GARDNER HALL DEDICATION DRAWS MANY ALUMNI AND FRIENDS OF THE COLLEGE BROWN UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT BARNABY C. KEENEY HOMECOMING - JUNE 9-10 DELIVERS DEDICATION ADDRESS PLANS ALL SET Attendance December 3 exceeded 300 in .the Lounge of the newly completed Miss Eli z a beth men's dormitory as Brown University President Barnaby C. Keeney spoke to alum­ Neilan, Chairman of ni, faculty, and friends of the College. the 1'961 Homecom­ Secretary of the College, R. Lucien Appleby, presided following the invocation ing celebration has given by The Reverend Robert J. Slavin, O.P., President of Providence College. announced that all of Vice President E. Gardner Jacobs, for whom the dormitory was named, brought the committees have greetings from the College, and spoke briefly of the ongoing development program. met and will make He also brought greetings from President Henry L. Jacobs, who is convalescing at their reports at a home from his recent illness. meet i n g scheduled The key to the building was presented to Vice President Jacobs by Mr. Harry V. for early February. Collins, Sr., the contractor, and Mr. Lloyd Kent, the architect. Doctor Ernest 1. Kilcup of the Board of Trustees named the building in recognition of the dedicated This will be the reunion anniversary work of Mr. E. Gardner Jacobs, College Vice President and administration officer year for the Classes of 1896 and each for twenty-seven years. fifth year thereafter. It will be t he silver SIMILAR GOALS anniversary for the Class of 1936 and the golden anniversary for the Class of In his dedicatory remarks, President Keeney directed the attention of the 1911. The Homecoming Committee is assembly to the several colleges on College Hill and their ultimate goals. Brown trying extra hard to get in touch with as University, Pembroke College, Rhode Island School of Design, and Bryant College many members as possible from these all share a physical part of the Hill and strive to stimulate their students to similar, classes. yet quite different goals. Bryant College is the only one of the group to plac'e em­ phasis on the technical, professional business training that will integrate its gradu­ If you know of any members of any of ates quickly into their chosen field. The other colleges on the Hill place their primary these classes who have not heard about emphasis on a liberal arts program, with professional and specialized study on the the Homecoming plans, please send their graduate level. names along to the Alumni Office. They All of these institutions are now actively engaged in development and building will not want to miss this year's Home­ programs. Curriculum is constantly under revision and is being brought up to high coming! standards. Special guests of the National Alumni THE THREE-YEAR COLLEGE Council will be all alumni who graduated Of particular interest to Bryant alumni are President Keeney's remarks con­ over fifty years ago, and particular re­ cerning the three-year college. He stated that with the rising costs of education, cognition will be given to members of many colleges and universities must consider this as a solution to increased tuition, the Class of 1911. Last year many of utilization of physical plants, and development plans. these classes, from 1889 to 1910, were The benediction was given by The Reverend Doctor Lawrence 1. Durgin, Pastor represented at the Homecoming luncheon of the Central Congregational Church in Providence. and the Committee hopes to increase the A buffet luncheon following the dedicatory exercises was held in the CoIIege class representation this year. Dining Hall. ALUMNI COUNCIL REPRESENTATION INCREASED BY FOUR MEMBERS At the November 28 meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Alum­ ni Council four alumni were voted into membel'ship on the Council. President George J. Vieira has announced that Bl'uce Jacobson, Kathleen Mc­ Cormick, Robert McGivney, and John Uperti, Jr. have accepted nomination to the Council. Bruce, a 1960 Marketing major, resides in Cranston, Rhode Island, is an Alpha Omicron alumnus, and is presently a Management Trainee with Congdon & Carpen­ ter Steel Company of Providence. B. Jacobson K. McCormick Kay, a 1960 Teacher Education major, resides in Providence, is a Sigma Iota Beta alumna, and was an active participant in various student activities. She is presently on the teaching staff at Cranston West High School in Cranston, Rhode Island. Bob, a 1959 Accounting major, is now residing in Riverside, Rhode Island. He is a Kappa Tau alumnus, was active in intramural sports, and served as a staff member of the ARCHWAY. He is an Accountant for the Federal Milk Control Office in Providence. John, a 1960 Accounting major, is residing in Newport, Rhode Island. He is a Junior Accountant with Raytheon Manufacturing Company in Middletown, R. 1. He was a member of Delta Omega, the Newport Club, and the Key Society. With this representation of the Classes of 1959 and 1960, the Council is prepar­ ing for a more intensive alumni program. R. McGivney J. Uperti Scholarship Grantees Named to Dean's List at Mid-Year Each of this year's Alumni Scholar­ ship recipients was recently named to the Dean's List at the College. A letter of congratulations was sent to them from the National Alumni Council commend­ ing them for their fine work. Mrs. Louise (Enokian) Merdinian is a Teacher-Education major and will com­ plete her degree work in July of this year. She received her E.S.S. degree in 1950 and attended the Evening Division from 1954 to 1956. An alumna of Sigma Iota Beta sorority. she served as Treas­ urer from 1948 through 1950. Louise is married to Stepan Merdinian and resides at 155 Alabama Avenue, Providence. Robert E. Br.ennan is a Management major and resides in Fairhaven, Massa­ chusetts. He has previously been named to the Dean's List, and was active in youth activities while attending Fair­ haven High School. He also attended the Helen Bochenek and Evelyn Ander­ DAY AND SPAIGHT, '56, New Bedford Institute of Technology for son greet Alumni Scholarship recipients, two years. Robert will complete his de­ Louise Merdinian and Robert Brennan. RECENTLY CERTIFIED gree work in February 1962. The Rhode Island Department of Busi­ Our alumni body can be particularly ness Regulation recently announced the proud of the fine work these young peo­ WORK ON NEW CLASSROOM successful completion of the American ple are doing with the assistance of an BUILDING COMMENCES Institute of Certified Public Accountants Alumni Scholarship grant. uniform examination by Leo W. Spaight of East Providence. He is associated with Price, Waterhouse & Company, and in October was elected to membership in Edward Blackman Elected to the American Institute of Certified Pub­ 3-Year Term on CPA Council lic Accountants. Edward Blackman, '29, has recently been elected to a three-year term on the Governing Council of the American In­ stitute of Certified Public Accountants. He is the elected Rhode Island Governing Council member of the 37,OOO-member national professional organization. Mr. Blackman has held prominent civic and business positions such as President of the Estate Planning Council of Rhode "And the walls came tumbling down L. W. Spaight D. A. Day Island, President of the Rhode Island . " next to the Administration Building Society of Certified Public Accountants, as the former Samways residence was Also recently certified by the Massa­ and Chairman of the State Board of Ac­ demolished to make way for the new chusetts Board of Registration was Don­ countancy. He is active as a Trustee of classroom building described briefly in ald A. Day. A native of Waldboro, Temple Emanu-EI and a member of the the October Bulletin. Maine, Don resides in Beverly, Massa­ Narragansett Council of the Boy Scouts H. V. Collins Company, the contractors chusetts, with his wife, Wanda, and of America. for Gardner Hall, will construct this new their two children, Karen and Richard. He is presently a senior partner in the building and expect to have it completed He is presently associated with the pub­ accounting firm of Blackman and Black­ in the Fall. lic accounting firm of Lybrand. Ross Bros., & Montgomery. ma~ It will house five typewriting rooms and a biology laboratory for the Secre­ tarial Department. Business Adminis­ Daley and Lambert Promoted by tration students will also use it for office JOSEPH TAMMELLEO Providence Institution for Savings machines classes. The classrooms adja­ A 1958 Business Administration ma­ cent to the Henry L. Jacobs Library will jor, Joseph passed away December 17, be used to expand reading room space 1960. He leaves his wife, Linette (Tri­ and stack area for the library. angolo), a 1953 graduate, and one son, Vice President Jacobs has also an­ Joseph Frank. nounced that the Administration Build­ Classmates and friends who might ing will be expanded and renovated to wish to write to Linette may address her provide a new office with an interview at 100 DePinedo Street, Providence 4, area for the Dean of Admissions, a new Rhode Island. office for the Bursar, a Multilith room, S. Daly R. Lambert and a reception room. These improve­ ments in our facilities will be eompleted IRVING WILSON HANDY Providence Institution for Savings re­ by June of this year. Word has also reached the Alumni Of­ cently appointed Stanley J. Daley, '17, This is the fourth step in the develop­ fice of the passing of Irving Wilson and Roger Lambert, '36, to the office of ment plans outlined to alumni by Vice Handy, 52 Walnut Street, Fairhaven, Assistant Vice President. President E. Gardner Jacobs at several Massachusetts, on December 31, 1960. Mr.