University of Connecticut - Nutmeg Yearbook (Storrs, CT)

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, .4:'.' sf TRW? Efx'b1 43 fb Robert Frost emphasizes a point in po- etics with a kindly smile and admonishing finger.

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tbove. been 5 and Japers per in rtrical ing a r the ze by ill. an -sional - been d the iroietl JI. JOHN MALCOLM BRINNIN, above, instructor of modern poetry and creative writing, is widely known as a poet and for his work as director of the New York Poetry Center. A graduate of the University of Michigan, he has done graduate work at Harvard. His first book of poems, The Carden Is Political, was followed by The Lincoln Lyrics, No Arch, No Triumph, and The Sorrows of Cold Stone. His poems are represented in leading collections, some of which he has recorded for the Library of Congress and the Harvard Vocarium Series. He has served as poetry editor for new World Writing and as poetry judge for the National Book Awards. He is currently working on a new volume of poems and a critical biography of Gertrude Stein. ' . t I n ' . v bi 1. rnrssra-rr N y X . 4 Z' if Once described as our most fluent interpreter of the works of God, Professor RAYMOND KIENHOLZ, above, is a most enthusiastic teacher and lecturer on conservation. Among his publications is Conservation Across the United States, written after taking 32 people front eight states on a 13,000 mile nation- wide tour. He is well-known for his lessons on extending the nation's resources by utilizing more forest products, developing substitutes, exploring new frontiers of science, and by careful management of wildlife and grazing areas. Dr. Kienholz, Head of the Department of Forestry and bvildlife Management, has illustrated a book on winter trees and has done research in the Douglas fir region of western Yilashington and on Mount Adams. BELDON H. SIAIAFFER, left, who received his M. A. in Public Administration from Syracuse ldniversity in 195-1. was named Acting Director of the Institute of Public Service at Storrs in March, 1955. He served previously with the health depart- ments of Buffalo and Tompkins County in New York and as an administrative intern at Albany. His reports Growing Suburbs and Town Finance and Small Homes and Community Growth have attained national recognition. ln addition, he is author and co-author of a number of publications and informational bulletins issued by the Institute.

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Growth , as most UConn students are aware, has come to be the most heavily accented term on campus. Witll buildings seemingly springing up overnight, there is no doubt that the University of Connecticut is fast on its way to becoming one of the academic leviathans of the East. To the casual observer and the occasional visitor the most impressive feature of the campus is the tremendous physical expansion taking place. One's eye cannot help but be attracted to it. Although perhaps not so obvious as the manifest physical development, but no less a sig- nificant contribution to the University's growing stature, has been the cultural growth of UConn. The cultural activities offered in the past year by the various departments of the University provided stu- dents and faculty with greater opportunities to enjoy some of the finest in entertainment, both passively in the roles of spectators. and actively as participants. The pro- gram's aim was to give UConn audiences the best in quali- ty and variety. Consequently, the yearis events ranged from poetry readings by Robert Frost to the Dixieland beat of Max Kaminsky to satisfy the diversity of tastes and in- terests of the student body. Although the results of such fine events are intangi- ble, they are none the less real. They form an important factor which cannot be ignored if UConn is to continue to grow healthily to the leading status planned for it.