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Show Westminster College SCvT Volume 30, No. 8 Friday, November 5, 1 982 Salt Lake City, Utah Samuel Robinson Scholarships Announced Women and Men to Address Issues at Westminster Conference day conference include: Sexual Categorization; Unlearning Cultural and Gender Stereotypes; School Influences on Sexual Identity; the Inequality of Being a Women and men will meet at Westminster College on November 1 1 and 12 for a joint conference to address the personal and social repercussions of changing sex roles in the 1980s. The two day event, titled "The Era of Transition: A Conference Confronting Men's and Women's Issues, will begin at 8:30 a.m., November 11, with registration in Syme Lounge. Registration for the conference is $2.00, which includes a continental breakfast on Thursday, November 1 1 . Attendees may take the conference for one hour of upper division psychology or sociology credit for $81.50. Individuals may register in advance 1, by calling Westminsters Counseling Center, 484-76- 5 ext. 229. The keynote speaker for the conference will be n Dr. Sylvia Bagley, psychotherapist and psychology commentator for KALL radio. Dr. Bagley will speak at 7:00 p.m. on November 11 in Walker Hall. Her address will deal with "The Masculine and Single Parent; and the Consequences of Sexual Equality. Other topics include Women in Religion; Sex Discrimination; Women and Competition; and Communication Styles. Distinctions in In addition, a film festival dealing with current situations facing men and women will be featured as part of the conference. Some of the films include: to F we; Chariots of Fire; Kramer vs. Kramer; Starting Over; and Alice Doesnt Live Here Anymore. Motion pictures will be run continually Thursday and Friday. Workshop leaders will include community, church, and business professionals, as well as members of the Westminster College faculty. The conference will conclude with a one-aplay E.R.A. in the Year 1999, written by Professor Jay Lees and directed by Claudia Vogl. For further information regarding this upcoming Non-Verb- al well-know- Approximately forty Samuel Robinson Scholarships will be awarded in the academic year 1982-8according to an announcement made by Ms. Susan E. Ellison, Manager, Financial Aid for Studies of the United Presbyterian Churchs Vocation Agency. The Scholarships, in the amount of $500, are available on a competitive basis to students attending any of the 54 colleges related to the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., of which Westminster College is one. 3, Funds for the scholarships are provided by Mr. Samuel Robinson, a Presbyterian layman, who desired that they be administered by the national office for college students. Competition for the scholarships involves the writing of an essay on an assigned topic and the memorization and recitation of the answers to The Shorter Catechism. ct Feminine in All of Us. Topics to be discussed jointly during the two- conference, call 484-765- 1, ext. 229. The competition during the 1981-8- 2 academic of contestants. Forty-thre- e year produced forty-eigwhom received $500 awards and four who received $100 awards. The scholarships awarded totaled ht $21,900.00 "Halloween Frights Omen I, II, and III, Hell Night, The Houling, Halloween I and II, Watcher in the Woods, Changling, and Amityville Horror. The movies attracted a Goblins, ghosts, jack olanterns and witches. Theres nothing like Halloween and Westminsters students and ASWC made sure everyone had a chance to get into the spirit. sizable audience, with a large portion from the dormitories. The Campus Community Theatre performed The Wraith, Tell Tale Heart, and The Black Cat. Performances were held at Nunemaker Place on the south side of the campus. First Hogle Hall, the girls dormitory, displayed various spooks on the walls of the lobbies. A few days later the Shaw Center was garnished in orange and black with spider webs, pumpkins and streamers. However, as all great things must come to an end, so must Halloween week. It culminated in a big costume ball held at the Hotel Utah. For nighttime frights, the ASWC had movies in the Ghetto all week. They began at 8 oclock Tuesday. The movies consisted of: The Halisi Vinson Scholarships are available only to students in United Presbyterian-relate- d colleges, although the students need not be members of the United Presbyterian Church. The essay topic for is "Comparison of the sin, repentence and salvation with 1982-8- 3 Shorter Catechisms ideas on that found in the Confession of The essay topic and the rules of the competition have been provided by the Manager, Financial Aid for Studies, United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., The Vocation Agency, 475 Riverside Drive, Room 430, New York, New York 10015, and may be secured from Ruth Henneman, Director of Financial Aid. 67. Distinguished Residents Program Exciting Year Planned This year will be another exciting year for the faculty and students, said Pat Aikins, director of the Distinguished Residents Program. This year is the fourth year for the Distinguished Residents Program at Westminster College. A group of donors who wish to remain anonymous sponsor the program in an effort to complement and enrich academic programs of the College. According to Aikins, The program is meant to create an area of excellence around which individuals of the college community can grow and be enthusiastic about the ideas and concepts. It is hoped that the and guests can spark an idea to inspire enthusiasm staff who teach a new concept to students, faculty and are involved. The Distinguished Residents program is open to the general public. Information on the program can be obtained from Martha Springer, secretary of development, who is also the administrative assistant of the program. The official schedule includes Alice Schrock, historian, who will be on campus November 28 through December 3; Richard Farson, lecturing on contemporary sociological issues, will be here January 24-2and Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Gore, presenting Free Enterprise, will be on campus February 28 through March 4. A new addition to the schedule is Dr. Neil Cooper, who specializes in how the immunity system works. Aikins said, He is researching, trying to understand viruses and why various physical consequences are suffered by different individuals from the same virus. His wife, Theresa, will accompany him. She has been a pediatric nurse practitioner in Tiajuana. Dr. and Mrs. Cooper will be on Westminster Campus February 14, 1983. 8; Making plans for next year, Aikins enthusiastically added, If the program continues to be funded, we have made contact with E. O. Wilson of Harvard, who was called by TIME the worlds greatest living biologist, and the most controversial man since Darwin. In addition to Wilson, Aikins stated, A former faculty member will be our Distinguished Resident at Homecoming. The Professor of the Year of all colleges and universities in the country will be another Dis4 season. tinguished Resident during the 1983-8When asked about her responsibility as director of the program, she answered, I love doing it; it has given me an opportunity to meet people and study disciplines I might not otherwise have had the time to do. Marie Hook |