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vited to compete for prizes donated by local merchants.Match events include three-man team firing and singles, with both rapid and slow fire.ConvocationoiIfpNS(Opens Yearelt;irv1tlsiCO'1$:ndg:elebisX)s.ins*tos-s-Htf(!111IDae6,id9;tieantigof■s.e,neThere is constant tension between pre-professional and liberal arts aspects of education which needs constant reviewing, because liberal education is in danger of being de-emphasized, Dr. Kenyon A, Knopf, Dean of Whitman College, explained to students, faculty members and interested persons at Whitman’s Fall Convocation Friday morning in the Amphitheater.In a speech titled “What in the World Are We Doing Here?”, Dr. Knopf said that the liberal arts portion of the college curriculum is important in preparing students for “humane leadership.” He added that the importance of material needs cannot be denied, but the survival of society also depends upon the humanity of man.“The purpose of Whitman College is to provide the best possible undergraduate education or humane leadership, whether it be exercised in the community, the nation, or the world; m industry, politics, science, or the arts,” said Dean Knopf who came to Whitman in July from Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, where he was a professor of economics.“Humane leadership consists of the will to speak out and to act so that others desire to follow in coping with the problems of society, and in trying to achieve its goals. For leadership to be effective in the service of humanity, it must be rooted in professional competence, it must realize the dignity of man, and it must reflect compassion for one’s fellow men.* The dean added that pressures on universities and colleges for more professionalization of their currieulums have been great, but this must not come at the expense of liberal education.Dr. Chester C. Maxey, president emeritus and acting president of Whitman College, conferred degrees in absentia on six graduating students at Convocation. They were: Marlene Jane Anderson, Priscilla Anne Hayward, Jane Florence Lucas, Sarah Jane Smethurst, Duard Morrison Campbell and Ernest Keith Priestly.Dr. Donald L. Lehmann, professor of biology and last year’s acting Dean of the Faculty, recognized students earning Academic Distinction and Undergraduate Honors and Honors at Entrance. The awarding ofa Crown-Zellerbach Foundation scholarship to Andrew Valaas, Whitman senior, was also announced. |Walla Walla students who! earned Undergraduate Honors1 are Donald S. Schwerin, Stephen Whitner. Sandra Kay Kinney, Persis B. Aldrich.Local students on the Dean’s List for academic distinction are Stephen Allen Hahner, Ronald Olson, Robert Kerns, Calvin Massey, Candace Sells, Christine M. Kollmeyer, Ola Rose Marshall, Elizabeth Dyer Har-2n-L.it.«rhii-*enill;:oi-lOfle_ ris, Steven John Vanwyk, Gor-
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Walla Walla Union Bulletin
Walla Walla, Washington, US
Fri, Sep 22, 1967
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