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RECORD
MARI ST COLLEGE
Vol. III,
No.
9
Poughkeepsie, New York
Marcil 19, 19S5
Program Begun With Univ. of Detroit
Cooperative Engineering
Offered Seieoce Majors
Marist College and the University
of Detroit have concluded a contractual
agreement establishing an engineering
program for Marist students.
Under
the terms of the agreement as detailed
below, a student would register at
Marist for his freshman and sophomore
years and then transfer to the Univer-
sity of Detroit for three years of alter-
nate semesters of university study and
industrial employment.
The program is open to students
majoring in mathematics, physics or
chemistry with the ultimate goal of a
bachelor's degree in the areas of che-
mical, mechanical, civil, electrical
or aeronautical engineering.
One of the attractive features of
the program is that the experience of
industrial employment affords the stu-
dent not only the practical application
of his engineering studies but also en-
ables him to earn approximately three
quarters of his expenses for the three
year period.
The terms of the joint College- Uni-
versity program are as follows:
1. Marist College and the University
of Detroit will cooperate in the educa-
tion of students for the engineering pro-
fession. The students will register in
Marist College for the first two years
of the curriculum, and will then com-
plete their undergraduate engineering
education in the upper three years of
the cooperative engineering curricula
in the University of Detroit.
2. The principal and basic aim of this
joint operation will be to provide addi-
tional facilities for Catholic young men
to prepare in Catholic institutions for
engineering careers. Obviously, how-
ever, the projects will not be restricted
to Catholics.
3. A more immediate objective of the
operation will be to permit Marist Col-
lege students to obtain an engineering
education at low cost.
4. The low cost will result from coop-
erative. employment in the industries
of the Marist College region under the
cooperative plan for engineering educa-
tion est_ablished in the University of De-
troit. In many cases, the students may
be emplo_;y~d within commuting distance
of Poughkeepsie. Such students will be
able to live economically in their own
homes during the first two years of
study in Marist College, and during one
and one=half years of cooperative train-
ing in the Poughkeepsie area out of
three years in the University of Detroit.
5. Thejointoperation applies primari-
lyto the standard curricula in aeronau-
tical, chemical, civil, electrical, and
mechanical engineering.
6. Curricula in the University of De-
troit will be so adjusted that students
who successively complete the physics-
mathematics curriculum in Marist Col-
lege will proceed with junior courses in
the University of Detroit without inter-
ruption, and without making any adjust-
ment in the schedule of studies.
They
should complete the work for the bache-
lor's degree in the remaining thr_ee years
of academic=industrial alternation.
7. The Assistant Dean in the College
of Engineering in the University of De-
troit will arrange special programs for
Marist College students
(1)
who have
not completed all courses in the physics-
mathematics curriculum, (2) who have
pursued other curricula, or (3) who may
wish to register for the science-orient-
ed engineering curricula as distinct
from the standard curricula in the Uni-
versity of ·Detroit. These special pro-
grams
to
be arranged by the Assistant
Dean may involve summer courses.
Some of these special programs may
r~quire more than three years in the
University of Detroit to meet require-
ments.
8. Marist College students will trans-
fer to the University of Detroit by the
same process as Marist College stu-
dents transfer to any other institution
of higher learning.
9. The Director of Coordination ana
Placement in the University of Detroit
will place as many Marist College stu-
dents in the industries of the Poughkeep-
sie area as possible.
In the case of
transfer students not resident in the
Poughkeepsie region,
the Industrial
Coordinator will arrange cooperative
training as near to their homes
as
possible. Further, the special career
objectives of some students may re-
quire that the Industrial Coordinator
place them in industries which are re-
mote both from their homes and from
the Poughkeepsie region.
10. The Engineering faculty in the Uni-
versity of Detroit will keep the dean of
Marist College continuously informed
concerning trends and developments in
engineering education.
Similarly, the
dean of Marist College will keep the
Engineering faculty in the University of
Detroit informed concerning changes
and developments in his College which
may affect the joint operation.
11. Members of the E n g i n e ~ u l -
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Scholastic Incentive Award
App
I
ic at
ions to
be
Maned
Soon
New York State has announced that
applications for the Scholar Incentive
Award for the Academic Year 1963-64
will be mailed during April and May to
New York State students who have al-
ready received an award this year.
If
a student did not receive an
award this year, he will be able to ob-
tain an application from the College.
In its announcement, the State re-
quests the cooperation of the students
on the following two points:
1. File the applications as soon as
possible. Students who file applications
before July 1st will receive notice of
awards by October. Applications
re-
ceived after July will be processed for
later awards.
2. File only one application for the en-
tire academic year. Multiple applica-
tions only confuse the issue and delay
the awards.
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EXTRACURRICULUM
"I strike three chords for beauty's sake and one to pay the
rent. " So said the professional musician, while complaining about
the demands which his occupation placed upon his creativity. In
comparison, one might refer to the classroom lecture as the
-one
chord which many teachers use •to pay the rent'.
If
each instructor
were to drink his coffee or smoke his cigarette in the company of
students, rather than fellow-teachers, he would be affording the in-
terested student an
.
opportunity to ask those peripheral questions
which he hesitates to ask in class, or hasn't time to as).< after class.
In
so doing, the teacher would be striking his three chords for
'beauty's sake', and the student would be learning. No more would
a conscientious youth be forced to squander that part of his academ-
ic
life which is spent in the cafeteria; no longer would he be com-
pelled "to come and go speaking of Michelangelo".
When an instructor furnishes facts he merely taxes the student's
memory. When he shows how the facts are built upon one another,
and how they relate to each other, he is being pedantic. But when,
within the course of a lecture, he leaves a problem unanswered, when
he admits uncertainty, when he recognizes the inadequacy of
a
theory,
when he publicly expresses concern about a principle or voices doubt
about a law, then he is leading, and the student is learning--learning
to think for himself--and this
_
is that rewarding process
.
which sends
the sharp waves of thought crashing against the shores of a youthful
mind.
Unf!idunately, many teachers would regard this cqnfession of
human fallibility, noble and necessary to progress though it is, as_
defeat; and defeat, in front of a class is almost akin to ignorance
and definitely foreign to the intellectual image which one must pro-
ject if one is to appear 'superior'. · ForttU).ately, this admission-<of
humanity is, for such a teacher, not so difficult to tolerate when his
intellectual self-image is tempered with his social self-image--and
this is that happy blend to which the undignified, informal atmosphere
of the cafeteria is conducive
.
One could only hope that such a per-
son, having decided upon
a:
prudent and desirable degree of student-
.
teacher familiarity, would then expose himself to his students
rather than his peers. For, if an educator is to approach the ideal
he must be like the candle that consumes itself in lighting others.
fj'eatures: G. Hallam, Ed
••
P. Kearney, A. Brown,
.T.
Trohrond,
Sport: T. Macken, P, Ma.her, J. Barry.
Ma}te-up: D. Donoghue, R. Morin~ G. Johannsen,
Circulation:
n;
Rorieri, Mgr., J. Guiliano,:,
Gerry Marl"!lion
Karch
19, 196!'i
TQ,~JJJS
Last Thursday, I had the opportun-
ity to view
.
a
short film sponsored by
the Young Republican €lub of Marist en-
titled "Where Were You?"
The production reviewed the right
of
the average citizen_ to actively parti-
cipate in his part and reveals how few
actually take advantage of this privilege.
To demonstrate this point, we follow
the "victory march" of Mr. John Doakes
from his nomination by a small group
of the party "bosses" at its caucus to
his ultimate election eight months later.
This may seem to many to prove
"their"theory that politics is dirty and
crooked. However, some very inter-
esting points to ponder were brought
forth.
For example, do we realize
that before a man can be on the ticket
in many states for fall elections he
must first face a primary election.
Futhermore in this vein we saw that
in
a precinct where there are 100 eligible
voters for a primary approximately 50
of these will vote. Of these 25 will vote
for the majority party, 15 for the
min-
ority party and 10 will go to splinter
groups. However, of the 25 who will
vote for the majority party only about
one quarter of these, 6-7 people, will
come out to vote on primary day. There-
.
fore, it. becomes quite obvious that if
one controls only a majority of this 6
or 7 voters,
in
other words 4 voters in
a hundred, he will capture his parl>y' s
primary. In most cases if his party is
in the majority, he will then win the fall
election.
This will
all
seemcredundant but
let's look at it again and then make our
applications. First, a small group has
put up this man for office and second
only
.
four out of a hundred have, for all
pr
_
actical purposes, forced him upon the
remaining ninety-six.
..
We ask ourselves at this time
whether or not this has any direct re-
lation to us here at Marist. It most
certainly does.
On
the very evening
that this
film
was
shown, the student
council held its usual meeting and it
was reported that as of that time (and
tot
_
he author's knowledge at the time of
this writing) two major posts for next
year's Council are unopposed. We can
have nothing but praise, for those two
who are willing to serve as Vice•Prelji-
dent and Recording Secretary.
How-
ever, isthereno one else who can qual-
ify for these posts? Are we all wµling
to just sit back and say "let George do
it"?
Remember the Student Council ·
1s
YOUR council.
If
you want an effective
council, YOU MUST SUPPORT YOU!l.
MAN.
At this time the nominations
are closed but the election is not over.
Choose the candidates that you feel can
best serve YOU and work for them.
letters
to the Editor
Dear Sir:
I read with interest and with a cer-
tain sense of recollection your editorial
in the last edition of The Record
.
Both
attitudes sprang from the fact that your
theme of student apathy seems to be a
favorite theme of most colle1te news-
papers; it certainly appeared in various
forms in the Marist newspaper of last
year.
I do not wish to enter into discus-
sion of "causes" for this situation, for
that would be presuming that such a
situation really
..
exists. I prefer rather
to extend my congratulations and res-
pect to the student body for their in-
terest and maintenance of the college's
athletic program this year.
All t9ld, by June of 1963,
-
some 90
students will have represented the col-
lege in some form of athletic activity
on the intercollegiate level (these figures
do not include the sailing team whose
number is not yet determined).
When
final figures are in, this would repre-
sent about one fourth of the student body.
If
these percentages were transferred
to, let us say, City College of New York
this would represent 7, 000 students en
-
gaged in athletic competition.
My per-
sonal feeling is that Marist can be well
satisfied with this response. No doubt,
as the number of athletic teams in-
creases and as our facilities improve,
we can look for a rise not only in the
perce~tage of participation but in stu-
dent interest as well.
With regard to the latter point, may
I point out that our teams were very
well supported this year by the non
-
.
participants. It is true that the away
from,
_
home wrestling matches did not
draw a large following but it will take a
year or two more for this sport to win
•
enthusiasts.
Certainly the
home
matches were well attended.
As far as the "meager"
·
response
to crew is concerned, may
I point out
that scholastic eligibility has certainly
prevented many from participating who
would otherwise have come out. Furt-
hermore, crew has passed the glamour
point, that is the
·
Students who do go
·
out for crew and those who do not both
.
realize the sacrifices and the hard work
that is involved in putting representa-
tive oarsmen on the river. Hence while
the number may have been smaller pro-
portionally to other years, it was made
up of those
_
who really wanted to be
oarsmen.
Some of course are still
making up their minds about the Easter
holidays, but I feel sure that this will
be our best season yet.
By way of thinking concretely
(I
realize it may be unfair to cite this
example) surely both the first and sec-
ond New Paltz games, both spectator
wise and player wise, were hardly in~
dicative of student apathy. May I take
. , this opportunity to state that the cour-
THE RECORD
age displayed in the second game parti-
cularly will rarely be equalled in future
Marist history.
If
future Marist classes will give
at least the same support,
I
feel that
no one can rightfully speak of student
apathy.
Sincerely,
Brother William Murphy
ED. We too congratulate the members
of the athletic teams.
Recently, an editorial appeared
here, in which strong criticism was
directed against the student body in
.
general for failing to support many of
the organized activities of the school.
I found
an
inherent assumption, on the
part of its author, that
(1)
the clubs or
activities, once formed, should exist
in
perpetuity, and
(2)
all of the
organized activities are worthy of con-
tinuous su.iport.
The merit of the editorial rests
on the fact that it examines a serious
social and athletic problem, one which
is by no means unique to Marist. How-
ever, the author of the article failed
to offer either a reason for non-parti
-
cipation or a solution to the problem.
Perhaps the problem should not
even be considered, for it.may only be
transient. Marist, at the moment, is
neither fish nor fowl, that ii:!,
too
small to sustain a great many activi-
ties or too large to
,
.
.
have none. It
seems safe to say that the greater the
size of the student body in a school, the
greater will be the number of partici-
pants available for any activity
.
With
approximately750 day students of whom
less than half are in residence, the
present students available for extra-
curricular activities (while maintain-
ing a satisfactory grade average) are
limited.
The answer appears to lie in the
discontinuance of any activity that can-
not maintain a sustaining membership.
We don't have to have a
·
paper, a
DaVinci club, a sailing club, or
.
what
have you, and when enough people be-
come iuterested in renewing a discon-
tinued activity then the charter may be
_
renewed.
The important thing to remember
is that none of these activities are es-
sential in and of themselves. Let the
democratic process prevail.
Thump-
ing a dead horse will not restore it to
life, and all out efforts to keep a mori-
bund activity going will only serve. to
stretch out its dying gasps, perhaps to
the detriment of not only its members
but to the student bodr in general.
Dear Editor:
Iamhappy to hear that Marist Col•
lege is in the process of oi:ganizing_ a
.
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Campus Roosfor Club
.
for those who
fancy themselves cock of the walk. I
understand that the ultimate purpose of
this chili is to raise the spirits of the
members. Of course, this will be done
·
at the expense of others who are either
not fortunate enough to be members of
said club or are incapable of recogniz-
ing the value of such
an
organization.
Members will be recruited from
the lower
-
classmen who pride them-
selves in their individuality by sporting
.
red chapeaux, white sweat socks, and
smart tan chinos
.
I have been told that
the white letters on their hats will sym-
bolize the innocence, sincerity
,
and
self esteem that, upon joining the club,
will be overshadowed by the greater
amount of red which will symb
.
olize ar-
rogance, hybris, and poor taste.
The
.
uninitiated will be led to these latter
qualities by upperclassmen who are al-
ready well versed in them.
It will be,
in ~ffect,
_
a type of big rooster system.
Requirements for membership in
this organization
will be a loud voice,
a disdain for non .. members,
and a
mouldable personality
.
The
strut,
'
which is to be characteristic of the
members, can be acquired in time.
It has come to my attention
.
that
the organizers are looking for a meet-
ing room where they will be able to al-
low their ideas to flow freely.
I should
like to s'!lggest that Sheahan 123, 223,
323, would be adequate for their pur-
poses.
Sincerely,
q1arI~s '}.'arallo
Anybody subnitting a Letter to the
&iitor is reminded that any letter vdll
be printed by
_
us as long as it is signed,
legible, end is suggestive of c
o
llege
material in i t s grammatical structure.
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The
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r
The Puerto Rican Child
and
The American Culture
George Mora, M
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Marist College Gym
Wednesday, March 27th
8:00 P. M.
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ty in the University of Detroit
will visit
:
Marist College to confer with faculty
and students at such intervals as the
efficient administration of the joint
operation may require, and as agreed
upon by the two institutions.
The Marist College coordinator of
the Marist-Detroit program is Brother
Michael Kelly of the Physics Depart -
ment. Students interested in the pro-
gram should make an appointment with
Brother Kelly to discuss specific de-
tails
_
of the program .
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S
NIOR
WALTER HERBST
Anyone of any intelligent level will
surely agree that.if a man can complete
four years of college, he is quite a guy.
When there are men who complete four
years of college and do more than just
take courses, they definitely deserve
some recugnition.
It is therefore the
purpose of this column to point out one
senior per issue who has done more
than attend Marist College. Everyone
participates in extra-curricular acti-
vities, but it is the leaders of these
activities who help make Marist the
great college that it is.
InlFebruary of 1961, a transfer
student from Mater Christie Seminary
moved into the newly erected Marist
College dormitory. Like most trans-
fer students in a new school, he was
reserved, but not for long. Almost
immediately after he arrived at Marist
Walter Herbst was malting friends and
earning respect.
In
just two and a half
years, Walt had accomplished so much
that he was elected to the highest stu-
dent position of our school, Student
Council President.
President Herbst• s home is in_ Ren-
sselear, New York where he lives with
his mother, father, sister and brother.
One of Walt• s sisters is in a convent
at present. He is very proud of. this
student Council President
Walter Her)Jst presents Marist
College President Linus R. Foy
with the Marist College Flag.
.
.
fact and says that he can attribute his
success to the fact that his sister prays
for him so often.
In
"the way of activi-
ties Walt certainly has more than can
he expected of anyone. With his initia-
tiveJ Walt has instituted such things as
the formation of the Varsity Club, the
starting of an Annual ~hristma~ party
for the resident studeI1ts, tht: compos-
ing of a student handbook, ·(which he
spent a good part of the summer doing)
the on-campus movies, the point sys-
te.n for financial grants, the recording
of the College history, the present
forms for the planning of social events,
the Marist College
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Thank You
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cards
the obtaining of a school flag, the Open
THE m:coRD
House, which takes place in the spring,
a summary of Parlimentary procedure,
to facilitate Student Council meetings,
permanent Student Council files to make
any records readily available, the new
custom of an Annual faculty tea and
many other things which will benefit
every student who attends Marist.
In •the future there will be other-
things we can see which Walt is respon-
sible for.
These include: a Winter
Carnival, an on-campus Post Office,
an activity bulletin board, novelty cards
and a student directory. When I asked
Walt what he does in his spare time he
leaned back in his chair, scratched his
head and said, "nothing much".
How-
ever, he is still doing things for Marist.
Atpresenthe is the Booster Club
mod-
erator, a cafeteria representative, a
member of the athletic committee, he
attends weekly meetings with Brother
Linus and Brother Paul, and he even
takes a few courses here.
February is a very eventful month
for Walt. He was born on February 25,
1942, came to Ma.rist in February, and
that same month he played varsity bas-
ketball and met Miss Betty Rowen, a
former student, a graduate of and pre-
sently employed by St. Francis Hospi-
tal, to whom he was recently engaged.
With no experience, Walt joined the
crew team his first year here, which
led him to be a two-year varsity oars-
man.
Walt has no immediate future plans
after college with the exception of an
August wedding. We are sure that with
a business major, and his personality,
this man, who has left a path of accom-
plishments."surpassed by none will cer-
tainly find success
in
the welcoming -
roads which await him. Let us offer
our best wishes and enumerable thanks
to one of the finest.
Dean Linton of Geo.
Wasb.U.
to Dead Evaluation Team -
F. Taylor Jones bas notified Brothe.c
Linus Foy that Calvin D. Linton of
George Washington University, Washing-
ton, D. C., has agreed to serve as chair-
man of the Middle States evaluation team
which visit Marist College next fall. Dr.
Linton is Dean of the Columbian College
of Arts and Sciences and also serves as
Professor of English Literature.
Dean Linton will direct a group of
about ten visiting faculty and adminis-
trators from other colleges and univer-
sities in the mid-Atlantic area in"an in-
dependent appraisal of the
work
of the
College,
Prior to their visit, the faculty at .
Marist are conducting
an extensive ·
study of every phase of the operation of
the college. This investigation
will
re-
s.ut •in a progress report on the college
to be ready for September.
March
19, 196Z
NOCT·u
RN E
In
the past five months, the Coun-
cil has introduced, altered, or affected
in
some way, the following areas of the
Evening Division program: ( 1) Changed
the night curriculum by
introducing
three courses a night, commencing with
the Fall semester, in place of the usual
two courses, offered heretofore, (2)
Established a Dean• s List for the Even-
ing Division, (3) Altered the time sche-
dules
of
the Summer and Fall programs,
( 4) Introduced courses in the curriculum
which the school had not planned to
offer, (5) Established a Class Ring pro-
gram for the nocturnes.
The above
list is by no means complete but it will
give you an idea of their range of acti-
vity. The Faculty and Administration
have been very receptive and coopera-
tive to the Council• s suggestions, so if
youhave any ideas, by all means, let• s
have them.
If
you don•t know who your
Class Representative is, bring the
matter up in class.
If
he• s not too
timorous he
1
ll identify himself, and if
there is none, one can be elected on
the spot.
There• s a .story making the rounds,
about a mountaineer from the hill coun-
try who, on his rare visit to town, in
response to his inquiry as to how Presi-
dent Eisenhower was, was surprised
to learn that a man named Kennedy
was now President, that he was a
Catholic, and beyond that, had install-
ed some new toilets in the White House.
On returning home, he informed his
aged Granny of this incredible news.
The Granny laboriously turned this re-
markable bit of information over in her
mind, then asked what a toilet was.
The mountaineer replied,
11
How should
I know, Pm not a Catholic.
11
It•
s just
a story, but it does have some present
application. There_ are a lot of people
in the community who have no idea as
to what lies behind _the walls of Marist.
To better inform the public of
the
nature of the school, and,
if
possible,
to obtain new students, the Evening
Divi£ion Council plans to hold an open
house
in
the coming Spring. Last year,
the Open House was very successful.
Over four hundred persons attended,
and 22 applications were obtained on
the day it was held.
That wrings me dry for this week,
except for a hint. At the moment,
something is brewing that,
if
instituted,
will materially affect the entire Even-
ing Division. I hope to be able to dis-
¾USS
it in the next edition
· This means YOU and not the other guy,
Marist is growing and
if
we want it to
be great we must see that she has good
leadership in the classes, clubs and es-
pecially the Council. The challenge is
here and the time is now. Can YOU
meet that challenge?
3.9.1
3.9.2
3.9.3
3.9.4
MARI ST COLLEGE
Vol. III,
No.
9
Poughkeepsie, New York
Marcil 19, 19S5
Program Begun With Univ. of Detroit
Cooperative Engineering
Offered Seieoce Majors
Marist College and the University
of Detroit have concluded a contractual
agreement establishing an engineering
program for Marist students.
Under
the terms of the agreement as detailed
below, a student would register at
Marist for his freshman and sophomore
years and then transfer to the Univer-
sity of Detroit for three years of alter-
nate semesters of university study and
industrial employment.
The program is open to students
majoring in mathematics, physics or
chemistry with the ultimate goal of a
bachelor's degree in the areas of che-
mical, mechanical, civil, electrical
or aeronautical engineering.
One of the attractive features of
the program is that the experience of
industrial employment affords the stu-
dent not only the practical application
of his engineering studies but also en-
ables him to earn approximately three
quarters of his expenses for the three
year period.
The terms of the joint College- Uni-
versity program are as follows:
1. Marist College and the University
of Detroit will cooperate in the educa-
tion of students for the engineering pro-
fession. The students will register in
Marist College for the first two years
of the curriculum, and will then com-
plete their undergraduate engineering
education in the upper three years of
the cooperative engineering curricula
in the University of Detroit.
2. The principal and basic aim of this
joint operation will be to provide addi-
tional facilities for Catholic young men
to prepare in Catholic institutions for
engineering careers. Obviously, how-
ever, the projects will not be restricted
to Catholics.
3. A more immediate objective of the
operation will be to permit Marist Col-
lege students to obtain an engineering
education at low cost.
4. The low cost will result from coop-
erative. employment in the industries
of the Marist College region under the
cooperative plan for engineering educa-
tion est_ablished in the University of De-
troit. In many cases, the students may
be emplo_;y~d within commuting distance
of Poughkeepsie. Such students will be
able to live economically in their own
homes during the first two years of
study in Marist College, and during one
and one=half years of cooperative train-
ing in the Poughkeepsie area out of
three years in the University of Detroit.
5. Thejointoperation applies primari-
lyto the standard curricula in aeronau-
tical, chemical, civil, electrical, and
mechanical engineering.
6. Curricula in the University of De-
troit will be so adjusted that students
who successively complete the physics-
mathematics curriculum in Marist Col-
lege will proceed with junior courses in
the University of Detroit without inter-
ruption, and without making any adjust-
ment in the schedule of studies.
They
should complete the work for the bache-
lor's degree in the remaining thr_ee years
of academic=industrial alternation.
7. The Assistant Dean in the College
of Engineering in the University of De-
troit will arrange special programs for
Marist College students
(1)
who have
not completed all courses in the physics-
mathematics curriculum, (2) who have
pursued other curricula, or (3) who may
wish to register for the science-orient-
ed engineering curricula as distinct
from the standard curricula in the Uni-
versity of ·Detroit. These special pro-
grams
to
be arranged by the Assistant
Dean may involve summer courses.
Some of these special programs may
r~quire more than three years in the
University of Detroit to meet require-
ments.
8. Marist College students will trans-
fer to the University of Detroit by the
same process as Marist College stu-
dents transfer to any other institution
of higher learning.
9. The Director of Coordination ana
Placement in the University of Detroit
will place as many Marist College stu-
dents in the industries of the Poughkeep-
sie area as possible.
In the case of
transfer students not resident in the
Poughkeepsie region,
the Industrial
Coordinator will arrange cooperative
training as near to their homes
as
possible. Further, the special career
objectives of some students may re-
quire that the Industrial Coordinator
place them in industries which are re-
mote both from their homes and from
the Poughkeepsie region.
10. The Engineering faculty in the Uni-
versity of Detroit will keep the dean of
Marist College continuously informed
concerning trends and developments in
engineering education.
Similarly, the
dean of Marist College will keep the
Engineering faculty in the University of
Detroit informed concerning changes
and developments in his College which
may affect the joint operation.
11. Members of the E n g i n e ~ u l -
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Scholastic Incentive Award
App
I
ic at
ions to
be
Maned
Soon
New York State has announced that
applications for the Scholar Incentive
Award for the Academic Year 1963-64
will be mailed during April and May to
New York State students who have al-
ready received an award this year.
If
a student did not receive an
award this year, he will be able to ob-
tain an application from the College.
In its announcement, the State re-
quests the cooperation of the students
on the following two points:
1. File the applications as soon as
possible. Students who file applications
before July 1st will receive notice of
awards by October. Applications
re-
ceived after July will be processed for
later awards.
2. File only one application for the en-
tire academic year. Multiple applica-
tions only confuse the issue and delay
the awards.
Pagel
The
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RECORD
THE REOORD
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EXTRACURRICULUM
"I strike three chords for beauty's sake and one to pay the
rent. " So said the professional musician, while complaining about
the demands which his occupation placed upon his creativity. In
comparison, one might refer to the classroom lecture as the
-one
chord which many teachers use •to pay the rent'.
If
each instructor
were to drink his coffee or smoke his cigarette in the company of
students, rather than fellow-teachers, he would be affording the in-
terested student an
.
opportunity to ask those peripheral questions
which he hesitates to ask in class, or hasn't time to as).< after class.
In
so doing, the teacher would be striking his three chords for
'beauty's sake', and the student would be learning. No more would
a conscientious youth be forced to squander that part of his academ-
ic
life which is spent in the cafeteria; no longer would he be com-
pelled "to come and go speaking of Michelangelo".
When an instructor furnishes facts he merely taxes the student's
memory. When he shows how the facts are built upon one another,
and how they relate to each other, he is being pedantic. But when,
within the course of a lecture, he leaves a problem unanswered, when
he admits uncertainty, when he recognizes the inadequacy of
a
theory,
when he publicly expresses concern about a principle or voices doubt
about a law, then he is leading, and the student is learning--learning
to think for himself--and this
_
is that rewarding process
.
which sends
the sharp waves of thought crashing against the shores of a youthful
mind.
Unf!idunately, many teachers would regard this cqnfession of
human fallibility, noble and necessary to progress though it is, as_
defeat; and defeat, in front of a class is almost akin to ignorance
and definitely foreign to the intellectual image which one must pro-
ject if one is to appear 'superior'. · ForttU).ately, this admission-<of
humanity is, for such a teacher, not so difficult to tolerate when his
intellectual self-image is tempered with his social self-image--and
this is that happy blend to which the undignified, informal atmosphere
of the cafeteria is conducive
.
One could only hope that such a per-
son, having decided upon
a:
prudent and desirable degree of student-
.
teacher familiarity, would then expose himself to his students
rather than his peers. For, if an educator is to approach the ideal
he must be like the candle that consumes itself in lighting others.
fj'eatures: G. Hallam, Ed
••
P. Kearney, A. Brown,
.T.
Trohrond,
Sport: T. Macken, P, Ma.her, J. Barry.
Ma}te-up: D. Donoghue, R. Morin~ G. Johannsen,
Circulation:
n;
Rorieri, Mgr., J. Guiliano,:,
Gerry Marl"!lion
Karch
19, 196!'i
TQ,~JJJS
Last Thursday, I had the opportun-
ity to view
.
a
short film sponsored by
the Young Republican €lub of Marist en-
titled "Where Were You?"
The production reviewed the right
of
the average citizen_ to actively parti-
cipate in his part and reveals how few
actually take advantage of this privilege.
To demonstrate this point, we follow
the "victory march" of Mr. John Doakes
from his nomination by a small group
of the party "bosses" at its caucus to
his ultimate election eight months later.
This may seem to many to prove
"their"theory that politics is dirty and
crooked. However, some very inter-
esting points to ponder were brought
forth.
For example, do we realize
that before a man can be on the ticket
in many states for fall elections he
must first face a primary election.
Futhermore in this vein we saw that
in
a precinct where there are 100 eligible
voters for a primary approximately 50
of these will vote. Of these 25 will vote
for the majority party, 15 for the
min-
ority party and 10 will go to splinter
groups. However, of the 25 who will
vote for the majority party only about
one quarter of these, 6-7 people, will
come out to vote on primary day. There-
.
fore, it. becomes quite obvious that if
one controls only a majority of this 6
or 7 voters,
in
other words 4 voters in
a hundred, he will capture his parl>y' s
primary. In most cases if his party is
in the majority, he will then win the fall
election.
This will
all
seemcredundant but
let's look at it again and then make our
applications. First, a small group has
put up this man for office and second
only
.
four out of a hundred have, for all
pr
_
actical purposes, forced him upon the
remaining ninety-six.
..
We ask ourselves at this time
whether or not this has any direct re-
lation to us here at Marist. It most
certainly does.
On
the very evening
that this
film
was
shown, the student
council held its usual meeting and it
was reported that as of that time (and
tot
_
he author's knowledge at the time of
this writing) two major posts for next
year's Council are unopposed. We can
have nothing but praise, for those two
who are willing to serve as Vice•Prelji-
dent and Recording Secretary.
How-
ever, isthereno one else who can qual-
ify for these posts? Are we all wµling
to just sit back and say "let George do
it"?
Remember the Student Council ·
1s
YOUR council.
If
you want an effective
council, YOU MUST SUPPORT YOU!l.
MAN.
At this time the nominations
are closed but the election is not over.
Choose the candidates that you feel can
best serve YOU and work for them.
letters
to the Editor
Dear Sir:
I read with interest and with a cer-
tain sense of recollection your editorial
in the last edition of The Record
.
Both
attitudes sprang from the fact that your
theme of student apathy seems to be a
favorite theme of most colle1te news-
papers; it certainly appeared in various
forms in the Marist newspaper of last
year.
I do not wish to enter into discus-
sion of "causes" for this situation, for
that would be presuming that such a
situation really
..
exists. I prefer rather
to extend my congratulations and res-
pect to the student body for their in-
terest and maintenance of the college's
athletic program this year.
All t9ld, by June of 1963,
-
some 90
students will have represented the col-
lege in some form of athletic activity
on the intercollegiate level (these figures
do not include the sailing team whose
number is not yet determined).
When
final figures are in, this would repre-
sent about one fourth of the student body.
If
these percentages were transferred
to, let us say, City College of New York
this would represent 7, 000 students en
-
gaged in athletic competition.
My per-
sonal feeling is that Marist can be well
satisfied with this response. No doubt,
as the number of athletic teams in-
creases and as our facilities improve,
we can look for a rise not only in the
perce~tage of participation but in stu-
dent interest as well.
With regard to the latter point, may
I point out that our teams were very
well supported this year by the non
-
.
participants. It is true that the away
from,
_
home wrestling matches did not
draw a large following but it will take a
year or two more for this sport to win
•
enthusiasts.
Certainly the
home
matches were well attended.
As far as the "meager"
·
response
to crew is concerned, may
I point out
that scholastic eligibility has certainly
prevented many from participating who
would otherwise have come out. Furt-
hermore, crew has passed the glamour
point, that is the
·
Students who do go
·
out for crew and those who do not both
.
realize the sacrifices and the hard work
that is involved in putting representa-
tive oarsmen on the river. Hence while
the number may have been smaller pro-
portionally to other years, it was made
up of those
_
who really wanted to be
oarsmen.
Some of course are still
making up their minds about the Easter
holidays, but I feel sure that this will
be our best season yet.
By way of thinking concretely
(I
realize it may be unfair to cite this
example) surely both the first and sec-
ond New Paltz games, both spectator
wise and player wise, were hardly in~
dicative of student apathy. May I take
. , this opportunity to state that the cour-
THE RECORD
age displayed in the second game parti-
cularly will rarely be equalled in future
Marist history.
If
future Marist classes will give
at least the same support,
I
feel that
no one can rightfully speak of student
apathy.
Sincerely,
Brother William Murphy
ED. We too congratulate the members
of the athletic teams.
Recently, an editorial appeared
here, in which strong criticism was
directed against the student body in
.
general for failing to support many of
the organized activities of the school.
I found
an
inherent assumption, on the
part of its author, that
(1)
the clubs or
activities, once formed, should exist
in
perpetuity, and
(2)
all of the
organized activities are worthy of con-
tinuous su.iport.
The merit of the editorial rests
on the fact that it examines a serious
social and athletic problem, one which
is by no means unique to Marist. How-
ever, the author of the article failed
to offer either a reason for non-parti
-
cipation or a solution to the problem.
Perhaps the problem should not
even be considered, for it.may only be
transient. Marist, at the moment, is
neither fish nor fowl, that ii:!,
too
small to sustain a great many activi-
ties or too large to
,
.
.
have none. It
seems safe to say that the greater the
size of the student body in a school, the
greater will be the number of partici-
pants available for any activity
.
With
approximately750 day students of whom
less than half are in residence, the
present students available for extra-
curricular activities (while maintain-
ing a satisfactory grade average) are
limited.
The answer appears to lie in the
discontinuance of any activity that can-
not maintain a sustaining membership.
We don't have to have a
·
paper, a
DaVinci club, a sailing club, or
.
what
have you, and when enough people be-
come iuterested in renewing a discon-
tinued activity then the charter may be
_
renewed.
The important thing to remember
is that none of these activities are es-
sential in and of themselves. Let the
democratic process prevail.
Thump-
ing a dead horse will not restore it to
life, and all out efforts to keep a mori-
bund activity going will only serve. to
stretch out its dying gasps, perhaps to
the detriment of not only its members
but to the student bodr in general.
Dear Editor:
Iamhappy to hear that Marist Col•
lege is in the process of oi:ganizing_ a
.
,
Page
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Campus Roosfor Club
.
for those who
fancy themselves cock of the walk. I
understand that the ultimate purpose of
this chili is to raise the spirits of the
members. Of course, this will be done
·
at the expense of others who are either
not fortunate enough to be members of
said club or are incapable of recogniz-
ing the value of such
an
organization.
Members will be recruited from
the lower
-
classmen who pride them-
selves in their individuality by sporting
.
red chapeaux, white sweat socks, and
smart tan chinos
.
I have been told that
the white letters on their hats will sym-
bolize the innocence, sincerity
,
and
self esteem that, upon joining the club,
will be overshadowed by the greater
amount of red which will symb
.
olize ar-
rogance, hybris, and poor taste.
The
.
uninitiated will be led to these latter
qualities by upperclassmen who are al-
ready well versed in them.
It will be,
in ~ffect,
_
a type of big rooster system.
Requirements for membership in
this organization
will be a loud voice,
a disdain for non .. members,
and a
mouldable personality
.
The
strut,
'
which is to be characteristic of the
members, can be acquired in time.
It has come to my attention
.
that
the organizers are looking for a meet-
ing room where they will be able to al-
low their ideas to flow freely.
I should
like to s'!lggest that Sheahan 123, 223,
323, would be adequate for their pur-
poses.
Sincerely,
q1arI~s '}.'arallo
Anybody subnitting a Letter to the
&iitor is reminded that any letter vdll
be printed by
_
us as long as it is signed,
legible, end is suggestive of c
o
llege
material in i t s grammatical structure.
TOPIC:
SPEAKER:
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The
Edit
o
r
The Puerto Rican Child
and
The American Culture
George Mora, M
.
D
.
Marist College Gym
Wednesday, March 27th
8:00 P. M.
.
ty in the University of Detroit
will visit
:
Marist College to confer with faculty
and students at such intervals as the
efficient administration of the joint
operation may require, and as agreed
upon by the two institutions.
The Marist College coordinator of
the Marist-Detroit program is Brother
Michael Kelly of the Physics Depart -
ment. Students interested in the pro-
gram should make an appointment with
Brother Kelly to discuss specific de-
tails
_
of the program .
Page 4
S
NIOR
WALTER HERBST
Anyone of any intelligent level will
surely agree that.if a man can complete
four years of college, he is quite a guy.
When there are men who complete four
years of college and do more than just
take courses, they definitely deserve
some recugnition.
It is therefore the
purpose of this column to point out one
senior per issue who has done more
than attend Marist College. Everyone
participates in extra-curricular acti-
vities, but it is the leaders of these
activities who help make Marist the
great college that it is.
InlFebruary of 1961, a transfer
student from Mater Christie Seminary
moved into the newly erected Marist
College dormitory. Like most trans-
fer students in a new school, he was
reserved, but not for long. Almost
immediately after he arrived at Marist
Walter Herbst was malting friends and
earning respect.
In
just two and a half
years, Walt had accomplished so much
that he was elected to the highest stu-
dent position of our school, Student
Council President.
President Herbst• s home is in_ Ren-
sselear, New York where he lives with
his mother, father, sister and brother.
One of Walt• s sisters is in a convent
at present. He is very proud of. this
student Council President
Walter Her)Jst presents Marist
College President Linus R. Foy
with the Marist College Flag.
.
.
fact and says that he can attribute his
success to the fact that his sister prays
for him so often.
In
"the way of activi-
ties Walt certainly has more than can
he expected of anyone. With his initia-
tiveJ Walt has instituted such things as
the formation of the Varsity Club, the
starting of an Annual ~hristma~ party
for the resident studeI1ts, tht: compos-
ing of a student handbook, ·(which he
spent a good part of the summer doing)
the on-campus movies, the point sys-
te.n for financial grants, the recording
of the College history, the present
forms for the planning of social events,
the Marist College
11
Thank You
11
cards
the obtaining of a school flag, the Open
THE m:coRD
House, which takes place in the spring,
a summary of Parlimentary procedure,
to facilitate Student Council meetings,
permanent Student Council files to make
any records readily available, the new
custom of an Annual faculty tea and
many other things which will benefit
every student who attends Marist.
In •the future there will be other-
things we can see which Walt is respon-
sible for.
These include: a Winter
Carnival, an on-campus Post Office,
an activity bulletin board, novelty cards
and a student directory. When I asked
Walt what he does in his spare time he
leaned back in his chair, scratched his
head and said, "nothing much".
How-
ever, he is still doing things for Marist.
Atpresenthe is the Booster Club
mod-
erator, a cafeteria representative, a
member of the athletic committee, he
attends weekly meetings with Brother
Linus and Brother Paul, and he even
takes a few courses here.
February is a very eventful month
for Walt. He was born on February 25,
1942, came to Ma.rist in February, and
that same month he played varsity bas-
ketball and met Miss Betty Rowen, a
former student, a graduate of and pre-
sently employed by St. Francis Hospi-
tal, to whom he was recently engaged.
With no experience, Walt joined the
crew team his first year here, which
led him to be a two-year varsity oars-
man.
Walt has no immediate future plans
after college with the exception of an
August wedding. We are sure that with
a business major, and his personality,
this man, who has left a path of accom-
plishments."surpassed by none will cer-
tainly find success
in
the welcoming -
roads which await him. Let us offer
our best wishes and enumerable thanks
to one of the finest.
Dean Linton of Geo.
Wasb.U.
to Dead Evaluation Team -
F. Taylor Jones bas notified Brothe.c
Linus Foy that Calvin D. Linton of
George Washington University, Washing-
ton, D. C., has agreed to serve as chair-
man of the Middle States evaluation team
which visit Marist College next fall. Dr.
Linton is Dean of the Columbian College
of Arts and Sciences and also serves as
Professor of English Literature.
Dean Linton will direct a group of
about ten visiting faculty and adminis-
trators from other colleges and univer-
sities in the mid-Atlantic area in"an in-
dependent appraisal of the
work
of the
College,
Prior to their visit, the faculty at .
Marist are conducting
an extensive ·
study of every phase of the operation of
the college. This investigation
will
re-
s.ut •in a progress report on the college
to be ready for September.
March
19, 196Z
NOCT·u
RN E
In
the past five months, the Coun-
cil has introduced, altered, or affected
in
some way, the following areas of the
Evening Division program: ( 1) Changed
the night curriculum by
introducing
three courses a night, commencing with
the Fall semester, in place of the usual
two courses, offered heretofore, (2)
Established a Dean• s List for the Even-
ing Division, (3) Altered the time sche-
dules
of
the Summer and Fall programs,
( 4) Introduced courses in the curriculum
which the school had not planned to
offer, (5) Established a Class Ring pro-
gram for the nocturnes.
The above
list is by no means complete but it will
give you an idea of their range of acti-
vity. The Faculty and Administration
have been very receptive and coopera-
tive to the Council• s suggestions, so if
youhave any ideas, by all means, let• s
have them.
If
you don•t know who your
Class Representative is, bring the
matter up in class.
If
he• s not too
timorous he
1
ll identify himself, and if
there is none, one can be elected on
the spot.
There• s a .story making the rounds,
about a mountaineer from the hill coun-
try who, on his rare visit to town, in
response to his inquiry as to how Presi-
dent Eisenhower was, was surprised
to learn that a man named Kennedy
was now President, that he was a
Catholic, and beyond that, had install-
ed some new toilets in the White House.
On returning home, he informed his
aged Granny of this incredible news.
The Granny laboriously turned this re-
markable bit of information over in her
mind, then asked what a toilet was.
The mountaineer replied,
11
How should
I know, Pm not a Catholic.
11
It•
s just
a story, but it does have some present
application. There_ are a lot of people
in the community who have no idea as
to what lies behind _the walls of Marist.
To better inform the public of
the
nature of the school, and,
if
possible,
to obtain new students, the Evening
Divi£ion Council plans to hold an open
house
in
the coming Spring. Last year,
the Open House was very successful.
Over four hundred persons attended,
and 22 applications were obtained on
the day it was held.
That wrings me dry for this week,
except for a hint. At the moment,
something is brewing that,
if
instituted,
will materially affect the entire Even-
ing Division. I hope to be able to dis-
¾USS
it in the next edition
· This means YOU and not the other guy,
Marist is growing and
if
we want it to
be great we must see that she has good
leadership in the classes, clubs and es-
pecially the Council. The challenge is
here and the time is now. Can YOU
meet that challenge?
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3.9.2
3.9.3
3.9.4