Posted on Mar 5, 1999

The Edison Employee Assistance Program offers free, confidential
counseling for Union employees and family members. Call 1-800-EAP-9411.

Posted on Mar 5, 1999

The Government Inspector plays through Saturday, March 6, in the Yulman Theater.

All performances are at 8 p.m.

Written by Nikolai Gogol and directed by Prof. Barry Smith, Gogol's comic
19th-century masterpiece lampoons the corrupt bureaucracy of a small Russian provincial
town. Having mistaken a young, penniless office worker for the dreaded incognito
inspector, the squabbling officials woo him with bribes of money, food and even the hand
of the mayor's daughter, thus turning his attention away from the embarrassing evils
of their administration. After the bogus inspector's departure, the arrival of the
real inspector is announced to the horror of all.

Scene design is by Charles Steckler, lighting design by John Miller, and costume design
by Lynda Salsbury. Stage manager is Ellen O'Clair '02.

Admission is $7; students/seniors $5. For information, call ext. 6545.

Posted on Mar 5, 1999

Brenda Wineapple, Washington Irving Professor of Modern Literary and
Historical Studies, is author of the introduction to Henry James' classic novel, The
Wings of the Dove, just re-issued by Signet Classic (Penguin Putnam).

Hilary Tann, professor of music, had a piece she composed
– Here the Cliffs – performed recently by the Salisbury (N.C.) Symphony
Orchestra. The piece was commissioned by Corine Brouwer-Cook, concertmaster of the
symphony, and several other orchestras. Tann discussed the work before performance with
conductor David Hagy.

Posted on Mar 5, 1999

Coach Fred Quistgard fired a puck the length of the ice as sophomore hockey player Alli
Trowbridge raced after it.

“See? You pass the puck because nobody can skate as fast as the puck.”

The lesson drew a few nods of understanding. But most of the 5-year-old girls of Daisy
Scout Troop 227 were preoccupied with maintaining their own vertical alignment, leaning on
hockey sticks and each other.

So began a clinic by the women's ice hockey team on Tuesday afternoon. The hour
included demonstrations of puck handling, shots, passing, goaltending and lots of
one-on-one skating help.

Assisted by Trowbridge and teammates Denise Webster and Michelle Stein, the 10 girls
took shots on goal as Quistgard minded the net. He stopped a few with some spectacular
kick saves, but a number of shots trickled under his pads for a goal.

The players talked about how they got started in hockey, the team's move toward
varsity status, and the huge exposure women's hockey has enjoyed after last
year's U.S. gold medal win in the Olympics.

“This was great,” Trowbridge said afterward while signing copies of the
team's recruiting brochures for the visitors. “I have a 7-year-old brother who
loves hockey too, so this was fun.”

The players and coach were thanked with (what else?) boxes of Girl Scout cookies.

Posted on Mar 5, 1999

Among gifts recently received by the College:

— An unrestricted gift annuity from Norman '43 and Evelyn Bergen of Southold,
N.Y.;

— An unrestricted gift annuity of $100,000 from James Corbin '34 of Cape
Carteret, N.C.;

— A pledge for general endowment from Andrew DeHont Jr. '51 of Schenectady;

— A gift of $215,000 from André Donikian '65 of Carmel, Ind., for the
establishment of the Molly S. and André R. Donikian Endowed Scholarship Fund;

— A gift annuity from Helen Fox of Schenectady for the establishment of the Helen
Marlette Fox Endowed Scholarship and the Helen Marlette Fox Endowment for Jackson's
Garden;

— A retained life estate gift from William '40 and Virginia Johnson of Las Vegas,
Nev.;

— A gift annuity from Sherman W. Parry '40 of Memphis, Tenn., for the
establishment of the Jonathan Stanley Endowed Scholarship; and

— A gift annuity from Robert L. Slobod '35 of Kerville, Texas, for the
establishment of a scholarship.