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Executive Seminars By NANCY OSIUS tutor, has been summoned away to an emer­ and several times to last month's assignment to these members of an Executive Seminar: gency. in which Sophocles' Antigone pitted the in­ "Have you ever wondered what you are It is 8 a.m. on a Tuesday in November. In One student admits with exasperation, "I dividual against the state. There will be doing around this table? Why are we here?" Room 22 McDowell on the Annapolis cam­ expected this to be the greatest book I had those putting forth the notion that the city Self-fulfillment, says one-"Getting be­ pus, 15 men and women seated about the ever opened. But it's very difficult to get to exists essentially for the protection of the yond the daily concerns." seminar table are considering that funda­ what he's driving at." There is sympathetic individual. There is a moment of suspended Another ventures, smiling, "We'll be mental social partnership, the household laughter. assent when one participant says, "The city hoping that the good of all is a part of the ("Aman, a woman, and an ox for plowing") purpose of our being here." and its relation to the larger partnership of Presently this group of adults, who in­ the city. Copies of Aristotle's Politics lie clude a sailmaker, an engineer, a banker, a open around the table as the participants take EXECUTIVE SEMINARS public relations executive, and several busi­ up the topic they will toss about for much of ness men and women among their numbers, the next hour and a half: Does a city primar­ Professionals savor food/or thought close their books, and after a few more pleas­ ily exist for the collective good of the inhab­ antries, file out of the room to head back to itants or for the good of the individual? their Tuesday lives. exists for the sake of living well." Today the seminar leader is President With swoops and pauses to define terms, As the alloted 90 minutes draw to a close, Christopher Nelson, sitting in for Nicholas the discussion will move from Thomas Jef­ Bill Henderson, who runs an engineering ferson to taxation to NAFT A to monopolies, President Nelson asks a surprising question Capozzoli, who, a neurologist as well as a (Continued on page 13) ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE LIBRARY The St. Jolu1 :~ 1111111111111111~~m11rr111r11l1'~~1111111111111111131696 01138 2007 Volume 20, Issue 2 Annapolis, MD and Santa Fe, NM December 1993 ' LESLI ALLISON program is to explore the Eastern tradition Following several years of study, includ­ with the same kind of approach the college ing a one-year pilot program in 1992-93, St. takes to the Western tradition. "In undertak­ John's College in Santa Fe is about to create ing a serious and systematic study of the a new graduate program in Eastern classics. philosophical traditions and great books of successful completion of the three­ the East, we are seeking genuine term course of study, students will receive a merely exposure to diversity," he said "In Master of Arts degree in Eastern classics, the our interest is neither the under the auspices of the Graduate Western mind nor the Eastern mind, but the Institute. human mind." The program was approved by a wide The program is scheduled to in the in a vote by the faculty of both fall of 1994, with enrollment limited to 21 campuses on November 15. The progran1, students. Tuition will be the same per credit which needs final approval by the Board of hour as the Graduate Institute at $387 /credit Visitors and Governors, will be voted upon hour (estimated for 1994-95). Completion at the Board's January meeting. of the program will require 34 credit hours "This new project is something that will for a total tuition of approximately $13,200. be noticed nationwide," said President John Carey, who directed the pilot phase of the lots of inquiries and lots of people are going Limited financial aid will be available. Agresto. "It pushes out further the bound­ program, the vote indicated solid support to be very happy that we have done this." Literature on the graduate program in aries of liberal education and finds another from both the Annapolis and Santa Fe cam­ The program will focus on classic texts Eastern classics will be available shortly. way of testing and sharpening the principles puses. "I'm glad it passed by so large a of India, China and Japan. All students in the Due to the limited enrollment, anyone inter­ of our own civilization, and shows again margin because it indicates a lot of collegial program will be required to study either ested should contact the college as soon as how, by taking other cultures seriously, not allegiance andrespectforwhat we're trying Classical Chinese or Sanskrit. The three possible. All inquiries should be directed to patronizingly or politically, we can learn to do," he said. "We look forward to doing terms required to complete the program will The Graduate Institute, St. John's College, from them on their own terms." something in the program that's worthy of span the fall, spring, and summer semesters. Santa Fe, NM 87501-4599; (505) 988-4361 According to Santa Fe Tutor James St. John's College. There have been lots and According to Mr. Carey, the intent of the or (505) 984-6082. Peter Davies, A' 48, provided food for the hungry SJC NANCYOSIUS played a signal role in advocating for and "You are from New York City?" said good for African­ Not too long ago he was moving between eliciting the generous help Americans have Gandhi, adding somewhat surprisingly, such countries as Somalia and Ethiopia and traditionally shown to the needy around the "You can grow leafy salads in window Americans, says Zimbabwe, bringing to places of great world. boxes there." (Thirty years later, Peter human hardship the expert knowledge Today he is back in Annapolis for his Davies' son Kenneth was heading "Opera­ guide gained over long years of service to under­ 45th reunion, one of many who are looking tion Green Thumb" in New York, teaching developed nations. When the subject was into old classrooms and greeting old friends. people to grow leafy vegetables on vacant At a time when the "politically famine or drought, Peter Davies was likely He is back for a singular reason as well: at land. Continuing to follow in his father's correct" trend in colleges and universities to be offe1ing testimony at Congressional the Homcoming Banquet last footsteps, Kenneth is cunently appears to be toward diversifying hearings or speaking to the media. As pres­ night, the Alumni Association in Swaziland working for the studies, the liberal arts education of­ ident of InterAction, a coalition of intcrna­ presented him with its highest UN World Food Program.) fered at St. John's has been included ti onal relief, development, refugee, honor, the Award of Merit. Mr. Davies himself came in The JOOBestCollegesforAfrican­ environmental and population groups, he Peter Davies has justretiredfrom away from the fateful meeting American Students, by Erlene B. InterAction, which he helped fom1 with Gandhi withafirmcommit­ Wilson (Penguin). in 1984. His post as president and ment. After completing his AB. "Traditionally, this kind of ANNAPOLIS EDITION chief executive officer was the cul­ degree at St. John's he received thought-provoking education has -INSIDE­ mination of a career in intemational a master's degree in agricultural eluded African-Americans as they Statement of Educational Policy development and assistance that economics from the Harvard struggle with issues of basic survival Pages 16 & 17 took him around and around the Graduate School of Public Ad- and the distractions of family life and Search and Rescue . 4 globe. ministration (now the Kennedy community responsibility," Ms. Wilson Parents' weekends . 6,7 He likes to say that it all Peter Davies, A'48 School). As a conscientious ob- writes. "Ironically, it is perhaps this Alumni Notes ... 8,9 began in 1946, when as a mer­ jector, he was initially blocked in kind of education that can most benefit Homecoming . 10, 11 chant seaman who had landed in Bombay, his chosen career in public service by McCar­ African-American students as they Alumni Association 14, 15 he sought out and met Mahatma Gandhi at thy era security strictures, but after President are challenged to deal with an in­ Letters to Editor 18 a prayer meeting. The wise man asked him Kennedy was elected, Mr. Davies was named creasingly tense society." Obituaries . 19 where he had come from. (Continued on page 12) PAGE2 THE REPORTER DECEMBER 1993 New telephone $100,000 grant teachers from system at Annapolis President Christopher B. stones discussions. man, has proven successful for students of S Fe campus Nelson recently announced that the Emily Rice High School is a Catholic school the entire range of abilities and interests, Davie and Joseph S. Kornfeld Foundation operated by the Order of Irish Christian from those at-risk to the highly gifted. In October, St. John's College in Santa has awarded the Annapolis campus a Brothers. It was recommended for the proj­ When notified of the grant, Brother John Fe installed a new telephone system, $100,000 grant for an outreach program. ect on the basis of its key position in both Walderman, vice-principal of Rice High MYTEL 20001 FIBEROPTIC. According The Kornfeld Foundation is located inNew the New York Archdiocese and the world­ School, said, "Touchstones discussion to switchboard supervisor Chris Burke, York. wide Christian Brothers school systems. The classes produce essential skills not found "The buildings on campus are now con­ The four-year program will enable three Order of the Clnistian Brothers is noted for anywhere else in schools.
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