THE COWL True, Not True Because It's Here."
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"It's here because it's THE COWL true, not true because it's here." SPECIAL SUMMER ISSUE Wednesday, June 13, 1979 Providence, K.I. 02918 16 Pages O'Neill addresses graduates Fiedler receives honorary degree Providence College held its Thomson, vice president for aca• 61st commencement exercises demic affairs stated in his cita• on Monday, May 21'si, 1979 The tion, "The title of Maestro was 1,128 degree recipients com• never more aptly given to any prised the largest class in the person As the Maestro of the college's history since its first Boston Pops, you have delighted commencement in 1923. The class us and elevated our lives for half of 1979 boasted 198 honor stu• a century." dents, which represents 24 per• The College conferred an hon• cent of the 826 undergraduate orary doctor of humanitarian population. Baccalaureate de• service degree on John J. Cum- grees were presented by Rev. mings, Jr. Cummings is the 4 Thomas H McBrien, O.P., Dean chairman and chief executive of• of Providence College and Roger ficer of the Industrial National L. Pearson, Deen of the School of Bank of Rhode Island. The gov- Continuing Education. enor of Rhode Island, J. Joseph Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill, Jr., Garrahy, was awarded an honor• Speaker of the US. House of ary doctor of public administra• Representatives delivered the tion degree The honorary doctor commencement address. O'Neill of sacred theology degree was Cowl photo t > Din Lund speculated on the future of the presented to the Most Reverend Maestro Arthur Fiedler and Governor J. Joseph Garrahy. American economy and society, Thomas C. Kelly, O.P. Rev. Kelly in the light of the problems which is the auxiliary bishop of Wash- Theatre PC tuition A comparative study "We must engage in a common plans By Lori Evangelos Although tuition, room and effort, share a common purpose." By Kathleen O'Neill board prices are spiralling across the country, PC still maintains "The efforts of students have one of the lowest tuition costs and O'Neill encouraged College officials to price hikes. A random sampling give the building of a theater a of regional New England colleges face them. "Inflation tears at the ington DC, and the general closer look." This statement was revealed that PC has weathered fabric of society . along with the secretary of the National Confer• made by John Garrity, a PC well the yearly fight against problems of oil consumption and ence of Catholic Bishops. Joseph alumnus and director of the Col• inflation, ranking only second to promoting safe and economically B McCarty, chairman and presi• lege's theater arts program the neighboring University of Rhode Island if a total tuition, feasible energy alternatives" dent of the Arley Merchandise Garrity submitted a formal room and board cost of $5,562 is to The congressman challenged the Corporation, and president of the recommendation that the com• be considered economical. And it graduates to "...reverse the Rennie Manufacturing Co., re• mittee appointed to study the is compared to Brown University trends of the last decade. "These ceived an honorary doctor of feasibility of the construction and at $8,915. problems affect all of us. We business administration degree. financing of a recreational facil• must engage in a common effort; This is the fifth consecutive ity "seriously consider the possi• share a common purpose." The class of 1979 continued to year that tuition has increased at bility of a theater space as a con• O'Neill was also awarded an display the trend among grad• PC. For the 1979-80 academic tiguous structure to the proposed honorary Doctor of Laws degree. uates of past years of being recreational center". The recom• The ceremonies were marked drawn to career oriented concen• mendation was dated November by the appearance of Maestro trations. The most popular major 30, 1978. Arthur Fiedler, conductor of the among undergraduates proved to Boston Pops Orchestra. Fiedler be business; these students com• Members of the theater arts de• was presented with an honorary prised 27 percent of the class. partment felt that the idea of a doctor of music degree, and was Other top concentrations in• drama facility had been shelved relatively optimistic for the in• warmly received by the audience cluded political science, educa• as the second half of the second By Maureen O'Hare coming freshmen "It will not be with two thunderous standing tion, health services administra• semester approached. Garrity's The Providence College admis• as big a dilemma as previous ovations. As Dr Paul van K. tion and social work. recommendation had received no sions office has projected an en• years," revealed Backes. He at• response from the committee; rollment of approximately 878 tributes the improvement of this and the publication of a campus- freshmen for the class of 1983. situation partially to the in• wide survey stating what should According to Director of Admis• creased number of upperclass- be included in the recreational sions, Michael Backes, "the col• men moving off campus and also facility had no mention of a thea• lege experienced a dramatic inc• to the fact that Aquinas Hall will ter. rease in applications this year." be accommodating more women An estimated 3,211 applications next year A total of 350 women A student-initiated petition re• were received, indicating a 5 and 340 men will be residing in questing consideration of a thea• percent increase in students the dormitories. Only 10 or 15 ter facility was circulated and seeking admission over last year. freshmen will have to seek off signed by roughly 800 people. In accord with recent trends, stu• campus housing. This marks a dents seeking on campus residen• vast improvement over last year, when 120 freshmen were forced to Sometime after the petition cy has also risen by 20 percent. In secure off campus residencies. Garrity was invited to attend the contrast, however, a 13 percent decline in commuter student ap• March 13 meeting of the com• plications was noted. "I am concerned about the mittee. A set of architect's draw• housing problem.'' conceded ings, depicting the rudiments of a "More and more women are Backes. "We should get some theater, arrived at Garrity's of• demonstrating an incentive to tangible indication in the fall fice on May 7. pursue undergraduate educa• regarding how many dormitory Garrity expressed "surprise" tion," explained Backes, "and spaces will be available for the this has contributed to our rise in class of 1984, "then we can get a See THEATRE. Page 2 female applicants." Incoming housing plan implemented in the freshmen women outnumber the fall." men by roughly 53 percent to 47 In order to keep tuition down percent. The class of 1982 initi• and the educational quality up, ated this phenomenon, with a Backes indicated that a stable Inside: ratio of 51 percent women to 49 enrollment must be maintained. percent men. Overall, the college According to recent figures, by Freshmen is still predominately male The the mid 1980s most areas will women are outnumbered by ap• experience a 30 percent decline in Section proximately 183 men. high school graduates due to the Members of this class repre• decreasing birth rates. The 1990s sent 33 states in terms of geogra• will evidence a 40 percent drop. Page 7 phical distribution, including six These trends represent grave international students. "The ma• implications for college admis• Year in Photos jority of our students come from sions. "A tremendous effort by the New England area This is the the admissions office will be first time in the college's history necessary against the backdrop Page 12 that the state of Rhode Island has of this kind of a decline ... We are not represented the largest num• presently working to adapt a five ber of students, "Backes stated year plan to deal with this grad• Lacrosse This year the majority of stu• ual decline." Backes revealed dents hale from Massachusetts. "Right now the planning com• Other major contributing states mittee is grappling with this report problem. I'd like to increase are Rhode Island, Connecticut, Cowl Photo ov Dan Lund New Jersey and New York. efforts on attracting more stu• Page 11 dents on a national basis." Scenes from Commencement '79 The housing situation appears Page Wednesday, June 13, 1979 News Karp Succeeds Ciotola: 'Tip' cites New Veritas chief chosen US problems When Speaker of the House first Democratic Speaker of the Rev. Francis C. Duffy, O.P., haven't been appointed yet." official close of the 1978-79 school Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill ad• Mass. House. In 1952 he had the vice president for student affairs, Karp is presently working on a year. She remarked, "It's been a dressed the sixty-first com• honor of succeeding the late has announced that Judith M. double major here at PC, in the long year -1 want to go home!" mencement of Providence Col• President John F. Kennedy, who Karp (Class '80) will succeed areas of^Psychology and Econ• Overtime is one of the require• lege, he certainly endeared him• had been elected to the Senate. As Vera Jean Ciotola (79) as the omics. Her home residence is in ments seldom mentioned when self to those parents present. He •a representative he served 13 yearbook editor of PC's Veritas. Berlin, Connecticut. Karp wishes an editor is appointed to a posi• made a rather odd request of PC consecutive terms until he was The appointment was made early to introduce a new historical sec• tion such as this, but it is always graduates. O'Neill asked grads to appointed House Majority Whip in the month of May.