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The Evergreen State College
December 12, 1980
SEAvJULFF GLIDES INTO THE WATERS
A GLITCH
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The Seawulff is afloat. Despite snowy skies and icy winds, Evergreen's 38-foot wooden
sailing/fishing craft, under construction behind the Laboratory Buildings for the past four
years, was quietly lowered into Puget Sound Without a glitch December 4 as some three .dozen
students, faculty, staff and community supporters applauded her trial dip into the waters of
Budd In 1et.
Blessed with brief remarks by Marine Studies program alum Julia Rabinowitz, the carefully
crafted vessel slipped off her dual slings and into the waters at the West Bay Marina as relieved
and satisfied sighs were collectively echoed by President Dan Evans, Provost Byron Youtz, Faculty
~1embers Bob Filmer, Bob Sluss, Jim Gu.lden and Pete Sinclair, boat craftmen Hank Long and Don
Fassett, veteran student boatbulTders and community supporters.
The initial run, designed to test the hull's condition, concludes the first major step toward official commissioning of the craft, scheduled for later this school year.
We wanted to
see how she took to the water, to test her for leaks, and to make sure she was ready to go,
explained boat superintendent Fassett, who has been involved in the project, both as a volunteer
d as a paid staff member, for the past four years.
The launching was an informal sea trial
ursday, but we'll save the formal celebration for a major commissioning ceremony later this
ar to which we'll invite all those who've helped build her, raised money for her and followed
her progress.''
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BEGUN IN 1974
The craft was first conceived amidst the gasoline cr1s1s of 1974, when students and faculty
in the ~1arine Studies and Crafts program visioned building a fishing boat that would be fuel
efficient and could serve the college as a marine research vessel. The first year-long project
to begin researching,designing and constructing the '38 began Fall Quarter, 1974 under the direction of Faculty r•1ember Sinclair. Eighty students enrolled in that first effort, devoting Fall
Quarter to research and marine history, aided by visiting marine historian Gordon Newell. Winter
Quarter yacht designer Robert Perry of Seattle came aboard to help design the craft, and by
spring work was well unde~1ay in the Long Boatworks on Olympia's westside.
As part of their studies that spring students and faculty staged a two-day sailing symposiun
in early May to explore the possibilities of fishing under sail and offer the public a tour of
the boatworks. Three weeks later Long's shop --- and the cherished beginnings of the '38 --went up in flames. Stunned Greeners vowed immediately to begin their efforts anew, calling
theirsthe Phoenix Project, because, they determined, the ship would rise like the mythical
phoenix bird from its own ashes. A major community fund raising drive was launched and by Fall
Quarter, 1976, students and faculty were once again underway, using the designs the original
team had drafted with Perry but this time constructing the ship on campus.
Four yearsand uncountable hours of volunteer and paid labor later, the ship was ready for
the water. A huge crane arrived on campus early December 4, dismantled the shed under which
he ship was constructed, and gently swung the 13-ton craft onto a low-boy truck built especiall,
transport boats and donated for the trip by Associated Boat Transport, Inc., of Seattle.
carted by two security cars --- and three dozen Close friends, the ship was then delivered
to the West Bay Marina, loaded on slings, christened and lowered into the water.
Everything went without a glitch, reports delighted Facilities Director Dave Wallbom.
It \'lent so smoothly on campus, we were loiided and at the marina a full hour ahead of schedule.
When she was 1owe red, he adds happily, She 1ooked great --- her bilges checked out, there was
no significant leakage, and she sat in the water absolutely perfectly.
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-2$10,000 MORE NEEDED
Named fa~ student boatbuilder Reid Wulff, who drowned in an unrelated accident in 1978,
th~ Seawulff 1s no~ yet complete, as Fassett and his crew of builders are prompt to note. She
s~1l~ need~ an est1~at:d $10,000 worth.of equipment--- including 800 square feet of sails,
r1gg1ng, f:nal outf1tt1ng~ for her cab1n and other, smaller items. But her mast has been installed th1s week and shes already traveled across the inlet to Boston Harbor where the final
touches are being completed by students and Fassett, working from a float in front of his home.
As .she sits the ~eawulf:'s statistics are impressive: she's powered by a 30-horsepower
two-cyl1nder Saab mar1ne eng1ne, her mast of spruce is 53-feet lon~, she has a 12-foot beam
draws five feet, and carries 7300 pounds of external ballast. Her hull is constructed of P~rt
Orford cedar, cabin roof and trim are of Honduras mahogany, decks are of teak keel is fir ribs
a~e of whi~e oak. And, she'~ already equipped with an array of gear--- from'electronic n~viga
tlonal equ1pment to a record1ng depth sounder and her heavy duty trawl winch.
But, more impressive than her stats --- or even her sleek, almost majestic appearance --is the dedication and determination it took by literally hundreds of persons to build her. Thos
~ontributions --- in time, money, hard labor and loads of enthusiasm --- will be amply celebrate
1n the months ahead as the Seawulff is prepared for her formal commissioning, to be directed
jointly by the Officesof Community and College Relations.
100 more beds by fall
BOARD APPROVES $51,000 FOR
t~ASTER
PLANNING OF RAVINE HOUSING
Evergreen's five-member Board of Trustees last Thursday took one more step toward creation
of what could become a 2.6 million dollar housing project on the northeast side of the campus,
bordering Driftwood Road. Trustees authorized $51,000 to employ the firm of Kramer, Chin an
Mayo to complete master planning of the Ravine Project, which, when finished, will add a to
of 600 beds to college student housing.
The action December 4 followed Board approval in September of an initial $5,000 to fully
investigate what Richard Schwartz, Vice President for Business, calls "a most unusual solution"
to Evergreen's projected housing shortage. At that time, Housing Director Ken Jacob, Business
Manager Ken vJi nkl ey and Faci 1iti es Director Dave via ll born proposed that Evergreen contract with
a private developer to construct housing on college property. In their proposal, the developer
would design, build and own the units, and lease them back to Evergreen over a 20-year period.
At the end of that time, the housing would become permanent college property. Summer explorations into the world of developers and bankers demonstrated what vJallbom called "a great deal
of interest" in the proposal, which he sees as "an extremely feasible process." In the past
three months, college officials have examined financial prospects for funding the project with
the counsel of Roberts, Shefelman, Lawrence, Gay ~nd Mach. Despite the hike in prime interest
rates to 20% this week, Schwartz remains optimistic that the financial package can be arranged.
"We're still analyzing problems related to high interest rates," he said Wednesday. "If they
stay at 20% it will make it more difficult --- but not impossible --- for us to work out arrange
ments. If the rates go down, of course, it will be easier. But, we still think it's all possible."
While bond counsel was considered, college officials also worked this fall with Kramer,
Chin and Mayo on initial master planning. Schwartz says they have narrowed the sites down to
six locations --- all along a ravine north of the Driftwood road across from the residence halls.
The Board's latest authorization will enable that firm to continue work and complete master planning by the January 8 trustees meeting. The firm has also been assigned the task of preparing
necessary drawings and documents for the first 25 units (or 100 beds) of the housing project,
which college officials hope will be ready for occupancy by next fall. In addition, the out
consultants will prepare preliminary utility and site work drawings, and they'll develop a
master plan for housing's much needed "social space project." They'll also examine a potential
location for the newly proposed "commercial space project."
UNUSUAL DEGREE OF CONTRACTOR FLEXIBILITY
Unusual to the whole effort, points out Schwartz, is the degree of flexibility constructors
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will have in the first phase of the housing project. uwe•ll submit to them general parameters
dour site proposals, .. says Schwartz. uwe•n ask that they develop their own blueprints withour guidelines. This way, .. he explains, they ll be able to maximize their efficiency by
employing their own favorite way of building .... Parameters still being refined by the master
planners, Schwartz and other college administrators, will at least call for housing units that
are no more than two stories tall, that are constructed of materials both natural to the Pacific
Northwest and .. compatible with existing campus yet warmer in feeling than solid cold grey
concrete ... The units will have to each provide a living room area in each apartment .. to further
encourage warmth and comfort of the students; they •ll need to employ energy conservation as a
major goal; and they•ll rely on lighting that is 11 predoninately flourescent. 11 Construction
should also .. save as many trees as possible, .. Schwart~ says. If all goes well, a call for bids
on the first 25 units will be issued in February, bids will be opened in March and approved by
April, and construction will begin in late spring or early summer, so the units will be ready
by fall.
While the focus of early efforts is clearly on adding additional beds, Schwartz points out
that the college is also concentrating on ways to finance and build the social space that has
long been described as 11 urgently needed 11 by students and staff at housing and by such external
review groups as the Council for Postsecondary Education and the Northwest Accreditation Association which visited the college last fall. The college would employ the more traditional process
for securing that facility, says Schwartz. 11 In this case, we•n use all the research and extended work already done by housing students, staff and others to pr~pare a very specific bid
package, complete with formal blueprints ... Early recommendations--- which he emphasizes will
continue to be refined --- call for a 6,000-square foot facility located near both the current
residence halls and the Ravine Project. It would provide a lounge for up to 100 persons, a
coffee shop, also capable of serving 100, plus a kitchen, solarium, game room and television
rooms. The entire project, he says 11 Should have a warm, inviting and intimate atmosphere ...
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COMMERCIAL PROJECT A NEW IDEA
New to the whole housing proposal is a suggestion for some 12,105 feet of .. commercial
space, .. which would provide access to many of the conveniences Evergreen students miss because
of the college•s distance to any stores. ..Because we own so much property around the central
campus --- and because of the way Cooper Point is zoned, we•11 never have a handy array of
local stores within easy walking distance so students can stop by the drugstore, go to a movie
or buy a magazine, .. he says. uwe•re just beginning to explore the idea of constructing some
kind of commercial space that could be leased to a variety of private businesses ... 11 But, .. he
cautions, .. this idea is going to take a lot of study. we•ve asked students working with (facult
members) . Richard Cellarius and Carolyn Dobbs to thoroughly examine the idea and see if it is
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Schwartz says that same group of students has been involved recently in the master P,lanning
for the Ravine project, as have students who•ve worked with Jacob and campus architect Jon
Collier.
Schwartz concedes there•s still a lot of work to do --- and not much time in which to do
it --- before the new units are ready for occupancy next fall. ..But, .. he adds with his characteristically quiet grin, 11 I sure think we can do it ...
SMITH NAMED ACTING LIBRARY DEAN
Susan Smith, faculty member and former 1i brary coordinator of r·1edi a Services has been
appointed acting dean of the Library. The appointment, announced by Provost Byron Youtz, is
effective January 1 and fills the position currently held by Jovana Brown. At her request,
Brown has been granted a two-quarter administrative professional leave effective January 1ne 30. When she returns to campus, Brown will hold a full-time faculty appointment.
In announcing the library leadership change, Youtz declared his gratitude to Brown for
more than six years of service, during which the Library, has, he said, .. achieved an outstanding
level of service to the college and its curriculum ... Library usage by students, staff and the
public has increased substantially, .. he said, 11 and several new technical improvements are under ~
way which will come to fruition
with proper budgetary support in the next biennium. 11 Of
special importance, he noted, has been 11 the quality of the relationship that exists between the
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rotational policy which allows library faculty to teach and teaching faculty to perform library
functions.
Smith, who is this quarter teaching in the Re-Introduction to Education program, joined
the Evergreen staff in 1972 as head of circulation, media loan and interlibrary loan. In 197
she assumed responsibilities as coordinator of media services, a post she held until her teaching assignment this fall.
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upcoming events
UNION MEETING TUESDAY NOON
Elsie Schrader of the Washington Federation of State Employees will be back on campus for
her third visit Tuesday, December 16 at noon in the Recital Hall of the Communications Building.
Purpose of her visit is to enlist additional college staff to join the union so her organizatio
can petition the Higher Education Personnel Board for recognition as the college's single collea
tive bargaining unit.
Richard Nesbitt, campus arts coordinator and organizer of the union efforts, says more tha
70 staff members have already submitted membership cards, but a total of 126 members are needed
if the WFSE is to effectively claim title to single bargaining unit status. But, Nesbitt point
out, even if we don't get the 126, those who join now will still be represented by l~FSE and
have access to its legal and other advisory services.
He stresses that creation of the oncampus unit is not an attack on or a threat to management, but a tool through which both manage
ment and the workers can better achi eve their goa 1s.
He urged those staff members 0n the '
fence to take steps now to join.
Questions about the union may be directed at either
Schrader in Tuesday's meeting or at Nesbitt, 866-6070.
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WOULD-BE SKIERS INVITED TO ORIENTATION MEETING THURSDAY
An orientation meeting for all persons interested in the Evergreen Ski School program,
which begins the first of January, will be conducted Thursday, December 18, beginning at 7 p.m.
in room 110 of the College Activities Building. The Ski School, which offers an eight-week
program of instruction at and transportation to Crystal Mountain, will be fully outlined in the
free Thursday night meeting, which will also include showing of a feature film on skiing.
Ski School Director Ed King of Seattle will present details on the Crystal Mountain ski
area, introduce his supervisory staff, all of whom are fully certified by the Professional Ski
Instructors of America, and discuss equipment availability, transportation programs, lift price
and composition of the ski classes, which will be limited to ten persons each.
Instruction and transportation by charter bus will be available on Sundays and Hednesdays
beginning January 4 and January 7, respectively. Transportation to Crystal ~lountain 's slopes
will be available from the Evergreen parking lot and from Lacey's South Sound Center. Complete
information is available at both the Thursday night meeting and from the Evergreen Recreation
Center, 866-6530 weekdays during regular business hours.
ALUt·1S INVITED TO HOLIDAY RECEPTION DECHlBER 28
Olympia-area Evergreen alums are invited to a holiday reception Sunday, December 28, from
3 to 5 p.m. in room 110 of the College Activities Building. Alumni Coordinator Bonnie Marie
says all local area graduates --- and those alums from out-of-town who will be home for the
holidays, are encouraged to attend this first mini-reunion and hors d'oeuvres potluck. Hot
apple cider will be provided and alums are urged to bring munchies to share. Call Bonnie at
866-6565 for details.
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THE REVIEW TAKES TOP PUBLICATION AWARD
The Evergreen Review, a quarterly publication published by the Development Office, was
selected as the top publication in the annual awards contest sponsored by the Washington State
Information Council on December 3. Judged for editorial and graphic quality, as well as cost
effectiveness in achieving communication goals, three publications were submitted by each
competing state agency~ and evaluated by a team of outside professional journalists.
The Review, produced under the guidance of Development Director Susan !~ashburn. is edited
-5by Kennedy Poyser of the Office of College Relations and designed by Graphics Team Brad Clemmons
and Mark Clemens. The work of those three was also given honorable (second place) mention for
e 1981-82 college catalog.
NnJ GROUP CONTRACT ANNOUNCED
A full-time two-quarter academic program, Philosophical Reasoning and Problems of Ethics"
will be offered winter and spring by Faculty ~~mber Alan Nasser. The new program will combine
an introduction to philosophical analysis with an introduction to the history of moral philosophy. Students will be required to practice verbally articulating and writing their own understanding of their texts and their own original thoughts in the first portion of the program,
which will focus on careful, critical and analytical reading of argumentative works. During
the second portion of the program, students will focus on such issues in ethics as the nature
of virtues and vices, the formation of moral character, the relations between human nature and
ethics, and the objectivity of moral judgments. A key component of the program will be the
study of the social and cultural context of theories under consideration. For details, contact
Nasser, Library 2105, 866-6049.
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WOMEN HOOPSTERS SLATE NINE GAMES
The women's basketball club team has announced a seven-game intercollegiate schedule that
began this week when the Geoducks were slated to take on Grays Harbor Community College in
Aberdeen on Wednesday and Edmonds Community College in Snohomish County Friday. The squad,
coached by Assistant Athletic Director Jan Lambertz, will also play in the Olympia City Parks
and Recreation Women's League beginning next month.
WORKSHOPS OFFERED BY OREGON STATE
Oregon State University's continuing education program will bring two one-day workshops
the Evergreen campus in the next month. On December 17, a workshop on The Problem Employee
will be conducted for executives, managers and supervisors who seek help on developing practical
methods for evaluating and improving their employees' performances. On January 9 OSU will
bring Dr. Christine Shannon of Fort Steilacoom Community College to campus to present her workshop, .. Women in Transition: The New t•1anager ... This session seeks to present the unique aspects
of managing which confront the woman manager or supervisor ...
Registration for each session is $55. For details write: Endeavors for Excellence,
Continuing Education Building, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331 or call 503-754-2677.
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LEGISLATIVE Memo, Vol. 6. #10
DIRECTIONS OF NEW STATE LEADERSHIP UNCERTAIN
by Les Eldridge, Assistant to the President
Last month's election markedly changed the makeup of state government, resulting in the
first House Republican majority in nearly a decade, reducing the Democratic majority in the
Senate to one, and replacing a Democratic governor with a Republican. The uncertainty of the
direction new leadership may take is deepened by the state's grave fiscal situation - a possible
deficit next biennium of a billion dollars.
Changes in legislative leadership include: Evergreen grad Eleanor Lee as Senate Republican
k~hip, Evergreen grad Dennl Heck as House ~1inority Floor Leader, and Shoreline Community College
Faculty Member Donn Charn ey as Senate Higher Education Committee Chairman. His House counterpart will be former Bellevue Community College Trustee Delores Teutsch. Senator Jim McDermott
eads Senate Ways and Means and Representative Rod Chandler leads House Ways and Means.
Higher Education faces the real possibility of significant enrollment and budget cuts, with
concurrent reduction in support levels and an ultimate lessening of educational quality.
t·1aintaining educational quality, enrollment growth, faculty salaries, development of new graduat
and undergraduate programs, and key capital projects are all high priority items advanced by
Evergreen's Board of Trustees, and will receive strong attention in the college's legislative
program during the 1981 session.
To help me advance these and other legislative priorities which may arise, I'm asking
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basis: The purpose of the group would be to provide advice and assistance in formulating
and advancing a legislative approach, and to inform the college community of legislative
activity. Some of you have already volunteered. Please call me at 866-6363 if you're inte
ed. We might meet bi-weekly at breakfast. Thanks for your help.
ON A DECADE OF DRAMA, TRAUMA
AND EDUCATIONAL BROU HA HA
Oh, say, do you remember,
that bleak day in November,
When we quitted Trailerville
With vision pure?
Webb and Aldridge, pedagogical,
Crowe and Humphreys, oft illogical,
Refined the seminar
Which was our credo.
For in the years just previous,
Sixty planners, deft and devious
Had evoked the Spirit Geoduck,
To be sure!
Jones awakened, cried "this school
Will admit nobody's fool!"
And Martin, manifestly,
Disagreed-oh.
Twas but a gleam in Charlie's ojo,
As he cruised among the coho,
Whilst Dean Clabaugh grabbed up
Waterfront with view.
Moss and Thomas let'em in
Rose and Winkley cleansed the sin
Of non-payment of tuition
fees and fines.
Then they gathered David Barry
Teske and Holly, Humph and Larry,
And began to build a dreamCloud Cuckoo U!
ARA Slater said "we'll feed ya"
Dave, Chas, Albin ran the media
While Weidemann and Steve
Traced nature's lines.
Oh the specters demographic;
Hunter swamped in student traffic,
As Smith met twelve thousand Greeners
At the door.
Oh, how Kenneth Paull would smile
Walking students down the aisle
Watching Sullivan and Pat
Assail the stacks.
And the memo avalanche
Would make Strawn and Stamey blanch
And leave Jan and Rita prostrate
On the floor.
Young and Hitchem sought the books
A mid Joanne's sunny looks
As Malcolm guided Brian
To the facts.
So the faculty, with fervor
Planned and argued long with Merv or
,Wf_th Joe Shoben, and they all
Listened to Willi.
From the mountains to the coast,
Brown & Taylor made the most
Of the lure of academe
Amidst confusion.
Alexander, Youtz and White
Pondered contract mode all night
While Sluss and Eickstaedt counted
Their bacilli.
Warn't nothin' Marcey couldn't fix,
Hist'ry was stored in Woody's pies,
Enriquez catalogued rare books
In great profusion
Then Fred Tabbutt set the pace
Advocating interface,
With Baird and Hutchings cranking
Up the system.
Strecker, Jake, Bill Lloyd and West
All gave Schillinger their best
Arid Kristi searched aloft,
Below for space.
Our two analysts astute,
Don and Johnson, still compute,
But John Munro's departed -'though
Spence and Kent, Barnard and Spears,
Though they ain't been here for years,
Well, I'd venture that they'll always
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Janet, Roger, Bink and Hal
All-in-all, I think they didn't
Do too badly.
Let's remember now: Dick Nichols,
Donahues, admits in trickles,
Spud and Elma's as the place to
Quench a thirst.
Gordon ~sandison•s still hoping
That with growth we'll soon be coping,
And Lord knows when we'll see the last
Of Hadley.
And we'll not forget those dreamers,
Yes, by 'Evans, abject schemers!
And we'll hope the next ten's
As good as the first.
To the planners from Lester
With affection & empathy
And special thanks to AHce Watts
For covering it all.
The preceeding work of art, written by Assistant to the President Les Eldridge, was
first presented at the Schemers and Dreamers Jubilee honoring those faculty and staff
who have worked at Evergreen for the past decade. A complete, annotated version,
clearly identifying all of the folks to whom he refers, is available from the poet•s
office, Library 3103.
NEXT NEWSLETTER JANUARY 9
This is the final newsletter for Fall Quarter, 1980. we•11 resume publication on
Friday, January 9. Deadline for copy will be noon, January 7. The Office of College
Relations, and your tenacious old editor, combine forces to wish you and yours a most
HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON. Thanks for reading.
December 13-18, 1980
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
---Fall Quarter ends Wednesday, Decmeber 17; Winter Quarter classes begin Monday, January 5.
The college will be closed on December 24, 25, and 26 and on January 1 and 2.
--- Special LIBRARY hours during the quarter break: the 1 ibrary will be closed December
13-14, open from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. December 15-19, and closed December 20-28. The Library will
reopen from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. December 29-31 and close from January 1-4.
--- Registration is open now for Winter Quarter classes by individual appointment from
8:30 a.m.-4:30p.m. in the Registrar•s Office. Registration and payment of tuition and
fees must be completed by Friday, January 9.
--- Leisure Education workshops are now accepting registration for some 66 sessions offered
next quarter. You can register weekdays between 8 a.m.and 6 p.m. in the Recreation Center.
--- ON EXHIBIT: A one-woman show of paintings and drawings by Olympia artist Maury Haseltin
Gallery Four, through January 18; Selections of paintings, sculpture and prints from the
Evergreen Collection, Gallery Two, through January 11.
--- GIVE A T-SHIRT FOR CHRISTMAS. The Alumni Association has two styles in four sizes:
white on green for $5 and a women•s French cut T-shirt thafs green on white for $8. Stop
by the Alumni Office, Library 3103 .
. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13
**** World famous comedy, 11 CHARLEY •S AUNT, .. presented under direction of Andre Tsa i,
8 p.m., Experimental Theater, 'cnmm11nirationc: Building.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14
****FINAL perfomance of 11 CHARLEY 1 s AUNT, 11 8 p.m., Experimental Theater, Communications Building.
**** CHRISTMAS CONCERT featuring 40-member Evergreen Concert Choir, accompanied by
members of the Olympia Symphony, 4 p.m., Recital Hall, Communications Building. Admission
free to children under 12, $1 for students and senior citizens, and $2 for others.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16
Elsie Schrader of the Washington Federation of State Employees, conducts meeting
for staff members interested in joining l·!FSE, noon, Recital Hall, Communications Building.
Cooperative Education will NOT have open hours for drop-ins today.
Staff/faculty volleyball, noon, Steamplant gym.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17
Career Planning and Placement offers open hours for drop-ins, 9 a.m.-noon, Library
1213.
Cooperative Education offers open hours for drop-ins, 1-3 p.m., LAB I, room 1000.
THURSDAY~
DECEMBER 18
Orientation meeting for persons interested in enrolling in the Evergreen Ski School,
which begins eight weeks of instruction and transportation on January 4 at Crystal Mountain,
7 p.m. , CAB 11 0.
December 8, 1980
... COLLEGE INFORMATION FAIR SLATED TUESDAY ... An eight-hour educational information fair--offering complete details on classes at all four area colleges ---will be conducted Tuesday,
December 9, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the lobby of the Ge~eral Administration Building on the
State Capitol Campus. Representatives from Evergreen, Saint Martin's, Olympia Technical Community College and Centralia College will be on hand throughout the day to describe winter
studies at their schools, distribute information, answer questions, and schedule individual
appointments for potential students. The fair, organized by Evergreen's Educational Outreach
Coordinator Earlyse Swift, marks the second time the four schools have combined forces to meet
the information needs of prospective students throughout Thurston County .
... WINTER QUARTER REGISTRATION BEGINS WEDNESDAY ... Registration for Winter Quarter classes at
Evergreen begins December 10 on campus and December 11 in three separate locations off campus.
On-campus registration for full-time students may be completed at a Wednesday morning academic
fair from 9 a.m. to noon; part-time students may sign up for more than 70 classes in a similar
fair that evening from 5:30 to 7 o'clock. Both fairs, held on the second floor of the Evans
Library, provide students a chance to meet faculty and staff, discuss their academic selections
and complete enrollment procedures.
Off-campus registration for part-time students will be conducted Thursday, December 11,
from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the lobby of State Office Building II (DSHS), and again that afternoon, from 3 to 7 o'clock at the Lacey Library. Off-campus registration may also be conducted
Tuesday, December 16 between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. in the lobby of the General Administration
Building.
Winter Quarter registration may also be completed by individual appointment weekdays
between the hours of 8:30a.m. and 4:30 p.m. December 10 through January 9, the final deadline
for paying tuition and fees. Wjnter Quarter classes resume Monday, January 5, and continue
through March 18 .
.. • LEISURE EDUCATION WORKSHOPS OPEN FOR REGISTRATION ... More than two dozen new workshops will
be offered this winter by Evergreen's Leisure Education program, which opens registration for
a total of 66 sessions today. Open to students and the general public, the new winter worksho
which do not generate academic credit, span the range fro~ the arts to movement, sports and mar
tial arts. Included among next quarter's new listings are sessions in astronomy, bicycle maintenance, calligraphy, collage, furniture making, hang gliding, Indian crafts, jewelry casting
in fine metals, meditation and hypnosis, parapsychology, sign language, spinning and dyeing,
and tapestry weaving.
Registration for the sessions, which begin January 12 and continue for eight weeks, may
be conducted weekdays from December 8 through January 16 between 8 a.m. and 6 p.~. in Evergreen'
Recreation Center. Special evening registration sessions will be offered Thursday, January 8,
and Monday through Thursday, January 12-15 .
... SKI SCHOOL BEGINS JANUARY 4 ... The Evergreen Ski School will offer an eight-week packet of
instruction and transportation at Crystal Mountain beginning the first week of January. ~ir~
ected by Ed King of Seattle and accredited by the Pacific Northwest Ski Instructors Assoc1at1on
the Ski School offers two sessions, each providing seven two-hour lessons and eight charter
· bus trips to the snowy slopes of the Cascades. Sunday sessions begin January 4; Wednesday
instruction starts on January 7. Complete details on the Ski School will be available at a
special orientation meeting Thursday, December 18, beginning at 7 p.m. in room 110 of the
College Activities Building. Details are also available from the Rec Center, 866-6530.
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... HASELTINE OPENS ONE-WOMAN SHOH ... Olympia artist Maury Haseltine has opened a one-woman shm-1
of her paintings and drawings in Evergreen's Gallery Four. The exhibit, which will remain on
view through January 18, includes more than three dozen newly completed paintings focusing
the waters of Puget Sound and completed by the talented Cooper Point artist within the pas
Her winter show --- the tenth one-person exhibit of her career --- coincides with the opening
of a new display of paintings, sculpture and prints from the Evergreen Collection, now on
view in Gallery Two through January 11 .
... ROBIN HILLIAMSON PERFORMS DEC. 9 ... Celtic singer/songwriter Robin \~illiamson, who first
gained fame as the founder of The Incredible String Band, appears in concert December 9 at
Evergreen. Williamson, whose evening program promises original contemporary music blended wit
what one London critic calls "brilliantly inventive use of traditional Scottish instruments,"
performs at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Recital Hall of Evergreen's Communications Building.
His one-man Evergreen show, which is sponsored by the Gig Commission, will incorporate
theater, music, story, song and legend in his incomparable style. which has earned him the
title of "20th Century bard of love and mystery, of anger, trust and laughter."
Tickets are on sale now for $3.50 general admission or $2.50 for students at Yenney's
Music, Rainy Day Records, Budget Tapes and Reco~ds and the Evergreen Bookstore .
... CHRISTMAS CONCERT SET DEC. 14 ... A concert of traditional holiday selections will be presented by the Evergreen Concert Choir, accompanied by members of the Olympia Symphony, on Sunday, December 14. The afternooon performance, set to begin at 4 o'clock in the Recital Hall
of Evergreen's Communications Building, will be directed by Visiting Faculty Musician Dr. Davi
Englert. Selections by the 40-member choir will include Gabriel Faure's "Requiem," Mendelssohn's "Three Experts from Christus," "Sing We Noel," and "Fanfare for a Festival."
Ad~ission to the Sunday concert is free to children under 12, $1 for students and
senior citizens and $2 for others .
... LAST NEWSLETTER TIL JANUARY ... This is our last Fall Quarter, 1980 edition of the OffNewsletter.
Students begin their final evaluation sessions December 10 and the quarter
December 17. The college will close for the holidays December 24-26 and January 1-2. Classes
resume Monday, January 5. ~~e \-Jish you and yours a HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON and we'll be back in
your mailboxes-January 12, 1981!
The Evergreen State College
December 5, 1980
it•s still the .. numbers game ..
EVERGREEN NOT ALONE IN ENROLLMENT RECRUITING CONTEST: OUTCOf·1E LOOKS 0PTIMISTIC
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By Judy McNickle, Director of Information Services
It•s too bad, President Dan Evans was heard to lament during the first few months of his
Evergreen administration, that the state•s colleges and universities have to play what he aptly
called the numbers game ... It was regrettable, he believed then, that the success of our institutions had to be measured not by the quality of education they offer, but by the sheer
number of students they enroll, retain and graduate.
That was three years ago when Evergreen•s numbers were grim--- and getting grimmer all the
time. Today, because of a campus-wide marketing effort, the college•s enrollment figures are
much better, but the game•s the same: it•s still how many .. that appears to be important because of budget allocations, not a1ways how well . .. The difference now 1i es in the number of
institutions which are required to join us in playing that game, both nationally and within the
borders of Washington State.
In 1976 Geoduck paranoia seemed to dictate the widely shared belief that only Evergreen
and perhaps a few of her sister .. innovative .. colleges--- had to play the game 0r else ... Today
eryfew private or public campuses in the nation can avoid mounting major recruitment efforts,
pending ever growing percentages of their staff and fiscal resources to boost their numbers
or face substantial cutbacks, even closures. The November 24 issue of Time magazine notes the
intensity with which Santa Cruz has launched an enrollment drive, headed by one of the nation•s
most highly touted admissions wizards, Richard Moll. The staff of the State Legislative Budget
Conmittee has completed a preliminary study on recruitment efforts by ~~ashington public colleges
and universities which .. recognizes that some student recruitment appears mandatory ... And, using
the Evergreen marketing ~lan as a guide, the Admissions team has initiated an assertive campaign
to top this year•s unprecedented enrollment growth.
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A PRIME EXAMPLE
The Santa Cruz campaign exemplifies a growing trend throughout the nation to sensibly apply
the marketing process to increase college•s consumer orientation and enrollment. Moll, who
directed successful enrollment drives at Bowdoin and Vassar, has been called in as Dr. Fixit
to literally save faculty jobs by enlarging SC's enrollment .. significantly by 1983. Application
are already up and the success of his marketing efforts appears probable.
Within Washington, following Evergreen•s example, the public two- and four-year institutions have improved their admissions recruiting efforts, though none to the extent of that
legislatively required of Evergreen.
The preliminary study issued by the Legislative Budget Committee defines recruitment as
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admissions, information dissemination, advertising and other activities designed to inform or
attract potential students ... Then it shows state-wide expenditures during fiscal year 1980
for student recruitment by all the public institutions totaling more than 3.5 million dollars,
of which 1.6 million was spent by the four-year schools. For its size, Evergreen ranks high
mong the six four-year institutions in reported total and per-student recruitment costs: not
urprising given the college•s mandated enrollment target and major marketing effort developed
over the past two years. As College Relations Director Chuck Fowler explained in our report
to LBC, Evergreen has since 1978 .. taken positive action to develop a carefully planned, systematic program to recruit and retain more students ... The effort required hiring of additional
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staff, creation of an enrollment/public relations advisory group, and implementation of a wide
range of activities by not only the Admissions staff, but those involved in Student Services
College Relations, Community Relations, and many other major areas of the campus. The LBC r'
specifically mentioned that Evergreen's enrollment effort was notable in its specifically ou
lined goals and objectives.
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What is surpr1s1ng about the LBC information is not Evergreen's activities, but the extent
of similar efforts undertaken and dollars spent by the other state institutions on student
recruitment, and the conclusions the preliminary study reaches. After the report carefully
outlines the initial results of its extensive recruitment survey, it finds that some student
recruitment in the broadest sense ... is an activity essential to the survival of an institution ..
This statement, .. it continues, .. does not advocate a vigorous or excessive recruitment program
or the creation of an artificial demand. Rather, it simply recognizes that educational institutions do not exist in a vacuum and some form of contact and communication with potential studen ~
is ~ necessary ...
Evergreen's version of .. contact and communication .. undertaken in the past two years appears
to have paid off. Institutional Research Director Steve Hunter points out that not only did we
achieve the highest headcount in our history this fall, but the largest percentage of increase
among all the state's four-year schools. Our increases, he said, Show up clearly in the areas
in which we have been actively recruiting ... For example, during the past year the college did
no out-of-state recruiting. The number of new out-of-state students enrolling directly from
high school this fall declined by 46 percent, from 89 in 1979 to 48 this October. In contrast,
concentrated recruitment efforts in state high schools led to a 30 percent enrollment hike in
that category. Last fall some 69 high school students enrolled here, this fall 90 signed up.
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NO TIME TO REST
Hunter's statistics show that Evergreen continues to appeal to transfer students who o
again comprise 80 percent of the new entering class (972), which this fall totaled 1038. While
that high transfer rate speaks well for the effectiveness of the Admissions staff's frequent
trips to the community colleges, it may mean, as Hunter sees it, We have little time to rest
on our laurels.
~~~~hat we think our high number of transfers means, .. he explains,
is that instead of having
an average student for four years, as you might expect from those who enter directly from high
school, we have students transferring in for an average of two years. That means we have to replace that transfer student every two years, instead of every four ...
This turnover rate, plus the college's mandated enrollment target of 2,590 FTE for next
fa 11 , presents some rea 1 number cha 11 enges, Hunter notes.
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ate student body of 3,000 next fall to reach our 2,590 FTE target. If we assume the two-year
rollover continues, our percentage of take from the applicant pool to final enrollment remains
constant (or even slightly lower), and our retention rate stays the same, we project we will
need to recruit nearly 2,500 new applicants next fall. That 2,500 should enable us to achieve
a final enrollment of at least 1,160 new admits who, with our special students, returnees and
continuing students should get us to the magic 2,590.
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Those numbers mean that the College Enrollment Coordinating Committee, including College
Relations and Admissions, will have to increase .. student traffic .. by 12 percent this year on
top of the ten percent gain achieved this fall. ..It really means we have to do every bit as
much work for next fall as we did for this year, plus just a titch more, .. Hunter concludes.
But, we do have momentum on our side ...
That momentum --- and an incredibly arduous schedule for the ECC and entire Admissions
staff--- is what Arnalda Rodriguez is counting on.
I'm optimistic we can make it, .. the deter
mined Admissions Director declares.
But, it's going to take a lot of effort ...
He and his two-member counseling staff have already exerted more than two months of such
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effort this fall. Since the first of October that trio has participated in five major offcampus visitation programs. Counselors Christine Kerlin and Doug Scrima represented Evergreen
tall ten ~-1inority Student Conference sessions, each a one-day event in which Third World
tudents were able to confer with spokespersons from all the four-year colleges and universities
Kerlin, Scrima and Rodriguez also participated in the High School-College Conference, an intensive six-week program where representatives from all the two- and four-year schools conducted
information sessions on a total of 40 campuses throughout the state so high school seniors can
meet with at least three different schools all in one day. Supplementing those large gatherings
Scrima has visited this fall more than 70 individual high schools inwestern Washington; Kerlin
has conducted sessions at nearly every two-year college in western Washington, and Rodriguez '
has visited more than a dozen high schools in the Portland area.
All five of these major visitation programs are being sponsored in addition to College
nights, which the Admissions Office has scheduled for December and January. The first of
these was conducted at Evergreen Tuesday for all local high school students who've expressed
an interest in the college. President Evans, Faculty Members Nancy Taylor and David Milne,
and the Admissions staff presented an evening program to those students and their parents,
offering a personal introduction to the college. Similar programs will be hosted in the next
eight weeks in Tacoma, Seattle, Bellevue, Vancouver and, possibly, Longview.
The results of this fall's efforts are already looking good,
reports Rodriguez.
We're
getting an excellent response on the road, he adds.
Last year it was common for us to see
only a few students at the high school visits; this year we've had as many as 20 in one session
--- a major feat for any college and a real boost to us.''
While the three-member Admissions staff is on the road, the office crew is continuing to
operate a two-part mailing series to potential students which provides personalized letters
from Rodriguez and later from Provost Byron Youtz, supplemented with full details on admission
procedures, financial aid, housing, veterans' benefits, Career Planning and Placement, Educational Support Services, and the Campus Visitor Program. The latter, says Rodriguez, Usually
rings us a 90 percent return.
Those students who call ahead can arrange for campus tours,
articipation in seminars, interviews with counselors or faculty and a night in the residence
halls.
If they pay a visit, notes Rodriguez, they usually return to stay.~~
A third major activity for the on-campus Admission team is coordination of the Evergreen
Student Representative for a Day program, which offers training to currently enrolled students
who are willing to return to their home town high schools and share news of their Evergreen
experience.~~ Students willing to serve as representatives for a day during the holiday break
are most welcome to contact Admissions folks immediately, adds Rodriguez.
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A CONSTANT FLOW OF COMMUNICATIONS
Communication from the Admissions Office is also constantly flowing to high schools and
community college counselors, with whom the staff makes a special point to confer on a frequent
and personal basis. Additionally, the staff sends cards out to all potential students notifying
them of any visits to their area by Evergreen representatives. These activities will continue
throughout the year, though next quarter the recruiting emphasis will shift to all 27 community
colleges for Kerlin while Scrima will make an estimated 50 appearances at individual high
sch~ols.
Come _spring, Admissions activities will be focused more on campus, as the applications
beg1n to pour 1n and plans are finalized for hosting two annual special days: one for high
school counselors and faculty, a second for community college staff and teachers. Kerlin will
visit the western Washington community colleges a third time, and staff will gear up for the
annual spring phone-a-than when attempts will be made to call all prospective applicants and
admitted students tO inquire about their plans for Fall Quarter and see if they need any
additional help or encouragement from us, Rodriguez explains. Last year the staff, with a host
of volunteer help, completed more than 400 calls to the list of 1200 potential students.
One additional area the Admissions Office hopes to more ably focus on in the coming months
s recruitment of Third World students. This fall a new counselor position was added to the .
Admissions staff to assume major responsibility for developing contacts with Third World student
at high schools, community colleges and community agencies. Rodriguez hopes the new counselor
will be aboard by the end of January and we can begin to make some real headway in turning
around the decline we've experienced in enrollment of Third World students.''
The combination --- of an additional counselor, of all the activities already completed thi.
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fall, and of those planned for winter and spring, plus the momentum to which both Rodriguez
and Hunter refer--- offers every indication that next year's enrollment picture will show
Evergreen has successfully completed yet another numbers game.
But, as both men poin~ out, th~re are at least two factors which could drastically change
the results: enrollment l1ds self 1mposed by the other four-year schools on their entering
classes for next fa~l; and actions by the State Legislature that could alter target figures fo
Evergreen and, poss1bly, for all the state's public institutions. Since those two factors are
in the hands of others, Rodriguez and his Admissions crew, and indeed, the entire college will
continue determined and enthusiastic efforts to spread the Evergreen word and achieve the targe
figures already set.
SECOND EVERGREEN ALUM MURDERED IN BAY AREA
Shauna ~' a 1978 graduate, was killed last weekend while hiking alone at Point Reyes
National Seashore, near San Francisco. May became the second Evergreen alum to be murdered
within two months in the Bay area. 1976 alum Anne Alderson was killed October 15, also while
hiking alone, in Mount Tamalpais, a popular recreation area some 20 miles south of Point Reyes.
Both women.according to Faculty Member Jeanne Hahn, were "good students, bright positive,
upbeat, and genuinely nice people to work with.'' May, who graduated from Pullman Hi~h School
and transferred to Evergreen from the University of Puget Sound in 1975, studied social scienc
mathematics and computer science at Evergreen and worked for the National Park Service in Crat
Lake, Oregon. After graduation she worked as a secretary in a California law firm and had recently been offered a chance for additional studies in computer science.
Alderson, a Danville, California native who transferred from Reed to Evergreen in 1973,
studied environmental sciences and after graduation had attended the University of California
at Davis to pursue work in animal husbandry. She had also spent two years in Colombia as a
Peace Corps employee.
A memorial service for May has been scheduled tomorrow (December 6), beginning at 3 p.
in Pullman, (Koinonia House, N.E. That UNA). Details are available from Martha West at 352
sports news
GEODUCK SWIMMERS TAKE OPENING MEET
The men's swim team took nine of ten events to capture its first meet of the season as the
Geoducks downed Linfield College 56-25 last week. TESC was paced by the record-setting swims
of Dave Heller and Rex Fletcher, two of four swimmers who posted double wins for the Clams.
Heller won the 500-yard freestyle and the 200 individual medley; Fletcher took the 400 medley
relay and the 100 fly, in addition to an uncontested win in the 100-yard back swim. Greener
Sean Warren took first in the 200 free and in the 200 breast, and Wayne Dickinson won the 50
free and the 100 free.
Evergreen's women went down to a narrow defeat to Linfield, 60-52. Breaststroker Mikel
DeBuse clocked an outstanding performance and set two records as she captured the 50-yard
breast and 100-yard breast. Frosh Amy Winnecki captured the 50-yard, and Isabel Childs set an
Evergreen record in her second-place performance in the 500-yard freestyle.
The swimming Geoducks were scheduled to compete Tuesday night, but results were unavailab
as we went to press. They'll compete again in January.
GREENERS COMPLETE SEATTLE MARATHON
Three members of the Evergreen cross country team completed the Seattle Marathon November
29 in typically cold, wet western Washington weather. Five runners had trained for the race,
but Shep Jenks and Lisa Burdulis suffered injuries which kept them from competing, but not
from cheering on the sidelines as Scott Smith covered the course in 3 hours, 22 minutes, .~Ra~~
Talley, clocked in at 3 hours, 55 minutes, and Cyndi Smith crossed the line in 4 hours, 5 minutes. Coach Larry Nielson, who is training his runners year around, says he'll be entering
team members in local road run competition to strengthen them for next fall. "We had an inexperienced team this year, but a lot of talent. Next season we'll perform very well as · a team,'
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COLLEGE INFORMATION FAIR OFFERED TUESDAY
An eight-hour educational information fair --- offering complete details on classes at
1 four area colleges--- will be conducted Tuesday, December 9,.from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in
e lobby of the General Administration Building on the State Cap1tol Campus.
Representatives from Evergreen, Saint Martin•s, Olympia :echn~cal Commu~ity Colle~e and
Centralia College will be on hand throughout the day to descr1be w1nter stud1es at the1r ~chools,
distribute information, answer questions, and schedule individual appointments for potent1al
students.
The fair, organized by Evergreen•s Educational Outreach Coordinator Ea~lyse Swift. marks
the second time the four schools have combined forces to .. meet the informat1on needs of prospec~ive students throughout our area.
0Ur first fair last fall seemed to provide a welcome service to working adults who lack
the time to personally visit each of the schools and collect the information they need to select
academic programs that most suit their goals:• Swift said. ~~~Je hope to continue providing these
events on a quarterly basis since they not only improve students• access to our colleges, but
better enable us to share information with all our neighbors in Thurston County ...
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WINTER REGISTRATION BEGINS WEDNESDAY
Registration for Winter Quarter classes at Evergreen begins December 10 on campus and
December 11 in three separate locations off campus. On-campus registration for full-time
students may be completed at a Wednesday morning academic fair from 9 a.m. to noon; part-time
students may sign up for more than 70 classes in a similar fair that evening from 5:30 to 7
o•clock. Both fairs, held on the second floor of the Evans Library, provide students a chance
to meet faculty and staff, discuss their academic selections, and complete enrollment procedures.
Off-campus registration for part-time students will be conducted Thursday, December 11,
from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the lobby of State Office Building II (DSHS), and again that afternoon,
from 3 to 7 o•clock, at the Lacey Library. Off-campus registration may also be conducted Tues, December 16 between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. in the lobby of the General Administration Building.
Winter Quarter registration may also be completed by individual appointment between the
hours of 8:30a.m. and 4:30p.m. weekdays December 10 through January 9, the final deadline for
paying tuition and fees. Evening registration hours will also be offered January 5-9 from
5:30-7 o•clock in the Registrar•s Office.
Winter Quarter classes resume t•londay, January 5, and continue through March 18. Evergreen
will be closed December 24-26 and January 1-2 in observance of the holidays.
LEISURE EDUCATION ANNOUNCES 66 WINTER WORKSHOPS
More than two dozen new workshops will be offered this winter by Evergreen•s Leisure Education program, which opens registration for a total of 66 sessions on t1onday, December 8.
Open to students and the general public, the new winter workshops, which do not generate
academic credit, span the range from the arts to movement, sports and martial arts. Included
among next quarter•s new listings are sessions in astronomy, bicycle maintenance, calligraphy,
collage, furniture making, hang gliding, Indian crafts, jewelry casting in fine metals, meditation and hypnosis, parapsychology, sign language, spinning and dyeing, and tapestry weaving.
Registration for the sessions, which begin January 12 and continue for eight weeks, may be
conducted weekdays from December 8 through January 16 between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. in Evergreen•s
Recreation Center. Special evening registration sessions will be offered Thursday, January 8,
and ~1onday through Thursday, January 12-15.
SKI SCHOOL BEGINS JANUARY 4
The Evergreen Ski School will offer an eight-week packet of instruction and transportation
Crystal Mountain beginning the first week of January. Directed by Ed King of Seattle and
credited by the Pacific Northwest Ski Instructors Association, the Ski School offers two
sessions, each providing seven two-hour lessons and eight charter bus trips to the snowy slopes
of the Cascades. Sunday sessions begin January 4; Wednesday instruction starts on January 7.
Transportation to Crystal Mountain will be available in two locations from Thurston County
each class morning: from Evergreen•s Parking Lot C and Lacey•s South Sound Center. Cost
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of the eight-week program for lessons and transportation is $130. A special packet covering
the cost of lessons, transportation and equipment is $200. Skiers seeking only the lessons can
enroll for $50 .
. Complete detai~s on ~he Ev~rgreen ~ki School, now in its tenth year of operation, will
ava1lable at a spec1al.o~1~ntat1~n ~eet1ng T~u~sday,.December 18, beginning at 7 p.m. in room
110 of the College Act1v1t1es Bu1ld1ng. Add1t1onal 1nformation is available from the Recreatio
Center, 866-6530 weekdays.
upcoming events
HASELTINE OPENS ONE-Wm·1AN SHOW SATURDAY
Olympia artist Maury Haseltine opens a one-woman show of her paintings and drawings in
Evergreen's Gallery Four Saturday, December 6, with an 8 p.m. reception in her honor on the
fourth floor of the Evans Library. The show, which will remain on view through January 18, in
eludes more than three dozen newly completed paintings focusing on the waters of Puget Sound
and completed by Mrs. Haseltine within the past year.
Her winter exhibit --- the tenth one-person show of her career --- coincides with the open
ing of a new display of paintings, sculpture and prints from the Evergreen Collection, on view
in Gallery Two of the Library December 6-January 11.
Both shows are free and open to the public. Gallery Four (room 4002) is open weekdays
from noon to 6 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 5 p.m. Gallery Two (Library room
2300) is open .from 8 a.m. to 10:45 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday, 1-5 p.m.
Saturday and 1-9 p.m. Sunday. Both galleries will be closed December 24-26 and January 1-2
for the holidays.
ROBIN WILLIAMSON PERFORMS TUESDAY
Celtic singer/songwriter Robin Williamson, who first gained fame as the founder of The
Incredible String Band, appears in concert December 9 at Evergreen. Williamson, whose even ,
program promises original contemporary music blended with what one London critic calls "brilliaJ
ly inventive use of traditional Scottish instruments," performs at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Recita
Hall of Evergreen's Communications Building.
On tour throughout the United States and Europe for the past ten months, Williamson won
early recognition as the lead singer and songwriter for The Incredible String Band, which reco
ed 16 albums, eight of which hit the top charts in the United Kingdom and earned the musicians
an international reputation for unique and innovative music.
When the group disbanded in 1974, l~illiamson moved to California and formed his "t·1erry
Band," which performed original music he composed reflecting his childhood in Scotland and his
love of balladry and country folk lore. Their concerts, according to the Washington Post,
offered "a delightful mingling of old and new, with lilting, poetic touches in the graceful
melodies of folk music, set to rowdy stage antics and insightful, 20th Centu:y lyrics."
Together Williamson and the t·1erry Band have released three albums, including their latest,
"A Glint at the Kindling," which offers Celtic poetry, vintage instrumentation and ~~illiamson
performing on an array of traditional instruments.
His one-man Evergr.een show, which is sponsored by the college Gig Commission, will incorp
ate theater, music, story, song and legend in his incomparable style, which has earned him the
title of the "20th Century bard of love and mystery, of anger, trust and laughter."
Tickets to his concert are on sale for $3.50 general admission and $2.50 for students at
Yenney's Music and Rainy Day Records in West Olympia, Budget Tapes and Records in downtown
Olympia, and at the Evergreen Bookstore. Tickets will also be available at the door of the
Communications Building the evening of December 9.
CHRISTMAS CONCERT SET DECEMBER 14
A concert of traditional holiday selections will be presented by The Evergreen Concert
Choir, accompanied by members of the Olympia Symphony on Sunday, December 14. The afternoon
performance, set to begin at 4 o'clock in the Recital Hall of Evergreen's Communications Building, will be directed by Visiting Faculty Musician Dr. David Englert.
Selections by the 40-member choir will include Gabriel Faure's "Requiem," t1endelssohn's
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Admission to the Sunday concert is free to children under 12, $1 for students and senior
citizens and $2 for others.
ADULT LIFE CHANGES FOCUS OF HALF-TIME PROGRAM
A two-quarter half-time evening program for adults who are making career and life changes
will be offered at'Evergreen next quarter. Entitled 11 Adult Life Changes,~~ the ~~inter and Spring
Quarter program will focus on career and education transitions, family and life style changes,
and alterations in career and life goals. The class, which will be taught by Evergreen faculty
members Dr. Margaret Gribskov and Dr. Bill Aldridge, will _me~t on Tuesdays and Thursdays from
6 to 9 p.m. in room 2211 of Evergreen•s Laboratory Two Bu1ld1ng.
Details on the program will be available from the two faculty members at both of Evergreen•s
two Winter Quarter Academic Fairs: on Wednesday, December 10 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. and on Monday,
January 5, also from 5:30 to 7 p.m., both on the second floor lobby of the Evans Library.
SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE
The Office of Financial Aid has announced two scholarships now available to Evergreen
applicants: a $1500 award for graduates of Washington high schools who can demonstrate financial
need, academic achievement and character; and a $500 scholarship for seniors who can display
excellence in English. Full details on the two, titled Fred G. Zahn Scholarship and Carleton
Morris Cooley Scholarship, respectively, are available in the Financial Aid Office.
EVERGREENERS IN THE NEWS
This Newsletter seeks today to clear up a constantly recurring case of confused identities.
occurred most recently with the Schemers and Dreamers Jubilee, when planners inadvertently
ft off the name of Faculty Member Nancy Taylor as one of those honored for her ten years•
service. As if the omission weren•t bad enough, we then reported her name as Nancy Allen, who
has also been on the faculty since 1971. On many previous occassions, the two faculty women
patiently report, their identities have been confused on campus by others. For the record,
then, TAYLOR is the redhead who first joined the Evergreen team as a member of the Admissions
staff in our early years and in 1971 became a faculty member in history and education. ALLEN,
a dark-haired lass, also joined the faculty in 1971, to teach literature and languages. vJe•n
try--- and we hereby ask all other Greeners to try --- our best to distinguish between our
two Nancys.
Graduate Laura Van Dilla writes she has been accepted into a two-year graduate program
at the University of-california at Berkeley to earn a single subject teaching credential in
English and her master•s degree in urban education. She was one of four interns selected for
this federally funded Teacher Corps project. All her living and college expenses will be covered by the project, one of ten in the nation which seeks to improve teaching credential programs
and education provided in low income urban areas. She ardently believes her four years at
Evergreen 11 had a great deal to do with why I was chosen, 11 she writes. 11 The strength of having
evaluations rather than grades in my transcript, my ability to work independently, my strengths
in problem solving, holistic thinking, and ny skill and ease in seminaring techniques all
contributed greatly to my acceptance into the program. 11 She concludes 11 the education I received
from Evergreen IS truly valid and extremely valuable out here in the 11 real world! 11
TUNE IN FOR SNOW REPORTS
A brief winter reminder: should the skies dump sufficient snow on us for thoughts of
osure to cross our collective minds, tune in to one of three local radio stations: KGY
40 Ar-1), KITN (920 AM) or KAOS (89.3 FM). If closure is warranted, we•n try to have word
to those three stations before 6:30 a.m.
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