The QC, Vol. 77, No. 13 • December 6, 1990

              Happy  Holidays   Whittier  College
QUAKER CAMPUS
The Voice of Whittier College Since 1914
Volume LXXVII, Number 13
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December 6,1990
"5ti»h G«mniillA3CTW>isri.lJiy IkJiIot
President James L. Ash and his wife joined the Whittier Uptown Association in
welcoming the holiday season to Whittier in the annual Christmas parade last Saturday.
CI to Reopen in January
The Campus Inn will reopen on Jan. 7 offering
regular food sen/ice. The tent will be taken down
December 17-19.
There will be an open house in the Campus Inn
today from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. for anyone interested in
touring the kitchen and having questions answered
about the new facilities.
Archer and Wadsworth
Move into Masters Homes
BOG Holds Election Forum
By Marce Scarbrough
QC Staff Writer
"If the Board of Governors
hopes to be an effective link to
the administration, it needs to
improve its connections with the
students," junior Mike Shore, a
newly elected BOG member and
participant in last week's BOG
open forum, said.
Shore was one of five
prospective candidates sharing
thoughts on BOG and Whittier
College at an open forum held
last Thursday night in the
Stauffer Lounge. The format
gave way to a round-table
discussion of the issues facing
BOG and what the candidates
would do about them if elected
the following day.
The central theme of the
discussion centered around the
topic of communications at
Whittier. Each candidate seemed
to have a different idea on what
the problem is and a different set
of solutions for dealing with it.
Freshman Michelle Memmel,
said that there is a gap between
what BOG is doing and what the
students are feeling, "We have
an administration that seems
willing to co-operate with the
students,"she said. "WhatBOG
needs to do is set itself up as a
forum for students to share their
thoughts and ideas."
Darrin Blyden, a junior, said
that communication problems
Please see BOG page 5.
By Julie Amiton
QC Assistant News Editor
Within the last two weeks,
Dr. Dick Archer, Director of
Whittier Scholars Program, and
Dr. Bill Wadsworth, Professor of
Geology, and their families,
moved into their new residences
on campus.
Archer and Wadsworth are
two of three faculty members who
will be living in school-financed
Faculty Masters houses. Archer
will reside over Wanberg and
Harris; and Wadsworth over
Johnson, Ball and small housing.
Archer moved in to his new
residence on Nov. 21 and
Wadsworth on Nov. 30.
"Students need something to
counterbalance the prevailing
tendency to party to excess and
this program will provide
alternative activities,"
Wadsworth said.
"The Masters program will
enrich student's lives to what it
means to be educational. Thisis
not just what they are graded on,
but what enriches their lives.
Bringing people together is part
of being educated," Archer said.
Faculty Masters will house
speakers, host dinners and be
available to students for
consultation.
"I am trying to generate
student interest for future
events," Wadsworth said. "I hope
to have a wide range of visitors."
"I intend to appeal to a
broader audience and plan
events that will enrich the
interests of all students, "Archer
said.
A piano recital, featuring
Francis Nobert, associate
professor of music at Whittier,
and David Karol, professor of
music at Los Angeles Valley
College was the first event in the
Johnson house. "They played
music from the 170CCS to the
1900's including Bach and
Brahms," Wadsworth said.
"About 27 people attended, with
eight being students."
Barry Lopez, best-selling
author, visited Whittier this
week, where he was a guest of
the Wanberg House. Dinners
and a reception were held at the
house.
"The student's have been
great,   friendly,   nice   and
interesting," Dr. Archer's wife,
Ginny, said.
Please see MASTER page 4.
Admissions
Flooded With
Freshman
Applications
By Marc Hansen
QC Staff Writer
Despite a national decline in
the number of high school
graduates, freshmen
applications to Whittier College
have increased by over 800% from
last year's.
Since the end of September,
the Office of Admissions has been
receiving an average of 35 to 40
applications per week, for a total
of 586 applications as of Nov. 30,
Tom Enders, Assistant Vice
President for Student Financing
and Enrollment said. This
contrasts with only 70
applications by mid- November
of 1989.
The unusual degree of success
that Admissions has had in
recruiting recently prompted an
article in the Los Angeles Times
on Nov. 19, entitled, "Small
Wonder: Whittier College
Recruitment Push Results in
Flood of Applicants." This article
praised not only the great influx
of applications, but the quality of
students being recruited.
The opening of the article
describes a recent scholarship
recipient who chose Whittier
after beingrecruited by Harvard,
Princeton, and Stanford.
Furthermore, the article claimed
that the "aggressive marketing
campaign" of President James
Ash has "set out to win the minds
of some of the nation's brightest
students."
Regardless of the academic
credentials of the incoming
freshmen class next fall,
"admissions standards won't be
raised this year," Kathryn Forte,
Vice President for Enrollment
and Student Life said. "We will
instead have a bigger class," she
added. The projected freshmen
enrollment next fall is 350
students, 80 more than this year.
While Forte conceded that
elevated admissions standards
are a possibility in the future,
she said that such a decision "is
not arbitrary," and wouldinvolve
the entire faculty.
Although the Admissions
staffis ecstatic about the flood of
applications, they are somewhat
cautious in assessing all the
implicationsoftheincrease. "Ifs
still too early to know," Enders
said. "We have to view the
numbers cautiously, it blows us
away. This could just be an early
cycle, but we don't think so."
Please see ADMIT page 3.