friday, october 23, 1987
cabrini college, radnor, pa. 19087
Alumni Weekend 1987 by Anne Fahy and Debbie Murphy It was strange fot Ruthanne Herrner to stroll around last Saturday and see guys on 'campus. When she was a biology major back in 1967 guys were thrown off campus, curfew, on the late night, was 12p.m. and women dressed only in skirts. Holy Spirit Library was built that year. She and the 53 members of her graduating class hauled boxes of books from the old one room library in the Mansion to the new building - they're still on the shelves today. While members of the class of '88 and '89 served coffee and tea sandwiches to their predecessors at the annual alumni gathering on Oct.17, acquaintances were rekindled and fond memories recounted. Cabrini Boggiano Lepis, a member of the first graduating class, 1961,told of taking signals from Coach Joseph Romano on the sidelines during basketball gamesandridinghorsesfrom thestables in Grace Hall where Romano, vice-pre5ident for academic affairs, now has his office. Lepis' mother donated a chair so that her daughter would have something to sit on during dinner. In fact, all 33 mothers of her graduating class did so. Lepis attended the luncheon with her daughter, Dana, a freshman. Three former roommates still wondered about Room 28 in the Mansion
Dr. Carter Cralgie,professor English and communications,struggles to remember (and then has to read) the name of a former student at the Alumni Weekendfestivities. (photo by MikeStevenson)
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Alumni back,
games few by Kristin Kroll
the individual. As the saying goes, you only get out of college as much as you put into it. Robert Marchesani ('86) said being co-editor of the literary magazine Cryptic forced him to deal with administration, cut through 'red tape', fight battles and prepare him for his position of technical editor and writer for a telecommunications firm in Virginia. andthe noisesthe women belowsaidthey "You have to think of Cabrini as heard late in the evening while Carol a corporation because the same problems Wahl, Patricia Hession and Maureen you deal with in school and the skills you Carroli ('83) swear they were sleeping. learn here youapplyin the real world. This "Remember the time we tried to is the real world," he said." I got a lot out get Fr. Mark to exorcise the room," Carof Cabrini, but only because I was roll, a fifth grade teacher, said. committed to the best the school had to They remembered. offer." Bette Kane Engblom and Ave Kelleher said getting involved was Garchinsky Carta ('67) began their twenty significant in choosing her career path. In year friendship sharing the trials of being a school, she said, " You can try things you "day hop." Commuting to school did not don't necessarily have to be successful at." allow them to "cheat" and ''wear raincoats :Qut, being successful begins with with pajamas underneath" and thereby finding the first job. Debbie Larkin ('86) "skirt" the dress code. who majored in human services manageFrancis Baliotto Kelleher ('75) a ment, called the job market "scarce." It history and government teacher t9ok took her nine months to find a job that she -some of what she learned from her really wanted. She works at the Bryn favorite professors and adapted it to her Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital in Malvern. high school classroom. Biology major Rose Battiato ('84) Some of her mentors, she said, thought she would get a job doing medical were Dr. Carter Craigie, who was then research. She works now as an accountant chairperson of the social sciences departat American Health Corporation and is ment, Dr. Jolyon Girard, Dr. Sharon Schpursuing a master's degree in finance at St. warze and Dr. Katherine Daly, whose Joseph's University. sociology classes convinced Kelleher that Andy Zipfel ('84) ''beat the she wanted to teach. streets" looking for his first job. He landed Kelleher, who spoke at Fall a sales job at a radio station in Lancaster, Convocation on Oct. 3, encourages Pa., which folded three months later. He discussion among her high school seniors traveled to New York City and every and makes her tests "difficult." These morning showed up at the offices of MTV methods, she said, are "tough" but when where he knew he might find a job for the her teachers used them when she was a day. Fin~y, the communications major student she said, "I never felt like I didn't got his foot in the door in the payroll learn something." department and eventually moved into the Learning, most alum said, is up to creative services office.
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Last year, Zipfel watched the MTV music video awards from a seat in the audience. He left MTV and now works for Quantum Music Inc., which was started by the ex-president of MTV. 路 Beating the streets has paid off, Zipfel said. ''I looked at my W-2's from my first year out of college recently - I make three times as much now - $20,000more." Monica Bilotta ('77) majored in elementary education. She taught for a few years and probably will go back some day, but for now she is satisfied working in the clerical field, she said. Mary Kate Grimely ('87), however, found her ideal job immediately following graduation. She said she "loves" teachingjunior English at her alma mater, St. Hubert's High Schooi in Philadelphia. "I bring Cabrini to St. Hubert's everyday. I hear myself saying to my students the same things Arthur Young and Dr. Girard have said to me in class." Carol Wahl ('83) said evidence of the special community at Cabrini is found in the simple fact that a student can call a professor "Arthur". W~ who, on scholarship, earned a master's degree in English at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., said, "At Georgetown, they wanted to 'teach me', not hearwhatl wanted to say. I learned to 'think' at Cabrini." Wanting to remember not only the day but the college itself, five, ten, twenty year alumni flocked to the bookstore, some buying Cabrini sweatshirts for their children,- others replacing old worn-out ones. And so, men and women who passed the day at their alma mater left behind balloons and piano playing, but not memories, and walked across the courtyard to attend the closing ceremony of the day, mass at the chapel.
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In previous years, the Director of Alumni Affairs Martha Dale was in charge of setting up an athletic event for alumni weekend. This year however, she no longer took on the task. "We used to coordinate a basketball or soccer game, but we had trouble finding players and no one would come to watch," Dale said. Moreover, the job was given to the director of athletics, John Dzilc. 路 Dzilc scheduled many alumni games, but only one for alumni day. The alumni invitation had to be sent to press on a specific day. As a result the volleyball alumni game had not yet been coordinated, and therefore was not listed on the calendar of events. The volleyball team did, however, play the alumni on Saturday at 1 p.m. Other alumni games scheduled for later dates are: Field Hockey; Oct. 24th, 1 p.m., Soccer; Oct. 31st, 1 p.m., Men's BasketbaR Nov. 13, 8 p.m. and Women's Basketball; Nov. 20, 8 p.m. The Cabrini Mercedes Run that took place on Oct. 18, was not an alumni affair, but they were encouraged to attend. ''In the future, we aim to make the run the focal point of Alumni weekend athletically, changing it to Saturday would help to do this," Dzilc said. The question still remains however, as to why athletics is not a more integral part of alumni weekend. Dzilc said, "Cabrini has a very young athletic department." Only three alumni basketball games have been held which is the most out of all the Cavs sports. "Cabrini doesn't have enough alumni who played athletics to have a homecoming like Villanova," he said. The key to making sports a more important part of Alumni Weekend lies with the coaches. "Its their duty to reach back, find the -alumni and make them a part of the team," Dzilc said. "This is difficult because all of Cabrini's coaching staff is partime," he added. Dodie Watkins, class of '84', looks forward to returning yearly and hopes that alumni games will continue. "I think all college athletes should be interested in alumni games," Watkins said, "not only is it fun to rekindle the glory days of basketball, but its great to see old friends again." Helen Goodwin, assistant professor of physical education agrees, " I haven't missed a year yet. I come to alumni games not for the games themselves, but to see old friends and students." Cabrini's alumni haven't forgotten their alma mater. This is evident from the $2,000 gift given to the Athletic Department from the Alumni for the new electric scoreboard.
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