Friday, April 1. low

The Grinnell REPORTER

 

“it's amazing how you come to value integ-
rity by living in the apparent absence of it'

} Meyer Interview
(Continued irom Page 1)

tions. The following interview with
Meyer was conducted in an effort to
lupplemeni the facts presented in the
news article concerning the theatre de-
velopment which is also being printed
(on page 3) in this edition,
REPORTER: what prompted your
resignation?

MYER: I don't see that I should go into
the long history of problems that have
surrounded the Grinneii theatre opera-
tion for a long time. The people who
know about them already do — or if
they don't, it's because they choose not
to. The precipitating event, which i
think is public information, was the de-
gision to hire another director rather
than a technical director,

Resonant Why did you decide to re-
sign from the faculty and the depart-
ment completely, rather than remain
on as technical director yourself?
MEYER: I don't think my refusal to re-
turn to a position 1 held ten years ago
is either stubborn or surprising. There
are few faculty members who would be
willing to do that, in any situation,

I know I could have taken advantage
of the well—earned tenure and waited for
the right thing to come along, but cau<
tlon began to cost too much. My pa—
tience, willingness to compromise, and
disposition had been spent. Any prolong-
ation of the situation would have been
drawing on the capital of selfarespect,
It would have been at the sacrifice of

integrity. It's amazing how you come to
value integrity by living in the apparent
absence of it.
REPORTER: HOW do you feel you could
best fulhll your career as an educator
in theatre?
MEYER! It all boils down to this: I am
an educational theatre director. I want
In deal with students and I want to di-
rect plays, ideally in a larger operation
that allows a little less of each so that
the quality of both won't suffer from
the simple arithmetic of time. I don’t
want to play politics, and 1 don’t want
to waste time playing personal press
agent in order to please the limited but
vocal group who do.
REPORTER: Where are you going?
MEYER: Away. Sometimes that’s B spa-
Ciiic direction.
REPORTER: What are your personal
reactions to leaving Grinnell?
MEYER: or course it’s not easy to
leave. I wouldn’t have been at Grinnell
Ior ten years if I hadn't cared for the
place, and no man uproots a family of
six lightly a or at least I don’t. I hate
to leave the college and, must of all, I
hate to leave these students, Contrary
to some of the uninformed opinion about
the neverrwell-deiined “theatre prob-
lem," our theatre is one of the best
bargains the school has ever bought.
With a slant about the size of a Sec-
ondrrate junior college, we've put on
productions that surpass many univer-
slties. We have a national reputation at
which most or Grinneli is quite un<
aware. Our present group of actors is

English theology professor

will present Gates Lectures

The Gates Lectures th l a
spring will be given by Dr.
Nlnian Smart, H. G. Wood Pm-
fessor of Theology at the Uni-
versity oi Birmingham, Eng-
land. Dr. Smart is the author or
Reasons and Faiths and A Dia-
logue of Religions. He is also
editor of “Historical Selections
in the Philosophy of Religion."
Dr. Smart will lecture on the
theme, “The Social Creativity
Theory of Free Will,” a discus<
clan of the relationship between
free will and unpredictability in
the arts and sciences.

The lectures will be as fol-
lows:
Sunday. April 9. 5:00 p.m.,

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Monday, April lo, moo p.m.,
Herrick Chapel, “Artistic and
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Tuesday, April 11, 11:00
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both talented and sincerely dedicated—
they are the nucleus of the genius reper-
tory group that would be the envy oi
many a prolesstoual theatre. There is a
rapport among them, a mutuality of
spirit, a blend or strong artistic temp<
eraments that is quite remarkable.
REPORTER: What do you expect to do
after leaving Griiineli?

MEYER: This summer I'll direct two
or the three shows at the repertory
theatre at Kalamazoo College, and be—
yond that, we'll see. But whatever it
turns out to be it will be a move hr tho
better.

} Faculty

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for off-campus research as the chief
reason for his move, His area of re«
search is American and Mesa-Ameri-
can archeology.

Charlton expressed general good feel-
ing about his year at Grinneil. “l have
nothing but the highest admiration for
Grinnell students," he said. He added,
"Although they are bright, they are no
dilierent irorn others in getting things
in on time."

Although Charlton sees a need for
more time all from teaching duties, he
said, “I don’t know that there’s very
much Grinnell can do about it."

Marlo Ruiz

Parting c o m p a n y with the Span-
ish department at the end or three years
is Spanish instructor Marlo E. Ruiz,
He will teach next year at the Univer-
sity at Akron, Ohio. Ruiz will teach
graduate courses in the‘Spanish depart-
ment, as Well as in the Humanities
division, Working with graduate level
students and having more tree time to
do his own work are two of the ad

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vantages Ruiz anticipates at Akron.
Alter earning his M.A. at Stanford, he
came directly to Grinnell for his first
fullrtime teaching experience, Ruin,
noting that his three-year s t a y saw
many changes in Grinnell's attitudes and
direction, said “I never worked much
on committees, and never really got
in the ‘underground'. I just worked with
my classes and the students. But I
really enjoyed teaching here."
Oliver Luther

Alter three years with Grinnell'l
Spanish department, Oliver P. Luther
departs at the end of this year to join
the Spanish department at Drury College
in Springfield, Ill. LuthEr, Who taught
at the University oi Arizona helm
coming to Grinnell, commented “We've
enjoyed our association with Grinnel!t
but that almost goes without saying,

Thomas Somervilla

Thomas Somerville, who has served
for the past year as an instructor in
speech and theatre and as technical
director of the theatre, will leave Grin-
nell at the end of the year to take the
position of technical director and do-
signer of the theatre department at
MacMurray College in Jackson, ill. Som-
ervilie came to Grinneli to till the gap
in the theatre department created by
Donahue’s current leave.

In addition to his work at MacMun-
ray, Somerviiie plans to work towarl
his decorate during the summer. This
summer he will study either at the Uni-
versity of lillnois or the University of
Denver.

Kenyon Knopf

After 18 years as a teacher-economist.
Kenyon A. Knopt will turn administrator
this July 1 when he goes to Whitman

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