1 *£ f^TS** • .1, ,," &• "• •* ST. MARY'S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND GONE"GOOSE" The Mulberry Tree Papers he familiar "Blue Goose" that has ferried St. Vol. XII, No. 2 Mary's athletes, musicians, and other assorted Fall 1985 Saints and Seahawks since 1973 has lurched to a final stop. St. Mary's College of Maryland TThe old International bus was retired to State surplus in August, its odometer reading a respectable 176,000 miles. Word at press time was that Historic St. Mary's City might Contents acquire the vehicle for use on short runs around the mu­ College newsfront, 1 seum grounds. In its younger days, the "Goose" ranged afar. Bus driver MTP Album, 8 "Kelly" Cutchember recently recalled two trips to Florida, one with the College jazz ensemble to Disneyworld, an­ The Sotweed Legacy, 10 other with the lacrosse team. On the latter expedition, the two-speed axle acted up and the "Goose" crawled into a The Legacy of Southern Maryland, 18 truck stop in low gear for needed repairs. Other trips took the jazz group to Kansas City and the 1983 wind ensemble Students in the Workplace, 22 to Boston. Contributions Reach All-Time High, 24 "We had very little trouble with her, really," said Kelly. "A lot of little things, then she'd run fine for a long time. The Man Who Made a Difference, 32 The engine was rebuilt at 90,000 miles, and since then we've got almost another 90,000 out of her." That Old Debbil Deficit, 36 The College plans to use vans rather than buy another bus, renting busses should that become necessary. Alumnitems, 40 Alumnotes, 44 Calendar, 48 Ill i £jj\ 9S\ \3L\ vi. ST. MMrTTKTEGE "OF" aSSDBir Kelly Cutchember and James Fenwick, who piloted her for 116,000 The Mulberry Tree Papers is published by St. Mary's College miles, pose with the Blue Goose on her retirement. of Maryland, St. Mary's City, Maryland 20686, for alumni, faculty, students, staff and friends of the College. Articles from these sources are welcomed. The magazine is named for "the mulberry tree" mentioned in Front cover: Exotic visitors to College dock June 18 included colonial chronicles — the tree under which the Calvert colonists the Maryland Dove of St. Mary's City, at left; Providence, a 110- signed a treaty of friendship with the Yaocomico Indians and on foot sloop out of Newport; and, partially visible at right, the 130- which public notices were posted in the mid-l600s. The old tree foot schooner from Pennsylvania, Western Union. Earlier in the lived on in St. Mary's City, enduring until well into the 19th cen­ day, the Dove had outsailed her larger companions in a race from tury. The present hope is that The Mulberry Tree Papers, by keep­ Dahlgren to the mouth of the St. Mary's River, much to the de­ ing Marylanders informed about the College, will continue to light of her skipper, Eric Speth. Photo by Holly Giesen. strengthen the bonds between the citizens of Maryland and the state's "monument" school. Photo Credits: Inside front cover, pp. 1, 4, 6, 24, 40, 41, 47, in­ Editor, Gordon Kester side back cover, Holly Giesen; pp. 8, 9, 23, St. Mary's College Student Photo Service; pp. 11, 14, 15, 16, Andrea Hammer; pp. Alumnotes, Gail Dean 18-21, Fran Nelson; p. 22, courtesy Howard University Hospital; Contributors, Chris Cihlar, Abby Ford p. 39, reprinted courtesy The Evening Sun (cartoonist: Mike Lane). College Listed as College Newsfront "Best Buy" St. Mary's is one of 221 U. S. colleges listed in a new college guide being published this fall. "The Best Buys in Stratford-on-St. College Education," by Edward B. Fiske, education editor of The New Mary's, mayhap? York Times, is described as "a con­ sumer's guide to colleges that offer The Maryland Shakespeare Festival, high quality education at a reasonable launched this summer as a joint ven­ cost." ture by the College and Historic St. The current edition of an earlier Mary's City, shows promise of becom­ book by Fiske, "A Selective Guide to ing a regular feature of the local sum­ Colleges," also lists St. Mary's among mer scene. the 265 "best and most interesting four-year institutions in the country." This year's playbill offered two com­ edies, Shakespeare's "As You Like It," opening June 21, and the Moliere-de- rived "Scapino," which closed the sea­ Michael Donahue, left, and Grady Smith, in Student Awards son July 28. So generally well attended a scene from Shakespeare Festival's "As Cited for achievement at the Honors were the shows that plans are under­ You Like It. " Both are experienced profes­ Convocation and the Athletic Awards sional actors. way to mount three productions next banquet in the spring semester were: summer, according to John Cooke, the "It was evident that audiences en­ Thomas Moyer, '85 —Alumni Council Festival's artistic director and an asso­ Award for character and ideals in rep­ ciate professor of theater at St. Mary's. joyed themselves," said Cooke, "and it goes without saying that both shows resenting the College. The Shakespeare play was staged on benefitted enormously from sterling Linda Sloan, '86 — Faculty Scholarship. a riverside platform at Brome's Wharf, performances by those sailboats on Pamela McCauley, '86 — Margaret E. while the set and audience bleachers the river, the glorious sunsets and, Keen Award of the American Associa­ were actually placed on the nearby finally, that canopy of stars." tion of University Women, St. Mary's wharf for "Scapino," which featured a Chapter. rowboat and two scuba divers in the Roberta Kienast, '86— John Petruc- zany goings-on. Higher Fees Set celli Memorial Award for academic The Festival offered several St. achievement, devotion to the College, Mary's College students the chance to The Board of Trustees has approved a and responsibility to society. draw their first paychecks as profes­ nine percent increase in tuition and Julianne Dolan, '86; Holly Giesen, '86; sional actors and technicians and to fees for the 1985-86 academic year, Patrick Jameson, '86; and Robert work beside seasoned professionals raising the cost for a Maryland student Tracy, '86 — Landers Award to outstand­ from Washington and New York. One living on campus to $5,250 from last ing juniors. professional known to local audiences year's $4,815. Eugene McCandless, '85 — is Paul Ames, who starred in the Col­ Specifically, tuition has been in­ lege's celebrated production of Gilbert Coopersmith Award for political creased to $1,500 from $1,305; board leadership. and Sullivan's "lolanthe" two winters and room to $1,700 each from $1,600; ago and returned this summer to take and mandatory fees to $350 from last Julie Hejhall, '85, and R. Scott Raspa, the title role in "Scapino." year's $310. '86 — Board of Trustees Award for con­ tribution to the College. Sets were designed by Sandor Biro, The fee increase includes a boost in resident designer in the College's the­ the student activities fee from $75 to Tom Durdock, '85, and Belle Mat­ ater department, and music for the $90 at the request of the Student Gov­ tingly, '85 — Athlete of the Year productions was directed by Larry ernment Association. The SGA Awards, Durdock in tennis, Mattingly Vote, assistant professor of music. pointed to an increasing need for in basketball. Cooke directed "Scapino" and played funds by student organizations and the Sandy Duff, '85, and Jimmy Faecher, Touchstone in "As You Like It," in addi­ fact that the activities fee had not been '85 — Academic Athlete of the Year tion to his other duties. raised since 1981. • Awards. Both played varsity lacrosse. Brown Jacobs Nitze Three Trustees Named Mrs. Jacobs, of Stevenson, Md., is a circle of advisers to Franklin Roose­ Baltimore native, a Vassar graduate, velt. During World War II he filled a va­ and has long been active in civic af­ riety of economic posts in the capital Earle Palmer Brown, Molly Bruce fairs. She was a director of Union Me­ and was awarded the Medal of Merit Jacobs and Paul H. Nitze have been ap­ morial Hospital for nearly 30 years, is for his work with the U.S. Strategic pointed to six-year terms on the Col­ a trustee of Peabody Conservatory, Bombing Survey in the period lege's board of trustees by Governor honorary trustee of the Baltimore Mu­ 1944-46. He stayed on to help imple­ Harry Hughes. They succeed retiring seum of Art, is Maryland director of ment the Marshall Plan after the war. board members Esther Coopersmith, Stratford Hall Plantation, and has been In the '50s Nitze became president Redmond Finney, and T. Hammond a chapter president of Colonial Dames of the Foreign Service Educational Welsh. of America and vice president of the Foundation and was one of the found­ Brown is chairman of Earle Palmer Maryland Committee on Day Care of ers of the School for Advanced Interna­ Brown and Associates, Bethesda, a ma­ Children. tional Studies in Washington, now part jor public relations and advertising She is married to Bradford Jacobs, of Johns Hopkins. He remains affili­ agency. A Long Island native and a author and recently retired editor and ated with the school and is a trustee graduate of Washington and Lee, he columnist of the Evening Sun, and she emeritus of Hopkins. moved to the Washington area in 1953 is a great-granddaughter of former Recalled to federal service in the to found his agency after World War II Maryland Governor Oden Bowie.