Final Anne-swers

In your latest Terp magazine, the retiring archivist talks about the Foucault pendulum that was in the Math Building. She mentioned that it was there from the 1970s to the early ’80s. When I was a student at the math and physics departments (1958–63), the pendulum was very much in evidence there and was a meeting place or a place to rest from studies and watch the pendulum. So it was there way before the 1970s and ’80s.

Barbara Jeffe ’63, Rockville, Md.

Archivist Emerita Anne Turkos responds:

I appreciate your letting me know about the earlier time period that this piece was in place. I only wish it had still been here when I started work on campus in 1985!

I’m pretty sure the cow in the DBK story did not die! But she did leave quite a mess!

Megan Brewer, via Terp online

New Victory for Old Basketball

So awesome! Thank you, Lefty… can’t wait to relive those games!

Jennifer Burns ’88, Deerfield Beach, Fla., via Terp online

The Tides That Bind

Wonderful article! Keep going with this very important work! Dr. Paolisso and his staff do a great job interacting with local people to accomplish this research and its results. It is a privilege to have their valuable knowledge and effort serving our community!

Liz Brightman, Salisbury, Md., via Terp online

Thank You

Sorry I am too late for your reader survey. But I just had to write and tell you how terrific the Fall 2017 issue was. Great scope of topics, nice writing and great layouts with visually pleasing and informative balance of illustrations and photos.

I found the articles about the retiring archivist, the new basketball archives (I was a student on campus during the Lefty Dreisell era), the Brooklyn garden, climate change’s impact on the Chesapeake island—and the difficulty of addressing it because of the residents’ conservative political beliefs, and the bit about reducing water bottle waste all to be of great interest even though I live in California.

Thank you for sending me your wonderful print magazine—if it was only a digital format, I probably would not get around to reading it at all. But Terp is on my coffee table magazine stack until it is read and then it is recycled. Thank you.

Deborah Prager Burstyn ’75, Walnut Creek, Calif.