Rattler (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 3, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 14, 1975 Page: 3 of 8
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October 14, 1975
THE RATTLER
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Delta Phi Omega
the primary objective of the
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Greer accepts new role
Michael E. Greer has been
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in sorority, community, and
university projects.
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Delta Epsilon to hold initiation
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Graduate hour enrollment up 17%
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A key to the program was
the establishment of full
degree graduate programs
at San Antonio’s military
bases.
A number of people who
attend the liturgy feel the
Students talk over a glass beer in pub. Everynight the pub is usually full by 8 p.m. Every
Wednesday and Friday beer is 30c a cup and $1.50 a pitcher.
Programs such as this and
the momentum generated
from St. Mary’s activities on
the bases have contributed
to growth in classes conduc-
Greer will assist faculty
members create their own
Student Senate, ICG, and
NCHO.
Aside from the service
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was the fifth consecutive
registration at which there
was an enrollment increase
over the
them in their use of technical
teaching aids.
He has a B.S. Degree in
Education and English and a
Master’s Degree in Com-
munication from Clarion
State College, Pennsylvania,
where he was an instructor
in audio-visual materials and
teaching strategies. Prior to
ponse, the council sent the
university’s graduate educa-
tors scurrying out to the
student, where student need
was the greatest. And in
their academic portfolio they
had a saleable package of
innovative ideas and new
programs.
The result: At the close of
registration this fall, grad-
uate credit hour enrollment
was up 17 per cent over
1974.
The total credit hours
generaged by the graduate
school were the highest of
any single semester in the
past five years.
And, significantly, this
Many contributions have
been made to the community
by Delta Phi in various
ways. A few of these
contributions was actively
participating in the St.
Peter-St. Joseph festival
held this past September,
visisting local nursing homes
and the St. Peter-St.
Joseph’s Children’s Home,
and providing aid to the
Concern for the increasing Vietnamese with food and
role of women in society is clothing.
Plans for this year include
Enrollment of residence
classes the past several
years has at least held its
own and, in a number of
cases, increased.
goals, members show their
interest in the welfare of the
community as well as the
University. They also pro-
mote a spirit of friendship tion it is represented in the
and unity with non-active
members and consequently
share it with the entire
university and community.
going on picnics, playing
putt-putt, going to the
movies, bicycling, and hav-
ing slumber parties. As a
group, the sorority has
taken trips to Mexico City
and various cities in Texas.
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accomplished by Delta Phi,
they are a sorority that
participating in the annual believes in having fun by
March of Dimes Walk-a-
ton, inspiring the spirit of
St. Mary’s by actively
backing the Rattlers’ home
games, and presenting their
annual Cabaret which will be
held during the Oyster
Bake. Delta Phi is active in
community affairs, in addi-
Delta Phi’s orientation
period officially began Mon-
day, the 13th of October.
The first rush party was
Sunday, October 12th.
Each Tuesday evening,
the lobby of Dougherty Hall
becomes a place of worship
10 p.m. to 11 p.m.
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At this time, a number of
students and faculty gather
at Dougherty Hall to attend
a mass sponsored by
Campus Ministery.
A graduate course in
systems management, for
instance, is now in its third
corresponding year at two bases and with
semester of the previous 125 students shows promise
We realistically of continuing to grow.
A degree plan in guidance
and counseling is in
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Masses have been held in
the women’s dorm for the
past two years. They were
begun in attempt to develop
a sense of community among
dorm students and religious
In private education as in
private enterprise an ounce
of initiative sometimes pro-
duces a pound of profit.
The Graduate Council at
St. Mary’s University can
offer statistical proof of this.
Several years ago, when the
prospect of tax supported
graduate education in San
Antonio seemed to threaten
the prosperity of graduate
education in private schools,,
the council made a hard-
nosed commitment to move
ahead postively and set this
threat aside.
Rather than just tidying
things up on campus and
waiting for student res-
Delta Epsilon Sigma
Honor Society will hold its
first initiation for 1975-76,
November 2, in the Brass
Lamp.
Ohter activities set for
this year include a pre-
Christmas Holiday banquet,
hosting of Honors Day, a
peer counseling arrangment,
and a seocnd semester
initiation.
St. Mary’s is represented
in Delta Epsilon Sigma by
Alpha Eta Chapter which
has been in existence since
1940, the founding year of
“We try,” Brown, said, “to
make ourselves available to
students and give them the
personal attention not al-
ways possible at larger
universities.”
“Students have let us
know they appreciate this.”
Delta Phi encourages
among its members cooper-
ation and respect for the
indivuality of human life by Michael E. Greer has been learning, supported by
means of active participation appointed director of the St. $2.3 million federal grant.
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Father John Leis is shown during one of the weekly Dougherty Hall masses. The masses
are every Tuesday at 10 p.m. After the folk mass refreshments are usually served.
Mass on Tuesday nights:
communities on campus. Judy Weiland (who also
In charge of this year’s plays guitar) and Maurine
services are Judy Weiland McClean. Assisting them are
(music) and Kathy Ireland Rudy Vela and Skip Coburn
(readings). Each Mass has a on guitar and Marcos
central theme around which Villarreal on the mandolin,
all the songs and readings
revolve. Examples of such
themes are World Hunger
and Prayer. Occasionally a key to its success is the “real
pennance service preceeds community spirit brought
the liturgy. about by the enthusiasm of
Masses are offered by Fr. people who really want to be
Ed Jach and/or Fr. John A. there.”
Leis. Refreshments are pro-
Those attending the vided by Campus Ministery
services are led in song by following each mass.
this national scholastic
honor society for Catholic
colleges and universities.
After a two year
dormancy the chapter was
revived in the spring of 1974
through the work of Mrs.
Melba Fisher and Miss
Nancy Arispe. The present
initiation will be the fourth
since the revival.
For the 1975-76 school
year, Jim Seifert is presi-
dent, Kevin Dennis vice-
president, and Carmen
Fernandez secretary-trea-
surer.
Membership in this '
national honor society is by
invitation to students with
sixty or more credit hours
and who have earned a
cumulative GPA of 3.2 or „
higher. The primary
purpose of the organization
is to recognize scholastic
achievement and to foster
scholarly activities.
Any students who are
eligible and fail to receive an
invitation should contact one
of the officers, or relay their
message through the
Student Senate office.
year.
looked at our competition
and then worked to meet it,” and counseling is in its
Dr. Lee Brown, St. Mary’s second year at Lackland and
graduate dean, said. “The Randolph Air Force Bases,
council developed a positive About 70 students are
program that included great enrolled at each base.
emphasis on academic A program in public and
quality.” institutional administration,
inaugurated with only five
students last year, quad-
rupled its enrollment this
semester.
On campus, the graduate
curriculum was reevaluated,
Mary’s University Learning
Resource Center designed to
support the school’s increas- teaching materials and help
ing trend toward self-paced,
personalized education.
The center will produce
multimedia academic
materials and provide facili-
ties for individualized stu-
dent instruction.
The resource center is
part of St. Mary’s five-year
Advance Institutional
Development Program this he was a high school
(AIDP) of innovative teacher of language arts and
approaches to teaching and mass media.
some programs were revital- ted on as well as off campus,
ized and several new ones
were introduced. Just this
year, in response to a
community need, a program
in alcoholism counseling was
added to an already success-
ful counseling program. Brown believes a third
From the outset student factor is involved in campus
interest was unusually high, success. It is concern for the
Cooperation from San Anto- individual person,
nio agencies with responsi-
bilities related to alcoholism
was exceptional.
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