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              loyola maroon Vol. XLVII Loyola University, New Orleans, La., 70118, Friday, October 2, 1970 No. 5 Religious institute to aid new developments By ALY COLON Maroon Staff Reporter May cost $700,000 The establishment of an Institute of Religious Studies at Loyola will lead to the possible expenditure of $700,000 in the next five years, according to the Rev. Joseph A. Tetlow, S.J., acting dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Father Tetlow, who recommended the establishment of the institute, said he had made the proposal because "with the development in religious studies and theology, it has become clear that it is time to move and establish this institute of Religious Studies because once we establish the institute, these developments will be encouraged and pulled along." One such development he cited was the increasing interest in the study of religions even by people who are not religiously oriented. Loyola's Board of Directors has already commited itself to the concept of establishing such a program. At its meeting of September 17, the board asked that a feasibility study be made to establish specific plans for the institute. According to Father Tetlow,, the institute would have two functions: the improvement of the present religious studies program offered during the regular academic year (the institute would offer a summer program); and the creation of a master's degree in religious studies. The degree, according to Father Tetlow, would be a "service function to the South since there is no master's degree in a Catholic college south of St. Louis." He feels that Loyola could become one of the most exciting centers of religious studies in the country. In determining the cost of such a program, the indirect costs-library holdings, secretarial services, buildings and offices and direct costs- faculty salaries-were taken into consideration he said. The two add up to a possible outlay of $700,000 between now and 1975, Father Tetlow said. This though represents an extreme estimate based on the way other programs have developed and it does not include tuition input. Father Tet low explained. The fact that the proposed institute would provide for a master's program seems to present a direct conflict with a recent report of the Council for Academic Planning. That report, outlining Loyola's academic plans through the 1970'5, urged holding the line on the formation of new graduate study programs. When questioned as to why the master's program was being proposed in view of the CAP report, Father Tetlow replied that in his view, his proposal did not contradict the CAP report since: 1. )the idea of a master's program was existent before the final CAP report came out; 2.) the CAP was really concerned with Ph.D. programs, Father Tetlow said, and what is planned for the institute is a masters; and 3.) the CAP report was talking about the academic year and the masters degree would be a summer program. "My own attitude is contrary to the CAP report," said Father Tetlow. "I do not think that the CAP report is the best intelligence that we could have. 1 just don't agree with it." There is an ingredient in Loyola's program that is not in the others, he said. Loyola already has a communications program international in scope. This program, he said, probably will be central to the religious studies masters degree to be given during the summer since the practice and .theory of religious electronic communication will be studied. Father Tetlow added that "this is an area of real activity in Catholic education today and indeed in religious education. As a college which is one the one hand developing toward a full program in religious studies and on the other as a college which ought to be leading the way in this particular development, I felt that Loyola should move at this time to set up an Institute of Religious Studies. THE REV. JOSEPH TETLOW, S.J New senators elected In what has been considered a mild upset, the university faculty of the various colleges elected 19 members to the Faculty Senate last week, sweeping at least 18 incumbents from their seats while another four faced possibe defeat in run-offs. In all, there were a total of 10 run-offs resulting from last weeks vote, with the run-off ballots to have been counted Thursday afternoon. However, the results were not known at press time. In Group I of Arts and Sciences, which includes the social sciences, there was only one run-off. Peter Cangelosi, an incumbent, faced Conrad Raabe. In Group II of A&S, which includes the physical sciences, the following faculty members were in run-offs: Rev. Roland Lesseps, S.J.', Dr. David Kieffer, Dr. Carl Brans, Dr. Walter Moore, Ray Witham, Rev. Robert Ratchford, S.J., Rev. F.A. Benedetto, S.J., Dr. Lee Gary, and Rev. John H. Mullahy, S.J. In Business Adninistration the following were facing run-offs: Dr. Irving Fosberg, F. Keller Riess, Allen Newman, Francois Gravois. Those who won Senate seats on the first ballot were: A&S I: Patrick Bourgeois, Judith Cooper, Herbert Graf, Allan Jacobs, Bernard Cook, Rev. James Pillar, 0.M.1., Dr. Manuel Carballo, Rev. Fmile Pfister, S.J., Rev. Louis Poche, S.J., Veronica Egan, Rev. Henry Montecino, S.J., Rev. Forrest Ingram, S.J., Dr. Jon Lowry, Paddy Doll, Sr. Fara Impastato, O.P. A&S Group II: Dr. Robert McLean. Music School: Dr. Patrick McCarty, Charles Braswell. Business Administration: Alan Boudreaux, Dr. Arthur Rayhawk. Law School: Dennis Kousseau, Thomas Sponsler, Janet Riley. City College results are not known at this time. SC ratification set Tuesday By DONNA SEGARI Maroon Staff Reporter Backers of the Student Council's proposed new constitution will again try to get the constitution ratified at next Tuesday's council meeting. All sections of the new constitution were approved Tuesday by the memo*!! on a section by section basis. The constitution could not be ratified at this week's meeting however since only 24 members out of the 28 necessary for ratification were present. If and when the constitution is ratified by a two-thirds vote of the council (28 voles), it must be sent to the office of Dr. Frank Wagar. vice president for student affairs, for approval. If Dr. Wagar approves it. the constitution must then be approved in a referendum by a simple majority of the voting student body. Not until it is approved by all three bodies will it become the new constitution. The most outstanding section of the constitution, according to council members, is the section which states that the council has the power to take "any action deemed by its members to be necessary and proper lo the effective operation of the Student Government Association." \lembers compared this section to the elastic clause of the U.S. Constitution, which allows Congress to make laws it feels are necessary lo carry out its duties. (A complete text of the council constitution, as approved this week, appears on page 5.) In other action, members of the Student Council requested appropriations for five groups: $500 for the student chorale in the College of Music, $500 for Alpha Pi Omicron to purchase new movie equipment. $500 for the sociology club; $300 for National Music Therapy; and $100 to Peter Cangelosi, assistant professor of history, to repay a loan made to the council last year. The council tabled a motion made by Ashton O'Dwyer to censure the Rev. David Boileau, director of the Institute of Human Relations, for his statement urging unionization at Avondale. O'Dwyer's motion will be discussed at the next meeting. Dickhaus cites CFE experience "It was a tremendous experience for the university," Jerome Dickhaus, vice president for development, says when he assesses (he Campaign for Excellence. The campaign, a three year project to raise $11.9 million for campus construction, renovation and program improvement, ended last year. While the CFE raised approximately $6.9 million or only half of its goal, Dickhaus does not feel that this necessarily brands the CFE project as a failure. In determining the accomplishments of the CFE, Dickhaus cites the fact that it raised more money than ever before for Loyola and gave the university some real experience in conducting campaigns. The CFE was Loyola's first major fund-raising drive. Additionally, the campaign trained the men involved to understand the many methods of fund-raising, Dickhaus says. These included making people aware of the need and then getting their interest, involvement and support; it identified donors; and established connections with potential contributors. The tradition of giving large sums of money, which was not too prevalent in the past, was developed by CFE, Dickhaus says. In previous years there had only been annual fund-raising projects which raised money for operating expenditures only. This did not provide for renovations and new buildings. With the emergence of CFE Loyola made others aware of its needs and was able to expand its horizons, he said. Dickhaus believes that the CFE "did a magnificent job with the time and experience they had." When questioned about the land owned by Loyola in Jefferson Parish which could be considered as a source of revenue, Dickhaus replied that no definite plans had been made concerning its future use. At present, a development committee is meeting every week in order to establish plans for raising money for a new law school and for other major needs of the university. JEROME DICKHAUS A second chance at education By MIMI GRIFFITH Maroon Staff Reporter One of the less radical wings of the women's liberation movement is running a quiet revolution from a small, windowless office in Marquette Hall. Loyola's Continuing Education for Women, a first in the New Orleans area, has brought 64 adult women into the university community this fall. According to the program's director and originator, Mrs. Eleanor Brener, the program offers mature women "a new dimension to life" by enabling them to return to school. How does an older woman feel when she comes to Loyola as a student, especially if it has been many years since she has attended school9 Mrs. Sybilla Tramontana, a participant in the program, admitted that she was "a little apprehensive" at first. A mother of three children, Mrs. Tramontane's life has been filled with the rich experience of family life and community service during the nearly 30 years since she graduated from high school. But she came to college because she fell "it was time to fulfill a lew of my own personal ambitions." Mrs. Tramontana's ambition is creative writing, so she enrolled in Great Works I, a freshman English course which concentrates on novels. While Mrs. Tramontana is most interested in writing poetry, she said she finds her course very rewarding because it gives her a chance to write essays and papers. Mrs. Brener said that many adult women have a "sore thumb feeling" when they attend class with younger college students. She suggested that the other students' extra friendliness might help alleviate an older woman's apprehension due to her age and feelings of incompetence. Mrs. Tramontana, whose youngest son is also a college freshman, said she was not worried about getting along with the younger students. She was however a little concerned with "how they would accept me." But after the first few classes, she said her doubts were dispelled. According to Mrs. Brener, the main thrust of Continuing Education for Women is to enable women to "build their own person" without having to sacrifice home responsibilities. She said one of the byproducts was often an increased understanding between parent and child because of the common experience- both rewards and frustrations-of attending school. Mrs. Tramontana said she has learned a great deal about students in the past month of classes. She said she had had "the mistaken notion that all students just sat around and talked about the world without making an effort to improve the situation." Despite the years she has spent as the mother of college students, Mrs. Tramontana said she was "pleasantly surprised" at the number of students involved in community projects to improve race relations and teach the mentally retarded. Another experience Mrs. Tramontana shares with most students is her preference for a small discussion class, rather than a large, impersonal lecture class. She said she likes to be able to exchange ideas in a class with different types of people. Mrs. Tramontana and other adult women like her need special attention while they are finding their way in a new and demanding environment. The mature woman who has been away from school for a long time finds Mrs. Brener a source of encouragement and practical academic advice. Having just graduated from Newcomb College in 1968, the same year her daughter graduated from another school, Mrs. Brener can readily anticipate the problems encountered by women who are obtaining their higher education at a mature age. Continuing Education for Women offers special services to the older women to make it easier for her to get her feet wet at college. Among these services is the bypassing of the ordinary procedures for registration and payment. All the details of enrolling at Loyola are taken care of personally by Mrs. Brener. I Ik, director said the mayhem at registration and lines al finance were enough to daunt an eager, young freshman not to mention an o'der woman who is still not sure college is the right thing for her. As an incentive to take the first plunge, the program offers the first course at half the tuition of the regular day school. Aptitude tests and vocational guidance are also available. When Mrs. Brener initially began the program for women's education, she had assumed thai its main appeal would be to women like herself and Mrs. Tramontana. Like many women, Mrs. Brener said she was "undereducated"-she married and raised a family after attending a year of college. However, she has found that the program has attracted women for several other reasons. Many women have inquired into the Continuing hducation program to obtain new skills for better jobs. Others have just recently completed high school through adult study and are anxious to continue their education. Mrs. Brenei said that black women, "whose separate and unequal education has held them back," are especially welcome to participate. The program also enables divorcees and widows "who could live in the past to a depressing degree to choose this as a way to live in the present and look to the future," Mrs. Brener said. She said the university and the New Orleans community have been very receptive and cooperative in this venture in adult education. As part of the campaign to let the community know about its special brand of women's lib, Continuing Education for Women will air a special program on television next week. Entitled "Woman's Second Chance Education," the half-hour, color program will be shown twice on WYES," Channel 12: Monday evening, October 5, at l): 30 p.m., and Friday, October 4, at 6:30 p.m. WYKS has indicated an interest in expanding the presentation to a weekly series if the response from the public justifies it, according to Mrs. Brener. MRS. ADELE BENSON Not so sore a thumb after all