Washington College - Pegasus Yearbook (Chestertown, MD)

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EVENTS

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Inauguration On October 16, 1982, Mr, S. Douglass Cater was officially sworn into office as the twenty-third Presi- dent of Washington Col- lege. In honour of the day, Maryland State Comptrol- ler, Louis L. Goldstein, Maryland Governor, Harry Hughes, English Professor Robert Day, SGA Presi- dent Mark Mullican and many other dignitaries and former colleagues of the President resounded their good wishes for WC ' s fu- ture. A special addition to the ceremony was Music Department Chairman Kathy Mills and the Wash- ington College Community Chorus singing two an- thems by Benjamin Britton and William Plomer. Other events of the day included a symposium at 3 p.m. on the survival of the small college in a reces- sion-stricken America, with Mr. Mortimer Adler, the distinguished Ameri- can Philosopher, sharing his ideas on the subject; an open house at the Presi- dent ' s residence on Water Street; and ending at 5 p.m. with the father-son violin-viola duo, Robert and Nicholas Mann. wU w Above, Women from the Queen Anne dormitory show off their Homecoming float: a toast to a new president. Top, First Lady Libby Cater wearing a jubilant smile attending the day ' s events. Above, Registrar Ermon Foster leads the formal faculty procession, flanked by Dr. Brown and Donald Chatellier. 26