Princeton University - Bric A Brac Yearbook (Princeton, NJ)

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1)1. Archibald T. MacAl- iisiiR, JR., is a professor of Ilaliaii in tlif Dcpartiiifiil of Romance l.aMi;iiases and I.it- eraliues. C ' .oinbinin; a lic ' a y leacliinj; sclieiUile uitli atl- luinisuatixe responsibilities, lie lias coiueiuraled on the improvement of foreign lan- guage leaching through the liexelopment of new teaching methods and course content. He is tlie author of an article (111 Dante in . Dicliouary of Mouil Philoscip i and an in- lioduclion to Jolm Ciardi ' s translation of Dante ' s Inferno. Professor . ' ii.AN S. Do ViNER ' s interest in the theatre dates back to his childhood in Syra- cuse where he acted in stock productions. Today his in- terests range from modern musical comedy to Dramatic , ' ction and Oliaracterization on the Elizabethan Stage . A member of the Knglish de- partment since 1946, Profes- sor Downer etlited Tioenty- five Modern I ' lays and has directed productions of the Princeton Communitv Players. Roger Humncton Sessions, the first occupant of Princeton I ' nixersitv ' s William Schubael Professorship of Music and one of the modern world ' s most versatile men of music , has won wide recognition for his svmphoiiic compositions. He is a past winner of both the New o V. Music Critic ' s Circle Award and of the Nauinburg Foundation .Award, which is annually conferred for the most distinguished orchestral composition ol the year. Professor Sessions has also been the recipient of nunicious fellowships in the musical field. .Assistant I ' lokssoi ol Knglish Rhmnkh I. Li ' DWic. was elevated to the chairmanship of the Special Program in the Humanities this ear. Dr. I.udwig came to Priiueion in 1950 and cur- rently hokis a bicentennial preceptorship which was established to encourage the development of the teaching capacity and scholarship among the younger members of the faculty. Lecturing on .American Poetry this year. Dr. Liidwig has a special interest in the forms of American literature. .Associate Professor |oh Ripert Martin, a veteran of the Xormandv landing on D-Day, was appointed an -Assistant Professor of Art and .Archaeology in the fall of 1948. Interested pri- marily in the liaroque period. Professor Martin gi es a course in the history of European paint- ing. His publications include The lUusirulion of the Heavenly Ladder of John Clhnaeus, and articles for the Art Bnllelin. Jonrnal of Aes- theties. Art Criticism, and Colles e Art Jonrnal.

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[osii ' ii Brown is an Associate Professor of Sdilpturc in Ihc Art and Archaeolog)- Dcpailnicnt. Mr. Broun was a foolball and l)o in! siai at Temple and was a pro- fessional boxer before embarking upon a career in siiilplnre. Known for award- winning crcalioirs. he has contributed to the (iiiversitv the liron e relay rinmers at the Dillon (Ivnniasinin doois and a statne of the late Princeton coach, Charles Cald- well. Trancis R. B. C.onoi.iMiiN. ' 24, served for a lime as Chairman of the Classics Depart- ment and is now Mnsgrave Professor of I.atin. Following World War fl he held the post of Dean of the College. In 1955 Dr. (.odolphin turned his fidl attention to his academic career and no ' lectures courses in (ireek diama and Roman eleg ' . In the lileiaiv field he has edited The Greek Hisidiiiius and The l.nlin Poels and has contribnled to J ' er.speclix ' es L ' .S.A. Professor Ji an LAiiAiir. a native of France, has extended his career in archi- tecture, urban planning, and landscape archilectnie into .seven countries. Before coming to Princeton in 1928. Professor I.abatnt taught at the . iiierican School of Fine .Arts, Palais de Fontainbleau. France. He has received several Fellowships, prizes, and me lals, including a (iraiiil Prix de Rome. One of his greatest adiievemenls was the accepiaiue of his plan for the future dexelopinent of Paris b the iil authorities in 1931. ' . Professoi I.abaliit was chief architect for the Printelon .Vrdiliei- tural Laboratory, and he now spends many hours there doing researdi. Professor Jamis W. Smith came to Princeton, his alma mater, in 1916 to teach philosophy. At piesent C:hairman of the Special Program in .American Cavllizalion. Professor Smith picvioush taught at Har- vard and lectured at Oxford, where, as a Rhodes Scholar, he received his M.. . ' Fo students beginning the siud of philos:)- phv, lie is well known for his abillt lo make the works of Plato. Hume, and Kant both inteiesting and understandable. Dr. H. W. ' k:ior I.ANcr. Chairman of the newly-created Deiiartmenl of Ccr- manic Fanguages and l.ileralnres. came to Princeton in 1957 from Cornell. Born and educated in Germany. Fange was the for- mer head of the Cerman section of the Modern Languages Departmeiu. .Mlhongh his piimarv inieresl is in (.oetlie. he now teaches the contemporary German litera- ture courses. 19

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This t ' ;ir Hvde Solomon, ;i well known cn] ii llPlll l p.iinicr. hci.nni- the l ' ni cisil ' s arlisl in rcsiikiKc. K;i(li week Mr. Solomon leaihcs one (lass in painliiif; anil one in iliawin ;. He was born in lilll in New York ( ' il and ie ei eil Ills liighei ednraiion at C ' .olnmliia and llie New School ol Social Reseaiih. Se eial eais ago he was artist in icsidentc at (loddaid College in I ' lainfield, eiiiionl. His paintings, some of which are exhibited in the Whilncv Miisenin and the I ' oindextcr GalleiN, aic said lo stand between impiessionism anil abstiact ex- pressionism Dr. Ira O. Vade was named to the John N. VVoodhull Professorship of Modern Languages in 1952. . s the first Chairman of Princetons Special Program in Kiiropean Cixili alion. Dr. Wade icceived the I.cgion of Honor ficjm the French tFO ernment in 1 951) for furthering cidtmal relations between the Lnitcd States and France. He is a prolific writer and authority on oltaire and eighteenth century Knrope. RoiiiKi W. Mc;I. i (.111 1 . ' ' 2i. joined the laciiltv of the sdiool of architecture in 195U. . fter receiving his .M.. . from Princeton, he piac- ticcd architecture in New York for twent -six vears. . s Director of tfie School of . rchitectiiic. McLanghlin has continued to support the hmnanilarian a])pi( ach to the subject whidi has characterized the program here, believing that a broa(l educational background is essen- tial for the fulfillment of the aims of the school. fiiRMi) 1 i i s ISiMiiv came to I ' liiueton in 1915 and was appointed the Murray Professor of F.nglish literature in 1952. His special inteiest is diama. spe- cifuallv F.nglish drama of the sixlecnlh and seventeenth cenluries. a period on which he has written several volumes. Professor Ikiitley has held both Guggenheim and Fulbright Fellowships and has lectured on his spedaltv both in this lotintiv and in F.ngland. R. li. . S(()ii. William H. Danfoilh Piolessor of Religion, is well known as a scholar of the Old Testa- ment and is the author of The RtUvnncc of lite I ' rojyhi-ls. now used extensively in colleges and seirii- naries throughout the liiited States, Canada, and Gieat Urilain. Dr. Scott made two trios to Palestine lo stndx the Dead .Sea Scrolls and in 1955 ])nblishe(l his book. Treasinis from Jutlcim C.avi . Fhis car he was elected piesident of the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis, oldest oiga ni alion of Biblical scholars in the L ' nited States.