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This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks @ SeattleU. It has been accepted for inclusion in The peS ctator by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks @ SeattleU. Spectator Editor Selected SEATTLE UNIVERSITY for 1969-70 XXXVII Seattle, Washington, Wednesday, May 14, 1969 No. 50 Noted Jesuit Questions Future of Jesuit Education By PATTY HOLLINGER sity and NotreDame have done. non- Catholic institutions,includ- Questioning whether Jesuit ed- "ITHAS alwaysbothered me, ing exchanging facilities, as ly- ucation in its present form is as a priest-teacher, that Ihave ingamong the future pattern to- worth saving was the Rev. Neil more to say about the education ward relevance. G.McCluskey, S.J., the principle of a youngster than the parents. Fr. McCluskey felt that "once speaker at the Alumni Associa- It seems we have inverted the we do determine that operations tion's Award Banquet Saturday. portion of the responsibility." like S.U. are important and do Fr. McCluskey, 49, is a noted Fr. McCluskey, a graduate of say something to contemporary expert on education in the ODea HighSchool, saw co-oper- society, then we are going to United States. He is presently ation between both Catholic and rally the support for them." professor of education at the Universityof Notre Dame, which has been aleader inprogressive Catholic educational reform. Pre-Reqistration SPEAKING ON the relevance Poll of Catholic education in Amer- ica, Fr. McCluskey said "the kind of thing S.U. stands for is Finds Student Support worth going on with ... only if it has someth'ng to say to By KATHY MCCARTHY before registration day for 12%. contemporary society" The majority of the S.U. jun- A significantnumber— of students The tall white-haired Jesuit iors, seniors and graduate stu- were employed 22% full time likened the financial problems dents eligible for advance regis- (night— students) and 38% part facing Catholic institutions to a tration and tuition payment find time which may also have blister, whch represents the im- the arrangement valuable and been a factor in securingmoney mediate but not greatest prob- would like to see it continued. for early registration. lem to a man dyingof cancer. This is the major finding of One suggestionadvanced here "The chief reason for the am- a questionnairesent out in late was monthly, instead of quart- biguity, discouragement and February by the University erly, billing for working stud- panic that is rife today among treasurer Dennis Colleran and ents. Catholics, no matter what level registrar Mary Alice Lee. Others noted that card vali- PATTY HOLLINGER of schooling,lies in the fact that — Spectatorphoto by Bob Kegel ; THEY felt a measure of stud- dation was a problem with early Catholic nstitutions have notde- ent opinion was in order since registration, that they would cided where they are going and Patty Hollinger, 21-year -old during the past two years. She only 50% of the 1700 students like to see the previous quart- is a member of Gamma Sigma what their relationship with the given the option during winter er's grades before deciding on Seattle journalism major, will secular world will be." the 1969-70 of Phi and the Ski Club. quarter managed to complete new courses and they would be editor The Kerry Webster, also a 21-year- HE MAINTAINED that a payment appointment was Catholic institution that re- the procedure before like a chance to get into classes Spectator.The old journalism major, will be- registration day. that open up later. The card made today by Roger A. Yock- Executive Web- mams identical w'thwhat it was ey, advisor the publication. come Editor. 20 years ago The questionnaire, mailed validation difficulty has been to ster, a native of Tacoma, has is dead. spring quarter billings, remedied. "It isnot truly Catholic; it has with the A graduate of Seattle's Rai- been editor this year. listed some common snags that EIGHTY per cent indicated nier Beach high school, Patty Further edtorial appointments to adapt to be part of the fer- might hold up the process and ment of the on-going movement that they liked the advance reg- has served as a reporter and will be made by the new editor of time". asked for suggestions to im- istrationprocedure and 68% said News Editor on The Spectator next Wednesday. Fr. McCluskey, who prove the program. that they made use of it. This served as Inability arrange financial an instructor and assistant to to latter statistic didn't coincide president aid to coincide with earlybilling with the University's rec- the at S.U. in 1954, by 50% also stressed that change must was listed 27% as a cause of ord but Colleran suggested that delay. This will be taken care of perhaps vary their ad- Arthur Gray to Speak be made in the goyerrrng of students Catholic educational institutions in the future, according to Coll- vance registration from quarter in order to make them truly con- eran. to quarter and only use it some- temporary and relevant. FUNDS were unavailable times. HE COMMENDED S. U. for Perhaps because of the ques- At S.U. Commencement taking a step in that direction tionnaire, completed spring Arthur Z. Gray, president of The commencement proces- with its lay Board of Regents. frosh orientation quarter payments reached 70%. the Union Pacific Railroad sional will beginat 2:30 p.m. at However, the S.U.s Board's First meeting of general con- Several students expressed Foundation,willdeliverthe com- the Arena on June 1. Exercises present poweris advisory. cern on Freshman Orientation themselves as "forgetful" and mencement address to the larg- begin at 3 p.m. Attendance at The former Seattle nat've, for Fall, 1969 will be held at 7 were thankful for the reminder. est graduating class in S. U.s commencement is compulsory. warned against using these p.m. today in the Library audi- Convenience to parents of history on June 1 in the Seattle Archbishop Thomas A. Connolly Boards as window dressing and torium. All applicantsand other knowing costs in advance was Center Arena. will hand the graduate his diplo- not investingthem with full civil interested parties should come citedas a plus as was the "peace Gray, from New York, will ma folder. and legalauthority for the entire to the meeting. Applications are of mind" of students who were receive an honorary degree university as St. Louis Univer- stillbeing accepted. successfully registered. along with Dr. Richard E. Ful- ler, president of the Seattle Art Museum; Joshua Green, Sr., Election Set chairman emeritus of Peoples National Bank of Washington; for Next Fall and Robert D. O'Brien, chair- Senate Duble T . man of the board of Pacific Car and class officer elec- ruble tions .. have been cancelled to and Foundry and chairman of the way clear for S. U.s Board of leave summer Trustees. revision of the ASSU constitu- THE FIRST event in connec- tion, ASSU President Dick Mc- tion with commencement willbe Dermott confirmedMonday. commencement practice heldon The elections are being tenta- Thursday, May 29, in the gym tively rescheduled for the sec- at 1:30 p.m. It is to last one ond week in fall quarter of next hour maximum. year, McDermott said. The commencement newslet- "If we didn't put off the elec- ter states: "Your Commence- tions," he stated, "we would ment will achieve dignity and have had to work all year under propercoordination only if each the old system next year. By graduate personallyrealizes his waiting until fall, we can have responsibility and attends the the election in accordance with practice." whateverconstitutional changes The first of three events to be we come up with." held on Saturday, May 31, will Chief among the revision proj- be the Baccalaureate Mass at ects is the restructuring of the 10 a.m. in St. James Cathedral. student senate, now a body of The graduates and faculty in 20 independentlyelectedofficers, attendance will be robed in aca- five fromeach class. SomeASSU demic gowns. Attendance at the officials have charged that the Mass is compulsory. senate does not adequately rep- resent the student body, or that SENIOR BRUNCH will also it is a "do-nothing" organiza- be heldMay 31 at 12:30 p.m. in tion. Campion. Parents, friends or Other reforms being consid- relatives may be invited by the eredare revisions of the specific A WINDFALL of thirty-seven rubles and "Tevya's Daughters," a play set among graduates. The cost is $3. duties of the ASSU officers, lim- a cow bring surprise to the daughters of Russian Jews at the turn of the century. This will be followed by a re- iting the authority of the ASSU ception from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. president, reevaluation of the Tevya the drayman and suspicions to his The production, directed by Fr. James Campion. is charge. Boards, wife, in There no Judicial and Financial in this scene from Teatro Inigo's Connors, S.J., opens tomorrow. Invitations will be mailed to and reorganization of the Ac- —Spectator photo by Bob Kegel parents, wives or husbands. tivities Board. Wednesday, May 14, 2 THE SPECTATOR 1969 Urban Affairs: Times Up In Local Urban Problems Says Governor By JUDY FERY BRIAN CULLERTON sees the schools or it might propose that Afro-American history and cul- ALSO, THEUniversityiscup- be taken ture in the and in the ful initsown hiring so as to set "Our time up." Washing- involvement of S.U. in commu- problem students com- bookstore is nity service as one of the three pletely out of the system and library, and will stress the need guidelines /or the rest of tin- ton's Gov. Dan Evans made this with something new, to display Dr. community, Cullerton said. "I in major functions of any univer- provided these books. formidable statement refer- perhaps in facilities other than James Larson of the Sociology feel confident that the area of to the growing number of sity. "The trite ivory tower ence time is past," Cullerton said, the schoolitself. Department is involved in com- job-opportunities will not be urban problems in this Ever- piling a bibliography of books by committee," green State. "We can no longer and a growing number of uni- Three quarters of a million overlooked the versities are becoming involved to imple- concerning race relations and Cullertcm, noting that one ignore the rotting slums slowly dollars are available bepurchased said within their communities. How- ment theprogram once it ispast minoritygroups to the creeping into our cities," said by the University. Currently of the committeemembersis the governor. ever, some universities are not the planning stage. Brian Cul- director of theOn-The-Job-Train- doing this until they are forced lerton commented that there there is a fund problem,Culler- Seattle University is situated by ton indicated, but "we are run- ing Program in the Urban rotting to their students. may be a role for S.U. in im- in the midst of these plementing the program. ning at 10 per cent of what we League. slums, but most S.U. students S.U. URBAN AFFAIRS should have." remain unexposed to the squal- Besides setting up programs COMMITTEE both on and off campus that di- Establishing low and moder- or, frustrations and despair of ate-income housing in the Cen- Seattle's ghetto. Growing con- Seattle U. has taken definite rectly help to alleviate ghetto problems, S.U. acts indirectlyin tral Area isnot totallyoutside of cern for the entire nation's ur- strides in community service the University's realm, suggest- ban problem is notedin the cur- with the recent formationof the many areas. Faculty members LI,---]-! act as consultants for Central ed Cullerton. The Universityhas rent issue of Time Magazine. Urban AffairsCommittee, whose some landavailable thatisbeing One of its articles offers a de- function is outlining goals and Area institutions and profes- sions. University facilities are considered for such a project. scription of Newark, New Jer- programs to meet ghetto prob- Also, the Universityis consider- sey, scene of the July,1967, race lems. It has taken over the re- utilized for community services. Both faculty and students serve ing sponsoringnonprofit organi- riot: sponsibility of coordinatingpro- in providing low and grams that were previously han- in various Central Area organi- zations "Partsof itscentralcorelook Cullerton said that as moderate-income housingin that Wouldn't you like bombed-out Berlin after dled through various university zations. area. departments. a "small, busy University, we a the war. Abandoned buildings The Affairs Committee like to be recently must be involved in a role that Urban with shattered windows cast The Committee was will have the greatest effect is concerned with providing stewardess? their shadows over littered involved in setting up a second than doing the job opportunities in the and stripped,rusting sectioninAfro-AmericanHistory rather work our- more sidewalks selves." Central The S.U. Busi- autos. Springfield Avenue, the when the initialsingle be- District. section working For a personal interview, come to main shopping street of New- came filled to capacity almost ness Department the United Air Lines Employment black ghetto, is now immediately it was opened. CULLERTON and Allen throughthe committeeisprovid- Office at the Seattle-Tacoma In- ark's after Vaughan, Student Union largely boarded up." A subcommittee will soon be ap- Black ing their business experts to ternational Airport anytime from President, are currently pursu- 8:30 a.m. 1:00 p.m., Monday Thesituation inNewark should pointedto seriously look intothe from to possibilities for enhancing a ing the matter of increasingthe trainbusinessmen the area through Friday, no appointment stimulate concern among Seattle of volumes concerning during evenings. necessary. citizens since, the Time's article Black Studies program at S.U. number the adds, "Newark may wellreflect One of the most important proj- the future of much of urban ects presently being considered America." by the committee concerns a cooperative agreement with the BECAUSE MOST S.U. stu- Seattle Public Schools and the dents are not exposed to Seat- Model Cities Program (whose friendlyskies tle's urban problems in any sig- goal it is to reestablishtheentire of nificant degree, they tend to Central Area) to propose a pro- .United. think that the problems do not gram of drop-out prevention in exist. Likeallother urbanareas Central Area schools. in the country, Seattle has defi- A grant-writing team, com- nite needs in the areas of health posed of two members of the andeducation, housing and jobs, S.U. faculty, two administrators and must promote greater un- from the SeattleSchool District, derstanding between the races. and one representativefrom the United it an tql— I opportunity employer Brian Cullerton, director of Ur- ModelCities Program,has been ban Affairs at Seattle U., has formed and is quartered in the stressed that there is a great basement of Xavier Hall. The need for student involvement five team members have eight within the Central Area so that weeks in which to draw plans these problems can be solved. for the drop-out prevention pro- Cullerton expressed the hope gram. that after the newly formed Ur- ban Affairs Committeeidentifies THE PLANS for the program more areas of need within the may take one of several possible Central Area, more students will directions. 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