June 1978 Nonprofit Organiz. College of the Atlantic U.S. Postage Paid Bar Harbor, Maine 04609 Bar Harbor, Me. Permit #47 COA News Commencement 1978 College of the Atlantic's Sixth Commencement remarks. A musical blessing was also offered by its Celebration took place on Saturday, June 3, as this author Jackson Gillman, on piano, accompanied by year's 23 recipients of the Human Ecology degree Sally Swisher on flute and sung by Cathy Ramsdell. welcomed family and friends to a joyous ceremony at In the main address, faculty member and Senior St. Saviour's Church in Bar Harbor. Advisor Elmer Beal, Jr. drew from the many ambitious Seniors entered the church to Bach's Brandenburg final projects of this year's class, remarking that a Concerto #2, arranged and played for the occasion by written transcript inadequately conveys the significant COA music instructor Sally Lutyens on piano, and efforts made by COA graduates. The quality of the work students Cathy Johnson on Violin, Jan Keller on flute, done by this year's graduates, he said, contributed to and Liza Carter on recorder. his sense that "something is being done about the roots Following a welcome by Cathy Ramsdell, Sally of serious world problems - human alienation from Swisher played a duet for flute and piano of her own nature, from each other, and from ourselves." composition, accompanied by Sally Lutyens on the The 23 degrees were conferred by Chairman of the piano. Participation in the ceremony by other members Board of Trustees John C. Dreier and President Edward of the class included Garrett Conover and Kevin G. Kaelber. Timoney reading poetry, and Nina Zabinski, Michael Following the commencement ceremony was a Kendall, Jackson Gillman, and Joseph Peacock offering reception outdoors at the college, and a dance later in the evening at the Jordan Pond House. Graduates Internships Among plans for the summer and beyond made by this About 20 COA students will be serving internships this year's graduates are the following: summer. Among them are several in the area of education Lolly Cochran will return to the Hurricane Island including: ecology teaching assistant at Sandy Neck Outward Bound School, where she served her internship, Beach on Cape Cod; tutor and counselor in the Upward as a watch officer. Bound program at St. Lawrence University; and Peter Cohen will be staying in Florida where he has counselor in the Upward Bound program at St. Lawrence worked through the spring as a research assistant University; and counselor, instructor, and trip leader for studying porpoise language acquisition. the Tennessee Valley Wilderness School. Garrett Conover is returning to the Green Mountains of Other internships this summer include: field research Vermont where he will be a crew leader for the Long Trail on Cape Cod; crew leaders for the Youth Conservation Patrol, a position he held on internship from COA. Corps in Camden Hills and Mount Blue State Parks; Jim Frick will remain at COA in the new capacity of administrative assistant for the Boston Redevelopment admissions assistant. Authority; research assistant studying communication Jonathan Gormley is continuing in his already among Snowy Egrets and White Ibises in Florida; established position of Business Manager at the Mount assistant at the New England Health Foundation in Desert Island Biological Laboratory. Cambridge, Massachusetts; oceanographic research Tim Milne will be the piano player for the cast and crew assistant at the University of Delaware; and draftsman of the Deck House restaurant in Bass Harbor. and mapmaker for Landplan, a landscape architecture Bruce Philips will be date gatherer and monitor for a firm in Southport, Connecticut. study of Little Duck Island by the National Audubon Society. New Faces And Cathy Ramsdell has returned to Alaska as a seabird research assistant in the final year of faculty member Bill Drury's four-year seabird study. COA will be welcoming two new full-time administrative personnel during this summer. Marcia L. Dworak will be assuming the position of head librarian. Lynn Dermott, after seven years with COA, is leaving to become a full- Aquaculture Symposium time mother. Marcia comes to COA from Sangamon State University in Springfield, Illinois where she has served since 1974 as Assistant Professor of Library Instructional On May 13, COA hosted a symposium on the subject of Services. aquaculture as a possible future industry in Maine. The Ann B. Outzen will be coming aboard as the new Public agenda for the day-long meeting included discussions led Information Officer for COA. Ann will be replacing by experts in the fields of shellfish, Norwegian salmon, student intern Paul Beltramini who has held the job since phytoplankton, lobster nutrition, and business of Beth MacLeod's departure last March. Ann has been a aquaculture. The symposium was organized by COA resident of Bar Harbor for several years now and has over students Vicki Smith and Judith Schwartz. 10 years of diverse public relations experience. The playgrounds project was coordinated by Robin DeJong of Sullivan, Maine, who surveyed elementary school students across the island for their recommendations about playground needs. These recommendations, in the form of essays and drawings, were taken into consideration by members of the design class at the college. Final drawings were presented to and approved by the school principals and Island school superintendent Mary Helen White. Whale Watch Continues The Mount Desert Rock Whale Sighting Station began its sixth year of operation on May 30. Until last September the Rock, a small rocky island 25 miles off the coast of Mount Desert Island, was a manned Coast Guard Lightstation; whale watchers for the past five years have been allowed to work on the Rock as guests of the Coast Guard. Since September, however, Mount Desert Rock has been fully automated and there was some concern that the Rock would not be available as a sighting station The new COA designed and built playground structure at this year. Data collected on the Rock is very important to the Pemetic School. whale research since whale behavior can be observed and recorded at close range without the possibly disruptive influence of a boat. Playground Built Permission from the Coast Guard to use the Rock was granted on May 25 after lengthy negotiations carried out Playground equipment designed by students of Roc by Mount Desert Rock Whale Watch Coordinator and Caivano's winter term 3-D Design class for Mount Desert COA student Greg Stone and COA president Edward Island elementary schools, came off the drawing boards Kaelber with great help and support from Captain Smith and into the COA student shop during spring term. The of the Southwest Harbor Group of the United States Coast fourteen students in Merrill Bunker's spring term Guard, which maintains the lightstation. Carpentry and Building course, six of whom had Transportation for whale watchers on the Rock this participated in the design class, rounded up materials, summer will be provided by COA's boat Beluga. Back-up constructed, and transported the largely wooden transportation will be provided by the Island Queen, structures to sites at the Pemetic School in Southwest which, under the direction of COA alumnus and research Harbor and the Mount Desert Elementary School in assistant Scott Kraus, will be running whale and seabird Northeast Harbor. sighting trips out of Northeast Harbor this summer. The Turrets The "Turrets" under moonlight photo by Paul Beltramini Progress has been made over the past year in restoration of the "Turrets," the massive stone cottage from the CETA program have allowed repairs to get designed by architect Bruce Price in 1893 for John J. underway. While the major structural work has been Emery and acquired in 1973 by the College. Restoration contracted out to local firms, much of the work on the of the building, which, at the time the College acquired "Turrets" has been done by COA students. Chief it, had been uninhabited for several decades, will nearly architect for the project is COA faculty member Roc double the available teaching and office space at COA, Caivano who is working in conjunction with the firm of enabling the College to substantially increase Webster, Ebberson, Baldwin, and Day of Bangor. enrollment. An estimated $400,000, of which $100,000 is assured During the past year, generous support from several contingent upon raising the balance, is needed to private sources as well as a $50,000 grant from the complete restoration. It is hoped that work will be National Endowment for the Humanities and funds completed by September of 1979. Sun Day COA Graduates Offer Summer Courses On May 3, as citizen groups, schools and businesses throughout the country held fairs, workshops, and conferences on solar energy, COA welcomed visitors to Among the courses offered in COA's 1978 summer its own celebration of "Sun Day," the national solar session are two being taught by COA alumni. In session energy awareness day. I, students of recent graduates Scott Kraus and Steven Early risers were treated to a free sunrise concert atop Savage will investigate Maine Mammals in both first- Cadillac Mountain in Bar Harbor by members of the hand field experience and in-class study. Both Kraus Paul Winter Consort. The sunrise concert, along with an and Savage are experienced marine mammal biologists, evening performance at the Hancock County having done extensive and innovative work in the field Auditorium in Ellsworth, was arranged by COA in while at COA. conjunction with the Winter Consort and the Maine Sun Kraus served his internship as a field research Day Committee. Following the morning concert, COA assistant with Dr. Peter Beamish of the Fisheries Board students served a pancake breakfast to some 200 guests of Canada in a study of humpback whales near the outdoors at the college. coast of Newfoundland. For his final project, Kraus Other Sun Day events at the college included: slide- collected, matched, and compiled photographs of shows on such topics as solar homes, solar applications humpback whale flukes (tails) and published a in the third worlds, and whales in the Gulf of Maine; photographic catalog of identified individual whales in discussions on solar legislation and organic gardening; the western North Atlantic. Kraus is also running music by various local musicians; and a maypole dance whale and seabird sighting trips for the public again led by faculty member Judith Blank. Graphic displays, this summer out of Northeast Harbor. exhibits, and information centers were set up Savage likewise served a field internship in whale throughout the day, including a display of functioning studies; he spent a summer working with Charles solar-heating equipment in the solar and wood-heated Jurasz studying humpbacks in Alaska. Savage's final student shop. In addition, several bus-loads of visitors project was a paper on the controversy surrounding the were taken on tours of faculty members Roc Caivano, hunting of endangered bowhead whales by Eskimos Dick Davis, and Ernie McMulen's solar heated homes. near Point Hope, Alaska. Much of the research and writing for the project was done while Savage was employed by the National Marine Fisheries conducting a bowhead census near Point Hope. In addition to their summer teaching duties, both Kraus and Savage are currently working as research SUMMER associates with the College in the area of marine biology. Their course will take students to the waters of Mount Desert Island for direct observation of marine mammals and, in conjunction with readings and class discussion, will cover field research techniques, marine mammal biology, population distribution and migration, and the environmental problems affecting FORUM the whales, dolphins, and seals of the western North Atlantic. For those summer students who feel less than July 5 -- "ETHICS AND PROFITS," by Leonard Silk, seaworthy, session II offers a course entitled Maine Economic Editor for the New York Times and Woods Ways taught by alumnus Alexandra Brown along with Francis and Eunice Fahey. author of "Economics in Plain English." A three-week intensive course, Maine Woods Ways will explore the relationships between the human and natural histories of the woods, waters, and people of the July 12 "FAMILY, AGRICULTURE, AND THE Chesuncook Lake area of north central Maine. The 21 CONGRESS," by Peggy Wheeler, full days of field work, study, and discussion will begin agricultural advisor to Representative at Chesuncook Village where the first half of the course will be spent familiarizing students with area history George Brown of California. and backwoods skills. From there the class will range out on camping and canoe treks to isolated lakes in the area. Among the topics to be explored will be the ways July 19 "THE CONSERVATION OF LIFE," by John of the Penobscot Indians, the lives of loggers and Hay, naturalist author and president of the riverdrivers, and the present day activities of timber- Cape Cod Museum of Natural History. cutting operations and hydro-electric projects. Having lived in the area and explored much of north central Maine on foot and by canoe, as well as July 26 "EURYTHMY: EXPRESSION THROUGH researching and practicing the arts and skills of Maine MOVEMENT OF THE POWER OF MUSIC Indians and early settlers, Brown is both an informed instructor and a competent guide. AND SPEECH," a presentation with piano and vocal accompaniment by Dolores Maine Poet's Festival Kaufmann. Over the weekend of May 19-21, COA hosted a three-day Aug. 2 "CHINESE PAINTING," by Leon Chang, Maine Poet's Festival. Organized by COA student Caitilyn Allen. visiting faculty member Wendv Einhorn. professor of Chinese culture at St. John's and faculty member Carpenter, festival attracted over 100 poets from throughout the state to exchange work and ideas on poetry in Maine. Beginning on Friday evening with a dinner at the Aug. 9 -- "THE FUTURE OF WOODEN BOATS IN college, the festival schedule included workshops on MAINE," by John Wilson, founder and editor writing, teaching, and publishing poetry; a presentation of "Woodenboat" magazine. and discussion on the history of poetry in Maine; the bimonthly meeting of the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance; displays by several of Maine's small presses; a Aug. 16 "THE HERBS OF MAINE AND THEIR dance; and hours of scheduled poetry readings which, in TRADITIONAL USES," by Steven Foster, the afternoons, took place outdoors on the lawn. herbologist for the United Society of Festival organizers and participants alike expressed interest in making the festival an annual event with the Shakers. hope that it will help keep lines of communication open between Maine poets. Aug. 23 -- "THE CREATIVE PROCESS THROUGH Briefly CHILDREN'S BOOK ILLUSTRATION," by Trina Hyman, children's book illustrator and Passengers aboard this spring's two whale and seabird Art Director of "Cricket" magazine. cruises, sponsored by COA out of Portsmouth, N.H., had full days of whale watching. Several species of whales and numerous seabirds were in the area on both dates. Aug. 28 "IS MAN PROGRAMMED TO BE GOOD," The next cruise is scheduled for October 8, again from Portsmouth, N.H. to the Jeffries Ledge area. by Max Hamburg, director of the Center for Biomedical Education at City College of New COA alumni, trustees, and students teamed up in a York. series of meetings during the week of April 24 for in- depth discussion and evaluation of various aspects of the college, its programs, goals, and community. A final COA Auditorium * 8 p.m. * Free Admission meeting was held on the Saturday in which teams presented their findings and conclusions for discussion by the large group of evaluation participants and interested community members present. Impetus and major organizational work for the evaluation was provided by COA alumni Scott Kraus and Megan Godfrey. Final recommendations were passed on to the Echo, COA's research log, welcomes in its latest issue a Academic Steering Committee for consideration. contribution by COA Trustee Emeritus Dr. Rene Dubos. The article is a transcript of a speech by Dr. Dubos to a COA was awarded a $5,000 grant by The C.I.T. February 1, COA luncheon at Rockefeller Center. Echo Foundation, Inc. on May 3. The college qualified for the editors Dodie Jordan and Paul Beltramini welcome grant by raising an equivalent sum through donations submissions of descriptive or analytic papers from from local business organizations and funds. trustees, alumni, and past faculty members of COA.