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By WILLIAM N. CHAMBERS
Pro!es.w r of Political Science
Y OL ,
as hi g h school seni o rs and juniors, are o n th e
threshold of what sho uld b e a grea t tran sition- the
t ransitio n to college or univ ersi ty liie:. Each of you is now
one of 43 million people in th e United States, nea rly one·
fourth of the population, wh o are go ing to och ool. Y o u
will soon becom e on e of 3,200,000 men and wome n en­
roll ed as university or co llege stude nts. If yo u s top to
think a bout it, thi s is a n a wesoJlle fi gure. It i s a c ity th e
s ize of greater Los An geles, with eve ry o ne ca rr yin g
no tebooks.
\\lhethe r coll ege marks a g reat transltlOll, or simply a
drift \vith the current of middl e class convention, d epend s
in la rge part on you. It llin ges on some proi'ouncl qu es ­
ti ons, which you mi ght beg in as king yourself- "'iV hat
will I make of universit\ life? H o lV ca n I avoid ge ttin g
lost in th e c ollei-'e crowd'? " Co ll ege is 110 lon ge r some­
thin g for th e few; it is now for th e million s, liter all y, and
some Cassa ndras doubt that we sho uld maintain so many
uncl er the ivy, d oubt that th e yecl[S spent tbere are r eally
fruitful. In 111)' judgment, the ans wer to the qu esti ons
and th e Cassandras can be satisfacto ry-if you and others
approach yo ur university caree rs with SOIlle cle ar sell se
of direc ti on .
Mu ch depends on th e attitud es yo u bring with yo u, as
well as o n th e co llege or ulli ve rsit y yo u attend. L et me
borrow a n image from o ne of Ollr jinest teachers who is
also the dean of our lib era l arts coll ege. He h as sug­
gested that th e approach of a studen t to college should be
basica ll v th a t of a calf tow ard th e cow: to get ev eryth ing
out of it he possibly can. T od a y I want to consid er th e
promise of university life, what )'o u may get out of alma
maler , und er tw o headings. Th ese are adventur e, and
hum a nit y or lo ve. You mi g ht co nsid er th em no t only in
- AJal-dej fr u m :til a ddr,·s~ j,y 'P rufess u r C h~II11 L f'r~ a(
thl' H ij!h :-; dl! utl J-IllnH n Da y P r OlJ..:ram. :\p r il 18, 1 ~ :i 9.
ternls of yo ur coll ege career but as they may relate to
the life you lead a ft er \'OU gradu ate.
Ragpicker's Learning
First, in th e realm of adventure, let llie r ecO ll1mend to
you adve nture in id eas. The phrase is Whitehead's, but
we c an all in our ways use it and pr actice it. What I
have ill mind is sensiti vity and COllcern whi ch goes be­
yond merely storing informa tion for th e sake of informa­
tion. Thi s kind of ragpichr's lea rni ng once produced
grotesqu e payo l1s on television quiz shows, hut it never
produced much in th e way of und ersta ndin g or human
developm en t. Wh at I think you shou ld be concerned with
is a quest for laTger ideas, for ski lI s a nd d epth of skill s
in solving probl ems. fo r ge ner ali zati on and explanation ,
for seekin g mea nin g ill what first ap pears as confusion
o r cacoph on y. Th is adven ture in deeper vision, in mean­
ing and order, llIay p r oceed along lllany pa th s. It may be
experienced in th e eHo rt to describ e th e beh a vior of sub­
atomic particl es, ill seeking factors to explain why Amer­
ica n politi cs are cognate with and ye t dis ti nctively differ­
ent from European politi cs, or in pond erin g the ultimate
nature of th e good life as yo u co nce il'e it. A t Wa shin g ton
U ni vers ity, a nd th e pattern is simil a r at mos t colleges
today, we have wh a t we call a COllllllon studies program
and an individual studies program. I n the common
studi es program, we encourage you to seek a broad, in­
formed ori en tat ion to the world and to yo urse lf, es pecially
to the world of id eas an d your pl ace in it-in short, to
find a solicl fOllnda tion. Then. but only th en, should \'OU
move intensively to acco lllpli s h exce lle nce in yo ur spe­
cialty .
There is imm ense exc itement possible in thi s adve nture
in ideas. for th ose wh o are sensitized, therE' is a deep
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lure in developin g the skills whi ch go into solving p rob­
lem s, a n o rg ani c thrill in arriving a t some prox imate
soluti o n of a previ o usly opaque in d ete rmin acy, f asc ina­
tion in th e pursuit of larger meanings _ All this is of value,
and fun in itself. But also, more a nd more top bu s in."~
exec utives see adve ntu re in ideas, probl em-solvin g skills ,
as b asic trainin g f or broad- g au ge executive wo rk, for
creati ve planning a nd decision m a ki ng. Such i nte ll ectual
developm ent is lllore fundamental than the det a il s of tech­
nical tr ain ing, alth o u/!h these too a r e important. This is
tru e a lso of the pr o f e",~ ions , of go ve rnlllent. and of any
fr eId of e ndeavo r b eyo nd the routin e,
Truth Is Difficult
S eco nd; let me r ecommend adv e nture lTl truth. If this
ha s no m ea nin g, we'll all s ubscribe to it; th e re is so m~.
thin g sm ugl) sati sfyin g a bout a ni ce r ound famili a r plati­
tud,·. But I want to a ttach a m ea nin g to it; and in sist on
it. The search for truth ill volves a rigorous refu sal to
accept the easy, th e s up e rficial; th e coded an s we rs of
conventi o nal wi sd om or the mult iple-choi ce qui z. Life
is no t that simple, o ur knowled ge is n't that Il eat or cer­
tain: wha t we kn ow is conside ra ble, but much r e mains
that we're uncertain a bo ut or still groping f o r. At all
adva nced le vel , and SOln e of yOU kn o w this, all kll O '1 ledge
of ph e n om ena is unl y what has bee n r efe rred to as " sta­
tistical ten dencies,.'· o r matters of probability . \rl ~ rneas­
ure th ese things when we can, but sometimes we can't.
Thus r igo rous sear c h f o r tr'uth goes b eyond ea s y fo rmula­
tiOll :5, cOll ve ntional ce rta inties, r ead y a ns wers. It is a mat­
ter of a" kin g- " h it rea ll y so, or a m I s impl y aCl'e pting a
clich e '? What arc th e d o minant te nd e ncil>. th e co uIlter·
tenelene'i."', th<.: complexities an d nuanel'" th e propor·
tion s'? Hnw can I tes t o r check a s ta telncnt to Sl'l: if it is
~n or n o t so ?;" H (']'e is a pro v in g g ro und f or th e larg p
ideas we adventllre in . It is a tes tin g in the ru gged ter­
rain of ohse rvation , a shakeclown aga inst "stuhb o rn, irre­
clucible fach" in expe ri en ce an (l s ys te matic oj,sl'I'valion .
wh e th e r it g oes on i n th e laborato r ), or in olh c r kinds o[
researc h. L e t me cite a n exampl e, fr om a fi eld with whi ch
1 am f a miliar, Viall )' people ·' kn e w" that Pres id e nt Ei"cn­
ho\\'l']'·s triumphs a t th e polls ill th e face of R epublican
cldeats f o r COl)gr e 5~ \I T re "expl ai ned" I,y th e m ovement
to th e s uburhs. or th e YOlln g people's vo te, or th e wO ln ell'"
vote, S uch plau>, ible hunches soo n c r ys talli zed int o the
C Oli I'en t ion a l wiSelOH! 0 f Illan)' j ou rt Ial ist,. am o ng others.
But whe n thc:se ['rozen notiollS we re tl','iteci a ga iu s t thr
intrica te, r he51-clo se ca utious, fa ct ·j a mmed st a tis ti cal in­
I'esti ga ti oll s o f th e S ur vcy He:sea rch Center of tll e Uni­
vers itl of Michi ga n, th e v IVere fo und wanting . Th ey were
silupl) no t so. Such a l ate oft e n a wa its sugges ti ve intui­
tions, g rand h) p o th eses including, perh a ps, some
hun ches
my olvn abo ut politi cs in the 19.')Os _ which I
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ill allud e to la te r.
Y e t lite ral truth and rneticul o Ll s ve rification is n o t the
whol e ra nge of truth , anel not alwa ys possihle. Le t me
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suggest th e r ea lm of what we may call aes thetiG truth or
ill sig ht - th e unders tandin g, for example, of people
through liter a tur e. W e have, to take a ca se, el a b or a te
an al)'sps of th e demonic p a tho logy of Hitler and the Na zi
movement. "\Ve have a vivid picture of Hitl er ' s d eeply
traumatic experi ences with his own ty r a nni cal f athe r a t
!ir r· Au s tri a n to wn of Lin z. S uc h r esearch is in valu a ble.
But let nl e r ea d a few lines by the p oet K. H, Aud e n ,
which suggest another wa y of lookin g a t the subject
ACG urate sc h ola rs hip can
U nealth th e wh ol e ofIen ct'
Fro m Luthe r until now
That has dri ve n a c ulture m ad ,
Find what occ urred at Li nz,
What huge im ago made
A psychop a thi c god:
I and the publi c know
What all sc hoolchildren leal'll ,
Th ose to wh o m e vil is d o ne
D o evil ill r etuI'll.
Th is is ill itself a kind of truth, It m a )' hri ng a dl" 'per
fee lin g or under s tandi ng to y ou tha n th e detail s 0: a
",)e iologic al a nd p" ycholog ica l inquir y.
The Art You Seldom See
Third, let me recomme nd to you adv e ntllre in th e (li ~ ­
co ve r y of b ea ut y, in art. I-Jcre the spe<.:Lrum llla\ r a nge
from the lyr ic beauty, dr a m a., and wit of jVfozart's Don
Giovanni to t he dark-an d ·l ig ht pastorale o f the ch a ng ing
Ru ssian coulltl'l'sicle in Docior Zhivap.o to tht' poet r y o f
o men, terror, an d GOlllpass io n ill Dedi/JU S Rex_ Acive ntun'
in bea ut y e nt a ils !l o t only aes tllPtic r espOll se hut the wlll-s
of Ihat r es po nse . This in turn requites so me unde r sta nd­
illg of th e a rti s t's purpose or aim, th e feeling or m eaning
he ~ought tu objectify in hi s work uf art, and th E' [Ol'm
and tec hni q ues he utilized. Let-s take, fo r exampl e. Lo uis
S idlivan-s Wainwright Buildin g, al th e no rthwes t cortl t" r
of Seventh a nd Chestnut str eets in d o wnto wn S L L o ui s ,
H o w many of yo u have eve r noticeel it " Iluw l1lan\ of I-OU
have n'er r ea lly '~s(-":n" it" Hegun in 1890, it IVa- a tr a il­
bl az ing pi ece o f architec tur e. Its upswep t lines are in
s harp cemtras t tu th e hox-bl.lildin,,~ around it. and to th e
se nsitive eye i t is far m ore g r a tifyill ;~ th a n ii, nei g hbo rs.
'iVhy is thi s so ? An an SIV(' r requir e,·, somc feelin g f o r
th e relati o ns hip brt\I"I'I) l o rn! and fun c ti o n. Can y o u " 'C ,
rea lly "see," similar r ela ti o ns in th e n ew t. Louis airp urt
te rminal buildin g, where a diffe rent context and fun c tion
e ntail a di!fe lent form a nd differ e nt pa tterns? L et m e
s ugges t that adventnre in b eauty, aesth e tic enrich n wnt,
s tre ngth e ns th e person alit y and p ro vides intern al r e­
';O lln·es o n whi ch to live in th e long yea rs to COlne.
AcTveil t ure j Jl ideas. ill truth , in beaut y- thc-!.: hint ;;,
th e promi",· of a university o r college career. But m o«'
tllall this is n ecessary. Stud ents gradu a ting from coll e(.!(,
toda\' go n ot o nly into a wo rld threate ned b y d('~tru c ti on,
but into a ll ,l fr" of ur gani za ti on , which is p a rti c ularl y a p ­
pa rent in th e middle-cla ss miliell mos t o f y ou \\' ill e nter .
Life for th E' Ameri call middle class today., I suggest, i s
characterized by comfort and general economic security.
But it is a Iso marked not on 1)' by cold war an d the spectre
of nue lear war but by organization patterns and other
conditions which threaten consi dnable so cial and cu ltur al
sam elless. what h as been called " statu s panic" in bu·
reau c racies wheth er corporate or governmental, substan·
tial lack of sense of identity, and a recurring f eeling of
rootl essn ess. In con!'<equence, I suspect, many Amer ican s
toda y are subject to a scldom -fa ced but quietly nagging
psychologi cal insecu rity. This is a fa~cinating pr oh lclll­
th e impact of thi s new world of th e "organization mall. "
Re cently I have b een parti cul arly interest ed in th ese 8S­
pects of lllid-twenti eth-ccutury life, hecause here at Wash­
ington Univers ity so me of LI S are inquiring into sOllle of
their probable con sequen ces :for politics. N ow I want
simply to touch on one iac t of yo ur rol e in this CO llnec­
tion. Again I borr ow from W. H. Auden, who on ce wrotc
of a friE'ndL et us honor if we can
The verti ca l man
Though we value nOlle
Rut the horizontal one.
ll1 a world that "eem s to b e val uing 111 ore a no III ore th E'
hori zo nta 1 man or woman , how can you a void c"lorles>'
conformism , " other-directed " behavior, "g roupthink." th e
patterns of sam en es~ and loss of i<l entit) ?
N eedlE'ss to sa), I ,Iln not prepared to attempt a total
presc ription. But let me sugges t that a broader direction
or purpose in your life llla y help in this isslIe, and that it
may be found ill the realm of humanity or of love. At th(,
m omen t, I am not thinking of love between bor on d girl ,
01' mall and woman. the Greek "ero.I;' romantic or sex ual
love, though this i" after a ll a significant and legitimate
part uf colle:.:,' liJe about it third of th ose 3.200,OO() lIni­
vels ity stud ent, are lJlarried. Here I am cOllcE'rn ed wit.h
"agofYc'-' th e Creek term which suggests lov e in th e
broader sellse. Thi " is lov e 01 one's fell ow-nlall. loye in
th e nOIl-rolllantic Sf' n~p_ hroa d sympathy and conc ern. th e
Chri sti an cha rity- - il yuu won't co nfu se "charity" with
merd) i-' iying to tilE' t nit ed Fund. Here ap:ain let lllE' deal
with threE' r ea 11115.
The Groupfitted Man
First. th e re is thc que~tion of holV YOU relate to oth er
inoi vid uals whom yo u m eet face to face. The point here,
onc e again, is not the COIlVf'lltional wisdom of adjust.l1lent,
getting alo n g with the group aud doing what it wants YOll
to do, to ge thern ess, or wha t I think of as " grou pfit." To
a ss ume that your relation s with other individuals are good
si mply b ecause yOll successfu ll) practice g ro upfit 'is not a
suffi cient answer: you may be d y-in?: insid e without· know.
in g it. Th e point h ere is tb e actual quality of personal
r el ations, the breadth and d epth with which yo u m ee t
oth ers as individu als, the sensitivity and quality of feeling
whi ch you bring to 511(:h co ntacis. This com cs out in man )'
ways-for example, in what you talk about <1 1ld 1 h ope
that your exchange with yo ur fellows goes heyond b1l 51'­
ball and the comic strip. Of course I, too, can feel for th e
St. Loui s Cardinals, and even sy mpathi ze " ith " Archie"
and his Veronica. But there are, after all, clP( ' per thin gs
in life, and there should be deeper things in your relatjons
with one ano th er.
Second, Jet m t' suggest love of mankind. Thi s iIl\Tolv, '"
basicall y a sense of co nceTn , of inv o lv clllent with the
plight of others, wheth er they are while. as most of you
are, or whether they are black; whether they are in St.
Lo ui s. or in Little Rock, or in Tibet. S uch co ncern or
com mitm ent wa s once fashionable, but much of the con­
ve ntiollal wisdom of tod ay prac ti ca ll y qualifi es it out o{
existenc e. asking, " Am I covered? L et me_ in it vcry nice
way, tak e ca re of myself. " On th e contrary, let lIl e su gges t
tbat you consid e r the pli ght of other". ])uring th e Tihetan
cris is I \I' as en couraged to ~ET that a Ilumber of stud ents
at the Unive rsit y of California i1t Berkeley wer e active in
oq.!illlizin g a Tibetan Brigade to go to th e aid of the cause
of humanity as they saw it th ere, and they r E'achen the
stage th at ilJdi cates that a proj ect is ser io us - the sta ge o f
trying to find enough money. Now I do lIot suggest that
we all have to go to Tilx:t, or eve II that that is th e b est
place to serve mankilld . But I do sUl<gcst a sense of re­
spon ~ibility and concern , or as the French put it, of h eing
"ell{!,a,r!;t'e ," hein g involv ed, with at leasl some action to
match. This is the r everse of the easy c)J1ici';llI of the
"inside-dopt'ster" who " kI1O\I,;' how everytlJillg w orks,
e VCIl who bribed whom wben ac tually tber r' lI'a~ Ill) brihe,
but who fee ls for noho cly aml Jo r n o bro,1dpl purpose.
Oscar \'1' ilde ha s Clescrih ed a eynic a~ one "who knows the
price of E'vf'rrthin g, and the va lu e of lIothin2 '" ' PcrhClps
II'E' should all be' Ie,s entranced with price IllC OS ltrC>', more
concerned with human va lu es, with so("io l H'spollsibiliti es.
Intellectua l ,0phi sticati ol1 need not, and should not. lea d
to Cllli cislll and p:ls"ivity. but to cuncern and ac tivit, .
Let m e refer again to il11m ediate politics_ lIot for pro­
fessiollal or guihlish purposes_ but h E'cause it is famili ar.
CO)1sidt'f the h ero-worship whi ch run s so "trong today,
particularly as it. has been expressed in emotional id enti­
fica tio]J~ with the persona lity-illla ge o f President Ei"l'll­
hower, which encompasses far more th an the E'mo ti onal
stra in of "J lik e Ike." Consid er the bland appea l of what
olle writ e r call s tbe "Smooth Dealers" in th e Democratic
as well ,IS the R e l)ubli ca n party. from Senator Jack K e n­
nedy or Massac husetts to GoverJJors Bob MeIn er of N t' w
J e rsn or Pat Brown of California. Now thesE' a rc capa bl e,
civiliz ed. nen educated l1Ien , ce rtainl y mE'n of charm.
But th e ir very capacity and acceptahility s ugg,'st some
questiolls. What larger direction do th ey represent in a
world which veer5 fr om violence in Li ttle Rock to the
brink ill Lebanon to pe ril at Berlin _ a world of inten si­
fying nuclear fallout and potential global explosion?
What purposf' do they offer h eyond th e coml' lltional wis­
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dom , heyond routill e and th e r eady <.: hatlJ1 e ls of th e <.: are­
fully -' covered?"
Eut, you know , it's eas y to spe the shortcoJll in gs ill
puses everywh e r e may b e more insidious precisel y b ecause
its face is a casu a l, e ve n gen tee l, but callous indiffe rence­
which lYJay be ma s ke d by lip-service to int ell ec tu a l e xcel­
o thers, in a presid ent , in a sena tor or governor, particu­
lellce.
la rly in pOLential pres id e ntial ca ndidates_ Let u s put th e
vulgar luxury today_
Anti-inte ll ec tualism in any form wh a tsoe ver i s a
s h oe on the Inop e r foot a nd aslc "Wh1t do we , wh at d (l
a luxury, too, a g rave danger. Illtellectua l excellell ce is a
you demand of s u ch lea d e r s" What do you illsi s t on when
national need, and I do not mean only v is-a-vis Khrus h c hev
It wa s always vul ga r, but tod ay it is
To a s ig nifi ca nt d e ­
in the matte r of e n g ineering and military h a rdware_ It is
g ree, we ge t large mea s ur es o f personalit y-image o r
a national need for th e whole developm e nt a n d richn ess of
am-I-covered politi cs beca use, in the age of o rg anization
American c ivili za ti on, in terms of r espo nsi bilit y to th e
yo u think of politi ca l lea d e r s hip? "
aud s ubliminal pe rso n a l in securities o r tem p e re d anx i­
prospeds of huma nity the world over, towa rd working
e ties, we seldom d emand Ino r e.
To shift th e e lllph asis
o ut creative social po li c ies and carryin g th e m throu g h.
a way from politics, yo u mighL ask what you d e lli and b e ­
According t o Allen Dull es of the Ce ntr a l Int elli ge nce
yond immediate conLe llt, eas y b elonging and eas y kn o w­
ing, personal sati s fa c ti o lJ. wh e n you think of the wh ole
ran ge of your life . Thi s is h ard ly a Lime to play \T c r o,
obse rving
in
comfo rt,
h o we ver
cleverly-
whil e
c iti es
s tran g le, s kin- co lor d e ni es c hildr e n as well as a dults th e ir
Agency, Sovi e t indus try has grown at an annual rate of
9.5 per cent ove r the las t seven years, Am e ri can industry
at a raLe of only 3.6 per cen t. Such indu s trial a nd co m­
paraLil' e ii gure~
I offer o lil y to s ugges t la r ge r p o ints_ Firs t ,
there i " lh e illlpe r at ive fo r well-educated ge n e rali s ts and
full chance at life, a lld int e rc tllllillent ,, 1 IJ:ll!i s ti c ll1i..:.;:il cs
" peciali ~ t s, II Ot o ill y ill tec hll o lo gy or econo mi cs o r public
threa te n the world. Parti c ul a rlv ill
poliC)- but ill o th e r and less measurable r ealms of c r e ati ve
it
fkltlOCrac\, . th e iss ue
poss ibility . Second, there is the need for \vell- ed uca te d
o f IllIlllanit y inv o lves yo u_ to o .
lIlen and w Ollien who ma)' cOlls titute the yeast of a n "at­
te ntjl(:' public " without which social, intellectu a l, and a r­
The Role of the Teacher
li~tic leadership in
AL lllOst colleges a nd univ e rs ities today, your t ea<.:h e r~
willllOL be preach e r s. By and large they will not li se th e
classrooJll to tell yo u what you "o ug ht" to thin k
a d e mocracy is stultifi e d. l£ w e a r e to
realize our potentia lities as a people, anti-int ell ec tuali slll
in aliI form is some thing \I e call1lot afford.
:illch
There is mu c h ll1 0 re th a n thi ~ to be saicl ab o ut ulliver­
qu es tions , what valu es yo u "o ug ht" to espouse , what ac ­
"ity life, and h o w yo u or i(:' nt yourself to it. As) OLi e nter
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tioll yo u ~ hould und e rtake, th o ug h individuall y th ey lll ay
indeed di sc uss th ei I' vie ws open ly and cancl iell y.
times
J wonder if we a re le tting
s ist e nt
th e basic
inLellect u al
down , wheth e r , co u­
value
of
a lI)1ivC'rs it y, YOU mi g ht r e m e mher the futur e b eyo nd th e
il1l11lediate futur e o f th e four or seven years und e r th e
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the lif e y o u will lead afte r your last d egree .
Th e
ohjective
realllis of hum ani ty or love o f fellows, of 1I1 8 11killd , and
r esea rch and teachin g, th ere s houldll't be more e xch a ll gc
of learnillg offe r, 1 think, so me direction for h o th futur es_
011
with
)O U
Som e ­
this question of love of mankind, of sense of social
r es ponsibility and cOll1l11itm e nt: "You hale tak e n care t o
d e ve lop his faculti es, but not to forlll lIis characte r." With­
o ut preachillg we can,
1 am co nvinced , J)o se imp ortant
iss ues of human values a ud soc ial policy illteg rally in o ur
teac hin g as well as in p e r so ll a l co ntac ts . You a s s tud e nts
in a fr ee soc iet y will s lill d eve lop yo ur olVn s peci fi c
C0 1l1­
mitme llts, as well as yo ur own fac ulties , but we a s teach e r s
might provide you with g r ea ter s tilllulus and aid tball ,
p e rhaps, we do n ow.
If you find your university expe ri­
e nce lackillg in thi s aspec t, I. s ugges t that \oU r a ise your
vOI ces .
CerLainly Lhis presc ription of adventure and hu manity is
not an easy on e ; ratller it is a s tiff prescripti olJ of ge n e ral
exce llellce , and o f mora l <.:onccrn.
Yel it is th e s ort of
thing that you , a t th e m Olll e nt of tran s ition to a coll ege o r
univers it y, o ug ht to be thinkin g about.
L e t me co uclud e by pic turing f o r you a falllou s co llege
g;J te. It s tan d s at th e ed ge of Harvard Yard at Harvard
Ulliversity ill Cambrid ge. On one side is M assach u se tts
Avellue, a bus)', dirty s tr ee t, e xpressing the hurly-burl y o f
a substantial indu s tri al c ity, for Cambridge is not an iso­
lated college town . On t h e o ther side of th e ga te is t he
~tudious qui e t of Hanrard Yard, the vastll ess of Wid e n e r
Finally, let me r ecom m end love of leall1ill g, of inte l­
Library, classroom s, f ac ulty offices, dormitorie s_
On th e
lect u a l goods. This ma )' seem unne<.:e ssary , but it is s u r­
outside o f tbe ga te, insc ribe d in the stoTl e _ thi s lege nd
pris in g how many uni ve r s ity s tud e nts can lend th e m selv es,
appears­
beca use o f the pull of social life o r other di s tra c ti o ll s, t o
a kind
of anti-inte ll ec tuali slll.
This
variety
of
<l uti ­
int e ll ec tualism is not so b ruta l as the " belch -and-bear­
hu g" tactics of th e l at ( ~ Senator J ose ph R. lv fcCarth y_ Some
of you may recall fr om your c urr e nt history Lhat h e would
" Eli le r , t o srow ill wisdom."
011 the ill s id e of the ga te, as V()U leavC' to INurn t o th e
c:it v_
YOLi
may read ­
"Depart, uell er 10 SetTe Ilzr cOlll/lry awl/lty kind."
h a ve knocked his "Am e ri ca nism" into the (pr es ulll a bly
All univer s iti es s hould hav e such ga tes, with SUcll in ­
bald) pates of "eggheads" with a slippery-elm club. But
junctions. An d all students e ntering and le avin g s h o uld
th e an ti-intelle<.:tuali s l1l on!'" fincl s in certain peopl e Oil <.:am ­
))Cl llse, to cons id er th e ir Ill e alllng.
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ing one. He call jibe, but he can never be
iTIClliciolls. He mllst h e able Lo deRale 811 ex ­
lended ego, but he call n ever <10 it Oll t or
spite. The hest caricaturi st is the artj~t who ca n
report not only with wit and humor but with
wisdom as well.
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teacher in the School of Fine Arts, is a
\·eleran free-lance artist wo rkin g ·i ll N ew York
Ci t,. At the request 01 WashingLOf! Un£velsit)'
iI1aga:;ine, he agreed Lo do a snies of drawings
spoofi ng some of the famili ar stereo types
of ca mpus hIe. His material came from his
memo ry of hi s own years as an llllde rgraduate
a nd Leac ber , and from an un so rted stack of
mi scellaneous call1pus photograph s. Far morc
imp or tant was his own eloquent illl clgiJlation,
which g uided itself. Th e rt'5ult is a maste rful
series of drawin gs, th e perceptive probing of a
sensiLive 8nd very lUllllV man.
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SHEPLEY WINS
ACADEMIC FREEDOM AWARD
Chancellor Ethan A. H. Shepler of W""hill gto n Univ e r,it~· re.cei'e:; the Alexa nder Meikle iohn Awa rd for Acad e mi c Fre edom
Pitts burgh, April 2.5. Shown with Ch ancellor Sh epl e y are: (left) Professor Bentley Gla ss of Johns Hopkin s University. jJ res ident of
th e American Assoc iation of U ni'ersit y Professo rs, th e orga ni zati on making the award; (third fr om left) P rof e~so r Robert Car r of
Dartm outh College, chairman of th e AAUP committee on academic fr eedom, which made the selec tion; (right ) Arthur S. Flemming,
~ecre t a ry of the U. S. Department of H ea lth , Educa tion and Welfare, wh o ga ve the keynote address at the meeting.
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A11'zel'iecfJIz AJSoeicztion
of University Professors
nCZ1nes WU eha'llcellol'
U
nU17Z
1110st de serving
of reeo gnztzon for devotion
to aeadeJ1zie freedo17z."
Chancellor Ethan A, H. Shepley received, on April 25,
lhe Alexander Mei klej olm Aw a rd for Academic Freedom.
Presented at the national meetin g of the America n
Association of University Professors- th e organization
spo nsoring the aw ard-th e award was made to Shepley
bec ause of his continued devotion to the principle of
aca demi c freed om.
Chancellor Shepley was nominated for tb e award by
the Wa shin gton U niversity chapter of th e AAU P, 'whi ch
ae!opted a resoluti on in Decem ber of 1957 instructing its
executive committee to seek appropriate means of reco g·
lIizin g ': Chancellor Shepley 's unique co ntribution to main.
tainin g the valu es of academic freed om in the Un ited
S ta tcs".
At a campu s dinner honoring Chancellor Shf' pley just
pri or to the formal presentation of the aw are! in Pitts­
burgh, Professor Barry Commoner, president of th e AAUP
chapter, said, " Thi s resolution was not prop osed to com·
lIl emor ate any single dramatic act by Cbancellor Shepley.
R ather, the r esolution reA ected a steadil y g rowin g fac ult y
opinion that the Ch an cellor had met hi s administrati ve
respo nsibility in a mann er which co nsistentl y r eveal ed all
unqua lified faith in th e valu e of academie fr,' r,do lTl as a
way of life fo r th e U niversit y.
" By his own example Chanc ellor Sb epley has stimulated
a livel y and l'!'itic a1 exch a ng" of ide as and opini on b e·
tween faculty and administration and among faculty
members themselves. He ha s becn so s uccess ful ill com­
muni catin g hi s passion for th e pl ai nl y spoken idea th at
on our campU S- ll1 co ntrast to other less fortunate in­
stitutions-on e conforms to the ' campus norm' by frankly
expressin g op.inions r ather than con cealing or obscuri ng
them. "
An ed itorial in the St. Louis Post.Dispatch, comment·
ing on the award, remarked :
"If an yo ne tries to recall some notabl e case of a faculty
member under fire at \~r ashington Un iversity, with Ethan
Shepley standin g stanchl y for bim, the attempt win be
futile. There has been no su ch instance. The aw ard went
to the Chancellor b ecause during his tenure 'Wa shington
University h as been notabl y hos pitabl e to diverse points
of view and the freest exchange of ideas. Instea d of
bei ng a defender oE acad emic freedom under attack, he
has been ,1 n expo nent of it in practice .
"Two examples of how \Vashin gton Uni,'ersity has
kept its mind open and its sights clear in recent yea rs will
illu~trate thi s. When an outstanding scien tist was un·
fa irl y forceel out of private r esearch, ,1S well as hom
Government service, Etha n Shepley welcom ed him and
his tal ents to Washin gton Un iv er sity. \\Then a Con gres·
sional witch hunt brought unfavorable publi c ity to a
fac ul Ly wife and through hf' r to her husb and, the
Chancellor reassured th em of hi s support. So are li fe
and spirit imp arted to a compan y of ~c holars. Al ex ander
:Meiklejohn. whose na m(~ always will shin e bri ghtl y in
the hi stor y of high er education, teaches that academic
fr eedom is not a privilege but a dut y. The Sh epley chan·
cellorship is an ex emplifi cati on of that positive co ncep t."
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By BILL VAllGHAN. I3SJ 36
The Lost Art of Campus Humor On [he [wemy-fifth anniversary of [he dea[h of
Dirge, former WU campus humor magazine,
a no[ed columnis[ (and form er Dirge
edicor) holds a li[erary wake and specula[es
on [he causes of i[s passing.
Frush; ~'l s your g irl a ga ud dancer?"
Soph: ".No . But, bo y, can s he intermi ssion .'"
Washin gtun U niv e rsity Dirge,
c. 1934.
"ft ( f)irge) is not making a sa ti sFac tor y co ntribution to
the cultural achievemen ts of the u nivers ity, and it is f elt
that its absence will not !flateriall), affec t any c ultural
g row th."
S taternent by \Vas hington
Universit y administratiull,
June 1934.
Th e first o f these immorta l quotations COUles fr OIll mem o
o r y. The s econ d has been suppli ed by H aro ld Clover, n o w
a produccr of edu ca tion a l and industrial moti on pi ctu res
and the l ast edit or of Dirge, whi c h survived for more than
twc nty years in th e grea t days of th e ('ollege co mi c maga·
Zill e.
IlJ say ing th a t Clover was the ultimate editor, I am
ll10d es tl y overlooking myself, alth o ugh 1 was the last
C hi ef iVlour ne r on rec ord. It took Ille ollly on e issue to
achi eve th e traditi o nal amb iti on of every co llege co mi c
editor-·suppression of th e book, s om e thing my pred eces.
so rs had tried, with mu ch more dilige nce than I, to bring
abo ut. H owever, I cauno t, ill a ll fairn ess, claim th e c redit.
OtlIer ed itors, C lover, S arli Brightma n, Porte r H c nr y, Phil
BC'cker, S tokely Westco tt, an d all the lo ng process ion had
laid the grouudwork.
[ lliercl y reaped what the y h ad sow n .
I 11<1\'C' been as ked to prov ide a mem o ir of DI:/ {!,e 011 this
tw ent y·fift h anni versa r y of its passing. and T wish I co uld
r('m el/lher l!1ore ab out it. C lover r eln etll be rs quit e a bit.
but lTlu c h of wha t he rememb e rs i s undoubtedl y wrong.
H e s till r emembe rs th at that one iss ue, full of jokes
whi c h offended th e dec ency of th e tim es an d go t us into
tr o uble with th e a uth orit ies, res ult ed fr om a lau g hable
er ror. These j o kes, clipped fr o m sllch learned j o urn a ls as
th e Harvard Lampooll, th e Minncsota Ski·U ·Mah , th e
Alabama Rammer·Jamme r, an d th e Penn SW/.e Fr olh, had
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been r e jec led as too racy for our readers and placed in a
separa te en velupe.
Quaintly enou g h, this en velope was se nt to the printer
i n pla ce o f th e one co nt ai nin g th e sanita r y, faculty·
ap pruved jokes. Thi s is wh a t Clover r ememb ers. As I
remember, we sat up m os t of one ni gh t inve nting this
expl ana tion , whi c h ma kes it all th e more rernarkable that
he s ho uld b e able tu rem e mber it.. virtu a ll y word for w o rd.
I believe this was th e sa m e issue from which we tore,
by hand , one particularly smo ld erin g s tory, leaving a
j ag ged h ole. The issue was a sellout, with every pur­
c ha se r hopin g to get a cop y s ti \] co ntaining th at sordid
a necdo te .
'What inn oce nt, wide·eyed da ys they were, wh e n Fros h
and Soph , S tud e a lld Prof exchanged the ir witticisms and
"Are you a Sigma Chi ? No , I was kic ked by a h or se"
he ld new deli ghts every tim e we repr inted it in any o f its
m yriad va riati olls!
I s uppos e we were not materially affecting th e c ultu ra l
g rowth of th e U niv e rsit y. But, th e n, nobod y h ad told us
we w e re s upposed to. \\ ' e th o ug ht ou r Jlurpose was to get
out a hum or ma gaz ine and to battle our natural enemies ;
th e achnini s trati o)l, th e faculty. and. especially, Student
UJe.
This las t w as a pape r whi c h took itself with m o numen·
tal seri ousness an d h eld Dirge in (liseqccrn. On ce, I r e­
call , Stu dellt LiJe pri nted a letter from a la dy into wh ose
han ds a copy of Dirge had fall en . H e r reaction may be
jud ged by her si g nat ure : Outrage d J\/I othe r. From th en on,
Edi tor's No te: AUlh o r Va u g han w rites th e column " Sl arbearns,"
sy ndical ed !J,' hi s paper, Ih e J(anws Cily SlaT, to some 100 n e ws­
Ildpers, indudin g puhli c~ li on' in T okvo and Bangkok. The "S tar·
ueam," co lumn , w hich he has wrill en since J 9·16, is quite pos ­
s ihl y Ihe alu es ! cOll lillllO US newspap<" r C'olumn in th e co untry;
il appear ecl ill the first ed ili o n
Ih e Kan sas City Stur in 1880.
or
V 8 ughan was Ilo rn in S l. Louis, " up:-.luirs o\ er BE"nd e r"s dru g store
at Sk inker a nd De lm a r." Hi s falhn, Ihe la te Dr. J ohn R. Vaughan,
mother Sa ra Th oOlC1S Vaug h an, Jnd brother, Dr. 1. R ussell
Va ughJ n, a ttended WU .
Outr aged lVl oth er became one of our fav o rite ch a racters.
Well, thi s is all gone now. The college comic magazine,
I understand, is a feebl e shadow of what it once was.
There are no Stud es and Frosh any more. It may even be
that Outra ged M others no longer exist.
\\1hile we of the Dirge staff did not parti cul a rly lament
its death, since life ill those days was full of a number of
interestin g thin gs La do besides getting o ut a magazin e,
we did rath er resent the fact that it was 110 t g iven a
proper burial. With indecent has te, the English Depart.
mellt, its h ands still stclined with our blood , assig ned the
ph ysical remains- Lh e officp, desks and interchangeable
envelopes- to its own darling project, The Eliot.
This wa s a litera r y pamphlet of fearsome intell ectuality ,
featurin g imagi st verse and woodcuts of di a phan o usly.
clad fem a les sprinting across lonely moors. Dirge h ad, on
several occasions, taken rude notice of Th e £hOI , a nd the
fact that it survived us is healtcning proof that ri ght
thinkin g and l ofty princi ples win out in the end.
Dirge's li fe extended from World \Var J to th e m iddl e
of the Great Dep ression. College com ic magazin es were
boomin g the n. So were Judge and the pre·Luce Li/e. Our
jokes and ca rt oo ns were picked up b y Co llege H umor,
whic h paid off in th e warm g low of importance it gave us
to appenr in th e sa me publicntion with J ohn H e ld Jr. a nd
others of our ido ls.
The end of Dirge apparelltly was no t an isol ated phe ·
nomen o n. Campu s humor magazines declin ed alm os t
simultan eo usly with the disappearance of th e nationally
Wh o th e Hell opened my /\Iumni bulletin?"
Dirge, 193.3
circulated jo ke books whi ch they emulated. To ex plain
why thi s sho uld have happened, a numbe r of theor ies
ITla)' easily be wo rked up. Propoundin g them, ho wever,
lies beyond my abi lit y and interest.
We would have 10 have, in the modem m anne r, a Sylll '
posium, a panel, or, bette r still, a \Vorkshop, with every·
body silting around wea ring name cards alld usin g words
like "dich o tomy" a nd " 8 changing socieLy " and "free
mcn everywh ere."
We co uld fall , if we were l10t careful , into a discussion
of " The Dec line of Ame rican Humor," one o f th e m ost
d is 111 a I subj ec ts 1l 0W und ergo ill g soc io·econ omic scrutin y.
]{ a pane l we re asse mbled to discu ss thi s maLLe r, one
member, proba bl y a large woman in a flow ered h at,
would point out th at th e co llege comic maga zi ne fai led
hecause its reade rs hun gered for Signific an ce, that in
Lime of, cLc., etc.
Another wo uld con tend that, in the era of the Organiza­
tion Man , coll ege students are all conformists and th ere·
[are do not lend themselves to the revolt against es tab·
lished authority th a t, etc., etc.
A third might sugges t that the college hUlllor ma gazin e
go t the ax because it was dull and inept. Thi s op ini on,
which mi g ht possibly he co rrec t, I choose to ignore.
Someon e wo uld brin g up the Ru ssialls a nd co n vey th e
information th l'l t the re is no comic ma gazin e at the U ni·
versity of M osco w. (If th ey had one, would we have to
have magazin es twice as funny to hold our own in th e
cold war?)
The th eo ri es, guesses, aud supposiLions could be spun
out forev er. Perhaps all that needs to be said is th at the
campus comic was a phenomenon like th e unbu ckl ed
galosh, th e edib le go ldfi sh, or the 27'l11an tf!lephon e hoo th ,
which have Lh eir brief moment and vani sh.
J am not sure I would brin g the college hUlll or maga·
zine back if I co uld . And yet it was no t a n altogethe r
va luel ess in stitution. I am not as convinced as some
people say th ey a re th a t hUlllor and sa tire are essenti al
in a democracy. But I think the y are useful , and the col·
lege hum o r magaz ine can provide a trainin g gro und. If
it isn't professionally sli ck in its humor, it ca ll at least
plead that it is cr ea Lin g characters, the way th e a ill a teur
football team builds ch arac ter.
There is one mo re th eory which occurs to me. In going
back over some okl copies of Dirge I am struck by th e
emphasis on what mi ght be called hoy.girl r elati onsh ips.
There is quite a lot of tbat.
T oda y's college stud ent, I al11 told , is t ypically marri ed
and a parent, o r a t least go in g stead y or pinn ed-a nd
therefore not interested in th e one aspect of campu s life
whi ch seemed to occ up y our tho ughts in the lo ng ago.
A campus magazine might succeed if it we re built
around d omestic humor, bright saying of kid d ies, and cas·
serole r ecip es.
I wish I cou ld rem emb er what that jok e was that we
had to tear out.
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A GREAT LADY
BECOMES EMERITUS
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Starbird was dean of women at Washington
Universit y for 28 years. She came to the
University in 1931 as dean of women a nd profes,;or
of French. Her sixteen years as a teacher of French
at the 'University and her life.long devo tion to F'rf'nch
literature and French culture have earned her a
knighthood in the Order of the Academic Palms. Her
years of devoted service to the University and its
students have earned her a retirement carr ying with it
recogn ilion as dean emeritus of women. Thousands of
people ha ve regularly read her newspaper columns
over a period of thirteen years, the first of those with
Ih e old Star-T imes , the most recent eight years twi ce
weekly in the St . LOllis Post-Dispatch. Her wit and her
wisdom range over a wiele variet y of subjects, as
gentle or as pointed as her subject and her
conviction require. The personal dev otion of th e
hu ndreds of studen ts who have sought her help was
dramatically demonstrated at a tea and recep tion in Dean
Starbird's h onor, spo nsored by M orta r Board Alumnae
and the Wom an's Faculty Cl ub, at the home of
Chancellor Shepley on May 24, More than 400 former
stud ents and colleag ues joined in paying tribute to her
service, her understandin g, and her help. Retirement
at the University is a matter controll ed by poli cy ,
and oflicial retirement as dean of wom en will only alter.
not halt, an active, interested life. Mrs. Starbird will
visit France this summer, and on her return will
contin ue her writing. The impact of such a personality
will be felt for longer years and in furth er places than
most of us realize. HO\\ far and how long is the
meaSUH' of her con tribut ion .
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Vikt or Hamburger, profe!'sor and head of th e Depa rtm ent of Zoo]op:y,
elec led a fell ow of th e American AcaJellll' o f AI'IS a nd Sciences,
Professor of Chemis try aillue l L \V eis5 Ioan ,
uwarded 3 n IJnrestl'ictfd SO,OOO r<"sea n: h p:ra nt .
Th e Lib era l AI,ts Council ho"ored Dean
Tholll os S, Hall, Colleg:e of Lib eral Art s.
S t. Louis POSl -Dis pat c h pho tog r3ph
Rob ert F. Dannen lJrink Jr., a sen ior in Lh e School of Architect ure, :;hown
with hi s model tfwt won th e 85 ,000 Parj" Prize ill Archit ec ture, top archi­
tectural aw,nd in the United Stal es. This a ward is the Lloyd WalT en F ellowship.
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CAMPUS NEWS ;\RCHlTEC'ITRE STU D E NT WI NS TOP PRIZE . . .
Rob ert F. Dannenbrink 1 r. , a seni or in the Sch oo l o f
Archit ec ture, is th e w inner of the $ 5000 Paris Prize in
Arc hitec ture. top a rchitectural aw a rd in the U nited S tates.
Th e award, kn own as the Ll oy d Warren F ell o wship, i;;
g ive n by th e N a tiunal In s titute for Arc hitectural Edu­
catiun. It pr o vides for a yea r's travel and s tudy in Europe .
Dann e nbrink plans to s tud y at the E cole des Beau x Arts iJl
Pari s du r in g hi " ye ar a broad.
Th e Paris P r ize is based solely on the merits of wo rk
e nte red to com pe te for it, with n o other co nsid e ration
o r r ecomme nd a ti o n. Danne nbrink placed fir s t in a fi eld
of 1Ll1 stud e nts. Tlle pr o ble m seL for thi s ) ear' s compet i­
Lion wa s to des ig n an inte rn a tional scien ce center fo r find­
ings fr om the Inte rn a ti o nal Geoph ysica l Year prog ra ms.
W E I SS MAN R EC EIVES $50,000 UN SOLICITED
GRANT .. . Sam uel I. Wei ssm a n, professo r of chemistry
h as been a wa rd ed an un soli c ited and u n r es tricted re­
search grant of $50 ,000 by the P e tr ole um Resea rch
Fund , ad ministered b y th e Ameri can Chemical S oc ie ty.
Th e a ward will fu r ther Dr. W eissman's pi o neering
work in el ectr o n magnetic reson a nce, whi ch h as enabled
chemists to ohse rv e the distributi o n of electro ns in mole­
c ul es ({or m any years a ma tter of specul a tion) and to
stud y the r a tes of reac Li o ns that occ ur too fast for co n­
ven ti o n a l m ethods.
W e issman hegan hi s work in thi s fi eld in 19.51. s timu­
lated hy the uniqu ely co-oper a tiv e efforts of me mbers
of th lO phy sics, chenlistry, and b otan y departme nts. Sin ce
th en studen ts a nd tea ch e rs have com e fr om England ,
I srael , th e N e th e rland s, a nd many Am eri ca n laborat o ri es
to stud y th e techniqu es used at WU.
GIFT F OR MUS IC LlBllARY .. . Washin g ton U nil' lO r­
sitl' ha s receil' lO c1 a $ 250,000 gif t fr om M r s. C lifford W.
Ga yl o rd f o r CO Ji s truction of a music librar y. The build·
ing is give n as a memori a l to her hu sb alld , Ge ner al
Clifford W. Ga ylord , a me mber of th e Washin g ton U ni­
versit y Co rporaLion fr o m 1941 until his d eath in J a nua ry
19.52 . General Gay lo rd was pres ide nt of th e Ga yl o rd
Con ta ill e r Co rpor a ti o n.
The buildin g, to he call ed th e Gaylord Music Library.
will be loca ted so utheast of th e present Mu sic Department
a dmini s trClt io n buildin g an d will run n o rth and so uth.
facin g on E llenwoo d a venue. It will co ntain a la r ge
readi ng r 00111, a sem inar r oo m , an d a seri es of s mall
li s ten in g and tap e rec ording r ooms. It will be connected
to th e admini s tr a ti on buildin g b y a covered walkway .
COllstru c ti on will b egin as so on as pl a ns have b ee n
cOlllpl eted .
architec Ls.
S mith and En zcroih h a ve beell nam ed as
HAiVlUliRGER A N D Mr\LLIN C KRODT HONORED.
Viklo r Hamburge r. profes>-o r a nd head oJ th e departme nt
of zool ogy, a nd Edward M a llinc-krodt Jr. , chairman of
the h oa rd of Mallinc\o-oc.lt Chemical Wo rk s and an h on o r­
an nl c mb c r of th e \\IU Hoard of Directors, h ave bee n
elected fellow s of the America n Aca demy of Arts and
Scie nces.
Hanlburge r. o ne of th e CO Ull try's lea din g authoriti es
i.I1 the fi eld o f experim enta l e mbryol og y, was elected a
fellow in th e acad e my's class of bi ological scienc es,
zoolo g y sec tion . \\fell knowlJ for hi s r ese arch ill develop­
m e nt a l ge netics, h e c ame to W ashi ng ton llnive rsity in
I 93S it S assistant professor of zo o logy and was na m ed pro­
fesso r and h ead of the departm e nt in 1944 .
Mallin ckrodt was named a n honorary m ember of th e
Univcrsi ty 's Board of Direc to rs in 1950, after ha vin g
served as a regular b oa rd member fro m 1923 to 104 2.
FO U R F ULBRIGHT SCHOLARSHIPS \,ION . . . Three
WU facult y me m ber s and olJ e g ra duate student have re­
ce iv eel Fulbri ght a wards for s tud y next year. J. H. Hexter,
professor a nd h ead of th e Department of History, has
received il FulbrighL fe ll owship to lecture at the U nive r­
sity of Ed inhurgh, S co tland . Wil1iil]J1 D. 10 hns. associate
professor o f t!e ology, ",ill leave in Septembc r to do
rcsear ch at th e iVIin er a logisch es In stitut of th e U ni versity
o f Goe tlingcJl. H e will study th e io n exc han ge characte r­
istics of r ece nt ocean sedim e nts from all ove r the world.
Hellr y H. Schloss, ass is tant professo r of economi cs,
will spc nd his year in India and o th er South A s ian
countri es making an intensive s tud y of the role of private
bu sin ess and indu s tr y in those lI a Li o ns' economi c de velop­
m ent. Miss M a rtha McCull oc h. g raduate s tud e nL ilJ
mu sic, will s tud, voice nex t yea r at th e G iuseppe Verdi
Conservato ry in Milan, ILal y, und er he r Fulbri ght
scholarship. Paul Pa ckm a n and Steph en Ellenburg, b o th
scni o rs in the College o f Liheral A rt s, were nam ed fir st
altc rn a Les fur Fulhri ght scholarsh i ps.
DE AN HALL HONOHED . . . At its fin al m eet ing this
s pring. th e fac ulty of th e Co ll ege of Lib er al Arts join ed
in an express io n of appreci atioll fo r Th omas S. Hall ,
Dean oJ th e College fo r Len years. T h e formal vo te o f
confid e ncc s t<1ted that " T o m Hall ep i tomi zes in hi s p e rso n
f:v el"j thin g tllat th e U ni versit y sh o uld s tand fo r. Dean
H all hil S not onl ), b ee n all effec tive admini str a to r repre­
;<c l1ti ng the Coll ege in fortun e a nd in adv er sity, he has
no t (lilly h een a n ahl e d efen de r of th e Co ll ege agains t
its criti cs a nd an el 0ilu e nt advoca te of it amon g its
Cont i nlL ed on p"{: e 22
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friend s. but he has remain ed Lhroug h it all an effective
teach er, 3 prudu c Live scho lar, and a steadfast colleague."
BIOLOGY LABORATORY DEDICATED . . . The new
Adolphu s Busch III Laboratory of Biology at W U was
dedicated May 4 a L a program III R ebstock Hall adjoin.
ing the ll ew buildin g. FtaJlci s O. Sc hmitt, institute pro·
fessor and professo r oJ biol ogy at the Massachusetts
In sti tuLe of T ec hnology, ga ve the dedication lecture.
John L. ~ ' il SO Il , exec utive vice pres ident of Anheuser·
Busch , Inc. , formal.l y presented the building to the Uni·
versity. The labo ratory was made possible by a g ift of
$200,000 fr om the Anheuser·Busch Charitab le Trust. Thc
new buildin g wi ll ena hle the Unive rsi ty to proceed will,
its prog ram of expall sioll and intensification of work in
cellular and molecular biology.
Francis O. Schmitt (right 'i , who spoke at th e dedication of the
Adolpblls Busc·b lIT Laboratory of BioloilV on Mal' 4. With him
are (from left): Professor Borry Commo ne r: John L. Wilson,
pxeclItjve I ice pres ici elll of Anh euser·B usch: and Chancellor
Shepley.
New light coagulutor for th e Depa rtm ent of Ophthalmology is
dernoll-tr':rted [or Dr. Frank Bradley (left), admini;;trator o[
Bames and aUiliated hospit a ls, ancl 'vII's. Zoe Williams.
Torn Curtis (right), U. S . Co ng re,s rnan from i'v1.i ssouri, is
shown with Businl'.-" S('hool lJeJll Boos T rump. Congr ess·
man ClIrtis siJoke to stucients of th e School o f Business on
March .~O.
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INSTRUMENT fOR BLOODLESS EYE SURGERY
P URCHASED . . . A $1 3,000 German instrument that
condenses light to a pin·point focus has been obtained
by the Departll1 cnt of Opthalmology at the School of
Medicin e. Call ed a light coagula tor because it employs
light to affect tiss ue, the in strument projects rays of light
to a point on or withi n the eye n eedin g surgical repair. It
can burn off tumo rs or close tin y holes by searing. The
rays can be dir ec ted to th e precise part of the eye re­
quirin g attention , with o ut c uttin g into the eye.
Thc instrument wo rks ill mu ch the same IVay as a
child's ma gnif ying glass, used to burn a piece of paper
by projecLin g the s un 's ra ys . Aftel' focu s ing the li ght
beam , the s urgeo n turns on the beam to the proper in­
tensity for just a mom ent. The procedure is quick and
painless.
The new in stl'lll ncnt was provided through donations
by Mrs. Zoe Williams and Barnes Hosp ital as \vell as
University funds . It is one of three now in use in the
United States.
W U ST UDENTS WIN GRADUATE AWARDS ... Thir­
teen W U students are among 1,200 A merican and Cana­
dian students who have been awarded \Voodrow Wilson
fellowship s for g radu a Le study n ext year, it has been
announced. The W ood row Wils on fellowships, awarded
graduate students preparing for co llege teaching, pro·
vide $1,500 for th e yeal', plus the full cost of tuiti on and
fees.
The Na ti ona l Science foundatio n has awarded eleven
WU students fello wships for graduate stud y in science
during th e 1959-60 academic: yea r. In additio n, seven
co-oper ative g raduate fellows hips and three summer fel­
lows hips were awarded W U s tud e nts b y the founclatlon.
The a lI'a rcl s were made on the basi~ of competitive
exam inatio ns.
CO i\tIPTON WINS GUGGENHEIM . . . Arthur Holl)'
Comptoll, distinguished service professo r of natural
philosophy and former ch ancell or of W U, has been
awarded a Guggenh eim fellowship. Purpose of the felloll'­
s hip is a study of th e various c halle nges presented to
mankilld by th e ph) s iC'u\, social , and po liti ca l chan ges
lhat han, c1 ('('onl]l[ll1i E' d the adva)) ce of sc ience and tedl­
llology_
SA NITARY U\G 1NCERING L I\GS OPEN _ . . N ew
"<1l1i t ~lr l
cngi n eering r esearch and g rlldual e Iclboratori es
we re opc ned ill f e bruary. The fiv e labo rillories h av e
bee ll establi s hed in th e n e ll' ellgince rin g labora tory build­
i"g mljacC'lIl lo Cupples 1 and 1I alld ScvC'r InslillliC of
TecllllOlog\ .
A dil·ision of th e departmenl of c ivil enf',illl:ering, lh e
laboral<)ries Me er luipped with 1ll0d e Ill ill Sll'UIllCJlts alld
a pparatus for resea rc h in sa nit ary eng in ee ring. Fa­
c iliti es includc four walk-in cO ll s lllllt te lllpe rature room s,
spcclropltolometCls. Kjeldahl nitro ge n apparaills_ \Var ­
burg respi rOlll e ln. Van Slykc> appa r atus , se ld ing col umn s ,
o vellS, furna ces_ Illi c rop hotullJcLri c equipnH' llt, anel column
cluomaLogr!lphi(' a llpa r atus .
NEW GI1ADL /\T E PROGll l\ IVI ANNO UNC ED.
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p.rog rmn of grad ullle s tudy whi ch leads to a doctor of
pIJilo;;ophy deg rec in cellul ar and nwJc.c ular bi olog \ has
been estab lisl lcd, wilh aClive rese:1l' ch schedu lecl lo get
uncler way nexl f all.
The program, sponsorccl h) the d epartmeJlts o f botan)"
c hem istry, phy s ics. and zoology, is und er th e clirecliOlI
of th e U ni ve rsit y's lI e wly es tablis h ed COlll mittee 011 Mo­
lec ular Biology. Profess ur Barry Commone r is chainn a11
of lh e com mittee_ A tra inin g g rant of S50-000 a year
fr om the National Institute of Health supports the new
pr og ram_ faciliti es of the newly compl e ted Adolphu s
Busch III Laboratory of Biology will be co mpletely d e­
voted to the pro g ram_
GREEN RESIG NS AS DEAN OF LAW SC HOOL ­
Milton D . Green h as r es ig ned as dea n o f the Washington
UJliversi ty School of Law, as of October L ChancelJor
Ethan A. H. Sh epl ey accepted Gree n 's resigna tion with
g r ea t reluctance and on l y after havin g asked him lo re­
CO Jl sidn the deci sion.
G reen _ clean s in ce 1953. had earli e r b ce n g ra llted a
leave of a bse nce f o r th e ) e ar 1959-60, whi c h he will
s pe nd in New York as a elin g director of th e In s titute of
J ucli cia l Administrati o n and
as
visitin g
prof essor
at
N c w York LYniversity.
ELIOT DI VISIO N Of C HILD PSYCHIATRY OPENS
.. . WU's new W illi am G reellleaf Eli ot d ivis ion of chilcl
psyc hiatry opellcd offic ia ll y in April at th e [o lln e r iVli s ­
s io n fr ee School , 369 North Taylor Avenue.
Th e llew division , h e ad ed by E_ James Anth o n\', Itte!­
so n pr o fessor of child psychiat ry, will b e co mp osed of lWO
units: the Child Evalu ation Clinic, f or diagnosis and
tr ea lm en t of mentall y retarde d children , a nd the Com­
munily Child Guid ance Clini c, f o r emotionally di sturbed
c hil dren.
The Mi ssion free Schoo l ha d bee n a r efu ge for home­
le:"s and c m ot iona ll y di s turhed
foulJding in 134,0 by Dr. Eliot.
) o un gs te rs s in ce
its
AN NUAL 13LSINE:SS AND IND USTR Y DlNNEll .. .
About 4,00 bus in ess leaders £r om th e St. Louis ar ea
allendcd WU's nnllllal Ilu silles:" and Indu stry Dinner in
late /\pril ilt th e C hase HuteL Speakers inc luded Bllrry
COlll lll oner, pro fesso r of plaut phy s io logy: L e ig h Ge r ­
dille, rlll'I\Tll professor oJ mllsic and c hairman of th e
Dcpartlllcnt of jVlu s ic: a nd Thomas S. T-I a IL dean oJ lhe
College of Libe r::d /\ rts.
SM lTJI ;\pr01 NTED II [A l) IlA SKETBAL L COACH
. . . Cllarlcs elL-nil S milh , BSEd ')ll , h as bee n appoinlt'd
he ad has ke tb a ll coac h. ,- ucceedin g th e lute Blair Gullion ,
died ]aull al') 30. Smith will beg in hi s duties Septe m­
be r l.
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Smith al so re ce ived a Master of Sci ence degree in
physical cducati on hom \\lLT in 10')2 a nd since then has
coac hed bask e tball lea m s at B o nn e T e rr e, Leadwood,
a nd ParkW3r Ili gh Sc hools , all in nea rby M isso uri area s_
Snlith played II I \\l U und er Gullion fr om 1947 to 1950.
SSKWOR MJ::1V[ORIAL F UN D AWAHD PRESE NT E D
... Mrs. Jean ette Sma ll e y Schaefer, 656 Coleb rook Drive ,
Websler Groves , was the recipiellt of this ye ar's Frank
:tVr. Ss kwor J 1'., M emo rial Award f o r Human Helati ons_
Mr". Schaefer wa s present ed the $100 a ward f o r her s tud y
o f th e first inlerra c ia l h o using prog r am in S t. Loui s.
Sskwor was kill ed in 1954 while se rving in the L'nited
States Navy, and hi s parents established the fund in
m e mory of th e ir son's lifelong inte res t in human rela­
tionships, reli gious JIlatters, and wor ld peace. Sskwor Sf.
rece ived his ba che lor's, master's, and doc tor's d egrees
from Washin g ton U niver sity.
COMMENCEMENT EXE RCISES HELD ... The annu a l
com mencement of \V ashington Universitr was held on
June 10_ Father Paul C. Reinert, c hancellor of St. Louis
Uni versity, gav e th e CO lllmencem e nt a ddress. At th e
exe rc ises, 14-63 studenls we re award ed und e rg raduate and
g ra duale degrees.
H o norary d egrees lVere prese nted to six men. Th o:3e
honor ed includ e:
Luther Harri s Evalls, director general of the L'nited
N alio ns Educati ona l, Sc ie ntific and Cu llural Organiza­
ti on, doclor of hum a niti es .
George H olm an Bishop, professor eme ritus of ph ysi­
ology at the W ashin g ton Universit y School of Medicin e ,
doc to r of sc ience.
Philip J ohn Hi c ke)" s uperintend ellt ()f ins tructi on in
th e 51. Louis publi c schools, doctor of Ja ws _
L eo nard Daurn Ha e rtler. headrn aster of John Bur­
ro ughs School s ince 1935, doctor of laws.
R o nald Storey Beas ley _ headma s te r of Man' In s tilut e
s in ce 194,9, d oc to r of laws _
J o hn Raeburn G ree ll , di s tin g uis hed S t. Louis law ye r ,
d oc tor of laws.
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"To Provide for the FutLlre"
N ew bequescs and escace planning program
announced by Washingcon Universicy.
Chancellor Shepl ey a nd th e Boa rd of Directo rs u:
Washington Unive rsity h ave a nn o unced the establish­
ment o[ a bequ ests and (·~tat e jJlallnin g progra m as
part of the Developm ent Program of th e Univ e r~ity.
Under th e direction of H. Hadley Grimm, an alumnus
of the W U School of Law, the new office is designed
to provide attorneys, trust offi cers, and others with gen­
eral information about estate pl annin g and opportunities
for memorial gifts and oth er bequ est co ntributions to
the University.
In an intervi ew Grimm pointed out the importanc e
of hequests for private univer sities. Endowment funds
have always played a large role in the finan cial structure
of privately supported colleges and un iversities, and the
greatest proportion of endo\',TJ"n ent fund s com es thr o ugh
bequests. In the past gifts for endo wme nt came princi­
pally in large sums fr om wealth y individuals. Today th e
critical need is for bequ ests of all sizl·s. in cludin g mod,·<::t
amounts from a large number of givers.
Some studies have estimated bequests as th e s ource
of 90 per cent of endowme nt fund s for Am e rican Coll eges
and uni\-ersities. And in previ ous years end owment nro­
vided a large percentage of univ e rsity bud gets. )' et at
Washington tini"ersilv, 14 per cent of th e gener al llli­
\'ersit)' budget is cover ed by end o wme nt inc ome at the
present tim('
Such figures ha ve led a numb er of coll eges and uni­
versities tu start bequest prog rams In th e las t dC' :Olde
or so. Nut much is known about th e fi eld; only the
necessity for such a program is apparent. An an alysis
of 72 estate bequ ests to Washington Universit)T over a
ten-year period showed that only eighteen cam e from
alu mni. This m ea ns that out of 30,000 alum ni an aVl'fa g(;
of less than two a year leave tangible eviden ce of th eir
aIl eglance to their Universit y. Th e Universit y is ('on­
\'inced that part of the rea~ o ll is that alumni do not
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understand th e impo rla nce of even a sma ll b equ esl in
providing educational opportuniti es for f uture, genera­
tions. A bequest of $5000 will end o \\' an annual gift
,)f $ 200 in perpetuity, with th e princip al ah~ay s intact.
This means that in twenty )(; "'1' thal bequest will have
yielded ~tJOOO. R eal satisfa cti on l'<ll1 b t, :fo und in such
a testamentary gift to high er edu cation , and the im­
portance of such bequests to the University cannot be
overestimated, Grimm stated.
Many of the functions of th e new "mee are still in
a jJlanning stage. One ne\v program \\"'1 und er way,
howe ve r, is the life inc ome plan. This pl a n. availabl e
for gifts of $4,000 or more, is a f or m of dderred givin g.
The amount the don or desigu a t' ·" is given to the Uni­
versity and becomes a part oJ th e Cnivt'rsity's m e rged
endowment securiti es portfoli o. The don o r receives the
benefit of the net incom e of th e m erged fund. Th e Uni­
versity agrees to pay this in come f or the lives of an y
two designated person s, each of wh om is sixt y years
of age or old er at the time of the gift. The life i n­
come is determined by th e r ate of return earn ed by
the University on its merged investment funds. Su ch
rates have ranged from 4,. 78 to 6,67 pe r cent over th e
last ten years. A substantial p ortio n of th e gift is
deductible for income tax purposes, and additi onal sa v­
ings in estate and inheritance taxes ma\' al so acer ll e.
One function of the bequ ests and esLate pl a nning pro­
gram will be that of service and information on the
importance of wills and the necC'ssit)' of a jJeri odi c
review of their provisions, Director Grimm is b eing
advised in the program by the Committee on Beques ts
and Estate Planning of the Washington University Coun­
cil. Daniel Bartlett is chairman of thi s committee, with
David R. ralhoun acting as Board r epresentative. Mem­
hlTS include C. A. Buder Jr. , Clarence D. Co wd er y, H ord
\\. Hardin ., Charles Herman. C. Sidne ,- Neuhoff, and
Chapin S. Newhard.
THE COMPANY WE KEEP
II Ju s li ce William O. D l) ll l!las. U. S. S l.l p r ~me Co urt .Iu , li ce.
well -k no wn auth or 3 nd Ir av e le r, Wa " 1) 11 Ihe ca mpli S Ihi '
" prin!! fo r Ih e ann ua l T vrrell William , _\f "m ori al L ec tu re.
W erner P hilli p p, of Ih e Freie U nive rs itae l.
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of Wi <;coll s in . s poke o n -'Th e Hi Slori ca l
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Oue of th e vea r's three vis iting It'c tn res in com para tive
lit e,'a tu re, o[!o nsorcd hI' th e O reon E, Sco tt Fo unda tion, wa s
!! iv<" n I)y Harry Le l'i ll , pro fessor of Enp:li s h and COIllf' 3 ratil'e
li tnalufe ill Harvard L' n il'c r s ill',
~rax Le rn e r, author. Professor of Ameri ca n
Civili z,dtion at Brand"i s U ni l'e rs ity, co l umnis t
for Ih e Nelt' Y ork P ost, was Law Da v sp ea ke r.
THE COMPANY WE KEEP
Th e FmntiN,' of Scien ce lec tu re ser ies, spon sored
h) Ih e t; ni 1e r, it y and th e S t, L ou i, Puhl ic School s
Ad l' isI)I'\' Commit lf'e, IJro ught Benll e y G lass h ere in
Al lJ'i1. Dr, Class, IJiol ol"Y professor al J ohns H opk in s,
,[",k e (,n "Ge nes and th e \f an-N ell' Vistas,"
\n addr<"ss was de livered by Dr.
Ciwrl es B, F ers ter of th e Psyc biatry
Departmen t, Un il'ers il y of In dia na
\l ed icnl Ce nter. D r, F e r" ler s!, uke
(,\' " F.xpe rim e ntnl Control o f Be­
hali or in 5c hi70ph,'e ni e Children,"
26
]-1. J, :OVl ull e r, Nobel Pri ze winning ge ne lic;,I, spok..- at the Eliot
Honors D ay a ssellibly in May, Professor i\Iullel' ;.': di , lilli'uished
ni",)",ill' of h,diana.
servi ce p rofessor a l Ih e
Ral ph Bunche , U nd e r Se cre ta r\, for Spec i"l Political ,\ffa ir<
for Ih e Cnitcd Nation s, Nubel P eace P rize winner, ,poke al
t he Bmlh er hoo J \Veek assemhl,' on \Verine"day, Fd>nJa r y l R.
s pon~ored
E , eeuli'e Direc tor of Ih e Unil ed Siaies
(olTImiliC e of th " lntern a li ol1ll J (>oph Y':i, 'al Yea r.
j{, '\ett'nu Htlland Bainton, pro,
fess or of chu rc h hi " lol'y at Yal e
Di,·inily School, spoke 011 "T he
Heli;::!:ioll of th e I~('nai~ sa n ce"
ill
(l
collOQLlilllll ~ pollsored
hy th e Inlenlr'p ar lnH'1l101 Com,
mitt e l'
011
Hf"li ~ ioll~
Stlldies.
The
New
Doril1itories
28 ' 1,4"
Perspect ive "l (" l('h of clonnitory a rea ",ho we
fOll r .. ~",id e n c(" I"dl . an o ('~n t ra l dinin!! ll ull.
\V ashingt on li nivcrs it y's four n ew dormitori es will be
rea dy for OCCn)H] It C) thi s Ja il. As of May 21, reserva ti on s
had cd I'each h eelt m ade f or ovn hajJ lh e room s available
in the n p\\, buildill gs , Paul COl1no le. ass istant dea n of stu­
de llts. allnoull ced ill a n intervi (' lI'.
Eac h of th e n ew dormi torj( 's built on th e "south forty"
acro ss Fors) th from th e lllClin ('1I!11pU~ will accolllmod a te
144 s tud e nts; two dormitories are p la nn ed for men and
LWo for w om en . Fees for living ill th ese clOD11il'ories, in­
d udin g a 20-m eal- a-\\'f'ek con tract. amount to SUOO for
a n acad e mi c year.
U nivtTsit .1 admilli :3tra toP' hope Ihill th e ]lCW dCH mi­
I()r ie~ \I ill cause il gY<lclual tran ,,[o fllJatioll of Ihl' charm'­
tel' of the L nivers ill. a ttracl ill g 1Jl(JJ't~ illld lll(]rC' stu cl t>n t;.:
from o th er parl' ~ of tll(' C0 1111tl") a nd the worlel . New
d o rmilo ri es lI'ill also elu lllu cil to overco lllP Ih l' prob lf'm
t)1 not bein g able lo ' "g o aW11) to ~cho()l." Un lil ('nr,,]]­
lll ent ilHTPa s e ;; to th e pu int whnt it is IJ() lo nge r JJOssi llle.
S t. Lo uis a rea "llldents wi ll lw enc(] ura ged to Jive in Ih e
dOJlllitori es. if th ey so desi re. Thi s r esidenl simlent pop­
ulati on "hollkl do much to integral e and dr a w togP til c]'
stuei PJlt nf'l i"itics which h al'C' trocliti onall y Ipnd l,('1 tn (Irif t
<lwal' fr om th e callJPus .
The nel" dormit ori es arc part of [I lo ng-rall ge pla n
d es igned to lot: atc <111 student 'h ou sing all th e sOl1 th fort\.
D ean C onnole elllph asi u 'ci. how evpr, th at the ch ances
for all student h ou s ing to be m o ved within l'h e llt>xl fiv e
I~
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.\1 "del of th e re,; id ence housing projec t from W ydown ](1ok inl'
loward Forsy th (top), T he fOllr dormilori es t(1 be finished thi ,
f,,11 and Ih e dining- h,,11 ((1 I'e fini':iwd next )I'ar are ,ho w ill black.
2\)
years a re s lim , s in ce this wo uld include fraternil y hOlJ ses
al so . Eventu a lly frate rnities will also mov e lo the area,
with wh a t is kn o wn as a " lo d ge" sy; t e ll1~each frater­
nit y will h a ve a se pa r a te building adj acent to a dormi­
tory but ha ve lh e ir ea tin g and rec reation quarters in
the ir lod ge buildin g, access ible lhrollg h a covered walk­
\va y .
S in ce the ne w d o rmit or ics ar e built on a uuit system.
with three sec ti o ns with se pa ra te e nlrances for each dor­
mito ry, a f r a te rnity sec ti on will in eff ec t be separate living
quart ers a lso . Befo r e thi s ullim a te plan can be put inln
eff ect, h ow e ver, pro vis io n will h e made for the present
fr a te rnily rlO li ses. N o pl a n has as yet been worked out
for th e ultirn a le di sp ositi o n of frat ernity row. The house.;
in fr a te rnit y ro w a r e n ow o wn ed in title by the Univer­
sity, beca u se th e Univ er sity o ri g inally furnished lhe
m o ne y [o r lhe ir COll s tru c li o l1. Siu ce lhal lime, tire fr,Jtff­
niti es ha ve p a id back th e Unive r s il y alld now in effect
" o wn" th e pr ope rt ies.
The Univ e rs it y al so pla ns to relinqui sh Lee anel Mc­
Mill a n h a lb as d onnit or ies. Li gf;ett hall , uow a donni­
to r y, will he rese rv ed f or aca cl e lni c use bf'g innin f', lIe x t
fall. The only imm edi a te c ha nges in L ee and Mcl'l'liUall
will b e a re ve rs al of th e ir l o les as d o nnit o rie>:' for nlf'1l
a nd \\fOllle ll. Nex t yen r L ee I\-ill h Oll se WOlll e ll and M.I"­
Millan Illen .
This c ha nge is necessita ted . De all COlll)ole n :plailwd.
b v th e pl a ll to ho use a ll s tud e nts 0 \'(' 1" 2 1 and g radual"
s tud e nts in th ese tw o d Uflllit o ri es. S illce
111<111)"
rnore llI en
th a n wo w e ll o ve r 2 1 a pply- for adllli ~s i o n to the Unil e r­
s it ),. mor e d o rfll itor )" "pace i", lI eed e d fo r lli e ll. IVlci\'Iillan
h as r oo nl fo r a lm os t 100 11l (lre s tud e nlS than do es Ln'.
Al so , 50 to
,5 m ed ica l
a nd de nt a l stud e nts will live
()II
th e Hillt o p ca m p us next I'ea r: th e l' will be housed in
McMilla n.
Students wh o
li ve ill th e ne ll"
res idence hall~ will
e at 20 m eal s a ,,'ee k 0 11 th e ca mpus. A new clinillg hall
will be built in th e d o rrnit o ry ar ea within the Ilext year:
until it is co mpl eted , res ic:le nt s tud ents will eat elsewhele
on th e campu s und e r th e sa m e a rran ge ment that will
apply to the ne w dinin g h a ll. S tud ents Jiving in three
of th e d o rmit o ri es lI'ill ea t a t the Stud ent Center ill the
base m ent o f Li gge tt nex t " ea r; s tud e nts fr o m the fourth
will eat i n M cMill a n. W a rn e ll s tud e nts living in Lee hall
will al w ea t ioMcMilia n.
Ther e has bee n so m e s tud e nt c riti c ism of the 20-llJeal
plan , Dea n Co nn o le p oi nt ed out, and an adjustmenl will
b e m a d e wh e n a pe r so na l s itu a ti o n dictates that a s ludent
cann ot eat 20 m ea ls a wee k in th e dinin g hall . In the
c ase of S t. L o ui s a rea s tude nts lil' in g in th e cl o rlliitories
D e a[~mi g ht also
ha ve th e ir m ea l c ontrac t c ut to 15.
Eac h case will be d ec id ed o n an individual ba sis .
The parkin g co mmittee o f th e Unive rs ity ha ~ not yet
decid ed wh e th e r to require pe rmits fo r th e so uth forty.
The orig inal dec is io n to c ha rge f or p arkin g a ll the Hill·
lop earn pu s ca me ab o ut beca use th e bud ge t co uld not
all ow f o r th e in c r eased p ark ing fac iliti es whi ch were in
demand. R eve nu e fro m pa rkin g pe rmits has b een used
to build and m a inta in lI e w pa rkin g lo ts o n the campus.
In the case of the n e w cl o rmit o ri es , parking 10ls will be
built and m a inta in ed uncl e r th e sa m e c ontract covering
the dormitori es , whi e h m a y e liminate th e need for a
special parkin g assess m e nt.
In th e wom ell's cl o rmito ri es, m a tur e, adult wo men will
I)e on duty dail y fr om early morn in g until c los ing hours
at all tim es th e d o r m itor ), is in use by s tud e nt s. Living
quarte rs o n th e ca mpu s will be pr ov ide d for tl wse " resi­
dell t proclors.' ·
Full-tilll e resident g r a du a te s tu de nt ~ lI"ili live in th e
in ea c h secti o n. Th e,c s tud e nts will be
buildin gs~ o ll e
co ncerned with the s ocial g r o up, th e d a il y pro ble m s o f
th e g irl s ill th e sec ti o n . The g r a du a te stud e nt will a ct
as coullselor to the individu a l s tud e nt and a dl' ise r to
th e g rou p.
The si x g raduate res id e nts in th e wo m e n'" dorlllilo ries
will have th e ir co unt e rp a rt s in th e m e n's dOllllit o ri es,
hilt th e re will be no m e n o n dut y durin g th e cl a l' at the
lllen 's dormitori es. The ~ J X g ra d ua le r esiden ts will a c t
as building m a nage rs.
This s ys tem o f s up e r vis ion of d o r lll it o ri es pl aces sub­
stanlial re,-p o llsiIJ ilit\, in th e ha nds of th e s tu de nt g ove rn­
lIlent organizaLi olls, Dea n Con no le s ta te d. Th e res idence
hall council will m a ke d ec is io ns f o r th e d ormit o ries an d
see that rules are a dh er ed t o (lhi s .i s th e sam e syste m
llOW in effect ill Lee -Li gge tt a nd M c Milla n). Mill o r in­
fractions of trw rul es ca rry sp ec ifi ed. punishm enls . tVIajor
lransgressions ar e r eported , with a r eco mme nd a ti o n f o r
action, to Dean Co nn o le.
The 32-foot-wicl e pe d es tri a n un cle r pass a l 6,')00 F o rs yth
will also be r ea dy f or Septem be r c:l asses . Thi s la nd­
scaped ul1cl e rpa ss, d esigned b y a rc hi tects S mith and
Entzeroth , will e nabl e stud e nts li v ing 0 11 th e so uth s id e
of Forsyth to av o id th e ha za rds o f tr a Al c while c r ossing
to and from th e m a in campu s. The unde rp ass is le vel
with th e g round on b o th s id es of F o rsY lh ; beca use of the
height of F or sy th a t the p o int o f co ns tructi o n , a d eep
tunn e l und e r th e s treet was n o t necessa q .
Each of th e l o ur d o rmito r y buildin gs is four s tories
hi g h. The tw o -sto r y dinin g ha ll will in c lud e a loun g e,
s nack baL mu s ic a nd l'ee rea ti o n roo ms . a nd o l1ices a s
wh o prefe r to s pe nd wee ke nds a t h o me. th e m e a I coutrac t
wdl a s main dinin g a r eas. S t. L o ui s a rc-\Ii tec ts H ellmuth,
ma y be c ut to 1.') pe r \I·ee k. S tudents havin g lnanv of
Obata, and Ka ssabaum , In c., a ll W U Sc h oo l o f Arc hitec­
th e ir cl ass es 0 11 th e Kin gshi g hll'a , c all1pll s~Ior example.
ture g raduat es, 113 ve plann ed th e d o r1l1it o n ' proj ec t, und er
in phl's ica l th erapv or a t lll!' Ce ntral In stitute for thl."
the direction of the C a m p us Pl a nn i n g ORi ee .
30
IN MEMORIAM WILLIA}[
THEODORE
BEAU C HAMP,
on N ovemb e r 12, 1958 . Profe ssor B ea u·
ch a mp tau g ht Eu glish a t W a s h ingt on U ni.
ver, it)' in tIl e c arly t w e nti es. He is
'\lrvived by hi s wife, the former LOlli :;e
] ami eso n, a d a ught e r of the arch it.e ct
James P. Jami eso n , ,,.110 design ed W ash·
ington U ni ver ,it )' . Al so surviving a r e a
CO il . \Villi a lll Th eodore B e a u c h a mp Jr., a
d<lu g hl('l', ,\ Irs. R obc n 03\' Cart ('r. a nd
funr I'rand c hildre n.
BU RTO N BL AIR GU LLION , on J a nu a ry
30. 1959. Mr. Gulli on was ba s k e tball coac h
nnci professor of physic al e dncation at W U ,
havillp: re:; il! ne d hi , pos t as athl e ti c di·
r ec tor in j\ 1a r... b 1958 . S urvivors in clud e
his ",if", !\frs . E li za be th Cr osbi e Gulli on;
hi s s on , Willi a m G ullioll. s port s pu b li c it ),
direc tor at th e Ulli "er silv; a danghl er , \Irs.
Eliwlwth A nn W il ~o ll; and two ~ r a nd·
children.
l'fHS. ETH E L PH.lSCILLA ALDI :1\ SETTLE, on A pril 1 I. 19:>lJ. :'I1rs . S e ttl e. coo rdinat o r f or ~ t"" " Jlt emp]oYJllt ,nt, had b ee n at W U , iIl ce 192·1. Survivinp; a re a daught er , 1\11'" .lam es H. Dooliltl e Jr. ; a sis ter, ,\1 1'5. Cl yde i\1. Jniee ; a bro th e l'. S tewart n. Ald e n ; a nd tw o grand so n s. LOUIS H. TOWL E Y, on Mar 12, 1959. Profe ss or of soci a '! \\'ork ilt th e G eorge Wa n·,·n Brow n S c ll ool of Social 'Work, MI'. T u wlcl' joine d th e fa cull\' h e re in 194·6. S urvi"in p; al'(" hi ~ \\'ife, i\lr<. j\-Jari e T owl ey, hi s Illothl'l', t\\' o hro th er", and thre e s is te rs. 81-00 Raymo n d Clim e Al ex ander. :'IITS 97, B SCE 08
H e rbert H askell Arm s trung:, :'IITS DO
Dr. ,\ . .J. Has', i\ JD 00
Dr. Edwa rd C. Cla ibo rn , i\IO 96
Dr. H.. H. H. G r a d wo ld , ;\·10 9R
Dr. 'l' 11t'odore G r e ine r, MD 97
H. W. ll c- rw ec k , 1\ ITS 92
Dr. F. E. Hi c klin , i\-\D 97
L e o Hi r sc h] , NIT S 97
Mrs. :'If a rian E. C ox .J olinsoll, /\!\ 89
Dr. Frank John s ton , 'JD 97
Edmund H. Kin sey, i\ITS 91
C. 17. M e ye r , :'I [T S 99
Dr. William \l a n 'in Mun sell , i\\I) (,.-, Dr. Jallw, U . S"O lt , :'lID 91· Dr. ]alllC'5 E . S lIlith , 1\10 8 1 Dr. .1. J I. Wil ,o l\ . DIlS 89 01·15
Dr. C;"y Ynung Rri i! gs, i\JD 08
RnuoJph F. BLl d c r, LLB 02
Delore s C la rk. N U 09
Dr. C. j\. Eblin p:. D D S n
W o rrh C' W. F a ulknC' r, X :\B 13
S inlPon )1. F e inherg. BSC F: II
Mrs. Edith Rak e r Giduz, All 11
A. "/el son G ree nf', MTS 12
Dr. T. F. Hann o n, DDS Oll
,la c-Veigh l-/nrri son , L L B 02
lIl'1'lJPrl Hauslll a n , MTS 14
George I-lick en] oo p e r. l\!TS 04
Dwighl L. llunt e r, 1\!TS 02
)[rs. Lily S ",;os in gh a ll s J e nkins, AB 10,
MA 31
J)r.
Ja('ob )J oli e r K ell e r,
~!D
04
,\Irs. Euith A dd ic L o nglOlhan , NU 09
lI erberl W illia m l\l e inh ol tz, J\lT5 12,
B<;1\1 r: 17
Dr. Char]e s M o rri s )jin g, '\-\O 10
.I ohll K. ;\Iowr)', 1\!TS 06
])1' Wilson Alb e rt Olds, l\\D 08
Dr. Thoma s D. P o te, l\1D 02
Dr. Ceo rge F e nl o n R iI Che\', i\lO 10
.\rlhur Philip S k af' r, BS CE Of)
Frank C. Stubb" NI TS 1"
Cu ), Stlld y, XBA r c h 07
Dr. Rohf'rt W alli s, DD S 05
~Ia .. ie Oliv er Watkin s, AB 10
'II". Flon'n ee Creceliu s Wittrig, AB 01
Or" Wright. NU OK
16·25
Banuolph T. ]lanbo n , XBF :\ 23
CliA'ord llenr)' B e lltd , BS nU 2"
Dr. llarry E m ert B la sdel , .\·ID 21
D,. Calvin Cl a l·. l\ 1O 22
\1 ..,. Myrlle C,i , h um C ole. NlJ 20
Dr. Oscar Mint o n D elan ey, MD 22
l\Ir.s. C hloe E. G ould Duskin, N U 25
)1 ..". i\larj ori e \l ooney Evans, L L B 24
IJ e Jf' ne 1\larga rt'l Flynn. NU 17
E,hu lJ'{] W. G rn lll, X B S B A 23
.Jo, eph Martin G" ecn , Ail 16
Heginald Jam es G ree n. BSBU 24, MA 2S
\Irs. RUlh G r on erl Hai g h, A B 21
'Ilrs . Henri e " e P el tason Harri s, NU 20
Dr. Lloyd Willi a m Harri s, DDS 23
1nlm Brand om Hop f , LLB 22
\lrs. Hobert E. Ki m h all, ~I t\ 21
D ". Paul I g n a tius Kri egs, DD S 17
Berlha L e:;se r, OT 20
\Iar) A . Loker, OT 21
John D an id l.uth e r, AB 17, i\ IA 18
.J oscph C. L yun!', LLB 24
Dr. Orvill e Ca ln on M c Candl ess, MD 25
Iaw"cnc c J ohn l\[ " Kim. LLB 22
rvrorri s A rlhur McL a u ghlin, BSC 24
Dr. David Ol an l\ Jc(' kt'l', nSChE 23
Dr. l\li c h ael Dal'id 1\lo,all. illD II
Dr. Th om as B e nj a min N nl.]e. 'TO 18
Dr . Wall e r Pi PITf', DDS 2-1
\Irs. E s th er Fi sc h e r P oellot , AB 21.
\1'0. ~lari e Garri so n P o'Jia(k. N l) 17
~Ia"p:arel Lu ell a Quinn , AB 17
Dr. Thomas Fre d e ri ck Hpitz, l\ID 21
Hoy Elw in Ru ssell. L L B 2'1, i\IA 'J:;
Dr. E ber E dwa r d S imp son , \lD 21
Dr. Stuart Gross S mith. i\ID 24
)11'5. Kathr\' n Longmirf' Thomso n. AB 19
Martin Ral ph W al sh , LLB 25
)frs. Elizabe lh B. W a lter s. AB 17, M A 19
Eu p:ent: Slix W eil , B SCh E 20
(harle- T. Wil son . i\'JTS 17
\larguerile Z off . L L G 18
26·40
Dr. Francis Ua )' b OUl'Ilf' Basham. :'110 .'\3
!lIar), Alma Boyel , N U 32
)11'5. Ali c e Ri ch a rd s B u r gess, NU 28
Dr. Frank .John C h a p sk i, DDS 32
i\li ,s RUlh M. D o ug h er ty, AB 30
Dr. H ig don Bry a nt E lkins, BS 28 , 1\ 10 ,'\0
\Irs. E u la V. H a id Emri c k, AB 29
Edward Paul Evers, B S EF. .34
Arthur F. Gild ch a u s, BS BU 28
.\1'1'5. Blan ch e Y . G ree n s felder, MA 2 7
William Am olcl G rol oc k , BArc h 26
Dr. Walt e r M a ri o n H owa rd , MD 30
L esli e Cyril Jaun ee)', AB 26
Dr. Ra y mond L a lli er Jr. , PhD 39, '\ID 44
Dr. Landon Roll a 1\ lcInt i re. !'lID 33
Dr. John A. i\[ Pr id e th , 1\!D 27
Rolnncl LOllis M e),e r Jr., A B 37
Kenneth i\likk clse n, BSB U 29
William Murray M ye rs, MA 34
-\ Irs. Olin· Sc hrega rdll s O ' Byrne, AB 28
Dr. Al vin Winfred P a ul son , i\1J) :'1 2
Dr. Edward S harp P ow e rs, 1\·10 35
William K. Prolzm unn , X AB 29
Dr. A IberL J ohn H asch e, D DS 30
Mrs. Ilelen T obi s b R ea , OT 40
Dr. RI",ell .Tuliu, Rossow, MO 39
Dr. \'\,,,lter AJlll e ill R. ueh , MD 28
Dr. Waltn In ,e ph Si eb erl, i\ln 26
William C. S tewa rt, BSE E 26
D r. Richard O. Whil e ake r, nos 1 7
.\Ian' B. W OIll<l(·k. i\ IA .34
41-58
Dr. John Chn il ~ , 11lrnllf iN Iwi II. :'ltD 4.3
Gerald Wayn e H o pp er. BA rlh 5 J
Joseph Burl eigh Kin ,f l', BS\JE 58
Mrs . Lorrain e E. Ceil e r l.oe . BS 0It
JI
.1 01111 S yk es M a rtill . A R 1R
C harl es Will a rd 1\1,'x , LLB 41
\Irs. Rulh Ann
J O Il("
l\l ollla g li e. X ,\ 13 47
Richard P oldoll P a ti e llt , BS CE 49
0, . .\leJvi" Lazar P e tko l'ieh, DDS 41
?Ir-s. Juliett e P. C lapp 5no\\''' ill, MSW 50
E arl Ross T e dro w, I\D 56
J oe e ph
The
P. V opll illec k e. BSEd 51, l\IA :,:,:
l/"a.,h i llgl oJi
ex len d
I i nil'ersi l r
it s
Ma(!(lZ i ne
wi s hes
to
a polngie,.;
dl ulllili .
.I ,'"c r\i ell ur d Bodine. BSE ).9,
10
t", ,,
\ISBA 55. ane! Braill e rd William LaT our·
Ptle
.Jr.,
LLB 53.
Til ain, th e
re p or t'
T o paraphra se M a rk
o f Iheir dealh s we re
greatly exaggera led . Our apo]o~i e s f or a ny
('o nf u~i on rf'5 1l1Iin~ frOll) o ur (, !TOr.
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C011111lent / Function~ Form~ Future
What is Washington Vni ve rsity
Magazine s upposed to b e-and why?
Principle Number On e: Washin g­
Vllive rsify Mag azine is a unive r­
sity ma gaz in e, unive rsity-wid e in its
sco pe_ Beca use it is the publication
of a unive rsity, attelllpting to r efit'ct
th e characte r an d fjuality- and pe r­
sonalit v of th e universit y, it is basi­
ca ll y academic in its express ion_ l ini­
versi ti es are con ce med with ed uca­
tional matte rs ; at least a fair propor­
ti on o f th e material in the Map;azinc
will a lways r e Rect thi s prirnary in­
terest.
toll
Th is is w-hj' class notes ha ve b eell
reilloved from th e ilIagazill e an d put
into a publica ti on all their ow n_ Class
llutes concern the per su nal lives and
interes ts of alumn i as a spec ial gro up_
Th e alumni, from the total Unive rs ity
point of view, are one of several
spec ial gro ups, aud as s uch their in­
terests 10rm a part, but not alL of the
inte rests of the iVlagazine_ 8 ecause
class notes and oth er a lullIni inte rests
dese rv e regul ar treatm e nt, we have
tri ed to simplify our editorial prob­
lem and do bett er by both inter es ts
by cre a ting th e Alumni News, the
newslette r tha t app ears in alter nate
months with Washin gtol/ Uili ve rsilr
sco pe, it s hould refl ec t th e ta len ts as
we ll as the interests of a ll the p eople
who are invoh'ed in th e life o r the
U nive rsit y_ We feel fr ee to call on
visitor · for exa mple, Harry Ash­
more, who wrote th e splendid article
011 the c ri s is in ed ucation that ap­
pea red in th e February issue_ W e call
frequently OJ! facult )" either to dis­
cu ss their OWJl s pecial a reas of int er­
est. a~ Deall P ass onneau did in f e b­
lLIary I " Design of the City") or to
disc uss i rn portant isstles in eeiuca tiull ,
as Deall Hall did in Octobe r (-' The
Conn ict Be tweell T eac hillg alld Re­
~earch" l_
for this iss ue we have brought in
the work of two ex trerne lr talented
a lunllli_ a rtist Roland Rod eg ast and
humorist Bill Vau ghan_ Each has his
OW).1 tec hni que for puncturing aca­
de mic balluons _ In th e fall, we hope
to prese nt an a rticle by alumnu s E r­
nest Havemann_ an accomplis hed
writer who ha s doue cons ideral!le
fea tur e writin g for Life lVlagazillf'_
Ernie will ex press so me forthright
opinions on what h e ex peds a co llege
education to give hi s SO il I now a hi g h
school junior! _
Campus news, which many read e rs
hear on ly by way of the pages of
Ma gazil/c_
Washin{;tol/
Prin ciple Numbe r Two: BecclU se
the lVlagazil/e is Universit y-wide in its
will always r emain a n esse ntia l fea­
ture_ a lthough the limita tions of space
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V niversl:ry
Ma gazille ,
make it illljJossible to carn' 1I10re th all
a n arbitrary selec ti o n.
As yet we hav e not brou g ht into
th e Magazin e any st ud e nt work other
than art, but yo u lIlay look forward
to th e appearance of som e_ You lUa v
also co ntinue to expect the p ene­
trating picture ess ays- s uch as th e
Sig ma N u Relays s tory in thi s issue
- that He r b Weitll1 a ll has de veloped
to Sti ch an eloquent fOInL
What all th is mean s, we h ope, is
that th e conte llt of th e Washingto/l
Ulliversity Map:a:ille will be as vari ed
and illte resting as th e Unive rsity it­
se ll. There will be sume mate rial that
iB tougher go ing th a n your usual
rea ding fare -but tw ellty minutes'
COl1 celltration on a good articl e has
rareh proved fatal. exerc ise _ Tn SOllle
iss ues_ as in thi s one_ we hope we
wi 11 he abl e to pr o vide some of th e
less se l'ere fare thal is also _ in its way ,
a n acc urate reflection o f this bu s in ess
of higher educa tion_
Our aim in trying to produce s uch
a publi cati on is to provide a lllean­
ingful pic ture of what a universit\­
is all ab out and to do it in a wa)'
that is neithe r drear y nor spectac u­
lar. With th e help of a great THallY
people- faculty , a lulllni , stu dents_ as
well as the re gu lar staff who have a
hand in it all-1 think we can make
a worthwhile atte mpt.
-RLP
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ILLIAM CHAUVENET was chancellor of
Washington University from 1862 to 1869 and
professor of mathematics here several years before
that. His greatest achievement, however, has nothing
to do with the history of Washington University. His
greatest achievement is that it was through his efforts,
more than any other man, that the United States Naval
Academy at Annapolis was founded in 1845.
Of all the men who have served as chancellor
of Washington University, Chauvenet may well have been
the most brilliant scholar. He was a first·rate mathe­
matician, author of three standard tcxts in the field.
He was a precocious student, mastering all his collegiate
mathematics work while preparing for his college
entrance exams. In addition to his mathematical talents,
he was a skilled student of classical languages and an
accomplished pianist.
Chauvenet was educated at Yale, where three other
Washington University chancellors- Norvell, Hoyt, and
Shepley-went to school. He graduated with high honors,
taught for a while in Philadelphia, and then began the
efforts that led to the founding of Annapolis. For three
years he was president of the academic board there, and
a replica of a plaque installed in his honor at Annapolis
is in view in Ridgley Library arcade.
When Chauvenet died at 51, in 1870, he was serving
as president of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science.
The quaint, almost histrionic pose of the Chauvenet
that appears on the inside front cover of this issue
fails to suggest the intelligence, talent, and influence
of the man.
We have sufficient evidence of his stature as an
educator. The changing fashions of photography would
be poor reason to neglect his achievements.
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