Mr. Peter J. Knapp 20 Buena Vista Rd. West Ha r tford , Conn.
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TRI ITY REPORTER VOLUME 4 NUMBER 1
TRINITY COLLEGE, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
OCTOBER, 1973
Trinity's Parents Take Active Role "Parent Power" has begun to exert itself at Trinity, and both the College and the parents seem pleased with its effects. What has emerged, in recent years, is a level of interest and participation in College affairs which is virtually unrivaled by any college in the nation. For example, about 625 parents representing a fourth of the College's 1 ,600 undergraduates __:_ came to campus last November for the three-day Parents Weekend. A slightly larger number, representing both present and past parents (parents of alumni), contributed a total of $109,585.72 in unrestricted gifts to the I 972-73 Annual Giving Campaign. That amount is from two to four times HALF MILLION FOR TRINITY Report of successful 1972-73 Annual Giving Campaign begins on page 5.
MATRICULATION CEREMONY-420 members of the Freshman Class attend the Matriculation Ceremony in the Chapel to open the 151 st year of the College.
420 Freshmen Welcomed In Traditional Academic Rite In a ceremony whose origins date back to the fifteenth century, the 420 members of Trinity's freshman class officially became members of the College on September 10. Members of the Class of 1977, other students, faculty and administrators filled the Chapel for the 151 st Matriculation and Book Ceremony. The Book Ceremony, a tradition at Trinity, is a ritual in which the president gives to the secretary of the faculty, the book used by Bishop Brownell at Trinity's first commencement, and which has been touched by every alumnus of the College. It is put in the faculty's custody during the academic year to symbolize their care of the undergraduates. The faculty returns the book to the president at commencement time.
In taking the Matriculation oath, the students pledged to observe the statutes of the College, to discharge all scholastic duties imposed on them, and "to defend all the rights, privileges, and immunities of the College." The Matriculation ceremony follows a custom which began in England in 1420, when students at Oxford were ordered by the King, "within a month of their arrival at the University to take an oath before the chancellor to keep the statutes for the preservation of the peace." In brief remarks to the freshmen, President Lockwood said "we have preserved this tradition at Trinity even though most universities in this country have forsaken it. (continued on page 15)
greater than was given to some of Trinity's sister schools, and is nearly $15,000 over the Parents Fund Goal of $95,000. Even in I971-72, when unrestricted gifts from parents totaled $88,098 .52, the level of support was enough to place Trinity among the top dozen of the 87 I private colleges , professional and specialized schools who reported in "Voluntary Support of Education I97I-1972," published by the Council for Financial Aid to Education. The significance of Trinity's parental support becomes apparent when compared with those schools who reported higher figures in 197 I-72. *Brigham Young University, with 28,894 students, received $140,325. *The Claremont Colleges, with 5,135 students, received$ I 60,857. *Harvard, with 14,235 students, received$ I66,482 . *Notre Dame, with 8,237 students, received $254,125. *Princeton, with 5,396 students, received $142,698. *Stanford, with 1 I,626 students, received $409,644. *Wellesley, with I,872 students, received $I 87,350. This figure, however, included a single restricted gift of $100,000, leaving an actual unrestricted gift total of $87,350. *Colgate, with 2,304 students, received $90,089 . *Denison University, with 2,068 students, received $136,649 . *Sarah Lawrence College, with 841 students, received$ 132,568. *Radcliffe College, 路 with 1,295 students, received $90,580. Trinity, with $88,098 in 1971-72, did better than Dartmouth ($87,903), which has an enrollment of 3,928; Yale ($86,475), which has an enrollment of 9,231; Amherst ($34,363) with an
enrollment of I ,232; Wesleyan ($29 ,238), with an enrollment of 1,881; Williams ($58,688) with an enrollment of 1,546; and Middlebury ($66,613), with an enrollment of 1,879. For the year just ended, Trinity came out ahead of every comparable school except Sarah Lawrence, whose parents contributed $174,506 in unrestricted funds in 19 72 -7 3. Compared with Trinity's $109,585.72, Amherst received $28,759; Wesleyan, which didn't announce a figure this year, reportedly received an amount close to last year's $29,000; Williams received $80,446; Dartmouth $90,497, and Middlebury $68,6I6.45. Radcliffe's fund rose to $I 02,30I, while Wellesley's fell slightly to $84,991. Trinity officials believe that the successful fund-raising effort is a response to an overall program to interest parents in College affairs. Nationwide, nearly 60 parents serve on the board of directors of the Par ents Association, and they meet regionally and on campus several times a year. Parents are asked to help not only in fund-raising , but in helping to recruit new students to the College, to provide information about the College to (continued on page I 4)
O'Hara
OHara Elected Alumni Trustee William T. O'Hara '55, president of Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, N.Y ., has been elected to a six-year term as an alumni trustee of Trinity. He was elected following an alumni ballot conducted last April. Other nominees for the post were Gerald Joseph Hanson, Jr. '51, and Scott W. Reynolds '63. Mr. O'Hara, who received an LL.B. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1958, an LL.M. from New York (continued on page 14)
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