Bates College - Mirror Yearbook (Lewiston, ME)

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Thomas Hedley Reynolds Every year at Bates is an exciting year for those who graduate. The experiences of all seniors have been dwerent, but they share and will continue to share a common bond. So, too, every year at Bates is an exciting year for those who remain here and strive to make it ever better for new generations to come. '24s this special year comes to an end, we, here, think of you about to leave. You are part of our aspirations now. Our hopes and best wishes go with you as you settle down to the tasks which this exciting world will offer or impose. We trust that you will come back ohen to renew us and yourselves. Thomas Hediey Qhnolds President

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ii f 1 '-'i'-Y? , ' ' ' r 1 .f , . - lv' . , -. - , ' w' V t . .' 1' fo 5 ' -if V a 5 X : F Q G , , ,. -J .Q fx -u Dean of the Faculty Carl Benton Straub What is most important in any college year, including the senior year of the Class of I 985, is the steady, quiet, unspectacular dynamics of teachers and students learning together. Bates brings together some ofthe best teachers and students in the nation. What happens between them doesn 't make news, and doesn 't appear in the pages ofthe Mirror. Rather, the consequences come to light slowly. For the students, the results become clearer after graduation and along their individual journeysg for the teachers, the results of encountering you who have graduated come to bear when they work with other students in other classes and laboratories. Together, we have created challenges and opportunities for our future careers. This fabric of teacher-student relationships, then, is what holds us as a community of memory and of hope. There were events on campus which signaled other levels of concern and effort for our College. The happiest was the start ofthe new Olin building for art and music, a project which we anticipate having completed by fall, 1986. The project will include an elegant new art gallery and a sophisticated performance hall for music. The M uskie Library and Archives, presently under construction, will allow us to plan a more active program of undergraduate study in public affairs and international relations. During the past year, the faculty has continued to appoint new members who are strong teachers and scholars, and departments have continued to revise their curricula. We have expanded opportunities for study abroad and for combined programs with engineering schools. We have also begun discussions on revising the infamous cluster requirement ofthe General Education Program! It has been a good year for the college, and those of us who stay will continue to work hard to improve it so that you will have a growing sense of pride in what happens here.