On The Inside H-man investigates preregistration ... page 3 Hofman opens tutorial center ... page 5 serving the notre dame - st. mary's community Vol VII No. 55 Friday, December 1, 1972 Dean's Coznznittee Hall Life Fund monies proposes program Halls receive allocations by Jim Eder activities." Staff Reporter by Mike O'Har" Jeselnick pointed out that this year's fund was ac­ Staff Reporter tually $4,900 less than last year's. Last year the A list of allocations of the $5,100 Hall Life Fund was student government provided $5,000, and the ad­ The Dean's Committee on Collegiate Development released recently by a five-man committee delegated ministration matched this figure. This year, however, has issued a report on a potential new developmental by the Hall President's Council. the student government budget allocation alone was program of instruction for the College of Arts and Made up of HPC Chairman Butch Ward, HPC the source of the $5,100 Hall Life Fund. Letters. Executive Coordinator Steve Jeselnick, Ron Paja, "The reason for the change," Jeselnich explained, As currently structured, the College of Arts and Fisher Hall president, Kevin Griffith, Grace Hall "is that the trustees have provided a $50,000 fund for Letters follows the conventional model in American president. and Fr. Andrew Ciferni, Holy Cross Hall major hall renovations." undergraduate education. Two years of exploratory rector. the committee made its highest allocation of The committee decided not to allot funds for profit­ studies are followed by two years of specialization in $375 to St. Edward's Hall. Spokesmen from St. Ed- making endeavors, such as food-sales and movie departmental fields. wards reported that the money would be used for a festivals. In the Dean's Committee report, the four year banquet and a Hall Fellows Night. "Such projects," noted Ciferni, "should pay for developmental program would introduce a one:t­ No allocations were granted to Morissey, Grace and themselves." wo:one academic structure. The first year of this Flanner. as they did not request funds. The one exception to this policy was Old College Hall, program would represent a period of common ex­ "Funds were allocated to those projects that we felt which received $150 for food-sales equipment. perience for all Arts and Letters freshmen. The second would best improve the spirit of the hall," explained "Because this hall has only 26 residents and no fund and third years of the student's education would be a Ward. "The money was never i~tended for major from last year, we decided to help them get on their vertical continuity of concentrated studies in a renovatiOns, but rather for small Improvements and feet," said Ciferni. collegiate sequence or in a departmental major. The lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIJI senior year of the program would represent a period of unification and individualization of the student's education. Allocations by halls According to the Committee's report, the chief aim of the Arts and Letters developmental program in the Hall Requested Freshman Year would be to enable the student to "secure a sense, an image, and an idea of the character of the liberal experience upon which he is Alumni 515.00 365.00 Study furniture entering. These elements should be exhibited and Rec room equipment emphasized in the courses taken in the Freshman Year, so that they can also become the source of Badin 824.00 225.00 Color TV specific reflective study directed toward the problem of what a liberal and civil education is." Kitchen Utensils & coffee pot two options available Breen- Phillips 400.00 200.00 Lounge couches The sophomore and junior years in the one:two:one Cavanaugh 400.00 300.00 Study furniture structure would form a vertical sequence that would constitute the period of the student's most con­ centrated effort. During these two years, two options Dillon 800.00 210.00 Pool table would be available to the student. After meeting with his counselor, the student could choose a major in one Farley 280.00 280.00 Photography equipment of the departments of the College. This would allow Ping-Pong table him to study a central interest in which he could gain a special competence. Premature over-concentration Fisher 366.75 250.00 Hall activities could be averted because the major be bufferred by requirements that would insure contact with other disciplines. Flanner .00 .00 The student's second option would be to enter one of the collegiate sequences which the proposed Grace .00 .00 developmental program would introduce. "These two year collegiate sequences would place emphasis upon Holy Cross 520.00 200.00 Ping-Pong tables (2) a theme which would be pursued and developed through a constellation of courses offered by the Pool table repair departments in their competence as contributory to the TV repair theme," explains the report. In the organization of these collegiate sequences, the selection and com­ Howard 245.76 225.00 Study chairs position of the contributory courses would serve in Overnight cots highlighting the character of a liberally oriented Kitchen utensils education. Keenan 500.00 325.00 Pool table wide perspective offered Ping-Pong table The structure of the collegiate sequence would in­ clude a theme of basic interest, for example some Lyons 400.00 275.00 Kitchenette stove potential sequence topics could be American Civilization, Science Technology and Society, and Art Morrissey .00 .00 and Society. A variety of courses from diverse disciplines would offer a wide perspective of the theme. The constellation of courses investigating the Old College 300.00 300.00 Food sales equipment theme of American Civilization, as an example, would Hall banquet draw courses from such areas as American History, Athletic fund Economics, Sociology, Politics, Literature, Religion, and Philosophy. The exploration of the themes would Pangborn 270.00 270.00 Exhaust fan result from the progression through these core cour­ Kitchenette refrigerator ses. Each collegiate sequence would be directed by a Kitchen utensils professor and assisted by a counselling committee of interested faculty and students. These counselors, St. Edwards 775.00 375.00 Hall banquet under the direction of the collegiate professor, would Hall Fellows. Night design the collegiate sequence, guide its progress, and evaluate its success at decisive points. St. Josephs 150.00 Hall banquet The senior year of the developmental program would 150.00 be geared to a broadening of knowledge gained from Hall Social Commission either the collegiate sequence or major. The student could engage in a creative writing, or seek further Sorin 400.00 300.00 Lounge. furniture concentration in a special field. Hall banquet Perhaps the most unique innovation contained in the proposed developmental program of instruction is the Stanford 2,876.00 300.00 Pool table creation of an alternative to the traditional major, the collegiate sequence. Walsh 376.00 250.00 Hall-Section party "an alternative path" Overnight cots Kitchen utensils At a recent meeting of the Council of the College of Arts and Letters, Dr. Robert Caponegri of the Zahm 300.00 Pool table Philosophy department described the concept behind 500.00 the collegiate sequence as "providing the un- Kitchen utensils ( continued on page 4) ... ,I 1 _____:____ ____~ _____:___:_____._•'''· . 2 the observer Friday, December 1, 1972 Saigon-- South Vietnam's President Thieu, convinced that a cease-fire an aunpu• tllday is on the way, is planning major cabinet changes to broaden his government's political appeal. There are strong indications that the post-war Prime Minister will be General Tran Van Don, who has friday maintained good relations with both the Thieu and opposition camps. 3:30 pm -- speech, otis bowen, c.c.e. 3:30 pm -- lecture, donald davidson, lib. aud. 4:30 pm lecture, phil Iippe pondeur, 226 math building Paris-- President Nixon will permit "no avoidable delay" in ending 4:30pm lecture, john bailer, 123 nieuwland science hall the Vietnam War. That was the message Ambassador William J. 7:00 pm -- swimming, invitational relays, rockne pool Porter brought to· the 168th session of the four-sided formal Paris Peace talks. But neither that nor statements by other delegation saturday warld leaders indicated the meeting had hastened the end of the conflict. 10:00 AM & 2:.00 pm -- play, winnie the pooh , little theatre, s.m.c. 1: 00 pm & 8:00 pm -- circus, pollack brothers shrine Washington-- William P. Rogers will stay on as Secretary of State, but circus, a.c.c. he will get three new top assistants to give the department a new look 4:00pm-- football, notre dame vs. southern cal, wsjb, briefs at the start of President Nixon's second term. Kenneth Rush will move ch. 28 over from the Pentagon to become Deputy Secretary of State, William 7:00pm --dinner, madrigal dinner, o'laughlin foyer, J. Porter. now Senior Delegate to the Paris Peace talks will become s.m.c. Under Secretary for Political Affairs and William J. Casey, Chairman 8:00pm-- play, the gospel according to matthew, library of the Securities and Exchange Commission, will become the auditorium Department's first Under Secretary for Economic Affairs. sunday ( C> I Hi2 Nf'W York Times 2:00 & 7:00pm-- play. winnie the pooh , little theatre, Cape Kennedy -- T minus 104 hours and 30 minutes. That was the s.m.c. starting position of the electronic clocks as the countdown began for 87:00 pm -- dinner, madrigal dinner, o'laughlin foyer, the nation's last scheduled mission to the moon, set for next Wed­ s.m.c. nesday night. 7:30pm-- meeting, women's caucus, library auditorium Campus Roundup Law School slates Bowen Observer ads pay off Governor-elect Dr.