CabriniPreparesFor IntergroupRelationsProgram Educators IssueStatementFor FifteenAreaColleges The Education Department of Cabrini College is in the process of setting up a program to give education majors a more practical and varied experience for their future teaching careers. Sister Barbara, academic dean, Dr. Fred Petrone, chairman of the Education Department, and Mr. William DiComo, Social Science Department head, are handling the tentative planning stages at Cabrini. The program, as defined by Mr. DiComo, is designed to provide Cabrini students with experience in group relations with the intent of enabling the Cabrini student to come to terms with her own feelings regarding people from different subcultures. Hopefully, he said, such a program would bring to light any negative attitudes, which, if left untreated, would interfere with the future teaching experience of the Cabrini graduate. Educator's Meeting Held The immediate plans began after the last week in September at a meeting called by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Instruction, the Fellowship Commission and . the Human Relations Commission. Fifteen colleges from the Philadelphia area were represented, as well as Black community members and Black students from Lincoln University. The educators at this conference issued a statement agreeing that present teacher training methods must be improved by, "among other things, providing teacher trainees with e~p ri nces in _ the urban community with the direction, guidance, and assistance of the community." This statement was imple-
mented by the following recommendations. These proposed projects are divided into three areas : training on campus, training off campus, and consultation. On-Campus Training Training on campus would consist of ( 1) guidance and counseling for administration, faculty, and students to increase their capacity for empathy, that is, their ability to understand and appreciate the experiences of others, especially of those living in the Black Community or in other minority group; (.2) structured courses in Black History and Culture; (3) inviting valid representatives of the Black community to speak on campus, presenting the diversified points of view which exist within these communities; (4) help the student understand herself better with respect to her motives for becoming a teacher, as well as her capacity to fulfill the responsibilities of teaching in a multi-racial, changing society; (5) addition of Black faculty members to provide students with direct, personal contact with representatives of a vital segment of the American scene. The academic program would likewise be enriched and the perspective broadened by this improvement; (6) expanding existing library holdings to include titles recommended by the Black Community in addition to those books necessary or related to courses offered on campus . Off-Campus Training Off-campus training, - called for by ,the educators meeting, requires the colleges to go out into the urban community to obtain direction , guidance , and
Dr. Green Hono·red With Who's Who· Recognition Mrs. Rose Basile Green, Ph .D., known to us as the Chairman of the English Department, has been honored with membership in Who's Who in American Scholars. Dr. Green has been at Cabrini since its establishment in 1957. She has organized the English Department and been its chariman since 1962. Dr . Green has been involved in a long list of distinguished organizations, both professionally associated with her career and related to her field. Her professional standings included membership in the American Academy of Political and Social Science, National Association of University Women, National Council of Teachers of English,
Dr. Rose B. Green
assistance in setting up experiences for the supplementary teacher training program. With this purpose in mind, members of the Black Community would be recruited to fill salaried positions. Facilities would be set up in the Black Community where these salaried members would conduct seminars and other ac1tivities. The resulting program would be a joint effort of the institution and Black Community resource people. Consultation Expected Consultation was the third area designated by the educators as a proposed project. Every participating institution, they said, must have at least one consultant who represents the Black Commun1ty and who has professional and/or appropriate experience, training and competence. The consultant would function mainly as a liason between the college and the Black CommunitJ'.",
Admission Changes Out of the educators' statement also came a suggested plan for achieving a greater number of Black students in the colleges involved . Besides accepting Black students for the incoming freshman classes, prov1s10ns must be made, they said, to accept Black transfer students from other colleges and junior colleges. These transfer students, it was said, could help provide counseling and advice . for Black freshmen. Toward this purpose of accepting many Black students, it would be necessary to re-evaluate admissions standards, standards for student continuance and success, and curricula. The colleges involved in the meetings were Beaver, Chestnut Hill, Cheyney State, Eastern Baptist, Glassboro State, Holy Family, LaSalle, Lincoln University, Moore College of Art,
Our Lady of ,the Angels, PMC Colleges, Rosemont, Trenton State, Ursinus, and Cabrini. Other Colleges' Activities A second convention of these colleges was held October 24-26 to collect the tenta-tive plans each college had decided upon to further the recommendations set down in the Educators' Statement. These ,tentative plans ranged widely in depth . PMC Colleges visited Harrisburg to further discuss the proposals; Our Lady of the Angels College held separate discussions with their Education Department, their entire faculty, and their upperclass students. Rosemont held similiar oncampus meetings, and the need to increase the number of Black students in their college and changes in admission policies to facilitate ,this increase were considered. The Rosemont meetings also suggested a possible reor(Continued on Page 5)
Loquitur Vol. XII, No. 3
Cabrini College, Radnor, Pa.
November 19, 1968
CollierInterviews MaloffTonite The English Department forum , which was scheduled for last Tuesday night and was postponed because of the snow, will be held tonight in Sacred Heart Auditorium at 8 P.M. Saul Maloff, critic and author, will discuss his views on current writing in the United States . Ralph Collier, a noted radio personality from WFLN, will conduct an interview with Mr. Maloff. Seniors Kathy Gavin and Veronica Miller and junior Marie Vacarelli will make up the panel for this interview. After the interview, students and the public have been invited to ask questions from the floor.
Philadelphia Council of Teachers of English, and the Modern Language Association. Besides these Dr. Green is a Member of the Board of Directors of the American-Italy Society of Philadelphia, a Member of the Literary Board of The Philadelphia Art Alliance , a member of the Cosmopolitan Club of Philadelphia and Kappa Gamma Pi. In direct line wi.th her field, Dr . Green is Editor and a regular contributor to Azimuth, the CaThe Student Government Asbrini College Faculty Journal. Last year she published for us sociation last Spring was voted the power to update their conher pamphlet 'The Cabrinian Philosophy of Education.' She stitution without using the tedihas also written poetry and is ous process of amendment. However, the student body preparing other literary works alone has the power to ratify for publication . the constitution, which they did As a successful, established in two sessions at the general woman in her field, Dr. Green SGA meetings for September has received other recognition. and October. She is presently in the Directory Among the changes the new of American Scholars, Dictionconstitution brought was the ary of International Biography, doing away with a student quoand Who's Who In American rum of voters needed to pass Education. Dr. Green is married to Ray- future measures, including pemond S. Green, President of titions. All club finances will come Franklin Broadcasting Company and Philadelphia Ar.t Alli- out of a general Activities fund ance and a member of Who's and the SGA treasurer will have Who in the East. She has a control of this fund. A new bi-law makes seniors daughter Carol-Rae (Mrs. Alfred R.-Hoffman), instructor of ineligible to vote for next year's SGA officers. Sociology at Montgomery County Community College and The faculty advisor to the a son, Raymond F. St. John, a SGA will from now on be sugstudent at Lafayette College, gested by the SGA and approved Easton, Pennsylvania. by the administration.
The program will be recorded for presenta t ion on WFLN nex,t week. Saul Maloff is literary editor for Newsweek Magazine and has done book reviews for many other magazines as well. He is the author of the novel Happy Families, a new book on the market. This book deals with the problems of the break-up of the American family as a social unit. Mr. Maloff believes that the American Family is dead as an institution, and this, therefore,
is the theme of Happy Families. A native and resident of New York, Maloff received his B.A. from the City College of New York. He earned his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. He has taught at Bennington College and the Universities of Michigan, Indiana, Iowa and Puerto Rico, and has lectured on campuses throughout the United States. The public, as well as all students and faculity members are invited to tonight's program which begins at 8 P.M.
Council Adds Tolibrary Hours , Cuts; Meetings, -Robert's Hules Pre :vail SGAAmendsc:1osed Co,nstitution The Council of College Affairs which began · last year, has formed a set standard of operations. It meets once a month, but can be called into session at any other time for matters that need immediate attention. All meetings of the Council are closed. However, when a problem arises concerning a particular group, representatives of that group will attend in order to present their case. Only those people directly involved may attend.
Results Mock Election Conducted by the History Club Nixon .........................:..........79 Humphrey ..........................78 McCarthy ............................ 13 Wallace ................................ 12 Paulsen ..................................5 Lindsay ..................................4 Rockefeller ............................3 Buckley .................................. 1 Gregory .................................. 1 Students, Non-Voting ......204 Almost National in Character
The meetings are held according to Robert's Rules with two parliamentarians present at all meetings. Any .student wishing a matter to be brought before the Council can do so by placing her suggestions in the Council mailbox outside the Education office.
The Council has already begun working on various projects. A measure has been passed giving dean's list students unlimited cuts. The library has extended its hours under the Council's recomendation to Saturday and Sunday from12 to 4 o'clock. The Council is awaiting a final statement from Sister Barbara concerning . the exact function of the disciplinary board. Action is being delayed concerning the problem of students' food because only 83 students have re.turned the food questionaire. These questionaires should be returned immediately to any SGA member. The Council will meet again on Monday, November 18.