Dec. 11, 1972 issue 05 Loquitur

ceVol. XX, No. 5

CABRINI COLLEGE, RADNOR, PA.

December 11, 1972

Weekend Workcamp: Beneficial to Whom?

by Bob Colameco To take education out of the classroom is one of the main objectives of a new program within the Social Science department.

Social Science 501 attempts to provide the student with an actual work experience in the black ghetto. There are at present several courses which deal with the urban problem but this course is the only one which places the student face to face with the crisis in our cities.

As Chris Kasian, one of our students who has participated in the course, has said, "Education isn't just going to class every day; education is making yourself a ware of everything that's around you ... the more you interact, the more you are going to learn."

And interacting is exactly what it is all about. The Friend's Weekend Work camp is a Quaker oriented program which is in its 33rd 1=.~ - s'eason serving the black community in the Mantua section of Philadelphia . It is through this program that the Social Science Department provides the students with social fieldwork. It is necessary for each student to participate in three weekend camps in order to obtain one credit. The program is headed by Carter Craigie, the Chairman of the Social Science Department. Any student may attend the workcamp any three weekends within a semester.

The weekend begins with dinner at the John Wesley United Methodist Church, located at 42nd and Parrish Sts., a predominately black section in Philadelphia. Dinner is followed by washing dishes and just getting acquainted with each other. At one weekend there may be as many as eighteen people at the workcamp, of all ages and from as far away as Connecticut.

To bed early and up with the sun Saturday morning for breakfast and a quick lesson in painting, plastering and other jobs which may have been assigned, is 'the normal routine for the participants. Everyone is paired off in couples, given their tools and the address of where they are to report, usually in the nearby community.

The jobs can run from painting and plastering, which are the most common, to killing roaches and rats. Chris Kasian, one of the students who has participated in the program, had this to say about the work, "We had to plaster the ceiling . . . it was hard, but the thing is, they probably could have done it themselves, but the whole idea of this program ... is exposure, people getting to know other people . . . you kind of use the work experience as a basis for establishing interaction."

Supper is whenever the last team has returned back to the church from their jobs. Every-

one chips in to cook the meals and clean up afterwards.

After the meal there is usually a speaker . followed by discussions about urban social problems.

On the weekend thp.t Ms. Kasian attended the workcamp there was a guest speaker, a black militant, named Omar. "We had a four hour dis~ cussion," said Chris, "and the whole thing brought out by that lecture, I think, was that blacks have to help blacks, and whites have to help whites. The blacks have to get an identity as a group . . . It is a power elite at the top of our country that controls everything, and it is this elitist group which places all these stereotypes on the blacks, and the white man is stupid enough to believe them."

Awake early again Sunday morning and after breakfast there is a visit to the Magistrate's Court to witness the hearings of those arrested the previous day. If one doesn't go to court, one may visit different churches or go to a Friend's Meeting. Finally, back to the church for lunch and a concluding talk reviewing the events of the weekend.

Mr. Carter Craigie has been to several workcamps. He ha<l this to say about the program, "You do work and you work hard ... but the idea is to use the work experience as a springboard for getting to know people in the black ghetto.

One weekend was worth a term's worth of classes as far as learning how corrupt the city government was, how inefficient housing and urban development programs were, about who's ripping-off

The John Wesley United Methodist Church

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Jane Benjamin • • •

Thank You ls Not Enough

by Carol Mele

Just about three weeks ago, on a day in late November, the sky donned an observant gray, the air was still but chilly, and the familiar stirrings of nature were startlingly silent ... It was on this, the twenty-second of November, the day following the death of Jane Schwartz Benjamin, that members of our college community assembled in prayer, in memoriam.

Dr. Benjamin had been a member of Cabrini's faculty since 1968, and was Associate Professor and Chairman of the History Department. Her service to the college extended beyond her classroom duties to participation in a number of standing committees, such as the academic council, the admissions committee, the Council of

College Affairs, the library committee, and the master plan committee, where she headed a study of proposed individualized majors for students. She was also a member of the college's chapter of the American Association of University Professors.

If Dr. Benjamin was enthusiastic about imparting knowledge to her pupils, it is, perhaps, because she had a wealth of academic background from which she could draw. She recieved her B.S. degree magna cum laude from Smith College, and then went on to obtain her Masters Degree and Ph.D. from Yale University. During her academic career Dr. Benjamin was an American Association of University Women Fellow and a Ford Foundation Post Doctoral

Fellow. Her specialty was sixteenth century English History.

Prior to joining Cabrini's faculty, Dr. Benjamin taught at Bryn Mawr College and at Jhe Philadelphia College of Art, and was assistant professor of history at Holy Family College. She was also a member of the Conference on British Studies, the Renaissance Society of America, the American Historical Association, the Catholic Historical Association, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Philadelphia Women's Phi Beta Kappa Association.

The list of titles, as impressive as it is, is nevertheless, not adequate enough to represent what she, Jane Schwartz Benjamin, actually was to her · acquaintances and close associates.

'' There are two things which are so memorable about Jane," her colleague, Kathleen Gavigan, has written. "The first is her feeling about the Cabrini students. 'I love the students,' she would say so often. She took great pleasure in entertaining the students for dinner at her home. "She would offer to help students with application fees for graduate school.

She was totally committed to quality education because 'the students deserve the best we can give them.' " '' Another extremely important part of Jane's life was art. She was knowledgeable about art history, but more important was the fact that she loved to create herself. She was a painter - - she

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December 11, 1972

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OnA PositiveNote

by Maria In most editorials and opm1on articles, the author usually expresses negative feelings about some aspect of the campus. Whether such feelings are in the form of complaints or mere sugestions , the fact remains that there is the hope of rectifying a particular situation . However , the purpose of this article is not to complain and not to offer a suggestion, but rather to thank .

During this past semester , many suggestions have been offered in The Loquitur , and they have been successful in initiating action. For example , it had been recommended that the pictures hanging in the corridors .of Sacred Heart Hall especially that of the Kennedy's be taken down and replaced by student art . Although it has not been replaced , , the Kennedy picture no longer hangs in the hall, for it has been removed by a member of the administration, namely, Sr. Mary Louise!

It was also advised that the half-standing greenhouse behind Grace Hall be completely torn down and the surrounding debris cleared away. If any student takes a walk behind Grace Hall , he or she will notice that the dilapidated structure no longer stands.

Stubborness • •

Valente In addition , there were several complaints concerning the lack of Cabrini students at Prism performances. Whether or not the article was instrumental in any way cannot be determined. However, the fact remains that the last Prism was "packed," and there were more Cabrini students than would normally have been expected .

Finally, an article covering campus eyesores , which appeared in one of the last issues of The Loquitur, has produced immediate results. It was pointed out that the chandelier in the Mansion had been unbelievabl y neglected. Now, the residents of the Mansion are able to benefit from the lighted fixture , for it has been rewired and cleaned. It was also stated that the woodwork would eventually crack if precautions were not taken . Within several days after publication, the wood was treated with oil and is beginning to recapture some of its original beauty.

Indeed, The Loquitur has been influential during this past semester. Hopefully, it will continue to serve as a means of communication between those who offer suggestions and those who "get things done ."

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NothingMore

by Dennis Abram In the last issue of the Loquitor, there was an article pertaining to the discussion and possible reduction of the general education requirements.

On the whole, the article expressed some hope that the number of required courses would be cut in order that students would be able to devote their time to subjects in which they might have a genuine interest.

While the general tone of the article was optimistic, one section I found rather disturbing. It was the position covering the Language Department.

"Mrs . Hennigan, department chairman, feels that there is need for reduction and that it is possible to lower the general education requirements without endangering the general education of the students ."

On the surface, the above statement would lend itself to the interpretation that the Language Department might possibly be getting in step . with the other departments in the general consensus that Cabrini's general education requirements are unrealistic and too prolific . But as I read further I found that was not the case.

"Concerning the Language Department itself, however , there will be no change in its general education requirement.

Mrs . Hennigan said that the department does not want to appear inflexible, but has decided that although it is a necessary step for learning the language, the introductory level of any language does not give a sufficient knowledge of

it ."

Mrs . Henniga n and the department may not want to appear inflexible but that is just what's happening .

Admittedly, I'm sure every teacher feels that his or her subject is just as important as any other.

But when a s ingle department ' s stubborness becomes a sort of stumbling block in the way of the vast majority of students at Cabrini, something must be done .

Mrs . Hennigan goes on to say " that it was ironic that discussions on study abroad and the reduction of language requirements are taking place at the same time since it would seem that in order to study abroad , a student should be familiar with the language of the country. " Well, an equally ironic and contradictory discussion would have to be Mrs . Hennigan ' s statement in favor of lower general education requirements and her statement saying that her department refuses to lower their requirement.

Personally , I believe that the Language Department should re-evaluate their "inflexible " position.

When the Theology Department, long _a stumbling block, tentatively decides to lower its requirements, this just reveals the foolish basis the Language Department's refusal to lower requirements rests on, out and out stubborness, nothing more.

Thank you , Dennis Abram

Loquitur STAFF The Loquitur is published ei·ery three weeks by the stu</e11ts of Cabri11i Colle~e. The. views and opinions expressed in this neu ·s1ia11 er are those of the author a11ddo- 11ot necessarily reflect those of The Loquitur staff or the admi11istratio11.

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Apathy: A Solution?

by Bob Colameco In previous issues, THE LOQUITUR has printed articles which have condemned the students of Cabrini as apathetic. The Loquitur , with the sole exception of its mere existence, has made no attempt to offer any reasons for the apathy or solutions to overcome it. It has merely labelled and condemned the student body as "apathetic".

I feel that such statements should not go by unquestioned.

Are they confusing apathy with a lack of participation? Is it apathy when only twenty majors show up for a lecture? After all there may be only twenty majors in that department . In a large university which might have two thousand majors in a department the students are not considered apathetic because only two thousand students showed up for a lecture . Therefore, I feel it is necessary to take into consideration the number of students at Cabrini before such generalizations are made.

Perhaps the largest single reason, in my opinion, may be the lack of a student union building. With the exception of classes, what good reason does the school give any student to stay on campus? Even the way the school is layed-out is conducive to separation, no three buildings are further apart than the three dormitories . There is no building in which the students can meet for purely social purposes. Sacred Heart Hall provides for the academic needs of the students; but after that, it's back to the dorm . Being closed-out by their own school , most students feel a need to leave and to seek activities elsewhere.

Because of this, we find the lucky students with cars escaping with every opportunity and the unlucky ones without cars climbing the walls in their rooms. Of course the students with boy friends can sit in the lounges (one in each -dorm, of course) and hold hands with him. The day-hops get to sit in the day-hop lounge all day which does wonders, destroying a freshman's expectations of college life. !think that a building which would be for all the students; a roof under which they can all meet, without mother watching them , is imperative in the near future .

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The Future of. SGA

by Connie Cesare What will S.G.A. do in the future?

What improvements will .be made?

What new ideas proposed? These are all questions that involve everyone of us here at Cabrini. In an interview with Joanne Mirra, the newly elected president of S.G.A. tried to give some insight into what she would like to accomplish during her term in office.

Definition of S.G.A. Power At the top of her list is a need to define the exact power of S.G.A. As she stated in her platform, Joanne feels that a definition of what S.G.A. can or cannot do will provide the necessary foundation to complete the old business of S.G.A. and to initiate new ideas. Plans have already been made for the executive board of S.G.A. to meet with Sr. Mona in order to try to accomplish this before Christmas.

This will enable the newly elected officers to start fresh in January with a positive outlook towards the future.

Government Machinery The structure of S.G.A. has been somewhat altered in order to accommodate all students.

There is a larger representation by day-hops and men students in addition to just women.

One specific improvement cited

by Joanne Mirra was the addition of one male and one female student elected to assist the Student Activities Chairman. Joanne

says that the purpose of this is to expand the structure of S.G.A., just as Cabrini has expanded, to reach the needs of all students, men and women. In the past, the title Student Activities Chairman applied to a woman resident elected to take .::are of a vast number of activities at Cabrini. With the addition of more representation under the title SAC more men and day students will be involved, and the SAC will be provided with much needed help.

Speaker Fund Joanne feels that the re-initiation of the S.G.A. speaker fund is a must. In the past, S.G.A. was allowed money through their budget to sponsor speakers at Cabrini. Since then, this allowance has been eliminated from their budget. Joanne thinks that there are two ways in which this could be accomplished. First, thatS.G .A. devise some way to raise money for a speaker fund. Or secondly, the funds may be appropriated in the original budget at the beginning of the year. It should be noted that the Social Science Club has recently donated money to S.G.A. in order that the speaker fund may get a start at being re-established.

Off Campus Living Needless to say, off-campus living has been one of the most controversial topics of discussion brought up by S.G.A. Despite the resistance by the past president,

Sr. Regina, it still remains on the top ten list. The election of Sr. Mary Louise as the new, more available president offers a bit of encouragement.

S.G.A. forces are merely regrouping.

One of the biggest injustices to the cause is felt, according to Joanne, to be the letter which was sent to the parents. The letter was written by Sr. Mona in order to try to alleviate the bias that had been in previous letters.

Although the letter was approved

by S.G.A. it was still felt that it was structured in such a way that it promoted a negative response from the parents. S.G.A. would like to be able to write their own letters and then have them approved by Sr. Mona in the future.

The regrouping would have to Joanne Mirra and Connie Cesare consist of concrete reasons why the 12 p.m. and 3 a .m. curfew. help S.G.A . determine how effecoff-campus living would not hurt As far as parietals, Joanne the college financially or com- tive their proposal was. Presentthinks that they should be ly, S.G.A . is awaiting a reply munity-wise. For example, despite extended.

Some possibilities the type of letter written to the from Sr. Mona concerning her would be weekday afternoon paropinion about a new curfew proparents, the overwhelming majority would not consent to having posal. This proposal consists of ietals and an extension of weekHowever , a lot of their child live off campus. Joanne 12 p.m. weekday curfews and 3 end parietals. research will have to be conducted feels that this indicates that should a.m. weekend curfews for freshbefore anything is proposed . men, sophomores, and juniors. off-campus living be initiated Finally, Joanne feels that it "there would be no mass exodus - Personals and grace minutes will still be in effect under this plan . is imperative that students, clubs, from the campus" and therefore However, permission may be given faculty , and administration become little financial loss. activel y in\ ¡olved ~ith S.G.A. All by the parents to allow a stuCurfews and Parietals students are members of student Next semester S.G.A. hopes to dent to come back to the dorm government and must work toStu~ents poll the seniors to find out what at her own discretion. of who do not receive their parent ' s gether for the improvement their reactions were to the trial would just abide by Cabrini now and in the future. no-curfew system.

This should permission

A New Issue of Reform

by Terry Cavanaugh Much controversy surrounds the problem of penal reform these days. Many people will certainly sign a petition, or attend a meeting, and add penal reform to their list of "causes."

There are also some people, a very few, who devote themselves seriously to .an issue of reform long before it acquires any glamour or popularity.

Father Gershon Goldstein, of Cabrini's Theology Department, has been working with prisoners for two years. Most of this involvement has stemmed from his dissatisfaction with the parole system. Under the system as it now works, a prisoner may only be released on parole if he has a sponsor. The only obligation the sponsor . has is to meet with the prisoner once a month.

Goldstein feels that this is not enough. He personally sponsors between 50 and 60 prisoners, and believes it is necessary to meet once a week in a group. Goldstein hopes that the meetings will provide a source of mutual help, but it does not always happen.

Continuing Crime In addition to needing a sponsor, a prisoner must have a job and a place to live before being released on pa-role . Goldstein found that too often the jobs paid so little that the men could only afford one room in a squalid apartment building in a crime-infested area. These living conditions are frequently so unbearable that the men may be easily drawn back into crime, either because they can't live on their earnings, or because they can't avoid the crime all around them.

Goldstein contends that the problem of housing is inseparable

from the problem of employm~nt.

Because the majority of the men are unskilled, there are few employers willing to hire them.

Onwards, Inc. In an attempt to help deal with these problems, Goldstein has become involved with Onwards, Inc. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Onwards, a program for the habilitation of prisoners.

Goldstein stresses that these men need habilitation, as opposed to rehabilitation, because they never have been properly equipped to function in this so-

ciety.

The Board of Trustees of Onwards is a very unusual one.

Five of the seven members either have been in prison themselves, or have husbands in prison. Some people may question the ability of these people to run such a program.

William H. Barnwell, in a special report in The Christian Century, answers these questions with regard to a program similar to Onwards. He reports that a self-rehabilitation group in New Orleans is successful precisely because it is run by prisoners.

"People support what they help to create."

Goals and Obstacles Onwards resembles the program in New Orleans in that housing and jobs are given high priority.

A place to live, and some means of support are the first steps in establishing some kind of self-reliance. Onwards was fortunate in this respect because two houses were given to the¡ program, one by a Lutheran church, the other by an Episcopal church. Former prisoners live together in the houses. Their rent â&#x20AC;˘

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covers the running costs of each house . There are no supervisors, and each man is responsible for his own meals. Sometimes it happens that they come together for a meal in common.

The job situation is continuously a difficult one. Most employers refuse to hire men who are unskilled ex-convicts.

Those employers who do hire them face an additional problem: the men are habitually undependable. They have not developed the steady work habits an employer values.

Onwards would like to see both parolees and ex-convicts involved in programs to educate the community. Goldstein insists that the community must be made aware of the "inequities and iniquities" of the penal institution.

In addition to men's prisons, Onwards is beginning work at the women's prison in Munsey. The work is not yet developed and Goldstein sees even greater problems than those which exist for the men. He personally believes that the women suffer more greatly because they are more sensitive to the conditions.

Onwards has been in operation for a little over a year. Goldstein describes its success as minimal, and does not seem to be too encouraged about the immediate future . The circumstances which led most of these men into crime are not in the control of the individual. Rather , crime is a product of the subculture in which these men live.

Reform , then, must reach more than thirty or forty men and women. There is an entire subculture that demands restructuring.

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Alice Vail

December 11, 197i

Librarians- Helen Mayrosh, cataloguing new albums, replacing old albums, and maintaining record cabinet and file order.

Promotion- Jean Cella and Lev White, selling the station to the public EngineeringCharlie Farg:i.s, maintaining all equipment in working order SecretariesElaine Romeo, staff and inter- staff communications Record Sources InternationalRich Bowler, procuring albums for staff and station As you can see, there's a lot more to running a radio station than meets the ear.

General Information W.K.V.U. is a 24-hour radio station . Students do a 4-hour show, once a week. If anyone is interested in having their own show it is necessary to learn the con~ trol board and to make an audition

tape for the Programming Manager, Bob Adams, who makes the final decision.

W.K.V.U. can be picked up at 640 a.m., in those buildings where there is a transmitter.

The reason for this is that the radio station broadcasts through Bell Telephone lines, rather than through F.C.C. controlled towers. This allows for a bit more freedom for the disc jockeys. It is also very difficult to · obtain F.C.C. permission and the station does, however, follow federal laws with regard to programming and broadcasting.

Future Plans W.K. V. U. is in the process of opening offices on the Cabrini and Rosemont campuses . These offices will have a campus manager and will cover six areas.

The areas that will be open are; Sales, News & Sports, Promotion, Creative Writing, Music and Per-

Radio Station W.K.V .U. Cabrini, Rosemont, Villanova W.K.V.U. is the student run radio station of Villanova University.

Late last year, under the general management of Steve Gigliotti, it was expanded to include Cabrini and Rosemont Colleges. This expansion enabled students from both colleges to become active members of the station and to listen to the shows in their dorms.

General Background Twenty-five years ago, Villanova University started the radio station W.W.V.U. The station is financed by the University allotted budget and the advertisement spot profits. There is no faculty moderator; the station is completely student run. All shows are done by student disc jockeys who have their Third Class Federal Communications Commission License. The advertisements are written, produced and taped by students.

Departments Work at the station is divided into departments, with a staff

Guest speakers will be Sister Margaret Lewis, Chairman of the Department of Medical Technology at Our Lady of Angels College, and Dr. John Sciarra, Director of the Graduate Program in Medical Technology at St. John's University. * * * On Sunday, December 3, a dinner featuring Mayor Luciano Bausi of Florence, Italy was held in the Mansion.

This was arranged through the Institute for Italian Culture .

Sister Mary Louise feels that this type of contact is very good for the school. She feels that it will stimulate an Italian Studies Program, which would be appropriate in view of attempts to establish study abroad. * * * For those of you who are still uncertain about which students won in the elections that were held recently, here are the results.

S.G.A. Prs. - Joanna Mirra V.P. - Joyce McCreesh Treas . - Joe Silvestrini Rec. Sec. - Anna Tulli Cor. Sec. - Kathy Fusco SAC - Marlyne LaCarte

General Mgr. - Steve Gigliotti Station Mgrs. - Chip Phelps and Mary Mayrosh Business Mgr.- Greg Landers , handling all station finances Sales Mgr.-Tony Maurello, selling commercial spots CommercialsRob Miller, writing commercials Production- Wharton Tiers, producing and taping commercials Traffic- Vince Buono, programming commercial times Programrning- Bob Adams, setting format, times and disc jockeys for all shows News Dept. - Walt Burlington, production and broadcasting of all on and off campus, local news Sports Dept.- Al Elia, broadcasting all major college sports events Music Dept. Ken Gallagher , screening all new albums

Assts. to SAC - Joe Feighan Pat Dinen Juniors Pres. - Mary Lynn Carone V.P. - Eileen Allen Treas. - Nora Nasielski Sec. - Mary Anne Kielt Res. Rep. - Gilda Mejia Day Hop Rep. - Mary Lou Costa Social Chairmen - Beverly Dooley · Debbie Maguire Sophomores Pres. - Karen Harcar V.P. - Beth Schweitzer Treas. - Joanne Barbano Sec. - Trish Corcoran Res. Rep. - Ginny Brigandi Day Hop Rep. - Barbara Kaminski Soc. Chairman - Denise Reilly Freshmen Pres. - Mary Beth Senkewicz V.P. - Liz McMahon Treas. - Karen Seiter Sec. - Teri Alberici Res. Rep. - Pat Baron Day Hop Rep. - Larry Sugden

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member as head of each , under the control of the general manager. There are 14 specific departments, listed here with staff head and general work load .

News Briefs A Medical Technology meeting is to be hosted on Thursday, December 14. Guests will include coordinators and directors of the schools of medical technology with which Cabrini is affiliated.

sonnel. There will , hopefully, be enough interest generated from these offices to involve the entire student bodies. The work of the offices will be to contribute to the main station by such things as reporting campus news and selling advertisement spots, and to have the "potential listening audience" become the "real listening audience.''

Rosemont's office is already underway, with Ki Ki Harper as campus manager.

Work on the Cabrini office is just beginning, with Alice Vail as campus manager. As of now, there is no available office space, but the search for an appropriate room is still going on.

Anyone interested in radio station work can contact Alice Vail , in #316 Woodcrest Hall, or call the station at LaS-8910, and talk to the department head.

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Yes,there are a lot of good reasons furwomen to quit smoking.

Ftndyours. (

) That "Smoke Pretty" ad makes me furious. Whoever made

that up knows where the money is.:_fewer women than men are quitting. But they won't get rich over my dead body. ( ) I want to be a teacher. How can I discourage kids from smoking when I smoke? ( ) I know my father's been trying to quit. How can he with me still puffing away? ( ) I want to wake up feeling fresh and clean again. I've had it with nicotine hang-over in the mornings. ( ) The thing that appeals to me moot is: If you quit for good, in most cases it can be as if you never smoked. ( ) Somewhere in the back of my head I've been nursing the illusion that smoking is really only dangerous for men. I've just seen the latest statistics. The death rate for women who smoke is more than 20% higher than for women who don't. We've come· a long way baby, but I'm not going any further.

Now all you need is help and encouragement. Send a postcard today to: Women and Smoking, Rockville, Md. 20852. And we'll send some free booklets to help and encourage you.

U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.

This space contributed as a public service.

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Child-Care Center Proposed

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by Laurie Whitman A child-care center is proposed for Cabrini College for the Spring semester. It is being promoted by Ms . Eileen Millerick, a day student at Cabrini College. A few years ago there was no need for a child care center. Several developments have happened to bring about the need for it.

Recently, many mothers have returned to college for their degrees. The child-care center is for the convenience of these students at the college. This will help to eliminate the problems of babysitters for those mothers attending classes during the day.

It is also good for the faculty members at Cabrini College who are faced with the same problem.

In time, the center may be opened for service to the community.

Ms. Millerick had this comment, ''It is good for the image of the school and makes it more attractive.

It would be good to develop it if the school would support it''.

A survey was conducted at Cabrini College to find out how many people would be interested in the center. The survey was taken among those students and faculty who would be directly involved with the center and who would be utilizing its facilities.

Of the ten people interviewed, it was established that six to ten people would be using the center.

The child-care center will not be a babysitting service. Ms. Millerick stressed that it would be educationally structured, involving the children in learning experiences such as reading and painting. The Delaware County Child-Service and other centers in Wayne have been consulted to find out how they started, and what procedures they have followed.

Ms. Millerick also attended conferences at Harcum Junior College in Bryn Mawr, and other schools to study their ideas.

Finance is the most important consideration.

Mr. Jerry Satlow has been consulted about this problem. It is evidenced that a slight fee may be charged to the parents of each child using the center.

Also, students on the college workstudy program can possibly be employed at the center. This will be a good opportunity for students who are planning a career in teaching since it will give them a chance to experience classroomlike activities.

The child-care center will be located in the student lounge of Woodcrest Hall. It is the hope of Ms. Millerick that if all goes well, the center will be ready for the spring semester.

Weekend Workshop (Continued from page I) whom ... Frankly, it was frightening."

When asked how the program relates to the Social Science Department, Mr. Craigie had this to say, "The Social Science Department has this as a one credit course called Field-work. And it is open to any student, in any semester, in any year, and if you go down for three weekends in a

term and write up what happened to you each time in a paper, and talk to me, anyone can pick up a credit."

outsiders come in and do your housework. The program helps the individuals that go there, but those are not the ones who need to be reached.''

Belinda Merritt, also The course is only mandatory a senior, felt that the program for students planning to teach social science on the secondary level, helped everyone involved, "I feel and although it is open to any stu- it was wol'thwhile for middle class dent, the participation has been white America because there are so many people who haven't seen very poor. When asked if one credit ,could be obtained for every one the other side of things ... where weekend, Mr. Craigie said that as this gives them contact directly it stands now a student must go with the black people and the urban . . . Maybe the com three weekends before he gets one problems munity as a whole didn't benefit, credit but that it could possibly but those individuals within the change in February when he meets community benefitted. '' with the representative from Har"The weekend that I was there risburg. made me realize what I can do The Cabrini students who have · as an individual," said Chris Kasbeen to the workcamp, when interian, "I no longer think that I can viewed, shared different opinions go into the ghetto and help change as to how profitable the weekend the black man's outlook because workcamp was for them and the just by the very fact that I am black community. white . . . I must make myself Pat Bookhart, a senior, looked become more aware of the situat the program from the black ation and then go to my peer community point of view, "The group . . . and try to make them program may help the individual realize what's going on in the . . . realize that he is prejudiced black ghetto." or that he has no stomach for In this attempt to remove edupoverty-type situations . . . But cation from the classroom into what is it doing for the people? a social environment, the Social The community is not benefitting Science department has created from the work camp, and it serves a controversial but, according to to create another type of dependsome , a more relevant style of ency situation ... that of having learning.

JaneBeniamin (Continued from page 1) worked with oils and watercolors.

She also painted furniture, an important art among the Pennsyl-

EightStudents Named to ''Who'sWho'' The following seniors have been elected to Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges: Juanita Cornish, Margaret Dalton, Anne M. Fellock, Christine Kasian, Kathleen McGill, Jane Menendez, Jo Mulloy, Maria Valente.

This honor is conferred annually upon outstanding student leaders from approximately 1,100 colleges and universities in the United States. In selecting candidates, campus nominating committees are instructed to choose those students whose academic standing, service to the community, leadership in extracurricular activities, and further potential are decidedly above average.

At Cabrini all those students with a grade point average of 2. 7 or above are asked to submit a

Curriculum Vitae listing scholastic distinctions, extracurricular activities, work experience, future plans, etc. The Curriculum Vitae is then submitted to the voting committee which consists of the following Senior officers: members of the SGA Executive Board, class officers, editors of publications, and the presidents of the various clubs.

In recognition of this accomplishment the students will be presented with a certificate in the near future. In addition, they can make use of a special reference/ placement service maintained to assist nominees seeking postgraduate employment, fellowships, admission to the Peace Corps, International Voluntary Service, or any other similar position.

C.O.P.STUDENTS JOINCABRINI About thirty students from Early Childhood Education, CaCareer Opportunities Program brini will have to t.ire a specialist (C.O.P.) will be taking courses at _in the field. This degree will not Cabrini next semester. These stube limited to the thirty students dents have completed two years of from C.O.P. According to Dr. study at Philadelphia Community Petrone, it is hoped that both College and have Associate in Arts Cabrini and Eastern students will degrees . The _program of study take advantage of the program. which they will follow will give A problem which must be dealt each a B.S. in Early Childhood with is that of the general eduEducation. cation requirements.

All transfer The students will be attending students face a problem of fulclasses on Tuesday and Thursday. filling requirements without On Monday, Wednesday and Frilengthening their college careers . day, they will be working in the Dr . Petrone feels that a waiver or Philadelphia school system as a reduction will take place for teacher aides and substitute teachthese thirty students. He also iners. dicated that this step may lead to Meeting with Mr . Malcolm Ford, a reduction of general education director of C.O.P. , and Ms. Elaine r_equirements for the entire stu- •· Spain, assistant director, -sister dent body.

Mary Louise and Dr . Fred Petrone have been working on arrangeOn Friday, December 15, the ments for this program since Sepstudents will visit the campus tember, 1971. for the day, have lunch, and reIn order to offer a degree in ceive orientation.

optimistic as to what it would be ... she loved the Renaissance and she included all aspects of life when speaking of an age."

She believed that history is ''not only the political events; it's everything that was ever said, done, written, or thought about."

In his "Eulogy for Jane S. Benjamin" Dr. Burton wrote," ... Jane set examples to many of us by her quiet courage and her quiet competence as a teacher ... Those students closest to her will be aware of what I mean when I dare to use the word 'inspiration' , for her style was unspectacular, her Jane Benjamin way modest, her effect orofound.'' vania Dutch from whom she was The profound effect that Dr. descended, although her style was Benjamin had upon her pupils was not at all Pennsylvania Dutch. enough to elicit such remarks as, No one I've ever known had a ''She influenced me personally. greater love for or a better sense She was sort of an ideal . for me; of color than Jane. You could she was someone to look up to- see this in the way she dressed a goal to achieve." "She made me (and she designed and made most feel 'thank you' was not enough of her own clothes) and the way to her. The best way I knew how her home was decorated. Beauty was to participate in her classes." · in the evening here at Cabrini and brightness gave her great She was "very open about her College. Invitations to the service joy.,, , opinions and your opinions, achave been sent to relatives and These traits peculiar to Jane cepting and respecting." "She had friends of the Schwartz and BenBenjamin have apparently also im- humility; she didn'ttalkaboveyour jamin families. Also invited are pressed one of her pupils, Jes- head or down to you, but to you." junior and senior history majors, sica Sheetz, who recalled, "She "There are two words that charthe faculty and administration of appreciated the simple things in acterize her - - sympathetic and Cabrini and members of the acalife ·and yet she had high esteem for understanding. She related this to demic community of Greater Philthe fine things in life." She loved people, history, and life." "Who adelphia, specifically chairmen of music, "Bach in particular." has not become convinced,'' Dr. the history departments of area When Dr. Benjamin taught hisBurton has written, "without ever colleges such as Holy Family Coltory, "it seems to me," Jessica lege, Temple and Villanova Unihaving it called to his attention, commented, "she presented many that Jane Benjamin lived and workversities, Bryn Mawr, Eastern, different philosophies of history ed that her students should come to Gwynedd, Haverford, Rosemont, --cyclical, linear, Hegelian- -so understand more of history and and Swarthmore Colleges. The that we could see them. She had thus of themselves!" service, which is to be held in a deep respect for the past, had A memorial service for Dr. Jane the Mansion consists of four musidefinite opinions as to what the Benjamin is scheduled to be held cal pieces and three selected readfuture should be, but was not on December 14, at eight o'clock ings. Dr. David Burton will deliver

PhilosophyDepartment Presents

MihailoMarkovic of Universityof Belgrade and VisitingProfessorof Univ.of Pennsylvania

TOPIC: MARXISM TUESDAY, DEC. 12 Library Conference Room 8:00 P.M. REFRESHMENTS the eulogy. On the program in order of performance are "Komm Susser Tod" and "Ario so" by J. S. Bach, "Mass in G-Kyrie" . by Franz Schubert, and "Jesu, Joy of · Man's Desiring" also by J.S. Bach. Performing at the service will be concert pianist, Madame Agi Jambor, in addition to the Cabrini College Glee Club directed by Carl M. Suppa.

A Jane Schwartz Benjamin Memorial Scholarship for students is now being established.

Contributions to the scholarship fund may be made to Cabrini College.

Further details concerning the scholarship will be available in the future.

LOQUITUR

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December 11, 1972

Sociology Of Women

by Joanne Barbano What is Soc . 307? Many of you may not be familiar ~ith this course since it was only initia ted this fall . Soc. 307 or as it is better known Sociology of Women . This three credit course taught by Ms . Kathleen Daley make s an attemp t to under stand the situation of women t oday. Soc . of Women is " designed to pro vide an understanding of the cult ural det erminen ts of se x-ty ped behavior. Controv er sy as well as a liberal education demands a knowledge of the r ole of women in the modern worl d." This course deals with the biological, psyc h ological, historical a nd sociological questions which relate to the position of the female in the modern world. "An informed pers pective on the women's social movement will allow for critical analysis of commonplace stereotypes as well as vague liberationists generalities .''

Since the sociology of women as a distinct area of investigation has a short history, the organization of this course relies much on discussion and class participation.

The books employed for Soc . of Women include: The Second Sex

by Simone de Beauvoir, Toward a Sociology of Women by Constantina Sofilios-Rothschild, and The Dialectic of Sex by Shulameth Firestone.

Some topics that are dealt with in Soc. 307 are "Traditional Approaches to Sex Role'', ''Biological and Historical Determinism'', "Social Change and Feminine Stereotypes'', ''Freud and Psychoanalytic Theories", "The Image of Women in the Mass Media", "The Masculine Mystique," "Marriage and The Family," "Childbearing," "Abortion," "Marx, Engles and The Woman Question", "Class and Sex Equality", "Selfconception and Personal Change", and "Is Li beration Desira ble?"

Incl uded in the thirty stu dents who a r e now taking this new cour se are twenty - eight fema les and two males.

The perso ns inter viewed who are presentl y enr olled in Soc . of Women have said that the y have learned much concerning " Women ' s Lib " and " The Subtle Oppression of Women ".

Sociology of Women , or Soc .

307, ha s been stated to be definitel y worth taking and is recommended for all , disregarding sex .

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