Million Dollar W Orkover by Michael P
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,peaking J A I N T P f T~" E f. 'l < 0 L L £ G £ New Jersey of Drug Walnuts Laws Page 7 PAU WOW Page 7 September 23. 1970 Number2 Gannon Hall to Receive Million Dollar W orkover by Michael P. D'Andrea Work began.last week on the million dollar renovation of Gannon Hall, the St. Peter's College biology, chemistry and physics complex. According to Mr. Francis J. Mertz, vice president for development, the 35-yeaH>ld building will not be radically changed on the outside, but its guts will be completely tom out and an entirely different interior will be built. The majority of the work will be done on the first floor. The chapel will no longer be a place of soul searching and worship. It is being converted to a classroom for those who will investigate the mysteries of life. A Gannon Hall, 1he oldest building on campus, is to receive completely new electrical system "new guts". and renovated plumbing system will be installed in order to facilitate the learning experience Four To Be Feted at of science majors While the renovation is in progress, temporary labs and Michae nta~onvocation classrooms have been set up in McDermott Hall by the Biology and Chemistry Departments. The St. Peter's College will honor four of its members at the physics department, lock, stock annual Michaelmas Convocation Monday morning at 11 a.m. and reactor, was moved to the Catherine and Generoso Pope Academic Building when it was opened last January. When work December, the Science Departments will be able to move Cork, Ireland, Prof. Galvin now into the new Gannon Hall. resides in Harrington Park. His However, they will have to leave A native of New York City, specialty at St. Peter's is nuclear the reactor behind. It will remain Father Barrows joined the faculty and reactor physics. in the Pope Building permanently. Renovations slated for GaMon Hall include comple1aly as a theology instructor, and riew electrical and plumbing systems, as well as more dassroom Born in Rahway, Father The new Gannon Building will served as assistant professor of space. Pangborn was ordained in June of house additional classrooms, theology and chairman of the offices, student laboratories and 1935. Currently holding the title During the last six months the department before taking over as faculty research centers. When The second phase, which will dean of men in 1963. Father of "trustee emeritus", Fr. college has received a total of end on the centennial year, 1972, Pangborn has served on the St. completed, the biology Barrows was also the academic department will have twice as $ 130,000 in corporate support for consists of; the Gannon Hall dean and director of the college's Peter's College board of trustees the project. This included gifts renovation (1 million) an exact since 1955. He received his A.B., much space than it has now and school of business administration the chemistry department will from First Jersey National Bank, sciences program (600,000), the M.A.. and S.T.L. degrees from before assuming his present post. have 40 percent more room. A The Merck Company Foundation, Inner Cities Program (300,000), Woodstock College, Md. total of 83 per cent of the space New Jersey Bell, Public Service He attended St. Francis Electric and Gas, Western Electric Before coming to St. Peter's he in the reconstructed building will College, Brooklyn, and Loyola and Morgan Guaranty Trust taught theology and philosophy at be used for instructional and University, Chicago, from which research purposes. Company. The Warner-Lambert he received an A.B. degree. Father Fordham University. Pharmaceutical Company has Barrows also has a Ph.L degree The Mitchell Company, a contributed $10,000. According from West Baden College, Indiana, Fr. Pangborn spent 11 years as Jersey City construction and to Mr. Mertz, the gift will be and an S.T.l.:. degree from Boston a Jesuit Missionary in the engineering firm, has received the distributed by Warner-Lambert in College. He was ordained into the Phillippine Islands and during contract for this project. This three equal installments over a Jesuit order in June, 1948. World War II he was taken company is not unfamiliar with three year period commending in prisoner by the Japanese. He was the campus. They have renovated 1971. The gift was made to help Also a native of New York liberated by the U.S. Army's 11th five other buildings on the defray the cost of renovating City, Dr. Dunn, has served as Airborne after four years as a campus. Those projects were the Gannon Hall as were those chairman of the modern languages prisoner. construction of St. Peter's Hall, mentioned above. department at St. Peter's. He the Jesuit residence; the The Gannon Hall project is l'eceived his A.B. and M.A. degrees construction of the campus part of the college's Centennial from Fordham University, and center, the chemistry annex, and Development Program which will earned a Ph.D. from Universite Blood the renovation of Dinneen and be completed in 1972 when St. Laval, Quebec. Rankin Hall, the ROTC Peter's celebrates its 100th Drive headquarters. Kewadnee anniversary. The Gannon Hall Before joining the faculty of Technical Furniture Company, Renovation Program is the first St. Peter's College, Dr. Dunn Alpha Phi Omega will sponsor Wyckoff, NJ., received the part of the second phase in the Mr. Francis J. Mertz instructed classes at Fordham a blood drive on Thursday contract for furniture and centennial development plans. Athletic and parking facilities (2.5 University, Manhattan College and October 15 from 9 to 3 p.m. in laboratory equipment. This two phase program was million) and a salary and Pace College. He was an Army Dineen Auditorium. All blood This project is being funded by started in 1966. The first phase scholarship endowment (1.8 Intelligence Officer, in France, donors are entitled to free both federal and private support. started in 1966 and end~d in million). during World War II. supplies of blood for themselves St. Peter's presently has an· 1970. It consisted of the building Presently, we are in phase two and for their families, as often as application pending with the of the h"brary (1.9 million), Pope of the centennial. The total Chairman of the physics the case arises. All persons under federal government for an interest Hall (2.8 million), the Campus amount of the program is 12.S department, Prof. Galvin, received the age of twenty-one must have a subsidy grant. Grants of $65,000 Center, (1.1 million), and the million dollars. The program is on his D.S. from State Teachers release signed by a parent or and $41,000 have been received faculty offices 104-51 Glenwood schedule and · Mr. Mertz is College, Waterford, and an M.S. guardian. Releases may be from the Charles Hayden Ave. (500,000). This first phase of oonfi.dent that the money will be from the National University of obtained in the Dean of Students' Foundation and the National the two phase centennial cost 6.3 · made available and the program Ireland, Dublin. Born in County Office. · Science Foundation respectively. million. completed by 1972. SeP18fflber23, 1970 PAUW WOW Freshman IJean McCabe Likes To Work With Students By Valerie Bodak The Class of '74 isn't the only new "Face" on campus this year - so I'll take the opportunity to introduce to you Mr. James E. McCabe, Dean of Freshmen. You were introduced to him during Orientation. and in all probability you were interviewed by him , during the summer. But just who is the real Mr. McCabe? Why St. Peter's? "I like working with students" is the main reason. Mr. McCabe has a varried, very interesting background. He received his B.A. in Fine Arts from Wagner, taught fine arts un the junior high level, and coaches Although this can be a problem varsity and frosh football at for the Counselling or Placement Wagner for two and a half years. centers, very poSSt"bly motivation While attending Wagner as a enters here. And that is Mr. Mr. William K. Stoms. student, he himself _palyed on an McCabe's concern - motivation. Patrick R. Forte. undefeated team. He received his fflAT is the main concern of the Career M.A. in secondary education with mentoring program at St. Peter's Forte New a minor in counseling, and for two this year under Mr. McCabe's Development years was an admissions assistant direction a combined student - at Nortre Dame College, Staten mentor attack on the student's Registrar Center Island. He has a flourishing hobby academic questions and Patrick R. Forte. a graduate of What Can I Do of painting, in which he is quite ambitions. St. Peter's College, has been With My Major? accomplished. Mr. McCabe is also very appointed registrar here, it was Every year representatives interested in the experimental announced by Rev. Edmund G. When asked how he made the HonorsProgrambeingsttrtedthis Ryan, S.J., executive Vice from major companies seek trasition from tea.ching fine arts to year. His only troublesome President of the College. out perspective employees at Dean of Freshmen, a job concern is that not ~nough Forte. a former Student Senate St. Peter's. The Career con~erned primarily with students are interested in the President, graduated with a Development Center, (104 counseling, Mr. McCabe program. - "I just don't feel that Bachelor of Science degree from Glenwood) formerly known commented that he "wanted to James E.