Goshen College - Maple Leaf Yearbook (Goshen, IN)

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Y I W, w , 1 ,Y The technical things you learn in college are probably the least important things you take with you. You learn how to learn and how to deal with some of the largeir- issues of life. That's really what it's all about. -Randal Gunden, assistant pnwssor :yt economic.

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Marvin Bartel Abner Hershberge Maple Leaf: What was a highlight of the year for you? Abner Hershberger: The watercolor class. It was a total surprise in that a course which generally drew around 10 or 12 students in previous years Went up to 27. We had to buy extra stools and push the furniture around and rearrange the room to accom- modate the large numbers. The nice thing with that class is that itls open to all students whether they had any art experi- ence or not. And what I discovered was that we have a lot of talent among the underclassmen. ML: What would you say the art depart- ment is about at Goshen? AH: I would say that we perceive the study of art as an active way of engaging the stu- dent in the creative process. When you strip away some of the pragmatic motiva- tions for studying art and look at what hap- pens there and why you study something, you begin to realize that the study has to do with an expression of the self. We're kind of unique in that there's not that heavy, pragmatic, utilitarian side to the making of art. ML: How has consolidation affected your department? AH: We were left basically intact. Our ma- jors almost doubled from 19 last year to 36 this year and we have a new program in vo- cational tracks. The department now has interior design along with architecture. The one area that is most sought after is graphic design or commercial art, which really took shape with the addition of Ann Graber Miller. About half the students coming into the art department now list graphic design as their preferred track. Abner Hershberger is przjessor ey' art. Renee Rodman takes time off from her own printmaking to watch jill Byler rub ink from a print block onto paper. Jeff Hochstedler researches oil painting techniques in preparation for his next Ad- vanced Oil Painting assignment. 'ik .Q-f mwah'- Q ' . 1 'I-Xi I