Volume SO THE TRINITY Issue 26 TRIPOD May 11,1982 Attempt To Heist Lemon Squeezer Foiled by Mary. Ann C ordennan Snodgrass quickly vaulted the fence, cutting his neck and losing a A daring attempt to heist-the shoe, and took off after Janney in famous lemon squeezer at last hot pursuit. In a more than heroic Sundayls Squeeze concert was effort Snodgrass promptly foiled by the more than heroic recovered.the squeezer, and then efforts of Lyn Snodgrass. subsequently collapsed. Suffering According to David Winer, Dean from the effects pf over exertion, of Students, during the concert's he was taken by ambulance to intermission, as the lemon squeezer Hartford Hospital where he was was being passed to Kathy expected to fully recover. O'Connor, who was accepting it for "In retrospect," Moalli the Freshman class, Dan Moalli, remarked, "the effort was taking advantage of his position on sporadically planned. We saw it, the stage, grabbed the ancient relic we wanted it, but we couldn't hold and tossed it to Al Strickler who on to it and we lost it. Lyn was waiting on the grass below. singlehandedly outwitted, and Strickler , in turn, passed it to Hal outfought the junior class and the Janney who jumped the fence .into brothers of Psi U," he concluded, the Psi U parking lot. and in so doing, saved the precious Determined to rescue the relic from yet another attempted photo by David Siskind Students soak up beer and sun at Saturday's Spring Weekend Festivities. famous relic from the thieves,, heist. College To Award Six Honorary Degrees Trinity College will award six Eleanor J. Gibson will be awar- denied a regular position at Cornell (1952), played an important role in honorary degreeS'Stmday, May 23 ded a Doctof of Science degree due to the nepotism rule until 1965, developing a humanistically- at the College's 156 Commen- (Sc.d.). World-renowned for her when she was named professor of organized physics curriculum now ment exercises. The recipients will work in developmental psychology, psychology. She became Susan widely used in secondary schools. be: Dr. John W. Chandler, she is an inventor of the concept Linn Sage Professor of Psychology A native of Berlin, Germany, president of Williams College; Dr. known as "the visual cliff." The in 1972, and was given emeritus Holton graduated from Wesleyan Eleanor J. Gibson, S.L. Sage experiment she devised to test depth status in 1979. Her current research University with bachelor's and Professor of Psychology, Emeritus, perception in infants and animals, involves developing techniques for master's degrees, and earned his at Cornell University; Dr. Gerald using a checkered board and a piece measuring event perception in in- doctorate from Harvard. He joined Holton, Mallinckrodt Professor of of solid glass, is a standard in the fants. the Harvard faculty in 1947 and is Physics and Professor of History of field of psychology. Her many She is a member of the National currently Mallinckrodt Professor of Science at Harvard University; The publications include Principles of Academy of Sciences, a fellow of Phy&ics and professor of the history Reverend Dr. Pauli Murray, Perceptual Learning and Develop- the American Academy for the Ad- educator, author, and human rights ment, for which she won the Cen- vancement of Science of which she activist; The Most Reverend Peter tury Award in 1967, and her prin- is a chairperson, and holds A. Rosazza, Auxiliary Bishop of cipal work on reading, The honorary degrees from Smith and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Psychology of Reading (1975). Rutgers. She is an honorary mem- Hartford; and The Right Reverend Other awards include the American ber of the British Psychological Arthur Walmsley '48, the Twelfth Psychological Association Society, and former president of the Distinguished Contribution Award Eastern Psychological Association. Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Eleanor Jack Gibson Connecticut. Dr. Holton will give (1968), a Guggenheim Fellowship Gerald Holton will receive a Doc-' the Commencement address. assumed the presidency of (1972), the Howard Crosby Warren tor of Letters degree (Litt.D.). A Hamilton College, a post he held Medal, Society of Experimental John Chandler will be awarded a distinguished physicist and science until he was elected the twelfth Psychol6gists (1977), and the Doctor of Humane Letters degree historian, Holton was selected in president of Williams College in Distinguished Scientific Con- 1981 to give the Jefferson Lecture, 1973. tribution Award, Research in Child the highest official award granted During his tenure as Williams Development (1981). by the federal government, through president, Chandler has led the A graduate of Smith College, the National Endowment for the college through a $50 million capital Gibson earned her doctorate from Humanities, for distinguished in- campaign, and has overseen con- Vale in 1938. She taught from 1933- tellectual achievement in the struction of a new library, music 1949,*when she moved to Cornell humanities. The tenth Jefferson lec- center, and a major expansion of University where lier husband, a turer, Holton was the first scientist faun Murray the art and theatre facilities. Under distinguished perceptual accorded this honor. His topic was, his leadership, the College's en- psychologist with whom she "Where is Science Taking Us?" ot science, and James B. Killian dowment has grown to $120 collaborated on some work, held an A seminal thinker on the history Visiting Professor at the million. academic appointment. She was of science, Holton is the author of Massachusetts Institute of In 1981, the Association of two major works in this field, Technology and a founding mem- American Colleges selected Chan- Thematic Origins of Scientific ber of the College of Science, dler as one of the 10 national Thought, Kepler to Einstein (1973) Technology and Society. He has leaders of business and education to and The Scientific Imagination: been co-director of the Harvard lead a major campaign to improve Case Studies (1978). An earlier Project Physics since 1964. He was public understanding of the value work, Introduction to Concepts a Guggenheim Fellow in 1981 and of liberal education. He is current and Theories in Physical Science continued on page 2 chairman of the Association of In- John Wesfey Chandler dependent Colleges and Universities (L.H.D.). A graduate of Wake in Massachusetts and former Inside the Tripod Forest College and Duke Univer- president of the New England Editorial Association of Schools and sity, he earned his doctorate from Honorable Activities p. 5 Duke in 1954. He began his Colleges. teaching career at Wake Forest Chandler was a contributing Greater Hartford College and went to Williams in author to Masterpieces of Religious Stop and Smell the Roses p. 7 1955 as assistant professor of Literature (1963), and is the author religion. In 1968, he was named of numerous articles for Arts/Entertainment Cluett Professor of Religion at professional journals. He holds Hunter Sloan Stages Magnificent First Play p. 8 Williams. He was acting provost at honorary degrees from Wake Williams in 1965-1966 and dean of Forest, Hamilton, Colgate, Sports faculty from 1966-1968. In 1968, he Williams, Amherst, and Wesleyan. Gerald Holton Baseball Finishes Season with Six Straight Wms p. 12 Page 2, THE TRINITY TRIPOD, May 11,1982 Degrees To Be Conferre1 d ved inner city congregation. ), lie theological training at Seminaire and is the author of TheChurchi O theolorical training at Serainaire moveved innerd to_ Ne citwy Yorwngrcgatik in 195O8M (o joiHne continued from page 1 1960, she was a practicing attorney. Saint-Sulpice in Paris and was or- a Society of Abundance (to J the staff of the executive council of In 1961, she.went to Ghana to dained a priest in 1961. He worked numerous articles. He, is ±1 become a senior lecturer at Ghana for two years as an assistant pastor the Church, where he had respon- president of the Christian Confe Law School. She subsequently at St. Timothy Church, West Har- sibilities in the field of social nceol Connecticut and a trusteeol taught at Yale and was professor of tford,' and then spent nine years relations. He became general Berkeley Divinity School. He is a American Studies and the Louis teaching modern languages at St. secretary of the Massachusetts trustee of Trinity College. Stulberg Professor of Law and Thomas Seminary in Bloomfield. Council of Churches in 1969, was Walmsley was one of' the fan. Politics at Brandeis University from Rosazza was appointed director made deputy to the rector of Trinity tiers of Uic Episcopal Society fa 1968-1973. She resigned this post to of the Hispanic Apostolate of the Parish, New York in 1972, and was Cultural and Racial Unity, and the study for the Episcopal ministry Archdiocese of Hartford in 1975 named rector of St. Paul's Church National Conference on Religion and was ordained in 1977, one of and, in 1978, was named by Pope in New Haven a year-and-a-half and Race. He has been in tlit the first women priests. Currently, Paul VI as auxiliary bishop to Ar- later. He served in this capacity un- forefront of pioneering work in in- she is a priest at the Church of the bishop John Whealon and the Ar- til 1979 when he was consecrated dustriul mission, ecumenical dialog, Holy Nativity in Baltimore. chdiocese of Hartford. Currently, bishop coadjutor. He became the and inter-seminary cooperation. A champion of human rights, twelfth bishop of the lipiscopal he resides at St. Margaret Parish in Trinity's Commencement will be especially for blacks and women, Diocese of Connecticut in 1981. Waterbury; He serves on the held Sunday, May 23, at 2:00 p.m. Murray is a founding member of National Catholic Bishops' Com- Walmsley is an adjunct faculty on the College quadrangle.