Belmont Abbey College - Spire Yearbook (Belmont, NC)

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T E IES IMT S : [Per Session ok Five .Months.] Board. Tuition ami Washing $7.5 00 .Natiir.i! Philosophy ami Chemistry 10 00 Piano ami n-e of Instrument 1.5 00 Violin 10 00 Wrawiii;. ' S O o Stenography o 00 I ' su of Library | no K-iTPayment must be made invariably in advance. No deduction will be made for a Student leaving the Institution before the expiration of a. session, except in case of sickness or dismissal. Books, stationery, music and drawing materials can be pro- cured at the College, at current prices, provided there be depos- ited a sum equivalent to the probable cost of such articles. Medical attendance and medicines at Doctor ' s charges. Students remaining at the College during vacation will be charged $25.00. Caf ' Letters of inquiry should be addressed to the Director of St Mary ' s College, Garibaldi P. O., Gaston Co., North Carolina. Fourteen -, ..J 1 ;;q iamiBIMMIKBm.BmwilHBH»»MiniwCM

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the challenge to authority and tradition in both the College and monastery. Crisis loomed: college enrollments fell off nation-wide, and among the institutions hurt was Belmont Abbey College. A merger with Sacred Heart College (for girls) was con- sidered. In 1970, Abbot Walter pe- titioned the Holy See to ac- cept his resignation. On Febraury 11 of that year, the chair of Leo Haid was again vacant. Quickly, an election was held in the monastery chap- ter, and Father Edmund Mc- Caffrey, O.S.B. was elected fourth Abbot Ordinary. The young Abbot (only 37 years old) entered his office fully aware of the problems that confronted him; he assumed full leadership, and expected cooperation and goodwill from all fronts. As his first move, he appointed Father John P. Bradley, a secular priest, as President of Bel- mont Abbey College. This was the first time a non- Benedictine had occupied this position. Father Jude was appointed assistant to the President. Immediately, the ideology of Belmont Ab- bey College went under scru- tiny and overhaul, and a new image appeared. But the new Abbot was not destined for a long abbacy. In 1975, Abbot Edmund re- signed from office, and once again, the cathedra of Bel - Thirteen

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mom Abbey Nullius was va- cant. Again, during the summer of 1975, the monastic chapter met to elect one of its own to that office outlined by St. Benedict 1400 years ago. On July 21, the scrutiny revealed that Father Jude Cleary, who had so ably assisted past Ab- bots and Presidents, was to be elected to the post of Spiritual Father of 65 monks and Ordinary of a diocese of about 600 students. But des- tiny held a new twist: the Holy See, in confirming Ab- bot Jude, deprived the Abbey of its Nullius status, reduc- ing it to the ordinary status of other Abbeys. The Nul- lius was to continue through the Abbey ' s Centennial Cele- bration in 1976, but was thereafter to be abolished. The diocese of Belmont Ab- bey was to be incorporated into the diocese of Charlotte from that time forward. This last notwithstanding, in a Solemn Pontifical Mass in the presence of the Archbis- hop of Atlanta, Jude Cleary, O. S. B. , was blessed by him as the fifth Abbot Ordinary of Belmont Abbey. Ut in omnibus glorificetur Deo. Fifteen