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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 Faculty Bulletins by an authorized administrator of La Salle University Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Vol. VIII, No. VI Philadelphia 41, Pa. May 25, 1966

CALENDAR OF EVENTS (To August 25, 1966)

Senior Grades Due (5:00 P.M.)...... May 25

Memorial Day (Holiday) ...... May 30

Final Grades Due (Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors)Noon....June 1

Faculty Picnic (Fischer's Pool, 1:00 P.M.)...... June 1

Baccalaureate Mass (McCarthy Stadium, 11:00 A.M.)...... June 4

Commencement Exercises (Convention Hall, 4:00 P.M.).....June 4

Summer Sessions Begin (First Session)...... June 20

MUSIC THEATRE ’ 66 Opens ("Most Happy Fella")...... July 8

Summer Sessions (Second Session)...... July 25

MUSIC THEATRE ("Lady in the Dark") Opens...... August 12

Deadline, Mid-summer Faculty Bulletin...... August 19

Publication, Mid-summer Faculty Bulletin...... August 25 Faculty Bulletin-Cont'd Page Two

PRESIDENT'S OFFICE: The faculty awards, made pos­ sible by a $2000 grant from the La Salle’s Accreditation Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Reaffirmed Foundation, were given at the traditional Founder's Day Dinner Brother Daniel Bernian, F.S.C., at the Four Chef's Banquet Hall, President, has been notified by Hellerman and Sackett sts., Sun­ the Evaluation Committee of the day evening. Brother F. Emery, Middle States Association of Col­ F.S.C., evening dean, presented a leges and Secondary Schools that special faculty award. the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education has voted to re­ Recipients of the 1966 Lindback affirm the accreditation of La­ awards were Daniel J. Rodden, as­ Salle College. sociate professor of English and managing director of La Salle's summer Music Theatre; Leo D. Rud- nytzky, assistant professor of VICE PRESIDENT, ACADEMIC AFFAIRS: German, and Brother David Hilary, P.S.C., associate professor of Lindback Awards Highlight classics. Rodden is hospitalized Founder's Day Convocation and was not present to accept the award. Dr. Joseph F. Flubacher, Two honorary degrees and three professor of economics and member faculty awards for "distinguished of La Salle's staff since 1938, teaching" highlighted La Salle's received the evening division a­ annual observance of Founder's ward. Day, May 15. Rodden joined La Salle's staff The honorary degrees and stu­ in 1949 and initiated the col­ dent prizes for academic excel­ lege's summer Music Theatre. More lence were given at an honors than 70,000 patrons have seen convocation in the College Union nine productions since its incep­ Building. Dr. Horton Davies, tion in 1962. Rudnytzky has professor of religion at Prince­ taught at West Philadelphia Cath­ ton University, received a Doctor olic High for Boys and La Salle of Literature degree, and Dr. High School before joining La­ Daniel P. Moynihan, of the Wes­ Salle's faculty in 1961. leyan University Center for Ad­ vanced Studies, was given a Doc­ Thirty-five student prizes were tor of Laws degree. Dr. Moynihan presented by Brother G. Paul, gave the convocation address. P.S.C., vice president for stu­ Brother Daniel Bernian, F.S.C., dent affairs, at the convocation. La Salle president, conferred the Brother G. William, F.S.C., aux­ degrees. Thirty - five student iliary provincial of the Balti­ awards were presented. more District of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, was presi­ ding officer. Some 825 seniors and their families attended the dinner. Faculty Bulletin-Cont'd Page Three

VICE PRESIDENT, STUDENT AFFAIRS: Biology— John S. Penny, Ph.D. has been re-appointed for a three Faculty Picnic on June 1 year term. Classics— Brother David Hil­ The annual Faculty Picnic will ary, Ph.D., has been appointed to be held, Wednesday, June 1, at succeed Dr. Domenico A. Di Marco, Fischer's Pool at 1:00 P.M. who had been chairman for the past six years. Fischer's Pool is located some Physics— Brother E. Mark, three miles beyond Center Point Ph.D., has been re-appointed for (Intersection of routes #73 and a three year term. 462). Look for sign "Fischer’s Sociology— Dr. Thomas M. Cof­ Pool” off Route 73- Skippack Pike fee, recently of the College of and take right turn about two Holy Cross, has been appointed to miles to the entrance. replace Brother Gavin Paul,Ph.D., who had been serving as acting * * * chairman of the department.

Baccalaureate Mass * * *

Faculty members attending the Selection of Chairmen Baccalaureate Mass, Saturday, June 4, in McCarthy Stadium (Col­ During the Faculty Workshop of lege Union Lounge in case of Sept. 13, 1965, the following rain), are requested to be pres­ recommendation was made: ent for vesting by 10:30 A.M. on the third floor of the College "Since a tendency has become Union. The Mass will begin at evident to increase the impor­ 11:00 A.M. tance of department chairman, acting as a body in the govern­ * * * ment of the college, and since department chairmen are a kind of Commencement Exercises hybrid, both in the faculty and in the administration, the facul­ Faculty members are requested ty should be more directly invol­ to report to the basement of Con­ ved in the selection of depart­ vention Hall prior to 3:40 P.M. ment chairmen. when the Academic Procession is scheduled to start, June 4. This participation might, and should, be arranged by providing for the selection, by the faculty DEAN, ARTS & SCIENCES: members of a department, of a list of nominees for the depart­ Department Chairmen Announced ment chairmanship, from which list the dean would select the Brother G . Robert, F.S.C., chairman. This arrangement estab­ Dean of the School of Arts and lishes, in fact, a mechanism of Sciences, announced the following joint appointment, which may be appointments of department chair­ extended further in the future to men: include higher offices of the ad­ ministration." Faculty Bulletin - Cont'd Page Four

The Dean welcomes the assist - Big Five Games To Be Re-Run ance of the faculty in this most important responsibility and will La Salle's 1965-66 Big Five seek it in the future. This year, basketball games will be re-run in fact, two of our departments by WPHL-TV (#17), this summer. were thus polled, and gratitude is expressed for the professional The starting time will be 9:00 responsibility exercised by their P.M. on June 4 (St. Joseph's); members. June 18 (Villanova) and July 9 (Temple).

ACCOUNTING:

Brother Philip Receives Grant CAREER PLANNING & PLACEMENT:

The Price-Waterhouse Company, Peace Corps Activities Certified Public Accountants, has awarded a $400 grant to Brother L. Thomas Reifsteck, Director Daniel Philip, of the Accounting of the Career Planning and Place­ Department, to prepare a handbook ment Bureau, has been appointed for college students. Entitled in charge of all Peace Corps Ac­ "Accounting Illustrated," the tivities on campus. book will be available next Sep­ tember.

COUNSELING:

ATHLETICS: Pre-College Program Changed

Abbott Appointed Frosh Coach The pre-college counseling pro­ gram for incoming freshmen and Anthony A. (Tony) Abbott, co­ transfer students has been captain of La Salle's 1962-63 NIT changed in several ways from pre­ basketball team, was recently ap­ vious years. pointed freshman basketball coach of the Explorers. Abbott, 25, has This summer there will be no been head basketball coach at St. full day of testing as there has James High School (Chester). He been in the past. Instead, new also taught in that school's Bus­ matriculants will complete three iness Department, a position he forms at home. These are a per­ will continue to hold while han­ sonal data form, a career essay, dling the La Salle Freshmen. and the Strong Vocational Inter­ est Blank. These will be mailed * * * to students beginning the end of May. Faculty Bulletin - Cont'd Page Five

After the student returns his ECONOMICS forms he will be scheduled for a full day of counseling confer­ Dr. Ciesla To Attend Seminar ences with a Dean, member of the military science staff, and the Dr. Casimir Ciesla, of the counselors. These conferences Economics Department, has re­ will be held throughout the sum­ ceived a grant from General Elec­ mer beginning June 13. tric to participate in a seminar on recent developments in Econo­ For the first time, this year mics, at the University of Chi­ there will be a special counsel­ cago, in July. ing program just for transfer students.

Also for the first time, this ENGLISH: year, parent's conference for resident students will be held Attends Congress in Lisbon during the day. As part of this special program there will be an Dr. Austin J. App, of the Eng­ orientation to residence hall lish Department, was chairman of living. the American delegation to the Committee for the Defense of Parents of commuting students Christian Culture in Lisbon , will continue to be seen in eve­ Portugal, March 29. ning conferences. He read a paper, "Evaluation Faculty members who would like and Characteristics of the United a full description of the new Nations," which was simultane­ pre-college counseling program ously rendered in French, Spanish may pick up a packet of informa­ and German for the delegates from tion in the Counseling Center 25 nations. after May 23rd. Haskell House, publisher of scholarly books, recently brought out in cloth binding, Dr. App's GEOLOGY: doctoral dissertation, "Lancelot in English Literature: His Role Brother Nicholas Receives Grant and Character," previously pub­ lished in 1929 by the Catholic Brother G. Nicholas, F.S.C., University. of the Geology Department, has received a fellowship from the Arctic Institute of North America to study polar geography in the Canadian and Alaskan Arctic, this summer. Faculty Bulletin - Cont'd Page Six

MODERN LANGUAGES: MUSIC :

Fulbright Grant Awarded Diehl. Appointed Music Critic

John K. DeFrancesco, of the George Diehl, of the Music De­ Modern Languages Department, re­ partment, has recently been ap­ ceived a Fulbright Grant to par­ pointed to the staff of the Phi­ ticipate in a seminar for tea­ ladelphia Bulletin as a music chers of Italian, at the Faccolta critic. di Magistero, University of Rome. Mr. Diehl Was the principal * * * speaker, recently, at the annual luncheon of the Matinee Musical Dr. Rudnytzky Elected Consultant Club of Philadelphia and spoke on contemporary music to communica­ Dr. Leo D. Rudnytzky,of the tions students of Drexel Insti­ Modern Languages Department, was tute's Graduate School of Library elected consultant to the Catho­ Science. lic Renascence Society, at the annual meeting of the society, * * * held in Chicago, I11., April 11. White Concert Slated Dr. Rudnytzky read a paper on the problems of poetic transla­ Charles White, of the Music tions to the annual convention of Department, is scheduled to offer the Shevchenko Slavic Society of a piano concert at the Kings Col­ Canada, in Toronto, May 8. A lege, New York, May 20. brief summary of his paper will be published in the annals of the society. NEWS BUREAU:

* * * Mid-Summer FACULTY BULLETIN

Participates in Language Day The Mid-Summer Faculty Bulletin will be published on Thursday, John McCann, of the Modern August 25. The deadline for this Languages Department, read a pa­ issue will be Friday, August 19. per at the Intercollegiate Lang­ uage Day, at Immaculata College, * * * March 26, entitled, "La Poesie moderne: Mythe et Creation." Questionnaires Solicited

Nearly one-half of the faculty and administration have returned the biographical questionnaires mailed in February. Faculty Bulletin - Cont'd Page Seven

Questionnaires Solicited PSYCHOLOGY:

Nearly one-half of the faculty To Represent Honor Society and administration have returned the biographical questionnaires Dr. Joseph D. Kovatch, of the mailed in February. Psychology Department, will rep­ resent the National Honor Society The News Bureau will very much as the installation officer for a appreciate completion and return new Psi Chi chapter, at Marywood of the forms at your earliest College, Scranton, May 28. convenience. * * * If you did not receive the questionnaire, please notify the Dr. Brooks Slates Tour Bureau at Ext. 286. Dr. Victor D. Brooks, of the Evening Division Psychology De­ partment, will join a group of PUBLIC RELATIONS: professors from Cornell, Michi­ gan, Northwestern and Ohio State Public Relations Handbook Universities to make a speaking tour of midwestern government Faculty members are invited to agencies, late this summer. pick up copies of the Public Re­ lations Handbook of the college The tour, sponsored by the U.S. in the office of the Vice Presi­ Civil Service Commission, will be dent, Public Relations, CU 205. in the form of seminars for top executives of these agencies. Its * * * aim is to recruit more college graduates for U.S. Government Archives Department agencies.

All departments are requested * * * to comb their 1965-66 files for appropriate materials to be sent Dr. Pfeiffer Presents Paper to the Archives of the College, in care of Brother E. James , Dr. Mark Pfeiffer, assistant F.S.C., College Representative professor, Psychology, presented for Special Affairs, CU 309. a scientific paper at the Eastern Psychological Association Meet­ ing, April 15, in New York. The paper described original research conducted in collaboration with his colleague, Dr. Arthur I. Sie­ gel, in the field of job analysis. Faculty Bulletin - Cont'd Page Eight

ROTC: SUMMER SESSIONS:

Colonel Maldonado Transferred; Important Faculty Meeting Slated New PMST To Arrive in July Faculty members scheduled to Colonel Jack c. Maldonado, teach in the 1966 Summer Sessions professor of Military science and who have changed their home ad­ tactics for the past four years, dress since filing application, departs for a one-year tour of are asked to report said change duty in Korea at the end of this of address to Summer Sessions month. Office, C-108.

While Colonel Maldonado is in There will be a brief, but im­ Korea, his family will reside in portant, faculty meeting for all Riverside, California. teachers slated for the first summer session, Monday, June 20, Colonel Stephen Silvasy, a na­ at 8:00 A.M., in College Hall, tive of the Philadelphia area, room 207. has been appointed PMST and will arrive in July. A 1940 graduate All teachers slated for the of the U.S. Military Academy, second summer sessions are re­ Col. Silvasy is currently assig­ quested to attend a meeting, Mon­ ned to the 17th Artillery Group day, July 26, at 8:00 A.M., Col­ (Air Defense), at Fort George G. lege Hall, room 207. Meade, Maryland.

Captain Charles S . Heaverly, a member of the military science GENERAL: department for the past three years, will also depart for a one Commencement Address, Degrees year tour of duty in Korea at the end of the month. His family will Brother Clair Battersby, continue to reside in Hatboro. F.S.C., author and professor, St. Joseph's College, London, will Lt. Col. Robert F. Fallon, who deliver the Commencement Address recently completed a tour of duty at La Salle's Commencement, June in Korea and Vietnam, joined the 4, in Convention Hall. military science staff, May 1. He is a 1949 graduate of the U.S. The honorable David L. Law­ Military Academy. rence, special assistant to Pres­ ident Johnson and former Governor Captain Edward J. Murphy, a of Pennsylvania, will be the pre­ graduate of Loyola College, has siding officer. just returned from Vietnam and has been assigned to La Salle's military science department. Faculty Bulletin - Cont'd Page Nine

Honorary degrees will be awar­ Music Theatre Opens Fifth Season ded to: Roger S. Firestone, pres­ ident, Firestone Plastics and Frank Lossser's "Most Happy Synthetic Fibers Companies? Rob­ Fella" and Moss Hart's "Lady in ert W. Sarnoff, president, Radio the Dark" will be the summer Corporation of America; Rev. Jo­ offerings of La Salle's MUSIC seph A. Flaherty, O.S.A., presi­ THEATRE '66, which opens its dent of Villanova University, and fifth season,Friday, July 8. Rev. Henry A. Evans, pastor, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, The eight-week, 56-performance Morton, Pa. season opens with "Fella," which continues through Autust 6, and * * * concludes with "Lady", August 12 through September 4, in the air Celebrating 50th Anniversary conditioned College Union Theatre.

The Rev. Charles F. Gorman, Curtain is at 8:30 P.M. Tuesday one of the first La Salle College through Friday? 6 and 9:30 P.M. chaplains, is currently celebra­ (two shows) Saturday, and 7 P.M. ting his 50th anniversary in the Sunday. No performance is given priesthood. Monday.

More than 70,000 patrons have * * * visited the campus since its in­ ception in 1962. Last year's Wives of Students Honored productions "Camelot" and "Briga- doon," atrracted some 21,000 pa­ Wives of 167 day and evening trons— over 80 percent of capa­ division seniors received "Ph.T." city. — Putting Him Through— degrees at La Salle's 12th annual Ph.T. cer­ Among the now-standard tunes emonies last Sunday (May 22) in from "Fella," which is a musical the College Union theatre. adaptation of Sidney Kingsley's "They Knew What They Wanted," are Dorothy Markmann, mother of se­ "Big D" — its musical salute to ven children Whose husband Jo­ Dallas, "Happy to Make Your Ac­ seph, Sr., teaches in La Salle's quaintance" and, of course, the day and evening colleges re­ title song. ceived the nnnual honory Ph.T. "with distinction" at the event "Lady," which was a vehicle for which recognizes the wives' as­ the late Gertrude Lawrence when sistance in their husbands' pur­ it bowed on Broadway in 1941, suit of a bachelors degree. boasts a score by Ira Gershwin and Kurt Weill. "My Ship" is Brother Daniel Bernian, F.S.C., among the best remembered tunes. La Salle president, conferred the Ph.T. "degrees" and the Rev. Mark Heath, O.P., director o f L a - Salle’s graduate theology program gave the principal address.