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• jbU ■ TheBdles of St. Mary’s Collese VOL. XLI, NO. 3 ST. MARY’S COLLEGE. RALEIGH, N.C. OCTOBER, 1979 Who’s Who at St. Mary’s Dean Miller Robert J. Miller, II, became the Dean of St. Mary’s College in 1973. He has attended both North Carolina State and Yale Universities. He has two daughters, Patricia and Susan, who are enrolled at St. Mary’s. He has had an interesting career as a Chief Forester for the Tilgh- man Lumber Company, as an Assistant Instructor at Yale, and a professor of Biology at Radford College. Dean Miller has also received numerous awards, participated in organizations and professional activities, and written many important papers and publications. When interviewed. Dean Miller was asked where he thought St. Mary’s was headed and if any programs were to be expanded. In general, he stated that “private, two-year schools were in for a rough time.” But Wolfe Fest ’79 It’s time once again for another successful Thomas "Olfe Fest. This year marks P'e fifth year of activities held *0 recognizing Thomas Wolfe. has become a traditional Activity at St. Mary’s and is of the highlights of each y®ar. The 1979 Wolfest will be attended by Wolfe fans and Scholars from throughout the JiJnited States. The Sarah ^caham Kenan Library staff planned an exciting ®6enda of activities for this year. The speakers come from ^arious areas of the United ^tatte. Each one of them has interesting aspect of Thomas Wolfe’s life to tell about, p Participate in P J'he main speaker at the -®st will be Dr. Richard S. „ ,"®cdy of Merion, Penn- yivania. He is one of the top . eife scholars in the U.S. and one of the counsulting of the Thomas Wolfe tj^^'^'s'ctter. He will speak on unique relationship bet- Thomas Wolfe and ^uzabeth Nowell. Elizabeth jowell, Thomas Wolfe’s ®Sent, edited a oiume of Thomas Wolfe’s k: and published a np,F^®Phy on him. Dr. Ken- ^y and Elizabeth Nowell became close friends while he was writing his dissertation on Thomas Wolfe. Therefore, he will be able to provide us with interesting anecdotes of Thomas Wolfe’s life. Another one of this year’s speakers is Scott Berg. Mr. Berg will speak on Sunday night about Maxwell Perkins, Thomas Wolfe’s editor. Mr. Berg recently published a book on Max Perkins, Editor of Genius. Copies of his book will be sold after the program on Sunday night, and Mr. Bc>"g will be glad to autograph them for you personally. Another important author that wiU be present at the Wolfe Fest is Carole Klein. She has spoken at the last two Fests on her manuscript for a book about Aline Ben^teim Her book was published m Anril On Sunday evemng Siere will be a “Meet^ Author” hour when her ^k will be sold and autographed. On Monday morning Carolyn Cooper, a certtfi^ Master Grapho - Analyst,^ handwriting ■sneaking on the handwnhng of^Thomas Wolfe A Bernstein that she has studied in their letters. . j Two Special Events Schedul^ This is a special year for the Wolfe Festival for two important reasons. Firet m all, the specially designed Miss Haig Dies ry Ruth Haig, bachelor’s de^^ mj^ic or emeritus of music at ^uTation from Columbia ^ 3.. as chairman of the Schiwl of M ’.„miners at lepartment from 1965- studied for School of le retired in May, 1978, the Fontainebleau School >0 years of teaching Fine Arts 0 St. Mary’s students. Funeral s ative of Bloomfield, Haig were held she received her Mary’s Chap^- bookplate for the St. Mary’s Thomas Wolfe collection will be presented. The book plate was designed by the distinguished artist, Lellterio Calapai. His art works hang in famous art galleries throughout the United States and abroad. Mr. Calapai did a portfolio of wood engravings inspired by Look Homeward Another reason the Wolfe Fest is especially important this year is that the first meeting of the Thomas Wolfe Society will be held in c(m- iunction with the Fest. "The society will meet on Monday afternoon at 2:00 p.m., and all interested persons are mvit^. Duane Schneider is the president of the Wolfe Swiety and is a consulting editor of the Wolfe Newsletter. Growth of Wolfe Fest The Wolfe Fest is growing not only ^ Jp recognition throughout the United States. St. Ma^ s is very proud of her contribution in honoring Thomas Wolfe The St. Mary’s collection of Wolfe is one of the largest and most complete found in the United States. It was established in 1975 by Dr. and Mrs. John 0. Fulenwider, Jr The Fulenwiders brought their daughter to St. Ma^’s in the fall of 1975. The liked the ^hool so much that they decided to donate some of their treasured Wolte Suections to St. Mary^. The Fulenwiders felt St. Mary was a perfect place to en courage student investigation oFand interest in Thomas "^®“as a result of the Fulenwiders’ contribution, the English the Thomas Wolfe Essay Sntesteach year. The winner of the contest receives a cash S and has her essay he said that St. Mary’s was in no danger due to its unique programs and its exciting location amid Duke, UNC-CH, and N.C.S.U. As far as the curriculum. Dean Miller explained that “the faculty cannot be increased unless the enrollment is enlarged. However, we have added a beginning typing course this year.” Dean Miller was also asked what the strengths and weaknesses of St. Mary’s were. He replied, “St. Mary’s has an interested, well- qualified faculty and an ex ceptional student body. For example, St. Mary’s students have the highest SAT scores of any two-year college in North Carolina.” The only weakness Dean Miller could see was that “St. Mary’s needed to pay more attention to informing the students of their op portunities, such as help in planning a curriculum.” The new cut system and the new shortened weekend were also a topic of discussion. Dean Miller felt that the new cut system was “more realistic and not meant to penalize.” In regard to the weekend change. Dean Miller said that “it was a good rule because now St. Mary’s . seniors have a normal weekend like the rest of the world.” A final question asked of the Dean of the College was why he chose to come to St. Mary’s. Since he was a native North Carolinian and knew St. Mary’s, Dean Miller replied that “St. Mary’s represented the ideal of what an educational school should be. It’s a place I would send my own children.” In fact he did. Dean Miller is a great asset to the school, and St. Mary’s is lucky to have him. Sally Ware A liberated woman is one who feels confident in herseif and is happy in what she is doing. She is a person who has a sense of self. .... It all comes down to freedom of choice. Betty Ford ’79 Grads Dream ‘^American Dream” The high school graduating class of 1979 seems to think that while the nation is on a general decline, their own lives are on an upward swing, reports PSYCHOLOGY TODAY from research done at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research called “Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of the Lifestyles and Values of Youth.” The annual study, which surveys 17,000 high school seniors, aims to discover the values and attitudes of youth. This year’s results, just released, show this group wants the “classic American Dream” life. Their hopes and plans reflect fairly con ventional views, yet they tolerate untraditional behavior, such as couples living together and illegal drug use. They are more liberal than their elders but they still place having a good marriage and family life as most im portant in life. The students judge, in order of personal importance, strong friendships, steady work, success in work, con tributing to society, having money and being a leader in their community as extremely important in their lives. Student Press Service awaiu — printed. (Carolina Cockrell Dreaming the American Dream?
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