Seattle University - Aegis Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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Malcolm Miller: Chartres In a rare tribute to scholarly study at SU, an overflow audience greeted Malcolm Miller, guide and lecturer at Chartres Cathedral, France, in Pigott Auditorium winter quarter. Fire destroyed the original church in 1194 A.I), and it was claimed “Mary had burnt down the Cathedral because it wasn't fine enough — very feminine of her, Miller commented. Within 25 years a new structure, represent! ive of medieval art and thought, had been raised. Miller pointed out that years are required to even begin to understand the detail and transcendent meaning of Chartres. Despite this, he proceeded to explain samples of the detailed artwork, particularly the portals and stained glass windows of the north and south sides. The part is the whole. The Cathedral is a microcosm of the macrocosm of time and the universe, Miller said. The Cathedral is not just a history book of time from Genesis to lodgement. It is a book that speaks of human things, of man as an infinitesimal creation with a desire to transcend time, he continued. Perhaps that is why there is the urge to pass through to the celestial city. The windows of Chartres look out onto Paradise ' Miller concluded. Chartres is a splendid example of infinite detail woven into the essence of medieval man, perhaps all men. Thus, the scope was universal, the subject matter painstaking. Regardless, Miller escaped the trivia that so frequently hampers the value of history. TOP RIGHT AND RIGHT: Malcolm Miller, guide and lecturer at Chartres Cathedral, captivates his SU listeners. ABOVE: C. R. Harmon, associate professor of history, introduces Miller. 24 Special Events

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Emile Wilson Fmile I eRoy Wilson has come a long way in his seven years with Seattle University, chalking up many accomplishments along the way. But his most distinctive honor came this year as he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship. He is SU's First Rhodes Scholar. Born in San Francisco in 1951, Wilson grew up in the Watts area of Los Angeles. He entered SU in 1968 at the age of 16 through an early admit program. Subsequently, he played freshman basketball and became a campus activist. In 1969 Wilson was with a protest group meeting on the Lemieux Library lawn. He spoke out and was subsequently arrested. But it was on that occasion that he met a Jesuit priest who was to strongly influence his future course. I mile credits much of his success to James McGoldrick, SI, whom he calls his “mentor. Fr. McGoldrick has given him personal instruction in such subjects as philosophy, parliamentary procedure and law. During his time at Seattle University, he has deeply involved himself in community programs and in helping minority students. He graduated with a BA in political science in 1971. This year he was granted masters' degrees in education and philosophy. He has also helped his younger brother get through school. Wilson will study jurisprudence at Oxford University in London, England, for at least two years. He eventually hopes to become a justice of the United Stales Supreme Court. Don't bet he won't! TOP LEFT: A moment of happy reflections and Fmile Wilson prepares for a future at Oxford. BELOW: The team which captured the fabled scholastic pri e, James B. McGoldrick, SJ, and Wilson. LEFT: Congratulations are offered by Thomas Trebon, forensics director. Special Events 23

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Iff] Chesterton Week i L An imago of Gilbert K. Chesterton which was filled with his laughter, Victorian manners, piety and journalistic wonder of the world, was presented by British a tor, author and critic. Robert Speaight on October 29. Speaight's lecture in the A. A. Lemeiux Library Auditorium proved to be the highpoint of SU's three-day festival honoring the centennary of Chesterton's birth. Chesterton wrote because he couldn't help it; he gloried in the trade of journalism, Speaight said of his fellow British journalist, author and publisher. His skeletonal sketch of Chesterton was quickly brought to life by personal memories and anecdotes which he shared with the audience. Chesterton was a very Victorian c haracter which is perhaps why he wrote so well about his fellow writers, Speaight said. He shared Dickens' capacity for surprise and was a romantic, par excellence, in his own right,” he added. Chesterton, the creator of the Father Brown novel series, was a late-in-life convert to Catholicism. Speaight explained Chesterton's piety as one which embraced illumined dogma with the energy of his imagination. THE INCREDULITY OF FATHER BROWN j GILBERT K. CHZSTERIVN f ABOVE: The Chesterton Festival spurred a new interest on campus in the works of the English writer. I EFT SERIES: Robert Speaight, British actor, author and critic, gives his impressions of Chesterton. Special Events 25