Father Roland Murphy, O. Carm. .
Duke’s Priest-Professor Views Campus Life
A big (six, five) intellectual
extrovert, came up with some
positive suggestions affecting
student life at Duke University,
here.
He was Father Roland Mur
phy, whose parents were born in
Ireland, who is a visiting profes
sor at Duke University this year.
Father Murphy is the first
Catholic priest to teach at Duke
where affiliations have been
markedly Methodist.
“I think the students have not
been able to integrate their aca
demic pursuits with their daily
nonacademic living,” he ob
served in his office which adjoins
the famous Duke Chapel.
Father Murphy teaches Old
Testament in the Department of
Religion and a walk with him to
his apartment in York House, a
brand, new dorm, attests to his
popularity with the students.
He is a faculty Fellow in that
he lives in a dorm with students.
Father Murphy is on leave
from Catholic University in
i Washington.
He is handsome with short
wavy, gray hair, a mouth that
tilts upward in the corners even
at rest, and a contagious laugh.
He wears the black cloth of a
priest and the white collar, but
before he strolled over the icy
sidewalks to his pin-neat apart
ment, he slipped on a dashing
ski sweater.
“I never thought I would have
any use for it coming South, but
it has been wonderful during the
snow,” he commented.
CARMELITE FATHER
The scholar-priest is the son of
a Chicago police lieutenant who
grew up playing ball in the
streets with priests of the Car
melite Order.
“ ‘‘I grew up wanting to be a
priest,” he related. And now he
holds master of arts degrees in
both philosophy and Semetic lan
guages and the doctorate in sa
cred theology, all awarded by
Catholic University.
A recent story in The Duke
Chronicle, student newspaper,
described Father Murphy as an
“exciting addition to the Duke
staff.”
STUDENT ADVISOR
The Duke student writer de
scribed 50-year-old Father Mur
phy as “a progressive priest, or
better yet, a thoughtful middle
aged adult.”
The Catholic priest again men
tioned the relationship between
faculty and students.
, “It already exists, but on ev
Father Murphy,
ery level the contact has to be
deepened,” he said.
When he arrived at Duke a
few months ago, he said he was
surprised at the wide range of
states represented by the student
body and “pleasantly surprised
by the high caliber of the stu
dents.”
Father Murphy said his task is
to minister to all who come, not
only Catholics.
“The boys are mostly con
cerned about their relationship
with girls or rather social com
munication . . . kids are so un
certain of themselves,” he noted.
Also they are concerned about
their academic performance.
. “The pressures of pre-exam pe
riod has been brought on by stu
dents not making their perform
ance consistent,” Father Mur
phy remarked. “It’s part of the
ups and downs a kid has.”
The LEADER asked Father
Murphy about the recent contro
versy involving Negro students.
“The real problem is the ac
ceptance of the Negro as a per
son,” he said. “Some cannot;
some do not. And that is true be
tween whites as well as Negroes.”
The priest is smart, articulate
and full of affection for students.
KINDNESS OF YOUTH
“This generation of youth has
a terrific amount of kindness and
generosity,” he said. “We old
sters have to keep our eyes open
to that.”
He had something to say on
grading too.
EXAMS NECESSARY
“It’s a necessary evil,” he said
philosophically. “Grading has to
take in more than individual ex
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ams. A professor should also take
in account classroom perform
ance.” '
Father Murphy always asks
questions in class. “That is sim
ply a way of teaching which is
a way of living and I believe in
it very deeply,” he said.
For relaxation and pleasure,
he reads and studies. “And I like
teaching and lecturing on the Bi
ble,” he added. “Don’t forget
that.”
He has worked extensively in
fields of Biblical archaeology,
Old Testament history and more
recently with the Dead Sea
Scrolls.
His travels have carried him
all over the world — Pales
tine, Rome, Paris, and of course
more than a few visit to Ire
land.
Father Murphy holds down
several important editorial posi
tions both nationally and inter
nationally.
Also with Duke’s New Testa
ment scholar William David Da
vies, he serves as consultant edi
tor for the Time-Life Illustrated
and Annotated Bible.
By Margaret Knox
“The Leader”
Raleigh, N.C. '
Womens Vocation
Coordinator Named
San Antonio — (NC) — “If
there was ever a time when vo
cation work was absolutely
necessary it is now. We must
show today’s Catholic girls there
is a definite place for Sisters in
the contemporary world and that
the ways Sisters serve the
Church are changing with the
times.”
This serious look at the chal
lenge facing the vocation effort
was made by Sister Melita,
O.L.V.M., who moved into her
new office at the San Antonio
chancery Feb. 1 as valid testi
mony to her own observation
that “the ways Sisters serve the
Church are changing with the
times.”
She will add a vital dimension
to the vocation program of the
archdiocese — that of guiding
young women to the religious
life.
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Candidates from at least ten Councils in the State will make the
Sir Walter Hotel in Raleigh their headquarters when they gather
here for the exemplification of the FOURTH DEGREE on next Sat
urday, 24th of February. The colorful ceremony will be given by
BISHOP McGUINNESS GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Approximately 40
candidates are expected to be in the class.
All FOURTH DEGREE members attending will be required to
have their 1968 Travelling Card and all candidates must have their
current THIRD DEGREE card. Candidates, except the Clergy, must
wear Tuxedo with black tie and white gloves at the exemplification;
candidates who are members of the military may wear their dress
uniform.
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The schedule of events follows: Exemplification: 1 p.m. at Hotel
Sir Walter; Set-Ups 6:45; Banquet, 7:30, and dance, 9 p.m. till 1 a.m.
The cost to members is $7.50 each. A list of all candidates and Coun
cils represented, will be carried in this column on SUNDAY,
MARCH 3.
FATHER O’BYRNE COUNCIL 3574 JACKSONVILLE is having
exemplification of the FIRST and SECOND degrees of the Order
this SUNDAY afternoon at the Infant of Prague School Gym, starting
promptly at 2 p.m. Approximately 15 candidates are expected for the
degrees. . . . ALEXANDER E. McLELLAN has been appointed as a
two-year Trustee by Grand Knight Bob Foran. He succeeds Brother
Raymond Richard who has moved to Moncks Corner, S.C. Brother
McLellan recently returned from service in Vietnam. . . . Word was
received this week of the death in battle of Brother WILLIAM G.
FRASER, a First Degree member of this Council. “He was killed by
a sniper’s bullet while on patrol duty,” the bereaved parents informed
our Financial Secretary. Pray for the repose of his soul. Council
Chaplain Fr. William C. Wellein, pastor of Holy Spirit Church, has
said Mass for the fallen Brother Knight.
‘THE RALEIGH KNIGHT publication of FR. THOMAS F. PRICE
COUNCIL 2546, announces a MARDI GRAS PARTY on FRIDAY,
FEB. 23 at the Columbus Club starting at 8:30 p.m. It will be a cos
tume party and will mark the last Council social event before Lent.
. . . The KNIGHT OF THE MONTH is DON DUBOIS “for the out
standing job he is doing with the youth basketball program. Congrat
ulations, Don.”
Congratulations to Brother CAREY ILDERTON, JR., who was
exemplified in the First Degree at BISHOP HAFEY COUNCIL HIGH
POINT recently.
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