Brown University - Liber Brunensis Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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MANNING CHATH Th s o Pt 24 THE REVEREND Charles A. Baldwin came to Brown in 1958. Since that time he has worked to make religious awareness a constructive force in the life of the University. As an administrator and University official, he coordinates the work of the denominational chaplains at Brown. As the Chaplain of a University historically and intentionally committed to Protestant Christianity, he officiates at various University cere- monies. As a minister, his duty is to challenge the com- placent, unthinking students into an examination of their convictions and of the world around them. In opening pravers at convocations and in the dailv morn- ing services at Manning Chapel, he tries to awaken in the students a realization of the wonder and majestv of the world and its Creator. His goal is to arouse students from their slothful complacency in a materialistic world, to see that outside of themselves are values that tran- scend the day-to-day wants of the individual, and to re- place the popular cynical hedonism with a more feaning- ful set of ideals. To this end he strives to confront the students in their daily lives. It is in this pastoral role that Charles Baldwin sees the challenge and purpose of his vocation and the meaning of the chaplaincy at Brown.

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PHYSICIST John A. Dillon, Jr. was the Assistant to the Dean for Freshmen when the Class of 1962 arrived at Brown. Dividing his time between cramped offices in Wil son Hall and U.H., Dean Dillon helped many Freshman realize and meet the responsibilities attending their status as undergraduates at Brown. One surprised Freshman was asked to which graduate school he planned to apply, and realized suddenly that the continuing task of evalua- tion and preparation for the Future had not ended with his addmission to Brown. Dean Dillon, who received his Ph.D. from Brown in 1954, was appointed Assistant Pro- Fessor of Physics that same year. Now an Associate Profes- sor, Dean Dillon is able to devote most of his time to re- search on metallic crystal surfaces, but only after taking a sabbatical leave in 1960-61 to catch up on research neces- sarily postponed in order to carry out his counseling duties. ROBERT O. SCHULZE, tcacher, researcher and admin- istrator, has become an institution at Brown since his arrival in 1955. The University recognized his talents and in 1959 he was appointed Assistant Dean of the College and made associate professor last year. His contact with the student body is through his various official capacities as well as through his B. D. H. notices and Chapel introductions. In the latter capacity Dean Schulze has excelled in the role of a sublime touche artist and establisher of a renaissance in hymns. Be- cause of his many official and unofficial duties, Dean Schulze has become our peripatetic administrator and has been known to fulfill his appointment obligations by walking with students to the Blue Room for a fresh supply of cigarettes before his next appointment, The more serious side of this humorous and energetic man reveals that at the end of his sophomore year at the University of Michigan he entered the army for two years of service. Upon his return to civilian life, he completed his studies in sociology, receiving his A.B. in 1947. After graduation, he found employment as assistant personnel manager of Sandia Laboratory, a division of the Los Alamos Atomic Laboratory in Albuquerque. Unsatisfied with the business world, he returned to Co- lumbia for his M.A. and finally received his Ph.D. from Mich- igan in 1956. In his present position Dean Schulze finds teach- ing and administrative work rewarding, but this makes research difficult. However, as he has pointed out, his administrative position might be a good place for research on graduate schools and undergraduate social structure.

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ORIGINALLY ATTRACTED to art as an undergraduate by his professors at Boston University and by the works at the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin, Assistant Professor Richard B. Car- penter has drawn a large number of Brown students to his courses on Italian Renaissance and Baroque art since joining the faculty in 1957. Having received his A.B. and M.A. from Boston University, Assistant Professor Carpenter was granted a Harvard fellowship to study in Europe for his Ph.D. Here he pursued his special interest in Fragonard. Although he has attempted, in an informal manner, to emulate the skill of the artists whom he studies, he retains the primary role of art historian. Besides lecturing in three courses, he works closely with students in his seminar where he teaches contemporary Americans to use their eyes for more than avoiding doors and ob- serving women's figures. One of his objectives is to break down the compartments which have been erected in one's personality by contemporary verbalized ideas, for in appreciating and understanding Baroque art, a response of the total individual is required. The dis- sociation of the student's personality must be healed in the synthesis of an intellectual eye, a capacity to see the brute reality of the world in a more direct fashion. His courses teach a greater reliance on the validity of perception and experience, a faith which science has sought to render obsolete. To complement his studies, As- sistant Professor Carpenter writes magazine articles and has sub- mitted a series of essays for publication on sixteenth and seventeenth century art. His hobbies include reading philosophy and theology, and he is also fond of hiking and swimming. Faculty TAKING FIELD excursions is one of the fa- vorite pastimes of Dr. Donald F. Eckelman, the new chairman of Brown's Geology Department. His past summer was spent exploring the Grand Tetons of Wyoming in search of pre cambrian rocks. Prior to this, much of his field work has consisted of ex- ploring the Southern Appalachian Mountains and the Rocky Mountains. He has written manv sci- entific articles concerning his work. Dr. Eckelman received his B.A. from Wheaton College in Illinois and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia Univer- sity. After doing two vears of postgraduate work at the Lamont Geological Observatory, he went to Columbia and then came to Brown in 1957, After three vears of experience as a graduate teaching assistant, Dr. Eckelman decided to enter the teach- ing profession. Dr. Eckelman has won the admira- tion of virtually all of his students in courses rang- ing from Elementary Physical Geology to the Ad- vanced Petrology Seminar. He enjovs teaching be- cause it is a creative activity that involves other human beings, not only in passing on information, but also in creating the teaching framework that develops a student's mind. X