his Henry' VII's Tomb, Westminister," Pennell students. shows how the application of dry point The exhibit, scheduled to close on and the use of sepic ink combine to April 23, is the culmination of a winter produce a warmer, more personal effect study project undertaken by Hamilton while capturing the romantic essence of junior Robert St. George. Hamilton ·Gothic art. While the first impression is graduate Roger Howlett supervised the architecturally correct, the second state proje.ct. St. George selected a number of clearly evok� the mood and character of Pennell's works with the cooperation of the\Scene. Childs Gallery. in Boston and the B<.>ston As in so many of the great moments in Public Library. the history of art, Pennell renders . an -·After beginning his career in Italy as impression of the essential. The artist· the illustrator of W. H. Howell's 'rfuscan seeks to convey the central feeling that Cities," Pennell studied the theory of · symbolizes an entire cons;ept, emotion, or Rushkin and Hame-rton and the works ·of physical experience. Whistler, Haden, and Fortung, At the close "Orgy of Building" of the 19th century, Pennell was mingling with London society and was close friends In ''The Cliffs, Night" oJ 1922 one sees with Aubrey Beardsley, George Bernar d the artist's comprehension of the dramatic Shaw, Henry James, and most and the essential as he portrays New York importantly, Whistler. from Brooklyn Heights. Pennell saw in modern industrialization the impending Whistler Influence complexity of the new century. In an The expatriated American had effort to record the "orgy of building" in tremendous impact on Pennell's thoughts New York, Pennell reaffirmed his constant and actions. He taught Pe�nell the interest in the pic:torial potential of the significance of line and the necessity of "Wonder of Work." Just as he had ' printing one's own· work. Always an· captured the charm of the 1890's lie now enthusiastic student, Pennell - found sought to vitalize his love and awestruck confirmation of Whistler's advice in the fascination for the emerging skyscraper meticulous strokes of Rembrandt. Using _age. In "Caisson, on Vesey Street" of

lasting beauty. New York's Nfonet· From the prints assembled by St. George it appears that he was absolutely correct. We should all be thankful that Pennell was incessantiy travelling between London, Paris and New York · from 1903M24; for through his work a chapter of architectural, commercial and industrial history is revealed. As St. George 'aptly summarized Pennell's importance, "Just as he had been Whistler's Boswell, he wa s ,. now New York's Monet." Throughout his life Pennell was painfully aware of the need for efrective art education. Complementing his own work was hi·s foundation in the early l920's 0f the Graphics School at the Art Students' League. In addition he published "Etchers and etchings" in 1925, the first book written by an etcher about technique. Through , hfs teaching Pennell perpetrated the Anglo-American etching tradition which had directly transferred from England to the United States. He was always devoted to his work, and equally unselfish in his desire to give liis knowledge to others. "Irisightful," .. : �•forceful," -�'talented," and "creative" are all adjec;:tives which were heard as people commented upon the prints now Q.n display.' Pennell was a man' of rare ability whose efforts were lost when the American art market crashed during the Depression. Fortunately_ the college community now has a · rare opportunity to study both an artist's work as it reveals his 0\1n ideas, but more significantiy · as ·it sheds light upon the contemporary events of his day.

''Caisson on Vesey Street" (1924) combines the drama of simultaneous construction and destructwn with his love for New York City. -

Michael H"'rper: A- Moralist Who · Refuses to Proselytize

By DAVID RIGSBEE Michael H arper's· poems deal with crisis, espebally in which moral obligation is contrasted with oppressive shamelessness,. This theme was mad-clear Tuesday night when the poet read from his poems in the .Bristol Lounge. The reading was a quiet one, the poet self-effacing and wry. Howeve r, the modesty of his presentation seemed at times to vary with the poems themselves, �hich are highly imagistic, rapid-fire, and tense. One of the things � that makes Harper's work so interesting is. that his lively deployment of images, paced by rhythms derived fr<;>m jazz, often conceals the fact that many of the poems are elegiac. Throghout the evening, poems about such pioneers as John Coltrane, Charlie Parke:c, Jackie Robinson, and Alice Walker were read. Jazz has deeply influenced H arper's poetry, and the influence is double-edged0 The music provides the poet not only with possible structural models (which have not "L-ondon over Hamstead" (J.903), one of the etchings by Joseph-Pennell currently been fully explored and possibJ.y can never being exhibited at the Root Art Center. be) but also with the tragic figures behin9 Whistler's press, Pennell started to print 1924 Pennell combines the drama of them. Yet Harper's essence lies neither his- own work, and in doing so began a simultaneous construction and destruction with music nor with elegiac sentiment as such, but with morality. If, in the love f� New York City. career · which depended so much on with his qverview of his work so far, there isi experimentation. It was Pennell's ability to catchword, it must be "responsibility," Free Pennell render the essence of "place'' which he After Whistler died in 1903, Pennell bdieved enabled him to create works of literally the ability to respond, to know , that · one must respond in the face of was freed; his suppressed curiosity began to . explore the varieties of graphic expression. The exhibition reveals the indecision of the artist during creation by presenting s.everal sequences of proofs pulled from varying states of the plates. The Free School of Clinton will present a student film festival Sunday, April These impressions enable the viewer to 13 and Sunday April 20 from 2 until 5 p.m. on both dates. The festival will be grasp fully the experimental nature of held in the Kirner Johnson Auditorium. The schedule for April 13 includes: Pennell's 'work from 1903-24 while the artist �as living in London and New Yo.rk, Running Men-by Fred Keller One such set, depicting "Whitehall Court,',. Detailed History of the World-by George V · show the subtle effects of atmosphere One of These Days-by Bob Dolan achieved by careful manipulation of· ink 9rre Shot-by Betsy Jenkfos and various, wiping techniques, while the Stanley-by Peter Wilson lines. actually- etched into the plate Temain ,. wialtered. Like Monet s study of the Intermission cathedral at Rauen, the four impr:essions. " of "Whitehall Court" present a sequence The Closing Circle-Bobby Pelz of views which record the passing �f a day The Initiation Party-by Rick Swenson from early evening to late night. Tin Lizards-by P�ter Sherman The Greening of Willy Goblee-by Film Production Class Technique Experimen�. New Day-by Mike 83X'.low · . . Restlessly pursuing new visual effects; Students . wi�ing' tocontribute films tothe April 20 festival are asked to ° such Pennell employed various techniques contac t Greg Marsello x742I or �aig Mengel x4209. _The sponsors hope each aquatint; and �s mezzotint, dry p.oint, · film maker would give a short introduction to his work. , , involves "monotype_ wipe ,-�hich-

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senseless and continual adversity: 1 • .; • say it loud Pane-breaking heartmadness: nightmare begins responsibility. As the author of six full-length collections, H arper has been as much praised for the consistency of his work as notorious for publishing so much of it. He is also the first Black poet since Imaru Bar�ka (Leroi Jones) to appeal widely both to Blacks and whites. The reason for this_is quite simple : he is a moralist who refuses to proselytize. Yet one is neverleft feeling that he has failed to come to terms with. his own circumstance, that is, with his poetry and with his life as a Blac k man in America, This notion was ironically made concrete in Harper himself. The audience was slightly astonished (in their collective way) to be read to by such a physically huge man who_ seemed to diminish everything he stood next to, except, so to speak, his poems.


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Classics Course­ Presents .Greek Tragedy 'Bacchae'

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A staged reading of Euripides! beneath the more famili� robes; all will be "Bacchae", one of the geatest tragedies of masked, though the masks will cover only the Classical theater, will be presented on the upper part of the faces." ..So much stylization may seem at first College Hill during the later part of this month. While the "Bacchae" is to be out of keeping with the spirit of trad itionally characterized as a• Baccic abandon. But, in fa:ct, the essence masterpiece of the Greek stage, the drama of the Dionysiac is loss of individual transcends the limits of this classification identity both in Nature and in the by suggesting a series of universal traditional pieties of human society as in a problems concerning mankind's obedience kind of second nature,-both, to modern in large measure to the deities. The play focuses specifically sensibilities, on the worship of the Greek · god dehumanizing. Because the women of Dionysus, and the tra�ic consequences Thebes and Pentheus, their youthful king, which result from a refusal to have scorned what we are thinkmg of as "the little madness" of festival release acknowledge toe power of this divinity. · Edwin Barrett, professor of English will from social bounds that Dionysus requires mastermind both · the production and for the health of the culture, the god direction of the play. A cast of characters drives them into· the frenzy of a greater has been assembled from the students in· madness in which, mad indeed, gave tears Associate Professor ; of Classics Valerie to pieces the king her son. Warrior's Greek Drama course. These "Thus, the chorus of Dionysus' own students will approach the play with a keen understanding of its dramatic devotees, the Bacchants, supported by the intentions, since they have studied the music which Joel Fredell is coJD.posing, work in translation and in the original moves between what we are calling its Greek version. fawn mood and its leopard mood, those _ The. players will be supplemented by beasts being Bacchus' own and expressing h other_ friends of the Classics. Kirkland his ecstatic innocence, whether in c arm students have been recruited to play the· or terror," he said. The production, therefore, will attempt roles of the chorus girls or 'Bacchants', the frenzied followers of Dionysus. The not only to provide a striking theatrical Bacchants will not only serve as choral .experience, but will also aim at conveying speakers, but will also engage in a variety some of the main themes of Greek of stylized movements, in order to tragedy. establish the mood of the tragedy. The * ·* * * * credit for this intricate choreography Good grief! The Alexander Hamilton belongs to Tami Aisenson. In addition to Players have pulled those moppets from this, an original musical score has been composed by Joel Fredell. With regard to the problem of reproducing the atmosphere of the Greek stage, Director Barrett made the following comments: BY JO-ANN MORT strict attempting a ''Without The feeling after the concert was a the comfortable, nice feeling. Those who had archeological of recreation c�nventions of the Greek tragic stage, we co�e to the Wednesday night Coffeehouse have to find equivalents for the most concert had been treated to a little over pertinent of its features to which a two hours of traditional and modem audience can respond. Unlike his contemporary folk music by Debby counterpart in Greek painting · and McClatchy. sculpture, the theatrical figure was one McClatchy came well-armed_ with garmented all over-from high headdress, banjo, guitar, pennywhistles, and spoons. wig and mask, through body padded and B e t w e e n songs she gave hung with gorgeous fabrics to feet elevated explanations-telling where the traditional on high heels and clogs. Evidently, the material was obtained and how the · tragic art of the Greeks was closer to that original material was written. McClatchy, ·of Chinese opera or the Kabuki Theatre of in an interview after the concert, said that Japan than to our own theatrical she is interested in looking into her conventions, and so Tami Aisenson is background and heritage, searching for choreographing rather strictly the "songs that say things I want to movements and held postures of the communicate.". Commenting on women in folk music maenads, and the a_ction of the other performers is being organized similarly� All and the growth of traditional music, she will be dressed in the tight-sleeved said: "We will see a whole lot more." She undergarment of the Greek tragic actor went on to relate this upsurgence to

Michael Cooney to give concert Wednesday, at 8:30 in McEwen Coffeehouse. the "Peanuts�� comic strip and put them dog-house, and dreams swashbuckling· into a musical show called "You're a Good dreams of hunting jungle animals and Man, Charlie Brown," . that's going to be _fighting the Red Baron. presented in the Chapel, April 17-20 at 8 The show-stopper is "Happiness/' sung p.m. by the group at -the end of a long but Mike Margolin portrays Charlie Brown, happy day. Close second to that is and Debbie Schmale 's Lucy bemoans her Snoopy's big number, "Suppertime " ih "crabbiness quotient." Lars Nielsen plays which he first berates his owners for the blanket-clutching Linus. - Ray delaying his evening dish of food and then Vinsiguerra portrays the earnest piano goes into a deliriously wild song and dance player Schroeder, and Susan Strang is when it arrives-cavorting so joyously that Patty. Shelly Schultz plays the Charlie has to remind him to eat. fantasy-prone dog Snoopy, lying atop his

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HLM On Campus This Weekend Sundays and Cyblee. Friday and Saturday at 8:00 p.m. Sunday at 10:00 p.m� Kirner -John son Auditorium Othello, starring Lawrence Olivier and Maggie Smith. Friday and Saturday at 8:00 p.mo Sunday at 10:00 p.mo Chemistry Auditorium Film Festival - Super 8 and 16mm. Sunday from 2:00-5:00 -p.m� Kirner-Johnson Auditoriumo

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The Nationalists. Sunday at 2:00 p.m. Chemistry Auditorium. April 14 (Monday) The Geneva Convention and . the Soldier, A. United States Army training film. 4: 30 p.mo Science Auditorium Camille, starring Greta Garbo. 10:00 p.m, Kirner-Johnson Auditorium April 15 (Tuesday) Mathematics Film Festivat: Pits, Peaks and Passes and Nim and other Oriented Graph Games. 3:00 p.m. Science 366. French Department Film: Therese Desqueyroux. French with English· subtitles. 8:00 p.m.: ' Chemistry .Auditoriumo College Government Kir kland . Department Film: Mr. Aspin and the Pentagon. 8:_00 p.m.' Kirner-Johnson

Auditorium, ' April 16 (Wednesday) State of Siege and Tupamaros. 8:00 p.m" Kirner-Johnson Auditorium, April 17 (Thursday) Maltese Falcon. 8:00 p.m. Science Auditoriumo Spartacus, starring Kirk Douglas. 8:00 p.m" Kirner-Johnson Auditorium, ' At Nearby Theaters Cannonball (853�5553) Airport 1975 (PG) Cinema New Hartford (736-0081) The Four Musketeers (PG) Riverside Mali Cinemas (735-9223) Lenny (R) The Great Waldo Pepper (PG) The Towering Inferno (PG) Chinatown (R) Paris (733"2730} A Womaq Under-the Influence (R) 258 Cinemas (732-5461} Freebie and the Bean (R) Y,oung Frankenstein (PG) Amarcord ( R) LECTURE· AND DISCUSSION April 13 (Sunday) Colloquium: Richard Shaull, Princeton -Theological Seminary. 3:00 p.mo' Alumni House. ' Lecture: Richard Shaull" Living More with Less: An American Response to the World Food Crisis. 8:00 p.m. Bristol Campus Center Lounges April 14 (Monday) Lecture: Saul Ssemogerere. Economic and Politico/ Righ_ts in East_ Africa Before and After /ndpendence� 4': 1 , .-- · p.m. B'ristol Campus Center Lounges. Alumni Career· Symposia in Law. 7�30

changing feelings in society as a whole. "Being a folksinger , is a lonely lifeo'' McClatchy, seeming to think aloud, went on to talk about women in our society coming from a sheltered life which in�kes it harder for a woman to be lonely "There's also a stigma of going to the local bar, but it gets better when you return, Going cross-country I was pulling into truckstops to have a cup of coffee and a _pie on the way to wherever I'm· going," she said, when discussing the travelling musician's introduction to new towns. 0

Though women are just now being freed from such social stigmas, it's still hard. One major problem is raising children. McClatchy put it in plain terms; it's a choice between children and the pursuit of a career, For her, both are not feasible. All in all, "idakes a lit of dues to· get to a comfortable point. I've: pretty much reached that point. supportin�

myself on my music, but l've:been at it fo; seven years," she concluded. McClatchy, who runs a non-profit traditional folk club in New York City, is struck by traditional music because unlike popular music, it "moves toward honesty.,. ·. Trying to answer the almost unanswerable question of what is folk music, she said that it is "niusic that can be done by no n-professionals · for their own entertainment or for performance o ft's endured because it's not just to be performed." · Once again, people are talking about a, folk revival. But in the seventies the word is honesty and roots, not frantic social protest. It's all still there, that wanting a better world, but this time with people like Debby McClatchy, blending the corporeal with the spiritual for the right amount of believability, we just can't lose"

p.m. Bristol Campus Center Lounges April 16 (Wednesday) and Penney Room. Michael Coffeehouse· Concert: Hamilton/Kirkland Journal Club an� Cooney, Folksinger, : 8:30 p.m; Sigma Xi Lecture: Professor Robin McEwen Coffeehouse. Israeli ·Independence Day Party. 8:30 Kinnel. Excursions in Molecular Symmetry. 8:00 p.m,' ' Science p.m. Root Art Center. Auditorium. April 17 (Thursday} April 15 (Tuesday) A lex and er Ham i I ton Players W orkshop: B a sic· Educational Production: You're a Good Man Opportunities Grant Program. 9:00. Charlie Brown, plus a special feature a.m.-3:00 p.m. Bristol Campus Center performance · by the Cincinrati's. Lounges. University Singers, 8: 00 p.m.' Cha., ,1. Lecture: Helen Holmes of the RELIGIOUS StRVICES University of Massachusetts .i.t April 12 (Saturday) A-> A m h e r sto ' Hp/odiplo idy Newman Mass.. Father Paul Drobin. E volutionary strategy., 8:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. Kirner-Johnson Red Pit. ' Physics Auditorium. April 13 (Sunday) Root-Jessup Lecture Series: Mro James Newman Mass, Father Paul Drobino Kilpatrick, nationally syndicated 9: 30-a.m.' Chapel·. columnist and television commentator Free Church of Cl in ton. Richard Washington Wonderland. 8:00 p.m.' Shaull of Princeton Theological Gymnasium. ' Seminary. Power for a New Beginning. April 16 (Wednesday) 11: 15 a.m.: ChapeL Food Demonstration by Carol Braider. April 14 (Monday) Sponsored by the Faculty Women's Newman Mass, Father Paul Drobin. Club for the benefit of the' ABC 12:00 Noon. Chapel. (Also Tuesday, Program. 7:30 p.m(' Thursday and Friday.) April 17 (Thursday) Christian Fellowship Meeting. 8:00 Nat Hentoff, Arts critic. 8:00 p.m.' p.m. Milbank 36.Bristol Campus Center Lounges. April 17 (Thursday) MUSIC AND DANCE Colleg e S cience C h r ist ian April 11 (Friday) Organization. ' 4: 15 p.m. ' Bristol Beer and' Band with Steakniteo Campus Center Backus Room. Sponsored by the Hamilton/Kirkland· EXHIBITIONS Choir. 9:00 p.m.'-1 :00 a,m�' Commons Currently on Campus Dining Hall. Etchings by Joseph Pennell from the April 12-(Saturday) Child's Gallery, Boston. Root Art H_amilton/Kirkland Choir · Concert. Center. (Closes April 20.) f 8:30 P·'!l- Gymnasium. . '.., .f


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contmued from page one were organizing support for her in protest to the decision to deny her tenure. In the Arts Division,. both Robert· Muirhead and Alan Heard would not comment. Muirhead, who is on th� college's appointments committee which on makes recommendations tenure, said he would not comment on either his own appointment or that of anyone else under consideration. Robert Palusky could not be

reached for comment. ' A well-informed source in the division, however, reports that all three arts professors · were recommended for tenure by the division, but was not certain what the college's final decisiors are. Richard Roelofs; .associate professor of philosophy, who· was to be considered for tenure this spring, said he withdrew from the deliberations. "My decision · to request that I not be reconsidered has nothing to do .with anything

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now gomg on or that has ' happened. It ·was taken a long r time ago. I told the dean MUNSTITUTE [Catherine Frazer, dean of Masterpieces by Cezanne, Van Gogh, Toulouse-Lautrec, Renoir, academic affairs) in January. The Manet,, Degasy Gauguin, and other artists of the Western wourld will dean requested that I put in be displayed in a major exhibition opening Sunday, April 13 in the writing the reasons for my Museum of Art at Munson�Williams Proctor Institute. The exhibition decision. I have not yet done so, is from the private collection of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pearlman and and I cannot make further p'ublic the Henry and Rose Pearlma,n Foundation. comment until I do." To mark the opening of the exhibition, which coincides with the The Process 190th Anniversary celebration of the settlement of Utica, Edward H. Tenure decisions are made by Dwight, director of the Museum of Art, will present an illustrated the pre sident after the lecture on the collection as well as on the exhibition of Jean Arp recommendations of various sculpture currently on view at the institute. The lecture will be bodies. First, . an appointments Sunday, April 13 at 2:30 p.m, in the Museum of Art Auditorium committee .within each decision and is free. makes recommendations. These are passed to the college-wide ISRAEL IN EGYPT appointments committee of which The Council of Churcht!s of the Mohawk Valley Area is Frazer Dean Catherine is sponsoring a ·presentation of George F. Handel's oratorio Israel in chairman. This body and the dean Egypt. The musical story focuses on the Exodus of the Israelites t,h e n pa ss on t h e ir from Egyptian captivity. The performance will be Saturday, April 26 recommendations to President at 8:00 p.m. af Our Savior Lutheran Church, 1640 Genesee Street in Babbitt who makes the final Utica.. Tickets are available from 9 a,m, to 4: 30 p.m.' at the Bristol decision, which is ratified by the Campus Cent�r Office. The cost is $2c 50 for adults and $ LOO for Board of Trustees. high school students.

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continued from page five at the London School of Melvin Butler played the second performance on the Noack Organ. Economics to supplement his own observations. He said he chose·to study in Yugoslavia because the "e c o n o m y is b a s ic a l l y labor-managed." I n Sweden, Levy said, he plans to study "the much continued from page one. heralded Volvo, plant with its new federal money if they follow HEW according to Kogut. scheme .for worker involvement in or alternate recommendations. For this year's Kirkland � industry." Levy continued, ,.,I am For upper and middle income freshman class, . Kogut has interested in _,also going to West families, the Ivy guidelines are computed that the HEW Germany because of the linkage similar to those recommended by g u i d e l ine s require w o u ld HEW, but both call for parents. to approximately $20-$45 more per between the trade unions and contribute more than does CSS. student in parental contributions industries themselves.n · Levy, who plans to go to However, in the lower incomes than would the Ivy guidelines. business school some time in the proposal expects the Ivy H am ii ton and Kirkland parental Colleges have chosen the Ivy future, said he hoped the project less s ignificantly contribution • than HEW, although proposal because ''it asks for an would supplement the analytic a it expects more than CSS. equitable amount of contribution training he would get in gradute However, choosing to follow from parents" and because it is school. He said he also thought "fairest of all the the project would give him "a either the Ivy proposal · or the the . HEW proposal would nof alternatives,'' .said Kogut. Kogut good chance to sec a lot of Europe and get a feel for different significantly affect the financial said the colleges could not afford cultures and ideas." aid of most students on the hill, to follow CSS guidelines. Levy said, "upon my return I hope to publish a paper." '

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The Choir and Rrass Choir of Hamilton and Kirkland Colleges will giv:e a free public concert Saturday, April 12 at 8: 30 p.m.' iri the Alumni Gym, Included in the program are works by Bach, Verdi, Gabrieli, Handel, Purcell and Schonberg. The Choir is directed by Lee S. Spear and the Brass Choir is directed by Stephen Bonta.

MEMOR(AL CONCERT

Anyone interested ·m entering the Second Annual Stephen Fensterer Memorial Folk Festival should write to Kirkland Box 691 immediately. There are almost no applications left; immediately means right now. Write to Box 691 Kirkland Collefe today! Also, anyone interesteq in helping with any aspect of the folk festival, which will be held May 1-4> should come to a metting in the McEwen Coffeehouse on Monday night at 9:30. If you can't make it, get in touch with Jo-Ann Mort or Bobby Minter through campus mail.

BRISTOL HONORED

Lee B. Bristol> Jr., '45, trustee of Hamilton College and a noted music educator, has been. selected Honorary Chairman of the Alexander Hamilton Playersc Lee Spear, faculty adviser for the Players, commented, ,.,rm delightedo _,,it's a great thing for us-to have a college trustee interested in what we are accomplishing here musically is tremendously gratifying."

ART SHOW AND SALE

Hamilton College will sponsor an e::xhibit and sale of original prints from the Fe.r<finand Roten Gelleries at the Br1stol Campus Center Snack Bar on Friday, April 18 from 11 a.m. td_6 p.m.'Works to be featured on the show include prints by Roualt Hogarth, Goya, Miro, and Picasso, as well as many of today's artists. In addition there will he a collection of Western and Oriental manuscript pages, some dating to the 13th century.

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Once in the morning and once in the evening does it. That's how two alumni of Hamilton and Kirkland describe transcendental meditation. What does TM do? The claimed benefits are too many to mention, but among them are the following: faster reaction time, increased perceptual ability, increased lear n ing a b i l i t y, i m proved aca d e m i c a n d athletic performance. Becky Eddy, Kirkland Class of 1974, -a nd J�hn Osborne, Hamilton Class of 1974, are both new professional instructors in TM. They spent six months with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Germany learning their skills, and they will be on the Hill Monday April 14 with the first of two lectures on TM' . The lectures will be followed by a four-day course, April 19-22. And, as Osborne said, "Everyone is an expert meditator after the course." According to Eddy and Osborne, there really is nothing to TM. In seven steps, covered during the four= day sessions, anyone' can learn to meditate in a state of "restful alertness." In this state, which Herbert Benson of Harvard Medical School has called a ·"fourth state of consciousness,"

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one experiences dFep rest-deeper m e n tal s l e e p --and than acuity. Meditation takes only 15 to 20 minutes twice a day. The metabolic rate is reduced by an average of 16 per cent while in meditation, according to Eddy and Osborne. Eddy said, "During this time the mind experiences subtler states of thought as

psysiological changes occur which correspond to this refined mental activity." According to Eddy, four to five per cent of the students at Hamil ton and Kirkland now practice TM. However, she emphasized that TM, though once rfstricted to student communities, has grown in popularity among

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photographic and literary material been, a cooperative studentbest possible administration project. obscured the Zellner said he welcomes impressions of Kirkland, said students with previous experience Zellner. : Another main objection to the in the areas of writing and editing poor to assist in the pr«;>duction of the the was m agazine P ar t i c ulars. ' Students organization of both the written n e w and graphic work, which created a interested in applying for a rather confusing layout, according summer job with Particulars should bring samples of their to Zellner. Acting Director of Admissions work to the office of publications is Particulars McEwen. Molly Bartlett, whose office uses in Particulars the most, has suggested expected to be issued by that the next edition stress the mid...August. that ,----------------.offerings of diversity coordination at Kirkland provides. She said she would like to devote a section to several Kirkland graduates which could trace the individual academic paths taken by each student. Such a section would describe the process of choosing a major: a student's course selections, special on- or off-campus programs, and the planning of her senior project.

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Dwight Lindley, Acting Dean of the College, has announced that David Backus '75, has been awarded a fellowship for graduate study in economics by · the Nat ional Science Foundation � (NSF). Backus said that the award guarantees him complete funding for three years of graduate study. He said that the graduate school he attends will receive $3,000 from NSF to cover tuition. In addition, Backus said he will received $300 a month for expenses. The only restrictions placed on him by the foundation, Backus said, are that he not hold a job or commit treason during this period of study and that he progress satisfactorily. T h e Na t i o n a l Science Foundation is an independent gover nm ent a ge n c y w h ich supports a vast variety of projects and programs for the study and the professional and adult advancement of science in all its population. There are 500,000 a s p ects. There were 5,773 meditators in the United States applicants for 550 awards given, now, and 10,000 new recruits Backus reported. Thirty-four of these were awarded in the area of start the practice each month. Osborne said there is a simple economics, he said. Backus said that h.e would answer why so many have taken up this simple practice: •�to probably attend Yale and study improve their activity, and to m acroec on omics and public policy. increase their potential."

New'Particulars' Being Planned

By JUDY JOFFE Jesse Zellner, the new director of publications at Kirkland, is currently planning next year's edition of Particulars. He said it will strive to be a ••full document that reveals as much about the school as possible.- There is a strong likelihood that we will convert to the favored tabloid format." · Particulars is designed for the prospective of r e cruitment students. 'The 1974-75 issue, which appeared in soft-co:ver book form, rather than is last year's tabloid newspaper format, was widely criticized. "This year's edition· was not as satisfactory as the previous issues," President Babbitt said. "The catalogue didn't carry one main tone throughout but several different ones." · Last Year's Edition Zellner said the 1974-75 issue was not as effective in inviting ·readership- as some of the ones before, and it failed to convey to the outside world the same impressions of the college that were felt on �ampus." selection poor A of WEAVER' S LIQUOR �TORE

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continued from page one program has been highly successful with the students performing "in ·the - fashion we would expect them to." No 'Dumb Jocks' "Behind all this," said Covert, "is the question that we are taking dumb jocks. We think it is totally dishonest to admit a person to the college who cannot do the work and graduate from the college." on further Co mmenting Hamilton's acceptance of more athletes in recent years, Covert said, "I resent people saying that if a guy's an athlete, he cannot be a gifted student. We don't do the athletes a favor by l�tting them in if they cannot do the work." But Cove rt said that a follow-up study_ of · the performance fall se�ester of the freshman class has shown that

some freshmen are not doing the Kinnel's study of grading at other enough." people an<l still be a high quality C o mmenting further on place." work they are capable ofo institutions like Hamilton, Covert strengths and According to Cover� Hamilton asserted that the complaint that Ham i lto n's Covert admitts that it will be is now pursuing a policy of grades are depressed here "is not weaknesses, Covert said, "Why do difficult to maintain the qu.tlity admitting less frFmen and more true" and is not a weakness of the people have to equate athletic of students here in the future.and academic he would like· to see all those successes transfer students. Covert foresees college. ·w ith a freshman class of about 250, According to Covert, there is mediocrity. There is a group here connected with the college with the number of transfers an "institutional inferiority that feels that it must apologize obligated to s«;ll the school to ,, fluctuating, ' giving the college complex at Hamilton. ''Hamilton for it. We should be proud of prospective students. "You get m ore flexibility. those people and be proud of the more for your $4,900 here than at does not really realize how good it "We were concerned about the is. We are not beating our chests _ institution that can produce those most places," said Covert. size of our lower level courses w hi.ch were too large,"' said Covert, adding that "we felt that by reducing the freshman class, Next year, the Admissions ' - Two men and one woman are we could ease- up on class size'' of continued from page one Committeee will be looking for being considered as serious the lower level courses. In' t h e f u t u r e, B a r t 1 e tt. more applicants interested in · Transfer Pool said she w ill b e loo king for science than in previous years, candidates. They have visited the campus and two more candidates ''There seems to be a good more geographic diversity in although there are no limits on have been invited 'to visit, but pool of transfers. particularly Kirk.land's applicantso One third what kind of student will be have not responded to the from community colleges., They of this year's applicants re from accepted. The committee looks invitation. have gone to community colleges the New York metropolitan area. for. students who are most Experienced with the. idea of making a shift," "I'd like to see more Central New qualified for general co11ege work. Both men have been directors said Covert. York State girls at Kirkland. We Bartlett also noted that one of other a d m issions at ' When Covert was asked what should serve the community we're fifth of the students who applied institutions, one previously and he sees Hamilton's greatest in if we can. Hamilton probably to Kirkland this year also applied one presently. The female strengths to be, he , cited the ·does a proportionally better job to Connecticut College. Many al so candidate is presently an associate school's size and the quality of of this than we do," she said. - applied to Mount Holyoke and director of admissions at an PLEASE education here. When asked abouf "One can imagine Kirkland a Skidmore Colleges. institution larger than Kirkland. PATRONIZE the college's weaknesses, Covert place where people are more alert Meanwhile, 200 persons have The search is being conducted stated that the graduate school to OUR ADVERTISERS educational trends and applied for the position of by President Babbitt, Dean of situation here is the same as it is • therefore- we will tend to. get director of admissions. This group Catherine Affairs at comparable colleges and th.at it people from urban and suburban was screened _ by Brigid Cosper, Academic Frazer, Dean of Student 'Affairs is not a problem. areas rather th<!,n small towns," former director of admissions, and Jane Poller, Bill Jamison, director Citing Associate Dean Row Bartlett said. President Babbitt . of i ns ti tu tional affairs, Christopher Covert, Hamiltori director of admissions, and the Kirkland Admissions Committee. When asked if she was Homes: Structures, Heating & Lighting Systems systems closer to actual regular busfoess day's starting time, and shut down surprised that there were two Consider replacing incandescent lamp fixtures with flourescent fixtures. about one hom before quitting time. male ·candidates and only one (Flourescent lamps produce four times as much light per watt of electricity as Alter· and improve building's materials, equipment and systems to improve incandescent lamp fixtures), For existing incandescent lamp fixtures, er.ergy consumption performance. Examples are added insulation, zoning of female, Bartlett said, "The heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems, and additional switchil).g of substitute lamps of lower wattage. problem is that everyone is after lighting. These changes will often pay for themselves in less than five years by Weather-strip doors and windows. Where sash are loose-fitting, consider the first rate women and a woman savings, in electrcitiy and-or fossil fuels. use of caulking tape on all sash (except required emergency escape windows). with comparable abilities like the Institute an effective scheduled preventive maintenance program, in order Install storm windows to cut by SO per cent thamount of heat lost through to increase equipment and system efficiencies. windows. Also, the temperature difference between the interior and exterior men we've seen would porbably Building and Business Operators: Will be balanced, eliminating that "cold feeling,, near windows. get snatched up by larger schools. Arrange to periodicially walk-through nearby similar buildings or businesses, Lower the heating thermostat to 68 degrees F. during the day, and 60 to 64 Women with experience and who for observation and discussion with other operators of mutual problems, degree F. nig"httime and during periods of vacancy. individual sol at ions, comparison of yearly fuel and electricity consumption are_ able to pick up and move are Replace or clean furance filters regularly. A dirty .filter- can reduce air flow, costs, and techniques of energy conservation•. forcing your system to work harder - and longer - to heat your house. very much in demand." Heat-occupied sedentary space to 68 degrees F. room temperature. On Repair leaking water faucets - especiaJly hot water faucets. A f a ucet that "We want someone with a morning hea't-up, do not have operating temp�ratures in excess of 65 degrees drips once per second wastes about 2,500 gallons of water per year. commitment to Kirkland, to a F. to allow for sensible heat gain from occupants of the building. Close draperies during the night and open them during the day. At night, Set night control temperatures about eight degrees less than daytime small college, to women's the closed draperies act as insulationg over cold windows; d·uring the day the temperature. By trial and error, adjust night temperature when desired sun's warmth wiJI supplement your heating system. education. In some sense, I'd like daytime temperature cannot be obtained within approximately one hour after Move furniture that blocks hot air register-s. These obstructions can reduce to see a woman director because start of morning heat-up. the efficiency of your furance by restricting the free flow of air through the we are a women's college. Iflooks Keep filters clean to insure,adequate circulation within the building and system. minimize fan horsepower. better to have a woman in Home Appliances: Inspect and repair, where necessary, wall, ceiling, piping and ductwork K�ep your appliances clean. Clean the condenser coils on the refrigerator; admissions, but we need the dirt acts as an insulator, so your refrigerator must work harder - and longer insulation; caulking, weatherstripping and storm windows. c o m petent p erson," said Fix leaky water faucets, radiators, piping, valves, etc., immediately. to maintain the proper temperature. Defrost your freezer when the frost is a· Bartlett. quarter inch thick. And be sure the door fits tightly; if there are any leaks Reduce corridor, room and outdoor lighting to the maximum extent

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around the door, replace the rub her gasket. On a gas range, don:t use more flame - an,d gas - than neces-sary. The flames should just touch the bottom of your poets, pans, and other cooking utensils. On an electric range, turn off the burners five minutes before the end of the proper cooking time. The burner element will stay hot and your foot will continue cooking - wjthout consuming any energy. Run full loads in the dishwasher; that way, you don:t waste water - or energy heating numerous part loads. Run full loads in the washer and dryer. When washing heavily soiled garments, always presoak. or use a soak cycle. You'll avoid two washings - and save energy too. Avoid letting hot water run while washing dishes,. shaving and performing similar chores. It's really not difficult to turn the water and off again - you'll be rewarded by saving in utility costs.

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Is thi s trip necessary? Could a phone call or a letter handle the situation was well? Could I make the trip by common carrier'? Save gasoline by avoiding congested traffic whenever possible. Avoid the rush hour veak by starting earlier - staying later. If not Keep the car mech.anically conditioned. Misfiring spark plugs, improperly adjusted carburetor and automatic choke, m clogged air filter ,all waste fuel. Follow the maintenance procedure recommended for your car by the · manufacturer to assure reliable operation. Check your tires regularly. Low air pressure in tires increases rolling resistance which requires more power_to hold a given speed. Low pressure also. wears tires unnecessarily. Before long trips add four (4) pounds to tile cold tire air pressure recommended in the owner's manual. Pass up passing. The extra engine. power required for quick full throttle "jumps" around other cars uses three or four times as much fuel as constant speed cruising. Drivers should wait for long, unobstructed stretches to do their passing so they can "ease" arouod other cars. Match the traffic flow. E ase into gas-saving high gear as soon as possible when you start. "Float" with the mainstream of traffic. Trying to plough through ahead of the others will cost the driver lots of exti:a fuel. Try to anticipate stops. If you see a car_ahead signalling a left tum, switch nn your signal for a right turn and try to get over into the right lane as soon as possible. Look for the lights a block or two ahead, anticipate their change. If you slow down gently, you will avoid gas-wasting stops. If you need to· make a stop, be sure you turn off the engine and carry the keys with you. Do not sit and let the car engine idle while waitingi for a passenger or keeping the heater on. If your car is equippedwith automatic transmission, take it especially easy on the gas pedal. Ease up on the pedal at around 18-22 mph as the transmission will shift easily into higher gear - and save gasoline Buildi;ig and Business Owners Reduce amounts of outside ventilation air to minimum ventilation requirements of local building code. Corridor lighting should he reduced to maximum extent consistent with safety and security. Add more local electric ·switches, if necessary. for more flexible ·and efficient control of individual lighted areas. Allow only the most essential weekend and nighttime.activities. Plan essential after-hour activities to take place in a minimum number of heating and ventilating zones. Convert to modern efficient equipment when aged equipment is shown to · be inefficient. Arrange for cleaning personnel to start shortly after completion of business day, so hat hours of operation of heating, �eiltil�ting and air conditioning system,; and lighting s-y&tems are kept to minimum.-· Start-up building equipment, and ,heating; ventilat�g and air c.onditioning

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were 8-2 victors. showed a great deal of promise Ill Preceeding the JHU game, the the south. squad moved on to Carlisle, Pa., Offensively, the Hilltoppers where they tangled with St. displayed power, as Blut bats Lawrence University. totalled eight home runs and At Carlisle they encountered compiled a .272 batting av.erage. near freezing temperatures, 50 McLean led the way with a .455 Stackhouse silenced the Blue average (10-22) and three home bats, as he limited them to three runs. He was followed by hits and one run. Krause took the. Waldron's .375 average (6-16) and defeat in the 7-1 setback. two home runs. mile an hour winds and the Br.ight Spots Larry's pitching Defensively, there were also ace, Bill Stackhouse. several bright spots. Freshman Breaking Out Randy Williams was the major The Blue broke out of their standout;as he played 53 errorless batting slump quickly, as on, the innings at shortstop. Waldron and next day, four Conts combineq McLean also played notable for four home runs as they won defense. 8-2 over Washington and Lee and The team turned over eight lifted their record to 3-2. double plays in the six games, Another bright spot in the which is more double plays than game was the pitching of McLean. the team managed during all last · He went all nine innings and season. The only possible weakness o f . struck out eleven. The Hamiltonians closed out this season's squad may b e in the· , their southern trip by turning starting pitching rotation. While back Haverford College 8-3, in McLean has proven himself as an what was the team's easiest game able starter and Andy Pratt and of the trip. · Tom S u t c l i f f compo� an Kra use was the winning adaquate bullpen, Heckler stressed pitcher, as he received offensive that the two other starters, Krause support from Dan Waldron and and Driscoll must be able to John Thomas, both of whom improve their control if the team cracked home runs. is to continue its winning ways. The game also gave Heckler a Heckler claims that · if the team chance to empty his bench, giving maintains a positive attitude and everybody some playing time. "stays on top of the weather," · According� to Heckler, the team this could be a memorable season.

·Focus: Social Concern Students· to Go Hungry Some Hamilton ·and Kirkland students will voluntarily go hungry next Thursday, April 17, in recognition of National Food Day. In an effort to help alleviate the world's hunger problem, "Focus: Social Concern," a community group, has arranged for Service Systems to refund $1.30' for ,each student who forgoes eating in the campus dining halls on Thursday. The money will go to Oxfam America. a small overseas organization "dedicated to he1p the world's poorest people better their own situations .• !'" Students have been posted at Bristol, Bundy, Commons , and McEwen to take signatures of those that wish to participate in the fast. "Focus" • has Additionally, scheduled �ctivities on Thursday in the Red Pit consistent with the Food Dav Theme.

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"The World Hunger Situation,'' a filmed interview with Robert McNamara conducted by Bob Moyer during last year's World Food Conference, will be shown at 3:30 p.m., and 5:00 p.m., Betweei:i the showings, Focus members will hold a general discussion and "sharing of ideas." At 6: 00 p.m., . Kirkland Professor of Anthropology Robert Kautz, m a lecture entitled "Climatology," will examine the world's climate as it affects the international food supply. K i r k l a nd student Patty Blumenthal will discuss the "Affects of Malnutrition in Children" at 6:45 p.m., The day's activities will culminate with a Folk Concert in the Pit at 7:00 p.m. ' During the day, "Focus 0 will be providing a variety of juices for fasting students in McEwen and Bristot

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· By PAUL HULLEBERG ten-twelve man varsity squad. ' not come out last fall has The time has come when we looked very promising Right now there are no ,, apparently should start seeing people out . scheduled matches for the "B in the few work-outs there have behind the hockey rink, fuzzy squad. On the basis of fall been so far. Also, one has to balls bulging in their pockets,. performances, sophmore Tom reckon with Marc Derewetsky and grasping their stiff shafts and Griffith is the number one seed. Mike Casserly, the number one slamming it home. And as soon as Griff was, however, very tired and· two seeds on the "B'• squad mother nature cooperates, we after post-season hockey action, last fall. will. But for the voyeuristic few according to Batt, and there seems But the most interesting who cannot wait to behold this to be a serious· question as to prospect is Mohammed Husain, exuberant sight, you should know whether or not the star center is our very own squash sensation. that the Hamilton College tennis _going to'be psyched to play spring Although he has never played team has started practicing on the tennis. But with co-captain John tennis before, he has been picking Hutchens and tried and true it up quickly and "looks like a Sage rink courts. ' Coach Greg Batt seems stand-outs like Phil Spellane and natural" according to Batt, _who confident that his spring squad Bob Worden the varsity should says that the only problem has enough depth to fare have a strong base to work from. Mohammed might have is in reasonably well with a five match There are also some possible changing his style from that of a schedule against Ithaca; Clarkson, · sleepers who could create havoc "hit game" to that of a "stroke Hobart, St. 'Lawrence, and among the ranks during the game." ' So as they come off a fairly Skidmore, with Ithaca and a current try-outs. Junior Dave strong St. 'Lawrence squad Wollman, who last year opted for respectable 3-2 fall season, and providing prospects for some stiff golf, has decided to bless the considering the prospects in the competition. Although only seven netmen with his versatile athletic sleeper department, it looks like players suit for each match, Batt ability and Batt feels confident the Continental netmen will said that he likes to carry a that Dave has a good chance of continue the Hamilton trend of r--------------," making the Varsity squad" winning into the spring (if it ever Andy Bass, a freshman who did comes). S.PEND AN AFTERNOON

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Sports

Hamilton Tdkes 8th in Nation H am ilton Travels South 12 Swimmers Rate All-Atnerican

Hamilton swimming ended its best season ever, as they stroked their way to an eighth place finish in the NCAA Division III Diving Swimming a nd Championships held at Allegheny College. Last year only Coach MacDonald and Breaststroker Jeff Carlberg took the big trip to the Nationals. This year eleven other Hamilton swimmers followed MacDonald and Carlberg - to the championships in Meadville, Pa. Besides the eighth place finish, the - Blue managed to place all twelve of its compet_itors on the

honor A l l-A merican roll. Hamilton came off of a second place finish in the New York State Meet," and an 8-2 season record. Carlberg had the most to lose going int-0 the champiQnships. The senior co-captain from Scottsville won both the 100-yd. arid 200-yd. Breaststrokes in the State Meet. He also returned to the Nationals ,with the gold medal he won at Long Beach in the 100-yd. eient last year. ' Chico State, the team that ·overpowered all of Division III and won the contest with 650

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Jeff Carlberg shows his championship form

Nobody Asked Me But...

Bronx Bombers Feingold and Shoen "You see, I'm a Yankee fan, and the 1974 Yankees were the 50-1 shot that had my two bucks•.• the only bad thing is that I won't see odds like that again for a long, lo.ng time. "-October·4, 1974 "C: I'm asking you! What's the name of the first baseman? A: And I'm telling you! What's the name of the second baseman. C: You say thfrd base, I'lL.wait a minute. Yqu got a pitcher on this team? A: Did you ever hear of a team without a pitcher? One of the nice things about the opening of the baseball season is that even if you're in Clinton you know it's Spring somewhere. But this baseball season is just something ,special . With the Super Bowl duller than ever, expansion taking its toll on· the NBA, and the Philadelphia Flyers beating people up like Frank Nitty's boys, this past winter was merely a continuation of last season's baseball. Although the snow was on the infields, the front. offices around the leagues kept playing until they almost put "Who's been traded today?" in the box sc.ores, ' The baseball purist may have observed that the rich get richer while the poor get poorer (the cream always rises to the top). Oakland picked up one of baseball's greats, Billy Williams. They have improved their lineup, but Texas' acquisition of Willie Davis and Kansas City's picking up Harmon Killibrew along with the maturation of both teams' tremendously talented ballplayers will considerably tighten up the AL West. In the National League West, the others provide days off for Los Angeles and ·Cincinatti as they both-relatively unchanged from last year-will slug it out for the division crown. Horace Ston�ham is sitting in San Francisco watching his once-powerful Giants become die only major league farm team.

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The uniforms of the players have changed, but the National League East's teams will still be a five-team race. New York, with its new no-pitch, all-hit look gave Philadelphia a reliever while Montreal and Pittsburgh strenthened their pitching staffs with Dave McLucky and Sam McDowell. lri. the A:rperican League East, trades have also been a factor in strengthening all of th� teams. Cleveland, Milwaukee, and Boston are all g_ood chances to finish in first place, ahead of the f�vorite. And this year, for a change, Baltimore is even rated to give the favorite a run for its money.

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This year, many critics feel that the Yankees have a chance to take it all, a 5-3 chance. And for two people who felt that they had a chance when Andy Kosco was their cleanup hitter and Bobby Cox was their best rookie, we finally have a feeling of what it was like to - be a fah of the legendary Bronx Bombers. Objectivity be damned: The Bombers are great. They have Hunter. They have Bonds. Elliott Maddox has proven himself in centerfield. ' Piniella, Whaite,Munson, Nettle�, Chambliss,Lyle, Wallace, Medich. Dobson. And,,of course, Bill Virdon. They have depth. Rudy May, Larry Gura, Alex Johnson, Ron Blomberg. (They also have Dick Allen waiting to "pencil his name in the lineup,"but that's another story). The names say it all. These ballplayers are among the finest in the American League. They can hit, they can pitch, they can field--what more do you want from a baseball player? The only thing comparable to this lineup is having one Babe Ruth.

points, had qualified three men for the finals of the 100-yd. Breast. Carlberg outmuscled Gary Swenor of Chico St ate to retain his nationwide title. The contest had to be decided by the aut omatic however. timer, Carlberg finished only 55 hundredths of a second in front of the second and third place Chico State strokers. Carlberg in Events Carlberg also placed fifth in the 200-yd. Breaststroke and swam the Breaststroke leg of the 400-yd. Medley relay. Hamilton's Medley placed ninth with Craig MacDonald, Gary Karl, and Joe up .with Shrum teaming Hamilton's national champ. Two other Hamilton swimmers · pulled off medal winning swims. Freshman sensation Brian Hogan soared to a fourth place finish in the 200-yd� Butterfly event. And Paul Edick showed his style and consistency as he dove to a fifth off p la c e the I-meter spring-board. The H a m i lton 800-yd. Freestyle relay team placed twelfth in the competition. Senior John Needham led underclassmen Dave Greenhalgh, Spunky Graf, and Bucko Strehlow in the event. Needham also anchored the 400-yd. 'Free relay of Jack Widman, Joe Shrum, and John Murphy which placed ninth. Needham and Shrum both won double All-American status with their relay performances. 'Other Continentals to twice win All-American status were Brian Hogan, who added a tenth place finish in the 400-yd. Individual Butterfly his to M edley performance. Bucko Strehlow got hot ii). the 1650-yd..drstance event and took an eighth place in the time final event. These two freshmen should push Hamilton even higher in next year's crusade. Tarnished a Bit Hamilton's 'dual meet record was tarnished a bit this year when S t . ' Lawrence _ pulled an unexpected upset in the annual contest between the Blue and the Larries. But the Blue came back in both the State Meet and the Nationals to show their true strength. With three freshmen· placing well in the national meet and another strong first year group expected again next year, Hamilton should still dominate New York's : small • college swimming scene. Unfortunately MacDonald is losing the class of 1975 named "super sophs" three years ago. Carlberg leaves the Hamilton Gym with six All-American certificates hanging on its �alls. John Needham won't be the usual powerhouse on the end of the last relay. And Craig MacDonald and Gary Karl wiU be absent from the Medley relay next year. Coach MacDonald should not worry that much, though. He has eight All-Americans left for next season, and more than likely a group· of freshmen on the way to make next year's swimming team another best ever.

Lacrosse

The Lacrosse contests set for Thursday, April 10, at Rochester U., and Saturday, April 12 vs. State, have been Albany rescheduled for-April 28 and May 13 respectively. Postponement was forced by the recent snow-storm. Look for a preview of the Hill Lacrosse seasonin next week's Spectator.

By SHERWIN TUCKER Dunng the Spnng vacation the Hamilton baseball team journeyed south for ten days, played sfx games, and wop. four of them. 'The Conts opened their 1975 season in winning form by d e f e a t ing N o rth Carolina Wesleyan, 11-10 in 12 innings, in a game that was err9r plagued. Krause George Freshman pitched seven strong innings and was then relieved by sophomore John Driscoll. Driscoll completed the game and pocketed the win. On the follo"Ving day, the Blue evened their record by dropping a 12-5 decision to an experienced Davidson squad. The game was

one of th�se that w�s".'uch clo:e• than the fmal score mdicated. Load Bases Both teams had 13 hits. But, the Blue failed to score in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings, althoug1!_ they left the bases loaded in each of those frames. "If there had been some key hits we might have won," Coach Heckler noted. After the Davidson game, the diamond men travelled to Catawaba to challenge Johns Hopkins University. With the aid of Dave McLean home· run and tough pitching performances by Driscoll and Andy Pratt, the Blue continued on page eleven

Indies Win Hockey Final

Intramural hockey concluded advantage, so with about one its season last week with DKE, minute left in the game, DKE Indy I, AD , and TDGS (Theta pulled its goalie Steve Haweeli to Delta Chi, Delta Phi, Gryphon, put an extra attacker on the ice. and Sigma Phi combined) making This strategy paid off as Steve the playoffs. In semi-final action, Gorman tied the score 2:2 with DKE shut out AD 5-0 and Indy I .one second remaining in beat TDGS 5-1, sending DKE and regultaion time. Indy I into the championship The overtime period did not game. last very long as the Indies put The final game was as fine an immediate pressure on DKE. intramural game as one could Goalie Steve Haweeli of DKE lost' hope to see. The Indy l team his stick in a scramble in front of emerged with a 3-2 overtime win, the net, and this proved costly. but not without receiving its . Seconds later Andy Sobel got the lumps from a physical DKE puck all alone in front of the DKE squad. net and fired it home to give Indy Steve Groman opened the I the championship. scoring to give DKE a 1-0 lead, AD captured third place in the but the Independents fought back tournament by. edging TDGS 2-1. to gain a 2-1 lead on goals by Peter Marks and Ed Catlin scored Andy Sobel and John McFarlan. for AD, while Esty Foster tallied T h e In.dies retained this the lone goal for fourth-place TDGS.

SPECIAL NOTE

The Intramural Swimming Meet will be held on Wednesday, April ·23 in the Alumni Pool. R:osters for the meet are due before 4 o'clock Tuesday April 22 in Coach MacDonald's office. Softb-all is due to begin as soon as the fields clear. '

Kurt Ziemendorf, a sophomore defenseman, has been named to t he All-Eastern College Athletic Conference Division II hockey team selected by vote of the ECAC Division II coaches. Ziemendorf is the only New Y.orker to named to the 12-man all-star team. In addition to playing - a strong defensive game all season, Ziemendorf scored seven goald and had 13 assists for 20 points. The Hamilton hockey team was runnerup to Bowdoin for the ECAC Division II championsip, losing to Bowdoin, 6 to 4, in the , title game. On their way to the championship game, the Continentals -eliminated Salem STate, 6 to 3, and Merrimack, 4 to 3. Hamilton's overall _season record was 17 wins, eight losses and one tie; its Division JI record, 14 wins, 6 losses, one tic. Veteran Greg Batt completed his 26th hear as Hamilton's hockey coach. Ziemendorf is a psychology major at Hamilton. He is a graduate of the Nichols School, Buffalo.


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THE SPECTATOR Volume V, Number 22

HA�ILTON AND KIRKLAND COLLEGES, CLINTON, NEW YORK

April 18, 1975

Lawyers Negotiate Possible Patrick Suit Lawyers for Kirkland College and Linda Patrick, former assistant dean of students, are currently negotiating the possibility of a suit by Patrick against the college. The reasons for the suit could not be determined by The Spectator.

Kirkland student enjoys the rites of spring this week on the recently completed all-weather Platform Tennis Courts behind "B"dorm.

Economics Department Still Unstable By GUY ARCIDIACONO � on the Hill tonight, regarding Instability continues to plague Allen's· position, and that others the Economics Department with would follow, He said the ::ollege reports t h a t R obert Allen, is not necessarily looking for -an assistant professor of economics older instructor (the department will resign by the end of the currently has three· non tenured month. He refused comment at instructors) but would seek only t h i s t i m e , t e r m i n g i t ..to find the best possible man." The Economics Departmenthas inappropriate. Sidney Wertimer, chairman of seen an unusually large turnover th e Eco n o m ic s D e partment rate in the last three years, which indicated that the coll<::ge has has led to numerous- changes in begun a search to fill Allen's course Qfferings. Wertimer hopes position in the event that he does that if a replacement is needed, he resign. Wertimer said that Allen or she will also be able to teach has said enough to the college to Public Finance, a course which indicate to the department that it has not been offered since should initiate a search for Pr e s i dent Carovano left the replacement. It is believed that d e partment. "Former Assistant Allen has accepted a position at P r of ess or W i l lia m Sn ead's the University of British Columbia departure last spring resulted in Chi nese E c o n o m i c s and in Vancouver,Canada. The departure of Allen, should Comparative Systems not being it occur, would necessitate the offered. appointtnent of a teacher capable of_ A statistics instructor will be teaching statistics, which is the first priority, however, as Allen's specialty, said Wertimer. statistics is a required course for Wertimer said he foresaw no economics majors, saict W ertimer. special problems in registering Sp eculation concerning the students for the statistics course. possible resignation of Derek Wertimer said a "visitor" was J o n e s , th e o t h er a s s istant

professor in the department, has also surfaced. When asked about these rumors, Jones s_aid it is inappropriate to comment on rumors, and added that he is not "act i v e l y j o b seeking." He doubted any professor would not consider a reasonable offer should it appear. He declined further comm nt. · continued on page fourteen

President Babbitt said a formal suit had not yet been filed. Patrick refused to comment on any aspect of the case. F a i th Seidenberg, Patrick's lawyer, said nothing definite had been decided, although there was a good chance that the suit. would be settled out of court. Th e- law y er r e p r e s e n ting Kirkland in the discussions, David Lase ell, of Nixon, Hargrave, Devans, and Doyle in Rochester c o u l d n o t b e reached for comment. S e i d e nb er g said she was contacted by Patrick about the case. approximately six weeks ago. Seidenberg then made the "usual l a w y er c o n tacts" with the KiFkland lawyer. She refused to comment on what stage the negotiations are in. However, she said she_ expected a call from Lascell soon. Patrick was fired Feb. 6 .by President Babbitt after working at Kirkland for seven months. At the time of the dismissal, Babbitt said_ h is decision was "based on cumulative events," not on any s i n g l e instance. '(S e e The Spectator, Feb. 7)

Kirkland has acc,.epted 429 of its 5 78 applicants for the Class of 1979, according to Molly Bartlett, acting director of admissions. (Th e Spectator incorrectly reported last week that the college had atcepted 204 women. That report should have said that the college is seeking to enroll 204 of its applicants.) Of those ac.cepted, 40 were accepted earlY. decision, and 60 wei-e admitted in March, with the remaining 329 receiving notice on April 15. In addition, the college placed on a waiting list 80 applicants, said Bartlett. The college expects a yield rate on this year's applicants of 40 per cent, )'Vhich means that it is expected that four out of every 10 women accepted will in turn a c c e p t Kirk lan d's offer of admission. Last year's rate was 43 per cent.

Anonymous Summer Travel Grant Kept Quiet for Over 10 Years

. Since the· early sixties, an anonymous donor h�s aJ!nually provided funds for a Hamilton senior to be used for travel folJowing his graduation. This year, the recipient of the award, John E merson, has received $3,500for summer travel. The gift is by far the largest dispensed to an undergraduate by the college, and yet no one.knows about it except the recipient,, President Carovano, and Professor

of Government Channing B, , himself as the "continuity" in the college as R ichardson. The only public award proc'ess, attention the award is ever given is presidents have come .and gone a brief announcement each year at since the award's inception. In addition, this award is not C l a s s a n d C h a r t.e r D a y listed in the catalogue. This is proceedings. President Carovano said he largely because the award is given knows little. about the gift, but on a year-to-year basis with no added that the donor wishes to formal endowment which would preseIVe his anonymity. He said guarantee its continuance. As it he has only acted as a go.between stands n'ow, the donor notifies the for the donor and Professor college each year as to whether R i c h ardson , who d escribed the money will be made available. Richardson said he hopes to have the gift formally funded sometime in the future. T h e v i c e p r e s i d e nt for development, Joseph Anderson, •vhose office normally handles such matters, also knew nothing about the award, He said he did not wish to pursue the donor at this t i m e to formalize his generosity. The gift has apparently been handled over the years solely through t h e office of the president. Acting Dean of the College, Dwight N, Lindley, _also said he kn.ows nothing of the award, as did A s s o c i a t e Dean Robin Kinnd, who organizes Class and Charter Day award ceremonies. This year's recipient is John Em erson , a philosophy major, Emerson said he plans to use the money to take an extensive tour of Europe and to publish several "light" articles on his travels. Last yeat, Gordon Kaye was the recipient. Kaye, a government major at Hamilton, is now studying at the Woodrow Wilson School for Internati,mal Affairs. The selection process for the a w a r d s i s cond ucted by Richardson, wfio also heads the Wat son Selection Committee. , continued on pa2e fourteen

Prof Norman B�wie · Reiigns, Moves APA

BY JOHN M. McN EEL Associate Professor of Philosophy Norman E. Bowie, who brought the na tional offices of the American Philosophical Association (APA) ·to this campus three years ago when he· becaJlle executive secretary, will leave Hamilton after the spring semester when the APA moves its headquarters to the University of Delaware. Bowie announced his resignation in a letter released this week� His departure will open a position on a small department w4ich has been strongest i n p o l itical and social philosophy, the specialties of both Bowie and fellow Associate Professor Robert Simpn. P-rofessor Russell T. Blackwood, chairman of the philosophy department, said that 'they would be looking for "so m eone t h a t didn't d uplicate specialties w_e already have," in filling the spot Jvacated by Bowie. J ob Search On A job d escription released to applicants says that the position requires "competence in l}istory of philosophy, (and) specialization in fields other than s ocial-po l i t i ca l-m or a l p h i l o s o phy, philosophy of religion, existentialism or phenomenology." The full-time position

Kirkland Accepts 429 of ·57s

will be non-tenurable.

Blackwood said he hopes to select someone by mid-May, which he hopes will avoid some registration difficulties.· The APA's move to Delaware will put the organization in a permanent home. Bowie recommended to the AP A last October that it settle in permanent headquarters near New York City and Washington, D.C. 'We wa,nted to find a university within easy access of the cities with available office space that would take on the executive secretary as a faculty­ meml;>er," explained Bowie. Bowie will ass:ume the position of Vi s iting A ss o c iat e Prof e s s or of P h i l o s o p h y at the Univeristy of Delaware. He will have no option for tenure, but will remain at the school as long as he "remains executive secretary of the �A and in good behavior." Less Teaching Bowie_ will teach two courses a year in his new job, as opposed to the three a y"ear that he handles at Hamilton. He is presently teaching a Philoso__phy of Law course, after teaching Distributive Justice and History of Philosophy in the fall. Bowie, who was -appointed to the faculty in 1969, said yesterday that he continued on page eleven

Norman E: Bowie


Stable Economics The likely resignation of Assistant Professor of Economics Robert C. Allen, compounded by ambiguous comments concerning Instructor Germina Lubega's future by Professor and Department Chairman Sidney Wertimer, will mean continued instability in course offerings. Constant staff changes preclude comprehensive curricular planning for economics majors, and hamper the department's own efforts in strengthening the use of its faculty. The department has had some bad luck. One of their professors, J. Martin Carovano, became provost and then president, leaving Public Finance untaught for three years. Former Assistant Professor William Snead decided to go to law school. Others presumably left involuntarily. The rapid turnover has left Wertimer the only tenure� faculty member in the four-person department. Considering this turbulent recent past, it is necessary for the Department to take stock of itself, and decide what courses are to be offered. Public Finance is a necessary requirement, and it is hoped that Allen's replacement will be competent in that field. It is also important that Professor Wertimer give special attentfon to hiring someone for the department at the associate professor level for whom tenure should be offeted within two or three years -of appointment. Such a person, perhaps an impressive assistant professor, could be enticed· to Hamilton with the larger salary an associate professor draws. Professor Wertimer, of course, might not be able to depend solely upon applications for the position from advertisements. Indeed, _ under the circumstances, it would be wise for him to actively, seek an instructor at another institution with both teaching experience and a good reputation as professor and scholar. With the tenure crunch in higher education it should not be impossible to find an. excellent and experienced professor who has little chance for tenure at his present institution. More importantly·, he could help adjust the uneven age distribution in the Hamilton Economics Department, and provide some curricular continuity in the future.

In Order to ·Be Fair

The disclosure of the $3500 summer travel grant clandestinely awarded this year to John Emerson raises important questio ns about the process by which that award has been given for the past number of years-. Emerson's qualifications are many. But by keeping the award a secret,· the college has eliminated the opportunity -for students to apply and compete openly for this award the most lavish given out by Hamilton. Though it makes some �nse to select the recipient from the Watson applicants since . all those students are presumably interested in international travel, other students who could not afford' to take a full year 'away because of graduate school or employment commitments ought to have the chance to compete for this grant. , Moreover a special review committee should be set up comprised of the dean of the college and several faculty members, and the entire faculty should be encouraged to nominate students for the award. · Now, Professor Richardson handles the selection single-handedly; an open application process, however, requires more faculty involvement in the review process. The donor's request of anonymity can still be maintained while allowing public competition and announcement of the generous grant. It is hoped that if � the donor renews his offer next year, the college and Professor Richardson will find a fair and open method for awarding this honor.

Plum Sutra By Katherine Moore I. Evqything is new. Think of it. Everything is new. J.P. (Sartre) was sitting in the Pub tonight digging the floor show and noted that pleasure is self-defeating; pleasure is the death of desire. Think of it - pleasure is the death of desire. And what is desire but a stream, a torrent of motivation that pours from an undefinable, subconscious holy place. Compulsion to live. drive fast. never say die. don't apologize for anything. Shoot whatever is ·available into existing veins and head for the ultimate. Desire is subliminal but not subject to repression. To be conscious of something is to make contact with it. To feel something one must experience it. Yet there is desire and satisfaction. Activity and completion. The tension between desire and satisfaction is a creative one, the energy for creative activity, for all activity, for existence itself. Once satisfaction is achieved, motivation dies. Once desire is 9vercome, activity stops. Thus hedonism (basic life style of college student) is the total expression of desire and its fulfillment. sounds o.k.

logical direction was gone. So I reconsidered said energy - ran around outside looking for the moon, detecting signs of spring and finally fell into the mud, experiencing an enlightenment of sorts: in balance lies the answer, the coming together of the complete hedonistic and the total intellectual.

•Directions: The next time you are horny, instead of

looking for obvious outlets consider for a minute the abstract intense energy which if you cut off from its one compulsive narrow direction is a cosmos of possibility. Instead of getting laid write a poc:m. Read Kerouac or Kierkegaard. Ideas are beautiful ("people are very very fantastic." - A. Warhol) - grab some of them, acknowledge desire but do not satisfy it (at least not yet) . Take it furthe!. Explore what consciousness means. Be a student of yourself. Once you turn in the paper its all over. So never finish it. Tum it in but never finish it. Fool yourself and everyone else. We can be students - hedonistic but intellectual, complete bµt never totally fulfilled, lost in that flame of desire

II. So what's the problem? Did you read Julie Weinstein's' letter to the editor last week? Or the cheeky Scarlet Plume essay? Do you believe jesus died for your sins? (they're all you own.) What they demand is the opposite of hedonistic (but after all truthful) pursuit of reality. They want intelligence. Intensity. Virtuosity. Cohdivenss. Thought. But this is cutting off energy at its source - without even the groundspace for interference, challenge or the confrontation of desire. Intellectuality in itself begins and ends in a bloodless void, before desire, fearsome beast of experimentation. What I see before mine innocent eye is a complete polarization of philosophy and action. needs and their ultimate end. Ill. So what? Where do we go from here? Granted is the need for inspection/contemplation/circumcision into what being a college student means. There is hedonism and there is. the intellectual approach but I want pain. self-torture. Derision. Narcotics. Tonight I had limited funds - two beers instead o( the usual 17 - caught halfway into a particular act - the art of drunkenness - stopped cold - and there ensued a gap, a loss, a pool of energy whose

that is the essence of life itself. Yes,· there is a ter�ible lack on this campus, of intellectual intensity, of academic excellence, but there is also a definite lack of balls, gut determination and excitement. Lik'e this is the beginning of everything. The possibilities are endless. The light is everywhere. Intense activity yields patience, which yields compassion. Boy do we need it now.

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To the Editor: the wrong time on Sunday. T h e r e h a s b e e n s om e I have the feeling that many misunderstandings in the H-K people on our campus are being Film Co-op schedule in the past s poiled by the mercantilistic. week that resulted in many , approach of many of our activities fru s tr at i o n s a n d g rievances. organizers, expecially in the film Although I am no longer directly area. Activities organizers often involved with the administration "sell" their activites to students of the Co-op, I received many like-salesmensell -their products to complaints over this unfortunate cdnsumers. (Look at the film ads communication problem. I will in The Spectator.) Students in a ttribute the causes: of this many instances do behave like 1) the failure of the Executive consumers who demand that their Board to evolve an efficient "c o n s u m e r s ' d em a n ds" be communication system in its satisfied. Many people insist that embryonic stage; each 11).m arranged by the other · 2) the refusal of the campus film societies should be shown 4 NUMBER TWENTY-TWO VOLUME FIVE activities officials to list the Co-op times a week so as to provide schedule in the "Events of the "more choices," even though a Douglas Glucroft Week" program and on the notice br each of contract may be Editor-in-chief b oard on a c c ou nt of the involved. Members of the Co-op Associ ate News Editor Editorial Page Editor "exclusive" nature of the film complain that they don't know Elizabeth Barrow Kenneth Gross shows (but Faculty Dinners are about the film shows although a Susan Malkin Busine ss Manager Robby Miller iisted); · full schedule for April was Jack Hornor t h e a t t itude of the included in the last issue of the 3) Arts Editor Sports Photography , members. David Schutt newsletter. There is a genera] Chip Whitely It is the third cause that I want e x p e c t a t ion to be directed, Assistant Arts Editors to elucidate a little. On checking persuaded, and reminded again Technical Manager Peggy Dills Mike Bulger again into some of the complaints, and again in every activity, or else John Joelson I 'find that in many cases, the organizers will be blamed for Copy Editor Sports Editor m e m b e r s t h e m s el v e s ar e not publicizing it enough. r am John Navarre Felice Freyer ' responsible for their frustrations. not suggesting that there should Most of the people who showed not be any publicity other than a News Assistants-Bob Grieves, Wendi Pashman up on Wednesday night but did general notice. But I am not so Sports Assistants-Bob McCormick, David Wollman not catch the show went to the s u r e t h a t t h is k ind o f Photography Staff-David Ashby, Bob Dolan, Philip Morris, Dan Barr wrong auditorium. Those who commercialism is healthy for our Production Assistants: Thomas Beck, Sarah McGregor were in Science Auditorium saw student actlvites. Perhaps we Make-up Assistants-Mary Barstow, Chris Cahill, Anita Curtiss, Tamar the film after a 15 min. delay. should .take a little more initiative Gold, Kevin McDonough, JoAnn Mort, John M. M'cNeel, David Ruben (Although the person who carried in seeking out information about Business Staff-Ji m McManus, Steve Brennen, Andy Wilson the wrong message also went to the activites we are interested in, The Publications Board publishes The Spectator, a newspaper edited by the wrong auditorium.) As clearly or at ]east pay a little more students, 28 times during the a�ademic year. Subscriptions: $7 a year. Address: Box 83, Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y. 13323. Letters to the editor written as the second correc.tion attention to the ones that we must be signed, but names will be withheld upon request. note was, there were still some receive. c 197S by The Trustees of Hamilton College members who went to the show at Ernest Fung '7 6

""THE-- SPECTATOR:•

At -Home Abroad To the Editor: Well, Hamilton College's Junior­ year in France program is moving toward the close of an interesting and highly successful year, marred only by the dwindling value of the dollar. : With the perfect combination of classes, activities, visits, and family life here, we've all b e en exploring and appreciating the differences and shµilarities between the American and the French cultures. We've given a lot of ourselves during this exploration, and· I think the French people we've come into contact with have discovered from us as much as we've discovered from them. 'We've got a "continuous" learning program here, spiced with a French "joie de vivre" that of ten replaces any thoughts of home-the past or the future-with the realization that life is the present and now is the best time to take advantage of it. Courses here can be chosen on the basis of one's major and often are structured to supplement the advantages unique cultural available in Paris-architecture, plays, painting and sculpture, concerts (among others). Speaking French is certainly easier than it was at the start of our "sejour," down in Biarritz. In reading, I notice quite an improvement: I have· to con�ult my dictionary only once or✓ twice per chapter, rather than five or six times per pa.ge (no, I don't skip words!). Half the problem was ]earning to think in French. But I went too far-now I dream in French, too, and keep my roommate awake at night by SRouting a phrase or t,wo in French "every time I turn over. English, ·he says, was bad enough! Well, drop me a line if you get a chance. And keep The Spectator coming. Arthur Lelio '76 Paris


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Housing Input

Letters Coittinued

To the Editor: The p r o b lem of pleasing- � everyone ree;arding the housing ( situation is difficult if pot impossible. However, an issue as important to most people as where they are going to live for nine months should "receive more student input." I qu�stion the validity of polls taken when· the response in Chapel to the an nou.ncement that · Kirkland students will live in Carnegie next year wa:s totally negative. If students are given a chance to influence decisions before they are made, and do not take To the Editor:· advantage of the opportunity, I would like to second John then t hey cannot complain. P i t a r r e s i ' s t houghts (Th e However, notifying the student Spectator, April 11] �n tl!.e body of the decisioi=;, after the fact u n f o r t u n a t e d i s mjs s al o f gives i nterested students no Hamilton's . Sports Information options for action. If the Senate Director Orville Goplen. Over the wants to be the Stu.dent Senate in past two years,· I have worked for the future, it should be more Orville Goplen at various sports sensitive to the wishe.s · of the events, and L would like to offer student body. my own assessment of his work. O r v i l l e G o p le n has a Steven Goldenberg '77 · professional approach to his job, an:d in his short stay here he has ·become an enthusuastic fan of·our teams. Certainly the decision to replace · Orville with an alumnus did not take into account his enthusiasm and capabilities in his work. Finally, the expedient decision to fire a 63-year-old man only two years away from retirement shows little of the sympathy one might expect from an enlightened institution. Richard Taskin '77

In Defense Of Goplen

Fasting and Meaning To the Editor: I am writing as a result of the response to th� efforts of certain students for Thursday's Food Day. Please understand that these are my personal thoughts and not the feelings of any organization or group of students. It is very hard to write without pre!1ching or ·without seeming to place judgement and guilt. I' cannot say that I have been able to avoid making judgements but the placement of guilt is not my intention. I am critical about the lack of feeling h en on t he Hill. _Admittedly it is hard to think beyond ourselves and our circle of fr iends. Activities for ·today, to morro w's s c h e d ule, a n d· post-graduation plans fill our thoughts. It is hard to open ourselves up to new faces. If someone were .to surprise us by stating, ••you seem like someone I'd like to get to know," we'd pull back and wonder what sort of

_Hard Times

Kirkland Knows Best I

therefore. welcome the intent of this legislatioti. as consistent with our policies." And, unlike most memorandums, this one is worth reading to the Daddy Babbitt and his children are often tiitter end, for more miraculous wonders are to be disdained by the fraternal order across the road, but found on page three: "The college will counsel then younger sisters tend to stick it to their elders faculty members to share the content of student more than .many old-timers would like to admit. In letters of recommendation by copy or by the reaction of brother and sist�r tq the Buckley consultation prior to their being sent, rather than to law, allowing student access to college files, we have make a waiver of non-confidentiality a condition of faculty recommendations. In keeping with this a clear example of the slogan, "sisterhood is policy, the college has urged faculty memb_ers to be powerful." Last week, this column was devoted to a . candid with students for whom a mediocre or surmµary and criticism of Hamilton's response to negative recommendation may be written... the the student access law. Ha:µiilton advised its college will enclose a cover letter with each s_!:udents to sign a waiver •of the right to inspect recommendations for employement and graduate schools, claiming that many professors could not be "candid" if their ·1etters were open to student scrutiny. Such a stance implies that the college and the faculty are scared or unwilling to deal with Hamilton students in an open, honest manner. "Candidness" is to be shared only with- admissions officers, not with students. For some reason, Hamilton feels it must deal �ith its students secretly and hostilely. This attitude is manifested in the college's antagonistic reception of the Buckley law. My sympathies are extended� to t-hose Hamilton recommendation as our official indication that the students who are baffled and depressed by their recommendation is bona fide, that its contents have college's attitude. I 'have one small piece of-advice been made known to the student and that the·letter is written without any (orm of coercion." which might chase away some of. the blues: stroll Is this any way to run a college? You bet it is! over to Sam Babbitt's office and pick up a copy of a March 7 memorandum on the "Family Educational - Kirkland's policy reflects a concern for cooperation with its students in a mature and trusting Right� and Privacy Act of 1974". It is truly atmosphere. refreshing reading. Why, right on the first page, there Do we conclude that little sister always knows is a statement which will surprise the weary Hamiltonian, and read like an anarchist pamphlet to best? Nonsense. I have one. But in this case, Kirkland has given Hamilton a lesson in student the Hamilton administration and faculty: "In general, the college has always tried to. provide relations, and big brother will be wise in showing he knpws how to learn as weli as. teach. unhindered access to pertinent information. We

By David Ruben

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· Come' Saturday Morning

The ·Senior Bllles Project

person would have the gall to say that. Why can we not respond a littie more openly? It is even more difficult to envision a life outside our own­ especially among the world's have-nots. When someone ·wants Joe Jock and Katie Kirkie, you will remember, to respond and e.1q>ress concern, we again step back and wonder survived Houseparty Weekend. Now, as the end of about_ the sincerity and motives the year approaches, their thoughts turn to other things.) s up p or t i ng t h e c oncern "Hey, Kate!" especially when we realize that "Oh, hi,Joe.u this person has had no f"ast-hand "Uh, a bunch-of us are going out to celebrate experience with such life-styles. Now we must go beyond that only 43 more days to graduation! Wanna come?" smile and spmd time and feeling on "Oh,Joe, that sounds great, but there are only 13 this person's concern. We might· days till May first, and I have to w·ork on my Senior recognize their need but maybe Project." we don't agree with the way they "Ya know, Kate, I haven't been seeing ya too approached us for help. Maybe we much lately." would h�lp if there were different "I know that, Joe, and I'm sorry, but if I don't options available to us - some finish my Senior Proejct, I won't graduate! Please way less· taxing or more to our try to understand." personal abilities and enjoyment. "Yea, I understand, Kate. So long - maybe I'll But instead of responding to the see ya at graduation." need we respond to the means of "Oh,Joe, please don't leave .• .'" ***** approacll. We are critical. Our criticism may be in response to "What's the matter, Katie? You don't look very continued on page seven h.appy."

By Pookie Adams

Taken Again

'Well, We'll Study it'

By Bill Purcell You figure it out, I sure as hell can't. You want to live off campus. Well there. are too many empty slots. Rooms at Hamilton, rooms at Kirkland, and rooms at Dean Bingham's house all empty. If y ou're married, the college admits that North Dormi�ory is not a safe place to raise children. If you're still single, however. the �ollege doesn't want you to live off campus because the trustees believe that this should be a · residential college. A place where everyone learns from living on top of e·ach other" One might question the desirability of the trustees inflicting their mores on students, but let us skip over that. The real kicker is that even the mores of trustees can be overcome by the lottery fetish. If you agree to enter a lottery, you may get door number two and live off campus" But, it all gets stranger. We have a budget crunch bro u g ht on by u nco nt r o l l a b l e Nixonomics. You understand that and so do I. Tuiti�n must rise. i\nd, as a

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bonus for your cooperation, we'll sink $160,000 into the burned out Wallace house to produce more rooms. '·

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You decide that if you can't live off campus, at least you'll eat a little differently; McDonald's, Tony's, maybe a little hot plate in your room. So, you talk to the de�. It isn't easy to get off, you need to have a macrobiotic need, a special allergy, or a pregnant urge fq� Big Macs. . But, you talk your way through and you're off. And · the privilege to flip your own eggs costs only 50 bucks. What's that you ask about. Well, we assume you are using college facilities. OK, I'm plugging into my electric outlet, you're talking about electricity, right dean? Go back to your r oom a nd call Niagara Mohawk. Apparently, with 50 bucks you could heat your whole room for a year with a hot_ plate. Cook your notes al 500 d egrees · 24 hours a day. Niagara tvfohawk. Apparently. with 50 bucks yo1,1 could heal your whole room for a year with a hot plate. Try brin�ing that up -and they'll tell

you about administrative costs. Sing and dance that. it doesn't seem to cost anything to take fraternity members off lists. Well, that's true. Well the figure is "arbitrary". Well, we'll study it. I keep scanning Carnegie foundation reports f"or t he answer but three years apparently haven't been enough time to get to it.

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••oh, Sue, I've had a lousy day. Joe's mad at me because I never have time to do anything with him anymore. I got rejected from three graduate schools. And my Senior Project supervisor doesn't like what I've done so far. ·But I've worked so hard on it - I even stayed up here· over Spring Break instead of going to Florida! The seniors at Hamilton have it so C;asy - hardly any or"them have Senior Projects to do." ''You're right, Katie, you did have a lousy day. You need to forget It's 9: 30, let's go to the Pub."' "All . right,. Sue, I will."

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''Shall I fill up the pitcher again, Katie?" "Sure, Sue.'' '-Oh, look, Katiet Hank Hunk just came in! He's got such .{nice body :� '"Mm, I know,. Sue. l_'ve .always: wanted to go out with him. And now it's almost too late." 'Why don't you go up and talk to him?" "Oh, no, I couldn't, Sue. I don't know him." •"Why couldn't you? You'll never see him again , after·graduation. . "That's true. Only 43 more days, Joe said. Well, maybe I w ill after this beer.''

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..Oh, Hank, I. .. I... I just wanted to tell you that I · really like the way you play hockey." "Oh, yea, baby? Can I walk you home?" ''Well� maybe· after I imish my beer ... Oh, hi,Joe. I though you were going out drinking." •'No, Kate, I didn't go. I figured I'd see ya at the libes.n "I got. .. sidetracked, Joe. Seems like you did, too." ,cAfter a night of bookin' I needed a beer. Look,

l stayed_ up here over Spring Break instead of .. gomg to Florida.:

Another flash from the past is the board charge. Food costs are up and to put me on the defensive .. I'in a there is a need to raise the charge. OK. Kate. don't try , But the! board charge is not tied to the quarterback_., "Listen, Joe, cost of Service Systems" In fact, it is ...... I was just about to walk Katie more a function · of general college home." "Well, don't let me stop ya. Hank." needs. The cost is fixed above the ''Damn right I won't, Joe.'' contract cost, apparently arbitrarily, .. Actually, Hank, I think I should leave with Sue and the extra money goes right into the big pot. Supply and demand, right? The since I came with her. Thanks anyway. 'Bye." "Yea, so long, baby." college has the right t6get whatever *�*** they . can for food. Remember, though, "Hey, Kate, wait up, wouldja?" . that there are a large number of people "Sure,Joe. What's up?" who have no choice but to eat our "Uh, l'm sorry about this afternoon, Kate. 1 guess S e r v i c e S y s t e m s . menu . 'An d, understand, that if the increased cost of you're under a lot of pressure an' everything. Come general college upkeep were spread out� . �n back to the Pub and I'll buy ya a beer. Ya should the increases would be smaller. Well, try t' forget. Ya know what the guys down at the House say: Don't think, drink." we'll study it.


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FOUND: BIKE.

Found: An or�ge 10 speed bike of Swedish manufacture. If it's yours, contact Dean Bingham.

POETRY PRIZES

Two prizes in poetry are open to Hamilton students this year: the <;harles and Fanny Fay Wood Poetry Prize of $100 and the John Van Alstyne Weaver Poetry Prize of $75. Each prize will be a�arded by the Department of English for the best poem or poems by a Hamilton student; the judges for each contest will be d ifferent. Students wishing to enter the same poem or poems in both contest must submit a separate manuscript for each contest. Each manuscript ·should bear the author's real name and the name of the contest in which it is being submitted . Manuscripts should be submitted to Professor Fred erick Wagner, Root 206, no later than noon on Thursday, April 24.

FREE SCHOOL FOLK FESTNAL

Tonight, April 18, from 8:00-12:00 p.m., and tomorrow night, April 19, from 7:00-12:00 p.m. in Lombard Hall (above Clinton Post Office) there will _be a Free School Folk Festival presenting some of the finest talent in Clinton and at Hamilton-Kirkland. On Saturday night, along with music, there will also be folkdancing and a magician. Admission is• free and refreshments will be serve'd so come down and enjoy yourself.

WRITING CONTESTS

The deadline for the various competitions in writing for Hamilton stud ents ( see pp. 184-185 of the 1974-1975 Hamilton College Catalogue) is Thursday, April 24. All papers in these competitions must be left in Dean Lindley's office before noon of that day. A stud ent may write on more than one subject and receive more than one essay prize in the same year. Most essays should contain betwee� 2,500 and 3,000 words. Elaborate instructions for preparing typescripts may be obtained from Professor Fred erick Wagner, Root 206.

COMMUNICATIONS SEMINAR

Part II in a series of career seminars sponsored by Hamilton Alumni and the Career Center will be held on Monday, April 21, at 7:30 p.m. ih Bristol Center. Lounges. The seminar will be on ·"Communications." All students are welcome and encouraged to participate.

.STUDENT LIFE FUNDING

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The Student Life Committee will be discussing funding for the aca d emic year 1975-76 at its next meeting. All organizations that wish to receive fund s must submit,, a budget request by April 23. This request must includ e a description of how fund s will be used, how much funding is needed , and if previously funded, how funds were spent in the past. Please send these bud get requests to Sue Skerrittor . Maria Burnett. -.

WORK-STUDY DISCUSSION

There will be a meeting for all students who want to discuss work-study experiences on April 22 at 7:30 p.m: in the Kirner-Johnson Auditorium.

POTTER SCHOOL

Volunteers are needed to go to Potter School in Utica on Wed nesdays from noon to 2:00 p.m. We work with a group of physically and emotionally handicapped chi.Wren, and they count on us to go every week. This week, we had no transportation and couldn'� go.· If_J_?u have a car, pleci$C help. Call Pat Michaelson x4522 or Peter Nagrod x4549.

FES-TNAL_REMINDER

Anyone able to provi d e housing for the contestants in the folk festival,. May 1-4, please drop your name and centrex through campus mail. Housing can mean a floor, lounge, bed, etc. Drop the information in Kirkland Mail, Box 691. Also, anyone wishing to enter the festival, please drop a note to that same :1ddress. Time is running out!!! There will be a festival meeting Monday night at 9:30 in the Coffeehouse.

HUMANITIES LECTURE

Barbara Herrnstein Smith of the University of Pennsylvania will deliver a lecture, "Fictive Discourse: Borders and Borderline Cases," sponsore<! by the Humanities Division of Kirkland, on April 22 in the List .Recital Hall at 8:00 p.m Ms. Smith is the author of .the award -winning critical study on "Poetic Closure: A Study of How Poems EncL"

PARALEGAL TRAINING

The Institute of Paralegal Training in Philadelphia will be interviewing on Tuesday, April 22 from 11:00-4:00 p.m., in the Penny Room of Bristol. Interested students should sign up at the Career Center or call x734� for an interview time.,

STUDENT LmRARIAN TOURS

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The Burke -Library will play host to -the Central. New York Association:- of Student librarians on Tuesda.y.April..29. This gr:oup·of prospective librarians will hm--the operations of the·Library and of the Computer Center explained to them. To accomodate the visitors-­ with the least interruption of the Library's normal functions, the All-Night Reading Room will be shuLoftfor much of the day.

PARTICIPATE

Write political essays...give political Poetry- Art- Cartoons..,to' Ha m i lt on-Kirklan d ' s magazine .•. '' '"The Political Spark'_' Contributions: Hamilton Box 457; d eadline: May 4, 1975. InfQ: x7265

MIDDLE EAST TALK

L Duane Brown, pastor and an expert on the Middle East will lecture on "Will Israel Ever Lose in the Middle East Conflict" at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 22 in the Fisher Room on the th�d floor of Bristol.

INTRODUCTORY HEBREW

�-f!-:i,.,, Presently orily Intermediate Hebrew is offered for the 1975-76 · ..? �cademic:' year. If students are interested, Introd uctory Hebrew may · be offered. If interested, contact Ken Lehman at x4561 or via Hamilton box 844.

Student Groups Support ABC Program The Black and Puerto Rican Union (BPRU) of Hamilton and Kirkland will sponsor "Three for the Money," a fashion show, dinner, and danc�, in order to raise funds for the ABC (A Better Chance) house in Clinton. The event is scheduled for Saturday, April 19·, at 6 p.m> in Bundy Dining Hall. Also in support of the ABC house, student volunteers, headed by !)avid Duggan, will canvas, . d oor-to-door to help raise money for the _high school program. Student members of the BPRU wil model the_ fashions from the F a s h i on P u b, La Bara b�ras, Oberman's, Flah's, Casual Corner and Ormond 's. Both men and women's fashions, for college age and older, will be shown. The fashion show will be followed by a catered d inner and dance. Tickets, which are $3, will be sold at the Bristol Campus Center md at the door.

****** Foster B. Cady, professor of biological statistics at Cornell University, will be at Hamilton Monda� April 21 for two lectures which will be open to the public without charge. At 4: 15 p.m. iri Room 358 of the Science Build ing, Cady will speak on "A Random Response Technique in Fact and Opinion Surveys." At ·7:30 p.m. in the Science Auditorium, his topic will b e "A S tability Ind ex for Co mp aring Genotypes Across Differenf Environ men ts," a talk which should be of special interest to those concerned with ecology and biology. Cady is · editor of Biometrics, journal of the Bim1etric Society which is made up of people interested in the application of mathematics and statistics to t'>iology. He comes to Hamilton as a Visiting Lecturer in Statistics und er a program sponsored by statistical organizations in North America.

****** T h e A d l er Conference, a stu dent-faculty forum named in . honor of former faculty member Robert C. Ad ler, d iscusses the . issues and problems of Hamilton campus life. The conference has expand ed over the years to includ e concerns of bot h the Hamilton and K i r kl a nd c o m m u n ities. The conference this year will be held off-campus on the weekend of Sept. 12. Although Adler is a .Hamilton co nference, Kir�land will be represented .' A counterpart to Adler d evoted solely to Kirkland concerns will be held later in the academic ear. An application for prospective Adler participan�s will be out in the mail within a few days. Please fill out an application carefully if you are interested, and send it to Bruce Wrigley via Campus Mail.

. ****"* .Dr. 'Allen Pusch, ass.ociate professor of. pathology at • the Upstate ·Medical Center, S yracuse-, will lecture-on "�omputers in the Diagnostic Medi£.a1 Laboratory,•� at 8 p.m.', Wednesday, in th� Science Auditorium. Hi s talk· is one of a series of lectures under the over-all title, "Computers: Implications, Applications and Supplications" which is under the spons o r s h i p o f the H amilt o n -K i r k l and Computer Center, aided by a grant from the Link Fo�ndation. Dr. Pusch has beert with the medical center since 1967. He hold s undergraduate and M.D.' degrees from the Johns Hopkins University, and he performed his i n t e r n s hip and resid ency at H�_pkins Ho�pital �d a\ Upstate.

. Professor Melvin Endy M e l v i n En d y,- a s s o c i a t e professor of religion a t Hamilton, has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship for ind epend ent study and research . for the 197 5-76 academic year. He was one of 100 recipients chosen from 1800 applicants. The project on which Endy w i l l be working d eals with American r e l i gious attitudes toward war and peace during the colonial period. According to Endy, the stu dy will be part of a . larger projec·t th.at will cover the entire h i s t o r y o f religious attitu des and take several years to complete. In addition to the research, Endy said he will attend an eight week seminar on American Civil Religion this summer at Berkeley, California. Endy· will be "in and out of r e s i d e n ce" as most of the resnurces on the colonial period

are already in print and his rese·arch will consi's t mainly of compiling the information and d rawi�g conclusions from · it. Although he will make use of the inter-library loan, most of his research will be done in major libraries such as Harvard, Yale, and Columbia. "It seems to me that this project is related to half of the teaching I do. And that's one of the nice things about it," Endy said. He added, "When you put it all together, it looks· like a very exciting and hopeful year."

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Concoctions

Spring Delights By GAIL FOLICKMAN

With warm weather just around the corner, and the remnants of snow melting into rivers, I thought it would be appropriate to issue some spring and summer recipes. Banana Crush 1) take 3 lg ripe bananas and peel them 2)place th.em in foil and put them in the freezer 3)allow them to stay in the freezer for 6 hours or more 4 )remove them and put the bananas in a blender with 1 cup yogurt or milk Add 1½ cups of crushed ice. Blend thoroughly. Add ,crushed nuts or coconut to the top. Serves 5 cost about 60 cents. Grape juice frappe Add 1 can grape juice to 3 cans of crushed ice. Blend it well in a blender at top speed. Add lemon to taste. Serves 5; cost about 30 cents. Baked Peaches l)peel as mariy peaches as you d esire, and remove· the-pits by slicing the peach in half. 2}Place them in. a baking dish and fill�the cavity with chopped nuts or 1 tsp._ sugar and ½ tsp butter, or lemon juice and coconut. · 3.)Bakcat 3-50·deg.rces.for20 minute$ Serve eitherwann or cold.

FUGIT.IVE. MAGAZINES

The Publication� Board. is receptive to proposals concerning new campus publications. If anyone has questions in this area, please contact Harold �ogle, ext. 7497.

EDITORSHIPS

Dessert at the Plaza, the.Hamilton-Kirkland Yearbook, and Public Fantasies are all seeking new editors for 1975-76. An.y sophomore or junior interested should contact Harold Bogle, chairman of the Publications Board. Interviews will be conducted for Public Fantasies and the Yearbook on May 1, and on May 8 for Dessert at the Plaza.

KIRKLAND SPECTATOR OFFICE OPENING

There will be - an opening celebration of. the Kirkland Spectator office, Entrance 4, Milbank dormitory, today _at 7 p.m� All are invited for wine and cheese.


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BY BOB GRIEVES Sawdust· and wood shavings decorate the floor, a lonely table saw stands mutely at one side, director and prompter sit in judgment as Margaret Klenck, Ray Dooley; Trevor Drake and George Walsh run through a scene amidst starts, fa lse the inevitable impromptu joking and the repeated impassioned plea for "line!" But there is a cohesion b,etween the various speeches; the play is taking shape. With a cast

be to spring production performed April 24 through the 27 and again the following weekend, can hardly disagree with him. The Admissions Offices and theatre departments of both colleges have been criticized in the recent past for not . attracting more arts and drama majors to that Hamilton-Kirkland. ' If complaint was legitimate at the time, it is not so now. "People have gotten excited

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towards the arts" composed of both veterans and first-timers rehearsing in a relaxed atmosphere, one notices. a seriousness of purpose, an esprit de corps. ''Congreve is fantastic," exclaims director Rod Umlas, assistant professor of theatre at Kirkland. A casual observer of two rehearsals of Love for Love, the Kirkland-Hamilton theatre

about theatre this semester,'' said Adriana Bate '75, "But it's difficult to compare drama at Hamilton-�irkland with drama at other colleges, since the only other productions we see are professional." Dedicated Students "The theatre department has improved one hundred per cent," said Steve Zorthian . '77,, "which

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reflects the strong freshman cl�s Umlas first formulated his the production. The Restoration and the total dedication of Carol concept of the play as "a · sets are thoroughly researched, [Bellini-Sh arp ] to students, The theoretical exercise for myself-I the costumes are being made from department is growing in the right was not planning. for a comm�rci.al scratch." Emerson perceives a attracting d irection, mo re production:' Umlas collected 25 great deal of support for the arts students who are dedicated to , songs from the years 1689-1717 here, and concluded: "I'm very theatre." (no mean task) to insert into the pleased that a person such · as Ray Dooley •75·, has mixed play, which was written in 1695. myself could come into a feelings about being a theatre "For this kind of play, you need production like this and have a major. '"Robert Blake in an to create a cultural context in part•. The theatre clique rd heard interview remarked that a theatre order for a modem audience's about just · doesn't exist-the major should use college to get a experience to be analogous to that actors are very open-minded.'' "'. job to support his acting" I of the original audience's," .he Carol True, '75, empahsiz..ed basically. agree with 'that. The said. Umlas ultimately narrowed the educatio�al aspect of .;,orking work that we do with a limited program is good; � fact, we do better work than a Jot of people believe. Many people on the Hill still don't believe the work we do is worthwhile. Over the past four years prnductions here have shown consistently stronger work.'' "The performing arts here are flourishing," . said Trevor Drake '75, president of the Charlatans, shows - have been "Six going on-all student directed and four student written-while this show's been in progress.".' Drake cited two reasons for the arts explosion: two strong, freshman classes in the past two years, and the presence of Carol Bellini-Sharp and Rod Umlas in the department. He also described Love for Love as "very ambitious but extremely well conceptualized and thought-out. 'Rod knows exactly what he's doing." the selection of songs to twelve, in a prodution such as · Lo 11e for Professional Attitude and discarded ah earlier plan to do Love saying that "the show is still Rod Uml,as, a relatively new a rock treatment of the songs in a learning experience. Carol and member of the Kirkland faculty, favor of a more historically true Rod have proved that teaching is who has taught at GoucherCollege presentation. not confined to the classroom." and at Columbia, said that the Carol Bellini-Sh arp, a$Sistant Jo hn ·· Em erson •75 determining factor in his decision -�-n e of t h e newcom e r s t o' professor of drama at Kirkland, to accept the position at Kirkland arama at .ttarmlton, saia ne believes that theatre majors was the attitude of both the auditioned for the play because he should not worry about the student body�d the faculty-"a has always wanted to act, loves current job market. "A theatre professional, not a dilettantish musicals, and as a second semester major should be able to get jobs as attitude toward the arts:• Umlas senior wanted to do something easily as anyone else. I know of also said, referring to Love for "that would keep the pl<\Ce sociologists who are waiting on Love, "It's a joy to work with a fresh." tables." Ms. Bellini-Sh arp is also good play and a spirited, talented "I put more work in on this cheerfully optimistic about drama company. This is a real integration than on many courses," said at Hamilton-Kirkland. "It's very between veterans and newcomers Emerson, "and I'm encouraged by gratifying to work on the Hill. It's "' in the cast,•• '•: how seriously people are taking a healthy atmosphere as far as the arts are concerned, and we're very opt:imistic about the future of our program." Edwin Barrett, professor of · English at Hamilton, said, "A real Featuring the Finest program in theatre is being developed by Rod Umlas and in Aluminum, Vinyl-Lined Bellini-Sharp. C aro l The Pools Charlatans are not withering - Area Salesmen: away, as was feared at the Coach Eric MacDonald-853-6228 founding of Kirkland.. Hamilton and Coach Tom Murphy-853-6740 has always had a good reputation for theatre, and that tradition is being r,ontinued."

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Ellis to Pen New York State History Urider NEH Grant

Professor David M. Ellis ·of Hamilton has been selected to write a bice ntemiial history of New York State und�r a grant from the Nation al Endowment for the Human ities. A bicen tenn ial history of each state is being commissioned by the American· Asso ciation for State and Local History under the National Endo wme n t grant. ·Other authors already under contract are Bruce Catton fOf" Michigan, .Elting Morison for New Hampshire, Richard Curren t for Wisconsin and Lo uis B. Wright for So uth Carolin a. Ellis holds the titl� of P.V. Rogers. Professor of American History and is regarded as the foremost gen eral authority on the histo ry of New Yoi:k State. He is the author or co -author of ten books ., in cluding widely used textbooks. He is a 1938 graduate of Hamilton and did his graduate work at Cornell, where he received the Ph,D 'in 1942. He taught at the Un iversity of Vermont and did post-<lo ctor:al work at the University of

essays m the Utica Michigan before jo ini'ng the one prize had to claim them all on In 1969 he was made a fellow and · a single trip to the po dium. of the New York State Historical Eisteddfod, a Welsh musical and Hamilton faculty in 1946,, David Ellis, now chairman of •Association "in recognitio n of his literary festival. He was the His· new history of the state, scheduled for publication in time the . History Departmen t .at his d i s tin g u i s h e d s c h o larly youngest of three children, and for next year's bicentennial 'alma mater, has been achieving· c o n t r i b u t i o n s -t o t h e his two sisters were also first-rate will be a honors and distinctio ns at a pace historiography of o ur state." c e l ebratio n , studepts, atten ding Cornell on comprehensive acco unt of all unabated sinae his graduatio n. He He joined the Hamilton faculty scholarships. aspects of the state's history, no t is the author of 10 bo oks and in 1946 and has been there ever · Probably the Ellis book best internal more than twen ty major articles. since. bi additio n to his scholarly kno wn to the world at large is of ",a chronolo gy · "Of co urse tnere aren't that work he has been active in the history," according to the "New York: The Empire State," a American Association for State . many· people specializing in New college's internal affairs. In ' the seventh grade textbook u·sed in and Local History, " but an York State history," he say� with early 1960's he was chairma n of a most of the state's schools. First analysis of what it has meant, for characteristic diffidence. "There co mmittee to study Hamilton's published in _1961, it has just been relations with the rest of the are experts on New York City, or l o n g-ra n g e p lanning. · The brought o ut in a fourth edition. nation," to be a resident of the the Catskills, but I am one o f the committee's work was the first He is also the maj or author of few whose work encompasses all step in the process that created ano ther standarcf text,"A History state. ·' When .David Maldwyn Ellis, geographic areas of the state as Kirkland. of New York State," and author of the forthcomin g New well as such topics as the history · Ellis grew up in Utica, his co-author of "A History of the York volume of the Bicentennial of transportation, ethn ic groups, · father a businessman who won Un ited States." State Histories Series , graduated agriculture an d so on.'' several awards .fo r short stories from Hamilton College , he was responsible for a change in the -,, college's coml:nencemen t_ru.les. Ellis won .n o fewer than five of the dozen or so majo r prizes 1,,f:TIU,� awarded to the class of 1938. Five Colby plans to travel to other By WENDI PASHMAN times he made the lo ng jo urney campuses as often as possible U r s ula Co l by, Kirkland from his seat to the stage to during her in ternship because of p r o f e s s o r o f l iterature and receive his awards. what she termed an urgent need As a result the faculty decreed chairma n · of the Humanities to learn about other kinds of a rules change for following years: Division, has been awarded one of colleges. Among those colleges a graduate who won more than the. 39 n ational American Co un cil and universities she might visit are on Education (ACE) Academic the Smith, Amherst, Un iversity of A d m i n i s t r a t i v e I n terns h i p Massachusetts complex, Lawrence ,Fello wships for the 1975-76 year, University, Boston College, and said Kirkland Dean of Acade�c Kalamaz oo College. Affairs Catherine Frazer. Each · Colby said her original interest ACE f e l l o w - p articipates in in academic administratio n grew a cade�ic administration and from her role in the buildin g· of a policy-making. new college. She said questions of Colby said she plans to use the "academic and institutional policy first semester of the fellowship to h a v e b e c o m e i n creasin gly w o t k with admin istrato rs at intriguing" to her. . Kirkland and Hamilton. For the Valuable Internship second half of the program, Colby Colby said she thinks the said she would like to do an internship will be valuable to her ·internship at Yale, but this plan is because it will · help her to Ursula S. Colby not yet defin ite. D u r i n g t-he n i n e-m o nt h wo r king with the Hamilto n understan d the overall pattern of ·internship each fellow is expected . .a dm inistrati o n , C o l b y said decisio n-making and structure in t o work. with one or two President Carovano seemed willing an institutio n as a whole and in "Me�tors." 'Often they are the to let her participate in mo st the context of Ame;ican higher President · and chief academic d is c u s s i o n s co ncer n i n g the educatio n. "T h e- pr o gram is. largely officet of 'the college chosen by planning directions of the two something for myself and will the fellow. Next fall, Frazer and colleges•. Budgetary Policy help me develo p skills for the Presiden t Babbitt will be Colby's In addition , Colby ho pes to college," she said. "Men tors.", After the internship has been "Pr eside,nt Babbitt would st u d y b udgetary policy and especial:ly like me to become plann ing. at Kirkland, and she said completed, Colby said, "one. is familiar with_ and active in the Frazer- had indicated willingn ess no t committed to go into o f area c o o r d i n a t e to instruct her in the intricacies of academic : admi nistration." ' She plans fo return to Kir�land. decision-making," she said. As for budget-planning.

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T,etters, Omtinued continued from page three past circumstances or to the present approach. This criticism is usually silent and unconstructive. Wi thout frank l y e xp ressing ourselves, we fail to give the others a chance to explain and we both fail to grow in understanding each other. Thursday's Food Day has aroused much criticis� I am critical of the way' in which The Specatator presented it. Very few at Hamilton and Kirkland have ever experienced hunger - large appetites, yes, but hunger, no. The impression received was that of a group of martyrs sacrificing one whole day of food in hope of alleviating the world's hunger problems. 'I believe that the write-up you received from me (and I do thank you for squeezing the schedule in) emphasized the i m p ortance o f develop ing attitudes rather than the skioping of one day's worth of food. By overeatingWednesday and Friday, one could completely nullify the purpose of the fast which was to help us realize the bounty we feast upon daily. I do not completely agree with this mode of consciousness raising, but I do recognize it as one alternative. I empathize with anyone who felt pressured to fast. But rather t�arr to simply be critical and to refuse to respond, why can't we each search out our own solutions and offer them as suggestions? Why must we wait for someone else to carry the ball only to attack them for the way in which they carry it? We i n e e d i n i t i a t iye a nd constructive criticism. We . need to be willing to respond with a little more trust and care. Jeanne Kaylor '76

Re: · Buckley Amendment To the Editor: There are many things to be proud of at Hamilton College. One of the most important is the common concern for academic int egrity. We feel that this concern is threatened by the attitude which the administration displays towards the Buckley amendment. The idea of a waiver itself is questionable ( civil rights are not a matter of option) but the a d ministration's recommendation to waive is quite disturbing. It amounts to· subtle ' Conservative Columnist James Kilpatrick arm-twisting. The clear implication of this • suggestion is a state of. conflict ,_ l,,�4 between faculty �d students which we feel should not exist,

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Removal Of Porch Raises Issue By KENNETH GROSS Ghastly or wonderful, Silliman Hall is something that could only have been built in the late 19th century. It is certainly one of the most remarkable buildings on the Hill. The massing of gables, turrets, roofs and windows shifts as one circles the house; at each cha�ge in point of view; the shadows rake across its variagated surface at angles - which rotate as the sun moves in an arc. Di f f e r i ng w indow shapes a n d placements reveal the multiplicity of interior spaces, stairs, halls, offices and meeting roomf.: -. stone arches, brick arches and rusticated lintels. The fact of its rich brick surface means it breaks up the sometimes monotonous repetition of sandstone that faces the great part of Hamilton's buildings (Original mortar for the surface was colored red, but plain mortar used in recent repairs gives the impression, said Associate Professor of Art, Rand Carter, of its h a ving a d e r m a t o logical problem). Architectural rhythm lies not only within buildings, but between them. Religious Meaning Silliman was originally built as a YMCA in 1888, and use of an architectural vocab ular y drawn from m edieval romanesque churches (square columns,

Silliman Hall, gr.otesque or graceful? The recent removal of its porch poses questions about future architecture of college.

round stone arches, massive blocks of simple geometry) were employed to give it proper religious associations. However, if its oddities strike modem spectators, it is not likely that its purported "evangelical abandon" will. But as Profes.5or of Art Emeritus Paul Parker assures us, in a discussion pf Hamilto:i architecture in a 196� Alumni Review, to the sensitive

conte mporary· century observer, the building would have "announced -with b r ick its low church, IJ.On-sectarian purpose at the same time its round-headed w indows a n d a r c hes advertised a P ro t es tant rather than a Catholic quasi-religious structure." ' But someone took the porch off. According to Gerald Leuikin, director of

_Kirkland Dance: New Prografns Limited

By STEFFI KALMIN T h e Ki rkland dance program is incorporating some new directions, new c o u r ses and a few new Hamilton participants. But some students aspiring toward a career in dance performance complain of a lack of competition, expertise and supervision. ''We'd like those who are interested in dance to do something in it for the rest of their lives," said M ary Jane Warner, assistant professor of dance . 'We must give students enough academics to get into graduate school and jobs. Very few become professionals." This year six students are participating in an independent study in methods of teaching dance, which involves helping to teach courses and discussing the different problems a teacher encounters. Courses in labanotation, the shorthand of re�ording dance on paper, provide further ways in which a student can enter the dance world, other than that of ·the performer. Next fall, a course in the history of dance w i l l o f fer lectures, discussion, and

transfer after concludmg that Kirkland instruction in dances of various periods. · could not develop his full potential as a Five Days a Week performer. Lbcke said there was a lack of T h er e a r e tw o f ull-time dance p r o f e s sor s at K irkland , A ssistant com pe tlt10n. "'Classes are ·not as Professors· of Dance-Mary Jane Warner and challenging as they inight be. I 'don't feel S haryn Heil.and, and one part-time I'm pushed enough here." ' instructor, Marcia Brunner. Because there· A similar attitude was expressed by are not enough professors to teach three ,Nancy Gottlieb, who is also interested in levels of ballet and modern dance, next professional dance. ''Dance in a liberal arts y ea r , B e g i nning, Intermediate, and college isn't geared to turning out a Advanced Dance will each be held five professional," she said, and added that she. days a week and will alternate classes · has contemplated transferring._ ' between modem dance and ballet. All Levels W e n d y S c h ac k no w , a s enior De s p i t e t h e v a r ying l evels of concentrating in dance, said the Kirkland dance professors "have done an excellent aspirations, there is little conflict between those who are concentrating in the field of job in steering me in the right direction, giving me a very realistic outlook as to dance and those who dance for exercise. "Everyone is serious about working their what it is like in the professional world." But so�e of those considering a career best while they're here," said Professor in performing have found that the Warner. In order to involve more students, the Kirkland program has been less rigorous dance program is initiating a course in than necessary in order to develop the type of dancer who is able to survive Introduction to Dance next spring, which will teach various techniques and give an amidst stiff competition. _Fred Locke '77, a �ancer.z. deci�ed to overall intorduction to the study of dance. ''We're not here just to offer dance to dance candidates," said Ms. Warner. If space is available in Kirkland Loft, she s p e c u lated student-taught community classes might be offered for a slight fee. This plan has yet to be approved by the Arts Division and President Babbitt_. H a m i l ton students are becoming inc rea s ingly involved in the· - dance program, Approximately eight men are c u r r e n t l y e n r o l l e d in cl_a s s e s , predominantly at the basic level. "Often men who come into dance late are so enthusiastic about taking it that they make up for the lack of experience," observed Warner.

Male Dancers Locke, who began dancing last year, was inspired by a fellow male student dancer, "In terms of physical demands;in terms of pure strength, it demands concentration_ The same as athletics you have to work hard and should, be exhausted by the end of class - like hockey or soccer," he said. · While dance is an accepted form of exercise for women, male students enjoy other athletics, few of which are recommended for dancers. Warner said , this forces male dancers to hesitate more than females before taking a course. Locke agrees. "If I wasn't good and I was making a fool out of myself I wouldn't do it," he said. In o r d e r t o dem onstrate the achievements of the dance program and give students of .all levels the opportunity to perform, a workshop will be held Wednesday, April 30. The annual Kirkland· Dance Theater will be held May 9-11 in Minor Theater.

the Physical Plant, it provided a constant maintenance problem, and was rotted beyond repair. Was the possibility of total restoration considered, or were- any measured drawings made before ,the porch was demolished? Silliman is one building •in the more general concern over how much aesthetic interest persons on the Hill should take to a n y of i t s important architectural, moments. The Past is Irreplaceable It is certainly tr�e that masons and carpenters cannot be found today to execute the kind of careful brick, stone, and wood work that graces a building like Silliman, especially at a reasonable cost. Would new buildings be any more successful or functional ( disregarding the inevitable possibility of their being boring architecture.)? ' Sham architecture, aluminum siding and nylon shutters on otherwise well standing 18th-century frame houses is equally unacceptable. Such plans have been 1 mentioned for the Root Art Center. The buildings lose all spirit, which leads to as much or more architectural stagnation than an earlier time's trying to reproduce in universities the already somewhat debased Gothic forms of Cambridge and Oxford. There is a middle ground between the crumbling ancient and the trim modem. It is not purely a matte_r of old and new, but of good old and bad new, or vice-versa.

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arts· briefs ART LECTURE

Robert Rosenblum, professor of the his�ory of art at New York University's Institute of Fine Art and former Slade Professor in the University of London, will be -delivering an illustrated lecture on Sunday, April 20 at 8:00 p.m. in the.Bristol Campus Center Lounge. The title is "Painting and Politics during the Bourbon Restoration, 1815-:1830." Professor Rosenblum is one of the organizers of the large exhibition, "Revolutionary Art, 1775-1830," which opened at the Musee du Louvre in Paris this winter, is presently at the Detroit Institute of Art, and will be at the Metropolitan Museum in New York City this summer. He is the author of several books, including '"Cubism," "Ingres," "Transformations in Late Eighteenth Century Art," and "From Friedrich to Rothko, the Romantic Tradition in Northern Painting," as well as numerous articles.

RITUALS

There will be a meeting for anyone interested in participating in the Rituals project Monday April 21 at 9:00 p.m.: in the Bristol Student Senate Room. If you have any questions, please contact Jed Coffin at X7402.

FILM FESTIVAL II:

The Free School of Clinton will present part two of their student film festival Sunday, April 20 from 2 until 4 p.m. The festival will be held in the Kirner Johnson Auditorium. The schedule includes: "Means"-by Craig Mengel; "Captain J-Board"-by Sandy Hamilton and Tom Allen; "The M agician" -by Bill Peek; "Untitled "-by Bob Dolan; "Over-Exposure"-by John Reppun; "Car"-by Keehn Thomsen; ..Project Search"-by Skip Roessel, and several other films. Admission is free, and refreshments will be served.

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The Village Voice, were critical of Hoffman's performance, Hentoff said. The Jazz critic said that Ka.el a n d S arris had based their judgments on the portrayal of B r u c e i n A lbert Goldman's b i o g r a p h y "L a d i e s a nd Gentlemen, Lenny Bruce." · "The book is a hustler's book. The book is fifth rate fiction," Hentoff said.

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The critic then went on to temper his remarks by asking r he t o r i c a l ly if there is an alternative for the critic who must cover many things. The critic must also write "with reasonable lucidity," Hentoff said. "I can't understand why some crit ics w r ite· in deliberately opaque style." Hentoff related how, in his attempt, as a stuc:\ent, to "be an intellectual," he pored over the criticism of Clement Greenberg and R. P. Blackmore in the Partisan Review, which Hentoff said was unnecessarily obscure, T h e cnt1c held up F. L. Mathewson and Edmund Wilson as two critics who succeeded in writing both intelligent but also accessible criticism. · Mcluyan-'Self-Legendary' Hentoff also implied that the limits of subject for the artful critic are unlimited. Hentoff read from Michael Arlen's collection of teleVJ.sion criticism to prove his point. A witty Arlen essay on M a r s h a l l M cL uyan- w h om Hentoff called "the legendary, or I s h o u l.d h a v e , s· a i d self-legendary'' -,-quickly brought laughter from the audience. Hentoff also defended his br and of advocacy cnt1c1Sm, saying, "I don't think there's such a thing as objectivity. The best thing to do is to be fair." Hentoff said if a critic is committed to the value of ',. a particular artist's work, then he ought to try to promote it. He pointed to Pauline K ael's generous criticism of Robert Altman's films. The critic, although necessary to "make a star," cannot do it alone, Hentoff said. Although he has been promoting Cecil Taylor for over twelve years, Taylor still has not received the widespread acclaim he deserves, the critic said. Hentoff ended his lecture by saying, "Now that I've thoroughly. obfuscated what a critic is about, • }'A t_a!<-� ! .f<;.�-9..u��tis>..��;�•....••• __ ••.••

ALL ABOARD

B.T." E xpress, a seven-piece soul group with single "Do It Til You're Satisfied," will perform in the Utica College gym Saturday, April 26, at 8:30 p.m.' The show is being sponsored by UC's Black Student Union and the social-cultural committee as the highlight of Black Vfeekend. General admission is $3.

RAGTIME

William Albright, one of the nation's leading a�thorities on ragtime music, will give two concerts Monday April 21 and Tuesday April 22 in the Chapel. Both will be at 8:30 p.m. 0n· Monday Albright will present a "R agtime Review'' of piano music by composers such as Scott Joplin, Eubie Blake and "Lux" Lewis. Tuesday's concert, on piano and organ, will feature work such as William Balcon's "Hydraulis" and Bach's transcription of Vivaldi's Concerto in A Minor. Admission to the Monday concert is $1, with a student price of 50 cents'. JI

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SCULPTURE AND IRAWING

An exhibition of sculptures and drawings by Jerry, Dodd, assistant professor of art at Kirkland College, will be on display in the List Arts Center at Kirkland until Friday, May 2. If opened April 12. Mr. Dodd, who specializes in welded sculpture, joined the Kirkland faculty in the fall, 1974. Since 1967, Mr. Dodd has displayed his work in Oregon, Indiana, Texas, and New York. Some of his exhibits were held at the Portland Art Museum in Portland, Oregon and the State University of New York Art Exhibition, Corning Glass center.

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DeM1er-Gapin Tenure Delayed; Babbitt Reviews. Student Input

The decision on tenure for · Demyer-Gapin said she would well-committed to the goals- of Sandra DeMyer-Gapin, Kirkland not comment until a · tenure Kirkland as a college for women," assistant professor of psychology,. decision was made, but the said a member of the student will be postponed while President student group reported that she group. "She has a phenomenal d_edication to Kirkalnd and a Bab bitt. cop.siders information was pleased with their efforts. gathered by � group of students Okun b_egan to organize the . phenomenal amount of energy." One student, however, said protesting the Social Science drive by talking to a number qf division's recommendation that professors to see what could be that she felt that there werw a lot the professor not be given tenure. done to aid DeMyer-Gapin. She of people against DeMyer-Gapin's The information submitted to then posted notices for a meeting, receiving tenure. MMThere werw a Babbitt early this week included at which students organized their lot of personal and personality petitions, comments and letters s trategy and broke up into conflicts that interfere with that were "highly positive, and committees. DeMyer-Gapin's teaching." She overwhelmingly" in favor of Members of the group also did not elaborate. DeMyer-Gapin, said one of the talked to Dean of Academic A psychology major »'ho will st�dents. · Affairs Catherine Frazer before graduate this year said that she Babbitt will be examining- the visJ.tin,e: Babbitt. respected DeMyer-Gapin. "I think data to see if it contains any thing she's an excellent, advisor and Opinions Mixed ' ' D e M y e r - Gapin - is new that has not yet been teacher," she said. considered. "The issue is whether the information is different from w hat has already been input to contmued fr�m page one the existence of a professional the division," said Babbitt. organization on campus. If Babbitt decides that the had spent six good years here. , student data is old or irrelevant, "This is one of the best small Additionally, the presence of the tenure decision process will liberal arts schools in the country an organization like the APA continue, with the Appointments and I think it will continue to be helps graduate school admissions. Com m i t t ee making its final so," said Bowie. "!·have a lot of ''We've had a fantastic record here j udgment from the original respect for President Carovano. for philosophy majors getting into President Babbitt information on De-Myer Gapin. If about whom "America shoµld be courses as I did �ith a full load." "I have had really good grad school," said Bowie. "Crack"Order Babbfrt finds the student data: r e l a tio ns w i t h t h e ot her. optimistic." Bowie was quoted in W_h e n contacted yesterday, In the three years since he has last Sunday's New York Times Hamilton seniors majoring in new and.relevant, the process will philosophy department �embers. go back to the beginning, and the Simon and I have enjoyed a been with the APA, Bowie has (April 13, 1975) concerning philosophy, Bowie's students and Division of Social Sciences will shared interest in political and used the executive secretaryship non-teaching philosophy jobs. ! ·friends, expressed some fond co nsider the newly gathered social- philosophy and it's been to put the association in crack Bowie admitted that part of his feelings for the man. rewarding to work with him. It''s working order. information. "He is one of the professors up personal incentive for the move Valerie O k un '75, who r are that one has time to . . ''When I took over in 1972 no .. grew from his ambition. He said here . who takes a real interest in organized the student petitioners, -collaborate on a book when comm ittees were active, · the he hoped to one day further his the students as persons,"' said publication of annual proceedings car eer in managerial affairs, John Emerson. "Although he may said that she couldn't see how teaching." · were benind three years, relations mentioning that he might poSSibly h a.v e a ppeared arrogant and Book to be Published B abbitt could not find the inf ormat ion rele vant. "'It's · Simon and Bowie are in the with the Internal Revenue Service want to work as a college dean in somewhat condescending to some spontan-eous, voluntary, hard . process of writing an introductory were muddy and there was a the fu�e. Although he said he, who knew him only superficially, work-completely new. It has text on political · and social correspondence backlog of six was generally n�t- unpleased with he's really just a hell of a nice nothing to do with anything p hilosophy. They. hope to· months," Bowi_e said. Hamilton, he said he. was not guy." ' B e g i n n i n g w i t h t h e "ready to settle.down yet. viewed before or with any. old complete it prior to Bowie's "He and Simon complemented organization of the office staff, evidence." departure this summer. "I think that even if I were in each other very well, making the Okun said s_he was "optimistic" The University of Delaware's Bowie is credited with bringing paradise, eventually Pd want a department rich in political and about the result of Babbitt's attraction for the APA is based in the organization to its feet, change." ' social philosophy," commented the wider range of services that activating committees, expanding study. Bowie . added, "For personal Mitchel Ostrer. "He's one of the Group Organizes ·• the school can provide to · the and creating programs ·such as the reaso n s, 'I find it not an' reasons I declared a philosophy The student group organized in organization. The school's offices nationai convention placement inopportune time to move." major.'' mid-March when it discovered ·will handle the APA's payroll, service and jobs in philosophy. Bowie additionally cited the Work Hard-Play Hard th a t . t h e d i v i s i o n h a d printing and -mail ing. The The APA is presently one of "burdensome" · combination of Peter Sommer said that ·Bowie recommended that DeMyer-Gapin association ran into problems with the m ost active professional t e a chi n g r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s. is •�ery honest, implymg that he be denied tenure, Decisions of this these jobs here due to limited organizations in the country. committee wbrk and research is conscious of student limitations nature are not made public, _out facilities. B ow i e . recently achieved a c t ivity t hat he found at as well as his own. He abided by r u m ors concerning t he Bowie said that t the school's n a t i o n a l r e c o gn it ion. 'In Hamilton. Bowie has served o� h i s o wn i n d i v i d u a1 DeMyer-Gapµi case had leaked. incentive for wanting to host the November, he was cited by the admissions, budget, prelaw wftrk-hard-play-hard philosophy, The gro up s u b s eque ntly APA involved public relations and Saturday Review in an article and expanded tenure committees. aµd, personally, I enjoyed him' confirmed these rumors. the "prestige" that is created by. concerning young profe�sionals T h e r e a r e_ ·n o c o m m i t t e e both at work and at play." responsibilities at Delaware0 D e p a r t m en t c h a i r m an Too Much Work Blackwood said that it had been '•Al s o , t h e p h i lo s op h y enjoyable, "fun," t o watch Bowie department at Hamilton has been work with the APA in its understaffed in recent years. r Hamilton offices ....Bowie and the found myself teaching as many Association have our very best students with· a half load of wishes," said Blackwood.

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t hat the. Housing Committee meetings are open �o the public. But who is a faithful reader of ROGER BE"RMAN will not make any wonderful that p a m p hlet? 'l am not. promises in this• short statement Publicity of such meetings should for the simple reason that I don't me made so that you can have the have any. All I can say is that I'm opportunity to say NO when our running for the Student Senate lovely Carnegie Dormitory is at because it is an organizat.ion I - stake next time around. would. like to be a member of. I Dogs are my favorite pets, but think that I have an accurate idea I do not think that Eeyor's "finest ""of the various student interests hour" should be between 5:30 and could do a good job of P.M. and 7:00 P.M. We have two effectively representing them. One choices� either keep the food or more point should be mentioned the dogs out of the dining halls. - I would not be running for the Earl D'Aprix tried one route, now Senate unless I were willing to let-us try the other. · give the- job the time it needs to T h e s e a re' s ome of my be done right. concerns. I do not promise BILL FOLEY "b e t t e r communication" and To compose and to publi�h_ a "mote student involvement", platform speech of 100 words is, because these are mostly left up and will always remain to be, an t o i n di;idual initiatives, and ineffectual and self-defeating furthermore, I hate those phrases. atte mpt to e xpress one's impressions of s t udent government. Once again, on the basis of my concern as a member of the class of 1976, I submit my name as a candidate for Student Senator. Th ank you f or your consideration.

BRUCE COURAGE I dislike generalities, and the catch phrases that inevitably accompany them. I'm tired of "s t udent-faculty relationships" 1 and "student inputs". I grow sick at the thought of yet another "avenue of communication". I weary from "co-ordinating" the unco-ordinatable. For the last couple of months, I have tried to: 1. quiet the lights on the third floor of th·e library. 2. get The Spectator to do a small piece on Senate activities, so that tho·sc:; who want to know, can do so without loitering at a bulletin bpard. 3. get library to open Sunday mornings . You just give me your complaints If re,-elected, I plan to: and suggestions, and they will be I. complete those projects treated w i th un impeachable already in the hopper. integrity. ROBERT LOUGHREY 2. get the curbs levelled at Certain parties on the ·Hill have sidewalk-road intersections to aid r e c ently advocated increased bicyclists. 3. find out why coffee m student involvement in campus Commons is brewed hours in activities and government. The Student Senate should initiate this advance of its consumption. 4. dispute the fining of students involvement since ( 1) its purpose for certain parking violations in is to serve· the student body, (2) the face of inadequate parking such service is best effected through adequate communication facilities. These admittedly are not major with that body and (3) this "policy changes". They are communication does not exist at h o we v e r s p ecif i c s, wh ose present. realization would make life here, Involvement can be primarily if not pleasant , a little less accomplished through the simple action of placing the Student -miserable at times. MICHAEL DAVID Senate bulletin board in Bristol HAVE YOU SEEN DEEP Campus Center instead of its THROAT? This has nothing to do present location in Root Hall. with my running for the senate, Contact with the student body but now that I have caught your can be increased immensely and attention, READ O N. any apathy on its part can then be How many of ·you deeply rightfully justified. concerned students knew before Some issues which deserve 10:00 A.M. Monday, April 14th, immediate- attention include: (1) that the Housing Committee had more course coordination with , "already decided, to grant half of Colgate which is valuabe in light those warm and beautiful rooms in of the poor course selection Carnegie Dormitory to Kirkland pf f e r ed by some Hamilton women next year? I didn't! Ah, departments, (2) a reevaluation of but we should have read our the housing lottery which forces Student Handbook which tells us junior to Bundy and rewards

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rooms in Carnegie and South to law. At best,· the Senate will c o p i n g w i th p e r s onal and sophomores who opt for the change some of this. At worst, we community problems. To ensure a wa1tmg list, (3) the two-fold ought to make damn sure that smoother student-administration problem of Service Systems. How every time the faculty and relationship, ·and to make those long must we tolerate their lousy admini_stration take a step on this with .power aware of student food? How long must we Hill, they'll have to look around interests, I have worked closely with Dean Bingham. Currently, I continued to pay thirty cents for to see who they've stepped on. beer while the resolving of free a m o r ganizing a student beers continue to fatten the government bulletin board for DANIEL BECKER College's pocketbook? (4) the ·Bristol, with a directory of question of Pub location. A Rest your eyes. · student officers, a calendar of JAN BERGER snackbar is not suitable for the S e na t e a c tivities, and other service of beer and will only result The Student Senator's prime pertinent information. As an in second floor lounge partying. function is to represent his class in active member of the Student Another solution must be found. the student government in a Curriculum Committee, I recently These points and others equally manner that best supports and proposed a niore flexible course important deserve full attention reflects the student sentiment. I drop policy. If · adopted, this and response of the student bodv. have been a representative in past would lengthen the period in It remains for the Student Senate student governments, _.and fell which a course could be dropped to open adequate channels of such experience, as. well as with impunity. My job is not completed. I still communication. I am working determination to work towards toward that end now; my work the interests of the college see the need for SIC to write a ·cannot hlep but be more effective community, is essential in a student Bill of Rights _and to if I am elected to the Student student senate candidate. I would continue acting upon specific like t o demo n s trate s u ch student concerns. We must find an effective method for facilitating determination. student input into governmental ·RENARDO L. HICK S processes. It seemed difficult, · at first, to P o sit i v e c h a n g e s c a n understand what should be said in undoubtedly come' about at a Senatorial platform. And most Hamilton. As senator, I have been candidates would probably agree actively involved in representing that no two platforms are quite the interests of students as I have the same-. As a result, I care not to seen them. Given the opportunity, �rite about things the general I will continue to push for more population may want to hear, but change and i:r�provements. I do hope to express my most PETER A. LINDER seriqus concerns. The Student Senate has �ne I am concerned with the extend of student involvement in the potential of being an influential organization involved in major admissions process. I am concerned with the administrative decisions. Mostly, grading system, and suggested this could be achieve through the improvements. various committees that the I am concerned with the world Senate charters and financially food problem apd its relationship supports. Almost every Hamilton to us who are (sometimes} well committee is given a responsibility fed and chiefly unconcerned to involve itself in decisions about where our next meal comes i n v olving several aspects of from. student life. What happens, But most of all, I am concerned 'however, is that those "gr and" wit h r a c e ,. e t h n i city, and �esponsibilities· at �imes become a establishing a greater degree of c o m p l e t e. j o k e as the understanding between the Black admi,nistration shoots right over and Puerto Rican Union and the the committee heads, not Senate. larger community - where no one involving them in the decisions MARK MESINGER is the villain, and no one emerges they should be. After serving for one term on a hero. the Student Senate I found that I I would seek in the Senate to I have been a member of the set up a better line of enjoyed to work and wish to serve Student Senate this past year, and communication between these again. I have enjoyed the relationships committees and the Senate itself. CHIP PRESUT TI In my two previous_,years as a and associations I ha�made as a .The Senate's responsibility in this Senator, the value of Hamilton's result of it. Last year'� Senate· left regard would be to ensure that student. government h<!-s become me with the belief that there these groups are able to, use the po w er they are supposedly extremely clear to me. As we face "may be a better day ahead." a new year, with new leadership; I If any who . read these words d elegated. As a committee would like to serve you again. find any of my concerns to be chairman, I know the problems Like the , other c·andidates, I am yours too, vote Rick Hicks for and• frustration involved and a ls o c on c e rn ed about "the Student Senate from the Class of would likt.: to see a more positive i s su e s "-relationships with the 77. Senate see that the administration a dm in i s t rat i on, c omm ittee, no longer causes such frustration. BRUCE LEVINE between the schools, etc. But I STEPHEN MILFORD I b e 1 i e v e t h e S e n_a t e hope that my •100 words will be Committees are the most effective Often, perhaps too often, the better spent telling you this: I agencies for change at Hamilton. college community finds itself want to serve you as a Senator.; I In my term as senator, I have subject to a decision made by a hop·e you will give me the acted in accord with this belief. ''s t a t is tic a l l y representative" opportunity. Thank you. As chairman of the Student group. When, if ever, have these BILL PURCELL Interest Committee (SIC), I have issues been brought up for public I know what you're saying: encouraged student input into i n s p e c t i o n a n d a ppraisal. "The kid spends one semester in d e cision-making processes. We Hamilton is a small enough D.C.' arid now he's running for have chipped away at bureaucratic community so that any issue that everything." Well, it's explained difficulties students encounter in continued on next.page by my realization - that while it t a k e s only one nominating s ig natur e to run for the presidency of the Senate, it takes ten signatures to be a Senator. This just seems like an important job. Further; this is my last shot. I'm not running for Honor Court, SAC, or Dean. What I'm concerned about was generally presented during the last race, but, one more time. T h e priorities of student housing are backward. Service Systems has allowed pub profits to evaporate. The faculty is contjnuing in its drive to freeze or SeAd your contributions to Box 163 Hamilton or deactivate all of the innovations Bo.x 306 Kirkland. The magazine accepts poetry, of the past. They're keeping the lid on pass-fail. Winter Study is artwork, prose fiction and non-fiction, and gone. ft looks like distributions photographs. Deadline for the Spring issue is April requirements are on their way 23. back. There is still a strong lobby t o ha ve Kirkland relocated somewhere in Florida" "And, "standards" continues to be a . code word designed to stop cha nge. ·Ha milton's Buckley Amendme:nt process is a ,ipost ·,serious attempt to eliminate the

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thi" fall, and of investigating Carnegie co-ed in exchange for about Senate activities and the thoroughly th'e possibility .of Kirkland suites or getting lower issues that are before the expanding inventory to include prices in the bookstore (which organization. The present system such things as sporting goods. I will be done on sundry items) , I of word-of-mouth and the Chapel also assisted in the Curriculum have always tried to keep · my have become obsolete. It must be Committee's course evaluations original commitment and hope to up to the Senate members of each to d i stribute the class (writing up, etc.), and helped the· do so in the.future. Thank you. information. The committees have sub-committee on faculty advising KEVIN McDONOUGH e v a l u a te that s ys tem by I'm running for Student Senate to develop an open forum in terviewong faculty advisors because I'm frustrated with atmosphere. Every student has the right to attend any meeting he about what could be done to apparent complacency of students chooses, and th� committees improve the program. This is no in the face of substantial, and I should be advised of everyone's small matter as there are many b el i e v e , d a m a ging c hanges freshmen who will agree that they imposed on the student body. It is opinion. Committees that are c o u l d h a ve r e c eived better no secret, that over the last non-functioning must be revived attention from their advisors. semester, the administration has or incorporated into another committee. Next year the big problem will be seen fit to establish graded Winter It is of the highest importance 'airer integration of H-K housing Study projects ar,c! to restrict and the search for a way to· ;tr�ow Winter Study internships, in that the leaders · of the Senate stand up to the faculty and for more student decision in c o m p l e t e of c o n t e m p.t housing matters. As for .the overwhelming student opinion administraiton in order to -stress student sentiment. The experience e le c t i o n, whatever happens contrary to these changes. happens. 1 enjoyed serving this Dean Gulick, who is to assume I have in the Senate and its year and thanks to those who his duties next year, makes no committees will enable to take a voted for me. secret of his - desire to see the leadership position in the Senate ROBERT C_9UGHLIN e s t a blishment of distribution that will be used to voice the Apathy· lives! It's about time requirements. I see this possiblity needs of the students. things were brought out intq the as unfortunate for both the MIKE WEITZNER open and people took a stand. faculty and Students7 and one wQuld like to take this The lack of interest here on.our m o r e opportunity to address myself to example of the campus is evident. Look at how administration telling the stuaents perhaps the greatest issues the student body allowed Winter that they are neither intelligent confronting the Senate· today, one Study' to he "revise.cl". This nor mature enough to choose which cannot be settled by decree should never have happened. their own curriculum. or th� enacting of legislation, Look at how the Hamilton Such changes pave been made, namely, student apathy. Of course applications have dropped this and will continue to be made, as the roots of apathy are deep and year. What is the reason for this? long as we·decide to lie down and widespread. What 1-ain concerned What about our medical school passively accept them. It is time with here is the role the Senate admissions? Need 1 mention the that we let people know that we, plays in this trend. Frankly, very strange attitude of the college as a body, are a force to be few freshmen know what the towards t he Buckley law? - respected, and a voice to be Senate is, what it does, and I S o m e one, evidently, is not reckoned with when such decisions sincerely doubt if they really care. performing his job properly. are made. This is unfor�unate and defeats Someone or some group ( Student We have to pause for a moment the purpose of having a Senate at . Senate) should get involved, to and recognize our �wn power here all. The Senate c�uid help rectify Hamilton make a b e t t er on the Hill. If we can organize for the situation by giving more institution in the eyes of all a symbolic fast, then surely we w i d e spread publicity to ·its i n volved, including students. can organize to show that we care actlV1t1es and by givmg the Some goading seems to be in about our edu'cation, and to show students greater opportunity for centered around I the Ad hue order. I am not afraid to stir some that we won't allow student direct participation. As a Senator, BOB WHEELER Having just returned this pookstore committee and the aa mud, to be a thorn in someone's programs to be ended or changed this would be my first priority. semester from a two year official' hoc film, committee - I am · side. If a kick in the pants is without respecting and consulting Only in this way could the Senate live up to its full potential._ leave,(dropping out), I have verv encouraged by the work which we needed to get things under way the student body. STAN SINGER SCHUYLER WINTER little 'base' in the Sophomore were able to accomplish. Last then a kick it is� Too long has the During this past year, I served The Student Senate is a C lass. I don't know many month, Provost Eugene Lewis student body been dormant in Sophomores, but I do feel that 1 promised our committee that the affairs that directly affect our as an active member of the committee which involves active have some idea as to what we're price of sundry items offered in lives i.e. 'Victer Study, housing, Student Senate. In addition to participation by its members. A regular Senate activities, I was also good delegate is one who goes to all looking for from College. the bookstore would be lowered. etc. I feel that the student body is a member of the Curriculum, every meeting representing the Let's face it; the Senate is These price changes will be essentially an administrative body. apparent by next semester. The not well enough informed about Board of Stewards, Film, and views of his peers. It is not a It has made some inroads into film . committee was able to matters. Important matters should Executive Committees. I have difficult task or one that involves working with some of the Faculty formulate a list of proposals be voiced so that the students are seen how the organization works, great knowledge, but rather a Spectator, and where improvements are commitment of time and effort. I Committees, and I'd like to help it which we feel will improve the knowledgable. The WHCL, mimeographs, posters and necessary. continue to do so, but there is a operation of the film societies. base my platform with a promise ostr acism for The informations distribution to make such a commitment upon long way to go before Students But more than anything else, I e v e n s oc i a l will have a substantial say in how have tried to seek out opinions ignorance should be utilized to p r o c ess must be improved. my election to the Student this, college is rm�. I see the from the freshman, for ·a Senator make students more aware. Lack Students must be better informed 5enate. S e nate's b a s i c f u nction as must represent the class who of communication is the biggest over seeing areas of Student elects him. The limited cover�ge problem with which we have to inter e s t : P u bl i c a tions, Film by The Spectator greatly hindered deal. If a person doesn't know this effort, but I feel that this about a proposed alteration or a Societies, Service Systems, etc. I think, however, that the sit uation can and must · be suggested improvement he can not Senate should be pursuing this improved, if the Senate is to be very well take a stan'd on it, be it pro or be it con. re sp onsibility a little more considered a viable force. I believe that improvements So be sure to talk about the aggressively. Why are Students paying 30 cents for a 10 ounce must be made in the operation of elections and the candidates with glass of beer? Don's Rok sells a 7 the Senate, so that if will more your friends. Above all, vote! My phone number is x45 61 and ounce for only 25 cents-a very accurately i:epresent ·the wishes of slight increase over the College the student body. Th� promises my P.O. number is Hamilton 1242 What can you do with only a bachelor's degree? price, and is in the business of we have solicited from Mr. Lewis if you want to talk. Now there is a way to bridge the gap between ar BERT COXE must be kept, and student must making a profit. undergraduate education and a ct:iallenging, respon­ I am not going to bore the be better and more accurately The Pub· is supposed to be for . sible career. The Lawyer's Assistant is able to do the Students. Somewhere a lot of r e p r e s e n t e d on s u c h vital readers of this platform with a work traditionally done by lawyers. money is disappearing, and one of committees as housing. I feel I large .and detailed plan of what I Three months of intensive training can give you the thing� I'd do as a Senatox have gotten a good start toward intend to do if I were elected to the skills-the courses are taught by lawyers. You would be to find out who is this goal, as I think the.:progress the Student Senate. First of all, choose one of the six courses offered-choose the• city in which you want to work. getting it and then let you know. m�de by the bookstore·committee everything that can be sai� about , Since 1970, The Institute for Paralegal Training_ On this campus, Students are demonstrates. I hope you ·will• being a. Senator bas been reduced i has placed more than 700 gi:aduates in law firms; being rpped off, and 1 think it's allow me to continue-to repres�nt to cliches, and se-condcy. whateveF banks. and corporations jr;i over 60 citi'es:the. responsibility-.of the Senate ,o ,the Ca.ss,of 1978 o-n tne..Hamilton I write in this platform will y lf you are·a student ot high academic standing and"' little bearing. probably have ver take a look at those .organizations College Senate� are interested in � ca-ree11. as a Lawyer's Ass-istaot, on who-votes for me. I could not r.:sponsible wh.en this happen&. I CHRIS-CAHILL we·� like to meet you. will be ·1ooking out for the As for_ my tenure on the Senate. possibly say what I would do if I Contact your placement office for an interview wi-th interests of the Students ,. and·thaL this year� l r�gret to• repor t that was elected because I have no our representative. is why 1 ask you to vote for me. we weren't able to convict Nixon, specific plans. All 1 can say is that TOM WILLIS institute a weekly surf and turf I would like to be a Senator and We, will .visit your campus on My ,ast statements have made night at Commons, or find the would work hard at the job. SCOTT KLEIN my position clear. My future quickest way to get the Knicks a TUESDAY, APRIL 22 Wht:n I l ast presented my state1. 1ents will make' my position seven-foot center; but I'll humbly clearer. Those familiar with my mention a few of the things going platform for· Senate, I said: "I can position will (perhaps) vote for on that I was direcJly involved only promise that I will try to me. Those not familiar· with my with. As a member of the Ad Ho_c make some sort of contribution to position should consult my past Bookstore Committee, I helped to the improver:.nent of Hamilton investigate complaints .that certain C o l le g e life." Through my and future statements. involvement with compiling the Having done so, they, too, may items in the store are woefully 235 South 17th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 evalu ations booklet, vote for me. Now, a present overpriced. As a result of our c o u r s e .(215) 732-6600 s o l i c it ing �t udent response i n vestigation and subsequent statement: concerning specific gripes, such as To say that the relationship meetings with Provost Lewis and , between. the Student Senate and store manager Canamella, we were , heat in Dunham or paintselection in South,. opposing the housing .. the Administration is incestuous-is able to obtain assurances of lower committee J>roposal to make prices ori sundrv items starting not accurate, but close;. �ill affect the community can, The Senate should remember and should, be presented to the that it represents the student college, as a whole, before a point of view. If it did, the student body might take the decision is made. I would. like to see the college Senate· more seriously. I believe the Senate should be community take an active voice in the decisions of the Student taken• seriously. Vote for me and Senate. The Senate should inform we'll have a hell of a (serious) the student body not only of the time. decisions already made, but of the options open on new proposals as well. But in order for the Senate to work effectively, and in the GUY ARCIDIACONO best interests of the students, the students must keep themselves, When I arrived here last fall, 1 informed, and must voice their heard many people comment that opinions· on-different issues to the the Senate was powerless, and that it put itself above the Senate. If elected, I will work to the students. For this reason, I ran best of my abi,lity for this and was ·elected to the ·senate; I correspondence between student felt that I could change this situation. opinion and Senate decisions. My work on the Senate was Thank You.

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Another welcome will be given T h e Jos e ph W. =Beatman Me m o r i a l C o n f e r e n c e o n Saturday at 10 a.m.' by President Language and Human Behavior, to Samuel F. Babbitt an<� Associate be held this. weekend at Hamilton Professor of Psych�logy David and Kirkland Colleges, will have as. B e g e l m a n, chairman of the part i c i p ants fpur of North Kirkland Sqcial Sciences Division • .\ merica 's most· distinguished Katz will speak on "Generative schol ars in l i nguistics· and and Interpretive Semantics" and Lambert on ''A Psychological semantics. The conference will begin at 8 Approach to Language." A symposium at 1:30 p.m.' p.m. Friday, April 25 in the Chapel and continue Saturday _Saturday will be the last event of w i th morning and afternoon the conference, which is expected sessions in the Kirner:Johnson to adjourn at 4 p.m. Auditorium. The conference part1c1pants are: Peter Farb, author of '"Word P-lay ", and a visiting lecturer this year at Yale; Jerrold J. Katz, a pr ofessor· at M a s s a chus ett� Institute of Technology and an continued from page one author)ty on the philosophy and A Capable Economist structure of language; William With regards to Allen's possible Labov, professor. of linguistics at resignation he said also that the University of Pennsylvania, comment was not appropriate, whose field is linguistic variation but ·said he• would be ''very sorry and change; and Wallace E. to see him go. He is a very capable Lambert, professor of psychology economist and a good colleague." at McGill University, who has The fourth member of the w r i t t e n e xt ensively on the department, Instructor Germina psychology of language. Lubega, was appointed to a At F r i d a y's s es s ion the _t w o -year t erm when Snead E x p erienced Harriers Dave I;\ Y WENDI PASHMAN participants will be welcomed by r esigned. Concerning Lubega's Track Coach Eugene Long Baker, Bruce Carter, and John President J. Martin Carovano and "future at Hamilton, Wertimer. seemed confident that his spring Rodgerson· will be rounding· out Ass0ciate ProfessQr of Psychology would only say that she would be team will do fairly well this season t h e t eam in addition to George Gesheider, chairman of -here next year to fill o�t her term. with stiff �ompetition from RPI, co-captains Lou Paciliq and Pedro t h e H a milto n P s ychology Lubega teaches International Rochester, Hartwick, Cortland: Garcia, who are looking very good Department. Farb will give an E co n o m ics, M i c r o econo m i c Union, and Alfred. according to the coach. overview of the conference, and Theory a s well a s courses on Phil Barnhill has shown himself Although Rochester, Union, Labov will talk on "Semantic American Poverty and African and Cortland are favored, he said, to be an excellent performer in Co"°-petence: a non-Aristotelian Modernization. Lubega is a native the Hill Harriers may pull a few the 440 hurdles and will be View." of Uganda. surprises as they did against the assisted this season by Gardner, strongly favored Colgate ap.d Foo, and Ed Gimenez. Long anticipates that one of Rochester te·ams last year. "It will be a long season, but the team's greatest strengths will defending the process. It is done the s atisfacti;;n comes from be the distance runners. Bruce continued from page one which nominates candicl_ates for very, very carefully," Richardson knowing people are working very Carter, who holds the three-mile the year-long, $7,000 grants given said. hard," Long said. He continued, record at 14: 24.2 should be able There has been no publicity of "I have absolutely no complaints to break the record again. John to two Hamilton seniors each year Thomas J e . Watson the award, said Richardson, b y the Rodgerson has been showing great about attitude." because the coUege feared that Foundation. potential during. training and may Richardson said he carefully. such disclosure would jeopardize be compet!tion for Carter in the 3 MclntQsh Gone examines the best candidates from the future of the gr:ant. Although the team lost last mile. the Watson applicants, and then Acconling to Trustee Richard year's.. strong co-captain Dave Another runner to watch is �hooses the recipient of the We Cooper, the award was · first M c I n tosh, a few t a l e n ted,.,..... $3,500 summer trawl grant­ given during President Robert W. freshmen, such as Don Salom, "Th er e i s no problem in McEwen's tenure. Mark Yutzkofsky, Rick Monley, St:ail Foo, and Ted Gardner, will be taking. up some of the slack. Long commented that "it is much too early to say anything about the freshmen" but ' did The following legislation is effective at Kirk.land and Hamilton You can he_lp people. m e n t i o n that S alom a n d Every student who owns and has failed to Colleges immediately: In fact, there's a crying good a made had Ytozkofsky. register their animal with the Humane Society of the college either show.ii)g in the long jump at need for you. Your talents. during the registration period at the beginning of each semester or 21' l O" and 21' 3" respectively. It Your training. Your conbefore the animal arrives on campus in the middle of the semester is is possible that Salom may break cerns. They make you subject to the following penalty: the Conts' record in the long An immediate $10 tme to be levied by the judiciary Baord. $5 of valuable to your business. jump, now standing at 22'1 l". the fine will go to the Humane Society to· cover operating expenses. can_make you priceThey Mobley Impressing $5 of the fine will go to the individual. who reports the presence on your community. to less Mobley, who will be in the campus of the unregistered animal to the Humane Society. This can spare even you If 100-yd., '220-yd., 'and 440-yd. person will also have the option of donating the $5 to the Society a week, call hours few a in While essive. r imp. looks events, for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. ' . Action Voluniary the a done had Mobley school, high Persons who fail to register tl,ieir animal within three days after 21.7 in the 220 which beats the they are fmed will be required to remove their animal from campus. H a m ilton r e cord o f 2 1.8 immediately. established ::a 1965. Long is To report an unregistered· animal to the Humane Society, call Phil that his winning times can hopeful Hayes at X4921:. ' be repeated this season.

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On Wednesday, April 23, Focus· will sponsor an inform al · discussion on abortion at 7:30 p.m. in the Red _PiL Kate Ose:r: will speak on the· legal implications of the present abortion laws as they stand and if they are repealed. She will also speak of the urgency to express your support of these laws to your senators and congressmen. In accordance with this urgency, we wll be holding a pro-abortion law letter-writing campaign on Thursday and Friday, April 2 4 and 25. Tables will be set up at Bristol from 10-5:30, and . �le Ewen from 10-7: 30; We URGE you to stop and write a letter-as this issue is most importnat. P�er, ·stamps, and envelopes will be provided� If you'd like to help out-please call X7559.

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SWIMMING CAPTAINS ELECTED Three Continental swimmers, who will be seniors next year, were elected tri-captains of next year's swim team in a meeting of the team this week. They are: Eric K raus, a breast-stroker from Great Neck, Long Island; Clarke McGuire, a distance swimmer from Syosset, N.Y.; ahd Joe Shrum, a sprinter from Charlottesville, Va..

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Members of the Hamilton College hockey, basketball, swimming and squash teams will be guests of honor at a dinner at the Yahnundasis Country Club, New Hartford, Tuesday, April 22, at 6:30 p.m. Hosting the Continental student-athletes will be the Continental Boosters Club, an organization of Hamilton alumni and friends. Dr. Richard J. Valone, Hamilton Class of '43, and Jack B. Riffle, '50, president of Utica Mutual Insurance Co., are president and treasurer of the Continental Boosters, respectively, and are programming the. event. The three Continental varsity teams-hockey, basketball and swimming-had their most successful s«ason ever, winning 34 contests, losing 19 and tying one. And Mohammed Husain of the squash club finished among the top eight college players in the U.S.' in this winter's NCAA �ournamen( in New Yor:{c. �·

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worked 6 2/3 innings, was BY SHERWIN TUCKER The Hamilton baseball team responsible for all seven runs and opened the northern par't of its took the loss. · Engineer starter schedule last Saturday in Clinton P h il Sheppard pitched seven by dropping a 7-6 decision to RPI. innings and pocketed the victory. The visiting Engineers opened According to Heckler, the the scoring in the thirdl inning game showed both promising and when they combined t hree hits, disturbing performances. two singles and· a double for two Defensively, the Blue played runs. well, committing only one error, The Cants batsmen retaliated compared to last year when the in the fifth frame when they team turned over four to five scored three runs on five hits. Bill errors per game. Heckler was Tarbell started the rally with a pleased with the defensive play of single. Designated hitter B rian f r e s h m e n W a 1 d r o n a n d Gelber followed Tarbell with a LaFountain at second and third walk, and three consecutive respectively. Offensively, the Conts were singles by Randy Williams, Dan H agger ty and Dave McLean weak. ''We need to resume the accounted for the runs. hitting we did in the South. We Unable to H old • ,had only nine hits against RPI and The Hamiltonians were able to hold their 3-2 lead until the seventh inning when RPI sent ten men to the plate and scored five runs on six hits. After the Engineers had pushed across three runs on three hits in the top of the seventh, Coach BY ALAN COLBY Heckler removed starting pitcher From every indication it's John Driscoll from the game and brought in freshman reliever Mike ·sp ring in Clinton again. Maring. 'Maring proceeded to radiant northern sun throw two wild pitches pennitJ:ing across the numerous rivulets reflective mud puddles that the last two runs to score. Down 7-3, the Coots came the campus, bicycles are out, back in their half of the eighth by up, a ttendence in classes down; and in the scoring three runs on three hits. After Dan Waldren opened the the weather-ravaged shapes inning by grounding out, Dave Hoyt and Wright can be Pisanelli single�. Tom LaFountain tromping through the stalked doubled, sc�ring Pisanelli, and m oor s t hat surround then Tarbell received a ba�e on Heckler's It� golf season again; balls. Both runners advanced on a wild pitch and Randy Williams today, as usual without and without watching half singled home both runs. forces play, Coach Jones takes Unable to Produce Bu� the Conts were unable to legions down to tangle with produce any ·more runs and in strong Albany State squad, taking the -one � defeat lowered has spent the past two their seaons >s record to 4-3. tuning up in prime golf Starting pitcher John Driscoll A same· two weeks has seen ,Nentals• first two .home "'with Hobart and defending' New· York State Champion- Oswego State postponed, and the majority of golf around here played into a net, upst�irs it1 the gym,

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we need at least ten to win," Heckler commented. Frosh Unaccustomed Heckler also noted that many of his starting freshmen are · accustomed to the seven inning games that they played in high school. Since college games are nine innings, he claims that they tend to tire and lose their concentration in the later innings. Hopefully, as the season continues they will be able to maintain both c o n cent r a t i o n and energy throughout the game. This Saturday the Blue travel to LeMoyne for a double-header against LeMoyne College,'which is nationally ranked. It should be a tough but interesting challenge for the Hilltoppers.

Golf Scene Uncertain; Team Looks to Youth After years of d,evotional toil p er en nial mainstays on the Hamilton golf scene, Steve Green and Captain Wally Porter have secured niches outside the realm . of Tompkins consequence. Greg Czarnowski has also gradua t�d and junior Dave Woilman has decided to try tennis this spring; so the ranks of last year's successful five and two squad are obviously thinned. Seasoned veterans Vlad Hoyt and Doug Wright are back, and .sophomore Jack Widman returns from a solid rookie season. However, this year, more than any in recent memory, Coach Jones is depend ant on a contingent of untryed freshmen, including Chris Scott, John Willafred and Brian Taylor, to step in and play solid golf against a s c h ed.u l e,: o.f potenti ally devestating opppnents such as Oswego, backyard rival Utica College,· and Cortland State, if Hamilton golf is to continue on the winning course that has been established in recent years.

Netmen Bow; Lack Practice

By PAUL H.ULLEBERG 6�3 respectively. Phil Spellane, The Continental netmen •were Dave Schutt, Andy Bass, and Ron beaten decisively by a strong Rice filled the rest of the singles I t h a c a squad Wednesd ay. spots and all were likewise beaten. H am i llton's lack of practice ·H u t ch ins a nd Wollm an, before their first match was number one doubles, lost 6�3, 6-3. evident as only one doubles match The other two doubles teams, was even taken to three sets. Spellane-Schutt and Mohammed No one can expect a team to ,Husain-Rob Rowan, were also be ready for a match, mentally or beaten. physically, with only a week of It was not a good showing for solid practice time. Ithaca on the the first match of the season, but other hand, has already played a by next Thursday, when they take number of matches and practiced on Clarkson, the Continentals will for a month. likely be in better shape and will The number one and two hopefully give a more accurate singles, John Hutchins and Dave p i c t u r e o f w h.a t t h e y Wollman, lost 6-4, 6-4 and 6-3, unquestionably can do.


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Lacrosse Off to a Running _Start;. Win Big 16-3 Rice, the Blue's superb freshman By BOB McCORMICK The Hamilton Lacrosse team goalie, had a lonely afternoon in trounced Eisenhower College 16-3 the nets. He was called upon to here Wednesday, upping their make only seven saves in the first half. The beleaguered Eisenhower season record to 3-0. The other two wins were net-minder,· on the other hand, registered over Haverford College was fired upon 17 times. Bench Emptied (16-6) -and Westchester State The Blue added three g"aals to ( 13-5) during the team's spring their total in the third period, trip. Against Eisenhower, the Blue giving Coach Manfred von Schiller were in control all the way. The a chance to empty his bench. outcome was evident early, as Dave Donahue replaced Rice in Hamilton took a quick 4-0 lead. the Blue goal. Steve Speno, one of the· Blue's o u t s c or ed Hamilton tri-captains, tallied two of the first Eisenhower 4-1 in the final four goals. period. The Eisenhower stickmen At the end of the half, seemed incapable of mounting Hamilton held a 9-2 lead. Jo� any kind of sustained attack, and

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the contest might have been even more of a rout if the Blue had been able to cash in on a number of missed scoring opportunities. Mark Bernard led the scoring with four -goals. Steve Speno n o·fc h ed t h r e e g o a l s a n d contributed three assists. Tom Charbonneau, George Gramaglia, and Ja'y Tyler chipped in with two goals apiece. Ned Collum, Bob Pelz and Gib Hedstrom rounded out the scoring. Senior tri-captain Jon Berry played outstandingly, assisting on six of his teammates' tallies. Billy O'Donnell showed lots of speed and finesse rushing the ball up t h e f ield. He also hit

Charbonneau with a beautiful feed on the latter's second goal. But it was defense tri-captain Marty Percy who deserved much of the credit for the Hamiltpn rout. His aggressive and pU:nishing d e f en s i v e p l a y t ho r o u g h l y intim i d a t e d t h e Eisenhower attackers., Blue Better It seems likely that the Blue will be able to better last season's 3-8 record. It will be an uphill struggle, however. four of the e l e v en · teains on Hamilton's schedule went to the ECAC play-offs last year:-. Before the Eisenhower game, van ·Schiller had stressed the need

If You Can't Bet, It's Bo.ting

FEINGOLD AND SHOEN Tom Wolfe didn't necessarily have to be right. Three weeks ago, going home again, I found Richie standing outside the OTB Farlor, inspecting the Morning Telegraph. He looked up, smoking a cigarette, and asked again what the name of the school I wtnt to was. He heard the name and said, "Oh yeah. You told me that once before didn't you? Near somewhere." Yes. It is. He appeared less interested when he heard the answer to his question about sports at Hamilton College. He smiled, put down his paper, and said, "So? What's it to me? What's hockey? I told you all this before. You couldn't tell me a point spread, could you? Of course not. "I'll tell.you something. It's a little quirk in me. Let's say, for example, I bet on Syracuse basketball a certain amount of money. Good. And they win. If it's a good win you know what I do? I send a few bucks to the school. Why not? You know that commercial, 'give to the college of your choice'? Well, it just so h_appens that Syracuse is the college of my choice at the moment and I am ecstatic. They're a good choice too. Good point spread against North Carolina that's for sure. What's a point spread in hockey?" I told him that sports is not ·a11 gambling. That, in fact, it has hardly anything to do with gambling. Or, at least, it shouldn't. That men watch sports for the beauty of watching other men compete with skill and they admire those skills. His eyes lit up. "Tell me that again. You mean to tell me that I should be watching games for their competition? So why can't I have some. competition of my own? With some other guy, I'll be competing my handicap against his. That's not skill? "l used to love watching guys play games for the hell of it. I did. But it got boring so I livened it up a little. There comes a point when even Earl Monroe gets boring if you don't have money on him. If I want to see something beautiful, I'll go to the corner of 34th and

Seventh at lunchtime. Or I'll go to the museum. · "There comes a time in every fan's life when he'll get tired of it alL It hits people in different ways. They don't have to bet, they can quit watching' Monday Night Football and all that 'other crap. Everything will go. They'll get tired o( memorizing standings and batting averages. "Tell me, Why did it say in the paper that if it was up to the networks they'd only show the Series and the Super Bowl and the playoffs? They know that people only watch the big things and only fanatics will watch the Padres play the Giants." ' He was told that his logic might be unusual, but that his point was understood. Not that it was right, but understood. ' "Listen, how can you say I'm wrong? You should be able to see it yourself. You read the papers. What do they send you to college for? It's ·so obvious I'm ashamed of you. I'll tell you what. Call me when you figure out how to give me points and not odds in hockey. Then I'll listen."

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Intramural Softball and Volleyball are scheduled to begin their respective seasons Monday, April 21. Tom Allen beat out Tom Ewing in the championship final match of the Badminton tourney. Squash and Handball have been slow in finishing, because of postponements by the competitors in the prelimin ary rounds. Players have been asked to please play their matches. DU walked away with first place team honors in the Intramural Swim Meet. Kevin McTernan, of TDX, went home with two of the best swims of the night, winning the 100-yd. Individual Medley and the 50-yd. Backstroke. ' TDX took third place behind AD.

for his charges to be mentally tough c "We haven't had enough game-situation practice to be mentally ready," he commented. The Blue were limited to three practice sessions on the spring trip, and weren't able to get outdoors again until the Monday a nd T u esday preceding the Eisenhower contest. T h i s l a c k of practice manifested itself in a number of u n n ec essary penalties against Eisenhower. The Blue cannot a fford such mistakes against talent-laden clubs such as Geneseo St a t e , t heir next opponent, (Monday, 3 p.m., at home) Coach von Schiller is a great believer in mental preparedness, "Even the guys who do not play are important if they maintain a positive mental attitude," he stated. If mental preparedness is all that is necessary, however, vdn Schiller's job _would be only half as hard as it already is. Injuries have a way of putting to rout t he best-laid plans of coaches. Von Schiller must wince whenever Joh n Rice, whose knee is bandaged, ventures outside the crease, where he is fair game for enemy attackers. . Major Injury There has been ·one major injury so far. Dave Cowin, a freshman, who would have seen a lot of action in the mid-field may have suffered a separated shoulder in Monday's practice. X-rays to date have been inconclusive, but if the shoulder is separated, Cow w i ll likely be out for the remainder of the campaign. Von Schiller is keeping his fingers crossed with regard to injuries. The Blue squad, beyond · its talented group of seniors, does not have much depth. ' The note to sound, then, is one of cautious optimism. If Rice stays healthy... If 'the senior s play up to potentia,l... If' von Schiller keeps talking like Dale Carnegie, then the Blue may reach the ECAC tournament for the first time.


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Room Swap Set. Amid Gripes

23 men will live in the Keehn By THOMAS BECK The decision to swap thre� co-op. Kirkland students will live Carnegie quads and a triple for in six suites and two singles on the two Milbank suites, was made by second and foµrth floors of the housing committees at the two south side of South, the entire colleg e s after hours of ·second floor of North and the consideration, the committee three quads and a triple in chairmen said this week. Carnegie. · The Plan, which is opposed by Special Interest Housi ng The Residence Committee of some Hamilton students, calls for 15 women to live in the Carnegie the Kirkland Assembly has rooms and -12 men to live in t en tat ively approved three Milbank. This and the special proposals for special interest interest housing plan will go into housing: a group interested in Greek drama and theatre, a group effect next fall. Koommg lottery _numbers were that will tutor disadvantaged high drawn at Hamilton and Kirkland school students to prepare them Wednesday, except Kirkland's for c o l l ege, and a group off-campus and co-op lotteries, investigating the New York State whic h w e r e held Monday. Board of Regents ruling on Hamilton juniors, sophomores, minority housing. Each group has and freshmen, and Kirkland four students so far, and freshmen juniors will select their rooms may be a."signed to their suites. K i r kl a n d The decision to trade rooms in T u esda y and sophomores and freshmen will Carnegie for suites in Milbank was draw for rooms Wednesday. the result of several meetings, a There will be 53 students from telephone survey, and careful each college living at the other. consideration on the part of the Hamilton students will live in six ' Kirkland Residence Committee singles and six . doubles on the and the Housing Committee of third and fourth floors of Root the Hamilton Student Senate, and the two suites in Milbank, and according to Tom Greenwood '76,

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Kirkland has t�nured three of college. seven faculty members up for The college's policy is to notify consideration this year, The all faculty members up for tenure Spectator has learned. by April 30. David Begelman, associate One faculty member refused professor of psychology and tenure has already announced his chah-man of the social sciences plans to appeal the decision. Muirhead, Robert division, Professor Stabenau has asked o f for and received the maximum p r o f e ssor associate and amount of ti.n,le in which to gather: painting, printmaking, drawing, arid Robert Palusky, more detailed information about assistant professor of ceramics the college's decision, and Wfre the three to be tenured. . informed the Appeals Committee Those who have not received of his decision to ask for a review. The duty of the Appeals tenure are Instructor in History J erro lcl Townsend, and, as .Committee is to decide whether reported in The Spectator on April there are any procedural problems 11, A s sistant Professor of that need to be remedied. If it Literature Heinrich Stabenau, and. agrees with Stabenau, or any Assistant Professor of Sociology professor who should claim Walter Broughton also_ did not, procedural inadequacy, it then refers the complaint to the body receive tenure. Consideration of two other which did not properly exercise faculty members up for tenure is its function. a pparently still · in progress. Muirhe.ad has held several one President Babbitt is .considering man shows at such places as the student comments on Assistant David Gallery in Rochester, New Professor of Psychology Sandra York and at the List Art Center at· DeMyer-Gapin. Kirkland. An exhibition of his In the case of Associate works will open at the Far Gallery Professor of Music Alan Heard, in New York City in September. one source spec'.llated that a He has also participated in several procedural matter might be art festivals and was awarded the holding up the college's decision. "Vermont Artist" prize at the Heard said he has not yet been Bundy Gallery in Waitsfield, infoz:m ed of any decision from the Vermont,

Black Professor Program Ends

that Parks was also considering By JOHN M. McNEEL A program designed to bring offers from other institutions. 'Reverse Discrimination' blacks to the Hamilton campus as visiting p r o fessors will be The hirilig program, which was­ discontinued after this year initiated by former Dean of the because lawyers consulted by the College Stephen G. Kurtz in order college have fo und it illegal. to "recruit minorities with special Visiting Assistant Professor of emphasis on blacks,'' will be Anthropology Alfreita Parks, the d i s c o n t i n u ed b e c a u s e i t first to be hired by the college "discriminates i n reverse," under the program, holds a one Lindley said. A C C O r d i ·n g t 0 year position which · will expire with the completion of this anti-discrimination laws, a person· semester. Acting Dean of the cannot be,- hired, or refused College Dwight . Lindley said, · employment because of race, sex, however, that she has been religion or any strictly personal offered a job as Assistant characteristics. At the time the program was Professor Alfr eita Parks Professor of Anthropology, b e g i n n i ng in S e ptember. started by Kurtz, there were no although there had been at one Lindley said earlier this week blacks teaching. at Hamilton, time. Since then, the school has hired two other black women: Ann Du Cille, instructor in English , and Germinia Lubega,"'-' instructor in economics. DuCille and Lubega were not hired under any, special recruiting program.

One Year Later, Carovano tSatisfied'

By ROBBY MILLER J. Martin Carovano appeared relaxed and satisfied thh'· week as -he approached the completion of his first year as president of Hamilton College. Leaning back in his chair, dressed in his standard desk attire ..:..a cardigan meater- and interspersing conversation with easy smiles, Carovano said he has "not _been ·surprised by what has , transpired, in the past year. "I've found the job very demanding, challenging, enjoyable and invigorating, " said Carovano. Many demands have, indeed, confronted Carovano in the past 12 months, including �he selecti9n of a new dean of the college, the appointments of a vice-president and of a provost, decisions of te nure policy for faculty and on files access policy for students. "All of my decisions have been equally tough," said Carovano, whose slightly grayer hair perhaps indicates such strain. Faculty Flexibility Carovano said that his goal in the discussion about tenure was to achieve policies that would insure flexibility. "Thus far I am satisfied with the way things have gone...the way in which the discussion was carried on between the administration and faculty and the way in which the procedures have been set up that we are to follow," he said. The relationship between the administration and faculty has been good, said Carovano, and he is "quite happy" about it•. When asked abm.J,t the alleged low faculty morale that continued on page five

One-Year Program Concerning the illegal hiring practice, Lindley said that the college "can make every effort to interview people of all races, sexes or creeds, but cannot hire one over the other because of those circumstances." Parks was recruited during 1973-74 to teach in the· Anthropology Department for this academic year--alone. Lindley called the program "a single-year program" subject to year-by-year appraisal. Parks has been offered a renewal of h er position here because Assistant Professor of. Anthropology Joseph Guillotte has resigned to accept a position at the University of New Orleans.

after on e year in office.

Guillotte said the chances for tenure for him here "are dim", and that after weighing his opportunities he decided to go to . New Orleans. He said he taught at 'New Orleans before.


2/THE SPECTATOR/April 251 1975

Tenure: II·

Kirkland has apparently made more tenure decisions-'-those tough personnel moves than no one is willing to j;alk about. A few aspects of the college's tenure policy, however, are in desperate need of open discussion. · Despite the college's claim that each decision is made by evaluating the faculty membt:!r's individual qualifications, a concern with the number of professors tenured within discipline and division is apparently also considered, although that criterion does ·not appear in Kirkland's official description of the tenure procedure. Notably, two of the three professors granted tenure this year were in the Arts Division-a division in which only two .faculty members had been tenured before this year (Chairman William Rosenfeld and Associate Professor of Film Nathan Boxer). In the Humanities Division, where seven professors are tenured, no one was granted tenure · this year. · One wonders whether Henry Stabenau would have received tenure if three other literature professot�Ursula Colby, George Bahlke, and William Hoffa-were not already tenured. Similarly, perhaps Arts Division personnel would have had rougher going if more of their colleagues were o:r:i tenure. Understandably, Kirkland would not want to have all its instructors in literature-or in any 9ther field-on tenure. Flexibility is essential. The college's failing, however,I has been its neglect to publicly state ·that as more of its teaching staff is tenured, it is being forced� as Hamilt�n is, to keep an eye on the distribution of tenured to non-tenured faculty aero§$ disciplines. One finds it hard to believe that the college examines personal qualifications in a vacuum without regard to that person's colleagues and their tenure status. : · In addition, the college would be wise to clarify the intent of Dean of Academic Affairs Catherine Frazer's statement upon her arrival here last summer that, "The number of women on the faculty and staff is certainly not what it should be•••We should start cranking the women in. We should. try to get as many women hired as possible." Though not �vident in this year's tenure decisions, such an intense affirmative action policy will inevitably necessitate the denial of tenure to male faculty members, who, if they· were women, might very well receive it." · _;Therefore, the effects of the college affirmative action program on tenure policy ought also to be made explicit. Once again, evidence seems to belie Kirkland's criteria for granting tenure. The college would be doing its faculty and students a true service by owning up to institutional policy concerns it considers in tenuring, and not tenuring, its faculty.

Springtime

If one waits long enough, spring finally creeps northward and invades the chilled wasteland of Clinton and Oneida· County. With chances for goocl weather looking better all the time, the cruelty of April (perhaps not the cruelty to which T.S.:Eliot referred) makes itself evident: namely, is this the time of the year to write papers and take exams? U:nfortunately, yes,but the Glens which surround the campuses, as · well as the athletic . facilities and roads for cycling, provide relief.

Commeflt

The Arts and the Press By Craig Mengel

Through· experiences of mine and others, I have · become disturbed and bothered by the attitude implied by The Spectltor's non-coverage and seeming uncqncem for student art at Hamilton and Kir�land Colleges. A paper which purports to be a student publication should make a strong-effort to address as many aspects of student life as it reasonably . can. Seeing that there are a large percentage of art majors at Kirkland and a sizable group of Hamilton students engaged in various arts, it seems to me that The Spectator is failing to fulfill its responsibility to the student body, and to these people in particular. A newspaper that devotes two full pages of every issues to sports (which is fine) should be able to devote a modetate amo�t of weekly space to student activity in the arts also. I have recently finished a 16mm documentary film on religious aspects of student life at Hamilton-Kirkland. A large number of students participated in and worked on this movie. Since The Spectator is widely read, I thought it a logical means · for publicizing the fact that the film was finished and ready to be shown. I 'invited the editor to the first showing of this fil!Il, but he nor any other representative of The Spectator showed up. Four· weeks later I asked The Spectator to publicize the public showing of the film (for the dates of March 9 and IO) in the " Notes" and "Events of the Week" sections of the paper. The notice only appeared in the "Events of the Week", yet the announcement of the Spanish Club's film to be shown that Wednesday appeard in both columns. I was surprised that a film w h i c h h a d b e e n made . about and by Hamilton-Kirkland students would be shunted aside' like that, and not reviewed as well. Films have been made by other studen ts of these colleges, yet their past and present work go by unannounced and largely ignored. The Spectator did publish the program for the two Sunday's of student films which were recently shown, but there was no article or review about them. One Kirkland woman I know had contacted The Spectator several times about publicizing a photography exhibit of her work; she was disregarded. Though these are but

several examples, I'm sure other could be found. By not covering these types of events, The Spectator is not fulfilling its responsibility to the campus and is missing a good opportunity to enrich and add deptch to its publication. It is important to me (and others) that artists share apd communicate with each other and the general public. Both groups benefit by this exchange: creativity is heightened and shared on the one hand, while the works of art can be viewed an enjoyed on the other. In addition this gives the artist a significant feedback (both positive' and negative) on his/her work. I propose that The Spectator give a• certain amount of weekly space to these concerns. This space could be utilized in any number of ways: as an area for reviewing students work (showings, exhibitions, recitals, 'concerts, plays, film), to fully publicize these events, for interviews of student artists and· as an area for ads ( e.g. 'to sell or rent equipment, to enlist the aid of something or someone - models, writers, set builders, musicians etc.). Now comes the question of who is to do the organizing and writing required. I suggest that a group of Arts Student Caucus {ASC) members, in coordination with the arts editor of The Spectator, be given the chance to fill this space. This group has

...non-coverage. and unconcern for student art... been eager to start a newsletter of its own, but they have not been able to fund such a project. Why not given them this responsibility? By donating this space The Spectator would increase its quality and better serve the interests of the student community, By writing and organizing for this section, the ASC would in effect have its newsletter to publicize and review student art work. While this solution would · require some further working out, I think that it is a plausible resolution to the present inadequate coverage of student art at Hamilton and Kirkland Colleges.

A Proposal

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Letters . to the. Editor Fairness, Schmaim.ess

To the Editor: N o t w i t h s t a n d i n g· T h e Spectator's editorial of April 18 "In Order To ·Be Fair" regarding t he summer travel award pr e sented John Emerson, I distinctly recall that when I first considered attending Hamilton I was told much by students and admissions personnel concerning a c a d e m i c p o l i c y, c�l l e g e procedure, and life on the Hill. However, at no point was I ever told that Hamilton would be fair. And I chose Hamilton. With sensational and intriguing terms aptly employed by a NUMBER TWENTY-TWO VOLUME FIVE would-be journalist breaking the Douglas Glucroft lead s t o r y of this grant Edit or-in-c hie/ ("c landest i n e l y ..." "l argest Business Manager Associate News Editor dispensed to an undergraduate. .. " Jack Hornor Elizabeth Barrow "n o one knows about it Susan Malkin Technical Manager except... ") The Spectator once Robby Miller Mike Bulger again seeks truth, justice, and Editorial Page Editor Sports Editor Kenneth Gross .John Navarre those other noble qualities which -Art;-Editor might compel the anonymous Photography Editor David Schutt David Ashby donor of the award to come forth ·Assistant Arts Editors Assistant Photography Editor and beg forgiveness for spending Peggy Dills · • Joel Stern his money as he saw fit, John Joelson Sports Photography a d m o n i s h i ng Channing Copy Editor Chip Whitel_y Feli_ce F reyer Richardson in the process for his role in the scheme. News Assistants-Bob Grieves, Wendi Pashman I would not (provided I was in . Sports Assistants-Bob McCormick, David Wollman control of my faculties) put the Dolan, -Philip Morris, Dan � a�r y , Photography Staff-David Ashby, Bob torch to a twenty-dollar bill and . ; watch it burn, nor, do I believe, Production Assistants: Thomas Beck,.Sarah McGregor w o u l d a n y one ·1 k now; Make-up Assista�ts-Mary Barstow, Chris Cahill, Jeffrey Hjelm , Tamar nevertheless, I would rest easier . Gold, 'Kevin McDonough!, JoAnn Mort, John M. M-cNeel, David Ruben knowing that should. I ever desire f:lus�ness Staff-Ji m McManus, Steve Brennen, Ho Swee Huat, t� do so, my prerogative would · Ji� Obernesser:, not be usurped by a "special . The Publications Board publishes The Spectator, a newspaper edited by review committee" initiated to � students, 26 times during the academic year. Subscriptions: $7 a year. nominate persons who might :Address: Box 83, Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y. 13323.. Letters t,o the editor make better use of my capital. must .withheld upon request. . be signed, but names willebe 197S The $pectator, it. sometimes by The Trustees of·Hamilton c�neie �ppears, has an obsession to

discover things which perhaps should be left undiscovered, or .rt least, which are of no concern to the college newspaper. If The Spectato'r; concerns itself with affairs more pertinent to an exemplary standard �f journalism than is the . question of the profligacy of a donor who wishes to remain anonymous (Can he now, in view o� the pubIi.city?), perhaps awards would seek out The Spectator ·rather than vice versa. Kevin J. Conway. '7 6

To the Editor: Students of the American Dream Unite! The American economy is crumbling into dust! In ever-increasing numbers, hordes of overskilled, skilled, and even unskilled American laborers are facing_ the great heartbreak of all time! Psoriasis you ask? No Unemployment! What can be done?· Must we, students· of the great H a m i 1 t o n -K ir kl and coordinated tradition, graduate in June only to find the despair of jo_blessness? • Must we find no

Thanks

To the Editor: I am writing this . letter from behind a table in Bristol, urging letter-writing in support · of present abortion laws. I continue to be pleasantly surprised by the support and concern that Hamilton students ha.ve shown. Even many of those opposed have a s k e d qu est i ons and have communicated their opposition with intelligence and interest. Thank-you Hamilton students! (_;;ail W_einstein '7�

benefits of d1e best four years of our lives? No! Let's all stay another year! To make this brilliant proposal attractive the administration must offer rebates to all students regardless of major, class, and grade point average! Rebates are our only salvation! Write your administration and DEMAND the rebate , you're LE'fTER POLICY . entitled to! Even now, across the nation in every hamlet and slum, ,The Spectator welcome11 letters from all of its readen; , the knees of the administrators s t udents, f aculty are knocking before the demands administration and alumni. of s t udents o f e v er y All letters must be signed; not p o Ii t i c o-e c o -r e l i g i o n omic with pseudonym or initials, persuasion� The cry is now but a althougli names . may be whisper, but soon across the land wi�hheld in print . upon the immortal words shall be heard request. Deadline for -letters is , in glory: "Give us Five Years and th e ·wednesday before a Rebate or give us Death!" publication. The Groping Gryphons


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Takefl - Again

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-No New·s 1S... By Bill Purcel�

. These are exciting times for th�· college. Not since President Carovano was in W ashington writing Revenue Sharin� have the men of Hamilton really had a chance to tell the Congress where to stick their laws. The glee with which they have butchered the Buckley Amendment indicates the real legislative potential this Hill maintains in reserve. Once they had finished negating a large part of the law, they discovered a kind of icing. No longer will it be necessary to ask students if gra.q.es should be sent home, now they can mail straight from computer to parent. And the president smiled. Long ago it was asked why the college enjoyed this so much. The appearance was that if mom and dad were putting up five grand, they might have some small lever to get the truth right from the kid. Well, the parents like to know that the college is thinking about them, came the collective yawn. For the last time I suggest we mail out Christmas cards signed by the college computer indicating its great 'joy in massive duplication and good health. ' James Kilpatrick indicated that we don't spend enought time discussint the good news in America. Russel Baker replied, in part, we should never forget that the- Rocky Mountains are still great mountains, the Great Lakes are great lakes, and you hardly ever hear a Polish joke anymore. The good news for the administration is that th ey are not the only group on the Hill to put themselves in baffling situations. The Student Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Film Societies has recommended that in light of financial irregularities, "a member of the administration, facl\lty, or staff be appointed financial supervisor of film societies." 'The Senate agreed. The suggestion of the committee is particularly comical when you remember that the worst deficits these students have run up, even when working at it, have amounted at most to several hundred dollars. The staff-run Pub and Bookstore drop thousands. If that is the way student government is going to handle problems, I suggest we eliminate the Senate but retain the Student Body President. Whenever there is an issue· or problem, the Student President will stamp his name on it and forward the information to the provost along with a mimiographed note asking if please couldn't something be done.

Five yeOT� past: Hamilton seniors_ protest the Vietnam War o�d Cambodian invasion at the 1970 Commencement Exercises.. That spring Hill students a/sq th rongea the Park Square in Clinton follQwing the deaths of four students at Kent _State University.

Nostalgia

deserve to be treated with dignity. Channels now exist through which we can prosecute those who show flagrant disrespect based on social status. The increasing passivity of students on this Fundamental to the changes that were made, and ***** campus is reflective of students all over the country to all change throughout history, is the willingne�s I realize that the Class of 1975 at Hamilton .is winding down their today. This complacency can readily be spotted in on the part of the activists to take the initiative to operation as quickly as possible. I further realize that with the big an intellectual context. Students trudge to class, question, and to display the courage of reaching a job at Utica Mutual hanging in the balance, it's tough to get excited ingest the information, memorize dutifully, and conviction and defending it with reason and clarity. about the little things. For your information, however, the Class of then spit it out when called upon. The most vital Rehashing .the· old without bothering to understand 1975 has a special distinction.· It is the only class to have had a components of the learning process are absent: or question it. is a degenerating practice, whether psychological profile run on an individual basis freshman year. This curiousity, eagerness to question, willingness to manifested in a term paper which shows no · test is now sitting in your file, its purpose supposedly long forgotten. challenge. , independence of thought or by feeding into a Remember poor Tom Eagleton. There is no point in being ashamed of our_ destructive political system without challenging it. ***** middle-classness. The overwhelming majority of We must u:� our heads, trust in our beliefs students here come from .comfortable, relatively and intuitions, and take the . -risk of making The Real Estate agencies in A footnote on,.. Housing- ., well-educated backgrounds. The only cause for commitments to our ideas. Clinton agree that there are never more than fifteen or twenty rental shame is that we are not utilizing the benefit of our During our parents' generation, polio was a units in this area which are available to students. Assuming triple superior educations: our training in the skill of constant threat to children. W!-,en Salk created a occupancy, the number of people who could live off campus · critical analysis. The distinct lack of assertiveness vaccine, it was received with enthusiastic relief and couldn't exceed sixty or so. That is for both campuses combined. If and a· ggressiveness in intellectual capacities was used all over the country. Finally a preventative would seem that, given a semester or two of warning, each college corresponds with the current indolence concerning had been found. The young parents of today grew could provide for filling thirty or forty newly available beds. up without the threat of poµo, and it has little further-reaching political matters. Bill Purcell's column wul be appearing every tw o weeks . Many students today refer to the· political meaning to them. Consequently, many have not had eruptions of the late sixties as if it were a case of their children vaccinated. The children in this adolescent acne which - thank heavens - is now country are now vulnerable to an epidemic of polio, cleared up and hopefully will be forgotten, or at most, chuckled at -(how we did trouble over it in To the Editor: those days, c�n you imagine!). Seriousness simply is Last week's article noted the not in vogue today, as witnessed by the revival of a problem of "stability'' in the most idle and luxuriant, as well as reactionary Economics Dept. but surprisingly period - the. fifties. Remember McCarthy? Uie failed to connect · it with the very c�ncept of disowning our past, or trying to college's proposed tenure policy. bury it, contradicts any hope of learning from our · A system of successive short term a�tions, successes as well as failure. c_ontracts in which junior faculty Apparently we now blithely take for granted the Given the conditions, what can rights and privileges which were struggled for during compete for a limited number of tenured positions merely gives Hamilton offer to a prospective the years of activism. Nostalgia for times-gone-by them time and encouragement to professor? Certainly not money-:­ seems to hold great appeal these days. Are you lo o k e ls ew h e r e . and may Hamilton will not bid for nostalgic for the days when the burden of voting · discourage newcomers. hi the case e�onomists any more than it does was restricted to those older than 21? Do you long for reasons no better than ignorance and negligence. of economics this is a serious for women and minorities; and for for those glorious years when thousands of women The vaccination is available. The only scarce the same reason - intra-faculty died from abortions which could not have been resource is the intiative to use the vaccine. mistake. The problem is worsened by equality. safely and legally obtained? For the age of We have seen that serious questioning can lead to The obvious solutio,n is to unfettered racial discrimination when there was no improvement and. to change. We need only take the the relatively high mobility of Ph.D.' economists. Unlike other grant t h em a reasonable need to fear the possiblity of black people asserting trouble to ask the questions. Ph.D.s, economists are not limited possibility of security" I don't their rights· in our clean white institutions? For In a music review in The Spectator two weeks to academic jobs: they can work mean guarantee them tenure - no those of you who wish you could call back those ago, Jo-Ann Mort claimed that the folk music of for the government,. go into one expects that" But making a times long gone, the genie's lamp is in your hands. today r.epresents "honesty and roots" instead of the business, or even be the president third tenured position in a Just � change is only brought about with "frantic social protest" of the sixties. One wonders of a small liberal arts college. four-person department available political pressure, so is it preserved. Once we forget how far honesty and roots would have carried us in While the job market ·has softened only for an exceptional candidate how we came by our-rights, they will begin to fade, winning those rights we have finally attained, and in economics as well as in.. other (as proposed) is, it seems to me, a from our vision, until the day we awaken and which we may lose unless we make the effort to fields, the situation is much less near-sighted policy. Having age discover that once again we are back where we defend and uphold them. severe. And these factors are distribution is nice; but it is self began.-Already the first signs are visible. Has anyone The upcoming Bicentennial will likely illustrate expecially 'important for a school defeating if the quality of the noticed the upcoming issue of abortion repeal? Or the American tendency to distort the past by trying to attract high quality faculty is lowered as a result. of Dr. Edelin of Boston, the first victim to the neatly erasing the distasteful episodes and 1 people. David Backus '75 cause? Is anyone aware that the reinstatements of celebrating the actions which now appear glorious. capital punishment is being heard in the Supreme This is the syndrome from which we suffer. In the Court this' week? That the· U.�. is once again in its reenactments of America;s Revolutionary War, it is favorite territory, Southeast Asia? extremely doubtful that the obvious parallels will be The radical movement of recent years obviously made: that it was tlie radicals who founded this does she expect energy to come To The Editor: I would�like to voice my anger from? If we refuse teachers of has not subverted the American system. The U.S� country, radicals who raised the questions and in response to several letters in the vitality a position in the college, remains a monster, if a floundering one, in terms of fought the battles. They were martyrs and past two issues of The Spectator. I how will we ever improve? It its prevailing power in third-world countries, and crriminals then, who now are resurrected as heroes. challenge the attitudes set forth seems to me- that this attitude even in the corruption within its own government. There are martyrs living today, guilty of acting on . by Kathy Moore and Julie see}s:.s to maintain the "lack of But certain changes were made, and are now their beliefs by participating in civil rights Weinstein. I �ccuse them of gross academic excellence." I have . integrated· into ourdaily lives-:--we-now have the demonstrations, anti-war protests, prison uprisings. snob-ism and self-righteousness. discovered, for my part, a great young vote, legalized aboriton, widespread day-care, Must they., too, wait two hundred years to be For example,] ulie claims that this deal of intellectual feedback here. better medical care for the poor� improved recognized-as defenders of ju�tice? excellent young poetess should You can�t dismiss- the college as a environmental protection measures, more innovative not teach at Kirkland as it would playgr,ound without full y schooh, and a general legislative rec�gnition, in the This col�_mn will appear every week, alternatel -y <;ontinued on page eleven form of anti-discrimination laws, tpat cill people ' written by Katherine Moore and Teresa Stern. "hurt her tremendously." Where

Economies·

Letters Conti'flued

All · Things are Here

By Teresa . Stem

...the t�ndency to distort the past · by erasing the distasteful epi�es ...


4/fHE spE�TATOR/April 25, 1975

the notes

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1HEOLOGICAL WORKSHOP Interfaith is sponsoring a lecture by Channing Richardson, chairman of the Government Department of Hamilton, on Wednesday, April 30 at 8:00 p.m. in the Red Pit at the Kirner Johnson Building. Richardson, a Quaker, will be speaking on the "Social Concerns of Quakerism Today," particularly in regard to the Southeast Asia situation. Wine and cheese will be available. HON<;)R COURT ELECTIONS Petitions will be available all nex� week {April 28-May 2) for Honor Court positions. One senior, two junior and one sophomore position are open. Persons wishing to run must pick up a petition from Root 7 and return it with the required signatures by 4:00 p.m., Friday_, May 2. The election will be held Thursday, May 8, in Bristol Campus Center. McKINNEY SPEECH The McKinney Prize Speaking Contest will be held on Friday, May 2 at 4:00 p.m. in the Physics Auditorium.Junior Speakers will include James DiVittorio, Phillip Montalvo and William Purcell. The Sop homore Class will -be represented by Phillip Barnhill, Michael • Polvino and Thomas Willis. Freshman speakers will be John Hayes, Bryan Le.e and Tim Pluta. Prizes will be awarded to two of the finalists from each class. COMPUTERS IN MEDICINE One Wednesday April 23 at 8:00 p.m. in the Science Auditorium, Professor Allan Pusch of Upstate Medical Center will give a talk· , entitled "Computers in the Medical Diagnostic Laboratory' _ Dr. Pusch is a specialist in clinical pathology. His talk will deal with a . survey of possible ap plications of the computer in· the· medical profession, and in particular how the computer is being used and can be used to help the doctor in the diagnosis of diseases. This talk is sponsored by the L�k Foundation. . BUSINESS CAREERS · Part Hf in a series of career seminars sponsored by Hamilton Alumni and Career Center will be given on Monday, April 28, at 7:30 p.m. iri Bristol Campus Center Lounges. J'he seminar will be on Business. All studen�s are welcome to attend. MAGIC SHOW Howard Port will perform a magic show on Tuesday, April 29, at 8:00 p.m. in the McEwen Coffeehouse. FOLK ROCK AND GOLD RUSH 1 The First Friday Coffee. House at the. Universalist-Unitariail Church, 1304 Genesee St. presents a folk-rock concern with Tope Damiano and Gordon Keyes and ''!'he Gold Rush". 8:00-11:00 p.m.�riday, May 2. PARLIAMENT The Senate is open to suggestions for Parliamentarian. Anyone inierested in applying for the position please contact Scott Klein Se�etary of the Stud�t Senate.

SENA1E BUDGET

The Senate asks that all committee budget requests for next year (75-76) be- submitted by May 6th. Budget committee hearing will be May 10th. MAGAZINE EDITORSHIPS Dessert at the Plaza, the Hamilton-Kir.kland Yearbook, and Public Fanatasies are all seeking new editqrs for 1975-76. Any sophomore or junior interested should contact Harold Bogle, x7497. lnterviewf will be conducted for Public Fantasies and the Yearbook on May 1, and on May 8 for Dessert _at the Plaza. ABC FUNDS Although the ABC campus canvas w� officially he,ld yesterday, April 24, many people weren't contacted. If you desire to contribute either ·contact Dave Duggan, Rob Morris, Jim Lotze or send contributions to Professor Leland Cratty, RD. l, Clinton, N.Y. 13323 or by Campus Mail to Professor Cratty.

Crocuses are _!he foc�ses of spring.

Samuel To Present Winslow Lecture What do we mean by economic growth in our society and what assumptions do we make when we pl and and discuss growth? How do these assumptions differ from those the ancient Greeks made in the conduct of Athenian society? Those are some of 'the questions to be taken up Monday and Tuesday, April 28 and 29, in a two-part lecture, "On Economic Growth and ·Tacit __Assumptions," which c omprises the 1975 Winslow Lecture in Classics. Both talks will be in the Chapel at 8 p.m. The lecturer will be Alan Samuel, professor of Greek apd Roman history at the University of Toronto. Samuel has also been active in politics and has been a central figure_ in the controversy surrounding city planning in Toronto. Samuel is a 1953 graduate of Hamilton. He holds the Ph.D. from Yale and taught there until 1�66, when 4e joined the Toronto faculty. He is the author of three books; "Ptolemaic Chronology",

''The Mycenaenans in History," ancient scrolls, or papyri, which and "Greek and Ro man take their name from the fact that Chronology"., and serves as they are made from the papyrus pr e s id ent o f the Hakkert plant. As a graduate student Publishing Co. of Toronto, which Samuel published an article on specializes in books in the classics four papyri owned by Hamilton College. The Hamilton scrolls, and in Canadian history. Samuel. is president of the dis���er.ed· in ,Egypt , date f;om the. American Society of Papyrologists second century A.D. -and a member of the board of The Winslow Lectures at directors of the lnternat;k>nal Hamilton were established with a Association of Papyrology. bequest by· William Copley Papyrology is the study of Winslow of the class of 1862.

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Hotel Ohio

The Hotel Ohio, in the tundra north of Utica, offers mediocre to good German-American food at reasonable prices. Although the restaurant lacks many of the trimmings that ae.company authentic German cuisine, it does, however, provide enough to satisfy a penchant for German style food. A nice .assortment of relishes (peppers, cottage cheese, cucumbers in dill) w�s served at the beginning of the meal. The choice of appetizers was quite limited: tomato juice, fruitcocktail and shrimp -cocktail. French onion or beef consomme were the only soups features on the menu. The onion soup was zesty while the beef consomme, with crisp noodles and chunks of tender beef, was distinctive. The entrees, which_ came with relishes, soup, vegetables, salad, , coffee (but not tea!) and ice cream, overall were fair. The Weiner Schnitzel ($5.75, veal cutlets), heavily breaded and a bit on the dry side, appeared with one wedge of lemon peculiarly sliced. The dish was devoid of the other garnishes which often accompany it such as capers (pickled Mediterannean flower buds), anchovy fillets and a fried or poached egg. The Beef Burgundy ($4.85'), chunks of beef in gravy over a bed of noodles, turned out chewy and extremely salty. The Sauerbraten ($5.30), chuck or round meat marinated in spiced vinegar for several days.before cooking, was te.nder enough to cut with a fork. Although toothsome, tangy, and faintly sweet,'the sauce lacked the pungency needed to be truly excellent. Sauerbraten is frequently served with either a potato pancake or dumpling. Perhaps, with this addition and a more pungent sauce a very fine dish could have been a superb one. The Roast Long Island Duckling with liver dressing {$6.30) was a disaster. The duck came with a thick layer of fat and such an abundance of salt that three glasses of water were needed to remedy its effect. Without the salt, the liver dressing would have gone well with the duck. Other entrees on the menu include Half Roast Chicken ($5.15'}, Roast Loin of Pork ($5.15), Prime Ribs of Beef ($7.50),Hickory Smoked Ham Steak ($4.65), Australian Lobster Tail ($9.25), French Fried Shrimp ($5.35) and, most curious, disjointed Chicken sauteed in wine ($4.80). The salad came with watery lettuce which diluted the dressings considerably. The ve_getables were by no means out of the ordinary. continued on next page

ROOT-JESSUP LECTURFS There will be an open meeting for anyone with suggestions for next year's Root-Jessup lecture series, especially anyone who has contacts with possible speakers. The meeting is on Thursday night, May 1, at 8:00 p.m: in the Fisher Room of the Bristol Campus Center. LONDON THEATRE A Winter Tenn course in the London theatrical scene will be· offered by Mr. Barrett next January if enough students are · ·· �terested. Applicants for this course· should come to a preliminary · meeting on Wednesday, April 30, at ·which time Mr. Barrett and Mr. Wagner will answer questions. Iriterested persons who cannot attend .th _ is meeting should notify Mr. Barrett �rom!>tly. _

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April 25, 1975/THE SP�CTATOR/5

Depression By DON T. MUILENBERG

It occurs to me that one might see a sizable profit this month from publication of a book entitled "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Depressions But Were Too Depressed to Ask." Perhaps I should think about that. For tbe moment, however, I would like for those of you who are. reading this article to think rather · seriously about some of the ideas tbat follow. Since depression is a state of mind we all experience at one time or another, it only makes sense that we·try to under-stand it better. One should be- reminded that it is fairly common and normal to experience some forms of depression. It is the degree to which it is felt, the duration of the experience, and other aspects that should be looked at more carefully. One of the things which we know makes depression a greater prQblem, for example, is that many people have a tendency to worry too much about the fact that they are depressed. As with several other states of mind, feel�g anxious about being depressed is often what makes it beco� more intense. We also know that normal depression is frequently made much worse by other situations which are more easily remedied. Depressions is akin to discouragement, and it is usually much easier to sort out what is discouraging a person than to try to analyze depression itself. Many of the depressed states that we see President Carovano: ·1'1oooay nas au tne aces; among college students are the result of their being discouraged by what they perceive as their inability to succeed either academically 0 or socially. If they can be helped to take specific steps to improve '7 /,ler f VII'...,,, 1 /,1,, 1,f;,'U ,i t,...,,, - their standing as they perceive it, chances are they will have to cope continued from ptge one ·'a vailable" e ve r y Monday Hamilton. The trips kept him with less depression. The point is, depression is rarely something that exists at Hamilton, Carovano said, afternoon at 4:00 in the- Bristol off-campus two or three days each just happens to you. Perhaps you recall some chicken and egg week. "My focus this year has arguments you have been involved in. If so, and if you think the ''The faculty is concerned over a snack bar area. How ever, s ome students been on Hamilt�:m alumni," said chicken came first, then depression is definitely the egg. Depression changed envir<;mment over which 1 believe that Carovano worsened Carovano, "I've just about is caused by something,, and therefore with some professional or . none of t1s has control.'' · _ He said that the 1960's was an this relationship by the college's covered t hat group pretty friendly help (or both) it can be alleviated. It should also be helpful to know that some people seem to enjoy exc·eptionally good time for• response to the recently-enacted thoroughly. In the coming months, I 'll become more being depressed. They seem to find pleasure in verbalizing their educat i onal institutions, but "Buckley law.'' Carovano has also m�de an involved with others in higher plight (but refuse any constructive advice), and appear to delight in a added, "I don't agree that faculty kind of fashionable ingroup misery_. Although this kind of depression �orale is at a low point." H� said extensive effort during the past education." he could think of a time in recent year towards improving public _, In eval��ting his-performance is neither especially serious nor harmful to those who choose to live years when it was lower, but he relati?ns and fundraising. His trip as president, Carovano said, with it� one should be aware that such people often exert a rather to the West Coast during spring "Everybody has strong ,suits and unhealthy influence on others. What they have is sometimes dec lined to comment further. As for the administration's vacation completed a nationwide weak suits. Nobody has all the contag io.us, and a few of the "afflicted" even appear to want to give relat ionship w it h · students, series of trips designed to keep the aces. The things in which I've had it to you. Another idea worth thinking about is that depression can be Carovano has made a personal college in touch with its alumni, a. t he least e xperience were effort by ma.k ing__ himself major source of support for "outside" activities-connected useful. Just as a person can use anxiety or other states of unrest to· w i th fundrrusing. Fundraising personal advantage, depression can be viewed as an indicator that seems to be going well... lt's the there is a need to re-evaluate what is going on in one's life4 Consider the person who simply has nothing to look forward to, This itself thing I'm learning most about." continued from page four could be a major cause of the depression. Or reflect on the number Self-examination Standard cooked carrots, potato puffs, steamed spinach and very Carovano agrees that there is a of people who refuse to recognize the need for alternative action and limp, red cabbage composed the selection that accompanied the need f or an institutional repeatedly bang their heads against walls (chickens do this trying to entrees. self-examination at Hamilton, but reach food). Such people need to realize that if they would attempt The desserts, varying in price between $..60 to $.80,'w;re good he said that no procedures would to change their approach or areas of interest,. they would experience but not exceptional. be formulated until the new dean, much less distress. The Bavarian Rum pie, light and fresh, was delivered with an W . · Lawrence G ul i c k , o f , Depression can also be a signal that a person i s carrying too much adequate amount of rum. The German chocolate cake,· in the l)artmouth College, arrives. weight on his shoulders. It is well to be concerned about what is,..._ • · tradition of a Pillsbury cake mix, had some sort of cherry filling over S p e c-ifi c a l l y , . h ow e v e r , going on i n the world, but i f your present situation or resources the bottom layer turning it into a soggy mess. The cheesecake, Carovano said that the $43 preclude your making a realistic an� creative response to the however, made up for the chocolate. It was totally inoffensive with million goal for endo�ment in the problems you recognize, it is better, for the moment anyway, to perfect consistency, mild flavor, and a Jactfu!graham cracker crust. 1 970's will "have to be updated direct your attention elsewhere. To let things beyond your control and revi'ewed rather critically this depress you to the point of not being able to attend to your more Th�--�uisine at the Hotel Ohio rates two and a half stars. While the summer.'' atmosphere was leisurely, the service was not. Before one course immediate responsibilities and opportunities is certainly not very could be consumed the other was rushed to the table. Aside from When asked if he considered ,intelligent behavior. ' the presidency of Hamilton feeling rushed it means that the food had been standing. (for who Depression that is deeply ·felt, persistent, and incapacitating is of h College as his life's work, course a very serious pi:oblem. All of us should look for it in others..� knows how l�mg) ready for delivery at a tnoment's notice. This 1 Carovano said that he intends to and try to offer understanding. And if we experience it ourselves, we display of efficiency is the restaurant's deficiency. Be that as it'1Ilay, the Hotel- Ohio might prove interesting to those inquisitive peings "stay for a while," and that he should accept the reality of the situation and seek some help. There · with the stamina for a· forty minute drive and an appetite for are Il!any people on our campuses who · are sympathetic to such considers 10- years "a minimum.'' Sauerbraten. To reach the Hqtel Ohio fake the arterial to Route 8. · "I was speaking to another · situations. After all, they have probably felt the same thing at one Go north on 8 past Poland. The restaurant is located ten miles college president, and I asked how time or aD?ther. Needless to say, if anyone reading this article is outside Coldbrook long it took before one was fully seriously depressed (and at least a few undoubtedly are), you should Th; �estaurants reviewed in this column' are rated five stars to 1expe_r i enc ed. · He has been know that I would be happy to help with the problem. T his none. Price, atmosphere, service and cuisine determine the fating the president for 10 years, and r,e. said cert-¥nly is one of the reasons I am here. restaurant will receive. One star indicates edible, two mediocre, three he had learned it all yet," the There are many more things that could be said about depression. ([ood, four very good a11,d five excelli>r1,t. A pamphlet is available in the Health Center on the subject, and president said. ''Ten years is not very long, it much has been written about the topic in popular magazines as well , goes by very rapidly. I think as in textbooks of psychiatry and psychology and in articles found there's a need for some kind of in professional journals. If, however, depr�sion is something you are stability here," said Carovano. feeling rather than thinking about, I would suggest a "Tenc y e a r s wo uld be a person-to-person approach, and remind you of the interest we at thr. minimum." Health Center have in your well-being

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6/THE SPECTATOR/April 25, 1975

Palmer To Get Degree Exhibition O�ns Here.

An exhibition of paintings and drawings by William Palmer, ; central figure in the arts in upstate New York and a well-known painter nationally, will open at the Root Arts Center this week. The college has also announced that Palmer will receive an honorary degre_e at commencement June 1. Palmer, the retired director of the Munson-Williams-Proctor School of Art,, will be at the Root Arts Center· for ·the opening reception Sui'lday at 7:30 p.m.. The Seasons is the title of the exhibit, which features Palmer's landscapes and includes four new paintings

Houseparties Schedule FRIDAY Theta Delta Chi;· 2:00-5:00 p.m. Beer and Band. (8: 30 p.m: in case of rain) Open. Alpha Delta Phi, Houseplay, "Hamalot'\ 8:00 p.m: 'Beer following Friday performance. Open. Tau Kappa Epsilon,· Beer and Band, "Nine-Mile Creek" 9:45-12:15. Open. , · E m e r s on Literary Society, 10:00 p .m>2:00 a.m., ' Beer and Band, "Steaknite" Open to fraternity members and Kirkland students. Independents $1.00 SATURDAY Chi P si, 10:30 a.m., Gin and Juice, Open to fraternity members and Kirkland students. Gryphon,,. 4:00 p.m:, Cocktails, Open to fraternity members, Independents $1.0(J Delta Upsilon, _ 10:00 p.m:-2:00 a.m., Beer and Band, Open to fraternity members and �irkland students. Psi Upsilon, 10:00 p.m.-2:00 a.m.', Beer and Band, Upen to fraternity members and Kirkland studentso SUNDAY Delta Kappa Epsilon, 1:00-5:00 a.m., Gin and Juice, Open to fraternity 'members. Independents - $2�00 :1 Tau Kappa Epsilon,,. 2:00 p.m:, Beer and Band, Open to fraternity members, Sigma Phi,_. Sunday afternoon, Band and B.Y.O.B.;·(Open)

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of the seasons which will be on display for the first time. The exhibit runs through June 1. 'Very Distinctive' Many of the recent works in the· show were displayed last December at the Midtown Galleries in New York City. In reviewing that exhibit, Art News said that the works "re-affirm this veteran painter's steady growth and continuing love of nature." The "Art and Artists" colmp.n of Park East praised Palmer's "individual and very distinctive _style" - and the "great vis u a l appeal" of the landscapes representing scenes from Portugal,Ireland and upstate New York. Palmer uses both a brush and paleJte knife, employn=i_g the latter more and more in his recent works, which show a trend away from figurative painting. In his_ foreward to the Root Art Center show's catalogue, James Penney, professor of art at Hamilton and a painter himself, describes Palmer ?s work : "(In .his recent paintings) he has concentrated on the infinite variations of the cou1_1tryside, fascinated with -the drama of its contours and colors. • .' . The balanced vibrant perfection of the painting itself becomes his goal rather than the v·erisimilitµ.de to a momentary experience." Exhibit at White House A native of Des Moines, Iowa, Palmer has studied at the Art Students League and the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Fontainbleau in France. For a· time he

William Palmer, whose exhibit will open at the Root 4.rt Center on Sunday, will receive an honorary degree at commencement. taught_ painting at the· Art · Students residen,ce and a teacher of art at Hamilton, League. expanding a program begun in 1922 by the late Edward W. Root. In 1941 he became director or' the Munson-Williams-Proctor School of Art, a Palmer's work is represented in many of the leading permanent collections of position he held until his retiremefl\t in 1973. Last year a park adjoining the the United - States, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art;- the Whitney Munson-Williams-Proctor complex in Utica Museum, the Rochester Memorial Art was renamed the William Palmer Park in his honor. Gallery, the Baltimore Museum and the White House. During the 1940's he was also artist in

By JEFF LARSON William Albright, whose eclectic program of American piano music excited Hill audiences two years ago, returned to the Chapel Monday and Tuesday, and once again thrilled those in attendance with an expanded array of ragtime, "strides," boogie'-woogie-all precursors to jazz. Albright, who has had major_ responsibility _in the revival of ragtime music, introduced each piece with a brief historical and musical explanation, and, appropriately enough, opened his concert with one of the most widely-known rags, Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag." The small, but enthusiastic, audience took an �mediate liking to Albright, who

acknowledged the· reception with two encores to cap his varied and interesting program. · Albright began by explaining that ragtime is undefineable. Ragtime is more· of a continual syncopation rather than a distinct musical form, he said. Albright commented that Joplin went on to develop artistically as he proportionally declined in popularity. "The Maple Leaf Rag" was one of the biggest· sheet music "hits" of the time while Joplin died penniless. Albright then played Joplin's "Gladiolus Rag," a slower, e l e gant, more classically influenced composition of 1907. After the Joplin compositions, Albright w i sely d�emphasized ragtime music

Robert Johnson, then went into Chicago blues and began listening to Jimmy Reed, Muddy Waters and Howling-Wolf. "Mo' Roots" While attending the University of Massachusetts, he became a member of the Pioneer Valley Folklore Society, studying the early roots of American Black music. After receiving his degree, Taj continued to study blues music. Taj continued researching forgotten lyrics and gained a r eputation as an excellent blues musicologist. His move to the country blues was the final piece·in the puzzle. Taj has recorded nine albums for Columbia. His most recent album is "Mo' _Roots". The album's musical style and theme ;;tern· from Taj's childhood. His father, who was from West Indian parentage, had a great influence on Taj's musical development. Not all the songs

on the album are original tunes. "Slave Driver," was written ·by Jamaican writer-performer Robert Marley of the popular Jamaican group, Bob Marie�' and The Wailers. "Desperate Lover" , nd "Johnny Too Bad" are reggae tu: tes originating in Jamaica. Marley, esteen ted by Taj as one of the finest Black talt nts writing music on a_ny continent today,; lso collaborated on the mixing of the alb ·llm with Taj, who produced "Mo' Roots." Taj will be performing with his ban.i including Hoshal Wright, guitarist; Luthe1· Cuffy, bassist; Kester Smith, trap drums; Larry McDonald, percussionist; and Rudy Costa, woodwjnds, flute and kalimba.

;Ragtime Pianist Albright ,Ple3.ses Audience

Taj Mahal Rediscovers , West Indian Reggae Roots

Saturday night at 8:30, the music will 'start flowing in the gym. Steak Nite �ill be opening the show -and Taj Mahal and his new reggae band will be the headliners in this SAC event. Taj has always been powered in his music by his interest in traditional black blues. Taj's father, a noted jazz ;p-ranger and composer; introduced him to such · artists as Albert Ammons, Meade Lux Lewis, and even Leadbelly. "This used to be the traffic over my head," says Taj. "I used to hear sounds -in my head that I wanted to play on an - instrument and things that I put together that I thought would be nice. But when I first heard the blues, I forgot about school and everything else for a while, and the guitar was where it was at for me." Taj began a· personal excursion into the blues through the early bluesmen like

because of its great exposure during the last two years. The program turned into a survey of Black piano music from the turn of the century to the 1920's. He briefly explained and then demonstrated the stride, boogie-woogie, novelty and stop time styles. Two particular crowd-pleasers were 92-year-old Eubie Blake's "Charleston Rag" and' Meade "Lux" Lewis' "Honky Tonk Train Blues." The "Charleston Rag" was an example of "new" urban ragtime which influenced the then embryonic form of jazz. Albright's technique was outstanding as he cleanly worked his way throught the frantic piece. Lewis' Blues was an example of the Boogie-woogie style that had developed from the blues piano style of the J920's. Albrjght created a train-like rhythm -with his left hand and wildly fingered his way through blues with his right hand. Albright's program also highlighted the music of James P. Johnson, the father of the Harlem stride style. Johnson's Mulewalk Stomp of 1928 was an exciting mixture of violent chords and light touches. Johnson wrote many pieces in response to the musical trends of the day. Ragtime-derived Tin Pan Alley tunes were causing much competition. Johnson's "Snowy Morning Blues'' deemphasized technique and opened itself up for potential vocal accompanyment in the -manner of Tin Pan Alley. Also in the late twenties, the jazz styles of Duke Ellington and Bix Beiderbecke were stirring the public's interest.

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§.p ring will help usher in the· Se·cond Annual Stephen Fensterer Memor ial Folk Festival on May 1-4. The festival, which is held annually at Hamilton-Ki rkland Colleges, is run as a competition for amateur, non-union m usicians. This year the festival committee has under taken a greater publicity campaign and is expecting· more of a response than ever before. Posters anti announcements were sent out to sixty college campuses and cities throughout the East coast. The festival will begin on Thur sday afternoon at 2:00 and will be held in the Chapel. The concert will be the beginning in the pr ecedings with the contest. From that time on, the contest will run all after noon. Thursday an� all day Fr iday•. Workshops will be scheduled for Friday after noon and Sat ur day. On Fr iday, there will be a women's songs·workshop, a banjo workshop, and ·a fiddle and assorted instruments workshop, all led by member s of the bluegrass band, Country Cooking. There will also be a mouth-harp wor kshop F riday, led by John Davis, who has done extensive work with Bonnie Raitt. Saturday's workshop will include a guitar workshop led by Jack McGann and Bruce Carver , ·a r agtpne guitar workshop led by Peter Pickow, a dulcimer workshop led by Chuck Klein, and a drinking &ong wor kshop led by Jeff Warner. Old campu s favor ite, Scott Bennett, will be leading a I workshop-time as yet unscheduled. Thursday night's conce rt will feature· the band Country Cooking, and Jackie Pack and Eric Jerisen, John Davis, and Scott Bennett, plus the contestants. Kirkland Art Center. Events will wind up Sunday afternoon Fr iday night's concert will include Jack McGann, Bruce Carver,C h u ck Klein, and with a square dance on the Bristol Center Jeff Warner, in addition to mor e . Terrace from two to five. Music will be contestants. On Saturday night - the big • provided by Fennig's All Star St ring Band KIRKLAND ART FAIR featuring Bill Spence on hammered ART FOOD BAZAAR' finalists concert will be held in the gym. · The Kirkland Art Center will present an · dulcimer. Dance at Bristol There will be an Art Food Bazaar An information post will be set up in in Kirkland's arts The people sponsored by the Arts St udents Cau cus on Art Fair Saturday May 3 and Sunday May 4 at the Clinton Arena and the Kirkland department will be having an arts sale with the McEwen coffeehouse to keep everyone Tuesday, April 29, at 2:00 p.m.' in prints and pottery et al. The ann ual crafts on top of the goings-on. People will also McEwen. Submit your artwork ·(prints, Art Center. ·Broommakers, leathercr afters, potters, silversmiths, hand weat-ers and fai r has ·been abandoned for this year be able �to check the Chapel for schedule�� cer amics, photographs,� etc.) to Andr ea the �nd ir!fo,!IIlation. __' _:___ because of Kap.tor (x4347) and infor m Margaret . other handicrafteis will be represented. -a conflict - with the fai r at �I Klenck (x4939) of the food you plan to The demonstrator s of these crafts will be · - at the Arena on Kirkland Avenue. bring. At the A rt Center, on the part, there FILM COOP Love for Love opened Thursday to a will be a lunch toom featuring custom anyone. This week's films will be · The full house that clearly appreciated Wflliam' Congreve's Restor ation comedy was made sandwiches on home-made br ead, a Congreve's often bawdy, sometimes adapted with contemporary �ongs chosen Adventurer and The Immigrant by Charlie­ bake sale, gallery sales of local artists a l w a y s• by Umlas. It will be per formed this Chaplin, and College by B uster Keaton. work, plants, and, Clinton High School d i s a r m i ng- a n d pointed-commentary on the sexes and F riday, Sat ur day Sunday April 25-27 and They will be shown at 8:00 p.m. in the. students demOQ.strating Raku Potters. A vexes of the human . r ace. Thursday,, Friday, Satur day, and Sunday Chemistry Auditor ium on Saturday. rummage sale will be held at the Down AN EVENING OF DANCE Rod--. Umlas, di rector, allows us · to May i-4 in Minor Theater.Under Thr ift Shop. The Utica Cl ub An evening of dance will be presented T rolley will act as a shuttle bus linking the watch the affectation go on as the actor s A clever comedy of manners, the play make up on stage, and he allows us to featur es performances by Trevor Drake, by Kirk1and students from Dance three spots. The hours of the Fair ar 10 watch the affectation come off as wigs and John Emer son, Margaret Klenck, Ray­ T e c h n iq u e , L a b a no t a t i o n , a n d a.in. to 6 p.m: on Saturday and noon to 6 coats are shed and the scene is flown into Dooley, Michael Bannan and Geor ge Composition classes on· Wednesday, April p.m: on Sunday Admission is free to 30 at 7:30 p.m. iri the List Dance Studio. everything except the Clinton Arena the wings. H1 between are two hours of Walsh. SCOTT WRIGHT Admission is free. laughter and seriousness well-spent by demonstration, which will cost $1.

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FiLM LECTURE AND DISCUSSION , On Campus This Weekend April 25 (Friday) Sunset Filmgoers: Atten t ion Conference on L anguage and Human Boulevard, originally scheduled to be Be h av ior. 8:00 p.m. Chapel (Second shown.t�js_ '?-'_eJl.��n.d, has been cancelled. Session, Saturday at 10:00 a.m., Final April 28 (Monday)· Session at 1:30 p..m.·, Kirner-Johnson. starring Joanne April 28 (Monday) R achel. R ac hel, Woodward. 10:00 p.m. Kirner-Johnson Alumfli' Career Symposia: Business. 1 Auditorium. (Also Tuesday) 7:30 p.m. Bristol Campus Center April 30 (Wednesday) Lounges and Penny Room. When the People Wake. 9:30 p.m. Winslow Lecture: Alan E. Samuel '53, Kirner-Johnson Auditorium. Professor of Greek and Roman History May 1 (Thursday) at the University of Toronto. On L ast Summer, _starring Suddenly T acit and Growth Eco no m i c Assumptions. 8:00 p.m. Chapel (Part '' 2, Tuesday.) , Lecture: Professor Phillip Pearle.

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8:00 p.m. Physics Auditorium. MUSIC AND DANCE April 26 {Saturday) Steaknite and Taj SAC Concert� Mahal. 8:30 p.m. Gymnasium. April 27 {Sunday) Concert: Amici Quartet. 3:00 p.m. Chapel. April 28 {Monday) Folk Concert: Scott Bennett. 9:00 p.m. McEwen Coffeehouse. Free with social tax, $.50 yVithout. · April 30 (W ednesday) An· Evening of Dance. 7:30 p.m. List Dance Studio. Free Admission. , 0 rgan Recital: Joan · Lippincott, Chairman of the Organ Department, Westminster Choir College.. 8:30 p.m. Chapel. May 1 (Thursday) Second Annual Stephen Fensterer Mem orial I n ter-Collegiate Folk Festival. 2:00 p.m.-12:00 midnight. Chapel. (Friday 10:00 a.m.=-11:00 midnight.) THEATER April 25 (Friday) Charl a tans Theater Production:

· -W-illiam Congreve's Love for Love. 8:00 p.m. Minor Theater. (Also Satu-rday, - Sunday, and following week�nd.) RELIGIOUS SERVICES · April 26 (Saturday) Newman Mass. Father Paul Drobin. 5:30 p.m. Red Pit. April 27 (Sunday)· Newman Mass. Father Paul Drobin. 9:30 a.m. Chape I. Free Church of Clinton. Elizabeth Eisenstadt '75 and Lindy Fisher '77. 11:15 a.m. Chapel. April 28 {Monday) Newman Mass. Father Paul Drobin. 12:00 noon. Chapel. (Also Tuesday, Thyrsday and Friday.} Cflri_stian Fellowship· Meeting. 8:00 p.m. Milbank 36. May 1 (Thursday) Christian Science College Organization. 4:15 p.m. Bristol Campus Center Backus Room. -EXHIBITION Currently on Cam.pus Annual Hamilton/Kirl<land Student Art Show. Bristol Campus Center. -( Closes June 1.) Jerry Dodd Sculptures and Drawings.

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Hamilton-Kirkland 1975-76 Academlc .Calendar ••

The academic calendars of Hamiton and Kirkland have undergone major changes for next year,-1975-76, including an earlier opening of the colleges, a later c om m en c e m e n t d ate, a n d e xt e nd e d r ecesses d ur ing Christmas and intercession. Acting Dean of Hamilton Dwight N. Lindley said that fall semester classes would begin and end six days earlier than this year "to make sure that we don't crowd Christmas." Intersession at the end of January will be extended from four to nine days, said Lindley, because the "more serious" nature of the Winter Study curriculum next year entitles students and faculty to "more time for recovery" before the start of the spring semester. Spring semester classes and commencement will take place five days later next year because ·of complaints from parents that Memorial Day weekend often conflicts with commencement, said Lindley.

Ross Given Study Grant J e f frey Ross, Ki rkland instructor in government, has be en awarded the Kirkland Research Professorship for the spring semester 1976, the Grants • Committee has announced. Ross will be engaged primarily with the completion of a volwne of essays on revoh1tion in post-industrial socieiy which he is co-editing. Ross will be the author of three of the· chapters to be included in this book. In addition, Ross will conduct an analysis of the causes -and · implications of the emigration of . Volga Germans from the Soviet Union to Germany. Ross' doctoral work· dealt with the emigration of Soviet Jews into Israel, and his work in the spring will deal with the same theoretical issues but on a comparitive basis. The data on Volga Germans will be accrued from a survey to be conducted this summer in Germany. Ross came to Kirkland in the fall of 1973 from the. University of Minnesota,· where he was doing his doctoral work. He teaches courses in comparative politics, revolution and political change, and ideology. He has published a number of journal articles and has presented a paper on the political att itudes of Soviet Jewish ·emigrants to the Department of State in Washington, D.C.

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�� ::d\u:�: =��:�ist�:!�� By MARY BARSTOW department full opportunity to in Africa . Weidlund will moderate the Kirkland is currently in the review candidates' folders and discussion of seven women, who · process of interviewing candidates offer recommenda tions on· which represent a va riety of cultures, and . for two new positions in the of the candidates should be also a wide range of professional colleges' joint Life Sciences invit�d for interviews. experience, including posts with program, according to Nadine G e o r, g e s aid that the U.N., foreign governments, George, chairman of· Kirkland's advertiseme.tits for both positions non-governmental agencies in science division, and chairman of had been pl aced in The New York fo reign c ountries, and the Hamilton's Biology Department Times and in Science M agazine. Overseas Educ ation Fund of the A. Duncan Chiquoine. The two The developmental biologist L�ague_ of Women Voters. Each positions are for a developmental- would be expected to te ach panelist· will present a ten-minute biologist and a population vertebrate organiz ation and discriptfon of women in her biologist�embryology classes, George s aid. country. The search committee consists She · added that the search The May 4 syrp.posium is the of members of Kirkland's Science committee is lookiilg for someone highlight of a series of college Oivision _and Chiquoine, George . w i t h e xp ertise in electron c o m m e m o r a t i n g said. \She added that Cfiiquoine microscopy and also "hope this event s Intern ational W�n.ien'_s· Ye ar,. has afforded the members of his person will be interested in teaching a course for non-majors." The c a n d i d a t e s b e ing .ltei:viewed for this positibu;

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The candidates for the second Chiquoine s aid, are Dr. Kathleen Horton, curr ent l y at the position, Chiquoine said, are Dr. University of Minnesota at Morris; He len Holmes, currently at Dr. Sue Ann Miller, currently at Amherst, Dr. Tom Long, now at Harvard; and Dr. Ann Belanger, the University of North Carolina, currently at Johns Hopkins. , and Dr. Frank Price, currently at Horton h a s a lre a dy been Oberlin. All three of these interviewed George said, and the candida tes have been interviewed, committee expects to interview George said. Miller and Belanger soon. 'For _ I n a d d.ition to being t he po�ition of pbpulation: interviewed, George said, e ach of� biologist, George said th at the the candid ates has been expect<cd committee is "hoping to find to present a lectute on some topic someone with prior experience in in his or her field. She said th at teaching the organismal and students h ad been invited to p o p u l a t i o n a l a spects of attend these lectures and offer introductory biology." Chiquoine their opinions to the search said th at this person would be c o m m it t e e . S h e e xpressed expected to teach the'second half disappointment over the f act that of General Biology, and one other student input has been negligible. George said tha t the committee advanced course. "wants to make a firm decision· and have people in hand by the end of the �chool year." She said they hoped to make a decision . f rom among the c andida tes currently under review, "b�cause of the - time element and the expense involved." She stressed that the "m ajor concern for all of us is to get the best people for the job."

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The fraternity coed housing. • According to rush was up _this year, and Associates are "foster alumni" Greenwood, members of the .G reenwood s aid "Lots of of Kirkland whose functions are committe and Hamilton Dean of fraternities are increasing their to help acquire students Students R. Gbrdon Bingham, had housing to take more students. off-campus experience in their It's to their advantage to house as spoken to students. field, provide leads, information, "The consensus showed a big many students as possible. It and advice to graduating students increase in interest in / coed increases their revenue." beginning a career, and offer housing. But there was a trustee The Housing Committe also ad mission information and limit on the· number 0£ coed ,deals with renovatiot:1s of existing referrals to prospective applicants places," he said. Both Eyman and dorms, and projections for new in the high schools. Their purpose Greenwood said that housing ones. One floor in the north wing is neither to donate money nor to policy, particularly coed policy, is of Dunham has been renovated. raise funds. determined by guidelines set by Instead of thre� room suites The weekend's activities were the trustees of each college. · housing four freahmen, the floor held Sunday and included several Carnegie vs.1\jilbank has all three rooms of eac-h suite f a c u lty•student presentations, Discussing the controversy as singles� • with thick paint campus tours, a discussion of the surrounding the Carnegie-Milbank covering the bricks. Kirkland for All Women program, decision, Greenwood said,"I've The Wallace House on College a demonstration of the videotape had students come up to me and Hill Road is currently being equipment, and a showing of the complain about it. They say they prepared as a new dormitory. documentary film, · "Means,,, B-arneveld!. Asimilar occasion was from t e northeastern states. know �ots of people who don't Greenwood said that it will have No Financial Obligation held in New York six weeks ago." produced by Craig Mengel '75. Introducing Kirkland generally like it. I tell them to get their singles and suites, and be put into are "Anyone interested enough to Associates According to Sheila Muccio, come up for the weekend will people who are "interested in the facts together and come to our the regular draw like any other vice president for development, receive a personal letter from the style of Kirkland and in liberal meetings. Nobody's_ shown up." dorm. There are several plans fpr A limited number of students the number of students to be the purpose of the weekend was President asking if they would like arts education or who have a ''to introduce Kirkland to people to be a member of the associates," particular expertise that might be can apply to live off campus as housed there. One plan would who would not otherwise know Evans said. useful," said Muccio. ' She well. At Kirkland, off-campus place 15 men t�ere; another would The .associates program .was emphasized that membership in hoasing was decided by lottery place 23. it•.• to' persons who might be formed because the associates "carries with it no Monday. At Hamilton, students Dean Bingham said that the b ec o m i n g o r i g i n a lly ip i n ter esttd Kirkland, as a young college, had financial obligation." who wish to live off campui; apply Wallace House would be open by associates." Also, Dorothy Evans, director virtually no alumnae. The first "Sometimes they may suggest to- the Housing Committee. A fall, 197 6. After Dunham is of alumnae affairs and special associates were friends and a foundation that might certain number of students must r en ovated c o m p l et e ly, the programs, said it was "to remove a acquaintances of the trustees and contribute. We sent them only be on the meal plan, to satisfy overflow of students will be housed at the Wallace House. feeling of isolation so often felt personal connections of the one request for money. It was a Service Systems. , "Everyone · can't live off Housing policy is set by the between a community and a college's founders. There are now very low•key letter and the letter college. All those who attended approximately 600 associates, specified that associates have no campus, but by the same token, H o u s ing Committee or' the o b ligation. ' The 110.t everyone can live on campus," Hamilton Student Senate and the were from Utica, Clinton and according to Evans, and most are· f i n ancial .fundraising aspect is minimal if Greenwood said. "There are only Residence Committee of the ---·· .. -- .. • . - -, so many, rooms. Look, for a lot of Kirkland Assembly. The Housing not non.existent. ''The- program is a way of people, it's cheaper to live off Comm ittee nas about nine Clinton Car _wa�h. Clinton U-Haul formalizing our recognition that campus. We know this and we m e m b e r s i nc lud ing De an these people ar_e friends of the sympathize with them. We meet Bingham, and is chaired by Tom -with each applicant several times, Greenwood '7 6. The Kirkland college," Muccio said. "It's a good P.R.' operation," and usually we approve their Residence Committee is chaired requests. We do it personaliy, not by Carol Eyman '77, and' has Evans said. seven members including Acting Evans said that she works as a by lo,ttery." Last year, a number of Director of Residence Eleanor liaison between associates and Bunny Lieberman, director of the, sophomores-t.o-be were left on the Scott. We Service All Mak(!s of Cars Center, in locating Career - Rood Service on th_e ffj/! .associates who can help Kirkland students looking for a job. "We :fJ!>3-.80_30 don't ask them for jobs,". Evans · said. "We ask for leads, counseling and information."

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LeMoj,ne $weepS D0ub1eheader. Intramural Trophy Ra�e Muffled Bats Drop Blue

By SHERWIN TUCKER For the first time .this season Hamilton's baseball record dipped below .500 (they are now 4-5) as the team dropped both ends of a doubleheader, · 6-2 and 3-2, last .;eekend to nationally ranked LeMoyne College. In the forst game, the Cont inentals struck quickly. Randy Williams opened the game with a double to right field. He then scored on Tom LaFountain's single to right, but the Blue's sole lead was short lived. The LeMoyne batsmen scored six runs on six hits in their half of the first inning. Although they failed to score again, their first inning barrage �proved. to be enough, for the Continentals managed only one more run in the game, that being in the third when LaFountain tripled to right and then scored on a fielding error. Starting Blue pitcher Chip Jones, in taking the defeat, went th� entire seven innings (in college each doubleheader game is scheduled for only seven innings, compared to nine innings when only one game is scheduled) yielding seven hits, six runs, only

DU maintains a comfortable lead in the race for the Intramural Trophy, but Psi U, DKE and AD are all still very much in the running. DU has accumulated a total of 25 points toward the prize. Psi U has 16 points, while DKE and AD are knotted at 14 points apiece. Points can still be won in squash, golf, tennis and softball. Softball is now flourishing under benign weather conditions. All players are-requested to make sure that the game cards are properly filled out, and that the games are being played on the specified fields. Remember, the soccer field i� for soccer•

three runs were earned, struck out pitched the whole game, having three and walked only two. His his record dr9p to 1-2. LeMoyne record is now 0-1. reliever Tom Hundley who Mike' Gehm was the victorious replaced starter John Grow in the LeMoyne pitcher as he permitted seventh picked up the win. only five hits while fanning two. In commenting� about his Unlike the first. game, neither team's sudden three game losing team was able to score in the streak since returning north, second game of the twinbill until Coach Heckler cited the lack of the sixth inning. Again the Blue hitting, especially clutch hitting as BASEBALL was the first to have runners cross the ,main reason for his squad's Saturday, April 26 at 2 p.m.' against the University of Rochester the plate. slide. During the last three games, (home). LaFountain led off the sixth the Blues' combined team batting Monday April 28 at 3 p.m.' against Union {home). inning by walking. McLean then average has dropped from .350 to Wednesday April 30 at 3 p.m. against Hobart (away). singled to left and was followed .260. TRACK Although Heckler praised his _ by Tarbell who received a base on· Saturday April 26 at 2 p.m. against Cortland {home). balls. After Waldren struck out, team's fielding performances and Wednesday April 30 at 3 p.m.' against Union (home). Thomas reached first on a fielder's called his pitchers adequate, he choice, with LaFountain being commented that fielding and . LACROSSE erased at third. Haggerty walked pitching are not enough to win Monday April 28 at 3 p.m.' ·against Rochester. in a run and then Pisanelli singled, games. The Blue batsmen must Saturday April 26 at 2 p.m. against_RoI.T.'(Home). scoring another run. break out of their present slump if GOLF But as before, LeMoyne came, they are to start winning again. Monday April 28 at 1 p.tn. against LeMoyne. right back. In tp.eir sixth inning, Through nine games, Senior Wednesday_April 30 at 3 p.m.' against Utica College (home). they combined three walks and Dave McLean continued to lead one single for two runs, tying the the squad in hitting with a .382 game at 2-2. average (13-34)._ He also leads the After the Blue was held team in home runs with three. scoreless in the top of the seventh, Following McLean i; LaFountain LeMoyne was able to push across with a .300 ave. (3-10) and continuec!_from page three a run, using a lead off walk and freshman Randy Williams with a exploring its potential. intellect (as if it could ever be then a two out double to win 3-2. .2s·9 ave. (11-38). Don Haggerty I bristle with fury at reading pinpointed!) is not the whole C o nt inental Dave Mc!,ean leads the team in RBIs with nine. t hose a ccusations that the rhyme and reason for college, or __ __ _ ____ _ __ As a whole, the team is fielding students here lack "intellectual , for that matter, life. Your an impressive .94'3 - having intensity, academic excellence, experiences of falling in the mud committed only 12 errors in nine balls, gut determination, and are no deeper or more relevant games. The defensive standout so e xc i tement." You're putting than my immersion to the elbows far has been shortstop Williams yourselves in some superior in grey paint. Be fair, look a little · who in nine games has 22 put position by these criticisms; where harder for what you insist does and has yet to did you obtain the right to act as not e::i_dst here. I swear it does. a 7 �::ri� an ;;��:. judge over your fellow students? Martha Blake ' 7 7 Your parti_cular de_finition of

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Blue Stickers Drop First To G_eneseo Then· Overcome Clarkson In Double OT

. officials. The Geneseo goalie made .. it:--ili-e Conts were. hit with a By BOB McCORMICK As every avid '1'Vide World of the save on Lotze's shot, but the double slash penalty. Geneseo Sports" viewer knows, the thrill momentum carried his stick back didn't waste much time taking · of victory is inevitably followed into the net. advantage of the situation, as they by the ag�ny of defeat. The Neither official noticed �hat jumped in front 7-2. st ic kmen of Geneseo State had happened. The apparent goal Bernard Scores brought this point home to the- would have given the Blue a 1-0 Five minutes into the fourth Hamilton Lacrosse team last lead. quarter, Mark Bernard tallied for The f l e et-footed Geneseo the Blue on an assist from Ned Monday. The Blue went into the contest squad went on to rack up five Collumo A few minutes later, Jim riding the crest of a three game goals in the first half. They were Lotze showed the refs what he win streak. But Geneseo, the especially adept at screening each could do, whacking it home thirteenth ranked small college other's shots, ancl' Biue goalie Rice unassisted. But the Conts found it team in the nation who have lost never saw som� of the sho'ts that impossible to close that first half only to i;i.umber one ranked went whizzing by. Geneseo's gap. Geneseo's Lyons closed out Washington College, wiped out the Lyons gave the Conts fits, scoring the scoring with his fourth goal. Cants 8-3. twice and assisting on another. He The Blue's first loss of this year The defeat really was an added two more goals in the can be traced to the 12 penalty agonizing one for the Blue. The second half. minutes they accumulated and Geneseo scored first after · not enough good shots on goal. team played almost as well as they are capable of playing, but the intermission. Then, at 6: 18 of the Geneseo scored two man-up goals breaks and the goals just never third period, Gib Hedstrom broke and took 28 shots compared to the long Blue ·drought. He was the Blue's 17. Ih addition, the came. Goal Disallowed assisted ·. by Steve Speno o_n the co�ch's analysis of the defense of Blue backers got a hint of just man-up goal. the Geneseo team came too late: Jeff Cariberg was presented with a cup for outstanding how frustrating an afternoon it Penalties hurt Hamilton all "E verybody played well," a<;:hievement last Tuesday at a Winter Sports Banquet sponsored by was to be, when, shortly into the afternoon, and especially so at commented von Schiller after the the Hamilton Boosters. The cup is given by Sports Illustrated to all first period, Jim Lotze's apparent this point. Just when it seemed as game, and he was right. There is a those athletes who are pictured in Faces i"n the Crowd. Dr. Richard scor� was disallowed by the _though they could make a run at world of ·difference between Volone and Jack Riffle presented the cup to the Hamilton senior. teams such as Haverford and Volone and Riffle are the _chairmen of the Boosters Club and Eisenhower, and a lacrosse power planned the banquet to honor Hamilton's winter sports teams, like Geneseo State. After three whose combined effort last season totaled 34 wins, 19 losses, and 1 "laughers", the Conts found tie. Carlberg was honored for winning the ·National Title in the t hemsel v es up against the 100-yd Breaststroke the last two seasons. Carlberg was also a' . thirteenth ranked . team in the C�-captain of last season's swim team. nation. ' " T h e Blue · must quickly acclimate themselves to this level critical one for us,'' said von The Hamilton Lacrosse team · of play. Tomorrow, a tough RIT Schiller. "We hope to win three of· nipped Clarkson College 7-6 in FEINGOLD AND SHOEN squad comes to the Hill for a 2: 00 the four games." Madison Square Garden Associates have found themselves in the double overtime yesterday on an But Coach, since you've lost to unassisted goal by Mark Bernard. contes<. RIT went to the ECAC future. They've been trying to get here for a long time, but somehow play-offs a season ago, as did Geneseo, that means you'll have Bernard tallied four goals in' the they never managed until now._ With their recent announcement Union and St. Lawrence, two to sweep Clarkson, RIT and .contest. Jim Lotze, Ned Collum t)iat they would like to pay Muhammed Ali and Joe Frazier enough Rochester, p.ght? upcoming opponents. money to cover the debts of the Urban Development Corporation or and Jon Berry also scored for the 'That's right," he said with a Blue.. The penalty-filled contest · Governor Carey's campaign - whichever has priority - they are '1This Monday to Monday trying to regain some of the power used to make them the only period (Ge:rieseo-Rochester U) is a gleam in his eye, took three hours to complete. force in big-time boxing. Men like Don King and Bob Arum have forced the Garden to take the step it avoided all these years. Both men have made boxing what it is today - a sport that allows its spectators to see two-dimensional blood and hear David Frost do ·a blow-by-blow By WENDI PASHMAN did well against Rochester in the place by one inch with a 40'2 ¾ description of a championship bout. But it was the Garden that The season's first track meet 100,220, and 440 races. Rick against the winner's 41'6 ¼. allowed King and Arum to move in and make the sport a charitable which resulted in a 99-45 Mobley, the freshman to watch, In contrast to the Rochester organization for men like Chuck Wepner and Terry Daniels. Hamilton loss to the strong came in with a strong first in the meet, the Hamilton legmen did I t had to b e the Garden. For years, nobody else was allowed to Rochester team, found the Conts 100 and 220 events in addition to considerably better in the calm touch an event if it eve� had the smell of big-time. Somewhere along working with great strength. anchoring the harriers in the 440 breeze · of Clinton where they the line Garden people forgot that boxing was a sport that people Meanwhile, the wind also worked relay. pulled a 126-18 victory over who make less' than upper-bracket money want to see. They forgot with great strength, gusting from The more experienced Bruce Hartwick. about stadiums and five dollar seats. They also forgot that boxers 50-70 mph and taking the hurdles Carter had a nice showing with a Not ewo�tJiy performances don't last forever and that they need youngsters to take their places. and Coach Murphy with it. first place in the 2 mile. Carter were tho·se· of Jon Schmeyer and ' ***** According to Coach Long, all. came in with a 10:00.9 against his Carter in the mile event with help They closed down the Felt Forum, that giant waiting room for times were unrepresentative given Rochester opponent, finishing at from the third place winner Kirby boxers. They virtually shut out the chance for young boxers to b_e 10:04.5. 'Carter also placed second Joss. Garcia once again showed his the inclement condi_tions. seen in New York without having 25 knockouts to their credit. Of Hamilton's s�cond match, - in the 1 mile event. finesse in the 440 with a 52.2 course they still have the Golden Gloves, but what about young In the field events, the Conts' time against his competitor's 52.8. against Hartwick on April 23, gave pros? It never occurred to th·em that Muhammad Ali andJoe Frazier the Conts a 126-18 point lead "powerhouse" better known as Mobley again sho¼'.ed his couldn't have Super Fight VII because Medfcare wouldn't· cover it. with considerably better times for Pedro Garcia, put in a fine effort speed, coming in first with a 10,5 · Before TV, the cigar smoking promoter reigned. But after people against Ro�hester in the triple · in the 100, followed by Kevin each individual event. got the chance to see boxing every Friday night, they took it off the As was expected, Hamilton jump - just edged out of ftrst Snyder and David Baker placing air and-figured people would run to the arenas. J'hey didn't. They · second and t>hird respectively. 23 got used to television.

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A young boxer I know who fought in three Golden Gloves recently turned pro. He figured he'd be able to make some money. Then the Garden shut down the Forum and he has to fight inJersey City and Sunnyside Gardens in Queens. Who's going to see him, and who's going to care? He would have been better off to wait for the Olympics, but he had seen other boxers make their way via the Forum so he figured he would too. They didn't even warn him.

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Because the Garden abandoned young boxers, men like King, Arum, and Herbert, Muhammed figured that it abandoned bo.xing too. They turned boxing into a circus, letting us pay fifteen dollars. to see Chuck Wepner bleed for fifteen rounds. They negotiate a deal where we can see George Foreman do an imitation of a bull who faces five inexperienced matadors one after the other on nationwide television (at least they realized that people wouldn't pay for that only networks}. But at least they realized the Garden's mistakes and learned from them. Ali will be fighting a championspip match that is right for . television on television for a change. The announcement said that they wanted to give a chance to the 'people' to see their champion. The 'people' must be those who had sense enough to stay away from their local theatres when they advertised a boxing match. But, 3f usual, the Garden is behind the times, They now realize the money to be made from closed-circuit fights. Fine. But King and Arum realized it first and now they realize that many people dislike the whole attitude boxing has. So the Garden sees the future· abandoned by King and Arum and figures t�at it works. They'll get their power back, and the'n they'll take us all back to the past.J list wait.


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By HENRY GLICK Kirkland may begin. its second decade with a radical curricular policy change. The decision whether or not it will lies with the trustees who are being asked to vote on a policy document which, if passed, will launch Kirkland on a path toward a program of evaluating student competency prior to the granting of a degree. ,·

Little is known about this next s tep in Kirkland's educational d evelopment. A preliminary r e p o r t of t h e Cur r i cu lar Committee for the Second Decade (CCSD), which set forth a broad outline of the proposed new path was last made public in October,

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and it has since gone through at least two changes. In its present f o r m., t h e T r u st ee Planning Committee's report still only describes broad policy objectives, and there are no set plans for implementation. President Babbitt said in an interview April 22 that although h e w o u l d not m a k e t h e curriculum report public he did recognize the students' rights to know s o m ething about the pro p o s e d program which, if adopted, will affect Kirkland students in the future. Below is a discussion of this new plan derived in part from a briefing set up by B abbitt to give the editors of The Spectator a general idea about the changes being discussed. A g r o u n d r u l e f or t h e "backgrounder" was that there was to be no direct quoting in The Spectator article. ' From the little that is known about the new program, a B.A, would be granted to students who can show that they have reached specified leve� of achievement in' certain skills. These skills, it is assumed, would be those that define an educated person. C e r t a i n q u a l i t i e s and familiarities will be demanded of pre-concentrators; more will be demanded of concentrators; and still more will be demanded of candidates for a d�gree. No cleat cut listing of these skills has been

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made public, however. If the t:Y.!stees adopt the policy statement next week, they will decide what these qualities will b e . 'S o m e of the qualities suggested in the report are: an ability to read in depth in three unconnected fields, familiarity with a non�verbal language, and a s i g n i f icant e m pl o y ment experience. The rationale behind the switch to quality guidelines ts the belief that the current method of evaluating a n educati on-a quantitative measure of courses, taken, with the stipulation that a certain number of courses be taken in one's concentration-falls far short of the guarantee that a Kirkland _graduate is a welJ educated person. Since quality guidelines focus on process rather than !=Ontent, it is believed a Kirkland graduate will have the tools to deal with the problems that confront her in a rapidly changing world. This is im portant ·b e ca use although information changes rapidly, tools for dealing with new information supposedly remain more stable. It has not been made clear how these proclamations differ in �y significant way from current educational ideology. Most if noi. all teachers of advanced courses hold that they ar.e giving students a framework for_ organizing, continued on page ten

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Kurt Waldheim, secretary-general of the United Nations, will be speaker and receive an honorary degree at the Hamilton Commencement on June. 1, President Carovano has announced.· Carovano also said that the sermon at the Baccalaureate Service earlier that day will be given by the Right Reverend David R. Cochran, Episcopal Bishop of Alaska. Waldheim will receive the honorary Doctor of Laws degree and Cochran the Doctor of Divinity. Previously announced was the . awarding of a Doctor of Fine Arts to William Palmer the Utica artist. The. two additional honorary degrees will be announced next week, Carovano said. Waldheim was scheduled to receive an honorary degree for last year's commencement but informed the college shortly before the ceremonies that he could not come. Secretary-General Waldheim has been a diplomat since 1945 when he joined the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. hi 1955 he was named permanent observer for Austria to the United Nations and later that year became head of the Austrian mission continued on page ten

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When the bulldozers were just beginning to clear the apple orchards where Kirkland College now stands, one man was already here to lead an institution that existed in name only. He is Samuel Fisher Babbitt, the college's first, and, thus far, only·president. Babbitt came here in 1966, a 37-year-old administrator, who had held various posts at his alma mater, Yale College, and was dean of men at Vanderbilt University. Kirkland and its president are both now nearly a decade older, and to some extent, the college's failures and successes are Babbitt's also. Despite all the problems Kirkland has encountered, the accomplishments often go unmentioned, particularly because they are such obvious ones. That is, all the buildings have been completed, the college has established its reputation in many high schools, and the faculty continues to grow stronger. _Though Kirkland has hardly any endowment, President Babbitt has had considerable success in attracting the generosity of several major donors and eliciting continued commitment to the women's college from some significant Hamilton supporters like Grant Keehn and from some new ones_ like the Milbanks. Babbitt has brought his personal warmth to the young college· as well. Simply, he o·ozes charm. He can make a To the Editor: bad situation seem good, and a good one seem gr�t. While I read with inte rest Craig he can be criticized for sometimes obscuring problems ·M engel's Conu:n ent in the April 25 with·. a glo�y finish, his ability to . face his many '!diti on· o f - Th e S pectator concerning coverage of the Arts constituencies with diplomatic optimism contributes on the Hill . .I too have had some markedly to his effectivene� at Kirkland. experieinc e with the new spape r Kirklan d opened in 1968 and' admitted perhaps its most on this subject, and would lik e to politic�ly active· cl�-the Charter Cl.ass of ·1972. ·The offe r-my own comments. During the academic year colleg.e-- particularly fts , governance structure and 1973-74, I served as Arts Division � inno,vative academic stance-was born in an era of campus Liaisor. for the Kirkland College · ac,tivism. The most refreshing aspect of Sam Babbitt's Public Relations Office. Among . administration is that it has not lost the spirit of · my responsibilities was the w riting changrlhe second decade plans bear witness to that. The of· press rel e ases · concerning upcoming activities on the Arts at other day, Babbitt said that when things get too· stable, the Kirkland.. All thes e releases were · · college is s1arting to go downhill. op <iJ p ewspapers, As Kirkland ·matures during this next decade, it is hoped -� e �; �· t�)?J, including _Th e _Sp_ectator. Often, ; " b · m1 that ·· 'tial success (so much_ a · measure of . Bab 1tt s.;,· . The Spectator ,-i,ncl�ded these leadersl,iip as every other administrative post has changed · releases in a blurb or article, more often than not, th es e releases wer e handi(a.t least once and few of the original faculty remain) . ._ will be followed by financial stability and academic - ignored. , ' on leav� of e caus e B am q equall experimentation, both, in y important· ways, re uisites . _ 1 a�s�nce- this: y�a.! and the position · · for the_· future 0f Ki·ll'kland C 11ege. of Arts Liaison was not filled, I

ConsidCring · · · Housing at Hamilton To the Editor: Last week's article on housing po !icy showed yet another exa m p l e of t h e lack of c o m m u n ication between the students and the administration of. Hamilton- College. In the article, Tom Greenwood, chairman of the Hamilton Housing Committee, discussed policy regarding student requests for off campus housing. He was quoted as saying, ''We meet with each applicant several times and usually we approve th'e ir r e qu ests.. We do it personally, not by lottery.'' As one person whq applie d for off-campus housing, I know that this statement cannot· be further from the truth. First of all, no one from the Housing Committee met with any . of the applicants to . consider the ir re asons for their then been ignored. This is requests .. S econdly, most of the u nf or gi v ab l e in a student �r eq uests were denied. Nine publication. students out of at · le ast twenty I trust the editors �f The a p p l iea n t s w er e granted Spectator w.ill open their eyes permission to live ·off campus. (and. send ou.t i:eporters and Finally De an Bingham handled photographers) to. the reality ·of . the entire. ·sele�tion process and life on the Hill, and realize that" · determine_d · �he .lucky nine by the Arts at' Kirkland-Hamilton means of -a lotte ry. I suggest that ·colleges is a dynamic and vital m e m bers o f t h e· H ousing force in the <:,QmQtunity, certainly . C o m.m it tee ,, who supposedly as, if n_ot m�-re impqrtant than represent the stude-nt · interest, · C oll e ge All-American. sports meet- with Dean Bingham to find events. A , change in policy is out e xactly how housing policy is certainly implied. •·being made. , Isabel W e inger '76· J eff Larson '75

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had assumed that the subject of Arts on the Hill was no� e ff ectively covered because PR rel e ases may not have been as frequent. Ho wev�r, I am disn{aye d fo the Editor: It has come to my attention that to learn than many students, including the Arts Stud ents through gross misinterpretation C aucus, have notifi ed The· and misunderstanding of my , Spectator concerning events and remarks on Monday, certain To the Editor: parties have been offended. It is Last Monday in Chapel I made •most regrettable that some people a comic announcement that are so sensitive about the ir cause mentioned a subject of which I that they misconstrue othe r had no Teal kno wledge. Later, I · To the Editor: This' year's first collection of people 's remarks into personal was he artbroken to find that. glass and aluminum for recycling_ affronts. My remarks were not offense ,..had been taken where by the Environrnental Ecology directed at any party and w ere none was intended. Committee of Hamilton and instend for "comic relief" only, . I have apologiz ed in private to Kirkland on - April 18 was a through the use of puns and word those w hom I know were injured relative success. ,Nine large barrels plays. I am very sorry for 'the by my mistake; this letter is to of glass and 15 pounds of situation that resulted and did not convey my further apologies to alu minum were brought to intend for anyone to be offended.· . any others whom I affronted. Brian McCue '76 Rob Morris '76 collection sites behind Dunham and Milbank dorms. EECHK will . be sponsoring another pick-up of glass and aluminum on Friday, May 16. All colors of glass are accepted but the aluminum rings on the· tops of the bottles must be removed. Labels do not have to be taken off. Only all-aluminum cans are acceptable because there is no market, as of yet, for recycled · bimetal or all-steel cans. The particulars about the May 16 <;:ollection_will be announced in The Spectator's next i�sues and in posters around the campus. ·Keep your eyes open! Please start saving all your glass and aluminum now so that w e' can surpass April's co!Jection. We need the support of all s e c tors of the Hamilton-Kirkland community. ·Bobby Pelz '76 LETTER POLICY r-�·_the Spectator -welcomes letters· from all of its readers; · s t u d e.n t s , f a cu 1 t y' 1 administration· · and alumni., I All letters must be signed, not' with pseudonym• or initials, ; although names . may be._ wi�hheld · in p��-n� · < upo_� ; 1 ' reques_t._

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To the Editor: at Hamilton against the shy, the shunned, and the Being a student now foreign to H�ilton, I am grateful to be kept ugly of high schools across the land. abreast abroad of school affairs. 4) finally, ·anyone with half ?. head on theii: As I awaken each morning to the shoulders or half a lawbook in their hands ought to Quietly b ut firmly the black professor unpleasant cooings of the local recruitment policy at Hamilton was discontinued perceive that the entire selective admissions process at Hamilton is disqiminatory. What of all the stupid pigeons, _my mind immediately ..,..______________ last week. Designed to "recruit minorities with a and unambitious sou1s in the world who are longs for the juicy gossip the day's special emphasis on blacks," the program is being excluded from this institution only because of its mail ·may bring. Today I was not this when the Chemistry Building halted on the grounds of reverse discrimination. disappointed; A n n e F r y ' s and the James Library stand Hamilton believes that the practice of preferential arbitrary standards of intelligence and academic achievement? The very idea of admitting only those Spectator special had arrived, tragically neglected and the food treatment based on race is illegal according to with a c�rtain intellectual capacity invites the charge complete with the first five service tragically neglectfu1. But federal law. Both the college and the government have a of reverse discrimination. I so charge. newspapers of the now nearly when two pre-meds who have expired semester. exhibited unparalleled dedication s o un d argument. Recruitment of minority. Obviously any group, institutioJ1 or society must decide on matters considered beneficial, for the Seated in front of my bowl of to tlieir college and their studies professors· is reverse discrimination. Now that group as a whole, using social desirability as the "Frosties" (that's English · for sadly reflect that their 1 beloved Hamilton has come to this realization, however, it ''They're Grrrrreat!"), I began to Hamilton actually harmed their ought to be consistent in applying the principle, and criterion. Such decisions may not be "fair" in an absolute theoretical sense, but "fairness" at times pore over these publications in prospects for medical school, it's remove numerous other vestiges of discrimination in may not be socially desirable. ·chronological order. It wasn't long ' time that the administration reverse which contaminate fair and just life on thi Hamilton should, and does, make decisions based before I finished the box of re-examine Hamilton's priorities Hill. hi the .spirit of fairness, I propose that: on -arbitrary institutional standards. Those standards cereal, but by then my appetite and put the pre-med problem at· _ 1) edu cational opportunity programs · for had_ been whetted by the Feb. 14 t!:ie top of the list. The wqrds of non-white students be terminated. Many non-whites . presumably reflect the college's desire to create an atmosphere of intellectuai, social, cultural quality pages concerning the plight of ·schneider_,. and Evans did. not are hardly SAT-brilliant, and yet are -given the as well as diversity. As a result, Hamilton does.look Hamilton's pre�meds. If the furor surprise me, for I had heard them _ chan'c;e t_o,.o.vercome soclo-economic disadvantage caused by 'Robby Miller's article all at the '74 Adler ConfereQce�,':·_with•. the go,od education; thaC Hamilton· provides: •· for blacks, athletes, well-rounded and intellectually has already dis_sipated,. this letter where these two enthusiasts, nev_er Such a policy clearly; discriminates agai�.st- -whites · gifted students, and there is no reason why·it should ,not�--There ,is also no reason that it should not shall be all the more ·relevant. l�ow'n for tJ1 �ir_ shyness. who are ranked in higher quintiles and .yet refuse�,·. , actively seek out -qualifie� black faculty if such Froµi my 'objective, albeh alien · proceeded to infprm each admission: < , point of view, I believe. the_,._�is c u ssion ., group. ,,pf t h e · 2 ) the sear,c;Ji fotbig, mean d�fensive ends shou1a - -faculty are· judged t o be, beneficial t o "intelJ,e.ptual growth and f reedoin of ch'oiceo'' ·Few people �ould pre-med ., tlilemma to be the most · iz:npo,rtar;ice of this issue. _Eyen on stop immedia.tely. Gridiron ability is considered the disagree that the Hill, community will benefit from · c,: x: &,. plus .. which. ·pr,ish,es . .m:ore than one jdc:Ji of H��i:on _ �� /e�p important thi;lt faces e i s Roger, o u t _ · the,unique,background and perspective which black College to'day. ' · af�estionat�ly, , kn_own · in_. the , . qtiestionabl� scholastic merit over the admissions _ You ·may wonder how_ I can say conti�ued on page ten hump. -.I' charge reverse discrimination on behalf. of - faculty have to. <?ffer. It is hyppcritical to appeal to --------------------------------.. all tiddly'wm,ks. ch�pions, wp.ose possibly superior, an :absolute .standard of fairnes�. What matters is the _ 1 · .. t, ·, .,.. . d_edicaJion; · afltl talent remains' overfoOked b)' a creation of/" ihe � mdst pOsi�ive ·learning environment possible in every sense of the woTd.colleg¢ ·wlpCh rpakes an a_r.bitrary deciSion to"'}lursUe · · ., Both-th� law and the college are wrong in ending cacklers instead of tiddlers. -, · I . 3) tlk� admissions procedure of _admiring, such a program rich-in ·potential'value to all members of . . :· -:, ·! . " : � .. , .. • . . high · schooi" extracurricular standing as newspapex: , the Hamilton-Kirkland community. The law ·editors;·stuclerit govetnm�nt' officials, hall moniters,, requires modification-, ·but in the meantime, Don't lose touch· with the Hill.· Resubscribe -· cr�sswalk guaidiaris and the like should.be shelved· lliunilton should v9ice :its opposition . to that · soon! Si gn up now-you will ·receive all 26 as· soords poss_ible. Reverse discrimination Tu bl�tant. doctime;·ind.po�sibly refuse colnpliance·.

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(Yet I D i v e r s i o n f r o m w h a t ? Vu l n erabilit y . · am a Pub regular)." Activity in the Pub is grounds for self-confrontatio�.) But whatever the reasons and cause the d i v o r c e . M y f a.v o rjt e n i g h t s a r e blo odandgorej 'mproud tobeamanwithapenisthat-; -ineestuousness of the campus is extremely wontquitorpickupapieceofHamilton:assandmakesure­ d e st ru ctive towards any sort of successful relationship. To be more specific, everyone knows ourfriendsnoticenights. everyone else (anonymity is rare and a luxury), I am looking for silence. Not the silence that begs to be filled, rather the what their sexual orientation, who they sleep with silence, the stillness that is the origin of us all. Not and who they want to sleep with. (as a friend so the silence that needs to be shouted over, but the aptly put it, public fornication). If you sleep with illence that yields understanding and intensity. ·r · one member of a fraternity you are actually fucking realize this is one point of view, one person's needs, the whole fraternity, in terms of who knows, who's · but they seem impossible to realiz·e here - I feel keeping score and whether or not you were a good forced into a · particular structure of relating to lay. I resent that' sexual activity is a competitive people that is emotibnally claustrophobic and­ game, I resent that I don't have to .pay for ultimately unsatisfying. -The emotional politics on admittance to house parties, the resulting attitude --. this campus are like a Fellini circus, the night of the being open season on any female who walks in. Its taken for gr anted that one goes to . : . for la dicke living dead, or post-mortem suspension of the soul. and, if its clear .this is not the case the hostility is Rigor mortis of the heart. Repression of true feeling into non-existence. What I am talking abottt is the effect of college structure on relationships: from class to class, movie to.concert,.forcing the sacred into the profa�ne every minute of the day. All of o_ur lives seem to overlap in a very uncomfortable manner. What we are surrounded with is an incredible , thinness, a sheet of ice., a brittle veneer that shatters upon touch, upon intensity. Mirrors are fatal. Superficiality is nihilistic, yet seems the plot, course incredible. Obviously the thing to do is to avoid and direction of campus · inter-relationships. A situations like this, but the resulting feelings of maritime drama. (I guess we're all looking for the oppression and' limitation are severe and _depressing. best audience.) ' (I realize I am talking about two different aspects And recently there seems to be ·a new emphasis of relationships, sexual and emotional, and perhaps on defining one's sexuality. gay conciousness raising am conf using them, but that's how they exist here, groups. men's conciousness raising groups. human . as confused and confusing.) : sexuality courses. I dont know whether I'm I could go. on with this forever, become even • supposed to sleep with my roomate, my dog; or more specific (citing certain incidents over house favorite teacher. I ·am not up for grabs, not subject parties weekend etc.) but it is all too sad. I'm tired to definition or categorization. I am not bisexual I of defenses. Inhibition. Avoidan ce of true feeling. am me. If I am in love with a men or a woman or Because there is an incredible potential here� We still the ghost of Jame� Dean it is an individual situation. have the choice. (people are jewels in the dust that . If I am in love with someone or hate them it is not surround us). The. word for today is appreciation. because I have decided that my politics are radical nurture. understanc:!ing. What more can I say? who lesbianism, the ne� left feminism, man-hunting am I to dictate attitudes when we all treat each tactics or marriage before age 21. It seems wrong to other like objects of amusement or interestJ instead structure how and whom one loves on the basis of of friends. Everyone-h anging out here is unique or politics •f�r ��y r pJ:h�r. out�a-rd socia11···or.: ! ·they wouldn't'have1 been called into existence this environmental influenc;;e� ·,1i4�i;e is :something sacred tirn; ��ound. Maybe we should fa ke advantage of it. here that is not being acknowledged. This ·question Remember - the Divine is everywhere. And never of emotional politics is destructive. Love is not let your turtle run under the radiator.

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STUDENT HANDBOOK EDITOR Students from Hami_lton or Kirkland may now apply for the position of Students Handbook Editor. This is a six week, part-time paid job during t:4e coming summer (approximately June 15-August 1) .• Organizational skills and a good working knowledge of both Colleges required. Contact Dean Bingham or Dean Poller immediately if interested •.

:Rinard To Leave Dean's

R u t h R i n ar d , Ki r�l and's assistant dean of academic affairs, will be leaving her position as of this June to become a full time -PRIZE DEBATE professor of history of science at The entire college community is fnvited to witness the McKinney the college. · Rinard, who had been a full time professor at Prize Wednesday, May 7, i975, at four p.m. iri the Science Lecture Hall. Four seniors, Vincent DiCarlo, John Emerson, John Helander, Ki r k l and b e fore taking the and Thomas Speyer, will argue the resolution, "Death and the dice position of assistant dean two yea'rs ago, is going back to level all distinctioris." Professors Charles Todd, Warren Wright, and teaching mostly because the Hlikes Steven Frantzich will' judge· the humorous, parliamentary style debate. and misses the classroom." As assistant dean, Rinard had SOCIOLOGY LECTURE Howard S. Becker, professor of sociology at Northwestern b e e n r esponsible for special programs, the advising system, University, will give a lecture on "Deviance and Society" on May 8 leaves of absences, and other in the Kirner-Johnson Auditorium at 8: 30 p.m. educational options or academic CHILDREN's ENTERTAINMENT problems. She is also a.member of The handicapped ch1.ldren from. the Potter School will be coming the Committee on Academic to Hamilfon for a picnic on May 19 from 11:30 to 1:30. We ne·ed Standing. enter'tainment for this picnic, so if anyone has any special talents, A search Committee, headed (e.g. magic tricks, Kazoo Playing) and could donate some time, bX Dean Frazer and composed of please contact Tom Nold x7186. the chairmen of the four divisions LOST. and two students, has interviewed . Old, blue bike. No fenders. Balloon· tires. Mint condition. If two faculty members for Rinard's found, contact- Jay Cohen, Ex.t. 7295. . position. Although, it is ·not FILM.CO-OP necessary that the candidate for This week the Film Co-Op is showing ''The · G�and Illusion" the job be from within the directed by Jean Renoir. It will be shown in the Science Auditorium college, '"familiarity with Kirkiand , at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 3 and Sunday, May 4 at 10 p.m.' Next wee� · and Hamilton .. is stated as a Ruth Rinard will return tofull time teaching. we will be showing.three documentaries including, ''Night and Fog,'' _ re quirerrien t jn the_ job de�cription, and "The C age," in the Chemistry Auditorium at 10.p.m. Thursday, said Rinard. the chairmanship. He said he according to Molly Bartlett, acting and at 8 p_.m. "Saturday. Before Rinard ac,cepted the wanted more time to devote to his. _ director of admissions. Ten transfers have decided to position two: years ago, "Kirkland teaching and his writing. Also, he � J._· ; hac:l no Academic Affairs Office.. · said he believes the chairmanship come to_ Kirkland as well, Bartlett ,, . · Stude�t academic -problems were of _ a division should be a rotat4lg said. Bartlett· said that she does not · ·handled· by the Dean ·of Students position, so that different persons' office 'and ·staff problems were and personalities can influence the plan to go to the waiting list of-8-0 , applicants to fill the-class, and she dispersed �oag the divisions·, sl;ie changes in the division. does not think it will be necessary said. The rationale for �etting Up later in the summer either. the office was that�- ''things that , By GAIL fOLICKMAN gro� out of stud�nt --�cad�mic concerns should grow -Out .:of • Vegetables are still·the cheapest, most nutritious produce on the academic planning,'' �a id �nard:· . market. They can easily be turned into -a meal, accompanied with There is presently a great deal. of some wine and bread. I think these .recipes may give you some information ex.change- between Hamilton has received �otices � · · helpful ideas. Rinard and · Dean Frazer; .and from 257 applicants, saying they Zucchini-Cheese-bake Approximately 50·. Hamilton · Rinard said she believes the office · have decided to matriculate at the 4 smali' zucchinis (or any other summer squash); 2 cloves garlic; 1 large onion; 1 jar tomato sauce; 1 package grated mozzarella; and½ ·· op erates ·e ffectiv.ely in , this . college in September as members · students were placed on the . manner.of the Class of 1979, Director of housing waiting list because no · cup grated - parmesan. Ad mission· Christopher Covert rooms were available when they Wash zucchini and cut into s�all cubes. Place garlic, and onions in were_ scheduled to draw. · reported. · a skillet with some oil and sautee them for 5 mins. Place zucchini in Usually, according to Dean of The colltge was aiming for a the same, skillet and sautee, until firm. freshmen class of 250 when it Students R. Gordon Bingham, Take zucchini out and cover the bottom of a small baking dish, a c c e pted 586 o�t of 1304 about 30 or 40 are placed on the with it. Add a small amount of tomato sauce and a layer of 'Yaiting list. The larger number applicants April 15. lilOzzarella. Continue in this manner until it is completely layered. . ✓ In addition, Hamilton placed this year is attributable to the size End with a layer of mozzarella, and sprinkle parmesan cheese over Professor of Creative Writing- 126 applicants _on a waiting list, of the classes of 1976 and 1977. the top., Bake at 350 degrees, until cheese is melted. Cost: about Dean Bingham said those William Rosenfeld, chairman of. and Covert said it 'will probably $3.00 the Arts Division, has won a . not be necessary for the college to without rooms for next year will Tuna-Tomato be placed without difficulty in F ulb r ig ht Le cture ship i n' acceptanyof them. ': 4 large beef tomatoes; 1 can tuna; and or 4 pieces of cheese. A ni e r i c a n Li t e ra tur e .: t o He· said about another dozen September when many rooms Wash the tomatos, and cut off the tops. Scoop out the inside, and Yugoslavia. From October, 1975 notices (and deposits) should be already taken are expected to be set the ·pulp, aside. Prepare tuna as you usually enjoy it, and place it free because of students who will to June, 1976, he will teac.q .received"in·the next few days. in the tomato. Place 1 slice of cheese over the�tomatos, and bake -at Covert said the figures are in the meantime decide not to American literature at a wiiversity 350 degrees until cheese browns. Cost: about $3.00 in Skopje, a city in Macedonia, in "unaudited," !and that the college return. t h e southeastern section of will accept notices from anyone if "T h e y 'a r e n e r v o u s , it is postmarked May 1 or before. understandably. But sometimes Yugoslavia. Of the transfers to whom those on waiting list fare better When he returns to Kirkland in, '· / A CHARTER NEW YORK BANK . 1976, Rosenfeld will no longer be . the' college offered admission, than the others. Of course, that is ; : chairman,. of the Arts Divi�ion. , eight · h,4ve said they will come. no guarantee,u the dean said. ! •.. . ---------··v . Rosenfeld, who · !).as held this Covert said _the deadline for reply ' MAIN OFFICE; CLINTON, NEW YORK 13323 :SENECA PLA?-A OFFICE (RT. 5), NEW HARTFORD, NEW YOR#f position· ,for three years,, . had · for transfers is somewh_at later. decided to leave the chairmanship . Thursday and Fr1day_ before he won the .fellowship�. He Kirkland has· heard from 180 BANKING HOURS 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM· will--: be succeeded · b,y ) NatJl:an applicartts who have said that they Boxer, associate. professor of fifm. plan · to· attend . the college in and Monday through Wednesday "I suppose .I could have kept it �eptember. The college is aiming 4:30 PM.to 6:00 PM 9:00 AM_ to 3:00 PM i� � wa�ted it,'' Rosenfeld said of for a - class of 204 students, Until the end of the academic year, the Hayes National Bank of I • Clinton will not cash students' checks unless they are drawn of Hayes accounts_ or from parents' accounts. ' :/;' Gordon Hayes, the bank's Nick Bums, Broker Hamilton '46 president and a Hamilton alumni and trustee, said, ''We have in past :--� . ... . . .· . Auto, Tenants, Motorcycle -' years had trouble· recovering on and Homeowner's Insurance checks that are bounced this time of year." Hayes said this is the second y e ar the bank has Clinton, New York i ns t i tuted t h is policy for UL3-5051 :- 2 check<ashing in May. Hayes said "there is a pretty s t e a d y stream of bounced .. ··--·····-,-•· ·-"-), c hec k s-s o m e daily" fr o m I Send your contributions to Box 163 Hamilton or students during the year. Clinton U-Haul • Clii:tton Car _WaJh_ Box 306 Kirkland. The magazine accepts poetry, "I really regret that it is artwork, prose fiction and non-fiction,· and necessary to do this at all, but it photographs. got to be a real problem/' Hayes said.

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Administration Calendar Policy Scored by Senate

The Hamilton Student Senate last night censured the colleg e adm i n i stration for "the capnc10us and non-cooperative manner in which the academic calendar (for· 1975-76) was formulated."

Senate on Administration: 'capricious and uncooperative.'

The motion. to censure, passed Montalvo said he was in basic agreement with the Senate's vote, Sen ator Bill Purcell '76. 1t and added that he hopes to reflected a letter from the Student receive an explanation from the Curriculum Committee to Acting administration regarding its policy Dean of the College Dwight N. fpr the calendar. Lindley. Copies to be Sent The letter contended that the A copy of the motion to new calendar, which requires censure will be sent to President students to be on campus before Carovano, Oean Llndley, and Labor Day and to stay until June, Associate Dean of the College· will create difficulties for students Robin Kinnel. ' seeking summer jobs, Those who voted against the No Consultation measure believed that the action The letter, dated May 1, also was too rash too soon, and they By JOHN M. McNEEL claimed that in the past the would have lik ed to have sought WHCL Radio's license is up for college ha s c onsulted with t h e a dm i ni stration's · reasons renewal by June 1 of this year, students r egarding calendar before taking action. T h e full motion read as and program director Gary adjustments. '"This year, the Curriculum Committee was not follows: "That the administration Buonanno said earlier this we ek consulted in any capacity, and the be censured for the capricious and that "the chanc_ es were slim" that student body had no visible non-cooperative mann er in which th� radio station would lose its the a c a d emic calendar was permit to broadca5t, input.•,"'the letter read. C l a i m ing that all station The Senate took the action in f ormulated, and the Student r ecords � d logs were in order, futur e th e in th e S e ii.at e r e q u e sts t hat t h e the hope that college administration will return administration explain why the Buonanno said that he anticipated to its practice of se eking student calendar was determined in this no problems with the Federal Co mmunicati o n s Commission input on calendar ch anges. m anner." , over the renewal procedure. i�ip Ph . nt e d i s Pre __S. � nate by voice vote, was introduced by

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Buonanno Confident Additionally, the • station is He expressed confidence in the success of the renewal despite the required to periodically read over fact that WHCL is missing a piece the air an announcement of the of equipment required by the station's intent to renew, inviting FCC. The station's "limiter", a persons .having any complaints to device which "clips off signals notify the FCC. Buonanno said beyond a certain frequency," has that .the announcement is read not been operating since last •once eve ry program on WHCL. T h e s e p rocedure s w ould spring. ' Buonanno said that the station generally be followed by the has be en able to maintain the station inspection and FCC proper frequency without the .monit oring of the station's limiter by close monitoring of broadcast. WHCL's · license is up for d u r in g renewal every three years onjune . 1. Individual Licensing Buonanno said that the FCC , Lascell, of The FCC additionally requires been discussed. David Nixon tended to be more lenient with The issue between Kirkland. . Whether the document which . small c<;>llege stations · than they that all individuals with radio and Llnda Patrick revolves around Hargrave, Devans and_ Doyle. of th e former assistant dean of Rochester, the law firm which Patrick apparently signed at the would be with a large commercial shows have personal operating is a contract is an issue to outfit. licenses, or that the person be student affairs' claim that she had handles Kirkland's legal matters, college by a court, Lascell que_ s tion of the be decided said he of An FCC official contacted in a ccompan i ed by a licensed a binding contract with the J Buffalo y esterday said that engineer while on the air. college that entitled her to a full contract, �hat w:!1, be the real said. L a s c e l l e xp l a in e d 't h a t although i! is customary for the e. Despite problems with this in year's compensation, lawyers for crux of the debat . . Lascell had been ill from Apnl Seidenberg's assertion that the commission to inspect stations the past, Buonanno claims that Kirkland and Patrick have said. 4 until this week, which held up document is a contract is nothing b�fore they are re-licensed, it the station personnel is now in Administrators1 at Kirklanq, t a l k s b e t w e e n h im a nd �more than "advocate's talk." He could be possible for a small full compliance with the law. according to the college, sign a Seidenberg. Lascell said he will added that, "I've got lo say that's station to get its broadcasting The program director said that p e r m it renewed witµout an all students with their own shows document which is only a salary contact Seidenberg within a week. not.a contract." · Seidenberg had said earlier that Lascell said that if an amicable inspection. statement. Faith Seidenberg, the either have full third class licenses B e c a u s e o f m a np ow er with endorsement, or-provisional former dean's lawyer, said that the college would likely settle out agreement cannot be reached the statement is a contract. "I o f c o ur t , but Lascell said between Patrick and the college, shortages, the official said there one-year licenses. d · on't know what the college y e sterda y that a f i nancial then Seidenberg will probably are sometimes six or seven years Third class licensing requires called �ettlement out of court has not start litigation. He said, though, between sta�ion inspections. that the individual pass an FCC The FCC representative was test. The provisional license is a -----------------------------. that the cost of law suits is high and, "No one comes out a unable to confirm whether or not certification by a first class · � winner." 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college are not likely to locate next to an established institution. After all, they are rebelling against traditional values. By definition, an experimental college would be prickly - perh ap s exasperating - as a neighbor. "However, the College should extend every courtesy and reasonable assistance to any experimental group which might When the idea for a coordinate coJlege want to settle down in this region. to Hamilton was first conceived by former · Certainly the trustees should be careful Hamilton President Robert McEwen in before they grant prime space to any such August of 1961, it was no more than one group." of the many solutions to the pressures to Once the Trustees accepted the notion expand enrollment_ Hamilton was then of having a women's college as a neighbor, facing. hi the next few years, Kirkland was an adyisory committee on the coordinate to grow and take shape on paper as many college for women was formed. Anumber educators planned -the direction this new of the ori2:inal ideas upon which Kirkland college was to take. Some of their original was based came out of a two day meeting ideas, as recorded in documents pertaining of this committee at the River Club in to Kirkland early history, differ radically New York on March 25-26, 1964. f rom their implementation, although However, some of these ideas, partially others show great foresight on the part of due to the changing social situation of the the original planners. past ten years, seem a bit incongruous It was decided that the first college in with Kirkland's present goals. Visions of Kirkland .the proposed cluster modeled after :California's Claremont Cluster would be a For example, the planners envisioned a [w omen's college because "it would particular type of Kirkland student which ·strengthen Hamilton where it is weakest - perhaps deviates from what would be in a proper social environment - and qualities in a Kirkland student today. disturb it the least as far as curricular Although superior academic ability and jlllatters of concern" (from the Draft for comparability to the. Hamilton student lthe Proposed Units for the Hamilton were presumed, the Kirkland student "will not be exceptional." ' Cluster). The report went on to say that "she Although the. report stated that the major reason of the cluster colleges was to will not think exclusively in terms of a center the importance of improving the career. She will anticipate marriage and professional resources and educational motherhood as a likely part of her life. opportunities on the Hill, the "social S h e w i l l a nt1c1pate marriage and shortcomings of the isolated male school motherhood as a likely part of her life. certainly influenced the thinking." 'To She will find pleasure and happiness in this quote from A Long Range Faculty role of wife and mother. , · "One of the basic aims of her education Committee Report: ''The increases in wee kehding, the periodic eruptions of therefore will be · to prepare her to deal h o u s e parties, the continuations of with the vagaries and uncertainties which unseemly conduct have distressed our mark the life of a women in contrast to committee. Apparently -most students the more definite pattern of a man's life." But many of the college's professed agree that the social setup is only adequate or worse ...The presence of a women's objectives were exceedingly liberal for that college would end the isolation and time. Although the first and second 'civilize' the men." ' objectives cited by those at the River The experimental nature of Kirkland meeting dealt with women in their roles as w_as ·not a part of the original plans mother and wife,, this is because societal although in considering possible emphases Qptions at that time were decidedly more for coordinate colleges, the progressive limited for women. The first objective recorded calls for a college was considered to be an "attractive neighbor.•�·However, the report comments woman "_._.to discover the joy of learning••• that "the proponents of such a new her excitement about it should be strong

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·intellectual life with women students as the prime concern,. and the ability to do experimentation and research in women's education. Even the present suite living situation dates back to these original plans. The committee envisioned a setup of units with ten or fifteen "girls" with a kitchen and living room so that "they could act as hostesses in entertaining male students and faculty m e m bers •• ":: T h e planners recognized that this may be more expensive. than traditional living areas, but after all, it "ideally may be that which makes the girls happie_sto " Kirkland� architecture was a deliberate attempt to "accentuate the architectural differences between existing and· proposed facilities in order to reinforce the separate identities." 'Even the Red Pit may have had its roots back then when it was suggested that "the usual cold classroom be used as little as possible."

spend a lot of the time doing it," she said. "Sometimes I used to wonder how they could get any work done." The charter women were proud of their responsibility in developing the new school, acc�rding to Mrs. McEwen. ••1 remember one time, during Kirkland's second year, that a sophomore came up fo me complaining about the new freshman 'class. The girl claimed that she had worked so hard on the new governance system and now the new students want to change everything. It's the shortest generation gap ever, the student complained," The Hamilton boys and the Hamilton faculty had different reactions_ to the sudden influx of girls so nearby, Mrs. McEwen said. Some were skeptical, but by and large she felt they were just going to "wait and see." Of course, some of the faculty feared that "it might not be as strong as Hamilton" and some of the boys · "took a while to get used to it," but generally the women were acceptedo On the other hand,"The girls might just have been a bit on the defensive to establish their identity and prove their college," she said. Clinton was "a little shocked at first" but on the whole, the 'town was pleased. "It took them a lit!1e while to get used to.

the change in social life and social mores, but it was good for Clinton. It enriched the experience of the community." Although Mr. McEwen did not live to see the groundbreaking of Kirkland College "it was a satisfaction for him to know it was on the way." Besides, with Samuel Babbitt as president and Millicent McIntosh on the board of trustees, Mr. McEwen felt he "didn't have to worry." "Kirkland was to educate a woma n to be strong enough and varied enough to fit whatever role she chose," she said. There was less emphasis on the career then, but that was before i.he whole women's liberation movement." Mrs. McEwen doesn-'t think that the objectives and the philosophy of the college has basically changed over the past ten years. ''The details have changed, and ·the way it has been implemented has changed . . . 'hut my husbana felt very strongly that the implementation should be left to those who would be working in the college. My husband would not even remain a trustee of the college after the first y�ar. · "I marvel at what Mr. Babbitt has been able to accomplish in just 10 years," said Mrs.'. McE"Yen, "and I thinktfa•.t its destiny i�· in good hands."

enough to withstand the factors in her life which isolate her at times from the stimuli of the world outside the home." The second objective calls for educating a woman "to emerge successfully from the 'black out' period of child-rearing when she may have thirty years of prqductivity remaining." However� other objectives called for "training women for careers at whatever time or times may seem appropriate", "training women to assume important roles as leaders in society,'' and "educating women to take a •rightful place in society!' A Delicate Subject

McEwen Remembers

By SUSAN MALKIN them all ·st.u-t out from the James Library "You know, we started with nothing· and walk for 10 minutes in different but an idea," said Mrs. Robert McEwen, directions. Where each man landed would wife of the late 14th president of be a possible location for the new college. Hamilton College and Kirkland Trustee. From a choice of the soccer field, the golf "It was exciting - starting an educational course, or the apple orchard, the old apple institution where you could give full vent orchard was chosen as Kirkland's location. Kirkland's choice of architecture was to all the ideas you always wanted to try." "Sometimes I go up to the �rkland deliberate. "I think it's lovely, don't you," campus and say 'It just can't be, It just said Mrs. McEwen. ult's good - It's can't be .. .' It's amazing to me-that even entirely different from Hamilton. I 'think the planting has begun to grow," she said. it's fitting and good to begin a college with Mrs. McEwen is the wife of the man the architecture of the period." The next step, according to Mrs. who originally conceived of Kirkland. When the McEwens first came to Hamilton McEwen, was to decide what kind of ,in 1949 the Hill was "very male", said college this coordinate school was to be. Mrs. McEwen. Because both she and her "Everybody had in the back of their h u s ba nd ·had been associated with minds ·the idea of a women's college. It coeducational· institutions in the past, . seemed a logical choice. After all, the many Hamilton people were afraid that neare�t women's school was Wells, and there might be a trend to coeducat:ionalize women were only on the hill for Hamilton. Mr. McEwen's response to ·those houseparties. If seemed more sensible that who harbored such a fear was, according there be women nearby." "We also wanted to develop a college to his wife, "Oh, don't worry, not in my time will such a change occur." Ironically, e q ua l i n qualiJy but different in some 15 years later, Kirkland was the approach," she said. "-'We wanted the brainchild of President McEwen. college to be particularly designed for In the 1960's there was a trend toward women students and to have things larger and larger institutions, and it concerning women particularly stressed see�ed difficult not to grow and stilJ not in content necessarily, but in survive, said Mrs. McEwen. Mr. McEwen, approach." wanting to retain some of the intimacy of Mrs. McEwen speaks fondly of the first Hamil ton as a small liberal arts college, dass, with as much pride as if speaking of was impressed with the idea of a h er own children. '"They were an coordinate college system, such as the adventurous and daring group, coming to a Claremont cluster, as a way of expanding college that didn't even exist.You know, some of these students came up to visit Hamilton. W h en, after long and careful Kirkland and all they saw was mud and consideration, the trustees decided to holes. They were shown 'a mock-up of accept the coordinate addition, a site for what their dormitory room would be like the college had to be chosen.According to - some could envision it, some couldn't. Mrs. McEwen, her husband believed The day before the first class came, they strongly that tlJe library should be the put down the pavement. If it had rained cen-tei:.c.c of any college --campus, and no that day •• � " And Mrs. McEwen smiled, coll�ge should be more than a 10-minute g�haps thinking about the havoc it would - L walk from the library. So in choosing a na9'e caused. ''Those girls knew they would be doing site for the new college, Mr. McEwen _gathered together many trustees and had a lot of the planning and they had to

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would support it financially, he said. By SUSAN MALKIN "Anyway, we had a man from the "The Hamilton faculty was not always. Claremont cluster come to talk to us and openly receptive to what we w er e he said it was easy to start a new colle!!e." thinking/' said Thomas Colby, professor said Mr._ Colby with awe-know-better-than­ of German at Hamilton and one of the that-now laugh. original members of the faculty committee Once Kirkland started to get.underway to in vestigate the possibilities of in theory minor technical problems arose establishing a coordinate college, "In fact, such as a name, a motto and a seal. I remember one time they refused to even Kirkland was fortunate to end up with-the hear us report, claiming that since we were name it did, since according to Mr. Colby, a committee appointed by President two alternatives suggested (perhaps in jest) McEwen, we were not a true faculty were "Aaron Burr College" or "Lady committee and theydidn't have to listen." M r •. Colby becam e _invol_ved w ith · Hamilton College." Kirkland's Might-Have-Been Motto Kirkland's planning through Robert Mr. Colby approves of the apple tree McEwen, then president of Hamilton. seal of Kirkland, _ "It's simple, original, Ursula Colby, his wife, was a charter emblematic; very unlike the seal of faculty member of Kirkland and is Hamilton which when reduced to small presently chairman of the Humanities division, size looks like a navel with lint in it," he "You know, I never found out what said, exactly the Hamilton faculty's objections Mr. Colby was once asked by an were. Perhaps they liked things the way . eminent college person (whom he refused they were, but that was exactly what to name for fear of embarrassing the Robert McEwen wanted to change," said person) whether he thought Kirkland ,,.c Mr. Colby. should h a v e a motto, considering "McEwen thought Hamilton needed Hamilton has two: one in Greek and one the woman's touch in s.ome way or in Latin. Mr. Colby suggested a Latin Assistant Professor of Anthropology Douglas Raybeck confers PHOTO BY DAVID ASHBY another/' he said while Ms. Colby quotation from the Bible, ''Thou shalt be with a student in his office, wondered aloud what the 'women's as a God knowing good from evil." This particularly want to go to established decide how you want to live." However, unnamed college person was elated by Mr. places although she could have," he said. when that same night the students decided libbers' would have to say about that. Ms. Colby said that the sentiment of that they wanted open visiting hours for Hamilton in the 20th Century Colby's suggestion� thought it was perfect and absolutely appropriate until Mr. Colby many faculty members has been that this the male students, all hell broke loose. "The idea of innovation was there from the beginning in McEwen's mind," he said. · informed him that the source of this first class ·has not been equalled by the "The faculty thought we were in a crisis, it Biblical quote was the. Devil. The college succeeding classes although she personally was a disaster. We were finished before we "McEwen thought that Hamilton had does not feel this to be the case. She said even began. With such gross immoralities · has no motto now. some lessons to iearn and he wanted to get The first class at Kirkland were she believed that the students now are of we were sure we could not survive," said Hamilton to recognize that it was living in "interesting phenomena" according to Mr. equal caliber and character and if Ms. Colby. the century that it was living in.'' However, all was resolved at the first Colby. "Th·ey were about the most presented the s.ituation would respond A coordinate venture was seen as the indulged students I have ever seen. Every with the same type of enthusiasm and Student Life Committee meeting when most practical solution. It was thought through "a set of complicated rules which did. ' one hung on their word and people outdid ability that co--education would offend many of -- as the charter class women---I've happily forgotten", the Student Life each other to accomodate them," ' the alumni and Hamilton would lose their AlfHell Broke Loose "The situation attracted a special kind support, he said. However, it was likely M s. 'C o lby remembered l'res1cte1't Committee arranged for the students of kid," he said, "a pioneer type. She was Babbitt welcoming the charter class with "max i m u m f reedom and minimum that the alumni would approve the the t ype of s tudent who didn't the comment, "Well, h<;re you are, now disgrace." esta�ljshing of a flew women's college and

College's week Celebration Begi•ns Sunday

An in t ernational Women's Year Symposium, ·exhibitions, concerts, theater, athletics, informal and formal talks, and a spirit of both nostalgia and optimism will mark Kirkland College's tenth anniversary celebrations, May 4-11. Kirkland is devoting the week to the celebration of the tenth anniversary of the granting of its charter by the Board of Regents. The festivities will begin Sunday, May 4, with a symposium in recognition of the United Nations International Women's Year. Entitled "The Professional Woman: An I n ternational Perspective," the symposium will be moderated by Jane Weidlund, chief of the Human Resources Projects Section of the Africa Branch of the Office of Technical Co-0peration of the United Nations. Bon-yu Chu, a translator for the Department of Conference Services will narrate a presentation of slides, centered on the topic "Women in China Today" in List Recital Hall at 10 a.m.' Monday. Walter Pilkington, head librarian at the Burke Library I the library for Hamilton and Kirkland, will speak on "Samuel Kirkland: M� Caught Up in Change" in

the Kirner-Johnson Auditorium at 8 p.m. Mo n d ay_" A student concert of both vocal and instrumental performances will be held in the Chapel on the I:Iamilton campus at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. '' 'Kirkland: Past and Present," a! continuous audio-visual exhibition of Kirkland's past will open in the lobby of the Kirner-Johnson Buildings at 8:30 p.m.' Wednesday. The various visions of Kirkland at the time of its founding will be the subject of a series of short talks, scheduled for Thursday, at 8 p.m.· iri List Recital Hall. Explaining their hopes and expectations for the new college will be David Ellis, professor of history at Hamilton College and a member of Hamilton's first faculty planning committee on the new college, President Babbitt, who came to the college two years before the first students, Carl Schneider, current vice · president for research and evaluation and .Kirkland's first faculty appointment, Christy Bell Vilsack of Richfield Springs, a member of the college's charter class, and Mayor Harlan Lewis of Clinton,

Friday's celebrations will include a p l a n n e d on campus:. 'Specificswill be dedication of the ., new organ in the announced soon. There will be a Kirkland Hamilton Chapel and a recital by Lee community barbeque at 5:30 p.m.' ih Bristol at 8:30 p.m. .At 8 p.m., a dance McEwen Courtyard for faculty, students, concert by the Kirkland College Dance staff, guests, and alumnae. In the evening Theater will be presented in Minor at 8 p.m. a,' musical production, written Th eat er. 'Dances choreographed and and produced by Jane Balzereit, a performed by Kirkland and Hamilton Ki rkland alumnae who is presently students and faculty will be the feature of communications consultant for the United the concert, and will be repeated on Way of Philadelphia, will be presented at Saturday at 2 p.m.' arid 8 p.m.' and Sunday List Recital Hall. President Babbitt, at 4 p;m, B'eginning at ·9:30 p.m.' Friday alumnae, faculty, and students will appear refreshments will be served and a musical in t h i s multi- media presentatiqn, program, "Sounds of '65" will be "Blueprint for an Ark," which chronicles , presented in' the main lounge of McEwen, in a humorous fashion, some of the early for guests, alumnae, and students. history of the college. ,Sunday Convocation Saturday will be a day of celebrations The tenth anniversary celebration will designed by the Kirkland alumnae. At 10 a,m; iri the Red Pit, the alumnae will give close on Sunday, May 11, ,with a formal advice on job hunting, apartment living, Kirkland-Hamilton convocation in the and other lifestyle choices that must be Alumni Gymnasium on the Hamilton made after graduation from college. The campus at 11 a.m.' The keynote speaker panel discussion, entitled, "Coping with will be Millicent McIntosh, president Life-after Kirkland," will be moderated by emeritus of Barnard College, the former Betty Hagerty Wendt, president of the . chairman of the Advisory Committee on Plans and Policies for Kitkland College, Kirldand Alumnae Association. T h r oughout Saturday afternoon, formed in 1964, and a member of the athletic even ts and artistic happenini;rs are Kirkland Board of Trustees,

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BY SCOTT WRIGHT Rod Umlas's adaptation of William Congreve's "Love for Love" completes its run of eight performances this weekend at Minor Theatre. lt'should not be missed. ' Those who go expecting a performance of Congreve's play will be surprised, t h o u gh I t h ink not al together disappointed • Umlas has adapted and directed the script in an effort to emphasize a theme of artificiality. From the start, things are not the way Congreve wrote them, but this doesn't detract from the play. As the audience is seated, the players, out of costume and in partial make-up, meander on stage and begin to warm up and make up and generally act casually.

the original pnmartly because -Congreve s characters act and react far more formally toward each other than do Umlas's. All the characters but Ben Legend deal (to varying degrees of success) with a tension between the outward and the inward self, a struggle made all the more perilous because Congreve's characters define themselves by their relationships to each other and not so much by their r elationship to their own souls. Paradoxically, the songs bring characters to the surface. ' I was disappointed to see that, Umlas did not retain the final dance which might have integrated the atoned lover.s into the comic society just at effectively as the closing song did. Sacrifices Undercurrent If the unadorned opening is not On another level, Umlas's· editing enough to spark our wonder, we discover sacrificed most of the play's serious that the Prologue is not Congreve's but u n d er c urrent. Scandal's scheming is Umlas's invitation to a night of unreality. redu ced to a mrmmum and the As Scandal invokes the play and the pervasiveness of manipulation loses ✓so�e players,· the scenery descends and the of its power. More importantly, Ben's part incomplete characters. are shisked off stage is- nearly cut in half. ·Toe effect is that the with their cosmetics. The scenery down, adaptation lacks a perspective balance the actors enter; the play begins. between the "artificial" characters and the It woultl' be a mistake to criticize incorruptible earthiness of Ben. Cast members of William Congreve's "Love for Love." For those who wish to judge the Umlas's adaptation simply because it isn't precisely what Congreve wrote, Umlas and adaptation in its own right (as it should_ college acting career of Trevor Drake, Ray ScandaPs sense of himself in and out of his actors and crew should be praised for a be), a great deal is praiseworthy. In Dooley, George Walsh and Margaret the crowd• ., He maintained- a distinctive job well done despite the liberties taken general, however, I was annoyed that more K lenck, all of whom we have seen often. formality, a_nd thus emphasized the irony action did �ot occur up stage. The lines They have never been better; this play is of so collected a character being basically withsthe original script. on the floor and the receding scenery fitting punctuation. a conniver. Music Makes the Difference The obvious rake, Tattle, played by Despite some of my ideosyncratic The most striking difference· is the directed my visual attention past the music. Though Congreve's script has two actors in many of the scenes. reservations about Drake's occasionally John Emerson, is. the comic center of the The stage was not used well. Though James Deanian approach to Valentine, he play. His vanity and affectedcarousing songs and a dance of its own, Umlas has carefully selected nine contemporary ,,.the set itself was adequate, its color has never been more complex in his were carried off with a humorous mixture of perceptive character-analysis of his songs and added them where he has edited scheme was dull because the colors were emotion, nor more convincing. The play shifts tone in the final scene female prey and what ·appeared to be almost all of the same intensity. The the play. lighting was singularly uninspiring and did and this redirection could have been unadulterated good luck. Though it The songs are shamelessly bawdy. Two stand out for their extended not lend the stage a specific character, not · hopelessly incongruous largely because certainly adds to the comedy of the metaphors: Tattle's "My Pretty Maid" and to mention how unflattering it was to the Um.las deletes so much ,of · the play's adaptation, I wondered what the point Scandal 's equally obvious "A Lusty Young players themselves, most of whoin were serious intent. But Drake, for his part, wasof directing Emerson to play Tattle as managed the metamorphosis thoughtfully, fay as he did. Smith." The astrologer Foresight sings costumed quite well. Acting Makes It and this ability turns the play when it about cuckoldry, and indeed is plagued by A s Foresight, M i c ha el B annan The acting, however, makes this play a .must. his premonitions �f becoming horned. maintains the quality-acting of the leading K,lenck Impressive success and a highly enjoyable production. While the songs do not jut precariously Klenck brings a hauteur . to her roles. His voice and face and almost from Umlas's play, I think they would mar "Love for Love".. mar],(.s the end of the interpretation of Angelica, makip.g the absent-m inded mot ions were well ironic name crystal clear. She acted developed and purposeful. We sh1>uld see impressively, facing a character who was more of him in the future, as we should unchanged until the last scene, acting see more of Joyce Bumpus who plays Miss upon others in order to move the play Prue and more of John Moon who plays forward. She kept the players and the Ben. audience unsure until the end, and her The Best Yet vow of love to Val was just as believable Miss Prue is played with such strength a n d h a p py a surprise the second and attractiveness that she shadows the _ performance as it was the first_. characters of Mrs. Foresight and Mrs. As Sir Sampson Legend, George Walsh Frail. This success makes it two-for-two performed his best in four years. His for Bumpus. John Moon brought the same Why not pl�n to spend this summer with us... frustrated anger at his son Val's petulance degree of toughness to Ben that we saw in sustained the energy of the play in several his performance. in "Selling the House." s cenes. Wal s h also d i s ti n g ui s hed Mrs. Frail, played by Adrianna Bate, : remarkaply well between his attitude a 40-mile clear water lake and Mrs. Foresight, played by Carol True, · toward his younger son Ben and his were not as strong as they could have attitude toward Val. At times his anger been. Their acting betrayed a timidity 3-week, 6-week, 8-week sessions usurped what should have been a more which their characters only feigned. understated pain, Steve Eldredge as Jeremy and Andrea Tattle the Center hills, forests, parks Kantor as Nurse were both solid and Ray Dooley's Scandal was the most contributed to the overall continuityof thoroughly conceived character on stage. acting. 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atts briefs KIRKLAND DANCE CONCERT

The Kirkland College Dance Theater will pres�nt its annual spring ,concert on May 9-11 at Minor Theater. The concert will feature twenty-seven of the college's dance students, performing modern dance pieces, most of which have been choreographed by the faculty and students of Kirkland and Hamilton Colleges. Two evening performances, at 8 p.m. on Friday, May 9, and Saturday, May 10, and two matinees, at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 10 and 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 11. will be presented. General admission $ L 7 5', students $.7 5.

STUDENT CONCERT

Music students of Hamilton and Kirkland Colleges will present a free public concert Tuesda y, May 6 in the Chapel at 8:30 p.m. The Hamilton-Kirkland Brass Choir and Woodwind Quintet will play, and there will be vocal solos by Mike Sigler, tenor, and Beth Bergman, soprano. . r "' •: (1J-,l•JI

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FREE CHURCH MUSICAL

A special musical program will be presented as part of the service of the Free Church of Clinton Sunday , May 4, at 11: 15 am in the Chapel. The program will include the Free Church Choir, directed by Susan Endy, with guest soloists Nancy Dolliver '75 and Br uce Wittmaier, Kirkland Assistant Professor of Psychology, and De Gustibus, a recorder group directed by Professor of German Thomas Colby, accompanied by tenor Michael Sigler '7 6. , 11Th'e. sermon Sunday will be delivered by•(µeorge Newman, Hamilton director of pub-lie relations, whose topic will be "More Equal Than Thou."


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By JO-ANN MORT people who would otherwise never hear The Carnegie Hall of upstate New them. One Complaint York? Well...there was something about the presence of lockerroom stench that Only one complaint. When Taj sat at remained unconvincing, but nonetheless, the piano and played the "Cajun Waltz" . the music was .excellent at )ast Saturday he kept lookipg over at the spectators on the direct left of the stage, seemingly in an night's big SAC concert. The concert opened with Steak Nite, a effort ·to make contact with those he was group which has been on the Hill for four playing for: The complaint? Just that this years.Though this reviewer has not been reviewer would love to see him play and here to watch them mature, it's clear that talk on for hours, in a more intimate they've evolyed into a group that knows atmosphere, about the music he plays reggae, country blues, cajun .. . After what it's doirrg. Steak Nite is a clean, tight rock 'roll interesting and sometimes bad experiences band, when they play rock 'n roll.When with concerts on the Hill this year, it's they switch to jazz oriented material, great that Taj came. up for the one last they 'r e· sophisticate� and extremely concert and showed us all what music is interesting. The jazz compositions they and can be about. performed in the concert were written by - Don Fram, the lead guitarist.One piece in particular, "Fa celift", was almost captivating. Steak Nite came back to a well-deserved standing ovation. After a short intermission, Taj Mahal . strutted on stage and welcomed the eager audience with two Mississippi John Hurt tunes - "Satisfied" and "Ain't Nobody's Business". Equipped with guitar, floppy hat, and suspenders, he captured the audience. pseudo-amorous. Ray Vinceguerra was BY B OB GRIEVES Taj Odyssey The Alexander Hamilton Players have suff iciently effete and absorbed as Taj does a blend of music fa the true embarked on an ambitions spring Schroeder, musical' genius-at-worko Lars ' tradition of folk. He adapts old coqntry schedule; two plays in a three week span. Nielsen portrayed Linus with a dabs of blues . ..numbers, urbap. blues,· cajun music� Both last w�ek's "You're A Good Man, thumb--in..cheek put-0n: his Linus stare in and more recently, African rhythms and C harlie B r o w n" and next week's "My Blanket and Me" was intensified by a reggae music. He blends it all into a virtual "Anything Goes" have been infused with make-up .job which is three parts- "The .foJlt Qdy,iisey. . ' ' .• eager novices who have either never acted · Vamp" and one part Dracula. He , alsp played a few rock 'n ;oll Mike -Margolin was · a -muchmore . before or are in their first college show. numbei-·s such as "Good Momin' Little "This was my fkst college production, intense · Charlie Brown than I ·had School Girl',', ,but his strength lies in his. and I was sutprised at how conscientious envisioned. ''Kit€," which features Charlie, dissemination and adaptations of old blues the actors were;...working with a small was a big hit with the audience, stressing Yll:�bei_:s; },:ai_ h_a� become a big time cast was fun," said Ray Vincequerra, who the "I can fly, I have wings" theme. Patty, musician and has the capability because of played Schroeder in the Players "You're A played by 'Susan Strang, acted as a · his exposure, to bring the -songs of a J ohIJ, Go_od Man, Charlie Brown." catalyst, emphasizing different themes Hurt or some cajun musi� to group_s of The set for ''Charlie Brown" is simple: with different characters. Susan plays her PHOro BY DAN BARRY Taj Mahal a tree in one corner of the stage, role with a great deal of elan, which saves �'Thejob 'bf a student director is very on here." Fogelin describes the chara�ter overtopping the gallery of the chapel. J:p.e under\V_!itten character of Patty. , Snoopy's doghouse, a few painted chairs. Shelly Schultz as Snoopy sfore-nte . dif!icuit indeed, . s ays Sluys in• she plays as "one of four demi-prostitutes Lights went' up at 8:06 pm and there they show. Apart from the major Snoopy roles, epigrammatic fashion as· he launches from who run around batting their eyelashes." were, most of the Peanuts gallery-Charlie . she was a vital factor in group scenes like Rachel Dickinson rates the production his chair to tidy up a scene during �'very fast" but laments, "It's hard for me Brown, Lucy, Snoopy, Patty, Linus, "The Baseball Game {T.E.AoM;)'" and rehearsal. ' 'Wor,king of this play has been the ·to act sexy-I've been indoctrinated in Schroeder-singing the title song of "G l e e C lu b R e h earsal," "marching, · "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown" in a · strutt4tg, howling��_y,l_!!}_g, pouncing. most encouraging thing I've done in four women's lib." ' Sluys-�omments that "the best things years,!' says Vince DiCarlo, - whodescribes chorus line. Credit to Director - .his character Whitney as "a bombastic- but about any play are the people realizing Sensitive- Delineations 'We. have to give credit to our director, The play worked well. Even though Peter Sluys, for casting. He did an · totally ineffectual broker." their_ own talentso This is happening with there is no development in the characters, excellent job," said Margolin. Joe Hutcheson, it happened with Lars in much-this very myself enjoy· · "I'm in g it was a humorous yet sensitive delineation only 'the second musical I've been in," says , Nielsen in "Charlie Brown'' and with Sam of the primary school angst of that� The indefatigable Sluys also has his Joe Hutcheson, · �ho has the iead role of Babbitt in "Pinafore." I li�e to see people _ _ de":elo� themselves. · ''W 1th _regard to _ eight�year-old philosopher, Charlie Brown. hand in another production-"Anything Billy. _ · 'Anything Goes.,' I'm ·sorry I haven't been 'Ainerican Cha-Cha' ; Debbie Schmale was a delightful L ucy. Goes," the Cole Porter extravaganza. C l a ud i a Fogel in d escribes the with them from the very beginningo Nplay I especially liked her attempted wooing of Geoff Lawreiice is the producer, Peter Schroeder at his piano. h'er elbow was Bayer the assistant director, and Guy · production as "a great show, the first real needs unified command." 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Last Summer,. starring Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Cliff. Friday and Saturday at 8:00 p.m. Sunday at 10:00 p.rri. Chemistry· Auditorium. Splendor in the Grass. Friday and Saturday at 8:00 p.m. Sunday at 10:00 p.m. Kirner-Johnson Auditorium. May 5 (Monday) S uddenly

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Charlatans Theater Production: Love for Love. 8:00 p.m. Minor Theater. {Also Saturday and Sunday) reflecting various versions of Kirkland, at the time of its· founding, by David May 7 (YIednesday} LECTURE AND DISUSSION A l e x a n d e r 1,-iam ilton Players. E 11 is, . -Samu�! F. Babbitt, Carl May 4 (Sunday) Production: Anything Goes. 8:00 p.m. Schneider� Christie Bell Vilsak (a Symposium: lhe Professional Woman: Chapel. (Also Thursday and Sunday.) member of the Charter· Class) and G. In ternational' ferspectiv�. A An RELIGIOUS SERVICES · Harlan, Lewis, mayor �f Clinton. 8:00 sympo sium i n r ecognition of May 3 (Sunday) p.m. List Recital Hall.· International Women's Year with Newman Mass. Father Paul Drobin. Senior .Project Poetry Reading: Julie representatives from various nations. " 5 :30 p.m. Red Pit. WeinS.tein. 8:30-·p.m. Red Pit. 7:30 p.m. Kirner-Johnson Auditorium. May 4 (Sunday) · · May 9 {Friday) Newman Mass. Father Paul Drobin. Lecture:· Mr. �ritz Noack, President of, May 4 (Sunday) 9:30 a.m. Chapel. Interfaith Theological Workshop: Film - , · ·the Noack Organ Company. Alternate Free Church of Clinton. George Tunir,g Systems in· the 18th .Century. & -Discussion on Christian Science. 4' Newman, Hamilton College Director of 4:00 p,m. Root Art Center. · _pm Chemistry Auditorium. Public Relations. 11:15 a.m. Chapel. 'May 5 (Monday) . · MUSIC AND DANCE May 5 (Monday) May 2 (Friday) Slide Presentation: Woman in China Newman Mass. Father Paul Drobin. Today, a presentation by Bon-yu Chu, Fol� Festival: Concert. 8:00 p.m.-1:00 12:00 noon. Chapel. (Also Tuesday, a.m. Chapel. translator, Department of Conference Thursday, and Friday.) Services, United Nationa. 10:00 a.m.. May 3 (Saturday) Christian Fellowship Meeting. 8:00 Folk · Festival: Concert Preliminaries. · Kirner-Johnson Auditorium. p.m. . Milbank 36. 10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon. Chapel. Lecture: Walter Pilkington, Hamilton EXHIBITION Folk Festival Workshops. 12:00 College Librarian. Samuel Kirkland: noon-4': 0 0 p .m. Drinking song May 3 {Saturday) Man Caught Up in• Change. 8:00 p.m. Folk Festival Arts Festival. 12:00 workshop, 4:00-6:00 p.m. -McEwen Kirner-Johnson Auditorium. noon. Kirner-Johnson. Lounge. Lecture: James Doohan, television Finalists' Concert. 8:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m. May 7 (Wednesday) personality. 8:00 p.m. Gymnasium. · Audio-Visual Exhibition Opening: Gymnasium. Lecture: Professor Anthony Aveni, Kirkland Past and Present. Film,.. tape, (Sunday) 4 May Colgate Univer�ity, Department of photography, art and. graphics from Folk Festival Square Dance. 2:00-5:00 Physics and Astronomy. Observations Kirkland's first ten years. 8:30 p.m. p.m. Bristol Terrace. {Bundy Dining . in Ancient America. 8:00 p.m. Science Kirner-Johnson. Hall, in case of rain.} Auditorium. a Currently On Cmpus May 7 (Wednesday) May 6 {Tuesday) Annual Hamilton-Kirkland Student Art Lecture: Bangladesh Today. Professor Hamil.ton-Kirkland Student Concert. Show. (Cl_oses June 1.) Harold Turner, . Brooklyn Polytechnic • 8:30 p.m. Vocal and Instrumental. lhe Four Seasons and Other Paintinqs Institute. 8:00 p.m .. Chemistry Chapel. . THEATER Auditorium. by William Palmer. Root Art Center. May 2 (Friday) (Closes June L) May 8 (Thursday) 258 Cinemas· (732-5461) Sheila L evine is Dead and Living in New York (PG) Sneba, Baby (PG) A Woman Under the Influence (R)

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Abbott •· Asserts Feminism Is Strong

Abbott's l ecture was By WENDI PASHMAN Sidney Abbott, co-author o f co-sponsored by the Humanities "Sappho Was a Right On Woman" Division and the Sappho group. It' said at a le cture Tuesday evening, was the fir st major· eve nt put on ''Fe minism is stronger to day than by Sappho . ever." The he ad of the task for ce Sa pph o was founded by o n le sbianism at the National students of bi-se xual, homo sexual, Organization of Women (NOW) and he terosexual orientation who attribu ted this partly to, "welJ were concer ned with the attitudes wor ked· out programs." t o w a r d h o m o s e xuals and "Abortion is an issue feminist� _homosexuality. As stated in the have to deal with,' said Ab�o tt. charter, the group's concern is �he said that :r:io one-belie ves with education o n alternate sexual abortion is a substitute fo r birth life styles and the r ights of homer co ntro l and should only be a last and bi-se xuals in addition to re sort but went on to say,· p r o g r a m m i n g c o n c e r ning "Le sbians can get sentime ntal homo sexualitv. According to Patty Col�man, a with things the y're _no t involved in.'' Citing le sbianism as "the member of S appho, the group is per fe ct metho d o f birth co ntrol" "h om o p hU e " m e aning that a n y o n e con ce r n e'd ab_o ut sh e said, ''The first tim� I went to Ursula Colby ( left) reviews curricular report while.news_ editor Susan Malkin '77 listens �o President. �bitt. a gyno co logist he asked IJle what homose xuality may join regardless kind of birth contro l I u sed and I of their o wn sexual pr efer ence. Open to all members o f the said lesbianis�.•• ' Abbotf said" she thought, the H a m i l t o n a n d K i r k l a nd l e sbian sub-group within- the communities, Sappho is at present , • -that the size · o f-·the college is feminist mo vement was b�comi�g comprised of 30-40 me mbers with _ e way the �_plleg� to curtail in som continued from page one le ss doctrinaire· in its stance a heavy concentration of women., under standing and dealing with number of Hamilto n st udents appropriate -that t he co llege should towards "stratgh,t " wo men. 'We Cole man said, "the mee tings have new information. They do · no t- , taking Kirkland courses. Cu rt�ilment of the . number of. rehiai:n a colle ge for Wo me n did . know' how to l9ve wo men consistc;ntly been open." Faculty believe that thc:y ar� just ijlli!lg ..'....t h a t the college ·should 'who were like ourselves but now members have attended rlleetings · someone's head withusele.ss facts. Ham i lton students . might_ be . we' r e b r oadening 'out and but h a v e . not �eeri� active, The new plan may tum out to avojded if Kirkland. expanded the r emain a reside'ntial college · -"that coqtdinatio 11··1s po sitive, · beconµng less· paro chial,. said accor<,ling to Coleina,n. be a reco mmitment �o the liberal number of peo ple it allowe d in its arts in an attempt to eliminate q>J:1rses. Problems,arise especially ··will hold the co ll�ge in· good Abbo tt. ·She continued, '�ears Although there· is overlapping those peo ple who conce :o.trate in in the ax;ts courses, . thougJ;i, stea' d,. and- is uni9_ue, among ago we,helieved lesbians were the membership, Coleman said, the · vanguard_ of feminism:" She said S a p ph·o gro up s h o uld, be . .. the arts or humanities . a.t · the ·th e r e is,n o p lan f o,i. it1cr e as e d . · Ct?lleges. . , , ' If the · trustees accept the that r:nany such attitude's ·are being diff erentiateq from the Gay . expense of other fields. H this is .class sizes. I t· m u st b e rememb,ered, 9dc:ument, the propo.sal will be · re-examined. 'Now, she said the C o n s c i o usness- Raising Group the case, it also has no.t been �de ho weve r, that this •is only a plan. sent to the Standing Co mmittee emphasis mo�g a:way from which emanat�d from the Dean of clear. : The trustees will not vote on_ a It may not even be considered o n· A cade:nric and ·curricular ''rigid" ideas and. -1:oward an Students' office. Coleman stated, r e c i p e -a f u l l y d e v e l o p e d when implementation is discussed. Affairs� SCA.CA will be asked to appr eciation of "ap.drogeny. This is "Unlike the consciousness raising - The :report·· that ::the" trustees draw up - a ii;umber: of · 'pilo t ; a· state wher e all; 'attributes can be group, Sappho· is for - political implementatio.µ plan for change. · That, -�ill".'be left· 'ul :'to c"tlie ', will be voting on also reaffirms pro grams �hich will then be available to both· sexes: She said action." _: •. .,, l Col e m a n s ai d the e th r fo current definitions o f the tested · effectiveness. These anflrogeny is "the most' exciting a d m i ni st-r a ti'on,, · f�uty and co lle ge. The planning committee programs might be imple mented: thing' that could po ssibly co.me community's support was shown students_- · ,� through the positive response :, . for the 1976 -77 schoo l year. - ' _alo ng." '< It· should not·,_ be· assumed, has qecided/ appr o ximately 400 peo ple gave to iou , e hat u th e g n t ci -!J .h .t . . r_ �i� ):l s:;J a petition circulated whkh. said c· will not - define �•br,fad kinds of .LI -H·""'· .that no one should be penalized curricular changes that �ill be . p one e om nt f ued o nt e e man r ntativ e e s p re p Th e r ta. o Dak he initiated for their s�xual preferences. uth o e S er f , . ag r made. If the trusfres decide to � m , According to Coleman and adopt .the new polky, i.irkland� �:;when A ustr ia was admitted to th:e £ Austr ia to the United Nations and and later be-came director of the t' in 196 8 was elettecfp resicl.ent of Dak o t a L e a d er s.hip Training De an of Students Jane Poller, the s t u d e n t s , f a c. u l t y aril:l '' or ganization. F r o m 1956 · to_ -l,960 l{e � the first U.N.' ·conference o n the Pro gram for the training , of .Jay � Kirkland administration has been administr ation will be co mmitted to a new program with specifie d.. r e pr e s e nt�d., h is country in Exploratio n and 'P-eaceful Us es of and or dained leader s among the supportive of the group. Both >' C o l e man ;md P o l l e r cited , Indian peo ple . .' go als which limit the means that C ari;ida, 'fi r st as . n;iintst er Outer Space. 1at e t pl as e n i p o tentiary H e was th and e A ~ u st r ian minist e r President Sam Babbitt as being Fr o m 1 9 52 t o 1 966 he was can be used to meet them. ambassado'r.' Iie later se rved �s of fore;.gn affairs in 1968-70 and a rector of St. John's Church, especially helpful. Poller statec;l Alth ough the "truStees will no t candidate fo r president o f Austria: NO r t h a mp t o n , Mas s ., a nd that the Sappho memo which was be voting on the specific me ans -to - · in 1971. He _succeeded U Thant .as E pisco pal Chaplain to Smith circulated through the community attain the ends of the ne w policy, continued from page tnree secretary general in 1972. Co llege. Earlier he ser ved as had or iginated in Babbitt's office. the administr ation has worked out Student Se nate as "f Love Bishop Co chran is a membe r of full-time Episco pal . Chaplain at "Th e trustee s," Po ller said, "are some sample programs which Hamilton" Schneeder (sic), could the class of 193 6 at Hamilton. His he Univ informed by the president and t ersity o f Washington. He· would embody the spirit of the not be silenced. In between weak graduat e st"dy. � ·was done at the . was an A rmy Transpo rt chaplam have voiced no oppo sition." ' · new policy. Currently, the se ser ve forehands aimed at the speedy Episcopal Theolo gical School·-and in the Pacific during World War II. as a hueristic device to illustrate Pre sident Carovano, Jo lly Roger · the Graduate Schoo l of Applied Kirkland has not yet he ard the kinds o f changes that might' would call "Lowe r the net if you Religion, Cincinnati. · commencement p o Sibve · · I y who its · · come abou t un de r the new must, but fo r God's sake, RAISE He was co nsecrated the fourth spe aker wµl be. Cheryl Daly, program. THE GRADES!" bishop of Alaska last August after director of Public Relations, said The following is an ou tline of Cou ld it be that Mr. Schneider's serving on the Standing Ro ck s he hopes to announce the · the administration scenario : pleas have fallen on deaf ears? Indian Reservation in North and <;J,ecision s oon. Advisors will ne cessarily play a Cer tainly, the administratio n has · paramount ro le when Ki rkland yet to publicly recognize the Village Variety Store s w i t c h e s f r o _m· q u antitative pr e-med dile mma for the ·cr ucial Clin�on, N. Y. ' s tanda rds for a degree (the issue it is, while the CAP has only number o f courses taken) to furthe r imperiled the pre -med's Tow�•s Full of Bargains qualitative standards. It will be situation at Hamilton by re fusing the advisors' r ole to coor dinate to grant academic -credit .{,o r THURSDAY MAY 8th, 9- 12 Clinton Sales Days: a n d e valuat e a s t u d e n t ' s m e d i cal inte r nships in 'rts Thursday, Friday, and development. pro je cted Winter Terms. Is it Saturday, May 8, 9, 10 One way to increase this role is · possible that the vast prestige that to set up adviso ry tutorial g roups 163 ye ars of administrator s, Serving the College similar to tho se used du ring faculties, and students have built Community for over Hot Dogs only $.25 winter study. A student wo uld will be allo wed to disappear 25 years. spend course time in an advisory - behind the shame ful placement You-name-it-we-have-it. Rt. 5, Kirkland, N.Y; group made up of two faculty figures o f o ur pre-meds? m ember s and a small number of One might ask how a neighb or students. The students and faculty o f Queen Eliz�beth can get so in the tutor ial will decide how worked up o ve r s uch a seemingly ever y one is t o be evaluated. remo te issue � The major ity o f my These groups, it is asserted, will e xcitement stems from my . ) l e a d t o · exciting e ducational unabated ye t not unquestioning ,. 19 College St., Clinton d e al with o f a gr eat exper ie nce s lo ve for Hamilton (I'd gladly i n ter disciplinary faculty-student accept Roger's nickname shou ld Open: Mon. Thru Fri. Appearing May 2nd & 3rd: 9 Til 6 :p.m'. Sa�. T_il 2 p.m. interaction. The tutorial will he choose to le ave it to me in his HEAVEN & HELP facilitate die discussion o f values Last Will and Te stament) while CLOSED SUNDAYS s st u dent relat e t o a ' the remainder r ises ou t of my as they From a local college FREE PARKING IN s tudi e s a n d h e r l i fe; the p o s i t i o n as H a m i l t o n's ·· VILLAGE PARKING LOT Friday & Saturday Nites st u di e s and th e Ambassador to England. On April integration o f Seneca Turnpike st udent's life will be clarifiedo · 29, I shall represent the Hamilton CLINTON'S NEW 853-8995 The commitment o f more Admissio ns De par tment at the PROFESSIONA.L Open 4 p.m.-2 a.m. faculty time to advising, will also Amer ican Sch . oo l in London. I, necessitate a readjustme nt of too, will then be faced with a Kitchen until 1 a.m. PHARMACY ., faculty wor kload; the numbe r of dile mma: must I tell them, as a co urses a facu lty membe r will Feb. 21 letter to the .,editor SENlOR CIT.IZENS· • f teach will be redti.c�. Ii the suggests, "Hamilton is not a good i co�_SIDER.A.TIQN · co lle ge cu ts bac� a loi o f cour se�, I place f or _p re-meds?" MASTER CHARGE g·53.5�)7Q: it may 'have to narrow : its Mark Ro.senbaum '.7.7 .. . .........._. ... ..la..- .. . .. - - � . .. curriculum. This might force the London, England

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continued from page twelve outscoring R.I.T. 7-1. At one point Mark Bernard actually scored by slinging the ball between his legs while facing in the wrong direction. The roughest challenge the Blue ✓ faced on this Saturday afternoon was in locating the e l u s i v e w ater-bottle. George Grammaglia, with an assist from the scorekeeper, finally JrOduco:l it with a, c�up)e of. minutes to go, and everyone went home heappy. Gib Hedstrom led with three goals. Bernard and Ned Collum notched two each. Jaye Tyler, Jon Berry and Sam Finnell rounded out the.scoring. There was one sour note however - near the end of the third period R.l.T.'s Tom Melton, frustrated by the aggressive yet clean play of Marty Percy, caught 'Percy behind the net and brought -his stick d_o� _a':!'o� Percy's ! neck. Melt�n was ejected for his

The Blue -face perhaps their �verest test tomol'!q_w: when they take on Middlebury in a home contest at 2:00. Three key players, Mark Bernard, Gib H e d s t r o m a nd G eorge Grammaglia, will be unable to pl ay . Von Schiller is hoping that their absence will be partially offset by the return of speedy freshman mid-fielder Dave Cowin. Cowin has been sidelined since the third game of the season with a shoulder injury. Tri-captain Percy feels t�t in order to gain a play-off spot, the Blue must win one of their three games with Union, Albany State and M i d dlebury, and sweep Sienna, St. Lawrence and Alfred. In ·that case, he says, "There's no --------------. . way they can keep us out." · Summer Charters From CANADA to EUROPE MAKE YOUR RESERVATI ONS NOW!! Youth Fare is Back See Us For Terms and Conditions

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By SHERWIN TUCKER During the past week and a P ra t t both worked for the half, the Hamil ton baseball team Hilltoppers in the setback, with fell a bit further away from Coach Krause taking the defeat. He is Heckler's pre-season hopes of now 1-3 for the seasbn. Two days later, the Conts having a .500 season, by dropping three out of five games. In their hosted· traditional rival Union. last five games, the Blue batsmen Union took an early lead by s p l i t d o u b l e - h eaders w i t h scoring · a single run in the first Ei s e n hower College and the inning o The Blue tied the score in University of Rochester, while the' second inning, when Dave losing a single game to Union Pisanelli, starting the one run ·college. The Conts' record is rally, singling to right. After Mike L e ngvarsky struck out, Tom now 6-8. In their doubleheader against L afountain doubled to left Ei s e n h o wer, the Blue were scoring Pisanelli, the Blue's only defeated 6-1 in the first game. The run of the game. Union put the game away in General's ace, Denis Ciehornski limited the Conts to only six hits. the fift};l, when they sent nine John Driscoll took the loss for the batters to the plate and scored Blue, yielding 10 }:lits, and walking five run!t. , Star_ter Mike Maring, two. His record is now 2-2. responsible-for ·all six Union runs·, Pitcher Mike Maring led the took the 6-1 defeat. Union's Jon Cants back in the second game, as Lamson pocke'ted the victory, as he held Eisenhower to two runs he held the Blue to eight hits, By BOB McCORMICK and four hits. The Blue bats struck out four and displayed fine It has been the year of the-glass supported Maring with 10 hits and control by walking none. slipper for athletics on the Hill. seven runs. lri picking up his first A l t h ough the Conts have The spring's Cinderella team is a victory . of the season, Maring · showed more hitting ability cohesive Blue lacrosse squad that walked three and struck out one. during the last several games, they sports a 6-1 record. On houseparty Saturday, the still have been unable to manage After winning their first three Blue entertained the University of a� e xtended winning streak. contests, the Hamilton stickmen Rochester. In the first game of the Perhaps if the pitching is able to dropped a decision to nationally doubleheader, the Conts played permit a few less runs per game; ranked Geneseo State, and then without showing any ill effects and the hitting continues to came back to defeat Clarkson, from the night before, scoring, improve, the Conts may be able to R . I .T . , a n d R o chester i n eight runs and producing 12 hits, salvage a .500 season. succession. The Bl ue's success this year has Dave McLean still continues to in turning back Rochester 8-1. Dave McLean went the entire lead the team in most offensive been pretty much ·a literal bolt game, giving up only 1 run, while categories. His .40'4 average is far from the blue. No one expected fanning four and walking one. He ahead of second place Randy such a record, even considering Williams' .314. McLean also leads that seven seniors would be evened his record at 2-2. Rochester was able to obtain a the team in home runs (5), total returning from last year's squad. split however, Al Parry limited the1 hits (19) and RBIs (13). Bill And a play-off berth? Yoµ would Blue bats to only two hits and no Tarbell and Randy Williams lead have been out of your mind. Distinct Play-offs runs, as Rochester won the second the team in stolen bases with four haj.f 4-0. George Krause and Andy each. Now it's a distinct possibility.

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3 Harriers Qualify for States

BY WENDI PASHMAN Under the frigid and gray skies of a houseparty Saturday, the Hamilton trackster:; won a rousing victory over Cortland, 88-530 Later in the week, on April 30, the C o n t s s uffered a reversal-losincg at the heels of Union, 88-5 7. Against Cortland, the Hamilton team made a fine showing in the 880 race with captain Lou Pacilio capturing first- place, and the newcomer Jeff Carlberg coming in on Pacilio's heels for third place. Noteworthy was Bruce Carter who did nicely in the 3-mile run for a time of 14:48.4 against stiff Cortland competition. Surprisingly the Conts fell back somewhat in the 100 and 440 events in which they are usually strongest. This may have been due to a severe muscle spasm which the perennial star performer, Rick Mobley, suffered while running the 100. According to Coach Long, Mobley is now a "question , mark, and will be for the next few rneetso Hopefully Mobley will be sufficiently recovered to run at his best at the state championship at Brockport on May 10. D a v e Baker did well · in Mobley's· stead, bringing in a solid win for the harriers with a time of 22.5.' ' Unfortunately the Union meet did not live up to the promise shown b y Hamilton against Cortland. T h e C o n t s p u t in a considerable effort in their strong events: the 100, 220, and 440 sprints o Covering for the still disabled Mobley, Pedro Garcia and again, Dave Baker, helped to bring in points. Bak.er showed great agility in the 100 with a

winning time of 10a2•' However, Union penetrated the Garcia, who consistently racks Cants' weakness-better known as up needed points by the Conts, the field events. Union took first supported the team effort by place in the javelm, shot put, and coming in second in the 440 and discus; but Don Oyer did give third in the 2200 them some trouble by coming in As he did in the Cortland second in the discus, and Brian contest, Bruce Carter bolstered Coombes sho'wed · thrid in the the Hamilton ca:use as he sped . javelin. According to Coach Long, through the three mile race, coming in first with a time of C oom bes' effort i s quite 1 4 :5 9.9 0 ' Jo h n R od g er son remarkable in that he had. been followed Carter, coming in second unfamiliar with javelin throwing in the same evento continued on page eleven

Tennis Out of Shap! By PAUL HULLEBERG ·The hapless Hamilton· tennis team, apparently still out of shape mentally and physi�ally, travelled to Hobart on Wednesday and was beaten 8-1. It should have been their third match of the season, but last week's match at Clarkson was rained out and will probably not be rescheduled. The match started on a bright note for the Conts, as co-captain J o h n H u t c h i n s , p l a y i ng number-one singles, won handily, 7-6,6-1. But this turned out to be Hamilton's only win of the afternoon. Many matches were carried to three sets. 'But, according to Hutch, "We just can't seem to win those three-set rriatches.••I 'think 'choking� is the ,, best word for it. N u mber-two s ingles Dave Wollman, having lost the first set by a.decisive 6-1 margin, seemed to be on the come-back trail, taking the second set 6-3. But it would have been inconsistent with the trend· of the afttrnoon if he had not dropped the third set,

which he did. Co-captain Daye· S ch utt, Ph ill Spellane, Bob W ordert, and Roger Berman provided the rest of the losses in the singles department. The score might indeed have turned out to be 7-2, as Hutchins and Wollman had their no. l doubles match dead-locked at one set apiece. But Hutch had to make a 6:00 appointment back at the Hill, so the match was defaulted. The other two doubles teams this w e e k w ere c o m p r i s e d o f .S c h u t t - R o n R i c e a n d Spellane-Worden. P l a y i n g on s o f t , s l o w all-weather courts, rather than the fast clay variety that they have been used to might have had some effect on the Hamil ton hetmen. But more likely the main reason for the loss was, in the words of Dave Wollman, ''We're still not in good enough shape." Next week a powerful St. Lawrence team will travel to Clinton. It will be int.eresting to see if the Conts �re. psyched.

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There are no superstars on this team . Eri c M acDonald, JV Lacrosse coach and always good copy, explained, "They're th� worst group of individuals ever assembled, yet they're the best team in the history �f the school." Tri-captains Steve Speno, Jon Berry and Marty Percy provide inspira t i onal leadership. Net minder John Rice shuts the door o n o p p o s i n g s h ots. A n d everybody contributes� "The last three games were ones we had to win," said coach 'Manfred von Schiller. His charges responded in fine form. The Blue edged out Clarkson 7-6 in double overtime on a goal by Mark Bernard. The young Clarkson team had two opportunities to gain the win in the closing

moments of regulation time, but one shot hit the pipe, and another missed by inches. Each t eam a m a s s e d 20 penalties. The Continentals pummeled R.I.T.11-2 last Saturday. It was a· surprisingly easy victory over a team that gained an ECAC berth last year. Three minutes ihto the game, R.I.T. scored on a freak play. The Blue spent the rest of the period knocking on the R.I.T. goal, and were finally rewarded at 14:03 when Jon Berry poked it in off an assist from Mark Bernard. Gib Hedstrom tallied twice in the second period and Sam Finnell added another to give Hamilton a 4-1 half-time margin. The Blue made a shambles of the contest in the second half, continued on page eleven

Nobody Asled Me But...

Brawn and Brains FEINGOLD AND SHOEN Gene Long said at the Hamilton Boosters Winter Sports Banquet that he is very proudo Proud of his student-athletes who take their work more seriously than their sport but can still maintain a winning spirit-or whatever he calls something that can't be defined in terms of standing or won-lost records. He has a bunch of Bill Bradleys on his hands or, perhaps, Moe Bergs-men who are scholars as well as athletes. Men with fine minds, finer than their fine bodies. There's a book out about Moe Berg, a man who played catcher for the White Sox and the Red Sox through the Thirties, who also found time to team Sanskrit and Japanese and ten other living and dead languages. He also found time to have conversations in Latin with Cardinal Spellman and became such a good friend of FDR that he was asked to, be the President's personal spy in Japan before the US �ntered World War II. Y�s, that's what we have at Hamilton, a bunch of Moe Bergs, dedicating their minds for things other than the betterment of sport.

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Long said soo Or, at least he implied it when he told his men how proud he was of their athletic output, their records and their academic output, their grades. That's what he implied. Who could argue with him? Who could tell him that the swimmers don't have one of the best teams in the state or the east coast-wherever the boundary is. Tell him hockey, he'll tell you what happened over the· winter. Tell his cross country, basketball, lacrosse, soccer-Tell him anything and he'll tell you what's going on' or what went on or what will go on when you combine fine bodies and fine minds. Even football (why must it be "even football"?. He'll tell you how proud he is and how much he is expecting next year. I'in sure he will.

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Go to the Pub. Ask anybody there about this delicate balance of mind and body. They'll tell you. They'll say, ''Whenever we go to the games, boy, that ice is clean. They play so good. What stick-handling, what skating, what defense. Strong, yes they are. Sound, certainly o What more do you want? What more do you need? Nothing better than a good hockey gameo I'm psyched. When's ,, winter corning back? That's what they'll tell you and that's what they'll wish. Hamilton College, you see, knows it's better than anybody - else-"what more do you ·want"? That means there will never be a problem with its sports program because what would you want from a bunch of eggheads fooling around with athletics when their true taleq.ts lijehind ,those heavy books (I can 'read between the linesiy�u can't fool me J.

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May 9, 1975

Two .Congressmen Are Honored by Hamilton Woman �pis�opal Reverend To Speak at Kirkland

President ·C ar o-vano has announced that two members of Congress, Barber Conable and Barbara Jordan, will be among the honorary degree recipients at the Hamilton Commencement June 1. for activitie s The . Rev. Betty Bone Scheiss . Proposed - Both will receive Doctor of Laws will be commencement speaker at Kirkland seniors include a dance , degrees. seniors the Hamilton President Carovano earlier Kirkland's Commencement May with announced that honorary degrees 31, said Kathy Grover •75, Tuesday before graduation, a pot will be awarded to Kurt unofficial chairman of the luck dinner with Kirkland faculty S p eaker the Wednesday before graduation,· Waldheim, secretary-general of the C o m m encement United Nations; David Cochran; Committee. and a picnic the next day with Episcopal Bishop of Alaska; and The Rev. Si::heiss is one of the Hamilton faculty. Friday, May 30, William Palmer, the Utica artist 11 Episcopal women ordained in a there may be an all"day reception for parents in the Women's and former director of the controversial service last July. ' Munson-Williams-Proctor School Millicent McIntosh, who will Center, and a small student Checking out books at the Burke Library. li a security system deliver the keynote address· at concert that evening. A brunch of _Art. needed? See story on page ten., ' PHOTO BY JQEL STERN�-Waldheim will deliver the Sunday�s Convocation, will may be held for Kirkland seniors Commencement address and· receive the President's Medal from and their parents May 31, the day Cochran w i 11 g i v e the President Babbitt and the of commencement. baccalaureate sermon on the Chairman of the Board of Commencement will be held in morning of Commencement Day . Trustees, F rancis H. Musselman. the "tent tradition" at 2:00 C o n able., a N e w York The award is given in lieu of an Saturday afternoon. The College R e p u b l i c a n , was de scribed honorary degree to a person the Hill Singers will perform at that S andra D e M y er."G apin, thought to suing the· eollege for recently by TIME as "one of college ''recognizes as having time.- There will be an open mike assistant professor of psychology, discrimination, but said she would · those Congressmen little known fostered, directly or indirectly, as usual. Jennifer Kerr will lead said she has been informed that not make that decision until after to the public but highly regarded the aims and objectives of the the procession. President Babbitt has decided that she has learned of the Appeals by colleagues in the House." He is . college." ' a member of the Ways and Means the information submitted to him Board's decision. be a group of concerned students Regardless of the final decision Committee and is known as LI was not "new and relevant." on her tenure, DeMyer-Gapin said proponent of legislation requiring Therefore, it will have no bearing she expects to be here next year complete disclosure of campaign on the DeMyer-Gapin negative · in accordance with the terms of funding. L' tenure decision. She said she her contract.. -· Jordan, a Texas Democrat, is learned of his decision a week ago The Ham,iltori Student Senate Montalvo invited Schneider to J errald Townsend, instructor in the first black woman ever to be Monday. history, had no comment on the • elected fo Congress from the -met in emergency session Monday speak before the Senate. In response, DeMyer-Gapin negative tenure decision he had South. She came to national night, and· after heated debate, In an interview. with The said she had notified the Appeals received, but said he might give a attention as a member of the voted not to rescind its censure of Spectator, Schneider called the Board of her decision to bring her statement to the faculty "at some House Judiciary Committee the college administration. The censure "a foolish move." The-.,...., case to the board. She said she point". during the debate on the motion · meeting was held expressly t0 censure was largely based upon a hopes to learn of the Board's · He said he was verbally to impeach former President ·discuss the censure, whicl:i letter sent to Acting Dean of the decision by the end of the month. informed as to the reasons he was Nixon. rnticized the 1975-76 academ . ic College Dwight N. Lindley by the She said. she . had given !Dile not granted, tenure by President The daughter of a Baptist calendar-. Curricull!m Committee. The v.ote was seven to four Montalvo said that he spoke to Babbitt "among others". He had mm1ster from Houston, she no comment when asked if he a t tended T e x as S-out her n with the freshman senators, Guy Lindley on Monday and that the in tended to do anything about the University and then Boston Arcidiacono, Chris Cahill, Scott acting dean said his failure to University Law School. She began Klein and Stan Singer voting to solicit student opinion on the decision. calendar was an oversight. Professor Assistant of her law practice in her parents' rescind. ,, Montalvo also said that � Sociology Walter Broughton, had home because she had no money The meeting was called by him told the£ Today's issue of The Spectator no comment on his negative · to open an office. In 1966 she was Pr e s id ent Philip Montalvo ·sc hneider he elected to the Texas Senate - the · following a discussion he- said he ·. administration took the censure · is the last regular issue to be tenure decision and said published until September. A didn't know if he would ever first black in that legislature since· had with Curriculum Committee jokingly. ...I f the administration special commencement issue will comment. Schneider. took it as a joke, then it shows a Roger 1882 - and in 1972 she was Chairman Alan Heard, associate professor · elect�d to Co-ngr_ess, w ith f�ur Schneider, according to Montalvo, breakdown of communication. be published May 30. Have a· pleasant summer. of JIDJSK:,. could not be _reached for times as many votes as her three said he would resign if the Senate That is very upsetting," Montalvo comment. opponents combined. did not reverse its . action. . said. ' - continued on page nine

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of p o s s ib i l it y The consolidating all anthropology · offerings at Kirkland and all government offerings at Hamilton with a concurrent swap of faculty has been the subject of much heated discussion during the past week, particularly among those faculty involved. The colleges have said that no

department, Jones pointed out in an interview Wednesday, is a delicate situation. If only one of the two professors 1can be on "s ense a t e n ur e, of impermanence" and low morale for the second faculty member becomes a problem, he said. It was then, said Jones, that President Carovano mentioned the possibility of consolidating anthropology at Kirkland, a move NEWS ANALYSIS whose primary advantage would perhaps be to alleviate the plans are now being developed to problem of which Jones spoke. Jones IS strongly opposed to re"align any departments. controversy _moving anthropology to Kirklanif e nt i re The apparently sprouted from a "I �� .;:::;;Z,naiiy ·opposed ..t�-th; discus...5!�� _!;;;.m-een President idea. First, I feel that at the · -Carovano and Associate Professor present time we benefit by our of Anthropology Grant D" Jones, independence - an autonomous the central subject of which was department which establishes its '.;;:--:::::� �y - �e _ t_h_e _ �ppointment of ::in curriculum.a to replace Committee on Academic Policy. I ant h r o p ologist Professor Joseph don't regard the inclusion of a Assistant former department in a division of Guillotte, who has resigned. _ Jones said that he and the social sciences to be a proper pTesident were discussing the move," he said. President Carovano however de"�irability of the second member �f the anthropology department said "no serious consideration" is in light of the college's new tenure being given· to re-aligning faculty policy. Tenure in a two-persox,i contin�ed_on pa.ire five


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authors alone, whether or not there underlies a common literary style, theme or even era. Besides creating the illusion of a body of art written in a class--insulated environment, such a categorization implicitly assumes that black, or female, writers are not essential and integral parts of the core of world literature. One hopes that eventually American literature courses will not be synonymous with white-male-American literature, but will encompass the important literary contributions · of great American writers, We could do well to aspire toward a time when we will need no International Women's Year in order for "t:he contributions of women to be recognized, and when a Black Culture Week will be unnecessary as a tool for opening people's eyes to the accomplishments of black leaders and artists. Ideally, these will be acknowledged and preserved as an indivisible part of the American heritage, Children will absorb a more realistic sense of the past .by reading in their textbooks about blacks and women making history alongside white men, than by finding a chapter tacked on to the text which pays the dues owed to oppressed Americans, The activities of black Americans are interwoven with all American history, and a false separation creates a false impression. 'This encouragement of greater integration is· not to be confused with an abandonment of the struggle against discrimination. In his recent Spectator column, David R uben incisively criticized Hamilton's new policy of "fairness," demonstrated in the elimination of a special program for black faculty recruitment. Black students, like all students, need role models, and the distinct absence of black professors on our campus gives us a warped perspective on American reality. A challenge to this Hamilton policy is indeed in order. Thorough denlopment of a separate unity, individuals and ultimately classes of people .have strengthened and solidified their beliefs in themselves. The next step in the effort to realize our potentials as human beings is to join forces w'ith all those who share common goals, forming a more 'broadly-based unity. In the words of Frantz Fanon, a black revolutionary who devoted his life to the Algerian liberation struggle:

The Student Senate appears to have acted too hastily in Race relations on the Hill have markedly its censure �f the Hamilton administration. In fact, the the past year. The tendency to Senate last week, and again Monday in its emergency . improved during accept integration in social 'situations reflects a session, acted on impulse, not reason. healthy willingness to change and gr ow and will The Senate based its censure on a letter written to benefit th_e common good of our community. Acting Dean of the College Dwight N. Lindley by the As is' frequently true, the racial division at Curriculum Committee. The letter expressed Kirkland/Hamilton embodies an even deeper cultural division. In many cases, the gap is between disappointment over the lack of student opinion in the formulation of the new calendar. The Senate then, without suburban upper-middle-class whites and urban working class blacks. This difference in background waiting to speak to anyone ·in the �dministration, voted to makes the task of integrating an especially difficult censure. one. However, if we want to begin working towards There were. other alternatives open to the sen�tors: a our societal objectives; we will be better equipped wiser course would have pe�n. to pass a resolution asking to do so if we unite on the basis of common goals the administration· to explain its policy. Then after that, if and beliefs rather than skin color or socioeconomic background. not satisfied with the college's response, the Senate The creation of a social barrier between races censure would have made more sense. fujts overreaction, imposes an unnecessary confinement (or those on the Senate has not come out the victor. Rather, the either· side of the boundary. We all profit by asking new questions and opening up new territories, Senators look indecisive and impetuqus. ·: rather than by channeling energy into closing in and When Senator Bill Purcell introduced the motion, there could-hot have been much critical analysis of the proposal. The action recalls the Senate's censure of The Spectator in November 1973 concerning the presidential search. Then also, the party in question was not given the opportunity to answer allegations. In order to be effective and just, the Senate would have done well to hear both sides of the issue of its recmtcensureo Ironically, the senators newest to College Hill-the four freshmen-showed the most care in holding back, We limit our horizons, our options, our destinies by choosing to remain within the developing a position on the matter. Faced with growing uneasiness about the censure arbitrary bounds of race. Unless it is considered ideal to fork off into ultimately separate races (and (particularly from Roger Schneider of the Curriculum few would claim this as their goal), it seems logical Committee), the Senate met again on Monday to that we begin now to share, learn and interact with reconsider its action. By that time, the Senate was really one another. "We have learned that in the process o f left with little choice. It would have looked even more self-assertion groups of oppressed peoples are often foolish to r�ind the action. The Senate's challenge now is strongest when they come together exclusive of any not to look back, but to look ahead to reestablishing its non-members. Women have discovered the value of credibility as a . student organization. The Senate should . spending time meeting and working together without 'the presence of men, and blacks have continue to take issue with the administration and/or developed a . greater sense of pride and strength faculty when it sees fit, but it must do so in a way that will } through unity in the absence of whites. A period of ensure its Jntegrity as the representative body of the f separate-but-equal existence is often necessary as a "Superiority'!. Inferiority? �: �' Hamilton students. stepping stone on the path to a more equitable Why not the quite simple attempt to i -� Compounding the �nsion wthin the Senate which society. But on a long-range basis, such an approach touch the other, to feel the other, to arose over the censure, President Philip Montalvo did not serves to reinforce an acceptance of a segregated explain the other to myself? ' society, Was my freedom not given to me then demonstrate the necessary sensitivity to proper rules of in order to build the world of the You? In curriculum planning, the development of order (designed to ensure fair debate) in conducting the study areas based solely on social classification I want the world to recognize, with me, p • · meeting. He called the meeting closed to non-senators the open door of every consciousness. creates a false'·foundation. A black literature course unconstitutionally by not bringing the question to a vote, My final prayer: 0 my body, make of - or in the same vein, a women's literature course � and at one point_contm · ued to make comments germane to too often· is -founded on the social c!t:_�o!)'__��_!h_�---·- me alway�-�. �an w!!_'!...!fuestions r' . _ . debat_ e af te r closmg o ff discussion from the senators.. It is hoped that President Montalvo will be more cautious in future Senate meetings. In both procedure and action, the new Senate does not J'o the Editor: inspire confidence in its constituency. Thought Jrearles Last Monday we were action. The Senate had it backwards this time. informed by a member of the Student Senate of a special The Spectator welcomes all interested students to its meeting of t4e Senate to be held staff for the fall. There will be openings for reporters, that evening. The meeting was to photograpfiers, arts staff, production and business d�cuss the · proposal of a personnel. If interested, contact Douglas Glucroft,. editor. revocation of the censure of the Administration with regard to the , calendar change. ; To our knowledge the meeting was in no other way publicizedo Because of our interest and NUMBER 1WENTY-FIVE concern about this issue we VOLUME FIVE decided to attend the meeting. Douglas Glucroft However, on our arrival we were Editor-in-chief informed · by the President that Robert Miller -Managing Editor the meeting was "closed" -and that we would have to leave. After the Kenneth Gross - Editorial Page Editor· meeting President Montalvo told John Navarr.e -Executive Editor us that the nature of the

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discussion was "heated and tense•• and that it would therefore hav� I been unwise to have any To the Editor: Technicai Manager Yesterday, as I was sinking into spectators at the meeting. Mike Bulger Arts Editor David Schutt May we remind President a quagmire of despair, I reached Copy Editor Felice F reyer Montalvo of the following Article o u t f o r a h e l ping hand. Assistarrt Arts Editors P-eggy Dills Sports Photography 2, Section 4 of the Constitution Surprisingly, one reached back --""----�-•--a-Chip Whitely {onn .JUt:�vu and gave me a ticket which soon of the student body: Sports Editor Any member of the Student e n a b l e d me to leave my Bob McCormick Body -�y aw::u�-��� - b_e paroxysms of paralysis and dive · heard at any meeting of the into new----;:!�;;:�� of banality. The News Assistants-Bob Grieves, Wendi Pashman ticket read: "ADMIT ONE: Student Senate, except Sports Assistant-Chris Cahill those meetings which the NOL SCHOOL OF MEDICINE." Photography Staff-Philip Morris, Joel Stern Senate deems desirable to The answer is as obvious as the Production Assistants-Thomas Beck, Sarah McGregor of br oadside o f a bor dello: reasons for close . prudence. "A two-thti·cts voi-e _ ��'::!���-�Ekland �olleges must r Make.up-�s�ta nts-Mat;·Barstow, Jeff�'ey Hjelm, Jo.Ann Mori: David Ruben of the Student Senate shall create the Lon Nol Schoo1 of be necessary to close a Medicine! Since we-know-we-are­ Bu�iness Staff-Jim McManus, Steve Brennen, �-lo Swe«: Huat,� Jim b et ter-but-nobody-else--does the meeting. Obernesser:An"".ly W ifs·o n The highhanded and arbitrary only alternative for the gifted or © 197� by �he ·Trustees of H-amilton CoJlege behavior on the part of the qualified pre-med is our very own The Publications Board pubii��.;r, The Spectator, a newspaper edited· by President · did not necessarily one year medical school (and a students, 26 times during, the academic- y.eiir. g:;���riptions: $7 a year. . r reflect the views of two-thirds cf rebate). d tor · '.Address� Box 83; Hamilton College-, Clinton,�N.Y. _1_332 : . Lett�rs 1.-:;--:�� e i Yes, our very own medical ... •...__the Senate. must be signed, but names will be .withheld upon request.· · · ·-- · �ntinued dn page ten school. If we become ambitious Associate News Editor Elizabeth Barrow Susan Malkin

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enough· perhaps we can sue our doctors with graduates of our Rehnquist School of Law. Or how about the. Kissinger-Chandler School of Travel? The Sisco School of Advancement? The J. Martin Carovano School of Rhetoric? The Babbitt School of Tenure? In fact, even The ����tor S�_!iool of Responsible Journalism and u�; ;�:� ·�h..QQl of Censure may be a possible, not to mention the Everybody and His Administrator's School of Acting: The possibilities never cease to stagger the receptive mind. Someday, with a little luck and possible some pride, I'll be able to te l l m y g r andchildren: "/ graduated from the P.T. Barnum University of Dlusion/' The Groping Gryphons


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Violation of Rights To the Editor: Both· as a Kirkland student and as a human being I have been appalled by the conduct of some of the members of our co-ordinate institution Hamilton during the past two weeks. I have .seen- such utter lack of respect for humari dignity and tolerance for others that I was prompted to write this letter in protest. It started 'in Chapel with the ridicule of SAPPHO and one" of its members. How many realized or p otential h o m o s exuals and bisexuals this hurt will_ never be known. Some Reople may not want this lifestyle-for. their own, but this is no reason to -degrade those who do. The damage was carried even further however by the absence of promised and expected apologies on the part of those students and administra,tors involved. The half-hearted excuse given was that the apology would only worsen and prolong the matter. Yet an apology was issued for the brutal and cruel treatment of Pub workers by Jlamilton students without the same reasoning. Why? Even this apology was tenuous though as no

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evidence of recrimination was Church on Sunday, May 4.' The author is director of given; it was merely stated by public relations for Hamilton. Dean Bingham that "We support · Of the many bitter lessons of Vietnam, one of these people."' Verbal support. is the most painful is that the war was not the creation obvi�usly not enough. It seems to of demented, bloodthirsty John Birchers and me w e ak and jn�ffectual, neo-fascists. Rather, as the title and text of David especially when it is blatently Halberstam's book tell us, it was the best and the discriminatory of certain groups brightest of Americans who got us into Vietnam and who persisted in seeing light at the end of the and urisubstantiated. I know many fin� people tunnel, riot knowing, apparently, what terrible fires across the street to whom none of fed that light. John F. Kennedy, Robert McNamara, McGeorge this applies. However, unchecked instancl;!s such as these make me Bundy, Walt Rostow and the other-architects of our doubLthe- responsibility, maturity _ Vietnam adventure were not ignorant, shortsighted and capability of others. I am not . men. They were certainly not fools. They were not saying Kirkland is perfect in these imperialists by the usual meaning of that word. On areas; I am however at this point the contrary, they were men of taste and more concerned with those judgement; they had gove to the best schools; they problems at Hamilton. I was both wrote and spoke eloquently. They were among the angered and disgusted and I hope most talented and privileged citizens of the corrective measures will be taken wealthiest nation on earth. They were men of to undo as much damage as is compassioo; · many of them were men . of deep possible at this late date. religious faith. In short - and I don't mean this Everybody suffers in the end for ironically - they were people like most of us in the the action of few - where are Chapel today. _:Now I think it's safe to say that those responsible no':\'? most of us here, at some time in t-he long, long, war, Claire Brown became opposed to our government's policy in Vietnam, as did many of those originally responcible for that policy. Many of us indeed, worked· actively against the war for several ye�s. And yet, I think, we must face up to the fact that t!i,e war was conceived and planned by people much like us. I don't mean to say that we· should be overcome with guilt, or that we are not entitled to some satfsractfon fn liavmg tken, rt:-aweverderlntaPy, opposed to the killing. I do mean to say that there might be some value to us in trying to understand why the best and the brightest created something that turned out to be the worst and the most barbaric event in our recent history.

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There were, of course, any number. of reasons; I'd like to suggest that ·one was that the war planners lost sight of the concept of equality. They could not have believed that the phrase "All men · are created equal" included the Vietnamese, particularly those ragged peasants in black pajamas; nor could they have believed that it included those young Americans - most of them the children .of the poor - whose blood was needed to test their theories .. • • •To rise above a state of mediocrity, to know each other before we judge each other ••• I would add that knowing each other should · mean nothing more, and nothing less, than really · recognizing our common humanity. This is not alw_ays a comfortable recognition or ..in easy one� But the failure to seek out - and it often takes

...the best and the brightest created the worst and the- most barbaric... seeking out - that which is human_, and humane, is often the beginning of tragedy; whether the bloody • national tragedy of Vietnam or the sterile personal tragedy of alienation and withdrawal·. - We can't simulate what happened in Vietnam. Wt; can't - and if we're sane we won't - subject ourselves even for a moment to the kind of physical and psychic ·torture that the American presence in that war brought to the people of a small and distant nation. But we can keep it in mind. We can resist the temptation to say in our weariness with the years of horror t";hat it's over, we can put it � � . Hr.!' dilt'.t:tJ .tJm:ilr d .it ,DO .mar.e. :w� ,m,u.s.t think of it, We must remember as we read of villag es burned and cities bombed and children mutilated, that we are reading of peopl� with whom we share - with whom we must share - nof only the planet but the human spirit. . -'-:

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for specifically hiring disadvantaged blacks; it would several countries around the To the Editor: hire blacks. This-distinction bP.-<;-""t!en the individual Sunday, May 4, marked the world. In light of the fact that and the group is one which has been made - before;-· but it ·is an im"Qortant one. · \o. � c,<.).\.'\l.m.l\.. \a'i>.\. '-Ne.e.k. in. SU.'Q'QO'ft of the \�\.\\. ��, \)\n\\.��--; �\lt.�"t'a.�'-�"- �'- ¥.n�� �\\e.�e. 'N.<l.S. fouu.d.ed. as a . Kirkland College. Here to speak at "pr o g r e s s i ve and innovative terminated . program for recruitment of black Under the black recruitment program, the co1lege the Kirkland Women's College women's college", one would professors, David Ruben made an -unsatis-factory could. conceivably, have hired a black who was born birthday party were a group of assume this symposium to be attempt to justify reverse discrimination in hiring, a and .bred in St a Alban·s, Queens, and educated at professional women representing qu ite p ertinent a way to practice which has .been the subject of, extended .. prep school and private colleges, at the expense of a commemorate the t�nth year p hi l o s o p hica l. : ckba-te · recently. ' Re verse white applicant who. w.as bQm _ and bred in discriminati�.� i;:; hiring is· the act _ of favoring. a celebration. Appalachia, and had· bee1i" serio_usly disadvantaged. ·For a c,change,. the ,sixty-four specific group, members of a group, or individuals, so; even. if the college diocises to discriminate in ° dollar question · surfaces, again - in. this case black�. . at .. the. expense of -the job· ""'· favor· 'of t he· less' qualified but 'disadvantaged faculty To the Editor: applicant pool at -iarge. . . -· . · So, where was everyone? applicant over 'th� mofe qualified but advantaged Where were the children for The May second edition of The Ruben makes· his case on two, somewhat applicant, a recruitment program in which an Spectator contained an article whom the birthday party was overlipping, grounds. Reverse discrimination, he applicant's race alone is the. discriminating factor, is · . concerning the ·Emc:.:rson Literary thrown? The faculty? I would argues, although I?,J>t fair, is· socially desirable. Also, not the- -sensible ·ineans to. achieve the college's goal. Society going co-educational. We approximate a maximum of five forms of discrimination other than that -particularly . Alternately, the college may look for applicants would like .to· clear up -several attended. The students I could favorable to black faculty are already sanctioned who could provide diversity . to the faculty; here mistakes made by the reporter. count on my fingers and maybe and practiced by the college ·thrQugh its admissions again, however, a black, as a black, would not R o b b,y M i l ler's article one foot. process. Aiming for a diverse student body, the - necessarily provide more diversity than, say, a white contai�ed two direct qu_otations I suppose that the seniors were college "discriminates" in favor of athletes at the applicant from the back woods of Tennesee, or a o f f i c e r_s. working on their senior projects, expense of non-athletes, and in favor of high school house from Japanese applicant from Stanford. Unfortunately, these quotations other students were recovering busy-bodies at the expense of book worms. Aiming Ruben�s more general grounds for the recruitment program, the criterion of "soc4). tl;le u s u a l w eek-end to compensate for, oi at least take into account were only paraphrases of the f r o m celebrations, and of course, the economic and educational disadvantages, the college remarks made to the reporter! desirability:• also misses the mark. Irideed, the black Another important mistake inevitable excuse -:.-- the publicity · discriminates when it accepts low-SAT scoring - recruitment program could be conceived as desirable made by Miller is that ELS shall was poor. These excuses are blacks while rejecting high scoring whites. because it would compensate the disadvantaged or be g o i n g c o - ed in living boring, folks, as boring as a add diversity, but, as has been shown, it would not The analogies, however, miss the mark. Diversity accomodations. This has not even seminar (or symposium) without and conipensation for disadvantages is achieved by necessarily accomplish this. been decided, and was not any people. More significantly, however, the criterion of the admittance of diversely talented individuals or discussed in the interview! Miller It -was indeed embarassing that social desirability should be rejected because it is moral relativism at its worst. A justification for asked absolutely no questions on this rare occasion, the event slavery in the anti-bellum South was probably about co-ed living, only co-ed was perfectly executed and there membership. was practically ·no one there to similar to l_luben's principle of social desirability; We have frequently been told receive it. just as was Hitler's rationale for exterminating Jews by various · members of the and-gypsies. It may not have been fair, but it was, as The speakers were not rabble Ruben says, "considered beneficial for the group as community that The Spectator rousing like Sidney Abbott but has the bad habit of printing they were extr;'mely articulate a whole." 'Indeed, it is not obvious, as Ruben so articles which may not be entirely artd the theme of the symposium, facilely states, that fairness can be sacrificed for · correct. However, until this point as well as the evening's theme was group de_sirability. / none of us had believed this was not relevant only to special groups The legal rejection of reverse discrimination is true. We now realize why these on campus but rather, to the individuals who have suffered disadvantages. By a founded, I believe, on firm moral arguments, most same people have stated that they college as a whole. o{ which could not be fully expressed here. If recruitment progr.am for black faculty, however, will ·no l<mger speak to The I do not mean to sound diversity and compensation would not necessarily anything, Ruben's examples of sanctioned Spectator. self-righteous. Nor do I consider be achieved. discrimination lead us to something similar. to hiring ·Robert Binner '76 myself the rah-rah college spirit practices as recommended by affirmative action and Ruben makes a mist�ke when he speaks of Steve Brown '76 type (if one is into stereotyping) "educational opportunity for non-white students"; not reverse discrimination. According to principles Bruce Wrigley '76 and I don'_t deny that I have not programs such as HEOP do not make any such racial of affirmative action, an effort must be made to give all individual persons, including blacks, every equal Editor's Note: Robby Miller did attended every event on this side distinctions. ·. Indeed, favorable discrimination consideration. This, barring abuses, seems to be the take notes while interviewing of the hill (political or Christmas practiced within the framework of HEOP is based most fair way of approaching the hiring of · members of the Emerson Literary party-wise). This farcical tum-out on the individual's circumstance just as the minorities. Society, and he extracted the just proved to be another admissions office takes .,· into account extenuating circumstances, for instance a death in the family } Mitchel Ostrer, a philosophy major taking an quotations from those nt1tes. The successful Kirkland event. For some reason, Kirkland is when . considering such things as a fall-off in an independent study in recent work in political and Spectator regrets it did not clarify social philosophy, was editor of The Spectator until the definition of co-education as somewhat stifled- by its students, applicant's academic record. The black recruitment continued on page ten progtam, however, would have made no provision ApriL it would be instituted at ELS.

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going up since last September," Former Hamilton President said President Carovano. John Chandler, former Trustee · The endowment, which tends Howard Bingham, and their wives, to reflect the economic stability are the special guests of honor at a of the nation, has steadily dinner here tonight of trustees increased since its 10-year· low of and administrators as part of the $21.2 million in September. general Trustees meeting this However, the present figures weekend. are still down from their peak of Following the dinner, at nine $31.6 million in the first quarter o'clock, Hamilton Trustee Lee H. of 1973. Bristol, Jr. will dedicate the new organ in the Chapel with a has• r e cently Kir k l a nd performance. purchased equipment for a · The principal items which die Board of Trustees consider this paleoecology and biochemistry weekend are th� expenditure laboratory with funds ·from an authorizations for the Wallace Andrew W. Mellon Foundation House reconstruction, for the Grant. The laboratory has been p l umbing improvements · in assembled by Robert Kautz, Carnegie, and. for the fire instructor in anthropology, and B irnbaum, . assistant prevention improvements in L i nda professor of biology. Minor Theatre. K i r k l 4nd 's p e l e o e cology · The Trustees will also consider a proposal by the Buildings and laboratory will be -used for· Grounds Committee to make the · advanced and independent work in palynology (the microscopic faculty locker room in the Alumni Gym a locker room for Kirkland, s t u d y o f p o11e n g r a i n s ) , and to make ·the visiting team archeological reconstruction of room a faculty locker room. e n v i r o n m e n t s,, b o t a n i c al applications of palynology, and Board studies in biochemistry. The Kirkland of K autz is using Kirkland's Trustees will meet this wee kend, e q u i p ment to conduct said President Babbitt. Although the ' Hamilton trustees will be i nd ependen t s tudies i n adjourning concurrently, a joint pal ynology, whereby students meeting has not beenscheduled. The final . budget and the Second Decade Report are on ,( the agenda, and-will receive a final vote during this weekend's meetings. '"If· the trustees accept the report that docs not mean that the college will have a new. academic program," said Babbitt. As to the competency based learning provision of the report, reported in the May 2. issue of The Spectator, Babbitt said that the college can decide that it will not be • implemented even after the trustees give their oka-y.,

The Assembly will meet at 3:30 p.mc' on Monday, May 12, in the Red Pit to discuss proposals by the Humane Society and the Winter Study Committee. If you care about what happens to animals on our campuses, then come. The Assembly will also meet on Friday, May 16, in the Red Pit at 4:0� pm to review governance at Kirkland.

HAMILTON AND KIRKLAND SENIORS

Please fill out and return the questionnaire sent you this week by Career Center. It's not only essential information for the class profile we put together each year, b�t it will let us know how we can help you in the process of graduation and with your plans thereafter. If you've inadvertently misplaced yours (amazingly enough some people seem to), we've taken that into account and have extra copies on hand at Career Center. Call us at 7346 or drop by, basement of Dunham dormitory.

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Beginning next year our campus health center will be running a contraceptive clinic. Volunteers are needed to help with · contraceptive instruction previous to an appointment with one of the health center doctors. Anyone wishing to volunteer or desiring further information, contact Jeanne Culkin at the health center as soon as possible. x4111.

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The Hamilton/Kirkland Human Sexuality Course will be offered this coming fall to students of both Hamilton and Kirkland Colleges. Toe planning committee· and I would appreciate hearing from anyone who is interested in helping with the planning and/or discussion group aspect of the course. If you would like to be a part. of the committee, please call my secretary, Mrs. Pansa, x 7318 no later than May 13. Thank you. EECHK RECYCLING Collection of glass and aluminum for Iecycling will take place on . Friday, May 16, from 9:00 a.m.,'td 1:00 p.m.' in' the Dunham parking lost, and from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.' in' the parking lot behind Milbank. Only all aluminum cans will be accepted for recycli ng. All colors of glass will be accepted. " PHONES Student telephones in Hamilton dorms will be discop.ected at the end of the day, June 1, 1975. Those leaving earlier and wishing phones disconnected then should notify the Telephone, Company by dialing Ext. 4100. Students wishing phones in their rooms next year should complete a form ava_ilable from Dean Bingham.

:reconstruct former environments - up to 15,000 years old - in order to study the adaptive strategy of human beings who lived in them. Palynology, a laboratory technique developed in the early 1900's, 'assumes the relative_ amounts of particular kinds of pollen remaining in the soil profile of an archeological site can be used to determine the vegetation and climate of the area at the time the pollen was deposited. · With other techniques such as r a d i o-carbon dating, geomorphology and paleontology, the archeologist attempts to interrelate dif ferent aspects of the physical environment in order to understand the function of the t o o ls h e uncovers and the technological and social changes of �e former inhabitants of the site. K a u t z h a s w o r k ed in C alifornia, Nevada, -Peru and Chile. During January, he and a Ham i l t o n s e nio r , R o bert Thompson,. studied the fossil pollen removed from a cave site in central Nevada and some open air sites in Peru, and they developed a type collection of pollen slides collected on a visit to Cornell University.

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PUB BOARD Any Hamilton student interested in being a representative on next year's Publications Board please, contact Harold W._Bogle,. X7497. FR.EE SCIENCE FICTION MOVIES _ The Science Fiction Club will be showing free JV.ovies next week. Films shown will be H.G. Wells' classic "Things to Come", and the The Bristol Campus Center thriller •�he Day the Earth Caught Fire." They will be shown snack bar made a profit for the Monday, May 12, and Tuesday, May 13, at 8 p.m. in the Chemistry first time µi six years during the Auditorium. last. two months. f FREE SCHOOL Hamilton Controller Ronald The Free School is looking for people to organize and work on MacDonald attributed the upturn programs this summer. If interested; call Greg Marsella at x7521 or · ,- primarily to the mark-up·in prices Melinda Foley at·x7156. piii,iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiaoii,oii,iiii_,. ...,;__,.........________--last M�ch and se condarily to the ino-eased ·volume of business due to a later closing hour'. LI

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It's almost the end of the year, spring is here, th� students are going barefoot and stepping on broken bottles. and they are staying up late and becoming more concerned about finishing and many want to take pills or take more pills than they are already taking. There seems to be a need for pills to relieve fatigue, pills to stay . awake, pills to go to sleep, pills to cure or prevent colds, pills to relax minds. The taking of pills, although necessary for the few, is psychologically debilitating. Most pills are harmless, except they precondition the student to think pill and want pills. Our culture has been conditioned to believe that there is a pill for everything, while in reality there is a pill for almost nothing. The main value of pills is to the drug manufacturer. The largest hospital, caring for the most critically ill patients, could be well operated with a few dozen medicines. Any pill that relieves pain, changes mood (either up or down), or produces sleep is addicting and habit forming, and thes-e medicines must be used with great caution. Some of the mood-changers have done wonders for those individuals with real psychiatric problems and their value is great. The indiscriminate use of such things just produces an individual who becomes psychologically pill dependent, or physically addicted. Vitamin C for colds is an outstanding example of the yearning for pills in today's culture. There i,s not one shred of evidence, despite numerous well-controlled scientific studies, that vitamin C is of any value for the common cold. Multiple vitamins, except for patients recovering from debilitating illness or suffering from chronic illness, are of no real value if the individual eats anything in addition to french fries and catsup. The only thing that can be said for taking vitamin C and vitamins is that they can't hurt anyone, but they do introduce the student to the pill popping society. Generally speaking, there is almost no indication for the chronic usage of any medicine unless the student has some particular probiem that can be specifically relieved by that particular medicine. Most students have no basic physical disabilities, and if their psychological disabilities are so severe that they need' to use pills that change mood or relieve pain, then they need to be under the regular periodic care of a psychologist or psychiatrist in this area who can monitor the prescription and use of these drugs. In summary, if you have a specific problem that requires specific _ medicine for a specific time, then use it. Any chronic use of any pill should be critically examined by the student. Medicine that changes mood or relieves pain should be especially looked at by the patient and the doctor. Student-s should avoid "uppers" and "downers" that seem to pop out every spring with the crocus and end-of-school pressu�es. Have a cup of coffee or a glass of hot milk.


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Brockway To Address Coilvocation

A scholarship has been created and named after college librarian Walter Pil kington, President Carovano has announced. "This of Carovano Presid en t scholarship, donated by two Hamilton College has announced Hamilton men who wish to that the speaker at the college's remain anonymous, is a well Day Charter and Cla ss deserved recognition for Walter convocation Wednesday, May 14, Pilkington," Carovano said. will be Louis N. Brockway, retired The award, to be given annually of the executive chairman to a Hamilton undergraduate who committee of Young & Rubicam, e xc e l s i n dramatics a nd the advertising agency. communications, was_ named for The convocation at 10: 30 am Pilkington because of his many will be the first event of a day years of dedicated service to the which is an annual event at college. Hamilton and is devoted to two Pilki ngto n was born in purposes: recognition of the Yorkshire, England, and spent his college's history and honor for youth in England, Hong Kong, . outstanding members of th� and America. He graduated from ' Librarian Walter Pilkington senior class. Brown University in 1932, and Former Hamiltonian PHO!_Q BY DAVID 4S8.__BY soon thereafter received a master's Brockway's talk is titled national quiz show. degree in international relations "Melancthon Woolsey Stryker: He came to Hamilton in '1952 from the University of Chicago. Reminiscences.'' It. will deal with He joined the staff of the New , as college librarian. He has written fhe man who was president of York Public Library in 1937 and many pamphlets on the college Hamilton during the time that remained there until 1950, except and is the author of its definitive Brockway, a member of the class h i story, ent itled Hamilton for two years in the Air Corps. of 1917, was a student. Louis Brockway '17 (1962) HAMILTON PUBLIC RELATIONS · During this time he"also edited College: A History 1812-1962. He Stryker, who led the college public service an honorary Hamilto� degrc;e·, in and published "American Not<;.s '. W.J.S 1:espansible for much of th� from 1892 until 1916, is national an� Queries", az:id did advisory. planning. of Hamilton's new Burke considered one of the key figures advertising. He was chairman of 1970. At the morning convocation, work for, New York. pul:>lish.�rs; library, which his efforts have in Hamilton's history and is the council's board in 1956-57 generally credited with a major and was a director of the council prizes will be awarded for Qn� year he was also respopsible turned into. a major reference· r role in giving the college a place from 1944 unti his retirement. outstanding achievements by f(?r the. questions asked on a library for central New York. Long active in Hamilton Hamilton seniors. Later in the-day among the best· liberal 'arts institutions in the United States. affairs, he · is a former vice a number of athletic contests arid'• In addition to his work at · chairman of the Board of social events will ta·ke place, and -a Young & Rubicam� Brockway was· Trustees, to which he was<first dinner for seniors and . faculty"' • •·• (. .., active in the Advertising Coupcil, elected in 1951, and has held a will be rughlighted by . a play . -� 'tt. ,., the body that coordinates the number of posts in the college's about life at Hamilton presented • ,

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continued from page one ventures on · the Hill. Both hold between the two colleges. .meetings encompassing faculty Jones said he has been from both campuses, and the reas,sured by the president that no curriculum is planned jointly� �,-4. : - t" ·85-3-8995 . - :.-- ,.._, , mo-v-e would be- made 'by the Bnnging the faculty together ) without Open 4 p.m.-2 a.m. administration first formally would, · it has been - 1. consulting the faculty involved pointed out, help in the curricular Kitcheb;witil t·d.in� Y ..,,. and the Committee on Academic planning. Policy (CAP). The other advantage, as Jones Edwin B. Lee, professor of · said, would ·be to abolish a history and the CAP's chairman, two-person departmtrnt which said that th'c subject of faculty now potentially poses a problem swaps of the government �d in the enforcement of the anthropology idea. "never came to college's tenure policy. - -------'-:--:;-::--:------:.......--.-----------------------1 · the CAP.u Lee said he also heard a Jones said that the issue-of the.· r- ---:rumor that the CAP was to discuss tenure status of the second the matter, which he said was anthropologist at Hamilton has · been postponed for one year since ! ''incorrect". Nonetheless, Jones believes -the college has hired a visiting that Carovano was testing the · associate professoT from the waters with his remark concerning University of Haifa, Israel, for a the possit:,ility of ronsolidating one-year terminal appointment. anthropology. ' "It was my Jones added that, given the , impression after my first . ''high turnover , this year at conversation with the president Hamilton, the-tenure problem has the that it (Carovano's re10ark) was a been exaggerat_ed by trial balloon. Since then, he has adm4listratlon._ sought to · dispel that impression. The disadvantages of the plan They (the administration) are are considered overriding. Existing being very cautious now." pe, rsonnel, some of whom might � Carovano reiterated ytsterday be on tenure, as is Jones, would that his remark was "off,band't, be asked to le-ave one -institution and that in retrospect1 the and join another. 'Hamilton comment may have been anthropologists would have to · "ill�advised.'' '. start writing evaluations as · The plan ·involving the Kirkland government professors government and anthropol,gy would have to stop. The divisional departments has been brought �p structure at Kirkland is different. before. About a year ago, Jo}o Faculty peer pressure differs at Bacheller, assistant professor' of both colleges. government at Kirkland, said These sorts of differences have Hamilton Provost Eugene Lewis provoked great anxiety among the asked him what he thougnt of the faculty involved, and the idea. Lewis is also an associate upsetting effects of faculty and professor·of government. lepartment swaps on the The issue of formalizing p;ofessors involved outweighs .the :foordination-=Tn any department vittories for coordination that - between the two colleges has mitht be achieved. major implications, evidenced in .}mes said he would b� the quick and sharp reaction by OJ2P!:!ied to leaving his autonmous the faculty involved to even the depa11;men t and going into a hypothetical mention of such divisi01al structure. lnsl:-uctor in Government at changes. The advantages of moving all Kirklant Jeffrey Ross said he government offerings to Hamilton . would ijso object to switching and all anthropology offerings to institutiOis if he were not offered Kirkland, for example, helps do a positioi with a chance for tenure at !amilton. He now holds away with small departments. The irony of this particular such a P,sition at Kirkland. suggestion is that anthropology Bacheller, J.so untenured but and government are both now holding a tt\urable appointment among the more coordinate exp'ressed the1ame doubts. ' •t

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Dance Projects ·culminate 10 Concert This weekend, Kirkland will present its first annual Spring dance concert in Minor Theate r. This conce rt, the first . major dance production on the Hill in two ye ars, utiliz es 2 7 dance students from Kirkland and Hamilton. The program presents a variety of style s of danc e works. It consists of six .dance s, four of which w ere chore ographed by students, and two by Faculty. . Sh aryn Reiland, assistant profe ssor of dance and the conc ert coordinator, has chor eographed a dan<;:e entitled "Iridian Sunset"o :She was inspired by the book ''Touch the Earth ", a .touching composit e · of American Indian.prose and po etry, and used other direct sources to de velop the them eo Steven L ee, assistant professor of ch emistry and an accomplish ed dancer, will appear. as the leado ' Mary Jane Warne r, assistant professor of danc e, has directed a danc e called "Seve nfold'', which was choreographed by Marion Scott. Warne r reconstruct ed the dance from a labanotation system records dance movement, as a music scQr e notates a symphony, and includes details as intricate as finger movements, as well as the timing and spacing of the danceo ' Lighting Tough some adjustments had to b e made. A'layer T o s enior projects by dance majors of masonite board was put over the stag e ar e also included in the program. "Galate a floor, hammered in, and painted Danc e o II'' '":as c horeographed b� Tami Aisenson, productions needt more comple x lighting who 1s curr�ntly � dance .int ern. Slie spent than most theater productions. B e cause _ a. se�este r m Sn Lanka studymg ?�ne e, .. · ther e is no s e_t, lighting must convey th e and mcorporated ele me nts of, traditional mood of the dance to the audience In Ceylonese dance into her pie ce, which was basically set in a modem. dance style o ' This production is the culmination of a two s eme ster senior project for dance major Wendy Schacknow. During the fall, By JO-ANN MORT sh e trained h er dancers in her own Having se en, heard, and talked with the movement style o This seme ster, sh e Deadly Nightshade wh en th ey. performed completed he r choreography, and will here in the fall, I. e xpect ed a great deal present the final product, entitl ed ''Th e from their first album. Unfortunately, the Spirit of Movement" in the conce rt. album lacks the excit ement gene rat ed by Two oth er student pieces will also be their concert. shown, •�1c:arus", ,by Anne l)umke and Th e D eadly Nightshade is a rare Mer edith M elvin, and "Collage", by Paula phenom enon. Helen Hooke, Anne Bow en, Eberharto Th e first sections of both and Pamela Brandt compris e ilie group - a dances were chore ographed originally as rarity becaus e they are all women. Women projects for a modem dance technique have b een in rock 'n roll and country class, and expanded during th e spring bands for quit e some time, usually behind sem est er for pr esentation in the concert the vocalist's mike but ne ver behind an For the first time, . the dance electric guitar. Being a women's band in a d epartment is using Minor Theater for male dominat ed industry, the Deadlie s will th eir productiono No adequat e place for undoubtedly meet with all sorts of extra dance performance exists on campus, and problems and criticisms o In fact, it's

addition, the dance must be lit from many angl e s in o r d er t� appear thr ee--diritensionalo 'In an attempt to achieve this, both Joan Olsen, lighting d esigner, and Fred Warner, adjunct to the theatre departm ent and tec hnical. director· of th e production, have spent

many long h ours. For t hose who peer · inquiringly through the dance studio windowsin List, and other who are uninitiated in the art of dance, . this concert . should prove instructional as well as enjoyable,

appropriate .to call the m revolutionary because th ey ar e pioneers in ·the music industry o A M usical Statement Be caus e they are a new phenomenon, their music must be approach ed on two levels. Th e women do not claim to be a f eminist group; th ey are not playing music solely to make a state ment. Th ey are musicians but the que stion will undoubtedly arise conce rning their mixture of music and f eminism. One immediate re sons e to anyone claiming that they "can't relate" fo the D e :dlie s' music ,, is that women have been "relating to the lyrics of the Rolling Stones for over 10 years. It will be refreshing to turn on the radio and hear the Deadlies' "High Flyingg Woman" w edged in betw een various _ whining male lam ents. The chorus: . Have you heard, have you heard; Th ere's a; migration happening: . Going wh er e the thinking is free. ' Only you can decide: Take yourself for a glide; Your're a free-flying woman, A high flying woman. But no matte r how refr eshing and encouraging that song is, .the cut immediately . following entitled, �•Nose Job", is. about �s bad as one could imagine e to b e. It's t he a song with that titl ,, "Goodbye, Columbus lament. It's rock 'n roll and it's me ssy. The ele ctric guitar work is tough and unconvincing. ' Doesn't Work Be caus e of pre vious orientation, th e tend ency is to search for a label d escribing a group and the music it plays. When the Deadly Nightshade pe rforme d on the Hill in th e fall, I .was shocked to see a rock 'n roll band on stag e since I had s een th em at a folk festival two months before. Their justification was that they enjoy playing all kinds of music and different ,n1diences

enjoy different.things, so why not? Well, at that time , it was okay to continue watching to see if it would worko•• '" Th e album has come out and the mixture doesn't : work. Th e group's strength, as evidenced by this album, seems to li e in the country genre. A m�jority of the _selections on th e album are country ori ented. The country tunes are much clearer and more intriguing than any of the rock 'n roll numbers. A personal favorite is the song, "Something Blue", one of the many new and needed responses to the woman's role in country music lit erature. The last verse is: Something old and Som ething new, Something borrowed, Something blue: I've :got e verything today; But still, my teardrops Seem to say, "Oh no! Don't go!" The something blue is me .•• Th e something blue is me. The orchestration on this cut, as well as on the other non-rock cuts, is .acceptable. One can he ar t he individual instruments.

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ORGAN DEDICATION The new pipe organ in. the Chapel will be officially dedicated Friday, May 9 at 9 p.mo The guest recitalist will be Lee H. Bristol Jr., a trustee of Hamilton o The organ, designed by Fritz Noack and built by the Noack Organ Co. was make pos.5ible by gifts in memory of Professor Berrian Shute, head of the college's music department for 35 years o Assisting Bristol in the recital will be an instrumental ensemble directed by Professor Bonta, head of the Hamilton music department. The dedicatory service will be conducted by the Rev. Benjamin lake, minister of the First Presbyterian Church, Cazenovia, assisted by the Rev. Joel Tibbetts, chaplain ot the college. BEATLE PARTY Bob Halligan·and Matthew "tlie beatle'� Kasman and friends are ,holding a Beatles party on Saturday May 10 at 9:30 p.m.' in' the McEwen Dining Hall. ' Live · performance and dance. Admission, $.SO. LADY SINGS THE BLUES The W�me�'s Film Society will pi:esent "Udy Sings The Blues" with Diana Ro� Monday and Tuesday, May 12 and 13. Showings at 7:30 and 10 Monday and 10 only · on -Tuesday in the Kirner-Johnson Auditorium. Admission $ 075'. MISSING DANCE COSTUMES A ·Kirkland dance troupe scheduled to perform tonight is missing its dance costumes, . made specially for the performerso :If anybody knows ther whereabouts of tights of different special colors, please return them immediately.

"A GERMAN REQUIEM" On Saturday� May fo, at 8:30 p.m.' tlie Hamilton-Kirkland Choir will present Johannes Brahms' "t\."German Requiem." The sixty-five voice choir, recently returned from a tour of the east coast, is under the direction of Professor Lee S. Spear. J. Melvin Butler, organist and choirmaster of the Downtown United Presbyterian Church in Rochester, will accompany the choir. ' Returning to the hill as soloists are soprano Kathleen Battle and baritone Thomas Sherwood, who appeared this March with the choir and the Paul K uentz Chamber Orchestra of Paris for a performance of Haydn's -"Lord Nelson Mas.5." The concert; which will be held in the Chapel, is freeo

FILM CO.OP This week the film Co-op will be showing three documentaries. "Night and Fog", "Tlie Cage", and "The Hour of the Locust" will be shown in the · Chemistry. Auditorium at 10:00 Thursday, and 8:00 Saturday. Next week we will be showing "Guys an d ·oolls"in theScience ·Aud·· itorium at the same times. MUNSfITUTE An exhibition of 75 black and white photographs recording life and events in East Utica, opens Sunday, May 11 in the Museum of Art, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute. :Produced in 1973 by Larry Pacilio, a. native of East Utica� the prints will remain Qn view through Sund;iy, J �ne 80

The group's forte lies in t heir sharing of the vocals, as evidenced in concert. The album, . being over-orch estrated and over-produced, tends to sound muddled and the talents of the group are lost. For some reason, . th e Deadly Nightshade has not yet matured into a tigh t band. Their strength lies in both their talent and their insigh t, but in their first album, . the lyrics overshadow the instrumentation due to schlocky production. A bad premier album could ruin a group's life in the music industry. This would be unfair to a promising group like the lkadly Nightshade; we can only hope that the second one will ·be worth the wait. '

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tAnyJhing . Goes' L�cks Cok Porter Elegance

By THOMAS BECK Cole Porte� was perhaps America's finest composer-lyricist for the musical stage. The dramatic, at times breathtaking, quality of his music was matched perfectly by his free, confident, often impish, lyrics. In his earlier musicals, one forgets the negligable plots, recalling only such glorious songs as "It Was Just One of Those Things", and "At Long Last Love." Which is the way it is with "Anything Goes", The Alexander Hamilton Players' second production this spring. The plot, involving love and intrigue, disguise and mistaken identity aboard a trans-Atlantic steamer, is nothipg more than a form on which Porter could drape his elegant songs. Among those included are "I Get a Kick Out of You.", "Let's Misbehave", "All Through the Night", "You're the Top", the wonderful "It's Delovely" (the English language has never been fractured so well), and the title number. And interestingly enough, the main problem with the current production is the songs. They were written to be punched out, really sold, but due to the poor acoustics in the hockey rink, where the play is being performed, it is very difficult to hear most of them. This forces undue attention on the plot, which was constructed as nothing more than a large music stand. Many of the scenes seem arbitrarily placed, some for convenience sake, others to tie up one of the many loose ends. Unimaginative

facing the audience. There was very little movement. Too many dance numbers were choreographed to have the principal characters in front, with the chorus strewn over the staircases that make up the set. Granted there were difficulties in working with the set, and only limited time to prepare, but more ingenuity might have been shown in the staging. Still, many of the scenes, particularly the broadly comig ones, were very well handled and acted. While little substantive pl-9t exists, there are many funny situations and one-liners. Many of them involved a stockbroker, mistaken for Public Enemy Number One, assuming numerous disguises to elude the ship's crew, and outwit a titled Englishman engaged to his girlfriend. He is aided by his friends, including a nightclub singer, and a gangster disguised as a preacher. Uneven Acting

The cast, as a whole, was only adequate. John Hayes was perfection itself as the Englishman, with absolutely the right bearing and mannerisms. Vinnie DiCarlo was aptly typecast as a rich Wall Street tycoon, alternately bullying and. drunk. Phil Montalvo came on strong as the gang ster-preacher, som etimes forgetting his position as a man of the cloth, betraying himself by his baser· attitudes. And Jo-Ann Liebman was fine as the· wild-eyed ingenue, doing her two dance numbers welt The rest of the cast had some problems, though. Joe Hutchinson as the The direction and choreography were stockbroker was stiff and stagey in the both somewhat unim aginative. Too many beginning, though he sang well, and . of the romantic scenes ended up with the developed towards the end, (he was characters standing there, side by side, . hilarious in the last scene). As his

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girlfriend, Liz Rothberg had no conception of her character or its relations to the others, (although this is partially the fault of the- script) and she had difficulty with her songs. Elizabeth Eisenstadt lacked __ voice. control as .h�r mother. Sue Sk_c::rritt was fair as the nightclub singer, but she was nervous and stiff, and didn't sing loud enough.· If she would let herself go, she'd be much better. Larry DeLong and Peter B..ayer did well

Prepare �or Cold Despite the problems, much of the play was very funny indeed, and the Cole Porter songs are worth the price of admission. But be warned: Sage Rink is ice-cold even with the ice gone. "Anything Goes" will be performed once more in the rink, on Sunday, May 11, and then on M ay 30 and 31, in Mi�or Theater.

community since its conception in 1965. In addition, individual photographs of the current community and the charter class, cut out of the funny books from those years, are pasted up randorrily on a large board. It is interesting to see Sam Babbitt, one of the few familiar recurring faces, mature with the school. Unlike photographs, the videotape encompasses only the last few years of Kirkland's history. It contains excerpts of plays, dance performances, and keynote speeches such as that of B.F.' Skinner earlier this year. Sections of a Winter Study project on corruption, and a humorous film of an acting workshop eating apples can also be viewed. The · audio tape copsists of both informal talks about women's education and speeches­ given by guests of the college and members of the community in the. last 10

yearso · The· enlarged Spectator articles, taken from issues one year before Kirkland's existence and two years after, are one of the most interesting parts of the exhibito They show dramatically the changes which have taken place within Kirkland itself, and the changing attitudes on the part of Hamilton. One story has a particularly amusing headline: "Kirkland Picks First Frosh Class: High Boards, Young Broads ,, article, . written Chosen. ·:: Another following complaints filed concerning wild parties in Minor Dormitory, lists rules for visiting males which seem obsolete today : "No male will enter the dorm unescorted ,, after 11:30 p.m. ,. The exhibit, which will be on view week's birthday this throughout celebration, presents an interesting perception of Kirkland's first decade o

and 8:00 p.m: Sunday at 4:00 p.m. ' Minor Theater. Ten · Year Celebration Dance with Steaknite, 9:30 p.m.'-1 :00 a.mo' Pirst floor McEwen. free.

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Multi-media Focus on First Decade

By PEGGY DILLS Anyone walking through the second floor of Kirner-Johnson this week will confront � multi-media extravaganza entitled "Kirkland: Past and Present," encompassing all forms of audio-visual aids. The exhibit, produced by a Kirkland the under audio-visual workshop stq:>t2v:m:>n1 of Associate Professor of Film Nat Boxer, consists of slides, still videotape, . enlarged pho togr a p h s , Spectator dippings and tapes from Kirkland's history. The class, which has been working on this project for more than a month, decided to forego the regular curriculum when the exhibit was suggested as an alternative by Boxero The still photographs and slides depict scenes of Kirkland before, during, and at the completion of its construction, as. well as candid photographs of the college

Paris (733-2730) The Reincarnation of Peter Proud ( R) 258 Cinemas (732-5461) Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins (R) The Terrorists (R) The Prisoner of Second Avenue (PG) LECTURE AND DISCUSSION May 9 (Friday-)�Lecture: Nat Boxer, associate professor of film, will speak on his experiences in the, film industry 7�30 p.m.' McEwen Coffeehouse. May 10 (Saturday) Alumnae· Panel Discussion: - Coping .. with Life After Kirkland,· moderated ,,,.,.... by Betty Hagerty Wendt '72. l0:00 Auditorium. {Also at 10:00 p.m.' p.m. Red Pit. : Tuesday at 10:00 p.m� only..) May 12 (Monday) Qay the Earth Caught Fire, and Things lecture: James Wo Parker of Ohio To Come. 8:00 p.m. 'Chemistry Wesleyan University, ' Population· Auditorium. Biology of Mississippi Kiteo 8:00 p.m; May 15 (Thursday) Physics Auditorium. Sometimes a Great Notion. 8:00 p.m: ' Kirner-Johnson Auditorium. May 15 (Thursday) Double Indemnity, starring Barbara Clark Speaking Contest Tryouts. 4:00 Stanwyck. '8:00 p.m� 'Chemistry p.m; Pliysics Auditorium. '. Auditorium. ' MUSIC AND DANCE At Nearby Theaters May 9 (Friday) Cannonball (853-5553) Alice Doesn't Organ Recital: Lee Hastings Bristol, Jr. Live· Here Anymore (PG) MUS D., ' former PrrD·�P.nt Cinema New Hartford (736-0081) We stmin ister Choir Coi,--11/us: Tommy (PG) Dedicatory recital for the Chapel's· Riverside Mall Theaters (735-9223) new organ. 9:00 p.m. Chapel. _ Shampoo (PG) Alice Doesn't Live Kirkland College Dance Theater. Here Anymore (PG) The Front Page Friday at 8:00 p.m� Saturday at 2:00 FILM On Campus This Weekend Bifly Liar, starring Julie Christie and Tom Courteney. Friday and Saturday 8:00 p.m; Sunday at 10:00 p.m.'. Kirner-Johnson Auditorium. Repulsion. Friday and Saturday at 8:00 p.m. Sunday at 10:00 p.m� Science Auditorium. May 12 (Monday) Lady Sings · the B lues. starring Diana Ross. 7:30 p.m. 'Kirner-Johnson

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May 10 (Saturday) Beatles Concert, with Bob Halligan and.Jriendso 9�30 p.m� McEwen Dining Halt Aamission 50 centso ' ,;,Jir�§,, May 15 .(Thursday) -ch r i s t i a n S c i e n c e .C o llege Hamiltqn-Kirkland Choir and Organization. 4:15 Porn� ' Bristol Singers: Brahms Requiem. 8: 30 p.m. Campus Center Backus Room. Chapel. ' . May 13 (Tuesday) EXHIBITION Organ Recital. Thomas Sapareto '75. Currently On Campus_ · · . 8:30 p.m� Chapel. Annual Hamilton-Kirkland .Student TH.EATER Art Showo Bristol Campus Center. (Closes June 1.) May 10 (Saturday) Present, Ki rk land: and Past Alumnae created Musical Drama Kirner-Johnson .Building, Seco_Dd Presentation, Blueprint for an Ark. Floor. 8:00 p.m. List- Recital Hall. The Four Seasons and Other Paintings May 11 (Sunday) by William Palmer. Root Art Center, H amilton Players Alexander _ (Closes June 1.) Production: Anything Goes. 8:00 p.m. SPECIAL EVENTS Sage Rink. May 11 (Sunday) RELIGIOUS SERVICES Joint Hamilton:.Kirkland Convocation. May 10 (Saturday) .. 11 :00 a.m. Gymnasium. ' Newman Mass. Father Paul Drobino May 14 (Wednesday) 5: 30 p.m.' Red Pit. Convocation: Guest speaker, Louis N" May 11 (Sunday) Brockway, '17. Hamilton College Newman Mass. Father Paul Drobino Melancthon Trustee Emeritus. 9: 30 a.m. Chapel. Woolsey Stryker: Reminiscences. Free Church of Clinton. A series of 10:30 a.m. Chapel. Readings. Edwin Barrett, Thomas

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By FELICE FREYER productions. 'And in 1969, Barbara Lapid u s '77, head of Kirkland. the Arts Student Caucus and an After three years at the helm Rosenfeld came to , So Rosenfeld s chief goal for arts major, spoke o f Rosenfeld of the Kirkland Arts Division, through the formation of the the division has always been the and the interarts program. "He's Student Arts Caucus this ·year, formation of an interarts program. been very supportive," she said. and the two highly-praised Specifically, he wants the Arts "He gave u s suggestions of how S u mmer · Arts Conferences, Division to offer regularly we could plan interdisciplinary i n terdisci plinary projects. But there hasn't been the Professor of Writing William sch ed u l e d Rosenfeld has decided to leave the courses which would stress the needed pu sh to wards an interarts division chairmanship and take off interrelatedness of the variou s program. There hasn't been a for a year's pro fessorship in media and introduce students to group of people_ willing to commit c o mm onalities ou tside of the Yugoslavia. When he returns in the am ong themselves classroom." ' fall� 1976, he will finally devote different _art forms. Interarts himself to what he enjoys mo st: As for general st udent-fac ulty This approach is writing and teaching. best and faculty-faculty- relationships, in the int�rarts Ro senfeld's Arts Division now R osenfeld had already· made up manifested his mind to give up the seminar he taught when he first presents itself as a calm, cohesive chairmanship before he won the came to Kirkland and the two group. ' Rosenfeld and the Fulbright Fello wship in American Summer Arts Conferences in 1973 professors interviewed displayed a Literature to Yugoslavia. '"I ' and 1974 of which Ro senfeld was mutual respect, despite the t en u re an d believe that the chairmanship the chief architect. Iri addition, he i n e v i t a b 1 e faculty attitudes have reappo intment tensions. should rotate," he said. "The said "I think it's a good division," person who is chairman for three reflected the interarts outlook. Yet Rosenfeld's plan fo r the Rosenfeld said. "Peo ple are· all years gets a chance to take all the· responsibility, to express his own arts division were never fully working well in their classes and personality and sometimes his will realized. "There's been a hiatu s in everyone seems to be making in the workings of the division. this whole interarts outloo k;" he some headway in her /his art. ' ''Tenure is always a tense time. But I think it's a_ good idea for said. '�I never had the chance to You can never dispel that anxiety. that to change. A new person synchronize the arts approach. comes in with a new way of "It's not because there was But . I don't see it as stressing certain '�s, maybe resista�ce from. the faculty. But competitiveness. I feel assured even changing some. I think that's · we don't have a full enou'gh that the coJ.lege policy operates healthy, especially for Kirkland.'' faculty. An<J ther�•s 'the �sk of and this� no different from other Or in the words of Assistant _getting the faculty to µnde:rstand colleges - so that each person Professor of Cr�tive .Writing �d , commit itself.. No t_ every competes with himself. Kathy Dewart, "_lt1's . gpt to. Q<; indiy,jduaf has _showµ. ,die sam� , " ••.I'enjoy my co lleagues, their rotated. The job is j�st too m1;1cti degree -�f _iµterest. There's alsq a competence and. vitality. Even the for one person to handle •. , Jack ·_ of adC;quat�. ,spac� , for energy of our_ disagreements has ,, Anyb_opy'�, happy to ge� o!-lt of_. bringing the arts together. It' tak!!s been a p.ealthy t}ting. · , that position - unless they're a_ alot qf energy, reso urces, time. -Ac·colades power _freak.�' ' , . It's ._ an orgaµiz!ltio.nal pro ble..m.'�. Nathan Boxer, successor to the , But apparfntly, �ill �osenfel�� , ... But despit� RoseJl.feld's, own Arts Division chairmanship, said has nc;> 51!Ch powei: <:omple�. "!-fe's rese(Vatj.Qns,_ fa�ulty and stUdents Rosenfe,ld se�s a good example as not yery happy, in � authQrity pointed to the .int:er<JT.tS: ,o U,t;loqk. a n .a d .min i s trat o r. ' "He's Juli�, ,,he -tri�<J;:,_to foster, -a$, his IIJOSt, imminently fair and de�ocratic.,'' p o sition,:� . _explaine9" Weinstein '75o , ' i,np.ort�nt. contrib-ution .to , ,the Box�r saiµ. "He goes. tqrough the Teaching and Writwg·: , Arts Division. "I enjoy ,t�ilching a great.i!e/tl," "hhink he's been influential in .. � · Rosenfeld said, "and it's tough to. helping see the_ interrelatedness o f keep , my teacbipg Jil$l,Q)iSDJ. f,-e� , our , e¢e�vocs.. !J:e;� brqugl!t. ., a

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procedures that most o f us just 'vehicle for comm unication with give lip service to and then forget faculty and with other arts ,, when the going gets rough. ' students. The Caucus, Lapidus Professor Dewart praised emphasized, is a student group Rosenfeld for the success of the and is not concerned with the Summer Arts Conferences, his approval or disapproval of the availability to bo th students and faculty. faculty, and his good 'relationship Rosenfeld nonetheless, takes a with the Students Art Caucus. favorable po sture on the ca ucus. "But he's firm in his "I think it's a healthy idea,'' he positions," Dewart said. '"He said. "There's always the need for doesn't kiss anybodn_ass.�• · negotiation. Since the caucu s has The Arts' St u dent Caucus has formed, with its open community now been formed as a rallying posture, a lot of misunderstanding point for s��ent s_ent�ent and a and anxiety has been alleviated."

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"I · wo,uld 'do' the Kirkland there are co1.m:f;lt=� details ;flying, . profess.or.. ,of,. visua! studi�s. "It's -helpful to know that I can hay�, Experience, over c1i,<rain in a · at yqu. ' , _ _ "And I have to get back .to my �omething to q>ntribut_e to a poet,· minutd" sai<;I a Kirkland al�ae writing> which, viQ:qally, -has that r. ,can add to the �o-�th �f. ,.in response \o a letter sent to · another,artist.n approximately 5� , Kirkland stopped in these three years ..." .C<>hesiveness. alumnae in March asking if they R o s e nf e ld heard about Kirk.land's opening when he was •�ae's. tied the division tog�ther planned to return '"for Kirkland's on his last Fulbright ,Fellowship, as a.cohesive unit and stimulated a 10th Anniversary celebration. She teaching American literature and responsiveness and . interaction continuedt "I belie�e in Kirkland's us,'' said Robert philosophy of ed9-cation and find culture in Brazil, 1967�8. At that between time, his regular teaching position Mwrhe� .associate professor of the institutioI)'s convinctions live was at .Baldwin Wallace College in pai,nting. "And.he. will continue to up to and strive for a system Ohio,' where he was involved in influence the division in · this which practices in the best way designing a synchronized arts. direction. There are more options what is preached, one of the most program. He expres�d an interest for· the future, now that he's not .exciting and vital proce·sses it . in Kirkland. In 1968, the original chairman." 'Muirhead also said could be committed to ...'•" · Other alumni included in their chairman of Kirkland's Arts that he and Rosenfeld had Division went to Baldwin Wallace requested funds to teach a course �esponses their positive feelings on , the educational system Kirkland. to see one of Roscnfeld's interarts in multi-artisti� forms.

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has developed. ' as their reasons for wanting ·to "After three years at Ya�e I return for the celebration. believe more deeply than ever in Heather McKee '72 said, ''I will the importance of innovative say that my feelings for Kirkland, education and the small college. I although long distant, are warm come back . to Kirkland and my memories are filled with periodically to ri::assure myself close friendships and stimulating that such things do exist. I am not academia (as well as the mud we blind to Kirkland's problems, but used to trek through between those very problems often seem to campuses our first year). But my me more productive than what ·experience· was special to me th e tradit i o n a l -academic became of a certain undefinable institution has to offer," said closeness I shared with my Ellen O'Brien '72. classmates who were 'in· it "A part of me will always miss together,' and involved with the the group exper ience of Kirkland. growth of an educational system My field of specialization is and a way of life which would be education, and I would enjoy only as good as we made it." .' : coming back to Kirkland to see " ...!"think that most Kirkland again an alternative system to a graduates from the first two or classic college education that three classes feel a special really works - Kirkland is indeed camaraderie one that even the a living and learning school,'' said present stu dents at Ki rkland Marjorie Homonoff '72. cannot feel in the same way. We S ome Kirkland alumnae had such a close atmosphere, emph��zed pers<:mal relationship�� sometimes too close," . :wrote Candace Harris'73. ''Kirkland in the springtime especially is alive with color, THE VILLAGE TAVERN. excitement, and joy. The 10th SPECIAL Anniversary of a concept such as EVERY WED. NIGHT Kirkland is indeed an occasion for Gin & Juice or cel e br a t i o n�". said Tamis Screwdrivers (Patterson) Korlinski'7 3. A graduate from the most 35 c. per drink recent class, Sara Gordon, wrote, 3 for $1.00 ".••A"weekend at Kirkland could 14 College St. only leave me glowing and · 853-8010 G;linton refreshed. How could anyone tum down su ch a spring tonic?"

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By MARY BARSTOW of both regular meals and snacks. The Ke ehn Dorm Co-op, "We're all very fat here," one created in 19 7 3 with its own member observed. kitchen and separate meal plan The family-like atmosphere at and with the desire to foster a mealtimes is seen as an additional co-operative community spirit, advantage. appears to be more successful this Members also agree that there year than last year. Members Sa¥ is a close, "community feeling" at · the Co--op is working better, the Co-op, although opinio11.s -' running �ore- smoothly,· and diverge on the merits of this affording· its members a generally atmosphere. Many members enjoy positive living experience. And a the intimacy of the Co-op; they high percentage of fhis year's say it provides a "sense of ·members have opted to live in the security," a feeling that th�re is Co-op again next year. always someone around to talk to, Last year the C_o-op had 47 and a chance to become close to members. Of the 2 3 who returned fellow members. Others, however, to the,,campus in fall, 1974, five found that this atmosphere breeds elected to remain .in the Co-op. a sort of claustrophobia, a feeling This year, the Co--op has 45 o f bei n g hemmed-in a nd -PHOT_O BY DAVID ASHBY members. Thirty-four plan to "over�xposed." "" President Babbitt looks- back to the beginnings. return to campus next semester "You get to know 45 people and 20 of the_m will remain in the really well," Abby Wender '7 7 Co--op. said enthusiastically. Why is the Co--op workirtg. But another member said, "I've reminisces about the years half-built. The women had to eat better this year? "Experience," found that I'm getting to know By BOB GRIEVES · What w a s Kirk.land like 1965-1968. in Commons ·and �hat's where the said C o-op' pr esident Jani really· w�ll people that maybe I myth of Kirkland students in Klebanow. Last year's members, don't want to know really between the years 1965-1968? Babbitt's Concerns It was the worst of times and "I had two concerns when I dirty jeans and workboots started.· she said, were unaware of· the well." · However , some say they the best of times. The ad hoc arrived. The· McIntosh Committee 'But they enjoyed their first year problems which might arise in a are able to feel close to people � Hami l t on C o l l e g e Faculty had set the basic goals of the :_ they were very adaptable. You co-operative living situation,- but and still maintain enough distance Long-Range Planning Committee - college, but the direction of the must remember that we ·were a: this year the Co-op is more to preserve a sense of autonomy. an d t h e a d hoc Trustee college was completely open. I site, not a campus for many years. organized and more efficjent, and "Everyone gets along, but Long-Range Planning Committee had to select a staff and faculty' Kirkland was not a full college its members have learned from some of us have different things were appointed in December, and design the basic structure of until 19-72, when the charter class last year's mistakes. ·. w._e like to do," said one member. 1961 to consider ways to expand the college.· My second concern graduated, and it wasn't until Kevin. McTernan '7 5, a Co-op Another added that the €0-op has. • Hamilton to meet the changing was to raise money. It was an 1973 that we stopped being a member, said. that this year there a "relaxed•' atmosphere, and that educational needs of the college. e x c i t i n g time. C u rriculum, fiscal drain on Hamilton." was no "pre-conceived ideology" there is no "obligation to be The Advisory Committee on Plans r ec ru iting, the selection of Eugene Putala, professor of of what the Co-op ought to be. close." and Policies was appointed in d iv-i sion chairmen, and the Botany, recalls the organizational "It is what it happens to be" he Another feature of Co-op living March, 1964 with Millicent C. structural design of the college problems in his division. said, adding that. each member can is the is.olation from the college McIntosh, former president of were problt'ms we had to deal What Size Microscope? now feel free to make it the type community, some members feel. Barnard College, as chairman. with. Carl Schneider became head "Our · problems were straight of experience he desired. Some said that_livin� in the Co-op Students gave varied reasons has made it difficult for them to Am e r i c a n e d u�ation w a s of the Social Sciences Division, organizational concerns: what become friends with people expanding at an unprecedented Adrian Jaffe took over · the kind of courses you wartt to offer, for joining the Co-op. "I really didn't like eating at outside· the Co-op, largely because rate. Money was available. Humanities Division, and Eugene what size microscope you want to Walter Pilkington, librarian of Putala became head of. the order, ho� ·many, etc. We started McEwen and not taking care of of th�ir dining situatton._ Jani Klebanow, however, said with four professors in the myself.'' the Burke Library, was invited to Sciences Division." "I wanted another roommate." the complaint of isolation is help plan the joint library services The entire Kirkland staff was Science Division, and had to work '' T h e i d e a o f common only to freshman and for both colleges: ''That thy housed in the buildings which with ten sections . of · freshmen. Library would be a joint service currently contain the Office.' of T h e -entire college includeg__ community-you're already part transfer members who have lived · of some thing." ' , in the Co-op since they arrived at was a decision taken in the earliest the Registrar and the American between 25 a11d 2-7 faculty." "The food." J ames Ring, professor of Kirkland. Klebanow ,said that hei­ 1 days. The Core Library was Philosophical Association. ult was better than living at circle of friends is not limited to Jjhysic·s at Hamilton, was on the envisioned as a branch library Admissions Drama 0 Bundy. Hamilton Faculty Long-Range Co-op members. "Actually, my with- 5,000 volumes - basic "In 1967 we hegan recruitment , But everyone seems to agree closest frie:r:ids are outside the reference works and a fairly large of students," says Babbitt, and .Planning Committee chaired by I selection which would apply to word was sent to 3,000 hlgh D av i d E l l is, c h a i r man of there is at least·one advantage to Co-op,'� ,she said, adding that in cburses. When the curriculum schools. We swiped Vassar's and Hamilton's Histo'ry Department. living in• the Co-op: the food. some cases isolation at the Co-op· ' changed, Core changed - it was Bamard•s high school lists, and He said, �'We never ·made any Almost all those questioned said is really "self-imposed." The no longer to have such a large combined them with Hamilton's official recommendations because the Co-op 'meals, 'cooked by . Co-op is· equal to any other living collection. Now there are basic list. We published a brochure with our committee was not recognized students, far surpass those 'served situation on campus in terms of reference books ,, and a woman�s statements of intent, architectural by the faculty. We were not , in the college�• dining halls. They opportunities to make friends,. she collection ( the Millicent McIntosh plans . and pictures of Hamilton. elected by the faculty nor we�e expressed satisfaction with· the �aid. ,.. collection). Walter Reinecke, We also set up a mock student we responsible to it. Th� trustee ·. quality , �quantity, and. variability room i n our offices and committee working in tandem former chairman of the Kirkland Board of Trustees, is currently interviewed applicants there." The with us had more authority. It gathering more material for a existing body of professors, was a time when all education was division· heads and President expanding, and it seemed a good collection of women's rights." Babbitt served as the Admissions time to do something. Our President Babbitt, who arrived c om m it t e e , appoi�t ed b y at Kirk.land in. February, 1966, Committee. President McEwen, came into How did the students react to being just before Hamilton's the situation? "We had-172 students in 1968. 150th anniversary: that was part Only Major, Minor and McIntosh of the reason why the comm . ittee were open, although _the paint w� was formed. Money was available, continued from page ':lne wet and the furniture was still old institutions' w�re expanding, · AVAILABLE IN CANVAS, new institutions were ·coming into NATWRAL S_UEDE supported the being moved in. Root was a hole M ontalvo in the ground. McEwen was being. Those. times ha_ve gorie." · censure, noting that Dean Lindley Reg. $23 ·t said he will make the new dean, W.· Lawrence Gulick, aware of All feature padded ankle .collars �nd tongues, student sentiment in setting up heavy-duty toe _stripes, long-wearing outsoles and the , calendar next year: "The full spo�ge cushion insole and arch. =--' censure served its purpose," =-1895 Nick Bums, Broker Hamilton '46 Montalvo said. . . SELECTED FOR USE BY THE U S Monday night's meeting was 76 DLYMPIC 19 ��E I E :: Auto, Tenants, Motorcycle � �� A also marked by complaints about , • ����: � O � procedure. and Homeowner's Insurance President Montalvo apparently clos�d the meeting to the public, Clinton, New York without taking the vote required for such a move by the Senate UL3-5051-2 constitution. Montalvo saicl he. made a "technical error" but that Men's, Boys, Women's and Children's he took the action based upon the fact that the session was called i� Clinton U-Haul Clinton Car _Wa_sh emergency and that other students would ·not add anything to the already tense debate. ; CLfNTON Montalvo also . reportedly SPRING debated and then injected his own comments, a move not allowed by parliamentary rules · of order. Montalvo said that although he & Saturday We Service All Makes of Cars· was not technically correct he · North Park Row, Clinton · Road Service on the H_jl/ May 8, 9 and 10th wished to :relate to the senators . Phone 853-5242 his own sentiments and report of fJ!J:3-:8030 his discussion with Lindley.

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ByJOHN NAVARRE affairs� he said, •�N6t reall9, I Rocheste r to b ecome the senior. P re s i d e nt Bab bitt has don't : think I will act any editor of the -Hope"Midland announced the · appointment · of diff erent. I've had a lot of Company which publishes English textbooks. He came to Kirkland William Jamison as dir ector of cooperation." = • in.1970•. Blue-collar Beginnings institu tional affairs. Jamison has Wide Range of Duties as acting director of Jamison began his career as a served institutional affairs this acad emic bank cle rk in Pittsburgh. He left Jamison d escrib ed th e rang e of year. the bank. to take a B..A.' at the his job her e as entailing e verything . After serving for four y ears as University of Pittsburgh and work from fin4ing phys.ical space for an associat e prof essor of nights in a machine shop. The ne w academics to findhlg people plac es literature , Jamison was appointed dire ctor then went, on to e arn his to park. ' He said, . ''Th e acting director whenJe sse Zellne r m.aster and doctoral degr ees in multiplicity of the job is on the at Princeton� . and one hand, the attraction, and on left the fustitutional Affairs English Offic e to become Kirkland's first continued his work as a machinist. th e . other hand, one of its during the summer. dir ector of p ublications. limitations." ': Babbitt called a _search for an Jamison claimed that, "When I Jamison also pointed out official director when Z ellner was at Princeton, no one b eliev ed that e xi sting rdationships assumed his ne w position and that I worked in a machine shop; between his . office and the Kirkland p ublicly advertised in · and no one in the machine shop Physical Plant and also Provost The Chronicle ,of Higher believed I went to Princeton.",-.� Eugene L ewis' were excellent. Ed ucation. Babbitt described the After earning his · d egr ees, Limited Funds By BOB GRIEVES in evitable. quality of the candidate for the Jamison becam e an associate: Jamison said that one of the "Our inve ntory, taken before for the prospe cts Ui e position as varied in their professor ·of. English at the · major problems facing him is in stallation of a ,se cu rity system w e moved into Burke, revealed backgrounds. Unive rsity of Rochester. While at trying to accomplish what n eeds Rochester, Jamison was also to be- done with limited funds. for the Burke Library. still app ear that our book losses ran to $4,00.0 Fifty Applicants appointed as the administrative Jai:nison added that the. recent rise remote at this time, according to a y ear - a rate of one half of one L ewis, . provost of per cent of holdings, a remarkably Babbitt adde d, however, that officer of the Physics De partment.· in costs has thrown all estimates E ug ene low ·figur e consid ering that the r eaching a wid e audience is a Jamison Hamilton. his into disarray. claimed that r equir em ent "We have not considered at loss ,runs between $5,000 and of Affirmative ad.minis ative duties it Rochester . When asked how long he below-the-line $15 ,000 at othe r places. a tim e Acd.on, cou pled with the search were in many ways similar to his plann ed to remain as dir ector of this "Theft does not concern us for • qualified women and present duties at Kirkland. institutional affairs, . Jamison equipm ent.. r eque st for a security the disruption of the teaching syst e m/' said Lewiso He explained minoritie �. About 50 applicatons Jamison le ft ·his job at said,"I.haven't the slightest ide a." that traditionally such a reque st proc ess do es concern us. Our main were . received by the President's has not been submitt ed to the drive. is to curb- the bre aking of Office , . and · many of the Board of Trustees, but is proposed the rule s. This does not imply a candidates eithe r did not µieet th e qualifications, or we re limited in and deliberated upon within the blanket condemnation of the She has acc epted an appointm ent administrative channels of the student body. It is not our By BOB GRIEVES their capabilities. Three _ m�mbers of intention to set up_ a police system the for the following ye ar at · th e coll ege. Babbitt the that s aid numbe r-two candidate for the Hamilton faculty will leave the ·Unive rsity of Iowa. ''The 'tattl e type ' s yst em - her e. Th e security system is .to get "We will, all- mi ss Mr. Allen,' magnetic tapes in the spines of people · into the habit of signing po sition ·was a woman of s.:rong Hill aft er this semest er. Robert _C. 'Allen, assistant Miss Parks, and Miss ]) uCille books, with magnetic sensors for these books.," Pilkington said. capabilities" But the . president add ea. thitt Jamison's background professor of e conomics, will join greatly. We think the presence of installed to pick them up - i s an , "Fiftee n y ears ago th e library in business, academic caree r, and the faculty of the University of each has brought a sp ecial quality administrative equipm ent reques t was under the Honor System," kno�ledge of Kirkland made him British Columbia. Ahn F" DuCille, to the faculty, arid we're :Sorry each which would cost about $22,00.0 Pilkin�on continued. "We we re the strongest candidate. The re was instructor in_ English, and Alfri eta is· leaving, " said Dwight Lindley, to install. The tap es· wo uld cost a not. plagued with· the breaking· of only one minority candidate Parks, visiting assi'stant professor acting d ean of the college. dim e each, excluding labor to the rules. In planning the Burke Rigsb ee to. Sta y · durin·g the search, .a male . pf anthropology also ·will be install them. Cost is the main Llbrary w e thought it was po· ssible Jfamilton has retaine d for . factor. A lot of collg e que stions and probable that we might need Am erican Indian, who had just le aving. Parks has ,w o n a another year David Rigs:t, ee, com e down to cost problems." graduated from· college �. this system and power duct s have -Wh en.Jamison... 'fas -�ske<;f if he F u l b r i g h t� H a y e� J -un i o r instructor in English, to hold already be en install ed to facilitate 'System is Inevitable' planned on 6pe rating . any Fellowship, ·and will probaby be a DuCille 's position. But Walt er Pilkington, librarian installation; I 'want to emphasize, differently n.ow ,that he was the visiting le cturer at the University Micha el Saltman, chainnan of of the ·Burke Library, said that a how ever, that we are not dealing "offi. cial" dir ecto� of institutional of Erlangen, Germany next year. the ·Department of Anthropology library se curity syst em is with the ft q ua th eft/�and Sociology aCthe University of Haifa, Israel, has been appointed ) visiting associate professor of anthropology for the academic ·continued from.page two year 1975..76: "·Saltman, whq . ·•.. : A CHARTER NEW YORK BANK •.• · F urth ermor e , a principle of the cat�h a flick that was to b e a little ·........... ., ................::.: taught at HaJ,nilton during the lat e due to the previous event. student gove rnment m ust be made academic y ear 197.0-71, received MAIN OFFICE, CLINTON, NEW YORK 13323 clear. Is the St udent Senate How unfortunate ! his B.A.' from the University of SENEfA PLAZJ.. OFFICE {RT. 5). NEW HARTFORD, NEW YOR� The international women's London and his Ph.D.' from responsible to the Students of Hamilton Coll ege? As th e voic e of y e a r c on fe renc e and 10th Brandeis University. He replaces Thursday and Friday the . Stud ent body what right does birthday celebration was a sad ' BANKING HOURS A s s i stant Prof essor Jos eph 9:00 AM to 3:00.PM the Senate and in particula,r the event indeed. This was due to a Guillotte. ' Pr esident have to prohibit two lack of enco u rag em ent from those and Monday thmugh Wednesday . Economist Named· int e r e st ed member s· of the who should aim in fulfilling the 1:30 �M to 6:00 ·· Hamilton has also appointed to ,:. ,1 9:00 AM Pt\1 .. , � - toJ:l)O .. ._-..:_,..· .,< "� .i�s · faculty Donald · C. Mead, as Student body from participating potential Kirkland has as an in or at least hearing the debates "innovativ e women's college." as sociate. professor of -economics. M ead, who rec eived of tli e S enat e on a _rather Ther e doesn't se em to be too much excitem ent about the his B.A.' from Haverford and his important matter. We feel that Presid ent Montalvo· educativ� process on the hill these PhoD.' from Yale , is currently . . . b e ' aware of t he days and ther efore, there is not visiting professor. of economics. at m u s t . � . ',. ·the Senate ha s to too m uch po sitiv e reinforc ement. the Unive rsity of North, Carolina responsibility H i s Should not the two, th eor etically, s t u d e n t s . th e Featuring the Finest at Chapel Hill. extra-constit utional actions -0f 5 in Aluminum, Vinyl-Lined "He- lias spent a great deal of May 1975- refl ect howev e r, a go.hand in hand? On this note, I mak e my exit PooJs time · in Africa," . according to negligence on his part of this fact. from Kirkland College. Area Salesmen: Sidney Wertimer, chairman of the Doug Snyder A lette r conc erning the apathy Coach Eric MacDonald-853-6228 Economics Department. "He has Thomas Rupp el on this campus i s already as taught at Amhe rst, talked to and Coach Toin Murphy-8�3-6740 clidied as c�:mnting the rising '· Dean-designate W. · L awr ence attendanc e at the pub. These Gulick at Dartmouth, and at this continued from page three its faculty and its administration. occa s i onal l ette rs from an point knows what kind of place I could not put my finger on any occasional few are now b ecoming · Hamilton is. He should fit in well of the aforem entionn ed because I a bore to read. I suppose apathy is her e." don't b eli eve one sp ecific group is when there are no answ er s left. culpable. 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Sha/er Sets Record By WENDI PA SHMAN In a thr ee way track � meet betwee n Hamilton, Alfred, and Alfr ed Te ch., th e Conts came in second with a scor e of 7 6½, b ehind Alfr ed with 95½ and ahe ad of Alfre d Te ch. with 10� The meet was contested at Alfr ed on May 3. Hamilton seeme d to be racking up most of its points by coming in second in many events against a strong Alf r ed. Bruce Carte r, and captain Lou Pacilio came in the mil e and 880 second in respe ctively. Carter also managed to pull in paints by finis hing second in the thre e mile . K e vin Snyder had a fine showing in the 100 where he came in first with a tim e of 10.2. 'Dave Baker str engthene d the Hamilton effort with a fir st place in the 22 0. Hamilton looked good against its competition in its ordinarily weak area, field events. Dbn Salom boosted the Conts wi th a 21'5" long jum� which wond the event. one of "fight and scrap, kick and drabble ."

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Also looking good was Pedro Garcia who captured ano ther first place in the triple jump with a 43'2½"•. ' Mo st noteworthy was Bill Shafer who set a ne w high jump re cord for Hamilton wi th a 6'3", upsetting the former r ecord of 6'2u se t by Tom Broderick in 1969. Iron Clad Effort Don Oyer and Brian Coombes assisted the ironclads with a second place showing in the shot p ut a nd events j a v elin respe ctively. Th e te am is now getting re ady for the state me et at Brockport on May 10. The now injure d Rick Mobley is expe cted to have re cupe rated and will anchor the Conts in the 440. Cart er will be one of the favorites in the three mile against stiff competition from Cortland, Union, Rochester, and Brockport. According to Coach Long, Hamilton is not e xpe cted to win the meet, but he i s looking for the best possible job from individuals.

Punchless B-Ballers RideLosip.g . Streak

By SHERM TUCKER four hits· and pe rmitting only two On Tuesday, the Blue travele d cpntinued from pag.e twelve· Last w eek proved to be bases on balls. The Cant s went to Union, and played as if the y bouncing ground balls into the disastrous for the Hamilton down to def eat. ' were suffering ti-Qm a s evere case net. baseball team, as they e xtende d , Although McLean was almost of amnesia. The hitters forgot Middlebury .added a final goal he how to hit, the pitchers how to w i t h only thirte en seconds excellent the ir present losing streak to five e q ually gam e s , by d r o pping a surrendered only five hits, struck pitch, and th e fielders how to remaining. Out of the Woods doubleheader to Binghamton and out two and walke d only one - i t field, . as they fell to the a single game to Union: With their three stars safely out was no t enough, as he absorbed Dutchmen, 18-0. ' Both opponents held the Blue the 2-0 setback. Hit record is now Andy Pratt, starting his first of the woods , the IDue travelled scoreless in the combined 21 3-3. · ' game of the season for the Blue, to Sie nna on Tuesd ay . This tim e · innings of play. Wi th two game s As if the first game was not was removed from the game after the Continentals got off to a fast remaining, _the team's record is hearbreaking enough for the Bl�e, the first ·inning, as he yielded start on'goals by Steve Speno,Jim 6-12. ' the second gam e of the twinbill seven runs and five hits, although Lo t z e , Gib Hedstrom, Ned Last Saturday, the Conts with Binghamton certainly was. In only two of the runs were earned. Collum, Mark Bernard and Tom host ed a doubleheader against the second game , Cont George He was relieved by Tom Sutcliffe, Charl>onneau, taking a 6-1 lead at Bingham ton. At first, it appeared Krause and Binghamton's John· who worked the las t six innings. the half. Jon Berry had two that both teams wished to prove Bracken found themselves locked The game was called after assists. The second half becam e an "I that pi tching is 90 per cent of the in a tight pitching battle. ' seven innings due to rain. game. But as far as the Blue are But again, the Conts finished Union account ed for their 18 can hit harder than you can" end. ' With runs by scoring five runs in the affair in which the Blue incurred concerned, the y seemed to prove on the short something more that than Binghamton able to push across a· first, four ll1 the second, and nine eigh t penalties. The Hamilton pitching is needed, as they lost run in the third inning, using a in the seventh. They also collected penalty killers were up to the both games of the doubleheader, walk and a double , and Bracken 17 hits and were aided by five task, however, and completely · 2-0 and 1-0. · ' striking out 13 batters, induding Cont errors, three wild pitches, shut the door on Sienna. Steve Gaube Fans 10 fanning the side in the third, the seven walks, and one hit batsman. Speno recorded the final Blue goal In the first game, Hamilton's Blue lost 1-0. ' on an assist from Mark Bernard. Dave McLean and pitching Krause's pi tching was almost as opponent Jerry Gauhe were flawless as Bracken's as he walked involved in an in tense pi tching two, . struck' o�t five, . and duel. But Gaube struck · out 10 permi tted only four hi ts. His . , batt ers, striking out at le ast one r ecord for the season fell to 1-4. batt er each inning, yielding only One to Forget

Hamilton ne t-minder John Rice perform ed outstandingly, coming up with 18 saves. In addition, the return of juniors Bobby Pelz and Sam Rogers from a year away has greatly boosted the morale of the team.

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Von 'Schiller's Laxtnen Demo Larries The Blue looked stunned at the the second quarter, and· the added ·, upfield and passed off to Jaye hadn't made it half-way to the By BOB McCORMICK Health Center before the Blue The Hamilton lacrosse team b eg in ning, as they allowed aggressiveness seemed to help , Tyl�r, who slammed it home. It's not easy to overcome a five . went to work on his successor. pulled a stunning upset yesterday, Middlebury to run up a 5-0 lead in their play. Steve Speno tallied atdefeating a powerful Sto Lawrence the first tw�lve minutes of play. 6:08 off a Jon Berry assist. goal deficit in one period, but the The Hamilton throng went wild as Greg Wheeler Middlebury scored a man-up goal 1 Continentals reacted gamely. Berry and Collum hooked up 8-7. 'The Middlebury's squad University Continentals' record now stands assisted on two of these. goals, a few minutes later, but Sam 'Middlebury incurred a penalty again to make the score 8-5. But then the Middlebury goalie at 8-2. scored one himself, and ran rings Finnell retaliated for the Blue at just eleven seconds into the 13:50. Berry was again credited quart e r . Ned Collum · took began to get his bearings. H e was The Blue trailed 5-4 at the half, around the Hamilton defense. · advantage of the situation off a aided by the pipe on one Blue and · 7-4 near the end of the third Marty Percy, gimping around with the assist. . o u t s c ore d Jon Berry feed. Mi dd 1 e bu ry quarter. Gib Hedstrom tallied on one leg, was the only breakaway- that looked lik e it Four minutes into the quarter, couldn't miss. It was here that the with half a minute remaining in C o n t i n e n t a l p e r f o r m i n g Hamilton 2-1 in the third period to take a commanding 8-3 lead. two Continentals caught the C o n t s this quarter, .. then fed Jim Lotze effectively. esoe c ially m i ss e (i The lone Blue goal came when Middlebury net-minder outside of Mark Berp.ard, whose talent is for another Blue goal with only More Muscle two seconds lefto The Blue came out hitting for Billy O'Dorl'nell dodged his way the crease �nd decked him. He continued on page eleve� Three minutes into the final quarter, defenseman Marty Percy ran the ball upfield. and fed Mark Bernard for the, tying ·scoreo Blue goalie John Rice thwarted all further SoLoU.' attempts, and Tom Charbonneau knocked home the winner just 40 seconds from the whistle. FEINGOLD AND SHOEN ' The .Larries came into the game ; Dudle y Because there are five pape rs due in five days, ions to exchange, with an 8�3 · record, having lost Dear A.Do-· We'd love to, but we haven't passed out of any of finals to take, and beautiful weather to play Frisbee in - why not? only to the first, eighth, and those ''sports" yet. thirteenth ranked teams in the W e 're going to let our audience do the talking. De ar Fe ingold and Shoen- The Athletic Department has inform ed F&S- We enjoyed your coverage of the Ali-Foreman fight becaus e nation. me that you two have not comple ted the requirements for a fall e at sport. However, sometimes you guys sort of gr a such is boxing The Continentals split their carry-over sport. If you do not learn how to play golf or tennis, w e stray away from pertinent Hamilton sports news. There are lots of two:; other games last week, do not feel that you will be able to face the real world and therefore games being played on campus that are worthy to make your dropping a 9-5 · decision to will not be able to graduate from Hamilton College - G.L.' ' column. But keep up the good work and try to write more about Middlebury College, then downing Dear Mrs. Van S.� We'll try to work it in. boxing and wrestling and come on down to the Pub sometime and .. Sienna-7-1. Dear Schone and Finegold- I always try to figure out how you LF.C.' it see The Blue stickmen came within . guys work together. I've come to the conclusion that you don't. Ohe Dear Mr. I.F.C.- I'd love to come to the Pub sometime but after a stone's throw of defeating week it reads like a runaway Jimmy Cannon and the next week like Middlebury. The toss might have my shadow knocked me out I decideq to drink soda in my room. Dave Ross. Who is responsible for this mess anyway? - Mr. Brownell been provided by Mark Bernard, _ Dear Jeff and Tim- I can't believe how much you guys just keep Dear M.D.- If you didn't go to the Chemistry Lab every . Gi b He d s tr om o r George on repeating the same stuff. The redundancy is getting to me. Every night you'd know. Wednesday monotonous. getting It's stuff. same the on ing h same the is week arp Grammaglia, all of whom were How come you guys are always writing about Shoengold" Dear · Yankees the on story same the week after week reproducing Always unable to play because of prior it were the center of t�� _:::�·�;;rser· oon't you if as City York New on Come stuff. same the Always Bombers. the on week next the and commitments. r know there are other nh .--� ....,.r rmladelphia, Boston, Pittsburgh, and Rueing his inability to invoke guys, shape up. -'E. Watkins R"""- 1 _ • �-· _ nw kn We week. every write to hard it's bui know, We E.Dear -..... uudCO' teams have been to the top so why not write about the m?_!_n the re serve clause, Coach Manfred case you can't remember, _t;h� "���!:;as�� naven;t been �he re in von Schiller was forced to dig . bu� it's hard to write eve�- wee1=_ Y��, :;.; yuu know it� ha;d·t�d: __ eleyeq -ye ��. u.;;_� ��ey probably won't be there in another eleven, deep into his bag of !��!:. ?.:� every week.oo Dear Guys� Why don't you ���: _ do�!l so�� ��Y ·and-play____ Dear B.S;-' .T.S. is from Syracuse. B'esides, it's hard to write a i;ame up with a mid-fielders stick ld have �oro..i: ���tatls and discuss your latest tennis column... '· for reserve goalie Dave Donahue, croquet? We co _ u Dear Nobody Asked Me But- We enjoy your column very much, and a defenseman's cudgel for ���:�;maybe we could play some squash or go out to the stablei' · .. u:nPlease write soon. Ain e xpe cting you for June - Mom mid-fielfl,. ....:-��• u.u1y U �;-D onnel. Bot h- and get our polo equipment. Dress is seminformal, but we do have Dear Mom- If I can watch the Yank ees whenever they're on TV performed credibly in their new plenty 6f e xtra whites around. Maybe if you guys are free this ' it's a deal. summer, you could cover our group's alligator hunt. Thanks, Al environs.

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-Roth Denied Tenure; Students· Outraged given a square deal. But it doesn't appear that anything can be done." The Department of English has C hairman Briggs said that decided not to grant tenure to student evaluations were taken Assistant Professor Frederick H. Roth by giving him a two-year , into account in the decision, and they were "generally positive." t e r m i nal c ont ract, and the "The evaluations are generally decision has provoked outrage from senior English majors. good across the board in the English �epartment," he said. In protest over the decision, six seniors who are likely· to receive No Disposition to Change departmental honors - Thomas Nonetheless, the department did recommend against tenuring Bogan, Raymond Dooley, Joel Roth, and, said Briggs, "There is FredeH, James Ludwig, Douglas no disposition on the part of the ichards and Scott Wright - had senior members to alter our considered ·sending a letter to , recommendation.. Professor Austin Briggs, the Lindley said that "student department's chairman, asking not opinion is always considered" in to be considered for honors, but tenure decisions, but would not those plans were finally rejected. comment on why Roth was Wright said yesterday that it refused tenure. As to whether the was thought that the action would decision can be revoked or have been misdirected. Roth, who has taught here for r ec on s i dered in response to four years, said that he had not student opm10n, Lindley said, "That's not for me to say since been aware that he was being I'm leaving the office in the end considered for tenure and that the Sidney Wertimer, Jr.· Eugene Lewis of July. Anything I said would be two-year contract "circumvents a o f n o h e l p w hatsoever to tenure decision." He said he will anyone." not appeal the decision because it When asked why he thought he was made by the senior members of his own department. "I would had not been granted tenure, have appealed," Roth said, "but Professor Roth said, "I was told in without the support of the a general way that, although there department, I'm not in a w a s no w eakness, fault or problem, at the same time it was reasonably strong position." felt there was not a compelling E ugene Lewis, provost of d i s c u s s e d the possibility of Letters of Protest Then, to further incidate the According ·10 Chairman Briggs, enough reason to grant tenure. My Hamilton for the past year and a working on a book together, and good intention of his offer, Cogar the usual appointment for a teaching and scholarship were not half, has resigned that post and their plans became serious. Lewis sent Lewis a letter--''a touching professor who does not receive sufficiently impressive, but merely h a s been appointed research had planned to work on the book letter"- according to Lewis. tenure is one year. However, Roth good." professor of government by the in his spare time, still holding his "I had no choice but to · was given a two-year contract "to Roth said that the summer is college through a grant from position as provost. accept," Lewis said, repeating give him a better chance to Cogar, who had read Lewis' Siffin's advice to him: "You can't the only time for a faculty George Cogar,- a trustee and relocate himself," Briggs said. member to do research or writing. p r e s ide nt o f a c o m p ut er book on urban politics published not do it." Several students, including a several years ago, knew of the His first two summers at Hamilton manufacturing firm in Utica. Lewis plans to take three years group of freshmen, have sent were devoted to the completion President Carovano has also provost's new plans for another to write the book, and will letters of protest to Briggs, of his doctoral dissertation, and a nnounced that Professor of publication. And, Lewis recalls, continue to teach one or two President Carovano, Acting Dean last summer he won a National Economics Sidney Wertimer, Jr. Cogar asked him how the book c o ur s e s p er y ear in the of the College Dwight Lindley, Endowment for the Humanites will replace Lewis as provost as was coming along and how long it Government Department. C h a i rman of the and grant to study in England. soon as a replacement can be would _take to write during a· Cogar, contacted by telephone Appointments Committee Donald Asked if he thought his failure found for Wertimer, who will conversation at the last trustee yesterday, said, "Mr. Lewis has Potter. ·Also, four seniors and two to publish anything since _his c o n t i n u e t o t e a c h o n e dinner May 9. what I consider an important j niors met with Dean Lindley, appointment at Hamilton affected 'course-probably Economics 23, It was then that Cogar offered thing to do •.. fhave an admiration· Briggs, and Associate Professor Lewis five years' salary to write for the guy, his intellectual the decision, Roth said, "If I had Accounting, Frederick W agner to discuss the Lewis said he plans to work on the book. Lewis did not take the capacity and honesty. I think published a good deal, my -tenure decision. p o s1t1on m ight h a ve been a book for the next three years in offer seriously. what he does is important and I No Difference Cogar made the offer again wanted to see him do it as part of unassailable, but r am reluctant to collaboration with Professor of They informed us that nothing im ag ine that that in itself is the G overnment William Siffin of several days later. "I would have the institution. we d id would m a ke any reason I was given a two-year Indiana Univeristy ,. a colleague _l�l!gh�d it �.ff had· it been anyone Cogar said he has no plans to difference," said Richards. appointment." and friend of Lewis' for many e l s e ,' ' Lewis said, by now continue the research grant after "We feel that Fred -Roth is R oth said that he was "very years. Siffin was a candidate for consi<lering the offer a real one. Lewis finishes his work. among the best teachers in the gratified" by the student support 'the deanship at Hamilton last fall, department." Richards said. "He he has received. However, when but withdrew his candidacy. exemplifies the ideal of what a asked about the students who Professor Wertimer said that Hamilton e,!Ofessor should be." plan to ask not to be considered t h e c h a n c e s· for h i r ing a ._ "We're perplex-edas to why for honors, Roth said, "I would replacement for himself in the The Honor Court ended its whether the increased caseload Mr. Roth was not granted tenure, not be gratified by something like Eco no m i c s Depar t m ent are or at least given a renewable that." . "excellent." He said he was calling business for this academic year reflected an increase in cheating at or whether it contract," said Dooley. ''The dean "It has been very difficult for a candidate Thursday to come to last week as it convicted three the c o l l ege and the senior members of the me and my wife to come to grips the Hill for an interview. freshmen of plagiarism on a final reflected an increase in the department...agreed with us about with the decision, to understand reporting of cheating here. "We are not going to settle. It paper for English 12. Two of the students received his capabilities in the classroom, it. I am most appreciative of the will be someone good, or else we However, there · is "some t�t were hesitant to speak of their student response. It vindicates my w i l l wait ," W e r timer said, the penalty ·of failure in the paper evidence" of increased cheating own reservations. They said it four years here." and the other student a failure in dur ing t h e spring semester, however, would be to Mr. Roth's benefit "I seriously hope that in the Of the staff changes, Carovano the course. according to Lindley. that details not be made public." light of the response, the decision said, "Gene has carried the myriad "We're going to try harder to "The faculty, the Honor Court, "More than any professor I've or the reasons for the decision will responsibilities of the provost's give freshmen special care and had, he's a students' professor," be reconsidered," Roth said. o f f i c e w i t h e x traordinary education about pl ag iarism," said and the Academic Council are all Ludwig said. "He is much more "A department the size of the eff e ct iveness.•.I am especially H a mi lt o n Acting Dean and 'baffled as to how to convince· willing to devote his time to English Department - with 20 to grateful for the assistance he gave A c a d em i c C o uncil Chairman students that cheating is a piece of moral delinquency," said Lindley. students. In his case, I thought 25 percent of the majors in each me in his early month's in the Dwight Lindley. "As one faculty member said, · s tu d e n t o prn1 0 n would be class - needs to have a good deal provost's office w hen the The Court heard "about two" considered more carefully. The of balance amongst the faculty," administrative situation at the more cases this year than last 'This is not in the same category thing that bothers us is that they he said. "I think that my interests, college was, to say the least, a year's total of nine cases, said as being put in the penalty box during a hockey game,' >' said didn't ask us; they didn't ask skills and involvements contribute difficult one.�--· Chairman Steve Percy '75. anyone. We felt he hadn't been importantly to that_balance." Percy said that he was not sur� Lindley� "I am very pleased that Sid has !f a g r e e d to assume the responsibilities of the provost's position. His long association with the college and the unusual ... combination of interests and T h e Ki r kl a nd Bo a rd of SCACA will attempt to define talents he brings to it make him Trustees have accepted a policy specifically the v rious kinds of � especially well qualified." document of t h e Planning qualities and familiarities which a L e w is, who has been at Committee for the Second Decade Kirkland students would have to Hamilton since 1967 and was an which redefines the undergraduate achieve in order to receive a B.A., · associate professor of government degree in terms of qualitative T he c o m m i ttee will also before moving into· the provost's · g uide l ines and which places o f f i c e , y e sterday briefly greater emphasis on advising as experiment with various methods recounted the story behind the part of the student and faculty of formulating and evaluting a student's curriculum, such as the generous grant to him from Cogar. workload. For several years, Lewis said, This radical curricular policy use of advisory tutorial groups. he has been corresponding with proposal has already been sent to The pilot programs, which P rof e s sor Siffin of Indiana, t h e S t anding Committee on could begin as early as the spring exchanging course outlines, and Academic and Curricular Affairs of 1976, will be used to discover ideas on organizational theory, (S CACA), which will have the the most effective means of in political specialty men's� both task of formulating at least. two i m pl e m enting Kirkland's new - -- �oth Assistant Professor of English r science. 'Recently, the two have pilot P!ogr�s- �h_is_ ��l: ••..... curricular goals. ;\, I • -I J Cl C • l I ..ti • 1 , , \. , • .,. � ,.

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express my appreciation to Ruth E l i z a b e t h M c C o r mack, * * * * for her valuable service to the f o r m e r l y p r e s i d e n t of 1 Manhattanville College, has been Margaret B .. T'ow nsend has college and especially to me · namec:rto the Board of Trustees of been appointed assistant dean of d u ring my f i r s t y e at at 1 Kirkland College. McCormack is academic affairs to replace Ruth Kirkland.:' presently special assistant to the Rinard, Dean of Academic Affairs * * pre sident of the Rockefeller Catherine Frazer has announced. A Curriculum Co m mittcc Brothers Fund in N'ew York City. The appointment is effective July report that critically evaluates the The new Kirkland trustee is 1. strengths and weaknesses of chairman of the N ational Townsend, now an a�sistant f acuity allvising to Hamilton o n porfessor of history at Utica freshmen and sophomores has C o m m i s s i o n Performance-based Education and College, is married to Jerrold recommended that the advising a member of the Regents T9wnse•d, Kirk.land instructor system can best be improved by C o mmission o n Financing in history. The Townsends have expanding the number of advisors. ,,Post-Secondary Education, where been faculty residents in Milbank. In addition, t h e r eport she serves on the Fellowship Townsend will be responsible r e<:o m m e n d s s t r u c t u r a l Committee. for academic advising and special improvements in the "troika" Until l a st year she was . programs like Winter Study. systems, more meetings among president of Manh attanville Rinard will return to full-time the members of the Board of College, a position she held since te4ching as assistant professor in Advisors, and more student input 1966. She also served as assistant the history of science. in the selection, training, and to the president, 1958-62, and Frazer said, "I would like to evaluation of advisors. a cadem ic dean, 1962-66, at Weaver's Liquor Manhattanville. Store A native New Yorker, Ms. McCormack earned a doctorate in Good Luck Graduates! Assistant Professor of History opportunity, that he can't pass it p h i 1 o s o p h y . a t F o r d h am ··CLINTON -�OE CENTER ,: We appreciate your Michael H. Haltzel has resigned up." University. She also holds a -SPECIAUzING IN business during the from the Hamilton faculty. Professor . David M. Ellis, masters degree from Providence past years. Haltzel announced that he has c h a ir ma n of t h e Hi story WINTER BOOTS College and a bachelors degree Start out your new accepted the co-directorship of Department, agreed with Lindley, AND SHOE REPAIR life by buying a The A spen Institute, Berlin, and said,"He's a fine teacher, from Manhattanville. She has t 85�.:-!;242 New York State G e r m a n y . Haltzel has been distinguished scholar, and a good received honorary degrees from Lottery Ticket. considered one of the college's colleague." 'Ellis also commented Brandeis University and Princeton most promising junior faculty on Haltzel's leaving, saying, "I University. On the Village Square members. knew it was coming, the only Kirkland has also named ·sara The co-d irectorship places question was could we keep him." Gordon '74 to the Board of, Haltzel in the second highest Ellis said that any teacher with Trustees. Gordon, an American ' administrative position of the Haltzel's talents, and who has Studies major while at the college, / Institute. The Institute in Berlin is been recognized both nationally is now administrative assistant to the European branch of the Aspen and internationally, is bound to the finance chairman of the Institue which is located in Asppn, become involved in the upper Democratic National Committee Colo. in Washington, D�C. levels of education. While at Kirkland, Gordon was Ellis said that a search was Haltzel described the work done at Aspen Berlin as "a begun for the vacated position in very active in developing the , different type of education. , 'fhe the history department. He said college's athletic programs. She Institute is involved in bringing that, "I see no reason why we also served on many Assembly together scholars to confront can't get a competent person, and joint college committees. Also elected to the Board was certain problems of education and maybe a very competent person." irt tellectual concern. Haltzel expressed his regret W i 11 i a m Herb�ter ,' already a about leaving the Hamilton way· member of Hamilton's Board of 1 Acting D e a n D wight N. · of life. The historian also offered T rustees. Herbster is a vice 1 Lindley, commenting on Haltzel's his rationale for his resignation: �•I president with the First National resignation said, "We regeret it have a challenging professional City Bank of New York City. very much. He is a very able opportunity that is extremely * * * * teacher, but he is going into a very attractive, and that is. why I'm good position. It's such a good taking it."

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Daly and Evans. Leave Development Two members of the Kirkland development office have resigned their posts, and Vice President Sheila McC. Muccio is using this op port unity to review the strengths and weaknesses of the college's operations in those offices. Cheryl Daly, director of public relations, and Dorothy Evans, director of alumnae affairs and s pecial programs, have both submitted their resignations to President Babbitt. Daly plans to go to New York City, and. take some graduate courses in the fall. Daly, who came to Kirkland in October 1972, said of her work here, "It has been difficult sometimes, but. I' ve e nj o y ed i t, and I've , appreciated it. , Evans leaves Kirkland after almost 10 years with the college. She was secretary to President Babbitt until 1973, when she was appointed a s s i s tant to the president to replace Jesse Zellner, who had been named directeor of institutional affairs. And in 1974, Evans was named to her last post. Evans said the college had· given her a six-week sick leave to THE VILLAGE TAVERN. SPECIAL EVERY WED. NIGHT Gin & Juice or Screwdrivers 35 c. per drink 3 for $1.00 College St. 853-801d Glinton

recuperate from a recent illness, people who will come here .•. We and that she decided while away are not Cornell looking for a that she would resign. She said she director of alumni relations," she will look for another job at the said. end of the summer. Muccio said she has not yet Vice President Muccio, who started searches to replace Evans has r esponsibility for public or Daly, but whe will do so soon, relations and alumnae relations, after she completes her review of said "Even in a single resignation, the current set-up. it is a good time to review the "I don't want to infer that it workloads and the slots it goes has been.structured poorly in the into, and this is also the time of past. My mind is open," Muccio year to review one's programs." said. She added, however, that she Muccio said she does not know i s interested in doing more yet, if at all, whether she will resea rch on outside funding r es tr u cture the development sources for the coll eg es and in offices. developing better relations with "To a certain degree, one must the parents of Kirkland students. moderate the ideal_�y �e kind of

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4/THE SPECTATOR/May 30, 1975

EDITORIAL Reconsider Roth The English Department's decision ·not to allow Assistant Professor of English Fred Roth to be considered for tenure by giving him a two-year terminal contract is a disgrace to the college and an insult to both Roth-who has won the respect of so many members of the community-and to the students who have had course with him and have enjoyed the intimate faculty-student , relationships only a college like Hamilton can offer. The move was a disgrace to the college because it was taken without apparently any serious consideration of Roth's superb record as an instructor, and without any '" consultation with senior and junior English majors-those who were most able to speak for Roth's record in the classroom. ·The decision, furthermore, suggests the po�ible influence-of't>olitical and personality conflicts which could have forced Roth out. Ih light of Roth's record of service here, and his potential to be an even better teacher and scholar, the Department's decision leaves one with many doubts. As soon as Dean-designate W. Lawrence Gulick arrives this summer, it is imperative for him to put at the top of his agenda a complete review of the procedures involved in t h e decision on Roth. ·Hopefully, after careful reconsideration, the decision willbe reversed, and Hamilton will not lost yet another talented member of its faculty in its neglect to recognize excellence.

Professor Lewis Hamilton Provost Eugene Lewis has been given what m ight be (without· exaggeration) described as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to pursue his research. For three years, he will be generously supported by a grant from the college donated by Trustee George Cogar. With a reduced teaching load, Lewis will have both the stimulation of the classroom and the needed time to pursue his own work in organization theory. The grant is highly unusual-it is rare-for a scholar to be supported by one individual. Most scholars seeking support 1ilust apply for funds from the college, or profe�ional agencies like the National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and similar o r g a n i z a tions. T h us, L e w i s' positi on a s a scholar-in-residence for the next three years at Hamilton is an enviable one. But as a respected teacher and scholar, Lewis can be a great asset to the college. Hopefully, both faculty and students, particularly those in the social sciences, will feel encouraged to talk about their own ideas and work with Lewis. Indeed, an opportunity for stimulating, intellectual exchange exists for Lewis, his colleagues, and his students. One hopes that all involved will take advantage of it, so that the research professor will be an impetus to other young professors and budding scholars in the student body.

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THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON

• TO THE 1975 COLLEGE GRADUATES:

President Eisenhower once said that education is not only the means f or earning a living, but for enlarging life. His words are especially appropriate for those who complete college. Your generation's candor, sensitivity and desire for creative involvement are hearte.ning signs that you will be doing more than just earning a living. You are graduating in a particularly difficult year. You will be faced with many uncertainities. But the opportunities that await you are even greater than the challenges. It will indeed be within your grasp to enlarge and enrich life in our society. As you make the decisions that will shape your course and that of your country, I hope you will keep in mind that one person can make a difference. Times have changed greatly since I went to college. But looking back on those days in the context of today's world, I know that the same optimism and hope I shared with my classmates is very much alive in you today. I want you to know how much I admire your enthusiasm and determination, and how convinced I am that you will make a difference for Anierica. I wish each of you the satisfaction that comes from doing your best at something you believe in.

18 for Fred

A copy of the following letter was sent to the Spectator. T o President J. M artin Carovano, Dean Dwight Llndley, Professors Austin Briggs, Jr., and Donald Potter, We, members of the class of 1978, were shocked and dismayed to hear that Assistant Professor of English Frederick Roth had been • denied tenure. As f onner students: . _ of Mr. Roth, we think he should To the Editor: It is tiring to be an American in be retained and awarded tenure. He is an asset to the entire France. It isn't my lack of community, as an outstanding and political sophistication that is knowledgeable educator, wise worrisome - although trying to c o u nselor, a n d c onc ern ed discuss anything with a convinced individual. As we will be attending Moroccan had proven to he a Hamilton College for the next bigger load than I can handle three years, we hope to have the but my inability to hide my privilege to elect another course boredom when another French taught be Mr. Roth. Please do not student asks, "Do you like deny us this rare educational money?" The generalizations that experience. one fmds about America and Respectfully submitted, Americans are amazing. There are Richard Davis no pretty places in the United Tuck Crocker States, we are all racist (perhaps Scott Klein there are some Americans who D avid Tenenbaum think that too, but at least their John Britton critique is based on something Jim Watson more than new reports, Uncle Sanford Stiassni Tom's Cabin and D.W. Griffith Stephen Olson films, etc.). We've had bad Joe Hutchison . publicity. Bill Muldoon I'd like to be able to say that Ted Gardner the publicity is completely false as John Altieri w e l l as b e in g incomplete. Henry Morris Obviously the French know little Gerry Olin about the various American folk Marc Komisarow traditions or about the interest Andrew Whitten that Americans take in art (they Michael Weitzner think that because we don't have Greece, Rome, Christianity and Michael Sinkin 8000 years behind us that we have LETTER POLICY no culture). But the plight of the Spectator -welcome, grape picker's union is a case in letters from all of its readers; point. a- t u d e n t s , f a c u I t y· More important, what do we adminiatration· · and alumni. , know about the gyape picker's All letten must be signed, not' union? What do we know about with p1CUdonym - or initials, our folk traditions and our films althougli names . may be even if the French don't. We have �hheld in p��t : upo_�; a Bicentennial coming up. I don't req_iles_t._ know what that means exactly,

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but I'll be damned if I find out from a head of beer. But don't think I'm arguing for isolationism. I'm not. My own feeling ab.out knowledge and learning is that they're futile unless the learner shares what

she/he's- gain�d and applies it to real needs. In other words, people need to interact with people and rui.tions with nations. {Look at the U.S. between the two world wars.) And although I've never tried to live in an anarchical state I'm not so sure that,,people don't need to interact with nations as well; the last point is something I know very little about. Perhaps someone would like to teach me? Melanie Stulman Paris


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Letters Continued·

To the Editor: It has come to my attention t hat t he calendar recently approved by the faculty provides for an early Christmas break. Amidst the furor over the merits and demerits of the calendar, one To the Editor: sane voice lifts nobly above the I am in earnest sympathy with din to assert that Christmas after the petition in your Iv.lay 2 issue all, must not be crowded, Hear! grieving for an extended pass/fail Hear! Such undaunted defense! If option period at Hamilton. one contingent in our culture has Unfortunately, the item did not contributed to the defabrication receive the choice placement in of the moral life, it is the the front of the newspaper which Christmas crowders. Is nothing it so desperately deserves. immune to crowding? Will life I have never exercised my ceaselessly press onward and pass/fail option in my four years inward? Will no one stand boldly at Hamilton; this was not out of forth against the encroaching choice, but rather out of the lack tightness? YES, comes the long of a sane and reasonable time awaited answer. Yes, I will, says period in which to evaluate a the Dean. And so, as another course ·vis-a-vis the option. P e r h a p s w i t h s u ffici e nt hectic year fades indecorously into Graduation, those who stay prodding, Our Own Sweet Lady's behind may now rest assured that administration will take a hint t heir c oo rdi n at e the Christmas crowders have been f r o m overcome and our Christmases can counterparts. breathe again. Sigh. ' Glenn H. Perelson '75 Ferdinand Fizzle •;75 Brooklyn, New York

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By ANNE SURCHIN Now that the years is over, I thought it only fitting to close with a brief explanation of what to look for in a restaurant. The most unavoidable experience in (or outside of) a restaurant is the first impression. When an establishment is well kept, attractive and staffed with courtious personnel it becomes relatively easy to feel comfortable. With a raunchy atmosphere and an inattentive staff the prospects for a decent meal become relatively slim. No matter how good the food, if a restaurant does not proyide for comfort it cannot possibly supply an enjoyable dining experience. Furthermore, a personal matter such as taste is best left in the mouth of the consumer. Quality and quantity of food in relation to price should be considered in the evaluation of a restaurant. ' In our area the three restaurants that have met my standards very adequately this year are the Hart's Hill Inn,,the Alexander Hamilton Inn and Nash's. The Hart's Hill Inn in Whitesboro, with a la carte menu, offers very good to excellent food at reasonable prices. The roast beef ($5.95' & $6.95 depending on size), sweetbreads, saute chicken and parfait desserts are particularly well prepared. The restaurant is decorated with white wrought iron furniture and overlooks a verdant valley - an ideal setting for a leisurely meal. In Clinton, the Alexander Hamilton Inn provides fine food, nice mellow atmosphere and very good service. While the prices at the Inn (in the $6-$ IO range) are considerably higher than Hart's Hill, it does offer some specials such as a fish fry on Friday nights and brunch on Sundays. The Inn is perhaps best known for its chicken livers and Black Bottom pie. Nash's, on �leecker Street in Utica, features authentic Italian cuisine at moderate prices ($3.00 to $6.50): The food at the restaurant overall is excellent. The veal marsala, veal Piedmontese and chicken with artichokes are outstanding dishes. Dessert includes tortoni, luscious spumoni, g·elate and light Italian cheesecakeo The zabaglione (sugar, egg yolks, marsals wine whipped into a light custard) is a must. Nash's has all the little touches that qualify it as the only five star establishment in the entire area. E'xcellent food, royal service, fine atmosphere (including fresh flowers on the tables) make for the most happy meal.

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Parting Shots

· By Bill Purcell 1

My God, the Student Sentate censures the a d m i n i st r a t i o n of Hamilton College. T}ley apparently got excited about the calendar. Cited the a dm inistration for t h e "ca pr i c i o us and non-cooperative manner in which the academic calendar was formulated." ' OK, it's not that exciting. There are bigger things than the lousy calendar to worry about. That's true, but it's still important. First, it was a censure. It is clear that means to "blame; condemn as wrong; criticize adversely; express disapproval -of" (Webster's). It's also clear that the word has more force than that, at least on this campus. A censure is perhaps the strongest language the Senate can use to condemn a situation or action. The Senate shot their load on this one and that makes it important. On April 24, the Senate was informed that the calendar for 1975-76 had been finalized. It was f u r ther informed that there had been no consultation with any portion of the Student Senate. That's non-cooperative. This was not the way things had been handled in the past even when small alterations in the schedule had been contemplated. That's capricious, look it up. The faculty spent a long time seriously balancing the plan. That's believable. The Dean knew the importance of the calendar and spent an appropriate amount of time on the job. That's believable. And they all simply forgot to discuss it with students. Forgot they had in the past and forgot that the radical changes this year would made it even more important. That may be believable. It was an oversight then. Ah unfortunate error that may never happen again. Everybody makes mistakes. But, they forgot about the students. The Senate used its strongest language to condemn an action which forgot about students, for whatever reason. Good for the Senate.

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Returning to the main theme of this week, which is apparently graduation and the future, you should be relieved to know that while the college may not have paid much attention to you after you paid each year, your future looks much brighter. Soon, much sooner than you may think, perhaps even before you have cleared your loans, the alumni office will begin asking for more bucks: "You remember the good old d ays. Well, there won't be any more good old days if you don't help." Or, you can feed your _old college, or you can turn the page.

·Come Saturday Morning

Should you be so used to being left alone that you are upset by the very thought of being asked to participate - even in so grand a project as the new Chandler, Kurtz, Carter, Sisco, DePuy, and Tolles memorial sports arena- there are at least two ways out. ' Preliminary investigation indicates that you can have alumni material declared pornography. Fill out form number 2201 at your local post office and specially trained agents of the federal bureaucracy will intercede on your behalf, stopping the flow. Put your tax dollars to work for you. The most ingenious method, however, was employed by an alumnus of Cornell several years ago. This is a paraphrase of a "correction" which appeared at that time in the Necrology (obituary) section of their alumni review. (All names employed are fictitious for fear this little known and even less acclaimed genius may have brought the copyright laws to bear on his masterwork.):

It is not often that we are able to make happy announcements in the Necrology section. {Poor choice of words since it clearly depends on your point of view.) However, this month is different.

Charles Peter

Yegen V, class of '48 or "old

...you can have alumni material declared pornography ... Charlie-boy" as he was known by those of us who knew him, is not, as was suggested in our April issue, no longer with us. In fact, he is alive and well and existing in Southern California. Recent information indicates that "old CharHe-boy" was tired of receiving our alumni material and regular appeals for funds. The obituary we received was, in fact, sent by "old Char/£e-boy" himself, and not his poor bereaved wife, as the letter suggested. Needless to say, we have put "old Charlie-boy" right back at the top of old '48.

Here then is your final chance to prove once and for all that them that's on and from this hilltop are better than the Ivy Leauguers. Address your personal obit to George Newman, Director of Public Relations, Hamilton College. Make it spicy, and don't get caught. Graduates of the Class of 1975 your serve.

Leaving

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"Hi, Katie. Hey, you're gonna be a college graduate at this time tomorrow, huh?" "That's right, Joe. And you'll be one Sunday. Wow, it's hard to believe, .isn't it?" "Sure is. Wanna go out for a brew to celebrate?" "Oh, wow,Joe.J'd love to." ' ___ So, Katie, what d'you think you'll miss most about this place?" "Oh, I don't know,Joe. The countryside, I guess. I love the farms and the cows. And the people." "Yes, I gues I'll miss the brothers. And the parties-gine and juice, jukers at EEK. Doing laundry at the ROC. Ten cent beer at the Pub. Class and Charter Day. Beer and bands.::' "Cocktail parties. Slierry hours. Ekhibit openi ngs at List and Root Art Center." "Yea, and play ing football." ' "And watching hockey games. Ahd soccer games. And playing paddle tennis. Dancing in the Pub. Hank Hunk." "Hey! What d'ya mean, you'll miss Hank Hunk?" "The chapel. The cemetery . The Glen. Swimming \

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'Exp�entation Essential TO Work ofArtist Palmer· "Without change there is nothing but boredom," says William Palmer, former Hamilton artist-in-residence and direc·tor of M u nso n-Williams-Proctor Institute Palmer's life and work have been intimately involved with change. B'om in Iowa, he has lived in New York City, Canada and Europe. The infinite variety and seasonal transformations of nature have been the predominant subjects of his paintings. He experiments endlessly with new techniques and presents himself with new challenges in each work, always striving to intrigue the eye. Despite his fascination with change, : ther e have been several unbending constants in his career. Among them is his desire to educate others about art. He explains that many artists of the l 920's and 1930's were concerned that people did not u nderstand the ar t i st's contr ibution to society and some considered artists "screwy." P aimer shared this concern with Edward Root '05 , who was intent on developing an appreciation of art in the Mohawk Valley and at Hamilton College. The two became close friends and Palmer came to this area in 1941 to head the M unson-Williams-Proctor Institute and become the artist-in-residence at Hamilton (one of the few colleges in the country to 'offer such a position). The RAC The Root Art Center (RAC) became ·one of their early achievements here. In a less tangible manner, Palmer, dividing his time between the college and the institute, str�ve to have his students understand the media and to be able to discern quality in arti The general increase in interest and kn�;_,ledge of art in the area delight h�

and he is equally enthusiastic about the future of an arts,.oriented college such as Kirkland. In his own work Palmer paints what interests him most: the changes in nature. He describes his theme as "universal, those things happening everywhere, the trees, mountains, and plains." He attempts to• convey the "freshness" of summer, the "golden light" of autumn, the pervading "heaviness" of winter, and the sense of "beginning" in spring. He feels that the "pleasure is in painting." The brushes, paints, knives of the painter are meant to be used and experimented with. He says, "The painting will tell you what it needs," and when it is finished it will say, "no more changes." Dare to Change "Some people are insecure and afraid of change," explains Palmer, "but artists must be daring... change is necessary for progress," and he adds that failure can be useful. Never working directly from nature, Palmer makes rough sketches, discernible only to himself. He sets to work at about 5:30 a.m. each day in his airey, plant-filled studio to transform the sketches into larger, more detailed works. He always has several painting in progress at one time. Rembrandt. Titian, Turner, and Monet• number among his influences but he eschews contemporary favorites. He find the present diversity of arts and artists exciting but admits he does not understand the purpose of tonceptual art. "Art is for people and should be shown· in a human situation," which he feels the. Root Art Center achieves well. He cites the controversial new Lehman wing of the Metropolitan Museum of -�rt, where

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DiversUy of Fonns in Exliibit

Etchings� box art, ceramics, abstracts, and several other arts forms are all presented in the new art exhibit in the List Arts Studio. Th ese d iver se wor k s ar e the culmination of year-long projects by . ssenior art students at Kirkland. The exhibit was christened two weeks ago with a wine and cheese party and informal dance in the exhibition area attended by artists and onlookers. One of the more interesting projects is a series of illustrations to a Norwegian children's folk tale done by Laura Federicks. Her interest in children's books began when she was a youngster who loved the fantasy world of books. Having spend her junior year in Denmark, she decided to combine the two in a senior project. Natalie Babbitt, a well respected children's writer, worked closely with her on the project, providing a great deal of confidence-building and direction. The illustrations are done in black and white emphasizing the misty, mysteriousness of Norway.Fredericks, who hopes to become a free-lance writer and illustrator of children's books as well as working with children in school, hopes to have her work publish�d after some final retouching.

commencement weekend events FRIDAY

Hamilton '25 Class.= Registration. (Also Saturday.) Clark Prize Speaking Contest. Chapel. 4:00 p.m. Alexander Hamilton Players' Production of Cole Porter's "Anything Goes." Minor Theatero (Also Saturday.)

SATURDAY

Reading of Class Annalist's Letter. Lynn Mo Case, Hamilton Class of 1925. Chapel. 11 :00 a.m.' Kirkland Academic Procession. Near List Arts Center. 1 :30 p.m. Ki rkland Commencement Ceremony. Spea ker: The Rev. Betty Scheiss, Episcopal Minister, Syracuse, N.Y.' In tent. 2:30 p.m. Newman Mass. Father Paul Drobin.

Kirner-Johnson Red Pit. 5:30 p.m. Music at Hamilton-Student Concert Chapel. 9:00 p.m.

SUNDAY

Newman Mass. Father Paul Drobin. Chapel. 9:00 a.m. Turnmusjk by the Hamilton Brass Choir from the steps.. of the Burke Library. {Chapel, if rain.} 1000:15 a.m.' B accalaureate Service. Speaker: The Right Rev. David Cochran, Class of 1936, Bishop of Alaska. 11 :00 a.m. Hamilton Academic Procession. Main Quadrangle. 2:15 p.m.' Hamilton Commencement Ceremony., Speaker: The Hon. Kurt Waldheim,� secretary-general of the United Nations. Sage Rink. 2:30 p.m.

Raku Susan Ford was working with a specific• artistic problem in her ceramics project of 1laku, an Americanization of a Japanese firing process. She was_ concentrating on· the hole at the top of each piece, . utilizing it in a different way on each pot to draw the viewer's eye. Some pieces appear to be overflowing while others seem to be drawing in the material near the hole. Each piece has a different contrast between the top and the base,' marked by a glaze which gives off various colors. Paula Leon and Nina Fox concentrated on etching for their projects. Both students used animals as the subjects for. t heir work. Leon primarily utilized pictures which she blew up from National Geographic and other nature -magazines. The printing process which she used allows very fine details, which she enjoys. Fox, who etched some of her·subjects while on a winter study in _ Florida, stressed the infinite possibilities for new techniques; new colors, new inks, and rolling processes. hi the course of the year she felt more confident and bold and began experimenting with different facets of the process.

Hamilton English Professor Austin Briggs' course in Gothic literature. While the purpose ·of box art may not seem readily apparent to the viewer, it can be intriguing.

Generally Satisfied Most of the students inte rviewed found their senior projects satisfying. Some· commented on the lack of time pressure wh:· ·h allowed them to clean up their proj1. -::ts and further refine and experiment on tht. · .. works. While most were not planning to pursue · their projects in a graduate school setting, the majority hoped to continue their endeavors in some fashion. One student, though not completely satisfied with her experience, commented that she had matured somewhat in the course of the project since she found that she had to str ucture and budget her time to accomplish what she wanted to do.

Watrou'•s Pra· es

The 1975 George A. Watrous Prizes for literature have been awarded at Kirkland for outstanding student work in poetry, A Little Help from Friend� Perhaps most prominent to the viewer • prose fiction and criticism. Patti Knoblauch won the poetry are the large abstracts done by Nancy Klotz. Klotz, who plans to go on to category for her poem, "Paintings". graduate school in art next year, prefers Knoblauch was a freshman at Kirkland the large canvass to expre� the depth and this past year. Kathy Livingston was the winner of the expansiveness she .hopes to create. She began each drawing by making sketches prose fiction award for her story, while trying to utilize lines and movement "Calliope". She also won the $25.00 in her work. Before moving to abstracts additional prize for the writer adjudged to she drew mostly subjects familiar to her, be the strongest of this year's winners. livingston is a graduating senior who eventually instructors prevailed on her to try abstracts. During the course of her concentrated in writing. Susan Thomas won the critical essay project one of her problems was more · mundane than abstract since people often prize for het study of the image of women mistook· her work for a place to dabble · in Joseph Conrad's fiction. Thomas has just completed her freshman year. with paint-and did so themselves. The Watrous Prize has been awarded One rather unique project is Carole Kennedy':;. "box art" which was begun by annually since 1970 to Kirkland students. Joseph Connell His art is based on the The $75.00 prizes are made possible by juxtaposition of unrelated images. She Mrs. Edgar Couper of Binghamton, in describes herself as a collector of antiques, memory of her father the late George A. "usually more junk than antique." 'She Watrous. The judging committee . consisted of was able to combine the penchant for collecting with her project by building members of the writing and literature around certain items which she already faculties at both Kirkland and Hamilton. had. One ghou_lish box was inspired by


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Best Season Ever

Lacrosse Makes �CAC Playoffs

By BOB McCORMICK The Hamilton Lacrosse team dropped a 10-5 decision to host Geneseo State in the first round of the New York State ECAC Lacrosse tournament held May 16·-1 7 in Rochester. The Continentals were seated second in the tournament. T h e B l ue reached the Tournament b y virtue o f their 9-3 sea son slate, which included impressive victories over perrenial powers R.I.T., and St. Lawrence. Ha mi l t o n was d efeated by Geneseo in their fourth contest of

the season. The Blue learned of their selection for the Tournament after their 6-4 defeat of Albany State. This was a closely fought contest, with both teams vying for a play-off spot. Bring on Hobart The Cont�entals went ahead for good at 9:58 of the final period on a Steve Speno goal off Jon Berry's feed. Cries of "Bring on Hobart!" (number one ranked sm�ll college team in the country) could be heard in the crowd. The final game of the season

P r esi dent Carova n o has announced the establishment of the Ned Doyle Scholarship, made possible through a donation by the co-founder of the Doyle Dane Bernbach advertising agency. "The scholarship will go to an incoming freshman who meets H arp.ilton's h i g h academic

standards and has financial need, and is also a talented athlete," Carovano said. "This represents the belief fo Ned Doyle, who was a varsity a thlete as a Hamilton un d e r g r a d u a t e , that the competitive qualities learned on the athletic field are an important ingredient of success in life," the president said. Carovano also announced that the first recipient of the Ned Doyle Scholarship will be Stancil Scott, Jr. Newburgh, N.Y. Scott ranked 16th in a class of 759 at Newburgh Free Academy and was a star tackle on the football team.. The 6-2, 220 pound Scott plans on a pre-law program at Hamilton, beginning this fall. Doyle,· a 1924 alumnus of Hamilton, is an emeritus trustee of the college. The agency which he helped found is known for a n u m her o f award-winnin g campaigns, imcluding those for Avis and Volkswagen, which were widely imitated and helped set the style for a decade of American advertising.

· Doyle Award Given

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After an almost comically There is no question about it: uneventful spring season, it looks Hamilton College has some fine like the best thing for the tennis players. It was evident against Alfred was cancelled so Hamilton tennis team to do is during b o t h There is no that the Blue could participate in hang up the old alligator shiri:s q u e stion about it: Hamilton and Adidas sneakers and bask in a College has some fine tennis the Tournament. Brockport State was seeded summer of leisurely anonymity. players. It was evident during first, followed by Hamilton, Playing only two of the five both matches this spring that the Geneseo State and Albany State. matches that were scheduled, and Conts were capable of winning. G e n e s e o was the defending losing both o f them, the netmen But between being out of shape, a finished the season boasting a lazy attitude,and, as Hutch put it, champion. a propensity for "choking," they_ Geneseo jumped to a quick 2-0 brutal 1-2 record. lead over the Blue, and held a 4-2 The single win came on the kept losing. Next fall will tell if the advantage at the end of. the first fateful afternoon that a novice quarter. Jim Lotze and Steve Skidmore team defaulted, much Continental netmen will realize Speno tallied the two Hamilton to the anguish of the hungry their latent abilities, grasp those goals off assists from Mark r a c q u e t eer s, w h o s e em e d stiff shafts, and slam it· home like confident that they would have they should.-PAUL HULI.E·s:E-RG Bernard. Geneseo outscored the Blue been able to win a legitimate 3-2 in the second quarter to take_ -- a victory. In the matches that were 7-4 h a l f time lead. college students, wondering During the second half, the played, the Blue were whipped Blue's difficulties with the refs, 9-0 by Ithaca and 8-1 by Hobart. how to earn money for tuition or evident from the start, became _ The Clarkson and St. Lawrence leisure time fun, will find the answer with Electrolux, the big m o r e p r o n o u n c e d. T h e matches were rained out. C aptain Schutt? vacuum cleaner company. Continentals were hit with a S e n i or co-ca p tain J o h n Summer jobs, or part-time jobs s e a s o n-h i g h 2 1 p en a l t i e s (compared with Geneseo's 7 ) and H u t c hins provided the only throughout the year, are open and compounded their problems by blemish on an otherwise perfectly the Placement Director of this arguing with the officials. Bernard disasterous record when he won college has the information, or knocked in the lone Hamilton his singles match at Hobart. Along details may be obtained from goal of the second half at 6:46 of with Ron Rice, who saw -only Electrolux College Educational doubles action this spring, Hutch Fund Award, Stamford, Conn. the fourth period. Blue conduct towards the refs has stroked his last for the Conts. 06905. Undergraduate and graduate exceeded the bounds of good The rest of the current squad will taste, but their frustration was return in the fall, with Dave students are eligible. Last year understandable. Say what you will Schutt being the probable choice some students in the Electrolux program had earnings of over about non-partisan officiating, the as captain. The two spots vacated by $5000 for three months wor�. home team does enjoy the benefit Hutch and Rice will most likely of a doubt. The basketball, hockey and be filled by Tom Griffith (should lacrosse teams have all been he decide to play), with Andy involved in the play�offs this year, Bass and Rick Swenson providing .summer and each has lost to the host some competition for the other ineurope team. It would be nice to see a position. 6J DAY ADVANCE play-off contested here on the Long-haired Mike Palmer, the PAYMENT REOU!RED Hill. flashy upstart from Arkansas, US. GOVT. APPROVED Hats off to Coach Manfred von clearly has the ability to play TWA PAN AM TRANSAVIA Schiller, senior tri-captains Jon regularly for the team, but, since 707 ;01 '07 un1-iravel charters Berry, Steve .Speno and Marty · he is a recent transfer, ECAC • CALL TOLL FREE 1-800-325-4867 • Percy, and to seniors Frank regulations require that he wait Assumma, Mark Bernard, Ned until next spring to demonstrate Collum and Gib Hedstrom. his talents.

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