Centennial: from Flora li
Forum informative
by Amanda Willoughby
St. Andrews took full advantage
of the range of experience offered in
the four recipients of its honorary
degrees, by making them the panel
ists in the interactive forum, “Liberal
Arts in the Public Life.” Guests
Peggy Harris Cleveland, ‘47, Charles
McCoy, ‘42, Flora MacDonald and
Billy Howard ‘77 fielded questions
from students, faculty and alumni,
and addressed what they saw as the
social responsibility of a humane
being.
When asked what they thought
the leaders of the twenty-first cen
tury would be like, minister and hu
manitarian Peggy Harris Cleveland
stressed the need for “compassion
ate imagination,” the need to “have
an understanding of life in another
person’s shoes.”
Billy Howard’s answer was that
people should have “a passion, and
a passion for that passion.” Flora
MacDonald, in a slightly different
vein, stressed that people, particu
larly women, should develop a more
comfortable relationship with power
and not “stand on the sidelines.”
Flora MacDonald suggested that
people may want to begin work in
their local governments, where they
have the best chance of being heard.
In the forum, and at the recep
tion that followed, Cleveland,
McCoy, MacDonald and Howard
shared some important secrets on the
vital, responsible life with St. An
drews.
SAPC President Warren Board presents Flora MacDoMdmthki
Honorary degree recipient’s story an inspiring one
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by Amanda Willoughby on a first name basis with some of tried to understand what Neal
As a teenager, Billy Howard the Raleigh police department. As a Bushoven was talking about, and got
stayed in so much trouble that he was young adult, he came to St. Andrews, an English degree instead. Near y
twenty years later,
Howard was back at St.
Andrews—^this time to
receive an honorary
degree as a Doctor of
Humane Letters, in
recognition of his ca
reer as a photographer.
1 went to the Belk
Center on a Sunday af
ternoon, with pencil
and paper, all ready to
get something pro
found out of Billy
Howard, something
about what inspired
him to do the things
he’d done, why he be
came a photographer.
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Freshman Matt Saurwald examines one of the displays that made up Billy Howard's exhibit “Portrait
of Sprit: One story at a time." Coffman
how he chose his subjects,
standard nosy questions foi
tographer
Then, I took a look at iji
tographs in the exhibit
Spirit: One Story At A Time,
entire plan was blown to
Billy Howard was only aver
part of this story.
As he walked me
exhibit, and I read I
Holtzberg’s text, 1 felt as*
was actually being introduct^J
gion of brand new people '
man who spent his days in
City, dragging his wheelctiai t
the curbs when he wasn tta 5
the paralympics, and a'
has traveled the worW,
wheelchair and her deaW"
afternoon, I cringed at W
of these people have m