1972 Spring SJU Alumni Magazine Volume 11 Number 04

              settled in Minneapolis by now.
DICK KROLL of Yakosuska, Japan,
visited SJU February 5. . .. JOE LA
MOTHE and wife Brenda at home at
909 Summit Ave., Mpls., after a few
months in Europe. . .. CHARLES LANG
is the cost manager of Larson Industries,
Inc. He and his wife Stella are the proud
parents of a one-year-old son, Ross.
They live at Box 41, Rte. 5, Little Falls
56345. . .. FRANCIS LIU is a graduate
student in the Chemistry department of
Montana State University in Bozeman,
MT 59715 .... HENRY MOORE, JR.,
was recently promoted to the position
of Social Insurance Claims Examiner
(Retirement) .... JOHN NORTON is a
state parole and probation agent. . .. Lt.
KENNETH SCHINDELE has completed
training as an F-4 fighter-bomber air­craft
commander at Homestead AFB,
FL. He will be assigned to Torrejon AB,
Spain .... HERBERT SCHULTE is a
biology and driver education instructor
at St. Agnes High School in St. Paul.
He and his wife Julie live at 2435 E Old
Shakopee Rd., Bloomington.
1970 Roy Rossini, Chm.
Minneopolis, MN 55414
JEROME AMBERG lives at 207 E 8th
St., Morris 56267 .... GEORGE ANDER­BERG
is the production control manager
at Mercury Press, Inc. Married, he is the
father of a one-year-old daughter, Mel­issa.
Address: 1137 64th St., La Grange
Highlands, IL 60525 .... JAMES CALLA­NAN
is a member of the management
team for MacDonald's Restaurants. He
and his wife Karin live at 7475 Brook­lyn
Blvd., Brooklyn Park. ... GREGORY
ELMER, OSB, will attend the General
Theological Union at Berkeley this fall.
He will take a double program: master's
of divinity and master's of arts in
theology. . .. DOUGLAS ENGEL is a
law student at the University of Denver.
Address: 651 Humboldt St., Denver, CO.
... MIKE FORD serves in the Army ....
PHILIP HANDRICK, a graduate student
at Wichita State University, hopes to
complete his M.A. in anthropology this
summer .... LLOYD HEITZMAN is mar­ried
(Mary) and is currently serving in
the Army. He lives at 99461/2 Wentworth
Ave., Bloomington 55420. . .. JOHN
HOEFS is working for the State as a
corrections counselor and also he is
continuing his work on a B.A. His ad­dress
is 900 W County Road D #109,
New Brighton. . .. CHARLES LARSEN
is an artist (painting). His fiance is
Barbara Thomason. In 1971, Charles re­ceived
his B.F.A. from the American
University, Washington, DC. He in­tends
to spend the latter half of 1972 in
Africa and, beginning in January, '73,
he will work towards an M.F.A. at the
University of New Mexico. . .. LAW­RENCE
LARSEN is teaching junior high
Spanish in the Beaver Dam Unified
School Dist. #1. Lawrence, his wife and
son, Ryan, are living in a new home
purchased in November, 1971. Address:
136 Walnut St., Beaver Dam, WI 53916.
... MICHAEL MC SHANE was separat­ed
from the Army last month ana now
lives with his wife Carole at 209 S
Roosevelt #14, Aberdeen, SD.
RICHARD NIGON is employed as an
accountant for Ernst and Ernst. He lives
with his wife Mary, son, Matthew (1)
and daughter, Jennifer (four months) at
10840 Rockford Rd., Minneapolis 55441.
... HOWARD PETSCHEL is working
for the Federal Government as a postal
inspector. He was recently transferred
to Amarillo, TX, where his new address
is P.O. Box 1749, Amarillo 79105. . ..
EUGENE PRUDHOMME is teaching at
St. Michael's in Duluth. He and, his
spouse of June 12, 1971, Pamela:, live at
5410 Wyoming St., Duluth. ',' . JACK
RAMSEY is employed with Wyseth
Laboratories as a pharmaceutical sales
representative .... MICHAEL ROCHE is
a law student at the University of South
Dakota. He and his wife Laura live at
605 Saracean Courts, Vermillion, SD ....
VINCENT RUE is working toward his
master's in social work at St. Louis
University's School of Social Science.
He was married in June, 1970, to Bar­bara
LeMay of Dubuque, IA. They live
at 4210 Meramec St., Apt. 1-F, St.
Louis, MO 63116. . .. DAVID SIER is
working as an orderly for the Physical
Therapy Department of Midway Hos­pital,
St. Paul, after receiving his 1-0
from the Army in October. His new ad­dress
is 5627 Nicollet, Minneapolis
55419 .... DONALD VENNE, JR. is pur­suing
his M.A.T. at St. Thomas after
marrying Laura Schommer last June in
St. John's Abbey Church. . .. Lt. JER­OME
VOIGT has been awarded his sil­ver
wings at Craig AFB, AL. He will be
assigned to an Air Force base in Thai­land
.... J. P. VOLIN was discharged
from the Army January 12 at Fort Ben­ning,
GA. ... Lt. THOMAS WEISS is
in the Army. He married Mary Langer
(CSB '70) in June, 1970. . .. THOMAS
YSETH is the manager of a bar and head
shop. Single, he lives "on a farm with
some freaks." His address is Rte. 2, Box
466, Brookings, SD.
1971 Jon Kallman, Chm.
St. John's Abbey 56321
GARY GIRARD joined the Benedic­tine
(Primitive Observance) community
at Mt. Saviour Monastery on Palm Sun­day.
His address is Mt. Saviour Mon­astery,
Hendy Creek Rd., Pine City, NY
14871 .... WILLIAM HELTEMES is an
assistant agriculture agent for Benton
County. He and his wife Jean have a
daughter, Tina, and live at 1001 Wash­ington
Memorial Drive, St. Cloud.
1972
GEORGE CARPENTER received his
A.B. in psychology from Marquette
University in May. He is currently doing
graduate study there .. , . JAMES MO­SORA
received his A.B. from the Massa­chusetts
Institute of Technology and will
soon be entering the Air Force. He
lives at 7601 Maryland Ave., Hammond,
IN .... PAUL SCHWEIGER is studying
at the University of Minnesota's Insti­tute
of Technology. His address is 646
Middlebrook Hall, University of Minne­sota,
Minneapolis.
On the cover• Abbot John Eidenschink, OSB, looks on as ground is broken for St. John's new physical education
• building. Breaking sod were Fr. Baldwin Dworschak, OSB, former-Abbot; Eldon Siehl, St. John's
Regent from St. Cloud; Fr. Michael Blecker, OSB, President; and Athletic Director Jim Smith. (Picture, story, page 16.)
PORTRAITURE:
WHERE GENERAL,
SPECIFIC MEET
by Bela Petheo
BROTHERS' LIB:
THEY'VE COME
A LONG WAY
by Brother Paschal Brisson, OSB
A QUESTION
OF HOW
TO BE HEARD
ST.JOHN'S
NEWS REVIEW
SOME THOUGHTS
ON THE POETIC
VOICE OF AUDEN
by Timothy Blackburn '70
JAY SPORTS
REVIEW
by Steve Conroy
St. John's Sports Information Director
Artist Bela Petheo takes you to the canvas for
a revealing analysis of portraiture. He explains
why he chose to portray several St. John's per­sonalities
as he did, and discusses the rapport
that developed between him and his subjects.
It would surprise many alumni of a decade or
two ago to see the increasingly vital role Brothers
are playing in the administration of the Abbey
and University. Brother Paschal doesn't like the
term "Brothers' Liberation" because he fears it
implies the job is done. It isn't, he insists, but
admits dramatic progress has been made.
Some 200 students recently imposed a blockade
of St. John's entrances to call attention to their
opposition to U.s. involvement in Southeast Asia.
Seven members of the academic community who
were affected in some way by the blockade weigh
the appropriateness of such action on college
campuses.
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The highlight of the Spring, of course, was the
groundbreaking for a new phy-ed building. Other 15 news: Ed Henry's departure to accept the presi-dency
of St. Mary's of South Bend, IN, the
appointment of Fr. Gordon Tavis, OSB, as V.P. for
Finance and Development and KSJU Radio's fishy
birthday party.
Before poet Wystan Hugh Auden left the U.S. 2 0 and returned to his native England recently, he
visited SJU and read from his poetry. Tim Black-burn
(SJU '70) discusses here the contribution of
this major league modern poet.
With MIAC conference titles in wrestling and
track (added to previous championships in foot- 2 2 ball and cross country) St. John's seems on target
to capture the Conference's All Sports honors.
Unrelenting winter weather took its toll on spring
sports, says writer Steve Conroy-who obviously
knows a good scapegoat when he sees one.
Saint John's
Vol. 11, No.4
Spring, 1972
St. John's is published quarterly
(Winter, Spring, Summer, and
Fall) by the Office of Public
Information, St. John's Univer·
sity. Second Class postage paid
at Collegeville, MN 56321 and
additional entry at St. Cloud,
MN 56301, granted January 28,
1969.
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OFFICERS
Honorary President: Abbot John A. Eidenschink, OSB '35
President: David F. Durenberger '55
Alumni Secretary: Mike Ricci '62
Continuing Education (VP): Laurence Koll '58
Public Relations (VP): Dick Muellerleile '57
Homecoming (VP): Ralph "Rosy" Opatz '49
Fund Raising (VP): Kevin Hughes '58
Editor: Lee A. Hanley '58 Class Chairman (VP): Wayne Belisle '62
Treasurer: Rich Wolf '61
Nowadays painters are re­luctant
to discuss portrait painting. For the majority
of them it is an anachronistic hobby in the age of
the camera or computer. It is a foolish struggle in
front of a stretched canvas, smearing colored paste
with a brush just to get an image which could be
obtained anyway with much less effort, let alone
expense.
Yet curiously enough, in spite of the undeniable
excellence of the artist-photographer, people who
could afford it never relinquish the idea of being
painted even at the risk of losing the photographic
likeness. The aged Oscar Kokoschka, from whom
I learned so much, is never without commissions,
although his interpretations are far from the glam­orized
passport pictures produced commercially by
firms like Portraits, Inc., New York.
Whatever the argument is, both painter and
sitter have to be and are incurable individualists.
An image where every inch (not only the concept)
is the result of direct human effort and cooperation
will still have a fascination for long years to come.
A well observed but slightly exaggerated pose, a
little distortion of familiar features which suddenly
reveals the character (usually carefully hidden behind
t;he mask of everyday countenance), could tell more
about the person than long descriptions or the per-
PORTRAITURE:
WHERE GENERAL,
SPECIFIC MEET
by Bela Petheo
cent age figures of the analyst's sheet. Revelation
does not stop with the sitter, it also reveals the
quality of observation, taste, proficiency of the
painter. Willy-nilly every portrait is a self-portrait
as well. Without pursuing the enticing topic further}
let me give the crux of the matter with a small
episode from my ROTC days way back in Hungary.
The lieutenant who instructed our infantry class
lectured about anti-tank warfare. After mentioning
all the traditional ways of knocking out a tank, he
finished by saying: "If everything fails, you have to
aim your revolver at the tiny slot in the turret, where
the prism is located through which the driver sees.
If your bullet cracks it, the driver will be practically
blind and ditch the vehicle." The class burst out in
laughter. Even a "Cool Hand Luke" would tremble
facing a 50-ton noisy colossus descending on him.
We found the advice plainly absurd.
Yet the portrait painter faces a similar situation.
It is a one-shot deal or artistic death.2 Unlike film­making
there is no chance for correction in the con­tinuous
movement. There is only one pose, one
expression, one setting which has to tell everything
essential and leave the viewer with the sense of com­pleteness
of information. In other words we have
to say with the least amount of means, the most.
Here, as so many times in art, the limitation becomes
Saint 1
. Fr. Baldwin 54" x 40"
a challenge. Thus great portrait painting is closer
to the realm of the magician than that of the docu­mentary
photographer. With a few lines, fine transi­tions,
well understood form and functional usage of
color, a Leonardo and a Velazquez created figures
which are more alive and complete on the canvas
than they would be in reality were they ever resur­rected.
One Mona Lisa, I mean the one in the Louvre,
is enough. A second, resurrected one, going to a
fashion show in Paris, for example, would be only
a senseless duplication.
Before one gets carried away by big names let
me assure you that the few works under discussion
here do not claim to inhabit that orbit. Nevertheless,
the circumstances, problems encountered and solu­tions
attempted might deserve a few comments.
Chronologically Father
Dunstan Tucker's portrait came first. Commissioned
by the University to be unveiled during a farewell
celebration just before the retirement of Fr. Dunstan
as the Dean of the College, it started a rather ambi­tious
and unique tradition at St. John's. (The few
portraits before were done on a small scale and after
photos). I began by making a few sketches while
Father was at work behind his desk. First, he seemed
somewhat embarrassed, but after a few occasions he
acted as if I were not around at all.
I already knew some facts about his impressive
background. He was a coach and a Dante scholar,
a former Navy chaplain and the founder of SJU's
psychology department. I had to find the secret
of all these achievements. I thought I found it in
his sound judgment and his ability to concentrate
.and work hard on matters that count. That is the
""ay I represented him. Writing at his desk, not
daydreaming, but putting his mind and shoulder
to the wheel. The desk is the cluttered desk of
the administrator, yet it is an open book which
holds his attention. I concentrated on the writing
hand and on the head. The left arm, which did not
have an expressive function, has been Olnitted.. This
2 Saint
Fr. Dunstan 50" x 40"
way more attention was directed on the active ele­ments
of the figure. The folds of the background
drapery set a regular rhythm, similar to the tenacity
of his involvement. It was suggested that I make
"a nice, colorful curtain." People unfortunately prefer
a pretty but shallow picture to an expressive one.
Few "critics" realize that certain action makes sense
in a specific atmosphere only. Thus colors are sub­dued,
partly because of the neon lighting (which
is the painter's dread) but mostly because they are
subordinated to the stillness of the room in which
intensive spiritual work takes place.
Fr. Dunstan found my interpretation valid but
objected to the redness of his nose. Fr. Abbot
Baldwin Dworschak thought that Fr. Dunstan's sense
of humor is missing from the picture. Since art
teachers usually come and go, at that time he did
not suspect that he himself might be someday the
"victim." By and large, however, the picture was
well received.
A short time later I was
asked to paint Fr. Walter Reger. Father was in and
out of the hospital. We knew that he did not have
too many days left. Although I painted him in only
five sittings, none of them lasted more than for a
good hour. I was interrupted twice because of his
temporary indisposition. Somehow the feeling, how­ever,
that I was racing against death gave me wings.
Poor Fr. Walter! I realized that it was not easy for
him to sit. He was heroically clutching the chair
and tried to smile. After the first sitting he changed
his pipe. "You can not paint me with such a cheap
pipe," he explained. (Not being a pipe expert I leave
it to the reader to be the judge of the class of my
painted pipe on the picture). During one of our
sittings he recalled his experiences as a prefect. "In
my times it would have been impossible for a kid
to :nte~ the church barefooted. Now if I see anybody
domg It, I would like to ask him: Do you visit an
esteemed friend this way too? No? All right then,
how about God?"
We discussed music also and
our conversations were generally
very cozy. The atmosphere was
tense though. Both of us knew
that something was lurking under­neath,
ready to strike at any mo­ment.
There just might not be
another sitting. Behind the bene­volent,
yet somewhat impishly
smiling face, Fr. Walter valiantly
marshalled his dwindling forces to
fulfill his last obligation to the
community, the alumni and last
but not least, to himself. Yes, he
enjoyed being painted and he won.
Julian Plante's por­trait
was a friendly gesture, not
a commission. This is important
to mention since the artist is apt
to be inhibited knowing that his
work has to appeal to the largest
possible audience. A public state­ment
is always less spontaneous,
more academic if you wish, than
an intimate tete-a-tete. A leading
American art historian, Anthony
M. Clark, director of the Minne­apolis
Institute of Arts, considers
it "a scholarly representation of
your [Plante's] great business ca­pacities.
"3
Perhaps I am not assuming too
much if I interpret here "scholarly"
as the equivalent of "well re­searched
and well founded." Also
"business" should be understood
in the broadest sense of the word,
meaning everything worth fighting
for. The nervous energy which at­tacks
us so brutally at the first
sight turns out to be of spiritual
ancestry in a final analysis and
has noble goals. Similarly when
Churchill turns agressively toward
us, biting his cigar, we know that
he is not fighting for another glass
of whiskey. The painting is full
of tension and pent-up energies,
ready to discharge, but never de­teriorates
into blind brutality. The
spirit is alive and uncompromising.
This essential observation is the
message worthy to be declared by
an ambitious visual statement.
In August of 1971
I started to work on Fr. Abbot
Baldwin Dworschak's portrait
which was commissioned by the
Abbey. I had hardly set up my
easel when an older Father said to
me: "I have heard you're painting
the Abbot. You should not have
too many problems. He is hand­some
enough." Well the task was
not quite as simple. I was given a
program which obliged me to ex­press
two things; the idea of the
"working" abbot in contradistinc­tion
to older, more feudalistic con­cepts.
I also had to account for
his accomplishments as a builder.
In my painterly heart I would
have preferred a more conventional
The concrete window frame as­sumes
the shape of a great cross,
which locks in the relatively small
figure of Fr. Dworschak. This way
the "Cross of the Abbot," the
burden of the office is suggested
in a subtle, yet definite manner.
The loneliness of the big space is
accentuated by a little flower vase
in the corner of the picture. At
first glance an insignificant detail,
"What is the secret of good portraiture? I do not
have a definite answer, only a hunch: 'The unity
of the specific and the general.'''
painting, in full regalia with deep
violets and golden highlights. My
suggestion, however, was rejected.
Fr. Abbot considered himself al­ways
the first servant of the Com­munity,
meeting his ever increasing
responsibilities with more and
harder work. Thus the solution
naturally offered itself along the
lines of Fr. Dunstan's composi­tional
format. The background
changed, however: the receding
concrete supports of the new Ab­bey
Church suggest more than just
one building. The Abbot's face
and writing hand are lit by the
warm, yellowish light of a lamp
which isolates the figure from the
cold bluish shine of the rest of
the picture. Since everything is
seen by counter light, which in­vades
the room from the outside,
curious transformations take place.
Julian Plante 36" x 41"
yet it is part of the atmosphere.
In spite of all the modern, busi­nesslike
trappings, such as the
typewriter, the painting emanates
the feeling of equanimity reminis­cent
of a monk's cell in the medie­val
ages. Something is being con­tinued
here, not broken off with.
Perhaps at this
point we should spend a few min­utes
in my studio, commenting
briefly on a different kind of por­traiture:
self-portraits. My "Self­Portrait
as a Cardinal" is frequent­ly
misinterpreted and regarded as a
ridiculous masquerade. After a few
moments, however, the laughter
freezes. There is something in­herently
sad, almost tragic, about
this isolated, desperate looking
Fr. Walter 32" x 40"
The Cardinal
(self portrait)
(detail)
figure in spite of all the purple
and gold. Suddenly we experience
loneliness as an unrelenting pre­dicament
of the human condition
-ours included. Familiarity with
works of two European painters,
Bacon and Giacometti, might be
helpful since the painting has
nothing to do with the current
concerns of the American scene.
The other self-portrait, in the
Texan hat, is easier to relate to.
It is not aloof, but an open, in­viting
encounter. This might be
the other side of the coin.
Now at the end of this "gallery
tour on paper" I should venture to
answer a frequently asked ques­tion:
What is the secret of good
portraiture? I do not have a defi­nite
answer, only a hunch: "The
unity of the specific and the
general."
Too philosophical? Take a look
at the portrait of a child, who
happens to be the son of one of
4 Saint
my colleagues. You know instant­ly
that he must be an existing,
unique flesh and blood individual.
At the same time you sense be­hind
it the entire age group or
even a larger, abstract entity:
"Youth." The openness, the fresh­ness
of inquiry, is entirely personal
but shared by his peers as well.
The general loses its gray imper­sonality
because it becomes visible
through the individual, which in
turn becomes more understandable
by being part of a broader context,
while retaining all the charm of
his uniqueness. Is this kind of
unification then the function of
portraiture? On a certain level it
is. But there is a deeper level as
well.
In an age which idolizes tech­nology,
tends to reduce us to
biologically functioning numbers
while it denies constants and over­emphasizes
transitoriness, we have
to insist on indicators which point
Youth 24" X 3~''
to something permanent in each
of us. The belief in this unchange­able
thing and the search for it
motivates the real artist. Or, to
put: it in the concluding words of
a hymn:
"But we must be prepared to see
The brightness of eternity." 0
FOOTNOTES
1 For anybody seriously interested in
problems of perceptual psychology as
it relates to artistic creation, I recom­mend
the outstanding contributions of
Rudolf Arnheim. (Harvard University)
2 Even our language makes allowances
for this all or nothing aspect of por­traiture:
"You caught him" means in­finitely
more than just establishing a
likeness a Ia passport photography. In
spite of the alleged objectivity of the
camera, most sitters do not accept
photos as full-fledged statements about
themselves.
3 Written remark in the visitor's al­bum
at the Monastic Manuscript Micro­film
Library.
Monasticism has been no
more immune to pious slogans than any other group
in the Church. One of its favorites has been: the
monastery is the Church in miniature. Fortunately
for the perpetuators of this cliche most of these
clerical monasteries had lay brothers in them. Not
only did these Brothers take care of the physical
needs of the clerical monks, at least in this case
they provided some basis for authenticity to their
theological theory.
Let us assume, and we can, that this cliche has
some theological merit. We need waste no time
looking back to the pre- or even post- Vatican II
Church. Only ask the question: among all the fig­ures
used by Jesus why have preachers of all grades
clung so tenaciously to the concept of shepherd and
a flock of silly sheep? One hears it even in Brooklyn.
Just as this concept guided the pre-Vatican II Church,
it also influenced the pre-Vatican II monastery.
In this regard the slogan was correct: Priests'
Church - Priests' monastery. If an individual entered
the monastery and wanted an education, a voice in
deciding abbey affairs, a right to hold any official
BROTHERS' LIB:
THEY'VE COME
A LONG WAY
by Brother Paschal Brisson, OSB
Brother Paschal
position, even the right to pray the Church's prayer
'officially,' he had to take something else with it:
the priesthood. A unique profanation of a sacrament
meant for spiritual service? Some have thought so.
St. John's has changed and
is changing. The story of the hopes, frustrations,
agonies, suspicion, reversals and victories is too long
to tell in so short an article. I can only present a
brief outline of the struggle from a basically un­lettered,
completely unfranchised minority to a min­ority
that is now making itself felt in the highest
reaches of monastic and university life. The story
of letters written to General Chapters, the only body
that could legislate on the problems, was perhaps the
most frustrating. Even in the early 1960's one abbot,
now happily enjoying the beatific vision, insisted
that the distinction between choir-monk and lay
brother had something of the character of a law of
the Medes and the Persians. The St. John's Abbey
Church, "built in forms that would be valid for
Saint 5
centuries to come," with its little
stalls for the lay brothers, shows
how slow clerical monasticism was
to listen to the voices of the 'lay'
element in the community con­cerning
monastic community wor­ship.
Historical accident and cur­rent
prejudice were raised to the
level of esteemed theological opin­ion.
But, in the late 50'5 and early
come with his degree.) And others
think it all began with, or was
caused by, Vatican II.
It is obvious that regardless
when it began, it was a gradual
movement, and it was, to a very
great degree, conducted under-­ground.
But important dates and events
there were. Let us look at some
"They were fighting to become full-fledged members
of the monastery in which, by their vows, they were
already members ... Fortunately for the Brothers'
cause the 1960s was a decade of human fulfillment."
60'5, the Brothers were fighting
for more than this or that con­cession
as some had done for 50
many years. They were fighting
to become full-fledged members of
the monastery in which, by their
vows, they were already members.
They were fighting as 20th cen­tury
Americans demanding their
civil rights. The Brothers and the
Blacks had more in common than
many realized and thanks to men
like Martin Luther King, Jr. it be­came
increasingly difficult for
priest-monks to champion the
cause of the Blacks while ignoring
an unfranchised minority in their
midst. They were fighting for full
membership in an Order that legal­ly
was termed 'clerical.' They were
fighting for a new concept of com­munity.
To say that the Rule of
St. Benedict was basically 'lay'
was of no help whatsoever. Too
much water had poured over the
dam. Fortunately for the Brothers'
cause the 19605 was a decade of
human fulfillment.
of them. In 1963 a group of
Brothers asked (that is a very mild
word) that the Abbot set up a
com mitt e e composed of both
priests and brothers to examine
every facet of the Brothers' life.
It was a new beginning - a new
experience in monasticism at St.
John's. In retrospect it hardly
seems strange that this committee
should have met with distrust and
even opposition. A system was
about to crumble. Nonetheless,
Abbot Baldwin named a committee
composed of five Priests and five
Brothers and asked that the Broth-ers
draw up a schema touching
every problem that existed or
seemed to exist. In the preface to
this schema we find:
"Today we are living in a re­formed
Church in a new world,
a Church in which the priest­hood
is no longer considered to
be the whole Church. If the age
in which we live has been called
'the age of the emerging layman'
and if monasticism is basically
'lay' then it follows that we can
no longer consider the priest­monk
as the whole of monas­ticism.
The old world has passed
and the new one will pass us
by and our Order will cease to
exist unless we can deliberately
push it into the new era. The
Fathers of Vatican II have not
been afraid to usher the Church
into a new era. The question
remains: 'Will monasticism have
the courage to do likewise?'"
The chairman considered the
schema 50 terribly radical that he
cautioned against making it public
even to the committee members.
It turned out to be a wise decision.
After meeting 15 times between
November 20, 1963, and May 11,
1964, the committee was allowed
to die but its work had been done.
Every major issue had been
touched upon: theology of mon­asticism
in the light of liturgical
When did Broth­ers'
Liberation, as some have called
it, begin? It is difficult to say.
Some say it really began in 1941
with the publication of the Short
Breviary. Until then the Brothers
public prayer-life had been the
rosary and various litanies. (And
if there is justification for the idea
that it is the prayer-life of the
monk that changes a monastery
this is surely a prime example of
it.) Others suggest the movement
got its momentum when the first
Brother began teaching. (He had
Brother Tom Williams and Brother Kurt Kaiser were among the first of the
Brothers of St. John's Abbey to obtain bachelor degrees here. Another Brother
recently returned from the Sorbonne bearing a masters degree with honors.
renewaL spiritual formation, pro­fessional
training, voting rights
and many minor problems. The
committee' 5 recommendations were
made to the Abbot. Some minor
changes were implemented, those
of more significance had to wait
for the authority of the General
Chapter. The General Chapter set
up a special committee to study
the Brother problem. (This was a
congregation problem, not just a
St. John's problem, and the St.
John' 5 Brothers were not alone in
trying to solve it.) St. John's had
already studied every issue and
drawn up its proposals. The Gen­eral
Chapter of 1966 petitioned
Rome that the Brothers be allowed
solemn vows and a voice in chap­ter.
Rome answered in the affirma­tive
and each monastery could
vote to accept or reject the induIts
from Rome. St. John's Chapter
voted favorably. The first group
of Brothers took solemn vows
with the right of chapter on Feb­ruary
22, 1967 - a date of great
historical significance. It had been
centuries since clerical monks had
shared equal rights with their lay
confreres. The next General Chap­ter
in 1968 extended the same
privileges to those in simple per­petual
vows who had chosen not
to take solemn vows.
Granted that these reforms were
long overdue, it is doubtful that
they could have happened when
they did had it not been for Vati­can
II which caused 50 much of
the old and not 50 good to give
way. The Council also brought a
issue
JOHN'S contained a list of
charter members in the new
st. John's Fellows Program.
Inadvertently, charter-members
Dr. and Mrs. James P. O'Keefe
of St. Cloud were ommitted.
greater emphasis on the priesthood
of all believers, a greater share in
the liturgy for the laity. In mon­astic
circles - first in Europe, then
in America - arose the question
even of the validity of the com­bined
priest-monk vocation. All
this was bound to playa part in the
changing St. John's. Young men
who wanted to become Brothers
but also sought the education that
had formerly been the preserve of
clerical monks now had some type
of assurance that they could find
a place for their talents in the
community. Some young monks
already entered and who had in­tended
to go on to the priesthood
also found it unnecessary to do 50.
And the vernacular divine office
made one community at one prayer
service an accomplished fact.
When asked by Lee Hanley,
Saint John's editor, to write an
article on this subject, the first
question that came to mind was,
"why?" He answered that when
he returned to St. John's after
nearly seven years absence, the
place of the Brothers in St.
John's Abbey- University work had
changed startlingly. It was, he
thought, the most significant
change that had taken place at
St. John's and he suggested the
alumni should be told of it.
What are the out­standing
elements of this signif­icant
change: Some would say it
has been the winning of a voice in
chapter. But the Brothers do not
vote in a block, as was once feared.
Each brings his own wisdom and
judgment in an attempt to solve
the community's problems. Some
think it is having a Brother on the
Senior Council. Currently, of the
five elected members to the counciL
two are Brothers; one has a high
school education, the other his
doctorate. Of the Prep School mon­astic
staff almost half are Brothers.
Brothers now serve on the univer­sity
faculty, in its administration
and as faculty residents. One re­cently
returned from Paris with a
Masters with honors from the
Sorbonne.
Perhaps it is even more signif­icant
that when a young man en­ters
St. John's today he is not
asked if he intends to become a
Brother or a Priest. He simply
comes to enter the community. In
examining the list of men who
have entered in the last ten years,
novices excluded, we find that only
18 out of 46 men have been or
intend to be ordained to the priest­hood.
St. John's has changed but must
change more. It is still not pos­sible
for a Brother to be abbot,
prior or novice master; the last
two are Roman not monastic de­crees
and some are working to
have this changed. The important
thing must be not whether a man
is a Priest or a Brother but that
he be the best man for the work
at hand. Changes will continue to
take place. Who knows? Forty
years from now Mr. St. John's
may be a Brother Walter. D
THA VIS: The purpose for the action was to
make a statement that we as individuals can no
longer in conscience ignore our nation's Indochina
war policy. Secondly, it was intended to challenge
this University and community to stop business as
usual for a day to examine our role in the war effort,
and to examine means of direct action to be taken
against the War.
FARRY: In your view, who constituted the
audience? The University community or the larger
community?
THA VIS: Well, I think our first responsibility
was to this University community. The fact that it
would carryover into central Minnesota was good,
I think, but our aim wasn't the wider audience.
FR. HILARY: Was this the work of some recog­nized
group or organization?
THA VIS: No. It was more the work of indi­viduals
on this campus who got together, talked over
the idea and planned the action. Some people from
the Peace Action Committee
took part in it, some didn't.
FR. HILARY: I've been
wondering if you regarded it
as an illegal action?
THAVIS: At first the
Sheriff told us that we were
doing nothing legally wrong.
He said the roads were not
county roads. Later that
morning he found some basis
for a different decision. He
said two of the blockades were on county roads and
asked that they be removed. The students that were
there did noJ stay.
HENRY: Did you have any strategy in mind in
case the Univ~rsity had gotten an injunction on the
blocking of the private access roads?
THA VIS: Well, if an injunction was served I
would have left. I would not have been arrested.
I don't know about the others. There may have been
some who would have stayed.
HENRY: Although I got a little irritated march­ing
up through the snow, I observed that everybody
on the picket lines was quite courteous.
FR. HILARY: Maybe it's hackneyed and the
sort of thing that would occur only to an English
teacher, but I can't help thinking of Antigone where
everyone is so beautifully behaved and yet on a
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collision course, and our sympathies are torn between
the law and the law-breaker.
HENRY: Although I may have misconstrued
its purpose, I felt the blockade was merely a protest
against the War. I would have been happier to
have seen the blockade three weeks earlier when
the North Vietnamese armies came into South Viet­nam.
My own feeling is that we ought to have
compassion for all people anyplace in the world
and protest against any aggressor. And, if the block­ade
was directed at war, why not protest the incursion
by Vietnamese armies into the South?
THA VIS: Most of us believe the United States
has a heavy responsibility in the fact that this North
Vietnamese invasion could ever take place. Most of
us believe the United States long ago had a chance
at negotiated settlement especially with the seven
point peace plan last July.
KOPP: I think President Nixon's bombing of
the North was the protest against the North Viet-
John Thavis, junior from Mankato, helped organize
the blockade.
"Many came out and questioned our
tactics. We asked them to come up with
a better way. We asked them if they
would help ... a lot of them said yes."
namese invasion. It seems to me there is adequate
representation for agression with respect to North
Vietnam if you accept that thesis.
The important thing was to let the Administra­tion
know that, even though things have been fairly
non-political lately, there is significant opposition
to prolongation of the War. I don't think it's within
our control to affect the North Vietnamese decision.
But it is within our control to affect the decision of
the United States Administration.
FR. HILARY: From your point of view, what
would have been the optimum attitude of the Uni­versity?
KOPP: As a faculty member, I was disappointed
that so few faculty members chose to participate
in the strike. .
FR. HILARY: Participate in what way?
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KOPP: By just being with the students, talking
with them, assisting in other ways. It would have
been worthwhile participation to turn their classes
over to discussion of this issue. Some did.
FARRY: I have had some difficulty with the
nature of the strike. If it means that t as a faculty
member, unilaterally call off my class, it seems to
your rights in order to call your attention to its
enormity./I
KOPP: I wouldn't deny that individual rights
were infringed upon but I would claim the sanctuary
of, say, the union movement. Obviously when you
have the closed shop it infringes on those that didn't
want to join.
me that's more of a lock out,
not a strike. When students
call a strike I think they are
trying to make a statement
about their opposition to an
issue and the way they can do
this is to refuse to come to
classes. If I call off a class,
they don't have the oppor­tunity
to make a choice of
whether or not to strike.
Fr. Hilary Thimmesh, OSB, professor of English, an
advocate of non-violence, believes the blockade
contained the seeds of violence.
" ... the purpose . .. could have been
achieved with equal dramatic effect . .
without obliging the secretaries to
walk from the flagpole to their offices."
FARRY: Some have suggested there was an over­reaction
to the barricades. Welt the media keep us
from being isolated from the larger world, and when
you drive up and see 75 students standing in the
middle of the road behind a barricade, your immedi­ate
reaction is to conjure up images of Madison and
Berkeley. People see a symbol and respond. You
suggest that the blockade was intended to gain
people's attention and force them to stop and think
about the War. Didn't you also think it would be
natural for people to see this as a forceful effort to
exclude them from the campus?
THAVIS: That was a possibility and so we tried
to make sure that they didn't get that impression.
We had several signs posted along the road asking
people to please join us. I don't think anyone was
told to go home.
FR. HILARY: Isn't this a bit naive? You're
standing out at the barricades enjoying a free day.
You are suggesting that those you stop should absent
themselves from their jobs for a day with a loss of
pay. I think there is a very unclear ethical and moral
situation involved here.
LENZ: But there should be some connection be­tween
the rights that were infringed upon and the
reason for infringing on them. You make a secretary
walk two blocks through the snow. That has a very
remote connection to the evil you are protesting.
FARRY: To make me walk might have some
connection because I'm a prof in the government
department.
KOPP: We're all too comfortable - war pro­testors
and those who favor the present policy -
and I think until this comfort is diminished we are
not going to have to think about it.
FR. HILARY: Good. Wonderful. But it would
be more convincing if your protest of our comfort
were somewhat more uncomfortable for you.
KOPP: I think the sacrifices now being planned
will make it less comfortable. Maybe this particular
day was unequal in that sense.
THA VIS: I think there was some responsibility
among the people who were out on those roads. It
wasn't comfortable out there, and they didn't just
leave and take off for long weekends. Actions went
on during the day and continued that night. I don't
Dr. Ed Henry, professor of government and new
President of St. Mary's College, South Bend, IN, was
irked by interference with the institution's normal
routine.
think we would have had the
response to any of that had
the action not been taken that
morning.
HENRY: Long range, I
think students have played
an enormous role in drawing
the War to the attention of
the public. Any specific short­range
action like this, how­ever,
I think probably costs
more sympathy than it wins.
"I would say . .. you probably ended
the day with less support on this campus
than you had at the beginning of the day.
It seems to me that's counterproductive."
LENZ: You said earlier we should have stopped
business as usual. But we have to go on earning
our bread at the same time we work to oppose the
War because this is apt to take a long time.
KOPP: Aren't we all just doing that? Proceeding
with business as usual? One of the purposes of the
strike was to break all of our patterns of comfort­ability.
FR. HILARY: You really ought to say that,
then. You ought to say, "The horror which we are
protesting is so monstrous that we will infringe on
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Those to whom I've talked transferred part of the
irritation for the blockade to the cause the blockade
was espousing. I would say - with no scientific
basis - that you probably ended the day with less
support on this campus than you had at the be­ginning
of the day. It seems to me that's counter­productive.
LENZ: As I look back over the last several
years at similar demonstrations it's happened repeat­edly
that the demonstrators end up exhausting them­selves
explaining the technique, of trying to justify
the technique and saying, "Look, forget what we
did and look at our message." But they don't get a
chance to give their message because they are con­stantly
bombarded about their technique. The me­dium
becomes the message.
HENRY: I think you could have gotten a lot
farther by taking a more constructive approach and,
first of alt thoroughly informing faculty members
what was going to happen. Secondly, I think there
ought to be a suitable substitute for whatever you
intend to abandon. Some students, I understand, did
not participate because you had no constructive plan
in mind to substitute for the failure to attend class.
THA VIS: When we were planning this action
the idea of substituting a day of anti-war programs
for a day of going to classes was certainly discussed.
But we did not want simply to say this day is for
peace so if people want to come and write letters
or listen to some guy talk, fine - and then, after
that day, nothing. I've seen that happen too many
times over the last couple of years here and invari­ably
when it happens very few people show up -
very few people are moved to continue working
against the War.
KOPP: As we've talked it seems to me two
main points have recurred: first, there is the question
of waste. But are we so interested in productivity
that we can't consider values? Secondly, you have
said it was counterproductive. It is apparent that
for several years a large majority has opposed the
War. The question is why that large majority hasn't
had an influence. I think the biggest reason is that
they haven't been against the War for what I would
toward those inconvenienced. It wasn't a belligerent
sort of thing. I wouldn't say it was very Ghandian,
but I think that's coming in terms of student boycotts,
student hunger strikes and the like. As a point of
departure, however, the strike was very successful.
For one thing, we're all gathered here this morning.
FR. HILARY: But you buy that kind of response
at some cost.
KOPP: Yes, at some cost - an immediate hos­tility
toward those who participated in it.
FR. HILARY: What would you say if I called
your method of protest essentially immoral?
LENZ: That was my point too. I realize the
comparison is weak, but it seems to me that you are
using the techniques of the Pentagon to oppose the
policies of the Pentagon. I realize the Pentagon is
using its techniques in a manner much, much more
immorat but you, too, forced people to do some­thing
against their will.
KOPP: As a historian, I can't help but be im­pressed
with the fact that both the labor movement
and civil rights movement were forced to this same
alternative. There comes a point when community
good or certain values have to be placed before in­dividual
rights and I think it's very much in the
American tradition to say "the employer's individual
rights were violated/' as they used to say against
the labor movement in the 19th century. When these
people were out on strike, our federal government
forced them to go to work or policed the area with
federal troops. It was the same with the civil rights
movement. They tried massive demonstrations, in­convenienced
people, probably broke specific laws,
Dr. Mike Kopp, professor of history, was disap­pointed
more faculty did not join him as participants.
but, once again, I think there
is a point at which specific
laws and specific patterns of
behavior are all on the side
of the status quo. And, from
my perspective, the status quo
is exactly what should be
hassled because this War has
gone on ten years.
"It seems always to be a matter of
setting up equations and then saying
the protester is violating the equation.
Of course he's violating the equation,
but I think he sees through the game."
SCHIRBER: Do you say
that people who are opposed
to the War the way you are
describe as the right reasons. They've been against should take this type of action?
the War because it was inconvenient, and unsuccess­ful
and long. Therefore, I think the strike could help
renew efforts to think of the War as an immoral
proposition. Even if it was justified in terms of
containing Communism, it long since passed that
particular justification in terms of the lack of propor­tion
that the Administration has shown in terms of
increasing violence.
FR. HILARY: Mike, do you see this sort of
action as being in continuation of the Ghandian prin­ciple
of non-violence?
KOPP: I have an overwhelming feeling as a
result of Friday that St. John's really has a unique
situation compared to the type of politicization taking
place in other parts of the country. There is a strong
desire to do something constructive. The way in
which the barricades were manned is an example.
Even though inconvenience was imposed on people,
there was also an awful lot of consideration shown
KOPP: No. I feel I have an obligation to fulfill
my contract to teach. But for that one day I was
quite in sympathy with cancelling my classes. I don't
think I would participate in any protest if somebody
called for not teaching any more classes.
SCHIRBER: I'm a day-hop who lives in St. Cloud
and I didn't know anything about the blockade. I
came out for my 11 o'clock class. I drove up to the
blockade and someone stopped my car and said,
"We're striking school today. If you have business,
park your car and walk in. But we would like you
to go home and think about the War." Welt the
day before the blockade - Thursday - I had to go
home and tell my wife that her brother was killed
in Vietnam. I had been thinking about the War
since that day.
But I had to go to class, and I did want to
participate in the prayer thing and the discussion
with the free-mike. But I didn't know what was
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going on. If I would have had some instructive
literature about what was going on and how I could
take part in the demonstration, or even if somebody
would have told me by word of mouth when they
stopped my car I think it would have been better.
KOPP: I think most who participated would
admit that it wasn't publicized as well as it should
have been. But that won't happen in the future.
There are a lot of things now to participate in and
they are being publicized.
law is directly related to the law. The relationship
you describe isn't clear to me.
KOPP: Look at the history of various protest
movements. They usually start out respecting the
law and thinking "individual action." They say, "If
I as an individual draft resister oppose this War and
refuse to go it will happen." But eventually they
must conclude that organization is the key. This has
been the history of various struggles in the 20th
SCHIRBER: Would that
day have been as effective
without the blockade?
Tom Schirber, senior day hop from St. Cloud, op­poses
the War but also the blockade.
KOPP: I don't think so.
THA VIS: A lot of the
actions that came about, even
during the day, were a direct
result of the blockade. The
meeting Friday evening was.
50 was the community organ­ization
meeting last night to
"The day before the blockade ... I had
to go home and tell my wife her brother
was killed in Vietnam. I had been
thinking about the War ... "
set up constructive ways to oppose the War. Many
came out and questioned our tactics. We asked them
to come up with a better way. We asked them if
they would help distribute literature; if they would
attend some kind of rally; if they would write letters.
A lot of them said yes. Yet last Monday evening
when I took names for doing exactly that kind of
thing - distributing literature one hour each week
for the rest of the year - a lot of the same people
just walked by.
HENRY: Mike, I'm not sure I accept the parallel
you raise between the tactics of labor and the tactics
of the peace movement. I think your means have to
depend somewhat on your ends and looking for
economic benefits is far different than talking about
peace. If you're talking about peace and using tactics
that teeter right on the edge of being unpeacefut I
think it might not be appropriate to the end you're
seeking.
LENZ: I think a protestor's actions, like the
Black lady who refused to go to the rear of the bus,
should be directly related to what he's protesting.
KOPP: I think our action was directly related.
The Vietnamese have not known a normal day for
century - how to organize to combat existing organ­izations.
It was unfair to compare the individual
laborer to the large employer even though it was
supposedly a one and one relationship. It seems al­ways
to be a matter of setting up equations and then
saying the protestor is violating the equation. Of
course he's violating the equation, but I think he sees
through the game. He sees he cannot be effective in
the 20th century in an individual capacity.
FARRY: One of the criticisms directed at this
particular action is that it was counterproductive
politically. It seems to me we're all criticizing this
demonstration because it wasn't efficient; because
it was inconvenient; and because 'it wasn't properly
planned. We're criticizing it for being what it was
- a spontaneous action.
And I guess I'm ambivalent about this because
of the questions it raises. How do students learn
to act effectively in the political realm? How do they
learn to come to terms with their own values and
how to articulate them? They learn by doing. Those
students on that barricade learned a great deal. In
doing so, some think they inconvenienced people
they had no right to inconvenience. But, from their
perspective, that had a ter-
Dr. Joseph Farry, Chairman of the government de- rific" individual ir.npact. We
partment, expresses ambivalence, sees the blockade are m an, educa~lOn system
I · . where we re saymg to stu-as
a earning experience. d ent s, "yo,u v e go t t 0 f"m d
"We're criticizing it for being what it
was -- a spontaneous action. " .. How do
students learn to act effectively in the
political realm?"
out for yourself how to oper­ate
effectively." If I hand out
a statement in class explain­ing
how to work in the Amer­ican
political system, that's
almost hogwash as far as
they're concerned. They've
25 years. In the sense that we, as Americans, have
participated in making that true, isn't it related that
just one time we don't experience a normal day?
I see a direct connection.
LENZ: An example of what I consider appro­priate
is the draft resistance movement where a
young man refuses to cooperate with what very
well may be an immoral law. His breaking of the
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got to come to terms with that.
But on the other hand - and this is what con­cerns
some people - the University is also part of
a larger society which makes judgments about the
University which can be counterproductive for it. If
we were completely isolated we probably could tol­erate
a lot of inconvenience on the campus like stu­dents
throwing up barricades that would force me
five minutes out of my way. But if we throw up a
barricade on campus that stops a service truck from
St. Joe or St. Cloud, they complain and it goes back
to the larger community that the students out here
are disruptive. They ask why the institution isn't
doing something about it. The institution can't turn
around and say, "This is an education experience.
These kids are trying to come to terms with their
political values."
Also contributing to my ambivalence is the
feeling that the students realize the University is
caught in this bind. Yet, knowing this, they stir up
the University because it's the nearest institution that
they can make a statement before in order to express
their opposition toward total society's position.
HENRY: If you could turn the clock back, would
you do anything differently than you did last week?
KOPP: Yes. One thing would be to give a little
more explanation and more advance notice to the
community about what was going to happen.
THA VIS: I agree with that. That was the one
thing that could have been done better.
LENZ: I had very mixed feelings and still do
about my own action. The majority of Americans
oppose the War, and I oppose it for what I hope
you would consider the right reasons. But, as I in­dicated
before, I thought your tactics were the same
tactics I am opposed to. And so I did what I did.
I'm not sure whether I would do it again.
keep on going and going and part of the status
quo is B-52s dropping two thousand tons of bombs
on North Vietnamese or South Vietnamese or Cam­bodian
territory every day. But I think that's a
terribly simplistic kind of argument because the
status quo - business as usual- includes all of the
vital activities of organized society. The moment you
interrupt them violently, you have been guilty of the
same kind of thing - on a smaller scale, but none­theless
the same kind of thing - as the bombers
dropping the bombs.
KOPP: I think it's also important to keep in
mind degree, though. Was the strike a violent inter­ruption?
I didn't think so.
FR. HILARY: It contains the seeds of violence
and who knows what might develop from this type
of deliberate disruption? Luckily, I think, it was a
lousy day and very few people were willing to stand
out in the snow and rain, and the circumstances
weren't such that a large and potentially uncontrol­lable
mob would gather. But plenty of experience on
other campuses demonstrates that precisely the ten­dency
of this sort of action is to get out of control.
HENRY: There are unpredictable quantities. Not
all the nuts are in institutions. You might say that
no rational person would try to run somebody down,
but there is an awful lot of irrationality in the world.
You don't have to get into politics to find this out.
FR. HILARY: I think if you engage in this kind
Mr. Gerald Lenz, professor of mathematics, drove
his car through the snowfence blockade.
of thing you have to be ter­ribly
clearheaded. Dan Ber­rigan
cites an anecdote in
his last little book, The Dark
Night of Resistance. A young
man seeking wisdom comes
to the elder and says, "Teach
me non-violence." And the
elder is silent for a moment
and then strikes him with
full force. And, of course, the
point is how do you respond?
"I believe someone. should have gone
through for the same reason you think
the blockade should have been there
... to give the message that it (the
blockade) was the wrong thing to do."
KOPP: Were you that angry when you did it?
LENZ: I don't think so. I knew the blockade
was there because I had been listening to the radio
on the way out. If I hadn't gone through I would
still be sitting here wondering, "I think I should
have gone through." I did go through and now I'm
thinking maybe I shouldn't have. I believe someone
should have gone through for the same reason you
think the blockade should have been there. I think
someone should have gone through to give the mes­sage
that it was the wrong thing to do. I was very
concerned because some people were congratulating
me for going through. I was not at all pleased with
those congratulations because I was very much afraid
people were interpreting my action as being in op­position
to your goals. I did not want that to happen.
FR. HILARY: I'm inclined to think that the
heroes of the day are the people - the rather large
number of people - who stopped, got out of their
cars, grumbled, perhaps retorted, but walked through
and came up here and went to work.
HENRY: What makes them heroes, Father?
FR. HILARY: I think they showed a keener
sense of how society works. It's very easy to protest
the status quo - to say everything is going to just
I think you could defend the barricade last Friday
on the grounds that the probability of its getting
out of control was very slight and you could antici­pate
that it would be an effective prophetic action.
But it seems to me that ultimately the only kind of
protest that is effective is Ghandi's kind.
KOPP: But take a look at the civil rights move­ment.
I think we have to remember that the Blacks
did a tremendous job of self restraint - of Christian
non-violence. Look what the fruits of that have
been. I'm not saying I have a better solution, but I
don't agree with what you are saying.
FR. HILARY: Are you saying nothing is accom­plished
until people become violent?
KOPP: No, not at all. I'm just saying their
non-violence seemed to be a path of martyrdom.
And I would say India and Ghandi's situation was
quite unique.
But I think a lot of students here are concerned
about how to be politically effective and that's why
I think this is a good meeting today. Faculty mem­bers
who have experienced how to be politically
effective should participate with the students, par­ticularly
if you disagreed with what happened Friday.
There's an awful lot of open thinking here, and no-
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body's committed to a particular course. Just to say
the technique used was wrong, I repeat, is almost
analagous to a conservative who says he's against
the welfare state but applies no critical mentality to
warfare spending. His motives are to be doubted.
LENZ: I agree with that. If one is going to say
the techniques are not appropriate, then it's his
responsibility to come forth with something else.
HENRY: There is another reason why all do
not involve themselves actively in your particular
interest. There are four horsemen of the Apocalypse,
not only one. Some are interested in fighting one or
the other horsemen. We all tend to specialize in
what we do well and pour our energies into it and
we may not have enough psychic reserves or simply
not enough time to take up a crusade against one
or the other horsemen. We know we may agree with
you, but by virtue of the same reasoning we can
respond and ask why you are dissipating all of your
energies on that War when there are three other
major crises that we want to fight.
FR. HILARY: Hindsight is always clearer, I
guess. It seems to me that the purposes of the
demonstration could have been achieved with equal
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dramatic effect - and I'm not using dramatic in a
bad sense because I think precisely what you want
is a dramatic effect - without obliging the secre­taries
to walk from the flagpole to their offices. There
is a variety of alternatives by which one can publicly
dramatize a position.
I think in the long run our concern must be
what's the destiny of this nation. It has been a per­plexing
problem from the beginning whether this
conglommerate of states can somehow hang together
under the rule of reason. I think it is vastly import­ant
that the peace movement show itself eminently
reasonable and that it work within the established
structures of society lest we end by destroying society.
KOPP: But that puts the burden on the wrong
group. What students and others opposed to the War
have done is to react to the unreasonableness of
certain policies that have been justified as rational.
For example, the invasion of Cambodia was a policy
justified in terms of proper military strategy with
no reference to larger values. I think what happened
here and at other places is a reaction to something
initiated somewhere else and, at least in this case,
it was reaction against something that has existed
far too long. 0
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Judge Stephen Maxwell elected
to St. John's Board of Regents
The Rev. Michael Blecker, OSB, University President, has an­nounced
the election of Minnesota District Court Judge Stephen L.
Maxwell to the St. John's Board of Regents.
Judge Maxwell, born in St. Paul in 1921, is a graduate of More­house
College and the St. Paul College of Law where he obtained a
J.D. degree in 1953. In addition, he has done post graduate work at
the University of Minnesota.
Following graduation from law school, Judge Maxwell practiced
law for six years and then served for five years as Assistant Ramsey
County Attorney in St. Paul. Between 1964 and 1966 he was Corpora­tion
Counsel for the City of St. Paul and from 1967 until his appoint­ment
as judge of District Court, he was a judge in the St. Paul Municipal
Court.
Judge Maxwell, a Republican, was his Party's candidate for the
u.s. House of Representatives (4th District) in 1966. In 1958 he was
a candidate for the Minnesota State Legislature. He is a member of
the Ramsey County Republican Executive Committee, the Minnesota
Republican State Central Committee and has served as a member of
the National Republican Committee Negro Advisory Group (1966) and
the National Republican Task Force on Crime and Delinquency (1968).
Currently Judge Maxwell is chairman of the St. Paul Chapter of
the American Red Cross and a member of the boards of directors of
the Greater St. Paul United Flmd, the St. Paul Winter Carnival Asso­ciation,
the St. Paul YMCAs and the St. Paul Urban Coalition (vice
chairman).
St. John's new Regent is married and the Maxwells have two sons.
Fr. James Tingerthal named to succeed
Fr. Cuthbert Soukup as Prep Headmaster
The Rev. James Tingerthal, OSB, has been appointed Headmaster
of St. John's Preparatory School. He will assume his new duties at the
end of the current school year replacing the Rev. Cuthbert Soukup,
OSB, Headmaster for the last 14 years.
Fr. James (formerly Rhaban) joined the Prep School faculty in
1960 and has taught mathematics for ten years, theology for three
years and has prefected boarding students for three years. Currently
he is the school's Budget Director and teaches computer science.
In 1968-69 he served as prefect and teacher of the Prep School's
junior year Austrian Foreign Study and Travel Program, Melk, Austria.
Fr. James, 37, holds an M.A. in math from Boston College, Boston,
MS.
UNIVERSITY
NEWS REVIEW
Maxwell
Fr. James
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Record Swallow
16 Saint John's UniverSity
Dr. Ed Henry takes leave of absence
to accept Indiana college presidency
Dr. Edward L. Henry will take a three-year of absence from St.
John's beginning July 1 to assume his new role as president of St.
Mary's College in South Bend, IN.
Henry, who said he had been offered the presidencies of two
other colleges in recent months, revealed that he accepted the position
at St. Mary's because "the post there offers a special challenge which
results from the new and difficult situation the college faces."
Explaining, Henry said a proposed merger of St. Mary's and
neighboring Notre Dame University was called off last fall and Notre
Dame plans to become co-educational next fall.
St. Mary's, conducted by the Holy Cross Sisters, has been the
female counterpart of Notre Dame. According to Henry, it is the largest
Catholic women's college in the United States with an enrollment of
1800. St. Mary's has branch carnpuses in Rome, Switzerland and Tokyo.
Henry said he will continue to be associated with the Center for
the Study of Local Government at St. John's. He founded the Center
in 1967 and today it is the single largest college research unit in the
State of Minnesota. "I have received the consent of the Board of
Directors at St. Mary's to commute periodically to help direct the
Center at St. John's pending my planned return to the University within
three years," he said. He reported that Dr. L. Dennis Kleinsasser, Asso­ciate
Director of the Center, will direct operations there during his
absence.
No gag - soph swallows
257 minnows - swimmingly
KSJU, St. John's student-operated radio station, had its birthday
celebration early this month.
They called it "Birthday Boogie Week," and festivities were based
on themes reminiscent of the 1950s. One "cultural throwback" com­memorating
the "good 01' days of rock and roll," was
a dance featuring music of a bygone day and stu­dents
sporting greased-back hair, bobby socks and
black leather jackets.
But highlight of the week was the minnow­swallowing
(no gag) contest. And, with a large
crowd looking on in the auditorium, sophomore Dan
Kaiser swallowed his way to a world's record as he
gulped 257 live minnows. The previous record was
210.
When it was over, Kaiser told the cheering
throng, "It's only the beginningj I could have swal­lowed
100 more if we hadn't run out." The minnow
supply also foiled runnerup Brian Haws after 157.
Reportedly one Bennie got as far as 62.
Phases one and two of gym underway;
completion planned for fall of 1973
The first spade of earth has been turned and construction is under­way
for the new St. John's Physical Education Center pictured here.
The $1,439,054 structure will replace the old 1903 vintage "Rat Hall"
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which, however filled with personality and charisma, lacked the facil­ities
necessary to accommodate the needs of 1,600 students.
The complex now under construction involves phases one and two
of an eventual three phase project. Included in the first two phases
are an arena (four basketball courts and a track), two classrooms, five
offices, training room, wrestling room, six handball courts, weight and
exercise room, press box, sauna room and men's, women's and faculty
locker rooms.
Phase three, to be built when additional funds are obtained, will
be a swimming pool.
The building, designed by Hermanson, Traynor and Hahn, St.
Cloud architects, will be located immediately northwest of the football
stadium. It is scheduled for completion within one year.
The primary construction contract has been awarded to the Loeffel­Engstrand
Construction Company of Hopkins. Gorham Construction
of Mora was given the contract for plumbingj Erickson Electric of St.
Cloud, the electrical contractj and Krasen Plumbing and Heating of
Willmar the contract for ventilation.
Undoubtedly this newest addition to the Collegeville campus, a
long time in the planning, will make St. John's a more attractive place
for prospective students, and allow for an even higher level of excel­lence
in the academic/athletic balance here. And, as one student put
it, "It's bound to make winter a little shorter and a lot more bearable."
Amen.
St. John's President, Fr. Michael Blecker, said projections indicate
the building's first phase can be financed by contributions and pledges
already made, a federal grant and loan subsidy and gifts during the
next year. He said the decision to go ahead on the building's second
phase will make it necessary to conduct a capital fund drive, and re­ported
that details of the drive will be announced soon.
Fr. Gordon
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President names Fr. Gordon Tavis
Vice President of Finance, Development
The Rev. Michael Blecker, OSB, St. John's President, has announced
his appointment of the Rev. Gordon Tavis, OSB, as Vice President for
Finance and Development. Fr. Gordon, who just completed work for
a masters degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will
begin his new duties here July 1.
In addition, the search continues for a new Vice President for
Academic Affairs. A search committee was formed early this spring
and more than 100 applicants for the position have been screened. John
Redmond, professor of government and search committee chairman,
reported recently that the slate of candidates has been reduced to 16.
Fr. Michael has indicated his hope that a final selection can be
made prior to July 1. In addition to the naming of a Vice President
of Academic Affairs, Fr. Michael said he intends to name an Academic
Dean.
Dr. John Lange, former Vice President for Academic Affairs re­signed
that post early this year. He will take a sabbatical leave for the
fall term and plans to rejoin the mathematics department here in 1973.
Fr. Gordon, St. John's new V.P. for Finance and Development, was
born in Bismarck, ND. He received his B.A. from St. John's in 1954,
and taught theology and psychology in the College between 1958 and
1962. He served as assistant procurator from 1962 until he took leave
last year to complete work for his graduate degree. In recent years he
has been responsible for the computerization of St. John's business
systems.
Fr. Gordon also directed the St. John's Institute of Mental Health
from 1959 until 1964, and he has held down the first violin chair in
the St. John's University Orchestra.
SJU reaches exchange agreement
with Tokyo's Sophia University
Beginning next fall at least two St. John's students will have the
opportunity to study at Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan, as a result
of a formal agreement between the two schools.
According to Dr. Otmar Drekonja and Fr. Thomas Thole, OSB,
Study Abroad Officers here, the agreement allows two students from
each school to spend one year at the other school.
St. John's participants would participate in a "Year in Japan" pro­gram
at Sophia, a new program tailored for American college sopho­mores.
Students will learn basic Japanese and take courses in the
fields of social science, art and literature with emphasis on the cultures
and civilizations of Asia. Drekonja and Fr. Thomas said they hope our
students will be able to spend vacation periods with Japanese families.
"The study abroad arrangement with Sophia will be a good chance
for interested students to experience both a different way of life and
a different style of education," noted Fr. Thomas. "At the same time
it will fulfill many of the distribution requirements at St. John's."
Seven faculty members get doctorates
Seven St. John's faculty members have received their Ph.D. degrees
in recent months: They are:
Otmar Drekonja, University of Salzburg (AustFia), Germunistics,
German Studies. Dr. Drekonja teaches in the Modern Languages De­partment.
C. Jack Eichhorst, Yale University, Department of Religious Studies,
Theology. Dr. Eichhorst is Associate Director of the Institute for Ecu­menical
and Cultural Research.
Fr. Rene McGraw, University of Paris, philosophy. Fr. Rene teaches
philosophy.
Julian Plante, Fordham University, Classical Philology. Dr. Plante
directs the Monastic Manuscript Microfilm Library (MMML).
Anthony Sorem, University of Kansas, Social Psychology. Dr.
Sorem is a member of the psychology department.
Fr. Don Talafous, Graduate Theological Union, University of Cali­fornia,
Berkeley, Theology. Fr. Don is campus chaplain and teaches
theology.
Fr. Wilfred Theisen, University of Wisconsin, History of Science.
Fr. Wilfred is a member of the physics department.
Plante Fr. Rene Fr. Wilfred Drekonja Eichhorst Fr. Don Sorem
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SOME THOUGHTS
ON THE POSTIC
VOICE OF ALJDEN
by Timothy Blackburn '70
A ny one WI' thdi sat isnmcta tetnetrii.t nyg.
of mo d ern poetry knows I' t'1 5. a vdeisrtyi nguishde ; t he'1 r
Some might choose to call It 'the thing that
opponents would counter "theYd~at~ t The general
1 't IS mc .
is not'." Yet all would stye I. llusive, and to
reader would add that it is e1uslve~t W. H. Auden,
bend a word, illusive. The poetrY14 modern group;
of course, belongs to the post-19 Auden's poetry
much of it is quite contemporarY~etry, even to the
partakes of the vices of modern P t but it also has
elusive, allusive, and illusive aspec ~'tue5 being dis-
more than an equa1 s h are 0 f theb Viur ty a' nd .mS'lg h t.
tinct and distinguished, full of :se qualities and
It is appreciated and loved for t
for its readability. . E land. Around
Auden was born in 1907 n h~g moved to the
the beginning of World War became a citizen.
United States, of which he la~r York has a certain
The progress from York to Ne b t it seems from a
neatness and historical pattern, u. forsaking that
recent announcement that Au~enl IS as he is leaving
h . 1 Clrc e, . pattern for t e CIrC e, or near '1 the ever-growmg
New York for Ox~ord .. To ~o~~:l: would be a la.bor­bibliography
contalI:ed m thiS c1 Auden has wnt.ten
ious task, for besides poetry. t songs, oratorIOs,
drama, opera libretti, movie ~Crl~ S~rticles, introduc­translations,
many book revieW 'I books. Bis pub­tions,
criticism and edited sev~raSchool Verse, 1924
lished poetry spans from PublIc
to the present. . du1ged in faint
Much of Auden's early poet~y l~f Anglo-Saxon
and sometimes not so faint echO~~g but it was very
poetry. This often led to obscurl y~ieces, of course,
exciting at the time, and the better
retain their excitement: d t vening
fatigue a e '
There head falls forward,
And dreams of home, d of welcome,
Waving from window, S?rete sheet;
Kissing of wife under sIng
But waking sees . thrOUgh doorway
Bird-flocks nameless to him,
voices her love.
Of new men making anot nized as
Lines such as these made Auden early recog
a new and powerful poetic voice.
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Editor's note: W. H. Auden came to St. John's in
February and read selections from his poetry as one
of a series of Honors Program convocations. Here
alumnus Tim Blackburn takes a look at the man and
his poetry.
Current Madison Avenue
manufacture of "nostalgia" for the thirties and forties
is a calculated forgetting of the bleak struggles of
those years. Auden's verse and drama of that period
shows an acute awareness of the struggle, and is
socially preoccupied. He visited Spain, was closely
associated with Stephen Spender and Christopher
Isherwood, and simultaneously reflected and created
the issues and engagements of intellectuals facing
up to a world splitting at the seams. At the same
time, since as Auden says "the occupational disease
of poets is frivolity," he wrote many ballads and
parodies of popular song-ballads.
o that Friday near Christmas as I well recall
When we went to the Charity Matinee Ball,
The floor was so smooth and the band was so loud
And Johnny so handsome I felt so proud;
'Squeeze me tighter, dear Johnny,
let's dance till it's day':
But he frowned like thunder and he went away.
Naturally enough, these pieces, often employing
cliches for great effect, pass beyond frivolity.
Auden has many technical skills. His songs not
only have great variety but also a sure musical touch.
He creates the bawdy atmosphere of a drinking song:
At Dirty Dick's and Sloppy Joe's
We drank our liquor straight,
Some went upstairs with Margery,
And some, alas, with Kate;
and the delicate sorrow of a love lyric:
So, to remember our changing garden, we
Are linked as children in a circle dancing:
My Dear One is mine as mirrors are lonely,
And the high green hill sits always by the sea.
Auden is the master of many forms, and has success­fully
used free verse, open verse, syllabic verse, blank
verse, couplets, terza rima, quatrains, e1egiacs, sonnet,
ballad, sestina, villanelle. When he rimes it is un-
Timothy Blackburn, a 1970 St. John's graduate, is a
graduate student in the English department at the Univer­sity
of Minnesota. A Woodrow Wilson Fellow, Tim will
be joining the English staff at St. John's for the coming
academic year. The following year he will return to grad­uate
school for the completion of his doctoral studies.
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obtrusive and pleasurable. For sheer variety his most
virtuoso performance is The Sea and the Mirrour,
from which the above two quotations are taken. The
Sea and the Mirrour is a closet drama or mirror­piece
with characters from and aphorisms and reflec­tions
on The Tempest. It includes pieces such as
"Invocation to Ariel" and the brilliant "Caliban to
the Audience." "The working charm is the full
bloom of the unbothered state; the sounded note is
the restored relation."
Beyond social preoccupation and technical vir­tuosity
Auden's poetry has grown to a concern for
time and being, or as the phrase commingles them,
"the time being." The time being is "the most trying
time of all," and one role of his poetry over the last
quarter-century has been "The Time Being to redeem/
From insignificance." The naked truth of each poem
is paramount; to achieve this Auden said, in 1964,
he is "prepared to sacrifice a great many poetic
pleasures." Little poetic pleasure is actually lost.
Auden's shrewd perceptions have simply found a
larger, more congenial voice. Whether it be the
"Horae Canonicae" or the "Prologue at Sixty," Auden
brings a civilised and unique voice to the loud,
dulling and unharmonious sound of the time being.
The linguistic level of this achievement is best
summed up by the poet:
Whatever else it mayor may not be, I want
every poem I write to be a hymn in praise of
the English language: hence my fascination with
certain speech-rythms which can only occur in
an uninflected language rich in monosyllables,
my fondness for peculiar words with no equiv­alents
in other tongues, and my deliberate avoid­ance
of that kind of visual imagery which has
no basis in verbal experience and can therefore
be translated without loss.
photos by Lee A. Hanley
Perhaps it is unfair to
Auden's large concern for the time being and the
universe of spirit to concentrate on his linguistic
approach, or his creation of a voice, but language
and voice are the common denominators of that being
Auden so manifestly is-a poet. "On the Circuit"
describes a poet's lecture tour of the United States.
His travel brings his "gospe1 of the Muse/To funda­mentalists,
to nuns/To Gentiles and to Jews." Each
lecture becomes indistinguishable from the others,
Unless some singular event
Should intervene to save the place,
A truly asinine remark,
A soul-bewitching face.
This travail is minor, but an itch, when compared
to the cancerous ache in which, according to many,
modern poetry barely lingers. Auden does not dis­miss
the issue; rather, in "The Cave of Making," he
speaks to it forthrightly, concentrating on the satis­faction
still to be had:
After all, it's rather a privilege
amid the affluent traffic
to serve this unpopular art which cannot be
turned into
background noise for study
or hung as a status trophy by rising executives,
cannot be "done" like Venice
or abridged like Tolstoy, but stubbornly still
insists upon
being read or ignored: our handful
of clients at least can rune.
Auden knows the privilege well, having written dis­tinguished
and astoundingly varied poetry for nearly
half a century. He remains a major literary figure
of our age, and keeps the state of his "unpopular art"
healthy. 0
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JAY SPORTS
REVIEW
by Steve Conroy
St. John's Sports Information Director
BASKETBALL
When we last left the Johnnie cagers, they were
involved in a fierce struggle for second place in the
MIAC. Well, the war was lost, but a big battle was
won in the process which helped make the season
well worthwhile.
Macalester pulled-off a couple of upsets to take
runner-up honors, but St. John's concluded the season
on a very, VERY, satisfying note by knocking-off
arch-rival St. Thomas.
Yes, it was a memorable night indeed, one that
will go down in the annals of this fierce rivalry in
golden letters as a blow on the side of the Bene­dictine
tradition.
Here was St. Thomas, 13-2 on the year, led by
a 7-3 Goliath, and with all the confidence that comes
from a convincing earlier victory over St. John's.
And the little Johnnies, with only their pride
left to provide incentive for this awesome task. This
was to be the last game for seven seniors; tiny (6-8)
Kevin Coleman, Terry Maloney, Gary Marlow, Dave
Plafcan, Dave Homan, Vic Moore and Tom Grud­now
ski. With their parents looking on from the
stands, these seven gave quite a farewell perform­ance,
drubbing the Tommies 87-79.
As if the game was not exciting enough, a few
Tommie and Johnnie fans provided a little extra bit
of action as they briefly exchanged pleasantries on
court near the end of the game. This spontaneous
outburst of youthful exuberance was quickly quelled
by police officials and the more cool-headed St.
John's fans.
With the victory, Coach Jim Smith and his
veteran outfit finished play with a 10-6 record and a
third place tie with UMD.
WRESTLING
What ingredients does it take to make a success­ful
wrestling season? A run-down of the accom­plishments
of the 1971-72 edition of the St. John's
wrestling squad gives the perfect answer.
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Take several tournament championships, one
National Catholic title, one MIAC championship,
numerous dual meet opponents (well-beaten, of
course), add two All-American winners for good
measure and - Wha-la! You have a masterpiece
Vern Gagne himself would be proud of.
St. John's captured its second straight conference
championship on overall team strength as nine of
ten Johnnies fought their way into the finals. Only
two of these, Terry Elfering, 118; and Joe Hayes,
142; emerged as individual title winners as five of
St. John's defending champions; Tom Svendsen, Gary
Svendsen, Dennis Legatt, Jerry Workman, and Tom
Miller were dethroned.
In the NAIA championships Gary Svendsen gave
St. John's its first national wrestling champion by
edging the returning champ at 134. Tom Miller also
gained All-American status as he took third place
at 190 to provide a li:;tle extra frosting on the cake.
St. John's finished seventh in the meet which in­volved
nearly all small colleges across the country.
BASEBALL
The old cliche "Baseball is a game of inches"
was never more true than in the recently concluded
St. John's season. Unfortunately most of the "close
ones" were on the negative side for the Johnnies,
who ended in fifth place in the MIAC with a 6-8
record, 8-8 overall.
Although the "inches" usually refers to measure­ments
of things other than rain and snow, weather
forced cancellation of six preseason games. This left
the Jays somewhat less than ideally prepared to open
conference play against defending MIAC champ St.
Thomas who, by virtue of a southern road trip, had
already played 12 games. The difference showed as
St. Thomas took both ends of a twin-bill 6-3 and 4-1.
In their next outing the pitching of Senior Tom
Muchlinski and sophomores Lee Harren and Brian
Vucinovich more than offset an impotent Jay hitting
attack in a pair of 2-1 victories over Hamline.
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This lack of offensive punch was solved against
Gustavus, but defensive lapses proved fatal as St.
John's committed 12 (count 'em) -12 errors- which
led to nine unearned runs. Still the games were close,
and breaks played a big part in the 10-9 and 5-4
defeats.
Recovering from these disappointing losses,
Coach Elmer Kohorst rallied his men for a four-game
winning streak with doubleheader wins over Carleton
and Augsburg. It all seemed too good to be true.
It was too good to continue.
Against Concordia, St. John's became victim of
some spectacular fielding plays, unbelievable last
ditch rallies and out and out bad luck. The result -
another pair of one run losses, 6-5 and 3-2 in 12
innings.
After trouncing Macalester 8-0 and 3-1, the sea­son
came to an end on an all too predictable note
against St. Mary's. In the first game St. John's blew
numerous scoring opportunities before losing 4-1 in
extra innings. The second game was lost 3-2 as St.
Mary's scored twice in the last inning.
Frustrating as the season was, it was a notable
improvement over last year when the Jays finished
3-17 overall. St. John's also had one of the stronger
pitching staffs in the MIAC with Harren and Much­linski
sporting 1-44 and 1.63 ERAs respectively. And,
on the offensive side of the coin, first baseman Don
Carlini was tops with nine hits in 21 at bats for a
.428 average.
GOLF
Topped by Senior Joe Parise, St. John's grabbed
second place in the MIAC Golf Meet. Macalester took
the championship with an aggregate score of 793,
six strokes better than the Jays.
Parise, a former conference champion, shot a
36 hole score of ISS, just three strokes behind the
conference medalist. Kim Culp and Jim Kruzich fol­lowed
not far behind with 159s.
In the District 13 NAIA Meet St. John's again
took runner-up honors, this time behind Gustavus
which had an . aggregate score of 315, a five stroke
bulge over the Johnnies.
Prior to the MIAC meet, the Jays participated in
only three other meets, thanks again to the tempera­mental
Minnesota weather. These included a 14-shot
victory over St. Cloud State, third place in a field of
12 in the Cobber-Dragon Invitational at Moorhead,
and a 16-8 triumph over the University of Minnesota
(Morris).
TENNIS
Going into the conference tennis meet, player­coach
Thorn Farnham had hopes of finishing as high
as second to Gustavus, to whom everyone had al­ready
conceded the title.
St. John's finished fourth, but did come within
one match of achieving this goal as they ended with
nine points, just one behind Hamline and Macalester,
who tied for second.
In singles competition the Johnnies did very
well- until the final round. Here all three St. John's
entries, seniors Thorn Farnham and Pat Karnan, and
freshman Mike Brumelkamp lost their championship
matches.
The second round proved the most perilous in
doubles competition as both St. John's pairs were
eliminated.
Just one more victory anywhere along the line
would have given St. John's sole possession of second
but, as they say, close only counts in horseshoes.
TRACK
Question: "What does Coach Jim Smith and
his track squad have in common with Vince Lombardi
and the old Green Bay Packers?"
Answer: The obvious - Winning.
Perhaps the parallel is overdone, but the similar­ities
are there. The Jays captured a third straight
MIAC title this year and, added to four consecutive
Cross-Country championships, it makes quite an im­pressive
list of accomplishments.
How do you build such a list of championships?
Well, you build it on people the likes of Joe Skaja,
Mike Kremer, Dan Smith, Rudy Sawyer.
Joe Skaja? Yes, Joe "the Squirrel" Skaja, who
literally went nuts in the MIAC meet, scurrying to
Skaja
victories in the mile, three mile
and six mile; establishing new
conference records in the latter
two events; and being named
the meet's outstanding athlete.
Mike Kremer? Indeed, one
of the best 3000 meter steeple­chase
runners in the NAIA, who
bettered his own conference rec­ord
in that event and added a
third place finish in the 880.
Dan Smith? Rudy Sawyer?
Sure - Smith the premier hurdler in the MIAC who
captured first in the 440 intermediates and who was
just beaten by an eyelash in the 120 yard highs. And
Sawyer, the latest in a long line of excellent triple
jump artists from the Bahamas, who re-set his own
conference record with a leap of 47'6".
The others? There are a lot of them. Norb
Schneider, second in the six mile and third in the
steeplechase; Rich Schletty, second in the discus and
third in the javelin; Suds Seidl, second in the 880
and still others.
What does this all add up to, you ask - A cake­walk
to the MIAC title. St. John's racked up 90~~
points to second place Hamline's 62. St. Thomas
followed in third with 58.
The season is still not completed, as the Jays
will try their luck on the national level in the NAIA
Championships. Perhaps another national champion
for St. John's? You never know.
Saint 23
Fr. Don LeMay
named SJU's
Boss of Year
The Rev. Donald LeMay, St.
John's Director of Admissions, re­cently
received the St. John's sec­retaries'
Boss of the Year Award.
Fr. Don, the citation notes, "is one
of the friendliest, kindest, most
generous monks you will ever
meet. He has a sincere greeting
and a smile for everyone, and
though he is constantly as busy
as a one-armed paperhanger with
the itch, he still seems to have
unlimited time to talk to anyone
who wants to see him. We didn't
ignore the very important fact that
he always seems to have his back
to the clock when we come in ten
minutes late, or take too long for
coffee-break, and he is quick to
show appreciation if we work ten
minutes overtime or show up on
ALUMNI
NEWS NOTES
Before 1920 George W. Frey, Chm.
Edina, Mn 55424
The Rev. DAMIAN BAKER, OSB,
'19, who suffered a heart attack recently,
has retired to St. John's Abbey. In
1938, Fr. Damian organized the Alumni
Association .... NICK RENNER, JR., '15,
and his wife Monica are living at 5314
SE Ramona St., Portland, OR. . .. ED­WARD
SCHMITT, LLB, '14, a retired
Army Colonel and lawyer, is living at
2280 5 Monaco, Apt. 317, Denver, CO.
He attended St. Paul College of Law
and Denver University after SJU.
1920
thru
1930
Lambert Fleckenstein, '20; Norbert
Henkes, '21; Roger Schoenbechler, OSB,
'23; Charles Berres, '24; Dunstan
Tucker, OSB, '25; Gerald Ley, '26;
Edward Wirtz, Sr., '28; Elmer Meinz,
'29; Al Siebenand, '30.
FRANK BAUMANN, '26, has retired.
He and his wife Isabel have one daugh­ter,
Lori, age 25. Frank attended the
University of Minnesota and the Minne­sota
College of Law before becoming
24 Saint
Saturday when work is impossibly
heavy. For, though he expects his
help to work hard and not goof
oft he is the hardest worker of
them all.
"Today we salute-for his valor
in action, his understanding, his
the Brown Brothers Adjustors Claims
attorney for 17 years in Long Beach,
CA. . .. PHIL BERTHIAUME, LLB, '27,
is an insurance and investments con­sultant
living with his wife, Ruth, at
8026 SE 31st Ave., Portland, OR 97202.
... LEO EIDENSCHINK, '28, is the
Quality Control manager for Swift
Dairy and Poultry Assoc. Address: Rte.
4, Box 319, Detroit Lakes .... BERNARD
GIESKE, '29, is now production manager
with WizWright's. He lives at 5703
Beck Ave., North Hollywood, CA ....
The Rev. NICHOLAS GILLEN, '28, is
retired and in residence at St. Francis
de Sales Church, 650 Palace Ave., St.
Paul 55102. . .. GERALD GRIFFIN, '24,
received his B.5. in elementary (1955)
and a B.5. in secondary education from
Dickinson State College. He has retired
from teaching and lives at 254 2nd St.
W, Dickinson, ND 58601. ... NICHOLAS
GUSTIN, '28, and his wife reside at
6705 5 Mason St., Tacoma, WA ....
MIKE JACOBS, '28, is the president of
Pacific Toy House. Address: 9219 Lubec
St., Downey, CA .... CHARLES J.
JUNGLEN, '21, 4800 Williamsburg Lane,
unfailing helpfulness, his apprecia­tion
of even small things-a great
person-the Boss of the Year, Fr.
Donald LeMay!"
The citation was read and the
award presented by Mrs. Frances
Pond, St. John's first secretary.
Apt. 141, La Mesa, CA 92041 reports
he has retired. '" TOM KAFKA, '21,
is superintendent of schools at Milaca.
His address is 325 Harvard St. SE,
Minneapolis 55414. . .. JOHN KORTE,
'28, is an accountant with H & 5 Pro­peller
Shop and Warren Prototype and
Pattern. Son JOHN KORTE, JR., ('51)
is president of Warren Prototype. He
lives at 22266 LeFever St., Warren, MI.
... PAUL LAMMERS, DDS, '20, is prac­ticing
in Hartington, NE. '" FRANCIS
R. MALERICK, '21, and his wife Lila
live at 650 Rosewood Court, Los Altos,
CA 94022. . .. PHILIP POTTS, '23, is
retired and living in Seattle, WA. . ..
NICK SCHNEIDER, '25, is retired and
living at 2727 NE 20th Ave., Portland,
OR 97212. '" LAURENCE VAN HALE,
M.D., '29, is practicing surgery and re­sides
at 1407 Cambridge Rd., San Ma­rino,
CA 91108. . .. The Rev. JOHN
VARLEY, '20, has retired from the
clergy and lives at 103 E Jaine St.,
Paynesville 56362. . .. JEROME VIELE,
'22, is recuperating from a heart attack
suffered in November. He now lives at
4717 N West Ave., Fresno, CA 93705.
... IGNATIUS WOLFE, '29, is a zone
manager with IDS Investments of Min­neapolis.
Address: 545 SE 160th, Port­land,
OR 87233.
1931
THOMAS BOHNEN is business man­ager
with the Charles Wright Academy.
Tom lives at 10841 Interlachen Dr. SW,
Tacoma, WA 98498.
1932 Donald Kolb, Chm.
Holdingford, MN 56340
JOSEPH DAMBERGER is a civil en­gineer
with the California Division of
Highways. He has four children, all
married. Joe graduated from Marquette
University with a Civil Engineering de­gree
in 1934. Address: 2720 Olive St.,
Lemon Grove, CA 92405.
1934 Francis X. McCarthy, Chm.
Minneapolis, MN 55409
MARV FREJLACH is the owner of
a St. Paul night club, the Payne "Go­Go."
His address is_899 Payne, St. Paul.
1935 Hugh B. Gilmore, Chm.
Sioux Falls, SO 57104
LARRY ITEN has retired and lives
at 3147 NE 82nd St., Seattle, WA
59115. . .. The Very Rev. ALOYSIUS
MEHR, OSC, is the Procurator General
for the Crosiers. He received his doc­torate
from the University of Rome and
is presently a canon law professor at
The Beda in Rome. His address is Via
del Velabro 19, Rome, Italy.
1936 Fred G. Thielman, Chm.
St. Cloud, MN 56301
ROMAULD VERBOOMEN is a teach­er.
A widower, he is father of a son and
two daughters. He is presently working
on his M.A. at the University of Wis­consin,
Green Bay, WI.
1937 Clarence A. LaSelle, Chm.
Burnsville, MN
J. C. MAHOWALD is a hardware
merchant in Huron, SD. Son CHARLES
J. MAHOWALD attended SJU in 1971.
... JOHN NOONAN is now a clerk
with the U.5. Post Office. He and his
wife, Gladys, are living at 405 E Nor­man
Ave., Arcadia, CA 91006 ....
MELVIN J. SCHUELLER is a dentist.
He and his wife Beatrice live at 1341
Averill Ave. S, San Pedro, CA 90732.
1938 Urban M. Kraker, Chm.
LeSueur, MN 56058
JOHN E. HUGHES is serving in the
Orange County (CA) administration.
Married, he and his wife Jean live at
12781 Browning Ave., Santa Ana, CA
92705. . .. THOMAS MORAN and his
wife are living at 5065 San Jacinto Cir­cle,
Fallbrook, CA 92028.
1939 Loren A. May, Chm.
St. Cloud, MN 56301
Col. DONALD GRUBER will retire
July 30 from the Air Force. He and his
wife Helen expect to travel for a while
and eventually settle in Colorado or
Oregon. He made trips to St. Paul in
June and November. . .. G. DONALD
HOLLENHORST is a professor of philo­sophy
at Barut College. . .. JOSEPH
SMISEK is the director of the Building
Service Dept. in Orange County, CA.
Address: 13792 Judy Anne Lane, Santa
Ana.
1940 Adrian M. Born, Chm.
Robbinsdale, MN 55423
PHILIP BLENKUSH is the program
manager of marketing for Rocketdyne
of North American Rockwell. He and
his wife reside at 5801 Rolling RD,
Woodland Hills, CA .... R. BRAY MER­CIL,
director of the University book­store
at the University of North Dakota,
lives at 114 Chestnut, Grand Forks, ND,
with his wife and seven children. '"
GEORGE ROBINSON and his wife Mil­dred
live at 6605 NE Cleveland, Port­land
OR. George is employed at Perle
Youdene .... ARTHUR H. THOMPSON
is employed as a professor at the
University of Maryland. . .. CYRIL E.
WELLE and his wife Jean live at 1475
Santa Crt,z St., San Pedro, CA. Cyril
is the assistant chief engineer for the
Continental Baking Co.
1941
The Rev. PAUL B. BACHMAN, 217
NW 4th, Madison, SD, is pastor at St.
Thomas Church of Madison. Fr. Bach­man
received his degree at the St. Paul
Seminary, St. Paul. ... LAWRENCE BET­TENDORF
is an attorney for the U.5.
Patent Office. He has one son, age 17.
lawrence now lives in Falls Church,
VA, and works in Crystal City, Arling­ton,
VA. ... BILL GOBLIRSCH is the
counselor at Austin State Jr. College.
Bill lives at 1303 2nd St. NW, Austin,
TX 55912. . .. BEN LORENZ, his wife
and one daughter now live at BCG41,
AuF. DEM. GRAT. 41, Berlin, Germany,
after flying out of San Francisco as a
PanAm pilot for 25 years. . .. Attorney
JOHN MAJERES and his wife Donna
live at 6026 Wapato Lake Drive, Ta­coma,
WA 98408 .. ,. The Rev. PIUS P.
MARDI AN, besides being pastor of St.
Joseph's Church, Mobridge, SD, is presi­dent
of the Ministerial Association,
chairman of the local Action Council
and a member of the Diocesan Priests
Senate. Father is also a delegate to the
national NFPC Convention (1972).
1942 Joseph J. Willenbring, Chm.
Cold Spring, MN 56320
JOHN F. ASKIN, 2709 Bardel Dr.,
Sherwood Park, Wilmin!!;ton, DE, is em­ployed
by DuPont. . .. JEROME C. GER­MAN
and his wife Carol live at 1127 W
Onario Ave., Corona, CA. Jerry is a
partner and owner of the Bodv and
Repair Shop of Corona. . .. T. THOMAS
NOVAK is owner and pharmacist at
the Novak Rexall Drug Store in Belle
Plaine. Three daughters have graduated
from college, a fourth is still a student.
Tom and his wife live at 426 W Main,
Belle PlaIne, 56011. . .. SEV RAUSCH
and his wife Helen live at 1434 15th
Ave. NW, Rochester. He is Manager in
Finance at IBM.
1943 Rev. Ray Schulzetenberg, Chm.
St. Cloud, MN 56301
RICHARD E. GRASSER and his wife
Marjorie live at 3418 Hidden Rancho
PL., Glendale, CA. Dick is the Claim
Manager for the Traveler's Ins. Co ....
MILTON STAPLES, Internal auditor for
the Weiman Co., Inc., lives at 205 Miner,
Bensenville, IL.
1945 Karl Thomes, Chm.
Arlington, MN 55307
DAVE MC KENZIE and his wife Mar­garet
live in Lake City. Dave and John
McKenzie, '50, are partners in the l\1c­Kenzie
Co. .,. The Rev. JAMES E.
MOSLEY is pastor at St. Francis Church
in Sherwood, OR. Father's address is
PO Box 279.
1946
Dr. KEITH P. BLAIR, a dentist living
at 4802 59th St. in San Diego, CA.
92115, is the new alumni chapter presi­dent
there .... The Rev. HAROLD J.
P A VELIS is the minister of sacred music
at the Queen of All Saints Church,
Concord, CA. Address: 2390 Grant St.,
Concord 94520 .... DONALD L. LUCAS,
1616 Carlton Ave., Modesto, CA 95350,
is a school teacher in the Modesto Pub­lic
Schoo!. His wife lona (Schiedecker)
was a Benny .... R. W. LAURITZAN
is the branch casualty manager for the
Oregon Auto Insurance Co. He and his
wife Miriam live at 3224 NE 27th, Port­land
OR 97212.
25
F
1948 Robert J. Welle, Chm,
Bemidji, MN 56601
ROBERT FITZGERALD, who lives at
9440 Cedar Forest Road, Eden Prairie,
is in a metal building dealership for
Mid - Continental Steel. ... MARTIN
LYNCH and his wife Ann live at 4366
Kraft Ave., North Hollywood, CA and
he is employed as Vice President­Branch
coordinator of the Avco Savings
and Loan Assoc .... JAMES A. MA­HONEY
is employed as a sales con­tracting
officer in Wiesbaden, Germany.
Jim sells U.s. Army and Air Force mili­tary
surplus from various European
nations .... MICHAEL J. PALLANsCH,
a biochemist for U.s. Department of
Agriculture, lives at 509 North Kenmore
St., Arlington, VA. ... CLA YTON B.
SCHUMACHER, 1070 Lansing, Aurora,
CO 80010, is a real estate broker in his
own firm .... PHILIP F. SUNDSTROM,
] 572 Regulus St., San Diego, CA 92111,
is a secondary teacher in the San Diego
City school system. . .. WM. A. (BILL)
WEHNER, 6521 Lochmoor Dr., San
Diego, CA 92120, is a retired naval car­rier
pilot. He now teaches computer
math in a San Diego high school. Wife
Jeanne (Simons) v-,:as a Benny.
1949
EUGENE CONWAY is now a sales
representative for Thorpe Bros., Inc.,
Realtors, 6441 Lyndale Ave., South Mpls.
... E. JOHN DIEDRICH, 2740 5 Reed
st., Denver, CO 80227, is vice president
for investments at Denver's Central
Bank and Trust Company .... LOWELL
H. MERCIL lives at 6960 N 21st St.,
Arlington, VA 22205 .... The Rev. AUB­REY
OSBORNE'S address: 818 Ritten­bounce
St., Hyattsville, MD. . .. FRAN­CIS
PETRACEK is a research supervisor
for 3M. Frank lives at 8132 Ensign Rd.,
Bloomington. . .. IRA J. POEPPING,
Credit Manager for the International
Harvester Co., lives with his wife Lucille
at 16535 sE Dagmar, Gladstone, OR.
... KENNETH D. SCHLICHTING, assis­tant
district manager for the Social Se­curity
Administration, lives at 2017 W
Ill. Ave., Aurora, IL 60506. Ken is mar­ried
and has "two wonderful children."
... JIM WEBER lives at 1480 5 Miss.
River Blvd., St. Paul.
1950 Robert A. Nicklaus, Chm.
Cologne, Mn 55322
JOHN MC KENZIE and his wife Mary
Anne live at 710 N Oak, Lake City
55041. He's a partner with Dave Mc­Kenzie,
'45 in the McKenzie Co. . ..
DON BRAUN is Dean of Men at Notre
Dame High School in Sherman Oaks,
CA. He and his wife Viola live at 17915
Burton St., Roseba, CA 91335. . ..
ROBERT E. BROPHY is personnel man­ager
for the Rocky Mountain News in
Denver. Address for Bob and Martha:
3371 W 30th Ave., Denver, CO 80211.
... PAUL MULREADY, formerly direc­tor
of development
at The College of St.
Benedict and direc­tor
0 f marketing
with Johnson Reels
and Min n - K 0 t a
Manufacturing Co.
of Moorhead, has
been promoted to
vice - president 0 f
Johnson Reels Co.,
Mankato. . .. ROB­ERT
P. RICKERT,
6880 5 Prince Way, Mulready
Littleton, CO 80120,
is owner-manager of Acme Employment
Method, a private employment counsel­ing
agency. . .. GEORGE SINNER has
announced his candidacy for tne Demo­cratic
party nomination for governor of
North Dakota. A farmer, George has
been involved in state politics for the
last 12 years. Father of nine, his son,
George, Jr., is a freshman at SJU. Sin­ner
is involved with his two brothers
in a farming partnership-they are
Republicans.
1951 Charles Kapsner, Chm.
Princeton, MN 55371
WILLIAM A THMAN is a purchasing
agent. Address: 623 W. Lake Shore Dr.,
Wavconda, IL 60084 .... DAVE AYLMER
is a CPA with North American Rockwell
Corp. He and his wife Marian live at
23321 Community St., Canoga Peak, CA
91304. . .. HAROLD BERNARD was
promoted to Director of Insurance and
Retirement at the University of Minne­sota.
He and his wife Nancy now have
seven children. . .. C. TERRY DOOLEY
is contracting manager in the Los
Angeles sales district for Bethlehem
Steel Corp. He and his wife Kathleen
(a '52 grad of CsB) live at 15204 Sutton
St., Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 .... JOHN
DOUGHERTY is a funeral director. ...
Dr. ROBERT GRABOWSKI is the Exe­cutive
Director of the Cystic Fibrosis
Research of Colorado. Address: 8651
Circle Drive, Westminster, CO 80030.
... HAROLD HAGEN is the Executive
Director of Universal Schools. He re­ceived
his CPCU designation in property
and liability insurance. Father of seven,
he lives at 2202 Prairie Creek, E. Rich­ardson,
TX 75080. . .. ROBERT HAGE­ROTT
is an engineer with the u.s. De­partment
of Transportation (Transporta­tion
Systems Center). He received a B.s.
in electrical engineering from the Univer­sity
of Colorado in 1951, an M.s. in
engineering from the Stevens Institute
of Technology in 1958 and has taken
graduate level courses at the University
of California. He and his wife Peggy
have four children, three boys and a
girl. ... WILLIAM HERZOG has been
Herzog
e I e c ted assistant
vice-president, treas­u
r e r s department,
for the EqUitable
Life Assurance So­ciety
of the U.s. Bill
joined Equitable in
1952. He and his
wife Joan reside at
51 Wilbur Rd., Ber­genfield,
NT, and
have three children.
... H. E. JOHNSON
is a dentist.
GEORGE NELSON,
JD, is an attorney-at-law for Allen,
Thomsen, Nybeck and Zeck. He re­ceived
his JD from the University of
Minnesota in 1956. He and his wife
Margaret Ann have five children·­Chris,
Jessica, Luke, Carl and Victor.
· .. JAMES STURM is teaching at Le­high
University and is the father of
seven. . .. DUANE V AN ORsOW is a
land surveyor for the Thomas Taylor
Co. . .. PATRICK WINKLER is the as­sistant
managing editor of the Tacoma
News Tribune. Address: 11618 Gravelly
Lake Dr. SW, Tacoma, WA 98499.
1952 Thomas Reichert, Chm.
St. Cloud, MN 56301
JAMES HUGHES is a stockbroker and
resident manager of Walston and Co.,
Inc. Father of six (two boys, four girls),
he lives at 5615 Via Cerezo, Riverside,
CA 92506. . .. RAY KEATING is vice­president
of research and engineering
with Kartridg-Pak Co., Davenport, IA.
His family participated in the recent St.
John's Alumni College Day on campus.
· .. VIRGIL LIESKE is a boiler and ma­chinery
inspector for the Engineering
Division of Factory Mutual. Father of
five (including four boys), Virgil lives
on Rte. 4, Box 212, Austin, TX 55912.
· .. PAUL MATHEWS is the owner of
Mathew Bros., Inc., a mobilehome park
and sales company. He and his wife
Jean live at 616 14th St. sE, Owatonna
55060. . .. BILL METZGER and wife
Peggy live at 4645 Biona Dr., San Diego,
CA 92105. Bill is teacher in and owner
of Happy Time Preschool, a nursery
school there .... The Rev. CLARENCE
sT ANGOUR is a Lutheran pastor living
in Saginaw, MI. He attended graduate
school, University of Minnesota, St.
Ambrose College and Mount St. Bernard
Seminar. ... D. F. THENE is manager
of the United States Gypsum Co. in
Santa Clara, CA. He and his wife Joan
live at 931 Fairfield Ave., Santa Clara
95050.
1953 Charles McCarthy, Chm.
St. Cloud, MN 56301
JOSEPH DIETRICH is research man­ager
for Diamond Shamrock. He re­ceived
his Ph.D. in organic Chemistry
from Iowa State. He is the father of
four .... R. F. (BOB) DIXON, 910 Sa­vannah
Court, ''''alnut Creek, CA
94598, is accountant with Standard Oil
of California .... H. JAMES GAHR,
LLB, is an attorney with Simpson,
Thacher and Bartlett. Jim received his
LLB from Georgetown University Law
School and is still single. . .. DALE
HAPPE is an attorney with Happe,
Happe, Hall and Eppard, LTD .... JOHN
HUNT, JR., is a druggist at Hunt Silver
Lake Drug. He and his wife Rita live
at 2115 8th Ave. NE, Rochester 55901.
ROGER HUYINK is a teacher employed
by Independent School Dist. #504. . ..
ROLAND LEY is a CPA with Arthur
Young and Co .... WILLIAM J. MC­NERTNEY
is an attorney in Novato, CA.
He and his wife Nancy live at 837 Mc­Clay
Rd., Novato 94947. . .. QUENTIN
MORRIS, a lieutenant colonel in the
USAF, is stationed at Norton AFB, CA.
Quentin received his B.s. from Arizona
State. Address: 1435 Elizabeth Crest Dr.,
Norton AFB. . .. The Rev. JAMES
SCHEUER is co-pastor of Holy Spirit
Church, Virginia. Address: 307 5 3rd St.,
Virginia 55792. Dr. MICHAEL
THOMAS, JR., is a professor at the
University of Texas.
1954 Robert L. Forster, Chm.
Minneapolis, MN 55417
GERALD J. ANDERSON, JR., is a
physician in San Diego. Gerald and
Vivian live at 5820 Hampton Court, San
Diego 92120. . .. BERNARD BEAUDRY
is a metallurgist employed by Iowa
State University. He and his wife Char­lotte
are the parents of seven children.
... BILL BJORKLUND is a high school
principal. He and his wife lola live at
519 Irvin, West Concord 55985. . ..
FRANK GORTON is a professor. Ad­dress:
106 Pinewood Dr., Bloomington,
IN 47401. ... The Rev. FRANK MARIN­CEL
is pastor of St. Mary's Church
(Keewatin) and St. Anne's Church
(Kelly Lake). Happy with his work, he
"has no time for a crisis of identity."
... JAMES MC DONALD is teaching at
Fergus Falls State Junior College. He and
his wife Mary Ann are the proud
parents of three girls--Katherine, Eliza­beth
and Ann Mary. Jim received his
M.A. from Columbia in 1958 and has
done graduate study at the University of
Minnesota. He now lives at 726 W Sum­mit
Ave., Fergus Falls .... JOSEPH M.
MOSER is a professor at San Diego
State College. Joe and Maxine live at
4186 Norfolk Terrace in San Diego
92116. .,. GEORGE OLSON, 27 Bru-
"Love of Charlie" features alumnus, son
Just a year ago, doctors in
Chicago decided that a kidney
transplant would be necessary for
Charles "Chuck" Staples, 12 year
old son of Milton Staples '43.
So last summer they began tis­sue
typing to determine if they
could find a donor within his
family. Chuck's mother was ruled
out. Milton and two of Chuck's
sisters were found to be good pos­sibilities,
and finally it was deter­mined
that Milton would be able
to give his kidney to his son.
Both of the child's kidneys were
removed in August and his life de­pended
upon the dialysis machine
from then until his father's kidney
was transplanted into his body
October 25. "The kidney func­tioned
perfectly," Milton reports,
"and the doctors regard it as a
very successful transplant."
baker Dr., Walnut Creek, CA 94956, is
a CPA and partner in the local Price
Waterhouse and Company office. . ..
LAWRENCE A. TRITSCHLER, 5996
Wenrich Place, San Diego, CA 92120,
is manager of general accounting for
Honeywell and a shaklee distributor.
... KENNETH G. ZIEBARTH, JR., is a
municipal court judge, West Valley
Division, San Bernardino County Munic­ipal
Court District. Judge Ziebarth and
his wife Bonnie live at 5519 Cambridge
St., Montclair CA 91763.
1955 John M. Nilles, Chm.
Fargo, ND 58102
GEORGE BODMER is a district su­pervisor
for Thayer Advertising. Mar­ried
to a "wonderful girl named Rita for
18 years," they now live at 940 5 Main
St., Box 22, Shakopee 55379 .... RICH­ARD
BROOK is Academic Dean of
Plymouth State College. He received his
M.A. in lingUistics from the University
of Minnesota and his Ph.D. in English
linguistics from the University of Iowa.
Dick and his wife Charlotte have four
children (three boys). A contributing
editor to North American Review, Dick
is also kept busy with his hobbies of
cross-country skiing, camping, hiking
and photography. . .. DAVID DUREN­BERGER
has been appointed chairman
of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Coun­cil's
adVisory board on parks and open
space. He is also a member of the board
of directors of the Minnesota Recrea­tion
and Park Association, director of
Minnesota Landmarks, Inc. and Counsel
The Staples' story was featured
on an hour-long television special
"For the Love of Charlie," which
appeared recently on CBS-TV in
Chicago.
of Legal and Community Affairs of the
H. B. Fuller Co. of St. Paul. He holds a
law degree from the University of
Minnesota, is married and is the father
of four sons. Address: 420 5th Ave. N,
S. St. Paul. ... J. RICHARD HEINZKILL
is a librarian at the University of Ore­gon.
He lives at 2124 Emerald St.,
Eugene, OR. . .. ALFRED MACHO is a
sales manager for Uniroyal, Inc. . ..
MIKE MEIXNER, 161 Ribier Ave., Mo­desto,
CA 95350, works for Farmers In­surance
Group. . .. JERRY SCHREIBER
is an attorney in private practice (Smith
and Schreiber) and also serves as Wa­basha
County Attorney. He and his wife
Mary Jean are the parents of four
children-Nancy (11), Paul (10), Amy
(7), and Susan (7). . .. Dr. ROBERT
STEIN is working with the Tyler Medi­cal
Center in Tyler. He and his wife
Bernadette are parents of two daugh­ters,
Anne and Caroline.
1956 Jerald L. Howard, Chm.
St. Cloud, MN 56301
JAMES BOTZ is vice-president of
Sales and services for the Lawson,
Stewart and McCory insurance broker­age.
Address: 11635 Mayfield Ave., W,
Los Angeles, CA 90049 .... BERNARD
DUNN, JD, is a lawyer with Pappas and
Dunn. He and his wife Joan are the
proud parents of three daughters: Kim­berly,
Rebecca and Michelle. Bernie re­ceived
his J.D. from Drake University
in 1961. ... KEVIN HOWE is now as­sistant
vice president of federal rela­tions
with the IDS law department. He
has been with IDS since 1960 and re­ceived
his law degree from the William
Mitchell College of Law. . .. ROBERT
MC TAGGART is a field representative
with the Social Security Administration.
Address: 329 Chester, Glendale, CA
91203. . .. BERNARD OKONEK is a
sales manager with the Standard Oil
Division of the American Oil Company.
He, his wife Mary and their son Steven
and daughter Susan live at 10517 Wren
St. NW, Coon Rapids. .,. ROBERT M.
WAHL, 7092 S Tamarac St., Englewood,
CO 80110, is an insurance agent with
Western Service Agency, Inc .... FRAN­CIS
WALL is an equipment engineer
with Western Electric Co., Inc. He and
his wife Phyllis live at 575 E Reming­ton
Dr., Apt. 1H, Sunnyvale, CA 94087.
1957 James Gephart, Chm.
White Bear Lake, MN 5511 0
ROBERT G. CLAESGENS is in insur­ance
sales with Occidental. Bob and
Mary live at 148 Barkentine St., Foster
City, CA 94044. . .. JIM GALVIN is
working for Deluxe Check Printers. He
reports a change of address-he now
lives at 1489 Cheswick Place, Westlake
Village, CA 91361. ... JAMES GILMAR-D.
C. KOOl AID SOCIETY CHARTER MEMBERS
1. David Turch ('63) 5. Dick Virden ('63)
2. Pat Felker ('58) 6. Dave Gibson ('63)
3. Tim Felker ('62) 7. Jim laFaye ('63)
4. Clarence Stoetzel ('61) 8. Ted Vornbrock ('66)
28 Saint
TIN is an Insurance Claims Adjustor
with Merchants' Mutual Insurance. He
and his wife Jennie Mae have two sons,
Chris, 12, and Greg, 10. Address: 23
Barclay Lane, Rd. 4, Box 17, Saugerties,
NY 12477 .... JOHN MC GUIRE is the
Western Regional manager of the Ameri­can
Professional Equipment Financing
Corp. He and his wife Rosemaria re­side
at 707 W. Estrella, Arcadia, CA
91606. . .. ROBERT MILLER is a man­agement
analyst with the Social Security
Administration. Bob, wife Anita Sue,
and children Michele, Rosalie and Kath­leen
live at Rte. 5, Box 430, Sykesville,
MD 21784. ., . JIM OYS is an office
manager in Ventura, CA. Jim and Su­zanne
live at 838 Silver Cloud, Thousand
Oaks, CA 91360. . .. PAUL PEARSON
is a German instructor in the Merritt
Public School District. He received his
B.A. and M.A. from the University of
Oregon and now lives at 582, Merritt,
B.C., Canada .... JOHN J. PELOQUIN
is an engineer with the Yardney Electric
Co. John and Jean live at 13606 E 5th
Ave., Aurora, CO 80010 .... JEROME
W. REITER, 1441 Emery, Apt. 2, Long­mont,
CO 80501, is president of a utili­ties
company. . .. KENNETH SKILLE­STAD
is a junior high teacher at Wash­ington
School in Glendive, MT. He re­ceived
his B.A. from Eastern Montana
College and did graduate work at the
University of Colorado and at Montana
State University. He lives at 517 E
Valentine, Glendive, with his wife
Sharon and daughters Sheila, 9, and
Tracey, 1. ... ALBERT VIRANT is an
office manager with the Sir Thomas
More Institute. He and wife Vernal live
at 1621 Alegro Sq., San Gabriel, CA
91776 .... LAWRENCE WAGNER is an
office manager in the Chemical Division
of 3M Co. He is presently doing his own
finishing work in the family'S new home
on the St. Croix where he, wife Pat and
young'uns Cindy, Sue, Steve and Scott
will live.
1958 Wm. Sullivan, Chm.
Richfield, MN 55423
RICHARD BRUDOS is presently
completing his doctoral studies at Pep­perdine
University where he also serves
as special assistant to the vice-president
for university planning. He and wife
Helen live at 2824 Menlo Ave., Los
Angeles, CA 90007. . .. AL EISELE, a
prize-winning correspondent for the
Ridder Publications (St. Paul Papers),
has a new book coming out soon: Al­most
to the Presidency; A Critical Bio­graphy
of Hubert H. Humphrey and
Eugene J. McCarthy . ... Lt. Cmdr. PAT­RICK
HARNEY is serving in the u.s.
Navy. He and his wife Ann and children
Michael, 10, and Karen, 6, live at 1182
A Gilmore Dr., Key West, FL 33040 ....
CHARLES J. HARRINGTON, 4417 Cam­rose
Ave., San Diego, -CA 92122, is vice
president of the Lane and Huff Ad­vertising
agency. Wife, Eileen, and
two children. . .. Dr. NEAL OLSON
is practicing with the Olmstead Med­ical
Group in Rochester. He and his
wife Jackie live at 2005 5th Ave. NE,
Rochester 55901. ... ARNOLD RAS­MUSSEN
is a relocation advisor for the
Department of Housing and Urban
Development. He reports a move from
Bemidji to 1525 Circle Dr., Burnsville.
He and his wife Deanna have a son,
Steven. . .. ROBERT ROBINSON is a
clerk with the u.s. Steel Corp. He is
married, has two daughters and lives at
101 S 60th Ave. W, Duluth 55807.
1959 Bruce J. Cripe, Chm.
Richfield, MN 55423
The Rev. JEROME COSGROVE is a
counselor at St. Edmund's High School
in Fort Dodge, IA. He received his
Masters in education from Creighton.
Fr. Cosgrove lives at 501 N 22nd St.,
Fort Dodge, and is "looking forward to
a good year in election activities." '"
HENRY L. FISCHER, Ph.D., 6673 S
Buffalo Dr., Littleton, CO 80120, is a
child clinical psychologist at the Univer­sity
of Colorado Medical School in Den­ver
.... THOMAS KRAFT is an attorney
for the Bellevue City Council. He and
his wife Ingrid live at 39 151st Place SE,
Bellevue, W A. ... STANLEY KUMMER
is a civil engineer with the Hennepin
County Park Reserve District. . .. JO­SEPH
LA TTERELL is teaching at the
University of Minnesota, Morris. . ..
BRUCE MICHELS is a sales representa­tive
for the Xerox Corp. With his wife
Erika, he lives <1t 11008 NE 68th #70,9,
Kirkland, WA. ... LESTER MILLER is
a supervisory auditor with the u.s. De­partment
of Agriculture. He and his
wife Jane live at 14070 SVV 22nd, Beaver­ton,
OR .... JOHN SEXTON is a testor
for Northwestern Bell. Married, he is
the father of two boys (Pat and Mike)
and two girls (Jane and Amy) and lives
at 114 NW 4th Ave., Byron .... Maj.
LAWRENCE SISTERMAN is in the
munitions procurement section of the
Army Ordnance Corps. Larry received
his M.A. in math from the Stevens In­stitute
of Technology and was recently
selected for the u.s. Army Command
and General Staff Course. Married to
the former Laura Braegelman, the
couple has four children, Steven (8),
Kathryn (6), Elizabeth (5) and David (2).
Address: U.s. Army Liaison Office, Hill
AFB, UT 84401. ... PAUL STARY is
currently a resident engineer with the
Commonwealth Assoc., Inc. Still single,
he has been in West Pakistan since
August, 1968. He received his B.E.E.
from the University of Minnesota (1960)
and his M.B.A. from the University of
Arizona (1967). Address: P.O. Box 848,
Lahore, Pakistan. Paul plans to return to
Minnesota next spring. . .. CHARLES
STEINER is manager of the Pollution and
Sanitation Control Division of George
Hormel and Co. He received his J.D.
from the William Mitchell College of
Law in 1969. He and his wife Barbara
are parents of twin boys, 4, and a baby
boy, 1. They live at 1005 13th Ave. NW,
Austin, TX 55912 .... BOB SULLIVAN is
a teacher and coach at Cooper High
School. ... JEROME SWEIGER is an
electronics technician with Iowa Electric
Light and Power Co. He spent two years
at the Central Technical Institute in
Kansas City, MO, where he received his
Associate of Science degree. His wife
Barbara is a registered nurse and the
couple have two boys, ages nine and ten.
... TONY YAPEL, JR., is a research
specialist in the Central Research Lab­oratories
of 3M in St. Paul. He and his
wife Aggie are co-principals of the
junior high CCD program in their
parish.
1960 Felix Man""ila, Chm.
Coon Rapids, MN 55433
Dr. L. EDWARD EVANS is in tight
competition for the Ten Outstanding
Young Men of Minnesota (TOYM)
award this year. Eddy is a dentist and
resides in Anoka. . .. DONALD A. EX­NER,
who lives at 10415 Krug Ave.,
manages a Woolworth's store .... JOHN
R. HCENEC, of Rte. 3, Box 68, Blacks­burge,
VA, is an experimental partical
physicist and teacher. John works at
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
teaches at the State University. He has
a wife, Kathy, son, David, and daugh­ters
Patricia and Julie .... GERALD F.
HALSEY and his wife Carol and their
two children live at 3649 Lloyd Terrace,
San Diego, CA. Gerry is a teacher and
counselor in the San Diego Unified
School District. . .. DAVE LOEGERING
is a research technician for the Mayo
Foundation and lives at 607 4th Ave.
NW, Rochester .... GERALD F. MORAN
is Director of the medical service plan
at the University of Arizona College of
Medicine. Gerry is still single and lives
at 8408 E 25th St., Tucson, AZ 85710.
... THOMAS J. PETERKA of 4101
Parklawn Ave., Minneapolis, is a man­agement
consultant for the Keith­Stevens,
Inc. . .. TOM PIAZZA is busi­ness
manager for St. Leo's College in
Florida. . .. RICHARD W. SABERS of
401 N Duluth Ave., Sioux Falls, SD, is
an attorney for Dana, Golden, Moore
and Rasmussen. He has "a pretty wife
Colleen" and two young children. . ..
Remember GREG STEIN? He is now
teaching at State University College at
Buffalo, NY. He lives at 25 Denrose,
Tonawanda, NY. . .. ANTHONY P.
THIEN is the associate professor of
music at Mayville State College, May­ville,
ND .... JIM WAGNER and his
wife Priscilla now live in Santa Bar­bara,
CA.
1961 Michael E. Murphy, Chm.
Minneapolis, MN 55410
The Rev. JOHN DEE (CZAPLEWSKI),
who lives at 1814 W 5th St., Winona,
just got a new camper to help with his
ministry. . .. DOUGLAS HAGEMAN of
Onida, SD, is a self-employed veterin­arian
.... JOHN HUBERTY of 500 W
Crestview, #29, Pullman, WA, is in ob­stetrics
and gynecology. He was recently
married to Mary Braun .... LARRY
KELLEY is a mustic teacher and choral
director at West High School in Iowa
City, IA. Larry received a B.s. from
South Dakota State University and an
M.M. from the University of Oregon.
He did post-master's work at Pedego­gisches
Hoc Schule, Oldenburg, Ger­many.
Address: 406 Kimball Rd.,
Iowa City, IA 52240. . .. KENNETH
KLIMISCH is now working in the re­search
and development department of
Malt-o-Meal. ... JAMES NUSSBAUM is
a realtor for the Van Schaack Co. Jim
and Mary Jean live at 11448 E Amberst
Circle S, Denver, CO.
1962 James H. Winzenberg, Chm.
Denver, CO 80220
Dr. JORDAN ANTONELLI, who
practices in Hibbing, took a motorbike
trip to the West last summer with his
wife. Rained on once - in Minnesota.
· .. PHIL SCHLANGEN of 1211 E Skill­man
Ave., is a supervisor for the 3M
Co .... STEVE SLAGGIE and his wife of
731 W Bdwy, Winona, is now the presi­dent
of Gateway Insurance. . .. M.
DON BOLKE of 5521 Countryside Rd.,
is a banker at Northwestern National
Bank. He has a wife Nancy and a four­year-
old son, David. . .. GARY CHA­LUPSKY
is now in California as a di­rector
of an urban renewal program.
· .. BOB CROW reports he's up to his
neck in work for his Ph.D. . .. TIM­OTHY
FELKER is doing graduate work
in the Russian studies area at George­town.
'" DENNIS FLICKER and his
wife Diane (a former Benny), have one
daughter, Amy. They live at 5873 Oak­land
Ave. S, Mpls. Denny is a district
sales representative for the Crown
Zellerbach Corp. . .. SYLVESTER GUIL­LORY
is going to attend the University
of Toulouse in France hoping for his
doctorate in comparative literature. . ..
HELMUT HACKER is now an Army of­ficer
attending Command and General
Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, KA.
· .. JOHN HARTERT of 7570 Reming­ton
Rd., Manassa, VA, is the program
director with the components division
of IBM. . .. ED LAWLER has just re­turned
from Peace Corps duty in Ja­maica.
. .. NORMAN LORSUNG and
his wife reside at the Oakland Army
Base, Oakland, CA. . .. CHARLES P AL­LUCK,
formerly of St. John's Abbey, is
now assigned at Holy Rosary Parish,
Saint 29
P.O. Box 206, Edmonds, WI 98020 ....
DALE J. RUEHLE is teaching at 702 E
Lakeside Dr. in independent district
#544. . .. PAUL SULLIVAN is now a
professor in an immunogenetics lab and
pursuing a Ph.D. in human genetics at
the University of Wisconsin. Paul re­sides
at 93~ E Dayton, Madison, WI
53703. . .. GERALD T. O'ROURKE and
his wife Carol live at 1621 Emerald Dr.,
New Brighton. Gerry is a social worker
for the Wilder Corp. . .. JOHN W. OZ­BUN
is a math teacher and junior high
basketball coach. John's address is 1191/2
N Cedar .... MARLYN J. SCHROEPPER
is the cost accounting supervisor for
Univac and he resides at 1377 Brenner,
Roseville. . .. TOM SP ALJ is working in
physical therapy in the University of
Iowa Athletic Dept. . .. THOMAS J.
WITHROW of 8509 Seven Locks Rd.,
Bethesda, MD, is working in biochemis­try
for the u.s. Public Health Service.
1963 David Hartle, Chm.
Golden Valley, MN 55427
BOB AMENT of 814 Cumming Ln.,
St. Cloud, is a self-employed engineer.
He and his wife Karen have seven chil­dren
.... RANDALL J. ANDERSON is
a major in the u.s. Army and working
for the USDAC-American Embassy. He
and his wife Karen have two children.
· .. GEORGE D. ANDRIA is assistant
professor of mathematics at the Univer­sity
of Pittsburgh. He and his wife
Kathleen have four daughters and live
at 207 Wadsworth Dr., Glenshaw, PA.
· .. The Rev. CARL ASPLUND is the
pastor of St. Peter's Church, Rte. 7,
Owenboro, KY. . .. PAUL J. BOESP­FLUG
is the vice-president and general
manager of the Interstate Transportation
Company, Inc. He and his wife Sandra
and their three children live at 10 SW
2nd St., Minot, ND. . .. WILLIAM B.
BROWN, 570 W Cornell, Englewood,
CO 80110, is a graduate teaching fellow
in English at the University of Denver.
· .. THEODORE BUSELMEIER is the
Associate director of the artificial kid­ney
unit at the U. of M. hospital. He
lives at 520 Washington Ave. SE, Mpls.
· .. TOM CANAR is executive director
of the March of Dimes in Denver, CO.
Tom and Betty live at 1418 Grape St.
80220 .... MICHAEL J. CANDELL of
1409 Menomonie St., is now an elec­trical
contractor for Candell Electrical
Co. He and his wife Bea have three
children. . .. JIM CLAPP is back in
RVN. He reported terrorist activity in
Saigon is almost a thing of the past ....
LEON COOK lashed out at the Nixon
policy for the American Indian. He em­phasized
that the wasted wages paid to
,the workers of the administrative com­mittees
should be used for fruitful pro­jects
.... JAMES DAUGHERTY is now
a major in the Army and lives at 7429
McWhorter Place, Annandale, VA. He
and his wife Mary Jo have two chil-
30 Saint
dren, Jim and Sa~ah .... RONALD DECK
works as an instructor, a charter and an
aerial applicator for the Deck Flying
Service. He