13049 Trinity 8/15/05 3:00 PM Page 1 PLUS:THE ‘FAITH IN DIVINITY’ CAMPAIGN CONTINUES SUMMER 2005 TRINITY ALUMNI MAGAZINE VOLUME 42 NUMBER 3 Student The Play’s Willing Union The Thing and Wise Heads of College Earle Grey, The Forward- Ashutosh Jha and Tom Patterson and Thinking Supporters Michelle Choi Get Trinity’s Shakespeare Who Make Ready to Go Co-ed Connection Planned GiftsWINTER 2005 1 13049 Trinity 8/15/05 3:00 PM Page 2 FromtheProvost The Life of a Provost No two days are alike lumni often ask me what a provost does. I’ve often glad to say, sometimes brings her new son, Jack, with her. wondered that myself. There are times when I feel like The Bursar and I talk almost daily about college finances. Our my counterparts in the military police, and other conversations are sometimes gloomy (the rising price of natural gas A times like (according to the Oxford English Dictio- threatens our balanced budget) and sometimes more cheerful nary) an assistant fencing master. It’s a good question, though, and (when our investments do well). I spend just as much time with I thought I would answer it by describing a typical day as the head the Director of Development. We are just completing a successful of a federated university at the University of Toronto. But I can’t campaign to endow the dean’s position at the Faculty of Divinity, find one. Every day at Trinity, so it seems, is different. and we are in the middle of planning a major endowment cam- Sometimes my days start early with breakfast meetings; some- paign for the college. times they end late with evening lectures. I often work on week- In one way and another, a lot of what I do is related to fund- ends. I go to chapel at least once a week. I have lunch and dinner raising and keeping in touch with all those who support Trinity. In at High Table. I teach twice a week. As much as I can, I get to the past three years, I have learned just how loyal Trinity alumni know the students. I go to Conversat or TCDS plays, and I invite are. And they are everywhere. I have been to receptions from them to the Lodge several times a term to listen to interesting peo- Ottawa to Hong Kong. I have had drinks with alumni in Wash- ple talk about their lives and careers. ington, dinners in London, lunches in Beijing. When they come The Provost is the public face of the College. People make back to Trinity for alumni reunions, I go to as many lunches, appointments to see me or drop by during my open-office hour. dinners and tea parties as I can. (I wish I had asked for the occa- Students want advice on graduate schools; alumni passing through sional visit to a health farm in my contract.) Toronto come by to see the new provost. I also get complaints: I am an ambassador for Trinity, and one of the most important Trinity students have been singing rude songs under the windows relationships I have is with the University of Toronto. I get together of other colleges. The traffic light on Hoskin is too slow. The salsa frequently to discuss mutual concerns with my counterparts at dance classes in Seeley Hall are being run by a breakaway group St. Michael’s and Victoria colleges or with the senior officers of the from the University of Toronto Ballroom Dancing Society – and University. And I attend many university functions: meetings what am I going to do about it? (inevitably), Convocations, garden parties, receptions to say good- Much of my time is spent on day-to-day affairs. I don’t, I hasten bye, or receptions to say hello. I get invited to talk at other colleges to add, sit in my office barking out orders. I don’t need to, because or other universities. Trinity’s managers look after their own areas with a minimum of There are no schools or correspondence courses for provosts, fuss and a maximum of efficiency. But I like to know what is going but what I can pass on to my successor in a few years is to expect on. I go to a lot of meetings: the Finance Committee, the Invest- a job that brings the unexpected. I have had to get to know every EWS ment Committee, the Senate, the Board of Trustees, Corporation. nook and cranny of Trinity from the Angel’s Roost to Sub-Kirk. N AILY The Provost’s Advisory Committee – made up of the Bursar, the This summer I was in the old library as workmen tore it apart D Registrar, the Building Manager, the Director of Development and to make new rooms and offices, and I have been on top of EACH B Alumni Affairs, the Deans, the Chief Librarian, the Archivist and scaffolding to see the cracks in our roof finials. ALM P / the Chaplain – meets every other week during term. The College is also its people: the staff, many of whom have been GATTUSO The Chair of the Board of Trustees, the Chancellor and I talk here for years; the Fellows, who come from across the campus; you, REER frequently about issues that are coming up. Derek Allen, the Dean the alumni; and the students. I do my best to get to know you all. G : of Arts, drops by to tell me what is happening with Trinity’s own I sometimes wish there were a bit more time in the day, but I courses and programs. Or Kelley Castle, the Dean of Students, can’t think of a more interesting job. HOTOGRAPHY P keeps me posted on the residences and student affairs – and, I am MARGARET MACMILLAN, Provost and Vice-Chancellor 2 TRINITY ALUMNI MAGAZINE 13049 Trinity 8/15/05 3:00 PM Page 3 n.b. College observations 5 worth noting By Graham F. Scott All’s Well That Starts Well Earle Grey staged Canada’s first 10 Shakespearean festival under the stars of the Trinity quad. It was the harbinger of a ferment of national cultural activity, including that wildly successful 10 Earle Grey upstart, the Stratford Festival By Cynthia Macdonald Nobody’s Fool Tom Patterson made his 16 madcap dream – the Stratford Festival – come true By Julie Traves Student Union Trinity tradition just got 18 an update. Beginning this fall, college residences will go co-ed on a floor-by-floor, or house-by-house, basis By Julie Traves 18 Michelle Choi and Ashutosh Jha Present Perfect Making a planned gift now can 22 have a significant and lasting effect on the life and well-being of Trinity in the future By Susan Lawrence The Final Lap Alumni, faculty, clergy, 26 parishes and friends all have ‘Faith in Divinity’ By Susan Perren Class Notes 22 News from classmates 28 near and far Contents Published three times a year by the and associates of the college. Trinity College Calendar Office of Convocation, Trinity College, respects your privacy. 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Canadian to head an Oxford College, according to an Oxford source. and sensitivity to the arc of Provost MacMillan (6T6) was elected to the post of Warden of St. Antony’s College in human history.” (To read June. Over the next two years, she will continue the important work she has begun at his citation for Provost Trinity, including the implementation of the Trinity One program of small classes for first- MacMillan, go to www.trinity.