Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Vol. XLI No. 1 Mercyhurst College Erie. Penna. October 27. 1969
the college
STUDENT NUMBER jl23456.... WHAT'S NEW
Mr. Thomas IWood professor of B Any professor or student who
political science has proposed la new feels an issue of domestic or political
This year 185 students began their freshman year at Mercy hurst. There are dimension to be added to the academic
148 sophomores and the seniors number 166. According to national statistics, 1949 nature should be discussed, may volun-
life at Mercyhurst. teer to conduct these discussions or pary
was a slow year for babies, therefore, throughout the country, the 1967 freshman
enrollment was lower than usual. This class, the present junior class at Mercyhurst has It is called "Free University." ticipate in any capacity. Some issues
129 members. The juniors also comeffrom the greatest variety of places. Aside from Classes in the form of seminars and free proposed at random were the Draft,
the!regular full-time students who are catagorized in these classes, there are six discussion will be set up to meet regular- Mayorality in Erie, School Board, Black
Benedictine Sisters concentrating on Elementary Education, art, Theology, or his- ly in a designated area. These classes will Issue, and women in politics. All topics
tory, six Mercy Sisters in math, EL Ed., French or English; 20 special students; 19 be open to any interested students and are at the option of the instructor.
Gannon students; 10 part-time students. Mercyhurst now has a grand total of 689 city residents. There will be no credit If you are {interested see Tom
students. The following charts compare students' home states and majors. nor tuition for these-classes, and there- Wood.
fore there will be no grades.
State Total Fr. Soph. Jr. sr.
Conn.
Wash. DC
Maine
11
3
l |
1 6 2
1
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2 Moratorium Here ®CT15
2 1 1 Erie's Vietnam Moratorium Day The reading of all those killed in rally in Perry Square.
Md.
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was officially set underway at 10:30 a. the Vietnam War was started at the flag
Mass. The evening services encompassed
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1 m. October 15th. Aftthis time, a march draped coffin in front of the Federal
Mich. if the re-distribution of bread and grapes, a
N. Hamp.
N.J. 36
n 6 14
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of approximately 100 students led by Sr.
Rita Brocke left'the gates of Mercyhurst
«*
Building on State Street. The reading
lasted all day and all night and through- speech!by a Black Panther, some more
rock music and a speech by Milton
16 College and iproceeded to State Street. out this period one could hear a soldier's
N.Y. 86 25 24 19 Shapp at 9:40 p.m.
1 Upon arrival $ at 18th and State, the name and "DEAD" afterwards. Thirty-
N.Car. I1 'hurst group was met by 150 to 200 two people (high school students, college In his speech, Shapp proposed
Ohio 36 9 4 10 | l 3
Gannon students and faculty who joined students and adults from different pro- placing the money put into the Vietnam
Penna. 501 142 95 88 119 fessions) faced the cold Erie weather and
forces with us. For the rest of the jour- War into a Swiss bank and giving this
R.I. I 1 1 ney State Street was tilled with the the long duration of138,000 names. money to the governing officials of Viet-
Va. 5 3
1 sounds of "Give Peace a Chance" and Many of the people spent from 12 to 14 nam on the grounds that these officials
Wy. 1 hours straight at the casket, keeping the stay out^ of^Vietnam for ajfive year
"Peace - Now!" ^ k ^ o ^
Major it | R . Soph. Jr. Sr. Total Upon the 11:30 a. m.^arrival at vigil. It was 7:25 a.m. Thursday morning period. In this manner we would have
Perry Square, the 300 marchers joined that [the last name was read and all left new ^governing officials whereby we
El Ed 32 47 40 49 168
with the fourf or five hundred people leavingfthi sounds of "DEAD! DEAD!" could get some negotiations instead of
Art 23 12 23 18 76
already%n the square to share in the cele- to fade in the wind. : *v S I stalemates. He encouraged the President
History 11 11 10 ;5 37!
bration for peace. Father Sullivan's state- The only time Wednesday that to withdraw our troops from Vietnam
Home Ec 26 24 20 15 85
ment of "this celebration is a joyous the square had few people in it was dur- immediately if he (the President) did not
Cadet 18 6 |7 28 59 like this proposed plan.
one" opened the ceremony for peace ing the supper hour. However, a large
Sociology 11 14 16 22 63^
whereby bread and grapes (donated) crowd began to grow about 6:30 again The activities of the day ended
Biology 13 10 12 §9 46
and by 8:00 p.m. a crowd of approxi-
Business h I3 J 3 12|
1 7
were passed throughout the crowd for all with Shapp's address with only the vigil
Music
Math
h
4 5
2 3
3 U
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to eat.
* At noon, Greg
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Robbie
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proclaimed
I mately 1500 (reported by Dick Klancher
of "Go" radio) people had formed to
of the war deadjto continue on into the
next day. The Moratorium was a trouble
a minute of silence during which a flag await the arrival of Milton Shapp, the free day which hopefully will encourage
French 6 2 3 3 14^
draped coffin was moved from the west main speaker of the evening community and bring peace to this nation!
Spanish 2 5 f l 18|
side of Perry Square to the corner of the
S.G.A. ON BREAK
Inglish 7 2 10 13 32
: 2 Federal Building. This coffin was the
tiemistr^ 1
itinl
2 6 I1
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1 scene of the continouspreading of all
)1. Sci. those killed in the Vietnam War. An explanation of what has trans-
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^Following the silence the crowd pired since the last meeting was delivered
swelled to approximately §1,000 people
«W FACULTY to listen to Reid McFarlane's speech.
by Jeanne Baker prior to the S.G.A.
meeting. She said that because of opposi-
Reid covered the historical aspect of the 2
tion to the 2nd article of thejR.U.S.
velcome war and then stressed our loss of men in (Representative NUnion of Students) an
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ft Every year Mercyhurst is accus- the| Vietnam War. His speech was so ad hoc committee of five faculty mem-
I med to seeing many new faces, both
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striking that the crowd was in complete bers chosen by Sr. Caroline (Mr. Garvey,
thin the student body and the faculty. silence chairman, Mr. Sturm, Mr. McAndrew Sr.
t Plantingfof a "Tree of Life" to
4 lis year the Merciad Staff would like to Matthew and Sr. Raymond with Sr. Rita
commemorate the war dead and to Panciera acting iin ex officio) and five
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'Icome, not only the freshmen, but
symbolize growing peace took place at students chosen by Jeanne Baker as
9 «o the many new faculty members with
112:30. Each individual was encouraged leader of student body had been initi-
this fall. Spreading throughout; many
to pick up a handful of dirt and throw it ated. The students selected are: Linda
the departments on campus, our new into the hole which had been dug three
rofs'l number! a totail of; eighteen. Peluso, Jeff |Heffand, Eileen Healy,
1 ley are: David iBlanchfieid, Jr. i -
times the size needed to;plant the sap- Sandy Peruzzi and Sheila Boss. This
ling. Within an hour the entire hole was committee;-will act only^in an advisory
*ology,|Daniel Burke 4Ait, Drjblif- filled in. capacity and is to meet every ^Tuesday
t rd Cox - Chemistry, Robert Hoff - Following the tree planting, semi*]
/chology, Elizabeth Jack - ; Home and Thursday for four weeks, or until
nars on the Vietnam War were held in
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onomics, Eugene Kennedy - English, the matter has been resolved; at which
m
i Dale Hall and St. Paul's Episcopal Chap-
y Catherine Pearson | - Political time, an amendment to their constitu-
ter House. Such panels as the draft, the
ence J
> anet Price - Physical Educa- tion will be presented to the i Faculty
history of the Vietnam conflict, the eco-
n, James Ratigan - Psychology, Sr. Senate. If this is accepted, the student
nomic impact of the war and the legal
hi ^ ry Raymond - Physics, Verel Salmon body will then determine whether or not
e aspects of the war were covered. During
Biology,* Bernard Solomon* - Art, the issue shall be accepted. S.G.A. voted
the seminars and throughout the after-
' annc s
°niag - Home Economics, Sr. that while the matter is being discussed
noon, there were folk singers and $ rock
f,stme
Vladimiroff - Spanish, Sr. by this advisory body they would work
groups playing to a crowd that varied
ry J u d c
~ Drama. Wc also have three under a moratorium which states that no
from 100 to 400 people in the square.
I* Part-time faculty members: Rev. government meetings will be held until a
Interspersed with the music were read-
ward Nicbling - Art, Guy Savclli - ings of press releases from supporting
decision is reached and each member is Jeanne- working |for
'«cal Education and Carl Stout - organizations and purposes for the mora-
to continue her responsibilities within student representation
sic. s 1 her office on an independent basis.
torium.
Concentrate en UNIFIED APPROACH
making the gain ED. NOTE: Mr. Jenks may consider
advisory, and will be transmitted to |
Senate by members of the caucuses.]
this a bold step, but perhaps it is a
plan calls for monthly forum meetij
possible solution to our "bolder"
PRINCETON, N.J. - Educational before {the regularly-scheduled montl
step.
Testing Service announced that ungradu- meeting of the University Senate.
ates and others preparing to go to gradu- DURHAM, N.H. (LP.) - The University "If there is objection to
ate school may take, the Graduate of New Hampshire's new unicameral smaller size of the Senate," Jenks said]
Record Examinations on any of six system of governance replaces the reference to the reduction, "we could
different test dates during the current former system of separate Student and crease the > numbers slightly. But
academic year. University Senates.
don't want to change the student-facij
The remaining five test dates are The new structure "is at single- ratio."
December 13,|1969; January 17, Febru- body' governing system not modeled
ary 28, April 25 andfjuly 11, 1970. Prior Ho approval, several jj|
after anything," saidJR. Stephen Jenks,
Equivalent late fee ($3.00) and registra- committee members considered ^ a
Sly is coming in concert Saturday, chairman! of the Committee on Govern-
tion deadlines apply to these dates. cameral system (with three sepaij
November 15 to the Gannon Auditorium ment Organization and an assistant pro-
Choice of test} dates should'be deter- senates - student, faculty and universf
at 8:00 P.M. I f fessor in the Whittemore School of Busi- 4
minedlby the requirements of graduate but dropped the idea in favor of a
ness and Economics. "A true reorganiza-
This outstanding concert is spon- schools or fellowships to which one is cameral plan after testing the former
tion of university government has been
sored by thejMercy hurst, Gannon and applying. Scores are usually reported to working "model" by attempting to wj
undertaken Jby few schools," Jenks
Villa Maria Student Governments. The graduate schools five weeks after a test hypothetical problems through it.
added, "and none have come out with
core steering committee is composed of date. plans as bold as to have students repre-
representatives from the three colleges. 'The system was inefficient,"
The Graduate Record Examina- sented in equal numbers with faculty at* Jenks, "even more so than our fori
Sly and the Family Stone, Epic's tions include an Aptitude Test of general the highest legislative level." bicameral system. But the absoli
exciting new | recording group, was scholastic ability and Advanced Tests number of voting people is larger an]
The new senate is composed of 30
formed a little over a year ago in San measuring achievement in 21 major suppose {this could bejused as an
students, 30 faculty, 12 ^administrators
Francisco. Since that time the group, fields of study. Full details and registra- ment against the unicameral idea. Suj
which is comprised of seven talented and and 5 graduate students. All student and
tion forms for the GRE are contained in ficially the tricameral system seems
exuberant young musicians, has /ap- the 1969-70 Bulletin of Information for faculty members will be nominated and
elected on a "district" basis. offer more. After study, however,
peared in major clubs and concert halls Candidates. The Bulletin also contains feel the f unicameral system is? mi
in Las Vegas, Chicago, Los Angeles, New forms and instructions for requesting Senators representing faculty and liberal despite appearances."
York and San Francisco. transcript service on GRE scores already undergraduates will respectively con-
on|file with ETS, This booklet may be The committee sees three b;
stitute a Faculty Caucus and Student
The group was organized by Sly available on your campus or may be Caucus of thei, University Senate. Each advantages for the new governmj
Stoneiwho, although^ only in his early ordered from: Educational Testing Ser- group will meet monthly {with its structure. In addition to greater parti
twenties, has achieved notable success in vice, Box 955, Princeton, New Jersey "forum." t p | I pation by students and faculty the c<
the pop music world as a writer, as a 08540; Educational Testing Service, Box mittee feels students will have gainei
producer and as a disc jockey on the top 1502, Berkeley, California 94701; Edu- The Faculty Forum and Student much stronger voice in campus decisii
rhythm-and-blues station in San Francis- cational Testing Service, 960 Grove Forumlwill respectively consist of all making. The committee'sireport staj
co. Street, Evanston, Illinois 60201. faculty and all students at the Univer- that the unicameral system allows debi
sity, with members of|each being com- and decision on an issue "in a single
Organizer of the group, Sly Stone
pletely free to speak, initiate resolutions versity Senate meeting." Addition;
was born on March 15, 1944, and raised
neverywhere my| family went." He at-
•cyhurst campus. Yet it has not been seemingly awakened overnight from* a
ly realized by members of our aca- complacent,? demeaning body to a CO
strongly opiniated group. The change •H
Iriic community. The opposition U
ich sprung almost immediately occurring in the outside world had
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tlored the methods which?the Repre- stealthily bred holcs|in the walls of the
tative Union of Students has pro- contentment surrounding our govern-
mental structures. The Movement had to can't bear to watch other women get the
;ed. The pivot of the Constitution of
work underground because the govern- upper hand, especially in the case of
S was overlooked by the majority of styles and fashion;'
student body. mental structure had no elasticity. The
subsidiary committee of a subsidiary As I continued my interview j I
I Of the methods it was said; pres- committee was swallowed up byfstruc- heard several more stories with different
jje was used to attain the vote of con- ture. Government could not handleathe reasons but the same general idea. There
Jence. Guerilla theater incited the Movement because while the movement is no point in continuing these sad tales.
dents and parliamentary procedure - was breathing new life, our Government It is not my desire to sink you into the
I only means of insuring order was sus-
hded. The means usedlin bringing the
was dying. By the time Jeanne jjBaker
took the chair rigormortis had set in.
1 am going to applaud. I maylbe
wrong,|but it will be fun totfind out.
pits of anxiety and sorrow. Rather, I
would like to inform you?of a possible
folution to the front were undiplo- Government had become a government Congratulations to you! You are doing a hero in our midst. A hero? Yes, a valiant
ktic. | for its members, not its constituents. noble thing. —What is she talking about? crusader for the., rights of art and the
The Representative Union of What's agoing on?!? Well, as I was con- feelings and eyes of the students,and
I A revolution, reader, is not ducting a personal interview with the art- non-students who frequent the halls. For
Slomatic. Revolution occurs when Students has hoped to allow its student
representatives the forum to express and work on the walls of second floor Egan, as I continued 'toward S the far end of
llomacy fails. I made a few discoveries. The two labor- College Hall, past the wall hanging that is
act on the needs and wishes of the stu-
I "A constitution is not a law or an dent body. The voice of the'?, student ing old men hanging on the wall in Dr. begining totfade into the wall, I * spied
Lion, not the resolution of a dispute or body has. in the past been something to Bryan and Mr. Strum's hall complained some .rather gaping holes (not that the
i instrument of a particular program. put up with; it has not been listened to, thatlthey were so "tired of working day pictures displayed have much obvious
I isa a guiding charter, designed to nor in most cases has it ever been and night they I felt they looked faded pattern or reason for their arrangement).
'erate the abilities of succeeding gener- acknowledged, least wise understood. and old. Their farms were aching, and But there Iwere spaces where pictures
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ons in their distinct and personal they wanted down for a rest. The neigh- weren't, and picture hangers were. Down
trch for an enlarged existence. Its The new constitution was pre- boring men on a raft across the hall said at the | very "end of the hall I made an
kievement' is gauged by the extent to sented first to the students because those they were cold from being half naked for even more unusual discovery. Two very
lien, in George Washington's words, it who constructed it felt that student so long, and felt as though they had been young and vivacious etchings were flirt-
ates security J with energy, security of support was needed before the new born and. would die sea sick. The Flight ing with a cocky young abstract. I had to
constitution was presented to the faculty into Eygpt painting sighed that one must chuckle at the impetuous nature of
fivate liberty and public order, with the
ergy of imagination and action neces- and administration. inevitably give up the running, and felt it youth for a moment, but my philosophi-
past, time to hop down and rest a while. cal speculation was cut short by the new
f y| to the beneficient conduct of public Those undersigned on the state-
burs."(RFK) £ f^M As I moved along I came across a mural question at hand. If those interviewed
ment of Intention are not radicals; they that was fussing and fuming a mile a know what is going on, they are keeping
R- The constitution of the jjPitney are not leftist and it would be fallacious minute. She was mostly neutral in color r
it a secret. I have but to speculate that
IdUcardi Governments may well have thinking if they are labeled as such. They save for several shades of green. I guess I somewhere there is someone deserving
ien such, but ?the student tbody are polite revolutionaries in the Ameri- would be'pretty upset if I was forced to recognition for a commendable deed. My
^porting those governments and thus can tradition. They have not destroyed remain in one place never changing or hand and time go tout to you, whoever
eir Constitution was of a distant time for the sake of destroying. / moving with the styles. F guess women you are. Congratulations!
f-some Problem. And unfortunately if a new kind of light was shining on me. I; have to admit; I h ad \ forgot ten
w we are making progress. completely about the meeting until the
p ere many irrational "lashings They (those in charge) had my fullest
f • Consider these few: fj Melanie Carlucci-Sophomore attention and complete trust. I knew as girls put on the microphone at dinner
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soon as they started to speak they knew that; night. I went to the meeting and
jhy the alienation of teachers from the That the students who formulated when the surge of students poured in I
jwion? Aren't they to be our equal what they were talking about. I knew
the constitution for R.U.S. expressed a they would explain everything to fits started feeling proud of Mercyhurst. (Al-
)ver cohorts? *
sincere desire for a more active involve- though I had no idea what was to come
absolute capacity and if I or anyone else
jhy were some of our elected repre- ment of the student body in the affairs about.) With the new Representative
had questions they would answer them.
(tatives to SGA excluded from the of the college cannot be questioned. Per- Union of Students I feel that we are real-
Pmng programs? Aren't they to repre- haps it is the means by whieh this group I keep referring to they because ly going to have a good year. \Maybe
r us
in v any student representative of students hoped to achieve that end I'm not sure of all the names of those everybody will start to care about things
r ssed?
We helped to elect you, not which warrants some criticism. The very that spoke. One? name I'm sure of is goingJ on around here and; outside. I
pause bitter feelings among each of us name of the new organization, the Jeanne Baker! I know she has always know that its about time I did.-:
the administration. * Representative Union of Students, im- given a large part of herself to Mercy- Sue Willardson-Senior
"policy" or work of an instructor. It
r FACU LTY Tl I seems that certain attitudes of a stu-
dent-body may pre-condition a definite
even aware of the manifold possibilities signs of the, otherwise fortunate, inevit-
we stand or fall, walk forward or back-
of learning at the college? How many able interaction between the instructor
ward. | i
students ever took a course just for the and the class as a whole. One may won-
V i Is the individual student really in-
sake of intellectual curiosity although it der if the some time frequenticontrol-
volved in the difficult process of higher
may not have been required? procedures (those that are not required i
learning? Does the college itself truly
Take the example of the student by the veryimethod of learning a parti-
offer the challenge of higher education
unrest phenomenon at Mercyhurst: this cular subject)* may harm the free|and Jeanne Andraska
or merely that of training for the use of
movement di4 not show forth a genuine spontaneous growth of knowledge in the
"tools" in a pre-defined social machin|| !
aOTTA H KIDDING
STUDENT TEACHING I S . . .
Hi! Hope you are all looking for- said a wordito you since she fixed you Student Teaching is|a 3-day cram course called Methods... a 20 seconds notice
%d to a smashing, stimulating year at s|up with a real live handi-wipe... You before an evaluation a dead car battery when you have to be in homeroom in
I Portnoy's Complaint of Erie! | say you were grossed outf 22 times be- .130 minutes lesson plans decided upon five minutes before you teach a class.
What's that| you |say? . . . You ifore you even hit the ladies room at the Student Teaching is a lot of fun on a rainy day because that is when the kids start
te this place?!..Oh horrors! What- mixer? . . . and some adorable APD tap- climbing the walls and you face your biggest "challenge"
ped you on the a - and asked lyou
| r leads you to utter such words of Student Teaching is when you end up teaching a lesson on something you haven't
"What's coming down?"... You say
ntempt?...|Ah!...No?...Real- you were}mad when you found out it had yourself since 9th grade..* "$
l You don't say? . . . Tsk! Tsk! . . . wasn't a line, but really your panty
'op it - your're making me cry! . . . To Student Teaching can be a cooperating teacher who) never lets you out of his/her
hose? . . . What's that about an "Intel- sight or a cooperating teacher you don't see again after the second day you
Ink that he would do somethingjlike lectual Wasteland"... the faculty
fit to you!... Oh dear, and with your are there. *; i W
lounge? . . ,|My, My, dear child, you cer-
st friend!... and what's t h a t . . . Your tainly are up tight! . . . Oh, your friends Student Teaching is being sick for a day and having your class ask you why you came
aommate? .. I Gracious me! . . . I find are t o o . . . well, this is your lucky back it's being hit in the back of the head with a paper wad it's being
at hard! to believe!...'What's this day . . J Don't fret, pet - Daphne's told to get at the end of the line because the cafeteria lady doesn't believe you are
out your Poli Sci prof? . . . No! . . . here . . . Address all your gripes, groans, a student teacher. g
k! Tsk!... Well, you'd never tliink to gasps, garbage, fgooseflesh, gospels, gos- Student Teaching is when you don't know what to do because a Sophomore boy
I k at him... And you| say your sip, goldenrules and gaiety to: asked you out an hour after you said no to the 50 year old Chemistry teacher.
mmer love was idyllic,| ephemeral,
Daphne Delight Student Teaching is coming back on campus at night feeling like an outcast because
"eezy, sandy, zingy, swingy, but your
Merciadf .' lyou haven't the slightest idea what is going on around you.
*mmer's end was disillusioning, tearful,
Drop them in the big box in the Post
M tearing and torturous!... You say Student|Teaching is having a -soggy lunch sore feet headaches and
Office with my name on i t . . . all letters
*.u can't make up your mind between toothpicks to hold up your eyelids because you are so tired.
will be answered in the Merciad or per-
erry and gray or green and white . . .
1 sonally by request... so let| yourself
d your bed's smack up against the
go . . . it's all between you and me and
Ithroom wall in Egan and you'd like to
B the world! So 'til next time, remember ..:-.&\ ••:.- J * <-•'•:':",:•' '• •'•'-
soautomatic
the words of D. D "If you got it, 3§
Ice for breakfast so you can sleeptin
cAuley? . . . And your Big Sister hasn't flaunt it!"
I YKSfYiiS Y f s YES YES YSS YES YES YES YES Y l O) MAGGIE ?BOSTAPH: "But, I think to many hard feelings will result from a
change. it
BOB ZONA: "And it must be remembered that it's taken more than the 600
I students presently attending the college to make Mercyhurst what it is."
(NAME WITHHELD): "That's right;jalumni, faculty, adminstration, etc. should
"also have a say."
MARY HORSINGTON: "But Mercyhurst connotesja feminine?institution, and
obviously we are notlonger feminine. It's like calling all the men on our campus
•Ann'" |1 | | •
MAGGIE* BOSTAPH: "We think of Mercyhurst as affeminine name. But, as was
I t mentioned at the 'Lady of Mercy' Mass a few weeks ago, the most merciful person
that has ever walked this earth (Jesus Christ) was anything but feminine."
BOB ZONA:* "The connotation of femininity has been with the school since 1926,
but after Mercyhurst has been co-ed a while that connotation will drop."
MARY HORSINGTON: | "But meanwhile we have to recruit more co-eds to keep
* this new change Imoving along. A name that appeals |to everyone will help
'encourage' men to apply here."
BRENDA BROMLEY: "They seemed to manage to bring quite a few masculine-
type co-eds with the name as it is. What's the importance of a change?"
MAGGIE BOSTAPH: "And what about names with similar 'feminine' sounds -
boys schools like Villa Nova or|Notre Dame - they certainly don't seem to
suffer." W
BOB ZONA: 'There's a lot of pride associated with the name Mercyhurst, as I have
noted since the beginning of my fstudent teaching. People lookfup to the name
and we should be cautious about any change."
MARY HORSINGTON: "Cautious maybe, but let's not be over-protective. Mercy-
hurst - the 1926 girls' 5finishing school - has outgrown this one-sided
femininity."
> •*»^^HTM<«K_*
PROPOSED
for locking buildings, etc. An idea for something new has
«-7*» ' + > ! * > : «K « K * been launched by the Education Depart-
2. The Daub's men are too "friend- by Mike Moryc ment here at Mercyhurst. On September
ly" with the students and are often 29th, the members of the department
seen in: McAuley Hall lobby* talking I Long for the solitude of that morning
met and approved of a plan whereby stu-
to Ithe - girls instead of patrolling our Whenithe forest with its dents would begin to take part in the
campus. decision-making power of the Education]
breath of freshness,
3. The doors are never locked on Department. Together with several faculj
time and sometimes are not locked at wearing|a patchwork quilt ty members, the plan calls for students
all. This is especially true of the Bald- I of new fallen!leaves, to have voice and vote on what is termed
win apartments. an "Education Council".
4. There is not adequate lighting Silently cried out The idea for this Education Coun-
near the library, chapel, and! other in sorrowful Jubilance- cil springs prom the fact that students
various places on campus. Change can and should participate in their own
education. Typical of many college stu-j
5. There should be a direct number
I Walked toward the ancient hemlock dents today, the| Mercyhurst student
or location in which the students can
seems to be making his or her presence
get inf touch with the Daub's men.
Too often they are nowhere to be
Marveling in its known more dynamically than ever be-
|immortality--j fore. To supplement and aid this growing
found when they are needed. interest in the student appears as one ofl
6.|If the present system of security A crystal snowflake fell the goals of the proposed Education
was carried out in the proper manner in a moment of selfishness Council. I I
it would be more than adequate.
f Dr. William Bryan, head of the
7. There should be more Daub's men And I watched her melt Education Department, states in the
on duty. Two men aren't enough for in tbefpalm of my hand. proposal: "I see fthis academic year as
this campus and the; Mother House. critical in the innovation of our educa-
The apartments needs one tman on tion program. I foresee many needed
duty at all times.
8. Phone numbers! should not be
given out to anyone by the Informa-
tion Office. I
> Child
Mercyhurst is the snob on the h i l l . . . it is the class tree no one has ever seen
changes and feel that the students whose
education is involved should have a say
in how their education is organized and
implemented." The> Education Council,
or heard about jg lit's the Grotto full of machinery for the new dorm. hopefully, will act as the generator bej
g The majority of the students felt
Mercyhurst is the bookstore - the department store without adequate hind this participation.*
that our present system of security books . . . it's "Let's order out; dinner's lousy!" . . . it's flying kites off the cafeteria
would be more than adequate if it was roof. Membership on the Education
carried out bv the Daub's men. However Council will consist of: Sister Susanne.l
I Mercyhurst is tradition . . . Little Sisters and Brothers, the Koehler beer party, Sister Patricia, Miss Cappello, Mr. Libra,
Herman's after the play.. |it|is|revision . | . unlimited hours, no dress code, no* Mr. Sturm, Dr. Bryan, Senior elementaryj
compulsory religious practices... it is growth . . . expanding library?, a new dorm major, Senior secondary student, Juniofj
Burhenn's Pharmacy the seniors don't want to live in, night classes. | 1 n elementary major, Junior secondary
Corner 38th St. and Pine Ave student, Cadet teacher in|first or second!
^Mercyhurst is culture . . . the "cooperation" of the college group . . . itfis
Phone 456-7762 religion . I, daily Mass at 11:00; what chapel? • I year of teaching. The entire Council vw
Erie, Pa. serve as the policy!making body of thej
Mercyhurst is students... papers Ito sell, optional finals.. lit is Resi- Education Department. Each membel
dents, . . prowlers, bull sessions 'til 4:00 a.m.Jthe senior Big "E" award . . . it is would have a single vote. Student memj
"dayhops"^ . . the "zit" lounge, a ride to the,3-D's, parking on the grass. bers on the Council would be elected b]
Colonial Bakery Shop H Mercyhurst is social|activities... the "basic" lounge, beer and conversation, the elementary andlsecondary students]
Pasteries, Decorated Cakes concerts, Colloquy. M |J respectively. They would be elected foA
I §3717 Pine Ave. two yearfterms to insure continuity on
Mercyhurst is a blind date for Friday night... no money, so polish your the Council. The Chairman of the DH
456-0811 thumb * •
partment would also act as the chairman
Mercyhurst is faculty . . . T.D., Dr. Pullano, SMAFI. ^ties optional... no of the Council. I
Quality Dry Cleaning habits... help when we need i t . . . coffee with the students .§1 Herman's.
During a time when students ]
Shirt Laundry Service Mercyhurst is R.U.S.G.A.? . . . the movement . Agnostics Anonymous Mercyhurst seem toibe striving|to
PARIS CLEANERS student activities center M . S.Uf... Merciad office. heard and recognized as vital factors o\
this institution, the Education Depart
4025 Pine Ave.| | | Mercyhurst is school pins? . . . commuting student teachers... inde- ment appears to have initiated a pi*
I 866-7641 pendent studies... intercession abroad . . . it is the final march of the jobless which will allow this very nccesi
vestal virgins . . . an end and a beginning, fa way to the future in spite of the past. point of departure. Bravo! |