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french club aids cultural committeein sponsoring "les femmes savantes"

October 24, 1966 marks the return to Mercyhurst .of the Treteaude Paris. This year the troupe willbe presenting Moliere's "Lee Femmes Savantes." The play was writ-1ten nearly three hundred years agoby Moliere in 1672 while he wasliving in Paris. The content of Mo-liere's play, although quite old inyears, presents certain universaltruths about man which it Ipor-trays.

Plot involves opposite forcesin:a typical ' family.

The story, like that of Tartuffe,is the portrait of a family whose"bliss" is troubled by a domesticquarrel opposing two differentcamps. On the one hand, the arty,intellectual pedants; on the other,t h e "a-woman's-place-is-at-her-sink", 'natural* group. Chrysale, agood bourgeois, who likes to live inan atmosphere of tender tranquility, has difficulty resigning himselfto putting up with the outbursts ofhis wife, Philaminte, his oldest

daughter, Armande, and his sister-in-law, Belise. All three ladies areinvolved with poetry and disdainthe humble domestic tasks* Beliseand Armande also affect a repugnance for marriage.On the other hand, Henriet te,Chrysdale's unpretentious and

'reasonable* young daughter, hopesto marry Cli tandre, who was firstinterested in Armande. The plotcontinues to grow and a pseudo-poet , Trissotin arrives on thescene. Trissotin knows how to grat ify the pretentions of the three formidable women. He recites horridI poetry and l istens to their discourse about philosophy and science. Philaminte promises to Trissotin Henriette's hand, much to herdismay, Henriette's feelings aresupported by her father, Chrysdale,and her uncle Ariste. The problemof releasing Henriet te from theforthcoming marriage is solved by|her uncle and his conspiracy withher father, thus ending a most delightful play .

ear ye: near yeiDear Studen ts:

As the academic year '66-'67 dawns anew, so does themerciad. However, without you, the student body, the merciadcan never hope to progress from dawn to high noon. And"some sun to grow" is exactly what the merciad needs. Itneeds the sun to grow into a campus newspaper representingthe campusyou. You, the students, can be our sun. We needthe imagination of all of you since this paper will only be asgood as the studentsjmake it. This does notlrefer merely tothe staff but to the entire student enrollment. Only studentresponse, critical or otherwise, will bring the merciad tohigh noon. - .$^ t 1 fWalking down the halls, at any time of the day we hearcriticismcriticism of the paper, ofj the student government, of the rules and traditions of the college. Why pelt thewalls with these c riticisms ? Will they be able to drasticallychange any of*these situations? Rather, they listenIwith"deaf ears ." . j l l P l B l . f * "&i %The "ears" of the merciad are wide open, and what'smore we have a voice! Perhaps we can't change anythingdrastically, but we can bring criticismvalidj[criticismtothe attention of those who can do something about it.

Pelt the merciad with these criticisms. But at the sametime, include possible suggestions for improvement over thepresent situations* Anyone can criticize, but criticism withoutsuggestion means nothing. f"sun"

Troupe On Ninth TourLe Treteau de Paris is on i tsninth tour of North AmericanCampuses. It might be interest ingto note that Mercyhurst is probablythe smallest campus visited by thegroup and that "they enjoy thefriendly atmosphere of our campus

very much." For the majori ty ofthe cast, this will be their first visitto North America. More than eight-ty Canadian and American ci t ieswill receive this 1966 FEMMESSAVANTES. The first "pre" premiere performance was scheduledat sea, aboard the S.S. France, asit crossed the Atlantic from XeHavre to New York between September 23rd and September 28th.Professional actors in troupe

Le Treteau is made up of professional actors under the sponsorship of the Alliance Francaise. TheAlliance Francaise is an organization which has taken as its chiefduty the expression and growth ofFrench culture in countries foreignto France. Any nation into whichFrench culture and language havebeen infused is part of their concern. Thus Le Treteau de Paris , although i ts members are al l nativeFrenchmen, does not perform inFrance.

Reception to be heldThe group was first brought toMercyhurst during the 1962-63 academic year. Sr. M. Gabriel, head ofthe French Department on campus,was chiefly responsible for thisiirst performance. The actors willbe arriving in Erie on October 24th,the afternoon of the performance.There wii ' be an informal reception held in their honoi- on Monday,October 24th. The student body iswelcome to come to meet the troupeand discover one phase of Frenchculture.

A scene from Moliere's LES FEMMES SAVANTES

newf oeulty members at hurstWith the advent of the 1966-67academic year, Mercyhurst Collegehas newly completed its facultywith the following members:

Dr. Maria Casals, Ed.D., Assis-tant Professor of Spanish. A nativeof Cuba, Dr. Casals holds a B.A. inLiterature and Spanish from pre-Universitario and also a Ph.D. fromthe University of Hava nna. Herjpast teaching appointments haveincluded Normal School of Matan-zas, Cuba; Misericordia College,Dallas, Pennsylvania; and SacredHeart College, Cuba. Dr. Casal'saffiliations include The Pennsylvania Modern Language Association and The Association of Spanish and Portugese Teachers.

Reverend John B. Chao, MA.,Instructor of Theology, v FatherChao is a native of Hopek, China.His degrees include a B.A. fromthe University of the Propagationof the Faith in Rome and an M.A.from Loyola University. Presently,Father Chao is a doctoral candidate at the University of Ottawa,in Canada. During the academicyear 1964-65, Father was an instructor of Education and Theologyat Alvernia College in Reading,

The Blueprint Committee of Pennsylvan ia. Prior to his appoint-Mercyhurst College has been working on the proposals which theywill be presenting j to the facultyfor modification and vote in the ^English, Italian and Latin.near future. Thel committee has *

bep reportsment at Mercyhurst he served atAll Saint's Church in Chicago.Father Chao speaks fluent Chinese,

These suggestions represent the "sun" (the imagin- been in existence since March,ation) which will allow the merciad* as well as the e ntire student body, to "grow " into active mem bers of this college community. All it takes is ajpiece of paper, a pen, and a littleinterest. $k

1966 and they have spent countlesshours organizing all the variousproposals into actuality. Meetingat least twice a week, the commit-High noon awaits as does an eager merciad staffwait- 7 V1 . . , . , -._ . . . i, tee was able to present a sketch ofing to hear from you. Let us know you are really there .

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foilelections look interestingThere has been much talk on thiscampus? of late about MercyhurstCollege and its role in the Eriecommunity. In the past the 'Hursthas been content to remain the bigbuilding on the 38th Street Boulevard. With the inst i tut ion of theBlueprint .Committee and the installment of a new SGA it appears that there are some changesimminent. In its role as spokesmanand informer the m erciad wouldlike to initiate the following articleabout politics in the community asa step off the campus and intoErie. f |On the local level the big racewill be between incumbent Congressman Joseph Vigorito and thechallenger, James Weaver, Vigoritobeing a Democrat and member ofPresident Johnson's Great SocietyCongress. The season's politicalcampaigns began most appropriately with the visit to Erie of Vice-

President Hubert Horatio Humpreyon behalf of Congressman Vigorito.The Vice-President was welcomedby a large crowd at the airport .He spoke at length about air andwater pollution and its vital importance to us as resident of Erie.In contrast to the Vice-President's visit, the Young Republicansheld a "Candidate's Day" also onthe eleventh of October. This groupis planning, further, a Halloweencostume dance Friday, October28th at the Sportsmen's AthleticClub. This will offer any youngpeople interested in coming to theaid of the Republican party and itscandidates a chance to become acquainted with others of the sameaffiliation.These events are part of thecampaign process which is gettinginto full swing now in Erie. All ofwhich leads to election day, November 8.

the new plans for Mercyhurst tothe faculty during the Faculty Inst i tute held just prior to the reopening of school. Here the proposals met with an enthusiasticreception.

Committee members, (Sr. M.Janet, Sr. M. Charles, Mr. WilliamGarvey, Sr. Maria, and Mr. William Bryan, Chairman), are studying all proposals in categories. After presentation is made to the faculty and the vote is taken in theaffirmative, the proposals will bepresented to the administration fora final yes-no vote. If passed theproposals will go into effect in thefall of 1967. The proposals willdeal primarily with the calendarvear and course curriculum.

Mrs. Frances Matusiak, M.A.,Instructor of Mathematics andChemistry. Mrs. Matusiak, a nativeof Erie, holds a B.A. in Chemistryfrom Mercyhurst College and anM.S. in Radiological Health fromRutgers, the" State University ofNew Brunswick, New Jersey. Whilea Mercyhurst student Mrs. Matusiak participated in the NationalScience Foundation UndergraduateProgram. At Rutgers, she was aRadiological Health fellow under agrant from the United States Public Health Service. Mrs. Matusiakspent the past summer as a guestHealth Physics fellow at Brook-haven National Laboratory.

Miss Jean Forsyth, B.S., Instructor of Physical Education andHealth. Miss Forsyth is an Erienative also. She has earned a B.S.degree in Physical Education andHealth from Slippery Rock State

College. Her former teaching positions have been with LawrencePark High School; Clifton HighSchool, Philadelphia; and Villa Mari a j Academy. At Mercyhurst, MissForsyth is moderator of the athletic club and the Red Cross Club.

Miss Kathleen McManus, B.A.,Instructor of Speech and Drama.Miss McManus is a third nativeErieite to join the faculty this year.She is an alumna of MercyhurstCollege where she earned a B.A. inEnglish. Miss McManus has alsocompleted some graduate work atState University of New York atGeneseo. Her main interest is thetheatre arts and she was very active in the Mercyhurst Greensleeveproductions and the Gannon Talisman Players. While teaching inWestfield, N. Y., Miss McManusdirected plays at Westfield Academy and worked with a Westfielddramatic group. At MercyhurstMiss McManus will direct all major dramatic productions.

Sister Mary David, B.A., Instructor of Art. Besides teaching art,Sister is the moderator of thesophomore class. (See page four ofthis issue for more informationabout Sister.)Among the new faculty membersare a group of part-time teachers.These include: Mr. James Tritschel-

lor, M.A., Lecturer of Speech andDrama; Mr. Ken Kopin, B.A., Lecturer of Art; and Mrs. Ethel Sha-pua, B.A., Lecturer in English.

coming upOctober 14, 8:15 p.m.

Gannon College TheatreDr. J. B. Rhine, Executive Director of the Foundation ForResearch on The Nature ofMan. Dr. Rhine will discussEJSP.

October 24, 8:15 p.m.Memorial Technical High SchoolAuditorium *

Moliere's "Les Femmes Savan tes" presented by the-; French Theatre Group, Le Treteau de Paris and sponsored bythe Mercyhurst French Department.Tickets: Adults $2.75 Students$1.75 Mercyhurst $1.00

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by Judy BauerTve been told for the last time that I don't care enoughto do anything constructive about my complaints. I ve beentold for the last time to wait a little while longer, because thesituation is being "corrected". I've said for the last timewhen approached by an unsatisfied underclassman: "wait

until Sr. Daniel returns and the department will shape upagain." I think NOW is the time for those in authority to aidthe situation before fthere are no students left to improveit for. * M[I As of September 13, 1966, the largest major is elementary education with an enrollment of over 100 students. Thesecond largest is sociology with 58 students, approximately10% of our stu dent body which ha s a choice of 13 possiblemajor fields from which to choose. Of the se 18 major fields,sociology is the ONLY ONE which is limited to one instructorwho is presently burdened with four th ree-hour preparations.In the past, Mercyhurst began a cooperative system lwithGannon College. Unfortunately, Gannon lost the top two menin th eir sociology departm ent thisjyear; but even so we haveseven seniors and 15 juniors presently taking sociologycourses at Gannon. How many Gannon students are takingsociology? classes at Mercyhurst ?NONE!! l Why is this ?Why don't we hire more professors and offer more coursesfor such a growingf department ? Why are we so limited inour major field of concentration? i i *It can no longer be said that this deplorable situationhas riot been brought to the attention of those in auth ority.Last Spring a prominent anc^ interested member of the faculty approached at least one member'of th e administrationabout this issue ;fbut no positive action has resulted.V '"$f\Is it fair to the graduating sociology major to have hadonly one instructor for allfher major courses? I don't thinksonot one member of the department thinks so!! Wefhavebeen a silent group long enough but refuse to remain so anylonger. ICOW is the time to actour time to act. Be prepared.

spectrumEd. Note: What is Spectrum??Itis a column designed to reflect arange of though t contributed! bythe student body, * faculty, or administration in order to provide

'food" for further contemplationand discussion.An article for Spectrum may bea single, briefly stated idea or adeveloped opinion on any topic. Theeditors do not choose the topic. Youdoby writing your thoughts on apiece of pap er; and subm ittingthem to the merciad.

Who are man's own people . . .If I could forget that he is mybrother, and she is my sister,I could forget* that Viet Namfisa country like my country,with th e warm and* sultry w inds,I could forget . . .

'I n the death of your hopes and desires lies your silentknowledge of the beyond; And likeseeds dreaming beneath the snowyour heart dreams of spring.Trust the dreams, for -in themis hidden the gate to eternity."The Prophet

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War is fear:"Fear has a thousand facesK . .-Each one is gaunt and pale . . .and each one screams, 'Youc an n ot ! . . .For tis certain you^will fail/But an attempt must * be made tostop aggression:" 'Pull those weeds,9 a friend advised,v'Else they wilL multifly tom o r e /" %Once the weeds are pulled:"Misfortune is the turning underof'life's stubble Wso that a new and better cropmay be sown/'There will be an end"a time forpeace":"Not forever Can one enjoyStillness and peaceBut misfortune and destructionAre not final.When the grassHas been burntBy the fire of the steppeIt will grow anewIn summer," M . Buxbaum

Gould we but recapture childhood's, ^ _ _ _ _ ^ _ _ effervescence, the natural incentive

to forget life's mistakes thatEcclesiasticus blacken reality and misshape ourmoments, we might paint laughterinstead of tears. IIn the hopeless wastelands are thesleeping seeds of promise.

The Cho ice of a Nation . . .

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sga students go academic"Often intensely dissatisfied withthe programs and process of education, the student, i nevertheless, is

reluctant* to play , much pa rt inchange." So says Dr. Edward Eddy,President of Chatham College, in arecent issue of Nation. SGA intends to challenge Dr. Eddy's statement land prove him wrong. Ourrange of interest includes morethan the typical? clothes, men? andsex.

Student apathy is sometimes theresult of a traditionally inactive orirrelevant student government. Astudent government which is working hard to obtain solutions for major student problems is bound toexcite the interest and support ofstudents. It is with this convictionthat SGA move.s toward real student involvementhopeful that theresponse they [receive will not bea dismal showing. |Who should initiate curriculumreform? The answer is the entireacademic community. Students ona campus have not only a r igh t buta responsibility to see that the educatio nal! syste m is fulfilling theirneeds. After critical examinationof the educational process, studentsthrough > their student governmentshould express the changes on policy needed to provide them with abetter educational experience. The

student government has the re sponsibility to insist on throe

changes. I ts Constitution, in ArticleII , Section I, gives the SGA theright to make the views of thestudent body" . . . ar ticulate andclear for i ts best interests with thecollege administration and faculty. . . "> That is exactly what SGA isgoing to do. JJWe can't maintain the status quoif we are committed to (furtheringthe goals of our college and enhancing the educational opportunities of our students. Fall wherethey must, prejudices against student involvement in educationalpolicy making must be done? awaywith. The question has become oneof whether the students, having decided that a certain course of action is necessary, are willing in theface of opposition, to make andimplement their decision.If SGA acts out of conviction ina forthright and responsible manner, in the final? analys is t heyshould have more respect fromthose who countthe faculty, theadministration land the students.SGA is convinced that a maturestudent body is the greatest complement an administration can

longer be regarded as political S&sophisticates. We are aware, alsothat fundamental changes requirea long time perspective, but SGAwi ll! not be deterred by the factthat the groundwork It providesmay not reach fruition until yearslater .If has been said that SGA's seldo m governthat they don't determine policythey merely influenceit . A negative answer to "Is SGAactively engaged in expressing andpushing student opinion on educationa l policies, the quality of teaching, the long-range development ofthe campus?" has been acceptedfor too many years. We refuse tobelieve that we can't govern.Life in th e "Third Estate" hasgone on long enough. We can andwill be the architects of changewe'll take the risks we must tomake real our beliefs, SGA is notgoing to be Content to let ? thestud ent body enjoy the relativesafety of non-involvement. Revolutions have been staged the worldover for causes similar to ours.Perhaps "Lands, Peace and Bread''

have. SGA realizes that only when \ doesn't suit our needs, but "Iaber-the channels of communication are ty, Equality and Fratern ity'' seemsappropriate for the SGA upheaval

. . . if such action is deemed neces-closed is protest valid- But weiin-tend to win recognition of thelobbying student * powerwellV no oary

3You can't combat? a raging f ireby running away. Man, through hisingenuity and t courage, hasfdevel- dividualoped and used increasingly su ccess-ful methods to check its destructive

He does! so with a C hristian idealin mind, peace and;] an end to thesenseless bloodshed and heartacheof war. He does so because he believes in the importance of the individual and the individual's rightto life. f v ' '* 1However, the enemy with whomwe are dealing places no such valueon the individual. He firmly believes that *the end justifies themeans. He will obliterate any opposition to the fulfillment of hisgoal! a world^ communist statein which all members will be dis-ciplined to think along the linesof Marxist - Leninist reality. Anddisciplined

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H , O cto ber 14,1966 the merciadFine Arts Page 3orTexhibition atCleveland o n defending what is r i g h t . . .

How many Mercyherst studentscomplain of the lack of availablecultural opportunities ? How manytimes have they reiterated thepoint that if they w ere further east,closer to the cultural centers of thenation, they thenlwould take timefor such places as art museums?Are these same stud ents aw arethat within two hours of Er ie isone of the nation's major museums ?

The Cleveland Museum of Art located in the Wade Park section ofCleveland is such a museum. In itsfifty years ofexistence,^the Cleveland:. Museum has tacquired many3Xt; treasures, especially in thelast two years in prepara t ion for

author,'historianlectures at techThe 1966-1967 Gannon-Mercy-hurst Cultural series commencedSeptember 29, with a lecture by thenoted historian Dr. Arthur Schlesi-inger, on "The World We W ant andHow To Get It." fejPresently, Dr. Schlesinger isprobably most known forhis roleas Special Assistant to PresidentKennedy and as the author of AThousand Days, anaccount of th eKennedy Ad ministration .Dr. Schlesinger was gradua ted"summa cum laude" from Harvardin 1938 where he.later w as a history professor (1946 -1961 ). In, 1952he became active innational democratic party affairs as a memberof Adelai Stevenson's camp aignstaff. He was on tha t staff a gainin 1956 and in 1960 hetook par tin the Kennedy campaign.Schleisinger's literary credits in*elude several other original worksin addition to A Thousand Days.(The Age of Jackson, The Comingof the New Deal, and others). Hewas the recipient of the PulitzerPrize for History fin 1945 and theGuggenheim Fellowship in1946.In his lecture Dr. Schlesingerconcentrated on world affairs sincethe end ofWorld War Ifr He feelsthat the nature of world affairs today is 30 different from that of 20years ago that the public can onlyface the new issues bydissolvingthe stereotyped attitudes and beliefs towhich it has clung sincethe war. This is tr>ue inboth the

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its gala anniversary celebration.In honor of this anniversary, theMuseum has arranged three specialexhibits "Fifty Years of ModemArt ," ajjloan exhibition shown inJune ; the "Golden Anniversary Acquisitions Exhibit," presently beingshown; andTreasures from Medieval France," to be shown in November. / S^The present "Acquisitions Exhibit" contains several piecesrepresentative of many of the various periods of art. It includes morethan 150 works of sculpture, painting, ; decorative arts, prints, anddrawings ranging from a 5th century B. C. lekythos to a 1960 paint-ing by Richard Lindner!Some of the finest pieces are apor tra i t by Goya of the InfanteDon L uis de *Borbon; a standingBuddha from North India or Kashm ir of the 8th century done-inbrass ; and a group of eleven early(medieval) C hr i s t i a n | -marbleswhich tell the stories of the GoodShepherd and the prophet Jonah.Others include a gold beakerfrom north western Iran of about1000 B.C.; a drawing of "The Armof Eve" byAlbrecht Durer; and"The Death of Adonis," by the 17thcentury Spanish master Juseppe deRibera. The smallest painting is a5 inches by 7 inches panel of St.John theBaptistjby Robert Cam-pin (the founding father of earlyNetherlandish painting.)Thirty-five of the objects are examples of Middle Eastern orOriental art. This fact is indicativeof the position of the Museum'scurator, Sherm an Lee, as one of theranking (possibly the first) Orienta l art scholars in the United

Sta tes .Other reputable arti sts represented include Ingres (French Classicist) , Eastman Johnson (the 19thcentury American genre painterand portraitist) , Boudin (Frenchproto-impressionist) andGiovannidi^Paolo (a 15th century Sienesepa in t e r ) .. This exhibit, as such, ends October 16, but at that time the pieceswill be distributed to their respective collections and become a permanent part of the museum.

"I feel very strongly that thereare times when we have to standUP for what we think is right,whether or not we want to andwhether or not we think the peopleto whom we are close will approveof our action."With these words Sister M. Danie l summarises herposition since

the first Friday lin August whenshe participated inone of the Chicago Civil Rights marches. Thesemarches- were led by Dr . MartinLuther King for the purpose of obtaining enforcement of 1 Chicago'sopen-housing law. Sister describedher experience to a group composedof students and faculty gathered inMcAuley Alumnae Lounge on Friday, September 28. Sister Danielis presently studying for her doctorate in Sociology at the Universit y of Chicago. ; *Besides telling of her reasonsfor, marching, Sister ^explainedsome ^of theinsights she gainedfrom themarch'and told of herpersonal experiences in it. She alsotold of the situation which broughtthe marches about, the compromisewhich was reached, and her viewof Chicago's racial problems. Herwas followed by a short question-answer session.

For several years Sister has hada keen interest inracial problems.During this time she has told herclasses that they should always bewilling to defend the human rightsof others. Thus, when the opportunity arose for her to do Just

that by joining the march, she didnot feel that she could refuse.Sister decided to march knowingof the incident during the march onthe previous Sunday in which a nunwas knocked unconscious by a rock,and tha t thecrowd had cheeredwhen they saw her fall. This frightened her but she did not renegeonce she said that she would go.

The Problem SituationSpecifically, the march was aprotest against three real estatebrokers who were discriminatingagainst Negroes. Generally, it w asagainst the city officials who werenot enforcing Chicago's open-housin g law. This lawrequired thatrealtors could not discriminate inshowing or selling a home to anyone who could afford it.The march was in MarquettePark, a residential area, which was80% Catholic. The fact that thisarea was]so highly Catholic madeit extra important for Catholics toparticipate in anattempt both toshow that Catholics supported thecivil rights effort and also to showthe residents that they were actingin anun-christian manner if theyrefused to allow Negroes into theirneighborhood.

Number of MarchersAccording to Sister, there wereapproximately 1000 marchers, 1500police, and 5000 in a mob that linedthe streets. Sister found the brutaland vicious attitude of' th e mobto be quite upsetting and noticed

that is was especially vindictivewhe,n directing abuse toward apriest or sister.Upsetting ExperiencesOf all that she saw in the mob,Sister was especially upset by threethings. First, she saw an elderlywoman (70 or80) standing on herporch with a pile of rocks at he rfeet, shaking her fist and yellingobscenities at the marchers.Next, she saw a young mother(in her 20's) with a baby in th ecrook of one arm and a rock in herother hand, running along with themarchers and shouting vulgarlanguage, especially at the religious.Third, she saw two well dressedyoung girls (about 12 or 13) carrying signs with obscene slogans,screaming and throwing stones atthe marchers.. What was particularly upsetting about these girtewas that on her way into the parkthey had seen Sister and politelybid her good day.One sensation Sister found to beunsettling was that of thinking ofthose in the mob, fellow men andfellow Americans, as the enemy.However, she did not feel any hatred toward them even though atone point she was almost struck bya "cherry bomb."Sister discovered that what onefeels in such a situation is an immense amount ofchristian love soone cannot hate anyone. She saidthat one feels so much of this for(continued on page 4, column 3)

yes convention an inspiring experienceV [ by kathy fitzgerald

(y . c. s.)The simmering coals of Chicago'shate, bitterness, and ^violence flared up with great heat and force inthese past summer months. Newspapers, magazines and radios car-ried daily reports of the city's volcanic unrest, as the nation watchedwith horror and despair .In themidst of this heat andviolence there did exist a cool oasisof Christian love and deep concernfor fellowman. This was the sceneof the College Young Christian

Students National Study Week,j

Here, students from colleges anduniversities throughout the country came together at the Ecumenical Institute for a week of studyand reflection on the problems andduties facing them and their society as Christian students.

Seminarians, priests and sistersinterested in the YCSI Movementalso gave up their time to attendthe study week. Mercyhurst College was represented by KathyFitzgerald, Marti Peitzmeyer, andMary,Lou Young, a '66 graduate,and presently a member of the YCSNational Staff in Chicago.Lectures, meetings, i discussions,four dayworkshops, and socialsfilled the week jjwith a variety ofwork, study and enjoyment. Factgathering for the workshops tookthe students into the city, to collegecampuses, parishes, storefront

churches, Student for DemocraticSociety headquarters, and cityoffices.

student teachingy So this is teaching ?o this is teaching. a n d m u t u a l

. . . . I had planned to^ J ^ ^ ^ K ^ M I O B . : importance ofrespect. I would begin, I tnoUg^ w h i c h r d build aneloquent case forappearance, manners, 8 P e e c " ' se lf-expression. From there it wouldThat'* what I thought^ ^ ^ i t a k i n g a t t e n d . A T I W i t t ^ them sflute th e * and I have an uneasyfeeling that it's illegal. _ I LJ'oi V*QTIfrom Up The Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman

Th e rinformation was compiledand efforts were ['made todiscoversolutions to-;the problems. Criticalevaluations of campus life, attitudes and difficulties were conducted with emphasis on the role ofYCS and the need for involvementand action.

The week can be labeled a great,success for the work accomplished,but a complete report could not endthere. Unity of spirit and dedication to the living of Christian lovewas the golden thread!which en-richened the week's experience.The warmth of sincerity, interest,and concern for man overwhelmedall present, and worked to developspontaneous friendships, and bondsof unity in the group.This prevailing spirit magnifiedand openly expressed itself at th edaily offering of the Mass by thecommunity. Here the restraints offormality and tradition were notfelt, as the congregation sat around

a table (altar), received Christ inboth species, freely took part inthe homily (rather than a sermon-,vocally manifested their intentions,shared the kiss ofpeace, and joined hands together to receive communion as the living Church ofChrist.Deep joy and love filled thehearts that then went out to continue the day's activities. This living spirit of love and dedication,in my estimation, is what made thestudy week the fruitful experience

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SR. DANIEL(continued from page 8)those he is marching with that thelove extendsfto everyone,! leavingonly pity, not hate, for the mob.

Result of the MarchesAt first the marchers seemed todo more harm than good because ofthe immediate trouble and violence.However, the mayor of Chicago,Mayor Daley, finally ag reed tomeet with King and other leaders

an d a compromise was worked out.In it, Daley agreed to immediatelyse t up machinery for enforcing theopen-housing law. *