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Pebbles from the Rock, February 1959 (vol. 1, no. 4) Pebbles from the Rock, February 1959 (vol. 1, no. 4)
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Whittier College in Copenhagen is officially born, as President of the Board of Trustees of Whittier College, Thomas W. Bewley, center, goes over papers with Ole Scherfig, secre-tary-general of the Danish International Student Committee, left, Dean Harold F. Spen-cer and President Paul S. Smith (seated).
First Students To Denmark In September
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Whittier Starts Campus In Copenhagen
The University of Copenhagen has agreed to provide six professors for the American campus in Denmark.
students of superior ability, with the possible inclusion of some sophomores.
In conjunction with the formal class work, the Whittier College in Copen-hagen program will include three weeks field work in a number of European countries. Course work will be pri-marily in the humanities and social studies the first year.
Students in the program will leave from New York September 21 and return to the Whittier home campus in time for the beginning of the second semester.
"Whittier students living in Copen-hagen will be housed in modern resi-dential facilities," said Spencer. "They will be under the supervision of the director of the campus abroad project and his wife, who will accompany the students."
Officials in Copenhagen are making provision for the Whittier students to have full opportunities to share the Danish student social, cultural and recreational life in the university cen-ters.
"Whittier College settled on the Ljni-versity of Copenhagen as one of the most advantageous locations for carry-ing out such a campus abroad," said Dr. Smith. "The strategic location of Copenhagen for the close study of European affairs, and the well-esta-blished position of Denmark and the Scandinavian countries as progressive leaders in Europe, make this the ideal place for a Whittier in Europe."
"We regard our new campus in Copenhagen," he concluded, "as a na-tural outgrowth of the existing interests and patterns at Whittier College. In all its fifty-eight year history Whittier has shared the Friends' concern for strengthening international relations and for providing leadership in human affairs."
Plans for the establishment of a European campus for Whittier College, to be called Whittier College in Copenhagen, were announced in January by Dr. Paul S. Smith, president, and the board of trustees of the college.
The new program has been set up in Under the Whittier College in Co- cooperation with the University of penhagen plan, classes will meet in Copenhagen and calls for the first facilities provided by the University Whittier College students studying a- of Copenhagen and will be taught in broad to be enrolled in a regular aca- English by instructors from Whittier demic program in Copenhagen this College and the Danish University. fall for one semester.
Agreements between Whittier Col-lege and the University of Copenhagen have now been completed after meet- ings held by the Whittier board of The academic program for Whittier trustees at which the secretary-general College in Copenhagen, as outlined by of the Danish International Student Dean Harold F. Spencer is designed to Committee—official organization of all provide normal semester credit hours. Danish university faculties and students The Copenhagen campus program is —was present. intended primarily for upper division
Campus Day Committee, planning events for visiting high school and junior college students on February 28, hears Bill Kelley, Associated Men's Students president, make a point, while (I to r) Janie Rutherford, Porterville, Robert O'Brien, admissions counsellor, Bobbie Games, San Mateo, Susie Shambarger, Gustine, Mike Murphy, Whittier, and Fran Preece, Alhambra listen.
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Choir Makes Tour Whittier College A Cappella Choir
members started their annual spring tour January 25 when they left for Northern California on a ten appear-ance trip which took them to Palo Alto, Visalia, San Jose and other towns.
Under the direction of Eugene Mor-rison Riddle, who has conducted the Whittier Choir since 1945, the 41 mem-ber choral group presented their re-
pertoire in churches and service clubs.
The choir, numbering 60 voices, is reduced to 41 for the tour. This year will mark the 35th year of choir tours for the Southland college, whose choral work is well known in the area.
Director Eugene Riddle, a member of the music faculty at Whittier Col-lege since 1936, and now professor of music, has directed church choirs for 22 years. He received his training at UCLA and USC.
Campus Day Features Parents Coffee Hour
Mothers and dads will he welcome to attend campus day February 28 at Whittier College, when 500 students from Southland high schools and jun-ior colleges are expected to partici-pate in a day-long program. President and Mrs. Paul S. Smith
and the deans of the college will host a coffee hour at 9 a.m. to acquaint parents and friends with life at Whit-tier. Later, parents may join their sons or daughters for lunch at the new Walter F. Dexter Student Center campus inn.
Demonstration classes by instructors in all departments of the college will he presented during the day.
Registration and campus tours start at 8:30 a.m., to he followed by classes, a fashion show for women, special events for men, and periods for dis-cussion of admission and scholarship policies of the college.
Music auditions will he given campus day at Whittier College to determine possible music study grants for the fall term.
President Smith reported in his an-nual report to the Board of Trustees of the College, on November 24, that the total assets of the college, in all funds, was $2,655,556.98, in 1951, and that this figure has increased to $5,498,490.05 by the fall of 1958.
Whittier College A Cappella Choir prepares for its 1959 season:
Back row (I to r): Joe Willis, Phoenix; Dick Wunder, Whittier; Dave Downing, Los Gatos; Mike Doyle, Bell; Jerry Rapier, Baldwin Park; Darryl Vaughn, Whittier, Ed Gaylord, Honolulu; Bill Kelley, Los Angeles; Janice Lund, Whittier; Dottie Murray, Alhambra; Bruce McClelland, El Monte.
Third row (I to r): Sue Ford, Norwich, Conn.; Bob Saxton, Whittier; Bob Agnew, San Gabriel; Jim Nussman, Whittier; Dave Bolick, Pico-Rivera; Ted Hufcut, Menlo Park; Jan McClure, Los Angeles; Ron Crandall, Glendale; Jon Holland, La Mirada; Pat Rieboldt, Whittier.
Second row (I to r): Kathy Hamm, Longmont, Cob.; Joan Senechal, Hayward; Marilyn Jimerson, Monrovia; Sandy Christianson, Monterey Park; Ann Miller, Whittier; Sara Jane Williams, Laramie, Wyo.; Shelley Tyler, Whittier; Dottie White, Los Angeles; Fran Tompkins, Honolulu; Ann Roberts, Barstow; Jan Jordan, Three Rivers, Calif.
Front row (I to r): Donna Rodin, Windsor; Grace Gillette, Hemet; Pat Robinett, Tulare; Sylvia Haase, Tacoma, Wash.; Paulie Ray-burn, South Gate; Sandra Sadler, San Bernardino; Wanda Root, Whittier; Mary McKinley, Phillipines; Janice Barker, Oxnard; Barbara Newell, Santa Ana; Pat Davis, Santa Monica, and director, Eugene M. Riddle.
February 1959
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New Whittier College Political Science Honor Society, Pi Sigma Alpha, will have its chapter formally installed March 5, Thursday evening, in the President's Dining Room of the Walter F. Dexter Student Center. The new chapter will be known as the Gamma Tau Chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha. Some of the members, with three professors from the department, are (I to r, back row): Bob Layman, La Habra; Dan Santo, Arcadia; Charles Andrain, Fortuna; Harlan McWilliams, Long Beach; LeRoy Anderson, Alhambra; (middle row) Judi Sawyer, Napa; Janice McDonald, Rosemead; Barbara Sager, Alhambra; Justine Fuller, Glendale; Ann Rosenkrans, Riverside; (front row) Dr. J. William Robinson, chairman of department of political science; Dr. Betty Unterberger; Natasha Antonovich, Los Angeles; Dr. Ben G. Burnett.
New Dean Appointed Appointment of a new dean of stu-
dents at Whittier College has been announced by Dr. Paul S. Smith, pres-ident.
The new dean is Dr. Jesse W. Tar-water, 43, of Glendale. He was also appointed an associate professor of
education at Whittier College. Dr. Tarwater completed his master
of science degree at the University of Southern California, where his under-graduate work was also done. He re-ceived the doctor of education degree from Stanford University in 1951, in the field of counseling, student person-nel, administration and behavioral sci-ences.
JESSE W. TARWATER
Following the winter meeting of the college board of trustees, President Paul Smith shows trustees La Matte T. Cohu, left, and Walter Knott, the new plaque marking the John Stauffer Lecture-Laboratory. The large lecture room, seating 300, has been used for many campus events and classes this fall. Seminar roams on the ground floor are used to capacity. The building is a gift of Mr. John C. Stouffer, of Los Angeles, a member of the Whittier board of trustees.
Director of Alumni Relations Bill Marumoto has announced a unique feature of the 14th Annual Alumni Fund (1953-1959) which will be a Telethon on April 7, 8 and 9.
Teams of alumni will use phone ex-changes to contact a large group of alumni in the Fund campaign. Mailings as announced by Alumni
Fund chairman, William T. Greene, '51, are: January 10, fund brochure; February 25, letter from chairman; March 25, letter from class agents.
THIS YEAR'S CAMPAIGN EXTENDS OVER
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1959 Poet Varsity Basketball squad, left to right: Coach Aubrey Bonham; Herm Mason, Compton; Bill Johnston, Whittier; Bill Donner, Montebello; Bob Sanford, Mntebello; Chuck Kenley, Whittier; Carroll Hooks, E. St. Louis, Illinois; Rick Rieke, Whittier; Jim McLaughlin, Exeter; Joe Hernandez, Oxnard; Wendy Wells, Los Angeles; Ivan Guevara, Montebello; Bill Hollinger, Montebello; Sherrill Brown, Carlsbad; Manager Ralph Rickman, Brea.
Poets Racing for 14th SCIAC Title With 14-7 Record Coach Bonham's cagers have piled
up an impressive lead and are gunning for another conference championship.
Leading scorers for the Poets are Ma-son with a 16 point average, and John-ston with a 12 point average. Hooks is
the SCIAC leading rebounder with a 27 point average. Whittier is one of the top 25 defensive clubs in the nation.
Alumni Association
Lecture Series Set "Today's Knowledge for Tomorrow's
Problems" February 26—"The Threat of Soviet
Power," Dr. Betty Unterberger. March 19—"Competition for the Minds of Men: Russian and Ameri-can Propaganda Strategy," Dr. Ben Burnett.
April 23—"The Price of Smog," Dr. W. Roy Newsom.
May 14—"Is It True What They Say About Israel?" Dr. C. Milo Con-nick. All lectures 8 p.m. Stauffer Lecture
Hall. Donation $2.00 for the series of four lectures.
Dr. Ezra Ellis, '28, speaks at Ministers Day luncheon. Left to right, Dr. Harold Walker, '46, minister of First Friends Church, Whittier, Dr. Franklin Crutchlow, minister of First Baptist Church, Whittier, and president of the Ministerial Union, and Chaplain Robert Bobilin. Dr. Ellis is Vice President of the Southern California School of Theology at Clare-mont.
The College Interim Theatre will present "Harvey" by Mary Chase in the Woman's Club Auditorium, March 12, 20 and 21, at 8:15 p.m.
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