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

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Professor ARTHUR MENDEL, Chairman of the Music Department, devotes much of his time to musical organizations outside of Princeton. Among his other achievements, he has been a member of the Executive Board of the American Musicological Society, and for many years was conductor of the Cantata Singers of New York. He is widely renowned as an expert on the music of Bach. Presently he is editing choral works for the Neue Bach-Ausgabc. In his edited text Professor Mendel tries to capture the true quality of the music as determined by research into its original sources. He is also the co-editor of the widely known Bach Reader, a major contribution to the academic musical world. Although he is chiefly interested in Bach, Professor Mendel does devote some time to the study of Renaissance music. When one enters Artist in Residence I'IYDE SOLOMON,S studio in the tower of Pyne Administration, he finds himself. surrounded by symphonies oi dazzling color. Large canvases lean against the wall covered with beautiful compositions of bright pigments arranged so that no color, no matter how bright, ever clashes with its neighbor; everything blends into the unified artistic whole. After some moments of study, the viewer begins to project him- self: into the paintings and they seem to attain a personal meaning for him. Only later does the visitor notice the quiet unassuming man who is the creator of these works. Hyde Solomon seems to prefer standing back, not: saying much, so that his paintings can speak for him. Technically he is somewhere between abstract impressionism and expt'e'sionism. Best known for his landscape abstractions, his major exhibition this year will be at Poindexter Gallery in New York. Professor ROBERT W. McLAUGHLIN, JIL, Director of the School olf Architecture, is a pensive, deliberate man when speaking of his profession. He immediately strikes one as being very perceptive, for he feels that an architect should try to understand peopl ' and their problems in order to exemplify their specific needs in his work. Professor Mc- I,,aughlin has worked on numerous archi- tectural projects, including the construction of 30,000 housing units in New York City, since he received his MFA. from Princeton in 1926. Professor McLaughlin is also an avid areheologist and has spent much of his time in architectural investigations in Latin America. Presently, Professor McLaughlin is planning to publish a book, Architect, which deals with the development and life of an architect. JOSEPH BROWN has the somewhat unique distinction of being a member of two apparently unrelated University DepartmentstAssociate Professor of Sculpture in the School of Architecture and Instructor in Physical Education and Athletics. Professor Brown is one of the natiotfs outstanding sculptors and has recently returned from a trip through Europe and Asia sponsored by the State Department. While on the trip he sculptured statues and busts of numerous foreign athletes and statesmen. His ability as a sculptor has long been recognized and was almost innate as, without the benefit of a single lesson, he produced three figures of boxers and had all three pieces accepted for exhibit by the Pennsyl- vania Academy of Fine Arts. He later took lessons from the late great sculptor R. Tait McKenzie and evolved techniques that have won for him many national awards, including the National Academy of Designls Barnett Prize for Sculptors. Besides portraying athletes, Professor Brown has put his background as a protessional boxer to good use coaching boxing at Princeton.

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.fv An authority in the fields of Greek drama and ancient philosophy, DR. Wnrm A J. OATES is one of the five Senior Fellows of the Center of Hellenic Studies, an inter-university world program devoted to the study of the. classical Greek tradition. Largely responsible for the cstzthlishment of Prince. ton's Council of the Humanities in 1953, he was the driving force in the nationwide development of the National XVoodrow Wilson Fellowship Program for students interested in a career in college teaching. A favorite preceptor and lecturer of most senior classes and Chairman of the Department of Clas 'cs for 15 years, Professor Oates states that uthere is no activity in a university, including the natural science and engineering, which does not have its humanistic aspects. The Prnceton Chapel is lucky in having as its Music Director one of the worlds hnest organists, CARL WEINRICH. Mr. VVeinrich is perhaps best known for his magnihcent recordings of the works of Bach. Mr. VVeinrich comes into direct contact with undergraduates by directing the Chapel Choir. The alliance of Mr. Weinrich's musical ability and the vocal talents of the Choir produces many excellent musical interludes in the Sunday morning Chapel Services. Mr. Wein- rich has also been active in the more critical aspects of musical studies. He is an ardent supporter of the musical works of the pioneer of the twelve tone scale, Schbnberg, and one of the initiators of; a simplification of the modern organ, to make it a better tool for the interpretation of both old and modern musical compositions. The academic output of Professor PAUL R. COLIZMAN-NORTON 0f the Classics Department is phenomenal. He has written more than L100 articles in classical and theological periodicals and encyclopedias in his fields of special interest, Roman Law and tatristics. He teaches seven undergraduate courses and the graduate courses. He is Princetonis Latin Scribe, which entails writing the Latin Sahitzltory Addresses for Commencement and forum! intcr-University letters. He has also published or t'ans- Iutetl thirteen volumes, the most famous of which is The Twelve Tables, the basic code of Roman law. He speaks Italian, French, and German fiuently, Using this knowledge in military intel- ligence in World XVar 11, he received the Croix dc Guerra, Corona diItalin, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, and the Distinguished Service medals. A famous contemporary composer, Professor ROGER SESSIONS is Hinterested in the work. In 1959 he was the first American to be elected as an honorary life member of the International Society for Contemporary Music. The presentation of new music of various countries at its annual festival rind the stimulation of musical activity are the basic goals of this organization, Recently Professor Sessions was nominated to the Berlin Academy of Arts as :1 corresponding member. He considers Alaanuma, an opera concerning the Aztec emperor who was conquered by the Spaniards, his greatest work, and it has occupied most of his time for the past two years. Northwestern University's concert of his works in January. 1961 was considered quite an accomplishment because of the great dilhculty of his music. Although Professor Sessions does not have tiny particular interest outside the held of music. international ztlTait's, especially those of Europe, draw his attention.

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If the Administ izition ever decided to charge undergraduates admission to lectures, they would probably get away with it in the courses lectured by Professor JOHN RUPERT MARTIN of the Art Department. There are only one or two lecturers on the Princeton faculty with an equal lecturing ability. His course, European Painting from 1600 to 1800 , though considered dith- cult, has become extremely popular. Whether he is lecturing 0n the early Italian Baroque, his own field of interest, or the predominantly French rococo style, he holds undergraduate interest with lectures which manage to explain the purely technical aspects of painting without becoming dry or 1111- interesting. At present he is also en- gaged ill finishing up a study Of Anni- It is a Yale treat to fmd a professor who has the qualities of a bale Carraccils FFOHdBSi Gallery. flue scholar and also those of an accomplished after-dinner speaker. Such a man is Associate Professor of English RICHARD LUDWIG, an outstanding student of American literature and Director of Princetoxfs Special Program in the Humanities. Professor Ludwig has served as the editor of several collections of works of American writers. In his undergraduate courses he manages to combine scholarly insight with a generous sprinkling 0!? humorous anecdotes. In his sophomore coursee Main Curv rents of American Literntlli'elleProfessor Ludwig ties the reading done by his students into the mainstream of American literary development by giving biographical sketches of authors and descriptions of major movements and trends. ERIC SJijQVIST, Professor of Classical Archeology, has been play- ing a dual role Lit Princeton since 1953. Along with his teaching duties, Professor Sjt'iqvist, in conjunction with Professor Richard Stillwcll, has been directing the Princeton Archeological expedi- tion to Sicily. This latter task is an especially familiar one for Professor Sjbqvist, who served in a similar capacity for a Swedish expedition. In the present project it is hoped that by tracing the development of a typical Greek town from the sixth to the second century B. C., new light will be shed on the Hellenistic civilization. Professor Sjiiqvist is one of the last of a disappearing group, the classical archeologists. In appraising his work, he has this to say: tiExcavations are the principal means of reconstructing and reinterpreting the past. Without them, archeology and scholarship in the art, history, and language of antiquity would become unproductive, stereotyped, and superficial. DR. RENSSELAER W. LEE, Chairman of the Department of Art and Archaeology, has recently returned from a trip to Sweden, where he attended the Union Academique Internationale, a council devoted to all aspects of the humanities. A member of many national Fine arts committees, he is :1 specialist in the history of painting in Europe from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century. He teaches a giztduzite course in Baroque theory and also the popular undergraduate course, uItalian Painters of the Renaissance. Combining a study of literature and painting, Professor Lee is currently writing a book concerning the influence of the Italian poet, Torquato Tasso, on the history of painting. 8? want! :In