Students explore Mt. Hope connections

he University and Mt. Hope Cemetery are linked by more than just proximity, as an exhibit at Rush Rhees Library shows.

"Rochester's Hope: University Connections to Mt. Hope Cemetery," on display in the Friedlander Lobby through August, traces some of the physical and spiritual connections between the neighbors.

The exhibit is sponsored by the Department of Religion and Classics and the library's Department of Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation. It was curated by students in "Speaking Stones," a class taught by Emil Homerin, chair of the Department of Religion and Classics. The class examines gravestones and funerary architecture and iconography as well as funeral rituals and practices.

Photos and descriptions spotlight other individuals who are key in University and community history. Among these are University presidents Martin B. Anderson and Rush Rhees, the Strong family--Henry Alvah Strong was president of Eastman Kodak, and his second wife contributed Strong Auditorium to the River Campus, while his daughters contributed to Strong Memorial Hospital--and suffragist Susan B. Anthony, whose efforts led to the admission of women to the University in 1900.

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