1947

One of the ever-freshening aspects of the '47 story is our yearly class gift to the College the student intern working in the president's office. Last year Rosalind Barnes held the job, visited and reported to us, indeed appeared on national television during a crisis, and covered President Freedman's freshman year. ,

This year Brian Frazier '89 held the job. Our intern program has had a 15-year history, conceived and planned during Frank Weber's class presidency, with major help from Lansing Reed, Don Evans,Townes Harris, and strengthened during the following presidencies of Walter Peterson and Townes. We salute the foresight of our leaders.

In an exclusive interview, Brian Frazier reported on his year, President Freedman's second term, and a fun-filled year at that. One of Brian's chores is to devour daily six or eight of the nation's leading college newspapers, to keep up on campus feelings and ideas, and bring them to President Freedman in weekly visits. Brian serves as liaison, helping to set up meetings with students or student groups. He feels President Freedman is now getting in closer touch with students and it seems to Brian is enjoying . the students more. He usually meets with small groups, officially scheduling two visits per term, but is also invited to dorms or cluster groups, fraternities, and societies such as Palaeopitus and C&G.

One program Brian promoted was a meeting of Trustees and students, in April, for dinner and discussion.

What are some of the concerns of students? Improved social programming, a more active student center. Collis is gaining in popularity now, where it first had seemed to be more for special groups. A major issue is the Hopkins Center, which seems to be an enterprise of its own. Students feel prices are too high for their own involvement, and that often programs seem to conflict with other student programs and events. They would rather see programs offering active involvement, rather than passive presentations. Brian set up several meetings for such open discussion.

President Freedman travels a lot, in the line of duty, but at home on Webster Avenue has individual gatherings of faculty and students over champagne and strawberries.

Brian feels his work is vital, and describes President Freedman as a most interesting person, who does like students, and student contact. Freedman's dislike might be that he seems to hear the same complaints over and over (not saying which ones). Brian has gathered student opinion and general thinking, and shared with President Freedman his ideas on meeting student concerns directly.

Now Brian is on his way to a year at Cambridge, England, and will enter Chicago University School of Law the following year. Best wishes, Brian.

Our next year's intern will be Kelin Picard '90, from Texas, whom we hope to meet soon. Have a fine summer.

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