By Lura Sanborn - Reference Librarian
June 28th, 2010
Lura Sanborn – Reference Librarian, ASP 1995
Welcome to the 53rd Session of ASP!
St. Paul’s School founded the Advanced Studies Program in 1958 to provide talented New Hampshire public and parochial high school juniors with challenging educational opportunities, and use of the Ohrstrom Library is integral to this enriching experience. The staff of Ohrstrom Library welcomes ASP faculty and students and hope that you enjoy and take advantage of its collections and services this summer.
Did you know?
- The ASP went co-ed in 1961 (10 years before SPS).
- The ice-cream machine in the Upper is provided by the ASP.
- In its early years, the ASP was primarily focused on math and science, offering such courses as: biology, calculus, chemistry and physics.
- The evening door count at the library is at its highest during the ASP. During the 5 weeks of last summer’s ASP session, Ohrstrom Library had 17,407 visits.
- Man and Media, a pre-cursor to today’s Mass Media course, was taught by author, and former SPS and ASP faculty member, Richard Lederer.
- College Counseling services were added to the ASP in 1979.
- In a green effort, the school dining hall went trayless in 2006 – beginning with that year’s ASP class.
- The School Rector, William R. Matthews, Jr., SPS ‘61, is also a former ASP faculty member.
- Despite the flood of May 2006, the ASP still ran, but without access to Hargate or Ohrstrom Library.
- There are currently over 10,000 ASP alumni!
What else was going on in 1958? The American singing group, The Jamies, the doo-wop duo of Tom and Serena Jameson, released the single “Summertime, Summertime” for Epic Records, which reached #26 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
Tags: Advanced Studies Program, ASP, doo-wop, St. Paul's School, summer, summertime, The Jamies
By Lisa Laughy - Library Web Services / Archives Assistant
June 8th, 2010
As construction continues on Dunbarton Road and the new Lindsay Center for Mathematics and Science, it brings to mind other major construction projects from the history of St. Paul’s School. Although difficult to tell from inside or outside of the New Chapel, an entire section was added to the nave forty-two years after original construction began. The images below depict the expansion at its most dramatic point:
In 1928 the New Chapel was expanded to accommodate the increasing number of students at St. Paul’s School. The Sesquicentennial Exhibit offers this description of the photos:
In 1928 the Chapel was deconsecrated and workmen began to slice through the brick walls. The School held its collective breath as the eastern end of the vast structure, seemingly too narrow to hold itself erect, was slid upon tracks to its new location. The task of reconstruction then went forward as the void between the two parts of the old building was filled with Gothic tracery.
See if you can spot this particularly brave fellow in the picture above!
Tags: Archives, construction, New Chapel, St. Paul's School
By Lisa Laughy - Library Web Services / Archives Assistant
May 31st, 2010
A new online exhibit, called Places of Invention: Science and Mathematics at St. Paul’s School, is now part of the Ohrstrom Library website. This online exhibit is based on a more in-depth Archives photograph exhibit now on display in the upper level of Ohrstrom Library. Here is an excerpt from the introduction to the online exhibit:
With construction of the Lindsay Center for Mathematics and Science now well underway, it is fitting that the St. Paul’s School community reflects back upon the places that have served the study of science and mathematics so well throughout the School’s history.
Photos from the Archives were scanned specifically for the online exhibit including this image of a Biology classroom in the Westinghouse Lab:
The online exhibit features images ranging from the first science lab built on the St. Paul’s School grounds in 1889 to the architectural renderings of the Lindsay Center for Mathematics and Science, now under construction. The main gallery of thumbnail images includes links to individual pages that feature larger images and brief descriptions. There is also a slideshow of the images that can be initiated from any of the pages in the exhibit.
Take a few moments to browse through the gallery of images and follow the development of the places that have helped to facilitate the high standard of education in mathematics and science that has been a part of the St. Paul’s School vision from its very beginning.
Visit the online exhibit by clicking HERE.
Visit the full Archives exhibit in the upper level lobby of Ohrstrom Library.
By Lura Sanborn - Reference Librarian
May 27th, 2010
As the Humanities V research paper draws to a close, proofreading is in the air.
Consider using Noodlebib as a helpful guide when double-checking those parenthetical citations.
How?: When logged in to your Noodlebib account, click on your Humanities V list (what we would refer to as the paper’s bibliography) and find the citation being parenthetically cited. Follow that citation all the way over to the right-hand side, and click parenthetical reference to reveal Noodlebib’s suggestion.
What?: Parenthetically cite when you quote, paraphrase or refer to another person’s idea(s).
Tags: Bibliography, Citations, Humanities V, Humanities V Research Paper, Noodlebib, Parenthetical citation, Parenthetical reference, reference, Research
By Lura Sanborn - Reference Librarian
May 25th, 2010
The Eloquent Shakespeare by Gary Logan, University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 822.3 zL82E
A pronouncing dictionary to Shakespeare’s complete dramatic works, with notes. Written by the director of the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Academy for Classical Acting this unique reference book seeks to standardize pronunciation for the stage.
Learn to pronounce:
• Alphonso
• cap-a-pe
• eyas-musket
• Oxfordshire
• wolt
Helpful for: Humanities III, Humanities V, Shakespeare, Theater, Fiske Cup
Tags: Drama, Fiske Cup, Humanities, Humanities III, Humanities V, New Reference Book, reference, Research, Shakespeare, theater
