SUBSCRIBER'S ADDRESS Convocation THE COWL 9:30 a.m. PROVIDENCE Friday I COLLEGE VOL. XXXI, No. 14 PROVIDENCE COLLEGE, PROVIDENCE, R. I., MARCH 6, 1969 TEN PAGES Million Dollars Given Anonymously To College Last Sunday evening the Very Reverend William Paul Haas, O.P., president of Provi• dence College, announced the donation of one million dollars to the College by an anonymous donor. The announcement was made at the kick-off dinner inaugurat• ing the Capital Program for the Second Half Century. The gift (L.-R.) John Pollard ('71), Fr. Robert Bond, Dr. Paul Thorn- is the largest in the fifty year son, Dr. Edward Healy, Fr. Walter Hackett at open hearing of history of PC. Curriculum Study Committee. —COWLfoto hy Peter zagorzycki Senator John O. Pastore was the principal speaker at the din• ner in Raymond Hall attended Open Hearing on Curriculum by 400 guests. Senator Pastore said, "For me this has been a sentimental journey and all of us come here Cites Intensification Need tonight in admiration for the Student proposals offered at ment of an interdepartmental achievements of the good the March 3 open meeting of and multi-dimensional course Dominican Fathers during these the Curriculum Study Commit• on the history of western fifty years. We come in pride tee unanimously underscored thought. The course would sharing the Dominican am• Governor Frank Licht, Father Haas listen to Senator John the need for the intensification serve as the basic core curricu• bitions for the fifty years that O. Pastore at Kick-off Dinner. —COWLfoto by Peter Zagorzydd of course material presently lum and would be worth twelve lie ahead." covered in basic core curriculum (Continued on Page 7) He continued, "This is a time of change and challenge in all labored in love — the sacrificing courses. institutions. Most of all, it is in service of minds to mold other The meeting was the first in our colleges where we are minds — hearts to inspire other a series of Committee meetings steeped in an explosion of hearts to a love even greater which will be opened to the knowledge. To be sure we can• than the love of learning." public for the purpose of so• Heavy SnowCauses Headaches not condemn the younger gener• Senator Pastore pointed out liciting student and faculty opin• ation for an interest and in• that consistently throughout the ions and suggestions. volvement in its own future. years tuition was low and even Student panelists John Pol• For Maintenance Department "For fifty years Providence then the Dominican Fathers lard '72, William J. Tracy '69, College and Providence College would make adjustments for the and Ralph Paglieri '70 were men have been building bridges needy student. Providence Col• asked to present their views on of understanding in this corner lege, he added, offered an op• the core curriculum at the out• of the world where we have our portunity for a college educa• set of the meeting. All three homes and our hearts. They tion for those who could not af• students wholeheartedly en• have contributed so materially ford to go anywhere else. dorsed the B ou rke-Bois vert pro• to every phase of Rhode Island Governor Frank Licht, also posal for curriculum reform. life that the college can well spoke. He said,'"I've marvelled The programs which they pre• say 'the impact is total.' For at the growth of this institution. sented were intended to illus• these fifty years this college has (Continued on Page 8) trate possible adaptations of that reform proposal. Specifically, the relative mer• its of the freshman year Eng• Violent Demonstrations lish composition course, the in• troductory foundations of mod• ern science course, and the sur• Condemned By Committee vey course in the history of western civilization were de• The Student-Administration dividuals, the protection of bated. Committee passed a resolution property, and the continuity of Tacy suggested the establish- last week stating that the Col• the educational process. Inter• lege "does not condone demon• ference with ingress to and strations or protests involving egress from college facilities, in• Dean to Address physical force or obstruction to terruption of classes, or damage college facilities." to property exceeds permissable limits. Therefore, any members The Community Stalled and snowbound cars were the scene behind Raymond Passed unanimously, the res• olution was drawn up by Fr. of the college community par• Hall last Tuesday. — COWLfoto by Frank Toher Francis Duffy, O.P., Vice-Presi• ticipating in demostrations At Convocation By BRIAN K1RKP ATRICK drifts mounting to eight feet. dent for Student Relations, when which obstruct the normal op• There will be an Academic At any time of the day or The snow was tightly packed in Director of Residence Fr. John erations of the College will be Convocation at Providence Col• night, the Maintenance Depart• some areas. The most recent Cunningham, O.P., placed on the subject to disciplinary action." storm necessitated the hiring of agenda for the meeting a dis• lege, March 7, the feast of St. ment is ready to operate its Several revisions were made heavy duty machines. The Gam- cussion of college policy in case Thomas Aquinas. snow removal equipment. After in both the second and third The Dean of the College, Rev. three inches have fallen, the mino Construction Company sent of violent demonstrations. a bull dozer, a front-end loader, paragraphs of this proposal. The Thomas R. Peterson, O.P., will crew is called and within one The text of the committee's second paragraph originally be• address the academic commun• hour they are clearing the walks and a road scraper. Also, the resolution is as follows: school obtained the services of gan "Objections arise only when ity on: "Kate Smith, Sammy and parking areas of the cam• "Providence College recog• students or others become so Davis, Jr. and Thomism." pus. two front-end loaders from two nizes the constitutional right of contractors. carried away by their convic• The Very Rev. William Paul The two latest storms have peaceful assembly and free tions about the Tightness of their Haas. O.P., President of Prov• severly handicapped the Depart• Mr. Pasco Cardillo, Superin• speech. The College does not causes and so impatient with idence College will preside at ment because their equipment tendent of Maintenance, com• condone demonstrations or pro• civilized procedures that they the hour-long convocation which can successfully handle only mended both the regular crew tests involving physical force or seek . ." This phrase was will begin at 9:30 a.m. The con• light to moderate depths. The and the student workers for obstruction to college facilities. stricken and several minor word vocation will take place in Har- College owns one Jeep, one their perseverance with the "To seek to restrain the free• changes were made. kins Hall auditorium on the GMC dump, and a tractor with storms. However, he expressed dom of expression or movement Providence College campus. front-end loader. In the past dissatisfaction toward the unco- of others is simply unacceptable In the third paragraph, the Since this is a regular class these pieces permitted adequate operativeness of some students. not only in a community de• phrase "any members of the day, the attendance of students removal. Approximately 50% of the stu• voted to intellectual endeavor, college community" replaced and faculty is requested at the Unusual problems have be- dents did not help in the re• but also in any decent demo• "individuals or groups." convocation. Academic attire seiged the Department. The moval of their cars from the cratic society. This resolution will appear in for members of the faculty is average depth to plow last week parking areas. The school hired "The College reserves the both the Faculty Manual and in not required. was twenty inches with some (Continued on Page 6) right to assure the safety of in• the Student Handbook. 2 THE COWL, MARCH 6, 1969 Be Cautious in Buying SDS In an interview in Life magazine forms is necessary. One of the founders earlier this fall, Mike Speigel, a leader of SDS is Tom Hâyden, who like most of the Students for a Democratic So• SDS'ers speaks of the necessity for ciety, analyzed the role of SDS as a "direct action" to accomplish its goals. movement to organize people, to "let To illustrate the meaning of direct people know what is happening around action, the student take-over of Colum• them, to make them see it, so they will bia University is used as the classic and be able to come to the conclusion that it most successful example of SDS policy. is wrong." Although the debacle at Columbia did If the present discussions among a succeed in removing a president who faction of student activists bears fruit had become a bureaucratic anachcro- then the prospect is that SDS will final• nism and forced a re-examination of the ly have come to Providence College. University's attitude towards student Hopefully it will bring its capacity to participation, it also caused an estimated organize the alienated and awaken the $300,000 in damage and tragically dis• docile on this campus. rupted the educational process — stu• This attempt to form an SDS chap• dents working towards graduate de• ter is another indication in the mount• grees have been delayed and some have ing evidence that student militancy is been forced to terminate their studies beginning to grow and develop to sig• because of the disruptions. As one Yale nificant proportions at this College. professor put it, "I wouldn't advise any• What is especially beneficial about SDS one to do graduate work at Columbia is its ability to articulate with dramatic for the next five to 10 years." He felt clarity the feelings of intelligent and that the structure of the university has concerned students.