The Evergreen State College Review Volume 8, Issue 2 (February 1987)

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The Evergreen State College Review Volume 8, Issue 2 (February 1987)

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February 1987

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Looking Back
In anticipation of FoundWhat was it like to be in
on the ground floor of an ing Festival this March,
the ReView sought out
educational experiment,
long before there was any some of the people who
could answer that quesassurance of success?
I told them I did not want departments, I
tion. Accepting invitations
didn't think grades made any sense, I didn't
think tenure as such made any sense. . . I
thought students ought to get job experience for dinner and a roundfor credit, that they ought to have plenty of
opportunity for individual study, and that
table discussion about the
faculty ought to work together.
All of that in terms just that vague. I didn't early days of Evergreen
have the slightest idea how it would be put
together into an operating college.
were 14 longtime faculty,
staff and administrators,
many of whom began
working at the college
before it opened in the fall
of 1971. Turn the page
with us and look back.
—Charles McCann

Evergreen's First President and current Faculty Member Charles McCann
peeks over photographic proof that
the campus plaza was once, Indeed,
mud and dreams. Photo by Steve Davis.

An Open Ticket to

MUD DAY MEMORIES

Founding Festival
This March 1, Evergreen turns 20 and
you're invited to the birthday party.
On that day in 1967, the 40th
Legislature authorized the establishment of a new college in southwest
Washington, the first four-year state
college to be created in this century.
In the two decades that followed,
Evergreen accomplished two things: it
survived and it succeeded. By now,
those who wonder how a small college
could merit national recognition for its
"education with a difference" need look
no further than the nearly 8,000
graduates who can attest to Evergreen's effectiveness.
Centered in the first week of March,
Founding Festival will salute the people and programs that have made the
difference during Evergreen's 20 years
of accomplishments. Between opening
ceremonies and a grand finale dance,
the Festival will offer participants exhibits, tours and receptions, plays and
performances, speeches and panel
discussions, a film festival and a
musical review. Topping it off will be
Alumni Day, which will honor
Evergreen's early graduates.

Christina Meserve 75 is a member of
the first graduating class that included
students who spent all four years of
their undergraduate study at Evergreen.
She practices law in Olympia and is a
member of the Board of Governors of
the Evergreen Foundation.

Festival will be both an exposition of the past and future, and a
reunion for the present. Most of all,
Founding Festival will provide alums
and friends of the college an opportunity to revisit campus, catch up on new
developments and experience some
quality events and exhibits.
Notes of interest:
>• A full schedule of Founding Festival
activities is on page 9.
^- A sampling of what Founding
Festival is about can be found in
stories about Evergreen's past and
future in this edition of the ReView.
>• If you're coming to the Festival from
out of town, there's information about
overnight accommodations in the
AlumNews on page 11.
For information about Founding
Festival, call the college at (206)
866-6000, ext. 6192 or ext. 6128. Don't
miss this one.

*•

"Everything they've said about the
'mud days' is true. There were just
planks laid down all over the place.
One time I stepped off one and sunk
into the mud right up to my knee. The
construction crew just laughed their
heads off.
"There was a great sense of building. Every day something was being
done. I lived in the dorms before the
courtyard was paved over. It was just a
big pool of water. Hey, we thought it
was great—we had 'choice' waterfront
property.
"The big highlight in the dorms that
first fall was when Charlie McCann
came over to our place for dinner. I
was eighteen years old and it seemed
the most revolutionary thing in the
world for the president of a college to
come over for dinner. So many people
wanted to come that we got a big
piece of plywood from somewhere and
covered it with a bedspread for a
tablecloth. We had hamburger
stroganoff and Charlie brought wine
and flowers. It was special."

Looking Back, continued from page 1

The only things we
talked about at lunch
at my former college
were department
politics and who was
going to get tenure.
At Evergreen we talk
books and
teaching—all the time.
—Charles Teske

left
February, 1971: Faculty Members Larry
Eiekstaodt mnist Fred Young, Library
Dean Jim Holly, and Faculty Member

Jack Webb.
right

Irallervllte," circa 1969.
next page, left

The February, 1971, meeting ®* planning
faculty and administrators that was an
Important step In the development of
coordinated studies. L. to r.s Faculty
Members Wllll Unsoeld, Byron Youtz,
Sid White, Bill Aldrldge and Provost
Dave Barry.
next page, right
February 1971; Academic Dean Charles
Teske (I) and Faculty Member Fred
loung.

,-•&.

The time was one evening this past
December. The place was the Urban
Onion restaurant in downtown
Olympia.1 Moderated by Mark
Clemens, Evergreen's director of Information Services and Publications, the
discussion soon evolved into an easygoing exchange of memories, ideas and
observations. Of necessity, the transcription below represents less than half
of the three hours that followed and
only a fraction of Evergreen's 20-year
history. See page 7 for participants' full
names and mini-biographies.
The conversation began with Evergreen's first president, Charles
McCann, now a member of the faculty.
As the first course was served,
Clemens asked McCann how he first
came in contact with the new college in
southwest Washington.
McCann: They asked if I'd be interested in applying for president and I
thought, I sure would.2 I mean, just
getting the opportunity to get in on
starting a new college. But it seemed a
problem at the time because there
were all kinds of things I didn't want to
see happen. I thought, if I tell them all
the things I don't want to see happen,
they're not going to want to have anything to do with me. But then I
thought, well, they're not going to
want to have anything to do with me
anyhow.
I was dean of faculty at Central
Washington State College at the time
and I figured that, with a new college
in a place like Olympia, so many people
would be applying that I'd have the
chance of a snowball in hell. So I
thought, well, I'll just tell them what I
think.
We met at the Seattle airport for the
interview in early '68. I told them what
I thought about present practices, particularly at state-run colleges and
universities, Americsnrhigher" educa"- ~
tion as a whole, and essentially what
my hopes were.
Much of it was in negative terms. I
told them I did not want departments,
I didn't think grades made any sense, I
didn't think tenure as such made any
sense, that it must be left up to the
faculty, but it would be nice to get
faculty who weren't interested in
tenure. I thought students ought to get
credit for job experience, that they
ought to have plenty of opportunity for
individual study, and that faculty ought
to work together.
All of that in terms just that vague. I
didn't have the slightest idea how it
would be put together into an
operating college

DAY MEHOB1ES

Gladys Burns has been an enthusiastic activist in community affairs
since she moved to Olympia with her
husband in 1937. She served on the
Southwest Washington State College
Committee, a group of citizens who
advocated founding a new state college in Olympia. A University of
Washington graduate, Burns is a
member of the American Association
of University Women, the League of
Women Voters and a sponsor of
Parents Anonymous.

"I was in the gallery on March 1,
1967, when the bill creating the college was passed. It was iate at night
and the place was packed. How can I
describe that moment, when it hit you
that Olympia was never going to be
the same, that Oiympia was on its
way to being an educational and
cultural center? It was absolutely
amazing."
"Evergreen's existence hung on so
many threads. The Commission on
Higher Education looked at all the
trends in education—the GIs coming
back, the rising enrollment—and said
that, clearly, the state needed another
four-year college. But by the time the
college was about to open, the tide
was ebbing. A lot of people were taking a second look. I think if
Evergreen's opening had been
delayed for one more legislative session, it wouldn't be here."

Clemens: What happened then?

Clemens: You were alone?

McCann: After that, I went back to
Ellensburg and took off my suit jacket
and sat down and had a martini and
tried to forget about it. About a day
later I got a call from one of the
trustees, Roger Camp, who asked me if
I'd like the job. I said, "I sure would."
Stupid—didn't even ask him about
money or anything.
So then it begins in Olympia in an
office in the Capitol Building. Dean
Clabaugh, the executive director, was
there, Ken Winkley had-been- hired as controller and Dick Nichols to do
public relations. It was 1968 and there
was a big to-do in Governor Evans' office, lots of flash bulbs popping and all.
After that, I was ready to go back to
Ellensburg and the trustees said, "Oh,
Charlie, there's one more thing. We've
been planning this campus and the
drawings are all set to go. We told the
architects that you, the president, have
the final say in this and maybe you'd
better go up to Seattle to do that."
This was about 2:30 on a Friday
afternoon. I went up to the offices of
architects—the Durham, Anderson,
Freed Company—and in a room about
the size of CAB 108 drawings were
spread out on all the walla The whole
thing.

McCann: Yes. The drawings looked
like Foothills Junior College. There
were little buildings all over the place
amongst the trees.
The first question I asked was how
were people going to get there. "Oh,
we haven't figured that out yet," they
said. How were people going to get
around on campus? "Well," they said,
"we'll put the roads in after we decide
where the buildings ought to go."
gfi was 1.000 acresj
asphalt. I said, "I'm really not a landuse planner, but somehow I have
serious questions about this. Before I
say yes, I'd like you to pick the three
very best land-use planners in the
United States, bring them out here,
show them the land, and what you propose. If they say okay, I'll say okay."
They lined up some absolutely top
people who came out about a month ,
later and flew over the campus in a
helicopter. They set down on the
meadow by Driftwood Road and
walked around where the Library is
now.
I told them we wanted a campus
where people could walk and where,
when they were in one place, they
could see another place and feel as
though they were somewhere instead
of always feeling that they were in between somewhere and somewhere.
The land-use people and the Durham,
Anderson, Freed people worked well
together. The result of their work is
essentially the campus we have now.

MUDDAYMEMORIES

Hanna and Jess Spielholz worked
thing to complete the area. They have
actively to bring higher education to
been members and officers of ECCO,
Olympia long before Evergreen. After
the Evergreen College Community
moving to town in 1962, they began to Organization, since it was founded in
visualize a four-year college as just the 1970.

Hanna: "We were sort of a 'germinating influence' in ECCO. It began
with an ail-women board, so I convinced Jess to join as the token male.
Evergreen brought the intellectual
stimulation of education and cultural
events to the area, but while it improved the quality of life, the acceptance of the college by the community
was tense in the early years. ECCO
members helped by serving as guides
for community groups, showing them
the campus and talking about Evergreen's philosophy of education."
Jess: "Some people had chips on
their shoulders, but if they came out to
campus and we had a chance to talk,
more often than not, they'd leave with
a good impression. Part of the reason
for that was the students in those early
years. Some had dropped out of other
colleges and some were coming after
an interval between high school and
college, but they were excellent
students. They were thoughtful and
worked well with each other. They expected more than they'd had in high
school, so they learned more and they
gave more, too."

I toid them we wanted
a campus where people could walk and
where, when they
were in one place,
they could see
another place and
feei as though they
were somewhere instead of always feeling that they were in
between somewhere
and somewhere.
—Charles McCann
Clemens: What came next?
McCann: The next job was to get people together. The first one, I know
you're all going to approve of. (McCann
extends his hand to Rita Grace and the
group applauds.)
Eldridge: So far so good.
Grace: It was real scary when I first
came to work. There wasn't a filing
system, so my desk was piled high
with papers. Being in the President's
Office, I've had kind of a channeled
experience, but it's been a lot of fun.
Evergreen has endured and gone
beyond what I ever hoped and
expected.

McCann: I figured the next most important person in getting a college
started would be the librarian. That
was Jim Holly. Then I interviewed all
kinds of people for the two vice presidents in a god-awful succession of
motel rooms all over the country. Finally, I decided on Dave Barry and Joe
Shoben, two very interesting and
dynamic people for the early years of
Evergreen.
Then, Dave and I hired the three
deans. Charlie Teske was not only going to worry about the humanities, but
how to fit in individual studies; Don
Humphrey was going to work on the
sciences; and Merv Cadwallader was
somehow going to work out how the
faculty would work together. I forget
the day the three of them came on, but
it was great to have them in the same
room for the first time.
And that's the end of my story.
That's all I ever did.
Group: Laughter and applause.
Clemens: So, at the end of your story,
you still felt you were at the beginning of something exciting?
McCann: (Just sighs loudly.)
Clemens: Charlie Teske, what stands
out in your mind from the early
days?
Teske: I was at a funeral for an Evergreen supporter recently and it struck
me that, for our 20th anniversary, one
group that we have to pay attention to
in particular are those townspeople
who not only were on the committee
for the Southwest Washington State
College, but those folks who were our

friends after that. There are a bunch of
folks who stuck with the college, including the people at Saint Martin's
who could have, in the very early days,
crushed us as competition because of
their political power in town, but did
not do so.
McCann: Speaking of that, the founding trustees—we'd be nowhere unless
they had stuck with us.
I remember before the trustees and I
hired Barry and Shoben, I went to
every one of them and said, "Do you
remember what we talked about? Do
you remember why you hired me?" and
they said yes. I said, "Well, we're going
to do it. I'm going to hire these two
guys and they're going to get directions to do it." The trustees all said,
"Do it!"
Then we got the deans and I went
around to them again. I said, "Do you
still feel this way?" "We're on the
road," they said, "go ahead."
Later I told them, "The faculty are
about to come and spend a year
planning.3 We're going to do it,
trustees." "Do it!" they said and we
started to do it.
And did they catch flack. Oh—oh—I
can imagine Hal Halvorson and Janet
and Herb and Al going back to their
hometowns, and Bink Schmidt, right
here in town.
The trustees asked tough questions,
gave us a lot of good criticism and,
most of all, they stuck with us. Those
people are the unsung heroes. They
deserve a lot of praise.
continued on page 4

1 decided i was just
going to blow them
out and teii them
exactly what I
thought. SoI did.
—Rudy Martin

! realized If I didn't
make this move?
have to shut up for
the rest of my life.
—Charles Teske

_

Photos
left
Even Mickey was in attendance for
Commencement *75.
middle
Also Commencement "75, where
students put on a parting performance.
right
Trustee Janet Tourtelotte and President Charles McCann at dual dedication and Inauguration In 1972.
next page
Governor Daniel Evans, who would
become Evergreen's second president
In 1977, In a 1973 rappel down the
clocktower.

4

Looking Back, continued from page 3

MUD PHY M E M O R I E S

Clemens: Charlie Teske, what else do
you recall about your first experience
at Evergreen?

Rita Pougiales earned an M.A. and a
Ph.D. at the University of Oregon after
graduating from Evergreen in 1972 with
27 other members of Evergreen's first
graduating class. She joined the college as a faculty member in 1979 and
has served as academic dean since
1985.

"After several years of college at the
University of Minnesota, I had no intention of coming back to school. I happened to be passing through here and
looked up Wiili Unsoeld, who I knew
from the Outward Bound program. He
looked at me and said, 'Well,
Pougiales, what are you doing with
your life?' A half-hour later I walked out
with an application.
"There's no way to live through a
year like that again. There's no way to
recreate the combination of so many
unknowns. It's similar to birth. There's
no way you can recapture it, but so
much of what you see in a child is
determined at birth. Evergreen had attracted so many people with convictions about how a college should be.
People knew it was a model that was
good. People were risk-takers and
builders. It was a very profound year."

Cadwallader.. .asked,
"What do you think
about tenure?" I said,
"Why don't we just get
rid of it?" And that
was it.

Rudy Martin: When I first heard
about Evergreen, I was a graduate student in Pullman at WSU. I had taught
high school, community college and at
San Francisco State, and I had some
ideas about what a college education
should be. I read an article about this
new college and I couldn't believe it.
But I sent for an application and they
wanted me to write an essay about my
educational philosophy.
I put it away for weeks, then decided
on a rainy, cold Sunday afternoon to
write the essay. 1 decided 1 was just
going to blow them out and tell them
exactly what I thought. So I did.
In about three days I got a phone call
from Merv Cadwallader who asked if I
could come over for an interview. I saw
Merv, Charlie Teske and Don
Humphrey. We sat around in the trailer
and talked about how I would organize
studies if I had my choice of faculty
people. What would happen if I had
spaces where I could move students
and faculty members and take folks offcampus and all this stuff. We just blue
skyed, it seemed to me, for hours. At
the end of the interview, Merv said,
"We can't do it formally until McCann
and Barry come back, but you're going
to get a contract."
So we went home to Pullman. I drove
for a while and decided I'd never get a
chance again to start from the ground
like we did here. Besides, these guys
meant what they were talking about! I
figured, what the hell, let's give it a
shot.

Tteske: I thought I was being asked out
to Evergreen as a consultant. I came
out, met the group, and the next morning I began to realize what we were
talking about was a deanship.
I'd been fighting for years to connect
theory with practice, you know,
humanistic theory and practicing the
arts. I'd also been fighting with equal
seriousness to get jazz and ethnic
music taught. In 12 years I hadn't
budged the school I was at an inch and
now here was Charlie McCann asking
me, "If you came here, what would you
do about music?"
Something else happened that day.
Charlie and Dave Barry had planned to
take me to the Olympia Oyster House
for lunch, but there was a potluck at
the same time in the trailer.4 Malcolm
Stilson was doing a play and I could
see Barry and McCann were in a corner. Should they give me a nice lunch
and miss the potluck, or was the
potluck more important?
The potluck was more important. I
went along and heard Malcolm's first
playlet, which was my first experience
of the tone and spirit of the people
working here. I never told you this,
Charlie, but if you and Barry had
skipped the potluck and taken me
downtown to lunch, I don't think I
would have been interested in this
place.
When the offer came to be a dean, I
had the feeling my bluff was being
met. I'd been making noises about
what should be different and I realized
if I didn't make this move, I'd have to
shut up for the rest of my life.
Clemens: Richard, what were you
looking for when you came to
Evergreen in 1970?
Jones: I was teaching one course, one
course, at Harvard. I used to go to
movies in the afternoon because I
didn't have anything else to do. So I
went to the dean and said, "Ah, led, I
want to do more teaching." He put his
hand on my arm and said, "At Harvard, you don't have to teach."
I want to point out that I am really
impressed with the luck—yes, the commitment and all that—but the luck that
Evergreen had. Here we had five rich,
Republican trustees who didn't know
exactly what was going to take place,
but when the chips were down, they
defended us because we were their
college.
All kinds of luck went into the place.
When I first got here, Cadwallader
knew I had tenure at Harvard. He invited me over the first night and he
asked, "What do you think about
tenure?" I said, "Why don't we just get

—Richard Jones
Clemens: You didn't come till later,
Mary, so how did you first hear about
Evergreen?
Nelson: I came from Eastern
Washington State College where I had
started the first Indian Education Program in the state. In February of '72,
we had an Indian basketball team up at
Green River Community College north
of Olympia, and we met this fellow
with a real loud shirt and lots of hair.
He talked non-stop for an hour and
convinced me that I should try Evergreen. It was the fellow sitting two
seats down from me tonight. (The
group applauds a laughing Rudy
Martin.)

MUD D A Y M E M O R I E S

Clemens: Nancy, you were here at Evergreen during the planning year, but as
a staff member rather than faculty.

Mary Lux sponsored the first bill to
establish a new four-year college when
she was a state representative from the
22nd District in 1965. The bill was not
passed, but it paved the way for successful legislation in 1967. An Olympia
resident since 1956, Lux is currently a
member of the Olympia City Council
and a psychiatric nurse consultant with
the Department of Social and Health
Services.

Taylor: I was hired in September of
1970 as an admissions counselor to go
around the state to every high school
and community college. I traveled
every day, telling potential students
what Evergreen was going to be like,
and one member of the planning faculty went with me on each visit.
Although the planning faculty had
meetings together, they still had their
individual dreams so, depending on
who I went with, there was a different
story every day. We'd go to Kelso and
Beryl Crowe would tell one story and
the next day we'd go to Tacoma and
Bill Aldridge would tell a story that
had nothing to do with the other.
It's no wonder we got students that
first year who had a great variety of
dreams and goals. In many cases, they
were responding to the individual
dreams of the planning faculty, and
that was fine.

"I've been excited about Evergreen
from the beginning—from the very first
shovelful of dirt Governor Evans dug
up that day way out on Cooper Point.
I've always felt that a community
needs to have something beyond high
school. A college can bring joy, hope,
knowledge and skills. The early controversies about Evergreen's image
never affected me. Through the years,
it's given me a good feeling to know
there are others thinking and studying
at the college who will look and see
and act in the community."

If was
friendliest,
most completely
homogeneous place
as far as faculty getting along with staff
and ewerybodf working for flie cause.
—Les Eidridge

Clemens: Which brings up a question: are the dreams still coming
true?

The students got
caught up In the commitment and passion
about the Institution
that the rest of us had.
—Larry Stenberg
Clemens: What was it like, the planning year?
Martin: It was a blur. It was so much
work and so much contact—that was
the thing that just blew my mind. So
much contact with so many people, all
the time, throughout the year. We
worked like hell and we partied like
hell.
The first time we partied at Richard
Jones' house, we were all sitting
around on the floor drinking wine and
telling stories and Jones asked Gail,
"Where are you from?" and Gail said,
"Electric City, Washington." Eickstaedt
fell down laughing. Then someone
turned to Eickstaedt and asked, "Well,
where are you from?" and he said
"Storm Lake, Iowa." We were all on
the floor then.
We were a bunch of folks with a mission and I've never been part of
anything I felt was better.

Clemens: Did the staff share the same
sense of mission as the faculty then?
Gail Martin: The sense of camaraderie
was there from the maintenance staff
all the way through the faculty. The
retreats and parties were all mixeruppers. At Sid White's doing Greek
dancing in the middle of the night,
everybody was there. But it wouldn't
be honest to say that it was the same
as what was going on in academic
life—that's where the action was.
Eidridge: We had our own action,
though. It was the friendliest, most
completely homogeneous place as far
as faculty getting along with staff and
everybody working for the cause.
There was this incredible dedication.
We've lost that as our community has
grown, although there's still that cohesion among the various branches of the
staff and faculty. But, boy, were we
ever interdisciplinary, initially.
Stenberg: During planning year, faculty and staff worked together in task
forces that formed some of the vital
elements of the college and, even that
early, student participation was seen as
essential in shaping the college.
We had students, or folks who had
applied to be students, on the first
governance task force a year before the
college opened. Five months before
school began, 45 students-to-be showed
up to work with faculty and staff on
planning the first orientation. The first
year we had our own student-run bus
service and a primarily student-run
daycare center that opened the same
day as the college. We had a studentcentered educational philosophy, so the
students got caught up in the same
kind of commitment and passion about
Evergreen as the rest of us had.

Dofobs: The most typical question I get
asked by community people who are interested in coming to school here is
"Well, it's really changed a lot, hasn't
it?" The implication is that Evergreen
has changed for the worse, that
somehow the magic has been lost.
I've had a chance to think about that
a lot, and my answer is, no, it really
hasn't changed. Some structural things
have changed, but the level of creativity and Evergreen's spontaneity are
still there. Maybe there's a little more
bureaucratic red tape, but it hasn't affected the essence of my teaching. If it
did, I wouldn't stay.
Rudy Martin: We have a good deal
less off-campus community involvement
than we did early on. Thefirstprogram I did, "Contemporary American
Minorities," was busy on campus one
day when we heard the Corps of
Engineers had dumped a bunch of concrete in the Nisqually River and the
river was cutting away the bank at
Frank's Landing. Folks just dropped
everything and took off. We worked for
a week sandbagging the river. There
used to be a lot more of that kind of activity. I think that's a loss.
continued on page 6

Looking Back: Vm& currant Ev«rgro@»
students appear to be heading Into a
time warp when these photographs
from 1969 (I.) and 1987 (r.) are placed
side-by-side. More about the 1969
photo in "Early Photos" above.

Maybe there's a little
more bureaucratic
rod tape, but it hasn1!
affected the essence
tsf my teaching. If it
I, I wouldn't stay8
Carolyn Dobbs

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Looking Back at the Urban Onion
photos by Steve Davis

Mark Clemens

Mary Nelson

Looking Back, continued from page 5

MUD DAY MEMORIES

Clemens: What else has changed
since Evergreen began?

Diana Meyer 72 moved to Olympia
from Texas in 1957. During Evergreen's
first year she was a member of the "Environmental Design" Program. She has
returned to Evergreen and is currently
enrolled in the Teacher Education
Program.

"it was a high from beginning to
end—I hated to see Thanksgiving
break come! It was the most exciting,
outrageously stimulating academic
year of my entire life. Nobody was sure
what was supposed to happen. But
that uncertainty disappeared when we
took on the real life projects of designing a park for Lacey and involvement
in the Cooper Point Association [a
community/student study and action
group dealing with intensive development plans for the Cooper Point Peninsula]. We could take on those projects
because our faculty were very flexible.
"We began the year with a retreat at
a camp on Hood Canal. The first day
and a half people were canoeing, hiking, playing volleyball and getting to
know each other. It wasn't my idea of
what college was supposed to be. So I
went to Larry Eickstaedt, our faculty
member, and said 'What are we going
to do?' He said, 'What do you want to
do?' That astounded me. In my 20
years of education, no one had ever
suggested that what I wanted to do
had anything to do with my education."

Clemens: Speaking of institutional
edifices, we present coordinated
studies, internships and individual
contracts in the catalog as an integrated package. Were they thought of
that way in the beginning?

Eickstaedt: It's ironic that one of our
strongest commitments has been to
coordinated studies. When I proposed
"Environmental Design" as a coordinated studies program for the first
year and other people proposed other
coordinated studies, Merv said, "Wait a
minute, I never intended for my idea to
be used in this way."
Jones: I think all of the planning faculty knew the kind of thing we wanted,
but didn't exactly know how to do it.
But when we heard Merv present coordinated studies, we said, "This is it!" It
was at that moment that we really
went whole hog.

Stenberg: I sense there are fewer
shifts in academic program plans once
a program begins. There seems to be
tighter planning and more focused
activity in programs, which may limit
spontaneity, but I'm wondering to
what extent this has actually occurred.
Jones: Some of us who have been doing it for so long, it gets to be very
routine. It wasn't routine at first—it
was brand new.
laylor: Remember the first year,
Richard, when we got all the students
together in March and said, "What do
you want to read Spring Quarter?" and
120 students decided what we would
read. That does not go on now.
Marr: Something else needs to be
mentioned. What makes a good program is faculty who teach not simply
the results of their disciplines, sort of a
residue of answers, but who teach
students to ask questions. Then you
get an academic community that is
committed co inquiry rather than simply coming up with frozen conclusions, I
can spot the difference between that
way of teaching and the other way in
five minutes.
Nelson: I think the college has
changed for the better, for the most
part, but when Lynn Patterson was
made the first woman dean at Evergreen in 1974,1 remember this memo
coming around that began, "Now that
we have charm and beauty in the
Deans," and I thought, "What the hell
is this?" But I think Lynn's appointment was a breaking point in how all
you gentlemen (Nelson looks around
the room) looked at women and the
deanship. Certainly, Lynn and Barbara
Smith and the other women deans have
proved themselves to be capable.5
leske: Another difference is the makeup of the student body now. It may be
that we're getting foxier in certain
ways about teaching, but part of it is
that the student body is not nearly so
pugnacious or ornery as it tended to be
initially.
Trout: Here's a pugnacious and ornery
student. I'm almost 20, so that makes
me almost the same age as the college.
I've found you can do anything you
want at Evergreen, if you're gutsy
enough. While Evergreen has changed
my life, it's because I've been assertive
And Evergreen has changed my life to
a point where it will affect who I am
for the next 60 years. Just thought I
should tell you...
Tteske: That is real scary.
I was walking through the Communications Lab the other day and I
looked at a wall that was once a pencil
mark you could erase from a piece of
paper. Now there's this two-foot thick
thing that would cost so many
thousands of dollars to tear down.

Charles McCann

Rudy Martin

Tteske: Mark, we knew that early on,
after a meeting in February of 1970.
On that day we planned the college. We
met at 8:30 in the morning. Charlie
started with a statement about what
there was going to be and not going to
be. Then Merv Cadwallader introduced
the idea of what came to be called
"coordinated studies."
The point is, we knew we were going
to be doing things like that. We knew
we were going to have something like
cooperative education and something
like individual contracts. We knew we
were going to have coordinated studies,
or something like them, and that was
going to be the newest and most difficult thing.
We interviewed for that when we
were hiring faculty. If they didn't know
what we were talking about, forget it;
if they did, then we began. That was
why Rudy got asked that question,
"What are you going to do and with
what kind of team?"
Jones: I wasn't at that meeting, but I
know that Merv thought of his coordinated studies concept as something
for only a small fraction of the
students. After Merv presented his
idea, though, Don Humphrey said,
"Well, if it's good enough for 100
students, it's good for the whole
school." That was the crucial moment.

Nancy laylor

Gall Martin

Clemens: Some people wondered
about that and the other new ideas
Evergreen had for a while, though,
didn't they? Even though the college
was successful from the start and increasingly so as time went on, there
were doubts about its effectiveness.
Was Evergreen ever in any real
danger of closure?

Larry Stenberg

Les Eldrldge

MUD DAY MEMORIES

First-year students Charlie Stephens
78 and Becky Leibmann '77 met while
they were students at Evergreen. They
live in Qlympia with their two children,
Dinah, age 3, and Walker, age 1.
Stephens is a shellfish grower and currently works as a Resource Technician
for the Soil and Water Conservation
District. Leibmann, a former librarian for
the Washington State Library, reports
that she's a "full-time mom these days."

Becky: "Being 18 and never having
experienced another coliege, it took
me a while to realize Evergreen was
different. When the first brochure said
'We'd like to think of ourselves as a
schoo! without walls,' I didn't know that
that wasn't normal. Or when signs
were posted up that first December
that said '26 tons of books are here!
Let's get them on the shelves!,' I didn't
know that that wasn't a normal way for
colleges to get things done.
"But then we had an all-campus
meeting in Lecture Hall One and there
were a lot of people expressing concern and worry for the way the college
was going. That's when I started to
think how fragile Evergreen was and
appreciated the risk transfer students
were taking to come here."

Charlie: "The first self-evaluations
were so painful. It was nothing but
'mea culpa, mea culpa, mea culpa.'
One of the main things students had to
learn was how to take off the hairshirts.
"I transferred to Evergreen from
another college where classes were
pretty regimented. It was so refreshing
to come here—like walking out into the
clear sunlight after being in a smokefilled room. I was in the 'Evergreen Environment' program and was in the
first group to do studies of the Evergreen Beach. The first clam I ever held
was at Evergreen.
"That was real pioneering—even
getting to town was a major challenge
during the first year. I wo, ked on the
Bus DTP and it was a real big deal
when the first bus came out to college
that spring. Olympia City Manager
Eldon Marshall came out, and all the
students were there to greet the first
bus. The newspaper was there and
there were free tickets for everybody
for the first day."

Names Mentioned
during the Evening
In order of appearance.
Roger Camp: see footnote #2. Dean Clabaugh,
who died in 1980, became the college's first permanent employee when he was named executive
director in October, 1967. Ken Winkley is now
Evergreen's associate vice president for Development and Administrative Services. Dick Nichols
left Evergreen in 1976 and is now coordinator of
corporate relations for the southern division of
Puget Power. Jim Holly retired as dean of
Library Services in 1975. Dave Barry, who served as provost and academic vice president from
1969 to 1974, is currently at Dickinson State College in North Dakota. Joe Shoben, executive vice
president from 1969 to 1973, is now with University Associates for Continuing Education, a
California consulting firm. Don Humphrey,
academic dean through 1973, was made a faculty
member emeritus upon his retirement in 1984.
Merv Cadwallader left Evergreen in 1976 and is
currently executive assistant to the president at
the Union of Experimenting Colleges and Universities in Ohio and president of the Alexander
Meiklejohn Foundation in California. Halvor
Halvorson and Bink Schmidt: see footnote #2.
Malcolm Stilson, Evergreen's original reference
librarian, retired as librarian emeritus in 1985,
but remains a volunteer worker for the Library.
Sid White, Beryl Crowe and Bill Aldridge: see
footnote t3. Lynn Patterson and Barbara
Smith: see footnote #5.

Footnotes
The Stavens-Lelbmann Home: (I. to r.)
Charlie Stephen* 78, Walker, Becky
Leibmann TT and Dinah.

. . . if it's done right,
it's possible for the
dream to become real
and survive.
It's been surviving
pretty well for 20
years now.
—Charles Teske
Eldridge: Rumors of our demise were
greatly exaggerated. The highest vote
the House ever cast for any reduction
in Evergreen's budget was 34 votes out
of 98. Usually it was around 16. Some
legislators took us on because we were
a cheap shot, a few votes back home.
But the legislators who cared about us
saw Evergreen was an experiment that
was succeeding.
Johnson: One of the most serious
times was when our enrollment was
down.6 But we had a lot of people
pitching in. Faculty and staff made a
real commitment to help solve the
enrollment problem. It was a real team
effort.

Larry Eickstaedt

Charles Teske

Clemens: We're about to break up and
I want to thank you all for coming.
Let me ask one more question,
though. This March there will be a
celebration. What are we celebrating?

Tfeske: When I was interviewing for
the deanship, Dave Barry asked me for
a statement of my philosophy. I think I
wrote it in four sentences. The fourth
one was—yeah, everyone is having big
dreams about changing education, but
every once in a while if it's done right,
it's possible for the dream to become
real and survive.
It's been surviving pretty well for 20
years now.
Stenberg: I think there's a belief we
share, but don't talk about much.
Evergreen has remained unique on a
number of levels, but underpinning it is
the belief that the college has a
cultural and educational destiny.
Somehow we have sustained a collective energy to work toward that belief.
It shifts, but it exists and it gives
energy back to people.
The bottom line on what we've been
talking about this evening is that
teaching and supporting and participating in the learning process is at the
core of Evergreen. How many windows
you have in your office is not important, your rank is not important, how
much money you make is not
important.
Learning is important.

David Marr

Jim Johnson

Edited by Mark Clemens and Keith Eisner, and
transcribed by Pat Barte, Office of Information
Services and Publications; recorded by Ruth
Nichols, student, Media Services; photographed
by Steve Davis, Photo Services.

The Urban Onion Players
Except for Polly Trout and Les Eldridge, all the
discussion participants are current faculty or staff
at Evergreen. They are listed in the order they
were seated, followed by their current position,
the year () they were hired, and other positions
they have held at the college.
Mark Clemens, director of Information Services
and Publications (1981)
Mary Nelson, member of the faculty (1972)
Charles McCann, member of the faculty (1968);
president, 1968-1977
S. Rudolph (Rudy) Martin, Jr., member of the
faculty (1970); academic dean, 1973-76
Nancy Tbylor, member of the faculty (1971);
admissions counselor, 1970-71
Gail Martin, vice president for Student Affairs
(1971); director of Career Planning and Placement, 1973-85; member of the faculty, Learning
Resources, 1971-72
Larry Stenberg, director of Community and
Alumni Relations (1970); dean of Student Enrollment Services, 1970-85
Les Eldridge, Thurston County Commissioner
(1983-present); director of Financial Aid and
Placement, 1971-74; assistant to the president
and director of Community Relations, 1975-82
Larry Eickstaedt, member of the faculty and
academic advisor (1970); academic advisor,
1978-81 and 1986-87
Charles leske, member of the faculty (1970);
academic dean, 1970-75
David Marr, member of the faculty and academic
dean (1971); academic dean, 1984-87
Jim Johnson, director of Computer Services
(1970); manager of administrative computing,
1983-85; systems analyst, 1970-82
Rita Grace, administrative assistant to the president (1969)
Carolyn Dobbs, member of the faculty (1971)
Polly Trout, current student; co-editor of the
Cooper Point Journal, Fall Quarter, 1986
Richard Jones, member of the faculty (1970)

Rita Grace

1. Formerly known as the Lunchbox and then the
Herb & Onion, the Urban Onion is co-owned by
Jim Mead, a '73 alumnus, and his wife, Debi, who
is currently enrolled in Evergreen's Teacher
Education Program.
2. "They" were the five members of Evergreen's
founding Board of Trustees: Vancouver banker
Roger Camp, Spokane contractor Hal Halvorson,
Tacoma banker Al Saunders, Tumwater businessman Trueman "Bink" Schmidt, and Seattle
community activist Janet Tburtelotte. Tourtelotte
was appointed to replace Mary Ellen McCaffree,
a state representative from Seattle who was ruled
ineligible to serve on the board because her
status as a legislator was deemed a conflict of
interest. Camp died in September, 1968, and was
replaced by Herb Hadley, a Longview-Kelso
businessman. Schmidt died in 1979, after his term
as a trustee. Appointed by Governor Evans, the
trustees met for the first time on August 30,
1967, and chose Schmidt as chairman. They
selected Charles McCann from among 200 applicants to be Evergreen's first president in August,
1968.
3. The planning faculty, also known as the founding faculty, of whom 18 were hired for the 1970-71
planning year. In addition to Rudy Martin,
Larry Eickstaedt and Richard Jones, members
of the planning faculty who are still teaching at
Evergreen are Bill Aldridge, Richard
Alexander, Richard Brian, Beryl Crowe, David
Hitchens, Will Humphreys, Bob Sluss, Fred
Tabbutt, Sid White, Al Wiedemann and Byron
Tfoutz. Bob Barnard and Jack Webb have since
left the college, while Fred %ung and Willi
Unsoeld died in 1974 and 1979, respectively.
4. The library "trailer," where potlucks and other
functions were held during the planning year, was
actually a prefabricated building. Evergreen's
first campus consisted of two prefabs, one trailer
and a building already on the site that had been
previously used as a slaughterhouse. Administrative offices were located in the latter, which was
known in some circles as the "Chop Shop."
5. Women faculty members who have served as
academic deans at Evergreen: Llyn De Danaan
(previously Lynn Patterson), 1973-76 (1971);
Jeanne Hahn, 1978-80 (1972); Elizabeth
Diffendal, 1981-85 (1975); Barbara Smith,
1978-present (1978); and Rita Pougiales (Class of
72), 1985-present (1979).
6. After welcoming its first 1,121 students (FTE)
in the fall of 1971, Evergreen's enrollment climbed to 2,496 in 1976 before dropping to 2,198 in
1978. Last fall's student body was the largest
ever with an enrollment of 2,838.

Carolyn Dobbs

Polly Trout

Richard Jones

compiled by Keith Eisner '79
Information Services
An anonymous group contract in "Time
Travel Along The Evergreen Continuum" concluded Fall Quarter by
building a time machine. The contract
allowed the ReView to use the machine
(constructed out of recycled materials
and fueled by methane) to transport
seven Greeners to March 1, 2007, the
40th anniversary of the college's founding. Here are some of the things they
saw.
Alice Patience '80
Administrative Secretary to Vice
President Sue Washburn
"There are the tallest trees I've ever
seen in my life. They dwarf the buildings. They completely encircle a tiny
Red Square. There are a couple more
buildings. The clocktower's still there
and, yes, the time is still wrong. Aircraft are coming in and landing behind
the trees. There're lots of people.
They're wearing layers and layers of
clothing. They still don't quite fit into
the way society is right now.
"Evergreen is much wiser and older.
The kinds of issues everyone is dealing
with involve the rest of the world and
the universe. Classes are not really
'classes,' but centers where things happen. There aren't any typical courses.
There isn't something that's strictly art
or strictly science—it's intermeshed
and all very important to the world.
Students aren't just going to the woods
on field trips, but to the stars."
Dave Campbell, Senior
Coordinator of the Services and
Activities Fee Review Board
"The college is a lot more stabilized in
terms of knowing itself. The enrollment is at 4,000 and holding. The student body represents a mixed and
widespread age group and there are
more people of color.
"Student energies are directed
toward environmental planning, recycling and recreational activities. There's
a real struggle to save the environment. Worldwide, that struggle is in its
most crucial stage.
"A wellness program is going strong
and cultural/ethnic diversity is in its
prime. Although there's a strong need
for specialization, a broad-based liberal
arts education is recognized as essential and Evergreen's approach to education is even more highly-sought.
"My older self is here to celebrate
the college's 40th Anniversary of the
Founding Festival, and Evergreen is
known as the Harvard of the West
Coast."

Campbell

Joseph dander, President
"The 'how' of our teaching style is very
similar to what we have in 1987. The
'what' has increased and diversified.
There are many more subjects being
explored. New ones include Puget
Sound and Northwest studies, advanced marine biology, artificial intelligence, ethics of meta-public policy
and new approaches to nutrition,
health and cross-cultural learning.
"I see more of an ethnic mix. There
are a lot more students of color and
more diverse age groups. The enrollment is right around 5,000 students.
Students will have their own representative governing mechanism.
"Educational technology is very advanced. It's possible to conduct classes
through telecommunications. Students
can attend a lecture or seminar in their
dorm rooms. There are more graduate
programs and they're organically
linked to our undergraduate offerings.
We might be a university.
"Evergreen has a tremendous new
presence in Pierce County. Nationwide,
the college is looked upon as a shining
light for liberal arts reform.
"Finally, an Evergreen alum is a candidate for governor of Washington.
Bacchi ball has surpassed all other
spectator sports and Evergreen has a
world-class bacchi ball team."
Russ Fox, Faculty Member
"The trees are bigger. There are more
people—4,000 students—and more people of color.
"Although the structure of the curriculum is a little different—studies are
organized in macro-packages—the
learning energy of the place is much
like it is now. There's a seriousness and
a restlessness to find new directions.
"Most of the original faculty have
retired. A lot of alums have come back
as faculty. They've brought a lot of new
excitement, ideas and energy.
"DTF's have been replaced by
something more like guilds. There are
a lot of organized groups of staff,
students and faculty. There's not just
one voice for each group, but we also
don't have 5,000 individual voices making policy either.
"Evergreen is much more of a hub
for exchanges of information. The
Washington Center for the Improvement of the Quality of Undergraduate
Education has expanded. The kinds of
things that the Washington Institute
for Public Policy does have also increased. All the things we do are more
solidly integrated.
" The Mariners are in Sacramento
and the first Evergreen graduate has
made it into the big leagues. She's
started a new wave of players becoming their own agents and she's persuaded three teammates to enroll at
Evergreen in a telecommunications
program called Sport in the Public
Interest."

Evergreen "futurists" Polly Irout and Alice Patience.

Steve Hunter '79
Director of Research and Planning
"There's lots more traffic. We have an
enrollment of 5,000 students. There's a
real increase in people of color—over
40% of the entering class of 2007 is
made up of people of color. There are
more older students (we have a strong
Weekend College program). There are
new dorms and the Communications
Building is covered with ivy.
"The college is full of the same kinds
of turmoil we know now. People still
question traditional values and hearken
back to Evergreen's 'good old days.'
People read the Strategic Plan of 1986
with a chortle.
"The role of computers and increased
technology has spread across the curriculum. Students are even more deeply involved in environmental studies
and there's a strong move toward an international curriculum. The 'Great
Books' program is still here, as is close
faculty-student contact. The fundamental objective remains unchanged—an
emphasis on learning how to learn.
Evergreen is an urban campus. The
city of Olympia has expanded and surrounded the campus. The external community sees us a valued feature of
their lives. Our history of innovation
has been tested and refined.
"The administration is invisible.
People do much of their work at home
on personal computers. The need to
keep in touch has caused a reemergence of the Evergreen potluck."
Polly Trout, Junior
"There are twice as many buildings,
15,000 students and less trees around
Red Square. Seminars are happening in
one-room circular buildings out in the
woods.
"It's an exciting time. Evergreen has
withstood the test of time, and come
back to a point in its cycle where we're
uncovering a lot of values that have
been shunted aside. There're much less
computer sciences and business studies
and more studies in humanities,
philosophy and religion.
"The student body is made up of
more diverse minority groups, less
families, less kids and more single
people. There're also more political and
environmental activists. Radicals from
all over the country are going to school
here.

"There's more campus housing and
more on-campus businesses catering to
students. There's less need for students
to go into Olympia for their needs.
We're more insulated.
"There are two student newspapers.
The CPJ represents more conventional
journalism, while an underground
newspaper has emerged.
"Interdisiciplinary studies and
seminars are happening across the
country. Evergreen is radical not
because of 'how' it teaches, but 'what'
it teaches—a wholistic and spiritual
way of knowledge. A renaissance of colearning is taking place."
Margarita Mendoza de Sugiyama
Special Assistant to the President for
Affirmative Action
"I see lots of color around Red Square,
like flags. There are a lot more people.
There are drummers and dancers. The
dancers and several of the drummers
are black. There're still Caucasian kids
with long hair and no shoes. Up on the
knoll, there's a multi-ethnic seminar
group.
"The soul of Evergreen consists of
folks being calm and comfortable with
themselves. Diversity is accepted. It's
not a big deal, yet it's valued. Diversity
is demonstrated in what appears in the
menus, and in lots of different
languages being spoken.
"Seminars are very integrated. People are very different, but all a part of
the whole. There's a lot of energy, a lot
of disagreeing. But it's not a struggle
so much as a searching, a sacred place
where each person's world view is
valued. I hear someone in seminar expressing herself in song and another
using a different language.
"There's a sense of tension. It's not
hostilty, but an expecting, a wanting—
that kind of tension, 'ibu see many
faces with that 'Ah-ha!' expression.
Faculty are not just acting as guides or
leaders, but are sparking these Ahha's' in students and others.
"Just before I go back to 1987,1 look
at the totem of the woman drummer in
front of the loop. She's beautiful. She
has a feather in her hair and her drum
is almost new. She's cared for and she's
welcoming. She has company.
"Her story is there on a plaque. But
it's not just a plaque. It's like a time
tabloid that takes us back to where she
comes from. It's a story of the land
before Evergreen and a story of the
present and the future."

Olander

Hunter

Mendoza de Sugiyama

Governor
Proposes
for Evergreen
Governor Booth Gardner's budget
recommendations for the 1987-89 biennium incluJe additional funds for Fvergreen. Much of this funding, however,
will depend upon increased state
revenues.
One recommendation for Evergreen's
Operating Budget calls for increasing
enrollment by 100 students in each
year of the biennium, which would put
Evergreen's student body at 2,800
FTE for 1988-89. The college would
also be able to hire five new faculty
members each year. The Governor's
Capital Budget is highlighted by the
inclusion of construction of a campus
multi-purpose/recreational center and
the remodeling of the Lab Annex to
create appropriate work space for the
fine arts.
Other budget items of interest to
Evergreen include additional money
for minority recruiting and increased
funds for instructional equipment and
maintenance Also included in the
budget recommendation is $400,000 for
the Washington Center for the Improvement of Quality of Undergraduate Education; $300,000 to establish a
regional center for the National Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Sciences;
and $300,000 for a Labor Research
Center.

National Faculty
Picks Evergreen

Festival Schedule of Events
All alumni, students, faculty, staff and community members welcome. Times and places are subject to change. A final,
updated program will be available in February. For more information, call (206) 866-6000, ext. 6192 or ext. 6128.
Preview Events

Wednesday
March 4

Thursday
March 5

Friday
March 6

Saturday
March?

Saturday, February 21
8p.m.
The Boys of the
Lough, a Celtic
ensemble at the
Washington Center
for the Performing
Arts in downtown
Olympia.

9-10 a.m.
Formal Opening
Ceremonies with
President Olander and
an invitation list that
includes Governor
Booth Gardner,
Washington's U.S.
Congressional delegation, state legislators,
and other dignitaries
from the city, county
and Evergreen.
Friends of the college
from campus and community are cordially
invited. Gala reception to follow.

9 a.m.-noon
Academic Program
Presentations.
Reports, panels and
lectures by students
about their studies in
current programs and
Evergreen

9 a.m.-noon
Academic Program
Presentations

Noon-3:30 p.m.
Alumni Day and
luncheon with President Olander, including seminars on the
future of Evergreen
and recognition of
early graduates

Noon-2 p.m.
Alumni Panel on
"The Evergreen
Experience"

Evergreen has been chosen as the site
of the first regional center of the
National Faculty of Humanities, Arts
and Sciences.
2-5 p.m.
Noon-2 p.m.
4-5:30 p.m.
The Atlanta-based organization
Monday,
February
23
Academic Program
Panel
of
early
faculty
Musical review of
works to improve the quality of
Opening
of
four
Presentations
members
on
"EverGeoduck History by
teaching with the assistance of scholars
archival
exhibits,
green:
Past
Present
Malcolm
Stilson
from colleges and universities around
8-11
p.m.
(1)
historical
photos,
and
Future"
the country. Evergreen Faculty
Film Festival of
(2) documents and
5:30-6:30 p.m.
Member S. Rudolph Martin Jr. and
memorabilia,
alumni
work
(from
Alumni Reception
2-5
p.m.
Karen Munro of Olympia will coor(3)
posters
and
artstudent
years).
Academic
Program
dinate the regional facility.
work, and
6:30-9:30 p.m.
Presentations
The National Faculty was organized
(4) alumni artwork
Banquet with past
in 1968 by a number of organizations,
11
a.m.-4
p.m.
and
current presi7:30-9
p.m.
including the National Endowment for
Friday,
February
27
Campus-wide
Open
Keynote
Speech
by
a
dents
and a salute to
the Humanities, the American Council
8-10
p.m.
House
and
Tours
of
major
academic
'
the
college's
eras of
on Education, and the American CounEvergreen from
Philadelphia, String
accomplishment.
speaker (tba)
cil of Phi Beta Kappa. Its goal is to
Quartet at the
Science Labs to the
provide opportunities for elementary
Washington
Center
Steam Tunnels
9 p.m.-l p.m.
and secondary teachers to work on
for
the
Performing
Grand Finale, Big
expanding educational techniques.
Noon-2 p.m.
Band, Gala Dance
Projects are planned by local commit- Arts in downtown
Founding
Faculty
Olympia.
tees of parents, teachers and school adPanel "1970-71
ministrators and designed to increase
Revisited"
teachers' understanding of their subjects and make them more effective in
8-10 p.m.
the classroom. If, for example, a NorthStudent production of
west school district develops a project
hit
musical, "Barnum"
to improve the way writing is taught, a
National Faculty member will spend as
much as two to three years working
Founding Festival Banquet and Dance
Take a Stroll Down Geoduck Lane
with the district's teaching force.
Since its founding the National
By reservation; $25 per person
.. .and step back in time. Twenty years of Evergreen
Faculty has conducted more than 600
Saturday, March 7
history and happenings.. .the issues, the programs, the
such projects nationwide. A humanities- Banquet, 6:30-9:30 p.m., Library 4300
events, the people—will be packed into Twenty Years of
based program has started in FairDance, 9 p.m.-l a.m., Library Lobby,
Making a Difference, a special commemorative publication
banks, Alaska, and a program for SeatSecond and Third Floors
the college is producing for Founding Festival. Valuable for
tle teachers is set to begin soon. Tentaits contents alone, Twenty Years will be a high quality,
tive plans are underway for EverNumber in party.
56-page publication you'll want as a natural Geoduck
green's regional center to host a sumkeepsake.
x $25 = Total $ _
mer institute for teachers focusing on
You can get Twenty Years for $6.50 if you order now
subjects such as English, math, science
(price
includes $1.50 for postage and handling). Booklets
Name
and foreign language.
will be mailed in March. Send your order and payment to:
The regional center at Evergreen
Commemorative Booklet, CAB 214, The Evergreen State
Street
will develop projects in school districts
College, Olympia, WA 98505.
throughout the Northwest and recruit
City, state, zip.
faculty members to serve as resources
Name
from the region's colleges and univerPhone (h)
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sities. Funding for the program is proStreet
vided by private sources and governReturn this form no later than February 20 to President's
mental agencies. Governor Booth
City, state, zip.
Office,
Library 3109, The Evergreen State College,
Gardner has pledged to support the
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center as part of his push for educaNumber of copies.
with
your reservation. Pick your tickets up at the main
tional excellence in Washington state.
entrance of the Library Lobby on the night of the banquet
@ $6.50 each = $ .
. total
and dance, Saturday, March 7. For more information, call
(206) 866-6000, ext. 6192

Receptions Keep Alums
in Touch
Five recent informal receptions across the country have kept Evergreen alums in touch with the
college and helped renew enthusiasim for the
work being done on campus.
"I came away very excited and wished all faculty and staff at Evergreen could have attended the
reception," says Vice President for Development
and Administrative Services Sue Washburn, who
attended a November 19 reception at the Long
Wharf Marriott in Boston. "Our alums are doing
interesting things in very special ways, ways that
have the Evergreen touch. Faculty and staff
would be proud of the work they've dona"
In addition to Boston, receptions have been
held in San Francisco, Anchorage, New York and
Los Angelea A Seattle reception is scheduled for
February 18 (see related story) and receptions in
the Washington, D.C., and Vancouver-Portland
area are being planned.
More than 40 Greeners turned out for the
Boston reception representing graduates from the
Class of 74 to the most recent, the Class of '86.
"They wanted to know many things," says
Washburn, "like how Evergreen has changed;
what's happening on campus; what issues are in
the CPJ; what DTFs were in existence; the status
of academic programs, old and new; and how their
friends on the faculty and staff were doing."
On December 2, alums from as far away as
Pennsylvania defied heavy wind and rain to join
President Joseph Olander and Director of
Development John Gallagher in New York.
Friendlier weather greeted the same twosome
when they met with 25 alums in San Francisco on
November 13. Another 25 alums gathered with
Washburn and Gallagher in Los Angeles on
December 11. Coordinating the Boston reception
were Amy Walter '81 with support from Julian
Baker '79, Ibm Baiderston '80 and Ellen
Daffron '81. A Geoduck "hurrah" for their work
co-hosting receptions in their areas goes to
Regional Representatives John Hennessey 77
(New York), Margaret Birnbaum 78 (San Francisco), and Martina Guilfoil 79 (Los Angeles).

Alumni Association
Seeks Board Members

Class of 1973

Class of 1977

Class of 1981

Dan Swecker and Debby Steelhammer Swecker,
Rochester, WA, own and operate a fresh water
salmon farm and have a fish processing plant in
Olympia where they package and process pansize
salmon.
Marc O'Connor, Washington D.C., has received
his A.A. degree in computer science from
Mongomery College and now works for ABSS
Inc. as an operations specialist evaluating nuclear
energy.

Ralph Seeley, Bremerton, WA, reports he is making a pretty good living as a reporter and columnist for The Bremerton Sun. "For whatever it's
worth," he says, "I entered my columns in a fivestate contest last year against the largest papers,
and beat everyone but the Seattle Times!'
Mary Burg, Olympia, WA, received her master's
degree in resource geology and wetlands management from the University of Washington and is
employed as a wetlands ecologist by the Washington State Department of Ecology.
Michael Mills, Anchorage, AK, has been reappointed to serve another term as municipal
ombudsman for the City of Anchorage.
Brad Pokorny, Brockton, MA, after seven years
as a general assignment reporter for The Boston
Globe. Brad is now the new science and
technology reporter and will cover that news for
the Globe's weekly section. He and his wife are
expecting their first child. He is currently enrolled in a part-time master's program at Harvard
University and hopes to get his master's of liberal
arts in government in about two years.

Bruce C. Watson has recently completed U.S.
Army basic training at Ft. Leonard Wood, MO.
David Geist, Friday Harbor, WA, is working as a
hatchery technician at Wescott Bay Seafarm on
San Juan Island where he also raises baby
oysters and clams. David writes, "This past year I
took a leave of absence and put about 50,000
miles under my belt in travels and reckless excitement and finished the trip in Norway as a consultant to the establishment of Norway's first oyster
hatchery."
Janet Bent, Olympia, WA, has been hired as the
first director of the Lewis County Head Start
program. She helped obtain an Early Childhood
Education Assistance grant from the state of
Washington and her program now serves 84 lowincome four-year olds.
Dan Gorham, Ketchum, ID, is the editor of the
Wood River Journal in Ketchum.

Class of 1974

by Christina Koons Baker, President, and Val
Thorson, Second Vice President, Alumni
Association Executive Board
If you want to be a part of building Evergreen's
growing Alumni Association, now is your chance
to become involved. Nominations are now open
for positions on the board for the 1987-89 term.
To make a nomination, you may use the ballot in
this issue of the ReView and mail it to the Alumni
Association Office, CAB 214, The Evergreen
State College, Olympia, WA 98505. You may
nominate yourself or another alum. All nominations must be confirmed by the nominees before
their name will be placed on the ballot, which will
be printed in the spring issue of the ReView.
What do Board members do? Their primary
duty is to initiate, plan and evaluate all activities
of the Alumni Association during their terms. In
the past those activities have included regional
events such as alumni receptions, the Greener
Gathering at Super Saturday and a variety of
workshops and meetings. This year the Board has
been helping plan alumni events for the Founding
Festival in March. Board members also represent
the Association on the Board of Trustees, the
Evergreen Foundation Board and participate in
fundraising efforts on behalf of the Association
and Evergreen.
Board members are expected to attend quarterly meetings of the entire Board, including a funfilled annual retreat, serve on Board committees,
and participate in Association activities. Because
this is a working Board, members who miss two
consecutive quarterly meetings may be subject to
removal.
What do Board members receive in return for
their efforts? Experience in team leadership, opportunities to renew old friendships and make
new Ones, and a chance to return some of the
benefits they received from their alma mater. The
contribution of each member is truly important to
Evergreen.
Think it over. If working on behalf of a lively,
fun and developing organization appeals to you,
then place your name in nomination.

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The Evergreen State College
Alumni Association
Board of Directors
Nomination Ballot For 1987-1989
I nominate
to Evergreen's Alumni Association Board of
Directors
Signed
Date
Nomination ballots should be returned to:
The Evergreen State College Alumni Association
CAB 214
The Evergreen State College
Olympia, WA 98505
Deadline for nominations is March 15, 1987
New Board members will be elected by mail-in
ballots which will be included in the spring issue
of the ReView. We ask that you read the accompanying article in the ReView to be sure Board
membership fits with your needs, interests and
other time commitments. Thank You.
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David Mozer is the director of the International
Bicycle Fund and recently appeared on the Voice
of Kenya current affairs television program to
present a segment on the history of bicycling in
Kenya and to encourage bicycling in that country.
The International Bicycle Fund is a non-governmental, non-profit organization which promotes
bicycle transportation, economic development,
international understanding and safety education.
The IBF sponsors numerous bicycle trips worldwide. David can be contacted at 4247 135th Place
SE, Bellevue, WA 98006-1319.
Mary McCann, Seattle, WA, is working for EBI
Services, a new self-insured representative for
Workman's Compensation. She is singing again
and has had some gigs in Tacoma with lacoma
Community College. She will be singing in
February with the Thalia Symphony in Seattle.
Bill (William) Hirshman, Aachen, West Germany, is now married and has been studying in
Germany. Letters can be forwarded by writing to
4239 Regent Square, Philadelpia, PA 19104.
Susan A. Feiner, Williamsburg, VA, and her husband had their first child, Lisa Eaton Roberts in
June 1985. Susan has had a number of pieces
accepted for publication including one in the
Cambridge Journal of Economics. She has also
been appointed to direct the Committee for Race
and Gender Balance in the Economics Curriculum at Cambridge.

Class of 197©
Frank Greif, Seattle, WA, has
rejoined Wright, Runstad and
Company to market their
various properties, mainly in
downtown Seattle. He is a parttime faculty member at
Highline Community College, a
trustee of the Seattle Public Library, and serves
on the board of directors of the Council for
Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect.
Daniel J. Mahoney, Spokane, WA, recently
earned his master's degree in school administration and curriculum design and is teaching a math
course at Whitman College, teaching a fourth and
fifth grade combined class at Willard Elementary
School and has completed an administrative internship to get his principal's credentials which
he hopes to have by June.
Sandy McCulloch Duncan, Seattle, WA, is continuing to teach developmentally-delayed children
and assisting their parents in coping with the
challenge of a child with a developmental disability. She and her husband, Jim, enjoy their sailboat and would like to invite old friends to go sailing with them. You can reach Sandy during the
day at (206) 7474004.
Karen Goidman, San Jose, CA, received her
master's of science degree in technical communications from Drexel University in Philadelphia
last June and moved to "Silicon Valley" to begin a
technical writing job with IBM. She says it's good
to be back on the West Coast after eight years in
the east.
Kay Boyd, Olympia, WA, has been appointed the
The Evergreen State College's Board of Trustees.
See story on page 11.

Glass 01
Kathie McCarthy, Seattle, WA, is completing her
master's degree in psychology at Antioch and is
doing therapy work with people who are
chronically mentally ill. She is continuing her
massage work and is spending the summers in
Amherst, MA, working with Bonnie Bainbridge
Lohers in body-mind centering.
Meiany Harris Chapin, Lawai, HI, after traveling the world with the Loma Linda Overseas
Heart Team as a registered therapist in
respiratory care, has settled down in Hawaii
where she found time to finish writing and illustrating a children's book which she began at Evergreen. She also studied genealogy and took a
course in Hawaian ethnobotany. "I often think of
the great people I knew at Evergreen and know
that each will do nothing but contribute to the
betterment of our country and world," she writes.
Bill Ferris, New York, NY, has opened an advertising photography studio in New York City
called DiMicco/Ferris Studio.
Russell James Fleming, San Antonio, TX, has
been selected to appear in the listing of Outstanding Young Men in America, who are honored for
outstanding civic and and professional contributions to their communities.

Class of 198®
John Beauchamp, Germantown, MD, is currently
working full time as a systems analyst at Arbitron Television Ratings (where he has just been
promoted into a new Micro Applications Development Department) to help fund his company J&B
Studios. Beauchamp shoots, prints, frames and
sells his photographs through J&B, calling the
finished products "Phosphenes." He spent most of
his time at Evergreen in Computer Services
where he was one of a small group of people pursuing computer animation. He was an assistant to
Frankie Foster 77 and Rick Speer 76 at the
first and second International Computerized Film
Festivals at Evergreen. He will be working with
Foster again at the next SIGGRAPH Conference
in Los Angeles.

Class of 1981
John McLaren, Seattle, WA, says Rainier
Hasenstab's "Environmental Design" program
and the ^Energy Systems" program were great
preparation now that he's working on his master's
degree in architecture from the University of
Washington.
Stuart Stotts and Sara Obern won the Rodale
Organic Gardening Magazine's "Garden of the
Year" contest in the Small Garden Category.
Stuart continues his musical career, surviving the
release of his first record "Good Friends." Sara
works as a counselor with special needs children.
They were both part of the "As You Sow" program in 1979 and Sara was also caretaker at the
Organic Farm.

Class of 1983
Russell Alan Potter married Karen Lee Carr '84
in September, 1985. The marriage of Russ's
parents was erroneously reported in a previous
ReView. Russ is currently a teaching assistant in
the English Department at Syracuse University
in New York and is working for his master's
degree.
Tim Mukahey, Cincinnati, OH, is working as an
assistant to a commercial photographer. Tim
writes, "It's a great job and I really enjoy myself.
Thanks to Evergreen, my background studies in
photography have made this all possible. Keep up
the good work."

Class of 1985
John F. Lysak was awarded a scholarship to continue studies in fine arts on the graduate level at
Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA in
lithography and print-making.
Judith A Morrison, Bremerton, WA, is presently
working for Olympic Community College as a
program coordinator for several after-hours programs at nearby military installations.
Correction: Tbm Walton of Los Angeles, CA, is
not Tbm Watson as was mistakenly printed in the
Fall ReView.
Cliff Missen, Seattle, WA, has recently returned
from Liberia where he worked to bring fresh
water to tribes in that country. See photo, next
page.

Class of 198®
Martin W. Staley, Seattle, WA, is curently
employed as an industrial engineer with the
Boeing Company's Military Aircraft Division.
G. Scott Provost, Chicago, IL, says he is happily
employed as a research technologist at the
University of Chicago.
Kelly Stapleton reports she has secured a job
with Microsoft in Bellevue, WA. "Once again
those Greener connections landed the job," she
says. "Currently there are at least three alums
working at Microsoft."

The Evergreen ReView
Editing: Mark Clemens
Writing: Keith Eisner, Ken Balsley,
Christina Koons Baker, Chris Shaw,
Larry Stenberg, Val Thorson and Sue
Washburn
Graphic Design: Brad Clemmons,
Marianne Kawaguchi and Shirley
Greene
Photography: Steve Davis, Woody
Hirzel and TESC Photo Services

The group that challenged Mt. Kongur,
Including Evergreeners Pat Dllllngham
and Nancy Goforth, at far left, and
Suzanne Hopkins, fifth from left In the
front.

Plan Ahead
for Greener Gathering
It's not too early to begin planning for the
Greener Gathering, set to coincide with Super
Saturday this June 6. If you're planning to
journey here from afar, the Alumni Association
will be happy to assist you with your travel plans.
Let us know your name and address, where
you're traveling from, your length of stay and
other pertinent information. If we receive enough
interest, we'll try to get reduced rates using the
services of Faculty Member Gordon Beck, who is
also a registered travel agent. Drop us a note to
Alumni Relations, do Travel Package, CAB 214,
The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
98505.

Evergreen
Challenge Himalayas
It's not as far as you might expect from
the serene campus at Evergreen to the
wind-swept reaches of the Himalayas.
Three Evergreen graduates were part
of an all-women's team that attempted
to scale China's 25,325-foot Mt. Kongur,
and pulled upon their Evergreen experience to help in the process.
Making the climb were Fat Dillingham '80, Nancy Goforth '78 and
Suzanne Hopkins '81, one-third of a
nine-member team. Last July, the team
trekked to rugged Western China to
face a mountain which had stymied
four of the five previous expeditions
mounted against it.
"My experiences at Evergreen really
laid the groundwork for my involvement," says Dillingham. "It reinforced
the qualities in me that allowed me to
take the risk. What I learned at Evergreen, such as working in seminars
with groups of individuals, translated
into the same spirit and teamwork
needed for mounting a climb of this
type."
The expedition had to turn back at
21,000 feet because of illness, the
threats of avalanche and bad weather.
Although Mt. Kongur was conquered
by a British team in 1981, four
previous expeditions had failed, including one Japanese team which
disappeared on the mountain that same
year. Dillingham has mixed emotions
regarding the decision to turn back.

"I feel really lucky about the whole
experience and privileged to be part of
such a group," she says. "I'm elated
that we all came back safely. On the
other hand, I'm disappointed that we
didn't maker it to the top. We had high
expectations and our failure to reach
the summit has been harder to handle
than I'd expected."
A native of Tacoma, Dillingham
became involved with a women's
mountain-climbing group while she was
at Evergreen. After graduating, she
worked with Outward Bound, which
uses wilderness experiences to teach
young people team building and selfconfidence.
Upon leaving that job a year ago,
Dillingham collaborated with other
former Outward Bound employees to
start Executive Ventures Group, which
offers team building arid leadership
training to executives and managers,
"Evergreen's experiences helped me
make the decision to go into that
business as well," she says. "Taking
risks was always part of Evergreen."
Dillingham says she may do some
climbing in Peru in the near future but
has no plans to attempt a climb of the
magnitude of the China expedition.
"Elation and disappointment are part
of the whole ball of wax," she says.
"The longer I'm back, the better I feel
about the climb. I look forward to the
next expedition so I can put into practice what I learned on the slopes of Mt.
Kongur."

Classical World lour

Scheduled

An opportunity to study art history, archaeology
and the history of Roman civilization is on tap
when the Alumni Association offers a 14-day noncredit travel program in conjunction with an
Evergreen summer program, "Classical World
XIII." Set for July 26 to August 8, the lecture
tour will be conducted by Gordon and Libbie
Beck, Evergreen faculty and staff members,
respectively. The Becks are experienced world
travelers who have conducted similar tours in the
past. The lecture tour begins in Pompeii and
makes its way through Naples, Rome, Tivoli and
Vatican City. For more information, a detailed
itinerary and program description, contact Gordon Beck at Library 1601, The Evergreen State
College, Olympia, WA 98505.

Fundralsing Workshop
A one-day workshop on the fundraising methods
and policies of Evergreen will be held from
noon-4 p.m. on Saturday, February 14, at the
Organic Farmhouse. Evergreen Director of
Development John Gallagher will facilitate the
session for members of the Alumni Association
Board of Directors and the Evergreen Foundation
Board of Governors. The workshop is designed to
inform and motivate board members about fundraising possibilitiea Any alumni interested in attending should contact Gallagher at (206)
866-6000, ext. 6565, or Ly!e Tribwell '77 at (206)
754-4548.

Volunteers Vital

,

Volunteers are the lifebiood of the Alumni
Association. If you would like to offer your
talents, energy and time for Association events,
we want to hear from you. If you're interested,
we'll need some information, such as how to get in
contact with you, what you're interested in doing,
any special talents that you might have and, of
course, your name. It's as simple as contacting
Lyle Tribwell '77, Volunteer Coordinator, Alumni
Relations, CAB 214, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA 98505.

Info network idea Aired
Do you find yourself wondering what's going on
now at Evergreen? Do you feel left out since
you've left campus? Would information that was
once available to you, such as the Newsletter,
Catalogs), Evergreen Times, Evergreen Expressions or the Cooper Point Journal be interesting
and helpful to you now?
We're working on an idea that could grow into
an information network and perhaps even an
Evergreen Press to serve as a publishing vehicle
for Greeners. We'd like your ideas on the subject.
Drop a line to Alice Patience '80, Library 3127,
The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA,
98505. We'll let you know the results in a future
issue of the ReView.

& Place to Stay
During Founding Festival
If you're planning to come to Olympia for
Evergreen's 20th Anniversary party in March,
the Alumni Association has reserved a block of
rooms for you at the Governor House Hotel in
Olympia.
The rooms are available at government/corporate rates of $38 for single and $44 for double
occupancy. Rooms must be reserved two weeks in
advance and you should identify yourself as an
Evergreen Alum or Friend of Evergreen. After
the two-week deadline, rooms will be available on
a first-come, first-served basis.
Make your reservation by contacting the Governor House Hotel, 621 South Capitol Way, Olympia, WA 98501, phone (206) 352-7700. A confirmation of your reservation will be sent to Christina
Koons Baker at the Alumni Office. Make plans to
join us for Founding Festival—a special time at
Evergreen.

Classics Alive at Ewsrcjreen
All Quiet on the Western Fronts-Art, Literature
and Music: New Beginnings
Silent Spring—Political Ecology
Frankenstein— Society and the Computer
Inherit the Wind—Evergreen Environment X:
The Nature of Natural History
Grapes of Wrath— Introduction to Climatology
Uncle Tom's Cabin— Inventing America:
Advanced American Studies
Madame Bovary—French Culture
Walden and Other Writings—Enviromental
Philosophy

Seattle Reception Reminder
by Val Thorson
Second Vice President
Alumni Association Executive Board
If you are an Evergreen grad living in the Seattle
area, you were recently mailed an invitation to an
event especially for you. On February 18, Evergreen President Joe Olander, a host of faculty and
other Evergreen dignitaries, and members of the
Alumni Association Board of Directors will be on
hand to welcome you to the Alumni Association
Reception for Seattle-area alums.
The reception will give you a chance to meet
President Olander and find out more about
Evergreen's Strategic Planning process with its
visions for the future of the college. %u'll also
have a chance to visit with faculty and staff
members as well as learn more about the activities and plans of the Alumni Association.
The reception will be held Wednesday,
February 18, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Northwest
School, 1415 Summit Avenue (near Summit and
Union on First Hill). Refreshments will be
served. Parking is available at the school, which
is also served by several Metro bus linea All
Evergreen grads are urged to attend.

Alum Becomes
Evergreen
Trustee
Kay Boyd '76 of Lacey,
becomes the first Evergreen graduate to have a
seat on the college's
Board of Trustees. Boyd
was appointed to her
position by Governor Booth Gardner in
November and attended her first board
meeting on December 10.
"I feel very good about being the
first Evergreen graduate on the
Board," Boyd saya "It's an honor and
very exciting. It's an unusual opportunity." Boyd says she could bring a
different perspective to the position.
"I've lived Evergreen. I have the
essence of the college experience."
Boyd is an intergovernmental
assistance unit manager for the
Washington State Department of Community Development. She is also
deputy mayor of the City of Lacey.
The new board member doesn't take
her seat without some experience, as
she chairs the board of trustees of
Black Hills Community Hospital and is
president of the Thurston County
Economic Development Council. "I've
had lots of experience with policy
boards," Boyd says, "and hope to carry
that over to my responsibilities at
Evergreen.

X X X X X X X X X X X X X

Evergreen Alumni Association
Mini-Survey
In response to ideas presented by several Board
members at the Fall Retreat, the Alumni Association is gauging the amount of interest in the compilation and distribution of an Evergreen Alumni
Directory. You can help us by answering any or
all of the following questions and returning the
form to: Alumni Relations, c/o Survey, CAB 214,
The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
98505.
1. If a directory were compiled, what information
about yourself and other alumni would you like to
see included?
D Phone Numbers
Q Goods and services available
D Occupations
D Bed and breakfast availability in other
alums' areas
D Photo
D Most recent adventure
D Future travel plans
D Other

2. How much would you be willing to pay for the
Directory (to cover printing and distribution
costs)?
D $3 or less
D $5-10

D $10 or more
To help us save steps, please include an example
of what your Directory item would include.
Assume no limitations, we need your input for
this Directory to work. Thanks for your help.

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Winter, 1987

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February, 1987; Volume 8, Number 2
Published by the Development Office
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Evergreen is
Calling
When your telephone rings on a chilly
February evening, be sure to answer
it. It could be Evergreen calling during
the eighth annual Phone-A-Thon. From
February 4 to 25, more than 150
volunteers—students, alumni, faculty,
staff, Foundation Board members and
friends of Evergreen—will be calling
nearly 8,000 alums and parents all over
the country.
In addition to asking for your financial support, our callers will want to
know about you. The Phone-A-Thon is
our way of keeping in touch. We'll let
you know what's happening on campus
and you'll have a chance to bring us up
to date on what you've been doing
since last year's Phone-A-Thon.
In the 1986 Phone-A-Thon, pledges
topped $27,000. The target for 1987 is
$30,000. Money raised will provide
scholarships, student research and
special projects, and assist with library
acquisitions.
We hope you'll look forward to our
call in February. We're looking forward
to talking with you.

Phone-A-Thon Coordinator Eleanor Dornan 78 will raise high the torch of
telephoning In recognition of Evergreen's 20th anniversary during PhoneA-Thon this February. Photo by Steve
Davis.

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