Muhlenberg College - Ciarla Yearbook (Allentown, PA)

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' he old faithful Muhlenberg mascot - the MULE! Dr. James T. Bryan George W. Gibbs Dr. R. Dale LeCount Dean of Students Dean of Admissions Dean of Educational and Freshmen Services Kathleen A. Ash- Kim S. Barth Betsy Caplan Flashner Asst. Dean of Director of Alumni Director of Media Admissions and Relations Services Freshmen end. The Muhlenberg Mules meet up against Ursinus as the Varsity field Hockey team meets with Lebanon Valley. Nov. 21 - thru 23 Muhlenberg theatre assoc, presents the pro- duction of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown , by Clark Gesner based on the comic strip Pea- nuts by Charles M. Schulz. Dec. 2 - Frank Wedekind’s Spring Awakening” wins award in the American College Theatre Festival’s Region II finals to be held Jan. 7-11 at the University of Delaware. SPRING ’81 .... Feb. 7 - The Don Redlich Dance Company, a five-member dance troupe to perform at the ' Berg. Feb. 13 - thru 15 The Muhlen- berg theatre assoc, to present the award winning play The Woods by David Mamet. Feb. 20 - College Bowl Team takes second place in Mid-At- lantic Regionals 4 tournament at University of Maryland. March 15 - thru April 26 A three part exhibition entitled Wom- en Look at Women? Feminist Art for the ’80’s” works by Suzanne Lacy and Mary Beth Edelson on display. April I - Phi Kappa Tau fraterni- ty to sponser an all you can eat pancake and sausage brunch at the chapter house benefiting the Cedarbrook County Home. April 5 - Phi Kappa Tau to co- sponser with Lehigh Valley branch of Cystic Fibrosis Foun- dation and Penn. Stoners spon- sering the 4th Annual Breath of Life-a-thon. March 27 - thru 28 Muhlenberg theatre assoc, to present the musical Guys and Dolls” by Frank Laesser. March 30 - Alpha Tau Omega sponsering a raffle to benefit the Lehigh County Unit of American Cancer Society. April 8 - Prominent Economist Heilbroner speaks at the ’Berg on the prospects for Capitalism. April 10 - thru II Sigma Phi Ep- silon canoes 30 hours for Cancer on Cedar Parkway’s Lake Muh- lenberg to benefit the American Cancer Society. FALL ’81 .... Sept. 25 - thru 26 Muhlenberg theatre assoc, presents David Mamet’s The Water Engine, a melodrama in style of the I930’s radio plays. The play center around a young man who in- vents a water engine which runs on water and his attempts to protect his design from people trying to steal it. Sept. 28 - Muhlenberg has been notified that it has been includ- ed in Peterson’s Guides publica- tion The Competitive Col- leges” which describes in detail 246 U.S. colleges that consis- tently have far more undergrad- uate applications than they can accept”. Oct. 21 - Parents Week-end. The Muhlenberg Mules football team meets Western Maryland with Varsity Cross Country team racing against Widener. j 19

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FALL ’79 .... Sept. 2 - Four years ago the Class of ’83 arrived on Muhlen- berg’s campus. A reception on the chapel lawn welcomed the new students and their parents. Later that night dinner in the Green Room and a Square Dance to follow. Sept. 3 - A day full of advising meetings, Muhlenberg Olympics and skits in the C.A. Who could forget the skit entitled Dork and Dingy” with Mr. Gibbs as Conehead. Sept. 4 - Consisted of academic presentations and a meeting with Joyce Connor our pro-tem- po President. A barbecue and games were the feature that night down at Cedar Creek. Sept. 5 - Opening Convocation in the Egner Memorial Chapel and the first day of classes. Sept. 6 - Muhlenberg College chapter of Phi Kappa Tau wins the Roland Maxwell National so- cial fraternity award as out- standing small college chapter in the country presented at a convention at the University of Tenn. Sept. 20- Attorney Barbara Gun- ning, atty. with Board of Veter- ans Appeals in Washington, D.C. speaks on Women in Law and Government”. Oct. 12- Muhlenberg theatre as- soc. to present Pirates of Pen- zance”. Oct. 15 - Byron Doenges, Sen. officer of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, Dept, to State speaks on Impli- cations and Prospects of the Salt II Treaty”. Oct. 20-21 Homecoming Week- end. The Muhlenberg Mules against the Red Devils of Dick- inson. Nov. 3 - thru 4 Parents Day. The Muhlenberg Mules meet the Crusaders of Susquehanna Uni- versity. The Muhlenberg theatre assoc, presents the gala produc- er. John Morey - President of Muhlenberg College tion of Gilber and Sullivan’s comic operetta of Pirates of Penzance” at 8:00 p.m. Dec. 7 - Before Christmas” opens at the ’berg, a play writ- ten by John Trump a senior eng- lish major. The play deals with disintegration of a ministers family in today’s value system. SPRING ’80 ... . Jan. 29- Zeta Beta Tau fraterni- ty to sponser a dance marathon. Jan. 30 - Peter Hrycenko’s, a Muhlenberg student, writes a novel as a credential for admis- sion into the Russian studies program. Feb. IS- W.D. Snodgrass, a I960 Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, gave a reading at the ’Berg. Feb. 22- Muhlenberg theatre as- soc, to present Much ado about Nothing”, a Shakespearian play. March 19- Fraternity to try for world record in soccer mara- thon. March 21 - M’Berg announces $25 million capital campaign. The most important campaign in the College’s 133 year history. March 24 - The Muhlenberg chapter of ZBT raises more than $8,600 for the Lehigh County Unit of American Cancer Soci- ety through 30 hours of dancing on their feet. The winning cou- ple was Jane Kirschman and Scott Stein. April 10 - thru 12 Tau Kappa Ep- silon is working for a dual pur- pose for the Lehigh Assoc, of Retarded Citizens and the Allen- town chapter of the American Red Cross. The 55-hour soccer marathon is to try to gain their spot in the Guinness Book of World Records for the longest continuing soccer game. April 24 - thru 25 Muhlenberg theatre assoc, to present Lillian Heilmans play The Children’s Hour”. May 15- Muhlenberg to present symposium on the Ethics of Nuclear Energy”. FALL ’80 ... . Oct. 15 - Homecoming Week-

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Oct. 23 - thru 24 Muhlenberg theatre assoc, presents the clas- sic French comedy Tartuffe. Moliere’s classic comedy deals with religious fanatics takeover of a 17th century Parisian house- hold. Oct. 30 - thru Nov. Homecom- ing Week-end. The Muhlenberg Mules face Gettysberg and the Varsity Soccer team faces Dick- enson. Nov. 4 - Langdon Gilkey Slailer Mathews, professor of Theology at Univ. of Chicago Divinity School, speaks on Is Religious Faith Possible in an Age of Sci- ence?”. SPRING ’82 .... Feb. 5 - thru 7 Muhlenberg the- atre assoc, to present Jeffery Weiss’ play Last Gasps. An apocalyptic American morality play with music for true believ- ers and other crusty digs - deal- ing with issues of sex, politics and religion for mature audi- ences. Feb. 8 - Muhlenberg College Symposium to discuss Ethics of Abortion, the beginning of Life”. Feb. 19 - Muhlenberg College Festival of the Arts to present the legendary Ella Fitzgerald and her trio. March 4- Rev. Daniel J. Berrigan S.J., Jesuit and peace activist, to deliver a speech on The Folly of Peacemaking”. March 4- Rev. Daniel J. Berrigan S.J., Jesuit and peace activist, to deliver a speech on The Folly of Peacemaking”. March 26 - thru 28 Zeta Beta Tau sponsers a dance marathon for Special Olympics. March 27 - thru 28 Muhlenberg theatre assoc, to present Oh What a Lovely War” based on the first World War in Europe. April 2 - thru 3 65 members of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity ca- noe for cander 32 hours on Lake Rev. George F. Eichorn Director of Church Relations Robert A. Clark Director of College Relations Timothy C. Cox Asst. Dean of Admissions and Freshmen Muhlenberg. April 14 - thru 17 Tau Kappa Ep- silon to hold 72-hour Soccer Marathon to benefit the Ameri- can Red Cross and Lehigh Valley Assoc, for Children with Learn- ing Disabilities. Surpassing their 55-hour mark set in 1980. Mayor Joseph Daddona rolled out the first ball 6:00 p.m. April 14th to the 23 fraternity soccer players with a goal to raise $10,000 for charities. April 22 - Students at Muhlen- berg in cooperation with the Union of Concerned Scientists and United Campuses to Pre- vent Nuclear War, two Wash- ington D.C. organizations have scheduled a public rally on Muh- lenberg’s Campus to address the threat of Nuclear War in Egner Memorial Chapel in support of Ground Zero Week”. May 2- WMUH sponsers a Par- ty in the Park”. May 21 - Lester C. Thurow, pro- fessor of Economics and Man- agement at Mass, of Institute Technology and contributing editor to Newsweek, speaks at Muhlenberg’s 134th Commence- ment. FALL ’82 .... Aug. 29 - Muhlenberg College welcomes 430 incoming fresh- men and 24 transfer students to a three-day orientation pro- gram. For the first time in Muh- Alma Deutsch Director of Personnel Gail E. Gardner Asst. Dean of Admissions and Freshmen Dr. Stephen L. Goldman Director of Student Health lenberg’s history women stu- dents comprise a majority of the freshmen class. Sundays events include a recep- tion for the new students and their families on the chapel lawn, a class meeting, academic advising sessions and an even- ing entertainment program, tainment program. Sept. I - Muhlenberg College opens 135th Academic Year, ushering in a year long celebra- tion of 25 years of coeducation with the traditional opening Clair F. Fetterhoff Vice President for Finance and Treasurer Harold J. Forner Director of Plant Operations 20