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THE HILLTOPPER
Friday, October 13, 1967
Page 3
that, editor?
—Mr. Anon
PLACEMENT OFFICE INTERVIEW SCHEDULE, 1967 — 1968
Name
Date
All Degrees lyst precipitating the storm of self-
Placement director emphasizes
self-initiative, professionalism
Danforth Foundation elects SEU
to participate in '68 Workshop
Brother Raymond discusses
crisis with faculty, staff
tunities open to them before gradu-
ation, and they did not take the ini-
tiative to find out about them.
reappraisal that became a national
phenomenon.
In looking for the raison d’etre
of Catholic higher education, he
agreed with John Cogley of Common-
weal who stated that Catholic col-
leges should not be secularized, but
advocated that "they should be plur-
alized, ecumenized, and universalized
in order to be transformed into genu-
ine universities in a pluralistic, ecu-
menical, and philosophically many-
sided, world.”
Peat, Marwick Mitchell
Lever Brothers
U. S. Gypsum
Dun & Bradstreet
Pan American Petroleum
Procter & Gamble
Johnson & Johnson
Atlantic Richfield
Horwath & Horwath
General Foods
Price Waterhouse
Haskins & Sells
Ernst & Ernst
Lybrand Ross
US Navy Officer Cand.
Caranation
Lever Brothers
Burrough's Corp.
Southwestern Bell
Arthur Anderson
Pan American Petroleum
General Tire
Firestone Tire
Carnation
Dunn & Bradstreet
According to Mr. Beck, seniors
show professionalism in their dress,
which means a neat appearance in
class, in their general conversation,
and most of all in their self-motiva-
tion. He said that a person must
"get up and move out because a
degree does not guarantee a posi-
tion.”
Oct. 5
Oct. 10, 11.12
Oct. 16
Oct. 17
Oct. 18
Oct. 19
Oct. 20
Oct. 20
Oct. 24
Oct. 30
Nov. 3
Nov. 7
Nov. 8
Nov. 10
Nov. 30
Dec. 4, 5, 6,
Feb. 6, 7, 8
Feb. 10
Feb. 15
Feb. 20
Feb. 28
Mar. 1.
Mar. 4
Mar. 12, 13
Mar. 19
All Degrees
Mark., Business, Eco.
Acct., Gen. Bus., Mark.
Eng., Gen. Mang., Bus.
Accounting
Accounting
Chern., Sales, Mang.
Gen. Bus., Sales
All Degrees
Brother Raymond Fleck, president
of the university, in his first address
of the year to the faculty and staff,
stated that the 1966-67 academic year
was one characterized by an identity
search.
Major
Accounting
Mark., Business, Eco.
Chern., Plant Mang.
All Degrees
Accounting
Gen. Business, All Maj.
Acct., Engineer, BA, BS
Accounting
Accounting
Acct., Fin.
Accounting
Accounting
Accounting
Accounting
identity search
The search at first seemed to be a
result of the opening of Maryhill and
its search for a place in the uni-
versity. However, he pointed out that
this search or crisis was wide-spread
among all Catholic colleges. He cited
the secularization of Webster College
and the withdrawal of its president, .
Jacqueline Grennan, from the order
of the Sisters of Loretto as a cata-
by Ray Smilor
Mr. Joseph Beck, placement direc-
tor, stated that the placement office
aims at "aiding, assisting, and se-
curing good employment in the fu-
ture for graduating seniors.”
He explained that the placement
office tries to counsel SEU men in
good job opportunities and attempts
to motivate them to become aware
of the business world and its needs.
In so doing, placement not only
proves profitable to the individual
but also maintains a good working
relationship between the university
and industry.
Mr. Beck, who succeeded Brother
Peter Vukmanic, CSC, three years
ago, said that his office is geared
mainly for the business student and
the graduating senior. At the pres-
ent time, it is almost impossible for
every division and major to be in-
corporated into the placement pro-
gram. Moreover, seniors are the per-
sons who immediately experience
the benefits of this aid.
begin investigation early
Although placement operates
mainly for seniors, it does secure
SAC MEETING—continued
(Continued from Page 1)
on All Saints’ Day. These will be-
gin with a Mass by Fr. Callahan, at
which an Episcopal priest will give
the sermon. A movie, probably Lord
of the Flies, will be shown in the af-
ternoon, followed by a dance at
night. The purpose behind these ac-
tivities, he explained, is to give more
significance to religious holidays
here and, by having an Episcopal
priest give the sermon, to encourage
a dialogical spirit among students.
The meeting ended with a report
from Pat Scherrieb, Chairman of Stu-
dent Life, concerning dress in the
cafeteria. He asked that SAC mem-
bers consider a recommendation to
the student body on this subject.
LETTERS—continued
(Continued from Page 2)
of people I know like to celebrate
their nonbirthdays because they’re
always having a good time.
Something else of a more unusual
nature might happen today. Suppose
a UFO were to land in front of the
Main Building looking for the char-
acters who operate the satellite-
tracking station, and they thought
that SEU students like myself repre-
sented the human race, hee, hee. And
supposing the UFO creatures de-
cided to wipe out the human race on
that basis, alone? Ever think about
Brother Raymond Fleck, president
of the university, has accepted an
inivtation for St. Edward’s to par-
ticipate in the twelfth annual Work-
shop on Liberal Arts Education spon-
sored by the Danforth Foundation.
The Workshop will take place dur-
ing the summer of 1968 on the cam-
pus of Colorado College in Colorado
Springs, Colorado.
St. Edward's is one of thirty-one
liberal arts colleges and their uni-
versity counterparts, which include
Princeton University, Northwestern
University, Johns Hopkins Universi-
ty, Huston-Tillotson College, and the
University of Oregon, that have been
asked to take part in the two-and-a-
half week Workshop.
consider problems
In the letter of invitation, Laura
Bornholdt, director of the Workshop,
stated that the central purpose of
the Danforth Workshop is to provide
an opportunity for these colleges
and universities "to consider one or
more of the major problems—in cur-
riculum, in instruction, in adminis-
tration—which they presently face,”
and hopefully to resolve some of
them.
Secondly, the Foundation invites
to the Workshop, as faculty and con-
sultants, a group of persons who are
outstanding in research and schol-
arship in various areas of higher edu-
cation. Representatives from the dif-
ferent institutions are free to meet
with consultants individually or in
combination with other representa-
tives, and large blocks of time are
unscheduled to allow for such ex-
changes.
interinstitutional cooperation
Miss Bornholdt said that in 1968
a major emphasis in the overall pro-
gram will fall on interinstitutional
cooperation—the various forms it
can take, the benefits it can bestow,
the drawbacks it can entail.
A second major emphasis will be
upon technological innovations in
instructional and library facilities.
The participating colleges and uni-
versities must follow the conditions
of membership. Each institution
must send a team of four faculty
members representing different dis-
ciplines, one member being the dean
or comparable academic officer. The
president of each school is invited
to attend for whatever period of
time he chooses.
Each institution must submit a
statement of the problems on which
the team will concentrate and must
submit at the end of the Workshop,
a brief report indicating significant
findings and outlining suggestions
for strengthening its college pro-
gram. Finally, each member of the
team must remain for the entire
Workshop program.
endeavors of Workshop
The Workshop endeavors to bring
together theorists, activists, adminis-
trators, and scholars, and to do so
in a setting free of the inhibitions of
a single institution and free of the
competing distractions of everyday
campus life.
According to the Danforth pam-
phlet, "A basic assumption of the
Workshop is that every institution of
higher learning must work out its
own’salvation by defining its prob-
lems, setting its priorities, and solv-
ing its problems in the light of its
own traditions and resources.”
The Danforth Foundation itself
was created in 1927 as a non-profit,
philanthropic Missouri Corporation
by the late Mr. and Mrs. William H.
Danforth of St. Louis. Its purpose is
"to strengthen education, through its
own programs and through grants to
schools, colleges, universities and
other educational agencies.”
information for members of every
class. Mr. Beck suggested that fresh-
men begin during their first year to
investigate what opportunities com-
panies have to offer and put their
plans in order. Then when the time
comes for a decision about a career,
one will have a ready availability of
material at his disposal from which
to choose an occupation.
Mr. Beck pointed out that since
a senior here is in competition with
ten thousand other graduating sen-
iors, an interview with a particular
company is of the utmost import-
ance. The placement office spon-
sors thirty-five to forty different
company interviews on campus dur-
ing the academic year. The office is
also “privileged” to use the Uni-
versity of Texas placement office fa-
cilities which arrange 450-500 vari-
ous company interviews per annum.
Mr. Beck advises students to take
advantage of these interviews as of-
ten as possible because this is the
only time that an industry "comes
down to your doorstep.” He thinks
that many young men are in wrong
jobs and thus depressed because
they were not aware of the oppor-
professionalism vital
Having recently returned from a
regional convention for placement di-
rectors, Mr. Beck stressed the idea
of professionalism in one’s dealings
with business firms. Although for
practical purposes the senior is a
student, Mr. Beck contends that he
should also be considered a "semi-
professional.” He pointed out that
companies do not hire students but
rather "competent men, well versed
in their fields.” He said that the uni-
versity plays a great part in develop-
ing students into professionals, but
nevertheless much of this develop-
ment is the responsibility of the in-
dividual.
SEU can survive
He contended that our soul-search-
ing of last year has led us to the
conclusion that St. Edward’s and
Maryhill should survive, "we must
now do what we are able to ensure
that we can survive.” This, stated
Brother, is not only accomplished
through economy-mindedness but
also through the manner in which
each faculty and staff member ac-
quits himself of his duties.
"Each of us,” Brother Raymond
concluded, "working in his own area
of competence and responsibility,
considerate of the efforts of his col-
leagues, open to the possibilities of
change, loyal to the institution, will
be contributing towards the achieve-
ment of and the continuation of the
fundamental purpose of St. Edward’s
and Maryhill, which is ‘to partici-
pate in a significant way in satisfying
the educational needs of the individ-
ual and society.' ”
financial crisis
While the university is succeeding
in solving its "identity crisis,” Broth-
er Raymond said that at present the
school is experiencing a "financial
crisis.” Again, St. Edward’s is not
alone in attempts to close the dollar
gap that threatens the existence of
every small liberal arts college.
He stressed the point that more
effective student recruitment is
needed because the trend now is for
a greater percentage of Catholic stu-
dents to attend public universities
where tuition is less expensive.
Nevertheless, the basic question,
according to Bro. Raymond, is
whether Catholic colleges can sur-
vive or whether they should survive.
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