Oglethorpe University - Yamacraw Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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D-20 1981 THE YAMACRAW Finer Things Not Just Minding Her Own Business. What can you do with your life after you ' ve graduated from college with an English major? Dr. Barbara Clark found an unusual way to solve that dilemma — she also decided to study something a little more practical, like business. Today, she does double duty by teaching English Literature IV by day and Business and Personal Taxes by night. In her off hours, she is strongly involved in the feminist movement as a member of NOW. How Great Thy Art. Not only has the unassuming Ben Smith entered some of his artistic efforts in one man shows, he ' s also displayed his collections in a variety of group exhibits. Smith, who tries to get Oglethorpe students to discover the magic of painting and drawing, has been the proud recipient of a host of awards and scholarships. His works have also found their way into museums across the United States, including Atlanta ' s own High Museum. Mr. Smith also teaches art classes at Callanwolde Fine Arts Center and The Atlanta College of Art. Barbara Clark, Associate Professor of English Talks to All But the Animals. Oglethorpe may not have the largest or most varied faculty in Atlanta, but it may have the most interesting. Bill Strozier, for instance, O.U. ' s venerable Professor of Languages, has created his own miniature version of the United Nations right here on campus. Strozier somehow manages to impart his expertise in Spanish and French to a diverse student body, including natives of some 30-40 different nations. He began his multi-lingual career teaching Latin at Emory and migrated up here to Oglethorpe 16 years ago. Proficient in at least eight tongues, including Greek and Portugese, the good professor has held down an instructor ' s position in France and led tours through- out the continent of Europe. The University, in appreciation of his many years of hard work and his linguistic accomplishment, awarded him the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters at the 1981 commencement. Ben Smith, Lecturer in Art William Strozier, Professor of Foreign Languages

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THE YAMACRAW 1981 D-19 In Search of the Bard. Appropriately enough for someone who studies the Globe Theatre, English professor and bon vivant Robert Fusillo has seen more than his share of the world and its people. An expert on Shakespeare, Fusillo attended school in Britian and claims to have crossed the Atlantic at least 50 times. Often he returns from an overseas visit with a new addition to the huge, wonderful and strange modern art collection that fills his home. A curator from the High Museum of Art has praised his as being the finest and most adventuresome in the city. Still, Fusillo ' s passion for this avocation comes from the same source as his love for the subjects he teaches - pleasure. No Run-On Sentences. Whoever came up with the idea that book-loving English teachers and athletes don ' t go together obviously never met Dr. William Brightman. Brightman. who has been here since 1975, loves to play tennis (with the likes of Professor Bilancio) and take part in long distance running competitions like the Peachtree Road Race - when he s not enjoying a new novel. Brightman probably finds Oglethorpe a rest after his stint in the Philippines as a part of the Peace Corps where he studied the landscape, social and physical. His main hobby is gardening, especialh growing roses. James Bohart, Assistant Professor of Music Nelle Crowe. Lecturer in English Rambh ' n ' Around. As State President of the American Choral Director ' s Association, music professor Jim Bohart finds himself on jaunts all over the country. Besides representing Georgia and O.U. at this year ' s A. CD. A. convention in New Orleans, he has traveled extensive- ly through all eleven southeastern states as well as such exotic, faraway lands as Texas. Apparently fond of hard work, he spent the year taking trips, organizing conventions and directing his church choir, in addition to serving as the driving force behind the Collegiate Chorale ' s variety shows and Mozart program. Finally, he somehow found time to coordinate the music for the O.U. Players Pippin. No wonder he claims, it was not uncommon for me to catch an 11:00 p.m. tTight out of Atlanta after rehearsal. onl to hurjy back the next day.

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THE YAMACRAW 1981 D-21 Philosophical Philanthropist. As head of the Humanities Division, the august Dr. Ken Nishimura seems to enjoy — well, humanity. Like his colleague Professor Fusillo, this teacher of philosophy likes both travel and art. Not surprisingly, his taste in the latter runs to the Oriental. Nish , as he is affectionately called, has seen some of the earth ' s farthest flung corners, from China to Caracas. He still feels a kinship with Japan, the country of his boyhood, where he lived through the ordeal of wartime bombing raids by the land he now calls home. Ken Nishimura, Fukaislii Professor of Philosophy Akiba Harper, Lecturer in English Poetry In Motion. Akiba Harper, dynamic new part-time composition teacher, is an example of a woman who loves - and lives - her work. When not prodding her students to put pen in hand, she enjoys reading Afro-American litera- ture and composing letters. Although she happily remarks that she learns many things from her students and enjoys teaching them, Akiba ' s most memorable moments have been her meetings with famous writers, including black poetess Gwendolyn Brooks. Yet another teacher born under a wandering star, Ms. Harper took a recent month-long trip to Ghana, an important West African nation. Some of Akiba ' s interests, however, are less literary. She enjoys contemporary dance and relaxing to Stevie Wonder music. The Class Struggle. After being raised in the slums of Brooklyn. U.S. .A., Nicholas Caste set out to find his fortune, but only got as far as Emory University, where his professors reminded me of the bullies in my old neighborhood. But he perservered, received his Ph.D., and today, the quiet, easy-going scholar has spread his harmony to Oglethorpe, w here he finds life also reminiscent of my childhood, but replete with philosophical s mbolism. Two other jobs augment his struggle for existence. At the present time, this scholar of Socrates is completing a great. American novel about the turbulent nineteen-sixties. His life as yet has been solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. but he aspires to become a great youth leader and appear on the Dick Cavett Show. Nicholas Caste, Lecturer in Philosophy