Marshall T. Meyer '52 on T.S.K. Scott-Craig

I Can Still Hear His Voice.

AT SCOTT-CRAIG, more than anyone else, made me eligible for the forthcoming opportunities-of my life. He came from Edinburgh. He was a Scottish gentleman it's T.S.K. Scott-Craig, Thomas Stuart Kirk pat rick Scott-Craig. I met him in my first year at Dartmouth in the fall of 1948.1 Was in his philosophy course and was thinking of majoring in philosophy (which I eventually did, due to his introduction). He was highly sensitive to the fact that I was questioning my Judaism. We talked about the fact that there was no Jewish study center on campus, and the next thing I knew Pat was helping me get one organized through the Dartmouth Christian Union. Through his efforts I was presented to Abraham Joshua Heschel, probably the greatest Jewish theologian of the twentieth century, who was appointed as my senior fellowship advisor. Pat and his wife, Mary, introduced me to Robert Frost one night when I was babysitting for them at their home. And Pat was instrumental in advising me to apply for a Reynolds Fellowship in 1955 and '56. It was the first time that a Reynolds Fellowship was awarded for study in the young state of Israel.

What made the biggest impact on me, however, were the care and concern and extraordinary ability Pat had to listen and to

help a student come into contact with his or her real issues. You see, he never pushed his decisions or his way of thinking on us. What he wanted and what he demanded was a critical mind that was willing to commit itself, and thus commit the person to different goals and have the guts to see them through.

I took from Pat a highly intellectualized but highly real approach in the authenticity of the search for God. The authenticity of the search for how to make a better society. Having those values instilled in me was absolutely more important to me than getting set off in the right career direction. I can still hear his voice saying, "Gentleman, it's more important to find what the real question is. The answers change but the questions change as well, and you must be aware of what question your soul is asking at different moments of your life." That's one of the great statements I've always held with me.

MARSHALL T.MEYER

A PROLIFIC WRITER and human rights activist, Rabbi Marshall T. Meyer founded theonly, Rabbi Marshall seminary in Latin America. In1984 he was elected to the Order of theLiberator San Martin, Argentina's highesthonor. Since 1985 he has been senior rabbi atCongregation B'nai Jeshurun, the second-oldest synagogue in New York.