GOOD College of the Atlantic Association Bar Harbor, Maine 04609 November 1987 Vol. 3, No. 1 Clerk of the Works An Interview with Sass Barb Sassman is one of those irre- pressible souls who gives off life as if it were light. Recently I spoke with her via telephone about the already commenced work on the new Kaelber Hall. As "clerk of the works," or project manager, Sass has a unique view on what is going up on the site of the old building destroyed in 1983 by a night of fire. Barb's senior project at COA was a research paper on the Turrets. After she graduated in 1978 she was hired by the College to work with Roc Caivano and Harris Hyman on the Turrets restoration project. That lasted until 1980, Photos of the 1983 fire that destroyed Kaelber Hall M. Kaiser when she followed Roc down to Philadelphia and the Venturi "It's a library and much more. As "And just off the reading room Architecture firm. From 1982-84 you approach the building from there will be a 72-foot-long she worked in Blue Hill, and from the west, the student lounge will be covered balcony, open to the air, 1984-86 she was associated with on your right. It will have a really with sweeping views over French- fellow COAer, Wells Bacon. nice granite fireplace in it. On the man's Bay. You can bring chairs left of the breezeway will be the out there and read Groundbreaking for the new dining room and kitchen. The "Have you ever seen the Casino at Kaelber Hall/Thorndike Library downstairs is Pam's domain. One Newport? The building will be took place on July 27, this sum- thing I really like is that the dining something like that. It will be mer. room has booths, like Jordan's. shingled, and will have mostly Each booth will have a luxo-lamp, square windows (with a few round "It's going to be wonderful!," Sass so students can bring a book ones), and it will incorporate a says. "A lot of characteristics of the downstairs, get a cup of tea, and working sundial! " old summer cottages. Wainscot- spend the afternoon there read- ting. Nice details throughout. ing. Ed Kaelber said in an interview in this newsletter that a library is the "The old building did not look out "Upstairs is the Thorndike Li- intellectual center of any school. enough on the ocean. The new brary. Offices and card catalogues "This building has to be built," he building will, as befits a college of to the right, a large reading room, said. Well, it's underway now, and the Atlantic. It will be situated central, over the breezeway, and scheduled to be completed by Au- quite a bit further south than the the stacks to the left. Twenty-five gust, 1988 when the library needs to old building, right on the crest of study carrels will surround the make its move. And Barb Sassman the hill. stacks. It will be a huge room. will be watching it all the way up! P. KUNHARDT Editor's Note GOLD Exactly fifteen years ago I was writing the first editor's note for the College of the Atlantic Association brand new "Voices of the Atlantic" which we turned out on an old Bar Harbor, Maine 04609 mimeograph machine, using the back sides of pieces of paper previously used for kindergarten exercises. The latest bound edition of COAA NEWS is published per- "Voices of the Atlantic" is a kind of symbol to me of how far the college iodically by College of the At- has come in its fifteen years since the fall of 1972. lantic Association, COA's alumni organization since 1982. Many of us who came to the college in the early 70's finally graduated around 1977. Others took more time, or transferred out, or went COAA 1987-88 Board Members through faster, or took extended leaves. But last spring a group of us Michael Kaiser, Secretary decided that it was time for a tenth year reunion, before 1987 had Jean McHugh, Treasurer passed us by. We chose Columbus Day Weekend as the time, and George Benington Mount Desert Island as the place, and somehow I became the Joy Knowlton Coordinator. One hundred and fifty invitations went out to former Philip B. Kunhardt, III students, and over the past two months one by one the letters of response have come in. COAA NEWS, November 1987 Edition One person writes: "I am already daydreaming about this reunion." Vol. 3, No.1 Another friend, just back from Nantucket, writes "It's impressive to see Editor, Philip B. Kunhardt, III what Scott Kraus has helped create through these tours, and the Production Editor, impact they will have on thousands of people, educating them about Rebecca Buyers-Basso whales, exposing them to the beauty and serenity of these animals and hopefully expanding the voice of those seeking to protect whales and marine life in general. and to think of the college as the seedbed of this The college logo combines three runic symbols: and many other projects. th Another writes, simply, "At long last, we may visit again!" is for tree, M for humans, and One graduate of 1975 writes, "Would love to see you but it's not my for ocean, intertwined in a circle reunion Let's leave it that I will try, I'd love to. And thanks for the invite, to your class of 1977 from the class of 1975." symbolizing the earth and universe. One of my friends who I haven't seen in quite awhile writes, "My strongest memory of you is going to give blood with you and you lay on the couch saying dramatically 'I feel the life force flowing out of me. The nurses were rolling their eyes... " TABLE OF CONTENTS This Newsletter had its official beginning five years ago with the Clerk of the Works page 1 creation of the newly formed College of the Atlantic Association. Editor's Note page 2 People like Megan Godfrey Kraus and Bruce Bender, Joan Feely and Mentor Program John March and Cathy Ramsdell were associated with its origins. Early articles appeared from Dodie Jordan and Carole O'Donnell and Update page 3 Sally Morong, Bill Ginn and others. On Annual Giving page 3 Personal Notes begin page 4 In March of 1985, the xeroxed handout evolved into its present form. Faculty Forum Andrew Bennett, Lisa Holley, and Jean McHugh were its editors. page 4 Campus Store page 7 I for one was helped back into a closer relationship with the college by Peace Fellowships page 7 this newsletter. One of my goals as its new editor will be to lure some of Update Form page 7 you back as well. Our college is an exciting place, with much to offer its alumnae. And it needs us, too. Hope you enjoy this issue. And please, send me letters or articles or poems for future issues. Let's treat this as a kind of Alumni "Voices." PHILIP B. KUNHARDT, III 2