B RO WN A LU M NI MO NT HLY MA Y 1 986 Vol u m e 86 . 8 , No Editor 1 8 A Rite for Ev er R eason h y Robe rt M . R odes B M ana i n Edito Sixteen years after George ass took g g r ’ ’ t B A nne m Diffil 73 over the direc ion of rown s A fro Hin an y m m Ri A erican theatre co pany , tes and Assistant Editor Reason con tinues to present original Katherine Hinds plays in inventive ways . ’ 24 Carl e Piete rs s Lo v e Affair with A Crater on The Moon ’ This geology faculty member can t just wander out with a pick-axe to gather m . speci ens Her lunar resea—rch depends on sophisticated telescopes including m oa d of Ed itors one high atop a Hawaiian ountain B r — and rare samples of moon rocks . Chai rm an ’ Donald B . Smith 42 29 jan e Good : One of The i ce hai rman ’ V C Nav al cadem s B est ' A y Linda Mason 64 W m m m ’ o en faculty e bers are rare at r . 70 Harold Bailey , j ’ 7 . 2 M A . T . ’ Annapolis , but j ane Good M . Charles Bakst 66 ‘ : m a 74 enjoys a special notoriety She teaches Pa ela Const ble R ' ussian studies to a very conservative E w r . 55 Stuart P . r in , j — m ’ m ’ group of students the Acade y s ale R . F 43 obert P isler “ and m m . Deborah Pines Livingstone ‘ 80 fe ale ids ’ Cathleen McGu igan 7 l ’ 55 john j . Monaghan ’ R i tr John V . e s u p 58 ' Robert P . Sanchez 58 m 7 Wendy j . Stroth an ? ’ Wallace H . Terry 59 ’ D e art m ent W 73 p s Elizabeth B . est ‘ W . Billy R . ooten 70 PhD Nati onal Ad v erti si ng R ep resentati v e - The Berkowitz Van l u gen Co . 1 45 East 63rd Street Y 1 002 1 New ork , NY (2 1 2) 753- 9740 Cov er photograph by J ohn F orasté 1 986 b B rown Al umni M onthl u b shed y y. P li mo nthl w th comb ned ssues in Decem y . i i i he r/ anuar u nej u l and Au u st/Se J y . j j y , g p tembe r b B rown U n ers t rov de nce . y iv i y . P i . R I . nted b The Lan e ress PO . Box Pri y P . 1 30 V Bur n ton t . 05402 . Ed tor a offices li g . i i l are m N cho son Ho use 7 ] G eo r e St i l . g ro dence R. l . 02906 . Me mber Co u nc P vi . , il for the Advance ment and Su pport o f Ed u cat The Monthl i ion. y s sent to all B ro wn alu mni . Please allow eight weeks for chan es-of-address wh ch shou d be sent to g . i l Box I 854 ro v dence R I . 029 l 2 . P i . M ust Horace Co mpromise? ’ Editor : Anne Diffily s profile of M m Ted Sizer , ust Horace Co pro m ? ” BAM M ise ( arch) , is unquestionably ’ the finest piece I ve seen in over twenty years of reading the B rown Al u mni M onthly . I f there are national awards for such things , as I su ppose there are , I should like to know where I might send a letter of nom ination . B esides being splendidly written , ’ Diffil in Ms . y s essay is notable for its cl u sio n of materials (not hers) critical of ' —c Ho ace s D r . Sizer arpin g reviews of r ’ Compromise and Sizer s own modest and m wry confessions of fallibility . Such a te rial alone m akes this article stand out m m a ong the usual such things , unifor ly and predictably laudatory and one- sid m in ed . This is honest journalis that ’ profession s highest tradition , of which Anne Diffily is an ad m irable exem plar . I conjecture , however , that the ’ piece s excellence owes as m uch to Sizer m Ms . Diffil . hi self as to y That is , I daresay that Sizer m ust have insisted on inclusion of negative material as a con - insis dition of his co operation . Such tence would only be in character , namely that of as wise and honorable an educational leader as Anne Diffily is a brilliant writer . R PhD . RI CH A RD H . EIS M arion M ass. , ’ Editor : A nne Diffily s cover story on Ted Sizer in the March issue intro du ced some of the schools in our Coali m m tion of Essential Schools . Alu ni ight be interested to see the entire mem ber ship : Coal i tion of Essen tial Schoo l s m B N . Y . ; Adel phi Acade y , rooklyn , S W B_ronxville High chool , estchester C N . Y . ; ounty , Central Park East Sec o ndar D #4 y School , istrict , New York ; City ; Hope High School , Providence m Park Heights Street Acade y , Balti m ; F ore Paschal High School , ort W ; orth , Texas Portland High School , n Donov a Brace of cs: dean of as rofes o cl si P o es, s r so om men and ph r fresh Thi e r co e and s summ , m share a classro w t h om it h em . ' S er Co lle e 86 umm g , J ne 2 2 -2 8 o n t he ca u , mpus ' As some of this y ear s facu lty for ’ B ow n s w e - on u mm o e e r e k l g S er C ll g , ’ they re getti ng ready to w elcome you r oa , mi n for the w e f - c ch d e k o J u ne 2 2 2 8 . ate Team ’ W e re planni ng sev eral u niq ue offer n : m o ni n cou e in The Emotions i gs a r g rs , an i nterdiscipli nary l ook at how w e are affected by our emoti ons in ou r relation s s all of em : w h en s hip th it par t , c en o e s and how e hildr , l v r gr at w riters such as A ri stotl e and Shake speare dealt w ith ou r essential ele ments; and a seri es of afternoon w o ho s on tness lm ublic s eakin rks p fi , fi , p p g , and strategic planning for business and o he un e a n t r d rt ki gs. Su mmer College is a great w ay to stretch y ou r mi nd and you r vacati on ' o a at the m W d ll r sa e time. ou ldn t you like to do something different and stim u lating this su mm er? For mo e nfo ma on c 4 0 1 - 8 63 r i r ti , all 2 7 8 5 or retu rn the cou pon to S u mmer o l e B ox 192 0 B ow n U ni e s C l ge , r v r ity, P ov n e ce RI 02 9 12 . r id , NA M E CLA SS YEA R A DDRESS A prOgram in B rOw n U mv em y 5 Connnuing Coll ege B rown ’ s ad m ission office react ? ’ ’ P U B U R 70 72 A M . A L KE , Washin ton D C. g , P roud grandmo ther : m Editor As a proud grand other , I particularly enjoyed the article on the Pandas (Mardie Corcoran and Lisa B BAM M . ishop) ( , arch) I thought the enclosed list of B rown alum ni m ight be of interest : P 1 887 . Herrick latt Young , Howell T ’ 2 1 u Young , Elizabeth Lee (Yo ng) j ef ’ W 24 R . fers insor , Theodore j effers ’ 23 B B ’ 54 , etsy Lee (l effers) ishop , j ohn ’ 56 D . Herrick j effers , avid K j effers ’ ’ 82 B 86 . 3 B , Lisa ishop I have rown banner with these classes on it . O ther fam ily mem bers who have ’ 3 1 B : . D attended rown 1 onald j effers , ’ 20 F . B Edward Howell , Edward ishop ’ ’ 54 B 59 . , and arbara (Clark) j effers W R ’ 4 ELI ZAB ETH ] . I NSO 2 P rov idence Penned i n w ith Greenhouse reno vation ’ Hin l osel -hel d stock ? Editor : Katherine ds s vignette y m of j a es Conary , horticulturist of the B BAM F rown Greenhouses ( , ebruary) , ’ man Bear wi th u s and and w e l l show nicely captured the spirit of the _ p . y ou how y ou can be bulli sh wi th and his lace of work Your botanically inclined readers may be interested to stock in a closely-hel d corporati on g m p Wi if of sel - l know that we are nearin co letion of th a g t clo y he d stock , a major renovation of the u pper y ou will e ei e i e r c v a char tabl greenhouse .