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r I March 21, 1969 BELLES OF ST. MARY’S ,u ■iK: Mr. Pisani Glues His Opinions ^Ir. and Mrs. IMsani Note: I recently had the ^resident wterview Mr. Pisani, the new open and ^‘^try’s. He rr«s very ‘‘'>ns oT in answering iny qiies- we following topics. Coming to St. Marys had Minister, I have always ing Q concerns — -what’s go- penijj^ world, what’s hap- peonip ®'’eryplace, what some generar’^'^ glibly refer to as the yo\ni» g^P> nnd that the have sort of timed l^^lieve^ .'*l(ler generation. T don’t expeji ^1- 1 have never had this of active miii- it ^ parish, and I haven’t had for Ibe young men studying ^iHs of in the seminary. ^^’0 cither on the ^eshohl e - -g ^ ot marriage or of mov- ^’ajieed education to ad- 'vay 'cork. But in whatever both ^ great opportunity and iu *^/^?®®lionally, spiritually tn every general way to have’tp , . ®'’cry general way to Ibese tv of climate where all a conunil'l^f come together in Ibi*^ *^ort. It just — oppoyt, ?bt to me and a great followed ctlunty.” - ’ iY ■ Mary’s As a Challenge lot of « touch the lives of a On to Most of you will go M be atill Mothers, and families "'•ni are n ami ’ pon basic root and fouuda- ja Verv 'chole society. Here ways the ehal- fo? th£ » discipUne ^hat ' *^otential Exists at St. “Y Mary’s —Ibe size of the enoL!*^ good. It’s a ^ Oy.,/ ’ Ak-tiuy ^UUU. II Of’’ how community. 1 won- ?Mvhat ^’’"y of you are aware ia, t/’.privileged communit,y ' tivc.,’’’ *^ot a college of fif- ei of ao yet tn Ibirty thousand. 1 of ®^'c doesn’t appear to be jlhnrest ."^^t'^ard, overt signs goiup, *’1 your generation that t^lh t^ It has an affiliation fif ®htu.„i ^h'lrch without having a*’® "'hole 'hnninate what is done, a Place rliiuate lends itself to Can Ihe ! people can learn, of'y imn‘^“’^''"'ic side is terrifi- learu 'I’bc g'rls lo relate to each other sall.v and Msa"' I 1- „ ivith each other in a Sis i'an atmosphere. That does Chiistian a i ^ not 'f 1 ! • "the classroom, in the dining ^ ‘tw'Te Muth me because this is the hope, Mill' on. I thing I am .“ “nd I knoiv enjoy f piv job are go- gSkrif?"..-''-I” ., tr..,, T pave the Business for the Ministry? “1 'vas in the litS! NelS: lishing business j^ps are paper ^ „f all still lug ^^P^^ rpheii educa- thiiigf 1 lihe t univer- f Awhla and taught there sity of bl.o"‘ _„,.k Then there in extension 0 j was the Ji^tiia^ contribution I thought that tiet- had to make This has ter than t le ^^^j-ned me folloived—oiiL ‘ particular back once MIo.v. direction ,ny n if"- ing to education. Education Philosophy ml- that a good education “1 think that e gyervone, naturally is in which and the aeadeM'^^^^ von learn abon ^jig discipline ot important jrrowth al a part to aiiybodi . m'l education of ff- \Bn oimh living 'vith takes place th o each other, P^^ °„ether, and m when you eat t^.^ .p , vonr social in fjm growth contributes person. and tlie. develoi ne j ^ Addtoit.not ^ ^ hut it be- of material pns*^ ,t--the comes an ongo«V t Christian -hofo 1’X‘^npoHaiice of Go£s life and the 1 ggam ab- love for ns • • manifests straction but 1 ami "'ork itself as we In e t. . g^,^^^ifp,tes to together. iH j,. all m education. T o' the the library, jei . library too. Teaching and Preaching Plans “1 love to teach and 1 do hope to do some teaching. I don’t knoiv when and exactly what. It’s go ing to depend a lot on what 1 encounter when 1 first get here. As far as preaching is concerned, as a minister 1 would like to share a part in the whole life of the chapel.” Campus Disorder “I think young people generally with as much personal stake as they have in their education and as ’ many difficult things as there are going on in the world today have every right to express their feeling and make known their needs. The faculties and ad ministrations should be receptive to listening to the students and working with them and main taining a kind of openness be cause ive can learn a great deal from you. 1 don’t like we’s and they’s in this. I think we all can learn from each other. In that kind of spirit of openness and give and take and when students have a good idea that seems rea sonable, 1 don’t see any reason why it shouldn’t be tried. But when it gets to demands, when this gets to disorder, when this gets to almost mayhem on some campuses where people are being forced through strikes or through destruction of property to exceed to very often ill-advised requests by the students, then I think this should be dealt with more strict ly than it is being dealt with in some places.” Student-Administration Relationship “I will tell you about one little plan I have for when I first get here. I don’t know what the make up of this group would be—pos sibly class officers, members of your student government, and perhaps even broader than this. I’m going to look forward to hav ing an occasion (say, maybe, once a iveek, at lunch if we can do it in a leisurely way and have the opportunity to talk) when I meet with the representative group of students to discuss any of the problems or any of the hopes they have for St. Mary’s. I have done this at the seminary in a little dif ferent capacity. Meeting once a week with the student leaders, we could bring up everything that has anything to do with the common life at the school—their gripes, frustrations, hopes, every thing and deal with it openly and honestly in an aura of trust where you all trust me, even though I am past the trustworthy age, and I trust you too. Beyond that, our home is going to be open to students because we want to get to know everyone. My wife is very much like this. My little boy is convinced that all the girls are going to adore him. He’s only ten. My daughter, I hope, will be attending school here. We hope to live on campus.” Required Chapel “1 have mixed feelings about required chapel. If something is exciting and real to where it is meaningful in the life of the stu dents, then it’s not going to be a big issue. Often the idea of any thing being required bothers some people. But this is not terribly good educationally because all .vonr life there are going to be things required. To live in the world there are requirements.” High School and College Department Together “I have been informed by many people not only here but else where that many institutions in the country are seriously study ing this kind of arrangement — where the last two years of high school and the first two years of college come under one roof — easing and adjustment from high school into senior college where the students are finding it so tough. You are more mature and have your feet more on the ground when j-our first years of college are completed, and the logical transition from high school is helped.” Integration “Sometimes forcing a situation is bad. You are touching on one of the most explosive things going on. Let me say this. The whole situation in terms of integration has changed. Fifteen years ago most of us in the church were working very hard toward this end both in the life of the com munity and the church, now the situation has gotten to the point where it is just natural aftermath of the revolution we are going through in this country to where milatant groups are almost seek ing a kind of separatism that was called segregation twenty years ago—saying this is the thing for the revolutionary militant black group, and the extremely liberal whites feel this same way. I think the guide line for this ought to be considering the peo ple—what’s going to happen to an individual . . . educationally, spiritually, socially, morally—e-v- erything. This ought to be the cri teria that moves the school in the direction of doing this—not just gloss over the Christian con science and immediately admit a couple of Negro students just to say we are integrated. I don’t think that is terribly important anymore. I think if there can be a learning to live together, an opportunity for some sort of com mon life that has real meaning for both students that are already here and for students of another race, it might have some merit to it.” Poem Selected at Hollins Rosie Motsinger, a sophomore, had a poem selected for reading at the Ninth Annual Literary Festival at Hollins College on Saturday, March 8. Her poem was one of seventeen chosen from over 300 entries sub mitted by students from some twenty Virginia and North Caro lina colleges and universities. ■■ '■* ! ■u ..1 .-■A ■ eir com- '■ i ‘ ; ■ i ,-r n affairs. , both in k and in Carolina, ■’s. !t. Mary’s sited Dr. past dat- I personal ty job is graduate, me.” “I really 1, but I up teach- lughly en- : of St. lans Play I, II lucted for production on at St. 29. To be of Father- ill produc- on’s “The :htful mu- finishing their love the 1920’s, music and le lead is p portray- .aren Rose ress of the Dubonnet. 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