February, 1977 - CROSSROAD.S - Page Four
LETTERS
Kditor’s Note; With this issue of “Crossroads,” we inaugurate a
new column giving space to alumni and friends so they can express
opinions and share observations on Belmont Abbey College,
“Crossroads,” and indeed the state of the world.
Letters must be limited to 2.50 words and must be signed by the
author. We will publish all letters received on a first-come, first-
served basis. We invite you to share your thoughts with other
readers of this alumni newspaper.
Dear Editor;
Many thanks for sending me a copy of “Crossroads.” I always
enjoy hearing about what is going on at the Abbey. I particularly
enjoyed the following: “Belmont Abbey College Celebrates 100th
Birthday,” and “Fr. Raphael Bridge - A History Professor and a
Numisatist.”
Please give my best to Abbot Jude and Fr. James.
Is Brother Robert Hagan from Richmond, and was his father
Bobby Hagan, vice president of Commonwealth Concrete, Sand and
Gravel? Just thought he might be. When I knew him, he was very
nice to me and was a fine gentleman.
Best Wishes,
Doug Wetmore, ’65
Herndon, Va.
Yes. Brother Robert is from Richmond, and his father is Bobby
Hagan, former vice president of Commonwealth Concrete, Sand and
Gravel.
DAVID LEAL is pushed down the Abbey slopes
by room mate Frank Wendel during the
snowstorm which cancelled classes,
tures on pages :s and 12.
More pic-
Theology Seminar Slated
The Eight Annual Hallinan
Theology Seminar will be held
June 13-16 at Belmont Abbey
Ninety earn Deanes List
Belmoni Abbey College has
announced the Dean’s List for
Ihe first semester of this school
year. Ninety students have
been selected based on their
academic performance. To
qualify for the Dean’s List, a
student must attain a 2.25
Q.P.I., based on a 3.00 scale and
be enrolled in a degree-granting
program.
Seniors named are Lewis
Broome, Charlotte, N. C.;
Clentice L. Bryant, F’oresiville,
Md.; Julia Brustares, Miami,
Fla.; Sandra Lynn Bubba,
Easton, Pa.; Lloyd D. Calvert,
Jr., Stanley, N. C.; Sherry Anne
Carpenter, Shelby, N. C.;
Anthony Chan, Kowloon , Hong
Kong; . Mary Cheaney,
Charlotte, N. C.; Mary
Elizabeth Costea, Falls Church,
Va.; Angela Federico, Rich
mond, Va.; John Fierro,
Charlotte, N. C.; Mary Jane
Forster, Willard, Ohio; Patrick
Gallagher, Ml. Holly, N. C.;
Jerry Wayne Grant, Gastonia,
N. C.; Teresa S. Hamm,
Medford, N. Y.; James Hume,
Raleigh, N. C.; Richard Joyce,
VOLC.ME V, No. 3
Belmont, .N.C.
February, 1977
CROSSROADS
Published bi-monthly by
Belmont .Abbey College,
Belmont, North Carolina. 28012
Editor:
Anthony DeCristofaro
Staff
Angela Federico
John Giblin
Charlie Grissom
Contributions;
Mary Cook
Fr. Bradley
Fr. James
Harry Creemers
Second class postage paid at
Belmont, N.C. 28012
Phillipsburg, N. J.; Gregory F.
Liposky, Parlin, N. J.; Thomas
McDermott, Hudson, Mass.;
John Paul Mosca, Charlotte, N.
C.; Bryan G. Rogers, Rockville,
Md.
Juniors who have acheived
Ihe requirements are Dick
Bedgood, Gastonia; N. C.;
Robert C. Caprice, Bellmawr,
N. J.; Tina Coleman, Miami,
Fla.; Stephen Lee Deese,
Charlotte, N. C.; Carl
Desmarais, Camp Spring, Md.;
James E. Gentzkow, Alexan
dria, Va.; John M. Giblin,
Newport, N. C.; Dale Gorman,
Waynesboro, Va.; Mary M.
Greaber, Atlanta, Ga.;
Kathleen M. Loughlin,
Willingboro, N. J.; Cynthia
Nivens, Dallas, N. C.; Michael
O’Neill, Severna Park, Md.;
Leonard L. Philemon,
Charlotte, N. C.; Mark A.
Prather, Chipley, Fla.; Jeffrey
Sailsled, Davidson, N. C.;
Patricia Saul, Port Washington,
N. Y.; Charles Self, Gastonia,
N. C.; Andrew Tom Tucker,
Belmoni, N. C.; Andrew Tur
ner, Jr., Upper Marlboro, Md.;
Dominique G. Vercaemert,
Charlotte, N. C.; Michael
Weber, Springfield, Va.
Sophomores are Mary
Elizabeht Brown, Sea Girt, N.
J.; Thomas R. Colon, Bayamon,
Puerto Rico; Paul A. Craig, Mt.
Holly, N. C.; Anthony D.
Decrislofaro, New Monmouth,
N. J.; Dan T. Oischer, Cherry
Hill, N. J.; Paul Finnen,
Raleigh, N. C.; Paul Forde,
Greensboro, N. C.; William S.
French, Jr., Richmond, Va.;
James L. Gales, Apopka, Fla.;
lanihe A. Gergel, Charlotte, N.
C.; Grace M. Gibbs, Daytona
Beach, P'la.; Michael B.
Heretick, Hopewell, Va.;
Walter Hopson, Tuckerton, N.
J.; Kathy Klaudt, Gastonia, N.
C. ; Mary Manon, Washington,
D. C.; John Mcllmail, Ship
Bottom, N. J.; Joseph Murphy, [
Lake Ronkonkomo, N. Y.;'
Denis O’Fallon, Potomac, Md.;
Kathy Anne Prather, Chipley,
Fla.; Robert Prest, Minneloka,
Minn.; Kimberly Revels,
Gastonia, N. C.; Daniel R.
Venlarola, Bronx, N. Y.
Freshman include James M.
Andriole, Hazelton, Pa.; John
Eric Boyer, Woodbury, N. J.;
Constance Fletcher, Baltimore,
Md.; Charles Forster, Willard,
Ohio; Edward P. Frantz,
Charlotte, N. C.; Daniel Garcia,
Miami, Fla.; David Gilliken,
Lincolnlon, N. C.; William
Timothy Griffith, Charlotte, N.
C.; Joseph Guadagno, Raritan,
N. J.; Mark Lawson, Ticon-
deroga, N. Y.; John P. Lyons,
Portsmouth, Va.; Nancy Maria
Manera, Charlotte, N. C.; John
David Maresh, Lexington Park,
Md.; Carolyn Markle,
Wilkesboro, N. C.; Mary Ellen
McGillan, Winston-Salem, N.
C.; James K. McKane,
Fayetteville, N. C.; Mike
Muscarella, Chesapeake, Va.;
Mary Louise Potter, Charlotte,
N. C.; Wendy Jean Prather,
Chipley, Fla.; James W.
Robinson, Gastonia, N. C.;
Kevin P. Ryan, North
Mankato, Minn.; Robert Neal
Smith, Glen Rock, N. J.; Sinan
Adil Urfail, Kuwait; Kim
Yowell, Silver Spring, Md.
College here.
Theme for Ihe seminar, to
feature five renowned
theologians, is “The Word:
Speaking in Us.”
Speakers and their topics are
Rev. Eugene H. Maly of Mount
St. Mary’s of the West, Cin
cinnati and editor of Bible
Today, who will speak on “The
Word Spoken and Speaking”,
and “The Word Proclaimed”:
Rev. Andrew Ciferni, O. Praem,
liturgical scholar and author,
who will speak on “The Word
Celebrated: In Words”, and
“The Word Celebrated: In
Symbol”; Rev. Matthew Fox,
O.P., author of On Becoming A
Musical Dancing Bear: An
Introduction to American
Spirituality, will speak on
“Praying the Mystical Word in
America” and “Praying Ihe
Prophetic Word in America ”;
Rev. George Montagne, S.M., of
Toronto, Canada and president
of the Catholic Biblical
Association, will present two
talks on shared prayer, and Dr.
Daniel Maquire, of the
theological staff at Marquette
University, will present two
talks on “Our Response to Ihe
Word.”
For further information,
contact Fr. Richard Burton or
Fr. Jerome Dollard, O.S.B.
Fr. Bradley announces
energy cutbacks
In response to North Carolina
Governor Jim Hunt’s message
urging businesses and schools
to curtail energy use, Belmont
Abbey College here has an
nounced a program designed to
reduce energy consumption.
Generally, all measures are
aimed at keeping the tem
perature in all buildings at no
more than 65 degrees.
In addition, the swimming
pool at Ihe .Wheeler Center
athletic building has been
closed indefinitely. The
college’s student union building,
which receives heat only on
request from the healing plant,
will receive fewer hours of heat.
Also, Fr. John P. Bradley,
president of Belmont Abbey
College, has ordered that the
number of hours heat is nor
mally delivered to the Ad
ministration Building and St.
Leo’s Hall, where faculty of
fices are located, be reduced.
Fr. Bradley said, “The use of
hot water on Ihe campus con
sumes over a year’s time as
much heat as is needed to heat
all the buildings. I strongly
urge everyone, therefore, to
cooperate in conserving energy
in this important area, par
ticularly in the use of showers.
“I believe I can count on the
full cooperation of everyone on
campus, despite the inevitable
discomfort that results from the
measures we are taking.”
Self study preparation
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academic world. The review can uncover any
hindrance to academic freedom, deterioration of
institutional standards or the quality of the
faculty,” Dr. Herndl said.
One side effect of the Self-Study said Dr. Herndl,
is how it has aroused differented opinions
regarding “what constitutes the central
disciplines of learning or the degree to which those
should dominate the curriculum.
“Some faculty consider liberal arts to be
theoretical sciences, social sciences, humanities
and career or useful arts while others consider it
strictly literature and fine arts,” Dr. Herndl said.
He pointed out that the science faculty are
among those who hold the latter, more restricted
view, while others include theoretical science in
liberal arts.
Another effect is that any major changes in the
school will be delayed until the report is read by
everyone.
“The self-study report will be outstanding.
We’re a little behind schedule but the reports are
alread; in from department heads. It will be a
comprehensive, thorough inquiry. The
Association cannot fail to consider reaccreditation
of the Abbey,” confidently affirmed Dr. Herndl.
“Because our self-study is so complete. Bob
Jones (chairman of Political Science Dept.)
suggested we write a manual on ‘How to Do an
Institutional Self-Study’ and sell it.”
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