Informal Exchanges Between Faculty and Students

Harold Raymond: I found people like Bob Wunsch, John Evarts and Jalowetz very ready to talk informally with non-artists about their fields.

Claude Stoller: I remember sitting at length after a meal with Nate Rosen and others in an examination of the patterns that bubbles take in ice cubes and why. Also many more discussions ranging over a variety of subjects.

Robert Sunley: For example: Bob Wunsch taught drama; in his study he had long bookshelves filed with drama and fiction. His study was generally open for anyone to come in and browse when he was not there, and I recall his responding with animated discussion when I would note some book, read it, and then talk with him about it.

Marian Nacke Teeter: ... the easy exchanges with teachers and students....

Renate Benfey Wilkins: Evening events and everyone (faculty and students) eating together were also important parts of the community. Dancing after dinner was a regular occurrence and faculty and students intermingled without question.

Gisela Kronenberg Herwitz: Of equal importance was the opportunity for faculty and students to relate to each other and build friendships outside the classroom.

Lucian Marquis: The excitement of coming to breakfast and finding your teacher there and continuing a conversation that started the day before in the classroom.

Gisela Kronenberg Herwitz: Both configurations (the physical settings at Blue Ridge and at Lake Eden) made possible easy accessibility between students and faculty for a quick or lengthy informal exchange of ideas as well as getting to know one another as people rather than in the more formal roles as seekers and dispensers of knowledge.