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C008191 60 yy apn meee Aa Lobe IE LEE EE oe Profile of Allecheny Collere . -2 have been initiated and maintained by this group are in my view extreordinarily ovfes- tive. The srogressive group on cancua is, however, very much concerned less the pro- greac wrich they have sade over the past few years is now to be threatened by new , conservative tendencies vithin the administration. ‘There is a great deal of soul searching going on &t Allegheny emong the younger and older professors, adnin’stre- tive personzel, and even azong the students. There is a great deal of self-appraircal and of self-criticiss. One really gets the sense of a social group in fernent. My own view is that those tendencies vhich have been set in inotinn during the past five yeara: the relatively high degree of confidence and cooperation between students and faculty, the comprehensive progran of student-run and student-naintained activity, and the nov: toward more dynamic and more democretic central atudent organizations = &r¢ Bll tencencies which are probably with the College to stay. AAR ee The International Activities Program, Up until very recently, the interest in international affairs or the international awareness of students at Allegheny Collcce was a-porently very small. Part of the new spirit which has been deseribed above has been 2 revitalised foreign students program. The work of integreting foreign students vithin the Allegheny community has been primarily the resxonsibjlity of a Foreign Students Committee. ‘This Committes is headed by a Kise Leaveret; and on the Committee servs Dean McCracken, Mr. Lindley, and one Dr. Mardock.’ I was very much impressed during the meeting of the Foreign Students Comittee with the very decp awareness that the stadentea and the faculty menbers seemed to have for the needs of the foreign students and for the responsibility of the college community in helping thee to adjust. Although there are no special facilities for foreign students, the approach of the Committee seexs to be to try to integrate the foreign students within the total commnity life without any special institutions cr any svecial facilities. , On the whole, this program has not been as succescful as it might de, and this is recognised by the Committee. It seems ac though the conservative tinge of the canyus bas hong on, particularly with respect to human relations probitems. The Comunittes has worked very hard, for exemple to try %o arrange dates for foreign students with Allegheny students. This 1s only civen to illustrate their concern with the total life and acjustment of the foreign students on the Allegheny campus. It should also De mentioned that this Committee includes six very effective students. In jiscuseiona with tae comsittee, I vas very much izjresced with their very Jeez osucern with the odjectives of the ord Foundcticn Project ang with thef> unter. ttancia~ of the needa waich we Love axoréseed in vrevisus'corressondence ant also auring ay tales there. I an persusded tuit even with the difficnities aac diead. vantages wales ahoald be apparent. fron ay re .ort ur to now thet Alle-aem College vould be an inetitution to make a very valuable contribution to the Project as a whole. . j } kersenslitien. Jim romroy — Jim ie 2 faizly intelligent tn¢ verecnabdle fellow, ano é:;7rontly very popular at Allegneny College axonge atudents anc at leest among the yruing ~wofessor elesent. Ee haz cew very active in dudant affeire curing bis Tour years at aliegheny,. and in the last year or so, has taken NSA quite seriously. He seems to buve &@ pocerately good grasp of HSA as an orgeairation and ite overeail odjectives and ;rogrems. Turing the cast fcw oz. aths, Jin nas sone an extrasrdizary i anount of werk in trying to get the Fennrylvenia degion organised arc fo trying to i confr:$ an International Helations Seminar.-cr the Region. In talicing vith sther | people in the Region, notably Saien Sciubert at 7onn, at east with respect to i 4 communication of plans and ideas for program with the important peonlo of the Begion, | I gather Jin bas done a good job. On the whole, I “int nathing in Jim tn ertticice,