Cultivating Leadership - Moravian College

GUESTSPEAKINGJohn F. Haught on DarwinPhoto by john kish IV“To the evolutionary naturalist, the desire to know—the intelligent mind—came into existencesolely as part of Darwin’s three-part recipe: lots of accidents plus natural selectionplus lots of time. That impersonal process gave rise to this emerald of evolution that I call‘critical intelligence’— that, according to the evolutionary naturalist, ultimately comes outof a completely mindless, unintelligent cosmos. To put it in other terms: Why are you at thismoment paying any attention to your own mind’s imperatives if you share the world viewof the evolutionary naturalist? I didn’t make this question up. You’ll find it in the writings ofCharles Darwin himself in a letter to his friend Joseph Hooker: ‘With me, the horrid doubtalways arises—whether the convictions of man’s mind, which has been developed upfrom the mind of the lower animals, are of any value, or are at all trustworthy?’ As far as Ican find, he never followed up on that very important question.”—John F. Haught, senior fellow for science and religion at Georgetown University, fromhis October lecture“Evolution and Faith: What Is the Problem?” at Moravian College. Theevent marked the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin’s On the Origin of Species.photo s by John kish ivSteinway EncoreGerald Simcoe, a Lehigh Valley musician and painter, hosted the 2009At-Home Steinway Series concert in his home in October. Playing hisWaterloo Village Steinway concert grand piano and Eric Herz-Hasse modelharpsichord, Simcoe accompanied opera singer Christina Lamberti (above).Former Steinway Series hosts Robert and Jo Pearce (right) attended.A crisp autumn afternoon and the lovely, hilltop home of a localartist-musician were the backdrop for the most recent At-HomeSteinway Series event. Host Gerald Simcoe treated alumni and otherfriends of the Moravian College Department of Music to a concertof Baroque music performed on his Steinway grand piano and EricHerz-Hasse model harpsichord. Soprano Christina Lamberti sang.Sponsored by the Moravian College Music Alliance, the At-Home Steinway Series raises funds to furnish the department withnew Steinway & Sons pianos, which are valued for their tone,action, and workmanship. Through the generosity of individuals,foundations, and the Moravian College Music Alliance, twelve newSteinway pianos now grace Moravian stages, practice rooms, andfaculty studios. The At-Home Steinway Series was inaugurated in2005 to help Moravian College become an all-Steinway facility. Theannual event showcases the heirloom pianos and concert instrumentsinside some of the Lehigh Valley’s finest homes.FALL 2009 MORAVIAN COLLEGE MAGAZINE 9