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From Rochester to Nobel Prize lalle f lanlenll Leller. ARTICLES Remembrances of a Legend: Arthur J. May 4 la Ille Jack Keil '44 recalls his days as one of Prof. Ma y's students Enter the Ladies 7 dilar A chapter from Arthur May's soon-to-be -published "History of the Un iversity" To th e editor: Many times in your publications when Laser Fusion-the Answer to the Energy Crisis? 15 reference is made to "t he early da ys" of Some thoughts from the director of UR's Laboratory for the University, the date mentioned is in Laser Energetics the 1930's or 194 0's . So a fee ling of com­ pu lsion arose withi n me to des cribe what 'What Research is Really Like' 18 it was like w he n yo ung women were first A Rochester Plan project provides an opportunity for unde rgraduates ad mi tted to UR. I have recorded my memo­ ries of the early 1900 's (1909, to be exact) A Sampler from Three University Poets 22 w he n I entered as a freshman. Works by An thony Hecht, Jarold Ram sey, and Douglas Crase M y nam e wa s then Edit h Harris Allen, Dan (Sea)Coasts Along on Talent and Tall Tales 29 and I was g raduated o n June 18, 1913. Our Co mmencement was held at the How the Hamptons won th eir war for independence from th e Third Presbyterian Church, with Prof. United St ates Howard Minch in as the Grand Marshal of Eastman Discography: Faculty Soloists, Ensembles 32 the academic pr ocession . The baccalaure­ A list of available re cords by ESM performers ate se rvice was held th e previous Sunday nigh t at the First Method ist C hurch . I wa s 17 years old as a freshman in 1909, and the students were fro m Roch­ ester and surrounding areas of New York DEPARTMENTS Sta te . We used street cars, eit her the East Letters inside front cover Main Street or University Avenue line s, to Alumni Calendar , ," " 3 at tend the Prince Street Campus. T he main bu ilding was Anderson Hall , 3 Travel Corner . .. ... .... .. .. .. .. .. .. ... .. ... .. and most of our classes were held there. It Identity Crisis 34 looked old and venerable even w hen I en­ News Digest , ,, 35 tered it for the first tim e. The Universit y Alumnotes 38 had opened its doo rs to women just a few Obituaries 43 years earlier. I believe the first graduate Review Point " 44 wa s around 1902 or 1903. (It was 1902 ­ Ed.t T he story of Susan B. Anthony and Cover: The graduating clas s of 1903. her persistence in securing funds en ou gh , w hic h incl uded her life insurance, to per­ sua de th e trustees to open its doors to Rochester Review. Spring, 1977; Editor: Ronald C . Roberts; Asst. Edi­ wo men, is we ll kn own.She is now held in tors: Sue Bricker, Raymond A. Martino; Copy Editor: Karen Pitts; Art hig h hon or and esteem. Director: Jeffrey T. Hermann; Staff Photographer: Chris T. Quillen; T wo rather lar ge room s on th e fir st Alumnotes Editor: Ben Gray. Published quarterly by th e Un iversity of floor of Anderson Hall were assig ned to Rochester and mailed to all alumni. Editorial office, 107 Admin istration th e coeds . T he larger one, wa s a study hall. Bldg., Rochester, N.Y . 14627 . Second-class postage paid at Rochester, Oc casionally we put on dr am at ic produc­ N.Y. 14603. tio ns-all wo men of course, though some migh t ta ke the part of a man, donning one's fat her's or male re lative's attire. T he sma ller room was a parlor with a piano. We had man y imp ro mptu musicals with Nill (Margaret) Nearl y and He len Parker stru mming a ban jo or ukulele. We did a little da ncing, with one girl as suming th e part of a male partner. We also held Y.W . meetings in this room. Some of us wh o elle.ler had attended a student vo lunteer meet- ••e. ing at Cornell University with some of It also caused me to be called on perhaps a Herman LeRoy Fairchild conducted a the students , of the nearby Rochester little more frequently. most interesting geology class . Best of all Theological Seminary would go off every I enrolled as a classics major, so I had were the field trips to see the drumlins noon to some quiet place for a short many language classes. The professor of and Pittsford esker, which were discerni­ prayer that the world might be Chris­ German, Kendrick P. Shedd, or "Sheddie," ble from a pinnacle of sand left by the gla­ tianized in our or one generation. I was a great favorite. He had a zest and a cier at the end of the South Clinton Street believe John R. Mott who headed the flair for the unusual. He had a room on car line . One remark I remember of Prof. movement believed it was possible by the top floor of Anderson. We always Fairchild concerned the tardy students ar­ dedicated young people. There seemed opened our session by singing German riving late for his 8:00 a.m. class. He'd al­ to be some sort of a tie between the songs-in German, of course-and we ways say: "I see the three-handed people Theological School which was dubbed sang them lustily. He did a great deal for are arriving-right hand, left hand, and the "Angel Factory" and the University. the poor immigrant people who were pour­ little behind hand." Many of their students were regular at­ ing into Rochester by teaching them Eng­ Finally, how much I learned from Prof. tendants of various classes. Several were lish and citizenship in a night school class George Mather Forbes' psychology class! in my Greek class, also sociology. at one of the public schools. This prepared One idea was that if you wanted to create Tuition when I entered was a hundred them to become American citizens. interest, introduce the element of "new­ dollars a year. There were scholarships "Sheddie" composed many poems using ness." Preachers ought to be taught that. such as one where preference was to be old-time tunes for the melody. One we Also, if you want to remember some­ given to a member of the Second Baptist enjoyed singing concerned our librarian, thing, the laws of frequency and repeti­ Church. (Dr. Martin B. Anderson, an ear­ Mr. Phinney. It went something like this, tion should be used. A good "forgetery" is lier president, had been pastor of that to the tune Clementine: "Phinney's whisk­ nice to have, too. church.) ers, Phinney's whiskers, fuzzy wuzzy, thin Some of these pearls of wisdom have Our president was Dr. Rush Rhees, a and spare, they run races round the cases, become habits in my life through the in­ scholarly man who was also a former Bap­ float themselves upon the air ." fluence of those early-day University of tist minister. He was a very dignified man, Prof. Shedd was interested in the teach­ Rochester teachers. almost unapproachable and austere in man­ ings of Prof. Walter Rauschenbusch of the Ellen Allen Haglund '13 ner. His wife's father was, or had been, Rochester Theological Seminary faculty, Lindsborg, Kansas president of Smith College. They lived in who was awakening the consciences of the president's home, corner of University Christian people to the plight of children Avenue and Prince Street. Occasionally being employed long hours in sweatshop they would invite us to a very elegant re­ labor. His words and books were shaking ception where we wore long white kid complacent worshippers, and "Sheddie" gloves and as beautiful a dress as possible was so captivated by this voice in the wil­ for the occasion. Our dresses were long, derness that he went even a bit further. four inches from the floor, and our hair He made a statement that brought the (The following letter was sent to Prof. Paul was coiled on top of our heads. There was wrath of the UR president and trustees Gross, dean of graduate studies and professor of no informal attire for any occasion, unless when he said that the red flag was above biology at UK in response to his article en­ it was for a Halloween celebration in the every flag, even our own stars and stripes. titled "Guns, Genes, and Politics" in the Win­ unoccupied Warner Mansion near the His assertion was a bit rash, and the idea ter issue. Gross' reply follows.J Warner Observatory on East Avenue. that he was trying to convey-that the red At times the women students were en­ flag of brotherhood was above all national Dear Dr. Gross: tertained at the homes of some of our pro­ flags-was construed as Communistic, I have just read your article in the last fessors, including Arthur Sullivan Gale and he was dismissed from the University. Rochester Review with such great enjoy­ and John Rothwell Slater. Our classes The students were crushed. If only "Shed­ ment that I am moved to write you this were coed, but there was no mingling so­ die" could have said that brotherhood is note of appreciation. You have so clearly cially except for football games and college above nationalism.... But, I suppose, stub­ captured and stated the paradoxes which plays in the men's gymnasium.
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