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Tributes to Douglas Paschall and Ted Stirling
SEWAN April 1995
Vice President for Admission
William B. Davis, C'69
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A few years ago I went to Appalachia to talk with
Dr. Paul Erwin, C'79, about rural health care in
America. For two days I drove with Erwin
through the hollows and small towns of east Tennessee
and saw how he and a handful of health care providers
were trying to meet the needs of people in several coun-
ties. It was a hard story to tell.
In February I traveled south to talk with another doc-
tor, J. Wiley, C'83, about what he calls the "modern fam-
ily dilemma." Wiley is a pediatrician who practices in
Dothan, Ala., a small city in the southeastern part of the
state that is much like many small towns and cities in the
South.
This city of 59,000 is working together to help families
get the help that they need so they can lead more pro-
ductive lives. Wiley and a group of community activists
have helped to establish the Family Services Center, a
public, non-profit social services agency which provides
a myriad of services in one place—high school equiva-
lency and literacy programs, day care, job training pro-
grams, counseling for parents and their children, and
medical and dental care.
alone will not help families get off the welfare system
and take control of their lives. He knows that just treat-
ing the ear infection of a child who is not getting
enough to eat at home and whose parents are unem-
ployed does not provide any long-term solutions to that
family's problems.
Wiley's efforts to help those in need in Dothan come
from a profoundly spiritual core. "The priest who con-
firmed me explained stewardship to me when I was 11
years old. He said that stewardship was not about put-
ting something in the offering plate every week. It was
about a total use of resources and it involved all that you
had and all that you were," he says.
"Everybody is going to encounter need everyday. I
think the Gospel calls for us to engage that need and
not to turn away from it. This center is a way that I've
found that I could do that."
When Wiley envisioned the center two years ago, he
had a client in mind: a bright single mother who had a
lot to offer but who was up against some problems. She
came from an abusive family and she needed to get out
of that situation so she could help herself and her son.
When the Family Services Center opened in November
1994, the center's first client met the description of
Wiley's hypothetical client almost exactly. Since the cen-
ter opened, more than 200 clients have received the ser-
vices that they need to help them improve their lives.
"Ifyou integrate services and bring things under one
roof with the goal of moving people through the system,
then they can become self reliant," Wiley believes. "This
approach can work in any community. It can work in
Sewanee. In can work in Detroit. It can work anywhere
where people are willing to rethink things."
—RB
From working for the U.S. Supreme
Court to researching on the
Mexican border, Sewanee students
have been getting hands-on
help from the Tonya Internship
Programs
J.Wiley, C'83, is part ofan innovative
community effort, to help families take control
,^ of their lives
30 Tributes to Douglas Paschall, C'66, and Ted Stirling, C62
Two Sewanee graduates reflect on the impact
these two professors had on their lives and the
life of the University
On the cover: J.Wiley, C'83
Photograph by Stephen Alvarez, C'87
4 Vice Chancellor's Corner 5 On the Mountain: Alumni Affairs, Campus
News, Scholarship, The Campaign for Sewanee,
Theology
19 Theologia 20 Sports 21 Class Notes 28 In Memoriam 30 Afterword
The University of the South
VICE-CHANCELLOR'S CORNER
successive days just before Christmas 1994 jolted
the University community and the entire Sewanee
family. While one death had been fearfully expected for
some time, the relentless course of Ted's cancer
stunned family, friends, and students as he died two
months to the day after diagnosis.
Each of these colleagues and friends and Sewanee
graduates touched the lives of the University, from their
undergraduate days to their time on the faculty of the
Department of English to Doug's time as headmaster of
Montgomery Bell Academy, where his presence sent nu-
merous students on to Sewanee. Because they were such
an integral part of this institution for more than three
decades, I wanted to offer some personal comments
about their legacies and their importance; others ofyou
will have done so as well and we ask you to share those
impressions with us as we leave them in the archives for
those who come later to enjoy and assess anew.
Douglas Paschall represented a Sewanee that com-
bines athletic skills with academic excellence and
proven leadership ability. From his playing days with
Coach Majors to his lifelong zest for a Sewanee football
game—whether as student, professor, alumnus—Doug
saw football as a shaping experience for those who par-
ticipate. It combined challenge, teamwork, comrade-
ship, planning, intelligence, and a fair share of luck and
chance: all of which characterized much of his ap-
proach to life. As a professor Doug played a key role in
successive faculty committees and in a series of admin-
istrative duties. One of his final tasks as a faculty mem- ber in the spring of 1988 was to rescue a campus plan
that had drawn considerable opposition from a host of
quarters.
His impact as a teacher is the stuff of tall tales and
growing legends, mixed in with gentle warmth, affec-
tion, and concern for individual students. His mastery
of his subject amazed many, while his willingness to
share his enthusiasm for sonnets and romantics and his
beloved Will Shakespeare was infectious. If not every-
one agreed with his interpretations or even some of his
academic enthusiasms, they respected his academic in-
tegrity and his commitment to academic excellence.
His legacy will endure in his students and in the stories
vet to be told of his boundless energy, capacity for hu-
mor and occasional mischief, and his abiding love of
the Mountain and its people.
Ted Stirling represented still another strand of
Sewanee's traditions. A son of the Church and commit-
—
prominent members of three graduating classes of the
1960s. Ted loved English, as did his colleague Doug, a
love that took him to Northwestern for graduate work
and then to Chapel Hill for a first teaching assignment.
His fanatic attachment to Tar Heel basketball meant
that he and I had a natural base for conversation at any
given moment, indeed to the last chat we ever had.
Sometime trustee of the LIniversity, a member or
chair of a myriad of search committees including the
bishop of Tennessee and the chaplain of the University,
Ted was a quiet, understated faculty and church leader.
His soft-spoken manner concealed strongly held views,
his compassionate liberalism, and a deep concern for
others; his leadership skills gave him a natural talent for
creating and sustaining the Sewanee Summer Seminars.
With Debby as his advance agent, Ted managed to
touch the lives of many in the summer as he did in his
classes in the regular academic year. Sewanee, he be-
lieved, was to be enjoyed by all.
A varsity golfer at Sewanee, Ted and I played to-
gether for three summers after he resumed his playing
of this most trying of all games. We talked, swung, dis-
cussed the world and Sewanee, and relaxed; he never
missed many holes, I never made many—but he was tol-
erant and merciful, and we set the game for the next
week. In these events, as in my too few conversations
with Doug, there emerged part of Sewanee's enduring
and formative set of influences: love of place, of people,
of learning, of fun, of tradition, of achievement. For
Doug it meant the drive to do still more at MBA, for Ted
it meant being the superb classroom teacher and the
quiet, thoughtful academic whose religious moorings
were never distant.
these two rob the University of still further greatness but
their legacies are secure and enduring. For that we can
be forever grateful.
thousands of college students across the country.
Hordes of 18 to 22 year olds flood resort areas from
Daytona to Aspen in an effort to find relief from the
pressures of academic life. Some students, however, see
this as a time to accomplish something very different.
For the sixth year in a row, the All Saints' Chapel
Outreach Program offered a spring break alternative.
The University outreach program, headed by Dixon
Myers, helped create four opportunities for Sewanee's
students to experience service work and expose them to
"a focus outside of themselves." This year's destinations
included service trips to Jamaica, Arizona, Honduras,
and Louisiana.
pated in everything from building houses in Kingston,
Jamaica's ghettos, to helping feed and dress homeless
residents in a charity-supported shelter. This year one of
the numerous projects was to paint the walls of an el-
ementary school. "The school is their world," Myers
says. "Our students really reach out and get attached.
There are a lot of tears shed when we leave.
"All of these activities add to the cohesion of the
group. They see 31 people of different backgrounds
working together and end up making 31 new friends."
Group building was also important to the 15 stu-
dents who accompanied Brian, C'89, and Julie, C'89,
King Murphy to the Navajo Indian reservation in Fort
Defiance, Ariz. Their projects included cleaning a mis-
sion and volunteering in a local hospital. Julie King
Murphy, Sewanee's director of career services, says the
activities helped students "discover the nature of service
and recognize a need to serve daily. We helped the
people there, but, more than that, they helped us by
opening our eyes to the way they lived."
A group which included Sewanee students, faculty,
and administrators who traveled to Honduras for the
first time found a similar dual purpose in their trip. "It
was right for one to feel a sense of adventure as well as a
sense of service," says Cheri Peters, administrator of the
Sewanee Writers' Conference, who accompanied eight
students to rural Honduras. She and her husband, Jim,
a Sewanee professor of philosophy, found that the most
overwhelming feeling during their visit was one of gra-
ciousness and hospitality even in the face of severe pov-
erty. "The people of Honduras maintained such a beau-
tiful spirit in such difficult circumstances," said Jim Pe-
ters. "The trip touched us very deeply."
For five years, Sewanee students have touched the
lives of inner-city elementary and middle school stu-
dents in New Orleans. For 10 days, students from the
University serve as tutors and mentors. Maria Marcum,
C'97, a Benedict Scholar who participated in the pro-
gram during her freshman year, says, "The students
teach us far more than we teach them."
Although all of the trips begin during spring break,
organization takes place throughout the year. Students
raise money at various events ranging from a chili din-
ner to a silent auction. This year donations were also re-
ceived from the Chaplain's discretionary fund, the col-
lection taken during the Lessons and Carols service,
and the Board of Regents. The $8,000 raised pays for
supplies and scholarships to those students who, other-
wise, would be unable to participate. "The students who
are chosen to go on the trips receive varying amounts of
aid, but the amount they pay is nowhere near the value
of the experience they gain," says Myers.
University Sees Record Applications
for Fourth Straight Year
mission to the Lmiversity have hit an all-time high.
This spring, the Office of Admission has received
1,852 applications, besting the previous year's total by
nine percent. Since 1991, applications have risen by 56
percent overall.
"What we are seeing is the continuation of an ex-
tended trend," says Robert Hedrick, director of admis-
sion at Sewanee. "In the past two years alone we have
had a record number of visitors to the University and
this has been converted into a record number of appli-
cations.
"I also believe that we are enjoying the benefits of
increased institutional visibility. This has helped to cre-
ate large admission pools and, combined with a strong
retention rate, we are enjoying our largest enrollment
ever."
Cortez.
ON THE MOUNTAIN
THE Board of Regents has approved the opening
of the first 29 lots of the Wiggins Creek housing
development on the Domain. When complete,
Wiggins Creek, located between Otey Point, the Eques-
trian Center, Lake Cheston and Clara's Point Road, will
be the University's largest housing subdivision, contain-
ing 92 homes.
has received more attention in its planning and prepara-
tion than this one, and we
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Samuel Williamson, vice-
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committee of staff and faculty members in conjunction
with the Memphis planning firm of Looney Ricks & Kiss
and the engineering firm ofFisher and Arnold, Inc., also
of Memphis. The University will help to underwrite the
cost of initial consultation for architectural designs for a
limited number of new home builders.
"The goal has been to provide quality housing at rea-
sonable prices on the Domain for faculty and staff," says
Tom Kepple, vice president for business and community
relations. "We also wanted to create a fair way to allocate
new lots among employees."
The subdivision will be open to all full-time faculty and
staff inembers as well as retirees. Selection of lots will be
made on a first-come, first-served basis unless a specific
parcel is desired by more than one individual. In that in-
stance, a formula, based on job classification and length
of service, will be used to determine who will receive the
lot. Selection begins in late April.
The first phase of the development will include six
small cluster housing lots and 23 larger ones. Lots will
range in size from smaller than one quarter of an acre to
an acre and a half. Of the 200 acres that form the
development's three phases, about one-third will remain
unleased and in a wooded stale.
In oidcr to aid University employees in acquiring a
new home, the regents have taken several steps for those
wishing to finance through the University. The required
down payment has been reduced from 10 to five percent,
infrastructure costs may be included in the mortgage,
and loans may be made for up to three times an
employee's annual salary compared with the previous
limit of 2.5 times.
Tax and lease fees will vary from lot to lot, but will
range from approximately $900 per year for an $80,000
house to $1,500 annually for a $140,000 home.
Work on the infrastructure is expected to begin this
spring and lots are expected to be ready for construction
by the summer.
University?
ticipated in a series ofcampus-wide discussions on
Sewanee's role as a Christian university.
"One thing that makes Sewanee different from other
liberal arts schools is our relation to the church," says
University Chaplain Thomas Ward, C'67. "If we do not
keep the question of Sewanee as an Episcopal university
alive, we will lose our identity as a Christian place."
With the arrival of a new chaplain and the increasing
awareness of religion's importance in educational en-
deavors, Vice-Chancellor Samuel Williamson said the dis-
cussions have provided an opportunity to affirm the
LIniversity's role as a Christian and Episcopal institution.
To begin the dialogue, Williamson placed several ques-
tions on the table: What does it mean to say Sewanee is a
church-owned institution and how should we encourage
discussion of religious issues at Sewanee?, he asked. Can
Sewanee be seen as a place where Christian and religious
values have an impact, and how do the goals of academic
excellence, academic freedom and a religious commit-
ment by students, faculty and staff intersect? These ques-
tions, said Williamson, do not exhaust the list but provide
a starting point for conversation.
"At Sewanee," he said, "we are heirs of a special insti-
tution with a special mission. The Sewanee prayer asks for
a never-failing succession of benefactors, and that is im-
portant. But still more important is a never-failing succes-
sion of students and faculty and staff committed to the
unique mission of this place, to its maintenance and suc-
cess in the world of higher education and to the creation
ofa genuine sense ofEQB: Ecce Quam Bonum—behold,
how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell to-
gether in unity."
At the end of the semester, Ward will compile a report
ol the various topics covered during the discussions.
Sewanee/April 1995
During Easter Convocation
Gerald L. De Blois, C'62, a prominent New Orleans
businessman, the Right Rev. James E. Folts, bishop
coadjutor of the Diocese ofWest Texas, the distinguished
writer George Garrett, and the Right Rev. Edwin E ( lulick
Jr., bishop of Kentucky, during Easter convocation.
A native ofNew Orleans, Gerald De Blois earned a law
degree from Tulane University after graduating from
Sewanee. In 1969, he and his brother founded Qualicare,
a firm which operated a number of hospitals located
mostly in the Southeast. He served as president of
Qualicare until the company went public in the early
1980s. Since 1984 he has headed Gerald L. De Blois Lim-
ited, an investment management firm.
Throughout his professional life he has been active in
community affairs, serving as chairman and president of
the Human Resource Institute in Brookline, Mass., chair-
man of the Arbor Foundation, and as a member of the
Dean's Council of the Tulane School of Law.
In his continuing service to the University as both a
member of the Board of Trustees and the Board of Re-
gents, he participated in a number of important campus
projects such as the completion of Quintard Hall and the
development of the University's strategic plan. Not only
did his pivotal participation in the Century II Campaign
contribute significantly to the overall success of the cam-
paign, his challenge to the alumni to increase the per-
centage of alumni participation in the financial support
of Sewanee culminated in the University's achieving a
60% alumni giving rate in the 1980s. His commitment to
scholarship support for students has been reflected not
only in his support for Sewanee, but also in his support
for Tulane University.
cese ofWest Texas in 1994. A native Texan, Folts attended
Trinity University where he earned a bachelor's degree in
English literature before going to the Virginia Theologi-
cal Seminary. He was awarded the master of divinity de-
gree in 1965.
priesthood, Folts served as priest in charge at St. James
and Grace Churches, both in Texas, as were his subse-
quent parishes. In 1967, he became assistant rector at St.
Francis Church in Victoria before being named rector at
St. Mark's Church in San Marcos two years later. Folts re-
mained there until 1979 when he was named rector of the
Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest in Abilene. He also has served as rector at the Church of the Advent in
Brownsville, and at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in San
Antonio, where he remained until his election as bishop
coadjutor last year.
Folts also has served as assistant secretary to the
House of Bishops and as a member of the board of trust-
ees for the Presiding Bishop's Fund lor World Relief
George Garrett, who first came to Sewanee as a stu-
dent at the Sewanee Military Academy during World
War II, completed his education at Princeton University,
earning a bachelor's, master's and doctorate, after serv-
ing in the U.S. Army as a sergeant. His many academic
appointments include substantial periods of time at
Wesleyan, Princeton, Hollins and the University of Vir-
ginia where, since 1984, he has been Hoyns Professor of
Creative Writing, a chair
Peter Taylor.
view fellowship in poetry.
Since then, he has
the American Academy, a
and has been a screenwriter on occasion. He has written
stories, novels and poetry; edited many books; and pub-
lished a literary biography, two books of criticism and
one of personal essays. His latest book is The Old Army
Game, which incorporates a novel and related stories.
Edwin Gulick was ordained the seventh bishop of the
Diocese of Kentucky in April 1994 at St. Stephen Baptist
Church in Louisville. Born in northern Virginia, Gulick
received a bachelor's degree from Lynchburg College
before earning a master of divinity degree from Virginia
Theological Seminary in 1973.
1976. He served as rector of St. Stephen's in Newport
News, Va., from 1982 until his election as bishop.
A particular emphasis of Gulick's ministry has been
working with children and youth. He also has placed
special importance on the development and recogni-
tion of lay ministry in the Church and the world. Wbile
rector of St. Stephen's, he encouraged the parish to sup-
port the local hunger programs, services for HIV ill-
nesses, 12-step programs, and a local ecumenical relief
agency.
of Kentucky, Gerald L. De Blois ofNew Orleans, the
Rt. Rev. James E. Folts,
bishop coadjutor of the
Diocese of West Texas,
George Garrett, writer, and the Rt. Rev. Duncan M. Gray Jr., chancellor.
the University of the South
ON THE MOUNTAIN
Night Warrior, 1994
University Gallery
drawings, Professor of Fine Arts J. Edward Carlos
opened the spring season at the University Gal-
lery with his exhibition, Galaxy Aquarium.
According to John Siewert, who contributed to the
exhibit's companion booklet, "The artistic imagination
of James Edward Carlos transforms personal percep-
tions into visual metaphors for deeply felt
experience. Galaxy Aquarium-presents a suite of recent,
large paintings and draw-
20-year acquaintance with
the Inner Hebrides of Scot-
land associated with the
natural mystery of northern
Carlos, whose work has
previously been featured in
Sewanee, is a long-time
member of the Sewanee
faculty who has influenced
dent organizations.
"Art, like any encounter, is a process within which I
enter and participate; in a way it is a gift as well as an in-
vitation to life's celebratory dance," says Carlos.
Writers' Conferences Come to
Mountain this summer as the University hosts
the Sewanee Writers' Conference and the
Sewanee Young Writers' Conference during June and
July-
established through the estate of the late Tennessee
Williams, will provide aspiring writers with access to a
diverse faculty that will provide instruction and criticism
on fiction, poetry and playwriting. This year's faculty
members will include fiction writers Russell Banks,
James Cordon Bennett,John Casey, Ellen Douglas, Ann Hood, Alice McDermott, Francine Prose, and Stephen
Wright, and poets Anthony Hecht, John Hollander,
Charles Martin, and Mary Jo Salter. Horton Foote and
Kent Brown will work with participants interested in
playwriting.
editors will visit. Noted writers Stanley Elkin, Andrew
Hudgins, Tim O'Brien, and Monroe Spears will be in
residence in Sewanee during all or part of the confer-
ence. They will give readings or lectures and will be fre-
quent visitors to the proceedings.
After a successful inauguration in 1994, the Sewanee
Young Writers' Conference returns for a second season
on the Mountain and is expected to draw a talented
group of writers, ranging in age from 15 to 18, hailing
from California to Massachusetts. Many of those who
attended last year had already published their work in
regional and some nationaljournals, and nearly all pro-
duced impressive work during their stay in Sewanee.
During the conference, students are assigned to
small writing workshops in their area of specialty—po-
etry, fiction or playwriting. At these morning sessions
students review their work with an instructor and nine
classmates.
Ellen Douglas, Mark Richard, Markjarman, and Diann
Shoaf. Among the conference's regular faculty mem-
bers are the playwright Candace Selya, the poet Andrew
Hudgins, and the novelists Alice McDermott and A.
Manette Ansay.
Episcopal Church History
sor of Dogmatic Theology at the School of The
ology, and co-author Robert Slocum, have com-
pleted a new book. Documents of Witness, A History of the
Episcopal Church 1782-1985.
poems, reports, and writings from various articles and
books, arranged chronologically in thematic chapters
that tell the story of the Episcopal Church.
In his foreword, Bishop Craig B. Anderson, dean of
the General Theological Seminary, says the book is
"meaningful for those who desire a clearer sense of
their own identity and past to empower them for the
challenging vocation of ministry in these times."
In addition to his role on the Sewanee faculty,
Armentrout also serves as associate dean for academic
affairs at the School of Theology. Slocum is rector of
the Church of the Holy Communion in Lake Geneva,
Wis. Documents of Witness is published by the Church
Hymnal Corporation of New York.
Sewanee/April 1995
impact on the daily life of the University. Through
the gifts and participation of alumni, parents, and
friends, the campaign has surpassed the two-thirds
mark, and garnered more than $65 million in gifts and
pledges. Completion of the goals of the campaign, $46
million for endowment, $36.8 million for facilities and
renovations, and $8.7 million for the annual fund, will
firmly establish Sewanee as a national leader among lib-
eral arts colleges and will ensure its position into the
twenty-first century.
campaign, the endowment, provides an essential
ingredient for the financial stability and growth of the
University. Since the initial stages of this campaign five
years ago, the endowment has increased nearly 60% from
$95 million to almost $150 million as of December 31,
1994, a growth which Provost Fred Croom attributes to
sound investment policies and to the success of the
campaign. "Accounting for 17.6% of the 1994-95
operating budget, the interest drawn from endowment
funds plays a crucial role in our ability to offer financial
aid and scholarship packages that will attract the finest
students," says Croom.
the successful completion of the Kresge Foundation
Science Challenge, has strengthened Sewanee's science
programs. The Material Analysis Laboratory and these
instruments enable students and faculty to take
advantage of new technology that they must have access
to if they are to remain current in their disciplines. The
completion of Hodgson Hall renovation this summer will allow 62 students to move into refurbished suites
when classes commence in the fall. Further
enhancements and facelifts to dormitories and
academic buildings can be attributed to the campaign's
efforts. The Fowler Center embodies the pivotal role
that these projects play in campus life by serving not
only as an excellent, well-equipped facility for
intercollegiate, intramural, and recreational sports, but
also as a catalyst for the gathering of students,
professors, staff, and community members.
The Sewanee Annual Fund makes up the third
major component of the campaign. With an ever
increasing need for unrestricted dollars, the annual
The University of the South
fund truly represents the "bread and butter" money for
purchasing necessities for classrooms and laboratories
as well as offsetting tuition costs. Each year, the annual
fund helps the University meet its greatest needs and
has allowed Sewanee to have balanced budgets for the
past 18 years.
for Sewanee, is pleased with what has transpired in the
last three years. "We have accomplished a great deal in
a short time. Much of our success is due to the
extraordinary efforts of our volunteers: steering
committee members, members of those sub-
committees, alumni officers, area campaign personnel,
student phonothoners, Parents' Council members, and
all of the class volunteers. These people have enabled us
to achieve 70% of our goal, but even more remarkable
is that 80% of that amount is already in. Very few capital
campaigns are as fortunate or as well established at this
juncture; however, if we are to complete this campaign
by December 1996, we still have a great deal of work to
do, and we still need the best commitments possible
from those who have not yet participated."
The Campaign for Sewanee came to 1 1 cities
through area campaigns, efforts to reach out to alumni
and friends throughout the country. The area
campaigns have generated almost $7.7 million.
Over and above the campaign's $91.5 million hard
dollar goal, there is a $50 million bequests and
expectancies objective. At present, over $47 million has
been received from the estate plans of numerous
generous benefactors. These long-term commitments
to the University ensure that Sewanee will thrive well
into the next century.
campaign, we must mobilize all of the resources of the
Sewanee family to ensure that we complete our goal of
$91.5 million," says Sewanee Vice-Chancellor Samuel
Williamson. "I ask alumni, parents, faculty, staff,
students, trustees, regents, and friends to come
together during this critical juncture in the campaign.
With the combined efforts of those who believe in
Sewanee, I am certain that we can complete the
campaign's ambitious goals and sustain the founders'
vision."
lenge, features a state-of-the-
art scanning electron micro-
technology, which will
dramatically change the
University.
GETTING A FOOT IN THE DOOR
From working for the U.S. Supreme Court to researching on the Mexican border,
Sewanee students have been getting hands-on experience all over the world with
help from the Tonya Internship Programs
BY MATT B O U C H E R , C ' 9 5
IF YOU ASK Maggie Giel,
C'95, about her summer experience in Mexico,
plan to stay for a while.
Giel, a senior from Bur-
ton, Ohio, shares stories
border that will amuse, distress,
and inspire in one sitting. Working as an intern for Habitat for Hu- manity, she relates tales ranging
from lunch meetings with corpo-
rate America to slumber parties
with children in the slums of Third
World poverty.
past summer. Her internship in-
volved both a study of the effects of
the North American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA) on the U.S. /Mexico border and the supervision of a Habitat for
Humanity house-building project in Tijuana.
"This internship gave me the opportunity
to find out things about Mexico and NAFTA that 95 percent of Americans don't under-
"There's no way
INTERNSHIP, SAYS
been supported by the Tonya Pub-
lic Affairs Internship Program. De-
signed to offer practical experi-
ence with public affairs institu-
tions in the United States and
abroad, the program awards sti-
pends to over 30 students from all
disciplines each year, including
graduating seniors. Often, stu-
ships lead to careers in public ser-
vice.
ally one of the strongest things
that I can put down on a resume,"
says Giel, who recently had a job
interview in Monterrey, Mexico.
"I'm only 22, but I can say that I've
done an in-depth study of NAFTA and I have a pretty good understanding of the
border and how it's going to change."
The Tonya Public Affairs Internship Pro-
gram is administered by the political science
department and financed through an endow-
ment fund made possible by a gift to the Uni-
SEWANEE/APRIL 1995
versityfrom the Tonya Memorial Foundation ested in rather than just falling into a job,"
of Chattanooga. Six years after its inception she says. "I think it really differentiated me in L980, the program was augmented by the from .1 lot ol the candidates who applied for
Tonya Internship Program in Economics, es- my position here at Vanderbilt. [The Tonya
tablished in 1986 for students interested in internship] showed thai I am going to have
meaningful work experiences related to the the initiative to follow through on projects."
private sector of the economy. For both Giel and Haynie, the Tonya In-
"Both programs have been unbelievably ternship Program provided an opportunity to
successful," says Ansel Sharp, professor of explore different aspects of fairly certain ca-
economics and current Tonya Programs coor- reer ambitions. Gilchrist notes, however, that
dinator. many Sewanee students use their internships
More than S3 applications are submitted simply to investigate a field of interest,
for the Tonya programs every year, with BO to "A student may decide after their experi-
35 stipends awarded in public affairs and 15 ence that they've really found what they want
to 20 in economics. Much ol the emphasis to do with their life. Another student may focuses on students actively seeking their own find that thev want nothing to do with the& internships. If, after finding prospective em- held thai they have worked in."
ployment, a student is accepted by the com- The Tonya Internship Program certainly
mittee, a substantial written report must be opened the door for Sara Tindall's career. A handed in upon completion ol the intern- 1992 graduate, Tindall received two Tonya
ship, including a description of duties per- grants during her time at Sewanee. The Inst
formed and an evaluation of the overall expe- internship took her to Capitol Hill, where she
rience. An exit evaluation from the intern's worked for the Environmental and Energy
supervisor is also required. Study Conference. As a graduating senior,
"Part of the whole program is for students Tindall was awarded another Tonya stipend
to learn how to go about looking for a job," to work at the Carter Center in Atlanta. After
says Sharp. "Students make the contacts and her internship expired, the Carter Center of-
set up the interviews so that they will graduate fered her a permanent position where she
with some background in tins area." now works as an assistant program coordina-
Professor of Political Science Gil Gilchrist, tor.
C'49, who has been in charge ol administer- "There's no way I would be working for the
ing the Internship Program in Public Affairs, ( 'ai ter ( 'enter if it weren't for my internship,"
stresses that student initiative is one of the says Tindall, who claims that the Tonya pro-
program's major strengths, gram allowed her to experience the impor-
"We particularly encourage students to rant differences between governmental work
seek out their own internships," he says, "be- in Washington and work for the ( larter ("en-
cause we have found over the years that it is ter, a non-governmental organization,
much more meaningful ifwe pul the respon- I was able to see how policy is made in
sibility on the prospective intern to go find D.C. But at the Carter Center, I'm also seeing
the kind of employment that they would like what citizens can do from this angle and the
to have rather than suggesting specific intern- role that we play in shaping and circumvent-
ships that we've already lined up." ing policy.
Beth Haynie, C94, agrees. Now working as "The role that non-governmental organi/a-
the assistant director of annual giving at tions play in the world is tremendous. ..and
Vanderbilt Medical School, Haynie found most of it you can't learn in a classroom. You
that her Tonya internship experience with have to learn i< hyworkingdirectlywiththe.se
the Rober Hospital Foundation in Charles- organizations and seeing what a difference
ton, S.C., was very appealing to potential em- that they can make, both in conflict resolu-
plovers. tion and in conflict prevention. That's what
"The Tonya program really intrigued job the Tonva really helped me understand."
interviewers because it showed how the stu- Biehl Professor of" International Studies
dent pursued something that thev were inter- Charles Brocket!, who works with the Tonya
The university of the South
Asitha Sandanayake, C'95,
"Because of this work, I
think my chances ofgetting
into grad schoolfor environ-
mental economics are really
"The Tonya pro-
gram gives students
the opportunity to
apply what they're
the real world what
they're getting in the
ment to the whole learning, educational ex-
perience."
D.C, as an example of this reciprocal learn-
ing process. "The, learning experience be-
comes far broader than the specific intern-
ship because you're in an environment that is
far different than Sewanee. If you're in D.C,
you have the organization you're working
with but you've also got the whole Washing-
ton atmosphere. There's a vitality to that far
beyond just the internship work."
Asitha Sandanayake, C'95, can attest to
that vitality. The senior physics and econom-
ics major from Sri Lanka spent this past sum-
mer in the nation's capital interning for Idea,
a private international consulting company.
Sandanayake received a grant from the Tonya
Internship Program in Economics to work for
the firm doing statistical analysis and research
for its many energy and power-related envi-
ronmental projects. The majority of Idea's
projects are for U.S. Aid, an American gov-
ernment agency.
two Tonya grants. Through his first grant, he
worked for the Minister of Policy Planning
and Implementation of Sri Lanka. Entertain-
ing the notion of a career in physics, he
worked with a World Bank project, the Metro-
politan Environmental Improvement Pro-
the MEIP, Sandanayake was soon able to es-
tablish a contact with Idea, which was in Sri
Lanka doing consultancy work for the World Bank.
"That summer in Sri Lanka was the step-
ping stone for my next summer," he says.
Sandanayake credits his first Tonya experi-
ence with setting the groundwork for his sec-
ond internship. He also believes that his em-
ployment with Idea was essential in redirect-
ing his interests from physics to environmen-
tal economics, for which he has applied to
graduate school. Sandanayake hopes that his
work in Washington, including a 40-page pa-
per drafted for a World Bank conference in
Taiwan, will aid his chances of admission.
"Because of this work, I think my chances
of getting into grad school for environmental
economics are really advanced," he says.
Andrew Williams, C'95, also spent last sum-
mer in Washington, D.C, but his Tonya in-
ternship experience was quite different from
Sandanayake's. Working for the public
defender's office as a criminal investigator,
the political science major not only learned
about the Washington atmosphere but also
about different aspects of the law.
"The legal profession is very much roman-
ticized in popular culture," says Williams.
"This internship made me realize that the law
is not just Matlock. It's a lot of painstaking,
pencil-pushing, bumping your nose on the
door kind of stuff."
both in and out of the courtroom, Williams
has been forced to question his ambition of a
career in law. Aware of necessary personal sac-
rifices, he acknowledges the frustration and
disappointment involved in the profession.
"It was incredibly eye-opening to see that
justice is almost unattainable for many in the
way that our system is set up. Many of the
people we defended live in horrible poverty
day in and day out and already have the cards
stacked against them. People just automati-
cally assume that they're guilty. To believe
otherwise is to ignore the truth."
Quisha White, C'95, understands exactly
what Williams is talking about. Two summers
ago, the Third World Studies major received
a Tonya grant to work for the public
defender's office in her hometown of Mem- phis, Tenn. She, too, witnessed the harsh re-
SEWANEE/APRIL 1995
"When I worked at the Memphis Criminal
Justice Center, I saw things that I never knew
existed in the city," says White, "and I saw how people are just pushed in and out of the sys-
tem without any form of rehabilitation... For
those people, there's no justice, only law."
Like Williams, White is reconsidering a ca-
reer as an attorney. The Tonya experience in
Memphis turned her interest away from
criminal law. Yet both students agree that as
public defender's office interns they gained
an appreciation for public law and look back
on their internships as valuable learning op-
portunities.
despair of that situation," says Williams, "but
working with those attorneys gave us all a
glimpse of hope. They made us realize that a
life of service to helping people can be far
more rewarding than just making money.
"This Tonya internship has certainly
shifted the way I look at a lot of social issues
such as welfare, education, violence, drugs,
prisons, police. And [those attorneys] have
made me realize that a change has to be
made and have pushed me to think of ways to
make a change. ..because giving up on these
things is not the answer. Civing up is a non-
answer."
planned to do after her first internship. This
past summer she received yet another Tonya
grant to do case research for Arkansas Su-
preme Court Justice Robert Brown, C'63. A University regent, Brown overheard White at
a Sewanee regents' breakfast recalling her
experiences with the Memphis Criminal Jus-
tice Center. After a brief conversation, the two
began a correspondence which ultimately led
to an internship opening for White in Little
Rock.
"Working forjudge Brown was an invalu-
able experience for me," says White, who now hints at aspirations to becoming a judge. "It
showed me an entirely different side of the
law—a side that I'd eventually like to see my-
self doing."
the D.C. public defenders, White notes the
influence that Brown has had on her percep-
tion of the law as well as the importance he
has made in her life.
"Judge Blown has
on my life. ..because
room judge. He goes
ing me, 'You may be a
lawyer, but how does
fit into the commu- nity? What is your re-
sponsibility?' He's
that the Tonya Internship Programs have pro-
vided unique and exciting opportunities for
her and have created the foundation for dis-
covering a fulfilling career. Both the political
science and economics departments men- tion, however, that they have been forced to
become more discriminatory in selecting
award recipients. As an increasing number of
Sewanee students submit applications each
year, the pool of Tonya interns is becoming
more prestigious and noteworthy.
tive, and it's also gotten more diversified in
terms of the experiences that students have
found," says Brockett.
to the Mississippi Educational Television Net-
work; from the Oak Ridge National Labora-
tory to the Quality Steel Works Limited Com- pany in Karachi, Pakistan; from the U.S. Su-
preme Court to the Sligo Vocational Educa-
tional Department in the Republic of Ireland.
Sewanee students have been getting a taste
for what the world has to offer throught the
Tonya Internship Programs.
around here that's more valuable to the stu-
dents," says Sharp.
Tonya grant in 1993 to work for National Public
Radio.
"Pari of the whole program
is for students to learn how to go about looking for a
job, " says Sewanee econom-
ics professor Ansel Sharp.
"Students make the contacts
that they-will graduate with
some background in this
For the Sake
southeastern
innovative community effort to help families
take control of their
national debate roars in Washing-
Aton. It is a debate, if you believe
the polls, that the majority of
Americans are keenly interested
of America's underclass.
Democrats argue. We must eliminate the fed-
eral welfare state period, Republicans
counter. The federal government has a role
in helping the poor improve their lives, the
President says during a State of the Union address. The government needs to get out of
the welfare business—let's eliminate federal
funding of school lunches, the Speaker of the
House implores during a press conference.
In southeastern Alabama, in a place called
Dothan, Dr. J. Wiley, C'83, listens to the poli-
ticians. He is not comforted by what he hears.
You see, J. Wiley is a pediatrician. Each day in
his practice, he encounters poor children
and their mothers and fathers. He treats their
colds and coughs and ear infections and lis-
tens to their stories.
A woman in her twenties begs him to make her child well. She can't stay home and miss
another day at the textile plant, she tells him.
She'll get fired if she does. He looks into the
eyes of a mother and father and tells them that they need to buy an antibiotic for their
sick child. They don't tell him they don't have
the money for it, but he knows just the same.
Each day, he sees children who need food, de-
cent clothes, and safe places to live.
"I am concerned about the victimization of
the poor because I see them every day. The people who have those views of the poor, I
would wonder how much interaction they
have with poor people or with single mothers
who are teenagers," Wiley tells me. He has
asked me to come down and see how this city
of 59,000 is working together to help families
regain control of their lives.
"Congress is examining all of these food
entitlements," he continues. "They're target-
ing food stamps and school lunches. We just
cannot forget about nutrition for kids in this
country. If we are going to downsize the gov-
ernment, we cannot do it on the backs of this
country's children."
the poor are America's new enemy. He be-
lieves that the majority of America's low-in-
come families are people who want to get off
the system, become self sufficient, and create
better lives and opportunities for their chil-
dren.
school building that he believes is part of the
solution to breaking the cycle of welfare and dependence. He's a short, energetic man with a boyish face. You can still see in him the
five-year-old who asked his mother to sew him a white doctor's coat; he says that he has
known since then that he wanted to be a phy-
sician.
The school, for years called Young Junior High School, has a new name—the Family
Services Center. The first program of its kind
in the state, it is the brainchild of Wiley and several others—a public, non-profit social ser-
vices agency that provides what Wiley calls
"one-stop shopping" to meet the needs of a
wide range of people in the Dothan commu- nity.
"I am concerned about the
victimization o\ the poor
those views of tlw boo), I
would wondet how much interaction they have with
j/oo) people 01 with single
mothers who are teenagers,
"Six weeks ago when I came
to the Family Services Cen-
ter, I could read my name and some street signs. But I
could not sit down and read
sentences. Now I can read
miiiii .
wrestles with a large box in the center's day
care facility. He puts together a slide and the
children in the center immediately make use
of the new toy.
their children off at the day care center. They
walk across the hall to take General Equiva-
lency Diploma (GED) classes, attend jobs
training and interviewing seminars, or go to
the Wise Center for parenting courses. Next
door to the day care center is a clinic where
they can take their children for medical and
dental check-ups. Southeast Alabama Youth
Services is on site for parents with teenagers
who are in trouble at school or who have
been arrested. A Head Start program, which
provides educational opportunities for at-risk
children, adjoins the center. All of these ser-
vices are housed in this one building, a white,
Mediterranean-style structure which was
opment grant.
Before the center opened in November 1994, the majority of these families had to
travel all over town to get services. And that
often meant families could not get the help
they needed. A mother with two
young children
when day care wasn't
available there. A fam-
get anywhere; the cen-
ter is located within
how much we help those who are in trouble.
My involvement with this center comes out of
my reading of the Gospel, which is that Jesus
went out every day and encountered people
and tried to meet their needs. Everybody is
going to encounter need every day. I think
the Gospel calls for us to engage that need and not to turn away from it. This is a way that
Eve found that I could do that."
During my two days in Dothan, I talked
with several people who come to the center. I
met Tommy Adams, a burly 33-year-old man who runs his own business, T and C Mainte-
nance. He has lived in Dothan most of his life,
attending elementary and high school here.
He has a problem, though: he left school in
the eleventh grade not knowing how to read.
Three days a week Adams drives his pickup
to the center to take literacy classes. "When I
took my driver's test, I had an oral test,"
Adams tells me. "Six weeks ago when I came here I could read my name and read Dothan
and some street signs. But I could not sit
down and read sentences. I took a test yester-
day and missed two. That tells you I can read
some. Em not reading like I want to, but I can
read some."
an African-American teen mother with two
kids. Her two-year-old son, Scotty, has osteo-
genesis imperfecta, a rare disease which
makes his bones extremely fragile. The simple act of picking him up can result in a
broken bone—in his short life he has had
more than 200 fractures.
Before the center opened, McDonald could not find any day care willing to take on
the risk of caring for Scotty. So she stayed at
home, looking after her kids and having little
prospect of getting ajob. In the past couple of
months, she has been bringing Scotty to the
center, which is willing to take care of him,
while she works to get her high school di-
ploma.
break from my kids and my house."
McDonald says. "I want to get my GED and
Em thinking about taking up cosmetology or
being a nurse. I feel like if I can handle a baby
whose bones are so easy to break, I can
handle anything."
Wiley has heard these stories and many others during the center's brief existence. He is heartened that the center has already
helped many improve their lives.
Sewanee/April 1995
going to step in and solve all of our problems,
which is why I believe in grassroots efforts like
the Family Services Center," he says. "The
center has a broad base of support. It is
funded by federal and state grants and dona-
tions from individuals and foundations.
"I believe that most solutions will be acted
out locally. What we've found is that despite
its best intentions, bureaucracy does not meet
people's needs."
into his role as an advocate for low-income
families in Dothan. He was part of a commu- nity task force called Dothan 2000 whose
charge was to find ways to improve public
education in the city by the year 2000.
Dothan is very much a New South city,
Wiley tells me. "It's a pretty progressive place
for southeast Alabama, almost in Florida, al-
most in Georgia," he says. Pine and palmettos
spring up on Highway 231 which leads you
into Dothan. Dothan is a hard-working com-
munity, neither the richest nor the poorest in
the state. Peanut farming is the agricultural
mainstay of the area, and an annual National
Peanut Festival in November draws people
from throughout the region for several days
of celebration.
Wiley grew up in Troy, 50 miles up the road
from Dothan, and that is where he first
started practicing medicine after graduating
from the University of Alabama at Birming-
ham. He moved to Dothan three years ago
with his family.
the rural South, Dothan has its share of prob-
lems. According to a 1994 report from Ala-
bama Kids Count, Houston County, where
Dothan is located, ranked 58th out of 67 Ala-
bama counties for reports of child abuse and neglect, 61st for arrests for juvenile crime,
47th for high school graduation rate, and 35th for teenage pregnancy. Counties were
ranked from best (1) to worst (67).
Understanding the human toll of child
abuse and teen pregnancy and high school
drop out rates, Rebekah Troutman, project
director of the local Head Start program,
Marian Loftin, a regional office representa-
tive for the University ofAlabama, Wiley, and a handful of others in Dothan started looking
for ways to curb the
disturbing trends.
Dothan 2000 task
force, describes the
hear a child splashing
around and yelling for
help. They save the
shore, and then they
They're not in the
boat very long, and
they hear a child
'Why don't we go up the river and see
where all these kids
river and see where all of these problems are
coming from and prevent this from happen-
ing again and again."
was looking independently at a way to help
families. Saliba is a quiet, soft-spoken man.
Having never run for public office, he be-
came mayor five years ago after spending 30
years in the real estate and construction busi-
ness.
income of the family and in almost every cat-
egory it came out that Alabama was close to
the bottom on everything that is important to
quality of life," he tells me in his office in
downtown Dothan.
concerns of mine. But it was something like you
see on television and you don't think there is
anything you can personally do about it.
Top, Dothan Mayor Alfred
Saliba, who provided much
munity. Bottom, center
director Linda O'Connell.
"First andforemost, the
prevention agency, "says
number ofDothan children
some point develop serious
"This particular
WILEY.
real story behind the statistics. The police
chief and I would talk about the things that
were happening in the city and I would see
firsthand the people who were on welfare and
who needed jobs. It became more of a reality
for me. And I thought that maybe the city
could do something about it."
Saliba's vision merged with Wiley's and his
friends who were part of the Dothan 2000
task force in June 1993; they had both heard
about successful social services programs, one
in Gainesville, Fla., the other in Nashville,
Tenn., which consolidated a variety of services
in one area. These programs became the
models for the Family Services Center.
Saliba and Wiley are quick to tell me that it
was hard to sell this idea of a consolidated so-
cial services agency in the community. The perceptions of the poor as people who are
lazy, who don't want to work, and who don't
deserve any help linger in Dothan as they do
across America.
all have gifts and resources. We just need to
train them, provide them with basic educa-
tion, make sure their health care needs are
met, and take care of their children while
they're getting these services. And then you
watch them fly. My argument is that this is a
cost effective way of doing business as op-
posed to chronic dependence," Wiley says.
"Traditionally our approach has been to
build prisons and incarcerate. It's not that
there's not a place for prisons. There are
people who I want locked up. But I'd a lot
rather give people hope and an education
and ajob and feed them while they're getting
those things than put them in prison and feed them there."
Saliba, who worked with the school district
and the city to secure the school building
where the center is located, is the chairman
of the board that oversees the center; Wiley,
Troutman, Lofton, and 11 others serve on the
board.
spiritual core. We have to start looking at
people as whole people and not as Social Se-
curity numbers—people with kids who have
real concerns, who have real worries, who dream the same dreams and want the same things as you and I do," says Wiley. "The only
way to help them realize their goals and dreams is to engage them as people and not
as, 'I'm on the board of directors of the cen-
ter and you are the lowly recipient of our ser-
vices.'"
Tommy Adams and Sabrina McDonald tell
me the center is like a family to them. They go
there for support and advice as much as they
go to gain the pragmatic skills that will help
them improve their lives. And that is exactly
the atmosphere that the center's executive di-
rector Linda O'Connell wanted to create
when the center opened in November.
An educator who spent 20 years in the pub-
lic school system, O'Connell says she wanted
to find more immediate ways to help children
and families. "We're trying to create an envi-
ronment where people see the need to be
healthy, both mentally and physically. And the parents can model the behaviors they
learn for their children," O'Connell says.
"First and foremost, the Family Services Cen-
ter is a prevention agency. It sets forth goals
and creates a framework for greatly reducing
the number of Dothan children and families
who will at some point develop serious diffi-
culties."
has served more than 200 clients since it
opened. It is part of a network of more than
40 social service agencies in Houston County
which refer clients to the center.
Wiley envisions a time when all local doc-
tors will have common referral sheets for the
center so they can direct patients who need
help there. "If I'm just treating an ear infec-
tion of a child who comes from a single par-
ent household where the mother doesn't
have her GED and can't find work, then I'm
not helping to solve the larger problems of
the family. I want to make it possible for fami-
lies to get the help they need so they regain
control of their lives," Wiley says.
"This can work in any community. It can
work in Sewanee. In can work in Detroit. It
can work anywhere where people are willing
to rethink things."
Seminary Worship
W' ORSHIP is a holy duty for Christians. At Sewanee,
it is much more than that. It is ajoy that becomes
the guiding principle for our lives and work—in-
dividually and collectively.
It is commonplace in seminaries to say that the chapel
is the center of the institution. It is commonplace, but I
hope not an empty commonplace—for the chapel should
be the center of formation for priesthood. To say this in
no way diminishes the importance of academic educa-
tion, training in pastoral skills, or the development of
commitment to justice and service. All these things are
vital to faithful and effective formation. But the chapel
should instill the foundational perspective ofworship that
must properly underlie all of our other works as Chris-
tians.
In a recent column, I wrote about the holy space and
holy spaces of the Mountain. This time, I want to write
more about what goes on in those spaces, and especially
at die School of Theology. I thought many of you would
enjoy comparing what was done in your time here and
what we do now.
chapel/auditorium in Hamilton Hall. With its
amphitheatre structure and narrow aisles, it is not an easy
liturgical space. Looking down at the preacher/ pulpit
and the altar/celebrant is not the best posture for wor-
ship; nor is preaching from "the pit" to people's knees
ideal. But we do the best we can, and the best is often very
powerful and uplifting and edifying. Many special mo-
ments have happened in that chapel, and it is a holy space
for several generations of seminarians. No one doubts
that we need the new chapel now being planned; but no
one doubts that genuine worship already occurs daily in
Hamilton Hall.
as it should be for Anglicans. Virtually all students and
faculty members attend Morning Prayer each weekday at
8 a.m. Students officiate and read, and a student preaches
four days each week. This allows Sewanee to provide
more homiletic training than any other Episcopal semi-
nary. We sing the invitatory, two canticles and a hymn four
days per week, and—in addition—sing the whole service
on Thursday mornings. Anglicans must learn and use
(notjust preserve) our great liturgical music heritage.
Communal evening prayer (daily at 4:40 p.m.) is at-
tended by a faithful remnant. Susan Rupert and a choir
of students, faculty, staff, and spouses lead Evensong on
Mondays, usually singing the psalms, a canticle, and an
anthem and supporting hymns. We also sing a simpler
version on Wednesday afternoons. On Tuesdays and Fri-
days, we say the evening office; and on Thursdays we do
Evening Prayer in Spanish to give practical experience to
students who will do at least some of their ministry in that
language.
11 a.m., a full "Sunday-morning" type service, with a fac-
ulty member usually preaching and the choir singing an
anthem. On Thursday evening at 5:45 p.m., we have a
"community Eucharist," a simpler service with a faculty or
student sermon and the children of the seminary com-
munity serving as acolytes. This is a very special time for
them (and for their parents). A very simple Eucharist is
said on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays at 11:50 a.m. On "Red-letter days," we "heighten" these services with a
longer homily and some music.
Several years ago, Brad Page (now a curate in
Tuscaloosa) , together with several other seminarians and
undergraduates, organized and began to sing Compline
in old St. Luke's Chapel four nights a week. They thought
that this would only last through that Lenten season. It
became such an important time ofworship for some that
it still continues faithfully each Monday through Thurs-
day nights at 10 p.m. (now in St. Augustine's chapel) . It is
an important link among seminary, college, and commu-
nity.
been skillfully renovated to serve as a small recital hall,
and on many evenings a glorious musical sound is raised
unto the Lord there. We plan to celebrate Eucharist in St.
Luke's on a regular basis to maintain the tradition of wor-
ship in a place that was once itself the center of the semi-
nary life in Sewanee.
effort. Rota groups still meet late Wednesday afternoons,
with Marion Hatchett, Susan Rupert, and me presiding.
We are grateful Marion still does the arduous work of
compiling daily assignments and selecting appropriate
office hymns and canticles. Susan selects anthems and
some settings. The head sacristans and their loyal assis-
tants and, of course, the musicians are vital to the cause.
Sermons are videotaped and analyzed. Cantors still prac-
tice and worry. Liturgy requires much effort, but yields
great rewards.
When I was a rector in San Francisco, my good Meth-
odist mother came to visit one Holy Week and Easter.
Toward the end of the week, she observed—not critically,
just tiredly —
'You Episcopalians sure go to church a lot."
We do go to church a lot—as we should. It is our duty in
the highest sense of that word. It is also the essential nur-
ture for the ministries we are all given to do.
The Very Rev'd Dr Guy Fitch Lytle, III
Dean
SPORTS
C'95, had a night most play
ers only dream about. With
only 29 minutes of play he set a
school record of 55 points in a
game, surpassing the record set in
1956-57 by Larry Isacksen. He tied
the NCAA Division III record of 10
consecutive three point shots in a
game.
Ochel told the Chattanooga Free
Press. "My teammates did a great
job of getting me the ball and set-
ting screens for me. It was a great Eric Ochel, C'95, gets an easy layup daring
night." his record-setting, 55-point game.
Ochel, from Dallas, Texas, also
wrapped up a great career. He finished as the second all time leading scorer
in Sewanee's history for both a single season (528 points) and a career (1,510
points). He now holds the school record for most three-point goals made and
attempted (251 for 415). Ochel's conference rankings include fourth in steals,
ninth in rebounding, and ninth in field goal percentage.
Men's Basketball
Men's Swimming
The men's swim team finished 1995 with a 7-3 dual
meet mark and placed fifth out of 12 teams at the Lib-
eral Arts Swimming and Diving Invitational Champion-
ships. John Cline, C'97, Brian Spurlock, C'98, and
Gregg Shepard, C'98, combined to set eight individual
school records and assisted in establishing three new
relay records. Cline qualified for the Division III Nation-
als in both individual medley events.
bftP*- 5^^**"
foil ii Cline, C'97, competes ku //( the men \ breast stroke.
The men's basketball team had its third consecutive
winning season and best record, 15-10, since 1988. The
team loses three seniors this year including team cap-
tain Eric Ochel, Keith Minnifield, and Lee Willis. Ochel
was named first team all-SCAC and second team all-
South region. Teammate and co-captain Hunter
Connelly, C'96, was named second team all-SCAC.
Women's Basketball
The winter and spring was a rebuilding time for the lady
Tigers who ended with a record of 6-18. Despite a dis-
appointing season, Coach Cabrielle Lisella believes that
the team has improved. This strengthening will be espe-
cially beneficial to the nine players returning next year
including Kim Fauls, C'97, who made first team all
SCAC.
the Lady Tigers.
The women's swim team posted a 6-4 dual meet mark
and placed fourth of 12 teams in the IASDI Champi-
onships. Robbie Spruill, C'97, Nicole Noffsinger, C'97,
and Caroline Powell, C'96, established eight individual
records and swam legs for four record setting relays.
Sewanee/April 1995
CLASS NOTES
360 West Brainerd Street
John A.Johnston sings in a
retired men's chorus and writes cryptograms and acrostics for the Penny Press
and Dell puzzle magazines.
live in Manchester, Conn.
and his wife, Mary, are mak-
ing plans to travel and cel-
ebrate Marshall's 50th
The Coca-Cola Company
Dolhan, AL 36302
Center for Developmental
Pediatrics in Greenville,
Sarah, live in Ochelata,
tired.
2304 North Ocoee Street
and loans association, lives
in Mesa, Ariz., with his wife,
Alice. He reports that he still works part-time, and he and his wife spend a month each summer in Brookings,
Ore.
Fame. He lives in Leeds,
Ala.
8012 1st Avenue. West
Bill Adams is in the cattle
business in Tazewell, Va. Ed Ball is a realtor in Charles-
ton, S.C. He recently took a
three-week vacation to snor-
is the bishop for the Dio-
cese of Pennsylvania. He lives in Philadelphia, Penn.
Dorsey Boult reports that
and backpacking out west.
tired and is active in the
community theatre in Mon- teagle, Tenn. He lives in
Sewanee. Mellick Belshaw
the General Seminary
in Princeton, N.J. Bob Connelly recently traveled
to China and Alaska. He lives in Jamestown, R.I.
Walter Cox lives in Savan-
nah, Ga., where he is in-
volved with his local
Council on World Affairs
Europe. George Elliott
Co. He lives in Birming-
ham, Ala. Earl Guitar has
been traveling to London and Snowmass, Colo. He lives in Abilene, Texas.
Tom Engrain retired in
traveling to England,
Orange, Va. Joe Hall, se-
nior vice-president of Cen-
Basketball team during the
suinmei ol 1994. Lacy
Harwell re< cutlv retired
ol Maximo Presbyterian
Fla. Maurice Heartfield has
traveled to Florida, Maine,
New Mexico and France. He lives in Bethesda, Md. Jim Irwin and his wife, Barbara,
were married July 1, 1994.
Irwin is senior vice presi-
dent ol Prime Bank in Lake
Worth, Fla. Allan King lives
in Houston, Texas, Dick
Lake Leelanau, Mil h.,
Loren Mead recently pub-
lished two books entitled
and Transforming Congrega-
in Washington D.C. Cy Smythe lives in Golden Val-
ley, Minn., where he contin-
ues to work, sail, ski, and jump horses. Roy Smitherman has also been
traveling. He lives in Oak Ridge, Tenn. Bill Stough is
the assistant to the Bishop
of Alabama in Birmingham,
tional Episcopal Church has
and the Philippines. Ed Browning is Presiding
Bishop of the Episcopal
Church. He lives in New York, NY. Arthur West is
the business manager for
InterReligious Council of
to Florida, Jamaica,
Ocala, Fla. Russell Wheeler hosts a live radio program
for the blind in Columbia,
Conn. He recently traveled
Episcopal Church. He and his wife, Dolores, live in
Shelter Island, N.Y. They
Dan Speake, C'50, recently retired from his position in
the Department of Zoology and Wildlife Sciences at Au- burn University. Speake is nationally known for his work in developing electronic tracking devices and harnessing
technology for wildlife research.
turkeys he designed small radio transmitters that could
easily be attached around the bird's necks. The data that
Speake and his assistants collected about the life cycles
of these species was instrumental in re-establishing wild
turkey populations across the country.
Speake also used different technological develop-
ments to study the indigo snake. Not only did he track
them with surgically implanted transmitters, but he also
established the first indigo snake hatchery in the United States. He released more than 600 snakes into the wild
by using satellite photographs to pinpoint the best habi-
tats for the reptiles.
"It was a challenging job—never a dull moment." Speake said in an interview in the Birmingham News.
"One week I was chasing turkeys and the next I was look-
ing at gopher holes. The only aggravating thing was sit-
ting in the office filling out all those reports."
will move to Mount Airy,
N.C., in April 1995. Albert
Reynolds and his wife,
Paris, France, during his
sabbatical from the Univer-
sity of Virginia. Reynolds
worked at Framatome, the
Charlottesville, Va.
national medical director
National Association of
EMTs and the American College of Surgeons Com- mittee on Trauma. He is
also a founder of the
Prehospital Trauma Life
leans, La.
435 Spring Mill Road
Villa nova, PA 19085
Diane, live in South
Berwick, Me., where James is a teacher and coach at
Berwick Academy. Taylor
CLASS NOTES
the National Underwriters
live in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Preparatory School in Chat-
Ringgold, Ga.
line of "Oxbridge" style neckwear and accessories
for the Sewanee community. Authorized by the As-
sociated Alumni, these ties will incorporate the
colors of the College of Arts and Sciences, the
School of Theology, and the traditional Episcopal
purple and ancient gold to represent all facets of
the Sewanee community. For more information on
this collection, contact:
Baron Fain, C'85
people to have this honor.
He and his wife, Meg, live in
San Diego, Calif. Paul Rob-
erts is the rector of Trinity
Episcopal Church, Hunting-
con of the Diocese of West
Virginia. He and his wife,
Florence, live in Lavalette,
ried Ute Frevert on April 9,
1994. They live in New York, NY, where Allen is an
associate professor of medi-
versity School of Medicine.
First Alabama Hank
P.O. Drawer 2527
Mobile, AL 36622
in Tupelo, Miss. Joseph Webb and his wife, Patricia,
are building their dream house in Blue Ridge, Ga.
'67 Albert Sidney Polk HI
2101 Harbor Drive
Annapolis, MD 21401
wetland forest along the
Roanoke River. Thomas and his wife, Dixie, live in At-
lanta, Ga.
Charles Blanchard and his
wife, Linda, live in
Himalayan Press. Richard
ton Memorial Chapel.
St. John's Church, Lafayette
long furlough from their
mission work in Haiti. They live in New York, N.Y.,
where David is the medical
director of St. Vincent's
firm of Thornton & Leff.
eral public service organiza-
prize from Humanities In-
ternational in Canada for
poem published in the 1994
Anthology of the National
in Sewanee.
They live in Boulder, Colo.
John Day is a general and
vascular surgeon at the
Boulder Medical Center in
time he is restoring a 1940
Chevrolet. Lynn Nichols is
Colorado Shakespeare Festi-
Boulder, Colo.
Hardee, on January 25,
City, Mo., where Trace is a
vice-president for Cerner
Corporation. David Ben-
Clark Mauldin on Novem- ber 25, 1994. They live in
Greenville, S.C.
The Liberty Corporation
P.O. Box 789
Greenville, SC 29615
the Missouri State Water
Mo.
Knoxville, IS 37921
Benjamin Casimir, "Cas," on
February 7, 1994. Michelle
programs at the National
at Harvard Divinity School.
planning, and fund-raising
Harvard University disserta-
can literature of the
professor at the University
division of English, Classics
in Omaha, Neb.
Samuel Currin in Chatta-
family live in Lookout
in Jackson, Miss., where
selor.
Senate Committee on Ex-
band, Paul, live in Tallahas-
see, Fla. Sarah Humphreys Atkins writes and trains in
TQM and free market pro-
cesses. She and her hus-
band, Paul, live in Bethesda,
Md. Candi Burgess is a the-
ology student at Sewanee.
the Hood Law Firm in
Charleston, S.C. Susan
Holland & Knight in Mi-
the district supervisor/
tant district attorney in
Franklin County. He and
in Sewanee. Sharon
Campbell opened her
time mother in Arlington,
Va. Philip and Sanford
Mitchell Dunklin live in
Atlanta, Ga., where Philip
Albrecht Durham is the
unteer agency. She and
Brandon, Fla. Bart
DeLuca recently com-
He lives in Bethlehem,
Penn. Helen Hawn Delph
and her husband, Rob,
had their third daughter,
Mary Mathews, on August
las, Texas. Peter Edwards
Gables, Fla. Susan Fran-
Jackson, Tenn. Kevin
at Henry Ford Medical
Center in Redford, Mich.
live in Northville, Mich.
Catherine Fenner is the
executive director of the
Tennessee Chapter of the
tion systems division of
in Melbourne, Fla.
songwriter in Nashville,
Wash. Susan Diane Bunton
Haynes was recently or-
the Vine Street Christian
Church in Nashville, Tenn.
teer in Tallahassee, Fla.
Herb Hobgood, an attorney
was recently named lay
trustee for Sewanee from
the Diocese of Western
lington, Va. Mary Middleton
restoring a turn of the cen-
tury home. Susan Glenn
Kastrinos and her husband,
Fla. Deborah Ringhaver
Fla. Jim Lewis is the rector
of St. Jude's Episcopal
Church in Walterboro, S.C.
(C'85), had a daughter,
Mary Elizabeth, on October
a personal trainer for EM- POWER Fitness, Inc. in
Louisville, Ky. Lisa Stolley
Miller and her husband,
Michael, live in Austin,
ston-Salem, N.C., where
Will owns Environmental
actor in Hollywood, Calif.
caseworker for the
sody in Time was published
in June 1994 by Pocket
Books. Her second novel is
entitled Ashton 's Bride. She
and her husband, Allen, live
in Brooklyn, N.Y. Don Olmstead and his wife, Jill,
live in Charlotte, N.C.,
Union Bank. Helen Paul
recently finished her third
fer Pritchett is a budget
analyst for the Coca-Cola
Foundation. She lives in
an assistant attorney general
studying Japanese. Poss lives
pointed chairman of the
ABA Young Lawyer's Crimi-
live in Gainesville, Ga. Lind-
say Coates Patterson was
Sewanee from the Diocese
rently an attorney practic-
husband, Pat, live in Jack-
son, Miss. Suzanne Dansby
Phelps and her husband,
her husband, Paul Justice,
had a daughter, Anna, on August 16, 1993. They live
in Savannah, Ga. Gary
salesman in Knoxville,
Sandra, had a daughter,
Eliza Rene, on December 28, 1993. Gari Sellers is a
vice president and person-
nel manager for First Union in Nashville, Tenn. Mary Cox Saclarides works for
the personnel office of First
LInion in Charlotte, N.C.
pastor at the Arondale
studies for a master's de-
gree at Vanderbilt. She lives
in Nashville, Tenn. Sophie
Bowen Schubert and her
husband, Mike, had a
Bethesda, Md., where
be a member of the Histori-
cal Society of North Caro-
The University of the South
CLASS NOTES
question about SEWANEE?
John Stuart and the Issue of
Empire on the Southern Fron-
tiers being published by
the Louisiana State Univer-
professor at Davidson Col-
lege in Davidson, N.C.
Orrin Finn Summerell re-
gious studies from the
Ruhr Universitat in
Macon, Ga. Lisa
Tarrant & Combs in Lexing-
the Mercedes-Benz Golf
Ware heads the interna-
Canada, a division of
Quebec but travels exten-
and the Netherlands. Wiley
Savannah, Ga. Larry Will-
iams is an independent
contract lawyer in Washing-
Griggs Williams live in
Northlield, Minn. Terri is
the director of planning
profit organization. Doug is
an assistant professor of
economics at Carleton Col-
lege. Tamara Brown Will-
iams and her husband,
Tommy (C78), live in
Sarasota, Fla. David Wirtes
daughter, Mary Emily. He is
a lawyer in Mobile, Ala. Jim Yoe works for the National
Oceanographic and Atmo- spheric Administration. He and his wile, Susan Wilmeth
(C'83), live in Huntingtown,
education fellowship. She is
literary development of
chology from Texas A&M University in August of
1994. He received the Texas
Psychological Association's
tation research on Reducing
Homophobia in College Stu-
psychologist at Indiana Uni-
versity in Bloomington, Ind.
Valley, Calif.
Voorhees, NJ 08043
Jeannette, had twin girls,
vember 27, 1994. Alex
ergy conservation equip-
McCrady married Laura
Jr. married Christina Davis
Saints' Chapel. They live in
Washington, D.C, where
Cami Renee Dalton on Oc-
tober 22, 1994. They live in
Knoxville, Tenn. David
berly, live in Annapolis,
dent of Maritime Insurance
husband, Rodney, live in
Sioux City, Iowa, where
Nancy Roberts Daniels and her husband. Clay, live in
Dallas, Texas, where Nancy is self-employed. Darcy
Hunter is a regional sales
manager for Instron Corp.
in Akron, Ohio. R. Wendel Naumann is a doctor in the
division of gynecological
oncology at the University
of Alabama Medical Center
in Birmingham, Ala. Annie
Thrower is a manager and teacher for a gold leaf con-
servation studio in Balti-
Margaret, on September 13,
Ky., where David is an assis-
tant professor of computer
science at Centre College.
wife, Wyn, had a son, Will-
iam Morgan Bomar III, on
March 6, 1995. William re-
cently opened his own graphic design studio,
Bomar Design, in June of
1994. They live in Houston,
Texas. Mark Bourlakas and
tends Seabury-Western
beth, had a daughter,
Ashleigh Hamilton, on Oc-
Williamsport, Penn., where
coach for Lycoming Col-
lege. Margo Bradley is
studying Spanish and lin-
teaching science in
band, David, had a son,
Andrew David, on January
ville, Tenn. J. Laurence
wife, Catherine (C'87), live
in Baltimore. Md. Kimberly
torate in philosophy from
cago, 111. Angela Parrott
California State Bar in De-
cember of 1994. She and her husband, Rick, live in
Sierra Madre, Calif. Larry
Domenico was elected chair
of the Dekalb County
Democratic Party and the
addition, he was selected
for the 1995 class of leader-
ship in Dekalb County. He and his wife, Karen, live in
Chamblee, Ga. Rachael and
Myles Elledge moved to
Tokyo, Japan. Giff Gfroerer
tralia, New Zealand, and Africa. Daniel Gould and
his wife, Michele, had a
daughter, Lacey Marie, on October 3, 1994. They live
in Clearwater, Fla. Rhonda Hamner is a rehabilitation
counselor at Knowles, Sharf,
Avenir Corporation. He and
Alexandria, Va. Kate
Engleby Kelderman teaches
Va. Elisabeth Rogers Lanios
French at North Dakota
State University. She and
Fargo, N.D. Robert
Elizabeth Fuller Oliver and
daughter, Laura Adelaide,
live in Birmingham, Ala.
Deborah Overdorff is an
assistant professor of an-
thropology at the Lhiiversity
of Texas at Austin.
San Anselmo, Calif. LaVada
Sewanee/April 1995
CLASS NOTES
Austin, Texas, where he
recently bought a home.
Eric Rhinehardt is counsel-
doing volunteer work in
Penn(C72), live in Rich-
band, Joseph, recently
a house in Nashville, Tenn.
George Shwab IV is a nutri-
tionist in the Internal Medi-
cine Primary Care practice
wife, Wendy, had a son,
James Carlton, on February
gomery, Ala. Tracie Gill
Slattery teaches 7th, 8th,
and 9th graders. She and her husband, Patrick, live in
Elkins, Ark. Jennifer Nettles
have moved to Montgom- ery, Ala. Maureen Sweeney
works for a sponsor newslet-
ter for the '96 Olympic
Games in Atlanta, Ga. Todd Votteler is the assistant to
the monitor appointed by a
federal district court to pre-
pare a regional water man- agement plan for five
counties in south Texas. He l