1980 AMHERST COLLEGE ALUMNI HOLIDAY AND REUNION WEEKEND

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WELCOME BACK TO AMHERST
We hope this booklet will give you the information you
need to enjoy your stay. And we hope you will feel free
to drop by the Reception Center at the Alumni House for
light refreshments, morning papers, the good company of
Amherst alumni and the answers to any questions you may
have. The Reception Center will be open for registration
and hospitality at the following times:
Wednesday, May 28: 3 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Thursday, May 29: 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Friday, May 30: 8:30 a.m. to 12 midnight
Saturday, May 31: 8:30 a.m. to 12 midnight
Sunday, June 1 : 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
During its open hours information will be available
from the Reception Center staff by telephone at 542-2265.
BUILDING HOURS AND EXHIBITS
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Frost Library
The Library will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
from Wednesday through Friday. On Saturday the Library
will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and on Sunday,
9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
You are cordially. invited to stop by for coffee in the
Library lobby Saturday morning to meet Will Bridegam,
Librarian of the College, and John Lancaster, Special
Collections Librarian. Then and throughout the week the
following exhibits will be on display:
The Frost Library Lobby will contain an exhibit
of books written or edited by members of the
Class of '55.
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The balcony of the Frost will have a memorial
exhibition of the watercolor set designs done by
Professor Charles E. Rogers for Kirby Theater.
You are also invited to visit the Department of
Special Collections and the College Archives-
both in Frost. The Department of Special
Collections will display works from the collections
of Sam Ellenport '65, Ron Gordon '65, Jack
Hagstrom '55 and the late Roland Wood '20.
Mead Art Museum
Mead will be open from 1 to 4 p.m. on Wednesday
and Thursday. Friday and Saturday it will be open
from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. On Sunday, Mead will be
open from 1 to 5 p.m.
Pratt Museum of Natural History
Pratt will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day of
Alumni Holiday and Reunion Weekend-except Sunday,
June 1, when its hours will be 1 to 4 p.m.
Other Buildings
In addition, alumni are invited to visit the Music Build-
ing, the Merrill Science Center and the New Gymnasium-
all of which will be open Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m.
to 5 P.M.
CLASS EVENTS AND OLD GUARD EVENTS
The Old Guard and all the Reunion classes have ar-
ranged their own special meetings and meals. For the
list of these special events please check with the Reunion
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Headquarters of your class or with Old Guard Headquarters
in Pratt Dormitory.
EVENTS FOR CHILDREN
A special program has been scheduled for children ages
6 to 15 years. If parents wish, children will be supervised
from noon to 10 p.m. on Friday, May 30, and from 10 a.m.
to 10 p.m. on Saturday, May 31. There is no charge for
this program, but parents must register each child at the
Alumni House upon arrival.
For children ages 5 and under, a babysitting program
will be available at the Alumni House during Friday and
Saturday evenings-and at other times if there is sufficient
interest. The charge for this service will be $1.50 an hour
per child. Please check at the Alumni House to be sure
we have received your reservation.
FRATERNITY CORPORATIONS
Some Fraternity Corporations will be meeting during
Reunion Weekend. The staff at the Reception Center in
the Alumni House will be happy to pass along any infor-
mation made available to them.
MASSACHUSETTS DRINKING LAW
In Massachusetts all persons under age 20 are prohibited
from purchasing, otherwise procuring, and/or consuming
alcoholic beverages except in cases where the person under
20 is a child of the adult serving him or her alcoholic
beverages.
A person under 20 who attends your Reunion may
drink alcoholic beverages during the festivities, but if and
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only if his or her parent is with him or her and permits
the drinking.
MEALS
For those meals not provided by Classes, Valentine Hall
will serve, for a very modest fee, the following meals at
the following times:
Alumni Holiday (Wednesday, May 28 through Thursday,
May 29)
Breakfast: 8 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
Lunch: noon to 1 p.m.
Dinner: 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Reunion Weekend (Friday, May 30 through Sunday,
June 1)
Breakfast: 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m.
Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Dinner: 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Sunday Lunch: noon to 1 p.m.
Sunday Dinner: 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
The Snack Bar in Fayerweather Hall serves breakfast,
sandwiches, beer and ice cream. On Wednesday and
Thursday, it will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. On
Friday and Saturday the hours will be from 8:30 a.m.
to 11 :30 p.m., and on Sunday, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
A list of addresses and phone numbers for many other
area restaurants is available in the Reception Center.
MEDICAL SERVICES
Russell M. Lane, M.D. '50, College Director of Health
Services, will be at the Milliken Health Office (542-2266)
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or accessible through the College emergency number
(542-2111) each day from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
During other hours, urgent medical needs may be dealt
with at the University of Massachusetts Health Center
(549-2671) with services rendered on a personal fee-for-
service basis.
In case of emergency please call 542-2111.
OLD GUARD
All non-banquet meals and rooms are furnished free of
charge to alumni celebrating their 50th or more reunions-
including the Alumni Luncheon on Saturday. The single
event for which the Old Guard are charged is the Choir
Concert Saturday if they choose to attend. Proceeds of the
concert will help finance the European tour of the Choir.
RECREATIONAL FACILITIES
In addition to athletic events arranged by individual
classes, you are invited to visit and use the athletic facilities
of the College.
Thirty-six tennis courts are available.
The pool will be open:
Friday, May 30: 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday, May 31: 9 a.m. to noon
2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday, June 1: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The Amherst Golf Club invites you to use their course
during your stay. Located just south of the Alumni Gym-
nasium on Route 116, the course will be unavailable
Sunday morning, but golfers will be welcomed at all other
times. A modest greens fee will be charged. No starting
times are necessary.
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ROOMING
If you reserved a dorm room from the College, you may
pick up your room assignment and your dorm key at the
Reception Center. Whether you have a College room or
not we would like you to fill out a registration card so we
can pass along any messages that arrive for you.
TELEPHONE NUMBERS
Fire, Police or Medical Emergency: 542-2111
Other Business with Campus Security: 542-2291
Information from the Alumni House: 542-2265
TOURS
Throughout Reunion Weekend scheduled tours will be
given of both Al Lumley's Lilac Gardens in Pelham and
Emily Dickinson's house on Main Street. Please sign up
for the separate tours at the Reception Center in the
Alumni House. Each of the 16 tours of the Dickinson
House is limited to 25 participants.
Wednesday, May 28
6 p.m. Opening Dinner. Cocktails will be served
in Chapin Quadrangle followed by dinner
in Valentine Annex.
8:30 p.m. Alumni Holiday Lecture. "My Favorite
Un-Great Poems," Professor William H.
Pritchard, Department of English.
Converse Assembly Room.
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9:45 to Open House at the Alumni House. Please
11 P.M. bring your own bottle, set-ups will be
provided.
Thursday, May 29
8 a.m. to Breakfast.
8:30 a.m. Valentine Hall.
9:30 a.m. Alumni Holiday Lecture. "Lasers,"
Professor Arthur G. Zajonc, Department of
Physics.
Merrill I.
11 a.m. Alumni Holiday Lecture. "Access to
Information in the '80s" Willis E. Bridegam,
Jr., Librarian of the College.
Merrill 1.
Noon to Lunch.
1 p.m. Valentine HAI
2 p.m. Alumni Holiday Lecture. "The Sword of
Achilles: Some Problems in Modern Tech-
nology," Professor Richard D. Fink, Depart-
ment of Chemistry.
Merrill I.
4 p.m. "Dialogue with President Julian Gibbs '46."
Converse Assembly Room.
5:30 to Dinner.
7 p.m. Valentine Hall.
8:15 to Open House at the Alumni House. Please
11 P.M. bring your own bottle, set-ups will be
provided.
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REUNION WEEKEND
Friday, May 30
7:30 to Breakfast.
9 a.m. Valentine Hall.
9:30 a.m. Alumni Holiday Lecture. "U.S.-Soviet
Relations After Afghanistan," Professor
William C. Taubman, Department of
Political Science.
Merrill I.
11 a.m. Alumni Holiday Lecture. "Iran,
Afghanistan, and the Persian Gulf: A
New Decade of Cold War?" Professor
John A. Petropulos, Department of
History.
Merrill I.
11:30 a.m. Lunch.
to 1:30 p.m. Valentine Hall.
Noon Reunion Headquarters Open.
2 p.m. Alumni Holiday Lecture. "Music of the
Whole Earth," Professor David B. Reck,
Department of Music.
Buckley Recital Hall, Music Building.
7 p.m. Student Musical Review. "Rodgers and
Hart: A Musical Celebration," The
Seventy Players.
Kirby Memorial Theater.
[For this and the Saturday afternoon
performance, free tickets are available
and can be reserved at the Kirby Box
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Office between noon and 5 p.m. Wednesday
and Thursday, from noon to 8 p.m.
Friday, or from noon to 3:30 p.m.
Saturday.]
9 P.M. All-Alumni Dance with the Boston
to 1 a.m. Jazz Band. Free beer, soft drinks
and set-ups will be available.
Valentine Annex.
Saturday, May 31
9 a.m. Panel Discussion. "Amherst From a
Student Point of View," student panelists
to be announced.
Converse Assembly Room.
10 a.m. Panel Discussion. "The New ILS Curricu-
lum: An Interim Appraisal," William E.
Kennick, Acting Dean of the Faculty,
William M. Hexter, Professor of Biology,
Robert T. Sweeney, Assistant Professor of
Fine Arts and G. Armour Craig '37, Dean
of Freshmen.
Converse Assembly Room.
11 a.m. Annual Meeting of the Society of the
Alumni. The featured speaker will be
Seth Moseley '30. Frost Library Steps.
(In case of rain, Johnson Chapel.)
12:30 to Alumni Luncheon. Alumni, their
1:30 p.m. families, and members of the faculty
and administration are invited.
Tickets are available at the Alumni
House, $4 for adults and $3 for
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children 12 and under.
Chapin Quadrangle.
1:30 p.m. Discussion. "The Admission Picture,"
Edward B. Wall, Dean of Admission.
Converse Assembly Room.
2:30 p.m. "Dialogue with President Julian Gibbs '46."
Converse Assembly Room.
3:30 p.m. Student Musical Review. "Rodgers and
Hart: A Musical Celebration," The Seventy
Players. Kirby Memorial Theater.
[Free tickets available and can be reserved
at the Kirby Theater Box Office between
noon and 5 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday,
from noon to 8 p.m. Friday, or from noon
to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. ]
4 p.m. Bluegrass Concert. James K. Rooney '60 and
William B. Keith '61.
Buckley Recital 'Hall, Music Building.
4:30 p.m. Reception by President and Mrs. Gibbs.
For alumni, their families, and members
of the faculty and administration.
President's House. (In case of rain,
Alumni House.)
9 P.M. Choir Concert. Tickets may be purchased
at the Alumni House.
Buckley Recital Hall, Music Building.
Sunday, June 1
10:30 a.m. Alumni Memorial Service.
Chapin Chapel.
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KLUNIUN HLAUQUARTERS AND CHAIRMEN `-
Old Guard Classes (Pre-1931): Pratt Dormitory
1915: Pratt Dormitory
William Whiting
1920: "B" Dormitory
Willard L. Thorp
1925: Pratt Dormitory
F. Curtis Canfield
1930: James Dormitory
E. Bradford Keith
1935: Kappa Theta
'Richard King
1940: Chi Phi
Louis F. Eaton, Jr.
1945: Little Red Schoolhouse
Charles C. Gadsden
1950: Phi Psi
Max Becker, Jr.
1955: Psi Upsilon
J. Robert Kisiel
and R. Lee Hildreth
1960: Alpha Delta Phi
Roger S. Pratt
1965: Chi Psi
Samuel B. Spencer
1970: Davis Dormitory
William J. Eisen
1975: Boltwood House
Kyle L. Kayler
Cover Photo by Delia Baronij
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