Myths Unveiled: The Social History of The Evergreen State College ...

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Stean had to teach the students the proper way of building and supplied the nails. “Most of
the students didn’t knew absolutely nothing about building or even how to use a nail and hammer,”
Stean said, “I held workshops to train them in the building technology and have pay stubs from the
college to prove it.” He left once he got his BA in 1975 with just the deck and the interiors
uncompleted.
In an Evergreen Newsletter from February 8, 1980, Stean heard about the completion of the
Organic Farm House and a dedication ceremony on February 14 th and he went to the ceremony.
Michael Barron was given credit for the Organic Farm, but other people who deserved credit (ie. the
designing crew) was never mentioned. Stean stopped the former state governor and then college
president, Daniel J. Evans. “Evans said that he was very busy and didn’t want to look at the matter
of who should take credit and who should not take credit for the work of the Organic Farm
House,” said Stean, “I don’t know who this Michael Barron is, and perhaps he deserves credit for
things that he did after I left, but I think the students who helped build the Organic Farm House
should deserve the same credit as Michael Barron.”
Here is a list of those students –
Designers & Building: Ralph Allen, Kieth Brown, Nathan Chess, Mike
Corke, Eva Foster, Tim Graham, Bruce Need, Vern Jensen, Merritt Mount,
Barbara Pell, Neil Pritz, Baron Stean, Rhyno Stinchfield, and Lorie Schley.
Staff Advisor and Contract Supervisor: William Knauss 22
22 The Evergreen State College Organic Farm House booklet, back page