Driving North 1981 COLLEGIUM Let me have the grace to speak of this for I would mind what happens here. — Robert Duncan collegium The darkness was Protestant that year, but not A Publication of Baylor University • College of Arts & Sciences • 2001 with individual conscience, the hymn of the south, or the priesthood of the believer. Haunted, driving north, I watched the horizon gray over Oklahoma, the rim of fires drifting down from Manitoba. I stepped out hours later to the first cold of September, a season’s end. The magnolias were already old those last evenings, reflected in the watery light of summer rain. The air was dark with words. But this spring, a hymn heard through a distant window brought back the years before: The places where crepe myrtle blooms early and late, where old bells echo from a green Handel and Mendelssohn and all the music of Passover, where almost every lamppost has a name and shadows cross our days without erasing joy. Dr. Jane Hoogestraat (B.A., 1981) Poet and Associate Professor of English, Southwest Missouri State University College of Arts and Sciences PO Box 97344 Waco, TX 76798-7344 Change Service Requested A Letter from the Dean This issue of Collegium Studies sponsored a symposium on “Civil Society and the Search for focuses on the relationship Justice in Russia.” The symposium, held in February 2001, involved between professors and stu- research presentations from our faculty and students, as well as from dents. Every time I have heard prominent American and Russian scholars and journalists; the papers graduating seniors speak about currently are in press. their experiences at Baylor, this • The College of Arts and Sciences in February co-sponsored a relationship has stood at the symposium with representatives from Yonsei University in Seoul, center of their statements. Korea, on “Technology and Traditional Values in the Twenty-first Students have emphasized pro- Century.” fessors who cared for them as It has been a major aim in 2000-2001 to enhance the leadership and individuals, who nurtured community service opportunities available to our students because these them, opened them to a larger world, pushed them to reach beyond opportunities greatly strengthen our students’ preparation as civic lead- themselves, encouraged them to discover, and challenged them to excel. ers and benefit our community: It is such qualities we try most to encourage. While we are not • In the Department of Biology, two new science leadership courses always successful, the testimonies of students and graduates provide for undergraduates have been developed with the 3M Corporation — overwhelming evidence that we do succeed on a large scale. one in science education and one in community-based research. Supporting such endeavors, Mr. and Mrs. H.S. Wallace of Austin, • Students in Communication Sciences and Disorders provided Texas, and Dr. Willis Tacker of Indianapolis, Indiana, have recently more than 16,000 hours of speech-language therapy to children and made gifts to honor great teaching and the scholarship that accompa- adults in our community. nies it; we are most grateful. • Department of Communication Studies faculty members are This past year we have many examples of professors and students responsible for nearly $1 million of a $6 million grant from the U.S. working together, engaged in the process of discovery. The collabora- Department of Education’s GEAR UP program. Speech and debate tive projects they represent are among the College’s highest priorities. programs are now a part of each middle school’s curriculum in the They connect us far beyond the campus, to the community and to the Waco Independent School District as a result of Project Democracy. world, crossing the traditional boundaries of teaching and learning. • School of Social Work students contributed 20,690 hours of ser- Allow me to cite only a few such examples from 2000-2001: vice to the people of Central Texas. • The Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics, and Engineering This year the College’s academic agenda includes strengthening the Research (CASPER), located in the Department of Physics, is directed writing and speaking capabilities of our students, connecting the class- by Dr. Truell Hyde and supported by the College. The Center works room to the world, through internships, service and leadership, enhanc- at the boundaries of dusty plasma physics, nanotechnology, the semi- ing research and discovery in all of our programs, and striving for conductor industry, and astrophysical/space physics in projects that greater cohesion in our core curriculum. The College is extremely involve high school, undergraduate, and graduate students. excited about the University's new ten-year vision; many of the • The Harry and Anna Jeanes Academic Honors Week featured College's programs support this vision, and many more will contribute twelve selected senior presentations that demonstrated, to those fortu- to it in the coming year. nate to be present, the “best of Baylor.” These presentations, featuring Teaching lies at the core of our University. Grounded in our own original research and creative projects, strongly represented the humani- heritage and traditions, such teaching does not turn inward but moves ties, social sciences, and sciences, as well as the School of Education outward, draws from and contributes to the world of scholarship, culti- and Hankamer School of Business. vates the life of the mind, sees learning as an adventure, and is open • The College of Arts and Sciences, the Slavic and East European always to discovery, embracing the beauty and mystery of creation. Studies Program, and The J.M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Wallace L. Daniel College of Arts and Sciences Baylor University PO Box 97344, Waco, TX 76798-7344 254-710-3361 [email protected] collegium p1 collegium Table of Contents A Letter from the Dean Inside Front Cover Leadership and Engagement Page 2 Five professors join Dean Wallace Daniel in a discussion about the University’s responsibility to foster a civil society. Baylor’s Own: U.S. Rep. Brad Carson Page 4 “The power Judge Priscilla Owen Page 5 Texas Sen. David Sibley Page 6 [of mentors] I Have Learned Never to Say Never Page 8 Project Democracy debate team makes its case in D.C. is in their capacity Legacies of Baylor University Page 10 Max Sherman: A Place for Persons to Come to Fulfill Their Humanity to awaken a truth Variations on a Classical Theme Page 12 The Classics Department builds a community of trust in which within us, great conversations and great texts can leave students changed. Learning from Cicero: Beau Egert Page 13 a truth A Way with Words Page 14 Communication Sciences and Disorders Department we can reclaim gives voice to thousands in the community. Always a Doctor in the Swint House Page 15 years later by Six Swint siblings have studied at Baylor, earning degrees and building relationships to last a lifetime. Teach Your Children Well Page 16 recalling their ‘Phenomenol’ Work Subject of BBC Documentary Page 17 BBC-Scotland comes to Baylor to feature the impact on our lives.” groundbreaking work of Dr. S. Kay Toombs. Theater: The Act of Creativity Page 18 The Courage to Teach, Parker J. Palmer Nationally recognized theater department helps ( Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco, students bring expression to universal truths. 1998, p. 21) Setting the Stage for Her Future: Rachel Hollon Page 19 On the Shoulders of Giants Page 20 Nine graduates of math and the sciences learned from the On the Cover: Students in the Classics best and took their knowledge into the world to make it better. Department often gather informally for conversations. From left are Emily Nicholson, Student Profiles Page 22 Dr. Alden Smith, Dan Hanchey, Dr. John Eight of the College’s brightest students discuss their Thorburn, Michaela White, and Jeff Hunt. years at Baylor and the professors who challenged them. “Dear Professor . ” Page 29 Graduates write of their gratitude to the professors Collegium is produced by the Baylor Office of Public who cared enough to lead them into discovery. Relations for the College of Arts and Sciences About the College Page 33 Publisher: Baylor University Editor: Dr. Wallace Daniel Faculty Publications and Notable Awards Page 34 Assistant Editor: Elizabeth Vardaman Managing Editor: Vicki Marsh Kabat Design: Randy Morrison Postscript Page 36 Writers: Claudia Beal, Laura Cadena, Julie Carlson, Randy Fiedler, Lori Scott Fogleman, LoAna Lopez, Driving North 1981 Back Cover Erika Snoberger Photography: Chris Hansen, Cliff Cheney, Joe Griffin, Billy Howard p2 collegium collegium p3 Leadership and Engagement The University’s responsibility toward fostering a civil society Daniel: Recently, there have been a number “In Second Corinthians of important books and articles written on By Tiffany Olson and Wallace Daniel the concept of civil society and democracy. In Dr. Christopher Marsh 4:8, St. Paul says, ‘We look Robert Putnam’s Bowling Alone, he argues not to the things that that social capital has weakened in the United States in the last few decades. He can be seen, but to the n important conversation presently tak- ing discussion even more topical. “There is more to maintains that trust, community associa- things that are unseen; for ing place on our campus and beyond Our discussants are: tions, and civic networks have all declined citizenship than A concerns the strengthening of civil soci- Dr. James Curry, chair of the Department in America, a trend he believes threatens the things that are seen voting — though I ety in the United States. Much of this conversa- of Political Science, The Bob Bullock Professor democratic society. Do you agree with his tion was inspired by Robert Putnam’s book of Political Science, and director of the Bullock premise? are transient, but the Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of Scholars and Washington Internship Programs.