The above quote is from Dellann Gellis Boland (Master of Arts in Teaching Class of 1965). Read the full memory below:

I spent most of late June, 1964 through June, 1965 in the Master of Arts in Teaching Program. I remember when the Rock opened in the Fall of 1964. I had a carrel on the top floor where I was working on my thesis about poverty in Providence, RI in the 1890s. During the Fall term, I was also in three other graduate history courses, and it was great to have a place where I could concentrate and look down at the city. Beginning in February, 1965, I spent much less time in the library when I began student teaching at Pilgrim High School in Warwick. I was continuing to work on my thesis, and on Saturday mornings I was meeting with a professor to do independent reading about British history.