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Subject: post cards
From: "Anne Roberts" <aroberts48@nycap.rr.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 09:12:33 -0400
To: <schesin@umail.albany,edu>
CC: "warren roberts" <wer52@albany.edu>
Hi Sorrell,
It was great seeing you at Violet Larney's brunch; you look wonderful and as always, you are right there
trying to help in every way. Kathy Kendall mentioned to me that she had some distinguished German
visitors and so she brought them to Albany--they wanted to see the capitol and the university campus. |
think | mentioned that she couldn't find any post cards. So, | looked as well--none to be found--not in the
SUNYA bookstore, not in the NYS Museum gift shop or the AIHA gift shop, nor at Borders, or The Book
House. Since visitors come from far distances to see our campus, it seems to me there should be some
nice post cards to publicize our impressive campus. We have English visitors coming, Peter and Tanya
Hawley; his ancestor was Gideon Hawley, who was one of the founders of our institution and for whom
Hawley Library was named. | am putting together a "kit" for them on the university, and was dismayed
again not to find post cards. | have the library book tote (old one with Minerva on it). It seems to me that it
would make wonderful public relations to have some post cards in a wide variety of venues.
Thanks for listening!
Anne Roberts
9/2/2009 11:40 AM
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Sorrell E Chesin
From: Anne Roberts [aroberts48@nycap.rr.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 6:08 PM
To: kathy kendall; Sorrell E Chesin
Ce: warren roberts
Subject: post cards again
Sorrell--I set myself the task, and involved Warren as well, to see if | could find any campus post cards after Kathy
Kendall mentioned to me that she was unable to find any when she came back for a visit this summer. So, I'm not
as distressed as you might think; | was simply trying to follow up on Kathy's query!
Anne
9/11/2009
Sorrell E Chesin
From: Anne Roberts [aroberts48@nycap. rr.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 6:01 PM
To: Sorrell E Chesin; kathy kendall
Ce: warren roberts
Subject: Re: Post Cards
Dear Sorrell and Kathy,
I was interested in both of your comments, and yes, you may be correct, everything is digitalized these days--
although people do come from far and wide to photograph the architecture of the campus--it is well known
outside of Albany--I fear it's one more sign of Albany's outlook. Some years ago a distinguished scholar, hired
to comment on one of the university's departments--it may have been history, I cannot recall--said that "the
faculty has in inferiority complex; they are as good as the students, but they don't believe it." Alas, the students
complain about the "ugly"
campus, and it certainly is cold and forbidding in the winter. Students, if they knew that the architect was
famous, might think better of their institution and perhaps they wouldn't trash it so readily. There used to be a
lovely one of the campus in winter, all white and silvery. But perhaps post cards just aren't in the picture for our
state agency university.
Private schools and colleges don't seem to have this difficulty. Thank you both for your comments! I myself
take photos of the campus often to send to our children so they can see how it has changed, often for worse--
many of the newer buildings are not in keeping with Stone's original desig;n, but sometimes for better with the
lovely gardens and plantings that have recently graced the campus grounds. Happy fall to you both.
Best, Anne Roberts
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sorrell E Chesin" <SChesin@uamail.albany.edu>
To: "Anne Roberts" <aroberts48@nycap.1r.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 4:44 PM
Subject: RE: Post Cards
Hey, Kathy - It's nice to hear from you. I saw you on a news TV show many months ago. As I recall, you were
one of those "expert guests" but I forgot the exact topic. Ah, to be on television!
Thave followed up on Anne's suggestion but, I fear that she's disappointed with the response. I spoke with the
Barnes & Noble Bookstore and they said that they hadn't had a demand for them but that they were considering
it. As you note, for them it's a business decision.
I suspect that post cards will not be available when Anne's visitors come to Albany. Unfortunately, they will
have to take photos of scenes they find interesting with their cameras and then use the discs to view the photos.
Or, perhaps, they will go to the University's Facebook or Youtube pages to see campus scenes assuming they
have a computer.
Nowadays, of course, people use their cell phones to take photos although J must admit that the ones I've taken
are not good enough to frame or put in an album.
In this day and age everything seems to be electronic so I don't know whether post cards are a viable product or
not. As for the University's reputation and its pride in the campus, I don't know what the statistics show about
the role which post cards play in attracting students or parents. Apparently, the pictures which are used by all
universities to promote the institution and to strengthen its image are on the internet.
Our demand for admission is upward, without post cards.
With respect to Anne's suggestion, I must admit that when I was younger, I liked receiving post cards from
people who traveled widely. I don't know whether today's students or even tomorrow's students would find post
cards interesting. I'm sorry that this may be an upsetting situation for Anne since it sounds like this is really an
important, perhaps even, critical issue for her. I'm afraid I'm seen as part of the bureaucracy that she finds so
insensitive to obvious problems. I sure hope that the bookstore invests in post cards!
Thanks for your note and warm regards. By the way, we miss you here.
Your departure was our loss.
Sorrell
Sorrell E, Chesin, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President
University Development
University at Albany
UAB-226
1400 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12222
(518) 437-5090
(888) 226-5600 - toll-free
-----Original Message-----
From: kathleen e. kendall [mailto:kkendall@umd.edu]
Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 4:45 PM
Ce: Sorrell E Chesin; Kathleen E. Kendall
Subject: Re: Post Cards
Hi Anne,
You are really good about following up when you see problems. I read the correspondence with Sorrell, and
thought about what could be done about the lack of postcard pictures of the campus. There's the business side--
selling postcards, And there's the university communication side--promoting the university's reputation, On the
business side, when I talked with the bookstore in Stuyvesant Plaza, they made reference to "they." "They
haven't been bringing us postcards
of the university, though they used to." So somewhere there is a supplier of postcards for stores in the Albany
area, someone with a commercial interest in making money on postcards. Perhaps that is totally unconnected
with the university.
On the university side, the correspondence made me feel sad.
UAlbany should be proud of its architecture, and brag about it. When I was on the faculty, I know I grumbled a
lot about the wind-swept, cold campus in the winter, the difficulty of finding my car in the snowdrifts, the cold
2
image of the white towers in the steely gray sky.
I think many people get jaded about the campus over the years. But there was a time when we were proud of the
campus appearance. Remember when Rockefeller brought dignitaries to show it off? Robert Kennedy flew in
to show off the striking new campus. The architecture is STILL striking. Rockefeller's idea of having a whole
campus designed by one famous architect is unusual, particularly when you see the dramatic design. In talking
with German tourists in my summer trip to upstate NY
this year, I learned that they planned to go to Albany to see (1) the state capitol and (2) the university campus.
The friends I showed around the campus this summer were just amazed at the campus design.
They had never seen anything like it.
UAlbany should be bragging about its campus, with pictures of its architecture. No other campus LOOKS
like Albany! There should be a historical marker about Stone's architecture and Rockefeller as you enter
campus, not just signs about the Giants. And for students and their parents, and tourists visiting town, a
postcard picture is a way to spread the story. A visual message is a powerful thing.
I'll forward this to Sorrell too, and maybe he will follow up with campus administrators who publicize the
university. (Sorrell: You can use any part of my message if it's useful to you.) Thanks to you both for spending
time and effort on this topic.
Take care.
Kathy Kendall
oneee Original Message-----
From: kathleen e. kendall [mailto:kkendall@umd.edu]
Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 4:45 PM
Ce: Sorrell E Chesin; Kathleen E, Kendall
Subject: Re: Post Cards
Hi Anne,
You are really good about following up when you see problems. I read the correspondence with Sorrell, and
thought about what could be done about the lack of postcard pictures of the campus, There's the business side--
selling postcards. And there's the university communication side--promoting the university's reputation. On the
business side, when I talked with the bookstore in Stuyvesant Plaza, they made reference to "they." "They
haven't been bringing us postcards of the university, though they used to." So somewhere there is a supplier of
postcards for stores in the Albany area, someone with a commercial interest in making money on postcards.
Perhaps that is totally unconnected with the university.
On the university side, the correspondence made me feel sad.
UAlbany should be proud of its architecture, and brag about it. When I was on the faculty, I know I grumbled a
‘lot about the wind-swept, cold campus in the winter, the difficulty of finding my car in the snowdrifts, the cold
image of the white towers in the steely gray sky.
I think many people get jaded about the campus over the years. But there was a time when we were proud of the
campus appearance. Remember when Rockefeller brought dignitaries to show it off? Robert Kennedy flew in
to show off the striking new campus. The architecture is STILL striking. Rockefeller's idea of having a whole
campus designed by one famous architect is unusual, particularly when you see the dramatic design. In talking
with German tourists in my summer trip to upstate NY this year, I learned that they planned to go to Albany to
see (1) the state capitol and (2) the university campus. The friends I showed around the campus this summer
were just amazed at the campus design.
They had never seen anything like it.
UAlbany should be bragging about its campus, with pictures of its architecture. No other campus LOOKS
like Albany! There should be a historical marker about Stone's architecture and Rockefeller as you enter
campus, not just signs about the Giants, And for students and their parents, and tourists visiting town, a
postcard picture is a way to spread the story. A visual message is a powerful thing.
I'll forward this to Sorrell too, and maybe he will follow up with campus administrators who publicize the
university. (Sorrell: You can use any part of my message if it's useful to you.) Thanks to you both for spending
time and effort on this topic.
Take care.
Kathy Kendall
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Sorrell E Chesin
From: Anne Roberts [aroberts48@nycap.rr.com]
Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 3:27 PM
To: Sorrell E Chesin
Ce: warren roberts; kathy kendall
Subject: Re: Post Cards
Thanks Sorrell; | find it incomprehensible that post cards should be such a problem! Williams College, Union
College, College of St. Rose, Siena, and RPI all have their campuses in all the local bookstores around. But!
guess the bureaucracy at the university is the big stumbling block! It's a shame, since people from all over the
world come to Albany to see the capitol and our campus--it is quite well known in architectural circles! | go off to
Florida soon where | spend the winters, so | shall not be following this up--I thought someone in development
might be able to do it easily--that it was simply an oversight--there used to be very good post cards of the campus
some years ago, since | often sent them or took them to friends who had connections with the university, Oh well!
Anne Roberts
oe Original Message -----
From: Sorrell E Chesin
To: Warren E Roberts
Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 11:48 AM
Subject: Post Cards
Hi, Warren — I got the note that Anne sent. I suggest that she contact Cathy Herman, the VP for
Communications and Marketing. I did speak with Barnes & Noble Bookstore and they have been
considering post cards with campus images, As with everything there are cost issues and whether
there really is a major demand for these items. Photos would need to be taken, cards printed in volume,
ete.
Our office has post cards which we had printed for our special needs and I’ll send a couple to you
although they’re probably not what Anne had in mind.
It was good to see you both. It sure looks like our group seems is diminishing, Violet is still quite
vibrant. Best regards.
Sorrell
Sorrell E. Chesin, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President
University Development
University at Albany
UAB-226
1400 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12222
(518) 437-5090
(888) 226-5600 - toll-free
9/11/2009
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best measure of this trend is gailan,
so-called Chinese broccoli.
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broccoli and collard greens, is stir
fried, added to a spicy gravy and
served over noodles in a popular
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gailan for a long time,”. said
Whitehead, a certified public ac-
countant and business consultant
from North Greenbush who has
lived in the States since 1980. “I
used to carry bags of groceries back’
on the plane from California or
drive to Boston or New York. Now,
.there are several Asian markets in
this area that carry gailan.”
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husband, David, isa pharmaceutical
company lobbyist, remembers
when there were no Thai restau-
rants in thé region; now there are a
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gestures, among the daily rhythms
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St. Patrick’s Church ii Albany,
once a.rock-ribbed Irish parish,
draws the largest attendance on
Sunday.
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holds matches in Albany’s Lincoln
Park draws players from Guyana,
the West Indies, Australia, England,
India and Pakistan.
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braiding shops along the length of
Central Avenue. There are a similar
number of Puerto Rican bodegas,
Pakistani variety markets and Guy-
anese greengrocers,
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now, and I just hope the area can
support all the ethnic restaurants
and markets opening up,” said Lily
Pak, owner of.Peking, a Chinese
restaurantin Albany that was one of
_ the first when her parents opened it
in 1972. “We're lucky to have all the
colleges and universities, ‘That's
what gives us our diversity. And
then some of the students like living
here, see it’s a good place to raise a
family, and they stick around after
graduation,”
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curred in a flash, historically speak-
ing. i
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opment after European contact, the
Capital Region was home toa small,
static cluster of ethnic groups:
Dutch, English, Irish, German,
Polish, Italian, French and Scandi-
navian,
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angle portrait of humanity in the
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colleges and universities; a growth -
in technology and professional re-
search jobs; a second-tier migration
of foreign-born people from New
York City drawn upstate by cheaper
rents and quality-of-life issues,
- “People come and go at a pace
now that was unimaginable a centu-
ry ortwo ago,” said Stefan Bielinski,
founder and director of the Colo-
nial Albany Social History Project
at the State Museum in Albany.
“We've got a new melting pot that
has more ingredients than ever
befoue.” .
One gauge for Bielinski is that
among his neighbors off Russell
Road in Albany are Albanian refu-
gees. 2
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said with a chuckle, “Go figure.”
‘The demographic churning con-
tinues to accelerate, “It’s almost to
the point where you can compare
the change of the first 100 years in
the Capital Region to the past 100
days,” Bielinski said,
Nowadays, when a natural di-
sastet, war’ or political crisis creates
headlines around the world, it’s
almost a certainty that it will
directly affect emigrants living in
the Capital Region. Such was the
case in the Dec, 26 tsunami, which
caused death and devastation for
relatives of local residents who grew
up in Thailand, Sri Lanka, Indone-
sia and India, The same was true for
the war in Iraq, electionsin Afghan-
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Ukraine,
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changed in many ways, outer and
inner, since we arrived,” said Uni-
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who'moved here
in 1963 from California. ,
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is for the good,” he said, “But there
are minuses in terms of the demoli-
tion of important buildings, Those
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foreigners moving up here because
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S&A West Indian Grocery on
Central Avenue in Albany. “You feel
more secitre here, There’s a ‘better
quality of life. You get out of the
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winters?’ ” ‘
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pictures of the state Capitol would tise to the ley a on Monday’s Al. : :
terrorist plot. ‘The building hasbeen photograplied |. :
only a jillion times. : : : a |
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paper in a University at Albany history ‘class,
Miner sat in her car takin, Hetdies lst Thar
parked between; the Capitol and Empire State.
somebody walked by and got the idea she wasat
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UAlbany senior planning on go-
ing to law school, was doing with
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matically stopped,” she said,
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Miner for about five minutes
before being satisfied that Ashley.
was, indeed, just a student. “She’s
neyer been’ in. trouble,” Carol
Miner said proudly, cae
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why I left,” she said.
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ger at the Conspiracy theorist,
either.” “Because | if. something
had. happened, -people would: be
praising him,” she said, :
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easily with Warren Roberts, who
taught the “Albany, the City and
its Architecture” class.
He said he is upset that the
Sept. 11 attacks have made many
people overly suspicious.
Roberts’ specialty” is the
French Revolution, He sees par-
allels between now and then,
“There. were committees of sur-
veillance. Tliere was: pervasive
paranoia,” he said, .
Melanie Trimble, executive ®
director of the: Capital ‘Region. .
chapter ‘of ‘the New York Civil
Liberties Union, said many peo-
ple are aware of such issues. today,
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tall order.» ee
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that Big Brother.is indeed watch-
ing -you in the. form ‘of your
neighbor, your friend, your office
worker,” she said. F
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and hobbyist, .are encountering
more difficulties in the pursuit of
pictures. New York City transit
officials have proposed a ban on
taking: pictures and movies. in
New York City’s subway system.
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while now,”said. Bert Kyages,
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gotten worse ‘since
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volved photdgraphy.” :
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squeezing just-three: frames ‘be-
fore she drove off; ‘
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on the paper.’
> Kenneth Aaron can-bé reached
at454-5515 or by exmail at
aaronk@timesunion.com.
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Roshanne Etezady, composer for 'The Governor's Reception Room,' is one of
the founding members of the Minimum Security Composers Collective, helping to
expand the audience for new music.
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doctorate at the University of Michigan.
Murals by William deLeftwich Dodge, which depict military history of the state,
are hung throughout the Governor's Reception Room of the Capitol Building.
These were the inspiration for Etezady's composition.
Dorothy Chang, composer for 'The Assembly Chamber,' teaches composition
and theory at Indiana State University.
A graduate of Indiana and the University of Michigan, she has studied traditional
Chinese music at the Nanjing Arts Academy in China. Chang has received
commissions from the Queens Symphony, Collage New Music, Tonk, Columbus
University and the Barlow Endowment.
Her ‘Fire Cycle' was performed recently by the Indianapoilis Symphony, and her
‘Wind/Unwind' was premiered by the Kylix New Music Ensemble.
Chang's music will reflect the history of the Assembly Chamber, which once
included a vaulted sandstone ceiling that rose to a height of 56 feet, but it
cracked and was replaced with a lower ceiling.
The ASO has previously commissioned and premiered works from all three
Capital Heritage composers.
Also, Chang is the Music Alive Composer-in-Residence for this festival, and
composed a new work for flute ensemble. The piece will be premiered at 7 p.m.
Tuesday, March 9, at the Emma Willard School in Troy, performed by flute soloist
Paolo Bortolussi -- Chang's husband -- with a group of area flute students, from
high school through graduate school age. Also performing will be Floyd Hebert,
the ASO's principal flutist.
As part of the program, each student flutist will premiere a new solo piece
composed by the student under Chang's direction.
ASO has included the interests of younger students in this festival as well, and
will present Cowboy Dave's 'Elvis Goes to Music School’ at 3 p.m. Sunday,
March 7, in the Palace Theatre.
Maestro Miller will don his cowboy hat and boots for this program, which offers 'a
wild and wacky crash course in writing music,' according to ASO information.
Dave must teach Elvis all the elements of music, including melody, harmony,
rhythm and orchestration, and turn him into a great composer.
In other programs of the festival, the ASO's 18-member ensemble, Dogs of
Desire, will present new works from eight young composers in a multi-media
format. That program will be performed at 8 p.m. Friday, March 26, in Revolution
Hall, Troy.
Composers commissioned to prepare works for the Dogs of Desire are Ken
Eberhard, Dan Roumain, Philippe Bodin, Dana Wilson, Dan Cooper, Randall
Eng, Huang Ruo and Arthur Bloom.
The full orchestra will perform both old and new American music in a program at
8 p.m. Friday, March 19, in Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. The central event of
the festival, the program includes yet another premiere of music by Dorothy
Chang, titled 'Short Stories.’ Also featured will be Michael Torke's one-act opera,
‘Strawberry Fields,' which was premiered in 1999 at Glimmerglass Opera.
Also on the program will be Samuel Barber's 'Adagio for Strings,' and Aaron
Copland's Suite from 'The Tender Land.’
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The Hall of Springs in Saratoga Spa State Park will be the setting for the final
event of the festival, titled "Broadway Brunch.' Grammy Award-winning singer
and recording artist Sylvia McNair will entertain at this annual fund-raising event,
which will take place at 11 a.m. Sunday, March 28.
For information about the performances of the Key's American Music Festival,
call the Albany Symphony Orchestra, 465-4755.
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Office of the President University Administration Building
Room 430
Albany, New York 12222
518/437-4900
Fax: 518/437-4909
UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
October 3, 2002
Dr. and Mrs. Warren Roberts
13 Norwood Street
Albany, NY 12203
Dear Warren and Anne:
Warren’s brilliant words have painted vivid pictures in the minds of countless young men
and women who have had the privilege of being his students. Your generous gift, the beautiful
“Portrait of America,” will provide future generations of the University at Albany family with
the unique opportunity to share a vision of the history of this region which has clearly captivated
you both.
On behalf of the University at Albany, I thank you for this special treasure. I am
delighted the painting will remain a permanent part of The Foundation’s collection. Murray and
Lare especially pleased that the painting will hang in the President’s Residence where it will
serve as a constant reminder of two dear friends.
Sincerely,
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UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
October 3, 2002
Mr. Leonard F. Tantillo
243 Irish Hill Road
Nassau, NY 12123
Dear Len:
A look at your beautiful “Portrait of America” is a thrilling peek into the imagination of a
dear friend. It is also a portal to the history of the fascinating area Murray and I have come to
call home.
On behalf of the University at Albany, I thank you for this special treasure. I am
delighted the painting will remain a permanent part of The Foundation’s collection, and that
future generations of the University at Albany family will enjoy it for many years to come. And,
I must confess that I am especially pleased the painting will hang in the President’s Residence
where I can view it every day.
Thank you so very much for sharing your unique talent with us all.
Sincerely,
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Karen R. Hitchcock
President
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UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
January 31, 2002
Dr. Warren Roberts
13 Norwood St.
Albany, NY 12203
Dear Warren:
Thank you so very much for your generous contribution which will be used for
the purchase of a Tantillo painting. In this year when we will celebrate the Albany
Heritage Semester, Tantillo’s art will have a prominent and appropriate place at the
University thanks to your philanthropic support.
We are pleased to collaborate with the City of Albany and other related
organizations in promoting this special occasion. The painting will become an important
part of our art collection maintained in the University Art Museum and will be available
for exhibition and study by our art students.
I appreciate your enthusiastic participation and the personal leadership position
which you have undertaken in representing the University in this broad community
initiative. With warmest personal regards.
Sincerely,
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Room 226
Albany, New York 12222
518/437-4770
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UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
December 18, 2001
Dr. Warren Roberts
13 Norwood St.
Albany, NY 12203
Dear Warren:
Thank you very much for your generous contribution of $10,000 to The
University at Albany Foundation for the purchase of a Len Tantillo painting. His artwork
will be central to the Albany Heritage Semester which we will soon be launching and
your gift makes that purchase possible. :
We very much appreciate the leadership role you are planning with this special
program. Thanks to your efforts the University will be an equal partner in celebrating the
history and culture of Albany as the state capital.
I will keep you posted on our development. With warmest regards.
Si ly,
7
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Associate Vice President
Please note that no goods or services have been provided in consideration of this gift.
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wife, Shelley, have cocktails prior to a performance of an unpublished Cole Porter musical titled “‘Pied-a-Terre”’
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. «Compassion, ‘in a.world seemingly
hooked on scorn, is one of the Rev.
Joseph Girzone’s missions. Last week the
‘Altamont author paid a visit to the Albany
Police Department, bringing a gift of his
best-selling Joshua books, parables about
Jesus in the modern world.
«The gift was for Detective Lt. Ed-
smund P. Flint, a rare bird of a hard-'| -
‘boiled, smoky-voiced cop known to give
groceries to downtrodden city residents — .
folks you don’t usually read about in the
“ paper unless
they're arrested or
injured. At 72,
Teddy Flint still
works into the wee Oe maces and dotted with yellow
hours of the night,
is shift-en
as a constant aid:
and companion to
former prostitutes, :
-sick:cops and other forgotten souls who '"-
have surfaced throughout his 46 years on
the force.
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ognize him. They were altar boys together,
50 years ago at Sacred Heart Church in’
North Albany. Flint —, who will recite}
Shakespeare, or the details of a curious au- 1
topsy from the 1960s, at the drop of his |
owir fedora — left North Albany to join
the seminary, but later became Albany’s
high priest of police work.
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like policeman could be. If all policemen
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our neighborhoods.” :
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have figured he'd, be recognized the
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him,” he said, “Ted walks. in
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Andre Begnaud ‘will ‘bring the boil to
Schenectady. That's right, cher! Begnaud,
a protege of New Orleans chef Emeril La-
gasse (of TV Food Network fame), has
cooking credentials that run from the Big
Commander
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NM.
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naud (the French say “Ben-no, Cajuns say
“Beg-no”), ate pecan pie in lieu of birthday
cake and grooved on crawisb etouffee.
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spiced rice, chicken and pork or seafood
concoction wrapped in a’sausage casing).
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Mello Joy Cafe, for his granddaddy’s old
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WARREN ROBERTS NAMED DISTINGUISHED TEACHING PROFESSOR
Warren Roberts of Albany, professor of history at State University of New
York at Albany and a teacher praised as exceptional by both his colleagues and
students, was awarded the special rank of Distinguished Teaching Professor by
the State University of New York Board of Trustees on Wednesday, April 25.
Roberts, who was also a winner of the first SUNY Chancellor's Award for
Teaching in 1973, is the fifth Albany faculty member to earn the title of
Distinguished Teaching Professor and the first since 1977. He becomes the 52nd
person in the SUNY system so named.
In nominating Roberts for the award, University President Vincent O'Leary
said, "Warren Roberts is the sort of faculty member who serves as the standard
for the rest of us to live up to: a solid scholar who clearly enjoys the
intellectual life of a university; an intense teacher whose devotion to his
students approaches religious fervor; a model campus citizen who has contributed
wholeheartedly and importantly to major policy issues; and a warm human being
who is admired universally across the campus."
Roberts, who joined the University's History Department in 1963 as assistant
professor, is being recognized for his exceptional ability to make his subject
~~ namely, history -- come alive for his students in the classroom. Colleagues
describe his approach to teaching as "cultural and interdisciplinary. He is
able to weave art, music, literature and politics into a meaningful and
fascinating pattern.”
In evaluating his courses, students praised Roberts for his insight into the
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subject, ability. to communicate that knowledge and love of teaching. Roberts is
consistently rated very highly in the University's formal student evaluations.
He is also credited with creating such innovative courses as "Youth and
Modern Culture” and "Art, Music and History," as well as helping to develop the
University's general edcuation and "writing intensive" requirements. He has
also served on a number of University committees.
A specialist in 17th and 18th century history and intellectual history,
“Roberts is ‘the author of two books, Morality and Social Class in Eighteenth
Century French Literature and Painting, which uses art and literature to
illustrate class attitudes before the revolution, and Jane Austen and the French
thinking. He is also working on a study of the patterns of cultural change that
-oceurred~as~the- society-of-the--18th century gave way--to-the- eomplex-one: of the
19th century.
Roberts earned his bachelor of arts, master of arts and doctoral degrees
from the University of California at Berkeley.: In addition to the Chancellor's
award, he also earned SUNY Research Foundation Summer Fellowships in 1967 and
1968, a National Humanities Foundation Fellowship in 1968 and SUNY Research
Foundation Grants in Aid in 1969, 1970 and 1971, and was a fellow at the
Institute for Humanistic Studies in 1979-80. He was promoted to full professor
in’.1980.
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TROY — As he enters the church sanctuary, Warren
Roberts gets increasingly excited, like a child at the zoo. fer
vently rushing from one attraction to the next.
At one point, he even stands on a pew to get closer to the
object of his rapt attention. He runs his fingers across the
colored glass in one of several Tiffany windows here in St
Joseph's Roman Catholic Church on Third Street.
time you go through them, you sec new stuff.”
is says. “I's as though you've never scen them
before.”
Roberts, a state University at Albany history professor spe
“| cializing in European culture, is a local expert on the stained
glass works of Louis Comfort Tiffany. He loves to share his
knowledge of and enthusiasm for these masterful composi-
“| tions of tint and fight and detail in pure glass.
“There’s no paint on the Tiffany window. All of the color
and the design is in the glass,” Roberts explains.
“He's the Thomas Edison of glass. He was forever invem-
ing new techniques:
Roberts will speak about the Capital District’s collectio:
of Tiffany stained glass windows — for the fourth time since
January — at a dinner meeting of the Hudson Mohawk
Library Association. The dinner and lecture, both open to th.
public, begin at 6:45 p.m. Friday, April 17, at Capriccio
|| Banquet Theater in Troy.
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“Why go to the Louvre? Why
go to Paris?” Roberts argues.
“Why not walk down the street
and see this fabulous art in
‘Troy, New York?”
Troy boasts no Less than 10
sites of Tiffany stained glass
windows, more than any other
city in the Capital District.
Albany has six Tiffany loca-
tions and Schenectady one, at
Union College.
Troy's Tiffanys include two
windows in the Troy Public
Library and one at Oakwood
Cemetery. Some of the finest
examples are on display in St.
Joseph's and St. John’s Episco-
pal Church on First Street.
But the chapel of St. Paul's
Episcopal Church on Third
and State streets offers the
most spectacular Tiffany work
in the region. After a fire
destroyed the church at the
end of the 19th century, the
congregation hired Tiffany to
redecorate the entire interior
in 1892,
From the intricately hand-
carved wooden ceiling to the
orate chandeliers to the jew-
eled cross in the baptismal to
the brilliant windows sur-
rounding the chapel, the
entire church bears Tiffany's
craftsmanship. St. Paul’s is one
of only a handful of complete
‘Tiffany interiors still standing
in the world.
“T don’t know of anything
comparable,” Roberts says.
“Look at the angels. Look at
the drapery. How did he do
that?”
‘The cloaks and robes of fig-
ures in several windows look
as lush as velvet and satin,
shining in some places just as
a natural garment would. Up
close, a viewer can see and
feel that the glass actually
wrinkles and creases.
According to Roberts,
Tiffany’s workers would melt
the glass so it became soft and
use long iron tongs to roll it
and fold it until it resembled
real fabric.
“He is truly a genius in glass,”
Roberts says of Tiffany. “For
him, I think, it had magical
qualities. Working with glass
was the end of his life. It was his
purpose and objective.”
Tiffany endlessly perfected
techniques — using metallic
oxides, chemicals, gases and
heat — to produce the won-
drous features in his windows.
He “mottled” glass, making it
look like it has bubbles inside it,
to add texture in a sheep's wool
orin a green, rocky terrain.
“Confetti” glass came from a
process of pouring molten
glass over shattered shards,
which end up embedded in
the pane. The fragments,
depicting leaves on trees, give
a sense of motion, as though
rustling in a breeze.
And Tiffany “plated,” or lay-
ered, glass to make some sec-
tions more opaque. This
allowed for miraculous con-
trasts of light — in a blue sky
or through the pink petals of
flowers or with a beam of sun-
shine illuminating the Virgin
Mary in a window at St. Paul's.
“No paint. It's all in the
glass,” Roberts says. “It’s
absolutely breathtaking —
right here in Troy. This is an
absolute treasure.”
Tiffany Studios in New York
City made thousands of
stained glass windows from
the 1870s to 1932, when the
company went bankrupt. Most
went into churches —at a time
of prolific construction of reli-
gious institutions — although
universities, museums, hospi-
tals and private owners com-
mnissioned them as well.
One of the most famous
Tiffany windows decorates the
lobby of First Church on North
Pearl Street in Albany.
In 1988 the Smithsonian
Institution in Washington, D.C.,
borrowed the Sumner memori-
al, known as the Japanese
flowering tree window — a
brilliant illustration of light
effects, particularly in a
stream that spills into a pond
— for its Tiffany retrospective
exhibition, promising in return
to repair a crack at the top.
“This is what we call pure
Tiffany,” says church historian
Robert Alexander, referring to
the absence of any paint in the
glass.
Most of Tiffany’s church
commissions included reli-
gious characters, whose
human faces and hands
required the only painted ele-
ments in his windows. “But
what Tiffany wanted to do was
nature scenes,” Roberts says.
Landscape stands out in all
his windows. And the purely
pastoral windows appear to
look out on real scenery, so
elaborate are his interpreta
tions of rolling hillsides and
delicate flowers, fluid skies
and tumbling waterfalls.
Roberts particularly likes
the “Sea of Galilee” window,
otherwise known as the Strong
memorial in First Presbyter-
ian Church at State and Willett
streets in Albany. The sweep-
ing panorama contains confet-
ti, mottled and plated glass, as
well as other unique Tiffany
touches.
“It's great art,” Roberts
insists. “It’s high art.”
Louis Comfort Tiffany, the
son of the famous New York
City jeweler, started out as a
traditional painter.
Influenced. by the Arts &
Crafts movement of the mid- to
late 1800s, he attended Oxford
University in England with
plans to enter the clergy, then
became interested in architec-
ture and finally focused on
interior design.
“The basic idea was to
return to the medieval idea of
finely crafted objects, of arti-
san arts,” Roberts explains.
‘As the country had entered
the Industrial Age, Tiffany and
others like him saw both a
value in and a market for
superior design of lamps, tex-
tiles and pottery.
When he got married and
failed to find such quality
items for his new home,
Tiffany had them made him-
self and started a business to
do the same for others. Boom-
ing industry brought great
wealth to cities such as Troy,
so people could afford such
choice work.
“With the Tiffany name, he
got the best commissions,”
Roberts says. “And he was a
very suave fellow and a fine
salesman.”
Tiffany's inventory grew so
vast that he had to come up
with additional uses for his
glass. So he spun off another
division, making the celebrat-
ed lamps that have remained
so popular.
“Today, the public associ-
ates Tiffany primarily with
lamps, yet the Studios’ Lamp
Shop evolved in the 1890s from
the excess glass that had aceu-
mulated during many years of
window production,” writes
Alastair Duncan in his book
“Tiffany Windows.”
“Tiffany's first artistic love
was always his windows; the
lamps’ huge later popularity
helped to subsidize this love
after 1900 when churches fell
on bad times.”
Roberts, who has written hi5-
tory books about artist Jacques-
Louis David and writer Jane
Austen, became interested in
the stained glass of the
medieval period while a gradu-
ate student at the University of
California at Berkeley. A col-
league introduced him to
Tiffany's work around 1960.
“So when I came to Albany, I
was ready for it,” he says of his
arrival at SUNY 35 years ago.
He now teaches mini-cours-
es on Tiffany glass for other
teachers. On tours and in lec-
tures, Roberts tries to raise
local residents’ appreciation
of the Tiffany treasures that
abound in their backyards.
He will point out the
detailed wing of an angel, as
translucent as that of a real
insect. He notices the fringe on
a tablecloth, the jeweled strap
of a bottle and a lantern chain
glowing, as though lit by the
candle below. He marvels at a
delicate portrait of Mary.
“See how the light comes
through her halo and through
her sleeve.” he gasps.
“Dazzling!”
The Hudson Mohawk Library
Association dinner and lectufe
costs $19.95 per person and is
open to the public. Call Phyllis
Ochs for reservations, 388-450),
by Friday, April 10.
NEW AND INTERIM
POSITIONS ANNOUNCED
resident Hitchcock announced significant changes in academic leader-
ship this summer,
Carl Garlucci, Vice President for Finance
and Business, has been promoted to the
position of Executive Vice President. In
doing so, she recognizes Carlucci’s “out-
standing leadership and significant contri-
butions in the reshaping the Division of
Finance and Business to better support our
core academic enterprise,”
Carlucci, a former secretary of the Ways
and Mean Committee of the New York
State Assembly, joined the University
Administration in January of 1993 He had
‘iously worked in higher administration as a vice president for admin-
ition at Brooklyn College (1986), an assistant to the president of SUNY
tony Brook (1976-78), and as an assistant professor of public admin-
tion at Baruch College (1985-86).
he President also announced that two vice presidencies will undergo
sition in the coming year. Jeanne Gullahorn, Vice President for
earch and Dean of Graduate Studies since 1986, will be on leave dur-
the coming year as the graduate dean in residence for the Council of
duate Schools in Washington D.C, She accepted the President’s offer
3 Special Assistant to the President upon her return to the University,
want to acknowledge with deep gratitiide the outstanding leadership
Vice President Gullahorn has provided during a period of sustained
th in research and graduate education, and to wish her well in this excit-
dpportunity to provide significant national service,” said Hitchcock.
Carlucct
aniel Wulff, former dean of the College of Science and Mathematics
professor of biological sciences, will serve as Interim Vice President for
zarch, The responsibility for International Programs and Graduate
lies and Admissions will now be assumed by the Division of Academic
irs. A national search will be undertaken for a new vice president to lead
¢ areas, with Provost Judy Genshaft chairing the search committee,
national search is also being conducted for a new Vice President for
incement. Christian Kersten, who led the division since 1988, has
1a similar post at Albany Law School, Paul Stec, assistant and then
siate vice president since 1991, is now Interim Vice President. “Paul
administrative expertise, professional experience and a strong commit-
t to the mission and values that inform this great university,” the Presi-
said. “He will provide excellent leadership during this interim period.”
Aceto, Barlow, Roberts Named Collins Fellows
Three long-time members of the University community joined
an elite group of honored faculty at the end of last semester,
becoming the 1997 Collins Fellows, an award created and
named in 1987 for former President Evan R. Collins which rec-
ognizes outstanding service and commitment to the campus.
Professors Vincent Aceto of the
School of Information Science
and Policy, Judith Barlow of the
Department of English, and
Warren Roberts of the Department
of History were honored during
the Graduate Commencement at
the Recreation and Convocation
Center on May 18.
2 In his 38 years as a faculty mem-
Vincent Aceto > ber, Aceto has been acknowledged
as a dedicated and popular teacher
and has served as associate dean and interim dean of the School
of Information Science and Policy, He also has directed several
of its federally funded projects, He has been president and had
other cabinet positions with the University Senate, and chaired
four Senate council, and been chair or member on more than 30
~ special committees,
As a leader in his field he co-created and co-edited the Film
Literature Index, the most comprehensive reference source of its
kind, Aceto was the project director of a library and information
services with IBM Corp, that generated more than $2 million
and inyolved many of the Albany School's graduate students. He
served the ministries of education in Cyprus and Bangladesh
and was Fulbright Scholar [7 a
tothe University of Dace.
Judith Barlow joined
the faculty in 1973 and
in the departments of
both English and
women’s studies taught
more than 25 different
graduate and undergrad-
uate courses, and been a
respected mentor and
student advisor, Since
1976 she has been a Judith Barlow
chair and/or member of more than 20 English department com-
mittees, and University-wide she has served similar posts on the
Council on Promotions and Continuing Appointments and on
the University Senate (elected), been a mentor for Students at
Risk and a discussion leader for four years on the freshman ori-
entation book discussion.
Externally she has been and continues to be a prolific editor
and consultant to national and international publishers, literary
organizations, and theater groups.
Warren Roberts joined
the University faculty in
1963 and has been cited |
as “the” exemplar at the
University of the model
faculty member. A
demanding yet popular
instructor, he received the
Chancellor's Award for
Excellence in Teaching
and been awarded the
rank of Distinguished
‘Teaching Professor.
His scholarship
includes the authorship of several books and numeroiss articles
on the cultural and intellectual history of 17th and 18th Century
Europe. A resource not only on this general topic but in additon
in Spanish and Italian studies, he has provided direct campus to
Warren Roberts
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1997-98 STATE BUDGET
JONTAINS MANY PLUSSES FOR UNIVERSITY
‘ JOEL BLUMENTHAL
it may have been the latest state budget ever, but from the view-
int of the University at Albany, the wait was worth it, as most of
: campus’s 1997 Legislative priorities were included in the final
ckage,
Final passage of the 1997-98 State Budget did not come until late
y and SUNY’s System Administration will not comment on the
dget until this afternoon (Sept. 3), when the Board of Trustees
s reviewed the package,
Shortly after its passage, however, President Karen R, Hitchcock
d, “The University at Albany is most grateful for the strong vote
confidence we received from the Governor and Legislature in the
97-98 State Budget.
‘Restoring the State University and Tuition Assistance Program
dgets means that Albany will be able to continue providing its
dents the high-quality academic programs that are reflected by its
iking as one of the nation’s top public research universities,”
tchcock said.
‘And, the special investment that has been made in the future of
: University at Albany will allow us to strengthen our roles as edu-
or of New York State’s next generation of leaders and problem-
vers and catalyst for the Capital Region’s economy,” she contin-
1
The budget includes $10 million to add a third wing to the
tiversity’s Center for Environmental Sciences and Technology
inagement (CESTM) — which will house a pilot manufactur-
yworkforce training facility — and the promise of another $5 mil-
ae eee cS AMS Ena order Aco et A ene, Sy
with MIT and Stanford University, succeed’ in attracting a
Semiconductor Industry Association research center,
Funding of $125,000 was also authorized for the University to
establish the Center for Minority Health Research Training and
Education at the School of Public Health and legislative authoriza-
tion was given for Capital Region caseworkers to participate in the
State’s $2.5 million Caseworker Education Program, where they
would obtain an advanced degree from the University’s School of
Social Welfare, Another $100,000 was committed to new programs
in international studies,
“The commitment to these important research and economic
development initiatives from Governor George Pataki and the legisla
tive leadership of Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno and Assem-
bly Speaker Sheldon Silver will play an integral role in our efforts to
attract computer chip manufacturing plants to New York State and
the Capital Region,” said Hitchcock. “The next generation of these
plants typically will be capitalized at $2.5 billion each and provide
Jobs for thousands of technical and professional employees.”
According to David Gilbert, University Director of Government
Relations, before the end of the year, the Governor and Legislature
will settle on capitol additions to the budget. “We're hoping some
or all four of the projects on our list will be included in those addi-
tions,” he said. The projects are: $3.5 million for the first phase of
the new Life Sciences building addition to the Uptown Campus;
$5.6 million for the completion of the new library; $13 million for
a new public safety/University services building; and $7 million for
an athletic building for intramural use that would replace the
“Bubble.”
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President Karen Hitchcock and Governor George Pataki at the CESTM
dedication on June 30.
which we received funding can stand on their merits alone. The key
to our success this year was getling our message out. President
Hitchcock led the effort, and the results speak for themselves.”
Hitchcock also noted that state Senator Hugh Farley was instru-
mental in obtaining funds that will allow the University to expand
its volunteer programs to assist human service agencies, via its
Community Services Program, and that Senator Bruno obtained
matching funds to allow the University’s Center for Advanced Thin
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University Council Schedule
The University Council will meet three times this Fall semester.
The dates, all on Thursdays, are Oct. 16, Nov. 13 and'Dec. 11. The
time and place for each is 4 p.m. in AD 253. Questions may be
directed to Sorrell Chesin at 442-5300, or in writing to him at AD
231.
Governor Lauds CESTM
The University’s new technology research center will provide a
major incentive for the Semi Conductor Industry Association to
headquarter a multi-million dollar, industry-funded research center
here in the Capital Disirict.
Governor George Pataki, at dedication ceremonies (photo on page
1) for the new Center for Environmental Sciences and Technology
Management (CESTM) on June 30, said that the facility is “an
example of business and government working together at their best.”
The Governor, joined by University officials, legislative leaders and
business representatives, noted that CESTM could eventually
become one of the primary sites for micro-electronics in New York
State. :
_ CESTM was financed by a $10 million state economic develop-
ment grant, a $2 million federal grant, and about $1.4 million in
contributions from businesses and individuals.
President Karen R. Hitchcock said, “CESTM was designed to
help move the best ideas of University researchers into the market-
place. By bringing together under one roof University researchers
and businesses whose work relates to the research, we expect an
exciting synergy that is certain to promote economic development in
this region.”
Gov. Pataki pointed to similar investments in Austin, Texas, and in
Virginia, that resulted in a huge job growth in those regions, sug-
gesting that this latest investment at the University could duplicate
that kind of economic boost in New York's capital.
State Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno said, “The new cen-
terwill serve as the impetus for what we hope will be a new high-tech
corridor in the Capital Region — providing new opportunities to
create businesses and jobs and to help boost the local economy for
years to come.”
‘Two laboratories at CESTM are occupied by the University’s
growing Center for Advanced Thin Film Technology, where
researchers work to develop computer chips and other advanced
materials of the future. The facility also houses a computer equip-
ment manufacturer, MKS Instruments, and AWS Scientific, Inc., a
company which specializes in renewable energy techriology and envi-
ronmental studies.
Tallcott Named
to Council
On July 28, Governor
Pataki appointed David M.
Tallcott of Loudonville to the
University at Albany Council,
for a term that expires on
June 30, 2003.
‘Tallcott is President/CEO
of Lortech Corporation of
Albany, a large mainframe
commercial data center that
serves the insurance industry,
labor unions and direct mail-
ers. He previously was
President/CEO of Mutual
Thrift Service Center, a financial services bureau for thrift agencies
and mutual savings banks.
“David Tallcott’s knowledge of computer sciences and technology
isan excellent fit with University at Albany strengths,” said President
Hitchcock. “His financial services background also will be an asset
as the University plans for the 21st Century.”
Talcott, 51, earned a B.A. from Colgate University in 1967, and
pursued graduate studies in Computer Science at Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute. He has served on the boards of the American
Red Cross Albany Chapter and Albany Memorial Hospital, and as
Past Director of the Board of Governors for the University Club, the
Hudson River Club and the Schuyler Meadows Club. He and his
wife, Lorraine Smith Tallcott, a Senior Vice ‘President at Smith
Barney, have a son, Garth, and a daughter, Jennifer.
The University Council has 10 voting members and is the legisla-
tively-established local governing body of the Albany campus. The
Governor appoints nine voting members, all prominent citizens of
the state. The 10th voting member, a student, is elected annually by
the student body to serve a one-year term. The Council also includes
two non-voting representatives, one from the Alumni and one from
the Faculty.
David M. Talcott
In addition to the Fall Meeting of the Voting Faculty scheduled for
Wednesday, Sepi. 10, at 3 p.m. in the Campus Center Ballroom
(reception at 2:30), the University Senate Executive Committee with
hold its first meeting of the year on Monday, Sept. 8, at 3:30 p.m. in
AD 253. Contact person is Madelyn Cicero at 442-5406, Email
mc559@poppa.fab.albany.edu:
Other dates for Senate Executive Committee meetings, same time
of day and place, are Oct. 6, Nov. 17, Feb. 2, 1998, March 9 (at
Facts on 1997-98
The University at Albany welcomed approximately 3,300 new students when classes began on Tuesday. This included 2,100 fresh-
men and an estimated 1,200 transfer students. Enrollment is expected to total 16,100, a figure which includes 5,000 graduate stu-
dents.
The freshman class was selected from 14,713 freshman applications received. In 1996 the University welcomed a freshman class
of 2,007 students out of 13,667 applicants. The students come from New York State (94 percent) and 18 other states around the coun-
try.
This year’s incoming freshman class is marked by the presence of an estimated 170 new Presidential Scholars — the highest num-
ber yet. The Scholars program, which started five years ago with 40 students, now has about 500. Students are invited into this pro-
gram based on their high school average and outstanding performance on standardized tests. They receive priority registration status
for lower division courses, the opportunity to live in honors housing, and other academic privileges.
Another unique feature of the incoming freshman class is that last year’s pilot program, Project Renaissance, has doubled in size
to 400 students. Students in Project Renaissance said they enjoyed the small class sizes, the focus on technology, and the supportive
academic environment of this living-learning community.
Students living at Dutch Quad will find a newly remodeled dining hall, a new weight room, renovated elevators and a remodeled
Stuyvesant Tower, complete with 440 new mattresses, new bedroom furniture, and a sports theme snack bar and game room. New
smattresses and bedroom furniture have also been installed at Colonial Heights. High-speed ResNet connections to the Internet and
library resources are now available in all the residence halls.
which nominations for 1998-99 chair-elect and secretary will take
place) and April 20.
‘The University Senate will meet first on Monday, Sept. 22, at 3:30
p-m. in the Campus Center Assembly Hall. Subsequent meetings
are scheduled for the same time and place on Oct. 20, Dec. 8, Feb.
23, 1998, March 30 (at which elections for 1998-99 chair-elect and
secretary will take place) and May 4.
Faculty Forums are scheduled for Oct. 15 and March 25, 1998,
both at noon, location as yet unannounced.
For information on all the above meetings, contact Madelyn Cicero.
A Transnational View
During the 1997-98 academic year, an interdisciplinary video and
discussion series on “Seeing Women Transnationally” will be held
that seeks to make visible women’s situations-in the world, challeng-
ing assumptions that may limit “first world” ways of seeing women.
Each session — the first of which, “Women & Food,” is on
Monday, Sept. 22, from 7 to 9:30 p.m. in the Campus Center
Assembly Hall — will comprise viewing of documentary videos
linked by a thematic thread and facilitated discussion on the topics
raised by the videos. Facilitators will pose questions and promote
discussion.
‘The next two sessions, “Women & Labor” and “Reproduction &
Sexuality,” are scheduled for Oct. 13 and Nov. 17, respectively, with
two more sessions planned for the Spring. Complete listings of each
session’s schedule will be printed in the Update Calendar.
Biomedical Sciences Numbers Four Fellows
The Department of Biomedical Sciences, part of the School of
Public Health, will have four Presidential Fellows among its gradu-
ate students this Fall, an outstanding number for any single depart-
ment within the University.
‘Two of the students, Anjan Purkayastha and Wei Wa, will be con-
tinuing their doctoral studies in the BMS program, while the other
two students, Qing Li and Thomas Shirley, have been newly admit-
ted to the Ph.D. program.
The University selects Presidential Fellows based on a graduate
student’s merit, as determined from Graduate Record Examination
test scores, grades and letters of recommendation. The Fellowship
carries with it a $13,000 stipend.
David Carpenter, dean of the School, complimented BMS, saying
that the four Fellows attest to the strength of the department’s out-
standing recruitment effort, as well as its academic and research pro-
grams. “We want to congratulate all the BMS faculty and staff for
their efforts in bringing talented new students to our School and to
this University,” Carpenter said. “It is tremendously exciting to
watch this fine program just get stronger and stronger.”
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topic but in addition in Spanish and Italian studies, he has provid-
ed direct campus service to such disciplines as art, art history, polit-
ical sciences and physics.
His service to the University also includes chairmanship of his
department for several years, chairing search committees for two
deanships, and chairmanship as well of the Undergraduate
Academic Council’s Academic Standing committee and the
Distinguished Teaching Professor Committee. He has served on
GRETA PETRY
numerous committees as well that dealt with academic honesty, stu-
dent honors, and tenure and personal appeals.
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on Tiffany tours of the area, and
to be our guide on a quick
sight-seeing trip of our own.
‘The tour begins in Albany. First
stop, the First Presbyterian
Church, 362 State St., on Washing-
ton: Park. Imagine the measured,
erudite tone of Professor Roberts
paroes as you enter the church
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tour de force. Look at those trees.
There's no paint, yet there’s an in-
credible sense of foliage. Observe the
rich'luxuriance of the path on the left
to the arborium. As you look
into the sections, you can see through
the different layers of glass. Tiffany
creates a spectacular illusion ‘of
depth,
“Turn from that window to. the
small window (of a landscape scene)
in-the assembly hall. That, window
has absolutely everything. The reds
and:greens in the field in the fore-
ground are absolutely astonishing,
and there are some blues in the left
background that are as brilliant as
anything I've ever seen. That window
isa perfect jewel.”
Next stop, the First Church in
Albany (Reformed), a k a the First
Reformed Church, on Clinton
Square off North Pearl Street. Just
inside the office lobby is a large
vertical window depicting a spring
scene in the Catskills. One of the
most exquisite Tiffany creations, the
window was included in a 1989
exhibition at the Smithsonian Insti-
tution’s Renwick Museum titled
“Masterworks of Louis Comfort Tiffa-
ny,” which moved in 1990 to the
Metropolitan Museum of Art in New
York City.
“The scene is clearly Japanese in
inspiration,” notes Roberts. “The
flowering tree.is beautiful. And that.
stream, with the pool of water with
the lillies below — oh!”
To South Troy, and St. Joseph’s °
Roman Catholic Church, 416
Third St. The church boasts what
may be the most Tiffany windows in
a single structure, more than three
dozen, ranging from 20-foot Gothic
arch windows to small “rondels,”
round windows on either side of the
choir loft.
‘The church is noteworthy more for
the amount of Tiffany than for the
artistry. In the baptistery off the
back of the sanctuary is an ornate
glass lamp by Tiffany, as well as
elaborate mosaic tiling. The choir loft
rondels attract the most attention,
Roberts notes, for the beauty of their
design.
“They're so sweet!” he enthused.
“They're pure sugar.”
Farther north, at 58 Third St. in
Troy, is St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church. Its interior burned at the
end of 19th century and had to be
. completely rebuilt. Tiffany was hired,
not just for the windows, -but for the
whole job, and the church is world-re-
nowned as the best integrated Tiffa-
ny interior anywhere.
The church is anchored by a mag-
nificent three-panel altar window of:
St. Paul in glorification, surrounded
by iridescent. mosaic work on the
walls and railing of the back altar.
Windows depicting King David,
Saint John and Jesus ring the sane-
tuary. Tiffany made the lamps in the
baptistery and a peacock-tail hood for
the pulpit.
Roberts points out the variety and
intensity of the colors Tiffany created
on this project. “Some of the turquois-
es, especially,” he notés. “That’s one
of the things about Tiffany windows.
You go away with remembering dif-
ferentcolors.”
‘Two blocks from St. Pauls is St.
John’s Episcopal Church, 146
First St., Troy. Over the First Street
entrance is a rendition of the saint’s
vision of the holy city. Robert’s recalls
the first time he saw this window,
from the choir balcony at the far end
of the church, with the sun brighten-
ing the scene.
“It was just a stunning experience.
St. John’s mystical vision, the city of
God above, the pillars of the city, and
nature below, palm trees and lush
foliage. It has everything.
“One of the benefits of visiting the
churches is seeing the works of art in
observes. “The churches themselves
are fabulous. Add to them the
stained-glass windows and my good-
ness! It makes for a uniquely satisfy-
ing experience.”
There are additional sites, reli-
gious and secular, where Tiffany
windows: may be seen locally. In
addition to daily and Sunday servie-
es, most.of the churches have public
hours when office personnel can let
visitors infor a tour. Groups are
advised to call ahead. Here's a partial-
list:
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St. Peter's Episcopal Church,
107 State St. :
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Hackett Blvd.
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Ate wh ont dows.
The “High Middle Ages,” as
Roberts terms the era between
ct ‘the’ pews of inns 1190 and 1350, was “the first great
throughout the Capital age of stained glass.” It was during
Region, ceiebrants this this time that the process of pro-
: ‘Easter morning can © ducing picture windows with a
delight in the shimmer and glow of ‘palette of colored glass was perfect-
: sunlight radiating. from Tiffany's ed.
ih several instances, the
edieval stained-glass
artists also perfected the
use of lead strips, called
artistry on view anywhere: “eames,” that hold the sep-
_An fact, according to University.at arate pieces of glass together in an gr joSEPH's Roman Catholic
' Albany history professor Warren intricate latticework. Lead cames Church, 416 Third St., South
. bers, the Capital Region are soft and easily formed to pre- Troy, has at least three dozen
prime locale for Tiffany viewing. cise contours, and the technique of Tiffany windows. Churches in
Lege . Albany and Troy offer some of
‘In Albany and Troy, ‘not. onlycan _ bending and soldering them to cre- the finest examples of
__ you see some of the best THE _ tea framework remains essentially Tiffany's artistry anywhere.
windows,” he observed; “you'can’ Please see WINDOWS 6-5 :
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‘TIFFANY: Windows on display in Capital Region
unchanged from the Middie Ages to now. In the
hands of a master artisan, “caming” is the nearest
‘we get to turning lead to gold.
‘The great windows of Chartres and other Gothic
cathedrals are glass mosaics — a pattern of
leadwork and, puzzle-piece shaped colored glass
define the images of Biblical figures and saints
that soar above the congregation. In certain
sections, predominantly drapery folds in clothing
and the faces and hands of figures, fimishiog
touches were painted onto the windows, but.
otherwise the design and form are all glass.
opine the Renaissance tiniete Jaen peer
were abandoned. Instead, in an age
pe painters, stained glass became painted
glass, large, rectangular panes upon which brush
pigment rendered elaborate scenes and set-
i Such heavily painted windows have their
own impressive brilliance when backlit by the sun,
but they don’t transform or radiate light as | fa
2 glass was the norm in church windows for
chp
adteied :
Fee san ray Smee Tn the 1870s, pas
renewed interest in Gothic architecture
ghee Sede wa aetna aoe
makers of the age. Tiffany competed against John.
La Farge, this country’s other great. stained-glass.
innovator, and several other, lesser studios. That
so’ many local churches commissioned Tiffany to
build windows for them between 1800 and 1915 is
evidence of his popularity.
this sense, Tiffany is one of those rare birds, a
dically new artist who achieves fame in his day.
Inspired by the jewel-like beauty of the old
Gothic windows, Tiffany and his colleagues reject-
ed wholesale five centuries of Renaissance-in-
spired window treatments.
““This was a revolution against paint,” said
Diane Roberts (no relation to Professor Roberts), a
stained-glass restorer with the Cummings Stained
Glass Studio in North Adams, Mass. “Tiffany
ically wanted to paint with glass.”
Tiffany's innovations can be sensed instantly
upon seeing one of his windows, though to an
untrained eye they may be hard to articulate. Two
Tiffany
Reformed Church on North Pearl Street, the other
Willett, comprise a short course in his artistry.
The first thing Tiffany did was find a new kind
ofglass to “paint” with, called opalescent glass.
“Opalescent
delicate, iridescent glass’ was used: primarily in
cold cream jars until La Farge adapted it for his
own Windows.
"Tiffany quickly seized on the technique.
| Opalescent glass expanded the range of possibil-
a xich variety of’ striations, whorls and other
patterns, which added the element of texture to
the" windows’ appearance. The glass can look,
Tih P
trademarked “Favrile”) to depict wispy clouds in a
blue sky, the hills at the far end of the sea and the
n the First Reformed Church, in.a single large
landscape dominated by a flowering tree
small waterfall, Favrile glass’ glows in the
-and-white trunks of a grove of birch trees,
what look like the Catskill Mountains in the
windows in Albany, oné. at the First’
at'the First Presbyterian Church on State and .
= decorative style linked to lush foliage and ‘plant
Times Union / LUANNE M. FERRIS
IN THE SANCTUARY of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Troy a series of arched Tiffany windows de-
Picting biblical scenes shows how the master clothed his figures in drapery glass.
When the Sea of Galilee windows were installed _ techniques used in the production.” Among these
in. 1915, Tiffany's workers were heard tocomment, techniques, Cummings explained, was Tiffany's
“This is the best yet.”’The scene.shows the sea’ practice of using more than one layer of glass in his
where Jesus walked on water, its surface flanked windows.
on one side by a formal garden and on theother by —_. “Tyaditional windows from the Gothic period are
a grove of twisted trees. Tiffany scholars and a’single layer of glass,” said Cummings. “Tiffany's
horticulturalists alike have noted that the gardens _ layers allow depth and create volume in the work.”
in the Galilee window are indigeneous not to old Massachusetts Tiffany window under restora-
but to the Hudson Valley, where the tion by Cummings and Diane Roberts, for in-
‘New York City-based Tiffany had a country home.
‘The theme of nature is a Tiffany trademark. were constructed of four layers af streaked colored
sete Lona aon, manages oe Eanes eee ate lope
rson, manager of ‘
State Art Collection at the Empire State Plaza. say os Cal iad ts Leela bhak Lo
“Tiffany's plant life moves in an animated way.” “confetti glass.”
The motif is typical of Art Nouveau, an opulent, In the : along the Sea of Galilee, the
“Art Ne celebrated a so-called “cult of of the flowers is created by a riot of.
Sak both natural and man-made that Tiffany bright bits of glass that look like scattered confetti.
championed. Tiffany achieved this effect by scattering broken
glass on a table top, and pouring a base layer of
The e ref the see ee Face glass on top of it to create a cohesive multi-colored
lapping in waves on its banks. Close inspection of
the window here reveals that the glass is not flat,
but.is raised in peaks and valleys like a stucco wall “For the sheer amount of confetti glass, I don't
or rumpled sheets. This is “drapery glass,” a think you'll ever find more than is in that window,”
decepbrue Isis devil by outatenace uahect said Roberts.
of warm, semi-liquid glass to cause it to ripple, Tiffany had one other important trick up his
wrinkle and crease. .. Sleeve, evidenced admirably in the First Reformed
Invented to replace the painted depictions of Church’s flowering tree. The pink, rose and coral
draped clothing in other stained glass, drapery blooms of its branches are coristructed mosaic_like
glass forever changed stained-glass artistry. It . with individual pieces of glass, yet there is no lead
added a sculptural element to the windows, athird cames holding the pieces together. Rather, Tiffany
dimension. It is extremely thick glass that seems _ perfected a technique of rimming the perimeter of +
- not so much to transmit light as to glow fromafire each glass piece with copper foil and “gluing” the
within. whole thing together with lead solder. Tiffany used
In the sanctuary of St. Pauls Episcopal Church, * “this copper foil to achieve a tremendous degree of
at Third and State streets in Troy, a series. of pictorial complexity, to the point that it is hard to
arched Tiffany: windows depicting biblical scenes _ believe one’s own eyes that, except im the case of
shows how the master. clothed his figures in faces and hands, his windows contain little or no
drapery glass. Not all the windows in that church - painted detail.
are by Tiffany, and it is possible there to compare “You look at a Tiffany window, with its incredi-
the brilliant but untextured effect of a heavily ble variety of glass, and detail that can convey
painted window with the mysterious pearly beau- whatever you're trying to convey, and you realize
ty of an opalescent window right beside it. its all done just with glass” said UAlbany’s
That mystery, Warren Roberts said, “is a Hebets ee een Wee Ea a
combination i anal and the . there's nothing like it.”
na slushy spring morn-
ing, 43 people have
| packed a room in the
Town Hall in Bethlehem,
an Albany suburb.
A All eyes are on
Distinguished Teaching
Professor Warren Roberts,
who is back in the 5th century,
B.C., expounding on the
virtues of the artwork of ancient
Greece. One minute Roberts sits
on the edge of the desk. The
next, he is on his feet, grabbing a
pointer to draw his audience’s
attention to the slides of ancient
" Greek masterpieces displayed on
the screen next to him.
“The Greeks have an instinctive love of
beauty. It’s a cult for the Greeks,” he says,
describing how those who translated the
Christian Bible from Greek ran into difficulty
because the words “good” and “beautiful” were
sometimes used synonymously. “The Greeks
have an absolute love of beauty. Why is this?”
he asks. “Certainly the Greek religion is valid
evidence for us in the endeavor to decode the
Greek system. There is a panoply of gods. In all
of their humanness, the gods are an extension of
the Greeks themselves. The gods and men are
subject to fate.”
Roberts is just warming up. But his 43 stu-
dents are already totally engrossed. The class is
“Art as History,” a non-credit six-week lecture
series offered under the umbrella of continuing
education through the Bethlehem Central
School District. And these adult students, many
retired, are discovering what Roberts’
University students have long known: he has a
FALL 1994 ALBANY 25
UNITY CONNECTION
gift for making history come alive, a palpable
enthusiam for his subject.
“The Oracles at Delphi play an important role
in the Greek religious system,” he continues.
“Common sense is what the oracles recommend
over and over. A Greek does not like fanaticism.
This is central to the Greek way of life...it would
have been inconceivable for the Greeks to build
a pyramid, for example. One hundred thousand
men working for 20 years to build a monument
to one ruler god?” he asked incredulously, as if
to exclaim, “No way!”
Near the end of the two-hour lecture, Roberts
pauses when the slide of the Republican Forum
in Rome flashes on the screen. “I took this
slide,” he says. “It was in the spring of 1955. I
was in the U.S. Army, on leave traveling in
Italy.”
At the time Roberts already had a business
degree from the University of Southern
California. When his military service was over,
he was to go home and join his father’s con-
struction firm.
“T saw this stuff and [ was ruined,” he says, a
trace of wonder still in his voice at the sheer
magnificence of the history and art he discov-
ered in Europe. Young Roberts dutifully
returned home and worked with H. Cedric
Roberts & Sons, in Anaheim, Calif., for two
years. “It was not a good fit,” he explained after
class. “I was a square plug in a round hole.”
Luckily for the University at Albany, he left
the construction business and took up the study
of history. Roberts earned his Ph.D. in history
from the University of California at Berkeley
and then headed for Albany, where he has
taught in the Department of History for 31
years.
“Art as History” was one of three non-credit
courses offered last spring and organized by the
Bethlehem Humanities Institute of Life-Long
Learning. While the link with the University is
unofficial, some of the organizers have known
Albany faculty for years.
Roslyn Faust, a retired first grade teacher for
Albany and Bethlehem schools and member of
the committee which arranged the courses, said,
“T love going to school. I’ve never stopped
going to school. You never stop if you have a
deep interest in learning. When I retired from
teaching at 55 the first thing I did was to go to
the University at Albany and audit a class.”
Roberts offered an instructor’s viewpoint. “It
is just wonderful to have adults who have
curiosity and want to learn about things,” he
said. “It matters to them. They have traveled.
They have been to museums. It is part of their
life.”
Roberts’ audience included Helen and Fred
Adler, a retired couple who worked with the
organizing committee to set up the daytime lec-
ture series that began last fall.
“I was giving literature lectures and I could
see that people were hungry for this kind of
thing,” said Mrs. Adler as she stood outside the
class, checking in participants. “It’s a lesson for
other communities. You can’t assume old peo-
ple only want to go to luncheons and cheap
movies. That’s ridiculous.”
“This is the best-educated older generation
we've ever had. Yet when people reach a cer-
tain age, others treat them as though they were
invisible. As though there were a magic num-
ber, and after you get to it you’re mindless,
only capable of Alzheimer’s disease,” she
scoffed.
Professors Roberts, Richard Goldman, Max
Lifchitz and Martha Rozett have lectured for
the program on their personal time for a small
fee, which Roberts told his class he was donat-
ing to the University’s Capital Campaign.
Lifchitz, who taught 88 adults in a similar class
last fall, said, “It’s very rewarding in many ways.
People are there because they want to be there,
not to fulfill a requirement. They are very atten-
tive and ask very intelligent questions. Hardly
anybody misses a class. They are always there
and they are very respectful of an instructor.”
How does this help the University? “The way
Isee it, it’s a community outreach program...this
way the community doesn’t think we are up in
an ivory tower,” Lifchitz said.
Martha Miller, a University Council member
and Bethlehem resident who took Roberts’
course, said, “I think it’s the best thing that’s
happened to the University in the last 10 years.
I want the University Council to know that. I
was very pleased to find that my school district
was offering these excellent courses taught by
top professors of the University. I’ve paid
school taxes for 35 years. We (retired taxpay-
ers) built these schools. It’s nice to have some-
thing of an intellectual nature offered for the
senior citizens.” =
Teaching More Than
‘How to’
It’s a slushy spring morning.
Forty-three people sit listening in
a paneled room in the Bethlehem
Town Hall on Delaware Avenue
in Delmar.
All eyes are on Warren Roberts, who is
back in the Sth Century B.C., expounding on
the virtues of the artwork of ancient Greece.
One minute Roberts sits on the edge of the
desk. The next, he is standing, holding his
hand high in the air, touching thumb and
finger together to emphasize a point.
“The Greeks have an instinctive love of
beauty. It’s a cult for the Greeks,” he says,
describing how those who translated the
Christian Bible from Greek ran into difficulty
because the words “good” and “beautiful”
were sometimes used synonymously. “The
Greeks have an absolute love of beauty. Why
is this?” he asks. “Certainly the Greek relig-
ion is valid evidence for us in the endeavor to
decode the Greek system. There is a panoply
of gods. In all of their humanness, the gods
are an extension of the Greeks themselves,
The gods and men are subject to fate.”
Roberts warms to the topic.
“The Oracles at Delphi play an important
tole in the Greek religious system,” he contin-
ues. “Common sense is what the Oracles rec-
ommend over and over. A Greek does not like
fanaticism. This is central to the Greek way
of life... it would have been inconceivable
for the Greeks to build a pyramid, for exam-
ple. One hundred thousand men working for
20 years to build a monument to one ruler
god?” he asks incredulously, as if to exclaim,
“No way!”
Roberts is at home in front of a class. But
this “class” is different. There are neither tests
nor term papers, Most of the students appear
to be in their 60s, Here and there is a young
mother whose children are in school.
This is “Art as History,” a non-credit six-
week lecture series offered under the umbrella
of continuing education through the Bethle-
hem Central School District.
Near the end of the two-hour lecture,
Roberts pauses when the slide of the Repub-
lican Forum in Rome flashes on the screen, “I
took this slide,” he says. “It was in the spring
By Greta Petry
of 1955. I was in the U.S, Army, on leave
traveling in Italy.”
At the time Roberts already had a business
degree from the University of Southern Cali-
fornia. When his military service was over, he
was to go home and join his father’s construc-
tion firm.
“T saw this stuff and I was ruined,” he says,
a trace of wonder still in his voice at the sheer
magnificence of the history and art he discov-
ered in Europe, Young Roberts dutifully re-
turned home and worked with H. Cedric
Roberts & Sons, in Anaheim, Calif., for two
years. “It was not a good fit,” he explained after
class, “I was a square plug in a round hole.”
Luckily for the University, he left the con-
struction business and took up history.
Roberts is, of course, a Distinguished Teach-
ing Professor in the Department of History
who eared his Ph.D. from the University of
California at Berkeley. He has taught at the
University for 31 years.
“Art as History” is one of three non-credit
courses offered this spring and organized by
Distinguished Teaching Professor of history Warren Roberts is flanked by Helen and Fred
Adler, two of the organizers for a daytime lecture series in Delmar, Albany professors say
the classes show the community the level of work being done at the University while allowing
the faculty to get in touch with highly motivated students in the community.
WARREN ROBERTS
PERSONAL
Born, May 8, 1933
Married, four children
DEGREES EARNED:
B. S., University Southern California, 1954;
B. A., University of California, Berkeley, 1959;
M. A., University of California, Berkeley, 1960;
Ph. D., University of California, Berkeley, ‘1966.
Assistent Professor, SUNY Albany, 1963-70
Associate Professor, SUNY Albany, 1970-80
Prefessor, SUNY Albany, 1980-
OTHER EMPLOYM
U. S. Army, 1954~56.
H. Cedric Roberts & Sons, 1956-58, Anaheim California, family business.
SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY:
Books: .
Morality and Social Class in Eighteenth Century French Literature and
Painting (Toronto, 1974), 188 pp.
Reviews: Quire and Quil (March, 1975), 19. Gerald Parker.
History Today, v. 25 (September, 1975), pp. 445-6.
Michael Greenhalgh.
Choice, v. 12 (October, 1975), p. 988.
Queen's Quarterly, v. 82 (Autumn, 1975), pp. 445-6.
Joseph Burke.
Canadian Journal of History, v. 10, no. 2 (1975), pp. 271-3.
R.S. Ridgeway.
French Review, v. XLIX (March, 1976), pp. 617-18. Gita May.
Modern Language Review, v. 71 (October, 1976), 919-20.
- John Dunkley.
American Historical Review, v. 81 (June, 1976), pp. 601-2.
Orville T. Murphy.
Modern Language Journal, v. 60 (April, 1976), p. 207.
Peter V. Conroy, Jr.
English Historical Review, v. 91 (April, 1976), 435-6.
John M. Roberts.
Journal of Modern History, v. 48 (June, 1976), pp. 331-3.
Dorothy R. Thelander
The Historian, v. 39 (Nov., 1976), 121-2. Raymond Birn.
French Review, v. XLIX (March, 1976), pp. 617-18. Gita May.
History, vol. 61 (Feb., 1976), pp. 115-16, Norman Hampson.
Warren Roberts
2
p. 2
Novel, vol. II (Spring, 1978), pp. 270-74. Edna L. Steeves.
Jane Austen and the French Revolution (London, 1979), 224 pp.
Reviews: Choice, v. 18 (October, 1980), p. 250.
History, v. 65 (October, 1980), p. 450.
Literary Review, No. 10 (February, 1980), p. 14.
Comparative Literary Studies, v. 18 (Spring, 1982), p. 86.
English Historical Review, v. 97 (January, 1982), pp. 204-5.
Review of English Studies, v. 33 (February, 1982), p. 90.
Articles:
“Hedonism in Eighteenth-Century French Literature and Paintings,"
osium, v. 30 (Spring, 1976), 42060.
"Politics and the.Arts.in France and England: 1715-60," in Art,
Propaganda and Politics, ed. James Lehery. In press.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
American Historical Association
BOOK REVIEWS:
Allen, James S., Popular French Romanticism: Authors, Readers, and
Books in the 19th Century (Syracuse, 1981), AHR, vol. 86 (December,
1981), 1101-2.
Corvisier, André, Arts et sociétés dans l'Europe du XVIIIe siécle (Paris,
1978), AHR, v. 84 (October, 1979), 1037.
Colton, Judith, The Parnasse Francois (New Haven, 1979), AHR, v. 85 (June,
1980), p. 636.
UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY SERVICE:
Undergraduate Academic Standing Committee, 1966-67.
College of Arts & Sciences Academic Planning Committee, 1967-68.
Arts & Sciences Nomination Committee, 1967-68.
Faculty Committee on Nominations and Elections, 1969-70.
Arts & Sclences Graduate Committee, 1971-72.
History Department Undergraduate Committee, 1967-70.
History Department Executive Committee, 1967-69. 1971-73.
History Department Director of Graduate Studies, 1971-73.
History Department Recruitment Committee, 1973.
History Department Graduate Committee} 1973-77.
Chairman, Search Committee for Dean of Social & Behavioral Sciences, 1973-74.
Search Committee, Chairman of Art History Department, 1974-75.
History Department Advisory Committee, 1975-77.
Committee for Excellence in Teaching, 1975-76.
Ad Hoc Promotions Committee, Political Science, 1976.
Tenure Appeals Committee, Physics, 1976.
Search Committee, Director of University Arts Gallery, 1977-8.
Special Committee on Undergraduate Education, 1978-79.
Athletic Council, 1978-79, 1979-80.
Tenure Appeals Committee, Art Department, 1979,
History Department Undergraduate Committee, 1978-82.
Werren Roberts ,
p. 3
Committee on Liberal Education, 1979-82.
Music Department Advisory Committee, 1979-80.
College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Grievance Committee, 1981-82.
History Department Graduate Committee, 1982-83.
Overseas Studies Selection Committee, 1982-83.
College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Budget Committee, 1982-83.
College of Humanities Doctoral Committee, 1981-83.
Committee on Academic Dishonesty, 1983
SPECIAL HONORS:
Graduated with honors, University of California Berkeley, 1959.
Phi Beta Kappa.
Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, 1962-63.
Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1973.
Fellow, Institute for Humanistic Studies, 1979-80.
S.U.N.Y. Research Foundation Summer Fellowship, 1967, 1968.
S.U.N.Y. Research Foundation Grants-in-Aid, 1969, 1970, 1971.
National Humanities Foundation Fellowship, 1968.
FIELD:
17th and 18th Century European Cultural and Intellectual History.
IN_PROGRESS:
WORK
A study of art, literature, and music in the hierarchical society of the
Ancien Regime and during the era of the French Revolution. The study is
an outgrowth of my books on eighteenth=century literature and painting
and Jane Austen; it will examine patterns of cultural change as the old
society of the eighteenth century broke down and the new and more com-
plex society of the nineteenth century took shape. Much of the research
has been done and two chapters have been written.
COURSES TAUGHT:
dv
A History of Western Civilization (HIS 131A-B)
Europe, 1648-1789 (HIS 340)
European Cultural and Intellectual History, 1500-1800 (HIS 363A)
England in the 18th Century (HIS 346)
European Culture in the Revolutionary Era (HIS 340)
Pro-Seminar in European Cultural and Intellectual History (HIS 663)
Seminar in European Cultural and Intellectual History (HIS 664)
Youth and Modern Culture (HIS 294)
Art, Music and History (HIS 263A-B)
History Honors Colloquium (HIS 481)
Current as of Fall, 1983
$1.50
Albany, New York
SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 1993
For the WWII generation, transition isa ‘time to reflect -
~ BY CRAIG BRANDON 5
Staff wniter :
~ They won the “Good Wat” against-totalitar-
ianism, but mired the country in an expensive
and dangerous Cold War that, threatened to
turn the planet into a radioactive wasteland;
~ ‘They grew up: in deprivation during: the
worst depression the country'has-ever known
and then created an unprecedented consumer
economy that flooded the world, with goods
such as television sets, dishwashers and jet-
liners: that were not-even dreamed of when.
they were bom,
. They walked on the moon and sent robot
probes to, neatly every planet in: the ‘solar
rises
system, but left, behind toxic’ waste dumps
that threaten the health of their children and
grandchildren.
- That is the complicated legacy of the World
War Il generation, which is finally passing the
torch of leadership to.its children, as symbol-
ized by Bill-Clinton’s succession of President :
Bush on Wednesday,
What is the-legacy that the Old Guard is
leaving to thé néw one? How.do they warit to
be temernbered in the history books?
“T think we had lots of virtues, but lots of
sins as well,” said Mary’ Hager, 65, a retired
English cher from Albany. “Our main’ sin
was one 6} ride, F think, We thought we had
‘saved ‘the world, that all the problems were
solved. ‘Then we found out about segregation:
and the environment and poverty.
“We thought that technology and hard work
couldsfix anything,” shé said. “That’s what the
Depression and the war taught us, Around
about the end:of the 19503 we found out that
there ware problems we had not even thought
about. That’s what our children taught us in
“the.1960s.”:;
Warren Roberts, a history professor at the
State University at Albany, said that despite
the Cold’ War, ‘the. World War IT: generation
provided the world with 50 years of relative
peace wit a:major worldwide conifronta-
tion.
“T like the way Adlai Stevenson eres
ized it,” he said. “He called it an ‘age of rising
expectations,’ ”
After beating the Depression, the Nazis and
the Japanese, he said, it was natural in the
1950s for Americans to believe that they could
do anything. The Marshall Plan rescued!
Europe after the war. Americans sent men to:
the moon. Science seemed on the way to
creating a paradise on Earth,
The only fly in the ointment was commu-
nism, which led to the McCarthy hearings, the
Cold. War, the arms race and the brink of
ah Pleases see GENERATION A- 1
Albany, N.Y5 Sundeyydanuaiy 17,1993. TIMES UNION AY
INAUGURAL COUNTDOWN
Continued from A-1
GENERATION: A remarkable record
; global catastrophe...
“T think the. Cold War really de.’
vision of the Founding Fathers.
Cy ae FY CR SOOO ARE eer
puters and microwave ovens. What *
more could van ask for one lifeti
smal)?
thought of all those things we read.
about as far in the future. It was
purely fiction, But we lived to sée all
of it happen. I think we lived in the
best of times,”
Many World War II veterans said
thev traced their faith in technoloev.
race to develop the most deadly
weapon of all,
.,“Each decade we saw new
changes,” said Nowak. “Some were
for the better. and some were for the
worse,
Siena College history Professor
and took advantage of the GI Bill
and that did more to alter the coun- ~;
try than anything else, ae
By the 1950s and 1960s, he said,
the World War II veterans felt that
they could fix just about: anything,
arid set to work rebuilding the entire = |”
? Sooakele “for thes smipesiony” ‘prsbehton througt
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Teaching and 1 research
To the Editor:
Recent articles” in The Times Union
|. (Aug, 4 and Aug, 5) give thé impression
"~ that leaching and research at The Univer-
,__Sity-at Albany are mutually exclusive and
bs take’ ein Separate compartments.
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a memiber-of the history department
7 years, this is decidedly not how I
“about undergraduate ‘teaching, For
(ime, teaching ‘atvboth. the undergraduate
and’ graduate: levels’ is closely bound up
ith research, My own experience is that 1
benefitted as a publishing historian.
tact, with. students; conversely, I-
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late the results of their scholar-
/@ forum: in-which idéas-are
tested in ways that benefit faculty. If this
is most obviously-true in graduate courses
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BERKELEY REVISITED:
The Impact of
the Berkeley Experience
of the 1960's
on The State University
of New York at Albany
October 4th and 5th, 1984
Campus Center,
Assembly Hall
SUNYA Campus
® good infoeviowss
1:00 pm
1:30 pm
2:00 pm
2:30 pm
2:45 pm
3:15 pm
3:30 pm
51-8081
8:00 pm
10:00 pm
What Happened at Berkeley:
A Retrospective View
Thursday, October 4,1984
Welcome, Judith Ramaley, Acting President
SUNYA Campus
Introduction, Anne Roberts, Librarian,
Conference Chair
_We Were There
Charles A. Musca‘ tine, Professor of English, Berkeley,
Chair of Select Committee which produced Education at
Berkeley, 1966
Sheldon Wolin, Professor of Politics,
Princeton University, was professor of Political Science, at
Berkeley and author of many key documents of the
movement.
Larry Spence, Associate Professor,
Political Science, Penn State University,
was graduate student at Berkeley during 1964.
uss-b18le
Bruce Miroff, Assistant Professor, SUNYA,
Political Science, was undergraduate student at Berkeley
during 1964. Discussion.
Break Refreshments kindness of UAS
S fe ASS -b1eb
We Came to Albany, John Gunnell, Political Science;
Warren Roberts History; Charles Tarlton, Political
Science; Fredericks Volkwein, Administrator. Discussion.
as ]-H4sys”
“Chords of Fame” videotape on Phil Ochs,
counter culture minstrel and spokesperson, sponsored by
Student Association.
What Happened at Albany:
Several Views
Friday, October 5, 1984
9:00 am We Were Here, 3 4571-4fs81
Joan Schulz, English; John Reilly, English; Harry
H81-830b Hamiltof® Atmospheric Sciences; Kathleen Kendall,
Rhetoric and
Communication; Richard Kendall, History; Discussion.
10:15 am Break, Refreshments provided by UAS
10:30 am We Live With the Result
Gloria DeSole, Affirmative Action; Vivian
Gordon, Afro-American Studies; Walter Gibson, Physics;
2 ith i ins;
ast Wana ts Gigling prowdot ay the Compe)
11:30 am Student Reality Today, James Roberts, Berkeley; Suzanne
Pecore, SUNYA; Discussion.
12:00 Perspective and Conclusion,
noon Meredith Butler, Unversity Libraries; Discussion.
The Berkeley Revisited Conference was supported by the
University Libraries, the Student Association, and the SUNYA
Vice Presidents Judith Ramaley and John Shumaker. The en-
thusiasm and willingness of the participants to join in this effort
is appreciated and gratefully acknowledged.
Roberts, loarren
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ADVISORY
Editors, news directors, producers:
This October 4 marks the 20th anniversary of an important event in recent
American history ~- the beginning of the Free Speech Movement at the University of
California at Berkeley. Students at one of America's greatest universities defied
the police, the campus administration and the Regents of the University of
California. The revolt spread to other campuses across the country and to
universities throughout the world.
State University of New York at Albany will observe the 20th anniversary of the
Free Speech Movement this Oct. 4 and 5 with a conference that will examine the
events at Berkeley that have had such a large impact on American higher education,
Among the participants will be some of the leading University of California faculty
and '60s student activitists who ‘played major roles in the Free Speech Movement.
This is believed to be the only organized retrospective of this event at any
university in the country. Conference organizers are Anne Roberts, a librarian at
the University at Albany, and her husband, Warren Roberts, a distinguished teaching
professor in the Department of History at Albany who earned his Ph.D. at Berkeley.
The Robertses were at Berkeley in 1963 and saw the forces gathering momentum that
exploded on the California campus one year later.
Enclosed is a release with more background. For more information about the
conference call the News Bureau at State University of New York at Albany at (518)
457-4901 or Anne Roberts at (518) 457-4591 or (518) 438-0617.
FEO OI
September 21, 1984
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UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY CONFERENCE EXAMINES
FREE SPEECH MOVEMENT AT BERKELEY 20 YEARS LATER
Twenty years ago this fall, America watched the University of California at
Berkeley go haywire. Students were in revolt, protesting university regulation of
their political activities.
Justifying their activities in the name of the Free Speech Movement, thousands
rallied in defiance of authority. It was the start of years of turmoil at
Berkeley which spread to campuses across the country. Mass demonstrations,
strikes, property destruction and even physical violence became common events in
what were once the hallowed halls of academia.
What was it all about? Why did the student movement happen, and what effect
has it had on higher education and on the country in general? Why did it spread
and why did it recede so rapidly after the summer of 19707
A conference at State University of New York at Albany will address those
questions and many others on the 20th anniversary of the Berkeley Free Speech
Movement Oct. 4-5 by bringing together faculty and students who were at Berkeley
in 1964 and members of the University at Albany community during the same period.
Believed to be the only symposium in the country marking the anniversary, the
event will feature Charles Muscatine, an English professor still at Berkeley who
chaired a committee that wrote Education at Berkeley, a landmark document in
response to the crisis. “other participants are expected to include three
political scientists who, as students, were active in the Free Speech Movement:
Sheldon S. Wolin of Princeton University, who has written two books about the
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events; Larry D. Spence of Pennsylvania State University, author of “Berkeley:
What It Demonstrates," an essay published in Studies On the Left; and Bruce L.
Miroff of the University at Albany, who has collected memorabilia of the era,
including recordings of speeches.
"It was really an event of tremendous significance, and not just to the
colleges that were most involved. What started at Berkeley eventually shook the
nation,” said conference organizer Anne Roberts, a librarian at the University at
Albany who studied at Berkeley from 1957 to 1963 with her husband, Warren, a
distinguished professor of history at Albany and conference participant who earned
his Ph.D. from the California campus.
As a librarian, Roberts thinks the events of the 1960s need better
documentation, particularly the trouble on college campuses. While there has been
a surge of interest in the American experience in Vietnam, there has been far less
interest in the trouble on university campuses, Roberts said. Most of today's
college students are only dimly aware of the campus revolts and what caused them,
she added.
Miroff agrees.
"The student movement is totally outside the consciousness of today's
undergraduates,” said Miroff, who will share his memories as a student activist in
the "We Were There” segment of the conference. Miroff studied at Berkeley from
1962-74. ,
"Students are not only unaware and unconcerned, they are also fairly
unreflective,” Miroff said. "People ought to know their own history.”
The movement, which Roberts said was triggered by administrative regulation of
such political activity as public assemblies, distribution of advocate literature
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and solicitation of funds, is recalled by Miroff as "an eye-opening experience.”
"It shattered a lot of illusions, and forced us to look at things we took for
granted. It raised a lot of questions about the university's role in society.
Who did it serve, the powers that be or the poor and the minorities? Should a
university be hierarchical, with faculty and administrators in authority and
students as passive receptacles? We became more skeptical, more questioning, more
eritical,” Miroff said.
Miroff believes that the movement that started in Berkeley changed many
aspects of university life for the better.
"Students enjoy much greater freedom now, and we take it for granted that
people can do things like set up tables and distribute literature. Social freedom
is much greater now, too, At Berkeley women used to have to be back in their
dormitories by 11 p.m., while men could stay out all night. That would be unheard
of now," Miroff said.
At the University at Albany, the student movement was felt most strongly in
1969 and 1970, according to Kathleen Kendall, a professor of communication who
will reflect on those years as part of the "What Happened at Albany” segment of
the conference.
"That was the most heated period here,” Kendall said. “Anti-war sentiment was
very high, and some students demanded to talk about the invasion of Cambodia in
class. There was a lot of tension." ,
Kendall remembers a colleague "in tears" because her class had been disrupted
by student activists. But many students were opposed to the actions of their
classmates, she recalls.
"I had students come to my classes because their own classes had been
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canceled to discuss the war,” she said, adding that she thought disruption of
classes, whatever the motive, was “very bad."
Like Roberts, Kendall thinks the conference will shed light on recent
history. “An important function of this activity will be to set the record
straight,” she said.
The conference will be from 1-5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4, and 9 a.m.-1 p.m,
Friday, Oct. 5, in the Campus Center Assembly Hall. It is free and open to the
public. For information call (518) 457-4591 or 438-0617.
FEO OI IK,
September 21, 1984
LOOKING AT THE FREE SPEECH MOVEMENT 20 YEARS LATER
by Warren Roberts
October fourth is the 20th anniversary of a very important event in
recent American history - the beginning of the Free Speech Movement at the
University of California at Berkeley.
Students at America's most celebrated state university defied the
police, the campus administration, and the Regents of the University of
California on that date 20 years ago. They occupied the office of the
president, they won over to their cause much of the faculty, and they saw
the protest movement that they had started taken seriously in heated debate
in the Berkeley University Senate. By the end of the 1960s, the revolt that
began at Berkeley had spread to university campuses across America and to
universities in Europe and throughout the world.
The Free Speech Movement showered attention for the first time on a new
willingness by college students to challenge authority and the accepted
verities of the adult world. Intensely idealistic, these students hungered
for a better system of higher education and for a more just society. They
had become impatient with and hostile towards an America that did not
measure up to their high standards. Their idealism and their discontent
spread and made the 1960s the most convulsive decade in our century. This
was arguably as close as America has come to experiencing a revolution.
Some of the leaders of the Free Speech Movement had been active in the
Civil Rights cause in the South, and in their pursuit of social justice they
found discrimination and inequality in all parts of America, including the
city of Berkeley. They employed the same tactics on their own home ground
as they had in the South to achieve their objectives. They would shove
LOOKING AT THE FREE SPEECH MOVEMENT 20 YEARS LATER Page 2
society in order to improve society. Students everywhere listened to and
learned from the Berkeley activists.
The Berkeley revolt began before America's involvement in Vietnam was a
major issue. The same students, however, soon adopted the antiwar cause.
America had fought a war in Asia in the 1950s to stop the spread of
Communism, but in the immediate Post World War II - McCarthy era, our
involvement was not seriously challenged. A decade later, the revolt at
Berkeley revealed a new irreverence for government that flowed into the
antiwar movement and was instrumental in the ultimate collapse of our
military objectives in Southeast Asia.
The student movement spread, and from 1968 to 1970 marches, fire alarms,
the ‘occupation of the offices of university presidents, and eruptions of
violence became part of the American college scene. The climax came in May
of 1970, in the wake of the Kent State killings and America's invasion of
Cambodia. At SUNY-Albany, for instance, formal instruction came to an early
end that spring and liberation classes provided the occasion for debating
the raging issues of the day and developing strategies for taking the
revolution from the University to the larger society. This kind of response
was common on campuses across the country. But it was also short-lived,
, Student activism dwindled sharply afterwards. The high hopes born in
the fervor of the moment came to nothing, for while students were able to
impose their will on the universities they attended, they were not able to
transform America's other institutions. The underground radicals who
firebombed buildings made most campus activists question and then reject the
use of violence as a way to alter the capitalistic system. Students came to
LOOKING AT THE FREE SPEECH MOVEMENT 20 YEARS LATER Page 3
question their own methods and to doubt their own dream of a better America
as an achievable reality. And, protest as they had, the war in Vietnam did
not end and would not end for several more years. Disillusioned,
particularly after the 1972 presidential election, students withdrew from
the advanced front they had taken, and what followed was a conservative
reordering of life on college campuses from Berkeley to Albany.
In the minds of many, activism had gone too far in 1970, and in calling
for more, the radicals pulled the plug on themselves.
Since that time, there have been many changes on campuses everywhere.
Students dress now in styles not unlike those of the 1950s; they are wary of
or indifferent to ideologies and political causes; they want to major in
business administration and computer science instead of history or English;
and, rather than wishing to abolish grades, they are obsessed with getting
top marks. The heady idealism of the 60's has given way to a frightened
pragmatism.
Some of today's students idealize the 60s without really knowing what
the students of that decade were about. Even for those who lived through
and experienced the 60's upheaval, the meaning behind student protest
movements has become dim. Many did not understand the events as they were
taking place.
It would seem that now is a particualrly good time to look anew at the
Berkeley revolt. Ten years after the event would have been too soon. And
if we wait for another milestone, we may begin to lose some of those who
were principals in the events of 1964. Colleges today are reimposing many
of the curriculum requirements that were swept away in the 1960s, and there
LOOKING AT THE FREE SPEECH MOVEMENT 20 YEARS LATER Page 4
is much discussion of future directions on campus. Recalling and better
understanding the forces unleashed 20 years ago may be valuable to those
making decisions in 1984.
A symposium at SUNY-Albany on Oct. 4 and 5 will look restrospectively at
the events at Berkeley that have had such a large impact on American higher
education and more particularly on SUNY~Albany.
Editor's note: Warren Roberts is a distinguished professor of history
at the State University of New York at Albany who earned his doctorate from
the University of California at Berkeley. The Free Speech Movement is
covered in his history course, "Youth and Modern Culture."
The conference sessions will be on Thursday, Oct. 4, from 1-5 p.m., and
Friday, Oct. 5, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., in the SUNY-Albany Campus Center
Assembly Hall. The public is invited, and admission is free.
September 24, 1984
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organized retrospectives in’ the
- However, Roberts, said, ‘the student
movement, of the 1960s can still be
«strongly felt: in’ the reluctance“ of’
students to. fight a-war in Central
America. ; ‘y
He saidthe protest. against. the
Vietnam War had its roots in the Free
Speech Movement.
“Tt is because of thé unique protest
against American foreign policy in the
1960s that things are as they are
today,” he said, adding the Free Speech
Movement began before the “Vietnam
| adventure” penetrated “p
“Roberts said the end of the-student
erent came from an overabund-
ince .of idealism ,on. the part of the
“students, who were unable ta’ realize -
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anniversary ofa very important
event in. recent American
history — the beginning ‘of the Free
Speech Movement at the University of
California at Berkeley. Students at
America’s most. celebrated: state
university defied the police, the campus
administration and the Regents of the
University of California.on that date 20
years ago.
They, occupied the office of the
president, they won over to their causé
much of the faculty, and they saw the
protest movement that they had started
taken seriously in heated
debate in the Berkeley
University Senate. By the
end of the 1960s, the revolt
that began at Berkeley had
spread to university
campuses across America
and to universities in
Europe and throughout the
world. +
The Free: Speech
Movement showered
attention for the first time
on a new willingness by
college students to
challenge authority and the
accepted verities of the
idealistic, ‘the students’
hungered for a_ better
system of higher education
and for a more just society.
They had become impatient with and
hostile toward an America that did not
measure up. to their high standards,
Their idealism -and. their discontent
spread and made the 1960s the most
convulsive decade in our century. This
was arguably as‘ close as America has
come to experiencing a revolution.
“Some of the leaders of the Free
Speech Movement had been active in the
civil rights cause in the South, and in
their pursuit of social justice they found
discrimination and inequality in all parts.
of America, including the city of
Berkeley.. They. employed the same
tactics on their own home grounid as they
had in-the South to achieve their
objectives, They. would shove society in
order to improve society. Students
everywhere listened to and learned from
the Berkeley activists.
The Berkeley revolt began before
America’s involvement in Vietnam was a
major issue, The same students,
however, soon. adopted the antiwar
cause, America had fought a war in Asia
in the 1950s to. stop the spread of
communism, but in the immediate post
World War: Il-McCarthy era, our
_involvement was not seriously
challenged. A decade later, the revolt at
Berkeley revealed a new irreverence for
government that flowed into the antiwar
movement and was instrumental in the
ultimate collapse of our military.
objectives in Southeast Asia,
The student movement spread, and
from 1968 to 1970 marches, fire alarms,
the occupation of the offices’ of
i
VT
university presidents, and. eruptions of
violence became part of the American.
college scene, The climax came in May
of 1970, in the wake of the Kent State
killings and America’s invasion of
Cambodia. At the State ‘University of
New York at Albany, for instance,
formal instruction came to an early end
that spring and jiberation classes
provided the occasion for debating the
raging issues of the day and developing
strategies for taking the revolution from
the university to the larger society. This
kind of response-was common on
campuses across the country. But it was
also short-lived. :
Student activism dwindled sharply
afterwards, The high hopes born in the
fervor of the moment came to nothing,
for while students were able to impose
their will on the universities ‘they
attended, they were not able to
transform America’s other: institutions.
The underground radicals who
firebombed buildings made most
campus activists. question and then
reject. the use of violence as a way to
alter the capitalistic system. Students
carne to question their own methods and
to doubt their own dream of a better
America as an achievable reality.
And, protest as they had, the war in
Vietnam did not end and would not end
for several more years. Disillusioned,
particularly after the 1972 presidential
‘election, students withdrew from the
advanced front they had'taken, and what
followed was a conservative recording of
life on college campuses from Berkeley
to Albany. In the minds of
many, activism had gone
too far in 1970, and in
calling for more, the
radicals pulled the plug on
themselves, ;
Since that time, - there
have been many changes on
campuses, everywhere.
Students dress now in styles
not unlike those of the
1950s; they are wary of or.
indifferent to ideologies and
politi¢al causes; they want
to major in business
administration and
computer science instead of
history or English; and,
rather than wishing to
abolish grades, they are
obsessed with, getting. top
‘marks, The heady idealism
of the ’60s has given way to a frightened
pragmatism. Some of today’s students*
idealize the '60s without really knowing
what the students of that decade were
about. Even for those who lived through
and experienced the '60s upheaval, the
» meaning behind student protest
movements has become dim. Many did
not understand the events as they weré
taking place,
Colleges today are reimposing many
of the’ curriculum requirements that
‘were swept away in the 1960s, and there
is much discussion of future directions
on’ campus. Recalling and better
understanding the forces unleashed 20
years ago may. be valuable to th
making decisions in 1984. ’
Warren Roberts is professor of history
at the State University of New York at.
Albany.
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WASHING’
here's an outside chance that this Cong:
before it adjourns, will give Presi
Reagan a power he has extolled as
answer to every economizer's prayer: the item v
Fifty-one senators, nine of them Democi
favor a two-year experiment with the dev
Money bills would be so structured, on a trial be
as to.enable the president to choose which am
thousands of line items to sign and which to re
= subject, of course, to the usual two-th:
congressional override.
_ At last count, about 40 governors have the ii
veto, but a president must sign or send back wt
bills, in effect accepting the rats with the barr
torching the barn,
“What the 51 senators propose would be) onl
tentative exercise in the delegation of congressic
power, not the constitutional amendment Rea.
seeks. But it might be an interesting test of the it
veto’s firepower in the great war on “raud, we
and abuse,” Certainly it is news when 51 senat
depart, even experimentally, from the anci
congressional wisdom that the item veto wo
dangerously. tilt the balance of power toward
White House. P
The eventual effect of institutional tinkeriny
hard to predict, and often perverse, But
remember, you saw it here first — the item vetc
tried, is likely to be the biggest bust, in practi
terms, since the enfranchisement of 18-yeal-o!
Like the so-called balanced budget amendment,
item veto is often seen as a jiffy remedy for
- chronic inability to control the féderal buds
President Reagan (and he isn’t alone in this) ins
that with such a tool he could miraculously root :
all. the countless extravagances he now m
tolerate as the price of getting acceptable mot
bills, 5
Certainly such extravagances exist, althot
Jately the most highly publicized ones (such as thi
‘$500 armrests for military transport ptanes) se
to occur in the defense budget, which Reagan I
treated as a model of frugality. In gross terms —
terms of-the large. figures and contours of |
federal budget — the effect of the smaller mischi
is negligible, ‘ .
Whatever significant spending Congress does
does because that spending is perceived by lar
and influential constituencies, if not majorities,
be socially useful. That makes slicing the budget |
a political art, not a freakish mechanical problem
be cured by a mechanical contrivance like the ite
veto,
"I must admit to a certain longing. I would like
see how President Reagan reacts when and
Congress hands him the item veto and asks, we
chief, where does the cutting start? Will it be a ta
program ora college scholarship program?
: Mr, Reagan could undoubtedly flush a certe
number of rats. But that their extermination one
one would change the shape or configuration of t
budget barn. must. be. doubted....Nat that.
Roberta ,loarren
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liditors, news directors, producers:
This October 4 marks the 20th anniversary of an important event in recent
American history --- the beginning of the Free Speech Movement at the University of
California at Berkeley. Students at one of America's greatest universities defied
the police, the campus administration and the Regents of the University of
California. The revolt spread to other campuses across the country and to
universities throughout the world.
State University of New York at Albany will observe the 20th anniversary of the
Free Speech Movement this Oct. 4 and 5 with a conference that will examine the
events at Berkeley that have had such a large impact on American higher education.
Among the participants will be some of the leading University of California faculty
and '60s student activitists who played major roles in the Free Speech Movement.
This is believed to be the only organized retrospective of this event at any
university in the country. Conference organizers are Anne Roberts, a librarian at
the University at Albany, and her husband, Warren Roberts, a distinguished teaching
professor in the Department of History at Albany who earned his Ph.D. at Berkeley.
The Robertseg were at Berkeley in 1963 and saw the forces gathering momentum that
exploded on the California campus one year later.
Enclosed is a release with more background. For more information about the
conference call the News Bureau at State University of New York at Albany at (518)
457-4901 or Anne Roberts at (518) 457-4591 or (518) 438-0617.
FEO III II
September 21, 1984
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UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY CONFERENCE EXAMILNES
FREE _SPERCH MOVEMENT AT BERKELEY 20 YRARS LATER
Twenty years ago this fall, America watched the University of California at
Berkeley go haywire. Students were in revolt, protesting university regulation of
their political activities.
Justifying their activities in the name of the Free Speech Movement, thousands
rallied in defiance of authority. It was the start of years of turmoil at
Berkeley which spread to campuses across the country. Mass demonstrations,
strikes, property destruction and even physical violence became common events in
what were once the hallowed halls of academia.
What was it all about? Why did the student movement happen, and what effect
has it had on higher education and on the country in general? Why did it spread
and why did it recede so rapidly after the summer of 1970?
A conference at State University of New York at Albany will address those
questions and many others on the 20th anniversary of the Berkeley Free Speech
Movement Oct. 4-5 by bringing together faculty and students who were at Berkeley
in 1964 and members of the University at Albany community during the same period.
Believed to be the only symposium in the country marking the anniversary, the
event will feature Charles Muscatine, an English professor still at Berkeley who
chaired a committee that wrote Education a! wkeley, a landmark document in
response to the crisis. Other participants are expected to include three
political scientists who, as students, were active in the Free Speech Movement:
Sheldon S. Wolin of Princeton University, who has written two books about the
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events; Larry D, Spence of Pennsylvania State University, author of “Berkeley:
What It. Demonstrates," an essay published in Studies On the Left; and Bruce L.
Mirof£ of the University at Albany, who has collected memorabilia of the era,
including recordings of speeches.
"It was really an event of tremendous significance, and not just to the
colleges that were most involved. What started at Berkeley eventually shook the
nation," said conference organizer Anne Roberts, a librarian at the University at
Albany who studied at Berkeley from 1957 to 1963 with her husband, Warren, a
distinguished professor of history at Albany and conference participant who earned
his Ph.D. from the California campus.
As a librarian, Roberts thinks the events of the 1960s need better
documentation, particularly the trouble on college campuses. While there has been
a surge of interest in the American experience in Vietnam, there has been far less
interest in the trouble on university campuses, Roberts said. Most of today's
college students ave only dimly aware of the campus revolts and what caused them,
she added.
Miroff€ agrees.
“The student movement is totally outside the consciousness of today's
undergraduates," said Miroff, who will share his memories as a student activist in
‘the “We Were There" segment of the conference. Miroff studied at Berkeley from
1962-74.
“Students are not only unaware and unconcerned, they are also fairly
unreflective,” Miroff said. “People ought to know their own history."
The movement, which Roberts said was triggered by administrative regulation of
such political activity as public assemblies, distribution of advocate literature
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and solicitation of funds, is recalled by Miroff as "an eye. opening experience."
“It shattered a lot of illusions, and forced us to look at things we took for
granted. It raised a lot of questions about the university's role in society.
Who did it serve, the powers that be or the poor and the minorities? Should a
university be hierarchical, with faculty and administrators in authority and
students as passive receptacles? We became more skeptical, more questioning, more
critical," Miroff€ said.
Miroff believes that the movement that started in Berkeley changed many
aspects of university Life for the better.
"Students enjoy much greater freedom now, and we take it for granted that
people can do things Like set up tables and distribute literature. Social freedom
is much greater now, too. At Berkeley women used to have to be back in their
dormitories by 11 p.m., while men could stay out all night. That would be unheard
of now," Mirof€ said,
At the University at Albany, the student movement was felt most strongly in
1969 and 1970, according to Kathleen Kendall, a professor of communication who
will reflect on those years as part of the "What Happened at Albany" segment of
the conference.
“That was the most heated period here,” Kendall said. “Anti-war sentiment was
very high, and some students demanded to talk about the invasion of Cambodia in
class. There was a lot of tension."
Kendall remembers a colleague "in tears" because her class had been disrupted
by student activists. But many students were opposed to the actions of their
classmates, she recalls.
“"L had students come to my classes because their own classes had been
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canceled to discuss the war," she said, adding that she thought disruption of
classes, whatever the motive, was "very bad."
Like Roberts, Kendall thinks the conference will shed light on recent
history. “An important function of this activity will be to set the record
straight,” she said.
the conference will be from 1-5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4, and 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 5, in the Gampus Center Assembly Hall. It is free and open to the
public. For information call (518) 457-4591 or 438-0617.
JIE III I I
September 21, 1984
Volume 7, Number 25, The University at Albany, May 2, 1984
Rober, Warren
niversity News
Toni Morrison Appointed
To Schweitzer Chair -
Toni Morrison, internationally
renowned writer and winner of the
National Book Critics Circle Award,
will hold an Albert Schweitzer Chair in
Humanities at the University at
Albany, marking the first time the New
York State Board of Regents has
awarded the University the prestigious
position,
In nominating. Morrison for the
professorship, President O'Leary said,
“We are delighted that a person of Toni
Morrison's caliber will join Bill
Kennedy and add great strength to the
flourishing national writing program at
the University. She will also add
strength to our successful
interdisciplinary programs in African
and Afro-American. Studies and
Women’s Studies.”
The Regents selected Morrison with
the belief she would attract students,
writers and scholars to the University’s
“strong innovative humanities
program’ and would complement the
Writers Institute at Albany.
Morrison, currently completing her
fifth novel while serving as
Distinguished Visiting Professor at
Rutgers University, fills the vacant
Oak. waeliys hold her
Book of the Month Club. She also
received the Cleveland Arts Prize in
Literature-in 1978:and the
Distinguished Writer Award of 1978
from the American Academy of Arts
and Letters. Her other novels are The
Bluest Eye, Sula and Tar Baby.
While an editor for Random House
Publishers, Morrison played an
influential role in. shaping
contemporary literary taste. For more
than a decade, shé.was primarily
responsible for reviewing and editing
the works of black writers.
“This is an exciting addition to the
resources we are assembling for our
innovative doctor of arts program in
writing,” said Judith Ramaley, vice
president of Academic Affairs. “Toni
Morrison's presence on the campus will
benefit all our students.”
A graduate of Howard University,
Morrison earned a master of arts
degree from Cornell, and honorary
degrees from Spelman College, the
University of Massachusetts, Bard,
Morgan State, Oberlin; Dartmouth,
and Wesleyan and a medal of
distinction from Barnard, She has
taught at Texas Southern University,
Unwaed Gtate Pnlcarcitu Callene at
William Kennedy and his mentor, Nobel laureate Saul Bellow, joined forces last week to inaugurate the
University's Writers Institute at Albany, which Kennedy directs. Kennedy credits Bellow with
“confirming” his work, but Bellow says all he did was save Kennedy. a little time. As part of his visit,
Bellow spoke to graduate and. undergraduate classes, and gave an evening lecture which drew an
estimated 1,000 people.
Donald T. Campbell at Syracuse
University.
Her novels portray relationships
between people of differing colors, sexes
and values. She first received public
attention after her third novel, Song of
Solomon, which won the National
Book Critics Circle Award in 1977 and
was chosen as the main selection of the
Purchase, Yale, Bard and Rutgers.
Vice President for Research and
Educational Development John
Shumaker, who coordinated
development of the proposal the
Regents approved, credited English
Professor Tim Reilly with suggesting
Morrison for the Schweitzer chair and
Continued on page 2
Fall Convocation To Mark
Education’s Anniversary
U.S, Sen, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-
“N.Y., will deliver the keynote address at
a special convocation Saturday, Sept.
22, marking the 140th anniversary of
the University’s School of Education.
professor emeritus at the University of
Chicago; Eleanor Gibson of Cornell
University, who is among America’s
leading psychologist-educators; and
Lawrence A, Cremin, president of
Teachers College of Columbia
University and a Pulitzer Prize-winning
author, i
Albany’s School of Education was
founded in 1844 — the forerunner of the
University at Albany. It was the-first
“normal school” or teachers college in
New York and the third in the nation.
Continued on page 3
The convocation will also include the
awarding of two distinguished service
awards and four honorary degrees, In
addition, a series of seminars and
colloquia, led by the honorary degree
recipients, is planned for Friday, Sept.
21. %
“The School of Education is home to
a new generation of superb scholars and
teachers whose work promises to make
significant contributions to. the
improvement of educational practice,”
said School of Education Dean Robert
Koff. “The convocation celebrates 'a
proud tradition and. recognizes the
significant accomplishments of our
faculty and many graduates, of which
we are justifiably proud.”
Receiving distinguished service
awards are Fred M. Hechinger, vice
president of the New York Times
Foundation and respected education
writer, and Albert Shanker, president
for the American Federation of
Teachers and vice president of the AFL-
CIO. Both are being honored for their
contributions to-the field of education.
Receiving honorary degrees will be
James Coleman, a renowned social
scientist and distinguished professor at
the University of Chicago; Bruno
Bettelheim, recognized as one of the
foremost child psychologists and
Roberts Is Distinguished
Professor-of History Warren Roberts, a
teacher praised as exceptional by both
his colleagues and students, has been
awarded the special rank of
Distinguished Teaching Professor by
the State University of New York
Board of Trustees. :
Roberts, who was also a winner of the
first SUNY Chancellor’s Award for
Teaching in 1973, is the fifth Albany
faculty member to-earn the title of
Distinguished Teaching Professor and
the first since 1977. He becomes the
52nd person in the SUNY system so
named. ae
In nominating Roberts for the award,
President O'Leary said, “Warren
Roberts is the sort of faculty member
that serves as the standard for the rest
of us to live up to: a solid scholar who
clearly enjoys the-intellectual life of a
university; an intense teacher whose
devotion to his students approaches
religious fervor; a model campus citizen
who has contributed: wholeheartedly
and importantly to major policy issues;
and a warm human being who is
admired universally across the
campus.”
Roberts, who joined the University’s
History Department in 1963 as
assistant professor, is ‘being recognized
for his methods of teaching history,
which colleagues describe as “cultural
and interdisciplinary. He is able to
weave art, music, literature and politics
into a meaningful and fascinating
pattern,”
In evaluating his courses, students
praised Roberts for his insight into the
Continued on page 2
Soviets Join
Albany Study :
Soviet scientists and University
researchers have launched an unusual
collaborative study that could mean
greater freedom from drugs for millions
of people with high blood pressure in
both the United States and. the Soviet
Union.
To wrap up final preparations for the
project, the Soviet research team met
this Monday and Tuesday with their
Albany counterparts at the University’s
nationally recognized Center for Stress
and Anxiety Disorders.
The project, which will focus on non-
drug treatments for hypertension, is the
first collaborative study of its kind,
according to officials with the National
Continued on page 3
tinguished teaching professor
Roberts:
listory,” as well as helping
the University’s general education and
“writing intensive” requirements. He
has served on a number of University
committees as well.
A specialist in 17th and 18th century
history and intellectual history, Roberts
is the author of two books, Morality
and Social Class in Eighteenth Century
French Literature and Painting, which
uses art and literature to illustrate class
attitudes before the revolution, and
Jane Austen and the French
Revolution, which describes how the
French Revolution affected Austen’s
thinking. .
In addition to the Chancellor’s
Award, he also earned SUNY Research
Foundation Summer Fellowships in
1967 and 1968, a National Humanities
Foundation’ Fellowship in 1968 and
SUNY Research Foundation Grants in
Aid in 1969, 1970 and 1971, and was a
fellow at the Institute for Humanistic
Studies in 1979-80. He was promoted to
professor in 1980.
—Sheila Mahan
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African/Afro-American Studies.
Department, has also’served as dear of
the School of Social Welfare and the
former James E. Allen Collegiate
Center. He was assistant to the
President for two years and served on
the University Senate for six years.
Spellman has been at the University
since 1967.
Hassaram Bakhru is a professor in the
Physics Department. He has served as
director of the Accelerator Laboratory
since 1972 and has chaired the
planning and design of the Arts
Building, and created a new method of
edging stained glass.
John Gerber is a professor of English
and a scholar of Mark Twain's
literature. He served as chair of the
| English Department for five years and
iwas a.member of the Graduate
Academic Council. He chaired the
Search Committee for the Vice
President for Academic Affairs in 1980,
and was a member of that committee in
1981.
For excellence in academic service: Cowley, left, and Bakhru
Faculty Win Instruction Grant __
Two University faculty members are
recipients of a $4,400 grant for the
Improvement of Undergraduate
Instruction from the SUNY Research
Foundation.
Assistant professors Howard
Kallman and Stephen Hirtle of the
_ Psychology Department will develop
and expand the computer programs
they use in the laboratory section of
their course in expetimental
psychology.
“The grant will allow us to maximize
the use of the computer equipment we
already have,” Kallman said. “We will
use it to improve the programs that are
presently being used and for designing
mew ones.”
Computers were added to the lab
section about two years ago and allow
students to conduct experiments and
research on the computer.
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It’s HAP Week
Spring officially arrives on campus this
Friday, May 4, at noon when the
podium’s huge main fountain is turned
on for thé first time this year. :
The annual rite is part of HAP Week
(Human Awareness Program), which
also includes a “Podiate with a Prof”
barbecue, today, May 2, and podium
entertainment Thursday, May 3.
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to shed some light on Tiffany church windows:
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caer is just.astoni ing. ‘Tiffany’ — “the towering figure in ast half of the:19th century, and when in. the 1920s. when ‘art. nouveau gave’
: : f “second great.age of-stained’ glass” “returned. to.the United States in the: way.to the angular art decostyle and a’
= istory: ~The: glass’ maket- disc he realizes the majority of-people in 1870s, the country was-in the midst of humber-of his windows were smashed
fiiversity at. i ; t the Capital District; have never. seen ~ _chureh construction. Remarkably, those in’ the Capi
aman st Hh duce. the: Iurninous” the religious, figures and the floral sone 4,000 churches were built in District remained intact. 36
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and bany. ss “the 18708,” Roberts explained. will: give a guided tour of st.
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Dear Editors:
I am enclosing an article that I have written on Tiffany stained
glass windows in Albany and Troy. I know that you published an article
on this subject last year, but I believe my plece is written from a
different perspective. Besides, these wonderful windows cannot be
written about too often. My purpose is to make your readers more aware
of these local treasures, Whether or not the article is appropriate
you, of course, will have to decide,
I have not included photographs of the windows I discuss, but I
could have some made if you wish. I am in the History Department at
SUNY Albany and my phone number is 457-8687.
Sincerely,
Warren Roberts Cha
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Department of History
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It was my good fortune to see the world's finest stained glass
windows this summer, or so I should like to claim. I did so on two
separate occasions and on two continents, first during the month of
June, in France, and then just last week, in Albany and Troy, in the
state of New York.
The first visit took me to the Cathedral of Chartres, which I saw
after a 450 mile bicycle trip with my 24-year-old son. What attracted
me to Chartres was the incomparable windows, which pilgrims from all over
Christendom came to see during the Middle Ages, just as tourists from all
over the world do today. From the beginning the Chartres windows were
considered special, the pinnacle of an art form that gave Gothic interiors
a brilliant, transcendental, mystical luminosity. To see these windows
was an overwhelming experience, a moment that I shall not forget.
I saw stained glass windows last week in Albany and Troy under much
less auspicious circumstances. A friend was visiting from out of state,
and with nothing much to do I asked him, on the spur of the moment, having
given the matter no previous thought, if he would like to see some Tiffany
windows in Troy that I had heard about. An hour later we were walking
through the first of three Troy churches that we were to see that day and
the next day we visited two Albany churches. All of them have Tiffany
windows. I should like to maintain that these American windows, made in
the last years of the nineteenth century and the early decades of the
twentieth century, are of equal artistic merit to the Chartres windows.
In the history of stained glass there have been two great ages, the
medieval period and the half century from 1875 to 1925. Precious little
has remained from the first of these two ages, thanks to the ravages of
time and the destructiveness,of man. Of the great French cathedrals, only
Chartres still has the original windows intact. By contrast, the sheer
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amount of stained glass from the second great age that can still be seen
is astonishing, and some of the very finest is in Albany and Troy.
A medieval stained glass window is like a mosaic. Artisans would
cut pieces of glass and fit them together according to the design they
were to follow. What gave the windows they made such brilliance was the
combination of smal] pieces of glass and the deep, solid colors, pre-
dominantly reds and blues. Perfectly suited to Gothic architecture, this
type of stained glass was no longer made during the Renaissance.
The Renaissance, a great age of painting, was a decadent period for
stained glass. Large pieces of glass replaced the mosaic-like bits and
shading was achieved through painting, which was applied to the glass with
a brush. It was as if stained glass had become subservient to painting;
the art form lost its integrity.
The period of decline lasted until the second half of the nineteenth
century. Of the various centers of revival none was more important than
and none produced as much stained glass as America. Of the American makers
of stained glass windows the unquestioned leader was Louis Tiffany, whose
studio in New York employed a large number of highly skilled designers,
glass makers, glaziers, and mosaicists. Tiffany was a superb artist,
and either designed windows himself or oversaw the designs of others. He
personally authorized every window that came from his studio, and that number
reached several thousand.
Tiffany's achievement is unimaginable without the special techniques
of making glass that were perfected in the nineteenth century, some of which
he developed. Glass makers would add fluorine to glass while it was still
viscous, creating the spectacular mottled effect, one of Tiffany's most
characteristic trademarks. Tiffany invented drapery glass to simulate the
folds of garments in the Biblical scenes that were among his specialties.
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To make this type workers threw molten glass onto tables, rolled it,
and then manipulated it with tongs, as if it were pastry, folding and
cutting it when it had assumed the right shape. Stand close to a
Tiffany window and chances are you will see how thickly textured the
glass is. Another technique was scattering fragments of glass on an iron
table, and then throwing a hot gather of glass across the surface, so the
bits and pieces would become part of the sheet. The effects can be sensa-
tional, giving the finished glass the appearance of confetti, whose many
colors brilliantly refract light. Among Tiffany's other techniques was
plating, a very complicated and difficult process by which sheets of glass,
up to as many as six, were bonded together for the purpose of. creating
different opacities.
In technical terms, Tiffany was able to do more than anyone else in
the history of stained glass. Moreover, he had the huge resources of the
Tiffany family behind him, he was an aggressive businessman (who hired
women whenever possible because he could pay them lower wages), and he
opened his studio when America was swept by religious fervor and church
construction took place on a massive scale. In 1875 alone 4,000 churches
were under construction. Wealthy congregations wanted their churches to
be the finest, and for many this meant having Tiffany windows.
So great was his prestige that Tiffany was able to get commissions
from churches for windows of startling ambitiousness. What made his windows
so stunning was his own genius, which was perfectly suited to the art form
of which he was the consummate master. Every inch the patrician, he did
not hesitate to make church windows of the utmost splendor and opulence,
one might almost say of the greatest sensuality. Many of his windows are
Biblical scenes, sweet and pretty in their soft, pastel colors, but others
are nature scenes, whether landscapes, seascapes or dense forests, rich in
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tropical vegetation. Whatever the subject, Tiffany always knew his
medium; he always knew that the glass he made, brilliant of color and
varied of texture, caught and reflected and refracted light, an advan-
tage that he used for the most sensational effects.
Louis Tiffany brought an ancient art form to a new pinnacle in the
churches that I visited last week. Of the ten buildings in Troy that
have Tiffany windows I visited only four. St. Joseph's Church (Roman
Catholic) has more Tiffany glass than I have seen in any other single
building, and it has some of the best. Be certain to see the chapel to
the left of the choir, which is completely by Tiffany, including the
light fixtures and mosaics, and be certain to see the windows in the
sacristy, to the right of the choir. Troy Public Library has just one
Tiffany window, but fine as it is it is a disappointment because it is
an interior window and does not receive outside light. St. Paul's Episcopal
Church, by contrast, is a must for the growing ranks of Tiffany devotees.
The entire interior of this wonderful church is by Tiffany, including the
ceiling decoration, the Mosaic Reredos and Baptistry, as well as the
windows. As an integrated artistic whole, it is hard to beat this church.
The last church I saw during my day in Troy was St. John's Episcopal Church.
Mere words seem inadequate to describe the glorious series of five windows,
"St. John's Vision of the Holy City." Pay particular attention to the top
parts of the three middle panels, which contain jewelled glass, whose deep
brilliance is a perfect visual climax for the rich colors extending through
the windows from bottom to top.
The next day my friend and I went to two of the six buildings in
Albany that have Tiffany windows. First we went to St. Paul's Episcopal
Church, which was just one window, the "Good Shepherd," and very fine it
is. Finally, we went to First Presbyterian Church, the one whose windows
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I know best, and as a member have enjoyed so greatly over the years. These
windows are beyond praise. In saying this, my prejudices may very well
come through. It would seem, however, that I am not alone in regarding
the "Sea of Galilee" window as one of Tiffany's best. It serves as the
frontispiece in Alistair Duncan's Tiffany Windows, the standard reference
book on the subject.
The other churches in Troy with Tiffany windows are First Presbyterian
Church and the Church of the Holy Cross, and also there is the Earl Memorial
Chapel on the campus of Russell Sage College.
In Albany the other churches are St. Peter's Episcopal Church, First
Reformed Church, and Madison Avenue Reformed Church, and there are Tiffany
windows in Beth Emeth Synagogue.
When my friend and I visited local churches (it was the middle of the
week) every one was locked, but with a little effort we had no trouble
getting in. All we had to do was find an office door, where someone was
available who not only let us in but was so helpful as to give us a guided
tour. We felt as if we were being taken as special guests through great
museums. It was our extraordinary good luck to arrive at St. John's
Episcopal Church in Troy when an organist was playing some Bach chorales.
Sitting in the choir opposite the organ and listening to Bach while looking
at the Tiffany windows at the far end of the church was a deeply moving
aesthetic experience. Seeing these windows can be a real adventure.
All Tri-city residents interested in stained glass as an art form
will certainly want to see the glorious Chartres windows, but until that
trip is possible the Louis Tiffany windows in Albany and Troy should be on
every itinerary. When my friend and I were taking our two-day tour of local
churches we agreed that these windows should be in all serious guide books
to the State of New York. When Americans go to Europe they should see the
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Chartres windows, and when Europeans--- and all travellers, the world
over---come to New York they should make a pilgrimage to Albany and
Troy to see the Tiffany windows. We, as local residents, can see them
now, and should.
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Sports have become a vast American industry with legions of participants
from supersataried Superstars to middle-aged men and women who have taken up
jogging or exercise on Nautilus machines. And there are the fans, the millions
upon millions who follow sports. Besides reading the sports section in local
newspapers and hearing or watching sports broadcasts on radio and television,
enthustasts read specialized magazines on tennis, running, surfing, windsurfing,
rockclimbing, skiing, and cross-country skiing, as well as the more traditional
publications on all of the major team sports. There is now a magazine devoted
just to the triathalon. Americans have never heen as well~informed about sports
as thay are today. Yet, few, no matter how knowledgable, will find Richard D.
Press, 1984) anything less than a revelation.
Mandell, a historian at the University of South Carolina, has also published
The Nazi Olympics and The First Modern Olympics. His approach is fundamentally
different than that of a sports journalist: He is not interested in team records,
batting averages, World Series results, golf scores, or any of the usual stuff
of sports reportage. Rather, he sees sport as an important part of the histori~
cal experience, and he submits it to the same type of analytical rigor that he
would politics, religion, economics, or any other area of historical investigation.
As he says in his preface, he is not even a sports fan in the conventional
sense of the word. Readers will not find the adylatory tone typical of much
sports writing in Mandell's book, but they will find much that is thought-provoking
and of deep interest.
Mandell explains that sports can be cruel, and they can pander to the
sadistic tendencies of spectators. In some Roman gladiatorial games the winner
was the last person alive. Crowds reached a frenzy of involvement, and by merely
raising or lowering a thumb they could signal the life or death of a combatant.
Modern contact sports, as they are euphemistically called, are not without
violence, and some of then have that as a major part of their appeal. Ice hockey
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fans like a good fight, football fans ara treated to hitting more brutal than
even the best trained bodies can take, and racing fans look for the spectacular
crash. Still, modern sports are carefully regulated, they have elaborate rules,
trained officials, and scientifically designed protective gear. Even the most
violent of our games pale before those of antiquity, a result of humane concern
and a practical wish to preserve valuable commodities, the athletes themselves.
Sports have always had a large impact on politics, and been capable either
of strengthening social bonds and legitimizing governments or providing the
sparks of rebellion. Probably the greatest slave revolt in antiquity broke out
when Sparatacus, a Roman officer, along with a host of gladiators occupied Mt,
Vesuvius and attracted an army of runaway slaves. They defeated two Roman
legions before being crushed by Pompey in 71 B.C.
Fans in antiquity were intensely partisan, and were organized into rival
groups, of which the most famous and important were the Blues and the Greens.
What bound them together was not only loyalty to teams of chariot racers, but
also larger issues of a political and ideological nature. In Constantinople, the
capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, fighting between the Blues and Greens broke
out in 512 A.D. in the Hippodrome, where chariot races were being held, The
riots spread throughout the city and beyond its limits, lasting four days, and
leaving in their wake as many as 30,000 dead. Such an incident makes English
soccer riots of today seem tame by comparison.
Modern governments well realize the Importance of sports; some consciously
use them to showcase the benefits of their social and ideological systems. As
Mandell explains, America has no national sports policy. Our government does
not subsidize our teams and federal funds were not used to build Olympic
facilities tn Los Angeles. In fact, few facilities were built, because local
taxpayers did not want to be saddled with the huge debt. So the Coliseum, a
leftover from the 1932 Olympics, was used again. This is in striking contrast
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to the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. Hitler, eager to use the Olympics as a device
for showing the world the benefits of the Nazi system, tore down the stadium
built for the 1916 Olympic games, which had not been used because of World War I,
and built a new stadium.
In Russia and all of the Iron Curtain countries sports are an important part
of state policy; unlike America, there is a definite national policy, and its
purpose is to produce athletes whose winning performances prove the advantages of
Marxist social organization,
in the Eastern blog states sports have been used to mask apparently intractable
social and economic problems, East Germany is a case in point. Economic goals
have floundered, but sports goals have been spectacularly successful. All youths
from the ages of four to six are measured, sometimes X-rayed, and meticulously
axamined to see if their bodily characteristics are suited to a particular sport.
This is the beginning of a careful process by which youths of athletic promise are
filtered into specialized programs, organized and run by the state. Sports
academies have their own stadiums, libraries, lecture halis, training facilities,
and dormitories, Also, they have their sports doctors and scientists, whose
psychological profiles, newly designed equipment, and drug tests have proven
effective through many victories in international competition.
When a journalist remarked to the East German swimming coach at the Montreal
Olympics in 1976 that his teenage swimmers, suspected of taking the male hormone,
testosterone, had unusually large shoulders and deep voices, he replied, “They
are here to swim, not sing"
Both the American and Eastern bloc sports systems are riddled with contradic-
tions, Central to the original goals of the Eastern bloc system was the creation
of a healthier society through widespread physical fitness, It seems that this
goal has largely been superseded by an all-out drive to produce an elite corps
of athletic champions whose international victories will shed luster on the
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state, One is told that joggers are not to be seen in the streets of
Moscow, Leipzig or Budapest. The fitness boom, so conspicuous in America,
has not taken hold --~ to the same extent -~- on the other side of the Iron
Curtain.
More Americans, arguably, have discovered the benefits of sports, and
accepted the price of hard sweat and physical exhaustion, than have people in
any other modern society, Athletic skills are higher than ever before, at
every level of competition and in all sporting events. To watch an NBA
basketball game is to see athletic miracle workers, magicians who defy the
laws of human limitations, leapers who fly through the air Tike birds and
slam-dunk the ball from impossible angles and positions. From pick-up street
games to NBA championship games, basketball players are better than ever,
The recent Olympics showcased the gains that have been made in American
sports. In events such as cycling, volley ball, water polo, gymmastics, and
Greco-Roman wrestling Americans had not been competitive in International com-
petition for decades, if ever, Now our athletes are among the best, if not
the best, in the world in these events, One reason, paradoxically, is that we
have borrowed the Eastern bloc model, the sports club, This happened first tn
swimming, after the undeniable successes of the Russians and East Germans, and
then in other sports. Within a free, capitalistic society organizations have
been formed not unlike those in Eastern Europe, and they have worked.
It might seem, then, that American sports have been uniquely successful.
Without a state sports policy we have developed corps of athletes of top inter~
national caliber, and we have a citizenry encouragingly dedicated to fitness.
Yet, there are problems. If our capitalistic system has brought. forth such
impressive results, it is also responsible grim and grotesque problems, The
athletes who benefit most from capitalism are sometimes the ones who are its
victims. As Mandell says, athletes are typically very ordinary people, apart
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from their unusual bodily skills, Many of the best are i1l-educated (even
those with college degrees), and their human and moral growth has not kept
pace with the spectacular development of their talent. Many are unprepared
for fame and fortune and destroy their own lives. Mercury Morris, the former
great Miami Dolphin running back, is in prison for selling drugs, and so is
Bob Hayes, "the world's fastest human.”
Perhaps most important about sports in America is the number of people,
men and women, who have become active participants. As a society, we are
healthier than ever, and in strictly athletic terms we are more accomplished,
If sports is part of history, as Mandell maintains, this part of the nation's
life has made impressive gains. The recent Olympics can be regarded as a sign
of America's vitality, but an even better indication is the swimmers in our
pools, the skiiers on our hills and the runners in our streets,
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UNIVERSITY'S RETURN TO GRADUATION REQUIRMENTS
MARKED BY STUDENT ACCEPTANCE, FACULTY INNOVATION
Two years after State University of New York at Albany again began
requiring that students complete a General Education Program to graduate,
enrollment has significantly increased in natural science courses and in
“symbolics" courses, a broad category that includes linguistics, foreign
language, mathematics and computer science.
The return to graduation requirements has also generated the creation of
new courses designed to appeal to nonmajors. And student reaction appears to
be favorable.
To fulfill the general education requirement, which returned after a
13-year hiatus, students must now complete 36 credits in approved courses with
six credits each in natural sciences, social sciences, literature and fine
arts, world cultures, values, and symbolics.
Within each category, a number of courses is offered by various
departments, allowing the students to choose up to 12 hours from any one
department. Students must also fulfill a writing requirement by taking a
course offered by the English Department or one approved as "writing
intensive."
“with the increased emphasis on ‘application,’ it's important to have general
education requirements, so students won't take only what they view as job-entry
type courses," said Leonard Lapinski, associate dean of Undergraduate Studies and
administrative coordinator of the University's General Education Program.
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But the requirement does not stop students from meeting their career goals
as well, he said.
“There has, also been a heavy demand for social science courses by first-
and second-semester freshmen," he said. "Many of our freshmen are hoping to
major in business, and courses like sociology, economics and psychology are
required by the School of Business."
Courses in symbolics, part of a broad category that includes “human symbol
systems," also attract a large number of underclassmen, but “there has always
been a majority of students taking math," Lapinski said, noting that the same
has been true of literature courses. But world cultures and values courses
have not shown large enrollments so far, a phenonmenon that could complicate
future course offerings.
“The general education program provides a structure over which students
still have a lot of control," said Stanley Schwartz, director of the Center
for Undergraduate. Education, which provides academic advising for freshmen and
undeclared majors. “And parents were concerned about all the freedom of
choice. This is a restriction to that which they applaud."
The University's original distribution requirement, which mandated that
students. take between 33 and 45 credits in specific course and subject areas,
was eliminated by the University Senate in 1970, but by 1976 the Council on
Educational Policy had recommended reinstituting it, according to Lapinski.
In 1979, the Liberal Education Advancement Program (LEAP) began as a pilot,
and in 1981 the Senate accepted the LEAP program's six-category distribution
as the basic model for the General Education Program.
In response ta the return of graduation requirements, many academic
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departments have created an influx of new courses designed to appeal to
nonmajors. The “The Brain: The Final Frontier," might sound like a Twilight
Zone episode, but it's a biology course. Chemistry Professor John Aronson
spends part of “The "ABCs of Chemistry" discussing murder mysteries like
Agatha Christie's "The Mysterious Affair at Stiles," whose solution revolves
around the solubility of strychnine. And in Warren Roberts' history course,
“Art, Music and History: A Multimedia Approach," the celebration of female
flesh in Italian art illustrates political attitudes of the time.
The Anthropology Department is another department trying to “offer
attractive courses to meet the University requirements," said Gary Gossen,
department chairman. The department has developed or modified five courses
for the General Education Program, he said, including “Introduction to
Cultural Anthropology," which recently won approval as a world cultures
requirement rather than social science.
“General education requirements give us the opportunity to let students
who might not otherwise take these courses get to know what anthropology is
all about," Gossen added. "But we're not paupers with our hats out. We have
a concrete body of courses to offer that are relevant to effective career
planning on the international scene. Anthropology is regarded as highly
essential now more than ever because of the cultural pluralism of the world."
Gossen said anthropology courses such as "Comparative Economic and
Exchange Systems" use the "perspective of anthropology to show how our
economic rationalism is not distributed worldwide. In some cultures, rank,
status, honor and prestige are important variables that enter into the
assignment of value. This course can give business students, for example,
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some feel for cross-cultural differences."
Student reaction to the new requirement appears to be favorable. In fact,
the proposal stirred very little excitement when it was instituted for
freshmen entering in fall 1982. A poll by the Albany Student Press in 1981
reported that 67 percent of 253 students randomly surveyed supported
graduation requirements, with greater support among upperclassmen. Many
juniors and seniors “said they regret not having taken a broader curriculum,
while others who felt they had taken a wide range of courses are glad they
did," the ASP reported.
"Students accept it, especially those students who are tentative about
their academic programs. It gives them a sense of structure in the college
environment," Schwartz added. “The students raised the complaint that no
general education requirements cheapened their degree."
“I think most people either really like them or they just accept them,"
commented Carl Patka of Albany, a student in that first freshman class. "TI
haven't really seen anybody jumping up and down to get rid of them. If the
University said, 'You have to take this course and that course,’ people would
complain. But there's a lot of choice."
“I think it's a good idea,” said Pamela Wolf of Syracuse, a freshman.
“t'm taking a course called ‘Atmospheric Science’ which I wouldn't take
otherwise. But the teacher makes it so interesting that I'm glad I took it."
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March 6, 1984
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THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION WILL BE TUESDAY TOPIC MARCH 13
Some observers believe the so-called sexual revolution of the '60s has
ended, replaced by a new era of “romantic love." If so, it isn't the first
time such a shift has taken place, says History Professor Warren Roberts of
State University of New York at Albany.
Roberts will be presenting Tuesday's Topic, March 13, at the New York State
Museum, The program, which is open free to the public, is set for 12:10 p.m. in
the Orientation Theater at the Museum,
A specialist in European social and cultural history, Prof. Roberts is the
author of the book Morality and Social Class in 18th Century French Literature.
He sees similarities in the shift away from hedonism then and what appear to be
the changing attitudes among youth today.
His talk, "Sexual Revolutions: Past and Present," is part of the spring
series of Tuesday Topics co-sponsored by the University and the Museum. The
series will continue through April 3.
FORFAR RII RE
March 8, 1984
Education issues Bren a
TO THE EDITOR: a3.
In his June 16 article - “Baucation: <6
reaching critical mass(es)?”.— James E.
McClellan Jr., a professor of education at
the State University at Albany, raises”
points of the profoundest importance for
American education and-American socie-
ty: Professor McClellan correctly sees the
issues that he addresses as transcendant
‘in their: significance, with implications
that go far beyond teaching methods and.
* procedures, entering into the larger fabric
, of American life itself. i
The. problem, -as. Professor McClellan
seeS it, is that the teacher is the victim of.
ambitious parents who want their children
to “attend college and attain an occupa-—
-tional status’ traditionally. reserved far
‘college graduates.” These parents are the
“conduits” through which anxieties, ten-
Sions, insecurities and bitterness are
passed, and teachers and tttttttheir own
children are the innocent victim:
“And what happened in the classroom:
create So mueb: ‘Stress? The main probi
at seems, is ‘that parents: want’ “their
dergarten children to read, so the: teach oF
had to. set-up reading groups, the: mere
‘mention of which made some of them: ere
-I cannot: say if;reading’is a proper. and
Feasonable. activity: for, kindergarten ¢ chit,
dren, bub it does. seem to-me.that. a
‘steps in that. direction, making some nec
pears adjustments. for ise who-:feel.
There is rnuch-here. ind pl :Tha
‘children should: burst, into. tears..at: the
mention of a reading group. is-not: vhatT
‘should “expect, but far more: surprising is
the teacher’: 's response, By inundating her
students. with ‘ditto: sheets she abandoned
the’ thoughtful, ‘creative approach. fo
education to which. she:is committed and
introduced her’ students'te a“ crude; me-,
“chanical device that has becom: oe bane
of American education.
It séems the teacher-victim might not be
“a victim of parents but the university that
prepared’ her ‘for. the: classroom. When
“faced: with a' problem her refiex response
was to do exactly what her instincts: un-:
doubtedly. told her was ‘wrong, s
she 'to-her methods.
: What “brought particular grief to the
teacher ‘was a’ direct_order not’ to: be.
hugged and kissed by her students when
they wanted love and affection. Anxious te
have a close and emotionally warm. rela-
tionship: with her students ‘she. regarded
such: demonstrations as valuable, just as
she. ‘wished ‘to. set aside: time “in the
classroom for play’ activities. But her}
superiors came down hard, tellingher to!
-forget:“any type of socialization, pretend- |
ing-or play acting”
~. This-view of socializati
conception that has caused confusion and.
misdirection in our schools and in. much of
American society. For a teacher the key is
to bring to a structured activity ‘the right
“balance of control and.emotional warmth
and responsiveness to the individuality of
» those in the group. Difficult as it is to strike
a balance, it can' be: done, at least suffi-
ciently to- give the teacher-a sense of:
“fulfillment and well-being and students a’ |
healthy mixture of discipline; and freedom.
It is also possible to give them a far better,
education than they now receive. An
thank goodness that parents want their!
children to go to college and acquire thé
necessary skills to do so..." *
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bany:
Albay! ‘Ss ‘alltel liege” is.
inextricably) bound ‘with’ its: rell--
gious heritage, which deserves to be:
‘recognized during the city's coming :
i-tricentennial year, according to one
. ,organizer of the 300th anniversary,
-celebration, *:
Anne F, Tioberts, State Universi.
-ty-at Albany librarian announced
- details «Friday ‘of an- upcoming
series of presentations focusing on
prominent ANY plagos of wor:
ship.
» Anne and Warren Roberts:
« culture tied to religion
“This new project, which will be.
another yearlong series looking at;
the various representations of reli-
gious worship through sight and
- sound,” again. brings. together -a
wealth of experts from the commu-,
nity and the university,” said Mrs,
Roberts, who is director of the
project,
During the past “year, Mrs, Rob
erts directed a similar: series: of
“programs titled “Experiencing Al-
,, Dany: Past, Present and Future.”
S Roberts, The lecture willbe held in
“deca ‘Albany: “Its* Churches
and Synagogues”, will begin Stinda:
“with an-an’ overview, of the: archi-';, :
tecturalistyles of various churches
“sand. the,,, influence; of., European.
_ trends, presented by.
_erts,;-a :, professor :
rren--Rob-
istory;
SUNYA,: who! fs ‘married: to. Mrs.
the’ Orientation ‘Theater of. State:
, Museum, Empire State Plaza.s..°'¢ > /
sAll 21 lectures in’ the series will:
be free: to the public. and. begin 3 at 3¢
enthusiastic, agréeing to open their:
churches up and’ developing histo-
ries,” Mrs, Roberts said..“It's won-
\derful.: They're 80 eager. 0" be
“involved.”
Roberts said he would “provide a’
‘common. thread”) for the series, *
“which will take place in a different,
sehurch:” roughly’ twice a month.
through next, September.:::
“We chose religions as the. tone
not for religious, reasons, but
cultural ones,” he said...
At Sunday’s overview, he. said he
would Jiscuss-the different styles of |
architecture and vocabularies used
£sto describe them.’ Slides of famous *
“Kuropean churches will be shown to
demonstrate low. Albany’s churches
were influenced by, maj Arehit
tural movements: * ae
“But eyes: and ears. should be
opened,” said Roberts, “At most’ of
; the programs: there will:be. music’.
that eserves te hes heard in ithe
pl
: “The local clergy bad been very =,
churches and eynhgogties for which, :}- Roman Catholic,*Jewish and Prot-
it was designed.” '; . “ estant, as well a: the Shakers and
“Although the series is not official-
ly affiliated with.the Tricentennial
year’s activities was welcomed andj," themes at all the lectures, such as
commended by Louis Swyer,, come. 8 architecture, music, art objects and
ion, chairman, *""" liturgy,” Mrs.'Roberts said. © >
“apn ‘surprised that’ peop! le ‘don’t
+ know ‘more about. our’ area's .rel
gions,” Swyer said. “This series will $70,000 grant from’ the National
» help fulfili-orte of our ambitions, to Endowment for . the “ Humanities.
acquaint, people - with. Nistory and: ‘Other groups involved in coordinat-
advance ecuménism,” ep ease ing the program include the Albany
ae e 4 : institute. of History: and Art, the
The. lectures, will suryey most of "State: Museum,’ Albany Public Li-
i Albene! 8, _ congregations , including brary and the city of Albany.
ie jee
Commission, ‘the contribution to the “We will try to emphasize similar °
iThe series is being’ funded by a’
*, should like, to.the best [am able, fo oper the
Mother, Ann. Le
the Albany.area,
Rabbi. Issac Meyerwise started :the Re-
form. movement in Judaism in.Albany. “".
‘They -were: some of the people who made
religious:history in.and around, Albany and
snow -that -history is: to-be celebrated in a,
yearlong series of lectures exploring the,
architecture, liturgy and music of hist
churches and synagogues of the
Anne Roberts, director of the’ program,
called -the churches and. synagogues “‘of:
Albany “treasure houses to be explored.” ‘
>= “We aim to look: at..the:.churches ‘and
ynagogues in, the cultural contex| 8
Roberts, :
~ SThe-srich diversity’ of churches and
‘synagogues in the Albany area has. always k
impressed me,” she said,
>To ‘nake' her‘ point ‘she noted -that the:
church she attends, the First Presbyterian Ls
Church, has one. of the. greatest “Tiffany
Windows ini the world. *
‘The lectures are being coordinated by the’
University Libraries of State University of
‘New York at Albany under, the sirection of
Anne Roberts.
‘The first lecture, will be held Sunday at S
pm. at the New. York. ,
orientation theatre:
‘At. that lecture, Warren. R. Roberts,
“professor of History'at the State University
‘of New York at Albany, will ‘provide’ a
historical perspective on the ‘churches. and
Synagogues participating in the serjes, ; '°
“The lecture will serve as the introduction: a
:to the series.” ++
‘Professor of history ‘Warren Rol rts said
he has studied the historic and’ artistic,
treasures in the city’s houses of worship and.
he wants to share that experience, «°°
‘ “My eyes have been open to those riche
said Roberts, a professor of history.”
_ eyes of others.” .
The series of lectures is an outgrowth ol
the yearlong series of lectures ; ent Hed
“ge
“Experie i “Albi asi
Future, which examined Albany’s' political,
1 jndustrial and social history,
religious: lectures : will’ be; held
between this Sunday-and Sept. 21,.
id ‘open to the public,
Historic Albany. project director,
tate suiniversly. histor professot Id.
Al
‘The lectures are fundéd by & $70,000 gr
ds if
‘om the: National
Humanities. :
i They. will coincide with the eélebrat
he city’s 300th birthday next yea,
sim
be;‘held. at churches and, synagogues
throughout, Albany."
‘psa of each’ Bi wi inaee’
heir. edenomini
‘The architectural style, ae. ute and
Thusic of each faith will be discusses
:' “Dominant. Dutch”. at First
Shurch in Albany; ‘“‘Albany’s Anglicans” at:
‘ Bie Pate ‘Episcopal ; Church; : “Famous.
at First Luthéran Chureh;, ‘Pres-
People” *:at™ First >. Presbyterian
“Many; Methodists”.* at -‘Trinity
hy
led ‘Meta Church’ 1ureh \Catho-
ple. ;
nificent: cathedrals: and’ tes here;
‘David il Con direct f the: Al
' Zduhezy said, he hopes that through the
“lectures residents will “realize the architec-
tural heritage that we have in the houses of
orship.{s sort of unique in Albany.’
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UNIVERSITY NEWS
VOLUME 3, NUMBER 20
THE UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY
FEBRUARY 13, 1980
Cogent Arguments, Prudent Preparations
A realistically concerned, but
determined and hopeful President
O'Leary told a special, open meeting
of University Senate Monday that he
and the University will mount per-
suasive arguments against the
proposed cuts in the Executive
Budget, while also making “prudent
preparations” for reductions which
may be necessary.
After detailing the governor’s
budget as it effects SUNY (as
reported in the Jan. 30 issue of
University News), O’Leary stressed to
his audience in the Campus Center
Ballroom that while “we should not
accept as inevitable the (budgetary)
decisions made to date,” nevertheless
it would be “unwise not to prepare for
any eventualities so that we can res-
pond quickly and effectively on an in-
formed basis” when the time comes.
“Our first task is to make cogent,
well-placed arguments whenever and
wherever there is an appropriate
1977 Report
Resurfaces
Sounds from the past echoed
across the campus last week when
The New York Times reported on a
private foundation study of higher
education in New York State.
The Times article extracted from a
paper by former Williams College
Provost Joseph Kershaw done for the
Sloan Foundation and its Commis-
sion on Government and Higher
Education. The Kershaw study for
Sloan was completed in 1978 and is
an. adaptation of work he did for New
York State’s Wessell Commission the
year before,
In his work for the Wessell Com-
mission and for the Sloan Commis-
sion, Kershaw looks at private higher
education, the City University and the
State University systems in light of
the role of government and the pop-
ulation declines being projected for
the 1980s.
In noting the drop in traditional
college-age students in the coming
decade, Kershaw comments on
parallel contractions in higher educa-
tion in the state. In one part of the
report, he offers the view that New
York State will not be able to support
the continued development of four
high-quality University Centers and
therefore should funnel its resources
into just two. His candidates are Buf-
falo and Stony Brook.
Kershaw’s views on the SUNY
centers were not accepted in 1977,
and were not made a part of the
Wessell Commission final report. Asa
background paper, one of ten case
studies prepared for Sloan, the report
may or may not be included when
that commission’s study is released
this spring.
The Sloan Commission study is a
two-year project on the impact of
government on higher education
throughout the country.
forum over the next two months,” the
president said, urging all members of
the University community to do so. “I
believe that such efforts can make a
difference.”
He acknowledged that “New York
is a strong-executive state, and the
Executive Budget is more than just a
suggestion, as is the case in some
states. It carries a great deal of force.
But, there is always room for
negotiating and that’s what we’re do-
ing and must do.”
If the legislature permits two, large
proposed reductions in the SUNY
budget to stand — reductions totaling
some $26 million — O’Leary ad-
mitted that Albany “could face severe
problems” in maintaining required
levels of vacant positions. He ex-
plained that the Board of Trustees
must determine how to distribute
whatever cuts ultimately are required.
across the SUNY system.
“As a rule of thumb, we figure that
Albany’s share of whatever happens
to SUNY is about 6 percent,” he said.
“But, we don’t know whether the
trustees will decide to distribute the
cuts equally across the board, or
whether they will consider quality of
programs and strength of enrollments
and interest among néw students. We
are in a strong position on both”
counts.”
With all the uncertainty — “the
situation is very fluid and far from
settled” — O'Leary said the number
of positions lost on this campus
“could range from about 26 to as
many as 110 under the worst im-
aginable conditions. My fervent hope
is that we won’t have to put into effect
the contingencies we must consider.”
Fifty-five members of a series of
budget panels currently are reviewing
the three-year plans developed by all
campus units. Their recommen-
dations of levels of support will be
forwarded to the vice presidents and,
ultimately, to O’Leary.
“I have no hidden agenda,” the
president vowed. “We are involving as
many people as possible to help
shape our responses and put us in a
position to make decisions, if they
become necessary.”
He noted that over the past five
years, through a series of budget cuts
and expenditure ceilings, Albany has
lost J1 percent of its 1974 non-
instructional positions and 3 percent
of its instructional lines,
“There are no easy pockets for
further reductions,” he stated.
In answer to a question from the
floor, O’Leary said he does not an-
ticipate retrenchment of existing per-
sonnel, but added: “It is a possibility if ~
the cuts are severe enough, and we
PRESIDENT O'LEARY
can’t ignore the possibility.
“Whatever happens,” he promised,
“this institution will remain an institu-
tion of quality. That is central to all
our deliberations. We have the
strength and resources to withstand
“these times as well or better than any
other campus.” (RHR)
Roberts Plans ‘Youth and Society’ Course
History Professor Warren Roberts’
area of research, expertise, and per-
sonal interest is 18th Century Europe,
the Age of Reason. He also is a realist
and willing to confront the obvious.
“Enrollments in history courses
have been declining over the last 10
years,” he admits. “And, certainly,
— Phil Johnson WARREN ROBERTS
there is less interest in the era in
which I am interested, the Enlighten-
ment. Students are not exactly knock-
ing down the doors to sign up for
classes in the Age of Reason.
“That makes me somewhat un-
easy. I believe I have more to say than
there is an audience to listen. So, I
have been searching for a topic that
would be likely to attract more
students.”
He may have found it. It’s not a
gimmick; it’s a topic of legitimate in-
terest to historians. Yet, it may well
appeal to what Roberts calls — and
decries — the “me-first” attitude
toward education.
The course, which Roberts hopes
to offer as early as next fall, will look
at “Youth and Society, 1800 to the
Present.” It will include a focus on
youth in the Western countries, with
particular emphasis on young
Americans in the latter 20th Century.
As is the case in all of his courses,
Roberts plans to use novels as
teaching devices.
“I view literature as a social win-
dow,” he says. “I would use novels
such as Rabbit Run, Rabbit Redux,
and Catcher in the Rye in the youth
course. It also would be valuable to in-
corporate some movies, if that proves
feasible.”
“Youth is intriguing,” he says, “in
that it goes through an extraordinary
experience of trying to establish an
identity and relate to the world. In
defining its ideology, it often finds it
necessary to reject icons of the adult
world.
“It is a fascinating process, ac-
complished with great raw energy,
and sometimes resulting in significant
changes in society. Certainly, the
power of youth to effect change has
been far greater in modern America
(Continued on page 3)
Winners and runners-up on each
of the five residential quadrangles
were selected recently in the new
section lounge improvement
program. Teams of students, facul-
ty, and staff served as judges.
According to Director of
Residences John Welty, the lounge
improvement contest is part of a
“multi-pronged effort to deal with
vandalism in the residence halls
and deterioration of furniture
through lack of resources to
replace old pieces.”
During the fail semester, each
section was given $50 to use in im-
proving its lounge area. An ad-
ditional $50 will be forthcoming
this semester to all sections which
show no new damage through van-
dalism.
First prize winners will receive a
new couch, four new chairs, and a
new side table for their section
lounges. Second prize is $25 for
additional improvements.
Shown on this page are the win-
ning sections from Alumni (top),
Colonial (top right), State (right),
Indian (bélew), and Ditch (bot=
tom) quads.
e ‘Youth and Society’
(Continued from page 1)
than in most periods of history.
“T am interested in the two-way
traffic of this subject. Society is con-
stantly changing. Youth picks up
signals of change, accepting some
and rejecting others. In either case, it
makes its own contribution to the
historical mainstream.”
Teaching a course on youth would
be a departure for Roberts in several
ways, not all of which he views
favorably,
The proposed course would not
provide a direct link to Roberts’
primary research interests, and that
bothers him, somewhat. Another
thing that bothers him is the personal
involvement the course likely will de-.
mand of him.
“I'm a detached scholar,” he says.
“I prefer to keep a distance between
myself and what I teach. ’'m not sure
that would be possible in this course.
“There is a lot about youth that I
don’t like, such as the drug scene and
rock music. I have four teenagers, so I
feel quite strongly about these
matters. I would plan to make a state-
ment in class about changes that I
don’t like.
“And, while I don’t think education
should have as a goal the ‘me-first’
idea, nevertheless, an essential part of
education should be the acquisition of
self-knowledge. As an historian, I am
completely dedicated to the proposi-
tion that to understand oneself, one
must understand one’s society and
traditions.
“So, I would hope that this course
could be ‘organized to allow students
to talk about their personal ex-
periences. After all, they are living
history.”
There is another adjustment
Roberts might have to make.
“IT always have graded my own
papers,” he says. “Writing is essential
in my classes. I haven’t given an exam.
in 15 years. -
“But, if this course draws as I think
it will, I might need help in grading all
the papers. If I can get some good
graduate assistants, it should work
out okay. 7
“I care very much about making
students write. They absolutely have
to write; it’s the way they learn. I can
see a remarkable transformation in
students in the course of one
semester. They appreciate it.
“It’s tough, on me as well as on
them. But, we’re all in this together.”
(RHR)
“CTIVE ee
“Td KALTS.
By Warren Roberis |
m his new. book, The End of Sex: Eble aye anecihe
Sexual Revolution, George Leonard pronounces . the
death of the sexual revolution that began in the 1960s
and proclaims a return te “romance, commitment and
erotic love.”
Sex was separated from love during the "60s, and people had
‘sex just as they. had dinner, the measles or a:game of golf, Sex
was casual and recreational; the key to its success twas learning
gains — society shook ‘free from Victorian restrains and
\repressiveness — but there also were losses. Reducing the act of
Jové to an arithmetic of physical impulses deprived it of its
al and: thereby »depersonalizing «this:
een ‘sex and Jove, the devaluation of monogamy,
“The 2 professor of history at the State University at
Albany and. author of 4 book en sex and love in the 18th century.
Undoing sexual revolutio
‘Return to romance echoes 18th century shift
better techniques. In this, Leonard ‘maintains’ :there were some--
and sexual boredom were common to both revolations, and out of
both came a reorientation of values and attitudes, a shift towards
-; romantic lové and monogamy.
‘A discussion ‘of one 18th century novel will suggest how
sharply sex was separated from love in that era. The story is
about a group of aristocrats who spend several days ‘at the
country estate of the heroine. All of the men have had sex‘with
each of the women, except for the hero'and the heroine. Oné'night
he appears in her-bedroom and, after complaining of how-chilly
she agrees to gratify him afterwards.
She accepts the conditions and both paris.of the contract are
.. kept, although in the case of the latter, oy oe oe ee a
“The hero has more scandal.to narrate, and. he and the
orestlts, By that time morni
inthe hall, am iiehere eur ich ohsroom.
“are never to. falt in. love; never: to
viically involved. Once either wishes-to end an
Seda aeolies, One he a eae ee
toleration-extends to those whe are married: Neither
s. mor. wife is to "be concerned, with: extra- ‘marital relat
which are the norm...
: There is complete. equality between the two sexes, and
and men. alternate taking the initiative and severing
relationship when. it become tedious. Boredom is a
comes sexiial destructiveness, the unleashing of’ diol
forces, the frightening of sadism. The- novels. of the
Marquis de Sade, written at the end of the eighteenth calls,
: area final summing up of earlier fictional themes.
How does the sexual conduct in novels relate to the actuatlife
‘of this period? There is no exact way to answer this. ques’
which is not unlike the question of how accurately today’s médvies
and television shows mirror contemporary American life. There
See RETURN 78-3
Continued from B-1
is evidence outside the novels to suggest
that sexual standards had become re-
Jaxed, very relaxed by earlier standards.
To read 18th-century memoirists, Casa-
nova being the best known, is to read
‘catalogues of sexual conquest whose
ultimate importance lies in their arithe-
metical extent. Leporello’s aria in Moz-
art's Don Giovanni, first performed in
1787, could very well be about Casanova:
“In Italy, six hundred, and forty (con-'
quests), in Germany two hundred and
thirty-one, a hundred in France, in'Turkey
ninety one, in Spain already one thousand _
three.” .
Restif de la Bretonne, a novelist, is said
‘to have fathered 20 illegitimate children
before reaching his majority, and during
‘his lifetime won over (had sex:with) 700
women. If 18th-century novels and operas
do not mirror contemporary. life exactly
they. do reflect’some of thé eddies. and,
| currents within that society,
‘There was a strong reaction against the
separation of sex from love in the second
half of the 18th century. The best-known
writer who called for a return to romantic
Jove and monogamy was Jean Jacques
Rousseau. His voice was seconded by that
of Denis Diderot and complemented by a
chorus of lesser-known authors, »
Whereas erotic novels had been the
most popular type of. fiction in 18th
century France, they went into eclipse as
romantic novels, often: higlily moralistic,
became the fashion. It seems that
Rousseau struck just the right note when
he tried. to reinvest sex with love and
resanctify marriage. Among his themes
iwere strict marital fidelity, devotion of
,parents to their children and the wicked-
\ness of promiscuity.
Interestingly, Rousseau and his moral-
\istic followers were not alone in denounc-
ing the type of sexual behavior typical of
erotic. novels. Those novels themselves
contained the most scathing indictments
of a sexual code that ‘had gone awry.
Heroes and heroines of erotic novels are.
depicted. as vicious and- destructive, and °
they are duly punished for their sins.
Out of pornographic’ literature came.
calls for sweeping moral reform. Both
Restif de la Bretonne and the Marquis de
Sade, the 18th century's principal pornog-
youths were raised according to stringent
moral standards and carefully prepared
for marriage: in’ sexually-. segregated
_ schools. There is a large dose of Spartan
rigor in the utopias of these two authors,
an antidote, it would seem, to the
manifold problams spawned by a permis-
sive sexual code. .
Looking back at the. 18th-century
debate on sex and love. from today’s
‘Whereas erotic novels had been the
most popular type of fiction in 18th
century France, they went into eclipse
as roman tic novels,
often highly
moralistic, became the fashion. It.
seems that Rousseau struck just the
tight note when he tried to reinvest
sex with love and resanctify marriage.
Among his themes were strict marital
fidelity, devotion of parents to their
children and the wickedness of
promiscuity.
raphers, described utopian societies in
which sexual life was strictly ordered.
Restif called. for the rehabilitation of
marriage and his utopia included regula-
tion that limited the making of love
between newlyweds, while the Marquis de
Sade described a perfect society in which
perspective is particularly interesting
becatise jt foreshadows many issues in our
own society. The sexual revolution of.the
18th century created conditions strikingly
similar to those that surfaced in the ’60s
revolution in. America. ‘s
History does not repeat itself exactly,
Return to romance may signal end of
however, and there are obvious differ-
ences between the two sexual revolutions
and the periods of reaction that followed.
The 18th-century revolution was socially
limited, taking place within the aristocra-
cy and an upper-bourgeois stratum that
accepted the primacy of aristocratic
manners and morals. The social frame-
work within which this revolution took
place inevitably shaped its contours and
contributed to its characteristic forms.
Thus, the sexual adventurers of the age
tended to be the members of a leisured
aristocracy, and the release of demonic
energies resulted not only from sexual
boredom but also from the frustrations of
a nobility that was essentially parasitical
and bitter over the loss of its former
power. .
Sex and politics were inextricably
intertwined in the 18th ‘century sexual
revolution, just as they. were in America
in the 1960s, The sexual freedom of the
1960s was bound up with liberation causes,
and the rejection of a “repressive” sexual
code and attacks on the family unit were
part of larger assaults on others values
and institutions, Since the ’60s the political
climate has changed, and causes.that once
seemed timely and urgent now appear out.
of place. Out of the convulsions that
racked America has come a series of
reevaluations that would render life more
normal and stable.
Yet, ’60s ideology has lingered . on,
sometimes, as in George Leonard’s call
for a, return to romantic ‘love ‘and’
monogamy, ‘where it might be least
suspected, Even as Leonard deciies and
sexual revolution of the '60s he reveals
himself as someone. who has been influ-
enced by '60s ideologies. Thus, what he is
looking for is “a more erotic world,” one
governed by the same pleasure priiciple.
that the sexual revolutionaries he argues
against also embraced. The monogamy
that he calls for is a “high monogamy” in
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sexual revolution |
which two individuals openly reveal
themselves and all of their difficulties,
fighting through their problems -to
achieve change. These two individuals are
“totally open, honest and psychologically
growing,” a goal that echoes the ideals of
the ’60s.
Albany, N.Y., Sunday, August 24, 1983
ordeals of adolescence, paying _bills,
coping with the everyday realities of their
jobs, and making the necessary adjust-
ments to one another will conceal
problems rather than expose and analyze
them, and probably will try to avoid
difficulties. Moreover; they will probably
Looking back at the 18th century
debate on sex and love from today’s
perspective is particularly interesting —”
because it foreshadows many issues in .
our own society. The sexual revolution ..
of the 18th century created conditions
strikingly similar to those that surfaced «
in the ’60s revolution in America. History
does not repeat itself exactly, however, °
and there are obvious differences
between the two sexual revolutions and
the periods of reaction that followed.
Perhaps some individuals can achieve
these exalted objectives, but one wonders
how many. Most people. who choose
monogamy, one suspects, will follow the
lesser path of “low monogamy” that
Leonard looks down on, with its stereotyp-
ical behavior, guarding feelings, and
emotions, and avoidance of difficulties.
Most people living together decade
after decade, having children and getting
them through the trials of infancy and the.
find stereotypical behavior useful. and
even necessary, a practical way to. get
through the pressures: and burdens of
modern life, uf
Such confinements are not for Leonard,
who explains that “I’m not putting down
monogamy’ as my bottom line .J..1’'m
palting down the personal as my bottom
ine.” Even as we move away from: ’60s|
ideologies, it seems, those ideologies:
remain with us, i
ing ‘ening course in’ 'Toom. The intellectual ‘erment, that
the history of western civilization that I, .comes from this type of mixture is ideal, .
-aM now teaching at SUNY, Albany, Out | Everyone benefits, including the profes: ;
‘ i sor, oe te
ng themselves by retury-
brining with them so
. pact on the class has far exceeded their 2” More often than not, the adult stud: ‘h Tsense a real hunger in
number, .. has rica for intellectual nourish.
It is not aay for adults to take college. yof years;-sometimes
classes, whic} I Suspect is one of the. plete an unfinished
‘Teasons they do so well. The decision ginning college for
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authorized to promote scholarship, research, and public understanding
of the humanities in the United States, was created in 1965 with the
signing of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act.
Early in 1966, the Endowment and its advisory group, the National Coun-
cil on the Humanities, identified an urgent need for fellowships in all
fields of the humanities. Under the Act, the "humanities" are defined
as languages, literature, linguistics, history, philosophy, archaeology,
studies in the arts, and the "humanistic" social sciences. Dr. Barnaby
C. Keeney, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, esti-~
mates that the fellowship program, although modest by comparison with
awards in the sciences, has increased by almost 300 percent the total
fellowship awards from all public and private sources available for
younger scholars in the humanities. He also estimates that the program
has increased total humanities fellowships at all levels from all
sources by over 30 percent. A major goal of the Endowment has been to
support the humanities broadly, rather than limiting recognition to mem—
bers of "prestige" institutions. In addition to its fellowship awards,
the Endowment promotes the humanities through support of research, educa-
tion, and public programs.
A list of the younger scholars, affiliated institutions, and fields
of specialization is appended:
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ARIZONA
Fellowships for Younger Scholars
William B. Griffen (Anthropology), Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff
Summer Stipends
David W. Foster (Spanish), Arizona State University, Tempe
CALIFORNIA
Fellowships for Younger Scholars
Richard E. Ashcraft (Political Science), University of California, Los Angeles
Joseph J. Dugan (Comparative Literature), University of California, Berkeley
John R. Elliott, Jr. (English), University of California, Santa Barbara
Steven W. Matthysse (History of Religion), Pitzer College, Claremont
James T. Monroe (Arabic), University of California, San Diego
Ricardo J. Quinones (Comparative Literature), Claremont Men's College,
Claremont
John R. Staude (History), University of California, Riverside
Summer Stipends
David C. Blumenfeld (Philosophy), University of California, Santa Cruz
Stephen Booth (English), University of California, Berkeley
Edwin F. Dolin, Jr. (Classical Languages), University of California, San Diego
Lyle W. Dorsett (American History), University of Southern California,
Los Angeles
Stephen A. Erickson (Philosophy), Pomona College, Claremont
Laurence D. Houlgate (Philosophy), University of California, Santa Barbara
John W. Israel (History), Claremont Men's College, Claremont
Frank R. Lentricchia (American Literature), University of California,
Los Angeles
Gordon R. Mork (History), University of California, Davis
Spencer C. Olin, Jr. (American History), University of California, Irvine
Richard C. Trexler (History), Occidental College, Los Angeles
COLORADO
Fellowships for Younger Scholars
Bruce A. Beatie (German), University of Colorado, Boulder
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COLORADO CONT'D
Summer Stipends
Richard T. Bienvenu (History), University of Colorado, Boulder
Martin Bucco (American Literature), Colorado State University, Ft. Collins
CONNECTICUT
Fellowships for Younger Scholars
Thomas R. H. Havens (History), Connecticut College, New London
Robert F. Thompson (Art), Yale University, New Haven
Summer _Stipends
Charles W. Warren (Music), Yale University, New Haven
Roger B. Wilkenfeld (English), University of Connecticut, Storrs
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Fellowships for Younger Scholars
Robert L. Beisner (American History), American University
FLORIDA
Fellowships for Younger Scholars
B. Gresham Riley (Psychology), New College, Sarasota
Summer Stipends
Donald A. Randolph (Spanish), University of Miami, Coral Gables
M. Estellie Smith (Anthropology), Florida State University, Yallahassee
GEORGIA
Summer Stipends
David H. Hesla (English), Emory University, Atlanta
HAWAIL
Summer Stipends
J. M. Neil (American Studies), University of Hawaii, Honolulu
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ILLINOIS
Fellowships for Younger Scholars
Sandra L. Bartky (Philosophy), University of Illinois, Chicago
Stephen Foster (History), Northern Illinois University, DeKalb
Charles R. Lyons (Theater), Principia College, Elsah
John A. Rowe (History), Northwestern University, Evanston
Summer Stipends
Ernest N. Claussen (Speech), Bradley University, Peoria
Sidney R. Homan (English), University of Illinois, Urbana
James M. Mellard (American Literature), Northern Illinois University, DeKalb
David B. Miller (History), Roosevelt University, Chicago
Terence D. Parsons (Philosophy and Linguistics), University of Illinois,
Chicago
INDIANA
Fellowships for Younger Scholars
James T. Patterson (American History), Indiana University, Bloomington
Bruce W. Wilshire (Philosophy), Purdue University, Lafayette
Summer Stipends
Leonard W. Clark (Philosophy), Farlham College, Richmond
Jared R. Curtis (English Literature), Indiana University, Bloomington
IOWA
Fellowships for Younger Scholars
Henry G. Horwitz (History), University of Iowa, Iowa City
Summer Stipends
John Christianson (History), Luther College, Decorah
Thomas C. Slattery (Music), Coe College, Cedar Rapids
KANSAS
Fellowships for Younger Scholars
Edwin M. Eigner (English), University of Kansas, Lawrence
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KANSAS CONT!D
Summer Stipends
Anthony C. Genova (Philosophy), Wichita State University, Wichita
Henry L. Snyder (History), University of Kansas, Lawrence
KENTUCKY
Fellowships for Younger Scholars
David M. Bergeron (English), University of Louisville, Louisville
Summer Stipends
Leon V. Driskell (English), University of Louisville, Louisville
LOUISTANA
Summer Stipends
John D. Basil (History), Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
Carroll E. Mace (Spanish), Xavier University, New Orleans
MAINE
Summer Stipends
Werner J. Deiman (English Literature), Bates College, Lewiston
MARYLAND
Fellowships for Younger Scholars
James B. Gilbert (American History), University of Maryland, College Park
Summer Stipends
Jon L. Wakelyn (American History), Washington College, Chestertown
MASSACHUSETTS
Fellowships for Younger Scholars
Paul J. Archambault (French), Amherst College, Amherst
Arthur Freeman (English), Boston University, Boston
Marion D. Kilson (Anthropology), University of Massachusetts, Boston
Eckehard Simon (German), Harvard University, Cambridge .
Raymond J. Wilson (American History), Smith College, Northhampton
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MASSACHUSETTS CONT'D
Summer Stipends
Gerald B. Dworkin (Philosophy), Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Cambridge
Anthony E. Farnham (English), Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley
Gregory Nagy (Classical Languages and Linguistics, Harvard University,
Cambridge
Norman R. Petersen, Jr. (History of Religion), Wellesley College, Wellesley
Ann C, Watts (English), Tufts University, Medford
Allen Weinstein (American History), Smith College, Northampton
Carroll W. Westfall (Art), Amherst College, Amherst
Howard J. Wiarda (Political Science), University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Joseph M. Woods (History), Northeastern University, Boston
MICHIGAN
Fellowships for Younger Scholars
Richard M. Haywood (History), Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti
Randal F. Robinson (English), Michigan State University, East Lansing
Summer Stipends
Charles H. Hinnant (English), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Leroy T. Howe (Philosophy), Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant
Douglas T. Miller’ (American History), Michigan State University, East Lansing
William A. Moffett (History), Alma College, Alma
M. Howard Reinstra (History), Clavin College, Grand Rapids
Leonas Sabaliunas (Political Science), Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti
Richard P. Tucker (History), Oakland University, Rochester
MINNESOTA
Fellowships for Younger Scholars
Jeffrie G. Murphy (Philosophy), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Summer Stipends
Edward M. Griffin (American Literature), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
MISSISSIPPI
Fellowships for Younger Scholars
William C. Harris (American History), Millsaps College, Jackson
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Summer Stipends
Doris C. James (American History), Mississippi State University,
State College
MISSOURL
Fellowships for Younger Scholars
N. Gerald Barrier (History), University of Missouri, Columbia
John M. Murrin (American History), Washington University, St. Louis
Summer Stipends
David E. Hahm (Classical Languages), University of Missouri, Columbia
James F. Hitchcock (History), St. Louis University, St. Louis
Arthur H. Shaffer (American History), University of Missouri, St. Louis
Donald E. Sievert (Philosophy), Washington University, St. Louis
MONTANA
Summer Stipends
H. Duane Hampton (American History), University of Montana, Missoula
NEBRASKA
Fellowships for Younger Scholars
Benjamin G. Rader (American History), University of Nebraska, Lincoln
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Summer Stipends
Peter Cocozella (Spanish), Dartmouth College, Hanover
NEW JERSEY
Fellowships for Younger Scholars
Carl E. Prince (American History), Seton Hall University, South Orange
James H. Stam (History), Upsala College, East Orange
Albert M. Wolohojian (Comparative Literature), Rutgers, The State
University, New Brunswick
Summer Stipends
Robert S. Freeman (Music), Princeton University, Princeton
Alicia Ostriker (English), Rutgers, The State University, New Brunswick
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NEW MEXICO
Summer Stipends
Glenn M. Kinden (American History), New Mexico State University,
University Park
NEW_YORK
Fellowships for Younger Scholars
Karl S. Bottigheimer (History), State University of New York, Stony Brook
Marcus F. Franda (Political Science), Colgate University, Hamilton
Peter H. Hare (Philosophy), State University of New York, Buffalo
Jeffry J. Kaplow (History), Columbia University, New York
Robert N. Keane (English), Hofstra University, Hampstead
Maxim W. Mikulak (History), State University College, Fredonia
Kathleen W. Posner (Art), New York University, New York
Donald M. Roper (American History), State University College, New Paltz
Summer Stipends
William E. Brynteson (History), Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs
7. David B. Burner (American History), State University of New York,
Stony Brook
James F. -Cotter (English), Mt. Saint Mary College, Newburg
Thomas E. Hart (German), Syracuse University, Syracuse
Harriett Hawkins (English Literature), Vassar College, Poughkeepsie
Richard B. Kline (English), State University College, Fredonia
Harvey S. McMillin (English), Cornell University, Ithaca
G. Mallary Masters (French), State University of New York, Binghamton
Harry W. Paige (American Literature), Clarkson College of Technology, Potsdam
Martin Pine (History), Queens College, Flushing
David B. Potts (American History), Union College, Schenectady
Richard M. Reinitz (American History), Hobart and William Smith Colleges,
Geneva pa
Warren E. Roberts (History), State University of New York, Albany”
Ernest Simon (Comparative Lité 55 Mechive Universtiy: New York
James K. Somerville (American History), State University College, Geneseo
Alfred E. Vecchio (History), Marymount College, Tarrytown
Larissa B. Warren (Classical Languages), New York University, New York
Kennerly M. Woody (History), Columbia University, New York
NORTH CAROLINA
Fellowships for Younger Scholars
James C. Atkinson (French), University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Edward P. Mahoney (Philosophy), Duke University, Durham
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Summer Stipends
Roger A. Bullard (History), Atlantic Christian College, Wilson
Robert M. Calhoon (American History), University of North Carolina,
Greensboro
Claude C. Sturgill (History), East Carolina University, Greenville
Arnold H, Taylor (American History), North Carolina College, Durham
NORTH DAKOTA
Summer Stipends
Jackson P. Hershbell (Classical Philosophy), University of North Dakota,
Grand Forks
OULO
Fellowships for Younger Scholars
Marcia L. Colish (History), Oberlin College, Oberlin
Summer Stipends
Reed S. Browning (History), Kenyon College, Gambier
Dallas M. High (Philosophy), Hiram College, Hiram
Lorle A. Porter (History), Muskingum College, New Concord
Richard E, Spear (Art), Oberlin College, Oberlin
Ford T. Swetnam, Jr. (English), Ohio State University, Colubmus
OKLAHOMA
Fellowships for Younger Scholars
David H. Miller (History), University of Oklahoma, Norman
Summer. Stipends
Thomas E. Lyon, Jr. (Spanish), University of Oklahoma, Norman
James I, Miller, Jr., (English), University of Tulsa, Tulsa
OREGON.
Fellowships for Younger Scholars
John M. Armex (Comparative Literature), University of Oregon, Eugene
Summer Stipends
Mark B. DeVoto (Music), Reed College, Portland
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PENNSYLVANIA
Fellowships for Younger Scholars
Edward J. Baskerville (English), Gettysburg College, Gettysburg
Francis X. J. Coleman (Philosophy), Univeristy of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
Louis A. Kosman (Classical Philosophy), Haverford College, Haverford
Robert L. Patten (English), Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr
Summer Stipends
Gwenn Davis (English), Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr
William J. Duiker, III (History), Pennsylvania State University,
University Park
Edwin W. Marrs, Jr., (English), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
Barbara Ruch (Japanese), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Richard T. Stites (History), Lycoming College, Williamsport
RHODE ISLAND
Fellowships for Younger Scholars
Anthony Mobho (History), Brown University, Providence
Summer Stipends
Ernest Sosa (Philosophy), Brown University, Providence
SOUTH DAKOTA
Fel¥ewships for Younger Scholars
Joyotpaul Chaudhuri (Jurisprudence), University of South Dakota, Vermillion
TENNESSEE
Fellowships for Younger Scholars
Charles E. Scott (Philosophy), Vanderbilt University, Nashville
Summer Stipends
Addison Y. Gunter (Philosophy), University of Tennessee, Knoxville
’ Richard C. Lukas (History), Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville
James J. Stathis (English Literature), Vanderbilt University, Nashville
TEXAS
Fellowships for Younger Scholars
Charles E. Neu (American History), Rice University, Houston
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Summer Stipends
Virginia F. Dailey (English), St. Edward's University, Austin
Gerald J. Goodwin (American History), University of Houston, Houston
Carl T. Jackson (American History), University of Texas, El Paso
Frank L. Kersnowski (English), Trinity University, San Antonio
F. G. Stoddard (American Literature), University of Texas, Austin
UTAH
Fellowships for Younger Scholars
Thomas M. Reed (Philosophy), University of Utah, Salt Lake City
VERMONT
Fellowships for Younger Scholars
Marjorie E. Lamberti (History), Middlebury College, Middlebury
Summer Stipends
Arthur J. Knoll (History), Middlebury College, Middlebury
VIRGINIA
Fellowships for Younger Scholars
Laura Anne Laidlaw (Classical Archaeology), Hollins College, Hollins College
David B. Lawall (Art), University of Virginia, Charlottesville
John B. Payne (History), Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg
Summer Stipends
Eugene T. Long (Philosophy), Randolph-Macon College, Ashland
Frank P. O'Brien (History), Hollins College, Hollins College
Dabney Stuart (English), Washington and Lee University, Lexington
WASHINGTON
Fellowships for Younger Scholars
Frank J. Kearful (Comparative Literature), University of Washington, Seattle
Summer Stipends
Thomas L. Hankins (History), University of Washington, Seattle
Anthony P. Via (History), Gonzaga University, Spokane
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WISCONSIN
Fellowships for Younger Scholars
William J. Courtenay (History), University of Wisconsin, Madison
Summer Stipends
Robert L. Hohlfelder (History), Wisconsin State University, Oshkosh
William L. O'Neill (History), University of Wisconsin, Madison
Rex A. Wade (History), Wisconsin State University, La Crosse
WYOMING
Fellowships for Younger Scholars
John K. Gruenfelder (History), University of Wyoming, Laramie
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SUAPIO
George Leonard's recently published book, The End of Sex: Erotic
Love after the Sexual Revolution, pronounces the death of the sexual rev-
olution that began in the '60s, and proclaims a return to romance, com-
mitment and erotic love. Sex, the argument goes, was separated from love
during the '60s, and people had sex just as they had dinner, the measles
or a game of golf; sex was casual, recreational, and the key to its success
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was learning better techniques. In this/Leonard maintains, there were some
gains: Society shook free from Victorian restraints and repressiveness,
but also there were losses. Reducing the act of love to an arithmetic of
physical impulses deprived it of its emotional and spiritual power, thereby
depersonalizing this crucial area of human life.
It is hardly surprising that a book that announces the end of sex
would have made a considerable impact. Already Esquire magazine has devoted
a cover story to it and it is responsible for articles in Reader's Digest,
The Futurist, Christianity Today, Yoga Journal, New Age, Forum and the Alban
Times Union. It has not been reviewed in historical journals and almost
certainly won't be, but it is not without historical interest, for the issues
that Leonard discusses are not new. A separation of sex from love, much
as that in the '60s sexual revolution, took place two centuries ago. A dis-
cussion of one eighteenth-century novel will suggest how sharp that separation
was. The story is about a group of aristocrats who spend several days at the
country estate of the heroine. All of the men have been intimate (had sex)
with each of the women, except for the hero and the heroine. On the first
night he appears in her bedroom and after complaining of how chilly he is he
undresses and joins her in bed. He explains that he could tell her about
recent sexual scandals, but he will do so only if she agrees to gratify him
afterwards. She accepts the conditions and both parts of the contract are
kept, although in the
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case of the latter only under some coercion. The hero has more
scandal to narrate, and he and the heroine enter into a similar
agreement, which ends with the same results. By that time morning
has arrived, servants can be heard in the hall, and the hero scurries back
to his room before they arrive there.
The characters of this novel (crébillon the younger's The Night
and the Moment, 1736) follow a sexual code that is typical of eighteenth-
century French erotic novels. In this type of literature male and female
protagonists are never to fall in love, never to become emotionally in-
volved, and once either wishes to end an affair they are to part with no
recriminations and no questions asked. This toleration extends to those
who are married: Neither husband nor wife is to be concerned with extra-
marital relationships, which are the norm, There is ‘aHIERS equality
between the two sexes, and women and men alternate taking the initiative
and severing a relationship when it becomes tedious. Boredom is a universal
condition in the world of these novels, and it is at once the basis of new
relationships and the reason for their dissolution.
Sexually jaded, heroes and heroines grow weary of partners who have
become mere objects of pleasure and to fill the void they devise clever
schemes, such as seducing innocent youths and virtuous married women.
Out of this pattern of conduct comes sexual destructiveness, the unleash-
ing of diabolical forces, the frightening specter of sadism. The novels
of the Marquis de Sade, written at the end of the eighteenth century, are
a final summing up of earlier fictional themes.
How does the sexual conduct in novels relate to the actual life of
this period? There is no exact way to answer this question, which is not
unlike the question of how accurately today's movies and television shows
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mirror contemporary American life. There is evidence outside the novels
to suggest that sexual standards had become relaxed, very relaxed by
earlier standards. One writer defined love as the meeting of two skins,
an attitude that many memoirists assumed as they described their own
exploits. To read eighteenth-century memoirists, Casanova being the best
known, is to read catalogues of sexual conquest whose ultimate importance
lies in their arithemetical extent. Leporello's aria in Mozart's Don
Giovanni, first performed in 1787, could very well be about Casanova:
"In Italy, six hundred and forty (conquests); in Germany two hundred and thirty-
one; a hundred in France; in Turkey ninety one; in Spain already one
thousand three." Restif de la Bretonne, a novelist, is said to have
fathered twenty illegitimate children before reaching his majority, and
during his lifetime won over (had sex with) seven hundred women. If
eighteenth-century novels and operas do not mirror contemporary life exactly
they do reflect some of the eddies and currents within that society.
There was a strong reaction against the separation of sex from love
in the second half of the eighteenth century. The best-known writer who
called for a return to romantic love and monogamy was Rousseau, and his
voice was seconded by that of Diderot and complemented by a chorus of
lesser-known authors. Whereas erotic novels had been the most popular type
of fiction (in France) they went into eclipse,as romantic novels, often
highly moralistic, became the fashion. It seems that Rousseau struck just
the right note when he tried to reinvest sex with love and resanctify marriage.
Among his themes were strict marital fidelity, devotion of parents to their
children, and the wickedness of promiscuity.
Interestingly, Rousseau and his moralistic followers were not alone
in denouncing the type of sexual behavior typical of erotic novels. Those
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novels themselves contained the most scathing indictments of a sexual
code that had gone awry. Heroes and heroines of erotic novels are depicted
as vicious and destructive, and they are duly punished for their sins. Out
of pornographic literature came calls for sweeping moral reform. Both
Restif de la Bretonne and the Marquis de Sade, the eighteenth century's
principal pornographers, described utopian societies in which sexual life
was strictly ordered. Restif called for the rehabilitation of marriage
and his utopia included regulations that limited the making of love. between
newlyweds, while the Marquis de Sade describes a perfect society in which
youths were raised according to stringent moral standards and carefully prepared
for marriage in sexually segregated schools. There is a large dose of
Spartan rigor in the utopias of these two authors, an antidote, it would
seem, to the manifold problems spawned by a permissive sexual code.
Looking back at the eighteenth-century debate on sex and love from
today's perspective is particularly interesting because it foreshadows
many issues in our own society. The sexual revolution of the eighteenth
century created conditions strikingly similar to those that surfaced in the
'60s revolution in America. The split between sex and love, the devaluation
of monogamy, and sexual boredom are common to both revolutions, and out of
both came a reorientation of values and: attitudes, a shift towards romantic
love and monogamy.
History does not repeat itself exactly, however, and there are obvious
differences between the two sexual revolutions and the periods of reaction
that followed, The eighteenth-century revolution was socially limited, taking
place within the aristocracy and an upper-bourgeois stratum that accepted the
primacy of aristocratic manners and morals. The social framework within which
this revolution took place inevitably shaped its contours and contributed to
its characteristic forms. Thus, the sexual adventurers of the age tended to
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be the members of a leisured aristocracy, and the release of demonic
energies resulted not only from sexual boredom but also from the
frustrations of a nobility that was essentially parasitical and bitter
over the loss of its former power.
Sex and politics were inextricably intertwined in the eighteenth
century sexual revolution, just as they were in America in the ‘60s.
The sexual freedom of the '60s was bound up with liberation causes, and
the rejection of a "repressive" sexual code and attacks on the family unit
were part of larger assaults on other values and institutions. Since the
"60s the political climate has changed, and causes that once seemed timely
and urgent now appear out of place. Out of the convulsions that racked
America hav@come a series of reevaluations that would render life more normal
and stable.
Yet, '60s ideology has lingered on, sometimes, as in George Leonard's
call for a return to romantic love and monogamy, where it might be least
suspected, Even as Leonard decries the sexual revolution of the '60s he
reveals himself as someone who has been influenced by '60s ideologies. Thus,
what he is looking for is "a more erotic world," one governed by the same
pleasure principle that the sexual revolutionaries he argues against also
embraced. The monogamy that he calls for is a "high monogamy" in which two
individuals openly reveal themselves and all of their difficulties, fight-
ing through their problems to achieve change. These two individuals are
"totally open, honest and psychologically growing," a goal that echoes the
ideals of the '60s. Perhaps some individuals can achieve these exalted
objectives, but one wonders how many. Most people who choose monogamy,
one suspects, will follow the lesser path of "low monogamy" that Leonard
looks down on, with its stereotypical behavior, guarding of feelings and
emotions, and avoidance of difficulties. Most people living together decade
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after decade, having children and getting them through the trials of
infancy and the ordeals of adolescence, paying pills, coping with the
everyday realities of their jobs, and making the necessary adjustments
to one another will conceal problems rather than expose and analyze them,
and they probably will try to avoid difficulties. Moreover, they will
probably find stereotypical behavior useful and.even necessary, a practical
way to get through the pressures and burdens of modern life.
Such confinements are not for Leonard, who explains that "I'm not
putting down monogamy as my botton line. ..I'm putting down the personal
as my bottom line. Even as we move away from '60s ideologies, it seems,
those ideologies remain with us.
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By JEEE WILKIN
iscopal Bishop Doane got his church 40
Gazette Reporter
4 ars later. The Cathedral ‘Saints was the
cd
ohn McCloskey and William Croswell
| Doane thought big.
| The men were “the leaders of two
| religious denominations in Albany during _
the 1800s, and they wanted focal points
behind the state Education Building.
The stories b hu hes a
Focal points meant cathedrals — formidable
buildings of stone, with ornate stained-glass
awindows and wondrous carvin
Roman Catholic Bishop McCloskey got bis
building first — th Cathode of the:
Immaculate Conception — which dominate
the Albany skyline when it was built in the mid-
1800s. It remains a downtown attraction at
Madison Ave: enue a Eagle Street. said, “Tused t
when Twas at [
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with both chtucl
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MARC SCHULTZ Cosette Pintographer
‘The Rev. David W. Mickiewicz, curator of “The
Cathedral Project” at the Visions art gallery,
holds an old cornice from the Cathedral of the
Immaculate Conception. A new comice is be-
hind him. :
‘ourtesy of Visions gallery, Pastoral Center of the Roman C
The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Albany was finished by 1852.
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Doane’s church was built by
Robert W. Gibson, then a rela-
tively obscure architect. Henry
Hobbs Richardson, then the big-
gest name in American architec-
ture; was. also in the running,
But he submitted plans for a
“Romanesque” design,
“Doane. wants a Gothic
church,” Mickiewicz’ said,.“He
turns down the most prominent
architect in the country for a
24-year-old guy because Gibson
gave him what he wanted — a
Gothic cathedral.”
_ All Saints’ cornerstone was
laid in 1884. The first phase of
construction was finished four
years later.
ny.
' “Cluny was a major monas-
tery in France in the medieval
ages,” Mickiewicz said. “I don’t
know, if he named the dog after
the monastery or not.”
Louis Josiah Hinton’s thin
carving tools are in a clear-plas-
tic display case,
“Hinton did all the carving at
All.Saints by himself over 40
years,” Mickiewicz said. “He
also did carvings for the grand
staircase in the Capitol build-
ing.”
The curator said the churches
were meant to last.
“We've seen how malls are
built, taken down after 20 years
arate hal
Photos courtesy of Visions gallery, Pastoral Center of the Roman Catholic Diocese
An nedny stage of construction at the Cathedral of All Saints in Albany.
people in the area who are inter-
ested in architecture, because
we're so rich in architecture,”
he said. “In such a very small
space, you've got the major ar-
chitects of the period; there’s a
piece, if not multiple pieces, in a
very small space,”
“The Cathedral Project” exhib-
it will run through Wednesday,
Feb. 25 — Ash Wednesday. There
isno admission charge.
Cathedral walking tours will
be held Saturday and Sunday at 1
p.m. People interested can gather
at the Cathedral of the Immacu-
late Conception, 125 Eagle St., at I
letion of two cathedrals fulfilled visions of bishops _
Scaffolding covers the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in
Albany during its construction.
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behind it. And thanks to Draper,
the side of the church blocked
by the Education Building never '
receives sunlight.
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Immaculate Conception — and
its red sandstone replacement.
There’s even a photograph of
Doane and his St. Bernard, Clu-
ee ee
“The exhibit, I. hope, would
not simply attract people who
are either Catholic or Episcopal
or interested in cathedrals, ‘put
Reach Gazette reporter Jeff
Wilkin at 395-3124 or at wil-
kin@dailygazette.com.
nn Noe eevee enews Sere.
Episcopal bishop of Albany from
1869 to 1913, was.a driving force
in the construction of the Cathe-
dral of All Saints, .
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Alt Saints.
Mom shouldn’ t be defensive about her son’s stron
Dear Annie: I’m a father and
single parent. My young adult
daughter has Down syndrome,
as does a male friend of hers,
“Randy.”
Each month, there is a dance
for the mentally disabled in our
area, Usually, Randy’s mother,
and I alternate driving them to
ANNIE’S MAILBOX
and from the dance. Last month,
when Randy came to the door to
get my daughter, I noticed a hor-
rible odor, but I didn’t say any-
thing.
When I picked the kids up
Celebrating
Black History
ma INSIDE:
INSIGHT FROM
from the dance, the smell in the
car was so bad that my daughter
let down her car window,
After some hesitation, I called
Randy’s mother and told. her.
about the odor, She said, “OK,”
* but soon called me back, saying
there was something. seriously
wrong with me and our 23-year
friendship was over.
Should I have kept my mouth
shut? — Confidential in Con-
necticut
Dear Confidential: You did
nothing wrong. Let’s hope this
woman simply was having. 4
stressful day. It would be-a
shame to, lose’a 23-year friend-
ship because she was too em-
barrassed to understand that
you were trying to help her son:
Please phone her and give her
achance to reconsider her harsh
reaction,
Dear Annie: My mother-in-
law recently was moved to an
assisted-living facility that spe-
cializes in the care of Alzheim-
er’s patients. She was seen by
several specialists who all
agreed Mom is no longer able to
take care of herself.
For her own protection, she
needed constant supervision.
The facility she moved into is
very nice. She has a private
room, and the wonderful staff
attends to her every need,
The problem is that some of
her children are in deep denial
about her need to be there and it
has torn the family apart. One
daughter will call and say:
“Mom, you don’t need to be in.
that place. You ought to be in
your own home.”
Comments like that keep
Mom from adjusting to her new
surroundings and make her an-
gry at those siblings who ag-
onized over the decision to
place her there.
They keep her riled up to the
point where she calls the other
siblings and leaves hurtful mes-
sages on their answering ma-
chines.
The siblings now refuse to
talk to one another about their
mother because every conver- ;
sation ends in a full-blown argu-.
ment. This was once «a very
close-knit family, and it is dev-
astating for all concerned to see
what is happening.
Can you help us? — Sad Out-
sider in Washington
Dear Washington: Our
hearts are breaking for you. The
siblings need to get out from the
middle of this argument. Enlist
the help of those-specialists and
have them explain to the recal-
citrant siblings why your moth-
er-in-law needs to be in the care
facility.
Unless one of the kids is will-
ing to take Mom into his or her
own home, they.should not en-
courage her confusion and an-
ger. Once they understand how
much har
might be 1
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By Carot DEMARE
Staff writer
SLINGERLANDS— This is how
history Professor Dick Mandell. of
the University of South Carolina
spent part of his summer vacation:
‘He climbed onto his unusual bike
: <= built for comfort and speed —
and rode from Buffalo through
Canada and into Vermont, arriving
Satis Copital Region Pay alter:
At ebout 3 pm. fe pedeled up tol
final
‘The 64-year-old Mandell was
|. spotted furiously pedaling the un-
conventional cycle on Route 32 in
|» Watervliet as he worked his way to
« Roberts’ home.
‘Tm sort of astonished that it~
~. happens, but it’s kind of fim when it
. does —— someone chasing me down.
~the highway (as Times Union pho-
tographer James Goolsby did Fri-
photographers Ontar-
-,.40, and in_his hometown of Colum-
bia, S.C., he said.
Since beginning this leg of the
-journey on June 28 in Buffalo,
»Mandell has covered about 1,100
+} miles over 18 days and loved every:
minute of it.
treal, Quebec and into Weston, Vt.,
_ where he visited friends who teach
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Times Union/JAMES GOOLSBY
DICK MANDELL, a college Professor from Columbia, SC., rode his recumbent bicycle from Buffalo to Canada, -
through Vermont and into the Capital Region Friday to visit friends it in Slingerlands.
music at a summer camp. He left
‘Vermont for Slingerlands on Friday
morning.
He bought the bike — known'as
a recumbent bike — from a small
manufacturer in California.
“Tm semi-reclined. I sort of sit in
achair,” be said, and-the pedals are
up high. The bikes are rare on the
East Coast, though more popular in
California and in Germany, he said.
He said he was told “they are
faster, so Tbought one, and they are
indeed faster.”
“If the wind isn’t blowing, and.
Tm flat I can go 23 miles an hour
which is very fast,” Mandell said.
“That's a little faster than a regular
bicycle.
“fm an elderly gentleman, and I
may be an athlete, but I'm. still an
elderly gentleman,” he continued.
“And I like to get these little advan-
tages (comfort. and speed) when. I
in 1987 Mandell also traveled
across the country on a convention-
albike.
‘Mandell, who plans to fly back to
South, Carolina Sunday night and
have’ the bike shipped, belies his
own description of himself.
The reason he started the trip in
Buffalo was. because: that’s where»
he left, his bike after an earlier trip
in May from Roanoke, Va. On that
rugged 650-mile journey, he -
crossed the mountains of West Vir-
ginia and western Pennsylvania.
After that first jeg of the trip
Mandell said he returned to South
Carolina to participate in a triath-
lon sponsored by the Charleston
‘Triathlon Club.
Fr ourmo scour
Common bond
brings together
boyhood friends |
By KATE GURNETT
Staff writer
~ Compassion, “in a world seemingly
hooked on’ scorn, is one of the Rev. |
Joseph Girzone’s missions, Last week the
‘Altamont author paid a visit to the Albany
Police Department, bringing a gift of his
best-selling Joshua books, parables about
Jesus in the modern world.
"vThe gift was for Detective Lt. Ed-
sund P. Flint, a raré bird of a hard-
‘boiled, smoky-voiced cop known to give
groceries to downtrodden city residents — |
folks you don’t usually read about in the sev cee c 5
injured. At 72, | : Tf you're gonna party 10 southern
Teddy Flint still. | Louisiana, you'll probably catch a crawfish
works into the wee 17 boik:a steaming heap ofred crawlers piled
FS é it ‘old newspaper and dotted with yellow
com’on te‘cob. Next month, Cajun chef
a, Andre Begnaud ‘el bring the boil [e
and companion to . Schenectady. That's right, cher’ begnat
=a former ostontes, -_ aprotege of New Orleans chef Emeril =
-sick-cops and other forgotten souls who "- gasse (of TV Food Network fame), ha
have surfaced throughout his 46 years on cooking credentials that run from the Big
the force. Easy’s Commander's Palace and Emeril’s
”” Girzone wondered if Flint would ree» to Mark Miller's Coyote Cafe in Santa Fe,
ghee him. They were altar boys together N.M._
0
North Albany. Flint — who will recite . naud (the French say “Ben-no, Cajuns say
Shakespeare, or the details of a curious au- “Beg-no”), ate pecan pie in lien of birthd
topsy from the 1960s, at the drop of his: cake and grooved on crawfish etouff oul fee.
owir fedora — left North Albany to join Today, he makes his own boudin highly
the seminary, but later became Albany's |. spiced rice, chicken and pork or sé
- high priest of police work. ; concoction wrapped in a sausage casing).
“{ just found out what a beautiful, car- | « He'll name his new ee me
ing person he has been and it made'a pro- |. Mello Joy Cafe, for his gran dy’s ol
found impression on me,” Girzone said. Lafayette, La., coffee company. It
“They love him down in the South End. }. open on Jay Streetat the site of the fone
Heis a beautiful example of whata Christ- Caffe Dolee, which. closed last'year. Be
like policeman could be. Ifall policemen | _ serve beignets and chicory-flavored coffee
i i straight from the Cafe da ‘Monde on the
our neighborhoods.” Rca?
“Given Flint’s memory, Gitzone should
have figured he'd, be’ recognized the
miriute he walked into the detectiveroffic
om Morton Avenue. “I went:
him,” he said, “Ted walks: I
‘Hey, Joe Girzone!’ So we just-sat down
and startéd talking about old times.”
Tn the future, Girzone, whose father shop on Jay Street.
was the neighborhood z — ee ee :
“Schenectady is primed for growth
Jott right now,” said Begnaud, sounding like a
for Flint, a meat-and-potato hman
who has been on a restricted diet due to his
coo! scial protein-free
years ago at Sacred Heart Church in’ : Growing up in Lafayette, La., Beg- |
aR ME D> RD
| ‘pealout2of-towner. “People say I'm nuts,
_ but it has definitely already hit bottom and
shealth problems. “He won't even re- or
+ Please see FRIENDS D4>
tember protein when I get done,” said
“Girzones i uy
a
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first Episco-
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with Andrew
per was the
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keep,” Mick-
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omes up and
take it. Drap-
uild his state
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ld do is have
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Building was
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Washington
f the massive
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yetion Of CWO
Doane’s church was built by
Robert W. Gibson, then a rela-
tively obscure architect. Henry
Hobbs Richardson, then the big-
gest name in American architec-
ture; was also in the running.
But he submitted plans for a
“Romanesque” design.
“Doane wants a Gothic
church,” Mickiewicz’ said. “He
turns down the most prominent
architect in the country for a
24-year-old guy because Gibson
gave him what he wanted — a
Gothic cathedral.”
All Saints’ cornerstone was
laid in 1884. The first phase of
construction was finished four
years later.
Plenty to see
The exhibit at the Pastoral
Center also includes -architec-
tural sketches, photographs of
the original construction and
current renovations. along with
ny.
’ “Cluny was a major monas~
tery in France in the medieval
ages,” Mickiewicz said. “I don’t
know. if he named the dog after
the monastery or not.”
Louis Josiah Hinton’s thin
carving tools are in a clear plas-
tic display case.
“Hinton did all the carving at
All-Saints by himself over 40
years,” Mickiewicz said. “He
also did carvings for the grand
staircase in the Capitol build-
ing.”
The curator said the churches
were meant to last.
“We've seen how malls are
built, taken down after 20 years
and rebuilt again,” he said.
“We've lost the concept of
monumental art in architecture
. marking our own culture
with buildings that will last for
other generations.”
‘The cathedrals, Mickiewicz
‘Photos courtesy of Visions gallery, Pastoral Center of the Roman Catholic Diocese
An early stage of construction at the Cathedral of All Saints in Albany.
people in the area who are inter-
ested in architecture, because
we're so rich in architecture,”
he said. “In such a very small
space, you’ve got the major ar-
chitects of the period; there’s a
piece, if not multiple pieces, in a
very small space,”
“The Cathedral Project” exhib-
it will run through Wednesday,
Feb. 25 — Ash Wednesday. There
is no admission charge.
Cathedral walking tours will
be held Saturday and Sunday at1
p.m. People interested can gather
at the Cathedral of the Immacu-
late Conception, 125 Eagle St., at 1
p.m, After an hourlong tour, par-
ticipants will walk through the
Empire State Plaza, state Capitol
building and. state Education
Building. At 3 p.m, the tour will
arrive at the Cathedral of All:
bs ae
Scaffolding covers the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in
Albany during its construction. ©
we
Continued from Page D1
Completion of two cathedrals fulfilled visions of bishops
_ with the 210-foot-tall north tow-
er. (The south tower would’be
added later:)
Warren Roberts, a history
professor at the University at
Albany, has written about Im-
maculate Conception.
“This building, daring and ad- :
venturous at the time of its con-
struction, is now dwarfed by the
Corning Tower, done over a
century later and is as much an
embodiment of the age which it
issued as the cathedral was an
embodiment of its’ age,” he
wrote.
“So there they are, on oppo-
site sides of Madison Avenue,
the tallest building of 19th cen-
tury Albany and. the tallest
building of 20th century Al-
bany.”
Competing interests
Doane had plans for a tradi-
tional medieval English keep at
the site — a church, convent,
school, hospital and other com-
munity buildings.
“He got the cathedral,” Mick-
iewicz said.
And controversy. Doane, who
served as the city’s first Episco-
pal bishop from 1869 until 1913,
did not get along with Andrew
Sloan Draper. Draper was the
state’s first education, commis-
sioner, and he had plans of his
own.
“Bishop Doane has an option
on: land all along [the church]
for his concept of keep,” Mick-
jewicz said; “He goes to Eng-
land, the option comes up and
he’s not around to take it. Drap-
er takes it ... to build his state ,
education building,
“Doane comes back, and the -
only thing he could do is have
some control over how high the
state. Education Building was
going to be.” 3
Mickiewicz added that people
can walk down Washington
Avenue in front of the massive
Education Building and never
realize there’s a massive church
behind it. And thanks to Draper,
the side ‘of the church blocked
by the Education Building never '
receives sunlight.
|
|| FRIENDLY DIET
Specials Served Daily
4 Lunch and.Dinner
Doane’s church was built by
Robert W. Gibson, then a rela~
tively obscure architect. Henry
Hobbs Richardson, then the big-
gest ame in American architec-
ture, was also in the running,
But he submitted plans for a
“Romanesque” design."
“Doane. wants a Gothic
church,” Mickiewicz’ said. “He
turns down the most prominent
architect in the country for a
24-year-old guy because Gibson
gave him what he wanted — a
Gothic cathedral.”
All Saints’ cornerstone was
laid in 1884. The first phase of
construction was finished four
years later.
Plenty to see
The exhibit at the Pastoral
Center also includes -architec-
tural sketches, photographs of
the: original construction and
current renovations, along with
examples of worn stone from
Immaculate Conception — and
jts red sandstone replacement.
There’s even.a photograph of.
Doane and his St, Bernard, Clu-
Photos courtesy of Visions gallery,
Anearly stage of construction at the Cathedral of All Saints in Albany.
ny.
“Cluny was a major monas-
tery in France in the medieval
ages,” Mickiewicz said. “I don’t
know if he named the dog after
the monastery or not.”
Louis Josiah Hinton’s thin
carving tools are in a clear plas
tic display case.
“Hinton did all the carving at
All. Saints by himself. over 40
years,” Mickiewicz said. “He
also did carvings for the grand
staircase in the Capitol build-
ing.”
The curator said the churches
were meant to last.
“We've seen how malls are
built, taken down after 20 years
and rebuilt again,” he said.
“We've lost the concept of
monumental art in architecture
... marking our own culture
with buildings that will last for
other generations.”
The cathedrals, Mickiewicz
expects, will last.
“The exhibit, I. .hope, would
not simply attract people who
are either Catholic or Episcopal
or interested in cathedrals, but
Pastoral Center of the Roman Catholic Diocese
oe
people in the area who are inter-
ested in architecture, because
we're so rich: in architecture,”
he said. “In such a very small
space, you’ve got the major ar-
chitects of the period; there’s a
piece, if not multiple pieces, ina
very small space,”
“The Cathedral Project” exhib-
it will run through Wednesday,
Feb, 25 — Ash Wednesday. There
isno admission charge,
Cathedral walking tours will
_ be held Saturday and Sunday at.1
p.m. People interested can gather
at the Cathedral of the Immacu-
late Conception, 125 Eagle St., at 1
p.m. After an hourlong tour, par-
Scaffolding covers the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in
Albany during its construction. ~
ticipants will walk through the .}
Empire State Plaza, state Capitol
building and. state Education
Building. At 3 p.m., the tour will
arrive at the Cathedral of All
Saints for a one-hour visit.
——
Reach Gazette reporter Jeff
Wilkin at 395-3124 or at wil-
kin@dailygazette.com.
a
iam Croswell Doane, the: |
Episcopal bishop of Albany from ns
1869 to 1913, was a driving force Stained glass‘ windows adorn
in the construction of the Cathe- the interior of the Cathedral of
drat of All Saints, Ali Saints.
Mom shouldn't be defe
Dear Annie: I’m a father and
single parent. My young adult
daughter has Down syndrome,
‘as does a male friend of hers,
ANNIE’S MAILBOX
and from the dance. Last month,
from the dance, the smell in the
car was so bad that my daughter
let down her car window.
After some hesitation, I called
Randy’s mother and told. her.
* that place. You ought to be in
nsive about her son’s strong odor
about her need to be there and it
has torn the family apart. One
daughter will call and say:
“Mom, you don’t need to be in
might be more supportive.
Dear Annie? This is for “Los-
ing It in California,” who is car-
ing for her husband’s 4-year-old
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has helped
increase
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| Variety adds
| spice to area as
a wider spectrum
offuumanity now
calls the Capital
Region home
BY.PAUL GRONDAHL
ant chicken chow
} mein takeout froma
Chiifese restaurant or
ordering a gyro at the local
i by Greeks.
ball “at .the Iealian
Community Center
an exotic sporting
in recent years, almost
imperceptibly, an abundance of
the world’s cuisine has been sim-
pe es our doorstep: Japa-
‘ nese} Thai, Vietnamese, Indian,
Middle Eastern, Caribbean,
South American, African, Indo-
eat” holds true, the cultural iden-
tity of the Capital Region: has:
gone from short-order menu toa
full international buffet.
While the overall number of
foreign-born residents is still rel-
atively small, the cumulative effect
of newly: arrived ethnic groups
represents the blossoming ofa zesty *
spirit that spices up a heretofore
! ‘population.
For Jaruloch Whitehead, who
was born in Bangkok, Thailand, the
best measure of this trend is gailan,
so-called Chinese broccoli.
‘The vegetable; a cross between
broccoli and collard greens, is stir-
fried, added to a spicy gravy and
served over noodles in a popular
“{ had a tough time finding
gailan for a long time,”. said
‘Whitehead, a certified public ac-
countant and business consultant
from North Greénbush who has
lived in the States since 1980. “I
used to carry bags of groceries back’
on the plane from California or
drive to Boston or New York. Now,
.there are several Asian markets in
thisarea that carry gailan.”
Whitehead, whose American
husband, David, isa pharmaceutical
company lobbyist, remembers
when there were no Thai restau-
rants in the region; now there are a
handful.
“The world’s becoming a'smaller
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in the melting pot
place,” she said. “Seeing more of an.
international flavor in this region.
remirids me that we're all citizens of
the world.” .
You'll find the evidence in small
gestures, among the daily rhythms
and social fabric of the area. .
‘The Spanish-1 Mass at
St. Patrick’s Church in Albany,
once a rock-ribbed Irish parish,
draws the: largest attendance on
Sunday.
A po cricket league that
holds matches in Albany’s Lincoln
Park draws players from Guyana,
the West Indies, Australia, England,
India and Pakistan.
‘There are a dozen African hair-
braiding shops along the length of
Central Avenue. There are a similar
number of Puerto Rican bodegas,
Pakistani variety markets and Guy-
anese greengrocers.
“There are a flood of choices
now, and ¥ just hope the area can
support all the ethnic restaurants
and markets opening up,” said Lily
Pak, owner of. Peking, a Chinese
restaurant in Albany that was one of
. the first when her parents opened it
in 1972. “We're lucky to have all the
colleges and universities. ‘That's °
what gives us our diversity. And
then some of the students like living
here, see it’s a good place to raise a
family, and they stick around after
on.”
"This ethnic flowering. has oc-
carred in a flash, historically speak-
ing.
For its'first 350 years of devel-
opment after European contact, the
Capital Region was home toasmall,
static cluster of ethnic groups:
” past few decades. It has been fueled
by international students at area
colleges and universities; a growth -
in technology and professional re-
search jobs; a second-tier migration |‘
of foreign-born people from New
York City drawn upstate by cheaper
rents and quality-of life issues.
DEANDREA SHEPARD braids Cliff Ketter’s hair at Impressions Hair Design on Centre
- “People come and go ata pace
now that wast le a centu-
ry ortwoago,” said Stefan Bielinski,
founder and director of the Colo-
nial Albany Social History Project
at the State Museum in Albany.
“We've got a new melting pot that
has more ingredients than _ ever
before.”
One gauge for Bielinski is that
among his off Russell
Rodd in Albany are Albanian refi-
“Albanians living in Albany,” he
said with a chuckle. “Go figure.”
‘The demographic churning con-
tinues to accelerate: “It’s almost to
the point where you can compare
the change of the first-100 years in
the Capital Region to the past 100
days,” Bielinski said.
Nowadays, when a natural di-
sastet, war or political crisis creates
headlines: around the world, it’s
almost a certainty that‘ it will -
affect erigrants living in
the be Coil Region. Such was the
case in the Dec. 26 tsunami, which
caused death and devastation for
relatives of local residents who grew
up in Thailand, Sri Lanka, Indone-
siaand India. The same was true for
the war in Ira, electionsin Afghan-
-istan and political protests in
Ukraine.
“The face. of the region has
changed in many ways, outer and.
inner, since we arrived,” said Uni-
versity at Albany history professor
‘Warren. who-moved here
in 1963 from California.
“On balance, I think the change
is for the good,” he said. “But there
are minuses in terms of the demoli-
tion of important buildings. Those
are irreparable losses to our cultural
heritage.” é
‘New York City’s ethnic spillover
isthe Capital Region's gain.
“You're seeing more and more
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eat” holds true, the cultural iden-
tity of the Capital Region: has:
gone froma short-order menu toa
full international buffet.
While the overall number of
spirit that spices up a heretofore
homogeneous population.
For Jaruloch Whitehead, who
was born in Bangkok, Thailand, the
best measure of this trend is gailan,
so-called Chinese broccoli.
The vegetable; a cross between
broccoli and collard greens, is stir-
fried, added to a spicy gravy and
served over noodles in a popular
‘Thai dish she makes often. *
“I had a tough time finding
gailan for a long time,”. said
Whitehead, a certified public ac-
countant and business consultant
from North Greenbush who has
lived in the States since 1980. “I
used to carry bags of groceries back’
on the plane from California or
drive to Boston or New York. Now, *
thisareathat carry gailan.”
Whitehead, whose American
husband, David, isa pharmaceutical
company lobbyist, remembers
when there were no Thai restan-
rants in the region; now there are a
handful.“ *
“The world’s becoming a'smaller
on
TIMES UNION ARCHIVE,
3 daughter, Erin Dolan-Spicer, attend. a
ass at St. Patrick’s Church in Albany.
place,” she said. “Seeing more of an.
international flavor in this region
reminds me that we're all citizens of
theworld” =~ .
You'll find the evidence in small
gestures, among the daily rhythms
and social fabric of the area.
The Spanish Mass at
* St Patriee’s Church in Albany,
once a rock-ribbed Irish parish,
draws the largest attendance on
Sunday.
A popular cricket league that
holds matches in Albany’s Lincoln
Park draws players from Guyana,
the West Indies, Australia, England,
India and Pakistan.
There are a dozen African hair-
braiding shops along the length of
Central Avenue. There are a similar
number of Puerto Rican bodegas,
Pakistani variety markets and Guy-
anese greengrocers.
“There are a flood of choices
now, and just hope the area can
support all the ethnic restaurants
and markets opening up,” said Lily
Pak, owner of. Peking, a Chinese
sestarruné in Albany tateas one
. the first when her parents
in 1972. “Were hedeyto hawall the
colleges and universities. That's
what gives us our diversity. And
then some of the students like living
here, see it’s a good place to raise a
family, and they stick around after
graduation.”
“This ethnic has oc-
curred in a flash, historically speak-
ing.
For its first 350 years of devel-
opment after European contact, the
Capital Region was home toa small,
static cluster of ethnic groups:
Dutch, English, Irish, German,
Polish, Italian, French and Scandi-
navian.
+ This‘Eurocentric keyhole per-
Spective has broadened into a wide-
angle portrait of humanity in the
ps: fev decades, Irhas been fueled
by international students at area
colleges and universities; a growth -
in technology and professional re-
search jobs; a second-tier migration
of foreign-born people from New
‘York City drawn upstate by cheaper
rents and quality-of life issues.
TIMES UNION ARCHIVE
DEANDREA SHEPARD braids Cliff Ketter’s hair at Impressions Hair Design on Central Avenues in Albany.
“People come and go at a pace
now thatwasunimaginableacentu-
ryortwoago,” said Stefan Bielinski,
founder and diréctor of the Colo-
nial Albany Social History Project
at the State Museum in Albany.
“We've got a new melting pot that
has more ingredients than _ ever
before.”
One for Bielinski is that
among his neighbors off Russell
Road in Albany are Albanian refu-
ee Albanians living in Albans,” ” he
said with a chuckle. “Go figure.”
“The demographic churning con-
tinues to accelerate. “It’s almost to
the point where you can compare
the change of the first 100 years in
the Capital Region to the past | 100
days,” Bielinski said.
Nowadays, when a natural di-
sastei, war or political crisis creates
headlines: around the world, it’s
almost a certainty that it will
directly affect emigrants living in
the Capital Region. Such was the
case in the Dec. 26 tsunami, which
caused death and devastation for
relatives of local residents who grew
up in Thailand, Sri Lanka, Indone-
siaand India. The same was true for
thewar in Iraq, elections in Afghan-
-istan and political protests in
Ukraine.
“The face. of the region has
changed in many ways, outer and
inner, since we arrived,” said Uni-
versity at Albany history professor
Warren Roberts, who-moved here
in 1963 from California.
“On balance, I think the change
is for the good,” he said. “But there
are minuses in terms of the demoli-
tion of important buildings. Those
are irreparable losses to our cultural
heritage.”
New York City’s ethnic spillover
is the Capital Region’s gain.
- You're seeing more and more
foreigners moving a here because
New York is getting tough,” said
Charles Paul,-of Guyana, who owns
S&A West Indian Grocery on
Central Avenue in Albany. “You feel
more secure here. There’s a ‘better
quality of life. You get out of the
bustle and bustle ofthe big city. And .,
you've got open space. You've got to :
remember that many of these peo-
ple grew up in rural villages.”
‘There’s still one thing that many
foreigners will never warm up to in 5
“ these parts: the weather.
Said Whitehead, the transplant- “
ed Thai: “I go home to visit my .
friends, who live in a tropical
climate, and they ask me: ‘Why are. }
you there? Aren’t you sick of the
winters”?
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