The Hilltopper (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, February 14, 1964 Page: 2 of 6
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HILLTOPPER
February 14, 1964
Page 2
Editorials
Mission Club
Two Poems
THE HILLTOPPER
Photo Staff
Society Seeking Power
To Control Man's Mind
Begins Lenten
Collection
Editor-in-Chief.....
Managing Editor ...
Circulation Manager
News Editor .......
Sports Editor ......
Photo Editor .......
Copy Editor ........
News Staff..........
His Holiness stressed the neces-
sity that Church members study
and accept the provisions of the
liturgical constitution so that they
may understand the value of the
liturgy and take an active part in
the life of the Church.
Sports Staff.....
Contributors ....
Fine Arts Writer
Moderator......
Our beautiful track is soon to be paved;
A masterpiece, of which we’ve ranted and raved.
Still, there’s just one thing that I want to know—
Where will the seventh and eighth runners go?
On turns, that is, for they’ll be in a fix:
The straight-ways are eight lanes, the turns but six!
—W. Roberts
....................... Daniel Riordan
......................... Mark Walter
......... Terrence Romanelli
...................... Krandall Kraus
.................... Michael Zelsmann
....................... William Hoppe
...................... William Roberts
... Martin McLaughlin, Thomas Todia,
James Trunk, Lawrence Gries, Joseph
Todaro, Ronald Regan, Martin
Lewis, Daniel Moore, James Sullivan
.. William Thurin, Thomas Krysinski,
Pope Commands
Sunday Sermons
By Martin McLaughlin
Pope Paul VI authorized Janu-
ary 25, in his new document, Sa-
cram Liturgiam, the implementa-
tion of 11 provisions in the Ecu-
menical council’s new liturgy con-
stitution becoming effective Sun-
day, February 16.
Blocking the entrance to our Science hall
Is a man-made wonder that can play baseball.
It adds and subtracts, multiplies and divides.
It even can separate cows from their hides.
But one thing this gadget has failed to hand back
Is twenty-five thousand to finish our track.
—K. Kraus
Lawrence Zigmont
Gregory Ball, Gerald Gadacz, Robert Slaughter
.... Luis Luis, Francis Zuik, Timothy Scullin
................................ Michael Tracy
................ Brother William Denton, CSC
Remodeling Of
Treasurer’s Office
Boosts Efficiency
Brother Donald Connolly, CSC,
St. Edward’s university treasurer,
reports that the redecoration of
the Treasurer’s office, begun last
June, has been completed this
week with the installation of a
dividing panel connected to the
new transaction counter. Former-
ly one large room, the office is
now divided into one general of-
fice and two smaller private of-
fices. The ceiling has been low-
ered, the windows draped, and
the floor carpeted. In addition,
there is some new office furniture
and equipment—all further proof
of St. Edward’s growth.
Higher Education In America
The book that a group of faculty members is reading and
discussing, The Higher Learning in America by Robert Hutch-
ins, ex-chancellor of the University of Chicago, is extremely
interesting and thought-provoking. Hutchins makes some harsh
accusations about the state of American university education.
He says US colleges no longer give intellectual leadership to
the nation, nor do they train leaders for the nation. He finds
that most colleges have a confused attitude toward money, and
worse, a confused conception of what liberal education is. He
makes one chilling statement that should freeze the marrow
of many an administrator, “Undoubtedly, fine buildings, green
grass, good food, and exercise are excellent things for anybody.
You will note that they are exactly what are advertised by every
resort hotel. The only reason why they are also advertised by
every college and university is that we have no coherent educa-
tional program to announce.”
These are harsh words, especially from one so high in educa-
tional echelons. Yet he offers some solutions. If a truly liberal
education is to be given, the college must first clearly define its
aims and then make other policies fit that delineation of goals.
He also outlines, in theory, how a university should function
educationally.
Basically he would have modern-day colleges do two things:
throw out, or greatly revise professional courses and build the
curriculum around theology or metaphysics, depending on
whether the school is religious or secular.
These thoughts that he sets forth must be considered and
reconsidered continuously by everyone connected with higher
learning. If administrators scrutinized their position would they
find themselves fallen into the very errors Hutchins castigates?
Do students know why they are being educated? If they claim
to be receiving or desiring a liberal education, do they know
what they should be getting out of it? Do faculties know what
they should put into it? What is a liberal education anyway?
How is it different from a vocational education?
At St. Edward’s we consider all these and more. What is a
Catholic liberal education? Are we influencing our community
and society Catholicly?
At one point Hutchins says, “The times call for ... an evan-
gelistic movement in some bld ones (colleges) which shall have
for its object the conversion of individuals and finally the
teaching profession to a true conception of a general education.”
Are we at St. Edward’s leading that movement?
This book and the questions it raises demand serious consid-
eration. If education is to remain vital, it must continually
evaluate itself. It is good that one group on campus has made
a start; all the rest of us must follow.
and rejecting all that requires
sacrifice.
We are then enticed with many
ideas and practices that make the
above statement a very real and
trying problem. The problem is
direction and the unity necessary
in one’s life to give this direction.
But what is the solution to these
problems?
I think a solution exemplified
by a philosophy of life lies in a
simple statement put forth in a
simple prayer of St. Francis of
Assisi:
Lord make me an instrument of
your peace. Where there is hat-
red, let me sow Love; where there
is injury—Pardon; where there is
doubt—Faith; where there is de-
spair—Hope; where there is dark-
ness—Light; and where there is
sadness—Joy. Lord, grant that I
may* seek rather to comfort than
to be comforted, to understand
rather than to be understood, to
love than to be loved. For it is by
giving that one receives, by for-
giving that one is forgiven, and
by dying that one is born to eter-
nal life.
The stagnant, rotting ideas and
practices are rampant, One only
has to look at such practices as
segregation, unfair housing, birth
control and unfair business deal-
ings to see this. All of these are
unattainable while pursuing the
Christian life, the life of direction
and unity.
The formula is simple, although
perfect attainment thereof is im-
possible in this life. But, we are
not asked to be perfect; we are
asked only to strive for it—we
can with His help!
Included in the liturgical
changes are the obligation of a
sermon during Sunday and holy
day masses and the revision of
the Divine Office that priests are
required to recite every day.
Also, the sacrament of Matri-
mony will now be contracted with-
in the Mass rather than before it
and the sacrament of Confirma-
tion may be administered during
Mass.
Seminaries must carry out the
provisions of the constitution
which make it necessary that the
study of the liturgy be covered
comprehensively in preparation
for the priesthood, and dioceses
must set up commissions to pro-
mote the liturgical movement.
Other provisions concerned, for
the most part, particular changes
in the reciting of the Divine Of-
fice and the establishment of a
commission to prepare and re-
vise liturgical texts, such as the
breviary.
• • • •
To Whom If May Concern
Several weeks ago, Time magazine printed a six-page story
on “The Second Sexual Revolution” in the United States. This
story, the result of tedious research, reported the facts of sex
in America as the researchers found them.
The article’s controversial subject drew a flood of letters,
some favorable, some not, which Time dutifully printed. One
of the letters, printed in the February 7 issue, was from a
Catholic woman who demanded that Time make an apology to
her and to all Catholics “for printing filth and glorifying sordid,
repugnant principles.”
Now, The Hilltopper considers itself Catholic (contrary to
popular belief), but we do not demand that Time apologize to
us. As a matter of fact, we don’t want Time to apologize to us,
and we don’t think Time should apologize to anyone, Catholic
or otherwise. What’s more, we object to this woman demand-
ing, in the name of all Catholics, an apology to Catholics.
This woman’s univocal demand, on the part of all Catholics,
can only hurt Catholicism and its image in America. In recent
years, Catholics have made giant strides in their fight for
acceptance in the United States. The election of President
Kennedy ended much of that business. But this woman and
her demand are only steps backward.
The article neither glorified nor approved of any “repugnant
principles.” Much to the contrary, it reported, in a rather
neutral way, the situation as it exists in America. If this is the
truth, are we as Catholics afraid of it? Is it wrong for someone
to tell us what the situation is? Certainly not. It seems to The
Hilltopper that if Catholics are going to operate effectively in
society, we have to understand how our society operates, what
its mores are.
Time has simply revealed society’s mores to us. We as Cath-
olics have to recognize them and decide how we must apply
our principles while living with them. At this time, Catholics
should be contemplating how they themselves live in this
society, what effects they have on it, and how they should be
applying their Christian principles in an effort to make the
society more Christian.
Time quotes Father John Thomas, SJ, a Catholic sociologist,
as saying, “What is needed is a whole new attitude by the
Church toward sexuality.” And we agree. We feel further that
ve cannot formulate this new attitude unless we realize the
situation. Time has told us, now it is our turn to act.
So instead of damning them, m’am, and making ridiculous
demands, you should be thanking them and doing some think-
ing on your own. If you decide Time has done what you accuse
them of, fine. But then denounce them in your name, and your
name alone. Don’t drag us and all Catholics into your personal
battles. We do not agree with you and therefore you have no
right to speak for us. We want the Church to keep moving
forward, not backward. Rash statements like yours don’t help.
By Timothy Scullin
(Editor’s Note: Tim Scullin is
a senior social science major.
He is taking the place of Jorge
Esparza, recently elected to the
SAC senate. Mr. Scullin’s campus
column will alternate with the
international affairs column writ-
ten by Luis Luis.)
“They want to buy me—but
more particularly my mind. But,
then the world wants our minds!”
I received these words in a let-
ter not long ago, and I find them
shocking when I consider the re-
lationship of these statements to
all of us.
These words in so many ways
exemplify our society’s attitude
toward the emerging individual.
The society or, better, the insti-
tutions that make up the society,
are all bidding for the composite
individual. These institutions seek
to possess the individual in both
his intellectual and material ele-
ments.
In the intellectual element, the
institution of education fills our
minds with many principles that
should give direction, but in some
cases they cause confusion and
misdirection. One only has to look
at the great debate and antagon-
ism between philosophy and sci-
ence. They all seem to be propos-
ing answers that only muddle the
issues.
In the material element, the
institution of advertising has
done much to rob the individual
of his self-possession. A small mi-
nority expends millions of dollars
to change us into hedonistic ani-
mals, seeking only the pleasurable
By Ronald Regan
The Mission club, moderated by
Brother Thomas McCullough,
CSC, began their collection for the
Holy Cross missions in Brazil
on February 10; a second collec-
tion will be taken up at a later
date.
The money will be used to build
a second story on a classroom
building in Santarem, Brazil,
where several St. Edward's alum-
ni are presently stationed.
The Holy Cross order has five
projects in Brazil: a juniorate
(postulate), two schools, affilia-
tion with Catholic Action in Rio
de Janeiro, and a farm project
outside Santarem.
The minimum expenditure to
sustain a Brother or student in
Brazil is one dollar per day. The
Brothers receive a vacation every
three years; transportation costs
for this trip alone are $500.00. Ad-
ditional expenditures must be
made for lay teachers needed to
supplement the mission school’s
faculty.
The Hilltopper is published weekly during the academic year
at St. Edward’s university, an institution of higher learning
conducted by the Brothers of Holy Cross (CSC). Opinions ©AG
expressed herein are those of the student editors, and not .SA
necessarily those of the University as a whole. The Hill- ki
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