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Valparaiso University ValpoScholar Valparaiso University Guild Bulletins 4-1962 April, 1962 Valparaiso University Guild Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/guild_bulletins Recommended Citation Valparaiso University Guild, "April, 1962" (1962). Valparaiso University Guild Bulletins. 66. https://scholar.valpo.edu/guild_bulletins/66 This Bulletin/Newsletter is brought to you for free and open access by ValpoScholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in Valparaiso University Guild Bulletins by an authorized administrator of ValpoScholar. For more information, please contact a ValpoScholar staff member at [email protected]. • I ' . · 'i~ · ... ' APRIL, 1962 "'\f~LP1\llIUSO Dear Guild Members, unWtllSITI' We are venturing upon something new! The Exec .BULLtnn_ utive Board at the F ebruary meeting voted to try on a trial basis, a two day convention next September ~ui/J Uition instead of the usual F riday Executive Board meet ing and one day Saturday Convention. The r easons for this change in format are several: I - It would eliminate the repetition of repor ts and business. Our organization has grown, and cur r ently, the many presidents of our chapters hear r eports and business from the Executive Boar d agenda repeated the next day in convention. Official Publication of the - All members would begin meeting at the same VALPARAISO UN IVERSITY GUILD time. At the present time while the Executive Published by Valparaiso University Board meets, other Guild members arriving Entered as Second Closs matter at the Post Office at early must find ways to spend their time on Fr i Valparaiso, Indiana day afternoon. Vol. 35 April, 1962 No. 12 - It should allow more time for educational fea tures. - Dr. Kretzmann would need to address the as OFFICERS sembly but once, instead of twice as now. Editor .... Mrs E. H. Ruprecht, Executive Secretary - It would permit an earlier closing on Saturday Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Ind. aLernoon thus giving the local women more President . Mrs. Frederick D. Schmalz 6713 Wooddale Ave. So., Minneapolis, Minnesota t:me for banquet preparation. First Vice-Pres. Mrs. Cyril M. Wismer Should the Guild decide lo adopt this idea perma 19205 Maple Heights Blvd.,. Maple Heights, Ohio nently, a few changes will be necessary; our By Second Vice-Pres. Mrs. Louis Jacobs 116 North Tenth St., Decatur, Indiana laws will need to be revised, the Guild Special will Secre tary . Mrs. Leonard Heitmulle r need to be decided upon in F ebruary, and new chap 303 East Wayne Ave., Silver Spring, Maryland ters will officially be accepted in convention. These Treasurer . Mrs. Corl Heldt 1417 Southfield Rd., Evansville, Indiana and a ny other considerations, however, can be Field Sec'y., Eastern Area .. .. Mrs. Roy C. Fronk worked out. 4316 Stanford St., Chevy Chose, Maryland Field Sec'y., Illinois . Mrs. Roy G. Krumsieg Your Administrative Committee will meet next 197 5 Koehler Ave., Des Plaines, Illinois month to begin planning for this experiment, and Field Sec'y., Northern Indiana we hope you will help us. If you have ay sugges Field Sec'y., Eastern Michigan .... Mrs. C. D. Evans tions concerning your Convention, we shall be glad 4295 Weiss Rd., Saginaw, Michigan to hear irom you and consider them. Field Sec'y., West. Michigan ... Mrs. Rolph Richmon 363 W 32nd St., Holland, Michigan Some of our· chapters were not represented at the Field Sec'y., Minnesota . Mrs. W. E. Schmalz recent Februa ry meeting. We missed you! In turn, 1535 Lincoln Ave., St. Poul, Minnesota Field Sec'y., Ohio . Mrs. C. E. Hansen on the basis of many gracious comqients by those 3 18 Bentleyville Rd., Chagrin Foils, Ohio in attendance, we feel your chapter president missed Field Sec'y., Wisconsin . Mrs. Lester Wegner North Lake, Wisconsin a meeting offering inspiration, stimulation, informa Activities Committee chmn. Mrs. Molcer Johnson tion and fun as provided by our speakers, our pan 3531 E. Coolidge, Phoenix, Arizona elists, the reports, and the Friday evening social Calendar Committee chmn. Mrs. Poul Block 811 Lake St., Merrill, Wisconsin hour. Revisions Committee chmn. Mrs. Arnold Scherer All Guild members a re invited to the Convention. 2621 West Drive, Fort Wayne, Indiana Do mark the dates now, September 28, 29, and Sun Historian .... ... .. .. Mrs. Will iam A. Drews 115 Capen Blvd., Buffalo 26, New York day the 30th - it is not too early. What a thrill it Porliomentorion . Mrs. W. N. Hoppe would be to have every chapter represented by a 17525 Madison, Lakewood 7, Ohio group! A full attendance will give our new Conven tion plan a fair test. Come and venture with us as we continue to "Build with the Guild." About the Cover May each of you have a most blessed Easter filled Reflecting Pool at Moellcring Me moria l Lib rary with with joy and promise in our Risen Lord! the Camponille a nd Chapel in background. Irma K. Schmalz also true that the general economic situation de mands that they be increased even fur ther. While we have ma ny members of the faculty who are at Valparaiso University because of a sense of de votion, it is also evident that we should not ma ke life too difficult for them. I must confess that the raise in tuition also troubles As I look back upon my associalion with the Guild me. While we immedia tely make ar rangements for I r ecall many pleasant and happy experiences. I additional financial a id for students who cannot af have received gifts ranging from buildings to table ford the tuition, it nevertheless creates many prob silverware. All over the campus there arc refl ec lems which a re very difficult to solve. My only tions of the generosity of the Guild in its constant hope is that any one who really wants to come to efforts to give the University things tha t are not Valpo will get in touch with us a nd permit us to in the normal budget of an educationa l institution. make an effort to arrange the financial picture in Now the Guild has done something nice again. It such a way tha t they will be able to join our student is not a gift, except possibly to the Executive Board body. We still do not like to think of a nyone being and to me. By recommendation of the president prevented from coming to Valpo beca use of financial and the administrative committee the Guild will diificultics. hereafter have a two day convention. There will Meanwhile, it is probable tha t our enrollment will be no stated meeting of the Executive Board at U1 e again rise somewhat next fall . May I again say lime of the annua l convention in September. The something which I often said orally to the Guild - results of this action, of course, are very clear. that we are still very much interested in llie aver The1·e will be more time for special features, for lhe age student who is strongly motivated and who has presentation of the University work, and other mat defi nite plans fot· his future. Many people now be· ters whi ch might be of interest to the Guild. Above lieve that our sta ndards have become so high that all , however, it is now unnecessary for me to make is is impossible for the average boy or girl to make the same speech twice. You may recall that I the grade here. This is not true. We are consta nlly would report on the stale o[ the University before on the lookout for young men and women who re the Executive Board on Friday afternoon, a nd then flect the proper motiva tion and who a re willing to make exactly the same report on Saturday morning work hard for their education. I hope tha t you will before the entire convention. For years this has always write to us when you find someone who ought been a sad experience, both for the members cf to come to. Valpo. the Executive Board a nd for me. Wh ile I was t al~ The registra r sent a note to U1e omce a few days ing on Saturday morning the members of the Execu ago that this year our gradua ting class would num ti ve Board who had already heard everything could ber 436. This is again a new high a nd refl ects the only sit there patiently, perhaps do a little doodling, growing power and vitality of the University. I can 01· wonder how the family was getting along, or still remember the dreary. dark days during the worry about father finding the hamburger in the war when our total enrollment was just about one freezer. II they had been a few years younger, hundred fewer tha n our graduating class is this year. this would have been the ideal situation for throw Certa inly the Guild can take a good deal of the ing spitballs or· just going to sleep. credit for this remarkable development. With the new schedule all tha t is cha nged now. There will be a number of events on the campus I will have to make only one speech and the mem this spring which I hope some of you may be able bers of the Executive Board will no longer be com to a ttend. I am thinking par ticularly of the a n pelled · lo be so politely impatiently long-suffering. nual Alumni Seminar on June 8 a nd 9. This event The speech may still not be good, but they will have is not confined to the alumni - in fact, I would to hear it only once.