Being very young as a university,
SUNY-A) does not have many
traditions. Many of the traditions
once cherished by a relatively small
college for teachers seemed to be out
of place in the much larger university
and on a new campus. Besides, the
emphasis in recent years has been on
change, noton traditions. One tradi-
tion which fortunately has survived
and deserves to be continued ts that
ol SUNY-A’s Minerva, a tradition
which goes back at least to E888,
Americans, annoyed daily by hun-
dreds of sounds and symbols of
advertising, have trained themselves
not to hear and not to see. Phus it is
likely that many people. even on
their first visit to our library, will not
even notice.the statue of Minerva in
the library lobby.
It is certainly appropriate that
Minerva, Roman goddess of
wisdom, shouldbe thepatroness of an
institutionol higher learning.
The statueis not oncol the world’s
famous Works of art, but has its in-
teresting aspects. Why, for instance.
is she armed with helmet and spear?
Supposedly she was not born by any
ordinary birth but sprang fully arm-
ed from the forehead of Jupiter. She
is the goddess not only of wisdom,
but also of war. especially of delen-
sive war, While the more brutal and
destructive aspects of war are left to
Mars. She is the protectress of cities,
especially of Athens. (Athena, of
course, is her name in Greek.)
What is the head on her breast? It
is the head of Medusa. which the
hero Perseus gave to her in gratitude
‘for the assistance she had rendered
him in slaying Medusa. Why the
coiled snake by her side? Phe snake,
possibly a symbol of fertility. is an
Minerva Guards Library
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peace and prosperity, and the owl,
symbol of wisdom. The goddess”
higure ts stately: her facial features
are severe but bea uwtitul.
Minerva took her place in the ol-
irom seal of the university around
191. Max she always bless our
gttest for wisdom,
Bean
active
member.
JUST OPENED
Indian Leather Shoppe
68 Central Avenue, Albany, N.Y.
(across from Tandy’s)
“You meet the nicest people
at Indian Leather!”
The Finest in CUSTOM Leather work:
SANDALS - LEATHER JACKETS -
BELTS
HAND BAGS - HIDES - GIFTS.
hours: 1] - 6 Tues. thru Sat. Thursday open til 8 pm
“
oday ve International Film
Ciroup starts its twenty-first year of
providing the discriminating film
goer with something out of the or-
dinary. Phas September will be given
overtoad brictlook atone ol the most
shindered cand nusunderstood film
genres: Phe Science Fiction film.
the tirst two weeks will present
American
dominated 1950's and the final week
wilbtake a look at how two rench
works trom. the
directors have approached the Sci-fi
question.
Lhey open with two ol the best
Known tithes in American Sci-tiz
Robert: Wise’s Dav the Larth Stood
Sull and tred Mcleod Wileox’s
forbidden Planet. Wise (who
started as an editer at RKO where
his credits include Cirizen Aare) bas-
ed fis film on Flarry Bates” short
story “harewell to the Master.” The
Hil tells the story ofan ahen (played
by Michael Rennie) whe lands his
ypace ship ain the middle of
Washington, D.C. to deliver an ul-
lumatum to the people of the world:
Stop war oor clse be considered a
threat to the more en thized planets of
the untverse and. as) suchs be
destroved.
the Dav the havih Stood Stlland
—fborbidden Planet represent what
\inerican studios could do. with
Serenee Fiction material when they
wanted to take tt more or less
sertousty. The two films will be
shown Priday, September 6 in LC
IS. Davrhe karth Stood Stullat 7:00
and Lb. heorhidden Planet at 8:30
and Tb:45.
OPAC Gieh Came ou
Victro-Goldwan- Mayer in 195044
director Whose last big film had b
Lassie, Come Home. the tit ts
serliretetling ot fhe Lempest plas
ona davish technicolor planet,
Phe titi has that spect slick, ¢
pensive look that) was M GM
forte before they went into the ho
business and shut down their fe ate
While the film ta
phice in the distant future (the tilt
opening marration informs us tl
OPCHAlLols,
mat Will actually reach the mo
belore the turn of the century) th
are some nasty littl: reminders tl
the ilmoas achild of the filties. |
Work is overtly sexist and afew lit
of dialogue are guaranteed to ma
Vou wince.
Asa work, though, the film is
unquestionable jov. Phe seript
tvhtand well shot with no was
spaceor time. Phe cast takes the fh
very sertously and includes Wal
Pidgeon as Morbrus (cum Prospe
and the first appearance of Ro
the Robot m the role ol
wutomated Arich
Made my F9SE. the film represe
one ob the tipst attempts to take
idea ol science fiction seriously. |
acting is quite believable (quit
chore when one tinds onesell play
Opposite a giant robot named Ge
and the special ctlects, handled
the Pwentieth-Century-Fox effe
unit headed by designers’ L
Wheeler and Addison Heher. are
intrinsic partol the story as oppo:
_to being mere fireworks
Next week SUNYA will be
Vaded by War ef the Worlds a
Larth vs. the tlying Saucers. ZA
PAGE 2A
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
SEPTEMBER 6, 197
PAGE 2
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1971
Telethon Aids Autistic Children
by Barbara Bernstein
An ASP Feature
It all starts Friday at 7 p.m. sharp.
Albany State’s fourth Telethon, a mara-
thon event of talent, games, contests, and
auctions, will run from 7 p.m. Friday until
7 p.m. Saturday. Proceeds will go to the
National Society for Autistic Children.
Months of preparation have gone into
Telethon. People were contacted, audi-.
tions held, and literature on Telethon’s
---potskowski
This weekend’s Telethon promises
talented acts by both organizations, such
as Beta Zeta sororoty (above), and individ-
uals (below).
The Telethon’s proceeds will go to the
National Society for Autistic Children.
purpose and highlights was distributed.
The Co-Chairmen, Dave Selismann and
Nancy Zollers, worked closely with stu-
dents from State and area colleges, the
Campus Center staff, and the National
Society for Autistic Children.
Puzzling, disruptive, heartbreaking.
Those are three terms which describe the
malady known as infantile autism. The
average individual probably knows little of
this condition, or of how seriously it
affects a child and those around him.
Autistic children are usually born to
highly intelligent parents. In fact, the
children themselves often show flashes of
high intelligence and special abilities. The
tragic thing is that although they look like
normal children, often they exhibit bi-
zarre, disturbing behavior: grimaces, ges-
tures, spinning and twirling motions, flap-
ping of the arms, and temper tantrums.
They appear to be in a world of their own,
isolated and uncommunicative.
The major problem shared by autistic
children is inadequate language develop-
ment. Those showing retarded speech de-
velopment are often mistakenly diagnosed
as mentally retarded. Autistic children
who do speak evidence echolalia, in which
phrases and words are repeated without
any meaning to the child. Pronoun reversal
is also common.
Meanwhile, while research is being con-
ducted, other things are happening. It has
been found that autistic children can often
benefit from special education. The “‘talk-
ing typewriter’? has been quite helpful.
Hidden language abilities were discovered
in some of the children working with this
device.
This puzzling, disruptive, heartbreaking
disease is being researched, and its mys-
teries are being discovered. But the re-
search and the special schools and camps
being set up to treat autistic children cost
a great deal. The National Society works
to raise funds and to educate people about
autism.
This is where Telethon can make such a
great contribution. Some of the highlights
y,ye*F+tT > YF -
Minervato Return
‘by Harry Weiner
An ASP Feature
Rring!
“Hello?”
“Nancy?”
“Yes, this is Nancy, Who is
this?”
“Oh, Nancy. This is John.
Nancy, I’ve got to see you. My
world is coming to an end. My
roommate is driving me crazy. My
suitemate won’t talk to me be-
cause I’ve been kidding him about
his hair. I’m- running out of
money and I’m failing out of
school. Nancy, I’ve just got to talk
to you. What are you doing to-
night?”’
““Woll T wae soins to wash mv
---potskowski
campus for so many years made a
sudden and unexplained disap-
pearance last year, and little has
been said since then concerning
her whereabouts. But in line with
the ASP’s policy of searching out —
even the most puzzling mysteries
of this concrete concoction, we
are happy to report that Minerva
is alive and well and living in room |
B-28 of the campus center, in two
distinct pieces.
According to Mr. Thomas
Wilhelm, an assistant director of
the campus center and the man
who has taken on much of the
responsibility for returning the
statue to her rightful place and
condition, a sorority prank during
one of last year’s hell weeks was.
the immediate cause of Minerva’s
. f ww Ms er A@at. ... Jt sae
dents, a Marcus Welby MD film, ‘‘Little S OPEEN YORE OEE EES 7
Nell”, a musical comedy by Steve Hirsch, the frizzies much anyway. Come
plus a dating game with professors, a on! .
stump the band contest, and a version of “Oh, all right. Where should I
The Newlywed Game featuring pinned or meet you?
engaged couples. “You're a_ doll. Okay—— meet
In the weeks before Telethon there were me in front of Minerva....
“pre-sales” of vest crocheted by mothers “WHO?” .
of autistic children, umbrellas, buttons Minerva.
and shirts imprinted with Telethon ’71’s “Would you run through that
motto, ‘‘Love is the only way.” again?”
‘‘Minerva!”’
A great deal of effort, time, and planning
has gone into Telethon ’71. Now it all
depends upon the students and the com-
munity to lend their support. Come to
Telethon. Bring a friend, bring a date, take
a study break. But come.
“Okay, what’s the catch;”
Hardly anyone speaks about
Minerva anymore. The statue of
the Roman goddess of wisdom
that has graced the Albany State
--potskowski
SPECIAL EVENTS BOARD 5
Applications for next year’s :
Chairmanships are available at theé
impus Center Information Desk §&
L C
oe, 4
45
kt
beginning Monday, Feb.22nd. They
2
fare due back by Friday, March 5th.
eee ee ————e
on that fateful might, the result
was a rather large crack along the
statue’s natural seam (for all those
non-art majors, a natural seam
where the two halves of the statue
are moided together), and exte
sive damage to the arms and head.
The task of putting minerva
back together has fallen upon the —
shoulders of Walt Cowley, a stu-
dent here who is working towards
a Masters degree in Art. Perhaps
the greatest problem facing Mr —
Cowley is the substance with
which he is working— plaster. —
Most of the commercial organiza
tions contracted by the campus
center were afraid to touch the —
statue because of its age and
substance, and the lowest cost |
estimate recieved from any of ©
them was $2000. At any rate, Mr. —
Cowley feels he can repair all of s
the cracks, put the two halves
back together, paint the statue, —
and have it enclosed in a pexiglass
showcase for under $1000. If all
goes according to schedule,
Minerva might even be returned to
her pedestal within the next four
weeks.
The Class of 1967 will pay the
repair costs. as they have already
done once before. (Some years
ago, it seems Minerva made an
unscheduled visit to one of the ©
men’s rooms on the downtown —
campus and had an accident.) As
“guardians” of the statue, they
purchased the marble pedestal lo 7
cated in the campus center lobby,
where Minerva has stood since the —
opening of the new campus.
There won’t be any fanfare
when Minerva returns; one day
you'll just notice that some |
crushed-up coke cups have been
replaced by a rather large addition
to the campus center’s fur —
nishings. To new students it will
be an attraction,-and to old stu-
dents and alumni it will be the
return of one of SUNYA’s oldest
traditions.
r 6
se th i
AS aNe iio
Minerva
The figure on the seal of the State University
of New York at Albany is that of Minerva, Goddness
of learning. Her origin at Albany State is shrouded
in obsecuity but according to old grads she is pre-
sumed to have first appeared on campus around 1888.
A surmise has been made that she was purchased from
the $1.00 fee students paid for the priviledge of
taking make-up examinations.
With the opening of the new campus Minerva was
moved from Draper Hall and installed in the Campus
Center lobby. She has been the victim of many student
pranks through out the years-the latest, a sorority
prank during a 1969-70 hell-week which caused the
good lady to go into seclusion with a large crack
through her middle and extensive damage to her arms
and head. Paul Cowley, a Master's student in art,
restored the aged plaster of the fragile goddess
with the aid of a reserve fund from the Faculty-
Student Association.
The Class of 1967 has been officially designated
"Alumni Guardians of Minerva" in a resolution passed
by the Alumni Association Board of Directors, Sept-
ember 1969, in recognition of the responsibility
taken by the class of moving Minerva to the new
campus, purchasing a new marble base for her, and
underwriting the cost of répairs.
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STATE COLLEGE
NEAWS, MAY Uh 1th
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State Culleye eu
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Vol, 1X
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May i. 1935
‘yeat hy the Student ody af the New
Vork ‘State Colles for Teachers ats
Albany, New York. -
pec year, Advertising,
out apeltcation ther business tute.
(Articles, INAHUSE FIGS. cle. Wiest
in the hands af the editars before Mare
lay af the week” of gubtication, }
Editoe-in- Chief
Karinens E. Fuwstasy: 23
: Manading [Editor
Hanky S. Gonrerny, '26
Rusitiess Manayec
Karrie Warton, (25
Subseciption Manager
Gwentonyn Jones, ‘25
Assistant Uusiness Managers
- Lots: Mogae, ‘25
Etise Mower, ‘25
Assistant Subseription Marager
Itesn Hswcray, “26
, ASS aciate Editars
Fiosexce Meatser. (25
Hyiex bictery, '26
feycr Pewsons, ‘24
M[saGaret Hex pas,
[feparters
Sars Barkcer, ‘27
denis Kay, 27
Kartuayvx Bursts, ‘27
Vans Werp. 26
Enwry Vas Kreck, 27
Latin Goons, '27
SCIENCE HALL BEGUN:
‘The liret fie fre achuil con.
struction of the Toundations for the
droposed. FRING W iia J. Milne
“Scignee Hall addition to State Callege’
has. fece fecun. Water conucetions
are Leia inade with the plot af greaue :
tence tke present coflege building by
say Abst The EOC, Welt Con-
riructlse: Cocteues, whiet wits asearidee
the contructfor’ the foutation
charge
to
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INDIAN “LADDER HIKE
Y al!
tcerreneul gic taetents Bartird
leave college Friday aftesccnar
1:20 «ud Saturday morning at
$2 o'efock. Return huses will
the foat af the Ladder at 390 and 130
Saturday evening. Those taking ad-
vaniace of the aver aight canip will
furnish their own suppers: for Bridas
The cost of the Crip and other data wilt
“te pasted an die G. AL AL bulletia
board carly in ere week, at which tine
Appertuatte to sign up will be ftura-
istied. ;
seat Lubes
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RESPECT FOR MINERVA
Faculty and student indignation las
Leen justly aroused by the act of}
vatdalisat peorpeteated fast week byt
persons aot yelaporelteuded, pon the §
“statue of Minerca. Discussion af the
inane stupidity ef the defacement. for. |
tunately reparafile, i. vain, Efforts at;
fuuliog
amd should have the suprart of every
State Cotlege stidgut.
.Mincesa is a work of art. [t is
mare. [tix a syashiol fer the collese
the Gadde ss of Wisdon As sucl it
is an honored: possession,
AVhocece defaced Minerva will be
cauybt. Reégacdless of identity they
will fie paroished.
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(te euilty ones ace betiay me ade!
' Several Leaves Of
Absence Granted)
PPhe late tanipering with, Motrsa
Lor. Uentscctiee will cote fryas He asse
Gintlou cg trading schiad ‘teechers off
t
pNew Vark City al the Motel Peasy! preers tian aa
feria a week feavu tonorcaw. ile:
will speak oi the coutcnt uf teurfier
ferns, qareycatins tee aa ate fence OF
{ arent wat women wha base ehaese oy
fenehwee teninig” fur the sefaule off
the city at New York. (redtent fet
bacher rai also beet aeked lo steak aly
several high sehoa) .
next teenth
De, Tank We Theinpacn of the
Cigdieh focuhty fies been granted a
Peear’s leave of alncace ta study ling:
i fish fiterahae, it hits been announced :
ihe Uresideat A. 1 rubacher.
) De. “Firampson wilh saif for [ued
Tyly 4 with Qe. Cieurse Ab. Wifey,
Dascdetant slate conunissiongr Of cle,
feation, ffu will stiufy at the Cuivers |
6 contplete Grte year with stltes 4c
larvard,
fe. Brubachee ala annotences tas:
; Miss Hunice Rice, also ot the Baatist:
t epactinent, Wluise Cheer bas
been annemiced. Gay resicued. Her ce
resignation will be cfestive Jute 1:
(Cis expveter) chat these other iter
furs al thn; Greulty wilk aryoticy Meare:
retivhnadiaus later,
Miss Eligaheth f€. Moreix iassistarut ;
scofessor of Payeltolory, will be givens
in lease of atescuce foc the Gest terme:
fof uext year. Miss Morris will spent
‘the sentester ie cuinpletiay restleuee ;
pw tk oueressary for the deere at:
Peeter Philesophy at Calambia
bee ‘siversite, New Vor's She will ree:
Prue ta thy college stat in Peberters.
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f. Fevterick Ff Caadlya college:
tmusic director and arcanist at Sa,
Paul's Kaweeni cu Churcle tas bess ect
quite ted fy Tortie Nolte, orgatiiat -
1d ea ter ar st. Plate’ pis
coval Church at New York, te take
gree at the chen and music. sad,
at tog ares at St Viet".
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D vahiiv wall bee athe fis Vite cabcsrte. so
Stl ‘Fhusene 0 leas cage at the Petes!
cones i the wactds amd its erccsuest
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( Retallick. “27, Oraanist of the?
Memorial Baptist Chucch,
GREENBERG ‘AMONG CAST. IN,
WGY PRODUCTIONS
26, teartings }
wort of the WY players, wis
Sheard as Ana Rutledec. when aa ex.
periment in radio production or hit.
Htorieal drama was made Priday even
ying hy the WGY players, They pre.
sented “The Spirit af Aun Rutledge,”
a four-cpicade play writer hy, Proies-:
t ear a arab Ww Crmmane of Seeanton,:
Poansylyesin.
Professor Guornags is ate iste. tor:
im Eaestliste at Coatrat fligh Sehoaf
Serauton. fin this phic diy lias yaa
tized the life af Lincalu ule whol
play tending te chtow thre tutlaciues
whiels the ‘cache feve et Ue great
cinanvipater Mado on his ite. Cac
acl is a playa itself thorugh there 1
Loontingitee et Chenght and action,
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VANDALISM AT STATE
Viedatisat, alis cadlege spirit, sense
i dratmor, of pepe dy presatent ict State
of chess aul
inistahafde testlinatys be
support Ude stalenrent, Eb ary fue
“display wf sportsimatship ta
when the tigace, afeaut widely ccpeters
“the cenered traditions af the vaffege. is
Taletiled: but it's the epeertstiatestiiye uf}
Sthe “ine tow! Cue qe tons wit Tacks
perspective. Whur falfaws, carelessty.
bthe acter of Ute ntegtent, by for, (ie
Jack of a-seine
“of what is fitlins, vweliat is Coopsptpeet
decency, “Flig mest rifective way to
stich avquire stclt
seatse d¢ for tts (i igure theeit suntigs }
when commuted: te stop then 1f we
sfiave the opportunity. Chie college
the canditien
pecseus tu a
spirit sfroutd be of stele ce vafihier a
fot ta condaue any actions on the
Poart of ote fellows whick woah dees
tract fram the heor and dacnity of
car tradifiens.
sity of Edinturgly artet ther will retues ; ft may be a demenstration of bey:
ihe luce things “apeside dteaeu,” frat it
tix a dicphay m cpepy ene to seed fet
pit thet “righiteside up" meaia. |
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er tfreatel (lessees that we cupcat Cie
patel af Fons een ationn. tteared ia thes
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ever it's a hideous exsupte of faek
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eternal blness af tTyisas
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SCHOO! TO BE LIMITED
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‘CHORUS TO SING AT COM.
MENCEMENT PROGRAM
Sturents wit will sta a€ Che Cent
:Mmencement Preeeeeans tone snout Aovey
heen picked by T. Predecich Ef, Catud-
iyar, college music Aires tur, These men :
Gers ot the Woined’s Chorus will Sits ¢
at the baccalaureate sereigs,
ane at Gornsteneg ier tit,
first saprunos, Thera BeVicr.
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Florence Greeatiath, Mare Bo Micon
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‘hy Edwin A. Jitebett 23, tnd Hoos
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RESPECT FOR MINERVA.
Taculty and student indignation has:
heen justly
vandalism perpetrated last week by
persons not yct-apprehended, upon the ,
Discussion of the;
inane stupidity of the defacement, for-
Efforts at
firing: the guilty anes are beings made
and should have the support of every
State Collere student. |.
Minerva is a-work. of art. It-is
It is a symbol for the college
‘the Goddess of W isdom, As such it
is an honored possession, .
Whoever defaced Minerva will be
ceneht, Repardless of identity. they
will he. putnished, ,
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Mewverial Baotist Chaired.
GREENBERG AMONG CAS
“WGY PRODUCTIONS
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wor cf. the AVGY players
iheard as Ann Rutledge. when 3
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torical drama was nade frida
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STATE COLLEGE NEWS, JUNE 3, 1927
5
ENT. RAY
THER G0-PS
e Store Impresses
Visits Harvard,
ibia Shops
elve college “co-ops”
‘ay visited this Easter
s impressed the most
Smith college. “The
in an old house with
ye room and selling
delightful children’s
ped with all kinds of
and toys,” Miss Fay
to the people of the
to the students.
Book-shop Inn, as
called, is situated in
igs to the people who
1iop. Miss Fay also
ss Mary J. Wobley,
Holyoke for twenty-
he book store is di-
‘ctions, the main sec-
nd the branch at the
illed Ann Hathaway
t college book stores,
iss Fay visited, are
and Columbia.
n with other book
lege Co-op is much
All the others have
house, with ample
, or a large part of
ing.
‘tog, manager of the
Co-op, visited State
ynday. He has man-
»00k shop for twenty
up from a one room
)00 annual business.
of thirty full-time
sited the Houghton
ig company and
ess of book-making.
STATISTICS
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rom Page One)
Minnie Isn’t Modern Flapper, Salmon Says,
But He Admits She’s Very Much Painted
“Has State College noticed that
Minerva has been painted recently ?”
asked Charles, the janitor. He there-
upon proceeded to extol the merits of
the man who painted Minerva, and
said that he was reluctant to see hin
graduate because he took such pride
in the upkeep of the College.
Joseph Salmon, ’27, can claim this
honor of preserving the pride of stately
Minerva, In an interview Mr. Salmon
told his impressions as he painted the
Statue,
“Lhe process involved a great deal
of imagination,” he said. “I wondered
as ] poked the bristles of the brush
into her eyes and ears, how she would
fecl if she were in the flesh. Would
Minerva be satisfied and proud of her-
self, if shé were capable of realization?
“Then I began to wonder about the
history of Minerva. How old is she?
Ilow long has she been at State Col-
lege? Llow many times has she been
painted? How many students has she
sec passing in and out of the Col-
lege?”
Mr. Salmon said that he reflected
quite seriously about what the life of
Minerva would be if she were alive
today. “But,” he ended, “there stands
One woman who is not modern, and
one who isn’t garbed in the silly
clothes that flappers wear today.
Good old-fashioned Minerva is very
refreshing!”
“Don’t Be Health Question Marks,’’ Warns
Dr. Croasdale, Advising Summer Recreation
Teachers should avoid being health
“question marks.” Such is the advice
of Dr. Caroline Croasdale, College phy-
Sician, to teachers in this state in the
current issue of New York Education.
“A question mark,” she explains, “is a
person who is not sick of any definite
organic or functional diease, but who
nevertheless is not well,” whose health is
not “positive.”
Teachers owe it to their pupil’s to keep
looking well, Dr. Croasdale declares.
She warns against “credit chasing” dur-
ing the summer, and advises out of door
recreation.
“So far as teachers are concerned, it
must be admitted that the question mark
group looms rather large among us,
especially-at this time of the year. Long
days indoors, many hours in the seden.
tary position, the over-use of the small
muscles of the eye and head, and the
corresponding disuse of the big muscles
of back, thigh, and abdomen, combined
with the incessant output of nervous
energy at high tension, all work together
to make the teaching profession a good
recruiting ground for question marks,”
she points out. “But if our work does
seem to offer these physical handicaps
more or less inevitably the long vacation
days ahead offer abundant opportunity
to correct them.
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THE 1927-28 NEWS AT A REDUCED PRICE
Sure, I want next year’s News, at $2.25.
Here’s the cash.
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TEN STUDENTS GUESTS
Ten college students were the guests
of Ruth Allen, ’27, at Stuyvesant, over
the week-end. They stayed at a log
cabin. Among those who went were:
Ruth Allen, ’27; Christina Sweeny, '27;
Mary Considine, ’27; Julia Titus, °27;
Edith Bowman, ’28; Kathryn Skinner,
‘28; Ruth Hammond, ‘29; and Alice
Van Houten, ’29,
Gertrude L. Olds, ’25, and Blanche
I. Goodrich also were present.
PLANS TRIP ABROAD
Eleanor L. Smith, 28, will sail
June 20 on the S. S. Reliance for
Hamburg Germany. She will travel
through the Rhine district and Switz-
erland and expects to spend several
weeks at Heidelberg.
Miss Smith plans to see an European
production of Shakespeare’s “A Mid-
summer Night’s Dream” before re-
turning home. She will return Sep-
tember 9 on the Albert Ballin,
Y. M. C. A. ELECTS
Wallace Strevell, 29, was elected
president of the College Y, M. C. A.
Wednesday night. Others elected
were: Carl Waterman, ’29, vice-presi-
dent; Herman L. Koerner, ’29. treas-
urer; Seward Dodge, ‘28, recording
secretary.
CORTLAND WINS
Cortland Normal school defeated
the State College nine, 10 to 3. Satur-
day afternoon.
Complete Line of
CANDY, CARDS and
GIFTS for
GRADUATION DAy
The College Pharmacy
Western & Lake Aves.
Albany, N.Y.
Tel. West 1959 and West 3951
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AWARD NEWS CONTRACT
TO MILLS ART PRESS
The contract for
J the publication o1
the STarr
COLLEGE News has been
awarded for the fourth consecutive
year to the Mills Art Press, 394-396
Broadway, Helen Zimmerman, 27,
News. business Manager, announced
yesterday, The Mills Art Press also
prints the student directory and does
much other printing for College
groups.
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ANCIENT SYMBOL — The figure of
Minerva, copied from the statue in
the school, has been on the official
university seal of Albany State Uni-
versity since at least 1913,
Minerva?
Who is She?
By MARTIN SCHWARTZ
‘“Meetcha at Minnie!”
Once again this cry can be heard at Al-
bany State University, continuing a tradi-
tion of 75 years, as students and faculty :
alike continue to use an ancient statue of
Minerva, the goddess of wisdom, as their
place of gathering.
One great tradition about Minerva is
the perennial mystery surrounding her
appearance. Part of the mystique which
attracts the thousands of students who
pass her each day is the aura of the un-
known.
Minerva is the symbolic representation
of the university’s quest for knowledge,
yet her history is dark except for a few
fragments of information. There are but
three references to her in any written
material available to the student today.
Her figure is on the official university
seal which appears on sweatshirts, letter-
heads and almost anything else pertain-
ing to the school.
Secondly, the book of rules for women
is entitled ‘Memos From Minnie,” a
reference to her ubiquity.
The only other place where one may
become acquainted with ‘‘Minnie”’ is in a
yearly handbook for freshmen entitled
“Campus Viewpoint.’’ Here among the
flowing prose, it mentions that one un-
named alumnae remembered seeing Mi-
nerva in 1888. Miss Anna E. Pierce, a for-
mer Dean of Women, is also mentioned
as thinking that Minerva was paid for by
the $1 fee that students paid for the privi-
lege of taking make-up exams.
Neil C. Brown, director of student ac-
tivities and director of the campus cen-
ter, instigated the investigation which
discovered these facts about 10 years
ago. Finding little else about the elusive
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ROMAN—Minerva, the goddess of
stern watch as Maureen O’Brien, a
Albany State University, works at her
the lobby of the Campus Center Building,
THE IRISH AND THE
wisdom, stands a
summer student at
studies in
Minerva Mystery Pondered
Continued from Page B-1
goddess,
abandoned, he says.
Dr. Edith Wallace, for many
years chairman of the Ancient
Languages Department, also
recalls memories of the statue.
As far back as her undergrad-
uate days, and she is a mem-
ber of the class of 1917, students
‘met at Minnie,” and had no
idea of her origination as a
tradition at Albany State
Minnie B. Scotland, chairman
of the Biology Department until
1956, remembers back to. the
days when the university was a
normal school housed
lett Street. On January 8, 1906, a
fire broke out at the school;
which destroyed the entire build-
ing. Charles Wurthman, a jani-
tor of the school, she says, not
only discovered the fire, but car-
ried Minerva out of the building
in his arms to save her from
destruction.
But how did she arrive at the
Willett Street building? This is)
the question which seems un-
answerable
Neither the “Centennia] Histo-
ry of the New York state College
for Teachers at Albany,” by Wil-
liam and Florence French, nor
‘An Historical Sketch of
State Normal College at Al
bany,”’ published on the schools
100th anniversary in 1944 and its
50th anniversary in 1894 respec-|
the investigation was|
at 88 Wil-|
the|
tively, are able to answer that|beanies,
question.
The first appearance that Mi-
nerva makes in any school publi-|,
bandanas, and all. var-
lieties of clothing upon occasion
and the she has borne
ihave been a delight to students
cation is when she unexpectedly}
turns up on the cover of the 1911/*0f Many years.
th
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3] ons
year book entitled “Our Book.”|, Min er va achieved national
In this book there is also a pic- Hiei when David Boroff wrote
ture of her standing in the et liege pe cle on the teacher’s col-
of Draper Hall on page 61. Sup-|“ aay dn Pha sane alse pleeaag
posedly this is the position she|* 1962 issue of Saturday Re-
took in 1909. and retained untill’ fiew, choosing Albany State as
this year, when\she was brought] the sul ee of his study, The. edi-
, . - ] ne .
out to the new campus. tors of the magazine, looking for
1t Albany State
the one object which could. sym-
bolize the college to illustrate its
cover, chose a picture of Miner-
va. “
Over the years, however, Mi-
nerva had begun to’look a little
frowsy. Her plaster was crack-
ing, and she had been broken
several times by eareless stu-
dents. As a gift to the university,
the senior class of 1967 took upon
themselves the task of restoring
lher to her former glory.
In almost every gre ic af-—
ter 1911, a full page picture
Minerva overseeing Dr vi Hall
appears, yet there never anig¢
explanatory note to explain her| i
presence. )
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Even if she remains shrouded
in secrecy, Minerva in Albany} —
has a long history of adventure. | Sa
According to Clifton
vice president of student
and a graduate of, Albany , Sta ite
she has been the victim of man
pranks throughout the years s, ie
Until the late 1920s, she was not)
weighted down in any way, he
said. After being found indes- |
creetly posed in the upstairs
men’s room upon occasion, al +)
possibly, rumor has it, trea bade
as the Albany State mascot by
RPI men during the days when
|Albany y had a football team, the
statue was weighted down.
Due to the ingeniousness of\t
college students, however, this
did not end the tribulations of
Minerva. She has worn frosh|
Shea \4
irs
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Our Mysterious Lady ot Wisdom
. Probably the oldest object associated intimately W ith State College is “Minerva.” She is the gracious patron
saint who stands in the main lobby of Draper Hall. She is the lady who appears on all official stationery, docu-
, _eaeente “Wis 99° : ; . : . . 22
She represents Wisdom” in a tangible form. She portrays our college motto, “Knowl-
ments, senior Class rings.
edge, nol for its own sake, but for the sake of imparting it.”
Where Minerva came from. or when she took up her stance in our halls, no one seems to know. Mrs. Came-
ron remembers that she was doing her duty back in 1888. Miss Pierce maintains that Minerva was paid for by
the dollar fee charged all students who had to take make-up exams. °
Mire broke out in the building on Willett Street in 1906, [he deities were good to Minerva, for the part of
the building where she stood was not destroyed. In 1909 Minerva took up her official residence in Draper Hall
and has remained there ever since.
From “So That's How It Started at State!” Compiled by
Warren I. Densmore, °38, former Supervisor in English at Milne.
What do you know about Minerva?
TIMES-UNION *** Sunday, July 25.1971 B13.
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By MARTY SCHWARTZ
In many ways, Albany State
University is a school lacking
tradition. Pie S z
Most people beyond the Al-
bany area became aware of the
school in the last decade,: when
it dropped its teacher college
image to emerge as an “instant
university” that now numbers
some 13,000 students and 30 doc-
toral programs.
But the school has a history
dating back to the days when 29
students met on the second floor
of an abandoned Mohawk and
Hudson Railroad station on
State Street, on Dec. 18, 4844.
Nearly 100 years ago, the Na-
tional Edocation Association
praised the Albany Normal
School as the most influential
school in the country in develop-
ers.
In the last decade, however,
the traditions that tied students
to the past have almost all been
forgotten. Such events as Mov-
ing Up Day, Rivalry, and the
singing of the alma mater have
been dropped as the school grew
large and sophisticated. .
Perhaps the only important
relic of the past is Minerva, Ro-
man goddess of wisdom, whose
fragile, hollow, plaster image
has been the official symbol of
the school for longer than prob-
ably anyone remembers.
AROUND 1910, when the stat-
ue had already been about the
school for untold years, Minerva
became the school’s official
symbol. She appeared on the
Oe it
ing training methods for teach- ,; -
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university’s official seal, where
she remains to this day, and
also graced sweatshirts, letter-
heads, beer mugs and class
rings.
Her image stood at the main
portal of the school since at
least 1888, and generations of
students attending Albany State,
told their friends they would
“‘meetcha at Minnie.”
But Minnie has been falling on
hard times, and has begun
showing her age. Although dam-
aged dozens of times by student
pranksters, a sorority prank last
year nearly spelled the end for
the wise old lady, as she suf-
fered a large crack through her
abdomen and extensive damage
to her arms and head.
A TIGHT MONEY situation,
people caring little for tradition,
and the reluctance of restorers
to take on the delicate job al-
most ended Minerva’s career as
representation of the umiversi-
ty’s quest for knowledge.
With a rescue fund of $600
provided by the Faculty-Student
Association, and tender, loving
restoration by graduate student
Walt Cowley, however, she has
been restored and now resides
in the campus art gallery await-
ing her next assignment.
Henry Madej, with four other
' Class of 1967 councilors, has
taken the job as guardian of the
statue, and reports that a deci-
sion will be made soon on
whether Minerva will grace the
University Library or the cam-
pus center.
Alaso, Jadej said, a drive is on
to compile the statue’s history.
All alumni are ‘being asked to
. send the school’s alumni office
their recollections of Minnie.
The oldest positive record of her
past came a few years ago
when Minnie B. Scotland, chair-
’ man of the biology department
. until 1956, told a similar study)
group years ago that she re-
membered when the school was
a normal school housed at 88
Willett Street.
On Jan. 8, 1906, she said, a
fire broke out in the school
which destroyed the entire
building. Charles Wurthman, the
school janitor, not only discob-
ered the fire, but raced out into
the street, carrying Minerva in
his arms to save her from the
flames, she said.
Unfortunately for the goddess,
however, Wurthman was not the
only one to take her for a walk.
In the late 1920s, after school of-
ficials had found her indiscreet-
ly posed in one of the Draper
Hall men’s rooms once too of-
‘axe
down.
ten; her base was weighted
A Tradition
Refurbished 7
her wanderings (rumor has it
that RPI students liked to kid-
nap her the night before football
games in the 1920s, Minerva re-
mained the victim of student
pranks for many years. For at
least 85 years, she has worn
signs, freshman beanies, ban-
danas, and almost every other
conceivable item. ;
At the same time. however,
she was revered. Until only
about eight years ago, lowly
freshmen were not allowed to
walk before her, and thousands
of Albany State alumni never
walked into Draper Hall’s front
door until their sophomore
years. |
Still a mystery, however is
Despite Hard Times, Minnie’s Still OQ
where Minerva came from. Nei-
ther the ‘“‘Centennial History of
the New York State College for
Teachers at Albany,” by Wil-
liam and Florence French, nor
“An Historical Sketch of the
State Normal College at Al-
bany,” mentioned the goddess.
Yet, when Neil Brown, now
dean of student ilfe, went on a
historic search about 15 years
ago, he found one alumna who
iremembered seeing Minnie in
11888. Miss Anna E. Pierce, a
former dean of women, told
Brown she seemed to remember
that Minerva was purchased
with the one dollar fees charged
students who wanted to take
last examinations.
Before 1911. there is almost no
mention of Minerva in school re-
cords, but the 1915 yearbook
contains a sketch which has the
hazily recalling that someone
whose name possibly began with
an “‘S” donated: her to the
school.
ALUMNI OF OTHER state
schools, however. recall seeing
statues of Greek goddesses
around their campuses. includ-
ing a Minerva who might have
been a twin to Albany’s god-
dess.
The first time Minerva shows
up in Albany State records is in
1911, when she unexpectedly ap-
peared on the cover of “Our
Book,’’ then the school year-
book. On page 61 of “Our
ueen at Albany State:
Book,” she is shown standing in
the foyer of Draper Hall, where
she supposedly was placed in
1909 and remained until 1967,
when the new uptown campus
opened.
In almost every yearbook af-
ter 1911, a full page picture of
Minerva appears overseeing
Draper, but there is never a
note to explain her presence.
While her perpetuation is as-
sured by her conspicuous place
on the university seal, the sta-
tue’s physicalfutur e remains in
doubt. Having totally restored
her in 1967, and again this year.
the Class of 1967 councilors are
hesitant about placing Minnie
where she might again fall vic-
tim to pranks and malice.
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When they adopted the chore
of perpetual care of Minnie, the
1967 graduates were taking .ad-
vantage of their unique position
as a link between the old and
the new. As the first graduating
class to attend school on the
new campus (for one year), and
the last to take part in most of
the school’s traditional ceremo-
nies, the graduates felt it impor:
tant to save the university’s
most enduring ,and perhaps
most important link with the
goals of the past, he said.
The
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MINERVA-STATE'S NUMBER ONE WOMAN: Beloved Minnie
stands majestically in the foyer
. goes, will she?
AF °
ims
by Ed Lange
i After accounting for many folds
_ of draping clothes which she would
not remove, her vital statistics
* were approximated by measurement
| to be 44-29-41, Not bad I’d say for
. @ woman who is at least, but will
-admit historically to no more than
8 years of age. She has other dis-
. advantages; for instance, she’s 6’6”’
, and she’s plastered,
' Seriously though, Minerva may
- hot have the best figure of any wo-
'Man at State, but her long tradi-
tion gives her an honored place
among them, After all, the simple
‘fact that she has been standing in
-Draper’s foyer since 1909 should
give her some distinction,
Torrid Conflagration
> It is prosumed that she was paid
for by the “dollar fee’’ that students
once had to pay to take make-up ex-
-ams, She first started standing in.
“iate’s former Willett Street Build-
“, but when a torrid conflagration
-Tecuced that to ashes around her
fect, she was moved to Draper and
has been there ever since,
About her being plastered, I am
not using that term in the common
Sense, however she is astatue made
- eo + -
of Draper Hall. When Draper
of a hollow plaster cast and done in.
idinerva’s Many Talents M
er Place at New Campus _
Ay
an ancient Roman revival style. If _
you examine her closely, you will |
find that she has withstood the blow
of her years quite well, though not
flawlessly.
Her right side has particularly
suffered from the battle against
time. Her right arm has been broken
at the elbow, her right index finger
has been broken and replaced poor-
ly, and (though I’m _ not sure, I
think) her spear’s shaft is not only .,
not the original, but it’s wooden, ¢
Affectionately, however, I feel that :
these imperfections only make her ‘
more human and attractive,
Aside from the study of her physi-
cally and historically, in the mythe- -°
ological aspect, just who is Minerva — -
and why should we have a statue of -
her?
intimate Expose
An intimate expose discovers her
to be the Roman Goddess of Wisdom.
The original spelling of her name
is Menerva, which is derived from
Latin-mens (mind) and meminisse
a
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(remember), She is a virgin deity
worshipped mainly by those whode=
sired success in the various arts, |
teaching and medicine, :é
So why the spear and helmet you ;
—.e bows
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ask? Good question, She also works
part-lime as a patroness of ware
riors who win victory through cuns
ning, prudence, courage, persevere
ance, or cheating (only kidding on
that last),
Don’t forget to plan a little time
for the celebration of Quinquartus,
That’s Minerva’s festival which bee
gins on the fifth day after the Ides
of March and lasts for five days,
Remember-Quinquartus, March 19= |
23.
Affectionate Tradition
There she stands, the only welle |
known bit of sentimentality and af- -
fectionate tradition we have, Which -
brings me to the point of this type-
writer leftover, Let’s bring her .
with us — to the new campus that
is. °
Minerva, rendezvous for thous-
ands of students over the years,
she’ll be a fond remembrance of
**Education by Annex’? and good ol?
dingy Draper, Who cares if she’ll
stick out like the proverbial sore
thumb;ivy won’t grow onthose walls,
we’ve got to have something! What
is a university without tradition?
When we do bring her with us, ©
(PLEASE!) let’s not put her in any
glass case. I havea strange feeling
that someday, someone will Say,
**What is that statue doing here?’ .
' And in response, some nutty writer
from the ASP will tap on her and
‘find out she’s hollow, and measure
her just for some information that’s
¢
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of the school's symbols, to Evan R. Collins (viewer's right), President of the State
University of New York at Albany from July 1949-June 30, 1969. The event is
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By MARTY SCHWARTZ
In many ways, Albany State
University is a school lacking
tradition.
Most people beyond the Al-
bany area became aware of the
school in the last decade, when
it dropped its teacher college
image to emerge as an “instant
university” that now numbers
some 13,000 students and 30 doc-
toral programs.
But the school has a history
dating back to the days when 29
students met on the second floor
of an abandoned Mohawk and
Hudson Railroad station on
State Street, on Dec. 18, 1844.
Nearly 100 years ago, the Na-
tional Edocation Association
praised the Albany Normal
School as the most influential
school in the country in develop- -
ing training methods for teach- ; -
ers.
In the last decade, however,
the traditions that tied students
to the past have almost all been
forgotten. Such events as Mov-
ing Up Day, Rivalry, and the
singing of the alma mater have
been dropped as the school grew
large and sophisticated.
Perhaps the only important
relic of the past is Minerva, Ro-
man goddess of wisdom, whose
fragile, hollow, plaster image
has been the official symbol of
the school for longer than prob-
ably anyone remembers.
AROUND 1910, when the stat-
became the school’s official
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university’s official seal, where
she remains to this day, and
also graced sweatshirts, letter-
heads, beer mugs and class
rings.
Her image stood at the main
portal of the school since at
least 1888, and generations of
students attending Albany State,
told their friends they would
“meetcha at Minnie.”
But Minnie has been falling on
hard times, and has begun
showing her age. Although dam-
aged dozens of times by student
pranksters, a sorority prank last
fered a large crack through her
abdomen and extensive damage
to her arms and head.
A TIGHT MONEY situation,
people caring little for tradition,
and the reluctance of restorers
to take on the delicate job al-
most ended Minerva’s career as
representation of the universi-
ty’s quest for knowledge.
With a rescue fund of $600
provided by the Faculty-Student
Association, and tender, loving
restoration by graduate student
Walt Cowley, however, she has
been restored and now resides
in the campus art gallery await-
ing her next assignment.
Henry Madej, with four other
' Class of 1967 councilors, has
taken the job as guardian of the
statue, and reports that a deci-
sion will be made soon on
whether Minerva will grace the
University Library or the cam-
: pus center.
Alaso, Jadej said, a drive is on
to compile the statue’s history.
All alumni are being asked to
_ send the school’s alumni office
their recollections of Minnie.
The oldest positive record of her
past came a few years ago
when Minnie B. Scotland, chair-
’ man of the biology department
. until 1956, told a similar study
group years ago that she re-
membered when the school was
a normal school housed at 88
Willett Street.
On Jan. 8, 1906, she said, a
fire broke out in the school
which destroyed the entire
building. Charles Wurthman, the
school janitor, not only discob-
ered the fire, but raced out into
the street, carrying Minerva in
his arms to save her from the
flames, she said.
Unfortunately for the goddess,
however, Wurthman was not the
only one to take her for a walk.
In the late 1920s, after school of-
ficials had found her indiscreet-
ly posed in one of the Draper
Hall men’s rooms once too of-
ten, her base was weighted
year nearly spelled the end for
the wise old Jady, as she suf-
WHILE THIS ENDED most of
_.. A Tradition
Refurbished -
that RPI students liked to kid-
nap her the night before football
games in the 1920s, Minerva re-
mained the victim of student
pranks for many years. For at
least 85 years, she has worn
signs, freshman beanies, ban-
danas, and almost every other
conceivable item. ,
At the same time, however,
she was revered. Until only
about eight years ago, lowly
freshmen were not allowed to
walk before her, and thousands
of Albany State alumni never
walked into Draper Hall’s front
door until their sophomore
years. |
Still a mystery, however is
her wanderings (rumor has it,
where Minerva came from. Nei-
ther the ‘‘Centennial History of
the New York State College for
Teachers at Albany,” by Wil-
liam and Florence French, nor
“An Historical Sketch of the
State Normal College at Al-
bany,”’ mentioned the goddess.
Yet, when Neil Brown, now
dean of student ilfe, went on a
historic search about 15 years
ago, he found one alumna who
remembered seeing Minnie in
1888. Miss Anna E. Pierce, a
former dean of women, told
Brown she seemed to remember
that Minerva was purchased
with the one dollar fees charged
students who wanted to take
last examinations.
Before 1911, there is almost no
mention of Minerva in school re-
cords, but the 1915 yearbook
contains a sketch which has the
hazily recalling that someone
whose name possibly began with
an “S’ donated her to the
school.
ALUMNI OF OTHER state
schools, however, recall seeing
statues of Greek goddesses
around their campuses, includ-
ing a Minerva who might have
been a twin to Albany’s god-
dess.
The first time Minerva shows
up in Albany State records is in
1911. when she unexpectedly .ap-
peared on the cover of ‘Our
Book,”’ then the school year-
book. On page 61 of “Our
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Despite Hard Times, Minnie’s Still Queen at Albany State’
Book,” she is shown standing in
the foyer of Draper Hall, where
she supposedly was placed in
1909 and remained until 1967,
when the new uptown campus
opened.
In almost every yearbook af-
ter 1911, a full page picture of
Minerva appears overseeing
Draper, but there is never a
note to explain her presence.
While her perpetuation is as-
sured by her conspicuous place
on the university seal, the sta-
tue’s physicalfutur e remains in
doubt. Having totally restored
her in 1967, and again this year,
the Class of 1967 councilors are
hesitant about placing Minnie
where she might again fall vic-
tim to pranks and malice.
Sunday, July 25.1971 B13.
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MADEJ SAID alumni of all
classes are being solicited to
help*pay for some kind of glass
or plexiglass enclosure for Mi-
nerva,.
When they adopted the chore
of perpetual care of Minnie, the
1967 graduates were taking .ad-
vantage of their unique position
as a link between the old and
the new. As the first graduating
class to attend school on the
new campus (for one year), and
the last to take part in most of
the school’s traditional ceremo-
nies, the graduates felt it impor-
tant to save the university’s
most enduring ,and perhaps
most important link with the
goals of the past, he said.
Minerva. The name Minerva is connected with the
root manas or mens. She first appeared in Etruria under
the names of Menrva, Menrfa, Meneruva, Menarva, and
was perhaps a goddess of the thunderbolt. It would seem
that this Etruscan Minerva was very early merged with
the Greek Athene. Minerva is hence the least Italic of the
divinities with whom she formed the triad Jupiter-Juno-
Minerva.
The Roman Minerva was especially the protectress of
commerce and industry and of schools. It was only later
that she assumed the character of a warrior-goddess. .
According to Roman tradition the cult of Minerva org-
inated in Falerii. When in 241 B.c. the Romans took this
town they carried Minerva oft and built her a temple at
the foot of Mount Coelius and gave her the name Minerva
Capta. There was, however, a temple already consecrated
to Minerva in Rome on the Aventine. In any case her cult
was not ancient in Latium or among the Sabines.
Minerva was honoured, in association with Mars, in the
Ouinquatrus which lasted five days during the Spring
equinoxes.
Minerva was venerated throughout the Empire. Partic-
ularly homage was paid to her by corporations of artisans,
flute-players, doctors and so forth.
There was no purely Roman figure of Minerva. The
Etruscans had represented her with wings, holding a
screech-owl in her hand. It will be remembered that this
bird was sacred to Athene.
ATU EAR ATT ve
ANCIENT SYMBOL — The figure of
Minerva, copied from the statue in
the school, has been on the official
university seal of Albany State Uni-
versity since at least 1913.
Minerva?
Who is She?
By MARTIN SCHWARTZ
“Meetcha at Minnie!”
Once again this cry can be heard at Al-
bany State University, continuing a tradi-
tion of 75 years, as students and faculty
alike continue to use an ancient statue of
Minerva, the goddess of wisdom, as their
place of gathering.
One great tradition about Minerva is
the perennial mystery surrounding her
appearance, Part of the mystique which
attracts the thousands of students who
pass her each day is the aura of the un-
known.
Minerva is the symbolic representation
of the university's quest for knowledge,
yet her history is dark except for a few
fragments of information. There are but
three references to her in any written
material available to the student today.
Her figure is on the official university
seal which appears on sweatshirts, letter-
heads and almost anything else pertain-
ing to the school.
Secondly, the book of rules for women
is entitled ‘Memos From Minnie,” a
reference to her ubiquity.
The only other place where one may
become acquainted with “Minnie” is in a
yearly handbook for freshmen entitled
“Campus Viewpoint.” Here among the
flowing prose, it mentions that one un-
named alumnae remembered seeing Mi-
nerva in 1888. Miss Anna F. Pierce, a for-
mer Dean of Women, is also mentioned
as thinking that Minerva was paid for by
the $1 fee that students paid for the privi-
lege of taking make-up exams.
Neil C. Brown, director of student ac-
livities and director of the campus cen-
fer, instigated the investigation which
discovered these facts about 10 years
ago. Finding little else about the elusive
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goddess, the investigation was
abandoned, he says.
Dr. Edith Wallace, for many
years chairman of the Ancient
Languages Department, also
recalls memories of the statue.
As far back as her undergrad-
uate days, and she is a mem-
ber of the class of 1917, students
“met at Minnie,’ and had no
jdea of her origination as a
tradition at Albany State.
Minnie B. Scotland, chairmaa
of the Biology Department until
1956, remembers back to the
days when the university was a
normal school housed at 88 Wil-
lett Street. On January 8, 1906, @
fire broke out at the school
which destroyed the entire build-
ing. Charles Wurthman, a jani-
tor of the school, she says, not
only discovered the fire, but car-
ried Minerva out of the building
in his arms to save her from
destruction.
But how did she arrive at the
Willett Street building? This is
the question which seems un-
answerable.
Neither the ‘‘Centennia] Histo-|
ry of the New York State College
for Teachers at Albany,’’ by Wil-
liam and Florence French, nor
“An Historical Sketch of the
State Normal College at Al-
-bany,” published on the schools
100th anniversary in 1944 and its
50th anniversary in 1894 respec-
tively, are able to answer that|/beanies, bandanas, and all var-
lieties of clothing upon occasion
question.
The first appearance that Mi-\and the signs she has borne
nerva makes in any schoo! publi-\n.ve peen a delight to students
cation is when she unexpectedly
turns up on the cover of the 1911/ £07 many years.
vear book entitled “Our Book.”
In this book there is also a pic-
ture of her standing in the foyer
of Draper Hall on page 61. Sup-
posedly this is the position. she
took in 1909 and retained until
this year, when she was brought
out to the new campus.
Minerva achieved national
lfame when David Boroff wrote
an article on the teacher’s col-
lege in transition for the Janu-
ary 1962 issue of Saturday Re-
view, choosing Albany State as
the subject of his study. The edi-
tors of the magazine, looking for
the one object which could.sym-
bolize the college to illustrate its
cover, chose a picture of Miner-
va. -
Over the years, however, Mi-
nerva had begun to look a little
frowsy. Her plaster was crack-
ing, and she had been broken
several times by careless stu-
dents. As a gift to the university,
the senior class of 1967 took upon
themselves the task of restoring
her to her former glory.
In almost every yearbook af-|
ter 1911, a full page picture of
Minerva overseeing Draper Hall
appears, yet there is never an
explanatory note to explain her
presence.
Even if she remains shrouded
in secrecy, Minerva in Albany
has a long history of adventure.
According to Clifton Thorne,
vice president of studeni affairs,
and a graduate of Albany State,
she has been the victim of many
pranks throughout the years.
Until the late 1920s, she was nol
weighted down in any way, he
said. After being found indes-
creetly posed in the upstairs
men’s room upon occasion, anc
possibly, rumor has it, treatec
as the Albany State mascot by
RPI men during the days when
Albany had a football team, the
statue was weighted down.
Due to the ingeniousness 0
college students, however, this
did not end the tribulations o
Minerva. She has worn frosl
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Minerva Rededication Ceremony
Sunday, June 7, 1987
Uptown Library
“Inspired by devoted alumni and friends”
Gifts to Project Minerva were received from the following contributors:
Ruth A. Abele ’42
Bradley Allen ’85
Blanche M. Anderson ’26
David F. Anderson
Marguerite Annis ’21
Frederick Appleton ’32
Bernard D. Arbit ’43
Irene Arbuckle ’26
Ann C. Armstrong ’57
Louise W. Austin ’30
Ralph H. Baker ’33
Roger W. Bancroft ’34
Alva E. Bareika ’28
Renee Barger ’50
Douglas J. Bauer ’75
Catherine Bedford ’26
Lila P. Bellinger ’31
Barbara Bellocchio ’67
Judith A. Berens ’68
Florence F. Berman ’32
Mary M. Boynton ’53
Helen R. Brown 745
Laura Buck 738
Emily R. Burch ’52
Dorothy M. Burt ’28
David Campese ’80
David Canale ’74
Carol Carle ’33
Adrienne Caruso 48
Clara S. Church ’30
Warren R. Cochrane ’30
Eugene Coffey ’79
Adeline Consalvo ’26
Elizabeth A. Cooley ’61
Marion Covel ’35
Florence Craddock ’25
Irene S. Dana ’29
Muriel Davies ’30
Richard W. Delfs ’44
Annette G. DeLyser ’49
Kathleen De Stefano ’67
Samuel Dickieson 748
Stephen T. Dionne ’72
Joseph C. Donawick ’69
Kenneth T. Doran ’39
Mary D. Downing 734
Richard B. Dressner
Anna A. Duggan 30
Dorothy M. Dutcher ’36
Mary E. Eager ’48
Shirley Edsall ’54
Evelyn Elwood ’30
Susan J. Emborsky 67
Guy A. Enfanto 735
Susan B. Fassett ’66
Mary G. Fitzgerald ’29
Rose L. Foley ’45
E. Stephan Foley ’48
Francine Frank
Marian S. Freihofer ’37
Evelyn Fullagar ’35
Gladys Fyfe ’30
Louise S. Giallombardo ’71
Wanda H. Goodrow ’51
Esther Gordon ’26
Lois B. Gorgen ’44
Dorothy G. Griffin ’34
Eugene Guarino 743
Grace W. Guattery ’37
Robert Guiffrida, Jr.
Ethel R. Hall ’20
Marietta Hanna ’25
Harold C. Hanson ’63
Mary E. Hart ’37
Hilda P. Haskell ’34
Margaret A. Hayes 733
Margaret Hays ’16
Adele B. Helt ’47
Anna L. Heter ’38
Susan J. Higginbotham ’70
Marie B. Hillson ’25
Alice Holmes ’23
Kay C. Hotaling ’67
Therese W. Hudson 732
Henry Hull ’54
Robert D. Inglis ’55
Bertram Jablon ’52
Myra Jablon 758
Maryann Jagiello ’72
Ruth L. Jantzen ’28
Mildred L. Johnson ’29
Marjorie Joyner ’50
Louise Katz ’30
Kathleen Kenny ’35
Dorothy H. Kramer 30
John Laing, Jr. ’54
Ter] Landin ’76
Helen Landon
Winifred Lavigne ’26
Ethel A. Martin ’53
Grace Maxfield ’36
Lucy Merrill ’49
Elaine Meyer ’67
Ellen Meyers 735
Mitchell Morris ’73
Virginia Mortimer ’66
Marion Motisher ’45
Henry Mowers
Marie Muller ’46
Rosina Mulligen ’67
Thomas Mulligen 765
Mary R. Murphy 731
Judith A. Mysliborski ’69
Helen C. Netter ’37
Gladys E. Newell ’30
Gladys F. Nickerson ’30
Elsie Nickles ’29
Joseph Z. Nitecki
Edward L. Osborn 731
Alice M. Palen 46
Nancy Papish ’68
Elizabeth A. Paroli ’75
Constance E. Parsons ’30
Kathryn Pinney ’32
Herbert W. Piper 759
Emil Polak ’57
Betty R. Poppo ’57
Robert C. Provost ’80
Anita Rabinoff-Goldman ’74
Miriam E. Raynor ’28
Albert Read ’47
Julia F. Rector ’32
Olla G. Rickett ’26
Elena Rossburg ’62
Gunter Samuelsen ’61
Linda Scatton
Garry Schliefke *73
Virginia Schlosberg ’30
Adelaide Schmid ’38
Paul J. Schmitz ’38
Joan Schulz
Julie F. Schwartz ’77
Marjorie Seel ’33
Gayle M. Sestito ’80
John Shufon ’71
Clyde Slocum ’28
Virginia Slocum 732
Richard C. Smith 747
Ruth Steele ’31
Martin Stewart ’47
Coribel Stiles ’26
George Stiles
Marion L. Stock ’33
Jeannette Storey *32
Helen S. Stowell 735
Sharyn Stuhler ’67
Robert Sumislawski 68
Esther W. Sykes 730
David Taffet ’75
Josephine Tamm 731
Elizabeth Terwilliger ’43
Jean Thompson
F. Edward Thomson 730
Franklyn Topal ’85
Barbara E. Traxel ’57
Ruth Trezona ’26
Agnes N. Underwood ’20
Elizabeth E. Ungerer ’37
Ivan Vamos ’72
Gladys Van Alen ’21
Daniel L. Van Leuvan 735
Shirley Varmett ’59
Carolyn F. Viall ’36
Dorothy Wakerley ’20
Mary S. Walker ’37
Elizabeth Z. Ward ’34
Marilla Webster ’26
Hillary A. Weiss ’85
Carol A. Wiggins ’58
Dean E. Wilder ’62
Eleanor Wilson 733
Mabel A. Winter ’30
Robert L. Woodrow ’55
Geraldine Yearwood ’49
Class of 1929
Class of 1936
The
Times Union July 16,
1967
HE IRISH AND THE ROMAN—Minerva, the goddess of
isdom, stands a stern watch as Maureen O’Brien, a
immer student at Albany State University, works at her
udies in the lobby of the Campus Center Building.
i
Minerva _Mystery Pondered at Albany State
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Continued from Page R-1
goddess, the investigation was
_ abandoned, he says.
Dr. Eaith Wallace, for many
years chairman of the Ancient
Languages Department, also
recalls memories of the statue.
As far back as her undergrad-
uate days, and she is a mem-
ber of the class of 1917, students
“met at Minnie,” and had no
idea of her origination as a
tradition at Albany State.
Minnie B. Scotland, chairman
of the Biology Department until
1956, remembers back to the
days when the university was a
normal school housed at 88 Wil-
lett Street. On January 8, 1906, 4
fire broke out at the school
which destroyed the entire build-
ing. Charles Wurthman, a jani-
tor of the school, she says, not
only discovered the fire, but car-
ried Minerva out of the building
in his arms to save her from
destruction.
But how did she arrive at the
Willett Street building? This is
the question which seems un-
answerable.
Neither the ‘“‘Centennia] Histo-
ry of the New York State College
for Teachers at Albany,”’ by Wil-
liam and Florence French, nor
“An Historical Sketch of the
State Normal College at Al-
.bany,” published on the schools
100th anniversary in 1944 and its
50th anniversary in 1894 respec-
ive are able to answer that
question.
The first appearance that Mi-
nerva makes in any schoo! publ-;
cation is when she une xpectediv
turns up on the cover of tne 1911
vear book entitled “Our Book.”
In this book there is aiso a pic-
ture of her standing in the foyer
of Draper Hall on page 61. Sup-
posedly this is the position. she
took in 1909 and retained until
this year, when she was brought
out to the new campus.
beanies, bandanas, and all var-
lieties of clothing upon occasion
land the signs she has borne
have been a delight to students
for many years.
Minerva achieved national
fame when David Boroff wrote
an article on the teacher’s col-
lege in transition for the Janu-
ary 1962 issue of Saturday Re-
view, choosing Albany State as
the subject of his study. The edi-
tors of the magazine, looking for
In almost every yearbook af-|
ter 1911, a full page picture of
Minerva overseeing Draper Hall)
appears, yet there is never an
explanatory note to explain her
presence.
Even if she remains shrouded)
in secrecy, Minerva in Albany |
has a long history of adventure.
According to Clifton Thorne, |!
vice president of studen: affairs,
and a graduate of Albany State,
she has been the victim of many
pranks throughout the vears.
Until the late 1920s, she was not
weighted down in any way, he
said. After being found indes-
creetly posed in the upstairs
men’s room upon occasion, and
possibly, rumor has it, treated
as the Albany State mascot by
RPI men during the davs when
Albany had a footbal] team, the
statue was weighted down.
Due to the ingeniousness of
college students, however, this
did not end the tribulations of
Minerva. She has worn frosh
|
'
|
the one object which could.sym-
bolize the college to illustrate its
cover, chose a picture of Miner-
va. ;
Over the years, however, Mi-
nerva had begun to look a little
frowsy. Her plaster was crack-
ing, and she had been broken
several times by careless stu-
dents. As a gift to the university,
the senior class of 1967 took upon
themselves the task of restoring
her to her former glory.
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Roger Fleming, secretarv-treas- 2 twoSurner keio,
urer of the Farm Bureau, said,
in part: “It has been suggest-
ed that the hearings be termin-
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Minerva, copied from the statue in
the school, has been on the official
university seal of Albany State Uni-
versity since at least 1913.
Minerva?
Who is She?
By MARTIN SCHWARTZ
“Meetcha at Minnie!”
Once again this ery can be heard at Al-
bany State University, continuing a tradi-
tion of 75 years, as students and faculty
alike continue to use an ancient statue of
Minerva, the goddess of wisdom, as their
place of gathering.
One great tradition about Minerva is
the perennial mystery surrounding her
appearance. Part of the mystique which
attracts the thousands of students who
pass her each day is the aura of the un-
known.
Minerva is the symbolic representation
of the university’s quest for knowledge,
yet her history is dark except for a few
fragments of information. There are but
three references to her in any written
material available to the student today.
Her figure is on the official university
seal which appears on sweatshirts, letter-
heads and almost anything else pertain-
ing to the school.
secondly, the book of rules for women
is centitled “Memos From Minnie,” a
reference to her ubiquity.
The only other place where one may
become acquainted with “Minnie” is in a
yearly handbook for freshmen entitled
“Campus Viewpoint.” Here among the
flowing prose, it mentions that one un-
named alumnae remembered seeing Mi-
nerva in 1288. Miss Anna E. Pierce, a for-
mer Dean of Women, {s also mentioned
as thinking that Minerva was paid for by
the $1 fee that students paid for the privi-
lege of taking make-up exams.
Neil ©. Brown, director of student ac-
tivilies and director of the campus cen-
fer, instivated the investigation which
aiscovered these facts about 10 years
ago, }
Minding little else about the elusive
See MYSTERY, Pape B-2
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By Trooper
A trooper assigned to the
Fonda station arrested six per-
sons on various charges within
six hours, State Police said Sat-
urday.
Trooper D. E. Lawrinait ar-
rested three burglary suspects
on his duty tour Friday night and
then, on his way home to Am-
sterdam, he picked up three
more persons, “including a man
sought on charges in two coun-
ties.
State Police said Trooper Law-
rinait apprehended the burglary
suspects after he observed a
pickup truck leaving the con-
struction site of a house, owned
by Dr. V. J. Hojny of Fonda,
on Sacandaga Road in the Town
of Mohawk. °
The trooper stopped the truck
for traveling with no lights and
for passing a stop sign and
ticketed the driver, Emil Witt-
mann, 956, of Johnstown. A
check showed the truck con-
tained a table saw ‘valued at
$120, State Police said.
Wittmann and two com-
panions, Paul J. Bentley, 31, and
Larry E. Floyd, 26, both of
Johnstown, were charged with
burglary third degree and pos-
session of burglary tools. They
were held for grand jury action
when they waived examination
before Justice of the Peace
Joseph Dunlevy.
At 4:30 a.m., Trooper Law-
rinait and a_ fellow officer,
Trooper J. 8. Swanker, happen-
ed upon a minor auto accident
on Route 5 near Fonda and ar-
rested the driver, John H. Ross,
33, of Utica, on a charge of
driving while intoxicated. Ross
was held in lieu of $50 bail pend-
ing and appearance before Dun-
levy.
. With Ross were Judith Za-
recki, 20, of Amsterdam, who
was arrested on a charge of
parole violation, and Wilbert
LaF lair, 29, of Rome, who was
arrested on a charge of forgery
second degree preferred by the
Onondaga County Sheriff's De-
partment. State Police said La
Flair was also sought by Oneida
County Sheriff's Department on
a warrant charging non-support.
fails to mention is that it is
the Farm Bureau that is doing
the suggesting since this idea
never existed until it came up
in their letters,’ Resnick charg-
ed.
The subcommittee studied
living conditions in rural Am-
erica. Resnick said “the Farm
Bureau has consistently opposed
all progressive legislation in
this field and, according to its
own statement to the subcom-
mittee, violently opposes all fed-
eral legislation intended to alle-
viate proverty, promote better
health, and improve education
in our rural areas.”
Resnick earlier won agree-
ment from the Internal Reve-
nue Service to investigate the
tax exempt status of the Bur-
eau. He claimed that the Farm
Bureau operates ‘‘a vast busi-
ness empire,” including insur-
ance companies, oil refiners,
shopping centers and grain
storage operations.
Northway Crash
Kills NYC Man
Rayford MeNolon, about 35, of
New York City, was killed Sat-
urday when the car in which he
was riding went out of control
on the Northway near Platts-
burgh crashed into a_ bridge
abutment.
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through Friday at
will discuss the ]
from the standpoint
evolution, chemist:
consciousness, &
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focus on today’s th
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Today in the Re
Presbyterian Chur¢
Bennett, preside
Theological Semin
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issues.
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Minerva...
Each week on this page of the State College News I,
as editor, print my editorials for you to read. They are
always written in the hope that they will help to formu- |
late student opinion and create an interest in student
affairs. As editor I have this privilege of expressing my
point of view.
Each of us in our own way has a certain regard for
State College or otherwise we would not have chosen to
come here. Regardless of our motives for coming here, as a
eraduate of this institution we can never forget our alma
mater nor live apart from its accomplishments and fail-
ures. We are an old college having a history one hundred
and twelve years old. Every year writes a new page in the
annals of our history. We are a part of this entire history,
not just of the four years we attend NYSCT.
One of the oldest parts of this long chain of years is
Minerva. The statue which now stands in the Draper
Rotunda was the only article salvaged from the old nor-
mal school on Willett Street when the building burned
down nearly one hundred years ago. She is the only tan-
gible gift we have from the earliest building of the college.
Minerva is the goddess of knowledge. She is our spir-
itual symbol that our college is an institution of learning.
This education must stand fast against all attacks. Mi-
nerva is the symbol of this strength. She is strong and un-
touchable. She is more than a mere human.
But this can only be true as long as we, the students,
believe in her. A tradition is only a tradition as long as
we, the students, regard it as a tradition. It takes each
college generation either to preserve or destroy what has
taken fifty to a hundred years to build.
To one group has been given the obligation to guard
these age-old traditions. Each new disregard of tradition
is a new challenge for this judicial body. The seriousness
of this obligation can never be forgotten and each new
challenge requires a thorough decision. More serious de-
cisions require more time to deliberate. All the facts must
be judged. We gave this judicial body the right to judge.
We must also give them the right to judge well.
In this deliberation they must not only judge the
present, but also the future. They must insure to the stu-
dent body that that which they hold sacred will not be
trod upon again. We must demand action but we must
also demand that it come from well-deliberated discussion.
The facts stand before us. Minerva is our symbol of
learning, she is our oldest tradition. As Seniors and Alum-
ni we wear her on our rings. She is the visible remembrance
that we carry with us every day after we graduate from
State College. Her sacredness can not be violated again.
This is the issue involved. This is why we must seek ac-
tion against all those who were involved in her removal.
MINERVA
Despite Hard Times, Minnie's Still Q
By MARTY SCHWARTZ
In many ways, Albany State
University is a school lacking
tradition.
Most people beyond the Al-
bany area became aware of the
school in the last decade, when
it dropped its teacher college
image to emerge as an “instant
university” that now numbers
some 13,000 students and 30 doc-
toral programs.
But the school has a history
dating back to the days when 29
students met on the second floor
of an abandoned Mohawk and
Hudson Railroad station on
State Street, on Dec. 18, 1844.
Nearly 100 years ago, the Na-
tional Edocation Association
praised the Albany Normal
School as the most influential
school in the country in develop-
ing training methods for teach-
ers.
In the last decade, however,
the traditions that tied students
to the past have almost all been
forgotten. Such events as Mov-
ing Up Day, Rivalry, and the
singing of the alma mater have
been dropped as the school grew
large and sophisticated.
Perhaps the only important
relic of the past is Minerva, Ro-
man goddess of wisdom, whose
fragile, hollow, plaster image
has been the official symbol of
the school for longer than prob-
ably anyone remembers.
AROUND 1910, when the stat-
ue had already been about the
school for untold years, Minerva
became the school’s official
symbol. She appeared on the
%
university’s official seal, where
she remains to this day, and
also graced sweatshirts, letter-
heads, beer mugs and class
rings.
Her image stood at the main
portal of the school since at
least 1888, and generations of
students attending Albany State,
fered a large crack through her
abdomen and extensive damage
to her arms and head.
A TIGHT MONEY situation,
people caring little for tradition,
and the reluctance of restorers
to take on the delicate job al-
most ended Minerva’s career as
representation of the wniversi-
ty’s quest for knowledge.
With a rescue fund of $600
provided by the Faculty-Student
Association, and tender, loving
restoration by graduate student
Walt Cowley, however, she has
been restored and now resides
in the campus art gallery await-
ing her next assignment.
Henry Madej, with four other
Class of 1967 councilors, has
taken the job as guardian of the
statue, and reports that a deci-
sion will be made soon on
whether Minerva will grace the
University Library or the cam-
pus center.
Alaso, Jadej said, a drive is on
to compile the statue’s history.
All alumni are being asked to
_ send the school’s alumni office
their recollections of Minnie.
The oldest positive record of her
past came a few years ago
when Minnie B. Scotland, chair-
man of the biology department
until 1956, told a similar study
group years ago that she re-
membered when the school was
a normal school housed at 88
Willett Street.
On Jan. 8, 1906, she said, a
fire broke out in the school
which destroyed the entire
building. Charles Wurthman, the
school janitor, not only discob-
ered the fire, but raced out into
the street, carrying Minerva in
his arms to save her from the
flames. she said.
A Tradition
Refurbished
her wanderings (rumor has it
that RPI students liked to kid-
nap her the night before football
games in the 1920s, Minerva re-
mained the victim of student
pranks for many years. For at
least 85 years, she has worn
signs, freshman beanies, ban-
danas, and almost every other
conceivable item. {
At the same time, however,
she was revered. Until only
about eight years ago, lowly
freshmen were not allowed to
walk before her, and thousands
of Albany State alumni never
walked into Draper Hall’s front
door until their sophomore
years.
Still a mystery, however is
where Minerva came from. Nei-
ther the “‘Centennial History of
the New York State College for
Teachers at Albany,” by Wil-
liam and Florence French, nor
“An Historical Sketch of the
State Normal College at Al-
bany,”’ mentioned the goddess.
Yet, when Neil Brown, now
dean of student ilfe, went on a
historic search about 15 years
|ago, he found one alumna who
iremembered seeing Minnie in
/1888. Miss Anna E. Pierce, a
former dean of women, told
iBrown she seemed to remember
Ithat Minerva was. purchased
\with the one dollar fees charged
students who wanted to take
\last examinations.
ueen at
Before 1911, there is almost no
mention of Minerva in school re-
cords, but the 1915 yearbook
contains a sketch which has the
hazily recalling that someone
whose name possibly began with
an “‘S’” donated: her to the
school.
ALUMNI OF OTHER state
schools, however, recall seeing
statues of Greek goddesses
around their campuses, includ-
ing a Minerva who might have
been. a twin to Albany’s god-
dess.
The first time Minerva shows
up in Albany State records is in
1911, when she unexpectedly ap-
peared on the cover of “Our
Book,” then the school year-
book. On page 61 of ‘Our
Alba
300k,”’ she is shown sta
the foyer of Draper Hall
she supposedly was pl
1909 and remained um
when the new uptown
opened.
In almost every yeam
ter 1911, a full page pi
Minerva appears 0¥
Draper, but there is
note to explain her pré
While her perpetuati¢é
sured by her conspicué
on the university seal,
tue’s physicalfutur e ré
doubt. Having totally
her in 1967, and again f
the Class of 1967 coun¢l
hesitant about placing
where she might again
tim to pranks and malig€
The
July 16,
Times Union
196/
IRISH AND THE ROMAN—Minerva, the goddess of
isdom, stands a stern watch as Maureen O’Brien, a
ammer student at Albany State University, works at her
adies in the lobby of the Campus Center Building.
Minerva M
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Continued from Page B-1
goddess, the investigation was
abandoned, he says.
Dr. Eaith Wallace, for many
years chairman of the Ancient
Languages Department, also
recalls memories of the statue.
As far back as her undergrad-
uate days, and she is a mem-
ber of the class of 1917, students
“met at Minnie,” and had no
idea of her origination as a
tradition at Albany State.
Minnie B. Scotland, chairman
of the Biology Department until
1956, remembers back to the
days when the university was a
normal school housed at 88 Wil-
lett Street. On January 8, 1906, 4
fire broke out at the school
which destroyed the entire build-
ing. Charles Wurthman, a jani-
tor of the school, she says, not
only discovered the fire, but car-
ried Minerva out of the building
in his arms to save her from
destruction.
But how did she arrive at the
Willett Street building? This is
the question which seems un-
answerable.
Neither the ‘‘Centennia] Histo-
ry of the New York State College
for Teachers at Albany,” by Wil-
liam and Florence French, nor
“An Historical Sketch of the
State Normal College at Al-
.bany,” published on the schools
100th anniversary in 1944 and its
50th anniversary in 1894 respec-
é7
tively, are able to answer that!
question. |
The first appearance that Mi-|
nerva makes in any school publi-
cation is when she unexpectedly,
turns up on the cover of the 1911
vear book entitled “Our Book.”
In this book there is also a pic-!
ture of her standing in the foyer
of Draper Hall on page 61. Sup-
posedly this is the position. she)
took in 1909 and retained until
this year, when she was brought!
out to the new campus. |
In almost every yearbook af-
ter 1911, a full page picture of|
Minerva overseeing Draper Hall)
appears, yet there is never an
explanatory note to explain her
presence.
Even if she remains shrouded
in secrecy, Minerva in Albany’
has a long history of adventure.
beanies, bandanas, and all var-
ieties of clothing upon occasion
and the signs she has borne
have been a delight to students
for many years.
Minerva achieved national
fame when David Boroff wrote
an article on the teacher’s col-
lege in transition for the Janu-
ary 1962 issue of Saturday Re-
view, choosing Albany State as
the subject of his study. The edi-
tors of the magazine, looking for
\-
According to Clifton Thorne, |!
vice president of studen: afiairs, |
and a graduate of Albany State, |
she has been the victim of many,
pranks throughout the years.
Until the late 1920s, she was not
weighted down in any way, he
said. After being found indes-|
creetly posed in the upstairs
men’s room upon occasion, and
possibly, rumor has it, treated
as the Albany State mascot by
RPI men during the days when
Albany had a football team, the
statue was weighted down.
Due to the ingeniousness of
college students, however, this
did not end the tribulations of
Minerva. She has worn frosh
RE PL. Sh COPPER ere,
LEE SNS, ST LN ee
ystery Poncered at Albany State
the one object which could.sym-
bolize the college to illustrate its
cover, chose a picture of Miner-
va.
Over the years, however, Mi-
nerva had begun to look a little
frowsy. Her plaster was crack-
ing, and she had been broken
several times by careless stu-
dents. As a gift to the university,
the senior class of 1967 took upon
themselves the task of restoring
her to her former glory.
Up
Volume 14, Number 17
date
March 13, 1991
UNIVERSITY
AT ALBANY
S © U« N «© Y
ith a keynote
address
focusing on
America’s
families and children, U.S.
Sen. Daniel Patrick
Moynihan will launch a
day-long celebration on April
11 of the 25th anniversary of
the University’s School of
Social Welfare.
The celebration will also
feature the presentation of an
honorary Doctor of Humane
Letters degree tu Barbara
Blum, president of the New
York-based Foundation for
Child Development and
former commissioner of so-
cial services in New York
State, in recognition of her
contributions to social wel-
fare policy.
Those two events, as well
as the presentation of two
awards, will take place
during the morning session
beginning at 9:15 a.m. in
Page Hall. The special
awards honor two people in-
strumental in the estab-
lishment of the School of
Social Welfare — Elizabeth
Heinmiller and the late
Richardson L. Rice, the
school’s first dean.
The school opened its
doors to its first 27 students
in September 1965, and it
hasn’t stopped growing since.
The school added a doctoral
program in 1984, and is now
“widely recognized as one of
the nation’s best social wel-
fare programs,” says Dean
Lynn Videka-Sherman. In
several reviews of scholarly
productivity, Albany ranks
among the top five schools of
Michael Lettera
dents; registered in the
M.S.W. program were 320
degree students and 103 non-
matriculated students. Since
the school opened in 1965, it
has graduated approximately
2,000 students.
“We're a professional
school but we’re also
committed to knowledge
social work. development,” says Videka-
In fall 1990, the school Sherman.”
enrolled 56 doctoral stu- Two colloquia are
U.S. Senator Daniel
Patrick Moynihan,
keynote speaker for
celebration
scheduled for the afternoon
at the Albany Hilton.
“Taking Stock: Social
Work as Calling or Career” is
the topic of the colloquium
led by Frederic G. Reamer of
Rhode Island College at 1:45
p.m. Leonel J. Castillo, presi-
dent of Houston International
University, will lead a collo-
quium on “The New Urban
Majority”, at 3:15 p.m.
Mary Fiess
University Develops New Logo
This week, Update introduces the new
University at Albany logo, which consists of
an enhanced version of the University seal
combined with a distinctive use of the
University’s name.
This combination, in horizontal and verti-
cal variations as approved by President H.
Patrick Swygert, will constitute the Univer-
sity at Albany’s logo on all new publications
and letterhead. Mara Fulmer, a graphic desig-
ner in the Educational Communications Cen-
ter, created the design, which reflects
Albany’s rich history and tradition.
Aclearly defined identity becomes increas-
ingly important as the University approaches
its Sesquicentennial and the Capital Cam-
paign. The new logo and letterhead will help
us present a more unified image to external
constituencies and more clearly identify the
University with its diverse activities.
We will gradually implement a program
whereby all publications, correspondence,
and other communications from the Univer-
sity and its offices and units will reflect a
standard look. This will require a move away
from the current practice of significantly dif-
fering graphic representations for University
units and offices. A style book setting forth
appropriate uses of the new logo and letter-
head is being developed, and should be avail-
able shortly.
While University offices will, no doubt, be
anxious to obtain the new letterhead, we ask
that existing supplies be exhausted before
ordering. A transition period through the end
of the current academic year is anticipated
with all offices expected to have a version of
the new letterhead in hand by September.
Questions about ordering letterhead and
other aspects of the new graphic identity pro-
gram should be directed to ECC Graphics.
Joel Blumenthal
