WINTER 1991 A Women Athletes Take HONORING HELENGIBSON PRESIDENTTROUTONCULTURAL DIVERSITY WC'SOWNRENAISSANCEMAN outtherewhowasas malegraduatesofmyerareadilyadmit closetotheelmseedlingplantingbackin theirsuccessonexamswasattributableto 1928asI,theytoohavelivedalongtime. iietothenumberandlengthofresponses themeticulousnotesl^ttothemby Icanrecallmymother,Mrs.PaulE. \oourlastissuetherewon'tbespacefor womenstudents. Weknewwellthe Titsworth,waschosenbytheOldKent editorialcomments. I'mdelightedtoturn expression"gentleman'sC,"but"ladylike ChapteroftheDAR,ofwhichshewasa o'veemrctohmeifnlgo!ortoourreaders. Plea—seMkeDeHp wC"omweasnnwohtoinacohuirevvoecdabauclaadreym.icThsueccess mWaesmhbienrg,ttoonpCloalnltetgheecealmmpussee.dlingonthe E_ weredecidedlynotsocialwallflowers,so Iwasveryinterestedinthestoryabout l'sanalumnaIfindWashingtonCollege Idon'tthinkfearofbeingdatelesswasa theelmintheFallissueoftheMagazine, Magazineastimulating,inteiesting,and primarymotiveforunderachieving. atthesametimedistressedtolearnthe admirablepublicationandambassador Itisquitetruethatfarfewerwomen oldtreehadfinallysuccumbedtoDutch fortheCollege. SueDePasquale's wentontopursuegraduatedegreesthan elmdisease. Therewillbeabiggapleft article,"CoeducationandtheChanging wereurgedtodosobyfacultymembers, onthecampusuntilanothertreeis RoleofWomenatWC,"inthemost mostwomenexpectedtomarry,andfew plantedtoreplaceit. Accordingtothelife recentissueIfindprovocativeenoughto plannedtoworkoutsidetheirhomesafter spanofthisone,itwilltakemanyyears commentuponinaletter. theyhadchildren. Womenofthe'50sdid togrow. ProfessorsHorsley's,Dillon's,and thinkitunfairthattheirathleticswere Ihopetolearriofanewreplacementin Pabon'srecollectionsofthecharacteris- limitedtointramuralcompetitionand mylifetime. Thatoldelmwaspartofmy ticsandattitudesofwomenstudentsin thattheywereineligibleforinduction growingupinChestertownbetween1922 generalareatoddswithmyown intoODK,thehonoraryleadership and1933. memoryofaslightlyearlierera. They fraternityoncampus;theytooklittle spoketoMs.DePasqualeaboutthelate actiontocorrectsuchinjustices. How- EleanorT.Wilson'32 '50sandearly'60s,whileIgraduatedin ever,inclassesorotheravenuesopento Bethesda,Maryland '56. Althoughbothmytimeand them,theywereneitherintimidatednor resourcesavailablearelimited,andmy quiescent. In1953and1955theElmwas Tohavethatsillypictureonthefrontof powersofrecallarecertainlynot editedbywomen,andawomenedited theFall1991 WashingtonCollege improvingat57,afewstatisticschal- thePegasusof1956. Magazinenoticeablyreducestheimpact lengetheassertionthatwomensawtheir Incidentally,menwereallowedtocross ofthesuperiorqualityofthereporting properroleasbeing"passive,sweet,and Route213after6:30p.m.longbefore1966. foundontheinside. Surelyyouhaveon nottoobright." Freshmenwomenhadtobeintheir fileapicturethatmorecloselyreflectsthe Ican'tagreethatwomen"weren't dormsforstudyhourby7:00Monday celebrationoftheimportanceof100years goingtobebotheredwithstudying...It throughThursday,upperclasswomenby oftheinclusionofwomenasstudentsat wouldn'tgetyouadate...Sothey 10:30,butmenmightescortthemtothe WashingtonCollege. wouldsettleforanice,ladylikeC." The door(whichgaverisetoDeanofWomen 1955commencementprogramlistsaclass AmandaBradley'stellingeachyear's JoyGettelWheeler'48 of65(21women,44men). Therewere freshmenwomenthatthere—shouldbe Towson,Maryland fourhonorsgraduates;threewere "nosawingupanddown"—her women. In1956theclassnumbered79 euphemismforembracing "outside Ed.Note:Uh-oh. Wemayhavedoneit (25women,54men);againoffourhonors ReidHall"). Menwereallowedin again. We'renottnjingtobe"silly"inour graduatesthreewerewomen. women'sroomsonlytomovetrunks,but coverphotoselectionsbutwearehaving Atthattimewomencomposedless women'sdormshadloungeswherethe fimtakingadvantageofthecoeducation thanathirdofthestudentbody. Of sexesmightmingleonweekends. centenarytobreakoutsomegreatold studentsinallfourclassescitedfor IfwhatIturnedupinahalfhourof photosthatcaptureabygoneeraat academicdistinctionin1955,18of53 checkingoldyearbooksandcommence- WashingtonCollege. Wehopetocontinue werewomen;in1956,23of72were mentprogramshelpsdispeltheimageof throughtheSummer'92(May)issuewith women. Itseemstheiracademic '50swomenatWCasunassuming, "historicshots."Weinnowayintendfor achievementswereequaltothoseofmen subservientunderachievers,I'llconsider thistotrivializetheimportanceof inproportiontotheirrepresentationin mytimewellspent. coeducationatWashingtonCollege. thestudentbody. Ofcoursetherewere womenwhodidnotrealizetheir EmilyDrydenRussell'56 academicpotential;thesamewas,and Queenstown,Maryland WASHINGTON COLLEGE MAGAZINE VOLUMEXL NO.2 FEATURES WINTER 1991 USPS667-260 Kevin Coveney Goes The Distance 10 STAFF Editor,Meredith DaviesHadnway Whether on the road for Washington College or running a ManagingEditor,Marcia Laiidskroeiier marathon, WC's admissions man is a determined competitor. EditorialAssistant,JoanneFnirchild '84 SueDePasquale '87 EditorialConsultant,Keinn O'Keefe '74 ContributingWriters,Mackei/Duttiin '51 (ClassNotes). Women Athletes Even The Score 15 Printingand Mailing,American Press,Inc. In 100 years of coeducation WC's women athletes have come Typesetting,layout,and paste-upwere from archery and intramurals to NCAA championships. doneatWashingtonCollegeusingthe GaryBrown Macintosh11,AppleLaserWriterPlus, and PageMakersoftware.Cameracopywas producedontheLinotypeLinotronicL300 WC's Renaissance Man Makes A Lasting Impression 20 atSpectrumArtsinBaltimore,Maryland. Through the art and craft of printing Mike Kaylor inspires WashingtonCollegeMagazine(USPS667-260) respect for the written word. iNsopvuebmlbiesrhe,daqnudarFteebrrluyariny.MaSye,coAnudgucslta,ss Marcia Landskroeiier, Photographs byj. M. Fragomeiii '88 postagepaidatGordonsville,Virginia DEPARTMENTS 22942,anadditionalmailingoffice. POSTMASTER: Sendaddresschangesto WashingtonCollegeMagazine,Chestertown, The Reporter 2 Maryland 21620-1197.Copyright 1991 WashingtonCollege. President Trout on The Cult ofTrue Womanhood and WC cultural diversity; The Community honors Helen Gibson Addresscorrespondenceto Washington CollegeMagazine, BuntingHall,Washington and bids farewell to Richard Brown. The Concert Series turns MD College,Chestertown, 21620. 40. The Magazine looks into The Imperial Hotel's new (Telephone:410-778-2800.) offerings and finds out what English professors really read. Alumni Reporter 25 WC toasts its Hall-of-Famers. Alumnae through the decades discuss their experiences. Class Notes 28 AbouttheCover: Membersofthe1930 Currents 32 FencingClubincluded(counterclockwise fromleft)JaneWhite'30,NaudainMoore Professor Kathleen Mills asks only that composer Fanny Bond '30,AnnKreegerMatthews'33,and CoachDorisT.Bell. Mendelssohn Hensel be given a fair hearing. WASHINGTON COLLEGE The Reporter Trout Launches Coeducation Celebration In a scholarlyconvocationaddress thatplaced in historical context the momentousdecision ofthe Board ofVisitorsand Governors toopen the collegedoors towomen. President Charles H. Trout launched the 100th anniversaryofcoeducationatWash- ingtonCollege. Explainingthe 19th century image ofthe "true" woman.Troutsaid womenwereimagined torepresent thecardinal virtuesofpiousness,pu- rity,submissiveness,and domesticity. "Ifwomenbecame lawyers, minis- ters, physicians, lecturers, politicans, theirownearnings,asadvocatesof Mni/Mattheius '85loas thefirstwoman to oranysortofpubliccharacter," said newproperty rightsindivorcepro- completetheacademiccourseat Trout,itwasbelieved "the home ceedings, aschampionsofaccesstothe Washington College. would sufferneglect." professionsofmedicine,and lawand In the mid-1800s, womenbegan to theology,asadvocatesofwomen'scol- resisttheselimitations. Troutrecalled leges and, yes,asadvocatesofco- tionalitiesoftheirera. Collegeregula- . . . theWomen's RightsConventionat education." tions, forinstance,statethat 'social in- Seneca Falls in 1848,duringwhich the Troutsaid WashingtonCollege'sde- tercoursebetweengentlemenand lady delegatesobserved that "thehistoryof cision toenrollwomen "tookplaceon studentsisstrictly forbiddenexceptin mankind isa historyofrepeated inju- thecuspbetween thestultifyingim- thepresenceofoneormoreteachers.' riesand usurpationson thepartof agesofwomen transmittedbytheCult "Ona much morecosmicscale, the man toward woman,havingasindi- ofTrueWomanhood and a scorching tensionsbetweenold and new mani- rectobject theestablishmentofanab- attackby feministsofthe 1890supon fested themselvesin 1896when the solutetyrannyoverher .... Inenter- thematernal pietiesthat had keptfe- Board ofVisitorsand Governorsvoted ing upon thegreat workbeforeus, we males in theirpropersphere" ofhome tocreatea 'Norma—lSchool' ora 'Nor- anticipatenosmallamountofmiscon- and hearth. mal Department' acollegewithina ception, misrepresentation,and ridi- Itwasanexperimentthatworked. collegethatwasdesigned totrain cule;butweshall useevery instru- Menand womenwent toclassto- teachersforserviceontheEastern mentalitywithinourpowertoeffect gether,studied thesamecurriculum, Shore. Both sexeswerecertainly free ourobject." completed thesamedegreerequire- tobeadmitted butinpracticethe "And usetheseinstrumentalities ments. admitteeswereoverwhelmingly theydid," saidTrout, "as partofthe Yetolderimagesofwomenand women,and thiswasanticipated. westward movement,asabolitionists, olderexpectationspersisted,hesaid. Therewouldbea two-yearcourseof asorganizersoftheSuffrageMove- "Itwould beunreasonabletoimagine study,notfour. Indefending this ment,as temperanceleaders,as labor thatthese pioneersofcoeducation change, proponentsargued that leadersstrugglingtogaincontrolover could breaksharplywith theconven- womenwerenaturalnurturers. WashingtonCollegeMagazine/Winter1997 WC Honors Former pV First Lady i Thefirsttoberecognized ina yearthatwill celebratetheac- B '^'^l complishmentsofwomen, Helen HjLf'' SchaeferGibson, FirstLadyof 1rmS^ilkSM WashingtonCollege from 1950until ^^iSIH^H 1970,wasawarded an honorary H 1^^^5. (^flfs- DoctorofFineArtsduring FallCon- i vocation. Gibson, a gifted pianist, wasrec- 1 ognized forherrole in helpinges- II^B^^^^^^^^^^^HNj^^^^^^^^^l tablish theWashingtonCollegeCon- 1 certSeriesand theWomen's League s ofWashingtonCollege(both cel- ^NH 1^1 ebrating40th anniversaries this m year) and forhercontinued support iHwii fl w\^.fe*Ai:^i oftheartsatWashingtonCollege. Agraduateofthe Universityof therearesomanythings I want to Helen Gibsonacceptsherhonorary Ohio,sheearned a second bachelor's learnI'llneverlivelongenough),and degreefrom President TroutasMarshal degreein musicand a master'sde- tobeasactiveasIcan. Afterall, that's Ermon Fosteradjustsherhood. greein musicat the Universityof whatitisall about, isn'tit?" Cincinnati'sConservatoryofMusic. Fittingly,as PresidentCharles H. Upon receivingthehonorarydoc- Troutlaunched thecelebrationofthe ageamongsophomores. Jennifer torate,Gibson said: "1 firstcameto centenaryofcoeducationatWashing- Del Nerowasawarded theVisitors theWashingtonCollegecampus in ton College, women walked away with and Governors Medal forhaving the Augustof1950. Forty-oneyears nearlyall thescholarshipprizes highestaverageamongjuniors, and later,I thoughtitwasa timeinmy awarded thatevening. MariaJerardi ConciPopeand Keri Nygaard were lifewhenI could retire,sitback, take wonthe FreshmanScholarshipAward presented with theVisitorsand iteasy,and watchlifegoby. Butaf- forearning thehighestcumulativeav- GovernorsScholarshipAwards. terreceivingthisprestigiousdegree eragein thefreshmanclass. Conci MiddendorfScholarshipswere IknowI cannotdo that. 1 haveto Popewon theAlumniMedalfor awarded toIndia Hensonand Andy continuetostudy, tolearn (and achieving thehighestcumulativeaver- Bohutinsky. Women had unicjuecapacities to "Even today itisworthasking Concert Series workwithyoungchildren. Women whetherWashingtonCollegeisin fact Marks 40th Season wereuniquely fittoserve. Oncethe acoeducational institution orwhether Normal Departmentwasinstituted, itisa placewhere menand women in- theenrollmentofwomenjumped cidentally happen togo. Towhatde- The nearest professional musicau- from33 to74withinadecade. Then greedoweengageingenderstereo- ditorium is 75 milesaway,butac- in 1910-11 theNormal Department typing? Towhatdegree istheselec- claimed musical performers havebeen wasterminated. By thattime, 132 tion ofStudentGovernmentAssocia- lured totheintimate settingsofWash- women fromWashingtonCollegehad tion representatives,ortheheadsof ingtonCollege'sWilliamSmith Hall received a normalcertificate. Only 14 campusorganizations,genderneutral? and TawesTheatre timeand time had received a bachelor'sdiploma. Towhatdegreeareacademicchoices againduringthe past fourdecades. "Todaywelookbackto thesebrave influenced by imagesofgenderthat According to Dutch Dumschott's pioneers,caughtastheywereonthe datebacktoanearlierera? Towhat HistoryofWasliington College, thefirst edgeofold and newvisionsaboutthe degreeareopportunitiesbothatWash- concertseries in 1951-52seasonwasar- capacitiesofwomen,about thevery ingtonCollegeand thelargersociety ranged through thecooperation ofthe natureofwomanhood. And wead- truly equal? Towhatdegreedoes the ChesterCommunity MusicGroupand mirethem. Weadmire them fortheir CultofTrueWomanhood, afterso theCollege. The late Robert L. Forney bravery in thefaceofresentments. many years,continuetopersist? and Mrs. DanielZ. Gibson(seeabove), Weadmire theCollege'scommitment "In theyearahead, aswecom- wifeoftheCollegePresident, were toequality, incompleteasitmayhave memorate 100yearsofcoeducation, guiding forces. been. Weunderstand thelimitations. wewill havemany chances to think Thisyear'sstar-studded season Wedonotwrenchtheseeventsoutof about thesecrucial matters. Weoweit opened toa packed housewith the historicalcontextandjudgethemac- toour19thcentury forebears todo no JuUiard StringQuartet. (See "College cording tothestandardsofthe 1990s. less." Events" forupcomingconcerts.) WashingtonCollegeMagazine/Winter1991 College Commits To W/(i/(/() !/()!( think Washington Collegehas have takena numberofinitiatives,tar- hadsuchdifficultyinattracting minori- getingcertain schools forrepeated vis- Cultural Diversity tics? its, inviting largegroupsofstudents to campusfrom targeted high schools. Cultural diversity. It hasbecome CT: That'sdifficult for meto say. Af- Wealso participate in searchservices theeducational buzzword ofthe terall, 1 haven'tbeen herethrough that that target minorities. Wehavebeen 1990s,and it isan issuewith which the period and I canonlyguess. Thisis talking to foundations, and we have WashingtonCollegeadministration is an area ofthecountry that had some put in placethe first full-time African- grappling. WhiletheCollegerecently acutedifficultiesduring theCivil Americanadmissionsofficerin the hired a minority tojoin thelibrary fac- Rightsmovement. Onecan seepat- College'shistory. Weareworking ulty, therearenofull-timeblackpro- ternsofsegregation still very much in hard atit,and itisbeginning topay fessorson theacademic faculty. The placeon the EasternShore and somedividends. AdmissionsOfficehired itsfirst black whether, therefore, youngsters would admissionsofficerthis pastsummerto find thisa congenialatmosphereisa Wliatabout theblackstudentsenrolled helpattractminority students. Al- questionworthasking. though ten percentofthisyear'senter- ingclass representethnicminorities, Unquestionably, theyareourbest Washington Collegelags farbehind its "For Washington College salespeople forWashingtonCollege, peers in termsofthe proportional and theyhavebeen most forthcoming numberofminoritystudentsenrolled. to isolate the more in helpingusfollowup withstudents At theLilly EndowmentWorkshop traditional student from whoareinterested, hosting themwhen on the Liberal Arts thissummer,a they'reoncampus,and saying to team offiveadministrators, including the kind ofcontact they friends that this isa pretty good place PresidentCharles H. Trout, explored togotoschool. will face in the world several avenues toenhancediversity among thestudentbodyand faculty. once they graduate, is to Duringa recent President'sForum with Asa resultofthisreport, the Board students, i/ou reported thatonly 127outof shortchange them." ofVisitorsand GovernorsofWashing- 1800blackhighschooljuniorson theen- tonCollegepassed a resolution this tire Eastern Shore tookthePSATs. Wliat fallendorsing thepursuitofgreater effortscan Washington Collegemake to culturaldiversityasa toppriorityof I believe thatWashingtonCollege encouragelocalblacksamieconomically the institution. TheCollege's mission hasbeenreceptivetoblackkids. Over disadvantagedstudents togo tocollege'? statement isundergoing revision tore- theyears Washington Collegehas flect thatobjective. Therearechanges wanted blackstudents,and we have CT: 1 thinkwe havea real roletoplay in thewind. had somemarvelousyoung menand there,and wecanbeginatoncebyvol- Wewent to PresidentTrout for womeninourmidst. Thequestionof unteeringourservices tospeaktokids someinsightinto whattheinstitution whetherwehavedonethatin a con- in Kentand Queen Anne'scountyhigh isdoingtoaddressthis issue. scious and determined way,or schoolswhoarenearingcollegeage. whetheritjusthappened ina natural But I thinkwhen you lookata statistic Ourtotalminoriti/enrollmentstandsat way, isalsoworthasking. My hunch like 127studentstaking the PSATs, about5.8percent. Howdoes thatfigure isthatuntilvery recently therehas not thatistrulyappalling. Italsodoesn't compmrewith thoseofourpeers? been thekind ofconcerted effort that tell uswhat they arescoringon these manyotherschoolshavelavished on tests. Tosolvethatproblem,onehasto CT: It'sverymuch towardsthelow this problem. begina long timebeforetheyenter end. Outofthe 161 national liberal high school. Consequently, weare arts institutions,we'rein thebottom VJlniIS theissueofculturaldiversityso contemplatingearly interventionpro- five. I mustsay that 5.8percent important toourinstitution noio? grams thatcould reach youngstersas soundsa lotbetterthan 3percent, early asfirst grade. In otherwords, we which iswhatweshowed in 1989-90. Weliveina multi-cultural world. We arecommitted toworkingoverthe liveinaculturally pluralisticsociety. long run. Wehavea moralobligation Has theCollegeestablishedagoal to reach ForWashingtonCollege to isolatethe todoitbut1 alsothinkthatlikemost within,sax/, the next threetofiveyears? moretraditional studentfrom thekind moral obligations, it is inourself-inter- ofcontact they will facein theworld esttodoit. We'veestablished nonumericalgoals, once theygraduate, is toshortchange and 1wanttostayawayfrom making them. Wewould alsobea moreinter- Wliat will this trendtowardsculturaldi- thisanissueofnumbers. What I hope esting, vital,andmorerealisticplace versitymean totheCollege'scurriculum? toaccomplish is tobring toWashing- werewemorenearly toapproximate tonCollege thebest, mostinteresting theworld atlarge. CT: Wehavetodeterminewhetherwe mixofstudentswepossiblycan. We areofferingcourses that have todo do,however, havea timetableforob- Hoiuhavewealreadybegun tochangethe withcultural pluralisminthelate20th jectiveswehopetomeetoverthenext statusquo? century. 1donotforeseetheneed to threetofiveyears,buttheseareonly eliminatecoursesinordertoaccom- in thediscussionstages. CT: In theAdmissionsoperationwe modateculturaldiversityin thecur- WashingtonCollegeMagazine/Winter1991 riculum. Wearealreadydoing a num- Collegehasneverbeengreat. Last programthatinvolvesKent&Queen berofthingsonewould associatewith year'senteringclassreported 4to5 Anne'scoimtiesand,a yearortwoaf- a curriculumthatis in tunewith mo- percent. Why has thatbeen? Partly terthattheupper EasternShore,and dernity. Inaddition, therearemany becausewehave madeno particular then perhaps themetropolitan areas faculty "mainstreaming." In a course efforttoaccommodateJudaismeither offtheShore, wearegoing to have to in Americanhistory from 1865tothe in thecurriculumorin thestudentac- considerhiringa directorwhocan present, forexample,a numberof tivitiesarea. By working hard and guideus in therightdirection. This black historytopicsarealready in- successfully togeta Hillel chapterhere couldbeginasa half-timeposition, cluded. On theotherhand, thein- at theCollege, wehave takena step. and wewewill certainlyseektofund structor might decide to pay more Weintend toseeka personorpersons itwithoutsidesources. attention to the Harlem Renais- whocan offeroneormorecoursesin Agood dealofwhatweimagine sance of the 1920s. That kind of Judaica. Oncethatbeginstohappen, I happening will involveourown stu- fine-tuning is very easy. It is predictthatwewillseesomechanges. dents. Wethinkthekind of mentoring important to emphasize that the bits Certainly the College is in- thatcould goon in theelementary and pieces of what one might call terested in international recruitment and middleschools, and the high an Africana and Hispanic Studies and wehaveretained anoutsidecon- school, is something thata [student Programarealreadyinplaceatthe sultantto helpus launch initiativesin volunteer] organization likeHands College. Theyneed tobegathered to- Central and South America, in Europe, Outwill endorseand staff. Wethink getherina morecoherentway. and conceivably in Africa and Asia. that thereare faculty whowould want Wewill seesomechanges in thatdi- togivesometimeand effort to this. I Wliatothernewstudentmnrkets is the rection tooaswemove furtherto- do notimaginea massivenew staff Acinussions Officeexploring? wardsdiversification. comingon board atWashingtonCol- legeto makethis thinggo. Unques- CT: DiversityatWashingtonCollege Wliatarctheseinitiativesgoing tocostin tionably, wearealsogoing to need to canalsomeanethnicgroupsother termsofmoneyand manyoioer? mobilizeand enlist thesupportofthe thanblack, Hispanic, and Asian. The peoplein thecommunity. I amconfi- percentageofJewish studentsat this CT: Ifwegetintoan early intervention dent thatovertime, wewill succeed. And verseswhicharemorecelebrational finds nodifficulty beinga woman in Poetry Science than didactic. Teaching a lesson, how- thescience world. Heradvicetoher Mix Perfectly For ever, is important toWhite withboth children and herstudents is simple: herstudentsand herownchildren. "Youareonlylimited by yourself Patricia White Teaching, White feels, issimilarto and yourownconcepts . . . don'tlet child-bearing: you arewithyourstu- others limityou." White feels that byTarin Toioers '94 dents forninemonths,and it isa huge thecurrent teachingshortage(espe- We cially in thefieldsofscienceand all havea bitofcreativity," math) istheresultofacombination PatriciaGodboltWhite '64 ofwomen having moreoptions,and says. Sheexemplifies theblend of ofacademicallyoriented students liberal artsand sciences idealized in going intohigher-paying fields, theWashington Collegecurriculum. such asengineering. "In thedaysof Chairofthesciencedepartmentat theNormal School, womenweren't BookerT. Washington HighSchool aswelcome inasmanyareasas they inNorfolk, Virginia, Whiteisalsoa aretoday. They'refreetomake poet. choices now." White'sfirstcollectionofpoetry. Other thingsaboutWashington Evolution ofEspritd'P. C,waspub- Collegeand women havechanged lished inearly 1991 byVantage justsince the 1960s. Girlswereal- Press. Shecharacterizesherpoems lowed towearpantsinpublicon as "inspirational." Poemssuch as campus forthefirsttimeshortlybe- "Horizon to Hope," "Reflection," foreWhitearrived here,and her and "Pathway" demonstrateher friendsat otherschools werejeal- characteristic themesofhope,joy, ous. "We thoughtthatwasabig self-exploration,and personalsalva- thing." Whilelivingonthesecond tion. Often, herpoemsofChristian floorofMinta M—artin, she "had a faitharedirected atthoseneeding responsibility. "Besidesimparting front-rowseat boyswould ser- guidance. In "Jeweled Crown," she knowledge, you havetoaddressa enade thegirls from thestreet,and adviseshow to find the rightpath: numberoft—hestudents' situationsas whencouplessaid goodnight, "And yourangelwill showyou adolescents you havetogetbeyond they'dkisson therockin frontof how/How tofind thetrueyou . . ." thatinordertogetthecontentacross." thedorm. Iguesstheydon'tdo that Theyaresoft,strongly rhymed Amotherofthreeherself. White anymore." WashingtonCollegeMagazine/Winter1991 Junior Fellows centlypurchased from thestatebypri- vateowners. Whilethecompany Program Sends showed a profit within a few months ofprivateownership, Bohutinsky Students Far and found itwas not without humancost. Near "Thefirstthingtheowners—did was firea third oftheworkforce that showsjust howbloated someofthese Andy Bohutinsky, a senioreco- businesseswere. Three to fourpercent What's On The nomics major, spent threeweeks oftheHungarian workforceisnowun- in Hungarywitnessing first-hand how employed. That's not toobadby NiGHTSTAND? the Hungarianeconomywasrespond- American standards,butbeinga so- ing to theintroduction offreeenter- cialist country they had neverexperi- prise. Kathy Brewster,a seniorbiol- enced unemploymentbefore. There is Wcthoughtwe'dfindout whatpeople ogy major, wascloserto home,study- a lotofpessimismabout moving toa aroundeainpufhaivbeenreadinghitcly. ingin theEnvironmentalConcern's privateeconomy," hesays. Thistimearoundloeasl<edmembersofthe Wetland ScienceTraining Program in Otherproblems facing theHungar- Englislidepartment. St. Michaels, Maryland. They arejust ian people includerunaway inflation twoofeight students whosesummer (30to35 percentannually), a shrinking TheMessagetothePlanetexposesthe independent study projects weresup- gross national product, dwindling fantasticnatureofhumanreality- Iris ported by theJuniorFellowsProgram. pensionsfortheelderly, and a grow- Murdochmakesthereaderseethe Bohutinsky, whosegrandparents ing fearthat foreigninvestorswill mythicalandmagicelementsthatcon- — wereforced toemigrate from their sooncontrol Hungary'seconomy. nmeecnthaenrddwisopmareantewchhoargacrtoecresryshaonpdall Hungarian homeland by thecommu- While Bohutinsky found that Ameri- and getparkingticketsand wonder nistsin 1949, wasawarded a $2,500sti- can dollarsgo farinthe Hungarian wsthreatnhgee.rtheirlivesa—renD'rt.aBelivtetrlely Wolff pweanyditnotshteuedmyeercgoinnogmdiecmorcerfaotrimcusntdaeter.- mtraariknettipclkeatcefo(rhaetphurreceh-ahsoeudratrfiiprsftorcl$a4s)s, Bohutinsky stayed with relatives in Hungarians themselvesarein an eco- Becauseayoungfriendofminehas Budapest tostudy theeffectsof nomicpinch. "Noonehasanymoney. beendiagnosedashavingAIDS,1 privatizationofHungary'sgovern- Theaverageworkermakes$200a spentpartofthesummerreading ment-ownedbusinesses. monthand itisextremelyexpensiveto about thedisease,hopingtolearnand, Heconcentrated on theAquincom liveinBudapest. You find large fami- ifpossible,tounderstand. 1thinkI PorcelainCompany in Budapest,a lies living in small apartments. Office didlearnabit;understandingiselu- mid-sized figurines manufacturerre- spaceisata premium." sive. IwasmovedbyhowPaul Monette'sBorrowedTimedepicted the devastationofawayoflifeand 1was deeplydisturbedbyhow Randy Shilt'sAndtheBandPlai/edOnshowed howlong-delayedwastheresponseto theseriousnessoftheepidemic. Still, themostpoeticrenderingofthisnew levelofawarenessincontemporary societyremains, forme,Susan Sontag's"story" inTheNeu'Yorkera coupleofyearsago. Called "TheWay WeLiveNow,"itmostdeeplyrenders thesenseofloveand losswithwhich ourcenturyiscom—ingtoitsclose. Dr. BennettLamotui 1particularlyenjoyed readingand thinkingaboutthepoemsinIdylls sinceTheocritusreflectsmanyofour concernsinthelate20thcentury. His writingischaracterizedbya self-con- sciousness. Therewasenoughfinelit- eraturewrittenforhimtobeawareof aninfluencefromthepast,aninflu- encehecannotignore,liketherecol- lectionofastarethatremainsafter youhavedeparted froma lovedone. —Dr. RichardGillin AndxjBohutiiishj KathyBrewster WashingtonCollegeMagazine/Winter1991 Flying High "I liked thegood feeling you get longdaysofup toeight flights. from teamsports when everyone Sinceairline mergersand furloughs byAndrea Kchoe clicks, thereally good senseofunity," caused hertoloseseniority, Butler says theformerpsychology major. now worksasa reservepilot, living JennyButler'79 probablyisthe "There'ssomuchimportanceplaced at themercyofherbeeper. onlyhonoreein HallofFame his- ongettingalong with people." "IfIgo food shopping, I'll bring tory who vowed tostay offtheplay- Butlerearned a privatepilot's li- myuniform and a suitcasepacked ing field when shecame toWashing- censeatSummitAviation in Midcile- fora four-day trip," shesays. "If 1 tonCollege. Busywithsportsdur- town, Delaware,whileat theCollege, getcalled while I'm in town, I can ing highschool,sheintended to fo- and knew rightawaythatshehad justgodirectlytotheairport." cusonclasswork. stumbled across herdreamcareer. As Despite theuncertaintyofher "I thought 1 could doit," shesays. well-rounded a pilotassheisan ath- schedule, Butlerusually doesn't "I lasted abouta weekortwo,and lete, sheisa licensed private,commer- mind stickingclose tohome. She then I found myselfoverat thegym cial, instrument, and airline transport plays inalocal tennis league, runs shooting somebasketball. I realized fivetimesaweek,and swimsin itwasjustpartofmy life, that I LakeNorman, which herhome in needed athletics." Statesville, an hour northofChar- A self-proclaimed "jock-of-all- lotte,overlooks. trades," Butlertookpartin softball, Asa woman pilot, shehasplenty tennis,andcrewatcollege,and ofcompany in theskies,withsev- helped tostartthevolleyball team eral hundred femalepilotsatUSAir herfreshmanyear. Instead ofdimin- and thousands morein theairline ishing heracademiclife, thetimeshe industry. Whilesomepassengers, spentatsportsprovided a release apparentlyconsideringwomen thatenhanced it. morecautiousthanmen,expressre- "Ifyou havetimewhen you can lieftoseeherin thecockpit, others physicallyexert yourselfand you arealarmed. don't havetoworryabout thinking," Lookingyounger than her34 sheexplains, "thenyourmind is pilotand a certified flight instructor. yearsdoesn't help. "Some passen- morereadytoaccepttheinformation Aftera yearofteachingatSummit gers," sheexplains, "lookatmeand thatyougetinclassesand from whilecoachingWC softball, she say, 'Oh, myGod. A younggirl.' If readingbooks." worked fora charterairlineand a com- I only had grayhairorabunchof Playing sportsalso honed skills muterairline, and then flewasacor- wrinkles." shenowusesasacommercial airline poratepilotforGeneral Electric. A When someonequestionsa pilotforUSAir,shesays. Along commercialairlinepilotforthelast woman pilot'scapabilities, Butler withdevelopinghand-eyecoordina- threeyears,sheisbased inCharlotte, says, thebest responseishumor. tion, shelearned thevalueofteam- NorthCarolina. "Whatyou tell them then is, 'You work,animportantaspectofdealing Despitetheperksoffreetravel and a know, we'reflyingtheairplane,not witha flightcrew. greatviewofthesunset, thejobmeans carryingit.'" TheHungarianpeopleneed loansto brings togetherexperts in the fieldsof learned somuch thatshemight not jump-starttheeconomy, hesays. horticulture, marinebiology, survey- otherwisehavebeenexposed to,espe- Americanand WestGermaninvestors ing,and governmentregulationsand ciallyintheareasofbotanyand land areleading thepackofforeigninves- offers intensestudyofplantmitigation contouring. Shewasintroduced to300 tors,and thelocalsarebeinggivena and propagation,soilconservationand plants injusttwoand a halfweeks, chancetostarttheirownbusinesses environmental law. Brewsterwasone spenta weekstudying theconstitution througha government-sponsored of13 traineesaccepted. ofwetland soils,learned land grading voucherprogram thatwillgiveupto ChevronCorp. sponsored techniquesandhow toread land sur- $67,000inrestitutiontothosewho had Brewster's$6,000tuition,andtheJun- veysandsoilmaps,and wasgiven an propertyseized beforeWorld WarII. iorFellows Programpaid hera $2,500 overviewofenvironmental lawsand Kathy Brewsterspenthersummer stipend fortraveland livingexpenses. how theyhaveevolved. Forthree on theshoresoftheChesapeakelearn- "Ed's [Garbisch] philosophyis to weeks she worked directly with inghow toreclai—mproperty froma lookattheentireecosysteminconsid- Garbisch in learninghow tocreateand differentmenace erosionand over- eringwhatplantstointroducetoa cer- maintainwetlands. Environmental development. EnvironmentalCon- tainarea," saysBrewster. "Heconsid- Concern operatesa wetplantnursery cern, a non-profitorganizationestab- erseverythingfrom how theywill year-round and conductsvariouswet- lished byconservationist Edward thrive, to how they mightbenefit the land growingexperiments. Garbisch in 1974 tohelpslowbank fiddlercrabsorsnails, tohow they will "When wewerestudyinggovern- erosion throughwetland plantings, lookaesthetically." ment regulationsand whatconstitutes started theWetland ScienceTraining Brewster, whosebiological field of a wetland, Ed prefaced everythingby Program twoyearsago. Theprogram interestis invertebrates, saysshe sayingwhat wewerelearningwould WashingtonCollegeMagazine/Winter1991 — Dr. Richard Brown Collegeand produced texts forseveral department. A recognized leaderof courses. Hewasthe prime moverin thefaculty. Professor Brown was 1921-1991 bringingadvanced computing facili- regularlyelected by hiscolleaguesto ties to thecampus and devoted a gri'at themost important positions in the structureoffaculty governanceof Richard Harlaiid Brown, chairof theCollege. the mathematicsand computer Brown wasa passionatedevotee sciencedepartmentatWashington oftheopera and retained an avid in- College for26years, died ofcancer terest in cryptography. Hewasa onOctober 13, 1991, at theageof69. memberofnumerouslearned societ- Brown, whohad been living in ies, including theAmerican Associa- Langlade, France, sincehis retire- tion fortheAdvancementofScience, mentin 1986,wasa nativeof theAmerican MathematicalSociety, Gloversville, New York, and was theMathematical Association of educated atColumbia University, America, and theOperationsRe- where he received hisbachelor'sde- searchSocietyofAmerica. Among greein 1942and his Ph.D. in 1951. Brown's many awardswereelection DuringWorld WarII,hewasem- toPhi Beta Kappa, Pi Mu Epsilon ployed as a mathematicianby the (national honorary mathematical Navy Department. After teachingat fraternity),Sigma Xi (national hon- GeorgeWashington,Columbia, Bos- orary scientific fraternity), and the ton,and American universities, and NewYorkAcademy ofSciences. working fortheArmyand theNavy In 1965, WashingtonCollegepre- onclassified research projects, deal oftimeand effort towriting aca- sented Brown with theprestigious Brownjoined theWashingtonCol- demicand administrativecomputing Lindback Award for Distinguished lege facultyasanassociateprofessor programsand to instructing hiscol- Teaching. in 1960and waspromoted to full leagues in theuseofcomputers. Brown issurvived by Armand professora yearlater. Drawingon hisexpertiseinanother MettrauxofLanglade, France,and Brown restructured themath- area, healsocontributed to theteach- bya brother, Ernest Brown,ofVic- ematicscurriculum at Washington ingofcoursesonopera in themusic tor, NewYork. probablychangewithina year," Brogan And Duemling, a careerofficerin the U.S. cBirrecwusltaetirnrgecaablolsu.ta"Tphoelirteicwiaans'sadjeofkieni- Duemling Named To sFaodreoirgtnoSSeurrviicnea,mseerivne1d98a2s-U8.4S.anAdmbfarsom- — tionofa wetland ifyou throwa Board 1976 to 1980was DeputyChiefofMis- rockand heara splash, then it'sa wet- sionattheAmerican Embassy inOt- land." But thetruedefinition is not tawa. Hespent 11 yearsin EastAsian quiteso narrow, shesays. By looking WilliamJ. Brogan '52and Wash- affairs, serving in MalaysiaandJapan. at thesoiland vegetation ona given ington College Fellow Robert PastdirectoroftheNicaraguan Hu- property,onecan delineatewetland Werner Duemling havebeen named to manitarian AssistanceOffice, heis fromupland. theCollege's Board ofVisitorsand now presidentanddirectoroftheNa- Brewster'ssummerexperience may Governors. tional BuildingMuseuminWashing- not havechanged hercareergoal Brogan, chairman anci chiefexecu- ton, D.C. sheis lookingintoGeorgeWashing- tiveofficeroftheTalbot Bankin ton University'sphysician'sassistant Easton, returns forsecond termon the — trainingprogram butsheisglad to board. He previously served asan Philosophy Professor havehad theexperience. alumnirepresentativeinthemid- Otherprojectsfunded by thejunior 1980s. Receives Army's Fellows Program included: Julianne Active in communityaffairs, he has Highest Civilian Dolde'sworkasa research assistantat served on theboardsofKentSchool, a localdrugand alcohol outpatient fa- Inc., theMaryland HigherEducation Honor cility,Steven Bouchey's internship Commission,theMaryland Higher with the HansandSociety for Political Education LoanCorporation,and the When Government in London,Jennifer Maryland Division oftheAmerican J. David Newell, professor Grindle'sworkcataloging theKent CancerSociety, tonamea few. On be- and chairofthephilosophyde- County HistoricalSocietyarchives halfofWashingtonCollege, hehas partmentatWashingtonCollege, whileworkingona novel,Jennifer played a leadingroleinorganizing the ended his two-yearsabbaticalasVisit- Griffin's internship with theWalters TalbotCounty Breakfasts,acommu- ing Professorin thehumanitiesat the ArtGallery in Baltimore, and Brooke nityoutreach program, and in helping United States Military Academy in Frank'sinternshipintheMaryland raisescholarship money forcollegeap- NewYork, hebrought homemore Governor'sOffice. plicants fromTalbotCounty. thanfond memoriesofthecadetshe WashingtonCollegeMagazine/Wmfer1991