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Rhode
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published tour times a year in spring, summer, Executive
fall and winter by Rhodes College, 2000 N. Editor Helen
Norman,
Parkway, Memphis, TN 38112-1690. It is pub-
Contributing
lished as a service to all alumni, students, par- Editor Susan
ents, faculty, staff and friends of the college. McLain
Sullivan, Art
Spring 1994 —Volume 1, Number I. Second
Director Trey
class postage paid at Memphis, Tennessee and Clark '89,
additional mailing offices. and Editor
Martha Hunter
EXECUTIVE EDITOR: Helen Watkins Norman Shepard '66.
EDITOR: Martha Hunter Shepard '66 Welcome to Rhodes, the magazine created especially for and about Rhodes
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contents
FEATURES
Presumed Honest
It may be old, but 8
it's far from dead.
The Honor System
continues to be the
A Day In The Life
cornerstone of trust and
student self-governance
Whether he's putting 17
at Rhodes.
out fires or finding new
friends for the college,
Rhodes President James
H. Daughdrill Jr. never
All-Sings Considered
seems to tire of the job,
even after 21 years.
For 45 years Kappa Delta 14
sorority's All-Sing has
annually brought diverse
campus groups together in
harmony—and all for a good cause.
Alumni and current students relate
the high notes (and one or two low
ones) of past and present All-Sings.
DEPARTMENTS
2 CAMPUS NEWS(cid:9) 28 ATHLETICS
News of Rhodes events, faculty, students and friends
30 CAMPUS VOICES
A-1 ALUMNI NEWS
Duke University professor of religion Dr. Bruce Lawrence,
a recent Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Lecturer, speaks on
Features, Class Notes, For the Record, In Memoriam
"Theorizing Violence in the '90s." President Daughdrill
24 PROFILES responds to the Brock Commission.
Memphis radiologist/inventor Dr. Ling Lee ('53) discusses 31 IN PRINT
the thorny path toward acquiring patents. Dr. Gail
New books by faculty and alumni.
Murray, assistant professor of history, reads children's
books as history.
33 CALENDAR
28 LAURELS
Recent achievements of members of the Rhodes community
COVER—Justice statue at the Shelby County Courthouse in downtown Memphis. Photo by Trey Clark
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Rhodes Goes Global In Student Internship Program Summer Youth
Programs Combine
As college students nationwide "This program demonstrates
ncramble to obtain choice intern- Rhodes' commitment and that of the inh e]'dung Scholars and Writers
ships in the U.S. workplace, a select Buckmans to offer our students a truly I Camp, the new name for two for-
group of Rhodes students will get the global education," said President James merly separate summer programs for
chance to hone their working skills H. Daughdrill. "The Buckmans' gift high school students, will be held
abroad, all expenses paid. begins a new chapter in the way we June 19-July 1.
The college will inaugurate this prepare our students to live and lead." Open to high school sophomores,
spring the Mertie W. Buckman Inter- The gift will count toward Rhodes' juniors and seniors, the program offers
national Internship Program. Each recently launched major fund-raising two hours of college credit with one
summer, participating Rhodes stu- campaign, the 150th Anniversary course selected from the social sci-
dents—Mertie Buckman Fellows, as Campaign for Rhodes. ences, natural sciences and humani-
they will be called—will spend two Any student majoring in interna- ties. All are taught by Rhodes faculty.
months working as interns abroad. Ini- tional studies at Rhodes will be eligi- The other course is a writing work-
tially participants will intern at a U.S ble to participate in the program. But shop led by Rhodes writing insturctors
company operating abroad, but college only the most outstanding students and local professional authors.
officials expect to expand the pool in will be selected, according to Dr. For further information or to regis-
the future to include multi-national or Andrew Michta, the Mertie W. Buck- ter for these programs, contact Profes-
non-U.S. companies. man Chair of International Studies at sor Beth Kamhi, Director, Young
The program will place the stu- Rhodes. The program will be based in Scholars and Writers Camp, Rhodes
dents in the internships, pay their the international studies department. College, 2000 N. Parkway, Memphis,
roundtrip airfare, provide for the cost "This program is going to knock TN 38112, [phone], fax (901)
of their accommodations there, help the socks off our competitors—inter- 726-3919.
them obtain the necessary visas for the national studies programs at other col- McCoy Benefits From Gifts
trip and generally coordinate their leges and universities," said Michta,
experience. Program stipends will also who chairs the international studies McCoy Theatre will benefit from
cover the costs of a one-week side trip department. two recent gifts. Rhodes trustee
to a place of the participants' choosing In its initial offering this summer, W. Neely Mallory has made a gift of
in the country in which they are the program will be small with four or $50,000 to the theatre, and the
working. The companies will provide so students assigned internships McCoy Foundation, led by founda-
the on-site supervision for the student abroad. But in succeeding years the tion trustees Norfleet Turner and Mr.
and evaluate the student's work at the number could grow to about 15, and Mrs. Frank Wilboum, has given
conclusion of the internship. depending on the response from busi- $15,000.
The funding for the program comes nesses and where the internships are "The Mallory gift is an endowment
from a $3 million gift from the Buckman located, Michta indicated. that will be used to enhance future
family of Memphis. In 1993 the Buck The program will be a boon for productions," explained Tony Lee
mans made the gift to Rhodes to study recruiting, according to Rhodes' Dean Garner, McCoy Theatre artistic direc-
the feasibility of establishing a master's of Admissions Dave Wottle. "Intern- tor. "For example, it will allow us to
program in international studies. When ships have become quite popular in acquire special costumes or use new
preliminary studies indicated that the recent years with the students we see," technology or have a designer for a
costs of establishing such a graduate pro- he said. "The Buckman Internship special project."
gram were substantially more than Program means students can gain the The McCoy Foundation gift will
expected, the Buckman family decided experience of living and working be used to purchase "unglamorous"
to redirect the gift toward the under abroad and at no cost to them...that's items for the theatre such as ladders
graduate program and establish an inter- a winning combination and a and sound and lighting equipment,
national internship program. recruiter's dream." said Garner.
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Campus Niqwi s
Seidman Provides International Studies Fellowship Rhodes Ranks High As
Source Of Ph.D.s
Callege trustee P.K. Seidman has at England's Cambridge University, is
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established, with an ongoing, annu- currently in his third year of teaching ile Higher Education Data Sharing
al gift to Rhodes, the J.S. Seidman at Rhodes. His fourth and most recent consortium, a group of highly selec-
Research Fellowship in International book, Politics and Society in the Third tive colleges and universities that
Studies. The fellowship World, examines from assists member institutions in plan-
aims to attract and keep a thematic perspective ning, management and institutional
promising young faculty the major social and research, recently completed a study
members in that depart- political phenomena of Ph.D.s earned by graduates of
ment by providing facing Third World member colleges. Colleges were
financial support for countries today. It ranked as sources of Ph.D.s, weighted
their research. looks, for example, at by their enrollments.
The first recipient is how the culture and Of the 144 liberal arts colleges in
Assistant Professor society in the Middle the study, Rhodes ranked 37 overall
Mehran Kamrava, an Fast influences politics as a source of Ph.D.s awarded in all
expert on the Middle there and how the fields from 1981-90. Davidson ranked
East and Third World dominant religion, 25; Centre, 54; Sewanee, 89; and
countries. Seidman Mehran Kamrava Islam, is used by the Washington and Lee, 107.
named the fellowship for J.S. Seid- government to rule the citizenry. Some other rankings were: Bates
man, his late brother. J.S. Seidman's His previous books have focused (38), Bowdoin (40), Bucknell (44),
widow Jan lives in New York and has on political development in modern Kenyon (46), Colorado College (57)
been a supporter of Rhodes. Iran (the country in which Kamrava and Middlebury.
Kamrava will hold the fellowship was born and spent his early years Within disciplines, Rhodes ranked
for one to three years. It will then before moving to the U.S.) and revo- highest in Ph.D.s in psychology (18),
rotate to another junior non-tenured lutionary politics in developing engineering (18) (yes, that's engineer-
faculty member in international stud- nations. ing!) and theoloLrvireligious studies (21).
ies. The fellowship will go to a faculty
New Members Added To Benefactors' Circle
member who is doing research which
involves students and which will The names of the newest members Bryan ('58) of Chicago. He is chair-
improve classroom teaching as well as of the Benefactors' Circle were man and CEO of Sara Lee Corp. Both
offer publication opportunities. unveiled at ceremonies in the fall. are former Rhodes trustees.
The fellowship provides financial The Benefactors' Circle, a marble Brenda and J. Lester Crain Jr. ('51)
support for such things as books, com- mosaic that recognizes people who of Memphis. Also a trustee, he is a
puter software, research trips abroad have made historic commitments to private investor.
and a stipend for a student research Rhodes, is located in the Cloister of Frank M. and Judith Deavenport
assistant. Natalya Hicks ('94) of Jack- Palmer Hall. Mitchener ('56) of Sumner, Miss.
son, Miss., an international studies Honored were: Longtime chair of the Rhodes board
major who returned in the fall from Connie and Dunbar Abston of of trustees, he is president of Mitchen-
study in Morocco and who speaks Memphis. He is proprietor of Abston er Gin Inc., Mitchener Farms Inc. and
Arabic, serves as Kamrava's research Management Co. and a member of Hoparka Plantation Inc.
assistant, helping him on his current the Rhodes Board of Trustees. Irene and Joseph Orgill III of
project: a book on government and L. Palmer Brown III ('30), also of Memphis. Chairman of West Union
society in the Middle East. Another Memphis, is president emeritus of Corp., he is also a Rhodes trustee.
student, Catherine Cozart ('94) of L.P. Brown Co. and a life trustee of Jan Seidman of New York is a
Madison, Tenn., is also helping. the college. sister-in-law of Rhodes trustee P.K.
Kamrava, who earned his doctorate John H. ('58) and Neville Frierson Seidman.
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Lampusg§,
Went Academic Snort Programs Pay Off
Ohodes offers a wide menu of academ- ten to the students speak to improve
e courses, but the selections stu- their accents, read with them and
dents make from that bill of fare speak with them," she said. And while
sometimes call for a portion of help. the students are always more confident
That's why the menu these days offers after a session, the real payoff for Melo
an extensive choice of academic sup- comes when they do well on their final
port programs to help students improve exams.
Milton C.
Picard their academic standing at Rhodes. Laakso also tracks the students'
There's paid peer tutoring originat- progress. After the first four weeks of
Milton C. Picard
ing in the Office of Academic Affairs each semester she sends a progress
Memphis attorney and longtime and volunteer tutoring available from report to professors for them to fill out
friend of the college Milton C. various honor societies in Search, psy- on their first-year students. The infor-
Picard died Dec. 13. chology, biology and math. Study mation that comes back, plus feedback
He was an active member in the skills workshops are offered through- from the tutors to the faculty, can alert
Picard & Caywood law firm and for- out the year by the college's Counsel- students to a possible need for tutoring.
mer member and chair of the Mem- ing and Student Development Center. This semester Laakso has brought
phis Bar Association's ethics If someone still can't find help, other another offering to the academic
committee, and had been commended students serve as private tutors both feast. It's called supplemental instruc-
for more than 50 years of honorable on campus and off.
service to the legal profession. The paid peer tutoring
He and his wife, the late Elizabeth program, designed to whet
Tamm Picard, established the Eliza- the intellectual appetite in
beth and Milton C. Picard Scholar- foreign languages, the sci-
ship at Rhodes and provided infrared ences, economics, history
hearing systems for the college's and writing, employs stu-
Hardie Auditorium and the Memphis dents—for a bit more than
Brooks Museum of Art. minimum wage—to tutor
Picard's generosity extended other students up to 10
beyond Rhodes. A graduate of the hours per week.
University of Michigan, he co- Paid peer tutoring began Spanish tutor Isabel Melo ('97), left, who
hails from the Dominican Republic, goes
founded a scholarship program there, four years ago in response to
over verbs with Meredith Boyd ('97) of
and with his friend, Rhodes trustee student demand, according Winchester, Ky.
P.K. Seidman, established a lecture to assistant dean of academic affairs tion (SI), where students from assis-
series at the University of Ten- Kathleen Laakso who oversees the tant professor of chemistry Darlene
nessee, Memphis. program. Professors request the ser- Loprete's class for biology majors meet
Active in professional and civic vice, then select the tutors, she says. three times a week for 50 minutes
organizations, he served in World The faculty is also responsible for with a peer model who acts as a facili-
War II in North Africa in the Air alerting their students to the sessions. tator. Students discuss regular class
Force Ferry Command as head of edu- The paid tutors come to the ses- work, learning styles and strategies in
cation and orientation. He was a sions to help. That means listening, an effort to improve their class grades
member of Temple Israel. asking questions, suggesting—but not and overall grade point average.
Picard also leaves a daughter, giving out answers. That's the credo of In fall '94 Laakso hopes to have SI
Tamm Picard Dannheisser of Isabel Melo, a first-year student from sessions for a range of introductory
Pensacola, Fla., and two grand- the Dominican Republic and a Span- classes. Left up to her, no one could
children. ish tutor who also speaks French. "I lis- possibly go away from the table hungry.
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Campus_
Filmmaker Catherine Wyler Visits Campus
patherine Wyler, producer of a seg- helped initiate the series "Alive
lament of the recent TBS miniseries from Off Center," "American
"The Untold West," recently visited Masters" and "Wonderworks."
campus to talk about filmmaking and While there she produced
her career to students and the public. "Directed by William Wyler," a
She is the daughter of the late Mar- documentary of her father's life
garet Tallichet Wyler ('35) and and work which was nominat-
famed Hollywood producer William ed for an Emmy and won a
Wyler, who during World War II blue ribbon at the American
made a documentary about the B-17 Film Festival.
"flying fortress" bomber The Mem- She is currently developing
phis Belle. Some 40 years later, his "Freeing the Whales," a feature
Catherine
daughter produced the feature film film for Universal Pictures. Wyler
"The Memphis Belle."
Rhodes Fares Well In College Guide Rankings
Ms. Wyler has also produced a
documentary about her father. She The practice of ranking colleges has many statistics. A new one is "alumni
hopes to collaborate with author and grown like Topsy in the last decade satisfaction," which is measured by
alumnus Jim Conaway ('63) on a with more and more magazines and the percentage of alumni who give to
piece based on his 1991 book Napa, book publishers producing their own their alma mater. In this statistic
about the families in California's lists of America's leading institutions. Rhodes edged into the top 25 ranking
wine-growing region. While listings of "the best" can't take with a No. 23 spot.
Wyler's penchant for documen- into account the myriad characteris- Among the national colleges which
taries comes from her days at the tics that define an excellent college, ranked in the same quartile as Rhodes
National Endowment for the Arts, the guides do give parents and their were Bard, Beloit, Centre, Kenyon,
where she worked as assistant director college-bound students comparative Reed and St. Olaf. The rankings were
of film, radio and television programs statistics that may be helpful in the based on reputation, selectivity, faculty
in the 1970s. "I was surrounded by college decision-making process. resources, financial resources, gradua-
poets, composers, folk artists and peo- Once again Rhodes fared well in tion rate and alumni satisfaction.
ple who were getting grants to make the rankings. Again, Rhodes was included in
movies that were important to them," In the "best value" category of Peterson's Competitive Colleges, an
she said. "I hadn't planned to go into national liberal arts colleges in the overview of 350 leading colleges, and
the business. In fact, my father always U.S., U.S. News & World Report Barron's Best Buys in College Education.
said that it's a terrible business. But named Rhodes one of 20 "runners-up" And The Fiske Guide to Colleges
being at the NEA was a watershed along with the likes of Bates, Bryn says of Rhodes: "Elvis may be dead,
time for me—I found out that you Mawr, Colgate, DePauw, Oberlin, but this school, located in the same
don't have to be a screaming, cigar- Occidental and Vassar. In its issue on city as the King's home of Graceland,
chomping person to be a producer." "America's Best Colleges" U.S. News is on its way to becoming one of the
At the NEA she was a key figure also ranked Rhodes 39th overall top liberal arts schools in the coun-
in creating many projects that still among the top 140 national liberal arts try...While an econ major admits, 'I
exist, including Robert Redford's Sun- colleges. Although the magazine only wish Rhodes could remain a well-kept
dance Institute and PBS' "American shows the overall ranking of the top 25 secret,' that's not likely to happen.
Playhouse." colleges in each category, colleges can Academically inclined and socially
From 1981-86 Wyler served as find out their rank from U.S. News. active men and women whould take
director of cultural and children's Last year Rhodes ranked 40th overall. note: There's now more to do in
programming at PBS, where she U.S. News bases its rankings on Memphis than sing the blues."
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Campus New
Master In Accounting Program Underway
With rive full-tune students and one and licensed attorney with a master's tants and the Tennessee Society of
part-time student, Rhodes' master in taxation from Emory University. CPAs. No funds are being taken from
in accounting program Deborah Howitt ('77), the undergraduate program.
got underway this fall. who teaches the The five full-time students are
The program, Rhodes' accounting informa- Rhodes graduates. One of them—
first and only master's tion systems course, is Greg Ritter ('93)—is the recipient of
program, offers a high- a Rhodes honors grad- one of only 33 scholarships bestowed
quality curriculum uate and a CPA with by the Tennessee Society of Certified
designed to fulfill Ten- experience at a major Public Accountants. The average
nessee's and several other public accounting firm. grade point average of the scholarship
states' new certified pub- Planchon's proud of recipients was 3.81 overall, and 3.82
lic accounting require- the fact that all the in accounting courses.
ment that CPA variable costs of the The program is open to qualified
Prof. John Planchon,
candidates complete 150 program have been graduates from other colleges as well
director of Rhodes'
hours of schooling. master in accounting covered by student as from Rhodes. When asked how
Formerly, Rhodes program tuition, financial sup- large it will eventually become, the
business administration undergradu- port from the accounting firm of Ernst faculty involved say they prefer to
ates took a 24- to 27-hour "emphasis & Young and scholarships from the maintain a small, high-quality pro-
in accountancy"—not a major—that Tennessee Society of Public Accoun- gram that will attract top students.
allowed them to sit for the CPA exam
Krueger Receives Frank E. Seidman Award
right out of college. Those who pur-
sued a job in public accounting found
choice jobs waiting for them.
Despite that track record, Rhodes'
business and economics faculty
believe the college would have had a
tough time recruiting and keeping stu-
dents interested in accounting careers
if it didn't offer the extra year of
courses now required.
The year-long master's program
requires students to take 15 hours
each term—five highly specialized
courses most of which are in account-
ing, according to John Planchon,
associate professor of business admin-
Anne 0. Krueger (front row, center), Arts and Sciences Professor of
istration and program director. There Economics at Duke University and former vice president of the World
Bank, was the first woman to receive the 20th annual $15,000 Frank E.
are also courses in business ethics, law,
Seidman Distinguished Award in Political Economy at an autumn ban-
research and international. finance. quet in Washington, D.C. The award was established by Memphian and
The courses are taught by full-time longtime Rhodes trustee P.K. Seidman in memory of his brother.
Pictured at the banquet are (left to right) Mel Grinspan, professor
Rhodes professors, with the excep-
emeritus of business administration at Rhodes and director of the Seid-
tions of business law, taxation and man Award; Dr. Krueger; and James Buchanan, Nobelist and past Seid-
accounting information systems. man Award winner. Second row: Rhodes president James H. Daughdrill;
Beth Seidman Smetana, incoming chair of the Seidman Award board of
Richard Blount, who teaches the
trustees; David Mullins Jr., vice chair of the Federal Reserve Bank; and
tax and business law courses, is a CPA P.K. Seidman.
Rhodes
Campus N ews
McCoy Presents 'Tartuffe'
Salute To Kern
Rat L
I hcatre Ill wind up its Sea-
,)
Illton 13 with Moliere's classic come-
dy "Tartuffe" April 7-9 and 15-17.
Directed by Frank Bradley, assistant pm-
lessor of theatre, all performances except
Sunday, April 17, will be at 8 p.m. The
Sunday show is a 2 p.m. matinee.
Written in the 17th century,
"Tartuffe" is a timeless comedy in
which, according to Richard Wilbur,
Seidman Lectures Look At Dysfunctional Government
"1) a knave tries to control life by
in this year's M.L. Seidman Institute will lecture April 26. cold chicanery, 2) a fool tries to
GGroowwnn Hall Lecture series will deal Icy weather in February forced the oppress life by unconscious misuse of
with the topic "Our Dysfunctional cancellation of many events in the the highest values and 3) life, happi-
Federal Government: What Can We Memphis area, including the lecture ly, will not have it."
Do About IC" of Hamilton Jordan, vice president of Tickets are $7 adults, $3.50 students.
Michael Nelson, Rhodes professor Knoxville, Tenn.-based Whittle McCoy Theatre's Eighth Annual
of political science, will speak March Communications, who was to have Benefit, "The Music of Jerome Kern"
15, and Norman Ornstein, a resident led off the series Feb. 15. will run June 9-11 and 16-18. All
scholar at the American Enterprise performances are at 8 p.m. The musical
revue is devised and directed by Mem-
Meeman Center Offers Children's Literature Institute
phis actor/director Bennett Wood, with
Rhodes' Meeman Center for Special N iceman Center for Special Studies, musical direction by Tony Lee Gamer,
restudies will present its fifth annual Rhodes College, 2000 N. Parkway, McCoy Theatre artistic director.
Institute for Publishing and Writing Memphis, TN 38112, (901) 726- Tickets to the benefit are $12
Children's Books June 9-11. 3965, Fax [phone]. adults, $9 students
The popular seminar will feature
Two Rhodes Students Vie For Miss Tennessee Title
Elizabeth Law, chief editor at Viking
Children's Books; Sandy Asher, La 1n,tg,111 94) 1.11,)\∎ , what she'll the Rhodes Louununity as alumna
writer-in-residence at Drury College Lbe doing after graduation, although Laca Tines ('93), Miss Huntingdon,
and workshop director who has pub- many details are yet to be Tenn., will join
lished 14 novels and three books of worked out. Ragan in that
non-fiction for young readers; and With her recent win at the competition. Tines,
Valiska Gregory, writer-in-residence Miss Memphis contest, the 21- who currently lives
at Butler University and distin- year-old voice major collected in Memphis, also
guished poet and author of children's more than $14,000 in scholar- majored in music.
books. ship offers and a $1,400 cash Last summer
Participants who wish to have scholarship. The title also Ragan won the
manuscripts and art critiqued must opened the door for Ragan to 1993 Ruth Sher-
submit their works by May 2. Tuition compete in the Miss Tennessee man Hyde Scholar-
is $295; residential fee, $145; manu- pageant—and possibly win (cid:9) Erika Ragan (cid:9) ship in music and
script critique fee, $25. There is a $25 another windfall in scholarship money. traveled to New York to be coached
registration fee. This year's Miss Tennessee compe- by Alen Seale, who has many stu-
For further information, contact: tition will be especially interesting for dents from the Metropolitan Opera.
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PRESUMED HONEST:
AWAY OF LIFE
AT RHODES
BY HELEN WATKINS NORMAN