Kenyon College - Reveille Yearbook (Gambier, OH)

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Everything has been thought of before, but the problem is to think of it again. — Goethe Having survived a barrage of role calls, flashbacks and epitaphs for the 1970's, we returned to Gambier to face second semester and the new decade. Soon after. William Westmoreland and Ramsey Clark met here for a debate concerning American militarism. Westmoreland and Clark proved to be two of the most popular speakers of the year, attracting an overflow crowd to Rosse. Some 150 people held a can- dlelight anti-draft anti-war vigil on the Rosse steps before the debate. And there were other political dem- onstrations this semester. A World Symposium in March brought experts on the Arab Israeli conflict to campus for a weekend of lectures and a community march for world peace. The Kenyon Peace Coalition formed and members went to march in Washington D C. to protest nuclear proliferation. A Political Forum begun in the Collegian was filled with articles expressing a wide variety of opinions. In the midst of all this, several major Kenyon-related events took place. The powerful men's swimming team blew away its competition for a 27th consecutive OAC title. They later went on to cap- ture their first Division III National championship, beating the reigning Johns Hopkins by an amazing 46 points. Better facilities were prom- ised to all Kenyon athletes by the start of construction on the col- lege's new Athletic Recreation Convocation complex. Provost Bruce Haywood announced that he would accept the position of Presi- dent at Monmouth College in Illinois; the Provost Search Committee selected Dr. Jerry Irish, a prominent teacher and theologian to fill Hay- wood's place. Finally. 2 excellent performers came to Gambier. Blues master Lonnie Brooks set the field- house sizzling, and acoustic guitar specialist Leo Kottke gave a fantas- tic concert down on the football field, on a beautiful sunny Saturday just before everyone buckled down for finals ... Swhii. J

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More anger stems from lack of sleep than from all of life's frustrations. — D. Sutten O.K., face it. You’re stuck. Here you are with deadlines all around you. and you can't think of an open- ing sentence. At this rate we re going to have a big white space on page 2 instead of copy about every- thing that was packed into first semester Like the weekend cele- bration of 10 years of women on the Hill, with the parties and receptions and the coffeehouse put together by Kenyon women. And there were the fantastic swimmin' women, who won their fourth consecutive Ohio Small College Championship title. Remember the referendum that two students proposed to abolish stu- dent council and start a town meet- ing kind of government instead? That shook things up for awhile at the beginning of the semester, but council survived. And then there was the group of freshman girls who proposed Kenyon's first sorority and found themselves facing major opposition. We looked to the world beyond Gambier through efforts to aid the victims of the Cambodian holocaust; the Cross Country team’s 24-hour marathon run raised $1,972.50 for the cause. Closer to home, fund raising began for Ken- yen $5.5 million athletic recreatiQn convocation complex. And remem- ber the weekend of the Medieval Festival? It was filled with Renais- sance music and dance and capped with a banquet Saturday night fea- turing wenches, bagpipes, and a royal court. There was a super Folk Festival weekend a month later with Elizabeth Cotton. Ola Belle Reed and Family. Tracy's Family Band, the Hotfoot Quartet, and Kenyon's own Terry Schupbach telling stories and teaching dance. And how about the ... Oh well, does anybody ever read the copy anyway? r r 2 1.1

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