Creighton University - Bluejay Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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Father Linn challenges the student body, the faculty, and the administration to get on with the hard, lengthy, humbl- ing, and exciting task of challenging Creighton ' s under- graduate education. The president stressed the need for continuous evaluation of the undergraduate program of education and development to insure its quality. Father Thomas K. McKenney S.J., Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, reads the award which was given to Father Joseph Costelloe, S.J. (far left) in recognition of university service. Dr. Raymond W. Shaddy, Dean of the Dental School, congratu- lates Dr. John J. Butkus, assistant dean, for his twenty years of service to Creighton University. 22

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A new student photo-identification process was used this year at registration. Color pictures replaced the black and white photos and students received their ID ' s in a few min- utes, instead of a few weeks. The same ID will be used throughout a student ' s stay at Creighton. Formerly a new ID was issued each September. Colleges welcome 900 new students Nearly 900 freshmen and transfer students tried the campus on for size during Freshman Welcome Week. University President the Rev. H. W. Linn, Dr. Rich- ard E. Shugrue, associate professor of political sci- ence, and Urban League Director Jack Clayter ad- dressed the new students. Other activities ranged from formal orientation sessions to mixers. Freshman Welcome Week ended with the all-uni- versity concert featuring Spanky and Our Gang. Michelle Hansell appears somewhat disgusted after being closed out of a class. The race from department to department is often in vain by the time one reaches the checkers. Pulling cards is the final step in Stage I of the annual registra- tion maze. Following this, the students must fill out reams of forms, cards, and blanks. 21

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Faculty, administrators, and the university ROTC hon- or guard stand at attention while the Creighton ROTC Band played the national anthem. Introducing new students to the Creighton ideal, the faculty honors deserving upperclassmen by admission into Gamma Pi Epsilon and Alpha Sigma Nu, honoraries. Kevin Clark introduces Creighton president. Father Henry W. Linn, at Convocation which was held in early October of the school year. President reveals evaluation honors The Rev. H. W. Linn, university president, took the occasion of the 19th annual President ' s Con- vocation to announce formation of an undergraduate education evaluation connmittee. Father Linn said the curriculum evaluation committee would bring faculty, students and administration together to the hard, lengthy, humbling and exciting task of chal- lenging Creighton ' s undergraduate education. About 1,000 students and faculty heard Father Linn name 36 students to the Jesuit honor societies. Alpha Sigma Nu and Gamma Pi Epsilon. The Rev. M. Joseph Costelloe, S.J., chairman of the Department of Classical Languages, and Dr. John A. Butkus, assistant dean of the School of Dentistry, were given the university ' s Distinguished Service Awards at the convocation. 23