1965-09-30

              The Record

Student Newspaper of St. John's University

Volume 78

Collegeville, Minnesota, Thursday, September 30, 1965

Number 8

PIPERS,   FIREWORKS   BRIGHTEN   BIG   WEEK

Suzi Q to Kick Off Homecoming Week

By Bill Frankman

"Wrench the Pipers" will be St. John's greeting to Hamline during the 1965 homecoming festivities. A year ago it was Hamline who ended SJU's 20-game winning streak which was the longest in the nation at that time. The Saturday afternoon game will climax a week of after-class revelry, entertainment and all-around merrymaking.

. . . FR. COLMAN

. . . on scholarship and responsibility

DR. METCALF, FORMER HARVARD LIBRARIAN . . .

In the beginning there were speeches on the "modern library" . . .

Advance Plans Lead To ySmoofhy Orientation

By Jim Thomas

Freshmen might be surprised to learn just how much planning and scheming went into their first week here at St. John's. Orientation co-chai rman John Schneeweis recalls that it was "about this time last year" when he and accomplice Tom  Barrett began the imaginative aspect of orientation week. After a full semester of alleged cogitation, the real work began.

Working with the Student Council, they selected a timely book, Ben H.  Bagdikian's In the Midst of Plenty, for the 466 freshmen to read, chose counselors and formulated the orientation booklet. The schedule was drawn up with respect to comments

Bagdikian Is Convo Speaker

Ben H. Bagdikian, author of In the Midst of Plenty, has accepted an SJLT Student Council invitation to speak about the poverty situation in America.

 This book was required reading  for all freshmen and their counselors over the summer. Discussions were held concerning the book's main topic, poverty in America, during orientation week.

Bagdikian is a regularly contributing writer for the Saturday Evening Post. His awards include those of  honorary doctor of letters, Clark University, honorary doctor of humane letters, Brown University, and that of being chosen a Guggenheim Fellow. The latter was for study of ownership of the U.S. press.

The lecture will be given Tuesday,  Oct. 12, at 8:30 p.m. in the SJU gymnasium.

and criticisms of last year's orientation, including fewer tests and more free time, in the hope of making the ordeal proceed more smoothly and enjoyably.

How did it work? Director Father Finian McDonald, OSB, dean of men, and Schneeweis agree that it went very smoothly. Schneeweis commented on the attentiveness and cooperation of the freshmen. He also added with a chuckle, "It was amusing to watch the expressions on the freshmen's faces as they walked through  registration.  They  looked

. . . AND DR. BURKE

. . . on humanism

like they were wandering through a buffalo herd without knowing where they were going." Remarked freshman Dave Krech, "Well, I'll say one thing, registration was more fun than classes."

A critique, composed of faculty and students, was held Sept. 28 to improve next year's orientation.

Campus decoration chairman Tom Loomer, economics major from Custer, S.D., says, "The strategic placement of decorations will remind students and visitors that this is St. John's homecoming week."

On Saturday, Oct. 2, a homecoming week kickoff party will feature Suzi Q and the Originals in the gym. The Suzi Q's won grand prize in the Minnesota State Fair band competition. The party begins at 8 p.m. with an admission price of 50 cents.

Inter-campus games, similar to those played during spring co-rec, will be held on Monday and Tuesday afternoons at St. Benedict's. Wednesday will be devoted to studies and a chance to achieve second-wind momentum.

THURSDAY and Friday at 7:30 p.m., the annual variety show will be staged in the auditorium. Variety show chairman John Barnett, English major from Montgomery, reports that ''One of the emcees will be Tom (Hey, Hey) Arth, president of the Roundy Predicts Fan Club and chemistry major from St. Paul. The other emcee will be the indescribable Bob (Sin Tanna) Kren, English major from Chicago."

Seminarians, Preps and stags will be asked to attend the Thursday night showing while Friday night's performance is reserved for Johnnies with dates. "With the fine quality of the talent this year and the determination of the masters of ceremonies," Barnett says, "either night should prove enjoyable and, at times, crazy." Admission price is included in the purchase of a homecoming button.

"In planning this year's variety show, we are trying to achieve more

Library Completion Set For 1966

By Jon Hunstock

The same snowdrifts which caught Johnnies jumping off the uncompleted library amid saw-horses and concrete slabs last winter were the ones which brought progress on the library almost to a standstill. David Vachon, architect Marcel Breuer's representative, said, "While the library should have been ready for the students by October 20, it will be mid-January before the students will be able to avail themselves of the new facilities."

Open stacks of all the circulating books will be available to the students when the library opens. But there will be many additional features. Among them are two audiovisual rooms which will be open day and night. There will also be facilities for the record library. From one master console Johnnies will be able to listen to records individually by means of earphones or in groups. There will be private study rooms and assigned rooms so that those doing lengthy research in the library will have a station from which to work. There will also be typing and smoking rooms.

SPECIAL ROOMS where both the temperature and humidity can be exactly controlled will house the rare books. Private collections, including the Kritzeck collection and the microfilms of ancient texts, will also merit special rooms, as will the maps.

Many comforts also await the Johnnies who will use the new library. First of all, the entire building will be air conditioned. Secondly, the building will be carpeted throughout. This also serves the practical purpose of acoustically quieting the building. Lastly, with the thought in mind that periodicals can be leisurely read, lounge chairs and smoking stands will be provided in the periodicals' section.

One of the most impressive architectural features of the building are the concrete "trees" which support the roof. "Just as wires branch out from the handle of an umbrella to support the fabric, so do the concrete branches fan out to support the roof," Vachon said.

Science Hall

But the new look on campus will be the science hall. Presently ahead

of schedule, the building is about 25 per cent complete. The roof will be on by Jan. 1 so that the finishing of the interior will not be hindered by snow storms, as happened with the library last year.

The science hall will consist of three stories: the lower story will be devoted to physics, the ground floor to chemistry and math and the third to biology. The lower story is not actually subterranean because, if you look at the pictures in the Great Hall, you will see this story has both northern and eastern exposures.

Immediately adjacent to the southwest corner of the science hall and connected by a corridor will be a separate building housing an auditorium. With a capacity of 300 students, it will serve not only the science departments but the whole school as well. Especially noticeable will be the convenient writing desks which will accompany each seat.

Additional features of the structure include a greenhouse on the southeast corner of the building, a physics radiation lab in the basement and an astronomy observation deck on the roof.

variety," Barnett says. "There will not be as many folk singers as there have been in the past. We hope to have a wider range of skits."

Following the Friday night performance, Brother John Anderl, OSB., will supervise an aerial fireworks display. John Rossini, physics major from St. Paul and homecoming general chairman, guarantees "a colorful illumination of the SJU campus."

In the evening aftermath of the hopeful wrenching of the Pipers will be the semi-formal homecoming dances held simultaneously from 9 p.m. until 1 a.m. The Moonmisters will be featured in the gym for upper-classmen and the freshmen will hold their dance in the Tommy Hall lounge.

"This year's full week of activities is an experimental innovation," Rossini says. "It is hoped that with such an array of appealing events that all students will participate as fully as their schedules will allow, beginning with the Suzi Q kickoff party and culminating in the homecoming dances."

Abbot Baldwin, Father Godfrey Attend Council

Abbot Baldwin Dworschak, OSB, left for Rome Aug. 30 to assume his position as a voting member at the Ecumenical Council. Father Godfrey Diekmann, OSB, noted liturgist and a recent cover story subject of Worship magazine, will act as theological adviser to the bishops. Father Godfrey plans to leave for the council in early October.

FATHER ABBOT represents the American Cassinese Congregation of Benedictine Monasteries and was recently elected president of the United States congregation last June. Prior to the council's opening session, Father Abbot visited the Holy Land for one week, accompanied by his uncle, Bishop Leo Dworschak of Fargo, N.D.

Father Godfrey will be making his third journey to Rome. In his role as pcritus, he advises bishops in the current theological concerns of the Church.

Speculation has it that this session will adjourn for Christmas and reopen again soon after, thus indicating a two-part meeting. The reason for this is that of the 11 schemata only four have been  voted  on.

The Abbot's evident interest and concern for the success of the council's work is reflected in one of his final parting statements, "I am very humbled, and indeed happy, to attend this final meeting because I feel this will be the 'working' session. You can be assured that much will be accomplished."              Steve Salus