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Friday, Octob

iam bryan completes

doctoral studies at! w. s. u.

Dr. William Bryan, Chairman

of our Educat ion Department , recently completed requirements forhis doctorate in the Graduate Di

vision of Wayne State University.His dissertation, t i t led "AcademicMajor as a Tentative VocationalChoice in the Career Developmentof College Women", isnof part ic ular inte res t to the faculty and

student body of Mercyhurst.

The study investigated careerdevelopment According To The

Theory of Donald Super as it ap

plies to the women attending a

Catholic college. The theory is a

synthesis of trait-factor, sociallearning and self-concept ap

proaches. Through the use of the

role-playing technique, of Aca

demic Major, the women studiedwere going through the tentativeand realistic phases of the* ex

ploration stage of career development .

Dr . Bryan felt t ha t the emergin g sex role of the Americanwoman influenced her caree r de

velopment. Thus, he chose students who were in a traditionallyfeminine field of study—elementary education, and s tudents who

chose a more emergent sex role,or the natural sciences. In a comparison of the two, he investigated general abili ty, scholastic aptitude, school achievement, interest

pa t te rns and indices of masculin

ity-femininity, as well as the s tudent 's sibling position, ethnicbackground and occupational level of the fa the r .

In his dissertation Dr. Bryanobserved that "the feminine roleof middle class women seems to

be evident in at least two versions, the traditional, and the libe ra l . The prior being the ladylike,devoted mother and wife and the

latter being a woman who seeksa rich and full life, in the homeand outside it/ '

jThis is particularly interestingin view {of his*l conclusions that"the elementary education studentappeared to be more effective in

relating fher self-concept to vo

cational variables. Society ismore responsive to this traditional orientation and reinforced the

choices of sex role and careerplans made by the female education student. The science student

seems to be struggling in her at

tempts to relate personal selfview to vocational variables. The

world of work is not responsiveto her hopes and some disillusionment results. The traditional rolewill sustain the present positionof the American college woman,bu t the emerging role is the hopeof those seeking change towardflexibility." *

a resume:new faculty, staSi x new memb ers hav e! joined

the Mercyhurst faculty this yearas ins t ruc tors in the SocialfSciences, Foreign Languages, Education, Theology land Philosophy,and I Fine Arts Departments ; of

the College. They are: ThomasWood, Political Science; Mrs.

Mika Nye, French; Miss Rita Ca-

pello, Reading; George Kovacs,Phi losophy; and Delmar Benedictand Earnest Mauthe , Art.

Mr. Wood, a native of Lincoln,N ebraska, received both his Bach

elors and Maste rs of A rt s degrees in Political Science fromN orth Dakota Sta te Univers i tywhere he was also a graduateass is tant .

Mrs. Mika Nye, born in Greece,completed her undergraduatestudies at the Univers i ty of Montana . Mrs. Nye, a Fulbright scholar , was the recipient of a fellowship presented by the AmericanAssociation of Univers i ty Womenan d a Graduate Assistantship in

Foreign Languages, Universityof Montana, where she earnedher Maste rs of Arts degree in

French.

Miss Rita Cappello, a graduate of Mercyhurst College and

an Erie native, has done graduatework at Edinboro State Co

1lege,

the University of Pi t t sburgh, and

a t the State University of New

York at Fredonia where she was

a graduate ass i s tant in the Education Department. Miss Cappelloreceived her Maste r of Sciencedegree in Elementary .Educat ion,Developmental Reading, fromS U N Y at Fredonia in June , 1968.

George Kovacs received his Li-

cenciate and his Maste r of Artsdegree in Theology from RegisCollege in Toronto. He recentlycompleted his doctoral studies in

philosophy at the University of

Louvain in Belgium. A specialistin the field of phenomenology,

Dr. Kovacs replaces JohnM. Lin-

court of thef Theology and Philosophy department, who is on

leave of absence from the Collegefor doctoral work.

Delmar Benedict, of McLean,Illinois, completed his undergraduate studies at Illinois WesleyanUniversity. The recipient of the

Thadius Stubblefield Fellowship,he was awarded! his Master of

Fine Arts degree from SouthernIllinois University, where he was

a teaching assistant . Mr. Benedicthas exhibited his work extensively |and has received manyfirst place awards for his prints ,

watercolors, and oil paint ings .Earnest Mauthe, from Kittan-

ing,^Pa., received his Bachelor of

Science degree in Art Educationfrom Edinboro State ;; College,an d his Maste r of Fine Arts and

Education degree from AlleghenyCollege. He also studied at In

diana University of 'Pennsylvania,Carnegie-Mellon University, and

at Arizona': State University. Mr.

Mautheg has presented one-manshows in drawing and paint ing in

the Library Gallery of Mesa, Ari

zona, and in watercolors at Allegheny College. Before comingto Mercyhurs t , Mr. M a u t h et a ugh t at Meadville Area Junior

High School and atCollege, where he was a

tor .

Sister Rita Brocke i

nurse, replacing Sisterwho has assumed admduties at Dubois Hospiend John Hilbert is ou

in residence this year,Father William Biebelbe residing at the new

Mercyf Motherhouse. SiMontfort, our Dean of

and Chairman of the

Department , has resugiven name, Sister Ritaaccording to new crules.

b lack p ow er o n cam pby Alicia King

What happened on May ?12 f

1968? Why did it ha ppe n? And

w ha t was*the outcome of it? On

Ma y 12, I called a meet ing of all

the black collegiates of Mercyhurst, Gannon" and Villa MariaColleges. The purpose of thismee t ing was to discuss the necessity of establishing a black power organization on the threecampuses. The assembled toyedwith the demands and consequenc es! of such an organization,and, final y, upon general consensus, Jadopted the idea of a

black "thing." $

We call ourselves the Association of Black Collegiates. Our

purpose is to promote amongblack collegiates identity, self-

pride, unity, comradeship, and

voice on the various campusesan d in the community." (fromour Constitution) . This organization is open to all who seek blackidentity, such would include:black Americans, Africans, eastand west Indians, Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and the peoples fromth e different islands.

I feel that this alliance is morethan vogue. The reasons why I

advocated and stimulated the de

velopment of a black organiza

t ion were : (1) the lackliness and communicatiblack collegiates* (2) t

among white collegiatesing America's crucialcrisis;? an d (3) the need

responsible, intelligenleaders.

The future of the Aof Black Collegiates is

on its officers: Presidthony Adams, and Vice-Stan Herring, both seGannon; Corresponding-Alicia King, junior a

hurst; Secretary, Gloriason, junior at Gannon; a

ure r , Joe Curlett , sophGannon. And, it is also don its members from Mercyhurst* andlVi l la .

Th e Association to t Blegia te s has been recogMercyhurs t campus, and

ing recognition on the ocampuses. We are engageunteer services at the BWashington Center, NAan d the ACT Center. We

t icipate in Mercyhurst'

Festival, in Jean GeneBlacks." I

Our plans are to gfunction as active organsunity and pride.

"new"ike the 1968-69 school year, the merciad is "new"in its format, in its staff, in its hopes to become a true snewspaper this year. But it is only with your help that w

see our hopes grow into realities. We need reporters, tand other staff members to participate directly in the pution of the merciad. And we need the ideas, commentcriticisms of ail the students of Mercyhurst during this cyear. Please help us make the merciad your newspape

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th e merciad Frid ay, O c

you lose the blues i(Rosem ary; Blieszner ha s gen

erously permitted the merciad toprint this letter from Larry Simon, a student at Penn State,whom she met at the N SA convention this summer—Ed.)Dear Rosemary,

Received| your letter with therequest for information on Chicago. I t 's pretty hard to describe,

verbally or in writing, what i twas like to; be ther e . I t was aseries of incredible experiences,one immediately after another sotha t you went from a state of ex-huberance to one of incredible de pression, happiness or fear. A tthe present time at least I reallycan't send you an account of Chicago which would do justice towhat went on. What I will do isto quickly list some facts and impressions I have had and maybethey can serve as a beginning fora dialogue. From there fyoushould look at some of the immense amount of l i te ra ture tha t ' scoming out describing what happened.^

This list is in no way organized, systematized, consistent, oreven related—I'm simply writingoff the top of my head.

1. I think the national organization achieved its three goals inChicago, namely, to allow peoplefrom around the country to meet— i. e. Resistance, SDS, etc . hadoffices where they got together.Second, to confront the conven-

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t ion and show it up for the farcethat they knew it would be —this was accomplished with thefine work of the radio and press.Third, to radicalize the McCarthykids and show them that thes t ree ts a re an alternative to thepolitical system and maybe the

only one left. I should say herethat I am personally very confused right now as to what to do.I cannot vote for Humphrey orN ixon under any circumstances(I think I 'l l vote for Gregory)and yet I 'm not ready to go intothe streets exclusive of othertypes of action—I'm really afraidof violence, and the possibility ofreal fascistic repression Igrowscloser with every incident andwith every day. I t 's getting veryhard to tell HHH from trickyDick from all-American George—and a George is the one who hasremained steady. On the otherhand, i t 's very hard to sit by andwatch a disaster and not do anything. So I 'm confused and burying myself in menial campus matte rs .

2. Daley and the police actedwith incredible stupidity and provoked 99 % of the violence—therewas very li t t le provocation onthe part of the demonstrators andmost of i t came under intensepressure* when li t became clearwhat the atti tude of the policewas to be. You know what thebrutality was like if you watchedTV and needless to say thereis no justif ication for that typeof brutality under conditions

where the most primitive humanvalues Jare practiced. In effect,what Daley and Johnson andHum phrey (and I feel that allare equally responsible) did wasto drive McCarthy and that entire element out of the Democratic party, at least for 1968.(That may be wishful ! thinkingbut I hope it 's true) . The demonstration had * little effect untilWednesday and would have beena failure overall if the police hadnot acted so stupidly (exactlywhat they did is a long and complex story so please just take myw ord) .

3. What I did in Chicago. Halfthe time I spent in McCarthyheadquarters in the Hilton andhalf in the street and park (I gotteargassed several t imes but notarrested or maced) . By the way,I was at the party in McCarthyheadquarte rs on Thursday nightthat got busted by the police—Ilef t i t around 5, about 40 minutes before they I came — and Iswear nothing was thrown out ofthe windows during the threehours I was there . The demonstration in the park was, welli t ' s hard to describe—facing na tional guard with rif les and machine guns, to seeing six hundredor so delegates with lightedcandles march to join us at threein the morning on Wednesday, tolistening to Senator McCarthyand Julian Bond, etc . , speak to us.

4. I t 's hard to say what the effects of Chicago will be and I'min no position to play politicalprophet—I just hope next yearreally is not as bad as i t seemsfrom here .

Larry SimonUniversity of Pennsylvania

Dear Editor,Larry Simon speaks adequately and authentically. My own impressions of Chicago are sti l lworking, moving, taking form.They emerge in shapes tha t ' a reof en ! inexpressibly silly . . .anger; or inexpressibly confusing. . . awe. But there is a solemnityin his words which I recognizeand which has been built on af r i g h t e n i n g , i n c o n t r o v e r t ible sense of determ ination; on afrustration solidified at its climax .

I could list instances of injustices, of violence, of|" horror. . . personal physical nausea. Butboth cynicism and futili ty areworn. You have worn them as

long and as recently as I have.I would like to describe, instead,a simple experience that explodesbehind my eyes in memory.

Walking in Old Town a weekbefore the convention: everydoorway, every corner alive . 1 . .tables set up to enlist letters tosenators, to delegates, to Daley. . . petitions circulating the peaceplank, the war . . . plans for themarch given—personally, J secretively, folded—with a touch, apause, or a conversation . . . the

community in activity taking

sha pe . . . a s e nse o f s t r e ng th ,hope, enthusiasm, concern, trust,and, most principally, of action.

This was a fbeautiful thing tosee. Politically, it would havebeen called "grassroots democracy." We saw democracy extinguished that same week repeatedly: in the convention, inthe church, in Czechoslovakia, inthe streets of Chicago; and yetthe activity, the honesty, thestrength only grew among the individuals assembled in GrantPa rk .

I did not participate as activelyas Larry Simon did, and I feel inhis words an even stronger senseof the solemn ity and the |poten-tiali ty of this community in action. He mentioned the meetingsof organizations in Grant Park.I found them more chaotic; butneverthe less sparking wi th mu-tuallencouragement andfpossibil-i ty, less dramatic but perhaps asencouragin g as the com munityforged in pain, hatred, Iviolence,and common experience. Themarchfof the delegates, the sympathy marches across the country, the address by Senator McCarthy . . . Ifwas not present a tthese; and I was not, of course,on the convention f loor when thepeace plank was voted down andthe demonstrations ensued. Butincidentsflike these—and l ike theam azing ly sudden-.; liberaliz ationof the press as the long-standingbigotry f irst began to hit adultmiddle class America—incidentsl ike these were mirrors of thesame community I and the sameincipient democracy.

Assuredly, the American democratic situation is unchanged;cadres of police wearing baby-

blue helmets and aimed withclubs ( truly a ludicrous sight);"HHH and t r icky Dick" s tampeding silently over issues in orderto runj on "law and order;" theabsurd ! electoral system a nd thehokey convention system; thecredentials and representationalinjustices; the tanks and jeepsstrung with barbed wire; theghastly, incredible Daley machine; the lies; the distortions. . . a l l of these things are concrete, real, existent . The sense ofaction and possibili ty and thetemporarily charged communalsituation in Chicago are subtle,intangible, inexpressible .

I know this; and I do not pretend to be hopeful or to deposit

any confidence in our presentsystem. Still, of course, I shalldo what I can to keep active within the small coterie of persons(which does exist in every communi ty andswhich did make itselffelt everywhere in August) whoshare my vision. There is nothingelse to do. But I did want to describe a paradoxically fragile andpowerful experience which Itend, perhaps (even now), to ignore in favor of more bloody andfurious tales. Sincerely,

Chriss Strong

hope fo r "b lank b u tto n " voby Jeanne Baker

pCarthy—He challenged the President ^becausecerned that the Administration seems to have set noprice whichfit's willing to pay forta mil i ta ry vic tory . "

Kennedy—"I run because it is now;unmistakably can change these disastrous, divisive policies only by

men who make them." |Rockefeller—"Personally I am deeply disturbed by

events, the growing unr est and an xiety at home and dis integra t ion abroad. "

Reagan—"As of this moment I am a candidate ."McGovern—"I believe deeply in the twin goals for

Kennedy gave his life—an end to th e war in Viet N amsionate commitment to heal the divisions in our own soc

Th e menj whether liberals or conservatives, £whostatem ents all had one common goal—all wanted in sother to change the present state of affairs both in the Uand abroad. Each brought to the campaign a differeflair. Each had his own specific issues to discuss, andto create a new political machine. This machine broughyoung Americans with high ideals and tireless energy mysterious and closed world of politics. They volunteereand efforts to the man whom they felt best reprethoughts , and inlwhom they placed their hopes for a nThe "new America" spent many hours handing out camture and many axnious hours waiting for the different pt ion resul t s .

To many : "new Americ ans," this new pha se of the ira halt in early June when tragedy struck—contradicthea rt of the mess age! of this new wave of politicians. Tmarked anlapparent change in the preconvention politic

paigns seemed to become a merry-go-round and the "newhad! had his f ling. Now the hard-core politician prepareal-politik.

As N ixon and Hum phrey ga the red de legate s t rengtAmerican" became fearful of a retur n Ho the stalemateearlier years. The race became more heated, and pressugates was increased a hundred-fold.

Miami showed a false front of unity and party loya"new Amer ican" found th at the Republican par ty had comhim cut. All hope switched to the Democratic conventionYet, even in Chicago, the "new American" found closeharsh restrictions. The main difference between the two became apparent soon after the opening session in CDemocratic party was experiencing an attack on its centN everthe less , dn the end, the man who had ('remained a fponent of the party was given his due reward.

After the conventions, i t seemed that the "new Ambeen forgotten. However, i t is easier now to reflect on thwas attained by the pre-convention campaigning and the

penings at the democratic convention. Many have said tno choice in this election, but in saying this, one reflects of the last few months without inquiring into the historymajor candidates^whose very positions on major issues dchoice. In addition, one must not forge t the nomination*Philips as a Presidential candidate at the Democratic and of the nomination of Julian Bond as a Vice-Presidedate at the same convention by the "new Americans."

As the election nears, we should realize that throughof McCarthy, Kennedy, Rockefeller, Reagan, and McGovera in political organizations was born. The "new Ameriyear shall provide the majority of the electorate in the coand shall be heard.

the merciadMercyhurst College, Erie, Pa.

Editor-in-Chief RosalExecutive Editor ElainPa ge Editors .Margaret Fox, Chris B

Sylvia Kengersky, Cathie KoDanise Bonadio, Lind

Photography Editor BaTyping and Copy Editor.—

mLouise

Exchange Editor MarthaBusiness Editor MariModerator. Mr. Barry MEditorial Staff.. Jeanne Baker, Mary Anne

Rosemary Blieszner, Mary Jane Conlin, MD'Alessandro, Chris Dworakowski, LeahMarcia Jobes, Alicia King, Linda MarcinMiller, and Chriss Strong.

T y p i s t s Belle Anderson, Susan

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Thu rsday , October 10, 1968 the merciad

1968-69series capsule

renc theater group

to perform "™ tartuff'"eThe students of Mercyhurst

College and the residents of Eriewill have a delightful and unusual opportunity on Tuesday eve

ning, October 22. At this time,the French thea te r group, LeTreteau de Paris will present Mo-liere 's famous comed y! Le Tartuffe at the? Technical MemorialHigh School Auditorium at 8:15

P . M.

This season, Le Treteau deParis is celebrating its tenthtouring year under the auspicesof the Government of the FrenchRepublic . The group is being presented in Erie through the effortsof the Mercyhurst French Department and the Cultural Committee .

The | play will be presented inits original French, as Ibefits a

Moliere classic . If Le Treteau deParis lives up to the reputationthat ^they have establishedthrough their previous performances for Erie audiences, Tartuffewill be thoroughly enjoyable andintelligible even to those in theaudience who are not masters ofthe French langu age . With thehelp of scenery, costumes, gestures, and intonations, the actors

can communicate very effectivelywith the audience.

Tartuffe was f irst producedduring the reign of Louis XIV.The version of this classic thatwill be presented here will bein this Seventeenth Centurystyle, with the f lamboyant dec

orations and the elegant costumes of Seventeenthf CenturyFrench aristocracy.

Moliere, the play's author, hada reputation, in his time, of being at controversial and satiricalplaywright. Most of his plays

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were written with an underlying purpose to satirize his t imes .Tartuffe was apparently so offensive to the king andfthe ari s

tocracy of the Seventeenth Century, tha t the play was, for Iat ime , banned by- Louis XIV because of the picture of false piety, loose family relations, andgeneral social corruption that i tpresented.

A modern jaudience, too, 'willhavefno trouble recognizing ourtimes and our people in Tartuffe .The elderly mother with her airs,her manipulating son; a boy andgirl , full of pranks and capriciousyouth, and, of course, the blackhearted imposter, Tartuffe, couldalmost be characters from anyTwentieth Century comedy.

Tartuffe 'should prove to be avery enjoyable and worthwhile

experience. Don't miss i t .

ercyhurst Colleges Cul tura lSeries opened for 1968-69 on Septembe r 15, with the f ilm "C yranode Bergerac".The emphasis thisyear will change from lecturesto f ilms. While only one lecturer

will be ^presented, at leas t fourteen films—both "popular" and"art"—will be shown by the cultural committee . In addition, twoclassic plays by professional acting troupes will be offered— Mo-liere 's Tartuffe and Shakespeare 'sOthello. A Japanese violin concert, a Jazz concert, and a talkby a famous underground filmmaker will round out the series*

This year Mercyhurs t ' s cul tura lcommittee is working in conjunction with Gannon on three oftheir offerings. Those three arethe "Othello", the Jazz concert,and lecturer, John^Ciardi . Mercy-hurst 's Cultural series, in itself,

is independent of Gannon; but the

two schools are working togetheron | these three events in orde r tomake the best in each area available to Erie students.

This year's cultural committeehas spent many hours already ina t tempt ing td provide Mercy-hurst 's students with enjoyableand worthwhi le cul tura l ! events .The committee is headed by faculty chairman, Mr. Barry McAn-drew, and student chairman, RitaKasun. The Juniors working wi ththem are Trish Barret, ElaineMarsh, Diane McCarthy, and Sandy Mangone. The sophomoremembers of the committee areTina Sheridan, Donna Sanders,and Susan Walsh,

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dept. sponsors

distinguished lecture seriesThe English Department of

Mercyhurst College sponsored theDistinguished Lecture Series of1968 with a lecture on "The Foolin the Satirist" given bylProfes-sor Scott Elledge of Cornell University. The Nationall Council^ ofTeachers of English present theselectures for the enjoyment of thefaculties of the colleges in Erieand the surrounding areas .

Professor Elledge's career isindeed distinguished. A graduateof Oberlin, he later received anM. A. and Ph. D from Cornell .He has served on the faculties ofPurdue, Harvard, , and CarletonCollege and is now Professor ofEnglish at Cornell. Co-founder ofthe Salzburg ISeminar in Ameri can Studies, long-time member ofthe CEEB Committee on theEnglish Curriculum, and a FordFoundation Fellow, he has published in MLN, PMLA, MLQ, andStudies in Criticism and Aesthetics: 1660-1800. He has also edit

ed several works: The Continental Model: Selected French Critical Essays, Hardy's Tess of theD'Ubervilles and Milton's Lycid-a s : Edited to Serve as anf Int roduction to Criticism. He is presently at work on an edition of

Paradise Lost .Professor Elledge delivered his

lecture at Mercyhurst thi s pas tMonday night,IOctober 7 at 8:15p . m. in the Little Theatre .

His topic concerned satire andthe teaching of i t , for i l lustration of h is statem ents. H e| depended heavily on Shakespeare 'sAs You Like I t . Intended to supplement existing intellectual opportunities in our geographicarea, Professor Elledge's lectureis geared primarily to teachers.

Following the |lecture , theteachers in attendance gatheredin the foyer of the Little Theatrefor a short reception in order tomeet Mr. Elledge and to discussthe relevance of his talk.

Looking at the cultural calendar in a li t t le more-detail , this iswhat we can look forward to thisyear .

On October 8, the f irst ar t f i lm,Clive Bonner 's "The Care taker"

was presented at Mercyhurs t .This f i lm is the story of threemen, living under one roof, wh omatch their wits in a perversegame of "emotional billiards."

On October 22, the French acting group Le Treteau de Pariswill again come to Erie—thisyear to stage, in French, Moliere 'scomedy, Tartuffe . The play willbe held at Technical MemorialAudi torium.

The next popular f i lm will beheld on October 30, when "BunnyLake is Missing" will be shownhere at Mercyhurst .

An unusual cultural event willbe available on Novem ber 5 at

8:15 when John Avildson, underground film maker, speaks atZurn Hall . Mr. Avildson workedwith such great producers as OttoPreminger; and the topic he willdiscuss is "The Future of Films".

On November 15, another po pular f i lm will be presented. Thistime it is the celebrated "ManFor All Seasons". Don't miss thisone.

"Sund ays and Cyb elle" is thenext popular movie . I t will beshown on December 3.

The next cultural event will bethe art f i lm, "Ashes and Diamonds", to be presented on December 13 . This is a Polish film

directed by Andreau Wajda. I thasjfbeen called one of the clear-society ever made in the conflictbetween the idealism and the instinct of a young fighter that i tport rays .

January 8 i s the da te tha t theN ational Shakespeare Companywill come to Erie to presentShakespeare 's Othello. This is thefamous tragedy of a passionateman destroyed by vain fury andfalse friendship. It will be heldat Technical Memorial Auditorium throug h the- joint efforts ofMercyhurst and Gannon.

The popular f i lm series will resume on January 21 when "TheCollector's" will be shown at Mercyhurs t .

An unusual event for musiclovers will be a classical violinconcert on February 4 at ZurnHall . Masuka Ushioda, a Japanese woman will be the violinist.She is the second prize winnerin the Tchaikowsky InternationalCompetition of 1966.

On Febru ary 14, Gannon andMercyhurs t wi'l again combinetheir resources in order to presenta Modern Jazz Concert to Eriestudents. The Gary Burton Quar-

tet will provide the ment ffor the event. Thhas made night club apin N ew! York, Los A ngSan Francisco and has ed students in concerts o

and university campusesthe country. Even Time holds this group as bentertainment.

Beginning on Februarcontinuing until MarcMercyhurst Cultural Cwill present an Igmarfilm festival. This is Swedish director who sponsible for "Wild Stra

and "The Virgin Sprcaused such a sensationcyhurst last year. Th"festival" will present a Glass Darkly", the f irBergman's religious trFebruary 11 . In brief,

psychological drama tha

young *woman's plungeness .

The second Bergm"Smiles of a Summer Nbe shown on the 18 of This film is rollickinsport of partner switch

The third film "The Salso the I third f ilm in religious tri logy. Thisthe^world of despair oters and their lesbian ibe shown on February

The last f i lm in thwill be "The Magician" 4. This deeply startling thinking M an's borrowa symbolic self-portrait th e greatsf ilm artists.

On March 25 , "L'An veI talian art! film directechelangelo Antoniani wient at Mercyhurst . ThisItaly's idle rich makes ative ^statement about mciety.

On April 22, look f"Rules of the Game"film French director Jesatirizes the social anmorals of a society^befW ar I I . . ; r-

On April 30 at 8:15 Auditorium, Mercyhurstnon £ will combine to lecture by John Ciardiardi is a poet, a tran

writer, an editor, and aThe topic of his lectur"How Does A Poem M e

The final event schethe Mercyhurst culturalis the art film "Juleson May 6.'Francois Trrects this f^m of'; a wloves two fraternal frmust have them both.

Thus, the Mercyhursal " year has something one. The events this yeato be interesting, stimudiverse . See you there!

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October 11, 1968 the merciad

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i m p r e s s i o n s f r o s hnninq;

The official "Search" ha s come

o an end. W h a t an exper ience !

So many new t h o u g h t s andfideas

ame into focus, and they or igin

a ted wi th my own c l a s sm a te s .

The topic of each t rack inc lud-d problem s which many s tuden ts

ften: pondered. Taking t ime outrom studies gave the gir ls a

hance to rea l ly think and discuss these—often in to the wee

our s of the m or n i ng . F a the rWalte r Hanss conduc ted Trackn e , " Wha te ve r Ha ppe ne d to

h r i s t i a n i t y ? " ; ^Father Danie l

La na ha n , OFM, led the secondr a c k , " Wha te ve r Ha ppe ne d to

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t h e W o r l d ? " ; and Track three ," Wha te ve r Ha ppe ne d to You and

G o d ? " was direc ted by F a t h e rJa m e s P e t e r son .

We dne sda y n i gh t was the openin g of the " S e a r c h . " S ha r i ngeach othe r ' s ant ic ipa t ion through

song , the fire of t hough t be ga nto burn, set by the f i r s t movie ," T h a t ' s Me."

Thur sda y the t r a c ks met sep

a r a t e ly for conferences, discus

s i ng and pul l ing f rom the ir topica l l tha t was to be had at t h i spoint . A folk Mass in each t rack

drew it s members c lose r to eacho the r and a ided the bir th of m or eideas . That night eve ryone as

sembled in the Li t t l e The a t r e for

the f i lm, "Have I Told You La te ly That 1 Love You? " The sec

ond t rack saw two o the r m o v i e s :

"N o Hidin g Place ," which shedsome l ight on the race problem,and "Season of Delano," presentin g the problem of pover ty to

the gi r ls . All these f i lms and thediscussions they c rea ted opened

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N ew da tes / for the t e s t i ng of

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new channe ls of t hough t . The

supply of ideas available to the

gir ls for midnight cha ts was

overwhe lming.

Fr iday ' s Folk Mass was the

peak of the re t rea t . Fol lowing

it the t r acks joined at an Aga pe

F e a s tto try and

sum m a r i z ethe

events and exper iences of the

pa s t two da ys . It m a r ke d the end

of the official "Search"; yet, for

m a ny , the search into the i r own

he a r t s ha s jus t begun.

I went down into my inmost

self, I found a bot tomless abyss

a t my feet, and out of it came

. . . the cur rent which I dare call

my life .

Te i lhard de Chard in

On Sept . 11, the c lass of '72made the i r appearance on the

Mercyhurst campus . As they

passed through the gates , theyleft high school days and weretransformed into college co-eds.To many of t he m , it was the i rf i r s t tas te of independence and

responsibility. They would soon

be facing the pleasures and pr o

blems tha t col lege l i fe br ings .Ju s t how did the frosh feel af te rthe i r f i r s t week?

Dur ing the in i t ia l days of

orientation., many freshmen stated that they enjoyed the pr o grams prepared for them but feltthey could have been compactedinto one or two da ys at the most .Act ivi t ie s were too far a p a r t and

boredom resul ted . Big Siste r swere of grea t he lp to the gir ls

o sfudenf teacher is1 . A

2 . A

s tudent teacher is

s tudent teacher isHi ya t e a c h ! "

m a ke up, nylons, and clean hair every day.

3 . A s tudent teacher is n oknee socks or loafe r s .4 . A s tudent teacher is crea t ive le sson plans eve ry night .

5 . A s tude n t t e a c he r is be ing ignored by othe r facul ty members .

6. A s tudent teacher is a broomclose t to eat in.

7.

8.

9.

A s tudent teacher

by police .

A s tudent teacher

is walking around Academy be ing escor ted

is s igning endless passes to leave the r oom .

A s tudent teacher is escor t ing her s tude n t s to get the i r - p ic turesW t a ke n and los ing ha lf the c lass . . . . . . . _ ^

1 0 . A s tudent teacher is ge t t i ng up at 6:30 in the m or n i ng .

1 1 . A s tudent teacher is no more "peanut night" at N unz i 's .

1 2 . A s tudent teacher is af ra id of going to a F r a t e r n i t y P a r ty for

fear of see ing one of her s tude n t s .

1 3 . A s tudent teacher is hunger when she sees a le t tuce , mayonnaise , and cheese sandwich .

1 4 . A s tudent teacher is ge t t ing ye l led at for ( ta lking to the hal lm on i to r s .

1 5 . A s tudent teacher is up the down s ta i r s .1 6 . A s tudent teacher is me an d I love it !

peace corps recruiter

volunteersThe Peace Corps often brings

to mind gloomy swamps in deepest Africa or the pathe t ic c r ie sof a s ta rving chi ld . According to

Heathe r Shea , our Peace Corpsrepresenta t ive , however , scenes

l ike this do not i l lus t ra te the

normal ac t ivi t ie s of a voluntee r .S h e , for example , spent her two

years teaching in an English-speaking high school in the Phi l i -

p ines .Miss Shea was very impressed

with our Mercyhurst Campus and

fe l t tha t the re is an unusual lyhigh inte res t in community se rvice here . Combining this with the

extremely beneficial verbal proficiency of expression which she

encountered, Heather concludedtha t t he r e is definitely a place for

a Mercyhurst g i r l in the PeaceCorps . The only noted drawbackto such success could possiblystem from a lack of broadminded-

ness tha t one would be more apt

to develop in a la rge unive rs i tydu e to the grea te r var ie ty of

people encountered.According to Miss Shea, dedi

ca t ion, enthusiasm, and an outgoing pe rsonal i ty are the qual i ties she 's been called upon for

most .

In compar ing overseas work toour domest ic VISTA, Hea the rpointed out t ha t it is more dif

ficult to work with s lum areas in

ou r own cities because the excitem e n t and the newness found in

fore ign countr ie s is missing . S tudent r e sponse for a college of

this size was ra ted as excellent,and Heathe r adminis te red place ment te s ts to e ight juniors . She

felt lack of senior r e sponse re

sulted from their unavailability to

he r ; and she, consequent ly , of

fered to re turn this Spr ing if an

in te res t is shown by th is c lass .

th e way "you"

and provided fr iendly c

ship dur ing the f i r s t c ru

On e big adjustment mha d to m a ke was the chhome to dorm life . W

if they had experiensickness yet, one gir l"I 'm going home in

does tha t answer your qMost seemed happy an

ed, except some compdorms were too noisyin while 1st floor Mc Ait was too quie t . (I bet

would like to debate tin g in a dorm, saidgives you freedom with

str ic t ions , r e sponsibi l i t ichance for self-expressioable to decora te your "o

Jwant to

grea t! " S t i l l anothe r me d it up by saying tlife is second best to ho

Fr iendships were eaby the f re shmen, not o

themse lves , but with t

classmen too. Many f r iendly a tmosphere thlege like Mercyhurst o

f reshmen who we n t to

tion by the Sophomoresjoyed themse lves . It wa

t ha t all the f re shmen tend .

F o r the most par t , c

teachers have offeredproblems to our whiz Why should they ? E ve r

see them they're? s tudyihave even considered housekeeping in the l ib

Af te r the initial sho

first week wore off, the

came—the f i r s t big Gaer . Af te r r ece iving thet ions and wa r n i ngs , the

piled into cabs and wege t the i r f i r s t g lance

world-renowned Gannonmost of the gir ls , the ned to be a success, for a

echoes of guys namesand dates echoed the ha

Monday came again a

back to the hum-drums e s . The f re shmen had

the i r f i r s t big week. Thsured tha t they ' l l las tthe year as long as

Wednesdays, weekenCARE packages f rom hthe freshmen collegethem tes t the i r wings;though it was scary atfeel as if they ' r e fina l loff the ground and wil

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8/6/2019 The Merciad, Oct. 11, 1968


P a ge 6 th e merciad Fr iday, Octo

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orientation introducesto mercyhurst

resnmencommunity

Wednesday, September 9 , foundthe Juniors we lcoming the i r Li t t leS is te r s to Mercyhu rst Col lege .

The evening matched the expecta t ions of the day with a guidedtour of the campus and ente r ta inment ending the day on afhappyno te .

The f reshmen underw ent abi l i tytes ts on Thursday and were pic nicked and ente r ta ined a t a pa t iopar ty in McAuley by the i r BigSiste r s . The highl igh t of the evening was a ski t depic t ing theguided tour . The ski t r e la ted Mer cyhurst fee l ings about the , "a i ry ,spac ious rooms i of Egan Hal l , "McAuley's exce l lent hea t ing system, and, of course, the GannonMixers were emphasized .

Fr iday the f reshmen faced thetraumatic t r ia l of Regis t ra t ionbut r ecovered with s inging andfood a t Presque I s le tha t night.|

Saturday was f i l led wi th var i ous ac t ivi t ie s inc luding l ibrarytours , group discussions on "College Balance ," meetings with Sr .Mar t in , thef respective Dean of

senior - soph party

Residents , and w i t h ! Mr. Skryp-zak, moderator fof the day-hops .An introduc t ion to the man y

clubs on campus was a lso provided by the Junior members of theclubs.

Preceding the 5 F a c u l ty - F r e sh man Brunch was a soul- rousingfolk mass offered by Fathe r Mu-r owsk i . A t t he F a c u l ty - F r e shm a nBrunch, which replaced! t he t r a ditional receiving line, Sr . Carolyn, President of the College,addressed the class of 1972 andSr . Jane t , Academic Dean, in t roduced the facul ty . Shor t ly a f te r wards , the S.G.A. welcomed thef rosh to Mercyhurst Col lege .E a ch ! chairman of the s tudentgovernment gave a r e sume of he rrespec t ive obl iga t ions . Sundayevening the f reshmen viewed

"Cyrano de Bergerac ," a movieprovided by the Cultural Committee. Monday morning a discussionof the book, "A Separa te Peace ,"by; . Joh n Know les was deliveredby a facul ty-s tudent pane l head-ed by Sr . Anne Franc is and con

sistin g of, Sr . M. Charl es, Mr.Dolan, Mr. Kovacs , Mar ty Mal-es iewski and Ela ine Marsh .

Of course, Orientation wouldnot be comple te wi thout in i t ia t ion .The Freshmen ga ined the i r d igni ty to become Mercyhurst Collegians by a number of ways;some be ing, pass ing a ve ry r ipetomato under the chin, stompinggrapes into mash, and playingtruth or consequences . The af te r noon ended with an eg g t h r owi ngcontest in which the losers couldwell be recognized,

Or ien ta t ion | was fun, informative, and extensive for all involved . For th is , much thanksmust be ex tended to Chr is Dwor-kowski , Gen era l | Chairman forOrientation, and to all those who

helped her^make Orienta t ion '68*

a delightful one.

Can you identify! the owner ofthe black hearse tha t dr ives da i lythrough the black ga tes of* Mercyhu rst? Can you ident i fy thestudent?who car r ie s a brown p aper lunch bag to a l l he r morningc lasses? Can you ident i fy the

pool shark, p ing-pong champ, andprofess ional juke box player ofthe S tudent Union? '

The above charac te r is t ics r ident i fy a day s tudent who be longs tothe DSO organiza t ion of DeltaSigma Omicron. S ince the fdays tudent commutes to school da i ly ,her family is able to hear a first

hand account of tha t day ' s happenings . As a f rosh, he r exper i ences a re numbered, as the sophsstand guard throughout theUnion for eve ry freshman without he r Dink! ! Junior big s iste r s provide tha t much needed advice a nd tha t muchj desired lif thome . When semeste r exams have

caused a major panic mitor ie s , the commuterelax in the quiet of hs tudy. Mom of ten vocouragement and a cuAnd when the gradesthe day-hop is at hom

rece ive the pra ise due cept the bad news! ! ! !

Mercyhurst Col legenew wor ld to the EWhile par t ic ipa t ing inac t ivi t ie s or car rying time job, the d ay studa welcomed explorer wor ld of higher educaSigma Omicron is onis land, but i t has a ltial. I t need not be isolated from the rest wor ld . I t can be an

stepping s tone be twee

and faculty — only if

STUD EN TS, explore a

known!

grad s c h o o l aspiran

urged fo plan aheaAnyone prepar ing himse lf for

admission to graduate schoolshould be sure he has fulfilled allthe requirements in advance .Among othe r th ings , many graduate schools now require scoresf rom the Graduate Record Examinatio ns. This test is offered onOctober 26 and December 14 in1968 and on Janu ary 18, February 22, April 26, and July 12 in1969. Individual applicants shouldbe sure tha t they take the te s t int ime to mee t the deadl ines of

l i terary c lub schedules tours

char l ie b r o w n sen ds than ksHi ! I 'm Char l ie Brown and I

thought I would send a ThankYou note to a l l the MercyhurstSeniors and Sophomores who invited Lucy, Snoopy and me to theBig S is te r -Li t t le S is te r Par tySeptember 29 in McAuley Lounge .We felt so honored havin g t he

I par ty named "The Peanuts Conventio n" after u s. Lucy is stillta lking about i t , but she ' s a lwaysta lking anyway.

What Lucy rea l ly l iked washow all the big and little sisters]got dressed up. Everybody lookedlike little kids, only bigg er . Somegirls|were wear ing pig ta i ls andbows, some were dressed up likelittle boys, and some just lookedl ike grubby l i t t le kids , and tha t

made us fee l r ight a t home .The par t I enjoyed the most

was a l l those games we played.Wh at surpr ised me was how college gir ls could have so much funacting like little kids all over]aga in ; but , who knows, maybethey weren ' t ac t ing af te r a l l .

N eedless to say, Snoopy's fav

or i te par t was the barbeque . Heremarked tha t the hamburgersand hot dogs were be t te r thanthose a t th e L. B . J . ranch!

So all in all, we had a terr if icafternoon. We would like to saya special thanks to Kathy Kelleywho was the genera l cha i rman;but I have one more thing to add,do you think that maybe nextyear I could bring the little red-ha ired gi r l wi th me ? ? ?

Sincerely,

Charlie Brown

Would you l ike to tour Europeand the Uni ted S ta tes wi thoutpaying a dime? I f you respondedwith a vigorous yes , the Li te raryClub invites you to go at theirexpense . The miraculous thingabout th is tour is tha t you se ldom leave Erie . On each Wednesday afternoon, the guests will beserved free coffee .

In October, the Literary Clubwil l tour Afr ica . With Sr . El isabeth Lintsen, a Dutch sister fromAfrica as our guide, the club willdiscuss, view slides, and read poetry from this nation. Some of theinte r s ta te cul tura l t r ips wi l l be tothe cities of Cleveland, Buffalo,and Pi t tsburgh. Mr . Dolan, of theEngl ish Depar tment , i s the par t icular guide spearheading thisspec ia l t r ip .

S is te r Anne Fran c is , the advisor of the club, will have theass is tance of Margare t Fox , president, Bev Miller , vice president,an d Teri Pawlyshn, secre ta ry-treasurer . If anyone else is inte res ted in s t imula t ing f i lms anddiscussions, philosophical inquir

ies and a diversity of literaryareas , p lays and thea tre r eadings ,then come to the f i r s t Li te raryClub meeting. There is no obligation to join, and the opportunity to meet different people offersan advantageous incent ive foranyone . The Li te rary Club promises you a most imaginative andintellectual afternoon, the kindyou can't forget and will want toremember .

the i r in tended gradugraduate depar tment , ship-grant ing agency. i s t r a t ion a lso insures tdividual can be testedcation of his choice ahaving to pay the threefor la te r egis t ra t ion .

The Graduate Recora t ions in this prograan Aptitude Test of gelastic ability and Advaof achievements in fields of study. Candidmine f rom the ir pre feuate schools or fellowmittees which of the exthey should take and should be taken.

Full details and forto apply for the GREained in the Bulletin o

tion for Candidates.

You may request f rom the Educat ionaService, Box 955, PrincJersey 08540; 990 GrEvanston, Illiinois 602Center Street, Berkely,

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