Professor
      Focus
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      S.
      Clow
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dr.
      D.F.
      Buck
      presently
      teaches
      the
      subject
      of
     
     
      Classics
      here
      at
      UPEI.
      He
      is
      also
      the
      chairman
      of
     
     
      the
      Classics
      Department.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Professor
      Buck
      got
      his
      B.A.
      from
      Queen’s
      University
     
     
      in
      Kingston,
      Ontario.
      He
      did
      his
      doctoral
      work
      at
     
     
      Oxland
      University
      in
      London,
      England.
     
     
      Interestingly
      enough,
      Dr.
      Buck
      has
      his
      Masters
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Degree
      in
      Public
      Administration
      which
      he
      also
      got
     
    
   
   
    
     
      at
      Queen’s
      University.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      When
      I
      asked
      Dr.
      Buck
      what
      had
      inspired
      his
     
     
      profound
      interest
      in
      Classical
      Mythology,
      he
      told
     
     
      me
      that
      he
      had
      taken
      interest
      in
      latin
      when
      he
      was
     
     
      in
      high
      school
      and
      in
      his
      first
      year
      of
     
     
      undergraduate
      work
      at
      University,
      he
      took
      Latin
     
     
      and
      Greek
      Mythology.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Fortunately
      Professor
      Buck
      lived
      within
      walking
     
    
   
   
    
     
      distance
      of
      Queen’s
      University,
      and
      was
      not
      exposed
      .
     
    
   
   
    
     
      to
      those
      vivid
      parties
      which
      one
      is
      subjected
      to
      in
     
     
      _
      dorm
      life.
      Dr.
      Buck
      was
      very
      much
      involved
      in
     
     
      -
      extra-curricular
      activities.
      He
      was
      an
      active
     
     
      member
      in
      his
      department,
      and
      they
      would
      put
      on
     
     
      a
      Greek
      play
      in
      the
      winter
      term
      of
      the
      year.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dr.
      Buck
      had
      some
      small
      scholarships
      toward
     
     
      university
      and
      also
      worked
      as
      a
      student
      assisstant
     
     
      in
      a
      health
      science
      library.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Before
      coming
      to
      teach
      at
      UPEI,
      Professor
      Buck
     
     
      taught
      at
      many
      universities
      including:
      Western
     
     
      University
      in
      London,
      Ontario;
      at
      the
      University
      of
     
     
      Saskatchewan
      in
      Saskatoon;
      at
      Anendale
      College
      in
     
     
      Toronto,
      Ontario;
      at
      Champlain
      Regional
      College
      in
     
     
      Lennoxville,
      Quebec;
      at
      Bishop’s
      University
      in
     
     
      Quebec;
      and
      at
      Mount
      Allison
      University
      in
     
     
      Sackville,
      New
      Brunswick.
      He
      has
      certarnly
      had
     
     
      the
      university
      experience!
     
    
   
   
    
     
      From
      all
      the
      experience
      that
      Professor
      Buck
      has
     
    
   
   
    
     
      acquired
      with
      going
      to
      universities
      and
      his
      many
     
     
      years
      of
      teaching,
      I
      found
      it
      safe
      to
      ask
      whether
      he
     
    
   
   
    
     
      found
      that
      many
      students
      change
      their
      majors.
      His
     
     
      reply
      was
      that
      he
      found
      that
      many
      ‘students
      are
     
     
      advised
      to
      go
      into
      Sciences,
      but
      many
      find
      that
     
     
      Sciences
      in
      University
      are
      very
      different
      from
      those
     
     
      in
      high
      school,
      and
      that
      they
      decide
      to
      go
      into
      the
     
     
      Arts.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      To
      sum
      up,
      I’d
      like
      to
      include
      that
      Professor
      Buck’s
     
     
      course
      in
      Classical
      Mythology
      gives
      you
      a
      basic
     
     
      knowledge
      of
      some
      of
      the
      major
      literary
      influences.
     
     
      He
      introduces
      students
      to
      the
      life,
      thought,
      and
     
     
      literature
      of
      the
      ancient
      world.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Editors
      Note:
      The
      purpose
      of
      Professor
      Focus
      is
      to
     
     
      allow
      UPEI
      students
      to
      get
      to
      know
      their
      professors
     
     
      a
      little
      better.
      The
      professors
      and
      faculties
      in
      these
     
     
      articles
      are
      chosen
      on
      a
      purely
      random
      basis;
      hence
     
     
      by
      featuring
      a
      particular
      professor,
      this
      publication
     
     
      does
      not
      imply
      that
      one
      professor
      or
      faculty
      is
      better
     
     
      than
      another.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      October
      4,
      1990
     
    
   
   
    
     
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