The Trinity Reporter, Fall 1991
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Moscow's Vanished Bourgeoisie The Writing of History Strategic Planning Update REPORTER FALL 1991 NATIONAL ALUMNI ASSOC IATION Executive Committee Presiden t R obert E. Kehoe '69 Vice Presidents Alumni Fund Charles H . McGill '63 Vol. 21, No.4 (ISSN 01643983) Fall1991 Admissions Jane W. Melvin Mattoon '84 Editor: W illiam L. Churchill Members Issue Editor: Robertajenckes M'87 Francesca L. Borges '82 David A. Raymond '63 Associate Editor: Roberta Jenckes M'87 Thomas D. Casey '80 Scott W . R eynolds '63 Sports Editor: Christopher Brown '90 Ernest M. Haddad '60 E. Macey Russe ll '80 Stqff Writers: Martha A. Davidson, Karen Jeffers '76 Jeffrey H. Seibert '79 Elizabeth A. Natale Dorod1y McAdoo MacColl '74 Pamela W. Von Seldeneck '85 Publications Assistant: Kathleen H. Davidson Mi chael B. Masi us '63 Alden R . Gordon '69 Photographer: Jon Lester Rhea Jo Pincus '82 Faculty R epresentati ve Athletic Advisory Committee ARTICLES Donald). Viering '42 George P. Lynch, Jr. '61 GALLOWS HilL BOOKSTORE OPENS By Martha Davidson 1 Nominating Committee R obert N. Hunter '52, Chair Karen Mapp '77 STRATEGIC PLANNING R obert E. Brickley '67 Wenda Harris Millard '76 PROCESSSUPPORTSTEACHrnNG Kathleen Frederick '71 Stanley A. Twardy, Jr. '73 AT TRINITY 10 By Roberta Jenckes BOARD OF TRUSTEES Charter T n1stees MOSCOW'S VANISHED BOURGEOISIE 15 Francisco L. Borges '74 Rum]. Nutt Thomas S.Johnson '62 Paul E. Raemer '68 By James L. West Raymond E. Joslin '58 William C. Richardson '62 GIDBON'S MASTERPIECE 21 George A. Kellner '64 R obert B. Stepto '66 By H. McKim Steele Alfred). Koeppel '54 Emily B. Swenson '75 Eileen S. Kraus '65 Douglas T. Tansill '61 THE WRITING OF HISTORY 23 Word1 Loomis The Rt. Rev. Atthur E. By Borden W . Painter, J r. '58 Donald L. McLagan '64 Walmsley '48 Edward A. Montgomety, Jr. '56 James P. Whitters Ill '62 CLASSICAL MAGNET: ATTRACTING STUDENTS TO lEARNING 26 Tmstee Ex-Officio By Elizabeth Natale T om Gerety, President DEPARTMENTS A lllmlli Tnmees Along the Walk 1 Paul A. Cataldo '57 Peter T. Kilborn '61 Thomas R . DiBenedetto '71 William H. Schweitzer '66 Books 13 JoAnne A. Epps '73 Michael Zoob '58 Sports 30 Letters 34 REPORTER EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Ar~a Club Activities 34 Frank M. Child III J. R onald Spencer '64 ~sNotes 36 Gerald J. Hansen, Jr. '51 Theodore T. T ansi '54 In Memory 58 Dirk Kuyk Susan E. W eisselberg '76 COVER: Mike Wallace '93 pulls in a 39-yard BOARD OF FELLOWS touchdown pass.from James L:me '92 in Trinity's thriller Susan Martin Haberl andt '71 Edward H. Yeterian '70 iftheseasonagainst Williams. See Sports, page 30,Jor Donald K. Jac kson '83 Susan E. Weisse! berg '76 the story. Alice M. Simon '83 Stephen P. Jones '63 W enda Harris Millard '76 Daniel Korengold .'73 Cover photo by Damian Strohmeyer. Photo reprinted Glen A. Woods '75 courtesy ifSports Illustrated. Published by th e Office of Public Relations, Trinity College, Hartford , Connecti cut 06106. Iss ued four times a year: Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer. Second class postage paid at Hartford, Connecti cut and additional mailing offices. The Trinity R eport er is mailed to alumni, parents, faculty , staff and friends of Trinity College without charge. All publication rights reserved and contents may be reproduced or reprinted only by written permission of the editor. Opinions expressed are those of the editors or contributors and do not reflect the official position ofTrinity College. Postmaster: Send address change to Tri11ity R eporter, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106. ALONG THE WALK TRINITY COLLEGE It's the New Place on Campus to Hang Out, Read, and Be Read To The Gallows Hill Bookstore Opens SOME OF THE PEOPLE who worked to establish Gallows Hill Bookstore gather at the store. From left to right are Professor ofEconomics Diane Zannoni, Dean of Students David Winer, Director of Mather Hall Anne Gushee and Assistant Professor of Theater Arthur Feinsod. Others included Associate Academic DeanJ. Ronald Spencer '64, Business Manager and Budget Director Alan Sauer, Director of Facilities Planning and Managementjohn Woolley, Julienne Coe '92, and jonathan Trevisan ' 93. BY MARTHA DAVIDSON terminals, one might find a couple of Graham's autobiography Blood Memory; students sitting crosslegged on the floor Peter W. Huber's Galileo's Revenge:]unk ust a few weeks after the Gallows perusing magazines or a faculty mem Science in the Courtroom; or a children's J Hill Bookstore first opened its ber stopping in to check the "N ew and book by William Joyce, A Day with doors for business in September, it was Noteworthy" section. Wilbur R obinson. well on the way to becoming a popular Scanning the many attractively ar Rich in the classic works ofliterature, campus hang-out. ranged bookshelves, one might spot university press titles and serious trade Located in a 4,000-square-foot area Associate Professor of English Hugh books, the store managed by Bames & at the front of the Hall den building, Ogden's new book of poetry, Looki11g Noble, Inc. carries up to 15 ,000 titles Gallows Hill Bookstore bears little re for History; Assistant Professor of His and aims to attract serious readers from semblance to its former use as the cam tory Cheryl Greenberg's Or Does It Ex the Hartford area. Open weekdays from pus computing lab. Now, instead of plode? Black Harlem in the Great Depres 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. and on weekends undergraduates working at computer sion; the late choreographer Martha from 12 noon to 5 p.m., the store a!- ALONG ·1 HI~ \VAI.K ready has received traffic from visitors coming on campus for events and exhi bitions at the Austin Arts Center or to see movies at Cinestudio. In addition, Gallows Hill has hosted book signings for visiting and campus authors, receptions for various campus groups and story-telling sessions for chil dren from the nearby Trinity College Community Child Center, Inc. President Tom Gerety said the new Gallows Hill Bookstore will enliven not only the Trinity campus but the city as well. "We are committed to making sure that this new venture succeeds and that it becomes an asset to the College, to our immediate neighborhood and to Hartford," Gerety said. "Every day, they're getting faculty, administrators and staff members, people off the street- and more students than anyone. It's a wonderful place to be, to talk about books while browsing," said Anne Gushee, director of Mather Hall, special events and calendar, who chairs an ad hoc bookstore committee. 2 ''I'm thrilled with the progress we've made and our wonderful collection. There's a lot of contagiousness in the enthusiasm about the new bookstore," Above: Students and faculty are added Gushee, whose mother, Elizabeth among those who Pratt Meier, gave a 19th-century French enjoy bookstore Regency cabinet to the College for a browsing. Left: At display case in the bookstore. the ribbon-cutting The store's overall design provides a ceremony to open the store officially pleasant backdrop for the main attraction are, from left, Wil - the books in oak cases - and invites liam Malone of contemplative browsing. The walls are mainly brick, accented by subtle wallpa and President Tom Gerety. Opposite: per. Big leather armchairs flank display Chatting at a Gal tables; a cushioned loveseat is in one lows Hill open corner. Swag curtains in a muted print house in Septem of green, pink and gold soften the ber, from left to borders of the long expanse of win right, are: Edward Sax; Margaret Sax, dows. A grandfather clock stands in who recently re the lobby and the enormous glass tired as associate fronted cabinet displaying featured curator of the books fills up one niche. Artwork, Watkinson Library; and Martha including a semi-abstract oil painting Davidson, assistant of a camel driver rendered by the late director of public Beatrice Irene Gal, hangs on the walls. relations. Gal was the mother of Larry Gal, who is the general manager of both Gallows Hill Bookstore and the textbook store (previously managed by Follett College Store Corp.) in Mather Hall. The children's room has a low table and tot-sized chairs, puffY beanbag seats ALO:-..:li I HI: WALK research about Christopher Columbus. She turned to the Gallows Hill Book store staff for help. "They were really very kind and willing to collaborate and to go to the extra effort," she said later. Because some of the books Bianchini sought had just been pub lished, the bookstore staffhad to make special arrangements to get the books airn1ailed directly from the various publishers. Within 24 hours, the first part of her order had arrived. Within 48 hours, she was able to pick up the rest. And, when she's not in a hurry, Bianchini finds that the shop is a "very nice place to browse." Professor of Economics Diane Zannoni is a member of the bookstore committee as well as the faculty repre sentative to the bookstore and a fun of bookstores in general. She too ex pressed appreciation for the responsive ness and creativity demonstrated by the Gallows Hill staff. "We don't have many places on campus where faculty can meet in a leisurely way. There, 3 you wind up talking about books with people you don't ordinarily in pink and green, stuffed animals on the pressed thus far," Spencer said, noting that see," Zannoni added. " It's fun be windowsill and a Winnie-the-Pooh he'd encountered several alumni who cause I've talked to students about poster. seemed delighted with this addition to the selecting books - and they've given An eclectic assortment of music, usu College's facilities .