Monmouth College - Ravelings Yearbook (Monmouth, IL)

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Se tUviS gefc | a ct C(xB e JDfi Two Monmouth students, through the Associated Colleges of the Midwest, spent a semester at Argonne National Laboratory. Bruce Conard and Dean Peterson, shown at left, made use of the chance to get firsthand experience in their respective fields, under study from ACM faculty members and spending half their time as research assistants. Dean is looking into high temperature vapor analysis equipment which is used to determine the vapor pressures of ferrous chloride at high tem- peratures. Another ACM program avail- able to Monmouth students is the Urban Education Program. Five Monmouth students, Kay Buss, Lumi Crabtree, Barb Danecke, Gail Fitton, and Lisa Nicholas spent first term teaching in a typical and an under- privileged school in the Chicago Public Schools. 18 Barb Danecke taught at Byrd Elementary school, an experimental school in Chicago.

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mib acHuittfiS fugWtglcfc jjiAst tmw Screaming Hoyt Axton at the Hallowe ' en Hootenanny. rs i B Last fall the Greeks, in an attempt to present them- selves to the freshmen, and to have some fun doing it, sponsored several fall events. A member of Phi Delta Theta spoke at the Greek Banquet ; they sponsored a Hooten- anny on October 3 1 , featuring Hoyt Axton, composer of Green- back Dollar, and the Gaslight Singers. The Greek Ball found each Greek organization in a section of the dining hall, decorat ing for the successful evening ahead. 17 Greek banquet features guest speaker

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Mrs. Midget points out the evils of alcohol to Tom Prior. On No ' cmber 2, fi e hundred par- ents of Monmouth students arri ' ed on campus for Parents ' Weekend. Besides adding to the cheering section for the Monmouth-Coe football game, they conferred with the faculty, discus- sed the liberal arts education, and heard Dean Manley speak on The Monmouth Spirit. A highlight of the Weekend was the production of Sutton Vane ' s Outward Bound, a controversial and thought-provoking play, which pre- sents a dramatic picture of a com- bined Heaven and Hell. Anne and David— neither dead nor alive.