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Editor's Comment

he true innovators are al-ways steeped in history,said Wynton Marsalis in arecent interview (CollegeMusician, 1986).Ajazzmu-sician with a classical back-ground, Marsalis is criticalof much that he sees in jazzeducation today. In the ar-

ticle, he draws upon the Renaissanceto illustrate the principle of studyinghow something has been done well inorder to discover new ways of doingit.Likewise, a poet, wrote T.5.Eliot in

"Tradition and the Individual Talent,"must be "directed by the past, [which]compels a man to write not merelywith his own generation in his bones."A sense of history has been in short

supply in the past quarter century. itseems to me, starting with the studentprotests of the sixties. Traditions haveoften lost out in a rush toward innova-tion. The lessons history could havetaught us were frequently rejected asirrelevent, what one writer has called"cultural autolobotomy."History gets its due in this issue of

Whitworth Today, perhaps giving thependulum a modest nudge in anotherdirection as we begin a new decade.In it you'll learn that Professor HomerCunningham, who taught many of usto revere history, has received theGeorge Whitworth Medal. You'll readexcerpts from the new Centennialhistory written by history instructorDale Soden. And you'll see how Whit-worth's newest music professor, DanKeberle, has used jazz classics to movethe instrumental music program to anew level. Wynton Marsalis wouldapprove.There is yet another historical ref-

erence. After 12 years as editor, withthis issue, I recede into history. Whit-worth Today has been the flagship ofmy Whitworth career, a source of prideand satisfaction. Whitworth alumniare a fertile field for a writer's labor,filled with men and women whosestories intrigue and inspire. In relin-quishing my role as observer of yourwork in the world to my associateJohn Carter, I return to the ranks ofsimply an alumna, class of 1960 -and that's good company. God blessyou all.

• Linda Sharman, Editor

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~CAlLENDARCentenntial Events

Forum on Philanthropy -April 20, 11:15a.m. At Cowles Aud., by Don North,former head of Burlington NorthernFoundation

Spring Drama Production· April 20-22at CowlesAud., "AsYouLike It" by

ShakespeareHawaiian Club Luau - April 21 on campusHabitat for Humanity Forum - April 23,

11:15 a.m. at Cowles Aud., with Habitatfounder Millard Fuller and alum BretStein

Alumni Panel - April 27, 11:15 a.m. atCowles Aud., "What a whitworthEducation Can Do for You"

Centennial Celebration Banquet· April27 at Fieldhouse, with Speaker of theHouse Thomas Foley (invited, notconfirmed)

Whitworth College at the Met· April28, 8 p.m. at Spokane's

Sports Events

BASEBALLApril17 Eastern Washington University atWhitworth, 3 p.m.21 Whitman College (2) at Walla Walla

Wash., 1p.m.22 Whitman College at Walla Walla,

Wash., noon25 Central Washington University (2)

at Whitworth, 1p.m.28 Lewis & Clark College (2) at

Whitworth, noon29 Lewis & Clark College at

Whitworth, noonMay1 Washington State University at

Pullman, Wash., 6:30 p.m.5 Linfield College 2 at McMinnville,

Ore., noon6 Linfield College at Mclvlinnville,

Ore., noon11-13 District I Playoffs17-20 Area I Playoffs25-31 NAIA World Series, Lewiston,

ldaho

TRACK & FIELDApril27 Pelleur Invitational (EWU) at

Spokane Falls Community CollegeMay4-5 NCIC Championships at Tacoma,

Wash.11-12 District I Championships at

Bellingham, Wash .

MetropolitanPerforming Arts Center

Service of Worship· April 29 atFieldhouse, with J. Randolph Taylor,president of San Francisco TheologicalSeminary

Jazz Ensemble Forum -May 4,11:15 a.m.at Cowles Aud.

The Whitworth Ballet - May 4-6, atCowles Aud., "Coppellia"

Ethics in Athletics Forum· May 11, 11:15a.m. at Cowles Aud., by RichardLapchick of Northeastern University

Ethics in Athletics Conference -May 11-13 on campus

tOOth Commencement -May 20 atSpokane Opera House, with Sharon D.Parks, Visiting Asst. Professor atHarvard Business School

Elderhostel I - June 3-9 on campusElderhostel II - June 17-23 on campusChoral Festival- July 14-19 on campusInstitute of Ministry - July 23-28 on

campus

24-26 NAJA Nationals at Tarleton State,Texas

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Eastern Washington University atCheney, 3 p.m.Gonzaga University at Gonzaga,3:30p.m.Alumni at Whitworth, 9:30 a.m.Pacific University at whrrworth.1230 p.m.Community Colleges of Spokane atSFCC,3p.m.Conference Tournament at ForestGrove, Ore.

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May4-6 NAIA District Tournament at

Ellensburg, Wash.28-2 Nationals at Kansas City, Mo.

WOMEN'S TENNISApril20

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Pacific Lutheran University atWhitworth, 3:30 p.m.Whitman College at Whitworth,3p.m.Community Colleges of Spokane atSFCC, 3 p.m.NOC Conference Tournament

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27-28May1 Community Colleges of Spokane at

Whitworth, 3 p.m.NAIA District I Tournament atEllensburg, Wash.

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A Sense of Fun

Please know that one of your al-ums - Ricarda Miller - is receivingWhitworth Today a few days late be-cause I always swipe it from her mailbox (we're neighbors) to seewhat youfolks are up to.Wow. What a nice publication. I

especially like your story selection-it causes one to actually think - plusit conveys a sense of fun that I yearnfor in college publications. Congratu-lations to all. I know it's hard work.

Mary Ellen MyrenePublications Dept.Eastern Washington UniversityCheney, Wash.

Thought Provoking

As an alumnus, Iwish to congratu-late you on the Fall edition of theWhitworth Today. I especially enjoyedthe articles on The Next Century -Steve Davis's words were especiallythought provoking. Thanks for yourhard work.

Robert T. Howell, '70V:P.of Administrative ServicesCRISTA MinistriesSeattle, Wash.

"New Age" Smell

I was disturbed by the "New Age"smell of the Fall Whitworth Today. Aswe look to the future we would dowell to remember some "old-fash-ioned" and traditional ideas: TheBibleis true; the one eternal Creator God isthe only God; all people are sinners;Jesus Christ, crucified on the cross, isour Redeemer. These do not change.

Helen Olson True, '79Spokane, Wash.

Merely Christian?

Backaround 1973-75our daughterattended Whitworth. At that time,letters we received and your publica-tions such as Whitworth Today used tomention Jesus Christ.Now, unless I'm not reading thor-

oughly. all I'm seeing is an occasionalreference to Christian ethics, Chris-tian standards, Christian ideals, etc.

"1 congratulate yourschool on its

tremendous achievementsover the years, but issomething mightyimportantbeing lost?"

Dewi G. TonesCastro valley, Calif.

What ever happened to Jesus Christand apersonal relationship with Him?I congratulate your school on its tre-mendous achievements over the years,but is something mighty importantbeing lost?

Dewi G. JonesCastro Valley, Calif.

Happy 100th

May I take one ofmany opportuni-ties of wishing Happy Anniversaryfor the lOOthyear of Whitworth Col-lege. May it continue formany centu-ries.

E. D. MillerJamaica, New York

Letters

Do Justice to Liberia

The article on John Yoder in Africa("In theWorld," Fall 1989)does notdojustice to that topic. As a matter offact, it may appear a bit stereotypical.Our efforts to link with an African

institution are the result of about threeyears of labor, many agreements ne-gotiated back and forth across thePacific,John's previous travel to Libe-ria, etc. In this program we haveconnected with one of the outstand-ing universities of Africa. The presi-dent and the faculty all haveoutstand-ing credentials. The program theyoffer our students may prove to beone of our most popular third worldstudies in the future. And this pro-gram will insure that some Africanstudents from Liberia will study atWhitworth.

Dan Sanford, '65, Director,Center for International &Multi-cultural EducationWhitworth College

"Land's End" Look

Ihave long thought that Whitworthmay be a fine place for students fromour congregation to attend, particu-larly given the quality of the gradu-ates Iknow. Butasa pastor ofa raciallethnic congregation, I was disap-pointed to find that the Whitworth To-day bears one striking resemblance tothe popular Land's End catalog: everyface in every photograph is white ...The impression (and it is only an

impression) I received is that of aschool to which I might refrain fromencouraging racial/ ethnic students.Personally, I have not immediatelydrawn this conclusion becaused I al-ready know other things about Whit-worth. But I fear that the impressionyou strike with your Land's End eyefor photo editing may turn off others.My guess is that you would not in-

tentially present this white face to thepublic. Butthen, perhaps you strugglelike other colleges in that you don'thave many racial/ethnic folks oncampus, soyou don't want tobe guiltyof misrepresentation.

Steven Toshio Yamaguchi, Pastor,Grace Presbyterian ChurchParamount, Calif.

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Chipping away at the Cold War: Alexander Wloka takes aim at the Berlin Wall's graffiti-clad surface. The barrier had divided his hometown since before he was born.

Shop til you drop: East German shoppers head for the West through a new crossing pointhacked out of the Berlin Wall.

ERLlN: "It was like sci-ence fiction." Historymajor Alexander Wlokaspoke in tones of bemuseddisbelief of his visit tofamily and friends in WestBerlin last November, justdays after the East Germangovernment opened the

Berlin Wall. "To see people choppingrabbit holes in the wall, and even talk-ing to East German border guardswhile being filmed by hundreds ofcamera crews was unimaginable whenI left for America in August."He also wasn't prepared for the

crowding caused by thousands ofpeople pouring out of East Berlin onfoot and in "plastic cars" to samplethe sights and tastes of a previouslyforbidden city. West Berlin stores

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quickly sold out of produce that hadbeen unavailable in the East, Wolkasaid, explaining the latest Berliner jokethat "bananas and oranges are thefirst fruits of the new openness."He and Utta Heiring, another

Whitworth exchange student fromBerlin's Technical University, took astroll atop the wall despite the eeriefeeling it gave them. "My friendshave always said the wall was stainedwith blood - it represented the op-pression and violence against so manypeople," he explained.But the wall is already changing

from a symbol of division to one ofhope. "I went to see how it lookedfrom the other side," Wloka said.There he saw a man painting "Out ofOrder" over East Berlin's warningsigns on the wall, "while East Berlin

border guards just watched andsmiled."

SOVIET UNION: With the cold warmelting and Eastern European poli-tics stuck on fast forward, how arethings back in the USSR. these days?Whitworth students will find outduring May term at Kiev State Uni-versity this spring. They will livewith Soviet families, travel toMoscowand Leningrad, and cruise down theDniepr River for a look at rural life inthe Ukraine. Faculty members slatedto lead the study tour include physicsprofessor Lois Kieffaber andMoscow-native Matvei Finkel, whoseRussian language class is part of agrowing Russian studies program oncampus. Finkel welcomes the interestin his homeland as overdue. "Thereare more people leaching English inthe USSR. than there are studyingRussian in the United States," he says.

SOUTH AFRICA: Journalism profes-sor Gordon Jackson reports trackingdown samoosas, sosa ties and koeksis-ters during his sabbatical in SouthAfrica last fall. Those local foodstuffshelped sustain a busy schedule ofguest lectures at Rhodes Universityand interviews with newspaper edi-tors in Johannesburg - all part of hisresearch into the South African press.While his family found the country'sbeaches and sunshine "more thanadequate," Jackson noted an improve-ment in the political climate underPresident de Klerks version ofglasnost. "Along with millions ofSouth Africans and the internationalcommunity, we wait to see if he candeliver what he has promised.

"CHINA: Attending China's 40th an-niversary celebration last Octoberproved to bean exercise in delicate di-plomacy for international program co-ordinator Janet Yoder and assistantprofessor of education Carol Hollar.Their goal: To reinforce academiccontacts withou t appea ring to endorseBeijing's communist regime.

"We believe in maintaining tieswith people in China to support posi-tive changes there," said Yoder, whodiscussed possible faculty and stu-dent exchanges with university offi-cials in Beijing. The two were treatedas honored guests by the China Asso-

Some walls last longer than others: JanetYoder scaled the Great Wall during a visitaimed at keeping the doors open betweenChina and the West.

ciation of Science and Technology, anon-governmental organizationwhich was impressed by Whitworth'shistory of Asian university partner-ships and the college's internationalorientation.

In a country known for its wall andForbidden City, contact with the out-side world can't be taken for granted.As Hollar explained, "we tried in asmall way to keep the doors openbetween China and the West."

team also worked outa proposal withProf. Dr. Guenther Weiss of the uni-versity for a new Masters in Musicprogram based at Whitworth andinvolving study at the University ofMusic.

The trip was sponsored by a grantfrom Munich supporters of the part-nership. Grant writer Charles Waitaccompanied the team to handle fun-draising and promotion for the pro-grams emerging from Whitworth'snew relationship.

WESTERN EUROPE: Wouldn't youhave a better understanding of Platoif you could stand on the Acropoliswhere he spoke?

The history of Western philoso-phy is more than just great ideas-it'salso places. So what better way tomake philosophers and their ideascome to life than to visit their oldneighborhoods as professor ForrestBaird's Core 250 class did during JanTerm.

"I'll be pointing out locations thenlecturing on the historical figures wholived in those surroundings," Bairdexplained before leading the new tour."It really ties things together."

The class flew to Athens and thenjourneyed northwest across the his-torical landscape of Europe. A sidetrip to Pompeii and a stroll throughthe medieval splendor of the Vaticanset the stage for discussions on Au-

gustine and Aquinas. The itinerarythen called for a look atMichaelangelo's sculptures in theAccademia of Renaissance Florence, avisit to the Reformation city of Ge-neva, and lectures on Enlightenmentfigures like Hume and Kant whilesurrounded by the opulent Palace ofVersailles. Their odyssey ended inLondon with a visit to the BritishMuseum where Karl Marx did hiswriting.

All of this history inspired somecreative fun. During a visit to Athens'1896 Olympic stadium, the class heldits own mini-olyrnpics. After a "torchrun" into the stadium with Bic light-ers, the featured events were a 200meter dash in any direction, a tooth-pick "javelin throw" and an interna-tional hopscotch competition.

The weather cooperated wonder-fully - for most of the tour. Thestudents found time for ice skating atthe base of the towering Matterhornand found they could ski from Swit-zerland to Italy and back. But the blueskies disappeared under the force of a110 m.p.h. hurricane, which turned asimple two hour channel crossing toEngland into a ten hour endurancetest.

Having survived the big blow, thestudents finished off their Grand Tourby visiting with Whitworth's TheatreTour participants in London and tak-ing in a performance of Les Miserables.

MUNICH: A recent musical visit toWest Germany produced plenty ofharmony. Academic dean DarrellGuder and music professor RichardEvans led a team in January to Whit-worth's new partner institution,Munich's prestigious Hochschule fuerMusik (University of Music).The team received a warm welcomefrom the Board oftheSociety of Friendsof the University and its president Dr.Ruediger von Canal. Dr. Guder gavethe board's annual meeting apresentation on Whitworth. Thenthe two schools combined talents for atrumpet and piano duet, performedby jazz studies director Daniel Ke-berle and the president of the univer-sity, a world-renowned pianist.

Keberle made arrangements for ajazz workshop in Munich during JanTerm 1991 that will be open to bothWhitworth and German students. The When in Rome: Forrest Baird's Core 250 class climbs the Spanish Steps on their Grand

Tour in search of the great philosophers of Europe.

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Grateful Grad SendsProfessors Packing

Editor's Note: An article on Whit-worth's "Mystery Man" appeared inSpokane's paper on Christmas Day. TheAssociated Press newswire picked it upand the story ran on CBS "This Morn-ing", in Newsweek, the New York Timesand newspapers around the country andas for off as West Germany, Japan, andSaudi Arabia. The following story byreporter Bill Dietrich appeared in the LosAngeles Times (used by permission).

pokane, Wash. - The re-wards of teaching can some-times seem intangible: mod-est pay, heavy demands, andonly occasional expressionsof gratitude from former stu-dents who are busy with theirlives.

But at Whitworth College,a small, Presbyterian, liberal artsschool in a pine forest north of thiscity, one anonymous graduate hasbeen saying thanks in a unique way.

The alumnus, who signs his notesonly "M.M." and thus is called theMystery Man, since June, 1988, hasprovided 17 present and former fac-ulty members with free vacations.

He also has given gifts, rangingfrom exotic foods to cameras andcoffee grinders, to long-time teachersat the college.

The gesture has produced an elec-tric boost of morale at Whitworth, acollege of low pay, high ideals andstrong relationships with its 1,300undergraduates.

"My fjrst contact was a bolt out ofthe blue," recalled Bob Bocksch, achemistry professor. He was the firstto be offered a trip by a Bremerton,Wash., travel agent representing M.M."I thought it was a bunch of studentsplaying a prank on me."

Finallyconvinced when he receivedtickets and an itinerary, Bocksch wentoff on his first visit to the HawaiianIslands and, he says, "had a marvel-ous two weeks."

When the travel agent later offeredhim a second trip, he suggested a giftto a laboratory equipment fund in-stead. The donor sent $5,000, theninsisted that Bocksch and his wife takea cruise last summer to Alaska as well.

In a subsequent letter, the donorexplained that he was saying thanksfor an education that changed his life."It is a direct way of saying to

people, 'I appreciate what you did',"said Howard Gage, a mathematicsprofessor who last June was sent on a

"I hate Qantas": Geology professor Ed Olson holds a koala during his vacation in Australiaand New Zealand.

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Gothic romance: Art professor SpikeGrosvenor and wife Erlene take in thestained glass in Bath, England's medievalcathedral.

tour of Britain. "The fact he is beinganonymous means he is not in it forrecognition."

Gage, a former Whitworth studenthimself, was accompanied on the tripby another gift recipient, JohnCarlson, 87, who was once Gage'smath teacher.

Carlson also visited Sweden, andfive months later, was sent to Hawaii.

So far, 14 men and three women,whose ages range from 50 to 87, havebeen awarded vacation trips. Earlyrecipients were members of the sci-encedepartment; all are veteran teach-ers at Whitworth, where the full-timefaculty numbers about 90.Spike Grosvenor, an art teacher,

received a three-week tour of Eng-land's stained-glass churches. ''Itwasa phenomenal experience," he said,"and has had a real impact on myclasses. It recharged my batteries."

Grosvenor said that the mysterydonor's knowledge suggests accessto a campus advisor or records. "Hegets detailed information. He knewwhatl was teaching, whatmy special-ity was. He knew I had never been toEurope and when I'd had my last

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Globetrotters: Some of the 'gifted' faculty members include (top row from left) John Carlson, Howard Gage, Thomas Tavener, Ed Olson, RossCutter, Bob Bocksch; (bottom row) Spike Grosvenor, Nicolin Gray, Alfred Gray, Hugh Johnston and Patricia MacDonald. (S-R/Kit King photo)

sabbatical."The trip was followed by gifts of

Cajun yams, a smoked ham and acoffee maker. But the biggest surprisecame Dec. 23, when Grosvenor's sonshowed up for a Christmas visit.

Dennis Grosvenor, a waiter strug-gling to break into the music businessin Los Angeles, had not been able toafford to come home. The donor knewthis, and also knew how to contacthim by phoneat his girlfriend's apart-ment.

Many Whitworth teachers couldnot afford to travel any other way.Grosvenor, for example, said he couldearn $5,000 to $6,000 more than hissalary at Whitworth by teaching at alocal high school.

He is not surprised, though, thatsomeone believes the college changedhim profoundly. "Whitworth has

historically made a big difference inpeople's lives," he said.

The college, which is celebratingits centennial year, requires under-graduates not living at home to resideon campus their first two years, andthe student-faculty relationship isoften close.

"We make a point of knowing ourstudents," said Nicolin Gray, a biol-ogy teacher who retired in 1980 andwho was sent with her husband,Alfred (emeritus professor of journal-ism), to New Zealand. The MysteryMan called her to explain he had beenone of her students, but she was un-able to guess his identity.

"It was a wonderful trip," she said."We could probably never have doneit on our own."

"It is unusual here to have a richdonor," John Carter, the college's

spokesman, said. "For the most part,Whitworth alumni go into serviceprofessions."

"The experience has changed me,"said Patricia MacDonald, a psychol-ogy teacher who got a trip to Hawaii."J look for ways now that I can ex-press my own generosity."

Theories about the Mystery Manabound. Because the travel agentworks in Bremerton, many suspectthat thedonor lives in the Puget Soundarea. Bocksch, however, suspects thathe is a former student living else-where who recently contributed tothe school's chemistry department.

Most teachers at Whitworth are notanxious to solve the puzzle.

"The fun of it is to leave it the wayit is," Gage said. "1have no intentionof finding out. It would destroy themystery of the whole thing."

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Relay team: All five Ericksons (left to right: Andrew, Mary, Anna, Peter and Robbin) have passed through Whitworth in the last decade.

One HundredthCommencement:All in the Family

hen Mary Erickson,dass of 1990, crosses thestage to receive her di-ploma in May, her par-ents will already knowthe ceremony by heart.Fred and Pat

Erickson of Wapato,Wash. have already

watched four of their children gradu-ate from Whitworth. Mary, a sociol-ogy and speech communicationsmajor, makes the fifth commencementin just seven years.

"My parents are convinced thatWhitworth College is a great place tosend their children," Mary said of herremarkable family tradition.

More than a tale of college loyalty

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or satisfied customers, the Ericksons'story illustrates the diverse ways aWhitworth education weaves throughstudents' lives, opening up new hori-zons.

Hall started in 1980 when two Whit-worth alumni interned at theEricksons' church, First Presbyterianof Yakima. Stuart and CatherineCummings-Bond ('76) convinced theEricksoris' oldest children, Andrewand Anna, to attend their alma materwith this bit of advice: "You don'tneed a university where they thinkthey have all the answers. What youwant is a place where they are askingimportant questions."Andrew went on to earn a degree

in economics, graduating from Whit-worth in 1984. He married CarolineMartino ('85), and joined his father, aformer Air Force fighter pilot, in thefamily fruit business known as the"Apple Corps."Anna became a nutrition major. But

in her senior year, she decided topursuea masters in divinity at Prince-ton after being challenged by DuncanFerguson, Fenton Duvall, Isla Rhodesand other faculty members. Now she'syouth pastor for a church in Pennsyl-vania.Peter Erickson was won over by

the quality of his older brother's andsister's friendships with their class-mates and professors. At Whitworthhe earned a history degree and methis wife, dassma te Becky Story ('87).He also joined the Apple Corps aftergraduating in 1987.

Last year itwas third son Robbin'sturn at commencement. An interna-tional stud ies major who spent part ofhis junior year in Hong Kong, he wantsto build on that experience to marketapples in Asia.

"After visiting for so many years tosee mysister and brothers," said Mary,"I was very comfortable with Whit-worth." Four years of attending

classes, building friendships and en-joying campus lifehave only increasedher excitement for the college. "Onegirl actually transferred toWhitworthbecause I was always expressing myenthusiasm."

Multi-cultural programs in threedifferent parts of the world - HongKong, Haiti and London - havechallenged her outlook on life. "Afterserving inHaiti with TonyCompolosministry, I see how important it is togive away God's love by the way weliveand not be somaterially oriented.".For Mary, the reward for living in thesquallor ofHaiti was the opportunity"to be a witness for Christ."

The 100th commencement willhonor many graduates like Mary. It'salso a time to honor the families whohave stood behind the members of theClass of 1990. But even among Whit-worth families, the Ericksons are in aclass by themselves.

RosenquistScholarshipAnnounced

his fall a Whitworth fresh-man will receive a $10,000four-year scholarship inhonor of 50-year alumWerner Rosenquist. Presi-dent De jong announcedthe award at a December 6dinner honoring this long-serving trustee of the col-

lege.Thescholarship is open to entering

freshman who show high academicstandards, personal initiative andleadership skills. A 3.75 high schoolgrade point average is required. Astudent can retain the award for fouryears by maintaining a cumulative3.5 g.p.a.

A Spokane travel agent and busi-nessman, Rosenquist has been a trus-tee for 40 years and was named a lifemember in 1987.Hewasawarded theGeorge F. Whitworth medal for dis-tinguished service to the college in1980. A founding member and for-merpresidentofthe Whitworth Foun-dation, Rosenquist continues to serveon its board of directors.

The Trial of Socrates:

t was a classic rematch, andthis time Socrates was givenpizza instead of hemlock.

Whitworth students res-taged the Greek philosopher'strial by the city of Athens thiswinter. The setting was differ-ent - a courtroom full of stu-dents and television crews at

Spokane's county courthouse - andso was the verdict: Innocent. After re-writing history, the prosecutor, defen-dantand jury all adjourned toa nearbypizza parlor to talk over what theyhad learned.

"1wanted history to come alive forthem," said professor Forrest Baird,who dreamed up the exercise for hisHistory of Ancient Philosophy class.judge Michael Donohue, a studentofSocrates,offered theuse ofhis court-room and agreed to preside over thereenactment. "It's high time to give aphilosopher another chanceatjustice,"he said.

The toga-clad participants assumedthe roles of the original Greeks. In thecase of Alcibides, portrayed byMelanie Noel, that meant appearingmore than slightly inebriated on thewitness stand.

"They really knew their charac-ters," Baird admitted, "1 was verypleased."

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joel the prosecutor (Joel Hunter)charged Socrates with underminingthe government with his subversivequestions. The two Athenians whobrought the philosopher to trial alsocomplained that he was corruptingthe young men ofAthens by teachingthem to question their elders.

ThenSocrates, in the person ofEng-lish major Ned Hayes, took the wit-ness stand and saved his own skin.Deflecting the charges, he volleyedback each of the prosecutor's ques-tions with a question of his own. "Hecross-examined his accusers and madethem look like idiots, just like in theoriginal trial" added Baird.

Assistant professorCorliss Slack'sAncient and Medieval World classfilled the jurors' box. Their decisionwas good news for Socrates, but not aringing endorsement of his methods.

In Baird's eyes, the trial illustratedthe hazards of free speech, whether inthe form of Socrates' questions or inthe current flap over flag burning.

"The point I wanted to make wasthat these are not just ancient issues,"he said. "The prosecutor'squestion isone we still struggle with today. Canwe allow any kind of speech in ademocracy, even when it attacksdemocracy?"

In the court of public opinion: Trial of Socrates participants included (left to right in front)Sarah Carter (Aristophanes), Ned Hayes (Socrates), Melanie Noel (Alcibides), Susie Billharz(Public Defender) and David Mead (Plato). 0. Bart Rayniak/Spokesman-Review photo)

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CentennialCampaign Update:Flying High

ive thousand helium bal-loons emblazoned with theWhitworth logo filled thesky at the Centennial Cam-paign kick-off last Septem-ber. The campaign contin-ues to rise toward its goaljust like those balloons, oneof which flew all of the way

to Watford City, North Dakota whereit was found bouncing around theHarold Gravis family farm.

Closer to home, over $7.7million inpledges and gifts have come in, andthe forecast is for that total to ap-proach $9 million by the end of June.

Each of the major projects has abouthalf of the money needed to startconstruction. The Cowles Library ex-pansion has reached $2.9 million of its$4.9 million goal. The CentennialStudent Union Building is just $1million from completion. The studentbody has raised nearly $50,000 to-ward the new building, much of itthrough the sale ofpersonalized bricksthat will pave its lobby. The PineBowl has $490,000 in pledges, halfway to its $1 million target. TheCam-paign Committee is optimistic thatground can be broken for one of theseprojects in the near future.

Some of the best campaign newscomes from the campus community.Fifty percent of the faculty and staffalready are giving to the CentennialCampaign with three-year pledgestotaling over $201,000 toward a goalof $250,000.

Starting this fall, everyone in thelarger Whitworth community can jointhe campaign. Alumni, parents andfriends who give to the CentennialCampaign will have their contribu-tion matched by a special challengegift. An anonymous donor haspledged to match all gifts to the col-lege's annual fund and one of thecampaign's major construction proj-ects.

Watch for the next issue of Whit-worth Today for news about how youcan build up the collegeand help Whit-worth' sCentennial Campaign flyevenhigher.

ness office and financial aid for stu-dents.

Edwin Hill, formerly with Shear-son Lehman Hutton in Spokane, is thenew executive vice president of theWhitworth Foundation. A graduateofMiddlebury College, he knows firsthand the financial needs of a small,private college. Hill is enthusiasticabout using his experience as a finan-cial consultant to help potential do-nors find the best vehicle for theircharitable giving.

Hill replaces Stephen Trefts, whois now president of Northwest Clos-ing and Escrow Company and runs aprivate trust management firm inSpokane.

HILL

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Two New Execs Arriveom Johnson, new vicepresident for administra-tive services, arrived lastfall from the Cheyenne,Wyoming school district,where he served as busi-ness manager the last twoyears. Before that he spenta decade with Young Life,

first as property manager at a camp inthe Adirondacks of New York Stateand then as director of services at theColorado Springs, Colo.headquarters.A C.P.A.,he also holds a M.B.A. fromClarkson University.

Johnson's responsibilities includepersonnel and the college's facilities,and will eventually include the busi-

JOHNSON

Founder's DayFestivities

ebruary 20, 1990,was a day for oldfriends and newstudents to cele-brate a century of

learning, culture and faithat Whitworth. Here aresnapshots from the col-lege's 100thbirthday party.

Photographs,clockwise fromupper right·

A century of goodtaste:Representatives ofthe Whitworthcommunity sliceinto an enormousbirthday cake forthe college. Theslicers (left toright) are DavidHarris (AssociatedStudentsPresident),President De Jong,Pat Parker(Support Staff),and musicprofessor DickEvans (FacultyPresident).

Patience has itsrewards:Psychologyprofessor PatMacDonald gets anhonors banquet giftfrom President DeJcng to mark 35years on theWhitworth faculty.

Family of theFounder: Thecollege communityhonored some ofGeorgeWhitworth'sdescendants onFounder's Day.

Simpson onstage: EmeritusEnglish professorClem Simpsonreturned toaddress theevening banquetcrowd.

Head table:Centennialorganizer JudyGuder (center)chats with banquetkeynoter ClemSimpson andassociateacademic deanTammy Reid, aformer student ofSimpson's.

Double vision:Twins Kara andKristen Colyar(both '89) dance adelicate duet forthe fieldhouselunch crowd.

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1890-1898:Whitworth~s Vision

Life on the Sumner, Washington campus in the1890s meant strict supervision of student activ-ity, particularly when it involved even the possi-bility of contact with the opposite sex. The cata-logues contained the" Abstract Rules of Govern-ment," a flavor of Victorian America transplantedin the Pacific Northwest.

1. Students are responsible for the order oftheir rooms.

2. Students absent from any class withoutexcuse are not entitled to recite until excused.

3. Persons calling upon young ladies mustpresent letters of introduction from parents orguardians.

4. Visitors are not admitted to the privateapartments of young ladies. Calls are not al-lowed to interfere with study hours. No callspermitted on the Sabbath.

5. The young ladies boarding in the school willnot visit the town without permission.

Pranks were common, as students sometimeschafed under the supervision. One Halloween,the male students strung a wire from the collegebuilding to a student's horne across the street andhung crockery used for toilet purposes on thewire - there was no indoor plumbing. Spottingthe line-up next morning, Professor Fox took outhis rifle, (a reminder that Sumner was still the"Old West") and shot down the so-called "whiteowls." According to accounts, the handles hungon the wire for months.

1898-1914:The Tacoma Years

up-the Freshmen ten strong, while the Sophscould muster but seven. Coach Rueber tossedthe cane into the air, and then for the next tenminutes followed a melee, which for being'intense' and 'strenuous' beat a football scrim-mage all to pieces. At the end of that time thecontestants were dragged apart one by one,and it was found that the Freshmen had eighthands on the cane, while the Sophs had butfour."

Opposite Page -The whole college:Students.faculty andadministrators atSumner (1890's)

One early Whitworth tradition, the "CaneRush," helped determine class supremacy. Ear-lier, freshman and sophomore classes engaged infree-far-ails that ended in "broken heads and fur-niture - and which settled nothing." By 1908,the melee had developed only slightly more~0r:;:--:--~~ _organization. "At3:15 the two r:classes lined

1914-1920:

The Move to SpokaneA 1915 student wrote these impressions of

Whitworth professors: "Dr. McKay, rising sud-denly, with head erect, chest out, marches tothe edge of the platform, halts, strikes a Napo-

Above - "Alas, poorYorick": ProfessorHolcombe's biologyclass in the basement ofthe Men's Dormitoryafter move to Spokane

Below-TheTroubadors: Dorm-itory friends from the

Tacoma years(1905)

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Hall, discovered a fire. With his roommate,Donald Beal, Boppell awakened the 18 othermale students. They immediately began toremove their belongings and what furniture theycould. Alumna Kathryn Bockman recalled howstartled she was when she awakened in McMil-lan Hall and found her "windows were red witha strange light ... boys were running and callingto each other. Some were carrying bedding andall sorts of property to all parts of the alreadystrewn campus."Later that morning in chapel, Dean Orrin

Tiffany spoke of the spirit of courage he'd ob-served hours before. Then he read a telegramfrom President Stevenson, who was away fromcampus. In it, the president pledged to build anew and greater Whitworth. With that, pent-upfeeling among the students burst forth into tre-mendous applause.

Above - Easy riders:Motor-cycles were apopular way to getaround during the1930's

leonic attitude and in the tones of PatrickHenry announces the hymn. After the singinghe abruptly turns his back on the audience,marches back to his chair, adjusts his coattailsand sits down."Professor Guy usually wears white socks.

With his hands shoved deep into his pockets,his lips slightly compressed, his eyes wanderindifferently about the room."Dr. Hollingsworth, when about to con-

duct chapel exercises, comes slowly forward,his left hand grasping his right wrist, as if thesupport might balance the backward tilt ofhisbody, places his left foot nearly a yard awayfrom the other, thrusts his head forward andwith his eyes gazing at the spot where themiddle foot light would be, if there were any,begins to talk.

Below-A 1945faculty portrait:President FrankWarren is seated in thecenter of the front row

The 19208:

Struggling to RebuildAt2:45a.m. on March 8, 1927,Carl Boppell,

a senior living on the third floor of Ballard

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The 19308:

The Great DepressionDuring the Depression, students found a

marvelous array ofpart-time jobs tomake money.Beatrice Henderson reports that she picked andcanned 742quarts of fruit during one summer topay for her first year's tuition. Others paidtuition in applesauce, potatoes and, from one stu-dent, peanut butter. Dining hall patrons that yearate peanut butter bread, peanut butter cookies,peanut butter pancakes and peanut butter soup.

In 1934,Jerry Stannard took over the footballcoaching duties. Stannard later told how he metseven players that first season equipped onlywith pre-World War I football gear. Stannardliked toremind people about his 123-pound guardand the fact that before the first game he stillcould be sure of only seven players. Thirteenyears later, a Whitworthian reporter recountingthe story, described Stannard's solution: "Whenthe whistle sounded for the opening kick-off,Coach Stannard had eleven red shirts facing the

opposition. It is not known to this day whom hedrafted, but they say that lour men on the lacultycame to school with the aid of canes and crutchesthe lollowing morning."

The 1940s:Building a Dream

In the midst of war concerns, religious activi-ties intensified. Students actively participated inChristian Endeavor groups and the Inter-VarsityChristian Fellowship Conlerence. Whitworthsponsored an all-city youth rally in 1942. Spiri-tual Emphasis week locused attention on reli-gious concerns and student editorials called lormore Christ-centeredness. Countless speakers 01national stature came to Whitworth, includingthe evangelist Gypsy Smith and W. L. Young,president 01 Park College.

When Graves Gymnasium was finished, part01 the basement became known as the "Com-mons." For the first time, students could gatheron campus lor a milkshake or a coke. One writerin the Whitworthian described the Commons asa place where "the blues could be vigorouslyslammed in the corner in some other mannerthan 'kicking the bark all Whitworth pine trees."

But almost lrom the beginning, the Commonsevoked student criticism. It was overcrowdedduring lunch, and heavy use took a toll on thecondition 01 benches and booths. There werecomplaints about noise during chapel, whichwas held upstairs in the gym. Finally the Com-mons was locked lor the hour. "Surely no oneought to be pounding out 'Boogie-Woogie' whena chapel service is in session," the March 19, 1948Whitworthian editorialized. "But il students haveno place to congregate, they will be tramping upand down the stairs looking lor a place to 'waitout' chapel."

The 19508:

Glory DaysStudents began to challenge the dress code

that required men to wear ties and women towear nylon stockings and dress shoes to din-ner. The traditionallamily-style dinner wouldeventually lall under the pressure 01 studentcriticism. But through most 01 the decade,women, properly dressed lor dinner, wouldlile in to stand at every other chair and wait lorthe excruciating moment when amale studentwould deign to select a place next to her. Altergrace, the male would dutifully help his din-ner partner be seated. The man at the head 01the table paternally presided, dishing up loadon the stack 01 plates belore him.

It was an era when Whitworth was knownthroughout the region lor its basketball andlootball. During the '50-51 season, under Coach

Above- May Day1955: Queen CarolSiler is escorted byDave Crossley; BillRusk in far leftforeground returned toserve as director offinancial aid 1968-1989

Below- Class of '24:Enrollment dropped asWhitworth struggled fasurvive

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Above - The VarsityQuartet (plus three):A musical fashionstatement (1973)

Below - The Best:Coach Paul Merkel(top le[t) guided theBues to their 1960NAIA national title

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james McGregor, Whitworth's basketball for-tunes began to climb with the skills of 6' 8"Ralph Polson, who would later play in theNBA. In 1952,Whitworth won conference anddistrict playoffs, defeating Pacific Lutheranand Gonzaga. At nationals they defeated Wis-consin State Teachers and james Millikin Col-lege before losing to Murray State in the quar-ter finals.

Beginning with the last game of the 1953season, Whitworth won 20 consecutive foot-ballgames under coachjim Lounsberry. Wayne

Buchert, Bob Bradner, Bob Ward, William Coleand Larry Paradis all were All-Conference andLittle All-American award winners.

The 1960s:Currents of Change

In 1960, Whitworth won the NAIA baseballchampionship. The team was led by pitcher RayWashburn, whose eight-year career with the St.Louis Cardinals included a no-hitter. Walter"Spike" Grosvenor, now professor of art, was "also one of the team's pitchers.

A police escort met the team on their return to \Spokane for a celebration parade downtown 'before throngs of students and loyal supporters.This championship was the highlight of CoachPaul Merkel's career at Whitworth.

Reflecting on what it meant to live in "thesixties," many Whitworth graduates begin withtheir memory of President Kennedy's assassina-tion in November 1963, and the death of Presi-dent Frank Warren less than a month later. Manyrecalled Kennedy's speech in Cowles Audito-rium in February 1960. Warren had wieldedinfluence over the spirit of the college as had noother president. In a very tangible way, thedeaths of both marked the passage into a newand perhaps less innocent period for the UnitedStates and for the college.

The issue that surfaced most prominently oncampus during the '60s was racism, the role ofblacks-or lack thereof-at Whitworth. In 1966,james Farmer of the Congress of Racial Equality,spoke at Whitworth about black problems inAmerica, and later in a speech on calnpus, theo-logian WilliamStringfellow remarked about howfew blacks attended Whitworth. Concernedstudents began to pressure the administration to

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explain why.President Mark Koehler took this criticism to

heart and embarked on the most ambitious re-cruitment of blacks in the college's history, Proj-ect Opportunity. Admissions counselors soughtstudents in New York City's Harlem, and by fall,nearly twenty blacks were registered.

The 1970s:The Lindaman Era

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Edward B. Lindaman, inaugurated in Febru-ary 1970, articulated a vision of hope in the midstof turmoil and became known throughout thecountry for futurist thinking. A compellingspeaker with great personal charisma, he at-tracted national attention to the college throughhis off-campus activities. On campus, he as-sembled a team of new young administratorswho brought some of the most recent theories inhigher education to the Whitworth campus.

On May 4, 1970, national guardsmen firedshots at anti-war protesters and killed four stu-dents at Kent State University in Ohio. At Whit-worth, 350 students, nearly one quarter of thestudent body, gathered in the Loop and listenedfor three hours as speakers condemned Ameri-can policy in Vietnam and lamented the deaths ofthe four students. Several Whitworth studentsfasted in front of the administration building anddemanded that the college publicly criticizeAmerican policy and terminate relations withthe R.0.T.c.

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The Whitworth Choir's long-standing reputa-tion for excellence continued in the 1970s underMilton Johnson. He spearheaded the annual"Messiah" performances which grew into all-city affairs involving two hundred Whitworthsingers and eighty local school and church choirs.The event became a Spokane Christmas tradi-tion, playing to full houses first in the Coliseumand later in the Opera House.

Conceived and implemented in the late 1960s,the Core curriculum flowered in the 1970s. InCore 150, Dr. Simpson's rendition of Moses' fare-well address to the Israelites, made an indelibleimprint on many students' minds. Core 250 tookstudents from the philosophies of Plato and Aris-totle to those of modern existentialists.

The 1980s:A World of Difference

During the spring of 1988, students organizeda Human Rights Awareness Week. Students,dressed in military garb, took control of thecampus in a simulated coup d' etat. Students werearrested and detained without trial. As actor-

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political activist Ed Asner spoke on campusagainst U'S. foreign policy in CentralAmerica,several Spokane community residents pick-eted outside the campus gate.

The hottest on-campus issue of the decadewas 24-hour visitation in the dormitories. Afteran exchange of proposals and counter-pro-posals in 1987, students staged a sit-downdemonstration in support of the existing pol-icy. Some 500 students signed petitions threat-ening to leave Whitworth if their demandswere denied. When the dust settled, 24-hourvisitation remained, along with a process calledCommunity Values Implementation, institutedby the Office of Student Life.

Mac Hall in Concert featured home-growntalent, corned y, dancing, and music in a formatnot totally unlike the minstrel shows of Whit-worth' 5Tacoma years. Though auditions wererequired, occasionally the bizarre slippedthrough -such as a goldfish-in-a-blender act.

Other dorms contributed their own uniqueflavor to campus life. One year, a "Men ofSte-wart" pinup calendar was a big success. Andwhen a decision came to convert the hall tocoed, Stewart men rallied for the status quowith a "Save the Urinals" campaign.

Commencement traditions included Sen-ior Honors Forum, and naming the Most In-fluential Professor of the Year. Those honoredprofessors included Harry Dixon, LeonardOakland, Michael DeGolyer, and Forrest Baird.Picnic in the Loop and Concert in the Park bythe Wind Ensemble became traditional as didthe Senior Reflections talent show and desserton Saturday night. One of the most movingtraditions ends baccalaureate service withOakland leading the singing of "AmazingGrace" with his own special Whitworth versesadded.

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Opposite Page -Opendoor?: Minority affairsdirector Rose Howellwas in charge during a/986 apartheidsimulation

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BY LINDA SHARMAN

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Fueled by the rhythms ofJuan Tizol'sPerdido, two trumpet players duel, trad-ing ideas and challenges in escalatingcomplexity. Playing a cornet, the olderone, gray-haired and mustachioed, laysdown a crisp tone that stabs and bites.On flugel horn, the other, blond andyouthful, gets a mellow sound, soft-edged, slightly sweet. The riffs andlicksare unrelenting, each player goingfor it in a competition played out forexhilaration and inspiration, not forwinning.They declare a truce, hand it to the

piano and the crowd erupts, yellingand clapping. Down in front, a genera-tion raised on rock and roll has seen thelight. So this is jazz!

* * *It's Friday evening, November 17,

1989,two and a half months into DanKeberle's second year as head of the

IWhitworth Jazz Ensemble, and CowlesAuditorium is jumping. The event:"The Music of Duke Ellington" withtrumpeter BillBerry,veteran of Duke'sbig band. Berry keeps busy these dayswith engagements on the internationaljazz circuit, but his heart is in this -bringing the Ellington sound alive forhigh school and college crowds. He'samong a growing number of jazzmusicians who realize that this music,America's only original musical artform, is in danger of dying out if it's notpassed on the the next generation.That, at least in part, is why Keberle

is at Whitworth. A trumpeter himself,holding his own with his guest artistwas not his biggest challenge of theevening. His real triumph was behindhim on stage, blowing and swinging-the 19 young musicians, 14 men andfive women, he'd recruited, coached,prodded and rehearsed into a credible

aggregation tobackup the likesofBerry."They all played pretty much at their

maximum," Keberle says. "Iwas reallyhappy with them."

With a bachelor's and master's de-gree in trumpet and jazz studies fromIndiana University, and a doctorate intrumpet performance from ArizonaState, Keberle brings experience as aclinician, soloist and jazz educator toWhitwroth. Besides leading his ownquintet, he has played in bands forLouisBellson,BillyEckstein,BobHope,Andy Williams and Marvin Harnlisch,and taught at California State Univer-sity, Chico and Northwest MissouriState University.

His program at Whitworth includesJazz band, combo, arranging, history,Improvisation and vocal jazz. It alsoincludes appearances by guest artists.

While an evening of great old jazz

classics is a good draw, and a crowd-pleaser, the student musicians are thereal reason for bringing in name per-formers, he says. "They can get rightup next to them and hear how it's reallydone. Bill Berry was here three days,and they had a lot of chances to be withhim and just hear him. A lot rubs off.It'salso great for recruiting. Any musicdepartment that's been with it for thelast 10-15years knows that you've gotto recruit, just like a football team."

And a potentially good jazz musi-cian may be tougher to find than a goodquarterback. "Jazz takes somuch moreskill than any kind of pop," Keberlesays. "It takes several years playing aninstrument to have the technique toplay in a college level band and it takesgreat talent to be able to improvise,which is the real essence of jazz. Tobeable to do it in an interesting way takes

BRASSY: JAZZ

TRUMPETER BILL BERRY

KNOWS HIS WAY AROUND

THE HORN

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years of hard work, just like being aclassical musician. So the pool fromwhich you can select is small."

Facing graduation loss of four out offive saxophones and three of five trum-pets in his current band, Keberle' s solu-tion is to recruit three or four new mu-sicians every year, build toward a fulljazz band and train them in smallcombos in the meantime. "Combos area training ground for improvisationskills," he says.

In its first competition, this band fin-ished second at the highly-regardedUniversity of Idaho Jazz Festival. Ke-berle keeps them busy and in practicewith performances at localhigh schools,

on tours and on campus. "I wasbrought here to build up the whole in-strumental area," he says. "There areprivate colleges like Whitworththroughout the country where the jazzband isjust as strong as the WhitworthChoir is here."

Once a purely American phenome-non, jazz has gone international in abig way, but it is losing ground in theU.S. Jazz clubs, the traditional train-ing place for young musicians, havelargelydisappeared fromAmerican cit-ies, but Berry reports that in Japan,there are hundreds. So colleges havebecome theplace forjazz development,with the help of a cadre of aging jazz

UPBEAT: LOUIS BELLSON'S DRUM CLINIC WAS A HIT

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greats. Vibes artist Lionel Hamptonlends financial and artistic support tothe annual jazz festival at the Univer-sity of Idaho. Thelonius Monk, Jr. hascreated a jazz piano competition inmemory of his father, the late pianistand composer, to provide scholarshipsfor promising artists. Others reducetheir fees to work with college groups,like Berry and former Ellington drum-mer Louis Bellson,who held a clinic atWhitworth in October.

Developing young musicians isonlypart of the goal. Developing an audi-ence among the student body is also atarget. "Jazz is complicated," saysKeberle. "You have to get close to it,understand it, before you start to reallyappreciate it. That's where educationof the audience, the student body andgeneral public, comes in. They're miss-ing outon something great in life.Musicis one of the great joys of culture. Afulllife includes art, music, drama - all ofthat - and jazz should be right upthere."

He also wants to develop studentswho will play an instrument well andkeep playing throughout their lives."They aren't necessarily music majors.In fact, more than half the jazz bandmembers aren't. But I think the kind ofstudents who come toWhitworth real-ize that the liberal arts are important.Part of my vision is to sustain and pro-mote music for life."

Profiles of the band personnel bearout Keberle's vision: Lead trombonistPeter Tucker, math major, tutor andsometime basketball player fromBellevue, Wash.; chemistry major TimKalafut, trumpet, from Fresno, Calif.. adedicated musician who has chosen to

give a classical recital, usually onlyrequired of music majors; and saxo-phonist Lee Graham, a non-traditionalelementary education student in his40's, who after a professional career inmusic, is taking advantage of his timeat Whitworth to add his talents to thejazz ensemble.

With its traditional emphasis on clas-sical music, Whitworth is a logicalenvironment for the serious pursuit ofjazz. Wynton Marsalis, a trumpet playerwhose virtuosity spans both jazz andclassical, trained at Juilliard. He advo-cates classical training for jazz musi-cians, along with applying standardsof classical instruction to jazz educa-tion.

"The true innovators are alwayssteeped in history," he said (College Mu-sician,1986.) "When you go to school tostudy a Bach chorale," he said, "they'renot asking you whether you like hismusic or not. They're saying, 'If youstudy these, you will learn the basics ofWestern harmony, because they areamongst the most extremely well-crafted works in existence.' The samething is true of the solos of Louis Arm-strong or Charlie Parker."

That's why Keberlethinksa jazz pro-gram is such a good fit for Whitworth."I would like to see Whitworth knownasa place where they know what jazz isall about and respect it as an importantart form and part of our history."

* * *On stage, a couple of mellower

Ellington favorites follow before Berryand company return to the music ofDuke's trombonist, Juan Tizol, to blowthe roof off. Caravan, a tour de force forthe rhythm section, pulses with drums,cymbals, bongos and tom toms whilethe brass screams out a melody recall-ing ancient Persia and frenetic haremdancers. For the moment forgettingR.E.M., Bon [ovi and Kiss, the rockgeneration jumps up, whistling andcheering, wanting more. Watching theband, 19 of their own, taking it some-where near the ozone, they can't denyit. Jazz has found a place at Whitworth.

Editor's Note: This February, the Whit-worth jazz ensemble and jazz choir cap-tured first place in the open division at theUniversity of Idaho 's Lionel Hampton JazzFestival. See also the "In the World" stan}on a new jazz program in Munich.

ROOTS and BRANCHESby Leonard Oakland

Jazz is the one undisputablyAmerican creation among the arts. Itdraws on the weary chants of AfricanAmericans working the fields, on thebawdy sensuality of bar and brothel,and the transcendent yearnings of theBlack church. All its roots are Black.Though European Americans havedeveloped the jazz idiom in our ownways, the soul of jazz is African Ameri-can - Blues from the barroom andspirit-lifting Gospel from the church.

So often, the question has beenasked, "What is jazz?" All along, jazzhas remained undefinable. Is the keyterm "improvisation?" Much great jazzmusic has been composed and writtenout. Is the key "syncopated and irregu-lar rhythms?" Not all jazz fits this. Is itcomplex "changes" played upon thechord structure of the 12-bar bluessequence? Obviously, this is too nar-row as well. No single characteristicunites all jazz.

Jazz came late into my life. Ihad heard it often, especially duringthe Fifties when it was popular on radioand in the dorm. But in those years Ithought it too worldly and irreconcil-able with Evangelical values. I heard init only the sensuality of the secular.Still, the sound stayed with me.

Slowly my attitudes changed.But it was an experience with KWRS-FM, the Whitworth campus station, thatled me to take jazz with greater serious-

ness. During the summer of 1983, sta-tion manager Gino Borland suggestedthat I do a regular music show. I knewa good deal about classical music, butnot enough about jazz, so I chose toexplore the less familiar. Starting frommy enjoyment of Cool Jazz (like MilesDavis and the Modern Jazz Quartet), Ibranched toward Bebop and later eras.

I began to listen beyond thesurface energy for an underlying archi-tecture. I learned to hear, amid thecomplex harmonies and subtlerhythms, those voices that speak sodirectly of pain and loss, of passion,amusement, disgust and anger. Butalso I came to hear the voices of faithand transcending vision. I loved themixture, no longer believing them to becontradictory or irreconcilable.

Jazz is a rich language thatBlack Americans have given to theworld. It is a vastly different idiomfrom the symphonic vocabulary, butnonetheless rich in inflection and innu-endo. It has about it the scent of themodern, the stain of urban alienation,while never freeing itself from its small-town roots or the sounds of a gospelchoir in a rural church. I love jazz, inpart, because it continues to draw onthose complex roots, and enlarges myEuropean sensibility with an AfricanAmerican vision of how hard life oftenis, and yet if we only "Take the A Train"how rich it can become.

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Bay Area bash: A Whitworth centennial dinner in Santa Clara brought together alums likeHelen (Tait) Paris '76 (left) and Lisa Sardinia '79.

Alumni Bulletin Board

reelings from the newSarah Miller Auld AlumniCenter, a gracious hornelocated across Hawthornefrom the college's west en-trance. A gift in memoryof Dr. George McLarren ishelping us buy furniture.If you would like to help

our furnishing and landscaping fund,contact the Alumni Office.

RECENT HIGHLIGHTS

Homer Cunningham received thecollege's highest honor, the George F.Whitworth medal, at homecoming.He returned on Founder's Day to de-liver a brief history of our remarkablefounder and college namesake.The Centennial Celebration con-

tinued with four major events in Se-attle, Portland, Los Angeles, and SanFrancisco. Nearly 250 alumni andfriends attended with featured speak-ers Dr. Leonard Oakland, Dr. Clar-ence Simpson, and President ArthurDe Jong. Thanks to the alumni coun-cils in those areas. Your hard workmade these events a success.The Alumni Directory has been

delivered along with the Whitworthalumni card to 4,200 alumni. If youwould like to purchase the directoryand also receive the alumni card andits benefits, please send $19.90 to:Alumni Office, Whitworth College,Spokane, WA99251.Thanks for Answering the Call!

Our thanks go to everyone who re-sponded to the Annual Fundphonathon during the past sixweeks.Your support means Whitworth stu-dents will continue to receive aneducation that makes a world of dif-ference in their lives.

forms have been mailed to all alumniand a percentage of the purchase pricewill go to Whitworth. If you wouldlike more information, please call theAlumni Office at 1-800-532-4668.The Senior Class will be raffling

off a Suzuki Samurai in support of theCentennial Student Union Building.Only 250 tickets will be sold. Youhave a 1 in 250 chance of winningwhen you purchase a brick and raffleticket. Alumni can take part by call-ing 1-800-532-4668 before May 12,1990. Bricks with an inscribed mes-sage cost $100,$500or$l,OOOwith thepurchase of a raffle ticket for $1.Hall of Fame: The Crimson Club

wants names of past athletes, coachesand contributors to honor in the newHeritage Gallery. The first selectionswill be in May,so send nominations toCrimson Club, Station #21,WhitworthCollege, Spokane, WA99251.

Hit the Greens! The first annualWhitworth College Crimson ClubGolf Tournament, sponsored byWendleFord/Nissan/Isuzu, is slatedfor Thursday, June 7, 1990 at theSpokane Country Club. The tourna-ment, complete with silent auctionand hole-in-one competition, haslimited space. To sign up or sponsora hole, call Mike Kirkland at 1-800-532-4668.

WHAT'S HAPPENING

Dr. Nick Faber is Retiring after 18years in Whitworth's education de-partment. We are collecting remem-brances to give to him, so jot downyour favorite Faberisms and sendthem to: Leslie Lewis, #17, Whit-worth College, Spokane, WA99251.Centennial Watch Offer: Seiko

Corporation isproducing aWhitworthCentennial watch. This high qualitytimepiece comes in threestyles: men's,women's and pocket watch. Order

COMING EVENTS

Homecoming Weekend on Octo-ber 6 will bring together the classes of1979, '80 and '81. Homecoming is a

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great time for all Whitworthians tosee classmates and visit the college.With this being the Centennial year,you can bet this Homecoming will beour best ever. Mark your calenders!The 25 Year Reunion for the classes

of 1964,'65 and '66will be on April 20-22. Acruise on Lake Coeur d' Alene isthe featured event, along with thedrama production" As You Like It,"time with faculty and much more.The 35 Year Reunion: The classes

of 1953,'54 and '55 are invited back tospend a weekend together on June 9-10. We have reserved the remodeledBallard Hall for your housing, and Dr.Fenton Duvall is the featured speaker.The 40 Year Reunion will reunite

the classes of 1948, '49, '50 and '51during Centennial Celebration Week,April 27-29. A highlight will be din-ner at Patsy Clark's mansion andmusic from the varsity quartet (JimMcConnell, George Stout, ViGoodaleDeibert and Marge Unruh Murphy).The 50+ Year Reunion will fea-

ture the class of 1940at ourCentennialCommencement on May 19-20.All ofthe graduates prior to 1940 are alsoinvited to this hosted event.The Paul Merkel Reunion onApril

28will honor this man who has dedi-cated his life to Whitworth for nearly50years. The day will feature adoubleheader, luncheon and a dinner ban-quet. All ofPaul's classmates, playersand friends are invited.

For Information about these reun-ions, call 1-800-532-4668.

- Paul Viren

Births1977Toni Boggan and Tom Crowley, Spokane,girl, Sarah Crowley, born Dec. 22,1989.

1979Kathy McGinnis and Alex Fisken, Seattle,boy, Alexander McEwan, III, born 11/23/89

Karen (Edel) and Bill Preston, Portland,Ore.. boy, Brian, born Aug. 1,1989. Brianjoins a sister, Amanda, 2 .

1980Lyman and Kristen (Thompson) Miller,Portland, Ore.. boy, Tyler Lawrence, born Oct.18,1989.

Steve and Kristen (Quint, '83) Renz,Spokane, boy, Daniel Donovan, born Sept. 25,1989. Daniel joins a brother, Christopher, 3.

Russell and Gail (Steffan, '83) Clark,Cleona, Penn., boy, Shane Eric, born 6/17/89

1981Don and Kelly (Crim, '83) Shrumm,Summit, N.J., girl, Kathryn Crirn. born Nov.20,1989.

Randy and Evelyne Working, Carmichael,Calif., girl, Magalie Raymonde, born 6/11 /89

1983Bill and Annette (Auld, '81) Fanslow, Fed-eral Way, Wash., girl, Hannah Kathryn, bornOct. 23,1989. Hannah joins a sister, Sarah.

1985Bruce and Lisa (Mitchell) Cutter, Spokane,boy, Steven Mitchell, born May 14, 1989.

Chris and Madeline ('82) Waid-Jones,Mad-ison, wisc.. girl, Emily Joey, 8/1/89.

Marriages1985Ronald David Oldenkamp and NancyGnoss, June 17, 1989, at Shepherd of the HillPresbyterian Church in Puyallup, Wash.

1986Kimberly Toews and Jeff Sleizer, February10, 1990, in Spokane.

Deaths1942Nathaniel Edenso, Ketchikan, Alaska, Sept.17, 1989. According to a social worker at The

Alumni Notebook$Pioneer's Home in Ketchikan, Nat's deathwas quite sudden and not due to a lingeringillness.

1945-1971Mabel A. "Mae" Whitten, Spokane,February 15, 1990. Mae was an associateprofessor of English at Whitworth for 26years before retiring in 1971.

1955John William Harris, Spokane, Dee. 31,1989. John, who attended Whitworth in 1951,died at his home after a three-year illnesswith diabetes.

Class Notes1934Robert and Evelyn Ashbrook are enjoyingretirement in Temple, Texas, and maintaincontact with Whitworth friends of 56 yearsago.

Elsie (Rhoades) Jamieson has informedthe Alumni Office that her husband, Don,passed away on Dee. 21,1989 of a massiveheart attack. The Iamiesons celebrated their55th wedding anniversary on Sept. 6. Oftheir five children, three are Whitworthgraduates: Judith Macfarlane, '73; Dean,'68; and Darrell, '79. Their eldest son,Bruce, lives in Tigard, Ore., and a second son,Douglas, is retired from the Air Force.

1936Averill J. Wiley retired 14 years ago from a36-year career with the Institute of PaperChemistry. He was manager and technicaldirector of an environmental chemistryresearch group, the Sulphite PulpManufacturers Research League in Appleton,Wise. where he still resides.

1940Janice (Peterson) Richardson hopes toattend the 50-year reunion duringcommencement weekend in May, havingenjoyed herself at last year's festivities.

1941Sydney and Harriet (Thorndike, '42)Eaton live in Mt. Vernon, Wash. Aregistered nurse, Harriet has worked for 48years, currently as relief nurse at SkagitValley Medical Center. Sydney, who retiredin 1976, taught art at Chehalis High School,and started the art department at SkagitValley College, where he taught for 17 years.

1947Marguerite J. (Lunneborg) Braithwaitelives at Chehalis West Retirement Center inChehalis, Wash.

1949Leila (Hurlbert) and Mike Mezen live inSky Forest, Calif., on Lake Arrowhead. Leilaretired from nursing in 1988.

Ed and Mary Ellen (Webster, '53) Hankshave built a home in Cashmere, Wash. Theywere Volunteers in Mission for five years,and last year Ed became chairman of thelodge building committee for Tall Timber, theCentral Washington Presbytery's churchcamp. Builders completed roofing the logshell in October, and more volunteers arewelcome when finishing work starts againthis spring! The Websters hope to attend the35-year reunion in June.

1950Dick Klein is pastor of the Wendell, IdahoPresbyterian Church, where his wife, Ardith(Moberly, '53) directs the children's choirand is youth group advisor. Dick also chairsthe Kendall Presbytery's mission council andits nurture committee, and is president of theWendell Kiwanis Club. Their son, Steve,'79, is director of outreach ministry for LakeAvenue Congregational Church in Pasadena.

J. Graley Taylor serves part-time as statedsupply for the Ravenna BoulevardPresbyterian Church in Seattle. He sharesthis pastorate with his continuing ministrywith the Religious Broadcasting Commission,where he produces "Northwest Encounter"for stations in Seattle, Portland, Ore., CentralWashington, and Lewiston, Idaho. He alsomanages to devote some time to work on afilm about Vietnam veterans.

Donald N. Anderson will retire in June after32 years as a school superintendent, the past20 years in Kennewick, Wash. He does part-time school management consulting andteaching for Eastern Washington Universityand Washington State University in the Tri-Cities. Church and community affairs alongwith grandfathering five consume hisremaining time.

John R. Branden is pastor of theCommunity United Church of Christ con-gregation in Harrington, Wash. Originallytwo churches in the 1930's, the Presbyterianand American Baptist congregations mergedand joined the Congregational Conference.

1951Phil and Shirley (Gilson) Schiller maketheir home in Montesano, Wash., where Philis interim pastor of Montesano PresbyterianChurch.

1952Patricia Dole, Ardmore, Okla.. is a socialworker specializing in maternal and childhealth. She will retire in 1992.

1953Bill McCullough has a private surgical

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All aboard!: The Queen Mary in Long Beach harbor welcomed an enthusiastic crowd at oneof the centennial on-the-road dinners held up and down the West Coast during January.

practice in New Haven, Conn., and is aclinical assistant professor of surgery at YaleUniversity. His SOIl, James RenwickMcCullough, IV, graduates from BostonUniversity in May. Bill and his wife, Barbara,reside in Madison, Conn.

1957Spencer and Doris (Burke, '55) Marshlive in Issaquah, Wash., where Spencer ispastor of the newly established IssaquahUnited Church of Christ. Prior to their moveto Issaquah, Doris worked with theAlzheimer's Association, advocating foraffected families and providing educationand support services. Their daughter,Wendy, '81, is director of communicationsfor Burnside Community Council, a Portland,Ore., organization for the homeless.

1958Raymond Kay Brown has been called asorganizing pastor of Horizon PresbyterianChurch in southeast Phoenix, Ariz. "After 18years in the Pacific Northwest, we find ournew roots in the sunny Southwest are takinghold quite well!" writes Kay.

1960Dick M. Frost and his wife, Fay, own andoperate Frost and Frost Entertainment inSpokane. Their son, Richard A. '85, willgraduate from medical school in SanFrancisco in Mayas a Doctor of PodiatricMedicine. Mark A., '88, is a corporateaccountant in Scottsdale, Ariz.

1964Martha Lane, Santa Barbara, Calif., is on thesteering committee of the Adult Literacy andTechnology Project, a national, mostlyvolunteer effort. She recently helped Literacy

and Evangelism International revise itsteaching materials and train overseas literacypersonnel. Martha also supervises 20 VISTAvolunteers for California Literacy, Inc. andmonitors nine education projects for thehomeless for California's State Department ofEducation. She received her Master's degreein Computer Based Learning and Trainingfrom Nova University last May, and hopes toearn her doctorate in the same field by theend of 1990.

Robert and Elizabeth Coppock, along withtheir sons, Paul, 15, Karl, 11, and Benjamin, 8,have performed vocal and piano solos innumerous family concerts and worshipservices with vocal ensembles. TheCoppocks live in Duluth, Minn.

1965Bob Sharp, Dallas, Texas, was selected forthe National Teaching Excellence Awardpresented by the University of Texas. Bobhas been a college teacher for 23 years, and is"as enthusiastic as ever." One of his formerstudents, Bill Hartman, '91, plays defensiveback for the Pirates and is a resident assistantat Whitworth's Warren Hall.

Fred and Phyllis (Wilmeth, '68) Shafferand family send the following note of thanksto fellow Whitworthians: "We wouldlike to express our heartfelt thanks to ourWhitworth family for your caring supportduring Fred's recovery from surgery. Yourwords of encouragement, your prayers, andthe incredible financial assistance youprovided were just so meaningful andtouching to us."We regret that due to circumstances

beyond our control, the names of some whocontributed to our support were not availablefor us to personally thank. Please know thatyour thoughtful expressions were very muchappreciated.

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"We thank our Lord for good health onceagain and His marvelous provision of ourneeds through you. Bless you!

1967Bob Harmon, formerly a high school teacherand football coach at Waterville, Wash., hastaken over Suburban Realty, Inc.. his family's40-year old real estate, property managementand development business in Tacoma.

1969Barbara (Gaylord) and Russ Stillwell areco-workers in their Portland, Ore. business,Electronic Research Devices Corp. whichmanufactures and markets the Micro-Pulsar,a transcutaneous electronical nervestimulator (T.E.N.s.) for pain suppressionand control.

Emily (Hurn) Seeger, Wolsey, S.D., isdirector of Christian education at FirstPresbyterian Church in Huron. She alsoserves as pulpit supply at First PresbyterianChurch in Wessington, and Rose HillPresbyterian Church. She and her husband,Donald, have two daughters, Beth, 15, andMary, 13.

Dave Wetzel continues to fish the coldwaters of Alaska. The "Coastal Star" is in theBering Sea until June, then sets sail for BristolBay. Dave wonders about a Whitworthextension campus on St. Paul Island, wherethere's "lots of room to grow!".

1970David Jasper Johnson has coached andtaught U'S. History and ContemporaryWorld Problems at Ephrata High School forthe last 20 years. He's coached the varsitybaseball team which has won seven state "A"championships in the last 12 years. Davidwas named Baseball Coach of the Year in1989 and selected to the Washington HighSchool Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame in1988. He and his wife, Vicki, have threechildren, ages 11, 9 and 4.

Linda (Graham) Stevens directs the girl'sAWANA junior varsity program atAlderwood Manor Community Church inLynnwood, Wash. She and her husband,Dean, have a seventh grade daughter whomLinda homeschools.

1971Glen Hiemstra, Washington State's officialcentennial futurist, delivered the keynoteaddress at a Future Views Conference inSpokane in March. The conference was co-sponsored by the Spokane EducationAssociation and Eastern Washington UniservCouncil.

1972Dorothy (Larson) Hay is a career specialistat Issaquah High School. Her job gives heropportunity to endorse Whitworth through

the Admissions Office as she informsstudents about the array of options open tothem as they continue their educations andpursue careers.

James D. Patten is pastor of SummitAvenue Presbyterian Church in Bremerton,Wash. He and his wife, Sandra, have twochildren, Brook, 9, and Justin, 6.

Lorine Carol Johnson, Colville, Wash., is acomputer assistant for Northwest Alloys-Aloca in Addy.

1973Rich Mulcahy, Nehalem, Ore., teachesEnglish composition, journalism, and speechand is head track coach at Neah-Kah-Niejunior-senior high school in Rockaway Beach.He is contributing outdoor feature writer forSalmon Trout Sfeelhend magazine of Portland.Rich has two daughters, Amie, 10, andShannon.Z

1974Marilyn Deppe, a 1989 graduate of TheClaremont Graduate School, Claremont,Calif., has been awarded the Melvene D.Hardee Dissertation of the Year Award fromthe National Association of StudentPersonnel Administrators. NAPSA confersthe award annually, through an open nationalcompetition, to the doctoral student whosedissertation makes the most significantcontribution to the field of college studentservices administration and to the generalfield of student affairs. Marilyn's dissertationis entitled "The Impact of Racial Diversityand Involvement on College Students' SocialConcern Values." Marilyn is assistant to thevice president for administration andplanning for the Claremont UniversityCenter.

Robert and Patty (Giboney, '76) Howelllive in Bothell, Wash. Bob is an administratorfor CRISTA Ministries in Seattle. Patty is afull-time mom to Thomas, 10, Bethany, 8, andDavid, 4. The Howells moved to theNorthwest from Southern California twoyears ago.

Les and Patti (Cook) Hyder make theirhome in Fresno, Calif.. where Les is seniorpastor at Westm.inister Presbyterian Church.Les continues to serve as chaplain in the AirForce Reserves. He and Patti have a son,Luke, and a daughter, Abby.

Rich Norem, who received his Master ofEducation degree in guidance and counselingfrom Whitworth, is elementary schoolcounselor with the Central Valley SchoolDistrict in Spokane. He is the first recipientof a Spokane Prevention of Child Abuse andNeglect (SPCAN) award in the educationcategory. He was recognized for outstandingcontributions to the protection of children atrisk of abuse and neglect.

1975

EI Salvador: "It Was A Fearful Time"Leslie Argueta-Vogel, '79

he bombing started a dayafter the FMLN offensivebegan, and continuedeveryday for nearly threeweeks. "We spent a lot oftime on the floor."

Leslie Argueta-Vogel,'79, paints a grim pictureof life in EI Salvador dur-

ing last fall's rebel offensive. Withher Salvadoran husband, Theofilo,she has been working for a Catholicparish in the city of San Miguel. Thefighting made their last month be-fore returning to the u.s. for Leslie'sordination a frightening experience.

After the initial attack, govern-ment forces retaliated with aerialbombing against poor neighbor-hoods suspected of harboring reb-els. "They started bombing withoutever warning the civilian popula-tions, without ever evacuating any-one," Argueta-Vogel said. "Refu-gees from the bombing are stayingin our home right now."

The government also declared astate of siege, suspended all rightsand clamped down a nightly curfewon the embattled country. "It was afearful time for us," she said. "Sinceonly the military could be out atnight, that was when they arrestedpeople and searched their homes."Itwas also during curfew that six

Jesuit priests were gunned down atCentral American University, whereher husband Theo is taking classes.One of the dead, Ignacio Ellacuria,was Thee's advisor, so that tragedyhas stalled plans to finish his degree.

Life in El Salvador has seemedlike one challenge after another.

As a Presbyterian missionary in acountry without Presbyterianchurches, Leslie was invited by aRoman Catholic priest to work athisSan Miguel church. The parish wasalready part of a movement callingfor peace and dialog with the FMLN.On Good Friday 1989, which wasthe anni versary ofArchbishop Rom-ero's assassination, her church led apeaceful procession through the citycarrying posters ofRomero and read-ing his words about reconciliation.

"That made the parish a target,"she explained. "Anyone who speaksfor negotiation is considered a rebelsympathizer by the army. They de-nounced OUf priest."

After fighting erupted, theirchurch was occupied by the army'sThird Brigade and ransacked. "Theystripped the church of what littlefurniture it had and even took out allof the windows," she reported. "Thepriest had to leave the country. Ourparishioners warned that we shouldnot go anywhere near the church."

That event, along with the arrestof Thee's brother and the deporta-tion of dozens of church workers bythe government, hastened their de-parture. The couple, along with their2-year old daughter Rebecca, flew toPhoenix where Leslie was ordainedon January 7. They plan to return toEl Salvador in March, this time towork at a Lutheran church.

"We consider San Miguel ourhome," Leslie said of their decisionto return to a country still under astateof siege. Until then she plans tospeak at churches that support herwork and urge people to act.

"Neither side can win a militaryvictory, but thousands of civilianscontinue to suffer. I tell church peopleto support a negotiated settlementand pressure the government to stopmilitary aid to EI Salvador - aidthat is being used to persecute thechurch and kill civilians."

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Class act: Jill Worthington '75, shown leading part of her Adams Elementary second gradeclass, was named a Distinguished Teacher by Spokane Public Schools in November, 1989.(J. Bart Rayniak/S-R photo)

John and Judy (Miller, '71) VanVoorhis,active in the florist industry for 20 years,recently purchased Peters and Son Florist indowntown Spokane. They have twochildren, Andrea, 16, and Daniel, 8. Judy alsoleads a Bible study at their church.

Roger and Laurie (Dingman) Jones haverelocated to Olympia, Wash. where Roger isexecutive director of the YMCA. He andLaurie have a daughter, Kaylin, 8, and a son,Adam,S. Laurie will resume her teachingcareer in September.

1976Michael Falkner, Orangeville, Calif., is acontributing editor for PC Computing, anational magazine for microcomputer users.He writes a monthly column on databases,and does new product reviews as well as"how-to" articles. In his "regular" job,Michael manages 900 PC's and 100Macintoshes for an aerospace company.

Scott Rozelle is finishing his doctoraldissertation at Cornell University'sDepartment of Agricultural Economics. TheRozelles spent a year in China, and Scottreturned with "a mountain of data and amultitude of ideas, and the job of reconcilingthe two." He and his wife, Yu-hwa, have twosons, Whalen (Luo Wei) and Brian (Luo [ing).

Robert Kroeger is doing post-doctoralwork in particle physics for the University ofTennessee. He's currently situated at theStanford University Linear AcceleratorCenter.

Joann Landon has moved to Vallejo, Calif..where she teaches high school history.

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Debi (Klahn) Knight and her family residein Clevedon, Avon, England. Debi leftpreschool teaching after three years and isnow a freelance journalist, specializing indesign and layout. She and her husband,Steve, editor of Rail News for British Rail, willbe on holiday in the US. this spring, visitingDisneyland and the West Coast. The Klahnshave three children, David, 8, Clare, 6, andKaty,4.

1978Paul and Laurie (Hall) Grubb have movedfrom Brownsville, Texas, to Spokane, wherePaul is a pediatrician at the Rockwood Clinic.He and Laurie have three children, Julie, 7,Jonathan, 6, and Lisa, 1.

Beth (Walker) Viren is also on the medicalscene as manager of benefits andcompensation for Sacred Heart MedicalCenter in Spokane. She and her husband,Paul, Whitworth's alumni director, have adaughter, Shawna. 3.

1979Mimi Klepach completed three years of US.Army service in Frankfurt, Germany. She'sreturned to Whitworth to begin a Master'sDegree program.

"We survived the earthquake!" writesCharlie Birdsell. He and his wife, Joan, livein San Jose, Calif.

Helen (Olson) and Chris True live inSpokane. Helen is a dedicated full-timehomemaker and mother to Catherine,Jonathan, and Elizabeth.

1980Eric Lampi teaches Spanish at Lake

Roosevelt High School in Coulee Dam, Wash.He's president of the Washington StateChapter of the American Association ofTeachers of Spanish and Portuguese, andhosts an exchange teacher from Chile as partof the state's Pacific Rim exchange program.

Edward T. Riley, Portland, Ore., wasselected by the General Assembly of thePresbyterian Church USA to attend theWorld Council of Churches Conference inSeoul, Korea in March. Edward will share hisexpertise on health care and environmentalissues.

Russell and Gail (Steffan, '83) Clarkmoved to Cleona, Penn., last July. Russ ispastor of Christ United Church of Christ inAnnville, and Gail is a regist-ered nurse atHershey C'yes. as in the chocolate bars!")Medical Center. They have a son, Shane Eric,born last June.

1981Kurt A. Roper will complete a Master ofScience degree in counseling psychology atCentral Washington University in June. Healso serves as interim pastor of First ChristianChurch in Ellensburg.

Steve and Elaine (Moneymaker, '82)Meyer reside in Cambridge, England, whereSteve expects to finish his Doctor ofPhilosophy in the History and Philosophy ofScience degree at the University ofCambridge this summer. He received hisMaster of Philosophy degree in the same fieldfrom Cambridge in 1987.

Phil "Pino" and Dee Dee (Novasky, '83)Silva live in Kansas City, Kan., where Phil isthe regional manager of Dana CommercialCredit and Dee Dee is a homemaker. TheSilvas have a son, Gabriel, 4, and a daughter,Kaneni Elizabeth, 1.

1982Ruth Ann Heddendorf is a parish assistantin the Evangelical Reformed Church in Aix-en-Provence, France, located 25 miles northof Marseille. Her ministry is church growthand outreach.

1983Bill and Annette (AUld, '81) Fanslow havemoved to Federal Way, Wash. Bill is abiochemist/immunologist at Immunex inSeattle. Annette keeps busy with daughtersHannah and Sarah and plays violin with thelocal community orchestra. She alsoparticipates in the Federal Way Mothers ofPreschoolers (MOPS) group.

Brian N. Pror is the director of educationand program for the Episcopal Diocese ofSpokane.Susan (Eckhardt) Purcell, St. Helens, Ore.,presents the Child Abuse Prevention Project(CAPP) to preschool to third grade studentsin Columbia County. The program is asubsidiary of the Women's Resource Center.

Susan and her husband, James, have adaughter, Jamie, 1.

Carla (Holder) and Jeff Landmake theirhome in Oakland, Calif. Following her twoyears at Whitworth, Carla graduated fromChico State University in communications.Most recently, she was marketing director fora regional shopping center. Jeff manageshigh rise office developments in Oakland.

Mitzi Pickard works with the visitorprogram service of Meridian HouseInternational in Washington, D.C. Theagency handles month-long internationalpolitical, cultural and educational exchangesfor visitors from all over the world, arranging

In the Footsteps ofMother TeresaKatrina Campbell Plato, '85

t was not the moment whenshe met Mother Teresa thatKatrina Campbell Plato de-cided to devote her life to serv-ing others.

It was the days and weeksand months she spent work-ing alongside the Sisters ofCharity in New YorkCity asa

Diakonia volunteer.Katrina, an art major who gradu-

ated from Whitworth in 1985, nowteaches art to emotionally disturbedchildren at a school in St. Louis. Shealso works as a staff member, at adowntown shelter for women, withher husband, Jim Plato.At Whitworth, Katrina joined the

Urban Ministries program, whichstarted her wondering how to "findor communicate Christ" in inner cit-ies. That led to a summer with theSisters of Charity in the Fort Apachearea of the South Bronx. She helpedin a day camp for children, ladledsoup in a soup kitchen, and visitedshut-ins. The sisters' work impressedher so much that she returned towork with them after graduation.That was the summer she met

Mother Teresa."I was working at a shelter for

women in West Harlem, and I wentoutside to make a phone call," Ka-trina recalls. "I passed two sisters,and noticed one who was shorterthan the other. She turned out to beMother Teresa."The founder of the Sisters ofChar-

their visits to Washington, D.C. and otherparts of the US.

Iris (Kroehler) Eihon and her husband lovetheir "life in the country on an almondranch" near Paso Robles, Calif. Followinggraduation Iris was a pedi-atric nurse inHawaii, then moved with her husband toJapan where they set up the Stanford JapanCenter in Kyoto. She is a nurse in a nurseryfor newborns.

1984Michele Alexis Vanderlinde, Spokane,promotes the fitness industry throughdeveloping certification and standards for

instructors. A doctoral student at GonzagaUniversity, Michele was named WashingtonState Fitness Instructor of the year in thehealthy adult category by the RentonVocational Institute and Reebok.

Jimmy Dawson and his wife, Christinna,moved to Soldotna, Alaska just 24 hours aftertheir wedding in May 1984. Jimmy teacheshigh school physical education and coachesvarsity football, and spends summers fishingfor king salmon on the Kenai River.Christinna is vice president for Trans.AlaskaTitle.

Dennis and Jessie Salisbury are currentlyinterviewing for residencies, Dennis in family

ity was dressed in her traditionalwhite sari with blue trim. She cameup to Katrina, took her hand, andgave her a blessing."I realized when I met her that

she's just like any other person," Ka-trina says. "She's a very simple per-son, but she's a leader. I would de-scribe her as having a confidenthumility."After that summer, Katrina signed

up with Mennonite Voluntary Serv-ices for two years, and was offered ajob teaching art at Edgewood Chil-dren's Center in St. Louis.She says working with clay is one

of the children's favorite activities. "Ilet them pound things to let out theiraggression," she says. Then they'llcalm down and make something. Asan art teacher, I've learned to standback and let them do that."She's also found molding with clay

to be theraputic for the women atKaren House, a shelter where she vol-unteers. "It's a good medium to use,"

she says. "You can make mistakesand rebuild, which is good for theirself-esteem."Karen House cares for 16women,

and is one of the few shelters in St.Louis that takes in people with men-tal problems. "To love is difficulthere, not convenient, often demand-ing," Katrina says. "But in talkingwith the women, I'm more sure thatthe answers to spiritual poverty arethe transforming love in friendship,a listening ear, and compassion."Working with those women and

the children at her school has Ka-trina interested in a career in arttherapy. Whatever she does, shewill take with her the example set bythe Sisters of Charity.

"It was during the summers Ispent with them that I decided tolive a life that seeks God first in myheart," she says. "I saw how to livea simple life with few possessions,so that I could worship God morefully and serve others."

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medicine and Jessie in pediatrics. They areliving in Spokane.

1985Ronald Oldenkamp received a Master ofDivinity degree from Princeton TheologicalSeminary last May. He was ordained andinstalled as associate pastor at FirstPresbyterian Church in Bend, Ore. inNovember, and oversees the church'seducational ministries.

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Bruce and Lisa (Mitchell) Cutter live inSpokane, where Bruce is a systems analyst forFarm Credit Services and Lisa is a registerednurse at Valley Hospital and Medical Center.They have a son, Steve, born last May.

Diana S. Lee teaches fourth grade inLaverne, Calif. She's also working on herMaster's Degree in teaching.

Jay RatclilHe manages "Banners", a rest-aurant in Lowell, Mass.. and is applying tograduate school. His wife, Jennifer(Verdier, '86) is a doctoral student in thejoint MD./PhD. program at Tufts MedicalSchool and Seckler School of Biochemistry.

Timothy Loney, a Master of Divinity studentat Dubuque Theological Seminary, has beeninterning at three churches in the John DayValley Parish in Monument, are. He travelsa l20-mile circuit over "beautiful high-desertranching country with lots of rattle-snakes."In order to visit his parish-onere. Tim findshimself feeding cattle, driving sheep, fixingswathers, and raking lawns. His wife,Juanita (Buhr) "leads Bible studies andaerobics, cans pickles and preserves, sketchesand writes poetry," along with caring fortheir son, Bjorn James, 4. She also plans topursue a Master of Arts and Religion degree.

1986Karen Sue McCanaughey completed herMaster of Arts degree in pastoral counselingat Western Evangelical Seminary in Portland,are. in May. She is a mental health therapistin the Christian Therapy Group at Portland'sWoodland Park Hospital.

Kimberly (Toews) Sieizer works for aSpokane optometrist. She and her husband,Jeff, are newlyweds.

Kip Winans has been promoted to"specialist" in the US.Army and plans toattend graduate school in archives andrecords management upon finishing his hitchin 1991.

1987Mike and Teri (Devereaux, '88) Sardiniaare living in Pullman, Wash. while Tencompletes a Master's Degree in botany atW.S.U. Mike is in his third year of veterinaryschool and is concur-rently working on adoctorate in neur-ochemistry. "No children,but a puppy named Angie, Howard theIguana, and a Clydesdale named Barney,"complete the Sardinia household.

Ted Masterson is "alive and well" inColville, Wash. He extends kudos to Gail(Warner) Fielding, '62, of the WhitworthLibrary for her service and assistance to himas a student and in his current researchprojects.

James J. Jones is a legislative analyst inthe Washington State House ofRepresentatives in Olympia.

Tom Ellis teaches conversational English atPohang Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. in KwangYang, Korea. He also leads English Biblestudies for KABS, a Korean-run missionoutreach ministry for college students.

Paula K. Williams is a salesperson forKGO-San Francisco, the fifth largest radiostation in the United States. She lives inLarkspur, Calif.

Karen White teaches second grade at TalbotHill Elementary School in Renton, Wash., thegrade school she attended as a child. Prior toher present classroom assignment, Karen wasa long-term substitute teacher in anelementary resource room.

Paula Zeller lives in Fountain Valley, Calif.,and is a control center derk for the OrangeCounty Sanitation District.

1988Willie Stewart began training in Februaryfor International Habitat for Humanity inAmericus, Ga.

Toni Killifer lives in San Francisco where shemanages a clothing store called "TheLimited." She's seeking employment ininternational studies.

J.B. and Lorena (Clegg, '89) Meade areEnglish teachers for the Osaka City Board ofEducation in Japan. Their flexible schedulestake them into a variety of classroom settings.

David Kennaly expects to conclude work onhis Master's Degree in public and modernEuropean history at Eastern Washington U.this summer. He and Lynn Sievers, '90,will be married in August.

Janet Herrlinger is an administrativeassistant in the Washington, D.C. office ofLl.S. Senator Brock Adams.

Beth Tallman is director of youth ministriesfor West Valley Presbyterian Church inCupertino, Calif. She's begun work on herMaster of Social Work degree at San JoseState University.

1989Michael and Andrea Le Roy live inNashville, Tenn., where Michael is enrolled ina doctoral pragrant in political science atVanderbilt University.

Eric Roecks is an administrative assistant inthe Washington, D.C. office of WashingtonGovernor Booth Gardner. His duties includeoffice management and tracing issues ofconcern to the state of Washington.

Jennifer Seyler writes that severalWhitworthians got together last Thanks-giving in Giessen, West Germany. She andclassmate Tom King, along with ex-changestudents Mark Frazer, Silke Vogel, and KatjaRumi. celebrated the occasion.

James C. Lin

Alumni Bookshelfhitworth alumni willwrite about almost any-thing, judging from thisselection of recent publi-cations. If you have pub-lished a book in the lastfew years, please send acopy to the Alumni Of-fice and we will review

your work in a future issue.

G. Bruce Coleman '47Messages of Hope for a FaithfulPeople, Presbyterian Church of Sun-nyvale, 1989Bruce Coleman's congregation in

Sunnyvale, Calif. compiled and pub-lished this collection of his newsletterarticles. They cover more than twentyyears of life in a "Silicon Valley"church, providing inspiration and aglimpse of religion in America duringthe sixties, seventies and eighties.

James C. Lin '66xElectromagnetic Interaction withBiological Systems,Plenum Press, 1989

Lin heads the Department of Bio-engineering at the University of Illi-nois/Chicago and edited this collec-tion of scholarly articles. They sum-marize the latest research on medicalimaging and therapy techniques, theeffects of radiation on living thingsand how different nations set safetyguidelines for exposure to radiation.

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David Myers '64Psychology Through the Eyes ofFaith, Harper & Row, 1987

Is human behavior determined orfree? Why do nice people commit evildeeds? And how much credit (orblame) do parents deserve for theirchildren's behavior? Myers, a psy-chology professor at Hope College,and his colleague Malcolm Jeevesanswer these and a number of otherquestions in this collection of brief,engaging essays. Theirs is a Christianperspective on some of the new de-velopments in psychology. And avery readable one at that.

Sharon Parks '64The Critical Years: The YoungAdultSearch for a Faith to Live By,Harper & Row, 1986

"We need to be able to make somesense out of things," says Dr. Parks,visiting associate professor at Har-vard Business School, in her introduc-tion. "This book holds that it is inyoung adulthood that a person be-gins self-consciously to reflect on themeaning of life itself."

Building from this beginning, Parksdraws on diaries, poetry and devel-opmental theory to illustrate thepower of imagination and the processof meaning-making we all go through.College professors have a special op-portunity, she believes, to help youngadults fit the pieces of life together.

Dan Sanford '65South Korea and the Socialist Coun-tries: The Politics of Trade,St. Martin's Press, 1990

South Korea is expanding its tradewith China and the Soviet Union, butdoes that mean reunification talks withNorth Korea are next? Not necessar-ily, says Sanford, but this does lay thefoundation for easing tensions.

Sanford is director of Whitworth'sCenter for International and Multic-ultural Education and resident PacificRim expert on campus. He spent 1988as a Fulbright Scholar interviewingbusinessmen and officials through-out Korea. The book that grew out ofthose contacts should appeal to stu-dents of business and diplomacy withits look behind the foreign policy ofone of Asia's emerging economic pow-ers.

Faculty BookshelfHomer CunninghamThePresidents'Last Years: GeorgeWashington toLyndon B. JohnsonMcFarland & Co., 1989

oday we reward our for-mer chief executives witha $99,500 per year pensionand plenty of presidentialperks, but they haven't al-ways fared as well. Con-sider James Monroe whodied almost penniless. OrUlysses S. Grant, writing

his memoirs of the Civil War whilebattling·throat cancer in a final at-tempt to get his family out of debt.

After retiring from the history de-partmentin 1983, Cunningham's loveof history led him on a search for theforgotten years of America's presi-dents. He rumaged through the Li-brary of Congress, amassing volumesof information which he boiled downto this fascinating work.

"I thought, 'How great for a manjust by sheer will staying alive until hefinished his book:" Cunningham saidof Grant in an interview with theSpokesman-Review. "I think thosedeeds need to be known.""The Presidents' Last Years" is avail-

able through the Whitworth Bookstore.Homer Cunningham

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,. Pirate Sports

All-Americans Run Cross Country toNationals

wo All-Americans, the bestmen's NAIA District I fin-ish since 1972 and a 13thplace ranking in the finalNAIA national poll high-lighted Whitworth's 1989cross country season.Junior Evan Coates

and freshman MelanieKosin became the sixth man and sec-ond woman to achieve All-Americanstatus for the Pirates at the NAIA Na-tional Cross Country Championships.Coates was the top finisher from Dis-trict I at 16th place in 25:27 for 8000

KOSIN

meters. Kosin was one of the topfreshmen across the line, running anexcellent race for 18th place in 18:29for 5000 meters.The runners competed on a hilly

course iT} Kenosha, Wisconsin in frigid18 degree temperatures. Add to thata strong breeze off Lake Michigan,and the wind chill at race time wasfive degrees below zero. Both Kosinand Coates ran controlled races dur-ing the early stages, reeling in otherrunners as the race progressed andthe cold took its toll.Coates joined Pirate alums Len

Long, Jerry Leonard, Jerry Tighe,Tom Hale and last year's addition,Jerred Gildehausin the select group.Kosin became Whitworth'sall-time

top placing woman at the NAIA Na-tionals, ahead of Kelli BurchFrykholm's All-American finish in1986. Fast times are nothing new forKosin. As a high school senior inYakima, she was Washington state'snumber two runner and was rankedin the top 20 nationwide."I'm excited for both Evan and

Melanie, and for the direction ourentire program is headed," secondyear coach AndySonneland reported."Getting some individuals back tothe national meet and running withthe best in the nation is the start. Ithink both teams are at the thresholdof becoming national caliber pro-grams."

Airborne: After a successful season, ten Pirate swimmers are ready to take a flying leap atNationals.

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Close encounter: Sophomore Jenny Couchworks around a Western Washingtondefender during the women's basketballteam's push for the playoffs.

Crimson ClubShows True Colors

hese days they live aroundthe Pacific Northwest,along the West Coast fromAnchorage to San Diego,and as far away as SaudiArabia. Once upon a timethey were all Pirate ath-letes. But now what bindsthem together is their de-sire to promote Whitworth

athletics."We feel we can make an impact,"

said Les Rurey, '62, the recentlyformed Crimson Club's first presi-dent. "I'm excited about Whitworth,more than I have been in years."He shares that enthusiasm with 70

other far-flung alumni who havejoined the Crimson Club. Their firstgoal is forming a Hall of Fame tohonor Whitworth athletes of the past.This heritage gallery, including teamphotos, trophies and game balls,would eventually find a permanenthome in the fieldhouse. "We hope toname the first inductees to the Hall ofFame in the spring," Rurey explained.Whether with a niche in the Hall of

Fame or a gift to senior athletes, theclub wants to inspire current studentsand the college's sports programs toaim high.

To joi/1 the Crimson Club and make aworld of difference for Whitworth athlet-ics, call (509) 466-3235.

Gathering steam: Whitworth's woman's soccer team gathered more experience than victories during its first season. Sophomore captainBarb Klava says their most valuable lesson was "learning what it takes to give 100 percent and to never give up on yourself or the team."

Pirate Roundup

EN'S BASKETBALL:Themen's team sizzled inFebruary, frying elevenstraigh t opponen ts toserve up a 21-7record. Itwas the first 20-win sea-son since 1955 and onevictory short of theschool record. Randy

Smith, who topped the scoring andrebounding charts, led the team to aplayoff win in the N.A.l.A. District Ifirst round over Alaska-Pacific Uni-versity beforean exuberant fieldhousecrowd. Central Washington endedthe Pirates' season in the District'ssemi-final game, but couldn't keepcoach Warren Friedrichs from pro-claiming, "It's been a great year forus."

SWIMMING: Pirate swimmers planto make a big splash at Nationals inCanton, Ohio this spring. Coach TomDodd reports four women and sixmen have qualified for the trip inindividual or relay events, and all buttwo of them are freshmen or sopho-mores. Included in this young team isfreshman Matt Snow, who capturedthe 200meter backstroke at District.

cisco in January, but it was still amoving experience to receive a Serv-ice Award from the U.s. BaseballFederation for his devotion to ama-teur baseball. Merkel's love of thegame and numerous executive posi-tionswith baseball organizations havealready earned him membership inthree halls of fame. He retires fromWhitworth this spring after a 40-yearteaching and coaching career high-lighted by aPirate triumph in the 1960N.A.l.A. baseball championships.

BASEBALL: The earth didn't shakewhen Paul Merkel visited San Fran-

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: What adifference a year makes. Lastwinter'steam could manage only three districtwins. But this year they matched themen's team with a 21-7 record andthird place in the District - their bestfinish ever. Sophomore Tara Flugelaveraged more than 16points a game,as the squad rose to the semi-finals ofthe District I playoffs. Head coach Ju-liene Simpson says the differencewas defense. "We held many teams to Wall of Power: The Pirate's swarming defense effectively shuts down the offensive effortstheir low score of the year." of Alaska Pacific during NAIA playoff game in the Whitworth fieldhouse.

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'¢f President's Journal

ctober 2, 1989, Down-town Spokane - PianistGreg Slag, '83, and theSpokane Symphony cap-tured the attention of theconcert-going crowd atSpokane's new Metropoli-tan Performing Arts Cen-ter. A brilliant evening that

highlighted Whitworth at the start ofour centennial year.

October 14-15, Homecoming - Thiswas probably the largest group ofalumni we've had back in memory.Many saw the banners and perimeterroad around campus for the first time.

October 19-20, on campus - TheBoard of Trustees unanimously rati-fied Whitworth's Long-Range Plan,as had the faculty on Oct. 4. A cap-stone action after a whole year of work.

October 25-26, San Francisco -Flying through on a fund raising trip aweek after the big quake, I rode out a5.0 aftershock. The whole airportswayed, but nothing came apart.

November 1-2, Olympia - At theGovernor's Mansion, T joined otherpublic and private college presidentsfor dinner and an address by Gov.Booth Gardner on how higher educa-tion can help K-12 education.

November 13-22, Japan- I flew wi thjoyce to N ishinomi ya to helpMukogawa Women's Universitycele-brateits50thanniversary. Mukogawaplans to open a branch campus inSpokane at Fort George Wright, andWhitworth will oversee its studentlife programs. We saw a number ofbeautiful rainbows, as bullet trainszipped us across the japanese coun-tryside. We stopped at our two sisterschools (Shikoku and Hokuriku) andthree other church-related colleges.Our hosts regaled us with the finestformal dinners; up to 13 courses andlasting three hours. Afascinating trip,it whetted our appetite to experiencemore of the country.

December 2·3, Everett and Seattle- Accompanying the choir for itsChristmas Concerts, I spoke to alumniin Everett and did a "Minute for Mis-sion" at Seattle's First Presbyterian

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In the Land of the Rising Sun: A visit to sister school Shikoku University emphasized tieswith Japan. Pictured are (left to right) professor of English and Japanese Bin Hamajima,Whitworth exchange students Stan Myers and Kay Knowles, Shikoku students YoshikoShibutani and Chigusa Kaneda who studied at Whitworth, Joyce and Art De Jong, andphysics professor Harry E. Altman, Jr.

Church. It rained for two solid days.

December 11-12, San Francisco - Iwatched an incredible sunset, lastingalmost an hour, as I flew from Spokane.The most beautiful hues of purpleand gold that I've ever seen. Met witha prospective board member andasked for a gift for the campaign. I gotdouble what J had requested.

December 19, Spokane - Time forthe Spokane Symphony's annualmeeting. I'm a member of the board.

December 25, Atlanta - joined ourthree sons and their families for awhite Christmas - in Atlanta. Itwassix degrees. just my luck to headsouth and hit record cold whileSpokane was enjoying record warm.

January 2·6, 1990, Stuart, Florida-Council ofIndependent Colleges heldits Presidents' Institute here. I com-pleted a three-year term on the Coun-cil's board and addressed a workshopfor new college presidents. Afterseeing Florida's frozen palms andorange trees, I'm not a firm believer inthe greenhouse theory.

January 13-20, Southern California- Record cold on this side of the coun-try as well. joyce and I called onpotential contributors and met with

minority pastors in L.A. in an attemptto recruit more minority students toWhitworth. Then we boarded theQueen Mary for the "Centennial onthe Road" dinner. Eighty friends andalumni enjoyed a very delightful,upbeat time on this impressive ship.With balloons, dancing and the cen-tennial film, it was a gala event.

January 31, WaShington, D.C. - Inthe capital for the Christian CollegeCoalition and the National Associa-tion oflndependent Colleges and Uni-versities. joined by other college presi-dents from the Northwest, I spokewith our congressmen and senatorsabout the issues facing us.

February 3, Santa Clara, Calif. -james Whitworth, great-grandson ofour founder, was one of the 75 guestsat this "Centennial on the Road" din-ner in the Bay Area.

February 20, Founders' Day -Whit-worth College's 100th birthday cele-bration. It featured a special addressby professor emeritus ClarenceSimpson, then lunch and campusentertainment in the fieldhouse. Aformal banquet that evening atSpokane's new Agricultural TradeCenter helped us honor the entireWhitworth community, past and pres-ent. A tremendous day.

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