La Salle University La Salle University Digital Commons La Salle Magazine University Publications Summer 1978 La Salle Magazine Summer 1978 La Salle University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lasalle.edu/lasalle_magazine Recommended Citation La Salle University, "La Salle Magazine Summer 1978" (1978). La Salle Magazine. 121. https://digitalcommons.lasalle.edu/lasalle_magazine/121 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the University Publications at La Salle University Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in La Salle Magazine by an authorized administrator of La Salle University Digital Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. SUMMER 1978 A QUARTERLY LA SALLE COLLEGE MAGAZINE THE CLASS OF '78 Robert S. Lyons, Jr., ’61, Editor W. Lawrence Eldridge, Jr., Assistant Editor Volume 22 Summer, 1978 Number 3 James J. McDonald, ‘58, Alumni News ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OFFICERS Richard H. Becker, ’50, President Terence Heaney, Esq., ’63, Executive Vice President Catherine Callahan, '7 1, Vice President Francis Viggiano, '7 6, Secretary A QUARTERLY LA SALLE COLLEGE MAGAZINE John Gallagher, ’62, Treasurer Contents 1 SOME OUTSTANDING GRADUATES Some distinguished young (and not so young) men and women walked down the aisle at the college’s 115th commencement. 8 THEY’VE COME A LONG WAY, BABY! Residence halls are more than just a place to live. They’ve become a “curriculum” in themselves. 11 A GATHERING OF YOUNG POETS New dormitory atmosphere, page 8 Although they are engaged in a variety of professions, a number of La Salle graduates continue to write and write well. 16 PARENTS ARE STUDENTS, TOO! La Salle’s freshman attrition rate has dropped significantly since the parents have begun to share the college experience.