Goucher College - Donnybrook Fair Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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GOUCHER and the community In the past ten years, the American liberal arts college, as exemplified by Coucher, has played an increasingly important role in the national and international scene. College life is no longer a cloistered ivy tower existence. Educators have for some time realized this fact, but it has not been until recently that American business men have become aware of the signiiicance 0f the liberal arts college in the communal problems of the 20th cen- tury world. The business man,s realization of this has been illustrated by the generous grants recently afiorded Goucher and other liberal arts colleges by the F 0rd Foundation. Keeping in mind this realization 0n the part of educators and business men, the editors of the 1957 Donnybrook F air have attempted to portray Coucherk awareness of its relation to its commun- ity. This community is, in a sense, both local and world-wide. The students of Coucher have noted7 particularly in the past year, the tense state of world aHairs. We have also seen the development of the role of the student in these international problems. The situation in Hungary, and the students7 part in this situation, has aroused Gouchefs interest to such an extent that both f acuity and students have com- bined their efforts to bring a Hungarian student into the Coucher community. The already large group

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CONTENTS academics academic ....... 10 departmental clubs . . 24 classes ......... 40 activities dorms ......... 80 organizations ..... 94 agenda ........ 120

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of foreign students, enriched further by this addi- tion, has become a valuable link between Coucher and the world community. On the national level, Coueher students have participated actively in the f renzied excitement of election year. Working through the F ield Politics Center, which has been made possible by the Falk Foundation grant, these students volunteered aid on both partisan and non-partisan bases throughout pre-eleetion campaigns. The most active participation of students in com- munal aHairs has been on the local level. The teaching internship program, undergraduate prac- tice teaching in public schools, and volunteer social work under the auspices of G.C.I.A. have provided opportunities for students to get acquainted with and serve the local community. Interested students have also been invited to assist in local church activities. And for the student's personal growth, Baltimore offers many cultural advantages with its 1 m T art galleries, museums, libraries and theaters. Not only has Gaucher expanded into the commun- ity, but the community has also come to Goucher. Baltimoreans are frequent guests of the college lec- tures and recitals which feature distinguished speakers and artists. Each Sunday morning the red barn is the scene of Sunday School classes con- ducted by the Towson Methodist Church for its young people. Throughout the year, children from local orphanages are f eted by various organizations of the Coucher community. These are only a few of the interrelations between Goucher and the immediately surrounding area. Viewing the panorama of this past year, the editors of the 1957 Donnybrook Fair have been impressed by the extent to which Goucher typifies the communal spirit of the American liberal arts college. This observation merely substantiates our opinion that college is not a preparation for life, but a phase of life.