Amherst College - Olio Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

Page 26 text:

r Mr: M' HONORS STUDENT HIROMITSU KA- NEDA-hard at work in the new study space provided to seniors this year. 1: i.-- I- ' -, N, in . ' l' MNH rr cademic An observer once noted that a distinguishing char- acteristic of Amherst is its ability to view objectively its academic position, and a brief sketch of the more serious side of Amherst 1958-59 could well be writ- ten in terms of Amherst's responses to the criticism which it so conscientiously directs towards its own educational policy. The Honor System, proposed last spring and adopt- ed for the freshman class, was extended to the rest of the student body by a faculty vote early in the fall, but the Word system is deceptive, for the unique quality of Amherst's project is its lack of rigid delin- ition. However, the general phrasing of the Honor Code has produced some desirable practical changes, as well as formally announcing the college's increased emphasis on the integrity of the individual. Most notable among the former were the well-received take- home and unproctored exams, and the policy of hold- ing finals in classrooms instead of in the gym. Two imposing ediiices were added to the college plant, each designed to provide the Amherst student with more space in which to pursue intellectual amel- ioration. The added classroom and oflice space pro- vided by Chapin was a boon to both teacher and pupil, and the serenity of Churchill House created a pleasant atmosphere for those select Honors students in the Humanities and Social Sciences. PROFESSOR NEILSON LEADS a seminar in Chapin. The new religion building provided much needed classroom and seminar space. FRESHMEN PONDER A FINAL EXAM. One of the 4 innovations of the new honor system was unproctored, and in some cases, take-home examinations.

Page 25 text:

GORDON BENJAMIN BRIDGES, Director of Dining Halls and Director of Personnelg A.B., Burdett 1927g M.A., Amherst 1954-g Eighteen years at Amherst. STEPHEN BROWN, College Physiciang A.B., Amherst l928g M.D., Yale School of Medicine 19325 Chi Psig Twenty-four years at Amherst. SIDNEY D. CHAMBERLAIN, Director of Voca- tional Guidanceg B.A., Amherst 1914-g One Year at Amherst. OSCAR DONALD CHRISMAN, Associate Col- lege Physicing B.S., Harvard 1938g M.D., Har- vard 194'2g FAAOS 1953, Sigma Nug Three years at Amherst. ARTHUR DAVENPORT, Director of Student Activitiesg Secretary of the House Management Committeeg Fraternity Business Managerg B.A., Amherst 19323 Chi Psig Twenty years at Amherst. JOHN CUSHING ESTY, Assistant to the Secre- tary of the Alumni Councilg B.A., Amherst 1923g Psi Upsilong Eight years at Amherst. MINOT GROSE, Business Manager and Assistant Treasurcrg B.A., Amherst 1936g Alpha Delta Phig Seven years at Amherst. ROBERT FREEMAN GROSE, Registrar and As- sociate Professor of Psychologyg B.A., Yale 19445 M.S., Yale 1947g Ph.D..Yale 19533 Theta Xig Sigma Xig Nine years at Amherst. JAMES ALFRED GUEST, Secretary of the Alum- ni Council and Secretary of the Board of Trusteesg B.A., Amherst 1933g LLB., Yale Law School 1936g Alpha Delta Phig Delta Sigma Rhog Thirteen years at Amherst. ROBERT HERMAN HEIDRICH, College En- gineer and Superintendent of Buildings and Groundsg A.E.E., Newark College of Engineering 19273 Nine years at Amherst. dministration First row: Esty, Weathers, Grose, M., Brown. Second row: Heiflrich, Davenport, Bridges, May, Poor. ,w l P4 'V' ' v ' . I l ' -it rp F ' kq Mrs. Michelson, Miss Hawley, and six-week's grades. HORACE WILSON HEWLETT, Secretary of the College and Director of Puhlicationsg B.A., Am- herst 1936g M.A., Yale 194-15 Chi Phig Twelve years at Amherst. HERBERT GALE JOHNSON, Comptroller, B.A., Amherst 19165 Delta Tau Deltag Twenty-six years at Amherst. IVAN TRACY KAUFMAN, Assistant Chaplaing A.B., University of Michigan l951g A.M., Uni- versity of Michigan 1952g B.D., Union Theological Seminary 1956g Trigong Three years at Amherst. DAVID SHEPHERD KING, Chaplaing B.A., Boston University 195Og B.D., Andover Newton Theological School 1957g Five years at Amherst. NEWTON FELCH MCKEON, JR., Professor of English and Director of Converse Memorial Li- braryg B.A., Amherst 19265 Chi Phig Phi Beta Kappag Twenty-eight years at Amherst. GEORGE BURNHAM MAY, Assistant Comp- troller, B.A., Amherst 19447g Chi Psig Seven years at Amherst. HENRY BENJAMIN POOR, Executive Secre- tary of the Committee on Endowmentg B.A., Am- herst 1939g Psi Upsilon. One year at Amherst. PETER SCHRAG., Assistant Secretary of the College and Assistant Director of Puhlicationsg B.A., Amherst 19535 Kappa Thetag Four years at Amherst. J. CLEMENT SCHULER, Director of the Bandg Mus.B., Curtis Institute of Music 19339 Mus.M., University of Michigan 19404 Mus.D., Conserva- toire National de Musique 19515 Kappa Gamma Psig Twelve years at Amherst. PAUL HAROLD SETON, Assistant College Physiciang A.B., Harvard 1945g M.D., Yale School of Medicine 19524 Two years at Amherst. PAUL D. WEATHERS, Treasurer of the Collegeg B.A., Amherst l915g M.B.A., Harvard 19173 Psi Upsilong Seventeen years at Amherst.

Page 27 text:

Stor In response to the demands placed on the small col- lege by the increasing number of American youth desiring higher education, Amherst took a step into the future by playing a central role in the formulation of the New College plan. The New College committee, consisting of one faculty member from each of the schools in the four-college area, presented a pro- vocative educational experiment in its first formal announcement. New College, a small liberal arts in- stitution characterized by an emphasis on individual research, provides increased opportunity for intellec- tual mobility by steering away from academic strati- fication. Further study of its potentialities has been aided by a grant from the Fund for the Advancement of Education. The academic year was not left unmarked by ad- ministrative changes, and the problems posed by the uundeskingn of the fraternities and the ennui of the uunderachieveri' evoked official wrath. The intra- college strife of those subjects soon subsided, how- ever, and with the appointments of Rhodes Scholars, Dodyk and Morgan, Amherst again asserted its posi- tion in the academic world. 1958-59 saw Amherst College produce another of its perennial coherent paradoxes, staunchly preserv- ing its academic tradition while submitting to the dictates of a changing American society. RHODES SCHOLARS Paul M. Dodyk and Gerald D. Morgan, Jr. The two seniors were selected to do graduate study in England. CHURCHILL HOUSE was acquired by the College in 1958. It was converted into study space for seniors despite under- graduate desire for its use as a social dormitory for unaf- filiated upper classmen.