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The Trinity Reporter, Spring 1984 National Alumni Association EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OFFICERS President Victor F. Keen '63, New York Senior Vice President James P. Whitters III '62, Boston Vice Presidents Alumni Fund Peter Hoffman '61, New York Campus Activities Jeffrey]. Fox '67, Newington, Ct. Admissions Susan Martin Haberlandt '71, West Hartford Area Associations Merrill A. Yavinsky '65, Washington, D.C. Public Relations Wenda Harris Millard '76, New York Career Counseling Eugene Shen '76, New York Secretary-Treasurer Alfred Steel, Jr. '64, West Hartford MEMBERS B. Graeme Frazier III '53, Philadelphia Megan]. O'Neill '73, Bristol, Ct. Charles E. Gooley '75, Hartford James A. Finkelstein '74, La Jolla, Ca. Richard P. Morris '68, Philadelphia Robert N. Hunter '52, Glastonbury, Ct., Ex-Officio Athletic Advisory Committee Term Expires Edward S. Ludorf '51, Hartford 1984 Donald]. Viering '42, Simsbury, Ct. 1984 Susan Martin Haberlandt '71, West Hartford 1985 Alumni Trustees Term Expires Edward A. Montgomery, Jr. '56, Pittsburgh 1984 Emily G. Holcombe '74, Hartford 1985 Marshall E. Blume '63, Villanova, Pa. 1986 Stanley]. Marcuss '63, Washington, D.C. 1987 Donald L. McLagan '64, Lexington, Ma. 1988 David R. Smith '52, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada 1989 Nominating Committee Term Expires John C. Gunning '49, Hartford 1984 Wenda Harris Millard '76, New York 1984 Norman C. Kayser '57, Hartford 1984 Peter Lowenstein '58, Riverside, Ct. 1984 William Vibert '52, Granby, Ct. 1984 BOARD OF FELLOWS Dana M. Faulkner '76, Glastonbury, Ct. 1984 George P. Lynch, Jr. '61, Hartford 1984 Karen Jeffers '76, New York 1984 Michael Zoob '58, Boston 1984 JoAnne A. Epps '73, Philadelphia 1985 Scott W. Reynolds '63, New York 1985 Ann Rohlen '71, Chicago 1985 Bernard F. Wilbur, Jr. '50, West Hartford 1985 Norman C. Kayser '57, West Hartford 1986 Mary Jo Keating '74, Wilmington, De. 1986 Carolyn A. Pelzel '74, Hampstead, N.H. 1986 Charles E. Todd '64, New Britain, Ct. 1986 Tdn!IYREPoRTER Voll4,No3(ISSN01643983) Editor: William L. Churchill EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Associate Editor: Kathleen Frederick '71 Associate Editor: Roberta Jenckes Frank M. Child III Professor of Biology Sports Editor: Douglas Mannen Publications Assistant: Kathleen Davidson Gerald J. Hansen, Jr. '51 Consulting Editor: J. Ronald Spencer '64 Director of Alumni & College Relations Dirk Kuyk Articles Associate Professor of English WISDOM REGAINED Theodore T. Tansi '54 By Milia Riggio A member of the English faculty de­ Susan E. Weisselberg '76 scribes the process of turning a 15th Cen­ tury Medieval drama into a piece of first­ rate entertainment and making it the Published by the Office of Public Relations, Tri'nity highlight of a semester-long celebration. 10 College, Hartford, Connecticut 06106. Issued four times a year: Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer. HISTORY'S LIVELIEST 50 YEARS Second class postage paid at Hartford, Connecticut. The Trinity Reporter is mailed to alumni, parents, By George Malcolm-Smith '25 faculty, staff and friends of Trinity Coll ege without Some observations by this distinguished, charge. All publi cation rights reserved and contents late alumnus, delivered 34 years ago at his may be reproduced or reprinted only by written per· 25th reunion, retain a surprising rele­ mission of the Editor. Opinions expressed are those of the editors or contributors and do not reflect the offi­ vancy for the eighties. 21 cial position of Trinity College. MEDIEVAL FESTIVAL The Quad provides a spectacular back­ drop for a May celebration of spring fea­ turing singers, dancers, fencers, actors, jesters and musicians to culminate the se­ mester. 24 Departments Along the Walk 2 Campus Notes 28 Sports 30 Class Notes 36 In Memory 51 Photography by ]on Lester except as noted Cover: Six dancers of Wisdom, the morality play which formed the centerpiece of Medieval Festival events this semester at Trinity. The dancers, costumed as gallants and matrons, wear the emblems of Lechery, who was the Might, Will, before his seduction by Lucifer. For more scenes of this 15th century drama, see pages 10-20. Along the Walk Along the Walk Along the Walk Along the Walk RENOVATED MATHER OPENS ITS DOORS The grand reopening of Mather Campus Center was celebrated at the end of April despite some rough edges - notably the lack of outside paving­ that were caused by an inclement spring. In his informal remarks President English said the construction delays had been a cause for concern, and he jokingly admitted to worrying "that Connecticut would go dry before we got the pub open again." In a more serious vein the president indicated that the Mather renovation, completed at a cost of some $4 million, symbolized the determination of the trustees to provide a total educational experience consonant with the high ac­ ademic standards of the College. "A lively and vital student center is 2 consistent with our excellent curricular POET CYNTHIA MACDONALD completed a successful week-long resi­ programs," he added. "Opening dency in March as Trinity's poet-in-residence for 1984. While on campus, she Mather is half the job. Now it remains conducted poetry workshops for Trinity poets and students from Hartford high for us to use this exciting facility with schools, who are seen with her in this photo, where she is seated at the far right. imagination and creativity." MacDonald also gave three public poetry readings and led a workshop for En­ Speaking for the student body, SGA glish teachers from the Hartford schools. A former concert and operatic singer vice president David Hill thanked the in her second career as poet, she has published four books of poetry, an opera libretto, numerous articles and essays, and received several awards and citations. alumni and other benefactors for mak­ She has directed the writing program at the University of Houston since 1979. ing the renovation a reality. "The new .MacDonald's visit marked the seventh year for the poet-in-residence program, Mather is a for'm of potential energy to which is sponsored by the Trinity College Poetry Center, with the support of enhance the quality of life at Trinity," the Connecticut Commission on the Arts. Milli Silvestri is coordinator of the he said, "and I am confident that its Poetry Center and the poet-in-residence program. promise will be realized." Subsequent to the official ceremo­ and the numerous spring weddings able nies, the paving was completed in time to complete the organ case; a tem­ held in the Chapel, this portion of the porary platform was built for the to hold the senior dance and the com­ gallery was built with funds donated in console, and the pipes were left uncov­ mencement reception in the attractive memory of A. Henry Moses '28 by his ered. A casework to enclose the pipes courtyard. An article and photo­ family and friends. Moses served on and support a permanent choir loft was graphic tour of the new facility is the Board of Trustees for more than 35 designed by the New York firm of scheduled for a future issue of the Reporter. years, until his death in 1978, and was Woodbridge and Hadley, but the work secretary of the Board for 15 years. was never done. Recently this design Construction of this portion of the was modified by Charles Nazarian '73, CHAPEL MUSIC music gallery is a step toward comple­ who works as a designer for the Boston GALLERY ADDED tion of the choir/organ area, the major firm of Fiske Organs. His plans for the remaining task being the construction case work and gallery, which are dis­ The Chapel, though technically of the organ pipe case, which awaits a played in a miniature replica inside the "completed" in the spring of 1932, con­ donor. Plans for a music gallery date main Chapel entrance, involve moving tinues each year to receive embellish­ back to 1972, when the current organ, the organ console to the back of the ments and modifications which the Chapel's second, was completed. platform and shortening the depth of advance the building toward true Built by Austin Organ Co. of Hartford the overall platform. He has also rede­ "completion." In April, construction and given in memory of Newton C . signed the staircase, so that in the new . was finished on the lower portion of a Brainard by his widow, Elsie B. Brain­ plan there will be two. The final new music gallery at the west end of ard, the organ has 4,720 pipes, most of change in this plan concerns the cen­ the Chapel. which are out of sight. At the time the tral facade; his redesigned organ pipe Readied in time for Easter services organ was built, funds were not avail- case will frame the Chapel's Rose Win- Along the Walk Along the Walk Along the Walk Along the Walk dow, where the present design partially TRUSTEES APPROVE He also noted that though the increase blocks it. Plans are also being made to $2 7.4 MILLION BUDGET in student fees is substantial, "Trinity's have a likeness of the face of Clarence total charges are still somewhat below Watters, professor of music emeritus The Board ofT rustees has approved the average of those for similar north­ and honorary College organist, carved a $27.4 million budget for the coming eastern colleges." on the arch adjacent to the music gal­ year, including an increase in student Tuition for 1984-85 will rise from lery. fees of $950. The adopted budget is in $7820 to $8620; room rent will be set at Other work is ongoing in the "com­ balance for the fifteenth consecutive $1730, up from $1650 this year; and pletion" of the Chapel. Presently, two year. board will rise from $1400 to $1470. windows are being designed for the Robert A.
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