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Seattle nivU ersity ScholarWorks @ SeattleU The peS ctator 11-11-1976 Spectator 1976-11-11 Editors of The pS ectator Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.seattleu.edu/spectator Recommended Citation Editors of The peS ctator, "Spectator 1976-11-11" (1976). The Spectator. 1509. http://scholarworks.seattleu.edu/spectator/1509 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks @ SeattleU. It has been accepted for inclusion in The peS ctator by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks @ SeattleU. SEATTLE Sullivan returns Spectator from Israel tour UNIVERSITY Vol. XLV, No. 8 ■ Thursday,November 11, 1976, Seattle, Washington Professors won't go French program suspended The French-in France and cons comparing them to vice president, it was decided program is suspended for the personal "family" discussions. thatanother teachercould not be 1977-78 year, according to an Marinoni, a founder of the hired. October 28 memo from Fr: program, said that in order for James Powers, S.J.. deanof the the program to work as was first "IT WAS decided that they school of arts and sciences, to planned, a third faculty member would have to work within the ClarenceAbello,chairmanofthe is necessary for rotation. parametersof theircurrent facul- foreign languagedepartment. "If the administration wanted ty and budget," Powers said. Theadministration suspended to keep the program they would Although the program is the program because none of have to hire someone else," he suspended it will remain in the S.U.s three French professors is said. This was turned down S.U. bulletin of information as willing to go to France for the because of finances,he said. long as it has reasonable poten- 1977-78 session, Powers said in The problem is one of finan- tial, Powers said. by Teresa Wippel Hebrew religion. an interview Tuesday. cial constraint, Powers said. Marinoni said several alter- William Sullivan, S.J., S.U. "The mixture of the secular After consultation with Dr. natives to the three-yearrotation president, returned from Israel stateandthereligious traditionis SINCE THE program began William A. Guppy, academic (Continued on Page 2) Sunday night after spendingtwo just extraordinary," Sullivan five yearsago,the teachingfacul- weeks observing several univer- said. "Israel is basically a secular ty has rotated with each sities as a guest of the Israeli country." He said thatalthough professor going to Grenoble notices government. an estimated 75 percent of the every third year. Maxime Winter Quarter Instructions for payment of Sullivan was joined by nine population is not religious, the Marinoni led the program last Advance Registration tuition will be enclosed. other American collegeand un- minority dominates. year. Dr.PaulMilan isinGreno- Advance registration for iversity presidents from the ble now. Normally, it would be winter quarter begins Mon- "N" grade removal Northwest. While in Israel, the "FOR EXAMPLE," Sullivan Fr.GeorgeMorris who would go day through Wednesday. The closing date for the group was able to study five of said, "in Jerusalem there is no this year, Powers said. Hoursare 9 a.m. tonoonand removalof "N"gradesreceiv- the country's seven universities, public transportation on the Both Powers and Abello I to 4 p.m. daily. Evening ed in fall 1975 is Wednesday, spending additional time Sabbath, that'sconsidered to be stated, however, that there is no registration will be Tuesday, Dec. 1. Obtain an "N" grade sightseeing and learning about against the law. There is no contractural obligation for any Wednesday and Thursday removal form from the Israel and her people. smoking in any public place on of the teachers to go. from 4 to 7:30 p.m. Students registrar's office and submit it GUIDEDby anIsraeliuniver- the Sabbath. It's a fascinating Morris said that before he will meet with the department to the instructor. Theinstruc- sity professor and a tour guide, mixture of the secular and would go he would have tohave adviser according to their tor will assign the grade and Sullivan said,"Theymade areal traditional religions and not the full support of the depart- class priority published in the return the form to the effort to give us an opportunity without its tensions." ment. winter class schedule, show registrar. to learn about the situation in All universities in Israel are "There is a hesitation on the registration permit receivedin Israel, and that was done in public and funded by the state. part of the department with the mail and prepare a class Withdrawl from several ways." The Israeli university system is regard to sending They Bring signed Spending influenced by the European me over. schedule. the ad- fall classes two days at astudy- Sullivan, to go, within and The last dayto center systems, according to asked me but the viser's work form withdrawfrom research hJerusalem was the department meetings the pros registration permit to the fall quarter classes with a listed by Sullivan as one of the who attributed this to first and cons were weighed and, in registrar's office,door 2, dur- grade of "W" is Nov. 22. ways the group learned. Several generation of professorscoming my judgment the reasons for not ing registration hours to pull Withdrawal cards with in- peoplefrom the universities and to Israel after 1948 principally going seemed to outweigh the and verifyclasscards. Tuition structor and adviser approval the government were brought in from Europe. pros for going," Morris said. and fee statementbillings will signature must be filed at the to discuss the history of modern CONTRASTING university be mailed to advance registrar's office by 4:30 p.m. Israel, the political system, education inIsrael withthe U.S., HE SAID he would not dis- registrants by the controller's on Nov. 22. No withdrawals Israeli-Arab relations and the Sullivan said that"one of the big cuss the content of those pros office on or after Dec. 3. are accepted after this date. relation between Israel and the (Continued on Page 2) S.U. waned in 1960s—S eattle Magazine Parti "What Seattle needs is continued were laid off because of financial considerations Beset by financial worries, further educational statesmanship, not part-time while the Jesuits remained. Somelaystaffalso left aggravated by dwindling student enrollment absentee brinkmanship," Fitterer said. Kenneth because of differences in philosophy. figures and an overly ambitious building Baker, S.J., left his post as theology department IN 1967 Fitterer censored an article on pre- program, Seattle University duringthe 1960'swas chairman at Gonzaga Univesity to assume the marital sex written for The Sepctator by also suffering from a loss of purpose andaccom- presidency. education professor Ronald Rousseve. Eventual- panying faculty unrest. The appointment was made without S.U. ly, Rousseve was forced to resign. The incident "The Waning of Seattle U"was the title ofan faculty approval. A faculty member noted at the contributed to the resignation of six members of article which appearedin the April,1970, issue of time, "we're not to be consulted on decisions but the English department. the now defunct "Seattle Magazine." It was informed." After a visit to the S.U. campus, Edward written by an S.U. alumnus, John Terence Inexperienced as an administrator, Baker Kealing, an alumnus and ex-publisher of "Ram- Turner. lacked the sensitivity the nature of the times parts," a liberal Catholic magazine, reportedly ACCORDING to the article, the 1964-70 demanded.The 1960's were the yearsof affluence, said, "If Che Guevara had gone to S.U. he'd be budget showed a $900,000 deficit. The endow- civil unrest, student and racial demonstrations running a taco stand in Ballard." He had never ment fund had been allowed to evaporate in and Vietnam. been to a campus before where the students were beret, recent years as money received was spent on new IN HIS black leather jacket and more conservative than the faculty. buildings: Barman Science Building, Campion suggestive of the Black Panthers, self-appointed However, Turner recounted that S.U. Tower, A. A. Lemieux Library and the leader of the 140 blacks oncampus,Bobby Davis, students walked out in the middle of Archbishop Archbiship Connolly Athletic Center. demanded a black studies program and financial Thomas A. Connolly'scommencementaddressin Many rooms in the dorms stood empty. aid for black students. Baker refused to be 1969. He had suggested the U.S. bomb Hanoi. Marycrest, built as a girls' dorm, was sold and intimidated. He listed some statistics, citing Only 10percent ofthe student body wassaid converted into a home for the aged.In the fall of blacks had been receiving a more than generous to enjoy an adequate social life on campus. 1969, Campion Tower, the boys' dorm, went co- percentage of the total budget. "We will not "The Waning of Seattle U" held out little institution," ed out of financial necessity. bankrupt the he said. hope for the University's future. According to Between 1965-1970 student enrollment had On another occasion Baker said,"In an age Baker, "If we don't get state or federalaid within fallen off 30 percent. Of the 3400 students which when people are looking for values, we have to the next five years, we can't survive as we're remained, 64 percent were Catholic. Tuition had stand for certain definite things. Bobby Davis, going." know, climbed to $1,050. The grade point average for you doesn't buy any of the educational Thearticle concluded with thisstatement, "It enteringfreshmen at S.U. was 2.96 as compared philosophy of the whole school ... If such is difficult tosee how Seattle Jesuit University, by to 3.15 at the University of Washington. students don't like it they can go elsewhere." digginginitsheels,can avertcontinuingdecline." Baker wanted to change the name of the Eight months after he assumed office, Baker RECOGNIZING the severity of the school to Seattle Jesuit College so to preserve its resigned due to pressure from the academic problems, S.U.

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