Rockford College - Recensio / Cupola Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

Text from Pages 1 - 152 of the 1966 volume:

Rockford CoHea ARCHIVES 1966 ECENSIO ( I REMEMBER ) THE CHANGING FACE OF ROCKFORD COLLEGE rock ford, Illinois When Freshmen arrived they were told they had a lot to learn. Heaven knows they did! Some couldn ' t even stammer out a chorus of DECUS, others improvised their own Et Veritas A-Go-Go . Some frosh never took to learning anything — note mid-semester washouts. The Orientation Booklet wasn ' t very helpful: on Sophomore Help Day, the sophomores didn ' t. Then there was that ditch. Even registration proved more difficult than any class. If you had mastered these concepts and a few trivial facts, you were called a sophomore. Sophs had sur- vived two baptisms in mud. They knew how to politely disagree with their profs ... or they thought so till marks came out. 5 6 %2T JB Chairman takes direct action. Juniors are apt to claim that underclassmen drive them up a tree. But really there ' s not much difference between the first three years (except lagging junior men are more draftable). The Senior has infinitely more to think about. After the first semester a few seniors have already gradu- ated; but most must wait another 12 credit hours. A part of the class of ' 66 fearfully contemplated the prospects of facing the outside world; others were too busy thinking about how much jello it would take to fill the pool; a final fraction just counted the minutes till they were out . 7 KENNETH BUHMEYER Biology JAMES CLARKE Chemistry BRADLEY CARLSON Economics and Business JANE DAG IT Child Development 10 i ANNE KEEGAN History CRISTINA KING French MICHAEL LAGERMAN English 13 15 ELIUD MONDA Chemistry ANN MYERS English ELIZABETH MUNSON English THOMAS MYERS Zoology : : : : ; ■ AC, 16 17 19 23 24 25 The Administration Building stands apart but rarely alone on the north- eastern corner of the campus. Someone is always there, something is always being done: either President Howard is clarifying college policy or the main- tenance crew is cleaning floors, either the admissions office is recruiting new students or the Dean ' s office is closing the file on an ex-student. This is where you will get the business, both academic and financial. If you want to cash a check, to pay your tuition, or to donate a new science building, this is the place. If you want to change your program, or to declare your major, you need go no farther. Dr. Stanley J. Gross, Dean of Students 27 The piles of correspondence, appointments and bills don ' t get a chance to clog up the Administra- tion Building ' s hallways because of the many effi- cient and personable assistants and secretaries. Mr. Richard Hewitt, Director of Admissions, can appre- ciate a well written brief. The staff at the Bursars, Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. Spiekerman, and Mrs. Mitchell, help anyone settle their money matters. Mrs. Barbara Spongberg and Mrs. Jessen are large- ly responsible for the high degree of alumni inter- est in RC. Perhaps the most familiar faces are those of Mrs. Catherine Myers and Mrs. Mary Wil- liams, secretaries to the Deans of Students. 31 THE CLASSROOM BUILDING Dr. J. Reid Patterson, Physics For two years it had been called the New Classroom Building; and most students and professors had dropped the adjective new. Then, a third of the way through the fall semester, it became the Henry Scarborough Hall. The building was finally named and, after the dedication, activities continued as usual. Now and then there was a treat, like Dr. Harlow ' s lecture on Mothers and Monkeyshine. 4 Dr. John F. Bennett, English 32 Mr. Dennis Brennan, Economics Even the first RCSG convo was packed with en- thusiastic students, a phenomenon which gradually became rarer as the year went on, till winter when the freshmen were freed from the bondage of compulsory attendance at convos. Dr. Donald Walkout, Philosophy and Religion Though most students think of the classroom building as ex- clusively a daytime building, little could be further from the truth. Four nights a week, just before 7:00 PM, the Scarborough Hall is alive with evening students who take many of the same courses offered in the day college, from Art to Zoology. And even when the evening students retire, the Hall is not empty. Student actors work, sometimes long hours, on either independent Theatre Arts projects or on the college ' s productions. Even later into the early hours of the next day the janitors prepare the building for student occupancy. Mr. Philip Dedrick, Art Dr. Dorothy Stewart, Zoology Rockford ' s students and professors meet on various occasions. They, of course, con- front each other in the daily lectures; but they also meet in the auditorium for convo talks, in the lounges for coffee hours, and in the faculty offices for guidance. Dr. Gordon D. Ross, History 36 Miss Olga Bornstein, German Life goes on at a regular pace in the classroom build- ing, till all of a sudden the hall explodes in celebration. In a single night decorations are hung and a Christmas tree is set up. The end of exams which comes at different times for different students is another time for celebration and a great scattering of notes. Mrs. Eva Walsh, English rthur B. Adair, Art Dr. Spaulding Rogers, Psychology Rev. Donald E. Fancher. Coordinator of Religious Activities V Scarborough is a problem solving place for everyone. Visiting professors wonder how to adjust to RC. Students ponder choices at election time. And even janitors must decide how to put two shoes and a box of tools in a locker. Mr. Nikola M. Cvetanovic. Russian and French V Mrs. Roxie Alexander, English Mr. Fred F oss. Chemistry 47 CUMMINGS LIVING CENTER The Women ' s Living Center includes two popular lounges where students may talk, watch antenna-less color TV, or just wait around for a date. The atmosphere of the center is very informal and friendly. There ' s usually a pleasant voice at the reception desk, and, if you are cold, you can be uninhibited enough to warm your bottom on the radiator. 49 In the first semester it used to be that the liv- ing center was crowded on heavy date nights and then fairly quiet (with the occasional exception of someone involved in a shoot-em-up western, or someone practicing on the piano) but mid-week was the busy time second semester — that ' s when Batman was telecast. 52 Olson Hall once teamed with dorm life, but it has been a long time since the students have had it all to themselves. For the past two years faculty members have used lower Olson; fellowjs have had to be careful when they stepped out of the showers. Now there are rumors Olson will become a woman ' s honors (horrors) dorm. At one time or another almost everyone makes their way to Lathrop. It ' s nearest the men ' s dorms and therefore a good spot to flash signals from. If you are persistant you can wind your way even from A down to D. After all, you can enter through two outside doors, three inside doors and maybe a lower win- dow. 54 CASTER HALL Many of the furnishings that adorn Caster Hall have been appropriated by the industrious members of the hall while they made their rounds about campus and town (e.g. the screen door from the women ' s center and the hood of a car). But it is for still another talent that they are called the Caster Raiders. 56 Talcott Talcott is a hall of contradictions, some spend hours redoing their hair while others cram on a cowboy hat; some rejoice when a care package arrives and then have to dance away the extra calories. Almost everyone sketches and puzzles the hours away rather than prepare for tests. 59 From its position upon a hill, Nelson Hall sends forth its expeditions. At 7:00 AM some grope their way to breakfast, others straggle back from the girls ' residence cluster at 11:00 PM. In the hours in between some make it to their classes, however, many get side-tracked along the way. There are many more inviting things to do than just study; and Nelson has discovered most of them. Nelson prides itself in its reputation as an almost impregnable fortress against the attacks by other dorms armed with waterballoon and snowball. 60 EMERSON HALL ze wa is The girls from Emerson Hall must have heard of the words of Ralph Waldo E. when he said, A foolish consistancy is the hobgoblin of little minds . Though they may be grim- lins they are also highly inconsistant, ask any guy. NEW HALL New Hall is soon to lose its distinction as the newest of the men ' s residence dorms; its fraternal twins are now nearing completion. However, New Hall can enjoy its TVed lounge and savagely distinctive heritage. 66 Those who live under dorm B ' s roof have to work extra hard mastering sophisticated tasks like butter- ing pop corn or polishing nails. All this must be done with care to make up for the kidding they get about being brought up in a Barnes. A Hi there. Tiger. 67 The men ' s second living center is named for Aratus Kent, first chairman of the Board of Trustees, yet it is questionable that Aratus would understand some of the things that go on in the center, nor perhaps would some present Trustees, ie. men do their own clothes washing while couples Frug. And the machines in it can entertain man, the TV, or torture him, the Language Lab. Mrs. Gertrude Brockmeier, Housemother 68 70 The men use their center for all sorts of scheming, from the quiet daydream, to the strategy session to the hatching of a plan to have a Social lounge. Yet once they had Social Study Space they insisted upon anti-social screens to keep things private. Men ' s House Council considers Lounge proposal. 71 BURPEE CENTER From about 6:30 in the morning — when the first food service employees arrive for breakfast, till 1 or 2 the next morning — when the radio voice of Rockford College, WRCR, signs off, the Blanche Walker Burpee Center is the stage for uninterrupted drama. The drama of the stuff of college life, its exhilarations and its doldrums, the roar of the students when the dining room doors are locked at 6:05 and the silent language used by couples in Forest Cool Lounge. There are routines like students checking their mail cubicles for news — only to find a library overdue slip. There are once in a lifetime events like the mounting of the Freshman Show — class of 1969. Burpee is both for memories, last year ' s festival, and Freudian forgetfulness. Sometimes the foyer is alive with sculpture, or the dining room is a Hawaiian luau. Burpee is the home of the snack bar chat and the coffee hour with a visiting scholar. Burpee is many things to many people; and there can be no end to the list of its varied facets. carnations. 74 The Y D ' s There is enough room in Burpee to allow many different activ- ities to go on simultaneously. Books are set aside in favor of a little recreation, then later they will be poured over while the winded student crams for an exam. While some students attend a club meeting some students sleep (these patterns are not neces- sarily exclusive). Clubs like the Young Democrats have cyclical attendance patterns, depending upon future expectations and past disappointments in the arena of politics. Hello Dearie, what can 1 do for you? — Ona Krukonis, switchboard 75 Burpee is both a work place and a play place. The play is easily noticeable; like climbing the big tree just in front of the rotary, clearing the pool table, or listening to the folk concert. Most of the work takes place more behind the scenes, except that done in the fish bowl-like bookstore. The work of the duplicating and mailing service goes on unseen. Mr. Eglie and Chief Chef Levi Frazier are usually only recalled when the meal is not their finest. (Such occasions, happily, are becoming fewer). And, Mr. Eglie and Levi are be- coming more familiar faces to the students. 76 Miss Coulhard and Mrs. Giddings of the Mimeo Room. r From Burpee Center comes a steady stream of words. There ' s the sometimes informative and or caustic Sounding Board. There are newspapers, both the Collegian and exchange papers which appear bi- weekly. Once a year there ' s a handbook to remind you what you shouldn ' t do; then a yearbook to re- mind you what you did do. Mrs. Dorothy Dunn, Mail Desk Fastest snow gun in the west. As the winter months set in, thoughts naturally turn to Christmas. Though RC succumbs to the Christ- mas spirit(s), academics are not completely aban- doned. Books from the library extension in Burpee are in demand for vacation-time papers. 81 83 Once a week the Executive Board of the Rockford College Student Government meets in the Student Government Office and attempts to conduct business. Sometimes the meetings are merely routine; other times the RCSG representatives will try to light a fire under the student body. If these efforts fizzle-out in the assembly it isn ' t all the Exec Board ' s fault. For every public setback there are fifteen private successes. President, RCSG Secretary, RCSG 85 Ping- Pong champs. During the colder months everyone moves quickly when outside and lingers long inside before again braving the blast. Another calamity strikes when second semester ' s first exams all bunch together to catch the winter weary student unprepared. Mrs. Tucker from the bookstore. 87 Some of WRCRs staff % Although the Rockford Transit Corporation runs buses (at inconvenient hours) to keep the College in touch with the town, in many ways the College is a self-sufficient community with its own snack bar, organizations and en- tertainment outlets. Spanish Club and Christmas pinata Sometimes college life touches upon community life for more than the town students. There are not only frequent downtown shipping excursions but also Social Board ' s unique Spring Event. Sophomore Class Officers When old man Winter lifts his siege fog. RC ' s Social Board German Club AH JOHNSON LIVING CENTER - LIBRARY Once the bridge center of the campus, Albert M. Johnson has become the book center. Originally conceived as the liv- ing center for the first men ' s residence cluster, Johnson has served for the past two years as the temporary quarter for the John Sherratt Hall Library until it is resurrected as the How- ard D. Colman Library. Students, who are aware only of certain inconveniences, seldom take time to appreciate the difficulties inherent in Mr. Palmer ' s task of co-ordinating the present 3-in-l library arrangement (Johnson, Burpee and Jewett). Yet, he and his staff of professional and student as- sistants keep the stock of circulating books, reference materials, records, slides and microfilms surprisingly accessible to the college community. The attempt to keep the collection current is an unending one. As volumes become obsolete or as they are replaced by new editions, they are placed on the For Sale Cheap rack till they are snatched up or mold away. Once at 7 A.M. sleepy bathrobed bodies staggered in to eat watery scrambled eggs; now librarians arrive at 7 to pre- pare for another day of book lending and its inevitable con- sequence, fine collecting. Mr. Howard Dunlop, Assoc. Librarian 93 94 O Never underestimate the importance of the crowd . . . 96 The changing face of Rockford College sports is some- times comic, sometimes tragic, but it is everpresent. Early in the first semester, the field sports assume a prominent role in RC life — WRA hockey, intramural football, varsity soccer and cross country (perhaps the loneliest of all events). Slowly, however, the sports scene shifts as the pool and basketball court slip into high gear. One of the laws of physics is that whatever goes up, must come down — the same law applies to kinesthetics. One of the roles of our P.E. in- structors is to teach students how to descend properly. It is important for 99 One of the best ways to learn how to fence and or how to walk a tightrope is to listen to the in- structors during your eight required quarters of phys- ical education. It may not make you qualify for the tennis team or the basketball team or even Nerieds, but it will give you some fundamental understanding of these activities (and the body that is trying to do them). 100 Varsity proficiencies emerge from endless hours of informal practices, traveling, exercising, and warming the bench. Underclassmen must accus- tom themselves to the drudgeries before they can expect to break into the first string — some then question the worth of it all. 103 Charge! 104 J When all the competing and exercising is over, there will be memories of varsity, IM and individual sports contests. In the years to come the wins will be enlarged upon and the losses fewer. MORAL: memories are a convenient measure of all things. Good bowling requires a knowledge of which wav to bowl the ball at the pins. 107 After surviving many years in Penfield Cottage, the college ' s medical staff finally moved into their new quarters, the Charlotte Purdy Lang Infirmary. Although some faculty offices are temporar- ily housed in the rear of the building, and therefore displace in- firmary floor space, Lang is ready for RC ' s expansion to 1,200 students. Almost every sickness including RC-itis — symptom: I ' m so gd sick of tests I could scream. — is treated in Lang. No matter how major or minor the ailment, you can count on the same pro- fessional attention (and probably the same aspirin). 1)2 113 TOWN STUDENTS Slightly under half of RCs students have tried to strike a balance between college life and home life. For the first few weeks studies seem to constantly interfere with so- cial life and social life cuts into job commitments. However, shortly a compromise is worked out and the town student learns how much time he can give to dances, to cards, to clubs, and — oh yes — to his books. W w Town students have to get up slightly before their dormitory counterparts because they must make al- lowances for the trip out to the new campus. If they ' re lucky they have their own car (or at least one a parent will let them use); if unlucky they will have to commute daily on the bus— which often entails waiting out in the cold. 1 16 117 .1 w The town students have an official and an unofficial head- quarters. There are town student lounges but most prefer the snack bar. If a little more privacy than the snack bar affords is desired, then they can always invade the TV or Listening Room. W I 18 119 Town students seem especially attracted to varsity sports, service clubs and good looking dorm students. However, every now and then a town student will break from the ranks and decide to live in the dorms for a year or more. By doing so he or she gives up part of the identity as a Townie but they can not and would not give it all away. In passing it may be noted that dorm students rarely sample town student life. Clute transcribes notes. w 120 After 7 PM and on Saturdays the Classroom Building takes on a different set of faces, some are older, some are wiser, some come in search of wisdom. Most of the evening students come from Rockford and surrounding communities; frequently they work in offices, factories or schools or are from last year ' s graduating class. Day students and pro- fessors also attend the evening sessions (some day profs moonlight as evening students). You dan start from scratch (100 level courses) and go to graduate classes it just takes a little longer than regular day college; and about the third hour, students come to wonder how much longer they can continue. W W w 122 125 On a typical day at Rockford College the students are called upon to make many important decisions, the most momumental of which is whether to sleep all the way through till tomorrow or to face the inevitable 21 steps in a day ' s development. Step 1. Force yourself up and away from that luxuriously soft bed. Step 2. Indulge yourself in a healthy stretch, tip to toe. Step 3. Do morning callisthenics, one lap out to college sign and back — while observing 50 mph speed limit. Step 4. Perform purifying rites of the sun. Step 5. Burn morning coffee— tell fire depart- ment they are not needed. Step 6. Attempt passive resistance to 8 o ' clock classes. Step 7. Practice walking in Freshman Basic. Step 8. Complain about the curve a prof threw on the test you just flunked. Step 9. Get revitalized by mid-day fix. Step 10. Evade ex-best friend who threatens to slash your throat. 70 127 Step 11. Practice suicide boast, One more step and I ' ll jump. Step 12. Work in Jewett chem lab— weigh part- ner to nearest milligram. Step 13. Discover life in old campus women ' s dorms. Step 14. Use stick to poke-out offending lights in Social Study area. Step 15. Receive Judicial Board spanking for step 14. Step 16. Boycott Slater— cook and eat (?) your own food. Step 17. Return to room— remember official in- spection is tonight. Step 18. Hear Coke machine is broken and giving free samples — join rush. Step 19. Set hair, beauty-cream face before bed. Step 20. Light fire to remove chill in room- invite friends over. Step 21. Bed down on luxurious mattress again, set alarm for two hours sleep (after which another typical day begins). 129 0, rmcfoks are the general or fundamental truths under which life is governed. In business, a jeweler ' s principles are especially important for he occupies a position of trust. 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