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Week of 6 February 1998 Vol. I, No. 19 BU Yesterday Each student who attended Boston University during the administration of President Harold Case (1951-1967) had the opportunity to attend at least one of Dr. and Mrs. Case's well-known University-at-Home evenings. The Cases initiated the program to invite undergrads to their home -- The Castle -- for what Dean Emeritus George Makechnie calls "informal discussions on timely topics with an easy give-and-take between them and their host and hostess." Writing about the Cases, Makechnie points out in his 70 Stories About Boston University, "More than at any previous time in the life of the University, the president's wife played an active, albeit appropriate, role in University affairs." He notes that before coming to BU, Mrs. Case had been active in community affairs in California and would be no less active in Boston. She is shown here at a November 1964 at-Home, sporting a Beat Holy Cross button. Phyllis Kirk Case died on December 29, 1997, at the age of 92. A memorial service will be held Saturday, February 7, at Wellesley College (see Calendar, page 8). Boston University Photo Services