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IHE CM Vol. XXXIV Mundelein College, Chicago 26, 111., April 22, 1964 Questionnaire Results Show Student-Faculty Divergence Skyscraper Photo by Barbara Danielson PLANNING AN ECUMENICAL EMPHASIS and active participation by all classes for the coming: May Coronation are seniors: (standing) Cather ine Frenzel, Lois Graff, Sister Mary Rita Ann, B.V.M., (seated) Mary Ann Hoope, Nicolette Wenzel and Sister Mary Goretti, B.V.M. This year's crowning will integrate Mary's role in the Church. The results of the Institutional Analysis questionnaire completed during the past year will be scruti nized by the advisory board during their final visit May 7, 8 and 9 ac cording to Dr. Norbert Hruby, col lege vice president. While some responses to the stu dent questionnaire were revealed last fall (Skyscraper, Sept. 25) these results have now been re-ex amined in correlation with answers supplied by faculty and alumnae, providing an interesting commen tary on life at Mundelein. A number of questions found stu dents and faculty in open disagree ment. While almost three-fourths of the faculty thought that stu dents entered college because of so cial pressure, one-half of the stu dent population insisted that no Traditional Crowning To Correlate With Council Interpretation of Mary The traditional May coronation, May 5, will not only crown the Virgin queen but will also explore the role of the Mother of God in His Church. In doing so, the annual spring ceremony will reflect shades of Vatican IPs influence: one of the most controversial discussions in the Council centered on the incorporation of Mary into the schema on the Church (De Ecclesia.) The coronation will be held in the auditorium at 12:40. Sodality prefect Mary Anne Hoope will crown. The theme of the coronation, reconstructed to correlate with the Council's interpretation of Mary's role and to relate this role to the life of the college student, will pro vide an opportunity for active class participation. Representatives from each class will lead dialogues in which the multiple aspects of the Mother of God will be considered. Because the feast of Pente cost is two weeks after the coronation, the action of the Holy Spirit in the life of Mary and in the life of the Church in a manifestation of love, will be emphasized. The freshman class, in presenting Mary as the Ark of the New Cove nant, will stress Christ's union with His people. The life-giving role of the Church Students Elect Chris to SAC; Prefer Benefit In an election in which 55 per cent of the student body voted last week, Christine Mocarski was chosen SAC president for the com ing year. Of an eligible 986 stu dents, 540 voted. According to Sheila Prindi ville, SAC presi dent, more than 700 voted in last year's election. Jo Ann Mar- chio and Sue Charlevois were elected first and second vice presidents. Eileen Hurley will be the new secretary while Diane Sargol will be in charge of financial matters. Social activities will be directed by the new social chairman, Gloria Ciucci. Donna Ibison and Rosemary Go- lofit are the new senior and junior delegates. As a fund-raising project for next year, the students voted to sponsor a benefit rather than a pledge drive. Senior class nominations will take place tomorrow, junior nomi nations next Tuesday and sopho more nominations April 30. in her sacraments and of Mary in her motherhood will be emphasized by the sophomore class. The junior class will present the Church in her function of communi cating truth and will consider Mary, the Seat of Wisdom. Mary's unique role in the re demption will be the senior class' theme. The seniors will also participate in the tradi tional rose ceremony. Each senior will place a rose before the statue of Mary, a symbol of the end of their student apos- tolate and the beginning of their apostolate as Christians in the world. The purpose and meaning of the symbol of coronation will be dis cussed in theology classes before the ceremony. A tag day April 23 will help to pay for the coronation shrine. Excess proceeds will be used to sponsor students who will work at missions this summer. Christine Mocarski Juniors Fete Graduating Class At Luncheon in Downtown Hotel The junior-senior luncheon, at 1 p.m. this afternoon at the Sheraton- Blackstone Hotel, will give upper- classmen an opportunity to show off their new Easter outfits, ac cording to chairman Karen Nichols. Special invitations have been ex tended to Sister Mary Ann Ida, B.V.M., president, Sister Mary Ig natia, B.V.M., academic dean, Sis ter Mary Assisium, B.V.M., dean of students, class moderators Sis ter Eloise, B.V.M., and Sister Mary Marina, B.V.M., and the Reverend William Clark, College chaplain. Guests at the annual tribute to graduating seniors will be enter tained by Mary Ellen Scott, junior class president, Ann Crowley, SAC social chairman, and Chris Polnias zek. Eileen Teasdale heads the entertainment committee. outside pressure influenced this de cision. Another divergence of opinion appeared in the list of acknowl edged reasons for academic under- achievement. The majority of stu dents admitted they did not devote sufficient time to study and they possessed poor study methods. But faculty members blamed work out side school for the under-acbieve- ment problem. More than half of the faculty accused students of inade quate preparation, while no student conceded this point. Students in turn charged teachers with not pro viding enough challenge in the classroom, but no faculty member found this to be true. Analyze Grades More facts in the academic realm reveal that students ranked interest in a subject as their primary motive for studying. They placed grades in a secondary position. Religious faculty, on the other hand, felt grades were the most influential factor prompting students to study, and the lay faculty considered the desire to graduate most important. A comparison of freshman year at Mundelein with senior year in high school was also made. En couragingly for the College, about one-half of both the students and faculty considered the intellectual challenge greater at Mundelein than in high school. But a disturb ing 15 per cent of the students in dicated that they noticed no major difference between the two. And 5 per cent considered freshman year at Mundelein easier. In selecting the college which gives an education equal to that given by Mundelein, students, reli gious faculty and husbands of alumnae all chose Rosary College. Alumnae picked St. Xavier College and lay faculty checked St. Joseph College. In all groups, the first three choices were other Catholic institutions. Discuss Topics Revealing more personal infor mation about the Mundelein groups, the questionnaire pointed out the favored topics of conversa tion during leisure periods on cam pus. Students pictured themselves as most concerned with class work and put sociable conversation in second place. Religious faculty members listed professional topics first and sociable second, while lay faculty indicated sociable talk dominated their conversation, with classes taking second position. In appraising the results of the questionnaire, Dr. Hruby remarked that he thought the responses were honest because they were unpleas ant so often. He noted that this investigation has revealed life as it is, who the students and faculty are and what they think. Com mending Mundelein's attempt at self-analysis, he said that this is probably the most elaborate, pains taking study any college in America has made. N. Central Region Elects Ann to Office Ann Foxen was elected presi dent of the North Central region of the National Federation of Catholic College Students last Saturday. As director of regional activities, she plans to introduce the problems of shared time and the Catholic position on birth con trol at regional meetings and pre sent student conclusions to Ameri can cardinals, bishops and gov ernment officials. Ann will also represent the re gion in August at the NFCCS na tional congress which will discuss migrant workers, racial discrim ination, student tutoring and the honor system. NF is the voice of the Catholic college student, says the new re gional president, We have opin ions and we take action. Accepting her new position, Ann said, My job as president will be to do my intensified best to show my belief in NFCCS as the thinking, criticizing, acting faction of Catholic higher educa tion in the United States. Ann, a junior, has served as ex ecutive vice president of the North Central region since Octo ber, 1963. Prior to that she served as senior delegate to the region from Mundelein. Dates Change Magnificat Medal Convocation From April 16 to May 19 Pre-Registration From May 21 to May 14 Honors Convocation From May 19 to May 21 On the Inside Statement on campus morals... Sister Mary Ann Ida, B.V.M., president, presents cross-section of campus opinion (P. 2). Mundelein goes coed ... Male nutrition student joins home economists (P. 3). The pros and cons of cutting classes... Academic Affairs Committee analyzes alternatives (P. 3).
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1964-04-22 (1)
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