and personal contributions are giving to
the Old North State? How many faculty
would renew their touch with the North
Carolinians who are their reason for being
there? And what would those faculty
bring back to the University?
This is a new twist on volunteers giving back to the community through a visiting scholars program. With the size of
the community college system in North
Carolina, it should be doable without a
great deal of personnel turbulence. Wonder if it might work both ways? Have an
outstanding community college professor
teach at UNC for a semester in a one-for-one swap on occasion. Shoot, once you
have it up and running, invite peer
schools to participate in UNC’s visiting
scholar program?
Charles M. Ferguson ’ 63
Alexandria,Va.
Holmes Noted for Bringing
‘The Medieval World Alive’
This Mellon grant for medieval and
early modern periods is a real coup for
UNC. I recall the days when U. T. Holmes
taught Romance languages/philology of
this period.
During several decades, he shared his
whole-hearted devotion to preparing
graduate students at UNC. In the ’60s,
though he was nearing retirement, his
classes were memorable adventures in
exploring European history and culture
and the evolution of Romance languages
and literatures. He brought the medieval
world alive; sent us off to visit the Cloisters of the Metropolitan Museum of Art;
to the Cluny Museum and remains of
antique Roman baths; to the Louvre; to
the Gallo-Romaine Museum in St. Germain; to Nimes and Arles in the south of
France; to Spain to the Alhambra in
Grenada; to Toledo; to Rome. What a rich
and profound contribution he made to
our education. As a professor of French, I
have often cited him as a primary influence in my education.
Dr. Holmes should be noted as a generous, kind scholar who helped lay the
foundation for the current and fine,
diverse study of the medieval and early
modern eras in the UNC curriculum.
Georgia Hooks Shurr ’ 67
(MA, ’ 71 PhD)
Greenville
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