Dr. Schilcutt: great since 1958
Prof shares about his 50+ years at Lakeland
Jim Giese
Issue date: 10/29/09 Section: Features
But it isn't always the case. "I hear sometimes some of the black kids from Milwaukee and Chicago…come here with chips on their shoulders; they're looking for people to look at them cross-eyed; then they're going to feel offended, and they play the black card."
He agrees that some people may look too hard and too long, which can make someone uneasy, but adds, "I don't wear those kinds of feelings on my sleeve. I have enough ego that it's your tough luck; if you don't like my presence, suck it up."
Being able to witness President Barack Obama's election had Schilcutt very thrilled, and he stated that it helped to reinforce his philosophy that such monumental events can happen. "I am pleased to see that that has happened within my lifetime. He is very well qualified, speaks well, and he's got some very good ideas."
The election also allowed him to reminisce. "I hearken back to my parents and all my relatives, who were civil rights kind of people…all of them are gone now…I can't help but think how proud they would have been to have seen this come to pass, not in their lifetime, but in mine."
Schilcutt is playing the role of Reverend Sykes in Lakeland's performance of "To Kill a Mockingbird," a role he has played before with the Sheboygan Theater Company. When asked what message he felt Harper Lee was trying to convey in her story, he said, "I can't impute values or motive to her, but I think she told a damn good story and I think it's realistic in one sense that there are good people who do good things, even at that time in the South."
Regarding the character Atticus, he adds, "I think what's great about him is that he is teaching his children better ways in which to look at things and to deal with people."
When asked to discuss how students have, and have not, changed over the years, Schilcutt is quick to respond, "They [students] are not as respectful of elders, not just of teachers, but of elders as they once were - respectful in their speech and behavior."
He agrees that some people may look too hard and too long, which can make someone uneasy, but adds, "I don't wear those kinds of feelings on my sleeve. I have enough ego that it's your tough luck; if you don't like my presence, suck it up."
Being able to witness President Barack Obama's election had Schilcutt very thrilled, and he stated that it helped to reinforce his philosophy that such monumental events can happen. "I am pleased to see that that has happened within my lifetime. He is very well qualified, speaks well, and he's got some very good ideas."
The election also allowed him to reminisce. "I hearken back to my parents and all my relatives, who were civil rights kind of people…all of them are gone now…I can't help but think how proud they would have been to have seen this come to pass, not in their lifetime, but in mine."
Schilcutt is playing the role of Reverend Sykes in Lakeland's performance of "To Kill a Mockingbird," a role he has played before with the Sheboygan Theater Company. When asked what message he felt Harper Lee was trying to convey in her story, he said, "I can't impute values or motive to her, but I think she told a damn good story and I think it's realistic in one sense that there are good people who do good things, even at that time in the South."
Regarding the character Atticus, he adds, "I think what's great about him is that he is teaching his children better ways in which to look at things and to deal with people."
When asked to discuss how students have, and have not, changed over the years, Schilcutt is quick to respond, "They [students] are not as respectful of elders, not just of teachers, but of elders as they once were - respectful in their speech and behavior."
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Andrew Chiesa
posted 11/02/09 @ 9:31 AM CST
I graduated Lakeland back when ... and no I'm not going to put a year on that :-) It was refreshing to see Prof's profile on The Mirror, he's a person who has left his mark on many of us. (Continued…)
Rob Pockat
posted 11/12/09 @ 8:26 PM CST
This is a very solid, well-written story. The anecdotes you chose to include were perfect. As Dr. Schillcut has done something to be proud of, you too, Jim deserve to be proud of this beautiful piece. (Continued…)
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