Daemen University - Summit Yearbook (Amherst, NY)

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Dr. Marshall of Cornell Is New Rosary Hill College President Rosary Hill Picks Marshall as Head New President of Rosary Hill Favors Career-Aimed Programs r. Robert S. Marshall, 40, of Cornell University; 1 i office July 1,1974.

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Rosary Hill Names Faculty Trustees J van ' .W-7- The Rosary Hill College Board of Trustees has elected the first faculty members to its board, effective immediately. The new trustees are Patri- cia E. Curtis, chairman of the college’s music concentration since 1957, and Dr. John B. Starkey, assistant professor of history at the college since 1966. “The faculty members as trustees will add a new dimen- sion to the board, not only as professional educators but also as insiders who are deeply concerned and affected by the board’s policies,’’ James M. Dillon, chairman of the board, said. “Their input will be invalu- able in charting t h e future course of Rosary Hill. College Narrows Search for Lecder The Rosary Hill College presi- dential search committee, organized in May. 1973, is expected to make its final recommendation to the college Board of Trustees early in 1974. According to John T. Maher. search committee chairman, the 16 member group is cur- rently entering its semi-final stage conducting personal inter- view with nine remaining presidential candidates, selected from a field of over two hundred. CHAPEL If there was ever a doubt that Rosary Hill College hadn’t gone full co- educational, that doubt is now obliterated. In fact, R.H.C. has been coed for the last several years. This year, however, with approximately 400 males, the largest number ever on campus, the fact is un- mistakably apparent. Where once a certain degree of awkardness surrounded the coed situation, there is now a homogeneity both in and out of the classroom-. The growth of coeducation came gradually fo Rosary Hill. In 1965, when men were first admitted to the college, they were allowed to major only in art, medical technology or theatre arts. As the male contingent expressed the desire to branch into different curricula, the original restrictions were cast aside and the number of men on campus slowly began to in- crease. The greatest single cause for (he growth of RHC’s male enrollment was provided by young men returning from South East Asia with a re- newed perspective on the value of higher education and its relation to the problems of the world. In June of 1971, Rosary Hill became the first college in Western New York to establish an open ad- missions policy for veterans. Since that time scores of vets have been admitted to R.H.C. and as a group have become a vital part of the campu •community. The coeducational posture has been highly beneficial to the college. In a time of challenge for independent higher education, only those colleges with large endow- ments can remain viable as single sex institutions. However, the question goes deeper than that. According to I)r. Alfred Zielonka. Acting lYesidcnt of the institu’ even if R.H.C. had a large endowment,the coeducational posture would have been adopted as a step to strengthen the college. Dr. Zielonka points cut the fact that “Expression e! ’re male attitude ard pots' ' view is as intrinsic to the classroom as it is ’o society. He added that shite the aim of iiigher education is the development of the total individual, both an education and a sociai experience is necessary. ’’Coeducation brings R.H.C. closer ‘o the natural living . and learning experience. The students. themselves, are overwhelmingly !i: r : rref coeducation. However. U r die most part. it is accepted as ;'y.- natural course of cwrnts. Few students presently or campus ... of challenge and change. r