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TH'E SPECTAT VOLUME FIVE
NUMBER TWO
HA�ILTON AND KIRKLAND COLLEGES, CLINTON, NEW YORK
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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.