Campus News
Dr. Bunn greets
Bynum Brown, a
member of the Board
of Trustees. The two
men were close friends
during their childhood
days while Dr. Bunn’s
father was pastor of
the Murfreesboro
Baptist Church.
“Our future lies
not in a
philosophy to
educate in order to
make a living, but
to educate in order
to make a life of
moral integrity
and intellectual
order.’*
Jacuitu SL
Staff
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Dr. Bunn tells of current problems
in annual Founder’s Day address
Dr, John Bunn, retired chairman of the
Department of Religion and Philosophy at
Campbell University, gave the keynote address at
the annual Founder’s Day Convocation in October.
Dr, Jerry F. Jackson, president, introduced Dr,
Bunn to the student body and other guests and
described him as being an outstanding teacher and
one students seek out in the classroom,
Bunn recalled his early childhood in Mur
freesboro and noted that his father was pastor of
Murfreesboro Baptist Church from 1935 to 1941,
and his uncle. Dr. B, D. Bunn, was president of
Chowan College when it reopened after World War
II.
“It-is my opinion,” Dr. Bunn stated, “that the
most serious impediment facing our colleges today
is a deep seated and growing conflict among the
different partners in the educational undertaking.
Among them there is an absence of unanimity due
to lack of understanding the vital issues, purposes
and objectives of Christian higher education.”
The partnas in Baptist higher education of
North Carolina, according to Dr. Bunn, are the
state’s Baptists, the alumni, the accrediting agency,
the federal government, private enterprise and the
state government.
He also noted that “one partner has become two
due to the growing polarization of moderate and
conservative positions within convention life.”
“Both are intensely interested in higher
education and both approach educational curricu-
lums with a different and often violently conflicting
theological bias.”
Bunn said the most crucial question that arises
out of these partnerships was “charged with legal,
ethical and highly emotional overtones.”
“What do these partners have a right to expect
from the institution on which they have invested
their time and resources?”
He then discussed the conflicting demands
which the partners put on Baptist institutions.
“Take for instance the position of academic
freedom as articulated by the American Associa
tion of University Professors and the American
Association of Colleges.
“This stands in stark conU'ast, at times, with the
concept of academic Oreedom as espoused by
certain alumni groups, corporate partners and
denominational factions.”
The conflicts among partners was described as
“a dance upon the high wire of constituency
demands” which pushes “college to the bring of
institutional despair.”
Bunn made several suggestions to solve the
partnership problem.
First, he urged that trustees be recruited from
every major segment of the college’s constituency
and not just on the basis of denominational loyalty
or effectiveness to influence corporate, alumni or
governmental loyalty.
Second, he called for a return to educational
goals that “have been over the years sacrificed
upon the altar of secularism,” Third, he asked for
the “tacit admission that we cannot be all things
educationally to all elements of our constituency.”
Fourth, he declared colleges to “breathe the
breath of life into a rediscovery of the liberal arts”
in order to introduce a discussion of all facets of
religious truth into the curriculum.
He concluded, “It is my strong conviction that
Baptist colleges can in the days ahead provide the
leaven for the permeating of American life with
renewed ethical intellectual leadership.
“This can only take place when all of the
partners involved put aside their sec'arian interest
and become one in support of Chriatian higher
education. Our future lies not in a philosophy to
educate in order to make a living, b-jt to educate in
order to make a life of moral integrity and intellec
tual order.”
—Reprintedfrom The AhcKxle News-Herald
Dr. Carl Garrott, professor of language and
literature, has written an article for the March,
1994, edition of Cuadernos de artes y ciencias.
The article, entitled "La gloria de don Ramiro de
Enrique R. Larreta: tecnica, punto de vista e
intriga ironica", is one of several that Dr. Garrott
has published in recent months.
Dr. Kenneth Craig, assistant professor of
religion, authored an article, “Ebal and Gerizim: A
Hymn of Instruction”, which was published in the
fall edition of The Biblical Illustrator.
Dr. Hargus Taylor, chairman of the department
of religion, has published Partners in Missions
and Ministry: A History of Flat River Baptist
Association.
Darrell H. Nicholson, registrar, has been
selected to serve as a judge for The Lyricist, the
literary magazine of Campbell University.
A photographic exhibit on North Carolina
Herring Fishermen by E. Frank Stephenson, Jr.,
director of Upward Bound, was displayed at the
Chowan Arts Council Gallery in Edenton during
the month of August.
Dr. David Gowler, professor of religion, is
editing the Emory Studies in Early Christianity
series.
Mrs. Katherine Wood, associate professor and
assistant librarian, presented a paper at the Third
Annual Women’s Studies Conference entitled
“Liberating Printing History: A Study of Three
Women Printers in Colonial America."
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Dr, James Dumville, assistant professor of
business, authored an article entiUed “Chief
Executive Compensation: An Argument for a High
Reward System” which appeared in the stunmer
1993 edition of Compensation and Benefits
Management,
Craig Vick is now serving as Director of
Personnel on a full-time basis, effective December
1, His forma part-time position in financial aid has
been filled by Mrs. Hilda Gatling.
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