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CABRINI COLLEGE', RADNOR, PA.
Vol. XIII, No. 1
Freshmwi Officers
Elected Jan. 28 were Joan Ureno, vice president; ~oretta Lawless, day hop rep; Donna Rio~ treasurer; Pat Kelly, secretary; Renee Spellman, president and Helen Sefranek, resident rep.
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Feb. 11, 12 Movie: The Trial and Death of Socrates Feb. 13-Valentine Eucharistic Celebration Feb. 17-History Department Convocation Feb. 19-Ash Wednesday Religious Service Feb. 23-Junior Class Ring Ceremony Feb. 24-General Student Government Assembly Feb. 28-Junior Class Party Grist Mill Mar . I-Junior Week DinnerDance Mar. 6.-Dr. Balshi Lecture Mar. 13-Air Force Day
Sister Barbara, academic dean, awarded each of these superior students with a Dean's List certificate. Also receiving certificates at this time were . the six seniors named to the publication, Who's Who in American Colleges and
Student Volunteers Learn In Biology Field Program Thirteen Cabrini College freshmen are participating in a program in Field Ecology and Natural History at the Southeastern Pennsylvania Outdoor Education Center for the Spring Semester . The Center, supported by Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, is located in the Ridley Creek State Park in Media and the resources of the park, as well as those of the Tyler Arboretum, will be utilized during the course of the program. The students participating in the program are either future elementary school teachers or Biology majors. The program is designed to give the students a basic understanding of ecology and natural
P.R. Members Attend Pitt U. Conference Mr. Peter G. Fede r ico, Director of Development, and Miss Jacqueline Roddy, Director of Public Relations at Cabrini College, attended the Middle Atlantic Divi sion conference of the American College Public Relations Association in Pittsburgh the la st week in January . Mr. Federico deliver ed a pap er at a session on alumni participation in development programs
history and to encourage the future teachers to make use of outdoor resources in extending and enriching classroom activities. Work is being done with emphasis on the discovery approach , using the natural environment for firsthand learning experiences. The program is being co-ordinated by Mr. Robert Garawski of the Outdoor Education Center and Mrs. Dorothy Brown, Chairman of the Biology Department at Cabrini College. Cabrini is the first area college to inaugurate such an ecology program as a part of the freshman botany course. Instructors in the program are Mr . Laurence Stratton, Director of O.E .C., Mr. Roger Daum, field trip co-ordinator, and Miss Lilly Berg, naturalist. The students participating are: Carol Falcon, Joan Henrich, Diane Mailey, Sister Linda Rose Barley, M.S.C ., Kathy Greeley, Sister Zepur Balian, C.I.C., Betty Lou Winkler, Barbara Loperfido, Rachel Furiato , Andrea Noble, Karen Magin, and Sharon Amato. The biology department had originally planned to choose the students that would be taking part in the program but decided that the participants (Continued on Page 5)
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Temple Prof.ToDiscuss Biafra Donald L. Wiedner, chairman of the history department at Temple University, will be the guest speaker at the History Department convocation on Monday, February 17. A specialist in African History, Dr. Wiedner's topic will be "Biafra: Dilemma of African Independence." Dr. Jane Benjamin, head of Cabrini's history department who arranged for Wiedner to address the assembly, says, "It is wonderful to have someone who is a scholar of African History to speak on a subject
College Honors Scholars; Dean Cautions Shirkers An honors convocation was held on W₏dnesday, January 22 to give recognition to the 26 students who achieved a 3.5 academic index or higher for the fall semester.
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Universities. In a short speech after the awards were presented, Sr. Barbara pointed to several "serious matters" of direct concern for Cabrini College s.tudents. Her main conjecture was an woemphasis on responsiole manh9od. Students, she said, should be picking up the burden of an education themselves. Some students, she added, were not reaching high enough. A major illustration pointed to was use of non-class time. Those students who have four or even ,three days of classes were reminded that such out-of-class time should not be looked on as "free days" but as an opportunity for independent study. Sister Barbara also called attention to student "discipline from within." This she connected with the common Cabrini fault of procrastination, especially concerning term paper deadlines. Sister said she advocated an F grade for any paper handed in late . DEAN'S LIST Seniors: Joanne Kovacs Helene Petrone Sr. Maria Gastone Joan Terruso Andrea Sayres Sue Sexton Rachel Acconciamessa Anne Marie Tague Juniors: Anne Redden Kathleen Coogan Margaret Vertucci Debby F_onash Sr. Kathleen O'Hanlan Margaret Clark Hope Ann Hug Judy Andrewlevich Sr. M. Brian Sr. M. Jim Sophomores: Sr . Josephine Barbara Conbeer Sr. Linda Rose Margaret Grilli Magdalene Szanto Linda Denesh Janet Czarnecki Freshmen: Joanne Makoski
of such great current interest as Biafra." Dr. Benjamin also cited Wiedner as a popular speaker who leads a global life. The convocation is scheduled to begin at 12 noon. Donald Wiedner is a 1958 Ph.D. graduate from Harvard University. He spent his undergraduate days at Colgate University. Dr . Wiedner's book, A History of Africa South of the Sahara is on the reading list for the Afro-American history course offered at Cabrini. Dr. Wiedner also contributes to professional journals and is editor of the Bulletin of African Studies in
Canada. His book on Africa has been published in the U .S., in England and in France. Wiedner is competent in German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Afrikaans. He is presently working on two books, A History of the Commonwealth of Nations and Economic History of West Africa. He has also been doing research in currency and accounting in modern Europe and overseas. Dr. Benjamin has invited the Cabrini history majors to have lunch with Dr. Wiedner before the convocation.
Reps Help Students Plan forCareers Career Day was held for the first time at Cabrini College on Monday, February 3 from 10 A.M . until 3:30 in the Sacred Heart Hall _gym. Representatives from fourteen enterprises were available, each sending one or two career guidance personell . These representatives conducted interviews with juniors and seniors who had signed up for appointments, and literature from the various industries was distributed, Separate ,tables were arranged in the gym for the different career representatives. The following enterprises were repre sen ted: The Peace Corps, Tringle Publications (The Inquirer), United States Social Security Administration, Reliaance Insurance Corporation, Sears Roebuck, International Business Machines, T.V . Guide, Wyeth Laboratories, Drexel
Graduate School of Library Science, University of Pennsylvania Department of Occupational Therapy, WCAU T .V., United State Air Force , and the Women's Army Corps. The T .W.A. representative was not able to attend.
Alicia Syres, Andrea Sayres and Carol Lukas confer with the Social Security representative.
College Library Houses A Tremure in Tomes by Stephanie Perez Unknown to many of the students here, Cabrini's library is endowed with an as.sortm~nt of rare, and very old books, many of which are in surprisingly good condition. Their origin, however, still remains a mystery, but, according to Mrs. Carolyn Gough, the head librarian, they were probably donated to the Library when the school first begun. The two oldest books were printed in the latter part of the 1500's. One, dated 1586 and written in Italian, seems to be a commentary on some parts of Scripture. The other, printed in 1589 and written in Latin is roughly entitled, Contempt for the Vanity of the World. Both of these books are bound in vellum, which is the unsplit skin of a calf or lamb. This type of leather is fine-grained, light beige in color, and has a smooth, waxy texture. They are
both hand sewn and printed on hand-made paper. This paper appears to be somewhat delicate, but upon examination is really quite strong. It was hoped that these rare books might be of value to Cabrini, due to their antiquity. But, after some investigation, it was learned that they were printed after the incunabula, or rare book period, which lasted only up until 1501, thereby making these books comparatively worthless in that respect. Although the two books previously mentioned are the oldest in the collection, there are many others which are just as fascinating. One very large book printed in 1721 and entitled, Antiquity explained and Represented in Sculptures, is part of a series of volumes bound in heavy brown leather and held together by pieces of rope. This book contains infor(Continued on Page 5)