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REVIEW OF
CSB/SJU "MAJOR BARBARA"
The Cable
College of Saint Benedict
Friday April 18, 1986 Vol. 11, No. 4
LIBRARY FUND EXCEEDS GOAL: BUILDING NAMED
Two major announcements were made by leaders of the College of Saint Benedict on March 21, 1986. Herman J. Ratelle, chair of the CSB board of trustees and a member of the law firm Moss and Barnett, Minneapolis, announced the close of the Library Building Fund; and S. Emmanuel Ren-ner, CSB president, announced that the new $5.2 million library is named Clemens Library.
The library is being named in honor of William and Virginia Clemens, 1300 Killian Blvd., St. Cloud. Last year the Clemenses donated $1 million to the building fund. This gift was the first $1 million donation to the college from an individual. Clemens established Banker's Systems, Inc. in 1952 and serves as president.
The campaign goal was $5,246,500, with $5,021,500 designated for the library and $225,000 designated for endowment. According to Ratelle, the campaign topped its goal by raising $5,065,200 for the library and $420,800 for endowment.
"The first capital campaign in the college's history has ended successfully. The new library reflects the generous support of the trustees, convent, faculty, students, alumnae, administration and the many friends of the college," Ratelle said. "I consider the broad and enthusiastic support of the library campaign to be a mandate for the future."
Major contributors included St. Benedict's Convent, the college's sponsoring body, pledging $1 million; The Bush Foundation grant of $265,000, matching gifts up to $50,000 from individuals; a McKnight Foundation challenge, pledging $250,000 to match one to three gifts to the campaign; and the Kresge Foundation, funding a $250,000 challenge to encourage completion of the library portion of the cam-
paign by March 15.
Ratelle credits the leadership of James Reagan, chair of the building fund, and his committees for a successful campaign.
"I am very pleased that the goal has been met," said Reagan, chairman and chief executive officer of American National Bank and Trust Co., St. Paul. 'This was the first attempt by CSB to enlist widespread financial support out-
side of the Benedictine Order and college community. That is was successful speaks well of the current status of the school as a respected institution.
"The library will be an important physical reminder of the dedication of the administration and faculty to their commitment to serious education and a symbol of the generosity of those who believe in the school, in particular the Clemens family," Reagan said. "With their help, the college has taken another very important step in its physical development and in its representation that it is a vibrant, responsive and successful institution of serious purpose."
The new library, opening next fall, is a 55,200 square foot, single story structure, located near the center of campus. It will provide space for 20 years' growth of materials and resources. It will be built for an enrollment of 1,500 full-time students, with seating available for 30 percent of these students. Ceiling height will allow for a second tier of stacks which will increase the growth space by ah additional 20 years.
Care has been taken to incorporate present technology and to anticipate the requirements of future developments. The Online Multiple-User System (TOMUS), merging the cataloguing of the CSB and St. John's University
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SADAT HONORED "HAIL MARY" AT SJU AS WOMAN
ANGBE ANDRIST SAB-PRESIDENT ELECT
Jehan Sadat, former first lady of Egypt, was presented an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree by Saint John's University Sunday, April 13 during a President's Convocation in the Stephen B. Humphrey Theater.
Recognizes as one of the most important women in the Moslem world, Mrs. Sadat is the widow of the late President of Egypt Anwar Sadat. She serves on the faculty of Cairo University, American University in Washington D.C., Radford University in Virginia and the University of South Carolina.
Mrs. Sadat's degree citation reads in part: "Your clear voice has reached beyond Egypt to remind all of us in the world community of the value of international understanding; of the horrors of war; of the need for increased attention to the rights of women; of the pleas within the often muffled cry of the underprivledged, especially children."
"You had the inner strength not only to accept with dignity and courage the tragic loss of your husband and partner of 32 years, but to continue pursuing the mission the two of you had shai cd. You have recognized that your strength is derived not from position, but from your deep and abiding faith jv God."
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by Jennifer Nash
Senior Theology Major, CSB
"Hail Mary" is the title of the French film, by director Jean-Luc Godard, which has received some very controversial publicity since its deput in the U.S. I viewed the film myself at the Uptown Theatre in Minneapolis. Contrary to most of the reviews I have since read, I did not find the movie "pornographic" nor "blasphemous."
The film's plot is the modern day depiction of Mary's virginal conception of Jesus by the power of God. It deals with the implications this had on her and her marriage to Joseph. The movie has been condemned by Church leaders, who have not even viewed it, because it is offensive to the traditional images and beliefs of Mary. Pope John Paul II condemned it by saying, "It distorts and reviles the spiritual significance of the Mother of Jesus." The led me to the question, "What is the spiritual significance of Mary as Immaculate (born free from Original Sin) and a virgin mother according to the Catholic tradition?" After reading Elizabeth A. Johnson's article, "The Marion Tradition and the Reality of Women," I discovered what
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