1967-03-17 The Phoenix, Vol. 31, No. 3 (March 17, 1967)

              PHO
Vol. 31, No. 3
Marian College
March 17, 1967
Spring Fioretti
Springs Winners
"Love is a quicksilver kind
of thing." So says Jacque Tarter in the poem that won first
prize in the annual Fioretti
spring contest. Another work
by Miss Tarter entitled "Skid
Row" placed second in the poetry division.
Denyse Lavigne, a sophomore
transfer student newly arrived
from I.U. Extension this semester, received first place in the
essay division for her entry,
"Two Corinthians: 317."
The prize-winning short story
entitled "The Long Search of
the Lemon Children," was submitted by Denis W. von Pyritz
and second and third place honors went to entries submitted
by Mary Sherman, Dixie Mitchell,', Patti Schurger, and Carol
Schnelker.
The spring issue of the Fioretti, scheduled to appear in May,
will contain these winning entries as well as a special additional section devoted to literary
efforts of the faculty.
Lettermen Concert to
Highlight Week-End
Marian College presents its first annual Spring Weekend April
7-8. Starting at 8 p.m. Friday, in the college auditorium, The
Lettermen will present a two hour concert. Admission will be
$3 and §4 for students, and $3.50 and $4.50 for adults.
Student Voice Granted
A special committee of Marian College, designated "to establish
a more efficacious way for students to assist in all areas of college
life," reported to the faculty Friday afternoon, March 10, and
received  approval   for- student  participation   on   some   Faeulty-
-Aclministrat-ioiT committees.
Student representatives will
be included as non-voting members on the Athletic Committee,
the Educational Policies Committee, the Library Committee
and the Program Committee. The
Curriculum Committee will seat
voting student representatives
while the Non-West Committee
and Teacher Education Committee will seat "non-voting participants" at certain meetings. Under the chairmanship of Dean
Fields, the Student Welfare
Committee requested and was authorized to include four student representatives as full voting members with "the right to
attend all regular policy-making
meetings."
The Student Board is to submit a list of student candidates
from which individual committees will select their student representatives. In April, 1968, an
evaluation of student participation will be made by all of the
committees concerned to determine the future of the program.
A system of "safeguards" has
also been included in this latest
Faculty-Administration action.
On four of the committees
named, student representatives
will have no vote and three other
committees may deny their student representatives a vote. Only
the Student Welfare Committee,
through the efforts of Dean
Fields, has seen fit to include
four student representatives
"with the right to attend all
regular policy making meetings"
and with unobstructed voting
rights. Though the Student
Board is to recommend student
candidates, no committee is required to seat them as the committees reserve the right to select student representatives, and
each Faculty - Administration
Committee open to student representation will "determine the
number, class and qualifications
of the student representatives
to be seated. Thus on these committees there could be but one
student representative with a
vote which, at their discretion,
can be denied him, and some
committee meetings may be
closed to student representatives
on that committee.
Sister Florence Marie of the
Mathematics Department said
in the past when students were
invited to Faculty-Administration Committee meetings they
often did not attend. She remarked further that "Marian
students in the past have not
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Phoenix Predicts:
Jeane Dixon to
Visit Marian
Do Computers
Need Bodies?
Four conventions are on the
philosophical agenda next month
and will be attended by members
of the philosophy department.
On March 17-18, the Metaphysical Society of America will
hold its first meeting at Purdue
University. Those in attendance
from Marian will include Mr.
Denis Kelly, Mr. William Pedtke,
Mr. Russell Hargus, and Monsignor John J. Doyle, discussing a paper "Why Computers
Must Have Bodies to be Intelligent," as well as other philosophical and biological topics.
On March 27-29, the American
Philosophical Association will
hold its annual convention at
Notre Dame and will be attended by Mr. Pedtke, Mr. Kelly, and
Mr. Hargus.
They will return to Notre
Dame April 3-8 for the Indiana
Philosophical Association an annual convention with the major
address by Gabriel. Marcel on
Friday, April 7.
During April Mr. Hargus also
plans to attend a convention of
phenomenologists in Lexington,
Kentucky.
The contemporary American
prophet, Jeane Dixon, will appear at Marian College March 31,
sponsored by the Home for
Friendless Animals, Inc. Her
talk is titled, "Looking through
the Heart of America to the
Future of the World." Her fame,
especially in prophesizing of
President Kennedy's assassination has led to many appearances
and world-wide renown. Ruth
Montgomery's book, Gift of
Prophecy on Jeane Dixon has
been translated into eighteen
languages and is soon to be
made into a film.
As of this date all tickets for
the lecture have been sold out.
The proceeds from the program
will all go to the Home for
Friendless Animals, since proceeds of appearances of Miss
Dixon are always given to a
charitable institution. Besides
her love of animals, Jeane Dixon
has also established a Children
Foundation for needy children.
Ever since she learned of her
powers of perception as a very
young child,, she has not exploited the gift publicly, but
rather prefers to live simply and
donate the proceeds of her appearances to various charities.
Hickets will go on sale for
Marian students April 3 and for
the general public April 6.
Saturday, the "Mons Day,"
will feature a noon picnic by the
lake. Immediately following, on
the home field, will be a promising doubleheader between
Marian and Rose Poly, with Monsignor Doyle throwing out the
first ball of the season.
From 6:00-9:30, the Inter-
Club Council sponsored Carnival
will be held in the gymnasium.
With the thirteen booths of the
campus clubs (a basketball
throw, cake walk, slave auction,
"Another Messy Something" by
the Players, and more), a new
feature will be the nomination
of three Marian men for the
title of "Carnival Clown." Votes
will be cast with pennies.
The $1 admission price buys
25 pieces of paper money to
squander, and admittance to the
I.C.C. Mixer in the Mixed
Lounge, featuring "The Five
Good  Reasons."
Several more events are being planned and have yet to be
released. With a week-end like
this, who needs I.U. ?
Orthodox
View of
Vatican II
Tuesday, April 4, the Very
Reverend Alexander Sehme-
mann, S.T.D. will lecture on the
Ecumenical' Council in Perspective. Father Schmemann,
a Russian Orthodox priest and
the Dean of St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary in
Crestwood, New York, will discuss "The Orthodox Church
Views Vatican II."
Father Schmemann, a 1945
graduate of St. Sergius Theological Institute in Paris,
France, has attended four of
the World Council of Churches
since 1948 and was invited to
attend the Vatican Council as a
guest-observer.
Father Schemann is the author of The Historical Road of
Eastern Orthodoxy, An Introduce
tiaon to Liturgical Theology, and
For the Life of the World.
The lecture is scheduled to>
begin at 8:15 P.M. and admission is $1.50.
SEA Day
On April 5, the Marian
chapter of SEA will sponsor
a high school day for students
of Indianapolis high schools
and the Oldenburg Academy.
There will be approximately
100 students in attendance
at afternoon classes in fields
of their choice. The freshman members of the SEA who
organized this visit are Susie
Koehl, Barb Dean, Cathy
Smith, and Nancy Rosenacker.
"That—butterfly has got more of God in him thani Jackson will ever
see for the i*est of eternity."
He saw a giant butterfly clearly, and how he moved his wings so
quietly and grandly, and the colors of the wings, and how he sprang
straight up into the sky and how the colors all took fire in the sunshine he felt he p'robably had: a fair idea what "magnificent" meant.
But "miraculous." He still saw the butterfly, which was resting
there again, waving his great wings. Maybe "miraeulous" was the
way the colors were streaks and spots in patterns on the wings, or
the bright flickering way they worked in the light when he flew fast,
straight upwards.    Miraculous.    Magnificent."
from A Death in  the Family
by James Agee