Part 13

You know when you’re young particularly you don’t think behind the wall of the teacher’s face too much. I think he, in some respects with the Snack Bar conversations and being in a house, exposed himself more than most teachers. But I’m not sure that he exposed more of himself. I think I remember, didn’t […]

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Tweed. He had kind of a tweed coat that he wore. This could be a complete fabrication–I seem to recall he wore hush puppies.

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I was startled one day to learn that one of his favorite songs was “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right.” I thought, you know, Bob Dylan, wow, that’s impossible.

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He was on the faculty bowling team. There was a bowling alley in the basement, reputed to be in the basement of the Faculty Club and he was on the bowling team with a man much involved in Williams life over the past half century, [bookstore owner] Ralph Renzi, who sometimes suffered the slights of […]

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He always deflected questions about himself. I did drive with him on some stretch. “Well, what about you? What was your life like?” I know other kids, students, tried to do that too. But again he never wanted to divulge a whole lot. He would talk about his ideas, intellectually, for sure. But you know […]

CHAPTERS

Introduction

Final Note

Chapter 4: ROLE ON CAMPUS

1. Prankster and Trail Guide, “Follow the Elephant”
2. The Gadfly Who Asked, “If You Don’t Go, Who Will?”
3. But Respect For the Rules
4. Distance, Yes, But . . . “I Really Did”
5. Classroom That Sold Hot-Cross Buns
6. Eats for the Barefoot Guests
7. The Guru Issue Won’t Fade
8. Alas, It’s No Way To Pick Up Girls
9. “What To Do?” As More Than Words
10. Black Students Take The Administration Building, Then a Meeting At His House
11. A Colleague in the Arena
12. Faculty Relations
13. Tidbits for Inquiring Minds
14. War, Riots, and Other Teachable Moments
15. A Very Off-Broadway Play
16. Uncle Bob

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ROLE ON CAMPUS
Gadfly Who Served Donuts