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The Philolexian Foundation Jane Friedhoff CC ’10, Moderator M Current Officers of Officers and Directors of the Philolexian Society the Philolexian Foundation Jane Friedhoff CC ’10, Moderator M. Raza Panjwani CC ’07, President and Director THE PHILOLEXIAN FOUNDATION !omas Vinciguerra CC ’85, Treasurer and Director Samantha Kuperberg BC ’10, Censor 1HZV(YHQWV6HOI$JJUDQGL]HPHQW Noam Prywes CC ’10, Scriba Amitai Schlair GS ’09, Secretary Beezly Kiernan CC ’11, Chancellor of the Exchequer Michelle Pentecost CC ’07, Director Christopher Travis CC ’11, Minister of Propaganda Tamar Zeffren BC ’06, Director Issue #5, Fall 2009 Stephen Blair CC ’11, Literary Czar Jane Friedhoff CC ’10, Director M. Kazim Panjwani CC ’11, Impresario A N C N P Brooke Rosen BC ’12, Herald —!omas J. Vinciguerra CC ’85 Peter Day CC ’12, Herald Certain principles of Philolexian have remained inviolable R. Ted Smith CC ’11, Whip from our inception. Never, for example, have we wavered Daniel Walden CC ’11, Keeper of the Halls C from our stated aim of improving our members in oratory, Sara Logan Hofstein BC ’11, Keeper of the Halls composition and forensic discussion. However, changing Ian Crone CC ’10, Sergeant-at-Arms T C times and circumstances dictate that periodically, our con- Zachariah Sheppard CC ’11, Minister of Internet Truth stitution be amended. !is was the case this spring, when #ģĖğĕĒğ#ĒĝĝĠĦ,ĖĝĝĖĪt3ĖēĖĔĔĒ)ĚģĤĔęt the most extensive changes to that document in five years Katherine Duh CC ’12, Tea Marm "ĕĒĞ)ĠėėĞĒğt%ĒħĚĕ*ĤĔĠĖt+Ġęğ were enacted. Jason Kruta CC ’12, Tea Marm ,ĝĠġėĖģt4ĠġęĚĖ-ĚĥĤĔęĨĒģĥī #ĒģğĒģĕ t !e impetus came from Raza Panjwani CC ’07, who had (ĖĠģĘĖ.ĒĝĝĠğĖ (4 t3Ġğ.ĒīĠģt Abbey Warner BC ’11, Quaestor been contemplating the overhaul ever since serving as +ĒĤĠğ1ĒĥĚğĜĚğt+ĠğĒĥęĒğ"ĝĠğīĠ Moderator, and whose powers of drafting authoritative 3ĚĠĤt"ĞĚĥĒĚ4ĔęĝĒĚģ (4 t8Ěĝĝ papers have only been sharpened by his current attendance 4ĔęĦĖĤĤĝĖģ 4&"4 t&ģĚğ4ĥĖĚğĖģ #ĒģğĒģĕ at Columbia Law School. Design by Stephanie Feldman BC ’05 “Under the old system, ultimate responsibility for getting anything done almost always fell on either one or Celebrating Halloween in a Philo suite THE PHILOLEXIAN FOUNDATION two people—the Moderator and the Exchequer,” he said. “Simply trying to keep up with ‘what we’ve always done’ C U S was exhausting and time consuming.” Also, said Mr. Pan- P.O. B jwani, “!ere was no effective executive board. Over time, P S N Y, NY the ‘board’ had grown to 14 to 15-plus people, an unwieldy C C .. body that was hard to bring together.” —!omas J. Vinciguerra CC ’85 !e goal, then, was to better accommodate all manner of Philo activity by establishing a more clearly defined Almost 25 years into its latest incarnation, Philo has not hierarchy of officers. “!e former constitution was very yet achieved its ultimate dream of permanent halls. None- focused on the weekly meetings; in fact, in the document, theless, a major step toward that goal was made this fall the board members were defined by their role in the meet- when three suites populated solely by our members took root ing,” said self-described constitutional “conspirator” Kazim in East Campus. Panjwani CC ’11, a.k.a. “Panjwani Minor.” “!e result was Dormitory suites composed largely of Philos are not exactly that while the meetings were run as scripted, there was no a novelty; among them is one currently in Plimpton Hall. space to expand beyond that. To ameliorate this, we created But taken together, the exclusively Philo suites of 1210, some positions, consolidated others, and reorganized some 1412, and 1414 East Campus constitute a cohesive campus of the board structure and responsibilities.” presence unmatched in recent memory, one that their !e first step was summoning a constitutional convention. inhabitants say has redounded to the society’s benefit. Because Philo’s 2004 constitution permitted only a single “It’s an incredibly fun setup that results in a bunch of friends amendment to be passed during a meeting, an amendment getting to live together and facilitate group socialization, all that allowed for the calling of said convention by petition within a legitimately nice building,” said Moderator Jane was necessary. !is provision passed by a two-thirds vote of Friedhoff CC ’10, who resides in 1210 East Campus. “Philo full members present and a majority of the executive board suites have definitely resulted in increased attendance at at the meeting of April 16. In accordance with the duly sub- actual Philo meetings. Even the busiest and most stressed mitted petition, the convention was held three days later. !e of members can generally be convinced to come along to process took several hours, with much debate generated meetings when the rest of their suite is going.” continued on page 5 continued on page 3 teaching Emerson, !oreau, and other giants of American "-ĖĥĥĖģėģĠĞ *ğ.ĖĞĠģĚĒĞ literature. Carl’s comrade Rudolph Weingartner CC —!omas J. Vinciguerra CC ’85 ’50 spoke movingly at his memorial service in St. Paul’s M Chapel on October 22; other Philos in attendance were We note with sorrow the passing of the following Philos: Greetings from Nova Scotia! As I lead a small band of Wm. "eodore de Bary CC ’41, John Rosenberg CC ’50, Philos through the Canadian snow, I cannot help but reflect Lester Shapiro CC ’33 died on April 15. A psychiatrist "omas Vinciguerra CC ’85, and Carl’s son Peter CC ’93. on the economic circumstances that forced Philo to explore who practiced in Manhattan and later from his home in In addition, we only recently learned of the deaths of options outside the United States. You see, the recession Rockville Center, L.I., where he had lived since 1948, Les Sidney Goetz CC ’33 in Florida on June 23, 2008, and of left no student organization unscathed, scattering slashed was affiliated with Mercy Hospital and also Pilgrim State Russell H. Lord, Jr. CC ’46 in New Hampshire on August budget sheets and petitions for bailout money across Hospital in Brentwood, L.I. Lerner Hall. Our Mr. Potato Head bank grew too empty 15, 2008. to buy a real potato; our podilectern eventually fell apart, Last December 10, Forest Lombaer CC ’35 passed away in becoming a no-dilectern; and our full-member coat rack Florida after a long career in human resources in the insur- had to be downgraded to a single hook. Concerned that ance and retail industries in New York, Ohio, Minnesota, Philo would not survive into the fall semester, the society and Belgium. We remember Forest for always enjoying news Another wedding, another excuse for a Philo mini-reunion! of our activities, as well as for providing us with irrefutable P D resolved to send a cadre of members to look for foreign Celebrating the marriage of Michelle Pentecost CC ’07 memories of the hitherto unverified Philo membership investors. As such, I write to you from Canada, proposals for and Robert Smith in LeBlanc, La. on July 18 were (from /ĠĨ"ħĒĚĝĒēĝĖå !e Philolexian Society of McGill University in hand. left) Leo Gertsenshteyn SEAS ’06, Elliot Kaplan SEAS ’06, of John La Touche CC ’37, librettist and lyricist for such Jonathan Treitel CC ’05, Stephanie Feldman BC ’05, Broadway hits as Cabin in the Sky and !e Golden Apple. However, I can say with confidence that this proposal will Edward Rueda CC ’05, Ms. Pentecost, Everett Patterson not be needed, as we’ve heard only good news from the Lincoln Diamant CC ’43 passed away in Williamstown, CC ’06, Tamar Zeffren BC ’06, Neil Flanagan CC ’08, Mass. on October 20. Linc was a wry, delightful fellow Philos back home. !eir debate skills have translated well Caitlin Campbell CC ’07, Anna Love Sproul CC ’07, Eric who reconnected with us in 1986 after reading about us in into these hard times, allowing them to use wit and convo- LeSueur CC ’06, and Andrew Liebowitz CC ’06. luted rhetoric to argue all foes into submission. So, despite !e New York Times. In his student days he was a pioneer of hard times, small budgets, and endless bureaucracy, I am WKCR (then CURC) and was in fact its first voice on the pleased to say that Philo is not only surviving, but thriving. air on October 10, 1941. Linc parlayed his expertise into P O a career as a communications consultant; besides publish- For example: after pre-calendaring forced us out of key ing the classic !e Broadcast Communications Dictionary, he debate spaces early on in the year, we turned problems 1ęĚĝĠ-ĠģĖ0ğĝĚğĖ wrote several books about American history and the historic —Amitai Schlair GS ’09 into opportunities by hosting outdoor debates, drawing Hudson Valley. huge crowds of curious freshlings into the society. (We’re looking at more than fifteen potential new members now, All true geezers know a fair amount about the long and Linc’s good friend, and ours, Ted Hoffman CC ’44 died a only halfway through the semester.) When Columbia storied history of Philolexian—everything from our status short time before, on July 9. It was Ted who, at the behest of refused to grant us real halls for the nth year in a row, sev- as the campus’s oldest student group to the sordid tale of Jacques Barzun CC ’27, revived a virtually moribund Philo eral crafty Philos banded together to outsmart the housing how our light blue hue was appropriated by alma mater. But during the war years so that we could hold our quadren- lottery system; now, we have three suites full of Philos who just how much of that history do we all know? And where nial Centennial Washington Prize Competition—a con- can it be found? Turn to Wikipedia and you will be dis- test that Ted, with his savvy and dry humor, naturally won.
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