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Tables of Contents for The Bell Tower and Beyond
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
xi
Acknowledgments
xiii
Preface
xv
Part 1 The Academic World
1
50
A Precious Inheritance Inaugural Address
3
6
The River of Time Address to Alumni Volunteers
9
4
A Holy Place The Dedication of the Charles E. Daniel Chapel
13
3
A New Approach to Liberal Learning
16
4
Graduation Agony
20
2
Welcome, President Barker!
22
2
Wisdom with a Smile
24
2
Bonner Legendary Administrator
26
3
Dean Extraordinaire
29
3
Exemplary Teacher
32
3
Overcoming the Odds
35
2
A Study in Hope and Resilience
37
2
The Timmons Family Legacy
39
3
Letting Go
42
2
War and Remembrance
44
3
On Becoming Paladins
47
2
An Ethic of Work and Learning
49
2
Part 2 Writing and Reading
51
24
The Fate of Books in a Digital Age Phi Beta Kappa Address
53
10
Pleasures of the Essay
63
2
A Passion for Poetry
65
3
Looking Backward into the New Millennium A Book Review
68
3
A Love of Sacred Music A Book Review
71
4
Part 3 Contemporary Culture
75
40
What Happened to the Simple Life?
77
9
Reflections on the Verge of Autumn
86
3
Leadership Is for Lovers
89
2
Going to the Dogs
91
2
Is Anybody Happy?
93
3
America's Car Culture
96
3
The Classics Stage a Comeback
99
3
Deliver Us from Evil
102
3
The Decline of Fatherhood
105
2
The White-Collar Sweatshop
107
3
Senior Citizens in Cyberspace
110
3
Haunting Realism The Art of Andrew Wyeth
113
2
Part 4 Greenville and Greenvillians
115
20
Greenville's Namesake
117
3
Fanfare for an Uncommon Man
120
2
Community Servant
122
2
Embracing the Homeless
124
3
Tackling the Illiteracy Problem
127
2
Distinguished Native Son
129
3
Behaviorist from Travelers Rest
132
3
Part 5 The South
135
20
The South and Its Heritage
137
3
The Palmetto State Past and Present
140
3
Interpreter of the New South
143
2
Flawed Leader
145
3
The Big Chill Cooling the South
148
3
The Weed That Ate Dixie
151
4
Part 6 America Past and Present
155
60
A Tangled Fabric
157
2
George Washington's Rules for Civility
159
3
Restoring Civility to Congress
162
3
Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement
165
3
Pragmatic President
168
3
The First Impeachment
171
5
Forgotten Artist
176
3
Gurus of Cornflakes
179
2
The Scopes Trial Revisited
181
3
We Stole Her Fair and Square
184
3
The Greatest Generation
187
3
The Mighty Eighth
190
3
Model of Independence
193
3
The Glorious Fourth
196
3
A French Apostle of Liberty
199
3
Martyr or Madman?
202
3
Invading Afghanistan
205
3
The Election of 1876
208
3
Christmas Musings
211
4
``Auld Lang Syne''
215