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The Trinity Reporter, Summer 1988 - rt REPORTER JUL 1 198~ SUMMER 1988 EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Frank M. Child III DirkKuyk !P.nity Professor of Biology Professor of English Gerald]. Hansen, Jr. '51 Theodore T. Tansi '54 Vol. 18, No.3 (ISSN 01643983) Summer 1988 Director of Alumni & College Relations Susan E. Weisselberg '76 Editor: William L. Churchill Associate Editor: RobertaJenckes M '87 Sports Editor: Timothy M. Curtis '86 NATIONAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Staff Writers: Martha Davidson, Elizabeth Natale Publications Assistant: Kathleen Davidson Executive Committee President Robert E. Brickley '6 7 Consulting Editor: J. Ronald Spencer '64 West Hartford, CT Photographer: Jon Lester Vice Presidents Stephen H. Lockton '62 Alumni Fund Greenwich, CT ARTICLES Admissions Jane W . Melvin '84 INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPES 11 Hartford, CT By Roberta Jenckes Area Associations Thomas D. Casey '80 New England's textile mills become the Washington, D.C. subject of a fascinating photographic study by this year's salutatorian. Nominating Committee David A. Raymond '63 South Windsor, CT SNCC REMINISCENCES 16 A campus conference on the Student Non­ Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Members prompts reflections by two activists of Allen B. Cooper '66 Michael B. Masius '63 the era: Ralph Allen '64 and conference San Francisco, CA Hartford, CT organizer John Chatfield '64. ' Karen A. Jeffers '76 Eugene M. Russell '80 Westport, CT Boston, MA COMMENCEMENT 1988 24 Robert E. Kehoe '69 Jeffrey H. Seibert '79 By Elizabeth Natale Chicago, IL Baltimore, MD Daniel L. Korengold '73 Stanley A. Twardy, Jr. '73 Raindrops fail to dampen the spirit of Washington, D.C. Stamford, CT Trinity's 162d Commencement ceremony Michael Maginniss '89 Pamela W. Von Seldeneck '85 honoring 486 graduating seniors. Senior C lass President Philadelphia, P A TA'ZIYEH Dorothy McAdoo MacColl '74 Alden R. Gordon '69 30 Haverford, P A Faculty Representative By Mmtha Davidson A conference and arts festival bring scholars and the public to campus for a five- day exploration oflranian culture. DEPARTMENTS Along the Walk Books Sports President's Message Class Notes In Memory COVER: tenement porches qf Holyoke, Mass., circa 1880s, now demolished. See "Industrial Landscapes," page 11. Board of Fellows Published by the Office of Public Relations, Trinity Bernard F. Wilbur, Jr. 'SO Edward H. Y eterian '70 College, Hartford, Connecticut 06106. Issued four West Hartford, CT Waterville, ME times a year: Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer. Second Norman C. Kayser '57 Susan E. Weisselberg '76 class postage paid at Hartford, Connecticut. West Hartford, CT New Haven, CT The Trinity Reporter is mailed to alumni, parents, Victor F. Keen '63 Stephen P.Joncs '63 faculty, staff and friends of Trinity College without New York, NY Hartford, CT charge. All publication rights reserved and contents may be reproduced or reprinted only by written per­ Robert Epstein '74 Charles H. McGill '63 mission of the Editor. Opinions expressed are those of Cambridge, MA Minneapolis, MN the editors or contributors and do not reflect the offi­ Andrew H. Walsh '79 William H. Schweitzer '66 cial position ofTrinity College. Hartford, CT Alexandria, VA Postmaster: Send address change to Trinity Reporter, Margaret-Mary V. Preston '79 Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106. Baltimore, MD ALONG THEWALK TRINITY COLLEGE Freshmen Set Records students. We've never had 92 in the had accepted the College's offer of ad­ freshman class before. We've never even mission. Based on past experience, 15 or For Numbers, Diversity come close," says Donald N. Dietrich, 20 of these students will probably de­ ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• director of admissions. "It's been a total cide over the summer to go elsewhere. Since the College launched an all-out College commitment. It was clearly our However, even a class numbering effort to increase the diversity of the number one priority and the efforts we around 540 will be quite a bit larger student body two years ago, there has made have paid of£ Seventeen percent than the 490 member class originally been a 235 percent increase in the en­ of the Classes of'91 and '92 are minori­ anticipated, Dietrich says. By way of rollment ofblack, Hispanic and Asian ties. These two years combined should explanation, he repeats what a high freshmen. make the College's efforts much more school guidance counselor told him: In 1986, the entering freshman class successful in the future. Once you es­ "You're hot this year. People are talking had 39 minority students; in 1987, the tablish a stronger minority presence on about Trinity." figure had climbed to 76; and this fall, campus, it makes it easier." The admission staffs efforts to attract the number is up to 92. Thirty-one In addition to having the largest more Hartford residents also met with members of the Class of 1992 are black; number of minority students, the Class success: 16 will attend as freshmen in 19 are Hispanic; 41 are Asian; and one is of'92 may turn out to be the College's contrast to two years ago when four en­ native American. largest class on record. According to tered. Out 'of those 16, 12 are from "The biggest success we've had this figures available in late May, 558 stu­ public high schools, three are Capital year has been admission of minority dents - 313 men and 245 women - Area Corporate Scholars, two are high -1 KATE HOPKINS '90 orients prospective freshman and their parents to the resources and equipment available in the College's computing center. The group was among a large number attending the admissions office's annual V.I.P. Days for accepted members of the Class of'92. ALONG THE WALK The number of incoming freshmen who were accepted during two rounds of early decision increased from 81 last year to 103 this year. Overall, the number of applications received was 3,445, slightly lower than last year's figure of3,466. Applicants who were accepted but chose to go elsewhere went to the Col­ lege's traditional competitors which are some of the most selective institutions in the country. Among these were Tufts, Brown, Colgate, Princeton, Wesleyan, Penn, Vassar, Williams, Yale and Holy Cross. Faculty Appointed to Named Chairs ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Two appointments to new endowed professorial chairs in fine arts and Eng­ lish have resulted from gifts to The Campaign for Trinity. Professor George E. Chaplin, director of the studio arts program at Trinity, 2 has been named the first Charles S. Nutt - Professor ofFine Arts. Paul Lauter, who is currently a pro­ fessor of humanities in American studies at the State University ofNew York/ RETIREES and 25-year veterans were honored at a reception in May. In front College at 0 ld Westbury, has been (I. to r.) are Albert C. Graham, Sr., security; George C. Higgins, Jr., professor appointed the first Allan K. and of psychology; Theresa Gleason, secretary; and Edward Bobko, Scovill profes­ Gwendolyn Miles Smith Professor of sor of chemistry. At rear are: Henry A. DePhillips, Jr., Krieble professor of English. chemistry; Edward W. Sloan Ill, Northam professor of history; Thomas A. These appointments, approved by the Smith, vice president; and Dr. Mark W. Izard, college physician. Graham, Board of Trustees in March, will be ef­ Gleason, Bobko and Smith are retiring. fective Sept. 1, 1988. The Nutt Professorship is part of a · $2.5 million gift made to The Cam­ school valedictorians and one is a from 12 to 22 while the number from paign for Trinity by Roy Nutt '53, a salutatorian. Florida declined from eight to two. trustee of the College and founder of The Class of '92 is outstanding and Academically, they are on practically Computer Sciences Corporation, and interesting, Dietrich says. "There are a an even footing with last year's fresh­ his wife Ruth. The fine arts professor­ lot of students who are really excellent man class. Their combined Scholastic ship is named in honor of Mr. Nutt's in what they do; individuals with real Aptitude Tests scores averaged the same father, the late Charles S. Nutt. talents," he says. as last year: 1180 (570 verbal, 610 The Campaign for Trinity, a three­ In profile the members of the Class of math). Scores on the English composi­ year, $42 million fund-raising effort '92 look like this: tion Achievement Tests declined announced in September 1986, has They come from 3 7 states as well as slightly from 570 to 560. netted more than $35.3 million in gifts Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and 13 Public school graduates make up 4 7 and pledges to date. foreign countries. States that are the percent (down one percent from last To mark the inauguration of the Nutt largest suppliers of students followed year); independent school graduates, 45 Professorship, a retrospective exhibition the traditional pattern: Connecticut, percent (up one percent); and parochial of Chaplin's paintings and pastels will Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey school graduates, eight percent (up one be displayed in the Widener Gallery of and Pennsylvania. The number of fresh­ percent). Fifty-nine class members are Austin Arts Center during the month of men from California almost doubled children of alumni. September. ALONG THEWALK Chaplin, who holds an M.F.A. from lish department. A $2 million gift made Media Feature Trinity Yale University School of Art, came to during Smith's lifetime went towards Trinity in 1972 and created the current the establishment ofTrinity's Writing Expert On Vodun Religion curriculum in studio arts. His pastels Center and the partial funding of an­ ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• were exhibited in embassies around the other endowed chair: the Allan K. world through the U .S. Department of Smith Professorship ofLanguage and Sticking pins in dolls and turning State's traveling Art in Embassies Pro­ Literature.
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