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THE HILLTOPPER
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ST. EDWARD’S
UNIVERSITY
Volume 49
Price Ten Cents
Austin, Texas, Friday, October 23, 1964
Four Pages
Number 6
Where I Stand
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Sifted by Panel
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By Gary L. Cooper
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Edsmen To Make Co-ed
States’ Rights
Retreat In November
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Policies
Summation
Hoover Succumbs
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CCD Unit Highlighted
By Expanded Program
Weldon Mikulik, Sidney Hebert, Rene Greenwald and Ed Mo-
ran (1-r) discuss the CCD’s new program at Travis State school.
Edsmen To Join
Religion Forum
Brooks Alexander makes- a point during the panel discussion
last Monday. Other panel members are, from right, Mark Walter,
Daniel Riordan (moderator), William Roberts and Mark Braly.
A new avenue for ideas has
been opened for undergraduate
students at St. Edward's. The Uni-
versity has been asked to supply
ten to fifteen men to participate
in an ecumenical dialogue spon-
sored by the Episcopal student
center at the University of Texas.
The former President’s body lay
in state in New York for two days
before being placed in the rotunda
of the nation’s Capitol, where it
will lie in state today and tomor-
row. It will then be taken to West
Branch, Iowa for interment.
room and board will be charged.
Those interested in attending
should contact either Father Mc-
Donough, Father Harry Baker,
CSC, chaplain, or John Barajas,
junior class president.
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The discussions will begin with
a guest speaker addressing the
entire group. The group will then
break down into smaller units of
five or six, which will discuss
what transpired at the general
address and also discuss other,
topics.
Herbert Hoover, thirty-first
President of the United States,
died Tuesday morning in his New
York home. He was 90 years old.
Mr. Hoover suffered a massive
internal hemorrhage Sunday and
lapsed into a coma Monday morn-
ing.
At St. Edward’s, only students
who have a junior or senior stand-
ing may participate. All will be
required to do a certain amount
of background reading. The bulk
of their preparation will come
from their own personal experi-
ence as practicing Catholics and
from their course work in the-
ology.
Other groups represented, along
with the Edsmen, will be members
of the Canterbury club from the
Episcopal Student center at the
University of Texas and members
of the Newman club at the Uni-
versity of Texas. The participants
will be undergraduates from both
institutions. Moderators will be
supplied from the three partici-
pating groups. Father Pryor, OP,
instructor in philosophy, will be
the moderator from the St. Ed-
ward’s campus.
“The real test of Goldwater,”
concluded Brooks Alexander, “will
be seen when he is on his own
and has no one to whisper advice
into his ear. Goldwater’s reliance
upon advisors and his delegation
of power are not traits of good
leadership.”
Mark Braly stated, “Through-
out his long and stormy career,
Goldwater has tried to shatter
illusions and replace them with
hard, cold facts.”
The panel was the first of four
which Alpha Chi will sponsor
throughout the year. The purpose
of the panels, according to Rior-
dan, is to provide an intellectual
stimulus for the campus.
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A unique new kind of student
retreat will be given at the Oblate
retreat house in San Antonio No-
vember 1, 2, and 3. This retreat
will be co-ed, consisting of 20
men from'the Hilltop campus, and
20 women from Our Lady of the
Lake college. The retreat will also
feature a different format. Gone
is the old “silent and reflect”
method. Instead, after each lec-
ture, the students wjll be divided
into small groups to discuss the
relevance and applications of the
points made in the lecture to their
individual lives. The attending
students will also have several
work and recreational periods in
which they will try to learn,
through experience, how to apply
what they have heard in the lec-
tures and discussions to their
daily lives.
According to Father Maurice
Johnston, OP, director of student
affairs, one of the main purposes
of the retreat is to give those at-
tending an experience in learning
to live their daily lives as Christi-
ans. In this informal situation,
they will be able to experience
how to apply spiritual values in
normal daily activities.
The retreat will seek to estab-
lish a deeper awareness of God, to
provoke a sense of Christian com-
mitment and to intensify the com-
mitment of the Christian promises
made at Baptism.
Although a retreat of this type
has never been attempted by St.
Edward’s, Father Johnston be-
lieves that it will be most appeal-
ing and beneficial, thereby en-
couraging more student attend-
ance at programs of this type in
the future.
Presently, retreats of this type
are scheduled for December 7, 8,
9, and some time at the end of
February. Several more will be
held in the Spring, though no
definite dates have been set.
The dress for the lectures and
discussions will be casual. Work
or “knock-around” clothes will be
needed for the work and recrea-
tion periods. Anyone possessing a
musical instrument is asked to
bring it along for recreational
purposes.
Father Athanatius McDonough,
OP, instructor in philosophy, will
accompany the group. The retreat
will begin at 7:30 pm Sunday and
end at approximately 6:00 pm
Tuesday. A fee of $12 covering
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“Goldwater does not present a
complete view of civil rights,”
contended Brooks Alexander. “A
law cannot dissolve inbred pre-
judice, but it can enforce toler-
ance.”
“Goldwater supported every
major civil rights legislation up
to the proposal of 1964. Johnson,
however, has verbally opposed
and voted against civil rights
throughout his career, until he
stepped into the office of presi-
dent, a time when he needs a few
votes,” retaliated Mark Braly.
Competent political debate high-
lighted Alpha Chi’s first book
panel discussion Monday night
in the cafeteria. Alpha Chi is the
campus honor fraternity.
Where I Stand, by Barry Gold-
water, subject of the discussion,
was examined, defended and at-
tacked by the panelists and audi-
ence. Goldwater’s concepts of
federalism, “Fortress America,”
fiscal responsibility and foreign
and domestic policies were de-
bated by both political factions.
The invitation to St. Edward’s
was extended by Mr. Bill Bare of
the Episcopal Student center,
who would like to establish a
forum in which there may be an
exchange of religious ideas
between the two religious groups.
Mark Braly, representative from
Republican headquarters in Aus-
tin and Brooks Alexander, repre-
sentative from Democratic head-
quarters, were flanked by Bill
Roberts, Republican, and Mark
Walter, Democrat, student repre-
sentatives from The Hilltopper
editorial staff. Daniel Riordan,
Alpha Chi vice-president, moder-
ated the panel.
Topics of discussion will be
based on the Ecumenical Council,
concepts in Mariology, and the
validity of Episcopal Orders, but
Mr. Bare hopes that from this
base a more spontaneous evalua-
tion will ensue, covering as many
areas of the two religions as pos-
sible, with distinct emphasis
placed on what is common to
both.
The Democrats attacked Gold-
water’s statements of policy and
especially his lack of specific pro-
posals. Bill Roberts, Republican,
answered, “A policy is an atti-
tude, a way of looking at things.
A program is the means to
achieve a policy; a situation so
complex cannot be formulated in
advance.”
Military action in Viet Nam
and Cuba was debated extensively
by the panel members. Questions
raised by the audience were
recognized and answered by the
panel members.
Hebert, a junior pre-med major
from New Orleans, Louisiana, has
set up a program of exercise and
games for the Travis State school
children. Basketball on Tuesday
nights will soon enter the sched-
ule for the ninth-twelfth grade
students and exercises and games
will be offered the Guadalupe
parish children after the regular
class.
To cope with the expanded ac-
tivities, the CCD has been sepa-
rated into two divisions, each
with its own moderator. Father
Athanatius McDonough, OP, mod-
erates the division working at the
Travis State school and Father
Harry Baker, CSC, heads the di-
vision teaching the elementary
and secondary school children.
To help the CCD workers teach
their charges more effectively,
Father Baker has established a
class in the methods of teaching
catechism. The class meets from
7:30 pm to 8:30 pm every Wednes-
day.
Greenwald is very optimistic
about the coming year. He com-
mented, "I personally think that
with our two new moderators, and
with the enthusiasm of the fresh-
men, the sophomores and my as-
sistants, it will be a very success-
ful year, probably the most suc-
cessful since we’ve been on
campus.”
The Confraternity of Christian
Doctrine unit at St. Edward’s,
better' known as the CCD, is more
active than ever this year.
Formerly, the group’s activities
were limited to teaching grades
one through eight at Guadalupe
parish on Sunday mornings. This
year, under the chairmanship of
Rene Greenwald, a junior Spanish
major from Albany, New York,
the group has expanded its activi-
ties. It is now attaining more
completely its objectives of giving
a religious education to those who
are unable to attend a- Catholic
school.
In addition to teaching the ele-
mentary grades on Sunday, four
CCD men teach the ninth through
twelfth grades at Guadalupe on
Monday evenings. In addition,
there will be three to five centers
around Austin where about ten
CCD workers Will instruct grade
school children.
Also newly added to the group’s
dynamic program this year is
teaching retarded children at the
Travis State school on Saturday
afternoon. This program will
eventually be expanded to a daily
schedule in which the teaching
will be done on a one to one basis:
one instructor to each child.
Sports also plays a role in the
education of the children and
CCD athletic director Sidney
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Mark Walter charged that Gold-
water, while stressing states’
rights, does not enumerate which
rights should be retained by the
states, and the states default
many of their rights by failing
to take effective action.
Braly, in reply, described Gold-
water’s emphasis on state control
of education. “The federal govern-
ment must, of course, lay down
guidelines for the smooth opera-
tion of a federal project. But
what will result when teachers
are paid by the federal govern-
ment?”
Savages take intramural
lead .................................... p. 3
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The meeting places for these
gatherings will most likely be the
Episcopal center, the Newman
center and St. Edward’s. The
discussions will be held on a bi-
weekly basis.
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Edsmen prepare to aid
Mexican village ....... p. 2
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Southwest Art show
winners displayed in
Library .................... p. 4
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The Hilltopper (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, October 23, 1964, newspaper, October 23, 1964; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1491833/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting St. Edward’s University.