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VOLUME IV ISSUE 1
BELMONT,NORTH CAROLINA 28012
OCTOBER, 1975
Five New
F acuity
Members
Welcomed
Belmont Abbey is
delighted to welcome five
new members to its
faculty and ad
ministration for the new
academic year.
Mrs. Pamela Allison
joins the department of
recreation and physical
education as an in
structor. She has her
Master’s degree from the
University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Mrs. Allison will continue
development of our
projected recreation
major and will be in
charge of the intramural
program. She has had
Laderoute
To Perform
Belmont Abbey College
will present Mr. Joseph
Victor Laderoute, Tenor,
accompanied by Mr.
Douglas Zeller, of Sacred
Heart College, in a
special Song Recital on
Sunday evening, October
5 at 8:00 p.m. in Belmont
Abbey Cathedral.
Mr. Laderoute, a
Resident Oblate Can
didate presently visiting
Belmont Abbey, will sing
selections from Haydn’s
“The Creation,’’ from
Handel’s “Messiah,”
from the opera
“L’Arles iana” by F.
(coat, on pnge I)
Sitting (lefttoright) Miss Rosemarie Pandy and Mr.
Harold Lawber. Standing (left to right) Father
Richard Burton, Mrs. Pamela Allison and Mr. Eugene
Thuot.
teaching experience
previously in th^ puMic
school system and at
Tusculum College.
Belmont Abbey will
benefit from her
inauguration and
supervision of sports for
women which will be
integrated into the
overall athletic program.
Father Richard Bur
ton, a priest of the ar
chdiocese of Washington,
D.C. who will reside with
the Benedictine com
munity this year, will
lecture in the department
of theology. Fr. Burton
has a Master’s degree
from Catholic University
in the field of religious
education. He was an
assistant director of the
Confraternity of
Christian Doctrine with
responsibility for teacher
formation.
Mr. Harold Lawber will
hold the position of in
structor in the depart
ment of economics and
business administration.
He earned his A.B. and
M.A. degrees in
economics at North
Carolina State Univer
sity.
Miss Rosemarie Pandy
will be an associate
director of resident life
and financial aid coun
sellor. She received her
Master’s degree in
student personnel ser
vices from the University
of Indiana. A large
portion of her work will
be in the implementation
of the Living and Lear
ning program which has
been designed to enhance
the academic climate of
the residence halls.
Mr. Eugene Thuot will
instruct in the depart
ment of political science.
He is a doctoral can
didate at the University
of Chicago where he
earned the Master’s
degree in political
science. In addition Mr.
Thuot has an A.B. in
theology from the
University of Ottawa. He
also has a special interest
in literature and will be
an asset to the college in
the developing in
terdisciplinary courses.
On leave of absence
from the college this year
are:
Mrs. Pat Yonders, of
the department of
biology, who is com
pleting her Ph.D. at
Auburn University.
Mr. Mike Kenny is
entering the doctoral
program in economics at
the University of South
Carolina and will be in
Columbia for the next two
years.
Mr. Mike Reidy is
fulfilling the residence
requirement at Nor
thwestern State
University of Louisiana
and anticipates receiving
his doctoral degree in the
field of recreation at the
end of next summer.
Abbey Enrollment
Up Nine Per Cent
Belmont Abbey College
officials are happy about
the continuing rise in
enrollment this fall.
Figures released last
week from the office of
the Registrar indicate an
increase in total
enrollment of 9 per cent
over the 1974 fall
registration. The
number of full time
students rose to 649 while
the total enrollment this
year stands at 747.
Father John P.
Bradley, president of the
College, said, “I’m glad
to see a significant in
crease in the number of
North Carolina students
here this year. Some of
this increase may be
attributed to our ability
to help local residents
through our aid program
for Gaston and
Mecklenburg high school
graduates, and the new
legislative grant to
private colleges passed
by the 1975 General
Assembly.’’ There are
302 North Carolina
residents enrolled, the
highest number in the
100-year history of
Belmont Abbey College.
Enrollment of women
students is higher again
this year. In the third
year since Belmont
Abbey became
coeducational there are
148 resident women, and
a total of 224 female
students.
There are 36 students
from 19 foreign countries.
Eighteen states are
represented here.
It is worth noting again
that of Belmont Abbey
students eligible to
return, 84 per cent of
them did return this fall.
This percentage is lower
than 1974 (91 per cent)
but gratifying when
compared to the national
average of ap
proximately 51 per cent.
Service To Honor
Father Cuthbert
Interested alumni are
invited to participate in
the special occasion
honoring Father Cuth
bert Allen, O.S.B., on
Saturday, October 18, at
Belmont Abbey
Cathedral, beginning at
10:30 a.m.
There will be a formal
presentation of the Bene
Mereritis Award from
Pope Paul VI which will
take place during the
special Concelebrated
Eucharistic Service in
recognition of his ex-
ceptional ac-
complishments and more
than forty years service.
Following the Mass and
Presentation in the
Cathedral, there will be
an informal reception for
Father Cuthbert in the
Vincent G. Taylor
Memorial Library on the
College campus.
This special event is
Father Cuthbert Allen
sponsored by Alumni and
Friends of Gaston County
and Mecklenburg
County. For further
information please
contact: Dr. Gilbert J.
Farley, Chairman;
Belmont Abbey College;
Belmont, North Carolina
28012; Telephone 704-8 25-
3711