~~T--R~IN~IT~Y~C~O~LL~E~G7EljBRARY TRINITY RECEIVED REPORTER JUN 2 Z 1976 VOLUME 6 NUMBER 7 TRINITY COLLEGE, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT JUNE, 1976 Largest Class in History Graduates During the Moments of Waiting ... To the strains of the Processional awarded to 358 students and the March played by · the First Company, Bachelor of Science degree to 100. Governor's Foot Guard Band, the Valedictorian was Stephen J. Poole largest class in Trinity history wound of Wilmington, Del., a biology major, its way down the Long Walk for the Phi Beta Kappa, Holland Scholar and last time as undergraduates. Waiting honorary H.E. Russell Fellow, who for them under the outstretched arm of also received honors in general scholar­ Bishop Brownell was an overflow ship and departmental honors in audience of about 4,000 well-wishers. biology. When the ceremony was over Trinity Susan Anne McGill of Glastonbury, had acquired 458 alumni with bache­ Conn. was Salutatorian. A biochemis­ lor's degrees and 70 with master's try major, Phi Beta Kappa, W.H. degrees. Seven persons were awarded Russell Fellow, Holland Scholar and honorary degrees. Krieble Scholar, she also received In his charge to the senior class, honors in general scholarship and President Lockwood said in part, "We departmental honors in chemistry. all look ahead with uncertainty. Yet, whatever our positions, we know that we want to create a world of our own making, received but not precast. We hope that somehow we may make a mark on the world we inherited .... We are linked with one another; we define our humanity by both our contemplation and our action. I have WAITING FOR THE WORD to mount the platform from Commencement only this simple message: do it your Assistant Marshal Dr. James West, Ralph De Lucia prepares to receive degree. To own way, but do it humanely .... " the left is Sarah Detwiler. The College awarded honorary de­ grees to Mary Ellen Avery, M.D., professor of pediatrics at Harvard University;· Ostrom Enders, retired Hartford business executi~e and civic leader of Avon, Conn.; Harry J. Gray, chief executive officer, president and President Lockwood chairman of United Technologies; Frank S. Jones, professor of urban Thirteen other students received affairs at Massachusetts Institute of Honors in general scholarship. They Technology; The Right Reverend are Donald C. Baur of Meriden, RobertS. Kerr '40, Episcopal Bishop of Conn., also with honors in history; Vermont; Robert B. O'Connor '16, Phyllis K. Roberts of White Plains, architect and consultant; and W. N.Y. ; Michele E. Veseskis of Hartford, Anthony Paddon, M.D. '35, director also with honors in English; Timothy of Grenfell Association Northern Med­ A. Cross of East Sandwich, Mass., also ical Services of Labrador. with honors in chemistry; Thomas E. This year's graduates came from 32 Bell of Berwin, Pa., also with honors in states plus Puerto Rico and the District biology; Daniel S. Silver of Manches­ of Columbia and four foreign ter, Conn., also with honors in FACULTY Secretary George STIFF breeze forces Baccalaureate flag bearer countries. mathematics; Steven M. Salky of Cooper checks notes alongside Henry Riely '77 to support staff during the The class included the largest num­ Memphis, Tenn.; Paul R. Sachs of Faculty Dean Edwin Nye. morning service. ber of women to graduate since the Bala Cynwyd, Pa., also with honors in College went coeducational in 1969. psychology; Alan S. Hergert of Au- The Bachelor of Arts degree was (continued on page 2) MACE BEARER Kathleen Freder- GOVERNOR'S Foot Guard Band watches for ick prepares to carry 20-lb. load. signal to play "Neath the Elms." CAMERAS and seniors ready, music and procession begin. Page 2 Trinity Reporter June 1976 Largest Commencement Graduates 87 Seniors with Honors (continued) · ''Joke Night'' Not A Joke burn, Wash., also with honors in met John Fisher of Clifton Heights, economics; Stephen J. Swiatkiewicz of N.J. while at Trinity. Campus Gathering Causes Concern East Hartford, Conn., who also re­ Barbara Bass of South Glastonbury, ceived honors in history; Sally E. Conn. returned to Trinity after receiv­ As the '75-'76 academic year drew to Government Association, the chair­ Tarbell of Windsor, Conn., who also ing her B.A. in 1972 to acquire a B.S. an end, the college community was man of the Mather Board of Governors received honors in psychology; Stuart in biology this year. In the interim she unexpectedly and abruptly faced with and the chairman of the MBOG Small L. Koman of Baltimore, Md., who also worked for the Lung Association for a problem for which, in the nature of Group Activity Committee for their received honors in psychology; and two years and in 1975 was appointed things, there is no one perfect solution. failure to exercise appropriate precau­ Barbara F. Bass of South Glastonbury, by Connecticut's Governor Ella Grasso The affair began with an expression of tions and judgment. He tightened Conn., who also received honors in to the Nuclear Power Evaluation racist and sexist sentiments on the controls on future events held by the biology. Council whose report on atomic safety campus and, within a few weeks, was MBOG Small Group Activity Commit­ A total of 87 seniors were graduated regulations is due next February. the subject of news articles and tee. He also set the wheels in motion to with honors in their respective major Alexander Lepak, Jr. of Windsor editorials throughout the country. cl.arify and codify the College's areas of study. graduated with one of the largest Editorial opinion mainly supported the position. One senior, Chester B. Derr of South number of majors on record. Lepak, a stand taken by President Lockwood, The College Affairs Committee and Woodstock, Conn., received a B.S. former "Green Beret" and professional who had moved quickly to curb appropriate College officers were asked degree from Trinity and also received a musician, majored in physics, mathe­ further occurrences; some, however, to consider preparing regulations to Master of Science degree in Mechanical matics and chemistry for the B.S. urged caution fearing that the constitu­ adopt "so that language or conduct Engineering from Rensselaer Polytech­ degree. tional right of free speech could be which is abusive and intended to nic Institute under a professional Leanne Garofolo of Wethersfield, jeopardized. demean one because of one's race, degree program in conjunction with Conn. made graduation a family The controversial affair began in­ ethnic origins, religion or sex be clearly R.P.I., in Troy, N.Y. affair. She has three brothers, all of nocently enough as a student-spon­ identified as an offense which would The first member of Trinity's Indi­ whom are Trinity graduates. Her sored "Joke Night" held on campus ·in normally merit suspension from the vidualized Degree Program to graduate father, Alfred Garofolo, a retired early April and attended by about 250 College." is a member of the class of '76. She is Hartford police captain, is Trinity's students. What occurred is summar­ The officers of the Student Govern­ Kay Lazarus of Simsbury, Conn., director of campus security and is also ized in a letter reporting on the event ment Association were asked to review housewife and mother of three, who taking courses at the College. written by Dr. Robert Lindsay, profes­ at the beginning of each academic year received the B.A. The lOP program Two women whose children are also sor of physics and chairman of the obligations all student organiza­ permits students to study at their own atter.tding Trinity received degrees. Trinity's Special Council on Minority tions should be aware of to assure that pace, taking as many as eight years or They are Margery Izard of Wethers­ Students, and vice president Thomas those organizations are free of dis­ more, without being required to attend field, Conn. whose son is a freshman A. Smith. President Lockwood had crimination. Lockwood also asked that classes. and whose husband is Trinity's medical asked the Council to prepare a report SGA take precautions to assure that A married couple also graduated. director; and Barbara White of Hart­ with recommendations. organization members will not use Eileen and John Fisher received B.A.'s. ford, mother of four, whose son is a "On April 22 the Council met with College funds or facilities for abusive Eileen, originally from Canton, Conn., Trinity sophomore. members of the Student Government purposes. Association, members of Mather Finally, he promised to work with Board of Governors, some of whom the vice president and dean of students were present at the April 9 Joke Night, to clarify the "manner in which officers Out and with a member of the faculty and of the College and others should an administrator who were also present respond to such situations in the future of the during a part of the evening. We so that such episodes will not recur - listened to approximately two hours of or, if begun, will terminate quickly." accounts of what had taken place at Ordinary ... Joke Night, and there is no question in In a published reply to a Hartford UJ Courant editorial cautioning the Col­ ~ the minds of the Council's members lege against any abridgement of the ~ but that the event was outrageously (see above) right · of free speech, Lockwood ~ offensive to blacks and to women. ::i "It offended as well against any summed up Trinity's position. He said, ~ standard of taste and conduct which in part, "We wished to draw attention i5: ought to prevail among well-educated to the insensitivity which so· easily foments intolerance, injustice, and, in The Fischers adults.