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<em>The Gadfly</em>
Description
An account of the resource
Founded in 1980, <em>The </em><em>Gadfly</em> is a weekly student publication distributed to over 600 students, faculty, and staff of the Annapolis campus.<br /><br />Click on <strong><a title="The Gadfly" href="https://digitalarchives.sjc.edu/items/browse?collection=16&sort_field=Dublin+Core%2CDate&sort_dir=d">Items in the <em>The Gadfly</em> Collection</a></strong> to view and sort all items in the collection.
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St. John's College Greenfield Library
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thegadfly
Text
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paper
Page numeration
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12 pages
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Title
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The Gadfly, Vol. XXXVIII, Issue 10
Description
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Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10 of The Gadfly. Published April 20, 2017. Special Issue: Croquet.
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Anderson, Kira (Editor-in-Chief)
Publisher
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St. John's College
Coverage
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Annapolis, MD
Date
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2017-04-20
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St. John's College owns the rights to this publication.
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text
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pdf
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English
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Vol. 28 Issue 10 April 20, 2017
Croquet
Gadfly
Student publication
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<em>The Gadfly</em>
Description
An account of the resource
Founded in 1980, <em>The </em><em>Gadfly</em> is a weekly student publication distributed to over 600 students, faculty, and staff of the Annapolis campus.<br /><br />Click on <strong><a title="The Gadfly" href="https://digitalarchives.sjc.edu/items/browse?collection=16&sort_field=Dublin+Core%2CDate&sort_dir=d">Items in the <em>The Gadfly</em> Collection</a></strong> to view and sort all items in the collection.
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St. John's College Greenfield Library
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thegadfly
Text
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paper
Page numeration
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8 pages
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Title
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The Gadfly, Vol. XXXIX Issue 11
Description
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Volume XXXIX, Issue 11 of The Gadfly. Special Issue: Croquet. Published April 14, 2018. (Misnumbered as Vol. XXXVIV, Issue 11).
Creator
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Anderson, Kira (Editor-in-Chief)
Berreles-Luna, Athena (Editor-in-Chief)
Pelham, Rose (Editor-in-Chief)
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St. John's College
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Annapolis, MD
Date
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2018-04-14
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St. John's College owns the rights to this publication.
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text
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pdf
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English
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Vol. 39 Issue 11 April 14, 2018
Croquet
Gadfly
Student publication
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Title
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<em>The Gadfly</em>
Description
An account of the resource
Founded in 1980, <em>The </em><em>Gadfly</em> is a weekly student publication distributed to over 600 students, faculty, and staff of the Annapolis campus.<br /><br />Click on <strong><a title="The Gadfly" href="https://digitalarchives.sjc.edu/items/browse?collection=16&sort_field=Dublin+Core%2CDate&sort_dir=d">Items in the <em>The Gadfly</em> Collection</a></strong> to view and sort all items in the collection.
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St. John's College Greenfield Library
Identifier
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thegadfly
Text
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8 pages
Original Format
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paper
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Vol. 37 #13
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Barajas, Sebastian (Editor-in-Chief)
Title
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The Gadfly, Vol. XXXVII Issue 13
Date
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2016-04-16
Description
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Volume XXXVII, Issue 13 of The Gadfly. Published April 16, 2016.
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Annapolis, MD
Publisher
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St. John's College
Language
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English
Type
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text
Rights
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St. John's College owns the rights to this publication.
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pdf
Croquet
Gadfly
Student publication
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Title
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<em>The Gadfly</em>
Description
An account of the resource
Founded in 1980, <em>The </em><em>Gadfly</em> is a weekly student publication distributed to over 600 students, faculty, and staff of the Annapolis campus.<br /><br />Click on <strong><a title="The Gadfly" href="https://digitalarchives.sjc.edu/items/browse?collection=16&sort_field=Dublin+Core%2CDate&sort_dir=d">Items in the <em>The Gadfly</em> Collection</a></strong> to view and sort all items in the collection.
Contributor
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St. John's College Greenfield Library
Identifier
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thegadfly
Text
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Page numeration
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8 pages
Original Format
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paper
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Vol. 28 #22
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McClay, Mark F. (Editor-in-Chief)
Title
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The Gadfly, Vol. XXVIII Issue 22
Date
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2007-04-26
Description
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Volume XXVIII, Issue 22 of The Gadfly. Published April 26, 2007.
Coverage
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Annapolis, MD
Publisher
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St. John's College
Language
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English
Type
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text
Rights
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St. John's College owns the rights to this publication.
Format
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pdf
Croquet
Gadfly
Student publication
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Photographic Archive—Annapolis
Description
An account of the resource
<p>The Greenfield Library photographic archive houses over 5,000 photographs. The photographs in the collection document the history, academic, and community life of St. John’s College. The Library’s mission is to organize and preserve these unique visual materials, and to provide access to this collection. </p>
To learn more about our photographic use policy or to obtain high resolution images, please see the <strong><a title="Photographic Archive Use Policy" href="http://www.sjc.edu/academic-programs/libraries/greenfield-library/policies/#photographicarchivepolicy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Library’s Photographic Archive Use Policy</a></strong>.<br /><br />Click on <strong><a title="Photographic Archives" href="http://digitalarchives.sjc.edu/items/browse?collection=7">Items in the Photographic Archive—Annapolis Collection</a></strong> to view and sort all items in the collection.
Publisher
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St. John's College
Contributor
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St. John's College Greenfield Library
Coverage
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Annapolis, MD
Identifier
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photographicarchiveannapolis
Still Image
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Original Format
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photograph
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17.5 x 13 cm.
Resolution
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600 dpi
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Title
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Ground View of Croquet Balls and Wickets with Players on Front Campus, St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland
Description
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1 photographic print : b&w
Creator
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Unknown
Coverage
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Annapolis, MD
Date
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1983 (circa)
Rights
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St. John's College owns the rights to this photograph.
Type
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still image
Format
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jpg
Identifier
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SJC-P-2271
Croquet
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Title
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Photographic Archive—Annapolis
Description
An account of the resource
<p>The Greenfield Library photographic archive houses over 5,000 photographs. The photographs in the collection document the history, academic, and community life of St. John’s College. The Library’s mission is to organize and preserve these unique visual materials, and to provide access to this collection. </p>
To learn more about our photographic use policy or to obtain high resolution images, please see the <strong><a title="Photographic Archive Use Policy" href="http://www.sjc.edu/academic-programs/libraries/greenfield-library/policies/#photographicarchivepolicy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Library’s Photographic Archive Use Policy</a></strong>.<br /><br />Click on <strong><a title="Photographic Archives" href="http://digitalarchives.sjc.edu/items/browse?collection=7">Items in the Photographic Archive—Annapolis Collection</a></strong> to view and sort all items in the collection.
Publisher
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St. John's College
Contributor
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St. John's College Greenfield Library
Coverage
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Annapolis, MD
Identifier
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photographicarchiveannapolis
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
Original Format
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photograph
Physical Dimensions
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17.5 x 13 cm.
Resolution
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600 dpi
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Title
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The St. John's College and United States Naval Academy Croquet Teams with Supporters on the Steps of Woodward Hall, St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland
Creator
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Sack, D. R.
Coverage
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Annapolis, MD
Date
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1983-05
Rights
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St. John's College owns the rights to this photograph.
Type
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still image
Format
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jpg
Identifier
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SJC-P-2265
Description
An account of the resource
1 photographic print : b&w
Croquet
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Title
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St. John's College History Collection
Description
An account of the resource
<strong>Abstract</strong><br />The scope of the materials in this collection is focused on St. John’s College, Annapolis, particularly related to its functions, activities, and perceptions of St. John’s College in the news media. Records include items such as correspondence with public figures, planning notes for public activities, newspaper clippings about the College, essays and published materials, along with some assorted ephemera. While the bulk of the materials are from the 20th century, some items date back into the 18th and 19th century. Because of the breadth of time covered by the collection, many important cultural and educational milestones are represented in the materials. It is also worth noting that the St. John’s College Santa Fe campus is occasionally mentioned in these records, though it is not the focus of the collection.<br /><p><strong>Arrangement<br /></strong>Items are arranged in series by type of record (such as Correspondence) or subject matter (such as 275<sup>th</sup> Anniversary).</p>
<p><strong>Related Material<br /></strong>Almost all of the materials pertaining to the history of St. John’s College prior to 1900 are housed at the Maryland State Archives. For permission to access to these collections see the Director of the St. John’s College Greenfield Library. The St. John’s College archives collections also include materials related to: commencement; admissions; Dr. Richard Weigle; Hector Humphrey; other college officials, etc. These materials are housed in separate collections but may also be useful to consult. </p>
<strong><a title="History Collection Finding Aid" href="http://digitalarchives.sjc.edu/files/original/FindingAidforHistoryCollection.docx">Original Finding Aid</a></strong> (created by Megan Craynon)<br /><br />Click on <a title="History Collection Finding Aid" href="http://digitalarchives.sjc.edu/items/browse?collection=27">Items in the St. John's College History Collection</a> to view and sort all items in the collection.
Creator
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Craynon, Megan
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Annapolis, MD
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1795-2008
Rights
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St. John's College owns the rights to this publication.
Type
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text
Format
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paper
Language
A language of the resource
English
French
Russian
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
St. John's College Greenfield Library
Finding Aid
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Inventory
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<p><em>Box/Folder </em></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><em>Author (last, first)</em></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><em>Publication</em></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><em>Title/Description</em></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><em>Dates</em></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><em>Notes</em></p>
</td>
</tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>
<p>23-1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“St. John’s College, Annapolis”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1880</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original; photocopy</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23-2</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“St. John’s College: Pencil Jottings from the Note Book of Ye Reporter”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1892 (?)</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original; photocopy</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23-3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“A Student’s Wild Rage”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1892 (?)</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original; photocopy</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23-4</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“Concert at McDowell Hall”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1906</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23-5</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“The Assault on Woman Avenged—Davis Dragged from Jail and Lynched”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1906</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Photocopy</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23-6</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“First of the Lectures, Prof. Alden Speaks on William Tell”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1/19/1907</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23-7</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Parade of cadet battalion at St. John’s College</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1908</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23-8</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Baltimore American</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“Bicentennial of the Ancient City of Annapolis”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>11/15/1908</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Photocopy</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23-9</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“30,000 Cartridges Burn”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1909</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original; photocopy</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23-10</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Johnson, Gerald W</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>The Evening Sun</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“Tradition and Modernism at Annapolis”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1927</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23-11</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Scarborough, Katherine</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“St. John’s Experiment in Atmosphere”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>12/15/1929</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original; photocopy</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23-12</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Watson, Mark S</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>The Baltimore Sun</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“A Useful Window-Seat at St. John’s”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1/15/1933</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original; photocopy</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23-13</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Hunter, Louis C.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>The Baltimore Sun</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“The Founding of a College”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1933</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original; photocopy</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23-14</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Jones, Franklin P</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“Dead Cats and Colleges”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1937</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original; photocopy</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23-15</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Barr, Stringfellow</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“St. John’s Plans True ‘Liberal’ Education”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1937</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23-16</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“Old St. John’s College Plans Pureley Cultural Curriculum”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>9/9/1937</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original; photocopy</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23-17</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Beach, Clarke</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>The Baltimore Sun</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“Midnight Oil Plus 100 Books Equal St. John’s New Program”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1/18/1938</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original; photocopy</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23-18</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Randolph, John</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>The Baltimore Sun</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“St. John’s Group Nearing Those 100 Great Books”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>9/18/1938</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original; photocopy</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23-19</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“St. John’s Again”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1938</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original; photocopy</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23-20</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>St. John’s Collegian</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“St. John’s Abandons All Intercollegiate Athletic Activities”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>11/18/1938</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Photocopy</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23-21</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>The Evening Capital</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“St. John’s Gets $1 Million Gift”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>5/28/1956</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original; photocopy</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23-22</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>The Evening Capital</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“500 Watch St. John’s Break Ground For Its New Buildings”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10/22/1956</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original; photocopy</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23-23</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Francis Scott Key’s descendants and President Eisenhower dedicate new building</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>5/20/1959</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original; photocopy</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23-24</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“Christ-Janer New St. John’s Vice President”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>5/28/1959</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original; photocopy</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23-25</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Washington Post and Times Herald</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Eisenhower Visits St. John’s</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>5/23/1959</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original; photocopy</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23-26</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>New Haven Journal-Courier</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Eisenhower Visits St. John’s</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>5/23/1959</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original; photocopy</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23-27</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Needham, Steve</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>The Evening Capital</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“Eisenhower Pleads for Economy; Lauds Mellon Lab Facilities”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>5/23/1959</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original; photocopy</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23-28</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>New York Herald Tribune</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“Eisenhower Insists on Sound U.S. Economy”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>5/23/1959</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original; photocopy</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23-29</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Knighton, William</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>The Baltimore Sun</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“Ike Links Strong Econnomy to Power of U.S. Abroad”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>5/23/1959</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original; photocopy</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23-30</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Philadelphia Inquirer</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“Ike Plays Middies’ Cupid”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>5/23/1959</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original; photocopy</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23-31</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>The Evening Capital</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“Eisenhower Notes Policy Change”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>5/22/1959</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original; photocopy</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23-32</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“Paul Mellon to Be Honored Friday at St. John’s”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>5/20/1959</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original; photocopy</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23-33</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Homecoming Banquet</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10/24/1949</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original; photocopy</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23-34</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>The star</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“$1,550,000 is pledged to St. John’s”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>n.d.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original; photocopy</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23-35</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Fine, Benjamin</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>The Milwaukee Journal</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“263 Year Old School Is Only for Thinkers”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>7/12/1959</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original; photocopy</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23-36</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>White, Jean</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>The Washington Post</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“Old St. John’s Goes Modern”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>12/18/1958</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original; photocopy</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23-37</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>St. John’s homecoming</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10/24/1949</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original; photocopy</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23-38</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“The Whistler—and the wayward elevator”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1982</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original; photocopy</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23-39</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“Inflation hits book acquisitions”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1979</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original; photocopy</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23-40</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>The Sunday Capital</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Croquet match</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>4/27/1997</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original; photocopy</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23-41</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>The Evening Sun</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“St. John’s student gives others a rub for their money”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>5/1/1980</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original; photocopy</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23-42</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>The Evening Sun</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“St. John’s seniors bake high-calorie hall”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>12/15/1980</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original; photocopy</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23-43</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>The Evening Capital</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“Reenactment of Revolutionary War battle”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10/17/1981</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23-44</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Perl, Peter</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>The Washington Post</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“Middies Founder on Sticky Wicket, Are Sunk 2-1”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>4/21/1986</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original; photocopy</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23-45</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“King William Players, With Help Of 100 Workers, To Give Lavish Play”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>2/6/1951</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original; photocopy</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23-46</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“St. John’s Freshman elections 1927-1928”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1927-1928</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Photocopy</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23-47</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Buckley, William F</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>The Capital</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“At St. John’s, real education is no dream”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>5/23/1996</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original; photocopy</p>
</td>
</tr></tbody></table>
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St. John's College History Collection Newspaper Clippings (Box 7 of 9)
Description
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The series titled Newspaper Clippings include articles, and periodicals. Articles were often published in local publications and then saved, but some materials are from publications outside of Annapolis and the state of Maryland. While content varies greatly, in general subjects pertain either to the activities and work of St. John’s College or to education and educational theory more broadly; some material was written by a person affiliated with the college.
Date
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1920-1978
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St. John's College owns the rights to this publication.
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text
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paper
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English
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Box 23
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Kerr, David
Kerr, John Leeds
McDowell, John
Maynadeir, Henry
Meiklejohn, Alexander
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Fell, Thomas
Barr, Stringfellow, 1897-1982
Weigle, Richard Daniel, 1912-
Alexander, John D.
Brann, Eva T. H.
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St. John's College
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Annapolis, MD
Croquet
Finding aid
King William Players
-
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<strong>Abstract</strong><br />The scope of the materials in this collection is focused on St. John’s College, Annapolis, particularly related to its functions, activities, and perceptions of St. John’s College in the news media. Records include items such as correspondence with public figures, planning notes for public activities, newspaper clippings about the College, essays and published materials, along with some assorted ephemera. While the bulk of the materials are from the 20th century, some items date back into the 18th and 19th century. Because of the breadth of time covered by the collection, many important cultural and educational milestones are represented in the materials. It is also worth noting that the St. John’s College Santa Fe campus is occasionally mentioned in these records, though it is not the focus of the collection.<br /><p><strong>Arrangement<br /></strong>Items are arranged in series by type of record (such as Correspondence) or subject matter (such as 275<sup>th</sup> Anniversary).</p>
<p><strong>Related Material<br /></strong>Almost all of the materials pertaining to the history of St. John’s College prior to 1900 are housed at the Maryland State Archives. For permission to access to these collections see the Director of the St. John’s College Greenfield Library. The St. John’s College archives collections also include materials related to: commencement; admissions; Dr. Richard Weigle; Hector Humphrey; other college officials, etc. These materials are housed in separate collections but may also be useful to consult. </p>
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Craynon, Megan
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Annapolis, MD
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1795-2008
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text
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paper
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English
French
Russian
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St. John's College Greenfield Library
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Inventory
<table><thead><tr><td>
<p><em>Box/Folder </em></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><em>Author (last, first)</em></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><em>Publication</em></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><em>Title/Description</em></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><em>Dates</em></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><em>Notes</em></p>
</td>
</tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>
<p>21- 1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Coles, Robert</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>New Yorker</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“Books”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3/13/1978</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>21- 2</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Time</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“Education”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3/27/1978</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>21-3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Scannell, Nancy</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>The Washington Post</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“St. John’s Intramurals Keep Sports in Image of College”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>5/7/1978</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>21- 4</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Kasper, Rob</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>The Sunday Sun</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“St. John’s Students Take Big Step”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>5/21/1978</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>21- 5</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>The News American</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“Educating the Universities”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>7/24/1978</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>21- 6</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Jaques, Frances</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>The Evening Capital</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“Old Home Enjoys a Second Life”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1/6/1979</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>21- 7</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>McKelway, John</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>The Washington Star</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“Will St. John’s Ever Change?”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>9/28/1980</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>21- 8</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Time</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“American Scene”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>6/22/1981</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>21- 9</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Delattre, Edwin J</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Wall Street Journal</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“A College President supports the Budget Cuts”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>6/23/1981</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>21- 10</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Phillips, Angus</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>The Washington Post</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“St. John’s: Students Make the Grade Without Finals”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>5/15/1983</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>21- 11</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>St. John’s College News</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Compilation of articles republished from various publications</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1985</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>21- 12</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Publick Enterprise, vol. ix, no. 8</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“Delattre Censors Reporter”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>4/1986</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>21- 13</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Mitchell, Bob</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>The Capital</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“St. John’s news article ‘Squelched’”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>4/17/1986</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>21-14</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Weiss, Philip</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>News Republic</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“Great Books, Good Times”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>6/9/1986</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>21-15</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Gammin, Clive</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Sports Illustrated</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“A Wicket Championship”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>5/27/1987</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>21-16</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Green, Peter</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Forbes</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“Classics Revisited”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10/19/1987</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>21-17</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>U.S. News & World Report</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“Top 120 Schools”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10/26/1987</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>21-18</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Baltimore Sun</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“The Great Books at 50”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>11/26/1987</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>21-19</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“Great Books Basis for Education”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1988</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>In Russian</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>21-20</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Anne Arundel County Sun</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>St. John’s Articles</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>5/22/1988</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>21-21</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Goyette, Barbara</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Chesapeake Bay Magazine</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“St. John’s College”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>6/1989</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>21-22</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Jansen, Bart</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>The Capital</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“St. John’s bans dogs, cats from campus”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3/21/1992</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>21-23</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Ringle, Ken</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>The Washington Post</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“The College of Political Incorrectness”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>5/17/1992</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>21-24</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Daemmrich, JoAnna</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>The Washington Post</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“St. John’s Holds to Its Canon”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>4/1/1993</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>21-25</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Gildea, William</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>The Washington Post</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“Curriculum Vitae” Boxing’s Education of Body, Soul”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>5/14/1993</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>21-26</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Winslow, Theresa</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“Mids, Johnnies set stage for annual croquet tussle”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1994</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>21-27</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Peniston, Bradley</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>The Evening Capital</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“St. John’s Misty for Winona”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1994</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>21-28</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Hakim, Danny</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>The Washington Post</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“Ryder Go Seek”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10/2/1994</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Film shot on St. John’s campus</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>21-29</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Folkenflik, David</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>The Baltimore Sun</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“Canon Fodder”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10/26/1994</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>21-30</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Tucker, Chris</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>American Way</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“Why Johnny Can Think”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1/15/1995</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>21-31</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Fields, Jason</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>The Washington Post</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“A Match Made of Mallets and Wickets”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>4/27/1995</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>21-32</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Folkenflik, David</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>The Baltimore Sun</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“Rare Grilling Relished”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>4/27/1995</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>21-33</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Peniston, Bradley</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>The Capital</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“Mids-Johnnies relationship has always been intense”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>5/12/1995</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>21-34</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Bready, James H.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>The Baltimore Sun</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“Memories of St. John’s since way back when”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>5/13/1979</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>21-35</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>New Haven Register</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“Richard Daniel Weigle of New Haven President of a Small College is many things to many people”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1/19/1958</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>21-36</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Jaques, Frances</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>The Evening Capital</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“Old home enjoys a second life”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1/6/1979</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Carroll Barrister House</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Felter, Mary P.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“Phebe Jacobsen, former archivist, leaves rich legacy”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>21-37</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“Alumnus Offered as academic dean at St. John’s, Kutler”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>12/1981</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>21-38</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Mooney, Carolyn J.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Notes from Academe</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“St. John’s College, a Bastion of the West, Makes Room for the Classics of the East”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>5/21/1999</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>21-39</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Smithsonian Magazine</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“Where Plato is your professor”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>2/2001</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr></tbody></table>
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St. John's College History Collection Newspaper Clippings (Box 5 of 9)
Description
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The series titled Newspaper Clippings include articles, and periodicals. Articles were often published in local publications and then saved, but some materials are from publications outside of Annapolis and the state of Maryland. While content varies greatly, in general subjects pertain either to the activities and work of St. John’s College or to education and educational theory more broadly; some material was written by a person affiliated with the college.
Date
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1920-1978
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St. John's College owns the rights to this publication.
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text
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paper
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English
Russian
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Box 21
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Kerr, David
Kerr, John Leeds
McDowell, John
Maynadeir, Henry
Meiklejohn, Alexander
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Fell, Thomas
Barr, Stringfellow, 1897-1982
Weigle, Richard Daniel, 1912-
Alexander, John D.
Brann, Eva T. H.
Creator
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St. John's College
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Annapolis, MD
Croquet
Finding aid
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St. John's College History Collection
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<strong>Abstract</strong><br />The scope of the materials in this collection is focused on St. John’s College, Annapolis, particularly related to its functions, activities, and perceptions of St. John’s College in the news media. Records include items such as correspondence with public figures, planning notes for public activities, newspaper clippings about the College, essays and published materials, along with some assorted ephemera. While the bulk of the materials are from the 20th century, some items date back into the 18th and 19th century. Because of the breadth of time covered by the collection, many important cultural and educational milestones are represented in the materials. It is also worth noting that the St. John’s College Santa Fe campus is occasionally mentioned in these records, though it is not the focus of the collection.<br /><p><strong>Arrangement<br /></strong>Items are arranged in series by type of record (such as Correspondence) or subject matter (such as 275<sup>th</sup> Anniversary).</p>
<p><strong>Related Material<br /></strong>Almost all of the materials pertaining to the history of St. John’s College prior to 1900 are housed at the Maryland State Archives. For permission to access to these collections see the Director of the St. John’s College Greenfield Library. The St. John’s College archives collections also include materials related to: commencement; admissions; Dr. Richard Weigle; Hector Humphrey; other college officials, etc. These materials are housed in separate collections but may also be useful to consult. </p>
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Craynon, Megan
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Annapolis, MD
Date
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1795-2008
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text
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paper
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English
French
Russian
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St. John's College Greenfield Library
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Inventory
<table><thead><tr><td>
<p><em>Folder #</em></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><em>Author</em></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><em>Title/Description</em></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><em>Date(s)</em></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><em>Medium</em></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><em>Notes</em></p>
</td>
</tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>
<p>9-1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Ridgely, Lib</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Note re: sports history material</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>6/9/1930</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Photocopy</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-2</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Articles re: St. John’s football</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1930</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Photocopy</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Articles regarding St. John’s lacrosse</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1930</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Photocopy</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-4</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Articles regarding St. John’s lacrosse</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>4/10/1930</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Photocopy</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-5</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Baltimore Evening News</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Article about Johns Hopkins University vs. St. John’s College</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>11/23/1929</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Photocopy</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Football</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-6</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Article about Maryland vs. St. John’s College</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>5/3/1930</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>photocopy</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Lacrosse</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-7</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>New York Herald Tribune</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Photo from Oxford-Cambridge vs. S. John’s College</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>4/13/1930</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Photocopy</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Lacrosse; photo annotated with names of players</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-8</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Articles regarding St. John’s basketball</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>12/17/1929</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Photocopy</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-9</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Articles regarding St. John’s football</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>11/28/1929</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Photocopy</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-10</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Articles regarding St. John’s lacrosse</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>4/1930</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Photocopy</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-11</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Article regarding St. John’s College vs. Johns Hopkins University</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>11/17/1929</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Photocopy</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Football</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-12</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Article regarding St. John’s College vs. American University</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>n.d.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Photocopy</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Football</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-13</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Articles regarding St. John’s College Football</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1929</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Photocopy</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Rutgers University; University of Virginia</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-14</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Articles regarding St. John’s College Football</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10/19/1929</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Photocopy</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Rutgers University; University of Virginia</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-15</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Articles regarding St. John’s College vs. Army</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>4/13/1928</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Photocopy</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Lacrosse</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-16</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Articles regarding St. John’s College vs. American University</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1928-1929</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Photocopy</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Basketball</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-17</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Articles regarding St. John’s College basketball</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1928-1929</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Photocopy</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-18</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Articles regarding St. John’s College basketball</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1927-1928</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Photocopy</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-19</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Articles regarding St. John’s College football</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>11/20/1921</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Photocopy</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-20</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Articles regarding St. John’s College lacrosse</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1930</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Photocopy</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-21</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Articles regarding St. John’s College football</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1928-1929</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Photocopy</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-22</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Articles regarding St. John’s College basketball</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1928-1930</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Photocopy</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-23</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Articles regarding St. John’s College football</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1929</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Photocopy</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-24</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Articles regarding St. John’s College football</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1930</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Photocopy</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-25</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Articles regarding St. John’s College basketball</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1927-1928</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>photocopy</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-26</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Articles on Robert McCartee, star athlete</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1930</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>photocopy</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-27</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Article, lacrosse team and coach honored</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>2/1931</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>photocopy</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-28</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Article, new players joining St. John’s</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>c. 1930</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Photocopy</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>MacCartee; Cassassa</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-29</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Four articles on St. John’s College Football</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>c. 1892</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Orginal, photocopy</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-30</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“St. John’s Victorious”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>c. 1892</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original, photocopy</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Football</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-31</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“This Ended in a Tie”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>c. 1892</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original, photocopy</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Football</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-32</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“Gallant St. John’s”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>c. 1892</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original, photocopy</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Football</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-33</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“Famous Football Teams”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1912</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Photo from newspaper</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-34</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“State Champions: St. John’s Basketball Team”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1933</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Photo from newspaper</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-35</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“Lentz Completes Fifth Year Here as Mentor”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1935</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>basketball</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-36</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“The Squad”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1935</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Photo of basketball team with statistics</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-37</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“Season’s Record”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1935 (?)</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Note: item is very small</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-38</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Program, St. John’s College vs. Lafayette College</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1/17/1933</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-39</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Program, St. John’s College</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1934</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Three copies</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-40</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Program, Homecoming Day: St. John’s vs. Swathmore</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1934</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-41</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Official Program, Homecoming Day 2<sup>nd</sup> Football Game: St. John’s vs. Hampden-Sydney</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>11/2/1935</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-42</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Official Program, American Univ. vs St. John’s</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1936</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-43</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Drexel Athletic News: St. John’s College Number</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10/3/1936</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Program</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-44</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Haverford College vs. Johns Hopkins</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10/24/1936</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Program</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-45</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Official program, Delaware vs. St. John’s</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10/31/1936</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Two copies</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-46</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Randolph-Macon College vs. Johns Hopkins</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10/31/1936</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Program</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-47</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>St. John’s College vs. Johns Hopkins</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>11/28/1936</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Program</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-48</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Randolph-Macon vs. St. John’s</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10/2/1937</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Program</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-49</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>St. John’s vs. American U.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10/9/1937</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Program</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-50</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>N.Y. U. vs. St. John’s of Annapolis</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10/16/1937</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Program</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-51</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Hampden-Sydney vs. St. Johns</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10/23/1937</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Program</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-52</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Johns Hopkins Newsletter</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1937</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Coverage of football game with St. John’s</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-53</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Doerer, Tom</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Landon Offers Its Star</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>n.d.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Photocopy</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Cartoon drawing</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-54</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Miscellaneous articles about St. John’s Basketball</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>n.d.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Photocopy</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-55</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Miscellaneous articles about St. John’s Lacrosse</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>n.d.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Photocopy</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-56</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Miscellaneous articles about St. John’s Football</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>n.d.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Photocopy</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-57</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Miscellaneous articles related to St. John’s athletics</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>n.d.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Photocopy</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-58</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Boddington, Lement (?)</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Factors in Linworth’s Victory</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>n.d.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Photocopy</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Illustrated article; baseball</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-59</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Croquet Match with navy</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>6/25/1998</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Invitation to alumni</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-60</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“Lacrosse minus the blood”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>7/12/1996</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original, photocopy</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Published in <em>The Baltimore Sun</em></p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-61</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Nigro, Ken</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>“Intramural sports program at St. John’s in 34 years old and thriving”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>12/9/1973</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Photocopy</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Published in <em>The Baltimore Sun</em></p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9-62</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Correspondence concerning the “Football Review”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>c. 1954</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Original, photocopy</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr></tbody></table>
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McDowell, John
Maynadeir, Henry
Meiklejohn, Alexander
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Fell, Thomas
Barr, Stringfellow, 1897-1982
Weigle, Richard Daniel, 1912-
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Croquet
Finding aid
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Anne Needham
a rumor about
dues. Dues do not pay for alcohol over ReWeekend. It would be illegal to use
some find it "re-
dundant" to expect party hosts to enforce
the
i\lcohol
with the pres-
the party and we do expect that this will be
the case even at moments when a senior
resident
not to be present. This
seems most desirable
to me.
Our
are reasonable. While
we do not want the party hosts to be secuwe want them to exercise
and care to prevent the
serve from
consumed ilWe also expect the hosts to exercise
reasonable control over the
who
in the nr•-.v1·rni'h1
Permission Form. The senior residents at-
and to inform the Assistant Deans' Office
of the successes ~,..,... '"""A'"' ... '-"
very
cerns anyone has about these ex1:>ec:ratior1s.
dues money to
any
we
would be selling to minors. Rather, dues
money pays for games, bands, meals, snacks,
decorations, and the like. Dues money pays
for activities non-drinkers can enjoy. Dues
money does not pay for alcohol.
That said, please pay your dues. If you
do not pay your dues, you may eat at regu1ar.tv-1;cnea1mea meals. However, you will
not be allowed to participate in any of the
wt~e~:en.a events. It is not fair to those
to allow those who
for dues is
$25 for
everyone. The price will go up to $30 after
24. You can pay your dues this
week in the Dining Hall at lunch
campus mail to
Gibbs.
suc>sc:np1t101lls are available for
$30.00. Tax-deductible contributions are
make checks
reason that we expect
monitor themselves
ticular
ties
wish to throw.
If a senior resident asks an
student to discard an
that
person is
party host a favor. Se-
2371, x2212.
of time for your specific questions
and will be held in the Conversation Room
from noon to one. Please make the effort
re5:pons101e for
effect at
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on
For those of you who love
chance to give a little
You can sing a song, dance a little
whatever your
heart desires.
make sure you clear
it with Josh 1-1""''"'r1•·•v
For those of you
also want to give
but don't have the talent to get up on
You can help out behind the scenes!
and he can tell
how.
You may be
"Gee, I would love to
to
but I don't want to be stuck in the
like
" No
All you
to do is see Scott Larson
about reserving a table
you and your
avoidthe
rabble that have no table to call
own.
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Director
for the uninitiated and uninformed. This
rash
And that's when we heard all about the
otrtenmse. which have
awaited due date.
pause, while those
ac-
Dear friends, know that the Alumni Office loves you. And here's how we're
express that love: we're footing the bill
the
Waltz/ Cotillion extravaganza this Saturday
How, you might ask, did the alumni office get mixed up with the waltz?
is
the tale: in recent years, more and more
alumni have been
the campus for the croquet festivities, so much so
the Alumni Association and other
alumni well-wishers have found it appropriate to foster this
with supportive fun. Last year, the first year that we
looked to make merry in this way, we
a
tent on front campus and had
secret alumni stuff inside. And that
was so much fun that we're doing it again
necessary arrangements, and the Waltz on
pm in the
will
about all the trumnnm1gs:
you from time to time this year, and have
been
for the
of Mr.
.H€!rn.anae.z, to whom I r.-.r.11.,nn.r pH:~a}2:ea
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strawberries and cream
midnighlt, and a surprise or two. Unforweren't
enough to cover live music, but otherwise
we have
all the stops.
It was the inspiration of the Waltz Arthat emissary. of the forces for
to combine the Cotillion and the Croquet
Waltz. In a more perfect world, we'd be
every week. Now I'm
out for a
and Sus3an Borden will be the temporary me in the alumni office while I take
a year off to coo at my
Ms. Borden
will keep the love the alumni office has for
you present in her mind at all times.
this year. But lo! the budget allotted
the
Alumni Association and by the college admitted of even more fun than that. And when we
considered that the alumni who come down
also flock to the croquet waltz, we betook ourselves unto the Waltz Archon and asked what
we could do to support the evening's revel.
throwing two big parties for you, not
one; we must leave it as a challenge to the
partiers to see that the festivities, in compensation, exceed all precedents of a hearty
good time.
Now, I'd be glad to join in, but as it
pens this event falls exactly upon my long-
Gentlemen, each of you shall become an
"alumnus". Collectively, you shall be known
as "alumni". Honor your alma mater
"I am an alumni."
Sure, we don't teach no stinkin' Latin here:
but you just learned some! Best wishes in
all your post-liberal arts endeavors.
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of two separate
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perce:ptJton of both a seminar table and a
soda can, confusion will result if both are
by simultasolves this
saying that the
ass:en1bJ.y for "table" fires at a different time
his
pr e:rr1eclic:1.1 coursework and neuroscience
research at the
of
and
1
the bind-
from the
for "can", but it requires
all the "table" neurons to fire simultapeJ~cetJt101n
jotmnues can be scientists, he has received of several
intelJloV1rsh1os from the National
of the table
sdousness itself. But such simultaneous firpn)bJen1atic becc:ms:e of what Relativ-
.:">ctlolarsrup for neuue:nr1anty next year.
the lecture with an
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we need a conscious
observer to make that claim.
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some chief neuron
synthesize all the
for any
of simultane-
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u ...nh::ihlv
not enough time to
a month.
all
abducted
alien creatures. Pensacola
leads the world in total number of alleged
abductions and has an AADI
Abduction Density Index) of 3.2. The AADI
represents the percentage of residents
who claim to have been abducted by
aliens. Indeed, the 3.2% rate is nearly
"I was
could to
said.
and
double that of the second
area,
rated
Gaze, New Mexico, with
1.7%.
So far, I have seen two houses built in
the shape of space ships, flying saucer
style. One of the houses is for sale,
$167,700, three
one up in the
saucer, and two down in the launch
For a more terrestrial vehicle, one can go
to UFO Motors, two locations, where the
motto is: "We finance ''"'""'r"·hn,nv
there is the UFO Hotline
When you call, you will encounter a
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who like to exercise their athletic prowess without the
aid of an internal combustion ... u;::;..u, ...... ,
there is the Mullet Toss over at the FloraBama
and
Perdido
in our
room, that is, when I'm not out
the road
for the DH:vctes.
The Gulf Coast no doubt
up
the brands.
the Coca-Cola was no
but locating the potato
ensconced in the health food section,
trickier.
we arrived at the Gulf of
Mexico and moved into our place. It is so
dose to the water that, at
throw a mullet from our
into the Gulf. Our location is affectionknown as the Redneck
mind wandered to other Rivieras: the one
in
our next
and the
one in Scituate,
known as
the Irish Riviera.
We are at the beach, where it always
takes me a while to
to the sight of
Pv••rv·hn,r1v walking around in their under-
besides sitting on the beach
to be
abducted. The newspaper, for example, is
full of stories about spring football prac-
wear. If you dressed like this to attend
to conduct business, to go shopping
at the
you wouldn't dress like
sciousness is a
ll
THE GA
We exited the highway at the AlabamaFlorida border and
at a convenience store, Tom
to get drinks.
2:00dlt1es:s, look at all those brands of
that si-
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tutor
The trip down was
easy. Some
rain, some
and a zombie night in
South Carolina (It wasn't all bad. I got
carded buying beer in a Wal Mart.), but
otherwise lots of cruise control. We
stcmtJ1ea by the old house. It seemed so,
small and run down. Mary reminded me
that it was run down when we lived in it
twenty-five years ago. My mind
fixed on butter beans and mayonnaise
sandwiches on white bread. Not that I ate
any, but Ben had his fill. Lunch, so to
was included in the price of
tice for the Florida State Seminoles. And
football is not the only subject in the papers. Last Sunday, the front page of the
several other authors
or at least you wouldn't stop at this
You would keep putting on more
clothes until you had covered a substan-
sports section featured a report from
Homestead, where "Mobile's Rick
Crawford held off a late charge
Sprague on Saturday to win his first
whose names make no sound when
are dropped.
I could go on about the peucans, Baa Po'
nana Bob's, and
but I
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race."
Crawford, who previously had never finished
than third in a truck race,
garnered $52,850 and averaged a race
record 114.485 mph.
have more pressing duties:
Eudora; (2) practice with the ,.u .....H_.._.,,
tial portion of your body. My sister-in-law
tells me that I ain't seen nothin' yet and
that I should wait for the thong bikinis
bicycles.
It is well known that the residents of
this area apparently have a tendency to be
press #4. For information on upcom1ng
conferences and seminars devoted to
UFOs, call 850-432-8888. One also receives
directions to the UFO Skywatchers
m~!eu1n_g at Shoreline Park over in
Gulf Breeze, directions that are suffi,,,.,nr1-rv the picnic
table at which the :Ski'VWatche,rs congregate. For other matters
UFOs,
one can leave a name,
and message, and then wait to be contacted.
There is a lot more
down here
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on the
of
u"'''""'1u.i::. in the warm sun,
delicious seafood. But we are, after all, not
bodies. We have minds. In an effort
to
the entire person,
up
a copy of the
1998 issue of The
it
the next time I read the
Besides, it's available
there
in the checkout line at the grocery store.
And of course, we are not here alone.
what the
say,
We have authors with us: Virginia
com1ole:te11v consumed in a motel bathroom in South Carolina;
O'Connor, consumed on the
come in
(3) go wait by the road,
that the
bicycles show up before the aliens.
APRIL 21, 1998
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Pol Pot presumed dead
T
HE INFAMOUS 73-year-old Cambodian tyrant and leader of the Khmer
Rouge party, Pol Pot, reportedly died from
a heart attack last Wednesday Senior Khmer
Rouge officials produced the report, saying
"Pol Pot choked and died last night at 11: 15
pm [local time]. .. his heart was not so good
and it gave up." Thai military officers on the
Cambodian border confirmed the statement shortly after the fact.
Pol Pot's death ends one of the most
protracted political struggles in Southeast
Asia, which began in 1946 when Pol Pot
joined the newly-formed Cambodian Communist Party. Pol Pot had developed into a
fervent Communist and rapidly rose to the
rank of Secretary General of the Cambodian Communist Party in 1962.
Upon assuming command, Pol Pot
formed the Communist Party into a fierce
guerrilla force, known as the Khmer Rouge
("Red Cambodia"). Throughout the later
1960s and early 1970s the Khmer Rouge
grew more powerful, earning a reputation
for unmitigated violence and sadism. The
Cambodian government only managed to
survive the onslaught because of the American military presence in Southeast Asia.
The departure of U.S. military forces in
1975 following the conclusion of the Vietnam War coincided with Pol Pot's successful overthrow of the weak Cambodian government. He then attempted to create an
agrarian, Communist utopia. Pol Pot's policies resulted in a reign of terror, known as
"the killing fields," which caused the deaths
of at least 2 million Cambodians.
The Viemamese army invaded Cambodia in 1978, toppling the Khmer Rouge and
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ending Pol Pot's control over Cambodia.
Just as they had done a decade earlier, the
Khmer Rouge continued to operate out of
the mountains and forests as a guerrilla
force . In 1989, Vietnamese forces left Cambodia and in 1991, the Paris treaty ended
Cambodia's 12-year war with the Khmer
Rouge , who had succumbed to government-led forces.
Pol Pot's death has left many questions
unanswered. The U.S. wanted to take him
to trial for his policies, but many feared that
doing so would implicate many more
people than Pol Pot and his inner circle.
"Too many people have to much to lose ...
the ghosts might cause serious damage," remarked one diplomat. Another diplomat
said, "But who knows what Pol Pot might
dredge up if he were to testify? A lot of
people could go down with him, including
the king." Cambodia's parliament has many
former Khmer Rouge leaders serving in it,
most of whom are believed to be innocent.
The former King of Cambodia, however,
has had an ambiguous relationship with the
past that may connect him with Pol Pot.
America's interests in Cambodia have
caused a great deal of speculation. One
commentator remarked on the current political situation by saying, "The stakes are
too high, they involve the foreign policies
of the winning side of the Cold War." The
Khmer Rouge enjoyed U.S. support, at least
after 1975, because of Pol Pot's hostile
policy towards Vietnam. No official U.S.
statement on Cambodia has been released,
and considering American interests in
Southeast Asia, one might not appear for
some time to come.
APRIL 2 1. 1998
A
T 1 PM on April 25, the croquet teams from the U.S. Naval Academy and St. John's
will meet under the Liberty Tree to to determine which team is the best in a series of
five games. This is known as Croquet Day, a tradition begun in 1983 and continued to the
present day. The record stands at 12-3 in St. John's favor. But really, the games are just
an ingredient in a larger feast. Hundreds of people attend, decked out in their best spring
cloth ing, sipping champagne and eating fine cheeses, basking in all that is best about
Western civilization. After the greens fall silent, there will be a waltz party going into the
wee hours. In short, it is the pinnacle of cultural sophistication and is not to be missed. In
this special pullout section of the Gadfly we have attempted to give you the history of the
match, the rules of croquet, and profiles of the two teams. Enjoy the match!
PAINTING BY WILL WILLIAMS. COPIES WI LL BE AVAI LABLE AT THE BOOKSTORE AND THE MATCH.
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What it was like in the beginning: 1983
by Imperial Wicket Emeritus john Ertle, '84
The editor of the Gadfly has asked me to
write a few words and share some memories of the croquet matches with you and I
am honored to have the opportunity.
By way of introduction, let me tell you
that by an official act of the 1984 Student
Polty, I have been given the tide Imperial
Wicket Emeritus, following our dramatic
victory at the 1984 match. (I peeled one of
our other balls through the last wicket and
into the stake to end the match. The Middie
whose turn was next needed only to hit the
stake to win and he was about five feet away
from it on the boundary line.)
I need to correct one mistake that has
appeared over the years: I was not the first
Imperial Wicket. The Croquet Club was
actually chartered as the Lawn Tennis, Croquet, and Archery Club by several members
of the Class of 1981. (To the best of my
knowledge, there was never any Lawn Tennis or Archery equipment). The founders
included John Schiavo (the first Imperial
Wicket as we know it), Noel Blyler, David
Nau, Matt Hartzell, Evan Canter, and Tim
Picco. Buffy Bowser, Marion Sharp, and the
O'Malley sisters, Anne and Kate, were also
involved and the Croquet Club has always
had a fair number of women members.
I succeeded to the title following John
Schiavo's graduation in 1982 under the divine right of succession afforded to Imperial Wickets. Each Imperial Wicket has had
absolute
to
his
sor.
I played in the first two matches against
the Naval Academy, in 1983 and 1984. With
the exception of 1992, I have come back
every year for the matches. I don't think any
of us who were involved in creating this
thing had any idea how successful and how
wonderful it would become. It started as a
lark and is now 16 years old and going
strong.
That is not to say that I think everything
is fine. I think "no drinking" rules by which
participants are forbidden to imbibe until
they are through playing their matches is a
complete violation of all that we hold sacred and holy. Seriously though, the purpose
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ST. JOHN'S ARCHIVES
Croquet Day, 1983. Imperial Wicket John Ertle is in the third row from the
bottom, second from the right, carrying the Cup. Kevin Heyburn, orchestrator
and true founder of Croquet Day, is in the lower left corner wearing suit and tie.
of the croquet match is to create social contact between individuals from two seemingly opposite institutions. Some years there
has been too much of an emphasis on winning, which has impeded the social aspects
of the game.
I also have some nostalgia for the earlier
games. We originally played with 'backyard" sets, rather than the "tournament"
sets currently used. It's something of a personal preference and comfort level, but then
I
with stick shift. For the
first matches, I wrote up rules which we
used (based on local rules), some of which
varied from the official United States Croquet Association rules that have been
adopted. However, seeing as the record
stands at 12-3 in our favor, I guess we don't
really need to invite the Middies over to
come play
our rules.
There is no truth to the rumor that
someone (either a Johnnie or a Middie, depending on the version) was killed in a bar
fight, which evolved into the Little Campus
sponsoring the croquet match as a way to
resolve disputes civilly. Nevertheless, their
sp1on:sm·shi'o was essential in obtaining the
trophy and storing it between matches.
Kevin Heyburn '86 is the one who deserves full credit for the croquet match,
since he was the one who set the whole
thing up. Before that, the Croquet Club had
no formal membership other than the Imperial Wicket and all meetings were strictly
on a pick-up basis.
The first year, the Middies had no idea
what to expect. They merely accepted a
challenge based on their "can do" attitude
and we completely demolished them. In
so bad that Drew Parker '83 and
I were fighting against each other to be
rover. All three of our players were done
before any of the Middies had even gotten
halfway. After that, the Middies were better
prepared, but it is clear that they cannot hold
a mallet to us.
It is very difficult to have an institutional
memory where every four years you
supposed to have a completely new group
of people. I am very happy and proud that
the croquet match has survived and prospered over the years and I look forward to
it every year. Go St. John's, Beat Navy!
This article was reprinted from the April 22,
1997 issue of the Gadfly but the win-loss record
and the number of matches have been updated.
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Annemarie Catania, X97
to the right of the direction of play.
As you sit in the sun, eating, drinking,
As you watch, you may notice that some
and possibly burning on Saturday, you may players have very short turns. We hope that
discuss the game of croquet.
yes, fabu- these turns will happen more often for the
lous game. Skill, strategy ... yes, fabulous." Midshipmen, since we hope to allow them
Stroll from court to court, commenting on no other option than to set up for their
the matches. "Excellent play ... I say, good wickets. A long turn is more advantageous.
shot!" Dance, then return your attention to You may hear someone asking, "How long
the games. "Great team we have this year." has this Johnnie been playing this turn?"
Perhaps you may take a seat on the lawn This question would indicate that the St.
in order to eat. In the midst of this commu- John's player has been using every opportupicnic, your attention may turn to the nity for continuation quite successfully, and
game. Just in case this happens, you may be probably also means that the Johnnie player
interested in the rules of croquet.
has run many wickets. You may find yourSaturday's game will be traditional self with the desire to say, "A fine turn," or
American nine-wicket croquet, essentfally "Excellent run."
following the rules of the United States
Two types of shots result in continuaAssociation.. Each of the five tion. One is running a wicket (or scoring a
matches will consist of
versus
as the USCA calls n11•oh11-.cr ,.... .,...,,
two Middies. One team will play with the through the metal structure). This results
red and yellow balls, and the other will use in one more shot. Although going through
black and blue. The order of play will fol- the wicket is always the goal in mind, hitlow the colors painted on the stakes.
ball with one's own ball may be more
The point of the game is to hit both balls immediately beneficial, since this type of
of one team through all the wickets, hit- shot results in two continuation shots.
one stake in the middle of the game,
Our friends from town may ask you
the other stake at the end. Ask a friend about these two shots. As an articulate libto point out the order of the wickets, if you
eral arts student, you will provide them with
can't tell what it is. The pattern zig-zags the
for these turns, which
tru:ou.gh the center wickets and the wickets even the players do not bother to remember. The proper name for hitting another
ball is
" (You may say, "She has
I MIOOl.E STAKE
roqueted his ball.") Upon hitting another
the
ball becomes cloaked,
which means whatever happens to it before
it stops
is incidental, and does not
II
count.
your friends by telling them
that it does not exist. The official USCA
term for this is a ball in hand. The player
places the ball in hand next to the roqueted
ball and shoots. This is called the croquet
shot. The second shot is called continuation.
II
Continuation is' not cumulative. This
means that a ball which runs a wicket on a
croquet shot does not receive that continuation in addition to the continuation gained
by completion of the wicket shot.
Scoring a wicket erases whatever eifects
the player may have incurred by hitting balls
I START & FINISH I-ERE
prior to going through it. Although hitting
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tion shots from that
it also means going dead on that ball. This means the ball
struck cannot be hit again before the striking ball goes through another wicket.
Lest the rules become too complicated
for your relaxing brain, take a sip of your
drink of choice, sit back, and observe the
deadness board. This scoreboard of sorts
track of which balls have already been
hit. Each ball has its own row with three
spaces which indicate which ball it is dead
on. At the beginning of the game, every ball
is dead on every other ball for the first shot.
Any contact between balls on this tum is
incidental. After this shot, every ball becomes live on every other ball. ·' .... ____ -'course of a game, going through a wicket
restores liveness. The deadness board assists
the memories of those """''"".,...,...,. too much
of their drinks of choice.
This much knowledge will suffice for
following most of the game. The basic strategy is to advance one's own ball and one's
partner's ball through as many wickets as
ooss1101e while deterring the other team's
balls as much as
You may hear the
players politely referring to
with
the other team by taking them off their
sets, using stop shots to shoot them away
from their wickets and taking advantage of
them with split shots.
You will not see an imitation of the scene
in Heathers where one Heather puts her foot
on another Heather's ball to viciously shoot
her ball out of bounds. This is called toeor
the
and is not considered acceptable in the Annapolis Cup
games.
The most cruelty you will see in this
most civilized of croquet matches will be
in
or in staking out the rover.
The first of these is a simple defensive move.
If a player's opponent is dead on her
and the opponent is set up for his wicket,
she may shoot her ball into a place directly
between his ball and the wicket. This will
obstruct his shot unless he is able to execute
a jump shot over her ball.
Staking out the rover is the most detri-
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end of education is to direct the powers of the mind in un.to.ldln~ UH~mi;;e.1. 1ves
rather how to think than what to think." -John McDowell, first pr:mc1p<U
Ryan Simpson--Huntsville,
Mr. Lee set out on a
mission to be on the
croquet team this year.
His hard work, determination, great play, and
the fact that he bought
the Imperial Wicket a
few beers, have finally
paid off with a well-deserved spot on this
year's team.
Look for him to take
a two or three ball break
at least six or seven
wickets. Lee's play is at its peak and if Navy slips up even the least
it's all over with Dan out on the court. Mr. Lee will be playing
Ryan Simpson on court 3 (the drinking court).
teach it
Mr. Wood is the only 3
time member of the
team. He competed in
his first Annapolis Cup
Tournament in 1996 as
a sophomore, returned
to the team his junior
year and was named
Wicket in Waiting. He
is also the only member
to have played on last
National Championship Team.
No lead, no matter
how substantial, is ever
as it gets when it comes to
him in the
and when he's on,
Wood to have some long turns, and make
be<:mtliul «::ct shirt which has been
a tradition at the match for three years. He and Josh Rogers will be
Wicket's Court).
Mr. Rogers successfully
competed in last year's
Annapolis Cup. Mr.
Rogers' intimidating
looks mesh well with his
style of play. He takes
big shots, and when
things get a little hairy
Rogers is always in his
element.
Josh has one of the
better
shots on the
team. If Navy gets an
early lead, don't worry,
Rogers also loves to atoff their sets more than he
tack. He probably likes taking
likes going through his own wickets. If you are standllllg
court on Croquet Day, be sure to pay attention. Not
Rogers make some unbelievable
and
also send his
But
than
likely what you'll be seeing is a game as solid as his looks. He and
Hardison Wood will be
on Court 1 (The Wicket's Court).
Mr. Bravo is a returning
member from last
year's team. All you
have to do is look at this
guy and you can tell he
is good. If he lacked
anything on the croquet court, it would be
made up for with style.
Speaking of style,
Mr. Bravo's style of play
is smooth and fluid. So
smooth that sometimes
you don't even know he
is beating you until ten
minutes after the game is over. Rich's shots are pure perfection.
He
be
with Aaron Pease,
partner. They
will be
Mr. Pease is a returiaing
member from last
year's team. Aaron
tends to get a
hassle
from
his
teamates for taking his
time. But hey, if it ain't
broke, don't fix it. And
the only thing that will
be broken on court 2
will be Navy's hopes for
a victory while Mr.
Pease is out there.
Mr. Pease is the
paradigm of a thinking
man's player. He doesn't blast through the course, he slowly and
systematically beats his opponents, leaving them frustrated in more
ways than one! He and Mr. Bravo will be playing on Court 2.
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Mr. Simpson, will be
joining the team for the
first time, though he is
no new-comer. Ryan is
Wicket in Waiting, and
will take over the helm
of St. John's Croquet
for next year's bid.
Mr. Simpson has the
craziest looking swing
we've ever seen. But it
doesn't seem to bother
him much.Simpson
isn't exactly the most
vocal guy, but he doesn't need to talk much with a game like his.
Look for some spectacular long shots from Ryan. Mr. Simpson
will be playing with Dan Lee on court 3.
Ben Sullivan--Seattle, Washington Tom Kurland-Danville, Pennsylvania
Sullivan joins the
team for the first time
He is easily the
improved player
there. And he also
one of the best.
Sullivan has a very
wicket shot, and
strategy gets better
every day. Ben recently
UUJllCl..l Ul.ll a match with
of the Midshipmen
sinking a 35 foot
wicket shot at the very
end to close the deal. Entertaining! Mr. Sullivan will be playing with
Mr. Moser, one of only
three juniors on the
team this year, is a welcomed addition to the
team. Though he hasn't
played in the Annapolis
Cup before, Mr. Mos~r
has the game of a seasoned veteran. He is
sometimes business like
and efficient, other
times wild and crazy.
The bottom line is, this
guy is good.
Mr. Kurland is a fine
addition to the croquet
team this year. And boy
are we glad to have him.
Tom brings our team's
collective mass to a
whopping 3,122 lbs.!
He might not be
making 35 foot wicket
shots like his partner,
but he doesn't need to.
Tom is always three or
four steps ahead of his
opponent's scheme.
Mr. Kurland's partner is Mr. Sullivan and they will be playing on
You just can't say enough
about Sam Davidoff.
The third and final junior to secure a spot on
this year's team, Sam
not only works hard but
he has the game to
prove it. He can easily
whip off a five or six
wicket run,
and
shouldn't have much
trouble doing it on Croquet Day. We wish
Chris and Sam luck.
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mental type of play, and occurs in the end
game. When a ball has completed all the
wickets, and has not yet hit the final stake,
it is called a rover. An opponent has the
opportunity to hit that ball into the stake
on a croquet shot. The staked-out ball must
sit out for two turns, and hit the take at the
other end ofthe field before coming back
into play. A rover still in play may go through
wickets in any direction to gain continuation as long as it is dead on two balls (or
two-ball dead). After going through a
wicket, the rover remains temporarily dead
on the ball it last hit before going through
the wicket until it hits another ball.
Have a fine time sunning yourself, eating, and drinking. Wander off to chat with
friends and strangers. If you find yourself
with further questions on more complicated
strategy or minor rules, ask someone who
often plays croquet to expound on the
game's intricacies.
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Committee in 1935, was
the seed of our New Program.
Honors program never resulted in more
than a stack of papers because it lacked
fur1di1n2:. N oine1the:less. the conclusion of the
increased Scott Buchanan's desire to establish a true liberal arts college; it
did not diminish his ambition. When
Mortimer Adler and Robert
offered Barr and Buchanan
on their
established Committee on the Liberal Arts at the
of Chicago,
at the chance.
This Committee had the mackill2:S
liberal education dream team: Buch:an;:i.n.
and McKeon c:s~1cL1<1.u
years been avid coirre:svcmdlents
locutors on the
since their days
now at '-'AJLJ.Lc:•i:::.v
covered had become
differences in their
to onuo:soand therefore the liberal arts.
Web Editor
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Angela Schulze
Special thanks to
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cover painting by Will Williams
A painting of the 1996 croquet match
This is a special issue, the first fall-color cover
published in Gadfly history. Without the kindness of our advertisers and the College, we
would never have been able to afford it. We
encourage you to patronize these businesses.
started from the same arnDrc)aC.h
that a
must love or- desire
to seek the truth. Over time, however, Adler
had come to the bolder conclusion that a
PhHo:mtlhe:r not only must seek the
could and must find those truths.
McKean and Buchanan were satisfied with
discovering approaches to the truth, leavaw~stion of whether that truth
were actually attainable or not. Buchanan
and Adler differed especially in that
Buchanan understood philosophers' apn ..r,.,.,.1""" or attempts at the truth as
oossilbillltie:s or analogies: ''.All Pn~di,catior1s
This
between the unofficial leaders
of the Committee on the Liberal Arts resulted in a
into factions: the Chicago
faction versus the Virginia faction, a
that resulted in that Committee's premature
dissolution in 193 7. These ap1pa1·ent!y
differences resulted in deep disagreements
even in the first
as Buchanan recounts: "The first
of the Committee on the Liberal Arts will never be forgotany of those
into
the three worlds [of discourse
McKeon, and
energies at each
became thunder and
When Buchanan
the Committee on Liberal Arts at Chicago, he could not
per·suctde Hutchins to undertake the
dency of St.
after an assessment of the already
Committee at Chicago, Barr and Buchanan decided
to meet with the St.
Board of Visitors and Governors themselves.
If Barr and Buchanan undertook the
leadership of
months before it lost its accreditation when
then-President Amos Woodcock overruled
a
member's recommendation and
granted a
to an
student.
The academic standards at this small
with five fraternities and a rec:o2:n1z:ed
lege football team had sunk to the
It was perh<lPS for the best that differences forced Buchanan and Barr to leave the
Committee at
While Adler ultiformulated a liberal arts program,
he and Hutchins were unable to overcome
education at \/; •. ,.,.;,~;~
to deliver.
It may seem odd that in 1937, even
partments. There would have been no liberal arts
any name at all had
Buchanan and Barr stayed at '-'UJ.LCl.);:.u.
Also fortuitous was that Buchanan returned to
in May 1937 as one of
twelve members of an assembly i;rat:heired
at a seminary in Alexandria, Virginia to discuss the
situation in
that
would become World War IL
At the seminary, he shared a room in a
theologian's house with Francis Miller, a
of Delegates
that had recently been appointed to the
Board of Visitors and Governors of a finanand academically struggling little colin Maryland named St. John's. Miller
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and Buchanan discussed the
and
education in
into the late hours of
the
the result of which was
Buchanan's pr<)m1se not to serve as
dent or dean
but to
Robert Hutchins to become President of St.
john's.
even in his
at St. John's. However,
Buchanan and Adler shared a much closer
tm~nClShLP that either did with McKeon, and
unlike McKeon, both shared a
interest in
particularly St. Thomas
over so many supporters to the cause of liberal
he was Dean, whereas Barr
was made President
spokesman
for the College to the outside world.
Barr had almost been tagging along even at
the
Report and Chicago Committee on the Liberal Arts. As he
ten followed at Buchanan's urging. Barr
himself relates that he was was against going to Chicago: "I didn't want to .::.v ......,.._...,~~
twisted my wrist for about two hours ...
Mortimer said, 'Which do you care most
or truth?' I knew what he
APRIL 21. 1998
continued on page 10
7
�8
Better
can't "'"'"'"'' 1"' 1
" said a friend of mine
V
to11ovvm1Q basketball in 1994 when he
Hustlers add second handball
In
we~anesciav
afternoon's first handball
a win
as many as three in the i.u.:. . •. nuL, it
both teams showed
·~-··----- that his Knicks-Bulls tickets were
was the Guardians who nn~vatile.d.
ond half
to the finish.
A number of substitutes for both teams
their prowess on offense with several well-
worth close to $1,000 because
had
returned to the Bulls. After
55
on the floor of Madison
the Spartans in a low-scoring match. Althe .,...,,~ ..t-·~,...., m<matgea.
coordinated
Both
chances for each team.
op1po1rturuties to
rest
as the afternoon went on, but
t-.-,c•t--'4nn.'• n,n- game on both
said anything bad about n.1..1.''-•J.Cn.. •1'-'L'"'°''''·
fact, like
he decided that not:hir.tg
To open the second
game at
offense and defense moved the ball up and
down the field,
each
low. While Green moved ahead midth1:0Ull:!h the first
rel1en1:les:slv and
hrr"uTh'.I"
game at
the game within one. The Guardians
Greenwaves fired back and
due
to strong
for both sides the
to the Coalition. As
the Sophs I Gis
a solid three minutes in the
zone
resulted in a
for Matthew
Costello at 21:35. At the end
:svr1dlc:ate had the lead 2-0.
who made the move
open the second half with a strong offensive. While the
were unable to put any shots past Jay
,,..,.,.,.u..,, ...1r7 who would finish the game with
cte·velon~ed
Blue
into a battle at
retJell.ed again
as the Coalition
minutes into the
For the duration of the
an
augrr1er1tea Senior team
to take on
Freshmen in the final Class Soccer game
the '97-'98 school year. This game manto progress to half time before apbut as
have so clear an att11a11tasie as far as an ofstill put up a 2-0
16-11.
Guardians come back
Waves
The second game of the afternoon was
,,,,.,.,..,., .. ,.,.,same lines as the first insofar as it was both
8
and
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off the streets, which is what re-
one home for
came to a dose, the Seniors
strides on offense but were unable score.
a new tournament
Class soccer has
with new teams will now
counts.
one could say about Michael could do him
Dan O'Keefe made his
cto,dg<~ball
night with the pressure of
up to the title of "The Greatest LJC)O~~eo1a11
St.
has Ever Seen." To
I could describe his mind
on
uv3::.i::,,,,u;i:;,
quicKne:ss or his un:shaLkable
sion
words. If anyone
doubted his greatness,
sorted to
after the febbie
phen<)m came out of a flawless back-handand
throw which had been
rifled at his head. Words fail me.
it seemed to be
time out allowed both teams to :rest and
regroup, but the Hustlers seemed to take
arorantta~!e of the break to for-
five and went away with the win
three freshmen in a matter of seconds.
l-i'7Pr,rnn,p had a
solid
were forced to walk away
loss and concede the best record
up
Mark Alznauer and
loud-mouthed freshman Wilson ''""" .. ""...."'"
after Alznauer
eliminated
Garden that
71
first
a last minute scoring surge for the
Hustlers sealed the fate of Blue.
The Hustlers scored the opernmg
but Seth Duncan, who accounted for more
than half of his team's
put up a hat
trick in the first five minutes,
the lead. The Hustlers
scorin five minutes and moved the
ahead that
would maintain into the half. After the first rw"f'nrv--rn.re
minutes, the score was 7-4 in favor of Red.
hearted
This contest started with an exclamation
a one
The younger class
strong on offense and
there
the first
the ball on the Senior's
half. While
sent an 1mpo.ss11J1y
half of the
corner of the
and gave
them the lead that
would maintain
tn1:ot1,gt1olJ1t the game. After
settled
trated
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the Freshmen were frus-
a Senior defense that would not
Wire, continued on page 9
O'Keefe's smooth
ness
countless ru~!ru1gr1rs,
he had to share the
with the man
who was born to
this game, freshman
Pat McDowell. Over the roar of his
freshman teammates, one could h.ear
McDowell's arm cock back and a distant
"lock and load" every time McDowell fired
his
feared was
were
I
because their in-
tended victims heard them
tnr·ou.~n the air at them.
Freshman Ali Moussalli's rei:1ea1ted
of god-like courage and power was almost
o....uvu;;;.u to make the freshman class look
even in the shadow of the embarrassantics of Alex "tank" Owen and Sean
''pop". Febbie Andrew Ferguson put
the "cannon" in '1oose cannon," and maverick sophomore Bob Dickson demonstrated his overall virtue.
In the final best-of-five series between
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APRIL 21. 1998
9
�7
Christmas in
guess."'
Students who wish to live in the PacaCarroll loft next year should submit their
the Assistant Dean's office
app11;cat1or1s submitted
be consid-
arts educc:i.ti<Jn,
none other than
CUallO!~lH~s and Euclid's Elements.
himself attlib11tes
ered.
Held
Room
of the Barr-Buchanan Center
Reason in
Attempt
Purpose
the Fall of Lear
RenautjBlettner/Capozzoli
Find
3:45 Lauren Conm:.llv
The Vision of Baudelaire and Blake ...
Burke/Maistrellis/Raditsa
on the
we will only be vol-
as
5 :00 Alan Plchar1ick
Marx on
White/Datchev/Grenke
untteiering from 9 am-noon. We will be
distance of St.
a local
restaurant.
C. Frederick, founder and artistic
director of
I
Written
"'~l'~otrffic'..1 nudUUL,
a co-author of M.A.S.H., the
con artist in late l 9the
century America. For ticket info call 410to the art
papers, hand-set type, offset pnnnng, etchrelief
and traditional
annn::>ac·hc•s
and innovative methods of
After
the lecture,
Alderice, a local visual
story best:
5:00
Philosophical Laughter
Fl aumenhaft/Brother Robert/Wyatt
268-7373.
~vm1;:»n1on:ic season Finale! The new
music director for the Anna1oolis .,..,,..,..,,.,,..,,,.._~,.,
Orchestra
take the podi11rn
concert on
11:45
To Fulfill a Thirst for Passion
Silver/Datchev/Raditsa
3:45
call 410-263-5544
Charles Dickens'
Whitbread Race will be
22
NELSON HERNANDEZ
._,~,,,.u::.n. is an acclaimed
3. The boats of the the
Whitbread Round the World Race, which
mixed media, and installation
paper,
artist.
shown internationand is included in the collections of the
Natti<>n<il J\ll.use11m in
.<A<.iCU.LUL
is an
The lecture will take place on
29,
at 7:00 pm in the Mellon Conversation
follow the lecture. Reservations are rePlease call
Schaller at x2556.
T
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5:00 Josiah
Transformation and Desire in Apuleius
11:45 Aaron
val in theaters across D.C. Festival runs
223. For
films and
call 202-724-5613 .
an alternative to Rewill take
on Saturday,
.,....,., in.-. .... the
to
New Carrollton Metro at a time to be
BWI shuttles will be
on Fri15 and Saturday May 16 at times
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Understanding the Mythical Nature of the
Wilderness and its Role in Isaac
McCaslin's Repudiation
The
3:45 Carrie Kiiioran
The Role of God in Man's Afflictions:
Inquiry into Suffering, Divine Justice,
and God's Providence in The Book of Job
Buchenauer/Langston/May
5:00 Sarah Ludwig
lnstrumentalism and the Development
Independent Thought
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�down such an
s s
G
R
c
D F
E
at the
W
Officer
ADM Gustavo 'Alpha Bravo" Hernandez
were the reasons of-
" Who offered them as reasons? I was
y
comrnaitullnf!
as the S.C.I.
said that
and heard not one person
utter the words "this is the reason
I.
the S.C.I." All the members did was
The Student Committee on Instruction
will never hold you to an
standard,
as~~ q11estions.
You grcmi:>ed
(S.C.I.) recently published a letter in the
w~~at>OlllS
Officer
CDR Ben "Web Slinger" Speakmon
The Plebe
ENS Angela Schulze, Royal Navy
equal footing, or anything else equal with
Gadfly that questioned the
any other club. We hold you to a much
took away their punctucitH)n,
italic font on, and called them "reasons."
Council's decision to vote against the S.C.I.
higher standard. We expect a lot from you
Come on, everyone knows what the real
budget request of $500. This letter was
and have been disappointed year after year
reason was for
aimed at clearing up the "purpose" of the
as you fall short of our expectations. If you
S.C.I.. However, the D.C. understands the
Executive Officer
CPT Anne 'Alpha X-Ray" Needham
are asking us to lower the standard we have
of you, think again! The D. C. will just find
even hinted at it in your essay.
have suggested, and tried to get
"purpose" of the S.C.I. very well. Many of
us remember what the S. C .I. used to be like.
And now we want to take this opportunity
to tell you, the S.C.I.,
you lost.
Able Sea-Kuvm
Abigail Gibbs, Ret.
Megan Graff
First of
to be in the mainstream of the
Founded in 1980, the Gadfly is the student
distributed free to over 600 stuand staff of the Annapolis
u.uv>.:• '-""'-''u., members
of the Board of Visitors and Governors,
and the offices at the St. John's Santa Fe
campus.
are the
sole
of the author(s). The
Gadfly reserves the right to accept, reject,
and edit submissions in any way necessary
most professional, informative, and thought-provoking newspaper
which circumstances at St. John's permit.
Yearly subscriptions are available for
$30.00. Tax-deductible contributions are
Please make checks
greatly
payable to the Gadfly. For display advertisement prices and information, call 410-2632371, x2212.
Deadline: Friday at 5:30 pm unless permission for a delay is granted in advance. Submissions will be accepted as long as
are
written, but
copies or
diskettes are greatly preferred.
2
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another part of
" But Mr.
"the Dean's office didn't even respect our dates
can you expect us to respect your $500 request?
change
or that you even desired to
change your
re-
gardless of the
by members of the D.C., you lost. Now, the
crisis. Let us make sure that the decision
made is well-informed and wise.
solution is reached.
Lest those of us who are isolated from
We can do this
first ensmnng
a newspaper. Listen to the radio. If these
watch TV as a
intellect to a m<JC1.1err1-aav
conscience. We read in the sv1nv1os111.tm
Socrates'
the battle of Dellum,
obedience to his
1
and increasing sentiment that the S.C.I. is
an effect on very few
The case was
never made that you were
and its allies will enter into a state of war
with
unless a last-minute dlt>lomattlc
At
are
moment, all of us still have an op~~.~,...,,~.;,..,, to influence the outcome of this
~'-"JA"-'-""' at the available evidence,
your absence with a bunch
alcoholic, 101u,.-na:tre,a. r:r·ee-10 111n2: commu-
"out to lunch" are compelling reasons to
not vote for your $500 request. You don't
deserve that much money because
that sometime
our
Break the United States
defense of the nation's interests.
'98 (author)
never given the respect
deserved. Decreasing attendance, lack of enth1usiiasm,
to ensure that the laws
ing months. It seems
There is a coordi-
As one of your co-chairs even said;
left by Reality '96. Even though
'97
separated themselves from the failures of
laws of our country, and sec-
may affect us all in the com-
those of us who
Com-
the Delegate Council has
Reality '96, their budget requests were still
Letters of 200 words or less have a better
chance of being
than those
Letters submitted will be edited
for grammar, punctuation, and spelling
in most cases. The Gadfly is not obligated
to publish all submissions and will not
print anonymous submissions except under
circumstances.
down the S.C.I.; you
new members to take over the helm until,
at last, we have an S.C.I. that is considered
never rewarded failure. Just ask members
of Reality '97, who had to
presents arms for Francis
"Star-Spangled Banner."
discussion has been to remind
voted
l-iVoP11CTOt'1>P
knOWS Of this,..~'"'" ..""""'''"" And
he
but
a war
support. Likewise, we
read in the
of his refusal to break
the laws of Athens in the trial of the generals after the battle of Argirmsae.
the D.C. is the ba1:tle:griau1lld,
ue:x:ariae~r, open your eyes. The ad.min-
never be another
Weekend.
was another installment of
istration gets a check once a month from
Zurich.
you
exclusive re-
stead there will be a
So go
mistake questions
reasons, and don't understand the
the "Pat Derek on the Shoulder" series of
did the Presi-
essential difference between a line of quesand a quest10r:1er
letter is addressed to Mr. Alexander:]
Your letter
17] concerning the
S.C.I.
respects. The most
ditticultyyou had in this latest essay
to do after you lose is not to remind us of
vo1Lu· in1s1s1o•n or
" The
to do
was your
after you lose is to figure out how to win.
tween a question and a reason. This is un-
If that means
request,
or telling us that you are committed to tryto make the S.C.L into
like
it formally was, then do it. Don't write a
letter to the entire school telling us about
your "purpose."
The other attack that was made in your
letter, and followed up with vehemence in
the following D.C. meetin.g, was that you
want to 'be on equal footing" with all the
other dubs on campus. This includes the
D.J.
as you cited in your letter. First
I am
sure, though not comcertain, that the
Club would like
no1th11llg:1to do with the S.C.I .. Secondly, we
derstandable because of where you go to
FEBRUARY 24, 1998
school. But
and listen.
to see the difference be-
for a minute, drop the act
Come on, Mr.
accept
are numbered. Our bribes have
were questions which members of the D.C.
asked the S.C.I. at the initial budget discussion meeting. Your mistake is to equate
these two. If someone asks, as indeed they
did ask, "Why should the D.C. pay for copies of a study group reading?" and then that
beer and a warm embrace!
Soon St.
Great Beer School. Freshmen year will be
dedicated ton~•~,-,,,...,,...
Mediterranean
year
will be known as "The Great Shift from LaStout
" Books will
ret:>lac:ea with Beer, and all will be for-
person votes against the S.C.I., it does not
mean that this is the "reason" why they
voted it down. Not for so shallow a reason
Members
We hate to
think twice
but we had to
letter,
because it is anonymous, but al.so because it says
some not-so-nice
about Mr. Alexander-
which
in a newspaper. But we are
gotten. Even your former comrade in
Mr. tsona:nn•on,
as that would any member of the D.C. vote
IAr>lr11nl'YTAr
to greet our communist cousins, with a cold
reached all the way
All three of the "reasons" you listed for
why the D.C. voted down the S.C.I. request
don't come
after
And it is true there
UPS Service
Keys Made
Photo Copies
Passport Photos
Boxes
Packing Supplies
Mai! Forwarding
Mailbox Rentals
Rubber Stamps
Western Union
Fax Service 410-268-7265
r1Jtt1r·1p11t1''
convinced that the humorous intentions
Conspiracy will
to all, so enjoy. -Ed.
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FEBRUARY 24, 1998
3
�who was in the class of 1954, about
it, and he
lation was at an all-time low, nrr)hO!hlv
The
lJVllliL<=U \JU.L
Photos
'99
The main attraction at the lowstakes tables was tutor Carl
who dealt blackjack for five straight
hours without even thinking to take
a break. It wasn'tjust his 1m1oec~cao1e
sense of style that got attention; he
quickly acquired a
as a
"hot" dealer. Word has it that he is
quitting his tutor job and
to
Vegas. Other tutor dealers at the
Lola's blackjack tables included the
likes of George Russell, Michael
O' Donovan-Anderson, and Michael
Grenke.
in recent weeks. I shall soon take up my pen
in that pursuit, but for now, I'm incited to a dissertation upon the
of
the college yearbook.
me? Because the Alumni Office is
the fount from which the yearbook
more or less. The anonymous orange sheet
, .."'''i-.~,rr ,,,,...,, to shell out to reserve your copy
came from the Alumni
and I was the
until 1982. Zilch. Nada. In fact, boys and
the students of those days were mighty
not to have a yearbook or a school
ring. They were
that the bookstore
didn't have any T-shirts that said "St. John's
on them. They were
that
there was no inLerL.u11e.i;1.au::
There seemed an earnest attempt to
record the whole of
down to
pn.ot10E:rat)ns of every
and the
book was generally around three quarters
of an inch thick.
In 1939 all that came to an end.
book that year was a little pa1Jeroac:K
suffused with excitement about the new
order. It was called "The St. John's
YP,;irhr)n 1c " and continued in that
The gambling
smiled on the scene that Reality
together for the enjoyment of students and non-students alike.
Assistant Dean Abe Schoener
watched mesmerized as his money vanished; Walter
'Jr. (top middle)
supplemented his
pay
until 5 am; and Greenwave good guy
Januszewski (top right)
generously (and
to the house after he was through playing.
FEBRUARY 24, 1998
is as
the
come outuntil 1986, and it was an even more slender
dent Activities and the Assistant Dean.
Santa Fe campus,
Santa Fe out of this
not
folk out
haven't
quizze:d the above flock of alumni about
their sentiments
this issue, but
would expect from any of them the moral
ecn11v:~let1t of, "We didn't need no stink.in'
On the one
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'-'V'U'-.1<-'-·"
last three
and the name was cn:m~~ea
to "Cicerone," as a result of I know not what
of
And "Cicerone" it was, for
whole years,
in 1991, the name "The Canvas" was ap-
founded (as far as we
when the College had a ae1:1aeruy n~111t,;,T-v
evokes the
4
'-~'~'-~• '"''ui-'''"Y "St.
was a nice, slender, harda
cover volume. It seems the campus
low critical mass for yearbook generation.)
And then there was no yearbook from 1954
book seem to have
a year(I asked Mr.
it's a
not to have
are more our cup of tea in this soundbitten
age, whatever our continued devotion
rhetoric in the classroom. Our seniors are
more knowable than their fore.,....,..,.,,..,.,,.,,. was
off the campus, and I cherish our legacy as
the Ones Who Wouldn't Do
Like
That.
So what ha1DP~~ned. in 1982? The modem-day yearbook was the brainchild of
Blume, the former Director of
Alumni Activities, who divined that: a) the
disdain for conventional school stuff had
somehow
(it was around
for
devote a page to each senior, with a formal
a list of
ties he parw:1patea
would answer to, and a
paraor two
all. But now each senior faces the blank quarter page and asks
him- or herself how to say "I Am" to the
to intimidate those se-
ex<1m101e. that the bookstore finally
Alumni Chat continued on page: 16
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FEBRUARY 24. 1998
5
�tions from these
have a few Bookstore-related announcements to make. First of
'
will be at the discre-
tion of the Bookstore manager.
minated into a vision on which our education is based.
apologies to
The Don Giovanni
CD will not be available at the Bookstore in
time for seminar. Our record distributor was
• Stamps cannot be
with a
credit card. We
stamps from the post
the time Scott Buchanan left Amherst
in 1917, he had what we
call the ga-
office at face value, and sell them to the
cornrrmncitv at face value.
mete of the New
in his head. Before "Great Books" ever became a
out of stock and has not been able to fill
use your credit card, we pay a service
huzv~ord.A11ex<1ncter1vH~""'-·'c:1,J1u1.the
..:>c:•~v,llu,
willing to send troops in and finish this job,
citizens of the necessity of
American attacks on
the President and
.'.)ei:retary of State embarked on a tour of
three states,
at several colleges to
comment on the situation in the Gulf
Ohio State
the first
stop. Instead of a pat:rio•tic
aucner:tce. the Ohio State stu.<le:nts pn~se1tlted
a cold and hostile
to the President
and
of State. Outside the auditorium where the
was held, demonstrators could be heard and it seemed that supporters of the Clinton Administrations
were few in number. The Pn~s1clent.
cautious not to admit that the event verged
a
claimed
serious demonstrators were a "slim m1mc1ritY
Several
President Clinton's avoidance of the draft
arose as the
upset member of the aurue:neie.
or are we going to do a half-assed job?" Secretary of Defense William Cohen responded by semi-ambiguously saying
"What we are seeking to do is not to topple
Saddam Hussein but to do what the United
Nations has said in its declarations."
Noting the chaotic nature of the Ohio
State event, the administrations of the other
two schools to be visited, Tennessee State
University and University of South Carotook actions to control the student
bodies. Students not invited to the meeting were
as far away from the event as
possible and security guards swept the halls
for "potentially disruptive students," induddemonstrators of all sorts. The careful
orchestration of the Tennessee State visit
ensured that the President and
of
State found a
ence. South Carolina University took similar measures and the President was greeted
another
and safe audience.
ts a e
vehicle
eQ1LliP•oed with a conventional rocket in the
airliner would tow Kelly's vehicle off of the runway like an oversize
nstrc>llr1er retJreseints one of a numde~;igy1ed
and funded space
developed as commerviable alternatives to government
space agencies. Kelly's
represents
and untried design; instead of reon conventional rockets or even a
space shuttle-like design, the Astroliner is a
sort of
The spatce·o1ane
6
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and then at about 25, 000 feet the
space plane would detach from the jet and
use the rocket to
itself into space.
The Astroliner could launch payloads for
about $2,000 per pound, considerably
chj:'.at,er than any existing launch vehicle.
Motorola has
expressed interest in
the
and has a contract to launch ten
satellites when
completes his vehicle.
FEBRUARY 24, 1998
there seems to be some confusion among the student ooaY-t~soectaHv
Se111ors--r1egc:trding the difference between a bookstore and a
so rd like
to clarify. A
is a place from which a
from its collection
charge, which in the case of stamps, means
we' re paying more for the stamps than you
are, which makes no sense. So do vo1LlrseU
for class discussion.
that
Socratic HH-Luuu. became
" stated Buchanan.
a favor. If you
stamps,
cash.
If you have any questions about these
them, you will soon
in the
and we
of books. Most of the St.
commuhas taken notice that we have one here
campus, and use it.
Similar to a
to discuss them with you.
Now, if you remember the last installof the story of the New 1:-'r<)gr·an-i,
tell the~ ditte1ren1ce.
and newness of books at a
tags,
bookstore. Books at a bookstore are purnot borrowed.
Now; Robin and I are nice guys. We like
,,,,,,•.,...,i-. ..... r1 .. , and we like to
the
where Afe~xa1lldf~r 1v.1c.uu.o:.11vuu
and Scott Buchanan was a student.
Now, as soon as Scott Buchanan comes
scene, the story gets very ~~ ....; ..
because he was such an interman, but also because there are so
many undefinable and untraceable threads
that must have gone into his mind before
the New
as we know it came
for returns, which are as follows:
" There are no cash ret:urns.~:mJlv
I say Buchanan had a
sion because
become a
about. What present to you here are the
threads I have found most rntere:st11ng.
1 mn~.- .. ~.,,.. .. m~~redH~nt in the
remember
Erskine
arrtah:?:arna1tio:n." In other
Scott Buchanan es5;en.tia.11 took
ideas that were separate and made them
"All program books that are in
resaleable (new) condition may be returned
for full credit within 7 days, or before the
seminar on that
whichever comes
the books will be considrefund will be
in Bookstore credit.
" Manuals in new condition may be returned for Bookstore credit within the first
seven days of purchase, or before the end
of its use in class, whichever is first, in both
cases with a
After these
we
be unable to issue credit for manuals.
" Anything not covered
or devia-
one; but he was not alone in
Mortimer
Robert
program at Co•lmnb>ia.
Amherst for a short
chard McKean were all involved in
McKeon
and run with the torch at Columbia where
Erskine
was
to fruition a Great Books program of
their own, and
the outcomes may
have been different and
four
years after Buchanan left as a Rhodes Scholar
to
at Balliol
in 1919.
Richard
this.
and Ri-
in popu-
his time between Columbia and
An1h1erst. and after serious
from
they all played off of one another and
contributed directly and
to each
other's ideas.
the Columbia
What
me most, and what I
hope to illustrate, are the chance mt~etrn~!S
and
and fortunate coincidences of
volvement in the Great Books program.
Mortimer Adler and Richard McKeon rewith new
newed the
had decreased his in-
thcm~~ht
on education that
some
chance
lots of work, of course), cul-
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continued on page 16
FEBRUARY 24. 1998
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Lunch.
handful of
incredible
standing at
attention is
have never seen
before and is made all the more impressive
the midst of them.
The United States Naval Academy is a pretty
1mposmg place. Everything
is ona
scale. Bancroft Hall is the largthe world. You can't
but
see the
copper dome of the Acad.1ern.y
when you look around the skyline
the deceased,
POWs and MIAs as
well as Children of Medal of Honor winners, can apply via the USNA Superintendent. The third step for gaining admittance
is qualifying scholastically. From the material I have seen there appear to be no con·'-'-~~'-H•C.'-"J"~ about what one has to do
to
but
do speak
The admissions process is long, complicated, and strenuous. When I asked a couple
of Mids about how they thought the system worked, I got answers that were very
different. Midshipman Second Class James
Coleman said, "I believe the admissions process works as well as one could. There are
some
I disagree with, but they are
who are dedicated to a career of naval service and have
for
ment in mind and character to assume the
us
a clue
over there aside from
to find out what re-
wanted to see
for a Mid and find out what
NAVAL ACADEMY CATALOG, 1995-96
Your tax dollars at work: A focused
hibit in the Naval
physics
about the need to indicate the
to do
work. The fourth step in ad-
co11e5:re-11ev.p1
every aoohca11t
must pass several rec~mre1nents before gainan
A candidate must be a
citizen of the United States, at least 17
no older than 23. The candidate must obtain a nomination from either their U.S.
senators, U.S.
the Pn:sic1entt,
or the Vice President. ><Puno:>r
and Reserve candidates can apuu. v'"''""" their com1namcung
Naval and
can
instructors. Children of
8
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and health should have little
pass-
The fifth step in
com-
PAE. This is important
in assessing the candidates ability to function well
(Freshman) summer.
The final step in
Mid is to be aP1Jo1ntc~d.
emy after
evaluated.
FEB
RY 24. 1998
•rl"·""'""'.,,..,........
studies an intricate laser exThe Academy offers eighteen
science and leadership.
of this institution. For example, each Congressman is
allowed a certain number
of 'spots' at each academy. So if it just so
happens that the year you apply, your district has no openings, your chances are seriaa1nage1a. On a positive note, the degree of screening is beneficial. The character screening process, though ambiguous,
gets rid of a lot of people who really don't
give a damn and come across that way during the interview ... it makes one step toward
creating an environment where peer pressure pushes in the direction of excellence
instead of sloth." Another Mid I spoke to
said, "I think that the theory of the admis-
sions process is excellent and in many cases
works well. However, I cannot understand
so many people have so much academic difficulty here when it
is not
that difficult. Also, I cannot understand why
the Academy recruits so strongly. I believe
that sports and competition are a great
however, our mission does not encompass creating Division I collegiate teams
and these teams are not essential to the de·
velopment of a naval officer.. .it is evident
that many people come here to play sports."
When asked why he came to the USNA,
Coleman responded, "My personal reasons
cal training and are educated in naval etiquette and history so that they ar·e able to
what it's like on the
side.
My alarm goes off at 6:30 am and as
get up I
"Crew doesn't start for another three weeks. What am
up so
become fully functioning and capable members of the Brigade of
and are
as a
I get
ahead and
head over to the Naval
at 7:20. I
arrive at Gate 3 and ask the Marine
which way to the Public Affairs
tells me
is around
fice. He
the corner to my
and to use the side
entrance. I thank him and head over to
building. I find the office
to find six
there. I am ten minutes
whole.
After one becomes a member of the Brigade and the year begins, life doesn't get any
easier for the Plebes. Plebe year is by far the
hardest year to make it through. A typical
day begins at 5:30 in the
when
Mids can get up for optional personal training; all Mids must be out of bed by 6:30.
The day is filled with classes, formations,
for coming to the USNA are twofold. First
and foremost, I wanted to become an oceanograt)he~r. Second, a great deal of my decision to come here concerned character develop1ment. This was something that would
Most of the things that occur
here are
out of line with what I
so I knew it would be quite a broadening
exi,er1er1ce." Midn. 2 / C Deryk Petersen's response to the
was somewhat different. "I believe that somewhere within
everyone here ... there is a sense of
wa.nt11n2 to serve something beyond and
than the self."
Plebes face a very daunting challenge
when they first arrive at the USNA. This
ch1:tll<:!n12~e is Plebe Summer. It is a o-n1f'i1inPsix-week ordeal whose
is, as Petersen
put it, " ... twofold: the first mission is to
train civilians into military personnel, which
includes knowing how to wear a
iea.rrnmg about
Acad1ernv l~!annmtg disd-
meals, athletics, drills and study time. Plebes
must have lights out at 11 :00 and upperclassmen must have lights out at midnight. Tradition is very
in the life of a Mid
and the Academy. When I asked about
Peterson said, "Tradition is essential at the
Naval
as in any other institution that trains young men and women to
be selfless warriors and crusaders. The fact
that I march on the
wearsame uniform, chopping around the
same
giving chow-calls at the same
spots, and understanding everything that
ha·op1ens here
the same as
Smith
from the class of 1898 creates an incredible
These traditions are what
sense of
makes the nLau<cu.1 y
different from any
other school in the country or world."
Coleman had a view much the same. "Tradition is
of the USNA exi:>er:tence,
in a real discrete fashion. The basis
of this tradition concept is the ongoing re-
pose is to place these young
under
intense physical and mental strain for six
weeks in order to test their worth and allow for a great sense of accomplishment and
in the institution. It gave me a great
sense of accomplishment and belonging to
ideal." Another Mid
"Plebe
for you and your country tomorrow. Not
die, but die with all the honor and virtue which accompanies such an ultimate
sacrifice. It's the knowledge that thousands
of graduates from this institution have faced
just such a sacrifice that the sense of tradition is steeped in. This puts a lot into the
summer is designed to give a new perspective on teamwork. It is designed to show the
individual their own capabilities and
limitations ... you surprise yourself as to
how much you can make it through, but
more importantly you learn the hard way
that there is no way you can make it through
in its entirety without a high degree of
teamwork." Plebes are put through physi-
subconscious."
The Academy is a polar opposite to the
Great Books Program, or so it seems to all
of us here. The Academy has majors, electives, lecture-style classes, and professors,
not tutors. For this reason I was, as I said
before, interested in finding out what really
goes on there, so I arranged to spend a day
at the Academy in order to get a glimpse of
Doint:mi:nt so I sit down to start to re-read
for the first class I
to attend. I was told to read
51 of
Moby-Dick for 1l1111frv•-u<L11: "seminar." When
cu'-'"""'·uc, "This'll be internar?"
sion) a woman enters
office and comes
up to me and says, "You
be Andrew.
I'm Elizabeth. Nice
"Elizabeth
is a staff member of the P.A. Office who
deals with the media and she
be
me to the first class I will be ,-,r..,,,.,-uincr
tells me that I
be atten.dinte:
Midn.
Petersen, a
from
school whom I still see every so
often, for the first
head over to
the classroom and as we enter the ouuamg
I see
He comes over and
of us head to the class. enter the room and
am
to find
a
bow on the
comfortable
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and armrests.
the chairs lacked the one element of our
wicker chairs that I
love, the "foot
thing," as my roommate
it.
me to
I ask him if I should sit at the side of the
room, but he tells me that should feel free
to sit at the table and that my parbcip•atlon
would be welcome. 1 am
surby this and the friendliness of the
Mids in the class as
trickle into class
and give me
looks and a
of smiles. The class format has
similar to the format we use here, but is differ-
FEBRUARY 24. 1998
9
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meet my next escort. It is an elevated ter-
other members of the class if
race from which I can survey most of the
swer the
except it's
tions are answered the professor divides us
and
up into two groups and asks each group to
can anAfter most of the ques-
ent in other aspects. The class
Yard (essentially the USNA
Micln. l / C S.M. Massie pre:ser1ti11t_g 'VH<L~, ... ._L
about the size of our entire
51 to the 13 other Mids in the class and the
mten~sting pn~se:ntaction
also see the Severn River. The view is unbelievable. The Yard is filled with ,..,. ... r"... ~"'n
to the class.
of the material based on a symbolic and po-
close to 1,000 Mids all in the midst of get-
and the Commander tells me that I am to
etic analysis. In addition to usingMoby-Dick
ting to their next class. I look out onto the
be the group
Midn. Massie uses two other sources, one
sh<)Wlllll! artist's mt:e:rpn~tat101ns
Severn and see two Yard Patrol Boats churn-
that we only get to discussing question two
a course out to the
and as I watch
they both come around hard to port
because the guys in my group, Coleman,
in Mo by-Dick and the other explaining terms
used in Melville's novel. In addition to pre-
and make 180 degree turns and then nestle
would actually be able to answer the ques-
one chapter, each of the Mids in the
class is required to present another book in
up against the seawall, both in unison. As I
tion
a pro.
its
It is an
consider one
and then present it
group has
three
It is really too bad
Smiley, and Cox, had prepped me so that I
made its most serious attempt to take over the St. John's
campus. Their
va•••I-'"'"'' tear down all the buildings, fill in College Creek, and build dormitories and playing fields for the MldlSl1110mEm
U.S. Congress, and the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs held hearings to decide on the
of
that there were other ways for
to expand. Perhaps the most eloquent piece of
one of the returning veterans.
text, and the following, is taken from ':4 c.;onrioJe!te
at St. John's College in Annapolis,
A.
and use the acronyms like
Will all of you observe that I am not only
enced by Moby-Dick or Melville. There are
small differences that I notice right away Ev-
After class ends, we head over the next
class I am to
vilian. He informs me that the next class we
Marine b11tg1neenng
eryone has a standard edition of the text.
will be
a veteran of the war in Europe but that, in
addition, I am a student at St. John's Colin Anlllapolis, Maryland?
This :request is made since, at a previous
.. ......,.,_~_,_!"., there was apparently some doubt
as to whether or not I or anyone like me
ever existed. Last year I could have under-
this and this alone.
lot in it. Made many friends in it.
Midn. z/ C
Coleman, a Mid who often attends our waltzes in disguise as a ci-
which influenced or was influ-
Most
address each other by first
names, there is a dock on the
and the
a mixture of first
class
ond
and sec-
class Mids. As the class con-
ch;aW~n~:?;es
to notice that there are few
to what
are
the
of the discussion is very
that I didn't expect from
ex1)ec:tmtg the Mids to have
am writing this
arrives:
to take the seat next to his at the row of
tables
tables are set out
and the professor enters accompanied by another officer. The
is a
a very
and confrontational conversation because of how we
Lieutenant and the man ae<:ornp;an1vmg is a
Commander. I _____ .-----ex1olams that the nri-..tP<OCr..r
Mids: cocky and self-assured. There are
this comes into
the con-
ends about mld'Jl.rav '-•U.V\.!,~H
and the Commander will be
the derivation of an ecrua1:10111,
bine engine's efficiency, so1netn1ng
with a little here at __ ._, ____ _
First, my existence is doubted. Now I'm
SUl)PC)sed to be overjoyed at the prospect of
all institutions, ae.Ub1eraLteJlV sets for itself the
task of
a free
anew home.
society such as ours.
of view. At that time my
Are veterans the only people in this
whole wide world who know .., .....,t-~,,,..,,.,.
about a home? More than ,,..,.",..''""(T else-
It is for such institutions that men do go
to war. It is
of such institutions that men make war.
great deal of doubt.
To
it now is carrying the
see Mauldin and Ernie
have wanted to come home.
None of us went off to war
too far.
Should anyone, who can't see me today,
or my friends who are returning with each
so:r
the
he fields questions from some of the students as to
he has done certain
new
step
or in more
At one
in the class look down at my watch and it
to St. John's College is still short of some
m~1£11ca1 number, let him be reminded that
in a State such as ours we pride ourselves
more in the
of a rule
the
m.,, ........... hr than in :recognition of the
"You all suffer from Midslupmf~n
'What think is
what
He then goes on to stress the fact that
should
their beliefs and their certhat answers exist.
When we leave
had derived du:r-
and head over the
Office where we are
to
is
stop before we go to lunch. There we meet
takes me to see
Zoe, and we all head
an intern for the
should any such person want to
that I don't exist or that my addition
of the minority; that, moreover, it is not our
custom to judge of the merits or demerits
of a cause by counting the hands raised in
support or opposition of that cause. To be
very
God
a city for the sake
a
good man.
I have heard it said that St.
that we
return and find the
where we had begun to learn about a free
society was
moved out from under
us. A soldier in Europe puts it this way:
"There are many things that absence
teaches us about our country-not all of
them admirable-but the 11-nnnrt"~•nt"
is that our lives are
and around
and life stays pretty much at a standstill
upro<)tea from its perma-
so
Those of us who are returimng to St.
one another. These twins guarantee the
College know this
well. Our
lives have been uoroc)te,ct. We've been cool-
one, the
our heels, so to speak, since the war be-
us the
fered what is imagined to be just compen-
fortable. We'd like to warm ourselves at the
use
them.
home fire. We'd like to reestablish our roots.
and to
Deryk's table. You enter the hall by going
prospect of being able to establish a new
We most certainly do not desire to do this
in a foreign soil, amongst foreign surround-
forms, civilian clothes, North Face jackets,
down a staircase that comes out at the head
shoes including Nikes, Tevas, Dr. Martens,
of a T. As I walked down the stairs I saw an
campus; overjoyed at the prospect of being
able to erect new and more elegant build-
ings.
It's a
events as they transpired: Force AAWC re-
from
a.n inbound F-14 (IR 655,
and necklaces to Rolexes.
about fives times the size of Cafe Randall. I
:raise questions
in earnest, Mids
had on the :reading and
the two instructors answer them or ask
FEBRUARY 24. 1998
timent last
as
as it takes me to get
the college shows us how to use
In war we are sometimes forced to suscertain
pend, but we do not
kind of home, too. It's the
home in which we became men and put
resume
away childish things. This is its purpose: to
And our twins are our guarantee that
make men out of children by means of the
will be resumed.
Overjoyed? I was annoyed when I
arts and sciences. And while a college is not
couldn't get my old room back. When I
old classroom, I wish I could be
the only place in which we may become
men, it is the only institution whose end is
There can be no .. ~···~···~· nece:mt-:v
threatens the very foundations of the state
immense hall appear before me, maybe
"Wow! This place is huge!" This sen-
most of the store
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str1en~~m to accept them
well. The state ........ n-.. ,,.,"
point already to make us very uncom-
said that we should be overjoyed at the
10
us, and
gan. Our heels are near enough to the freez-
forward
sation for its halls and campus. I have heard
After
some property. This is the ques·c10n of the
twin brothers who cannot live without
departs and
heads over to play tennis and I make my way
over to the
where I am
to
in
soil? Can anyone,
antee that it will not die?
This is more
a mere ques·no'n of
Col-
which I am
store. I am amazed by what a Mid could
plies, and jewelry, including
the firmer its foundations.
and who can
to. I have been told that the USNA dining
tennis rackets, stereos, computers, uni-
in a
if its halls are ancient and its tradibe a better
learn. This we
has been offered and may again be of-
over to
tion of
sporting goods
store, electronics store, mini-mart,
CDs, books, scuba gear, food, school sup-
And if such a
hall serves fantastic food. When we arrive
the Mid Store. It is an incredible combina-
which pursues the arts
is this: That it, and it alone of
of
stood this
would be
out of bed about
now. Class ends with the group
a
back to a more pn)d11ct1ve
The significance of a liberal arts
that is, of a
have returned to college if it had moved.
is 11 :04. I realized that on any other Thursence
One veteran told me that he wouldn't
continued existence was certainly open to
is Naval Le:aai:~rstup.
When we arrive at the class he tells me
a blackboard and a
Someone on the other side of the U says some-- ... c.ni-..,,., •.,._attend Naval Leader-
studying there. Why"? Because I learned a
Gentlemen, can these words be those of
any serious men?
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itself.
FEBRUARY 24.
998
11
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•
Michael Jordan is the
warrior. Day in and
The
season of basketball is comand with this We:dnesdlay·
would follow them until the final minutes
of the game. The final ....,,,.,,.1-.. r u r ' " ' -ur::it.c-h~·rl
game between the Druids and the
Greenwaves, there are two
out-
with bated breath
both
as every basket seemed to
doom or salva-
comes for the season. If the Druids take the
then the Waves will finish in second
and the Guardians take the cn11mmIf the Green,
win their final season game, there will be a cn;a.rn:pH)ngame between the Guardians and the
Waves.
to the
season, so
matter where you stand on
the issue, you
come to this
tion for each team. While the Druids came
alive again to take the
Guarcllar1s, the
Guardians seized the
1 rnnn.ri-~1 ni-
victory
100-96.
Second
ends Hustler season on low note
The
who
all season,
came
one last time to
the Guardians, who have moved
their season
like a steamroller. Both teams showed up
in
but this contest fol-
The Guardians took on the Druids on
their first of two games this
and while the Maroon A
ended up
the
B team was
shown as the
where the games
np·1ncr ,.,.,.,...,..,and lost. The Guardians have
seemed to be a rather inevitable conclusion.
moved the G11ardl<ms
line in the bonus in ,,..,,,,,...,,.,...,,,.;nr1
The Greenwaves, whose only loss came
from the
took charge late Sundetermined to
the season by
one game. While the Spartans fought hard
all season, taking two wins in tough games,
the Waves washed once more on the shores
of the
and put up a trophy
Green took a co1mrna1nd.Jmg
game. While
eight of twelve for the
and Thad l-imJav·so111, ,,,,,r.t"h1>1r nr~U7'"1"
·--·--·--- Haskt~tball, hit sixteen of
twerncv-t1v1:. and established a t-h>r•-...2 ~
around on B, the Greenwaves make it so on
A, when every warm
on the court has
at least one bucket. Another
made the Green lead nineteen, which
the
the
team's str1en1:rrn
the Druid B
but once
defense
of the Guardians. Dan Villiers scored seven
of twelve for the Maroon, while Tim
and Lance Lusk each added six of
their own for the Gold. The Guardians
seven in the
petheir
team took the court to
scored for a total of nineteen to the Hustler
ten. The fourth quarter allowed the
on
game, which
a halt
as the Golden A team took the
ru1·pnru_.THl'P to twelve. With this win, the
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scoring 12 and 13 points respectively. Also
of note were Christoforides, Feliciano and
could have caused serious damage, and I exMichael to be fa.ming. But he wasn't.
the timeout that followed, I asked him
.n..u•v•au,
if
worked against them: Miss
powerful drives, the
of Kopar and
Gibbs in positioning themselves for shots
and rebounds, and the great
of the
Febbie frosh phenom Miss Bell who
scored l O
today. The final score
was feeling frustrated. "No," he
with at shrug, "I know they're going to do that
I'm in there."
-from Sacred Hoops,
tournament,
supreme in the
men's A team division, Mr. Villiers won the
B team division, and Miss Gibbs won
the women's part of the tourney.
Don't forget that the final basketball
tournament will be held this Wc::C111es;aa.y
afternoon: the three on three. Sign up in
the gym.
This in from special Tuesday afternoon
women's sports correspondent Ms.
the redoubtable
for the season will rea tie-breaker should the Green be
FEB
RY 24. 1998
who were great on defense. The
Maenads could have torn the victory from
the
of the Amazons, but these factors
was 31-27."
More on the fine Miss Bell: for her
great series of games of
Miss Bell is
named Athlete of the Week.
The Hustlers
tournament this past weekend. Kudos to the folRedmen in their victory: Mssrs.
Travis,
Schoener, Holbrook, Goree,
Larson and ... First one to me with the name
of the fine Hustler
player who I
Pizza
basketball games get closer and more intense. What it about these games
almost every
a ua.u-•Yn•.u><
overtime?
sire to win, a co1mi:,et1.t1ven1ess
in intramural sports.
became a battlefield with
combat with the Furies .
both teams desoieralteJlv
on the board but
m;1klng the score 9-9.
that showed
It was the second
Miss Van Luchene to be one of the best
women's basketball
Her outside shots
passes are
and her drives c111uu..-u
defense to the board show confidence and
an
desire to
Luchene scored 18
half. Also "'-'-''LUA."'
was Miss
double overtime, 41-35."
The Guardians v 1.-lU"''"-'-'--'
Furies
on me.
fine sea=
is named Athlete of the
strong on passing and
12
De1tw;ee11.. aJllo>v1nJ:r time to move
inexorable course. Santos
and Eric
from both the academic year and the grey
winter? The Handball season will resume,
but this time in the green fields of back cam-
comeback with nineteen of twenty-seven
Even
the Blue bested the
Waves by eleven in the final quarter, a
lead is hard to
and
the Waves took the win 81-69.
pus. Will the Druids put a rubber stamp on
the season, or is there a
in our
midst? For those whose appetites have only
been whetted for basketball, there will be
some more tournaments, comprised of
selected teams after the break. Crew
Season also moves outdoors again, so if you
find that you hear the water calling you,
onng11ng to mind the days when you were
once a micro-organism, floating in the seas
of organic soup, wondering what
land
would be like, set your alarm for 5:50 am
Guardians took first
and concluded
season at seven wins and one
lead that
12
line on his way to the basket and
si.amnieu to the floor. It was a malicious hit that
So, you want to know what our illustri-
fourteen at the half.
turned
up the heat on the offense for the M<i.er1aa.s,
Knutson:
"What a dose, exciting game! The first
half left the Amazons up 16-8. While both
teams played great Dee, the Amazons were
co1l1siste:ncv on B. In almost every game,
"'u''"'""''ui::. collective team effort.
Five Maroon
scored five or more
Ben Closs was
his team
uutanllans. it was
Swann and Curtis Wilkerson who
combined for their team's entire m1.rt\r-one
At the
the Druids po.ssessea
one-n1on1r lead.
Misses Scroggs and
Once he was upended by Detroit's front
their lead. In the end the
the Guardians seven
as the Hustlers fell behind in the initial quarter
four. The Curtis
Swann combination was as potent as ever,
these two
twenty-one of
rwenicv-·nvie. ,..,. . ,.....,""'"'to extend the lead to
out,. he
has endured more punishment than any other
but he rarely shows any sign
Maenad rebounds. The formula for success
yet effective-more shots taken
scored. In the second
ous athletics
has planned for
your bodies and souls after a delightful break
and return to nature.
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998
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�Final
Break Santa Fe Waltz
Exam
held in the
Seminar, various
seminars.
Sageng has informed me that the final
unspent money would be
returned to the D.C. at the end of the term,
Ms.
Messrs. Pomarole arn1.Kobc~rt~;on
and co-chairs Ms. Lutz and Mr. Sothern.
Kafka seminar was postror· 1o:>ev1u11le the
to lead one discussion on
all of the stories in this series; attendance
nrl'•VU)H"S.C.L
Kafka seminars
and all books
the S.C.I. would
become property of the library for future
groups and
use by the comThis would free
groups from
the D. C. from em:er1tan1ine:
their requests, the S.C.I. from
in
debt and both committees from further
worry about S.C.L
This discussion
was followed
a few words on what the
purpose of the S.C.I.
(as pe:rce1ve:d.
If you would like to practice for the examination, please come to the Office of the
!'-ci:;.i.,..........
Waltz Committee is
The St.
to announce
for the first time in our
we are going to cross campuses and
bring the Good News of Swing to our tribe
in the wilds of New Mexico. The party will
be held in Santa Fe on
March 5th
at 10:00 pm or so.
find themselves in the area are more than
welcome to attend!
and pick up an old test.
R. Lewis, Registrar
3:45 Thomas T~u1d:i1ric
\fllr.•.-ir1 1\' Goods and
Waltz Archon
The St. John's Switchboard announces the
Have a great
make a
all to relax and
welcome for both tutors and u..i.a..iv}::,uc:~
system.
Pomarole would like to mention that spurious and
cedence his vote.)
texts
take pre-
S.C.L, you are
welcome to attend and
n,:i·ri-,,·1n2i-,,
in this
Nan Dunn, Switchboard Supervisor
come
on
March 24. Articles are due on March 20.
discussion.
5:00
urn11 •"" 1" " '
:S·otn.em
Karl Marx: Economics and
Flaumenhaft
11
11:45 Sarah Vinson
Reflection on Eliot's Contention
3:45 Alexandra
Scales of Blood: Violence and Justice
in the Oresteia
T
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niors who have not yet ............. uu~~ ... , .. , of
to the bottom of the staircase, when
course.)
This year, Valerie
the yearbook
and I, the yearbook "adviser,"
ize that the
talk about
and go back
the lack of
,,..,.,, ........ t-"'
these days.
table. Someone makes an
announ.cemt~nt
and the
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be as fine
in any case, that we never fall into
ye1:i.rb100,k hiatus
the
of the dark years, but I'm sorry we don't
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Dear Editor:
taken up the discussion of its demise is preSo many of the old traditions
have been swept by the wayside due to incursions upon our campus by the demands
outsiders. Prank may be a relic, but it is
'89. For those readers who were not
Prank to taking place at 9:30 pm or later,
and itself monitors which seminars will be
disturbed. The Seniors are left with a very
small window of possible dates and they
must inform the Administration well in advance of their choice. Offices here being as
as sieves with info of this sort (and
some tutors
bent on destroying the ambiance), Prank ends up being the
cm:nnus· most open secret. So Mr. Verdi's
001ec:no n about
fades away and
to the rambunctiousness of uncontrolled
The loss of a seminar becomes the loss of only 1 I 2 hour for underclassmen and of one seminar for the Seniors.
Neither loss seems extreme to me.
As for the messages we send to the guests
to campus and the
this
two yuppies in suits bearing copies of the prospectus of the company. Stu-
that we "cannot
the very basis of the St.
the belief that the
recap1turied" smacks
I agree
become a
aware that the Administration has restricted
the
based around the
concept of a hostile takeover of St. John's
by corporate raiders. Seminars were inter-
were then taken to FSK
to witness the 'Board Meeting' which included scenes of watering down the read-
.,..,,,.,,,..,1-hr Senior Prank has
former self.
oh-
controversial
the last time the Senior
.,...,,..,.h,""'<
Prank was used for the kind of commentary it was
to
the final
w<1rr1m2" from the Seniors
the
the underclassmen and the
you are of age), smoke (assuming
you are
and relax
you
still have some Prozac
Mr. Verdi's letter seems to imply that the
decline of the Prank tradition is the fault of
students.
well be
censured for a certain "lack of vision" re,..-----,.., their noble purpose in this
it must be admitted that the main contribudownfall of Prank has been the
inc:re;asiJJ.g.numt,er of administrative restricupon it. Much of the mystery
Mr. Verdi laments the fact that the an~A'-•1-'~'U'-'A>
of Prank
that seems more a
seminars, yet
attend-
the institution of Prank. In
ees than
the late 80's we too would an1cic1pa1ce
and any noise outside the classroom would
make our hearts jump like those of 8-yearolds on Christmas Eve, but we would never
have let that interfere with our class
mance. If classes these days are being af'Prank Fever'
need to be reminded of proper class
however, is
res:poins:tb1Jl1ty of the class tutor and not
committee. As far as the sacrifice of a seminar goes, you must be
2
8, 1997
frankly;
us. Time was when we paraded through
their
with togas and torches. Have we
become so desirous of their regard that we
must cater to their whims and moas well scrap the prores?
so, we
gram and become an extension campus of
Anne Arundel cc~m1mu.nity '-•VAA.'-j:;,''"'•
Mr. Verdi's ob1ectlon
ne(:es:;itv of Prank still holds water, however,
the
senior class cannot take it upon itself to return to the former glory of a Prank that
acted as our moral
then Prank might
well be
but until the discussion of
the proper use and meaning of Prank is
Letters continued on page 3
Letters of 200 words or less have a better
chance of being published than those longer.
Letters submitted will be edited for grammar,
punc1:ua.non and spelling in most cases. The
Gadfly is not obligated to publish all submissions,
sions except under special circumstances.
narnic existence. We
not to ridlict1le;
we do not think that Mr. ·Alexander is stuthe
but because
know his
and the
one of the few we have left. I agree it is
rejuvenanon, but if it can
nri<:<:1hlv be saved it must be.
In an
sense, Prank
showed the
our core beliefs too strongly. If we hold them too tightly
suffocate them and be left
joyless corpse.
'90
a
1
never used to be a
we never
cared what
as well as his seminar,
apt)rec1a1te his wit. This
to build the ~~·~~·"~""T
Dear Editor:
out absurdities in our
I wonder at Mr. Tuck's
that this violates
the "safe haven" of seminar.
if
purpose of seminar were to
be1ngchallt~nj2:eaor corrected would
respect to Messrs. Tuck and
their letters in last week's
showed a weakness common
to our
co:mrnu.rulty to warrant discussion: the inat ourselves. This 1autgn.ter
motivates
self-examination. Mr. Verdi fears Senior
because it "mocks all that we
wonder, what else are we to
those
that we do hold dear?
.Pa:rat>nr·asi.ng C.S. Lewis, no one finds us
than our lovers. It is in what
most dear that blemishes are most
is often the
step to cle:anng
idea to
ishes. This should not be a
the
of St.
Cervantes and
Swift mock those
we hold most dear:
books and the intellectual comrnunity.
From
we
(or should
to take ourselves too
And while
it may be difficult to argue that this year's
will be of the caliber of
Senior Prank
Swift or Cervantes, let us not fear some
1a11g!1ter, even at our own expense.
The existence of Overheards in the Gadsince their intent is not to ridicule, but to
amuse. I would be quite surprised if, when
Mr. Alexander
a situation in
which he is a Brazilian wife-beater, he did
not realize the humor of what he was say-
at St.
istence of
derisive laut1rhter,
we must all take great care that this is not
our attitude to our fellows in this commuThis is not,
the nature of the
laulghter we share at Senior Prank or at
Overheards in the
Lura Groen, '98
serious edJltrnna1
Statement on the school and
Education. Let me mix this sweet with that
sour.
son. I
it. The instrument of my self-realization:
the Febbie Class. This sweet,
to such a torrent of gossip anid S<)pJ11s1m
me that I hardly know how to make it up to
them. Moreover, I further realized that
have also been mean to them to
what's more. Take the other
Letters continued on page 7
the
3
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'00
at some good. "
school
students "develop their moral
powers." My understanding, which may be
distorted by too much Aristotle (if there is
such a thing), is that moral development
Carey may be suggesting is that the
has a moral problem if students are not asking themselves what is best. If students are
not asking the same questions out of class
James Carey; Dean of the Santa Fe campus, began his annual Statement of Educational Policy and Program with a passage
from the St.John's charter which states that
St. John's seeks "to develop the moral and
intellectual powers of men." I have chosen
to begin with a passage from a more philosophical work and ask, while reading Mr.
about the
Carey's statement and
way things are at SJC, what is that good at
happens when one has a choice between
right and wrong free of outside compulsion.
Mr. Carey mentions repeatedly that "one
reason that the College does not have a firm
moral center is that it does not have a religious center." He goes on to say that St.
John's College "plainly cannot have a religious center and still be St.John's College,"
because "religious piety and liberal education have ... little to do with each other."
Although he agrees that any sort of
dogma is antithetical to the entire founda-
about themselves that they are asking in
class about Socrates, the magnanimous man
or Orestes, then they are missing what may
be the most important part of the program.
If students come here to develop intellectually but not morally, they are not letting the
books affect the way they live, and, it seems,
they are wasti.r ; their time.
Whose responsibility is it, though, to
foster the moral character of SJC students?
Mr. Carey's suggestion is that "exhortation
to virtue coming from the faculty as a
which the college and her students should
be
Mr. Carey, in his statement,
out
that the
has shown itself to be dedicated to the intellectual
of the
snich:~nts, but there is no consensus on if and
tion of the program and any liberal education, he seems to indicate in his statement
that there must be something which someone can do to assist the moral development
of the students ..
Much discussion ensued when members
whole"
how the college works for the moral development of her students.
Mr. Carey begins by
the extent to and ways which the school does
provide behavioral guidelines.
"One might say, then, that the College
does have a moral center insofar as we are
oooo:)ea to actions that the law of the land
proscribes ... In this way, and in dissu:adin!!
them from
that
have a deleterious effect on their
we
after
them
their moral powers. It is not
Perh:aos it is all we can do."
It is interesting that Mr. Carey states that
these two concerns-preventing what is illegal and harmful to studies-are concerns
with the moral character of the students.
The first is a concern with the law, and Mr.
of the SCI and the D.C. received copies of
Mr. Carey's statement. Three main questions were asked and addressed at an SCI
me:enn12:two weeks ago and at a
of
these groups with the Board of Visitors and
Governors on Friday. First, should a liberal
arts school, especially St.
expect
moral
on the part of the students? Second, what can be done by whom
to aid this
is there a
"Every art and every
ery action and every intention is
suggests that undera~~e ~~u.u~~u is
discouraged not ........ .,........~.,....," b;ee<ms:e
...
as wrong, but "inasmuch as liability is an
issue."
second is a concern with the
intellectual virtues, which do not seem to
be the subject matter of his letter.
It is also interesting that he cites two examples of compulsion on the part of the
school when looking for ways in which the
4
lack of moral development at the College?
The first question gets at the heart of
what I asked at the beginning of this article,
namely: what is the good of a St. John's education? It is said that it will neither get you
a good job nor admission into a good graduate school.
and dialectical skill
are not as marketable as one might hope, I
am told. Perhaps the Books, and the way
to which we are habituated to talk about
them, do something to help us live better.
Neither Plato nor Aristotle lays out excodes for moral behavior, other than
urgings towards moderation, and accepting
any sort of moral code would be contrary
to the entire spirit of the College. However,
Socrates stresses the importance of living
"with an eye to what is best." What Mr.
re1:e1ve!l, not
ago,
Statement of Educational
gram. I .1.v••H~•
timent behind some of
the substance in most of it.
Dean Carey recalls that our
iu
2:0'\lerrurl,e document of the
developm!:'.nt of "the moral and intel-~-~-~.~ of students. He worries that
train students ___ ·-_··--,. 1-ir.·r ~•rh11 ..
he says, the school has "an mtew=cDua1
ter" around the idea that
sible", we have no coml)ar·ao1e
be the way to foster such
One wonders what form this exhortation would take, though. Mr. Carey
did not offer an answer to this, and most
students were at a loss as to how the faculty
could effectively do so.
It is not easy to answer whether or not
there is a lack of moral development at St.
John's, but at Friday's meeting, a majority
of students answered no.
to
the fact that there is minimal vandalism and
general respect for others. Some students
disagreed, and Mr. Carey also cites moral
nr•nhl'PT'l"H when he mentions
drinkand recreational sex, including such
sexual intercourse at
drunken parties." The feeling of many Anstudents is that such problems are
prilm:a.nlly at the Santa Fe campus and
not here.
Mr. Carey ends his statement by propostwo options. The first is that the school
cease making claims, as it does in the charter, to developing the moral character of
students. The second is that the College
"proceed to undertake a sustained and concentrated study" of how the College can
better provide moral guidance. The course
of action which many students at Annapolis seem to propose is to do neither, and look
at the fact that the school already does
to develop moral character.
Copies of Dean Carey's letter ate available from
the Delegate Council or the SCI.
to maintain illusions about the ennoblin2:
effects of liberal education, or to
off
lives of the students as none of their business."
and
I believe Dean
Carey allows himself to exaggerate
them. That never means encourage
for then the mistake becomes evil. I can also
see others do deliberate harm to themselves
and others. This is
and
part of life. We do
to stop it, and a
for others means
that we will dare very much indeed for the
a
of arbitrariness
vail-we have no need to discourse on the
to
matter. We have better
to do than to talk
and we have better
about
about that.
•a..l.L>. U V V ' 4 • )
997
the
8, 1997
5
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t
al
'99
Last Tuesday; Red Cross volunteers in
FSK lobby collected 3 7 units of blood from
students, tutors and staff members. This
was almost twice the number of
the
Red Cross expected to be donated, 19. More
than 3 7 people participated on Tuesday, but
some would-be donors were rejected due
to illness or low iron levels.
A blood drive is usually held twice during the academic year; the drive scheduled
last October was cancelled due to lack of
donors. After an informal survey of the
community, the on-campus nurses and jun-
Marc Reiner, '99
On Monday April 14, the Food Committee held a
Mr.
Mr.
Pickens, Mrs.
and several students
met with John Gallagher, Marriott Food
Service Director, to discuss the current dining situation for students.
Students discussed their concerns about
the taste of the food, as well as health concerns. However, it was also noted that
Marriott has made some improvements in
the recent past.
The main item on the
was
whether or not Marriott should post a nutritional breakdown of their entrees. The
nutritional breakdown would include a list-
ior Heather Miller, who
coordinate
the drive, decided to hold future drives on
Tuesdays, in hopes of better attendence.
Anyone over 17 and over a certain weight
can donate blood six times a year, every 5 6
days. Before anyone is allowed to donate,
he must pass a routine but thorough screening, including iron levels checks and relevant questions about medical history, recent travel and current health.
Anyone interested in donating blood should contact the Health Center at x253 or the Red Cross
at 1-800-GNE BLOOD (1-800-448-2566).
riott will also treat us to some upcoming
special dinners. They are planning on having a larger-than-usual special dinner. This
dinner will not be limited to the usual singleline buffet with ticketed entrees at the end
OH
the
in my mind as to
want from a lecture review, or
even want a lecture review at all. I
suspect that my opinions about chaos
are sought by none, but that an informative summation is desired by some
who did not attend. Perhaps a mini Q and
A paraphrasing our
and my underst:arnlm.g of Mr. Kellert' s answers will be
direct quotes where
of some use.
it is possible.
n11pi;:·nrin
ABIGAIL GIBBS
Donna Jay of the Placement Office waits
to donate blood. Ms. Jay's was one of
the
donated last Wednesday
during the biannual drive.
of the
but would have various food
stations, such as a meat carving station. As
an added bonus,
will provide us with a
"cocktail hour" that offers sodas and cheese.
Food Committee continued on page 24
'S
RI
stated that "several new vegetarian dishes
are being introduced." Among the dishes
is an eggplant-zucchini casserole which was
on the dinner menu on Wednesday,
16. These new dishes are an attempt to better cater to the needs of our campus herbivores,
feel
slighted by Marriott's meat-filled entrees.
Also of issue was the
Choice
juice machine. While the juices that flow
from that machine are of interesting color
(such as florescent blue), their nutritional
value is questionable. Marriott is, nr.·nrp·upr
looking to introduce a
machine
for the upcoming year.
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1 umts
tries to
us a
of random behavior.
tative
It does not enable us to
the exact
location of a
in a pressure
but it
enable us to describe what kind
of behavior the system will manifest. This
qual11tatllve aesc1J.ptlon often comes in the
form of a fractal image, that is, an
self similar and
detailed.
is a
not a
It is a zone around which
co;1giua1:e in state space to form a
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then we put it into the abstract mathematical construct of state space to
and uncover p1c:tu1res.
wholes.
Q. What are the vo1:eni:iaL 'l"r!0->111'1 rr1r·11111
the
term? Will chaos
able us
any outcome?
A "On the one hand it's a
methodological challenge; on the other hand it's
same ____ ______ _
1
~
any outcome: "Chade1ter:m11ms·tic," but you
does it enable us
attractor?
8
A. No, "chaos does not
a strange
attractor, but a strange attractor does imply chaos."
Q. What ramifications does chaos
modern science,
is it a
to
Newtonian physics and does it spell the end of
outcomes?
our
to
A. Chaos
does not
the end
of predictability. "We have tiled the universe
with clocks" (clocks are systems that are linear) and chaos theory shows that you need
more than one kind of tile to continue the
job. There is, "no challenge to Newton's
forces." "F=ma is
the law of gravbut F=-mx is on its way out."
ity is also
F=-mx dictates a universe free
and
the existence of chaos undermines its essen-
pointed out, .,..., ..........~.......
came from my home town, Greer, South
Carolina. 'Dan'
quite generously: "You
come from Greer, and that should count for
"My coming
from Greer has norrun!:!:
ability to count, you
the rus·tim:tic'n
quantum mechanics. "Chaos is more akin
to
calculus than to quantum mechanics.'' "Chaos
but statistics is a very oowe~rh11
cal tool that has cn<mjl:ea
universe.
Q. Is chaos
anti-reductionist?
A. Yes, in that it does not seek to find
th1:! rcmc101nl~r rr1mrm;g par1::ic1es in a pressure
but rather it seeks to understand the
pattern that the
describe.
On the other
system
universe, distill and filter it for noise, and
I don't remember
'Dan' made an attempt
laulghter, and the rest of the table did the
same.
Now, this
has been hot coals
on my head for a while now. What
I said was not
but
anyway. Worse, I went on, making unfunny
joke after unfunny joke. I told an anecdote
about a bad class I had one morning last
lecture was excellent. He was rhrn'.'.>,,..,,,..
to1rmative, and effective in his pn:!sent2tttcm
to
with the sentiments
did get the sense, . . . ,,~, .......u u i r
too sensible. More than a few of us sethat Mr. Kellert would pronounce Newton dead or tell us how chaos
can teach virtue. Mr. Kellert's even-temlecture put our restless souls to bed
is the -----· ·-·---- School.
no more. I invite
you, nay, beseech, nay;
you
upbr:a1d me every time tell a
gossip, or exaggerate. I want to
be Derek The Nice Guy Who Does The
I want to
Mail and Never Acts Like
ooze love onto everyone I meet. I want to
hug you all. I love you guys. Y'all the best.
Yay for you.
You're special to me,
the
8, 1997
�T
Pnxrastimttirt2: t<1xriavers ...,.,,,;"'""".;~their
returns last Tuesday were met with a festival of sorts on the lawn of the A.11mtPC>lis
branch of the United States Post Office.
The"Tax Relief Celebration" was ,,.,,;i,,,·nr~•~r
Sponsored by WANN
1190), the festivities included a Papa John's pizza give-away, a full-service disc jockey and a dunking booth. The uv~u,Lau
brick front of the post office had to compete
of red, white
and blue and a sign that advertised that the
post office would be open until mi1dnight
for last-minute filers.
Inside,
were a little less ="·~-.-.-~
The only visible reminder that today was
not just
a few balloons tied
here and there and a sign
that no
tax forms were available at the post office.
But the music
outside was heard
all customers and f'rrmlovjc>e:s
within. Forms were sent and stamps were
bought to the music of Aretha Franklin and
Gloria Estefan, among others.
When the music
the deejay al-
COLBY COWHERD
sus other nations. For dramatic en1pJi.as:is
the American total, which would have
stretched off the
was continued with
a
ribbon which was
After
the
11.,11.,.,....,.i,,,.,,., Peace Action. The man smiled
my mind with every additional detail I saw.
This was
ploy; and
the radio station
seized an opporto get some
The
mock "Uncle Sam" was invited to "dunk
in the drink" would get
at the end of
the
and go home. The mild-mannered
his belongings
protester, too, would
and return to his wife. 11 "0 ~·,.-h.;,....,., was as it
and drank from a bottle of Mountain Dew.
my tax return and stumbled upon this eelternated between m11kin2 ta]c-n~1a1ted
to passing cars and making
dunking booth. Two dollars
shots, and the proceeds went to charity. The
unfortunate man in the booth was r:u.Ju.1auvlis Postmaster Barry
who, as a government official,
the I.R.S. He
was dressed in the colors of the American
flag with a blue top
and jokingly referred to by the deejay as "Uncle Sam."
Directly in front of the post
in
what at first sight appeared to be
part
of the celebration, an older man in a gray
sweater stood by a sign that
the
defense spending of the United States ver-
8
the
B. Good" blasted down Main Street
as I waited in line for a stamp was almost
surreal.
seen
in front of the post office?
Did no one else think this strange?
When I returned to the
my versubsided. Two small children, oblivious to the music, chased each other in and
out of the shade of an
tree.
"'""'n·u·i-h;.,.,,,,. about the way we view
government faded into the background of
997
Government, business and dissent were all
pe;acetully oo-exis·t1m;:r u;r1th each other. Both
the
man with the sign and the loud
man with the microphone seemed to be
cnt1c1zm1g the government, but the one po·
and the other
and with
ulterior motives. Even the crowd seemed
less upset at paying their taxes than amused
at the man dressed like Uncle Sam in the
au:nKJlilg booth. Is this harmony between
groups which should have wildly conflict·
ing interests a wonder of our commercial
Or is it, perhaps, the most
frightening thing about it? My thoughts
return to the sign. "Who's the enemy?"
Perhaps even great questions go stale.
All you need to
from
rules of the game to
definitions
croquet talk
A11meman.e Catania, '97
"-''L•nc::!!.c Team ..... .
Photos and stats on the 10
Photos and stats.
�s
B.
'84
I
vv Armem.tme Catania,
The editor of the
write a few words and share some memories of the croquet matches
am honored to have the ,w,.,...,....,..,.,.,....;,,.."7
By way of
let me tell you
that by an official act of the 1984 Student
Polity, I have been
Wicket Emeritus, following our dramatic
victory at the 1984 match. (I
one of
our other balls
the last wicket and
into the stake to end the match. The Middie
whose turn was next needed
to hit the
stake to win and he was about five feet away
from it on the bo·uni1ary
I need to correct one mistake that has
appeared over the years: I was not the first
ImLperiaJ Wicket. The
Club was
chartered as the Lawn Tennis, CroClub
severalmembers
the best of
1'.J.J.v"'' 1cu,..,,c_ there was never any Lawn TenThe founders
'97
As you sit in the sun, eating, drinking and
burrn.n2: on
you may discuss the game of croquet. ''.Ah, yes, fabulous game. Skill, strategy ... yes, fabulous."
Stroll from court to court, commenting on
the matches. "Excellent play ... I say, good
shot!" Dance, then return your attention
to the games. "Great team we have this year.
Ms. Catania is an excellent player, I hear."
Perhaps you may take a seat on the lawn
in order to eat. In the midst of this commupicnic, your attention may turn to the
game.
in case this happens, you may
be interested in the rules of croquet.
Saturday's game will be traditional
" ' 1111;;111v
sisters, Anne and Kate, were also
involved and the
Club has
had a fair number of women members.
I succeeded to the title to1lovv1n.2:
Schiavo's
in 1982 under the divine
of succession afforded to
rial Wickets. Each
Wicket has
10
the
and probably also means that the ·~··~···~~
player has run many wickets. You may find
the desire to say; ''.A.fine tum,"
or "Excellent run."
Two types of shots result in continuaa wicket
tion. One is
a
as the USCA calls pushing one's
tn1:out12:h the metal
This rein
one's own ball may
American nine-wicket croquet, essentially
the rules of the United States
Association. Each of the five
versus
matches will consist of
with the
two Middies. One team will
red and
and the other will use
black and blue. The order of
will follow the colors
on the stakes.
of the game is to hit both balls
of one team
all the
hitone stake in the middle of the game,
and the other stake at the end. Ask a friend
out the order of the
if you
can't tell what it is. The pattern zig-zags
..... v ..•i::.u the center wickets and the wickets
sor.
I played in the first two matches
the Naval
in 1983 and 1984.
the exception of 1992, I have come back every year for the matches. I don't think any
of us who were involved in cn:atjlll£
thing had any idea how successful and how
you may notice that some
turns. We
that
more often for the
Midshipmen, since we hope to allow them
no other option than to set up for their
wickets. A long turn is more advantageous.
You may hear someone asking, "How
has this Johnnie been playing this turn?"
This question would indicate that the St.
player has been using every opporfor continuation quite successfully,
shot.
be more immediately beneficial, as this type
of shot results in two continuation shots.
Our friends from town may ask you
about these two shots. As an articulate liberal arts student, you will provide them with
the
for these turns, which even
the players do not bother to remember. The
proper name for
another ball is
" (You may say, "She has roqueted
his ball.")
another
the
.,,..,.., 1r;,.,..,. 1~~ 11 bei::o:rnes 1..11..1<U\.cu. which means
haooiens to it before it stops rolling is incidental, and does not count. Impress your friends by telling them that it
does not exist. The official USCA term for
this is a ball in hand. The player places the
ball in hand next to the roqueted ball and
shoots. This is called the croquet shot. The
second shot is called continuation.
Continuation is not cumulative. This
means that a ball which runs a wicket on a
croquet shot does not receive that continuation in addition to the continuation gained
by completion of the wicket shot.
Scoring a wicket erases whatever effects
the player may have incurred by hitting balls
previous to going through it. Although hithas the advantage of two continuthe
I MIDDLE STAKE
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
ation shots from
it also means godead on that ball. This means the ball
struck cannot be hit
before the striking ball goes
another wicket.
Lest the rules become too co:mt:>licati::d
for your
take a
and observe the
deadness board. This scoreboard of sorts
keeps track of which balls have
hit. Each ball has its own row with three
spaces which indicate which ball it is dead
on. At the beginning of the game, every
ball is dead on every other ball for the first
shot. Any contact between balls on this turn
is incidental. After this shot, every ball becomes live on every other ball.
the course of a game,
wicket restores liveness. The deadness
board assists the memories of those enjoytoo much of their drinks of choice.
This much knowledge of croquet will
suffice for following most of the game. The
basic strategy is to advance one's own ball
and one's partner's ball through as many
wickets as possible while deten.ing the other
team's balls as much as possible. You may
hear the players politely referring to messRules continued on page 16
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PEASE
wearin', sandal
ae<:ordint>' to his partner,
Sometimes seen on the
court decked out in a mu-mu,
Aaron says that the best way to
win is with love. "When you
love your opponent, they
feel it and then the love
Biographies of
KIT
ANDREWS
starts
around the court
and the force is
strong,
man. You transfer that force of love to the ball." When he's not
ranee of fashion rai.:1x-1nas
sometimes a detriment to his
"Sometimes,
is an eyesore. How can I
well under these conditions?"
But underneath it
Rich can't
liking Aaron. We see him n~,-=~..,..;~~
Senior Kit Linton is the
rial Wicket of the Cr<)Ql:tet 1tea1m
Manassas,
is where he
his hat. And what a hat it
is! Kit manifests his
obs ession for the game in his ostentabehavior on
sombrero and
when he feels a team member could use a
encouragement.
His team members don't mind.
think Kit is a hoot.
Kit
nana-n11cKt~a this team, he says, "to create
the
personalities and
that
win us a game." He indo what
sists that all team members be
cause you don't know it, but sometimes
lovin'." We
Aaron the award for Best Elbows.
RE
afavoryou know, and I try to
them all around. I mean,
what would
if Hardison had a
class and I happened
down." Hmmm.
cf
feel
He lets his partner
strate:gH~S for the most part, unless he feels Kit is "getoven:ea1011s--vou don't want the
to feel
he calls
from New York
Remi.ng1:on is the loose-cannon
rookie of the croquet team.
has been known to hurl his malat lnnooent bystanders and
hurl himself at innocent middies. Underneath the
terior, h ..-:•'Ull•P'vt'r
shows
ner Drew. The Senior blushsays of his on-the-court
love him. I
held croquet
Toenail.
" ROGERS
Kansas,thism11d-1iW1P'n1-v-~'orne·
says that St. john's
tive on a lot of
ered about two years ago that
is a great way to meet
fier and
of the team.
Decked out in an "Our God Is
An Awesome God"
Mr. Wood was heard to say, "We'll
G.D. the commie bastards!" His award is for Reddest Back Hair.
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chicks. I mean, check it out!,"
he says as he gestures to the side
of the court, "there are at least
four hotties
there! And
more are coming!" He worries
at times that his flirting gets in the way of the game, but "Man, you
gotta have priorities." His strategy consists of "Khaki shorts and a
white
shirt with a tie; the babes love that fraternity-boy
look."
with his partner, Hardison, he makes no
comment, except, "We keep our distance. He's bad for the itn~
age." Josh's award is for the Best Arm Hair.
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taken her a record ten years to
get
the program because of her insane love of croquet-"that game with the colored balls and little
the St.
team had been her dream since
the first time she heard two balls
to~~et11er. She refers to that
first moment as her "rebirth."
When asked about her strategy on the court, Annie
murmuring and
and forth. We could
glean that she
intends to
ass." Annie feels that her
with
her partner,
is
yet he seems a bit intimidated
her love of the game. We
Annemarie the award for Best
the
of St.
He claims the extra
here
has
the mentality of anger and ag,iz;re:ss1cm
needs to encourage a 'xnnn1na
croquet mind-set." He was born
from a "lucrative venture in
ucvc•.d"<="'." His
for the sport has grown to maniathe
at his house holds
an exhibition entitled
But the show tunes have to go."
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�JUSTIN LONG
MIDN. 1/C (CAPTAIN)
• Hometown: Hcmolulu, HI
• Major: English
• First played croquet 4 years ago, when he
caddied for his squad leader, who was then
team
of the croquet team. He
for two years before becoming captain of the team.
Hometown: White
MT
KY
croquet 1 year ago
JON FORSBERG
MIDN. 1/C
croquet 2 years ago
back
dents upon which to
and circumstance."
DREW KELLOGG
M DN. 3/C
• Hometown: Olympia, WA
• Major: Political Science
BR
GESSER
IC
ANDY HUNT
M!DN. 1/C
• Hometown: Sarasota, FL
•Major: Systems Engineering
are alternates.
"It is a great ex1Jer1er:1ce.
said. "The two schools
action. This goes a 1r.n.rr-."""~'
up stereotypes."
said
This is
for us. But if
stand each other a little
we've both won." J,.
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the other team by taking them off
their sets, using stop shots to shoot them
away from their wickets and taking advantage of them with
shots.
You will not see an imitation of the scene
in Heathers where one Heather puts her foot
on another Heather's ball to viciously shoot
her ball out of bounds. This is called toeing, or footing the ball, and is not considered acceptable in the Annapolis Cup games.
The most cruelty you will see in this
most civilized of croquet matches will be in
blocking, or in staking out the rover. The
first of these is a simple defensive move. If
a player's opponent is dead on her ball, and
the opponent is set up for his wicket, she
may shoot her ball into a place directly between his ball and the wicket. This will
obstruct his shot unless he is able to execute
a jump shot over her ball.
Staking out the rover is the most detrimental type of play, and occurs in the end
game. When a ball has completed all the
wickets, and has not yet hit the final stake,
it is called a :rover. An opponent has the
opportunity to hit that ball into the stake
on a
The staked-out ball must
sit out for two turns, and hit the stake at
the other end of the field before coming
back into
A rover still in play may go
.-1u·"'"'""h wickets in any direction to gain
continuation as long as it is dead on two balls
(or two-ball dead). After going through a
wicket, the rover remains temporarily dead
on the ball it last hit before going through
the wicket until it hits another ball.
Have a fine time sunning yourself, eating and drinking. Wander off to chat with
friends and strangers. If you find yourself
with further questi.ons on more complicated
strategy or minor rules, ask someone who
often plays croquet to expound on the
game's intricacies. If all else fails,
Berney. He knows everything.
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Fig.
If light gray is dead on dark gra
then the wicket is effectively blocked.
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"For an ordinary day's work, I would suggest getting up at seven and
without
to breath. This clears the cobwebs out of the
other hard or fast work; but plenty of
is
1 have been told that
to keep one fit ... "
crew coach
Flood forces evacuation
D
ESIDENTS of Grand Forks, North Da_f\Jrnta lost their battle with the Red
River, as its waters began to break through
emergency sand bag dikes and wreak destruction in nearby neighborhoods on Saturday.
Officials say
the tenand-a-half square mile city was underwater
as most of the 50,000 residents of the
evacuated. Police and the state National
Guard went door-to-door in flooded neighborhoods
to arrest the remaining residents because of their refusal to obey
the evacuation order.
Grand Forks Air Base, ten miles west of
town, was set
to
to 5 ,000
evacuees.
50,
Saturday afternoon, local firefighters
could not reach submerged fire hydrants
with their hoses to extinguish a downtown
fire which continued to burn Sunday morning until U.S. Air Force personnel and aircraft arrived with water pu.m1pir.tl!
ment specially designed to assist with the
blaze.
Across the river in East Grand Forks, residents were also evacuated Saturday as an
eight-foot dike burst, leaving 3,000 residents
The
unable to cross into the rest of the
Red River was at 53 feet as of noon Saturday and was expected to rise another foot
over the course of the next few days. Flood
on the river is considered
stage at
to be 28 feet. ~
p
the Diaspora on the Internet."
The
rican American History attracted 30,000
visitors who came to see a variety of artifrom Dr. Martin Luther King,
facts
's
door to a ballot
box marked for "colored people."
The museum's main
"Of the
People: The African American Experience"
is an attempt to tell the story of AfricanAmerican slavery and struggle, beginning
with a walk-through replica of a slave ship
and ending with a montage of photos and
text panels. The display described AfricanAmerican community
addressing modern-day issues with panals entitled
··Exo1ressin1~ Our
and
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the
classrooms and a research
th1:ouL12:h the sale of
Vice President Al Gore visited the museum last week. He said that it had "a healing power that's quite dramatic."
Museum designer Ralph Applebaum,
whose firm also planned the Holocause
Memorial Museum as well as the Newseum
in Arlington, Virginia which also opened last
week, says that new museums like these are
less
for the collections that they
house than for
a "trigger for moral
discourse" and a "service to the commu-
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In men's team handball action, the
Guardians defeated the Greenwaves, 9-6.
Mr. Speakmon is picking up the game for
the Guardians, and scored a couple
But the guy who played truly awesome in
goal is the tough surfer boy Mr. Manheim,
who endured quite a bit of punishment
tons of saves. For his true cool
under pressure, Mr. Manheim is named
Athlete of the Week.
In the
vs. Hustlers game, both
teams traded goals and the lead seesawed
back and forth. It was just a question of who
would get the last shot in with time running out. This turned out to be veteran
handballer Mr. Carter, who, with 25 seconds
left, threaded through the red defense and
made a pretty shot on goal for the win. Mr.
Harris
a fine game for the Hustlers.
In class soccer action, the Sophomores
picked up a
after two
overtime shoot out defeats. The Sophs defeated
---- ·-·--·~-- 2-1, with some determined
and
some pretty hellacious
dee on Mr. Arnold and pretty much nullified the Frosh offense.
The
was host to yet another
fencing tournament this
as
Messrs. Holbrook and Richardson strive to
comprove to the world and the St.
that
There were two events, 11Rn11111i:::
noon, with a total of 29 parti<:iv:rnt:s.
Richardson
himself out of a
with a first place win over the members of
dubs 1n<:lu1din12
be
'"Xl"'.!TI"1r>•~r
saved the boat and the crew of Messrs.
other eager warriors the chance to send
what is to come in class socwe'll
take on the Seniors. The losers of this
the
afternoon's event are torthc:on1.in2
Holbrook
to finish well.
And in the other 11.ll.CH...VHCJ:::llc!LC
foiled by the forces of nature.
as 45,
intramural athlete. Her name is
Rana
and for her vear··lonl!
she is named Athlete of the Week.
by Messrs. Austin, Hendrix, Bakallbashi, and
Kashiwa. But the prettiest bit of soccer
during the game was a Schoener thr·oui;rhball to Bravo, and a Bravo shot for a goal.
In the second match-up, the Seniors upset the
undefeated Frosh, 1-0. I
believe it was Mr. Smoll who scored for the
Seniors. Messrs.
Bojaxhi, Whissler
ABIGAIL GIBBS
the
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�Andrew
This past ::>aturc1ay eve:nmL2"
The event was hosted
(known by most of us as
ball was a benefit for the
room.
room".
town.
Athletic Director
his
was
party
very much and that he
forward
was
not
one he had shared
with Maura Tennor,
and but also 1oc)K1ng
forward to many more
beers.
Waters,
who works in the SJC
bookstore, said that
she had come to
"shake her booty" and
because she uses the
room and is in
love with the Stair
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.asso\v!•k:v. Tutor
In his excellent Friday-night lecture, Dr.
reten:ed to a surface being stretched
onto itself, exhibiting chaos. This
sort of chaos can be seen in the distribution
of butter that occurs in the preparation of
croissants or puff pastry. Let me explain this
mathematical phenomenon to you, but first
let me explain how to make puff pastry (this
is the pastry used to make turnovers, the
sort that flakes so nicely because of all of
the layers of butter that have been created
in the preparation of the dough.) The puff
pastry method that I will describe is based
the method described in Jacques
cookbook The Art of Cooking. Some minor
modifications are made for the ::;ake of simbut none are contrived for the sake
of chaos.
dough (called the
We start with a
detrenive) rolled out into a 12" square. Cover
the square
with pats of butter.
Now fold the dough with the butter in half
then again in half vertically.
Rotate this smaller square of dough 90 dethen roll it back out to a
grees
12" square. (This is a really neat coincidence:
the rotation is important both mathematically and
Without the rotation,
we
not see chaos, because, ap·nf"1,aing on the manner of rolling out the dough,
one of the corners of the original square of
dough
remain in the same area
throughout the whole process. From a
if the
were not
baker's
rotated, then all of the rolling would occur
along the same axis, leading to a tough
pastry.)
Now we repeat this process of folding,
rotating, and rolling. After six repetitions,
you have created a dough
2048
layers of butter. This system remains a deterministic one as long as the process is repeated identically each time, satisfying one
of the requirements needed to qualify for
chaos.
The chaotic behavior is exhibited by the
sequence of positions in the 12" square that
the points of butter (each one having no
part) land on after each round of folding,
rolling and turning. (Note that two points
of butter may land on the same position of
the square. That's fine.) Two points of butter dose to each other may or not may remain dose to each other as the dough is
made. We have to follow each
sepaand
rately to see if they stay near each
if so, fo:r how long. No
can
be made from one pair of points to other
Amidst this chaotic
some surprising things happen. For example, I can
absolutely promise you that throughout this
process there is at least one point of butter
that, after each round, lands back exactly
where it started. Really. (This is known as
the Brouwer Fixed-Point Theorem, another
piece of beautiful mathematics.) As a result,
no matter how often you fold, rotate and
when you are
this
is in the
same
first laid the
butter out on the original square of dough.
I do not know what the attractor of this
iteration looks like. It seems that one way
to find it would be to plan on apple struand flavor the dough with cinnamon.
If a teaspoon of cinnamon is sifted over one
spot of the
then as we
this process,
we will see an attractor
noticing a pattern emerge in the cinnamon.
l'Mt-nrt·nT1o'lt-• h 7 the attractor may not be0
come apparent within five iterations, and if
for
us to be able to continue to roll it out.
would be inclined to abort the ex1pe1irr1er1t
and
the
so I am not sure how
likely it is that this
would be
carried out to some sort of workable conclusion.
(I have to mention another consequence
of the nxea--no11n1 thc~on~m,
Toss a map of the United States onto
map of the United States so that the smaller
map lies
within the boundaries of
the larger map. The smaller map may land
f"ithe1r u1ns1~d.e-down or
up,
as it is flat when it lands.
Then there will be
one
on the
smaller map that will land on top of its cormap. This
depe1adc=nt on mathematical
one of the maps may be
ex<:tmJJle, a
even
However, the
cannot consist of
a
that is, you
trade
two cities to make the map inaccurate. In
that case the theorem will not
may or may not get a fixed
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�The Lot and Room drawings to determine
next
take
next two weeks. Draw
a lot in the Assistant Dean's Office during
the week of
21 to 25 from 8:30 am to
pm or 1 pm to 4:30 pm. If you have not
drawn a lot
3:30 pm on Friday,
a lot will be drawn for you.
25,
You are invited to attend
Architecture .u'-vv.uu.
Gallery talk and slide pn~sent<Jtticm
Susan Saurwein on
W1::c1J:1e~>d<tY
7:00 pm in the Conversation Room.
Ms.
the role of the
Saurwein's
senses in
is based
on her master's thesis in architecture. Con-
Schaller at the Mitchell Art
Room
will be
29 and 30 in
Mellon Room 103.
Men:
x256, with any ques-
tions.
26,
n<>·ri-u·1n,~t,,.
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courts.
in Christmas in
blitz to renovate and
the homes of
usJJag1un1ors--:!1.pru 29, 5:30 pm
SotJhomores--.A,pnl 30, 5:15 pm
Please be prunctual. If you are not present
when your lot number is
a room will
be chosen for you.
up for the event,
ques1t10ns, or wish to
contact the Place-
ment Office at x200 or Heather Deutsch
at 216-9379.
acc~mrea a Macintosh color
The
scanner, courtesy of the U<~leg:alte Council.
It has a
of 4800
We
would like to use the scanner,
contact Nelson Hernandez at x288.
I
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SC I
The
comments, but we know there are
evil-handed tutors out there. We want to
see their work. Submit cut-outs or
quality xeroxes with your mt:erpn~tat10ns.
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faculty and staff of the Annapolis campus as well as tutors emeriti, members of
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kitchen-wench romances, and the worst
toilet in Scotland. The
of
tioned "kitchen-wench romances," as H.L.
Mencken would put
round out the
With an insistent soundtrack te~Lturine:
and Brian Eno, and fre-
the screen with such energy that the
demands to be seen more than once.
of characters with whom he congregates
make his recovery a
there's
and cheese. The tentative date is
6, and would be limited to students on
the Food Committee mc:~eu.ng
was a success. Mr. Gallagher seems to hon-
our meals. However, more students are
needed to
the Food Committee work
on solutions to any current feasting unrest~
instead of
and negati~
comments at Marriott. The future for ol.l?
experience is within our control.
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outlook.
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to
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To the Editors:
First, I cannot resist expressing my
personal satisfaction at the civil and receptive conduct of everyone who went to the
remarkably well attended Gadfly forum. I
think that as a community of discourse we
are in pretty good shape.
Second, I would like to clarify my own
view of the matter of placing announcements in The Gadfly. It is indeed a fact that
a substantial
of the
has
learned not to read the paper, and so there is
no
in trying to reach them
it.
As soon as some effort is made to regain that
a statement
editorial policy, the editors can count on my
the
of it.
it gets from the
to refrain from perwith
I must agree with
not
attention is
to the
situation on the Korean Penninsula
This article is
of the naive
and uninformed
that exist
the
crisis.
Parkhurst says, "I cannot
but think
about what my
on this whole
situation would be ifl were North Korean."
If you do want to know what the North
Koreans
I would suggest
to
what the North Korean Government says in
its press releases,
up a North Korean
newspaper.
what
inaccurate.
Parkhurst later asks, in a nutshell,
nuclear weapons, but North
the US can
to be
it's because
the South will be viewed as
US, and that
does so at its own
In
The Economist,
read some of the
then get back
G.I. '95
the editors, and cannot
been heard.
there is the issue of the seriousness of The Gadfly. I am
not alone
that
attiemotE~d a1muserne11t were greater.
this country is awash in entertainment with which to
but this school has
one
in which matters
have to o1 mlerest Lo students
can be aired. A short list of these
be:
Our calculus text
Our senior
Our relations between the sexes
Our
habits.
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I think it will be very
for the campus to have an alternative paper,
and I look forward to its contribution.
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Dean
don't
you try
and you show that you will
back those threats up with force. North Korea invaded South Korea in the '50s, in part,
because the US sent mixed
as to how
such an action would be viewed.
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the
the chance.
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them to show her manager that I was a serious
customer.
asked. She gave me the runaround for
minutes until it became clear that either she
with the card or it was over. I wanted more
and she came back
a few minutes later with the bad news that
money
didn't seem like I had
dub.
I wonder how she found out how
left the cubide so I could watch a video. I guess she
it more ifl were
but
for two-way mirrors.
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St. John’s College • 60 College Ave, Annapolis, MD 21401 • Apr. 12, 2014 • Vol. XXXV • Issue 10
Croquet Day
(The Remix)
Croquet
& Crumpets
Meet the Teams
First Foes
What music ought to
accompany your Croquet experience? Sophomore Will Brown has a
few thoughts on fitting
melodies.
Senior Ian Tuttle dons
his bowtie and raises
his glass (and his pinky
finger) to Croquet Day’s
aristocratic inclinations.
The Gadfly introduces
the St. John’s College,
Annapolis, 2014 Croquet Team and their
challengers from the
U.S. Naval Academy.
Before Croquet and the
Naval Academy, there
was the gridiron and
Johns Hopkins. We dig
into St. John’s’ original
rivalry.
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Founded in 1980, the Gadfly is the student newspaper distributed to over 600 students,
faculty, and staff of the Annapolis campus.
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Ian Tuttle • Editor-in-Chief
Hayden Pendergrass • Layout Editor
Sasha Welm • Cartoonist
Caleb Bernard
Will Brown
Annemarie Catania
John B. Ertle Jr.
Michael Lacy
Drew Menzer
Pres. Christopher Nelson
Sebastian Barajas • Editor-in-Chief
Allison Tretina • Editor-in-Chief
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Pg. 3 • A Spectator’s Guide to the Rules
of Croquet by Annemarie Catania
Pg. 3 • Letter from President Nelson
Pg. 4 • A Croquet Sonnet by Caleb
Bernard
Pg. 4 • The Sounds of Spring by Will
Brown
Pg. 4 • Croquet, Edited by Michael
Lacy
Pg. 5 • Croquet & Crumpets by
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Croquet Team
Pg. 9 • The 2014 St. John’s College
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John B. Ertle Jr.
Pg. 11 • A Croquet Haiku by
Drew Menzer
Pg. 12 • First Foes from the Gadfly archives
ear Johnnies, Mids, Family, and
Other Guests,
Welcome, one and all, to the
32nd annual SJC vs. USNA Croquet Match!
Our little college of 400-some students is
for the most part a quiet, contemplative
sort of place. But once a year, thousands
storm our grounds for the one-of-a-kind
celebration that is Croquet Weekend. St.
John’s is, as we often say, a “talking college,” through and through. This is no less
the case during Croquet—the volume of
conversations just rises a few decibels.
You hold in your hands the Croquet Issue of the Gadfly, the St. John’s student
newspaper. Think of it as a complement to
your otherwise reading-light Croquet experience. Herein you’ll find history, pontification, and plenty of plain, unadulterated (if
somewhat
self-effacingly
pretentious)
fun;
we hope
you’ll find this
issue’s pieces
a pleasure to
turn to in a moment of respite
from the festivities. (It works to
provide a bit of
shade in the
case of
excessive sun, too.)
As per tradition, in this issue you’ll find
alumna Annemarie Catania’s (A’97) reader-friendly primer to the rules of the sport,
for those of us whose interests turn to croquet only once a year. In a letter penned
for last year’s issue, President Nelson
(SF’70) muses on the importance of both
the St. John’s and Naval Academy styles of
education for maintaining a free nation.
Co-editor Ian Tuttle (A’14) picks up on this
theme and considers the uniquely democratic aristocratic style of both manners
of education—as well as the Sperry-loving
town in which both schools reside.
Like all great traditions, Croquet makes
us consider our past as we revel in the
present. Toward the issue’s end, we dip
into St. John’s’ history with two pieces
from the College’s past—one from a 1997
issue of the Gadfly, the other from the
yearbook from 1932, before the introduction of the New Program—for a look at the
history of croquet at St. John’s and the rivalry that preceded the one we gather to
celebrate today. The issue contains, too,
some more creative looks at the history
of croquet: a croquet mixtape from Will
Brown (A’16), a croquet haiku from former
Imperial Wicket Drew Menzer (A’13), a
croquet sonnet from Caleb Bernard (A’14),
and, of course, our annual Q&A with both
teams.
We wish to thank our dedicated contibutors, outgoing
layout guru Hayden Pendergrass (A’14), the immeasurably talented artist Sasha
Welm (A’14), and next year’s
enthusiastic, not-yet-jaded-anddefeated-like-us leadership: Sebastian Barajas, Allison Tretina,
and Noe Jimenez. But seriously:
it has been a pleasure and honor
bringing you the Gadfly these past
two years. We’re glad to be leaving it in good hands.
Now, without any further
ado—Go Johnnies! Beat Navy!
Sincerely,
Nathan Goldman
Ian Tuttle
Co-Editors, 2012-2014
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tinuation gained by completion of the wicket shot.
Scoring a wicket erases whatever effects the
player may have incurred by hitting balls prior to
by Annemarie Catania, A’97
going through it. Although hitting a ball has the
s you sit in the sun, eating, drinking, and advantage of two continuation shots from that
possibly burning, you may discuss the ball, it also means going dead on that ball. This
game of croquet. In the midst of this com- means the ball struck cannot be hit again before
munity picnic, your attention may turn to the the striking ball goes through another wicket.
Lest the rules become too complicated for your
game. Just in case this happens, you may be interrelaxing brain, take a sip of your drink of choice,
ested in the rules of croquet.
Today’s game is traditional American nine- sit back, and observe the deadness board. This
wicket croquet, essentially following the rules of scoreboard of sorts keeps track of which balls have
the United States Croquet Association. Each of the already been hit. Each ball has its own row with
five matches consists of two Johnnies versus two three spaces that indicate which ball it is dead on.
Middies. One team plays with the red and yellow At the beginning of the game, every ball is dead
balls, and the other uses black and blue. The order on every other ball for the first shot. Any contact
between balls on this turn is incidental. After this
of play follows the colors painted on the stakes.
The point of the game is to hit both balls of one shot, every ball becomes live on every other ball.
team through all the wickets, hitting one stake Through the course of a game, going through a
in the middle of the game, and the other stake at wicket restores liveness. The deadness board asthe end. The pattern zig-zags through the center sists the memories of those enjoying too much of
wickets and the wickets to the right of the direc- their drinks of choice.
This much knowledge will suffice for following
tion of play.
As you watch, you may notice that some players most of the game. The basic strategy is to advance
have very short turns. We hope that these turns one’s own ball and one’s partner’s ball through as
happen more often for the Midshipmen, since we many wickets as possible while deterring the othhope to allow them no other option than to set up er team’s balls as much as possible. You may hear
for their wickets. A long turn is more advanta- the players politely referring to messing with the
geous. You may hear someone asking, “How long other team by taking them off their sets, using stop
has this Johnnie been playing this turn?” This shots to shoot them away from their wickets, and
question indicates that the St. John’s player has taking advantage of them with split shots.
The most cruelty you will see in this most civibeen using every opportunity for continuation
quite successfully, and probably also means that lized of croquet matches will be in blocking, or in
staking out the rover. The first of these is a simple
the Johnnie player has run many wickets.
Two types of shots result in continuation. One is defensive move. If a player’s opponent is dead on
running a wicket (or scoring a wicket, as the USCA her ball, and the opponent is set up for his wicket, she may shoot her ball into a
calls pushing one’s ball through
place directly between his ball
the metal structure). This re- Lest the rules become
will obsults in one more shot. Although
too complicated for your and the wicket. Thishe is able
struct his shot unless
going through the wicket is always the goal in mind, hitting relaxing brain, take a sip to execute a jump shot over her
ball.
a ball with one’s own ball may of your drink of choice,
Staking out the rover is the
be more immediately beneficial,
since this type of shot results in sit back, and observe the most detrimental type of play,
and occurs in the end game.
two continuation shots.
deadness board.
When a ball has completed all
Our friends from town may
ask you about these two shots. As an articulate lib- the wickets and has not yet hit the final stake, it is
eral arts student, you will provide them with the called a rover. An opponent has the opportunity to
terminology for these turns, which even the play- hit that ball into the stake on a croquet shot. The
ers do not bother to remember. The proper name staked-out ball must sit out for two turns, and hit
for hitting another ball is “roquet.” (You may say, the stake at the other end of the field before coming
“She has roqueted the ball.”) Upon hitting anoth- back into play. A rover still in play may go through
er ball, the striking ball becomes cloaked, which wickets in any direction to gain continuation as
means whatever happens to it before it stops roll- long as it is dead on two balls (or two-ball dead).
ing is incidental and does not count. Impress your After going through a wicket, the rover remains
friends by telling them that it does not exist. The temporarily dead on the ball it last hit before going
official USCA term for this is a ball in hand. The through the wicket until it hits another ball.
Have a fine time sunning yourself, eating, and
player places the ball in hand next to the roqueted
ball and shoots. This is called the croquet shot. drinking. Wander off to chat with friends and
strangers. If you find yourself with further quesThe second shot is called continuation.
Continuation is not cumulative. This means that tions on more complicated strategy or minor rules,
a ball that runs a wicket on a croquet shot does not ask someone who often plays croquet to expound
receive that continuation in addition to the con- on the game’s intricacies. !
[Editor’s Note: This article is reprinted with minor
edits from a ’90s-era Croquet Issue of the Gadfly.]
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he battle for honor and glory we are
about to witness between two great institutions, testing their friendship on
the playing fields of our front campus, is a test
of the strength and endurance of a liberal education—for whichever side should claim victory
today.
Both of our institutions are dedicated to the
principles of freedom—to the arts of liberty.
This commitment to liberty, to freedom of
speech and action, is what undergirds our nation. And it is our national duty to assure that
each generation of citizens is well educated in
the arts of freedom to protect them from attack and from atrophy. It ought to be the first
concern of our schools, from pre-kindergarten
through college, that our young acquire the
freedom to make intelligent choices concerning the ends and means of both their public and
private lives. This requires the cultivation and
practice of the art of reason and understanding and discipline in analysis, argument, and
interpretation, so that they may be free from
the tyrannies of unexamined opinions, current
fashions, and inherited prejudices.
Our nation was founded on the idea that good
government is grounded in its citizens’ intellectual freedom; our strength depends upon
this idea. Our economy is grounded in the notion of free enterprise; the freedom we have to
test our ideas against the needs and demands of
the community has helped build the prosperity
we have enjoyed as a society. This too depends
upon the intellectual freedom of our citizens.
And so it is with our social order and moral
character.
For the sake of our country, then, we need
our citizens to have two kinds of education that
are in a very healthy tension with one another:
(1) an education in the political and intellectual
foundations, including the economic, scientific
and social traditions and principles that have
shaped our nation, and (2) an education in the
arts needed to question and examine those
very foundations and traditions in the light of
reason, so that we may keep them vibrant and
alive, and so that we may redefine and improve
on them when we discover we have good cause.
These are called the arts of freedom because
they are grounded in the kind of free inquiry
that helps us understand our world better and
inspires in us a sense of wonder and longing to
learn more.
We have given serious attention to questioning and understanding these concerns at St.
John’s. And the Naval Academy has given its attention to educating our fleet of midshipmen to
defend them. Both of our schools are needed to
make for a free nation!
Whoever wins this match between our
schools will win in the name of an education
devoted to freedom.
So, then, as the outcome will weigh equally
with respect to the state of our nation, the victory should go to the team that demonstrates
its superiority in strategic engagement. Let
the victory then belong to our Johnnies! Five
Games to None!!
All Honor and Glory Are Due!
Chris Nelson (SF’70)
President
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by Will Brown, Staff Writer, A’16
When the editors asked me to write an article
for this year’s Croquet issue, I was simply out of
ideas. Part of this was due to my post-annual essay
writer’s block, but the event itself also deserved
blame—I never learned how to play croquet, and I
didn’t remember much of anything from last year,
so I was a bit of an outsider when it came to SJC’s
biggest weekend. But with enough dedication, intelligence, and good taste, I managed to come up
with the best croquet mixtape of all time. Below
are some selections you simply can’t do without
this weekend, much like ostentatious parasols and
bowties:
really has nothing to do with it. Let’s hope our Imperial Wicket rises to the occasion this year, with
or without violence. As Machiavelli once said,
“Rarely do men know how to be altogether wicked
or altogether good; ya best protect your neck.”
You’re welcome. !
Song: “Tubthumping”
Artist: Chumbawamba
Song: “Happy”
Artist: Pharrell Williams
Much like a croquet game, this song goes on too
long. Best played for over fourteen hours at a time.
Too drunk and falling asleep at your own party?
Kick people out with this! Also, I’ve never done
that.
Nickelback’s had a bad rap lately, but I find that
they really pump me up for some primetime croquet action. Which makes sense, when you think
about it: just about every Nickelback concert-goer
remembers to bring a blanket, snacks, and a top
hat. That said, I hear Chad Kroeger graduated
from the Naval Academy.
Song: “Wonderwall”
Artist: Oasis
This is my favorite song ever made.
People forget this, but the annual croquet game
is about defeating our enemy; sportsmanship
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The final wicket cross’d, he must be chang’d,
If naught is life beyond the ending stroke,
He must stake out to never again move,
Or else as ghost he hauntingly does rove.”
Song: “Protect Ya Neck”
Artist: Wu-Tang Clan
was assigned to write a piece for this issue
about the History of Croquet. I fully planned
to subvert this assignment and turn it into a
fictional romp through history. I would brashly exaggerate Croquet’s importance and make it seem
like Croquet is an ancient mythological game that
has descended to us from the wiser and brighter
days of antiquity. Then I realized: it is! I happened
to have heard rumor, and some quick research confirmed this, that many of the authors we read here
at St. John’s have mentioned Croquet in books we
read. Or, actually, they almost mentioned it. Croquet has had the unfortunate fate of not making
the final draft of more than a few Great Books.
In Homer’s famous epic, the Iliad, there is a
lengthy passage describing the funeral games of
Achilles’ [friend] Patroclus. The final version of the
by Caleb Bernard, ‘14
Hamlet’s 1599 premiere at the Globe Theatre,
Shakespeare had a change of heart and switched
Laertes and Hamlet’s fateful Croquet match to
a fencing duel. Historians suspect he did this because of Queen Elizabeth’s recent loss at Croquet
to the King of the Scots, James VI (who would later
succeed her as James I, King of England). Shakespeare was advised by fellow playwright Ben Jonson to rework his final act in light of Elizabeth’s
loss (that had brought much domestic shame), because it was, in his opinion: “Too soon.” One can
notice the last minute patch-work when reading
Act V of the play—a fault remedied by Hamlet’s
original monologue before the match. The following selection really ties the whole play together using Shakespeare’s incomparable use of imagery to
reveal his thematic intents.
Song: “How You Remind Me”
Artist: Nickelback
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reprinted with minor edits.]
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This song is a great pick-me-up around 4 PM,
when no one can really tell if the game’s still
going on and someone definitely puked on the
Coffee Shop stairs. Plus, it’s practically begging to be ad-libbed! “I get knocked down/
but I get up croquet/ you’re never gonna
keep me down.”
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funeral games features only violent sports, such
as chariot racing and wrestling, all for the sake of
glory and winning tripods (which is weird, because
they didn’t even have cameras). Here is a passage
that didn’t make it past Homer’s editor, but if it
did, the funeral games chapter might actually be
interesting to readers who aren’t meat-heads. This
translation is by Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky:
An oriole flew o’er the Croquet pitch,
While Agamemnon lined his roquet shot,
And banish’d Achilles’ wine-dark ball to
Just beside the yard line rim. He who fought
Ten-thousand men began a sobbing cry,
But claim’d the tears were caus’d by pollen in his
eyes.
There is no trace of this Croquet match in the extant Iliad, but the sequence is featured as a deleted
scene on the DVD of the movie Troy.
Another author at one time considered having
a Croquet match in his opus, but the night before
Croquet, being the thinking man’s sport, has
drawn the attention of even the least athletic.
Though he was so fat that he needed a hole to be
cut in his monastery’s dinner table so that he could
fit, St. Thomas of Aquinas did love a good Croquet
match. After his ham sandwich-related death in
1274, his personal affects were searched for unpublished works. This fragment of a theological Article
was found in his desk drawer, obscured beneath
Toblerone and Twix wrappers. All content beyond
the first objection is smeared with caramel beyond
the point of readability. Here is what remains:
Summa Sportologica
Question 92
Article 3: Whether the red ball of Croquet represents the blood sacrifice of Christ Jesus?
“Objection 1: It seems the red ball of Croquet
does represent the blood sacrifice of Christ Jesus, because the ball is red, and blood is red, and
Christ Jesus gave his blood as satisfaction for the
sins of man.”
No one knows what else Aquinas, or any other authors read here at St. John’s, thought about Croquet. But it sure doesn’t hurt looking into it! For
as Plato says, “The unexamined sport is not worth
playing.” !
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A Concise History
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An Anachronistic Account of
Croquet through the Program
The Ancients
by Hayden Pendergrass, Layout Editor, A’14
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Socrates explores
croquet’s virtues.
He calls it a sophist’s game.
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rotundity makes it
impossible for him
to play croquet. He
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Geoffrey Chaucer
travels to Canterbury to the shrine
of Thomas à Becket
with a 29-person
croquet team.
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eing an ancient town—by American standards, cucumber sandwiches on the water. That’s an Old
at least—and the place where so many old (now World inclination—translation: an aristocratic one.
dead) white men congregated to discuss matIt’s a Sperry town.
ters both concrete and abstruse, Annapolis is a not
Which brings us to Croquet Day. Croquet Day is
inappropriate place for a school devoted to reading
the pinnacle of Annapolis’s aristocratic proclivities.
old (now dead) white men. Annapolis is what, in a
Croquet Day features parasols; it is (unironically)
slightly earlier age, we might have called WASPy—
called the start of Annapolis’s spring “social season”;
which, being a WASP myself (and, by my compeers’
for God’s sake, we play croquet, which, on a scale
reckoning, also an old man), has always made return- from monster truck rallies to Downton Abbey, is just
ing here a bit of a homecoming.
one rung down from foxhunting. Each year, come
Where I grew up, in South Texas, everything is new. mid-April, I suffer a nearly irresistible impulse to
When Zach Taylor rolled through with his merry
wear pastel shorts. My pinky finger starts to elevate
band of American conquistadors, bringing with them of its own accord. Then again, I never was much one
several brothels-worth of pleasurable company, my
for boots and chaps, so Croquet Day is the occasion
town consisted of a hitching post. By the time he
for my Anne Boleyn-pale, High Church Episcopalian
broke camp to push southward into Mexico, it had
WASPiness to reach full bloom. The only thing missbeen transformed into an abuning is a powdered wig.
dantly supplied den of iniquity.
The whole thing is, in its way,
On a scale from monThe Southwest has retained
deliciously elitist (if in a harmless,
ster truck rallies to
something of that transient, mafinger cheeses-and-Bordeaux kind
rauding quality—Indians and gun- Downton Abbey, croof way). But perhaps what makes
slingers and get rich or die tryin’;
Croquet Day in Annapolis so classy
quet is just one rung
Annapolis, by contrast, is about as
is not its evocation of class, but its
rough-and-tumble as silk pyjamas
down from foxhunting. rebuke to it. Such an attitude is, as
[yes, sic]. Another not entirely unit happens, manifest in the event’s
fair way to put it: a sort of rogue democracy took hold two participating schools. On one side of King George
in the Southwest; not too far (in Texas miles) from
Street, St. John’s College offers an education that
where I grew up, Judge Roy Bean held court in his
claims to make free men and women from children
riverside saloon. By contrast, horse thieves in Anne
by acquainting them with history’s greatest thinkers.
Arundel County have, I imagine, always been few and Johnnies will tell you that their school is not a place
far between.
for everyone—but the education can be. It is prediThe East Coast, particularly our little dollop of it,
cated on nothing else than the humility to say, with
inherited a touch of Old Country aristocracy (think
Socrates, “All I know is that I know nothing,” and to
Charles Carroll, resident Annapolitan, signatory to
proceed from there. On the other side of King George
the Declaration of Independence, wheezing bit role in Street, the United States Naval Academy offers anthe opening scene of the first National Treasure film).
other type of elite education—one not predicated on
That aristocracy remains; it has just been transmuted
wealth or connections, but on the desire to serve. The
into yuppie posh (think of the rise of the name “Admen and women who receive their commissions do
dison,” the popularity of which, coincidentally, inso non sibi sed patriae—“not for self, but for country.”
creased sevenfold shortly after ABC’s hit show Grey’s
It is a very peculiar sort of aristocracy that each of
Anatomy introduced Kate Walsh’s character, “Addison these campuses creates—aristocracies not of style,
Forbes Montgomery”; if you needed proof that the
but of spirit, less concerned with comfort than with
name has reached peak saturation, it is even the name character. And insofar as joining that class is not deof an especially friendly poodle that makes regular
pendent on one’s yacht club membership or summer
visits to the dog park down Charles Street).
vacation destination, but on a desire to learn and a
But I cannot complain about any of this, because I
willingness to serve, none are precluded.
wear Sperries.
So if once a year the campuses convene a chamThe Sperries (plural for the brand Sperry, which
pagne-soaked lawn party and play the only game
supplies boat shoes, deck shoes, and other fine nautiless interesting to watch than chess, it is to remind
cal gear; for more information, cf. totalfratmove.com) everyone that what is happening on these couple of
are an important point. I suspect that Annapolis has
blocks is really kind of special—and that everyone is
the greatest population of Sperries-per-capita in the
welcome to partake. If America has an aristocratic
contiguous United States—because, of course, Animpulse, it is of just this democratic sort.
napolis is a yachting town, that is, a leisurely town,
That it gives me an excuse to wear seersucker is just
that is, a town with a disposition toward ascots and
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Augustine of Hippo
disparages the
Manicheans for
playing too much
croquet.
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Jean Calvin
outlines in the
Institutes that all
those predestined
for salvation have
to learn croquet.
The Enlightenment
by Ian Tuttle, Co-Editor, A’14
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Jesus plays croquet
for 40 days and
40 nights against
Satan. He wins.
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When philosophical speculation becomes too depressing, David Hume
comforts himself
by playing croquet
with friends.
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Suffering from a
kidney stone, Michel de Montaigne
painfully swears
that it must be the
size of a croquet
ball.
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Immanuel Kant,
in his Critique of
Pure Croquet, states
that the croquet
ball travels “independently of all
experience.” No
one understands
what that means.
The Moderns
On Croquet Day’s aristocratic inclinations.
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Greek ships land on
the shores of Troy.
A ten-year croquet
match ensues.
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psychological
study, Sigmund
Freud determines,
“sometimes a croquet mallet is just a
croquet mallet.”
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Ryan Lluy (IW)
Dan Jacquier
Brian Holloway
David Murtha
Samantha Brennan
Hunter Craig
Ash Davis
Eric Bermudez
• I play croquet...to prepare for the intense competition after I retire.
• I’m famous (or infamous) at the Naval
Academy for…prowess on the battlefield.
• If I could, I would time-travel to…this
day last year.
• Every night before bed I…tuck in Zach
Davis.
• The most embarrassing song on my
iPod is…my collection of Avril Lavigne.
• If I had a corporate sponsor, it would
be…Andy Carp’s Hot Fries.
• My fictional alter ego is…El Shaddai.
• I would rather swim with sharks
than…narwhals.
• When I’m not playing croquet, I am
...staring at Hunter Craig’s Biceps.
• St. John’s College is...our true rival in
sports.
• I play croquet...to get famous.
• I’m famous (or infamous) at the Naval
Academy for...being bad at croquet.
• If I could, I would time-travel to...
April 12, 2014, and steal all the good
interview answers.
• Every night before bed I...take out my
dentures.
• The most embarrassing song on my
iPod is...what’s an iPod?
• If I had a corporate sponsor, it would
be...Bitcoin.
• My fictional alter ego is...more popular
than me.
• I would rather swim with sharks
than...drown with them.
• When I’m not playing croquet, I am...
enjoying one of the other 364 days of
the year.
• St. John’s College is...in New Mexico.
• I play croquet...because of Title IX.
• I’m famous (or infamous) at the Naval
Academy for…sass.
• If I could, I would time-travel to...the
last time I ate pizza, so that I can eat
more pizza.
• Every night before bed I…wish the
Academy would just give Leo the Oscar already.
• The most embarrassing song on my
iPod is…“Aaron’s Party (Come Get It)”
by Aaron Carter.
• My fictional alter ego is…Cadet Kelly.
• I would rather swim with sharks
than…see another movie with Kristen
Stewart.
• When I’m not playing croquet, I am...
trying to find out if there is more to life
than being really, really, really ridiculously good-looking.
• St. John’s College is…a center for ants.
• I play croquet...because what else is
there to do at USNA?
• I’m famous (or infamous) at the Naval
Academy for...catching them all.
• If I could, I would time-travel to...
spring break would be nice.
• Every night before bed I...give myself a
motivational speech
• The most embarrassing song on my
iPod is...“Toxic” by Britney Spears.
• If I had a corporate sponsor, it would
be...Apple.
• My fictional alter ego is...my own larger-than-life ego.
• I would rather swim with sharks
than...swim with the fishes—I’m too
young to die!
• When I’m not playing croquet, I am....
there’s nothing else. It’s all I do.
• St. John’s College is...going down
again.
• I play croquet...for the cardio.
• I’m famous (or infamous) at the Naval
Academy for...nothing.
• If I could, I would time-travel to...May
23, 2014.
• Every night before bed I...brush my
teeth.
• The most embarrassing song on my
iPod is...probably something by Shakira.
• If I had a corporate sponsor, it would
be...Nano’s.
• My fictional alter ego is...better than
me at croquet.
• I would rather swim with sharks
than...be company commander again.
• When I’m not playing croquet, I am...
doing other things that aren’t a complete waste of time.
• St. John’s College is...mad chill, bro.
• I play croquet...for a good workout.
• I’m famous (or infamous) at the Naval
Academy for…being the toughest 28th
company xo.
• If I could, I would time-travel to…the
roaring 20’s.
• Every night before bed I…brush my
teeth.
• The most embarrassing song on my
iPod is...I only use Pandora.
• If I had a corporate sponsor, it would
be…Pop Tarts.
• My fictional alter ego is…Woody (from
Toy Story).
• I would rather swim with sharks
than…touch a snake.
• When I’m not playing croquet, I am…
taking naps.
• St. John’s College is…uh...hippies.
• I play croquet...to prove that I can
swing my hammer.
• I’m famous (or infamous) at the Naval
Academy for...being in the movie High
School Musical.
• If I could, I would time-travel to...the
moon.
• Every night before bed I...tuck in Ryan
Lluy.
• The most embarrassing song on my
iPod is...“On the Floor” by IceJJFish.
• If I had a corporate sponsor, it would
be...Meow Mix.
• My fictional alter ego is...I am IceJJFish.
• I would rather swim with sharks
than...nothing; I actually would be
stoked to swim with sharks.
• When I’m not playing croquet, I am....
shreddin’ the Gnar Gnar pow.
• St. John’s College is...a college?
• I play croquet...for the endorsement
deals and intramural exemption.
• If I could, I would time-travel to...the
pre-production days of Gravity to prevent George Clooney from agreeing to
be in that movie, saving him the embarrassment and reclaiming two hours
of my life.
• Every night before bed I...play an unhealthy amount of Candy Crush. Level
361 and climbing.
• The most embarrassing song on my
iPod is...the White Chicks version of
“1000 Miles.”
• If I had a corporate sponsor, it would
be...not El Toro Bravo; their service is
horrendous.
• My fictional alter ego is...a mix: Frank
Underwood meets Morgan Freeman.
• When I’m not playing croquet, I am...
always playing croquet #thetruth
#ripPaulPierce #BostonStrong
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Michael Klunder
Zachary Gates
Mario Kohn
• I play croquet...on occasion.
• I’m famous (or infamous) at the Naval
Academy for…nothing.
• If I could, I would time-travel to…Jimmy’s glory days.
• Every night before bed I…untuck myself and tuck in Hunter Craig.
• The most embarrassing song on my
iPod is…“Baby” by J. Biebs.
• If I had a corporate sponsor, it would
be…Fancy Feast.
• My fictional alter ego is…the abominable snowman.
• I would rather swim with sharks
than…sharks with lasers.
• When I’m not playing croquet, I…admire Hunter’s muscles.
• St. John’s College is...near the Naval
Academy.
• I play croquet...because it is a company tradition, one I want to be apart
of. Also the chance to beat up on the
Johnnies.
• I’m famous (or infamous) at the Naval
Academy for...being a soulless ginger.
• If I could, I would time-travel to...the
days of cowboys, or to Sparta, with
enough time to be a part of the Battle
of Thermopylae.
• Every night before bed I...thank God
for gifting me another day that I had
the privilege of living.
• If I had a corporate sponsor, it would
be...Dockers.
• My fictional alter ego is...living in the
future with my better half.
• I would rather swim with sharks
than...swim with sunfish.
• St. John’s College is...a special place
for the artists in us all.
Timothy Kerner
• I play croquet...because it’s the only
way to satisfy the demons that keep
me awake for failing as a lacrosse
manager.
• I’m famous (or infamous) at the Naval
Academy for…the man van.
• If I could, I would time-travel to…time
travel is impossible, therefore this
question is irrelevant.
• Every night before bed I…read Star
Wars.
• The most embarrassing song on my
iPod is…none. 80’s rock isn’t embarrassing.
• If I had a corporate sponsor, it would
be…A&D, original diaper rash ointment, to combat chaffing.
• I would rather swim with sharks
than…eat vegetables.
• St. John’s College is…the place I
dreamed of playing croquet as a child,
but they didn’t recruit me.
• I play croquet...because croquet is life.
• If I could, I would time-travel to...Robin Thicke’s place in his performance
with Miley Cyrus.
• Every night before bed I...thank God
for everything he has blessed me with.
• The most embarrassing song on my
iPod is... “Tearin’ up my Heart” by
NSYNC.
• If I had a corporate sponsor, it would
be...Jazzercise.
• My fictional alter ego i... Luigi.
• I would rather swim with sharks
than...go to El Toro Bravo.
• When I’m not playing croquet, I am...
thinking about playing croquet.
• St. John’s College is...our very friendly
competition, and the USNA Croquet
team will strive to win the 2014 match
against them.
Bryce McMurrey
• I play croque...for the intense nonstop
action.
• I’m famous (or infamous) at the Naval
Academy for...afternoon naps.
• If I could, I would time-travel to...the
future.
• Every night before bed I...stare into
the mirror and recite John Glenn’s
Speech
• The most embarrassing song on
my iPod is...“My Jeans.”
• If I had a corporate sponsor, it would
be...Frosted Flakes, because they are
not just good. They’re great.
• My fictional alter ego is...Geri.
• I would rather swim with sharks
than...go to St. John’s College
• When I’m not playing croquet, I...like
to go on long walks on the beach.
• St. John’s College is...the second best
college in Annapolis.
• I play croquet...because I’m rich, why
else??
• I’m famous (or infamous) at the Naval Academy for...I don’t know what to
choose! Socially, this place is like high
school on steroids.
• If I could, I would time-travel to...a long
time ago in a galaxy far, far away. . . .
• Every night before bed I...look at pictures
of back home in Montana on my enV3
and cry myself to sleep.
• The most embarrassing song on my iPod
is...“When I Grow Up” by the Pussycat
Dolls.
• If I had a corporate sponsor, it would be...
Taco John’s...
• My fictional alter ego is...Ron Swanson,
the ultimate libertarian who also works
for the government. I can’t claim to be as
badass as he is, though.
• St. John’s College is...where I should have
gone to college.
Henry Kinkaid
Colten Southworth
• I play croquet...#fact.
• I’m famous (or infamous) at the Naval
Academy for…falling out of bed twice
in one weekend.
• If I could, I would time-travel to…Europe.
• Every night before bed I…think about
how much better off we are when Patrick McDonough isn’t around.
• The most embarrassing song on my
iPod is…“Don’t Go Chasing Waterfalls.”
• If I had a corporate sponsor, it would
be...the St. John’s croquet team.
• I would rather swim with sharks
than…drown with sharks.
• When I’m not playing croquet, I…sing
“Bohemian Rhapsody” on loop.
• St. John’s College is…going to be annexed by the Naval Academy.
• I play croquet...to pick up hot girls.
• I’m famous (or infamous) at the Naval
Academy for…my croquet jump shot.
• If I could, I would time-travel to…the
eighth grade.
• Every night before bed I...eat a jar of
peanut butter.
• The most embarrassing song on my
iPod is…“I Love You Always Forever”
by Donna Lewis.
• If I had a corporate sponsor, it would
be…Taco Bell.
• My fictional alter ego is…the red power ranger.
• I would rather swim with sharks
than…miss breakfast.
• When I’m not playing croquet, I…play
polo or enjoy some delicious tea and
crumpets.
• St. John’s College is…where I hope my
kids go to school.
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Zachary Davis
�David Thompson
• I play croquet…AND racquetball.
• I’m famous (or infamous) at the Naval
Academy for…my esteemed reputation
as an Armani model.
• If I could, I would time-travel to…Ancient Ireland, where gingers were actually taken seriously.
• The most embarrassing song on my
iPod is…everything except Lady Gaga.
• If I had a corporate sponsor, it would
be...Lorna Doones.
• My fictional alter ego is…da, da, da, DA
GRINCH!!!
• I would rather swim with sharks
than…have Daniel Kinnamon on my
ultimate frisbee team.
• When I’m not playing croquet, I…lift
really heavy stuff.
• St. John’s College is…hot and dangerous.
Samuel Womack
• I play croquet...to defend the noble
cup.
• I’m infamous at the Naval Academy
for...chilling a little bit too hard.
• If I could, I would time travel to...the
1950’s (that’s swell!).
• Every night before bed I...refer to Big
Red Ed for important life decisions.
• The most embarrassing song on my
iPod is...Selena Gomez’s “Naturally.”
• If I had a corporate sponsor it would
be...Sam’s Club.
• My fictional alter ego is...the Crimson
Chin.
• I would rather swim with sharks
than...take another darn math class!
• When I am not playing croquet I am...
figuring out croquet.
• St. John’s College...was my first choice
for attending college.
Samuel Warne
• I play croquet...because I wanted a
cool new sweater.
• I’m famous (or infamous) at the Naval Academy for…serving proudly as a
head restrictee.
• If I could, I would time-travel to…the
past.
• Every night before bed I…watch a
documentary. How else do you think I
have become so knowledgeable?
• The most embarrassing song on my
iPod is…you mean my Zune?
• If I had a corporate sponsor, it would
be…Coca-Cola.
• I would rather swim with sharks
than…be near a snake
• When I’m not playing croquet, I…am
doing something else.
• St. John’s College is…right down the
road.
Catherine Cortesio
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�Samuel Collins (Imperial Wicket)
Hayden Pendergrass
Hector Mendoza
• I play croquet.
• I’m famous (or infamous) at St. John’s College for..
that thing that I’m legally not allowed to discuss.
• If I could, I would time-travel to...1900, when the
Olympics had croquet. #frenchmedalsweep
• Every night before bed I...put my pants on just like
everyone else, one leg at a time. But then I make
gold records.
• The most embarrassing song on my iPod is...I love
my music.
• If I had a corporate sponsor, it would be...my mom.
#thanksforthecoffeeshopnuggets
• My fictional alter ego is...Lyndon Johnson (Jenny
Shumpert).
• I would rather swim with sharks than...wear pants
with my jumpsuit. ;0)
• When I’m not playing croquet, I am...the remix to
ignition, hot and fresh out the kitchen.
• The Naval Academy is...rollin’ that body, got every
man in here wishin’. ;0)
• I play croquet...por las chicas.
• I play croquet...for the glory and honor it brings to
St. John’s College.
• I’m infamous at St. John’s College for...my incessant
punning. People think I try too hard, but most of my
jokes are pun-intentional.
• If I could, I would time-travel to...the moment
before I entered the time machine. I don’t want to
have to kill myself in some sort of space-time rendering paradox. On second thought, that might be
kind of cool.
• The most embarrassing song on my iPod is…I’m going to stop you right there for a second. Who has an
iPod anymore?
• If I had a corporate sponsor, it would be...the guys
who make Big Hunk candy bars. You know what
they say: You are what you eat.
• My fictional alter ego is...Dr. “Bones” McCoy from
Star Trek.
• I would rather swim with sharks than...swim with
sharks with lasers strapped to their heads. Are all
the questions this easy?
• When I’m not playing croquet, I am...working on my
line of croquet-inspired cologne, edible croquet sets,
and croquet-themed bedding. It’s just not enough
to play croquet; I want to breath, eat, and sleep
croquet.
• The Naval Academy is...the current holder of the
Annapolis Cup. Who let that happen?
Ethan Goddard
• I play croquet...for the irony.
• I’m famous (or infamous) at St. John’s College for…
my cheery disposition.
• If I could, I would time-travel to…New York next
weekend.
• Every night before bed I…smoke cigarettes.
• The most embarrassing song on my iPod is…“Falling
of the Rain,” Billy Joel.
• If I had a corporate sponsor, it would be…Russian
River Brewing Company.
• My fictional alter ego is…Moriarty.
• I would rather swim with sharks than…not swim
with sharks.
• When I’m not playing croquet, I…smoke cigarettes.
• The Naval Academy is…across the street.
• I’m famous (or infamous) at St. John’s College for...
being well-dressed and implementing the term
“turn up.”
• If I could, I would time-travel to...Ancient Greece
and play a game of one-on-one basketball with
Aristotle.
• Every night before bed...I check Instagram.
• The most embarrassing song on my iPod is...a remix
of one of Sam Collins’s voicemails I made when I
was bored.
• If I had a corporate sponsor, it would be...the Illuminati.
• My fictional alter ego is...Odysseus, because, like
him, people are always trying to find me slipping,
but we’re too quick for the haters.
• I would rather swim with sharks than...wear bootcut jeans.
• When I’m not playing croquet, I am...working on my
jump shot.
• The Naval Academy is...going to wake up the day
after the game, log into their Facebook accounts,
and look at pictures of St. John’s students celebrating with the Annapolis Cup. Payback.
Mandee Glasgo
Stephanie Hurn
• I play croquet...for the exercise.
• I play croquet...because I wanted to get involved
with something uniquely St. John’s.
• I’m famous at St. John’s College for...rocking the
jumpsuit.
• If I could, I would time-travel to...the battle of Thermopylae. #TrueSpartan
• Every night before bed I...throw a trillion pillows off
my bed.
• The most embarrassing playlist on my iPod is...the
Disney Pandora station.
• If I had a corporate sponsor, it would be...WilliamsSonoma.
• I’m famous (or infamous) at St. John’s College for…
I am but a mere freshman. I have not yet won any
fame or infamy.
• Every night before bed I…read, do homework, but
most likely eat. No shame in a midnight snack.
• The most embarrassing song on my iPod is… while I
do not consider it a particularly embarrassing song,
“Never” by Moving Pictures always wants to make
me dance-punch out my emotions.
• My fictional alter ego i... the Mandarsmash.
• If I had a corporate sponsor, it would be…Mars, Inc.
I could always go for free food.
• I would rather swim with sharks than...go skydiving,
but can’t wait to do both!
• My fictional alter ego is…not fictional. It’s Beyoncé.
• When I’m not playing croquet...trick question?
• The Naval Academ is...much younger than St.
John’s. You have to let the underdog win every once
in a while, right?
• I would rather swim with sharks than…eat a shark.
• When I’m not playing croquet, I…don’t play croquet.
I play the other whitest sport in the world: badminton.
• The Naval Academy is… going to lose.
�Jack Whitman
Joe Gillespie-Hill
Stefan Vasic
• I play croquet…because it’s mandatory. I’m on an
athletic scholarship.
• I play croquet...because it’s very difficult for me to
make friends outside of structured clubs or organizations. Also for the great core workout.
• I play croquet...for the unprecedented career opportunities it gives me after college.
• I’m famous (or infamous) at St. John’s College for...
Do you know who I am? I don’t know how to put
this, but I’m kind of a big deal. People know me.
• If I could, I would time-travel to…Easy: 1939, kill
Hitler. BOOM! Famous.
• The most embarrassing song on my iPod
is...“Versace” by Migos. It’s embarrassing that it isn’t
considered the defining song of our generation.
• If I had a corporate sponsor, it would be…Kenny
Rogers. The Gambler has been a tremendous inspiration for me, and I think we could do great work
together. I can already see the copy: “When I’m with
that special someone...I need to know when to hold
’em,” a cologne by Jack Whitman and Kenny Rogers.
• My fictional alter ego is…some combination of Maverick from Top Gun and back-up quarterback for the
Green Bay Packers. I’ll let the ladies think on that
one for a sec.
• I would rather swim with sharks than…read John
Calvin again.
• When I’m not playing croquet, I…drive a dump
truck of industrial paper waste. More of a job than a
hobby, really.
• The Naval Academy is…my benevolent employer.
• I’m famous (or infamous) at St. John’s College for…
always being such a nice guy.
• If I could, I would time-travel to…the year 2000. So
I could beat the snot out of Hans Sorkanski, a big
lump of a Pole widely regarded as the toughest kid
on the block.
• Every night before bed I…give a goodnight kiss to
each of my three German Shepherds: Roger, Jameson, and Frankie Muniz.
• I’m famous (or infamous) at St. John’s College for...
being that kid who looks like Jack Whitman.
• If I could, I would time-travel to...the day when the
video for Avril Lavigne’s smash hit “Sk8r Boi” was
being filmed in an attempt to be in said video.
• Every night before bed I...whisper insults to my
roommate quietly enough so he can’t hear me.
• The most embarrassing song on my iPod is...a rendition of “Beat it” by Michael Jackson and “Eat it” by
Alfred Matthew Yankovich where both songs are
being played at the same time.
• If I had a corporate sponsor, it would be…American
Red Cross. I know they don’t have a lot of capital to • If I had a corporate sponsor, it would be...Tampax.
throw around, but I’ve thrown them a bone or two
over the years. Plus, I’ve got veins a blind man could • My fictional alter ego is...Richard Swinger, the intersee. Those nurses are in and out every time I donate. pretive/swing dance prodigy.
• My fictional alter ego is…Dyan Cannon. If you don’t • I would rather swim with sharks than...face off
against a Midshipman in an interpretive dance
know her, trust me: she’s got a shape to her.
competition.
• I would rather swim with sharks than…listen to the
• When I’m not playing croquet, I am...trying and failnew Beyoncé album. I know, I’m such a hater.
ing to communicate with various wildlife through
• When I’m not playing croquet, I…work on my Kevin
speech and interpretive dance.
Spacey impression.
• The Naval Academy is...where boats go to receive
• The Naval Academy is…the well-known and widelya good education, while having some wholesome
respected undergraduate college of our country’s
fun—and to do some interpretive dance, if time alnaval service.
lows.
Dylan Tyler
Matthew Denci
Catherine Moon
• I play croquet…for Pope Francis.
• I play croquet...cause if you ain’t playin’ to win, you
must be playin’ to lose.
• I play croquet...for the wickets.
• I’m famous (or infamous) at St. John’s College for...
playing croquet for Pope Francis.
• If I could, I would time-travel to…playing croquet
for Pope Francis.
• Every night before bed I…play croquet for Pope
Francis.
• The most embarrassing song on my iPod is…Juicy
J’s “Bandz”…Sorry, Your Holiness...
• If I had a corporate sponsor, it would be…the Holy
Roman Catholic Church.
• My fictional alter ego is…Pope Francis.
• I would rather swim with sharks than…not play
croquet for Pope Francis.
• When I’m not playing croquet, I…play croquet for
Pope Francis.
• The Naval Academy is…jealous of me playing croquet for Pope Francis.
• I’m famous (or infamous) at St. John’s College for…
The Imperial Wicket has told me not to speak about
that time.
• I’m famous (or infamous) at St. John’s College for…
being, quintessentially, a Hell Bitch.
• Every night before bed I…Sorry, I don’t kiss and tell.
• If I could, I would time-travel to…the height of the
Roman Republic. #greatestgeneration #odietamo
#mostlyamo
• The most embarrassing song on my iPod is…T-Swift,
baby!! #NOSHAME
• Every night before bed I…watch How I Met Your
Mother.
• If I had a corporate sponsor, it would be…a small,
boutique knife-making store. They are going back to
the roots of the profession, and you probably haven’t
heard of them…
• The most embarrassing song on my iPod is…“Ice Ice
Baby.” What can I say? He’s a lyrical poet.
• I would rather swim with sharks than…share the
gin.
• When I’m not playing croquet, I…DRINK YOUR
MILKSHAKE, I DRINK IT UP!!
• The Naval Academy is…made of Building (courtesy
of Ambrose).
• If I had a corporate sponsor, it would be…Starbucks.
• My fictional alter ego is…Snow White.
• I would rather swim with sharks than…never again
go ball in hand.
• When I’m not playing croquet, I am…I’m always
playing croquet.
• The Naval Academy is…Carthage. Delenda est.
�the gadfly
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[Ed. Note: The following article originally appeared in the 1997 Croquet Gadfly.
T
by John B. Ertle Jr., A’84
he editor of the Gadfly has asked me to write a few words and share
some memories of the croquet matches with you, and I am honored to
have the opportunity.
By way of introduction, let me tell you that, by an official act of the 1984
Student Polity, I have been given the title Imperial Wicket Emeritus, following
our dramatic victory at the 1984 match. (I peeled one of our balls through the
last wicket and into the stake to end the match. The Middie whose turn was
next needed only to hit the stake to win, and he was about five feet away from
it on the boundary line.)
I need to correct one mistake that has appeared over the years: I was not the
first Imperial Wicket. The Croquet Club was actually chartered as the Lawn
Tennis, Croquet, and Archery Club by several members of the Class of 1981.
(To the best of my knowledge, there was never any lawn tennis or archery
equipment.) The founders included John Schiavo (the first Imperial Wicket
as we know it), Noel Blyler, David Nau, Matt Hartzell, Evan Canter, and Tim
Ficco. Buffy Bowser, Marion Sharp, and the O’Malley sisters, Anne and Kate,
were also involved, and the Croquet Club has always had a fair number of
women members.
I succeeded to the title following John Schiavo’s graduation in 1982 under
the divine right of succession afforded to Imperial Wickets. Each Imperial
Wicket has had absolute authority to handpick his
successor.
I played in the first two matches
against the Naval Academy, in 1983
and 1984. With the exception
of 1992, I have come
back every year
for the matches.
I don’t think any
of us who were
involved in creating this
thing
h a d
a n y
idea
how successful and how wonderful it would become. It started as a lark and is
now 15 years old and going strong.
That is not to say that I think everything is fine. I think “no drinking” rules,
by which participants are forbidden to imbibe until they are through playing
their matches, is a complete violation of all that we hold sacred and holy. Seriously, though, the purpose of the croquet match is to create social contact between individuals from two seemingly opposite institutions. Some years there
has been too much of an emphasis on winning, which has impeded the social
aspects of the game.
I also have some nostalgia for the earlier games. We originally played with
“backyard” sets, rather than the “tournament” sets currently used. It’s something of a personal preference with regard to comfort level—but, then, I also
prefer a car with a stick shift. For the first matches, I wrote up rules that we
used (based on local rules), some of
which varied from the official United I don’t think any of us who
States Croquet Association rules that
have since been adopted. However, were involved in creating
seeing as the record stands at 11-3 in this thing had any idea
our favor, I guess we don’t really need
to invite the Middies over to come how successful and how
wonderful it would beplay by our rules.
On the subject of the match’s ori- come. It started as a lark
gins, there is no truth to the rumor
that someone (either a Johnnie or a and is still going strong.
Middie, depending on the version) was killed in a bar fight, which evolved into the Little Campus
sponsoring the croquet match as a way to resolve disputes civilly.
Nevertheless, the Academy’s sponsorship was essential in obtaining
the trophy and storing it between matches.
Kevin Heyburn (A’86) is the one who deserves full credit for the croquet match, since he was the one who set the whole thing up. Before that,
the Croquet Club had no formal membership other than the Imperial Wicket, and all meetings were strictly on a pickup basis.
The first year, the Middies had no idea what to expect. They merely accepted a challenge based on their “can do” attitude, and we completely demolished them. In fact, it got so bad that Drew Parker (A’83) and I were fighting
against each other to be rover. All three of our players were done before any
of the Middies had gotten even halfway. After that, the Middies were better
prepared, but it is clear that they cannot hold a mallet to us.
It is very difficult to have an institutional memory where every four years
you are supposed to have a completely new group of people, so I am happy and
proud that the croquet match has survived and prospered over the years. Go
St. John’s! Beat Navy! !
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by Drew Menzer, ‘13
The sea may barrage
The Johnnie castle today,
but it shan’t break it.
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Before Croquet, before the Program, St. John’s College had a different foe: Johns Hopkins
University, with whom the men of St. John’s played an annual high-stakes football game.
Yet what happened on the gridiron is not as interesting as what took place off it.
[Editor’s Note: The annual football game between St.
John’s and Johns Hopkins drew a crowd of 5,000—
and inspired many machinations between the two
schools. What follows is the account of a particular
incident in 1931, when 150 Hopkins men launched
an assault on the St. John’s campus. This version
of events, lightly revised, originally appeared in
the 1932 St. John’s College yearbook, the Rat-Tat.]
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ended the first scrimmage of modern history.
The fall of 1929 was rather quiet. The freshman
patrols had but one encounter with the Blue Jays
from Baltimore, who had their wings clipped and
left town at a speed little less than that achieved by
aeroplanes. Too bad one of the patrol had to mess
up that nice big Cord’s [a model of car] paint job,
so reaching a point at the junction of King George
Street and College Avenue the men from Hopkins
turned their nice new Cord about and, in a shower
of sticks, stones, and other missiles, took their way
hastily out of town.
cells crowded, water running through bars. “Nice
men-—.” “Yeah, I haven’t had anything to eat—.”
“Six seventy-five, the bums.” “Gonna appeal it—.”
“The game—year, I’m taking her-—.” “So long—.”
[By 1934, the October encounter had become the
stuff of legend. The following recounting, slightly amended, appeared in that year’s Rat-Tat.]
T
ust when the ancient and honored custom of
he pre-game rivalry between Hopkins and St.
paying each other “painted” compliments,
John’s has always been as spirited as the game
previous to the Hopkins game, began, no one
itself. These fraternal festivities have taken many
seems to know. In all probability back in the shadforms. According to custom, each college used to
ow eighties [1880s] a buggy load of the boys did a
opkins is in town, 200 strong. Thus opened construct a fortress during the week before the
little decorating on one of the campuses. Just to
the evening of Thursday, October 22, 1931. big game; the idea was then instituted to wreak
brighten things up, there was prompt retaliation, Ten o’clock came and passed uneventfully—almost. havoc on the enemy’s campus while guarding the
and so began the series of scrimmages that have Down College Avenue from the Governor’s Man- home grounds. At St. John’s, the annual bonfire
racked the two institutions throughout the years, sion came the hosts of Hopkins, 150 strong, lighted and “snake dance” were established as regular preculminating in the grand finale
torches casting weird shadows game features, and it became the goal of the Hopof the fall of 1931.
on the walls of old Crabtown, kins undergraduates to light the bonfire before the
The crush of bodies, a
We shall begin the modern
paint buckets swinging. There scheduled time.
history of these illustrious wars smack of fist hitting flesh,
came cries of “Here they come,
But in the fall of 1931, things got out of hand. Sevin the fall of 1928. In this year muffled cries, the thrashhere they come.” Swiftly, the eral enthusiastic but misdirected freshmen from St.
the Rats [the nickname at the
College Avenue and St. John’s John’s raided the Hopkins campus one dark night
ing of wrestlers.
time for St. John’s freshmen]
Street patrols gathered at the and painted up as many buildings as possible with
were assigned their posts as
corner of College Avenue and black and orange paint. On the Thursday night bepickets about the campus as usual. With the toll- St. John’s Street, where they formed a thin line. fore the game, Hopkins stormed the college caming of midnight there sped into town an old Dodge. One of their number hurried to the bell in Mc- pus 150 strong to retaliate, but the St. John’s men
The occupants were unknown but the redoubtable Dowell Hall. The hosts of Hopkins hurried on- were ready for them. All during the week, as had
Cross [Harold E. Cross, class of 1929, later a cap- ward, closer, ever closer—“No further,” came the been the annual custom, members of the freshman
tain in the U.S. Navy] sensed that they were Hop- cry; a pause—eyes staring, fingers stirring nerv- class were on guard at strategic points around the
kins men. When the car reached the gym, a series ously on club handles, silence; the torches’ ruddy campus. At the moment the Hopkins men burst
of yells greeted the patrol on duty there; the yells flames swirl in the night; will the bell never ring?; into town, the famous old bell in McDowell Hall
were answered with stones, sticks, and tin cans. that one in the orange sweater—a clang, a move- tolled, and the entire student body was called onto
After this exchange of compliments, the patrol ment, a club falls, one of the patrol down, a rushing the campus. 300 St. John’s men gathered to repel
under Cross pursued the car through town, finally across the campus; men, men; the patrol struggles, the invaders.
cornering it in a blind alley near the Naval Acade- breaks, but the Johnnies were there. The crush of
Although the offense was perfectly planned and
my Chapel. When the occupants surrendered, they bodies, a smack of fist hitting flesh, muffled cries, executed, the St. John’s men made short work of
proved to be four in number, and were promptly the thrashing of wrestlers. They break, the hosts of the brave Hopkins men, who were quickly driven
escorted to the Campus.
Hopkins roll back up the street; at the back of the back to Church Circle. On returning to the college,
At this point the prisoners announced that they Governor’s Mansion, the fightthe St. John’s men found the
were hungry, and, as a result, dog biscuits were ing ceases. The Johnnies come
members of the Water Witch
supplied in quantity quite sufficient to satisfy the back and line up on the corner, One brave St. John’s man
Fire Company calmly connectpangs of the starving. After relieving their hunger, the men from Hopkins follow, gave a war whoop and
ing their hoses and aiming them
the prisoners on bended knee begged to be released. forming on the other side of the charged. The entire stuat the victorious Johnnies. The
This sort of sentiment was frowned on by the Rats, street near the mayor’s house.
first stream of water sent the
and after a series of prayers for a St. John’s vic- The police are there, blue uni- dent body followed.
student body back to the high
tory, the prisoners were allowed to paint their car forms here and there over the
spot on campus. With the shock
orange and black;
following this they were street. Officious orders. The mayor is saying some- of the first attack wearing off, the absurdity of the
escorted to bed
by some fifteen Rats. thing, “Murder to cross—.” “Better leave—Balti- local firemen interfering in a fair scrap suddenly
Promptly at 7
AM the prisoners more.” The crowd begins to disperse slowly, the inspired one brave St. John’s man, who gave a war
were routed out
of bed and tak- mayor has gone. There is a fire siren down the whoop and charged the firemen. The entire stuen to the
dining
hall, street, the gleaming paint of the City’s pride; hoses dent body followed.
where
they publicly and hydrants, water hisses through the leaves—
The next few minutes were among the most
prayed
for a
rolls noisily down the gutter: “I’m wet; what the amusing in St. John’s’ entire history. The members
Jo h n n i e
hell are they doing here?” Men streaming up of the fire brigade were scattered all over town.
victory. Afthe lawn. “They are following-—.” “Let ‘em.” Their hoses were taken from them, and they were
ter their
Men taking off their shirts, men crouching, a drenched with the high-pressure streams of water
picconfused murmur, white figures in the black that they had been directing toward the student
tures
night, running low, the hiss of water over body just few minutes before. Johnnies hijacked
were
bare backs, smacks of water full on; a few the Water Witch Fire Truck; bedlam broke loose.
takblows, the hose changes hands, wet fireThe Annapolis police, in all their majesty, drove
en,
men running, a loose nozzle swaying in up and began picking up every student they saw on
the street like an angry snake, policemen the streets, even those merely exiting local empohurrying away. A lone fire engine, only one riums. They herded them into four small cells in
hose, gleaming bodies straining the antiquated police station on Duke of Gloucesin the lamp light, a tear and free ter Street. 33 men were taken in, of which about
the
gushing of water from the hy- ten were from Hopkins. In small cells, unable even
Rats aldrant. Laughter—nervous to sit, the prisoners were kept all night and treated
lowed
cries and protests. “No I am abominably. The next day charges were drawn.
t h e
going—Baltimore.” The clang of a police President Gordon [Douglas Huntly Gordon, thenpriswagon, “Get in—none of your lip—see how you like president of St. John’s] took the matter in his own
oners to
this.” “But I tell you I have nothing--.” The wagon hands. In two days’ time, he had the fines returned
take themis gone, irate justice at work. Prisoners, names, a and justice established. The seemingly dire matter
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St. John’s College • 60 College Ave, Annapolis, MD 21401 • Apr. 20, 2013 • Vol. XXXIV • Issue 19
A Special Kind
of Rivalry
Growth and the
Abyss of Self
Meet the Teams
Over the Wall
Senior Drew Menzer,
Imperial Wicket, muses
on the singular nature
of the SJC/USNA rivalry—one that unites,
not divides.
Senior Jonathan Barone
reflects on four years in
St. John’s’ intramural
program and the unique
form of growth that
athletics fosters.
The Gadfly introduces
the St. John’s College,
Annapolis, 2013 Croquet Team and their
challengers from the
U.S. Naval Academy.
Senior Danny Kraft
dons the blue and gold
and goes undercover
on the Yard to find out
what the Midshipmen
think of their rivals.
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Editorial Staff
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Ian Tuttle • Editor-in-Chief
Hayden Pendergrass • Layout Editor
Henley Moore • Photographer
Sasha Welm • Cartoonist
Staff
Jonathan Barone
Will Brown
Robert Malka
Sarah Meggison
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Contributors
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Connor Callahan
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Pg. 3 • A Spectator’s Guide to the Rules
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Pg. 3 • Letter from President Nelson
Pg. 4 • A Special Kind of Rivalry by Drew
Menzer
Pg. 4 • What’s In A Game? by Connor
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Pg. 5 • Growth and the Abyss of Self by
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Pg. 8 • The 2013 St. John’s College
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Pg. 10 • Don’t Define ‘Justice’ in a Paper
by Will Brown
Pg. 11 • Weird, Pretentious, Druggie,
Racist by Keenan Trotter
Pg. 12 • Over the Wall by Danny Kraft
ear Johnnies, Mids, Family, and
Other Guests,
Welcome to the 31st annual
SJC vs. USNA Croquet Match! Whether
your trip to our front lawn began in Randall Hall or across the nation, we hope
that your weekend is full of laughter, song,
sport, and good conversation (and maybe a
drink or three).
The Croquet Issue of the Gadfly is part
of the time-honored tradition that is Croquet Weekend. We are honored to be a
part of that tradition, and we hope you find
these pages an engaging companion to the
weekend’s festivities.
In this issue, you’ll find different perspectives on the value of rivalry and sport.
Imperial Wicket Drew Menzer (A’13) considers what distinguishes the SJC/USNA
rivalry from others, while Connor Callahan (A’14) argues that competition encourages community. Staff sports writer
Jonathan Barone (A’13) goes beyond the
croquet field and asks how his active role
in St. John’s’ intramural program has allowed him to grow.
But this issue isn’t all about
games. Elsewhere in these pages,
our writers examine St. John’s
College from within and without. Will Brown (A’16) and Robert
Malka (A’15) each reflect on how
this past year has shaped them;
together, their accounts offer a
glimpse into what it’s like to live
the first two years of the St. John’s
Program. Keenan Trotter (A’12)
and Danny Kraft (A’13) take us
off-campus: in a piece from the
Gadfly archives, Trotter examines a spectrum of outside takes
on the College, while Kraft ventures a trip across the street to
the Naval Academy to see just
what the Midshipmen have to say
about their neighbors.
Of course, we also have our annual Q&A with the croquet teams of
both colleges and, for those of you who
forgot your rulebooks at home, a helpful
guide to the rules of croquet from alumna
Annemarie Catania (A’97). President Nelson’s letter to the Polity considers the importance of the educations offered by both
St. John’s and the Naval Academy to main-
taining a free nation—and, of course, calls
for Johnnie victory today. In a Croquet
Issue first, Gadfly poet Painter Bob has
composed for us two pieces inspired by
the match. And, as she has for the past two
years, cartoonist Sasha Welm (A’14) has
penned elegant, fun-filled sketches featuring the Johnnie platypus and Bill the Goat.
We want to extend our thanks to our
contributors, to our tireless staff, and to
Hayden Pendergrass (A’14), layout editor
extraordinaire. It has been our privilege to
work with you all over the past year, and
we look forward to doing so again in the
fall!
Now, without any further ado—let the
games begin!
Sincerely,
Nathan Goldman and Ian Tuttle
Co-Editors, 2012-2013
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tinuation gained by completion of the wicket shot.
Scoring a wicket erases whatever effects the
player may have incurred by hitting balls prior to
by Annemarie Catania, A’97
going through it. Although hitting a ball has the
s you sit in the sun, eating, drinking, and advantage of two continuation shots from that
possibly burning, you may discuss the ball, it also means going dead on that ball. This
game of croquet. In the midst of this com- means the ball struck cannot be hit again before
munity picnic, your attention may turn to the the striking ball goes through another wicket.
Lest the rules become too complicated for your
game. Just in case this happens, you may be interrelaxing brain, take a sip of your drink of choice,
ested in the rules of croquet.
Today’s game is traditional American nine- sit back, and observe the deadness board. This
wicket croquet, essentially following the rules of scoreboard of sorts keeps track of which balls have
the United States Croquet Association. Each of the already been hit. Each ball has its own row with
five matches consists of two Johnnies versus two three spaces that indicate which ball it is dead on.
Middies. One team plays with the red and yellow At the beginning of the game, every ball is dead
balls, and the other uses black and blue. The order on every other ball for the first shot. Any contact
between balls on this turn is incidental. After this
of play follows the colors painted on the stakes.
The point of the game is to hit both balls of one shot, every ball becomes live on every other ball.
team through all the wickets, hitting one stake Through the course of a game, going through a
in the middle of the game, and the other stake at wicket restores liveness. The deadness board asthe end. The pattern zig-zags through the center sists the memories of those enjoying too much of
wickets and the wickets to the right of the direc- their drinks of choice.
This much knowledge will suffice for following
tion of play.
As you watch, you may notice that some players most of the game. The basic strategy is to advance
have very short turns. We hope that these turns one’s own ball and one’s partner’s ball through as
happen more often for the Midshipmen, since we many wickets as possible while deterring the othhope to allow them no other option than to set up er team’s balls as much as possible. You may hear
for their wickets. A long turn is more advanta- the players politely referring to messing with the
geous. You may hear someone asking, “How long other team by taking them off their sets, using stop
has this Johnnie been playing this turn?” This shots to shoot them away from their wickets, and
question indicates that the St. John’s player has taking advantage of them with split shots.
The most cruelty you will see in this most civibeen using every opportunity for continuation
quite successfully, and probably also means that lized of croquet matches will be in blocking, or in
staking out the rover. The first of these is a simple
the Johnnie player has run many wickets.
Two types of shots result in continuation. One is defensive move. If a player’s opponent is dead on
running a wicket (or scoring a wicket, as the USCA her ball, and the opponent is set up for his wicket, she may shoot her ball into a
calls pushing one’s ball through
place directly between his ball
the metal structure). This re- Lest the rules become
will obsults in one more shot. Although
too complicated for your and the wicket. Thishe is able
struct his shot unless
going through the wicket is always the goal in mind, hitting relaxing brain, take a sip to execute a jump shot over her
ball.
a ball with one’s own ball may of your drink of choice,
Staking out the rover is the
be more immediately beneficial,
since this type of shot results in sit back, and observe the most detrimental type of play,
and occurs in the end game.
two continuation shots.
deadness board.
When a ball has completed all
Our friends from town may
ask you about these two shots. As an articulate lib- the wickets and has not yet hit the final stake, it is
eral arts student, you will provide them with the called a rover. An opponent has the opportunity to
terminology for these turns, which even the play- hit that ball into the stake on a croquet shot. The
ers do not bother to remember. The proper name staked-out ball must sit out for two turns, and hit
for hitting another ball is “roquet.” (You may say, the stake at the other end of the field before coming
“She has roqueted the ball.”) Upon hitting anoth- back into play. A rover still in play may go through
er ball, the striking ball becomes cloaked, which wickets in any direction to gain continuation as
means whatever happens to it before it stops roll- long as it is dead on two balls (or two-ball dead).
ing is incidental and does not count. Impress your After going through a wicket, the rover remains
friends by telling them that it does not exist. The temporarily dead on the ball it last hit before going
official USCA term for this is a ball in hand. The through the wicket until it hits another ball.
Have a fine time sunning yourself, eating, and
player places the ball in hand next to the roqueted
ball and shoots. This is called the croquet shot. drinking. Wander off to chat with friends and
strangers. If you find yourself with further quesThe second shot is called continuation.
Continuation is not cumulative. This means that tions on more complicated strategy or minor rules,
a ball that runs a wicket on a croquet shot does not ask someone who often plays croquet to expound
receive that continuation in addition to the con- on the game’s intricacies.
[Editor’s Note: This article is reprinted with minor
edits from a ’90s-era Croquet Issue of the Gadfly.]
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he battle for honor and glory we are
about to witness between two great institutions, testing their friendship on
the playing fields of our front campus, is a test
of the strength and endurance of a liberal education—for whichever side should claim victory
today.
Both of our institutions are dedicated to the
principles of freedom—to the arts of liberty.
This commitment to liberty, to freedom of
speech and action, is what undergirds our nation. And it is our national duty to assure that
each generation of citizens is well educated in
the arts of freedom to protect them from attack and from atrophy. It ought to be the first
concern of our schools, from pre-kindergarten
through college, that our young acquire the
freedom to make intelligent choices concerning the ends and means of both their public and
private lives. This requires the cultivation and
practice of the art of reason and understanding and discipline in analysis, argument, and
interpretation, so that they may be free from
the tyrannies of unexamined opinions, current
fashions, and inherited prejudices.
Our nation was founded on the idea that good
government is grounded in its citizens’ intellectual freedom; our strength depends upon
this idea. Our economy is grounded in the notion of free enterprise; the freedom we have to
test our ideas against the needs and demands of
the community has helped build the prosperity
we have enjoyed as a society. This too depends
upon the intellectual freedom of our citizens.
And so it is with our social order and moral
character.
For the sake of our country, then, we need
our citizens to have two kinds of education that
are in a very healthy tension with one another:
(1) an education in the political and intellectual
foundations, including the economic, scientific
and social traditions and principles that have
shaped our nation, and (2) an education in the
arts needed to question and examine those
very foundations and traditions in the light of
reason, so that we may keep them vibrant and
alive, and so that we may redefine and improve
on them when we discover we have good cause.
These are called the arts of freedom because
they are grounded in the kind of free inquiry
that helps us understand our world better and
inspires in us a sense of wonder and longing to
learn more.
We have given serious attention to questioning and understanding these concerns at St.
John’s. And the Naval Academy has given its attention to educating our fleet of midshipmen to
defend them. Both of our schools are needed to
make for a free nation!
Whoever wins this match between our
schools will win in the name of an education
devoted to freedom.
So, then, as the outcome will weigh equally
with respect to the state of our nation, the victory should go to the team that demonstrates
its superiority in strategic engagement. Let
the victory then belong to our Johnnies! Five
Games to None!!
All Honor and Glory Are Due!
Chris Nelson (SF’70)
President
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We are gathered here today for...for what? We’re not just here for a
party, but we’re certainly not here for the sole purpose of watching an
athletic competition either. This event means a lot to St. John’s, to the Naval
Academy, and to the city of Annapolis, but what we have here is more than a
simple rivalry between different teams.
This isn’t like the Ohio State-Michigan rivalry I grew up with in Ohio. That
kind of rivalry is more vicious; the relationship between the two teams is all
about each asserting dominance over
one another. It allows the members
The difference between
of the respective sides to form bonds
amongst themselves, but there is no
the rivalry I have with
bond formed between Michigan and
Michigan and the one
Ohio, except maybe one of mutual
we have with the Naval
animosity. I get a little cranky just seeing Mr. Higuera wearing a Michigan
Academy is that instead
sweatshirt.
of eroding the relationThe difference between the rivalry
I have with Michigan and the one we
ship between the two
Academy is that
teams, the Annapolis Cup have with the Naval the relationship
instead of eroding
strengthens it.
between the two teams, the Annapolis
Cup strengthens it. The competitive
aspect of the match takes a backseat to the singing, drinking, dancing, and
bonding that occurs on the front lawn. We all want to win, just not at the expense of the camaraderie of the Annapolis community. What we have is a spe-
cial kind of rivalry that improves the relations among and between SJC and
the USNA. It’s an honor to be a part of it, and I hope that everyone makes the
most of this day. Take advantage of this wonderful event to remind yourself
why we’re here and why this event is so special. Johnnies, go meet a Midshipman; Midshipmen, go meet a Johnnie. You’ll be glad you did.
Drew Menzer
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or over 30 years Annapolis has been the “real meaning of x,” and how we should all
united across the broadest of spec- be thinking not about the material aspect, but
trums—from the liberal arts to the art of about the story that lies beneath the matter.
war—by a single civil lawn game. What do we This is a classic problem of form and matter.
play for? Honor? Virtue? The oldest question Croquet Weekend, as an Annapolis holiday, is
still stands: Why? The teams don’t play for something that we do because we like to drink
pure supremacy; to do so would be an affront and dance. We like to get dressed up and have
to community unity.
a ball. But moreover, the form of the event, the
When we challenge others, we merely seek very nature of the game that we are playing,
to establish a binding friendship, because it’s is important. We need to ask ourselves what
easier to create a guise of animosity than to as- the true meaning of our holiday is, and how we
sert that we want to find out more about peo- can always be looking to emphasize those valple whom we are interested
ues in our daily lives.
in. Aristotle says that man is
Croquet comes but once a
a political animal, and while When we challenge
year, but the games we play
I don’t agree with much others, we merely seek
happen every day. We are
of what he says, I can still
constantly bouncing ideas
to establish a binding
agree that we humans seek
off of one another, helping
out the other. And while the friendship, because it’s
out one another and fightother may be a frightening easier to create a guise
ing with the ideas we enconcept, man cannot help
counter. The croquet field
but extend his experience of animosity than to asis traversed twice, and in
to others. Man congregates sert that we want to find its circular play we see that
around his dead fruits of
game doesn’t have to
out more about people the there—in fact, we could
labor (i.e., fermented fruits
end
and grains) to create the that we are interested in. envision an endless croquet
most beautiful constructs of
game that stretches back
time and space (i.e., the croquet field). While to the beginning of our tradition and beyond.
once we received much rhetoric of “us and And while one team at the end of the day will
them,” the basic establishment of the games get to say that they’ve won, the truth is that we
that we play presupposes a unity between all are all winning by coming out to celebrate a
men.
community that embraces two so apparently
Around holidays there’s often much talk of different collegiate atmospheres.
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A Concise History
of Croquet
An Anachronistic Account of
Croquet through the Program
The Ancients
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the shores of Troy.
A ten-year croquet
match ensues.
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croquet’s virtues.
He calls it a sophist’s game.
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impossible for him
to play croquet. He
writes the Summa
instead.
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those predestined
for salvation have
to learn croquet.
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travels to Canterbury to the shrine
of Thomas à Becket
with a 29-person
croquet team.
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comforts himself
by playing croquet
with friends.
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kidney stone, Michel de Montaigne
painfully swears
that it must be the
size of a croquet
ball.
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in his Critique of
Pure Croquet, states
that the croquet
ball travels “independently of all
experience.” No
one understands
what that means.
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ecently, as I was walking back to my dorm perspective, if you never try to understand your
after a basketball game, I received a text classmate, you will never grow. You will stagnate,
from a friend asking whether I wanted to and, eventually, you will die an intellectual death.
go out for a beer. The game had been particularly In this way, St. John’s forces you to grow. It forces
contentious at times, and I had been swept up by you to talk to other people, and ultimately, it makes
my passions and done something I later regretted. you stare into yourself. When you gaze into the
I wanted someone to talk to, so I replied with an af- abyss of self, you must make the choice whether
firmative, and the ensuing conversation we had at you will stay the same, or humble your indomitable
the bar struck me. I realized that even though I had will.
written about sports and our intramural program
What makes the intramural program here so
many times, I had failed to recognize a crucial as- strong is the fact that it provides an arena to strugpect of why I value the role sports have played in gle with these same issues in a more visceral way.
my life. Through this conversation with my friend, Hard work and individual talent can only get you so
I caught a glimpse of myself in a mirror and saw far. Just as seminar cannot succeed as a book club
how sports had forced me to grow.
for the educated with everyone trying to exert his
I wish I could come up with a better word than own opinions, neither can a basketball team suc“grow,” because “grow” doesn’t quite capture the ceed as five individuals trying to make their voices
essence of what I want to say. Anyone grows physi- heard above the rest. Sports require teamwork,
cally when they play sports. Someone will become honest competition, and above all, the humility to
stronger and more skilled with the ball when he decrease so that the team may increase.
puts in the practice. His endurance will increase,
I don’t think that I had really appreciated the
he will be able to withstand more tackles, he will extent of this growth until that basketball game.
perform better. He will grow
Even though I had hit the
mentally, too: by watching the I realized that even though
clutch free-throw to win the
game, he will be able to undergame, I came away from the
stand the movements of his I had written about sports
game staring into the abyss of
body and his opponents. He and our intramural program my soul. I had confronted an
will know when to conserve
and acted in anger,
many times, I had failed to opponentrecognition of what I
energy and when to let loose.
with full
His mental toughness will in- recognize a crucial aspect of was doing. Walking back to my
crease, and he will be able to why I value the role sports
dorm, I realized that the motipersevere even when his body
vation for my action was purehave played in my life.
grows tired.
ly selfish, and in a moment of
These types of growth are
choice, I decided to exert my
natural results of human activity. They are also not individual will over an opponent.
what I’m talking about. Any individual can achieve
Looking back on that incident and the converall these kinds of growth through pure force of sation after the game, the opportunity for growth
will. Through working hard and striving for this that the experience provided is not revelatory or
growth, any person can become physically and redemptive on a cosmic scale. It isn’t a life-changmentally strong. But this sort of growth is strictly ing moment, and it’s only poignant to me because
personal. Sport itself does not cause this develop- I went through it. But I believe it speaks to what
ment, since it is an individual’s striving that ulti- sports have to offer us as human beings. Through
mately produces this growth.
sports, through this hand-to-hand competition
However, we do not live in an isolated world. We with others, we are communicating with our teamlive, especially here at St. John’s, in a community. mates and opponents on a fundamental, essential
On a fundamental level, we are able to function as level. As a result of this physical dialogue, we may
a college because of everyone’s work. While each see tendencies or attitudes in ourselves that we
individual has to put in the effort on his own to appreciate or dislike. When we see these things,
understand the material, this school could never we are forced to make a choice as to whether we
operate if each person were only looking out for will continue to act the way we always have, or
himself and only trying to answer his own ques- will grow and develop. Ultimately, if we are to surtions. We are able to function as a community of vive and thrive in community, we must grow. This
learning precisely because we realize that we have growth, while painful, is the choice of life. I think
to work together. If we were to ignore our peers, we can agree that when we meditate on our time at
this school could not function.
St. John’s, it is the dialogues we had, the friends we
And so this school forces you to work together, made, the community in which we partook, that
to see your fellow man. If you never change your truly makes this place special.
The Middle Ages
by Jonathan Barone, Staff Writer, A’13
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Jesus plays croquet
for 40 days and
40 nights against
Satan. He wins.
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After years of
psychological
study, Sigmund
Freud determines,
“sometimes a croquet mallet is just a
croquet mallet.”
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Dillon Pierce
Ash Davis
Eric Bermudez
• I play croquet because...I love contact
sports.
• In ten years, I will be...just as poor as
I am now.
• If I could have dinner with any three
people (living or dead), they would
be...Robert E. Lee, Pat Tillman, and
George Washington.
• In the shower I sing...Sinatra and only
Sinatra.
• When I was little I dreamed of being
...out of New Jersey.
• One book every person should read
is...if I was better at reading books, I
would have gone to St. John’s.
• My epitaph will read: “Not a bad run
for a fat kid.”
• St. John’s College is...where I should
have gone. I heard there was no math
over there.
• I play croquet because...it pays well.
• In ten years, I will be...driving a flying
car.
• If I could have dinner with any three
people (living or dead), they would
be…Oscar, Grover, and Big Bird.
• In the shower I sing…I don’t shower.
• If I could live anywhere, it would be...
well-ventilated.
• When I was little I dreamed of being...a
garbage man.
• One book every person should read
is...my journal—really insightful stuff.
• My epitaph will read...in a different
language.
• My teammates say I am...not at practice.
• St. John’s College is...ranked number
four in the nation for “Best Overall
Quality of Life.” Looks like I picked
the wrong school.
• I play croquet because...I like being
classy once in a while.
• In ten years, I will be...flying stuff.
• If I could have dinner with any three
people (living or dead), they would
be...one of the Wright brothers, Aubrey Plaza, and King Leonidas.
• In the shower I sing...“Everytime We
Touch” by Cascada.
• If I could live anywhere, it would be...
North Korea.
• When I was little I dreamed of being...
in space and winning the St. John’s
2013 croquet match.
• One book every person should read
is...Unbroken by Lauren Hillenbrand.
• My epitaph will read: “Mos Eisley
Spaceport. You will never find a more
wretched hive of scum and villainy.”
• My teammates say I am...an Asian sensation.
• I play croquet because...it’s classy.
• If I could have dinner with any three
people (living or dead), they would
be...Jason Statham, my dad, and Abraham Lincoln.
• In the shower I sing...dubsteb.
• If I could live anywhere, it would be...
back in New Zealand.
• When I was little I dreamed of being...a
chef for some fancy restaurant in the
UK.
• One book every person should read is
The Hobbit.
• My epitaph will read: “I told you I was
sick.”
• My teammates say I am...well, I am not
exactly sure what they say about me.
• St. John’s College is...in trouble and
needs to call Kenny Loggins, because
come gameday they’ll be in the DANGER ZONE (cue music).
• I play croquet because...I naively
thought it would be fun.
• If I could have dinner with any three
people (living or dead), they would
be...living.
• In the shower I sing...“September” by
Earth, Wind & Fire.
• If I could live anywhere, it would be...
inside a Ben & Jerry’s factory.
• When I was little I dreamed of being...
Lieutenant Dan.
• One book every person should read is
Principles of Electronic Communication Systems, Third Edition.
• My epitaph will read: “Here rots Dan.”
• My teammates say I am...mediocre at
best.
• St. John’s College is...probably a fine
institution, though it could benefit
greatly from a few lessons in hygiene
and grooming.
• I play croquet because...it’s fun.
• In ten years, I will be...a civilian.
• If I could have dinner with any three
people (living or dead), they would
be...Reagan, Abraham Lincoln, and Jesus.
• In the shower I sing...“I Wanna Dance
with Somebody” by Whitney Houston.
• If I could live anywhere, it would be...
Stafford, VA.
• When I was little I dreamed of being...
Spiderman.
• One book every person should read is
Principles of Electronic Communication Systems.
• My epitaph will read: “Goofy.”
• My teammates say I am...goofy.
• St. John’s College is...a bunch of hippies.
• I play croquet because...I was drafted,
because the team wanted to win this
year.
• If I could have dinner with any three
people (living or dead), they would
be...Dylan...Dylan...Dylan (three of the
five greatest rappers of all time).
• If I could live anywhere, it would be...
an underwater cave.
• When I was little I dreamed of being...a
croquet champion.
• One book every person should read is
The Gentry Man, a Guide for the Civilized Man.
• My epitaph will read: “Gone to look
for more chaos.”
• My teammates say I am...the team enforcer.
• St. John’s College is...a college? Wait,
seriously, I thought they didn’t even
get a degree.
• I play croquet because...I’m on the
team.
• In ten years, I will be...30.
• If I could have dinner with any three
people (living or dead), they would
be...living, living, and dead.
• In the shower I sing...songs.
• If I could live anywhere, it would be...
over there.
• When I was little I dreamed of being...
big.
• One book every person should read
is...Don Quixote.
• My epitaph will read...trick question.
Epitaphs can’t read.
• My teammates say I am...Eric.
• St. John’s College is...across the street.
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Ryan Lluy
• I play croquet because...I don’t, croquet plays me.
• If I could have dinner with any three
people (living or dead), they would
be...Ernest Hemingway, Jack London,
and the pig from the GEICO commercials. Ernie and Jack and I love bacon.
• In the shower I sing...exclusively Nickelback and Creed.
• If I could live anywhere, it would be...
on a sailboat in the Caribbean.
• One book every person should read
is...East of Eden. Seriously. Read it.
• My epitaph will read: “He was pretty
all right.”
• St. John’s College is...A nirvana of inspiring literature, deceased languages,
and 2500-year-old math, hidden in
a haze of cigarette smoke and coffee
steam.
• I play croquet because...it’s the most
action-packed sport at the Academy.
• In ten years, I will be...celebrating the
ten-year anniversary of being asked
this question.
• If I could have dinner with any three
people (living or dead), they would
be...Westlake, Foran, and Stephenson.
They never hang out with me.
• In the shower I sing...“Singing in the
Rain.”
• If I could live anywhere, it would be...
on the St. John’s front lawn.
• One book every person should read is
How to Beat St. John’s at Croquet.
• My epitaph will read: “He beat St.
John’s.”
• My teammates say I am...going to beat
St. John’s.
• St. John’s College is...going to lose.
William Christoph
• I play croquet because...I didn’t make
the cut for the lawn darts team.
• In ten years, I will be...ten years older,
but hopefully a whole lot wiser.
• If I could have dinner with any three
people, they would be...Abraham Lincoln, Pat Tillman, and Denzel Washington.
• In the shower I sing “I Will Always
Love You” by Whitney Houston.
• If I could live anywhere, it would be...
Jackson, WY.
• One book every person should read is
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein.
• My epitaph will read: “He went out
with his boots on.”
• My teammates say I am...the rock that
makes the team roll.
• St. John’s College is...not St. John’s
University in Queens, NY.
• I play croquet because...it is a fun
tradition I had an opportunity to be a
part of.
• In ten years, I will be...31.
• If I could have dinner with any three
people (living or dead), they would
be...Yvonne Strahovski, Al Pacino, Bill
Clinton.
• In the shower I sing...N.W.A.
• If I could live anywhere, it would be...
Haines, Alaska.
• When I was little I dreamed of
being...a Jedi.
• One book every person should read is
The Outsiders.
• My epitaph will read: “Connection
reset by peer.”
• My teammates say I am...a ninja.
• St. John’s College is...that place we
walk through after football games.
• I play croquet because...it is an enjoyable and competitive strategy game.
• In ten years, I will be...a Navy pilot.
• If I could have dinner with any three
people (living or dead), they would
be...Lou Gehrig, Ben Franklin, Gene
Simmons.
• In the shower I sing...Jack Johnson.
• If I could live anywhere, it would be...
Ireland.
• When I was little I dreamed of being...
an architect.
• One book every person should read is
Ender’s Game.
• My epitaph will read: “He wasn’t here
for a long time; he was here for a good
time.”
• My teammates say I am...El Shaddai.
• St. John’s College is...going to lose this
year!
Blake Hamilton
• I play croquet because...of the adrenaline
rush.
• In ten years, I will be...lost somewhere in
the Alaskan wilderness.
• If I could have dinner with any three
people (living or dead), they would be...
Fridtjof Nansen, Ernest Shackleton, and
John Cleese.
• In the shower I sing...“You’ve Lost That
Loving Feeling.”
• If I could live anywhere, it would be...Finland.
• When I was little I dreamed of being...a
soccer player.
• One book every person should read is
The Alchemist.
• My epitaph will read: “That’s all she
wrote!”
• My teammates say I am...uncivilized.
• St. John’s College is...a pleasant little college down the road.
Matthew Foran
Colten Southworth
• I play croquet because...the uniform
worn by our athletes is the rarest uniform at the Academy. Plus, you can
have refreshments while you play.
• If I could have dinner with any three
people (living or dead), they would
be...Frank Lampard, Will Ferrell, and
Zedd.
• In the shower I sing...country music to
annoy my roommates.
• If I could live anywhere, it would be...
Hogwarts.
• When I was little I dreamed of being
...a pro baseball player for the St. Louis
Cardinals.
• My teammates say I am...the guy who
knows that quote to that movie you
can’t remember.
• St. John’s College is...home to the
spring semester’s version of the ArmyNavy game, Croquet 2013.
• I play croquet because...it’s fun.
• In ten years, I will be...healthy and
happy.
• If I could have dinner with any three
people (living or dead), they would
be...Jesus Christ, Albert Einstein,
Nikola Tesla.
• In the shower I sing...“Lux Aeterna.”
• If I could live anywhere, it would be...
Hawaii.
• When I was little I dreamed of being...
an astronaut.
• One book every person should read is
...Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell.
• My epitaph will read: “Every man is
the artisan of his own fortune.”
• My teammates say I am...reckless.
• St. John’s College is...the neighbor of
the best college.
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• I play croquet because...of the ladies. On this campus, being on the croquet team is like being a rockstar-turned-war hero.
• In ten years...my financial empire will either be
expanding into real-estate or arms dealing. It will
depend on what the market is doing.
• If I could have dinner with any three people (living
or dead), they would be...Mr. Rogers, Zeus (both
for fairly obvious reasons), and Bobby Flay, because
someone’s got to cook the meal, right? I thinkthat’s
an overlooked, but crucial, part of the question.
• In the shower I sing...Beyoncé’s “Love on Top.” Are
there other songs that people sing in the shower?
You can’t beat those key changes.
• If I could live anywhere, I would live...in Ireland in
a giant castle overlooking the ocean. I have given
some serious thought to this question.
• When I was little I dreamed of being...a monkeyologist. I love monkeys. There is no joke here, I just
love monkeys...a lot.
• One book every person should read is...Calvin and
Hobbes. They made me the man I am today.
• My teammates say I am...the Imperial Wicket.
Pretty straightforward. They also probably say I’m
mean to them when we play croquet. I might be
guilty of that...
• The Naval Academy is...quite good at croquet.
They’re like the second-best croquet team in Annapolis.
• I play croquet because...chicks can’t get enough of
the jumpsuit. How else can Hector and I pick up
girls?
• I play croquet because...few things attract the ladies
as much as a monogrammed white jumpsuit.
• In ten years, I will be...Batman. First order of business: Make Hector my butler.
• If I could have dinner with any three people (living
or dead), they would be...Well, I definitely don’t
want to have dinner with three corpses (even one
would be kind of a bummer). I guess I’d have to
choose Nathan and Ian, our faithful Gadfly editors,
with Hector, my butler, serving us.
• If I could live anywhere, it would be...in a fantastic
little blue box that’s somehow bigger on the inside.
• When I was little I dreamed of being...a liberal arts
major with no marketable skills besides a mastery
of croquet. I would wake up every night in a cold
sweat, having envisioned myself under a tarp on the
side of the road with only my customized mallet
and memories of distant glory to keep me warm.
They were not happy dreams.
• One book every person should read is...a sweet little
ditty entitled “Apollonius’ Second Letter to Eudemus.”
• My epitaph will read: something like A.E. Housman’s, “This is for all ill-treated fellows / unborn
and unbegot, / for them to read when they’re in
trouble / and I am not.”
• The Naval Academy is…comprised of people who
really like mint chocolate chip ice cream. One more
reason why they are our mortal enemies.
Hunter Cox
Mandee Glasgo
Dylan Tyler
• I play croquet...for the chicks.
• I play croquet...for the chick(s).
• In ten years, I will be...the oldest undergrad still
playing croquet.
• If I could have dinner with any three people (living
or dead), they would be...JFK, Marilyn Monroe, and
Jackie O.
• In the shower I sing...“Dumb Ways to Die.” But
that’s only incidental, since I sing it all the time.
• If I could live anywhere, it would be...in Paul Rudd’s
guest house.
• When I was little I dreamed of being...an owl.
• I play croquet because...of the chicks.
• In ten years, I will be...prosecuting Brian Warczinsky and Jinyao Zou for securities fraud.
• If I could have dinner with any three people (living or dead), they would be...Emma Watson, Emma
Watson, and Emma Watson.
• In the shower I sing...anything Tommy Bonn wants
me to sing. The show is for him.
• If I could live anywhere, I would live...in ChaseStone probably, though I always wanted to sleep in
the cupola room. You meant on campus, right?
• When I was little I dreamed of being...a wizard. I’m
still waiting for my letter though...
• One book every person should read is...Portnoy’s
Complaint. Some things every 13-year-old boy
should know.
• My epitaph will read: “He walked through life as he
did around the croquet court. Slowly.”
• My teammates say I am...the suavest dude on the
team! Except for Hector...or Hunter. Crap.
• The Naval Academy is...just not up to winning the
Annapolis Cup. Maybe they should work on their
athletics program.
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• In ten years, I will be...kicking ass and taking names.
• If I could have dinner with any three people (living
or dead), they would be...Linus Feder times three.
• In the shower I sing*...“Love on Top” by Beyoncé,
and “Take My Breath Away” by Berlin, and “Jungleland” by Bruce Springsteen. (*I take long showers.)
• When I was little I dreamed of being...The Boss.
• One book every person should read is...The Brothers
Karamazov.
• My epitaph will read: “He Lives.”
• My teammates say I am...The Best.
• The Naval Academy is...way too expensive.
• One book every person should read is...Frindle By
Andrew Clements.
• My epitaph will read: “Here Lies Mandiey.”
• My teammates say I am...carrying the team.
• The Naval Academy is...heroic, but not fearsome.
• In ten years, I will be...in the shower.
• If I could have dinner with any three people (living
or dead), they would be...Rubber Ducky, He’stheone,
and Thatmakesbathtimesomuchfun.
• If I could live anywhere, it would be...in the shower.
• When I was little I dreamed of being...in the shower
singing in ten years.
• One book every person should read is...in the
shower.
• My epitaph will read: “In the shower.”
• My teammates say I am...in the shower.
• The Naval Academy is...wet.
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Rachel Hahn
Eric Shlifer
• I play croquet because...it gets me all the chicks.
• I play croquet because...of the chick(s).
• In ten years, I will be...not living with my parents.
• In ten years, I will be...ten years older and 50 years
wiser.
• I play croquet...to get chicks.
• In ten years, I will be...living on Brian Warczinsky’s
couch.
• If I could have dinner with any three people (living
or dead), they would be...C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien,
and Mark Twain.
• If I could live anywhere, it would be...in a castle on
top of a hill with a moat.
• When I was little I dreamed of being...a professional
football player.
• One book every person should read is...The Brothers
Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
• My epitaph will read: “Caring Friend, Loving Husband, Annoying Father.”
• My teammates say I am...very good at being myself.
• The Naval Academy is...stronger, faster, betterequipped, and better prepares their students to be
productive citizens of the United States. Yet we still
beat them in croquet...so at least we have that, right?
• If I could have dinner with any three people (living
or dead), they would be...Kanye West, Jay-Z, and
Puff Daddy (P. Diddy, Diddy, whatever he goes by
now).
• In the shower I sing...Drake songs.
• If I could have dinner with any three people (living
or dead),they would be...Ewan McGregor as Christian (Moulin Rouge), Ewan McGregor as Catcher
Block(Down with Love), and Ewan McGregor as
himself.
• If I could live anywhere, it would be...anywhere
that’s 78 degrees and sunny yearlong.
• In the shower I sing...way better than I normally
sing.
• When I was little I dreamed of being...a cowboy.
• One book every person should read is The One: The
Life and Music of James Brown by R.J. Smith.
• My epitaph will read: “So if the devil wear Prada,
Adam/Eve wear nada, I’m in between but way more
fresher.”
• My teammates say I am...good-looking.
• The Naval Academy is...across the street.
• If I could live anywhere, it would be...in a car. It
would be a big car, but not an RV; that’s too big.
• When I was little I dreamed of...defeating any monsters under my bed, especially when said monster
was my little sister.
• One book every person should read is...Frindle, but
why would you only read one?
• My epitaph will read...Well, I couldn’t say, since I
won’t be there to write it.
• My teammates say that I am...on the croquet team.
• The Naval Academy is...what everyone immediately
thinks of when I tell them that I go to college in Annapolis, MD.
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Sam Collins
Daniel Popov
• I play croquet...for the chicks.
• I play croquet because...of Hector’s wicket shot.
• In ten years, I will be...alive and well, God willing.
• In ten years, I will be...working at a pizzeria trying
to get enabled.
• I play croquet...for the ladies.
• In ten years, I will be...emperor of space.
• If I could have dinner with any three people (living
or dead)...I would go to the pub with Shakespeare,
Socrates, and Lincoln.
• In the shower I sing...“I Just Can’t Wait to be King!”
• If I could live anywhere, it would be...in the White
House.
• When I was little I dreamed of being...legen—[...wait
for it...]—dary!
• One book every person should read is...Everybody
Poops.
• My epitaph will read: “He died with his mallet in his
hand.”
• My teammates say I...make a great Little Spoon.
• The Naval Academy is...going down down down
Navy’s going down!
• If I could have dinner with any three people (living
or dead), they would be...Ernest Hemingway, Immanuel Kant, Francesca Woodman.
• In the shower I sing...Toto’s “Africa.”
• If I could live anywhere, it would be...Chilean Patagonia.
• When I was little I dreamed of being...a fireman.
• One book every person should read is...Matthew
Crawford’s Shop Class as Soulcraft.
• My teammates say I am...only on the team to attract
more female spectators.
• The Naval Academy is...haunted by the tepid, gruesome shadows of its former defeats.
• If I could have dinner with any three people (living
or dead), they would be...Hunter S. Thompson, LBJ,
and Ke$ha.
• In the shower I sing...“Just A Friend” by Biz Markie.
• If I could live anywhere, it would be...off campus,
but that’s not going to happen. #housinglotteryproblems
• One book every person should read is...the one that
leads them to the next one.
• My epitaph will read: “The most important thing in
life is BUCKETS.”
• My teammates say I am...the best vice-archon ever.
• The Naval Academy is...party central.
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M
ontaigne tells us that the “great and glorious masterpiece of man is
to live appropriately.” Plutarch tells us about the “empty name and
invidious glory” of Caesar. The author of the Book of Job tells us that the
titular character, after suffering apparent injustices, remarks after seeing
God: “ I heard You with my ears and now see You with my eyes, and…I recant, being but dust and ashes.”
Sophomore year, it seems to me, is a time when we examine not just what
it means to be great-souled, but how to be great-souled. We are bombarded
throughout the whole year with stories of great men and their tragic ends,
examples for us to contemplate, emulate, or reject as models of the Proper
Life. And what timing, too: sophomore year is considered the calm before
the storm of junior year, a rare and brilliant luxury given to us to evaluate
our lives and examine whether we should take a break from the Program,
or push our way through it.
Perhaps I am alone in this, but as a sophomore I have struggled immensely with the Program and the evaluation it seems to ask of me. Questions
that seemed distant to me as a freshman are coming into focus at an alarming speed: How are we being prepared for the
outside world? Are we really serious about
Sophomore year,
these texts and the tough questions that they
it seems to me, is a
ask? Are we equipped to handle these questions on both an intellectual and an emotional
time when we examine not just what level, or have we ended up in over our heads?
I have succeeded in answering none of these
it means to be great- questions, so I have settled with hoping for
the best.
souled, but how to
But it gets more complicated: Where I was
be great-souled.
self-absorbed as a freshman, I have now begun to look outside myself to find those who
are on the same page, able and willing to traverse together the journey that
these questions pose. In this, I have found both some success and some failure. While these texts do not change, the people reading them do, and at
times the campus and the Program can feel like it is stifled by those who are
not serious. (By “serious” I mean those who try to receive both intellectual
and moral virtues from these texts, and not just intellectual virtues—debate on whether this is an adequate definition merits another whole article,
so bear with me here.) This is compounded by the fact that many students
who are serious are often withdrawn by nature, keeping their enthusiasm
behind closed doors, revealed only to their close friends, to the text, and to
themselves.
On the other hand, I have seen that Johnnie alumni have much to teach
us on how to answer these questions. I consider that discovery a success, because for current students, the Johnnie Bubble ends where the campus ends
and the Real World begins. This paradigm is wrong. When we graduate, we
take a little bit of it with us.
This article, then, is a call-to-arms to current students and alumni. Current students: Take advantage of today to ask those who have graduated
how they answered these questions—if they have. Make new friends from
different eras. We do not have to see alumni simply as people who can give
us a job, mere exit ramps out of the Bubble. We can and should use this special event as an opportunity to find out how other Johnnies examined (and
continue to examine) their lives. And to alumni: I hope you will help us out.
Because, let me tell you, as a sophomore, I’m in way over my head here.
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o by the time that this is read, I’ll have nearly finished up with my classes for freshman year. I’m sure I speak for most of my class in saying
that this is a bizarre feeling. It’s been a difficult, informative year, one
in which I did a lot of great things and made a lot of mistakes (about a 20:80
ratio, I think). Here are some of the things I wish I had known last August,
when a younger Will sauntered up the steps of Campbell Hall thinking he
was attending a year-long book club.
For one, I wish I had known how difficult seminar was. Seminar is the
class I had the most difficulty with for much of the year, and I subsequently worked less on it. It seemed like a new issue confronted me every week:
whether I was spending enough time on the readings; whether I was inquiring often without depending on the opinions of my classmates; whether I
was making constructive comments that had any relevance to the discussion; whether I even knew what the reading was about (the legend goes that
if you say Timaeus three times in front of a mirror, I will still not know anything about it).
I’d like to say that I have informative advice on the social front of St.
John’s, but I really don’t. Every experience is different. If I could have told
my August-self anything constructive, it
would likely be this: just because the AdI am quite lucky that
missions Office called this “the school for
me” doesn’t mean that it’s filled with stu- I have such differing
dents I’ll make friends with. It’s a jarring perspectives in each of
experience that never goes away: I walk
my classes. I’ve heard
across the Quad, see a person who couldn’t
be more different from me, and realize this that this has to do with
is just as much The School For Them. Such “maturity,” but I don’t
a feeling initially gave me discomfort, but
I have come to realize that a diverse cam- know what that is.
pus isn’t just a slogan for prospective students—I am quite lucky that I have such differing perspectives in each of my
classes. I’ve heard that this has to do with “maturity,” but I don’t know what
that is.
Finally, there’s the issue of exercising regularly. My RA told me at an intramural game in October that I “can’t just drink and do homework all the
time; that’s not a good way to live.” Now, I have yet to take this advice, but
that doesn’t mean that it’s not valuable. Other than that, though, I’m simply
bereft of any useful considerations for an incoming freshman. Actually, don’t
neglect your Greek homework. Take your tutors out to lunch. Don’t throw
up at parties. Don’t drink before the Symposium seminar. Be polite in class.
Don’t talk in class if you haven’t done the reading. Don’t define “justice” in a
paper. And don’t fall asleep in public places; it’s obnoxious.
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[Ed. Note: This article from the Gadfly archives is reprinted with minor edits.]
by Keenan Trotter, A’12
L
ast Sunday, The [Annapolis] Capital reported that Joshua Cohen
(SF’94) was nominated as the new Democratic candidate for mayor of
Annapolis. He replaced Zina Pierre, who was forced to drop out of the
election due to concerns about her residential eligibility (the Capital found
evidence suggesting she did not actually live in Annapolis) as well as problems with her finances, campaign, and otherwise. The Capital mentioned that
Cohen was “kicked out [of St. John’s College, Santa Fe] for not applying himself.” (Cohen later went on to graduate from the University of Maryland. He
is still considered an alumnus, however, since he was enrolled for at least one
semester.)
This comment set off a good deal of invective on the Capital’s website, a
chunk of it directed at St. John’s itself. Here is a sampling, which may have
been edited for grammar and clarity:
I hear St. John’s is an easy school to graduate from, not
like MIT or Caltech (or the Academy). Just a lot of talking.
- Neill H., Annapolis, MD
Anybody who doesn’t think St.
John’s College is a Hard school should
go there, seek out a Tudor [sic], and
ask him or her for the “Great Books
List.” I was in the coffee shop located
in McDowell Hall one day and happened to come upon someone’s copy
and couldn’t even read the titles. I
can’t imagine reading the books.
For anyone who isn’t familiar
with this list, it basically contains
the student’s year ( freshman, sophomore, etc.) and explains the required books
they are to read for that year.
- Steve G., Annapolis, MD
You get what you put in at SJC, so for some
people, it is a life-changing experience. But there
are plenty of trust-fund hippies there, and it is
elitist, no matter how hard it tries to convince
itself (and others) otherwise. One of its mottos is “we make men free by means of books
and a balance” but I guarantee you 90%
of the school and tutors (not “Tudors”)
voted liberal and for Barack Obama; not
really the sign of an ideologically “free”
environment.
- Neill H., Annapolis, MD
“...I guarantee you 90% of the school and
tutors (not ‘Tudors’) voted liberal and for
Barack Obama; not really the sign of an ideologically ‘free’ environment.” I think that
statement would be fairly accurate
when discussing the political leanings
of the majority of institutions of higher learning in the United States these days.
Maybe places like the Naval Academy and West Point could be some of the few
that could truly be considered “an ideologically ‘free’ environment.” …Although I
would suspect most at SJC lean a little further left than most others.
- Fred Flintstone, Unknown Location
Here’s the thing: (1) Johnnies consider themselves superior to the rest of the
liberal academies, because they consider themselves SUPER-RATIONAL, and
they sneer at the US News & World Report rankings, and with many other signs
indicate their contempt of other colleges; (2) they have this Great Conversation
that is forever going on (even at night, what boors!) in which all sorts of delightful ideas are advanced and (via the dialectical escruminata [sic]) tested against
the tender foreheads of these young interlocutors! Haha!!
But it is all a deceptive ILLUSION (that’s a big concept
at SJC) because at least as far as politics and social
theory goes there really is only one answer Ha HA!!
- Neill H., Annapolis, MD
St. John’s is a tough school and you have to be both bright and willing
to read a heck of a lot of books so that you can actively participate in the
daily discussions. It is far more demanding than a typical university class.
St. John’s students are all above average in intelligence and must possess a keen interest in thought producted primarily in Western civilization. You do have to actively apply yourself because each
student must actively participate in the daily discussions,
and if you are not prepared, it is obvious to everyone at
the table. That said, I have personally known many
people (mainly young men) who have flunked out of
their first semester or first year at college
and have come back home to finish up
their degree and they have done just fine.
It’s very typical.
- Jennifer C., Annapolis, MD
Weird, pretentious, druggie, racist,
rapist, elitist. This is what I hear about
the College, I am glad Mr. Cohen has
found something better to do.
- Christopher L., Annapolis, MD
After reading that last comment, I sent
a nice letter to the Capital for some much-needed clarification:
In response to an article about Joshua Cohen’s nomination, an anonymous commenter
on the Capital’s website going by the name of
“Christopher L.” described St. John’s College
as “weird, pretentious, druggie, racist, [and]
elitist.”
I would like to add that we are also cannibals.
Sincerely,
Keenan Trotter
Sophomore, St. John’s College
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Ace reporter Danny Kraft crossed King George St. to find out what our Academy rivals
think of the hippies on the hill. Here is the story of his encounter on the Yard.
by Danny Kraft, Contributor, A’13
S
t. John’s College loves to brag, in press re- the Midshipmen, I would have to become one. And tion of Johnnies had changed in the few years he’d
leases and alumni newsletters, that Sports so I went to Main Street and bought a tank top for been in Annapolis. “When I came here,” he said, “I
Illustrated once described the St. John’s-Na- sale at one of those t-shirt shops for tourists. The thought they were all spoiled or hippies. But now I
val Academy croquet match as an event “without tank top was emblazoned, proudly, with one word: think they’re just a bunch of nerdy private college
parallel in intercollegiate sports.” Lobachevskian NAVY.
kids.” He said this with nothing but affection.
concerns aside, what could this
I spent several hours on the
I also asked several Midshipmen whether they
mean?
Yard, dressed in my new “uni- could think of any sports other than croquet at
I set out to discover how
The original Sports Illusto dozens
St.
the
Academy.
our rivals from accross the form,” and spokeSurprisingly which and John’s could beatwere Naval suggested,
trated article, published in 1987,
of Midshipmen.
Chess
computer games
both
offers no clear explanation. But street, the Midshipmen,
enough, most of them did mis- but for some reason the sport with which most
it does provide tiny, tantalizing think of us... [But] to untake me for a Midshipman, at Mids responded was racquetball. Is there somedetails that give some clue as to
least until I showed that I knew thing I don’t know about racquetball?
what an outsider might think derstand the Midshipmen, nothing of their lingo. I found
The truth is that I had a great time during my
distinguishes this event, and I would have to become
out that about half of the stu- afternoon on the Yard. Every Midshipman I spoke
this community. The Imperial
dents at the Naval Academy to was pleasant and polite, and I had long and inone.
Wicket of St. John’s, for examdon’t think or care about St. teresting conversations with many of them. The
ple, wears “possibly the only
John’s enough to ascribe any whole experience, to be honest, made me feel a litdashiki left in this part of Maryland, and his hair is kind of reputation to us, good or bad.
tle bit wistful: I’d never really spoken to any Midheld in a ponytail by a sparkling blue clip.” The rest
Samuel Johnson once said that he “would rather shipmen before, and none of the ones I talked to
of the St. John’s team dresses “with studied eccen- be attacked than unnoticed,” and I caught myself had ever spoken with a Johnnie.
tricity,” and the Johnnie fans are described leading hoping that these Midshipmen,
Why is it that, for most of us,
bizarre, bookish chants: “You can keep your deep whom all of Annapolis knows
we only meet on Croquet Day?
Why is it that, for most of In a haze of alcohol we compete
blue sea, we have our philosophy!” In the eyes of by sight and reputation, would
Sports Illustrated, we are unparalleled most of all consider St. John’s worthy even us, we only meet on Croagainst each other, without rein our strange nerdiness.
of a moment’s scorn. I couldn’t quet Day? In a haze of alally interacting, and then we
With this in mind, I set out to discover how our help but be delighted when a
return to our campuses. There
rivals from across the street, the Midshipmen, plebe, after I asked him what he cohol we compete against is a Johnnie-Middie seminar
think of us. Do they, too, consider us to be little knew about St. John’s, respond- each other, without really
once a year, but even then just a
more than a “colorful, heterogeneous mix” of weir- ed immediately with what can
students
interacting, and then we few dozen it takes a participate,
does? Or do they perhaps, as every Johnnie secret- only be described as patriotic
and again
formal and
ly fantasizes, fear and respect our uncompromising pride: “I know that they’re our return to our campuses.
irregular event to bring us tocommitments to truth and virtue?
rivals, and this year we’re going
gether. Forgive me if I’m getting
The only way to answer these questions was to beat them at croquet!”
too preachy, but I think we—Johnnies and Midto talk to the Midshipmen. But I had to blend in;
When Midshipmen were familiar with St. shipmen alike—should take it upon ourselves to
I didn’t want to be just another Johnnie reporter John’s, their responses varied wildly. The adjective get to know our fellow students in Annapolis.
snooping around the Naval Academy, looking for “hippieish” came up more than once, as did the
I really enjoyed many of the conversations I had,
the next big scoop. The only way I could be sure I participle “pot-smoking.” One midshipman told which fortunately ranged beyond the gimmicky inwas getting the truth was if I went deep undercov- me that he liked Johnnies, even though they’re terviews I planned. So Midshipmen, the next time
er, so deep that the Midshipmen themselves would “kinda theological and out there, and it’s hard to you walk through our campus, feel free to strike up
mistake me for one of their own.
talk to them about tangible things.”
a conversation with those of us you see. And JohnTo that end, I got a buzz cut. I was sure this
Many Midshipmen unabashedly admired the nies, the next time you see a Midshipman on Main
would suffice, but somehow I was still clearly a bookishness and apparent intelligence of us John- Street or by City Dock, why not say hi? After all,
Johnnie; my bookishness shone through. I knew nies. “They’re really smart,” I heard several times, we’re all relatively new to Annapolis. Maybe we
then that I needed to commit to my undercover re- from Mids who did not yet know my identity. could learn something from each other. I know
porting. I couldn’t just shave my head and expect “They have to learn Greek, and they read all the that I learned a lot from the Midshipmen I met.
to be mistaken for a Mid. In order to understand time!” One young man admitted that his percep- Maybe we could even become friends.
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