Chatham College - Cornerstone Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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To give thanks for the honor and glibly say yes . . . the origin of the species of responsibility, but far from the end of the race ... to accept ... to capably fulfil ... to grow. 23

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iirj ' .f f» FACULTY A wall so much more enigmatic because it is composed of human beings, the faculty represents a complex of professional standards to be met, as well as individual personalities to be compromised on both the part of the student and the professor. A row of bricks, a physics problem, must ulti- mately be finite; there comes a point at which it must stop, for all practical purposes, or be resolved . . . but the involvement of two minds and person- alities, while it can be almost nil, in one case, can in another take on limitless dimensions of intellectual and sympathetic rapport. At first encounter, whether the professor sees a wall of apathy or of interest depends on the stu- dents; but once this gleam of curiosity, this aware- ness is found, as what does he regard it . . . market- able potential? Intellect at a premium? Or, more hopefully, a young mind just coming to realize the bewildering amount of knowledge before her, the struggles and introspection, the search for identity, and the fear of ridicule, of failure. As well as classroom lectures, discussions of Donne and lymph nodes over cups of coffee, of Moliere and the set theory over chocolate ice cream brings a blending of discipline and encour- agement, of challenge and human understanding; and out of a wall is built a foundation. 24