Brown Alumni Monthly October 197"^ -^ ^^1^ Wr^ A dollars and sense message from your favorite candidate. Nr •^^^ page 12 page 29 " f/h bv Br,m'ii Miiimii Mmtlilii Published nine times during each year — lanuarv February, March, April, Mav'lune, luly August, September, October, November, and December — bv Brown Universitv. Providence, R I Pnnted bv The Lane Press, Burlington, Vt Editorial offices are in Nicholson House, 71 George St , Providence. R.l 02906 Second class postage paid at Providence, R 1,, and at additional mailing offices. Member, Council for the Advancement and Support of Education The Monthli/ is sent toall Brown alumni Please allow eight weeks for changes-of-address. Postmaster: Send Form 3579 to Box 1908, Brown Universitv, Providence, R.I. 02912 In this issue 12 "Elite Illiteracy" That is the term Brown English department chairman A. D. 'Van Nostrand uses to describe the inability of students at prestige insti- tutions such as Brown to convey ideas in writing. So Van Nostrand devised a writing course that is teaching students to think as they write. 18 Sock and Buskin's 75th Brown's theater group is the oldest and one of the most dis- tinguished in the country and its story is the stor\' of its four strong and personable directors. 29 Yes, John Mars Is For Real The new superintendent of the Culver Military- Academv is not a member of the military', but is John Mars '41, whose friends and colleagues are almost apologetic when they talk about him. It's as if no one will believe anybody can be that good. 36 No Longer Just a Game Played by Individuals on the Green Frisbee is the game, and now there is a Brown Ultimate Frisbee Team, which recently reached the finals of a tournament. Departments 2 Under the Elms 9 Sports 39 Alumni Calendar 43 The Classes 56 Can^'ing the Mail page 36 The em'er: Dircelor Inine^ O. Barnhill ami the members of the theater artsfaciilti/, pliotograplied ivi the Faunee Hoiix stage. (Pliotograph ami Hue coiiversioi: by johii Foraste. Design eousiiltani: Katliryu RM. deBoer.) Back center: Memlvrs cf the Class of 1980 liiscover the Brotoii Bookstore duwtg Freshman Week. (Photograph by John Foraste.) ILJffiidl(g3r th® Ehm A reminder about a university's purpose First semester classes began on September 20, and the College Green was filled that sunny dav with shorts- clad students getting reacquainted. Their laughter contrasted sharply with the occasional chants of striking Univer- sity workers in picket lines around the campus, and with the mood of tra- ditional dignity and restraint inside Meehan Auditorium, where Acting President Merton P. Stoltz officially opened the University's 213th academic year. It was the second time Mr. Stoltz had presided at the Opening Convo- cation, the first occasion being in 1969 when he served Brown as interim president before the appointment of Donald F. Hornig. An audience esti- mated at well over 2,000 was on hand for this year's official launching, includ- ing one very placid, very shaggy white dog cradled in a young man's arms, and a good sprinkling of wide-eyed fresh- men getting their first glimpse of academic regalia. Those in the audience who had come hoping for a commen- tary on the University's current prob- lems, however, may have been disap- pointed at what followed. In a thematic departure from last year's opening address, in which Mr. Hornig discussed University politics and elaborated on his resignation, Mr. Stoltz avoided mention of what will surely be a critical year for Brown, with the prospect of ongoing labor disputes, the mid-year arrival of a new president, and the continued need for careful budgeting. Instead, he chose to deliver a philosophical examination of edu- cational models from ancient times to the present. Before beginning his address, Mr. Stoltz introduced his companions on the convocation platform, and drew laughter when, in presenting Professor Juan Lopez-Morillas, he referred to his own thirty-six-vear association with Brown. 'Professor Lopez-MoriUas has One of the I.2b2 iiiriubcrs of Brown's diifs of 19S(! — photographed ilunii;^ Freshman Week. been at Brown almost as long as I have," observed Mr. Stoltz, "which in some interpretations would make him at least 200 years old." Humor then gave wav to Mr. Stoltz's consideration of another ageless matter: "What should be the model of an educated person — for oneself, for an institution, and for society?" The act- ing president enumerated what he termed "the limited number of edu- cational models" that have been forged through the history of civilization. These ideals, he noted, are not likely to function singly in determining the form of a general or liberal education, but rather to incorporate divergent assumptions into a prevailing edu- cational policy. Historically, Mr. Stoltz continued, the evolution of educational standards has been closely related to changing no- tions of what qualities make an ideal person. Thus, the "aristocratic ideal" of education was an elitist one, tailored for medieval warrior-hero types. In this philosophy, Mr. Stoltz said, education was directed towards men with the po- tential for leadership in battle, largely ignoring purely intellectual capabilities. In opposition to the aristocratic ideal, he said, was the "scribe" model of education, in which all facets of the stu- dent's personality were sublimated to the intellect, and learning was viewed Mr. Stoltz addresses tlie Opening Convocation. as the key to mental liberation. A more recent model, Mr. Stoltz said, is the civic conception of educa- tion, which grooms the student intellec- tually, socially, morally, and physically for assuming an active role in directing the life of his community. Mr. Stoltz warned that a fourth, and less desirable, alternative is the dis- torted educational ideal of the alienated scholar who withdraws into a single- minded pursuit of individual excel- lence, or in extreme cases, of intellectual snobbery. Today's educational models, Mr. Stoltz commented, necessarily cannot fit neatly into any particular format. For one thing, he said, the "knowledge rev- olution" has produced a surfeit of in- formation and new fields; a manageable form for imparting this overwhelming body of knowledge is needed. The con- sequence has been that educated people tend to become specialists, bringing about what Mr. Stoltz says are "di- minished prospects for a common edu- cational goal, and a decline in the aggregate quality of our educational ob- jectives." In essence, he added, we now have a conflict between the objectives of specialized education and those of generalized, or liberal arts, education. Mr. Stoltz sees liberal arts educa- tion being further threatened by the emergence of a doctrine of "environ- mental determinism," which shifts the emphasis in education from the needs of the individual to the needs of society. The result, he said, is a stress on practi- cal and vocational education that pre- pares students to answer the needs of a society that is becoming increasingly complex. Today, Mr. Stoltz remarked, "we suffer from inheriting too much from too many sources," making it impossi- ble to structure an education according to a single cultural framework. There are no convenient ways to evade this confusion, he added, especially in run- ning an educational institution such as a university. Mr. Stoltz concluded, however, that "the purpose of a university is not to fulfill (?// functions," suggesting that universities exist primarih' and most importantly to nourish the minds of their students. In light of this, he had some parting advice for Bnnvn students embarking on another \'ear of their own educational experience. They must, he warned, "guard against reshaping the exercise of learning for an\' other, exter- nal purpose." A.D. Maintenance and dining workers' strike is settled; library workers still out The opening of the academic \'ear is alwa\'s a rather hectic time at Brown, but things were more disorganized than usual this fall, thanks to the strike by Local 134 of the Service Employees In- ternational Union, which represents University maintenance, dining service, and librar}' workers {BAM, September). Students returning to campus were confronted with less-than-immaculate dormitories, long lines at the Refectors' (the only contract dining hall open dur- ing the strike), and groups of picketing workers at such pivotal locations as the Refectory, the library, and the book- store. More importantly, the\' were confronted with the disquieting fact that both sides were vying, overtly, for their support; anci they soon discovered that, despite the administration's pleas that they remain "neutral," there is no such thing as a neutral course of action when one has to choose between crossing a picket line and not crossing it. Negotiations with the maintenance and dining workers had resumed on September 13, the first day of Orienta- tion Week, with the union's submis- sion of a new wage proposal calling for a 45-cents-an-hour increase the first year and 20 cents the second year, plus a cost-of-living adjustment the second year. (Previously, the union had pro- posed an increase of 35 cents an hour the first year and 31 cents the second year, plus a cost-of-living adjustment both years; the University's latest offer had been 20 cents an hour or 5 percent (whichever was greater) the first year and 5 percent the second year, with no additional adjustments.) In response to the union's new proposal. Brown made a counter-offer calling for a reduction of the work week from fort\' hours to 38.75 hours the first year and 37.5 hours the second year, and a wage increase of 33 cents an hour or 5 percent for each year. The union rejected that offer on the grounds that it represented only a 78- cents-per-week increase over Brown's Posters about the strike were civn/where. . . previous offer of 20 cents an hour or 5 percent (which had been based on a fortv-hour week). Subsequent bargaining sessions with the maintenance and dining unit — including a marathon eleven-hour session on October 2 — narrowed the gap between the two proposals, but neither side was willing to take the initiative to close that gap. The union dropped its request for a cost-of-living clause. Brown dropped its proposal for a reduction in the work week, and as of October 7 the two sides were only 2.5 percent apart on their wage pro- posals. The University's "final" offer called for a 22 cents or 5.5 percent increase the first year and 5 percent the second year. The union was asking 30 cents or 8 percent the first year and 7 percent the second year. University negotiators also met with the library union on Sep- tember 30 and October 1 — their first meetings since talks broke off August 13 — but only token progress was made, with Brown offering 6 percent and the library workers asking 9.5 to 10 percent. Brown and Local 134 were obviously concentrating their efforts on the main- tenance and dining workers' strike. The administration, in making its position public, continued to insist that there was no justification for union em- ployees receiving a higher percentage increase than non-union empknees. At a faculty meeting October 5, Acting President Stoltz explained that the Uni- aiui student lines at the Rath/ leere often long. versitv had undertaken a couple of years ago to eliminate the inequities in its wage and classification system, and that granting a disproportionate in- crease to union emplo\ees would dis- rupt the entire wage structure. The al- ternative, he said, was to accede to the union's demands and to give all Univer- sity employees whatever increase the union received — which Brown could not afford to do. The administration also stood firm in its refusal to submit the dispute to binding arbitration (which the union had first requested early in July), argu- ing that binding arbitration was "an im- proper procedure for the generation of a labor contract," particularU' in the pri- vate sector. Binding arbitration had not been a major issue in the strike until students returned to campus in Sep- tember and made arbitration their rally- ing cry, claiming that it would offer the quickest and fairest solution to a hope- lessly deadlocked dispute. Student sentiment appeared to be di\'ided between support of the strikers and support of the administration (or, perhaps, support of neither), but emotions were running high on all sides b\' the third week of classes. At a Sep- tember 22 forum sponsored b\' the Uni- versity Council of Students at the First Baptist Church, a number of students expressed resentment at being caught in the middle and at being forced to put up with such inconveniences as dirty rooms, inadequate dining facilities, and understaffed libraries. Despite the Uni- versity's official policy that no student with an on-campus job would be fired for refusing to cross the picket lines, many students were not confident of getting their original jobs back once the strike was over. A group of student li- brary and food service workers, calling themselves "Students in a Vise," began organizing a campus drive through pe- titions, "studv-ins," marches, etc., to pressure the administration to submit to binding arbitration. The most dramatic display of stu- dent involvement occurred on October 7, when eleven students (many of them members of Students in a Vise) elected to block a delivery truck from leaving the service entrance of the Refectory, and were arrested by the Providence police. The students, in planning this action, had made it clear to the Univer- sity that they were willing to risk arrest, and the deans had made it clear to them that that was exactly what they woulci be risking — that Brown would not intervene on their behalf, and they would be treated the same way as any- one else who interfered with University operations. The students were arraigned and pleaded innocent to a civil charge of obstruction, and the University simul- taneously announced it would take dis- ciplinary action against them, charging them with a "serious University of- fense," which could result in suspen- sion or dismissal. As of this writing, no date has been set for the court trial. Unbeknownst to the students and to the Brown community at large, Paul Maeder, vice-president for finance and operations, and John Pendergast, the University's labor lawyer, had been in touch earlier in the week with E. Harold Dick, attorney for Local 134, in an at- tempt to break the impasse in negotia- tions with the maintenance and dining unit. After meeting with Pendergast and Maeder, Dick (who had not pre- viously been involved in negotiations) was able to help the union develop "new approaches" to a settlement, ac- cording to Robert Reichley, associate vice-president and director of Univer- sity relations. A bargaining session was convened October 8, and the following day tentative agreement was an- nounced on a new wage package and other items in dispute, pending ratifica- tion by the full membership of the bar- gaining unit (which was forthcoming on October 12). The agreement calls for a wage in- crease ranging from 8.5 percent at the low end of the pav scale to 5.3 percent at the top, or an average of 6.85 percent, for the first year of the contract, and 5 percent for the second year. The agree- ment also provides for a two-year con- tract term dating from the day of rat- ification, instead of retroactively from July 1; for improvements in certain fringe benefits such as medical cover- age; amnesty for union members who were fired during the strike; and re- placement of temporary employees over a ten-day period following ratification. There was considerable relief on all sides that the bigger and more pro- longed of the two strikes had been set- tled, but the fact remained that sixty- odd library workers were still out and that very little progress had been made toward a settlement with them. As of this writing, no further negotiations have been scheduled, and all that re- mains is to wait and see who will make the next move. /.P. Frerichs named dean of the Graduate School Ernest S. Frerichs '48, a member of Brown's religious studies faculty since 1953 and a long-time advocate for graduate education, has been named dean of the Graduate School. He re- places Maurice Glicksman, who became dean of the faculty and academic affairs last June following the resignation of Jacquelyn Mattfeld, now president of Barnard College. Frerichs, a Biblical studies specialist who has been a full professor since 1966, is highlv regarded by his col- leagues for both his scholarly contribu- tions to Brown's religious studies pro- grams and his record of participation in University affairs. Announcing Frerichs's appoint- ment. Acting President Merton P. Stoltz noted, "His years of association with Brown give him a broad understanding of the graduate programs and the facul- ty's scholarly and research interests." Mr. Stoltz also praised Frerichs's knowledge of educational issues and involvement in "a number of edu- cational and scholarly activities." Chairman of the religious studies department from 1964-70, Frerichs is credited with developing and imple- menting the department's program in Judaica at the graduate and under- graduate levels, an accomplishment which current department chairman Wendell S. Dietrich terms "the single most important development in the his- tory of the religious studies depart- ment." Brown's Judaic studies program has since acquired an international reputation and is considered to be a major departmental strength. Professor Frerichs's involvement in the Brown community has included serving as member and chairman of the Faculty Policy Group (the faculty's executive committee), chairman of a committee considering the awards and benefits structure for faculty, and a member of the faculty advisory commit- tee to the recent presidential search process. Eniie Frerichs: "A bwad understanding of tlic faculty's scholarly interests. " "X r \ His interest in graduate education led to Frerichs's serving for eight vears on regional selection committees of the VVoodrow Wilson Foundation, which awarded indi\idual first-\ ear grants to thousands oi American graduate stu- dents during the 1950s and 1960s. He is also a member of the national Council on Graduate Studies in Religion and chairman of its membership committee. The new graduate school dean re- cently has been closely associated with the American Schools of Oriental Re- search (ASOR), an organization of 140 American institutions involved in ar- chaeological and historical research in the Middle East. Currently an ASOR trustee, Frerichs is also secretarv- treasurer of an affiliated institute in Jerusalem, the Albright Institute of Archaeological Research. Frerichs received his bachelor's de- gree in political science magna cum laude from Brown in 1948, and his M. A. in political theorv from Harvard in 1949. He then earned a bachelor's degree in sacred theology magna cum laude from the Boston University School of Theol- ogy in 1952, and a Ph.D. in Biblical studies from Boston University in 1957. The author of numerous articles on the history of Biblical interpretation, Fre- richs is editor of The Bible mid Bibles in America, a work commissioned bv the Societv' of Biblical Literature for a six- volume series celebrating its centennial. Pledging to uphold the quality of graduate education at Brown, Frerichs said at the time of his appointment, "Hard choices lie before us, but they always do in institutions whose bench- marks of excellence are high. My own experience at Brown has taught me that graduate and undergraduate education in an institution with a unitary faculty produces significant benefits for both. I believe that our task is to maximize those benefits." A.D. More laurels for WBRU Iraditionaliy, college radio stations have been lightly regarded by media pros, who seem to place campus-based stations on a par with, sav, intramural sports or amateur photography clubs. One of the most notable exceptions to that stereotype for many years has been Brown's WBRU-FM, where a combina- tion ctf professional-quality student management and a successful progres- sive-music and news format has at- WBRU 95.6 f^ WBRU General Manager Kurt Salslmrg: Experience unequaled by other college stations. tracted much attention within the in- dustry, including frequent mention in national radio trade magazines. VVBRU's eminence in this respect shows no signs of declining; in fact, recent events have added considerably to the station's prestige and, in one case, brought its inquisitive young reporters a measure of notoriety. The prestige stems from three im- portant media awards given 'BRU for its documentary, "Bnitality at the Chil- dren's Center," a detailed account of abuses at the state-run O'Rourke Chil- dren's Center in Providence {BAM, April). The explicit, hour-long program, conceived and produced by reporters Benjamin Weiser '76 and N4ark Rosati '78, sent shock waves across the state after its December 8, 1975, airing and spurred investigations of the center bv local, state, and federal agencies. Taking their cue from 'BRU, the Prov- idence-based media have kept the cen- ter's problems in the limelight ever since, culminating in a September 12 front-page announcement in the Provi- dence journal of several major changes designed b\' the governor's office to transform the "criticalh- inadequate" facility. Further acknowledgment ot the O'Rourke documentary's effectiveness arrived at WBRU this summer in the form of the American Bar Association's Silver Cavel Award (in recognition of a program "which serves to inform the public on the roles of the law, the legal profession, and the courts in American life"); a first prize in the eastern regional division of the Association of Trial Law- yers of America's news media awards, radio category; and the Radio and Tele- vision News Directors Association's re- gional award for investigative report- ing. Although laurel-gathering is not unknown at WBRU (the station has been commended on several occasions in the past for its news reporting, and last spring received a handsome gold record plaque for contributing to the million-plus sales of Bruce Spring- steen's album, "Born to Run"), General Manager Kurt Salsburg '77 says the "S" three honors are the first of their mag- 3 nitude accorded the station. The awards ° committees for each contest, he adds, ~ were "uniformly impressed with 'BRU's reporting. They said, 'You don't often find a high caliber of journalism in the radio medium.' " The Silver Gavel Award included an invitation for the station's ranking officer to accept the honor at the Ameri- can Bar Association's annual meeting in Atlanta on August 10. In his capacity as president of the Brown Broadcasting Service, Inc. (WBRU's independent corporate body). Associate Dean Lee L. Verstandig made the trip south for what he thought would be a routine dinner- and-speech ceremony v\'ith a few hundred lawyers. Within minutes of ar- riving at the Atlanta Hilton, however, he was made keenly aware of the gavel award's significance. The awards luncheon was attended b\' 1,000 law- yers, among them such notables as Watergate Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski and guest speaker Secretary of Commerce Elliott Richardson. Verstan- dig took his place at the head table among impressive company; WBRU's eighteen fellow Gavel winners in vari- ous categories included the Chicago Sun-Times, U.S. Netcs and World Report, CBS News, WCVB-TV and WGBH-TV from Boston, and WNET-TV from New York, among others. The award itself — a gleaming silver gavel suitably inscribed for each winner — is so coveted that one recip- ient told Verstandig, "This is like win- ning an Oscar," and a New Mexico radio manager confessed, "I keep mine on my desk and lock it up every night." In light of the Silver Gavel Award's prestige, the youthful Brown broad- casters' accomplishment caused a mild 6 commotion in Atlanta. "The media people and the ABA committee were stunned when 1 told them 'BRU is a student-run station," Verstandig re- ports. Awards committee officials couldn't recall ever having honored a college station before, he says. Prize-winning reporters Weiser, now with Foreign Policy magazine in Washington, and Rosati, a Brown junior and a stringer for AP in Providence, precipitated another sort of brouhaha last spring. On April 24, Washington- based columnist jack Anderson printed some controversial remarks on busing and urban black families attributed to Rhode Island Governor Philip W. Noel '54, who was then preparing to assume the permanent chairmanship of the Democratic national platform commit- tee. The governor's statements, it was revealed, had been made on the record during a taped interview with two Prov- idence Associated Press reporters, whose Boston bureau chief had appar- ently decided not to release the segment in question. In February, AP reporter Robert Parry loaned the Noel interview tape to Weiser and Rosati, who were gathering background material in prep- aration for covering Noel's race for a Senate nomination. Surprised at what they heard on the tape, and judging the governor's remarks to be genuinely newsworthy, the WBRU reporters noti- fied Anderson of the interview. Ander- son's nationallv syndicated column brought swift apologies from Noel, who claimed he had been quoted out of con- text, but ultimateK the beleaguered governor withdrew his name from con- sideration for the permanent platform committee chairmanship. When the WBRU reporters' part in the episode was made known. Gov- ernor Noel termed the leak "a dark hour for journalism," and there was some public sentiment in Rhode Island that the Brown reporters had acted irrespon- sibly by releasing the tape. WBRU Gen- eral Manager Salsburg defended his staff's integrity in a commentar\' that appeared in Ihe Pivvidoicc journal's editorial pages, contending that "it would indeed be a dark day for jour- nalism in America if government of- ficials were to have control over the in- formation flow to the public from re- sponsible members of the press." Seemingly unaffected by the recent spate of catcalls and kudos, the WBRU staff is presenth' immersed in this year's programming. Public affairs director Jack Berman '79 has initiated a series of programs dealing with public education in Rhode Island, and news director Bob Goodman '78 plans to employ at least one hundred people for WBRU's tra- ditionallv comprehensive election coverage thi^ fall. Claiming "the most extensive election coverage of any paper or station in the state, except for the Providence journal, " Goodman and his crew will also report on the Massachu- setts, Connecticut, and New York elec- tions with the aid of students who go home to vote in those states. When the results begin coming in on election day, the 'BRU nev\'s staff will go to constant live coverage throughout the night until a final count is reached. Goodman, Rosati, and Berman practiced for the November election o\'er the summer b\' attending both national part\' conven- tions, making WBRU one of only two college stations to provide live coverage of those events (the other was from Dartmouth). The station has also scheduled two major physical changes for this fall. One — moving its 50,000-watt transmitter to rented space on the WHIM radio tower in East Providence — will end conster- nation among Brown engineering pro- fessors whose experiments have been disrupted by WBRU's strong signal emanating from atop the Sciences Li- brars'. The other change will be more wrenching; after forty years on the third floor of Faunce House, WBRU must move its offices permanently to another campus location, as \et undetermined, to make way for renovations that will bring Faunce House into compliance with city fire safet\' codes. Despite the upheaval to come. General Manager Salsburg is wearing a smile these days. The "Arbitron" ratings (an industry-wide standard of success computed twice yearly) have shown 'BRU to have the largest audi- ence in Rhode Island in the 18-34 age group. Salsburg expects that the trans- mitter's move to a location that will ex- tend the range of 'BRU's signal will boost ratings even further. Beyond that, WBRU's new national av\ard-winner status adds prestige and credibility to its advertising sales pitch, he says. For these and other reasons, Salsburg feels the fift\' to sixty hours he puts in at the station each week are justified. "Where else could I get management-level experience at a legitimate metropolitan radio station?" he asks. "What 'BRU offers can't be equaled at any other college station." The experts agree. During his stay in Atlanta, Dean Verstandig was told repeatedly that, considering the dearth of radio journalism apprenticeships, WBRU's workshop environment is probabK unique in the country in offer- ing college students an opportunity to manage an independent business and make their own journalistic decisions. A.D. No more dormant days for Friends of the Library There is a new stirniig on campus that should enliven one of the oldest support groups of the University and, in the process, insure a fresh supply of the dusty tomes and vital prose that in- spire student and scholar alike. The Friends of the Librar\', after a dormant period of several years, is being re- vitalized under the direction of its new executive secretar\-, Stuart C. Sherman '39. From the very beginnings of the University, when the library was one room in the College Edifice, much of the library's growth has been attributable to the generosity of its Friends. Many of the library's most notable collections, memorial gifts, and endowed funds have been received from members of the group, which includes both those with and without a direct connection to Brown. Membership is open to anyone, and is automatic with a voluntary con- Stuart Sherman in hts office at tlie John Hay: Helping to insure the grmeth of the library. tributioii of monev or an equi\iilent gift of books or other materials needed b\ the hbrary. "The sole object of the Friends is to foster the growth and usefulness of the librar\'," Sherman says. "It attempts to achieve that goal by seeking gifts of books, journals, and collections and by raising funds for the purchase of books and manuscripts which the library could not otherwise acquire." At present, there are approxiniiUeK 400 members of the Friends. Among the advantages of membership, as cited b\ Sherman, are the association with people interested in books and collect- ing, the opportunitN' to attend lectures and exhibitions sponsored b\' the Friends, and an automatic subscription to Books at Brmuii, the official publication of the Friends. In addition to serving as executive secretar\' of the Friends, Sherman has assumed new duties as editor oi Books at Brown and expects to resume publica- tion later this academic vear. "Our ob- jective is to print articles of high qualit\', primarily based on research on the col- lections at Brown," Sherman says. "The magazine will feature both new and ne- glected subjects, bibliographies and bib- liographical essa\s, as well as articles describing the Library's resources. "Frankly, we will make an all-out effort this year to create a new image for this publication. T\pographical and tex- tual excellence will be the aim. We also intend to maintain exceptionally high standards for our lectures, the first of which will be held at the John Hay on November 1, and will feature John Dreyfus, British t\'pographical historian and typographical advisor to the Cam- bridge Universit\- Printing House and the Monotype Corporation in London." Stuart Sherman came back to Brown eight years ago as Librarian of the John Hay and associate professor of bibliography. For twelve \ears prior to that he had been librarian at the Provi- dence Public Library. Under the terms of his new assignment, he has relin- quished his duties as librarian while continuing to teach and to retain certain duties as library bibliographer. Information about the Friends of the Library' may be obtained by writing Sherman at Box A, Brown University. I.B. Bif Fain and Bill Rogers listen to a sfh'aker at September Brown Fund meeting. Another record year for the Brown Fund This time last year leaders of the Brown Fund were wondering how they could top the most successful year in the annual giving program's history. Spurred by Richard Salomon's $500,000 challenge gift, the 1974-75 fund had re,- ceived a record $1,353,059, a phenom- enal increase of 86 percent over 1973-74 gifts. Participation had increased from 31 per cent to 48.6 percent. The happy ending to the storv is that, under the direction of William D. Rogers '52 and Dorothy Williams Wells '52, the 1975-76 Brown Fund set another record: $1,444,193 in gifts. It was, say the co-chairmen, a tribute to the effort of almost 2,700 volunteer workers. "Without them," Mrs. Wells notes, "the job simply would have been impossi- ble." An even more difficult job faces the volunteers this year: a goal of $1,750,000. Plans for the campaign were discussed at a two-day campus meeting in September. An increasingK' key in- gredient in meeting Brown Fund goals is the five-year reunion program. Mrs. Wells's new co-chairman, Bernard I. Fain '52, was co-chairman of the re- union gift effort last year. "Our plan is to create a reunion-giving tradition here at Brown," Fain says. "It's such a natural time to reflect on what the Uni- versity has meant to each of us and to express our lo\ alt\' and confidence with a special gift." Kickoff dinners ior the fund vyill be hold in Proyidence, Boston, and New York in November. The annual phonothon campaign is scheduled for mid-November in those three cities, plus Washington, DC. Class agents will go to work in the spring. Annual giving. Bill Rogers notes, is "an educational process. We have to help all connected with Brown to understand that they are each indiyidu- alU' important to the survival of the University and that for Brown to con- tinue to be great, the entire Brown fam- il\ must provide increased support every year." R.M.R. People and Programs n Anthropology professor Dwight B. Heath will supervise an intensive study of alcoholism in Rhode Island under a $810,724 five-year grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. The multidisciplinar\' project — the only one of its kind in the country — will emphasize the training of postdoctoral and predoctoral stu- dents in the conduct of social, medical, anthropological, and behavioral re- search on alcohol use and abuse. n In another development ad- dressing the problems of alcoholism, the Universit\ s Program in Medicine signed an educational association agreement with the Washingtonian Center for Addictions in Boston. The agreement provides a limited number of clerkships at the center for qualified Brown medical students, as well as joint educational programs open to staff members in other Brown-affiliated in- stitutions. Founded in 1857, the Wash- ingtonian Center was the first clinic in the countr\' devoted exclusiveh' tci treat- ing alcoholics. D Four Brown facultx' members were awarded Guggenheim Fellow- ships for the 1976-77 \ear. Professor of Art Kermil S. Champa, a leading scholar of nineteenth- and twentieth- centur\' European paintiTig, will pursue a book-length stud\ of the abstract geometrical paintings of Piet Mondrian. Wendell H. Fleming, professor of mathematics, will travel to Stanford University and possibK' to Paris to ex- amine control s\ stems in natural evolu- tion, through the use of mathematical models Poet .ind Professor of English Michael S. Harper will use his fellow- ship to write a book-length poem on W. E. B. DuBois, the revered black sociologist, historian, and poet. As of this writing. Professor Emeritus of Eco- nomics Philip Taft's Guggenheim- supported project on the history of labor in Alabama, 1870-1970, has been suspended because of his illness. D Rustin Carey Mcintosh, for- merly an associate professor of English at the University of Rochester, is the new dean of freshmen at Brown, replac- ing James Kelley {BAM, July/August), who is now headmaster of Blair Acad- emy in New Jersey. Mcintosh, who holds bachelor's degrees from Har- vard (1955) and Christ's College, Cam- bridge University (1959) and a Ph.D. from Harvard (1964), was most recently a visiting associate professor of English at the University of California at Santa Barbara, while holding his permanent appointment at the University of Rochester. At Brown, he is expected to take an active role in planning and im- plementing curricular programs for the lower undergraduate classes, in addi- tion to assuming extensive counseling duties. D Assistant Professor of An- thropology William O. Beeman has re- ceived a $21,000 grant from the gov- ernment of Iran to study Iranian theatri- cal traditions. The stipend, part of a $100,000 Bicentennial gift to the U.S., will enable Beeman to visit Iran and "compile a roster of troupes of enter- tainers, their repertoires, and an analysis of the social and cultural con- texts within which they perform." An occasional actor in summer stock and other local theatrical productions, Bee- man specializes in the study of the in- terrelationship of language and cultural systems. Associated Alumni nominees The nominating committee of the Associated Alumni invites nominations for the following offices: n Alumni trustee (five-year term). D Alumnae trustee (five-year term). n President-elect of the Asso- ciated Alumni (two-year term). n Member of the Athletic Advi- sory Council (three-year term). Names should be sent to the Nominating Committee, Associated Alumni, Box 1859, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, and should be received no later than December 1, 1976. )jp(Q)irft^ Rosa Gatti named director of sports information Increasing numbers of women are breaking into previously male- dominated professions, but the sports information field has remained dis- tinctly masculine. That's no longer the case at Brown, however, where twenty- six-year-old Rosa Gatti was recently named director of sports information, shattering Ivy League precedent. Two years ago, Ms. Gatti became the first woman in the U.S. to be named a full-time sports information director at a major university. That happened at her alma mater, Villanova, where after her graduation she had joined the sports information office as a secretary and had advanced quickly to assistant director and then to acting director, be- fore being named director. Her tire- less work and good rapport with the Philadelphia and national media won Ms. Gatti high praise from colleagues and observers. During a visit to Providence last year when the Villanova basketball team played Providence College, Ms. Gatti made an immediate — and unan- imously favorable — impression on the local sports press. Her good looks and blonde hair were noted with ill- disguised glee, but in the end what stuck in everyone's minds was her pro- fessionalism and dedication to her job. "She's a real pro," said Providence Ei'f- iiin;^ Bulletin columnist Bill Parrillo when apprised of Brown's decision to hire Ms. Gatti, "and she will give Brown an eighteen-hour work day." VVJAR-TV Sports Director Chris Clark concurred: "She's fantastic." A Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, native who left behind family and long-time friends to come to Brown, Ms. Gatti confesses to having had "many reser- vations" about the Brown post. These, she adds, were swiftly dispelled upon her arrival for an interview here. Al- though "leaving home was a hard deci- sion," she says she was encouraged by the solidarity of the athletic staff at Brown and by the warmth of her wel- come. As for her unusual situation as a female SID, Ms. Gatti shrugs off suggestions that being a woman might have been a professional liability. On the contrary, she told a local television reporter, all the attention lavished upon her by curious sports writers has helped to make her job easier. "Someone will want to know about me and my job," she explained, "and during the conver- sation I can talk up the teams I'm tr\'ing to publicize." "Rosa's recommendations and cre- dentials are impeccable," said Athletic Director Bob Seiple in announcing her appointment. "Obviously, we are de- lighted that she has joined our staff." A.D. Another soccer power Last season. Coach Cliff Steven- son's soccer team advanced to the semi-finals of the NCAA national championship tournament at St. Louis, Rosa Catti at work in Palmer Stadium during Brcwn-Princeton game. losing to San Francisco, the tnentual winner, 2-1 in overtime, -ind then blanking Howard, 2-0, for third place. Stevenson thinks he has a better team this year, and after the first three games there was nobod\' around the campus willing to argue the point. In this stretch, the Bruins walked all over Yale, 11-1, blanked Boston Uni- versity, 5-0, and played nationally ranked Howard to a 1-1 tie under the lights before nearly 5,000 fans. The Yale score was a particular shocker since Ivy teams normally don't go around belting their league opponents bv 11-1 counts. But Stevenson emptied his bench of all available pla\ers in handing the Elis their worst soccer defeat since 1916. Some of the names on the roster were familiar, forwards such as Fred Pereira, Brown's most prolific scorer. Marc Griffith, and Peter Van Beek. But the odd thing was that Stevenson was rebuilding his backfield with freshmen, and still winning. Pat Weir, who was eighth in his class at St. Louis University High School, not only was starting at Brown this fall as a freshman but was starting at the sweeper position, the key to Stevenson's defense and the spot filled last fall by two-time Ail-American Stephen Ralbovsky. "St. Louis University High is the school that has fed St. Louis University its pla\-ers for the past decade," Steven- son says. "But we stole this kid away from Penn, Yale, Dartmouth, and RPl. He's an engineering major and we sold him on the combination of our engineer- ing program and our soccer program. "Weir is able to start for us as a freshman because of the caliber of high school soccer played in St. Louis and because of the competitive nature of the game played out there. They play a pass-and-run and give-and-go style game, while most high school fullbacks around the rest of the countr\" just stand still and boom the ball back up-field." Stevenson also did some strong re- cruiting on Tom Gertken, who was number one in his high school class at Christian Brothers College, also in St. Louis, and the alma mater of last year's co-captain. Tommy Walsh. Brown's competition here was Harvard, Penn, and Yale. Gertken is starting at fullback. "Both Weir and Gertken wanted to go away from home and both wanted to go Ivy," Stevenson adds. "Each is the caliber of kid we need to keep the soccer program going at its past level." Two other freshmen who have been seeing part-time duty are Tom O'Brien of Southold High on Long Is- land, an alternate for Pereira, and Hugh Copeland, a midfielder from Sarnia, Ontario, who was recruited by Norm Howarth '74, former Bruin hockey cap- tain. Stevenson is noted for conducting a strenuous pre-season training camp. This fall he added a few flourishes. Because of the strike conditions that existed, Stevenson and his players mowed the field, painted the stands, carried the stands several hundred yards to the field, and put up the nets. After which, Stevenson started practice. "There are two ways to look at this," Stevenson said. "You can say the extra work added to the burden of the players or you can say that it helped the situation h\ providing some variety. 1 come down in favor of the variety theory. Maybe next fall we'll do the same thing — even if we don't have a strike." j.B. The potential to be explosive — but not yet "We are going to be potentially ex- plosive," football coach John Anderson told a visitor last summer. "But we also have a young offensive line and until that unit jells, the defense is going to have to do the job for us." After the first three football week- ends of the season, Anderson had two things going for him: he was numbered among the nation's undefeated coaches and he had turned out to be something of a prophet. For twelve periods of football, the offense sputtered along like a 1929 Ford car, functioning smoothly at times but more often than not breaking down at crucial points. But, just as Anderson had predicted, the defense rose to the occasion. The result of all this was three victories, 14-6 over Yale, 3-0 in an un- expectedly hard battle with the Univer- sity of Rhode Island, and 13-7 over Princeton. "We didn't exactly dazzle the fans in the first two games," Anderson said. "But I'd sure rather have been 2-0 at that point instead of 1-1 or 0-2. Our problem was that we had onl\' two star- ters back from our offensive line, a line that was more of a factor than most people realize in our bid for the Ivy title a year ago. We had Mike Prairie, our co-captain, back at center and George Caraberis at guard. From that point on, it was a rebuilding job. "Putting together an offensive line that will work smoothly together is one of the toughest jobs in football," Ander- son continued. "A good offensive line plays as a unit and there's no way you can get six men who are new to each other to play as a unit in three weeks. That in essence was what we had to do this year before meeting Yale. "We lost three-fourths of our start- ing backfield, too, but with the backs, it's more of an individual thing. A good back, if he has the ability, can come along and step right in there and do a good job. But the offensive line has to be a unit." For the first half of the opener with Yale, played at Brown Stadium before a regional ABC-TV audience. Coach Carmen Cozza and his Yale cohorts didn't see much that was wrong with the Brown line. For twentv-nine min- utes and thirty seconds — until the "big" play — the Bears dominated the game, running fifty-one plays as com- pared to twenty-six for Yale and control- ling the clock 19:37 to 9:83. But at that point the Bears led by a thin 7-0 score, with breakdowns in execution and some dropped passes keeping it close. But one play almost turned things around for Yale. Brown had the ball, fourth and five at its fifteen, with thirty seconds left in the half, so the Bruins went into punt formation. Fred Polacek, the tight end who calls signals on punt plays, normally calls "set" and then shifts back into a blocking position. When he shifted, Polacek saw that Brown's split end was completely un- covered. A tquarterback in high school, Polacek called a "live" signal, thinking he'd toss a short pass to this end, pick up the first down, and run out the clock. But there was confusion on the snap, the play never got off the ground, and Yale took over at Brown's 15-vard line. The Elis scored, making it 7-6 at halftime, and had momentum with which to start the second half. Fortu- nately, Brown's tight defense proved more formidable than >'ale's momen- tum. For all its long marches up and down the field. Brown picked up its two touchdowns with electrifying sudden- ness. Three sophomores set up the first TD. Tom Thurow lofted a 48-yard punt, his first collegiate effort, which was dropped b\' the Yale safet\' after he had 10 61//1/ Hi// picks tip yardage against Yale. been hit hard by linebacker Neil Jacob. Another second-year man, Luke Gaffney, was on hand to recover the tumble at Yale's 15. Two plays later, quarterback Paul Michalko hit halfback Billy Hill for the score. Flanker Charlie Watkins went thirty-three yards, danc- ing in and out of the arms of at least four Elis enroute, to give Brtiwn a third- period TD. The defense did the rest. The URl Rams, under a new and capable coach, Bob Griffin, came to Brown Stadium phvsicalh", mentally, and psychological!)' prepared to do bat- tle with the heavily favored Bruins. Last winter there was a long and heated de- bate on the Rhode Island campus as to whether or not football would be dropped. The decision, made finally by President Frank Newman '47, was to keep the sport and hire Griffin. Against the Bruins, the Rams pulled out all the stops. It was razzle- dazzle football all over again as the Rams ran reverses, double reverses, end-around plavs, and fake punts. De- spite all this trickery. Brown's defense was ec]ual to the task. URl also had a "big" play that backfired. The only difference was that in Rhode Island's case it cost them the game. Late in the first period of a score- less game, Rhodv had a fourth and five at its twenty. The Rams went into punt formation but tried to surprise their hosts by passing for the first down. The pass was too high, and Brown had a chance from the Ram 20. On fourth down, from the 27, senior Greg Rorke booted a 37-yard field goal. When the final whistle blew, that field goal was the only score in the game. /.B. Women's sports The women's crew boasts two gold-medal winners this year in Betts Howes '77 of South Dartmouth, Massa- chusetts, and Kathryn Reith '78 of Alexandria, Virginia. In June, compet- ing for the College Boat Club of Philadelphia, the two Brown oarswo- men rowed to first-place finishes in two divisions of the eleventh annual Na- tional Women's Rowing Champion- ships held in Long Beach, California. For three weeks prior to the Na- tionals, Betts, Kathryn, Paula Maguire '77, and Eliza Strode '79 trained in Philadelphia with women from the Universities of Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, and Nebraska. After a week of strenuous double sessions, Betts and Kathryn were among the ten rowers chosen by Coach Duane Hick- ling (who had just completed his first year of coaching at Penn) for the trip to Long Beach. There, the CBC boats took the open fours and open eights, the lat- ter by a scant one-and-one-half feet over highly regarded Wisconsin. "It was like being a pro athlete for a month," says Betts of the intensive training and round-the-clock concentra- tion on rowing which preceded the con- tests. Betts and Paula Maguire are co- captains of this year's Brown crew, which is currently preparing for the Head of the Charles Regatta on October 3L Another fall highlight will be the dedication of a rowing shell to former Pembroke physical education director and Brown Hall-of-Famer Bessie H. Rudd, in ceremonies at the Marston Boat House on Homecoming morning, November 6. With an exceptional 16-7 combined fall and spring record behind them, the women's tennis team begins a new fall season minus five of last year's varsity players, including first and second sin- gles stars Nancy Fuld and Julie McClure (BAM, April), who graduated in June. "At this point," sa\s Coach Joan Taylor, "with an almost completely new team, it's impossible to say how we'll do this fall." The young squad's hopes center on talented freshman Mara Rogers, an Eastern Lawn Tennis Association- ranked player who has already moved into the first singles spot. Brown's field hockey team will host the eastern college championships from November 4 through 6. A.D. )(g(m(m©^m (September 18 to October 6) Football (3-0) Brown 14, Yale 6 Brown 3, URl Brown 13, Princeton 7 Men's Soccer (4-0-1) Brown 11, Yale 1 Brown 5, Boston University Brown 1, Howard 1 Brown 2, Princeton 1 Brown 4, URl 1 Cross Country (1-4) St. John's 26, Brown 32 UMass 19, Brown 42 Brown 28, Boston College 29 U Conn 23, \ ale 25, Brown 36 Field Hockey (2-0-2) Brown 1, Yale 1 Brown 5, Connecticut College Brown 1, Bowdoin Brown 2, Smith 2 Women's Soccer (1-0) Brown 2, Yale Women's Tennis (3-0) Brown 7, Connecticut College Brown 4, Bowdoin 1 Brown 6, Smith n A new affliction at the prestige schools: "Elite illiteracy" The seventies have been less than vintage years for the written word. Only last year, a distress- ing report from the U.S. Office of Education's Adult Performance Level Project showed that one-fifth of the nation's adult population read and write so poorly that they are having trouble functioning in soci- ety'. It is doubtful, judging from statistics, whether their children will fare much better: D The National Assessment of Educational Prog- ress discovered, in a survev of written essays bv thir- teen- and seventeen-year-olds, that students in 1974 were writing more awkwardlv, more incoherently, and with poorer vocabular\' than students of the same age group in 1969. n The verbal skills of high school graduates, ac- cording to the College Entrance Examination Board, have been declining at an alarming rate since the late sixties, with the class of 1975 scoring a full ten points below their counterparts of the previous vear. n The Association of American Publishers has found the reading proficiency of college freshmen today to be equal to that formerh' expected of high school freshmen. D And, meanwhile, colleges and universities are finding their remedial courses in English bulging at the seams. Few schools — not even the selective Uni\er- sity of California at Berkeley, where almost half of last year's freshmen required catch-up work in basic verbal skills — are immune to the decline in old-fashioned lit- eracy. Blame for such retrogression in the abilit\- to read and write the English language has been laid at every conceivable societal door. Television. A permissive so- cietv. The break-up of the nuclear family. But most of it is reser\ed for the educational establishment. As Stanford's dean of admissions, Fred Hargadon, inti- mated in an interview on the subject with two Los Aii;^clcs Times reporters earlier this vear, education in America ma\' have become "commercialized," gi\'ing the customer what he wants, rather than what he needs. Indeed, a 22-percent cut in basic course re- quirements for such staples as history, foreign lan- guages, and, regrettably, English, has been registered since 1967, accordine to the Carnegie Council on Pub- lie Policy Studies in Higher Education. A surprisingh' large percentage of colleges and universifies, the Council adds, no longer have nin/ writing requirement. Historian Jacques Barzun characterized the situation in these thoughts for Newsweek magazine last Decem- ber: "We have ceased to think with words. We have stopped teaching our children that truth cannot be told apart from the right words." English Professor Gene L\'ons, writing ior Harper's magazine in September, carried the indictment further. "American students are not learning to write, " he said, "because nobodv bothers to teach them how." Brown's English department chairman, A. D. Van 12 Nostrand, is one who has bothered to teach writing in the discouraging seventies. And with good results. Since 1973, more than 7,000 students at locations as disparate as a high school in Tempe, Arizona, and Carnegie-Mellon University have learned to express their thoughts on paper using a totally new method of writing instruction he devised with twelve years of re- search and the fruitful collaboration of four Brown graduate students and instructors in English. As an added dividend, the Van Nostrand writing course, being offered to larger numbers of Brown students each year, is teaching students to think as they grope for grammar and words. Indeed, to Professor Van Nostrand, "Writing ;s thinking." The alarming thing about the decline in students' abilit\' to write, he says, is not that their grammar is weak or that they don't know how to con- struct a decent sentence. It is, rather, that they cannot string sentences together to form a coherent paragraph that completes a process of thought. "The degenera- tion is in the quality of an idea and in the abilit\- to convev it in writing," he insists. The affliction, which is characterized bv rambling, lack of focus, writer con- fusion over what he is trying to say, and problems in organization, is becoming prevalent at prestige schools, including Brown. Van Nostrand calls it "elite illiteracN'." Harvard's professors, who have watched their course in basic English become practically a mini-department, and Stanford's administrators, who 13 last year saw only 24 percent ot the 200 freshmen with the best high school English scores pass their English placement examination, could hardlv disagree with the concept of elite illiteracy. Brown's own course in basic writing — English 1 — became a victim of fashion in 1967, when it was dropped as a mandatory requirement. It has remained an option for students, however, one that is strongly "recommended" b\' the dean for man\ entering stu- dents. But even without a required composition course in English, Brcnsn still requires for graduation that a student demonstrate the abilitv to express himself clearh' in writing. The General Regulations of the Uni- versity state rather blunth-, in fact, that "Competence in reading and writing the English language is re- quired for all degrees." Students who have not dem- onstrated this competence b\' the beginning of their fifth semester, the rules go on to sav, will be denied registration until thev are able to do so. Probably, few students, if an\', have been turned awa\' from Brown purely because of poor writing. Fewer still will be likely candidates for such dismissal in the future. Van Nostrand's pioneering concept in writing instruction is now installed as Brown's English 1 course. The department chairman calls his concept "The Contract Theor\' of Writing," with the contract being, in simplified terms, a pact between writer and reader: "1, as writer, will provide you with infor- mation if you, as reader, will continue to read." Van Nostrand has honed and polished this theory over more than a decade to produce two detailed textbooks that show college and high school students what actu- ally happens when they write. The heart of the ap- proach, which was crystallized in the text Functional Writiii;^, co-authored by Brown graduate students and instructors C. H. Knoblauch, Peter McGuire, and Joan Pettigrew, is a rather simple, vet radical, axiom; Writ- ing is a /Toa'ss; it is not a skill. The common assumption in most classrooms is that writing is a tool that will enable a student to ac- complish something else. Not so, says Van Nostrand. He noted with some humor at this year's Commence- ment Forums that, "It is quite possible in this society today to get along without writing." The ingenious student can now get through high school and college without much writing, he said, and after college, he can rely on the telephone, write memos on printed checklists, and hire a secretary who has absorbed enough grammar and syntax at the Katharine Gibbs school to get his ideas across in a sentence or two. Why, then, teach writing at all? "For its very na- ture," Van Nostrand answers. "It is a process of formal thought." His feeling is shared b\' many other edu- cators, among them James Gray of California at Berke- ley's School of Education, who says, in a thoughtful paper titled "The Crisis in Writing," that writing is central to the educative process. Writes Gray: "Writing ability is the one language act that embraces all xerbal activity, and verbal activity is the heart of all learning." To Van Nostrand and his colleagues at Brown, the task of writing instructors has become clear. Says he: "Our business is the business of showing other people how to make connections. Writing is a way of making con- nections." It was not always so. During the sixties, quite a different style of writing instruction was in vogue. Pro- fessor \an Nostrand likes to call it "the Gertrude Stein stage of pedagog}'" — a time when experimentation and gimmickry were in flower. "The concept of ex- pression somehow got lumped with the word cre- ative," he recalls, "and the outpouring of writing alone was thought to be terribh- important." But that stage died out in the early seventies, to be replaced by a po- tent, though undefined, cry for "basics." "Of course, the word 'basics' is a funny one," Van Nostrand notes. "It's the joker in this whole movement. To parents, basics means 'what 1 learned when 1 went to school'; to teachers, it means 'what 1 can handle with an over- loaded classroom in forty-two minutes'; to principals and school administrators, basics means some quan- titative displa\' of high standards — something that can be measured to get parents off their backs. Basics is more of a journalistic tag than an accurate description of where the pedagogy of writing is going." At Brown's English department, the pedagogy /•■\ of writing is going in a direction no other ^ V. educational institution has gone before. Con- cerned about the quality of writing long before such concern was fashionable, the English facult\- searched, in the early seventies, for an instructional format that would accommodate larger and larger numbers of people who felt they needed help with \Nriting, while at the same time holding down the budget for instruc- tional staff. They came up with the system of self- paced instruction that is now packaged in the Func- tional Writin;^ text. The book, and hence the course, operates on two levels: (1) it teaches students, through the words of the text, a theor\' of v\riting — that writ- ing is a process of making choices; and (2) it forces them, b\' the use of simulated writing problems, to put this theor\' into practice, making choices in their writ- ing based on what they have learned about the process of writing. Since the course is cumulati\'e, students have to make more and more choices simultaneously as the course's writing exercises become more com- plex. Since the text is organized into sequential mod- ules, or chapters, they cannot go on to a more ad- vanced chapter until the\' have mastered the preceding one. The students learn at their own pace. Their grades will depend on the ctimbinatiim of how many chapters of the book they complete and how well their writing reflects what they have learned. The\' write about 10,000 words for the course. Perhaps fifteen or more educational institutions 14 The theory that you cannot teach someone to write is a "marvelous cop- out/' says Van Nostrand have begun to experiment with some kind of self- paced instruction for writing, but almost ail of these programs concentrate on grammar and syntax. The uniqueness of Brown's program is its emphasis on rhetorical problems — the inabilit\' to develop a se- quence of ideas, the inabilit\' to write without becom- ing diffuse and scattered. To their pleasant surprise, teachers at Brown have discovered that working on the rhetorical flaws also diminishes the grammatical errors in student writing. "We didn't anticipate this result," says Van Nostrand, "but it seems that the more cer- tainty a writer has about where he's going in a longer statement, the fewer sentence faults he commits." That sense of certainty comes to the student- writer through the piece-b\-piece unraveling of Van Nostrand's Contract Theory of Writing. The theory was a product of one man's travel, study, consultation, and curiosity. Known for his energ\' and remembered for a pair of eyeglasses that usualh' perch on the top of his head. Van Nostrand began his work in 1964, but the real impetus came during a three-\'ear sta\' in Brazil as a Fulbright lecturer. Teaching American liter- ature in a foreign countr\' and learning to speak and understand a second language stirred an interest in applied linguistics, he recalls. When he returned to Brown, where he had taught American literature since 1951, he began reading theoretical linguistics and "studying languaging as a learning process." The two activities probably helped propel him into a position of some prominence as a management consultant for such corporations as Avis and Raytheon. In that role, he worked on "quick, take-home strategies" that would help the industrial concerns solve their com- munications problems. Later, he worked with several graduate programs in business management, notably the Universit\' of Delaware's, and with teachers of English as a second language, under the auspices of the Department of State. The experiences paid off handsomeh' eight \ears later with the development of the Contract Theor\- — one of the few attempts to ex- plain precisely what writing is and what happens when \-ou do it. S ince the professor believes that writing is a learn- ing process based on making choices, his theory provides guidelines for making those choices. He says that the whole theory can be stated in one, single-sentence paradox: "It is easier to organize \'our information for someone else than it is to organize it for \ourself." Thus, he defines writing not onh' as a learning process but as a social act — a radical assump- tion for some. Van Nostrand contends that people ac- quire knowledge about any subject simph' b\' writing about it. They do so b\' being forced to perceive rela- tionships among the data that pertain to the subject. How they perceive those relationships also teaches them something about themselves. But when the pri- vate acc]uisition of knowledge merges with the social 15 act ot comnninic.itinn, a "iiatLital tension" develops, accordini; tn the professor. It is hard to grope for new relationsiiips while at the same time attempting to ex- plain their sij^niticance to someone else. The resolution of this tensiim, according to the Contract Theory, is to "use \our reader's priorities as guidelines to accelerate and control what \ ou learn as you write." Functional Writing helps the student iden- tif\- his intenclcd reader through various strategies that first spell out traits and characteristics all readers have in common and then convert these traits into a set of questions the v\ritercan ask himself while writing. The best question a writer can ask, Van Nostrand adds, is "So what?" That is the one his reader will have up- permost in his mind. Identifying the reader's traits, inferring from these traits his needs and expectations, and then writing to meet those needs, will simplify and speed up the writ- ing process. Van Nostrand claims. Most poor writing, he believes, is composed with no one in mind. Take, for instance, one of the professor's favorite corporate memos, written for files, rather than for people: "Please try to arrange to attend this mandatory meet- ing." And the college term paper is just as fuzzy, writ- ten as it is to convey an image of the student, rather than knowledge. This is an example of the "punitive way in which our whole school system uses writing," Van Nostrand says. The writing assignment is merely a tool for evaluation in most cases. How or what is written is less important than how well the student succeeds in creating the impression that he knows a lot. "I think this whole institutional attitude about writing has deprived students of a chance to learn to write," he says. Other attitudes about writing trouble the depart- ment chairman and his colleagues, for in- stance, the pervasive feeling among teachers of English that their true calling is to teach literature, with composition classes considered a chore to be suf- fered through on their way to greater things. And, more pointedly, the prevalent attitude, even among those most knowledgeable, that, "You can't teach anyone to write." Van Nostrand calls this presumption "a marvelous cop-out." Those who have taken, taught, or helped shape the courses based on the Contract Theory of Writing are fairly certain writing can be taught. Roberta Kevel- son, who directs the eleven instructors who will teach some 340 Brown students the Functional Writing model in English 1 this semester, is particularly posi- tive. She has been able to compare the pre-tests that are given to all students before instruction with their post-course writing samples, and she says, quite simply, "It works; there's no question about it." Moreover, what the students learn in her class can eas- ily be related to areas outside English, she says. Sci- ence majors are among those who elect to take the U'riting course, along vs'ith a sprinkling ot linguistics majors, concentrators in other humanities, and even students interested in creati\e writing, for whom the course offers a new v\a\' of looking at v\riting. In addi- tion to instructors, v\ho are graduate students and who watch over classes of thirt\' students each, ad- ministering tests and helping with problems. Professor Kevelson is assisted in teaching English 1 by a group of "reviewers," who are usually undergraduates who have taken the course and v\ho check assignments and help students keep up with their self-paced instruc- tion. One of this year's reviewers, William Hadesman '78, offers another positive assessment of the program. He admits he was "intimidated" by the course at first, but says "I definiteh' learned to write. That's why I'm an advocate now." Van Nostrand's contention that writing is speeded up by use of the theory is validated by Hadesman's experience. "1 worked a full day and a half on my first 1,000-word paper," he recalls. "The last one — of the same length — took me less than four hours." Another course graciuate, Lisa Gichner '79, thinks it is unfortunate that many Brown students still think of English 1 as a piece of remedial drudger\-. "There are man\' juniors and seniors who would like to take it and who know they would benefit from it but won't because thev think the course has a bad name," she says. The greatest benefit of the course, she says, is its abundance of individual attention — something she sorely lacked in high school English classes. But one graduate instructor of the course also noted that opinion is still divided on English 1 and the writing theory at Brown. "It's a controversial course," she said, without further comment. Controversial, but definitely successful. Since 1973, and the first loose-leaf compilation of the work- book that would become f//)iL/u>(((7/ \\'riti}i\^ in its third edition, the Contract Theory of Writing has been taught to more than 1,500 Brown students — all as an optional course. English 1 classes have been expand- ing each year, as a check of first-semester registration figures since 1973 indicates: 90, 180, 240, 340. In addi- tion, the books — Functional Wrili)i<^ and its abridged version for high school instruction — have been exten- sively field-tested in their various stages of revision, a process that has included some 6,000 students at a half-dozen colleges and high schools — schools such as Loyola Universit\' in New Orleans, which have asked for the materials after professional meetings spurred interest, and high schools throughout the countr\'. Because of such success, the four authors of Fiaictional Writing; incorporated themselves into a non-profit institute last year to ease the contract prob- lems involved in field-testing their book at other edu- cational institutions. "It was a matter of either the Eng- lish department's becoming a retailer or setting up a separate entity to do it," according to Van Nostrand. Thus, the Center for Research in Writing was born. 16 One student was ''intimidated'' by the course, but says, "I definitely learned to write" with Van Nostrand its director and Brown University a primary beneficiary. Other exciting developments are beginning to sur- round Brown's innovative writing model, the most immediate being a series of seminars to be given this month titled, "Writing to Learn." The CBS Foundation funded the seminars. They will test thoroughly the no- tion that a person learns about any subject by writing it. One hundred students and more than a dozen fac- ulty are involved in the project, which bridges eleven disciplines in a four-day course based on the Contract Theory of Writing. Faculty from such fields as linguis- tics, biomedical sciences, engineering, history, soci- ology, and Slavic languages will be teaching the theory to groups of ten students each, who represent an equallv varied cross-section of disciplines. Their mini- courses will be designed to prove the contention that writing need not be relegated to English instruction. Professor Van Nostrand explains the significance of the experience: "The student lives in a world of parti- tioned time slots. He's always thought of writing as being schoolroom writing, specifically English-class- room writing. This is a bold attack on that set of as- sumptions." What else does the series of "bold attacks" on conventional writing instruction set in mo- tion bv Brown's English department do? To Roberta Kevelson, it helps a student overcome an al- most natural tendency to indulge in soft plagiarism — "using somebodv else's thought because you haven't assimilated it and made it your own." In the traditional writing class, the student learns to gather informaHon "like so manv pieces of laundr}' and stack it on his side," she explains. "When you make an assertion using the Contract Theory, you have to relate it — not just tack it on, but relate it — to the subject; and then you must show lurw it relates." Van Nostrand assesses the benefits of his writing program this way: "At the most prudential level, students learn how to answer exam questions and write papers. At the most sophisticated level, 1 think they might be able to see that writing is an aspect of dialogue, rather than merely monologue — that it is an act of communication, and not of broadcasting." When asked a more direct and insistent question by one skeptical alumnus at the June Commencement Forums — "Do students rcall]/ write better after this course?" — the professor was ready with a smiling one-liner. "Oh, ves," he replied earnestly, "the students write more better." S.R. 17 Sock and Buskin's 75th Its story is the story of four directors Tfw imos became official on June 29. The hm-i/ear effort to raise $1.8 million to meet the two-for-onc Kresge Foundation challenge grant of $900,000 ivas a success. Under tenns of the grant, the funds are to be used for t\\e construction of new and reno- vated facilities for the Performing Arts. With the attainment of this goal came word from Marion M. Walk, coordinator of the arts at Broicn, that an architectural finn had been hired and that work would inai'c ahead as soon as possible. Included in the project (BAM, April 1973 and May 1973) will be the conversion of Lyman Hall (for- merly Lyman Gym) into an experimental theater, the flooring-over of Colgate Hoyt Pool for use as a dance studio, ami the con- version of Smith Hall, an 1845 French Chateau-style mansion on the old Bryant Campus, into a new departmental home for music. This good news for the Perfornnng Arts couldn't hai'e come at a more appropriate time, for 1976 marks the sei'enty-fifth anni- versary of Sock and Buskin, the oldest and one of the most distinguished university theaters in the country. The following article is a historical tribute to Sock and Buskin, tracing its development in the hands of four strong and personable directors. Sock and Buskin wasn't the first theater group at Brown, but it was destined to become the largest and the most enduring. A plethora of such or- ganizations existed in the late 1800s, the most famous of which was Hammer & Tongs, which concentrated on minstrel shows and farces. When Hammer & Tcuigs went under financialh' and passed from the scene in 1897, Brown was without a theater group for four years — until a voung aspiring actor named Tom Crosbv created Sock and Buskin. The stor\' of Sock and Buskin has become largely the story of its directors, only four in its seventy-five-year his- torv: Thomas Crosbv, Jr. '94, '95 A.M. (1901-1920); Benjamin VV. Brown '19, '21 18 The Unnvrsih/ Archives urns the source for the photograph (opposite) of the 2905 production of Charley's Aunt. Playing the aunt is the late Fred C. Brooinhead '05. The only other cast member identified is Hunter S. Marston '08 (second from left). Over sixty years later, loheth Williams '70 and Tony Lioce '68 starred (belozo) in the 1968 production of Physician in Spite of Himself. A.M. (1921-55); Janice Van de Water Brown (1955-63); and James O. Baniliill (1963 to the present). Credited with reviving theater at Brown, Tom Crosh\ remained the group's primarv inspiration and its sole director for almost twenty years. A na- tive of Newport, Crosby early in his life had decided that he wanted to become an actor, after attending numerous per- formances by theatrical road companies in Newport. His first appearance on the stage came during his freshman \ear at Brown, when he and the famed Shakespearean actor, Edwin Booth, shared a curtain call at the Providence Opera House — but not by design. The pla\' was jiiliuf^ Cncsar, with Booth in the title role and the youthful Crosbv taking the part of a lowlv spear holder. Just before the conclusion of the final act, Crosby's toga got caught on Caesar's bier, which was dead center stage, giving the Brown freshman the dubious option of departing the stage minus his toga or sticking around for the curtain calls. Booth received seven "calls" that night, and so did the im- mobile Crosby, his face becoming redder all the while. After earning his master's degree at Brown in 1895, Crosbv headed for New York, where he studied at the Stanhope-Wheaton Dramatic School. But Crosby, scion of a socially promi- nent Rhode Island familv, was causing some problems bv his interest in the theater, which, in such social circles, was not highly regarded in those days. Legend has it that the family wielded sufficient clout to have Tom Crosbv ap- pointed to the Brown faculty in the fall of 1900 as professor of public speaking and coach of the debating team. By ac- cepting the appointment, Crosb\- re- claimed his birthright as a member of the Newport 400. Vitally interested in speech, Tom Crosby established in his first year of teaching a course in public speaking that reflected contemporary usage and contrasted greatly with the formal courses in oratory and elocution taught then in every conventional college cur- riculum. In his long association with the Universit\', Professor Crosbv won the enduring devotion of hundreds of Brown men, whom he inspired to re- spect the King's English and to pro- nounce the native tongue sincerely, cor- rectly, and without affectation. He was also rare among his con- temporaries in his recognition that liter- ature did not stop short in the middle of the nineteenth century. Over the pro- tests of many senior members of the fac- ulty, he introduced into the Brown cur- riculum courses in modern drama, modern essa\', and modern poetry — all this long before such a practice was generally accepted in American uni\'er- sities. Paul F. Mackese\' '32, former alumni executive officer, recalls Pro- fessor Crosby's course in the modern drama. "He was a delightful gentleman with a deep, mellow voice, a mantle of white hair, and with those famous pince-nez glasses. Even though class at- tendance was compulsory in those days, Tom Crosby never took roll. He never had to. No one would have thought of missing his class. He'd read and make the plays come alive. It was like going to the theater." But Tom Crosby will be remem- bered best for the founding, in 1901, of Sock and Buskin. The "Sock" in the title is symbolic of the foot gear worn by the Greek comedian, and the "Buskin " re- fers to the high-laced sandal worn b\' the Greek tragedian. Sock and Buskin's first effort was Our Boys, produced in the spring of 1902 at the Providence Opera House as a part of Junior Week, a bash similar to today's Spring Weekend. There was no facility on campus where full-length plays could be produced, and most shows were held in the Opera House, a somewhat ornate building located in downtown Providence near the present-da\- Outlet Compan\- depart- ment store. The inclusion of Pembrokers as fe- male cast members was still thirty years away when Tom Crosby formed Sock and Buskin. Writing some \'ears back about this period, Francis J. Brady '16, a former thespian and now a resident of Rochester, N.Y., had this to sav: "No giggling, gurgling Pembrokers were allowed to upset our serious devo- tion to the 'drammer.' Bills' Lynn, Char- lie Berrv, Paul Howland, and many others flitted about the stage with minc- ing steps, literalh' tripping. The\' spoke in dulcet tones, in a clear falsetto or a warm alto, but not without discordant husky crackings sufficient to amuse the populace. Dresses would get caught underfoot, straps would slide bewitch- ingly over shoulders, and the audience would appreciate the artistrx- of the realism." The local press had some fun at the expense of the "female" cast members. One Providence journal theater critic de- scribed an actor in a woman's part as "looking very well, but when 'she' spoke, the bass voice v\as startling and when 'she' walked, it reminded one of a baseball pla\'er tr\ing to make first base." Between 1901 and l'^19. Sock and Buskin produced one full-length play each spring, usualh for one perform- ance onh'. Supplementing this effort were trips to nearby towns in Rhode Island and Massachusetts where Sock and Buskin "shed the inspiring light of culture in the by-ways," according to Francis Brady. These off-campus trips to town halls and high school auditoriums weren't without their hazards. One night the back wall of the "room" on stage caved in just as one of the actors was standing in its doorwa\'. The door frame escaped hitting the actor but left him standing amid the rubble, still recit- ing his lines. The emphasis in the earl\- years was on light material with strong box- office appeal. Plays such as The Cool Col- legians, The Rii'als, Charlei/'s Aunt, and Private Secretniy were typical of the period. Given the performing condi- tions, along with the fact that plays were produced as a part of Junior Week, it is not surprising that there was an in- ordinate amount of audience participa- tion in the early pla\'s. Hoots and howls, pennies tossed from the balcony of the old Opera House, and even flour bombs tossed at the actors were commonplace. One night, things were so bad that Tom Crosbv himself stepped to center stage and asked the students to please refrain from tossing tlour bombs at the per- formers. The students quickl)- obliged. They tossed the bombs at Professor Crosbv instead — but all in good fun. A number of the Sock and Buskin performers of that era sta\ed with the theater after graduation, some be- coming drama teachers in the public schools, others forming or joining communit\' amateur groups, and a few making it professionalK'. W. P. "Billy" Lynn '10 appeared on radio and in operetta, made a dozen films, and was featured as Erwin Throwbridge, the greeting-card and racetrack ci>n man, in the 1935 long-running Broadwa\' pro- duction of Three Men On A Horse. Meanwhile, lorn Crosby had be- 20 Ill 1928, the hoani of Sock and Buskiii assembled on stage for this pneture. Standing: Prof. Ben Brozvii and Edward L. Hernck '29. Seated: Cillmore O. Bush '28, Francis B. Annington '28, Leslie T. Chase '28, Franklin Gninwell '29, Rufiis C. Fuller '19. and Prof. Tom Crosln/. come something of a legend at Brown and was also considered the fountain- head of amateur dramatics in Rhode Island. He helped to found Komians, Pembroke's answer to Sock and Buskin, was a founder of The Players, a leading Providence amateur theater group, and was widely known as an actor and pla\' director. Professor Crosby had that elusive quality called charm. An eligible bachelor, he was pursued by the societ\" dowagers of the da\ but alwass man- aged to avoid their rush. He was con- sidered abou I'ivaut and an expert spin- ner of yarns, with many of his best stories spun late at night in a place called the Senate Pub, located at the foot of College Hill. Along about mid- night, top hat topping white tie and tails, he would glide into the establish- ment for his mint-julep nightcap. Tom Crosb\' got along well with the students and wasn't adverse to stretch- ing the rules a bit to help them out. hi fact, the late Joseph F. Reilly '13 said he put his friendship with Professor Crosby to the supreme test. The first baseball game of the season was a week awa\', and Reilly was three points shy of eligibilitx , after a losing bout with solid geometr\ . "I approached Tom," Reilh' wrote some years back in his column, "Smoke Rings," in the Brockton Daily Enterprise, "informed him that I couldn't get a make-up exam until June, and asked if he would send over to the registrar's office right away a final passing mark for m\' course with him. Tom fixed me with the look Hamlet reserved for his fa- ther's murderer, held the gaze for a few long moments, and then broke out in'a gale of laughter. 'Your request is so preposterous and powered b\ such unmitigated gall that I'm going to grant it,' he said." The professor's onh- stipulations were perfect class attendence and "a flock of runs" in baseball. After a par- ticularh' dismal day at the bat, Reilh' re- ceived the following note: "Your pos- ture at the plate \esterdav was excel- lent, \'our gestures with the bat vague and inconclusi\e. Even \our protest to the umpire on that called third strike was unconvincing. I shall expect a bet- ter performance against Yale next Saturda\ ." If Tom Crosb\' had his lighter moments, he was all business when it came to working with his performers. 21 He held ci r.ire talent for dramatic in- terpretation and a strong interest in developing a similar ability in his students. He was an expert in the eighteenth-centur\- \va\s of strutting and fretting. He knew every face patch, ever\' flip of a snuff box, and every whiff of a lace cuff that are part and par- cel of powdered-wig-and-hoopskirt drama. Francis Brad\' summarized Tom Crosbv's teaching style this way: "What a thrill it was to sit at rehearsals and watch Professor Crosb\' work. His pedagogical technique was simple. It involved no lengthy exhortations for us to search our souls for some spontane- ous emotional spark. 'No, no, this way,' the master would sav, and we would imitate the inimitable. We would inflect and modulate, pause and stress, speed up and slow down, rehearse and re- hearse, play and plav, until we became the very incarnations of the saints and sinners, the swaggering vagabonds and timid souls, the colonel's ladies and Jud\ O'Gradx's, the subtle knaves and men of honor of whom the authors had dreamed." Next to teaching, there were few things Tom Crosb\' enjoved more than acting. It was always a memorable mo- This ftiuiy o/ Ben Brozm was taken a feiv years before his death. ment when he appeared in an Alumni Show or on the stage at Barker Pla\- house, home of The Players. He made his last appearance on the Faunce House stage in 1941, six years before his death, as Nathan'l Berry in the alumni production oi Shore Acres, marking Sock and Buskin's fortieth anniversary. The late Leslie Allen Jones '26, a member of the theater staff, recalled that perform- ance in an article written for this maga- zine in 1951: "Although we did not suspect it then, Tom Crosby was playing his last role on our stage. The old gentleman, Nathan'l Berr\-, is closing up for the night in the Maine kitchen where the final act is laid. He picks up his candle and goes slowl\- about the set — kicking the rug against the door to keep out the chill of the winter night and closing the damper on the stove. Then he comes to the newel post of the stairs and stands there. And the audience was so quiet you could have heard a program drop — caught in the magic and mystery of the play — wrapped in the mantle of Tom's playing." Among those caught in the magic ^ of Tom Crosby's final Brown per- formance was Ben Brown, Professor Crosbv's former student and, in 1921, his successor as director of Brown thea- ter. Down through the \'ears, people have constanth' tried to compare these two directors, an almost impossible task. Lois Lindblom Buxton '43, a friend of Tom Crosby's and a Ben Brown lead- ing lad\' who turned down a Hollywood offer, perhaps sums it up best. "Both got the very most out of what they worked with," she says. "Tom was more adept at producing plays with broad -based humor, while Ben was more interested in making his audience think. If there was a difference, it would have been in style. For example, if a male was playing a female role, Tom could get up and slwir the actor how he should cross the stage. Ben couldn't do this. If he had tried, he would have been ludicrous. But Ben could get the same result by teUin^ the actor how it should be done. He made his actors thuik the role." A native of Danielson, Conn., Ben Brown taught for a brief period at Deer- field Academ\' before joining the Brown faculty in 1921, reliex'ing Tom Crosb\' of his directing duties and allowing him to concentrate on his courses in public 22 jauiic Van dc Water (center) rehearses the 1954 production of House of Bernarda Alba. From left: Slieila Saiuiders McKechnie '56, Christa BulUer Ei^en '56, Dianne Waldniaun Kleinniann '55, Rosalie Greenlvrg Goldman '56, Harriet Nichols Allen '55, Nana/ Maker Kappas '5t>, Stella Giainniabi Frisliher^; '57. speaking and the mudern drama. As an undergraduate, Ben Brown had taken part in Sock and Buskin, acted as a reader for the Glee Club, and worked as reporter for the Brou'it Daihi Herald. But he loved the stage most of all — so much, in fact, that during his sophomore vear he "ran away from Brown," as he put it, to join a vaudeville act. He was on the Keith Circuit for six weeks, but when his act got the hook, Ben returned to college. Professor Brown later had more ex- tensive and rewarding experiences with the professional theater. He was a juve- nile with the Albee Stock Company in the summer of 1919, pla\ed two seasons with the Jessie Bonstelle Stock Com- pan\' at the Providence Opera House, directed summer stock, and appeared with the Pla\ers. His immediate contribution, upon joining the Brown faculty, was to change Sock and Buskin from a dramat- ic societ\' offering one production a vear into an organization that was active throughout the academic year, offering an assortment of dramatic delights rang- ing from Greek tragedies to Shavian comedies, and from Dunsanv's sym- bolism to Arnold Bennett's urbanity. The thirty-four years of Ben Brown's directorship encompassed great change — the construction of a new theater, the merging of Sock and Buskin and Komians, the birth of Brownbrokers, and the establishment of the now-famous Alumni Show as an in- tegral part of Commencement Week- end. Through it all, there was never an\' c]uestion of who was in charge, and there was little doubt that whatever was tried would succeed. The late Leslie Allen Jones '26, technical director of dramatics for many years, felt that Ben Brown was a genius. "His best teaching," Jones once wrote, "was done at midnight when he talked with the tired cast grouped about him on the stage. It was, 'Marjorie, 1 liked \ou tonight in that third scene, but . . .' 1 have never seen another man get so much out of undergraduates. He did not spoon-feed; he macie them think. His standards were higher than those of some professionals. No Sock and Bus- kin actor ever expected to be thrown a cue after dress rehearsal." George K. Anderson, chairman of the English Department when Ben died in 1955, summed up the director's career when addressing the faculty. He said, in part: "The word nctor is inevitable when we think of Ben Brown, for he was an actor, both in reality and in metaphor — once actually an actor on the pro- fessional stage and always a man whose chief role was his own life. The range of his emotions was never confined. He could be a King Lear in his regal outrage at the perversities of the world which he never made but which he nonetheless held dear; he could be a Horatio in his wise counsel or gentle consideration or a Hamlet in his unwearied advice to his pla\'ers; he could be a Mercutio in his volatile fancy, his wide-faring humor, his deep compassion, and his charming companionship. For him, these were not merely parts to be assumed for an occasion and discarded. They were as much a part of him as they were a part of Shakespeare, and we use these terms to speak of him because the\' were the terms by which he lived and worked. "Were we to follow the language of Shakespeare, we might call Ben Brown an original. He belonged to what seems to be, unfortunately, an ever-decreasing group of true individualists. He was, in the best sense of the word, a chnmcter, a legend while still alive. "Nowhere, not even c^n the stage, was his individual personalit\' more evident and more valuable than in the classroom. His students remembered what he taught them because of the originalitN' of his insights, the wealth of his analogies and comparisons, and the force of his delivery. His lectures were performances, and each performance was an educational experience not to be forgotten." In switching over from one produc- tion a year to a full theater season im- mediateh' after he succeeded Professor Crosby in 1921, Ben Brown was joining the Little Theater Movement, which had been spreading throughout the countr\' for several years. For Brown undergraduates, the "Little Theater" was the second floor of the Brown Union, now known as the Art Galler\' in Faunce House. A temporary stage was erected, and the Sock and Buskin or- ganization obtained lighting equip- ment, scener\-, drapes, and furniture. The facilities were modest, but they constituted a home for Sock and Buskin at last. The experimental theater thev began in that era was an artistic success but a financial disaster. By the stan- dards of the day, man\' of the "mes- sage" plays produced lacked popular appeal, so in order to make money to support the experiments, Ben Brown decided to send the pla\s on the road. By the mid-1920s, at least one major production each year was being de- 23 signed specificalK' tor the road, the "road" meaning anywhere from Strat- ford, Conn., to \Veliesle\- College; from Uxbridge, Mass., to Cranston, R.I.; from Bristol High School to Providence. The income derived from these road shows served Sock and Buskin well until the earh 1930s, when the shows were curtailed b\ the Depres- sion. Also, b\' that time manv small towns, churches, and schools had started to develop their own dramatic societies. The Sock and Buskin Alumni As- sociation (now called Friends of Brown University Theater) was formed in the late 1920s to help raise funds through membership dues and through pro- ceeds from a new venture called the Alumni Show. The latter productions allowed former Sock and Buskin mem- bers to don the grease paint again and also helped to maintain interest in Brown theater after graduation. The first Alumni Show, called Ghosts, was produced in 1926. The da\' after Commencement in 1931, a strange procession wended its way from the Brown Union to Rogers Hall. Janitors were seen carrying Elizabethan benches, lengthy columns, and bulky platforms. Several custodians bounced along carrying Roman spears on their shoulders, stopping now and then to take a playful stab at an elm. Early in September, the same proces- sion moved from Rogers to the theater's new home in Faunce House. Thanks to John D. Rockefeller, Jr. '97, Rockefeller Hall had been extended to include a new 360-seat theater. Rockefeller's only stipulation when he made the gift had been that the entire building be named in honor of his old friend and Brown's former president. Dr. William H. P. Faunce. Ten years of living in cramped quarters and operating with inadequate facilities thus ended in June of 1931 with the alumni production of Uncle Tom's Cabin, with Ben Brown in the title role. Dedication of the new theater came that fall with the performance of The Mer- chant of Venice, starring the late Thomas A. Chapman '34 as Antonio and Gerald Leonard Bronstein '32 as Shvlock. Operating in a modern theater brouglit Sock and Buskin new prestige and added suppt)rt. The subscription list jumped from about 200 in 1930 to more than 1,200 by the 1940-41 season. In the same period, the number of stu- Thc 1931 production of The Merchant of Venice was the first in the new Faunce House tlieater. dents participating rose from twenty- five to 125. The 1930s will also be remembered as the decade when the long battle to merge Komians and Sock and Buskin was finally resolved. Founded at Pem- broke the same year that Sock and Bus- kin was born at Brown — 1901 — Ko- mians operated in an assembly room in University Hall until Sayles Gym was built in 190(->. By 1927, Komians had moved into the new Alumnae Hall, where a real stage and permanent equipment was available. Like Sock and Buskin, Komians struggled through its early years. Women were forced to play the male roles and had the added handicap of being forbidden by the University to wear men's costumes. After a perform- ance of Tlie Scliool for Scandal at a Provi- dence high school, the Providence lour- nais theater critic devoted a full column to Sheridan appearing in "skirts and peek-a-boo waists." Sarah Minchin Barker took over as director of Komians in 1920 and guided its destiny for sixteen years, a period in which the group did three major plays a season. Ruth Husse\' Longenecker '33, a Holh'wood leading lad\ for more than a decade, was one of Miss Barker's prize pupils in Komians. Ffforts to merge Sock and Buskin and Komians had been made in 1925, 1928, and 1933, all with no success. Sarah Barker was a leader in the drive for a merger. Ben Brown, so forward- 24 looking in every other way, wanted no part of a joint operation. The late Leslie T. Chase '28 wrote about this chapter in Brown's theater history. "Except for an emergency per- formance by Miss Edith Meiser in the early 1920s, due to the sickness of a cast member, we struggled along with un- dergraduate impersonations until the special production of The Romnntics in 1930. That production was like a small boy sticking his toe in the water before diving in. It was not even officially presented by Sock and Buskin for fear of offending the alu?iini and the Univer- sity authorities. "The following year — 1931 — im- personations were dropped and women guests were invited to fill all female roles . . . After many years of talking and planning, the Komians were finally combined with Sock and Buskin at the end of the 1940-41 season." Another event of the 1930s is worthy of mention. In the spring of 1938, the University, at the urging of President Wriston, set up a Committee on Dramatic Activit)' and appointed Professor Ben Brown director, with full responsibility for stage presentations of Brown and Pembroke. It was the first time in thirty-seven years that the title of director was officially used to define the work done by Tom Crosby and then Ben Brown. During World War II, Ben Brown joined the Red Cross, and the task of keeping Sock and Buskin alive was left to Les Jones and Prof. Janice Van de Water. The stage crews were made up entirely of Pembrokers in the war years, and most of the plays were cast only after counting the number of men avail- able for the required parts. During one production. Sock and Buskin outraced the Army, closing on a Saturday night with the leading man reporting for in- duction on Monday morning. Les Jones combined a career as an English professor at Brown with an in- tense interest in and knowledge of clock-making and drama. He was the man in charge of the design and con- struction of sets for all Sock and Buskin productions, serving as a volunteer from 1931 to 1942, when he was ap- pointed to the faculty. A delightful campus personality, he was known for his Yankee brevity and his wit. Les Jones was particularly close to the stu- dents, enjoying their companionship and sharing his hobbies with them. When Ben Brown returned after World War II, he resumed his role as a campus celebrity and quickly fell back into his old rituals. One of these was sharing a drink after rehearsals with a member of the faculty or a student. Ben's favorite spot was the Spaghetti House on Mathewson Street in down- town Providence. Al Saglio, the own- er-manager, developed a devotion to Ben, who ate there nearly every night, and always in elegant fashion. Dr. Bertram H. Buxton '40, one of Sock and Buskin's most distinguished actors, recently recalled some of those evenings at the Spaghetti House. "After the final performance of each pla\ , Ben would hold open court down there. Gayle Noyes of the English department would usually be along, and members of the cast and other stu- dents would crowd into the booths in Ben's immediate area. Ben, and some- times a member of the cast, would usu- alh' start by giving impromptu 'reviews' of the reviews of the pla\ carried earlier in the Pravidcucc jounml and Brozi'n Daily Herald. Reviews were never quite like those delivered by Ben Brown. "To be at the Spaghetti House on those occasions was like going to a lec- ture on the theater. Ben would discuss the history of the play we had just com- pleted, when it first came to Broadway, who starred in it. The students would just sit there spellbound and Ben would be in his glorv. Being a bachelor, Ben's family was his students. We loved him, and he returned our love. It was a happ\' marriage. To many of us, Ben Brown was the Mr. Chips of Brown University theater." The Spaghetti House was also where man\' of Brown's theatrical sea- sons uere planned. It was traditional at Brown for the students to have a sa\' in the selection of pla\s. But Ben would sometimes bend that tradition a bit. The Sock and Buskin board would wrangle about the selections for the coming year for a month or more. Then Ben would take two or three members of the board to the Spaghetti House and there, over good wine and under poor lighting, the Sock and Buskin season would be planned. At the next meeting of the board, Ben would say, "Gentle- men, we've been procrastinating too long. It's time we came to a decision." At which point, one of his cohorts would say, "I think we should do — -." Beaming, Ben would pound a desk and shout, "That's a splendid idea," and the program would be voted through. It would, of course, be Ben's season. Ben Brown so dominated under- graduate theater at Brown that it took some time, after he died suddenly of a cerebral hemorrhage at 57, for those in- volved to realize that the show would have to go on without him. His re- placement was Janice Van de Water, who came to Brown in 1940 with a strong background in speech and an academic interest in Shakespeare. She had a sense of style and was a superb director of st\lized drama — eight- eenth-centur\' comed\-, Shakespearean comedy, and English drawing-room comedy. She also had a good eve for detail and served as a technical director. 25 Hmni C. Hart 35 (left) and Uns Lindhkmt Buxton '43 starred iu tlie 2956 alumni production of The Road to Rome. rather than an acting director a la Crosb\' and Brown. Born in Brookh'n, Janice earned her B.A. at Barnard and her M.A. in drama at Teachers College, Columbia Univer- sit\'. She came to Pembroke to teach public speaking at a time when that course was compulsor*' for women. Later, she directed several plays a vear under Ben Brown and taught courses in playwriting and pla\- production. Not too many \'ears after taking over as director of Sock and Buskin in 1956, Janice Van de Water Brown (she had married Sevellon Brown 111, an editor and publisher of the Providence journal) became ill with multiple scle- rosis. As it became more and more difficult for her to move around, Janice had to modify her directing style. A close friend, 5t)phie Schaffer Blistein '41, recalls this period: "The approach Janice liked to use when directing was to show the actors and actresses how to do a certain thing. As her illness got worse, Janice would come to rehearsal with a cane and would have to sit there in the wings and tell the actors what to do. It is a credit to her determination and to her theatrical skills that eyentualK- she became equalK' effectiye using this new ap- proach." Janice Van de Water was one of the first women to direct theater at a major university in this country. Jim Barnhill, Brown's current director, feels that she would have had a brilliant career had she not contracted M.S. "Janice was a brilliant teacher and critic in the theater and had she not become ill she would have become a very powerful voice in this University." Toda\', Janice and her husband spend six months a year at their home in Matunuck, R.I., and the remainder of the year on Barbados. Recently the\ spent a few weeks in London, where Janice finds that she can enjo\' the thea- ter without the hassle of Nev\' York. Jim Barnhill, Prof. Van de Water's successor, came to Brown in 1953, a na- tive of Sumner, Miss., and a graduate of Yale ('47) and the Yale School of Drama ('54). He is an acting director in the mould of Professors Crosb\' and Brown, and has been active in the local theater communit\-, becoming one of the founders of Pro\'idence's highl\- re- garded Trinit\' Square Repertory Thea- ter. Also like his two male counter- parts, Jim Barnhill has his idiosxn- cracies. Breezx' b\ nature, he can give those unfamiliar with him the impres- sion of being brusque. He also mis- places things regularly, and he is notorious on campus for being late to appointments. He is consistent, how- ever. He's always tu'cuti/ minutes late. When meeting Jim Barnhill, most col- 26 leagues automatically show up twenty minutes late and saye time. The last of the Ben Brown staff, Jim shares the former's interest in his stu- dents. He's totally open to the wishes of the students, even to the point of doing plays a}id other things he doesn't realh' want to do. "I respect Jim as an artistic dir ecto r of theater and as our mentor," says Don B. Wilmeth, one of his associates. "He's exceptionally good in one-on-one situa- tions with young actors. He has the abil- ity to make that student find his deepest resource, tap his reserve. This is one of the great secrets of learning how to act. "Jim has two other traits that have been valuable during his directorship, which has been an era of great expan- sion. The first is his ability to look ahead, to plan for the future. The sec- ond is his equanimit\' in a crisis. When everyone else is uptight, Jim stays calm and takes things in stride. In the life of the theater, this is a particular bless- ing." When Jim Barnhill came to the campus, Sock and Buskin was the- ater at Brown, with the exception of one Brownbrokers production each year. Today, Sock and Buskin is an umbrella term that refers to all plays directed by the staff. Theater at Brown today is much broader than ever before. In addition to Sock and Buskin and Brownbrokers, it includes Production Workshop, Rites and Reasons (a black performing group), modern dance, and dozens of splinter groups. "Living with all these other organizations is sometimes difficult for the staff because we exercise no control over their activities," Barnhill says. "But this is really OK because we are trying to create at Brown as many opportunities as possible to participate in theater and to create ways in which theater events can occur. "Another difficulty is that we sometimes see very talented actors and technicians spread thin in all these vari- ous groups, and we realize that we at Sock and Buskin have 'lost' them and therefore can't put our strongest face to the paying public. That's the bad part. "The good part is that the new sys- tem does increase involvement of the students; it does provide an opportu- nity for leadership in the theater. And it certainly does provide the opportunity to proceed through the process of cre- ating a project and then moving it Mickeif Israel Balahaii '52 and William Di/er '53 appeared m the 1950 production of Othello, the first Brown production of the Shnkcspenrcan tragedy. For this occasion. Prof. Leslie Allen lones designed a radical ei\^ht-leivl stage. through the stages of organization and completion. This demands leadership of a very high order, along with artistic abilit\' and a kind of personal commit- ment and determination, a rather rich amalgamation of skills. Very few oppor- tunities such as this exist at most col- leges and universities." This past year, there were thirty- four plays done at Brown, of which the staff directed no more than seven or eight. Production Workshop did seven full-length pla\s. Rites and Reason did four, while the rest were one-act pla\s done all over the campus. "Last season I sponsored a course in black drama," Barnhill notes. "The students in the class produced a pla\' and showed it to me and to two other staff members in one of the lounges of Metcalf. It was a wonderful production, very exciting, and could have been popular if shown commercialh . But it was tiicir class proj- ect and they wanted to show me and no one else. And that's where it ended." Jim Barnhill feels that in the 1950s Brown theater was not strong enough to sustain a large number of other groups on campus. "Perhaps we were not as courageous as we should have been," Barnhill savs. "And maybe we didn't trust the students as much as we should have. We saw a more mature judgment in the 1960s, a concern for the internal affairs of the Universit\' and e\en a con- 27 James O. Barnhill glares at Cushing Pagon 73 in Prof. James SclieinU's play, The American Fantasies, at Neu' York Cih/'s La Mama Theatre in 1972. cern in terms of national decisions. "At the same time, we also saw a more direct and outspoken attitude from the students in regard to the teach- ing thev expected from us. All of this was ver\' difficult to live with, especially in the performing arts where there is a need for a high degree of authoritarian- ism. At times we see the students mak- ing choices we feel are wrong — but our judgment isn't asked. This is all right, too. It's the way it ought to be. It's part of a healthy theater situation at Brown." Professor Barnhill feels that there is a reason why there are so many theater groups on the Brown campus. "Many students," he says, "don't want the pressure of a full-length play. They want the pleasure of acting in a pla\' without the long-term commitment. There are many creative people at Brown today, each looking for an outlet for his or her creativity. Last spring, Mickey Rolfe '78 did an independent production cif The Fn)itii^tiLks and raised $1,000 for the performing arts dri\e. Another student produceti a full-length play in Big Mother (a student-run food cooperative in Faunce House) with a cast of fift\' — and it was good." Despite the phenomenal increase in undergraduate involvement in the thea- ter, however. Professor Barnhill feels that an even greater period of growth lies ahead. "When the renovations at Lyman Hall are complete," he says, "we will have even more students par- ticipating. Our artistic and cultural input will be more strongK' felt and our impact will be even greater on the cam- pus because of much higher visibility. "It is my hope that with our added facilities we will encourage participation by groups within the Uni\'ersit\' we haven't even tapped \et. For example, we hope to have a room where under- graduates or graduates in comparative literature or modern language can read plays and perform them on their own, or at least give a stage reading. "Dick Foreman '59 today is one of the most distinguished directors and theoreticians in America. He's currently directing the great success at Lincoln Center, The Three Penmi Opem. He also owns the Ontological-Hysteric theater in the Village. When Dick was a student here, he was disappointed by our tra- ditional approach, our traditional point of \iew. "In a wax we had to pla\ it safe then. We didn't have strong adminis- trative support and so we fudged. This, of course, is wrong. A theater group should feel secure enough to take chances. The new facilit\' will help us to take more calculated risks, so that never again will we let a student down as 1 feel we let Dick Foreman dovsn twenty years ago." "The word has begun to spread that Brown is a fine college to attend if you have an interest in the theater. Sub- freshmen know that the lines of partici- pation are not as rigid at Brown as they are in most colleges. They know that the staff is strong and the audience is recep- tive, and that if they write plays they can get them produced at Brown. There is a young man entering this fall who, according to his high school drama coach, is a combination of Paul New- man and Sergio Franchi "This isn't a bad combination at all," Jim Barnhill says v\ith a grin. "If we keep getting this sort of talent, I'll have to do what the football coaches do — publish a roster of home town, height, weight, and so forth. Of course, for the Paul Newmans and Sergio Franchis that come our wa\' we could add a couple of line items — such as color of e\es and campus phone number." j.B. 28 Yes, John Mars is for real When people talk about him, they are almost apologetic: no one can he that good Bv Robert A. Reichley If you want to drive from Milton, Massachusetts, to Culver, Indiana (granted, not many people do), get on the Mass Pike, head west over the New York Thruway, the Ohio Turnpike, and the Indiana Tollroad. When you see the golden dome of the Uni- versity of Notre Dame, turn left. After that, ask some- one how to get there. Culver is a town of 1,700 people. It rests among flat, marginal farmlands a safe distance from the throat-clogging smoke of the steel cities of Gary and East Chicago. Unfortunately, it also is too far from the lovely, rolling hills of southern Indiana, where Brown County is a must for tourists and a native of central Pennsylvania might observe that the land looks like home. Yet Culver has its own charm, and what attracts people there is its six-scjuare-mile glacial lake and Culver Military Academy. Lake Maxinkuckee is a playground for summer-colony residents, mostly from Chicago and Indianapolis. Culver Military Academy was founded in 1894 by Henry Harrison Culver, who made a fortune selling stoves out of the back of a horse-drawn wagon and who dreamed of one day es- tablishing a school that might become a counterpart in middle America to the older, English-like boys' board- ing schools of the Northeast. It isn't clear how Henrv Harrison Culver imagined his school would develop over the years, but today Culver Militarv Academy is a secondary school for about 500 bovs and his dream has been expanded by his heirs to include about 200 young women in the Culver Academy for Girls. In addition, the Culver Summer Schools have enrolled as many as 1,800 young people who spend July and August in the classroom, and who also ride the schools' 150 black horses over the 1,600-acre lakeside campus, sail the fleet of some 300 boats, and learn theatre and dance in an auditorium whose stage was designed by an alum- nus, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Joshua Logan. Culver is a paradox to people who know it only casually. It regards itself as the nation's leading mili- tarv school, its cadets wear uniforms and drill, and its most famous military unit, the Black Horse Troop, has marched down Pennsylvania Avenue in a half-dozen presidential inaugural parades. In contrast. Culver long ago pulled its advertise- ments from most nationally circulated magazines be- cause it didn't want to be associated with the places the public too often regarded as "tin schools. ' The Culver faculty has been civilian for years and broad in its educational backgrounds. Three or four of its graduating seniors each year head for one of the serv- ice academies; the overwhelming majority of its stu- dents enroll in ninetv-nine other colleges and universi- ties. It is where the late actor Tyrone Power filmed Tom Brown of Culver, but also the place Josh Logan got his start in the theatre and actor Hal Holbrook said he died a few times, but found himself in the process. 29 In |liI\ , Culver seomod to add to the m\stor\ of what kind of school it is. After drawing upon West Point backgrounds for man\' of its chief executive officers (three generals and a colonel ha\'e been its most recent superintendents), the trustees surprised e\en the campus communit\' b\' choosing as its tenth superintendent what private school educators call a "school man": Brown-educated John Mars ('41). When Culver Educational Foundation Board Chairman B. B. Culver announced that Mars would succeed Col. Ben A. Barone, such a state of euphoria existed on the Culver campus that one imagines people danced in the streets. To the more cvnical observer, it is at least a mild surprise when an\- academic communit\' is in- stanth gabanized in total support of a new top admin- istrator. John Mars has been a Culver teacher, counselor, athletic coach, academic department chairman, endowed-chair holder, and administrator for thirt\'-five \ears. His rise to the superintendencv of a military school that will retain the military is a tale that rests somewhere equidistant between the literary heroes Horatio Alger and Mr. Chips. Except John Mars is a connoisseur of understatement and would be em- barrassed by such a comparison. Still, there are some who think the reference has validitx', and one is Emery Walker '39, former director of admission at Brown and now dean of admission and financial aid at California's Claremont Men's College and Harye\' Mudd College. "Though 1 knevN- John as a student at Brown, 1 have come to know him better through m\' admission visits to Culver when we've sat up and talked into the night. He has a curious qualit\' about him. He is a big hunk of a man who ob\'iously was a good athlete. Yet he has an endearing softness. Compassion. A human- ness. His love for kids is genuine; he is not a hard- nose. He is a solid, nice, pleasant man who is easy to like because he operates on an even keel. "Culver is an outstanding example of what any good college preparatory school can be. The kids at Culver wear uniforms and march and all that, but Culver has ne\er fallen into the trap oi spending an inordinate amount of time on the militar\' at the ex- pense of the academic side of the school. Somehow, Cuher has made it work when man\' others haven't. "John spent thirty-five \'ears there in a \ariet\' of jobs and he was promoted from the inside, which is st)metimes more difficult, " sa\s Walker. "Flaws stand out; people know your weaknesses. The school de- cided the best prospect it had was an inside man — and that's the best tribute to John. \'ou can't sum up his academic career, his compassion for people, and his love for students and conclude he is a modern-day Mr. Chips. Mars outweighs Chips b\ 200 pounds. Yet there is a Chipsonian quaiitx about him I would imag- ine places him high among the teachers akmini re- member v\ hen the\ think about their da\ s at Culver." Detroit businessman Robert Vlasic, a member of the Culver Board of Directors who helped choose Mars as superintendent, is one such alumnus. "John had been asked to head the school once be- fore and he declined. When Colonel Barone resigned last summer, we again went to John and asked him to serve, if only temporarily. This time he said he would like to serve permanenth'. Why did he change his mind? 1 think he recognized that what he had to offer were the very qualities Culver needed most." The qualities which Mars has in abundance are where the Horatio Alger bit comes in, and they are of a kind seldom mentioned in the phraseology of official announcements. When John Mars was Johnny Marso- lini, an Italian kid growing up in Milton, Massachu- setts, he had some of the same handicaps to overcome as the children of other immigrant parents in the 1930s. He was a good athlete, worked hard in class to achieve high grades, and spent whatever time he had left earning money to help the family. The Marsolinis were working-class people and a college education for tlie children was not much of a reality. They were the kind of family one would describe in those days as "poor, but of good stock." A Milton newspaper clipping in 193b said Johnn\' Marsolini was in the middle of everything. He was a good pass-catching end, star swimmer, baseball regu- lar, class president, and a member of the student gov- ernment. He worked hard for what he got, and what he got was success. A Brown alumnus scouting for ta- lent for the freshman class of 1937 wrote his friend Bruce Bigelow, then Brown director of admission: "Here is a young fellow who looks like some of the best material I've seen around here in a long time. His people are an old-time, native-born Italian family, and John is the onh' one of the children to aspire to a college education. He has a splendid record, and ap- parently he is interested in a scholarship. 1 like the looks of him, and 1 sincereh' hope we will get him to Brown." Brov\n did get Marsolini. The Boston Brown Club pro\ided the funds for a full scholarship, and it was a good investment from the start. Johnny Marsolini performed at Brown as he did at Milton High. President of his Brciwn class for four \ears. Member of the football team for fmu' \ears, with All- America mention in his senior \ear. President of the Cammarian Club, the name of the student gei\ ern- ment until a few years ago. Star on the baseball team. Academic leader among his football teammates. Dr. Walter JusczN'k '41, a long-time friend. Brown r(H)mmate tor two \ears, teammate in baseball, and best man when John Marsolini married Phyllis La\elli, sister of the great Yale basketball star Jon\ La\'elli, re- calls the late 19311s at Brown. It is trom the perspective of two kids of immigrant lamilies who got to know each other on the baseball tield <.\nd never forgot where 30 .. •;> the\' came from: "The Marsolinis were caretakers anci gardeners. The Jusczyks worked in the mills ot Rhode Island for 13 bucks a week. A week was fortv-eight hours or more, and I remember to this dav meeting m\' mother at the mill and coming home with her at 11 o'clock at night. Brown's tuition then was $450, and the Rhode Island Brown Club paid mine, just as the Boston club paid John's. We were luckv to be where we were, and we knew it." One ought to stop here for an observation. The as- tonishing thing about John Mars is that he is real. From newspaper clippings and high school counselor rec- ommendations, through his Brown career, and during the thirtv-five \'ears he has spent at Culver, there is a pattern of consistenc\' about him that few attain in their lifetime. Dozens of people v\ho have known him over fort\' \'ears and in all types of situations sa\ the same thing. Thev're apologetic about it. Almost as if they're afraid you won't believe them. No one is that good. "There are some people in vour college life \'ou look up to," savs Jav W. Fidler '43, trustee emeritus and a teammate of John Marsolini. "I looked up to him in a wa\' different from most. I was cannon fodder as a freshman practicing against the varsit\- football team. When you're getting run over, you don't respect some of the guvs who are doing it. Other guys are special. John was special. "He was an even-tempered gu\' in college, but when vou lighted the fire, his competitive spirit was marvelous to behold. He might be furious and toss a couple of bats out of the dugout, but the words yelled were 'Blooming bugger!' Imagine that. 'Blooming bugger.' He never swore. He never slipped; never." Earl W. Harrington, Jr. '41, also a former Brown trustee and a Sigma Nu fraternity brother, says Marso- lini never had much spare time. "He didn't get to Brown on his father's largesse, and so he worked hard. When he had a feu' minutes, he'd come quieth' into Mars in chapel . . . Says Emety Walker '39: "Culver decided the best man it had for supyeriuteiidejit urns an inside niaii — and that's the best tribute to John" the fraternity house and plav the piano." Marsolini's competitive spirit burns brightly in the mind of his friend Walter Juscz\k. Marsolini never wanted to lose, and when Brown blew a big one, he could bash in a locker door. When Marsolini and Jusczvk later played in the semi-pro New England Baseball League for S50 a week, a room, and all they could eat at Dinty Moore's in Groveton, New Hamp- shire, some of the fans would rag Marsolini from the stands and tell him his name sounded like Benito Mus- solini. "He didn't take it well. He might throw a bat against the screen and glare at them. But he never swore. His response more likeh' was a home run on the next pitch. And then he'd ease me off to vespers at 3 o'clock ever\' Sunda\ afternoon. Geez, e\ery Sun- da\'," adds Jusczx k, shaking his head in some disbelief almost four decades later. The athletic exploits of the kid from Milton were numerous in the Brown \'ears. Mars remembers a 1940 victor\' over Arm\'. A \ear before, he had broken into the line-up e\'en though Brown had one of the best group of ends in its history. A year later, in Michie Stadium at West Point, Ernie Savignano '42 threw a scoring pass of fortv-five \ards to Marsolini in Brown's 13-9 triumph over the Cadets. For "Rubberarm" Jusczvk, the memory is of a Dartmouth baseball game the next spring: "The score was 12-0, Dartmouth. 1 was sitting out the game rest- ing. Sometimes I'd pitch nine games in twelve days. But the coach put me in, told me to hold them, and all I threw was downers. Brown rallied and won 13-12, in- cluding a homer John hit over the head of the great Dartmouth outfielder Gus Broberg, whose son now pitches in the majors. It has to be the longest home run ever hit at what was then Aldrich Field. I think it is still rolling." In 1941, John Marsolini won the Class of 1910 Troph\' as the scholar-athlete of the \'ear, received his 31 Brown degree, and headed tor llar\ard tor a summer of study toward a master's degree in educational psy- chology Come fall, he needed a job and his references were certainl\- strong enough: Bruce Bigelov\' and Dean Samuel Arnold. Sam Arnold called Marsolini sincere, honest, and of high character. Bruce Bigelovx' talked about \oung Marsolini's ambition since grammar school to be a teacher of Spanish and French. He added that Mar- solini was a perfect gentleman, and a popular and sophisticated leader ("and he is everything but a poli- tician"). Bigelow concluded: "I know of no bov who deserves a more enthusiastic recommendation. He's a four-bell man." As Marsolini weighed a number of offers, one in- stitution. Culver, seemed more interested than the rest. Superintendent Edward Gregory told Bigelow and Arnold he would do everything to find a place for Marsolini, and promptly hired him as a Spanish teacher and football coach. Marsolini headed off to Culver that fall, where they were paying room and board and $1,000 a year. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor occurred only months after Marsolini arrived in Indiana, hut the \'oung instructor completed the \'ear there and headed back to Harvard. That summer he played baseball in the New England League for $10 a game, ate lunch with Walter Jusczyk at Dinty Moore's, worked on his degree, and prepared for the inevitable. He also changed his name. In the summer of 1942, the Boston Globe and Time magazine reported that the voung third baseman of the Woonsocket, Rhode Island, team had asked the probate court to change his name from Marsolini to Mars. The Globe editorialized a bit and said the former Brown athlete "had been embarrassed bv the similarity of his name to that of Hitler's chief stooge." The petitioner told the court simply: "I expect to join a branch of the service very soon and Mars would be a much better name for a fighter than one sounding like Mussolini." John Mars didn't have to wait very long. Back at Culver with one game to go on the football schedule, he received his notice to report. It came on November 9, the same day his Brown freshman roommate. Bill Erickson '41, was killed overseas. Mars was inducted one year to the day after Pearl Harbor, and he was later accepted into Officers Candidate School. Given his penchant for winning, for being part of the battle, and his competitive spirit, it is difficult to surmise what the effect of the next months may have been on one who changed his famih' name to "Mars" because it sounded mi>re appropriate for a fighter. During night maneuvers in lennessee in the summer of 1943, Mars was in a serious motorcycle accident. The irony was too much. The previous summer Mars had tried for a Navy commission, but his eyes weren't strong enough to pass the test. All during the summer of 1942, he drank carrot juice because a Nav\ doctor told him it would strengthen them. Mars ended up hating carrots for lite, and still flunked the e\'e test. This time, on the Tennessee summer's night in 1943, he lost an e\e. "It was," he said later, "so much lost for so little gained." Mars spent four months m the hospital, received a medical discharge, went to work for Dun & Brad- street, c]uit in a month because he didn't like the work, married Phyllis, and headed back to Harvard for the winter term to finish his degree. With his newly awarded master of arts in teaching, the first of two master's degrees he would receive in Cambridge, Mars took his bride and returned to Culver because some- thing intrigued him about the Indiana preparatory school. "I suppose upon reflection it was the people I met when I came as a young teacher fresh out of Brown with no experience. Culver was a closely knit commu- nity with a warm feeling among the people who lived and worked there. 1 learned from master teachers — people who had good academic backgrounds plus ex- perience — what it meant to be totalh' dedicated to students. There certainly was great esprit. It was fun to teach. I am ascetic, and there certainly was a monastic quality to some aspects of life. Yet there was a freedom to do what you wanted in the classroom and in a college-like environment." If that explains wh\' John Mars and his young bride came back to Culver in the 1940s, it ma\' not completely explain wh\' he staved. There is no single reason, but rather a collection of relationships and im- pressions that makes you aware thirty-five years later that you haven't been anywhere else — and you don't regret it. Brown beckoned tv\ice during those early years, once as a football coach under Rip Engle before he went to fame at Penn State and again as an admis- sion officer. It was tempting because of his feeling for Brown and because of his interest in athletics. But he said no. "My sons' education came into the picture and I was motivated to sta\' because of Ton\' and Peter. We were happy there. I might have returned to Brown, ex- cept I had come to believe in Culver and I knew that as long as I was a teacher, the onh' heritage 1 could give my sons was an education. If \ou total the years they spent in the summer and winter programs, they got $40,000 in educational benefits. But it was more than that, and 1 don't regret it." It was more than that, for in the 1960s when Tony and Peter were growing up, so was the school. Noam Chomsky's disciples were visiting MIT and returning to the flatlands to publish textbooks in transforma- tional grammar. In mathematics and biolog\'. Culver facult\' were writing texts that continue in use. And in Joshua Logan's theatre, the Mars famih' in a given season could see Andres Segovia, the Chicago Sym- 32 phonv, Joan Baez, Dame Judith Anderson glaring over the footlights at the students because they made too much noise, and the Alvin Ailey and Paul Taylor dance troupes. It was $40,000, and then some. Over those thirty-five years, John Mars was at var- ious times varsity football and basketball coach, head of the summer camping program for some 700 young- sters, a counselor, academic dean, executive assistant to the head man, and chairman of the foreign lan- guages department. In 1971, he was named to the Eugene C. Eppley Chair in Foreign Languages, as one of only nine master instructors at Culver to be awarded one of the prestigious endowed academic chairs. He planned and supervised the school's information re- trieval center as well as the program in English as a second language. Along with those responsibilities and the uncount- /% ed ones that go with life in a boarding school, A ^ Mars continued his own education. He spent all of his savings in the summer of 1946 to stud\' Spanish at the University of Mexico. He earned a sec- ond master's degree from Harvard in 1951, studied Russian at Notre Dame, and did additional graduate work at Indiana University. Mars's educational in- volvements went beyond the campus as a frequent reader of the advanced placement examinations in Spanish for the Educational Testing Service. It was not a job awarded lightly, at least not to the same person over a number of years. Each year, advanced placement exams are read by a group of outstanding teachers, two-thirds of them college-level instructors. The remaining third are dis- tinguished high school teachers who participate, says ETS Program Services Officer Harlan Hanson, "to keep the college people honest. John Mars has been involved for years because of the respect others have for him." "We know if John says something is wrong with a test question, there probably is and we should take a Talking with students . . . Says a former student: "You knew the first time he talked with you that he cared about you" look at it," adds Professor Howard Young, chief reader in Spanish for ETS and a member of the Pomona Col- lege modern language department. "You find some- thing else when you're locked away with a small group of people for a week — and that's how each of them wears on you. I can tell you John Mars wears ven,' weU. He reacts with openness and candor, yet he is easy to work with. He is also dependable, and depen- dability in this activity has to do with the high consis- tency with which he performs every year." For all of what John Mars's friends and associates have to say about him, teachers are measured by the impact thev have upon their students. Superinten- dents of military schools, headmasters of boarding schools, and principals may get their reward in heaven. Louis Auchincloss speculated in The Rector of Justin that perhaps the glory of a good executive officer is in his ability to cope with detail. "To the headmas- ter," he wrote, "is left the intangibles: God, a boy's soul, and school spirit." If he fails on any one of the three, his title gradually changes from Headmaster to Headmonster. John Mars has this test to go. But cer- tainly as a teacher and counselor for thousands of stu- dents, he has made it. J. Gregory Poole, a North Carolina businessman, former president of the Culver Alumni Association, and a trustee, knew Mars as a student: "He combined an air of authority with a degree of expectation, and both brought out the best in you. This was true whether you were in the classroom, cleaning out your room, or organizing an intramural basketball team. You caught from him a sense he wanted the best you had to offer. He was firm and fair; no monkey business. But he had a sense of humor that let you know he could enjoy a joke. 1 remember him as a man who could laugh. By the glint in his eye, you knew the first time he talked with you that he cared about you." Robert Benson, a National Merit Scholar who went to Amherst, is now the president of a small com- pany operating fifty-six pre-schools in the Midwest. 33 He was also a faculty brat whose mother vsas a devel- opmental reading expert at Culver. His father, the late Dean Ernest B. Benson, devoted his career to the academic life of the academ\' when professional mili- tary men were Culver superintendents. Sa\s Benson: "M\' association with John is still sharp in m\' memor\'. He was a counselor of a liv- ing unit of which I was a part. We won the academic bowl, the athletic cup, e\er\ thing, ironically, but citizenship. \ou could not ha\'e found anyone in our organization who didn't like him. Everyone has his biases and prejudices, especially at our age, yet it was hard to dislike him, and no one did." As one who has watched Culver develop over the Years from an inside position, Benson can appreciate John Mars more keenly than most. "1 alwa\'s worry about the battle to keep very vital faculty members in these times. I am concerned if I think 1 see Culver drift- ing awa\- from its commitments. John represents the kind of faculty member who is crucial to a boarding school, one who puts academic values first and is will- ing to make a total commitment." Donald Farren graduated from Culver in 1955 and is now chief of cataloguing in the John Carter Brown Librarv, currenth' on leave to write his doctoral disser- tation at Columbia on the eighteenth-century book trade. "It is hard to think of John Mars now because 1 continue to remember him through the eyes of a teen- age boy," Farren says. "He was one of a number of good men who were counselors at that time, but he seemed better than the rest because of the way he talked to me when 1 was a kid. 1 see now he filled a tremendous need in me; he filled a gap in my life, and I remain eternally grateful. "When 1 have returned to Culver, he has given me an unusual amount of time. 1 remember that after 1 had become an undergraduate at Princeton, I returned to Culver to talk with John about my classes. He had been at Harvard the previous summer and had taken a course from a Princeton professor who used Spanish art in an unusual wa\' to talk about Spanish literature. How gratifying it was to see his excitement about his experiences and his openness to new ideas." When the Culver Board of Directors met in July to determine who would be the next chief executive at the Academ\', it also discussed and adopted a statement of principles and objectives. James Henderson, executive vice-president of Cum- mins Engine Compan\' in Columbus, Indiana, sav\' a change among his colleagues. "I sensed among them a strong feeling that we want a military system that is a 'CuKer' military s\'stem, and in that context, a man like John Mars is an ideal choice." John Mars did not write the statement of objec- tives and principles, biit he ^^nd it were adopted b\' the board at the same meeting. It is a comfortable match, for u'hen he begins talking about his branch ot educa- tion and the school that changed his mind about leav- ing his belox'ed classroom for the imprecise \'ictories of educational administration, he sounds pretty much like the straight-arrow kid from Milton, Massachu- setts, who hasn't changed his tune much in forty years. "1 want Culver to be the very best preparatory school in the countr\ ," he savs. "Those of us in the school business need to strengthen the basics. We sometimes get lost in a search for our identity. We get hung up on labels and forget that too many kids in school toda\' do not read well enough to understand Contemporar\' Thought or write well enough to ex- press themselves about Minorit\' Literature. Reading and writing skills are crucial, and if 1 could pick a single course as essential, it would be English. 1 believe one can inculcate in a student the love for good litera- ture and a passion for histor\', the knowledge that once you know another culture you will never be the same again, a love for music and art, and for the technical skills of math and science." An educational conservative talking? Howard Young of Pomona College says he knows, from his late-night bull sessions with Mars after reading Span- ish exams all day, that John Mars is certainly an edu- cational conservative. "But he is not hidebound." "What am 1?" Mars repeats a friend's question. "Liberal? Conservative? President Wriston once said he had been called a liberal, a conservative, and a Communist. He didn't believe much in labels, and neither do I. I'm so darned liberal I would like to see women as priests in the Catholic Church, and 1 think priests should be able to marr\ . 1 won't sa\' what books kids should and should not read. In the hands of good teachers, students can learn a great deal about democ- racy and their heritage from reading books others might find objectionable." Those who know John Mars best characterize him as one whose lifestyle retains a deep element of the common man and whose personality puts him at ease and in communication with e\eryone. Fred Adams, long-time Mars neighbor and executive vice- president of the town's bank, tells the storv that one evening last summer, the newK' elected superinten- dent of Culver visited the home of Indiana Governor Otis Bowen. After dinner, the con\ersation turned to the hundreds of trees Dr. Bowen had just planted on his summer estate. "There, in the darkness with each of them holding a flashlight, were John Mars and the governor holding a long and intelligent ci>nyersation on trees. 1 don't know if John knows an\thing about trees, but he could have fiioled me," sa\s Adams. John Mars probabh does know something about forestry, but the con\ersation could ha\e turned as easily to music, football, or God. His interests are 34 broad, and his philosophy of life — for himself and for his students — simple and direct. He says if he had not been a teacher, he would have gone into medicine. It is mc)re important to die at thirtv-five and to have accom- plished something, he feels, than to live to ninety and have your life worth nothing. "In the vears ahead, I want to see Culver return to the counseling system 1 knew when I came here," Mars says. "We imbued in young people a sense of re- sponsibilit\' to themselves. I don't like vulgarit\ , and I'm going to speak about it in chapel even though it won't be popular. I expect decency, integrity, open- ness, and respect for propert\'. It is one thing to be concerned about the environment in Colorado — and 1 am concerned about it — and it's something else to be concerned about the environment on campus. The country needs responsible citizens, and the beginning of that is to be responsible here. I look at a young man like Jon Feighner, who was a superior student here, performed well at Brown ('73), and now is a lawyer. I have one thing to say to him: be an ethical lawyer." As though someone had read him the lines from /% ]. D. Salinger's Catcher ii\ the Rye, Mars is X ^ aware of his role in developing the equality of life in a boarding school. "1 would never make life miserable for our stu- dents; 1 am happy onlv when I see kids who are happy with themselves. 1 believe the way to do that is to give them the rationale, to set an example, and to trust them, a trait found in too few aclults. In m\ thirt\ -five years in a boarding school, I don't think the kids have let us down. "1 grope continualh' with this crystal-ball view of what we want \'oung people to be. There are certain things one does at five vears of age, certain things at ten, some kids mature at fourteen, and some never do at all. 1 alwa\s hope for a sense of respect — fcir coun- try, for school, for authority, but most of all, for them- selves." In his office "/ hop:)c youjig people will have a sense of respect — for country, for school, for authority, hut most of all, for themselves" Though John Mars probabh' doesn't know it, what he truly wants is for his students to be like him. It is not a new thought for the head of a school. In John Mars's case, it is a worthy goal. I believe thiit Dr. Prescott's true greatness lav less in his school than in his impact on individual bo\s. I even believe he knew this himself, for he knew himself thoroughly, good and bad. He knew his capacit\' to be pett\-, vain, t\rannical, even cruel. He fulh' recognized his propensit\' to self-dramatization and his habit of sacrificing individuals to the imagined good of his school. Yet he also saw at all times and with perfect clarity that his own peculiar genius was for persuading his fel- low men that life could be exciting and God wanted them to find it so. And having once seen and under- stood the good that he was thus destined to accom- plish, how could he ever stop? How could he ever, e\en in moments of doubt, switch off his genius and lea\e his audience before a darkened stage?" From The Rector of Justin Bob Reichley, nssociate vice-president aini director of Lhiiversity relations, and former editor of the BAM, was director of p'ublic relations at Culver prior to coini)ig to Broivn. 35 Photograph by John Forasle Frisbee No longer just a game for individuals on the College Green Frisbee is a game that once was played only on the College Green in competition with the growing of grass. But now it has become an or- ganized sport played on old Pembroke Field in competition with such frisbee pov\ers as Rutgers, Boston University, The University of Connecticut, and Yale The Brown Ultimate Frisbee Team was organized last fall b\' Ron Kaufman '78 (he had immediate star status be- cause of three years' high school experi- ence) and Allen Wilson '76. It has a squad of forty, about thirty of whom ma\' or ma\' not show up at anv given game. (Josiah S. Carberry, with his pe- culiar living habits, would appear to be a natural for the Brown team.) The Ultimate team has even done the ultimate — designed a logo showing a rambunctious Brown bear flipping a frisbee behind his back. The modern game of frisbee was started nine years ago at Columbia High in Maplewood, N.J., by some students who later went to Rutgers. This made Rutgers an immediate national frisbee power — since it had the onK college frisbee team in the country. 36 •*■' -^ t"'* -'"■' • ' ' ■ " r,a^^^ >-,tei'> 37 "The game is a combiii.ilinii of tootball, soccer, ruj;li\-, and basketball," Ron Kaiitman says, "We pla\ on a field that is sixt\' b\' fort\', w ith addition.il end zones of lhirt\' \ aids each. ^ on can onl\ advance the frisbee by passing, and the objective is to score a point by completing a pass in the other team's end zone. We use a man-to-man (some- times man-to-vvoman, since women can pla\) defense and scoring realh isn't that high, games ending 20-15 or IS- 12." Last spring, altera slow start, the Ultimate Frisbee Team stormed back with fi\ e consecutive victories, includ- ing two over traditional frisbee rival Harvard. "\ think the students lounging on the College Green developed a sense of pride in our frisbee team last spring," Kaufman sa\s. "Many of our best plavers were recruited from the infor- mal games being pla\ed on the campus. We still practice near Universitv Hall, just for old times' sake." If \ou listen to Ron Kaufman, \ ou get the feeling that frisbee is sweeping the countrv. Mavbe it is. This summer the Nile York Tiincs did a feature on the sport in its Sunciay Mni^nziiic. In late August, a professor of aerodynamics at MIT received nationwide publicity when he was the runner-up in the mens overall ciimpetition at the third annual World Irisbee C hampionships (a competition for indixiduaK, not teams) held in l.os Angeles. "Frisbee at this level can be mtellec- tualK stimulating, with ph\ sics and aerodvnamics coming into plax," Prol. lohn Kirkland told the press in a post- tournament interview. "But most of all, " he added, "I just find the game spirituallv fulfilling." (Frisbee fre- quenth' can be fulfilling in other wavs. It's common practice at most tourna- ments to have watermelon and beer as a half-time snack.) Competition at the World Frisbee Championships was keen, involving more than 100 contestants. The plavers were judged on the length of time thev kept their frisbees aloft, accuracx' in throwing the discs, and other special skills too numerous to mention. As further evidence of the sport's growing popularit\', the Wcftport (Conn.) Ncivs gave front-page coverage to the Westport Ultimate Frisbee Festival of Flight, held there on August 14. Teams from UConn, Brown, and Westport competed in the tournament. The price was right: admission was free. The town's first selectman, ]ac- ijueliiu' I leneage, added to the stature o\ the tournament b\ tossing out the ceremonial first trisbee with elan, and appari'nt skill. "I'm an old hand at fris- bee from wa\' back, " she said modesth . A partv atmosphere prevailed when Brown and UConn circled off in the championship game. At the half, Brown trailed, 6-4, but was closing fast. Fifteen minutes and three watermelons later, the UConn pla\ ers charged out for the second half, switched to a zone defense, shut off the Bruins, and won, 18-12. "Needless to sa\' we were disap- pointed with our showing," Kaufman said after the match. "Some of our pla\ ers just didn't seem to catch on to what we were trying to do, and if \'ou don't catch on in this sport \ou can't hold the frisbee. We intend to do some recruiting on the College Green this fall, and we'll be back at Westport next summer better than ever before. You can count on that." In Ultimate Frisbee, there are no officials. "This way," Kaufman says, "no one can complain about the officiat- ing after the game. Frisbee is stricth- an honor game. Of course," he added, pausing, "in some games we have no honor either. Then it's bloody hell." I.B. Broim's Ultimate FriMw Team (or^;aiuzcr Ron Kaufman in middle row. center). 38 mi presents a guide to all Alumni, Alumnae, Students, Parents and friends of Brown. • Calendar of selected events of particular interest across the countrj, with dates from late October to early February. • Alumni Leadership — Lists of the Board of Directors of the Associated Alumni, Club Presidents, and Regional Directors of the National Alumni Schools Program. Alumni/ae near Brown and those apprised by Club mailings of early events have enjoyed a variety of early fall gatherings. Those which follow represent only a sam- pling of the ones to come. Because many fall and winter plans are still tentati\e as we go to press and space permits inclusion of onlv a fraction of those which are complete, we sug- gest you contact your Club officers or the Alumni Relations Office for details. Enjoy the Brown life fully where\er vou are this year! The Staff of Alumni Relations Brown University Box 1859 Providence. Rhode Island 02912 (401)863-3307 Board of Directors 1976-1977 OFFICERS President Bernard V Buonjnni.. Jr '60 (^771 Pri>\idcni.e.RI Presidenl-Elect Sanford W. Udis, M I) '41 (1477) Fall River. MA Secrelan JohnH tilish-59(197S) Rumlurd. Rl Treasurer William E. Corrigan. Jr '58 (1978) Riimlord. RI REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES Massachusetts. Vermont, New Hampshire. Maine John W Arala..lr hi (1478) Marhlehead, MA NealSWeinslock '67(1477) Newtonville. MA Rhode Island Ji>jn HiK>siMcMasier'60(1977) C'ransuin. RI Shirlev Sugarman Wolpert '46 (1978) Providence. RI Connecticut Leslie B Disharoon '54( 1978) Glasionbur\.CT Arlemas M. Pickard '57 (1977) Stamford. Cr New York and Puerto Rico William R.Griffilh '70 (1978) New \oTk. NY Norma Caslowilz Munves '54( 1977) New York. NY Pennsylvania. New Jersey. Delaware Su/anne Griffilhs Bower '53 (1977) Shorl Hills. NJ Ann McGeeney Hartv '53 (1978) Pillshurgh. PA D.t.. Mary land. Virginia. West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina Roscmarv Smilh Koslmaver '6(1 (1977) Towson.MD Edviard R Levin '65 ( 1978) Washington. DC Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee Jack 1 Giddmgs.Ml) '57(1978) Jacksonville. EL W.Terence Walsh '65 (1977) Atlanta. GA Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky John R.Nicholson '63 (1977) Grosse Pointe Shores. MI David E. Schreiner '70 ( 1978 ) Shaker Heights. OH Minnesota. If)«a.\\ isconsin. Montana. North Dakota. South Dakota Robert R Eisner. Jr. '48 ( 1978) Milwaukee. Wl Marjorie Ford Pohlmann '54 (1977) Minneapolis. MN Illinois. Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska Iduin L, Noel '68 (1978) St Louis. MO Richard M. Rieser, Jr, '65 (1977) Glencoe. IL Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana. Arkansas Richard M Hard\ '61 (1977) Houston. TX John N. McCamish. Jr. '63 ( 1978) San .Antonio. TX Colorado, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Idaho. Nevada. Wyoming. Montana G.Scott Briggs 66( 1478) Colorado Springs. CO Kilgore Macfarlane. Jr, '23 ( 1977) Scottsdale. AZ California, \\ ashinglon. Oregon. Hawaii. ,\laska Robert C. Maddos '66(1477) TahoeCity.CA Ruth Gadbois Malarazzo '48 (1978) Portland. OR ALPHABETICAL LISTING John W. .Arata. Jr.'63 1 Jefl'erson Street Marblehead. MA01945 Robert G.Berr\ '44 185 East 85th Street New York. NY 10028 JohnH.Blish'59 66 Catlin Avenue Rumford.RI 02416 Mrs. Glenn Bower '53 (Suzanne Griffiths) 397 Hobart Avenue Short Hills. NJ 07068 G, Scott Briggs '66 1415 N, Nevada Avenue Colorado Springs. CO 80907 Robert L Brow n '5 I 9(j .Morningside Dr . 4-E New York. NY 10027 Thomas J. Brown '50 12 Hickory Lane Canton. MA 02021 Ms, Nancy L Buc*65 20 W 64th Street. 20-T New York. NY 10023 Bernard V. Buonanno. 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Schreiner '70 3335 Grenwav Road Shaker Heights. OH 44 122 Donald F, Schwarz '77 P.O. Box 5048 Brown University Providence. Rio'29 12 Mrs. David RTillinghast '51 (Phyllis Van Horn) 45 East 72nd Street. ,\pt- 1 1 ,A New York. NY 10021 SanfordW.Udis. M.D,'41 105 Albany Street Fall River." MA 02720 \V. Terence Walsh '65 776 Wesley Drive. N.W. Atlanta. G A 30305 Neal S. Weinstock '67 84 .Aiwood .Avenue Newtonville. MA02160 Mrs. Eugene F.Wells '52 (Dorothy Williams) 40 Rice Spring Lane Way land. MA 01778 Mrs, Michael Whiteman '62 (Margery Goddard) 68 wrileti Street Albany. NY 12210 Mrs, Irving Wolpert '46 (Shirley Silg.irm.in) 162 Laurel .Avenue Providence. RI 02906 j\r^ ray; NOVEMBER 4-6 Under the Elms Biannual davs devoted to classes, music, theatre, research, visits with students and facuhy. For alumni and friends of Brown. By invitation. 4-7 Sock & Buskin Play "Secret Service" bv William Gillette. A Civil War spy thriller. For further information contact Faunce House Theatre. Box 1897. Providence. Rhode Island 02912. 5 Annual Hall ofFame Dinner Campus of Brown University. 11 Puppet Show Peter .Arnott. Professor of Drama at Tufts Univer- sity, presents "The Bacchae" by Euripides. Spon- sored by the Brown Classics Department and the Classics Club. 8 p.m. Alumnae Hall. 14 The Brown Street Series Associated Alumni present "The Myths and Romance of Oriental Rugs". Mr. ArthurT. Gregorian, internationallv known authority dis- cusses the legendary appeal of this art form. A dis- play from his personal collection, and a film on the peoples who weave. Bring in a small rug or two of your own for interpretations of symbols or estimate of age. Scented tea and exotic pastries. 2:00 p.m. .Maddock Alumni Center. $3.50. 19-20 Deans" Conference Saturday lecture by Sidney Marland. President of tducational Testing Service of Princeton. New Jersey. DECEMBER 2 Annual l.alin Carol Service 8:00 p.m. Alumnae Hall. 3-5.9-12 A Brownbrokers Presentation "1 he Impartial Spectator", or "Adam, Can You Spare a Dime'.'", an original musical based on the life of Adam Smith. Tickets and information at Faunce House Theatre. 13 Ihe Brown Street Series Associated Alumni present "A Victorian Christ- mas". All the ingredients of the opening night for an enchanted season. Hanging greens, soft lights, melodies on strings and piano. Professor George Landow. scholar of Victoriana, reads. Music and song, turn-of-the-century refreshments. 8:00 p.m. Maddock Alumni Center. $3.50 JANUARY 18 The Earl F. and Ruth Wade Cerjanec Lecture Maxine Cheshire, award-winning svndicaled col- umnist on the staff of The Washington Posi, dis- cusses "Very Interesting People". 8:00 p.m. Maddock Alumni Center. No fee. but reserva- tions requested, please. Available through Connie Evrard. Alumni Relations. Box 1859. (401)863-3307. FEBRUARY 2-27 The Tenth Annual Brown Graduate Student Exhibition "Transformations of the Court Style; Gothic Art in Europe Around 1300". Symposia, gallery talks. Rhode Island Schoolof Design Galleries. For fur- ther information contact Assistant Professor Dorothy Gillerman. Adviser to the Exhibition. (401)863-2421. The fall calendar at the Corliss-Brackett House, home of Brown Admission, reveals a record num- ber of admission travel days by staff, many of them earlier than the calendar on these pages. A few later engagements follow. NOVEMBER 1-4 "Introduction to Brown" evenings in Florida In order, they are Miami, Ft. Lauderdale. Palm Beach, Sarasota. David J. Zucconi. Director of the National Alumni Schools Program. 3 Brown University Club in New York Admission Seminar. James H. Rogers, Director of Admission, talks about applicant trends with emphasis on admission information specific to New York. An evening program. For further information call Claudia Flynn (212) 58 1-2707. New Jersey State Council "An Evening with James H. Rogers", featuring case studies of applicants to Brown, read in advance by alumni/ae participants. Questions and answers on the current admission scene. 8 p.m. Ramada Inn. Clark. New Jersey, on the Parkway at Exit 135. For further information: Mrs. Glenn Bower (201) 376-9125. DECEMBER 28 Brown University Cluboflndiana Prospective Freshman Night. The University Club. Indianapolis. 28 Brown University Club of Miami Holiday Party for applicants, undergraduates, parents, and Brunonians. Further information: Mrs. Joel Mever ( 305 ) 854-30 1 2. The Student Alumni Relations Committee chaired by Rita Michaelson '50. with staff direc- tion by Julie Meister '75, plans an outstanding col lection of events at Brown and in the field. Here are a few. For additional information, contact Ms Meister at Box 1859, Brown University (401)863-3307. NOVEMBER 4,8,10,16,18 Career Nights Alumni/ae and friends of Brown representing a variety of professions and vocations describe theii fields to upperclassmen. Evenings, Maddock Alumni Center. Senior Brunch First of a series to continue throughout the year. Designed to bring together the Class of "77 and those who will help them keep their ties to Brown. Maddock Alumni Center. 25 Thanksgiving Dinners Homes of Rhode Island alumni/ae open to stu- dents unable to travel home for the holiday. DECEMBER 1,7,9 Career Nights Notice!' m •JJii'iiJJ'j' fiOCTOBER 28 Brown Club of Pittsburgh "An Evening with Acting President Merton P. Stoltz." Cathedral of Learning, the University of Pittsburgh. 8:30 p.m. For reservations contact Mr. Bruce Gouldey "73 (412) 279- 1501. 29 Brown Club of Washington, D.C. Reception and Dinner with .Acting President Merlon P. Stoltz. The George Washington Uni- versity Club. 21st and H Streets. Washington. D.C. For reservations, contact Margaret Smith Derby '60 (703) 534-6463. NOVEMBER 2 Downtown Brown Luncheon Club Sponsored bv the Brown University Club of Bos- ton. Inc. Monthlv meeting. 1 1:30 a.m. For speaker and site, or further information about this regular program on the first Tuesday of each month, consult John Arata at Massport (617)482-2930. 13, 14 Brown Iniversity Club of Boston. Inc. Art .Auction. Proceeds to the Fund for the Per- forming ."^rls at Brown. Chairman: .Alex Kantor (617)322-7480. 14 Brown Club of Northern California "Brown Medicine - a New Era." More than a dozen facullv and administrators of the Brown Universitv Program in Medicinejoin alumni/ae for an informal but informative - di.scussion. Cocktails and hors d"oue\ res. St. Francis Yacht Club. 5:30 p.m. For further information contact Peter Keating (41 5) 362-8000. 16 Brown llniversity Club of Cleveland James H. Rogers. Director of .Admission, and Da\ id J. Zucconi meet with National .Alumni Schools Program committee members. Club members |oin them for dinner to hear Ron Wolk. Vice President of Brown, speak on "The Challenge to Private Higher Education." For further information contact Robert Skinner (216)226-9650. 17 Brown University Club of Milwaukee Dinner with Ron Wolk. Vice President of Brown Universitv. For further information contact Philip Caron(4l'4) 444-0819. 18 Brown University Club of Minnesota Dinner with Ron Wolk. Vice Presidentof Brow n. Minneapolis .Athletic Club. For further informa- tion contact Marjorie Pohlmann (612) 825-5672 or Patricia Carlson (612) 489-0679. 19 Brown Club of Maine An Evening with Bob Seiple. Director of Brown Athletics. Reception and Dinner at Cram House on the campus of Bowdoin College. Brunswick. Maine. Further information available from Trudy Morgan. 21 Summer Street. Hallowell. Maine 04347 or from Louis B. Briasco. .Alumni Secretary at Bowdoin. 30 Brown Club of Central Connecticut Cocktail reception for Bob Seiple, For informa- tion contact LesDisharoon (203)633-9516. DECEMBER 29 Brown Club of Pittsburgh Panel of Undergraduates Discuss Life at Brown. 29 Brown Club of Tucson .Annual Holidav Social for Brown Students and local potential Brown applicants. Homeof .Arlene Kotite Anthony. 4462 E. Seventh Street. Tucson. Arizona. JANUARY 15 Brown L niversity Club of Boston, Inc. Tennis Tournament. Charles Ri\er Racquet Club. For further information: Nancy Gowen (617)731-6666. NOVEMBER 3,4,10,11,17,18 Brown I'niversity Club in New N ork Wednesday evening showings. Thursday lunch- con showings of Brown football films of the pre- ceding Saturdav's game. Part of a season-long series. For further information call Claudia Flynn attheClub. (212)581-2707. 4-6 Women's Field Hockey at Brown Eastern (EAIAW) College Field Hockev Tourna- ment. Aldrich-Dexter Field. For ticket informa- tion, contact the Brow n Ticket Office. Box 1932 (401)863-2773. 12-13 Water Polo Eastern Championships. University of Pittsburgh. Post-game reception for sw immers and coaches, sponsored bv the Brown Club of Pittsburgh. 26-27 The Joe Lapchick Basketball Tournament Brown. St. Johns. Northwestern and others com- pete at Madison Square Garden. DECEMBER 28-29 Hockey Great Lakes Invitational in Detroit. Brown. Michigan. Michigan Tech. Bowling Green. Program festivities sponsored by the Brown University Club of Michigan. Contact John Nicholson ('313) 884-0623. Watch for Coach John Anderson as he travels to 26 cities in the Midwest. West, and South during December. January, and earlv February . NOVEMBER ^■•^ 2,9.16,23 On-Canipus seminar series Understanding Musical Performance. .Assistant Professor of Music William Ermey will conduct four morning seminars. The series will coordinate with four optional musical performances. SI 5.00 per person. For further information call (401)863-2785. FEBRUARY 5 W estchester/Fairfield Saturday Seminar Novelist R.V. Cassill. Professor of English, will coordinate with another member of the faculty in a dav-long seminar at Manhattan\ iUe College. For further information contact Herb Iselin. 4 Hidden Green Lane. Larchmont. New York. Second semester Saturday Seminars are also planned tor Princeton /Philadelphia. Long Island. Washington. D.C. and Chicago. Series of evening seminars in New York City and Pro\ idence. a weekend seminar in California, the Com- mencement Forums, and the summer college will round out the Continuing College e\ ents. For more details write Sallie K. Riggs. .Associate Director of University Relations. Box 1920 or call (401)863-2785. Brown Club Presidents ARIZONA Phoenix Nathaniel M Marshall '44 6018 Cholla Lane Scollsdale. AZ 85253 Tucson Joseph V. Richardson. Jr. '58 3635 Calle del Prado Tucson. AZ 85716 CALIFORNIA Los Angeles Hans W. Fricke '58 6400 Pacific Avenue Playa del Key. CA 9029 1 Pembroke Club: Mrs. Robert Jacobson (Mary *45) 675 El Medio Avenue Pacific Palisades. CA 90272 San Francisco (merged) Peter Keating '66 Blvthe. tastman. Dillon & Co 555 California Street San Francisco. CA 94104 Santa Clara Valley Robert O, Meader '23 7235 Soquel Drive Aplos. CA 95003 COLORADO Richard F. Mauro '67 4560 Zephvr Streel Wheal Ridgc. ( O 80033 CONNFXTICLT Central Connecticut Leslie Disharoon '54 1855 Main Street Cilasionhury.CT 06033 Fairfield Count> (merged) Artcmas M Pickard '57 28 Laurel Ledge Court Stamford. <'1 06903 New Haven (merged) Richard L. Nelson '59 313 Bradlev ( orners Road Madison. CI 06443 WASHING. I ON, l)( Robert Hidwcll 64 1574 Inlet ( ourt Reston. VA 22090 DELAWARE Malcolm L Mackenzie '51 108 Souihwick Drive Winds bush Wilmington. DF I9S10 FLORIDA Miami Dr. ( hauncev M. Stone. Jr. '38 4481) S.W. 62nd Court Miami. FL 33155 North Florida Dr Jack F, Giddings '57 Prudential Insurance Co. 841 Prudential Drive Jacksonville. FL 32201 Palm Beach Countv Paul L, Maddock '33 545 North Lake Trail Palm Beach. FL 33480 Southwest Charles Shumwav '58 c/o The Wilderness Countrv Club 2800 Frank Blvd Naples. FL 33940 West Coast C Martin Lawyer III '63 3105 River Grove Drive Tampa. FL 33610 GEORGIA W. Terence Walsh .Alston. Miller & Games Citizens/Southern National Bank Atlanta. GA 30303 ILLINOIS Chicago (merged) Richard M. Rieser. Jr. '65 Heritage Bank of. Addison 777 Armv Trail Road Addison.'lL 60101 INDIANA James S. Coukos '55 5557 N. Meridian Street lndianap,>lis. IN 46208 MARYLAND Gregorv H. Barnhill '75 535 Wyngate Road Timon'ium. MD 21093 MASSACHUSETTS Berkshire County Maurv .Matteodo '53 1 1 1 Lucia Drive Pitlsficld. MA 01201 Boston (merged) Ncal Weinsiock '67 84 Atwood .Avenue Newtonvillc. MA 02 160 Cape Cod John B. Crosby '41 Hollv Lane Cummat|uid. \l \ 02637 Connecticut \'alley (merged with W. Mas.s.) Samuel L. Thompson '44 67 Shadvsidc Drive Longmeadow. M.A 01 106 Fall River Mrs David Felder '52 (Louise) 1517 Robeson Street Fall River. MA 02720 Robert S. Murray '51 351 Cirove Street Fall River. MA 02720 Merrimack Valley Arthur VF Dalloii '52 50 Hillside .Avenue Lawrence. MA 01841 New Bedford James P. Law ton '31 203 Brownell Street New Bedford. MA 02740 Mrs. Peter Gargas (Christine '49) 51 Seventh Street New Bedford. MA 02740 North Shore Dr Daniel D. Alexander '35 21 Phillips .Xvenue Swampscott. MA 01907 South Shore Robert I Blakeley "58 170 Park Avenue ' Bridgewater. MA 02324 Worcester (merged) Mrs. Howard Greis (Virginia '49) 59 Branburv Road Holden. M.A 01520 MICHIGAN John R. Nicholson '63 61 Haw(horne Road Grosse Pointe Shores. MI 48236 MINNESOTA Minneapolis Mrs. Wavne Carlson (Patricia '65) 880 Como .^venue St. Paul. MN 55103 Stephen M. Krogness '53 1 125 Hunter Drive Wavzata. MN 55391 MISSOIRI St. Louis Edwin L- Noel '68 8528 Colonial Lane St. Louis. MO 63124 NEW JERSEY Central New Jersey Mrs. William Jones (Nancv '56) 26 Woodward Drive Belle Mead. NJ 08502 Lackaw anna-Essex Mrs. John Eckstein 111 (Beckv '60) 19 Colonial Way Short Hills. NJ 07078 Monmouth (merged) William ,^. Wescott '56 4 Evergreen Drive Rumson. NJ 07760 Northeastern Clavton ( Timbrell '42 23 Birchwood Place Tenafly. NJ 07670 N.J. State Council Mrs. Glenn Bower (Sue '53) 397 Hobart Avenue Short Hills. NJ 07078 NEW > ORK Bulfalo Ms. Soma B. Swanson '45 4 Hollev Lane. .Apt. 3 Tonawanda. NY 14150 David C. Laub '60 36 Wotidhaven Road Buffalo. NY 14226 Central New ^'ork Henrv M Drake '58 3 Woodcroft Lane Fayetteville. NY 13066 Long Island (merged) Lester D Arstark '48 Ovster Bav Road Jericho. l!i.. NY 11753 New \'ork Harold \ Meyer. Jr. '58 306 Gravdon Terrace Ridgew'ood. NJ 07450 Northeastern (merged) Jerome \l Hanlev '57 555 Providence Street Albany. NY 12208 Rochester Mrs, Harrv Swiccgmid (.Ann '60) 145 Burrows Hill Drive Rochester. NY 14625 David DeLuca '64 306 Barrington Street Rochester. NY 14607 Westchester County (merged) David H Wolf '68' 63 Setim Drive New Rochelle. NY 10804 OHIO Central Ohio Alan R Saric '53 313 Highland Avenue Worthington. OH 43085 Cincinnati D. Michael Holbrook '67 1323 Delta Avenue Cincinnati. OH 45208 Cleveland Robert Skinner '66 12500 Edgewater Dr.. Apt. 802 Lakewood. OH 44107 OREGON Martin L. Jacobs '50 2411 S.W. Glen Eagles Road Lake Osweao. OR 97034 PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia (merged) William A Pollard '50 577 Timber Lane Devon. PA 19333 Pittsburgh Bruce Gouldev '73 538 Carriage Circle Piitsburgh.'PA 15205 RHODE ISLAND Kent Countv Mrs, William Rilev (Jeanne '61| Sharon Drive Coventry. Rl 02816 Newport County Joseph R, Marc'ello, Jr '68 762 Green End Avenue Middletown. Rl 02840 Pembroke Club of Providence Mrs IfMug Wolpcrt (Shiilcv) 162 Laurel Avenue Providence. Rl 02906 Rhode Island Brown Club John 1 M.iishall '57 Marshall t tuitractors. Inc. 5 Duncllen Road Fast Providence. Rl 02914 South Countv Theodore F Dane '49 Rl D. lower Hill Road Wakefield. Rl 02879 TENNESSEE Ward Shelle. Jr '42 531 Yates Road Memphis. FN 38117 lEXAS Dallas Dr. Robert I, Kramer '54 5838 Colhurst Street Dallas. TX 75230 Houston Richard M Hardy '61 1 123 Suwanee Lane Houston. TX 77090 \\ VSIIINt, ION Northwest Mrs Charles Davis (Jonis '6()| I118 36lh Avenue Seattle. WA 98122 WISCONSIN PhihpC aron '70 3446 North 67th Streel Milwaukee. Wl 53216 Natiiinal .Alumni Schools I'roKram National Steering (nmmitlii- 1976-1977 ( HVIKPFRSON Mrs. Michael Whiteman '62 (Margery) 68 Willell Street Albany. NY 12210 REGIONAL DIRECTORS MA, VT, NH, ME I rank We/niak '54 1 1 1 Temple Road Concord. MA 01742 Rl. CT Mrs. .Artemas M, Pickard '57 (Mary 28 Laurel Ledge Court .Stamford. CT 06903 NY Mrs. Edward Munves. Jr, '54 (Norma) 1 165 Park Avenue New York. NY 10028 NJ. PA. DE. PR Mr G Kenneth Chambers '55 390 Gallup Road Princeton. NJ 08540 DC. MD, \ A. W V. NC, SC Mr, Carl Thomsen '64 3737 Mihtarv Road Washington." DC 20015 GA, FL Mr. Paul L. Maddock '33 250 South Countv Road Palm Beach. FL 33480 AL, MS, TN Mr, J Richard Chambers '69 3428 Woodmont Blvd Nashville. TN 37215 K^. OH. IN. Ml Mr. Theodore B. Selover. Jr, '52 3575 Traver Road Shaker Heights. OH 44120 lA. Wl. MN. ND. SD, MT Mrs. Wavne L Carlson '65 (Pa(ricia) 880 Comt) Avenue St. Paul. MN 55103 IL. MO, KS. NB Mr, Daniel ,A, Cummings 111 '72 2317 North Cambridge ,'\venue Chicago. I L 60614 LA. AR. OK. TX Mr, James L, W hitcomb 5313 Pine Forest Road Houston. TX 77027 CO. \V\ . ID. IT. AZ. NM. N\ Mr John Akoli III '69 637 Fairl'av Street Denver. CO 80220 CA, OR. WA. HI. AK Mr David L. Olson '67 878 Chestnut Street San Francisco. C^A 94133 FOREIGN (inc CANADA! Mrs, Stephen T, Ward '63 (\h 212 Cole St, .Antoine Road Westmount. Quebec. Canada From the Lniversity Merton P Stoltz .Acting President 401-863-2701 .Alan P, Mavnard Director of Financial Aid 401-863-2721 Ronald A Wolk Vice President 401-863-2232 James H Rogers Director of Admission 401-863-2378 David J, Zucconi Director. National Alumni Schools Program 401-863-3306 ki< Tk® CM f\'% Bill Brand, now in his ninet\- \J J. seventh year and the sole surviv- ing member ot the class, couldn't he present for the 75th reunion because he was a patient at Pawtucket Memorial Hospital. As recently as May, Bill had confided to a friend that he wished he could make it down College Hill one more time in the Commencement pro- cession. The friend, more or less joking, had replied, "We'll get vou down in a wheel chair if we have to." However, just about a week before Commencement, Bill suffered an at- tack and was admitted to Pawtucket Memo- rial. Since then. Bill has been transferred to the Grand View Nursing Home in Valley Falls, R.I. f\ Q Class agent ]im Murray writes V/O that he likes the rewarding fea- tures ot his "job," especially the friendly con- tacts with the fund office, the generous re- sponses from donors, and messages received from his classmates. The sympathy of the class is extended to £/i/ £. Palmer on the recent death of his son, George, who, like his father, was a career diplomat in the U.S. Foreign Service. Ely would welcome cards at 640 East Lvnwood Dr., San Bernardino, Calif. 'I /t Norrif E. Woodlvin/ reports with _L^C some pride that his grandson, Bruce Hookway, has been accepted into the Brown Medical Program at the graduate level. Bruce is the fourth generation of his family to attend Brown. -t /I Maj. Gen. William C. Chase ('46 H), J. O USA (Ret. ), has written a book that covers his military career, including his serv- ice under General Douglas MacArthur. The book is called Front Line Geiienit and is pub- lished bv Gulf Publishing Co. of Houston, Texas. ^ 'I Nalhanael West is featured in a ^ J. new book bv Tom Dardis, Some Time hi the Sun. Charles Scribner & Sons, $9.95. The book is about prominent writers who worked for the movies at some point in their careers and includes sections on William Faulkner, Scott Fitzgerald, Aldous Huxley, and James Agee. 22 Clarence B. Howard has been presented a fifty-year Masonic membership button from the Grand Lodge of Connecticut. The resident of West Hartford is a life-member 32nd degree Ma- son. He's also a charter and lite member of National Personnel Associates, Inc., a placement and recruiting organization. "Be- cause of impending lilindness, I was forced to retire in 19h4," Charlie writes. A series of five eye operations has brought near-perfect vision, however. He and his wife, Elsie, cel- ebrated their fiftv-second wedding anniver- sary last December. Ameii Steere. who died in April 1973, was honored this year when the library of the Carroll School in Lincoln, Mass., was dedi- cated in her memory. She had been a member of the faculty at the school since 1967, when it was organized as a school for dyslexic children. At the dedicaticin cere- mony. Dr. Edwin M. Cole, a founder of the school, spoke of Miss Steere as the "classical educator" and said, "She would assess a child, set standards, and not accept anything other than reaching those standards." O O Harold Yoiin^ reports that he ^m\J and his wife ha\e sold their home in Charlottesville, Va., and have taken up apartment living at One Euclid Ave., Sum- mit, N). ^ A George Manly, Union Cit\', Pa., ^^C is serving as a member of the board of directors of the Erie County Hospital Au- thority, through which large hospital fund- ing projects are handled. ^ /T Gi(S Anthony reports that a few ^%J copies of the 50th reunion bio- graphical booklet still are available and may be obtained bv writing him at 11 Euclid Ave., Providence, and enclosing a check for $2. William A. Kiiipe says that he is enjoying his retirement in Montgomery, Ala., playing golf and "getting involved" in deep sea fishing expeditions in the Gulf of Mexico. Ken Minard is still living in Bridgeton, Maine. After leaving Phillips Academy, where he had been dean of students. Ken now finds time to serve as treasurer of the North Bridgeton Public Library and secretary-treasurer of the North Bridgeton Fire Association. The Rev. Charles Scotcher, a Benedictine monk, reports that he is starting a new career as the assistant to the manager of the Guest House at the St. Meinrad Archabbev in St. Meinrad, Ind. He entered the priesthood in 1944 and spent eighteen years teaching and then five years cataloguing in the library. ^ ^7 Dr. Anton P. Randazzo reports ^ / he is still practicing medicine on a regular basis and playing golf three da\s a week. "Still married to the same woman after forty-five years and we hope to make the 50th." Although retired, Harry Remington spends a great deal of time on Brown- affiliated events, following the athletic teams and serving as class agent. "Recently, I had several good visits in Florida with my classmate and good doubles partner, Paul O'Brien, and a few equally good days in the Adirondacks with my classmate and frater- nity brother, Bud Pivvonchee." Ellis A. Simmons always said that he wanted to travel. Since he retired in 1967 as vice-president of Morgan Guaranty Trust Co., New York City, he's done just that, visiting the Far East, Hawaii, England, Greece, France, Spain, Italy, Alaska, Canada, and Nova Scotia. He and his wife, Irene, live in ret]uesta, Fla., where he served for a year in the late '60s as a member of the town council. ^ Q Fred Ackroyd, ha\ing retired ^ 1/ from Mobil Oil Co. , is living at 777 Beach Rd., Sarasota, Fla. Two sons, Fred '51 and jim '68, attended Brown. Art Clark is a realtor in the Sarasota, Fla., area, specializing in commercial shopping centers. He has been a director and president of the local board of realtors and a director of the Florida Association of Realtors. 'T've been here thirt\'-one years now," Art says, "long enough to make me a 'native.' VVii//i/ Elton, retired from a lifetime career in advertising, is living in Rye, N.Y., and Key Biscayne, Fla. Tom Gardner has retired after forty-three years in the insurance business in Provi- dence, Chicago, and, for the last eighteen years, in Williams, .\hz. "We now live on Montere\' Bav in Pacific Grove, Calif., where the sailing, fishing, and golf are real good," he writes. Bob Slianklin retired from Mobil Oil in 1966 and is now marketing consultant to City Savings Bank, Middletown, Conn. He is a member of the Old Lyme Republican town committee and a member of the board of Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbndge, Mass. Tom C. Siedeutopf has been retired from his dental practice for four years now. In 1975 he took over for a camp owner in Ver- mont for about three months and last year he did some camping in the Southwest. He lives in Rehoboth, Mass. Ed Sulzberger wiites, "Mv third and youngest grandchild. Penny Rolfe, entered Brown this fall, joining my other 'Brown' grandchildren — jody Rolfe Qumn '74 and Mickey Rolfe '78. AH of which points out two things," Ed adds, "the closeness of the three kids and the brainwashing I did from the time they were born." O -| John B. Chaffee of Oxford, Mass., J J. retired in June 1975 after teaching for sbi years in the graduate school at Boston College. On Sept. 20, 1975, John married Myrtle Holman, widow of Dai" Holman '33. Paul Thayer's son, David T. Thayer '71, received his M.D. degree from Brown in June. Following a year at the Pittsfield Medi- cal Center, David will be a resident in ortho- pedics at Rhode Island Hospital. His wife IS Donna Davis '71 . O O Plans are already underway for ^ ^ the 45th reunion next June, accord- ing to Dorothy W. Budloiig, acting president. The following committees have been ap- pointed: reunion activities — Helen Motfitt De]ong. Tallahassee, f\A., Kalherine Burt Jackson. Kingston, R.I., Mary Lally Murphy. Providence, Kdf/iiTiiu' F. Perkins. Bristol, R.I., Edith BergerSmet, Pawtucket, R.I., and Dorothy W. Budlong as chairwoman; reunion gifts — Mary Rae lackson. Fairfield, Conn. 43 ^ ^t Rutli Wade Cerianec, Central J J Falls, R.I., was honored bv the Rhode Island School Media Association in May when that organization presented its first annual scholarship in her name. Belt]/ Noble Dnvis sends word that she has one granddaughter, Erin, now four vears old. Bettv lives at 4034 Russell Ave., Abilene, Texas. Mani Mnnley Eaton reports that her daughter, Judith '60, is staff physician at the University of Pittsburgh Student Health Ser\'ices. Marv resides on Bloodv Brook Rd., Amherst, N.H. Gladys Burt Jordan and her husband, Ar- thur, serve as teachers of golf and backgam- mon on Roval Viking Line ships on their cruises. The Jordans recently returned from a trip to Russia. Winifred Mayock O'Hara is director of business education at Tehran American School in Iran. Lillian Kelnian Potter recenth' married Dr. Hvman Goldstein, a Providence dentist. Lil- lian, the widow o( Charles Poller '31, con- tinues to discuss with various groups the need for gun control legislation. Her daugh- ter, Deborah, is married and is studying for her Ph.D. at the University of Southern California. Ethel Lalonde Sai'oie reports the birth of her first grandson, Upton 111, the son of Up- ton, Jr., a graduate of Boston University Law School, and his wife, Caroline. The Upton Savoies live in Lincoln, R.I. Broerly Howard Winsor is assisting her husband and her sons in their family busi- ness. The VVinsors reside at 24 Clinton St., lohnston, R.I. ^^. ^^- Seidell Stei);er and his wife w^^t flew to London Sept. 1 to attend the English Speaking Union World Members Conference at Cambridge, as delegates from Miami. Following the conference, they toured England and Ireland and spent some time visiting automobile museums and fac- tories, since car collecting is Seldens major interest and British cars are an important part of his collection. Edward Tracy, a real estate salesman, is vWth VV. Q. Printz Realty, Reading, Pa. Rohert L. Winsor is a senior analyst with Western Electric in Winston-Salem, N.C. ^ C Edzcard Halle, a patent attorney, J\J is with Holland, Armstrong, Wil- kie & Previto in New York City. Israel Weisman, now in retirement, spends his summers in West Dennis, Mass., on Cape Cod and his winters at 2801 Palm- Aire Drive N., Apt. 409, Pompano Beach, Fla. 33060. '5/2 Paul Hagan. a field representa- \J \J Hve with Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Division, UTC, is residing in Hong Kong while servmg as the firm's regional manager for the Pacific, Far East, Asia, and Australia. .4/('t'rf B. Tahor, jr., now retired, has moved from New York City to Seattle. "Am using Seattle as a starting point from which to pick out a permanent retirement spot on the West Coast, " he writes. Norman B. Wakanan is working in San Antonio, Texas, as manager of public affairs and advertising with Commonwealth Oil Refining Co. ^t^7 William £. Ryan is a special J / assistant to the president of United .Airlmes, with which he has been associated for thirty-one years. For the past four years. Bill has been stationed in San Francisco. O D Charles L. Bahcock III is living «30 at 15 Clark St., Brooklyn, and working as a freelance writer. When Dr. Charlie Round of Warwick won the Rhode Island Golf Association Seniors Championship at the Warwick Country Club recently, it completed a Rhode Island golfing triple that started for him forty-one years ago with his triumph in the state junior amateur toumex'. The sixty-year-old surgeon won the Junior Championship in 19.34 and the state amateur crown in 1939. "Winning the triple is something I sort of had in the back of m\' head since the RIGA inaugurated the seniors competition," Dr. Round says. ^Q Fred Maxted, jr., and Wall Jackson yj ^ do some fishing together on occa- sions on Biscayne Bay, "not far from Nixon's helipad," Jackson reports. Fred is president of Hector Turf, Inc., with headi^uarters in Miami, while Walt spends February and March each year at Dinner Key Marina in Coconut Grove. "When I'm working," Walt writes, "I'm a land developer in Mich- igan." Arthur R. Musschoot is senior partner in the Chicago law firm of Musschoot, Womack & Galich. Harold /. Rosenber\(, West Newton, Mass., is president of the New England Mackintosh Co. of Brockton, manufacturers of women's coats. His firm recenth' acquired Supreme Coat of Worcester, Mass., and Stratton Coat of Pittsfield. ^O Samuel /. Sherer is working JLVr in Seattle, Wash., where he is a special assistant to the president of United Airlines. He lives in Bellevue, Wash. ^^"i loh" E. Kenton is living in Sunnv- Tt -L vale, Calif., and is employed as a nuclear information specialist with Electric Power Research Institute in Palo Alto. Margaret Donovan Peterson reports that her daughter, Susan Mary, was graduated from Providence College a year ago and is now a graduate student in library science at Simmons College. Margaret, a resident of Lincoln, R.I., continues to teach in the public school system there. /I ^ Ted Friedman has received the ^tJmm top \olunteer award given by the Kentucky Parks and Recreation Society "for contributions in the field of leisure." Ted lives at 307 Lakeshore Dr., Lexington, Ky., and is emplo\ed b\' IBM in the Office Prod- ucts Division. Frank W. Myers, Jr., Villa Park, Calif., has been promoted to di\isional general manager of the grocery bag division of St. Regis Paper Co., Vernon, Calif. ^. C Irving E. Meinrath, a food broker, jtC7 is president of Meinrath Brokerage Co. of Chicago. Melvin E. Sum, a foreign service officer, is consul general in Barcelona, Spain. /\(L H- V. "Cene" Leonard, jr., con- ^tvl tinues as regional manager. Southeast Asia, for General Motors Overseas Corp. He and his wife, Doris, live in Singa- pore and would enjoy seeing any Bruno- nians who pass through. Their daughter, Elizabeth, was married on April 3 in Rye, NY., and their son, John, is at the Fletcher School of Tufts University. Earl VV. Roberts, Jr., a resident of Farm- ington. Conn., is manager of systems en- gineering and standards with General Elec- tric in Plainville, Conn. Rodney Sarle is chief of the Overseas Op- erations Division of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. A Q Daniel B. Miller is managing ^O director of Hartman Theater Co., a professional resident theater located in Stam- ford, Conn. ^^Q Robert Prater has joined Burron Tl3/ Medical Products of Bethlehem, Pa., as vice-president of manufacturing. VV. Goddard Sherman is pastor of Riviera United Methodist Church, St. Petersburg, Fla. C C\ Charles H. Bradley is assistant \J KJ vice-president of Citibank (New "iork City) in Agana, Guam. George R. Fiddes. senior vice-president of the Rhode Island Hospital Trust National Bank, Providence, has been named to the board of directors of the New England Se- curities Depository, which began operations this fall in Boston. Charles H. Jackson has been named vice- president of sales for Coachmen Industries, Inc., the nation's largest full-line manufac- turer of recreational vehicles and related products. Charlie had spent twenty-two years with American Motors Corp. in various sales management posts. Ralph E. Lewis, Jr., an insurance and real estate broker, is a partner in the Reading, Mass., firm of Lewis, Clark & Brown. David C. Rosenfield is assistant librarian at the State University of New York Agricul- tural and Technical College in Delhi, N.Y. In ■May 1975 he received his M.S. in library sci- ence from Southern Connecticut State Col- lege and last spring he was elected secretary of the State University of New York Libra- rians Association. Ann Hotaling Parrott is with the Upper Library Federation in Albany, N.Y., as a li- brarian and chief adult services consultant. [T'l After four vears in Washington J J. managing the .Navy's shipbuilding and weapons procurement appropriations, Capt. f. C. Caszvell, Jr.. USN, has been as- signed as naval attache to the government of the Republic of China in Taipei, Taiwan. Richard L. Gempp. a rubber chemist, is now chief chemist at Plymouth Rubber Co., Canton, Mass. Dick lives in Warren, R.I. James L. .McCay is managing director of Alcoa Manufacturing (GB) Ltd., with head- 44 Lester Rand turned the tastes of the teenager uito big busmess Once Lester Rand i48 fixes his siglits on a goal, there's no stopping him. One fall evening in 1951, a few davs before the Na- tional League playoffs. Rand's sixth sense told him the Giants would be in the World Series against the Yankees. So he jumped in his car and drove all the way from Provi- dence to New York's Polo Grounds to be first in line for tickets when the Giants' box office opened. As it turned out, Lester Rand was the only one in line — everyone else ex- pected the Dodgers to win the pennant. Un- daunted, Rand maintained his lonely vigil. When it was all over, he had gained local celebrity status, a free dinner — compliments of the Stork Club — and a box seat at what later turned out to be (sure enough) a Giants-Yankees World Series. This same combination of foresight, pluck, and tenacity is what has made Lester Rand a success in the business world. Just five years after graduation. Rand had pro- gressed all the way from running a mimeo- graph machine at a New York City public re- lations firm to being president of his own company, the Youth Research Institute. Rand's background in market research in the late '40s and early '50s had made him aware of the growing financial power of young people, as well as the mounting inter- est of companies in pitching their products toward the youth market. In 1953, he had a brainstorm. He would start his own youth marketing consultant firm, using a network of young interviewers across the country to gather information on young people's tastes, attitudes, and spending habits. Short on funds but long on chulzfmh. Rand borrowed seed money from his parents to get the Youth Research Institute started. Then he applied the tricks of the public rela- tions trade to his own venture by mailing the results of his early surveys to scores of newspapers and magazines. His persistence paid off, as it had at the Polo Grounds a few years earlier. Soon the Youth Research Insti- tute and Lester Rand's name were cropping up in the Herald TribiDie and the New York Times, and major corporations were seeking his advice. (Rand's self-generated publicity had one unexpected result when Barbara Racklin, a marketing student at NYU, read about the YRl and asked Rand for a job. Not only did she get the job, she later became his wife.) Today, Rand is considered one of the country's leading authorities on the youth market, and he's appeared on such TV pro- grams as the "Today Show," the "Merv Griffin Show," and the "Tonight Show" to discuss teenage spending. Lester Rand traces the growth of the youth market to the post-World War II baby boom and the great economic prosperity of the 1950s. People born in the late 1940s and in the 1950s grew up with what he calls a "big-spending psychologN." These people, now in their twenties and thirties, still be- lieve in consumption spending and are rais- ing their own children with a similar at- titude. Not only are teenagers spending more money now ($25.3 billion in 1975 as compared to $5 billion in 1950), but older people, smitten with the desire to remain young, are buying more too, according to Rand. Youth-worship amtmg adults is evi- denced, he says, by "unprecedented dieting, sports participation, dress, cosmetics, and automobile ownership." Although Rand's nationwide corps of researchers now numbers close to 1,500, Rand himself travels periodically to inter- view young people, and estimates he has spoken personally to about 50,000 during the past twenty-three years. Among the firms utilizing the Youth Research Institute are a number of multi-million-dollar corporations (the names of which Rand requested remain anonymous) that have kept him busy with a variety of tasks. Recent projects include sur- veying the decorating likes and dislikes of young girls across the country for a well- known interior design and greeting card company (while the client watched behind a two-way mirror), and interviewing college students — at Brown and elsewhere — to as- sess the impact of ads in a student magazine published by a major foreign car company. Last year, one of the leading airlines hired Ranci to study the travel habits of college students, and he's currently investigating the taste preferences of young people for a snack food company. What trends has the Youth Research In- stitute spotted over the past twenty-odd Lester Rand: One of the eountry's leading authorities on ttie youth niarket. years? "The biggest change," Rand says, "is that the youth market has gotten older." Rand and his staff used to survey the five- to- twenty-five age bracket; now they include everyone up to age thirty-five. "Between twenty-five and thirty-five is an excellent market," he explains. "Many are young mar- rieds with children, starting their own homes. They buy houses, cars, life insur- ance, fuel. What teenagers buy is compara- tively insignificant," he says. "We're talking about $25 billion per year versus $300-400 bil- lion." There's also been a trend among high school and college students toward dressing better, he notes, as well as a fremendous in- crease in young people's use of toiletries, particularly among males. "The youth popu- lation is very smell-conscious," says Rand. "There's very heavv usage of deodorants and scented soaps, shampoos, and shaving lotions among boys. There used to be a time when it was embarrassing to ask young men about these things, but now they're very forthright about it." Rand enjoys his work, he says, because "I like being with \oung people. I find them amusing and entertaining. And there's a cer- tain contagion about the enthusiasm of youth." He's also enjoyed his occasional TV exposure and remembers his appearances on T/ic Tonight S/ioic with wry humor. "They bring out the guests as if they are people of importance," he says, "but before vou go on, the\' ignore vou completely. You wait in the Green Room, not knowing when you'll be called, and suddenly you're on. You're treated royally and Johnny Carson is all over you. Then the minute it's over, it's very deflating," he laughs, his lopsided grin re- vealing a flash of teeth Jimmy Carter might envy. "You sort of wander off by yourself and try to find the exit." Kathleen C. Smith 45 quarters in Swansea, Wales. "We moved here in April after spending two years in England," Jim says. The family includes his wife, Barbara, and their children Cameron, 18, Meg, 15, Curtis, 13, and John Nicholas, 9. Paul G. Page is working in Farmington, Conn., as national account manager for IBM. He lives in Simsbury, Conn. [T ^ Edward Barry assumed a new \^ ^ position as promotions officer for the Brown Athletic Department m late Au- gust. Rabbi Irunn H. Fislilviii, director of the Rabbinic Center for Research and Counsel- ing in Westfield, N.J., has been admitted to the status of fellow in the American Associa- tion of Pastoral Counselors, one of six rabbis in the 1,200-member organization. Rabbi Fishbein is also a member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Coun- selors. Arky Gonzalez has won the 1975 Award of Excellence of the Associated Church Press for his article in Liberty entitled "Ulster's Children." The citation describes the article as "a gripping and horrifying stor\' that de- picts what the Irish war is doing to the chil- dren of that country." Howard R. MeGee is a territory manager for Mobil Oil Corp. in Indianapolis, Ind. C ^t /""" ^penee K171CS of Canton, ^J N.Y., teamed with two other w (imen to write and publish a history of the North Country, the area of New York State where the rivers flow north to the St. Law- rence River. After encountering difficulty in getting the book published, the\ formed their own press to print and distribute it. The result of their effort, Slortli lo lite St. Lawrence, sold 4,500 copies in its first two months ol publication. AngUb L. MacLean, Jr., is senior vice- president and regional manager with Cold- well Banker & Co., San Francisco. William B. Millman, ]r., is working in Houston, Texas, as manager of marketing administration for Oxirane Corp. C^ Barbara Sheldon Anderson is a \J^t learning disabilities tutor in Ra\ nham, Mass. Her husband. Earl, a pro- gram manager at the Foxboro Co., has com- pleted twent\'-fiye years ot service with the compan\ . They have two children — Karl, a junior in high school, and Jean, who is in the eighth grade. Devra Miller Breslow, Los Angeles, is working on a history ot cancer control pro- grams with a research team at UCLA, in addition to producing the UCLA Cancer Cen- ter Bulletin. Helen Deuelt Carter and her husband have moved to a new home at 6020 West Riverside Dr., Fort Myers, Fla. They're also building a vacation home in the Turks and Caicos Islands, a British protectorate in the West Indies. Helen's husband is a stock- broker with Paine Webber in Naples, Fla., and they have three sons — Christopher, 14, Da\id, 12, and Bill, 10. Lila Teich Gold visited them in June. "Enjoyed showing her the real Florida," Helen writes. Elizabeth Kelly Dudley and her husband, Dana, moved last year from Charlotte, N.C., to the Minneapolis suburb of Minnetonka. Dana is vice-president of manufacturing for Polaris/E-Z-Go, a division of Textron. Betty is active in Welcome Wagon, public school activities, and the AAU swimming program. Eleanor M. McMahon (A.M.), dean of ed- ucational studies at Rhode Island College, received an honorary doctor of humanities degree from Providence College last June. Eleanor is chairman of the Commission on Government Relations for the American As- sociation of Colleges for Teacher Education. Anne Barr Wenzel writes from Panama that she "had a great trip to the States. Climbed mountains in Colorado and took a three-day bike trip (Providence, .Newport, Wickford) with Doug." Anne's mailing ad- dress is Apartado 258, Panama 9A, Panama. Joan Bliff Wilson, Princeton, N.)., writes, "1 teach the recorder part time at the Y and play in several groups. I've also taken up the viola da gamba. These instruments are ap- propriate for playing the Renaissance music we've gotten into." Joan and her husband, a pediatrician, have three children — Ann, 18, a freshman at Beloit, Dave, 16, and Martha, 11. CZ C /"'"' !^cide Ashcom and her hus- \J\J band, Ben, report the birth of a son, Jonathan Benjamin, on May 8, 1974. Their other children are Nathan, 10, and William, 7. Jane is working toward her Ph.D. in English at Temple University. The family lives in Philadelphia. Lolly Moschos Leirry is acti\e in the Na- tional Alumni Schools Program for the Bloomfield Hills School District in Michigan. Mareia Searles MeGumness is executi\e secretary to the associate secretary of the General Electric Co. in GE's new corporate headquarters in Fairfield, Conn. She has three children — Edward, 16, Michael, 14, and Mindy, 11. George A. ^Aidwood is assistant treasurer for the Monsanto Co. in St. Louis, Mo. Cherry Collins Proivst is starting her third and final year as a member of the Glen Ridge (N.J.) Board of Education. "Funding and sexism are the main problems in public edu- cation here," she says. C £L I^''- £rf'''"i N- Forman has been J vJ re-elected a vice-president of the Rhiide Island Chapter of the Leukemia Soci- ety of America, Inc. Dr. Forman is director of pediatric hematology-oncology at Rhode Island Hospital. Gordon L. Parker, jr., has been appointed senior vice-president of Rhode Island Hospi- tal Trust National Bank, Providence. He joined the bank in 1960 and is now responsi- ble for the trust and investment management division's area that includes institutional in- vestment, personal investment, and bond management. George L. Peck is business manager for New England Medical Specialties of Me- thuen, Mass. Donald A. Silverman, a television execu- tive and producer, is president of Bluegrass Productions Ltd., Los Angeles. Richard A. Strickland, Enfield, Conn., has been appointed manager of the life and health division in the claim department at Aetna Life & Casualtv. C 7 Theodore D. Colangelo reports k-' / that controlling interest in his two companies — Ted Colangelo Associates (graphic communications) and The Slide Makers (audio/visual presentations) — has been acquired by Benton & Bowles, New York Cit\ ad\ertising agency. Ted continues to serve as president of his two companies. Richard R. Sooiiey is director of market- ing for ITT Grinnell Corp , Elmira, N. Y. C Q Charles Dudlcigh Hackctt. Ir.. has >JO been awarded his Ph.D. in religion from Emory University in Atlanta. The Rev. David P. Jenkins has been awarded the degree of doctor of education at the State University of New York at Albany. His specialty was in counseling and college student personnel services. David still serves part-time as priest-in-charge of three small mission churches in the Catskill region of the Episcopal Diocese of .Albany, N. Y., where he is a member ot the Commission on Ministry. He also is secretary of the board of directors of the Albany Mental Health Association. He continues to be emplo\ed at the State Uni- versity of New York at Albany as an assistant to the director of residences for the univer- sity and is in charge of supervision of the counseling staff, human development pro- gramming, and administration of a complex of eight residence halls. Reginald G. Morse is vice-president of In- stitutional sales with Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis in Boston. Glendon Rowell has been on the move re- cently. After returning to the States in the summer of 1975 from Australia and settling down in Stamford, Conn., he and his wife, Betty Jane, packed their bags again and headed for Manila, where Glen is in charge of the opening of a new company for Avon Products. Betty Belknap Stirling has been promoted to editorial assistant at the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory in Saugus, Mass. James V. Thomas, an insurance broker, is working in Middleboro, Mass., with Clyde S. Thomas, Inc. William H. Tozier. a broker, is a vice- president with Kuhn Loeb & Co., London, England. C Q /"'"' H Barcrofl. director of the J ^ Division of Public Programs of the National Endowment tor the Humanities, has been selected a recipient of the twenty- eighth annual Arthur S. Flemming Award honoring outstanding voung men and women in the federal government. Dr. Bar- croft was selected for the award for his de- velopment of the state-based program, a unit of the Division of Public Programs. Instituted in all fifty states in the past four years, the program has generated more than $37.9 mil- lion in private funds and supported approx- imately 3,500 locally initiated projects spon- sored by civic, business, and educational or- ganizations. Arlene Brown Eskilson is an assistant pro- fessor of sociology and anthropology at Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, III. lacquelinc lones, Meriden, Conn., has been elected to a two-year term on the board of directors of the Blackstone Village Con- dominium. She continues as head class agent for '59. 46 WtUmm C. Owen (M.A.T.) is with the Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., handling labor relations for the vanous bureaus of the department. Bill earned his Ph.D. from Purdue in 1965 and hisJ.D. from Indiana University in 1972. George Poi^efpal has been promoted to general manager with United Foam Corp., Bremen, Ind. He had been serving as the firm's branch manager in Louisville. George and Carol have two children, Cluistine and George 11. Itiilitli Caniewn Wlutaker was featured m a recent Kansas City magazine as one of "KC's Superwomen," a story on women in that area who have broken down traditional bar- riers. In Judv's case, she was the first woman to be admitted to membership in the Kansas City Lawyers Association. She believes, however, that being a woman has actually been an advantage rather than a detriment in her profession, especially when she started. "I was one of five girls in the Michigan Law School," she says. "Then, when I was inter- viewing for jobs, they might see twenty-one men — and me. At least they remembered me." After attending Michigan Law School, Judith received her law degree from the Uni- versity of Missouri Law School, where she was valedictorian. She was in private prac- tice for nine vears before joining Hallmark Cards in 1972, where she is now assistant general counsel. She's been a director and president of the Legal Aid Society, president of the Big Sisters of Kansas Citv, a director of Big Brothers of Kansas City, a director of the Lawyers Association, and organizer and board member of the Pre-Trial Division Proj- ect, which provides education and |ob coun- seling to first offenders. She and her hus- band, Kent, have two children, Chuck, 14, and Kav, 12. fLf\ '.^'"'' B- Beckers is an investment vivf banker with Salomon Brothers in Chicago. H. Bradley Bloomer is a self-employed m- vestment advisor with offices in New York City. juditli Eaton Galea is a staff physician at the Unnersity of Pittsburgh Health Services and also works part-time with Planned Par- enthood. James T. Johnson is an assistant professor in the department of religion at Douglass College, Rutgers University. Peter Katlas, who holds a master's degree from Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies, is assistant vice-president of the Northern European Group of New England Merchants National Bank. He's living in Concord, Mass. Geoffrey A. Poioers III is working in Tampa, Fla., as management consultant and principal office manager for Towers, Perrin, Forster & Crosby. (L'i Richard A. Nurse resigned in Au- \J J- gust as headmaster of the Stock- bridge School to become director of the Equal Opportunity Fund at Rutgers. His wife, Laura, who had been dean of students at Stockbridge, has become assistant director of Union Settlement House in New York. Tim Orcutt is a manufacturer with P. B. & H. Moulding Co. in Syracuse. Sariniel Sonnabend is a product manager for the Kellogg Co., Battle Creek, Mich. (L^ Alfred M. Benson has resigned UiH from his position as assistant vice-president with the Seaman's Bank for Savings in New York Citv, to return to the private practice of real estate appraisal in as- sociation with Mark H. Klafter in Tucson, Ariz. Al holds the MAI designation of the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers and the SRPA designation of the Society of Real Estate Appraisers. Roland DeLellis, Belmont, Mass., and his wife, Dolores, are parents of their second child, Mark Damian, born Jan. 5 and chris- tened the "Bicentennial Baby," since he was the first child born this year in Belmont. John F. Hilliker (A.M.) is a consultant his- torian for the Historical Division, Depart- ment of External Affairs, Ottawa, Ontario. Robert P. Lambert is state manager in Virginia for United Press International. He's living at 1630 Rayanne Dr., Richmond. Wolfgang Loeuv (Ph.D.) is on the faculty at European University, Schiller College, Heidelberg, Germany. julia Morse is director and teacher at the Community Co-Op Nursery School, An- dover, Mass. Winsloiv /. Tweed is an instructor in sociology at Pennsylvania State University's Allentown Campus, Fogelsville, Pa. Mariorie Lord Westphal has started her second year of law school at Case Western Reserve in Cleveland. Her daughter, Rena, 15, is at Emma Willard School in Trov, N.Y., Amelie, 11, is at Hathaway Brown School, and Chris, 10, is at University School, the lat- ter two both in Cleveland. Marjories hus- band, Lester, is in real estate. /Z O Daniel V. Alper is assistant super- \J^J intendent of schools in the Sunny- vale, Calif., School District. Dr. Van S. Batchis, Belmont, Mass., is in the private practice of psychiatry in Brook- line, Mass. R. David Drucker is involved in public broadcasting and is currently a producer at WXXl, Rochester, N.Y. Thomas A. Ktihlman (A.M., '67 Ph.D.) reports that his full-length drama, Each of These Landlords, won the Nebraska State Repertory Company's Bicentennial Play- writing Contest and was presented three weekends in Omaha, followed by a state- wide tour of Nebraska. "The play's title," Tom writes, "comes from Emerson's poem, 'Hamatrava,' a poem 1 was introduced to by Brown's Hyatt Waggoner in his American poetry class." After two years in the Army at Fort Knox and one year on the staff at the University of Louisville School of Medicine, Dr. William I. Lei'y has entered private practice at St. Joseph's Hospital, Lexington, Ky. Andrea Wlutaker Mohn is an associate economist with the Development & Re- sources Corp. , Sacramento, Calif. Carol Burchard O'Hare is an attorney with the Boston law firm of Goodwin, Procter & Hoar. £L/% EarlH. Bradley, jr., recently OTI took a trip to Alaska "to see the true wilderness while it still exists. " He's still working for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, helping to implement the state's coastal zone development program. Michael C. Dwyer is a partner in the Rochester, N.Y., law firm of Goldstein, Goldman, Kessler & Underberg. Diana Ellis is a child psychotherapist with the City Child Guidance Clinic in Ber- lin, Germany. Lawrence A. Kerson received his M.D. in 1968 from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and is a neurologist at the Presbyterian-University of Pennsylvania Medical Center. He and Toba Schwaber were married May 25, 1975, in Baltimore. William A. Lemire. his wife Pollv, and their four children live in St. Louis, Mo. Bill, who recently received his M.B.A. from the University of Missouri, is president of Polymer Products, Inc., a producer of pro- tective coating and insulation materials. Pollv is executive assistant to the president of the Wavne Agencv, an advertising and pub- lic relations firm. Peter /. Leinn, a University of Chicago Law School graduate, is with the Washing- ton, D.C., law firm of Sharon, Pierson, Semmes, Crolius & Finley. John G. Lru'is, jr.. is business manager, director of deferred giving, alumni secretary, and associate director of admissions at The Thacher School in Ojai, Calif. Conrad L. Ober and his wife, Elaine, of Eugene, Oreg. , report the birth of their first child, Heidi Elaine, on June 30, 1975. Conrad is manufacturing manager of Spear & Jackson, Inc. Marcia Pierce Wilson, Warwick, R.I., is an elementary school teacher at the Thornton School in Johnston and an instructor in psy- chology at Rhode Island College. /T C Don S. Anderson has been named U J director of the newly formed Insti- tute of Arts Administration of the University of Utah. The program recently received a $96,500 grant from the William H. Donner Foundation, Inc., of New York Citv in sup- port of the graduate program in arts adminis- tration. James F. Belluclie is general manager of the Midwest division for Eastern Express, Inc. He and his wife, Jane, and daughters, Judy and Janet, are living in the Worthington Hills area of Columbus, Ohio. F. Dane Buck, jr.. is associate professor of law at Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, N.H. Dr. Pria'M. Chenault, Jr.. is chief resi- dent in the department of orthopedics and rehabilitation at Vanderbilt University ■Affiliated Hospitals, Nashville, Tenn. Janice Horn Hartman, Westfield, N.J., has two children, Deborah Lvnn, 2, and Suzanne Michelle, 1. Her husband, Adrian, wcirks at Bell Labs in Murray Hill, N.J. W. Jeffrey Havener has been promoted to business manager of industrial contracts with Ravtas, a subsidiary of Raytheon Co., in Bagneux, France. Bruce £. Langdon is director of the Palos Verdes (Calif.) Library District. He's living at 27045 Tarrasa Dr., San Pedro, Calif. 90732. Patricia Burval McNamara and her hus- 47 band, John (see 72), report the birth of their second son, Eric Joseph, on Aug. 5, 1975. Niall is 4. The family lives in Gallaway, Ire- land. Stephen G. Morison is living in Peabody, Mass., and working in Waltham, where he is senior marketing representative with IBM Corp. Marney Weaver Morroic and her husband, Don, report the birth of a son, William Bond, on Feb. 5. The family has moved to Hailey, Idaho, where Don is cattle ranching. Maurice]. Mountain, jr., is an attorney with Leva, Hawes, Symington, Martin & Oppenheimer in Washington, D.C. Dr. Frank A. Pettrone has completed a two-year tour of active duty in the Navy and has opened an office for the practice of or- thopedic surgery in Arlington, Va. Deborah M. Price (A.M.) is owner and broker of Compass Real Estate, Brunswick, Maine, Donald F. Roth received a Ph.D. in his- tory from the University of Texas at Austin in 1975. He has resigned from the staff of St. Stephen's Episcopal School in Austin, where he taught urban dynamics and historv for seven years, and has become an aide to City Councilman John Trevino. "Drawing on my experience as a WBRU alumnus," he savs, "I program and announce the Saturday 'Morn- ing Program' on KMFA-FM, Austin's classi- cal music station." Don will present a paper to the American Historical AsscKiation meet- ing in December on "Black Churches and West Africa," a topic related to his disserta- tion. Richard G. Weiss is an assistant professor of chemistry at Georgetown University. (L(L Joseph Allan III (Sc.M.) is living V/O in Scottsdale, Ariz., and working in Phoenix as a senior instrumentation en- gineer for AIResearch Manufacturing Co. Edward W. Bernct and his wife, Susan, report the birth of their second child, An- drew Edward, on April 25 in Canoga Park, Calif. Lucy Bre^man has prepared a listing of names, current addresses, and news from women members of the class who attended the 10th reunion. Anyone interested in re- ceiving a copy should write to Lucy at 1514 Pine St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19102. Judy C. Gere (MAT.), one of three women chaplains in the U.S. Navy, has been promoted to lieutenant in the Staff Chap- Iain's Office, Newport. Robert K. Mohr is adjunct assistant pro- fessor of physics at Catholic University in Washington, D.C, doing applied research in fiber optics. "In my spare time," he says, "I am living in and trying to renovate an old row house near downtown Washington." Douglass C. Ogden is a special agent with the FBI, assigned to the Los Angeles office. Robert Natlian Pass, Chevy Chase, Md., IS combining the "best of two worlds," work- ing as an attorney and as a tennis pro. He is currently head tennis professional at the Four Seasons Tennis Club, Merrifield, Va. Marjorie A. Satinsk\f is senior health-care consultant with the management services staff at Ernst & Ernst, Boston. Morton ]. Simon, Jr., has joined the law firm of Abrahams & Loewenstein in Philadelphia. Harris R. Shane is with S. L. Nusbaum & Co., Inc., a real estate firm in Norfolk, Va. C^J Dr. Douglas /. Blatz is an orthope- U / die surgery resident at the Tulane University School of Medicine. Richard H. Bucilla is a territorial super- visor for the Commercial Union Co. of Bos- ton. Capt. Gary E. Carpenter, USAF, has re- ceived his M.B.A. from California State Uni- versity, as has his wife, Capt. M. Jeanne Carpenter, USAF. Both are stationed at the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles. ]ames W. Fanning is living in Newburgh, Ind., with his wife, Mary, and their two- year-old son, James Daniel. Jim has been a State Farm Insurance agent since 1971 and is currently working toward the industry's C.L.U. designation. To keep in shape, Jim plays for the Evansville Rugby Club. Gary L. Gherardini (Sc.M.) and his wife, Cheryl Adams, are the parents of a second son, Jonathan, born March 1, 1975. Jeffrey is 6. Gary is sales administrator for Facet En- terprises in Warwick, R.I., and Cheryl is chairman of the English department at Bar- rington High. Thomas Ferguson and his wife, Karen Motlineaux Ferguson (see '69), are parents of their first child, Matthew, born May 17. Tom is an assistant vice-president with Equitable Life in New York City. H Seth Finn is a writer producer in the news department of KRON-TV, the NBC affiliate in San Francisco. He and his wife be- came parents of their first child, Alexander, in May 1974. They live in Palo Alto, Calif. Elaine Hutchings Hodgson. Reading, Mass., reports the birth of her second daugh- ter, Jill Victoria, on July 10. Pamela is 7. Elaine remains head class agent. Joan Friedman Krey received her J.D. degree in 1975 from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where she was a member of the board of editors of the Law Rei'ieic. She's now asscxiated with Weil, Gotshal & Manges, a New York City law firm. Dai'id S. Mozinlay has returned to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency after a year as consultant to the California Coastal Zone Conservation Commission, where he served as a special assistant to the chief planner and helped formulate the legal and governmental aspects of the proposed California Coastal Plan. At EPA, he is in charge of water pollution enforcement for the western region, with headquarters in San Francisco. Dr. Richard A. Patt finished a family medicine residency at the University of Col- orado Medical Center this summer. He's liv- ing at 2849 S. Locust St., Denver. Frank S. Pearson, jr., has been awarded his Ph.D. in sociology from Rutgers and has been appointed an assistant professor of sociology at Georgia State University. His new address: 1823 Davie Cir., Apt. 3, Smyrna, Ga. 30080. Michael Rubinger is director of program development at Manpower Demonstration Research in New York City. Cynthia Tanner Shlaer, who describes herself as a "bourgeois shopkeeper," is owner of Frobisher Bav at 93 S. Central Ave. , Campbell, Calif. Carlyle A. Thayer has completed his third round-the-world trip, this one made in con- junction with his current research interests: Samoa, Hawaii, California, Washington, England, Thailand, Malaysia, and Singa- pore. He has been given tenure at the Ben- digo College of Advanced Education in Victoria, Australia. Dr. Lee A. Welky, recently discharged from the Navy after two years' service as a dental officer in Florida and as commanding officer of the dental clinic at the South Weymouth Naval Air Stafion, has estab- lished a private dental practice in Stoughton, Mass. Katherine Sandford Wilson and her hus- band, Raymond Bruce Wilson '68 Ph.D., of Glastonbury, Conn., report the birth of a daughter, Rachel Lee, on Sept. 22, 1975. Their older daughter, Sarah, is now 5. /T O Dai'id A. Barry, an investment v/O banker, is assistant vice-president of Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis, Boston. Jonathan D. Buckley was graduated from the University of Kentucky School of Law in 1975, passed the state bar, and is now in pri- vate practice in Lexington, Ky. Dr. Robert ]. Dresdale has completed his cardiology training at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City and has es- tablished his private practice in Fort Lee, N.J. Dr. Paul Edward McKeei'er, Orinda, Calif., has completed a residency in pathol- ogy at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston and plans to join the Nahonal Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md Dr. McKeever received his medical de- gree and interned at the University of California and received his Ph.D. in pathol- ogy at the Medical University. He won first place in the Medical University research con- test in 1974 and 1975 and was the recipient of a Southern Medical Association Research Project Grant. Dr. McKeever served on the Medical University Graduate Council in 1975 and is the author of numerous research pa- pers. William F. Miller III and Cathleen Shortsleeve were married March 6 and are living at 4162 Post Rd., Warwick, R.I. Bill is with Connors & Kilguss in Providence. Regina Gambert Pitluck (M.A.T.) and her husband, Samuel Pitluck (see '71), report the birth of a daughter, liana, in June 1975. They live in Ottawa. Martin F. Stamp, ]r., has joined Esso Inter-America in Coral Gables, Fla., as senior tax attorney. ]ohn Strater, a certified public account- ant, is supervisor of the tax department for Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. in Houston, Texas. Eliot B. Tarlin, /r. , is living in SomervUIe, Mass., and working as a freelance film sound technician and editor. /T Q Tom A. Blanchette was graduated U 7 in May from George Washington University Law School. He's living at 161 Monticello Rd., Pawtucket, R.I., and plans to practice law locally. Jeffrey Blumenfeld and his wife, Laura, report the birth of Jennifer .Anne on Jan. 11 in Washington, D.C. Jeff has left the antitrust 48 Richard Ormond: Helping people understand the Victorian Age In his office at the National Portrait Gal- lery in London, Richard Ormond '61 strikes a typical Victorian pose with his heftv two- volume tome. Early Victorian Portraits, momentarily fulfilling the expectation that someone with the archaic title of Deputy Keeper of the National Portrait Gallery must be a bit eccentric. The pose is just that, though; as it turns out, Richard is a lively and disarming person, not the sort vou would expect to find cloistered amid the musty books and dark, brooding portraits of this prestigious but somewhat anachronistic museum. "One thinks of a keeper of a zoo, doesn't one?" Richard remarks of his title. "Actually, it probably survives from the eighteenth cen- tury when one really was a keeper in the sense that he kept the keys. I believe it must be roughly equivalent to your curatorial title, however," In keeping with his job duties — if not his personality — Richard claims to like the nineteenth century best. "But I don't believe I'm obsessed with it. Some people become so preoccupied with their period that they begin to look it. And, more significantly, to date all their letters, say, 1875. That's always a sign when you do that." Richard's father is half American, but has never set foot on American soil. Richard might not have got to the States himself if the British armed services hadn't been winding down the draft at the time he completed his public schooling. With two years free before he was to read history at Oxford, Richard came to Brown to study American literature and history, the two things he was "most keen on at the time," and to have "the American experience." "Brown was, forme, a very stimulating experience," he savs. "I'd just come out of a sort of monastic English public school, and it was heady stuff." Only incidentally did he take an art course in college. "1 sometimes feel the lack," he says, "especially around Renais- sance people. But it's not the custom here in Britain to study art history as an under- graduate. There are very few courses open to one until the graduate level." Upon leaving school, he says, he had firm ideas of what he didn't want to do for a living but very few ideas of what he did want. "I knew business was not my forte, and I'm not any good at all at creative art. Then, when I came out of Ox- ford 1 noticed a job for a trainee at the museum in Birmingham. I'd never thought before of museums as places where one works. Nevertheless, 1 eventually got the job." Birmingham was "a real rough and tumble" museum, giving him the opportu- nity to do everything from painting display cases to dealing with the public, but very little chance for research. After three years there, during which he was promoted to as- sistant keeper, Richard moved to the Na- tional Portrait Gallery. "Here, I am dealing basically with research," he says, "though I have charge of the publications and be- cause of that do have more and more ad- ministrative details to care for. "The gallery is actually one devoted to famous Englishmen, rather than what most people think it is, a gallery of famous portraits. It's the importance of the sitter rather than the painting that we emphasize. " Because the gallery was asked to lend many of its works to various Bicentennial exhibi- tions it did not plan any such celebration of its own. Early Victorian Portraits, published in 1974, took seven years to complete. "It's a complete catalogue of early nineteenth- century portraiture — of what we have here at the Gallery — but it's also a total study of the portraiture of each person. 1 list all the known portraits of, say, Dickens, including photographs, so it is a survey of the entire range of portraits relating to great Eng- lishmen." Richard, who is the great-nephew of John Singer Sargent and whose book about Sargent appeared in 1970, has just brought out a book. Lord Lcighton, written with his wife, on the late nineteenth-century English painter and president of the Acad- emy. "Mv mother's reaction was 'VVhy on earth are you studying that dreadful painter?' " — a t]uestion Richard feels is typ- ical of the way we tend to reject "the whole Victorian thing." "But," he continues, "there At Loinloii's National Portrait Gallery, Richard Ormond stands by a portrait of Charles Dickens. tflnu •• are an awful lot of young people who are excited bv the nineteenth century. I'm a member of the Victorian Societ\', which is very active. I'd like to do a sort of general history next of nineteenth-centur\' literary painting. Art historians trained in Renais- sance art treat it in a very different way. But the works of art aren't good enough to stand up to that kind of analysis, and I think one should look at them in a totallv different manner, to examine them in the light of the vast new subjects that appeared then in liter- ature and history — narrative painting. I'd like to look at the sources and relate them to what people were reading — The Vicar of Wakefield, Don Quixote, certain plays of Shakespeare — exploring the sources of nar- rative painting rather than applying stylistic analyses to them. "Actually, there's a general feeling that Victorian painting equals bad taste. We're terribly conditioned People like Roger Frye and Lvtton Strachev have argued strongly that the Victorians were totally misguided and led us up a blind alley " Now, however, Richard sees things changing. "When I first got interested in this field, everything was modern art and ar- chitecture. Now everyone speaks about the 'concrete jungle.' We have begun to cling to our Victorian buildings because thev have character and dimension, good craftsman- ship, a feeling for materials. It's amazing — people who wouldn't have lifted a finger to save Victorian buildings in the past are now- prepared to go on a march to save St. Pan- eras Station or the Foreign Office. There's a transfer of tastes that's taking place, and the kind of light that people like myself are shedding on the period must be helping." A member of what he calls a "restless" family (his grandparents lived bv turns in Switzerland, Tunisia, and London), Richard knows if he weren't at the National Gallery he'd not be in academic life. "1 don't believe in fixity of anv sort," he savs. "I can imagine myself as a journalist, perhaps, traveling to far distant places. Still, 1 like my job yer\- much indeed. There are times when one feels a museum is vers- divorced from life, but those moments are necessar\', too." Kay Cassill 49 division of the National Labor Relations Board to become an assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia. Karen Breiner (A.M.) and Arthur]. San- ders were married July 24 at the FBI National Academy Chapel In Quantico, Va. Karen is an instructor in the Spanish department and a member of the core faculty of the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, and is a Ph.D. candidate at George Washing- ton University. During a year's leave of ab- sence from Georgetown, Karen and her husband will live in Muncie, Ind. Her hus- band is an instructor at Ball Slate and Indi- ana Universities. Ann Brice is employed in San Mateo, Calif., as director of education of the Penin- sula Humane Society. Leslie D. Corann and Judith Adele Siegel were married on March 27 in Chicago, with brothers Glenn H. Concm '71 and Steven act- ing as the best men. An attorney specializing in litigation and trial work, Les is with the New York law firm of Rich, Krinsly, Poses, Katz & Lillienstein. His new home address: 511 East 80th St., Penthouse B, New York Cit>' 10021. Karen Molltneaux Ferguson and her hus- band, Thomas (see '67), are parents of their first child, Matthew, born May 17. Karen is an assistant vice-presidenl at Bankers Trust Co. in New York. Dr. Gary V. Gordon, who recently com- pleted his residency in internal medicine at Penn, will this year be holding a fellowship in rheumatology at the Hospital of the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania. Edward /. Glasband is working in Hartford, Conn., as vice-president of Cal- laghan Paper Box Co. Rick Harngan and his wife, Kathy, have both entered the doctoral program at Har- vard Business School. Rick will be studying international business and his wife will be studying business policy under Prof. John Gloi>er '36. Robert .V. Hiiseln/ has been elected presi- dent of the Rhode Island Javcees for the 1976-77 season. Thomas F. Lemire and Kathrvn Schevers were married Aug. 2, 1975, with Samuel Rotondi serving as best man. Tom is a re- gional market development manager for Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. in Chicago. He received his M.B.A. from Northwestern in 1975. Tom has served as captain of the Chicago Lions Rugby Club. Dr. /c)/ii! .M. Lci'cnthal has completed a three-year residenc\' in pediatrics at Yale- New Haven Hospital and is beginning a fel- lowship in the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar Program there. His wife is Beverly Hodgson (see '70). ^Baltasar Mena (Sc.M., '73 Ph.D.) is as- sociate professor of engineering and senior investigator at the Center for Materials Re- search, National University of Mexico. Peter D. \'alle is editor for computer sci- ence and electrical engineering in the College Division of McGraw-Hill, New York City. Paul H. D. Payton is music director at radio station WHCN, Hartford, Conn., fol- lowing up on his extracurricular activihes while at Brown. During his undergraduate years, Paul had a distinguished career at WBRU, serving as record librarian, music di- rector, production director, newsman. copywriter, and public service director. Robert L. Ruedisueli is an inc^ustrial fore- man with Corban Industries, a division of Fibreboard Corp. located in the Benicia In- dustrial Park, Benicia, Calif. Dr. Ruth L. Sampson is an endocrine fel- low at Springfield Hospital, a division of the Bay State Medical Center, Springfield, Mass. Stei'en Sei'Cik is senior programmer with Computervision Corp. of Bedford, Mass. Frank M. Ward III has received his C.A.G.S. in educational media from Boston University. He is an engineer and office supervisor at Factory Mutual Engineering, Johnston, R.L ^f\ Yardena Arar is an editor and re- / \J porter with the Canadian Press in .Montreal. Andre Aubuchon, jr., has been awarded a Ph.D. in history by Ffarvard, where he has been a teaching fellow since 1972. His disser- tation was entitled, "Feminism and Wom- en's Education in England 1860-1890." Richard ,^/l. Auerbach has graduated from the New York University School of Law and is an associate at the law firm of Walsh & Frisch in New York City. Henry R. Boucher and Martha Jane Sulli- van were married in August 1975 in Syra- cuse. He's assistant planner for the city of Martinez, Calif. Allen Castner has received his master's in business administration from UCLA and has accepted a position as an accountant with Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. in Trenton, N.J. W. David Elliott (72 Sc.M.) has started his second year of graduate study in com- puter science at the University of Toronto. Beverly Hodgson was graduated in May from Yale Law School and is a litigator at Koskoff, Koskoff, Rutkin & Bieder in Bridgeport, Conn., where she specializes in consumer affairs and employment discrimi- nation cases. Her husband is John M. Lei'en- that (see '69). Roil Kreidman is an associate with the law firm of Pryon, Cashman, and Sherman in New York City, specializing in entertainment law. Carol LaBoccetta is a bassoonist with the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Birming- ham, Ala. Glenn F. Morse is manager of flight crew operation procedures with Trans World Air- lines in New York City. Ann Horlacher Murray (A.M.) is an as- sistant professor at Wheaton College, Nor- ton, Mass., and director of its Watson Gal- lery. Ellen Ogintz and Dr. George Fishman were married on June 29, 1975. Ellen re- ceived her M.S.W. that same year from Simmons and is now a social worker in the seizure unit at Children's Hospital in Boston. Her husband is director of the psychiatry clinic at Beth Israel Hospital. They live at 50 Naples Rd., Brookline, Mass. 02146. Marcm Pearson of Edison, N.J., received an Ed.M. from Rutgers University last May. Nancy £. Pnest, Austin, Texas, is as- sistant professor of classics at the Univer- sity of Texas. Peter H. Rogers (Ph.D.) is head of the methods section at the Naval Research Labo- Clair Chapnimi is zuritijig songs and dodging bricks for feminist theater The house in the North End of London is somewhat ramshackle, sparsely furnished and cold. Curled up in her bed close to the small electric heater, Clair Chapman '74 sings a verse from her latest song: "I'd rather have m\ freedom than a freezer I'd rather be on welfare than be wed 'Cause though it's true There's a lot I've been through, I don't take the welfare to bed." Clair, one of seven women — and the only American — in a London troupe called The Women's Theatre Group, has been writ- ing plays and songs for the Group as well as acting in its first long-running production. My Mother Says I Ntivr Should, since it opened in Januar\ 1975. The Group, which developed from a season of women's plays at the Almost Free Theatre in 1974, launched it- self with a presentation from The Neu' Portuguese Letters and with Fantasia, its first collectively written plav. Its early support came from the Inner London Education Au- thority and a few private sources; since April 1975 it has been operating under a modest grant from the Arts Council of Great Britain. "I got into the Group because it seemed to combine the two things I'm most in- terested in — feminism and theatre, " Clair says. "Compared to American groups, where you sit around and discuss your motives for hours on end, this one is great. We don't discuss why we're here — we sim- ply accept the fact." Of the seven women in the Group, aged twenh-three to forty, onK three are trained actresses: Clair, who had worked in the States but not in England; a film and stage actress; and a woman with a community theatre background. The others had had no previous theatre experience, but from the beginning the work of the Group has had top priority for them all. Ever\'thing is done col- lectively — plavwriting, costume and set de- sign, publicitv, production — except the song writing. "It's the one thing that has caused some friction," says Clair. "One doesn't think up tunes collectively " When the Group originally formed, Clair was dubious. "It was all so loose. Someone said, 'Oh, we'll do a play.' I had been trained to work with a director and a script, and frankh', I thought it was a lot of rubbish. But I didn't have anything better to do, so I went along. We rehearsed from nine to twelve, six days a week, for about three weeks. Then we put on a play, and it worked! It was amazing." 50 Their current success, My Mother Sai/s I Nei'cr Slumld. has plaved at schools, colleges, youth clubs, and women's centers three to five times a week all over London, Hartford- shire, Essex, and on the Continent as well. "Originally we thought we'd do a play called Boys and Clothes, Clothes mid Boys because we assumed that was what teenage girls thought about. To research it, we went around to schools and discovered that what teenage girls reiilh/ think about is sex. That decided us. "Our central character is a girl, the kind of girl we all would like to have been. She doesn't particularly want to have sex but she wants to know a lot of things. She rejects a lot of the conventional ideas of what she's supposed to do — the kinds of things we would like to have rejected, but didn't, when we were her age. We balanced her with a silly friend who does sleep with her boy- friend, and a biology teacher (that's me) who gives the girls and their class a straightfor- ward biology lesson about sex from which they learn absolutely nothing. The girl thinks she's pregnant, and eventually she and her friend go to a clinic for advice. We've been accused of all kinds of things, like advocating promiscuity. But we aren't. What we wanted to do was offer options. We wanted the girls who see the play to know they have choices — to have sex or not — but that if they do, there are ways to do it that won't get them in trouble." Despite that kind of criticism, they got "very good crits from the Times and the Guardian and various other newspapers" and suddenly had bookings "like mad." "In this country there are many more kinds of theatre because papers and maga- zines, like for instance Time Out, give cover- age to educational work being done. It's not just West End theatre that they write about," says Clair. The Group's new production, for which CInir Chapman: She doesn't make tea for the welfare. she is writing the Krics and music, is titled Work to Role. "It's about women doing dif- ferent kinds of jobs. One is a shop steward on a factory floor. Her daughter just got a job at a temporary agency. The one I play is nineteen and on social security — in England that's welfare — has a baby and works, ille- gally, in a restaurant. I worked in a place called 'The Great American Success' in hot- pants for a week to research the role, until I was sacked. It was dreadful." Nevertheless, Clair admits to thinking all kinds of jobs are fascinating, and she considers it part of her |ob as an actress to learn how others live and work. She once followed an exterminator around while he sprayed houses until he in- sisted she stop, saying, "I don't like to spray ladies." And when the Group's van needs repair she likes to hang around and talk to the man who tries to fix it, watching him work. "I've been in theatre all mv life," says Clair, whose father, as admissions director of a bovs' school, involved the entire family in the school's dramatic productions. At Brown she tried out on her second day for a part in a play and got it. "From then on," she says, "nearly everything revolved around the theatre. In a way 1 don't think 1 had a normal student life there." Among the plays she par- ticipated in were The Trofan Women, Night of the Iguana, and The Only jealousy of Emir. Then, with two other women, she put on an evening of women's theatre, acting, direct- ing, and writing alternately. After graduation, and a stint on a West Virginia commune where she learned to milk goats, make goat cheese, and pitch hay ("The crunch came one day when 1 walked into the local drugstore in my overalls and the man said, 'What can 1 do for you, sir?' and I said, 'I'm not a sir, I'm a her' "), Clair came to London, where, she admits, she wanted more than anything else to go to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. "Actually, my ambition was to be the second lady of the American theatre after Helen Hayes," she laughs. "But I don't dig that kind of theatre any more. Those plays are seen by people who go to the theatre all the rime. Then over a dinner party they say, 'Oh, I saw a great play.' Big deal. We're play- ing to the kind of people for whom our play may be the only one they've ever seen, the only time they've ever been in a theatre at all." Describing one such performance, Clair says, "They threw things, wheeled baby car- riages through the aisles, even let the air out of the van's rires. When we pushed it toward a garage thev threw bricks and glass at us. But that was only a part of the audience. The other half was trying to listen intently, trying to learn. Those are the kids we want to reach." As a new card-carrying member of Ac- tors Equity, Clair doesn't know what the fu- ture will bring. The Group's grant from the Arts Council is good until April, when a cutback in funds for such small groups could sharply curtail their work. "I don't get much money from it now but I don't need much, either. I certainly don't want for an\'thing. But when you're used to getting it, it's rather difficult to go back." She keeps up contact with a diversified group of playwrights, and takes courage from the "Take Courage" pub sign across the street. "I like the style of life here. There's a lot less money. You begin to learn the value of it that way," Clair says. "Take the cold rooms. It teaches vou to value a warm room, to find ways oihemg warm." Clair begins to hum and then sings the second verse of her new song: "I don't make tea for the welfare I don't clean the welfare's shoes I don't do the welfare's washing up Or get the dishpan blues Because of the welfare. . . ." She's tr\'ing to find another word that rhymes with bed for the next verse. Kay Cassill 51 ratorv. Underwater Sound Reference Divi- sion, Orlando, Fla. Don Sayre and his wife, Diana Zucker- man, moved to Sherborn, Mass., this sum- mer, where Don is the teaching director of the Peabodv Terrace Nursery School, which is a parent co-operative at Harvard Univer- sity. His wife is doing her clinical psychology internship for her Ph.D. at Worcester State Hospital. Richard R. Sclumip received his M.A. in education from URI in 1975 and is serving as a remedial reading specialist at the Chariho Regional Junior High School in Rhode Is- land. BniccG. Weniger, Los Angeles, trained in Costa Rica from July to September on a fel- lowship in tropical medicine and parasitol- ogy, as part of his M.D. M.P.H. studies at the University of California Schools of Medicine and Public Health. Last year, he was an advisor for the World Health Organi- zation to the Smallpox Eradication Pro- gramme in Bangladesh. ^'1 More than 200, including guests / JL and spouses, returned to Brown for our 5th reunion, a high figure for recent reunions of the five-vear clas.ses. Many classmates suggested an informal 6th re- union. Those interested should contact Elie Hirfkitfi'lii, 1H4 Avenue of the Americas, New York City 10013. Joseph W. Au'^'Hsd/". a resident of McLean, Va., is a Soviet analyst with the U.S. Government. Nicholas Ccrjancc is assistant rate en- gineer with the New England Electric System in Westborough, .Mass. He and his wife. Sheila, live at 63 Preston Dr , Cranston, R.I. Victor Evans and Margaret Todd Crier were married last February and are living in Salisbury, Md. Victor is a program director with General Television, Inc., in Salisbury. Thomas /. Liuie is a project engineer with Metcalf & Eddy, Inc , Boston. Man/ H. McLaii^^hlin received her J.D. from the University of Oregon School of Law in 1975, passed the bar exam in Oregon, and is now a VIST.A attorney. She is director- attorney with the Youth Justice Clinic, Inc., in Portland The Youth Justice Clinic, first of Its kind m the nation, offers free legal aid to young people under the age of eighteen in the Portland area and also provides legal ed- ucation about juvenile law and the juvenile justice system. Samuel Pitluck (Ph.D.) and Re^^iiia Cam- bert Pitluck ('68 M.A.T.) are living in Ottawa, where Sam is on the staff of Carleton Univer- sity. In June 1975, the\' became parents of a daughter, liana. Connie Sancetta ('73 Sc.M.) has earned her Ph.D. from the Oregon State School of Oceanography. In the past three years, Con- nie has participated in three research cruises and has given papers at national and interna- tional meetings on her research into the re- construction of the North Pacific Ocean dur- ing the most recent glacial period. She's starting a two-year appointment as a re- search associate in geology at Stanford, where she will collaborate with other geologists synthesizing data on the past sixty million years of Pacific Ocean evolution. Rol'crl Donald Solomon is an associate with CCMP Management Consultants in New York City. Henri/ L. Watson received his Ph.D. in history last June from Northwestern and is now an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina, teaching both U.S. and North Carolina history. Michael Williams has been appointed an assistant professor of mathematics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He received his Ph.D. in applied mathematics from the Courant Institute of Mathematical Science, New York University, last February. Mike and his wife, Barbara, have moved to Blacksburg, Va. C. Edward Wischmeyer has earned his Sc.M. and Ph.D. degrees from MIT and is an engineer in analysis of aircraft navigation with Systems Control, Inc., Palo Alto, Calif. ^^ Peter G. Berman is a law student / ^m at Case Western Reserve, where he is on the staff of the Law Rei'ieio. He spent the past summer in Providence working in the law offices of J. Ronald Fishbein. Donna C. Bird is completing work toward her master's degree in health systems admin- istration at Union College. She's working as a consultant to the New York State Health Research Council and does a radio show at WQBX-FM, an Albany rock station. Melissa Bradford is a graduate assistant at Emerson College in Boston, where she is teaching mass communications and studying television production. lonathan Breen and his wife. Donna, are living in Lexington, Mass. Jon is a senior ana- lyst with the Massachusetts Blue Cross in Boston. Thomas 5 Bryson is employed by the in- vestment banking firm of Lazard Freres & Co. in New York City Chnslopyhcr Dunn, who received his law degree from Georgetown in 1975, is with the U.S. Court of Claims, serving as law clerk to Chief Justice Wilson Cowen. Ahdel-Satam M. Eleiche (Sc.M.. '73 Ph.D.) is assistant professor in the department of mechanical engineering, design and produc- tion at the University of Cairo, Guiza, Egypt. Martha H. Good {A.M., '76 Ph.D.) is as- sistant professor of political science at Cen- tral Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Mich. Theodore C. Hirt and Mary Ann Eichen- berger were married in August 1975 in Go- wanda, NY He has been serving as an at- torney with the Michigan Court of Appeals in Lansing. Laura Left and Reid C. Becker were mar- ried Aug. 10, 1975. Laura is a Ph.D. candi- date and lecturer in the history department at the University of Pennsylvania. Robert Ludwig and Joan Ryder (see '73) were married in August 1975 and are living in Watertown, Mass. Bob is an economic consultant with Dynamics Associates. lames V. Mc.Ardlc earned his Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology and has received a postdoctoral research ap- pointment in the chemistry department at the Universit\' of California at Berkeley. Alexander T. McMahon is director of de- velopment for the Reach Out Alternative School in L\nn, Mass. lohn F. McNamara (Ph.D.) and his wife, Patricia Burcal McNamara. report the birth of their second son, Eric Joseph, on Aug. 5, 1975. Niall is four. John is a lecturer in civil engineering at University College, Gallaway, Ireland. Eric Nadel has been named public rela- tions director and play-by-play broadcaster for the Dallas Black Hawks of the Central Hockey League, the top farm club of both the Chicago Black Hawks and the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League. Eric formerly held the same position with the Oklahoma City Blazers. Douglas Price is owner of a sporting goods store called the Athletic Attic, located at West Shore Plaza in Tampa, Fla. Bruce]. Punns received his M.D. from the University of Michigan Medical School in June and is now at the University of Missouri-Columbia Medical Center. Peter /. Simon is on leave from Luria Brothers & Co. of Cleveland, where he had served as a project engineer and a trader of ferrous metals, to studs for his M.B.A. at Stanford University. jane Eraser Sutton of Arlington, Mass., is a buyer at Filene's of Boston, specializing in sportswear. ^^ Douglas R Allsuvrth is an auditor / J in the inspection department of the Royal Bank of Canada in Toronto. Walter Hopp was graduated from Colum- bia Business School In May and is working at Citibank in New York City as a loan officer. Stciv Brody ('74 M.M.Sc), a senior medi- cal student at Washington University in St. Louis, has been awarded the Osier Medal for the best published essav on the history of medicine by a U.S. meciical student. Fie has also received a fellowship to do research in the history of medicine. Nu'ole Krai\xs Brooks (M.A.T.) and her husband. Bob, are parents of a daughter, Jes- sica Leigh, born May 18. They live in Balti- more. Derek Cerjanec is an insurance adjuster in the Oak Brook, III., office of AMIGA Insur- ance Co. His address: 7305 South Woodward Ave., Apt. 302, Woodridge, 111. Stezvn Dalle-Mura is a graduate student in ancient history and a teaching assistant at the University of Virginia. Joseph DiCola is a third-year student at the New Jersey School of Medicine and Den- tistry. He's living at Apt. 1-C, 725 Scotland Rd.,' Orange, N.J. 07050. Rick Hyman has received his master's degree in city planning from the University of California at Berkeley. His thesis was enti- tled 'The California Coastal Plan " Rick is currently working for the Coastal Commis- sion and living at 2510 Hill Ct., Berkeley 94708. Lance P. Keiguin is a claims examiner for the Department of Health, Education & Wel- fare and is living in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., with his wife, Margaret E. Davidson, whom he married June 12. She is a copy editor for Avon in Manhattan and a graduate of Beaver College in Pennsylvania. Eugene P. Marfisi, jr. (A.M.) is senior economist with Mathematics, Inc., Prince- ton, N.J. Leslie Mitchell has received her M.B.A. and has moved to Los Angeles, where she is 52 working as an operations analyst for Na- tional Medical Enterprises, Inc. Her address: 233 South Harrington Ave., Los Angeles 90049. Michael M. Mullim is an attorney with the Norton, Va., law firm of Mullins, Winston & Robinson. Louts M. Peck, former managing editor of the Brown Daily Herald, is county, gov- ernment, and political reporter for The Pouglikeepsie journal, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. William O. Rank is manager of the Straw Hat Pizza Palace in Whittier, Calif. Joan Ryder and Robert Ludung (see 72) were married in August 1975 and are living in Watertown, Mass. Joan, who retains her maiden name, is a graduate student in ex- perimental psychology at Brandeis Univer- sity. Yoshio Sasajima (A.M.) and Keiko Sohma were married Feb. 20, 1976 in Tokyo. Yoshio is working for the Economic Planning Agency of the Japanese government in Tokyo. Linda Shires (A.M.) worked for the Daily Telegraph in London for two years as the arts page secretary and free-lance book reviewer. She's currently completing a B.A. Senior Status in English at St. Hilda's College, Ox- ford. Frank Starkey (Ph.D.), assistant professor of chemistry at Illinois Wesleyan University, is chairman of the personnel council of Illinois Wesleyan's faculty and is a member of the pre-medical, dental, and veterinary committee. Roy Stiff is devoting himself to full-time Christian work and is currently a staff member at UCLA with the Campus Crusade for Christ. Robert A. Stern was graduated from New York Medical College in June and is doing his residency at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City, specializ- ing in obstetrics and gynecology. He's living in Yonkers with his wife, Anita, and his daughter, Karyn Lisa. Larry D. Vick has graduated from Rut- gers University Law School, where he was awarded the J. Skelley Wright Prize as the student who "has done the most for civil rights, civil liberties, and human affairs dur- ing his three years at the law school." Thomas E. Vienneaii and lulia Vrooman (see '74) were married Sept. 6, 1975, and are living in Philadelphia. Tom is a buyer for Graybar Electric Co. in Wilmington, Del. 7/1 ^''i'^" D. Bixby has entered his third / Tt year at Northeastern University School of Law. He spent the summer work- ing at the Boston law firm of Ropes & Gray. His address: 16 Brainerd Rd., Allston, Mass. 02134. Nick Covey is an employment interviewer and test administrator with the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina. His home is in Miller's Creek, N.C. Peter Crist and Stephanie Wardrup were married June 24 in Naper\'ille, III., with classmates DojiflW Bogan and Richard Flana- gan in the wedding party. The couple is liv- ing at 136 Tanoak Ln., Naperville. After two years of playing professional soccer with the Rhode Island Oceaneers, 6(7/ Frost says that he has decided to "hang up my soccer boots and start work for the Magic Pan Creperie Restaurants, a small group of nationally known French crepe restaurants owned by Quaker Oats. " After three months of management training in Boston, Bill was transferred to Indianapolis, where he can be reached at 6808 B Brendan Way, South Dr. Judith Oilman and Thomas A. Garland were married in August 1975 and are living in Providence. Judith is a teacher of language and literature at Rhode Island School for the Deaf. Nancy Axtell Harloiv (Ph.D.) and James C. Damaskos were married in May 1975. Nancy is an associate professor at Roger Williams College, Bristol, R.I., where she teaches film writing. Deborah H. Jensen received a master's de- gree from the Rutgers University Graduate School of Library and Information Service, New Brunswick, N.J., in 1975. She's now a librarian with the Cranston (R.I.) Public Li- brary System, working at the main library and serving on the government relations and public relattons committees of the Rhode Island Library Association. Joan Kass is working in New York City as an editorial assistant with Doubledav & Co., Inc. Michael L. Kornblum and Susan Tanner Pellev were married May 15 in Manning Chapel on the Brown campus. Mike, who is known professionally as Mike Lawrence, is a news reporter for wJaR-TV in Providence. Wendy Lamb is with Harper & Row, pub- lishers, in New York City, as an editorial as- sistant in the children's book department. Sharon K. Masingale (A.M.) is an instruc- tor of modern languages at Wiley College in Marshall, Texas. Charles /. McMmn and Anne Winner were married June 28, 1975, and are living in Boston. Charles, after two years as an electri- cal engineer with IBM in Poughkeepsie, has entered Harvard Business School. Diane Rogers Montgomery and her hus- band, Claude (see '75), are living in Palo Alto, Calif. She's a project assistant for an edu- cational publishing house oriented towards remedial language arts and special education needs. Frank E. Morgan II was graduated from Cambridge University in England on June 25 with an LL.B. degree in international law. Paul Neary and Jane Barnes were married in August 1975 in Darien, Conn. He is a pro- grammer with General Motors Corp. in Tar- rytown, N.Y. Perry W . PremDas, a June graduate of the Harvard Business School, is a financial ana- lyst with Celanese Corp. in New York City. Patnaa McLellan Schaefer of Colts Neck, N.J., is teaching Spanish part-time at a local high school, tutoring, and working with the local Girl Scout council. Richard B. Schlenger, Newton Highlands, Mass., is an investment property broker with Terra Realty in Needham, Mass. David Allison Sorber and Rosahnd Ann Palmer were married Aug. 9, 1975, at Man- ning Chapel and are living in Philadelphia. Dave is a medical student at Hahneman Medical College, Philadelphia, and Rosalind is a placement counselor with C-R Asso- ciates, also of Philadelphia. She is the daughter of Ann Clarke Palmer '48 and lames L. Palmer, Jr. '49, and the granddaughter of James L. Palmer, Sr. '19. Wendy Ternes and James Malgieri were married in August 1975. Jim is a medical stu- dent at Georgetown Medical School and Wendy is "still looking." Jerome C. Vascellaro and Mary /4^wiflr were married June 25 and are living in Bos- ton. Jerry is a student at Harvard Business School, and Mary is in management training with Filene's of Boston. Julia Vrooman and Thomas E. Vienneau (see '73) were married Sept. 6, 1975, and are living in Philadelphia. Julia, who retains her maiden name, is in the management training program at First Pennsylvania Bank. ^7JZ Melvin Dixon (Ph.D.) is assistant / J professor of English at Williams College. Donald A. Esposito and Amy K. Frost (see '76) were married June 5 in Harrison, N.Y., and are living at Blackwelder, Apt. 8J, Es- condido Village, Stanford, Calif. 94305. Don entered the Stanford Graduate School of Business in September. Edward A. Frongillo, Jr., is a research as- sistant with the entomology department of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, doing ecological and behavioral study of a wasp parasite of the gypsy moth. Aimee Grunberger has entered graduate school in radio, TV, and motion pictures at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Her address: 205-G Hargraves St., Carrboro, N.C. 27510. Ernest Hood has entered the graduate program in radio, TV, and motion pictures at the University of North Carolina, Chapel HiII. George Hutchinson is a Peace Corps vol- unteer in West Africa, "digging water wells," after which he plans to attend graduate school with the hope of eventually teaching college history or English. Tern Ellen Kiser (A.B.;A.M.) aT\d Jonathan Philip Christy ('76 A.M.) were married June 20 in Indianapolis, where Terri is working as assistant editor in the special publications di- vision of Curtis Publishing Co. Jonathan is at Fort Jackson, S.C., for basic training prior to entering the Army's Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, Ga., in November. James Lefkowitli is living in Baltimore and is a medical student at Johns Hopkins. Antoinette Link and N. Winthrop Robin- son were married July 25, 1975, in Flouston, Texas, and are living in Charlotte, N.C, where Antoinette is a travel consultant with World Wide Travel, Inc. Sean J. McKenna and Wendy Heckman were married Dec. 27 and are living in Co- lumbus, Ohio. Sean is a graduate research associate at Ohio State. Claude Montgomery and Diane Rogers Montgomery (see '74) are living in Palo Alto, Calif. , where he is a second-year law student at Stanford. Barbara Morris is a medical student at the University of Rochester. Peter George Piness, a Peace Corps volun- teer, is teaching English in the Republique du Zaire, Africa. Henry T. Rosteck. ]r. (A.M.) is assistant professor of English at State Technical Insti- tute, Memphis, Tenn., where he is involved 53 with video production and script writing. Janet Sharistanmn (Ph.D.) has stepped down after four years as coordinator of women's studies at the University of Kansas, where she is assistant professor of English. Mark D. Silva is a county reporter for the Castonia Gazette in Gastonia, N.C. Andrew P. Solomon is Hving in Manhattan and working as a legal assistant in the office of the district attorney for New York County. Zubeida Thayer is an assistant librarian at the Bendigo College of Advanced Education in Victoria, Australia. ^ £i Amy K. Frost and Donald A. Esposito / O (see '75) were marned June 5 in Harrison, N.Y., and have moved to Black- welder, Apt. 8], Escondido Village, Stan- ford, Calif. 94305. She has been employed as an engineer for Kaiser Engineers. Tamara Hauck worked in Los Angeles last summer and has entered the MB. A. pro- gram at the Graduate School of Management at UCLA. Her address: 1721 Malcolm Ave., Los Angeles 90024. Mark D. Northrup (Ph.D.) is an assistant professor of classics at the University of Washington. ]an Pendleton and SffTP Kahn were mar- ried Aug. 1 in Rockport, Maine, and are liv- ing at 2 Soldiers Field Park, #303, Boston, 02163. Jan is an actuarial trainee at John Han- cock Life Insurance Co., and Steve has en- tered Harvard Business School. /. Patrick Truhn is a student at the School of Library Service, Columbia University. Tom Walsh, who earned Ail-American honors last fall for the Brown soccer team, was a starter dunng the summer for the Bos- ton Minutcmen. In the games between Bos- ton and the New York Cosmos, Walsh drew the assignment of guarding the great Pele. Richard Charles Yea^er is a senior health and physical education major at David Lipscomb College, Nashville, Tenn. ^^^J Joseph H. Silverman and Susan L. / / Grced/iaus were married June 13 at Beachpoint Country Club in Mamaroneck, N.Y., with David Notkm '77 the best man and Robert Hummel '77 an usher. Joe and Susan are back at Brown now for their senior year. B®§Ai Regina Theresa Loftus '12, Providence, school teacher in Providence for more than forty years prior to her retirement in 1953; Aug. 28. Survivors include a nephew. Dr. Thomas L. Creason '35, North Providence. John Milbum Price '12 A.M., Fort Worth, Texas, director emeritus of the School of Ed- ucation at Southwestern Theological Semi- nary in Fort Worth; Jan. 12. Mr. Price estab- lished the School of Education in 1915 and directed it for forty-one years. He received hisB.S. degree from Western Kentucky State College in 1905, his A.B. from Baylor in 1911, and the Th.D. degree in 1919 from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. During his lifetime. Dr. Price advanced the field of reli- gious education internationally through his lectures around the world and his numerous books. One of his books, Jesus the Teacher. was translated into Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, and Portuguese and sold close to a half-million copies. Survivors include his wife, Mabel Falk Pnce, 4501 Stanley St., Fort Worth. Stephen Siblei/ Bean '14, Mount Holly, Va., a former member of the National Labor Rela- tions Board and its chief trial examiner; June 12. Mr. Bean, who earned his LL.B. from Northeastern in 1917, was elected mayor of his home town, Auburn, Mass., at age twentA-nine. He was both an insurance company lawyer and a counsel for plaintiffs against insurance companies before being named to the NLRB by President Eisenhower in 1955. Mr. Bean was a veteran of both wars. He enlisted in World War I as a private, served through France, and was discharged a sergeant. He was a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Third Army in World War II, earning the Bronze Star and the Croix de Guerre At the close of the war, Mr Bean was assigned to the Military Court, first as a prosecutor of German war criminals and later as a member of the court Delta Upsilon Survivors in- clude his wife, Frieda MacQuarrie Bean, Mount Holly; a son, Stq^hen '50; and a sister in Woburn, Mass. Mr. Bean's father was the late Gtvry(' F. Bean '81 . Arnold Smith Hoffman '14, Harrington, R.I., and West Palm Beach, Fla., formerly an officer of Arnold S. Hoffman Co , a Provi- dence chemical firm founded b\' his father; Aug. 30 For years, Mr Hoffman owned the onl\' agenc\' in Rhode Island for Ricken- backer automobiles, retiring when the cars were no longer manufactured He was an officer in the Nav\ during World War I. There are no immediate survivors. Mi((mi Hammond Stansbury '15, Freder- icksburg, Va., professor emeritus of modern foreign languages at Mary Washington Col- lege of the University of Virginia; June 9. Pro- fessor Stansbur\ earned his Ph D at Penn in 1926 and was a member of the faculty there until 1940 He wrote a widely used textbook, French Comp'osition. a volume of critical essays entitled Frtnich Mm