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ME CRHPER Vol. XXXV Mundelein College, Chicago 26, 111., Sept. 30, 1964 College Plans New Resource Center Hf Facilities Include Tools For Classes, Research ARCHITECT'S DRAWING of proposed Mundelein College Resource Center. Plans for the Center are being studied by the administration, faculty, a library committee and the architect. The ten-story building to be constructed on the lake will provide facilities for research, classes and cultural center. Tentative plans include a teacher education center, research cen ter, gallery and exhibit area, lecture hall, planetarium, religious education library, reference room, reserve room and periodical and newspaper reading room. Working plans for a Mundelein College Learning Resource Center to fulfill needs revealed by the In stitutional Analysis and to provide flexible facilities to meet changes in educational methods and tech nology are being studied, Sister Mary Ann Ida, B.V.M., president, announced. Tentative plans are for a ten- story building on the lake which will include space for individual study carrels, seminar rooms, lec ture halls and audio-visual equip ment. Final plans will result from study and discussion by the archi tect, Bartolomeo and Hansen, the faculty, and a Library Planning Committee with an eye to changes in higher education. Current plans provide facilities for a Teacher Education or Cur riculum Center designed to improve teacher education and study cur riculum development. Plans include book collections for various grade levels, an Urban Studies collection and research area. Included also may be a research center equipped for study of the 20th century woman in the world with emphasis on her role in the professions and industry. The ground floor of the Resource Center will be a gallery and exhibit area. The cultural center would serve the local community and the city as well as the College. One lecture hall to accommodate several hundred will be equipped for guest lecturers, classes, films, meetings, panels or symposia. Sev- Encourage Academic Achievement Convocation To Cite Honor Students High academic achievement will be honored and encouraged next week at the traditional fall Honors Convocation Oct. 8 at 12:40 p.m. in the College Theater. Sister Mary Ann Ida, president, will present awards to students who have maintained a grade point av erage of 2.5 for the past year. She will also speak on the rationale be hind the Institutional Analysis. Sister Mary Ignatia, B.V.M., academic dean, will present the students who have earned awards. Scholarship winners also will be cited. A tea for honor students and their mothers will follow the con vocation in McCormick Lounge. Seniors to be honored are: Eva Acs, Sally Durkin, Barbara Ehr mann, Virginia Finnegan, Marga ret Flood, Ines Friedrichs, Mary Glynn, Mary Catherine Grill, Jo anne Gurdak, Dolores Halper, Donna Ibison, Judy Jones, Patricia Kaufman, Madeline Klaves, Rita Kroth, Roberta Laskowski, Laura Lewin. Others cited are: Florence Mor- risey, Kathleen O'Keefe, Mary Mi chael Parent, Mary Jo Paveza, Mary Poskozim, Trudy Saltenber- ger, Sister Dolores Ann, O.L.V.M., Sister Kathleen Mary, H.H.S., Sis ter Scholastica, S.S.C., Helen Skala, Carole Stege, Carole Suran, Mary Etta Talarico, Edwina Telutki and Barbara Tryba. Juniors, who have maintained a 2.5 average, include: Joanne Cata- lano, Susan Dorner, Lydia Geretti, Jacqueline Goosens, Marlene Hecko, Barbara Kaiser, Halina Konopacka, Barbara Maguire, Margaret Mary Malloy, Arlene Mootz, Barbara Mundt, Betty Muzik, Joan O'Con nor, Margaret Parent, Patricia Quinn, Christine Rydel, Sister Leo nora, S.S.P.S., Marcia Uebbing, Patricia Wadecki and Kathleen Walsh. Sophomore honor students are: Diane Benkovic, Kathleen Bradly, Elizabeth Braunlin, Ovita Cihlar, Jeanne Cinikas, Joan Deichstetter, Patricia Dillon, Joann Farrell,Fran- cine Fetyko, Patricia Finn, Bar bara Gembara, Bernadette Gerlach, Mary Griffin, Rita Grill, Kathleen Hager, Mary Kenning, Kathleen Landreth, Mary Lynch and Patricia Malcolm. Other sophomores cited are: Jo anne Marrow, Nancy McDonough, Laura Michelini, Mary Molony, Marjorie Pesaresi, Katherine Pet- tinger, Nancy Podraza, Rita Quinn, Jane Rutz, Kathy Smialek, Mari- lynne Tivener, Joanne Ugolini, Nancy Vandenberg, Mary Ellen Wenthe, Kathleen White and Ann Marie Zei. Philosophers To Study New Teaching Methods A weekend Philosophy Collo quium to investigate contemporary philosophy and teaching methods will be held on campus Oct. 2-4. The colloquium is sponsored by the College philosophy department under the direction of Sister Mary Jean Michael, B.V.M., chairman. Participants include: Reverend Thomas Munsen, S.J., of Loyola University who will engage in a dialogue with Dr. Richard Wessley of Barat; Dr. Gerald Kreyche of DePaul University who will discuss his Horizons in Philosophy, a mod ern approach to philosophy courses; Dr. Oesterle of Notre Dame Uni versity who will speak on the ag- giornamento in philosophy; Dr. John Bannon of Loyola; Dr. Ken neth Schmitz of Marquette Univer sity and others. The agenda also includes group assistance at Mass, discussion and a buzz session which will close the weekend. Members of the philoso phy department faculty of Rosary College and St. Francis, Joliet, will be guests. eral smaller lecture halls have also been proposed. To meet demands of the space age, a planetarium may be housed in a circular structure in the build ing. It will be designed for classes, lectures and films. Proximity to the gallery and a lake view will make upper floors of the Center ideal for teaching art. Plans include studio-offices, studio- classrooms and lecture room. A Religious Education Library and Resource Center has also been proposed. Functioning as an inde pendent unit, the Center will in clude an Ecumenical Room, Mission Room, Special Education Room and Parents' Collection. Stacks with groupings of collec tions from related disciplines will be interspersed with study carrels, small reading tables and easy chairs. Blueprints will also include a Reference Room, a Reserve and Rare Book Room, a periodical and newspaper reading room, micro- reading equipment and library staff offices. Frosfi Receive College Tassel The class of '68 will don caps and gowns for the first time Sun day, Oct. 11, at 2:30 p.m. In their academic attire the freshmen will receive black tassels, a sign of their reception into the college community, from Sister Mary Ann Ida, B.V.M., college president. Sister will be assisted by Sister Mary Georgita, B.V.M., assistant academic dean and freshman mod erator, and Christine Mocarski, president of the Student Activities Council. The traditional ceremony is part of Mundelein's annual Parent- Daughter Day. Following the investiture, Sister Mary Ann Ida, Sister Mary Igna tia, B.V.M., academic dean, Sister Mary Assisium, B.V.M., dean of students and Dr. Norbert J. Hruby, vice president of the College will present a panel on The College, Your Daughter and You. Big sisters will act as hostesses, escorting parents on tours of the college and the dormitories. The guests will also have an opportu nity to meet the faculty. Library Hours Library hours have been ex tended for the convenience of the student body. Hours Monday through Thursday are from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Weekend hours are Fri day from 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., Saturday from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. Holiday hours to be announced. Loyola University library cards will be available for 2.50 a semes ter at the Mundelein library.
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1964-09-30 (1)
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Student newspaper for Mundelein College
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