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T H E CIADVOL. XLIV NO.15 MERCYHURST COLLEGE NOVEMBER 12,1971

TRUE M ERCYHURST STUDENTS(SeeStory Page5) jCampus News Line Begins Operation

The news line number is 864-3009. The line must be dialeddirect as the number cannot bereached through an extension ofthe collegephone.Thecamp us news line will be inoperation 24 hours a day, sevendays a week. Its purpose as avehicle of communication is tokeep the Mercyhurst;communityinformed of \-the activities on the^Hi l l " on a day-by-day basis.^ .The unit will be mannedthrough the public relations office byf Mary Daly, four PRdirector, and Jim Casillo whoheads our audio-visual department. |fc Mary will gather the news andwrite the scripts, while Jim-aformer broadcast? manwill be(he Voice of the news line.Each evening by 9 p.m. theteam will have cut a tape listingthe activities of the following day.Messages | will vary from 30seconds to 60 seconds tot isoseconds in time depending on theamount of campus activity to bereported.- The news line will calendar byday, time, and place such eventsas theatre productions; coffeehouse ^performances; campusmovies ; t, cul tural programs;departmental news; grantsreceived; convention trave l;regist ra t ion detai l s ; Senate ,a c a d e m i c c o m m i t t e e ,organization, and RUS meetings,with a follow up commentarywhen possible ion the businessconducted; faculty lectures;trustee and advisory boardmeetings; administrative policy

changes; and the Lakers gameschedule and-sports results.It will also Serve as a check andbalance! to the "This Week a tMercyhurst" column found inthe Community Newsletter.1 M,Students?will be able to haverumors answered in capsuleform ^opi thefi&ne and whenwarranted, inquiries will begiven4o the college dean forjfin-depth answering in the gazette orin the Merciad.Forms for thef broadcast ofnews or rumor response areavailable for the convenience offaculty members 1 and Mercyhurst students^ in the Eganinformation office, in the lobby ofZurn Hall, at the residence halldesks, and in the public relationsoffice. 1 These forms should'be completed and returned to the PRoffice by ?3 p.m. of the fdaypreceding the requestedbroadcast. A drop slot has beenmade in the door of the PR officefor the news forms. (For thebenefit of our new faculty, thepublic relations office is locatedin Room 11 of Egan Hall.) .;It is hoped that a before- long,"ring down" phones can be installed in the Zurn Union and inthe dormitories for use by $ ourresiden t students . These phoneswould eliminate the? need forusing floor pay phones or thecollege's main telephone arte rieswith calls to the ! news linenumber. Instead, students wouldbe able to pick up the receiver ofa "dedicated" phone and ihaveimmediate access to the day'smessage i |

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MERCYHURSTiPRESIDENCYCANDIDATESi (As previously reported, thePresidential Search Committeehas been hard at work narrowingdown the number of applicantsfor the position; of pre sident.Marilynn Jewell, the committee's Director of Services, has

informed ThejMerciad that thecommittee has! now agreed-onfour applicants as offering themost outstanding credentials.Sister Christian Koontz *Sister ^presently serves asAssociate Professor and Directorof the Department of English andCha irma n,! | Division | j |ofHumanities of MercyhurstCollege. |g Sister received herbachelor of Arts degree fromMercyhurst in 1963 and her M.A.and PhD. *from ^CatholicUniversity in 1967 and 1971respectively. Prior to joining theMercyhurst faculty, Sisterserved as a Teaching Fellow inEnglish at Oatholic University,as a member of the faculty of Mt.Aloysius Junior* College, and on

the faculties of a number of highschools. ;;

S. Wt Francis J. Mertz yjLgkS The vice-President for Financeand Development of St. Peter*sCollege of Jersey City, NewJersey, M r. Mertz was graduatedfrom St. Peter's in 1958. Ioi961,he|received nisi J.D. from theNew York University School ofLaw. He joined the administrative staffoof St. Peter'sCollege in 1962 as the registrarand has since served as Assistantto | the iePresident for SpecialProjects and vice-President forDevelopment. I He assumed hispresent position in October, 1970.Mr . Mertzthas served as a consultant for the United StatesOffice of Education and is affiliated with -many business,professional,HjH; and! civicorganizations, t **| h William T. O'Hara Mr. O'Hara, Director of theSoutheastern Branch of theUniversity of Connecticut, joinedthe staff of that institution in 1963as Associate Dean and AssociateProfessor of Law. Prior to thattime, he served as a lecturer inthe School of*Government* an dPublic Administration I at

American University and asPublic Defender in the District ofColumbia.,^ Mr. O'Hara receivedhis B.A. from Trinity College In1955; Doctor of Jurisprudencefrom Georgetown UniversityLaw ^Center, 1958; Master ofLaws .also from Georgetown,1960; and Master of Laws (LegalEducation) from the^New YorkUniversity School of- Law, 1966.Mr. O'Hara has also served as aconsultant on Federal EducationLegislation and lists manypublications in the fields of lawand education.I K Robert Strickler ^8 Mr. Strick ler's professionalvitae includes faculty jf and administrative positions^ at th eUniversity of Detroit and theUniversity of Notre Dame. He isalso la fformer president ofMarymount College in Salina,Kansas. Presently the Directorfor Continuing Education atIndiana Univeristy, Mr. Stricklerwas graduated from Grove CityCollege: received his M.A. fromSt. Bonaventure; andthislPhD.from Cornell University. -

APPROACHING 5000 '.-.Mercyhurst EnrollmentSoars To R ecord Levels

When Mercyhurst opened itsdoors to the 1971-72 student body,it did so in record-breakingfashion.^ At a time when manycolleges all over the countryexperienced; a decline" inenrollment; Mercyhursl-Teached"an alltime ?high, including theadmission of the largest freshman class in the College'shistory. Statistics released by theRegistrar's office break theenrollment down as follows: *r

| Fema le Male TotalFreshm en 202? 156 358Sophom ores 123 61 184Juniors ; 130 36 166Seniors 117 l16 133Tota l 572 269 841Special 33 57 90Gannon f'17 J6 |23Total 622 |332 954Includes all students who havecompleted less than ho courses.Only 288 of this total were freshmen entering college for the firsttime. .. *?: s

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L.R.C. READY FOR INTERSESSIONIN THIS ISSUE:

V tr iTHE POPE'S*'-rt.^W -PRIVATEPHONENUMBER

Beginning November 18,^ thelower floor of the present librarywill be Amoved. This fwill notdisturb anyone who wishes to usethe upper or main room to studyfor exams. If students needliterature or history books fromthe lower stack area, please getthem before November 18. JSi$ter M. Barbara has givenpermission to any student onWORK STUDY to help movebooks and-then put this time on

your sheet for the followingmonth. 1 J:f* The main floor will be movedbeginning November 22^ This isThanksgiving Vacation Jbut wewould welcome anyone whowants to work on WORK-STUDYor anyone who would like tovolunteer a few hours on. Monday,Tuesday, *or Wednesday(November 22,23,24). |v Please contact Sister MaryMartin if you wish to help withthis move.

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PAGE 2 MERCYHURSTCOLLEGE N O V E MB E R 12,1971(3x3)Equals4 0 Courses?By Brenda BrewerIn the midst of rejoice over thenew academic system which hasbeen designed to give students4 more electives", seriousdilemmas have arisen for thosestudents whoJhave been at theHurst during I the transitionperiod. Indeed, even thosegwhohave only recently come here andare not caught as such betweensystems have conflicts to beresolved.Under our new ^academicsystem a student must complete40 courses (120) credits in ord erto graduate, including 3 Inter-sessions, ten liberal studies, (2 in

five a reas ) , !) two Inter-disciplinaries,Jten electives (fornon-education majors) , and *upto k fifteen majo r courses.' Astudent taking three courses forthree' terms for four years plusthree Intersessions, (3x3) 4+3-39courses, comes out with thirty-nine courses (1174 credits) .Provided that these thirty-ninecourses can be fitted into theproper slots on the graduationrequirement sheet a non-education major had only?onecourse to make up beforegraduation. ?How and whenjthisfortieth course is to be taken isopen to question. Some possibleanswers ar e: taking physicaleducation courses, taking Sanoverload dhe' term,^&ttendingsummer school, or participationin a'fourth Intersession. Let usexamine each of thesepossibilities for ramifications *To pick up an additional course(3 credits) to fulfill gradrequirements you |may takephysical education! courses (atadditional cost). For those whochoose not to take Phys. Ed. thereis the possibility of an overload (4courses in one term ). Previouspolicy regarding ioverloads wasas follows: "Students who havemaintained an average*of 3.0 orbetter for three regular term s areusually permitted to take fanadditional or fourth course in anyone term. All other students maytake such an overload only withthe permission of their majoradvisor. Physical education is notconsidered an | overload. |(1971College Catalog) Those majoringin education, however, alreadyhave a built in overload to takebecause of the loss of threecredits during student teaching.It is possible that an educationmajor may end up (taking two

overloads./For those students who couldnot afford the additional cost of anoverload there is still otheralternatives; summer school?isone. However, for those whocould not afford jjPhys. E d.courses or an overload it isunlikely thatfeyou could affordsummer school as it * not onlyentails the tuition costs of thecourse but room and board aswell. There is also the consideration'that summer schooltakes up to sixJweeks of thesumm er interim . Some studentsundoubtedly need this time forsummer employment to 5 supplement their financial resourcesfor the academic year proper. Asjobs are** presently scar ce it isunlikely that a fob 'will awaitanyone^ upon.^cotnpletion ofsummer school at he endof^uly^Your last alternative,: forcompleting grad requirements ifnone of the above seem desirableis Intersession. As stated in the1971 Intersession handbook threeIntercessions are! required* butmore can be .selected.'< Providingthat you have participated in theIntersession ^program in yourFreshm an, |Sopho,more, andJunior years an additional;. onecould be taken in the Senior ye ar.However, One must ask whetheror not frfe worth the investment oftime, effort and cost to take afourth I Intersession? ? ? According Sg the 1971 Intersessionhandbook, the answer wouldseem to be negative . The handbook states the "Intersessionmay not be substituted for liberalstudies, f.electives, A or ^ i n ter disciplinary courses courses."The only other slots on thegraduation requirement sheetthat Intersession could fulfill Withfhe exclusion of those previouslystated are as major courses.Neither the handbook nor thelatest catalog clarify whether ornot an additional Intersessionwould fulfill* a jmajorrequirement; simply no mentionis made of it. li t should be notedthat a few days prior to Intersession registration memos wereput up announcing that Seniorswould be allowed to count theirfourth Intersession as a possibleelective only, otherwise some ofthem would doubtedly Ibe injeopardy of not graduating.

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J Al Messinar^ym. r r r r^^< ; ^/ ^ r S B a r ry McAndrewEditors:*Bill Dopier la, Sports>#ar^/gj9pffoefer, Entertainment;Bonnie La Duea, Feature; BiirSachserNews; Mark Zine, Drama.Staff Writers* AAary Hoffman&J.D. H avrilla , Bob Pettlnelli, Pat LyonAl Belovarac> Djvernora, Sports; Thomas Q. JjIStefano, KimWontenay, Sue Weiner, Maureen Hunt, Rick Lamb, Feature;Gerald Barron/ Entertainm ent; Tom Heberle, News

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Chartreuse KnickersBASKETBALL FASHIONItem: The athletic departmentIs buying blazers for the men onthe basketball team. The moneyreportedly Is not coming from thestudent activities fee. but from

the proceeds gained by sellingprograms at the games.1*P November 6,1971Dear Mom and Dad:WYou know, never in my lifehave I felt resentful towards youtwo until this year nat Mer-chyhurst. The resentment makesme feel guilty, especially when Irealize how much it costs you tosend me here each yearto bespecific io,000|bagles a year.(Didn'LjI tell you back in 1972when the U.S. dollar caved in that

by David Blanchfieldcan't help it that you're only 4 ft.10 inches tyll and that you, mom,have always regretted what yourbeing 4 ft. 6 inches did to me. (HotItwas only this year that I felt thepain of being 4 ft. 7 Inches tall. Iresent it because it means I can'tbe on the Merchyhurst basketballteam.)

They are|sogood this year.They've beaten everybody insight, teams from New York CHy.teams from the big ten why justlast week they beat U.C.L.A. Sogood are they that j| the LadiesHome Journal has asked them togo on an international tour. You

it was a great idea of vice-president Connally's to suggestgoing on the b agle stan dard. NowifjAmericans are overseas andthe bagle is devalued they canstill eat. Overnight the moveturned all} the bagle dealers inNew York City into millionairesand it was even a brilliant movepolitically. To this day HenryKissinger bemoans his j:notthinking of it, secretly he hadalways wanted to be the firstAmerican to be made a honoraryP r ime -Minister of Israel.)Anyway, I'm really sorry aboutbeing resentful.-I know, dad, you

are probably wondering why theLadies Home Journal wants ourbasketball team to go on a tour.It's because they?beat U.C.L.A.and all those other teams-not inbasketball though.; In factU.C.L.A. beat us 182-16 (and wese t a new high scoring record th atday). What we've been winninggame after game is the half timemodeling competition. Consistently our team has the bestpre and post game sports clothesoutfits. Our most winning outfit isa Igreen and blue paisleyibody

NOVEMBER 13Symposium nAesthetics And Ecology

Mereyhurst College willi sponsor its second symposium onecology Saturday, November*; 13,in the Zurn Hall Coffeehousefrom 1-4p.m. , | . J$ . I , Thejsymposiumunder theauspices ofJ Project | NOW, anecological awareness program ofthe Institute on Human Ecologyof Northwestern Pennsylvania-i s ! being ne aded by SisterChristian Koontz, chairman ofth e Mereyhurst division ofhumanities. I ^.. |Through a montagelof talks,audio-visual experiences, roleplaying, and discussion, participants in the Saturday/; afternoon program twill add ressthemselves % to the relationshipbetween aesthetics and ecology/Following a brief orientation at1 p.m., Sister Christine Staynoff,director of the M ercy MontessoriSchool, and Ann O'Loughlin of theMartin Luther King Care Center,will discuss thek importance of

beauty in the early developmentof children.Other speakers include Mr.Thomas W. Graney, Director ofErie f City* Planning,|;who willdiscuss the problems of urbanplanning, while Sister JoachimStabler art instructor at Mereyhurst Preparatory School willpose ;a * possible plan for theaesthetic development of SummitPlaza. ^ | p *

Also on|the program will beMereyhurst students CariColangelo, Sharon Kestler, M aryGail Ambron, Bonnie LaDucaand Jane Sc ura. The coeds willfeature an "Aero-Envieon" intended to provide a n factual experience of how environmentaffect art. The afternoon willclose with a role-playing sessionon conflictmgpnterests in landuse.The public is invited to attendand participate. g

shirt.;, chartreuse knickers with!yellow tights, spats land a 9shoulder bag with "Carpe D i e m " !written on it. That Just seems to lwow everybody* ffrff 9 fn lThey say an idea whose time has 3come c an' t] be stopped and theCMereyhurst athletic department?certainly proved that. Back in l1971 the school had gotten t h e !boys blazers. The co ats looked so 2good the idea cau ght on and soonflother schools started outfitting!their teams. Following the logic!inherent in the whole process , !schools soon started using the"luxury of their sports clothes t o ^attract athletes. As the outfitsflbecame more sophisticated!somebody suggested half ti m e!modeling competition* bet we en!the teams and so there we were.]Toaid the a theletic department in Irecruiting the college instituted a jjnew 'interdisciplinary majorficalled "Modeling." To graduate!you had to have courses in home 9economics, art, ballet and- l a w !enforcement. T he courses in lawenforcement were there so that if anyone "ripped-off" your sport!clothes (no pun intended) you*could track themSdown on yourfjown.Leading the double life of abasketball player and model wasnot easy for the players and ^itoften led to conflicts and lowbasketball scores. Thef onlyreason Notre Dame beat us sobadly was that before the gamethe rumor went out that a scoutfor the *JMr America'' contest,was in the audience. Wheneverone of our players goi the bail*^half way downJcourtfhe'd handthe ball to his opponent, go intoballet position three and flex hismuscles. It was one of the fun-*-?niest basketball games I eversaw. ;We did^however, win thehalf-time competition and two ofthe guys got a bid from the "Mr.America j 1 scout so it was anothergreat day jj for Mereyhurst. Also*the score could have been a lotworse than 144-8, just think if wehad been playing the basketballteam instead of their water polosquad!.. Well I have to go now, JeanneDixon just predicted anothermass murder on campus (she'sgot a hang-up about itthis is the14th wekend in a row she'spredicted iteach week she getsmore insistentI think she's somad it hasn't come off she'sready to put out a contract for theMafia on all of McAuley^Hall).Me and my buddies? on the. basketball team are going todress up like nuns and visitMcAuley tonight.

Your loving son,Sporty

INTERSESSIONMEETINGALL STUDENTS

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N O V E M B E R 12,1971 MERCYHURSTCOLLEGE PAGE 3GradiUnd Systemer ReviewT h e A c a d e m i c 5 P o l i c i e sc o m m i t t e e m e t T u e s d a yOctober 2^at 4:00p .m . The mainorder of business w a s t o s e t u pthe agenda for the year's worka s s i gn in g p r i o r i t i e s a n dd e a d l i n e s fo r s u b - c o m m i t t e ework. The Comm ittee is studyingpossible guidelines fo r t eachercer t i f i ca t i on p r o cedur es fo rpersons a lready possess ing aB.A. o r B . S . from other in stitutions. Request s a r e beingma de to Mercy hurst in a greatern umb er s in ce t h e Col l eg eexercises the certification powerin the nam e of the s ta te . '$

The major thrust of the committee's work for the 1971-72 yearwill b e t h e study and evaluationof th e Gr ade S y s t em a ndDistribution of Grades here a tMercyhursU Using the statisticsfor the spring of 1971 we; find that18.90 per cent of the student body

received A's and 37.68 p er centreceived B 's which placed 56.58per cent in the socalle d 'superior'classification.* These particularnumbe rs becom e significant if wecon s ider t ha t a cco r d in g t onational tests and transcripts ourstudent body is composed ofstudents of avera ge ab ility and inthe let t er grade sys tem this isusually represented by a C grade .Along with th e study of theLetter Grade system a t Mer-cyhurst , exam ination I will b ema de in the uses of Pass-Fa il andthe policy used in IndependentStudy courses to see if there be aneed for more legislation in thesea r ea s to insure high academicstandards. & h

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LET "FREEDOM? RINGby Tom Heberle*rLet |Freedom> Ring" is aApublic m essage sponsored by theErie Committee for Let Freedom| .Ring. You can hear this messa geby dialing a certain telephonenumber, and there is a newm essage every week. This article is in reply to the message ofthe week of October 18 throughthe 25. It ' s concerned withNixon's announcement of his visitto China. By this visit , it was, sothe message te l l s us , "the finalbetrayal of the Chinese people."The messa ge started by sayingthat "the first stab in the backc a m e from the TrumanAdministration, which disarmedChiang-Kai-Chek, which thenallowed the 'criminal' gangs ledby Mao-Tse-Tsung toSenslave th eChinese people. '* The fact of them atter is that the Chinese people-,as well as the South Vietnamese,Thai's, and others in SoutheastAsia, feel that they should be freeof American , intervent ion.Southeast'Asia is not our sphereof interest . The message alsorefers to Mao's "criminalga ngs." But nothing is?said of

Chiang-Kai-Chek's r i g g e delection and unprovoked attackson Comm unist sym pathizers.Secondly, the message stated"this creature (which refers toMao), who was "helped byTruman to g et into power, and towhom Nixon will now bow downto is the worst criminal|in al lhistory ." Is Mao, in fact/fworsethan any other person whocondones violence and fascism asthose in this cou ntry. The UnitedStates , from W.W. I onward, haspersecuted individuals for theirpol i t i cal , phi losophical , \ andreligious beliefs. Maybe theyhaven't been persecuted in a sgreat a magnitude as in China,but a lesser* wrong is still im-m ora 1 from a by angle .The tape then goes on to saythat Representative John Schmidt stated, "Mao's crimes are

so appalling, the* scope of his^campaign to pulverize theChinese people is so great, thatI,even |with $ th e % i rrefutableevidence b efore us, it is difficultE to comprehend.'' This statementpmay or may $not be true, according to what the "irrefutableevidence" is, if any. But;-mymain concern is not with thevalidity of the statem ent. Mymain concern is:^ Mao's crim es,in fact, so different than thosewhich have been committed righthere in the land of the free? Arethey so much greater than theKent Sta te; or Jackson^ Statekillings? Or are they greater inscope than the persecut ionssuffered by civil rights activistsin the South. Are they worse thanthe treatment of the Black peoplesince 1619 when slavery wasintroduced into this:"land of thef r e e . " ^ ; | V f |The message goes on to saythat "Hitler was a hum anitariancompared to Mao." Whether ornot 6 m illion o r 60 m illion peoplewere killed is not the point, if infact Mao has committed thesecrimes to such an extent. Clearly,the fact is that since Mao killed 60million people and Hitler killedonly 6 m illion, Mao Is supposedlya worse monster (he had supposedly killed a larger number ofpeople).I" Mao. is worse thanJames Earl Ray and the people iwho ki l led two students at |Jackson and Kent State. Thiscom parison is absurd. Here, mentried to kill ideas a s well as men. JThey are just as evil In intent asMao, Hitler or Stalin. *The final point I would like tomake i s a general comm ent. The?;message conc ludes by sayingthat "it is hard to believe thatPresident Nixon would stoop solow as to embrace these monstersand would propose recognition oftheir*' regime! which wouldguarantee the cont inued ens l avement o f the Chinesepeople." "Unquestionably, the

United States can no longerignore China. China is the world'ssecond largest country, and firstin population. The United States'foreign policy up until now hasbeen similar to that old cliche * 'ifwe turn our heads and try not tosee it , maybe it. will go away.""Ridiculous , unreal i s t ic" youmight say, but that is exactlywhat our policy ha s been towardsthe most populous country in theworld.The fact of this matter is thatpeace in the world, can never beachieved through the methodproposed by the Committee forLet Freedom Ring. If we shouldignore China? because of itscommunism,! why shouldn't theUnited States be ignored for itsimperialistic attitude in foreignaffairs . Take for instanceVietnam, our army bases inEurppe with out missile sitespointed to Russia, our economicdomination in South America,our support of tIsrael with warmaterial s . Why i s Germanyrecognized in the U.N.? They" hadcom m itted c rim es in W.W. II ofgreat magnitude also. To ignoreChina, we would only polarize thetwo countries and intensify theCold War. It would start a newMcCarthy er a In which there willbe little "gooks" peeking outfrom under the rug.The way to peace is throughunderstanding, not polarization.jjI commend (President Nixon onhis decision to go to China as arealization of tins fact. Maybe itcan draw the two civilizationscloser together and open the doorfor | mo r e v | mean in g f u lnegotiations. Th e only thing w ecan achieve through polarizationis * a nuclear war or an incr ea s in g l y t ouchy Co ld W a rsituation. I know which method Iwould choos e. Do you? You hadb e t t er i choo s e r i gh t , b eca us ethere won't b e t ime for a secondchanceUf th e wrong method ischosen. r %

by RickiMitzLOVE MEAN& .

Future Shock, th e sociologiststell u s . Future Shock? Never.We're suffering from SchlockSchlock Shock. And it a l l revo lvesaround one word: Love.What used t o b e s o | personal,private and intimate h a s turnedinto a m erchandising formula fo rwea l t hy wou ld- b e p o e t s a ndcapitalistic couldn't b e writerswho never have t o s a y they'resorry. % LMass-produced love, -like h ulahoops and Barbie Dolls, i s a newvogue. "Love is universal andlove isgan easy thing to merc h a n d i s e , " s a y s t h e m e r chandis ing I di r ec t o r ^ o fParam ount re cords. And not onlyare there bountiful banal booksan d mul t i t ud in ous m aud l inmovies about th e subject,? bu twe're buying those books andseeing those movies. We're no tbeing taken by it . We're taking itin. j p & H |We're al lowing today'smi l l ionaire mod prophets toperpetuate old romantic mythsthat dictate the Cmeaning andgreening and, worse yet, how wecan find Love. i -;In order to find The Meaning ofLove, you have to play hockey atYale, break away from your richfather and find a poor girlfriendwhoha s leukemia. k i t e *| You'll find it if you get rid ofyour bad breath. Or the frizzies.Or psoriasis. Or your mild ca se ofterminal acne. ?.. You'll find it If you buy theworld a Coke... You'll find it if you l ive a lone-alonealone with a cat namedSloopy. c..Cardboard .'Love is env e l o p i n g r a t h e r | thandevelopingus. In poetry, inmovies, on television, in allegedliterature. "i used to be in love with myteddy bear, but klove you lotsm ore. . ." proclaim s a book called

"i love you" that's guara nteed tobe so impersonal you can give itto anyoneyour lover , yourmother or your teddy bear. Onedollar please. Or Peter McWilliams who haswritten a slew of sappy books("Come Love with m e and by m yLife," I love therefore I Am " notto mention 'The Hard I Stuff:Love.") His books contain suchhard stuff as :j*first.. I lived for love.then $5.. I lived in love.

then f P^y^t fy^: -^ y i r &4. I lived love . *?v'. " .""i ^ >* 3*yj$ig$now, with yo u " . ~T~ 7 ' ; *jr^ I j u s t ..,'-.'; ' \g: '-j.'* $wt o love! ,&rYv--;?^ 'L*i'J\> WTw o dollars please, i ^ a - * ISBut their books . r ead ; likeWalgreen greeting cards compared to the works of the fathersof them all: Erich Segal and RodMcKuen. '^S BjH Love I Story: [ a bout * a I ma l estudent who plays hocke y insteado f hookey. About a coed who g etsima rried and then buried. $5.95 inhard-back, 95 cents in paper-backp le as e. 1 5 $ fv And Mae stro McKuen: "If theycould overlook my acne /and th einch I lacked / to carry them t oh e a v e n , / I too l could dea l incha rity." $4.50 please . I"Rod puts into words all J thetings I feel," said one girl I knowwho doesn't even have acne.. Sh econsiders McKuen's prose-poetryto be good literature because itputs her feelings into works. B utgood literature takes wouds a ndtransforms them into feelings.B l McKuen J and Segal dea l Jingreeting card kitsch, bu t on adifferent level than th e others .They m anipulate us into wantingto believe that love is easy. Theirworks are read quickly, cried andsighed over quickly. They lead usinto a fantasy world, where life isfo a love story, where loneliness is anational pastime, exceeded onlyby leukemia and acne. And theylaugh a ll the way through th ebunk a nd to th e ba nk. *Love Story has sold more thanfive m illion copies and was m adeinto a successful (financially,.anyway) moy ie. McKuen's booksand records have earned Th eBard more than $5 million a year .Not bad for a little love .And what does i t a l l mean? Itmean s t ha t we ' r e de sp er a t eenough to find out the meaning oflove that jwe'II g o through one-night stands with McKuen and

Segal, wh o have b ecome Dr .Rueb en s in r oman t i c dr ag ,everything you / i I ways wanted/to know...So what does it all mean? Th eanswer is probably best put inon e of McKuen's own poe m s: "Ifyo u h ad listened hard enoughAou might have heard /what Imea nt to sa y: Nothing." **But whatever they meant^ tosay, the y say it over and over andover again; S L F ^Maybe love means y ou neverhave to say , I

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and offer "apologies for yourexclusion from this article. Dueto limited time and space it wasimpossible to interview all of ournew faculty and therefore only arepresentative few could be interviewed for this issue of theMerciad.*$ (Mercyhurst College has beenhonored this ye ar by the additionof some twenty or so new facultymemb ers.) Nearly all deaprt-ments have made substantialgains in facul ty resources.Among the newest faculty is Jaformer Mercyhurst graduat e ,Miss Rosem ary Blieszner. Upongradua t ion from Mercy hurst ,Miss Blieszner * attended OhioState University to attain hermasters degree. ? The courseswhich she will be offering are allnew ^additions I to the HomeEconomics curriculum. Amongthem are : Individual Growth andDevelopment, an intersession inHuman Sexuality, A Child in theFamily, Organization ofChildren's Activities, and FamilyDynamics. Miss Blieszner, whosays she feels "comfortable"here, has returned to Mercyhurstbecause she believes in thephilosophy of the college andfeels that Mercyhurst is on thebrink of some critical changeswhich can strengthen the institution academ ically.

Teaching on the uppermathematics level, Dr. MarvinCamburn, comes to Mercyhurst'smath depar tment w i t h / aBachelor's degree from AlbionCollege, an M.A. fromr* th eUniversity of Detroit, and aP.H.D. from the University ofMichigan. His course offeringsinclude: Number Theory,T o p o l o g y , M a t h e m a t i c a lInsights, Basic Math,Structure ofArithmetic, and an intersession inSet. Theory. Dr. Camburn hasyet to mingle with many of thestudents and faculty due to hisphysical location in Zurn most ofthe time. However, of the studentbody and faculty which he hashad contact with, he has beenfavorably impressed*Mr. Barry? Grossman, a |newcomer to the Political ScienceDepartment, was responsible forthe presentation given by Mr. DonLuce a few weeks ago on theVietnam situation. In the interview with Mr. Gossman heexpressed his pleasure at the turnout shown fby Mercyhurs tstudents. As yet, however, Mr.Grossman has formulated nopermanent impressions ofMercyhurst . He is a nat iveErieite . Mr. Grossman holds *aB.A. degr ee from Cornell,, aMasters from Gannon, and'hascompleted two 'years aof lawschool.. With these crede ntials, hewill be teaching AmericanPresidency, Civi l Libert ies,Legal /System s, and PoliticalGeography.

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Mercyhurst as a graduate ofMorris Harvey College HB.A.)and* West^Virginia**University(M.A.). Mr. Herring is* thedirector of student activities andteaches courses in Speech. Hesees this departme nt a s one witha lot of potential for advancement.

Mr. HigginsThe Mercyhurst Art depart-"ment has made the greatest gainsnumerically in new faculty. Dr.Joseph Pizzat presently hea ds thedepartment and two of his moretalented colleagues are Mr. andMrs. Higgins. The Higgins cometo Mercyhurst from Milwaukeeand find both Erie and the collegequite agreeable. Living practically on campus, the Higginsfind this physical set up very goodfori the courses which they teachin Zurn. Their offerings include:Art History, Creative Arts forChildren, an intersession in FiberFabr i cs , F reshman Fundamentals, and Ceramics (Mrs.Higgins) | and Photography,Sculpture, Graphics, Ceramics,and Jewelry (Mr. Higgins). |Mr. Michael McQuillen, a newmember offthe History * department brings to Mercyhurst hisexpertise in European History. Agraduate of Ca nisius College, Mr.McQuillen is presently working onhis I graduate dissertation fromthe University of Virginia. He is

most 'impressed with both} hiscolleagues and the departmentand likes the close relationshipsbetween the faculty and studentbody.I As a European historian,Mr. McQuillen will goffer j thefollowing courses : H Imper i a lRussia, Early Modern Europe,Frenchw Revolution,! SovietRussia, I Twentieth i CenturyEurope, European Social 1 andIntel lectual History,|g an dDynamics of M o d e r n i z a t i o n , ^ ^| In the English departm ent, M r.David Palmer h as recently joinedranks. He has formerly taught atGannon and received his B.A. andPH.D. from Penn State along witha iM.A. fromjfc Duquesne.laExpository Writing, AmericanPoetry, American Real ism,Senior Seminar. Mass MediaCommunicat ions, and. an jlin-tersession on Walt Whitmanconst i tutes. Dr. Pal me r'scourses for the ,71-'72 year.Another Erie native, MissSharon Santia has joined the staffat Mercyhurst and finds! theschool, the students, and facultyto be "terrific". Miss^-Santiaattended Gannon for her undergraduate studies and receivedher Masters from the Universityof Rochester. She is enrolled as amember of | the Languagedepartmen t and will give ' instruction! in these courses:Elementary Spanish, Intermediate Spanish, AdvancedSpanish, and Spanish Cultures g

Mr. Pa lmer standing, Mr. Tolansitting.Lastly, Mr. Robert Tolan, willbe holding classes in Ethics,History of Philosophy, Marxism,Philosophy Introduction, and a

Marxism intersession for thePhilosophy department. |Mr .Tolan comes to M ercyhurst withan M.A. from Notre Dame wherehe is presently working on HisP.H.D. He finds ^Mercyhurst "pleasing" inmany ways.(3x3)4x3. . .(Continued from Page 2)

WhileJ few would argue thevalue .of f the new system inproviding the student with awider range of elected liberalstudies, the *new curriculumdesign was obviously not* drawnup to accommodate thosestudents oflimited jjability andfinancial resourses.f It isrequested thatl the curriculumcommit tee seriously addressitself to some modification of thenew system. *

T e s t D a t e sIThe U. S. Civil Service Commission today announced threetest dates for 1972 summ er jobs inFederal agencies. JfeCandidates whose applications'are received by December 3,1971, will be tested on Janua ry 8,1972; those whose* applicationsare received by January 7 will betested February^ 12; and thosewhose applications are receivedby February 2 will be tested byMarch 11. Applications postmarked after Fe bruary 2 will notbe accepted, witalfrc S V V

Complete instructions forfiling, and * information on opportunities available, are contained in CSC Announcement No.414, Summer Jobs in FederalAgencies, which may be obtainedfrom any area , office of theCommission, many \ major ;postoffices, most college placementoffices, or from the II. S. CivilS e r v i c e ! C o m m i s s i o n ,Washington, D.C. 20415.Applican ts rate d e ligible in 1971

need not take the written testagain unless.}they wish to improve their scores. They will besent a special form by December1 to update their qualificationsand indicate their availability foremploym ent in 1972. >The Commission urged candidates to apply early formaximum considerat ion, andemphasize that the number ofjobs avai lable through thenationwide test will be extremelysmall in proportion to the numberof comp etitors. L ast y ear, 157,485persons were tested and only12,600 were appointed through thenationwide CSC exa m.In addition to providing detailsabout the types of jobs that willbe filled through the nationwidetest, Announcement 414 containsinformation on : other summerjobs that will be filled throughmerit procedures administeredby individual Federal agencies.Last year, more than 22,000 jobswere f l ledjrjf through jjg sue hprocedures. SsSftr^l 5Js*&*FROM HYSTERIA'TO THENITTY GRITTY - * "f WASHINGTON (WCNS) Theenvironment ? is I getting v roughgoing in the 92nd Congress interms of the progress of the 25-bill package! p roposed &JjgPresident Nixon last February.The! House has passed threemeasures the I Senate four. 1Nothing J more than two international treaties and a minorcommunicat ions^' bi l l Shavebecome law. |SLooked at from the viewpoint ofenvironmental analyst [ Da nBeard of the Library of Congress,this slow pace illustrates how thecountry is beginning to realizethe size of the environm entalproblem.

"About 3,000 bills, one-fifth thetotal introduced in Congress eachyear, concern the environment,and the same proportion isenactediinto law," says Beard,who works Jin the Library'sEnvironmental Policy Division ofthe Congressional ResearchService. " T h e | 91st Congress(1909-70) had it easier, because itstarted ? almost at point zero.Enac t i ng | the NationalEnvironmental Pol icy Act(NEPA), re-writing air j standards, controlling oil pollution-Congress was riding the environmental w ave."Now, Beard says , Congressand the public must begin tcmake the f "really difficultdecisions."^ f"No longer can the typicalCongressman get by with generalrhetoric," Beard says. "He mustface the choice of ending stripmining to preserve scenic areasor continue it to meet the nation's

energy needs." Mt Eg j *5 Beard sees several significantt rends ^ developing in i en vi ronmental awareness fl inCongress thfc year: p ffi$ An *end*' to hysteria;*;"Theprophets of ecological doom havegone out of fashion," he says.,"The stop-start f debate onphosphates is one exam ple of howanfissue *got away from cleai-thinking peop le." fig $&&1 National standards: g We areseeing * a greater tendency toimpose nationali standards, butsometimes this st rategy! is unwarran t ed . "Take I therequirement for retaining tankson all boats. Human waste accounts for one-half of one per centof all water pollution. A closed-inlake in the Midwest needs thissort*of control, but not PugetSound. This is an easy law tomake , but highly inap propr iate."What i s an environmentalissue?: "People agree I thatbuilding parks and saving wland controlling smog are environmental issues. But whatabout sewage treatment plants?Who ca n get excited over gettingrid of a city's waste ?'Beard admits that the publicattitude toward ecological issueshas undergone a massive changein the last two year s. ?MThe publicfurorlhas died down a bit," hesays. "But things? are?; lookingbetter. What is surprising is thequick reaction in government.tWho would ever have thoughtthat a Republ ican Presidentwould ever get into land usepolicy; that's totally subverting

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found the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).That summer, he joined the staffof a newly formed Atlantaweekly Negro newspaper, theATLANTA INQUIRER, as areporter and feature writer. Helater became Managing Editor, iIn January, 1961,"BOND leftMorehouse to join the staff of theStudent Nonviolent Co-ordinatingComjniUee* (SNCC) as Communications Director, a positionhe held until September, 1966.While with SNCC, BOND directedthe organization's photography,printing and publicity depart-Sments. His work with SNCC tookhim to civil rights drives andvoter registration campaigns inGeorgia, Alabama, Mississippiand Arkansas.He was first elected to a seatcreated by Jreapportionment inthe Georgia House ofRepresentatives in 1965, but wasprevented from taking office inJanuary, 1966, by members of thelegislature who objected to hisstatements about the war in VietNam.! After winning a secondelection in February 1966 to fill

2 B ondhis vacant seat a special HouseCommittee again voted to barhim from membership in thelegislature. -MR. BOND won a third electionin November; 1966, and inDecember, 1966, the UnitedStates Supreme Court ruledunanimously that the GeorgiaHous^ had erred In refusing himhis seat. On January 9, 1967, het ok the |Oa th of Office andbecame a member of the GeorgiaHouse of Representatives.In the Georgia House, MR.BOND serves as a member of theEducation, Insurance and StateInstitutions ^and PropertiesCommittees:u ^ r ^ i f '. V* .MR. BOND is a member of theBoard j of ^Directors of* theSouthern Conference Educationj&Fund. g /i#r *S *'' Si1 He is a member of the Advisory| Board of the* proposed Mar finLuther King, Jr.^ MemorialLibrary. * *& He holds membership in thefcLk &.$- U. the SouthernCorrespondents Reporting RacialEquaQty Wars (SCRREW), andis an honorary member of the PhiKappa Literary Society of^heUniversity of Georgia in Athens JGeorgia. w*$ - \ * *BOND is a member of theExecutive Committee of theAtlanta NAACP, and a memberof thelBoard of the Highlander%Research and Education Center.He has been a ResearchAssociate of the Voter EducationProject of the Southern RegionalCouncil. ] S | ^ * ? * * f IS*His poems and articles navelappea red in 1 Negro Digest.Motive,! Rights and g Reviews,Freedomways, Rampar t s ,MBeyond the Blues, New NegroPoets, American Negro Poetry,ThegBook of Negro Poetry, andother publications. &MR. BONDps an HonoraryTrustee of the Institute of AppliedPolitics, )&

FR OMGERM WARFARETO WAR ONI CANCER iWASHINGTON (WCNS) -President Nixon last week

dedicated aanew national Centerfor Cancer Research at FortDetrick, Md., where once morethan 1,400 scientists worked onhighly toxic chemicals and potentbacterial agents for possible usein total war situations.| The changeover results from aNovember 1969 announcement bythe President that the U.S. wouldno longer conduct research intosuch weapons and would destroyall existing stockpiles. The FortDetrick plant of seven buildingsand equipment, valued at morethan $235 .million, will be con-verted into a major center for theAdministration's "war on cancer** that was announced in thePresident's State of the Unionaddress last January."This specificjfeonversion willhelp Illustrate the generalpotential for| using defenserelated facilities to meet pressingdomest i c* challenges," the

President said in his preparedstatement. "Cutbacks in certaindefense needs have ,provided aconsiderable supply of expertiseand equipment which can now beused for non-defense purposes if only we take kadvantage ofthem," he siad. I > *This facility, which two yearsago was "one of the most highlyclassified 'Top Secret* facilitiesin the whole United States" willnow be open to scientists ..anddoctors from all over the world,*'the Presidents said. It will beoperated by a private firm, notyet selected under contract to theNational Institutes of Health.

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by Gary DudenhoferIf any assem blage of musiciansin the current folk mu sic business

can be truly cal led unique, it isthe Pentangle. No other grouphas so su ccessfully knocked downm us ica l ! b a rr ier s and incor-porated folk, classical, jazz, andblues idioms into their musicalwhole. Unfortunately, Pentangleremains virtually unknown on thisside of the Atlantic Ocean.In early 1967, John-Renbournand Bert Jansch, two guitaristswho | had already establishedthemsleves as two off he mos tcomp eten t modern gu i ta r i s t s ,joined company with three otherindividuals to form The Pentangle. Jacqui' McShee, whosecrystal-clear voice Jean handleanything from an unaccomp aniedfolksong to modern blues and jazzprovided unity for the group'svo ca ls. Underpinning the band onacous tic bass and drums , wererespectively , Danny Thompsonand Terry Cox. Both Cox andThompson cam e to the group withreputations of first-rate sessionmen. I S JFrom * this diversity of individual talent arose the coherentwhole , f Their f irs t a lbum,released plater the s ame y ea r ,shaped the course their musicwould take for the next few years .Their strongest * asset was thetreatment they gave to MedievalEnglish ballads, with McShee orJansch singing lead. Renbournand Jansch prove their virtuosityon nearly every song: theirability to set down a melody inunison and then eachf take adifferent path in a sensitive solo iswithout equal . Two spectacularbass solos brought Thompson outof the background and into thespotlight with the rest of thegroup. Finally, Cox's skillfulhandling of his drum s provided asolid background for the antics oftherest of The Pentangle.m Progress ively , the band m ovedin the direction of usingtradit ional ba l lads for theirmaterial. Topping, this journeywas their fourth album CruelSister. Included in this a lbum is ap ar t i cu l a r l y memorab l e ren dition of "When |I was in myPrime", sung a capella, byMcShee...The Pentangle's latest albumREFLECTIONS, 'marks adeparture from this movementtoward the traditional ballad.This is not to say that hey havecompletely abondoned this artform; these traditional balladsprovide the ba sis for m ost of themusic on REFLECTIONS. Whatis significant is the incorporationof :'J modern jazz in theirarrangem en ts , e sp e c ia l l y t on .'Helping Hand". An Americanfolksong of ripe vintage, "Will th eCircle Be Unbroken," is alsoincluded on the a lbum.

This album also m arks newbeginnings for John Renbourn:previously a strict ad herent to hisacoustic guitar, he turns 1 toelectric guitar on most of thesongs on [REFLECTIONS. Hisskillful handling of distortiondevices provide a solid jazzb ackground , exp ec ia l l y on"Helping Hand ." Multi-instrumentation is also evidenthere: bes ide the!basic five instruments, sitar, f glockenspiel,bel ls , and other numerous instruments ar e used. Ify *The album has already causedquite a stir among Pentanglefans; like myself, see the albumas a tasteful synthesis of the newwith the old. Others, mostlypurists , say the group has "soldout" in departing from thetraditional English ballad as thesource for their material .However, while the debatecontinues, thefalbum representsah opportunity for those un-familar with the Pentangle toexperience the best of bothworlds. McShee's voice is tillpure and clear, esp ecial ly tenderon "Wedding Dress" and "Rainand Snow", with traditionalballads. Renbourn? and Janschremain their always tastefulguitar interplay throughout th ea l b um. Thomp son and Coxp rov ide s ome in tere s t ingvariations on the traditional rolesof bass and drumsinstead ofsimply "backing up" the group,the move to the foreground andtake active parts in the musicalwhole.; ^ Wr|f In short, trying to d escribe thePen tang l e ' s mus ic , e sp ec ia l l yREFLECTIONS, is rather liketrying to describe a sunset. Onecan talk of the colors, but it mustbe seen to ap precia te the overa l leffect. To appreciate the Pentangle, you just hav e to l isten. Itis an experience not soonforgotten.

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orphan girl, thev run away andplay house for a year. They liveas man and wife for 365 days*doing all the things big people do,including h a v i n g s e x a n d |producing a b ab y !IT *.{This film is extremely? unbelievable. Paul and Michele(ages 14 and 15) do not face themajor problems/ of maturingyouth, instead they are vieweddealing with adult-1 ike situationsin Southern < France . Theycomm unicate as if they had theirPh . D*s. Thete are some veryhumorous portions , howeverafter sitting through a majorityof 'A dragging, ^unbelievable, andnot so funny parts these enjoyable moments lose their effect. Symbolism is on everyframe of film. At first, one enjoys

running horses, soaringbirds, and beautiful sunsets , but90 minutes of this can lead you tobelieve you are watching aNational ? Geographic filmspecial . 'The title song, "Friends" byElton John, which is good in itsown right, is the entire film ro lledinto three and some odd minutes.The most exciting moments ofthe film are in the first scenewhere you fear you just spent abuck and a quarter on a m ovie insub -titles. Lucky for us , Paul andMichele do speak in English. Ifthe director gav e us a short story,it would have been outstanding inits own right. Instead, we vieweda drawn out overworked storywhich gives you nothing but|athinner wallet.3 Although rated "R" it is thenearest thing to fam ily-fare thisside of Love Bug. What el se can Isay...? $ *S5Student Presidents]CallEmergency Conference^

Over one hundred stud ent bodypresidents from * colleges andun iv ers i t i e s a cro s s Americajoined with t he ! Association ofStudent Governments this weekin J calling for? an jEmergencyConference for New Voters toorganize s tudents as votingdelegates to J the national partynominating conventions>in 1972.The? Emergency Conference isslated for December 3, 4 and 5 a tLoyola University in Chicago."The events of the past monthclearly indicate that neither ofthe two m ajor" political p artieswelcome}the young, left-leaningvoters as ful ly-enfranchisedparticipants in the parties ," saidDuane Draper, Pre sident of ASGand Chairman of the steeringcom mittee for? the EnergencyConference. "These eventscreate a crisis situation for themillions of young people whowish to effect constructivechange through ex is t ing institutions. Unless we begin thetask immediately of organizingstudents within the partyproc esses, we will find ou rselvesto ta l l y ex c l uded f rom thede l ega te s e l e c t ion s and theP r e s i d e n t i a l nominatingp rocedure s , thus e f f e c t iv e l ydisenfranchised despite the 26thamendment."The events Draper referred towere the* Demo cra t i c Committee's selection of PatriciaHarris as temporary chairman ofthe credentia l s committee overliberal Senator Harold fHughes(D-Iowa), who had been viewedby many a s the key? to enforcement of the ' j"It is? imperative that thetwenty-five million 18-24 yearsold in this country are aware ofthe mo ckery ! tha t b o thDemocra t i c and Rep ub l i canparty officials are making of thereform movements in the parties ," continued Draper."Young people must se nse theurgency of .this meeting of thes tuden t communi ty and theabsolute necessity of mobilizingvery quickly to combat thoseforces who would seek to isolateus f rom the regu l a r p a r typrocedures. We must rememberthat there are great numbers ofpeople in both parties who wouldprefer to wind up at;their conventions with 3,000 s tudentsoutside chanting instead- of 300students inside voting. We do notintend to g ive them thatsatisfaction," he concluded.The Emergency Conference forNew Voters is the last nationalgathering of students b efore thede l ega te s s e l e c t ion p ro ce s sbegins, which in some s ta tes is asearly a s IFebruary. The conference at Loyola!?will include anumber of workshops, seminars,and panels to discuss speakers , tobe announced at a later da te, wil laddress the students at theChicago conference concerningthe issues confronting^ them inthis elec tion year. W, ^

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N O V E M B E R 12,1971RE VIE IF MERCYHURSTCOLLEGE PAGE 7Brodie Play 'Hurst 5 2 ^ i i S 8 t C o l l e g e *on!* te wa y to developing a fine Dramau J uu . s w a s P r o v e d w i t h the first of its production Brodiewhich has its final performance Sunday November 7 t h . If this is anexample of the ability of the newly formed department-BroadwayBeware! ! JThere w ere many excellent examples of our "on campus'1 talent.Marie Oliver! did a splendid job as Sister Helena. She possessed theright amount of emotions that was able to recall the story of theteacher who greatly influenced her. "Little girls, I am in thebusiness of putting old heads on young shoulders. Give me a gir l, atan impressionable age, and she is mine for life." This statementbecomes quite apparent in the final scene when Marie/Sr. Helenarealizes her attempt to ge t Miss Brodie's attention.Although each actor and actress involved was important in their own right.Miss Brodie and her "set"had almost complete controlof the show. t^ fMargot LeStrange, asMaryiMcGregor, played therole as the young girl with aspeech handicap. Margotwas extremely good with hercharacter development. Shewas i very believable-withthis role one must not overplay, i And if itlwere underdeveloped it would havebecome humorous. It was .quite evident that she tookgreat pains to understandher character, capturing allthe mannerisms that i trequired. . ^ r ^ . ^ _Laura Montpetit, played Jenny,jthe girl who was bound to befamous for sex. It was very easy to believe the line, "she's tepretty one/' ^Laura possessed not only acting ability but also thegrace and movement needed for the role. S h e w a s excellent not onlyin the picnic scene where she begins the dance, but also capturedthe natural beauty |posing for Mr. Lloyd, the artist (L. LeeGlaister).

Miss Brodie

Mr. Lowther and Miss BrodieCandy Yanker played Monica, the dram atic one. She made herability known from the very beginning with her crying jag . Peoplewho saw the show will remember the humorous scene where shemimics the passionate kiss between Brodie and Lloyd, When itcame to comed y-she had everyone in the palm of her hand*j .Chris Federici as Sandy did one of the most beautiful acting jobson the 'Hurst stage . She was never without the look of hope thatMiss Brodie would single he r out. She wanted to be loved. |WheirSandy realizes that because of Brodie she would never reign on top

she becomes the colossal woman that, possibly out of spite, enteredthe convent. S h e was as biting as could be, and although rash in herdecisions you had pity for her. Chris had every det ail of thecharact er. She not only acted the part , but she lived it. A job exceptionally well done.

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BOOK REVIEW'SST8^Worldly {Goods ColumbiajKew |York,!October 29Thenation's Roman Catholic collegesand universities, despite * theirtotal net worth of $ 2 . 3 billion, are"on the edge of a financialdisaster/1 according to JamesCollin, who-spent five years

researching and writing WorldlyGoods, a book about churchwealth just published by RandomHouse. T ] 1"Although these 'institutionshave plants * worth nearly j $2billion and ano ther $295 million ofendowment? capital, many ofthem are doomed," Gollin said."Not even the laicization of theirgoverning bodies and the end ofcontrol byf Catholic religiousorders can save them and theirstudents for * more ] than fa j f ewyears." ,> * | $iPrior to publication of WorldyGoods, Gollinl commen ted ,44When I began working on this Ithought I knew where the storyw a s . What I discovered was thatthe truth about ^church wealthwas infinitely more fascinatingthen the myths about it. *M t f"To really understand ; theinner|workings of any massivefinancial operation, you almosthave tofbe a trained specialist.Yet thel facts about the churchand its money pretty well toucheverybody, Protestant* or jt Jew,Wall Streeter or ^average taxpayer. Makings th e basic factsclear is what took ,time. Pluslearning the questions to ask andthe right guys to question. A nd, ofcourse, looking at things as theya r e , not at how they're supposedtobe. "| -M ' '4, *?' f|vLegend has it tha t the church issecretive about its wealth. sNotreally, saysg'Gollin. "I've askedquestions from the parish level toSt. |Peter's and I got answers.Speaking very generally, I'd saythat the church is just as uninformed about its own finances asthe?general public is? Men andwomen of the?? church gave meanswers for two reason s. No onehad ever asked them some ofthese questions before, not eventh e church itself, and people werewilling to answer because theysensed that by answering jthey'dsomehow be helping*the churchinform itself, i { p p . ^And secondly, ^people werevilling to talk to me because theyBrodie . . .

And Chris ti Warnick as JeanBrodie (they save the best forlast)-Christie,-as Brodie, lit upthe stage like j a sky rocket.Every movement, ?every detailwas so perfect. Even her voicetook on a new dimen sion. SHEW AS BRODIE ! | Because of suchan* outs tanding performan ce,reactions like: "the best playTve seen,"."Excellent!" and"the most professional...," weknow ishe had command pf he raudience. Professional she was.It's the first time I can say Ihonestly worked f with a realactress. Ail involved should bevery happy and we hope DirectorIddings is as proud as w e a re .

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were either afraid or they actually knew that their parish, orconvent, / or * archdiocese, washeading for trou ble." ; V* ;Wide Range of Fac ts i f ^ ^ M ^ ;Five years'of questioning tookGollip from Los Angeles to Rome,talking with computer opera totsin Louisiana?chanceries and toseasoned investors at the highestlevel' wi (hi n \ the Vatican. Hisresearch has produced':a'widerange of facts, most of themnever before published. A fewhighlights: , .alji jto ? l.i. Wealth of the U.S. CatholicChurch is projected as $26 billionexcluding wealth i of religiousorders. The *bulk of this isrepresented by brick-and-mortarholdings. Three billion dollars isestimated to be in cash, notes andcommercial investments, fes^ t. A s the national level, proceedsfromI Catholic I Charities fcampaigns avera ge over $100 millionannually $1.6billion a year. . . As a reference point, WorldlyGoods notes that the combinedassets of Standard Oil, A T & Tand U . S . Steel is over $6 0 billion*|SfcWith a student enrollment ofnearly 140,000 the Jesuits are thelargest* purveyors p,of pr iva teeducation in the U.S.jg. *gu f j . Nationality, per pet ual , careand maintenance I endowmentsfor Catholic Cemeteries comes toabout $350 million. SJK- | i xfS. Enrollments? in seminariesdeclined 50per ce nt between 1965and 1970from 23,000 to 10,723, Sa . TotaIf worth lof [Catholicreligious orders may be as muchas $8 .2 billion, jgj "^ frjfiSral.Catholic schools employ some65,000 lay teachers; their annualtotay payroll comes? to t$430million. T K "$Hj. The cifrrent investmentportfolio of tiie Vatican is split,with $30000 million in Italy, $200million elsewh ere. $&..

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