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Mundelein College, Chicago 26, Illinois, Oct. 17, 1962 Vol. XXXIII Launch Institutional Analysis; Announce Advisory Board Through an institutional analysis Mundelein will rank as the most exciting college in the United States according to Dr. Norbert J. Hruby, vice president of the Col lege. This self-awareness program, which will evaluate the College as a whole, will involve the combined effort of faculty committees, the students, their families and the alumnae. An outside advisory committee of education experts will make an objective study of the find ings and offer recommendations. FIVE EXPERTS IN THEIR FIELDS will begin a series of visits to the College the weekend of Dec. 1. In the meantime, correspond ence briefs the members on Mun delein's organization and activities. During the visits the committee will pool ideas in attempting to give depth criticism on an impartial basis. Dr. Bernice Brown Cronkhite YRs Welcome Sen. Dirksen Mundelein's Young Republicans will present Senator Everett Mc- Kinley Dirksen as a guest speaker at Coffey Hall, Oct. 24, at 4 p.m. Richard Ogilvie, candidate for Senator Dirksen Cook County Sheriff and Ray Page, candidate for State Superintendent for Public Instruction will accom pany the Senator. Senator Dirksen, born in Pekin, 111., was elected to the Senate in 1950. Nine years later he became the Republican party leader, the spokesman for his party in the Senate. He has been responsible for unifying the party's views and for mobilizing ideas into action. The minority leader of the U.S. Senate is now running for re election against Democrat Sidney Yates. Young Republican representa tives at the meeting include Marge Ostrander, president of Munde lein's YR and co-chairman of State Youth for Dirksen; Brian Whalen, Chicago Kent Law School, YR mid west chairman; Richard Lips, Northwestern, YR state chairman; and Robert F. doll, college clubs chairman of the regular Young Republicans. holds the titles of emeritus gradu ate dean and vice president of Rad- cliffe College. Father William J. Dunne, S.J. is the executive sec retary of the college and univer sity's division of the National Catholic Educational Association and former president of the Univer sity of San Francisco. H. Marston Morse is a professor of mathemat ics from the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J. DR. GEORGE SHUSTER, former president of Hunter College for Women and former editor of Commonweal, is presently the U.S. representative to UNESCO and educational adviser to the president of Notre Dame University. Rev erend Joseph Sittler is prominent not only as professor of theology at the University of Chicago's Di vinity School, but also as a leader in the Protestant Ecumenical move ment who distinguished himself at New Delhi's 1961 World Council of Churches. Dr. Kenneth Clark, current dean of the College of arts and Sciences at the University of Colorado, is consultant on research methodology for the project. In addition, seven faculty com mittees were appointed to probe the various aspects of Mundelein. The committee subjects, the chairmen and the co-chairmen respectively include: 1) organization of the col lege Dr. Hruby and Sister Mary Therese; 2) quality of instruction Sister Mary Marina and Mrs. Jeffrey Spencer; 3) curriculum Sister Mary Cecilia and Mrs. Bar bara Davis; 4) faculty recruitment and retention Mr. James Rich ards and Miss Marilyn McCluskey; 5) student affairs Sister Mary Eloise and Sister Mary Donatus; 6) library Sister Mary Ligouri and Mr. William Cozart; and 7) counseling and job placement Sister Mary Margaret Irene and Father William Clark. EACH GROUP WILL HAVE approximately ten members. Ev ery full-time faculty member serves on at least one committee from a preferred choice of three. Part- time faculty is invited to join. As much freedom and imagina tion as possible is left to each com mittee. The individual groups will Coffey Hall Sets Scene for Mixer As a pre-Halloween celebration, SAC will sponsor an all-school mixer from 8 to 12 p.m. this Friday in Coffey Hall. While refreshments are being served in Lewis Center, a combo will provide music in the formal lounge. Acting as co-chairmen, Beverly Osuch, junior, and Mary Eileen Scanlon, sophomore, planned the evening's activities. An admission fee of 1 will be collected at the door. determine meeting time, place and topics. Each committee involves two phases, one which studies its own problems and another which con centrates on general issues. Some suggested general issues are the stated objectives of Mundelein; the unity of the College intellectual community; the place, if any, in the curriculum for subjects such as Latin American cultures, theory and practice of Communism; mod ern Protestant theology; contem porary social thought; and the ap propriateness of the curriculum for educating American Catholic women for a pluralistic society. THE COMMITTEE MAY CALL on resource persons for special comment. For example, Sister Mary Ann Ida would be the re source contact on the organization of the college. The committee may also request special information from various students and others concerned with Mundelein. Dr. Hruby's office will perform all research for the committees. This includes ifpin ' such as anony mous questionnaires for students, faculty, alumnae and parents; opin ions of outside experts; and prepa ration of selected bibliographies. This efficiency plan will eliminate research time and will enable the committee to proceed with its dis cussion using facts and opinions which are immediately available. Sophs, Spooks Entertain Freshmen for Halloween The sophomore class plus a few spooks will sponsor a Halloween Get-acquainted party for the fresh men Oct. 30, at 1:10 in the gym. Entertainment will include the presentation of an original fantasy, Mable in Mundeland, written by Mary Carr, and music by the Lake- shore Four plus One. Refresh ments will be served. Pledge Drive Continues; Merger Closes Nov. 1 Eighty-five per cent of the student body pledged support of the Mundelein Merger, this year's pledge plan. The drive was initiated Sept. 20 wi Mi Tau Ittr at the first SAC assembly and offi- Pl gt; * ',f*' cia'.ly opened Oct. 1. llftwV'tSS According to Kathy McEnery, l lii i *i*S'M chairman, students can pay their pledges any day at the auditorium box office between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. In addition there will be three days set aside for a school- wide collection of pledge payments, Oct. 23, Oct. 30 and Nov. 16. On these dates booths will be set up across from the elevator to collect pledges. According to the latest reports 4,812.50 has been pledged. 89.3 per cent of the senior class have pledged, 100 per cent of the jun iors, 83.4 per cent of the sopho mores and 83.2 per cent of the freshman class. Any student who has not yet pledged is urged to do so as soon as possible, said Kathy. The aim of the drive is to have 100 per cent cooperation from the student body. Nov. 20 is the closing date for the Mundelein Merger. Recruits Writers Materials, ideas, services com prise the plea of Review editors and staff members for their De cember issue. Any students who are inter ested in writing poems, editori als, features or reviews may sub mit their ideas in Room 509. The services of proofreaders and typists would also be ap preciated. Swedish Film Opens Series The religiously symbolic Wild Strawberries is the first of six for eign films presented by the Modern Language Department to be shown at Mundelein's College Theater. The 90-minute Swedish film, di rected by Ingmar Bergman, is scheduled for Oct. 23 at 6:30 p.m. Wild Strawberries tells of the dreams and visions of a lonely and friendless professor who is on his way to Lund University to accept a citation. The psychology of the man's mind is probed and examined. Tickets for the entire Foreign Film Forum can be purchased from the language department for 2.50 for the series of six movies. Single admission is 50 cents. OFF WITH THE OLD and on with the new, say freshmen Judy Abbott, Maryann Diefenbach and Maureen Beck as they turn in their beanies to big sisters Kathy McEnery and Madeline Hammermeister before the in vestiture ceremony Oct.7. The program was followed by a reception in the tea room and a tour of Coffey Hall. PAY ONE, PAY ALL PAY NOW is the sentiment of Claire Smith as she submits her pledge money to Mary Kay Dimatteo. Concert-Lecture Presents Faculty In Music Recital Providing a melodic interlude in the academic schedule, faculty members of the music department will present a varied program at the student assembly Thursday, Oct. 18 at 1:10 p.m. Sister Mary Lamberta, B.V.M., Sister Mary Matthew, B.V.M., and Sister Mary Raphaeldis, B.V.M., will give selections from the works of composers from Handel to De bussy. Sister Mary Lamberta, B.V.M., will play the Epiphania Domini, an organ composition in five move ments, from L'Orgue Mystique by Tournemire. Songs which Sis ter Mary Matthew will include in her vocal recital are He was De spised from Messiah by Handel, Standchen by Brahms, Allersee- len by R. Strauss and Without a Song by Youmans. Concluding the program, Sister Mary Raphaeldis, B.V.M., pianist, will play Feus d'Artifice by De bussy, Scenes d'Enfants by Mom- pou, Toccata from Trois Pieces by Poulcnc and Der Jongleur Op. 31, No. 3 by Toch. Alumni Sponsor Skating Show Going to the head of the class with ticket sales, members of the Chicago B.V.M. Alumni Associa tions tonight sponsor a single per formance of the Ice Follies at the Chicago Stadium, 7:30 p.m. Don Murphy, public relations di rector for the Stadium arranged the benefit in cooperation with the Immaculata, St. Mary's, Cathedral High School and Mundelein College Alumnae Associations and the Chi cago Chapter of the B.V.M. Fed eration. Alumni ticket sellers aimed at filling the 15,000 stadium seats. The proceeds will benefit the in dividual Alumnae Associations as well as the B.V.M. Development Fund. The star of the Follies, Richard Dwyei'i is a B.V.M. alumnus. Skating became co-curricular with studies in the early 1940's when Mr. Dwyer first attended a B.V.M. grade school in Glendale, Calif.
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1962-10-17 (1)
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