Vol. '1• No. 1 Published by the students of New College September 24. 1965

W E L C 0 N1 E C L A_S_S_O F •!¥r+---c -

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c(j'NVOCA TON SET FOR SUNDAY I;

TED HELD KILLED SATURDAY

IN OKLAHOMA COLLISION

Ted Held, ·of Salt Lake City, a member of the Charter Class, was killed last Satur­day mo~ning when the car he was driv~ng collided with a school bus near LaVerne, Oklahoma.

Ted apparently was re­turning to the New College campus _in a car rented from the ageqcy which he had represented on campus. He was scheduled to arrive Monday to participate with other members of his class in .welcoming new students.

· One of the students riding in the school bus was also killed. A driz­zle was falling at the time of the accident.

Ted was admitted to the Charter Class after he had hitch-hiked the 2000 miles to the campus without hav­ing been accepted. His strong desire for an edu­cation earned him a place as the lOlst member of the Charter Class.

Besides his parents he is survived by three sisters and three brothers.

Sir William Hayter, KCMG, president of New College, Oxford CoJ.lege, Oxford University, will be principal speaker at a convocation officially opening the college for this aca­demic year, Sunday at 4 p.m. in College Hall. President John van G. Elmendorf will preside at this,

ORIENTATION WEEK .CLOSES

FOR HUNDP.ED NE\-7 STUDENTS

Activities this weekend will bring to a close a busy first week for the members of the incoming first-yeor class.

Tomorrow at 10 a.m. in the Husic Room, students will meet with Sir ~Hlliam Hay­ter, of !~e~-1 College, Oxford. He is on campus for cere­monies to take place Sun. afternoon. ·

A bus will leave the cam-pus at 2:00 and again at 3:00 tomorrow afternoon for a beach party picnic at the Landmark on Lido Beach. Students ~rho care to swim ~-1111 be able to do so. A place to change will be provided.

Tonight, after dinner, there will be a meeting for new student5 presented by the Student-Faculty Com­mittee.

Purpose of the meeting is to familiarize incom-

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his first all-college as­sembly, which will be at~ tended by the charter class, new students, faculty, staff and guests.

Follm-1ing the convocation a brief ceremony will be held in the newly completed patio on the East Campus to mark the completion and dedication of the new residence courts.

Also taking part in the ceremonies, in addition to Sir William and President Elmendorf, will be the Rev. Dr. John Whitney MacNeil, a member of the Board of Trus­tees, Dallas Dort, vice chair­man of the Board of Trustees, and I. M. Pei, New College architect.

Sir William, who arrives later today • ~-1ill be avail­able to talk with students Saturday morning in the Music Room. Before coming to Sara­sota he spent three days at the University of South Caro­lina, ~,;rhere his visit was arranged by Dr. George Curry, former professor of History at New College, and now Asso-ciate Dean of the University.

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Page 2 THE CATALYST September 24, 1965 EDITORIALLY SPEAKING

You u1.1o '-re e'i.tering New College have before you not only an excellent op­portunity for educ?.tion, but also you can help to shape the i1eal which is New College. If anything ~ we learned during the first year that a college is not built in a year.

Many areas of creative endeavor in all phases of college life are open to you. Working togethe4 the two classes can accomplish ve!:y much in­deed toward the ultimate obje~tives of our school.

You will =ind, as the Charter Class did, that one of the great~st sources of education is to ba found in your fellow students. On no o~her campus is there ~uch a high average of personal achievement and potentia.! as there is here. Your collea6ues aLe uniquely valuable -- learn from the~.

The addition of one h~ndred first year students to the New Col-lege community should provide much of the intellect•.1al and soc:'~al stimula-tion w-hich is so vital to the well-being of a college, (especially a new college) and for which a need was felt rather keenly during the latter part of last year. And so, THE CATALYST adds its voice to the chorus and welcomes the Cla3s of '68 to New College.

* * * The sudden death of a friend and

fellow st11dent inflicts en us all the sick feeling of shock ~nd grief. Trying to use -.:vords to e-:~press feel­ings like these is a miserable fail­ure. Our emotio~3 e:·:e i:l~xp:ressible and we connot eve~ ~ .. ma~~.::1e the anguish of his famil·].

lve wish ~1e had knovm. '!'ed better. He will be remet!'bc:rcrl anc' n::tssed.

"When a man dies, an \tnkncvm world II passes awey.

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A MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT ELMENDORF

The beginning of the experience known as higher education is exciting. It is compounded of expectations and fears. You are looking ahead to many things, some of which will not ever happen. You are apprehensive of other things. Some of them will not happen, either.

I welcome you to New College with the hope that you will soon realize that most of your expectations depend on you for their fulfillment and that many of your fears can and uill be allayed only by you., The faculty and staff will ask quite a bit of you. Here at New College it is to a large degree your choice whether or not you respond, whether or not you take advantage of the freedom you a·.ce offered and the skills and wisdom of your teachers and coun­selors.

It is my hope that you will maintain the spirit of innovation and the excitement of experimentation which began here just last year. We will try to provide an atmosphere con­ducive to creative learning. We will expect you to direct your minds and your conscience to the various dis­ciplines set out for you.

Few students in this country have the same opportunities you have. If you reject them, you will have dimini.shed yourself. If you accept them, you will have achieved your expectations and lost your fears. It is now your move.

John Elmendorf

THE CATALYST Vol~ 2. No. 1 September 24, 1965 PuJlished weekly by the students of New College, Sarasota~ Florida Editors Charles Raeburn

Tom Todd Business Manager Richard Waller

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ORIENTATION COMNITTEE

~AF.i~S OUR DEEP GRATITUDE

~'.1e m~:.Jbers of the Charte:~ CL:.~ s 't;rho returned e::>.:r.ly to ccm~us ~s m£~~ers of the Orie~tation Cam~i~tee aa7c earned t he admiratioa and t:-=a~it-,.1-:e of the entire colle30.

\·J::.tha·,,_t tr.em tb.s first ueek HOu~.d h~ve bee:n one of ev<'!n greG.te:: C::i.Gway f. :r: the to.e"t~ Gtu~.en;;f· . I Tt"

.3t~: .. :'i u~ c!:!.8B~y tl.e co.,.., ~i~t~~ has p~ovide~ ~ i:::1.12.-.:1cl.ly atm·xp!: ~ro c•:~

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ix· to do this, n~t cnly di-.~ they gi.11e up a vrc~~~' 3 vaca!::ion, ~ut t:1e:' s?e:1t lc:1g erd~ :tn ~::-·:.-0 of. the :.:e·H'.Ol.;:-c!s of L\ii" ~-;.: !.r1e -::::1e inco:aing cJ :..~.:.~ 3roeti'Lles tedi-0 7..:<"; :1o!_trs er.C. gr:e:;.': ':.ilc;:r,y l ~ pre-pazoe a good --r~lcu·rr. ... ~ ~

Spc'.::.ial thcr:t1cs g0 to lUJ.l Chacwick t.;l~o wcs lnrgc:!.y responsible for s:J:> ::::··•is~.n3 and coor<:lin.::~.t­

i.-:g ~l:~ committee a cti•Ji­~icG~

• c:..:c of t.l!~ ccr.-:·~ ttec ,

ot;;.r->::- th'ln Bill, arc~ DoJ.ph Bezoier, K~thy Dive:y, :12-ch~l Findley, Jim Fr:.'J ch~ Ch\lck H::::.o:ato!l., r~n Ja.;:~l<s }

R:!..dc Ka~_n z, Tv::n La~.;so:J , Del '.:lie Luther, Fc-.,!1 MH' i!<:!:1.l , Kay HoV.er, Neil o:.sen,, and f~elly Schlicker.

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PJter t&k~ng his degree at NeVi Co:i.lege, G:cford, Sir \Ul-li -:-1.1 was, unt::.l eighT years ago, a d:i.pJ.oma:. ~;.;ri . t :-. the BrH:~sh For­eign ~ervice . re began his car~er in VJ.enna in the early lhil.·t ies, uen t 0:1 to serve in Ec.~ctzrn Eu~op;;. £,:ld (vas then broug:Tt oac!-: to the For~ig:n Of­f.'.c~ undE;r Si:: Ro~·crt Van-B: ·; ·;;:::-~·" : n l ~ 3 8 !tc :1e s s~:: .. 1 t to i::1::.:::1 .:mel ir. 13ll~ he j uj.ned th"' B::i.t:!.si. SmM:.~ :-y :;,~ H.;;.sbing­::v<: on ~~ar':ir:c'"! C:t:t~.e:;.

1\ftP-r t: .• e ,.,•.'lr he retu-rned to the i:c~G~.:;n O:':fic~ as As­si~tant Ur.dcr ~ec~ctory of Stu·-::e.

In 1949 Sir Hi].liam vTas named British Minister in Pnrio and four yc~ :-a later, bcc~:'lc Am~assacoJ.' to Russia . :t:.:.s service :i.n Moscow lasted .coa~ years and shortly there­aft~r he -..1as elc::ted to his present pos :.!.. t:l.tJn ·Hith Ne'to.• Col:;.tSge, Oxfo!:'d.

From here Sir William flies to Canada where he will take part in ceremonies at New College, University of Toronto.

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RINGLING l1USEUM PATROLLED :aY

GEP~T POLICE DOG

The grounds of the Ring­lhl[;; Museum are p3 trolled after hours hy a German Police DoB• This was made necessary by vandalism and students arc warned not to trespass. The Huseum and grounds are state property .

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ing st·..:1ents with the v10rk that ha!l been done on stu­dent and College CoU1munity fOVe.:nment.

Copies of the student an~ community government pro­posals tavc been distri­buted to mos~ stnd~r.ts. If a'ly student has not r2.cei·,~cl

a copy, he may get o3e :~~m Chuc1.c Hamilton in :bom 341.

S!:udents are urged to :-ee.d o·il'er the proposal be­fo~e toe meeting.

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s·. 2~ted Tuesday in Col­!.e3e I-it.~ll befot'e dinner. by 2re::;::.dent: and ifrs. John :".:lnendorf, the chair­~~n of tac divi~ions: Dr. Rollin B. Posey~ Dr. Peter F. Buri: and Dr . Ar- thur R. Borccn; a'1d ot~er ~~robers of the fa­culty.

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After dinner, the new stu­dents' first meal at New Col­lege~ they wece officially t\leJ.co!ll.ed by Pres. Elmendorf and Dean of Student Affairs, Robert Norwine. Pres. Elmeu­c1or f ans~o1ered the questions, "Why Cor.:e to College? 11 and "Hhy Co!lle to Ne~v College?" :::lean Norwine discussed the colleg~ node of Considera­tion and stt:.dents' role in co-;,; ~:;_·,Ling tbemsel ves.

Hed!l~:.;o ay ···2.3 C:evoted to p:: ."' limL".ary testing during ~orning ~::eel cfterv.oon . Fol­lcHing dinner \·~ec-.1esday even­ing H-_·. Furman C. Arthur, in ci.c.;:-g8 of "Public Relations for the college, spoke to the g1:oup on cultural oppor~uni­ti~s avnilablc in the Sara-nota area.

Hr. Peter Odell, Student .Ac':ivities Coordinator, out­l~;ed plans for sports and rec::eatio~al activities for the coming yeor.

Testing agein filled the aay Thuroday and last night Charter Class ~P.mbers dis­cussed various phases of

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student special interest activities.

11 THE MOUSE :!!!£. ROARED"

WILL BE SHO\YN SUNDAY

"The Mouse That Roared" will be shown Sunday after dinner in the Music Room. Exact time will be announced later.

Film Committee movies for October are:

Oct. 2 - America

Oct. 9 - 400 Blows

Oct.l6 Robin Hood

Oct.23 - Aparajito

Oct.30 - Italian Straw Hat

An episode of "Zombies of the Stratosphere," a serial, will be shown before each film. A short subject will also be seen with most films.

THE CATALYST

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Any student who is inter­ested in working on THE CATALYST is very welcome. t~e

need people for all staff positions and especially typists.

There will be a meeting called early this coming week. Please attend.