S P R I N G 1 9 9 4 ammo CAN HE TRADITI OF HONESTY * SURVIVE DAY'S WORLD? fifi'; 11( From The Editor Rhode S (ISSN 40891-6446) is (From left) published tour times a year in spring, summer, Executive fall and winter by Rhodes College, 2000 N. Editor Helen Norman, Parkway, Memphis, TN 38112-1690. It is pub- Contributing lished as a service to all alumni, students, par- Editor Susan ents, faculty, staff and friends of the college. McLain Sullivan, Art Spring 1994 —Volume 1, Number I. Second Director Trey class postage paid at Memphis, Tennessee and Clark '89, additional mailing offices. and Editor Martha Hunter EXECUTIVE EDITOR: Helen Watkins Norman Shepard '66. EDITOR: Martha Hunter Shepard '66 Welcome to Rhodes, the magazine created especially for and about Rhodes Art Director: Trey Clark '89 alumni, parents, friends, faculty, staff and students. 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Whether he's putting out fires or finding new friends for the college, 17 Rhodes President James H. Daughdrill Jr. never All-Sings Considered seems to tire of the job, For 45 years Kappa Delta even after 21 years. sorority's All-Sing has annually brought diverse 14 campus groups together in harmony—and all for a good cause. Alumni and current students relate the high notes (and one or two low ones) of past and present All-Sings. DEPARTMENTS 2 CAMPUS NEWS 28 ATHLETICS News of Rhodes events, faculty, students and friends 30 CAMPUS VOICES A-1 ALUMNI NEWS Duke University professor of religion Dr. Bruce Lawrence, Features, Class Notes, For the Record, In Memoriam a recent Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Lecturer, speaks on "Theorizing Violence in the '90s." President Daughdrill 24 PROFILES responds to the Brock Commission. Memphis radiologist/inventor Dr. Ling Lee ('53) discusses the thorny path toward acquiring patents. Dr. Gail 31 IN PRINT Murray, assistant professor of history, reads children's New books by faculty and alumni. books as history. 33 CALENDAR 28 LAURELS Recent achievements of members of the Rhodes community COVER—Justice statue at the Shelby County Courthouse in downtown Memphis. Photo by Trey Clark CS Rhodes Goes Global In Student Internship Program Summer Youth As college students nationwide "This program demonstrates Programs Combine ncramble to obtain choice intern- Rhodes' commitment and that of the inh e]'dung Scholars and Writers ships in the U.S. workplace, a select Buckmans to offer our students a truly I Camp, the new name for two for- group of Rhodes students will get the global education," said President James merly separate summer programs for chance to hone their working skills H. Daughdrill. "The Buckmans' gift high school students, will be held abroad, all expenses paid. begins a new chapter in the way we June 19-July 1. The college will inaugurate this prepare our students to live and lead." Open to high school sophomores, spring the Mertie W. Buckman Inter- The gift will count toward Rhodes' juniors and seniors, the program offers national Internship Program. Each recently launched major fund-raising two hours of college credit with one summer, participating Rhodes stu- campaign, the 150th Anniversary course selected from the social sci- dents—Mertie Buckman Fellows, as Campaign for Rhodes. ences, natural sciences and humani- they will be called—will spend two Any student majoring in interna- ties. All are taught by Rhodes faculty. months working as interns abroad. Ini- tional studies at Rhodes will be eligi- The other course is a writing work- tially participants will intern at a U.S ble to participate in the program. But shop led by Rhodes writing insturctors company operating abroad, but college only the most outstanding students and local professional authors. officials expect to expand the pool in will be selected, according to Dr. For further information or to regis- the future to include multi-national or Andrew Michta, the Mertie W. Buck- ter for these programs, contact Profes- non-U.S. companies. man Chair of International Studies at sor Beth Kamhi, Director, Young The program will place the stu- Rhodes. The program will be based in Scholars and Writers Camp, Rhodes dents in the internships, pay their the international studies department. College, 2000 N. Parkway, Memphis, roundtrip airfare, provide for the cost "This program is going to knock TN 38112, (901) 726-3293, fax (901) of their accommodations there, help the socks off our competitors—inter- 726-3919. them obtain the necessary visas for the national studies programs at other col- trip and generally coordinate their leges and universities," said Michta, McCoy Benefits From Gifts experience. Program stipends will also who chairs the international studies cCoy Theatre will benefit from cover the costs of a one-week side trip department. Mtwo recent gifts. Rhodes trustee to a place of the participants' choosing In its initial offering this summer, W. Neely Mallory has made a gift of in the country in which they are the program will be small with four or $50,000 to the theatre, and the working. The companies will provide so students assigned internships McCoy Foundation, led by founda- the on-site supervision for the student abroad. But in succeeding years the tion trustees Norfleet Turner and Mr. and evaluate the student's work at the number could grow to about 15, and Mrs. Frank Wilboum, has given conclusion of the internship. depending on the response from busi- $15,000. The funding for the program comes nesses and where the internships are "The Mallory gift is an endowment from a $3 million gift from the Buckman located, Michta indicated. that will be used to enhance future family of Memphis. In 1993 the Buck The program will be a boon for productions," explained Tony Lee mans made the gift to Rhodes to study recruiting, according to Rhodes' Dean Garner, McCoy Theatre artistic direc- the feasibility of establishing a master's of Admissions Dave Wottle. "Intern- tor. "For example, it will allow us to program in international studies. When ships have become quite popular in acquire special costumes or use new preliminary studies indicated that the recent years with the students we see," technology or have a designer for a costs of establishing such a graduate pro- he said. "The Buckman Internship special project." gram were substantially more than Program means students can gain the The McCoy Foundation gift will expected, the Buckman family decided experience of living and working be used to purchase "unglamorous" to redirect the gift toward the under abroad and at no cost to them...that's items for the theatre such as ladders graduate program and establish an inter- a winning combination and a and sound and lighting equipment, national internship program. recruiter's dream." said Garner. Rhodes 2 Campus Niqwsi Seidman Provides International Studies Fellowship Rhodes Ranks High As allege trustee P.K. Seidman has at England's Cambridge University, is Source Of Ph.D.s Cestablished, with an ongoing, annu- currently in his third year of teaching Tile Higher Education Data Sharing al gift to Rhodes, the J.S.