Regis Round-Up Magazine, Vol 16 No 2 July, 1970
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Regis University ePublications at Regis University Regis Alumni Publications Archives and Special Collections 7-1970 Regis Round-Up Magazine, Vol 16 No 2 July, 1970 Follow this and additional works at: https://epublications.regis.edu/roundup Part of the Catholic Studies Commons, and the Education Commons Recommended Citation "Regis Round-Up Magazine, Vol 16 No 2 July, 1970" (1970). Regis Alumni Publications. 58. https://epublications.regis.edu/roundup/58 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Archives and Special Collections at ePublications at Regis University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Regis Alumni Publications by an authorized administrator of ePublications at Regis University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. OUNDUP MAGAZINE IN THIS ISSUE: • National Representation Assured With Reorganization of Regis Alumni Board Page 7 • Campus Issues Draw Tension, Concern PageS • Graduates Told to Preserve Freedom, Human Goals Through Knowledge, Love Page 11 • Apollo Astronaut Letters) at Regis Page 12 • Buckley Reflects on Current Disorders Before Record Regis Lecture Audience _ Page 10 ~-- - ---------------- Chairman Yelenick Urges Regis Directors Growth Activities of The Regis Directors or ganization during 1970 are being guided by Chairman John A. Yelenick, '43, Sec retary-Treasurer of Your Valet, Inc., Denver dry cleaning chain. Now in its 13th year, The Directors is an honorary group of men and women whose inter Secretaries Honored ests, talents and an· nual financial sup Two valued members of the port have contrib· Regis College "family"- Mrs. uted significantly to Mary Peck and Mrs. Ann • k the development of Kalbaugh- retired from their J o h n A. Ye Ienoc Regis . Co ll ege. The secretarial posts at the College on Directors recognizes those who make an annual gift of $50 or more to the Col· June 15. Mrs. Peck, right, has lege. Membership in the organization served in the Dean's office for increased to 640 in 1969 with financial nearly 40 years while Mrs. contributions amounting to $95,000. Kalbaugh has been at Regis 11 Mr. Yelenick emphasized that further years, serving in both the athletic growth in The Directors program is an and admissions offices. While absolute necessity to insure continued neither of the two indicated any fiscal stability of the College. He en· special retirement plans, Mrs. couraged present Directors to heighten their efforts to secure new Directors or Peck will be kept busy with the Regis Back On The Air advise the College of potential members. remodeling of a home in historic Georgetown, Colo., and Mrs. Through the combined efforts Kalbaugh will have more time to of a group of students, Leaders Expand Plans devote to her avid interest in faculty and staff members, Radio Station KRCR For 1970 Alumni Fund sports. They were honored at a went on the air this past year, luncheon hosted by the Very Rev. reactivating a campus Organizational plans for the openina Louis G. Matti one, S.J ., President student-operated facility (KREG) of the Regis College Alumni Fund on ~ of the College. His presentation that was discontinued in 1961 . fiscal year basis are now being formu· of mementoes to both as an The station is located in a lated by the Alumni Association Board expression of appreciation from first floor room in O'Connell Hall. of Directors, lay leaders and College the College for their loyalty and A 30-member staff is involved staff members. dedicated service, was occasion in the operation of the The regular alumni drive includina station which is on the air over ' also to note their endearment by personal contact, held in past years in" 100 hours per week. the spring months, will now . be con· all who have been associated with Programs are piped to the ducted in early fall and will initiate them during their years at Regis. three residence halls and the annual giving for the period from July 1, student center. Andrew W. 1970, to June 30, 1971. Stucker, a sophomore from Des Plaines, Ill., left, is station manager; David G. Urban, right, sophomore ~ from Zion Ill. served as program ROUNDUP manager. beb~rah L. Kos, ............ Arlington Heights, Ill., freshman, JULY, 1970 • VOL. XVI • No.2 is one of the station's several disc jockeys. A major portion of Regis Roundup Magazine, pub the station's equipment was · lished by the Regis College Public donated by KLZ, Denver CBS affiliate through the efforts Information Office, West 50th and of John F. C;nnors, '41, lowell Boulevard, Denver, Colo KLZ-TV promotion manager. rado 80221. All materials, letters, Lyle L. McElhaney, '69, directed changes of addresses should be the tedious installation of addressed to this office. the equipment. 2 Branconi Elected Honors Presented at Civis Princeps Ceremonies Student President Joseph M . Branconi, a Regis senior from Springfield, Pa., has been elected President of the Student Senate Executive Board for 1970-71. Others elected to the Board during annual balloting by the general student body included : Paul J. Fleming, Oak Joseph M. Branconi Park, Ill., Vice President; John A. Caruso, Denver, Secretary; W. Anthony Kriegshauser, St. Louis, Mo., Treasurer; John P. Owen, Independence, Mo., Regis College presented its Civis Princeps (First Citizen) medal Director of College Relations; to two well-known Coloradans, and its Distinguished Service Citation to James F. Mitchell, Mission Hills, a pioneer Denver institution during the 13th annual Regis Week Kans., Director of Social Civis Princeps Banquet and Awards Ceremonies May 2. The awards were Relations; Donald D. Gury, presented by the Very Rev. Louis G. Matti one, S.J ., President Peoria , Ill ., Director of of the College, shown from left, to Theodore 0 . Yoder, Director of Community Relations. the Denver office of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, First Citizen of Humanities; Russell L. Casement, Principal of the Emily Griffith Opportunity School, honored with the Service Citation; Blind Student Earns Mrs. Walter Orr Roberts, who accepted the First Citizen of Science award presented to her husband, Dr. Roberts, Director of the world Degree at Regis known Atmospheric Research Center, Boulder, Colo. Degrees were conferred upon 155 candidates during Regis Jesuit Ordination Class Notes 25th Anniversary College's 92nd annual commencement exercises May 17. The Very Rev. Louis G. Mattione, S.J ., President of the College, congratulates one of the degree rec ipients, Meryl Ries, of Denver, who has been blind since birth . Ries earned a Bachelor's deg ree in English. Regis also honored Meryl's mother, Mrs. Mary Catherine Ries, noting her efforts in assisting her son with his studies, primarily her work in recording on tape the content of all his course texts. (See related commencement story on page 11 ) . A class reunion of a different nature was held at Regis College June 5-7- the Silver Jubilee anniversary observance of the m idwest Jesuit ordination class of 1945. Two well-known Regis Jesuits were members of the class, the Very Rev. Louis G. Mattione, who hosted the Regis get-together, and the Rev. Francis J . Malecek. Father Mattione was principal concelebrant of a Mass celebrated by the about 20 class members who gathered in Denver. At left is the Rev. Daniel J. Higgins, and at right, the Rev. Thomas K. McKenney, both of Omaha. Father McKenney is a former Principal of Regis High School. The Rev. James W. Naughton, formerly of Denver and now Secretary to the Father General of the Society of Jesus in Rome, was also a member of the class and attended the reunion. 3 The National Scene Reporting on a study of campus tensions college teachers' opinions ... tenure under attack • Teachers' Views: Most college teachers tend • Campus Crisis: After a long, hard look at the to take a more liberal position on questions of causes and effects of campus disruption, a special national and international policy than they do on committee on campus tensions has pointed to a matters that affect them more directly on the "deeper crisis" in higher education-one of con campuses. That is one interpretation of a 1969 fusion and doubt "about where we go from here." survey of more than 60,000 faculty members The colleges' main constituent groups and the Initial results of the urvey, conducted by re: general public cannot agree on the "proper direc searchers for the arnegie Commis ion on Higher tion of change," the committee declared in re a Education, hawed that 47 per cent of the port this spring. Nor can the academic community t~achers con idered them elves politically left or expect to "solve all the problems," many with roots in the larger society, that contribute to ltberal. But these were orne of the attitudes they held on campu i ue : campus unrest. One thing higher education can do, the com % Dis· mittee stressed, is provide for better communica Agree agree tion among students, faculty members, adminis Students who disrupt a campus should be trators, and trustees. While acknowledging that suspend_ed or. expelled 76.7 21.4 this was no cure-all, the committee observed that Campus d1srupt1ons by militant students are a threat to academic freedom 80.1 17.3 ·'it usually results in sounder educational decisions More minority-group undergraduates and fosters governance by consensus rather than should be admitted even 1f it means by force." It noted, moreover, that all four cam relaxing academic standards . 41.0 56.8 Mo~t un~ergrad .uates are bas1cally satis· pus groups had cited inadequate communication f1ed w1th their education .... 67.2 28.2 as a "major cause" of tension. Undergraduate educat1on would be im· The special committee was appointed about a proved if: All courses were elective .... 19.4 77.6 year ago by the American Council on Education Grades were abolished .