Brevard College - Pertelote Yearbook (Brevard, NC)

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Luther Lawing, Financial Aid and Religion Should religion be a required course at Bre- vard College? Luther Lawing, Financial Aid Administrator, who also teaches religion, says: ' Yes! Religion if anything. Religion studies give meaning to every other academic area; It is the dean of all disciplines. ' Mr. Lawing came to Brevard College in 1966 to serve as Financial Aid Administrator and Dean of Men. His third year he taught religion and served as Financial Aid Administrator, and during his fourth year he was dean of student affairs. Because he preferred a one to one relation- ship with students he returned to his oirignal position. His pre-college life was spent in Charlotte, North Carolina; in 1956 he gradu- ated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He attended seminary at Duke University, is an ordained Methodist minister, and holds a Pastoral Psychology degree from Duke received in 1965. Mr. Lawing ' s classes are a challenge to his stu- dents. His subject is presented in a thought- provoking and sometimes humorous manner. He feels that students are very religious - not in the structured churchie way, but in inter- personal relationships with other people. The study of religion as taught at Brevard College actually surprises many students and they come out with a deeper level of understand- ing. This year Mr. Lawing began teaching a course in World Religions, in addition to the work in Old and New Testament, Mr. Lawing thinks Brevard is a good school in which to work and a nice community in which to live - positive and desirable. Where else could one live in a college community, be in an area surrounded by mountains and have such cultural attractions as the Brevard Music Cen- ter close by? On a visit to either of his offices, one finds him a quiet and yet an articulate and concerned man. SE

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Leon H. Lee, Jr., Chairman of Language Division Leon H. Lee is chairman of the language divi- sion and a member of the Judicial Board. Dur- ing the first semester he was adviser to the CLARION. He is a graduate of High Point Col- lege and earned his master ' s degree from Wake Forest University. The study of English is very much a part of the academic life of the students because four semesters are required for graduation. Mr. Lee ' s philosophy of teaching is that the English courses should not only convey facts, but in- fluence attitudes, produce skills, and improve personalities. He opposes the traditional survey course in literature; it is more logical to study five writers in depth than to try to study twenty-five superficially. Students should enjoy what they read, so Mr. Lee mixes the traditional with the new. His English 12 classes read not only Homer and Bronte, but also John Steinbeck ' s THE CRAPES OF WRATH and Joseph Heller ' s CATCH-22. Classes are often taught in small group discussions in obscure places. The dialogue is seldom limited to the book but often wanders off into other subjects, helping students to see Mr. Lee ' s bright personality and concerned open- mindedness in relationship to his students. His attitude toward the CLARION is that the paper should be an outlet for student opinion: a man should have the right to express him- self and find himself as he writes. More stu- dents are showing interest in and reading the CLARION this year. Most issues within the col- lege community are brought to light. Publish- ers are always under attack, if not for present- ing controversy then from lack of prosecuting controversy. Mr. Lee says problems should be brought to light if they exist, the feedback being both the agony and reward of publish- ing. Profile 21