University Voice - Vol. 02, No. 13 - December 09, 1971

              Dec. 9, 1971
E
....-culd help the university in its
operations this year, Mr.
Hickson replied: ··the pay freeze
expired on November 13. and we
are hopeful that the retroactive
salaries may be paid. At the
present time we are submitting a
special request to the Federal
Pay Board to seek recouping of
retroactive pay for the 10 .....eeks
ending November 13. and we
expect that the board will render
a general ruling regarding
faculty salaries in the near
future. In any eventuality. the
budget will not be significantly
altered ...
The balance sheet shows
property and assets worth nearly
$32 million. This reflects an
increase in total assets of $5.3
million over the previous year.
About 72% of the assets are in
buildings and grounds. The
capital debt on the properly
amounts to almost $11 million,
with about half of this payable on
long term loans to the
government.
"Since the univerSIty does not
own an endowment. it must pay
for its building and other assets
out of operating funds. gIfts and
public subSidies," Mr. Hickson
stated.
"It is the primary
responsibility of the
Development Office to seek oul
philanthropic support ror ,the
University through our capital
fund raising. annual giving
programs and solicitation of
business and other
organizations." stated Darrell
W. Ryan, director of university
relations. under whose
supervision the Development
Office operates.
The largest single item of
income to the university was
represented by tuitions and rees.
Over 63% of all operating
revenues were received from
this source. with the remainder
derived from grants. auxiliary
enterprises (mainly room and
board) and government­supported
student financial aid.
The chief expendiwre of funds
was for instructional purposes.
36% of all operating expenses
.....ere devoted to that category,
with another 18% going to
auxiliary enterprises. Plant
maintenance. administratIon.
student financial aid programs.
and student services were the
next largest items of expens<:.
The financial plight or private
colleges and universities has
received growing publicity in
recent months. A recent report
by Professor William Jellema.
research director of the
Association of American
Colleges. indicated that the
average private college had
operated at a deficit in 1969-70 of
over $131.000 - even worse than
had been originally predicted.
Prof. Jellema warned that
"some 365 of the nation'S private
colleges and universities may be
ready 00 close their doors by t981
unless immediate aid is
forthcoming." He noted that in
addition to running at a deficit
and in spite of effo;is to improve
their liscal position by more
efficient managemeot,
"operations have been curtailed.
(Continued on Page 71
business and finance. "to the
implementation of management
systems which prOVide better
control of our spending, the
cooperation of the Divisions in
utilizing these systems. and the
realization of additional non­tuition
income from outside
sources.
"In order to continue this
trend," Mr. Hickson continued,
"we found it necessary 00
increase tuition for the current
year. which will permit the
university to operate in the
black. even with a budgeted
10.6% faculty salary increase
that had been agreed upon last
spring. It is, however. as
important to keep other sources
of income rising as it is to keep
expenses down if a balanced
budget is to be attained this
fiscal year," he warned.
Asked whether me pay freeze
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FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY, FAIRFIELD, CONNECTICUT
THE
Campus Songsters
to Perform Sunday
The chorus made Its debut lasl
spring when It performed a
contemporary setting by
Westport's Gay Mebegan of
Franck's "Paris Angelicus."
with English lyrics and jazz
accompaniment. The chorus.
comprisedtlf 40 Fairfield co-eds.
is directed by Andrew Heath of
the university's Music
Department.
The Madrigal Society will
present "'Bring a Torch,
Jeannette Isabella"; "Joseph
Dearest. Joseph Mine": Michael
Praetorius' "Lo. How a Rose
E'er Blooming": "The
Annunciation." from Brahms'
'''Marienlieder'': "The Carol of
the Russian Children": the
traditional "What Child Is
This"; and a Kentucky ballad.
"The Cherry Tree carol."
featuring tenor soloist Paul
Klein.
The society was begun last
February when a group of
faculty members decided to
form a singing group. with Mr.
Heath serving as music director.
The group subsequently has
expanded with voices drawn
from throughout the area. The
society has built a repertoire of
sixteenth and early seventeenth
century English and European
madrigals, and is planning a
spring madrigal performance.
Area members of the Madrigal
Society include sopranos M~s.
William Moffitl. Easton, MISS
Nancy Tyrrell, Westport, and
Dr. Mariann Kent, or Fairfield's
Department of English: altos
Mrs. C. Michael Thornburg.
Fairfield, and Mrs, Leila
Lenagh, Westport: tenors
William Moffitt.. Easton. Paul
Klein Weston. Rev. C. Michael
Thor~burg of Fairfield's
Department of Theology, and
Rev. Joseph C. Devine. S.J.,
Department of Religious Studies
at the university: and basses Dr.
R. James Long. Department of
Philosophy. Dr. Richard Regan,
Departmenlof English, and Dr.
Edward Dew. Department of
History and Politics, all with
Fairfield l'niversity.
Vol. 2, No. 13
fairfield's newly formed
Women's Chorus and Madngal
Society will present a public
program of Christmas music for
area residenls on Sunday.
December 12. featuring
madrigal music from the
sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries.
The university's Women's
Chorus and its Madrigal Society
will offer carols, and the chorus
will perform Benjamin Britten's
celebrated "Ceremony of
Cards." at 4 p.m. in the Campus
Center Oak Room.
At 7 p.m. that evening a mass
will be celebrated in the
university's Loyola Chapel. with
appropriate music of the season
being offered.
Harpist John Senior III. of
Fairfield. and sopranos ancy
Siowick and Adrienne Micei. will
be featured in "Ceremony of
Cards_"
The Universily completed the
1970-71 fiscal year with a small
operating surplus. according 00
the official auditors' figures
released. today.
The report. by the auditing
form of Charles Bo.utati and
Company. reveals that for the 12
months ending June 30. 1971. the
University's income was
$7.304,186 and it expended
$7.%39,479 for its operations. The
net balance of $64.707 was
applied to the payment of
previous debts on operations.
For the previous year the
university had recorded an
operating loss of $419.000, on
total operating expenditures of
$6.1 million and revenues of $5.7
million.
"The turnaround from an
operating deficit to a surplus
was due," according to John M.
Hickson. vice president of
Audit Says University In
The Black After 1970-71
AItTIST PAUL NONAY - dito'sptI lIOIDe of his wort at the
opening of his art show JastSuDday in the Oak Room.
Pow T.rJIOlIl
"When the people realJzed
what was going on they were
really upset..·· says Callahan.
adding that it was just that kind
of thing which suggests we are
giving instead of sharing.
The people of Appalachia. by
and large. are very proud,
despite their impoverished
conditions. he notes.
This winter's trip was
scheduled to be the largest of the
year, but only 15 or 16 students
expressed any interest in it.
according to Callahan.
Regardless of the poor
turnout. the senior who hopes to
join either VISTA or the Peace
Corps after graduation does not
think that student interest is
waning.
"We never have any trouble
finding people to make these
trips. This year's problems was
caused, I think. by poor publicity
and the fact that many students
have to work over the holidays."
be said.
interaction with the people. as
much sharing of cultures as we
can possibly achieve."
In the past., success was often
measured by the number of trees
cut down or amount of brush
cleared for some short-handed
farmer.
Work willi GleDmary
In addition. this trip will try to
integrate as many other cullural
activities into the daily schedule
as possible. Volunteers and
residents often gather to share
musical interests. for instance.
"Everything we do will be
aimed at treating these people as
peers. We have got to get rid of
the Savior complex." contends
callahan.
When in Kentucky. Fairfield
students work through the
G1enillary mission set up there.
Brother AI Bebm will be
directing this winter's projects
with the assistance of callahan.
Pat Delaney '72, and Ray
Degennaro ·n.
Callahan explains that only
because of the trust that the
people in Vanceburg have
developed in that mission are
students from here readily
accepted..
He recounts an incident which
occurred during a spring trip
four years ago which caused
relations to be strained for some
time.
A New York l.v. film crew
appeared in Vanceburg following
up a tip thal college students
would be giving up their spring
vacation to work there for the
people.
Students to Head
for Appalachia
St. Mike's Prof.
to Speak Here
By Tlmothy Graee
Another group of Fairfield
students .....iIltrek to Vanceburg,
Kentucky during the mid­semester
break this year, but
according to group leader Jim
Callahan '72. the main thrust of
this winter's expedition will be
radically changed.
Nestled in the foothills of the
Appalachian Mountains in north­eastern
Kentucky's Lewis
County, Vanceburg's
underdeveloped community has
been the site of many social
action trips for Fairfield
students during spring and
winter vacations over the past
five or six years.
CbagiD, A. Anil.
Callahan, who has played a key
role in both the organization and
running of these sojourns during
the past three years, explains
that. in previous years, the
emphasis bas always been
placed on bow much we can
"give to these poor people; or
how much we can do (or them."
14 undergraduates and two
graduate students will be in
Vanceburg from January 1-7
trying to change the trip's theme
from "giving things to the people
to sharing things with them,"
says the senior from Brockton,
Mass.
"We still plan to perform some
manual labor in a cooperative
housing program as well as
pUlling the finishing touches on a
farmhouse we are
reconstructing for me volunteers
to live in. but, our main interest
is working with as opposed to
working for the people of Lewis
County.. ,
"Our emphasis.·· he adds.
"Will be aimed toward as much
On Deeember 9 at 8:00 p.m. in
the Faculty Dining Room, me
Philsophy Academy will present
the second in its series of guest
lectures.
Speaking will be John J.
Hanagan, Assistant Professor of
Philosophy at St. Michael's
College, Winooski, Vermont.
In his lecture, entitleiJ "The
Search for a Meaningful God,"
Professor Hanagan will analyze
some contemporary
conceptualizations of Deity - in
particular those based on
Blondelian Phenomenology
tDewart and 8aum) and
Whileheadean Process
Philosophy (Hartshorne).
In the context of this analysis.
Professor Hanagan will proceed
to reinterpret the spirit of
Aquinas' approach to the
problem of God. stressing the
role which pre-reClective
religiOUS experience plays in the
development of the "five ways."
Adiscussion period will follow in
which both faculty and students
are encouraged to participate.
Professor Hanagan received
his B.A. in Philosophy from
Providence College and his M.A.
from the University of Detroit
where he was a Graduate
Teaching Fellow.
He pursued graduate work at
the University of Toronto where
he is completing his doctoral
dissertation on the Development
of the Doctrine of Relation in the
Thirteenth Century_
While at Toronto he was an
Honour's Tutor in the HislOry of
Mediaeval Philosophy.
Professor Hanagan currently
teaches in the Department of
Philosophy at SL Michael's
College (Winooski).
He is well known for both
i~teresting and stimulating
lectures - a fact recognized by
his students in twice honoring
him with the Faculty
Appreciation Award.
PAGEt THE UNIVERSITY VOICE December 9, 1971
Oberlin President Seeks Change
Bard's "Midsummer" Tonight
New Di'ectory
Adds Sinplidty
to Phone BlUes
additional fellOWship studies in
Italy and Holland.
His work has been shown in 25
group exhibits in Italy,
Rumania, Hungary, Germany
and the United States, and he has
had 12 one-man showings here
and abroad.
Mr, Nonay is also the winner
or many prizes for his works,
among them the Connecticut
Academy Prize, Ford
Foundation Purchase. and the
Eastern States Art E1hibit
Prize.
Ezamples of his work can I)e
fOllnd in such outstanding art
collections as the Conover-Mast,
Permanent Collection, New
York; the Westport Permanent
Art Collection; the Springfield
Museum of Fine Arts,
Spl'"inrfield, Massachusetts; and
the Museum of Art. Science and
Industry, Bl'"idgeport. among
others,
The Fairfield University
ezhibit will contain Nonay
drawings, paintings and
collages, and all works on
display will be for sale to the
public.
Gallery hours will be from 1
p.m. to 4 p.m, daily through
December 19.
Reading like a cross between a
Sons of Erin membership roster
and the membership list of the
United Nations, a new book bas
found its way onto the Fairfield
campus,
It's the new compact 1971
Fairfield University telephone
direclOry, which lists everything
and everybody you might want to
call on the administrative and
faculty staffs, and there isn't a
Smith to be found anywhere in it.
The easy-to-use book includes
a comprehensive rererence on
how to get "Ma Bell's"
equipment to do what you want it
wdo.
For instance, if you should
want to call off campus within
the Fairfield. Bridgeport,
Westport and Trumbull dialing
areas, all yOll need do is dial ..g"
to reach Bell's equipment, and
then the seven-digit number.
If you should want to call
elsewhere in Connecticut or the
Northeast., it gets a bit more
complicated, Simply dial the
switchboard ·"0"- identify
yourself and the campus phone
number rrom which you are
calling, and ask the operator for
a WATS line to the area you wish
to call.
If you fail to complete the
WATS call, notify the
switchboard immediately so that
the charge will not be allocated
to you.
For calls inside Connecticut,
dial "I" plus the seven digit
number, and for calls outside the
state dial "1" plus the area code
and the seven digit number,
Calls on campus are made by
simply dialing the three digit
number listed in the left-hand
column of the directory.
At night, between the hours of
11 p.m. and 8 a.m., all incoming
calls are handled by the Security
Department dispatcher. He will
process them and inform you of
the extension number to dial to
reach your party.
WATS line calls during the
same period can be made by
calling the Security dispatcher
on "558", and he will inform you
or the number to dial to connect
with your long distance call,
From 11 p.m. to 8 a,m.. on­campus
dialing and local of(­campus
dialing is handled on a
normal direct dial basis.
This and other handy
information can be found in the
first rew pages of the new
university directory; all the
caller need do to avoid the "that
darned phone syndrome" is use
it.
No",ax Displays Art
in Oak Room Show
Covering governance of the
college, President Fuller said,
"It is wrong for students to pass
through an educational
':~~t~ a~bo~~in haO~os~~
institution functions in political
and fiscal terms." He said that
Oberlin has an obligation "to
discover and test new forms or
gov~rnance through which
authority and responsibility are
shared by all members or the
community,"
In another area. President
Fuller reported that Oberlin will
seek "to prOVide for the periodic
self-renewal or the members of
its learning community." Such
steps, he said, should include
eliminating required student
withdrawal for academic
reasons, as well as a new
sabbatical policy for all faculty
and staff members,
FollOWing his immigration to
this country from Hungary,
internationalll acclaimed artist
Paul Nonay 0 Weston did a stint
as a house-painter with a
Stamford construction firm, and
he has since piled up an
impressive list or American
artistic credits to add to those
earned in Europe.
A \loide selection of Nonay's
prolific artistic output will go on
display. beginning with a public
reception for the artist, on
December 4 at 4 p.m, in
Fairfield University'S campus
Center.
Listed in "Who's Who in the
East" and "Who's Who in
Amel'"ican Art", the works of
Nonay have been described by
art critic William Fatula as
"instilled with an immediately
identiCiable uniqueness ." having
an embossed, third dimensional
effect which adds perspective
and engrossing interest.
"Conceived primarily as
paintings," he says, "the
subjects acquire a sculptured
characteristic reminiscent or
time-«oded tablets and ancient
icons with the artist's deft
collage and meticulous
assemblage. _
"The delicate patterns or
textiles fashioned Into creative
designs acquire a massive
solidity and depth of imagery
with the artist's encrustation
technique,
"His sensitive use or colors
lends pleasing-to-behold
appeal ...
Hungarian-born Nonay
received his art training at the
Royal Academy of Fine Arts,
Budapest, and later studied at
the Munich Academy of Fine
Arts in Germany, doing
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bcladed ill lIle east are
David Waner, ud Dtaaa
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trill be dar'Je4 10 def y 1M
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A moden fUm rndit_ of
William SUknpeare'. "A
M....mmer N '. Dream"
will be .,.. e4 by 1M
Eqll'" Deparlmsl '-'P'
a' 7:. p,m, ia Gouqa
A"ltoriua,
Directed by Peler UaU, 1M
fUm appIin ehlemporary
ctaeaaalk &eebl..n Ie 1M
players af nile a.yat
making the student responsible
for all final decisions regarding
his education.
He said he feels that pre­proressional
training the
liberal arts - is still valid for
most students and he advocates
continuing the strong and
intensive major but not requiring
it. "What is important," he said,
"is lO study something in depth
in order to be able to recognize
what does constitute a real
understanding or anything."
The Education Commission,
the president reported, will ask
for "a whole set of new problem­oriented
or thematic programs,
which would complement
ezistinll: departments, in such
areas as human development,
inter-arts, science and sociely,
environmental science, brain·
modeling, ACro-American and
Asian studies, etc,"
job, and 34 percent of the
housewives hold down jobs. in
order to support the "American
dream,"
Dr. Anderson's paper for
HECUS is part of the
organization's continuing
research inlO area needs, and to
help in the planning of the
greater Bridgeport area's
future,
HECUS member organizations
are Bridgeport Engineering
Institute, Fairfield University,
Housatonic Community College,
Sacred Heart University, an'd the
University or Bridgeport,
"The fact that dope addiction
is as high in Brentwood as in
Brooklyn gets lost in the whir of
rotary lawn mowers," he says,
"That a third of the weUare
recipients are women whose
husbands have deserted because
they couldn't juggle three jobs
and 'meet all the payments," Dr'l
Anderson notes, is handled
"respectably...
And, he points out, less than
half of Brentwood's men are
working one 4O-hour per week
job. Fifty-five percent of the
men are either working
extensive overtime or a second
"Looking ahead a decade or
so, I can imagine a college
community that mirrors the
world's peoples and cultures, in
numbers roughly proportional to
their presence on earth, Such a
college would be the rirst one­world
living learning
community. Its rate might
predict mankind·s."
PresideDt Fuller. who is one of
20 student and faculty
commissioners of Oberlin's
reform • studying Education
Commission, reported that the
body will propose further moves
in the college's trend toward
Oberlin, Ohio - (I.P.) - Robert
W. Fuller, Oberlin College's 34­year-
old president. recently
called for major revisions in the
college's enrollment,
curriculum, and policies',
Essentially, these changes would
rurther develop trends already
under way on campus.
President Fuller addressed
some 1.500 members of the
college community at a meeting
in Finney Chapel. To extend
Oberlin's commitment to
cultural diversity, made in the
1960's, President Fuller asked
that the college's faculty, starr,
and student body renect the
national population in
percentage or minority-gr6up
members.
Oberlin's current minority­group
enrollment is about seven
percent. The president and the
• faculty-student Committee on
Special Educational
Opportunities recommend that
this rigure be doubled in the next
two to three years, and has
determined that the financial
support to individuals which this
would require is within the
college's means,
"A culturally diverse
community is a better
educational environment," said
President Fuller, "for all its
members, or whatever racial
and cultural backgrOllnds.
Report to HECUS
Anderson Sees Suburban Future
CAMPUS BEAUTIES - Fairfield co-eds modeled winter fashions carried in local shops at the secood
aMuII fashion show sponsored by the girls residence hall council. They are, from left to right Susan
Yales. Clair Gillen, Cindy SChultz. Kathy Morrissey. Mildred Bruno, and Karen Geary.
By 1980 over 80 percent of the
naLion's population will be in the
suburbs and paying dearly for it.
according to Arthur L.
Anderson. assistant professor of
Sociology at Fairfield
University, Fairfield,
ConnectiC1Jt.
His prediction C()mes in a
report compiled for the Higher
Education Center for Urban
Studies \HECUSI, a c(lnsortium
of nve southwestern Connecticut
institutions of higher learning,
headquartered in Bridgeport.
Connecticut.
Since 1870, he says. there has
been a steady trend to suburban
living, with the nation's cities
serving as way-stations to the
"American dream,"
To the city dweller, suburbia is
a goal and the city-line a moat,
Dr, Anderson notes. Once there,
the newcomer says, "Now that
I'm across, pull up the ladder,"
Dr. Anderson's paper analyzes
the relationship between New
York City and its suburbs, His
hypothesis is that the
relationship between the city and
its suburbs is one of complete
interdependency, though also
one of antagonism,
The author points out that
urbanization is one of the most
momentous changes in our
recent social organization, and
has been brOllght about by the
transition of our population,
when the society changed from
an agricultural to an industrial
economy,
Per capita farm output, he
points out, has risen
dramatically. As recently as 1954
one U,S, farm produced enough
food to sustain only 18 people,
whereas in 1970 the same farm's
average output could sustain 44
people due to increased
technology in farming methods.
Consequenlly the trend to
suburban living began by
farmers moving to metropolitan
areas, with city dwellers
beginning to build their homes in
areas which were once
farmland,
Dr, Anderson says, "The
suburbanite's departure from
the city represents a reaction
against 'urbanism' and a search
for a new life style· a life style
which was first established in
American society by the old
Protestant upper class at the
turn of the century,"
He also points out that the
suburbanite is strongly opposed
to any regional planning that will
threaten his class interests,
..Any regional planning proposal
that wOllld incorporate New
York City into the tax structure
of the suburbs is resisted to the
point of violence," he says.
"While New York City and its
suburbs stand in symbiotic
relationship to each other - the
upper middle class relies on the
City's jobs and the entire Island
relies on the City culturally" - it
is basically an antagonistic
relationship,
Play Review
SHE LOVES ME
CAPSULE Goal: 3 Years
and a Good Education
DOES SHE LOVE ME? - asks playhouse slar Robert Unkel as he
reads a letter from his unknown lover.
PAGE 3
•In
easily made him the leading
figure of the play.
And he had a hard time
establishing that prominance in
the face of the volatile Mr.
Maraczck.
Mitchel Syp's smooth VOlce.
clever accent and sweepmg
gestures along With hiS ability to
be sombre yet dignified make his
song "Days Gone By" the most
memorable of the show_
The rest of the music In the
play is rather forgettable. with a
few bright spots like Clerk SiPOS'
(William Graham I philosoph)' in
"Perspecuve". "don't lose your
job."
Although not radio show tunes.
the music of SHE LOVES ME is
pleasant and frequent. .....hich is
what a musical is all about.
The play SHE LOVES ME had
its Broadway opening m April
1963 at the Eugene O·~ell
Theatre under the direction of
Hal Prince.
It is based on Hungarian
playwright Miklos Laszo·s 1936
romantic comed\'
PARFUMERIE. .
Bea
drop
You're welcome
24 hours a day.
For Coffee
An'
DONUTS ~
On The Circle
play .....ould end much too soon.
Finally the face-to-face
meeting is set. Both parties are
nervous all day, getting on each
others nerves on the job.
BUl the evening is a disaster.
Finally. the Christmas spirit
wins out as George admits that
he is the allegedly fat. bald and
aged "Dear Friend."
There are numurous sub-plots
which prOVide song material
more than real action on stage,
and make the play somewhat
long.
Mr. Kodaly. a Maraczek clerk.
complica'tes the life of Miss
Ritter. played by Brenda B1issel.
She is forever falling for his soft.
romantic line even after he has
stood her up time after time.
Student Cast
Composed primarily of
students, the cast is active and
energetic on stage. while
faltering VOiceS and inaudible
I)Tics often detract from the
performance.
Miss Conlin's voice stood
above the rest. while Mr.
Unkel's poise and composure
By Larry Halloran
Agoinst the competition of
losing-basketball thrillers, "big"
hockey games and frantic
preparation for exams, SHE
LOVES ME began its eight­performance
run at the Fairfield
University Playhouse last
weekend.
The play will be seen again
tonight. Friday, Saturday and
Sunday nights. Curtain time is
8:30 p.m. Tickets are available.
The story of t.....o mail-order
lovers' fateful meeting. SHE
LOVES ME musically charms
its way through a very simple
and unoriginal plot.
George Nowak, played by
Robert Unke!. has been writing
to his lover for some time - a
lover he has never met.
"Oear Friend'·, as George is
known to his female parcel·post
partner. is dutifully answered by
Miss Amalia Balash. portrayed
by Maureen Conlin.
No Secret
Neither of them seems to be
able to figure out what everyone
else on stage and off knows from
the beginning - the two .....ork in
the same shop. a parfumerie
owned by one Mr. Maraczek.
At one point, two shop clerks
comment that Miss Balash and
Mr. Nowak fight so because
"They like each other." His
observation is countered with
"Even if we told them. they'd
never believe us."
If they did believe him. the
High Court
Bars le.hearing
The u.s. Supreme Court has
turned down a petition for re­hearing
a suit seeking to halt
government funds for
construction at four church­related
colleges in Connecticut.
The colleges are Albertus
Magnus in New Haven. Annhurst
in Woodstock. Fairfield
University in Fairfield and
Sacred Heart University in
Bridgeport.
Subsequently. the plaintiffs
asked the Supreme Court to send
the case baclt to a lower court
for a ruling on whether the four.
colleges themselves are
sectarian or secular in
character. They based the
petition on an earlier a-4
Supreme Court ruling that they
said indicates if a college has a
sectarian character as a whole.
it isn't eligible for government
aid.
It was that request for a re­hearing
that the Supreme Court
turned down Tuesday.
THE UNIVERSITY VOICE
secure a cross section of the
class. He hopes there will be 20
students in that seminar.
The composition of the second
year seminar is largely
undecided. Presently. the only
students who will be: guaranteed
a place will be those who will
continue with the three-year
CAPSULE Program. The
remainder may be: selected or
the seminar may be left to open
enrollment.
The success or failure of the
program will depend largely on
....llether an individual student is
equipped (or personal growth in
six years instead of the normal
eight. Will the student who has
completed high school and
colle~e in six years be
indiVidually matured and
prepared 'to meel the
responsibilities which face him
upon graduation'? This question
A politics major, Richard remains,
Canel says. "I see CAPSULE as
a testing ground for new
concepts in education that if
proven successful can be: utilized
on wide spread basis for the good
of the entire community."
CAPSULE .....as begun at
Fairfield Prep in the summer of
1968 under the direction of
Michael Yfolfer and assisted by
Robert Sylvester. The students
who participated in the program
were given a specified time to
comprehend a certain amount of
material and they .....orked al
their own speed.
Competition for grades was
eliminated since individual
evaluation were submitted
instead of marks.
The objectives of the program
were to teach students ho..... to
learn and to prOVide the
opportunities and
encouragement that are
conducive to learning and to
human gro.....th.
One of the problems in
organizing the program at the
university was arranging for
professors for CAPSULE.
Mr. Regan said that the
university could not afford to
give "that big a piece of a
professor to that small a group."
Professors at Fairfield are
required to teach three classes.
To have a professor commit 1/3
of that load to a group of 14
students would be too much
elitism. according to Mr. Regan.
The students m the seminar
have not experienced any
alienation or feeling of elitism.
Anna Albertini says that she isn't
treated any differently by other
students. "In the two regular
courses I lake, there is no feeling
of alienation," the freshman
slates.
Richard Canel says that people
get the \\.Tong idea when they
find out that he is in the seminar.
He said. "They automatically
think that you're in the three­year
program, and some of us
aren't:'
The only problem with the
CAPSULE semjnar from the
student view is the work load.
Michael Arnold, a four-year
student here who was in the Prep
CAPSULE says, "The seminar
requires a lot of work, about four
to five books weekly."
"There is a lot of reading,"
says Brian Askew, "upwards of
seven books a week sometimes."
Brian, who is planning to
complete college in three years
says that the work is much more
demanding than it was at the
Prep.
Mr. Regan observes that the
only problem in student
adjustment to the humanities
seminar was for those students
drafted from the freshman class.
He pointed out that the
CAPSULE seminar was these
six students' first experience
with any type of seminar
approach to education.
As to the future of the
program, Mr. Regan hopes to be
able to personally screen the
incoming freshman class when
they are here for intervie.....s in
the Spring. thereby hoping to
Each student is required to
meet with the professors on a
tutorial basis at least one hour a
week in addition to the regular
seminar meetings.
"Presently. the seminar is
good," comments Mr. Regan,
"The students are receiving~he
approaches of four disciplines as
well as tutorial sessions."
major who is participating in the
CAPSULE seminar states, .. It is
good and I'm learning a lot."
A Prep CAPSULE carry-over,
Brian Askew declares. "The
program here is even more than
I hoped it would be."
The professors involved in the
seminar are also enthusiastic
about it. According to them, the
seminar lends itself to personal
interaction between students and
teachers.
By Callaany.Buxton
Joyce Lasln!
An experiment in
interdisciplinary seminars as an
approach to college academics is
now in prOKl'ess at Fairfield.
Under the direction of Richard
Regan of the English
Department. CAPSULE
(Creative Approach
Performance in Secondary and
University Level Education) has
begun its first year at the
university after having
completed the high school phase
at the Prep.
The CAPSULE Program on
the university level is an attempt
to see if interdisciplinary
approaches to learning and the
use of summers will make it
possible for a sludent to
complete the requirements for
an undergraduate degree in
three years instead of the usual
foof. and emerge with a good
educalion.
The objectives of the program
are to try to coordinate a
studenfs high school and college
education to avoid much of the
overlapping that occurs in these
two levels of learning.
The seminar is the heart of the
CAPSULE Program. There are
fourteen students ..... ho
participate in the rirst year
seminar, five .....omen and nine
men.
Eight of these .....ere in the Prep
CAPSULE, Only six of those
eight are continuing in the three­year
frame.....ork.
The other six students in the
seminar were drafted from the
present freshman class after an
interview with Mr. ReJtan.
The first year semmar is a
humanities seminar which
meets twice weekly for two
hours at each session. It equals
core requirements in English,
History, Philosophy and
Religious Studies and is the
equivalent of three courses.
Mrs, Marianne Kent, Mr.
Walter Perry. Dr. Lisa Perkins
and Mr. John Engler
respectively are the professors
who teach in the seminar.
This semester, Mr. Regan has
also done some teaching but
plans to serve only in a tutorial
capacity for the seminar next
semester.
The second year seminar,
worth six credits, will focus on
the social sciences with the
American culture as a base,
Science will be the concentration
of the third year (three credit)
seminar with the summers being
spent in fine arts and language
culture programs.
By annually diminishing the
CAPSULE seminar equivalency,
tlJe participants will be free to
select courses in their major as
well as general electives.
Participant reaction to the
humanities seminar is
enthusiastic. Kathleen Costello,
a mathematics major says. "I
have learned so much in such a
short time, and I feel that the
whole experience has been quite
rewarding..,
Similar comments were made
by Richard Canel. a Prep
CAPSULE graduate who is a
foor-year student here. .. I
personnally find the University
CAPSULE program to be
extremely challenging and
stimulating." Ricbard
continues, "The concept of
interrelating four disciplines
within the scope of the seminar
process makes a lot more sense
than baving four different
courses with little or no
connection between them as is
usually the case."
History major Michael Arnold
says that he really enjoys the
seminar and the school in
general.
Anna Albertini, a psychology
December 9. 1971
PAGE 4 THE UNIVERSITY VOICE December 9, 1971
Lisa PerkiDs
Presuppositions
On Prospero
And Faculty Participation
Prospera, they tell me, was a Duke with every right
to rule. His people didn't seem to have any objection
to him either; but he got so deeply involved in his
books that he just forgot to notice while his brother
took over. When he looked up from bis books, there he
was on a desert island, and he had to use very
powerful magic to get back where he belonged.
Now the faculty is a little like that. We are so
immersed in our books that we don't seem to notice
that the "bipartite" traffic court is now assembling
for the express purpose of towing our cars away if
they don't like the way we answer their tickets. That
court could be a tripartite court, remember? We had a
chance to get some faculty members on that tribunal
to make sure that not too many of our cars got hauled
off the campus. It's a long walk home for a good many
of us, and it might be worthwhile to make another try
at putting some of our own on the board that makes
the decisions.
As a matter of fact, we don't seem to notice,
publicly at least, that one of our own members is in
the process of being hauled off the campus without
benefit of little red tickets. I try to find people to
present the faculty point of view on the case of Dr.
Caffrey, and they tell me that they can't write on the
Caffrey case for the newspaper, because the
President has requested that publicity be avoided
because it interferes with Due Process. So the faculty,
it seems, has taken a vow of silence. But only the
faculty has done this; the last long piece on the
Caffrey case that I read in this newspaper was
President McInnis' statement of his side of the
matter, and last week I found out that the students
feel perfectly free to sound off on the subject all they
want, using whatever hilarious misreadings of John
Dewey's philosophy and misunderstandings of
religion and academic freedom appear to suit their
purposes. Only faCUlty lips are locked. I find this
situation rather strange, since "due process" is in no
way observed as long as Dr. Caffrey does not have a
contract. How is it that only the faculty can be cajoled
into keeping their opinions to themselves, while "due
process" does not impose silence on any other sector
of the University?
I like my books too, and I fervently hope for the day
when the faculty can keep to reading and writing and
teaching, while the administrators do the
"governing," insofar as any has to be done in a
university. But that day is apparently not yet; I
strongly suggest that unless some members of the
faculty know some pretty powerful magic, we should
move immediately to secure a place on a Tripartite
traffic court. Remem~r, if you let the cars be taken
away, you may be next.
same ilk, then my God (He too
may be a communist), wbo is not
a communist?
This discredit on the part· of
Mr. Bove, who dares to can
blmself a conservative, could be
nothing but a plot - by the
communists, of course. How do
we deal with these conspirators
who are dead set against
everybody. Maybe "none dare
call this treason," but the John
Birch Society, and its extension
on this campus, Mr. Bove, are
commitiDg acts of outrageous
ideological paranoia. They jesl
More important, they act as
their leftist counterparts in each
moronic charge they make
against the system.
Oh, something else. If Mr.
Bove would avail bimself of the
New Testament (be might want
this one on the Index of Books),
he would find the most shrill of
communist doctrine that exists
in literature. Does that mean
that all Catholics are
communists? Undoubtedly so.
You New Yorkers may
remember the 1966 Mayoral race
between John V. Lindsay, and
William F. Buckley, Jr. The
John Birch Society (jolly good
chaps that they are)
immediately jumped to the aid
of Buckley. As it turned out, Mr.
Buckley refused their support;
so, the Birchers gathered
together in a rally, whose title
was "Et tu, Bill?" (original).
This political suicide was no
doubt designed to cost Buckley
the election· another example of
the obvious communist
inclinations of the John Birch
Society. You see, then, as rock­solid
conservatives fighting to
death against conspiracy against
the government, we have no
choice but to brand Mr. Bove a
communist and hope he
immediately is subpoenaed
before the House Committee on
Internal Security. We could
resurrect Senator McCarthy,
and add another bag to his pile of
targets. Et tu, Bove?
Joseph lIaslen Joseph Kern
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unity among themselves and also
provide a force necessary to
benefit others, by working in
cooperation with the following
aims stated in the Commuter
Club constitution: to
stimulate participation between
the commuting student and the
community of Fairfield
Univel'"Sity in social. political.
athletic and academic activities:
to provide information to
Fairfield University of social
needs in the Fairfield County
area in order to formulate some
type of organizational ~roups
that will act to assist In the
remedy of some of the
immediate social ills."
If the Commuter Club is not
supported. a long overdue
opportunity will be foresaken
and the tendency for the
commuter to be an estranged
member of Fairfield University
will be strengthened.
The Commuter Central
Commitlee. a nine-man
committee which will govern the
Commuter Club. has spent much
time and effort to found a
Commuter Club to counteract
the detachment of such a large
portion of our University. All are
encouraged to attend the first
meeting of the Commuter Club.
which will be announced shortly.
Sincerely,
Dale Esposito
Bove. ACommuist'?
Recent developments on the
political batUefield of Fairfield
University show us the unusual
finaglings of one Nicolas Bove.
Supposedly, as he alludes, the
threat of communism is a
dangerous one. Indeed, it has
shown itself so subUy in the
pulpit, classroom, and even in
"Joe's Corner Grocery Store"
(oranges are almost red, you
know). Mr. Bove has assumed
himself to be, as most Birchers
inevitably do, the savior of
American Society - a kind of
"don Quixote" of the political
right.
If Mr. Bove would allow us, we
have somewhat of a reputation
of being political conservatives,
so we would hope that we would
oot be branded communists also,
but we too are concerned with
the state of American society.
We find this undercurrent of
p-ropaganda, at least,
frustrating.
Undoubtedlr, when the
communists tried to fluoridate
the water, no one lifted a (inger
in defense cavities,
trenchmouth, pyorrhea, and the
like - that is, all except for the
John Birch Society. Robert
Welch and bis entourage of
eminenUy qualified braintrust of
caodymakers felt sure that this,
and other such actions, were
propagated br. "the scoundrels
on the left... ' and., of course,
could go unnoticed. If Earl
Warren, and now they tell us,
Warren Burger, are both agents
of the communists, and indeed,
the team of Hasten-Kern is of the
A Communist?
To the Editor:
In his bitter personal attack on
Prof. Walter Petry in last week's
Voice, Mr. Stephen O'Brien
showed a shallow, paternalistic
viewpoint of one who is
completely oblivious to the
presence of God to other men.
We have come a long, stran~e
way down when our "Catholic
commitment" sparks the
disrespect I found in his letter.
No, Stephen, we are not
listening to you, or Ignatius, not
when you speak in the context of
personal batred. You seem to
have more respect for the words
of a long dead visionary (whose
vision at last begins to fade) than
you have for the life of the men
around you. But perhaps that is
the result of "the Catholic
commitment (which) remains
aBd will remain the same." I
never knew Santa Claus to be
blind though.
Patrick Delaney '72
Personal Attack
Tenure
Dear Editor:
In the editorial OIl this page of
Nov. 11, I said that if a university
Is cburcb related aDd is governed
by a board of trustees with the
understudiag tbat tbe
university seeks to promote that
religioa thea the board bas the
right to require adbereoce to its
purpose in this regard."
This statemellt bas
substantially c:banged iathe last
year. The A.A,U.P. statement OIl
academic Freedom and Tenure
now bo5ds that "most cburcb­related
institutiODS 110 longer
need or desire the departure
from the: priDciple of academic
freedom implied in the: HMO
Statement aDd we do DOt BOW
endorse sucb a departure."
This important revisioa was
made in Irl'O aDd I was DOt aware
of Its e.zisteDce UIlW DOW. SiDce
the purpo:se of my editorial was
to promote u.nderstaDding of
tenure ill our university I bope
this correcUorJ will be DOted.
Perhaps tbe discrepancy
betweell the two statements will
provide even anotber aspect to
consider in the Caffery case.
Sincerely,
Karen Porco '74
Reports, "Academic Freedom
and Teaure, 1940 Statement of
Principles and Interpretive
Comments" A.A.U.P.BulletiD
56:3 pg. 323.
Commuters
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Parking
To the Editor:
As a fuJI-time paying student
at Fairfield UDiversity I believe
that there are certain rights that
should be allo~ 10 each
studenL A cue in point is the
way the uDiversity is handling
the parking problem. The
problem uists for both
commuters aDd resideDt
studeDts a.like. As far as resideat
students are coocerned, this is
their bome for 9 months out of
the year. SiDce when do you have
to pay 10 keep a car at your
borne? For the commuter be bas
poyed 12000 to rome to """"'­Part
and parcel of that money
should be the rigbt to part your
car and attend classes. U the
purpose of the sticker is 10
collect money then they are
going about it the wrong way
because they only collect the
dollar once. If they want to
charge somebody they should
charge the visitors comiDg into
the university. This would solve
two problems:
1. It would serve to collect
revenue for the university.
2. The amount of traffic
coming through the university
would be cut considerably. For I
know in many cases where the
university is used as a
thoroughfare for Fairfield
residents.
So the solution is this: Each
student should be allowed free
access to parking facilities on
campus. He should receive a
sticker on payment of his tuition
to put on his car, attesting to the
fact that his is a member of the
Fairfield community. Eacb
visitor should be charged a
nominal fee for entering the
university. This would serve 10
both reduce traffic and produce
income for the university.
M. Knight
Commuter '73
The proposed constitution for a
Commuter Club was passed al
lhe last Studenl Legislature
meeting by a comfortable
majority. With the passin/;!: the
Commuter Club constit·", the
gound work is laid for U' , "sed
and meaningful commuter
participation at Fairfield
University and in the outside
Fairfield Community.
However. the support of the
commuters and other students
on campus is needed for the
successful implementation of
our mUlual aims.
The members of the
Commuter Club can achieve a
easy enough to sketch the
general guidelines.
He should certainly have
become acquainted with the
development of his culture and
its great literary and artistic
works. To develop a critical
stance toward his culture he
should be able to approach it
from another by one or more
foreign languages handled with
ease. Students who have read
virtually no Shakespeare, have
no idea why the political party
system developed in America,
and are unable to read a simple
foreign newspaper are not yet
prepared for higher education.
Equally important is a
proficiency in the sciences. A
knowledge of the behavior of the
physical world in at least one of
its major aspects, and
competence in the mathematical
means to express reality are
crucial.
A student with this type of
preparation is qualified to
undertake the kind of higber
education he deserves. The
student who is not so qualified
and is unwilling to acquire the
preparation probably does not
belong in collere.
ROBERTLCOX
The role of higher education is
nol merely to continue
secondary education in giving a
general knowledge of the world
nor is it to train individuals for
jobs. The former need not lake
sixteen years (e.ven twelve may
be too long), the latter can be
done far more efficiently
elsewhere. The university seeks
to develop a critical
understanding of one's culture
and the external world, but to do
so implies intellectual work
resting on the basis of a high
level of general education
already attained.
The quality and content of
previous education are thus of
great impOrlanc.e to the
university faculties who
presuppose certain knowledge
and skills in their students. Most
essential (but often lacking) is
the ability to read, write and
speak one's own language with
precision and sophistication. The
level of the student's ability to
comprehend and use the
language determines the level at
which he can absorb and
communicate knoWledge.
Although the exact content
which may be presupposed in the
student's education is variable
beyond this essential basis, it is
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proposals. and witholding of
stale licenses from private clubs
that discriminate against
minority groups.
85% of the non-attorney
members in the House and 74%
of the non-attorney members in
he Senate also voted against the
CCi..U positions. the article said.
But the educators. in the eyes
of CCLU. did better. "Ooly one
QCCUpational group-academic or
those in education·related fields
• voted for the CCLU position in a
majority of issues • 75% in the
House and 61% in the Senate, the
article noted.
When Governor Meskill was
asked on a TV interview recently
about his feelings towards the
CCLU, he was reported to have
said. according to the article: "I
do not have a high opinioll of the
CCLU and I question their
selectioo of cases. '
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exams.
D. For minority sludents
(academic qualifications
waived):
1. The Ignatius Loyola Gold
Cup - Awarded as an in~ntive to
any student who wishes to enter
the Jesuit order. Presentation
made only upon ordination.
F. For faculty members only:
I. The Gold Watch (donated by
the teacher evaluation
committee I - Presented to the
professor who is most often
found to be late for class. Agold
leaf calander will be awarded to
the teacher who cuts the
greatest number of classes.
2. The Citation of Merit for
Action Beyond the Call of Duty
(presented by the Academic
Council) - The most coveted and
treasured of all faCUlty prizes.
Granted to the faculty member
who is ranked "most hated by his
students". Traits to be looked for
in possible candidates include a
low rating on the teacher
evaluation and a high percentage
of denunications in the free
Press.
E. For both professors and
students:
1. Endurance Awards:
a. The Rudolph Bannow
Sterling Silver Microscope .
Given to the student or teacher
who lasts through an entire lab
period without falling asleep.
b. The Lihrarian's
Achievement Award - Acrystal
miniature of the Nyselius
Library to the scholar who can
read for the longest time under a
buzzing lighL
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Connecticut State legislators
from only one occupational
group - academics - received
applause from the Connecticut
Civil Liberties Union for the way
they voted in the last General
Assembly.
Lawyers. on the other hand.
had the worst CCLU recor-d
commenting on an unsigned
article headlined ,.Attorney
Members of State
Legislature...have weak Civil
Liberty Voting Records" which
appears in the November issue
of the CCLU house organ Slate
Chairman Donald Holtman
states "It's obvious that few of
the attorneys in the General
assembly really understand the
principles upon which our
democracy is based."
Holtman added that the lawyer
lawmakers. by their actions
"chip away at the Bill of
Rights.•,
Seventy-nine per~nt of the
attorney members of the State
House of Representatives voted
against the CCLU position on a
majority of key issues, including
removal of criminal sanctions
from the state's abortion law,
abolition of the death penalty. a
test of the constitutionality of
war, invasion of privacy by
wiretapping, and a one-year
residency requirement for
welfare recipients.
In the 36 member Senate, 69%
of the 13 lawyer members voted
against CCLU positions on
wiretapping, weUare residency
B. For students with a Q.P_
average above 2.S:
1. The Robert Bellarmine in
Exile Memorial Scholarship· A
lour-year. full~tuition
schoiarship good at any school
other than Fairfield. The
recipient of this prize' must
agree to transfer immediately.
Should his Q.P. at another
college fall below 2.S, however.
he may return to Fairfield.
C. For all students:
l. The Pathetic Man Trophy
(donated by the Psychology
ClubI . To the student who can
demonstrate the most
convincing mental and physical
collapse on the final day of
examinations. A valid
breakdoYi11 shall be defined as
one which has been brought
about solely as the result of
protracted periods of study. On
the appointed day a trained team
of experts from the Biology and
Psychology Departments will be
present to differentiate true
collapses from feigned attacks.
2. Fraud of the Term
Certificate • Presented to the
student .....ho complains the most
about unfinished work. but gets
the least done.
3. Crammer Extraordinary - A
titular honor bestowed on any
scholar wbo successfully
completes all the assignments
given during the t.....o .....eeks
between Thanksgiving and
CCLU Praises Prof.
average lower than 2.S:
I. The Friend of the Dean's
Award (donated by Fr.
Coughlin) • In recognition of the
student who has done the most to
keep the gradetlistribution low.
in The Middle
Honoring the Scholar
Unfortunately the report
overlooked the fact that the so­called
legal party. the CPUSA,
was (I) an important part of the
international Communist
apparatus: (2) it was directed by
the Communists in Moscow; (3)
its leaders openly proclaimed
that they intended to use the
academic profession to help
overthrow the United States
Government. This shocking
report was printed in the Spring
1948 issue of the AAUP's
Bulletin.
Defends Reds
In 1953. the AAUP CQndcmned
all legislative investigations of
Communists. During the 1956
AAUP convention, Washington
University was condemned
because ils administration fired
two Communist Professors. The
AAUP then proceeded to censure
sIJ: other institutions for firing
individuals who had refused to
deny. under oath. Communist
affiliations. In 19S8. the AAUP
instituted its annual AleJCander
Meiklejohn award (named in
honor of a nOLOrious Communist
fellow traveler). In 1962. Arthur
Fleming won it for allowing Gus
Hall. chairman of the U.S.
Communist Party, to speak at
the University of Oregon.
Attacked by Sidney Hook
Even Sidney Hook. a very
liberal professor from NYU. has
commented that the AA p's
special committee on Academic
Freedom and Teoure in the
Quest lor National Security:
&GeIOll to advocate a polley
wllieb seemiagly SUa"ts
thae • collegl! Is act..Uy
lailial ID Its educaeioGal d.ty
.Blen members of tbe
Communist Parey are
teadlol 00 Campul.
A statement such as that
coming from a very
distinguished liberal professor in
the academic world reveals
quite an insigbt into the true
nature of the AAUP. I .....ould like
to emphasize that the AAUP is
not a Communist organization
and that not all of its members
are Communists. It is obvious,
however. that recently it has
seemed to defend Communists
and fifth amendment pleaders at
every tum. It has used the pious
cry of "academic freedom" to
defend those who openly seek to
pervert education and use it as a
weapon to destroy America. I
seriously wonder whether an
organization such as this should
be worthy of the respect it seems
to hold among some of the
faculty members of Fairfield
University.
aHilialioa with that parey ID
aod of itself should DOl be
regarded as justifiable reason
for exclusloDs (rom tbe
academic professioo.
basis for his own approach to
learning, will be orrered during
the Spring 1972 semester.
In addition to these courses,
the program will include
interdisciplinary seminars, such
as the one on the future. These
are designed so that students can
pursue specific problems in
depth and are open to all
undergraduate students.
regardless of whether they are
enrolled in the Innovative
Studies Program.
Beginning next spring. 30
students in good standing who
have accumulated fewer than 30
hours of credits will be admitted
to the program each semester.
Admittance is based on an essay
artd interview.
"Participants in the program
will not be chosen on the basis of
their previous academic records,
but rather on their seriousness of
intenl, intellectual competence
and awareness of the issues
relevant to the program and
themselves," Professor Norman
Leer. coordinator of the
program, advised.
Because a major goal of the
program is that courses should
be generated through close
interaction of faculty and
students. a committee of faculty
and students will govern the
program.
So loog as tile CommuDist
Parey In tile Uaited States is a
lela I political party,
The lask of the CommuDist
Party must be first aDd
foremost to arouse tbe class­consciousness
aDd eo orgaolle
tbem iato tile Amerlcao
Federatloo of Teachers.
Especial anention must be
paid to secure sud action
with tbe AAUP.
Especial attention was.
indeed. paid to the AAUP.
Observe the Jollowing report
issued by a special committee of
the AAUP in 1947.
Many teachers today .....ould do
well to heed the preceding
quotation. In 1940. a similar
report was published which
defended academic freedom and
reiterated the responsibility
which such freedom entailed to
professors.
The AAUP and tbe
Commuaist Party
In the meantime. ho.....ever. the
AAUP had attracted the
attention of the Communist
Party. Writing In The
Communist ("The SChool's and
the People's Front." May 1937.
pp. 432-433). Richard Frank
stated:
Chicago, 111. - (l.P.)· Students
at Roosevelt University are
looking into the future as part of
a special innovative seminar.
Entitled "Visions of the
Future." the seminar. which was
developed at the request of
students and planned with their
assistance. is being orrered for
the first time.
It is part of Roosevelt's new
Innovative Studies Program. an
experimental program designed
as an alternative to the
traditional methods and
curricula of edu.cation.
Because the Innovative Studies
Program emphasizes self·
directed learning, the student
will receive credit for this
course by creating a project that
defines his own vision of the
future.
The Heart of the Innovative
Studies Program is the core
sequence of four courses
required of aU students electing
the program. These courses,
which will be team·taught by two
faculty members. are seminars
which introdu~ the student to
the major fields of study:
humanities, social sciences and
natural scien~s.
The first of the four core
courses, "Introduction to
Learning," designed to help the
student develop a philosophical
Decfrober9,1971
One School's Vision.
With the first semester rapidly
drawing to a close and scholarly
competition keener than ever
before, the Dean's oHlce has
announced that it will award a
limited number of academic
prizes to deserving teachers and
sludenls. In Fr. Coughlins'
words, "These awards will serve
as an impetus for both students
and professors to strive (or even
grealer perfection in that noblest
of professions, studying. I think
that ifs about time that we
separated the true scholars from
0>" phonies."
To qualify for one of the
awards you need not have paid
your Student Government
Activities Fee or AAUP dues. In
fact those who have not paid
stand a better chance of winning.
The catagaries and prizes are as
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The recent Caffrey
controversy confronted our
academic community with the
diHicult questions of academic
freedom and academic tenure.
Probably the most important
organization in the middle of this
controversy is the American
Association of University
Professors. The American
Association of University
Professors (AAUP) was founded
in 1915. As of 1970. the AAUP has
had as its main con~rns
academic freedom and
academic tenure.
Academic Freedom
The following is an eJC~rpt
from the first major statement
on academic freedom issued by
the AAUP in 1926.
No teacber may claim as
bl' rigbt tile privilege of
dlscusslag iD bis clasuoom
controversial topics outside
bis OWl! field of study. Tbe
teacher is morally (emphasis
mille) booDel Dot to take
advantage of bis posllioo by
htrod.dag iDlo tbe
classroom provocative
discusioDS of irrelevant
subjects DOl witbia die field
of "is slady.
I must say that even I could
agree with such a sentiment.