Loyola University Chicago - Loyolan Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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SKI WEEKEND In accordance with the Jesuit maxim of edu- cating the whole man, physically as well as men- tally, Loyola University provides its students with an opportunity to acquire new athletic skills and further provide an outlet for post-examination tensions-a time to forget. Sponsored under the aegis of the Coed Club and the Loyola Union, the yearly Odyssey to Northernaire resort, Three Lakes, XVisconsin, of- fers the student a rare opportunity to discover muscles and capabilities previously unknown. The catalogue of ski-weekend activities reads like the decathalon: skiing, toboganning, ice skating, snow shoeing, and sleigh riding, as well as indoor pastimes ranging from swimming to lounging in the luxurious Northernaire apart- ments. The Loyola Ski-weekend truly offers some- thing for everyone, whether he is a lounge lizard or the rugged outdoor type. The rolling hills of the XVisconsin countryside provided ample pitfalls as a stimulation to Loyola's exuberant amateurs. S.-W The scene is gay at Lake Shore Campus as the skiers prepare to leave for the wintry wastes of XVisconsin. From right to left the merry-makers are George Kollintzas fassistant dean of studentsl, Ioan Vaccaro fassistant to the dean of womenl, Fred Green and Lenore Quinn Cstudent co-chaimienl, Sheila Shanahan, Diane Dybas, and Bill Cowan.

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Operating on the assumption that education may and should go on outside the classroom, Loyola University in recent years has presented to the public a wide-ranging, inultiphased series of lectures designed to broaden the intellectual life of Loyolans. Through this lecture program, Loyola affords the student, and the community at large, an opportunity to sample a wide variety of knowledge. Loyolals lecture program truly pro- vides a mosaic of thought and culture. During the academic year 1959-60, in its Distinguished Professor series, Loyola hosted a group of seven world-renowned scholars whose lecture topics ranged from foreign affairs to the- ories of art, participants in this series included Rev. Bernard J. Dempsey, SJ., and Dr. George N. Shuster, former president of Hunter College. The David B. Steinman Poetry Series brought to Loyola eminent contemporary poets presenting their own works. The Steinman Series this year presented Paul Engle, Robert Penn War- ren, Mark Van Doren, Iohn Crowe Ransom, and Richard Wilbur. LGYCLA LECTURE SERIES The value of the Bible in the pastoral work of priests was dis- cussed in a symposium in November, as second in a series of programs on The Priest in the Modern World. Taking part in the discussion were Rev. J. I. DeVault, S.j. fprofessor of sacred scripture at XVest Badenl, Rev. John L. McKenzie, SJ. Calso pro- fessor of sacred scripture at VVest Badenl, Rev. Roland E. Murphy, O. Carm. fprofessor of Old Testament at Catholic University of Americal, and Rev. Bruce Vawter, C.M. Cprofessor at St. Thomas Seminary in Denver and noted authorl. Mark Van Doren, professor of English at Columbia University and distinguished poet and critic. gave a reading of his poetry in December, as the first of the David B. Steinman Poets. In early spring, Loyola's lecture series pre- sented the symposium on the Ancient City, noted speakers at the symposium included Dr. Thorkild Jacobsen, Dr. William Foxwell Albright, and Rev. Iohn C. McKenzie, SJ. In cooperation with the Chicago Christian Family Movement, Loyola University sponsored a series of five lectures dealing with political life in America. March 18, 1960, saw Loyola pay honor to His Holiness the late Pope Leo XIII with a com- memorative series of lectures, which attempted to analyze the role Leo has had in shaping modern Catholic life. A special series presented during the past year was aimed at the Chicago clergy, in the Priest in the Modern Worldv Symposium. Loyola attempted to provide the archdiocesan clergy with some new insight and approaches to the priestly vocation. One of the year,s highlights was the Loyola- hosted Conference on Lay Mission Work, it was at this conference that the famous Dr. Thomas A. Dooley, the jungle doctor, spoke, and was pre- sented with an honorary degree by the Univer- sity. 21

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t4 'L l '-QM 4, The most chamiing skier of the weekend was Sheila Shanahan, Loyola's Miss Varsity. This scene shows one of the many hills in the area which tested the skiing skills of eager Loyolans. Lovely Northernaire Resort in Three Lakes, VVisconsin, provided the background for the skiing and the setting for the indoor activities. f F 23