Bates College - Mirror Yearbook (Lewiston, ME)

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James Lorenzo Reese The measure ofa year can be summed in the myriad activities that come to campus. This year Bates hosted events that were educational and significant, memorable and enjoyable. The Sugarloaf Conference on The Minority Experience at Bates, The TODA Y Show on campus, the Shirley Chisholm lecture, the New Black Eagle Jazz Band, Triad, Winter Carnival and John Cajjferty, Paul Ehrlich, the I-Tones, and the Short Term barbecues broadly sketch a year of attractive events amid the academic schedule. These events and many others like them have prompted students to engage in countless conversation, both serious and light, that raise the spectre on the meaning of their lives within and without this college. The results of these conversations reveal another measure ofthe year. It has been my privilege, seemingly solely at times, to hear the remarks of visiting lecturers, guests, and artists who come to college. Repeatedly, these guests will respecU'ully remark either that the students ask tough questions or 'people here know to enjoy themselves. These simple, but acute statements, I believe, geminate directly Dom the campus conversations we all hold during the lectures, after concerts, in the classrooms, in Commons, at parties, in dorm rooms, or on the Quad, year ajier year. Each conversation becomes its own test and quest for inquisitive observation, insighU'ul vision, and gainful personal understanding and pleasure. When this occurs for us, individually and as a whole, the year is good, the experience is memorable. fnfiaaf CoordinatorlStudent Activities, Assistant Dean of the College

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S ilfv 3 Dean of the College James Walter Carignan The academic year 1984-1985 will be remembered in a variety of ways. An election year, the political rhetoric was ever-present in the fall as students participated in the national debate. Bates students bucked the national trend among undergraduates by sticking to a more liberal position, particularly in areas of social policy and international affairs. The fall also saw the dramatic announcement ofthe Olin Grant to begin construction ofa new art facility. The enthusiasm of student and faculty response was a shot in the arm for the whole community. The winter brought the most successful winter carnival in recent Bates history. From the resumption of alpine and nordic competition to the expansion ofthe social activities, more students than ever participated in this well- organized event. This was also the year of SA T's optional, the expansion of Freshman Centers, the announcement of plans for a regional social center on Frye Street, a short term without lots of rain, weekly barbeques on the quad for faculty and students in short term, and much, much more. Most of all this was a solid year at Bates. Much hard work occurred. In small groups, one-on-one, and even in a few large classes, learning took place. It was a year without crisis - a year of quiet, solid, mutually enriching growth. That's okay.

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