The Second Annual Evangeline Bollinger Memorial Lecture

presented

Dr. Thomas Werge Professor of English at Notre Dame University

"The `Mystic Chords of Memory': Lincoln and Twain on Slavery's Sin and the Hope for National Redemption"

November 10, 1999

Dr. Werge is also co-editor of the critical journal Religion and Literature. He has written on the American Puritans and on the influence of religious traditions and ideas on Melville, Twain, Doestoevsky, and other writers. A scholar who takes his teaching seriously, Dr. Werge has been awarded Notre Dame's highest teaching award in the past and is currently involved in a University program called the Alliance for Catholic Education.   Dr. Werge's thought provoking lecture was well received by an enthusiastic audience of graduate students, alums, faculty and friends. The entire evening was hailed as a success as evidenced by the smiling faces at the reception that followed.

Nelson Hathcock and Dr. Thomas Werge

Laima Rastenis and Maureen Bigane, graduates of the English Master's Program, are now faculty in the English Undergraduate Program.

Maureen Geiger, left and Rachel Serbins Fitzgerald, right, take a break from a lively discussion with Norman Boyer to smile for the camera

Michael Bohannan and Judith Hiltner

Claudette Dwyer, Sr. Ireneaus Chekouras, and Sr. Marion Buckley are joined by Sr. Helen Weinfurter, retired English faculty member.

Michael Bohannan and Kathleen Fay, current graduate students, enjoy a quiet moment prior to the lecture

Olga Vilella and Lawrence Frank, Dean of Arts and Sciences

Sr. Irenaeus Chekouras, President Emeritus of SXU and Carol Poston