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THE FACULTY
Vice-president James L. Zwingle, PhD
'42, was interviewed by Louis M. Lyons on
the Boston WGBH television and radio program,
"Backgrounds," March 20. The topic
of their conversation was "Needs of the
Space Age in Education." Paul R. Noble '57
is the producer of the program.
Professor Waiter F. Wiϊϊcox (above), Economics,
Emeritus, was ninety-eight years
old March 22. Born in 1861 and a member
of the Faculty since he was thirty, he is the
only surviving member of his Glass of '84
at Amherst. He is still adviser to the US
Census Bureau and takes active interest in
the affairs of the American and International
Statistical Associations, both of which
he has served as president. As has been the
custom for a number of years, he was a dinner
guest at his fraternity, Psi Upsilon, a
few days before his birthday and there was
a family birthday dinner in the Willcox
Room of the Statler Club, named for its
first president and benefactor. Every Thursday
there, he presides at luncheon with his
friends and colleagues. His four children
and their families, including five of the
eight grandchildren, came for his birthday.
They are Professor Bertram F. Willcox '17,
Law; Alanson W. Willcox '22 of Washington,
D.C.; Mrs. Alexander Wiley (Mary
Willcox) '23 of New Canaan, Conn.; and
Professor William B. Willcox '28 of University
of Michigan. Professor Willcox lives
in Ithaca at 121 Heights Court.
Professor George Winter, PhD '40, Structural
Engineering, presented the introductory
paper in a symposium on plasticity and
structural design at a convention of the
American Society of Civil Engineers in Los
Angeles, February 8-13. He reviewed and
interpreted new findings about the properties
of basic building materials. He also gave
two lectures at University of California in
Berkeley.
Mrs. Ralph N. Campbell, wife of Professor
Campbell, Industrial & Labor Relations,
died January 23.
Does it make any difference whether a
mother or father disciplines a child? Does
punishing a girl have the same effect on behavior
as punishing a boy? How does a
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father's occupation influence his children's
attitudes? Professor Urie Bronfenbrenner
'38, Child Development & Family Relationships,
who has been studying for a year 450
tenth grade junior high school students in
exploratory research on questions such as
these, has been awarded a National Science
Foundation grant of $40,500 for three more
years of searching out new facts. The grant
is one of the first social science grants to be
made by the Foundation. The primary interest
of the study "has been in examining
the relationships between parental and
adolescent behavior as a function of sex of
parent and child." Preliminary findings
suggest that boys and girls react differently
to discipline. Boys tend to feel that their
parents love them even while they are being
punished, but to a girl love and punishment
may appear incompatible. A boy's selfreliance
tends to be weakened by parents'
protectiveness and control, while a girl's is
not, Professor Bronfenbrenner says.
Janet C. Reed, MS '53, resigned December
31 as assistant professor of Textiles &
Clothing to join the University of Delaware
in Newark. She has been Extension specialist
here since October, 1949.
Professor Clinton L. Rossiter III '39,
American Institutions, appeared on the
CBS television program, "The Great Challenge,"
March 22. He and Arthur Larson,
former Law professor and adviser to President
Eisenhower, Senator John F. Kennedy,
and Professor Merle Fainsod of Harvard
discussed the question, "Can Democracy
Meet the Space Age Challenge?" Their discussion
is being rebroadcast by stations of
the CBS Radio Network.
Arthur E. Murphy, former Susan Linn
Sage Professor of Philosophy, now chairman
of philosophy at University of Texas in
Austin, gave the second and third lectures
in the spring series of John L. Senior Lectures
in American Studies. He spoke on
"John Dewey and American Liberalism,"
March 12, and discussed "The Limits of
Loyalty: Self and Community in the Philosophy
of Josiah Royce," March 16.
Improved methods of obtaining antibiotics
and purer vaccines are being developed
at the University under the direction
of Professor Robert K. Finn '41, Chemical
Engineering, with a $1000 grant from
Squibb Institute for Medical Research.
The scientists are trying to develop self-perpetuating
colonies of bacteria, yeasts, and
molds which serve as sources of antibiotics,
so drug manufacturers will have a constant
source which can be drawn upon without
artificial renewal. They are also studying
an electrical process for purifying and refining
drugs.
Hugh Tinker of the University of London,
England, is visiting associate professor
of Far Eastern Studies and History this
term. A specialist on the British Commonwealth
nations in Asia, he is giving courses
on Southeast Asian history and on the impact
of India on Southeast Asia. He is the
author of The Union of Burma and The
Foundation of Local Self-government in
India, Pakistan, and Burma.
Professor James S. Knapp '31, Extension
Teaching & Information, head of the press
service in the College of Agriculture, was
honored at a luncheon, January 23, in Willard
Straight Hall, commemorating his
twenty-five years at the University. Professor
William B. Ward presented a desk pen
set and a citation signed by twenty-six colleagues,
which said in part: "Your knowledge
of the newspaper and magazine fields
in New York State, your excellent working
relationships with the editors, your willingness
to try out new ideas and make them
work, and your reputation as a newsman
and not a publicity man are the major
reasons why the College of Agriculture has
a press service second to none."
Director Edgar A. Whiting '29 of Willard
Straight Hall, secretary-treasurer since 1941
of the Association of College Unions, attended
the annual conference of the Association
in Miami Beach, Fla., April 8-12.
Mary Moore, Assistant Director of Willard
Straight, and Florence Schwartz, MA '57,
Director of the Arts & Crafts Workshop of
the Hall, also attended.
The Rev. Edward L. Christie, Congregational
Chaplain, CURW, has resigned, effective
next October 1, as pastor of the First
Congregational Church in Ithaca, to devote
full time to the student work.
Cambridge University Press recently
published the Emergence of German as a
Literary Language, a book by Professor Eric
A. Blackall, German Literature, that shows
the interplay of literature and linguistics.
The English translation of the German
opera "Wozzeck," being used by the Metropolitan
Opera Company in New York City
for its production of the opera this season,
was made by Professor Blackall with Vida
Harford. The translation was first used at
the English premiere of the opera at the
Royal Opera House in London.
Professor Read '31 Dies
PROFESSOR Jeanette Mann Read '31,
assistant to the Dean of the College of
Home Economics, died March 24, 1959,
in Ithaca, following a heart attack suffered
earlier in the day. She was fortynine.
Daughter of the late Albert R. Mann
'04, former Dean of Agriculture and
Home Economics and Provost of the
University, and' the late Mrs. Mann
(Mary Judd) '04, Mrs. Read received
the BA in 1931 and the MA in 1944 at
Cornell. She joined the College of Home
Economics in 1942 as a secretary for the
counseling service, was a graduate assistant
for a year and instructor from 1944-
48, when she was appointed assistant
professor and student counselor. She became
associate professor and assistant to
the Dean in 1951. For several years she
had been chairman of the home economics
part of Farm & Home Week. She
was a member of the New York State
Association of Deans & Guidance Personnel,
Pi Lambda Theta, Phi Beta
Kappa, and Kappa Alpha Theta. She
was the sister of Mrs. Marion Mann
Stover '30, Dr. Malcolm J. Mann '36,
and Mrs. Dorothy Mann Jensen '41.
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