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2 Fall 1995 

A Letter From the President 

Dear Alumni and Friends, 

When director of college relations Randy Sarvis asked if I would write 

a letter for the Link, I quickly said yes because it seamed like such a good 

way to begin an ongoing dialogue with readers of this fine publication. 

Considering what to write about, I reflected on first impressions and realized that two events in 

particular stand out as having given me a clear sen >e of the true character and soul of Wilmington 

College. Thus, they need to be recounted here in this initial communication. 

The first concerned my involvement in a perso inel search. 

We were trying to fill an entry level position in the Admission Office, and three of the four finalists 

for the position were Wilmington graduates. I was among those who interviewed the candidates and 

asked each of the WC grads to comment on their undergraduate experience. The responses were 

phenomenal! 

These alumni gave moving tribute to the caring, personal attention they received from faculty, 

both inside and outside the classroom; they spoke passionately about being directly involved in a 

variety of campus activities; they underscored the value of community; and they expressed the 

importance of Quaker ideals in campus life. 

After speaking with these wonderful young people, I was reminded of the transforming power of 

education and realized in a more compelling way just how much of an impact Wilmington College can 

have. I only wish we had three openings. 

The second experience was to witness the campus response to the tragic death of a faculty 

member's son. 

Dr. Monte Anderson, associate professor of agrit ulture, and his family were shattered by the death 

of their eldest son, Scott, who died in an automobile accident in late July. The outpouring of love and 

support for the Andersons was incredible. From fcod service workers to maintenance staff, from 

faculty and staff colleagues to students, the entire College community came together to aid and assist 

them in this most profound time of human need. I c; nnot adequately describe how it felt to see such 

genuine humanity and compassion, but I can assure you the response revealed a strong sense of 

community — one that made me proud to be associated with Wilmington College. 

In these experiences I learned what many of you already know. Namely, that Wilmington College 

is a caring community and a powerful learning environment. Other articles in this issue give further 

testimony to these characteristic traits of the College and show how they have persisted over time. 

I look forward to more opportunities to share thoughts with readers of the Link, including sharing 

a vision for the College as we celebrate our one hundred and twenty fifth anniversary in 1995-96. 

The entire DiBiasio family is excited and enthusiastic about being part of Wilmington College, 

and we have felt so welcomed by so many since our ai rival in July. I am eagerly anticipating the arrival 

of students and joining with the faculty and staff to Degin a new year. 

I hope to see many of you at Homecoming and at other alumni and 125th anniversary events.

VOLUNTEERISM 

SERIES 

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Marble Hall 

The building of Marble Hall 

from 1948-50 stands as a 

testament to self-help projects. 

Student Servers 

The Service Learning Program 

provides WC students with 

numerous volunteerism 

opportunities. 

Recycling 

Erin Shelton '95 started 

Wilmington's campus recycling 

program. 

Habitat 

WC's Habitat for Humanity 

Chapter builds hope and houses. 

Mexico Trip 

Wilmington faculty and students 

gained first-hand knowledge of 

a Third World paradox. 

Stacy Dahl 

The 1994 WC graduate is 

working for a more just and 

peaceful world. 

Peace Corps 

A College professor is in the midst 

of three years in the Peace Corps 

of the 21 st century. 

ON THE COVER 

Former WC President Sam Marble and 

Muriel (Specht) Hiatt are pictured working 

on Marble Hall ii 1948. This story of a 

remarkable student effort starts a 13-page 

look at volunteerism by Wilmington College 

students, faculty, staff and alumni. 

FEATURES 

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Uni ted Nations 

Stephen Collett 70 reflects on 

the past, present and future of the 

United Nations. 

Peace Center 

The PRC serves as a 

manifestation of Quaker ideals. 

Eric Noble 

Quarterback looks to take over 

school, tnd NCAA record books. 

Fall, 1995 

Vol. 45, No. 3 

DEPARTMENTS 

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Alumni News 

Development 

On Campus 

Class Notes 

Sports 

EDITORIAL 

STAFF 

Managing Editor 

Randy Sarvis 

Associate Editor 

Brian Neal 

Editorial Assistant 

Nancy Conner 

Class Notes 

Merle Boyle 

Alumni Director 

Suzanne Irvine Sharp ('84) 

© 1995 Wilmington College 

The Link 3

Marble Hall 

A Story for the Ages 

by 

Randy Sarvis 

X he cornerstone reads "Built by Students" 

— and indeed it was! 

In contemplating a century and a quarter 

of Wilmington College heritage, legacy 

and tradition during this commemorative 

year, the construction of Marble Hall shines 

as the watershed event in the institution's 

125-year history. 

Led by WC's young, new president, 

Samuel D. Marble, in 1948, the construction 

of a major building depending largely 

on volunteer student labor was both a bold 

and risky endeavor for the financially struggling 

College. But Marble saw this project 

as something much greater than building a 

dormitory to house the large influx of G.I.s 

on campus following World War II; rather, 

he viewed the venture as something that 

affected the very heart and soul of 

Wilmington College. 

"We're getting a lot more out of this 

work project than a new building," Marble 

said in a Reader's Digest article. "We're 

making a better bridge between education 

and life." 

And he told Newsweek the project had 

implications that went far beyond 

Wilmington College's 27 acres. 

"We are not primarily interested in saving 

money, although that, of course, is pleasant," 

Marble said. "We are trying rather to 

teach our students that seemingly insoluble 

problems — like the construction, without 

sufficient funds, of desperately needed campus 

buildings — can be solved. 

"In later life, they will perhaps then be 

encouraged to tackle other seemingly insoluble 

problems — like world peace, for 

example," he added. 


The Marble years of 1947 

through 1959 reflected the surge 

of great expectations and unbridled 

optimism running rampant 

in the country as the United 

States was asserting its role in 

what would become known as 

the American Century. 

As with many of the nation' s 

institutions, World War II and its 

aftermath had a great impact on 

higher education and 

Wilmington College was no exception. 

WC had a predominantly female 

enrollment of 133 students 

(13 men and 120 women) in 1944 

when Roy Joe Stuckey '48 arrived 

as a freshman. Tht College 

was especially strapped for 

money during the war years and 

Arthur Watson's presidency 

(1940-47), as WC did not accept 

military training units and the 

money that would have accompanied them. 

"It was war time and the College was 

struggling so hard; bul there was a spirit 

here, one that started wiih President Watson 

and people with the names of Pyle, Boyd 

and Hazard," Stuckey said. "We had great 

education..., and those were pretty good 

odds for men with all the women here — I 

ended up marrying one of them!" 

With the end of the war came a great 

euphoria that this tragic ordeal was finally 

over, and the G.I. Bill, which provided for 

former soldiers to attend college free of 

charge, revolutionized higher education. 

The G.I.s began to "trickle in" during 

early 1946, and, by the start of the 1946-47 

academic year, that trickle became a raging 

flood, recalled Ira G. "I.G." Hawk '46, who 

served as WC's director of public relations, 

admission and alumni trom 1944-52. 

Sam Marble rallies the troops. 

Photos Courtesy of Wilmington College Archives 

"The College of 100-plus students drawing 

from a 12-county area suddenly became 

a College of 550 students from a very wide 

area, including, for the first time, the East," 

said Hawk. "Everybody wanted to go to 

college. 

, "It was a totally new Wilmington College," 

he added. "All of a sudden, it was a 

cosmopolitan college and it attracted a bright, 

charming, energetic new president in Dr. 

Marble." 

A major challenge for the 32-year-old 

president when he arrived in the fall of 1947 

centered around where to house all those 

men. They had been living in Quonset huts, 

attics and a partitioned section of Whittier 

Place, the College's gymnasium, which had 

been outfitted with 200 Navy surplus bunks. 

As spring began to set in during 

Marble's inaugural year, a handful of stu-

dent leaders and faculty and staff members 

were summoned to attend a meeting at the 

president's home (107 College St., the current 

site of WC's Advancement Office). 

The Marbles had only recently moved 

in and Stuckey recalls seeing little furniture 

and unopened boxes of household goods 

throughout the living room as Marble's 

wife, Rebecca, served Pepsi-Cola to what 

would become the Building Planning Committee 

later that evening. 

"Sam said, if we don't get some place 

for these men to stay, they will leave; and if 

they leave, most of the women will leave,'" 

Stuckey said, noting Marble was always 

careful in building his case. "When he 

unveiled the plans for a new dormitory, we 

were bug-eyed — and then he said it would 

be built with student labor!" 

Stuckey recalls Beatrice (Walker) Warren 

'48, head of the student YWCA chapter, 

asking Marble if there would be work 

for women. 

"Sam said, 'Of course! Women will 

work side-by-side with the men, and Dr. 

Marble will too!'" he said. 

"I know it's not going to be easy," 

Marble told the group, as reported in the 

College newspaper, Quaker Quips. "It will 

entail much hard work and an even greater 

amount of interest on the part of the students, 

but this can well be i he start that Wilmington 

College has long awaited." 

After several hours of discussion, the 

Planning Committee agreed and pledged its 

support. Several subsequent, secret meetings 

were held as M irble's spontaneous plan 

evolved — until April 13, 1948, finally arrived. 

"In later life, they will perhaps 

then be encouraged to tackle other 

seemingly insoluble problems — 

like world peace, for example," 

— Sam Marble 

It had been mys :eriously billed as "WC' s 

D-Day," and few students knew what to 

expect when they en tered the campus convocation 

at Whittier Place called by Marble to 

begin immediately :'ollowing 8 a.m. classes. 

"I recall that clay very vividly — the 

swing band was playing when we walked 

inside the door," said Stuckey, one of a 

handful of students who had even a clue of 

what would transpi e. 

The event exceeded all expectations. 

The legend of Marble Hall was built upon a foundation of volunteer student labor. 

"First, a Methodist minister, Rev. 

Gaston Foote, inspired us by speaking about 

Jesus Christ and what he was able to accomplish," 

Stuckey said. "He said he knew we 

had it in us to achieve these great plans that 

Dr. Marble would unveil. 

"Then Sam spoke of the impossible 

situation of the young men who had returned 

from the struggle to save the country, 

and how we could build a dormitory — 

Sam really was a dynamo!" Stuckey said, 

noting that, at precisely the most dramatic 

moment during his talk, the president uncovered 

an artist's rendition of the building. 

"He said, 'How many will pledge a 

day's work?' Everyone stood up. 'How 

many will pledge two days' work?' Again, 

everybody stood up," he said. "Then Bill 

Hilgeman ('50), the leader of the renegade 

fraternity of veterans, shouted, 'Tau Kappa 

Beta pledges one month!' 

"With that, Sam jumped up on the 

podium and said, 'Good, we've just built 

the first unit — let's get to work!'" 

Marble led the students to the building 

site, which had been surveyed and staked 

out by Dr. W.R. Pyle, chairman of the 

Department of Physics and Mathematics. 

There, on the ground, which had been saturated 

with seven consecutive days of rain, 

were 150 shovels collected by 

Clifton Warren, a former teacher 

with construction experience who 

had been hired to serve as supervisor 

of the building project. 

"We got all the shovels we 

could find in town the day before," 

recalled Warren, a 1927 

graduate of Earlham College who 

has lived most of his life in 

Wilmington and attended WC his 

freshman year. 

"There was an air of excitement," 

he said, noting that Marble 

had approached him about supervising 

the construction. Warren 

agreed to the task and immediately 

turned over management of 

his farm implement business to a 

nephew before selling it altogether. 

Stuckey and a mob of excited 

students grabbed those shovels, 

posed for a quick groundbreaking 

photograph and began working. 

"That day in the rain we dug 


mon engineer; when we go to war, we dreadfully 

want an uncommon admiral or general," 

said Hoover, whose address was later 

broadcast nationwide on radio. "Only when 

we get into politics are we content with the 

common man. 

"Our full hope of recovery into a moral 

and spiritual world is a wealth of uncommon 

men and women among our people," he 

added. "It is our education institutions that 

must promote and train them." 

Inspired by their College president and 

a former president of the United States, WC 

students continued their volunteerism efforts 

with a series of self-help projects on 

campus after Marble Hall was completed. 

Although not to the extent they worked 

on Marble Hall, students engaged in such 

labor as painting, laying floor tile, assembling 

auditorium seats and planting shrub 

bery for Kettering Hall, Friends Hall, the 

original Pyle Center and Boyd Auditorium/ 

Fine Arts Building 

Photo by Randy Sarvis 

Marble Hall stand.' as a monument to student volunteerism. 

Sam Marble, who left the College in 

1959 for a position at a Michigan school, 

and those students of the late 1940s and 

1950s have left a legacy 

of selfless service that 

continues to positively 

affect the institution today. 

"This College could 

have gone into oblivion if 

not for Sam Marble's leadership 

during that critical 

time," Stuckey said, noting 

Marble Hall stands as 

a lasting symbol of how a 

small college can make a 

large impact. 

"The block work's not 

perfect, but it has stood all 

this time." 

Dignitaries of the Day Offered Praise and Encouragement 

On the occasion of the dedication of 

Marble Hall, Oct. 27,1950, special greetings 

and words of praise and encouragement 

were sent to WC students, faculty 

and staff by 10 prominent American leaders 

of business, industry, the arts, exploration 

and literature. 

They included: Charles F. Kettering, 

inventor, philanthropist and vice president 

of General Motors; E. Stanley Jones, 

minister and author; Elton Trueblood, philosopher 

and author; Adm. Richard E. 

Byrd, explorer; Benjamin Fairless, president 

of U.S. Steel; Ralph Bunche, Nobel 

Prize winner; Benjamin Fine, an editor 

with The New York Times; Henry Ford II, 

president of Ford Motor Company; 

Clarence E. Pickett, American Friends 

Service Committee; and Frank Lloyd 

Wright, architect/inventor. 

Excerpts from their messages include: 

"/ have been associated with a great 

many of the schools which have had cooperative 

courses. I know of no better way to 

have cooperative education than to do 

both the industrial and academic in the 

same place." 

— C.F. Kettering 

"Today in colleges we tend to have 

too much teaching and not enough learning, 

while in government we have too 

much central direction and not enough 

local responsibili y. The college can help 

the nation by beginning a reversal of the 

popular trend anc' Wilmington, I am glad 

to say, is moving in this direction. " 

— Elton Trueblood 

"Young men and women who possess 

this kind of spirit are the sort of 

people I like to take with me on expeditions 

where loyalty and determination 

and good will are essential traits for success.... 

If the peoole of this nation possessed 

and demonstrated the spirit shown 

by your college, I would have no doubts 

about the outcom?." 

— Richard E. Byrd 

"Is there to be found anywhere a 

more heartening example of enterprise, 

devotion and self-reliance? Once again 

the urge to accomplishment, by way of 

soul-satisfying application of hard work, 

has shown its pcm er to transform dreams 

into realities and to build not only structures, 

but moral f'bre as well. The qualities 

here mentioned are the very elements 

which have developed a free people as the 

proud citizens of a country rich in opportunity, 

bent upon assuring their welfare 

by their own honest efforts. 

May the livinq spark which has been 

struck at Wilmington College inflame the 

minds and hearty of oncoming generations 

throughout America, that they, too, 

may build and accomplish and wax strong 

in a land of freedom. " 

— Benjamin F. Fairless 

"You have recaptured something of 

the spirit of the frontier and of the pioneers 

—a spirit our people have tended to 

lose as they have become industrialized 

and effete. You, your school and your 

careers will be the much better for it. " 

— Ralph Bunche 

"Unfortunately not realized in many 

quarters is the fact that a democracy 

provides not only privileges but demands 

responsibilities of us. I think that the students 

of Wilmington College have shown 

the community and the nation that they 

fully recognize the importance and the 

value of responsible living. " 

— Benjamin Fine 

"/ have read with great interest the 

account of the building of your dormitory 

at Wilmington. It is an inspiring story in 

the classical American tradition. " 

— Henry Ford II 

"As you know, I am sure, that the old 

gospel of work as the salt and savor 

especially of education — provided the 

heart and mind is with the hand — is 

applicable to your effort at Wilmington, I 

am glad to send an amen to the dedication 

of your effort." 

— Frank Lloyd Wright 


Building Project Was PR Bonanza 

"We had a good story." 

In spite of the hoopla gained from politicians 

who jumped on the Marble Hall 

bandwagon; in spite of the public attention 

surrounding the praise of Wilmington College 

by such dignitaries as Henry Ford II 

and former President Herbert Hoover; and 

in spite of public relations director Ira G. 

Hawk's media contacts and effective PR 

techniques, at the heart of the whirlwind of 

media coverage was a darn good story. 

"There was a tremendous outpouring 

of cooperation from students, faculty, staff 

and the community," said Hawk, a 1946 

Wilmington graduate and the director of 

public relations, admission and alumni during 

those dynamic years early in Sam 

Marble's administration. 

He said the building of Marble Hall was 

representative of "an exciting era of new 

opportunities" in the country after World 

War II that continued to gain momentum. 

"It was a new era and people were 

enthusiastic about it, and Sam Marble was 

able to challenge them," Hawk said recently 

from his home in Bonita Springs, Fla., where 

he retired after a long career with GM. 

Hawk recalls being privy to Marble's 

plan before it was unveiled at the convocation, 

so he contacted the local media about 

attending with the promise of something big 

in the works. They were not disappointed as, 

before the day was over, the president had 

given a rousing talk from atop the podium; 

students had broken ground with 150 shovels; 

and the construction of the new dormitory 

had begun with student volunteers. 

"It was a very dramatic beginning," 

Hawk said. 

Before long, regional media in Cincinnati, 

Dayton and Columbus caught wind 

that something unique was happening in 

Clinton County. From there, the story spread 

across the country — and the world. 

"We got a number of stories on the 

wire, and we placed pictures on Associated 

Press and United Press International as well," 

said Hawk, who put in hundreds of overtime 

hours taking photos, writing stories and 

facilitating international media interest. 

In addition to those Ohio newspapers, 

stories appeared in such publications as the 


New York Herald Trilune, Christian Science 

Monitor, San Francisco News, Washington 

Post, American Magazine, 

Newsweek, Time, Pathfinder Magazine and 

Look — to name a few. 

"When the story ultimately made the 

Reader's Digest, that was the capstone," 

Hawk said, noting the coverage went beyond 

strictly news stories and included editorials 

lauding Wilmington's self sufficiency 

and pioneer spirit. 

The building project was news world-wide. 

The New York Times described the 

project as something "unique and exciting 

in higher education." 

The Providence Jc urnal wrote that WC 

"has discovered all in cne process an excellent 

substitute for football, a fine antidote 

for mere learning, a fresh classroom technique 

and the irreplaceable consolation of 

doing work with one's hands." 

"It is a heartening story," wrote the 

Manchester (England Guardian, "an instance 

of the spirit whi:h makes the United 

States a great country :o live in." 

During a stretch of the construction, 

Radio Luxemburg was regularly broadcasting 

a status report by WC students throughout 

Europe. 

As the College was inundated with photographers, 

radio crews and news reporters, 

Marble was more than accommodating, as 

he and Hawk realized the value of the publicity, 

not only because it provided positive 

public relations opportunities and helped 

motivate the students to continue working, 

but it was helpful in attracting money and 

contributions of materials, which, ultimately, 

proved essential for completing the project. 

Marble was undeniably at the eye of the 

media hurricane. Hawk likened the aura 

surrounding the young president to the excitement 

generated by John F. Kennedy a 

decade later. 

"Here was a bright, charming energetic 

new president in Dr. Marble," he said, noting, 

at 32, he was the youngest president in 

the country. "He had great enthusiasm; he 

dared to be different; students identified 

with him; and he had a wife who looked like 

Ingrid Bergman." 

Newsweek said Marble — "a Ph.D. in 

dungarees" — looked more like a college 

president "than (actor) Ronald Coleman ever 

will." 

In addition to looking the part, Marble 

seemed to possess an endless supply of 

profound statements quoted by the media, 

some of which portray the building of Marble 

Hall as a microcosm for something greater: 

"A college education does not excuse a 

man (or woman) from work; it only entitles 

him (or her) to do it," Marble told the Columbus 

Sunday Dispatch Magazine. 

"There are so many things to be done..., 

and I don't know of a better place than 

Wilmington to help young people learn to 

make a contribution to community living 

and influence the whole education system..., 

yes, even the world." 

In describing the building project. 

Marble told Newsweek: "We are not primarily 

interested in saving money, although 

that, of course, is pleasant. We are trying 

rather to teach our students that seemingly 

insoluble problems — like the construction, 

without sufficient funds, of desperately 

needed campus buildings — can be solved. 

"In later life they will perhaps then be 

encouraged to tackle other seemingly insoluble 

problems — like world peace." 

— by Randy Sarvis

Quakers Have a Long History of Volunteerism 

"Work is love made visible." 

That's been the Quaker volunteer work 

camp slogan for well over 50 years; however, 

an organized emphasis on selfless service 

and volunteerism by the Religious Society 

of Friends started many years before 

World War II. 

In 1917, the American Friends Service 

Committee was established to conduct relief 

work in war-torn areas of the world. It 

was staffed largely by Quaker conscientious 

objectors. Also, Quakers were involved 

in a child-feeding program in the post-World 

War I years, according to T. Canby Jones, 

professor emeritus at Wilmington College 

and an internationally well known figure in 

Quaker circles. 

He said the Quaker volunteer work 

camps started in the 1930s when, during the 

Great Depression, Quakers wanted to help 

the destitute and down-and-out. 

"They started a homestead project, a 

kind of Habitat for Humanity, for coal miners 

in western Pennsylvania," he said, noting 

they helped with housing and finances to 

get them back on t leir feet. 

"It was desigied to assist people in 

helping themselves," he added. "The Quakers 

never intended to stay." 

Also, during this time, Quaker college 

students spent summers traveling around 

the country preaching peace, Jones said. 

"These were tl e main outreach emphases 

of AFSC in the 30s and 40s," he said. "I 

was in two of those camps and it's really a 

life-changing experience for those participants. 

"Sam Marble was a product of those 

camps and civilian service programs," Jones 

said about the WC president whose campus 

projects involving student volunteers are 

the stuff of legend. 

Just because Wilmington College students 

have not built any more campus structures 

that gained worldwide publicity in the 

last 45 years, that doesn't mean they are 

entrenched in the "Me Generation." 

Quite the contrary, WC students, 

alumni, faculty and staff are actively engaged 

in service ard volunteerism projects 

on campus and in their communities, 

churches and schools, in addition to being 

members of the Peace Corps, Friends Service 

Committee, Habitat for Humanity and 

other entities whose goal is to help create a 

more just and peaceful world for everyone. 

The following stories merely touch the 

surface on Wilmington College's tradition 

of service; but, hopefully, they show one 

way in which a small college is making a 

large difference. 

Student Volunteers Speak Out 

"I'm meeting with Head Start students 

first thing in the morning and I love it. It 

really puts me in a good mood to start my 

day like that. Many of these students come 

from single-parent families and I feel like 

I'm a positive, male role model for them. 

When I'm a teacher, I plan to work with 

Head Start children during the summers. " 

— Kyle Scudder '96, site coordinator for 

WC's Adult Literacy Council last year and 

1995-96 Head Start site coordinator for 

Wilmington's Service Learning Program. 

"/ like to help make things a 

little better for people. I went on 

the 1994 Habitat trip to 

Mississippi and noticed that, 

after seeing the Habitat homes, 

other people in the town were 

fixing up their homes — they're 

getting more pride in their 

community." 

— Kurt Masters '96, student 

founder of WC's Habitat for 

Humanity chapter. 

"In Wilmington's Athenian 

Program, we provide one-onone 

tutoring for elementary kids 

with difficulties. They get so 

excited because they get to come 

to the College. Also, working 

with them has helped my 

organization and time 

management skills." 

— Cristi Massie '98, site 

Photo by Randy Sarvis coordinator for the Athenian 

Students (l-r) Beth Blake, Sharon Hodge and Amy Sprenz paint fences at Denver Park in Program. 

Wilmington during last spring's Quake, a day of student volunteerism projects. — by Randy Sarvis 


Students Get Involved Through Service Learning 

"Never doubt that a small group 

of thoughtful, committed citizens can 

change the world; indeed it's the 

only thing that ever has." 

— Margaret Mead 

Anthropologist 

by 

Brian Neal 

A 

JT\.s this series of articles illustrates, 

Wilmington College students, alumni, faculty 

and staff have been leaders in 

volunteerism through 125 years of Quaker 

tradition. 

However, what isn't that well known is 

that the College has taken active steps incorporating 

volunteerism into the educational 

process through its Service Learning Program, 

which was founded in the fall of 1993. 

The fledgling program provides ways 

for students to perform meaningful service 

to society and reflect on their experiences. 

"It makes your education come alive," 

said Barb Kaplan, the Service Learning Program 

director. "These are real-life problems 

that our students are working on and 

we hope to produce civic-minded, socially 

responsible citizens who are empowered to 

work creatively in seeking solutions to local, 

national and global problems. " 

According to Kaplan, the program had 

its highest numbers last spring when 77 

students enrolled. "The figures aren't huge," 

said Kaplan, "but we are making a difference 

and we grow a bit every year." 

While enrolled in the program, students 

are asked to serve three to five hours 

per week for the entire semester with specific 

time commitment and duties. 

Students can create a new program 

matching their own interests with community 

needs or they can work on any of the 

following issues: 

• Elderly — Students visit with the elderly 

and assist with recreational activities. 

• Environment — Projects like Adopt-A- 

Highway and community recycling help 

clean up public areas. 

• Health — Students work in the emergency 

room, laboratory and other areas at Clinton 

Memorial Hospital. 

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• Homelessness—Stucents help in all phases 

at the local shelter. 

• Literacy — The Adu t Literacy Education 

Program matches students with adults who 

need tutoring in basic skills. 

• Youth/Education — The Athenian Program 

provides one-on-one assistance and 

physical activity training to selected elementary 

children. WC students also volunteer in 

the public schools and work with juveniles 

involved in the court system. 

Sophomore Kathy Barrier, an agriculture 

majorfrom Woosler, Ohio, participates 

in the Athenian Program. 

"These students are picked out because 

they need individual attention in certain 

subjects," Barttersaid. "But they have been 

at school all day and don't want to be preached 

at. So, I have to find creative ways to get 

them interested. I enjo / helping the kids and 

it was a great learning experience for me." 

Now that the Service Learning Program 

is off and running, Kaplan is hoping to 

get more students interested. 

"My goal is to have all Wilmington 

College students become involved in some 

type of volunteer service before they graduate," 

said Kaplan. "It's important because 

there's no better way to live out the College's 

mission of 'developing in each student ef 

fective ways of knowing and learning, an 

awareness of the world and the value of 

truth and justice.'" 

Getting Service Learning more involved 

in the curriculum is another way Kaplan is 

going about reaching her goal. 

Recently, she has worked on classroom 

projects with Perry Hahn, the chairman for 

the department of economics and business 

administration; Doug Burks, an associate 

biology professor; and Steve Szeghi, an 

associate professor in economics and business 

administration. 

For instance, Hahn has a marketing 

class take part in a community service project 

every fall semester. The class is divided into 

project teams which are assigned to help 

solve a marketing problem for a non-profit 

organization. 

For example, Big Brothers and Big 

Sisters is trying to figure out why they can't 

get enough male volunteers. The class will 

study the issue and give its recommendations 

when they report back to the agency. 

"I'm trying to do three things with the 

class," Hahn said. "First, I want to expose 

students to nonprofit organizations. Secondly, 

it's a good experience outside of 

classroom and it develops skills that they 

can use once they start their careers." 

WC students Tony Mitchell (middle left) and Jim Ehret help some youngsters with a 

reading assignment as part of Service Learning's Athenian Program.

Erin Shelton "95 Started Campus Recycling Program 

by 

Randy Sarvis 

E/rin N. Shelton '95 graduated last 

spring, but the impact of her time on campus 

will be felt at WC for many years to come. 

Shelton, from the southern Ohio town 

of Sardinia, received a bachelor of science 

degree with a major in biology and minor in 

chemistry last May. She is attending the 

University of Cincinnati this fall as a graduate 

toxicology student in UC's Environmental 

Health Program. 

As 1994-95 president of the Student 

Government Association, she played a key 

role as a member of 

the campus-wide committee 

that helped select 

Wilmington's 

new president. Also, 

Shelton spearheaded 

WC's recycling program, 

which has 

evolved from a few 

aluminum can receptacles 

to a concerted 

campus effort focused 

on recycling paper, metal, glass and plastic 

products. 

"Wilmington gave me a lot of opportunities 

to work on things I was interested in 

besides academics," she said. 

"As a freshman, I saw there was virtually 

no recycling on campus," Shelton said, 

noting she joined Wilmington's Quest Environmental 

Group, which, at the time, had 

not actively addressed the recycling issue. 

"I would just go ahead and do things, 

and then tell the group," she said. "I did a 

campus waste audit to find out how much 

trash is generated and how much of that we 

could possibly recycle." 

Impressed with Shelton's commitment 

to the cause, Wilmington's administration 

ultimately pledged its support. The College's 

recycling program, which has been going 

full tilt since the beginning of 1995, is quickly 

gaining widespread acceptance. 

"It really shows if you have a mind to do 

something it can be done," she said. "It was 

three-and-a-half years after I started it before 

a full-fledged recycling program was 

established — you just can't give up when 

something's that inportant to you." 

Coinciding with Shelton's interest in 

recycling and protecting the environment 

was her "ground floor" interest in 

Wilmington's fledgling Service Learning 

Program, which has been involved in everything 

from the Adopt-A-Highway program 

and promoting literacy to providing support 

at the local senior c itizens center and homeless 

shelter. 

"In addition to the good feeling you get 

from helping others, volunteerism has 

opened a world of doors," she said, noting 

that, as a freshman, the College sent her to a 

community service conference in Florida. 

Also, during her senior year, Shelton 

was elected to chai • the Ohio Youth Action 

Council, a diverse £ roup of 20 young people 

working to empow er youth in community 

service. OYAC is a standing committee of 

the Governor's Community Service Commission. 

"We're an advocate of the youth voice 

for the state of Ohio," she said. "Many of 

today's youth are looking for ways to positively 

impact decision making, display leadership 

skills and generate positive communication 

between youth and adults. 

This summer, she was selected as one 

of two undergraduates in Ohio to receive the 

second annual Charles J. Ping Community 

Service Award, the state's most prestigious 

honor in collegiate volunteerism. 

In addition to her leadership roles in 

student government, Service Learning, 

Quest and OYAC, Shelton was active as a 

resident assistant and as a member of WC s 

Amnesty Internatio ral chapter and Jazz Flute 

Workshop. 

In perhaps her most important role as a 

student leader at Wilmington, Shelton was 

called upon to help select the College's new 

president this year. 

"I read 87 applications and resumes, 

and we narrowed t down to a final eight 

who came to campus for interviews," she 

said, noting the i ltimate selection, Dan 

DiBiasio of the Uriversity of New Hampshire, 

was the students' top candidate. 

"I was impressed that he was very energetic, 

enthusiastic and outgoing, and he too 

was a student leader when he was in school," 

she said. "You can tell he enjoys the small 

college atmosphere too." 

The small college atmosphere — with 

its intimate campus and many opportunities 

for personal attention and getting involved 

—was what attracted Shelton to Wilmington 

four years ago. 

"When I visited the campus, everyone 

was friendly and I had a sense that this was 

the right place for me, that something great 

was awaiting me here," she said, noting 

those initial feelings were so strong that WC 

was the only school to which she applied. 

"It felt like home from the first day I 

stepped on campus," she added. "I loved 

Wilmington; I just loved it!" 

Her arrival at Wilmington was the start 

of a very significant Shelton family presence 

on the campus, as her mother soon 

enrolled and finished her degree in 1992; 

her brother, Dylan, is currently a junior; and 

her sister, Karie, is a freshman. 

"My youngest brother, Isaac, is a ninth 

grader and he is probably coming here too," 

she said. "My mom and I would meet between 

classes — it was funny saying, 'Hi 

Mom, how'd you do on your test?'" 

With her years at Wilmington now behind 

her, Shelton is taking on new challenges 

as she continues her studies in the 

environmental health field. 

"I've always had an interest in science 

and medicine, and I want to have a career in 

which I would work with educating people 

for the betterment of society on subjects like 

air and water quality, and other environmental 

health issues, particularly in rural 

areas," she said. 

"The environment has always been intriguing 

and interesting to me — as a child, 

I was a collector of butterflies and insects, 

and I always mixed creek water and made 

little concoctions," she joked. 

With what promises to be an exciting 

career on the horizon, Shelton is confident 

that her days at Wilmington will always be 

cherished as some of the best of her life. 

"I think I got all I could from 

Wilmington College — I feel I applied 

myself in academics and really got a lot out 

of being involved in extracurricular activities," 

she said. "I knew when I came here I 

wanted to do it all, and Wilmington has 

given me every opportunity to do it all — for 

that, I am very grateful." 


Building Houses and Hope 

by 

Randy Sarvis 

L _n the seven years that Don Chafin 

has led a group of Wilmington College 

students to build houses in the Mississippi 

Delta town of Coahoma, he has noticed an 

"incredible evolution of success" in the community. 

The 37 new homes for impoverished 

families that have been completed since 

WC and other college groups began working 

there in 1989 have resulted in a visible 

attitude of optimism that many of the residents 

now have about their future. 

"There's a total new vitality for the 

whole town," Chafin said. "These are people 

there who never had anything, and now they 

own a home. And I hear little kids saying, 

'When I get out of school, I'm going to 

college.' 

"That's directly because of their association 

with college students who spent their 

spring breaks working in Coahoma," he 

added. "Habitat is more than building houses; 

Habitat is really involved in building communities." 

Chafin, a professor of agriculture at 

WC, recalls in early 1989 when a representative 

from the Americus, Ga.-based Habitat 

for Humanity gave a presentation at the 

College as part of a national recruitment of 

Jake Wymer, Doug Mcintosh, Kurt Masters, 

raise a Coahoma family's home and hopes. 

used to work in Memphis and spent a considerable 

amount of time in the area. "I 

knew it would be interesting because the 

Mississippi Delta has a different culture 

than anywhere else in the United States, and 

I knew it would be enjoyable because of the 

soul food and barbecue. 

"We found 15 students who were interested 

in an adventure during their spring 

break," he added. "We enjoyed it so much 

we've had a group go b ick every year since." 

Not quite knowing what to expect, those 

first students arrived in a small Mississippi 

town traversed by railr jad tracks and largely 

"There's a whole new vitality for the whole town. These are people 

who never had anything, and now they own a home. And I hear little 

kids saying, 'When I get out of school, I'm going to college. Habitat 

is more than building houses; Habitat is really involved in building 

communities."' 

young people for its international building 

ventures, specifically one in Mississippi. 

"Coahoma sounded to me like a good 

project," Chafin said, noting, years ago, he 


— Don Chafin 

comprised of trash piles, run-down houses, 

sharecropper cabins and about 350 African- 

American residents, nost of whom were 

living their lives in a culture of poverty. 

Photos Courtesy of Don Chafin 

Steve Lampke and Chris Strickland 

With upwards of 80 percent unemployment, 

their prospects were less than optimistic. 

Located about five miles from the Mississippi 

River, Coahoma and much of the 

surrounding area never recovered economically 

from the invention of the cotton gin 

and the widespread use of agricultural pesticides, 

which contributed to the loss of 5 

million jobs in the last century, according to 

Chafin. While most of the blacks in the 

Delta who lost their jobs in the cotton fields 

migrated to the ghettos of Chicago. Detroit 

and Cincinnati decades ago, many stayed in 

the only part of the country they and their 

American ancestors had known as home. 

"Many of the (Wilmington) students 

who are attracted to go on these trips are ag 

students, so one of the things we look at is 

the effect that agricultural technology has 

had on people and their social situation," 

Chafin said. "We're looking at what happens 

to these people who are unskilled, 

uneducated and unemployed." 

Indeed, the students quickly realize the 

Habitat trip is more than a break from the 

books to hammer boards and paint walls. It 

is an immersion into American history, geography, 

anthropology, social studies, Delta 

Blues music, regional culture, religion and 

culinary delights.

Wilmington College 

acknowledged this by offering 

the annual Habitat 

trip as an interdisciplinary 

studies course for academic 

credit, in which the 

students prepare for the 

trip by studying books on 

Delta history and culture, 

as well as viewing such 

films as Mississippi Burning 

and the award-winning 

Eyes on the Prize 

series chronicling the 

American Civil Rights 

Movement. 

In recent years, the 

trip has expanded to include 

visits to the National 

Civil Rights Museum, 

Beale Street, Elvis 

Presley's Graceland and 

Virgo's Renowned Rib Barbecue Joint in 

Memphis; as well as Mammoth Cave in 

Kentucky, the Delta Blues Museum in 

Clarksdale, Miss., a Mississippi plantation 

tour and a Sunday morning service at a rural 

black church. 

"In the house-building process, we really 

get more from it than we give it," Chafin 

admitted. 

But the students do put in a significant 

amount of time manning shovels, hammers, 

paint brushes, sandpaper and power saws as 

they work on everything from pouring concrete 

foundations to hanging drywall to installing 

plumbing and wiring. 

In addition to the work, there is interaction 

with the community," Chafin said, noting 

they hire a local woman to cook soul 

food for them — what he describes as an 

important component of the cultural experience. 

Also, they interact socially with the 

community throughout the week, which 

leads to the students gaining a whole new 

appreciation for their bountiful lives. 

"They come back with a totally different 

perspective on what they have as far as 

material goods and opportunities," he said. 

"They also come back with a commitment 

to barbecue — real barbecue." 

The students raise money to cover their 

travel expenses and a donation of supplies 

for the Habitat project by selling smoked 

turkeys throughoutthe fall. They spend what 

Chafin describes as "every afternoon, seven 

Tony Pecord works on the roof of a 

Habitat home in Coahoma. 

Professors Don Chafin and Neil Snarr 

take in the sights on a Habitat trip. 

days a week, for fi ve weeks" smoking the 

turkeys at Cherry Bend Pheasant Farm in 

rural Wilmington, which is owned and operated 

by Mary Ho lister '46. 

As someone with a close affiliation 

with the community for seven years, Chafin 

has been heartened by Coahoma's new optimism. 

The town is even experiencing new 

construction not associated with Habitat, he 

said, noting that, before Habitat started its 

projects there, the town 

had not seen a new building 

for more than 25 

years. 

The success of their 

Mississippi ventures has 

lead to four similar expeditions 

in Mexico. As in 

Coahoma, Habitat offers 

Mexican home owners an 

interest-free mortgage 

based on ability to pay 

and contingent on their 

providing at least 500 

hours of "sweat equity" 

— which means the prospective 

Habitat home 

owner must work on the 

house and show a commitment 

to the dwelling. 

"Habitat says it's 'a 

hand up, not a hand-out,'" 

said Chafin, who intends to return to Mississippi 

with a group during spring break next 

March. 

In 1997, he plans to bring a Habitat 

group further south for a project in Louisiana. 

As with his ventures in the Mississippi 

Delta and Mexico, he expects to mix hard 

work with pleasure: 

"In Louisiana, we'll add crawdads to 

our repertoire of cuisine!" 

Back Row (l-r): Casie Huelsman, Corky White, Adam Schmidt, Scott Evans, Erica Smith, 

Nicole Johnson, Carrie Hazlett. Front Row: Heather Lees, Jenny Graver, Scott Ewing, 

Krista Gillian, Tony Pecord, Jenny Smith and Doug Smith at Coahoma's Habitat for 

Humanity neighborhood in 1990. 


WC Group Joins Habitat Effort in Mexico 

by 

Randy Sarvis 

A group of Wilmington College 

faculty and students experienced the dark 

side of "capitalism in the Sonora Desert" 

while working for Habitat for Humanity and 

conducting research in Nogales, Mexico, 

last May. 

"We gained a better understanding of 

the plight of the Third World, which seems 

not to be getting better," said Neil Snarr, 

professor of social sciences at the College. 

WC faculty members engaged in the 

"work and study trek" to Mexico were: Don 

Chafin, professor of agriculture and founder 

of the College's Habitat program; Letty 

Lincoln, assistant professor of education; 

Blake Thurman, dean of students and associate 

professor of sociology and anthropology; 

and Fred Anliot, professor of biology. 

Eleanor West of Wilmington and WC 

students Heath Binegar and Eudora Fay also 

participated in the trip. 

It included four days of work with Habitat 

for Humanity and three days with the 

BorderLinks organization in which they 

studied the "exploitation" of poor people by 

international corporations taking advantage 

of cheap labor in Mexico, said Snarr, who 

has made eight similar trips with students to 

Nicaragua and Africa, as well as Mexico. 

The faculty members, each of whom 

teaches a global issues course at WC, were 

particularly interested in gaining exposure 

to the Third World and global problems. 

The group started the week in Nogales 

by laying two cement floors in a house being 

built for a Mexican woman and her six 

young children. 

"When we say 'new home,' we mean a 

room and two small bedrooms — for seven 

people!" Lincoln said. "The house where 

she and her children were living had dirt 

floors and was made of an assortment of 

cardboard boxes, auto parts, tires filled with 

dirt and pieces of carpet." 

Snarr explained that beneficiaries of 

Habitat houses are required to contribute 

labor and financial resources whenever pos 


sible, so some of her children 

helped them carry the 60 buckets 

of sand that were mixed by hand 

with cement and water. 

"Cooking for us was part of 

the woman's contribut on to the 

house," he said. 

While six of them got sick 

from the food at the work site, all 

of them were impressed with the 

assistance of the Mexicans, who 

proved to be able workers. 

"The idea that Mexicans 

don't work hard is a myth — 

even the children were working 

hard," said Thurman, who was 

participating in his first Habitat 

trip; however, he ha;, studied 

throughout Central and South 

America as an anthropologist. 

"I didn't see anyone taking a 

siesta," Lincoln added 

After two days of pouring 

cement, the group dug latrines in 

a rural location with pickaxes 

and shovels for two days. The 

balance of the week v> as spent 

with BorderLinks, an organization 

that assists refugees coming 

from Central America. 

In interviews with border guards, health 

officials and Mexican anion organizers facilitated 

through BorderLinks, they learned 

about the "maquiladora s," which are largely 

American corporations that utilize the cheap 

labor across the Mexics n border to assemble 

their products. This practice is engaged in 

by numerous corporations from First World 

countries, who move their assembly operations 

to those Third World countries with 

the cheapest labor costs. 

Materials are shipped to Nogales and 

brought back to the Uni ted States as finished 

products with no duties charged. 

These factory wo kers, who typically 

earn $2.50 to $3 a day, spend the equivalent 

of a day's pay for a bo> of corn flakes and a 

gallon of milk, and a half day's wages for a 

carton of cigarettes. Many items sold in 

Nogales are damaged or outdated goods 

shipped from stores in Arizona. 

When considering he Mexican people's 

Photo by Blake Thurman 

Nancy, one of six children who will be living in the 

Habitat house, is pictured in her present back yard. 

desperate situation, the group said no one 

should be surprised that thousands of illegal 

immigrants are crossing into the United 

States in search of a better life. 

"We now have first-hand experience of 

seeing how these people are living on $3 a 

day — and how they are not living," said 

Anliot, who experienced his first Habitat 

trip; however, he studied glaciation through 

the National Science Foundation on previous 

trips to Central and South America. 

He sensed the "political undertones of 

a revolution" as he spoke with various entities 

close to the political and economic pulse 

of the country. 

"There's widespread corruption and 

exploitation taking place," he added, noting 

that, while drugs are crossing the border into 

the United States, guns are being illegally 

imported into Mexico, "...capitalism in the 

middle of the Sonora Desert." 

"We became a little more cynical — 

and with good reason," Snarr added.

Joining the Struggle 

Stacy Dahl '94: 

Working for a 

More Just and 

Peaceful World 

by 

Randy Sarvis 

W_Jtacy Dahl '94 spent 10 summer 

vacations working on a Lakota Indian 

reservation and she helped build houses in 

Mississippi with Wilmington College's 

Habitat for Humanity Chapter; so, it should 

come as no surprise that Dahl is continuing 

her quest of making the world a better place. 

"I've determined I want to live my life 

being part of the struggle for a more just and 

peaceful world," she said. 

Since graduating a year ago, she has 

worked with the Friends Committee on 

National Legislation, a Quaker lobbying 

group that deals with such issues as civil 

rights, crime, welfare, militarism, the death 

penalty and self-determination for Native 

Americans. 

FCNL, which is affiliated with the 

American Friends Service Committee, has 

expanded from battling what it considered 

as a "pervasive military influence" when it 

was established in 1943 to include many of 

today's prominent social and moral issues. 

"We've really broadened our agenda in 

the last 52 years," she said. 

Dahl started as strictly a lobbyist, but 

her current title of legislative education and 

action assistant has put her in a more 

"proactive" role in which she develops 

discussion groups, educates persons on 

issues and organizes those with Quaker views 

to contact their legislators and other elected 

officials. 

"Grassroots lobbying is seen as a very 

important aspect of shaping public policy," 

she said, noting the Friends Committee on 

National Legislatio I and American Friends 

Service Committee are among "those rare 

organizations that live out their convictions 

and beliefs. 

"They're really dedicated to the Quaker 

process," she added. "They let the people 

they represent guide them in their work." 

Dahl first learned about the FCNL while 

a student at Wilmington, when she attended 

Quaker worship meetings on campus and 

heard weekly legislation action messages 

on issues ranging from housing and health 

care to poverty and homelessness. 

"I realized I didn't have 

a good sense of what was f 

going on politically in our 

country," she said. "I never 

thought about the 

responsibility I have as a 

voter and citizen." 

Her interest die not go 

unnoticed, as she was 

invited to attend an annual 

meeting of the FCNL in 

Washington DC, along with 

committee officials, interns 

and 240 representatives of 

Quaker meeting groups 

from around the country. 

"I was really impressed 

that Friends are extremely 

diverse in their beliefs, and 

that they respectfull y heard 

each other's views," she 

said, noting that experience led to a sixmonth 

internship a; an editorial assistant 

with the Dayton AFSC affiliate. 

Dahl, like many, originally mixed up 

Quakers with the Ainish before she came to 

Wilmington. She was initially attracted by 

the College's peace studies program and the 

Peace Resource Center. Indeed, she 

graduated with a deg ree in peace studies and 

sociology. 

A native of Oberlin, Dahl found her 

Wilmington experience conducive to 

preparing her for future endeavors in peace 

and justice work. 

"Wilmington he lped affirm my decision 

to live my life in a certain way," she said. 

"My academic work really gave me a 

practical, rational and intellectual foundation 

for the work I am doing now, and Wilmington 

was a neat place to get in touch with my 

spirituality. 

"Before I came to Wilmington, I never 

thought I'd love learning," she added, noting 

that, through learning about Ghandian 

thought and Quaker peace testimony, she 

came to the realization that citizens have a 

responsibility to shape their government. 

"I'm most grateful for the professors at 

Wilmington who helped me develop a 

Stacy Dahl built many lasting relationships while spending 

10 summer vacations on the Lakota Indian reservation. 

passion for learning, which continues and 

has grown into a passion for working." 

Dahl will be returning to an academic 

environment this fall when she leaves the 

Friends Committee and enrolls at the 

University of Bradford in Yorkshire, 

England, where she will enter its graduate 

peace studies program. She was awarded a 

Rotary International Ambassador 

Scholarship. 

"Working on Capitol Hill has been both 

a wonderful and frustrating experience," 

she said. "I don't know exactly where this 

will lead me, but I'm sure I will continue my 

focus on working for peace and justice." 


Peace Corps: From Boots to Suits 

by 

Randy Sarvis 

T, he mention of the Peace Corps 

conjures up images of young Americans 

wearing work boots and khaki shorts building 

concrete block houses or installing drainage 

ditches in an impoverished Third World 

country. 

Witness the Peace Corps of the 21st 

century in which members don business 

suits and teach English, ecology and the 

finer points of small business and economics 

to former communist government officials. 

Wilmington College's James F. Cool, 

professor of modern languages and English 

since 1973 and chair of the Department of 

Foreign Language, is in the midst of a threeyear 

stint as an English teacher in the Czech 

Republic, where his students are primarily 

government finance and treasury workers. 

"This is a big departure for the Peace 

Corps," he said, noting the United States is 

determined to assist countries that were in 

the former Soviet Union's sphere of 

influence as they work toward establishing 

democracies and free market economies. 

"These are not the problems of the 

Third World," he said "The Czechs have a 

strong tradition of good education and 

development of culture." 

After the Czechoslovakian Revolution 

in 1989 and the Czech Republic's 1993 split 

with Slovakia, it was determined the teaching 

of English was something the country 

desperately needed—"and needed quickly," 

Cool said, noting that English is the primary 

language in the world of finance. 

"The Soviet Union had told its satellite 

countries in Eastern Europe to stress Russian 

as the world language," he added. "Then, 

overnight, the people went from having to 

learn Russian to no one wanting to learn the 

language." 

Cool, who now includes Czech among 

the seven languages in which he is fluent, 

was interested in having an international 

experience that utilized his language and 

teaching expertise while he had the 


opportunity of exploring another culture. 

"I like learning new things and I always 

wanted to be in the Peace Corps," he said, 

admitting it might have been "more logical" 

to have joined when he finished college in 

1965. "Also, I've always felt very much 

drawn to Europe." 

He lived in France before attending 

graduate school and in Holland while 

conducting research for his Ph.D. 

dissertation, so spendin g an extended period 

of time outside the 

United States is not 

an unprecedented 

experience for him. 

Cool and 28 

other Peace Corps 

members arrived in 

the Czech Republic 

in July 1993 and 

spent the next 10 

weeks in training 

that was divided 

between studying 

the Czech language 

and culture, 

learning technical 

methods for 

teaching English as 

a second language 

and finding out how 

the Peace Corps 

works. While others 

were assigned to 

teach at universities 

and schools, Cool's 

charge was to work in Prague, the nation's 

center for government and culture. 

"Learning the Cze :h language has been 

a struggle, as well as a pleasure and a 

challenge," he said. "I'd like to speak it so 

fluently that I could speak with anyone and 

understand 100 percent — I'm making 

progress but I'm not quite there yet." 

Cool will have another year in which to 

perfect the language, as he has returned to 

the Czech Republic after coming home to 

Ohio for several weeks this summer. 

While he started this venture two years 

ago with great expectations of teaching 

English to "really advanced and motivated" 

Hm Cool during a summer visit to campus 

students, he quickly realized that learning 

English was not of paramount importance 

on his students' agenda. Rather, they were 

involved in the Czech government's 

transition from communism and were 

playing key roles in bringing about 

privatization and other reforms geared 

toward a free market-driven economy. 

"The job was not what I originally 

imagined it to be," he said. "The first three 

weeks were a crisis for me because I realized 

how hard it would be 

to make progress; then 

I realized you need 

something outside of 

your job for 

satisfaction. 

Cool found that 

satisfaction in gaining 

first-hand knowledge 

of the Czech culture 

in Prague—"a wealth 

of stuff," including 

opera and classical 

music, history, art, 

getting to know the 

people and learning 

the language, he said. 

"You must be 

willing to be open to 

theirculture,"he said. 

"You're in trouble if 

you come to preach, 

reform or bring the 

gospel — it's 

dangerous going there 

feeling like the white knight or that we're 

very superior, because the Czech people are 

sophisticated in a lot of ways." 

Cool said the goal of the Peace Corps is 

to offer the host country knowledge about 

American civilization, as well as for 

Americans to learn about foreign countries 

as they supply expertise designed to make 

the country more self-sufficient and 

successful. 

"We're all little ambassadors," he said, 

noting the Peace Corps serves as a model for 

asking foreign countries to consider another 

way — a more American way — of doing 

things.

The UN Turns 

by 

Randy Sarvis 

A his summer's 50th anniversary 

of the signing of the United Nations 

Charter provided an opportunity 

for recognizing the many accomplishments 

that a half century of cooperation 

among nations has produced. 

It also served as a forum for critics 

to stir up anti-UN fervor. 

For Stephen W. Collett, a 1970 

WC graduate, the 185-member United 

Nations stands on the threshold of the 

21 st century as the world's best chance 

for promoting lasting peace, settling 

disputes, protecting human rights and 

nation-building, to name but a few 

components of its mission. 

"The United Nations in these past 

50 years, even under the shadow of the 

Cold War, has accomplished a great 

deal," said Collett, the Quaker UN 

representative. "Just to think about 

what things might be like without the 

UN is enough to make one shudder. 

"People who can dismiss the UN 

today and say it hasn't been worth it 

are ill-informed, to say the least," he 

added, noting the United States was 

instrumental in establishing the United 

Nations in the final days of World War 

II. "It's been a tremendous bargain — 

it costs peanuts for what it really does." 

The UN's role in averting war 

and settling disputes in the Middle 

East and other troubled regions is well 

documented; however, some of its 

greatest successes have occurred as a 

result of its facilitation of largely 

unpublicized, off-the-record meetings 

between rival governments, he said. 

Also, the UN membership has created a 

large body of international law in such areas 

as trade, human rights and arms control. 

"Take human rights, for example; there 

are now 35 treaties protecting human rights, 

and governments are held to those stan 

dards," he said. "Nc w, we hear about human 

rights violations around the world, but, the 

point is, we're hearing about them." 

Collett said the UN sees peer monitoring 

as an effective tool in ensuring that 

governments behave within certain set standards. 

UN Photo 185522/ A. Brizzi 1063L 

Furthermore, the United Nations has 

created nearly two dozen service agencies, 

including the World Health Organization, 

UNICEF, UNESCO and food and agriculture 

associations, as well as entities dealing 

with international postal services, aviation 

regulations and monetary exchange. 


"The United States doesn't depend on 

the services of those agencies because it has 

built up national services, but these have 

made a tremendous difference in many developing 

countries," he said. "Without them, 

there would be more disease, poverty and 

famine." 

In spite of its apparent successes, some 

of the more "radical" elements on the American 

political landscape are calling for the 

United States to withdraw its financial commitment 

and reconsider participation in the 

United Nations. Many proponents of this 

isolationist view believe the UN has evolved 

into a cumbersome, ineffective, sprawling 

bureaucracy, and the United States and regional 

organizations like NATO acting alone 

can be more effective. 

"The United Nations has become a 

whipping boy for know-nothings who are 

trying to establish themselves as authorities 

on something that they clearly know nothing 

about," Collett said. 

The United States' UN dues are between 

$250 and 300 million annually — less 

than the cost of a single B-l bomber; not to 

mention some $700 million is pumped into 

New York City's economy as a result of the 

UN headquarters' 

presence, he said. 

"The figures 

which were spent 

on the UN by our 

country are completely 

in every way 

dwarfed by the kind 

of military spending 

that is still go 

ing on in the US ^ " ~ 

even though the 

Cold War has ended — there is absolutely 

no excuse for that," Collett said. "It is immoral, 

insane and bad economics." 

The 52,000 people associated with the 

United Nations is equal in size to the number 

of civil service employees in Wyoming, 

a state with only a half million people. 

Even though Bill Clinton has expressed 

his support of the United Nations, Collett 

was perplexed with the president's speech 

at the UN's 50th anniversary commemoration 

in San Francisco in which he said the 

United Nations is in need of reform. 

"You can always make an organization 

better and things should be done, but I don't 

think there is a lot of dead wood in the 


— 

United Nations and I don't think it wastes 

money," he said. "I mean waste money? 

Who are you comparirg it with, the Pentagon 

or Italy?" 

Collett said America's active support 

and participation is of paramount importance 

for the mission of the UN to succeed. 

"This impression hat we get from the 

newspapers that somehow the United States 

and United Nations disagree about something 

is really a fallacious perspective," he 

said. "The United State s — and this is clear 

to the other govern menl s and anybody working 

within the UN — fl e United States very 

much determines whai the UN is going to 

do, because of its size, power and its role in 

the Security Council. 

"The Security Coi ncil decides nothing 

that the US doesn't ag ee to," he added. 

The United States is among the five 

permanent members o' the Security Council 

that also includes Russia, China, France 

and Great Britain.Not only that, Collett said 

the world looks at the United States as a 

benchmark of civilization as the world approaches 

the new millennium. 

"All of the other countries and I underline 

all — not only our allies, but those who 

are our former 

"The United Nations has become a 

whipping boy for know-nothings who 

are trying to establish themselves as 

authorities on something that the} 

clearly know nothing about." 

— Stephen Colleti: 

— 

enemies that are 

now in that gray 

field — look to 

the United States 

for leadership," 

he said. 

"We have to be 

careful because 

we have been 

' guilty of isolationism 

at other 

critical times in history," he said, noting it 

leaves a very large vacuum when the United 

States does not live jp to its role. "We 

should learn from hisiory and assume the 

responsibilities that go with being a great, 

powerful and very rich nation. 

"We can give leadership; we should be 

giving leadership — we should be supporting 

a strong United Nations!" 

As to how the United States' leadership 

can manifest itself, Collett said the UN 

needs to increase the fcrums for negotiation 

and adjudication of disputes — from small 

fishing rights disputes' to larger territorial 

disputes. The World Court and other mediation 

entities need to ~>e built up and ex- 

The Collett File • 

Stephen W. Collett grew up in southwestern 

Ohio with a strong affiliation 

with the Wilmington and Ohio Valley 

Yearly Meetings of Friends (the Quakers). 

He attended Haverford College and 

then Wilmington, graduating in 1970 

with double majors 

in philosophy/religion 

and history/ 

political science. 

While at WC, he 

worked on the College 

dairy farm. 

In 1973, he 

earned a master's 

degree in human 

geography from the University of Colorado, 

where he specialized in resource 

use, development and population issues. 

For the past 20 years, Collett, his 

wife, Berit, and their seven children have 

had their principal home in Farsund, 

Norway. The Colletts farmed there and, 

for 10 years, he taught economics, international 

affairs and geography at Agder 

College in Kristiansand. In 1986, Collett 

took a temporary position at Earl ham 

College for six months, teaching and 

serving as a special assistant to the president. 

Collett and his wife became directors 

of the Quaker United Nations Office 

in 1986. He specializes in questions of 

environment and development, and regional 

security and peacemaking. 

Also, he has authored and coauthored 

numerous books and articles 

on economic development, international 

trade and international organizations. 

panded in scope; also, population and environmental 

issues need to come even more to 

the forefront of UN attention, he said. 

"The two great challenges for the 21st 

century are the need to get our societies onto 

the path of sustainable development and to 

establish an international system for maintaining 

peace and security that will replace 

these kind of false mechanisms of the Cold 

War," he said. 

"It won't mean that you don't have

disputes, but you need ways of managing 

disputes, peaceful settlement of disputes 

and of treating crisis situations and complex 

human emergencies when they arise," he 

added, noting a commitment to a "new 

global partnership" is required to accomplish 

these monumental tasks. 

Collett said nation-building and sustainable 

development will cost money, and 

if developing countries take the same course 

of extravagant energy use and degradation 

of the environment utilized by First World 

countries in order to become modernized, 

"then we're all going down the tubes together." 

He also sees the United Nations' peacekeeping 

role via military operations as evolving 

to become one of exclusively protecting 

and providing assistance to people entangled 

in what he describes as "complex human 

emergencies," which could be anything from 

a natural disaster to a war that breaks out 

between countries or within a country. 

"We are now at the dawn of a new era 

that is extremely exciting and interesting in 

which the military has a completely revised 

role not to go to war in aggressive action to 

take land or enforce the desire of one coun 

try upon another," he said, noting the end of 

the Cold War offers chances for an era of 

cooperation that was nonexistent during the 

UN's first 45 years 

"When there w; is a problem someplace, 

both the East and West would be trying to 

get as much out of it as they could — often 

with a legacy of arms and despotism," he 

said. "Well, now they are not in that business 

any longer. 

"I think what is exciting right now is 

that, coming out of the Cold War, things 

have opened up anc the UN can be more of 

what the charter su| gests can be done by an 

intergovernmental body," he added. 

Collett said the UN has gotten itself 

into serious trouble n hot spots like Somalia 

and Bosnia, where its action has not been 

well-coordinated or its mission well defined. 

He would prefer to have seen the UN 

role be more attuned to that of supplying 

aid, and as a buffer between rival factions. 

While Bosnia has been less than a resounding 

success, he said the UN has engaged 

in more than a dozen peacekeeping 

operations since 1989, and at least 13 of 

those — in places like Cyprus, Kashmir and 

the Middle East — have been very impor 

Ideas 'Begin to Bloom 1 

As the Quaker UN representative and 

director of the Quaker United Nations Office 

at UN headquarters in New York, 

Stephen W. Collett and his staff seek to 

bring Quaker viewpoints and influence to 

bear on policy-making between governments. 

"Our mandate is to support the process 

of the United Nations," Collett said. "There 

are several hundred years of Quaker history 

in working with problems of conflict, and 

we try to bring those perspectives to people 

working on the UN problems." 

The program, which is sponsored jointly 

by the Friends World Committee for Consultation 

and the American Friends Service 

Committee, hosts Quaker House in both 

New York and Geneva, where staff can 

convene off-the-record meetings for diplomats 

and United Nations Secretariat, providing 

informal but structured discussion of 

critical issues. 

"Quaker House is very well known and 

we are often approached and asked, 'Could 

the Quakers organize a meeting on this or 

that?'" Collett said. "We host lunches, teas 

and weekend conferences, often on very 

critical areas of negotiations where we can 

get them for an off-the-record sort of prenegotiating 

phase to work out problems. 

"Quaker House is a place where ideas 

begin to bloom." 

In the last yeai, he has organized two 

weekend conferences on the topic of reform 

of the UN Security Council with goals of 

increasing its size and enhancing procedures 

and working methods. Collett's wife, 

Berit, who also is a program person in the 

office, organized a conference on preparations 

for the fourth World Conference on 

Women, which occ arred in Beijing, China, 

this September. 

Collett said Quakers were very much a 

part of the establishment of the United Nations 

in San Francisco 50 years ago, as they 

had been involved with encouraging this 

at Quaker UN 

tant in maintaining peace, even if a final 

peace has not yet reached fruition. 

In addition to the ever-present peacekeeping 

emphasis, Collett said the area of 

environmental issues should prove to be a 

primary rallying point for the United Nations 

into the next century, as more and 

more countries implement environmentfriendly 

policies. He also feels it will produce 

a positive economic impact on both 

developed and developing nations. 

"I believe this will be good for our 

society — it's going to feel good," he said. 

"You see this in children when they identify 

with endangered species and recycling, because 

it makes sense to them and they feel 

plugged into a world in which otherwise 

they would not. 

"And it's going to be good for business. 

It means the next wave of the industrial 

revolution is going to be one of environmentally 

sound, sustainable products — cars 

that don't pollute, new chemicals that don't 

hurt the ozone layer," he added. 

"B ut we' re going to have to do it around 

the world, not just in Wilmington, Cincinnati 

or the United States — we can't do it 

alone," he said. "Those are the challenges." 

kind of international organization for peace 

with Woodrow Wilson's ill-fated League of 

Nations after World War I. 

In fact, the original concept of the United 

Nations can be traced as far back as the 

seventeenth century when, in the early days 

of the Quaker movement, William Penn 

wrote, in 1693, an essay on the peace of 

Europe and how to establish a council where 

governments would meet regularly and talk 

about their problems instead of just going to 

war over them, Collett said. 

A passage from Penn's landmark essay 

reads: "It were a great motive to the tranquility 

of the world that they might freely 

converse face to face." 

Collett said Quakers have supported 

that idea ever since. 

"What people need to do is to meet and 

talk and put their heads together about problems 

and come up with joint responses and 

common approaches to problems," he said. 

"That's the idea behind the Quaker UN." 


ALUMNI NEWS 

'Circle of Friends' to Gather for Homecoming 

Wilmington College will celebrate the 

close, campus ties between alumni, students, 

faculty and staff — and its Quaker 

heritage — as it uti lizes the theme "A Circle 

of Friends" for Homecoming '95 on Oct. 27 

and 28. 

This year's homecoming promises to 

be a two-day extravaganza with something 

for everyone: a parade, fireworks, athletics, 

theater, a comedian, dance and numerous 

reunion activities. 

Some of the highlights include a pep 

rally, bonfire and fireworks Friday evening, 

as well as comedian John Pinette and the 

WC Theater production of Shakespeare's 

Two Gentlemen of Vernona: The Musical. 

The revival of the homecoming parade 

will start the festivities Saturday, followed 

by various reunions and the Alumni and 

Friends Picnic before Wilmington's football 

game against Bluffton College. The 

picnic will feature special entertainment 

and a carnival atmosphere. 

The 1995 Athletic Tall of Fame induc 

tions will be held at halftime and, after the 

game, special reunions will commence for 

Gobblers, Concerned Black Students alumni 

and the Classes of 1985,1979-81 and 1970. 

Other reunions planned throughout the weekend 

include events for other greek organizations 

and residence directors/assistants. 

The day will culminate with the theater 

production and the annual dance. 

More information and registration forms 

will be included in a forthcoming Homecoming 

'95 brochure. 

Four Alumni to Be Inducted into Athletic Hall of Fame 

The Wilmington College Hall of Fame 

will have new plaques added this homecoming, 

as four alumni are added in the 1995 

induction class. 

This year's honorees, Dale E. Beckett 

'46, Don Benhase '49, Virgil L. Patrick '49 

and Leroy Senne '50, will be inducted on 

Saturday, Oct. 28, during halftime festivities 

of the homecoming football game against 

Bluffton College. 

Here's a closer look at this year's inductees: 

Dale Beckett is being honored for his 

accomplishments in baseball and basketball, 

but he has also made significant contributions 

to the WC athletic department off 

the field. 

During his playing days, Beckett earned 

three varsity letters in both baseball and 

basketball. On the diamond, Beckett was a 

pitcher and one of the team's top hitters, 

while in the winter perfecting his role as a 

defensive specialist for the Wilmington 

cagers. 

In addition to his athletic prowess, 

Beckett and his wife, Junne, donated money 

to the College which made Wilmington's 

new outdoor (Beckett Track) possible. It 

was dedicated last year at homecoming. 

Beckett, a 1946 graduate with a 

bachelor's degree in education, resides in 

Hamilton, Ohio during the summer and Boca 

Raton, Fla. in the winter. 

Don Benhase will be inducted for his 

all-around athletic ability at Wilmington. 

During his four years at the College, Benhase 

played four sports (football, basketball, base 


ball and track) and earned a total of 14 

varsity letters. 

After the football pi ogram was restarted 

in 1946, Benhase, a left end, has the distinction 

of scoring the firsi touchdown for the 

Quakers which came or a pass from current 

Hall of Famer Bill Rudduck. 

Benhase, a 1949 g 'ad with a degree in 

physical education, and his wife, Marianne, 

spend their summers in Cincinnati, Ohio 

and their winters in Naples, Fla. Also, in 

1991, Benhase was inducted into the Deer 

Park High School Hall of Fame in Cincinnati. 

Virgil Patrick is b;ing honored for his 

outstanding athletic career on the football 

field and the baseball diamond. 

On the gridiron, Patrick played both 

sides of the ball as a halfback for two seasons 

(1946-47) on offer se before moving to 

quarterback his final year ('48) and as a 

defensive halfback. Djring the spring, he 

earned three varsity letters as a catcher for 

the Quakers. 

Patrick, a 1949 graduate with a degree 

in education, resides in Wilmington, Ohio. 

Leroy Senne played on the football 

team as a freshman in 1946, but earned most 

of his athletic reputation on the basketball 

court. 

From 1948-1959, Senne was a forward 

and center for the Quakers. He finished his 

outstanding career in high fashion by winning 

the coveted Carr Trophy in 1950. 

Senne and his wife, Ruthann, reside in 

Centerville, Ohio. 

Here's a listing of the current 

Wilmington College Hall of Fame. 

Inaugural Class of 1991 

Charles "Shifty" Bolen 

Larry Clark 

Karl "Heinz" Finkes 

Rene Frey 

Jake Harner 

Gary McCarthy 

Kirk Mee III 

Fred Raizk 

C.W. "Jake" Van Schoyck 

Kenneth "Fuzzy" Weimer 

Howard "Chuck" Weimer 

E.H. "Cal" Zigler 

Class of 1992 

Dr. H. Richard Bath 

Reinhold Finkes 

George A. Morton 

William Rudduck 

Dan Simpson 

Steve Spirk 

Class of 1993 

Ron Clark 

Walt Hobble 

Bill Hoffeld 

Michael Schneider 

Class of 1994 

Imad El-Macharrafie 

Cindy Stout 

Tom Vessely 

Paul Dean Waddell

Alumna Survives Japanese Earthquake 

Masumi Akaishi 

is a 1972 graduate of 

Wilmington College, 

where she majored in 

philosophy and religion 

and minored in 

French and German. 

She later earned 

a master of arts degree 

in philosophy from the University of 

Toronto and a master of arts degree in 

modern social and cultural studies from the 

University of London, where she served as a 

part-time teacher of Japanese. She worked 

at the University of British Columbia before 

returning permanently to Japan in 1979. 

Akaishi teaches cultural studies at Kobe 

Shinwa Women's University. The academic 

discipline involves cultural theories, literary 

criticisms, structuralism and post-structuralism. 

She has two children, Yoshiko and 

Joh. 

Akaishi has maintained a long-time 

friendship with WC's professor emeritus T. 

Canby Jones and his wife, Eunice. The couple 

was especially concerned upon hearing of 

the devastating earthquake that hit Kobe, 

Japan, last January; however, they were 

relieved to learn Akaishi and her children 

were safe. The following story was written 

from information contained in letters received 

by the Joneses from their Japanese 

friend earlier this year. 

She opened her first letter by matter-offactly 

stating: "1 live in Kobe and experienced 

the earthquake." 

I remember now that a great many 

birds were chirping unusually intensely in 

the Rokko Mountains in the early morning 

of the 16th of January. There were noticeably 

many birds and their behavior was 

strange enough to make me sense that something 

was about to happen. 

I woke up with an indescribably horrible 

thud and shake. A 7.2 magnitude 

earthquake attacked the Hanshin. Nobody 

was prepared for this surprise attack! 

Right after the terrible thud and shake, 

it was completely dark and absolutely quiet. 

There were no sounds of the usual morning. 

I wanted to call my family in the next room, 

but I could not she ut — my voice did not 

come out. I was frozen. I was so shocked 

that I did not even know whether I was alive 

or not, or where I was. 

It was a very scary moment, which I 

will not, and cannoi forget for the rest of my 

life. 

We live in the north of Kobe, so our 

house did not fall down. The north of Kobe 

is built on a mountainside and the houses are 

built on the rock. 

But, 5,000 buildings and houses collapsed 

all at once and, in total, more than 

150,000 houses and buildings fell down 

because of aftershocks. More than 270,000 

people lost their hames. More than 5,500 

people died — 9C percent of them were 

crushed to death and the rest were burned to 

death in fires that broke out because of gas 

leakage. 

There were not enough crematoriums. 

More than 30,000 people were injured. 

The railways, expressways, roads, harbors 

and sea walls were prodigiously damaged. 

Two man-made isl inds, the Port Island and 

the Rokko Island of Kobe City, sank 60 

centimeters and the grounds of both islands 

were liquified. 

It will take tfree to four years for all 

public transportation to recover fully. The 

amount of debris from the individual houses 

and company buildings will be 18.5 million 

tons, which will be used for the reclaimed 

ground around the Kobe coastline. The cleanup 

will cost the government an estimated 

4,000 hundred mil ion yen. 

What made tie disaster worse is that 

the Hanshin area was said to be one of the 

safest areas considering earthquakes. The 

Hanshin Expressway was advertised to be 

strong enough to sustain the shocks of the 

strongest possible earthquake; however, it 

collapsed. 

The houses end buildings were not 

strong enough to stand such an earthquake. 

Fires broke out and there were not enough 

water pipes and the y were not big enough to 

extinguish such big fires. The roads were 

not wide enough for many fire engines to get 

through all at once. 

Residents of 857,400 households were 

without water, gas and electricity for three 

weeks, and half of those remained without 

gas into the spring. In April, more than 

200,000 people were still living in tents or in 

a classroom gym of a school in their neighborhood. 

Prefabricated houses with about 

25 square meters of floor space were being 

built for the time being. 

Yoshiko and Joh's international school, 

the Canadian Academy, is on the man-made 

Rokko Island and a mono-rail called the 

Rokko Liner is the only transportation to 

connect the Rokko Island and the mainland. 

The Rokko Liner was damaged by the earthquake 

and wasn't expected to be running 

until summer at the earliest. 

Right after the earthquake, we did not 

know whether the Canadian Academy would 

reopen or close down since most students 

left for their home countries. The administration 

made the decision of trying to reopen 

the school. 

The only bridge for cars to go through 

between Rokko Island and the mainland 

was also damaged. It takes more than two 

hours to get to the Canadian Academy, but 

Yoshiko does not complain of the inconveniences 

of going through the crowds, debris 

and heavy traffic. She is working very hard 

to complete her 11th year of school. 

Joh has been living with one of the 

faculty member's family near the Canadian 

Academy since the earthquake. It is too 

much and even dangerous for him to commute 

between our house and school. He 

comes home on Fridays for the weekend. 

One teacher at my university, Shinwa 

Women's University, was killed. One of our 

students, her mother and her brother and 

sister were killed. One of the students is still 

in the hospital and she may be a wheelchaired 

person for the rest of her life. 

The earthquake has affected all of us in 

the Hanshin area both physically and emotionally, 

and, for many, it has disrupted 

work and caused financial worries. The feeling 

of depression grew bigger and bigger 

after the shock to meet the concrete tasks of 

cleaning up, arranging things and doing a lot 

of other chores. 

On the other hand, we realize very 

strongly that if all of us — friends, strangers, 

neighbors and relatives — work together, 

we will reconstruct Kobe and rebuild the 

city to be more beautiful and strong! 


RHFC Chapter Hosts Picnic at Bengals Scrimmage 

The Ross, Highland, Fayette and 

Clinton County Chapter hosted 140 members 

of the Alumni Association and their 

guests July 29 at the annual Cincinnati 

Bengals' scrimmage at Williams Stadium. 

Prior to attending the football activities, 

the group enjoyed a picnic lunch and 

bidding on footballs, stadium cushions and 

other memorabilia autographed by Bengals' 

players and coaches in a silent action that 

netted $790 for the Alumni Association. 

In August, the chapter hosted an evening 

in Chillicothe on Sugarloaf Mountain, where 

a group of 30 alumni and guests enjoyed the 

annual summer production of Tecumseh. 

The chapter officers for 1995-96 will 

be Larry Droesch '87, who will remain 

president; Charlie Hargrave '86, vice president; 

and Kathy Haggerty '83, who will 

continue as secretary/treasurer. The chapter 

thanks John Woolums '43 for his service as 

vice president during the past year. 

Cincinnati Chapter Has Picnic 

The Cincinnati Chapter welcomes a 

number of new members to its planning 

committee for the 1995-96 academic year. 

They include: Don Benhase 

'49, Judy Doyle '66, Car Fauver 

'84, Caryl Martin '92. James 

Pevny '71, John Robinson '93 

and Jodi Weidle '84 Also, 

Michael Robb '89 has volunteered 

to be an event chairperson 

and Nancy Herron '86 and Gary 

Moffett '76 have been added to 

the list of callers. 

These volunteers join Bill 

Hoffeld '51, Brian Bourgraf' 87, 

Tonya Quigley '77, Billie Ann 

Hawk '51, Charles Anderson '57 

and Greg Wichman '92 in planning 

chapter events for the coming 

year. 

Also, the chapter hosted its 

annual summer picnic in late 

August. 

Mark Howard '90 showt off his 

Cincinnati Bengals Cheerleaders' 

poster signed by one of the 

Ben-Gals during the team's 

annual scrimmage at 

Wilmington College. 

Alumni Council Completes Active Year 

The Alumni Council completed the 

1994-95 year with a significant list of accompli 

shments under the leadership of council 

president Rich Heiland '72, who will be 

stepping down from that position in January, 

as his family has moved to Vermont. 

"We want to thank Rich for a job well 

done and we're especially glad he will be 

remaining on the Alumni Council for the 

remainder of his term," said Suzanne Irvine 

Sharp '84, director of alumni relations. 

Bill Seyfried'82 will be assuming the 

presidential role, she noted. 

"We look forward to having Bill's leadership 

over the next year," Sharp added. "He 

and Rich have worked closely together in 

keeping the council's momentum going." 

The Alumni Council's 1994-95 accomplishments 

are highlighted with the planning 

and implementation of a successful 


Alumni Day in June. The event was enhanced 

by the addition of entertainment 

activities throughout the day, all of which 

added to the enjoyment of those 200 alumni 

and guests in attendance. The council's 

nominating and recruiting committee was 

responsible for researching and selecting 

Alumni Day award recipients. 

Next year's event has been scheduled 

for June 8. 

In addition, the Alumni Council helped 

plan last year's homecoming activities, and 

is busy preparing the itin;rary for this fall's 

extravaganza. 

In other news, the A umni Council will 

be appointing several new members to fill 

four unexpired terms. Anyone interested in 

becoming involved with the council is encouraged 

to contact Sharp in the Alumni 

Office at (513) 382-666: ext.330. 


Volunteers 

Needed to Plan 

Reunions 

WC alumni are needed to help plan 

1995-96 reunions fortheirrespective classes. 

Reunions are scheduled at homecoming 

for the classes of 1970 (25-year), 1979- 

81 (15-year cluster) and 1985 (10-year), 

while those planned for Alumni Day include 

the 50-year plus reunion for those in 

the Class of 1945 and back, 50-year reunion 

for the Class of 1946, 40-year reunion for 

the Class of 1956, and 35-year cluster reunion 

for the classes of 1965-67. 

Anyone interested in helping with their 

class reunion is encouraged to contact 

Suzanne Irvine Sharp' 84, director of alumni 

relations, at (513) 382-6661 ext. 330.

Council Accepting Nominations 

The Nominations and Awards Committee 

of the Alumni Council is accepting 

nominations for various committees, induction 

into WC's Athletic Hall of Fame and 

special awards that are presented on Alumni 

Day. 

Alumni can be nominated or nominate 

themselves for membership on committees 

or the Alumni Council. 

Those individuals should be willing to 

be a working volunteer and expect to commit 

about eight to 12 hours a month during 

a two-year commitment. The hours necessary 

for chapter officers and members of the 

Homecoming Committee might be significantly 

greater. 

Nominations for special awards and 

honors require that certain criteria be met. 

The following is a summary of the desired 

qualifications for these citations offered by 

the College: 

Athletic Hall of Fame — An individual 

must have graduated from WC at 

least 10 years ago, in addition to having 

lettered twice in one sport or once in at least 

two sports. Also, the nominee should have 

demonstrated a good relationship with the 

College since graduation and possess the 

high ideals of intercollegiate athletics. For 

coaches to be considered, they must have 

left coaching at Wilmington at least five 

years ago after hav: ng been a coach at WC 

for at least 10 years. 

Alumni Citati an — Qualifications for 

the Alumni Citation Award include outstanding 

leadership while at the College, an 

on-going relationship with the institution 

and a distinguishec career and/or community 

leadership. 

Distinguished Faculty — Distinguished 

Faculty Aw ard recipients must have 

served the College for a minimum of five 

years, and they should have demonstrated 

the lofty ideals of higher education, in addition 

to having been a strong role model/ 

mentor to students and have displayed a 

commitment to quality education. 

Distinguished Staff Award — This 

Former WC faculty members Donald and Jeanne Liggett of Gig Harbor, Wash., hosted 

an alumni meeting in Malaysia earlier this year. Back Row (l-r): Katni Kibat, Anthuan 

Ratos, Sareena Ghadzalli, Salina Shafie, Azizah Alwi, Jeanne Liggett, Halifah Abdul 

Rahman, Sharifaf Zarohan. Front Row: Ong Chong Pin, Radzmi Rahmat, Don Liggett, 

Badiozaman, unknown, Abdul Razak Abdul and Zainal Hisham Yusof 

award is reserved for a staff member who 

has provided WC with years of dedicated 

service and commitment. 

Excellence in Education—To qualify 

for the Alumni Citation for Excellence in 

Education, a nominee must be a graduate of 

WC's education program, have taught a 

minimum of 15 years and have made outstanding 

contributions in the field of education. 

Special consideration is given to those 

who have earned special honors and awards 

during their careers in education. 

Volunteer of the Year — The Alumni 

Volunteer of the Year Award is designated 

for a member of the Alumni Association 

who has demonstrated outstanding volunteer 

service not only to WC, but through 

church, community or professional involvements. 

Nominations should be sent to the 

Alumni Office, Wilmington College, Pyle 

Center Box 1307, Wilmington, Ohio 45177. 

More information is available by contacting 

the office at (513)382-6661 ext. 330. 

Gobblers Searching for 

Lost Members 

The Gamma Phi Gamma Fraternity 

(Gobblers) is seeking the assistance of all 

alumni in learning information about apparently 

lost members of their organization. 

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of 

any of these men is requested to contact the 

Gamma Phi Gamma Foundation at P.O. 

Box 668, Wilmington, Ohio 45177. 

They include: Willard James, Billy 

Stephens, Eugene Willis, Eugene Jones, 

William Robinson, Charles Brandeburg, Lt. 

Richard Benito, Ralph Booker, Kenneth 

Young, Bruce Q. Vogel, Donald Caldwell, 

James Bratton, George Keesee, Joe Leatherwood, 

Wayne Long, Roger Mann. 

Donald A. Garrison, Charles Pitzer, 

Robert Beals, John Tremlett, Larry D. Baker, 

Jon Kriebel, Keith Merritt, C. Joseph 

Blakeney, Christopher R. Jordan, Michael 

Morrisey, John R. Lewis, Jerry Johnson, 

Harlin Butts, Dana Hoggatt, Ron Chrisman, 

Jerry Chrisman, Steve Satterthwaite, Dave 

Dietrick and John Mackey. 


DEVELOPMENT 

Phonathon Gearing Up for Fall Season 

Like the other fall traditions of 

homecoming, painting The Rock and 

enjoying the changing leaves in Hazard 

Arboretum, the annual Wilmington College 

Phonathon lies on the not-so-distant horizon. 

Phonathon, one of the College's most 

successful fund-raising programs throughout 

the years, is much more than strictly a 

development project seeking gifts, according 

to Ricia Rohr, director of the Annual Fund. 

"It also is one of the best ways for WC 

to keep in contact with alumni and friends," 

she said, noting the annual Phonathon 

facilitates the College's work in keeping up 

with alumni who have changed positions 

and addresses, gotten married or added little 

ones to their families. 

"Phonathon lets us know how our grads 

are doing and enables us to share in their 

accomplishments, in addition to educating 

them on our funding needs," she added. "It 

also is our largest avenue for acquiring new 

donors to the Wilmington Fund." 

Each year, the director hires up to 20 

students to staff the telephones. They are 

selected for their people and phone 

presentation skills, in addition to 

their campus involvement, Rohr 

said. 

"We look for students who 

are knowledgeable about the 

College and campus life," she 

said. "Alumni like to ask about 

their old professors, fraternities, 

sororities, student organi zations, 

athletic teams and areas of study. 

"We've found that most 

alumni truly look forward to 

receiving their call each fall from 

WC students," she added. 

During the Phcnathon 

season, which peaks during 

October and November, the 

students call alumni and friends 

who donated during the previous 

fiscal year. "Lapsed donors," a 

much smaller but none-the-less 

very important group, also will 

be called. 

"So listen for your phone to ring this 

fall, and don't hesitate to ask questions and 

share your Wilm ngton College 

Kristy Douglas '96. 


experiences," Rohr said. "Be a part of our 

success during the College's 125th 

Anniversary year!" 

Planned Giving Provides Multiple Benefits 

For 125 years, Wilmington College has 

been providing a quality liberal arts and 

science education for its students, in addition 

to hosting a nurturing environment designed 

to facilitate the education of the 

whole individual. 

During this commemorative year, the 

College remains committed to these ideals 

as a vital part of its mission of "seeking to 

develop in each student effective ways of 

knowing and learning, an awareness of the 

world and the value of truth and justice." 

Wilmington alumni have succeeded in 

virtually all fields of endeavor — in business, 

education, the arts and sciences, the 

professions, public service — and stand as a 

testament to the value of the Wilmington 

experience. In many ways, the vitality and 

ultimate success of the College is contingent 

upon their perpetual assistance and 

participation. 

WC's alumni provide a legacy — a 

continuity of tradition and a manifestation 


of the institution's heritage. They constitute 

the foundation upon which the College was 

built, and the College seeks the continuing 

participation of its alumni as it stands on the 

precipice of a new millennium. 

As Wilmington Co lege forges ahead, 

alumni and friends have the opportunity to 

play an even greater role, one that can help 

ensure the strength and vigor of their alma 

mater well into the next century. 

The area of planned giving is a way for 

alumni and friends to continue to have a 

significant impact on the College long after 

they've attended their last homecoming, 

read their final Link, enjoyed their last class 

reunion and pledged thei: final Annual Fund 

contribution. 

Indeed, during the la it five years, alumni 

and friends have contributed nearly $1 million 

to the College via planned giving. 

When making estate plans, alumni and 

friends might consider naking provisions 

for Wilmington College, ones that can pro 

vide tax shelters and investment advantages 

during their lifetime, in addition to helping 

provide for the long-term well being of the 

institution. 

Some of those planned giving possibilities 

inlude life income annuities, charitable 

income trusts, bequests and life insurance, 

to name a few. 

Also, Wilmington College offers an 

insurance endowment designed exclusively 

for alumni and offering a variety of giving 

options. 

Each of these financial planning opportunities 

can have a positive impact on the 

College. Donors should consult a financial 

planning expert in determining which options 

serve as the best means for implementing 

specific wishes and outcomes. 

More information about planned giving 

is available by contacting Wilmington 

College's Advancement Office at (513) 382- 

6661.

ON CAMPUS 

College Celebrating 

Milestone Year 

Year-Long 

Slate of 

Activities 

Planned 

Wilmington 

College is celebrating a 

birthday — and it's a 

big one! 

The 1995-96 

academic year marks 

the 125th anniversary 

of Wilmington College, and WC plans to 

commemorate this significant milestone with 

a year-long slate of activities emphasizing 

WC's history and heritage. 

A steering committee has been active 

over the past six or so months in planning 

such events as a concert, lecture series and 

historic publication. 

The celebration began with an allcampus 

birthday party Aug. 31 at which 

students, faculty and staff enjoyed cake on 

Collett Mall in the midst of a festive 

atmosphere of music and games. 

The first of a series of cultural events 

surrounding the observance will be the 125th 

Anniversary Commemorative Concert Sept. 

24, at 7:30 p.m., in Boyd Auditorium. It will 

feature the WC Chamber Orchestra, the 

College Chorale and a series of vocal soloists 

combining to perform Luminations, a piece 

composed for the 125th anniversary by 

Robert "Jim" Haskins, professor of music. 

Another highlight will be J.S. Bach's 

Concerto in a minor featuring violin soloist 

Maretta Alden, a 1995 WC graduate and a 

member of the Dayton Philharmonic and 

Springfield Symphony orchestras. 

The centerpiece of the year-long 

celebration will be three lectures, each 

dealing with a facet of WC's 125-year 

affiliation with the Quakers. 

The first event will be a presentation by 

Howard R. Macy, professor of religion and 

Biblical studies at George Fox College, who 

will speak Oct. 23 on the impact of Quaker 

thought in higher education. The lecture 

will be held in conjunction with the 

Wilmington Yearly Meeting's annual 

banquet. 

Other speaker:; in the series include 

former Wilmington resident Jan Hiatt, who 

will give a presentation Nov. 17 on "Quaker 

Costuming through the Years"; and a 

Religious Emphasis Week talk on 

"Leadership into tie 21st Century: Who 

Will Be Ready?" Fe 3.12 by Ron McDonald, 

a pastoral counseloi with the Church Health 

Center in Memphis. 

In addition to Homecoming '95 and 

Alumni Day, Dan DiBiasio's inauguration 

April 14 is part of the 125th celebration. It 

will feature keynote speakers Wallace T. 

Collett, a 1936 WC graduate who will speak 

on the Quaker influence — past, present and 

future — at Wilmington College, and Dr. 

Bruce T. Alton, former president of Rocky 

Mountain College and a long-time friend 

and colleague of D Biasio's. 

In other planned activities, the 125th 

Committee is having display cases made 

that will house College memorabilia, in 

addition to producing a commemorative 

WC blanket and publishing a walking tour 

booklet on the history of campus buildings. 

Wilmington Named 

Cincinnati's 'Most 

Livable Neighborhood' 

The town of Wilmington was rated 

as the "most livable neighborhood" in a 

computer survey of 140 communities, 

municipalities and city areas in the instate 

area surrounding the Queen City 

conducted by Cincinnati Magazine. 

The neighborhoods were ranked on 

such criteria as friendliness, shopping, 

schools, transit, cost of living, dining, 

housing costs, environment, crime and 

property taxes. 

This year's honor comes on the heels 

of Wilmington being named the top community 

in Ohio in 1993 by the publication 

Best Small Towns in America. 

The Cincinnati Magazine story cited 

a number of unique aspects of the town of 

13,000, including Airborne Express, the 

fastest growing air freight carrier in the 

world; the ornate, 77-year-old Murphy 

Theatre, which was used in the filming of 

Neil Simon's Lost in Yonkers; and the 

significant presence of a four-year, career-oriented, 

liberal arts college. 

Wilmington's proximity to Columbus, 

Dayton and Cincinnati was viewed 

as a major advantage, as big city shopping, 

dining, culture and entertainment 

opportunities are within an easy drive in 

three directions. 

Michael Graham, a resident of 

Wilmington and a staffer at the magazine, 

wrote a personal reflection for the publication. 

"Obviously, I think it's a great place 

to live, and presumably so do most of the 

13,000 other residents," he said. "As a 

hometown boy, though, I can blow Cincinnati 

Magazine's survey right out of the 

water. Mrs. Stratman's bookstore shut 

down a few years back and the General 

Denver Hotel is closed. In my subdivision, 

there's usually at least one lawn with 

tire tracks across it, defaced by a hoodlum 

driver under the cover of darkness. 

"But I'm not ready to pull up stakes," 

he added. 


Class of 1999 Is Rock Solid 

WC's new president, Dan DiBiasio, 

said he empathizes with members of the 

freshman class, as he has been experiencing 

many of the same emotions associated with 

leaving "home," entering a new environment 

and feeling a great sense of anticipation 

for what has the potential to be one of 

the greatest journeys of his life. 

In addressing freshmen, transfer students 

and parents at the annual New Student 

Convocation, DiBiasio urged the new arrivals 

to "be here now" and make the most of 

this unique and special time in their lives. 

"Only by entering into the problems, 

the pains and the joys of every day are you 

alive — in college or anywhere else," he 

said. "If you are willing to give the present 

a chance, then your future has a chance; but, 

if you shun the reality about you even for the 

loftiest dreams, you are not likely to enjoy 

what is now or what is to come. 

"I urge you to take full advantage of this 

new era of opportunity and independence," 

DiBiasio added in calling 1995-96 a milestone 

year in the College's history. 

Wilmington, observing its 125th anniversary, 

entered the new academic year with 

what appears to be the largest crop of new 

students ever. While figures were not expected 

to be official until the first week of 

October, College officials 

expect the new 

student enrollment to 

eclipse the 337 freshmen 

and transfers 

hosted in 1971. 

Also, the total enrollment 

for all day and 

evening programs on 

the main campus 

should exceed 1,000 

students, and the Cincinnati Branch is anticipating 

a record enrollment. 

In addition to DiBiasio, the new students 

were welcomed by Chris Stuhlmueller 

'96, president of Student Government Association; 

Jim Fleisher '63, an alumnus and 

parent of a WC student; and Phil Calland 

'59, who represented WC alumni. 

Calland recalled sitting in the same 

Boyd Auditorium 40 years ago during his 

freshman orientation, and subsequent years 


Photo by Michael Lee 

A new tradition was estcblished when each member of this year's freshman class signed 

The Rock in front of College Hall. 

when he heard Eleanoi Roosevelt, Pearl 

Buck and former chief justice of the Supreme 

Court Earl Warren. 

He said that, although times may have 

been different in 1955, some factors have 

not changed. 

"Only by entering into the problems, 

the pains and the joys of every 

day are you alive — in college or 

anywhere else. I urge you to take 

full advantage of this new era of 

opportunity and independence." 

— Dan DiBiasio 

"Wilmington 

College still has 

dedicated, enthusiastic 

faculty who 

bring a wealth of 

experiences and 

encourage students 

to learn; 

~ ~ c l a s s e s are still 

taught by profs 

rather than teaching assistants; and small 

classes still allow for individual attention," 

Calland said. 

"Also, friendships tiat will last a lifetime 

are still being formed among the student 

body; students who get involved with 

activities still have the opportunity to develop 

leadership skills; and students who 

prepare for class, attend regularly and take 

good notes still learn more than those who 

do not!" 

Fleisher reflected on the great impact 

his years at WC has had on his life as he 

listed the reasons they chose Wilmington 

for his son, Dan. 

"You're not just a number at WC; 

Wilmington provides a quality education; 

and Wilmington College treats students, 

parents, families and the community with 

respect and dignity," he said in exhorting 

the students to embrace the WC experience. 

"Life at WC is a song — sing it. Life at 

WC is a game — play it. Life at WC is a 

challenge — meet it. Life at WC is a dream 

— realize it. Life at WC is love — enjoy it!" 

Stuhlmueller, who said the strong relationship 

that students have with the entire 

campus community is one of Wilmington's 

unique characteristics, urged his fellow students 

to get involved and go out of their way 

to meet people. 

"If you do this, I promise you that you 

will love Wilmington College — you will 

be trapped here," he said. "You'll be calling 

this place 'home' before you know it!" 

— by Randy Sarvis

Symposium to Highlightthe Environment 

Presentations by the "Mother of Peace 

Studies" and "Father of Earth Day" at this 

fall's Westheimer Peace Symposium are 

designed to emphasize how the relationship 

between peace and the environment should 

be of great concern to the earth's family. 

The Fifth Annual Westheimer Peace 

Symposium at Wilmington College Nov. 1 

will examine the increasingly vital role of 

environmental issues within the larger 

context of peace — world peace, regional 

peace, national peace and peace in our 

communities and neighborhoods. 

The day-long program, Preserving the 

Environment: Building Block or Stumbling 

Block to Peace?, also will feature the 

viewpoints of a Native American chief, a 

United Nations representative, an expert on 

radioactive waste and the president of a new 

company involved in renewable energy. 

Humans have always fought over the 

environment — land, 

water, resources, ——^———— 

access — and the roots 

of peace have been 

found in the equitable 

distribution and use of 

nature, according to 

Jan Wood, assistant 

dean of faculty and 

symposium director. 

"As the world h as become more 

delicately interdependent, 

environmental conce rns have become 

pivotal to peace," she said. "Nature 

either will be our stumbling block or 

our building block t3 peace. 

"This year's Westheimer Peace 

Symposium promises to be an 

enlightening, informative and 

thought-provoking e vent," she added. 

"We feel the sympos ium continues to 

be a testament to Wilmington 

College's Quaker heritage of 

peacemaking, nonviolence, social 

justice, respect for all persons and 

stewardship of al resources — 

including the envircnment." 

"As the world has become more 

delicately interdependent, environmental 

concerns have become pivotal 

to peace. Nature either will be 

our stumbling block or our building 

block to peace." 

— Jan Wood 

Slated presenters include: Chief 

Oren Lyons, faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan 

of the Onondaga Nation; Elise Boulding, 

secretary general of the International Peace 

R e s e a r c h 

- Association, who is 

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known as the 

"Mother of Peace 

Studies"; former 

U.S. Senator 

Gaylord Nelson, 

counselor with The 

Wilderness Society, 

who is known as the 

Boulding Borton Bibler 

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Please send me tickets for the following presentations. 

"Father of Earth Day"; Stephen W. Collett 

'70, Quaker United Nations representative; 

David N. Borton, president of Sustainable 

Energy Systems; andNed E. Bibler, advisory 

scientist with Westinghouse Savannah River. 

While the event is free and open to the 

public, seating for all presentations is limited 

and advanced registration is necessary. More 

information and registration information is 

available by calling (513) 382-6661 ext. 

357 or writing the Westheimer Peace 

Symposium at Wilmington College, Pyle 

CenterBox 1177, Wilmington, Ohio45177. 

City State Zip 

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• Elise Boulding (10-11:30 a.m.) • Ned Bibler and David Borton (3-4:15 p.m.) 

• or Stephen Collett (3-4:15 p.m.) 

• Chief Oren Lyons (7:30-9 p.m.) • Gaylord Nelson (1:30-2:45 p.m.) 

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Lunches are $4.35; dinners are $6.25. Do not send money. Fee will be collected at the door. 

Seating for all presentations is limited and advance registration is necessary. Every effort will be made to accommodate your request, but in case of 

late registration, you may be assigned an alternate presentation. You may also register by phone by calling 513-382-6661, Ext. 357. 

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Center is 'Quaker Testimony Against War' 

by 

Randy Sarvis 

I Ielen Wiegel recalls 50 years ago 

being told by her aunt of a "new weapon" 

that was dropped on Japan during World 

War II. Little did she know then the atomic 

bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 

early August of 1945 would continue to 

have a profound affect on her life five decades 

later. 

"I remember my aunt saying a piece as 

small as a pea could blow a hole in the 

ground the size of a house," she said. "I had 

no idea of the magnitude of the tragedy in 

Japan and impact that nuclear weapons and 

the Cold War would have on millions of 

others." 

Wiegel is director of the Peace Resource 

Center at Wilmington College, an 

entity that has taken an active role in providing 

research and educational materials relating 

to the promotion of peace, non-violence, 

social justice, conflict mediation and 

civil rights. 

The Peace Resource Center hosts the 

Hiroshima/Nagasaki Memorial Collection, 

which stands as the largest depository of 

materials relating to the atomic bombings 

and its aftermath outside of Japan. 

An open house commemorating the 

50th anniversary of the atomic bombings 

was held Aug. 6. Activities included tours, 

displays, videos and the making of paper 

cranes, the Japanese symbol for peace. 

"I accept that Hiroshima and Nagasaki 

happened," said Wiegel, the PRC s director 

since 1978 who, true to her Quaker faith, 

promotes peacemaking and seeking nonviolent 

means for resolving conflict. "I'm 

interested in working to see they never happen 

again — and that's what the Peace 

Resource Center is focused on." 

The Peace Center was established in 

1975 largely as a result of Quaker peace 

activist Barbara Reynolds' interest in depositing 

her collection where it would be 

used for promoting peace and nuclear disarmament. 

Believing it is important for people 

to see the human loss and suffering incurred 

by war and nuclear weapons, she brought 


films depicting the tragedy unlike any that 

previously had been shewn in America. 

Reynolds and her husband, Earle, 

gained fame when they sailed the Phoenix 

into restricted waters in the Pacific Ocean 

during the 1950s in prote st of nuclear testing 

being conducted by the United States. A 

resident of Hiroshima afi er the war, she also 

is remembered for establishing the World 

Friendship Center in that city and sailing 

around the globe seven.l times promoting 

world peace. 

Wilmington College's close affiliation 

with the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) 

and its long-standi lg commitment to 

peacemaking appealed to Reynolds, Wiegel 

said, noting it was the arrest of the largely 

Quaker crew of the Gold >n Rule for entering 

forbidden areas in protest of nuclear testing 

that prompted the Phoenix's exploits. 

"The Quakers have been involved with 

promotion of non-violence and Barbara was 

impressed with their commitment to work 

ing to try to prevent the further use of 

nuclear weapons," she added, noting a special 

room at the center houses the late 

activist's journals, papers, Hiroshima materials 

and artifacts from the Phoenix. 

Larry Gara, professor emeritus of history 

at WC and a long-time peace activist, 

was a founding adviser of the Peace Center 

and continues to strongly support its activities. 

(The list of nearly 70 original advisers 

also includes the mayors of Hiroshima and 

Nagasaki, both of whom visited the center). 

"Originally, the sole mission of the 

Peace Resource Center was to publicize the 

horrible experience of Hiroshima and 

Nagasaki," Gara said, noting its task has 

been broadened to include materials on the 

American Civil Rights Movement, conflict 

mediation, social justice and the American 

and Japanese peace movements. 

"The Center is a Quaker testimony 

against war and for nonviolence as an alternative 

to violence," Gara said. "Violence is

so obviously a serious problem in this country 

that anything that hints as an alternative 

will hopefully interest some people." 

Fifty years ago, Gara, a Quaker and 

conscientous objector during World War II, 

was serving time in a penitentiary as a war 

resister when he heard nuclear weapons had 

been used against Japan. 

"We were horrified when we learned 

about the atomic bombings, but we were 

horrified about the whole war," he said. 

"We recognized that nuclear weapons were 

something different—something even more 

horrendous!" 

While Gara remains opposed to the 

United States' decision to drop the bomb, he 

also recognizes Japan's less than humanitarian 

actions during the war. 

"Pearl Harbor was a terrible thing. Many 

Japanese did terrible things: they treated 

prisoners-of-war terribly and they treated 

the Koreans terribly, to name a few — but 

the kids of Hiroshima and Nagasaki did not 

do that," he said. "I say no more Hiroshimas, 

Nagasakis or Pearl Harbors!" 

Certainly for many, those children serve 

as symbols of the innocent victims of all 

wars, and the Peace Resource Center believes 

a well-educated public is vital for 

promoting peace and nonviolence. 

Research materials in the PRC's 

A Japanese tradition holds that anyone 

who folds 1,000 paper cranes will be blessed 

with health and long life. The graceful white 

birds are thought to live for 1,000 years. 

The paper cranes also have become a 

reminder of a child's courage and hope. 

Sadako Sasaki was just two years old 

when the atomic bomb exploded over 

Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945. Her family was 

more fortunate than most. Both parents and 

children were uninjured that day — apparently. 

While survivors struggled to rebuild 

the ruined city, Sadako grew into a high 

spirited and active girl. 

Her mother always said she had learned 

to run before she could walk. It wasn't until 

10 years later that she fell ill with leukemia, 

the A-bomb sickness. 

From her hospital bed, Sadako set out 

to fold 1,000 cranes. She was determined 

not to give in to the sickness, and hoped in 

Hiroshima/Nagasak Memorial Collection 

include vertical files and a library in both 

English and Japanese containing a wealth of 

first-person account s of the bombings and 

its aftermath, as wel 1 as documentary film 

footage, information on radiation victims in 

Japan and the United States and materials on 

the peace movemem in Japan. 

"Many materials we have here are not 

easily found anywhere else in the world," 

Wiegel said. "People from all over have 

contacted the Center." 

The PRC regularly provides services to 

more than 1,000 schools, colleges, universities, 

churches and individuals, in addition to 

offering research materials to national and 

international news organizations, scholarly 

researchers and research data bases. 

Indeed, the center was contacted by the 

artist commissioned to produce the controversial 

mushroom cloud postage stamp as 

part of a set commemorating each year of 

World War II. 

Coinciding witi the stamp controversy 

was the debacle surounding the proposed 

Hiroshima exhibit ai the Smithsonian Institution, 

which both Wiegel and Gara supported 

as a means 3f further educating a 

large national and in ernational audience on 

the bombings. 

Pressure from the American Legion 

this way to regain her health. At first it was 

easy enough, but, as t le sickness grew worse, 

each fold became an immense labor. 

From her deathbed, she held up one 

crane and said in a quiet voice, "I will write 

peace on your wings and you will fly all over 

the world." When sledied in 1955, Sadako 

had only been able to complete 644 cranes. 

The story of 1 2-year-old Sadako became 

widely knowr, much the way that of 

Anne Frank became known in Europe and 

America. Others took up her unfinished 

task. 

Sadako's classmates folded 356 cranes 

to complete her goal of 1,000, and, with 

contributions from young Japanese, a memorial 

was built in Hiroshima's Peace Park 

to all children killed by the atomic bomb. 

There is Sadako, star ding on agranite mountain 

of paradise, and she is holding a golden 

crane in her outstretched hands. 

and Air Force Association, which said the 

proposed exhibit portrayed the United States 

and Japan as evil aggressor and blameless 

victim, respectively, resulted in a scaled 

down display that showed little more than 

the fuselage of the Enola Gay aircraft. 

"It would have been such a great opportunity 

for masses of people to finally grasp 

what nuclear weapons can do," Wiegel said 

in lamenting the exhibit's demise. 

Gara, who describes the canceling of 

the original exhibit as "outrageous," thinks 

the federal government prompted the veterans' 

organizations to lead the charge against 

what many considered a fair and comprehensive 

portrayal of that part of the war. 

"The idea that our government is still 

trying to fool people into thinking this was 

just another explosion...," he said, noting 

more than 200,000 Japanese ultimately died 

from the bombings. "Most Americans living 

today were not yet born when the Abomb 

was dropped — they need to know 

both the military and political reasons why 

it happened." 

"The tragedy is that 50 years later the 

issue is still relevant — the bombs are still 

here," Wiegel said, adding that cleanup of 

nuclear waste from the Cold War will cost 

$350 billion. "Until we get rid of all of them 

everywhere, we will never be free!" 

Every year on Aug. 6, Peace Day, the 

statue is covered with blizzards of paper 

cranes brought by children from all over 

Japan. 

The children mourn the atomic bomb's 

victims, some of whom are continuing to die 

of radiation sickness five decades after the 

blast. They vow to join in building a world 

that will choose the way of peace. 

At the foot of the memorial, in the midst 

of the paper cranes, these words are carved: 

This is our cry, 

This is our prayer: 

Peace in the world. 

Instructions on making paper cranes 

are available by contacting the Peace Resource 

Center at 51 College St., Wilmington 

College, Wilmington, OH 45177, or calling 

the Center at (513)382-5338. 


y Merle Boyle 

1932 

Raymond and Betty Jane 

Bloom celebrated their golden 

wedding anniversary Aug. 12, 

1995. They have a daughter and 

son-in-law, Lanasue and Dr. 

Robert Carey; a daughter, 

Brenda Bloom; and three 

grandchildren, Douglas, Kevin 

and Matthew Carey. 

1933 

Sympathy to Fred A. Murphy 

on the death of his wife, Maxine 

Harlan Murphy, of Wilmington, 

Ohio, on July 11, 1995. 

1935 

After graduating from 

Wilmington College, Walter 

Nichols spent the next seven 

years at Goshen, Ohio, teaching 

science, industrial arts and 

coaching boys and girls 

basketball, then at Jefferson as 

superintendent, teacher and 

basketball coach. In the early 

1950s, he was offered and 

accepted the position of Clinton 

County superintendent. Now 

that he's retired, Walt uses his 

spare time for gardening, lawn 

care, tooting his trombone and 

playing golf. He and his wife, 

Grace, live in the old family 

home in Westboro, Ohio. 

1939 

Donna (Taylor) and Nathan 

Cory celebrated their golden 


CLASS NOTES 

wedding anniversary on July 16 

at the Wilmington United 

Methodist Church. They were 

married in Circleville, Ohio, on 

July 17. 1945. 

1947 

Robert and Jeanette (Hodson) 

Bevan celebrated their 45th 

wedding anniversary on June 

18, 1995. 

1948 

Dale Minton, former 

Wilmington mayor and World 

War II veteran, represented 

Clinton County at the dedication 

of Ohio's memorial to its World 

War II veterans held in 

Cleveland, Ohio. This year is 

the 50th anniversary of the war's 

end. Dale's honors include two 

Bronze Stars, a Purple Heart and 

several theater ribbons. 

1954 

Charles W. Haarlammert 

received a 50-year service award 

from the Edenton Masonic 

Lodge No. 332. He served as 

worshipful master of Goshen 

Lodge No. 119 in 1949 and 

Edenton Lodge No. 332 in 1973. 

Charles also served the district 

as educational officer and district 

deputy grand master. 

Carl H. and Isabelle 

(McMullen) Shanks retired at 

the end of June 1995; he after 35 

1/2 years as a research 

entomologist with Washington 

State University and she after 

25 years of teaching in the 

Vancouver, Washington and 

Evergreen School Districts. Carl 

is now part-time associate pastor 

for First Friends Church in 

Vancouver, working in 

visitation, Bible study and retired 

persons ministries. Isabelle will 

be working closely with him. 

Other than that, they plan to 

spend their time traveling and 

playing with their seven 

grandchildren. 

1957 

Sympathy to Eleanor 

McFadden Howard on the 

ceath of her husband, James. 

She currently resides in 

Fairborn, Ohio. 

1959 

Harold Hewitt is headed for 

ratirement relaxation after 30 

j ears of involvement with the 

YMCA. He joined the YMCA 

of Central Ohio in 1965 as 

program secretary of the Town 

a nd Country Branch. In February 

1968, he was hired as full-time 

t irector in Pickaway County. In 

1984, Harold moved from 

c irector but continued working 

t3 collect funds for a major 

expansion that opened in May 

1990. He retired in 1989 but 

couldn't stay away completely, 

j jining the local Y part time to 

lelp with fund-raising, public 

relations and recruitment for 

Indian Guides. 

L961 

Mozelle Knight Brown and her 

lusband, Francis, celebrated 

their golden wedding 

anniversary in August with a 

reception at Snow Hill Country 

Club in New Vienna, Ohio. They 

were married July 3, 1945, in 

Gainesville, Texas. 

1962 

Joyce and James Pinkerton 

celebrated their45th anniversary 

on June 10,1995.Theirchildren, 

Janice and Chuck Keller of 

Columbus, Md., Jeffery and 

Debra Pinkerton of 

Westminister, Colo., and Jack 

and Linda Pinkerton of 

Lewistown, hosted the special 

occasion. 

1965 

John Hosier, director of Clinton 

County Human Services, was 

honored recently by Southern 

State Community College as one 

of this year's four notable 

supporters. His leadership and 

recommendations have resulted 

in numerous referrals to the 

college's Adult Basic and 

Literacy Education (ABLE) 

program, which helps clients/ 

students receive skill training 

and GED certification. As a 

member of two college advisory 

boards, he has a unique 

opportunity to influence the lives 

of area residents. 

Kay Kersey, formerly of 

Wilmington, retired from her 

position as physical education 

teacher in the elementary schools 

in Norwalk, Ohio, after 30 years 

of service. 

Walt Simkins has been named 

the athletic director of the 

Middletown-Monroe City 

School District. Simkins 

coached football at East Clinton 

in 1965, then went to 

Middletown in 1966. He has 

coached football for 23 years 

and basketball for 20 years, 

including 10 seasons as a varsity 

assistant basketball coach at 

Middletown. He has coached 

such players as Todd Bell, Cris 

Carter and current Bengal Jeff 

Cothran. He and his wife, 

Carolyn, have three children. 

Natalie, Julie and Bradley. 

1967 

Tom Gravlin has had a very 

successful career with the Shell 

Oil Company for 28 years, and 

is enjoying being baick in Ohio. 

The people in Ohio have given 

Shell's charitable programs one 

of the best receptions of any 

other state in the country. Tom 

is enjoying this work immensely.

Tom Gravlin '67 (far right) and Ohio Shell Dealers were honored 

by Cincinnati Reds' owner Marge Schott and Schotze for Shell's 

support of the Special Olympics. 

He and his wife, Jean Ann 

(Murphy '70), live in Dayton, 

Ohio. 

Kitty Johnson has received a 

one-year USIA fellowship to 

teach English as a foreign 

language (EFL) as well as train 

EFL teachers at the Salzburg 

Institute in Salzburg, Austria. 

She received her MA in TESOL 

(Teaching English to Speakers 

of Other Languages) at 

California State University, Los 

Angeles, in December 1994, and 

has most recently been teaching 

English composition to 

international students at Santa 

Monica College. She left for 

Austria in September 1995. 

1970 

Michael M. Cottle has been 

elected to serve as president of 

the Clinton County Foundation. 

He is currently CEO of the First 

National Bank of Blanchester, 

Ohio, and is presently 

completing his term as chairman 

of the Ohio Bankers' 

Association. Michael and his 

wife, Judy, have three adult 

children. 

1972 

Jacqueline (Jaci) Toth is an 

English teacher and reading 

specialist at Chula Vista High 

School in San Diego, Calif. 

1973 

Aaron Carter, a former 

Blanchester Middle School 

teacher, has been hired to fill the 

position of principal at the 

Putman Elementary School in 

Blanchester, Ohio. He has 

served as a principal in the 

Greenfield School System since 

1992. From 1977 to 1992, he 

was a math and physical 

education instructor at the Main 

Street Middle School in 

Blanchester. Prior to 1977, he 

was a teacher in the Clinton- 

Massie Schools. Aaron received 

his master's degree from Xavier 

University. 

1974 

Jeffrey Gelfer is presently an 

associate professor at the 

University of Nevada in Las 

Vegas. 

Gregg Tracy is the principal at 

Whitewater Valley Elementary 

School in Harrison, Ohio. He 

was also one of nearly 150 other 

outstanding educators from 

across the country to receive a 

$25,000 award 

C o n I"e re nee. ^^^^^^^ 

Established in 

Ohio in 1992, the annual Milken 

Educator Awards provide public 

recognition and financial reward 

to outstanding K-12 teachers, 

principals and other education 

professionals who make 

exemplary contributions to 

education. 

1978 

Bonita Porter had her first book, 

Meriah of Sorrows, published 

by Fairway Press. Advance 

publicity describes her book as 

Christian fiction. She graduated 

from Earlham School of 

Religion in 1991. 

Robert S. Russo, the former 

head men's soccer coach at the 

University of South Carolina- 

Spartanburg, has been hired by 

the State University of New 

York, College at Oneonta, to 

direct its NCAA Division I 

men's soccer program, effective 

in June 1995. From 1982 through 

1990, he was the men's soccer 

coach at Gannon University in 

Pennsylvania. Russo, who will 

hold the rank of lecturer and will 

teach one physical education 

course each year, will be the 

College at Oneonta's first "fulltime" 

head coach with duties in 

just one sport. 

1979 

Mary Doehl Carter is 

employed by Family Recovery 

Services and has been doing 

contract services for Hillsboro 

City Schools since the beginning 

of the program at HHS. Her 

classes cover drug and alcohol 

education. Mary is a certified 

chemical dependency counselor 

with the State of Ohio. 

1982 

Steve Spirk, who i s Wi lmi ngton 

College's women's soccer 

coach, received the Ohio 

Collegiate Soccer Officials 

Association (OCSOA) 1995 

Distinguished Honor Award in 

August. The award is the highest 

honor given to coaches by 

OCSOA and recognizes the 

individual coach who represents 

the best of character and 

behavior before, during and after 

the game toward his own players, 

and whose sportsmanlike 

manner is similarly reflected in 

the attitude and behavior of his 

players. 

1983 

Jamie Corrill has just 

completed his master of 

education degree in 

administration at the University 

of Cincinnati. He is currently 

head varsity football coach and 

a science teacher at Batavia High 

School. Jamie and his wife, 

Karen, have two sons, Caleb 

and Jacob. 

1985 

Cheryl Cooper-Darragh has 

written a videotape "Enjoying 

Wine: The Basics." She is 

marketing director for The Film 

House in Cincinnati and was 

instrumental in bringing the 

video project to reality. The 

video includes basic information 

about wine: how it is made, how 

to serve wine, simple wine 

tasting techniques, storage tips 

and how to pair wine with food. 

Darlene Rogers, who has been 

a fifth grade teacher at the 

Fayetteville-Perry Elementary 

School since graduation, has 

been employed as principal at 

the Jefferson Elementary School 

by the Blanchester Board of 

Education. She received her 

master's degree from Xavier 

University. 

1986 

John and Erin (Hupp, '84) 

Pakozdi are living just outside 

Wilmington in Oregonia. John 

is the regional manager for the 

BIC Corporation in Ohio, 

Kentucky and Eastern Indiana. 

Erin is a travel consultant with 

the American Express Corp., 

which handles P&G nationally. 

They are expecting their first 

child in December. 

1987 

Tim Evans, who has spent the 

last few years writing grants, 


working on programs and 

assisting the director of the 

Clinton County Community 

Action program, has headed for 

the glitz and glitter of Las Vegas. 

However, Tim will be trying to 

get into social service work. "I 

like to work around people." 

1988 

Charlie Brown is the report 

director for Market Decisions, 

Inc. in Cincinnati, Ohio. He and 

his wife, Monica, are expecting 

their first child in September. 

They would love to hear from 

any old friends. They lived in 

Chicago for four years and 

moved to Cincinnati 

permanently last fall. Their 

address is 1608 Mears Ave., 

Cincinnati, OH 45230-1859. 

1989 

Robin Gray is the assistant 

finance director for Hamilton 

County' s Juvenile Court. He and 

his wife, Victoria, have two sons, 

Matthew and Daniel. They 

reside in Cincinnati, Ohio. 

Sherry Ann Stout was honored 

recently by Southern State 

Community College as one of 

this year's four notable 

supporters. 

1990 

Jamie McCord, a certified 

human resources professional, 

is a personnel assistant/recruiter 

for the Candle-Lite Company in 

Leesburg, Ohio. She is also a 

member of the Clinton County 

United Way Board of Directors, 

Leadership Clinton Alumni, 

Southwestern Personnel 

Association, Holmes School 

P.T.O. and is a graduate of Meet 

the Miami Valley Regional 

Leadership Program. 

Aaron B. Wentz, Huber 

Heights, Ohio, graduated from 

the University of Dayton School 

of Law in ceremonies held May 


20 at the UD Arena. He was 

awarded a juris doctor degree. 

1991 

Mary Groves is a job specialist 

for Wilmington High School, 

instructing the Jobs for Ohio 

Graduates program. She is a 

member of the Clinton County 

United Way Board of Directors, 

Leadership Clinton Alumni 

Board and the Leadership 

Clinton Youth Collaborative. 

Mary also was the recipient of 

the Leadership Clinton 1995 

Distinguished Leadership 

Award. 

Julie G. Karnes graduated with 

a doctor of medicine degree from 

Wright State University School 

of Medicine on June 10, 1995. 

During pre-commencement 

ceremonies, Karnes was 

awarded the Physicians 

Insurance Company of Ohio 

(PICO) Award for exemplifying 

good physician-patient relations 

during medical school. She 

currently lives in Hillsboro, 

Ohio, with her husband, 

Kenneth, and son, Devin. 

1992 

Jamee Barnhart Spatz was 

named volleyball coach at 

Wilmington College after two 

seasons as head coach at East 

Clinton High School. She was a 

four-year starter as a setter for 

the Lady Quakers while earning 

a bachelor of education degree 

at W.C. Jamee teaches seventh 

and eighth grade language arts 

and reading at New Vienna 

Elementary School. She resides 

in Lebanon, Ohio, with her 

husband, Bredan. 

1993 

Lisa A. Richardson has been 

accepted to the Salmon P. Chase 

College of Law at Northern 

Kentucky University. She is 

interested in studying corporateinternational 

law and has a 

\ ested and personal interest in 

children's rights and women's 

issues. Richardson is a member 

of the Wilmington College 

Green Key Honor Society and 

t le Wilmington College Alumni 

Association. She, her husband 

5!cott, and two sons, Justin and 

Jacob, reside near Blanchester, 

Ohio. 

I Cory M. Vitangeli graduated 

with a master of science degree 

in college student personnel 

t rom Western Illinois University 

in May 1995. She is presently 

e mployed at Depauw University 

in Greencastle, Indiana, as the 

i ssistant director of residential 

1 ife/quad director. 

1995 

Carolyn Deneke is currently 

employed full time by 

r 

. 'ippecanoe High School in Tipp 

City, Ohio, as a math teacher. 

She also coached high school 

track last spring at Covington 

High School. During the 

summer, she managed a 

swimming pool in Covington, 

Ohio, where she lives. 

Julie Riley is currently 

employed as a correctional 

program specialist with the Ohio 

Department of Rehabilitation 

i nd Corrections. 

Weddings 

1982 

Natalie Goodrich and Steven 

Amato were married April 30, 

1995, and honeymooned in 

Hawaii. Natalie is the minister 

of music at Forest Park Baptist 

Church. Steven is employed by 

Honeywell, Inc. They reside in 

Cincinnati, Ohio. 

L983 

Brad Schwamberger and Edie 

Smalley were married Oct. 9, 

] 994. Brad is currently working 

for Dow Jones as a printer. The 

couple resides in Millbury, Ohio. 

1987 

Susan Bergman and Richard J. 

Spencer were united in marriage 

on May 20, 1995. She has 

worked for Mark Rizzo State 

Farm Insurance Agency in 

Lebanon forthe past seven years. 

Susan and Richard have 

purchased an older home in 

Mason, Ohio, and plan on doing 

the renovation themselves. 

Teri Dailey and Steve Davis of 

Wickliffe, Ky., were married 

April 3, 1995, in Benton, Ky., 

near the Land Between the 

Lakes. A formal Jewish 

ceremony and reception were 

held for family and friends at 

Kenlake State Resort. Teri 

continues to work as hazardous 

materials transportation 

representative for Lockheed- 

Martin in Paducah, Ky. Steve is 

employed by Averitt Express of 

Mayfield, Ky. The couple 

resides on their 10-acre farm in 

West Paducah with their three 

horses, two cats, one dog and 

raccoon, Gizmo. 

1989 

Cosmo Collett was married on 

July 15, 1995, to Anne Brit 

Bjerge in Grimstad, Norway. 

Anne is a health services 

professional and Cosmo 

continues as a salesperson and 

manager with Ugland European 

Car Carriers. Their address is: 

Markveien 1, 4890 Grimstad, 

Norway. 

Carla L. Pyle and Shayne 

Moore were married March 18, 

1995, in Jefferson Church of 

Christ in Christian Union, 

Circleville, Ohio. Carla is 

presently employed in Berea. 

Ky. Shayne will graduate in the 

fall from Eastern Kentucky 

University and will be 

commissioned a second 

lieutenant in the U.S. Army.

1990 

Ray L. McDaniel and Shanon 

Marie Snow were united in 

marriage July 14, 1995. Ray is 

employed in a managerial 

position with United Parcel 

Service. Shanon works for 

Airborne Express in 

Wilmington. 

1991 

Kyle Gray and Darla Miller 

were married July 8, 1995, at 

Northside Christian Church of 

Christ in Xenia, Ohio. Kyle is 

currently employed with Xenia 

High School as a teacher and 

coach. Darla works as an LPNat 

Heathergreene Nursing Home 

in Xenia. 

Bobbie Sue Grove and Philip 

"Scott" Hurt were married June 

10,1995, in the Greenfield First 

United Methodist Church. 

Bobbie is employed by 

Greenfield Exempted Village 

School District as a third grade 

teacher. Philip also is employed 

by the Greenfield Exempted 

Village School District as a 

seventh grade social studies 

teacher. The couple is residing 

at 354 North St., Greenfield, 

Ohio. 

1992 

Faith Haitz and Matthew M. 

Ecker were united in marriage 

June 24, 1995, at St. Michael's 

Church in Ripley, Ohio. Faith is 

employed as a teacher at the 

Alverda Reed Elementary 

School in Georgetown, Ohio. 

Matthew works for Hanigan 

Drayage Distributing Co. in 

Cincinnati, where he and Faith 

now reside. 

Amy Snapp and Jack Miller 

were married April 8, 1995, in 

Lima, Ohio. Amy is a certified 

athletic trainer at Lima Memorial 

Hospital Sports Medicine 

Center. The couple is residing 

in Lima, Ohio. 

Amy Stanley and Rob Reich 

were united in marriage March 

18,1995, at Newtonsville United 

Methodist Church in Ohio. The 

bridegroom is a graduate of 

Lehigh University. The couple 

resides in Batavia, Ohio. 

Kimberly L. Tibbe and William 

R. Hallahan were married May 

19, 1995. She is a pre-school 

teacher at the Thank Heavens 

Children's Center. They reside 

in Cincinnati. 

Katherine A. Wolfe married 

Paul J. Totiello July 15, 1995. 

1994 

Matthew Lee Berner and 

Jennifer E. Bryant were married 

June 10,1995, at the Wilmington 

United Methodist Church. 

Jennifer is attending the 

University of Dayton and will 

graduate in December. She is 

employed by Zimmer 

Enterprises in Kettering, Ohio. 

Matthew is engaged in farming 

in Springfield, Ohio, with Berner 

Farms. 

Samuel D. Hughes and 

Kimberly Jennings were 

married May 27, 1995. Sam is 

working at the Council on Rural 

Services in Greenville, Ohio. 

Kimberly is employed as an 

activities director. The couple 

resides in Sidney, Ohio. 

Donald Dean Quallen and 

Renee Lynn Hackney were 

married May 27, 1995, at the 

Wilmington Friends Church. 

The bride is employed as an 

athletic trainer. Donald works 

for Airborne Express in 

Wilmington. 

Births 

1981 

Born to Margaret Keane and 

Steve Locke, a second son, 

Kieran Patrick, March 22,1995. 

Margaret is director of business 

research with the Merck Vaceire 

Division. Their address is 502 

Brook Lane, Spring Mill, PA 

19428. 

1982 

James Allen Montague, Jr. has 

a son, Jacob Isaac Montague, 

born May 20, 1995. He joins a 

brother, Jimmy, age 7, and a 

sister, Abbie, age 2. 

1986 

Born to Thomas and Leslie 

(Kerr '90) Wilmes, a son, 

Taylor Ryan, July 2, 1995. 

1987 

Born to John and Amy 

(Stockwell) Nestor, a daughter, 

Sarah Nicole, June 21, 1995. 

The Nestors live in Washington 

Court House, Ohio. 

1990 

Born to Keith and Tiffany 

Myers on Feb. 23, 1995, a son, 

Tristan Laetner. The Myers 

family resides in Logan, Ohio. 

1991 

Born to David and Gina 

(Combs '88) Beck, a son, Joshua 

Alan, July 10, 1995. The Becks 

reside in Wilmington, Ohio. 

In Memorium 

1923 

Roxie Williams McCallister, 

Piketon, Ohio, June 5, 1995. 

1925 

Leo Francis Hodgson, St. 

Petersburg, Fla., June 15, 1995. 

1927 

Cora Marvin Chance, 

Blanchester, Ohio, June 21, 

1995. 

Josephine Dunlap, Marysville, 

Tenn., June 8, 1995. 

1928 

Louis Beaver Metcalf, 

Hamilton, Ohio, July 13, 1995. 

1931 

Jay Leming, Loveland, Ohio, 


1934 

Goneril C. Adams, Ft. Worth, 

Texas, July 3, 1995. 

1935 

Edward Weston, Greenville, 

Ohio, April 23, 1995. 

1941 

Brig. Gen. Carroll H. Bolender, 

Williamsburg, Va., Aug. 3, 


Helen Brown McCain, 

Waverly, Ohio, April 25, 1995. 

Laura Taylor Bauman, 

Westerville, Ohio, May 29, 


1943 

Janet Canter, Lucasville, Ohio, 

May 16, 1995. 

1945 

Wyvetta Kratzer Sullivan, 

Sardinia, Ohio, 1995. 

1950 

Robert D. Boerstler, Gahanna, 

Ohio, July 6, 1995. 

1951 

Edward J. Pavlovic, Xenia, 

Ohio, Dec. 25, 1994. 

1970 

Rachel Mary Lukens Bernard, 

Haines City, Fla., June 24,1995. 

1978 

Carla J. Aufderheide, 

Wilmington, Ohio, May 30, 



WC Loses Prominent Members of Campus Community 

Wilmington College vice 

president emeritus W. Brooke 

Morgan died June 6 at Clinton 

Memorial Hospital after a battle 

with leukemia. 

Morgan, 80, who came to 

Wilmington in 1948 as an 

assistant professor of 

mathematics and physics, served 

for most of his 36 years at the 

College as business manager and 

vice president for financial 

affairs. 

At 

various 

times, he 

also held 

t h e 

positions 

of bursar, 

workstudy 

coordinator 

and dean of men. Following his 

retirement as vice president in 

1980, he assisted in the 

development office through 

1984. In addition, Morgan 

served as acting president of 

Wilmington College in 1959- 

60 and 1969-70. 

He received an honorary 

doctor of laws degree from the 

institution in 1971. 

Norman Smith, vice 

president for academic affairs, 

remembers Morgan as a "mildmannered, 

gentle man" who 

genuinely cared about 

Wilmington College and those 

members of the campus 

community. 

"He was a natural leader 

and he had the respect of the 

entire campus," Smith said. "He 

was one of a handful of people 

among the senior faculty and 

administration that I came to 

hold in high regard during my 

early years at the College." 

Morgan was a member of 

the Wilmington Friends 

Meeting, Wilmington Rotary 

Club and the Ohio Association 


of College and University 

Business Officers. He was a 

board member or officer for 

numerous local community 

groups, including Community 

Chest and Hospice of Clinton 

County. 

He was a 1936 graduate of 

Haverford College in 

Pennsylvania, where he earned 

high honors in mathematics and 

was inducted into Phi Beta 

Kappa. He received a master's 

degree from the University of 

Wisconsin and completed work 

toward a doctoral degree at the 

University of Pennsylvania. 

Morgan began his teaching 

career at Phillips Academy in 

Andover, Mass. Also, he served 

for more than three years in 

civilian public service and taught 

at Bluffton College before 

joining the Wilmington faculty 

in 1948 as an assistant professor 

of mathematics and physics. His 

association with the College 

continued for 36 years and, upon 

his official retirement in 1980, 

he received a presidential 

citation from President Robert 

E. Lucas. 

Among his survivors are 

two daughters, Judith D. Morgan 

of Kihei, Hawaii, and Anne B. 

Morgan of Springfield, 111.; and 

his wife, Mary Bruce Morgan, 

whom he married in 1942. Other 

survivors include grandchildren, 

a niece, nephew, aunt and sonin-law. 

He was preceded in death 

by his parents, Dr. Warren B. 

and Florence Daub Morgan; and 

a brother, Robert H. Morgan. 

A memorial service was 

held July 16 in the McCoy Room 

of Kelly Center on the 

Wilmington campus. 

If desired, memorial 

contributions can be made to 

Wilmington College or the 

Wilmington Friends Meeting. 

Maxine Harlan Murphy, 

a former Wilmington College 

trustee and long-time friend of 

the College, died July 11 at 

Clinton Memorial Hospital. 

Murphy, 77, was a native of 

Wilmington and a birthright 

member 

of the 


Friends 

Meeting. 

S h e 

served as a 


College 

trustee for 

12 years, 

from 1978 to 1990. 

She and her husband, Fred 

A. Murphy, established the 

Hugh G. Heiland Theater 

Endowment at WC and were 

generous contributors to 

r umerous other projects at WC. 

Murphy is survived by her 

husband whom she married in 

1937. Other survivors include 

cousins, nieces, nephews, 

goddaughters, sisters-in-law and 

a brother-in-law. She was 

p receded in death by her parents, 

F. Maynard and Edith Peters 

Harlan. 

Murphy was a Wilmington 

High School graduate and 

attended Ward-Belmont College 

i i Nashville, Tenn. 

Funeral services were held 

at Reynolds-Smith Funeral 

Home with burial at Sugar Grove 

Cemetery. 

The family requests that any 

riemorial contributions be made 

to Wilmington College, the 

Wilmington Friends Meeting or 

Clinton Memorial Hospital. 

Rendel Carey, who had a 

long affiliation with Wilmington 

College, died May 26 at Clinton 

Memorial Hospital. 

He served as a member of 

the College's Board of Trustees 

from 1968 to 1980, including 

several years as its chairman. 

Also, he was a generous 

benefactor of the College and he 

held leadership positions with 

Wilmington College's farms. 

Carey received an honorary 

degree from the institution in 

recognition of his many years of 

service. 

A member of the Chester 

Friends Meeting, Carey was a 

well-known farmer who helped 

plan and establish Quaker Knol Is 

Church Camp near Wilmington. 

He also was a former treasurer 

of the Wilmington Yearly 

Meeting and served on the Board 

of Directors of Earlham 

College's School of Religion. 

He is survived by his wife, 

Elizabeth Hunt Carey, whom he 

married in 1936. Other survivors 

include two sons, Ronald B. 

Carey of Oklahoma and Dr. J. 

David Carey of Michigan; six 

grandchildren; and various 

nieces, nephews and cousins. 

He was preceded in death 

by an infant twin sister, Rowena 

Carey, and his parents, John and 

Louise Bevan Carey. 

Funeral services were held 

at Chester Friends Meeting with 

burial at Springfield Church 

Cemetery. 

The family requests that any 

memorial contributions be made 

to Chester Friends Meeting. 

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College. Deadline for this issue was August 14, 1995.

SPORTS 

Sims Earns LPGA Member Status 

by 

Brian Neal 

w„ ilmington College's Sharon 

Sims has been teaching golf for nine years 

but this fall, she received official word that 

she is now an LPGA Teaching and Club 

Professional. 

No, you won't see Sims battling the 

leaders on tour, but she can be spotted at the 

Elks golf course demonstrating the correct 

way to line up a putt or how to add distance 

to your drives. 

According to Sims, who is the chairperson 

of the health and physical education 

department at the College, the LPGA is 

divided into two divisions: professional golfers 

(touring players) and golf professionals 

(instructors). The announcement arrived in 

the mail after two-plus years of study and 

practice, and then massing 

both written and playing 

ability tests. 

Yet, what makes this 

achievement even more impressive 

is that, in an age 

when contract squabbles and 

labor disagreement;- dominate 

the sports page and slogans 

are created instead of 

sweat in the gym, Sims has 

experienced what tie athletic 

spirit is truly about — 

competition. 

Sims specializes in making her point on a more personal basis 

Not just against others, 

but competing against herself. In the fall of 

1993, Sims decided she was going to be a 

professional instruct jr. There were no guarantees, 

only countle >s hours of study. But, 

the final reward was well worth the effort. 

"I have worked so hard for this, that it's 

hard to put my feelings into words," said 

Sims. "It's just a tremendous 

feat for me. 

Passing that play ability 

test is without question 

the greatest athletic 

feat of my lifetime." 

l'hotos bv Randy Sarvis 

Sims works with a group of students on putting. 

In 1981, Sims began 

playing golf with 

friends as "a selftaught 

hacker." Then 

in 1986, she attended 

a seminar for teachers 

and coaches. 

When she returned 

to the course, she began 

applying some of 

the fundamentals she 

learned at the seminar 

to her game. 

In just two weeks, 

Sims shaved 12 

strokes off her game. 

Today she is about a 

10 handicap from the 

long tees. If she is 

playing the ladies' 

tees, her handicap 

drops to four. 

What's amazing 

about her ability is that she rarely plays 

because she would rather spend her time 

showing someone else how to do it. This 

summer, Sims spent anywhere from four to 

10 hours a day at the Elks instructing junior 

camps and clients. 

"I really don't have time to play myself," 

Sims said. "My goal is to serve others 

through golf. My joy is seeing individuals 

improve not only as a golfer but as a total 

person." 

According to Sims, part of her teaching 

enjoyment stems from the fact that she didn't 

have a mentor during her younger years or 

the advantages that are now available for 

girls. Also, Sims not only had to overcome 

rigorous testing to become a professional, 

she had to battle herself. 

"I grew up in a world of non-competition," 

Sims said. "I didn't play in high 

school or college so I didn't know how to 

compete. Then I had to go out and play 

under such great pressure to pass the test. 

That's probably why it was such a tremendous 

feeling when I passed and probably 

why I enjoy teaching other people so much." 

During her first two years as an LPGA 

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Senior Eric Noble has overcome long 

odds to become one of the highest 

ranking quarterbacks in the history of 

NCAA Division III football 

Photo by Ken Allen 

Senior quarterback Eric Noble enters the 1995 season looking to 

become Wilmington's all-time leading passer. 


by 

Brian Neal 

T 

A hroughout his football career Eric Noble has listened to 

people tell him he wouldn't succeed as a quarterback. 

The critics cited that his arm wasn't quite strong enough or that 

h s foot speed was a step too slow, but the reason Noble heard most 

o "ten was that he was just too short to play the position. 

Now, entering his senior season at Wilmington College, Noble, 

at 5-foot-8 and 175-pounds, has quieted most of those critics. 

Through hard work and dedication Noble has overcome all those 

perceived obstacles to simply become one of the best signal callers 

in the history of NCAA Division III football. 

Unfortunately, there are still a few stragglers slow to catch on, 

bat the numbers don't lie. 

During the 1994 campaign, Noble passed for 200 or more yards 

in all nine games and finished with 3,058 yards, the 10th highest 

total ever in Division III. Even more impressively is the fact that 

only two players have played in only nine games and thrown for 

more yards than Noble. 

Last year, his 339.7 yards per game ranked second in the nation 

and he twice passed for over 500 yards. 

"Those types of comments about me being short and so on are 

what drive me to become better," said Noble, whose 575 yards in 

a win over Urbana last year was the third highest single-game total 

in D-III history. "I've always just wanted to prove them wrong." 

His football career started back in the fourth grade as a fullback 

on the local Bellbrook Pee Wee team, but his doubters first became 

vocal when he was a fifth grader. As the story goes, Noble's father, 

Lamar, was named the head coach of the pee wee team and needed 

aquarterback. He tried out all the players and decided that Eric was 

the best candidate. 

Unfortunately, that decision cost him his job. Lamar was let go. 

and a new coach was brought in, because the other parents felt Eric 

was quarterbacking because his dad was coaching. So, a new 

coach came in and again, tried out all the other players for the spot. 

But guess who was the starting quarterback? Eric Noble. 

It's been that way ever since. Noble's antagonist is the 

prototype quarterback. The guy that stands 6-3, drops back in the 

pocket with stylish grace and fires missiles to receivers with a 

cannon arm. 

Every year there is a new challenger for his position. It's either 

some young high school hot shot or a transfer from a higher level 

comes in and is supposed to push Noble out of a starting job. 

The Wilmington coaching staff wasn't all that sure of Noble's 

ability either when he came out of Bellbrook High School. In fact, 

it was a laughing matter. On Noble's first recruiting visit to 

campus, "coach Stud (offensive coordinator Greg Studrawa) 

laughed when I told them I was a quarterback," Noble said. 

In the college recruiting wars this typically isn't the way 

coaches land athletes who go on to rewrite school record books. 

Even once he reported to his first Quaker training camp, Noble 

was No. 2 on the depth chart behind sophomore Doug Hamsher. 

During the first three games, coach Mike Wallace went primarily

with the bigger and faster Hamsher, but that 

was it. Since then, Noble has started 26 

consecutive games for the Quakers. 

Now, after all the recognition, records 

and accomplishments, Noble is going up 

against one more ghost in the form of Keith 

Myers (1986-89), the former Quaker great 

who threw for 8,907 yards and is the all-time 

leading passer in school history. 

Somehow, it's fitting that Noble's last 

major hurdle is chasing Myers, who at 6foot-4 

and 208 pounds was the pictureperfect 

image of a gun slinging quarterback 

that Noble has been battling all these years. 

In his own right, Noble has thrown for 

6,797 yards during his three-year career and 

needs 2,111 yards to overtake Myers. With 

only nine games on slate for '95, Noble must 

average 234.5 yards to break the record. 

The question is, if he doesn't have the 

size usually associated with quarterbacking, 

what has made him so successful? 

"He's got a great mind and a lot of 

heart," said senior Jonathan Gordon, a graduate 

of Urbana High School, who for three 

seasons has been protecting Noble from his 

right tackle position. "I can't think of anyone 

else I would want to lead our team. 

Noble's down-to-earth, blue-collar and he 

never quits fighting. 

"I remember during 

our freshman year, 

we were up at Bluffton. 

On one play, Noble 

had to scramble and as 

he crossed the line of 

scrimmage he came 

face-to-face with a 

linebacker. Noble put 

wrong. 

his head down and ran him over. That's 

when I knew what kind of quarterback he 

was. I went running up and told that linebacker, 

'Youjustgotrunoverby aQB.' He 

didn't like it much, but that just summed up 

Eric Noble right there." 

That Bluffton linebacker isn't the only 

defensive player surprised by Noble's 

strength. When he left school last spring, he 

bench pressed a career-high 328 pounds. 

"Eric is one of the hardest working 

players on this team," said Wallace. "Because 

of that, he's a great leader on the field 

more than anything. His teammates know 

he's a fighter and that's a confidence factor 

they like." 

Unlike many people today, Noble at- 

tributes his work eth c to his parents. 

His mother, Jean, received her first 

video camera when Eric was in the seventh 

grade and she's taped everyone of his performances 

since then. She estimates the 

footage totals somew nere around 300 hours. 

Since his little le ague days of football, 

baseball and wrestling, his father has missed 

only one game. They analyze every game 

film together and Lanar serves as a receiver 

for Eric during the long summer months. 

"He doesn't run many routes," said 

Noble, "he just stands there and sometimes 

I hurt his hands with si >me pretty hard passes, 

but it really helps ke^p my arm in shape. 

"It really means a lot to me when they 

are there for me. There's no doubt they are 

the main reasons for my success." 

Another reason for Noble's success is 

his ability to analyze the opponent's weaknesses. 

When Noble breaks the huddle he 

automatically scans the defense to see what 

coverage they are in and look for blitzes. As 

he walks to the line of scrimmage he visualizes 

if the play will work. If not, he audibles 

out of it and tries something else. 

Yet, it's quite fortunate that Noble 

showed up on Wilmington's doorstep to 

play. During his senior year in high school, 

Noble says, to his 

knowledge, not a 

"Those types of comments about 

me being short and so on are what 

drive me to become better. I've 

always just wanted to prove them 

— Eric Noble 

single college 

coach spent a Friday 

evening watching 

him perform. 

So he visited a few 

small colleges and 

• decided to attend 

WC. 

"I wasn't expect ng a whole lot early on 

because I was just looking for a chance," he 

said. I just thought that I'd give it a shot and 

it's really paid off." 

Noble has come a long way since then. 

If pried enough, he will admit that he felt a 

bit slighted when he didn't earn any Ail- 

American honors lasi year. He blames himself 

and says that he threw a few too many 

interceptions (17), but he also feels like 

there are still many people out there who 

don't respect him as a player. 

If history is any indication, that's a 

mistake, because Noble is preparing himself 

for an encore that will prove to everyone 

once and for all that he truly stands tall 

among small-college quarterbacks. 

Eric Noble 

5-8 171 SR 

Quarterback 

Bellbrook, Ohio 

Continues to lead 

powerful Quaker 

offensive unit that 

ranked seventh 

nationally in total 

offense with 466.7 yards per game...has 

great concentration and blue-collar work 

ethic...will be challenged to find new 

targets in '95 since top three receivers 

from last season are lost to 

graduation...named first team All-AMC 

in '94...broke the Wilmington singleseason 

passing record with 3,058 yards 

as a junior...is the school's second alltime 

leading passer with 6,797 

yards.. .needs 2,111 yards to surpass Keith 

Meyers as WC's career leader...owns 

eight school records and 11 AMC 

records...passed for 575 yards against 

Urbana, the third highest single-game 

total in NCAA Division III 

history...passed for 508 yards against 

Geneva, the ninth highest single-game 

total...has passed for 200 or more yards 

in 11 straight games...named National 

Player of the Week on Nov.6 by Football 

Gazette...ranked second in D-III total 

offense with 341.3 yards per game...led 

WC passing attack that ranked second in 

the country with 345.8 yards per 

game...passed for a school and league 

record five touchdowns vs. 

Defiance...through 29 games, he has 

averaged an impressive 234.3 passing 

yards per outing...named AMC Of fen s i ve 

Player of the Week three times in '94 and 

six times in his career...has led the AMC 

in passing offense for three consecutive 

seasons...honorable mention All-AMC 

as both freshman and 

sophomore.. .graduate of Bellbrook High 

School...first team all-league as a senior 

for the Golden Eagles...business 

administration major. 

CmpiAtt. Pet. Yds. TD/INT Lg. 

1992 122/202 .603 1630 9/11 56 

1993 155/278 .557 2109 19/12 54 

1994 221/398 .555 3058 22/17 68 

Career 498/878 .567 6797 50/40 68 


Scott Retiring as AD 

by 

Brian Neal 

Ai Lfter six years as the director of 

athletics at Wilmington College, Dick Scott 

has announced that he will be retiring in 

December. 

However, there is a chance Scott could 

work well into 1996 since he has offered to 

continue at the College until a replacement 

can be found. 

Scott took over 

the position in July of 

1989 when the College 

was going 

through some major 

changes. His job was 

to bring stability back 

to the athletic department, 

which he accomplished 

and more. 

Under his leadership, WC athletics has 

taken some bold strides and experienced allaround 

success on the playing field. 

But, according to Scott, his greatest 

achievement was guiding the school from 

NAIA affiliation into the NCAA. 

"Without question, that's something 

I'm quite proud of," Scott said. "The fact 

that we went (NCAA) Division III five 

years ago showed we were ahead of the 

times. I think it's safe to say that NCAA 

affiliation just brings more prestige to the 

institution and I was happy to be a small part 

of the process." 

Following the move into the NCAA, 

Wilmington became a charter member of 

the Association of Mideast Colleges (AMC) 

athletic conference in 1991 and, in the first 

four years of league competition, Quaker 

teams captured the AMC All-Sports Award 

three times. 

Another area on his record that Scott is 

quick to point at is gender equity. Since his 

arrival, funding and opportunities have 

greatly improved for the women's athletic 

programs. 

Scott also helped found the Wilmington 

College Hall of Fame which began induct 


ing the school's best athletes in 1991. Currently, 

26 alumni have been inducted into 

the Hall. 

He has also seen Wilmington expand 

its already top-notch athletic facilities by 

adding a new track and softball field, and 

building new practice fie Ids for the football 

and soccer programs. 

"I was brought in to create some stability 

in athletics and I feel like we did that," 

Scott said. "Over the pas three years we've 

greatly improved on the field and in academics. 

I'm just thankful for the opportunity 

that Wilmington Co lege has given me 

and I wish the College, particularly the 

athletic department, cortinued success in 

the future." 

WC's new president, Dan DiBiasio, 

whose administration began in July, expressed 

his appreciation for Scott's leadership 

role at the College. 

"I know Dick has been considering 

retirement for some time, and I want to 

extend my gratitude for his agreeing to stay 

on until we complete our search for a successor," 

DiBiasio said. "Since 1989, he has 

overseen an outstanding athletics program 

that includes new and enhanced facilities 

and successful sports tec.ms. 

"Also, he has perpetuated the concept 

of the student-athlete and its important role 

at the College," he added. 

Scott began his career at Gnadenhutten 

High School where he spent four seasons as 

the basketball, baseball md track coach. 

At that point, Scott decided he wanted 

to pursue a career in higher education and 

was soon hired at Den son University in 

1958. While at Denison he coached men's 

basketball for 20 seasons, men's tennis for 

15 years and the baseba 1 team for five. In 

addition, he was an assistant football coach 

for 15 seasons and the in ramural and recreation 

director for 18 years. 

After leaving Denison, Scott accepted 

a position at the United States Sports Academy 

(USSA) where he spent eight years as 

director of recruitment and placement. 

He will continue to live in Wilmington 

with his wife, Susan, who works in the WC 

records office. 

Athletic Noteboo 

k 

Spatz Named Volleyball Coach 

Wilmington College has hired one 

of its own, Jamee (Barnhart) Spatz '92, to 

run the school's volleyball program. 

During her playing days at WC, Spatz 

was a four-year starter as a setter while 

earning a bachelor's degree in education. 

For the past two years, Spatz has 

been the head coach at East Clinton High 

School. She inherited a team that went 3- 

16 in 1992 but quickly turned the program 

around. In her first season, the 

Astros improved to 12-10 and then posted 

a 13-9 mark in '94 for a two-year record 

of 25-19. 

Spirk Earns Distinguished Honor Award 

Women's soccer coach Steve Spirk 

has received the Ohio Collegiate Soccer 

Officials Association's (OCSOA) 1995 

Distinguished Honor Award. 

The award is the highest honor 

awarded to coaches by the OCSOA and 

recognizes the individual coach, male or 

female, who represents the best of character 

and behavior before, during and 

after the game toward his own players, 

the opponent's players and coaches, and 

the officials, and whose sportspersonlike 

manner is similarly reflected in the 

attitude and behavior of the players on 

their team. 

Lewis Receives Advanced License 

Men's soccer coach Bud Lewis recently 

received his advanced national 

coaching license from the National Soccer 

Collegiate Athletic Association 

(NSCAA). It's the highest diploma given 

by the NSCAA which has four levels of 

licensing: state, regional, national and 

advanced national. 

Wallace Named to Baseball Post 

Mike Wallace, the football coach at 

Wilmington College since 1991, had his 

duties expanded when he was named the 

head coach of the baseball team by athletic 

director Dick Scott. 

Wallace will continue his responsibilities 

as football coach and as an associate 

professor in the physical education 

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1995 Quaker Football Team Seniors (l-r): Jonathan Gordon Chad Ferguson, Kenny Wiehe, Doug Eastes, Eric Noble, James Harvey 

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