News Scrapbook 1981-1982

Academic 'roast' well done

Marge Hug-hes

and chairs - even though more than 65,000 volumes had been removed to make room for the supper club settmg. But the guests took immediately to the dance floor - newly enlarged at the request of the members, each of whom donate $1,000 or more annually for unre lricted u e by the univer ity - and the mood of both the music and the normally quiet setting chang- ed, becoming prightly and playful in keeping with the spirit of the occasion. Circulating cheerfully among the guests were Mary and Sandy Kahn (his mother donated the stained-glass windows 111 the Grace Courtroom of the university's law school); Christie Phillips, who ays she had I 79 guests at her Chnstmas party and has a wedding coming up soon in her family, (she's the wife of Dr. Richard Phillips); Nancy and Dr. Dick Woltman, a member of the board of trustees; Claire Tavares, who is active in most of La Jolla' social, civic and cultural activities; Joe and Rita Neeper, who were to have a large part in the evening's festivities (his name is really Josiah, but that sounds a little stilted for such an affable person, and Henriette Detoy of La Jolla and Pasadena. There were a few vacant chairs here and there as the flu - or whatever it is - is still taking its toll of guest lists, but the epidemic is surely on the wane by now. The "roast" began when Neeper called President Hughes to the "witness stand" to defend himself against charges of being "perfect." "Look at that head of beautifully growing hair," charged Neeper, whose own locks are thinning on top. "And his glasses are always clean, while mine are always dirty...and he wears his with the dash of an av1ator... he's a man of culture and taste... look at this hands, no fidgeting; he'~ calm and controlled ... " Bishop Leo Maher then took the stand, announc-

Dorothy Reinhart Editor La Jolla Living Section

. Sandy and Mary Kahn the president, " ... but I'm on the payroll." At any rate, 8-urke contended that while Hughes still doesn't understand why students remove the sign from his door or why the drop a washing machine from the fourth floor(" It' really very sim- ple, it's the easiest way to get it to the ground."), he still can be reduced to a wreck by a student's plea, and when they(the students) want anything, they get it, thus proving that Hughes is not perfect, "He's human." After more such shenanigans, a taped message by Hughes' mother was played for the audience, in which she praised him for having been "a good boy." The final verdict was that Hughes was gui lt y as charged with the crime of perfectionism and was sentenced to 10 more years at hard labor at USD. Along with the La Jollans already mentioned were others from (his involved community: Drs. Bernard (Continued on page 8-10)

In a r.ire combination of understated el gancc and lot of ood-natured banter and badmage, the U111vers1ty of San Die o open d its grand halls Saturday night for it ninth nnual Pre 1dc t's lub thnm:r. !he bantering beg.in as guest filed into the Ca1111no Lounge for cocktail (an mnovation this year) and were greeted by a blown -up snapshot of !'resident Author E. Hughes in diapers with a cap- tion reading: "Do you really want to join thi man's club?" Hughes, of course, with his wife Marge, was ho:,I 10 the black-tie event and managed to keep both hi cnsc of humor and his dignity a. he was subjected to 1101 of rnillery both during the cocktail hour and at the dinner, where he was "put on trial" in a kind of combined roast and "This Is Your Life" produc- tion. The "trial" came later, fter a festive session of meeting and greeting at which the 175 guests were enjoying themselves so thoroughly they were almost late to dinner. I he repeated tinkling of chimes final- ly recalled them to the real reason for the gathering, and, still chattering and chuckling as more of the ho t's life was revealed through displays of old high school and college yearbook photos, the crowd followed the chimes to the traditional formal dinner 111 the James . Copley Library. A sedate mu ical combo (Bill Green's group) as playing softly, as though a trifle over-awed by the book-lined walls and the handcarved library tables

ing with what he called "a dire sense of drama," the Committee for the Defense - Sister Sally Furay, Tom Burke and Peter Hughes. And as President Hughes sat there, laughing and enjoying himself immensely, the pictures were paraded around the dance floor, including photos of former girlfriends and such titillating tidbits of in- formation as his American-as-apple-pie background, having been born in the Corn Capital of the World, Hoopston, Ill., and the fact that he met his wife Marge (she's from the "Home of the White Squirrel" also in Illinois) at Eastern Illinois State Teachers College, 50 miles from Hoopston, and became engaged during one of the weekly drives he made taking her to confession. Their honeymoon trip in his '55 Olds was financed by the sale of Marge's car. Taking the stand to refute these charges of perfec- tionism, Tom Burke, vice president of student af- fairs, pointed out that it was easy for Neeper to roast

LA JOLLA LIGHT

Thursday, Jan. 28, 1982

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Academe

(Conlinucd From page B-9) and Ethel Aginsky, Beverly and Dr. Howard Agnew, Kitty and Tum Barger, Esther Collins, Anita and William Doyle, Sara and Tom Finn (she's the hardworking publicity director at USD, without whose help this column would never have been writ- ten), Tom Fleming, Val and John Frager, Gene Gamble, Doris and Peter Hughes, Maggie and Robert Hughes, Anne and Leo Roon, Sharon and Bernard Siegan, La Wanda and Morris Sievert, Ber- niece and Anthony Tomczak, and Eileen Whittaker. ••• Another Halls of Academe e,ent happening last week - this time on a Thursday night - was the dinner for members of tht: Fountainhead, support group for I a Jolla Country Day School, Mon Amt Restaurant 111 Solana Beach was the set- ting for the dinner and, cold and blustery (remember?) as it was, almost everybody managed to sho"' up e:,,cept the host and hostess, the Charles Taubmans, who, alas, had succumbed to dat ol' debbil flu. Jennifer \\ eatherwax took over the hostess duties, performing them capably and unnap- pably, making all the com iv1al guests feel perfectly at ease. The talk ut the evening was the up-coming "Sen- timental Journey," the '50s bash being staged by the La Jolla Cancer Research Foundation on Feb. 20 with Patricia Carlson (she's married to Dick Carlson,"' ho was unable to be present at the dinner) taking a lot of special kidding about having had her picture in the Light as "homecoming queen." While the guests had as a common theme the fact that they were supports of Country Day, they still managed to find a dozen other mutual ties and in- terests, and conversation was lively and sparked with local references. Headmaster !1mothy Burns was on hand, but his wife was another victim of whatever it is that seems to be mowm' 'em down. After a brief welcoming message, followed by the introduction of former presidents of the board, the guests were seated for dmner in the various small, in- timate rooms that make up the Mon Ami. At the dinner, giving and taking a few names (since everybody was seated in ,mall separate groups, hence hard to identify), were the Eugene Apples, the John Bero!,, the Ralph Djemats, the • John Doles, the Renato Dulbeccos, the Max Elliotts, Dana Fayman, H.P. Field, the Paul Friedmans, the Herman Frocbs, the James Garros, the Allen Glicks, Bill Goodell, Bill Harrb, the Joseph Johns, Wha Sim and Dr. Byong Mok Kim, Rietje and Jan Kok, Sandy and Bob Kritzik, the Richard Levins, the John Luxes and Marianne Mori. More were the Hans Schoepflins, Ors. Marjo rie and Morton Shaeviu, the Lou Tribetts and the Bori, Z1ttriches.

Phot os by Greg Vojtko

Suzanne and John Berol

Sandy Krltzlk