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Hootenanny Hoots Despite Drawback
By John Van de North
It was the most beautiful weekend
r of the spring, a time for traveling
^ and a time for beer busts. It was the
weekend for St. Ben's Homecoming.
It was the weekend for Capping at
the St. Cloud Nurses' Home, St.
Cloud State and St. John's Preps had
an extended weekend. Above all, it
was the weekend of the Freshman
Class Development Fund Project.
Despite these various "audience
depleters," the freshmen presented a
very fine program in the form of the
& Minnesota College Hootenanny Con-
Seniors Attend Honors Banquet
^ The educational division of the St. Cloud Chamber of Commerce will sponsor the annual Honor Students Banquet for the top 15 students of St. John's and their parents on Tuesday, May 12, in St. Cloud's Germain Hotel.
Judge Archie Gingold, a juvenile judge from St. Paul has been engaged to speak at the banquet.
-** The 15 honored students are Paul Brinkman, James Bujalski, Thomas Carroll, James Eitter, Joseph Fried-rich, Michael Garrity, James Kleb-ba, Joseph Lauer, Thomas Manthey, John Nussbaum, Jerome Petry, James Ranweiler, James Seckinger, Thomas Thelen and John Walta.
In the words of Sam Wenstrom, assistant manager of the education
-'* division, "This is an event all of us look forward to, because it gives the business community an opportunity to recognize the scholastic talent in our area educational systems."
Abbey Statues - In Exhibition At World's Fair
Seventeen pieces of art from the Abbey and St. John's Community ranging from a 15th century Norman sculpture of St. Bernard to a con-5 temporary bronze figure of St. Anthony, were among sculptured works of art selected from around the world to appear in the Vatican Pavilion at the New York World's Fair.
Among the 12 statues taken from i: the Abbey crypt chapels were carvings of St. Cloud and St. Joachim, both high relief gesso on wood by J. Lambert-Rucki. Doris Caesar, sculptress of the St. John the Baptist statue in the Abbey Church vestibule, also had two of her works selected. One depicts the Annunciation while ^ the other is a bronze replica of St. '' Anthony.
A wood-carved late 19th century statue of Sts. Benedict and Scholastica by J. Clavell and a bronze work of St. Boniface by Gerhard Marcks, renowned present-day German expressionist, were also selected for exhibition. In addition, a sculpture representing the Madonna of the (4 Four Evangelists by art instructor Father Hugh Witzman, OSB, was also included.
While the statues are at the Vatican Pavilion there will be a display set up in the lower chapel showing photographs of the statues that are gone for the benefit of sightseers.
The statues and carvings, varying from 34 to 82 inches in height and representing round, high and bas-relief, will be on display at the Vatican Pavilion from March, 1964 until September, 1965. Main feature at the Pavilion is the "Pieta" by Michelangelo.
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test, held April 25. In what many considered the most entertaining show on campus this year, folk singers from St. Paul, Duluth, St. Cloud and St. John's treated the audience to a variety of songs.
All the contestants got into the act on the opening number and a responsive audience also had an opportunity to get into the Hootenanny spirit. After the opening, however, Dewey Decimal and the Librarians, five young men from Macalester College, stole the show with their excellent singing and all around showmanship. They were eventually awarded first place. Yvonne Fink from St. Catherine's was second and The Villagers from St. Cloud State took third place. Also participating were Mary Beth Faimon and Diane Dietch from St. Scholastica's and Tom Diffley from St. John's.
Dr. Edward Henry and Father Gilbert Tarlton, OSB, the judges, admittedly had a difficult time deciding upon the winners. In handing out the awards, Dr. Henry expressed his appreciation to the freshmen on behalf of the Development Fund and St. John's for an enjoyable evening.
TOM DIFFLEY from St. John's and Dewey Decimal and the Librarians from Macalester College are two of the folk singing groups that appeared here for the Minnesota College Hotenanny Contest, April 25. Contestants from St. Catherine's College, St. Cloud State College and the College of St. Scholastica also participated.
President Names To Lay Board of
Father Arno Gustin, OSB, president of St. John's University, has announced the appointment of Mrs. John C. Dwan of Duluth to the Lay Board of Trustees.
The addition of Mrs. Dwan to the Lay Board of Trustees raises to 17 the number of members on the
Faculty Notes
Dr. John E. Lange, associate professor of mathematics, has been selected as one of 30 participants in the Cooperative Summer Seminar for college teachers of mathematics to be held at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. The seminar is sponsored by the Mathematical Association of America through a grant from the International Business Machines Corp.
During the term following the summer seminar, Dr. Lange will conduct a similar seminar for the benefit of his colleagues. In this way St. John's cooperates in and benefits from the program.
Dr. Leonard M. Valley of the Physics department has received a grant from the National Science Foundation to attend a Conference on Undergraduate Research Programs in Optical Physics at Southwestern College, Memphis, Term.
The purpose of the conference is to bring the participants up-to-date in modern optical physics, to discuss the problems in trying to establish a research program and to propose a
joint program that will help in research efforts.
In the continuing series of nine half-hour lectures presented as part of the Minnesota Private College Hour, Father Martin Schirber, OSB, economics department chairman, will deliver a lecture May 6 entitled, "It's Dismal, But is it a Science?"
The first four presentations, sketching an outline of Russian history, were delivered by Dr. Ross Horning of the History department, and were followed by Father Alberic Culhane, OSB, April 29, speaking on "The Genius of Biblical Thought." A narration of Chaucer's Pardoner's Tale by Dr. Herbert Burke will be presented May 13 with illustrations by Bruno Bak, former SJU art instructor. Father Colman Barry, OSB, and Father Vincent Yzermans will discuss the Vatican Council May 20. The series closes May 27 with a poetry reading by Dr. Burke.
The series is televised Wednesday evenings at 8:30 on KTCA, Channel 2.
PICTURED HERE are a few of the 17 statues which will appear at the Vatican Pavilion at the World's Fair this summer. They are, from the left, Sts. Henry and Cunegunda, St. Anthony (standing on block), St. Boniface, St. Benedict and the Madonna of the Four Evangelists.
Mrs. J. C. Dwan SJU Trustees
board.
Mrs. Dwan was bom in Faribault where she received her elementary and high school education. Later she entered the University of Minnesota where she earned her bachelor's and master's degrees. Further graduate work leading toward a doctorate in medical social work was
done at the Uni- Mrs. J. C. Dwan
versity of Indiana where she held a fellowship in medical social work.
In memory of her husband, the late John C. Dwan, she established the John C. Dwan Educational Foundation in June, 1961, to provide scholarships for high school graduates who are qualified to do college work. Since 1961, 66 young men and women, irrespective of race, color or creed, who were in need of financial assistance, were enabled to enter college through this fund.
Book Picked For '65 Frosh
The Freshmen Orientation Committee, to which has been added, for the first time, a freshman, has come up with some new ideas for next fairs program. The emphasis of this new program is being placed on giving the frosh a more complete outlook on college life and how they can benefit most from the three-day orientation.
In previous years the daily convocations have been one of the most important aspects, but this has limited free time in which the freshman can become accustomed to the campus and his fellow students. Plans are being made to place the convocations periodically over the three weeks immediately following registration in hopes that this inconvenience will be eliminated. As an extra incentive to the student taking part in the three-day exercises, an introductory booklet will be sent to the freshmen shortly before their arrival.
The new students, as before, will be expected to read a book during the summer months and discuss it after their arrival. The book to be used in the fall is Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin. The planning committee currently plans to ask Mr. Griffin to St. John's sometime after school begins to present his own views on the book to the entire student body.
Included in the Orientation Program is a banquet for the student counselors set for sometime in the early weeks of May.
McCarthy
The organizational meeting of the St. John's Students for McCarthy Club was held April 28. This non-partisan group is building student support on the SJU campus in the Senator's bid for reelection next fall. John Chenoweth and Steve Askew have been named co-chairmen of the club and are planning a large-scale membership drive soon.
Dr. Ed Henry Voted Mayor Of St. Cloud
Dr. Edward Henry, Government department chairman at St. John's, was elected mayor of St. Cloud on April 20. Dr. Henry has been teaching political science here for ten years. He will continue to teach here during his four-year term as mayor.
He has served on the St. Cloud School Board for the past seven years. When elected mayor, he was in the midst of his third term on the board.
"I feel this experience will be very enriching," he said. "For me, this is field work—the actual putting into practice of the knowledge I've obtained in my studies."
"This position will, I hope, bridge the gap between the theory of the texts and their actual practice in government," he continued. "I certainly hope this experience will be transmitted back to and will be of benefit to my students."
He said he thought many people think his teaching will interfere with his city administrative work and vice versa. He realizes there will be more work involved, but he feels this extra work will be very worthwhile if both he and his students benefit from it as much as he hopes they will.
Profs Study College Life
Delegates from St. John's University recently attended the 19th annual meeting of the National Conference on Higher Education in Chicago.
Main theme of the conference, aimed at the administration level, was to consider the undergraduate program of private colleges. Father Dunstan Tucker, OSB, Father Walter Reger, OSB, Dr. Edward Henry, Stephen Humphrey and George Dur-enberger all attended.
Under review were such problems as student freedom, curriculum changes and general improvements in college life. Many calendar changes were also considered, the key alteration being the possibility of ending the first semester prior to the December vacation.
