*7<4e Record
Official Newspaper of St. John's University and Organ of the Alumni
Volume 71
Collegeville, Minnesota, Friday, May 16, 1958
Number 8
Faculty Passes Honors Program; Frosh Apply
By Bruce Cripe
#At a May 7 meeting the faculty voted to accept a new Honors Program for the. university as formulated by a* North Central subcommittee. The program, to begin this fall, is designed to broaden the participating student's cultural outlook over and beyond the regular curriculum and to deepen the student's knowledge of his own major area of study.
The regular college curriculum will not be cut from the schedule of students participating in the Honors ProgTam. Accepted students will be given a required reading list for the summer months; IVi to 2 hour seminars, devoted to the dis-
cussion of these books, will be held weekly during the school year.
To be admitted to the program, interested and qualified students will submit a written application, signed by the student's advisor and endorsed by another faculty member, to the Honors Program council at the end of the freshman year. Since" the program is basically designed for the superior student, those men applying should have a high scholastic aptitude or achievement.
In the senior year, participating students will write a thesis on some aspect of their major field of study. The thesis will be a documented work,
HONORS—Continued on page 4
Photography Commended In All American Award To 'Record'
#The St. John's student newspaper, the Record, was notified
last week by the Associated Collegiate Press that it had been named AU-American for the first semester, 1957-58, by the AOP's critical rating service. The award is the highest given to college newspapers by the ACP.
The paper was awarded 3515 points in the rating and was one of five of 31 papers in its class which were named All-American. A. minimum of 3400 points had to be earned for the award. Of the' 105 papers in all classes, 54 rated Ail-American awards.
The Record photographers
again walked off with the high-eat rating from the ACP. The pictures of Lee Hanley, Norm Virnig and Bernie Herzog won "110 out of a possible 100 points."
The paper also received "excellent" ratings for news coverage and writing and make-up.
Editor for the current school year was Bill Mueller, a history major from St. Louis, Mo. Mueller was assisted by feature editor Jim Coyne, news editor Pierre Dupuch, make-up editor Ron La-bat, and sports editor Al Eisele. Father Alfred Deutsch, OSB, and Mr. Thomas McKeown are faculty advisors to the staff.
CALENDAR
May 16—Baseball, Macalester May 19—Band Banquet May 20—Record Banquet May 21—Sagatagan Banquet May 22—Athletic Banquet May 30—Graduation
Council Cleciiott . . .
Shows 'Tippecanoe And Posters Too'
#The Student Council election of May 8 was largely characterized
by eye-catching, colorful posters and little personal contact.
Elected as representatives-at-large were Tom Campbell, George Steiner and Bob Labat. New senior representative is Bruce Cripe, junior representative is Jay Bam-bery, and sophomore representative is Mike Skwira. Leo Sieg-mund is again the dayhop representative.
Leon Cook took an unexpected victory over Tom Joyce for the NFCCS delegate position, and Jim Bias was elected to the NSA post.
Due to the lack of issues the anemic campaign reflected the "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too" election of 1840 in which slogans and gaudy posters predominated. Some Council candidates, however, refrained from this and advertised their candidacy in simple, mimeographed sheets.
Despite the absence of enthusiastic personal contact, 557 out of the 851 eligible voters filled out ballots for a turn-out percentage of 65. Freshman had the lowest percentage with 53, while the juniors recorded a respectable 83 percent.
The Council election of May 8 again ignored the possible use of convocations, radio'station KSJU, or extensive personal "barnstorming." Balanced polling of student opinion to ascertain what issues or problems were felt pertinent was also left untouched.
Long-time Councilman and ex-prexy, Bernie Kinnick, said it "was a tremendous bull-shoot campaign. I would like to see some more personal contact."
nspection Team
consisting of Col. Dean M. Benson, PMST, University of Minnesota, Capt. itichard A. Gessner, APMST, University of Minnesota, passed through ihe ranks during last Saturday's annual ROTC field day.
Seminarians, Clerics Prepare For Ordinations
By Len Dittberner #Twenty-six seminarians and Benedictine clerics will culminate
eight years of preparation for the priesthood with ordinations next month. Of the 26, 16 St. Cloud diocesan seminarians and ten Benedictine clerics of St. John's will be ordained by Bishop Peter W. Bartholome, DD, Bishop of St. Cloud, on Saturday, June 7, at 9:00 a.m. in the St. Cloud Cathedral.
Benedictine clerics who will be ordained to the priesthood are Rev. Fraters Titus Thole, Mathias Spier, Meinulph Schmiesing, Ansgar Rosen, Samuel Judd, Meinrad Dindorf, Kenneth Russell, Caedmon Wahl, Gordon Tavis, and An-selm Pedrizetti. Two clerics who studied at St. John's, Fraters Joseph Ack-erman and Anselm Gerwing, will be ordained at Muenster, Saskatchewan, on June 8, for St. Peter's Abbey in Muenster. Fourteen diocesan seminarians
ORDINATIONS—Continued on page 4
Dr. Boyd To Speak At Commencement
By Pierre Dupuch
• Commencement exercises will be held at St. John's on May 30 for 187 graduating seniors. Three will receive magna cum laude and seven cum laude. Dr. David Boyd, chairman of the board of directors of the Institute for Mental Health at St. John's, will give the commencement address.
The program will begin at 1:15 p.m. with a concert presented by the university band on the auditorium lawn, followed by a ceremony inducting seniors into the Alumni Association. Father Walter Reger, OSB, head of the Alumni Association, will preside over the induction ceremonies.
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begin at 3:45 in front of the new monastery wing and proceed to the gym where a Pontifical High Mass will be offered by Abbot Baldwin Dworschak, OSB, president of the university.
ROTC Awards Highlight
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#The annual federal inspection of St. John's Reserve Officers'
Training Corps took place this year on the 9th and 10th of May with an inspection in ranks, a presentation of awards for outstanding student achievement, and a parade in celebration of President's Day.
Col. Dean M. Benson, PMST, University of Minnesota, headed the inspection team, assisted by Capt. Richard A. Gessner, APMST at the University of Minnesota.
Friday morning the inspection team observed ROTC classes as they were presented In the Military Science I, III and IV classrooms. In the afternoon a practical period on mortar firing with the Military Science II students participating was presented on the mortar range by Major George E. Shaver, assistant PMST at St. John's.
Saturday morning at 9:00 a.m. the cadet corps was inspected in ranks by Col. Benson and Capt. Gessner. Following the inspection, achievement awards were presented in a regimental review to ROTC cadets as follows: Superior Cadet Awards to the outstanding freshman, sophomore, junior and senior cadet for outstanding grades, military leadership and officer potential to Joseph Vertin, freshman, John Fic-enec, sophomore, John DahiU, junior, and Larry Koll, senior.
Association of the United States Army Medals for the junior and senior cadets who were academically outstanding and who contributed most through leadership to advance the standing of the ROTC to James Higgins, . junior, and Richard Pope, senior. Minnesota Sons of the American Revolution Achievement Awards for the outstanding sophomore and junior cadets as determined by a board of university and military officials to John Ficenec, sophomore (medal), and John Dahill, junior (wrist watch).
After the Pontifical Mass, Dr. Boyd will give the commencement address. Dr. Boyd, consultant of psychiatry at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, received his medicalT&egTee fropi Jefferson Medical" school _ in
Dr. David Boyd
Philadelphia, Pa.
He has headed the department of neurology and psychiatry at Indiana university and was a professor at the graduate school at
GRADUATION—Continued on page 4
Dr. Henry Given Danforth Grant
#Dr. Edward Henry, chairman of the political science department, has been awarded a Danforth Foundation study grant for next summer. He will take part in the Danforth Foundation International Seminar at Pomona College, Claremont, Calif., June 17-28.
The seminar will hold conferences to study international political and economic policies.. Grants to study at the seminar were awarded to 25 persons in the United States.
Co II nr 11 pre"dent ¦tiarryKo11 Presented Abbot VVUIIWM Baldwin Dworschak, OSB, with a check for $4160 during the Senior-Faculty dinner of May 8.
