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THURSDAY, MARCH 13,1975
PAGE THREE
est German Professor Visits SA
^est German professor
Franz Lehner spent the
weekend on the St. Andrews
ampus prior to addressing
wo of Dr. John Paxton’s
economics classes on Mon-
dflV
A member of the political
science faculty at the Univer
sity of Mannheim, Lehner
presently resides in Boston as
one of three German Scholars
at Harvard University under
the Kennedy Research
Fellowship program. When
not occupied with researdi,
Lehner tours the country
visiting colleges under the
auspices of the German In
formation Agency.
Arriving late Saturday af
ternoon on the last 1^ of a
trip th^t included stops at the
University of Pittsburg,
Bucknell University and the
University of the South,
Lehner was met at his Win
ston-Salem Hall guest room
by his two “managers,” Bob
Haley of the Public Relatiwis
office, and Lance editor Lin
Thompson. “They made the
weekend very interesting for
me,” he said later. “Had they
not been there to show me
around I would probably have
spent the weekend in my
i room, very bored.”
After attending a per
formance of the Highland
Players’ production of “The
Chalk Garden,” Lehner com
mented on how the great
array of extra-curricular ac
tivities available here at St.
Andrews would not be present
in a German University.
“German universities do not
exist to give one an
education,” he said; “There
is no B.A. degree at all, only
the M.A. and Ph.D. Ctoe is ex
pected to get his education in
high school (which lasts two
years longer than in
America); the university is
nothing but a factory in which
people are trained for
professional positions in
government and middle and
uppCT management levels of
industry.” He was surprised
at the hi^ identification St.
Andrews students have with
their college. “Students at
Mannheim have a zero iden-
tificatirai with the university;
they just want to get their
degrees and get out as quickly
as they can.”
Sunday afternoon Lehner,
whose interests include the
political econrany of minority
groups, had an extensive
discussion with Dr. Dolores
Dantzler, whom he called a
“charming, intelligent and in
formative w(Hnan.”
That night the West Ger
man attended an informal
gathering of politics majors in
Meek residence director Neal
Bushoven’s apartment. A
wide-ranging discussion on
such topics as German
education, world economics
and Marxist theory ensued,
during which Lehner asked
Bushoven how a Marxist
could survive in a
Presbyterian college.
“By hiding,” was the reply.
Describing his work as a
Kennedy Fellow, Lehner also
provided a unique inside view
of what life at Harvard is
really like.
On education: “Harvard is
not an educational institution.
It’s just a large organization
that spends most of its time
working to preserve its
image.”
On one’s schedule: “Most of
one’s time at Harvard is spent
in small time social events
trying to find someone you
can talk to. People ask you
what your field is and you are
supposed to give them an
unintelligible answer.”
On the faculty: “Harvard
grossly underpays its’ junior
faculty so^it can buy big shots.
The juniors slave away for
long hours, rationalizing it
Visiting political science professor, Franz lehner of the
University of Mannheim, West Germany, discusses his views
cm St. Andrews with Lance editor, Lin Thompson.
Inaugurration of
Curveship Press
The Curveship Press, the
most recent addition to the
☆Art Department’s medium,
will soon be circulating its
first publication - The Soci^
Dimension of Non-Didactic
Art by Taylcff Holmes.
TTie book is a lecture which
was presented at St. Andrews
by Holmes on October 31,^
1974. It is the first in a yearly
series of lectures on ‘Art and
Ideas’ which are sponsored by
the Art, Philosophy, and
Political Science programs of
St. Andrews and whicii will be
published by the Curveship
press.
The lecture has been prin
ted in a limited edition of 150
with the Harvard mystique,
the status of teaching at Har
vard.”
Prior to his departure Mon
day afternoon Lehner spoke
to two of Professor John Pax
ton’s economics classes on the
political effects of an
economic slowdown such as
that which Europe and the
United States are now ex
periencing. A higher degree
of governmental economic
planning than is existent
anywhere today will be
needed to ensure long term
stability, he declared.
copies. Its cover is an em
bossed and debossed relief
sculpture designed and
executed by Mark Smith. Bob
Tauber supervised ?nd
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A luncheon with Deans Ar
nold and Doubles and mem
bers of the faculty ended
Lehner’s visit. Summing up
his St Andrews experience as
“fascinating,” he said that
“the beauty of the campus,
the facilities-especially the
lab-the things students can
do here-all make St. Andrews
markedly different from
other colleges I have seen.”
He warned, however, that St.
Andrews should always strive
to avoid the Harvard syn-
drome-“becoming, as it is so
easy to do, more concerned
with image than education.”
Handels ‘^Messiah
To Be Performed
The Robesoi Civic Chorale,
under the direction of David
Evans of the St. Andrews
Music Faculty, will present
the Easter portion of G.F.
Handel’s MESSIAH at the
Trinity Presbyterian Churcn
on Blue’s Farm Road in
Laurinburg, N.C. on Sunday,
March 23rd at 3:30 p.m. The
performance will be presen
ted with organ and har
psichord accompaniment.
The organ will be executed by
Sue Evans, also of the St. An
drews faculty, and the har
psichord by Norma Walter,
Organist and Choir Master at
the Chestnut Street Methodist
Church of Lumberton, N.C.
Among the soloists for thh
concert will be Ms. Carolyn
Snow, a soprano from Lum
berton. Ms. Snow is originally
from Massachusetts, and is
well known for her solo work
there and in the Lumberton
area The alto soloist is Ms.
Anne Robinson from Clinton,
N.C. Ms. Robinson began her
musical studies in the area of
clarinet at UNC Greensboro
and transferred to St. An
drews in Voice during her
Freshman year. She is a
student of David Evans and
has appeared in several
productions at St. Andrews.
Last summer, Ms. Robinson
appeared with the West
minster Festival Choir, a
summer organization from
THE CURVESHIP
PRESS
1975
designed the publication and
with Warren Anderson doing
the presswork. The Curveship
Press is located in the Art
Department at St. Andrews.
Taylor Holmes, a friend of
Bob Tauber’s in un
dergraduate school at
Denison University, is presen-
tiy a student at Yale working
on his Doctrate in Philosophy.
He was twice a Fulbright
scholar in Italy and was a
scholar in Residence at Croce
Institute in Naples. Recently,
he has been studying in
Heidelburg under Jurgen^
Habermas. In May, he has to
invited to return to Italy to
present a paper.
Dean Malcom Doubles has
announced that students will be
allowed to stay on campus
over Srping break. Dean
Doubles stated that there are
a number of students who
widi to stay oi campus over
Spring break for the purpose
of catch up work or in order to
get ahead on work. He said
that Suite 1 in Albemarle and
Granville will remain open
for the students but that food
would have to be supplied
elsewhere ^For further details
contact student personnel.
Westminster Choir College in
Princeton, N.J. Mr. Char-les
Ballance, tenor soloist, hails
from Red Springs, N.C., and
has appeared in an “Evening
of Opera Excerpts” at St. An
drews as well as performing
the role of the Defendant in
the St. Andrews production of
Gilbert and Sullival’s “Trial
by Jury”. Mr. Julian Long,
bass-baritone is well known
for his solo work in thh Fayet
teville area. He makes his
home in Southern Pines and is
the Director of the Southen
Pines Arts Council.
The Robeson Civic Chorale
is made-up of people from the
area of Robeson County,
drawing most of its members
from Lumberton, Red
Springs, Pembroke and Fair
mont, however, there are
quite a few other com
munities represented. The
chorale’s aim is to bring good
music to the people of
Robeson County,” said
Evans.
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