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...Radcliffe Board of Trustees last week voted to rename the House in honor of Thomas Dudley Cabot '19 and his wife Virginia W. Cabot "in honor of their life-long committment to Radcliffe and Harvard," President Horner said yesterday...
Calling it "one of Radcliffe's most valuable and valued assets," president Horner last night helped celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of women in America...
Mayman was actually given to jobs. Horner wanted her to run Radcliffe's long-existing extracurricular arts program, which included the Agassiz Theater, a pottery studio, a dance program, a painting studio in Currier House, and a print workshop. Bok was less specific, encouraging her to design programs to get students actively involved in the arts, rather than just teaching history or theory, which were already covered in the curriculum. Translated into practice, this commission gave Mayman essentially a free hand in developing the office...
Radcliffe's Horner, a strong supporter of Mayman's operation, cites the office's Artists in Residence program as an example of its ability to enhance student's access to the arts. The office allows artists to use Radcliffe facilities in exchange for providing opportunities for students to participate or observe. Consequently, students can get a glimpse of the struggles and decision making involved with creating an artistic work. Horner says. Just last spring, for instance, the Musical Theater Lab rehearsed a production on the second floor of Agassiz and in turn allowed students to view their final product...
...drives to the Office. Mayman does not complain about any dearth of money though, saying. "The facilities here are extraordinary as is the level of talent, so that even with modest sums of money a lot can be accomplished." And she is quick to give credit to Bok and Horner for giving solid financial backing to the project...