College of William and Mary - Colonial Echo Yearbook (Williamsburg, VA)

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..:..- . — y, ' ,. Leslie Broadhead. Martha Drodge and Kelly Metcalf carry the banner before their MASH float at homecoming. the over two hundred applicants in mid-August. Faculty and students participated in the search to a certain extent. A questionnaire, distributed to students by the search committee during fall semester, received little response. Said junior Kathy Curtis of the questionnaire: I remember filling it out but I think most people didn ' t bother. By November 30, the search committee had narrowed the field to six candidates, in- cluding Hamden-Sydney ' s President Josiah Bunt- ing III, Virginia Beach Schools ' Superintendent Edward E. Brickell, and Tulane Law School ' s Dean Paul R. Verkuil. Verkull was chosen from the search committee ' s list of recommended appli- cants by the Board of Visitors. The BOV an- nounced its choice just before Christmas, after the fall session had recessed for winter break. Paul Verkuil, a 1961 graduate of William and Mary, declared his desire to enhance W M ' s image as a university early. At a February press confer ence, Verkuil stated that he wanted to see William and Mary really gain that national recognition that it deserves and realize its poten- tial as a university and that he planned to emphasize the graduate and professional pro- grams and faculty research. Acting president George Healy agreed with Verkuil ' s assessment, but he stated that he hoped that Verkuil would ryanne Kondracki

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TT Attendance at basketball games was good this year; Steve Coniglio and Dave Braun prepare for another Sig Ep frat cheer. The Increase of annoying cheers prompted Barry Parkhlll to write a letter to students urging them to watch but not jeer. T Speidel. Goodrich and Goggin, a group of three guys who sound more like a law firm than a band, became very popular this year as they traveled from Charlottesville to W fvl three times. Eddie Murphy and Billy Idol both came to the hall this year; not many people were excited about Idol ' s appearance, but Murphy evoked the usual rash of concert preparations.