SAINT JOHN'S REV JUDE T KOLL aSB COLLEGEVILLE, MN 56321 480718 8CG36-80G40R 118 ST JOHNS ABBEY SPRING, 1979 COLLEGEVILLE MN 56321 is a carpenter and asst football coach won 1st prize for the State of Iowa is working at Gillette Hospital as an at DeLaSalle High in Minneapolis. He in the Music Teachers' National Assn orthotist and continues his studies in and his wife, Charlotte, live at 2316 Young Artist Competition. He now will orthotics--the science behind orthopedic Silver Lake Rd, New Brighton. complete against GARY MATTISON braces. He lives at 725 Marshall Ave, Apt #4, St Paul 55104 .... GARY MAT­ '77 who won the Kansas competition. Bob Moue, Chm. ... PETER RASMUSSEN is a staff ac­ TISON has almost finished a masters Anoka, MN 55303 countant at McGladrey, Hendrickson & program in piano performance and won DAVE GRONSETH has been named Co. He lives at 14303 Valley View Rd the Kansas Collegiate Young Artist mgr of Culligan Soft Water in Benson. #201, Eden Prairie 55344. .. ROGER auditions. He lives at 1743 N Holyoke A grad of the SJU ROTC program, he SCHANUS is also a McGladrey, Hen­ St, Wichita, KS 67208. .. TERRY is awaiting his commission as a 2nd drickson staff accountant. ... PATRICK SEXTON is a student at Rochester lieutenant and will join the National SCHWAB is teaching in the New Ulm Junior College and is an artist. .. Guard .... JIM HAUSAUER is an ac­ public schools and farming with his FREDERICK STEIMANN is in his 2nd tuarial trainee with Midland National father. ... DAVE SUPER is in his 3rd year of law at the U of Minnesota. Life Insurance. Address: 744 S 4th Ave, year at St. John's Seminary. He is study­ "Fritz" invites letters to his 250 W Sioux Falls, SD 57104. .. E JEFFREY ing for the Diocese of Crookston. Grandview Ave, Apt 370, Roseville 55113, home .... CHUCK WALETZKO PAGE is a teacher at Lake Stevens Pat Garry, Chm. has been awarded a local distributorship Junior High. His address is 3903 Smith, Fairmont, MN 56031 for Success Motivation Institute. He Everett, WA 98201. ... JIM VALLEZ, wife. Cindi, and daughter live at 4467 JOHN ADAMS is a CPA with Arthur has named his operation "Personal Young in Chicago.... KEVIN GAPSTUR Growth Unlimited." ... JOE WENTZELL 38th Ave N, Robbinsdale 55422. St. John's University Alumni Association is co­ Option #2: Visit Rome, Venice and Florence for ordinating a trip to Italy only $829. See the Italy of the Caesars, the August 5 - 13. Steeped in gondoleers, the Medicis with first class accom­ history, romance and the arts, Italy modations, Continental breakfasts, private offers an exciting travel opportunity. motorcoach transportation between cities and round trip air fare in­ cluded. Option #1: Spend the entire seven nights in the Eternal City of Rome. For the low price of $699, you will receive round trip air transportation For an in-depth brochure and more from the Twin Cities; first class accommodations with information, write to Fr. Roger Botz, private bath; Continental breakfast daily; OSB, director of alumni programs, sightseeing orientation tour; and ample at St. John's. time to get to know one of the world's most fascinating cities which features the Colosseum, Sf. Peter's Basilica and international flea market. Saint John's USPS 476-160 Vol. 18, No.3 Spring, 1979 Editor: Lee A. Hanley '58 , SJU STUDENTS GET Associate Editor: Thom Woodward 70 Calendar of events Saint John's is published quarterly (Winter, Spri.ng, Summer and Fall) by the Office of Communlca· PREVIEW OF RED tions, St. John's University. Second Class P?stage March 18 - April 6 Bronze sculpture by Michael Price; paid at Collegeville, MN 56321 and additIOnal entry at St. Cloud, MN 56301, granted January 28, CHINA WELCOME MAT Engel Hall Art Gallery 1969. ALUMNI OFFICERS March 21, Sp.m. Guest piano recital by Ann Nadeau; by Tim Marx '79 ELECTED Main Auditorium Paul Umhoefer '57, President Charles Griffith '67, Vice President Garrell Mulrooney '63, Secretary March 21, 8p.m. Forum debate on Minnesota politics with Dr. John Pat Bresnahan '51 Brandl '59 and other participants to be named later; Donald Gray '49 Randy Halstrom '66 Great Hall Larry Luetmer '59 Jerome McCarter '71 Gregory Melsen '74 March 23 Central Wisconsin Alumni Standup Steven Muggli, Jr. '61 Tony Yapel '59 Denver Standup EX OFFICIO March 31 Abbot John A. Eidenschenk, OSB '35, Chancellor Fr. Michael Blecker, OSB, University President April 6 Chicago Standup Fr. Alan Steichen, OSB '68, Preparatory School Headmaster Milwaukee Standup Skip Rasmussen, University Vice President for April 7 Institutional Advancement Tse-tung lies there ticipants left China impressed with the progress it Fr. Roger Botl, OSB '56, University Alumni Mao Executive Director serene in his Memorial Hall in Tienanmen Square 20, 10 a.m. Seminar on mathematician Godel; Science Center Mike Ricci '62, Director of Development has made in providing its people with the means Lee A. Hanley '58, Editor, Saint John's at the center of Peking. Draped in the flag of the necessary to have decent and happy lives. Swayed Pines Folk Fest Roger Scherer '58, Executive Governing Board Representative Communist Party of China, he represents the People's Though the Chinese live under sometimes op­ 10 a.m. Discussion on the creative roots of Bob Welle, Jr. '74, President, Twin Cilies Chapler Jim Sutton '61, President, Central Minnesola Republic that he proclaimed on October 1, 1949. pressive Communist rule, it was not Communist Central Minnesota; Science Center; Chapter Thousands file by his body regularly in military Co-sponsored by Minnesota Humanities John Rogers '63, Past President, Nalional oppression that the vast majority of Chinese were Association procession. This past summer 20 students partici­ fearing before 1949. During a seminar at the Chinese Commission pating in the St. John's University International Fiddle contest; Warner Palaestra University of Hong Kong, a professor told why his Administration Program in the Far East had the mother and father had fled the mainland for the "Prairie Home Companion" live INDEX opportunity to view the body of Mao Tse-tung and British colony of Hong Kong-they were starving. broadcast; Main Auditorium Page the modern China that his inspirational vision and Thousands were starving while a few wealthy land­ "Wry Straw" concert; Warner Palaestra SJU STUDENTS GET revolutionary zeal helped build. lords refused to release the tons of grain they had PREVIEW OF RED Engel Hall Art Gallery Though most of the summer program was cen­ in storage, he said. CHINA WELCOME MAT 1 tered at Sophia University in Tokyo and the Chinese The China that was visited last summer, how­ by Tim Marx '79 University of Hong Kong, for the majority of the ever, was vastly different than the one which existed students, the 12-day tour of China provided the most in 1949. At present, every Chinese has adequate RECORDS FALL memorable experiences of the summer. We toured food, clothing, housing and health care. To a society AS 'NICE GUY and learned about a nation that is just now opening of affluence this accomplishment may not seem FINISHES FIRST' itself to the Western world. And despite the fact 5 striking, but when compared with the plight of many that China has been closed to foreigners, our tour by Thorn Woodward '70 developing nations, China's success is monumental. took us to major cities, factories, agricultural com·· The Chinese peasant, to a large degree, has been munes and cultural sights. Throughout our stay we Sf; }()hn's University commencement ST. JOHN'S NEWS REVIEW 8 freed from the oppressive destitution which enslaved had freedom of movement with virtually no restric­ him prior to 1949. tions on photographs, and the guides and officials AID PHILOSOPHY IS we met answered any questions we posed, though The new order was made possible not only be­ KEY TO COMPARING many responses were tainted with propaganda and cause of increased production, but also because of COLLEGES' COSTS . .. 10 the latest Party line. a revolutionary approach to motivating and organ­ by lim laroeki '80 I am sure that the places we were shown re­ izing people. While China's development strategy, ceived prior government approval, but I don't believe based on the thought of Mao Tse-tung, is not ap­ KEEPING ABREAST: we were duped or shown a China which exists only plicable to the industrialized Western world, it could MATHEMATICS ........... 12 to impress foreign tourists. China is a poor, develop­ ing nation, and that fact was not hidden from us. ALUMNI NEWS NOTES .... 13 Despite China's poverty, most of the program par- Tim Marx is a senior government major from Rochester. Participants in St. John's International Administration Program in the Far East · .. workers are required to attend political classes two times a week and last summer got a close look at China. a worker's pay is partially dependent upon his or her political consciousness. The group visited a silk factory in Hang­ chow; in the photo on the right, they watch the workers separate cocoons. A revolutionary poster depicting international provide insights for the poverty-stricken developing instill a group spirit, the factory manager said that brotherhood is prominent in Canton (be­ nations which are attempting to provide a decent workers are required to attend political classes two low, right); Fr. Tom Thole, OSB, St. John's life for their people. times a week and a worker's pay is partially de­ foreign student advisor, is third from left. pendent upon his or her political consciousness. Dr. Ali Ha1cam, program director, and members of the group (below, left) leave The instillation of the Chinese group spirit be­ the Children's Palace in Shanghai.