Curry College - Curryer Yearbook (Milton, MA)

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. The Future Of WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS YOUR GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT IN YOUR LIFETIME? to that involvement on the part of the students and on the part of adults as well. Probably the greatest achievement if my lifetime is work- ing with young people both through college and through Church. To see the progress of these young people and what they can do when they commit themselves to a goal and the satisfaction that comes when we see them achieving those goals, even though this achievement may be spread over a period of years. BEING A MINISTER, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF ALL THE CHANGES GOING ON IN YOUR CHURCH AND IN OTHERS? Yes, quite so, the church has been sort of a stagnant insti- tuition for a number of years. I think, on the ecumenical side, all churches and all faiths have given inspiration to each other. We see the need of doing things together with a common background. IF YOU COULD CHOOSE ANY OTHER PROFESSION BESIDES WHAT YOU ARE NOW, WHAT PROFESSION WOULD YOU CHOOSE AND WHY? I think that if I were choosing another profession, though I am pretty well satisfied, it might be a guidance officer in a high school. I seem to see the need of this very much. As students come to see a Dean of Students, or if they come to ask about financial aid, it doesn ' t seem like they are always getting the information that they should have had say two or three years before or at least a year before they came to college. WHAT RELIGIOUS FIGURE, PAST OR PRESENT, HAS IMPRESSED YOU THE MOST? IF YOU COULD LIVE IN ANY PERIOD OF TIME, EITHER PAST OR FUTURE, WHAT PERIOD OF TIME WOULD YOU PICK AND WHY? Oh, right now is the most thrilling time to be alive and to be doing something. WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE A PROFESSOR, AD- MINISTRATOR AND A MINISTER, WHICH PROFES- SION HAS GIVEN YOU THE MOST SATISFACTION? I think what I am doing right now, a combination of two things, is most satisfying. It is working with students on the college level and also working with young people at the church level. Many college students are involved in religion in some way or another and the church has got to come up I think outside of biblical figures, the man most inspiring to me is Albert Schwitzer. He has made a tremendous con- tribution by bringing medicine, philosophy and religion al- together and inserting human needs with his tremendous background. DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD REFORM OUR EDU- CATIONAL SYSTEM STARTING FROM THE GRADE SCHOOL ALL THE WAY UP TO THE COLLEGE LEVEL? Yes, but I think probably like everyone else that I don ' t know just where reform shall begin. Talking with three other educators in my family, there is certainly need for re- formation. Many things will have to be tried before any one approach or approaches will be found that will really be meaningful. It seems to be a period of experimentation in education.

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College Looks Good DO YOU THINK THAT THE CAMPUS TURMOIL IS OVER OR JUST BEGINNING? I think if we use the word turmoil, it isn ' t over. But neither is it beginning. I think the strong issues have been brought out. We are sort of settling back to a level as to how they are going to be worked out in a much saner atmo- sphere and environment in which we do it. DO YOU THINK THAT THE STUDENTS SHOULD HAVE A GREATER SAY IN COLLEGE POLICY UKE HIRING PROFESSORS? Students may well make appraisals of class procedures and professors which they have. That will some how guide those who have direct responsibility of hiring professors and instructors. WHAT ONE EVENT IN YOUR LIFETIME STANDS OUT MOST PROMINENTLY? I suppose the most thrilling event was, after years of studying in college and in the seminary, was ordination into the Christian ministry which took time, which took commit- ment and also a personal decision. And when those deci- sions were made, there was a sense of satisfaction which one only experiences once in a lifetime. HOW WOULD YOU SUM UP YOUR YEARS AT CURRY? They have been growing years, all eight of them. When you look back to what Curry was and what it is now, I don ' t think that many faculty or students appreciate the struggle we went through to get to our present position. It is really thrilling to be a part of those eight years. WHAT FUTURE DO YOU SEE FOR CURRY COLLEGE? With what we have achieved, the future looks good. I think we got an inkling, through admission, of the students interested. The fact of accreditation also helps us to attract attention from a larger geographical area. The future looks best now, at least during my stay at Curry College.