Connecticut College Digital Commons @ Connecticut College Linda Lear Center for Special Collections & Alumni News Archives Summer 2012 CC: Connecticut College Magazine, Summer 2012 Connecticut College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/alumnews Recommended Citation Connecticut College, "CC: Connecticut College Magazine, Summer 2012" (2012). Alumni News. 335. https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/alumnews/335 This Magazine is brought to you for free and open access by the Linda Lear Center for Special Collections & Archives at Digital Commons @ Connecticut College. It has been accepted for inclusion in Alumni News by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Connecticut College. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author. >Ietters. etc. To the Editor: our manuscript as medieval for two cc. CONNECTICUT reasons. COLLEGE Mltgazj~e It is exciting to learn that the First, many historians elect to describe Volume 20 I Number 4 supposedly stolen manuscript was books of the earlier 16rh century that were actually just misplaced for half a century copied ftom medieval models and produced EDITOR: Patricia M. Carry ("Medieval Manuscript: Every Page Tells using medieval methods as medieval in MANAGING EDITOR: Phoebe Hail A Srory," Spring 2012). The illustrations order to emphasize the continuity of earlier ART DIRECTOR / ONLINE EDITOR: Benjamin Parent in the article are beautiful, but calling techniques of production in the early print CONTRIBUTORS: Melissa Bennett, Megan CMe/lQ '13, jon Crispin, Adam Daniell, Berh Hami/ton, Eiken jmkim, a French manuscript copied no earlier environment. josh [ensen, Bob MIll'Donneli, Deborah MacDonnell, Amy Martin, than 1523 medieval is a bit off, since Second, liturgists tend to describe Brandon W Masley, Barbara Nagy, Andrew Nathanson '13, Monica Rtryrnunt '09, Lalita Rllss '12, A, Vi'ncent Scarano, the 16'h century in France is generally the late medieval period of Liturgy as jOrdall lhomas '15, Will WllldSiall, Khoi Toll, Kim Wardlaw. considered to be Renaissance rather than continuing up to the reforms of the Council jlllie Wrmau medieval. a/Trent (1545-63), and our book is a CLASS NOTES COORDINATOR: KarellLAskey CLASS NOTES EDITOR Sambeth Fields And one wonders why the librarians liturgicaL manuscript. Given the reLatively (or the author) did not ask the music late date of the manuscript and the CC: Ccnnecricut College Magazine is published by the Office of College Rela[ions, I'auicia M. Carey. Vice Presidem. The magazine. mission i. to faculty to vet the description of the humanistic hand in which it was written, maintain tie> between the College, irs alumni and all other constituents and 10 repon on issues of importance !O ,he.se groups. music, for the neumes do not just it wouldn't be entirely improper to describe CC Connecncut College Maga~ine (ISSN i060·5134) (USPS 129-140) "resemble music notes," they are musical it as being of the Renaissance, though is published fom times a year, in summer, full, wimer and spring, an~ is mailed free of charge to members of the Connecticut College Alumn! notes, and they signifY specific pitches, we uLtimately think this is LessusefUL[or Assodarion and friends of [he College, Periodicals class po5tage paid at New London, cr, and at additional offices. not relative ones. On the page for the coming to an understanding about the Comribmions: CC ConneclicU! College Maga~ine will consider but is first Sunday of Advent there is a C clef book. nOI responsible for unsolicited manuscrip's, proposals and phOlog ... phs. Address correspondence to: on the third line of the staff; in the feast Four- and five-line staves are widely Editor, CC: COllneCIicm College Magazine, Becker House, day illustration, "Vir Dei Amoninus" attested in this period [or these kinds 270 Mohegan Avenue, New London, cr 06320·4196. Phone: 860-439-2500 has an F clef on the third line. Thus the of manuscripts. A prominent jive-line Fax: 860·439·5405 Email: ccmag@contlcolledu first notes of the Responsory "Missus example is the Neresheim processional, est Gabriel" are G-A-G and of "Vir Dei which is an almost exact contemporary AI"m",., Send address d""gn to. Antoninus" D-D-D-C-A. of this manuscript, heLd at Harvard Alumni Office Finally, although composers may Connecticut College University (Houghton Library MS ljp 270 Mohegan Avenue indeed have used five (or more) staff 0047). They are also common in Spanish New London, cr 06320 th lines by the 14 century, the four- manuscripts of this period, though much II or emnJilO [email protected] line staff was and still is standard for lesssovzmong French manuscripts. We l'os,mas[er: Send address changes to writing plaincham, which has a limited highlighted this feature of our manuscript CC Connecucur College Magazine, 270 Mohegan Avenue. New London, cr 06320·4196 range and does not normally require in order to demonstrate the inherently CONNECTICUT COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES a larger staff. The movable clefs could conservative nature of book production and James S. Berrien 74, Chllir, William P. Barraek '81, Vi« Chllir, J"di[h accommodate most chant melodies. Tindal Opatrny '72, VIet Chair, Debe P. Adegbile '91, Laura J. Allen '81, liturgy at this time. David W. Barber '88, Chris')' Burke '93, Eduardo Y"II '87, Theodore S. Chapin 72 P'07,]onathan Cohen '87, Kevan Copeland 76, Constance Finally, the author is entirely right Smi,h Gemmer '80 1"10, Claire S. Gould '10, Scott W. Hafner '80, Zoe Patricia Brown Brauner '64 P'93 Kldtl Henriquez '99, Leo l. Higdon, Jr., !'rnidmt, W. E..tdla Johnson that the neumes signifY specific pitches. 75, David B. Kd", P'09, Linda J. Lear '62, Lynda Battet Munro '76 Former Music Librarian, Greer Music 1"08, Gary Ng '11, David H. Pallen 76 1"04 '09, MariaC. Pellegrini '69, we regret the error and appreciate the George S, Roget5 '82, Theodo" M. Romanow 76, Hams R. Rosenheim Library (1970-12) correction. '09, Franklin A. Tuin '87, Kevin Wade 76, Pamela D. Zilly '75 Coordinator (ret.), Center for Italian ALUMNI BOARD OF DIRECTORS Cons,ance "Connie" Smi[h Gemmer '80 P'IO, Pm;Mnt, Eric Kaplan Opera Studies, University of Chicago '85, Intmm Viet PmiMnt, Stephen "Knme" G"gg '94, Secretary, Ryan Chan '00. Martha E. Gifford '73, Liana Gu~man Wcis '05, Lucie Oak Park, III Hobhrzelle lannoni '57, Mark Iget '75, Ken Kabel '76 P'12, Usman For years I have turned first to Class Khosa '04, Chris Mcljaniel '94, Srem Never '99, Ch[;sline "Tina" Notes and then given the rest of the Gould Reardon '79, Susan Peck Robinson '65, Usman Sheikh '04, Suzanne "Sukey" Richmond Simmons '95, Fr:lflk Suher '89, Liza Talusan Benjamin Panciera, the Ruth magazine a cursory look/read. But '97, Jean Tierncy Taub '58, Thoma.> Usdin '79, Hildegard Melli Van Deuscll '43, Jamie Budges Walur '00, Rob.n Wilson '82, Dena Wolf Rusch Sheppe '40 Director of Special something has changed! The articles are Yeskoo 75 Collections, responds: so interesting and so well written that I CC: Connec';cur College Magazine Copyright 2012 by Connenicul College, all righ15 reserved. Reproduction in whole or in pa[t without Periodization is a hotly contested topic find myself starting at the beginning and wri"en permis.;on 'S prohibLted. Views c~pressed he[ein are rhose of [he aU!hors and do not necessaril)' reliect o~cial policy of [he College. and constantly provokes disagreements and really enjoying each issue. diffiring interpretations among scholars. www.connecticutcollege.edu This isperhaps nowhere more true than Pat Roth Squire '51 in determining what is "medieval" versus Boston, Mass. CC: Connecticut College Magazine is printed on paper with a minimum post-consumer recycled content of 10 percent. what is "Renaissance. " we chose to describe Continued on page 4 > Primcd in U.S.A. by Lane Press, Burlington, V!. 2 CC,CONNECTICUT COLlEGE MAGAZINE SUMMER 2012 >president's message Changing the world~0 scien ist at a time :;(Jt~ITC Leo I Higdon,fr. ~ __ J I l,_--",--,...l.._ THE FIRST CLASS OF SCIENCE LEADERS POSES FOUR YEARS AGO WITH THEIR MENTOR CHEMISTRY PROFESSOR MARC ZIMMER. TURN TO THE TABLE OF CONTENTS TO SEE ' THEM ON COMMENCEMENT DAY. I ALWAYS ENJOY CONGRATULATING Samuel Alvarez, a chemistry major from the Bronx. the graduates at Commencement, but it was especially co-authored papers with his professors and peers and presented posters at professional conferences. satisfying this year (0 present a diploma to each member of the first class of Science Leaders. These young women He interned at the University of Oregon as pan of a National Science Foundation-funded research group. and men came to Connecticut College in 2008 to be pan of a program we created with funding from the Maritza Diane Essis, a biology major from western Massachusetts, conducted research with a cardiologist National Science Foundation to attract women and other at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. She also underrepresented groups to the sciences. The Science Leaders Program is based on the central was president of the Student Government Association elements of the Connecticut College education: rigorous and an intern with the College's Think S.A.F.E. Project, academics, close studenr-faculry relationships, and hands- a violence prevention initiative. on research and internship opportunities. Our goal is Shortly before Commencement, Imet with the Science Leaders and was pleased to hear about their to foster a passion for science and prepare students for plans for the future: They aspire to become physicians, careers in related fields. research scientists, public health officials, environmental By any measure, this first group of Science Leaders is a great success.