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Vo l . XLI No. 1 Mercyhur s t Co l l ege Erie. Penna. October 27. 1969

STUDENT NUMBER jl23456....This year 185 students began their freshman year atMercy hurst. There are

148 sophomores and the seniors number 166. According to national statistics,1949was a slow year for babies, therefore, throughout the country, the 1967 freshmanenrollmentwas lower than usual. This class, the present junior class at Mercyhurst has129 members. The juniors also comeffrom the g reatest variety of places. Aside fromthe!regular full-time students who are catagorized in these classes, there are sixBenedictine Sisters concentrating on Elementary Education, art, Theology, orhistory, six Mercy Sisters in math, EL Ed., French or English; 20 special students;19Gannon students; 10 part-time students. Mercyhurst now has a grand total of 689students. The following charts compare students' home states and majors.

the college WHAT'S NEWMr. ThomasIWood professor of

political science has proposedla newdimension to be added to the academiclife at Mercyhurst.

It is called "Free University."Classes in the form of seminars and freediscussion will be set up to meet regularly in a designated area. These classes willbe open to any interested students andcity residents. There will be no creditnor tuition forthese-classes,and therefore there will be no grades.

B Any professor or student whofeels an issue of domestic or politicalnature should be discussed, may volunteer to conduct these discussions orparyticipate in any capacity. Some issuesproposed at random were the Draft,Mayorality in Erie, School Board, BlackIssue, and women in politics. All topicsare at the option of the instructor.

If you are {interested see TomWood.

State

Conn.Wash. DCMaineMd.Mass.Mich.N. Hamp.N.J.N.Y.N.Car.OhioPenna.R.I.Va.Wy.Major it

El EdArtHistoryHome EcCadetSociologyBiologyBusinessMusicMathFrenchSpanishInglish

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Total113l |22ifn

3686I 136

501I51

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111

625

9142

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471211246

1410I

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1424

495

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Every year Mercyhurst is accus-med to seeing many new faces, boththin the student body and the faculty.lis year the Merciad Staff would like to'Icome, not only the freshmen, buto the many new faculty m embers w iththis fall. Spreadingthroughout; manythe departments on campus, our newrofs'l number! a totail of; eighteen.

ley are: DavidiBlanchfieid,

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*ology,|Daniel Burke 4Ait, Drjblif-rd Cox - Chemistry, Robert Hoff -/chology, Elizabeth Jack - ; Homeonomics, Eugene Kennedy - English ,y Catherine Pearson | - Political

ence> Janet Price - Physical Educa-n, James Ratigan - Psychology, Sr.

^ ry Raymond - Physics,Verel SalmonBiology,*Bernard Solomon*- Art,' annc s niag - Home Economics, Sr.f , s tme Vladimiroff - Spanish, Sr.ry Judc ~ Drama.Wc also havethree

I* Part-time faculty members: Rev.ward Nicbling - Art, Guy Savclli -'cal Education and Carl Sto ut -sic. s 1

M o r a t o r i u m H e r e CT15Erie's Vietnam Moratorium Day

was officially set underway at 10:30 a.m. October 15th.Aftthis time, a marchof approximately 100 students led by Sr.Rita Brockeleft'the gates of M ercyhurstCollege andiproceeded to State Street.Upon arrival $ at 18th and State, the'hurst group was met by 150 to 200Gannon students and faculty who joinedforces with us. For the rest of the journey State Street was tilled with thesounds of "Give Peace a Chance" and

"Peace - Now!" ^ k ^ o ^Upon the 11:30 a. m. arrival atPerry Square, the 300marchers joinedwith the fourf or five hundred peoplealready%n the square to share in the celebration for p eace. Father Sullivan's statement of "th is celebration is a joyou sone" opened the ceremony for peacewhereby bread and grapes (donated)were passed throughou t the crowd for allto eat. jj j I

* At noon, Greg Robbie proclaimeda minute of silence during which a flagdraped coffin was moved from th e westside of Perry Square to the corner of theFederal Building. This coffin was thescene of the continouspreading of allthose killed in the Vietnam War.

^Following the silence the crowdswelled to approximately1,000 peopleto listen to Reid McFarlane's speech.Reid covered the historical aspect of thewar and then stressed our loss of men inth e| Vietnam War. His speech was sostriking that the crowd was in completesilence

Plantingfof a "Tree of Life" tocommemorate the war dead and tosymbolize growing peace took place at

112:30. Each individual was encouragedto pick up a handful of dirt and throw itinto the hole which had been dug threetimes the size neededto;plant the sapling. Within an hour the entire hole wasfilled in.

Following the tree planting,semi*]nars on the Vietnam War were held inDale Hall andSt. Paul's Episcopal Chapter House. Such panels as the draft, thehistory of the Vietnam conflict, the economic impact of the war and the legalaspects of the war were covered. Duringthe seminars and throughout the afternoon, there were folk singersand $ rockgroups playing to a crowd that variedfrom 100 to 400 people in the square.Interspersed with the music were readings of press releases from supportingorganizations and purposes forthe moratorium.

The reading of all those killed inthe Vietnam War was started at the flagdraped coffin in front of the FederalBuilding on State Street. The readinglasted all day and all night and throughout this period one could hear a soldier'sname and "DEAD" afterwards. Thirty-two people (high school students, collegestudents and adults from different professions) faced the cold Erie weather andthe long duration of138,000 names.Many of the pe ople spent from 12 to 14

hours straight at the casket, keeping thevigil. It was 7:25 a.m. Thursday morningthat [ the last name was read and all leftleavingfthi sounds of "DEAD! DEAD!"to fade in the wind. : *v S I

The only time Wednesday thatthe square had few people in it was during the supper hour. However, a largecrowd began to grow about 6:30 againand by 8:00 p.m. a crowd of approximately 1500 (reported by Dick Klancherof "Go" radio) people had formed toawait the arrival of Milton Shapp, themain speaker of the evening community

rally in Perry S quare.

The evening services encompassedthe re-distribution of bread and grapes, aspeech!by a Black Panther, some morerock music and a speech by MiltonShapp at 9:40 p.m.

In his speech, Shapp proposedplacing the money put into the VietnamWar into a Swiss bank and giving thismoney to the governing officials of Vietnam on the grounds that these officials

stay out^ of^Vietnam for ajfive yearperiod. In this manner we would havene w ^governing officials whereby wecould get some negotiationsinstead ofstalemates. He encouraged the Presidentto withdraw our troops from Vietnamimmediately if he (the President) did notlike this proposed plan.

The activities of the day endedwith Shapp's address with only the vigilof the wardeadjto continue on into thenext day. The Moratorium was a troublefree day which hopefully will encourageand bring peace to this nation!

S.G.A. O N BREAKAn explanation of what has transpired since the last me eting was deliveredby Jeanne Baker prior to theS.G.A.meeting. She said that because of opposition to the 2nd article of thejR.U.S.(Representative NUnion of Students) anad hoc committee offive faculty members chosen by Sr. Caroline (Mr. Garvey,chairman, Mr. Sturm, Mr. McAndrew Sr.Matthew and Sr. Raymond with Sr. RitaPanciera acting iin ex officio) and fivestudents chosen by Jeanne Baker asleader of student body had been initiated. The students selected are: LindaPeluso, Jeff |Heffand, Eileen Healy,Sandy Peruzzi and Sheila Boss. Thiscommittee;-will ac t only^in an advisorycapacity and is to meet everyTuesdayand Thursday for four w eeks, or untilthe matter has been resolved; at whichtime, an amendment to their constitution will be presented tothe i FacultySenate. If this is accepted, the studentbody will then determine whether or notthe issue shall be accepted.S.G.A. votedthat while the matter is being discussedby this advisory body they would workunder a m oratorium which states that nogovernment meetings will be held until adecision is reached and each member isto continue her responsibilities withinher office on an independent basis.

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Jeanne- working |forstudent representation

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Sly is coming in concert Saturday,November 15 to the Gannon Auditoriumat 8:00 P.M. I f

This outstanding concert is sponsored by thejMercy hurst, Gannon andVilla Maria Student Governments. Thecore steering committee is composed ofrepresentatives from the three colleges.

Sly and the Family Stone, Epic'sexci t ing new| recording group, wasformed a little over a year ago in SanFrancisco. Since that time the group,which is comprised of seven talented andexuberant young musicians, has/appeared in major clubs and concert hallsin Las Vegas, Chicago, Los Angeles, NewYork and San Francisco.

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The group was organized by SlyStoneiwho,although only in his earlytwenties, has achieved notable success inthe pop music world as a writer, as aproducer and as a disc jockey on the toprhythm-and-blues station in San Francisc o .

Organizer of the group, Sly Stonewas born on March 15, 1944, and raised

everywhere m y | family w ent ." He attended college for three years andstudied musical theory and composition.He composed all the songsion thegroup's "A W hole New Thin g" album, aswell as theirjhit singles "Dancejto theMusic,"I "Every day ^People," and "HotFun in the Summer Time."

Sly decided to form the groupwhilej;he was a disc jockey in San Francisco. "I just looked around at thepeople I knew and sought the best musicians I couldfind among them. It turnedout very w ell} and to this day, we'venever had an argument."

An energetic and articulate young

man, Sly defines the group as a "danceand concert combination" adding thatwhat looks like choreography when

you see us perform is really the spontaneous feelings of people who just naturally belong together.

Tickets can be! purchased atMercyhurst (headquarters 3924 Lounge)from 1-5 and 8-9 every day . Gann onStudent Senate and Villa StudentSenate, Th e Record Bar and Isaac Bakersare also handling tickets for the concert.Tickets are $5.00, $4.00, $3.50, and$2.50. Get your tickets now and don'tmiss out on one of the truly great eventsof th e fall social season a t M ercyhurst.

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Congratulations are in order forMercyhurst senior Lynda Brooks uponher election Sunday, September 28th asthisfyear's Alpha'^Phi Delta FraternitySweetheart. Lynda, a Home Economicsmajor, is from Pittsburgh. She is pinnedto Fraternity^ brotherJohnlBeaver. Herleign as Sweetheart will last until September of 1970, and she is also the APD

candidate for8-Ball queen.

Concentrate enmaking the gain

U N I F I E DA P P R O A C H

PRINCETON, N.J. - EducationalTesting Service announced thatungradu-ates and others preparing to go to graduate school may take, the GraduateRecord Examinations on any of sixdifferent test dates during the currentacademic year.

The remaining five test dates areDecember 13,|1969; January 17, February 28, April 25andfjuly 11, 1970.Equivalent late fee ($3.00) and registration deadlines apply to these dates.Choice of test} dates should'be deter-minedlby the requirements of graduateschools or fellowships to which one isapplying. Scores are usually reported tograduate schools five weeks after a testdate.

The Graduate Record Examinations include an Aptitude Test of generalscholastic ability and Advanced Testsmeasuring achievement in 21 majorfields of study. Full details and registration forms for the GRE are contained inthe 1969-70 Bulletin of Information forCandidates.The Bulletin also containsforms and instructions for requestingtranscript service on GRE scores alreadyon|file with ETS, This booklet may beavailable on your campus or may beordered from: Educational Testing Service, Box 955, Princeton, New Jersey08540 ; Educa tional Testing Service, Box1 5 0 2 , Berkeley, California94701; Educational Testing Service, 960 GroveStreet, Evanston, Illinois60201.

Political Researchdramatic

With thef hook-up of 15 phones,the old ceramics lab on 3rd floor Egansaw action again under the new name ofthe PoliticalScience ^Institute. The Institute has as its chairman, Mr. WilliamGarvey. Co-chairmen include Mr.ThomasSWood and 3Dr. Catherine Pearson.

The Institute, through the "PhoneBank", hopes to continue with:ithree

political research polls per year. Workingup in the antiquated ceramics lab, members of the Institute set about accomplishing their first poll concerning thepresent mayorallace in Erie. Not onlywas this a first step for Mercyhurst, butalso, the City Sof Erie which has neverhad a comprehensive poll before thistime.

The poll itself consisted of callingresidents of Erie at random from thedirectory, with an aim of 32,000 to becontacted. Upon calling the individuals,they were asked for information concerning their ethnic background, occupa-

E D . NOTE: Mr. Jenks may considerthis a bold step, but perhaps it is apossible solution to our "bolder"step.

DURHAM, N.H. (LP.) - The Universityof New Hampshire's new unicameralsystem of governance replaces theformer system of separate Student andUniversity Senates.

The new structure "is at single-bod y' governing system not modeledafter anything,"saidJR. Stephen Jenks,chairman! of the Committee on Government Organization and an assistant professor in theWhittemore School ofBusiness and Economics. "A true reorganization of university government has beenund ertak en Jby few schools," Jenksadded, "and none have come out withplans as bold as to have students represented in equal numbers with facultyat*the highest legislative level."

The new senate is composed of 30students, 30 faculty,12 administratorsand 5 graduate students. All student andfaculty members will be nominated andelected on a "distr ict" basis.

Senators representing faculty andundergraduates will respectively constitute a Faculty Caucus and StudentCaucus of thei, University Senate. Eachgro up will meet monthly {with its"forum." t p | I

The Faculty Forum and StudentForumlwill respectively consist of allfaculty and all students at the University, with membersof|each being completely free to speak, initiate resolutionsand vote. Resolutions or other expres

sions of opinion of theforums would bep-. M ;

tion, party registration, and prcterencefor mayor. Workers experienced an80-82% cooperationj rate with peoplecalled.

Those participating Jin the PhoneBank, otherI than the chairmen themselves,have|been interested persons andstudents from political science classes.Work on the Institute, with a record oftime, was done|in lieu of a term paperfor any interested political science

student.The results of the poll will be

computerized and set on cards. Thesewill be put ina computer file in hopesthat the Institute will run again nextyear.

Generally, the Phone Bank has received much recognition from the surrounding area. Coverage has been givenon all the major radio and TV stations,plus extensive articles in the TIMESNEWS.On Channel 12|alone, the Institute received 5 minutes of time. Anewsman on WICU seemed to sum up thedynamic side of the Phone Bank when

he stated : "The Poll is generating moreheat than the campaignitself."

Members of the Institute do notwish to show preference to any newsmedia, therefore they have not promisedresults of the computerized poll to anyparticular organization. It has not beendecided as yet where or when the information will be released, but those involved are not eager to give it out beforethe election.

Mr. Thomas Wood, one of the co-chairmen of the Institute, stated hisfeeling behind the scene with his remark:"There is no better contact with politicsthan through polling."

advisory, and will be transmitted toSenate by members of the caucuses.plan calls for monthly forummeetijbefore {the regularly-scheduledmontlmeeting of the University Senate.

"If there is objection tosmaller size of the Senate," Jenks sareference to the reduction, "we coulcrease the> numbers slightly. But

don't want to change thestudent-facijratio."

Prior Ho approval, severaljj|committee membersconsidered acameral system (with threesepaijsenates - student, faculty anduniversfbut dropped the idea in favor ofa4

cameral plan after testing the formeworking "model" by attempting towhypothetical problems through it.

'The system was inefficient,"Jenks, "even more so than our forbicameral system. But theabsolinumber of voting people is largeran]suppose{this could bejused as an

ment against the unicameral idea. Suficially the tricameral system seemsoffer more. After study, howeverfeel th e funicameral system is? miliberal despite app earances."

The committee sees three badvantages for the newgovernmjstructure. In addition to greater papation by students and faculty thec ! * > : K K *

by Mike MorycI Long for the solitude of that morning

Whenithe forest with itsbreath of f reshness,

wearing|a patchwork quiltI of new fallen!leaves,

Silently cried outin sorrowful Jubilance-

Change

I Walked toward the ancient hemlock

Marveling in its|immortality--j

A crystal snowflake fellin a moment of selfishness

And I watched her meltin tbefpalm of my hand.

> ChildMercyhurst is the snob on theh i l l . . . it is the class tree no one has ever seen

or heard abo utjg lit's the Grottofull of machinery for the new dorm.

Mercyhurst is the bookstore- the department store without adequatebooks . . . it's"Let's order out; dinner's lousy!". . . it's flying kites off the cafeteriaroof.

I Mercyhurst is tradition . . . Little Sisters and Brothers, the Koehler beer party,Herman's after the play..|it|is|revision . | . unlimited hours, no dress code,no*compulsory religious pra cti ce s. .. it is growth .. . expanding library?, a new dormthe seniors don't want to live in, night classes. | 1 n

^Mercyhurst is culture . . . the "cooperation" of the college group . . .itfisreligion .I, daily Mass at 11:00; what chapel? I

Mercyhurst is s tu de nt s.. . papersIto sell, optional fin als .. lit is Residents, .. prowlers, bull sessions 'til 4:00a.m.Jthe senior Big " E " award . . . it is"dayh ops"^ . . the "zi t" lounge, a ride to the,3-D's, parking on the grass.

H Mercyhurst is social|activities... the "basic" lounge, beer and conversation,concerts, Colloquy. M | J

Mercyhurst is a blind date for Fridaynight . . . no money, so polish yourthumb *

Mercyhurst is faculty . . . T.D., Dr. Pullano, SM AF I.^ties op t iona l . . . nohabits... help when we needi t . . . coffee with the students.1 Herman's.

Mercyhurst is R.U.S.G.A.? . . . the movementstudent activities centerM . S.Uf... Merciad office.

. Agnostics Anonymous

Mercyhurst is school pins? . . . comm uting student tea ch ers ... independent st ud ie s. .. intercession abroad . . . it is the final march of the joblessvestal virgins . . . an end and a beginning, fa way to the future inspite of the past.

ED. COUNCILPROPOSED

An idea for som ething new hasbeen launched by the Education Department here at Mercyhurst. On Septembe29th, the members of the departmentmet and approved of a plan whereby students w ould begin to ta ke p art in thedecision-making power of the EducationDepartmen t. Together w ith severalfaculjty members, the plan calls for studentto have voice and vote on what is terme

an "Education Council".The idea for this Education Coun

cil springs pr om the fact that studentcan and should particip ate in their owneducation. Typical of many collegestu-jdents today , th e | Mercyhurst studenseems to be making his or her presenceknown more dynamically than ever before. To supplement and aid thisgrowinginterest in the student appears as oneoflthe goals of the proposedEducationCouncil. I If Dr. William Bryan, head of the

Education Department, states intheproposal: "I see fthis academic yearascritical in the innovation ofour education program. I foresee many neededchanges and feel that the studentswhoseeducation is involved should have asayin how their education is organizedandimplemented."The> Education Council,hopefully, will act as the generatorbejhind thisparticipation.*

Membership on the EducationCouncil will consist of: SisterSusanne.lSister Patricia, Miss Cappello, Mr.Libra,Mr. Stu rm, D r. Bryan, S enior elementarymajor, Senior secondary student,Juniofjelementary major, Juniorsecondarystudent, Cadet teacherin|first or second!year of teaching. The entire Councilvwserve as the policy!making body of thejEducation Department. Eachmembelwould have a single vote. Studentmemjbers on the Council would be electedb]the elementaryandlsecondary students]respectively. They would be electedfoAtwo yearfterms to insure continuityonthe Council. The Chairman of theDHpartment would also act as the chairmanof the Council. I

During a time whenstudents ]Mercyhurst seem toibe striving|toheard and recognized as vital factorso\this institution, the EducationDepartment appears to have initiated api*which will allow this verynccesipoint of departure. Bravo! |