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Show Ribbon Cutting Officially Opens Jewett Center by Mari Herold Forum staff writer Are you sure they'll cut? said Dr. Berenice Jewett Bradshaw, Westminster scissors alumna, as she held the five-fothat cut the ceremonial ribbon marking the opening of the Jewett Center for the Performing Arts at Westminster College. The official opening ofthe Jewett Center was held Saturday, April 13. Many Westminster officials and local political leaders attended and spoke at the ribbon cutting ceremony. I have enjoyed watching Westminster grow, said Mayor Palmer DePaulis. I first watched performances in the third floor of Converse Hall, then in the basement of Walker Hall. The Jewett Center, he said, is comfortable, yet still retains an intimate atmosphere. The 267 continental seat auditorium on the northwest corner of the campus will be used for theater, lectures and musical performances. The Jay W. Lees Courage Theater will be the new home of Theater Works West, and a multipurpose rehearsal space will provide practice space for the Westminster Chamber Orchestra, the Westminster Chorus, Westminster Quintet and the Philharmonic. Dr. Ray Ownbey, dean of the School of Arts and Sciences has watched the project from its inception and said the completion of the Jewett Center is due to the dream of one woman. It is Mrs. Bradshaw's donations to the college that made the new Performing Arts Center possible. Mrs. Bradshaw has, in fact, been involved personally in each phase of the project, said architect, Ray Kingston. The Jewett Center for the Performing Arts houses a nine-foSteinway model D concert grand piano, an additional gift from Bradshaw. It was suggested that Mrs. Bradshaw purchase the less expensive ot ot E. by Dr. Berenice Jewett Bradshaw and Westminster President Charles IL Dick cut the ribbon with a of gigantor scissors which officially opened the new Jewett Center for the Performing Arts. Salt Lake pair City Mayor Palmer DePaulis, Congressman Wayne Owens as well as the architects and builders of the new facility were present. Kawai for the theater, but she felt that after such a long wait, Westminster's performing arts deserved the best. This instrument is regarded by many of Utahs finest pianists a s the best Steinway in Utah. Mr. M. Walker Wallace, chairman of the Jewett Center Performing Arts Advisory Council, thanked Mrs. Bradshaw, saying that the arts give a human side to education. The most successful are those knowledgeable in liberal education and the arts. Mrs. Bradshaw was presented with an Renowned Explorer to Address Graduates by Nancy Bennett Forum staff writer Trans-Antarct- Will Steger, leader of the first dog sled expedition to the North Pole, will speak at June Commencement. The honored guest at the June commencement will be Mr. Shigeharu Yasuda, chairman ofthe Board ofTrustees of Kyoto Ryoto Ryoyo High School in Kyoto, Japan. He will acknowledge the sister school relationship between Kyoto and Westminster College. Honorary Doctor of Science degrees will be given to Steger and Lottie Felkner, professor of nursing. The Reverend Dr. Harry P. Sweitzer, a retired minister from the First Presbyterian Church, and Board of Trustees member for nine years, will also receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Will Steger, leader of the historic 1990 International Expedition, will give the address at Westminster's 116th commencement ceremony. Exercises for the ceremony will be held at 9 a.m. in Dane Hansen Memorial Stadium. Steger, in addition to an Antarctica exploration, led the first expedition by dog sled to the North Pole, without resupply, in 1986. After completing the expedition in March 1990, Steger and five other members, met with world Letters and Trustee Emeritus. Felkner, leaders to discuss issues to preserve the who is retiring after 23 years of service as Antarctica continent. a member of the college faculty, also will Westminster officials said 304 students receive Professor Emerita status. will receive bachelor of arts or science, The invocation will be by the master of education, or master of business Reverend Dr. Jack Potter, given dean of the administration degrees during the June Cathedral of St. Mark, the Episcopal Dioceremony. This is the largestclass of people cese of Utah. The benediction will be given graduating from Westminster. by the Reverend France Davis, Calvary Westminsters President, Charles H. Baptist Church. Dick, will head the commencement cereMusic for June commencement will be of the provided by the Salt Lake Scots Bag Pipe mony. Kelly Jahries, president Alumni Association, class of 1982, will Band, playing traditional Scottish music, welcome the graduates. Westminsters and a brass quintet. University of Utah Emeritus Club, class of 1951 and previous ROTC will provide the color guard for the years, will also attend. ceremony. Trans-Antarcti- ca ic Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters in 1985, was the first recipient of Westminster's prestigious Distinguished Service Award, is a Trustee Emerita on Westminster's Board of Trustees and was honored as a Distinguished Professor of Arts in 1987. Yet, it was the opening of the Jewett Center for the Performing Arts which Mrs. Bradshaw felt was the most rewarding day of her life. Dr. Susan Cottier, associate professor of history, will be awarded the Sears Distinguished Teaching and Campus Leadership Award for 1990-9The award willhe presented at the Annual Faculty Appreciation Reception in Nunemaker Place on May 10 at 4 p.m. (Nice goin, Doct) 1. |