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Volume XLVIII, No.8 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON, D. C. Thursday, March 24, 1966 No Increase In Charges Next Year Salary, Subjects v-p Pateros Answers Cited In Leaving Harbin Council Query Of Dr. Peradotto Mr. John Pateros, Vice-president for Business and Finance, has announced that "he has no plans to present to the Board by Pat Moran of Directors any change in tuition, fees, or dormitory room Dr. John J. Peradotto has an­ nounced his resignation from the charges for the 1966-67 academic year." University effective at the end of He made this announcement last this academic year. In an interview Friday. On Wednesday, March 16, with The HOYA, the professor 8.5 Million Bequeathed the Harbin House Council, presid­ stated that his reasons for leaving ed over in the absence of its presi­ were twofold: the healthier state To Cieorgetown Funds dent by Vice President John Lee, of classics elsewhere in the coun­ (S.F.S. '68) unanimously passed a try and the limited salary available To Aid Poor Students re'solution urging "every student to at Georgetown. The University has been be- refrain from signing and/ or return­ Dr. Peradotto is a non-tenured queathed 8.5 million dollars by 'a ing his dormitory application-con­ member of the faculty in the Clas- Rochester, New York woman who tract card until the University has sics department who has also served died on February 9. Miss Flore.nce officially announced the room fee as the Secretary of the Provisional M. Dailey, who was 86 when she for the school year of 1966-67." The Faculty Senate. died, left equal amounts to both resolution was then distributed in Harbin and posted throughout the Interest Increased Elsewhere Georgetown and Notre Dame Un i- University. According to Dr. Peradotto, na- versity. However, the estate of 19 tionwide flgures show that the in- million dollars is being contested Statement Issued creased college enrollment is being by a niece and two nephews. The bulk of the estate is in Eastman On Thursday Lee, representing paralleled by an increasing interest Kodak stock. the council. met with the Rev. in the classics. This is a definite trend except for a few schools- The one stipUlation on the be- Anthony J. Zeits, S.J., who directed Georgetown as a case in point. quest is that it be used for schol- him to the Business Vice President, While across the nation the num- arships for needy students. The Mr. Pateros. The council offered ber of undergraduate classics ma- Rev. Joseph A. Haller, S.J., Treas- to distribute any statement that jors has increased 20 percent, the urer of the University said that the Mr. Pateros wished to make regard­ number at Georgetown has dropped gift would be the largest in the ing room fees so that the cards 60 percent in the same period of school's history, "If we get it." It could be collected as scheduled on Thursday: evening. Mr. Pateros, time. The Classics department here would increase the University's en- however, refused to issue any state­ has seen a 57 percent decrease in IT'S SPRING ... and Cherry Blossom time in the Capital can't be dowment from II, to 19.5 million ment at that time, but granted that Elementary Greek enrollment; ac· far away. This view depicts Washington in one of its moments of dollars. one would be forthcoming in Fri­ companying this decline has been beauty. ::)ome questions were raised as a 17 percent drop in total Latin ,___________________________________ -' to Miss Dailey's connection with day's bulletin. enrollment. Dr. Peradotto stated Georgetown and Notre Dame. Fr. Later that afternoon Mr. Don­ that "the students are the primary ~'P US Pac Pees Haller said "this is something we ald Buckner, of the SPO, offered cause for this waste in the Classics. Ga• • ~ .r 4 ,·l,·f,·es .r 4 are presently trying to track down to the council an advance copy of They are chickening out." No long- in our Archives." The Rev. Edmund the bulletin and the statement was er are students willing to accept V d TT' B"" CI- h P. Joyce, Executive Vice-President then distributed throughout the the hard disciplines of the classics, .L' 40Un ~ -0 e ~ 00 £.l.IU of Notre Dame, said he had no campus in time for the Thursday astronomy and the other physical ~ , knowledge of the bequest prior to deadline. sciences. Dr. Peradotto outlined a its announcement or why Miss three-step road to decline for any by Ted Long main ballroom for $50 and the Dailey gave the money to the Uni- Ullnecessary Confusion university department. First, the A survey conducte:l by the East armory for $100. versity. Mr. Lee said that "all of this students drift away; next, the de- Campus Student Council shows Another area of cost to the stu- This gift to Georgetown comes confusion could have been avoided partment budget is cut; and finally, that the cost of campus facilities dents is the rental of audio-visual one week before the University is had this statement from Mr. Pat­ the faculty leaves out of apathy. and visual aids to student groups aids from the Raymond Reiss Stu- to launch a $26 million "Program eros been released when dorm ap­ Next year Dr. Peradotto will be is higher than that of nine other dio. On the tenth of last July, for Progress." Vice-President Hu­ plication cards were given out teaching at the State University of schools included in the survey. prices for the rental of micro- bert H. Humphrey will be honored rather than the day after they were New York in Buffalo. There he will According to the Student Per- phones, amplifiers and slide pro- guest and principal speaker at a collected." He further stated that be asked to teach seven hours in- sonnel Office, all facilities are jectors were tripled. The cheapest luncheon tomorrow at 12: 30 p.m. the Council had met Tuesday eve­ (Continued 011 Page 13) available free to students and their P.A. system now available costs in New South Dining Hall. Con­ ning and in discussing its respon­ organizations unless food or bev- $15 where it used to cost $5. Each trary to the story in last week's sibilities decided that it would erages are served or unless an ad- additional microphone used now HOYA, the Vice-President will strive to see that privileges in the mission is charged. This means costs $15. Slide projectors and speak at this luncheon, and not dormitories would be commensurate that all dances and parties will movie projectors are tagged at $20 (Con tinned on Page 13) with the cost. normally be charged for the use of for the first hour and five dollars univel'sity facilities. The rates run each additional hour. These projec­ from $20 for the use of the Band tors come with an operator. The Room or Alumni Lounge to $250 charges enumerated are cheaper for McDonough Gymnasium. Both than private rental would be; but, Darnall and New South cafeterias they arc above those at other cost $125 For organizations out- schools. At St. Joseph's, Boston side the University family these College, Dunbarton, and American prices increase roughly 50 percent. University, there are no charges for microphones. At the other Lower Charges schools where they are available, the charge is a more reasonable :;;5. In comparison, there is no room charge at American UniYersity, Studio Dunbarton College, Boston Col­ lege, and George Mason College. So far this year, the newly There are charges levied at Ford­ tripled rates at the Reiss Studio ham, St. Joseph's, University of have effected a drop in rentals to Maryland, George Washington, and about one-third their former num­ Catholic University, but these are ber. The result is a slight monetary considel'ably lower than the increase for the Business Office and Georgetown prices. Student groups a new point of friction and argu­ at George Washington can get the ment for the University community. use of Lisner Auditorium for a Many campus organizations have whole day for $50. There is a $75 curtailed their activities as a result charge for maintenance for the of the increased cost for rental dance halls at Catholic University. of electronic equipment. The East At the University of Maryland, stu­ Campus survey, however, did not Photo by Pete Pitterle DR. JOHN PERADOTTO dent organizations can rent the deal with this specific concern. MEMBERS OF THE HARBIN HOUSE COUNCIL Pa.e Two Foreign:·P~C. Volunteers'YD He'ad' Rece.i·'ves .. Y·h'rtlat To Teach in U.S. Areas As Result:iOf:Panel Talk . by Bob Cavanaugh . ',... '" .. ' "New Problems in the Peace Corps" was' the subject of a by Bruce Cohen , recruiting talk for the Peace Corps given by Mr. Ross Pritch- As a result of a recent panel' dis:' ·cussion held by the Young Demo­ ard, the Regional Director for the Far East. Mr. Pritchard crats of Georgetown University, explained some of the often overlooked aspects of the Peace Michael Perry, President of the or­ Corps and outlined the future of the program in the Far ganization, received a threatening phone call. The woman warned that East before a small group in the Hall of Nations. if Perry continued to support The "reverse Peace Corps" is a "them" she would make sure his new project that will go into effect neighborhood would be "attacked" Parent's Weekend this year, bringing volunteers from as hers had been. foreign countries to work in the The call was touched off by state­ United States.

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