A Chronology of Goucher College 1881-1996_Page013

1984

Dean James Billet died in August. Registrar Martin Berlinrood
became Acting Dean.

The college began a series of events to celebrate the 100th
anniversary of the granting of a charter by the state of Maryland
to "The Woman's College of Baltimore City" on January 26, 1885.
See the folder in the bottom left drawer of the reference desk for
centennial events calendar.

The College Assembly voted to reintroduce scheduled final exams.

Pearlstone Student Center opened in Mary Fisher Hall.

Goucher and eight area colleges formed the Chesapeake Women's
Athletic Conference.

Student-Faculty Colloquium founded by a group of students to be
governed by a student committee.

1985

January. Brownlee Sands Corrin died a result of injuries from an
accident.

Authors Maya Angelou and Joyce Carol Oates spoke at the Women
Writers Symposium.

After being packed away for 30 years, the original Tiffany triptych
window honoring Mary Fisher Goucher was restored and put in the
lobby of Kraushaar Auditorium.

Carol Pearson was appointed Dean in April. She created the Maypole
Project. It involved the entire college community in a re-
evaluation of Goucher's educational goals.

The Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Program graduated its first
class.

After 70 years, the student newspaper, WEEKLY, became QUINDECIM.

Yolanda, daughter of Martin Luther King, delivered the keynote
address of a two-day seminar sponsored by Goucher and the Women's
International League for Peace and Freedom.

The Julia Rogers Library restoration Phase One was completed:
lobby, circulation, rare book room, archives and art storage.

Two new majors were introduced: Education and Latin American
Studies.