The QC, Vol. 77, No. 10 • November 8, 1990

              QUAKER CAMPUS
Volume LXXVII, Number 8
The Voice of Whittier College Since 1914
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November 8,1990
Mancini Performs in Shannon Center
Renowned jazz musician and composer, Henry Mancini performs a piece during yesterday's dress
rehearsal.
Whittier's Endowment Falls Behind Comparable
Area Colleges;  Becoming Campus Goal
By Marc Hansen
QC Staff Writer
In the past, low endowment
has been used as an excuse for
some of the shortcomings of
Whittier College, including
absence from the US News and
World Report college rankings
and low teacher salaries.
This year, however, the
administration has maderaising
endowment a top priority. Vice
President of Advancement Susan
Pearce recently submitted a five
year plan focusing on endowment
to the Board of Trustees.
Pearce said that "Endowment
has been determined to be right
at the top, if not the highest, on
the list of priorities for President
[James] Ash and the Board of
Trustees."
Whittier's endowment is $17
million.
Part of the plan, Pearce said,
Endowments of Area Colleges
300 -i     27'1
200-
100
In $ Millions
Pomona     Occidental  Ciaremont     Scripps      Redlands      Whittier
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is to expand the college's network
ofboard members and to be more
rigorous in emphasizing the
financial obligations of board
members to the college."
Another way in which
endowment will hopefully be
increased is not only through
alumni and the board, but "by
attracting citizens who are
philanthropically oriented and
who will show interest to a
committed academic program,"
Harold Hewitt, Vice President of
Business and Finance said.
In order to attract such people,
Hewitt said that, "We need to do
a better job of managing the
college economically, as well as
maintaining a certain degree of
livelihood and progress to the
campus that will distinguish the
college."
One of the primary reasons
that Whittier has had such low
endowmentin the pastis because
of the college fund raising policy.
In the past, Pearce said,
fundraising was "strictly foi
current purposes." The college
would bring in money and spend
all of it each year rather thar.
putting money in the bank."
While policy is a primarv
Please see MONEY page 5.
By Jennifer Buddemeyer
QC News Staff
Tuxedos, sequins, satins,
and velvets sound more like
Hollywood than Whittier
College, but last night when
composer/musician Henry
Mancini officially opened the
Ruth B. Shannon Center for
the Performing Arts, this was
indeed the scene.
Approximately 400 people
attended the concert by
invitation only, paying $150
per seat, according to Susan
Pearce, Vice President for
College Advancement.
The donations for the
tickets go toward the expense
of putting on the show, Pearce
said, and will be added to the
donation fund called the
Friends of the Shannon Center.
The evening began with
cocktails and hors d'oeurves at
which Ruth Shannon said of
her mood for the evening, "I
am completely elated; I am on
Cloud 10—not 9!"
Harold Hewitt, Vice
President for Business and
Finance, said "It's great that it
(the Shannon Center) is finally
here."
Virginia (Ginny) Mancini,
the composer's wife and
Honorary Chairman of the
Shannon Center Campaign
Committee, said, "It's a great
thrill to see it come to fruition
because any performing arts
center only enhances a
community."
In several brief speeches
before the concert, college
luminaries gave thanks to all
those who helped make the
Shannon Center a reality.
Raymond Dezember,
Chairman of the Whittier
College Board of Trustees, said
to the guests that it was a
"great pleasure" to have been
involved in the realization of
the Shannon Center and
thanked everyone for their
help in "making this facility
become a reality."
Dezember   continued   to
officially dedicate the theater
"This building shall henceforth
be  known  as  the  Ruth  B,
Shannon    Center   for   the
Performing Arts  as  of this
date, November 7, 1990.    I
hereby present the Shannon
Center to the faculty, students,
and staff of Whittier College
and   to   the   community   of
Whittier."
(Please see SHOW, p. 10)
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the Editor, Page 2.