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Erie. Pa. 16501Thursday, April 17,1

student unrest provis ions" the merc iad" to

"Student Unrest Provisions." They were accomfrom Robert H. Finch, Secretary of Health, Edu

institution" of the law s and to implement enforcement proarises:!Do these laws apply to any

hurst student? It sesms not, and it also seems that theynever apply.

Departments of Labor, and Health, Education and WelfareAppropriation Act, 1969 (Public Law 90-557)

SEC. 411.v,No part offthe funds appropriated under this Actor a grant to

the ! use of or the assistancein the use of force, trespass or the seizure of Iproperty

or students at such an institution from engaging in their#

igher Education Amendments of 1968 (Public La w 90-575)

Eligibility for Student Assistance

SEC. 504. (a) If an institution of higher education determines,for hear ing to an individual

or employed by, such institution, that such individual hasany crime which was com

afterfthe date of enactment of this Act and which involved

to prevent j officials or students |in such institution from en

of a serious nature and contributed to a substantial disruption

the? nstitution which such individual ator is employed by, shall deny for a period! of two yea rs any

her paym ent to, or for the direct benefit of, such individual underof the programs specified in sub section- (c ). If an institution

ce of this subsection, then any institution which such individual

furth er pay men t to, or for the direct benefit of, such

(b) If an institutions of h igher education determines, after afto an individual attend

administration |of such institution, then such institution'shalltwo year s , any|further payment to, or for

(c) The programs referred to in subsections (a) and (b) are

1. The student loan program under title II of the NationalL958.

2. The educational opportunity grant program under part

Act|of 1965.

3 . Th e s tudent loan insurance program under part B of

4. The college work-study ^program under |part C of t it leof 1965.

5. Any fellowship program carried on under title II, III, or.Act of 1965 or title IV or VI of the

off1965 or titlefIV or VI of the National De Education Act of 1958. |

(d) (1) Nothing in this Act, oi any Act amended by this Act,any institution of higher education

to award, continue, or extend any financial assistance

announcing...The tenth annual awards of theFlorence Dornblaser MemorialScholarships.

TH E AWARDS—-Three awardswil be made: one in the amountof $250, one in the amount of

$150 and one in the amount of$100. "

ELIGIBILITY—A n y deservingwoman student in the junior classof an accredited college or university may apply. The awardsare for use during her senioryear. She must be majoring ingovernment, political science, economics or history or preparing to

teach one of these subjects. Shemust have good scholastic standing; must be reasonably active instudent activities j must be a

res ident of Pennsylvania ; mustestablish the need for f inancialhe lp; and must possess a Democratic family background or bean active participant in the affairs of the Democratic Party.

PURPOSE—First, to encouragequalif ied young women to pursue

and to develop interests in politicsand government .

Second, to honor the memoryof the late Florence Dornblaser ,F i r s t Treasurer of the Pennsyl vania Federation of DemocraticWomen, Inc., who left a bequestto the Federation to found theScholarship Fund which bearsher name and to which additionalfunds have been added by theClubs and individual members ofthe Federa t ion.

DEADLINE—Applications mus tbe postmarked on or before April27 , 1969. -

The awards will be presentedat York, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, May 27, at the Annual Convention of the Pennsylvania Federation of Democratic Women,Inc.

APPLICATIONS — Applications

may be obtained by writing to:The Florence Dornblaser Memorial Scholarship Committeec/o The Pennsylvania Federationof Democratic Women, Inc.510 North Third StreetHarrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101or by contacting merciad editor,Rosalie Hodas.

si stance.

every inch king#

J Sixth Annual Father-Daughter WeekendApril 19 and 20, 1969

Dear Daddy, '•'•.

This year the weekend of April 19 and 20 has been chosa special t ime for you—"Dad's Days at Mercyhurst." Commare already at work planning a weekend I know you will en

The Sixth Annual Father-Daughter Weekend will be a cfor you to meet my Profs, my fr iends, and my fr iends' Dads. important, you and I will have a chance to enjoy each other'spany. (Moms are not being slighted—there j u s t isn't enough r

I t won't cost much—$12 for resident students' Dads andfor day students' Dads for the weekend activities. The accomtions for this year 's weekend will be offered at Holiday Innand Downtown, Howard Johnson's Interstate, The DowntowneScott 's Motel. I

There wil be a "crowning" of the King of the Year adinner on Saturday night. Dr. William Dorney will be the sp

Please don't let me down—I'm hoping you will come!Love,

Saturday, April 1910:00- 1:00

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Regis t ra t ionRegis t r a t ion

Three half-hoursessions with 3teachersLunch and FacultyReceptionTalent ShowDinner

Dancing to theGib PorschtBand

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Student UnionStudent UnionScience & Arts Build

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Recital HallZem Zem Temple14 East 8th St.Zem Zem Temple

Chapel

Cafeteria

uo presents voca recitalThe music of two beautiful)

voices will fill the Recital Hallon Saturday, April 26, at 8:15p. m. These will be the voicesof Suzette Aleci an d MarleneKelly featured in their Senior Recital.

flowing lines of Randall Th

son will be heard in her

formance of "Velvet Shoes.

addition, there will be selec

from Durante, Rogers, Bon

Schumann, and Puccini* The

Selections for the program have vocalists will combine their

been chosen to display a wide

variety of vocal l ierature. The

program will include songs of

French, Italian, German, Latin,

and English origin. From theFrench composer Duparc, Suzette

will sing "Chanson Triste." She

will also sing "Porgi Amor" from

the I talian opera The Marriage of

Figaro by Mozart. Marlene Kelly

will display her vir tuosity in sing

ing the Mozart "Alleluia." The

ent s to perform a duet

Vivaldi's "Gloria."

(2 ) Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting or

prejudicing the r ights and prerogatives of any institution of higher

education to institute and carry out an independent, disciplinary pro

ceeding pursuant to existing authority, practice, and law.

(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the free

dom of any student to verbal expression of individual views oropinions.

Linda L. Griffith, sophom

elementary education mareceived a send-off gift frthe Mercyhurst College comunity last Friday as she tered the Cleveland C linic Hpital to await a kidney traplant scheduled for TuesdBy late Friday afternoon, Mcyhurst students had reachand topped their one-day capaign goal of $1,000. The clege facu1 ty, administratand staff joined the studeto support the Griffith Dri% Jeanne Baker, Student Gernment President, explain"We felt i t was only r ightjoin in an effort to give fellow student the supporboth financial and moral—so greatly needs at this t im



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After ten weeks of independentstudy under the guiding eye of afaculty advisor,^ the senior artmajors have completed theirthesis projects. The exhibition ishanging in the Zum Hall gallery.

Anita Bernstein presents a relief done in plaster on old barn

p lan k s . | vAnn Brugger's exhibit con

sists of afvariety of wall hangings involving such textile pro

cesses! as batik, rug hooking andapplique.

An original children's! story isDonna IDesser's project, l it includes 41 panels of lively color.

Concentrating on oil painting,Pat Greene shows six paintings,each depicting a mood of melancholy. |

Ji m Higginsf beginsI with detailed an atom y| drawings andworks into expressive life studies.

Chris Kaczmarek is showing aseries of transparent watercolorsin theftraditional manner .

Lyndaj Underwood LeFaiver,Dennis Revitsky, |and Louise Tavinello offer algraphics exhibition.Lynda limits herself to linoleumcuts a n d cellographs. Dennisspecializes in lith ograp hs, landLouise presents linoleum cuts, drypoint, and lithograph!

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N ot e : F o r t he past:threes during th eir f irst week on

incoming freshmen have

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"t h e merc iad" pr intss pap er in pa rt. In her

"Why M e r c y h u r s t ? "jjfeminine; curi

She was inte res ted inin

ng* wom an's choice of al, ^private, l iberal ar t s colfor wom en. In her pap er,

identified! t r ends in

profilejof the " typi sMercyhurst f r eshman. Has

Mercyhurs t Freshman

Careerf reshman c lass par t ic ipa ted

conducted by theEducation

to as theof ;Res earch , Co

Institutional P r ogr a m,

(62 two-year colleges, 220

whose scoresvwere con

A + grades in h igh schoold to 2 0% na t iona l ly ,

% ranged f rom B—|to

Over §50% of the gir ls

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iyear s ( 25% as opand

not I check iibooks out of theas frequently (50% v ersusThey showedimore inter

arrang ed dates for a fr iendnationally (, an d 55 %

tutored an other stud ent (54%

years old, was in the top halfof her gradua t ing c lass , wi th aB average in her courses . According to Admissions Offices ta t i s t ics , the c lass L Q. rangeon the Otis scale was 106-135,with the med ian at 119. She isamong the 500 young women whoapplied to Mercyhurst College,the 320 who were accepted, the170 who enrolled, and the 164wh o a r e present ly a t tendingclasses as full- time stud ents.

Jack :R. Morr isonA Study of Influential Factors

( Jack R. ^Morr ison, " Fac tor sInfluential in College Selection,"The Clearing House, Vol. 42, No.5 ( January, 1968) , pp. 265-270.)

M or r is on ' s s t u d y , conduc te dfrom 1962-1965, included highschool seniors from middle andupper-middle ] class communitiesin ten states. Their med ian family income was $10,800, ?whichis very comparable to the income level of Mercyhurst par

ents , wi th ACE scor ing 26% a t

the $10,000 to $14,999 level.The i r parents had a median educatio nal lexel of 13.8" yea rs fascom pared} to abou t 13.0 f o r

mothers of Mercyhurs t gi r l s and14.0 yea rs for fath ers. Theiraverage SAT scores were : Verba l ,58 1 (mediant for Mercyhurs t i s520) ; and, Math, 574 (median forMercyhurs t li s 500) . (Admissions Office statistics.)!

Morrison isolated f ive majorfactors influencing liberal ar tsseniors in choosing a college—student freedom, social mobility,dependency, personal observation,an d practicality—along with thespecif ic item clusters that pointed these out. A questionnaire

s imi la r to t Morrison's was dist r ibuted to the f r eshman c lassa t Mercyhurs t in February ofthis year . Seventy-five gir ls ofthe one hundred sixty-four responded, or about 4 5% of theclass. Using these f igures alongwith American Council on Education statistics, we can draw ourconclusions on the selection ofMercy hurst College! by t h e s eyoung women.H 1. Student Freedom

According to Mor r ison 's s tudy,the group of factors includedhere were the most influential ina young man's or woman's se lection of a college. These con-sist of an unrestrictive social and

sexual atmosphere, conviction onthe par t off the s tuden t tha t hecan do the work, diversif ied student body, influence of admissionspublications, the possibility of

having a car on campus, and the

availability of student loans.

The s tuden t f r eedom i tems

were second in importance to the

who selected Mercyhurst,

Iclassifying them as7 %

than other female their college(69%) L

f r eshmen (60%) .

t h e " typica l"

gi r l s

with Ivery influential or influential in

I selection. T h e s e

s tudents were ^therefore con

vinced tha t in Me rcyh urs t they

had f o u n d an |academica l ly-

or iented program tha t was nottoo demanding in a social at

mosphere allowing them theirown concept of pleasure and self-

direction and at the same timegiving them an inte rva l for fur

ther consideration of career goalsand "growing up." 91 % of thegi r l s polled—the highest percent

ag e for any single item—indicatedtha t the I conviction that theycould dolthe work was of majorimportance. This is in concurrencewith the opinion of Sanford thatthe adolescent at this stage ofdevelopment is as yet uncertainof her capabilit ies and is in needof reassurance. (Nevitt Sanford(Ed. ) , "Freshman Persona l i ty: AStage in 'Human Development,"College a n d Character! ( N e wYork, John Wiley and Sons, Inc. ,1964), pp'. 86-87.

This factor |alsothe s tudent wants

implies thatto learn toto f ind herher own val-

think for herself,

I identity, to developue sys tem. ACE resul t s r evea l

tha t 83% of the Mercyhurs tIfreshmen rank the objective! of

developing a philosophy of lifeas e i ther es sent ia l ! or very important to their success at college . I I |

2 . Social MobilitySuch factors as academic and

social prestig e, cu ltural! opportuni t ies , and earnin g! oppor tuni ties in the community are in-]eluded by | Mor r ison in this f ac tor , and ranked second in degreeof influence in college selection.Statistics from freshmen entering Mercyhurs t indica te tha t thiswas the fthird motivational element for their decisions, with55 % considering these items in- |

f luential.The important cr iter ia for these

gir ls were the reputation of thefaculty and the alumnae, and theimprovement or continuation oftheir social status, coupled withcultural advantages of the communi ty. Mercyhurs t must havehad "snob appeal" for them, andthis relates directly to the viewpoint of Eddy that gir ls are becoming more and more "success"oriented. (Edwa rd D. Eddy, "Pre tense and Honesty on College Admissions," School and Society,Vol. 95, No. 2296 (November 11,1967), p. 415.) 76% of those responding held "academic andsocial prestige of the school" to

be the most influential i tem inthis ca tegory.

3. Dependency 1Ranked third by Morrison,

Mercyhurst students dubbed thisfactor the least influential on theFebruary quest ionna i re , w i t honly 43% te rming parenta l involvement, conviction that thework would be "easy," and admissions officer or high school

teacher referral as influential.

This type of high school

senior chooses a college dictated

by his parents or by his grades ,

with li t t le personal controj

the choice process. American

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Council on Education results andthe statistics from the Februarystudy give us the same percent-]age—60% of these young women(as compared wi th 52% na t iona l ly) were influenced strongly bythe i r parents in de te rminingwhich college they should attend.This gir l has as yet failed to

ma s t e r f the task described byHurlock as emotional emancipa- 't ion, and may have adjus tmentproblems: "Equally as handicapping as being deprived of theyears of late adolescence to makethe transition into adulthood isthe prolongation of the state ofdependency, reminiscent of childhood or early adolescence, whichoccurs when the older adolescent|

plays the role of a student. Thisblocks his transition into adulthood and as a result , l iving inthe twilight of an arrested transition renders the adolescent self-

conscious and ashamed." (Elizabeth J. Hurlock, DevelopmentalPsychology (New York, McGraw-

Hill Book o., 1959), p. 465. SjAn interesting aside to the

above statistic of 60% parentalpressure are the responses to theFebruary questionnaire in which60 % of the freshmen, when asked to classify the person havingthe most influence on college selection, marked "self." P a r e n t sreceived a mere 20% of the responses to this question. Perhapsthis connotes that being awayfrom the more restr ictive highschool and family atmosphere hasfostered a greater spir it of independence in these young women,who try to discount parental t ies.

4.'Personal Observation

of

Fourth in importance both inMorrison's study and in thefreshman survey, this factor includes impressions of on-campuslife and maintenance of socialstatus. 60% of the gir ls polledconsidered their impressions ofon-campus life influential. Theywere affected by the appearance,size, and facilities of the campus,by the welcoming and helpfulattitude of the students and professors. As one gir l remarked onher questionnaire: "Many gir lschoose Mercyhurst because theatmosphere is one of pleasantpeople interested in furtheringtheir education and thereby increasing their knowledge . . .

The school is not so big thatone is lost in anonymity and theopportunities to get to knowothers are unlimited. The professors all seem willing to giveindividual help when it is desired and asked for , and I particularly admire the fact thatthe teachers get to know theirs tudents by name."

These gir ls were convinced thatthey could continue in the lifestyle to which they were accustomed. However, only 33%came to Mercyhurst for an interview before making their f inaldecision, leading us to conclude

that information received dCollege Nights and visits college representatives, awith attitudes of frr iendready attending Mercyhursa favorable impression.

5. Practicality

Fif th in line in Morrstudy, Mercyhurst freshmened this the number one in college selection. Cost anvenience played a big pa59 % of the students, with prity to home (66%) andpenses (65%) taking lepositions. In the ACE studyexpressed some concern f inances as compared to 68the young women nationallymajor source of financialport for 54% of the claparental or family aid, whigh percentage (30%) depeupon scholarships or grants

According to Admissionsfice statistics, 40% of all cants applied for f inancial a

ance of some type, wscholarships, loans, or on-cajobs, and everyone who requhelp received one or a comtion of these.

The Religious QuestionThe American Council on

cation report tells us that of the students in the fresclass have Roman Catholiligious backgrounds. Since Mhurst is a Catholic collegwould be helpful to detewha t degree of influence reliupbringing has had on choice of this particular co

Sister M. Marcia, AdmisDirector, replied to a quer

Catholic orientation that trends are definitely changinrecently as four years agov a s t majority of Mercystudents came from private schools. Today, however, 48%graduates of public high schPressuring by high school ters in the private schools not therefore appear to beimportant contr ibuting facto

Hurlock sees adolescentthis stage of development asing in a state of religious flict : "Some adolescents, espely those of higher intelleabilit ies who have been subed t o au thoritar ian religtraining in childhood, experi

serious conflicts about relig. . . The most serious conthey experience center arthose between reason or lemate thought and feelingsintuition, the inconsistenciestween belief and behavior, the desire for a satisfying reous faith which is meaningfuthem rather than the type have had given to them in ch i ldh ood religious traini(Hurlock, p. 494.) Perhap s

high school senior applyingMercyhurst is to some exsearching for a new meaningher faith. 26% ranked relig

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w hy m ere y h u r s t ? (continued)

affiliation as ^influential in theircollege selection on the ACE re -port^as compared to only 11%nationally, and 39% said they discussed religions frequently while

still in high school.The New Co-Educational Policy

On Februaryl 8, 1969, LynnVarricchio, Student GovernmentPresident, called a me eting to discuss the proposed co-educational

policy which has since been enacted. Many of the comments offered during this discussion arerelevant to this study of whygirls chose Mercyhurst . One girlproposed that if men are enrolledgirls wil l no longer take theinitiative to run for offices —girls tend to let men I "takeover." Another! added that women's colleges were necessary toprepare women for their uniquerole in society—that education isgeared differently because ofthis different role. A freshmanadmitted candidly that she andher friends could not study% ifmen were on campus all thetime, w h i c h another studentcountered!by a simple question:"Are we afraid of men and theacademic competition they will off e r ? " Of the 225 students polledat this t ime, the votes were almost equally divided, with 108favoring the change and 115|op-posed. A substan tial! number ofthose against i t (2/3) would havefavored this mewf policy if itwere a financial necessity for th ecollege. This is a ^reinforcementof the statistics mentioned previously ranking practicali ty as| thechief motivational factor.

The questionnaire w a s distributed two weeks after the ad

ministrat ion's announcement ofthe change in policy. 60% fofthe girls responding consideredth e non-co-educational policy influential in their choice of thiscollege. Perhaps because this wasa dominant conversational themeat that t ime, when asked to makeany addit ional! comments thatmight be helpful in determiningwhy girls choose Mercyhurst College, several discussed this proble m. O ne g ir l c o m m e n t e d :"Though I personally do not carewhether or not the school is co-ed,for many this is an important

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factor." Another who consideredthe non-co-educational policy very

influential observed that: 'I feelthat many girls choose thisschool because of its status as awomen's college and because ofthe tri-semester plan. These weretwo of i ts biggest assets and, unfortunately, Mercyhurst has lostone of them." A disappointedfreshman remarked: "I feel awoman needs a different type|ofeducation to prepare her for herrole in life. I didn't come herebecause I wanted to go to aco-ed school. If >I had wanted to,I wouldf have gone to a biguniversi ty." These at t i tudes arerather surprising in an era ffnwhich studie s such fas Morrison's

prove that social experience is avital consideration in college selection. They upholdjthe researchreported by Eddy indicating thatsome girls choose college as ashort recess from the^business of

life. Many Mercyhurst girls areunready to assume the responsibility of selecting a marriage

partner, to the extent! that theywish to avoid educational contactwith the opposite sex.

Conclusions

65 % of the class of 1972 applied to and were accepted by atleast one college or universityother than Mercyhurst . Which |factors have we discussed thatinfluenced them in their final decision? The most vital issue hasproved to be practicali ty, followedby student freedom, social mobility, personal observations, and dependency. All of these factors,however, exerted some influence

upon each girl . By percentages,of special importance were the

conviction that they could do thework (91%), admissions publications, catalogues, and correspondence (7 7 %), academic and socialprestige of the school (76%),proximity to home (66%), expenses (65%), parenta l ! involvement (6 0%), and non-co-educa-

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t ional policy (60%).What basic adolescent drives

and conflicts do these factors illustrate? Let 's run through thelist again. Because she is not asyet sure of herself and her capa-bilities (Hurlock, Sanford) she

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needs the reassurance that shewill be able to do the work. Shedepends on admissions publicat ions, catalogues, and correspondence |t o ascer ta in! the famount offreedom she will have to synthesize her self-concept, a mostnecessary developmental t a s k(Friedenberg, Havighurs t ) . |Theacademic and social p rest i ge! ofthe school enhance fher standingwith her peer group (Morrison,

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to underl ine and support thesongs and readings . There weresome complaints that with everything? happening at once, therewas audiences confusion and tha tthe result ing tende ncy! of th eaudience to l imit their focuscaused a fai lure to take in thetotal experience. These complaints, however, indicated thesuccess of the production. Lifeis a relentless bombardment ofexperience whose chaos al lows |l i t t le t ime for reflection and precludes immediate perception ofthe whole. The multiplici ty ofsensation presented by The CircleGame was thus i tself a triumphas a reflection of the life experience.

The presentation of the themeconsisted of two movements. Thefirst section emphasized a progressive disi l lusionment. Innocence was bombarded by a barrage of the dangerously distortedfiction of social conventions, the

enticing entanglement of wealth,the empty glory veil ing the destruction of • war, the terrible dispari ty between what ideallyshould be and what actually is.This first section seemed oppressive, due in part perhaps to theregret that a promising originality was being undermined by aheavy rel iance on selections foundin the Joan Baez Baptism album.Although almost a quarter ofthe entire presentation consistedof these selections, the first sect ion alone contained the majori ty—seven of the nine selections

m reviimplication was this guilty of permpressive distortionand ultimately source of scandacent.

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sect

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ly emp tiness, fea roth ers or to comcause of the dangean d meaninglessrea lity i s delibund er prete nse inesc ape the implicillusionment. The mpresented part ofwa s the alternSimon a n d Ga"Dan gling Conve"Flo wer s Never Blections from SoneSop rano . The nointersecting monollack of a true a

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were found in this first section,so tha t one-third was regretfullyborrowed. This distorted originali

ty, however, did serve to emphasize oppressive disi l lusionment. This first section concludedwith an accusation of the audience. T h e speakers directlyaddressed the audience as spot

l ights were turned on them. The

identi ty were I

deliberately repressth e g row ing recogdis illu sion ed reaa s ense of hopefth e con clusion. Hfrom a recognitiidentity and non-rbe pe rpe tua ted icause of theirneg ation . The prcluded with the Joni "The Circle Game,also opened the pgive n it its n am e. mood emphasized the entire cast wabrupt, but it repradical hope that diproduce: Innocence

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