A Chronology of Goucher College 1881-1996

Rhoda M. Dorsey became dean; Elizabeth Geen retired.

The Committee on the Future of the College was appointed.

The students met the trustees for discussion and tea.

Student evaluation of courses was officially instituted.

The Black Students Association was chartered by the Students' Organization.

G.C.I.A. (Goucher College Interfaith Association) disbanded.

1969

The Julia Rogers Library was extended by the construction of Robertson Hall.

Pass-fail grading option was extended.

The majority of the student audience walked out of the honors convocation in protest against comprehensive examinations; the organizers of the protest called in television coverage.

The constitution of the Students' Organization was revised; "parietal" regulations hereafter were to be determined by each house.

The College Bowl team won five times and received a silver bowl and a scholarship.

Abraxas, a new coffee house in Mary Fisher Hall, was opened by Robinson House.

The report of the Committee on the Future of the College was presented.

1969-1970

Large numbers of students demonstrated in Washington against the Vietnam War.

1970

The College Assembly was established.

The requirement of a "course in the sacred scriptures" was dropped.

The integrative exercise replaced the comprehensive examination in the major.

An air pollution control laboratory was set up on the campus.

1971

The 4-1 (January term)-4 calendar replaced the 3-3-3 calendar of 1934.

A Program for Human Resources south a goal of $10,000,000.

The Goucher-Hopkins Orchestra and Chorus sang "Carmina Burana."

Goucher students celebrated International Woman's Day.

Woman's Center was funded.

The City Students held a summer camp for city children on the campus.

The first three-phase riding event was held.

1972

A major in anthropology was created.

In response to student interest in careers, courses with career emphasis were developed in certain departments.

Martha A Nichols retired as dean of students.

Julie Collier-Adams was appointed dean of students.

The Classics Department was abolished.

The first communications major graduated.

1977

The Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of College and Secondary Schools sent a visiting committee and re-accredited Goucher College.

The Goucher Center for Educational Resources opened, and assumed direction of the Summer Session.

The second, bachelor's degree program was instituted.

The Woman's Management Program was organized by the Goucher Center for women with experience in voluntary organizations.

The college's proposal for an M.B.A. program was denied by the State Board of Higher Education.

The Political Science Department held a one-day conference on the influence of the mass emdia on social values.

The Goucher Center arranged a public symposium series: "Ethics for a Small Planet; the Future as Present Choice."

1978

The on-campus courses in the January term ceased.

One credit-bearing off-campus experience was made a requirement for the degree.

The interdepartmental course "Arts and Ideas" was required by the end of the sophomore year.

Grades may bear a + or -, except A+ and F.

A master's degree in dance/movement therapy was offered.

Old Goucher buildings in Baltimore were placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The last Intellectual Country Fair was held.

At the Fete Francaise, Mme. Francoise Giroud, French Minister of Culture, received an honory degree.

The first student "Spring Fling" was held on the campus.

The Green House, a new student center, opened in the former dining room of Mary Fisher Hall.

1979

Goucher College was awarded the Calvert Prize for the establishment of a bachelor's degree program in historic preservation.

The Goucher Center offered a summer program for gifted and talented high school pupils.

Program of faculty head residents re-developed. Vassily Aksyonov became writer in residence.

NOTES & ADDITIONS

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 reevaluation 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.

The International Technology and Media Center opened on the second floor of Froelicher Hall. It was a merger of a computer science unit with a language lab.

The Goucher college Symphonette with Sabrina Alfonso as conductor gave its first performance.

1989

Katharine Perry '89 was selected to represent the southeast region at the international tournament of the U.S. Field Hockey Association. Her team won the championship.

A few students organized a group to attend a pro-choice march in Washington, D.C. They called themselves the Women's Issues Group.

The International Technology and Media Center was named for Professor Emeritus, French, Wolfgan Thormann.

Dr. Robert Welch replaced Julie Jeffrey as Associate Dean.

The women's tennis team placed first for the second straight year in the Chesapeake WAC.

Otto Kraushaar died. He was president of the college from 1948 until 1965.

A crew of Goucher rowers worked out in Baltimore's Inner Harbor.

Goucher students began a year at the University of Exeter, England. Course credits and charges were the same as they would have been here.

1990

The Academic Center for Excellence (ACE) opened in Stimson in February.

The college sponsored its first Scholars' Day.

A campus-wide recycling program was started.

History of Goucher College, 1930-1987 by Professor Frederic Musser was released in the spring.

The Student Government Association sponsored a Ms. Goucher Pageant.

The first co-educational class graduated.

The Advanced Technology Center (Keck Center) opened in Hoffberger in the fall.

The first Intellectual Fair since 1978 was held during Parents'