Class of 1952 70th Reunion - Program & Schedule - 1952

Melissa Barton '02, Curator of Prose and Drama for the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library

“Brava! Women Make American Theater" showcases, through archival materials, the ways in which women in the United States engaged in the production and reception of stage performance over its long history. Brava! highlights how stage performance often mirrored, but also frequently challenged and changed, understandings of women’s roles and of women’s rights in larger U.S. society. Drawing principally on materials in the Yale Collection of American Literature and the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection of African American Arts and Letters, the exhibit explores how theater served as a site of women’s entry into public audiences, an entrée into the arts as professions, and a locus of calls for diversity in the arts.

Join the Lillian Goldman Law Library staff for a guided tour of the “Constance Baker Motley: Lady of the Law” exhibit. Drawing on images and personal items from the collection of her family, and from her own words in her autobiography, the exhibition offers a glimpse of Motley, brilliantly at work, from her childhood in New Haven through her career as a Civil Rights attorney, New York Senator, and federal judge. Meet at the front entrance to the Law School. This tour is limited to 25 people.

Priyamvada Natarajan, Professor of Astronomy and Physics

In this talk, Professor Natarajan will discuss two radical ideas in cosmology that involve invisible entities – dark matter and black holes. The history of the discovery of dark matter and black holes, as well as their current status – including recent leaps in understanding of the nature of dark matter obtained from mapping it via light bending; the discovery of gravitational waves from colliding black holes and peering close to the event horizon of supermassive black holes  – will be presented.

Jay Gitlin, ’71, ’74 MusM, ’02 PhD, Lecturer in History; Associate Director, Howard R. Lamar Center for the Study of Frontiers & Borders

Professor Gitlin will give a brief description of his popular seminar, "Yale and America," and will then be joined by three students giving short talks based on their research.

With the Class of 1957, enjoy delicious soups, sandwiches, and salads in the JE courtyard.  Don't forget to leave room for dessert with organic coffee and assorted teas.  

Our speaker will be our J.E. host, Head of College W. Mark Saltzman, Gozuita Foundation Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Chemical & Environmental Engineering & Physiology. Shuttles will be available to return to the Omni or Jonathan Edwards after dinner.

Start the day with the Class of 1957's signature bagel breakfast, featuring an assortment of "Bruegger's" bagels, fresh sliced tomato and cucumber, hummus, smoked salmon plater, sliced fruit platter, fair trade coffee, an assortment of teas, and fruit juices.

Start your Saturday morning (weather permitting) with some gentle stretching and breathing exercises, and get your body feeling "yoga good" for a busy day of reunion activities! This is a mixed-level class featuring modifications for all levels of ability, so whether you have been practicing for years or have never touched a yoga mat, everyone can have an enjoyable experience in this class. Please wear comfortable, loose-fitting clothing. No previous yoga experience necessary; children and all ages welcome.