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Paul Mazza, In Memoriam
The last few years have been particularly tough ones in the Nittany Valley. In addition to the obvious, we have watched a generation of community pillars slowly pass into memory, bidding a final farewell to the likes of Bob Zimmerman, Bill Schreyer, Joe Paterno, Lloyd Huck and Jim McClure. Now our extended family has lost…
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A Great Idea: Recovering a Disposition for Leisure
The National Association of Scholars published a small contribution I wrote when visiting Zach Zimbler in Princeton a few months ago. The short contribution, titled “Recover a Disposition for Leisure,” is a part of the feature “One Hundred Great Ideas for Higher Education” and appears in the Winter 2012 issue of the journal Academic Questions. I wrote it thinking of…
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Penn State, the Nittany Valley, and the Past as a Universe of Adventure
We are drawn to what feels fresh and what seems new. We imagine that, because we’re living, we’re in the best era and that we’re the best people. We like “moving forward” rather than “looking backward.” Yet, we can do both. It turns out that there is so much that is fresh scattered throughout the…
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What Virgil Taught Joe Paterno About Football
Joe Paterno, Mount Nittany Conservancy director emeritus, wrote “What Virgil Taught Me About Football,” which we excerpt here from his autobiography, “Paterno: By the Book:” What Virgil Taught Me About Football Every one of us at Brooklyn Prep had to take four solid years of mathematics, four years of Latin, and two years of a…
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Paternoville’s Sweet Tooth
Since Paternoville students are the rabid Penn State supporters of this generation, the Mount Nittany Conservancy board wanted them to be aware of who actually is protecting the Mountain that they look out upon from the tents and chairs. To get their attention, we showed up on Oct 28th during Penn State – Michigan game…
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