The Student Senate approved $81,500 in allocations for next year. The Mermaid Players' last production of the year will be the Shakespearean musical Two Gentlemen of Verona. Wheel and Chain and ODK hold spring induction ceremonies.
Parents' Weekend activities will honor President Rubendall. The Union Philosophical Society resumes activities. The Senate voted unanimously that the faculty restore honorary status to Skull and Key. IPR (Institutional Resources and Priorities) presidential candidates are announced. A biography of President Rubendall and his career at Dickinson is given.
The College-Community Orchestra and College Choir will preform together along with featured guest cellist Michael Haran for Parents' Weekend. WDCV continues to make plans for improvement, including expanding airtime and adding a greater variety of programs. A gallery of the Black Arts Festival "The Black Light of Truth" is given. The Men's Tennis team looses the first time this season.
A severe windstorm causes damage to the campus taking out six trees. Retired professor John C. Pflaum, 71, dies of a heart attack in a car accident. Despite heavy opposition, the Nisbet Scholars Program is adopted by faculty at their last meeting. It will be implemented as an experimental two year program beginning with the class of 1980. Admissions reports a drop in the freshman class. Carl Sagan, winner of the 1975 Priestley award, spoke on the need for more unmanned exploration of the solar system at the award ceremony. Robert Greenler will receive the College's Glover memorial award.
Dickinson hosts its fifth annual Blacks Arts festival with the theme of "The Black Light of Truth." A schedule of events for the festival is also published. The faculty holds a special meeting to discuss possible changes in the requirements for tenure. Plans for a new gym complex on Cherry street are proposed. The Admissions and Financial Aid Committee report results for the incoming freshman class to Student Senate. The IM softball season begins with a new format.
The Spring Festival "stimulates unity" and "sense of community." John D. Rockefeller, IV, is to deliver the College's commencement address. Faculty cuts physical education requirement from eight to six blocks. "[C]oncern over officer discontent and security office administration" rises on campus after the resignation of Security Officer Wilmer Hockley. War College historian Laszlo Alfoldi trains students at fencing. Writers' reviews and photos blend for a recap of Spring Festival Weekend.
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."
Sir Hugh Stott Taylor, first Priestley Award recipient, passes away. The Institutional Priorities and Resources Committee plans to install a computer terminal in the library. Historian William Goetzmann to speak at College. Increased popularity of tennis creates need for College to alter court use. A review of the Black Arts Festival is featured.
To kick-off Library Week, poetess Marianne Moore will be lectured on by her literary executor Clive Driver. Student Senate approves formation of a Publicity Committee. Liquor Control Board, along with police, raid Cork & Kettle restaurant in a crackdown on underage drinking. The Beaux Arts Trio provides a "unique musical experience" in concert.
The Beaux Arts Trio will perform in ATS. Special interest housing advocates explain rationale at Senate meeting. The Spanish and Art Workshop programs are eliminated by the Student Affairs Committee. In the HUB, a slide show of "The Postwar War" in Vietnam is presented. Also in the HUB, Judge Lisa Richette is to speak on women's equal rights.
Dr. Henry Eyring receives Priestley Memorial Award as he delivers a speech both humorous and "informative." Robert Greenleaf will be the upcoming Woodrow Wilson Senior Fellow. Black poets Dudley Randall and Gwendolyn Brooks are to appear in the Congress of African Students' Black Arts Festival. Frederick Ferré accepts Visiting Professor position at Purdue for next school year. The Commission on the Status of Women at the College forms a Grievance Committee. In the Eastern Pennsylvania Collegiate Chess League, the College's team takes first.
Richard Ashcraft is to speak on the political implications of the liberal arts. The HUB features an art exhibit of American Primitive Paintings from the National Gallery of Arts. The College's Festival of Fun gets a photo essay.
James Smylie is to close the Civil Religion Symposium with an address on "The President as Prophet-Priest-King." The Commission on the Status of Women investigates discriminatory practices concerning women at the College. Jane Frankel will perform her voice recital in ATS. Anya Treash will also perform vocally in ATS.
The Commission on the Status of Women meets to prepare for the visit of Sheilah Tobias. "Multi-talented" Geoffrey Holder will perform in ATS. Student Senate adopts the Kern Open-Housing Resolution. The Greater Carlisle Area Chamber of Commerce pays bicentennial tribute to the College during its annual meeting. William Dornemann has been invited to speak at the University of Kentucky. A HUB art exhibit showcases Abstract Expressionism. Students are to stage Kurt Vonnegut's Happy Birthday, Wanda June. Librarian Yates Forbis announces the end of the library fine system.
At a Student Senate meeting, the current ban on waterbeds and pets is upheld. Poet Anne Waldman and five others are to partake in November's Young Artists-in-Residence Program. The multimedia-spoken word Story Theatre Troupe plans to perform Rites of Passage in November. The College proposes a tutorial program modeled after Oxford University's.
College manages Florence Jones Reineman Wildlife Sanctuary. Prof. Mulford Sibley speaks on liberal education and politics in the kick-off of the College's Politics and Education Series. 140 students sign up for "Students for Nixon" group. Meanwhile, an "intensive effort is underway to identify potential McGovern supporters." The Charles Nisbet section of campus is set to be officially dedicated. Sen. Richard Schweiker and Dr. Martin Meyerson are to speak at Founders Day. The PATH program is launched by the Counseling Center to help students discover post-graduate possibilities.
The Senate defeats a resolution to censure the Black Hats. Sen. Fred Harris gives Mock Convention speech. The Convention sees the ticket nomination of George McGovern-Shirley Chisholm. Freshman Vic Laws bids for a Maryland delegate position to the Democratic National Convention. The College Store Fine Arts Award goes to Holly Maxson. Featured is a Student Senate Evaluation Committee report. Students Dave Martini and Mike Morrison plan to open a Carlisle restaurant.
Sen. Fred Harris is to speak at the College's mock presidential convention. Sen. Jacob Javits is to deliver the Commencement address. In Memorial Hall, the Morgan Lecture in Classical Languages and Education is given by Prof. Saul Levin. The Academic Program Committee composes a final resolution on the ROTC. The College-hosted Newport Portable Folk Festival is reviewed.
The Student Senate adopts a resolution "recommending that ROTC be maintained without academic credit." The Mock Convention holds Platform hearings on "important political issues." The Chess team clinches championship in "its most successful season in recent memory." The Mahavishnu Orchestra is to appear in concert.
The College presents Arts Award to Philadelphia Orchestra. The Senate forms commission to study the Senate Governance's structure. Featured is a short resume of the ROTC program on campus and its credibility therein. Those Hog' Ridin Fools visit Boffo's diner in Chambersburg. Rick Smolan creates a journal-and-photo feature of his time in Bologna. Syd Rab directs The Boys in the Band, a play of "dramatic impact." Mock Convention holds debates on foreign and domestic affairs.
Prof. George Pimental receives Priestley Award. Senate plans major ROTC forum. Ernest Talbot, the College's new Director of Security, discusses his role on campus. The Platform Committee plans hearings to formulate convention platform. Dean Gillespie announces departure from College.
The Bernard Center for Humanities, the former East College, is dedicated. A thorough debate of the college Governance is made from multiple angles. The Mermaid Player's last production of the season "Time of Your Life" receives good reviews. Two college guards are arrested in connection with recent robberies. The college hosts its first intercollegiate bowling meet.
Student Senate discusses housing issues, the Governance proposal, and budget for the Microcosm in a detailed progress report. May Day movement members will march on the army war college. Nominations are opened for positions on the Institutional Priorities and Resources Committee, Academic Affairs Committee, and Academic Standards Committee. A method of academic program examination is being formulated for the college.
Harold Howe, a vice-president of the Ford Foundation and former U.S. commissioner of Education, will be the speaker at Commencement. Senior William Durden is awarded a Fulbright Scholarship. May Day plans are elaborated on. The India Semester program will continue over the summer. Wheel and Chain and ODK tap members. PEER will conduct its annual fund-raising auction. Information on completing an interdepartmental major is given. The Cumberland Conservancy Committee on Recycling prepares for their first collection of solid waste materials.
At their most recent meeting, the faculty passes changes in the academic program: a new academic calendar is adopted and the modern language requirement adopted calls for three semesters of instruction in a language. Fred Lumb resigns his position as Executive Director of Communications and Development. The federally funded work-study program has run out of money. Former Student Senate president Jack Stower addresses the Senate on Dickinson's judicial system. The Follies production of "Carnival" is well performed, but dated.