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

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5 1131.119 ii . 'U o' 1 1 A 1111. lf, XHM11 l,l'KIllCNiUl' H. W. Ylrxinic l.xNc.i. xxliuse nizljor lielils of interest eenlei' znnnnil Goethe gincl Gerinzni xinil c-oin1Jzn':ilix'e lilC1'2lIllliC, hm In-en cliziirmzin ol' the Deparlnienl nl' Germanic Languages ' 11 - ' . ' . ' 1, Lintl l.ilei':iI111'eS sinre its KlC'1lIl0li in IUSS. Cinienllx' workin on ,ixx .x IXIX. nmx inxn xtc in Ile .inline 1 1 1 1 . 1 111,11111g 111,11g1.11111 111 111.11111.111111 111.11015 111111 111C ln .lzzllmlnevv of lnzzmjwzii Lilwwlx' iiI'IllFl.Sll1, he hams recently 1Jlll'1N1Nl' nl' the xlmil xttnw ix tu ghe 1Jli'1lNll1'Q1 111111 t'UIll1JlClt'tl The Hzxlmx 1:1 fifflllllll I.llr'i'r1111rr', l.X'?H-lU?U. linlh 111,1.,1,111 111. 11 111111111 11 111111111 1111111111111,1 1111111-11 of lhexe ixorlv are l'l'l1IlCil l0 his CUIIINLN on fiCl'lIlllll l'0Ct1'Y :md - H. 1 . . . . , ' 1115 11, 115 1111111.11111 8111110 5111111 51111-111s 111111.11 N111 the f1L'I'lllllIl novel. .X ll1lllYC nl l,ei1mg, Gerinuny, Professor 0 l aml.iin lincls tlislineth 1Jlt'1lSllI'1llJlC. ln his own lilllgl' mls Iwi elglll ?l'f iS1l'4X1 l'1W'1'-11l'f31l1lCl, fimlllilll, f0l' UIC Nllllll stories. Nli. fylfilllllllll linclQ Cl11OXllll'lll in College l',llll'lIIl4'C lzxgnninzilion Bozlrcl. XVith his kiinwleclge and 111.111111Q 111-111,1. 11111 111 1110 11111115 111 0161111111 1111, interest in the fieltl nl' tlllllPfl1'1lllV.' lllClilllllI'C he is 21 ezipzihle 11111 111 1-X111-0551113 11111 1111111 111 11111101-,111 11-11115, 1116 lllliillllllll nl' 11 SlllJ'tUllllIllllCC of lhe Ciunncil ni the lllltiianilies n ' 1' - -' X - - ' ' '- whith ix enclezixnrine In nlexelu 5 ll l'i'inielnn J1'cw'1':1lii in this area. i.1 fl A 1. .1o.nn 1, mmm 3 oiint in 115 m U nitiu lrelnncl. He lx ciitieiilh writnig ll nmellai hqgnn in the spring' nl' 1060 :nnl il series nl' zntieles lin llnliclfn xillgllllllth e0ncei'neil nith the lIIl15l'CS- xinnx nigiclc ln ilillerent .XlllL'l'lli1lll cities on the ,Q , ,, , , , . 1 1111.1,11,111,1 ' S13Ctl.lllllllQ in l-iench lllClillllll'l' ol lhe Rmnnzinlii' :intl 1JI'C- 5 Rnni.inlie perincls, .Xiuixxn IIOUI1, Nlereclitli H. Pyle Professor of Ifrenih. ix ll pmlific' miiliezil lllltl crezilive ix'1'ile1'. Ciiirrfiiilly 1 worlting un his thircl nmel, Prolemsm' lloog also finds time to Ili' hu O. Whnf, john N. NVcimlIniIl l'mI'essm' of Mmlein lffllllliilllllt' to nnnierons wrliolzirh ioinnuls. The inowl recent of I IHQIIZIQCS nnil Iliiertm' oi' the Speeial l'l'4lgl'1lIll in 1'ilIl'01DCIll1 i,I'OliCSSlJl' lluogfs triliczil worlas, :in :nliele on Nizneel Proust, is Xllllilllflll. is nn UlllSlLlIltllllg llllllllllily on Yoltxiire :intl ziwziiling piilmlicziticni. f3lllt'lZ1IltlI'L'iCl'XCtl in nizinneiphc keeps tighleenth t'enlni'x l'il'L'IlCll 1Jl1ilmn11l13, .Xnllior of IllIIllt'li0llS :in t'Xll'l'lIlL'lf hug scheilnle. teziihing lllllll gilltllllllt'1llltll1lltlCI'- nlxe nn these siilmieels. Di. Hlule is c'ini'entl3' 1Jl'C1l1lI'iIlg two gmiliiaile KUIIINCS, llespile l'1'oft-Sault Ilongk :11J1m:n'ent modesty, IlllIlllAll'l1JlS, one on Ynltaire :intl his 1uliilow11Iiic'zil lJ2lCligI0llllllS, his liI'e hzis heen :in ewnlliil one. Dining the Semiitl XV0l'ld intl zinnlher on the 1Dllil0S01Jllf' ol' the liiiliglitenmeiit. In his YV:n', NIV. llciog wus ziwziitletl the Cimix ile Cineiie. FfIlllCC,S Ilnee ileczirles an l'i'inc'elon. he hzis heecnne ai lzivorite lL't'lllIil'l'. liigliexl tlemrzitimi. in remgiiitioii ul' his work in the Resistance. His uminwes in l'.llIU1JL'llll lllL'l'illllI'C. espeeiullx 'tlfrmii Hinnzniisni in l'iXlNlCllli1lll8lll,u :ne zininng the nioxt 1iU1Jllllll' on unnpus Piiwiillx lLN1JUllNllJll im thc snuess oi the Sllillll Pmgl ini in l lIl'U1Jt'lIIl Cllvllllllliflll, IJr,NYz1ile ienuiins genial :incl iinzissnniing.

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l Speaking about Professor Ciytuos Bykt-1k's renowned eritieal work on lletningyyay. I11'l1lir1g1t'r1y, The Il'riIr'r 115 Jrlisl, the Heralcl Trilutttzf said: this is that exeellent kind of rritieisnt which. tthether or not yye agree with all of its eonclusions. helps everywhere to Clarify' ottr reactions . . . Baker has done a tnajor joh of literary reevaluationf' Professor Baker's hook on Hemingway is perhaps his hest known work, hut this hook is just one of a series frotn the pen ol' this teacher, eritir. author and IJUCI. Presently Professor Baker is following up his first widely aeelaitnetl novel, .1 Frizfntl in l'rm'f'r, with a second, Thr' 1,1nnl of R1tn111elmt'. His sonnet t'On Getting Back to .Xirplane Spotting .Xtter len Years was included in Iiryl l'o1'm.S of 1956. Professor Baker is also completing an anthology' of Hemingway eriticistn entitled HI'II1fIIgIt'Ily' and his Critirs: ,-In lnternztlionztl .lnlltologyx On CZIIIIPLIS Professor Baker is known for short, concise, simply stated and easily understood lertures. Dr. linwncn IJt'nt.t-,y Hryni jouxsox, a former Rhodes Scholar, was elevated to his present rank of Associate Professor of linglish in l952, His primary' field of interest is Vietorian literature. In his under- graduate course, ulinglish Literature of the Last Hundred Years, Dr. .lohnson explores in his penetrating lectures the ratnifieations of Yietorian prose in rontetnporary society. In addition Dr. lohnson has written ntunerous articles for scholarly periodicals, and in 1952 rotnk pletetl Thr' .llien l'1.yio11 of l'i1'lori1n1 Poetry, a study' Of the works of Tennyson, Browning, and Arnold. .Xt present he is engaged in research for a t'ritit'1tl analysis of the lflth century linglish novel, which he hopes to eotnplete in the next three years. Rttzttutn M. Ltmwte, Associate Professor of ling- lislt, is printzlrily' interested in Anteriean poetry and the .Xtnetiean novel. Clhairtnan of the Special Pro- gram in the Hutnanities. Professor Ludwig is cur- rently working on Thr' .Sz'lef'ff'fI Imllety of Iforrl Afznlrlox lforfl. A twentieth eentury linglish novelist, Ford is hest known for his novel The fioorl Soldier. In IEI59 Mr. Ludwig puhlished the fourth volume of A l.iI1'mry' History of Ihr' United Staley covering all .yrnerieanv literature. In two courses in Atneriean literatttre, Main Currents of .-Xmeriean I.iterature and 'iytneriean Poetry, Professor Ludwig con- sistently delivers Z1 high quality of lecture. mingling deep literary penetration. riske anecdotes, and amusing quotations. , e , . , . . C.r1ku.n luynrs BliN'l'l.l'Y, Irolessor of langltsh, is a renowned editor of play anthologies and historian of the theater. At present Professor Bentley is writing the sixth and seventh yoltnnes of lrzroltenzt ami Caroline Stage. a work ronsidered to he the definitive study of the development of the British stage tluringg the seventeenth century. ln his underu graduate eourse, linglish drtuna, Professor Bentley devotes his attention not only to the ideas in the plays stttdted, hut also to the deyeloptneut of the stagts on yyhith they were originally acted. lliguiiied, yirile. and an entertaining lecturer, it is said that Professor Bentley is the only Professor in the l'niy'ersily who Can appease lashion-conseious under- graduates and yet wear a double hreasted suit to class. i1

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Soon lo he pulmlishetl liy the Nlrklillan Company in a series ol hooks deyoted to the prolessinns is .l1r'l1iIr'r!. 'l'his y'olume is heing written hy the llireetor ol' the Sehool ol' ryrchiteetttre at Princeton, Kontakt W, Nil,l.Xl't.Ill.lN, lu. In addition he is tnaking a plrotograpliie index ol' l're-Cioloinhian lll'l'llllClfllll'1ll and settlp- tural monuments found in South and Central .'xIllCl'lt'2l. l'I'UliCSSUli B1CL11llglllill is the professional atlvisor on 2ll'l'llllCCllll'C for the Associate Professor ot Sculpture josigtfti BROWN is wending his way' across Europe and ,Xsia on a six- tuonth iourney sponsored hy the State Departnrent. Professor l5rown's fine statues and statuettes ol athletes in action. seyeral of which can he seen as trophies in tlte Dillon Gym loliby. hrought him to the attention of the goyernment. which is haying him do statues and hnsts ol numer- ous foreign athletes and statesmen. Not content merely to portray' athletes, l'rol'essor llrown has put his liaclcgrotitul as a professional hoxet to good use eoaehing hoxing at l,l'illCClUll, His interest ill chil- dren linings him to the l'rineeton Summer Clamp each year :tml has led him to try' his hand at designing fascinating, even artistic, play- ground equipment. New York Port ,xlllllOl'lly'. lle was in eltarge ol' the competition t held to choose the designer ol the new terminal htnltltng at ldlewild International .Xirport. llis primary' lield is Pl'Cli1llJl'lClllCLl 2ll'C'llllCi'llIl'C. Dr. Rrxssityik yy. Irii. C.ltairman ot the Department of ,Xrt and ,Xrel1aeology. retttrtied to the llllllifllill faculty in FCl?l'lllil'y of 19515 as the Howard Clroshy Butler Nletnorial l'rot'essor of the History of .yrtliiteeture alter spending twenty'-liye years at other edueational instittttions. Dr. Iree, on leaye ot' ahsenee during the hrst term, is in the process ot' writing a hook concerning the Since 1955. Professor ol' Classical .Xreliaeoiogy liiuis SJOQYISI has alternated hetween leaching' duties and directing the Princeton .yrcliaeological lixpeclition to Sicily along with l'rot'essor Ricliarcl Stillwell. the latter ot' thest two tasks is an especially' familiar one tor l'l'OliCSSOl SUIUQNISI, who seryed in a sitnilar capacity lot a Sweclish expedition. 'l he present project is an attempt to trace the development ot' a typical Greek town trout the sixth to the second century ll. ll. and is expected to shed significant 7 light on the Hellenit' eiyililatinn. l rotessor S-ioqyist, one nl the lew classical areltaeologists lelt. has pointed out: Ulixcayatioiis are the prinripal means of I'Cl'OllSlI'lll'llllg and reinterpreting the past. Without them. artliaeology and seholatship in the art. history. and language ol' antiquity would heconte unproduetiye, stereotyped, and SlllJCI'iltllll.i influence ot' the Italian poet 'lortiuato 'lasso on the history' of painting. It is a study' ot' the cirtumstantes arising when a great poem is written and suhsequently' depirtecl in paintings. His lield ot' special interest is the history of painting in linrope from the sixteenth century until the eighteenth l'Cllllll'y', including the Renaissanee. Klannerist. and llaroque periods.