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Show September 1972 Pa9 UTAH WOMAN'S REVIEW WESTMINSTER COLLEGE BEGINS The splash and sparkle of a new fountain in the center of campus welcomed students to Westminster College recently for the start of the institutions 97th year in Salt Lake City. But the fountain, which is located in a mall between the Student Union and Converse Hall, isnt the only thing new at Westminster. This year the college instituted an overnight camp-ou- t as of its orientation for some part 200 new students in an effort to humanize the process. Dean of Students Stuart Good who devised the program said the camp-owas a means to new students with acquaint college programs and to bring them into a closer relationship with faculty and staff members in an informal setting. The group, accompanied by staff and faculty, bused to a nearby canyon, set up tents, held meetings with faculty advisers to plan course work, had ut a steak fry, campfire entertainment, an interfaith service the next morning and returned to the campus later in the day. We think it important that entering students learn that Westminster is a community of individuals rather than an impersonal college campus, Dean Good stressed. In a move that has won national attention, Westminster has expanded its curriculum to accommodate a new Jazz Studies program taught by Ladd McIntosh, widely acclaimed jazz composer and director who has joined the faculty. The new program offers the option of a music major with jazz emphaiss, although the college retains a full traditional music curriculum. Mr. McIntosh brings to the campus a national reputation both for his direction of jazz ensembles and for original compositions. He previously served for two years at the University of Utah as a visiting professor of jazz studies. Jazz Studies also includes a program faculty visiting through which leading performwill ers and composer-arranger- s visit the. campus to conduct classes, clinics and seminars throughout the year. Also supplementing the program are Dr. William L. Fowler who is serving as program consultant while on sabbatical leave from the university, and Lee Robinson, nationally known jazz and classical guitarist who will offer one of the few college classes in the country for jazz guitarists. Westminster, although a liberal arts college, also offers a four-yea- r baccalaureate nursing program in affiliation with St. Marks Hospital and a minor in aviation leading to a private pilots license. In an intensive thrust to widen its national identity, Westminster is establishing an Impact recruiting campaign in selected major cities across the country. Combining a newspaper advertising approach in both metropolitan and high school papers with personal 97TH YEAR contact to high school stu- dents, their parents and counselors, a Westminster team will host public receptions under the theme Lets Get Acquainted. In the past, Westminsters student body has been drawn largely from the Salt Lake Valley although this year its percentage has increased. The colleges recruiting publications heavily emphasize the attractiveness of Utahs environment, climate, scenery and superlative skiing. The college traces its growth from the founding of the Salt Lake Collegiate Institute in 1875, and has established a subscription organization called the Centennial Fellows of Westminster to point toward its 100th year in 1975. Although the institution was originally founded by the Presbyterian Church, today it is affiliated with three churches but is independently governed and the student body is fully interfaith. out-of-sta- te I9 |