Volume 19, Issue 1 Annapolis, MD and Santa Fe, NM September 1992 Five new tutors named at Annapolis Distinguished Tutors/ Alumni to be honored Five new tutors, including two After studying at the University of at Annapolis Homecoming from foreign countries, have been Sofia for seven years, Radoslov Datchev named to the Annapolis faculty at St. was awarded an advanced degree in By Nancy Osius John's College. They are David philosophy in 1982. In 1983 he taught Clemenson, Radoslav Datchev from philosophy at the same university and Two revered tutors whose careers spanned many decades at the college will be Bulgaria, Robin Kornman, Pablo was accused of spreading propaganda honored at the Annapolis Homecoming celebration October 2-4. Lejarraga from Argentina, and Theresa against the Bulgarian Communist Party. To be recognized are the late Richard Scofield, who taught at the college from Mackey. He was dismissed from his post as 1927 to a month before his death in 1970; and the late Simon Kaplan, who taught at An alumnus of Portland State assistant professor and subsequently the college from 1943 to a first retirement in 1959, and then continued to teach during University where he graduated with supported himself as a laborer. eight one year appointments. Photographic portraits of these men will be dedicated at honors from the "University Scholars In 1985, he came to the United the annual Alumni Association meeting at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the Conversation Program" in 1980, Mr. Clemenson States and two years later enrolled at Room. earned both his master's of science and Rutgers University to study philosophy. "As nearly an ideal tutor as the college is ever likely to have" were the words of a master's of art degrees from the He is now a U.S. citizen. He has published citation presented to Mr. Scofield at the time of his retirement. University of Wisconsin-Madison in several articles on the Pre-Socratics, His teaching career, which began in 1927, spanned both Old and New Programs: 1982 and 1984 respectively. He received Wittgenstein, and other subjects. he was one of a small group of faculty members to remain at the college after 1937, the his Ph.D from Harvard University in Robin Kornman is a 1970 alumnus beginning of Stringfellow Barr and Scott Buchanan's great educational experiment, 1991. of Indiana University, where he majored the institution of a great books curriculum. A Rhodes Scholar and the recipient of At Harvard he led two weekly in Sla vie Studies and minored in AB. and M.A. degrees from the University of California, Mr. Scofield had taught English, art, history and humanities before he began teaching across the New seminars from 1986-91 in the history of Chinese. He earned his master's degree Program. He served for a number of years on the Instruction Committee. science. At M.I.T., from 1988-90, he led in comparative literature from the Selected as "a most typical picture," Mr. Scofield's portrait will show the tutor discussions on science, technology and University of Colorado and was awarded (CC>nt1rnurea on page 4) society. He also taught at the University his doctorate in the same field from of Wisconsin-Madison. Princeton University in 1992. He was a Mr. Clemenson received the research fellow of the American Council Hoopes Faculty Grant for excellence in of Learned Societies at L'Universite de senior thesis advising at Harvard, the Paris X, Nanterre, studying Asian oral Richard M. Weaver Fellowship, a literature from 1991-92. Harvard Graduate Fellowship, and a Among his academic honors are a National Science Foundation Fellowship National Defense Fellowship, an in physics. He reads Latin, French, American Council of Learned Societies Spanish, Italian and German and knows Dissertation Fellowship for eastern some ancient Greek. (continued on page 2) Under gray skies with_ blustery winds and an occasional drizzle, 116 Santa Fe freshmen headed to the hills, Santa Fe tutor Lawrence Cave leads G.I. Commencement procession.-see story mountains and lakes of New Mexico. page 5. Photo by Lesli Allison The exodus, one day after their arrival on campus, signaled the launch of the second annual Freshman Orientation. The visiting scholar program was Designed to prepare students for established by the family and friends academic and social life at St. John's, the Natalie Freeborg huddles in the rain of Andrew Steiner, A '63, who died last program combines recreational activities, during Freshman Orientation. year in an automobile accident. More peer discussion groups and meetings "How to Move Mobs: the Orator at than $150,000 has been contributed to "The purpose is to let freshmen with the dean, faculty and members of Rome" will be the title of Jasper the memorial, established to bring to have a chance to get to know one another the college community. Griffin's lecture on Friday, September the Annapolis campus distinguished before they get into a classroom situation," 25, in the FSK Auditorium at visitors in "disparate disciplines." said Susan Svetich, sophomore and Annapolis, the first to be delivered The next visiting scholar will be orientation leader. under the Andrew Steiner Visiting Robert Alter, professor of comparative Shortly after their arrival on Scholar Program. literature at U-C Berkeley, who will Sunday, August 23, freshmen and their The lecture will culminate several spend January 15-16, 1993, on campus. parents packed the Great Hall for an days of seminars offered by the dis­ He will give the Friday Night Lecture opening session with Dean Stephen Van tinguished Oxford University classicist: on a subject to be announced, and on Luchene and members of the Instruction he will work with students on Homer's Saturday will lead a seminar on books Committee. Following welcoming Iliad, Book Nine, and corollary reading, of the Old Testament for students and remarks by Dean Van Luchene, fresh­ and with faculty members on Virgil's faculty. Among his published books men divided into groups with members Eclogue Ten. are The Art of Biblical Narrative and The of the Instruction Committee while Fellow and tutor in classics at Art of Biblical Poetry. parents remained with Dean Van Balliol College, Mr. Griffin is the Mr. Alter is spending the academic Luchene. Parents and freshmen took the author of a number of books on classi­ year as visiting professor in the opportunity to ask questions ranging from cal literature and an editor of The comparative literature department at (continued on page 16) Oxford History of the Classical World. Princeton. 2 THE REPORTER 1992 new from page r studies in Paris in 1991-92, and two IREX Scholarly Exchange Program fellowships for study in the Mongolian People's Republic. From 1985-86 he taught at the University of Colorado, designing a course on The St. John's College Board of Asian Studies. In 1986, he helped found the Marpa Institute in Kathmandu, Nepal, a In a time of fierce competition among Visitors and Governors convened in Santa school to train Tibetan translators. Before coming to St. John's, Mr. Kornman taught colleges for students, St John's has Fe July 16 - 18 with 39 members present. comparative literature and religion at Princeton University. He has written numerous received a near record number of applica­ One of the highlights of the meeting articles for scholarly publications. tions to fill its freshman class on both was Steve Feinberg's opening remarks as Pablo Lejarraga was awarded a Licenciado en Matematica, U.N.S. in Argentina in campuses. The college received a total of the new chairman of the board. 1973. After becoming a permanent resident of the U.S., he earned his master's and 555 applications for the combined 1996 Mr. Feinberg began with a quote from doctoral degrees in mathematics from Brandeis University in 1983 and 1985 respectively. classes, yielding an expected enrollment of Robert Benchley, "The world is divided Before joining the St. John's faculty, he was an assistant professor of mathematics approximately 226 freshmen. into two kinds of people. Those who at Texas Tech University for six years. From 1985-86 he was a visiting scholar in the In Annapolis, Admissions Director believe the world is divided into two kinds mathematics department at M.LT. John Christensen reported that this is the of people, and those who don't." He is a member of the American Mathematical Society and the Union Matematica third best year in the college's history in "And I guess we are people who do Argentina. terms of the total number of applications believe the world is divided into two kinds Theresa Mackey graduated cum laude from SUNY Albany with a bachelor's received. "Given today's fiercely competitive of people," Mr. Feinberg continued. degree in music in 1979, and in 1980 with a bachelor's degree in English from The college admissions picture, we're very 'Those who care about this kind of Johns Hopkins University. She earned her Ph.D. in comparative literature from the pleased by the interest shown towards the classical, mindchallenging, sometimes University of Maryland in 1992. college," he said. "We're expecting the usual mind-boggling education that St. John's Last year she was an adjunct instructor in English at Georgetown University and class of 108 freshmen, and we expect their offers, based on the liberal but eternal tra­ a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Maryland. academic profile to be as strong as those for dition of the great books. She has been a feature writer for Expo Magazine, a columnist for the Baltimore­ most recent classes. They will represent 30 And those who don't." Washi ngto n Mensa Magazine, and a public relations writer for the Peabody states and four foreign countries­ Following Mr.