The Tan and Cardinal September 21, 1973

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Wan and <tTardinal Volume 56 Number 1

September 21 1973

Otterbein College, Westerville, Ohio

Extensive summer revamping changes campus Aside from a big dirt let in back · of the Campus Center, Otterbein's campus may look little different from last year for those returning students. However, during the summer, an extensive revamping took place on campus that is bound to make a big difference in the lives of the students no matter how subtle these changes seem on the outside. The reef of Towers Hall was replaced as part of a three phase improvement plan, and the two towers were restored. Cochran Hall's exterior was greatly improvea as the result of sand-blasting, · water-proofing, tuck pointing, and painting. The main lounge underwent a total

Otterbein College invites you Otterbein's tenth Artist-Lecture series is about to begin, bringing to the campus a cultural program presented by diverse and unique artists from all over the world throughout the coming year. The 1973-74 Artist-Lecture Series will offer everything from jazz to opera, to theology to conservation. Also included will be the foremost American choral group, exciting Roumanian dances, a poetess and the full musical sound of a chamber orchestra. A special feature of the series will be the appearance of an Affiliate Artist as an informal, bonus concert event. On Fri., Sept. 21, the New York Jazz Quartet will open the Artist-Lecture Series. This quartet. combines their unique sounds to create a fresh approach to both jazz classics and original compositions. The 19-piece English Sinfonia will be performing on Thurs, Oct. 25 . The Sinfonia gives special attention to English music of the past and present, as well as having an extensive repertoire of Baroque and eighteenth century works, including music by Hayden, Mozart, Handel and Bartok. The new year will bring the Canadian Opera Company to Otterbein on Thurs, Jan. 10, 1974. The twenty-year old company and orchestra will present Mozart's COSI FAN TUTTE, which mearis "Women Are Like That" in English. It is a witty operatic farce that pokes fun at love's frailties. On Tues., March 12, the Norman Luboff Choir will be presenting everything from Bach to the Beatles. From the classical to rock, this choir blends all the aspects of good music for an evening of diversified entertainment. The SO-member Roumanian Folk Ballet will be at Otterbein

on Tues, April 2. Representing their homeland since 1963, this ballet company has been acclaimed as the finest in expression of the Roumanian arts. Performance time for all of these artistic events in the Artist-Lecture Series is 8: 15 The 1973-74 Lecture Series will prove as entertaining as the Artist portion. Dr. Richard Rubenstein, theologian and author, is scheduled for Oct. 11 at 2 p.m. It is the policy of Otterbein to cancel classes which are set at the same hour the guest lecturer will be performing. January 2 at 10:00 A.M. Otterbein will be hosting David Brower, conserbationist and author. Last· of the Lecture Series will be Gwendolyn

Brooks, poetess. The time is set for 11 A.M., April 9. All Otterbein students are invited to attend these cultural events. Tickets for admission are free at the Cowan Hall Box Office and may be obtained upon presentation of the student I.D.

The Tan and Cardinal is in need of a circulation manager who would be responsible for picking up the newspaper from the printer on Thursday night, and for keeping records of T & C subscribers. A car would be helpful. The job pays $50. Anyone interested should contact the T & C office or Kathy Fox in Mayne Hall.

remodeling job that altered it from something out of Menopause Manor to a Luxury Lounge. · A few of the upperclass men's residence halls were remodeled and new equipment installed such as kitchenettes in some areas. Several of the older building~ adjacent to the campus may be missed this year because they were removed to . allow for landscaping, creating a greater amount of open space. The Home Economics department packed up and changed their address ·to the Science Building. A grant of eight thousand-five hundred dollars from the Clements

Foundation allowed for improvements in facilities to permit greater participation on the part of the students in that department. Occupying the old Home Ee. building at 48 Grove St. is the Red Tub Coffee House. Chaplain Robert Clarke's office is also at the new location. On July nineteenth, groundbreaking cermonies were held for construction of the Rike Physical Education/ Recreation Center, named for the Rike family of Dayton. The new facility, dubbed The Otter Dome by students, will bring both men's and women's Health and Physical Education departments into the Rike Center from Alumni Gym and the Sosh.

Otterbein students embark on WCI

Chapman College's unique shipboard program in international studies, World Campus Afloat, began its seventeenth academic semester Sept. 4 at Los Angeles, . California. On that day college students from throughout the 50 states and representing 200 colleges and universities embarked for a study semester aboard ship and on shore in the South Pacific, Southeast Asia and the Orient. Since its inception in 1965, World Campus Afloat has taken approximately 7500 college students on voyages of discovery where the idea of adding "look-learning" to "book-learning" has moved education beyond the classroom into the world -laboratory. Campus for the program is

the 18,000-gross-ton S.S. Universe Campus, owned by Seawise Foundations, Inc., and operated by Orient Overseas Line with head offices in San Francisco . The shipboard campus is equipped with th~ classrooms, library, laboratories, offices, theatre, bookstore, self-service dining room and student union necessary to the educational program offered. In addition to the teaching faculty and administrative personnel, the World Campus Afloat staff includes a recreation director, counselors, a psychologist and chaplains. Also, when possible, educators, civic and cultural leaders from ports to be visited travel aboard ship as interport lecturers and resource personnel. Classes meet regularly while the ship is at sea and extend into field research projects in the ports of call. Certain activities in each port have been prearranged by the College to satisfy course requirements. Visits to local universities, galleries, museums, markets, housing developments, social institutions, government offices and business and industrial developments are typical off these. Other activities are optional and are designed to enhance the students' appreciation for the cultural mode of the city, country or region visited. Students also enjoy home stays as guests of local families and may arrange to travel overland to points of interest or to rejoin the ship at the following port. World Campus Afloat now also offers two, five-week summer sessions designed for teachers, school administrators, businessmen and other adults, as well as upper division college-level students.

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