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May 17, 1974

SENATOR DURKAN TO DISCUSS "PUBLIC OFFICE" HERE MAY 21
State Senator Martin J. Durkan, D., Issaquah, will discuss his view of "Public
Office" during a May 21 lecture at Evergreen starting at 7:30 p.m. in Lecture Hall
Five. The presentation is open to the public without charge.
Following the lecture, Senator Durkan will return to Evergreen on May 22 to
participate as guest speaker and resource person for two college academic programs.
He will discuss the finances of higher education with an economics group program in
the morning and speak about politics during an afternoon session with the Power and
Personal Vulnerability program.
Senator Durkan has been chairman of the Senate Ways and Means Committee since the
1967 Legislative session. He is serving his third four-year term as a State Senator
from Washington's 47th District after spending one term in the House of Representatives.
He is a member of the Senate Higher Education and Judiciary Committees. During interims
since 1965, he has chaired the Municipal Code and Municipal Committees and, for the
past session, was co-chairman of the Forest Tax Committee, He served during two
biennia as chairman of the Legislative Budget Committee and was a member of the committee for several years prior to assuming its chairmanship.
Senator Durkan, a native of Great Falls, Montana, and a veteran of World War II,
graduated from the University of Washington Law School in 1953. He now practices law
in Seattle with the partnership of Cummings and Durkan,
OHIO ARTIST TO JOIN FALL FACULTY
Susan Aurand, a teaching associate for the Department of Art at Ohio State University, has signed a three-year contract at Evergreen. Ms, Aurand has also taught
workshops in ceramics at Kalamazoo College, Michigan, and reading skills at a New York
school for emotionally disturbed and retarded children. She earned her bachelor of
arts degree in French from Kalamazoo College and will earn her master of arts degree
in ceramics from Ohio State University in June.
Winner of numerous academic scholarships and a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Ms.
Aurand is scheduled to exhibit her art work in a one-person show in Columbus, Ohio
later this year and has also shown her work in several other juried exhibitions. Ms.
Aurand, who is a master of French, will offer instruction in art history, graphics and
ceramics, as well as participating in Evergreen's language program and Learning Resources
Center.
ALUMNI MEETING SATURDAY: ALL EVERGREENERS WELCOME
A meeting of Evergreen alums has been set for May 18 from 2 to 5 p.m.
in CAB room 110. Purpose of the three-hour meeting will be to examine
options for organizing an Evergreen alumni association and to select the
option most appropriate to Evergreen graduates and former students.
Options under consideration include incorporation of an alumni association within the college; incorporation of an association as a separate
entity apart from the college; or formation of an advisory committee instead of incorporation. All former Evergreen students and any other
interested faculty, staff or students are encouraged to attend and to
join the alums for a social hour at the Greenwood Inn beginning at 5:30 D,m.

SPRING INTERNS TOTAL 153; 70 IN THURSTON COUNTY
Schools, government offices, and local businesses in Thurston County are hosting
70 Evergreen students on academic internships this quarter. The students, sponsored
by the Office of Cooperative Education, are earning academic credit while learning and (
working in such areas as government, education, counseling, urban planning, and law.
They are among 153 students assigned to new internships throughout the state, the
nation and abroad.
Of the 70 assigned to the Thurston County area, three are working in Tumwater,
five in Lacey, one each in Littlerock, Rainier, and Rochester, and seven on campus.
The remainder are interning in Olympia. Other interns throughout the state include
21 students in the Seattle area; 16 in Tacoma, five in Chehalis, four in Shelton,
three in Bellevue, two each in North Bonneville and Vancouver, and one each in Bellingham, Bremerton, Centralia, Coupeville, Edmonds, Everett, Longview, Manchester, McCleary,
Puyallup and Washougal.
Fifteen interns are working out of state
in Oregon, California, Hawaii, Alaska,
Ohio, Vermont and New Hampshire. Two Evergreen interns are also completing assignments
in Australia this quarter.
STATE TO PAY HIGHER SHARE OF INSURANCE COSTS; GROUP HEALTH RAISES RATES
As reported earlier in the Newsletter, the State Legislature has increased
employers share of insurance contributions from $20 per month to $35, effective July 1.
Payroll accountant Bea Rockwell says this additional $15 can be applied to the new
State Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance and/or to any medical insurance employees may wish to have. She reminds Evergreeners that the deadline for
returning the Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment application cards to her
office is May 20.
Ms. Rockwell also reports that there will be an open enrollment period for
medical insurance plans in September. She notes that effective July 1, all employees
covered by Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound will notice an increase in the
rates. For example, the present rate for Group Health coverage for an adult is $17.80
per month; the July 1 rate is $20.40 per month. Employees with- questions about the
Group Health coverage or any other insurance problems are invited to contact Bea in
the Payroll Office or call her at 866-6460.
CHAMBER SINGERS AND JAZZ ENSEMBLE TO STAGE FINAL SPRING CONCERT
The Evergreen Jazz Ensemble and Chamber Singers will present their final home
concert of the 1974-75 academic year May 21 at 8 p.m. in the main lobby of the Library
Building. The evening event, which is free and open to the public, will honor four
graduating seniors from the two organizations
trombonist Carl Spaeth of La Mesa,
California; Bass player Mike Canfield of Marysville; Percussionist Peter Bruck of San
Rafael, California; and tenor Steve Nebal of Arlington.
Under the direction of Faculty Member Don Chan, the Chamber Singers will present
a "Magnificat" for double chorus by Juan Batista Comus; selections by Samuel Barber
and Debussy; and madrigals of the 17th Century. They will conclude their portion
of the program by joining the Jazz Ensemble for a Jazz Cantata by Greg Dykes. Lynda
Cain, an Evergreen graduate, will dance to selections of the composition.
Selections arranged for the bands of Woody Herman, Thad Jones, Mel Lewis, Buddy
Rich and Maynard Ferguson will be performed by the Jazz Ensemble, also under Chan's
direction. The performance will feature guest artists Chuck Stentz, tenor saxophonist
from Olympia, and Jay C. McCamet, trumpeter, who is director of the division of music
at Fort Steilacoom Community College.
The concert is the groups' major public presentation in the Olympia area before
the student musicians perform at the Expo '74 World's Fair in Spokane June 6 and 7,

-3"TOP BAND" TITLE GOES TO JAZZ ENSEMBLE
The Evergreen Jazz Ensemble was named an "outstanding band" during the 15th
annual Northwest Jazz Festival at Olympic College May 12. The 22-member ensemble was
one of 24 bands from Washington and Oregon which participated in the all-day festival
in Bremerton.
Singled out for special mention were members of the Jazz Ensemble rhythm section
percussionist Peter Bruck, guitarist Tim Eickholt, and bass player Mike Canfield. Other
musicians receiving high mention in the festival were Dan Stentz, an alto saxophonist;
Scott Handley, tenor saxophonist; Carl Spaeth, trombonist and harmonicist, and Mike
Werb and John Umlauf, trumpeters.
SEMINAR BUILDING READY FOR JULY 1 OCCUPANCY
More than 45,000 square feet of new space stands nearly ready and waiting for
administrators, faculty members and students. It's all draped, carpeted, painted and
officially dubbed Phase I of the Seminar Building.
Designed by the Bumgardner Partnership, Seattle architects, and built by Jones
and Roberts Construction Company of Tacoma, the new facility will begin filling up
with Evergreeners around the first of July, according to Jerry Schillinger, Evergreen
Director of Facilities.
The three-story structure, with a basement and subbasement, will house the
offices of admissions, registrar, security and computer services, although the
computer terminals and other hardware will remain in the Library. Two floors of
faculty office space with four seminar rooms per floor also stand ready for occupancy.
Long corridors, decorated with brightly colored walls and ample tacking surfaces,
are found throughout the structure, which will provide a temporary home for music
faculty members and students until the Communications Laboratory is completed in 1976.
Uniquely shaped rooms with extra sound proofing, special chalkboards and tiled floors
await Evergreen musicians, according to Schillinger, who has carefully overseen design
and construction of the building. Once the Communications Laboratory is finished, the
music rooms can easily be transformed into regular academic areas,
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA. PLANS TWO MAY CONCERTS
A program of Baroque and 20th Century music will be presented by the Evergreen
Chamber Orchestra May 26 at 3 p.m. in the Chapel of St. Martin's College. The
orchestra, conducted by Evergreen Faculty Member Robert Gottlieb, will repeat the
performance May 28 at 8 p.m. in Lecture Hall One.
Both concerts feature a variety of soloists including Evergreen students Donna
Hanna, flutist; Karen Kansky, violist; and Karen Gottlieb, harpist. Other soloists
performing in the concerts include Steve Daniels, an Olympia violinist, and Brother
Michael Woodard, a tenor and faculty member at St. Martin's.
Musical selections for the concerts, which are both free and open to the public,
include the "Suite in B minor," by Bach; "Viola Concerto in G major" by Telemann;
"Five Pieces for String Orchestra," by Hindemith; "In Praise of Harmony," by Handel
and the "Danses Sacree et Profane," by Debussy.
EVERGREENERS ATTEND VANCOUVER CONFAB
Ten Evergreen students and two faculty members recently attended the annual
meetings of the Northwest Science Association held on the campus of the University of
British Columbia, Vancouver, Faculty Member Al Wiedemann presented a paper before
the Science Education Section of the Association entitled, "A New Approach to the
teaching of undergraduate field biology." The paper was co-authored by Faculty Member
Steve Herman.
Eight students
three from last year's Evergreen Environment program and five
from this year's program of the same title
also attended the meetings along with

Faculty Member Oscar Soule, One student, Randy Acker, presented a paper to the Botany
and Plant Science Section of the Association. His paper, the result of work accomplished
by a student group of which Randy was a member, was entitled, "A study of four forest
communities in the southern Puget Sound region of Western Washington,"
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HARP CONCERT SLATED MAY 24
A harp ensemble from the University of Washington will present a free one-hour
concert at Evergreen at noon May 24 in the main lobby of the Library. Directed by
University of Washington instructor Pamela Vokolek, six harpists will perform the
works of Washington composer Hovhaness and compositions by Bach, Salzado, Van Delden
and Rameau.
The ensemble, which includes Karen Gottlieb,an Evergreen freshman, will also
perform for the National Harp Convention in Seattle June 26-29.
HUMPHREY IN NEW YORK FOR CONFERENCE
Faculty biologist Don Humphrey is representing Evergreen at a conference
entitled "Students: An Alternate Energy Source," scheduled May 16 and 17 in New
York City, Humphrey is attending the two-day meeting along with two Evergreen
students
Marcella Wing and Teresa Baldwin
who are currently completing internship assignments in New York, Ms Wing, a Renton junior, is serving as a consumer
advocate, while Ms. Baldwin, a Vancouver student who will graduate in June, is
completing her nine-month New York Urban Fellowship program in the office of New
York City Mayor Abraham Beame.
Humphrey said the conference, held at the New York Botanical Gardens, is aimed
at "exploring possibilities for a coordinated network of students monitoring and
gathering of all kinds of environmental data." "The sessions focus on 25 million
high school and college students as a potential task force whose interest in energy
has not been effectively utilized," Humphrey explained,
Evergreen was chosen to be represented at the conference, Humphrey said, "because
of its emphasis on environmental studies and its commitment to involvement in 'real
life' learning."
"GOAT MILK" TOPIC OF DOCUMENTARY TO BE SHOWN MAY 24
A slide/tape documentary on the formation and development of an Oregon goat farm
will be shown May 24 at 7:30 p.m. in Lecture Hall One. The documentary, filmed and
shown by Evergreen junior Gary Marcus, took more than two years to complete and
"presents the essense of the experience" of David and Holly Koteen, who purchased a
160-acre farm in Yoncalla, Oregon in 1971 with hopes of establishing a commune.
The slide/tape show is free and open to the public.
MCNEIL ORGANIZING THIRD ANNUAL ACADEMIC FAIRE
Faculty Member Earle McNeil says he is the "harassed clearing house coordinator"
for the third annual Spring Academic Faire scheduled for June 3, 4 and 5 throughout
the campus. McNeil urges all faculty members and students interested in presenting
displays, exhibits, performances or any other types of programs to contact him as
soon as possible. He needs names of program organizers, places, times, durations and
descriptions of presentations so he can help schedule events and prevent overlapping
use of the same facilities. Earle can be contacted at 866-6646 or at his office,
Library 2409.
BARRY TO ADDRESS IDAHO SEMINAR
Faculty Member Dave Barry, who is also chairman of the Washington Commission for
the Humanities, will address a Seminar on the Western Arts and Humanities in Sun Valley,
Idaho, May 25. Topic of Barry's presentation is "The Effect of Red and White Culture
on American Landscapes." The three-day event is sponsored by the Institute of the
American West.