1992_05 The Daily Collegian May 1992

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chweitzer Circle remembers
Nobel Peace Prize winner's love for peace, humanitarianism discussed
Yu Ting Huang  ■
Managing editor
While violence was erupting in
Los Angeles and anger bubbling in  ,
CSUF during the noon rally to
protest the King verdict, up
in the serenity and isolation of USU
room 302, Albert Schweitzer's love,
for peace and life was being honored.
The slide-lecture, presented by-
Walter Ensslin, 76, professor emeri¬
tus of foreign language, and spon¬
sored by the Peace and Conflict
Studies Program and the Albert
Schweitzer Circle, brought to life the
philosophies and ideologies of the
"greatest humanitarian of mankind.''
"(Schweitzer) thought he may live
for 60 years," Ensslin said, himself a
philosopher and peace scientist. "So
he wanted to spend the first 30 years
of his life preaching and teaching,
and the next 30 years 'in direct
service of man.'"
Known as the Jungle Doctor,
Schweitzer was born 1875 in
Gunsbach, Elsass (German at that
time), and died 1965 in Africa, after
living a full life of 90 years.  Hehad
earned two doctorates, one in
theology and one in philosophy, and
almost another in music, by the age
of 30.
There Schweitzer, whom Ensslin
said 1 idd 11^ greatest amount of
compassion, saw the suffering of
African people due to the lack of
medical services. He decided to
leam tropical medicine so that he
could go to Africa and heal them. He
did just that, and in 1952 he won the
Nobel Peace Prize.
His lecture overflowing with anec¬
dotes and quotations, Ensslin
brought the audience through the
slides of Schweitzer's youth, his
work, the people he worshipped
(such as Mahatma Gandhi, Johann
Sebastian Bach and Leo Tolstoy), and
the philosophers he looked up to
(such as Emerson and Confucian).
.  "He was 1 ooking for the funda¬
mental principles of ethics that apply
to all areas of life," Ensslin said.
He said Schweitzer's enlighten¬
ment came when he was travelling in
the river one day to go treat a
missionary's wife.
It was "Reverence for Life,"
which Ensslin used to title his book
about Schweitzer, who had written
30 books (one in French about Bach
and 29 in German) and many other
articles.
The philosophy was universal and
encompassed not only all areas of life
but also all ethnicities and cultures in
the world, Ensslin said.
Because he believed life is sacred,
Schweitzer treated both people and
animals, and did not allow the
natives to harm insects of animals,
said Ensslin. He related an anecdote
about a white man who saw a spider
web and killed the spicier.
"Schweitzer said, 'Wait a minute.
It was here before you,'" Ensslin said.
"He suffered the same diseases as
the natives, in a way," Ensslin said.
"When they died of the diseases, he
became very depressed. It was
spiritual dealh for him." .     r
* Another element Ensslin tries to
advocate is the appreciation of
female leadership, which was
discussed a/the Albert Schweitzer.
% Circle meeting on Feb. 9.
He said that without the help of
women, Schweitzer could not have
carried out altogether his hospital
service in Africa. There were female
nurses, and donations in terms of
money and medicine from women in
othet countries.
Ensslin said he came to the United
States in 1915 and Fresno in 1959.
Although a history major, he taught
Russian and later German at CSUF.
"Once I was proud to be German;
now,, no longer," said Ensslin of his
history research. "Once I was proud
to be .white; now, no longer. Once I
was proud of the human species;
now, no longer. The Japanese make
cars; we make wars," he said.
However, there is still hope for
people like Schweitzer, he said.
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