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Vol. XXXVI Mundelein College, Chicago 26, 111., Oct. 6, 1965 Guidance Program Aids Adult Degree Completion Student Congress Launches Series As futuristic as Courrege's clothes and as sophisticated as the international Jet Set is Perspective '65: International Cooperation, a three-point series open to students and to the public under the direction of the Student Congress. The program, dedicated to the late Adlai Stevenson, paying tribute to 1965 as International Cooperation Year and commemorating the 20th anniversary of the United Na tions, opens in McCormick Confidence typifies those associ ated with the new Degree Comple tion Program for older women at Mundelein College. Beginning in October, 1965, women admitted un der this plan may continue then- education at their own rate of speed. To further facilitate degree completion, a credit card or depart ment store charge plate may serve to defer tuition payment for 11 weeks. Invites Adults Originally begun as a service for Mundelein alumnae who never re ceived their degrees, the Degree Completion Program is now open to all women over 26 years of age who seriously wish to continue their education and who have graduated from high school. Under the direction of Dr. Nor bert Hruby, vice president of Mun delein College and administrator of the Department of Continuing Education, the program is based on an intensive counseling service that tries to find out where an applicant is on the academic scale and where she would fit into the regular col lege curriculum. The applicant, said Dr. Hruby, must satisfy the counselor that she is sincere in her desire to con tinue for a degree and that she is able to readjust to the study-dis cussion routine. The counseling is engineered to help her fit in and to protect her from a possible failure in college. Seeks Motivation She must submit a transcript of any previous college work she may have had, fill out a questionnaire designed to reveal motivation, en ergy and initiative with questions such as What did you do last Tuesday? (from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.) to Describe some problem at issue in your church or community. After a two-hour reading and voca bulary test the applicant is advised as to her potentiality as a student. If it appears that she would not adapt to college, she is referred to other vocational guidance. If she is admitted and has been away from school for a long time or lacks the general education requirements, she will take one or more of three basic studies semi nars: humanities I, modern drama; humanities IV, the fine arts; and the natural sciences. However, if the student can as sume more specialized studies she will begin attendance in classes with other Mundelein students at once. Offers Credit Certainly the most outstanding feature of the Degree Completion Program is the life experience credit a woman may apply for after one year of study at Mun delein. If she feels that she has a certain experience or ability that matches the objectives of an aca demic course in the college cata logue, she may petition the depart ment for credit in that area of study. After her petition has been received by a department evaluator, she will be asked to show her com petence in some manner: through an interview, an oral or written examination, a paper or an ex hibition of her work. Dr. Hruby said, The burden of proof rests on the student herself. She must prove to the satisfaction of the de partmental evaluator that she has achieved through some experience of life the goals of the course. If she does prove her ability, she will be given full credit for the course without having to do any class work, and with no extra tuition. Establishes Fee For those women who petition for life experience credits there will be a 60 evaluation fee. This is the only fee that will be charged regardless of the amount of credit given. The applicants, Dr. Hruby com mented, have a vast range of back ground. The age range of these women is from 26 to 71; the median is around 37. The majority are housewives, averaging three chil dren apiece. About 120 of these women have started this fall, plus the 33 or so who have individually attempted to continue in college without any special guidance. That means that one in ten at Mundelein is a college woman, not a 'college girl'. Presents Opportunity The Degree Completion Program offers a tremendous opportunity for the housewife, he continued. Classes are scheduled for the hours when her children are in school. Mundelein is now the only col lege in the area to offer the unique three-fold Degree Completion Pro gram that stems from those of Brooklyn College, Sarah Lawrence College and the University of Chi cago adult education program. Brooklyn College's plan was the first, designed in 1946 for G.I.'s and broadened in 1953 to assist dis placed persons who had lost proof of their education. opens in Lounge, Oct. 20 at 7:30 p.m. Television personality Carter Davidson will speak on Un derstanding Other Races. Davidson Speaks Mr. Davidson, former AP corre spondent, foreign relations expert and editorial director for WBBM- TV, will offer a view of inter national cooperation and under standing on the political and so cial levels. Focusing on international rela tions and competition in the scien tific field will be Dr. Leonard Reif- fel, group vice-president of the Illi nois Institute of Technology Re search Institute and director of the Astro Science Center at IIT. Dr. Reiffel, who has served as a scien tific consultant for NATO, will discuss International Cooperation and Competition in Science, Oct. 21 at 3:30 p.m. in McCormick Lounge. In addition to the lecture, Dr. Reiffel will visit Mundelein's science classes for informal dis cussions. Musicians Perform Culture with a cosmopolitan fla vor will be featured at the conclu sion of the Perspective '65 series, Press Association Honors Paper; Former Editors Receive Awards The Skyscraper has been named a newspaper of distinction for the second consecutive year by the Catholic School Press Association and two Skyscraper staff members have received first-place awards in the CSPA college writing contest. The Skyscraper earned top rat ing in each of the seven categories designated by the CSPA officials. It scored 935 out of a possible 1,000 points, thus earning the top na tional award given by the Catholic School Press Association. The paper was cited for diffu sion of Catholic thought and pro motion of Catholic activity in its role as a leader of Catholic Action; enterprise and service to school and community; initiative in forming student opinion; sound news, edi torial and feature content; pleas ant lay-out and design; uniformity and consistency in style; variety and accuracy in headlines; and proper application of art work to news and features. Two members of the 1964-65 Sky scraper staff also placed first in the annual CSPA writing contest. Mary Etta Talarico '65, 1964-65 Skyscraper Rae Paul Mary Etta Talarico editor, who last year won first place for her report on the second phase of the Institutional Analysis, re peated her performance this year in the news division for coverage of theologian Paul Tillich's visit to Mundelein last Nov. 12. Mary Etta, who graduated summa cum laude last June, is studying on a grant for a master's degree in journalism at Columbia University. Rae Paul '65, last year's asso ciate editor, won first place in feature writing for Psychologist Champions Clemency, (Sky scraper, March 10). Rae is pres ently the editor of the Illinois Dental Journal. Pictures of Mary Etta and Rae will appear in the fall issue of the Catholic School Editor, published in Milwaukee by the CSPA. when the Mundelein Chamber Sing ers, under the direction of Mrs. Carol Hyman, will offer music ranging from traditional folk songs to the contemporary European com position of Bartok and Dohnanyi. The program Oct. 27 at 8 p.m. in McCormick Lounge will also fea ture piano and vocal soloists. Recognizing that international cooperation is now and will be in the future a necessity for survival, enrichment and advancement, Mun delein's tribute to the international movement, headed by Student Con gress Vice-President Anndrea Za- horak, and Sister Mary Eloise, B.V.M., economics department chairman, aims at offering a world- encompassing entrance into the 1965-66 academic year. Music Chairman Solos in Concert The chairman of the College music department, Sister Mary Christiane, B.V.M., will return to the College Oct. 22 at 8:15 p.m. with the Chicago Sinfonia in a concert leading to her doctorate in performance and literature. Sister, currently studying at Indiana University, is the first sis ter candidate for this degree at Indiana. Accompanying the soloist at her Friday night performance in the College Theater will be the Chicago Sinfonia Chamber Orchestra, con ducted by Russell Harvey. The program will include Over ture Lucile by Gretry, Bach's Sinfonia, Mozart's Andante for Flute and Orchestra and Sym phony in D Minor by Haydn. Also included will be Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor and Roumanian Folk Dances by Bartok. Sister's musical education began at St. Mary's High School and pro gressed through her B.M.E. at Mundelein and an M.M. at the Chi cago Musical College. While work ing for her degrees the musical professor has studied under Joseph Battista, Bela B. Nagy, Vlado Per- lemuter and is now with Gyorgy Sebok. Class of '69 Contributes Varied Exp Increased Numbers Swell Resident Mundelein rolled out the wel come mat for 270 freshmen Mon day. They come from 19 states and six foreign countries, Germany, Cuba, Africa, Hong Kong, Peru and Mexico. The newcomers have helped to set a record in the number of resi dent students. Of the 475 resi dents, 162 are freshmen. Sixty- five freshmen are five-day resi dents and 97 are seven-day resi dents. Eighty-six per cent of the fresh men are from the upper two-fifths of their classes. Three have fine arts scholarships while 64 students have earned liberal arts scholar ships. This includes two National Merit scholars, Mary Woods and Susan Hopp. One scholarship win ner, Nancy Hawkins, comes from the Berlin American High School. While alumnae have sent 18 of their daughters to Mundelein this year, 42 other freshmen are related to alumnae. A majority of 227 freshmen are graduates of Catholic schools while 43 come from public schools. The Immaculata sends the most (14) students from the Chicago area; the largest number of graduates from a suburban school (9) are from Regina Dominican in Wil- mette. Sixty suburban schools are represented in the freshman class. Confusion may be the watchword at the Northland as two freshmen named Maureen Devine are resid ing there. One of the girls is from Danville, 111.; the other is from Grand Rapids, Mich. There are also two Kathleen Williams at Mundelein. Twins Coralee and Coraliss Jekielek also swell the underclassman ranks. The freshmen bring with them an impressive record in the field of social commitment. They have been involved in CALM, CCD, YCS, CYO, CISCA, GAA, tutor ing, Red Cross, drama, glee club, speech and debate. Other accomplishments include the winning of the Chicago Trib une's Voice of Youth Award by enences; Community Patricia Leahy. Dianne Nisha- mura has played with the Chi cago Symphony Orchestra and Su zanne Keating from Kansas has completed advanced courses in Chinese at Washington University. The class was officially intro duced to the campus during Orien tation Week, Sept. 29 to Oct. 1. A tour and lunch with Big Sisters was the first item on the agenda. Freshmen were then formally greeted by Sister Mary Ann Ida, B.V.M., president. Sister Mary Ig natia, B.V.M., academic dean, ad dressed the assembly on Life Un der the Term System. After wards, freshmen attended a fac- (Continued on Page 4)
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