"Many students think of leadership as either giving orders or getting stuck with all the work," said Houghton Kane, dean of student life, who coordinates the program. A leader, however, "thrives on finding the potential in people and situations, and motivating others to achieve that potential," he said.
An $11,150 grant from the United Church Board for Homeland Ministries and the Council for Higher Education of the United Church of Christ is providing seed money for training and service aspects of the program.
Finalists, selected from among all college applicants, were asked to return for special interviews, on which the final selection was based.
The first orientation was to end yesterday, just before other freshmen were to begin arriving on the campus. Students used J.R.R. Tolkien's novel The Hobbit to analyze a variety of leadership styles and problems. The training was to end with an overnight hike to test concepts of leadership.
The Ursinus training, Kane said, is "intensely reflective and highly interactive."
Although all Ursinus freshmen are required to take one of several liberal studies seminars, the Leadership Scholars will take a seminar designed just for them. By the end of the year, each student is expected to have proposed a service project to be carried out during sophomore year. Students will be responsible for recruiting volunteers, raising money and providing direction.
HALL OF FAMERS
An artist who won awards for restoration of the White House is among the Hatboro-Horsham alumni who will be honored in the Alumni Hall of Fame on Oct. 22.
M. Earle Felber will get the community service award. His scale model for the construction of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge is in the Smithsonian Institute, and he has been honored for his work on the White House and the State Department building in Washington.
