“At this very moment, as we
sit here discussing continuing
education and how we can
better serve the people of this
community, there are people
who would like to go to college,
but won't even try because they
consider it an impossible
dream.”
These words were spoken by
Wilkes College president
Francis J. Michelini during ‘a
recent meeting in the con-
ference room of Weckesser
Hall.
The brief statement was
made during a discussion with
John Meyers, acting director of
the division of continuing
education and graduate studies,
and several other key ad-
ministrative figures who had
been summoned to talk over
ways of making the college
more available to people in this
Northeastern Pennsylvania
region.
The - faculty and ad-
ministration at Wilkes College
are taking a deeper look into the
problem of convincing people
who are beyond the normal
college ‘age that education can
be a life-long learning ex-
perience.
Continuing education,
meaning the presence of op-
portunities to enable an in-
dividual, regardless of age, to
pursue greater knowledge and
self-improvement, is not
something new to educators,
but in recent years institutions
of higher learning throughout
the country have renewed their
efforts to acquaint the people
with the benefits.
Mr. Meyers, who will begin
registering people from all
walks of life for the spring
semester undergraduate and
graduate courses on Jan. 16,
called the reluctance of many
people to Simply inquire the
biggest problem.
“There are so many adults,”
the evening school director
said; “who come into the office
and inquire about the problems
they feel they will face if they
enroll for college courses. They
are pleasantly surprised to hear
that many adults, who have
been out of school for varying
lengths of time, have signed up
for one or two courses and
eventually went on to gain the
degrees they thought they
would never: get.”
by Rev. Charles H. Gilbert
Which of the Christmas
packages shall we open first? It
is always an eager question. But
there are two on the table from
Africa, which means they were
gifts she got right there in
Africa and mailed home to us.
The larger package was
marked ‘‘damaged”. But there
was no breakage other than a
part of the wrappings. It was
shaped like a tray. The smaller
package was giving no signs of
what it might be. So we opened
both of them.
The larger one was marked
for me, and the smaller one for
Catherine. I never got over my
childhood liking for opening my
packages at Christmas time-or
any other time.
Catherine’s package turned
out to be an egg-shaped chunk of
malakite, that is, copper ore, a
natural product of that part of
Africa. It was smooth, dark
green, heavy. Catherine has a
string of beads of the same
material and they are heavy.
This egg will never hatch, but
makes a smooth object of art to
handle and rub with the fingers.
Mishap Involves
Back Mt. Woman
A Dallas woman was involved
in a Wilkes-Barre city auto
mishap, Dec. 30. Mary Elle
Bunney, 30, of Valley View
Park, RD 3 Dallas, collided with
a car driven by Chester C.
Obielski, 1502 Letchworth Road,
Camp Hill, at the intersection of
E. Northhampton and Taft
Streets.
The Bunney woman’s acci-
dent report claimed that she
was traveling west on North-
hampton, when she was forced
to go around cars parked on the
south side of the street. Her car
suddenly collided with the
Obielski auto, as it too traveled
on Northhampton Street, she
said.
The police, however, noted
that there were no cars parked
on the south berm of the road,
which is posted for no parking.
in the westbound lane.
Mr. Obielski told the investi-
gating officers that he saw the
woman's car coming at him in
his lane, that he swerved his
auto, but was struck.
The mishap occured at 2 a.m.
The package that looked like
a tray turned out to be two
woven grass mats as are used
on the table as place mats.
Between the two mats was a
piece of African wood carving
with immediate appeal to the
eye, and with understandable
emotional associations. The
cross, of ‘a heavy dark wood.
Evidently it is a close grained
wood, but whether the color is
natural wood as, perhaps,
mahogany, which is plentiful on
that continent...but Dorothy has
told us that some of the carvings
we have were stained with shoe
blacking! Maybe so.
glance to be black, but in reality
is dark brown. The dimensions
are symetrical, one half inch
thick, two and one quarter in-
ches wide, the cross arms are
each four inches long, the
upright is three inches high. The
whole cross is 17 and one
quarter inches tall.
Should I describe the carving
as crude, that is, no attempt to
fashion each detail exactly. But
‘each item accurately re-
presents an intentional design
with symbolism easily marked.
There is 10 body of Christ on
the cross, but the right and left
open hands at each end signify
the outstretched hands of the
Saviour. The hand at the ex-
treme top of the upright seems
the hand of God the Father, as if
reaching down to call attention
and to aid this Son of His who
did not insist in Gethsemane on
having his own will but said
“Thy will be done”.
“Just beneath that down
stretched hand is the body of a
dove with wings outstretched
and head extending downward
covering the whole central
area. This is like the dove that
represented the Holy Spirit's
presence at the baptism of
Jesus. He saw it as such.
Already, then, this is the
doctrine of the Holy Trinity-the
Father with hand, under whose
dominion the outstretched
hands of the Son on the cross-
arms are willingly conceding,
with the always hovering figure
of the dove, the Holy Spirit
constantly attended the life of
the Son of God.
The hands reaching up from
below must be multiplied in our
minds to include all the needy
souls of human life-reach,
reaching to grasp this mystery
of grace.
This crude but vocal wood
carving draws me in awe to
think it through. I avoid saying
“It is beautiful!” It is not a
sunset, nor a bridal gown, nor a
lovely lily. I do not say, ‘I love
this old cross’, but the deep
wonder and mystery comes
again and again phen I con-
template the ytruths I have
learned to know and experience
in one way and another through
over 80 years of life. For I am
sure I was aware of that kind of
love of God as my mother cared
for her baby boy during his
fragile years.
I hope, to develop some way of
letting my public see this
marvel of an African’s wood-
carving art.
The cross. . .
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