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Achieve
F ALL 2003
Achieve
William Jewell College
A MAGAZINE FOR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS
Great Expectations
Giving Children A Future Through Education
Nicholas Krump ’97 makes a difference as a senior program director
at Teach For America in Phoenix, Arizona.

GREETINGS
As you can see, Achieve is undergoing a graphic and conceptual redesign. In
evaluating our alumni publications program and the needs of our readers, we have
decided to make Achieve a quarterly feature magazine, publishing in September
(Fall) December (Winter), March (Spring) and June (Summer).This will give us
an opportunity to more efficiently bring you timely information and relevant indepth
articles about the life of the College and the remarkable achievements of
our students, alumni, faculty and friends.
Notes from the Hill, the 8-page tabloid format publication previously published as a
kind of “bridge” between the two issues of Achieve we printed each year, will no
longer be produced as a regular bi-annual publication. Instead, it will serve as an
irregular publication of the College, issued when special occasions and events
require.
This change in our publication cycle reflects a strong commitment to integrating
the College’s communications efforts in all areas.This new initiative is designed to
inform more efficient and consistent communications and marketing activities
involved in student recruitment, public and media relations, institutional
advancement, alumni relations, event promotion, as well as overall institutional
imaging endeavors.
Toward this end, the Strategic Integrated Marketing Communications Advisory
Team (SIMCAT) was formed last spring. Constituted to include broad, balanced
campus representation, institutional depth, and professional expertise, we expect
this team to have a crucial impact on the direction and success of the College
over the next several years as we move William Jewell toward a new level of
market distinction and visibility.
One vitally important area of work for the group that will be addressed is to
promote and implement message consistency, design congruity, coordinated media
relations, and research in order to clearly distinguish the reputation of William
Jewell College and enhance our overall institutional brand visibility.The content
and design evolution of Achieve, our website and the new student recruitment
materials are all reflective of this effort.
We encourage your comments and ideas for making Achieve a better magazine
and hope that you will continue to send us updates and information for our “class
notes” section.The next issue of Achieve, which will be published in December,
will be “The President’s Report” issue, including the “Honor Roll of Donors” and
information regarding the College’s financial operations.
I hope you have a wonderful autumn and hope we will see you on campus
during Homecoming Weekend, October 24 & 25th.
David L. Sallee
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in this issue
VOL. 39
FEATURES
04 GREAT EXPECTATIONS
The premise behind Teach For America is a simple one: Recruit and
train the country’s brightest college graduates to teach and
motivate its most deprived children. Jewell alumnus Nicholas
Krump has risen from classroom teacher to senior program
director within the organization that is bringing new promise to
American education.
10 COLORING OUTSIDE THE LINES
Jewell alumnus Jack Pullan is making inroads in a burgeoning
career as a cartoonist and illustrator.
27 CHANGING OF THE GUARD
Continuity of leadership is ensuring a seamless transition as Jewell
alumnus Clark Morris takes the reins of the College’s acclaimed
Harriman Arts Program.
28 FALL SPORTS PREVIEW
Jewell coaches provide some insight into the action on the
playing field for fall sports.
PRESIDENT
Dr. David L. Sallee
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF COLLEGE RELATIONS
AND MARKETING
Mark W. Van Tilburg
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS
Robert A. Eisele
DIRECTOR OF STEWARDSHIP
David M. Fulk ’85
DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI RELATIONS
Patricia Petty ’77
MANAGER OF PRINT COMMUNICATIONS
Kari L. Perry ’94
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF PROJECTS
AND SIGNATURE EVENTS
Susan E. Arbo ’86
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Ben Arnold
Mark Coffey
Don Ipock
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Achieve is an alumni-centered magazine focusing first and foremost on the achievements
of William Jewell College alumni. If alumni are shaped in significant ways by the William
Jewell experience, it follows that their life accomplishments beyond the Hill are a direct
reflection of the true value of a liberal arts education. Their achievements personify the
intellectual rigor, community service and spiritual ideals embedded in the mission of the
institution.The accomplishments of William Jewell College alumni are in a very real sense
the achievements of the institution itself. Achieve is not a fundraising publication; rather
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friends of the college. By communicating the achievements of Jewell alumni, the
magazine reinforces the bond between alumni and their alma mater while conveying to
a larger audience the inherent strengths of the institution.
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PRESIDENT’S LETTER
CLASS NOTES
JEWELL FACETS
BOOK REVIEW
CURTAIN CALL
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“One day, all children in this nation will have the
opportunity to attain an excellent education.”
—Teach For America motto

leadership
Great Expectations
Giving Children A Future Through Education
Story by Rob Eisele
Phoenix, Arizona—On a blistering hot
Arizona morning, Nicholas Krump
strides confidently into teacher Joe
Seelbaugh’s 7th- and 8th-grade science
classroom in the Sullivan Elementary
School, a low-slung, brown stucco
structure located in the heart of urban
Phoenix.At Sullivan, 93% of the largely
migrant student population are eligible
for free or reduced-price lunches, a
widely employed barometer of
socio-economic status.
Krump’s crisply starched blue shirt
and geometric-patterned tie set him
apart from the polo-and-khaki-clad
Seelbaugh. He opens a slim laptop
computer and sets up shop on a
black-topped lab table, observing the
orchestrated chaos of the “Coaster
Challenge” physics demonstration
that surrounds him.Within minutes,
he is wading into the sea of faces,
questioning, challenging and
reinforcing amidst the excited din of
young voices.
“What’s the total distance of the
tube?”Krump poses to a student bent
over a section of gray rubber tubing that
begins against a wall and loops over and
around a tower of textbooks in an
approximation of a roller coaster.“What
unit are you using to measure it?”
As the class progresses, Krump visits
each cluster of intent experimenters,
his welcoming smile and warm brown
eyes breaking down the barrier
between teacher and student. In the
pleasantly cluttered classroom lined
with boxes labeled “Toxic Waste Lab
Part A” and adorned with brightly
colored cutouts of planets labeled in
both English and Spanish, a bulletin
board proclaims in bold block letters:
“Exceed the Highest Expectation.”
The stop at Sullivan is the first of many
in a long day for Krump, who is senior
program director for the Phoenix
regional operations of Teach For
America, a national program that places
high-achieving recent college graduates
from all academic disciplines in selected
urban and rural classrooms in 18 regions
across the country. October 20-24
marks the national “Teach For America
Week,” a nationwide celebration of the
strides being made in public school
education as a result of the program’s
innovative approach.
Krump, an Oxbridge molecular
biology major from the class of 1997,
spent three years teaching junior high
school science in the inner-city
schools of Washington, D.C., before
moving on to his current position, in
which he observes and supervises the
work of 120 teachers in eight school
districts throughout Arizona’s Valley of
the Sun.
“I don’t think I’ll ever have a job as
rewarding as being a classroom teacher,”
Krump says during a stop in his
downtown Phoenix office. On the wall
behind his desk is a sign labeled with
chalkboard-like lettering that reads “Mr.
Krump 9-211,”a memento of his years
at Paul Junior High School in
Washington, where he taught 9thgrade
science in room 211.“That goes
with me everywhere I go. I really miss
the daily interaction with students.But
this position allows me to have an
impact on a broader scale, to work
with teachers and give them feedback,
with the ultimate goal of increasing
student achievement.”
Krump’s career path may seem an
unlikely one, given the heavy
research emphasis during his
Oxbridge year at Homerton College
in Cambridge. That year overseas,
Krump says, “provided remarkable
preparation in terms of being able to
think independently and critically,along
with developing my writing skills.”
Although the rigors of research
provided intellectual stimulation, he was
seeking a career in which he felt he
could have an impact on a more
personal level. A Teach For America
recruiting poster caught his eye during
a summer internship in Washington,
and by the fall of his senior year at
Jewell he was certain he wanted to be a
part of the program.Krump applied and
was accepted for the Teach For America
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Teach For America instructor Joe Seelbaugh
teaches 7th and 8th grade science at Phoenix’s
Sullivan Elementary School.
post in Washington following his
graduation from Jewell in 1997, and was
later profiled in a Christian Science Monitor
article on the groundbreaking program.
During summer breaks from teaching,
he also completed fellowships at
Washington’s Carnegie Academy for
Science Education,working with a team
to develop curricular units employed in
the District of Columbia Public
Schools. Many of those lessons have
found their way into the Teach For
America curriculum as well.
Following his stint in Washington,
Krump moved to Arizona and spent a
year as executive director of Phoenix
Scores, a program that combined
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soccer instruction with an attempt to
improve writing skills among at-risk
youth. When the Teach For America
program director job became available
in the Phoenix office, he jumped at
the chance.
The highly competitive Teach For
America program,which requires a twoyear
commitment, is the brainchild of
Princeton graduate Wendy Kopp, whose
1989 senior thesis became the basis of
this national educational movement. Its
basic premise is a simple one: Recruit
and train the country’s brightest college
graduates to teach and motivate its most
deprived children.
“Schools in America’s inner cities and
poor rural areas have low academic
achievement rates,” Kopp writes in One
Day, All Children…, the 2001 book that
recounts her experiences in founding
the program. “As a result, the children
they serve have fewer life prospects and
opportunities than children in the rest of
the country. This is not fair. My
generation is insisting upon educational
opportunity for all Americans.This is our
civil rights issue.”
The fledgling Teach For America
program sought candidates with
leadership skills and a proven track
record of achievement, along with
such qualities as persistence, critical
thinking skills and the ability to
influence and motivate others. In its
first year, the organization attracted 2,500
graduating college senior applicants, from
which 500 were selected, trained and
placed in school districts nationwide.
Private foundations, corporations and
individuals chipped in more than $2.5
million for its operations.This year, more
than 16,000 applicants are vying for the
1,800 available slots, and the
organization’s annual budget has grown
to nearly $27 million.
Although Teach For America has
endured its share of growing pains,
including some initial resistance from
the mainstream educational community,
a 2001 independent study of the
organization’s Houston operations
conducted by the Center for Research
on Education Outcomes revealed some
encouraging indicators of success. Corps
members produced gains in student
achievement as great or greater than
other new teachers in their schools in
every subject area and at every grade
level. In addition, 97% of principals said
that they would hire corps members
again, while 3 out of 4 principals
believed that corps members were more
effective than their other beginning
teachers. On 22 different indicators of
successful teaching, more than 90% of
principals rated corps members as good
or excellent.
Successful applicants are required to
observe master teachers during the
spring and summer prior to classroom
placement, then attend intensive fiveweek
summer regional training institutes
held in either the Bronx,Houston or Los
Angeles. They earn a full-time teacher’s
salary, which ranges regionally from
$22,000 to $40,000. Thanks to an
ongoing relationship since 1994 with the
AmeriCorps federal national service
network, Teach For America corps
members can qualify for student loan
deferrals and for awards of up to $4,725
that can be used to pay back student

Kendra Krause, a Teach For America
instructor at Phoenix’s Laveen Elementary,
uses poetry to encourage students to
express their innermost feelings.
loans or for future educational costs.
But the real rewards for Krump
and his fellow Teach For America
members are less tangible. The
payback comes in the form of a glint
of understanding of the principles of
velocity and gravity seen on a student’s
face during a “Coaster Challenge”
physics lesson, or in the lines of poetry
contained in a booklet, “See My Mind
Dreaming,” a project undertaken by
fifth-grade teacher Kendra Krause, one
of Krump’s Teach For America charges.
At a mid-day stop in Krause’s classroom
at Laveen Elementary, Krump listens
intently as 10-year-old Matthew
Hernandez performs a reading of
“Dreams,”one of the original poems that
grew out of the creative writing exercise:
I am a falcon that flies through the heavens
I am an eagle that flies through the cold winds
I am a horse that rides through
the bright dusk sky
I am a deer that runs through the forest
I am a morning dove that flies through
the morning sun
I am a dream
I am a sound of freedom
I am a fish that sails through the water
I am a moon that shines in the ocean
I am all these wonderful dreams.
“You have the amazing ability to express
yourself with the written word,” Krause
writes in a foreword to the collection of
poetry.“Never forget or give up on this
power. It will carry you far.”
The first-year teacher and Vanderbilt
honors English graduate peers out from
behind the video camera that is
recording the poetry reading:“Does
anyone want Mr. Krump to read their
poem?” she asks as hands spring up
across the room. Krump settles in with
the text of Mallory Padilla’s “Papa
Who?” as class members listen intently:
Papa who says he loves me
And tucks me in at night
Who is the waves of the ocean
Who is the wheels from a bike
Ran away from me
Who tells me in Spanish you are the
prettiest girl
Who tells me in English I’m his darling
Who plays with me when I’m bored
Is gone today…
The dedication of Gen-Xers like Krump
leadership
and Krause to the idealistic Teach For
America program defies the cultural
stereotypes of the “me” generation.
“The desire to make a difference is
what motivates our corps members,”
says Jason Williams, executive director
for the Phoenix region of Teach For
America.“We can make an immediate
impact in an area of tremendous need.
I’d like to think that the majority of
young people are committed to causes
like ours. It’s just that they need the right
opportunity to demonstrate that sense of
dedication.”
Williams believes Teach For America is
the right program at the right time:“We
go against the culture of low
expectations.We believe that despite the
challenges of poverty or poor parenting,
students can achieve at the same level as
those who are more privileged. Our
corps members have a tremendous
amount of energy and enthusiasm about
what they are taking on. We are
committed to the vision, and we
embrace the challenge.”
Williams credits much of the Phoenix
region’s growth from 60 to 120 corps
members over the last two years to
Krump’s dedication to the cause. “The
program director position is key to how
corps members feel about their
experience,” he says. “Nicholas is a
tremendous influencer and motivator
with a highly developed sense of personal
responsibility, and he has been relentless
in his pursuit of the program’s goals.”
Back on the road, Krump expresses
admiration for Krause’s innovative
teaching methods. “Great teachers use
original sources. Textbooks are only a
resource.” His 12-hour day ends with a
gathering of 1,500 Teach For America
students and teachers at an Arizona
Diamondbacks game, where star hitter
Luis Gonzalez will welcome participants
in the organization’s “Kids Going Gonzo
for School,” an incentive program that
stresses scholarship, citizenship and respect
for others.In the 100-plus degree Arizona
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leadership
Nicholas meets Arizona Diamondbacks
star Luis Gonzalez at a Teach For America
event at Bank One Ballpark.
sun, he greets a caravan of school buses
and ushers grade-schoolers into a locker
room in the city’s sparkling new Bank
One Ballpark complex.
All eyes are on the bronzed, rangy
leftfielder as he enters the locker
room.“Hey, guys,” Gonzalez says as he
flashes a mega-watt grin.“I’m here for
you today, so ask me any questions
you want.”
A flurry of hands goes up: How old
are you? Do you get nervous before a
game? What was it like to get the hit
that scored the winning run in the
World Series?
“When I was your age, I used to
dream about playing professional
baseball, and about being in the World
Series,” Gonzalez says. “So I want to
tell you that if you have dreams, then
go for them, and someday you may
achieve them.”
Leaning against a locker at the back of
the room, Nicholas Krump smiles and
nods in agreement.
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jewell reflections
by Patricia Petty ’77
No one knows for sure when it started or when it finally came to an
end,but the tradition of freshmen wearing “beanies”and doing a ritual
“buttoning” was a long-held Jewell custom. At least as far back as the
early 1920s and as late as the mid 1960s, the incoming freshman class
was issued a Proclamation from the Seniors, which, in part,
enumerated the various items a freshman must do for a prescribed
time. The regulations were primarily addressed to the first-year men,
but the women of WJC were also directed to follow certain apparel
restrictions. Generally, the time frame in which the beanies were to
be worn was from a designated date in September until approximately
Thanksgiving break. In part, here are some commandments from the
seniors to the freshmen, directing these “untutored individuals to
provide themselves with a proper and fitting insignia of their lowly
position in the cosmic scheme.”
“It is our command that when the sun has crossed the median by
one hour and fifteen minutes on this twenty-first day of
September (1928), every freshman shall be capped in green, and
that it shall wear this posterior decoration at all places within the
environs of Liberty and every day except Sunday, until
otherwise notified.
“Furthermore, for the good of William Jewell College, we find it
necessary to proclaim the following regulations: The male of the
species shall wear his cap at right angles to his vertebral axis both
laterally and longitudinally. He shall keep the visor pulled down
and shall refrain from making marks upon his cover. He must
resort to no mechanical means of holding it upon his head, but
will trust completely to the force of atmospheric pressure upon the
vacuum beneath. Furthermore, he must religiously guard and
preserve his button, and when addressed by a man of the Senior
Class he must courteously touch it with his right thumb.A cap
without a button is worse than no cap at all.” (When “buttoning,”
the hazed freshman would place the thumb of his right hand on
the button that was in the center of the beanie and
squat down in front of the senior, thus performing
the “buttoning” ritual.)
“The females will observe the following
rules as prescribed by the Senior girls:
From the hours seven in the morning
to seven in the evening, Freshman
girls shall wear green berets, every
day except Sunday. They may be
removed in classrooms, restrooms and
library.”
Throughout the years, a similar Proclamation
was made in the beginning of the school year
from the seniors to the freshmen, a copy of which all
freshmen were to carry on their persons and be able to
quote passages of, if requested, by a senior. Various colors and
styles of beanies or “bonnets” for the ladies were evidenced through
the years.
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profile
Jewell Alumnus Gains Recognition Through Cartooning
An imperious-looking Audrey Hepburn, cigarette holder in
hand, looks down from the oversized “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”
poster in the suburban Leawood, Kan., studio of illustrator Jack
Pullan. Hepburn shares space in the comfortable but cluttered
office with a drawing table, a computer monitor, a scanner, a
printer and plastic carousels filled with an
assortment of brushes, pens and a rainbow of
colored pencils.
These are the tools of the trade for Pullan, an
art and English major from the Jewell class of
2000 who is making inroads in his
burgeoning career as a cartoonist and
illustrator. His illustrations currently adorn a
variety of greeting cards for Recycled Paper
Greetings,the major client of Leawood-based
DCI Studios, where Pullan maintains his
nine-to-five job.
As a free-lancer, Pullan balances an active
clientele for Jack Pullan Artoons.His work has
appeared in national publications, including
performer Rosie O’Donnell’s monthly
magazine Rosie.His editorial cartoons appear
regularly in the Liberty Sun-News. One of those Sun cartoons,
which pictured a beat-up bull in a hospital bed (symbolizing an
ailing stock market), is currently featured in the 2003 edition of
Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year, alongside the work of Pulitzer
Prize winners and nationally syndicated cartoonists.
Not bad for a 24-year-old whose career choice came into focus while
working as an intern in William Jewell’s college relations and marketing
office just six years ago.
“I started drawing when I was about three years old, and my parents
were always very supportive of that,” Pullan says from the DCI Studios
conference room on a recent weekday morning. “I remember there
was some debate about when I would be allowed to enter
kindergarten, because my birthday fell on the line between the
entering classes. My parents took me to meet with the people at the
school, and they gave me some pencils and paper to keep me busy
while they talked. I sat down and drew Garfield the cat, and that
seemed to convince them that I was ready to enroll.”
Although his interest in art was established early, an
internship in Jewell’s college relations office helped
Pullan hone in on the possibilities of a career as a
commercial artist. He assisted with college
publications and web designs, in addition to
contributing editorial cartoons for The Hilltop
Monitor. While studying at Oxford during his
junior year, Pullan completed illustrations and
journal entries about his experiences overseas that
were posted on Jewell’s web site as part of an
ongoing series known as “Union Jack.”
“The overseas experience was really valuable for me,”
Pullan says. “Having the time away allowed me to
look at things from a different perspective. I did some
editorial cartoons for the Oxford student newspaper,
which gave me more confidence. It helped me realize
that cartooning was something I really wanted to do.”
During his senior year, he completed an internship in the Kansas City
marketing office of the accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche, in
addition to an internship with the Barkley & Evergreen advertising
agency. He did some free-lance work for DCI following his graduation
from Jewell in the spring of 2000 and a few months later landed a fulltime
job there as a greeting card artist and illustrator.
As one of four staff artists, Pullan completes cartoons, photo cards,
watercolors and line drawings to illustrate the greetings supplied by
Chicago-based Recycled Paper. He completes an average of two or three
greeting card designs each day.
Although greeting card illustrations currently pay the rent, his long-term
goal is to become a syndicated comic strip artist.
“Cartooning is my favorite medium,” Pullan says. “Comic strips are less
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“Union Jack”was Pullan’s alter ego for a series
of drawings and journal entries describing
his overseas adventures while at Jewell.
Cartooning is my favorite medium...a
strip is more conversational, sort of like a
television sitcom.
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gimmicky than editorial cartoons, which are usually much more
‘punny.’ A strip is more conversational, sort of like a television
sitcom.”
Pullan counts “Fox Trot’s” Bill Amend and “Calvin and Hobbes’ ”
Bill Waterson among his influences in terms of character
development, pacing and plotting. He notes that comic strips are
becoming edgier and more ethnically diverse in an attempt to appeal
to younger audiences.
Pullan’s website, www.jackcartoons.com, currently showcases a
prototype of a comic strip called “Boomtown,” which revolves
around the exploits of an assortment of aging baby boomers.
“It occurred to me that in a few more years, the baby boom
generation is going to be retiring, so I decided a strip that focused
on that might be marketable,” Pullan says of the genesis of
“Boomtown.” “I’ve been sending some samples to the syndicates.
But there are only four or five major syndicates, and only a handful
of new strips are introduced every year. So it’s very competitive.”
Web-based cartoon strips and self-syndication are also options he has
considered as he pursues his career goal of landing a full-time job in
cartooning.
“It’s the field that I have the most talent in,”
Pullan says.“It just seems to be something
I’m supposed to do.”
Pullan concocted the “Just Jack”
materials at right to promote his senior
show at Jewell.
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class notes
the way
we were...
We want to hear from you! Please send your
alumni class notes to the Office of Alumni
Relations,William Jewell College, 500
College Hill, Box 1003, Liberty, MO 64068.
1940s
Earl Wayne Minor ’40 is celebrating his sixtyfourth
year of ordination. His family has
established the Earl Wayne Minor Memorial
Scholarship at Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary in Louisville, Ky. This scholarship will
be awarded to students pursuing a career in the
Chaplaincy of the United States Armed Forces.
1950s
John Riley ’50 has been asked to come out of
retirement as an Episcopal priest to join the staff
of St. John’s Cathedral in Jacksonville, Fla. In
essence, he will provide a chaplaincy to some
700 senior citizens and to some 60 patients in a
convalescent center owned by the Cathedral.
Juarenne Moore Hester ’55 was named “Liberty’s
2003 Civic Leader of the Year” at the West Gate
Division of the Missouri Municipal League
banquet. She is the Third Ward Councilwoman
for the city of Liberty. Juarenne is vice president
of the Corbin Theatre Company, a non-profit
organization formed to bring theater to Liberty
Square; a Clay County Museum and Historical
Society board member; and a Liberty Hospital
Foundation honorary trustee.
Gerald Phillips ’58 was recently honored with a
reception celebrating his 50th anniversary of
ordination. Gerald was ordained on July 19,
1953, at the Calvary Baptist Church in White
Hall, Ill.
1960s
William Dreyer ’60, current Trustee at William
Jewell College, has been named Councilor of
the Executive Council of Kappa Alpha. This
announcement was made at the 70th KA
Convention in Tampa, Fla. Bill and his wife,
Linda Hill Dreyer ’61, live in San Antonio,Texas.
J. Stanley Lemons ’60 is the recipient of the
American Association for State and Local
History Award of Merit for lifelong service to
the field. This award was presented at a special
banquet during the 2003 AASLH Annual
Meeting on September 19, 2003, in Providence,
R.I. The awards program was initiated in 1945
to establish and encourage standards of
excellence in the collection, preservation and
interpretation of state and local history
throughout America. Stanley and his wife,
Linda Busserman, live in Greenville, R.I.
Jo Ellen Hawkins Witt ’61 has recently moved
Bayside,Wis. She is the new minister at
Roundy Memorial Church,Whitefish Bay,Wis.
Jim Crain ’67,a Grandview, MO Alderman, was
presented with the state-wide Public Official
Achievement Award at the Missouri Park &
Recreation Association’s annual conference this
spring at the Hyatt Regency Crown Center
Hotel in Kansas City. A video was shown
highlighting Jim’s 22 years as the Grandview
Board of Aldermen’s Liaison to the Parks &
Recreation Commission.
Lawrence E. Dickerson III ’69 has recently
published a book entitled Creating Healthy
Communities,The Process of Community Discovery.
He has been elected to a three-year term on the
in 1940
Crooner Frank Sinatra
joins the Tommy Dorsey
Band, and his star
quickly rises.
in 1950
Snoopy, and the rest of
the Peanuts gang,
premiere in a comic
strip by Charles Schulz.
in 1958
Prince Charles
becomes the
Prince of Wales.
in 1960
Democrat John F.
Kennedy defeats
Richard Nixon to win
the presidential
election, becoming
both the youngest and
the first Roman
Catholic president.
in 1961
The Berlin Wall is built
after Warsaw Pact
members request that
East Germany stop the
tide of refugees escaping
from East to West Berlin.
in 1967
The first Rolling Stone
magazine is published
in San Francisco by 21-
year-old Jann Wenner.
in 1976
Making the first step in
his media empire, Ted
Turner establishes
WTBS Superstation in
Atlanta.
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class notes
the way
we were...
in 1979
Sony introduces the
Walkman radio.
in 1981
Republican Ronald
Reagan, former actor and
California governor, is
elected president of the
United States, ousting
incumbent Jimmy Carter.
in 1983
Cellular phones make their
first U.S. appearance in
Chicago.
in 1985
The top song was The
Power of Love by Huey
Lewis & the News
The top tv show was
The Cosby Show
The top movie was
Back to the Future
Reunions
It’s never too early to begin
planning to attend alumni
reunions on the Hill. As
reported in the summer
special edition of Notes
from the Hill,even last
spring’s severe tornado
damage couldn’t dampen
the enthusiasm of
members of the classes of
1933, 1943 and 1953, who
enjoyed special reunion
events during Alumni
Weekend last spring.The
classes of 1934, 1944 and
1954 will enjoy similar
events this year. Mark the
dates May 7 and 8, 2004,
on your calendar today,
and watch for additional
details to come.
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Board of Directors to the International
Community Development Society. In June,
Larry provided community development
training to the Australia Aboriginal organizations
and to communities in various sites in Australia;
in July, he did professional development training
on the Healthy Community Approach for
persons from six continents; and in August, he
did development training with the Indigenous
Villages in Chukotka Russian Far East. Larry
lives in Anchorage,Alaska.
1970s
Patricia Zwiebel Petty ’77 and Robert Petty
’76 have returned to Liberty, where they reside
in the former Phi Gamma Delta fraternity
house. Trisha was recently named Director of
Alumni Relations at William Jewell College
and Bob is employed at Cerner Corporation as
a Learning Specialist.
Dr. John W. Richmond ’77 has been named
Professor and Director of the University of
Nebraska – Lincoln School of Music in the
Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing
Arts. He and his wife, Jill (Watts ’78), reside in
Lincoln, Neb.
Sally M. Masters ’79 has
been promoted to Director
of Guidance at Hampshire
Regional High School,
Westhampton, Mass. Four
years ago, Sally moved to
western Massachusetts to
pursue an advanced degree in school
counseling in preparation for a career change
from higher education administration to
guidance counseling. She received her
Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study from
the University of Massachusetts.
1980s
Julie Runtz Welch ’81 was recently
honored at the Kansas City Business
Journal’s luncheon for the top 25 Women
in Small Businesses. This annual program
recognizes area businesswomen for their
business achievements and public
involvement. Julie is a partner and CPA
with the firm of Meara, King & Company
in Kansas City, Mo.
Larry D.Thompson ’83 is a partner in a new
corporation – Vantage Point Solutions in
Mitchell, S.D. The firm provides consulting and
engineering solutions to the small rural
telephone companies.
Karen Edison ’85, associate professor of clinical
medicine, has been named the new chair of the
Department of Dermatology at the University
of Missouri – Columbia School of Medicine.
Dr. Edison will become the first female chair of
the school’s more than 150-year history. She is
nationally recognized for her efforts to improve
telehealth and health policy. She will continue
to serve as medical director of the Missouri
Telehealth Network and co-chair of the Center
for Health Policy. Dr. Edison assumed those
roles after serving as a Robert Wood Johnson
Health Policy Fellow in Washington, D.C.
Kimberly Durnell Hassler ’83 and John Hassler
’86 have recently moved from Montreal,
Canada, back to the Kansas City area. John is
the Vice President of Administration and
Planning at Teva Neuroscience. Last year,
Kimberly received her M.A. in Educational
Studies from McGill University in Montreal.
Patricia J. Reed ’88 recently completed her
service as music & drama teacher at Taejon
Christian International School in South Korea,
where she had been teaching for 13 years.
After receiving her master’s degree in music
education from Central Missouri State
University this spring, she is preparing for her
new music & drama teaching post with the
Saudi Aramco School in Saudi Arabia.
1990s
Wade C. Rowatt ’91, Ph.D., recently received
tenure in the Department of Psychology &
Neuroscience at Baylor University,Waco,Texas.
Dusty R. Davis ’92 is the new administrator of
the Monterey Park Nursing Home in
Independence, Mo.
Sharon Lappin ’92 has joined the Boyle
Engineering Corporation as an Associate Civil
Engineer in its Sarasota, Fla., office. Sharon has
recently received the distinguished recognition
of being named the Young Engineer of the Year
by the Missouri Society of Professional
Engineers. Sharon now lives in Sarasota.

class notes
Scott Wagner ’94, Principal of Wagner
Marketing, has received a Bronze award from
Ingram’s Magazine for “Best in Business” in the
PR category. Since starting Wagner Marketing
in 1999, it has been his objective to provide
clients with advice and services that would
positively affect their bottom line while
building brand awareness and goodwill in their
communities.
Tracey Bruce Morton ’96 recently received her
National Board of Professional Teaching
Standards certification. She is currently
teaching kindergarten at Bryan Elementary
School in Independence, Mo. Tracy and her
husband, Jason, reside in Independence with
their son, Nate.
Amy Buckler ’96 has been appointed print
research assistant for Barkley Evergreen &
Partners in Kansas City.
Umeme Battle ’97 is the Branch Corporate
Account Manager for Enterprise Rent-A-Car
in Overland Park, Kan. He and his wife, Julie,
and their two children live in Kansas City.
Laura Hall Wyas ’97 is the Social Studies
teacher and 8th grade team leader at Orchard
Farm Middle School in St. Charles, Mo.
Cara Townsend ’99 is now a lobbyist for the
Dutko Group.
2000s
Katherine Cafferty ’01 has begun studying for
an M.A. in Global Political Economy at the
University of Sussex in England.
Marriages
Ryan Schreckenghaust ’01 to
Rebekah Sullins ’02, July 27, 2002.
Sarah “Kate” Marek ’01 to Jared Adams,
October 18, 2002.
Emily Webber ’99 to Jay Salisbury, March 7, 2003.
Susan Kuntz ’93 to Brian Higgins,April 5, 2003
Steve Elley ’00 to Jenice Lewis ’96, May 17, 2003.
Tom Musgrave ’86 to Lisa Beason ’90,
May 17, 2003.
Mary Catherine Kelsey ’97 to
Douglas M. Newman, May 31, 2003.
Tiffany Lemons ’02 to Jeffery Mason,
May 31, 2003.
Shannon Cate ’92 to C. L. Cole, June 21, 2003.
Pamela G. Hughes ’89 to
Timothy L. Benton, June 21, 2003.
Jananne Froman ’01 to Jeremy Fiebig ’03, June
28, 2003.
Dan Stevenson ’01 to Jennifer Humburg ’01,
July 4, 2003.
Michelle Jordan ’91 to Bryan Schaefer,
July 5, 2003.
Rebecca Rosenberger ’97 to Dan Wagner,
July 12, 2003.
Births/Adoptions
Newborn children of alumni receive a cardinal
beanie toy from the college when the
birth/adoption is reported to the alumni office.
Call in your announcement to 816/781-7700,
ext. 5366, or email honj@william.jewell.edu.
To Cullen Sloan ’96 and Lisa Sloan,
daughter Whitney Elizabeth, April 6, 2000.
To Colleen LaMar Gertz ’95 and Matthew
Gertz, daughter Michaelah Joy, March 19, 2001.
To Brenda Reynolds Decker ’89 and Karl
Decker, daughter Casey Lynn, May 6, 2002.
To Brady Vestal ’96 and Melissa Vestal, son
Jackson Brady, June 26, 2002.
To Jennifer Dellario Whitmer ’98 and
Michael Whitmer, son Charles Anthony
Dellario Whitmer, October 11, 2002.
To Martha Jordan Meinershagen ’93 and
Adam Meinershagen, son Thomas John,
October 27, 2002.
To Deborah Ward Smith ’89 and Steven Smith,
daughter Laura Felicity, November 25, 2002.
To Cullen Sloan ’96 and Lisa Sloan,
daughter Olivia Grace, December 2, 2002.
To Sheri Twigg Holden ’89 and USMC Lt.
Col.Thomas Holden, son Thomas McIntyre,
December 11, 2002.
To Kimberly Mershon Park ’96 and Todd Park,
daughter Kenzie Ann, December 25, 2002.
keeping
in touch
Some creative Jewell
alumni are finding that
the internet can provide a
strong sense of
community for those
who are geographically
separated.
“At a recent choir reunion
event, several alums from
the class of 1976 started
reminiscing about friends
from our class and years
surrounding ours,”says L.
David Alonzo.“The topic of
our collective 50th
birthdays came up as well.
The idea to celebrate our
50th birthday came up
and two ideas were born.
How can we keep in touch
in order to plan this
celebration? Voila! We
started a Yahoo group.We
now have about 18
members, mostly from the
class of 1976, but also
some from the class of
1975 and the class of 1977.
Most of our members
seem to have some
connection to the music
department, though this
was not intended.”
The Yahoo group, located
at http://groups.yahoo.com/
group/1976WJC50thb-day/,
recorded 239 “hits”in June,
206 in July and 166 in
August.Alonzo has also
designed an additional
web page,
http://home/kc.rr.com/br
atsche2/jewell50.html,to
share information of
interest to Jewell alums.
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other birthdays
of note
Feb: Sidney Poitier, Ansel
Adams, Bernadette Peters
March: Ron Howard,
Bruce Willis,Glenn Close
April: Gregory Peck,
Spencer Tracy,Kate Hudson
May: George Clooney, Cher
June: Courtney Cox, Jim
Belushi, Greg LeMond
Aug:Alex Haley, Ben Affleck
Oct:Roy Lichtenstein
Eleanor & Teddy Roosevelt
Nov:Amy Grant, Joe
DiMaggio, John F.
Kennedy, Jr.
Dec:Britney Spears,Annie
Lennox & Humphrey Bogart
alum’s online
look at nyc
Alumnus Terry Teachout, a
member of the Jewell
class of 1979 and a
recipient of the College’s
Citation for Achievement,
has begun a daily on-line
arts journal that provides a
glimpse of the performing
and visual arts from his
vantage point as a New
York City resident and
cultural observer.
Visitors to
www.terryteachout.com
can view Terry’s musings
on dance, theater, music,
media, publishing and the
visual arts in his “About
Last Night”on-line
commentary. Here’s Terry’s
own description from the
“About Last Night”web
site:
“This is a blog about the
arts in New York City, a
diary of my life as a
cont. on next page
To Amon Wooldridge ’98 and Kristin Kay
Wooldridge ’98, son Ian Mason,
December 25, 2002.
To Charles Cornelius ’89 and Dawn
Cornelius, son Charles Samuel “Sammy,”
February 20, 2003.
To Matthew Hazlett ’96 and Melissa
Crawford Hazlett ’97, daughter Gwendolyn
Rose, February 28, 2003.
To Sherri Jackson Demarea ’90 and Peter
Demarea, son Matthew James, March 1, 2003.
To Umeme Battle ’97 and Julie, daughter
Nadia Christine, April 5, 2003.
To Jeffrey Jennings ’93 and Michelle Barnes
Jennings ’92, son Samuel Gregory,
April 11, 2003.
To Donna Vidovich Smith ’94 and Tim
Smith, son Luke Anthony, April 11, 2003.
To Andrew Rieger ’93 and Beth Larson Rieger
’94, son Samuel Edward,April 19, 2003.
To Marva Dixon Kuribayashi ’88 and Yutaka
Kuribayashi, daughter Mika Jade, May 7, 2003.
To Tracey Bruce Morton ’96 and Jason
Morton, son Nathaniel Robert, May 20, 2003.
To Colleen LaMar Gertz ’95 and Matthew
Gertz, son Nathaniel Thomas, May 29, 2003.
To Randy Oliver ’97 and Rebecca Smith Oliver
’96, daughter Payton Raeann, June 5, 2003.
To Tabita Talpes Santos ’02 and Retze Santos,
daughter Sandra Isabella, June 15, 2003.
To Sean Scarbrough ’92 and Elizabeth “Liz”
Lehr Scarbrough ’93, daughter Katherine
Elizabeth, June 29, 2003.
To Rebecca Moberly ’93 and Dan Trent,
daughter Megan Moberly Trent,
August 11, 2003.
To Kelly Hayes Laschinski ’90 and Jeff
Laschinski, son Jack Benjamin,August 15, 2003.
In Memoriam Alumni
An inscribed volume, honoring the memory
of these individual alumni and friends, has
been placed in the college library.
Rosemary Meador Gash ’23, September 8,
1998, of Palm City, Fla.
Virginia D. Rice ’28, July 7, 2003, of Lee’s
Summit, Mo.
Ramona Tripp Livingston ’34, July 25, 2003,
of Veazie, Maine
Robert D.Turpin, Jr. ’37, May 29, 2003, of
Sun City, Ariz.
Evelyn Burnley White ’37, May 25, 2003, of
Clifton Park, New York.
Clayton K. Harrop ’49, January 10, 2003, of
Mill Valley, Calif.
W. Carl Driggers ’51, April 7, 2003, of
Hutchinson, Kan.
Marvin H. Foster ’52, June 10, 2003, of
Smithville, Mo.
Marion C. Lester ’55, July 31, 2003, of
Ozark, Mo.
Richard Brandom ’58, June 11, 2003, of
Sikeston, Mo.
Harold Maddera ’59, May 7, 2003, of
Lakewood, Colo.
Ruth S. Matthews ’68, March 10, 2002, of
Macon, Ga.
Jonathan Paul ’74, January 22, 2003, of
Marietta, Ga.
Janet Greason Spears ’83, July 13, 2003, of
Kearney, Mo.
Carol Happel ’87, June 10, 2003, of Palmyra, Mo.
In Memoriam Friends
Ruth Matthews, February 1, 2001, of Macon, Ga.
Greg Moore, November 26, 2002,
of Kansas City, Mo.

Remembering Tom Bray
Editor’s Note:Tom Bray, a member of the William
Jewell College class of 1949, passed away July 9 at
his home in Lee’s Summit, Mo. His longtime friend
Don Wideman expresses his appreciation for Bray’s life
and work in the piece below.
I heard about him long before I ever met
him. Whenever the subject of William Jewell
College came up, someone would ask,“Do
you know Tom Bray?” Somehow his name
became synonymous with the college he
attended and served and loved passionately.
I was a pastor on the other side of Missouri
and did not visit the campus until I moved to
Liberty to serve as pastor of the Liberty
Manor Baptist Church, but the reputation of
Tom was well known and appreciated in the
St. Louis area as it was in Kansas City. Tom
was serving as Chaplain and
Director of Religious
Activities form 1957-1964.
and in that capacity he
touched many lives of
students and his fellow
workers. I felt that I knew
Tom before I ever met him.
When we did get to meet
one another, I observed
quickly this quiet man with
a soft Southern accent. He never seemed to
lack for something to say and I came to
recognize that this was a man who really
loved people and who reached out to
everyone he came in contact with.
He and his family members were to become
a part of my life from that time forward. I
was privileged to be the pastor of his
daughter Sarah while she was a student at
Jewell. Her pleasant personality reflected
her parentage and upbringing and we were
to remain friends for life.
When Tom left the college to serve as a
church pastor again, our paths crossed usually
through Baptist gatherings, associational and
state convention meetings. He was always
the gentleman, inquiring about me and my
family with earnest concern. I knew he was
not just saying words.
It did not take me long to discover that Tom
was an encourager. I was only one of many
who received notes from him with words of
praise or encouragement. Other times it
might be a phone call. He left behind him
a trail of persons who had been lifted in
spirit and encouraged through his random
acts of kindness. His web of influence was
wide and included a multitude of folks who
were blessed through their contact with this
good man.
Tom’s wife and life partner, Barbara, was
active in Woman’s Missionary Union and
other convention activities and she and I
became good friends. She was a member of
the Missouri Baptist Convention Executive
Board and also was a member of the
Executive Director search committee when I
was elected to the position. During my
tenure in that office I had
many contacts with Tom
and Barbara and they were
constant and faithful
supporters and encouragers.
I am indebted to them both.
Tom taught us how to love
and even when illness stole
his strength and robbed him
of his mobility, he found
ways to keep on his
ministry of encouragement.
He was able to call and write even more
persons and I treasure those missals of hope
that I received from him.
One of the most attractive personalities
described in the Bible was that of Barnabas.
He was known as a Son of Encouragement.
Somehow he was able to see good in people
that others might not see and found ways to
encourage them. He was the kind of person
that people like to be around. Tom Bray
was a Barnabas and many of us are glad that
our lives came in contact with this special
man. May his tribe increase!
class notes
working critic. It’s about all
the arts, not just one or
two. Clement Greenberg,
the great art critic,
believed that ‘in the long
run there are only two
kinds of art: the good and
the bad.This difference
cuts across all other
differences in art. At the
same time, it makes all art
one….the experience of
art is the same in kind or
order despite all
differences in works of art
themselves.’I feel the
same way, which is why I
write about so many
different things. I think
many people—maybe
most—approach
art with a similarly wideranging
appreciation. By
writing each day about my
own experiences as a
consumer and critic, I hope
to create a meeting place
in cyberspace for arts
lovers who are
curious, adventurous, and
unafraid of
the unfamiliar.”
Terry’s work has appeared
in the Wall Street Journal,
the New York Times and
Time Magazine,among
many other publications.
He credits his early
exposure to the
performing arts attending
Harriman Arts Program
performances at Jewell
with cultivating an
appetite and appreciation
for the arts.Terry is the
author of the recently
published biography The
Skeptic: A Life of H.L.
Mencken, which is
reviewed in this issue of
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The Passing of Two Legends
By David Fulk ’85, Director of Stewardship
The summer of 2003 marked the passing of two legendary
faculty members—Virginia D. Rice ’28 and Olive Thomas
’29. Olive was 97, and Virginia was just a few months shy of
her 97th birthday. These two alumnae graduates lived
unique lives, yet spent more than 40 years together at their
alma mater. They are representative of the liberal arts
education that served them well throughout their lives.
They arrived as students at Jewell in 1926—Virginia
transferring from William Woods College and Olive
entering college with her sister, Mary Belle. As women
students were relatively new on the campus scene, they
assumed pioneer roles in a newly co-educational college.
Their Jewell experiences were quite different; however, each
pursued majors in education.
Virginia had a flair for the
dramatic. She sang in the women’s
glee club, performed on the stage,
and served as president of the J.P.
Fruit Dramatic Club. She was
active in Iota Pi sorority (ZTA) and
was a 1927 Tatler queen. She put
her English major to use on the
staff of The Student campus
newspaper.
Olive was less active in campus
activities, focusing primarily on
her biology studies. She
participated in Beta Lambda, the
women’s biology club. In her
senior year, she was the first Olive Thomas ’29
woman admitted to Beta Beta Beta,
Jewell’s chapter of the national biology fraternity, and served
as the biology assistant to Dr. C.J. Elmore.
Upon leaving Jewell, both pursued master’s degrees in their
respective disciplines. Within seven years, they were back on
the Hill as members of the faculty. Virginia arrived in 1930
to teach English and dramatics. Olive returned in 1936 to
teach biology and botany. Back at Jewell once more, the two
women were again blazing a trail—this time as young faculty
members on a nearly all-male faculty. For almost four decades
they served together, working hard at teaching students the
techniques and nuances of their individual disciplines.
Olive’s nephew, Dave Loomis ’67, remembers his aunt as
practical, abrupt and quick-witted, making for a most
independent and strong-willed person. He says,“Olive used
to say, ‘I don’t suffer fools well,’ and she didn’t.” She made
her niche in the classrooms and labs of Marston Hall,
teaching every course in the biology curriculum and
guiding students through thousands of experiments. Her
office was nicknamed “Olive’s Pit.” Dr. Georgia Bowman
’34, emerita professor of communication and close personal
friend, recalls that Olive “didn’t try to influence other
people on the faculty because she was always focused on
biology and her students.”
Virginia was an idealist who taught students how to portray
themselves well to others. Her students recall her ability to
teach them how to speak and
demonstrate confidence in tense
situations. While at Jewell she
directed more than 150
productions, creating elaborate
costumes out of leftover scraps of
fabric. Among her most notable
productions was the Centennial
Pageant, which she wrote and
produced in 1949 for the College
anniversary. She was known as the
“fast moving Virginia D.” Many
marveled that she could walk from
her home on South Jewell Street to
her third floor office in Jewell Hall
in less than three minutes. Others
have memories of Virginia’s love of
pink dresses and her hats. Oh, the
hats—always worn with a tilt!
In their lifetimes, Olive Thomas and Virginia Rice saw
Jewell evolve from an old-world institution into a modern
one. They welcomed and taught the veterans who returned
from World War II, Korea and Vietnam. They witnessed the
civil rights struggles and social unrest of the 1960s. They
served under four presidents and left Jewell with women
making up nearly half the faculty. Olive retired in 1974 and
Virginia in 1975. Each left the College having influenced
hundreds, even thousands, of students.
Olive remained in her Liberty home on South Leonard
Street throughout retirement. For 25 years, she was active in
the Liberty Hospital Auxiliary, greeting visitors at the
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Olive Thomas (left) and Virginia D. Rice (right) influenced the lives of generations of Jewell students.
hospital’s information center. She was a member of the
Liberty United Methodist Church and the Business
Women’s Club. In the 1970s she showed standard poodles.
Throughout her life, she loved to sew, cook, bake and can.
While Olive did not return to the
campus often, she celebrated her
70th class reunion in 1999 and
attended some 50-year reunion
dinners, to the delight of alumni.
Olive passed away August 10,
2003, after a fall in her home.
In the late 1970s, Virginia moved
from Liberty to John Knox Village in
Lee’s Summit, Mo., where she
quickly organized the John Knox
Players, a drama troupe comprised of
residents. She also served as the
facility’s fine arts activities director
and was featured in John Knox
television commercials. Virginia
visited the campus often in her Virginia D. Rice ’28
retirement. She was a special guest at
the opening of Peters Theater in Brown Hall in 1983. She
returned to campus for commencements, alumni association
meetings and class reunions. She attended her 75th consecutive
commencement in 1999 as part of the College’s
Sesquicentennial celebration. Virginia died July 7, 2003.
Both Virginia and Olive shared a life-long passion for poetry,
possibly instilled by their poetry professor at Jewell, J.P.
“Daddy” Fruit. Family members recall Olive’s ability to
recite long passages of poetry. Virginia’s love of poetry took
the form of writing verses, some of which were published.
Her favorite poem was “Barter” by Sara Teasdale. She
recited it at the alumni luncheon celebrating her 70th class
reunion in 1998.
Life has loveliness to sell,
All beautiful and splendid
things,
Blue waves whitened on a cliff,
Soaring fire that sways and sings,
And children’s faces looking up
Holding wonder like a cup.
Life has loveliness to sell,
Music like a curve of gold,
Scent of pine trees in the rain,
Eyes that love you, arms that hold,
And for your spirit’s still delight,
Holy thoughts that star the night.
Spend all you have for loveliness,
Buy it and never count the cost;
For one white singing hour of peace
Count many a year of strife well lost,
And for a breath of ecstasy
Give all you have been, or could be.
This poem speaks to the lives of these two single women
whose “children” were the hundreds of students they taught.
Through devotion to their alma mater, their teaching
disciplines and their students, they “sold loveliness” and
never “counted the cost.” The result is an enduring legacy
that will not soon be forgotten.
Endowed scholarships have been established in memory of Virginia
and Olive. Gifts may be made to either or both through Jewell’s
Office of Institutional Advancement, Campus Box 1032, 500
College Hill, Liberty, Missouri 64068.
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JEWELL WELCOMES STUDENTS,
HONORS CIVIC LEADERS AT
OPENING CONVOCATION
CEREMONIES SEPTEMBER 11
Civic leaders were honored for public service at Opening
Convocation ceremonies marking the beginning of a
new school year September 11 in John Gano Memorial
Chapel on the William Jewell College campus.
This year’s recipients of the William F. Yates Trustee
Medallion for Distinguished Service were:
Peggy J. Dunn, Mayor of Leawood, Kansas;
Barney A. Karbank, Real Estate Developer;
Reverand Robert H. Meneilly, Sr., Religious Leader
and Social Activist;
Jeannette Terrell Nichols, Patron of the Arts;
George W. “Dub” Steincross, Volunteer Leader.
Addressing students and guests at Opening Convocation
ceremonies was Kansas City Councilman and Mayor
Pro-Tem Alvin Brooks.
PRINCETON REVIEW NAMES
WILLIAM JEWELL STUDENTS
AMONG NATION’S
HAPPIEST
The 2004 edition of The Princeton
Review’s annual guidebook “The Best
351 Colleges” has ranked William Jewell
College in the number 4 slot in its
“Happy Students” category. There are
more than 3,500 institutions of higher
education in the U.S.
William Jewell also scored among the
top 20 in several other categories,
including capturing the number one
spot in “Town-Gown Relations,” which indicates
how well the College is integrated into the
surrounding community. The college received
national recognition during a “Today” show feature
on the Princeton rankings.
The rankings are based on interviews with more than
100,000 U.S. college students who are asked to rank
colleges in more than 60 categories,including academics,
political leaning, quality of life, cafeteria food,
dormitories, social life and extracurricular activities.
“We are gratified that Princeton Review has
confirmed what those of us on campus already knew:
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that Jewell provides a supportive environment in which to pursue
a superior liberal arts education,” said President David Sallee.
Other Jewell placements included:
#9,“Don’t Inhale,” under Parties
#14,“Great College Radio Station,” under Extracurriculars
#12,“Future Rotarians and Daughters of the American
Revolution,” under School Type
#19,“Students Pray on a Regular Basis,”under Demographics
William Jewell is among the country’s top public and private
colleges and universities chosen through a competitive review
process for inclusion in Princeton Review’s annual guide to
“The Best 351 Colleges.”
For a link to The Princeton Review’s rankings of
William Jewell and other top colleges, go to
http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/profile
s/rankings.asp?listing=1022612&LTID=1
JEWELL SELECTED FOR INCLUSION
IN COLLEGES OF DISTINCTION
GUIDEBOOK
William Jewell College has been selected for inclusion in a new
admissions guidebook, Colleges of Distinction. The book will
profile approximately 150 colleges (out of more than 3,500
institutions of higher learning) throughout the United States
that excel in engaging students, offering great teaching,
providing a vibrant campus community and resulting in
successful outcomes for their students (30-40 schools each in the
northeast, midwest, south and west).
Criteria for inclusion in the guidebook were developed by
college admissions deans and directors and by high school
counselors.These counselors were also responsible for selecting
the various colleges for inclusion in the guidebook.
The front of the book will have chapters written about each of
the four areas of distinction and why these distinctions are
critical to the college experience—engaged students, great
teaching, vibrant communities and successful outcomes.These
sections will be written by admissions professionals, faculty,
deans and several college presidents.
Each school will have a four-page profile in the guidebook,
consisting of an introductory page of fast facts on the college,
a two-page critique of the school based on a campus visit by
guidebook staff and subsequent interviews, and a final page of
quotes about the college from high school counselors who
are familiar with the school.Publication will be in early spring
of 2004.
William Jewell is one of three institutions selected from
Missouri; the other two are St. Louis University and Truman
State. Illinois is represented by Illinois Wesleyan,Augustana, Lake
Forest, Knox and Wheaton, while Iowa schools included in the
book are Grinnell, Coe, Luther, Cornell and Drake.A website is
also being developed that will complement the guidebook.
WILLIAM JEWELL PROGRESSES
IN TORNADO RECOVERY
William Jewell College has
made significant progress in
recovering from the massive
tornado system that swept
through the Kansas City area
May 4, inflicting serious
damage to the historic campus.
Melrose Hall is undergoing
a complete renovation.
community to meet this challenge.”
“We have made enormous
progress,” said President David
Sallee. “There is no doubt that
the College will emerge even
stronger as we work with the
Damage estimates to College structures and facilities from the
May 4 tornado strike has been estimated at approximately $8
million.Thanks to advance warning and established emergency
response procedures, no injuries were sustained by students,
faculty or staff.
More than $50,000 in general merchandise purchasing cards,
rent subsidies, utility subsidies and furniture purchasing credits
has been distributed to displaced residents of the Regent’s Quad
married student housing complex, according to College
Chaplain Andy Pratt, whose office coordinated relief efforts.
Regent’s Quad was among the hardest hit areas of the Jewell
campus.The three-building complex has been demolished, and
designs for a new complex are in the preliminary phase. Most of
the residents were relocated to a Liberty apartment complex
following the storm.
Melrose Hall, the women’s residence hall that was also
extensively damaged in the storm, will undergo a complete
renovation and will remain closed throughout the 2003-04
school year.
“As we move forward, we are doing so with a vision that
embraces not the needs of the past, but rather a vision that can
meet the expectations and requirements of the 21st century,”Dr.
Sallee said. “Our obligation is to ensure that the buildings and
equipment damaged or destroyed by the tornado will be
replaced with state-of-the-art facilities that will attract and serve
well our future students and faculty.”
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Capturing the Essence of Mencken
by Myra Cozad Unger, Emerita Professor of English,William Jewell College
“Speaking generally, I am of a
sombre disposition and get
very little happiness out of
life, though I am often merry;
but what little I have got has
come mainly out of some
form of combat. . . .Ideas are
shot into the air and some of
them keep on flying.”
So wrote H.L. Mencken in
the December 12, 1927 issue
of the Baltimore Evening Sun, a
column Terry Teachout
reprinted in his first book on
Mencken, A Second Mencken
Chrestomathy, published in
1995. The combative
Mencken was surely “the
sharpest, cruelest, most selfassured
wit in the history of
American letters, the fearless
scorn of puritanism in all its
forms,”Teachout writes.
Terry Teachout, WJC
alumnus, is a distinguished
New York arts critic and
author of several books. In
the Preface to his latest book, The Skeptic: A Life of H.L.
Mencken, Teachout describes his book as “an attempt to
portray H.L. Mencken sympathetically but honestly, and to
suggest something of how he stood in relation to his
turbulent times.”
In doing so, Teachout has to deal with multiple aspects of
Mencken, many of them contradictory and some of them
downright ugly. These aspects include Mencken’s personal
history, remarkable literary talent, output and influence, as
well as many astonishingly wrong-headed and bigoted
opinions. Mencken’s anti-semitism, racism, and hatred of
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, for example, require Teachout
to examine the times in which Mencken lived for possible
explanations of Mencken’s attitudes.
Who—or what—was this H.L. Mencken, the most famous
and influential American
newspaperman of his or any
time? Teachout describes him
as a conventional Victorian,
born in 1880, who lived in his
childhood home at 1554
Hollins Street, Baltimore,
almost all his life. Mencken
once said that if he could live
his life over again, he would
“choose the same parents, the
same birthplace, the same
education (with maybe a few
improvements here, chiefly in
the direction of foreign
languages). . . .” Freed from his
German father’s demand that
he go into the family business,
cigar-making, when his father
died at the age of 42, Mencken
promptly presented himself at
the Baltimore Morning Herald as
a cub reporter and never
looked back. He was 18. At 25
he became editor-in-chief. He
then moved to the Baltimore
Sun, his newspaper home for
most of the rest of his life.
Many critics have called Mencken “a writing machine”
because his writing career and output were prodigious.
Often writing twelve hours a day, Mencken “covered
everything from the Scopes evolution trial to the 1948
presidential conventions,” says Teachout. Mencken wrote the
first book ever published about George Bernard Shaw, as well
as many other influential books; introduced novelists Joseph
Conrad, Theodore Dreiser and Sinclair Lewis to the
American public; co-edited the Smart Set and co-founded
the Mercury, two of the most important literary journals in
American history, publishing new writers such as William
Faulkner,Willa Cather, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ezra Pound and F.
Scott Fitzgerald; wrote and revised The American Language, his
encyclopedic, often funny, work about American vernacular
speech; and regularly pounded out newspaper columns that
amused, inflamed and provoked thought among Americans.
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In his notes written for use in his obituary Mencken wrote,
“It has never given me any satisfaction to encounter one
who said my notions had pleased him. My preference has
always been for people with notions of their own.” Never
happier than when his combative ideas were fomenting
controversy, he persuaded his publishers to bring out
Menckeniana: A Shrimpflexicon, a collection described by
Teachout as “an anthology devoted to scurrilous comments
on his writing and person, all culled from his own bulging
scrapbooks.” One of the entries in Menckeniana reads, “If
Mencken only ran about on all fours, slavering his sort of
hydrophobia, he would be shot by the first policeman as a
public duty.”
Mencken’s favorite target was the boobus americanus, a
derogatory name for the average American Mencken
thought was ignorant, unread and wholly without
independent ideas. Mencken wrote,“The general average of
intelligence, of knowledge, of competence, of integrity, of
self-respect, of honor is so low that any man who knows his
trade, does not fear ghosts, has read fifty good books, and
practices the common decencies stands out as brilliantly as a
wart on a bald head. . . .” Joan Acocella, reviewing Teachout’s
book in the Dec. 9, 2002 issue of The New Yorker, said of
Mencken’s writing, “Whatever you think of the sentiment,
you have to love the prose.”
Ideas are shot into the air
and some of them keep on flying – H.L. Mencken
Teachout himself is a master of prose style, and the reader
occasionally stops to savor his language, too. For example,
Teachout calls Mencken’s overly enthusiastic response to
novelist Theodore Dreiser, “a lifelong tendency to overegg
the pudding” and says Dreiser “spent the last twenty years of
his life snuffling out causes like a truffle-hunting pig.”
This is a liberating book. In examining the contradictions,
inconsistencies and little-minded prejudices of Mencken
and his times,Teachout makes his readers examine their own
willingness to jump to conclusions. Teachout’s balanced
treatment of Mencken’s biases prods readers to analyze their
own half-baked opinions. Teachout himself keeps
Mencken’s ideas flying.
Terry Teachout is a
member of the
Jewell class of
1979. His work
appears regularly
on the pages of
such publications
as Time, The New
York Times and The
Washington Post.
He is the author of
City Limits:
Memories of a
Small-Town Boy.
Teachout received
the Citation for
Achievement from
William Jewell in
2000.
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gallery
Art Department Spotlight
The biennal William Jewell College Faculty Art Exhibition
opens November 16 and runs through December 12 in the
Stocksdale Gallery of Art.
“In order to model the creative life of the artist-teacher at
Jewell, our standing rule is that the art exhibited in this show
can not be more than two years old,” says art department
chairwoman Nano Nore.
Assistant Professor Rob Quinn (photography & sculpture/jewelry
making),director of the Stocksdale Gallery,will be exhibiting metal
work. Rex Walkenhorst
(ceramics) will exhibit
thrown and altered ceramic
vessels.Jeremy Walla (design,
computer graphics and
illustration) has exciting
illustration works, and
Carlyle Raine, (figure
drawing and painting) will
continue her painterly series
based loosely on the motif
of Etruscan Art. Nathan
Wyman (technical design &
theatre) has interactive
three-dimensional mixed
media, and Professor Nore Nano Nore
(chair, painting and
printmaking, art history)
will exhibit her
expressionistic landscape
paintings. Professor emeritis
David Johnson will display
his new woodcut based on
the “Tending of the
Garden” by the master
Sower.
Carlyle Raine has been
teaching at Jewell for 20
years. She teaches weekend
classes in drawing and
painting and has also taught
figure drawing classes. Her
work has been shown in
Europe and in New York
City galleries.
Professor Nore joined the Jewell faculty in 1988. She
received her B.F.A. from the Kansas City Art Institute, her
M.A. and M.F.A. from Texas Woman’s University, and her
M.A.R.S. from Central Baptist Theological Seminary. Her
painting pictured in this issue is of Nordfjord (Norway)at
sunset. It is done in watercolor and is 4” x 6”. The piece
was painted from memory after Professor Nore visited her
cousins at the Nore homestead in Bryggia. Her work
appears in collections in Europe, Great Britain, Australia,
Hong Kong and the United States
Carlyle Raine
Raine and Nore have
had joint two-woman
shows at the Michael
Cross Gallery in Kansas
City and in the
Stocksdale Gallery at
William Jewell.
The biennial William Jewell
College Faculty Art Exhibition
runs November 16 through
December 12 in the Stocksdale
Gallery of Art on the Jewell
campus.
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achievements
Celebrating Achievement 2004
The 60th annual celebration of Achievement Day takes place
February 25-26,2004,both on the William Jewell College campus
and at the Kansas City Downtown Marriott. Honorees include:
Robert E. Coleberd ’53,retired Founder and President, Pacific
West Oil Company; Donald Frey ’74, Roland L. Kleeberger
Endowed Chair, Department of Family Medicine, Creighton
University School of Medicine and Chief of Family Medicine,
Creighton University Medical Center; Michael Marks ’64,Vice
President/General Manager, United States Air Force Fighter,
Bomber and Weapons Programs, The Boeing Company; Kurt
Meisenbach ’81,Associate Partner,Accenture; Ann Powell ’58,
Director of Development, The Trustees of Reservations; and
Eileen Stewart ’79,Director of Communications, Fort Worth
Independent School District.
Here’s a brief look at this year’s honorees and their accomplishments:
While at WJC, Dr. Robert E. (Bob) Coleberd participated on
the debate team for three years, served as business manager of the
yearbook his junior year, helmed the newspaper as editor while a
senior and was tapped for Aeons, the senior men’s honorary. His
influences included Dr. T. Bruce Robb (then head of the
department of social sciences and professor of economics); Dr.
Ulma Pugh (head of the department and professor history); and
Dr. Georgia Bowman (director of forensics and assistant professor
of journalism). In 1983, Bob co-founded Pacific West Oil Data, a
petroleum industry publishing firm. The company’s monthly
statistical database and quarterly directories focused on the U.S.
West Coast and Pacific Basin petroleum industry and were
circulated worldwide. Bob retired from the business in 2000.
As a student,Dr. Don Frey was active in the Kappa Alpha Order
and was Student Senate President while also competing in speech
and debate and on the cross country and track teams. Among his
influential professors were Drs. Dean Dunham (chairman of the
department and assistant professor of English) and Marvin Dixon
(chairman of the department and associate professor of chemistry).
Under Dr. Frey’s direction, the Department of Family Medicine
has become the fastest growing academic department within
Creighton University’s Medical School.
As a student at William Jewell, Michael (Mike) Marks was
involved in Kappa Alpha Order and participated as a member of
the wrestling team and in intramural athletics. He recognizes
Darrel Thoman,then instructor in mathematics,later professor and
chair of the mathematics department, as a primary contributor to
his success. Responsible for the development and production of
Boeing military products provided to the United States Armed
Services and its allies in support of their national interests, Mike’s
position involves significant international and domestic contacts
with customers in 27 different countries and production
operations involving more than 4,000 employees in St. Louis,
Missouri, Seattle,Washington, and Long Beach, California.
Prior to coming to WJC, Kurt Meisenbach completed an
undergraduate degree in music and for ten years was principal
violist with the Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra. While at
WJC he played in the Liberty Symphony while completing an
accounting degree in ’81. Influences on Kurt during his Jewell
years were Dr. Phil Posey (professor of music and director of
instrumental activities),and Dr.Donald Brown (professor of music
and director of church music studies). Kurt’s varied career includes
over 20 years of experience in the U.S. and Europe with both
commercial and governmental clients. His key accomplishments
include the design and implementation of financial accounting
systems for commercial clients in 11 countries in Europe and the
design of a cost accounting system for the Federal Aviation
Administration,a $7 billion organization,which is now used as the
basis for calculating the costs of providing services to airline
customers.
By way of explanation of Ann Faubion Powell’s position, it is
important to explain the organization for which she works and its
significance. The Trustees of Reservations was founded in 1891
and was the pattern for the English National Trust founded in
1894. Its mission is to protect properties of historic, scenic and
ecological significance for public enjoyment. Ann is the chief
development officer, responsible for raising millions in annual and
capital support. Active at William Jewell, Ann participated in
debate and was on the National Champion Women’s debate team
at the 1957 Pi Kappa Delta tournament and was Extemporaneous
Speaking Champion. Ann was in Panaegis and was valedictorian
of the class of ’58.
After spending 11 years as a television anchor and news reporter in
Missouri, Kansas and Ohio, Eileen Houston Stewart made a
conscious decision to change careers. For the past ten years, her
career has focused on school public relations. As Director of
Communications with the Fort Worth Independent School
District,Eileen is responsible for planning,managing and executing
internal and external communications,including marketing,media
relations, the district’s website, graphic design, crisis management
and customer service. The impact that Dr.Georgia Bowman (then
professor of communication) and Dr.Tom Willett (then chairman
of the communication department and associate professor of
communication) had on Eileen, she says, is indescribable.
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curtain call
The Body Electric
by Rob Eisele
Dancer and choreographer David Parsons has come a long way
since his stage debut at the age of 14 at the Unity Temple on the
Country Club Plaza.At a summer arts camp performance for an
invited audience of parents and friends,the young gymnast jumped
onto a trampoline and ricocheted straight up into the auditorium’s
overhead fly space, where he grabbed onto a pipe. His
performance stopped the show—at least temporarily—
until he could be rescued from his lofty perch.
Now 43 and one of the brightest lights on the
contemporary dance scene, Parsons will bring his
company to the Folly Theater November 22 for a
Harriman Arts Program performance—his eighth
appearance on the acclaimed William Jewell
College performing arts series.
“How’s KC?” Parsons asks breezily during a
recent phone conversation from his New York
studio.A Kansas City resident from the age of
four until he turned 17,he is curious about the
Kansas City Ballet, and about the proposed
downtown Kansas City performing arts center.
“We’ve heard great things about it, and the
company is really looking forward to performing
there someday,” Parsons says.
The founder and creative force
behind the Parsons Dance
Company is just back from
Rio de Janeiro, where he
worked on a benefit
performance piece portraying
the plight of poor children in
the hilltop slums of Brazil.
The Parsons company, which
was founded in 1987,maintains a
repertory of more than 60 works,
including the mesmerizing
signature piece “Caught,” which
incorporates freeze-frame
movement illuminated by the
piercing rays of a strobe light.
“Caught” will be featured on
the Harriman Arts performance,
as will a new piece called
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“Swing Shift,” which Parsons describes as “very dynamic, very
physical and emotional.”
The transition from dancer/choreographer to choreographer
has been a relatively seamless one for Parsons.
“For me there is great satisfaction in being able to
transfer the images in your head to the reality of the
stage,” he says.“You are still in the work, but behind the
scenes. And it’s a lot easier getting up in the morning
without all the aches and pains.”
The coming year will find Parsons involved in his first
work for the Broadway stage—an adaptation of the
vintage Fred Astaire/Leslie Caron movie
musical “Daddy Long Legs,” which is being
directed by John Caird, co-director of the
British mega-hit “Les Miserables.” Members
of Parsons’ company will be a part of the cast
for the show, which does not yet have an
announced opening date.
“It’s a wonderful situation for us because we
get to sit down and work for a while in New
York,” Parsons says. “Since September 11,
travel has become so difficult.
Because of the political
situation, borders are closing all
over the world. That is
devastating to artists who are
used to collaborating and
participating in each others’
work.”
David Parsons (top)
and members of
the Parsons Dance
Company
The Broadway project comes
on the heels of Twyla Tharp’s
Tony Award-winning “Movin’
Out,” which Parsons says has
opened some doors for dance
as an expressive outlet in
popular culture.
“I think it comes in cycles,”
Parsons says. “Dance has come
and gone as a part of the
Broadway experience. But right
now, it’s definitely on the rise.”

Changing of the Guard
by Tim Ackerman, Marketing Manager, Harriman Arts Program
It’s been six years in the making and, as of August, it’s official:
Clark Morris has been named executive director of the
Harriman Arts Program of William Jewell College. The
program’s founder, Richard Harriman, now holds the position
of artistic director, and will turn his full attention to season
programming.
“Clark has worked with the program for more than 13
years...a few years more if you count his time while working
as a Jewell student,” Harriman said.“But it’s not his longevity
that qualifies him to lead the program; that decision was based
on his proven ability,” Harriman continued. “Many of our
patrons will remember my formal announcement of the
transition plan at the Marilyn Horne recital gala in 2000. I said
then that my father retired at 87 and, after he had been sitting
around the house a few weeks, my mother claimed that it was
too early.As long as I am able, I plan to actively contribute to
the program’s success.”
Clark Morris, 35, has held each position within the program
at some point during his career, and has managed the
program’s staff and budget for the past six years while serving
as associate director. Morris acknowledges that patrons will
witness changes in the program,but not as a direct result of the
transition in leadership.
“I’m not one who is anxious to impose a personal agenda or
introduce change for change’s sake,” Morris said.“Change for
the program is made when there is an apparent need, or an
opportunity for innovation presents itself.”
While change for the program is certain to occur over time,
an overarching objective for the transition is to offer patrons
an assurance of quality and consistency.“We subscribe to the
classic model of joint leadership by executive and artistic
directors,” Morris said. “Richard has been consistently
inclusive when making big decisions concerning the program
and I will be too,” he said.
A critical player in the new leadership structure is the president
of William Jewell College, Dr. David Sallee. Morris reports
directly to Sallee and the president, in turn, answers to the
college’s board of trustees.“This program is one of the college’s
brightest gems,” Sallee said.“I have great confidence in Clark’s
ability to lead it toward further success. It goes without saying
that Richard is an invaluable asset to the program His gift for
arts programming is unparalleled.”
Clark Morris ’92 and Richard Harriman ’53
transition
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sports
Fall Sports Preview
Football
By David Bassore, Head Football Coach
The 2002 Cardinals overcame a rough start,
winning five of their last six games to finish 6-4
in the Heart of America Athletic Conference. It was the first
six-win season for Jewell since 1992. Coach Bassore returns for
his third season and will welcome back 14 starters (seven
offensive and seven defensive) and 33 lettermen.
The defense should again be a strength for
the Cardinals. Returning starters John
Hertzog (6’0 240 SR) and Dale Long (6’3
270 SR) anchor the defensive front, with
Adam Whitten (6’0 210 JR), J.P. Nielsen
(5’11 250 JR),Aaron Bassore (6’5 270 SO),
and Justin Kahlich (6’2 250 SO) all
contributing as well. The linebackers should be very solid, led
by returning starters Alan Wilmes (6’1 230 SR) and Chad Doyle
(5’11 220 SR). Jack Hunter (5’11 210 JR) moves into the other
starting slot, while Jeff Mannon (5’10 250 JR), Justin Holm (6’0
225 SO), Nathan Baker (5’11 200 JR), and newcomer Anthony
Simone (6’0 230 FR) will compete for time as well. Three of
four starters return in the secondary, led by cornerback Kyle
Miller (5’8 155 SR). Starting safeties Darron Jones (5’10 200
JR) and Ryan Harwell (6’1 200 JR) return, as do safeties Jamaal
Washington (5’10 200 SR), and Ryan Woldruff (5’11 200 SR),
who both have starting experience. The other cornerback will
be either Matt Ferguson (5’9 175 SO) or Rex Waters (5’11 195
JR), with Kyle Van Winkle (5’9 170 SO) providing depth.
The key to the Cardinal offense will be in the line, where four
starters return: Dan Woldengen (6’2 300 SR), Jared Powers (6’0
290 SR), Joel Page (6’2 300 JR), and Tom Jensen (6’5 300 JR).
Chad Speer (6’0 260 SR) will take over at center, with Jamie
Thiele (5’9 280 SR), Brad Begemann (6’2 250 SO), Kyle
Arnold (6’1 270 SO), Ben Lohmeyer (6’1 285 SO), and Neal
Moffett (6’1 260 SO) providing depth. At tight end John
Boerigter (6’3 235 SR), Brian Lowry (6’1 260 SO), Brett Jones
(6’2 220 SO), and Nick Opitz (6’3 225 FR) will all see action.
Two starters return in the backfield: Dan Smith (6’0 250 SR)
and Aaron Williams (6’0 225 JR). The pair produced 17 rushing
TDs last fall and keyed a ground attack that rushed for 2760
yards. Jason Agee (5’11 200 SO),Adam Lukhard (6’1 230 JR),
Jeff Williams (5’11 255 SO), and Buddy Conway (5’8 225 SO)
will see action as well. The receiving corps will be solid with
the return of Sean Anderson (5’9 180 SR),Adam Craddock (6’1
190 JR), Ben Johnston (6’0 185 JR), and Dwayne Woldruff (6’3
185 JR). The lone question mark for the Cardinal offense is at
the quarterback spot where Jeremy Simmons (5’10 185 JR) is
the only returner with starting experience. He will be
challenged by returners Jared Epperly (5’11 215 JR), Sherman
Wilson (5’10 180 SO), Johnny Strada (6’0 185 SO), and
newcomers Brock Pittenger (6’3 215 FR), and Chris Teuber
(6’3 190 FR).
Cross Country
By Steve Lucito, Head Track & Field/Cross Country Coach
The 2002 men’s team placed 20th at last year’s
NAIA National Cross Country Championship.
Leading the team this year is All-American Ray
Taylor, junior from Northeast High School.The
team should be stronger this year with three
seniors: Chad Brocato, Eric Bunch and Joe
Reese; and three juniors: Greg Ziegler, Chris Weseloh and Ray
Taylor. We have two freshmen, Patrick Hanson and Chris
Medley, who should complement our upper classmen.We are
looking to have a very successful year and hopefully bring home
a HAAC Conference Championship and a Region V
Championship.
The women’s
team is being
led by senior
Laura Kennedy
and Jill Bourland.
Both have been
cross country national qualifiers. Sophomore Courtney
Christopher should be a much improved runner from a year ago
and we are looking for her to step up and compete at the national
level. Incoming first-years Sarah Tell and Rachel Sheffield should
contribute to the success of this year’s cross country team.
Volleyball
By Eddie Hornback, Head Volleyball Coach
The William Jewell Cardinals begin the volleyball
season with nine players returning with starting
varsity game experience. Head Coach Eddie Hornback begins
his second season with seniors Tonya Trout and Megan Morrow
leading the charge into what is sure to be a tough season of
competition.Tonya is an all conference Heart of America middle
blocker who will provide stability, while Megan is a versatile all
around player who saw most of her time at right side last year.
A strong core group of juniors led by setter Margaret Crocker;
Danielle Coverdell, right side; Heather Ricke, left side; and Amy
Schwendemann, defensive specialist, will provide leadership and
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experience. A sophomore class that includes setter Mary Beth
Patterson, outside hitter Cassie Stone and defensive specialists
Jeannette Waldo and Kristen Gracia were tested by fire in the
2002 campaign as freshmen. A very productive off season saw
the addition of four very good first-years: outside hitter Erin
Thess, outside hitter Lyndsey Schlimpert and defensive
specialists Racheal Johnson and Leah Wahl, along with a senior
transfer in setter Andrea Garcia. The 2003 Cardinals are very
confident that the upcoming season will bring the kind of
success that is expected from William Jewell Volleyball.
Men’s Basketball
By Larry Holley, Head Men’s Basketball Coach
With four returning starters from last year’s NAIA
II National Tournament squad, the future looks
quite bright for the Cardinal men’s basketball team. The
Cardinals finished 23-14 overall (16-4 in league play) and tied
for second in the HAAC last year. At the National Tournament,
Jewell reached the second round, where they lost to #1 ranked
Northwestern (Iowa) in overtime. The returning starters are:
NAIA II Honorable Mention All-American Pierre Jallow
(6’8”), the Cardinals’ only senior; sophomore Cam Cooper
(6’1” - HAAC Conference Freshman of the Year); junior Clint
Underwood (6’0”); and sophomore Ronald Robinson (6’6”).
Additional key letter winner returnees include juniors Jason
Crum (6’0”), Tim Kaczmarczyk (6’3”), Jared Smith (6’6”),
Adam Stout (6’5”) and Travis Swinford (6’5”); and sophomores
Kyle Lower (5’11”) and Drew Mathews (6’4”). Individuals with
the best chance to move up from the JV’s are Danny Pagel (6’5”
sophomore) and Evan Whitefield (6’8” junior). Top newcomers
include freshmen Trent Barratt (6’1”), Martynas Giga (6’7”),
Drew Korschot (6’4”) and Jacob Lisby (6’6”). Head Coach
Larry Holley begins his 25th year at the helm of the Cardinals.
The veteran coach has 624 career wins. Jewell opens the season
in the Las Vegas Classic vs. Jamestown (N.D.) and Albertson
(Idaho),both 2003 National Tournament squads. The Cardinals’
first home games will be November 11th (vs. National
Tournament host College of the Ozarks) and November 15th
(vs. NAIA Division I Park University).
Men’s & Women’s Soccer
By Chris Cissell, Head Men’s and
Women’s Soccer Coach
The men’s and women’s soccer teams went a
combined 24-8-3 in 2002. Both teams
finished the season ranked in the top five in
NAIA Region V and both teams finished
third in the HAAC. The soccer program is
really looking forward to moving to Greene
Stadium and playing their home games on
the new Sprinturf on Patterson Field under
sports
the new lights. Both teams expect to compete for a HAAC
championship, a Top 5 Region V ranking, and a Top 25 NAIA
ranking. It should be a great 2003 season for both the men’s and
women’s soccer teams. The coaching staff of Chris Cissell,
Johnny Chain,Rob Thomson and Anthony Lewis are ready and
excited for the upcoming challenges.
The William Jewell College men’s soccer team is coming off an
impressive 13-4-1 season.The men finished third in the Heart
of America Athletic Conference in 2002 and finished ranked #5
in NAIA Region V. With 10 starters returning from last year’s
squad and a great recruiting class, the Cardinals have very high
goals and expectations for the 2003 season. The men have five
teams on their schedule ranked in the top 15 in the NAIA
national poll and are looking forward to playing the most
challenging schedule in school history. The team worked hard
in preseason and prepared by competing against NCAA
Division 1 UMKC and the Kansas City Wizards of Major
League Soccer in preseason scrimmages. Coach Chris Cissell is
excited about starting his second season as Head Men’s Soccer
Coach and had this to say about his team:“The team is ready—
they came in to preseason in great physical and mental shape.
They understand what it will take to get to the next level and
they are willing to make the sacrifices and commitments to each
other to work together to get there! It is going to be extremely
difficult to select a starting 11 and a traveling squad of 20,
because we have 27 great athletes on this team.”
The William Jewell College women’s soccer team is coming off
an 11-4-2 season, finishing third in the Heart of America
Athletic conference and ranked #4 in NAIA Region V in
2002. The women have a very special senior class of five
veteran women players: Stefanie Carson, Rebekah Lassiter, Lara
Melenbrink, Melissa Reh and Andrea Turner. The five senior
athletes have helped make William Jewell College women’s
soccer a great program and they have enjoyed a 44-12-2 record
at Jewell during their first three years. The team is excited
about the season and is ready to blend veteran leadership from
great upperclassmen with a phenomenal recruiting class that
includes several players who are ready to compete at the highest
level and help the team reach its goal of qualifying for the
NAIA National Tournament. Coach Chris Cissell is beginning
his fifth season as Head Women’s Soccer Coach and had this to
say about his team:“We are very excited about this team. I see
a passion and a desire to succeed that is really contagious. Our
team is focused and determined to be
successful this season—and they will be. We
have the most talent we have ever had, and
we have great depth. I am so thrilled for
our seniors that they will conclude a
tremendous career with a fantastic season.”
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faculty news
DUKE BOOK RECEIVES
RECOGNITION
In the Trenches with Jesus and Marx: Harry F.
Ward and the Struggle for Social Justice,by the
late David Nelson Duke, former
professor of religion at William Jewell David Nelson Duke
College, has been awarded the Anne B.
and James B. McMillan Prize by the University of Alabama
Press. Given annually since 1995, this honor is awarded to the
manuscript chosen as “Most Deserving in Alabama or Southern
History or Culture” by The University of Alabama Press
Editorial Board.
The work, published in May of this year, is a gripping and
insightful biography of a passionate, stubborn and zealous
religious and political leader. Harry F. Ward grew from a
young idealistic Methodist minister to an influential leader
whose position and comments caused him to be viewed as
a zealous prophet or a heretic. David Duke used extensive
archival sources to build a comprehensive story of Ward’s
long and colorful career.
This prize was established to honor James B. McMillan,
founding director of The University of Alabama Press, former
chairman of the university’s English department, and a
renowned dialectologist. The topics of recognized books have
ranged from civil rights to religion, from southeastern
archaeology to politics. The University of Alabama Press
Editorial Board,which consists of scholars from all Alabama state
universities that award a doctoral degree, confers the endowed
prize on the basis of scholarly excellence.
WITZKE PERFORMS WITH
LYRIC OPERA OF KC
Professor Ron Witzke, professor of
voice and opera, performed the role of
Father Capulet in the Lyric Opera of
Ron Witzke Kansas City’s fall production of Charles
Gounod’s Romèo et Juliette. The opera was
sung in French with English supertitles.
LANE PRESENTS
WILLARD LECTURE
Dr. Gina Lane, professor of communication,
director of debate and chair, presented the
Carl F. Willard Distinguished Teacher lecture
October 13.
Gina Lane
Carl F. Willard, a Trustee of William Jewell
College from 1967 to 1991, led in establishing nationally
recognized programs of faculty accountability and support at
the College, enhancing the quality of teaching and learning
in a school known for excellence.
In recognition of his contributions, friends and family
established The Carl F.Willard Distinguished Teacher Award.
Each year the finalists for this award are nominated by a
committee of peers in the College with the President and the
Dean selecting William Jewell’s most distinguished teacher.
Dr. Lane is the 2003 recipient of this prestigious honor.
Dr.Lane joined the William Jewell College faculty in 1985. She
received a B.S. from Northwest Missouri State University, her
M.A. from the University of Arkansas and her Ph.D. from the
University of Kansas.
In addition to course offerings in the Department of
Communication including communication theory,organizational
communication, and advanced persuasion, Dr. Lane teaches the
General Education course, “The Responsible Self.” She has
served a significant role in planning and coordinating the annual
David Nelson Duke Undergraduate Colloquium Day as well as
serving on the Prestigious Fellowships Advisory Committee.
Dr. Lane’s Willard Lecture was the product of her spring 2002
sabbatical leave project. It was entitled “Day and Night Cannot
Dwell Together: The Difficulties of Authenticating Native
American Rhetoric.”
UMKC LECTURE SERIES
FEATURES JEWELL
FACULTY MEMBERS
William Jewell College faculty members Dr.
Judith A. Dilts and Dr. C. Don Geilker were
among the Jewell professors featured in a
Judith Dilts recent Friends of the Linda Hall Library
lecture series on the University of Missouri-
Kansas City campus.
Dr. Dilts, the Dr. Burnell Landers Chair of Biology at
William Jewell, presented “Genes on the Move” at the
library on September 18. The lectures focused on
contemporary and historical topics in science, engineering
and technology, and were intended to promote the
understanding of scientific concepts and research, and
ultimately to increase the general level of scientific literacy.
In addition to Dr. Dilts and Dr. Geilker, whose October 16
topic was “Mayan Astronomy and Astrology: Finding the
Center of the Sky,” the series also featured Dr. Patrick
Bunton, Professor and Chair of the Department of Physics
at William Jewell, and Dr. Blane Baker,Associate Professor of
Physics at Jewell. Dr. Bunton’s topic was “The Science and
Sound of Music,” while Dr. Baker addressed “The Motion
of Sky Divers, Baseballs and Gymnasts.”
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How Sweet It Is
by Chad Jolly, Ph.D.
end notes
As the Dean of Enrollment, I am often asked how a struggling
economy, a natural disaster, and a potential change in our
relationship with the Missouri Baptist Convention will impact
student enrollment. Conventional wisdom suggests that any one
of these factors should have a negative impact on enrollment at a
typical private, liberal arts college. Fortunately, Jewell is not
typical. In fact, the College received a record number of
applications for the second year in a row and realized its target
enrollment goal of 1,250 students two years ahead of schedule.
Talented students are not only enrolling, but they are staying.
I am pleased to share a little about the first-year class:
356 first-year students arrived from twenty states on
move-in day. Only three entering classes have been
larger: 358 (1990), 373 (1986), 392 (1984).
90 transfer students enrolled. This is the largest transfer
class in ten years.
Entering students had an average ACT score of 25 and an
average GPA of 3.6. This is the strongest academic profile
on record.
30% of the entering class ranked in the top 10% of their
high school graduating class.
10% were valedictorian or
salutatorian of their high
school graduating class.
Further proving that Jewell is
far from typical, I was thrilled
to learn Jewell will be one of a
very few schools (about 150
out of more than 3,500)
featured in a new college
guidebook titled Colleges of
Distinction. This guidebook
recognizes institutions that
“excel in engaging students,
offer great teaching, and
provide a vibrant campus
community resulting in
successful outcomes for
their students.” I was
equally pleased in August
when the editor of
the Princeton Review
announced on the
Today Show that Jewell
ranked among the top
five institutions in the
country for “happy
students.” In addition,
Chad Jolly ‘94 Jewell ranked among
the top twenty in five
other very positive categories.
I feel fortunate to work for an institution committed to delivering
on promises made during the recruitment process. Truth be told,
in most cases the Jewell experience far surpasses student
expectations. I hope you have an opportunity to share with a
prospective student all the reasons Jewell is important to you.
Please contact me (1-800-753-7009) if you know of a prospective
student who would like to hear more about how the Jewell
experience can be life changing. I hope you will celebrate as
Jewell sheds the dubious honor of being “one of the best kept
secrets”in the nation. Our secret is out,and I couldn’t be happier.
Chad Jolly ‘94
Dean of Enrollment
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