Page 2 - CROSSROADS
MAY 1972
CROSSROADS
VOLUME I - ISSUE 3
Published bimonthly by
Belmont Abbey College,
Belmont, North Carolina.
Second class postage paid at
Belmont, N.C. 28012.
Crossroads is intended to
serve as a forum for the several
constituencies of Belmont
Abbey College. It will also
attempt to provide significant
information about the many
issues which affect higher
education generally, and this
college in particular. The
editors welcome diversity of
opinion; editorial standards
aimed at will be those of
Christian ethics, good taste,
and journalsitic quality.
The Editorial Board of
Crossroads includes students,
faculty, and administration.
Additionally, several editors at
large have volunteered to cover
such areas as student affairs,
humanities, and science and
religion.
Correspondence should be
directed to: Editor,
Crossroads, Belmont Abbey
College, Belmont, North
Carolina, 28012.
LETTERS
to
the
Editor
‘~r
Dear Sir:
In the March issue of
Crossroads you have a picture
asking if anyone can identify the
people in the picture. This
picture was made between 1941
and 1943. The one in the hat is
none other than me -- The Rev.
Frank E. McKenzie. The second
from the right, I can’t recall his
name, but I believe is one of the
Monks at the Abbey. Anyway, he
was studying for the Roman
Priesthood. I want to make the
last one on the right a McGee but
am not certain. The others, I do
not remember at all.
I don’t know whether you
already knew who these were or
were just seeking to get some
correy)ondence. I certainly
enjoy Crossroads and knowing a
little bit about what is going on at
the Abbey. I remember my
years -- 41-43 - very well and will
always cherish them.
Sincerely,
Frank E. McKenzie
Rector, St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church
Wilkesboro, N.C.
Dear Mr. Editor:
I just received my copy of
issue No. 3 of (>ossroads and the
photo on page 5 really started by
J. Albert Snelllng, class of ’47,
issue.
memory cells to working. From
the right is Louie McGeehee,
Raymond Geyer, Jack “punchy”
Sherry, Hugh Noell and that
handsome fella with the hat on, I
don’t seem to recognize. Next to
him with the anguished ex
pression seems to be Joe Powers
and lastly, another who must
have spent most of his time with
his head in the books - I can’t
name him.
Thanks for an interesting
alumni newspaper.
Yours very truly,
J. Albert Snelling, ’47
(Belmont Abbey Prep. ’41)
Focus
From Page 1
natural inclination for in
volvement with people led him
back into education. For several
years he taught in the public
schools of Charlotte, Blowing
Rock, and Chapel Hill.
“I became interested in
guidance while I was on the
faculty of Santa Fe Junior
College in Gainesville, Florida.
At the time I happened to be
working with a number of
Spanish speaking students,
many exiled from Cuba, and
gradually, I discovered that the
interpersonal contact was both
pleasant and challenging. As a
teacher I had experienced a bit
of this already, but now I decided
to enter the field of counselling
full-time. I get a tremendous
satisfaction in helping someone
with a problem which has been
troubling him.”
Don is a member of various
professional associations in
connection with his guidance
career. In his leisure he enjoys
collecting rare coins, and rock
hunting, for Don is something of
a “rock hound.” On autumn
weekends he can be found in the
stadium at Chapel Hill or down
in Gainesville rooting for his
alma mater. He admits to being
a rabid football fan. So strong is
this instinct in him that he scorns
the ease and comfort of watching
the game on TV - “you miss all
the color of the event and the
excitement of the crowd and
cheering for your favorite
team.”
He has a simply furnished
office in Poellath dormitory in
order to be accessible to students
named the students in the March
throughout the day. He has been
entrusted the job of coordinating
the assignment of students to
faculty members for academic
advisement, and is in charge of
job placement. But his chief task
centers about the personal
problems of the students who
drop in to talk. “College
students today are more aware
of the social and political issues
of our society than they were ten
years ago. When I was a student
at Wake Forest, the biggest issue
was a prohibition of a dance on
campus by the Trustees!
Nowadays, ecology, civil rights,
and the war in Viet-Nam are the
moral preoccupation of young
people. They are more vocal in
protesting grievances and more
willing to demonstrate for what
they consider their rights,” he
observes.
While the old familiar
problems of drinking, sex, the
pressures of examinations, and
anxieties about job opportunities
are still around, a serious new
threat comes from the
availability of drugs. This
disturbs Don deeply. “It just
discourages me when I see how
the use of drugs can disintegrate
a young man’s personality. I am
also upset with the severity of
legal penalties which are im
posed on young people who have
made the mistake of using drugs
or marijuana. This approach
does not deal with the underlying
problem and offers no assistance
to the individual who may be
suffering dangerous
psychological difficulties.”
What does he feel about his job
at Belmont Abbey College? “I
have been given almost com
plete freedom to chart my course
as Director of Guidance here,”
he replies. “I appreciate this
expression of confidence. I have
enjoyed my association with the
college and have received
valuable cooperation from many
instructors who refer students to
my ofhce for consultation.
Having so many priests in
residence here also lightens the
load on me.”
Over the past two years the
students have developed a
genuine respect for Don’s
judgment and direction. One
student revealed that he had
started down the road of drug
experimentation when he went in
to “rap” with Don. “He con
vinced me of the danger of the
drug kick so I quit right then. I
really owe him a lot,” the young
man added. Belmont Abbey
College does too.
News
BY MARY COOK
’55 - Father Oscar talked with
Frank Mlros when he visited
New Subiaco Abbey in Arkansas
in April. Frank is the owner of
West Ark Medical Supply Co. at
Fort Smith, where he is a lay
leader in his Catholic parish
there. He told Father Oscar that
the grammar school needs a new
principal for this coming fall. If
anyone is interested, contact
Frank.
’56 - It was good to have news
of Thomas Ross - the first time
since he finished Abbey Prep. He
is now in Morgantown, West
Virginia. He has his master’s in
History and is working on the
doctorate. Jerry Connors and his
wife Ann Marie visited the
College during the Easter
holidays. Jerry is a Major in the
Marine Corps stationed at Camp
Lejeune, N.C. They have five
children.
’59 ~ Congratulations and best
wishes to Jane Gladden and
Moffatt Falls, who were married
April 2 in Mount Dearborn
United Methodist Church, Great
Falls, S.C. Moffatt is owner and
operator of Moffatt Falls
Produce and FallsFood Stores in
Gastonia.
’61 “ Congratulations to Anne
. and Steve Hodulic on the arrival
of Paul Edmund, February 15.
They have two other sons, Steve
and John. The Hodulics live in
Raleigh, where Steve he is a
salesman for Lady Wrangler.
Thank you, Joe Kennedy, for
sending us your correct address.
Joe is Assistant Superintendent
of Glen Canyon National
Recreation Area in Page,
Arizona.
'62 — Steve Bollck is with
March & McLennan, insurance
brokers and consultants, in
Boston. He and Judy have three
children, Louisa, Lesley and
Robert, and live in
Framingham, Mass. Tom
McGrath was seriously injured
in a fall in February, but is now
recovering. He has just opened
his own law office in Richmond.
’64 - Dezmond Waters and his
wife Janice were godparents to
Mary Ann Murray, the second
daughter of Mike Murray and his
wife Judy, on March 26, in
Jacksonville, Florida. Bryan
Cavan is Assistant District
Attorney for DeKalb County,
Georgia; he and Cheryl and their
two sons live in Atlanta.
Congratulations to Donna and
Whitney Norton on the arrival of
Cherie Harding April 10. Cherie
is their third child.
’65 - Tim Ford has been ap
pointed Special Assistant to the
Director of the Pennsylvania
Crime Commission. John
Hayden visited the Abbey in
April. He was a social worker in
Los Angeles and has been
touring South America.
’67 ~ Steve Greene is on a two-
year assignment in Vietnam.
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