Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation http://www.archive.org/details/facultynewslett196366coll - The Gollege of "William & <JXCary in Virginia News Bureau CA 9-3000, Ext. 226 Williamsburg FACULTY NEWSLETTER Friday, September 27, 1963 EARL GREGG SWEM LIBRARY - PROGRESS REPORT October 11— the Friday of Homecorrdng Weekend— has been set as the date for ceremonies attendant upon groundbreaking for the new general library. Whether groundbreaking will literally occur at that time now depends upon the speed with which construction contracts can be 3etj but the ceremonies will be held at Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Hall at k p.m. on October 11 in recognition of the significance of the building itself, so long needed by the faculty and student community. Working drawings for the new library were revised early in the summer in accordance with requests from the Board of Visitors. Final drawings then had to be approved by the Beard, the State Art Commission and various state officers in Richmond. The completion of detailed specifications for the building occupied the rest of the summer months. The final draft of the plans and specifications was submitted to the Governor's office on September 20. Named for Earl Gregg Swem, librarian emeritus and a beloved William and Mary figure- the new library will take about two years to complete. It will be the third unit in a new campus area now consisting of Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Hall and the William Small Physical Laboratory which is scheduled for completion early in l°61j. Yates Hall, men's dormitory, the Cornelia Storrs Adair Women's Physical Education Building, and a new women's dormitory, for which construction will soon begin, are other units in adjacent sections of the new campus area. FACULTY LECTURE SERIES: THE AMERICAN A CHIEVEMENT IN PERSPECTIVE This year's Faculty Lecture Series will explore the general \L\j\BH subject, "The American Achievement in Perspective," and will be m|V>: 1^ moderated by Dr. Lester J. Cappon, Director of the Institute of Early nrai , V/ American History and Culture. The student chairman of the series $§llyU' Jeffrey Marshall of the Student Committee on Lectures and Concerts. Carl R. Dolmetsch will open the series on October 2 with a lecture on "The Cost of Cleverness: H. L. Mencken and the American Literary Tradition." The following week, October 9, Leon Golden will speak on "Heroes, Ancient and Modern." On successive weeks there will be lectures by Thad W. Tate on "Church and State: The American Dilemma and the American Tradition," Richard K. Newman, Jr., on "The Image of Virtu , Then and Now," Richard B. Sherman on "Republicans and the Negro: Background to Revolt," and Edwin H. Rhyne on "Public Indecision and the American Liberal Tradition." SEASON TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR THE WI LLIAM AND MARY THEATRE PRODUCTION Season tickets for the thirty-eighth season of the William and Mary Theatre are still available. Subscribers will have a choice of two types of tickets. One ($>U) will be only for the four student productions j and the other ($9) will include additionally the Canadian Players production of Henry IV, Part I , on November 23 3 and the National Players in Oedipus Rex on March 9. William and Mary Theatre productions include Our Town , October 3I3 November 1 and 2; Lola , a new musical comedy written by William and Mary students, Richard Westlake and Arden Bing, December 12-lhj Death of a Salesman , February 27-29; and Richard III, April 23-25. Season tickets can be obtained at the auditors office in Marshall-Wythe. NEW CAMPUS MAP PUBLISHED A new map of the campus, with descriptive legends on all buildings now in use or under construction, and an accompanying text describing main features of the College and its curriculum, was published this month. Copies have been placed in all faculty mail boxes and substantial numbers are being shipped to various groups which have had standing requests for them. A total of 2^,000 copies have been printed, with funds provided by friends of the College. Any corrections or suggested revisions of the map are invited by the Office of Development and Public Information, in anticipation of a new printing when the present supply is depleted. ACLS REGIONAL ASSOCIATE NAMED The American Council of Learned Societies has named William F. Swindler, professor of legal history, as the William and Mary member of its Regional Associates program. The ACLS established the Regional Associates several years ago, among more than 100 selected universities and liberal arts colleges, to provide a systematic exchange of informa- tion on scholarly developments in the humanities and social sciences. SUMMER EVENTS Busts of three renowned figures in Anglo-American law—Sir William Blackstone, Chief Justice John Marshall and George Wythe, were presented to the Federal Ear Federation in Washington on July 25. Presented by the Virginia Committee on Statues of Great Lawyers and the William and Mary Law School Association, the busts are the work of Felix G. W. deWeldon. The original plaster casts of the statues are on display in the Library. On July 26 the site for The Virginia Associated Research Center (VARC) was deeded to the Commonwealth of Virginia by the federal government. VARC is sponsored by William and Mary, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and the University of Virginia, and will eventually develop a graduate campus offering masters and doctoral degrees in several fields of science 8nd engineering. 3592 LIBRARY Wllltam « M#ry Collage The King and Queen of Afghanistan were visitors of the College on September 5 at the "beginning of a thirteen-day state visit to the United States. King Mohammed Zahir, accompanied by Queen Homaira, spoke to the tenth annuel convention of the Afghan Students Association in the United States which met on campus. More than 100 Afghan students who are study- ing at colleges and universities in this country assembled in the Great Hall of the Sir Christopher Wren Building to hear their sovereign. The College of William and Mary was host to U50 engineers of the International Business Machines Corporation in the eastern United States from September 3-6, in a technical training conference on camous. The meeting was devoted to new concepts in electronic engineering and consumer services. The William and Mary-sponsored I.B.M. conference was one of three regional training programs which were conducted across the nation during early September. The other meetings, for the midwest and Far West respectively, were held at Northwestern University in Evanston, 111. and at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado. CONCERT SERIES SOU) OUT The "standing room only" sign is out for the I963-6I4. William and Mary Concert Series. For the first time in its history, series ticket sales have already accounted for one-hundred per cent of the seating facilities in Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Kail. The Vdlliam and Mary concert series will feature five distinguished programs which will range from jazz to ballet, including mezzo-soprano, Grace Bumbry; pianist John Browning j the National Ballet of Canada; the Fine Arts Quartet; and the Charlie Byrd Trio. It DEPARTMENTAL NEl\S BIOLOGY Bruce L. Welch has received a grant of $U02U from the National Institutes of Health to initiate first year studies of the effects of population density on catechol amine metabolism. C. Richard Terman has received a grant of $35*000 from the National Institutes of Health to investigate the effects of early social experience on population asymptote. Mitchell A. Byrd has received a grant of $6000 from the National Institutes of Health to continue for one year his studies of the ecology of digenetic trematodes from fishes of Antarctica and the Indian Ocean. Robert E. Black presented a paper entitled "Alpha Amylase in Developing Oyster Embryos" at the 16th International Congress of Zoology which met in Washington, D, C, August 20-27. Bruce L. Welch presented at the Congress a paper entitled "Psycho- physiological Response to the Level of Environmental Stimulation." Others attending the Congress were Mitchell A. Byrd, G. R. Brooks, Jr., Grace Blank, C. Richard Terman, and Robert A. Pedigo. Bruce L. Welch and Robert A. Pedigo attended a Conference on Estuarine Biology at the Duke University Marine Laboratory from August 28 through September 6. The Conference was supported by the National Science Foundation, BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION M, B. Jones assumed duties as Director of the Bureau of Business Research in August. His article entitled "The Function of Collateral Readings in Teaching Management Principles" has been accepted for publica- tion in Collegiate News and Views , a service publication for administrators and teachers of business and economic subjects in colleges and universities. W. T» Reece was made an honorary member of the Federal Employees Accounting Association and certificate of membership was awarded to him at the meeting of the Peninsula Chapter of that organization in Newport News on September h, 1963. John 5, Quinn was luncheon speaker at the Southeastern Regional Convention Center on September 16. He discussed the program of five national accounting societies to promote interest among high school students in the study of business administration in colleges. C. L. Quittmeyer held a fellowship this summer from Virginia Electric Power Company during which he spent six weeks observing VEPCO's management operations. He addressed the James River Basin Association in Charlottesville on September 26 on a topic concerning the history of the James River Basin. EDUCATION Carl W. McCartha participated in the pre-school work conference of York County Public Schools. Friday, September 30, he talked to the Grafton- Bethel faculty on the York Education Association's topic for the year, "Better forking Relationships for a Better School." Armand Galfo's article, "TV -A Teacher Training Device" appeared in the July issue of Educationa l Television .