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May 19, 1965 THE SKYSCRAPER Page Five Discussion Compulsory Retreats A discussion of required retreats, May 11, called by Sister Mary Assisium, B.V.M., Dean of Students, attended by interested faculty and students, covered such topics as the value of a retreat, its purposes and the possibilities for a new format. Dissatisfaction with the program as it now stands was prevalent among the 17 participants in the informal Phoenix Room discussion. Though most agreed on the necessity of a retreat or its substitute, the general feeling was that the present method is ineffective. Those favoring some kind of re- Faculty Summer Holidays To Include Travel, Study quired sessions explained that while many do not want to attend the retreat, once there, they ex perience necessary spiritual as sistance. It was suggested that some type of spiritual exercise be required of freshmen and pos sibly sophomores, and that it be available, though optional to upperclassmen. If this ini tial encounter is outstanding, later ones will sell themselves. In this way, explained Sister Mary Jean Michael, B.V.M., stu dents will at least realize what they're accepting or rejecting. Students voiced their opinions that small retreat groups would fa cilitate discussion. They pro posed that such groups meet on weekends and that Easter week retreats be scheduled for those students unable to attend a week end retreat. Cecilia Wolski expressed dis approval of required retreats arguing that in such a situa tion people are only present in body, not in spirit. Presenting the opposite side of the argument were Sister Mary Anne David, B.V.M., and Sister Mary Marina, B.V.M., who ex plained that if not compelled to at tend a function, most students will not. They cited the poor attend- Nelson Algren on Simone de Beauvoir Harper's Salvation on the B ampus .I.Wiim'Gray Pritviuon and th. World of Politics b Rot gt;crtE.KuitDR Jhi.-ap-iOlfordotith. Ruoliby Andirw Sch.lltr AU*T*mY*w orAmeriobrMjalaksKonlu knUntj. ptcud Diridod fee d Soulh by Philip USu CHICAGO'S OXFORD ON THE ROCKS: A new break for city youngsters Navy Pier the makeshift college 'afloat' in Lake Michigan was both an adventure and a night mare. Now, after a decade of battle with politicians and legislators, a great urban university has Anally opened its doors. Andrew Schiller reveals the dramatic story of the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle in the big May issue of Harper's magazine AT YOUR NEWSSTAND NOW ance at the Performing Artists Series. Participants in the discussion also proposed substitutes for the present system. Loyola has experimented with a program whereby 50 students spend a weekend in Aurora. The approach used here is audio-visual. Upon their arrival, retreatants are shown slides picturing various problems facing today's society. Lay and clerical experts of varied religious backgrounds then lecture and lead discussions on the sub jects presented. Miss Susan Graefe explained the weekend seminars in which she is active. The originators of this program purchased a home in the center of the Ne gro ghetto. It is here that weekend participants live while studying means of making Christianity a part of man's everyday living. Students and faculty alike seemed to feel that no one accepts the responsibility of making re treats a worthwhile experience. Sister Mary Jean Michael em phasizes the need to have a core of people on this campus who will sensitize students to their respon sibility. The faculty and students plan to continue work on the project of improving the present system of retreats and providing more bene ficial means of fulfilling the spir itual needs of the student body. For many faculty members summer vacation will mean study, re search, travel and perhaps more teaching. Studies will range from art to aerospace physics; teaching will include sociology and history; travel will take faculty members as far as Paris and Canada. At this writing the following plans have been announced: Sister Blanche Marie, B.V.M., chairman of the art department, has earned two fellowships from the Giorgio Cini Foundation's Center of Culture and Civilization. Her activities will include a European tour and study in Venice from May 19 to Oct. 2. The chairman of the biology department, Sister Mary Cecilia, B.V.M., will teach a course in evolution at St. Mary's College, Winona, Minn. The course will extend from June 28 to Aug. 6. Mr. Jack Denning, biology de partment, will do research in the field of radiation biology at Ar gonne, June 14 to Aug. 7. He has received a National Science Foun dation fellowship. Sister Mary Marina, B.V.M., chemistry department chairman, will attend a conference on stereo chemistry at Notre Dame in June. She has also received a grant from the National Institute of Health to attend a conference of the American Chemical Society in At lantic City, N.J., early in Septem ber. Completes Ph.D. Mr. Jack Goldman, chemistry department, will complete research for a Ph.D. in chemistry from Loy ola University. Sister Mary lima, B.V.M., Eng lish department, will finish the first draft of A Portraiture of Thomas Holme, an historical biography of the first surveyor general of Penn sylvania. Sister has a grant from the American Association of Uni versity Women for the book. Mrs. John Ewers of the English department plans to complete a dissertation on E. A. Robinson's Arthurian Legends. France will be the focal point of the summer for Sister Mary Elsa, B.V.M., French department, Sister leaves today with 12 stu dents on the first Mundelein-spon- sored European trip. The chairman of the history de partment, Sister Mary Crescentia, B.V.M., will teach at the Catholic University, Washington, D.C., from June 30 to Aug. 5. Her courses are Latin American Re publics and The Church in Latin America. Merits Fulbright A Fulbright scholarship has been awarded to Sister Mary Joan Frances, B.V.M., history depart ment, for summer study in modern French history at the University of Paris. Sister Mary Pierre, B.V.M., chairman of the home economics department, will attend the 17th Annual Educational Institute at St. Louis University, June 14-18, as a home economics curriculum consultant. Sister will also attend the Na tional Catholic Conference on Home Economics in Atlantic City, June 18-20. She is a member of the Executive Board. Sister will re main in Atlantic City, June 22-25, for the American Home Economics Association Convention. Miss Marie Hank, mathematics department, has received a grant European Documentary Features American Religious, Mundelein Mundelein and its role in the Catholic Church in America was the object of a visit made by Fa ther Herbert A. Guenther, S.J., and J. Wensch, L. Lichtenstern, and K. Litta, three German tech nicians from Radio Free Tele vision, West Germany. Father is the director of the Catholic Infor mation center in Berlin and liaison between the Church and communi cations. The visitors filmed the work ings of Mundelein's closed-cir cuit television and took sev eral exterior shots of the cam pus for their documentary film on the work of the Ameri can religious. Sister Mary Cecilia, B.V.M., bi ology chairman, lectured on a plant deficiency project through the tele vision system run by drama ma jors Virginia Bishop, Mary Duda, Chris Polniaszek and Judy Zajac. The presentation provided a model class for the technicians to photograph. This progressive method of education pursued at the college is to be epitomized in the film. From New York City, the tour arrived in Chicago May 10 and filmed for three days at Loyola Lewis Towers where seminarians study and mix with the secular stu dents. During the same time, work of the Quigley seminarians at Da- mien House was photographed as was CALM tutoring projects at St. Aloysius and St. Agatha parishes. On May 9, the men interviewed the Patrick J. Crowley family in Wilmette on the Christian Family Movement in Chicago and also at tended a meeting of the organiza tion in Morton Grove. Financed by the German government, the purpose of the tour is to present the real living spirit of the American Catholic Church. The image of a religious completely re moved from the world is what the documentary hopes to erase. The group was guided through the city by Mr. Thomas V. Deat- ing, director of the Catholic In ternational Student service. The organization was founded by the late Cardinal Meyer two years ago. A closed circuit television broadcast of Sister Mary Cecilia, B.V.M, biology chairman, and Alanna Morrison presenting the results of a plant experiment are photographed by a representative of Radio Free Europe Television. The films taken at Mundelein are a part of a half hour docu mentary on the Catholic Church in America to be broadcast in Germany. to Rutgers from the National Sci ence Foundation. However, she plans to attend either the Univer sity of Illinois at Urbana or the University of Wisconsin. She will study typology and modern alge bra. Pursue Music Study Sister Mary Christiane, B.V.M., music department chairman, is con tinuing her doctoral study at the University of Indiana. Sister Mary Eliza, B.V.M., music department, will study musicology at the University of Minnesota, June 14 to July 16, while Mrs. Al bert Manchester, also of the music department, will receive private opera coaching from Mr. Ralph Errolle, formerly a lead tenor with the Metropolitan Opera. A study of Bondel's philosophy of religion in L'Action will be the pursuit of Sister Mary Jean Mi chael, B.V.M. The chairman of the philosophy department will at tend Fordham University. Miss Audrey Sullivan, physical education instructor, is completing a course in Intellectual History: 1863-Present, at Chicago Teach ers College. She also will be gradu ated with a M.E.D. in guidance and counseling, June 9, from DePaul University. Aerospace and Space Physics will be the topic of conversation at Colorado State University. Sister Mary Therese, B.V.M., physics de partment chairman, will attend the conference, Aug. 9-28, on a NSF grant. Sister has also received a grant from a conference on me chanics at Dartmouth University. Sister Mary Liguori, B.V.M., chairman of the sociology depart ment, will be a guest lecturer at the Catholic University of America, at Washington, D.C., from June 23 to Aug. 7. She will teach one course in introductory sociology and one graduate course in family relationships. Sister also will at tend an American Catholic Socio logical Convention at the Edge- water Beach, Aug. 29 to 31. Reverend Juan Porras-Landeo of the Spanish department will study sociology during June and July at the Catholic University in Mont real, Canada. He is preparing for a future assignment in Peru. Attends U of C. Miss Nora Thielen, Portuguese instructor, will do research on English literature at the Univer sity of Chicago. She plans to re turn to Brazil in the fall. Sister Mary Thomas Daniel, B.V.M., theology department, will attend Marquette University to continue her studies in theology. Sister Mary Carita, B.V.M., clas sics department, will do research at the University of Chicago on her doctoral dissertation for a degree to be granted by Loyola University. Sister Merits Teaching Grant Sister Laurene Mary, B.V.M., chemistry department, has been awarded a graduate teaching as sistantship in chemistry from Iowa State University at Ames. Sister will not only be the first religious ever to teach at Iowa State, but also the first religious on campus to reside in the gradu ate student dorm.
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1965-05-19 (5)
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