Winter 1999—Volume 6, Number 1

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FROM THE EDITOR RHODES (ISSN #1075.3036) is published four times a year in winter, spring, summer and fall by Rhodes College, 2000 N. Parkway, Memphis, TN 38112-1690. It is published as a service to all alumni, students, parents, faculty, staff and friends of the college. Winter 1999—Volume 6, Number 1. Periodical postage paid at Memphis, Tennessee, and additional mailing offices. EDITOR Martha Hunter Shepard '66 ART DIRECTOR Kevin Barre GRAPHIC DESIGNER Larry Ahokas CONTRIBUTORS Julie Story Byerley '92, Trey Clark '89, Stephen R. Haynes, Russell Hays, Elizabeth Lovejoy, David Change Nester, Andrew Shulman '00, Helen Watkins Norman Some people don't take change well—politicians, for instance, when they POSTMASTER: lose, or millennium watchers, when they can't see the beginning for the end. Send address changes to: RHODES, 2000 North Parkway, There are aging baby boomers, for whom even something as simple as physically Memphis, TN 38112-1690. switching to daylight savings time isn't the snap it used to be. CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Please mail the completed form below and At Rhodes, 1999 is a year of tremendous change. In the coming months label from this issue of RHODES to: Alumni Office, Rhodes College, 2000 North before the new millennium begins, the college will have a new president, its first Parkway, Memphis, TN 38112-1690. since James H. Daughdrill Jr. took the helm a quarter of a century ago. It will take Name a lot of letting go on the part of the Rhodes community—and when the new Street City State Zip president arrives, a lot of letting in. Home Phone Business Phone In this issue, RHODES takes a look at some other new issues in the life of E-mail the college: Employer • The Margaret Hyde Council—a new way of giving back to Rhodes Title • Delicious food in the refectory—a remarkable change indeed CLASS NOTES: Please send all Class Notes • Rhodes' past, present and future as a church-related college—a new review news including marriages, births and obituaries to: Alumni Office, Rhodes of that historic affiliation College, 2000 N. Parkway, Memphis, TN 38112-1690. Phone: (901)843-3845 The year 1999 will also bring the constant changes—a new graduating class Fax: (901)843-3474. E-mail Sally Jones, director of alumni: [email protected] and a new incoming class whose lives have been and will be changed, even the LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Please address postal correspondence to: seasons themselves that, in a flash, change from hard winter to glorious Memphis Martha H. Shepard, Editor, Rhodes Magazine, Rhodes College, 2000 N. spring. These are the familiar changes in the life of the college, where all change Parkway, Memphis, TN 38112-1690. E-mail: [email protected] is a way of life. Phone: (901)843-3544 Fax: (901)843-3553.

–Martha Hunter Shepard RHODES ADMISSIONS OFFICE 1(800)844-5969 WINTER 1999 VOLUME 6, NUMBER 1 Campus News 2 News of Rhodes events, faculty, students and friends

From the President 8 A letter from President Daughdrill to a new trustee

The Refectory Revolution 11 Good refectory food? Good heavens! 11 Alumni News 17 Features, Class Notes, For the Record Religion at Rhodes:

Is There a Future in the Past? 33 Understanding Rhodes as a church-related college Profile 42 Mel Richey—a dean for all students In Print 44 33 New books by faculty and alumni Athletics 46 Campus Voices 48 A tribute to Jack Taylor

COVER—The lobster is only for effect, not lunch. Still, students like Bob Arnold '02, front row center, are dearly delighted by the new refectory menus. Serving in style are (left to right): Tim VanderMeersch, director of food services; Larry Taylor, Jessie Walker and executive chef Kevin Lambert. Photo by Trey Clark '89 42 RHODES is printed with soya ink on recyclable paper. CAMPUS NEWS

Homecoming '98

Friday Night Saturday Morning

Bernard Williams '01, Darrell Brown '99, Dedication ceremonies were held for Phase I of the Sesquicentennial Walk at the David JiIg '79 and Jennifer Stroud Bryan Campus Life Center Photos by Russell Hays

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Alumni Convocation saw Jane Walters '56 (top right), Tennessee commissioner of education, bestow the Distinguished Alumni Award upon teacher and literacy advocate Pauline Jones Hord '29. Bill McClure '31 (bottom right) was named Outstanding Volunteer of the Year.

The family of Jack Taylor, professor emeritus of physics, attended the unveiling of Mr. and Ms. Rhodes, Stuart Fallen '99 and Dr. Taylor's portrait, the latest addition to the college's Distinguished Portrait Neeta Venepalli '99, with Lynx mascot R.C. Series. They are (left to right): Charlie Taylor '74, Bill Taylor '71, Jack Taylor Jr. and President Daughdrill at halftime. Rhodes '68, Sara Sparr Taylor '46, Harold Taylor and Jack Taylor '44 won 29-26 over Colorado College Photo by David Nester

Beth LeMaster Simpson '58 and Paul Tudor Jones '32 at the picnic.

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Kerr Named Award-Winning Writer Dybek To Director of Give Reading In Spring

Communications Stuart Dybek, whose award- dation's Bellagio Center. winning fiction, poetry and non- He holds his M.F.A. from the The Department of Media fiction have been published in University of Iowa and M.A. in Relations has a new name— the nation's top literary maga- literature from Loyola University Department of Communica- zines, will read from his works in Chicago. April 22 at 7:30 p.m. in Blount Lecture Hall. Dybek is the author of two collections of stories—The Coast of Chicago (Knopf/Van- tage, 1990) and Childhood and Other Neighborhoods (Viking/Ecco, 1980), a collection of poems—Brass Knuckles (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1979) and The Story of Mist, a 1993 chap book of short fiction and prose poems. His work has been published in The New Yorker, Atlantic, Harper's and Paris Review as well as several

John Kerr Photo by Kevin Barre literary journals. Stuart Dybek The recipient of numerous tions—and a new person to head awards, including a 1998 Lan- Currently an English professor it. John W. Kerr, associate vice nen Award and four O.Henry at Western Michigan University, president at St. Louis University Prizes, Dybek has also held a Dybek has taught at Princeton, for the past seven years, was Guggenheim Fellowship, two University of California at Irvine, named Rhodes' director of com- National Endowment for the University of Iowa's Writers munications in the fall. He Arts Fellowships and a resi- Workshop and the Prague Sum- replaces Gil Hayes, who dency at the Rockefeller Foun- mer Writers Workshop. resigned last spring. With 25 years of experience in public relations management in Exhibit and Lecture Series the field of higher education, Kerr has also held posts at the Highlights Peruvian Popular University of Tennessee, Chat- Art, Culture tanooga and Georgia College in Milledgeville. By Marina Pacini vian art and culture is sched- A native of Pennsylvania, he Director, Clough-Hanson Gallery uled on Tuesday evenings holds a B.A. degree in journal- An exhibit of the retablos of throughout the exhibit. ism, cum laude, from St. Nicario Jimenez Quispe and the Nicario Jimenez Quispe Bonaventure University, where tapices of Alejandrina de sculpts portable shrines known he was Sigma Delta Chi Out- Jimenez will be at the Clough- as retablos. Originally, retablos, standing Graduate in Journal- Hanson Gallery during Febru- which come in various forms ism, and M.S.A. degree in ary and March. A series of five and materials, were created by public administration from lectures organized in conjunc- the Spaniards for use during the Georgia College. tion with the exhibit on Peru- reconquest of Spain (711-1492)

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CAMPUS NEWS and the conquest of America produced on a rudimentary work is well known both in Latin (1492+). Jimenez was born into a loom which is only used to hold and North America. He was family of escultores, the artisans the pattern in form. They are invited to participate in the who craft retablos and repair entirely hand-designed and Smithsonian Institution's criti- rural chapels and shrines. As a hand-made from sheep's wool cally acclaimed "Seeds of Change" exhibit. The Smithson- ian singled out Jimenez for his unique representation of cultural contact and continuities, and added one of his retablos to its permanent collection. As the Latin American popu- lation in Memphis and throughout the United States continues to grow, one of the objectives of this program is to encourage greater cultural understanding of Latin Amer- ica through art. Memphians will be able to experience Peru- vian culture through the eyes of Peruvians unmediated by an outside interpreter. The work of Nicario and Ale- jandrina Jimenez will seem "Andean and Urban Wedding" by Nicario Jimenez familiar to Southerners who child, he traveled with his father from the town of Ayacu- cho in the highlands of Peru to trade their retablos with herders for hides, dried meat, wool and cheese. From his father and grandfather Jimenez learned how to craft the retablos, common in the Andes, which are wooden boxes containing fig- ures made out of boiled potato and plaster of Paris. The subjects of his retablos have expanded beyond purely religious themes; they also encom- pass genre scenes, contemporary history and politics and Peruvian mythology. Alejandrina de Jimenez, wife of Nicario, is also a respected which is colored with dyes already have an appreciation of and accomplished artisan who made naturally from plants, folk art and the creative expres- makes tapices or traditional principally from the cochinila sions of nontraditionally weavings. The weavings, the plant from which 150 colors can trained artists. Although the style of which dates from the be extracted. stories themselves are new and pre-Columbian period, are still Nicario Jimenez Quispe's engaging, the use of myth and

4 RHODES WINTER 1999 CAMPUS NEWS storytelling will also resonate. Three Alumni It is this combination of famil- iarity and difference that offers Elected To Board both an entryway to the work Of Trustees while presenting a view into a unique culture. Theresa Cloys Carl '75, In addition to the exhibition, a Michael O'Keefe '81 and Dr. series of lectures by nationally Randall Rhea '77 joined the known speakers will place the Rhodes Board of Trustees exhibit in a greater cultural and in January. historical context. They include: Theresa Carl of Nashville, TN, • Feb. 16—Dr. Marion Oet- is project manager for the Salva- finger, senior curator at the San tion Army Red Shield Initiative, Antonio Museum of Art, "Cos- a comprehensive family resource tumbrista Painting: A Window on center that she developed and 19th Century Peruvian Folk Life." for which she procured $1 mil- Theresa Cloys Carl • Feb. 23—Dr. Steve Stein, pro- lion in start-up funding. fessor of history at the University A former underwriter at of Miami Coral Gables, Fla., "Art National Life and Accident as Autobiography and Retablos as Insurance Co. and vice presi- a Biography of a Nation." dent of a real estate company, • March 2—Dr. Tom Davies, she is a past president of the professor of history, San Diego Rhodes International Alumni State University, "Apus, Huacas, Association and the Junior Pishtakus and Santos: Andean League of Nashville, and is Syncretism in the Art of Nicario active in numerous civic Jimenez Quispe." endeavors. • March 16—Nicario Jimenez Mike O'Keefe is a managing Quispe will address the subject director at Morgan Keegan in matter and technical aspects of Memphis, where he serves on his retablos. the executive committee of • March 23—Dr. Elayne Zorn, equity capital markets. professor of anthropology at the O'Keefe, who holds his University of Central Florida, M.B.A. from the University of Michael O'Keefe Orlando, "Threads of Time: Ale- Memphis, serves on the board of jandrina de Jimenez and the the Dixie Boys and Girls Club of Contemporary Expression of Memphis and the executive Peru's Ancient Textile Arts." committee of the Memphis Sym- The lectures, which are free phony Orchestra. and open to the public, will be at Randy Rhea of Roanoke, VA, 8 p.m.in Blount Lecture Hall. is a physician and division presi- The exhibit, which is also free dent at Carilion Family Medi- and open to the public, runs cine-Parkway Physicians. A from Feb. 13-March 24. It is member of several local and closed March 6-15. Gallery hours national professional associa- are Tuesday through Saturday tions, he has served on, and is from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. current president of, the board "Popular Art and Culture in of the Bradley Free Clinic. Peru" is generously supported Rhea has received several by the Memphis Arts Council awards from the Bradley clinic. and a First Tennessee Bank The latest is the Shining Star Randall Rhea Bravo! Award. Award for 1997-98.

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Campbell Gift Replaces Trees Lost In Storm When it comes to trees, the personnel from Jones Rhodes campus is a virtual Brothers Tree and Land- arboretum. Hundreds of trees scape Co., getting a now- fill the college's 100 acres— sunny campus in trim for from the majestic 75-year-old commencement. Rollow Avenue of Oaks that But what Nature leads from North Parkway to takes, Rhodes puts back. Palmer Hall, to the enormous Thanks to a generous post oak by the track on Uni- gift by Rhodes Trustee versity Street. The sturdy oaks, Bruce Campbell, execu- magnolias and ornamentals, tive committee chair of that lend a splash of color to Memphis' National the landscape in spring and Commerce Bancorpora- autumn, seem as enduring as tion, and his wife Judith, the buildings themselves. But the college in December trees, like all living things, have planted 15 large new life spans, and Rhodes has trees in the first step begun a reforestation program. toward replacing the The point was hammered ones lost in the storm. home last spring when a freak "The trees average 6 wind storm took out some 70 inches in diameter and Judith and Bruce Campbell at tree-planting trees. 20 feet in height, with a ceremonies Photos by Kevin Barre A week before commence- branch spread of 12 ment, what meteorologists call a feet," explained Bob Jer- "straight line wind" targeted a gens, a forester and certified The college is planning a sec- two-mile radius of Midtown, arborist with Jones Brothers. ond phase, which involves plant- choosing Rhodes as its bull's- "They'll grow almost two feet ing trees over the next 10 years, eye. Giant 100-year-old oaks per year, and will reach maturity when more are expected to be were uprooted in the 70-mile- in about 10 years." lost through aging, disease or per-hour winds, damaging The Campbells' gift, said natural disaster. buildings and cars and blocking Dean of Administrative Services "We'll be able to appreciate entrances to campus. At dawn Allen Boone '71, allows Rhodes the new foliage year by year, and the next day, Physical Plant to plant more than 200 trees— our children and grandchildren workers, faculty and staff three trees for every one that was will be able to appreciate it in wielded chain saws alongside lost in the storm. full," said Boone.

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The House That Rhodes Built "We came, we sawed, we five weekends. sary of the founding of the col- constructed. The house that The 1,000-square-foot home, lege's chapter of Habitat for Rhodes built. Dedicated located less than a mile from Humanity. November 8, 1998." campus, was constructed in The words on the Rhodes honor of Habitat for Humanity T-shirt Rhodes' refer to the Vadder Johnson fam- 150th year ily home at 2170 Brown that and the Rhodes students, faculty, staff 10th and alumni volunteers built in anniver-

The Rhodes Habitat House under construction Photos by Russell Hays

Damaris Giezendanner '02 (top) and Tara Loux '99 do window work Moss Series Presents Marvin Trachtenberg

Architectural and art historian speak about Florence's Pazzi University's Institute of Fine Marvin Trachtenberg will speak Chapel March 20 at Memphis Arts, is the author of four books, this spring at a conference on the Brooks Museum of Art. In addi- three books in progress and imagery of St. Francis of Assisi tion, he will visit an art history numerous articles and reviews in sponsored by Rhodes' Lillian and class and meet with students at professional journals. Morrie Moss Endowment for the Rhodes. He holds an M.A. from New Visual Arts, the S.H. Kress Foun- Trachtenberg, who is the Edith York University's Institute of dation and the Assisi Foundation Kitzmiller Professor of the His- Fine Arts and B.A., magna cum of Memphis. Trachtenberg will tory of Fine Arts at New York laude, from Yale University.

WINTER 1999 RHODES 7 TO A NEW TRUSTEE From President James H. Daughdrill, Jr. ou have an unexpected treat in store— As time passes and the last of the autumn an added bonus. leaves turn to brown and are swept away, the y You already know that you join an bare arms and fingers of the trees on campus outstanding group of leaders who are dedi- lift our eyes upward. With the leaves gone cated to Rhodes. You also know that you will from every quadrangle, you can see the stars enjoy growing friendships with them and that and moon more clearly. Shortly, the starkness you will get to know many students, faculty of impending winter is lighted up by the great and administrators as you work together to Christmas tree in front of Buckman Hall as it strengthen the college. greets every passerby on North Parkway. Red But you have another treat in store that you and green wreaths welcome you as you enter may not have thought about—the wonderful Phillips Lane, and Dr. Diehl's statue soon dons rhythm and changes of the college year. Rhodes a Santa hat and scarf or other seasonal bits of has spectacular seasons and a rich variety of sartorial splendor dreamed up by students. events that change like a turning kaleidoscope. The Rhodes Singers' holiday performances lift It all starts in the fall with the smiles of wel- your spirit, and Christmas parties abound—for come, friendly orientations, new classes, new faculty, for staff, for seniors, for all. Then, after books, new faces. Opening convocation finds us finals, home for the holidays. in academic regalia that symbolize our calling With each new year, we begin again—new and our anticipation of the new year. Students classes, new books, new faces. The Board of soon settle into a comfortable routine of classes Trustees meets again in January to consider interspersed with the clicking of computers, vis- other aspects of the variety that is Rhodes— its to the Burrow Library and learning to manage from Christian commitment to diversity, from time for study. Soon come the cheers of sorority admissions to job placement, from recent and fraternity pledges and football fans, the hugs accomplishments to long-range plans. of old friends at Homecoming reunions, mid- Soon after that, the juncos and white- term exams and Parents Weekend. throated sparrows head north, and the mock- The Board of Trustees meets in October to ingbirds and robins build their nests as the jays welcome new trustees and consider many sing high in the oaks. Just around the corner are aspects of the college—from student affairs to student elections with cheerful posters greeting finance, from faculty to building and grounds, you on every door and pillar. And before you from endowment to information technology. know it, the grounds crew has cut back the This meeting is when you first sense the monkey grass in anticipation of spring. rhythm of the college year, as falling leaves And what a sight spring is at Rhodes! It is from champagne to burgundy line the walks ushered in timidly by daffodils, followed by with splashes of color like Van Gogh's palette. fast blossoming tulip trees, then by cherry Then comes Thanksgiving, and we have blossoms, and finally by white magnolias and much to be thankful for. color bursts of azaleas. Spring sports bring the

8 RHODES WINTER 1999 sounds of play to the greening fields. The from faculty research to lifelong learning, from sounds of bouncing balls, runners, jumpers, student concerns to publications. hitters and throwers punctuate the season, as The growing splendor of late spring seniors find jobs or graduate schools. As the announces the final act, the grand finale gradu- sap rises, so does the din of talk in the refec- ation. The sights of commencement are high- tory, and professors begin holding classes out- lighted by the brilliant regalia colors of the side by the Diehl statue and the Rollow world's great universities. It is a bittersweet time, Avenue of one of leaving Oaks. and one of great In the joy and celebra- spring, too, tion. The days come awards of auld lang convocation, syne take on the athletic new meaning to banquet, graduates say- induction of ing goodbye to new student classmates and officers, and anticipating the interviews hugs of future with prospec- homecomings tive new fac- when alma ulty who will mater opens her replace those arms to return- going on sab- ing classes. batical or retir- When they ing. As the return, they will Halliburton share memories Tower bell of their time rings the together and hours, each joys of the class change is changing sea- accompanied sons that by the rhyth- watched over mic humming their growth of mowers and clippers, the smell of fresh from youth to adulthood. green grass and the beauty of new spring As a new trustee of Rhodes you have a real leaves. treat in store—the rhythm of the college year— The Board of Trustees meets again in April. the flowing and the waning of each new season, You will consider still other aspects of the col- each new term and each new class. lege—from residence life to alumni affairs, It is a romance that will not let you go. El

WINTER 1999 RHODES 9 Hyde Council Aims To Assist Rhodes' International Programs, and director of financial aid Art Women Students In Need Weeden to identify students in need. By Martha Hunter Shepard source of funding for the college "The three of us work closely What happens if a student's to assist students in these ways." together," says Rotter. "Art and parent is "downsized?" Or if her Since this fall alone, the Katherine accept and review the parents divorce? Or worse, a Margaret Hyde Council has helped applications and recommend mother or father dies unexpect- 17 women students study abroad finalists to the Council." edly? Besides the emotional and provided emergency assis- The 19-member Council meets strain, how can that student meet tance for two others. Last year, it four times a year and sponsors a tuition and other expenses? aided Toni Greer '98, an interna- number of events such as its Another student wants to study tional studies major and Japanese Women in the Work Force Forum abroad to learn a language, but minor, in participating in an where prominent alumnae from can't quite swing the financing. exchange program in Japan, and various professions speak to Up until two years ago, dire sent others to places like Egypt, women students on career issues. emergencies usually meant hav- Scotland and Washington, DC, for Last fall, eight such speakers, ing to give up and drop out. But Rhodes' Washington Semester. from large business owners to thanks to the Margaret Hyde 'e set a goal two years ago to full-time moms, met with 80 stu- Council, now in its second year, raise $1 million for women to study dents, discussing issues women women helping women has abroad, and another $1 million for face in the workplace. become a vital concept at Rhodes. emergency assistance scholarships In addition to mentoring stu- The all-woman Hyde Council for men or women," says Rotter. dents, the Council sponsors lun- was named in memory of alumna 'We've exceeded our study abroad cheons for its members featuring Margaret Ruffin Hyde '34, a goal with $1.2 million in commit- speakers from the Rhodes faculty Memphis civic leader and philan- ments and are at a little over as well as financial and estate thropist who strongly believed in $100,000 for emergency assistance." planning seminars. At one lun- the power of women. Chaired by For many members of the cheon, Gail P.C. Streete, associate Beth LeMaster Simpson '58, the Hyde Council, providing this professor of religious studies, Council seeks to involve women kind of student aid is a matter of spoke to an enthusiastic gather- philanthropists in the life of the giving back. ing on "Feminism As It Faces the college, primarily in providing Katherine Hinds Smythe '53, New Millennium." assistance to women students in president of Memphis' Memorial While providing financial aid these areas. However, men stu- Park, has endowed a scholarship to students is an important focus dents can also be eligible for for emergency assistance. She of the Hyde Council, it is only emergency assistance. said that one of the reasons she part of the picture. Gifts of $1,500-$2,000 can did so was the experience of a "Our donors are taking leader- enable a young woman from classmate, Dr. Margaret "Rita" ship positions in the life of the Rhodes to study abroad for a Cunningham '52, whose father college while helping develop the semester. A gift of $1,000-$3,000 died before she finished college. leadership potential of women could keep a student from leav- "She could not have finished students," says Rotter. "The ing Rhodes when a financial had it not been for Mrs. C.M. Council has the opportunity to emergency strikes. And an Gooch, who was one of the great help students make a real differ- endowed scholarship fund of benefactors of the college. Her ence in their lives." $50,000 or more could work won- money helped Rita finish school, And as Hyde Council chair ders in either of these areas. go to medical school and travel Beth Simpson says, "A gift of "Gifts of all sizes are gratefully to Europe one summer. Although $2,000-$2,500 goes a long way." accepted and can provide won- it may sound frivolous to some, For further information, con- derful opportunities immedi- we think that experiences such as tact Wendy Tallent Rotter, ately," says Wendy Tallent Rotter travel are important to a well- Director of Major Gifts, Rhodes '87, director of major gifts at rounded education." College, 2000 N. Parkway, Rhodes. "The Council is focused The Hyde Council works Memphis, TN 38112. Telephone: long-term, however, on endow- closely with Katherine Owen (901) 843-3596. Fax: (901) 843- ing and providing a permanent • Richardson '83, director of 3093. E-mail: [email protected]

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FAVORITES AND SPECIALTIES FROM ABROAD.

WINTER 1999 RHODES 11 elcome to Rhodes tary cafeteria line put into service lost its sterile name and decor. It College dining in the in 1987. Servery B was born when became the Marketplace, home of Wlate 1990s. the college opened West Hall, an hip cuisine, the place where If the words "college dining" expansive dining addition to the pasta, grains and veggies, flat conjure up images of overcooked refectory, built to accommodate bread pizzas and pita bread vegetables, meats of mysterious Rhodes' expanding student body. wraps and salads are prepared to origin, and iceberg lettuce swim- Initially Servery B duplicated order as the student watches. ming in Thousand Island dress- the hot food cafeteria line found Dishes like Pomodora Cavatappi ing, you haven't paid a recent visit to the Rhodes dining hall, officially known as the Catherine Burrow Refectory. A revolution in college food service has occurred nation- wide and Rhodes is helping lead the revolt.

Flat bread pizza. a different variety every day, makes cook Larry Taylor the man to know "The restaurant industry has gone to display cooking where a chef, standing at a station, cooks your dish fresh for you, the way you want it," says Tim VanderMeersch, director of the ARAMARK food service at The Granary, where Leroy Crowder prepares vegetarian dishes the old fashioned way—one at a time Rhodes for the last three years. Rhodes has outsourced its food in Servery A, the main serving (pork with spiral pasta) and service for decades. ARAMARK arena. But Servery B had the Kwaanza Celebration Pilaf (a rice has held the Rhodes contract added attraction of deli sandwich concoction that includes peanut since 1979. fixings. There Miss Laverne, a butter and red beans) sizzle in According to VanderMeersch, longtime member of the kitchen their pans, awaiting adventure- display cooking is the basis of the staff, scooped ice cream-sized some takers. Marketplace, the newest offering spheres of chicken salad or The words "Pan Geo" (a at the Refectory or "Rat," as the pimento cheese to the lunchtime phrase signifying fresh flavors dining hall is affectionately crowd. Servery B continued to from around the world) adorn known. The Marketplace, an evolve in the late '80s and '90s, the walls and the coats of the international food court, opened catering increasingly to health- cooks who staff the four sta- this past fall in what previously conscious diners. tions. A stand of shelves built was "Servery B," a supplemen- And then, this fall, Servery B by VanderMeersch himself to

12 RHODES WINTER 1999 convey the feel of a market- (display-style cooking) concept," food," says VanderMeersch. place is filled with bushel bas- notes VanderMeersch. Moreover, It costs more in terms of labor kets of tomatoes, green peppers Rhodes is a frontrunner among to offer a service like the and garlic. Marketplace where dishes are Each cooking station posts the cooked to order and the ingredi- name of the day's featured dish, ents are the freshest possible, its origins and ingredients, and according to VanderMeersch. its nutritional profile. "But the food is healthy and "We call it 'edutainment," there's little waste.' said VanderMeersch, referring to Waste is a big issue when you the entertaining preparation and are serving 900 people for lunch educational display of the food. each day and 800 for dinner. It's Exposing students to new critical when your weekly gro- foods and tastes is one of the cery list includes 250 pounds of goals. "There's a guy who pre- lettuce, 135 pounds of moz- pares the (pita bread) wraps zarella, 386 pounds of boneless and salads. He's always encour- chicken breasts, and 100 pounds aging me to try something of whole kernel corn. new," student Brandon One way that ARAMARK Waggoner said, describing avoids waste is by determining Marketplace cook Ronald Tim VanderMeersch, director of food student likes and dislikes Coleman. "I'm not as naïve services through a program called "Dine (about food) as I used to be." with the Director." Nine stu- A junior political science those colleges and universities dents are chosen to sit down and major from Union City, TN, served by ARAMARK. "We are have a nice meal with food ser- Waggoner and sophomore David currently running more Pan Geo vice director Tim Weatherman hold the elected concepts here than any other VanderMeersch. "The purpose is positions of external services ARAMARK-served college or for them to give feedback about commissioner. Part of their job is university in the South, perhaps the food service," said student to serve as a liaison with the col- in the U.S." commissioner Weatherman. lege's food service. They meet Also, a recent student forum once a month with ARAMARK on the food service offered a officials to talk about food issues number of recommendations for and options. the Rat, and some of those sug- "Students are eating on cam- gestions have already been pus more often," said acted upon. Waggoner's fellow commissioner "My father once told me that David Weatherman from if students are just complaining Batesville, AR. "If you talk to about the parking and the food seniors," said Weatherman, service, then things are going "they're amazed at how good the pretty well at that college," said food is...how much it's improved Weatherman. It's tough, he said, in four years." "keeping 1,100 students...pro- Rhodes student body presi- viding options that all students dent Neeta Venepalli agrees. In a will like." speech to an off-campus group this fall, she related a conversa- ONE POTATO, TWO tion overheard on campus. One POTATO, THREE POTATO, Rhodes student was asking FOUR: another out to eat—off-campus. "Rhodes students are very A BUSHEL OF OPTIONS The student responded, "But diverse in their tastes. They're Choice has become the watch- why eat out when we can eat at very nutrition oriented. The word of Rhodes dining. the RAT?" Marketplace seems to fit Rhodes First of all, students now have "ARAMARK is a leader in this students' tastes and their flair for a choice in the type of meal plan

WINTER 1999 RHODES 13 they purchase: one plan offers 15 combo meals; and for those who says Kevin "K.C." Lambert, the meals a week, the other, 21. hate messing with cash, there is new executive chef recently hired Second, students are no longer now a debit card that students by ARAMARK at Rhodes to stuck with only one dining venue may purchase to charge their develop new menus, enliven at Rhodes. If they grow weary of snacks in the Lair. Servery A, and oversee catering. the Catherine Burrow Refectory, When it comes to menu vari- Catering has almost doubled they can jog across campus to ety, however, the refectory since he arrived. Bryan Hall's Lynx Lair, a grill- takes the cake—and the tropical With 10 years' culinary experience at some of the swankiest resort restau- rants in the Caribbean— the Four Seasons in Nevis, the Hyatt in Grand Cayman and the El San Juan Hotel in Puerto Rico—Lambert knows a thing or two about fine dining. And he's not afraid to introduce students to new food experiences. "We try to get the students involved. If a student says my mom makes the 4 best squash casserole, I tell him or her to bring me the recipe," said Lambert, who recently introduced a "Recipes from Home" program. Every third week, the refectory prepares students' favorite family recipes. Another way students can give input is through "Rat Chat," suggestion cards from students to the Refectory staff. Wraps, now staple lunchtime fare, are precision-made by cook Ronald Coleman, who also turns "It's a constant chal- out delectable salads lenge to stay creative," Lambert explained. "We style dining establishment with fruit shortcake, too. In addition have added a lot of items to the suspended televisions, pool to the Marketplace with its four menu. Now we have to main- tables and a video arcade. For the specialty stations (pasta, the tain consistency." first time ever, students may use granary, pizzas, wraps/salads), As far as Student Govern- their meal cards toward lunch the refectory offers a hot food ment President Venepalli is con- and dinner in the Lair. line, which changes daily, a cerned, the Rat is meeting the Frequenters of the Lair can salad bar with 30+ items, and a challenge. "The Rat has changed munch on single portion pizzas, different specialty offering so much since I've been here that hefty cheeseburgers and pre- every day (featuring omelettes, it's hard to describe what things assembled salads, capping off deli items, potatoes, tacos, hot used to be like," said Venepalli, their meal with a bowl of Ben & wings and other "build your a senior. "Meals are exciting to Jerry's ice cream. For the budget- own" entrees). come to. I no longer have a conscious not on the meal plan, "I'm trying to have student favorite entree because there are the Lair even offers value-priced' meals be a dining experience," so many innovations." 13

14 RHODES WINTER 1999 The Way We Were: Collegiate Dining in Decades Past

ining at Rhodes wasn't so cereal to resort to when the mentally taxing in the selection was just too much. early days. In the 1920s and '30s, white- D Dining in Neely Hall in the early 1940s When it came to mealtime coated waiters—actually stu- attire, the student of 1930 didn't dents working to pay off tuition have to think twice. "The men bills—carried platters of steam- knowing the ownership of the were required to wear a jacket ing food to each table: a meat, a apples, the women cut up the and tie; and the women, a dress, couple of vegetables, a side dish, whole case, preparing a delicious at each meal—breakfast, lunch rolls and dessert. The food was fruit salad for campus residents. and dinner," said alumnus Paul wholesome and cheap (guests Dr. Rhodes never stored his Tudor Jones '32. paid about 35 cents for lunch). apples in the refectory again. As head waiter in 1931-32, he But the only real choice facing a "Everything was so home-like should know. "The head waiter hungry student was whether to then," said West. "We dealt with had to check and make sure take one helping or two. the dining hall like we were feed- everyone complied." By the late 1940s and early ing our own kids." And the decision about when 1950s, the waiters were gone and By the late '60s the college had to grab a quick lunch or dinner at cafeteria expediency was in. switched to having an off-cam- the refectory? That, too, was a There were more students eating pus vendor provide the food. non-issue. on campus and more selection. "We had probably one-third the Students didn't arrive in Alumnus Dan West '42 ran the selection that the menu offers shifts like they do today. dining hall from 1948-52, assum- now," said N.P. "Mac" Everyone filed into the dining ing those duties from a Mrs. McWhirter '73, Rhodes comptrol- hall simultaneously and gath- Wood who had been in charge ler. And the only campus alterna- ered around the college's classic for years. West was a World War tive, he remembered, was a oak tables with their less-than- II veteran. He had attended heated sandwich from Mr. comfortable bench seats. Once Cooks and Bakers School and Roach's. Roach was a blind ven- all had assembled, the head had run a company mess hall dor who ran a tiny shop in the waiter sounded a chime. An and an officers' mess hall while corner of campus where students upperclass student alerted in in the service. now play Whiteball, a handball advance or college president Dr. "The kids then were easy to game indigenous to Rhodes. Charles Diehl said the blessing. please," West recalls. "They were "The refectory had one very And all 150 or so students on the used to home cooked food and short cafeteria line, only 2-3 meal plan sat down for the mid- that is what we served." entrees," said McWhirter, noting day or evening meal. Of all his dining hall memo- that Rhodes had a contract then "There was a sense of rever- ries, the most vivid may be the with a food service called SAGA. ence, of thanks," said Jones, time that presidential property The men students of that era who later joined the ministry, pleased the palates of 200-250 were still required to wear a coat serving as senior pastor at meal plan students. and tie for certain meals. "Some Memphis' Idlewild Presbyterian "Every year Dr. (Peyton) students wore cellophane shirts Church for 21 years. Rhodes used to get a case of with ties in mock protest of the Choosing what to eat was Virginia apples," West dress code," he laughed. easy. Students never had to explained. Rhodes was presi- The biggest innovation to hit select between the pasta or the dent of the college from 1949-65. the dining hall in McWhirter's pilaf, the chicken wings with "He would store it in the cooler day was the installation of a teriyaki or the turkey burger in the dining hall. self-serve ice cream freezer. without the bun. There were no "One day the women who "We thought that was tremen- stir-fry stands at dinner, no prepared the salads got hold of dous," said McWhirter, "a salad bars at lunch, no bins of that case," West continued. Not great extravagance." MI

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WHERE THENING HAS BEEN DONE

THE CLARKSVILLE DAYS space and several new dining Before 1918—Students ate in areas were added, including CREAM ALFREDO one of the two men's dormito- dining space on the north side of ries, Calvin and Robb Halls. the building—what is now TOMATO Robb was built as a dormitory known as Hyde Hall. It assumed in 1850. It served as a hospital that name in 1993, honoring A LA RHODES during the Civil War and alumna and trustee Margaret resumed housing stu- REFECTORY dents in 1869. Calvin was added in 1895. 4 servings These dormitories operated like board- 4T Olive oil ing houses, and are 1 1/2 cups cooked bacon believed to have pieces housed and fed 2T Fresh minced roughly 40 men each. garlic 1 1/2 cups cream sauce 1918 - 25—Students dined in the (béchamel) Commons Building. 6T Chopped yellow The city of Clarksville onion raised the money for 2 1/4 cups marinara sauce the 1918 construction 3/4 tsp Crushed red of the Commons pepper building. It was the 1 16 oz. Package cooked last building built orecchietta before the college's move to Hyde '34. The dining hall also 1 1/2 cups Diced fresh Memphis. It served not only as became known as Catherine Roma tomatoes a dining hall but as a meeting Burrow Refectory, honoring 3 oz. pine nuts place for student and commu- Mrs. A.K. Burrow, a generous nity organizations. supporter of the college. 1. Heat olive oil in skillet. Add 1966—Briggs Hall opened as garlic, onions and crushed THE MEMPHIS CAMPUS the new Student Center. It red pepper. Sauté until 1925—The college moved to included a grill-type short order transparent. Memphis and reopened with five dining spot called the Lynx Lair 2. Add tomatoes and bacon new buildings. One of them was or the Pub. It served as an alter- pieces to sauté mixture. Hugh M. Neely Hall, the original native dining spot on campus for 3. Stir cream sauce and mari- dining hall. It is now part of the lunch and snacks. nara sauce into sauté mix- Catherine Burrow Refectory. 1987—West Hall, a 9,367- ture and heat through. During those days Dr. Charles square-foot addition, was con- 4. Add orecchietta and toss till Diehl, the college president, his structed. This addition allowed heated through. wife Katherine and their son for a major upgrade of kitchen 5. Place on serving plates and Charlie ate their meals in the din- facilities and provided space for garnish with pine nuts. ing hall, though at a separate a second cafeteria line and con- table from the students. siderably more dining space. 1958—To accommodate a 1997—Bryan Hall, a new cam- Helen Watkins Norman is a free- larger student body, the col- pus life center opened. The Lair, lance writer living in Memphis. She lege's dining facilities were a 5,250-square-foot area for was formerly Rhodes Assistant to enlarged. Additional kitchen casual dining, opened. ID the President for Public Information.

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Nominations Hamra To DC Record Sought For Jackie Hamra '93 has moved Promotion Athletic Hall Of to Washington, DC, where she Holden Rushing '97 has been works as a trial attorney in the promoted to assistant director of Fame enforcement division of the Com- photography at Grand Royal Rhodes' International Alumni modity Futures Trading Records in New York. Association is soliciting nomina- Commission. He will be on tour with Sean tions for its Athletic Hall of Lennon in January and February. Fame. The purpose is to salute individuals who have either made outstanding contributions Britain Honors to the athletic program of the college or who have distinguished Alexander themselves—and brought honor avid Alexander '53, for- to the college—through their ath- mer Pomona College letic accomplishments during president and president and after their years at Rhodes. of Rhodes from 1965-69, is Up to three individuals will be carrying a new set of initials inducted at Homecoming '99, after his name. They don't Oct. 29-30. Nominees not select- denote another academic or ed this year will remain on the honorary degree (of which he list of candidates to be has several.) Instead, "C.B.E." considered in subsequent years. is the insignia of an Alumni are eligible for the Honorary Commander of the Hall of Fame if they are members Most Excellent Order of the of a class that has been out of British Empire. Rhodes 10 years or longer (Class In November, by command of 1989 or earlier). Athletic staff of Her Majesty Queen may be candidates only if they Elizabeth II, the British no longer work at Rhodes. Ambassador to the United David Alexander (right) receives insignia from British Ambassador Sir Christopher Some previous honorees States, Sir Christopher Meyer, Meyer include: Gaylon Smith '39, invested Alexander with the Henry Hammond '36, Ralph insignia at the British Embassy instituted in 1917, has a civil Allen '73, Harold "Chicken" residency in Washington, DC. and military division. The High '33, Tommy Buford '57 and Alexander was cited for his order has five classes: Knights Freeman Marr '48. services in the United States to and Dames Grand Cross Please send your nominations Rhodes Scholarships and to (G.B.E.); Knights and Dames by March 5 to: Rhodes Oxford University. He served Commander (K.B.E. and International Alumni as the American secretary to D.B.E.); Commander (C.B.E.); Association, Athletic Hall of the Rhodes Scholarship Trust Officer (O.B.E.); and Member Fame Selection Committee, 2000 from 1981 till his retirement (M.B.E.). Americans and other N. Parkway, Memphis, TN from that post last year. foreigners are only eligible for 38112-1690. The Order of the British honorary awards. Empire, which King George V

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Professor Jack poetry appeared in Ten- nessee Writers (Universi- Farris Dies ty of Tennessee Press, Jack D. Farris, T.K. Young 1995). His first novel Professor Emeritus of English, Ramey, written in 1953, novelist and playwright, died was made into a NBC Nov. 26, 1998. He was 77. Monday Movie called The Farris taught at Rhodes for 23 Greatest Gift, and became years. When he retired in 1984, the television series The he and his wife Anna moved to Family Holvak. Farris Lockesburg, AR. This year, they wrote the screenplay for moved to the Washington, DC, the movie. In 1980 his area, where they have family. play Into Thy Narrow Bed At Rhodes, Farris once said, was produced at Circuit "there was a common Playhouse in Memphis. agreement that people approach A chapter from his classrooms and subjects widely acclaimed 1982 differently, they have different novel Me and Gallagher styles and that such diversity is was the basis for his good for education, rather than receiving the 1986 inimical to it. Nobody ever Nissan Individual Liter- interfered with the classroom ary Artist Fellowship and I appreciated that. It made from the Tennessee Arts Professor Jack Farris, from Rhodes' Distinguished Faculty for happy teaching." Commission in coopera- Portrait Series. Farris' teaching brought sev- tion with the National eral honors and awards, includ- Endowment for the Arts. taught English at Arkansas State ing the Dean's Award for His other novels were A Man University, New Mexico Military Research and Creativity and To Ride With (1957), The Abiding Institute, Union University and induction into the Rhodes Gospel of Claude Dee Moran (1987) Windham College before joining Distinguished Faculty Portrait and Keeping the Faith (1990). the Rhodes faculty. Series in 1986. Born in Forest, TX, Farris Preceded in death by a son, He was the author of five grew up in Ola, AR. He served Thomas Chad Farris, in 1992, novels, all set in Arkansas, a six years in the Navy, including Farris leaves his wife Anna; a play and poetry. Some of his World War II, and earned a B.A. daughter, Carrie Farris of New degree from Ouachita Baptist York; a son, Steve Farris of Cam- College and a master's from the den, AR; and six grandchildren. University of Michigan. He

Allbright Finance Board promotes Appointed To increased exports of California goods, services and agricultur- State Board al commodities by providing alifornia Governor Pete technical and financial Wilson has appointed assistance to small and medi- Bruce Allbright '74 to the um-sized California exporters. California Export Finance A Rhodes trustee, Allbright Board. Allbright, who lives in also serves as a trustee of Fresno, is president of the Valley Children's Hospital and Bruce Allbright Agency, a cot- is chairman of its foundation. ton marketing firm. The Export He is a member of several professional organizations.

Bruce Allbright

WINTER 1999 ALRHase.s 11 Congratulations, Kristin Weller Named VP Puzzle Contest Kristin Rudolph Weller '91 has customer care at webMethods Winners! been named vice president of Inc., a leading provider of professional services and business-to-business e-commerce Congratulations to and integration solutions based the fall 1998 Test in Fairfax, VA. Your Rhodes I.Q. Weller oversees the delivery of puzzle contest. The all consulting, training and sup- first ones with correct port services to the company's answer were: Sarah customer base. Jane Seissinger Tice She was formerly a senior '56, Eddie Morris '81, manager for Deloitte & Touche Tim Bullard '86, Bev- Consulting Group and before erly Plummer Dorsey that, a senior consultant at '70, Mark Schaap '61, Andersen Consulting. Susan Huffman '62, Susan Walker Augus- tine '89, Nadine McKinley Runsick '60, Bess Shirley Stan- ton '78 and son Ben, class of 2008; and Cheryl Barr '88. In December, all Author Bennett Wood draws the winning name from Dr. the names of the Diehl's hat Photo by Trey Clark Sesquicentennial contest winners were placed in Dr. Diehl's hat Answers to the the word puzzle: for the grand prize drawing—a copy of Bennett Wood's new g d f n r tgkvapml t fodmj1 book, Rhodes 150 — A auekods 1 g s 1 1 r vdi ehl i Sesquicentennial Yearbook. Author Wood himself did the honors, n osniborpeaafkvxscvb drawing the name of Virginia pi rszdnwebwvamackerb Sims Bare '60 of Manitowoc, WI, c g i fee ee1 1 es s a 1 g z y a winner of the summer crossword puzzle contest. f isstwdt trezevantdgl Congratulations and thanks to k 1 a q i pi s 1 xmcpeb 1 ount everyone who entered the wgbushzaxenamdi esmrm Sesquicentennial contests. o abiwebe 1 1 rat the f d lmacnwinf ypuv 1 rwmnnh Dickens At JPL 1 et eoothl fly ynlheob Jim Dickens '93, who holds a o s inxet erokiuraos i r y Ph.D. from the University of ✓ hc t fyerrory 1pent y t r Massachusetts, has been awarded a National Research Council kuaeinnrudoar lwiayoe research associateship at the wdinsvuohbevgoinzbex NASA / Caltech Jet Propulsion o ienhbkghristol fbaip Laboratory in Pasadena, CA, to kkmi e x u j o t w 1 p s c 1 o i r v conduct research in astronomy and astrochemistry. qnsara f oxpna 1 aq x a r of we e 1 dwmd s fma t a n ommdw ✓ t y j suer euqs ynhnbmqe

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Brady '67 and Betty Wray Anderson '68, Matsy Shea and Barbara Scott '54 enjoy Rhodes cocktail party aboard ship

Spire of St. Philip's church in Charleston

Rhodes Goes Cruising By Sally Jones '81 Director of Alumni A group of 18 Rhodes alumni and friends of the college spent the Thanksgiving holiday together cruising down the Intracoastal Waterway from Charleston, SC, to Jacksonville, FL. For the college, this trip

Beaufort's historic homes (right)

Robert and Bennie Joyner Tiews '42 on deck

The Mercer House in Savannah, site of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (right)

20 R -ICI )ES View of the Intracoastal Waterway from aboard the Nantucket Clipper

Mary Alice Quinn and Tim Huebner enjoying the cruise

Wild horses at Cumberland Island (below)

was the first foray into alumni travel programs in a number of years. Good company, beautiful scenery, delightful weather and excellent service aboard the Nantucket Clipper all combined to create a wonderful travel experience. Starting in Charleston, the Rhodes group toured our nation's first historic district in the heart of the city and visited Middleton Plantation on the Ashley River. Camellias were already blooming in America's oldest preserved landscaped gardens. In Beaufort, travelers were treated to a "ghostly" tour of this antebellum town at night. In Savannah, guests strolled through the city's beautiful streets and historic squares. Other stops included Jekyll and St. Simons Islands and a final stop on Cumberland Island, Georgia's largest and On the beach at Cumberland southernmost barrier island. Island (left to right): Brady '67 and Betty Wray Anderson '68, Cumberland Island was home to Jeanne Palmer '74, Tim Huebner, the Tumucan Indians for 3,000 Sally Jones '81, Mary Jack Rich (continued on page 22) McCord '51, Claude McCord, Carol Ann McMahon

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Cruising eral lectures on topics such as Club News "Reconstruction and the South- continued from page 21 ern Mind." His insightful com- ATLANTA—Atlanta ments added immensely to members of the Board of years before European settlers everyone's enjoyment of the Trustees hosted a cocktail buffet arrived in the mid-1500s. By the cruise. honoring Jim and Libby Daugh- late 18th century, the island sup- Look for other opportunities drill. The elegant event was held ported cotton plantations. One for Rhodes travel in the future. at the home of Ann and Jim hundred years later, O'Donnell '74. Other Atlanta Lucy and Thomas trustees and their spouses are Carnegie, younger Jane and J.L. Jerden '59; Peggy brother of Andrew and Jim Lientz; Vicki '75 and Carnegie, built a John Palmer and Cathy and mansion on the island. Art Rollins '81. This magnificent estate LITTLE ROCK—Liz burned in 1959 and Parkhurst '80 helped coordinate today most of the island a reception introducing Rhodes is a national park with 150: A Sesquicentennial Yearbook. unspoiled beaches, Liz is co-owner of August House dunes and salt marshes. Inc., publishers of the beautiful Along the way, Dr. volume. John Rone '71, Rhodes Timothy Huebner, director of special projects, Rhodes assistant profes- entertained guests with his pre- sor of history, shared his sentation, "The Glory, The Grief, intimate knowledge of The Greatness, The Gothic: A the South. During the Claude and Mary Jack Rich McCord '51 on the cruise Sesquicentennial Salute to the cruise, he delivered sev- History of Rhodes." WASHINGTON, DC—Nancy Turner '94 and Tim Hamilton '94 testy Marks hosted an alumni gathering in our nation's capitol at the Center 98th Café in Union Station. Young red Jesty '23, Rhodes' alumni living in the Washington oldest living graduate, and Baltimore areas were invited and his wife Millie cele- to attend the happy hour event. brated their 67th wedding RICHMOND—Bill '84 and anniversary in January 1998. Phaedra Hise Hargis '86 kindly In September, he marked his opened their home to Rhodes 98th birthday, and is in alumni in the Richmond area. "very good health," accord- MEMPHIS—Young alumni ing to his daughter Rhoda gathered in early December for Jesty Reenders. The Jestys happy hour at Zinnie's East, a live in Spring Lake, MI. Midtown favorite. Alumni brought clothes and canned

Millie and Fred Jesty goods to be donated to the Kin- ney Program for the Rhodes Souper Contact Soup Kitchen.

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Alumni Mobile Gatherings Bren and Billy Hightower '49 with President and Mrs. Daughdrill

Austin Members of the class of '94 (front row): Shannon Foster, Susan Gabrielson, Susan Masson. Back row: Mike Fulton, Martin LeRoy, Scott Wells

Washington, DC

Brian Konradi '94, Allyson Kennett '96, Ann-Tyler Chote Konradi '94, Joanne Samaha '96 Richmond Greg King '85, Bill Hargis '84, Phaedra Hise Hargis '86, Peggy Witherspoon '54, Amy Hobby '97, Ray Inscoe '76, Amanda Kronin '95

Correction The installation of ResNet, a computer port "for every pillow" in the residence halls, was completed one year ago. "The Smart Campus" article in the fall issue stated that ResNet will be phased in within two years. Sue Blankenship Dilworth '93, Tom Dilworth '91, RHODES regrets the error. Rebecca Crawford '97

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By Andrew Shulman '00 'JANE MCATEE dependent bookstore in PATTERSON, JIM Memphis. Rhodes International WILLIAMSON, Alumni Association CO-PRESIDENTS SARA JEAN JACKSON, President NEXT REUNION: Ocr. 20-21. 2000 PRESIDENT Doug Fancher '64, Oxford, MS, John Quinley was elected Realtor NEXT REUNION: and Sausalito, CA of the Year for 1998 by the Fort Ocr. 29-30,1999 Smith (AR) Board of Realtors. Nancy Wooddell Warlick and her CORNELIA HENNING husband Bill, who are Presbyter- KIMBROUGH, PRESIDENT FRANCES CROUCH ian Church (USA) missioniaries NEXT REUNION: PERKINS, PRESIDENT in Harare, Zimbabwe, each FALL 2001 NEXT REUNION: received an honorary doctor of Dick and Beulah Thomas of FALL 2001 humane letters from Montreat Livingston, TN, recently celebrat- Betty Gray McGehee has moved to College last spring. They also ed their 60th wedding Lake Charles, LA, after retiring as serve as coordinators of the anniversary and report that all pastor of First Presbyterian church's Project of Evangelism five children, four in-law Church, Iberia Parish. and Church Growth in Africa. children, 15 grandchildren and Memphis Magazine recently two great-grandchildren were named Martha Ellen Davidson FRANK JACKSON, there to celebrate the occasion. Maxwell, executive director of PRESIDENT the Memphis Symphony, one of NEXT REUNION: ANNE TUTHILL 50 outstanding leaders in FALL 2002 REYNOLDS, PRESIDENT Memphis music. Joe Thweatt is the co-author (with NEXT REUNION: Lynn Quitman Troyka) of Struc- Ocr. 20-21, 2000 HAM SMYTHE, tured Reading, fifth edition, Martha Moore Johnston and her PRESIDENT published by Prentice Hall. He is husband Charles, Memphis, NEXT REUNION: a professor of developmental recently traveled to Turkey. FALL 2002 writing at State Technical Last year, Jan Canada Fritsch Institute at Memphis. ANNABELLE PAINE appeared in My Fair Lady at the WHITTEMORE, New Aronoff Center of the Arts LINDA JACKSON PRESIDENT in Cincinnati. She also directed a TAYLOR, PRESIDENT 42 NEXT REUNION: production of Rodgers and Ham- NEXT REUNION: FALL 2002 merstein's Cinderella. Ocr. 29-30, 1999 Sister Mary Rooks has completed Jim Henderson, retired from 30 years of teaching music at Hayden Kaden worked this past the University of Mississippi, is summer on two television Bethlehem High School in now in a private clinical Bardstown, KY. specials for the Discovery psychology practice. Chanel.The owner and guide of ALLEN HILZHEIM, Alaska Discovery in Gustavus, IIM TURNER, PRESIDENT AK, he is currently trekking, sail- PRESIDENT NEXT REUNION: ing and "laying about" in Nepal, NEXT REUNION: 4.5 FALL 2003 Thailand and the South Pacific. 56 FALL 2001 Diana Mann Reid Sam McFadden of Somervile, TN, of Memphis is recently appeared on the Ben Farnsworth retired in June in her 18th year as executive Memphis television program 1997 after serving 41 years as a director of United Cerebral Palsy United Methodist minister, the of the Mid-South. She also leads "Mid-South Gardens," discussing last 29 years in Memphis. his hobby of hibiscus breeding. national workshops on strategic planning and fund development. IIM AND MARGARET BILL JONES, ANN FAGAN EIKNER, PRESIDENT Lou ELLYN HINDMAN CO-PRESIDENTS NEXT REUNION: GRIFFIN, PRESIDENT NEXT REUNION: FALL 2003 NEXT REUNION: FALL 2002 Memphians Noble and Virginia Ocr. 20-21, 2000 Fred and Harriette Mathewes Bee- Withers Hicks celebrated their Hugh Guilbeau is a computer systems 50th wedding anniversary son received a medal for Advoca- consultant for the Federal Reserve last summer. cy of Southern Letters from the in San Francisco. For 10 years he Germantown (TN) Arts Alliance. worked for various software com- The Beesons are the owners of panies in France and Germany be- Burke's Book Store, the oldest in- fore returning to the States in 1994.

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GINNY TAYLOR DRASH IAN MANNING SAMPLE, DEBORAH LEGG PRESIDENT PRESIDENT SULLIVAN, GLORIA NEXT REUNION: NEXT REUNION: WHITE, lu FALL 2001 FALL 2003 Sc CO-PRESIDENTS Seattle artist Randy Hayes recently Stephen Patrick has been promot- NEXT REUNION: OCT. 20-21, 2000 exhibited his works in a two-per- ed to full professor at East Mark Taylor is the web master for son show at the Meyerson & Tennessee State University. He the city of Tucson. Nowinski gallery. was recently elected vice Brian Thompson is executive di- Anna Belle Whiting is a clerk of president/president-elect of the rector for the Museum of Ameri- the Conciliation Court of Pima Faculty Senate, becoming the first can Financial History in New County (AZ). librarian ever to hold that post. York City.

KRIS PRUITT, LARRY ANDERSON, STACY ABERNETHY, PRESIDENT PRESIDENT KATHLEEN WILLS NEXT REUNION: NEXT REUNION: R1 CHANDLER, FALL 2002 Ocr. 29-30,1999 CO-PRESIDENTS Connie Schorr Finch is a realtor Jean Isbell Oakley of Huntsville, NEXT REUNION: FALL 2001 with Realty South in AL, is co-director of Parent Initia- John and Cheryl Reaves Peeples Birmingham. tive, a Christian ministry seeking '83 live in Germantown, TN, to involve and empower parents where Cheryl serves as associate JANE BISHOP BRYSON, in their children's schools. minister at Farmington Presbyter- RON GIBSON, ian Church, and John is manager CO-PRESIDENTS CATHERINE DAILEY of information and

NEXT REUNION: BERGER, PRESIDENT administrative services at Legacy FALL 2003 NEXT REUNION: Wealth Management. Lee Giles, a research scientist with Ocr. 20-21, 2000 NEC Research Institute in Prince- Rob Barrow is a physician at West IM TAYLOR ton, NJ, coauthored a paper esti- Little Rock Wellness in Little PRESIDENT mating the size and search engine Rock, AR. NEXT REUNION: coverage of the World Wide Pate McCartney of Brentwood, FALL 2002 Web. His work was featured in TN, is the vice president of First Bill Watkins is a free-lance writer the November 1998 issue of Health Services Corporation. and producer in New York City. National Geographic. Anna Oiswanger's latest writings Marcelle Zarshenas is an Bill Smith is chairman/CEO of appear in a variety of attorney with David Sweeney in Competitve Advantage Solutions publications including online at Memphis. in Federal Way, WA. The Purple Crayon: A Children's Book Editor's Site. She is looking PERRY DEMENT, Rum ANN SADLER for copies of Ray Hill's syllabi PRESIDENT HANEY, PRESIDENT from his 1970s Creative Commu- NEXT REUNION: 7C NEXT REUNION: nication course. If you have a FALL 2003 Oct 20-21, 2000 copy, please contact her at Pam Murray was recently promot- John Mims is director of human [email protected] . ed to assistant professor at the resources at Franklin Pierce Col- University of Tennessee College lege in Rindge, NH. VICKERS DEMETRIO of Medicine, where she continues JOHNSON, PRESIDENT to work in the emergency medi- BETHA HUBBARD NEXT REUNION: cine department. GILL, LAURIANN FALL 2001 LINES HEISLER, Mary Anne Wildman is a physical AMY DOVILLE, TRACY /1 CO-PRESIDENTS therapist at St. Vincent Infirmary VEZINA PATTERSON, NEXT REUNION: FALL 2001 Medical Center in Little Rock. CO-PRESIDENTS Bill Short, Burrow Library coordi- She graduated from the Univesi- NEXT REUNION: nator of special services, was fea- ty of Central Arkansas last winter Ocr. 29-30, 1999 tured in an article in Memphis with a master's degree in physi- Chris Brumlow lives in Charlotte, Downtowner Magazine titled "Art cal therapy. NC, where he is a regional sales From the Heart." Short is an manager at HNC Software. award-winning set designer and Debbie Efird lives in Denver, prop coordinator in Memphis where she works as a theater. pediatrician with Kaiser

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Permanente. SEE MARRIAGES KATE ZEITLER VERGOS, JOHANNA VANDEGRIFT Lee French of Lake Bluff, IL, has PRESIDENT LEHFELDT, PRESIDENT been promoted to vice president NEXT REUNION: NEXT REUNION: and general manager of the spe- 3) 8 FALL 2003 9C Ocr. 20-21, 2000 cial retail division and business Tom Manning is an interactive pro- Alice Hendricks Arwood teaches development at Superior Coffee ducer for Liquid Medial-I Inc. in second grade in Charlotte, NC. in Bensenville, IL. Columbus, OH. SEE MARRIAGES. Neil Thorne is a technology con- Craig Gibson lives in Reno, NV, KAREN LARSON, sultant for several prepress, pub- where he is in his second year of BEV THOMAS lishing and advertising firms in a 3-year postdoctoal scholar posi- WILLIAMS , the Memphis area. tion at the University of Nevada- CO-PRESIDENTS Memphis pathologist Allen Reno. He teaches a class akin to NEXT REUNION: Ocr. 20-21, 2000 Wesche recently entered "Search" and is doing research Richard Banks, editor of Memphis practice with Pathology Group for a book. magazine, recently addressed a of the MidSouth and Trumbull Molly Bradley Jackson is the Rhodes student publications Laboratories. community relations coordinator workshop about "How To for Oasis Center in Nashville. Select Story Ideas for Non-Daily BOB COLEMAN, EILEEN Amy Lamb recently received her Publications." RUFFIN WOOD, J.D. from Washington University Ann Webb Betty is associate CO-PRESIDENTS School of Law in St. Louis. She membership director of the Green 89 NEXT REUNION: was selected to the Order of the Hills YMCA in Nashville, TN. Orr. 29-30, 1999 Coif for finishing in the top 10 Jim Hunter is vice president for Susan Griesse Dorling lives in percent of her class. She also re- institutional fixed income at Burlingame, CA, where she is a ceived the National Association Sterne, Agee and Leach Inc. in forecast analyst for Silicon of Women Lawyers' Outstanding Mobile. He also serves on the Graphics. She recently completed Law Graduate Award for acade- board of directors of the Rockford the M.B.A. at the University of mic achievement, professional (IL) Institute. SEE BIRTHS California at Berkeley. image and commitment to the Josh Sandifer is director of exec- Pediatrician Anne Marie Basar- advancement of women in soci- utive development for Gap Inc. rate Fitz has recently taken a job ety; as well as the Family Law in San Francisco. as a staff physician at Award for outstanding scholastic Children's Hospital Medical achievement in family law. AMY DONAHO HOWELL, Center in Cincinnati. Conrad Lehfeldt, a program PRESIDENT Jenny Busbee Hunt is director director for Memphis' Metropoli- NEXT REUNION: of physical therapy at Star Phys- tan Inter-Faith Association, was FALL 2001 ical Therapy at the Williamson featured in a column in the Com- Richard Preston, Decatur, GA, Medical Center in Franklin, TN. mercial Appeal this past fall. teaches social studies at Riverdale She lives in Nolensvile, TN. Scott McMahan is a project High School. He is also complet- SEE BIRTHS manager for Waltham Aircraft ing his master's degree and David Jones is an orthopedics Clock Corp. in Ozark, AL. He re- working on his six year degree in physician at the Sports Medicine ceived his master's degree in in- education and history at Center in Metairie, LA. ternational economics and Jacksonville State University. Peter Scott received his M.D. management from SDA Bocconi from the University of Tennessee, University in Milan, Italy in 1994. SAM BRIDEN, BRIAN Memphis last spring and is SEE MARRIAGES Mon., currently doing his residency in Steve Montgomery is doing a fel- CO-PRESIDENTS internal medicine in Essex lowship in forensic psychiatry in NEXT REUNION: Junction, VT. Rochester, NY. He finished his FALL 2002 Molly Moore Wagner works part- residency in psychiatry at the Jason Hood has been promoted to time as a research specialist at University of Alabama at general counsel and secretary at Ellis Fischel Cancer Center in Birmingham last summer. Wright Medical Technology Inc. Columbia, MO. She also is Robin Sharp is marketing coor- in Arlington, TX. self employed, working with dinator for PowerLogix in Mark Kazemba is an attorney the elderly. Austin, TX. with the Dallas law firm of Alissa Woodworth is a vice presi- Blalack & Williams. dent at NationsBank in Chicago.

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MARJORIE THIGPEN Episcopal Church. science from William and Mary. CARTER, PRESIDENT Tracey Rancifer has a new job as Britt Rodgers, Valdosta, GA, NEXT REUNION: vice president of public funds for works as a paginator for 91 FALL 2001 Chapman Capital Management South Georgia Strategic Mary Benton is a pediatrician at Inc. in Baltimore. She was Marketing Group. Memphis Children's Clinic in featured in the November issue Bryan Shelby is the in-house Germantown, TN. of Ebony magazine. counsel for Will Drill Resources Tom Dilworth was recently pro- Kathy Ray, St. Louis, works as a in Shreveport, LA. moted to vice president of opera- marketing analyst at a division of DeSha Tolar teaches English as tions for Berman and Company, a Emerson Electric. She received a second language for Migration research and communications her M.A. in international affairs and Refugee Services in Baton firm in Washington, DC. from Washington University Rouge, LA. SEE MARRIAGES. last spring. Jeff Wilson has left Andersen Mal Johnson is working at the Ashley Tierney is a property ac- Consulting to join a startup University of California at San counting manager for Proffitt's consulting firm, AnswerThink, Francisco's Center for AIDS Pre- Inc. in Jackson, MS. in Atlanta. vention Studies. He recently com- Liza Wilson attends graduate pleted his Ph.D. in clinical LYNN CRABB, school in foreign language educa- medical psychology. PRESIDENT tion at the University of Texas- Kristal Marlow recently moved NEXT REUNION: Austin. She also works in the to Reno, NV, where she is an as- 93 FALL 2003 French department of Holt, sistant U.S. attorney for the Dis- Katherine McCaa Baldwin, Rinehart and Winston, trict of Nevada. Baltimore, was recently promoted textbook publishers. Chris Schroeder, Carrollton, TX, to project manager for a national has been promoted to actuarial evaluation of fetal and infant manager at JC Penney Direct mortality review programs. NANCY TURNER, PRESIDENT Marketing Services Inc. Chandlee Bryan lives in New NEXT REUNION: Chris Steele is C.E.O. of Clock- London, NH, where she is a work Advertising Inc. in Atlanta. career counselor and adjunct fac- Ocr. 29-30. 1999 Judy Brown, Arlington, VA, is an ulty in math and computer associate at Chlopak, Leonard, SCOTT PEATROSS, sciences at Colby-Sawyer College. Schechter and Associates, a PRESIDENT She recently received her M.Ed. Washington, DC, public NEXT REUNION: from the University of Virginia. relations firm. FALL 2002 Memphis attorney Clay Cole is Samantha Burkett works as Wil and Mary Kay Freeland Cook with the Phillips, Howard and council manager for promoting '91 live in Cypress, TX. Wil is a Grubb law firm. health and healing at the United computer consultant with Amber Khan, Arlington, VA, Way of Middle Tennessee in Integration Services Inc. in Hous- works in Washington, DC, as di- Nashville. She holds her master's ton. SEE BIRTHS. rector of communicaitons for the degree in social work from the Jim Day is assistant chief finan- Interfaith Alliance. University of Tennessee, cial officer at Woodland Medical Caroline Knight is a Falcon Nashville. Center in Cullman, AL. He was service manager at First Data Jason Briggs Cormier is working formerly with Columbia Health- Corp. in Omaha, NE. toward his Ph.D. in theater at care Corp. in Nashville. Tammie Ritchey Matheny Ohio State University and editing Vince and JaDonTaylor Gardner received a master's degree in Theatre Studies, the department's live in Birmingham, where Vince Afro-American Studies from the academic journal. He earned his is a surgery resident at Baptist University of Wisconsin- M.F.A. in theater from the Health Systems and JaDon is a Madison. SEE MARRIAGES University of Memphis last year. sales representative for R&H De- Richard and Barbara Hall Miller Scott and Catie Wells Covode signs Inc. Vince graduated from '92 are living in Atlanta. Richard live in Norcross, GA. Scott, who the University of Southern Alaba- received his Ph.D. in has left active duty in the Air ma Medical School last spring. biochemistry from Emory in Oc- Force, is an environmental SEE MARRIAGES tober and continues to work at consultant with Tetra Tech EMI Allie Manzke is with Impaq Emory until Barbara receives and remains an Air Force reserve Sales in Dallas. her Ph.D. captain in the public affairs office Lisa Navarra has accepted a Renee Pardieck is working as a at Robins Air Force Base. Catie is new position in the Washington, data analyst at a computer a tutor and a cultural exchange DC, area as assistant for software company in Charleston, program representative. She is children's ministries at St. John's SC. She holds her Ph.D. in marine also studying at the Lilburn WINTER 1999 RHODES 27

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School of Ballet. CLYDE HENDERSON, Amy Oberheiman works for Sen. Scott Haines is an account exec- PRESIDENT Richard Lugar (R-IN) in utive at CJSD, a radio station in NEXT REUNION: Washington, DC. Thunder Bay, Ontario. Ocr. 20-21, 2000 Rose Okano lives in Japan Trey Hamilton and Caprice Kana Barker-Mabon, who teaches at where she is working for several Roberts recently moved to Cypress Junior High School in private schools, from Atlanta, where he is an associate Memphis, was nominated for the kindergarten to junior college. in the litigation department of the 1998 Sallie Mae New Teacher of Margaret Pettyjohn is regional Jones Day Reavis & Pogue law the Year as the representative manager/first vice president of firm, and she is a law clerk for from Memphis. NBC bank in Raleigh, NC. Judge Ronald Gilman, U.S. Court Sara Barnhart, Fayetteville, AR, Julie Wilkins Price has taken a of Appeals for the 6th Circuit. is a planning specialist with the position as project director for the Darin Hornsby is a service level Arkansas Department of Health. Nashville office of Martiz manager at Service Merchandise She holds her master's degree in Marketing Research. in Nasvhille. public health from the University David Ray is in the master's pro- Thomas and Gina Deluca Johnson of Alabama at Birmingham. gram in historic preservation at live in Orlando. Thomas is with Marcy Bryan is an attorney with the University of Georgia. the law firm of Lowndes, Wells, Moore, Simmons and Emelie Sims is working on her Drosdik, Doster, Kantor & Reed. Hubbard in Jackson, MS. master's in history education at Gina is a nurse practioner at a Jorge de Castro is an assistant the University of Illinois and is medical practice. vice president of international an instructor in the Department Rachael McCone is working in consulting at National Commerce of Speech Communication. the Career Development office at Bancorporation in Memphis. Jamie Sisk has begun studies at Hendrix College. Ann Stuart Eddings works as co- the Medical College of Georgia. Jamie McDaniel works at the ordinator of orientation and new Welch Suggs has taken a job as government sales desk in the student programs at Middle Ten- an associate editor at The Chroni- bond division of Warburg, nessee State University. She holds cle of Higher Education in Dillon, Read, a divison of Swiss- her M.A. from the University Washington, DC, where his Bank in Stamford, CT. of Alabama. primary focus is sports writing. Chad and Rachel Jones McGee Bobby Light is a law clerk in the He was formerly a writer and re- '91 live in McMinnville, TN. Office of Administrative Law search editor at the Sports Rachel teaches art in Rutherford Judges, U.S. Department of Business Journal in Charlotte, NC. County and Chad is working on Labor, in Newport News, VA. Julie Tomblin works at Caldwell a master's degree in education at Vaughan and Meg Rue Massie Snyder Gallery, a contemporary Tennessee Tech in Cookville. He live in Memphis. Vaughan is in European fine art gallery, in is currently student teaching 9th his third year of medical school San Francisco. grade English and junior high so- at the University of Tennessee, Allison Wannamaker graduated cial studies in Rutherford County Memphis, and Meg is sales man- from the Georgetown University Schools. SEE MARRIAGES ager at the Harold's store in Law Center last spring, and has Juli Milnor is director of corpo- Wolfchase Galleria. begun a two-year fellowship rate relations for R.E.A.C.H. in Julie Burford Mauser lives in In- working as a staff attorney for New York City. dianapolis, where she is an envi- the detention project of the Andrea Moseley received her ronmental scientist for the Catholic Legal Immigration Net- law degree from Washington & Indiana Department of work in Los Angeles. Lee University last spring. Transportation. She received her Chris Williams graduated in Alison McVoy Paul is director of master's in ecology from Purdue May from the Yale school of public relations for Woodward University in 1997. forestry and environmental Academy in College Park, GA. Air Force 1st Lt. Erik Moratzka, studies with a master's degree She is also a free-lance web editor Eielson Air Force Base, AK, was in forestry. for CNN Espanol. recently offered an opportunity Gretchen Wright is in her second Nancy Turner is a corporate in the communications career year at Tulane Medical School. finance associate for Columbia field. He is specializing in This past summer she spent a Energy Group in Herndon, VA. deployable satellite month touring the Western Unit- She received her M.B.A from the communiations for the new Air ed States with five of her University of Texas last spring. Expeditionary Force concept and classmates, volunteering at an In- will attend communications dian reservation and migrant school at Keesler Air ForceBase, worker clinics along the way. MS, from March-June. In May, he will be promoted to captain.

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SCOTT BROWN, Alexandria, VA. partment at Dyersburg High PRESIDENT Meredith Neer teaches and School, and Becca is interim pas- NEXT REUNION: coaches boys' soccer at Snowden tor at First Presbyterian Church 96 FALL 2001 Elementary School in Memphis. in Union City. Dan and Heather Wolak Alpe live Robert Renjel is a first-year law Sherry Lynn is a tax associate in Chicago. Dan has been student at Mercer University in with PriceWaterhouseCoopers promoted to senior accountant at Macon, GA. in Memphis. BHS Consulting. He is also com- Joanne Samaha is an FMS ana- Tilghman McFadden has joined pleting course work toward a lyst for a defense contracting firm Kelley McManus Smith & Associ- master of science degree in MIS in the Washington, DC, area. She ates, a Memphis financial at Loyola University and plans to also attends graduate school at plannning firm, as director of in- sit for the CPA exam in May. the Institute of Public Policy at vestments and planning. She is Heather is a corporate analyst in George Mason University. working toward her certified the mergers and acquistions Billie Ann Snodgrass is attending financial planner license at the group at Spencer Stuart and As- graduate school in library science College for Financial Planning. sociates. SEE MARRIAGES at the University of Kentucky. Mimi Nipper is an advent Natalie Bailey, Beltsville, MD, Michael Stoker has accepted a consultant with Morgan Keegan worked in the communications position as media director with & Co. Inc. in Memphis. department of the Jane Goodall Neotek Industries, a small David Norton is an analyst for Institute last summer. consulting group in Baton Univest Financial Services Brandi Barnes, Cartersville, GA, Rouge, LA. in Memphis. is now a staff writer/reporter for Chip Thomas is working for Chris Palazzolo is pursuing a the Cartersville Daily Tribune broadcast.com in Plano, TX. doctorate in political science at News. She formerly worked at Emory University, where he has Auburn University. CATHERINE CARTER been awarded a four-year fellow- Heather Hamby Bonnett recently PERRY, ALISON ship as a graduate assistant. graduated from the clinical mas- SANTILLO . Alizza Punzalan is the new direc- sage therapy program at the At- CO-PRESIDENTS tor of public relations for the lanta School of Massage. NEXT REUNION: FALL 2002 Memphis Symphony Orchestra. SEE MARRIAGES Amy Brown is living in London She also writes the "Around Mary Clare Younger Champion is and working in free-lance Town" column for Memphis Date- in the master's program in exper- journalism. line and is the accompanist for the imental psychology at the Neil and Courtney Poole Brunetz Germantown Community Chorus. University of Tennessee, '96 live in Hendersonville, TN. Scott Self is a first-year law Knoxville. SEE MARRIAGES Courtney is employed by the Ten- student at the University of Texas Navy Ensign John Chauvin nesse Secondary School Athletic School of Law. recently graduated from the Association in Nashville and Neil Jennifer Smith is a scientific fel- Navy's submarine officer basic is pursuing a law degree at the low at SIDDCO in Tucson. course where he learned about the University of Tennessee School of Tip Tucker is a sales agent for theory, construction and operation Law. SEE MARRIAGES. All In One Destinations in of nuclear-powered submarines. Lee Donald is a financial report- Nashville. Ned Crystal lives in Atlanta, ing accountant at Comfort Suzie Wells is with United where he is an account represen- Systems USA in Houston. Companies Financial Corp. in Ba- tative for WRI Sales Consultants, Jennifer Graves, Collinsville, IL, ton Rouge, LA. a recruiting firm specializing in is working as executive sales ad- Air Force 2nd Lt. Neils Whitley the sports industry. ministrator at Koss Audio and is stationed at Wright-Paterson Amy Dollarhide works as an ad- Video. She plans to return to Air Force Base in Dayton, OH. ministrative resident at Shore school in the fall to complete She is a financial manager in the Health System in Easton, MD. her M.B.A. propulsion system program office Lewis Feuquay is a businesss so- Jenny Hall is an elementary mu- and is responsible for financing lutions delivery analyst for sic teacher at Oak Elementary the F-15 engine. She plans to pur- Andersen Consulting in Atlanta. School in the Shelby County, TN, sue an M.B.A. with a SEE BIRTHS school system. concentration in marketing at the Allison Fones is working for the Jeff Lekarczyk is an analyst for University of Dayton. the Memphis Arts Festival, which Andersen Consulting in Dade produces the annual Arts in the City, FL. Park festival. Chris and Becca Patterson Luter Jeb Hoge is a technical writer live in Dyersburg, TN, where for ADI Technology Corp. in Chris is director of the drama de-

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DAMON NORCROSS, in Memphis. Colorado in computer science. MICHAEL FABER, Juhee Desai is a fixed income Chad Myers is a consultant with CO-PRESIDENTS analyst with Morgan Keegan Ernst & Young in Memphis. NEXT REUNION: in Memphis. Christina O'Relley attends med- FALL 2003 Courtney Elliott lives in ical school at the University of Mickey Babcock was recently Memphis, where she teaches 11th Tennessee, Memphis. named to the board of directors grade world history and govern- Sarah Petke is a graduate stu- of Bridges Inc. in Memphis. ment at St. Agnes Academy. dent at Washington University in Emily Bacque has accepted a job Laura Foster, who is with Teach St. Louis, studying cell biology. as a legislative assistant with Sen. for America, is teaching 10th and Erin Potter, Richmond, is work- John Breaux (D-LA) in his Wash- 11th grade English at Rabouin ing toward a dual degree-a ington, DC, office. High School in New Orleans. master of divinity and M.A. in Elizabeth Bokesch attends grad- Creswell Gardner is a commeri- art in Christian education at uate school at Bentley College in cal real estate associate for Equis Union-Presbyterian School of Brookline, MA. Corp. in New Orleans. Christian Education. Robert Brown attends law Michelle Gessler serves in the Katrina Schott is an analyst for school at the University of Jesuit Volunteer Corps, Andersen Consulting in Atlanta. Tennessee College of Law in Southwest in Sacramento, CA, as Elaine Scudder is the coordina- Knoxville. a program assistant at the tor of the executive M.B.A. Heather Caldwell is a second Women's Wisdom Project. program at the Fogelman College lieutenent in the U.S. Air Force. Laura Hardin is working as of Business and Economics at the Chirag Chauhan lives in director of youth ministries at University of Memphis. Memphis, where he is a Idlewild Presbyterian Church Stephanie Shackelford lives in registered representative of EQ in Memphis. Cordova, TN. She is a field rep- Financial Consultants Inc. Sam Jordan is teaching fourth resentative/ campaign Andrea Clark is enrolled in the grade in Washington, DC, in the consultant for the Tennessee M.B.A. program at the University Teach for America Program. Republican Party. of Memphis. Carey Kelley is a research Margaret Ann Taylor lives in Jenny Clayton is a research technician at the V.A. Medical Memphis, where she is an appli- assistant at the V.A. Medical Center in Memphis. cations instructor for New Hori- Center in Memphis. Allison Lasiter is in her first zons Computer Learning Center. Leslie Curry is a marketing year in the Nurse Practioner Ashley West is an advertising assistant for The Advisory Board, Bridge Program at Vanderbilt sales analyst at Launch Media in a Washington, DC, think tank. University. New York. Erin Davis is working as a David Mankin is attending grad- manger for Cats Music uate school at the University of FOR ram RECORD

'85 Kristy Young to Jim Aug. 29, 1998. 30, 1998. Marriages French, Nov. 8, 1997. '91 Rachel Jones to '92 Valerie Scott to '30 Margaret Beniman '90 Alice Hendricks to Chad McGee '94, Dec. Scott David Sowden, to Ben Lee Romine, John Arwood, June 20, 27, 1997, McMinnville, Aug. 1, 1998, Steamboat Aug. 20, 1998. 1998, Charlotte, NC. TN. Springs, CO. '71 Carol DeForest to '90 Megan Jones to '91 Christopher '92 Brian Ward to Kenneth Richard Neill, Steve Corlew, Oct. 10, Schroeder to Sally Ham- Bethany Suzanne Huff, Sept. 27, 1998, Memphis. 1998, New York City. mond, April 13, 1996. Feb. 22, 1997. '83 Katherine Klyce to '90 Scott McMahan to '92 Jennifer Hamlett to '93 Laura Benjamin to Robert Lussier, July 18, Sharon Michelle Chad Moore, July 18, Lew Wardlaw, Sept. 19, 1998. Crabtree, Oct. 10, 1998, 1998, Memphis. 1998. '84 Debbie Efird to Pe- Fairhope, AL. '93 Sara Blankenship ter Cvietusa, Oct. 4, '90 Erica Yoder to '92 West Hammond to to Tom Dilworth '91, Aug. 1997, Estes, CO. Miles Chapman, Aug. Carolyn Camorillo, Sep- 15, 1998, Rome, GA. '85 Martin Blakely to 15, 1998, New York. tember 1998. '93 Margaret Ferrell to Laura Johnetta Prather, '91 Shelly Griffen to '92 JaDon Taylor to Scott Michael Imorde, Sept. 5, 1998, Memphis. Christian Valiulis, Vince Gardner, May Aug. 8, 1998, Memphis.

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'93 Jason Hamilton to '98 Amanda Harkins Oct. 27, 1996. '89 Jim and Melissa Ashley Elizabeth Yarborough to Mark L '84 Barny and Alice Rizer, a son, Spencer Stooksbury, July 25, Booker, Aug. 22, 1998, Marie Clark Danks, a son, Clarke, July 19, 1998. 1998. Memphis. Joseph Clark, Aug. 10, '89 Dan and Eileen '93 Caryln Merz to 1998. Ruffin Wood, a son, Win- Monroe Rayburn '91, Births '84 Daniel and Suzan- ston Ruffin, Sept. 18, Sept. 12, 1998. nah Fisher Ragen, a 1998. '76 Leonard and Deb- '93 Tammie Ritchey to daughter, Rachael, April '90 Tony and Deborah Wes Matheny, Sept. 28, bie Ballard, a son, Matthew, June 27, 1998. 14, 1997. Holland Britten '88, a son, 1996. '85 Tom and Kathy Stephen Joseph, May 4, '78 Mike and '94 Stewart Crais to Barr, a son, Thomas An- 1998. Margaret Berton, twins, Michelle Rentmeester, derson, Aug. 24, 1998. '90 Stephen and Amy Oct. 17, 1998, Memphis. William Michael and Sarah Ellen, July 22, '85 Jim and Emily Baldwin Crockett, a son, '94 Beth Webster to 1998. Hunter, a daughter, Stephen Campbell, Oct. Max J. Blake Jr., July 18, Brooks Leslie, May 15, 18, 1998. '79 Bob and Ann 1998. 1998. '90 Matt and Ashley Burnside, a son, James '94 Tonya Vaughn to Ellis, Sept. 5, 1996. '86 Alexei and Carole Connell Davis '91, a son, Bartley Pickron, July 25, Glover Kuriatnikova, a Chaney Boyce, June 29, '81 Andy Noel and 1998. son, Alexander 1998. Katie Kennedy, a daugh- '95 Kimbrelle Barbosa Alexeievich, Aug. 17, '90 Greg and Lee to Michael Anthony ter, Rebecca Ann Noel, Nov. 7, 1998. 1998. Robin Heath, twin Suggs, Nov. 14, 1998, '86 Geordy and Kelly daughters, Emily Chris- '81 Hank and Teresa Memphis. Wells, a daughter, Geor- tine and Sarah Ann, Standard, twin sons, Sax- '95 Julia Keltner to on Henry and Cooper gianna Covington, April May 30, 1998. Michael Hughes '97, Nov. Rowe, July 30, 1998. 14, 1998. '90 Marvin and Nicole 7, 1998. '86 Tim and Debbie Spears, a son, Tyson '82 Kim Gibbons, a '96 Daniel Alpe to daughter, Elizabeth Mei Mannina Verlander, a McRae, Aug. 10, 1998. Heather Ann Wolak, daughter, Katherine '90 Al and Kassie Sept. 5, 1998, Chicago. Li, by adoption, Sept. 15, 1998. Birthdate: Dec. Elizabeth, June 24, 1998. Sprague Taylor, a son, Al- '96 Heather Hamby to '87 David Lusk and fred Braden, Sept. 5, Richard Thomas 13, 1997, Yichun Jiangxi, China. Carissa Hussong, a 1998. Bonnett, Nov. 28, 1998, daughter, Grayson '90 Mitchell and Jill '82 Bill and Nancy Atlanta. Lusk, Oct. 21, 1998. Parker Wells, a son, Hen- Gable Rolland, a '96 Courtney Poole to daughter, Hannah '87 Andy and Kim Mac- ley Rice, Jan. 6, 1998. Neil Brunetz '97, Aug. 15, Marie, Feb. 8, 1998. Queen '83, a daughter, '91 Steve and Mary 1998. Alison Leigh, Nov. 28, Gordon Walker Kerr, a '83 Rick and Nancy '96 Patrick Ricks to 1997. son, Harrison Welch, Rebecca Eileen May, Graham Barker, twin sons, Chase Riley and '88 Chris and Ashley Dec. 22, 1997. April 10, 1998. Brown, a daughter, '91 Mark and Tracy Younger Kyle Danic, Sept. 9, '96 Mary Clare 1998. Madelyn Turner, Sept. Ballard Lindow, a son, Ja- to Christopher John 5, 1998. cob Andrew, Aug. 28, '83 Dann Crawford Champion, July 18, '88 Kevin and Amy 1998. 1998, Nashville. and Janet Bigham, a daughter, Julia Cameron Rasch, a daughter, '91 Clark and Misty '97 Joanna Blankner to Crawford, Sept. 25, Sylvia Katherine, June 4, Wakeland Monroe, a Charles Schafer III '94, 1997. 1998. daughter, Kathryn Wal- June 6, 1998. '89 Jim and Kelley ton, July 27, 1998. '83 Ted and Angela '97 Katherine Gaits to Sanders Cannon, a son, '91 Bill and Laurene Sundberg Estes '82, a Donnie L. Christian, James Issac, Sept. 16, Gremillion Shamblin, a June 20, 1998, Memphis. son, Bishop Sundberg, June 11, 1998. 1998. daughter, Katherine '97 Katherine McQuis- '89 Eric and Alicia Lee, Aug. 7, 1998. '83 Arthur and ton to Stephen Carroll Henager, a son, Paul An- '92 Wil and Mary Kay Michelle Vick Fulmer, a Bush, Nov. 7, 1998, drew, Nov. 8, 1998. Freeland Cook '91, a Memphis. son, Arthur Hill, Aug. 20, 1998. '89 Paul and Lynn daughter, Katherine Mc- '97 Allison Ring to Tanzberger Hood, a son, Cabe, May 7, 1998. Shane Wear, July 18, Evan Peter, Oct. 22, '83 Oscar and Jennifer 1998, Birmingham. 1997. '92 McPhail and Jenny Ramos '84 , a son, Tyce '98 Jenny Gorman to Busbee Hunt '89, a Harrison, Sept. 19, 1997. '89 Rob and Kathryn Dave Speas '97, Aug. 8, King Lillard '90, a son, daughter, Olivia Cather- '83 Brian and Helen 1998, Columbus, OH. Mark Franklin, Sept. 8, ine, May 12, 1998. Russell, a son, Brent Lee, 1998. WINTER 1999 RHODES 31 FOR THE RECORD

'92 Steven and Coleman MS, Oct. 1, 1998. The tional, he was a member years. She served for Barton Johnson, a daugh- owner of Reynolds of Dilworth United two years as program ter, Porter Coleman, Insurance & Real Estate Methodist Church and a chairman in the Aug. 17, 1998. Agency, he was a World World War II veteran. Tennessee Baptist '92 Philip and Arden War II veteran, a The widower of Library Organization Towson Lindsey, a daugh- Mason, member of the Margaret Baker and and was a library orga- ter, Katherine Brooke, American Legion and Mae Killian Jordan Bak- nizer in various offices Aug. 3, 1998. past vice president of er, he leaves a son, a of the Shelby Baptist As- '92 Torben and the Starkville Chamber stepson, a sister and socation. Sharon Bridger Reichhardt, of Commece. He leaves four grandchildren. '38 Frederick L. a son, Jacob Nelson, two sisters and three '35 Dorothy Schoolfield Dickson Jr. of Slidell, LA, Aug. 14, 1998. brothers. Campbell of Memphis, and Memphis, Sept. 15, '92 Brian Ward and '29 Eleanor Beckham Oct. 15, 1998. She was a 1998. The owner of Bethany Suzanne Huff, Farquharson of Orlando, member of the Church Dickson Instrument Co., a daughter, Abigail FL, formerly of of the Holy Communion he served in the Navy in Louise Ward, March 31, Memphis, Nov. 28, 1998. and a founding member World War II and with 1998. She leaves a daughter. of St. Bartholomew the Army as an '93 Joe and Susan '32 Grace Rowland Episcopal Church in ordnance specialist The Long Castelli, a daughter, Rogers McAmis of Nashville. The widow widower of Mary Eliza- Margaret Ann, Sept. 9, Corinth, MS, Dec. 5, of Alfred Q. Campbell beth Blue Dickson, he 1998. 1998. Jr., she leaves a daugh- leaves his wife, Bonnie '93 Scott and Shelly '32 Martha Reynolds ter, two sons, seven Adair Dickson, four Van Sickle Ostrow, a daughter, So- of Huntington grandchildren and a step-children and two phie Frances, July 22, Beach, CA, January great-grandchild. sisters. 1997. 1998. She leaves her '35 Miriam Woods Dye '38 George B. '93 Rob and Claire husband, Donald M. of Chicago, formerly of Faulhaber of Cleveland Ratcliff, a son, Van Sickle, two daugh- Memphis, Dec. 6, 1998. Albuquerque, NM, Robert Theodore III, ters and a son. She was a charter mem- Nov. 18, 1997. Aug. 22, 1998. '33 Helen Cline ber of the East Memphis '42 Harry Winfield Arnold '93 Chris and Mered- Lowrance of Memphis, Exchangettes and a of Memphis, Nov. ith Slonecker, a Nov. 27, 1998. A former member of the 13, 1998. A retired man- daughter, Mary Grace, teacher and headmaster Tennessee Genealogical ager of Dyke Industries, May 11, 1998. at the Hutchison School, Society and the he served in the military '93 Joe and Jennifer she was a member of St. Commodore Perry in the South Pacific, re- McNair Woods, a daugh- John's United Methodist chapter of Daughters of ceiving three Battle ter, Hannah Catherine, Church. the American Stars. He was a member July 26, 1998. '34 Lillias Christie Han- Revolution. The widow of Grace-St. Luke's Epis- cock of Memphis, Sept. '96 Lewis and Nora of Kenneth P. Dye, she copal Church. The wid- 22, 1998. A retired med- Feuquay, a daughter, leaves a daughter. ower of Merry A. ical technologist at Madeline Jane, April 14, '35 Mary Fay O'Ryan of Arnold, he leaves a son. 1998. William F. Bowld hospi- Memphis, Nov. 8, 1998. '42 Robert Eugene tal, she taught Sunday A communicant of St. Cogswell of Charlotte, school at Whitten Anne Catholic Church, NC, Nov. 28, 1998. A re- Obituaries Memorial Baptist she leaves a daughter, tired Presbyterian min- '24 Iola Gracey Smith Church. The first female three sons, a brother ister and noted church Case of Winter Park, FL, to graduate from and eight historian, he received an June 26, 1998. She leaves Rhodes with a double grandchildren. honorary degree from two daughters. major in chemistry and '37 Anita Bruce of Rhodes in 1966. He '25 Roy Edward Watts biology, she leaves four Memphis, Aug. 6, 1998. leaves his wife, of High Point, NC, Oct. daughters, two sons, a A retired teacher, she Maragaret Griffin 6, 1998. A retired sister, a brother, 12 was a member of Belle- Cogswell; a daughter, Presbyterian minister, grandchildren and 12 vue Baptist Church, Kathleen Cogswell received an honorary great-grandchildren. where she served as a House '69; a son; a degree from Rhodes in '35 Herman Baker of Sunday school teacher, brother, James A. 1948. He leaves his wife Charlotte, NC, formerly training union leader, Cogswell '42; two of 67 years, Margaret of Memphis, Aug. 8, director in the interme- sisters; and two grand- Watts. 1998. A retired district diate and junior depart- children. manager for Best Foods '28 Hayden Hamilton • ments, and was church Reynolds of Starkville, division of CPC Interna- librarian for almost 40

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440 of 'Purity— and "An Appeal for future may be in doubt. em Controversy of 1931 opens a More Real Religion," a battle Fortunately, the road ahead window on the perennial ten- raged for possession of the col- can be illuminated considerably sions that have animated the lege's soul. While the by a review of the "Diehl Affair" Rhodes tradition—tensions that Southwestern Controversy of and the momentous decisions it may have to be renegotiated in 1931 was short-lived, it affected precipitated. For the Southwest- the future. the character of the college more than any event before or since. On one side in the controversy were Southwestern Vice President W. S. Lacy and a group of Presbyterian ministers who were convinced that the college was flirting with modernism and secularism under the leadership of President Charles E. Diehl. On the other side were Diehl and those who endorsed his philosophy of education, including the Board of Trust and most of the faculty. In a pamphlet titled "Southwestern at the Cross- Roads," Vice President Lacy warned that Diehl was leading the college down the path previously taken by Harvard, Yale and Vanderbilt—once Christian institutions that had laid their religious identities at the altar of worldly respectability. Would Southwestern follow these schools down the broad path, Lacy asked, or choose the road less traveled and become "what its founders intended—a Real Presbyterian Institution"? Nearly 70 years later, does Rhodes stand at another crossroads? Some believe it can chart a steady course toward academic rof. Steve Haynes came to Rhodes in 1989 from the excellence and national recogni- Graduate Institute of Liberal Arts at Emory University. tion, or turn instead toward As a member of the Religious Studies Department, he explicit religious identity and the teaches courses dealing with the Bible, Religion and cultivation of values. Some, who p Literature, Religion and Racism and the Holocaust. view these paths as one and the In 1995 he received a grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. of same, fail to perceive any fork Indianapolis to launch "The Rhodes Consultation on the Future of looming in the road ahead. These the Church-Related College," a national program involving junior very different perspectives on the teacher-scholars at religiously-affiliated institutions. In 1997 the college's future indicate that as Rhodes Consultation was re-funded by the Lilly Endowment and Rhodes inaugurates a fourth half- now includes faculty from more than 50 colleges and universities. century, prepares for the admin- Haynes has been chair of the Rhodes Religious Studies istration of a new president and Department since 1996, and serves on the college's Committe on enters the third millennium, the Christian Commitment and Church Relationship. continuity between past and

34 RHODES WINTER 1999 Regionalism vs. cation" stemming from Germany world" (an early 1990s revision Nationalism was flawed, he argued, because it of "in the nation"), and in a severed training for the state renewed emphasis on study Among the elements that from religious instruction. Diehl abroad. Will the burgeoning have characterized the develop- contended that in order to international element in the ing Rhodes tradition is a tension rebuild the world, American edu- Rhodes tradition displace the between Southern sectionalism cation would have to be infused national impulse in the same and American nationalism. The with "directly moral and spiritual way it once displaced the college's Southern character was instruction of the young." Thus regional? Because this question strikingly evident during its Diehl envisioned SPU as an insti- has profound implications for days in Clarksville (1848- tution simultaneously Christian the college's character, the costs 1925)—in the founding of and American. As a denomina- and benefits of regional, national Stewart College in an era of tional college, it would stand on and international loyalties ought increasing sectional strife, in the the "platform of liberal education to be carefully considered by the Confederate partisanship of the in the sciences, letters and arts, campus community. college's faculty and students carried on in an atmosphere per- before and during the Civil meated with the Christian spirit." Conservative War, in its reorganization dur- As an American college, it would ing Reconstruction as enshrine democratic values and Protestantism vs. Southwestern Presbyterian cast its fate with America's des- Liberal University (SPU) and in the tiny in the world. identity of the Southern patriots Under Diehl's leadership Protestantism who were called to lead the (1917-1949), Southwestern would For most of the college's his- institution during its first half- never lose sight of its role in the tory, tension between conserva- century. The college's regional task of nation-building. Symbolic tive and liberal Protestantism has ethos persists to this day, of of this role are Diehl's plan to fueled competing visions of the course; but since World War I it rename Southwestern after institution and its mission. The has existed in tension with a Woodrow Wilson, and his invita- conservative impulse was closely distinct nationalist trend. tion of the Army Specialized allied with the regionalism that This trend emerged when Training Program to campus in dominated the Rhodes tradition Charles Diehl assumed the col- 1943. The nationalist element in in the 19th century, since one of lege presidency in 1917. In the the Rhodes tradition is also the things Southern Presbyterians wake of America's involvement reflected in the origins of the wished to conserve was the in world war, Diehl promptly Man/Search course (launched in Southern way of life. But with the closed the SPU Divinity School the immediate aftermath of emergence of Diehl's broader (established in 1885), initiated a World War II), and in the national outlook, the college new course in engineering and Bellingrath-Morse Trust of 1950, began increasingly to describe announced that the college which justifies compulsory Bible itself as "nonsectarian." would place special emphasis on education by asserting that the For a while, the adjectives the sciences. Diehl also imple- Scriptures contain the "root prin- "evangelical" and "nonsectarian" mented compulsory military ciple of democracy." appeared together in official col- drilling for male students, The sectional impulse that lege documents. But in the after- secured a unit of the Student's dominated the college's life in math of the Diehl Affair of 1931, Army Training Corps and the 19th century was largely Southwestern would become applied to host reserve officer eclipsed in the 20th by Diehl's unmistakably aligned with the training on campus. In all these nationalist spirit. The past two liberal wing of American ways, the college sought to decades, however, have seen the Protestantism. In fact, the make a "strong appeal to all emergence of an international Southwestern Controversy was in patriotic and forward-looking ideal which threatens to replace many ways a local replay of the young men." both. This new internationalism fundamentalist-modernist contro- In his inaugural address of is exhibited in college watch- versy that had split American 1918, Diehl articulated his vision words such as "globalization," in Presbyterianism during the for SPU in the postwar world. the desire that Rhodes become 1920s. Diehl's opponents sub- The "scientific secularism in edu- one of the best colleges "in the scribed to the five "fundamen-

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tals" (biblical infallibility, Christ's virgin birth, substitutionary atonement, Jesus' resurrection and the authenticity of biblical miracles) which they believed should be affirmed by all candidates for the church's ministry. Modernists such as Diehl, on the other hand, endorsed the "Auburn Affirmation" of 1924 and its denial that these doctrinal fundamentals were necessary for ordination or orthodoxy. Not surprisingly, Diehl's modernism was expressed not only in his theology and view of the Bible, but in the language he employed to describe Southwestern's religious character. He was particularly fond of phrases such as "the development of religion," "the spirit of Christianity" and the "Personality of Christ," all of which are saturated with the ethos of liberal Protestantism. Although the Southwestern Board of Trust was compelled to respond to Diehl's critics, it was loath to become mired in ecclesiastical politics. Thus it unequivocally endorsed Diehl's educational vision, while precluding judgment on the theological issues that had sparked the controversy. "The battle today," they wrote, "is not a struggle in the eddies, but a mighty conflict in midstream. It does not have to do with the petty differences of sects, but with the life of religion itself. It is a war between atheism and materialism on the one hand and religion on the other. Civilization itself is at stake." In other words, the Board warned, if Southwestern allowed itself to be entan- gled in petty doctrinal disputes, it would eventually become submerged in a cultural backwater and bypassed by the tide of national destiny. Thus, while Southwestern's trustees did not directly affirm modernist theology, they did endorse Diehl's modernist vision of Southwestern as an institution called not to the preservation of orthodoxy, but to civilization-building in the service of American culture.

The Williams Prayer Room in Voorhies Chapel All photography by Trey Clark 89

36 RHODES WINTER 1999 Genuineness vs. stated what essentially had been Palmer insisted that the church's Excellence the college's policy for the pre- control of SPU be exercised indi- ceding century: All candidates for rectly through a board of direc- President Diehl and those who a bachelor's degree must com- tors appointed by supporting supported him assumed that a plete four courses in Bible or the- synods (regional bodies of the Presbyterian institution would by ology. Two years later, however, Presbyterian Church). This its very nature assume a position the catalogue listed "Religion" as model of governance, designed in the mainstream of American one of six areas in the humanities to protect the college from the culture. This assumption was from which students were free to winds of ecclesiastical war, manifest in Diehl's description of choose any four courses. ensured a relatively loose rela- Southwestern as "a Christian col- This curricular adjustment tionship between the college and lege, a standard college of higher meant that for the first time in a the Presbyterian Church. education." It was also evinced century students could, if they But not all Presbyterians have by the terms "genuineness and wished, graduate from appreciated Palmer's legacy in excellence," those Diehl watch- Southwestern without complet- this regard. In fact, the Diehl words which embodied his con- ing a single course in Bible. The Affair of 1931 should be seen as a viction that Southwestern could move was justifiable inasmuch as bid by conservatives in the remain true to itself while being it brought Southwestern into step church to gain more direct con- judged excellent by the most pro- with the dozens of liberal arts trol of Southwestern. In addition gressive national standards. institutions, also in pursuit of to "rationalism and worldliness," In the Rhodes tradition, how- excellence, that had recently jetti- W. S. Lacy and his allies dis- ever, genuineness and excellence soned their religion require- cerned in Charles Diehl's admin- have quite often existed in ten- ments. And there is little doubt istration a disturbing trend sion. In order to ensure recogni- that this change would have been toward independence. Ironically, tion as a first-rate institution, it permanent had it not resulted in their campaign to oust Diehl had has been necessary periodically Southwestern being judged out the effect of accelerating this to conform to the shifting land- of compliance with the trend. Since the 1920s, the college scape of American higher educa- Bellingrath-Morse Trust. By the charter has been revised several tion. And the conformity end of the 1970s, the considerable times, with each revision provid- demanded by the pursuit of financial benefits associated with ing for more local support, excellence has not always been the trust brought a return to the increased alumni representation congenial to the preservation of college's tradition of requiring a and greater access to personal genuineness. Particularly since two-year "sound and comprehen- and corporate wealth. When the the 1950s, changes in academic sive course in the Holy Bible." board became fully self-perpetu- culture have threatened the very Under the promise of perpetual ating in 1993, this was only the assumption on which Diehl's funding, the distinctive genuine- culmination of a long movement educational vision for ness of the Southwestern curricu- away from denominational gov- Southwestern was based: that a lum could be restored, even if ernance, indirect or otherwise. denominational institution could other excellent institutions were Over the past 30 years, a also be a "standard college of the moving in another direction. steady decrease in financial sup- liberal arts." port from the church—one result The tension between excel- of a decline among mainline lence and genuineness became Church Affiliation Protestant denominations gener- palpable at Southwestern in the vs. Independence ally—has revealed the wisdom of late 1960s, when it became clear Persistent strain between the college independence.* Between that one would have to be pur- forces of church-relatedness and 1930 and the early 1970s, the chased at the expense of the independence is another peren- church's contributions to other. The discontinuation of nial tension in the Rhodes tradi- mandatory chapel was one casu- tion. This tension is in large part * This information was gathered alty of the college's quest to the legacy of Benjamin M. during the Summer of 1998 by my remain a standard college of the Palmer, the New Orleans clergy- student assistant Greg Sims '99, liberal arts. Another was the man who was a central figure in who consulted documents in the school's Bible requirement. The the organization of Southwestern Rhodes College Archives. Numbers 1968-69 Southwestern catalogue Presbyterian University in 1875. have not been adjusted for inflation.

WINTER 1999 RHODES 37 •40. Southwestern through the sup- offered a reminder of the way (a colorful reference to higher porting synods consistently were some students perceive this ten- criticism of the Bible). between $100,000 and $160,000. sion today. Describing the intro- Conservative Presbyterians were By the mid-1980s, however, ductory "Life" course as a daily particularly troubled by Professor church support had fallen to "challenge of faith" that privileges of Bible Albert P. Kelso, who below $50,000 per annum. When "academic context and ideology pointed out discrepancies in the Presbyterian benevolences are over the cornerstone of heartfelt Gospels. In an effort to present considered as a percentage of the faith," the editorial implied that "both sides" of religious issues, college's operating budget, the this uneasy relationship between Kelso's opponents charged, he decline in church support is more Christian confession and academic made "the Modernistic side dramatic. Church contributions criticism was out of place at a entirely too attractive." peaked at about 22% of the church-related college. But this President Diehl, however, did annual college budget in 1953, view ignores the history of reli- not debate the nature of the Bible but steadily dropped to below gious education at Rhodes, which or the pedagogical strategies used 10% by the end of that decade. By reveals that the college's Bible by his professors. For him, the real 1968, denominational giving had requirement has never functioned issue was the kind of institution dropped to below 5% of the col- as a Sunday school away from Southwestern aspired to be. lege's operating budget, and in home. Echoing the words of liberal con- 1984—the same year the college The reality is that the courses temporaries such as John Dewey, changed its name and announced which comprise this requirement Diehl pronounced that its intention of being one of the have changed little during this Southwestern would never be an best liberal arts colleges in the century. Southwestern offered "institute for propaganda." One nation—that percentage dipped "History of Religion" in the 1920s, result of Diehl's firm stance is the below 1%, seemingly for good. "Psychology of Religion" and fruitful tension between confession Today, without governance or "Christianity and Social Problems" and criticism that remains a hall- real financial support from the in the 1930s and "Comparative mark of the Rhodes tradition. Presbyterian Church (USA), Religion" in the 1940s. These Rhodes is more independent than courses forced students to struggle Commitment vs. ever. Whether one applauds or with difficult, faith-challenging laments this situation, it must be questions, such as "What light Diversity acknowledged that Rhodes' inde- have ancient history and archaeol- One dimension of the Rhodes pendence has made its religious ogy shed on the Book of Genesis?" tradition that will have to be identity difficult to define. When "What effect have the life and managed in the years ahead is the the Presbyterian Church was teachings of Jesus had on the posi- tension between community and paying at least some of the bills tion of women?" and "If someone diversity. While the tension is and was appointing or approving complained to you that he could real, its dynamics are obscured by board members, the religious not believe the Bible as a guide to the widespread notion that, as a character of the college remained life because it said that the world church-related college, Rhodes fairly predictable. In the absence was created in six days, how must eschew diversity. But a cur- of any meaningful church role in would you answer?" These ques- sory review of college history governance or support of the col- tions—excerpted from final exam- reveals this to be a misconception. lege, however, Rhodes' identity is inations given at the college Even during the "sectarian" days open as never before to other reli- during the 1940-41 academic of the 19th century, Southwestern gious influences. year—touch on the very issues Presbyterian University wel- that animate the teaching of reli- comed students of all denomina- Confession vs. gion at Rhodes today. tions. In the 1930s, Charles Diehl's Of course, critical approaches detractors complained that fewer Criticism to the study of religion are almost than half of the college's full pro- Another perennial tension in guaranteed to provoke resistance. fessors were Presbyterians (a the Rhodes tradition has been During the Diehl Affair, the pres- smaller proportion, they noted, fueled by the uneasy relationship ident and his professors were than existed at many non- between confession and criticism. labeled dangerous men who were Presbyterian schools). In 1954, the A recent editorial in The Sou'wester infected by "the blighting Southern Presbyterian Church (Rhodes' student newspaper) Rationalism of Central Europe" encouraged its colleges to pursue

38 RHODES WINTER 1999 racial integration, though The Future in Our denomination. As Rhodes faces Southwestern did not open its Past the future, these remain its only doors to African American stu- viable directions. Thus, the dents until a decade later. In 1931, Charles Diehl's oppo- board's judgment in the Diehl Today, while Rhodes' lack of nents precipitated a fundamental Affair—that "Southwestern can- diversity remains a concern in decision about the kind of insti- not turn backwards"—remains many areas, it is unfair to blame tution Southwestern would be. salient today. the Presbyterian Church. When college and church united Gone are the days of pam- Remarkably, the only official col- to defend Diehl and his educa- phlet wars and heresy trials. lege document that treats racial tional vision from the attacks of Yet, if history is any indication, diversity as an imperative is the conservative Presbyterians, they the battle over Charles Diehl's school's covenant with the permanently aligned the institu- vision for Southwestern will Presbyterian Synod of Living tion with the liberal, modernist quietly continue. For it is likely Waters, which obligates Rhodes wing of American Protestantism. that a vocal minority of stu- "to work toward the effective This decision did not guaran- dents, parents and alumni will recruitment of racial ethnic per- tee that the college would for- always find Rhodes "too liberal" sons at every level of the college's ever retain its church affiliation, or insufficiently "Christian." life." Thus, the question raised by or that it would survive at all. When such complaints are Rhodes' church affiliation is not But it did ensure that heard, those responsible for rais- whether the college can seek Southwestern would never be a ing funds and building trust on increased diversity without seminary, a Bible institute, or a behalf of the institution can diminishing its church-related "Christian college" in the evan- derive courage from those who character, but whether it can gelical mold. If it survived, the stood firm when the college was retain this character if it ignores its college would do so either as a indeed at a crossroads.13 covenantal obligation to recruit secular institution or a school "racial ethnic persons at every affiliated with, though not con- level of the college's life." trolled by, a mainline Protestant

and I find it to be to this day—a Jewish student, and then as just a Alumni Voices culture of tremendous respect for human being! SCOTT OSTROW '98 the individual person. I always I came to Rhodes with a per- felt respected by the faculty as a sonal sense of being without Memphis student, which I cannot say of roots, and had decided I didn't Director of College Services my experience as a student at care about tradition. Rhodes is for the Memphis Jewish other schools. steeped in tradition, and by the Federation; I have always felt an overrid- end of my fourth year I couldn't Law Student. ing sense of a value-laden envi- wait to go to graduation because English Major ronment at Rhodes. Values are of the tradition of graduation. not just important, but they're The traditional aspect has funda- I found the Rhodes environ- "O.K." I find that at a lot of uni- mentally altered a lot of things in ment very, very open and com- versities there is the opposite my life, even right now. That's fortable for me as a student. I pressure. If you're an involved got to be church-related. know that might sound strange Jew, values and morality are coming from a Jew. I spent a lot incredibly important features of ANDY ROBINSON '89, of time on 13 campuses in your life. At Rhodes, while the Philadelphia recently in the same message clearly was tolerance of New York capacity as I serve now in one another, I also got the sense Middle School Teacher Memphis. And there is some- that there are some abiding val- English/Religious Studies thing unique at Rhodes. Maybe ues as human beings that we Major it's the culture, I'm not sure; but I should share. And I think that's do believe it is related to the the key to what made it such a My professors at Rhodes— church. I found Rhodes to be— great environment for me as a especially those in the religious

WINTER 1999 RHODES 39 studies department—introduced me. I know that my current riences enabled me to talk about me to ideas that would change work as a middle school human- ideas and sometimes say, yes— my direction in life. Some ities teacher is an attempt to that makes more sense than helped me to recognize the emulate my Rhodes professors what I previously thought. biases of racism, sexism, clas- and replicate the experience I do think the whole atmos- sism and homophobia that were they gave me. Whether my phere on that campus was one inherent in the systems of our classroom is full of kids from of tolerance. That's something society. From others I heard inner-city housing projects or you have to learn, because intol- philosophical arguments that all privileged students from SoHo, I erance comes from fear, and people are entitled to basic try to engender a classroom you have to be shown that rights simply because of their where they can learn the values there's nothing to fear in other humanity: the right to decent of inclusivity and justice people's lifestyles and faiths, housing, the right to enough through hands-on experience of that you can believe what you food to live, the right to self- the world. believe without insulting some- determination and the freedom one else, or without condemn- to live without oppression. In ANN BARR WEEMS '56 ing. I think that was taught on my classes and from these men- the Rhodes campus. tor-teachers, I learned about a St. Louis Author and Poet kind of community defined by ART ROLLINS '81 inclusivity and justice, where English Major the voices of those who were When I think about Rhodes, I Atlanta marginalized might be heard. think about an atmosphere with Investment Specialist, Rhodes also gave me an open arms. I was brought up in Merrill Lynch opportunity to put my new a home where they emphasized Business Administration awareness into action. I found the Christian faith. My father Major an outlet to make an impact in was a Presbyterian minister, but both the local community— all of us were encouraged to Having gone to an Episcopal volunteering in the Kinney make up our own minds, and I high school, I already under- Program or helping to build a didn't want to go to a school stood the workings of a religious- Habitat house—and out in the that would hamper that. And, oriented school. But one of the global community by venturing indeed, I didn't. things that stood out about to Mexico on spring break to I think one of the best things Rhodes from the beginning was help a community in need. about our faith is that it sets the aesthetic beauty of the cam- The idea that learning is most us free, and Rhodes was such a pus—almost a temple itself. It valuable when it inspires action freeing place. I could say what seems to me the campus was an is what liberation theology calls I believed and the professors uplifting display of the religious a hermeneutical circle. You took me seriously, engaged me beliefs of the college. learn, you do something that in conversation. That was excit- When I was recently talking to puts your learning into action, ing, because at home my parents a Rhodes parent about the Search then you reflect on that action engaged me in this sort of course, I found myself looking and start again. conversation at the dinner table back at the experience of studying For graduate studies I every night. philosophy and history in those enrolled at Union Theological It was almost as though I courses. I could appreciate what it Seminary in New York City. My went from a smaller family to a was to learn to be flexible in my academic time was spent in class larger family with lots of parents thinking. I think the importance with professors of liberation the- and siblings, all with different of a liberal education we received ology whose books I had read in ideas. I never felt intimidated; I is the exposure to many different my Rhodes religion classes. At don't think I changed my basic views as they relate to one central the same time, I was also contin- core of faith, but I learned a lot theme. And this parent's son, uing my learning "in the world" about it, and I do think it was who plans to study medicine, had by working in a homeless out- reinforced. I learned how to read had the same impressions. reach program at a small things that might challenge my My religion has been a guid- church. Even now, the impact of basic beliefs without being ing light in my life, and there's my Rhodes experience is clear to upset. In later years those expe- no question that it matured at

40 RHODES WINTER 1999 So. Rhodes. The social life definitely Today, I love picking up the that the life of questioning and (I played a big part the first two newspaper and reading that hope) deep reflection are of a years. Then I came back to cen- Rhodes students are working in piece with my life as a Christian. ter the last two years, and as I soup kitchens on Thanksgiving That trust is the fundamental rea- matured and grew at college, and Christmas, giving up their son that I am committed to teach- my religious beliefs expanded free time to help somebody less ing philosophy at church-related dramatically. I think the essence fortunate. Service work is still liberal arts colleges. of Rhodes is all about the in evidence on the campus, unselfish giving of oneself to which is good, but it is lacking JENNIFER others. I felt it then, and I try to at many other institutions of practice it today, and teach it to higher learning. CARTWRIGHT '98 my children. Teacher, Earle, AR PEG FALLS-CORBITT English Major JOYCE BROFFYIT 177 '75 I decided to teach in Earle, my Memphis Associate Professor of hometown, this year. Many peo- Judge, General Sessions Philosophy, Hendrix College ple are under the misconception Criminal Court Philosophy Major that Earle is a small, white farm Psychology Major town. It is small, but it is also I very self-consciously chose predominantly African- I think the church-relatedness to attend a college related to the American. It is also poverty- at Rhodes showed in the way Presbyterian Church. I expected stricken. I am the only student people treated each other. While it to be a place where religious out of my high school graduating I was there, everybody really and ethical questions would be class who graduated from col- seemed to believe in a higher valued as key elements of the lege, and I am one of three girls force. I think that most people educated life. I expected to be who does not have a child. After who have Christian beliefs or guided in the asking of these finding that out, I began to won- faiths—not only Presbyterian— questions by professors who der if I wasn't needed here. tend to treat people a little themselves sought to construct I know that my education at bit better. lives of intellectual integrity, Rhodes has prepared me to give Man in the Light of History faith and service. I think I these students a better than and Religion, now the Search expected these things because, decent background in English— Course, was probably the most growing up in a Presbyterian certainly better than what valuable course I took because it family and church, I had found they're getting now. I may be really taught you how to think. religion and serious questions making the wrong decision, and It also challenged your prior about life and the world to be I have the sense to know to get beliefs, and nurtured them in a encouraged. out of teaching if I'm not being lot of cases, too. We were taught No doubt these expectations effective. A lot of these students to think for ourselves. That's directed my choice of classes and want to learn, but they've had why I'm not a literal Bible professors, but I did, in any very few people to spend the reader any more. event, find Rhodes to be the time with them. I at least feel When my brother Sam, who place I expected. Particular that I should try. was two years ahead of me, and tenets of my faith were deeply My experience with service at I were at Rhodes, the college was questioned; the implications of Rhodes taught me that I shouldn't very much like a family. In the naively held ethical and religious be so quick to look out for only '70s, everybody seemed to love positions were fleshed out. And myself. This certainly isn't the everybody else. We were encour- the entire process was anchored best situation, but I feel that I aged to do things together and to in a confidence—allowed by, may be able to do some good take the best part of every piece even encouraged by, the profes- here. All of these factors, com- of diversity and incorporate it sors I respected—that this ques- bined with the fact that two for- into our own lives. I was very tioning was a path to living my mer schoolmates were killed in a pleased. I learned to appreciate faith more fully. period of two months over diversity at Rhodes more than In life since Rhodes, I have drugs, make me feel that I'm anywhere else continued this path of trusting supposed to be here. 13

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Mel Hokanson Richey —A Dean For All Students By Andrew Shulman '00 interned for Arizona Congress- Richey loves this part of her role RHODES Staff Writer man Morris 'Mo' Udall in Wash- as dean of students. ington, DC. He is my hero," "It's rewarding to know that "Dean Richey?" Richey said. After college she you can be there to provide "Call me Mel." worked on Capitol Hill for a sen- insight or just be someone who This is the typical response ator, and then for the Association listens," says Richey. that most students get when they of American Universities. From experience, this is proba- wander into Dean of Student The allure of education and bly one of the best ways to Affairs Melody (Mel) Hokanson educational issues led her to the describe Mel. She is never afraid Richey's office in Palmer Hall. University of South Carolina, to speak her mind, yet treats Richey has been at your opinion with Rhodes since 1994, the highest respect. first serving as associ- Mel has this mon- ate dean. Within her strous couch in her first semester she was office on which she named to the top post. invites you to sit— A favorite administra- there is no dean sit- tor among students, ting behind a desk Richey is one of the trying to intimidate most accessible people you. Rather, she sits on campus—all you in a chair beside need to do is e-mail you. It's a small act, her and you get on but it makes you feel her calendar. Walk so much more com- into her office with a fortable in express- problem and she ing your thoughts. immediately gets off Mel's life revolves the phone and makes around student you her No. 1 priority. affairs work—liter- Mel is a native Ari- ally. She is married zonan. The town of to Warren (Bud) Sedona was named for Richey, a former her great-grand- associate dean of mother. She was born students at into a family of educa- Louisiana State tors on an Indian reservation in where she received her master's University, now a student affairs Winslow. Her father was a high degree in education. administrator at the University school music teacher and chair of She was always appreciative of Memphis. the Fine Arts Department. Her of the student affairs department "It's wonderful to have some- mother and grandfather were also at Arizona. one who understands the chal- schoolteachers, so it's no surprise "They got to know you and lenges, frustrations and triumphs that Richey went into education. became a critical part of a you experience in student affairs Nor should it be surprising that student's development," she work," she says. "Many of our the Rhodes dean and her two sis- says. While students experience daily conversations revolve ters were given musical names— incredible transition during their around student life and campus Melody, Celeste and Lyric. college years and adapt to inde- culture. Through our discussions, Richey attended the University pendence from their parents, I continue to learn more about of Arizona, where she received a they know that the Student my work and myself. He's not B.S. in public administration. Affairs office is a place where afraid to challenge decisions that "During my senior year, I they can seek assistance. Mel I make in my daily work."

42 RHODES WINTER 1999 As a feminist, Mel admits ing the afternoons for students, you turn on the heat?" and "Don't that it's odd that all of her men- because often that is the only we have any air conditioning?" tors in higher education and time that they have available to "To the student, these are criti- student affairs have been men. see me," she says. She is adviser cal issues and each year we re- But she points out that all of to the Social Regulations Com- educate them about the length of them had personal lives with mission and Rhodes Student time it takes to make the seasonal families and children. Government. Through those changes in our mechanical sys- "Even 15 years ago the major- organizations she gets to feel the tems from cooling to heating and ity of female deans of students pulse of the student body. In vice versa," she says. "Being in a were not married. Much of my addition, Campus Safety, Resi- city like Memphis where the research in graduate school dence Life, Athletics, Multicul- weather is hard to predict doesn't focused on the topic of deans of tural Affairs, Student Activities, help. And being a residential col- women. These women made Career Services, Counseling, lege, we will always deal with teaching and working with stu- Health Services, Community Ser- landlord complaints." But no dents their lives. But this wasn't vice Programs and the Chaplain's matter how frivolous a complaint the case with the deans of men. I Office are all under her auspices. may be, Richey treats each one looked around at all the men I After the dinner hour, you can seriously because student con- worked with and convinced often find Richey in her office cerns are important to her. myself that if they could find doing paperwork or at one meet- "Probably once a week or so time for families, so could I." ing or another with students. there is a surprise on my sched- Since her marriage, Richey Going home (she lives about a ule. Sometimes it is a fun sur- says that a lot of people find the mile from campus), she falls prise, and sometimes not. The mere act of addressing her diffi- asleep to the gentle intonations of reality is that these surprises hap- cult at first. Ted Koppel on Nightline. pen and they definitely add a lit- "They don't know what to call Another way she keeps in tle to the job," she says with her me—'Dean Richey,' Dean touch with the students is by signature irony. Hokanson,"Dean Hokanson- parking in the gym lot, far away So what does Mel do when Richey.' They seem to settle on from her reserved parking space she is free? You might find her either Mel, or if they try to be for- in the faculty/staff lot. She gave reading a book, although she mal, 'Dean Mel." that one to Director of Campus couldn't tell this reporter what Working with associate dean Safety Ralph Hatley. was on her nightstand besides Charlie Landreth '87 and admin- "Not only do I get to see stu- the Southern Association of Col- istrative assistant Claire Tansey dents on my way to Palmer, I leges and Schools report. But Coleman '58 helps Richey appre- get my daily exercise as well," she does know her favorite ciate Rhodes even more. she chuckles. book, To Kill A Mockingbird, by "They really give me a sense Most students, when asked Harper Lee. of the heritage and history of the their opinion of the dean, "I read that book at least once college and help me keep my respond, "Mel rocks!" or "I a year," she says. perspective on issues." LOVE Mel!" Richey never tells a Out on the town, Dean Richey What's a typical day like for student "no" and leaves it at that. often enjoys dining at a restau- the dean? Waking up at 4 in the Rather, she often goes to great rant she can't remember the name morning and jogging six miles lengths to explain the reasoning of. "It's downtown, near The before tackling the job? She behind the "no." Peabody...." In the car she listens wishes. After getting up at 6:30, "Even though a student may to Motown. Perhaps it is fitting she spends some rare time with bring up an issue that has been that one of her favorite TV shows her husband—the only real time rehashed every year, I treat it like is Ally McBeal, as she is the only they have together most days. it is a new issue. I can help the female cabinet member working Heading to campus and arriving student understand why or why in an otherwise all-male world. around 8, her mornings are typi- not things are and that usually "Although I don't think cally filled with meetings and helps," she says. you'll ever catch me in one of other administrative duties. Her favorite recurring com- those short skirts," she says "I try to stay in my office dur- plaint from students? "Why don't with a laugh. CI

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Understanding is part of the University of world and to live in peace. How- Kazuo Ishiguro South Carolina Press's series ever, this study shows the value Understanding Contemporary of using realist international rela- By Brian W. Shaffer, Rhodes British Literature. tions theory to test exactly what Associate Professor of English. institutions can, and cannot, do Columbia: University of South NATO And The Future to impact security outcomes. Carolina Press. 146 pp. $24.95. Of European Security "NATO is still needed," he Prof. Brian Shaffer's book continues, "because Europe has provides the first critical survey By Sean Kay, Rhodes Assistant yet to evolve into a situation of of the life and work of prize- Professor of International Studies. guaranteed peace. Ultimately, the winning novelist Kazuo Ishig- Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield ideal of European security is to uro. The Japanese-born, Publishers. 199 pp. $19.95. create the conditions in which an English-raised and -educated international organization like writer is the author of four nov- NATO is no longer necessary. els. His most famous one, The However, as that day is far Remains of the Day, made its way NATO beyond the horizon, NATO will to film and was nominated for likely survive. Whether and how eight Academy Awards. and the its survival increases, or Shaffer's study reveals the decreases, European security will author's grounding in the litera- Future of be one of the most important issues affecting international pol- European itics of the 21st century." N DER S TA N DING Security) American Children's Kazuo Ishiguro Literature And The Construction Of Childhood

The North Atlantic Treaty By Gail S. Murray, Rhodes Assis- Organization (NATO), estab- tant Professor of History. New York: lished in 1949 and headquartered Twayne Publishers. 276 pp. $33. in Brussels, was created as a military alliance of 12 countries to defend Western Europe against potential post-war and Cold War Soviet aggression. Today, with 16 member countries and dialogues erican Children's ture of Japan as well as 20th-cen- with many more, NATO is devel- Literature tury British authors and Freudian oping cooperative security efforts d the Construction psychoanalysis. throughout Europe. It has also Ishiguro's novels are shown to adapted its political and military f Childhood capture first-person narrators in structures to peacekeeping and the act of revealing—yet also crisis management tasks in coop- attempting to conceal beneath the eration with non-NATO member surface of their mundane activi- countries and organizations. ties—the alarming significance "Institutions like NATO play and troubling consequences of an important role in European their past lives. security," writes Prof. Sean Kay. Designed for students and "They reflect the ongoing desire nonacademic readers, the book of humankind to build a better

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Of the many ways cultures one, for the first time in history. gifts that have made it possible socialize the young, Prof. Murray Likewise, the 1996 presidential for them to send frantic e-mails writes, Western cultures have election was the country's first to professors whose thesis dead- relied heavily on books to trans- such direct election. 1995 saw a lines loom large. And this, per- mit certain social values and cast three-party legislative contest, haps, is as it was meant to be, for aspersions on others. She argues challenging the ruling Nationalist that the meaning of childhood is Party and mirroring "what the socially constructed and that its electorate thought of the nation's meaning has changed over time. party system." Books written for children, then, The significance of the 1994 reflect the behavioral standard elections "testified to the fact and reinforce the expectations of that within a generation and the dominant culture in which half, leaders and followers children live. could relate together to trans- Covering the entire history of form an un-democratic polity American children's literature, into an increasingly democratic from The New England Primer to one," writes Copper. "More- the present, Murray explores the over, this was done in a region messages behind the stories and what the messages reveal about Mertie Buckman does not seek the society that conveyed them. recognition, honor or gratitude. On the whole, she writes, Her generosity flows from a store TAIWAN'S MID-1990s children's literature has been a ELECTIONS of wealth and knowledge that, in fairly conservative medium her opinion, she was most fortu- Taking the Final Steps used primarily to shape morals, to Democracy nate to have acquired." control information, model The beautifully written book proper behavior, delineate gen- 101.12 P. Copper about the life and times of Mer- der roles and reinforce class, tie Buckman, her family and race and ethnic separation. her boundless community involvement and beneficence Taiwan's Mid-1990s features a chapter on Rhodes Elections: Taking The and quotes from President James H. Daughdrill. Final Steps To "Mertie is gentle. but never Democracy passive; she's tough and full of gusto, but sensitive; and she bal- By John F. Copper, Rhodes' Stan- of the world said to be inhos- ances independence with real ley J. Buckman Distinguished Pro- pitable to an idea thought to be humility," says Daughdrill. fessor of International Studies. exclusively relevant to another "We have all benefitted from Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers. region of the world." knowing her, and those who 243 pp. $64.95. don't know her have missed out Elections held in Taiwan in The Essence Of on something truly special." 12 1994, 1995 and 1996 may be Mertie said to have constituted the "final stage" of that country's By Trish Calvert. Memphis: democratization process, Prof. Women's Foundation for a Greater Copper writes. Memphis. 70 pp. $10. In the 1994 gubernatorial elec- Students who pass Mertie tion people elected the governor Willigar Buckman's portrait in of Taiwan Province, a post that Buckman Hall, writes the author, was previously an appointed • "are most likely unaware of her

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Pool Bubble Goes Up In Time For Winter The Alburty Pool has been enclosed with a vinyl bubble for the winter months. Through an agreement with the Memphis Tigers Swim Club (MTSC), MTSC agreed to finance the purchase and installation of the bubble. The agreement stipulates MTSC can utilize the facility to practice through March 15, 2000 while the pool the The new bubble over the Alburty Pool group uses Photos by Kevin Barre at the Uni- versity of press time the 6'2" senior led the Memphis is Lynx in steals per game (2.2), being reno- assists per game (4.3) and was vated. After second in scoring (14.0 ppg). that date, a Junior Josh Cockerham was first decision will in the SCAC in 3 point field be made goals made per game (3.7). about the Sophomore Neal Power led the bubble's Lynx in scoring, averaging 17.5 future use at points per contest. Rhodes. MTSC will not have use Team Sports The women, despite losing of the pool during the summer. Update their opening SCAC game at Erecting the bubble alleviates Hendrix, put together an early the need for Rhodes students to BASKETBALL season three-game winning drive to an off-campus pool five The men's team was off to a streak, and had a 3-3 record at days a week for swim practice and 6-0 start at press time, the best press time. will allow avid lap swimmers to start by a Rhodes basketball Junior Jesse Crawford, sopho- train in a protected facility through team since the 1980-81 season. mores Carrie Chordas and Sara the winter months. Rhodes defeated Hendrix 71-55 Miles, along with first year Faculty, staff, students and in Conway, AR, for its first players Kerri Wingo, Jo Winfrey Bryan Campus Life Center alumni Southern Collegiate Athletic and Kathy Llewellyn have all members can lap swim in the Conference win. Josh Cockerham made major contributions to the mornings while the Rhodes swim led the Lynx attack with 17 Lynx thus far. Sophomore Han- team and MTSC are staging their points of 5 of 9 shooting from nah Miller had a big day at practices three point territory. Hendrix scoring a career high 19 Current plans call for the bubble Rhodes was ranked 15th points and pulled down a game to be taken down in mid-March nationally by the Columbus high 12 rebounds. and re-erected around Nov. 1. Multi-Media Services Poll in early December. On Nov. 23rd FOOTBALL senior Zack Moore was named With a 36-21 win over Mill- SCAC player of the week. At saps, Rhodes finished the season

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5-5 overall and 4-2 in Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Cross Country Team Wins Ninth play, taking third place. Consecutive Conference Title VOLLEYBALL Rhodes defeated Rose-Hul- Talk about a dynasty, Coach 8. Dave Thomasson 26:48 man in four games in the SCAC Robert Shankman is right up 11.Grant Gandy 27:01 Tournament, finishing 18-22 their with UCLA of the '60s 13.Virren Malhotra 27:08 overall and seventh in confer- and '70s, the Boston Celtics of ence play. the '60s and the Chicago Bulls Paced by a second place of the '90s as the men's cross overall finish by Emily Fergu- SOCCER country squad won its ninth son, the women captured third The Lynx men got their fourth consecutive SCAC title in place in the SCAC tournament. NCAA tournament bid in the Terre Haute, IN, in November. Women's Team Scoring: last five years and were seeded Men's Team Scoring 1. DePauw 45 third in the November regional 1. Rhodes 39 2. Sewanee 54 at Wheaton College, Wheaton, 2. DePauw 47 3. Rhodes 66 IL. Overall, the SCAC placed 3. Centre 99 4. Centre 89 four conference teams in the 4. Trinity 103 5. Trinity 130 NCAA tournament. 5. Sewanee 123 6. Rose-Hulman 178 Four out of 40 NCAA Division 6. Southwestern 143 7. Oglethorpe 207 III soccer berths came from the 7. Oglethorpe 180 8. Hendrix 237 SCAC, which makes the SCAC 8. Rose-Hulman 202 9. Millsaps 249 one of the toughest if not the 9. Millsaps 290 Southwestern DNS toughest Division III soccer con- Hendrix DNS ference in the country. Top Rhodes Finishers: Top Rhodes Finishers: All-SCAC Team All-SCAC Team SWIMMING 2. Mike Wottle 26:19 2. Emily Ferguson 18:56 First year Coach Steve 5. Kosta Dalageorgas 26:30 4. Lydia Gibson 19:27 McGrath has 25 athletes involved in the first year of intercollegiate swimming at Rhodes. McGrath, an excellent swimmer who com- peted for a highly regarded Uni- versity of Tennessee program, had success in his coaching debut as both the men's and women's teams won their opening relays meet at Hendrix Col- lege Nov. 7. McGrath is optimistic about recruiting and the further development of the swimming program. The teams will compete in the first ever SCAC Swimming Champi- onships Feb. 18-20 in Sewanee, TN, and McGrath and the Lynx hope for an upper tier finish in their first ever conference meet. Coach Robert Shankman Photo by Kevin Barre

WINTER 1999 RHODES 47 CAMPUS VOICES

Portrait Of A ments were scheduled individu- this, the Rhodes College physics ally and any question was fair department now has the same Professor game. Immediately after my first resources as those at many larger By Julie Story Byerley '92 experience with this torture I universities, all at a small, per- sprinted four miles without even sonal liberal arts college. That is Editor's note: The following taking a breath, it seemed. I had very unique. excerpts are from Julie Story persevered, however, and that The most special time I ever Byerley's remarks delivered at the was an accomplishment I was spent with Dr. Taylor was in the faculty portrait unveiling of Physics proud of. late spring of my senior year Professor Emeritus Jack Taylor at when I visited while he cleaned Homecoming '98. out his office. At the age of 70, he was retiring from official work at Dr. Taylor challenged me the institution to which he had more than anyone I have encoun- dedicated the majority of his life. tered. He demanded my best aca- I think that was very difficult for demically and exhausted me him, as he loved his work. In emotionally. I vividly recall our fact, I almost thought I saw tears first meeting. in his eyes as he gave me a copy "Dr. Taylor," I naively began, of the Feynman Lectures on "I did well on the AP physics Physics to keep and to treasure. exam. Should I register..." and I That simple gift felt like a trophy was going to say, "for second to me. year physics?" In my relationship with Dr. But he harshly interrupted. Taylor, as in my study of physics, "Young lady, you know nothing I had learned to be strong. I had about physics," and signed my Julie Story Byerley Photo by Russell Hays learned to fight and not be afraid. paper for GP101. Dr. Taylor taught me that noth- With that I learned I could not Later classes with Dr. Taylor ing worth having comes without smile my way through his class. were no less difficult but, per- great sacrifice and hard work. He Nonetheless, I was shocked when haps, less frightening. Gradually, also instilled in me a sincere love I saw him in action. He yelled he and I became special friends. I of science and a passion for and exclaimed things in Latin worked as a teaching assistant learning. For his challenge I am and German that I could not fol- under his supervision for two forever grateful. low. For earthshaking emphasis years and I grew to cherish the Dr. Taylor continues to chal- he hit his desk with his pointer, time every Friday that we spent lenge with great expectations. and he was quick to pounce on setting up the lab for the follow- When my son was born I wrote anyone who showed the slightest ing week. Dr. Taylor to share the good hint of confusion. Dr. Taylor built the physics news. His return letter admon- There was usually a demon- department to what it is today. ished me to be sure he became an stration on display that took up You could even say he built the Eagle Scout and a member of Phi an entire stage, and we were program from the ground up, as Beta Kappa and all would be expected to understand how he actually even designed the well. No pressure there—but every part of it worked, down to physics building. what else would I expect from the level of the smallest particle He bought and used govern- him? in of matter. I was terrified! I could ment surplus property to set up seldom sleep on Sunday, Tues- amazing demonstrations and Julie Story Byerley is a pediatric day or Thursday nights. illustrative laboratory experi- intern at the University of North I studied and worked at ments for his students. In addi- Carolina. She holds her M.D. degree physics more than I ever imag- tion, he solicited the support of from Duke University. ined I could, but his exams were his friends in physics who sent impossible. In fact, his final exam their extra materials to contribute was oral. Hour-long appoint- to his collections. Because of all

48 RHODES WINTER 1999 Not Just Another Face In The Crowd

Lina Hughes Garrott '31, above, in 1997.

Her husband, T.M. Garrott, Jr. '29, at left (top to bottom): as a member of Pi Kappa Alpha and as "Lightning" Garrott, football guard. "A good football player, a grand dancer, cracker jack at golf, and an A-1 tennis player - need we T. M. "LIGHTNING" GARROTT say more?" Guard The Lynx 1928

ndividuals use planned giving to strengthen Rhodes for a variety of reasons. In 1926, the State of Mississippi sent one of its sons to Southwestern at Memphis. Not just another I face in the crowd, T.M. Garrott, Jr. graduated in 1929 and left the College a better place. The Lynx yearbook described him as a "perfect sport, combined with the qualities that go to make up a gentleman...one of the outstanding men on the campus."

T.M. returned to his native state after graduation. He loved the people of Mississippi and was active in state politics, once considering a run for governor. Despite many accomplishments and interests, Southwestern and Pi Kappa Alpha, his fraternity, remained priorities throughout his life.

Before her death, T.M.'s widow, Lina Hughes Garrott '31, chose to honor his memory by establishing the T.M. Garrott, Jr. and Lina Hughes Garrott Scholarship for students from Mississippi. By including Rhodes in her estate plan, Lina helped ensure that the legacy of great Mississippians at Rhodes will continue.

From wills and gift annuities to unitrusts and annuity trusts, there are many planned giving techniques that will allow you, like the Garrotts, to make a difference at Rhodes while meeting your other financial goals and personal interests.

FOR MORE INFORMATION on the benefits of planning a gift to Rhodes, please contact Roberta Bartow Matthews, J.D., Director of Planned Giving, Rhodes College, 2000 North Parkway, Memphis, TN 38112-1690 Phone: (901) 843-3919 or 1-800-264-5969. Fax: (901) 843-3093. E-Mail: [email protected] RHODES 2000 North Parkway Memphis, Tennessee 38112.1690

A Place Of Sanctuary For 50 Years Detail of the stained glass window in the Williams Prayer Room, the chapel in Voorhies Hall. The room, dedicated Nov. 13, 1948, was given in memory of John Whorton and Anna Fletcher Williams by their children, Sallie P. and Susan Fletcher Williams.