Hamilton College - Hamiltonian Yearbook (Clinton, NY)

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on September 24 to a capacity crowd of students and faculty. The Max Roach Quartet performed on Sep- tember 30, and treated the College community to the work of the legendary jazz percussionist and campus- er, Max Roach. one of the creators of be-bop. The month of October opened with performances by Double Edge, a piano due, and Women of the Cala- bash, a group devoted to Caribbean, Latin American, and African music. The musical eclectieism of the Henry Threadgill Sextet invaded Wellin Hall on Octo- ber l5. On Halloween night, East Wind. 3 jazz group from the Soviet Union. offered a taste of music from behind the iron curtain. The Music at Hamilton Artists Series TMAHAST kicked off its season with the performance by The London Brass on November l2. MAHAS also Sponsored Mitsuko Uehida. a worid-renowned Japanese pianist, The Rochester Phiiharmenic Orchestra. with David Einman conducting. and the Elmer Iseler singers. The grand finaie of the series by the Composers String Quartet and the Dorian Wind Quartet played to an appreciative audience on April 8. In November, Manning Marable began the Visiting Minority Scholars Program with a lecture on Black politics in the !805. On March ID the dance group Pilobolus invaded the College. B.F. Skinner '25 deliw ered a lecture on An Ethics for the Future on April 5- The Arthur Levitt Public Policy Program's Panel Dis- cussion on ludieial selection for the Supreme Court brought US. Senators Joseph Biden and Arlen Specter to College Hill. The Harts H. Sehambaeh Center for Music and the Performing Arts seems to be well on its way to fulfill- ing its goal of providing excellent music. dance and lectures to the entire Mohawk Valley,r community. 19

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Schambaeh Center Completed On September 22. I988. one clay before the official ribben-eutting ceremony and dedicatory concert. students and faculty were treated to the premiere concert at the Hans H. Sehambaeh Center for Music and the Performing Arts by Pinehas Zukerman and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. The Schambach Center, which forms part of an are of buildings including List. MeEwen and Kirner-John- son. houses the entire music department under the same roof for the first time in Hamilton history. It also provides ensemble rooms, teaching studies. practice rooms, a music library and an electronic studio for the Hamilton cemn1unity.Although intended primarily for events in music and dance. the 700-seat Carol Wood- heuse Wellin Hall also accommodates programs in theater and public speaking- Already, the Sehambaeh Center has hosted a wide variety of artists and lecturr ers, from bath on and eff-eampus. Student groups made the most of their first perform manees in the Schambaeh Center. On November 8, student and faculty productions shared center stage. According to The Spectator. The concert showcased the diverse talents of the Chamber Orchestra, the Faculty Chamber Ensemble, the Facultyr Brass Quin- tet, the College Choir. and the Jazz Ensemble . . . Te single out any of these performances would be point- less. They were all excellent. In addition. the Choir. under the direction of Tamara Breaks. gave their fall concert on November I0. On November I9, Dan Glasge led the Jazz Ensemble to new heights in a perferr manee which featured pieces by Ellington and Gillev spie. They performed again an April 21 during Alcohol 28 Awareness Weekend. On December 3, the Orchestra held its first concert under the direction of Tamara Brooks. earning accolades from The Spectator: This was indeed a fine musical event, appealing to audi- ence and performers alike. As an encore. theyr per formed on April 19. The Oratorio Society performed on December 6 and May 2. In February and April, the Woodwind Chamber Ensemble. directed by Richard Decker. showed off their considerable talents as well. Finally. several student concerts in music and dance were great successes. On February i648. the perform- ers in the student dance concert put an a great show. with a wide range of dance styles on display. A stu- dent recital an April 30 and a concert on May T were the final student performances of IQSS-SQ. A Faculty dance concert was held on October 29 and 30, which consisted of various modern and ballet style pieces. The combination of Lauralyn Kalb. voice, and Patricia DeAngelis, piano, brought down the house in a recital in Wellin Hall two days later. Samuel Pellman presented his piece Night of a Great and Unreturning Day on February 28, in a concert featur- ing composers from New York State. On March 7 . Kazuke Tanesaki and Michael Richards treated the audience to an inspiring performance in a concert on new music from Japan and Asia. Finally. a Faculty chamber music concert on April 7 and the Hamilton College Festival of Chamber Music on April 9 brought the excellent string of performances by the Hamilton community to a close. In addition to the great Hamilton-produced perfor- mances. iQSSFSQ was the year high-quality musicians came to the Hill in droves. Bobby McFerrin performed

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The opening of the $5.5 million Wil- liarn M.Eristol,Jr.,Swin1ming Pool on December 3 marked another step in a decade of pregress toward athletic excellence at Hamilton College. De- signed by Perry Dean Rogers 5. Part- ners and built by Murnane Associw ates, lne.. the Bristol Peel replaces a pool opened in l940. Intended for use by the entire Hamilton community. it will be available for intercollegiate swimming in season, instructional swimming during the academic year. and recreational swimming year- round. The pool measures 60 by I26 feet and contains eight lanes. Covering 5,000 square feet. it is a stretch pool, with a moveable bulkhead that permits division of either 25 yards or 2'5 meters in length- The diving area includes one and three-meter plat- forms. and the deck space seats 300 spectators. Architectural features in- clude large Finnish tile selected to create a faster peel through dimin- ished surface resistance and a gas- fired infrared radiant tube and re- fleetor system near the diver's plat- form for competitors to keep warm during dives. In IQOO. Hamiltonis first swimming 30 pool was created by scooping the earth out from the basement of the Super Gymnasium lnow Kirkland Der- mitorw. Only, 22 by 38 feet long and from three to seven feet deep. the pool was constructed of porcelain brick and floored with porcelain tile. In addition, there was a glazed brick shower room and a small dressing room. The College Catalogue re- ferred to the facilities as splendid, and added that these most modern facilities cost $4,000, but their value to the College in comfort and plea- sure cannot be appraised.u Curiously, within two years. the splendid peel had been downgrad- ed to 'imost satisfactory in the pages of the Catalogue. After 1902. the pool was described mainly as a fine plunge. where lessons in swim- ming are required of all freshmen. and by World War I, the facilities had become less than adequate. Finally. it was abandoned entirely. In l936, when the nation was in the midst of the Great Depression, a gymnasium fund committee was formed and an appeal went out. to the alumni. Chaired by Wifliam M. BriStc-L Jr. 1?, the committee sought to raise $400,000, a huge sum in such difficult times. However. pledges were speed- Hy.F obtained, and ground was broken for construction in l938. On Novem- ber 9, l940, Mr. Bristol fuzztrrnallt,r pre- sented to the College the Alumni Gymnasium complete with swimming pool. For 47 years, this second pool was Hamilton's Swimming facility. It helped develop the talents of numer- ous NCAA AIIrAmerieans. and also provided for the needs of thousands