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Vol. LXVII

Maryville, Tenn, 37801 - November, 1968

Number 4

Dedicate 1.3 Million Dollar Sutton Science Center

MR. AND MRS. ALGIE SUTTON are !n front of the main entrance to the new Sutton Science Center.
Mrs. Sutton i$ preparing to cut the ribbon officially opening the building. Dr. Joseph J. Copeland,
President of Maryville College, obligingly assists.

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DR. JOSEPH J. COPELAND, PRESIDENT, left; and Bill A. Fleming, Director of Development, right; display
a plaque and portrait of Algie Sutton to be placed in the main lobby of the new Sutton Science Center.
The portrait was presented to the college by his graduating class of 1929.

Major Event During
Homecoming Weekend

One of the major events in the history
of Maryville College took place recently
when the new $1.3 million dollar Sutton
Science Center was formally dedicated at
11:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 26, 1968,
as part of the Homecoming Weekend
Festivities. The building had been opened
for student use at the beginning of the
1968 Fall Term in September.

In the summer of 1964, during the
Development Fund Campaign, Algie
Sutton, of Greenville, S. C, a MC gradu-
ate of 1929, pledged $500,000 on a match-
ing basis with all of the Alumni of the
college. The Alumni responded and with
their combined pledges, along with
grants from the ALCOA Foundation, the
Kresge Foundation and the Federal Gov-
ernment, the College was able to pro-
ceed with professional counseling and the
design of a new science building.

Its construction had been looked for-
ward to since June, 1959, when the then
College President, Dr. Ralph W. Lloyd,
MC Class of 1915, announced that new
science facilities were the next priority
in the College's building program.

And now, on Saturday, October 26,
1968, a little over nine years later, MC
President Dr. Joseph J. Copeland, pre-
sided over the ceremonies, that culmin-
ated this project. The Sutton Center is
located across the circle drive from the
Fine Arts Center and next to Pearsons
Hall and the Lamar Memorial Infirmary.

The dedication address was given by
Dr. George C. Kent, Jr., Professor of
Zoology, Louisiana State University, and
an alumnus of MC, Class of 1937. Dr.

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DR. A. RANDOLPH SHIELDS, (second from left) describes the lecture room of the Sutton Science Center,
Room 113 includes a 51-seat amphitheatre type arrangement whereby any member in the room can
command a clear view of the demonstration table in the center and also each other.

ALUMNI, PARENTS, FRIENDS, STUDENTS view one of the two double room biology laboratories. This
and other rooms feature the pyrex drain pipes (shown near the ceiling) installed because pyrex is
impervious to chemical erosion. These pipes may be dismantled and cleaned.

DR. A. RANDOLPH SHIELDS, (with back to camera) explains the use of the new-type lecture-laboratory
room, where students can set up their experiments, leave them there, and have plenty of room for
discussing the projects around another table, to Alumni, Parents, Students and Friends.

Parents, Alumni Visit
New Center Classrooms

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Kent was a recipient of a MC Alumni
Citation in 1962. His dedicatory speech
is printed in its entirety on the next two
pages.

The Invocation was given by Dr. James
N. Proffitt, MC Class of 1938, and a
member of the College Board of Direc-
tors.

Bruce P. Semple, MC Class of 1969
and President of the Student Body; Dr.
A. Randolph Shields, MC Class of 1934,
Chairman of the Biology Department;
and the Rev. Robert A. Larson, MC Class
of 1951, President of the Alumni Associ-
ation, brought official greetings from
the students, faculty and alumni.

Ben F. McMurry, Jr., of Barber and
McMurry, Architects and Charles M.
Emory, Jr., of Emory and Richards
Contractors, presented the building to
the College. Acceptance for the College
was by Dr. Boyd L. Daniels, Dean of the
College and Dr. David P. Young, Chair-
man of the Chemistry Department, repre-
senting the Science Faculty. Dr. Joe C.
Gamble, MC Class of 1926, Chairman of
the College Board of Directors, dedicated
the building.

A special presentation of a porti-ait of
Algie Sutton and a plaque was presented
by Mr. Sutton's classmates of 1929. Mrs.
Algie Sutton, assisted by Mr. Sutton and
Dr. Copeland, cut the ribbon, signifying
the official opening of the building.

Mr. Sutton worked his way through
Maryville College during the "Great De-
pression" earning 15c per hour. After
graduating in 1929, he taught school for
four years before entering the insurance
field. Mr. Sutton retired from the Com-
bined Insurance Company of America
after twenty-three years of service.

During the Phase I of the Sesquicen-
tennial Development Campaign in 1964,
he gave $500,000 toward the construction
of the science center. Mr. Sutton is a
member of the College Board of direc-
tors, and also General Chairman of Phase
II of the Sesquicentennial Development
Campaign in 1968, during which he gave
an additional $250,000.

Mr. Sutton served as a deacon and
elder in Chadbourn (N. C.) Presbyterian
Church. He is a member of the Masonic
Lodge and is on the Board of Trustees of
Miracle Hill School, Greenville, S. C.

He and his wife, Elizabeth, have three
daughters and three grandchildren. All
three daughters and their children were
present for the dedication along with
several brothers and members of their
families and their guests.

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Dr. Kent, ^37 Alumnus, Dedicates New Center

President Copeland, Mr. and Mrs. Sutton,
Honored Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen:

I have a confession to make. I have
never before participated in the dedica-
tion of an academic building. If there is
any question in your mind about this as I
commence, I think my status as a novice
will have become evident before I am
through.

However — and I say this very earn-
estly— no similar event could occasion
within me such personal pride because,
in dedicating this beautiful facility, my
alma mater takes a giant step forward.

I was among the many fortunate young
people who received their initial science
training in old Fayerweather Hall. I
served as a janitor on the second floor of
Fayerweather for one year; and I also
spent much of my spare time there, read-
ing the books that belonged to my res-
pected professor. Dr. Susan Green
(Black). So I have fond memories of
Fayerweather. It seems quite natural,
therefore, that when I was extended the
privilege of participating in these exer-
cises my thoughts reverted to this older
science hall. I began to wonder about
the state of our knowledge of the natu-
ral sciences at the time Fayerweather
was new compared with the state of our
knowledge today. I would like to share
with you a very few of these contrasts.

There is a short prologue and there are
a few concluding remarks. Considerable
experience with audiences has taught me
it is easier for an audience to achieve
empathy with a speaker if they know
approximately where he is, mileagewise.
For this reason I want you to know that
my remarks, like all of Gaul, are divisible
into three parts. And now to Part 1, the
prologue:

A minute ago I said I would contrast
"the state of our knowledge" of nature
on these two occasions. This was an in-
ept selection of words. I should have
said I would contrast our insight into
natural phenomena at the time Fayer-
weather was built, with our insight to-
day. The word knowledge signifies, ac-
cording to Webster, "a clear perception
of fact or truth." I think it is safe to say
that we have only a reasoned guess of
what is fact in many areas of science,
and an even less reliable conception of
truth. The knowledge of one generation
becomes the fiction of a later generation,
and no one can say what is really known.

Man recognizes several degrees of
knowledge. One degree is what he calls
"immediate knowledge." This is know-

Dr. George C. Kent, Jr.

ledge he takes pride in calling "fact."
It is knowledge acquired by the senses.
The words, "immediate knowledge," con-
stitute a signal denoting that he has ex-
perienced some specific sensory input
from the environment. He has seen,
heard, felt of, tasted, or otherwise de-
tected through his sense organs some-
thing that bears some association to
something else he previously saw, heard,
felt of, and so forth. Using the words,
"immediate knowledge" in this context,
I think we probably do not have today a
great deal more immediate knowledge of
prime significance concerning nature
than we had when Fayerweather was
built. I think it is safe to say that ad-
vances represent primarily refinements
of the immediate knowledge we previ-
ously had. These refinements can be
attributed to the development of sophis-
ticated instruments that magnify our
senses.

A second category of knowledge has
been erected to symbolize concepts ar-
rived at through the intellectual pro-
cesses of abstraction and comparison. To
these concepts man has applied the term,
"abstractive knowledge." Abstractive
knowledge comes from putting two and
two together in the mind (and in the
mind only), and getting four; or, it comes
from exposing a sensitive photographic
plate to an exploding atom and observing
that an electrical charge has left a trace
on the plate. We certainly have a great
deal more abstractive knowledge today
than we had in 1900. And so we have a-
chieved much greater insight into the
apparent nature of things from electrons
to nebulae. I stress the words apparent
nature of things because I, for one, have

been fooled on occasion. Pragmatists
will say I am too conservative since I
refuse to accept overwhelming evidence
as proof. I can only reply, "It takes all
kinds of people to make the world."

With reference to our knowledge of
natural phenomena today compared with
the year 1900 I would summarize it this
way: More of the population is a lot
less superstitious than they were in 1900!
With respect to abstractive knowledge
the voice of history is loud and clear:
Things we were sure of a few years ago
are, today, explained in quite different
terms. Some of the things we thought
we knew are considered false now. Suc-
ceeding generations, at least in the
western world, and since the renaissance,
have consistently categorized themselves
as "sophisticated," and have labeled
earlier generations "naive." The genera-
tions to follow will be no different.

Rather than talk about knowledge,
therefore, I prefer to talk about insight.
Webster defines insight as "discernment
and understanding". Discernment and
understanding change as our experiences
change. I think of insight as referring
to our estimate, and only an estimate, of
the nature of something, the estimate
being based on all presently available
data. I think we have gained much in-
sight into the nature of the material
universe since Fayerweather was con-
structed.

I dare not venture any deeper into the
connotations of the words knowledge,
fact, truth, and insight. Discussion of
these must be left to authorities in
semantics. I did feel it necessary to
make an unusual affirmation for a
scientist: that is, an affirmation of
lack of faith in both immediate know-
ledge and, more especially, in abstractive
knowledge. And with this affirmation I
complete Part 1.

Now, I would like to take a brief look
at the insight we had into the nature of
the universe at the turn of the century.
At that time it was accepted as fact that
the entire universe is filled with an in-
compressible elastic body called ether.
The President of the Mechancial and
Physical Section of the British Associa-
tion of Sciences said, at an annual meet-
ing at that time, "People who think a
little, but not too much, sometimes ask
me, 'Why do you believe in the ether?'
I ask them, 'What becomes of light for
the eight minutes after it has left the
sun, and before it reaches the earth?'
When they consider that, they observe
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how necessary the ether is!"
You will note the absolute faith this
scientist had in his abstractive know-
ledge. If he could not conceive of any al-
ternative to ether, then there must not
be any!

As further evidence of the acceptance
of ether as a fact, it was written in 1900,
"Whatever difficulties we may have in
forming a consistent idea of the ether,
there can be no doubt that the interplan-
etary spaces are not empty but are oc-
cupied by a material substance which is
certainly the largest, and probably the
most uniform body of which we have any
knowledge. Its discovery may be looked
upon as the most important feat of our
century."

Well, seven years after Fayerweather
was occupied Einstein's Special Theory
of Relativity destroyed the ether as a
human concept. And that is the status
of our insight at the present time. We
now conclude that interstellar space is a
vast ocean of nothing other than cosmic
dust and radiation. Perhaps one gener-
ation or the other was correct; perhaps
they both were correct. More likely, no
generation has as yet reached a state of
infallible knowledge of the nature of the
interplanetary voids.

Now, I would like to turn our thoughts
from planets to atoms. Until the time
Fayerweather was first on the drawing
boards, the atom was considered the
smallest particle in which matter exists.
Some of you may recall the old poem. I

think it went like this "An atom is a

tiny thing, that you will never see. Its
smaller than a bedbug and it's smaller
than a flea.".... Just about the time the
first classes were meeting in Fayer-
weather, it was discovered that bombard-
ing an atom results in negatively charged
particles being torn from it.

It was about at this time that the De-
partment of Natural Sciences on the
campus was split into three Academic
Units: A Department of Chemistry under
Albert Gileman, a Department of Biology
under John Ritchie, and a Department of
Mathematics and Physics under the Rev.
Elmer B. Waller. I don't suppose there
was any relationship between the split-
ting of the atom and the splitting of the
Departments. It is my guess that the
chemists felt they could make greater
progress independently, and that the
mathematicians and physicists were
happy to be separated from the unmath-
ematical biologists. It was not until
twenty-five years later, however that
Physics was separated from Mathemat-
ics. At that time (1925) the beloved

Daddy Knapp continued as head of Math-
ematics.

Despite the insight that had been
achieved by observing the emmission of
electrons from atoms, the atom continued
to be considered immutable. That is, it
was taught that one element could not be
converted into another, as the alchemists
had for so long been trying to do. And
Fayerweather was more than twenty
years old before Dr. Rutherford (1919)
first smashed the atom and converted
one element into two entirely different
elements. What he actually did, was to
knock the H out of Nitrogen.

Now, before you accuse me of vulgar-
ity, hear me out. Nitrogen (signified by
symbol N) has an atomic weight of 14.
That is, it has 7 protons and 7 electrons.
Helium (He) has an atomic weight of
4 (2 protons, 2 electrons). Rutherford
bombarded nitrogen with helium and got
an unstable intermediate of 9 protons
and 9 electrons. This unstable inter-
mediate then split to form two entirely
different atoms, an isotope of oxygen
(with an atomic weight of 17), and a
hydrogen nucleus (symbol is H), with an
atomic weight of 1. Thus, Rutherford
knocked the hydrogen out of nitrogen
and produced oxygen. This was the first
known instance in which man induced
atomic fission.

At the time Fayerweather was occu-
pied the two most important phenomena
studied in natural sciences were matter
and energy. Matter, it was held, having
once been created can never be destroyed.
Energy was envisioned as a property
of matter. It was nearly ten years after
Fayerweather was occupied that Einstein
propounded his now famous equation,
E = Mc°. This is known as Einstein's
General Theory of Relativity. E = McM
Energy is equatable with mass! Energy
can be converted into mass, thus creat-
ing matter. Matter can be dissociated
into energy, thus destroying matter in
material form!

This equation permits the interpreta-
tion of the creation of the natural uni-
verse from primordial energy, and from
nothing else. Thus, the most heralded
scientific insight of the 20th century,
far from discrediting the concept of a
Supreme Intelligence, brought us closer—
perhaps as close as humanity shall ever
get-to insight into the awesome spirit of
that Intelligence. The old testament in-
sight, "In the beginning was the word,
and the word was with God, and the word
was God".. ..this insight takes on new
dimensions; yet it remains totally unim-
peachable and as mysterious as ever.

Now I would like to look briefly at the
status of the Life Sciences in 1900. Bi-
ology had just about completed the initial
stages that all young sciences pass
through, the collection and cataloguing
of data. Taxonomy had named all known
organisms in accordance with a plan
devised by the Frenchman, Linne'. And
these organisms had been arranged in
what still seems in its broad implications
to be a fairly acceptable phylogenetic
series. The major groups of plants and
animals, from liverworts to electric eels
and from bacteria to bats, had been pret-
ty well described as to their detailed in-
ternal anatomy. Many organisms that
cause infectious disease had been describ-
ed. The histologists had catalogued and
described the tissues and major constit-
uents of the cell as far as these could be
demonstrated by available staining tech-
niques, and with visible light. And
Roentgen, using the new fangled cathode
ray tube, had proudly displayed a photo
of the bones of a living human hand.
And with these accomplishments anat-
omy had gone about as far as it could
with available instruments, except for
details. The viruses were unknown be-
cause they could not be seen.

Some rather valid information about
the physiology of organisms had been
achieved by 1900. It was clear that the
cell was using oxygen for the release of
the energy stored in foodstuffs, but the
mechanism whereby the energy was re-
leased was not understood. This was
partly a result of the failure of the phys-
iologists to pay attention. An astute
observation had been published in the
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SO-
CIETY OF LONDON way back in 1886.
It was reported that a certain class of
pigments had been found in the cells of
all animals from starfish to man, that
the pigments were the same in all ani-
mals, and these pigments appeared to be
capable of oxidation and reduction. In
other words, they might well be assoc-
iated with the use of oxygen in the cell;
and, as such, were well worth further
study. Unfortunately, like the work of
Gregor Mendel, this publication was
forgotten. And it was not until forty
years later that these pigments were
rediscovered by biochemists and their
function determined. It is now clear that
these pigments, known as cytochromes,
play the leading and final role of extract-
ing the sun's energy from glucose, while
splitting a fragment of the glucose
molecule into carbon dioxide and water.
The energy so extracted is packaged in
a highly explosive little molecule with
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Science

M(ityvillc College

MARYVILLE, TENNESSEE

SUTTON SCIENCE CENTER

The new $1.3 million Sutton Science Center is
occupied by the departments of biology, chemistry,
physics, mathematics, and psychology. Opened in the
fall of 1968, the two-story Center contains several
special features including a 51-seat amphitheatre-type
lecture room with every seat commanding a clear view
of the demonstration area, a science library serving
both teaching and research functions of the Center,
and an audio-tutorial room which pennits students to
listen to taped lectures on various subjects which they

may have missed or want to hear again. The 50,000
square-foot, rectangular structure is fully air-condi-
tioned. At the rear of the building is a $42,000 hemi-
spherical greenhouse.

The Center was designed to dovetail with the
College's new curriculum which provides added time
for individual study at the undergraduate level. The
numerous well equipped laboratory areas provide an
outstanding opportunity for independent study and
research.

Majors in Biology, Chemistry, Mat

BIOLOGY

The modem facilities in the new Science
Center affords the Department of Biology an
opportunity to extend the whole horizon of
teaching.

Students have their own individual study
carrel in a large Biology Laboratory which
gives easy access to experiments without inter-
ruptions. This promotes better independent
study and undergraduate research.

Space and facilities are available for the
installation of a source of gamma radiation for
all fields of study in science, especially in
biology on life activities. Space and facilities
are also available for controlled environmental
research.

CHEMISTRY

One of the main features in the chemistry
laboratory is the study-laboratory desk com-
binations for seniors. There is an individual
station for each student at which he can study
and experiment. This arrangement is ideally
suited for independent study and research.

Modern, up-to-date ventilation facilities,
which remove toxic and unwanted vapors
from the area of experimentation, create a
much safer environment in which to work.

Because of the additional space in the
labs, all instruments are set up in operating
condition in separate locations and can be left
up for future use.

MATHE

Mathematics, the
being in the new Scier
relationship to other (
ing.

The program is des
of students in science
who plan to teach on
ondary school level.

Mathematics hope;
awareness of the role
society, to enhance i
abstract and logical n
appreciation and und
and structure in math
the computational an
quired in related area

Helen Barr, Kingsport, Term, senior, works on
her Independent Study project in one of the
individual study carrels in the Biology Depart-
ment. The carrel is her own designated work-
ing area.

Two senior chemistry majors. Bill Cox (left)
of Youngstown, Ohio, and George Brown
(right) of Harriman, Tenn., purify a liquid by
distilling it in a vacuum.

Robert C. Clark, Inst
introduces his class tc
sis." The course inch
set theory, trigonomet
to analytic geometry.

Dr. A. Randolph Shields

Professor and Chairman of the Department of

Biology

B.A., Maryville College; M.S., 1939 and Ph.D.,
1962, University of Tennessee; U.S. Navy
Medical School, 1944-1945.

Robert C. Ramger

Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., Maryville College; M.S.,
Tennessee , 1962; University
1964-1965.

University of
of Minnesota,

Frank O. Brunell

Instructor in Biology

B.A., Indiana University; M.S., University of
Pennsylvania, 1966.

Dr. David P. Young

Associate Professor and Chairman of the De-
partment of Chemistry

B.A., Park College, Ph.D., University of Kan-
sas, 1963.

Dr. Paul J. Ogrcn

Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.A., Earlham College; Ph.D.,
Wisconsin, 1968.

University of

William H. Dent

Assistant Professor of I
B.A., Maryville Coll
Kentucky, 1963; Uni\
1967-1968.

Robert C. Clark

Instructor in Mathemati
B.S., Maryville ColU
Tennessee, 1966.

John W. Nichols

Instructor in Mathematii
B.S., Maryville Colh
Tennessee, 1967.

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PHYSICS

Physics is concerned with fundamental
principles of all natural phenomena and is
therefore basic to all natural sciences. The
department provides services to other natural
sciences as well as a major program in physics.

The isotope laboratory in the new Science
Center is available for use by physics students
as well as students of biology and chemistry.

It is the goal of the staff to make available
to our students the best modem equipment to
prepare them for graduate research. This
equipment includes such items as scintillation
specrometer, an analog computer, and the
latest in electrometers.

There is also available for use an elec-
tronics shop and a mechanical shop.

Junior students, Edward Hawkey (left) of Mt.
Holly, N. }., and Wayne Blocker (right) of
Dade City, Fla., check the scintillation gamma
spectrometer.

Thomas I. Hicks

Assistant Professor and Acting Chairman of the
Department of Mathematics and Physics

B.S., University of Chattanooga; M.S., Emory
University, 1951; University of Tennessee,
1962-1963.

Dr. Norman D. Love

Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Physics
A.B., Albion College; M.A., Western Michigan
University, 1962; Ph.D., Michigan State Uni-
versity, 1967.

PSYCHOLOGY

Laboratory facilities are now equipped to
do research. There are individual rooms for
independent study and faculty research. The
experimental laboratory with 10 cubicles for
class experiments allows the students to work
in pairs.

There are special areas for students to set
up their own experiments. The research test-
ing room is provided with a one-way screen
for viewing the subjects. The room is sound-
proof.

The expanded animal quarters are shared
by both Biology and Psychology Departments,
and includes gerbils, mice, rats, and chickens.

There is an area for photographing live
experiments using the different animals.

Sally Green, senior from Windsor Locks,
Conn., speaks into the tape recorder that is
wired to the physiograph which measures
various physiological changes going on in the
body. Dr. Waters (left), and Dr. Wahler
(right), assist.

Dr. Jerry E. Waters

Associate Professor and Chairman of the Depart-
ment of Psychology

B.A., Maryville College; M.A., 1960, and Ph.D.,

1964, University of Kentucky.

Dr. Carole C. Wahler

Assistant Professor of Psychology

B.S., University of Washington; Ph.D., ibid.,
1968.

David A. Stingle

Instructor in Psychology

B.S., Washington State University, M.A., Kent
State University, 1967.

COMPUTER PROGRAM

GREENHOUSE

With the beginning of a computer pro-
gram in the new Science Center, any science
course may assign problems in which the
student will need the assistance of the com-
puter to solve.

The Psychology Department makes use of
the computer in statistical testing. The Physics
Department could solve very complicated
nuclear problems.

A credited course is now being offered in
Basic Computer Programming. Students are
also given non-credit training on how to pro-
gram the computer.

The hemispherical greenhouse just behind
the Sutton Science Center is the first of its
kind. The 40-foot diameter building was de-
signed to meet the suggestions of the science
faculty. There is a headhouse in the center
with five separate compartments extending
from it. The five compartments each contain
different humidity and temperature ranges to
comply with different temperate zones throug-
out the country. Each compartment has a
gravel floor for easier drainage. This also
permits plants to be set right into the floor
and not on shelves.

Questions and answers by teletype fed into a
computer are watched closely by Scott Wood
(seated), Lawrence, N.Y. senior; Dr. Norman
D. Love, Director of Computer Programtning;
Hope Sliields, Maryville senior; Ken Wood,
Lawrence, N.Y. sophomore; and Gordon Tin-
ley, Baltimore, Md. junior (standing left to
right).

The design lends itself to research in the
factors of 'climate, specifically temperature
and humidity on the growth of plants. It
permits us to create habitats for species of
plants and small animals, which are not native
to this part of the country.

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the initials ATP.

Vitamins were unknown when Fayer-
weather opened and the word, hormone,
was not coined until seven years later.
It was known that a thyroid gland ex-
isted in all vertebrates from fish to man.
And it was recognized that this gland
contains hundreds of times more iodine
than any other vertebrate tissue. But
mostly, the biologist and the physician
thought of the thyroid as a kind of blood
purifier, a place where iodine — admitted-
ly a poison under some conditions —
could be promptly removed from the
circulation. It was not until 1926 that it
became apparent that the iodine in the
gland was being linked with an amino
acid to form the thyroid hormone — two
thyroid hormones, in fact. As of this
very date we do not know the precise
site within the living cell where this
hormone, or any other hormone, exerts
its initial effect.

It is doubtful if even one horseless
carriage brought anyone to the dedica-
tion ceremonies, because the first patent
on a gas buggy was issued in 1890; and
the first auto for the masses — the future
tin lizzie — came in 1908. No airplanes
droned overhead, because the Wright
Brothers didn't fly (right over there be-
yond these mountains) until 1903.

Since Fayerweather was built the
American people have fought two wars to
preserve the right of everyone — of all
races, all religions, all nationalities, all
political beliefs — to have their turn on
the speaker's platform, and to be ac-
corded the freedom of speaking, and the
courtesy of being heard. They fought
two more wars, the second of which we
are still engaged in, and which were
deemed necessary — rightly or wrongly —
as preventive measures for the preser-
vation of American liberty.

These changes have altered the socio-
logical face of the world. In addition,
we have seen a depression, as Vannevar
Bush wrote recently, ". . . such that the
repetition of it would today shake the
foundation of the Republic." This has
contributed to altering the economic face
of the world. And, we have seen our
own country thrust into the role of a
major political power with weapons capa-
ble of destroying all the nations of the
world; yet, because of the fear of un-
leashing this awful power, we can no
longer guarantee to protect our own
citizens when they are outside of our
borders. This has altered the political
philosophy of a large segment of the
world.

It is in this context that we approach
the dedication of Sutton Science Center.
And, it is in this context that those of
us who are responsible scientist-educa-
tors must ask, "What is the role of the
sciences and, therefore, of this beautiful
new building, in the liberal arts college?"
And that brings me to Part III, which I
promise, will be brief.

It seems to me that an important role
of a liberal arts college is to provide an
atmosphere wherein youth may gain per-
spective. If the liberal arts college can-
not provide this atmosphere, I know of
no other educational institution, or com-
plex of institutions, that can do so. One
avenue to achieving prospective is to
have the facts — as many facts as possi-
ble. Man has an unquenchable desire to
know. This desire is a powerful force.
It drives men to the oceans' depths and
into interplanetary space. And so, within
these halls will be imparted the insights
achieved in the sciences — both the facts,
and the deductions. And these will con-
tribute to perspective. But are these
enough ? Is it sufficient to impart only
the facts and deductions? What about
the inferences? And, particularly, what
about the inferences that might apply
to human relationships?

Living matter is a unique state. There
is nothing like it. It is organized into
cells, tissues, organisms, species, and
communities, all of which interact. One
of the chief differences between living
and nonliving matter is the extreme de-
gree of organization of the living and
the random dispersal, or disorder, of the
nonliving. Living matter takes into it-
self the randomly dispersed matter of its
environment and rearranges this matter
into a high degree of orderliness. And so
long as the organism lives, internal order
is maintained. Only when life ceases does
internal disorder appear, as the com-
ponents of what was once a living system
tend toward random dispersal. Our gen-
eralization ? Life creates order from dis-
order. And randomness and disorder in-
ternal to the organism are absolutely
incompatible with continued existence of
life. The effect of orderliness in nature
is to provide a matrix wherein gradual
change can — and must — occur, without
the destruction of the organism. Is there
not an inference to be drawn from na-
ture, by one of nature's own creations,
human society?

Let's look for another inference. Living
matter is unique in its capacity to ac-
tively remove energy from the environ-
ment. Energy is not just soaked up. It
doesn't cross the cell membrane by os-
mosis. It is actively acquired through the

expenditure of energy. Of course, the
initial energy of a living organism is a
contribution of the previous generation,
in the form of sperm, egg, seed, or spore.
When living matter ceases to expend
some of its intrinsic energy for the
purpose of satisfying its total energy
needs, death is inevitable. In other words,
to continue to exist a cell, organism,
species, or an ecological community of
diverse organisms must put forth in-
dividual and collective effort. Is there
not an inference to be drawn here that
might be useful in human society?

One final question: The most basic
phenomenon of the biological species is
the struggle to survive. Individuals in
what we call "social species" sacrifice
themselves for the good of the species as
a whole, as among the ants, for example.
Instances of human sacrifice come read-
ily to mind. But I know of no record of
any species which actively participated
in hastening its own demise. Is there not
an inference to be drawn from the sur-
vival behavior of other species?

I would like to close by reciting a short
Zen epigraph which speaks, in eloquently
simple terms, about perspective, without
mentioning the word:
To a man who knows nothing
Mountains are mountains
Water is water and
Trees are trees.

When he has studied and knows a little
Mountains are no longer mountains
Water is no longer water and
Trees are no longer trees.
When he has thoroughly understood
Mountains are again mountains
Water is water and
Trees are trees.

Armed with facts, nourished by in-
sight, guided by perspective, and en-
dowed with abiding faith, the youth who
graduates from this hall will, with God's
help, be among the architects of a more
enlightened tomorrow.

MC Choir Concert
Album Still Available

There is a limited supply still
available of a two-record album pre-
pared by the Maryville College Choir.
The LP album is a recording of the
Choir's concert at Carnegie Hall and
Bernstein's Chichester Psalms, per-
formed at Maryville. The album sells
for $9 each plus 60(- for packaging
and mailing. Your order may be ad-
dressed to Dr. Harry H. Harter, Box
2828, Maryville College, Maryville,
Tennessee 37801.

Page Nine

Parents, Alumni, Students Enjoy Homecoming

MR. AND MRS. NORMAN S. VAUGHAN, '29 (Eliza J. Sherrill, '29) from Cleveland, Tenn., and an un-
identified alumnus register for the big Homecoming Weekend October 25, 26, 27 in the College Theatre
Colonnade prior to all the great events planned for the occasion.

ALUMNI, PARENTS, AND FRIENDS register in the College Theatre Colonnade on Homecoming Weekend.
On hand to welcome the visitors were student guides and members of the Women's Student Govern-
ment Association. The WSGA girls sold "Mums" and many of the ladies wore them to the Home-
coming football game.

HOMECOMING QUEEN BRENDA LAIPPLY, Mansfield, Ohio, (center) is flanked by her court (from left
to right) Sally Green, Windsor Locks, Conn.; Jean Hobson, Staunton, Va.; Mary Jane Schussler, Houston,
Pa.; and Sue Carr, Medford, Mass. All are seniors selected by a campus-wide student election.

Dedication, Barbecue,
Game Are Highlights

The Second Annual Parent's Weekend
was incorporated into the traditional
Homecoming Program as Parents,
Alumni, Students, Faculty and Staff saw
more major, numerous, surprising and
satisfying events.

The biggest event was the dedication
of the $1.3 million Sutton Science Center
by school officials, students, faculty, con-
tractors, architects and the entire Algie
Sutton family, for whom the building was
named.

It was surprising to look at the Science
Center and see a beautiful green lawn
extending to Anderson Hall. There is a
new walkway from the Science Center
to Pearsons Hall, but NO Baldwin Hall.
It has been razed to make room for the
proposed site of the new library. The
present library is to be renovated into
a student center.

Among the outstanding events of
Homecoming Weekend was the Ramsey
Lewis Trio. The concert was held on
Friday night. The group brought the real
sounds of jazz to Maryville. With Lewis
at the piano, Cleveland Eaton on the
drums and Maurice White on bass, they
provided a much more varied program as
compared to the records which they have
cut.

Friday was a very full day for all as
registration of Alumni and Parents took
place in the Theatre Colonnade from
noon until 5:00 p.m. Informal open house
also was being held in the classrooms and
dormitories for the Parents to see how
the students lived and studied, while the
Alumni saw all the changes and com-
pared them with the days when they were
part of the student body.

The Pearson Hall dining room was the
next stop for the Parents, Alumni and
students to pay a visit with Miss Mar-
garet Ware and taste some of her
imaginative, delightful dishes for which
she is noted.

For the sports minded, there was a Pep
Rally around a huge bonfire, after the
Ramsey Lewis Trio Concert, on the base-
ball field for the Scot gridders. It must
have boosted the team's morale.

The next day Maryville won over
Franklin College, thus whetting the
Scots' appetite for victory. They pro-
ceeded to win the following Saturday,
lose by only one point the next and win
the final game of the season, ending up
with a record of 3 wins and six losses,
the best seasonal record since 1964.

The 1937 Scot football team was hon-

Page Ten

SCOTS OFFENSIVE FOOTBALL LINE gives David Garner, (No 14) quarterback from Maryville, Tenn.,
plenty of time to throw three touchdowr> passes in the Scots 28-13 victory over the Franklin (Ind.)
College Grizzlies in their first victory in 1 1 starts and before a big Homecoming crowd.

THE 1968 SCOT FOOTBALL TEAM which won three of its last four games after starting the season
with five losses in a row. The MC football future turns towards optimism as only three seniors are on
the team and the fighting, aggressive squad returns.

HOWARD J. (MONK) TOMLINSON, Scots Head Football Coach, (third from left) must see those 3
victories as his assistants look on (from left to right) Donald W. Elia, '69; Lauren F. Kardatzke, Tomlin-
son, R. Michael Dalton, '66; John W. Forgety, '69 and Donald W. Storey, '67.

Sunday Vespers End
Homecoming Events

(Continued from Page 10)

oree for the day at the Homecoming
game. This team rolled up an impressive
5 wins, 2 losses and 1 tie. Between the
opening loss to Chattanooga and the clos-
ing loss to East Tennessee State, they
rolled over Tusculum, Hiwassee, Milligan,
Cumberland, and King and had a score-
less tie with Lenoir Rhyne. During that
winning streak, they scored 97 points to
their opponents 13.

After the Annual Barbecue, the Hon-
aker Club met in Bartlett Hall to elect
new officers. They are: James C. Ren-
fro, '38, president; Jerry D. King, '54,
vice-president; Robert M. Navratil, '54,
re-elected secretary; Clifford H. "Bo"
Henry, '50, treasurer, and James T. Gif-
fin, president-elect, all of Maryville.
Members of the board are Dr. Robert D.
Proffitt, '51, immediate past-president;
James C. Hill, and Conner Banks, '31,
all of Maryville, and R. Arnold Kramer,
'40, of Knoxville.

The homecoming queen and her court
were announced Friday night at the con-
cert and were featured in the Saturday
morning parade. They were presented to
the public at the Homecoming Game and
reigned over the Homecoming Dance on
Saturday night.

The Homecoming Parade, one of the
big events of Saturday, consisted of the
traditional march from the campus
through town. Led by the colorful High-
land Scots marching band, followed by
beautiful co-eds, outstandingly pretty
floats, and even "Porky and His Simple
Seven" jazz band, the parade helped to
create an air of excitement throughout
the college community.

The open-house visits in the class
rooms proved very interesting especially
in Sutton Science Center where a com-
puter programming course is being of-
fered. The Science Department is using
the computer to store and compute the
grades for the freshman science courses
and psychology students are using the
computer for statistical studies in their
independent study projects. There were
demonstrations on some games which had
been programmed for play, such as Tic-
Tac-Toe and Heads and Tails.

The Homecoming Dance on Saturday
Night was a most appropriate ending to
a truly eventful day.
Johnny Stiefel and "The Chimes" pro-
vided the music for the dance.

Sunday night Vespers, led by the Rev.
W. Harold Hunter, '49, of the Fourth
Presbyterian Church of Knoxville, of-
ficially closed the Homecoming Weekend
activities.

Page Eleven

Alumni Participation in
"150 Fund*^ Increases

SESQUICENTENNIAL NEWS

As of the end of October, alumni participation in the "150
Fund" has increased, but it is still behind the 1964 campaign.
For comparison, the following figures are given:
COMPARISON OF TWO
DEVELOPMENT FUND CAMPAIGNS

1964 1968

Number of Alumni Solicited 5,600 5,870

Number of Alumni Pledges 2,201 636

Amount of Money Pledged $173,365 $117,402

Average Pledge 78.76 184.59

Percent of Participation 39% 11%

It is noted that while alumni participation is down, the
amount of the average pledge is up substantially. The box
score below shows the ranking of each class. Only one class,
1909, has exceeded the 39% participation figure of 1964, and
they barely did with 40%. Only three have exceeded 30%.

Another mailing to all alumni who have not responded was
made in November. Alumni are encouraged to help put
their class over the top (39%) by making their pledge now.
Remember the pledge is for three years and is fully tax de-
ductible.

Class # In Class # Pledges % Part. Aver.

1893-1905 16 2 13 75.00

1906 14 2 14 57.50

1908 8 2 25 129.00

1909 15 6 40 87.50

1910 10 _ — _

1911 11 1 9 150.00

1912 15 5 33 120.00

1913 15 4 27 93.75

1914 21 6 29 81.67

1915 17 4 24 168.75

1916 30 8 27 87.50

1917 20 5 25 217.80

1918 26 10 38 1,224.10

1919 27 2 7 770.00

1920 51 9 18 240.28

1921 44 11 25 426.14

1922 48 11 23 80.09

1923 65 8 12 946.88

1924 63 9 14 306.94

1925 79 8 10 249.75

1926 73 8 11 1,103.75

1927 88 15 17 979.67

1928 82 16 20 535.75

1929 105 18 17 895.56

1930 86 9 10 938.33

1931 91 15 16 997.06

1932 108 10 10 175.90

1933 118 13 11 157.92

1934 122 18 15 222.56

1935 127 13 10 145.77

1936 157 14 9 407.14

1937 131 11 8 358.36

Class

# In Class

# Pledges

% Part.

Aver.

1938

152

175.23

1939

120

183.16

1940

155

164.03

1941

144

221.18

1942

112

559.17

1943

158

149.38

1944

114

201.50

1945

108

72.50

1946

122

105.00

1947

116

244.38

1948

132

247.79

1949

151

119.33

1950

212

128.07

1951

176

238.75

1952

163

161.25

1953

195.00

1954

127

166.75

1955

116

77.50

1956

137

108.24

1957

127

157.37

1958

134

75.42

1959

127

67.08

1960

116

160.00

1961

133

67.30

1962

176

59.14

1963

124

51.66

1964

113

55.83

1965

154

49.77

1966

124

132.00

1967

148

56.43

"Golden Scots" Lead Way
In Campaign Participation

As in the last campaign, those classes who are members of
the "Golden Scots" (fifty years since graduation) lead the way
in this campaign. The box figures below show the standings of
the top ten classes who have eight or more members still liv-
ing. The class of 1919 will be taken into the Golden Scots next
spring and the class of 1920 will be honored in 1970.

TOP TEN

CLASSES IN

ALUMNI

PARTICIPATION

Class

No.

in Class

Pledges

Class

in Class

Pledges %

1920

1909

6 40

1906

1918

10 38

1911

1912

5 33

1914

6 29

1916

1913

4 27

Class

No.

in Class

Pledges

Class

in Class

Pledges %

1918

1916

8 27

1917

1908

2 25

1912

1917

5 25

1915

4 24

1919

1920

9 18

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Bulletin of
MARYVILLE COLLEGE

Vol. LXVll November, 1968 Number 4

J. Richard Herring, Editor
Published in May, June, August, October,
November, December, February, March, and
April by Maryville College. Entered May 24,
1904, at Maryville, Tennessee, as second class
matter. Acceptance for mailing at special
rate of postage provided for in Section 1103.
Act of October 3, 1917, authorized February
10. 1919.

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