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HILLTOPPER
February 28, 1964
Page 2
Editorials
Future Catholic Liberal Arts
should be a systematic study of the basic principles, the special ing this (other than reading past
"With Seeking . .
THE HILLTOPPER
—Benedict Ashley, OP
Did You Know?
Photo Staff
Empathy Expresses
Actuality In Individual
Letters to
the Editor
and Intercollegiate Press.
Editor-in-Chief ..........
Managing Editor ........
Circulation Manager ....
News Editor ............
Sports Editor ...........
Photo Editor ............
Copy Editor .............
News Staff..............
Sports Staff.....
Contributors ....
Fine Arts Writer
Moderator......
. . and Knew Not What
We Sought . . .
Martin McLaughlin, Thomas Todia,
James Trunk, Lawrence Gries, Joseph Todaro,
Martin Lewis, Daniel Moore, James Sullivan
.... Daniel Riordan
...... Mark Walter
Terrence Romanelli
... Krandall Kraus
. Michael Zelsmann
.... William Hoppe
,.. William Roberts
Sir:
In years you are greater. But
greatness isn’t measured by years!
A St. Mary’s student
methods, and the principal achievements of each of these fields.
These should be presented not as something dogmatically given
and complete, but as opening vistas on truth.
Finally, a Catholic college must include a study in depth of
some field of concentration which will form the basis of grad-
uate study or of professional life. This concentration should be
the student’s personal choice, but it should be taught as an
outgrowth of general education, and should remain in the con-
text of the general picture of reality and of life which that
education presented.
In brief, a Catholic liberal education has as its elements the
liberal arts which give flexibility to the mind, general educa-
tion which opens the whole field of truth, and specialization
which deepens knowledge of a selected area. All these must be
unified and given their ultimate significance by the Christian
vision which theology develops.
It may seem to some that the trend is towards bigger and
bigger universities with which the Catholic liberal college can-
not compete. Actually, there is growing evidence that the uni-
versities are developing into graduate and professional schools
in which undergraduate students cannot receive adequate at-
tention. The undergraduate must be returned to a large number
of small local schools in which the emphasis is on liberal edu-
cation, in which specialization is included but only on a modest
scale. In such a picture the Catholic liberal arts college will be
in a position not only to survive, but to serve as a model for
local secular colleges.
.......... William Thurin, Thomas Krysinski,
Lawrence Zigmont
Gregory Ball, Gerald Gadacz, Robert Slaughter
.... Luis Luis, Francis Zuik, Timothy Scullin
................. Michael Tracy
................ Brother William Denton, CSC
issues of The Hilltopper) so we
are making an exception to the
rule and printing a selection from
their correspondence.)
We Need You
Some rather interesting comments from the President appear
on the front page. In essence, he wants to know what is going
to be done with the religious survey.
This religious survey is, as Brother Raymond points out, far
from finished. The Religious Affairs committee has merely
found out what the situation is. Now, if they are to fully carry
through (as SAC so often has not done this year), they have
to find out why this situation exists.
Along with Brother Raymond, The Hilltopper would like to
know what the next step will be. The report is disturbing. The
student body thinks there is no religious atmosphere on cam-
pus. Why?
Just what do the students think a religious atmosphere
should be, and what is wrong with the one at St. Edward’s?
What should a religious atmosphere do for the students, or
better, what do they think' it should do for them?
Some comment from the student body via The Hilltopper
Letter to the Editor column seems in order here. The situation
must be rectified, but unless the administration has something
tangible to work with, nothing can be done.
Why don’t you as a student take 30 minutes of your time to
write down your thoughts on this matter so that this entire,
situation may be put in its proper perspective?
The Hilltopper will print your letter if it is in accord with
the Letter to the Editor policy set forth in an earlier issue. Our
only demands are that the letters be thoughtful, tasteful, and
signed. If you do not want your name to appear with the
printed letter, simply make that request and it will not appear.
Your name will be kept in the strictest confidence.
Your letters and opinions are necessary if this problem is
to be solved. Give them to us. Here is a situation that we, as
students, can help to correct, if only we act.
. . . And now we look behind.”
Sir:
" ’Sno big thing!”
A St. Mary’s student
(Ed. note. It is not the policy of
The Hilltopper to print letters
which we receive anonymously.
However, we feel that the girls at
St. Mary’s had no way of know-
Sir:
Your sharp tongue may cut your
own throat!
A St. Mary’s student
. . . What we could not find . . .
Sir:
May we suggest Tiddly Winks
or something equally intellectual-
ly stimulating, when your dances
are unattended!
A St. Mary’s girl
Down the hill and across the city,
Austin, that is, really quite pretty,
Nestles a school of little girls
Each cute and nice, with bouncy curls
As shiny as the golden sun on
The summer day’s ending. But dawn
Shows grey on this little school now,
It’s been called childish, and I’ll allow
That’s just the case!
—William Roberts
From the Better Half
Dear Sir:
Under a similar attack as staged
by your editorial “Girls! Girls!
Girls?" in the February 21st edi-
tion of The Hilltopper, another
school might have responded dif-
ferently. But being open-minded,
well-developed aspirants to intel-
lectual maturity, we have made
efforts toward some understand-
ing.
A notice of the abundant gen-
eralizing denotes the obvious haste
and lack of judgment with which
the article was written. Likewise,
we realize the need of the editorial
staff to remove emphasis from the
miscalculation of the Internation-
al Latin American club in sched-
uling their dance when so few
could attend. However, we can’t
help but feel the definite lack of
foresight, to say nothing of Judas-
kissing long-standing friends and
hearty supporters by condemning
our attendance.
Not wishing to be thusly imma-.
turely general, we recognize that
you, obviously unaware of the
large-scale independent dating of
SMA girls by SEU men, are not
speaking for these numbers. And
your implication of personal
abstinence from such kindergar-
ten pastimes and subsequent lack
of experience with said “sophisti-
cated . . . developed . . . intellec-
tual . . . dancing . . .” teenagers
renders your statement inane.
The Student Council of
St. Mary’s Academy
Jane Kunz, President
. . . We Sought . . .
Dear sir:
“The fool immediately shows
his anger, but the shrewd man
passes over an insult.”—Proverb
12-16.
Therefore, I, sir, shrewdly pass!
A St. Mary’s academy student
(Ed. note. Ordinarily it is not the policy of The
Hilltopper to publish guest editorials. However, we feel that
this article by Father Benedict Ashley, OP, well expresses
the ideas which have been discussed on this page in the past
few weeks. We hope it will be read, and thought about,
with care.)
A Catholic college is first of all a Christian community in
which Christ lives as the center and the leader, The faculty and
the students are working together under one Master to help each
other realize His kingdom on earth. As the present Ecumenical
Council has taught us, the source of this community life and its
very goal is the Sacred Liturgy in which the faculty and stu-
dents participate. Thus a Catholic college, to be Catholic, must
draw its community spirit from common worship.
A Catholic college, however, is a special kind of Christian
community, namely a school where truth is sought and received.
Christ Himself is its chief teacher from whom both faculty and
students must learn. The faculty, whether they teach religious
or secular truth, are in His service; and the students are pre-
paring for that service. It must not be thought that Christ is
served only by piety and moral behavior. He is served also by
those who seek truth, whether it is theological truth, the truths
of science, literature, or history. He is served also by students
preparing to fulfill their vocation as members of society, com-
petently trained in some particular form of service.
This pursuit of truth takes on a Christian character because
every item of truth achieved is viewed in the context of a
Christian vision. Each truth of science, history, literature, or
technology is seen as having more than secular implications.
It is seen as contributing to a knowledge of God and the service
of neighbor. In a Catholic college the study of theology, which
is simply an earnest. effort to understand the Word of God,
is necessary to deepen and widen this Christian vision which
ought to penetrate all the thought, study, and discussion of the
school.
It is also essential that such a college develop in the student
a flexibility of mind which frees the student from one narrow
type of thinking and expression. A specialist tends to think only
in one pattern, and to be blind to truth expressed in other items.
He cannot understand other specialists who do not speak his
language, and he is often unable to meet new problems even
in his own field, if they arise under unexpected forms. The
remedy for this enslavement to one mode of thought is to be
found in the study of the liberal arts, that is, the arts of think-
ing, speaking, writing, and mathematical reasoning, along with
the fine arts. The study of these liberal arts ought to form the
basis of liberal education, and they ought to be continually
exercised throughout every phase of college study.
A Catholic college must also provide, in addition to the liberal
arts, a general education, that is, an introduction to all the main
fields of truth, which include the natural sciences, the social
sciences, history and philosophy. This introduction should not
be mere dabs of information, or surveys of names. Rather, it
I think one word says it—ex-
perience, the experience of seeing
and savoring the reality. To have
this experience, one does not have
to have a primary contact with
all reality. This position is impos-
sible. On the other hand, one
would not want to shut out pri-
mary experience completely. The
middle course appears, once
again, to be the common sense
course. One can experience the
realities of society primarily, and
he can also experience the reality
of society vicariously through the
written word, i.e. Pacem in Terris
and Mater et Magistra. The edu-
cated individual should try to
make himself aware of the reali-
ties around him within the bounds
of sound reason. So, when one
looks at the reality behind the
terms “coexistence,” “poverty,”
“hunger,” unemployment,” “racial
segregation,” and a score of oth-
ers, one no longer says, “Yes, it is
too bad,” rather, “I know from
experience of what you speak.”
ness. A person no longer just
realizes a situation; he now be-
comes emerged in the joys and
the sorrows, the victories and the
defeats. To continue the above
example, we, in realizing em-
pathy, are going to know to the
fullest the reality of the Bull Con-
nors’ wrath or the subtle but de-
vastating placard. We are no
longer bystanders; we are part of
this experience, and it shapes and
directs our human endeavor. But,
one may ask what is the medium
that gives this distinction between
sympathy and empathy?
By Tim Scullin
“Then you see the Wall and the
term ‘coexistence’ is a make-be-
lieve term.” The preceding state-
ment is disturbing, and the prob-
lem seems to be a lack of empathy
in relation to the actuality exem-
plified by the above statement.
We have a sympathy for the sit-
uation, but we lack an empathy
for the situation.
I would then like to discuss
briefly the difference between
the terms "sympathy” and “em-
pathy” and the factor that gives
this distinction, experience.
A look at a dictionary gives us
the following definitions: 1) sym-
pathy: a relationship between
things so that what affects one,
similarly affects the other or
others, 2) empathy: imaginative
projection of one’s consciousness
into another being.
We then have two definitions
and, at first glance, they seem to
say the same thing. But, we can
make a distinction.
Sympathy would seem to denote
a sensitivity for a situation, but
the degree to which this sensitiv-
ity runs is only a statement of
congratulations or regret. In an
example, let us consider the seg-
regation issue. We may have some
feeling for the Negro when we see
the Bull Connors in action or the
placard proclaiming the “rights”
of certain institutions. We may
have some feeling, but we are not
about to risk social position, eco-
nomic gains, etc, for social justice.
On the other hand, empathy
seems to be much deeper—a pro-
jection of one’s own conscious-
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 AA
expressed herein are those of the student editors, and not gA
necessarily those of the University as a whole. The Hill- gk
topper is a member of the Associated Collegiate Press,r "
Dear Sir:
I, as a senior, am especially
gratified to discover (via your en-
lightening editorial of February
21) that in a mere 187 days when
I enroll at either OLL or Incar-
nate Word I shall finally meet
the stiff requirements for females
SEU so proudly boasts.
Looking forward to my big
chance.
Chris Carlson, SMA ’64
... We Marvelled . . .
Sir:
Sour grapes!!!!
A St. Mary’s student
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