Washington College - Pegasus Yearbook (Chestertown, MD)

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Far Left, Albert Briggs, Mathematics Left, Richard Brown, Chairman Mathematics Below, Eugene Hamilton, Mathematics JP jm A ■ !f vr . f - — ' (. , - - - ; ' -■ ' -■ : 4f - ' ■ .- - Above, Robert Failaw, History Above, Marianna Smith, Computer Center Left, Martin Kabat, Humar ities The college has a very good atmo- sphere for those students who want to do well intellectually .... The faculty is ambitious for students to do well .... I ' m impressed with what Washington College has to offer the serious student. I think that ' s the advantage, and that the size of the college is a part of that. Students can be part of an intellectual community if they wish. t 19

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Above, Charles Halstead, History Right, Nathan Smith, Chairman History Above, Daniel Premo, Political Science Right, Mansour Zarin, Mathematics Above, Bennett Lamond, English 1 think this place, when it is at it ' s best, has that sense of wonder, a sense of sharing, a real personal contact .... 1 would like to have a sense that what happens in the classroom isn ' t in isola- tion, that it is an on going communica- tion, an on going sharing. I don ' t like the trend towards business majors. 1 really do think that a degree in liberal arts is crucial to whatever you may do after college. If you ' re going to learn a computer language, you have to learn the English language at its finest first . . . . In the sixties and seventies the col- lege was different. Certainly it mirrored what was going on in the country. There was a lot of talk about drugs, and rock music, and talk about things with a kind of newness to it all. The dominant images now are these pastels and alliga- tors. The students were newly involved in the administrations of the college, newly involved in committee work. It was new; it was interesting; it was com- mitment. Now I think students come along and they ' re on this committee and they fall into it like they fall into a classroom or fall into any other kind of thing that ' s already set up. There isn ' t enough motivation. 18

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Above, Christine Pabon, French Spanish; Above Right, Colin Dickson French; Right, George Shivers, Spanish. Above, Erika Salloch, German do think that a person able to think in many different modes ... is just better able to cope with whatever he is called upon to do. You are certainly going to lead a happier life if you enjoy books, music, museums, and travel for the culture it offers rather than the beautiful scenery. I would like to see a less homogeneous student body. 1 pre- fer greater variety of student social backgrounds, say from the middle and lower classes . . . those who have pulled themselves up by their boot straps ... I think that we have too, too many mid- dle class kids here .... I believe that no teacher can teach you any thing; a teacher can only be a kind of roadmap to show you how to get there. There have to be some changes. 1 would like to see a college where intellectual achievement is cherished by the student body rather than just the faculty of the college. Above, Andre Yon, French Right, Thomas Pabon, Chairman Modern Lan- guages 20