SCHOLASTIC Vol. 117, No.9 February 20, 1976 APRIL 15 DEADLINE 27 Italian Medical and 9 Veterinary Scholastic Volume 117, No.9, February 20, 1976 Schools Accept America~ Students Notre Dame, Indiana Medical and vet~rinary school aspirants ~ho are .thinking of ap­ plying to Italian medical schools, and the!r ·familie~,. must act . immediately.·New Italian government regula.tlons require .that pre­ FEATURES inscription applications be filed with the Italian Embassy In Wash., D.C., and Italian Consulates, before April 15, for consideration for 4, Purely Pu~ritan? .':: . Victoria Stephan medical arid veterinary school admission in the fall of 1976.. . 27 distinguished Italian medical school.s accept .Amerlc~ns. 8 From a Fight, Hope Several hundred Americans now are studYing at Italian, medical ." :'Judy~()bb and veterinary schools: ' " '. . ,',,'" ' All applications must reach the Italian Embassy and Consulates 12' King'ofthe Boys Melanie Jorgensen & Mike Moses before April15. Medical, dental and veterinary sc~ool ~spirants who need assistance in language and cultural orientation, ,and 16 George Meany, Where Are 'You? or preparation before, during ,and after medical school to en~ble the , , Sheila' Kearns practice of medicine in the U.S., should contact the. Institute of Collective Barga1ning ~t.l'Jotre Dame International Medical Education. The Institute has helped more American men arid women enter European medical and veterinary 19 Pa'triots,Fellows and a' Coach' Rich~rd G~Landry schools than any other organization. . " :," ..' Of the approximately 40,000 premeds anp graduate' students, . 22 A Bicentennial of a .DifferentColor .. " J., Robert Baker. who will apply to American medical schools this year, about 35% ',' •. will be accepted. Contact StudenUnformation Office. . 25 Values Seminar: The Theory of .; ~ " . INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL EDUCATION Spontaneous, Generation ' . Bill G~nzenba~h' Provisionally chartered by the Regents olthe University olthe State 01 New York , 40 E. 54 St., New York 10022 • (212) 832-2089 27 ' Before the Ice Melts MiehaelPalmer 28. "and see who catches hell!" . John Delaney

.". '. J .'~ REGULARS " Front Cover:·Tom. Paulius. Inside Rear Cover: Serigraph by Paulius. ' 6 Jottings' John Sears Illustrations: Barbara Dodge; 6,7, .17/ Tom. 1.1' Perspective PilUlius 3(2),24(2) (Greg Skraznas 22. " , Photographs: Ed Brower 5, 9, 10, 26,"30 /' 15 Week in Distortion " ' . M?rk Thomas Hopkins Bill Delaney 28,29/ Paul Joyc~ 27 / Cour-' 20 Gallery', .' . " . , }oan" Luttmer tesy of Notre Dame Archives 13; 14. " , 24 ~'In Order ~f Arpe~r~'~ce ~. Susan Grace, ,Jim ROInanelli ": . ,. ,: ' 30 The Last Word Sally Stanton

,;- . . ;'- Editor, ,. Sally Stanton Staff . . • ., c' ' , .' • •. " , • .' "," ,.' Art Director Thomas J. Waldoch, Anne White, Dave Beno, Vicki Stephan, Johri Kenward, John Stenson, Tom Paulius Leo J. Mulcahey, Judy 'Rupprecht, Betsy Birch,Mike Feord,Mark' Hopkins, Bob Gilroy, Managing Editor '. Rich Nugent, Mike Moses, Richard G. Landry, Paul Starkey, Susan Grace; :Dan Lombardi, John Phelan . Rhonda Kornfeld, Barb Frey, Mark Luppino, Gary Harden"Christie Herlihy, Sheila Kearns" . Production Manager Julie Runkle, Maryfran. Hayes, Missy Heard, John Delaney, Judy Robb, Bernie Valenti, AnnemarieSullivan " Cary Ge'rber, J. Peter Delaney, Karen Caruso, Jim Ryan; Ed Lecuyer, Moira Keating, ,Mary News Editor,· Ann " Cha.mbers: John Bartone, Andrew Gotuaco,' Randy Cashiola" Kate Bernard,' Mike 'Bill Gonzenbach' Palnie;, Marianne Murphy, Jim Romanelli, Melanie Jorgensen, Maureen Reynolds: Culture Editor ' " - ~., Robert Baker. -' ' ".' Sports Editor The opinions expressed in Scholastic are~hose o(the authors and editors of Scholastic Bill Delaney· "~ ", - and do not necessarily represent the, opinions, of the University of Notre. Dame; ,its Assistant Art' Director. ". administration"faculty or the student body. . . " '. . Kathy·McElroy ,"i' . ,', Assistant Production Manager ~ ~ S~~on~{:c,l~ss' pos-t'~'ge' paid' at Notr~ Dame, ~Ind. '46556 ..The' magazi~~ is repr~s~nted Steve Slater ',' . :';~ folr n~tional advertising by ~atiqnal Educational·- Advertising-, Services, ,-360 Lexington Business Man'age':: ~~, ~ Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10017. Published fortnightly during the, school year except Kathy Saizer··.: during.vacation and examination' periods, Scholastic is printed at Ave Maria Press, Notre Assistant Business Manager Dame, Ind. 46556 .• The subscription rate is $5.00 a year .and back numbe~s are available Joanne Toeniskoetter fro~ ~cJt0lastic. Please address all manuscripts t? Scholastic, Notre Dame, Ind. 46556. Circulation Manager', ' Kevin'Murpliy . All unsolicited material becomes the pro'perty of Scholastic. , {; ~ - ':'. " " . . . " .. Photography Editor :\ Ed Brower: ,'" copyright © 1976 Scholastic 1 all rights reserved / none of the contents may be' repro-­ ,Advisory Board duced without permission. Ronald Weber, Carl Magel, James Cook, Madonna Kolbenschlag, Bro. Charles' McBride, C.S.c., Richard Conklin

__ J APRIL 15 DEADLINE 27 Italian Medical and 9 Veterinary Scholastic Volume 117, No.9, February 20, 1976 Schools Accept America~ Students Notre Dame, Indiana Medical and vet~rinary school aspirants ~ho are .thinking of ap­ plying to Italian medical schools, and the!r ·familie~,. must act . immediately.·New Italian government regula.tlons require .that pre­ FEATURES inscription applications be filed with the Italian Embassy In Wash., D.C., and Italian Consulates, before April 15, for consideration for 4, Purely Pu~ritan? .':: . Victoria Stephan medical arid veterinary school admission in the fall of 1976.. . 27 distinguished Italian medical school.s accept .Amerlc~ns. 8 From a Fight, Hope Several hundred Americans now are studYing at Italian, medical ." :'Judy~()bb and veterinary schools: ' " '. . ,',,'" ' All applications must reach the Italian Embassy and Consulates 12' King'ofthe Boys Melanie Jorgensen & Mike Moses before April15. Medical, dental and veterinary sc~ool ~spirants who need assistance in language and cultural orientation, ,and 16 George Meany, Where Are 'You? or preparation before, during ,and after medical school to en~ble the , , Sheila' Kearns practice of medicine in the U.S., should contact the. Institute of Collective Barga1ning ~t.l'Jotre Dame International Medical Education. The Institute has helped more American men arid women enter European medical and veterinary 19 Pa'triots,Fellows and a' Coach' Rich~rd G~Landry schools than any other organization. . " :," ..' Of the approximately 40,000 premeds anp graduate' students, . 22 A Bicentennial of a .DifferentColor .. " J., Robert Baker. who will apply to American medical schools this year, about 35% ',' •. will be accepted. Contact StudenUnformation Office. . 25 Values Seminar: The Theory of .; ~ " . INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL EDUCATION Spontaneous, Generation ' . Bill G~nzenba~h' Provisionally chartered by the Regents olthe University olthe State 01 New York , 40 E. 54 St., New York 10022 • (212) 832-2089 27 ' Before the Ice Melts MiehaelPalmer 28. "and see who catches hell!" . John Delaney

.". '. J .'~ REGULARS " Front Cover:·Tom. Paulius. Inside Rear Cover: Serigraph by Paulius. ' 6 Jottings' John Sears Illustrations: Barbara Dodge; 6,7, .17/ Tom. 1.1' Perspective PilUlius 3(2),24(2) (Greg Skraznas 22. " , Photographs: Ed Brower 5, 9, 10, 26,"30 /' 15 Week in Distortion " ' . M?rk Thomas Hopkins Bill Delaney 28,29/ Paul Joyc~ 27 / Cour-' 20 Gallery', .' . " . , }oan" Luttmer tesy of Notre Dame Archives 13; 14. " , 24 ~'In Order ~f Arpe~r~'~ce ~. Susan Grace, ,Jim ROInanelli ": . ,. ,: ' 30 The Last Word Sally Stanton

,;- . . ;'- Editor, ,. Sally Stanton Staff . . • ., c' ' , .' • •. " , • .' "," ,.' Art Director Thomas J. Waldoch, Anne White, Dave Beno, Vicki Stephan, Johri Kenward, John Stenson, Tom Paulius Leo J. Mulcahey, Judy 'Rupprecht, Betsy Birch,Mike Feord,Mark' Hopkins, Bob Gilroy, Managing Editor '. Rich Nugent, Mike Moses, Richard G. Landry, Paul Starkey, Susan Grace; :Dan Lombardi, John Phelan . Rhonda Kornfeld, Barb Frey, Mark Luppino, Gary Harden"Christie Herlihy, Sheila Kearns" . Production Manager Julie Runkle, Maryfran. Hayes, Missy Heard, John Delaney, Judy Robb, Bernie Valenti, AnnemarieSullivan " Cary Ge'rber, J. Peter Delaney, Karen Caruso, Jim Ryan; Ed Lecuyer, Moira Keating, ,Mary News Editor,· Ann " Cha.mbers: John Bartone, Andrew Gotuaco,' Randy Cashiola" Kate Bernard,' Mike 'Bill Gonzenbach' Palnie;, Marianne Murphy, Jim Romanelli, Melanie Jorgensen, Maureen Reynolds: Culture Editor ' " - ~., Robert Baker. -' ' ".' Sports Editor The opinions expressed in Scholastic are~hose o(the authors and editors of Scholastic Bill Delaney· "~ ", - and do not necessarily represent the, opinions, of the University of Notre. Dame; ,its Assistant Art' Director. ". administration"faculty or the student body. . . " '. . Kathy·McElroy ,"i' . ,', Assistant Production Manager ~ ~ S~~on~{:c,l~ss' pos-t'~'ge' paid' at Notr~ Dame, ~Ind. '46556 ..The' magazi~~ is repr~s~nted Steve Slater ',' . :';~ folr n~tional advertising by ~atiqnal Educational·- Advertising-, Services, ,-360 Lexington Business Man'age':: ~~, ~ Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10017. Published fortnightly during the, school year except Kathy Saizer··.: during.vacation and examination' periods, Scholastic is printed at Ave Maria Press, Notre Assistant Business Manager Dame, Ind. 46556 .• The subscription rate is $5.00 a year .and back numbe~s are available Joanne Toeniskoetter fro~ ~cJt0lastic. Please address all manuscripts t? Scholastic, Notre Dame, Ind. 46556. Circulation Manager', ' Kevin'Murpliy . All unsolicited material becomes the pro'perty of Scholastic. , {; ~ - ':'. " " . . . " .. Photography Editor :\ Ed Brower: ,'" copyright © 1976 Scholastic 1 all rights reserved / none of the contents may be' repro-­ ,Advisory Board duced without permission. Ronald Weber, Carl Magel, James Cook, Madonna Kolbenschlag, Bro. Charles' McBride, C.S.c., Richard Conklin

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soundness of his character. The lybelieves in;" his own honesty, but worthy of Elizabeth's' devotion. ; The, nloment' arrives :when John .: ~ "" statement was rejected, the. petition. 'must'struggle; to prove it to himself by Victoria Stephan, ignored, and John PrOCtor. went to ' and .others. ,Proctor attempts to Proctor's life lies in his hands alone. the gallows 'on August 19,·1692: ,,: ,bring logic, :reason and a dimension His desire to live neady overcomes The first production of The Cruci- self-perception proves fatal to others. a good reputation in the community, ' 'A witness to the hangings' wrote > of' reality into his surroundings. his conscience and he asks: "Then ble occurred: in, 1953 at the height The discovery of honesty and'integ- although he is reported to have been the followingaccou,nt: "They pr~ ,. instead he: b~omes the victim. you will judge ,ine? God in heaven, of, Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti- rity is at once a triumph, ,and a outspoken - perhaps too outspoken tested their'inno'cency as in the pres-: •. Mr. Syburg; who played the role what is'John'Proctor, what is John communist crusade. The Wiscon- tragedy. .'. '.' ' '.' for,his own good in such a confining ence of the grea(God whom forth~';' ot.;Proctor'in ,a. :1954 production, Proctor? I think it is honest, I think sin senator ,was praised by some as In this context, the cause of the society.' Proctor was. a.married, with they were .to appear before.' ,sees the character as one who is so; I am no saint." Whatever John a dedicated patriot. Others saw him controversy-witchcraft-is almost farmer with five children. His log- , ... They forgave their accusers.·.·:·~'continually seaching: Elizabeth rec­ Proctor is, he knows he cannot live as a ruthless persecutor whose ac" unimportant. 'Asso'ciate ", Professor ical, common-sense attitudes had· They prayed earnestly for. pardon 'ognizesthe extent to which she has the rest of his life under the shadow cusations jeopardized the nation's . Frederick ~ Syburg,' director' oi~ the won him respect in the Salem area. for all other sins ... and seemed to ~ whether she wanted to or not ...:.... of guilt. In his decision to confront tradition of civil liberties. ND-SMC,Theatre production of The . Proctor's wife' Elizabeth '. was be very sincere, upright,: and sensi- 'prescribed for Proctor what his hon­ death honestly rather than tell the . Pulitze~ Priz~' winner Arthur Crucibl~, believes that "hie play. among the first to be accused by the ble of their circumstances on allesty' ought ,to be.: She finally comes lie' which 'WOUld save his life, Proc­ Miller was' : summoned before the, doesn't really deal'with- witchcraft,: girls who claimed that she 'cast spells accounts, 'espeCially Proctor' whose· to realize that he has to find that tor' has found his ultimate truth. He House Un-American Activities Com- . at all. It says that there are occa-" on' them, caused some of their fits, ~ whole management of himself from' for himself.: Her triumph - and has proven his honesty, devotion and mittee ' and. questioned' hbout his sioilallY situations where s.oCietY be-' and that her spectre physically tor- • the jail to' the .gallows'andwhilst at.' tragedy -:c-is' to have his goodness integrity. . . cominii'nisfalliances. He was then comes 'so repressive' that'seekingmented them .. Pl~octorvehemently' the gallows was verY~affecting ,and' ;in. tpe.. end." Beneath the issues 'of, witchcraft convicted of contempt, but in 1958 some kind of scapegoat becomes the protested the accusations, and was: melting to the~hearts- of some con-":':,Whiie Proctor attempts to defend and McCarthyism' .lies' 'the":ageless theS'upreme' Court reversed that only way out." .. '. .'. ". shortly thereafter proclaimed a:' siderable spectators... :"; . . 'himself and hi~ wife against the. significa'rice of" Th'e . Crucibie, 'the" ruling. 'Miller's Crucible, though . As ·for· 17th-century , Puritan . wizard by the girls. He was tried , Two months later, Cotton Mather, charges, he. experiences .a difficult meaning ,"of'.' truth. ·J.ohn ';Proctor's based on the Salem witch trials of Salem, social repressiveness iscer-" and convicted of practicing witch- , one of .the clergymen to. whom Proc- internal struggle with ,the enormous search' fo'r~, himself is not . unique. 1692, was directly related to the tainly more than imaginable. That craft.·. '. tor'~ peiiti~n' had'" been addressed, guilt he experIencesasa result 'of It is the~esponsibHity of every 'age, events of the McCarthy era, and witchcraft was practiced there is an Elizabeth's .' execution 'was post- began >, an: investigatic;ri ,into' the' his ~ffair with :Abig~il.! Caught be~: every, society ~:and every' person .' to' thus highly sensational. . issue historiansh a v e' :'debated ' poned because ,she was pregnant, Salemjrials. ~iiich ended 'ih' it'repeal' tweenpersonai . coriflictaildc.om~' pursue' his"own, morat'-truth:"' ." In the fall of 1954, ,McCarthy was through the centuries to'no'satis- and 'it would have been illegal to take of iEIIZabethis death sentence. '.,;' niim,i.ty hysteria,,' 'Pr.octor "begins' .to' 'Produc'tion dates for'The CTiuible:' replaced as head of', the congres- factory conclusion. " , . . the life of' her unborn child. P,roctor 'Although" Miller ·'h'as. tamper~ see" a way 'in which'hitcan be ab­ February .27, 18, Mar6h4:: 5;'6;':~f sional,committee and. publicly cen- It is known .that in 1692,several was constantly iIrgedto save his life somewhat with the facts,' the, per- solved of his sin, and' prov,e himself: O'LaughlinAuditorium. '''" ',' " .' ~ . ; : ' , . 'sured by the'Senate. The communist young Salem. girls, including. Betty by' confessi~gguilt.· (The ghosts of sonalityof, his Proctor 'is' consistent "',"" scare' eventually sub'sided, . ending Parris and Abigail Williains; experi- dead witches were more feared than with the' historicai figUre. In ,the' . mr;::-;"''7?;:~:C:-;;~'''''i':",::'TE'T?r~':m''T:'!'~!1':7\'>:!'':''~~~'''''''';''~C:-'!'''-;''''''''''''~;''''"'~'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' · one ". of :the most controversial ericed convulsive fits; ~ as well as . corporeal ones, so the Puritans were ' third act, Proctor, who has been periods in American history. The temporary loss of speech, sight and willing to rehabilitate confessed swept into. the· center of the witch­ Crucible endured,' des'pite the loss : memory, They alsochiimedto have' . 'witches.) Bu(Proctor refused to lie. cz:~ft,c~ntroversy, realizes tii~,idePth of its contemporary social signifi- had hallucinations in which they Instead he petitioned on behalf of and scope, of the. injustices around cance. saw terrifying spectres, some of himself' and .five other c'onviCted him andhis:own helpiessness'to . Today the, outstanding. dramatic whom they recognized as friends and. ,witches to the prominent clergy of correct th,em;, In aheated, discussion,' . quality and the' iess'litera1 signifi~ townspeople.' , , . '" " ' Boston: "The innocency of our case, he cries.to"o~e ,ofjhe ,judges: . "I cance of. the play can be still under- It is, believed that a medic;aldoc-, with the enmity of our accusers and ' hear .the boot, of .Luci~er, I see his

stood. An:;audie~ce's appreciation tor;: for, lack ofa physiological ex- ourjudges'and jury, ., . having con-. filirty face! Andc it is, my face, and', of ,The. Crucible is not so obscured 'planation, declared these symptoms demned us before our trials . . ,,~, yours, DanforthL ,For ,them. that· , by 'political ,witch-hunting that Mil- of hysteria were due to witchcraft.. makes us b.old, to beg and implore quail to bring men out of ignorance,

ler's artistry' becomes secondary~ Whenquestioned,the girls named your favorable assistance of this our'­ as I have quailed, and as you: quail r.:,-..- '; The play's social and ,moral' over-' several persons responsible for their' , humble. petition to his Excellency ,," .. '.-..... now when "you kno~.,in all'·your ':~;}.'}"::-:~~~:~ <,~ tones are relevant to 1692,1953 and, fits. The, number of accusations mul- [GovernorPhips] that ifit,be'pos- black hearts that this J?e fraud-God 1976. The play concerns a group oftiplit~d imtfl. huridreds .. 'were held sible .our innocent blood be'spared" damns: our, kind ;especially, alld we .'1;;c}/\<~:"ij individuals who are caught up in undersuspicicin of witchcraft. Nine- '" for by reason we know in our will burn, we will burn together.'~ , a crucial and overwhelming contro-teen were eventually executed by 'own' consciences we are all inno-,. . J.::MatthewMcKenzie,a sopho­ · versy. Surrounded' by a· terrified,' h'anging: 'a~d' one. was pressed'to: cent persons:"'!': . ' more speech 'and drama major Who · almost mindless ' society, • each • one death:' ,.". '.' .. Proctor's entire' petition is " a, . has appeared in. many, . ND~SMC must somehow' come to a personal' ' Among those sentenced to die was testimony to his character: It is writ- Theatre,productions, is cast as:Proc­ discqvery of truth arid. firid a way to .. John. Proctor, whom Miller: estab~ ten in a calm;' reasonable tone of tor. This role is a challenge for Mc­ maintain his 'integrity. 'To do' this, lishesas a central character in, The humble piety.In addition,'his integ- Kenzie who" sees :Proctor as' more · the characters' must" achieve in- Crucible. At the. time of thewitchrity was affirmed by 53:persons 'in' than, an honest. Puritan farmer.Mc­ dividual awareness and Proctor was in his middle the Salem ,area who. swore . to ,a', seif~knowl-t~ials,' Kenzieisemph~sizing the passionate :':2r:: ::·:li.~-'..' "",-! ,~~. ~ ~":("~~. 0':' ,,'\'-:', edge. Disturbing to some, this new ' thirties: Powerful in stature, he had: statement declaring their faith in the intensity of aman who fundamental- .",,). Matthew McKenzie,Suzanne McKenna and Br]dgetRagan.

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soundness of his character. The lybelieves in;" his own honesty, but worthy of Elizabeth's' devotion. ; The, nloment' arrives :when John .: ~ "" statement was rejected, the. petition. 'must'struggle; to prove it to himself by Victoria Stephan, ignored, and John PrOCtor. went to ' and .others. ,Proctor attempts to Proctor's life lies in his hands alone. the gallows 'on August 19,·1692: ,,: ,bring logic, :reason and a dimension His desire to live neady overcomes The first production of The Cruci- self-perception proves fatal to others. a good reputation in the community, ' 'A witness to the hangings' wrote > of' reality into his surroundings. his conscience and he asks: "Then ble occurred: in, 1953 at the height The discovery of honesty and'integ- although he is reported to have been the followingaccou,nt: "They pr~ ,. instead he: b~omes the victim. you will judge ,ine? God in heaven, of, Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti- rity is at once a triumph, ,and a outspoken - perhaps too outspoken tested their'inno'cency as in the pres-: •. Mr. Syburg; who played the role what is'John'Proctor, what is John communist crusade. The Wiscon- tragedy. .'. '.' ' '.' for,his own good in such a confining ence of the grea(God whom forth~';' ot.;Proctor'in ,a. :1954 production, Proctor? I think it is honest, I think sin senator ,was praised by some as In this context, the cause of the society.' Proctor was. a.married, with they were .to appear before.' ,sees the character as one who is so; I am no saint." Whatever John a dedicated patriot. Others saw him controversy-witchcraft-is almost farmer with five children. His log- , ... They forgave their accusers.·.·:·~'continually seaching: Elizabeth rec­ Proctor is, he knows he cannot live as a ruthless persecutor whose ac" unimportant. 'Asso'ciate ", Professor ical, common-sense attitudes had· They prayed earnestly for. pardon 'ognizesthe extent to which she has the rest of his life under the shadow cusations jeopardized the nation's . Frederick ~ Syburg,' director' oi~ the won him respect in the Salem area. for all other sins ... and seemed to ~ whether she wanted to or not ...:.... of guilt. In his decision to confront tradition of civil liberties. ND-SMC,Theatre production of The . Proctor's wife' Elizabeth '. was be very sincere, upright,: and sensi- 'prescribed for Proctor what his hon­ death honestly rather than tell the . Pulitze~ Priz~' winner Arthur Crucibl~, believes that "hie play. among the first to be accused by the ble of their circumstances on allesty' ought ,to be.: She finally comes lie' which 'WOUld save his life, Proc­ Miller was' : summoned before the, doesn't really deal'with- witchcraft,: girls who claimed that she 'cast spells accounts, 'espeCially Proctor' whose· to realize that he has to find that tor' has found his ultimate truth. He House Un-American Activities Com- . at all. It says that there are occa-" on' them, caused some of their fits, ~ whole management of himself from' for himself.: Her triumph - and has proven his honesty, devotion and mittee ' and. questioned' hbout his sioilallY situations where s.oCietY be-' and that her spectre physically tor- • the jail to' the .gallows'andwhilst at.' tragedy -:c-is' to have his goodness integrity. . . cominii'nisfalliances. He was then comes 'so repressive' that'seekingmented them .. Pl~octorvehemently' the gallows was verY~affecting ,and' ;in. tpe.. end." Beneath the issues 'of, witchcraft convicted of contempt, but in 1958 some kind of scapegoat becomes the protested the accusations, and was: melting to the~hearts- of some con-":':,Whiie Proctor attempts to defend and McCarthyism' .lies' 'the":ageless theS'upreme' Court reversed that only way out." .. '. .'. ". shortly thereafter proclaimed a:' siderable spectators... :"; . . 'himself and hi~ wife against the. significa'rice of" Th'e . Crucibie, 'the" ruling. 'Miller's Crucible, though . As ·for· 17th-century , Puritan . wizard by the girls. He was tried , Two months later, Cotton Mather, charges, he. experiences .a difficult meaning ,"of'.' truth. ·J.ohn ';Proctor's based on the Salem witch trials of Salem, social repressiveness iscer-" and convicted of practicing witch- , one of .the clergymen to. whom Proc- internal struggle with ,the enormous search' fo'r~, himself is not . unique. 1692, was directly related to the tainly more than imaginable. That craft.·. '. tor'~ peiiti~n' had'" been addressed, guilt he experIencesasa result 'of It is the~esponsibHity of every 'age, events of the McCarthy era, and witchcraft was practiced there is an Elizabeth's .' execution 'was post- began >, an: investigatic;ri ,into' the' his ~ffair with :Abig~il.! Caught be~: every, society ~:and every' person .' to' thus highly sensational. . issue historiansh a v e' :'debated ' poned because ,she was pregnant, Salemjrials. ~iiich ended 'ih' it'repeal' tweenpersonai . coriflictaildc.om~' pursue' his"own, morat'-truth:"' ." In the fall of 1954, ,McCarthy was through the centuries to'no'satis- and 'it would have been illegal to take of iEIIZabethis death sentence. '.,;' niim,i.ty hysteria,,' 'Pr.octor "begins' .to' 'Produc'tion dates for'The CTiuible:' replaced as head of', the congres- factory conclusion. " , . . the life of' her unborn child. P,roctor 'Although" Miller ·'h'as. tamper~ see" a way 'in which'hitcan be ab­ February .27, 18, Mar6h4:: 5;'6;':~f sional,committee and. publicly cen- It is known .that in 1692,several was constantly iIrgedto save his life somewhat with the facts,' the, per- solved of his sin, and' prov,e himself: O'LaughlinAuditorium. '''" ',' " .' ~ . ; : ' , . 'sured by the'Senate. The communist young Salem. girls, including. Betty by' confessi~gguilt.· (The ghosts of sonalityof, his Proctor 'is' consistent "',"" scare' eventually sub'sided, . ending Parris and Abigail Williains; experi- dead witches were more feared than with the' historicai figUre. In ,the' . mr;::-;"''7?;:~:C:-;;~'''''i':",::'TE'T?r~':m''T:'!'~!1':7\'>:!'':''~~~'''''''';''~C:-'!'''-;''''''''''''~;''''"'~'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' · one ". of :the most controversial ericed convulsive fits; ~ as well as . corporeal ones, so the Puritans were ' third act, Proctor, who has been periods in American history. The temporary loss of speech, sight and willing to rehabilitate confessed swept into. the· center of the witch­ Crucible endured,' des'pite the loss : memory, They alsochiimedto have' . 'witches.) Bu(Proctor refused to lie. cz:~ft,c~ntroversy, realizes tii~,idePth of its contemporary social signifi- had hallucinations in which they Instead he petitioned on behalf of and scope, of the. injustices around cance. saw terrifying spectres, some of himself' and .five other c'onviCted him andhis:own helpiessness'to . Today the, outstanding. dramatic whom they recognized as friends and. ,witches to the prominent clergy of correct th,em;, In aheated, discussion,' . quality and the' iess'litera1 signifi~ townspeople.' , , . '" " ' Boston: "The innocency of our case, he cries.to"o~e ,ofjhe ,judges: . "I cance of. the play can be still under- It is, believed that a medic;aldoc-, with the enmity of our accusers and ' hear .the boot, of .Luci~er, I see his stood. An:;audie~ce's appreciation tor;: for, lack ofa physiological ex- ourjudges'and jury, ., . having con-. filirty face! Andc it is, my face, and', of ,The. Crucible is not so obscured 'planation, declared these symptoms demned us before our trials . . ,,~, yours, DanforthL ,For ,them. that· , by 'political ,witch-hunting that Mil- of hysteria were due to witchcraft.. makes us b.old, to beg and implore quail to bring men out of ignorance, ler's artistry' becomes secondary~ Whenquestioned,the girls named your favorable assistance of this our'­ as I have quailed, and as you: quail r.:,-..- '; The play's social and ,moral' over-' several persons responsible for their' , humble. petition to his Excellency ,," .. '.-..... now when "you kno~.,in all'·your ':~;}.'}"::-:~~~:~ <,~ tones are relevant to 1692,1953 and, fits. The, number of accusations mul- [GovernorPhips] that ifit,be'pos- black hearts that this J?e fraud-God 1976. The play concerns a group oftiplit~d imtfl. huridreds .. 'were held sible .our innocent blood be'spared" damns: our, kind ;especially, alld we .'1;;c}/\<~:"ij individuals who are caught up in undersuspicicin of witchcraft. Nine- '" for by reason we know in our will burn, we will burn together.'~ , a crucial and overwhelming contro-teen were eventually executed by 'own' consciences we are all inno-,. . J.::MatthewMcKenzie,a sopho­ · versy. Surrounded' by a· terrified,' h'anging: 'a~d' one. was pressed'to: cent persons:"'!': . ' more speech 'and drama major Who · almost mindless ' society, • each • one death:' ,.". '.' .. Proctor's entire' petition is " a, . has appeared in. many, . ND~SMC must somehow' come to a personal' ' Among those sentenced to die was testimony to his character: It is writ- Theatre,productions, is cast as:Proc­ discqvery of truth arid. firid a way to .. John. Proctor, whom Miller: estab~ ten in a calm;' reasonable tone of tor. This role is a challenge for Mc­ maintain his 'integrity. 'To do' this, lishesas a central character in, The humble piety.In addition,'his integ- Kenzie who" sees :Proctor as' more · the characters' must" achieve in- Crucible. At the. time of thewitchrity was affirmed by 53:persons 'in' than, an honest. Puritan farmer.Mc­ dividual awareness and Proctor was in his middle the Salem ,area who. swore . to ,a', seif~knowl-t~ials,' Kenzieisemph~sizing the passionate :':2r:: ::·:li.~-'..' "",-! ,~~. ~ ~":("~~. 0':' ,,'\'-:', edge. Disturbing to some, this new ' thirties: Powerful in stature, he had: statement declaring their faith in the intensity of aman who fundamental- .",,). Matthew McKenzie,Suzanne McKenna and Br]dgetRagan.

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year to come here, I should be able that though, there was only the The white chapel was a crypt at Jottings to study whatever I want. How do winning and the losing. the bottom of a long flight of stone you think you did? He drank slowly, observing all of steps. There were many people -Okay. the small comings and goings that around a high white table, some -I got screwed. created for him the illusion of felt sitting and some standing along the Agitation subsisted and the noise life. But if he thought about it walls. There was a vested priest declined to the drone of a single much, or felt about it, then he knew., with a golden cup and a girl with ;;'TheGarden voice, the scratch of many pens'and. that he was bleeding: Not that could a brown guitar. . the murrilUring hopes of a hundred' be seen and not that anyone would -Folks ... Folks ... worried scribes. He, sat quietly,_ be able to notice or do anything Sheets rattled. In ", . rubbing, the side of his peri against ,'about:But he was bleeding all the ' -Tonight the closing hymn is the palm ()fhis hand.' ,. same, inside; where the only really "They'll Know We Are Christians." "Dear Mom- good part of him had ever been. ,Winter That's number four on the mimeo­ You pays your dime and you The part that did the good things, graphed sheets and number twelve takes YO,ur chances." said the right things and believed in the blue books. " only the best; the part that saw :-, It was quiet for a moment, then by John Sears He stood against the bar with a without looking, felt without fear­ beer,aloneat the edge'ofthe crowd. ing and loved without questioning. she played a few, introductory chords and voices began to sing. John Sears' i~ a senior Englishma­ He stood silently, looking casually , It bled from cuts in everything that jor from Denver, Colorado. Heis th£ across the shadowed hall to the gave it life, and he was unable to -WeAre One In The Spirit Winner of the 1975 Notre Dam.eFic- draperied-wind'~w darkness of the produce the plasma of life as fast as We Are One In'The Lord ... tion Award.-· ' ,- room, beyond. The women glided like need was carrying it away. "Dear Mom- moths .throughJhe off-light; the ,Outside, ,the flow of voices spread I'm sorry.' I did not want it He' was still aw~ke when the men, talked thickly behind clouds of around him in the breathless cold. tobe this' way. It don't seem right, alarm werit off. Lying motionless' in smoke., They ~ere all lost, each in He lifted his collar around his neck I know, but I'ni trying to'tellYOIi the gray light, he'listened to the 'his own way,: because for them there and lifting a pack of, cigarettes from exactly how it was: You pays your , ':, sound as it si:utter~ jaggedly " ... -, were only the winners and losers his pocket, he lit one and'dropped' dime and 'you takes your ' throughout the room, 'reeling, , ,The tables were arrang~d row on . He' cut each: donut,into five equal and if you were not one of these .the: match:.into the snow. Taking chances . . .";"" ";,- , waveri~g,finally hovering, mechani­ row with only a few people at each pieces." 'He chewed' each 'piece there ,was nothing for,.you._ You a long puff, he disappeared down, cally about the clock. He silenced of the' OIl~s closest to the milk' ' thoroughly, 'swallowing it finally'" wereJost anyway, ,when you wanted the sidewalk into the silent darkness ---We Are One In The Spirit it abruptly with a deliberate move: ' machines.' He knew s()meof them; with a sip of his orange juice.. :'He) something ',so badly, that you, :would of,_ night. , ' " , , ,'" , We Are One In Tne Lord' ... ' ment of his hand. not many thiseariy in the morning, wiped his mouth ~carefully with his' 9-0 almost anything to ge~ iti:foryou .~·Dear Mom-,:", , The floor was eoldwhere there sitting where they usually :sat, napkin. ' were no longer yourself ,then but.­ , I'm trying to tell you exactly "I'm' not the only. one, there', , , "Dear'Mon1- ' . >".' ·.-,-'f.:' only the thing you wanted. After, how it was .. ." was a draft from the window all altogether' in one place. Some of : • • > - • - • , ~ •• ' \ are many.'; . Father Hesburgh says night. He stood on the cold part, them had finished and were busing - You 'know, 'itdon'tsee~: there haven't been' any.- But I heard stooping over the sink to wash his their trays. Others were prolonging right .. ." ,,' ,,-' . . ,.: . of a guy over in Howard . ~ '. with face and hands thoroughly with a a' final cup of coffee. 'He sat close a rope ..." new bar of soap., He hesitated a to them, lowering his 'avocado­ The chairs were grouped' in moment after hanging up the towel, colored tray' to a nearby table, semicircle rows, arouna the podium. -And We Pray That All Unity examining the face, his face, in the within the crowd but not a part of He removed his' jacket and .'draped it May One Day Be Restored ... mirror. Then reaching behind it it. around ·the bilCk of the"chair that: he opened the medicine cabinet, and _-Morning, Clayt. was his.: One byime the otfrers filed "It don't seem right, I kn~w. J. did inserted a new blade into his razor. -Jimbo.' through the doorway'luid' filtered, not want it to' be, this way. I'm ' Looking' once more into the glass he ~You'i:e up eciriy. down the aisles and rows to their sorry .. /' began to shave himself carefully. -You t()o. ,', .. own places, bringing; with thEm!, a "Dear Mom­ -What're you all dressed up for? draft of cold air from the outside:' -And'They'll-Know WeAre I'm sorry . . .'~ -Placement Bureau. ~Clayt. Christians By Our Love -Interview? ·:....:...John: '" By Our Love. He lifted the stiff-pressed shirt '.' ~Yeah. And sigD-ups. " ,-You're ,looking good., from the to'p drawer of the, bureau. -Going over early, eh? Good -Interview. Yes They'll Know We Are He fastened it painstakingly, one thinking. Get the drop on everybody ~Ah, the pursuit of wealth .... Christians'By Our'Love : . :' button at a time, cuffs last. From else. Insane, isn'Fit? I heard some • -: ',' ~ ~: .. • .~~. '- > • of those guys were going over there -=--Looks like Routzen's got the, the wardrobe he selected the dark , The room was dark except where at 4:30 this morning. Some guys tests. Lousy bastard. How do you~-; blue suit. Removing the cleaner's square panel of light shown " ' spent the night over there even, I think 'you did? a plastic, he lay the clC!thing on the through the open doorway. 'He bed and finished dressing slowly heard. Cutthroats, God! , -.-:.All right. I think I did all closed the door quietly and hung his and with scrupulous attention to You knowitdon'( seem right right,' ' jacket' and scarf from the hook on detail. With a raghe softly dusted somehow.' You work and you work ---'-I got screwed. ' I' just know I: ' the back of it. He sat down at the the already buffed and polished , and in the' end it all comes down to got screwed. 'What do they give­ desk and; feeling iielltly along the shoes. Returning to the mirror he that. It's getting ridiculous, but tests like that for anyWay? There's:· 1 base of the lamp, he switched on knotted the'silken tie snugly around you gotta do it. You should be all better ways of thinning out the de­ I' the light over his blotter. He his throat. right though, you're getting over, partment., Lousy bastards.' Why j gathered pen and paper from the ". . . I did not want it to be this there early enough. Well ... take it don't they just hire some more ' drawer and began to write. easy, I've gotta run. Good luck. teachers? I pay five thousand a way .. ." "Dear Mom-" 6 :! ,SCHOLASTIC I FEBRUARY' 20, 1976 7 •

year to come here, I should be able that though, there was only the The white chapel was a crypt at Jottings to study whatever I want. How do winning and the losing. the bottom of a long flight of stone you think you did? He drank slowly, observing all of steps. There were many people -Okay. the small comings and goings that around a high white table, some -I got screwed. created for him the illusion of felt sitting and some standing along the Agitation subsisted and the noise life. But if he thought about it walls. There was a vested priest declined to the drone of a single much, or felt about it, then he knew., with a golden cup and a girl with ;;'TheGarden voice, the scratch of many pens'and. that he was bleeding: Not that could a brown guitar. . the murrilUring hopes of a hundred' be seen and not that anyone would -Folks ... Folks ... worried scribes. He, sat quietly,_ be able to notice or do anything Sheets rattled. In ", . rubbing, the side of his peri against ,'about:But he was bleeding all the ' -Tonight the closing hymn is the palm ()fhis hand.' ,. same, inside; where the only really "They'll Know We Are Christians." "Dear Mom- good part of him had ever been. ,Winter That's number four on the mimeo­ You pays your dime and you The part that did the good things, graphed sheets and number twelve takes YO,ur chances." said the right things and believed in the blue books. " only the best; the part that saw :-, It was quiet for a moment, then by John Sears He stood against the bar with a without looking, felt without fear­ beer,aloneat the edge'ofthe crowd. ing and loved without questioning. she played a few, introductory chords and voices began to sing. John Sears' i~ a senior Englishma­ He stood silently, looking casually , It bled from cuts in everything that jor from Denver, Colorado. Heis th£ across the shadowed hall to the gave it life, and he was unable to -WeAre One In The Spirit Winner of the 1975 Notre Dam.eFic- draperied-wind'~w darkness of the produce the plasma of life as fast as We Are One In'The Lord ... tion Award.-· ' ,- room, beyond. The women glided like need was carrying it away. "Dear Mom- moths .throughJhe off-light; the ,Outside, ,the flow of voices spread I'm sorry.' I did not want it He' was still aw~ke when the men, talked thickly behind clouds of around him in the breathless cold. tobe this' way. It don't seem right, alarm werit off. Lying motionless' in smoke., They ~ere all lost, each in He lifted his collar around his neck I know, but I'ni trying to'tellYOIi the gray light, he'listened to the 'his own way,: because for them there and lifting a pack of, cigarettes from exactly how it was: You pays your , ':, sound as it si:utter~ jaggedly " ... -, were only the winners and losers his pocket, he lit one and'dropped' dime and 'you takes your ' throughout the room, 'reeling, , ,The tables were arrang~d row on . He' cut each: donut,into five equal and if you were not one of these .the: match:.into the snow. Taking chances . . .";"" ";,- , waveri~g,finally hovering, mechani­ row with only a few people at each pieces." 'He chewed' each 'piece there ,was nothing for,.you._ You a long puff, he disappeared down, cally about the clock. He silenced of the' OIl~s closest to the milk' ' thoroughly, 'swallowing it finally'" wereJost anyway, ,when you wanted the sidewalk into the silent darkness ---We Are One In The Spirit it abruptly with a deliberate move: ' machines.' He knew s()meof them; with a sip of his orange juice.. :'He) something ',so badly, that you, :would of,_ night. , ' " , , ,'" , We Are One In Tne Lord' ... ' ment of his hand. not many thiseariy in the morning, wiped his mouth ~carefully with his' 9-0 almost anything to ge~ iti:foryou .~·Dear Mom-,:", , The floor was eoldwhere there sitting where they usually :sat, napkin. ' were no longer yourself ,then but.­ , I'm trying to tell you exactly "I'm' not the only. one, there', , , "Dear'Mon1- ' . >".' ·.-,-'f.:' only the thing you wanted. After, how it was .. ." was a draft from the window all altogether' in one place. Some of : • • > - • - • , ~ •• ' \ are many.'; . Father Hesburgh says night. He stood on the cold part, them had finished and were busing - You 'know, 'itdon'tsee~: there haven't been' any.- But I heard stooping over the sink to wash his their trays. Others were prolonging right .. ." ,,' ,,-' . . ,.: . of a guy over in Howard . ~ '. with face and hands thoroughly with a a' final cup of coffee. 'He sat close a rope ..." new bar of soap., He hesitated a to them, lowering his 'avocado­ The chairs were grouped' in moment after hanging up the towel, colored tray' to a nearby table, semicircle rows, arouna the podium. -And We Pray That All Unity examining the face, his face, in the within the crowd but not a part of He removed his' jacket and .'draped it May One Day Be Restored ... mirror. Then reaching behind it it. around ·the bilCk of the"chair that: he opened the medicine cabinet, and _-Morning, Clayt. was his.: One byime the otfrers filed "It don't seem right, I kn~w. J. did inserted a new blade into his razor. -Jimbo.' through the doorway'luid' filtered, not want it to' be, this way. I'm ' Looking' once more into the glass he ~You'i:e up eciriy. down the aisles and rows to their sorry .. /' began to shave himself carefully. -You t()o. ,', .. own places, bringing; with thEm!, a "Dear Mom­ -What're you all dressed up for? draft of cold air from the outside:' -And'They'll-Know WeAre I'm sorry . . .'~ -Placement Bureau. ~Clayt. Christians By Our Love -Interview? ·:....:...John: '" By Our Love. He lifted the stiff-pressed shirt '.' ~Yeah. And sigD-ups. " ,-You're ,looking good., from the to'p drawer of the, bureau. -Going over early, eh? Good -Interview. Yes They'll Know We Are He fastened it painstakingly, one thinking. Get the drop on everybody ~Ah, the pursuit of wealth .... Christians'By Our'Love : . :' button at a time, cuffs last. From else. Insane, isn'Fit? I heard some • -: ',' ~ ~: .. • .~~. '- > • of those guys were going over there -=--Looks like Routzen's got the, the wardrobe he selected the dark , The room was dark except where at 4:30 this morning. Some guys tests. Lousy bastard. How do you~-; blue suit. Removing the cleaner's square panel of light shown " ' spent the night over there even, I think 'you did? a plastic, he lay the clC!thing on the through the open doorway. 'He bed and finished dressing slowly heard. Cutthroats, God! , -.-:.All right. I think I did all closed the door quietly and hung his and with scrupulous attention to You knowitdon'( seem right right,' ' jacket' and scarf from the hook on detail. With a raghe softly dusted somehow.' You work and you work ---'-I got screwed. ' I' just know I: ' the back of it. He sat down at the the already buffed and polished , and in the' end it all comes down to got screwed. 'What do they give­ desk and; feeling iielltly along the shoes. Returning to the mirror he that. It's getting ridiculous, but tests like that for anyWay? There's:· 1 base of the lamp, he switched on knotted the'silken tie snugly around you gotta do it. You should be all better ways of thinning out the de­ I' the light over his blotter. He his throat. right though, you're getting over, partment., Lousy bastards.' Why j gathered pen and paper from the ". . . I did not want it to be this there early enough. Well ... take it don't they just hire some more ' drawer and began to write. easy, I've gotta run. Good luck. teachers? I pay five thousand a way .. ." "Dear Mom-" 6 :! ,SCHOLASTIC I FEBRUARY' 20, 1976 7 ------...... ~ ...... ------~~~------

; <' :,.. •• ,' • ~ , • I contest, we have. When it ceases to among those offered also. "I started part' in the action. No one sits on be that',"~top it. Do~;t let the boy~ the program for conditioning pur­ the bench; no one is cut from the From a Fight, Hope: gethurt," he always states emphati-' poses," claiins Jim .Wolf, a novice team - everyone competes. cally.. ' boxer. "But as I got more involved Training' is acruchil aspect of the Spectators at the bouts will ,find in it; I began to appreciate the emo­ Bengal Bouts. Few· come into the , TheCharitable'lrony6f the'"Bengal 'Bo.uts" ,I"',': stress placed on .five major critefia: tional outlet it provides." Still others program with high school experience form, aggressiveness,' sportsman-' view Bengals as an opportunity to - Jhey rely on Nappy and his as­ ship, ·ring leadership and number .6f make' use '.of talents which they sistants, Tom Suddes,Roland Cham- punches landed. 'A decision is based '. have,~een, cultivating since child­ 'blee and George Vanderhayden, to on .theprocess of subtracting points hood .. "I've been fighting., all my teach them the necessary skills.' .. , by Judy Robb from the score 'of'10 'with:which" life," states Rudy Ruettiger with a ."Most of the boys have never worn each'. contestant· enters the' rin'g. ' grin. . a pair of boxing gloves before," says In the' boxing room of the ACC, Cross missions in India. History was be a contest." By requiring a rigor~ Nappy once explained' the fighting· Underlying all the reasons for the . Nappy. PractiCe is ,essential and late an energetic' whit~haired man is made; a proud tradition was begun. ous conditioning 'program andtak~ strategy:'when he 'said, . "Its' prime' iriterest in boxing which has gripped in the fall the novice boxers begin to giving'instructions to the 75 or so With the success of the first bouts, ing great 'care to guarantee com­ purpose 'is' theoutscoring, outthink­ the Bengal Bouters is the need to train. This instructional period con­ young men in sweats, headgear and boxing grew in popularity on cam- petitive pairing, the Bengal Bouts ing arid' outmaneuvedng .of the op­ respond to a challenge. As well as tinues until Thanksgiving, when: a, boxing gloves. Dominick Napolitano pus among the :.' students., Word have been able to preserve their dig~ poriimtbecause' 'of superior technical testing physical skills, .the Bengals novice tournament is held to gauge is preparing.the 1976 contenders for spread about the club, its incredible nity as a sport, a claim; which 'pro~ skill, "ring strategy 'and physical present an intellectual test. "It's a the degree of proficiency acquired by: the 45th annualBerigai Bouts, which spirit and the cause, to which it fessionalboxing would' find difficult condition. Skill is the criterion, riot' personal challenge, both to mind and the newcomers.' willbe.li'eid on February 24, 26 and was, and still is, devoted. 'Member- to prove, for itself after numerous power or 'brute::iorce; points, not body," believes Phil Harbert, a Both novice and experienced box­ 29. Since1931,the Bouts have been ship swelled the proceeds from the scandals,particularly:in.the area of knockdowns;' clean hits, not knock~ , two-year veteran. "Many are. just ers join together in January to pre- ' dedicated to the cause of Bangla- tournament. Over 2000 young men heavyweightc~ompetitiOIi;>· . outs;" Knockouts are, deemphasized; looking for something to 'do other" pare for the spring bouts .. Calisthen~ . desh, a situation which was Nappy's have participated in the bouts since Spectators at th~engal Bouts in the' Bengal Bouts. Nappy', ob- ' than constant studying -" others' ics: instruction and sparring become' , concern long before the world hun'- their conception almost a half cEm~ may mistake the evenNor a' pro­ served; "k knockdown or knockout jUst want to pa'rticipate." .',." daily routine:until the fights' begin;" ger crisis~,gained,its: current Jnter- tury' ago, and nearly a quarter of a fessionalmatch, as the,fa~ilities are is considered incidental to the bout;, PartiCipatioriis what it's all about Asringtimeapproaches, the fighters national attention. million dollars has been raised for ,impressive for an amatetir ,tourila~ it is not the objective:'!; '. ,,' in the Bengal B()uts. Unlike some ()f are divided 'into various weight cate­ Starvation is a way of life for the the Bangladesh charity. When the ment; The basketball ar~na 'of tlie A' spirit· of' brotherhood' prevails: the other sports on campus,everY~ gories .to' assure even' matches. This' people.of13angladesh;-:- a, country fighters enter the -ring on the 26th, ACC is ,transformed w~h a 'raised at· the Bengal matches-figuratively' one is assured:of aC:hanceto take is an important precautioriary mea- . overwhelmed, by ·\.!nceasing , poverty 44 years of tradition will be behind ring in the middle, highlighted' by and literally~since this year's bouts .', ,and endless <:ivil disc,ord. Diverse in- them, .but as Nappy says, ,"Every an enormous descending spotlight. feature: brotliers Jim 'and Ross' dividuals ranging from, rock,. star year is a new experience. There are 'With the traditiona(ring announcer Browne~. The tourn'ament draws all: George Harrison to University Pres- different name~ and faces, and it'~c?..m~~e in~lpCedo, ~he setting is types of co'mpetitors, 'many of whom, ident Father· Theodore' Hesburgh a challenge to Improve on. the qual,;-worthy,'of.:even a claSSIC Muhammad seem to, have nothing in common' have" at one ,time or another, re- ity of the 'previous grOlips~" /. Ali fight. Yet here the resemblance except the desire to box. But there ferred'to' the Bangladesh 'problem, ,Critics of the. sport of, boxing ,to the pros ends. Instead 'of the are many reasons why they unite: In . and a variety· of relief measures question its morality, and/pi:;'int :out "usuali2 to 15 professio~al rounds, the 'Bimgal effort every year.; Matt have been ,instituted;' Yet with all of the irony of=staged:;::Jfghting" for", the 'BEmgal Bouts, like all. amateur McGrath,: a . veteran fighter,:' com~,' /" ',' ". ;. "', '. the recent publicity, the Bangladesh' humanitarian purposes., Nappy re--:boxing, is restricted, to three two- mented, "You can't help but. geL a , situation is not new ,to the Notre 'mains I cI staunch. , defender. .of themi~ute:rounds.." '" ' Instead of a paid lot oienjoyinent out of it. What Dame community: proceeds, from sport 18 practiced'atN()treDame:' mallager.ln,the'corneracting as a 'inipressednie~ost is the dedication the Bengal Bouts, hav.~ gone to the "It is important to recognizethe: fighter's '!second," personal friends that all'th~' ir~sfructo~s show ~it;s:.. Bangladesh missions for ,the past.44 distirtction between 'amateur and and 'even fellow boxers perform the a 'contagious feelirig." 'Terry' John-, years. , ;' pro~~ssional boxing," h~'explained., . duti,esof calming a nervous con- son:. "~' former' box'er"and., present: Bengal Bouts started as a result "I would rather not argue with 'any-tender,':.washing out mouthpieces member'oithe Bouts committee(he-:: of a, brainstormJ.ng:session 'of a one\ who ciaims,thatprofe~siorial, and()ffering between-round pointers. lieves, "Eventually, the, idea":o{ small group of bored: No~re,Dame boxing is immoral. How boxing is . Unlik~ many pro f e s s ion a 1 sending 'money over to,: the, mis~ students. Initially," the'. idea was to done "will determine the public. re; matches; skill - not sheer force - sions 'oecomes' as' important' to" 'you' promote a:' one-night; "smoker" . to action." . '. " 'is 'the' determiriing factor in the as it is to Na'ppy"::"'you take his' cause :provid~a: respite from the academic Notre Dame boxing differs signifi~ Bengat:competiti()n. Finesse is the' as : your ". ·own." Heavyweight "con­ grind and to : reiievethe otherwise cantly from .that: encountered .on'key: to 'vic~ory - and Nappy has tender Ken: MacAfee S8.ys,";It's: bleak Midwestern winter.' ,The first .the professional le~el due to the:' never'tolerated antics which would really', exciting '~, the n'ext'b'est 'bout~'took pla:ce,withi~the old'fieid~ emphasis pl~lCed on an, even, fair ,stain :the:~spiI'it of the matches. thing to a football' game." . Physfcai h~use and netted,' a' profit' of $450, match. Nappy firmiy'believes:in the .... "This i~ a contest,' like any other and ',;p'sychological 'reasons ';are which, was, donatE;d' to' the Holy philosophy that "every match must :: sport"":'" in a sense it'is the °purest :: .' :,;~ • , .. '" ' '. '., • I. • ~ ~ '.l..•.••. , ""'" .' ...•<. ,_ -,,',~. . .~

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; <' :,.. •• ,' • ~ , • I contest, we have. When it ceases to among those offered also. "I started part' in the action. No one sits on be that',"~top it. Do~;t let the boy~ the program for conditioning pur­ the bench; no one is cut from the From a Fight, Hope: gethurt," he always states emphati-' poses," claiins Jim .Wolf, a novice team - everyone competes. cally.. ' boxer. "But as I got more involved Training' is acruchil aspect of the Spectators at the bouts will ,find in it; I began to appreciate the emo­ Bengal Bouts. Few· come into the , TheCharitable'lrony6f the'"Bengal 'Bo.uts" ,I"',': stress placed on .five major critefia: tional outlet it provides." Still others program with high school experience form, aggressiveness,' sportsman-' view Bengals as an opportunity to - Jhey rely on Nappy and his as­ ship, ·ring leadership and number .6f make' use '.of talents which they sistants, Tom Suddes,Roland Cham- punches landed. 'A decision is based '. have,~een, cultivating since child­ 'blee and George Vanderhayden, to on .theprocess of subtracting points hood .. "I've been fighting., all my teach them the necessary skills.' .. , by Judy Robb from the score 'of'10 'with:which" life," states Rudy Ruettiger with a ."Most of the boys have never worn each'. contestant· enters the' rin'g. ' grin. . a pair of boxing gloves before," says In the' boxing room of the ACC, Cross missions in India. History was be a contest." By requiring a rigor~ Nappy once explained' the fighting· Underlying all the reasons for the . Nappy. PractiCe is ,essential and late an energetic' whit~haired man is made; a proud tradition was begun. ous conditioning 'program andtak~ strategy:'when he 'said, . "Its' prime' iriterest in boxing which has gripped in the fall the novice boxers begin to giving'instructions to the 75 or so With the success of the first bouts, ing great 'care to guarantee com­ purpose 'is' theoutscoring, outthink­ the Bengal Bouters is the need to train. This instructional period con­ young men in sweats, headgear and boxing grew in popularity on cam- petitive pairing, the Bengal Bouts ing arid' outmaneuvedng .of the op­ respond to a challenge. As well as tinues until Thanksgiving, when: a, boxing gloves. Dominick Napolitano pus among the :.' students., Word have been able to preserve their dig~ poriimtbecause' 'of superior technical testing physical skills, .the Bengals novice tournament is held to gauge is preparing.the 1976 contenders for spread about the club, its incredible nity as a sport, a claim; which 'pro~ skill, "ring strategy 'and physical present an intellectual test. "It's a the degree of proficiency acquired by: the 45th annualBerigai Bouts, which spirit and the cause, to which it fessionalboxing would' find difficult condition. Skill is the criterion, riot' personal challenge, both to mind and the newcomers.' willbe.li'eid on February 24, 26 and was, and still is, devoted. 'Member- to prove, for itself after numerous power or 'brute::iorce; points, not body," believes Phil Harbert, a Both novice and experienced box­ 29. Since1931,the Bouts have been ship swelled the proceeds from the scandals,particularly:in.the area of knockdowns;' clean hits, not knock~ , two-year veteran. "Many are. just ers join together in January to pre- ' dedicated to the cause of Bangla- tournament. Over 2000 young men heavyweightc~ompetitiOIi;>· . outs;" Knockouts are, deemphasized; looking for something to 'do other" pare for the spring bouts .. Calisthen~ . desh, a situation which was Nappy's have participated in the bouts since Spectators at th~engal Bouts in the' Bengal Bouts. Nappy', ob- ' than constant studying -" others' ics: instruction and sparring become' , concern long before the world hun'- their conception almost a half cEm~ may mistake the evenNor a' pro­ served; "k knockdown or knockout jUst want to pa'rticipate." .',." daily routine:until the fights' begin;" ger crisis~,gained,its: current Jnter- tury' ago, and nearly a quarter of a fessionalmatch, as the,fa~ilities are is considered incidental to the bout;, PartiCipatioriis what it's all about Asringtimeapproaches, the fighters national attention. million dollars has been raised for ,impressive for an amatetir ,tourila~ it is not the objective:'!; '. ,,' in the Bengal B()uts. Unlike some ()f are divided 'into various weight cate­ Starvation is a way of life for the the Bangladesh charity. When the ment; The basketball ar~na 'of tlie A' spirit· of' brotherhood' prevails: the other sports on campus,everY~ gories .to' assure even' matches. This' people.of13angladesh;-:- a, country fighters enter the -ring on the 26th, ACC is ,transformed w~h a 'raised at· the Bengal matches-figuratively' one is assured:of aC:hanceto take is an important precautioriary mea- . overwhelmed, by ·\.!nceasing , poverty 44 years of tradition will be behind ring in the middle, highlighted' by and literally~since this year's bouts .', ,and endless <:ivil disc,ord. Diverse in- them, .but as Nappy says, ,"Every an enormous descending spotlight. feature: brotliers Jim 'and Ross' dividuals ranging from, rock,. star year is a new experience. There are 'With the traditiona(ring announcer Browne~. The tourn'ament draws all: George Harrison to University Pres- different name~ and faces, and it'~c?..m~~e in~lpCedo, ~he setting is types of co'mpetitors, 'many of whom, ident Father· Theodore' Hesburgh a challenge to Improve on. the qual,;-worthy,'of.:even a claSSIC Muhammad seem to, have nothing in common' have" at one ,time or another, re- ity of the 'previous grOlips~" /. Ali fight. Yet here the resemblance except the desire to box. But there ferred'to' the Bangladesh 'problem, ,Critics of the. sport of, boxing ,to the pros ends. Instead 'of the are many reasons why they unite: In . and a variety· of relief measures question its morality, and/pi:;'int :out "usuali2 to 15 professio~al rounds, the 'Bimgal effort every year.; Matt have been ,instituted;' Yet with all of the irony of=staged:;::Jfghting" for", the 'BEmgal Bouts, like all. amateur McGrath,: a . veteran fighter,:' com~,' /" ',' ". ;. "', '. the recent publicity, the Bangladesh' humanitarian purposes., Nappy re--:boxing, is restricted, to three two- mented, "You can't help but. geL a , situation is not new ,to the Notre 'mains I cI staunch. , defender. .of themi~ute:rounds.." '" ' Instead of a paid lot oienjoyinent out of it. What Dame community: proceeds, from sport 18 practiced'atN()treDame:' mallager.ln,the'corneracting as a 'inipressednie~ost is the dedication the Bengal Bouts, hav.~ gone to the "It is important to recognizethe: fighter's '!second," personal friends that all'th~' ir~sfructo~s show ~it;s:.. Bangladesh missions for ,the past.44 distirtction between 'amateur and and 'even fellow boxers perform the a 'contagious feelirig." 'Terry' John-, years. , ;' pro~~ssional boxing," h~'explained., . duti,esof calming a nervous con- son:. "~' former' box'er"and., present: Bengal Bouts started as a result "I would rather not argue with 'any-tender,':.washing out mouthpieces member'oithe Bouts committee(he-:: of a, brainstormJ.ng:session 'of a one\ who ciaims,thatprofe~siorial, and()ffering between-round pointers. lieves, "Eventually, the, idea":o{ small group of bored: No~re,Dame boxing is immoral. How boxing is . Unlik~ many pro f e s s ion a 1 sending 'money over to,: the, mis~ students. Initially," the'. idea was to done "will determine the public. re; matches; skill - not sheer force - sions 'oecomes' as' important' to" 'you' promote a:' one-night; "smoker" . to action." . '. " 'is 'the' determiriing factor in the as it is to Na'ppy"::"'you take his' cause :provid~a: respite from the academic Notre Dame boxing differs signifi~ Bengat:competiti()n. Finesse is the' as : your ". ·own." Heavyweight "con­ grind and to : reiievethe otherwise cantly from .that: encountered .on'key: to 'vic~ory - and Nappy has tender Ken: MacAfee S8.ys,";It's: bleak Midwestern winter.' ,The first .the professional le~el due to the:' never'tolerated antics which would really', exciting '~, the n'ext'b'est 'bout~'took pla:ce,withi~the old'fieid~ emphasis pl~lCed on an, even, fair ,stain :the:~spiI'it of the matches. thing to a football' game." . Physfcai h~use and netted,' a' profit' of $450, match. Nappy firmiy'believes:in the .... "This i~ a contest,' like any other and ',;p'sychological 'reasons ';are which, was, donatE;d' to' the Holy philosophy that "every match must :: sport"":'" in a sense it'is the °purest :: .' :,;~ • , .. '" ' '. '., • I. • ~ ~ '.l..•.••. , ""'" .' ...•<. ,_ -,,',~. . .~

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form of providing food for the hun­ gry and medical attention for the indigent. The mission distributes Perspecti\1e food on a daily basis to the needy, while its hospital provides medical services and a place where the hope­ less can go to diewith~ignitY. But no' matter how many 'are feci' or given treatment, there 'are aiways The author is a graduate stUdent this grace we are given, he tells us, through a telescope. The distinction more waiting... . ' in the Theology Department and is a is a life lived in love for God and for between two "kinds" of homosexuals Edu~ation is 'th~'area in which'tiie member of the Gay' Community of other persons as God has created which the statement outlines has no mission exerts its g~eatest,in'fluence. Notre 'Dame. ' them-not a life hedged about with empirical basis whatsoever; More se­ Parishes run elementary schools 'and : ,The recent declaration on sexual­ arbitrary rules and laws to control ,riously, the tone of this whole state­ colleges,' helping the:' people: learn', . ityissued by the Congregation for every situation. And yet,;as in Dos­ 'mentclearly shows that the Church new, ways 'to combat their age-old' the Doctrine of the Faith makes:it toyevsky's story of 'the Grand In­ is still working out ,of an outmoded problE~ms.·iBut it'is still easy to let clear that the magisterium of 'the quisitor, it has always been a great form of "natural~' theology,while' at yourself. become overwhelmed. w~en ,Church has yet, ,to 'deal with the temptation for 'man to:abandon the the same time refusing to take into you realize the enormity of ,the prob­ reality of human sexuality ina crea­ life in the Spirit and replace it with account the latest scientific evidence lem in Bangladesh;" ~oinments Tom.. tive, redemptive way,enlightened by 'aJife under the'Law, which cannot from the natural order, such as the "At, the missiory. we. know}hat 'w~ 'the, spirit of the Christ who "makes save us, but'only condemns us. extensive' research' . done by' Dr. can't possibly help all 80 million of' all things new."It is not possible in .' St.Paul continues this line in his 'Evelyn Hooker for the National,In­ the, people, but :w'e can reach a few.",: a short article·to mount' an ex­ letters, and it is here--:and in .. the stitute of Mental: Health;' Her, re­ Jim, adds, "Some,' things are so haustive critical analysis of the doc­ New Testilment only "here-that we search, and that of others; has con­ shocking that you can't help but ument,' its background, . methodology find "homosexuality"'" condemned. clusively shown'that homosexuals'as feel pow~~les~ at times.", ., ' . :and implications'; nevertheless a few But the context makes it· clear that a; group' manifest rio more neurotic , , , Reaching out ,in Bangladesh re­ comments should be made with re­ what St. Paul is 'condemning 'is any or psychotic ,symptoms than hetero­ sure. ,Nappy is proud to Claim that guys." Returning fighter Gus Cifelli , quires a special, kind,' of:. person. gard 'to' homosexuality, 'one of the exploitive use of sexuality for selfish sexuals; Any arbitrary.' group·' of there has not been a single serious captured the essence of the Ben'gal' "People ·working there, must, have. least ,understood and most maligned 'ends which hurt others; i.e., which homosexuals 'are: as happy, well­ injury since ,the bouts began. . Bouts .' and their coach when he patience. and Impatience," ; says expressions of human sexuality. A violate the supreme law'of Jesus, the adjusted and productive members of This year 12 weight divisions are said, ,"What ,makes Nappy,' so Kevin.','They are impatient because, more. full treatment of this docu­ 'law of love. He is giving illustrative society as a comparable group .of expected to be slated: 125, 135, 145, unique is, what makes '. the, club, of their' enthusiasm,' but they are ment' from' other quarters will un­ examples, not all-encompassing com­ heterosexual~ven in, the' Roman 150, 155, 160-165, 170-175,180, 185, so .unique. 'Everything, is from the' patient .because of the· limitations doubtedly be soon forthcoming. mandments, and if we look at the Catholic Church. It is now clear that 190, light-heavyweight an~ heavy­ heart." But, with as nllich as he has' imposed on them by ,the ,Moslem It is ,difficult; if not impossible, to forins' which homosexual expression homosexuality per se is not a "sick­ weight. Anticipated contenders for taught them during the years, Nap society.~' separate the issue of homosexuality most commonly and publicly took in ness" orin any, way "pathological" the titles in each fight are: 125 ---' still learns from his young proteges. 'from other issues such as contracep­ his' own' time, his condemnation (hence the action of the American When'speaking of Bangladesh,"it Dan Romano, Bob Mohan and Terry . "They're different; they're special," : tion and, above all, the equality of becomes understandable. St. Paul Psychiatric Association last year in is the memories of the peoplethem~ Broderick; 135 -:c- Dave Reyna; 145 he boasts. "So many don't win, and 'women, for all are manifestations of was certainly totally ignorant of the removing homosexuality from the selves which bring the greatest re­ - Mike Mullin; 150 - Jim quinn, yet they always feel" so good a 'fundamental, human' . sexllality modern understanding of homosex­ list of psychological'disorders); yet actions from those who lived in their Tom Brennan; 155 - Phil Harbert, about it." which we, are only in our own·' time this statement of the Congregation midst. "People there are so' giVing ualityas a psychosexual phenome­ Matt McGrath; 160-1H5':- Kerry Perhaps this spirit of giving is the beginning to appreciate as a mani~ non at' least as mysterious-and no for, the Doctrine of the' Faith uses and loving in spite oftheirtremen~ ~ Moriarty; 170-175 - Tom Plouff, force which makes the Bengal Bouts such outdated terms as "incurable," dous' poverty," observed' Jim. "They fold and wonderful phenomenon. It is more'so-:--than heterosexuality.' ltis' CaseyLcind and Randy Payne; 180- so unique and which unites the im­ certainly unquestionable that any "pathological,'" etc. ' have' almost nothing,' and' yet' they, a perverted misuse, of Scripture Rudy Ruettiger; 185 - Chet Zawa­ mediate battle within the ring with' give as much as they can.'! :and all expressions of human sex- which would lead anyone, on the The'statement affirms that sex is lich; 190':- open; light-heavy­ the long-range struggle outside,' in :uality may be, and indeed often;are, basis of these texts, to condemn all a God-given gift, but fails to articu­ weight - Jim Browner; heavy­ the' Bangladesh missions.;For over "diving unselfishly"tbothers i~ 'the . perverted to sin-sexuality is not a homosexual acts as "intrinsically dis­ late clearly what this God-given gift weight,- Doug Becker, Ken Mac-. 100 years the Holy .Cross, priests secret behind the success of the Holy morally neutral issue: But it is ordered," or even to suggest that. is for. Solely reproduction? Solely Afee and ,Ross Browner. have worked.in this country of 80 Cross mission. Last year'the'Notre equally unquestionable that this homosexuality is a '''pathological between male and female? If so, Since there are a limited number million people which encompasses Dame Bengal Bouts' gave' $14,000 document totally fails even'to make constitution judged to be incurable." why? Until such fundamental ques­ of divisions,' it' is obvious that 'not an area roughly equivalent to the" ta' help· the mission, in its effort to a beginning at the development of, a The . few' Old' Testament passages tions are dealt with, the bare asser­ bring 'nilief to" the' people- of every fighter will leave ,the bouts as state of Wisconsin. It is not easy to sexuat' ethic truly illuminated by the which deal--.::or seem to deal....:....w~th tion that sex is a God-given gift has a champion or, even with finalist Bangladesh. ", " . understand the immensity of the ,., L ' •• '. .}-', ~:' _ .. ,;',: Christian understanding of the na­ homosexuality pose ' no' problem: no more cognitive content than the honors. It was once said, "If there task which they have ,undertaken. , Last Christmas' a priest from' the ture of God and man;c.As an'illustra­ they are either so obviously cultural­ assertion 'that spring is a nice time is glory in it, then it is only for one Jim O'Connor, Kevin Kearney and mIssion wrofe' these words back 'to 'tion,' 'let ,us look' at ,the' attitude ly conditioned that they can be dis­ of year. ,,' night." And yet, the number par­ Tom, O'Hara; three seminarians who the States, "Many openly', doubt' toward' homosexuality outlined by 'missed out of hand, or they have Until the Church is willing to take ticipating ,in the annual event has worked a't the Holy Cross missions whether Bangladesh c~mevermake, this latest Church'document. been shown not to apply to homo- a fresh look at the whole issue of reached an. all-time' high. Much of in Bangladeshlast,year, are among it, 'and they ask if there.is any hope In ,the Gospels, Jesus' never spe­ 'sexuality at all (e.g:, the story of human sexually in the light of both the credit for the ever-increasing at-, the few whohad,the:opportunity to - we hilVe no 'alternative, we have 'cifically. referstci homosexuality at Sodom and Gomorrah). the Gospel and of modern scientific tendance is attributed to the indomi­ witness the 'tremendous ,aid: which to hope." Dedicated supporters of all. Rather, he endorses an ethic On the scienti~c side, this state- ' knowledge, we' can expect no real 1 table spirit of Nappy, who treats the Bengal Bout funds provide: the Bengal Bouts have brought hope (e.g., in Matthew ?-7) so demanding iment . is, so shot through with igno­ changes~only more statements like every hopeful as one of "his boys." "The answer to the Bangladesh to Bangladesh and enjoyment to that it, becomes in reality, condem­ rance about homosexuality as to this one-statements which have no The admiration seems to be mutual. problem is twofold," says Tom. boxing enthusiasts at Notre Dame. natory of us all, straight and gay place it, alongside ecclesiastical con­ other result than to increase human I Tom Plouff observed, "Nappy is a "First, they need relief, and then As Nappy often says, "Strong bodies alike. 'We are all "sinners'" in the demnations af the Copernican model suffering and misery.. i great humanitarian. His attitude in­ they need to concentrate on long­ fight so that weak bodies may. be sight of God, and in real need of his of the solar system authored by spires a real camaraderie among the range solutions." Relief takes the nourished." forgiveness and grace. The result of myopic clerics who refused to look

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form of providing food for the hun­ gry and medical attention for the indigent. The mission distributes Perspecti\1e food on a daily basis to the needy, while its hospital provides medical services and a place where the hope­ less can go to diewith~ignitY. But no' matter how many 'are feci' or given treatment, there 'are aiways The author is a graduate stUdent this grace we are given, he tells us, through a telescope. The distinction more waiting... . ' in the Theology Department and is a is a life lived in love for God and for between two "kinds" of homosexuals Edu~ation is 'th~'area in which'tiie member of the Gay' Community of other persons as God has created which the statement outlines has no mission exerts its g~eatest,in'fluence. Notre 'Dame. ' them-not a life hedged about with empirical basis whatsoever; More se­ Parishes run elementary schools 'and : ,The recent declaration on sexual­ arbitrary rules and laws to control ,riously, the tone of this whole state­ colleges,' helping the:' people: learn', . ityissued by the Congregation for every situation. And yet,;as in Dos­ 'mentclearly shows that the Church new, ways 'to combat their age-old' the Doctrine of the Faith makes:it toyevsky's story of 'the Grand In­ is still working out ,of an outmoded problE~ms.·iBut it'is still easy to let clear that the magisterium of 'the quisitor, it has always been a great form of "natural~' theology,while' at yourself. become overwhelmed. w~en ,Church has yet, ,to 'deal with the temptation for 'man to:abandon the the same time refusing to take into you realize the enormity of ,the prob­ reality of human sexuality ina crea­ life in the Spirit and replace it with account the latest scientific evidence lem in Bangladesh;" ~oinments Tom.. tive, redemptive way,enlightened by 'aJife under the'Law, which cannot from the natural order, such as the "At, the missiory. we. know}hat 'w~ 'the, spirit of the Christ who "makes save us, but'only condemns us. extensive' research' . done by' Dr. can't possibly help all 80 million of' all things new."It is not possible in .' St.Paul continues this line in his 'Evelyn Hooker for the National,In­ the, people, but :w'e can reach a few.",: a short article·to mount' an ex­ letters, and it is here--:and in .. the stitute of Mental: Health;' Her, re­ Jim, adds, "Some,' things are so haustive critical analysis of the doc­ New Testilment only "here-that we search, and that of others; has con­ shocking that you can't help but ument,' its background, . methodology find "homosexuality"'" condemned. clusively shown'that homosexuals'as feel pow~~les~ at times.", ., ' . :and implications'; nevertheless a few But the context makes it· clear that a; group' manifest rio more neurotic , , , Reaching out ,in Bangladesh re­ comments should be made with re­ what St. Paul is 'condemning 'is any or psychotic ,symptoms than hetero­ sure. ,Nappy is proud to Claim that guys." Returning fighter Gus Cifelli , quires a special, kind,' of:. person. gard 'to' homosexuality, 'one of the exploitive use of sexuality for selfish sexuals; Any arbitrary.' group·' of there has not been a single serious captured the essence of the Ben'gal' "People ·working there, must, have. least ,understood and most maligned 'ends which hurt others; i.e., which homosexuals 'are: as happy, well­ injury since ,the bouts began. . Bouts .' and their coach when he patience. and Impatience," ; says expressions of human sexuality. A violate the supreme law'of Jesus, the adjusted and productive members of This year 12 weight divisions are said, ,"What ,makes Nappy,' so Kevin.','They are impatient because, more. full treatment of this docu­ 'law of love. He is giving illustrative society as a comparable group .of expected to be slated: 125, 135, 145, unique is, what makes '. the, club, of their' enthusiasm,' but they are ment' from' other quarters will un­ examples, not all-encompassing com­ heterosexual~ven in, the' Roman 150, 155, 160-165, 170-175,180, 185, so .unique. 'Everything, is from the' patient .because of the· limitations doubtedly be soon forthcoming. mandments, and if we look at the Catholic Church. It is now clear that 190, light-heavyweight an~ heavy­ heart." But, with as nllich as he has' imposed on them by ,the ,Moslem It is ,difficult; if not impossible, to forins' which homosexual expression homosexuality per se is not a "sick­ weight. Anticipated contenders for taught them during the years, Nap society.~' separate the issue of homosexuality most commonly and publicly took in ness" orin any, way "pathological" the titles in each fight are: 125 ---' still learns from his young proteges. 'from other issues such as contracep­ his' own' time, his condemnation (hence the action of the American When'speaking of Bangladesh,"it Dan Romano, Bob Mohan and Terry . "They're different; they're special," : tion and, above all, the equality of becomes understandable. St. Paul Psychiatric Association last year in is the memories of the peoplethem~ Broderick; 135 -:c- Dave Reyna; 145 he boasts. "So many don't win, and 'women, for all are manifestations of was certainly totally ignorant of the removing homosexuality from the selves which bring the greatest re­ - Mike Mullin; 150 - Jim quinn, yet they always feel" so good a 'fundamental, human' . sexllality modern understanding of homosex­ list of psychological'disorders); yet actions from those who lived in their Tom Brennan; 155 - Phil Harbert, about it." which we, are only in our own·' time this statement of the Congregation midst. "People there are so' giVing ualityas a psychosexual phenome­ Matt McGrath; 160-1H5':- Kerry Perhaps this spirit of giving is the beginning to appreciate as a mani~ non at' least as mysterious-and no for, the Doctrine of the' Faith uses and loving in spite oftheirtremen~ ~ Moriarty; 170-175 - Tom Plouff, force which makes the Bengal Bouts such outdated terms as "incurable," dous' poverty," observed' Jim. "They fold and wonderful phenomenon. It is more'so-:--than heterosexuality.' ltis' CaseyLcind and Randy Payne; 180- so unique and which unites the im­ certainly unquestionable that any "pathological,'" etc. ' have' almost nothing,' and' yet' they, a perverted misuse, of Scripture Rudy Ruettiger; 185 - Chet Zawa­ mediate battle within the ring with' give as much as they can.'! :and all expressions of human sex- which would lead anyone, on the The'statement affirms that sex is lich; 190':- open; light-heavy­ the long-range struggle outside,' in :uality may be, and indeed often;are, basis of these texts, to condemn all a God-given gift, but fails to articu­ weight - Jim Browner; heavy­ the' Bangladesh missions.;For over "diving unselfishly"tbothers i~ 'the . perverted to sin-sexuality is not a homosexual acts as "intrinsically dis­ late clearly what this God-given gift weight,- Doug Becker, Ken Mac-. 100 years the Holy .Cross, priests secret behind the success of the Holy morally neutral issue: But it is ordered," or even to suggest that. is for. Solely reproduction? Solely Afee and ,Ross Browner. have worked.in this country of 80 Cross mission. Last year'the'Notre equally unquestionable that this homosexuality is a '''pathological between male and female? If so, Since there are a limited number million people which encompasses Dame Bengal Bouts' gave' $14,000 document totally fails even'to make constitution judged to be incurable." why? Until such fundamental ques­ of divisions,' it' is obvious that 'not an area roughly equivalent to the" ta' help· the mission, in its effort to a beginning at the development of, a The . few' Old' Testament passages tions are dealt with, the bare asser­ bring 'nilief to" the' people- of every fighter will leave ,the bouts as state of Wisconsin. It is not easy to sexuat' ethic truly illuminated by the which deal--.::or seem to deal....:....w~th tion that sex is a God-given gift has a champion or, even with finalist Bangladesh. ", " . understand the immensity of the ,., L ' •• '. .}-', ~:' _ .. ,;',: Christian understanding of the na­ homosexuality pose ' no' problem: no more cognitive content than the honors. It was once said, "If there task which they have ,undertaken. , Last Christmas' a priest from' the ture of God and man;c.As an'illustra­ they are either so obviously cultural­ assertion 'that spring is a nice time is glory in it, then it is only for one Jim O'Connor, Kevin Kearney and mIssion wrofe' these words back 'to 'tion,' 'let ,us look' at ,the' attitude ly conditioned that they can be dis­ of year. ,,' night." And yet, the number par­ Tom, O'Hara; three seminarians who the States, "Many openly', doubt' toward' homosexuality outlined by 'missed out of hand, or they have Until the Church is willing to take ticipating ,in the annual event has worked a't the Holy Cross missions whether Bangladesh c~mevermake, this latest Church'document. been shown not to apply to homo- a fresh look at the whole issue of reached an. all-time' high. Much of in Bangladeshlast,year, are among it, 'and they ask if there.is any hope In ,the Gospels, Jesus' never spe­ 'sexuality at all (e.g:, the story of human sexually in the light of both the credit for the ever-increasing at-, the few whohad,the:opportunity to - we hilVe no 'alternative, we have 'cifically. referstci homosexuality at Sodom and Gomorrah). the Gospel and of modern scientific tendance is attributed to the indomi­ witness the 'tremendous ,aid: which to hope." Dedicated supporters of all. Rather, he endorses an ethic On the scienti~c side, this state- ' knowledge, we' can expect no real 1 table spirit of Nappy, who treats the Bengal Bout funds provide: the Bengal Bouts have brought hope (e.g., in Matthew ?-7) so demanding iment . is, so shot through with igno­ changes~only more statements like every hopeful as one of "his boys." "The answer to the Bangladesh to Bangladesh and enjoyment to that it, becomes in reality, condem­ rance about homosexuality as to this one-statements which have no The admiration seems to be mutual. problem is twofold," says Tom. boxing enthusiasts at Notre Dame. natory of us all, straight and gay place it, alongside ecclesiastical con­ other result than to increase human I Tom Plouff observed, "Nappy is a "First, they need relief, and then As Nappy often says, "Strong bodies alike. 'We are all "sinners'" in the demnations af the Copernican model suffering and misery.. i great humanitarian. His attitude in­ they need to concentrate on long­ fight so that weak bodies may. be sight of God, and in real need of his of the solar system authored by spires a real camaraderie among the range solutions." Relief takes the nourished." forgiveness and grace. The result of myopic clerics who refused to look

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. ,. . ' , ) , .- .' : . ,,! . . " ~ ~ . , day; '. s'omeii,~'es , coming ,out. on was:his intere!it"in',the grounds out­ formed'him that it was 6:30 p.m. 'Sorin'sporcli to("monkey';:'with tl;1e ., side his dorm' and, in particular, the "Farley was so dist~essed by 'this that . boys'.' He.seemed toh~ldcourt there 'farming la:~d' ~rou.ndthe: Notre . ali he CQuld iInagi~e'was what the in thE!" afternoons: Father . FarIey Dame' campus. In 'the late '20's, "Pop~would have,said:'t? 'hissaying C by Melanie. Jorge~sen &: Mike Moses krieweach ,', sb.ident -'in his dorm " upop" would get his horseout 6f t,he 'Mass at that hourof the day! .~. ;persOn~llyaJld:refer.ied· 'to':ea~h of stable. and work in the, fields du'ring His 'regimented': life ~xplains' his ,Notre"Dame's: history is full of gray-haired., chief"who."by '. the . ,That .evening ·Farley. got a :tele­ biecomirig an' advis9rin the Student H ,tliem'asone of. "my' boys." This · the summer. "personalities - people ,around campus gate wisely guides their phone call from Krause's suppo~ed . family s'pirit led to' his. nicknail1e ; ,i 'He' a:tso' had' '~practice ;of' taking 'Army Training' Corp~ ~hich·.OI:·gan- : whom, legends arise, characters, upon [off:campus students'], destinies."~ . dad,who'was in: town, and wanted . o'f iiPo'p:'Fariey. ,'" " " , . . · ~ri ~itern~on nip: 'One daylie'woke ized on campus!iuringWorld War, I , Father Farley not only helped the :whom books are based, individuals to have dinner with his son. "Moose,H ',' .: Father ~Fadey became: infamous up late, and it. was . t~ilight.B.ut "from 1918-1919.' As Farley always who"have nurtured a specific spot students, who ,were· not ,campus who was conveniently . sitting :in Jor li'is unique' mail "deliveries.' . As ""Pop;;' thinking it was m()rning, said' when correfirm.,discipli­ walls oCthe tunneLwithgrease,a '. and'just the"castlelike appeararice of' rector of Walsh .. In 1926 he was sent .narian.. He knew all .the tricks but :tactic that· produced obvious:and ;, Sorin Half-itself; The UKing" never to 'Columbia in . Washington to loved them if they were'fair.. ' effective results;. '.."" . . 'hesiiatectto'use his title. He. knocked become the, rector of Christie, Hall . "Moose" Krause, Notre: Dame '. Father Farley :never taught a class on many doors with lightson:af~er.· .. ,there. ,From, 1926,to.1928, Father athletic director, tells a· ,story ab.out at Notre Dame,:~ nor: 'did' he. ever 10' p.m: and things were:nxed his, Farley briefly rejoined the Notre Father Farley·when he was .here as :preach a sermon :at Sacred'Heart way.j'When you we~t.to the~board;' Dame community as. prefect ,of off­ a student Jiving, in ,'Sorin. under 'Church, yet he :seemed;.to influence you ~en:iI1't. ;' com'ing 'l?ack,".· recalls campus housing.· During his ,tenure Farley's wing. One time in February, more students than most of his-fel­ : one. Alumnus magazine: .,' "King'! In.:this; job, Father Farley, was ."Moose" had been' '~campused," low priests." He ' was' a . rector...::,-the Farley:wouldeven goiritotown' after. 'described,by the 1927, Dome,as "the which in those days; meant confine­ priest who stayed in the. d

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. ,. . ' , ) , .- .' : . ,,! . . " ~ ~ . , day; '. s'omeii,~'es , coming ,out. on was:his intere!it"in',the grounds out­ formed'him that it was 6:30 p.m. 'Sorin'sporcli to("monkey';:'with tl;1e ., side his dorm' and, in particular, the "Farley was so dist~essed by 'this that . boys'.' He.seemed toh~ldcourt there 'farming la:~d' ~rou.ndthe: Notre . ali he CQuld iInagi~e'was what the in thE!" afternoons: Father . FarIey Dame' campus. In 'the late '20's, "Pop~would have,said:'t? 'hissaying C by Melanie. Jorge~sen &: Mike Moses krieweach ,', sb.ident -'in his dorm " upop" would get his horseout 6f t,he 'Mass at that hourof the day! .~. ;persOn~llyaJld:refer.ied· 'to':ea~h of stable. and work in the, fields du'ring His 'regimented': life ~xplains' his ,Notre"Dame's: history is full of gray-haired., chief"who."by '. the . ,That .evening ·Farley. got a :tele­ biecomirig an' advis9rin the Student H ,tliem'asone of. "my' boys." This · the summer. "personalities - people ,around campus gate wisely guides their phone call from Krause's suppo~ed . family s'pirit led to' his. nicknail1e ; ,i 'He' a:tso' had' '~practice ;of' taking 'Army Training' Corp~ ~hich·.OI:·gan- : whom, legends arise, characters, upon [off:campus students'], destinies."~ . dad,who'was in: town, and wanted . o'f iiPo'p:'Fariey. ,'" " " , . . · ~ri ~itern~on nip: 'One daylie'woke ized on campus!iuringWorld War, I , Father Farley not only helped the :whom books are based, individuals to have dinner with his son. "Moose,H ',' .: Father ~Fadey became: infamous up late, and it. was . t~ilight.B.ut "from 1918-1919.' As Farley always who"have nurtured a specific spot students, who ,were· not ,campus who was conveniently . sitting :in Jor li'is unique' mail "deliveries.' . As ""Pop;;' thinking it was m()rning, said' when correfirm.,discipli­ walls oCthe tunneLwithgrease,a '. and'just the"castlelike appeararice of' rector of Walsh .. In 1926 he was sent .narian.. He knew all .the tricks but :tactic that· produced obvious:and ;, Sorin Half-itself; The UKing" never to 'Columbia in . Washington to loved them if they were'fair.. ' effective results;. '.."" . . 'hesiiatectto'use his title. He. knocked become the, rector of Christie, Hall . "Moose" Krause, Notre: Dame '. Father Farley :never taught a class on many doors with lightson:af~er.· .. ,there. ,From, 1926,to.1928, Father athletic director, tells a· ,story ab.out at Notre Dame,:~ nor: 'did' he. ever 10' p.m: and things were:nxed his, Farley briefly rejoined the Notre Father Farley·when he was .here as :preach a sermon :at Sacred'Heart way.j'When you we~t.to the~board;' Dame community as. prefect ,of off­ a student Jiving, in ,'Sorin. under 'Church, yet he :seemed;.to influence you ~en:iI1't. ;' com'ing 'l?ack,".· recalls campus housing.· During his ,tenure Farley's wing. One time in February, more students than most of his-fel­ : one. Alumnus magazine: .,' "King'! In.:this; job, Father Farley, was ."Moose" had been' '~campused," low priests." He ' was' a . rector...::,-the Farley:wouldeven goiritotown' after. 'described,by the 1927, Dome,as "the which in those days; meant confine­ priest who stayed in the. d

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his student days, Farley must have was displayed in its own bowling ing the football stadium, the whole presented an unimposing figure to alley located in the basement. Bowl­ crowd rose to salute the "King." his teammates. But "Tiger Lily," as ing, like all the other sports, was Father Farley died on January 15, they once nicknamed him, proved to adored by Father Farley. ' As an 1939. As a final 'tribute 3000 stu­ be closer to' the "Tiger;' ,than the , article in a 1902 Schozastic recounts dents lined the route'\'vhich the cas- "Lily," and: would 'go' on to take ,an ~',There is one, striking cha~acter~ :ket, passed from the Main Building, unusual nine' ietters~four in' both ,istic (ibout Father F:'a~ley's atllIetic then to Sacred Heart Church and by Mark Thomas Hopkins football and' ',baseti~li' and o~e in , teams, and that is,' they' invariably firiaHy to the cqmmunity, cemetery. track. ,Although:' h~ '~aught ni~riy win~" , '. """ " ',' But the, memory of !'POpi"Farley is In view, of the: impending assign­ War have on the events of Gone runners at home plate with his In 1937 Father Farley 'suffered a stilI alive,particula'rly among resi- ments of term paperS and other such With the Wind? strong, throwing arm, "Pop" Fariey paralytic stroke which' necessitated , dents, of Farley Hall,' who are cur­ diversions; arid; in keeping with, the 22. Do the. same for the Russian -is remembered primarily' as a foot­ the amputation of his right leg. But 'rently celebrating his ,100thbirth­ Scholastic 'tradition of always being Revolution and Dr. Zhivago .. 'ball player. Pe'rhaps, his most m~m­ ,he never lost" his" zeal for, sports. day. , During the month of~ebru.ai-y, one to ,make suggestions, herewith 23. If the color ofany given pencil' orableperformance on'the gridiron Former students can remember him ,the womenof Farley Hall are com­ find' (in no particular order), a list , at any given moment is blue, what' came on, O(!tober 25, '1900, against ,pushing his wheelcilair clear ac~oss , memorating Father ,Far'leyt:hrough of topics and, ideas for any and all, can be, expected if it is determined ,~ndiana. ' It was Farley's last year campus to ~atch the football Pl-n­ 16a: Could it also be said that only' ora walnut to the ~earestsquirrei. ' ful swat on the'back-thatisFather ~ raven kno~s if it is black?, ' ' 33. How' does 'God receive His; Farley, and you really believe he was secutivelY rolled, off the Dome, and still not be carried offby blind spar~ 17. Wn~t are th~ 'first 10 'words royalties fo~'the Bible? ", a football player-:-and stilI in prac­ rows?,"",·,"" thought'o{when'youhear, "Think 34. Could Chopin" have', had "the' tice.",All through his life, Father 8. What happens"wheria window of 10 different words"? ' piano in mi~dwhe~: composing his , Farley wa~ athletically inclined. As, 18; How popuiar is' th~ iatest "Ballades"?' ,"" ,"::,'", ': , rector, he would see weak and 'shy' is brokeri~~"bothsides? ,',' 9:Wnatis th~~pposite of "if"? ' album ,When, played as loudly a~' 35. 'Give ,'three "'r~~son~ for" :ui~ boys and playfully bully them., His ' ' possible?": ' " .; ,', i~~gevity ~f India:~a, (witho~trefer- dorms always excelled in interhall' 10.: How many. ducks can' reach the s:am~' crumb of bread ~t the same 19,,1f • false 'eyes "weren't made ring to any other'states),. , ' sports. ' While rectof ,of Walsh, he ' from glass,', could you still". see . 36., Prove jhat 1975 'never really ',had te~niscourts installed behind tim,e ~ " ," , ,,', , ,:' ' through Uiem?" ' happened: , the'dorm (the present-day basket-.':' 1LWhyareonly single gloves col- lected by, the LOst & Fou'nd Depart­ . 20. Was it really the last tango in 37., Answer any three of the above' ball courts). ,~ ment? ., ' , ',' ' P~ris? ." ' , ' , , " from' Millard,' FIllmore's poinf of . ,'~ . . Walsh was called the "gold,c~ast;' 21. ,What bearing did ,the Civil view. . i2. Gi~en 5'gram~' of NaS04,and : because, when new, it housed~the .' .., , ...... ' rich in the most luxurious manner , ," on campus. Part of its originality Father Farl~y plays baseball. 15 14 ,FEBRUARY, 20, 1976 , ,;' SCHOLASTIC ' - Week in Distortion his student days, Farley must have was displayed in its own bowling ing the football stadium, the whole presented an unimposing figure to alley located in the basement. Bowl­ crowd rose to salute the "King." his teammates. But "Tiger Lily," as ing, like all the other sports, was Father Farley died on January 15, they once nicknamed him, proved to adored by Father Farley. ' As an 1939. As a final 'tribute 3000 stu­ be closer to' the "Tiger;' ,than the , article in a 1902 Schozastic recounts dents lined the route'\'vhich the cas- "Lily," and: would 'go' on to take ,an ~',There is one, striking cha~acter~ :ket, passed from the Main Building, unusual nine' ietters~four in' both ,istic (ibout Father F:'a~ley's atllIetic then to Sacred Heart Church and by Mark Thomas Hopkins football and' ',baseti~li' and o~e in , teams, and that is,' they' invariably firiaHy to the cqmmunity, cemetery. track. ,Although:' h~ '~aught ni~riy win~" , '. """ " ',' But the, memory of !'POpi"Farley is In view, of the: impending assign­ War have on the events of Gone runners at home plate with his In 1937 Father Farley 'suffered a stilI alive,particula'rly among resi- ments of term paperS and other such With the Wind? strong, throwing arm, "Pop" Fariey paralytic stroke which' necessitated , dents, of Farley Hall,' who are cur­ diversions; arid; in keeping with, the 22. Do the. same for the Russian -is remembered primarily' as a foot­ the amputation of his right leg. But 'rently celebrating his ,100thbirth­ Scholastic 'tradition of always being Revolution and Dr. Zhivago .. 'ball player. Pe'rhaps, his most m~m­ ,he never lost" his" zeal for, sports. day. , During the month of~ebru.ai-y, one to ,make suggestions, herewith 23. If the color ofany given pencil' orableperformance on'the gridiron Former students can remember him ,the womenof Farley Hall are com­ find' (in no particular order), a list , at any given moment is blue, what' came on, O(!tober 25, '1900, against ,pushing his wheelcilair clear ac~oss , memorating Father ,Far'leyt:hrough of topics and, ideas for any and all, can be, expected if it is determined ,~ndiana. ' It was Farley's last year campus to ~atch the football Pl-n­ 16a: Could it also be said that only' ora walnut to the ~earestsquirrei. ' ful swat on the'back-thatisFather ~ raven kno~s if it is black?, ' ' 33. How' does 'God receive His; Farley, and you really believe he was secutivelY rolled, off the Dome, and still not be carried offby blind spar~ 17. Wn~t are th~ 'first 10 'words royalties fo~'the Bible? ", a football player-:-and stilI in prac­ rows?,"",·,"" thought'o{when'youhear, "Think 34. Could Chopin" have', had "the' tice.",All through his life, Father 8. What happens"wheria window of 10 different words"? ' piano in mi~dwhe~: composing his , Farley wa~ athletically inclined. As, 18; How popuiar is' th~ iatest "Ballades"?' ,"" ,"::,'", ': , rector, he would see weak and 'shy' is brokeri~~"bothsides? ,',' 9:Wnatis th~~pposite of "if"? ' album ,When, played as loudly a~' 35. 'Give ,'three "'r~~son~ for" :ui~ boys and playfully bully them., His ' ' possible?": ' " .; ,', i~~gevity ~f India:~a, (witho~trefer- dorms always excelled in interhall' 10.: How many. ducks can' reach the s:am~' crumb of bread ~t the same 19,,1f • false 'eyes "weren't made ring to any other'states),. , ' sports. ' While rectof ,of Walsh, he ' from glass,', could you still". see . 36., Prove jhat 1975 'never really ',had te~niscourts installed behind tim,e ~ " ," , ,,', , ,:' ' through Uiem?" ' happened: , the'dorm (the present-day basket-.':' 1LWhyareonly single gloves col- lected by, the LOst & Fou'nd Depart­ . 20. Was it really the last tango in 37., Answer any three of the above' ball courts). ,~ ment? ., ' , ',' ' P~ris? ." ' , ' , , " from' Millard,' FIllmore's poinf of . ,'~ . . Walsh was called the "gold,c~ast;' 21. ,What bearing did ,the Civil view. . i2. Gi~en 5'gram~' of NaS04,and : because, when new, it housed~the .' .., , ...... 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"' ( ... common as the final 'step in resolv­ ing impasses in contract negotia~ G~QrgeMe,af1eYI Where Are YoO?/ tions. There is a reluctance to be . bound'by: an "arbitrator's. de'cision' when the leverage of strike is open or· to the faculty:' '. The g~ievance, system : offered through' collective bargaining,' is Collective Bargaining at Notre Dame much more 'forIn'alized than the grieva~ce ,procedures available at most academic 'institutions. Most of .: by Sheila Kearns I theseprocecIuresare informal' amI: . ... based upon behirid-the~scenescon~ Tenure, the subject of the first included speakers from educational through the bargaining system, the 1 sideraiio~s aimed 'at adjustingindi­ . article in this series, is part of the institutions with experience in col- faculty can make changes. that it vidual·:prob'lems. The'" grievance' sys­ traditional structure of higher edu­ lective bargaining.: The series will sees necessary in these areas. '. tem of c'ollectiv~ bargaining offers a' cation:. Collective bargaining cannot continue with a sp~aker from the With regard to salaries and com­ method of . challenging institutional' claim such a tradition, but it is none­ national office of the American As- pensation, a faculty:would want· to actiono~;: matters which the bar­ theless seeking its . own position sociation o{UniversityProfessors be ona par with comp~rable institu-. ga:ining' agreement define~ as griev~' within;the structures of'higher edu- (AAUP) on March 8,:and will con- tions .. If.previousefforts at upgrad­ able. . ; ...... ; cation. . . .. clude with a :.faculty forum some- ing . compensation, have been unsuc­ Each of the speakers at ~he Facul~ time before the 'end of the semester. cessful, a faculty may seek : collec- . tySenat~~~ponsored discussion spoke. , It may sound better,for. a· faculty The relative newness' of collective tive bargaining as a means of achiev­ of th.e improvements in faculty sal­ to. speak ... of.' collective bargaining bargaining f6r"faculty members is ing this end. ,A belief that the im­ aries and (!ompe.ns_ation whic~. were than to, talk about unioni~ation" but due to the faCt that this right has provement of facuity compensation the two are one and the;same. Union brought about·· through, c.ollective only been legally established within is.of vital necessity does offer reason bargaining. George' Horton, of. Rut­ is l the conimon> man's -term:.:whi~h the last 10 years or sO.-In public for the recourse to collective :bar­ gers University, pointed out .that some feeldoes:~ot belong in the institutions, faculty members were gaining, but there .ismuch more that realm .of higher education .. Unions one of the major:' accomplishmellts given ~e:.right to bargain collec- faculties have tried to, and can, .ac­ . : ~ . . may have :aplace ;in pr:imary and o£collec;tive bargaining at . Rutgers. tively by the acts of individual state complish through the,i,bargaining. . was the change. in the structu,re of sec

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"' ( ... common as the final 'step in resolv­ ing impasses in contract negotia~ G~QrgeMe,af1eYI Where Are YoO?/ tions. There is a reluctance to be . bound'by: an "arbitrator's. de'cision' when the leverage of strike is open or· to the faculty:' '. The g~ievance, system : offered through' collective bargaining,' is Collective Bargaining at Notre Dame much more 'forIn'alized than the grieva~ce ,procedures available at most academic 'institutions. Most of .: by Sheila Kearns I theseprocecIuresare informal' amI: . ... based upon behirid-the~scenescon~ Tenure, the subject of the first included speakers from educational through the bargaining system, the 1 sideraiio~s aimed 'at adjustingindi­ . article in this series, is part of the institutions with experience in col- faculty can make changes. that it vidual·:prob'lems. The'" grievance' sys­ traditional structure of higher edu­ lective bargaining.: The series will sees necessary in these areas. '. tem of c'ollectiv~ bargaining offers a' cation:. Collective bargaining cannot continue with a sp~aker from the With regard to salaries and com­ method of . challenging institutional' claim such a tradition, but it is none­ national office of the American As- pensation, a faculty:would want· to actiono~;: matters which the bar­ theless seeking its . own position sociation o{UniversityProfessors be ona par with comp~rable institu-. ga:ining' agreement define~ as griev~' within;the structures of'higher edu- (AAUP) on March 8,:and will con- tions .. If.previousefforts at upgrad­ able. . ; ...... ; cation. . . .. clude with a :.faculty forum some- ing . compensation, have been unsuc­ Each of the speakers at ~he Facul~ time before the 'end of the semester. cessful, a faculty may seek : collec- . tySenat~~~ponsored discussion spoke. , It may sound better,for. a· faculty The relative newness' of collective tive bargaining as a means of achiev­ of th.e improvements in faculty sal­ to. speak ... of.' collective bargaining bargaining f6r"faculty members is ing this end. ,A belief that the im­ aries and (!ompe.ns_ation whic~. were than to, talk about unioni~ation" but due to the faCt that this right has provement of facuity compensation the two are one and the;same. Union brought about·· through, c.ollective only been legally established within is.of vital necessity does offer reason bargaining. George' Horton, of. Rut­ is l the conimon> man's -term:.:whi~h the last 10 years or sO.-In public for the recourse to collective :bar­ gers University, pointed out .that some feeldoes:~ot belong in the institutions, faculty members were gaining, but there .ismuch more that realm .of higher education .. Unions one of the major:' accomplishmellts given ~e:.right to bargain collec- faculties have tried to, and can, .ac­ . : ~ . . may have :aplace ;in pr:imary and o£collec;tive bargaining at . Rutgers. tively by the acts of individual state complish through the,i,bargaining. . was the change. in the structu,re of sec

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cerns which - Keith" Kleckner, ex- then a bargaining' agent must be existing structures! are inadequate pressed in speaking of Oakland Uni- choseri; The agency'most likely to be and unsatisfactory. . " '- . versi"ty's experience with collective ·· .. chosen istheAAUP. 'Once. a bar~ The Faculty Senate can try to.ac­ bargaining. gaining agent has been selected and. complish these objectives through· The extent to which this occurs, recognized by the NLRB as the fac­ the established means, .but its, capa­ however, is dependent. upon the, di-, . ulty agent,' then the university is city is only advisory 'in' the making mensions which the bargaining,,' legally obligated- to negotiate a fac-' of University academic policy. Col­ process takes within individual in- . ulty contract with this agent. lective bargaining' would' give - the PatriOts,· Fellows·· and a Coach stitutions. Frederick Hueppe did not' ',.There' are nl'any considerations faculty the weight to'imsh for ~hese , • • ,. t- ..' ~ " - .• feet':~this to be a problem 'at st: which must pre'cede .the decision it­ changes. ' The' question becomesorie Jqhn's. If a -faculty and administra- .. self. In. general, these are. the' posi­ of the faculty's confidence in'the ade­ tion can manage to work together, 'tive and negative points of colleCtive quacy of the present structures a'n'd' to some degree, in the bargaining bargaining mentioned above. There ~ethods of govern,al}ce. ' .. '. . . , ., ' . .' . process· imd the administration of . are ~lso corisideratioris to be made . Collective bargaining" does, not by Richard G. Landry the contract" then the chances of c, which :'are specific to:Notre Dame. bring about the total restruCturing­ - their having to ,rely on fOTces out- There. must be a.determination of of governance system's 011 its own. Each year, the cycle is rep~at~d: was . inaugurated as president':-Mc7 to suomittheir names incompetitio-n side the. academic- comnninityare' exactly what collective bargaining The extent to which it does; this' is as spring approaches, hailing with it : Carthy's,' popularity remained. high. they wish to represent their CIassas lessened:" ' . '. may', gain for the ' Notre Dame determined in the bargaining pro­ the start of final examinations and ,The citation' 'accompanying the,- Senior Fellow. ' . The relationship betweenadminis- . faculty: , . . . cess. It is here that, the fac'ulty rriay the long-awaited : commencement', 'award described, its recipient as "an Of the individuals:, who, have' ac­ tration and faculty plays an impor~ ·.'The beginnings of these consider­ propose just how" the governance speculation begins on the -part of the " . individual who has had the integrity, cepted the invitation to be considered tant role in the consideration of cOI-ationsare being madeinthe Faculty structure of the University might be news media and educators across the the decency and the "willingness to for the honor of Senior Fellow' isa lective bargaining. ,While' Frederick' . -Senate. The Faculty Senate Collective altered. In the report of the 'Faculty country concerning the "mood'" of work for the best values and finest ' name that has in the past be~n con­ Hueppe em-phasized' the. niutualand' Bargaining Committee presented a: Semite Collective'· Bargaining-Com­ the universities' new crop of gradu-, . traditions of our society~;' . nected with Notre Dame, first as a constructive efforts of faculty and . status report to the Senate at its last mittee it was stated that the mem­ ates. Inevitably" discussion' centers Later Senior Chiss Fellows have 'student and athlete,and lateTas a administration in the bargaining meeting. 1,'he. committee reported bers of the committee who favored around the men and women' who included attorney William Kunstler, major contributor to the welfare of process, Keith Kleckner's:emphasis . that '~there is certainly no unanim~!y. collective bargaining felt that 'it come to the schools to deliver ad- "Rev. Daniel J. Berrigan,' S.J., Wil- exceptional children in the 'South was. just> the opposite. 'He spoke', of opinion in recommen~lin-g that the "would not' require any changes ,in dresses and receive awards. The liam Ruckelshaus,:Rev.Robert Grif- Bend area. Rocky Bleier, former about the development of a "wei Senate assume a positive': stance in the present academic structure of the same question is always raised: in fin; C.S.C., and, in 1975,' form~r Notre Dame -footballstarand-half­ they" attitude -which he felt had pressing for collective bargaining." University (e.g.; :theAcademic Coun"' which way do these people represent: Notre Dame football coach Ara Par- back for'the 1976 Super Bowl vic~ detrimental effects. Instead of bring- The report also stated "in fact, sev­ eil and it's role)' but rather a few the thoughts and coneernsof alarge, _seghian. An honor which includes tors, the.Pittsburgh Steelers,is the ing the two parties together in a _ eral committee members were either specific changes (e.g:,' a 'grievan-ce well-educated segment of the youth n() monetary gain' (theSeriior Class only professional football player to mutual effort, the bargaining process opposed to, collective ,bargaining procedure 'structure, modifications of population? . pays for the Fellow's travel fare{ and be· a veteran' of the 'Vietnam War. had pushed them even.further away under nearly any foreseeable circum­ the appoiritments' and . promotions Notre Dame supplies its own:clues- expenses), the award has always, Further, he is largely responsible for 'from each otlier.. '., stances or - against" aHempti~g to process)." , ' " i_ to the problem in the form of a Se- been highly prized by its dis tin- the establishment of the Logan Cen-­ .1n speaking' of the general charac-. organize the faculty until either If the Notre Dame 'faculty feels nior Class Fellow. Originally called guished recipients. Fr. Griffin, the. ter for the mentally retarded. Other teristics ,of collective bargaining, means of attaining desire'd goals have that collecti'vebargaining is'the' the Patriot of the Year Award, the first campus figure to be elected and candidates for the award include Bob been exhausted." -Th~ committee did 'honor was., bestowed upon an' "out.; the only Fellow who is known almost' Ke~shan, lecturer and consultant on there is an assumption of an adver~ means which it inust "have; forac~ sary relationship between the parties propose a list of objectiv~swith' n~- complishing,its objectives. then it standing American," and ~ was pre- exclusively to Notre Dame students children's programming who is best ,involved. This develops from the as~ gard to governance- and faculty com- ' should' obtain· tha t 'means., Collective serited in conjunction with Washing- and alumni, has described the expe-' .,known to' college students as the ,ton's Birthd~y. ,-In 1945, the'· first rience as "a supreme mom'ent. .. . Captain Kangaroo of their early sumption that the goals and objec- Pensat, ion whfch' they felt "should' b'e bargaining inay also offer more than tives of . an administration and the seriously- and vigorously ,purs~ed by the desired results; it offers the pos­ Patriot award was won by FBI di- To be the first Senior Fellow chosen - y·outh. Mi-;Keeshan has been inftu­ rector J. Edgar Hoover; Recipients _from Notre Dame is a ~arm feeling -ential in causing networks to raise means of obtaining them may not the Senate iii the immediate future." sibility of problematic relationships coincide with ,those of the faculty. They ~l~o'statedthat "the Senate between the faculty and the·adminis" of the award have included Fulton 'tolive with.'" . ' .-' " ,- the educational level of the shows The two reach some sort of agree- should' continue to explore the roie tration which,. may be detrimental J. 'Sheen, Senator John F.Kerinedy, The listof candid~t~s thi~year in~ which they_produce for children. ment· through the. bargaining pro- collectiveb'argaining' might play in to the University as a ~hole. :It is ~Vice-President . Richard M.Nixon-,· cliIdesindividuals prominEmt'in'ihe '. ' Candidate:s . notwithstanding, the cess. ',Even: if. an agreement can be this process." .: .. ' . . possible to avoid .these problems Bob Hope,John Glenn, General Wil- fields of science, entert'linm~nt, liter--. final success of the Senior Class Fel­ .liam C.Westmoreland, JohnGardner ature, ,sport, the varIOUS news low may depend most upon the de­ reached, there is the possibility that - Among these:gbjectives were: re­ within an, effective _bargaining :pro­ ,of Common Cause, the citizens; media and politics. After the initialgreeof interest which is displayed in the process the adversary ,rela~ visions of the appointment and pro­ cess through time and effort both on lobby,a,nd Senator Everett Dirk~ . ' nomination period in November, ,the by the members of the senior class. tionship : will .become even. more· in- motion pI:ocedure,· faculty access to the -part of the faculty:' ~md the', ad: M. . sen. ',' . Senior '. Fellow Committee, a group '" In the recent past enthusiasm for the tensified.-,)f the relationship is al- its own personal files, the establish­ ministration, but the success of 'the ,Iii .1969' the award was changed .' of eight seniors headed by Bill Ma- award has markedly declined. In ready· intensely, of '._ the, "we/they" mentof a clear~cut:grievance proce~ efforts is not guaranteed.: :.radically in ·nature. Modeled after cauley, an, Englisliniajor from Los 1975 approximately two hundred variety, then the bargaining process dure and the development of ·Univer­ The issue. of collective bargaining Yale University's Chubb Fellowship, Angeles; California, developed a set' -seniors voted in the eleCtion which would seem fo offer no dangers,in sity-wide salary scale by rank. In is complex, ,and not easily delineated it was designed tobe co'nferred in a of qualifications which a prospective saw;.AraParseghian win an over­ that area.· But· if this sort of rela-. considering collective., bargaining and decided upon. There is· more .to sp'drig weekend of festivities cen-candidate.inust have in order to re- . whelming victory over candidates tionship does not exist, thencollec-. ' ' there. should be an atteIllpt to, deter­ be heard before the·: Notre Dame teredaround the recipient, and its' ceivefurther Fore.- '-;,such as cartoonist Garry Trudeau. tive bargaining leaves the parties in- mine exactly what needs to be ac­ faculty makes its decision, and more consideration~ . first awardee was a different sort of most on the list was the requiremerit ; Macauley noted, that_ if the Senior volved open to it, if preCautions are complished. ,This list 9f object~vesis . time to consider both,th~ positive ,patriot:, Eugene McCarthy that the individual "must be more Fellow is. to remain a viable tradi- not taken to prevent it .. ' part, of" such an attempt. What and negative aspects of-,collective Sen~tor of Minnesota. -In 1968 McCarthy had. thana name - that he has ext~nded'-" tion at. Notre Dame more student When the series _of discussions, on should also, be, considered, however, bargaining; If changes are ,needed _been a prime contender for the himself beyond a particular field.or support will be necessary. "What collective bargaining is over,. the fac- is the. extent to·which these objec­ in the 'academic structure,. be it nomination: job:" . Among_the 50 persons- happens to the award in the future ulty,.should be able to decide upon tives may be accomplished through through collective, bargaining' or the De~ocraticpresidential odg~- His strident opposition to'the war in';- inally nominated" 20 were sent may be decided by what hap­ .what. action to. take with regard to' already existing . structures. ,part of methods presently' available, then w~ll ,VietrialTlwon 'hiin wide support letters of Jnvitation. On' March 2,. pens on election day this March." collective bargaining. If the. deCision the decision-to engage in collective they must be specified and the meth~ among a generation of college stu- 1976,the- senior class will vote on is,in favor, of collective bargaining, bargaining is a determination that od of effecting them determined., dents. Even after, Richard Nixon whiCh of the 'candidates who agreed 18 . 'SCHOLASTIC FEBRUARY 20, 1976 19 - cerns which - Keith" Kleckner, ex- then a bargaining' agent must be existing structures! are inadequate pressed in speaking of Oakland Uni- choseri; The agency'most likely to be and unsatisfactory. . " '- . versi"ty's experience with collective ·· .. chosen istheAAUP. 'Once. a bar~ The Faculty Senate can try to.ac­ bargaining. gaining agent has been selected and. complish these objectives through· The extent to which this occurs, recognized by the NLRB as the fac­ the established means, .but its, capa­ however, is dependent. upon the, di-, . ulty agent,' then the university is city is only advisory 'in' the making mensions which the bargaining,,' legally obligated- to negotiate a fac-' of University academic policy. Col­ process takes within individual in- . ulty contract with this agent. lective bargaining' would' give - the PatriOts,· Fellows·· and a Coach stitutions. Frederick Hueppe did not' ',.There' are nl'any considerations faculty the weight to'imsh for ~hese , • • ,. t- ..' ~ " - .• feet':~this to be a problem 'at st: which must pre'cede .the decision it­ changes. ' The' question becomesorie Jqhn's. If a -faculty and administra- .. self. In. general, these are. the' posi­ of the faculty's confidence in'the ade­ tion can manage to work together, 'tive and negative points of colleCtive quacy of the present structures a'n'd' to some degree, in the bargaining bargaining mentioned above. There ~ethods of govern,al}ce. ' .. '. . . , ., ' . .' . process· imd the administration of . are ~lso corisideratioris to be made . Collective bargaining" does, not by Richard G. Landry the contract" then the chances of c, which :'are specific to:Notre Dame. bring about the total restruCturing­ - their having to ,rely on fOTces out- There. must be a.determination of of governance system's 011 its own. Each year, the cycle is rep~at~d: was . inaugurated as president':-Mc7 to suomittheir names incompetitio-n side the. academic- comnninityare' exactly what collective bargaining The extent to which it does; this' is as spring approaches, hailing with it : Carthy's,' popularity remained. high. they wish to represent their CIassas lessened:" ' . '. may', gain for the ' Notre Dame determined in the bargaining pro­ the start of final examinations and ,The citation' 'accompanying the,- Senior Fellow. ' . The relationship betweenadminis- . faculty: , . . . cess. It is here that, the fac'ulty rriay the long-awaited : commencement', 'award described, its recipient as "an Of the individuals:, who, have' ac­ tration and faculty plays an impor~ ·.'The beginnings of these consider­ propose just how" the governance speculation begins on the -part of the " . individual who has had the integrity, cepted the invitation to be considered tant role in the consideration of cOI-ationsare being madeinthe Faculty structure of the University might be news media and educators across the the decency and the "willingness to for the honor of Senior Fellow' isa lective bargaining. ,While' Frederick' . -Senate. The Faculty Senate Collective altered. In the report of the 'Faculty country concerning the "mood'" of work for the best values and finest ' name that has in the past be~n con­ Hueppe em-phasized' the. niutualand' Bargaining Committee presented a: Semite Collective'· Bargaining-Com­ the universities' new crop of gradu-, . traditions of our society~;' . nected with Notre Dame, first as a constructive efforts of faculty and . status report to the Senate at its last mittee it was stated that the mem­ ates. Inevitably" discussion' centers Later Senior Chiss Fellows have 'student and athlete,and lateTas a administration in the bargaining meeting. 1,'he. committee reported bers of the committee who favored around the men and women' who included attorney William Kunstler, major contributor to the welfare of process, Keith Kleckner's:emphasis . that '~there is certainly no unanim~!y. collective bargaining felt that 'it come to the schools to deliver ad- "Rev. Daniel J. Berrigan,' S.J., Wil- exceptional children in the 'South was. just> the opposite. 'He spoke', of opinion in recommen~lin-g that the "would not' require any changes ,in dresses and receive awards. The liam Ruckelshaus,:Rev.Robert Grif- Bend area. Rocky Bleier, former about the development of a "wei Senate assume a positive': stance in the present academic structure of the same question is always raised: in fin; C.S.C., and, in 1975,' form~r Notre Dame -footballstarand-half­ they" attitude -which he felt had pressing for collective bargaining." University (e.g.; :theAcademic Coun"' which way do these people represent: Notre Dame football coach Ara Par- back for'the 1976 Super Bowl vic~ detrimental effects. Instead of bring- The report also stated "in fact, sev­ eil and it's role)' but rather a few the thoughts and coneernsof alarge, _seghian. An honor which includes tors, the.Pittsburgh Steelers,is the ing the two parties together in a _ eral committee members were either specific changes (e.g:,' a 'grievan-ce well-educated segment of the youth n() monetary gain' (theSeriior Class only professional football player to mutual effort, the bargaining process opposed to, collective ,bargaining procedure 'structure, modifications of population? . pays for the Fellow's travel fare{ and be· a veteran' of the 'Vietnam War. had pushed them even.further away under nearly any foreseeable circum­ the appoiritments' and . promotions Notre Dame supplies its own:clues- expenses), the award has always, Further, he is largely responsible for 'from each otlier.. '., stances or - against" aHempti~g to process)." , ' " i_ to the problem in the form of a Se- been highly prized by its dis tin- the establishment of the Logan Cen-­ .1n speaking' of the general charac-. organize the faculty until either If the Notre Dame 'faculty feels nior Class Fellow. Originally called guished recipients. Fr. Griffin, the. ter for the mentally retarded. Other teristics ,of collective bargaining, means of attaining desire'd goals have that collecti'vebargaining is'the' the Patriot of the Year Award, the first campus figure to be elected and candidates for the award include Bob been exhausted." -Th~ committee did 'honor was., bestowed upon an' "out.; the only Fellow who is known almost' Ke~shan, lecturer and consultant on there is an assumption of an adver~ means which it inust "have; forac~ sary relationship between the parties propose a list of objectiv~swith' n~- complishing,its objectives. then it standing American," and ~ was pre- exclusively to Notre Dame students children's programming who is best ,involved. This develops from the as~ gard to governance- and faculty com- ' should' obtain· tha t 'means., Collective serited in conjunction with Washing- and alumni, has described the expe-' .,known to' college students as the ,ton's Birthd~y. ,-In 1945, the'· first rience as "a supreme mom'ent. .. . Captain Kangaroo of their early sumption that the goals and objec- Pensat, ion whfch' they felt "should' b'e bargaining inay also offer more than tives of . an administration and the seriously- and vigorously ,purs~ed by the desired results; it offers the pos­ Patriot award was won by FBI di- To be the first Senior Fellow chosen - y·outh. Mi-;Keeshan has been inftu­ rector J. Edgar Hoover; Recipients _from Notre Dame is a ~arm feeling -ential in causing networks to raise means of obtaining them may not the Senate iii the immediate future." sibility of problematic relationships coincide with ,those of the faculty. They ~l~o'statedthat "the Senate between the faculty and the·adminis" of the award have included Fulton 'tolive with.'" . ' .-' " ,- the educational level of the shows The two reach some sort of agree- should' continue to explore the roie tration which,. may be detrimental J. 'Sheen, Senator John F.Kerinedy, The listof candid~t~s thi~year in~ which they_produce for children. ment· through the. bargaining pro- collectiveb'argaining' might play in to the University as a ~hole. :It is ~Vice-President . Richard M.Nixon-,· cliIdesindividuals prominEmt'in'ihe '. ' Candidate:s . notwithstanding, the cess. ',Even: if. an agreement can be this process." .: .. ' . . possible to avoid .these problems Bob Hope,John Glenn, General Wil- fields of science, entert'linm~nt, liter--. final success of the Senior Class Fel­ .liam C.Westmoreland, JohnGardner ature, ,sport, the varIOUS news low may depend most upon the de­ reached, there is the possibility that - Among these:gbjectives were: re­ within an, effective _bargaining :pro­ ,of Common Cause, the citizens; media and politics. After the initialgreeof interest which is displayed in the process the adversary ,rela~ visions of the appointment and pro­ cess through time and effort both on lobby,a,nd Senator Everett Dirk~ . ' nomination period in November, ,the by the members of the senior class. tionship : will .become even. more· in- motion pI:ocedure,· faculty access to the -part of the faculty:' ~md the', ad: M. . sen. ',' . Senior '. Fellow Committee, a group '" In the recent past enthusiasm for the tensified.-,)f the relationship is al- its own personal files, the establish­ ministration, but the success of 'the ,Iii .1969' the award was changed .' of eight seniors headed by Bill Ma- award has markedly declined. In ready· intensely, of '._ the, "we/they" mentof a clear~cut:grievance proce~ efforts is not guaranteed.: :.radically in ·nature. Modeled after cauley, an, Englisliniajor from Los 1975 approximately two hundred variety, then the bargaining process dure and the development of ·Univer­ The issue. of collective bargaining Yale University's Chubb Fellowship, Angeles; California, developed a set' -seniors voted in the eleCtion which would seem fo offer no dangers,in sity-wide salary scale by rank. In is complex, ,and not easily delineated it was designed tobe co'nferred in a of qualifications which a prospective saw;.AraParseghian win an over­ that area.· But· if this sort of rela-. considering collective., bargaining and decided upon. There is· more .to sp'drig weekend of festivities cen-candidate.inust have in order to re- . whelming victory over candidates tionship does not exist, thencollec-. ' ' there. should be an atteIllpt to, deter­ be heard before the·: Notre Dame teredaround the recipient, and its' ceivefurther Fore.- '-;,such as cartoonist Garry Trudeau. tive bargaining leaves the parties in- mine exactly what needs to be ac­ faculty makes its decision, and more consideration~ . first awardee was a different sort of most on the list was the requiremerit ; Macauley noted, that_ if the Senior volved open to it, if preCautions are complished. ,This list 9f object~vesis . time to consider both,th~ positive ,patriot:, Eugene McCarthy that the individual "must be more Fellow is. to remain a viable tradi- not taken to prevent it .. ' part, of" such an attempt. What and negative aspects of-,collective Sen~tor of Minnesota. -In 1968 McCarthy had. thana name - that he has ext~nded'-" tion at. Notre Dame more student When the series _of discussions, on should also, be, considered, however, bargaining; If changes are ,needed _been a prime contender for the himself beyond a particular field.or support will be necessary. "What collective bargaining is over,. the fac- is the. extent to·which these objec­ in the 'academic structure,. be it nomination: job:" . Among_the 50 persons- happens to the award in the future ulty,.should be able to decide upon tives may be accomplished through through collective, bargaining' or the De~ocraticpresidential odg~- His strident opposition to'the war in';- inally nominated" 20 were sent may be decided by what hap­ .what. action to. take with regard to' already existing . structures. ,part of methods presently' available, then w~ll ,VietrialTlwon 'hiin wide support letters of Jnvitation. On' March 2,. pens on election day this March." collective bargaining. If the. deCision the decision-to engage in collective they must be specified and the meth~ among a generation of college stu- 1976,the- senior class will vote on is,in favor, of collective bargaining, bargaining is a determination that od of effecting them determined., dents. Even after, Richard Nixon whiCh of the 'candidates who agreed 18 . 'SCHOLASTIC FEBRUARY 20, 1976 19 Gallery

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a search for the means to reallocate' holds an endowed chair in Harvard's in the classroom. IronicallyIndiana wealth and revise our archaic in­ divinity school. He has published University' recently informed him . . .~ .: A Bicentennial come differentials." He said a re­ The Feast o/Fools, The Seduction . that his contract will not be' re­ examination' . of capitalist culture ~or the Spirit, God's· Revolution and , newed. would then arise questioning the Man's Responsibility' and On Not The final symposium speaker will ofa Leaving It, to, the Snake. For Cox, be Finley Campbell. He is the di­ . ' values of a consumer society. "The well-being of a society may be less religion is the human tendency to rector of the Afro-American Studies dependenC on' increased 'gross na­ heed the stories which arise from Program at the University of Wis­ Different Color tional product than the widespread the depths of mankind's experience. consin and the co-chairperson of the by 1. Robert Baker provision of quality education, avail­ . Religion offers people the last means National Committee Against Racism. able to persons at any time in their to avoid the" 'electronic icon' - the He i~ th~only declared noncandi­ When it began, a celebration of cation throughout our history when in . the early part of the 20th cen­ careers and devoted to human de­ vast combination of ,technology" date ,for 'President in 1976. He has the American bicentennial seemed political practice has abridged and tury, provides a further example of light and enjoyment of their culture propaganda, exploitation and impe­ been a congressional and guberna­ like a good idea. Now, even before thwarted it. Perhaps the obvious this radical tradition. Seeking to as much as to the more limited aims rialism that threatens to shut out the toI-ial candidate in .Indiana on the the festivities climax, we may be in examples of this renewal of the encourage a, thoroughly democratic of professional training. Perhaps vital light, that comes from within Peace and Freedom party ticket. " . need of a national Alka Seltzer to revolution are the abolitionist move­ ,form of American socialism, Nor­ the nature of the modern university oneself." . According to Professqr,~alshE!' relieve the gluttony - visual and ment in the' last century and the man Thomas became its major needs to be seriously questioned. as Sheldon GeUar, an assistant pro­ Rosemary Ruether and Harvey: Cox verbal - caused by . this holiday. civil rights movement more recently. spokesman. One of his central well." fessor of political science at Indiana should provide the. symposium with. In the thick multiplication of ways America's radical heritage en­ themes was to continually remind The speakers for the symposium University (Bloomington), special­ a radical', theological perspective for and means to celebrate, much of the compasses a wide spectrum of views America that the short-term, ad hoc on the American future are among. ,iies in African political develop­ the other speakers to build on. Les~, original' enthusiasm . has waned. ranging from, religious communitar­ responses of the New Deal were in­ the modern heirs of the nation's ment, ethnic politics, Hebrew proph­ ter ,Thurow and Finley Campbell Worse yet" few of us understand our . ians . like the Shakers to the secular adequate.' Thomas and others felt radical heritage. Rosemary Ruether ets and political culture. He has au­ will focus their ~ttention on the de­ history' better despite. Shell's "his- : experiments of individuals like Roosevelt's economic and social is a professor of historical theology thored Structural Changes and tails'oi,forging ajust 'society.. The toric minutes," the commemorative" Robert· Owen at New Harmony, policies were merely the patching up at Howard University. Recently Colonial Dependencys: Senegal, two, panel discussions which are open stamps and coins', and the special Indiana. In the late 19th century of an old exploitative system. named as one of the 11 major in-. 1885-1945. Geller has been a mili­ to. student participation will offer flags. ,the. Christian 'socialists wrestled When ,Martin Luther King re­ fluences on modern Christian tant defender of the rights and free­ opportunities to,. pursue themes, of' That may perhaps be ~ corrected with the injustices' spawned by the ceived the Nobel Peace Priz'e in 1964, thought and life, Ruether has been, doms of college professors, especially pa,rticular, and ind,ividual interest. :. ' - .,. ~ -' ' somewhat 'next' Monday when· the , industrial revolution and with the he remembere.d. the influence. of primarily concerned with Chdstian­ • Student 'Committeeon the American continuing privileges of the wealthy. Thomas and his urging of radical Marxist' dialogu~, . liberation theology Future, begins a different sort of, America's egalitarian hopes had to, reformation: "I can think of no man and w'omEm'sliberation:'Her books The American ;Future: .A Radical Perspective, bicEmtemlialevent.titled "TheAmer- . be kept vigorous for as George Her­ who has done more to inspire the include 1'heRadical. Kingd~ ': .Th.e ican Future: A Radical Perspective.'" ron said, "If we'should fail here in vision of a society; free of injustice Western" Experlfmce 0/ Messianic . 200 years and thenext 50: A cO':1ference to,revive. the tradi­ , The three-day symposium, sponsored' America, then 6,000 years of his­ and exploitation. While some would Hope, Religion (wei' Sexism and' The : t!ons:of radic'alf.merica'and inspire a hopeJor the future. "by' the Student 'UnionAcademic tory will have failed .... If we fail, adjust to the status quo, you urged Church 'Agai,!!st It8~lf. " ' . Monday, February 23 Commission, CILA, Third World the heart of God will break again." struggle. While sOIpe would corrupt ,The Notre D!lme, Economics De­ Fund and St. Mary's StUdent The Socialist Party of America, 8 p.m. Washington Hall As~ struggle with violence' or, undemo­ partment~ill sponsor. the,second. sembly is advertised as "a confer- which enjoyed considerable support cratic perversions, you have stood Rosemary Ruether - "Humanity's Global· Crisis: America's-' speaker of,. the' confeI,'ence, .Lester Responsibility/~' ' ence to revive the traditions of radi­ 'firmly for the integrity of ends and Thurow. Currently a professor of cal America and to inspire a hope means. Your example has ennobled economics at MIT, Th~row was a~ ITuesday, February 24 for the future." and dignified the fight for freedom, economic advisor to Senator George .10 a.m. Library Auditorium The conference does not officially and all that we hear of the Great McGovern during his :1972 presi-. Panel Discussion - ~/America:A Radical Future?" fall under Notre Dame's celebration Society seems' only an echo of your deritial campaign. He is . the author' Panelists: Harvey Cox of the biCentennial. because it ap­ prophetic eloquence. Your pursuit of Generating Inequality.:,,!,heD~s~. Rosemary Ruether plied for support too late. Adrienne .' of racial and economic democracy at tribution' Mechanisms of; the Econ­ Sheldon Gellar Coffin,: an organizer, of the sym­ home, and of sanity' and peace in omY,:Ppverty and. Discrimination, Facilitator: Carl Estabrook posium, emphasized, "We're not try­ the' world, ,has been awesome in Gl.nd Economic,I~roblem8. , ing to. denigrate or compete with scope. You have proved that there Carl Estabrook;is a, doctoral' can­ 4:30 p.m. Library Auditorium the official Bicentennial celebration; is something, truly glorious in being didate. in 'historical theology. at Lester Thurow - "Income Inequality: Causes and Cures" but rather to deepen it. We're con-" forever engaged in the pursuit of Harva;-d',i From 1969 . to .'1971 he cerned with the. elements of our' justice and equality." 8 p.m. 'Carroll Hall Auditorium (in Madeleva Hall) taught mediaeval history at Notre radical past, such as the establish­ 'Peter Walshe, an associate' pro­ Harvey Cox - "Secularity and Seduction: The Ambiguous Role of Dame and was a prominent figure ment of a democracy, .and with how fessor of 'gov~rnment and inter­ American Religion in Social Change" among those' at the University who to bring that to our future.". ' national stUdies at Notre Dame and were opposed to the Vietnam war. The' symposium i~ ·committed·to .. a· conference organizer,' noted that Wednesday, February 25 When; Estabrook's contract. with the view that the radical tradition in •. the official Bicentennial, which fol­ 2:15 p.m. ,Library Auditorium , Notre Dame' wa{ not renewed in. America is a' precious heritage re- .' lows later in the semester, has not Panel Discussion -":"'''America: A Radical Future?" 1971, _many,: suspected the Admin­ curring throughout the past 200 emphasized this tradition. "Yet it is Panelists: 'Finley Campbell istratfoTl'was dissatisfied;with his years. Although often obscured by . precisely this perspective of radical Carl Estabrook antiwar. ,.stance. The, University, the establishment and institutional­ and prophetic criticism, with the Lester Thurow ho»,ever; claimed. that 'his' contract ization.of privileges and practice, it hope that follows, that should be at Facilitator: Sheldon Gellar was"contingent upon the, completion is deeply' rooted in many of the as­ the core of a Christian university.;' of his' doctprate degree, which was 8 p.m. Washington Hall pirations expressed in" "1776:' The, For Walshe,' America's, radical not finished. " Finley Campbell- "200 Years of Secret Multi-Racial Battle Against revolution which firlnIy established tradition must be reactivate

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a search for the means to reallocate' holds an endowed chair in Harvard's in the classroom. IronicallyIndiana wealth and revise our archaic in­ divinity school. He has published University' recently informed him . . .~ .: A Bicentennial come differentials." He said a re­ The Feast o/Fools, The Seduction . that his contract will not be' re­ examination' . of capitalist culture ~or the Spirit, God's· Revolution and , newed. would then arise questioning the Man's Responsibility' and On Not The final symposium speaker will ofa Leaving It, to, the Snake. For Cox, be Finley Campbell. He is the di­ . ' values of a consumer society. "The well-being of a society may be less religion is the human tendency to rector of the Afro-American Studies dependenC on' increased 'gross na­ heed the stories which arise from Program at the University of Wis­ Different Color tional product than the widespread the depths of mankind's experience. consin and the co-chairperson of the by 1. Robert Baker provision of quality education, avail­ . Religion offers people the last means National Committee Against Racism. able to persons at any time in their to avoid the" 'electronic icon' - the He i~ th~only declared noncandi­ When it began, a celebration of cation throughout our history when in . the early part of the 20th cen­ careers and devoted to human de­ vast combination of ,technology" date ,for 'President in 1976. He has the American bicentennial seemed political practice has abridged and tury, provides a further example of light and enjoyment of their culture propaganda, exploitation and impe­ been a congressional and guberna­ like a good idea. Now, even before thwarted it. Perhaps the obvious this radical tradition. Seeking to as much as to the more limited aims rialism that threatens to shut out the toI-ial candidate in .Indiana on the the festivities climax, we may be in examples of this renewal of the encourage a, thoroughly democratic of professional training. Perhaps vital light, that comes from within Peace and Freedom party ticket. " . need of a national Alka Seltzer to revolution are the abolitionist move­ ,form of American socialism, Nor­ the nature of the modern university oneself." . According to Professqr,~alshE!' relieve the gluttony - visual and ment in the' last century and the man Thomas became its major needs to be seriously questioned. as Sheldon GeUar, an assistant pro­ Rosemary Ruether and Harvey: Cox verbal - caused by . this holiday. civil rights movement more recently. spokesman. One of his central well." fessor of political science at Indiana should provide the. symposium with. In the thick multiplication of ways America's radical heritage en­ themes was to continually remind The speakers for the symposium University (Bloomington), special­ a radical', theological perspective for and means to celebrate, much of the compasses a wide spectrum of views America that the short-term, ad hoc on the American future are among. ,iies in African political develop­ the other speakers to build on. Les~, original' enthusiasm . has waned. ranging from, religious communitar­ responses of the New Deal were in­ the modern heirs of the nation's ment, ethnic politics, Hebrew proph­ ter ,Thurow and Finley Campbell Worse yet" few of us understand our . ians . like the Shakers to the secular adequate.' Thomas and others felt radical heritage. Rosemary Ruether ets and political culture. He has au­ will focus their ~ttention on the de­ history' better despite. Shell's "his- : experiments of individuals like Roosevelt's economic and social is a professor of historical theology thored Structural Changes and tails'oi,forging ajust 'society.. The toric minutes," the commemorative" Robert· Owen at New Harmony, policies were merely the patching up at Howard University. Recently Colonial Dependencys: Senegal, two, panel discussions which are open stamps and coins', and the special Indiana. In the late 19th century of an old exploitative system. named as one of the 11 major in-. 1885-1945. Geller has been a mili­ to. student participation will offer flags. ,the. Christian 'socialists wrestled When ,Martin Luther King re­ fluences on modern Christian tant defender of the rights and free­ opportunities to,. pursue themes, of' That may perhaps be ~ corrected with the injustices' spawned by the ceived the Nobel Peace Priz'e in 1964, thought and life, Ruether has been, doms of college professors, especially pa,rticular, and ind,ividual interest. :. ' - .,. ~ -' ' somewhat 'next' Monday when· the , industrial revolution and with the he remembere.d. the influence. of primarily concerned with Chdstian­ • Student 'Committeeon the American continuing privileges of the wealthy. Thomas and his urging of radical Marxist' dialogu~, . liberation theology Future, begins a different sort of, America's egalitarian hopes had to, reformation: "I can think of no man and w'omEm'sliberation:'Her books The American ;Future: .A Radical Perspective, bicEmtemlialevent.titled "TheAmer- . be kept vigorous for as George Her­ who has done more to inspire the include 1'heRadical. Kingd~ ': .Th.e ican Future: A Radical Perspective.'" ron said, "If we'should fail here in vision of a society; free of injustice Western" Experlfmce 0/ Messianic . 200 years and thenext 50: A cO':1ference to,revive. the tradi­ , The three-day symposium, sponsored' America, then 6,000 years of his­ and exploitation. While some would Hope, Religion (wei' Sexism and' The : t!ons:of radic'alf.merica'and inspire a hopeJor the future. "by' the Student 'UnionAcademic tory will have failed .... If we fail, adjust to the status quo, you urged Church 'Agai,!!st It8~lf. " ' . Monday, February 23 Commission, CILA, Third World the heart of God will break again." struggle. While sOIpe would corrupt ,The Notre D!lme, Economics De­ Fund and St. Mary's StUdent The Socialist Party of America, 8 p.m. Washington Hall As~ struggle with violence' or, undemo­ partment~ill sponsor. the,second. sembly is advertised as "a confer- which enjoyed considerable support cratic perversions, you have stood Rosemary Ruether - "Humanity's Global· Crisis: America's-' speaker of,. the' confeI,'ence, .Lester Responsibility/~' ' ence to revive the traditions of radi­ 'firmly for the integrity of ends and Thurow. Currently a professor of cal America and to inspire a hope means. Your example has ennobled economics at MIT, Th~row was a~ ITuesday, February 24 for the future." and dignified the fight for freedom, economic advisor to Senator George .10 a.m. Library Auditorium The conference does not officially and all that we hear of the Great McGovern during his :1972 presi-. Panel Discussion - ~/America:A Radical Future?" fall under Notre Dame's celebration Society seems' only an echo of your deritial campaign. He is . the author' Panelists: Harvey Cox of the biCentennial. because it ap­ prophetic eloquence. Your pursuit of Generating Inequality.:,,!,heD~s~. Rosemary Ruether plied for support too late. Adrienne .' of racial and economic democracy at tribution' Mechanisms of; the Econ­ Sheldon Gellar Coffin,: an organizer, of the sym­ home, and of sanity' and peace in omY,:Ppverty and. Discrimination, Facilitator: Carl Estabrook posium, emphasized, "We're not try­ the' world, ,has been awesome in Gl.nd Economic,I~roblem8. , ing to. denigrate or compete with scope. You have proved that there Carl Estabrook;is a, doctoral' can­ 4:30 p.m. Library Auditorium the official Bicentennial celebration; is something, truly glorious in being didate. in 'historical theology. at Lester Thurow - "Income Inequality: Causes and Cures" but rather to deepen it. We're con-" forever engaged in the pursuit of Harva;-d',i From 1969 . to .'1971 he cerned with the. elements of our' justice and equality." 8 p.m. 'Carroll Hall Auditorium (in Madeleva Hall) taught mediaeval history at Notre radical past, such as the establish­ 'Peter Walshe, an associate' pro­ Harvey Cox - "Secularity and Seduction: The Ambiguous Role of Dame and was a prominent figure ment of a democracy, .and with how fessor of 'gov~rnment and inter­ American Religion in Social Change" among those' at the University who to bring that to our future.". ' national stUdies at Notre Dame and were opposed to the Vietnam war. The' symposium i~ ·committed·to .. a· conference organizer,' noted that Wednesday, February 25 When; Estabrook's contract. with the view that the radical tradition in •. the official Bicentennial, which fol­ 2:15 p.m. ,Library Auditorium , Notre Dame' wa{ not renewed in. America is a' precious heritage re- .' lows later in the semester, has not Panel Discussion -":"'''America: A Radical Future?" 1971, _many,: suspected the Admin­ curring throughout the past 200 emphasized this tradition. "Yet it is Panelists: 'Finley Campbell istratfoTl'was dissatisfied;with his years. Although often obscured by . precisely this perspective of radical Carl Estabrook antiwar. ,.stance. The, University, the establishment and institutional­ and prophetic criticism, with the Lester Thurow ho»,ever; claimed. that 'his' contract ization.of privileges and practice, it hope that follows, that should be at Facilitator: Sheldon Gellar was"contingent upon the, completion is deeply' rooted in many of the as­ the core of a Christian university.;' of his' doctprate degree, which was 8 p.m. Washington Hall pirations expressed in" "1776:' The, For Walshe,' America's, radical not finished. " Finley Campbell- "200 Years of Secret Multi-Racial Battle Against revolution which firlnIy established tradition must be reactivate

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111 Order ,of Appearance Values, 'Seminar:'

, (', ' The!heory of Spontaneous Generation - , . , " .., .. .' . .. ;..'. ~ . ' . . , by Susan Grace; Jim Romanelli

", .. : In March' of 1971,' Leon Harkle­ : .f by BiUGonzeilbach , , ~ . '. , road was leisurely strolling along' the Notre Dame campus contemplat­ Between 'the idea Each oLthe four professors was The course covered such 'topics as ing ,the typical spring scene: it was ,and the reality free to determine the' structure of • values as "words," values as "deei­ snowing. As he considered the beau­ Between tJie motion .his' 'course· last 'seinester. As' Dr. . sions". and values as "patterns of 'be­ tiful visuaiexperience of the fall~' And thedct Gleason stated, "All the teachers havior." One stu'dent judged that the ing 'snowflakes, it' occurred' to' him Falls the sluu10w ' , were on their,own~ There was no course was 'too :a:bstract, "weriever thaUt might be possible to translate .,:... -T.' S.-Eliot 'commori syllabus or method. Each really did anything practicaL'; • He tha:~ visual phenomenon 'to music, teacher experimented with a variety 'also judged that the course as a to see if the resulting sounds wOllld of things." '. ..'. whole: "never really got off the be as enchanting. With this idea in "Inthe fall of 1974 'the Source of Dr. Hauerwas centered his course' ground.". ' mind, Leon began to work oii devel~ Study Committee. of the, University on the" values of the professional' In the one values. seminar offered oping the equipnientarid progra'm­ of Notre Dame' recommended ,that world. "The' students suggested that' this semester in the College of Arts ming to, convert a visual phenomerion' --:-=--=====-=."10'~~ . -, ' 'beginning with the class of 1978, a people from different professions be and Letters, Dr. Hauerwas, Dr. Ken­ to 'music 'via the comimter. 'Thus , ,one-hour; " one-semester, pass'-fail invited to lecture," Dr. Hauerwas . neth Jameson oi,'economics,and Fr. began the legend'of the "Siniing values seminar be' established for all said, "so that's what we did." ,The Richar:d Zang, the assistant. invest- Snowflakes," as the project isfond~' . ~ i": . " students in, their senior year. The ,class invited, such guests as 'Dean ment' officer, . are. examining ·the ly referred to within the engineerin'g recommendation was later approved Roemer, Who discussed theUni- ethics of, University investments. Hall; there 'are not' 'o~e c but two woman, perched on h~rstoolather ,building. , 'pianos;an upright, and and electric , register, rings'up'the totai arid says;: by the Academic Council. versity'as family, Fr. Burtchaell, ,The course examines such problems After 'the approval, Dean ,Freder- who examined the professional r~ , as should Notre Dame encourage This unusual undertaking is a pian~ that enables him to practice' "That'sa dollar~~wenty,honey; How unique combination of Leon;s' two' without waking his' neighbors; ," : come you've got so many books with ick Crosson of the College of' Arts sponsibilities of: a' teacher, . Dean ',companies in which it invests to do prime interests, math and music. He , , In reference to the"Singing Snow-, this nice weather just startirig?;' , : and·Letters established' a committee, 'DavidLink Dithe law school, who, social 'responsibility audits;, Dr. discussed the ethical codes of a law- Hauerwas judged' that the course is a third-year, graduate student, flakes~" Leon admits that 'the math: ',"Well, my niamigement,"profs under the direction of Dr. Philip yer and: John Houck . was working ,out well. . near completion of his doctorate in 'involved is not his prime concern.' know no mercy," he answers; whiie Gleason, a, history professor, to de­ P~of. of,man~ agement who examined social re- The College of Engineering, which a new and relatively unexplored He says, "Every time I see a snow-; sorting change' and ban~ly' ;succeed- ' ,velop.· experimental .. se'minars for branch of mathematics, recursive flake, I, think of all, the potential ing in not dropping'everything. He ,the fall. semester of 1975. The ,com­ sponsibilityin the illlsinessworld.·' is conducting its first seminar, took , Dr.' Hauerwas judged that the- a different approach than 'the Col­ manifolds. lIe is also an excellent music." , ., hands her the money, she c'olm'ts it mittee'metin. the summer. of 1975 course went favorably., "I, had the .' lege of Arts and :Letters. Using the musician, having played the piano " and says, "Rrright!'" with a' sweet 'and established .four classes to be since he was six years old, with a A student, juggling books, a large' smile.' , " " , taught'by Prof. Stanley Hauerwas students submit' awritten evaluation 'experience' gained . from the four particular' appreciation for ragtime hot chocolate and a "Double Huddle," : 'Violet Bobelenyi ;is 'this' lady's of theology, Prof. Jam'esWalton of of the course, and:all responded pos- experimental groups, the' Engineer­ itively." However, the result was noting committee, headed by Prof. and the classics. Within the narrow is fumbling at the cash register, try- ~ name.' She"works from'10:30in'the English,· Prof Dolores Miller of psy­ confines' of his room' in Brownson' ing to' get to his money;, A shorL morning until 7 - o'clock~t night chology and ProLAndrew,Weigert totally· positive. "I 'really didn't Nicholas Fiore, designed "a format think the ,course:was all'that good," that would be workable forever." , every weekday at the Huddle' which of" 'sociology ; Nearly 50 volunteer , ' she has done for the past thre~ 'years. seniors took the values course in the "judgedone'of: Prof. Hauerwas' Dr. Fiore.exphiined, "We, incorpo­ fall. ,"', ' stUdents;" rated the good points of the' four Not unlike many' ottierfood"service " Dr. Walton's class, an. untypical ,groups and developed what we feel employees,Vi, aS'she is called, was In the spring semester,' the College 1m sin~ng ;nt~e snow f" group in that olIly five stUdents par- is' a workable:' prograrrl for ,the born and raised iri South Bend; and' ;of'Artsand Letters is .. offeringonly .'one., values ' seminar.. The' course, ticipated, discussed value judgment' values. seminar." . retains a slight Polish accent~: " • which is taught by Dr. Hauerwas, ,cases in which, different students : Instead of having a one-hour 'Vidoes not hold theiongest teiiu~e' has only six students;' In the, College 'argued different sides of. the case, . course for asemester,. the committee at 'the' Huddle,' but she' is very well ' of ;'.Engineering an experimental :thereby developing more fully a decided. to ',have' an 'eight~week kn'own by her custome'rs"for': her course whiCh has 15 students is be­ dramatization of the emotions and "mini-course" which met two hours , outgoing persoriiility. ',Her : cheerful~ ing'offered by Prof. John Lucey. ' aspects ofavalue issue.' a week. "We.,:have three ,.plenary ness' bursts': into ,'words' for most . ',The, initial experiment has: ended "At, most, the course allowed me sessions in which a speaker of note every customer; andyes,Vi' is that 'arid'now .questions must be asked to meet some ' very personable se- discusses some topic and : then an­ lady"working 'at the Huddle whose' about the ,seminar. ,What were the niors," said the English professor. j'I swers: questions," Dr.. ; Fiore,; ex­ favorite word is "honey." ';, ': ',0";:'" effects. of the experiment? .What are don't know how the students really ,plained. He noted that there are also ,For 'many ,students j she' is' 'almost its, problems . and strengths?' What felt because they were too polite to ·five individual sessions in which stu­ a grandmother, ,though' with her" 'vahle does the values seminar have? be really candid 'about the course.". dents discuss readings. black curly hair she looks 'too young ,What- does' the' future hold for ,'the Outside the classroom, one . student To ,assist ,: the' 'teacher in topic to beorie.'TIioseoius'who frequent: !senior values. seminar,'and the, se~ became more candid; "I' really didn't ,choices, the' committee has recom­ the' Huddle in the'hours of 'daylight-' niors who will take the course? The feel the course was worth it. It just mended 15 'topics, such as "Nuclear apreciate her,:and we, 'Vi'::":" your answers' to these' questions 'are didn't work.",. 'Energy: Pros and Cons" and ,"Reli- honeys -" want to retu'rn,:' your clouded in shadows of doubt, much Dr: Weigert's course examined .the giol.ls ,Motivation :and -Technological smiles '. and'give;: you~"our; b'est thoughts; , . ," ;' :like the faculty. andstuden'ts' atti­ ,concept of values" as opposed, to History." Each recommended topic tudes toward the seminar. , "' ethics of: profession or case studies. contains, a reading list for the, re- 24 .. ,SCHOLASTIC ,FEBRUARY 20, 1976 25 .'

111 Order ,of Appearance Values, 'Seminar:'

, (', ' The!heory of Spontaneous Generation - , . , " .., .. .' . .. ;..'. ~ . ' . . , by Susan Grace; Jim Romanelli

", .. : In March' of 1971,' Leon Harkle­ : .f by BiUGonzeilbach , , ~ . '. , road was leisurely strolling along' the Notre Dame campus contemplat­ Between 'the idea Each oLthe four professors was The course covered such 'topics as ing ,the typical spring scene: it was ,and the reality free to determine the' structure of • values as "words," values as "deei­ snowing. As he considered the beau­ Between tJie motion .his' 'course· last 'seinester. As' Dr. . sions". and values as "patterns of 'be­ tiful visuaiexperience of the fall~' And thedct Gleason stated, "All the teachers havior." One stu'dent judged that the ing 'snowflakes, it' occurred' to' him Falls the sluu10w ' , were on their,own~ There was no course was 'too :a:bstract, "weriever thaUt might be possible to translate .,:... -T.' S.-Eliot 'commori syllabus or method. Each really did anything practicaL'; • He tha:~ visual phenomenon 'to music, teacher experimented with a variety 'also judged that the course as a to see if the resulting sounds wOllld of things." '. ..'. whole: "never really got off the be as enchanting. With this idea in "Inthe fall of 1974 'the Source of Dr. Hauerwas centered his course' ground.". ' mind, Leon began to work oii devel~ Study Committee. of the, University on the" values of the professional' In the one values. seminar offered oping the equipnientarid progra'm­ of Notre Dame' recommended ,that world. "The' students suggested that' this semester in the College of Arts ming to, convert a visual phenomerion' --:-=--=====-=."10'~~ . -, ' 'beginning with the class of 1978, a people from different professions be and Letters, Dr. Hauerwas, Dr. Ken­ to 'music 'via the comimter. 'Thus , ,one-hour; " one-semester, pass'-fail invited to lecture," Dr. Hauerwas . neth Jameson oi,'economics,and Fr. began the legend'of the "Siniing values seminar be' established for all said, "so that's what we did." ,The Richar:d Zang, the assistant. invest- Snowflakes," as the project isfond~' . ~ i": . " students in, their senior year. The ,class invited, such guests as 'Dean ment' officer, . are. examining ·the ly referred to within the engineerin'g recommendation was later approved Roemer, Who discussed theUni- ethics of, University investments. Hall; there 'are not' 'o~e c but two woman, perched on h~rstoolather ,building. , 'pianos;an upright, and and electric , register, rings'up'the totai arid says;: by the Academic Council. versity'as family, Fr. Burtchaell, ,The course examines such problems After 'the approval, Dean ,Freder- who examined the professional r~ , as should Notre Dame encourage This unusual undertaking is a pian~ that enables him to practice' "That'sa dollar~~wenty,honey; How unique combination of Leon;s' two' without waking his' neighbors; ," : come you've got so many books with ick Crosson of the College of' Arts sponsibilities of: a' teacher, . Dean ',companies in which it invests to do prime interests, math and music. He , , In reference to the"Singing Snow-, this nice weather just startirig?;' , : and·Letters established' a committee, 'DavidLink Dithe law school, who, social 'responsibility audits;, Dr. discussed the ethical codes of a law- Hauerwas judged' that the course is a third-year, graduate student, flakes~" Leon admits that 'the math: ',"Well, my niamigement,"profs under the direction of Dr. Philip yer and: John Houck . was working ,out well. . near completion of his doctorate in 'involved is not his prime concern.' know no mercy," he answers; whiie Gleason, a, history professor, to de­ P~of. of,man~ agement who examined social re- The College of Engineering, which a new and relatively unexplored He says, "Every time I see a snow-; sorting change' and ban~ly' ;succeed- ' ,velop.· experimental .. se'minars for branch of mathematics, recursive flake, I, think of all, the potential ing in not dropping'everything. He ,the fall. semester of 1975. The ,com­ sponsibilityin the illlsinessworld.·' is conducting its first seminar, took , Dr.' Hauerwas judged that the- a different approach than 'the Col­ manifolds. lIe is also an excellent music." , ., hands her the money, she c'olm'ts it mittee'metin. the summer. of 1975 course went favorably., "I, had the .' lege of Arts and :Letters. Using the musician, having played the piano " and says, "Rrright!'" with a' sweet 'and established .four classes to be since he was six years old, with a A student, juggling books, a large' smile.' , " " , taught'by Prof. Stanley Hauerwas students submit' awritten evaluation 'experience' gained . from the four particular' appreciation for ragtime hot chocolate and a "Double Huddle," : 'Violet Bobelenyi ;is 'this' lady's of theology, Prof. Jam'esWalton of of the course, and:all responded pos- experimental groups, the' Engineer­ itively." However, the result was noting committee, headed by Prof. and the classics. Within the narrow is fumbling at the cash register, try- ~ name.' She"works from'10:30in'the English,· Prof Dolores Miller of psy­ confines' of his room' in Brownson' ing to' get to his money;, A shorL morning until 7 - o'clock~t night chology and ProLAndrew,Weigert totally· positive. "I 'really didn't Nicholas Fiore, designed "a format think the ,course:was all'that good," that would be workable forever." , every weekday at the Huddle' which of" 'sociology ; Nearly 50 volunteer , ' she has done for the past thre~ 'years. seniors took the values course in the "judgedone'of: Prof. Hauerwas' Dr. Fiore.exphiined, "We, incorpo­ fall. ,"', ' stUdents;" rated the good points of the' four Not unlike many' ottierfood"service " Dr. Walton's class, an. untypical ,groups and developed what we feel employees,Vi, aS'she is called, was In the spring semester,' the College 1m sin~ng ;nt~e snow f" group in that olIly five stUdents par- is' a workable:' prograrrl for ,the born and raised iri South Bend; and' ;of'Artsand Letters is .. offeringonly .'one., values ' seminar.. The' course, ticipated, discussed value judgment' values. seminar." . retains a slight Polish accent~: " • which is taught by Dr. Hauerwas, ,cases in which, different students : Instead of having a one-hour 'Vidoes not hold theiongest teiiu~e' has only six students;' In the, College 'argued different sides of. the case, . course for asemester,. the committee at 'the' Huddle,' but she' is very well ' of ;'.Engineering an experimental :thereby developing more fully a decided. to ',have' an 'eight~week kn'own by her custome'rs"for': her course whiCh has 15 students is be­ dramatization of the emotions and "mini-course" which met two hours , outgoing persoriiility. ',Her : cheerful~ ing'offered by Prof. John Lucey. ' aspects ofavalue issue.' a week. "We.,:have three ,.plenary ness' bursts': into ,'words' for most . ',The, initial experiment has: ended "At, most, the course allowed me sessions in which a speaker of note every customer; andyes,Vi' is that 'arid'now .questions must be asked to meet some ' very personable se- discusses some topic and : then an­ lady"working 'at the Huddle whose' about the ,seminar. ,What were the niors," said the English professor. j'I swers: questions," Dr.. ; Fiore,; ex­ favorite word is "honey." ';, ': ',0";:'" effects. of the experiment? .What are don't know how the students really ,plained. He noted that there are also ,For 'many ,students j she' is' 'almost its, problems . and strengths?' What felt because they were too polite to ·five individual sessions in which stu­ a grandmother, ,though' with her" 'vahle does the values seminar have? be really candid 'about the course.". dents discuss readings. black curly hair she looks 'too young ,What- does' the' future hold for ,'the Outside the classroom, one . student To ,assist ,: the' 'teacher in topic to beorie.'TIioseoius'who frequent: !senior values. seminar,'and the, se~ became more candid; "I' really didn't ,choices, the' committee has recom­ the' Huddle in the'hours of 'daylight-' niors who will take the course? The feel the course was worth it. It just mended 15 'topics, such as "Nuclear apreciate her,:and we, 'Vi'::":" your answers' to these' questions 'are didn't work.",. 'Energy: Pros and Cons" and ,"Reli- honeys -" want to retu'rn,:' your clouded in shadows of doubt, much Dr: Weigert's course examined .the giol.ls ,Motivation :and -Technological smiles '. and'give;: you~"our; b'est thoughts; , . ," ;' :like the faculty. andstuden'ts' atti­ ,concept of values" as opposed, to History." Each recommended topic tudes toward the seminar. , "' ethics of: profession or case studies. contains, a reading list for the, re- 24 .. ,SCHOLASTIC ,FEBRUARY 20, 1976 25 spective topic. In general, the topics them? I'm not asking professors people I'm close to, and not with a relate to the ethical choices an engi-to .give answers but to raise . bunch of people I don't even know." neer confronts in the profession, but . questions." Dr. Fiore noted that some Some faculty are also opposed to the topics are not totally limited to engineering faculty question their the added burden the course pro­ this .area. " ability to .teach the course,.but that .' duces. As one professor. notea, Before the Ice Melts . Throughtheexpel-imimtal process' .noneo.bjected)o teaching it. :. , "They're going to ask people like .me 'a miinber of problems have arisen Logistics is another problem by who are already teaching a full load over the senior values seminar. which the senior values seminar is to prepare and te.ach another course. A main voice of contention about plagued. As Dr. Fiore noted, it will This really upsets a lot of teachers." by Michael Palmer the semin~r comes from the faculty. be quite a scheduling feat to place Though the problems are many, The problem stems from, the, fact ,approximately 1600 sen i 0 rs in grand expectations for . the; course that the recommEmdation to have 'classes of 10 to 15 students. The pro- are few. The faculty is realistic A cold wind blows across Notre reason to develop the. upper body· is melted. The crew will, however, be the values seminar was,not allowed fessor also. noted that scheduling in their hopes., for· the, course. Dame in the middle, of a typical for control," states junior Dave Rob­ able to get in some good training tobe discussed before approval and ,speakers' programs which a number As Dr. Gleason haid," "We don't South Bend winter. Some teams, inson. Once the team is able to get . over spring break, as they plan to , ( that it' did not go through discussion 'Of classes, would attend would be want to .give values,. but:, rather Whose sport, is usually played out­ on the water, control of the oars is visit Washington, D.C. This will' in the college councils. As Dr.·Hauer- very difficult. "It ~il1 'be the logistics to provide; :an occasion where stu­ doors, are forced to move inside the crucial, as one can see when observ­ then lead them into their regular I ~as judged, "This' whole thing ju~t t~ai ,killthe',senior.yalues, seminar, dents can relate what they have ACC. One of these teams is crew. ing the perfect, in-time strokes of season, which starts soon after "What could the members of the any well-trained crew. April 3. . . learned about their own values, and rowing (team possibly do indoors?" , Another goal of the crew training In the meantime, the crew must how. they ,affect.. actions in ,their program is to build overall strength strive to build the strength and en­ lives.", Dr. Hauerwas has a similar one might ask. Could there be an artificial river, somewhere ,inside the and endurance.. The crew will hope­ durance base .they . will need. At. view' of .the seminar, "It. is an in­ fully develop a strong cardiovascular times, though,. running· circles formal attempt to raiseand,:discuss huge domed structure? No; but may­ be a' rowing machine? Well, not system, which is a necessary step around the ACC, bleachers. can values one shall be concerned with toward successful races. Tagge become boring. Robinson says he :for theres't of hislife.'!: . ' exactly. . .. ,. They are, instead, undergoing a cites .. a . good reason for, needing has occasionally, found it ,difficult ,The belief that the values seminar rigorous training program of various strength and stamina, throughout' to concentrate. while inside. "Indoor is 'needed stems from' problems in activities,. :working out six days' a' the body. "Some studies have shown work is pretty blah," he remarks. contemporary higher education,as week.' .For one half of the week, their that, a crew race uses more calories '.'It's hard to keep. in mind that the Fr. Hesburgh notes. in Change: "We training consists 'of running 'and per minute than any other sport," he ultimate goal is to win the IRA." :have managed to, become so frag- calisthenics. Not only do they run says. Since their races are an. all­ The IRA is the Intercollegiate Row­ mented and so.overspecializ'ed as to three miles around the upper con­ out effort over 2000 meters (one and . ingAssociation's championship,· the be completely don't dissipated;;:We~ course of the ba.sketball dome, but a quarter miles), and lasting about most important race of. the year for have the great questions: elucidated they also run down and up every set six minutes, it is easy to see why the rowers. in the·, youngsters': minds today, of stairs' which border., the con­ such strength is required. The in­ The thought of the. impending sea~ about love and hate, peace and war, course. Following the run, they com­ door workouts are attempting to son provides the motivation for the 'violence and nonviolence, questions plete 45 minutes of varied calisthen~ establish this, strength and endur-, members of the crew to continue the of humanity and inhurnanity, beauty Dr . .Nicholas. Fiore: confers' :\:Yith Dr. fohn Lucey~ ics - leg lifts, pushups and the, ance as a base before developing:pre­ indoor workouts, . even though it 'and :.ugliness, the,' kind of great like. In the other half of the·· week,. cis ion '. and, additional,stamina on. sometimes seems as if those races sort of '.' slipped right 'through, the not the.professors;or the students,',' sweeping global 'cosmic questions the team exercises with the weight~· the water.. " will never come. When the, ice does academic council." Dr. Gleason noted judged Dr. Fiore. that used'to . always be apart of training machines, ':' concentrating" The time off the water has been melt from the .St. Joseph,.they "One major problem of the values that "the faculty's reaction to :the humanistic' education, that, irivolved mostly on .leg and back muscles. long for the two dozen members of hopefully will have the needed seminar, is that each college conducts an approach' to history and'litera­ Academic Council's., passage of the It may seem.as if these workouts the team. They cannot begin outside strength to begin it successfully. values seminar- is skeptical., They its'own'seminar. There's no crossing ture,' art,' Inusic, mathematics,' sci­ won't . help much to : develop, strong work until the St. Joseph River, Judging from their efforts now, they 'don't like to have a thing like this of the college lines," Dr. Hauerwas ence, philosophy and theology, that arm and shoulder muscles .. After all,' where. they regul

watch, and Digger likes to know who is there.) Sophomores also work home hockey games, but they are principally involved with the, foot­ ball' and basketball· programs. They '..'and see who catches h'ell!~l are rewarded with free books and basketball 'and hockey tickets for their, time and labor. At tlie,,' end' of' their, sophomore ; :;,. 'J: year, the class is rated by the pre­ . ; i; : _: ~ .~ vious group of managers so that the juniors determine, 'on the basis of .1 the sophs' performance, the. 11, " second-year men who. are to

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watch, and Digger likes to know who is there.) Sophomores also work home hockey games, but they are principally involved with the, foot­ ball' and basketball· programs. They '..'and see who catches h'ell!~l are rewarded with free books and basketball 'and hockey tickets for their, time and labor. At tlie,,' end' of' their, sophomore ; :;,. 'J: year, the class is rated by the pre­ . ; i; : _: ~ .~ vious group of managers so that the juniors determine, 'on the basis of .1 the sophs' performance, the. 11, " second-year men who. are to

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The Last Word " .,--, :-; .. by Sally Stanton

The University has inaugurated an ,'are cognizant of the value problems

ambitious program which may de- ' of these fields. If the bias of the ,",' velop into an unparalleled success,", seminars is to be professional, then , . " . ~ "... but which shows more promise 'of it seems imperative to make them as souring into an incredible failure. useful, as realistic and as practical The senior seminar on value is now as possible, avoiding the generalities a University' requirement affecting "and' imprecisions of ,the layman. each inember of the class of 1978 -.:.... ' Yet; perhaps the University is be­ the present sophomore, class- and , coming, too professionally, ---:- too fu~ every student entering the Univer- 'ture ..:..:.., oriented. Value judgements sity thereafter. Each member of the are not some bizarre beast first faced -.';' facUlty will be obiiged, to lead asec~' in practicing a profession, but very ";'. tion of the seminar at some time'. If' '. present, daily concerns. Indeed if the course is a failure, it will be a , values are 'viewed as future skills, burden of misspent or: wasted time they may also be viewed as futile, on the vast: majority, of theUniver- for future has a strange way of al­ sity commupity for whom time is, a ways remaining, future and thus po­ precious ~ and' valued, - com~ tential,' of' never becoming present from the point. Ideally, the concept modity; "", and so actual.' Integrity and honesty of a seminar on 'value would have If the seminar is to avoid failure are not skills exercised in particular a'risenfrom the faculty and 'st.udents; its scope and subject matter must be situations, but personal attributes, there is 'little' merit in' a' system clearly defined. A one-credit, ori'e~,' part of a personal attitude that which is'-irriposed on unwilling' or un­ semester seminar runs an inherent comes 'to all aspects of a person's interested 'stUdents 'or faculty mem­ risk of superficiality, and thus, trivi-, living. bers.Value exploration is onlyprofit~ ality, and when the topic is one so In a sense the seminar is a child able if, those invoived' are" 'open to nebulous as "value," a 'cursory treat~ of theWategate debade. The consider'the questions.' : " mentis almost guaranteed. ' amazing lack of personal integrity The program" can, -I think,' be A:senior seminar on value might and the plethora of murked priOr~ structured irito~" an', excellent: "and well be 'a 'reflective exercise, giving ities ' among' some' of the' most edu­ unique opportunity that will draw the student an opportunity to discuss catedand promising government participants by desire,not mandate. and' evaluate 'the' knowledge he or officials are rather disheartening and But the, program will take strudtir­ sh'e has gained in four years at the ma'y 'point ioa weakness in 'our edu­ ing - the'idea itself must be valued University, 'offering a much-needed cational system.' and cared for -.:: it will not' grow time to relate and integrate' ~ to The trend today, particularly at of its' own accord. There can' be no "value" one's education. 'Such a pur- this UrihlE?rsity, seems to be an at­ indiscriminate scheduling' or assign~ pose seem's best served by organizing tempt'to'compress'as'much material ing of sections.: Variety, with the' the seminars along' college lines, as as' possible ,into the smallest portion emphasis on the' concrete, the im~' , are the pilot programs.' of time so that a course may cover mediate or' practical, may well be a The seminar might also be organ- much" ground. 'Perhaps' iri some crucial' quality to ~ strive for· in the izedalong professiorial lines: this peculiar sense this: means students program. Both students''-particu~ seems to be the bias'of the engineer- ' get more ,for their money, but a cor­ larly , those' who will, study in' the ing pilot program and the, outline responding erosion of value seems. program -: and ,faculty' members, followed ,by Dr. Hauerwas's first- to occur.' To value a thing, be it a should be involved in the 'formation semester pilot in the College of Arts sonata or a novel '.or a chemical and experimentation', of,' different and Letters. This orientation may, equation or an idea, it must be un­ pilot programs in the coming years. work well in the colleges'ofscience, derstood, seencin:and of and for it­ , To see value as something passed business and engineering ,'vhere stu-' self, and then seen in -relation to its on from one generation to the next dents are generally already directed particular field of knowledge and, seems, to-simplify" the problem;, towards a: specific career, but 'poses ultimately,' seen in relation to the Rather,' value isla common:'human particular logistical problems,' in, 'entire body, of 'human' knowledge. endeavor, a, way of 'life,: a structur­ Arts' and Letters. This college, if the The care that one learns in such con­ ing of priorities. Perhaps th~ most professional bias ,is the goal of the sideration need not be restricted, attractive, and the, most benefiCial seminar, ,must give more attention then, to 11, particular discipline,but, aspect of the senior seminar, on value to ,its program,' offering' sections in if truly engrained, will' become' part is the opportunity it presents for two academic, values led by inembersof of all personal. considerations and often disparate, :,yet related groups '-its faculty while organizing seminars' thus will ensure a valued and value­ - faculty.,and students -'c:-"tomeet on: law, medicine: arid ministry led oriented existence. together as colleagues in a common by members of the community who, But, ;,1 ' have strayed 'somewhat concern. ,

30. '.' SCHOLASTIC ,",: .. " -. ~,. ',", . ::. " . ~......

':.' ..:'.', '. ,:", ,

The Last Word " .,--, :-; .. by Sally Stanton

The University has inaugurated an ,'are cognizant of the value problems ambitious program which may de- ' of these fields. If the bias of the ,",' velop into an unparalleled success,", seminars is to be professional, then , . " . ~ "... but which shows more promise 'of it seems imperative to make them as souring into an incredible failure. useful, as realistic and as practical The senior seminar on value is now as possible, avoiding the generalities a University' requirement affecting "and' imprecisions of ,the layman. each inember of the class of 1978 -.:.... ' Yet; perhaps the University is be­ the present sophomore, class- and , coming, too professionally, ---:- too fu~ every student entering the Univer- 'ture ..:..:.., oriented. Value judgements sity thereafter. Each member of the are not some bizarre beast first faced -.';' facUlty will be obiiged, to lead asec~' in practicing a profession, but very ";'. tion of the seminar at some time'. If' '. present, daily concerns. Indeed if the course is a failure, it will be a , values are 'viewed as future skills, burden of misspent or: wasted time they may also be viewed as futile, on the vast: majority, of theUniver- for future has a strange way of al­ sity commupity for whom time is, a ways remaining, future and thus po­ precious ~ and' valued, - com~ tential,' of' never becoming present from the point. Ideally, the concept modity; "", and so actual.' Integrity and honesty of a seminar on 'value would have If the seminar is to avoid failure are not skills exercised in particular a'risenfrom the faculty and 'st.udents; its scope and subject matter must be situations, but personal attributes, there is 'little' merit in' a' system clearly defined. A one-credit, ori'e~,' part of a personal attitude that which is'-irriposed on unwilling' or un­ semester seminar runs an inherent comes 'to all aspects of a person's interested 'stUdents 'or faculty mem­ risk of superficiality, and thus, trivi-, living. bers.Value exploration is onlyprofit~ ality, and when the topic is one so In a sense the seminar is a child able if, those invoived' are" 'open to nebulous as "value," a 'cursory treat~ of theWategate debade. The consider'the questions.' : " mentis almost guaranteed. ' amazing lack of personal integrity The program" can, -I think,' be A:senior seminar on value might and the plethora of murked priOr~ structured irito~" an', excellent: "and well be 'a 'reflective exercise, giving ities ' among' some' of the' most edu­ unique opportunity that will draw the student an opportunity to discuss catedand promising government participants by desire,not mandate. and' evaluate 'the' knowledge he or officials are rather disheartening and But the, program will take strudtir­ sh'e has gained in four years at the ma'y 'point ioa weakness in 'our edu­ ing - the'idea itself must be valued University, 'offering a much-needed cational system.' and cared for -.:: it will not' grow time to relate and integrate' ~ to The trend today, particularly at of its' own accord. There can' be no "value" one's education. 'Such a pur- this UrihlE?rsity, seems to be an at­ indiscriminate scheduling' or assign~ pose seem's best served by organizing tempt'to'compress'as'much material ing of sections.: Variety, with the' the seminars along' college lines, as as' possible ,into the smallest portion emphasis on the' concrete, the im~' , are the pilot programs.' of time so that a course may cover mediate or' practical, may well be a The seminar might also be organ- much" ground. 'Perhaps' iri some crucial' quality to ~ strive for· in the izedalong professiorial lines: this peculiar sense this: means students program. Both students''-particu~ seems to be the bias'of the engineer- ' get more ,for their money, but a cor­ larly , those' who will, study in' the ing pilot program and the, outline responding erosion of value seems. program -: and ,faculty' members, followed ,by Dr. Hauerwas's first- to occur.' To value a thing, be it a should be involved in the 'formation semester pilot in the College of Arts sonata or a novel '.or a chemical and experimentation', of,' different and Letters. This orientation may, equation or an idea, it must be un­ pilot programs in the coming years. work well in the colleges'ofscience, derstood, seencin:and of and for it­ , To see value as something passed business and engineering ,'vhere stu-' self, and then seen in -relation to its on from one generation to the next dents are generally already directed particular field of knowledge and, seems, to-simplify" the problem;, towards a: specific career, but 'poses ultimately,' seen in relation to the Rather,' value isla common:'human particular logistical problems,' in, 'entire body, of 'human' knowledge. endeavor, a, way of 'life,: a structur­ Arts' and Letters. This college, if the The care that one learns in such con­ ing of priorities. Perhaps th~ most professional bias ,is the goal of the sideration need not be restricted, attractive, and the, most benefiCial seminar, ,must give more attention then, to 11, particular discipline,but, aspect of the senior seminar, on value to ,its program,' offering' sections in if truly engrained, will' become' part is the opportunity it presents for two academic, values led by inembersof of all personal. considerations and often disparate, :,yet related groups '-its faculty while organizing seminars' thus will ensure a valued and value­ - faculty.,and students -'c:-"tomeet on: law, medicine: arid ministry led oriented existence. together as colleagues in a common by members of the community who, But, ;,1 ' have strayed 'somewhat concern. ,

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