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THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE
Calendar-Newsle t ter
June, 1971
^ Archives
The Evergreen State College
Olympia, Washington 98505
Volume 3, Number 6
NEWS NOTES
BUDGET RECAP
The 1971 State Legislature adjourned May 11, leaving behind an Evergreen operating
budget which is down $420,684 from the amount finally recommended by the governor
and the totals approved by the House and Senate before the budget measure went to
conference committee. The final operating total includes $8,536,102 in general fund
money and $1,114,279 in local funds for a total of $9,650,381. Of that amount,
$399,000 was earmarked for later allocation if enrollments are met, but the governor
vetoed that action, freeing the money. The final budget total ignores $70,000 to
$100,000 which will have to be contributed to fund the college's share of public
employees retirement systems. As far as the capital budget is concerned, Evergreen
received an appropriation which includes reappropriation of unexpended 1969-71 biennium construction funds, $256,000 in local funds for architectural pre-planning and
$444,000 in general fund planning monies for the seminar building and phase two of
the laboratory building. In case of the latter projects, the idea is to get drawings
in proper order so that funding may be requested from the 1972 special legislative
session. Legislative action also provided $2.7 million in the highways budget for construction work on the Evergreen Parkway. The appropriation will allow construction
of a half interchange on Highway 101 just north of Kaiser Road, with an overcrossing
to discharge southbound traffic. A four-lane overpass will cross the Old Shelton
Highway, with the access then narrowing to two lanes. It is hoped the Parkway can
eventually be expanded to four lanes.
As far as the new operating budget is concerned, the next step involves the internal
allocation of the dollars available for expenditure in the next two years, a process
that must be completed before July 1. Complete details about the procedures to be
used will be issued soon by Vice President For Business Dean Clabaugh.
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS
Three more persons have signed contracts to become members of Evergreen's faculty for
the 1971-72 year. The appointments are effective September 15, reports Vice President
and Provost David Barry. One of the new faculty—Nancy Taylor—is no stranger here
since she's been an Evergreen admissions counselor since last September. (On second
thought, because of her wide student recruiting travels, she's sort of a stranger,
but we all know her anyway.) Nancy's new designation is Member of the Faculty (history
and education). Initially she will serve as internship coordinator for the Human
Development Coordinated Studies Program. Other new instructors are Peter Robinson
(political science) and Margaret (Peggy) Dickinson (arts). Robinson, a native of
England, has been an instructor of international affairs, Latin American studies and
Western Civilization at Lewis and Clark College in Portland since 1970. He formerly
taught at Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida. Mrs. Dickinson currently is completing work on her master's of arts degree at Huraboldt State College, Arcata, California. She is a former laboratory and teaching assistant at Stanford University,
a private ceramics teacher in Palo Alto, California, and in 1965 served as a field
observer for the Fiji Museum in the Colony of Fiji Islands. She is a potter and
weaver and has exhibited her art works in numerous shows, galleries and cultural
centers in Northern California.
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Meanwhile, one new faculty member—Torn Meschery, former Seattle Supersonlcs professional
basketball player, has been given a leave of absence so that he can accept a Peace
Corps assignment to set up a basketball program in Venezuela,
The faculty recruiting program is now in its final stages, Barry reports, with just
a handful of new appointments to be made in the next few weeks.
FINANCIAL AIDS DIRECTOR.NAMED
Le_s ter^ JJ._ Eld ridge, who has been Director of Financial Aids and Placement at Edmonds
Community College since 1970, will become Director of Financial Aids at Evergreen on
July 1. A native of Seattle, Eldridge received a bachelor's of art degree in history
from the University of Washington in 1965. He served as Assistant Director of Financial
Aids at the U of W from 1966 to 1970, when he moved to Edmonds, Eldridge is past president of the Washington Financial Aids Association and is Vice President of the sevenstate Western Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. In addition to his
financial aids duties at Evergreen, Eldridge also will carry initial responsibilities
in the areas of placement and development.
Announcing Eldridge*s appointment,Dean of Developmental Services John Finley said,
"He will help generate funds for the sup-port of needy students, administer funds for
that program as received from federal, state and private sources, and work with students
in the handling of their grants and loans. He also will serve as an educational officer
by helping students develop a greater degree of personal financial sophistication and
responsibility."
Eldridge and his wife Jane are the parents of two children, Patrick, 4, and Katherine,
20 months.
Welcome aboard to several new employees who have joined Evergreen in recent weeks. New
staff include YvejsJDuj/ej^las (library multi-media specialist), John Rohan (air distribution systems inspector for Plarvt Operations), J_ira_J3ilB£Sn. C™^- carrier for Business
Services), Jim_Pruske (library receiving clerk), CJia.rlotte__Smi£h (secretary to Dean
Charles j'eske) , and Eileen Jphnson (secretary to Dean Merv Cadwallader) .
And, two personnel changes that should be noted: Jji-L_Kr_ori££s w^o has been serving as
secretary for all three academic deans, now is secretary for just one — J25£L^4IS2.!:iS.^ •
AJjx:e_J3ougJ_a_s, formerly a library clerk, has transferred to the controller's office,
where she is now an accounting assistant, Her main assignment is in the area of
student accounts.
ACADEMIC PLANNINC
Plans are moving ahead for the June 13-20 Planning Conference, designed to give new
and holdover faculty an opportunity for further fine tuning of 1971-72 academic programs.
The conference also will serve as an orientation gathering for new faculty and a community building effort for all participants. The week-long conference will, begin at
the University of Washington's Pack Forest southwest of Mount Rainier National Park.
-3After four days, the conference participants—including some staff members'—will
move to the Evergreen campus for three final days of work.
Final assignments of new faculty to Coordinated and Contracted Studies will be made
prior to the start of the conference. This will enable groups of faculty to do
specific program work and plan summer reading and study schedules so that all
academic gears will mesh next. fall.
ADMISSIONS PROGRESS
Director of Admissions Davi-d_Brown reports that the admission of high school seniors
and transfer students into Evergreen's first student body is about complete. Brown
says, "It is clear that we will easily meet and perhaps exceed our mandated opening
enrollment of 1000 full-time equivalent students. We expect to have a statistical
breakdown about total applications, numbers of students by class rank, etc., once
the admission of high school and transfer students is completed," Meanwhile, the
recruitment of part-time students from the local area will continue for the next
several months. College staff, members of the Evergreen College Community Organisation and other volunteers have blanketed the Olympia area with copies of the PartTime Studies Bulletin, Additional information about part-time opportunities will
be circulated throughout the community later.
LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS
The number of items in Evergreen's opening-day library collection continues to grow
daily. Library staff are about ready to order about 2100 books recommended by Choice
Magazine, published by the American Library Association. This pushes the hard-bound
volumes total nearer to the 75,000 target.
The Media Processing Unit has now ordered more than 10,000 items for the opening
collection, including the recent purchase of about three dozen. 16 •millimeter films.
Staff and faculty have been previewing films since last September and their evaluation cards have been carefully reviewed with some rather specific criteria in mind.
Most of the movies on hand next fall will be rented from .several of the state's largest
film collections.
Another area of interest involves the acquisition of some 1,300 pictures, including
reproductions of famous paintings, contemporary posters, historical photographs and
photographic portraits of well-known persons. These items, to be located in the
library's Art Room, will be placed in flexible frames so that users may remove them
from the library. Pictures will be fully catalogued, classified and represented on
the shelves by both color and black and white microfiche.
LIBRARY GJTFT
The Olympia Chapter of the Delta Delta Delta women's fraternity has donated $50 to
Evergreen for placement in a gift fund used for the purchase of library materials,
Fraternity members asked that the gift be used for purchase of taped recordings of
contemporary artists reading their own works and for purchase of materials relating
to Mayan architecture. In announcing the gift, Mrs._ S lade Gorton, immediate past
fraternity president, said, "We hope this will encourage other organizations and
individuals to help Evergreen expand Its library collection. It's one way that
local residents may take an active part in the development of the college." Dean of
Library Services Jjy?lJ^ol]Ly_ pointed out that the acquisition request, would be honored
and the source of the donation designated by placement, of special bookplates on the
materials purchased with the gift. "Private contributions are always welcome because
they give us funds that provide a margin of excellence in the addition of special
materials that otherwise could not be purchased," Holly said.
BOARD OF TRUSTEjS_ ACTION
Evergreen's Board of Trustees held two meetings during May, both mainly concerned
with the problem of an~eampus housing not only this fall but in succeeding years.
The second meeting resulted in trustee approval of an emergency resolution authorizing the lease of modular-type structures to provide up to 150 additional on-campus
student living spaces by opening day. The. resolution authorized the college staff,
in conjunction with the State Division of Engineering and Architecture, to negotiate
with firms which specialize in modular buildings. Negotiations will determine which
lease or purchase arrangements will be. most advantageous from the standpoint of costs
to both the college and students. President Charles__McCann had told trustees that
the demand for on-campus housing—based on deposits paid by admitted students—already
has exceeded the 450 spaces provided in the student residence halls and may go as
high as 600. He further said that housing in Olympia won't take up the immediate slack
and that private developments near the campus aren't likely before 1973. After approving the emergency resolution, trustees postponed any decision about possible
privately-financed, on-campus living quarters until more precise future enrollment
and housing demand information becomes available.
Earlier in the month., the Board of Trustees formally awarded an $800,30? contract to
J. D. Button Company of Olympia for site improvements and landscaping work; awarded
library and residence halls furniture contracts totaling $362,950 (-;-95»804 below
budget); and approved a design contract for a 48~by~8G-foot addition to the shops and
garage facilities.
BROWN NAMEDJTOJ30MMISSION
Admissions Director Bjavid_Brwn, though new to the state, has received some special
recognition by being appointed as a member of the Washington College Conference
Committee of the Washington Council on High School-College Relations. The Council
is designed to help inform high school students about, opportunities in the accredited
public colleges of Washington and the accredited private; colleges of both Washington
and Oregon. The nine-member College Conference Commission coordinates the program,
prepares and circulates a schedule for the approval of participating high schools,
carries on the correspondence necessary to actuate the program, and offers advice and
aid to conference hosts and participants, Membership on the commission includes
representatives from five public and private colleges and universities, two community
colleges and two high schools. Brown, former Acting Director of Admissions at Howard
University, Washington, D. C., became Evergreen's first Director of Admissions last
August 1.
HONORARY ALUMS
Creation of an Honorary Alumni Association was announced May 28 by President Charles
MeCjmn. Named charter members were Governor Daniel J. Evans; members of the 1967
Legislature, which authorized Evergreen; members of the 1971 Legislature; and Thurston
and Mason County residents who served on the Southwest Washington College Committee,
which successfully promoted Olympia as the site for the college.
President McCann said, "Creation of this honorary association will serve two basic
purposes. First, it provides Evergreen with a means of expressing its thanks to a
number of people who have been interested in and supportive of the developmental
phase of the college. Second, it serves as one way in which we can reinforce our
commitment that Evergreen will truly be a statewide college." Additional honorary
alumni will be named in the future.
All charter members received personal letters from the president and a certificate of
membership In the association. Governor Evans received his certificate from President
McCann in brief ceremonies in the chief executive's office May 28.
DANFORTH WORKSHOP
Evergreen will be one of 24 colleges and universities represented at the 1971 Danforth
Workshop on Liberal Arts Educated, scheduled June 20-July 7 at Colorado College,
Colorado Springs. Evergreen's workshop team will include Dean of Humanities and Arts
Charles,Teska, faculty members Wi11 Humphreys and Jack Webb and Director of Information
Services gick Nichols.
The Danforth Foundation has sponsored a workshop every summer since 1957 as a part of
its effort to strengthen higher education in the United States. The central purpose
of the workshop is to provide an opportunity for intensive study and discussion of
ways and means for Improving the quality of liberal arts education at the undergraduate
level. The workshop provides faculty, students and administrative officers an opportunity to join in serious and unhurried discussion of the large issues of educational
policy—the issues which transcend a single discipline, a single institution, a single
country.
One of the major resources of the workshop program is the group of ten to twelve
seminars designed to provide a structure for the discussion of selected problems of
concern to colleges and universities. Several seminars are given over to problems
of pedogogy and administration; others focus on interdisciplinary topics or frontier
developments in particular fields.
The Danforth Foundation, which pays workshop costs for all participants, was created
in 1927 by the late Mr. and Mrs, William H. Danforth. It focuses its activities in
two major areas, education and urban affairs, with primary concern placed on people
and values.
OTHER CONFERgNCjS^_E_TC.
Vice President and Provost David Barry was one of several educational leaders who
participated in a two-day symposium May 19 and 20 at the Center For the Study of
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Democratic Institutions at Santa Barbara, California. Barry first was a member
of a discussion group responding to a proposal about undergraduate education as
it relates to man and his environment, He also participated in a seminar entitled
"The Church and the Revolutions in the World" conducted by Bishop John E. Hines.
He than traveled to the University of Texas at El Pasof where he spent two days
serving as an institutional consultant during a review of the curriculum, governance
structure and administrative organization of the universities undergraduate and
graduate programs. His visit to UTEP was sponsored by the American Institute of
Biological Sciences.
Barry has been invited to speak during the third plenary session of a Fulbright Conference to be held at the. University of Washington. June 15-18. Barry will serve as
the conference's final speaker on June 17. Topic of the conference is "The University as Organizer of Social Change."
And, he also has been chosen as a participant in "Issues in College and University
Management", a one-week seminar sponsored by the Ford Foundation Program for Research
in University Administration. The seminar will be held at the University of California
at Berkeley July 18-24.
Meanwhile, Evergreen faculty members will participate in some other important meetings
and conferences. Al jji edema nn has been selected as a team member for a workshop in
the Audio-Tutorial System for College Teachers of Science at Purdue University
June 20 to July 16. The workshop is sponsored by the National Science Foundation,
WiljLi Unsojej-d will attend a National Education Conference sponsored by the Friends
Council of Education in Philadelphia June 17-23. And ^dj£__Ma_r_tin will represent Evergreen during a June 6 and 7 educational conference at Alderbrook Inn. The conference
will be sponsored by the state's Council on Higher Education.
Dean of Library Services Jiro_H£lly_ will participate in the American Library Association's
annual meeting in Dallas June 16-26. He will serve as a discussion leader for a preconference meeting on undergraduate libraries. Holly is a member of the ALA Council.
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KAREN RILEYft.PPOINTEDrOAglSORY
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OUNCIL
College Services Assistant Karen_Ji.ley_ has been appointed by Governor Daniel Evans
as a member of the State Advisory Council on Vocational Education. Her three-year terra
began May 11. Karen presently is a member of Evergreen's Financial Aids staff. The
council to which she was appointed serves as an advisory board to the State Division
of Vocational Education. The councilfs major responsibilities include assistance in
the agency's efforts to write a state plan for vocational education and evaluation
of the agency's programs.
Following is another in the series of Newsletter articles designed to help acquaint
members of the community with some of the varied jobs that are necessary to keep
Evergreen functioning. This month's article is about the college's physical plant.
Informational and editorial assistance supplied by Director of Plant Operations IDon
Parrv:
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The functions and responsibilities of Plant Operations cover a very broad area,.
including such things as general custodial services; provision of utility services;
care of grounds, streets, road, sidewalks and parking areas; operation of the aotor
pool; collection and disposal of waste; rodent control; plant protection by watchmen and firemen; traffic and parking control; swimming pool maintenance; key control;
and alterations, additions and modifications of existing facilities. In other words,
Plant Operations is the place to call for correcting a temperature control problem,
getting keys, checking out a college car, erecting a bookshelf, and hundreds of
other jobs. People may not realize that, although Evergreen *s buildings are new, a
large staff will be needed to keep them In top condition —'Supervisors, maintenance
technicians, custodians, groundsmen, utilities operators, watchmen, firemen, equipment operators, etc. Although none of these people contributes directly to the formal
academic program, they do play an important part in providing necessary services to
the instructional side of Evergreen.
Evergreen's Plant Operations Department is closely linked with Facilities Planning
so that there is maximum coordination in the planning, design, construction and ultimate maintenance and operation of college facilities. We feel this close relationship
is very healthy and has provided us with buildings that include many positive maintenance features which otherwise would not have been possible,
Plant Operations is split into several sections:
!• inBil§-§Fi£S ~ 2ob_Strecker is the Plant Engineer and is responsible for the
engineering Input for new building projects as well as maintaining records and files
for use by operating personnel. Bob's responsibilities include an overview on remodeling projects that might be undertaken on the campus, including extension of utilities and assistance in the solution of operating problems that may develop within
existing structures.
Maintenance - Harrv_01son is Building Maintenance Supervisor and with
assistance from a crew of maintenance technicians and custodians, is responsible for
the upkeep and operation of all structures and varied utilities. We have established
a somewhat unique position with our maintenance technician classification, in which
one category of worker will provide labor required for all forms of maintenance and
construction work for the college. Such positions as electrician, plumber and carpenter
will "be combined with many others under one job title. Trade categories will include
at least the following: carpenter, electrician, machinist., plumber, pipefitter, locksmith, sheet metalist, and temperature control operator. At this point, we have
identified 52 different families of jobs that these maintenance technicians will perform. We feel that this multi-vocational approach is very appropriate for an institution emphasizing Interdisciplinary studies.
3- Utilities - Tej£_Cornjush is Utility Production Supervisor and is responsible
for the operation of the heating plant, which includes two steam boilers and two chillers
that provide all heating and cooling for permanent campus buildings. Tex keeps an eye
on the electrical substation and water pump station and also monitors utility costs
charged to the college by various supplying agencies.
**' Operations - If the budget allows, we will hire an operations supervisor who
will be in charge of motor pool and ground maintenance.
One interesting feature of Plant Operations involves a rather unique Central Monitoring. System housed in the utilities plant. The system— one. of the first of its kind
to become operational in the Pacific Northwest — is a semi-computerized method of checking on fire alarms, security, maintenance and environmental control from a central
location. The system operates by exception. In other words, if everything is running
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-8sinoothly you get no reports on the control panel and nearby printer reader. If
something goes wrong—'perhaps an Incorrect room temperature, an electrical failure
a dirty air filters, a malfunctioning pump,, an improper water level somewhere,
trouble with an air compressor, etc.—an alarm sounds and you gat a printout about
the nature and status of the problem. This helps isolate the problem and either
correct it from the control panel or send technicians right to•the source of difficulty. The savings in time and man hours will be tremendous. Though only semicomputerized at this stage of Evergreen's development, the system can be fully
computerised when, future growth and service demands become more sophisticated.
If everything is working properly, the maintenance and operations program will be
carried out in such a way that most people on campus won't even know that Plant
Operations is here. The goal of satisfying everyone and annoying no one will be
difficult to achieve, but we intend to try our best.
While interviewing 2ffi~ESJZZ» tne Newsletter stumbled across some interesting statistics
about the college's physical plant, Would you belive .....
***That the utilities tunnel is more than one-half mile long?
***That there are more than two miles of sanitary sewer lines on campus?
***That there are more than five miles of water lines?
***That each of those big storage tanks will hold one million gallons of water?
***That there will he about five acres of carpet to sweep in first-phase buildings,
most of it in the library?
***That there are 6,000 light fixtures and about 30,000 four-foot lamps in the
library alone?
***That someone or many someones have to clean and maintain them?
And,, are you ready for this?
***That the two boilers in the Central Utilities Plant will heat enough water to
brew 140,600 cups of coffee per hour?
***And that Evergreen's coffee drinkers could give them a run for their money?
How, where would you be if you didn't know all that?
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As even a casual observer can tell, Evergreen's buildings are really beginning to
take shape as the inexorable opening day draws nearer. Here's a brief project-byproject monthly report from the office of Facilities Planning Director Jerry
Schilllnger;
— 78 per cent complete, with 122 workmen on the job. Crews have
completed all structural work on the building and have begun working on windows,
glazing, partitions, ceilings and stairways. Work on the stairways and clock
tower is expected to be completed during June.
Lecture Halls;— 50 per cent complete, with 42 men on the job. Structural steel
roof members have been installed and forming and pouring of architectural concrete
walls continues forming and pouring of stairways, entrance ramps and auditorium
seating steps will occur during June, along with installation of roofing and windows.
Student Residence Halls —-62 per cent complete, with 85 workmen on the. job.
Concrete walls and floors have been completed through the tenth floor of the large
building, the roof poured on one of the small buildings and interior work begun on.
the others. Concrete roof work on the large building will be finished during June,
College Activities ..Building —-35 per cent complete, with 51 workmen on the job,
Crews have formed and poured walls to the second floor, have poured half of the
second floor slabs and have formed walls to the third floor. The rest of the second
floor slab will he poured during June and walls will be poured to the third floor.
Recr e a t ion Bu i Id i ng — 5 per cent complete, with 12 workmen on the job. Crews have
excavated for footings and foundation walls and poured half of them. Similar work
will continue during June.
Central U^il.iti.es_ _Plant-~68 per cent complete, with 36 workmen on the job. Crews
have poured more concrete for both the plant and cooling towers, installed mechanical
piping, controls, transformers, switch gear and electrical equipment. Concrete
pouring should finish during June.
Site Improvements — 75 per cent complete with 52 men and 19 units of equipment on
the job. Latest progress includes completion of 'Some light pole bases, curbs and
irrigation mains in one parking lot; completion of paving and sidewalk in another;
beginning of walkway grading; continuation of grading and curbs in a third parking
lot; continuation of utilities work in the tunnel; completion of concrete and
roofing of the pump house; starting of storm drain installation near the library, and
starting of athletic area grading. The City of Olympia during June will install
water meters, followed by the start of the domestic water system at a low pressure.
General work of the kind already mentioned will continue.
CAMPUS^MINISTRY
Evergreen's campus ministry program, so ably coordinated by Jim.Long, will continue
during June with two events scheduled. Long and faculty member Willijte^oeld. will
meet in Olympia June 7 with local Lutheran Church Pastors and Dr. Verlen Smith,
Western Regional Director of Campus Ministry for the Lutheran Church. Discussions
will include a briefing about Evergreen's goals, objectives and programs and a
sharing of views about campus ministry. Also scheduled is a June 3 Community Seminar
for Olympia-area clergymen or lay representatives of various churches. The seminar
will be held on campus at 7:00 p.m. in the Conference Trailer.
-10ECCO ORGANIZATION
Marilyn Ward and Bernice^Youtz have been elected 1971-72 co-chairmen of the Evergreen
College Community Organization. Mrs. Ward is the wife of Dan Ward, Director of the
State Department of Commerce and Economic Development. Mrs. Youtz is the wife of
Evergreen faculty member Byron Youtz. Other new officers include Virginia Schmidt,
membership treasurer; Marjorie Yung and Ann Shoben, program chairmen; Gretchen Matzen,
publicity; Lucile Eddy and Virginia Brian, newsletter co-editors; and Merlyne Brown,
secretary. Steering committee members are Eunice Barry, Ardi Clabaugh, Agnes Clarkson,
Barbara Dolliver, Sylvia Finley, Miggs Gaudette, Eva Goldberg, Peg Holly, Eileen
Humphrey, Allene Kearns, Caroline Kinnear, Barbara McCann, Estelle Ornstein and
Jackie White.
WARD BOWDEN FUND
The May issue of the Newsletter included an article about the establishment of a
Ward Bowden Memorial Scholarship Fund at Evergreen. It also reported that a $3,000
check had been presented to President Charles McCann by LeRoy Kittle, a member of the
committee which was created to establish a continuing memorial to the late Secretary
of the State Senate. The article incorrectly identified the source of the funds
and we'd like to set that record straight, with apologies to the donors.
The Ward Bowden Memorial Scholarship Fund resulted from the majority and minority
caucus appointments of Senator Robert Bailey and Senator Harry Lewis as members of
a special committee. Employees of the senate, with the concurrence of Senators
Bailey and Lewis, nominated Kittle—a former press colleague of Bowden—as the third
committee member. This committee—aided by Secretary of the Senate Sid Snyder, his
secretary Mrs. Florence Kenderesi, Senate reading clerk Vern Sawyer and lobbyist
Joe Brennan—coordinated the fund-raising activities. The scholship fund—designed
to assist journalism and political science students—then was established on behalf
of the State Senate, its employees, lobbyists and members of the press.
S^RMDING_THE WORD
The development of Evergreen's novel programs continues to rate attention in printed
circles. The May 20 edition of Jet Magazine contains an article about the college
on Page 29. Admissions Director David^Brjgwn arranged for the coverage and received
editorial assistance from Director of College relations jpb__Se_thr_e. The April
edition of Science., Education...Nevs, published by the American Association for the
Advancement of Science, contains an article (Pages 6, 7, 8) authored by Dean of
Natural Sciences and Mathematics Don Humphrey. Evergreen also was featured in the
May 18 Daily Olympia and the May 22 and 23 issues of the Seattle Post Intelligencer.
WEDDING BELLS
Pat JHogge, secretary to the director of plant operations, became Mr s^Hal Bratnan in
a May 29 wedding ceremony. The newlyweds will honeymoon until June 14. Hal is a
budget analyst with the Office of Program Planning and Fiscal Management.
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Following is another in the Newsletter series about the Evergreen environment.
Guest author, as usual, is faculty member Al_Wiedeaann . By the way, his
report includes the J^ng^awaited jgeoduck ^ar t;lcI:eS
Two quite different types of vegetation.; or groups of plants, can be distinguished
on the Evergreen campus. One type is the natural, or native, plants of the
region as can be seen in the forests. The other type is the "exotic" or introduced plants to the region, such as we have along roadways and in places where
cultivation has taken place. Most of the species found in these places have
been brought to this continent from Europe since settlement began. We commonly call them weeds because they can usually survive only where man has in some
way disturbed the natural environment. Because their "natural environment" is
that associated with man, this disturbance makes it possible for these introduced
species to compete with the native plants. Examples of these plants include.
dandelion, chickweek, various mustards, scotchbrooa, sour dock, many species
of grass, plantain and several species of pea-like plants such as trefoil,
vetch and wild pea. Also seen along the roads (and native to the area) are
patches of the yellow field buttercup and tall clumps of lupine with showy,
blue flowers.
Much is also happening in the forest. That most common of all local plants,
salal (Gaulteria shallon) is finally putting out its clusters of pink, bellshaped flowers. The bright orange flowers cf climbing honeysuckle (Lonicera
ciliosa) can be seen at all levels from, the ground to the tops of small trees.
The flowers of two shrubby species have already passed their prime. The white,
cherry-like blossctcs of bitter cherry (tfrunus emarginata) are almost all gone,
while the similar looking flowers, but with long, strap-like petals, of serviceberry (Amelanchier florida) can still be seen in a number of places. Of the
wild berries, thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus) is the tall bushy plant with
hugh white flowers: and dewberry (Rubus vitif olius) » with smaller white flowers,
grows vine-like along the ground. The wood rose (Rosa gyranocarpa) is just beginning to show small, deep pink flowers; and ocean spray (Holodiscus discolor)
will soon be displaying showy white masses of flowers from the. ends of its
branches. Down on the forest floor one can find the woods buttercup (Ranunculus
uncinatus) with very small, almost insignificant, yellow petals; scar flower
(Trientalis latifclia) with two small pink flowers arising from the top of
the small plant; waterleaf (Hydrophyllum tenuipes) with clusters of green,
"spidery looking" flowers; and fringe-flower (Telliraa grandiflora) with tall
stalks of greenish, bell-shaped flowers arranged in a single row up one side
of the stalk. (And in case anyone is interested, one of these odd times I will
cry to explain the Latin words and why they are important.)
GEODUCKjS
Because it has hardly been possible to be around me without hearing of my
advocacy of the geoduck as the "mascot" of Evergreen, it may be fitting to
present a bit of information about ay favorite of all Puget Sound animals.
The geoduck is a large clam which has evolved in such a way that its mantle
and siphon can not be retracted inside its shell. The word geoduck means
something like "earth-duck", and its pronunciation is Indian phonetic:
"gooeyduck". It is found mainly in Puget Sound on tidelands from the -2.0
foot tide level to about 60 feet below low water level. In our area, there
are substantial concentrations in two places along the west side of Cooper
Point, north of the college beach. There probably are few or none on the
college beach, but this is not certain yet. They prefer sandy ground and
burrow to a depth of 1.5 to 6 feet below the ground surface. Large animals
weigh 6 to 8 pounds, but the average weight for adults is about 3 pounds,
and it takes some 10 to 15 years to reach, this size. Little is known of its
reproductive life. It appears that the sexes are generally separate, but
individuals also seem to revert from one sex to another. Since the animal
is considered quite edible, and in considerable supply, the Fisheries Department of the State of Washington has been encouraging the commercial harvesting
(on a tenuous sustained yield basis) of the geoduck. The best place to find it,
is in the Pike Street Market In Seattle where it sells, when available, for
about 60c a pound. There is a photograph of a geoduck in the conference room
of the faculty building. In the near future I will outline some of the reasons
I think this animal might be a good mascot (if, in fact, there will be one) to
represent our innovative Evergreen.
Calendar of Events
June 1-30
Tuesdayf_ June I
Committee on Governance meeting, 3-5 p.m.
President's Council meeting, 2-5 p.m.
Bob Sethre
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Attend Highline PTA luncheon, Seattle.
David Barry
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Conference with Ralph Holmes and Robert Menzel of Center for
Human Organization in Changing Enlvronments. Subject: Puget
Sound Coalition.
Larry Stenberg
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Panel member on- counseling, Washington State Minority Workshop,
University of Washington.
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Attend University of Washington Minority Affairs Conference.
Wednesday, June 2
Thursday, June 3
Charles McCann
Community Seminar for local clergymen,
Dave Brown
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7:00 p.m., Building 215
Special meeting, Inter-Collegiate Articulation Committee,
Central Washington State College.
Friday, June 4
E. J. Shoben, Jr.-
Keynote speaker and participant, annual retreat, Washington
State Arts Commission (also June 5).
Dave Brown
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Conference, Education Committee, Yakima Tribal Council, at
Toppenish.
Larry Stenberg
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Meeting of Region Ten Office of Education Program Advisory
Committee, Seattle.
Willi Unsoeld
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Keynote speaker for Olympia Council of Churches Youth Conference. Topic: "The Generation Gap: Myth or Reality."
Al Wiedemann
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Intercampus Scientific and Educational Preserve Committee
meeting, Central Washington State College.
Saturday, June 5
Sunday, June 6
Charles McCann, Rudy Martin —
Attend Council on Higher Education meeting, Alderbrook Inn (also June 7).
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Monday, June 7
Willi Unsoeld, Jim Long
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Meeting with Lutheran Church representative to
discuss cooperative campus ministry.
Bill Aldridge
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Participant in "Changes Needed in Education" program, Timberline High School (also June 8).
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Baccalaureate speaker for Helen Bush School,Seattle, 5 p.m.
Tuesday, June Jj
Willi Unsoeld
Thursday} June 10
President's Council meeting, 12-2 p.m.
Business Directors Council, 2:30 p.m.
Dave Brown
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Meeting of Model Cities Scholarship Committee, Seattle.
Friday, June 11
Board of Trustees meeting, 2 p.m.
Larry Stenberg
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Panel member, WICHE conference on "Continuing Education in
Mental Health", Seattle,
Willi Unsoeld
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Baccalaureate speaker, Catlin Gabel School, Portland, 7 pan.
SPECIAL MEETING:
June 13-20, Faculty Planning Conference; Pack Forest 13-16, on
campus thereafter.
Monday, June 14
Ken Winkley
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State Agency Fiscal Officers meeting, Olympia.
Carl Brown
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Higher Education Personnel Board meeting, Big Bend Community
College, Moses Lake.
Ron Hoffman
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Interinstitutional Purchasing Officers meeting, Central Washington State College.
Jim Duncan
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At Central Washington State College to observe campus and U.S.
mail operations.
Jim Holly
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American Library Association annual meeting, Dallas, Texas
(through June 26).
Al Wiedemann
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Attend conference on "The University Community and Its Responsibilities to Society", University of Washington.
Tuesday, June 15
Wednesday, June 16
Thursday, June 17
David Barry
—
E. J. Shoben, Jr.-
Speaker, Fulbright-Rays Conference on Higher Education,
University of Washington. Title: "Prospects for Universities As agents of Social Change."
Invited participant, closing conferences of American Association of University Professors meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Conference topic: "Project to Improve College Teaching
(through June 19).
Business Directors Council, 2:30 p.m.
Willi Unsoeld
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Participant in National Education Conference sponsored by the
Friends Council of Education, Philadelphia (through June 23).
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Interinstitutional Budget, Accounting and Reporting sub-committee
Western Washington State College.
Friday? June 18
Ken Winkley
Sunday, June 20
Charles Teske, Jack Webb, Will Humphreys, Dick Nichols — Danforth Foundation
Workshop, Colorado College, Colorado Springs (through July 7),
Al Wiedetnann
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Participant, workshop in the Audio-Tutorial System for College
Teachers of Science, Purdue University (throug July 16).
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Film and discussions Sumxnerhill, 7:30 p.m., Conference Trailer,
Tuesday; June 22
Bill Aldridge
Thursday, June 24
President's Council meeting, 12-2 p.m.
Business Directors Council meeting, 2:30 p.m.
Friday, June 25
Charles McCann
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Meeting with Carnegie Commission members. University Towers,
Seattle, 5:45 p.m.
Monday_, June 28
Larry Stenberg —
Attend Region Ten Office of Education. Program Advisory Committee
meeting, Seattle.