Mary Baldwin College - Bluestocking Yearbook (Staunton, VA)

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Julian E. White, Jr., Ph.D. (University of North CaroHna; The Sorbonne, University of Paris), Assistant Professor of French, was a Fulbright scholar and is a member of the Medieval Acad- emy of America. He recently translated a Regnard play for performance by the Mary Baldwin College drama department, . t present he is compiling an anthology of medieval French literature and writing a comparative study of Voltaire, Swift and Cyrano de Bergerac. Language Department: French and German Vega M. Lytton, M.A. (Drake University; Uni- versity of Chicago; Middlebury College; Al- liance Francaise; The Sorbonne, University of Paris), studied at the Sorbonne under a grant from the Christian Education Board of the Pres- byterian Church, U.S. She has traveled exten- sively in Europe and conducts European tours for college students. Gerda L. Dippman, M.A. (New York University, Friedrich Alex- ander Universitaet, Erlangen, Universidad de Madrid, Univer- sidad de Barcelona), Assistant Professor of German, is at pres- ent working on her doctoral dis- sertation, which deals witli Schiller ' s aesthetics. 28

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William J. Kimball, Ph.D. (Pennsylvania State University), Associate Professor of English, has received grants-in-aid for research on the Civil War and for post-doctoral study. He has pub- lished a source history, Richmond in Time of War, and has contributed to several professional historical magazines. English Department .A.. Ben H. Smith, Jr., Ph.D. (University of North Carolina), Assistant Professor of English, has continued to study the traditional aspects of the Middle Ages and the seventeenth-century meta- physical poets. His interest in music of the eighteenth century and before has been complemented by his study of several keyboard instruments. Andrew J. Mahler, Ph.D. (University of North Carolina), head of the English Department, is immediate past president of the North Carohna-V ' irginia College English Association. Dr. Mahler is recognized for his comprehensive understanding of language and literature and for his ability to communicate to his students an individualized appreciation of English. His time is devoted to intensive reading and to his students. Dr. Mahler is a scholar ' s scholar, and his service to Mary Baldwin College has been in- valuable. Marshall M. Brice, Ed.D. (University of Virginia, University of Wisconsin, Clemson College, Columbia University), Professor of English, is the co-author, with Dr. Ullin Leavell, of How To Study with Success and Satisfaction, and the author of numerous published poems and essays. Dr. Brice has represented Mary Baldwin College at annual meetings of the National College English Association for many years. He sponsors the Class of 1963. 27

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Spanish Barbara Peabody Clarke, M.A. (Middlebur - Col- lege), Instructor in Spanish, has joined the fac- ulty of Mar ' Baldwin College after a year of graduate study in Spain. Miss Clarke worked for two summers in the Spanish department of Time magazine. While in Madrid she ser ' ed as translator and interpreter for an Anglo-Chinese firm in addition to tutoring. Dorothy M. Mulberr., Ph.D. (University of Madrid), Assistant Professor of Spanish, is director of the Man,- Baldwin Academic Year in Madrid. Her extensive European travel and study, as well as her firsthand knowledge of Spain, was a stimulus for the entire program. She has arranged e erything from classes to housing to invitations for a Balenciaga fashion show for the girls. Her jobs include help and counseling in their orientation to Spanish life, in addition to her official duties as director of the program. Barbara F. Ely, Ph.D. (Tulane University), Assistant Professor of Romance Languages, was the recipient of Carnegie and Southern Regional fellowships. She studied at the University of Madrid on an Institute of International Education scholarship. Dr. El -. an accomplished violinist, studied under Hugo Kortschak of Yale University Music School. 29