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THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE

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Calendar-Newsletter
August, 1970

Volume 2, Number 8
NEWS NOTES

"You Can't Tell the Players Without a Program!" That's always been a pretty
good sales pitch at a ball park; it's also becoming literally true at Evergreen, where the movement of people—to and around the campus—continues at
a very rapid pace. The number of college employees—including those hired
but not yet on the scene—is approaching 90, twelve of whom have joined us
within the last month. The new faces:
Director of Admissions David Brown, from Howard University, Washington, D.C.
Director of Business Services Ron Hoffman, from the University of Washington.
Director of Personnel Carl J. Brown, from the State Department of Personnel,
Olympia.
Student Accounts Supervisor John Moss, from Washington State University.

Chief of Media Engineering Services Albin Saari, from the Boeing Company,
Seattle.
\s Accountant Alan Spence, from State Department of Employment Secur
ity, Olympia.
Media Services Artist-Illustrator Connie Hubbard, from Richland, Washington
School District.
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Barbara Hopkins, Clerical Supervisor, Office of the Vice President and Provost,
who most recently has been a Federal Civil Service employee at Fort Lewis.
Jan Krones. Secretary II, Office of the Deans, who previously was a secretary
for the State Department of Water Resources, Olympia.
Laurie Frazier, Clerk-Typist, Office of the Vice President and Provost, who
had been a typist for the Legislative Budget Committee.
Joanne Jirovec, Secretary to Coordinator of Media Services, who was a secretary at Panorama City in Lacey.
Jill Feeney, Clerk-Typist, Office of Director of Computer Services, who previously was a Clerk-Typist at St. Martin's College.
Meanwhile, we have a bit more elbow room now that four more temporary office
facilities—including one trailer and three modular buildings—have been readied
for occupancy. Library and media services peronnel now occupy the modular
structure adjacent to the Library Conference Trailer. Accounting and business
services operations are centralized in the two trailers behind the Probst Building. Facilities Planners remain in the large trailer. Academic operations are

located in two facilities—the deans, two faculty members and clerical support
personnel in the trailer immediately south of the facilities planning offices;
the vice president and provost, his administrative assistant, 16 faculty and
clerical staff in the largest of the two modules (Building 213) east of the
large trailers. And, the other module (Building 212) includes the executive
vice president, director of financial planning, registrar, director of admissions, director of counseling, computer services staff and clerical personnel.
Everyone else—except construction coordinators and members of the physical
plant staff—may be found in the Probst Building. Confusing? Yes! Remedy?
Take a quick tour of all the buildings and play that new Evergreen College
game called Find Your Buddy. (Right after you find yourself!)

The once serene Evergreen campus now is virtually teeming with men and equipment as the initial construction program swings into high gear. Work is progressing on six projects, bids have been readvertised on another and two others
are waiting in the wings pending program inputs and final design. Here's a
quick look at the various projects:
Library — Work by Hoffman Construction Company is 20 per cent completed with
95 men now on the job. Basement structural work is 95 per cent completed,
90 per cent of the first floor slab pouring is finished, and workmen have
begun erecting column and wall sections to the second floor. Major activity
during August will involve completion of basement and first floor structural
work and beginning construction of the second floor, including exterior walls.
To date workmen have poured 7400 cubic yards of concrete and placed 700 tons
of steel in the huge building.
Student Residence Halls — Excavation work has just been started by Hoffman
Construction Company prior to initial work on placement of foundations.
Central Utility Plant — Hoffman Company has received notice to begin work and
currently is mobilizing men and equipment.
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Site Improvements — J. D. Button Company of Olympia is moving on numerous fronts
of this mammoth project. Both ends of the utility tunnel are being dug, road
grading work is in progress, storm drainage systems are being installed and considerable earth moving for other facets of the project is under way.
Garages and Shops — Cascade-Olympic-Crowntree of Olympia has placed structural
fill in the building area and is preparing to pour foundation concrete.

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President's Residence Remodeling — Work is about 70 per cent completed, with
most exterior construction completed.

Bids for construction of the College Activities Building were readvertised
August 4 following July action by the Board of Trustees in which all bids were
rejected and redesign of the building authorized. Absher Construction Company
of Puyallup had submitted the apparent low bid of $2,289,000 on July 10 but
later withdrew the estimate after discovering an error in its tabulation.
College staff and trustees elected not to award the contract to the next low
bidder because of budgetary limitations. Consequently, start of work on the
activities building will be delayed, but the facility still should be completed prior to the college opening in September, 1971. Meanwhile, the Board
of Trustees awarded Hoffman Company a contract to construct the Central Utility
Plant at a cost of $1,491,000 after the State Attorney General disqualified
the previously announced apparent low bid of $1,421,000 by Pease and Sons of
Tacoma.

Evergreen's 1971-73 biennium capital budget request to the governor and legislature was completed July 14 so that the Board of Trustees could take appropriate action to got the 219-page, green-bound document forwarded to the
state's Office of Program Planning and Fiscal Management. Final production
of the comprehensive request proved to be an all-night affair for several
staffers—Dean Clnbaugh, Buel Brodin, Ken Winkley, Jerry Schillinger, Candy
Stamey, Irene Reese and Dottie Steere. They labored through the afternoon
and evening of J"ly .'.3 and the morning and early afternoon of July 14 on
last-minute editiiig., proofreading, corrections, final tabular inserts, typing,
copying, assembling and binding the all-important document. The entire staff
owes all of them and the dozens of others who provided inputs for the budget
request a real debt of gratitude for their efforts.

The 1971-73 capital budget request totals $36,849,928 in state monies (general
fund and state building authority) and $7,524,867 in college-generated bond
funds for a grand total of $44,374,795. The document also includes projected
requests for the 1973-75 and 1975-77 biennia: $19,704,975 (including $3,944,227
in college-generated funds) for 1973-75 and $27,184,785 (including another
$3,944,227 in college-generated money) for 1975-77. The six-year totals amount
to $91,264,555, including $75,851,234 in state funds and the balance in monies
generated by the college.
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Here's a thumbnail breakdown of the 1971-73 request (in priority order):

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Projects

Request

State Funded
Seminar Building
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Fine Arts Building
Drama-Music-Instructional
Information Services Center (Library)
Emergency Services Building
College Health Services
Shops and Garages
Central Stores and Receiving
Site Improvements, Roads and Utilities
Science Laboratories
College Recreation Center
Landscaping
Drama-Music-Auditorium
Preplanning for next biennium
Total, State Funded

7,349,079
3,283,848
4,284,992
264,500
558,638
1,536,057
738,343
991,825
4,144,054
5,564,314
3,238,860
198,000
4,446,447
250,971

$36,849,928

Locally Funded
Residence Halls
College Activities Building

3,944,227
3,580,640

Total, Locally Funded

$ 7,524,867

Total

$44,374,795

Another important "building" project at Evergreen is the assembly of materials—
books, periodicals, documents, films, tapes, etc.—for the library's openingday collection. Staff Librarian Malcolm..Stilson reports that about 30,000
shelf-ready books, or nearly 40 per cent of the opening-day number—are now in
storage in Portland following purchase and processing by Richard Abel Company.
Meanwhile, the library staff continues to. process materials either purchased outright by the college or received in the form of gifts from individuals,
libraries and other institutions of higher learning. Processing of the first
big batch of material, which had been placed in temporary storage more than two
years ago and which included 1,094 cartons of material, has just about been
completed. While all this has been going on, hundreds of other books, documents and periodicals have been flowing to the campus from various places, including a 55-box shipment received August 4 from Washington State University.
Additionally, several collections of books are in storage for Evergreen at
the State Library, Seattle Public Library and University of Washington Library.
The college has received several first editions of outstanding works, including some autographed copies, and has purchased a collection of fine printing
and first editions of books relating to the discovery and development of the
West. The latter collection is being stored with Abel Company in Portland.

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An intarssting sidelight on book processing from Stilson: "While looking
through an older book which came to us as a gift from the State Library we
found a mint condition $10 national currency note of the now-defunct National
Bank of Aberdeen. The note is now worth $30." What happened to it? "It's
now in the college archives," Stilson replies without pinpointing the exact
location. Any volunteers to help with the book processing effort?

POTPOURRI
Since this is vacation time, it seems appropriate to relate the following from
Joanne Jirovec, new secretary in the office of Media Services, who in 1962 left
for Adelaide, Australia via Hawaii, Fiji, and New Zealand with the intention
of staying for one year. The trip stretched into a fascinating two-year affair
as follows (in Joanne's words): "The trip involved doing office work in Adelaide
and Melbourne; working as a governess in a sheep station in northern South Australia; modeling in Sydney; traveling into Queensland and the Great Barrier
Reef; working in Tasmania picking apples; and working in Alice Springs, Northern
Territory, tending bar. I then departed from Australia for Europe, including
stops in Perth, Western, Australia; Djkarta, Indonesia; Singapore; Bombay, India;
Cairo, Egypt, with the destination Naples, Italy. I then hitchhiked and hosteled
through Southern Europe before picking up a car in Germany. With the car I
traveled through Northern Europe, East Germany, Scandanavia, and Great Britain
before putting the car and myself on a ship headed for New York. Drove across
the U. S. back to Washington, arriving home late in 1964." Eat your hearts out,
armchair travelers!

Congratulations to our new grandmother, Mabel Whitney, secretary to the executive vice president. On August 3 Mabel's son Bruce and his wife Hope became
parents to a bouncing eight-pound baby boy, George Seth Whitney...Vice President
For -Business Dean Clabaugh has been elected treasurer and a member of the executive board of the State Capitol Historical Society... Executive Vice President
E. J. Shoben, Jr., has been elected as President-Elect of the American Psychology
and Law Society and has been appointed to the board of directors of the American
Association of University Administrators. Shoben also has been busy on the home
front, serving as a director of Morningside and the Lower Puget Sound Development Center and as a member of the nominating panel for the new Thurston County
Urban League. And, for good measure, he recently reviewed The Changing Classroom, edited by Runkel, Harrison and Runkel, for Contemporary Psychology...
Laurie Frazier, new clerk-typist in the vice president and provost's office, is
a 1970 graduate of Eastern Washington State College, where she received bachelor's
degree in French and Education. She hankers to be a school teacher...The annual
Thurston County Fair is under way at the Long Lake Fairgrounds. Of special interest to Evergreeners is the college's booth in the main display building. The
portable booth, containing pictures, models and handout material, was designed
by Director of College Relations Bob Sethre and Coordinator of Media Services
Dave Carnahan and can be used for numerous display purposes in the coming years
...Library Assistant Tim Moffatt has become a member of the Christian Education
Planning Committee of St. John's Episcopal Church in Olympia. He also reports
that anyone wanting free firewood can get it by visiting the Moffatt home at
2022 Karan Frazier Road... Library Clerk Alice Douglas will attend a black-white
confrontation meeting at Camp Brotherhood, near Mount Vernon, August 6-8... .
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We can only hope that the luck of Dean of Social Sciences Merv Cadwallader
changes for the better. He was a guest at the Tyee Motor Inn last winter
when the big fire nearly destroyed the place. On his first day of work at
Evergreen in July, a small fire caused a lot of excitement in the college's
academic offices. And, we understand Merv's airliner had difficulties on
a flight from Europe to the United States. Oh, for those peaceful days on
the island of Hvar.

Finally, a reminder to all staffers that the Evergreen Newsletter has an
insatiable appetite for all kinds of material of general interest. If you
have information you wish circulated regarding activities in your department, meetings coming up, personal notes, etc., pass it along to Director
of Information Services Dick Nichols about a week prior to the end of each
month. Growth of our staff and the frenzy of business makes it increasingly
difficult to cover all the news bases, so we solicit your cooperation in
this matter. The more material we collect, the better our campus communications and the more likely the chance the newsletter can become a more frequent
publication.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS
(August 5-31)

Wednesday. August 5
In-House Seminar for entire staff, Library Conference Room, 11:30 a.m. <
1:00 p.m. Conducted by Dean of Natural Sciences and
Mathematics Donald Humphrey. Title: "Population
Ecology."
Charles McCann - - Meeting of Council on Higher Education Policy Committee,
Sea-Tac Motor Inn, 1:30 p.m. Topic: "Campus Unrest".
- Speech to Longview Rotary Club, 12:00 noon, Hotel
David Barry
Monticello.
- Breakfast speech, Lacey Chamber of Commerce, Red Bull
Dean Clabaugh
Restaurant, 7:00 a.m.
- Visit to Western Washington State College to review
John Moss
student accounts and financial aid accounting systems
and procedures (also August 6).
Thursday, August 6
Carl Brown

Interinstitutional Meeting of Personnel Offices, Seattle
Community College.

Friday, August 7
Dean Clabaugh
Carl Brown

Attend Interracial Seminar in Seattle (also 8, 9, 10).
Meeting with Director of Personnel, Western Washington
State College, Bellingham.
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Monday, August 10
E. J. Shoben, Jr.— Luncheon meeting on college health services with Group
Health Associates of Olympia.
Ken Donohue
— Meeting, Puget Sound Coalition for discussion of ecological education, Tacoma, 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, August 11
President's Council Meeting, 2:00 p.m.
Carl Brown
— Meeting with Director of Personnel at Washington State
University, Pullman.
Wednesday. August 12
In-House Seminar for entire staff, Library Conference Room, 11:30 a.m. 1:00 p.m. Conducted by President Charles J. McCann.
Topic: "Athletics, Sweat and Learning".
Carl Brown
— Meeting with Director of Personnel at Eastern Washington
State College, Cheney.
Thursday. August 13
Seminar on principles of fund-raising and financial development, Library
Conference Room, 10:30 a.m. Conducted by Dr. E. Lee
McLean, Northwestern University. (Also will be on
campus August 14 for small-group meetings.)
Friday. An^ust 14
Ken Winkley

— Meeting with Office of Program Planning and Fiscal
Management.

Monday, August 17
Dean Clabaugh, Denis Gurry — Interinstitutional Committee of Business
Officers meeting, Bellingham.
Thursday. August 20
Board of Trustees Meeting, Library Conference Room, 1:30 p.m.
Sunday, August 23
Carl Brown

— Attend Western Association of College and University
Business Officers workshop, Santa Barbara, California
(through August 28).

Tuesday, August 25
Jim Holly

— Attend Pacific Northwest Library Association Meeting,
Ashland, Oregon (through August 28).

Friday. August 28
E. J. Shoben, Jr.—Banquet speaker for annual symposium, Washington State
Student Services Commission, Yakima.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

SUPPLEMENT
(July 16-31)

The Evergreen State College
Olympia, Washington 98505

July 15, 1970
Thursday, July 16
Charles McCann, Dr. Shoben, Dr. Barry, Dean Clabaugh, Bob Sethre —
Meeting with Mr. Gus Angelos, Seattle Times
Education Editor at 9:00 a.at,
President's Council meeting, 2:00 p.m., Library Conference Room.
Buel Brodin

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Higher Education Personnel Board meeting, Grays
Harbor College 10:30 a.m.~12;00 noon.

Wednesday. July 22
In-House Seminar for entire staff, Library Conference Room, 11:30 a.m. 1:00 p.m. Conducted by Director of College
Relations Robert Sothre and Vice President for
Business Dean Clabaugh, Subject: "Washington
State Taxes and Evergreen's money".

Thursday, July 23
E. J. Shoben, Jr.

Speaker at the Institute for Academic Deans
at Denver, Colorado, under the auspices of
The American Council on Education.

Fridayj July 24
President's Council meeting, Library Conference Room, 2:00 p.m.
Monday, July 27
Robert Sethre

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E. J. Shoben, Jr. —

Public Relations Roundtable aiaeting, Seattle.
Visit to Washingt.os, D. C. to meet with Cctsjaission
cs Liberal Learnings Association of American Colleges, U. S. Office of Education, Department of
Labor and Old Dominion Foundation (also July 29).

Wednesday. July 29
In-House Seminar for entire staff, Library Conference Room, 11:30 a.m. 1:00 p.m. Coacktet<wl by Director of Computer Services Bob Barringer end Director of the Office of
Interinstituticnal Business Studies Denis Curry.
Subject: "Is WICBE Watching You?"

E. J. Shoben, Jr.

Visit to New York to meet Pith Rockefeller Foundation, Stern Family Fund, Carnegie Corporation, Ellis
Phillips Foundation, aud New World Foundation.

^Thursday. July 30
E. J. Shoben, Jr.

Visit to Washington D. C. to attend convention of
International Plati'ona Association.