Westmont College - Citadel Yearbook (Santa Barbara, CA)

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ra l Q . l Wi l i . .num 'J F Lage: I - l mtl .. Nl- J ,VA .1 t '.' cyl , ' -, - '-fz.r,I..:'H A ' Economic pressures and policy controversies marked the '74-'75 academic year and taxed the energies of Westmont's administrators. After an eight-hour trustee conference, Dr. Hillegas announced in early November the reluctant decision to dismiss eleven full-time faculty members and to eliminate four academic majors in an attempt to keep the institution in the black. An emergency faculty caucus, headed by Dr. Paul Wilt, offered a counterproposal to the trustee's decision. The counterproposal was accepted in late Novembergaiad a fund-raisinfg telethon, manned by students and faculty alike, was overw e ming y success u . Also traumatic to the Westmont community was the resignation of Dr. George Brushaber, dean of faculty. After Brushaber's final decision, a dean selection committee, headed by Dr. Ronald Enroth, began interviewing candidates in a man-hunt which was to culminate in April with Dr. Hillegas' selection of Dr. Ernest Ettlich of Washington State University. . A five-member committee set upon the task of designing a proposed Fine Arts Major to be added to the current academidofferings. The program, which involves no extra funding but rather a reshuffling of existing professors and classes, was accepted after careful consideration by the academic council. Controversy erupted over administrative attempts to restrict the Horizon's circulation to on-campus. Dr. Hillegas felt that some parts of the paper might alienate prospective donors, and some students responded with the protest that the cocglege was attempting to sell to donors a Westmont that no longer existe . :AEE Upper Left-Hand Corner: Mr. Stanley Bjornson, Public Affairs, Above: Dr. Donaldj. Efficient Evans, Finance and Management. At Left: Dr. Edwin 1. Potts, Assistant to the President. .lllrrl

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15. b.,.-w . 'md- , W r Upper Left-Hand Corner: Dr. Lyle C. Hillegas, President, with Heidi. Upper Right-Hand Corner: Dr. Hillegas at commencement ceremonies with Sharon Jenks and Arol Wolford. Above, Left: Dr. George K. Brushaber, Vice-President and H? ,,gff4w' Academic Dean. Above, Right: the Board of Trustees. At Right: Dr. William E. Lindberg, Vice-President for Student Development. --J

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Mrs. Eleanor Courtney Dr. Paul Delaney Mr. john Cox r . rn- r i r .P i xi , Mrs. ludy Richardson Dr. Eldad Vanderlip Dr. john Sider