Pres. Sam Banks receives "many challenges from various speakers" at inauguration. College administration develops plan to evaluate "current administration practices." Banks speaks on need to "reexamine duties" in inaugural address. Junior Tim Hoerner wins McKinlay Scholarship. Featured are photos and clips from various speeches at inauguration.
Pres. Sam Banks presides at his first convocation. Banks' inauguration to feature "numerous dignitaries" who will honor President. Alumnus Edward Shirk is part of important possible physics discovery.
Paul Ricoeur will present this year's Morgan Lectures on "Towards a Philosophy of Imagination." The Food Service Director discusses cost cutting tactics with Student Senate. Twelve faculty members apply for the $30,000 research and development grant. Five women's field hockey players land spots on the Central Penn Association all-star team. A promising basketball team looks forward to an exciting season. A calendar of upcoming November and December events is published.
The Pittsburgh Symphony Chamber Orchestra will play at the College. The Auxiliary Enterprises Committee (AEX) presents a statement to Senate to close the dining hall to non-boarding students in an effort to lessen stealing of food. In their most recent meeting, faculty debates and questions the search committee for new president of the College. The Office of Student Services and the Counseling Center announce a career workshop for women that is planned. The College hosted the First Annual Dickinson College Debate Debacle, which was won by Wesleyan College.
An overview of Dr. Philip Wilder's, candidate for president of the college, policies is given. An overview of Dr. Burton Wheeler's, another candidate, views is also given. The French house becomes a reality this year.
The faculty endorses five proposals introduced by the College chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). Food services blames water for student's sickness. The Mermaid Players will present Under Milk Wood for their first production this year. The library proposes extended hours due to student requests.
Candidates for student senate present their views. The search continues for Rubendall's successor. The College receives a $150,000 gift to help fund religious programs.
A salary raise received by College Treasurer John Woltjen draws stark criticism from faculty. Cannonball Adderly will give a concert Sept. 20th with music being a mix of jazz and soul. President Rubendall greets the incoming freshman class and stresses honesty at the 202nd Convocation. Registrar Paul Anderson will leave the College after five years of service. President Rubendall announces personnel shifts: John Woltjen, formally business manager and treasurer will now be treasurer, Barry Gaal will be business manager, and Robert Belyea will be comptroller.
PEER auction features numerous exotic items. Student Senate endorses National March for Impeachment rally in Washington. Clive Driver, literary executor of Marianne Moore's papers, speaks on the poetess in a lecture beginning National Library Week. Artist Ben Miller speaks in Bernard Center. Alpha Sigma of Beta Theta Pi celebrates its centennial year at Dickinson. "Caesar's Palace" group offers "royal entertainment."
Pianist Lili Kraus to perform in concert. To "save fuel in light of the national energy crisis," Faculty alters vacation lengths. Students support boycott against non-union-produced lettuce in the dining hall. In Dana Hall, a lecture on Transcendental Meditation is given by members of the International Meditation Society. A College Debate Council event sees Dave Packer and Dan Bloom arguing for Pres. Nixon's impeachment. The Eagles perform on campus. Recommendations towards the women's athletic program are given by the Commission on the Status of Women at the College.
Pres. Rubendall receives the U.S. Army's Outstanding Civilian Service Medal. A lecture on the history of American warfare is given by Prof. Russell Weigley in Old West. College Debaters dual with Princeton Debaters on the topic "Sex and Watergate." The English Sinfonia perform in ATS.
Prof. Joseph Kelley of Dickinson's Law School speaks at a mini-symposium on impeachment. Faculty favors the 4-J-4 calendar system in a discussion with the Academic Program Committee. WDCV begins FM broadcasting as it reprograms its format; Pres. Rubendall is to dedicate the station in upcoming ceremonies. Nottingham's English Sinfonia is to appear in concert as part of the Cultural Affairs Series. Prof. William Sloane plans to run for Mayor of Carlisle. Prof. Milton Flower will present a Spahr Lecture on John Dickinson. In Memorial Hall, Dr.
Dr. Flint Kellogg explores possibility of study program in Pakistan. Security institutes plan of attack to deal with recent exhibitionist incidents. Student Services intern Pam McFarland announces field trip to Opportunities for Women Office (WOW) in Washington, D.C. Homecoming concert features Chuck Mangione.
In the HUB, Barbara Varchol will speak on "sexuality on campus." Violinist Erick Friedman and pianist Joseph Seiger give a "highly colorful concert." Prof. Flint Kellogg to meet Pakistan's Prime Minister Tulfikar Ali Bhutto. Cyclist Keith Kingbay to lecture in HUB.
Debates on student services and admissions highlight the Senate meeting. A WDCV poll shows Eugene McGovern ahead of Pres. Nixon in student voter replies. Alumnus Stuart Pankin is highlighted as a participant in the upcoming Young Artists-in-Residence week. The Social Hall sees the Great Debate between Nixon and McGovern campus campaign forces. The Story Theatre Troupe is set to debut its Rites of Passage next weekend. Rick Smolan has featured diary entries and photos from his year in Bologna.
The Ad Hoc Committee on Student Personnel Services meets to acquire "more feedback...especially from students." Michael D. Hall and others are to participate in the Young Artists-in-Residence Program. Meyer Rheinhold will give the Morgan Lecture in Classics at an "unprecedented two-day meeting." In Dana Hall, George Beatty is to deliver a multimedia lecture on the "minute happenings of our natural world." The Outing Club gets renewed.
The Mermaid Players open a new season with The Front Page. An overview of C. DeLores Tucker's speech at last week's symposium "Voices of Today's Women" is presented. A lecture on Charles Nisbet is given by Prof. William Bowden. To be held in conjunction with the College's Bicentennial Celebration is a "Classics in America" English symposium. Dr. Susan Vogel speaks on sex-role stereotypes at the "Voices" symposium. Last Saturday's Randy Newman concert is deemed a success.
A Ford Humanities Grant funds "The Interdisciplinary Faculty Seminar on the Experimental College." Supporters of George McGovern plan a fund-raising party. The newly-launched Action in Society program hopes to recruit student volunteers. Dr. Warren Hassler, Jr. is to deliver a Pflaum Lecture in History. The Bicentennial celebration continues with Artists in Residence Week. Bicentennial-related speeches and letters from Chaplain Paul Kaylor, Student Senate president David Newell, President Richard Nixon, and David Mahoney are featured.
At the Founders Convocation of the College's 200th Anniversary, Sen. Richard Schweiker delivers an address praising the College's educational tradition. College holds a symposium entitled "Voice of Today's Woman". PPG Industries Foundation provides a grant to support March's "Science for Survival" symposium. Phi Epsilon Pi wins the Bijur Cup scholastic trophy. Pres. Rubendall helps open the Charles Nisbet Campus. The Campus opening brings forty-eight descendants of Nisbet. An art exhibit entitled "Realism and Surrealism" is set to open in the HUB.
Proposals for changes in academic procedures - including the add-drop period and the auditing policy - reported to Senate. Judith LaBarre elected as 1972's Dickinsonian Editor-in-Chief. The Freshman Plays are labeled "probably the best offered in the last few years." The Lenox Quartet to perform in ATS. Yes to perform on campus. A photo essay spotlights Prof. Eric Weller. Boxing Club revived on campus.
Dean of College bans pets from campus. Prof. George Allan's "Rage of Aquarius" sermon is presented. Christopher Parkening to perform classical guitar concert. Members of administration, faculty, students, and others to create case study in order to "examine the College's progress over the past 10 years." Drug Education Committee schedules weekend of activities. The George P.A. Healy portrait of James Buchanan is moved to library. Concert Choir and Orchestra to perform Mozart. "Those Hog Ridin' Fools" review The House of Pizza. Carlisle's Farmers Market receives a photo essay.
Chaplain Paul Kaylor announces plans for the College's Bicentennial Celebration. Trustee Board hears housing report. Middle States Commission selects college for participation in evaluation program. President Rubendall and wife plan to leave for three-month vacation in Mediterranean. Last Friday's Seatrain and Grin concert is reviewed as "fantastic."
Faculty votes to endorse Student Affairs Committee policy on fraternity quadrangle housing. Architect William Wallace presents plans for new residence dorm (to be McKenney Suites). Chi Omega votes to discontinue its national affiliation. Froelich Rainey lectures on Sybaris. "Those Hog Riding Fools" reviews George's Subs & Pizza. Marcel Marceau to perform on campus. Marky Bulwinkle's prints on display in the Holland Union Building are heralded as containing "brilliance" and "exuberance".
Student Senate makes two corrections to Student Affairs Committee's report on fraternity housing. Faculty approves Colombia Semester Program. Rosemary Ruether to lecture on campus. Marky Bulwinkle to exhibit art at the College. Jewish Community of Carlisle and the College build Succah in celebration of harvest festival. The Hog Ridin' Fools review Elby's restaurant in Lemoyne. Rick Smolan creates photo essay of a day at Hershey Park. Academic Program Committee publishes a series of proposals to "improve the present curriculum." Women's hockey player Sally Ibbeken highlighted.
Student Affairs drafts new housing policy. Ford Foundation sponsors fellowship programs open to ethnic minorities. College participates in dedication of Florence Jones Reineman Wildlife Sanctuary. African Congress to publish "Nia" newsletter. The Hog Ridin' Fools review Mrs. Stamms restaurant.