Mr. Peter J. Knapp 20 Buena Vista Rd. West Hartford, Conn.
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TRINITY REPORTER VOLUME 3 NUMBER 1
TRINITY COLLEGE, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
OCTOBER, 1972
THE CLASS OF 1976 Approximately 500 freshmen, the largest class to enter Trinity, reported to the campus Thursday, August 31, for a week of orientation. The class includes 198 women as the College begins its third year of coeducation and its 150th academic year. Last year's freshman class numbered 397 (157 women, 240 men) with an approximate 20% increase in enrollment in the Class of 1976.
The Class of 1976 brings the total enrollment of the College to a new high of 1675. Connecticut supplied the greatest number of freshmen to the class with 133 entering. Massachusetts supplied 83, New York 65, Pennsylvania 63 and New Jersey 38. The remaining students come from 29 states- plus the District of Columbia, England, Germany, Mexico, Nigeria and Puerto Rico.
150th Anniversary October 1, 1972 To All Alumni, Parents, Students, Colleagues and Friends of the College: With the arrival of the Class of 1976 and the first cracking of books last month, Trinity began her 150th year, an anniversary well worth celebrating. The College has come far since those first days in 1823 when the faculty numbered only six and the student body nine. And despite the serious pressures on higher education - and Trinity - which I have discussed on other occasions, I am confident for the College's future. With careful management and strong support, Trinity will continue to thrive, to maintain a fine faculty, and to draw outstanding students. May_ 16, 191-3, is the 150th annivi!rsary pf_jhe signing of the College's - Charter, and several days of celebration are being ptanned for that period. In addition, various events throughout the academic year will be designated as 150th Anniversary Events. The College Seal, which is printed at the top of this issue of the Trinity Reporter, has been redesigned for the anniversary year. This is an occasion to take especial pride in Trinity. We hope you will join with us in the various forms of celebration which will take place this year, and let your loyalty show for a College we feel is growing more graceful with age. It will be a good year. Cordially,
~ Theodore D. Lockwood President
COEDUCATION'72-Senior captain Bob Haff (left) and freshman Ruth Veal (right) lead practice for the upcoming cross-country season. Ms. Veal, a veteran of AAU competition, runs 5-10 miles with the team every day in addition to doubling as the manager (See story, page 16)
RalphS. Emerick Takes Over As Trinity's Head Librarian
90 Choose Foreign Study
Ralph S. Emerick, librarian at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, N.Y., has been appointed Head Librarian and College Professor at Trinity, succeeding Donald B. Engley, who has become Associate University Librarian at Yale. A native of Franklin, Ohio, Emerick received a B.A. degree from Xavier University in 1951, an M.A. from the University of Cincinnati in 1953, and an M.L.S. (master of library science) from the University of Michigan in 1956. He was assistant, then associate librarian at Lawrence University, Appleton, Wis., from 1956-64; library director at Stephens College, Columbia, Mo., from 1964-67, and librarian at Hobart and William Smith from 1967 until this year. He is a member of the American Association of University Professors .and the Modern Language Association. His wide range of experience includes acquisition work and cataloguing,
In 16 Different Nations When Trinity College's 1,600 undergraduates started their fall semester classes last month, nearly 90 of them weren't anywhere in sight. They weren't in the country for that matter, but scattered throughout the world, engaged in the fantastic opportunity -called "foreign study." Nationwide, the age of air travel has turned the number of students going abroad each year from a trickle into a river. Tens of thousands, from high schoolers to graduate students, leave the country annually to study abroad. The mass movement appears to have created a minor industry, and college administrations have had to gear up to
accommodate the growing numbers of young men and women who want their perspectives to have a global scale. Records of the International Institute of Education show, for example, that from the period between 1919 and 1955, less than 2,000 undergraduates went abroad for study, while during the single academic year of 19 56-57, more than 1,000 went overseas. In 1965, the State Department handed out passports to some 32,000 people who indicated they were going abroad for educational purposes. For that same year, the Institute of International Education reported nearly 25,000 Americans (see FOREIGN, page 3)
administration, and audio-visual. He was involved in the substantial expansion of the Stephens College • Library and in planning for a new building as well as expanding the staff and collections at Hobart and William Smith.