COA News NOVEMBER 1984 Vol. 8 No. 1 Dr. Louis Rabineau Appointed University of New York at Albany and his Doctorate of Education from Harvard University. President of COA COA welcomed President Louis Rabineau at convocation Monday, September 10. Through his association with the Academy for Educational Development in New York City, Dr. Rabineau will serve as president of COA for one year and assist the College in the search for a permanent president. The appointment of Dr. Rabineau follows a search conducted by a committee chaired by Trustee Donald Straus and coordinated by William Newbold. The Search Committee included other members of the Board, as well as faculty, staff, and students. "We feel very fortunate to have found someone who can bring to COA the broad knowledge of higher education andin- depth experience in academic administration which Lou Rabineau has," said Dr. Thomas Hall, chairman of the Board of Trustees. "His nomination was enthusiastically and unanimously approved." In his convocation address, Dr. Rabineau outlined a three-point plan for the year: one, to reaffirm the ideals of Human Ecology; two, to enroll the most qualified students; and three, to develop increased awareness of the College and strengthen financial support. "I look forward to the opportunity of serving as president of COA at this important period of its development," said Dr. Rabineau. "This is an exciting college. The faculty, students, Lou Rabineau staff, members of the Board of Trustees, and friends of COA have impressed me with their energy and with their dedication SEARCH FOR COA PRESIDENT IS UNDERWAY to the College. We should have an exciting and productive Nominations and applications for president will be year at COA." accepted until February 1. Contact Ted Koffman for Dr. Rabineau received his B.A. and M.A. from the State information. Admissions Hosts Counselors, of Trustees. Other new members are Samuel Eliot, former vice president of COA, and William Foulke, chairman of Pardee Prospective Students Management Company in Philadelphia. Newly elected officers of the Board are Thomas Hall, As part of the Downeast Consortium fall college tour, on chairman; Neva Goodwin and John Kauffmann, vice chairs; October 16 COA welcomed guidance counselors from 28 and Leslie Brewer, treasurer. high schools throughout New England and New York. The focus of the gathering was a panel of five students who answered questions about life at COA and the Human Author John McPhee Visits Ecology degree. Trustee John Kauffmann stopped by Bill Carpenter's On October 26 COA again played host - this time to Autobiography class this fall term. With him came friend and twenty-six prospective students and a few parents. The visitors author John McPhee who proceeded to explain the "innards of arrived on Friday afternoon and met with faculty a piece of writing" to 25 students. representatives to discuss the major areas of study at COA. "Before you write," McPhee explained, "you must study That evening they enjoyed a spaghetti supper in Turrets and a what you are writing about until you see it as a whole. A good concert in the auditorium. Saturday was spent sailing, hiking, writer knows the last line before writing the first." By and touring the library before returning to campus housing for illustrating his method of organization - which includes pizza and an evening with hosting COA students. separate folders for separate sections, intense research, and critical editing - he recreated "The Encircled River" from his Board of Trustees Elects book Coming into the Country before the students' eyes. John McPhee, a regular contributor to the New Yorker, New Members, Officers has published such books as Basin and Range, Survival of Two COA graduates, John Biderman and Cathy the Birch Bark Canoe, Curve of Binding Energy, and Ramsdell, are among the newly elected members of the Board Giving Good Weight. INVOLVED: STUDENTS WORK WITH MDI PUBLIC SCHOOL "We're going to use three halfbacks and three fullbacks," shouts Emerson Middle School soccer coach Kevin Geiger. Over the noise of the players and the bus he continues, "Don't worry, we'll win." The Emerson Tigers are worried about their chances in today's game against the Pemetic Indians of Southwest Harbor. Emerson School volunteer teaching assistant Dorie Stolley says, "I'm teaching 6 seventh-graders about world peace and understanding." Her students are asking serious questions about nuclear war. Kevin and Dorie are COA students. Kevin, 19, is studying environmental design. Dorie is 20; she is studying environmental education. "Emerson didn't have a soccer coach," says Kevin. "I knew one of the team members and he asked me if I wanted to coach. I've played soccer for years and I love it - so I said sure. In spite of losing, we are all having a great time." "I taught in the public schools last spring with Peter Corcoran's 'Teaching Controversial Issues," explains Dorie. "I saw how concerned the kids were about peace issues and how important it is to deal with their questions. This fall's project is actually my independent study: 'Children: International Understanding and Peace." The Emerson Tigers lost that game to the Pemetic Indians. However, Kevin's team did win a game before the season ended. "It was great!" Kevin says. Dorie's students may choose to attend the "World Youth Conference" in the U.S.S.R. next year. Dorie explains, "The Soccer Coach Kevin Geiger students have to decide whether they think a trip to the Soviet countries. I think that they already know that what they are Union will help create understanding between our two studying and doing makes a difference." OOPS for Fall '84 SAILING THE "SPRAY" Outdoor Orientation Program We sailed from Southwest Harbor through a light mist into the Great Harbor of Mount Desert Island on Monday, the third of September. There were ten of us aboard the Spray, eight students and the crew. For six days we would live and work together in close quarters, getting to know new faces as we adjusted to a new school. The first evening out we encountered the worst weather of the entire trip - a light drizzle as we headed into Frenchboro. Throughout the remainder of the voyage we would enjoy fair winds and blue skies. After that first damp night in Frenchboro, we proceeded to Isle au Haut. From Isle au Haut we sailed to Vinylhaven and from there to Swans Island. Our last night was spent on Sheep Island. After rowing to shore at low tide, Captain Ed demonstrated clamming on the tidal flats. With a feast in mind, we collected several pounds of clams and bushels of blue mussels. Our twilight bonfire crackling, we reflected on our week at sea. CANOEING DOWN THE ALLAGASH High water and good weather highlighted the Allagash Wilderness Waterway canoe trip for new students this fall. Twenty-eight students and staff members crammed their bodies and their gear into fourteen canoes for the five-day trip. While one canoe did capsize, the unusually high water was welcomed by most paddlers. In past years, canoeists have spent as much time dragging their canoes through shallow water as they have shooting rapids. The paddlers saw geese, ducks, loons, osprey, and Sailing the Spray moose. One lucky student even spotted a coyote taking an early morning drink.