There's fun . .. Rennion June 8 8:00 A. M. Board of Governors Meeting, The Alumni Federation, Faculty Club 12 noon Phi Beta Kappa Luncheon and Initi­ ation, Women's Center 12 noon Board of Governors Luncheon, The Alumni Federation, Faculty Club 2:00 P. M. Board of Trustees Meeting, The Uni­ versity of Rochester, Faculty Club 6:00 P. M. *Fraternity Reunions, Men's Division of Arts and Science, Fraternity Quadrangle 8:00 P. M. Eastman School Reunion Reception, Rush Rhees Library, River Campus 9:00 P. M. Nursing School Reunion Dance, Men's Dining Hall, River Campus 9:30 P. M. Inter-Fraternity Song Fest, Men's Di­ vision of Arts and Science, Fraternity Quadrangle for Your Home or Office This handsome chair bearing the Roch­ ester seal will lend itself to either a tra­ ditional or modern setting. It is finished in satin black with polished light cherry arms and gold University seal and striping. The chair is a sturdy and com­ fortable product of New England June 9 craftsmen and is made of selected 9:00 A. M. *Breakfast with the President, Men's Dining Hall, River Campus northern hardwood. * Tours of the new river campus buildings The price is $25.00 will be available over reunion-commence­ ment weekend. For information, inquire at shipped to you from Gardner, Mass., by ex­ the Office of Alumni Relations. press, collect (shipping weight 31 pounds). * Orders may be placed through OFFICE OF ALUMNI RELATIONS or UNIVERSITY BOOK STORE The University of Rochester, River Campus Station, Rochester 20, New York l for Everyone 'at Weekend JUNE 8~ 9~ 10, 1956 6:30 P. M. * AII-U niversity Smorgasbord Supper, 12 noon *Class Reunion Luncheons, Men's Di­ Fraternity Quadrangle, River Cam­ vision of Arts and Science, Fraternity pus Quadrangle, Men's Dining Hall and selected sites throughout the city. (Reunion classes: 1896, 190 I, 1906, 1911, 1916, 1921, 1926, 1931, 1936, I94 I, 1946, I 95 I .) 12 noon *Eastman School Reunion Picnic, Hutchison House 12 noon * Alumnae Association Reunion Lunch­ eon, Women's Center (Reunion Classes: 1906, 191 I, 1916, 1921, I926, 193 I, I936, I94 I, I946, I95 I, 1955.) 12 noon *Medical School Graduation Lunch­ eon, Staff House Lounge and Lawn, Medical Center 2:00 P. M. *Open House, Medical Center, for 8: 15 P. M. Reunion Concert, Strong Auditorium, River Campus featuring the UR Men's Glee Club 9:00 P. M. Reunion Dance, Men's Dining Hall. River Campus June 10 10:00 A. M. NROTC and AFROTC Commission­ ing Ceremonies, River Campus II :00 A. M. Baccalaureate Service, Strong Audi­ torium, River Campus: address by President de Kiewiet 12 noon Commencement Luncheon, River Campus 2:45 P. M. *Commencement, Fauver Stadium, River Campus 4: 15 P. M. Commencement Tea, Eastman Graduates, Families, and Alumni Quadrangle, River Campus 3:00 P. M. Varsity Baseball Game, UR vs. Uni­ *Reservations required-Inquire at the Office of versity of Buffalo, River Campus Alumni Relations 4:00 P. M. "The Tent," Dormitory Quadrangle; River Campus Rooms are available in the River Campus Resi­ 4:00 P. M. University School Open House, Tay­ dence Halls for all three days for alumni, alumnae lor Hall, River Campus and their families. Reservations should be made at 5:00 P. M. All-University Reception, River the Office of Alumni Relations, Men's Dining Campus Hall, River Campus Station, Rochester 20. MAY, 1956 VOL. XVII NO.5 ALUMNI/UNIVERSITY ~ May June 5 VARSITY BASEBALL, Hamilton at 6 ROCHESTER CLUB OF PHILA­ Clinton. DELPH IA, Luncheon at Hotel Adelphia, English Grill, 15th St. 6 UNIVERSITY PROTESTANT and Chestnut St., Philadelphia, CHAPEL, The Rev. Bradford Aber­ 12:15 P. M. nethy, Chaplain of Rutgers Univer­ sity, Strong Auditorium, II A. M. 10 ROCHESTER CLUB OF BOSTON, Students, Alumni, and friends. Picnic. 23 ROCHESTER CLUB OF DETROIT, 10 ROCHESTER CLUB OF ROCKY Th eatre Party to see "Oklahoma!" MOUNTAIN AREA, Dinner and at United Artists Theatre, photo­ Meeting. Denver, Colo. graphed and projected in new II VARSITY BASEBALL, Union, 4 P. M. Todd-AO process developed at UR Editor by Dr. Brian O'Brien and Dr. Ro· CHARLES F. COLE, '25 12 VARSITY BASEBALL, Buffalo, bert Hopkins. 2:30 P. M. Classnotes Editor 15 ROCHESTER CLUB OF PHILA­ September DONALD A. PARRY, '51 DELPHIA, Annual Dinner and Busi­ 22 ROCHESTER CLUB OF DETROIT, ness Meeting. Annual Family Picnic. Art Director VARSITY BASEBALL, Hamilton, 2:30 P. M. LEE D. ALDERMAN, '47 October 16 *ALUMNI GYMNITE. 4-6 MEDICAL ALUMNI ASSOCIA- 18 VARSITY BASEBALL, Rensselaer at TION, Annual Reunion, Symposium Troy. and Business Meeting. Published by the Uni­ 19 VARSITY BASEBALL, Niagara, 13 HOMECOMING (tentative date), versity of Rochester for 2:30 P. M. Rochester vs. Union. the Alumni Federation * Alumni Gymnasium, River Campus, in cooperation with the 23 *ALUMNI GYMNITE. 7-9 P. M. Open to Alumni and their Federation's Publication 30 *ALUMNI GYMNITE. sons. Committee: ALBERT H. THOMAS, '32 Chairman MRS. CYNTHIA ALLEN HART, '46N DR. JACOB W. HOLLER, '41M J. RICHARD KEAGLE, '50 LoUIs MEISEL, '50U MRS. SHIRLEY DUTEMPLE MORABITO, '38 Roy S. THRALL, '49E GEORGE 1. McKELVEY, '50 Executive Secretary On the Cover _ • Published five times per year One of 25 Eastman School of Music alumni in in January, March, May, Sep­ U. S. Marine Band is Sgt. Ralph Moeller, '41, tember and November at the acting drum major, an imposing figure in his Art Print Shop and mailed with­ undress blues, holding baton and wearing bal­ out charge to all alumni. Edi­ torial Office, University of dric denoting position, both made in England Rochester, River Campus Sta­ of hand-tooled silver. Baton bears names of tion, Rochester 20, N. Y. En­ battles in which Marine participation has be­ tered as second class matter. November, 1952, at the post of­ come legendary. Story, photos, pages 12-17. fice at Rochester, N. Y. The University ergy of the hydrogen bomb for useful power, conquer space .~. and modify weather. The responsibility would have to be Atoms without Boundaries placed under some international agency, the most likely of ~~~. which is the United Nations. The establishment of a world passport, which would be granted annually to a select list of nominees from all over THREE MILD-MANNERED, shy and friendly Russian scient­ the world-for instance, Nobel Prize winners (of whom four its, plainly eager to exchange their knowledge with their attended the Rochester conference), outstanding artists, lead­ counterparts in the free world, raised the Iron Curtain for ers in religion, government, science, education and business the first time on the work of Soviet atomic physicists at the -that would permit its' holder to travel freely in lands of Sixth Annual Rochester Conference on High Energy Nuclear all member nations. Physics at the River Campus April 3-7. They were invited, with the approval and cooperation of the U. S. State Department, the Atomic Energy Commission and the National Science Foundation, as the first from the USSR to take part in a scientific meeting in this country Their presence at the sessions, the most important annual gathering in the nuclear energy field, attended in record numbers (more than 200) by the foremost theoretical and experimental physi­ cists in the United States and eighteen foreign nations, marked an epochal advance in the efforts of world scientists to pro­ mote a free flow of scientific information between all nations. All of the conference discussions dealt with non-secret re­ search. In the words of U. S. Senator Clinton P. Anderson, chair­ man of the Joint Congressional Committee on Atomic Energy who addressed the conferees at the final banquet, "the im­ portance of international meetings of the kind held here in Rochester cannot be over-emphasized. Information exchanged between participants will hasten the day when science will understand the secrets of the nucleus and of fundamental" particles and move man another step in his understanding of the universe about him ... and promote a degree of mu­ tual trust and understanding that might in the end help to halt the race for atomic arms and forestall a war that nobody wants.... As many of you have been saying again and again, science cannot flourish under. secrecy ... ,'We need to encourage by whatever means we can, the spirit of international cooperation and openness· which will minimize the chances of a misunderstanding-an accidental spark that would lead to disaster." enator Anderson, in his major policy speech, made three For five straight days, the 200 conferees from the U. S. and 18 for­ proposals of great significance: eign nations met in intensive sessions like this to exchange informa­ tion on the latest developments in their laboratoriees. At lectern The establishment of international atomic laboratories where is Dr. Gunnar Kallen of Copenhagen, analyzing complicated equations scientists of all nations could collaborate to harness the en- on blackboard. They devoted every waking moment to the discussions. The lJDiversitu / 5 Research on the problem of controlling thermonuclear re­ actions in such a way as to produce useful power, a possibility, , he said, that presents "a staggering picture of power avail­ ability to lift the yoke of labor from men's shoulders through­ ,..~'- out the world." _''',. New Administration The Russian visitors talked freely and answered all ques­ _ -:. --:._ § ~=.-.. Building Planned tions about their work in nuclear physics and their atomic ma­ -~ chines, including a 10-billion-volt accelerator now under con­ , , struction, which will be the highest energy machine of any type in the world when it goes into operation, probably by T SEEMS reasonably certain now that the new and urgently­ early 1957.