Immaculata University - Gleaner Yearbook (Immaculata, PA)

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Wise freshmen heed the sound advice of Francis Bacon, Reading maketh a full man. The value of selective complementary reading furnishes an enriching background for comprehensive and precise historical studies. These Western Civilization students profit by the vast resources offered by the historical nine-hundreds. This study group discusses the early history of Indonesia, as Virginia Letzkus arranges a cumulative file for subsequent information on far-eastern trouble spot. that

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Late hours and long nights spent at the typewriter spell Senior English Maier. Norann White is not alone as she follows this formula. , Literature possesses powers strong enough to move man, society, the world. Marlene Cotsack pauses for a moment's reflection on this. The mingled emotions mirrored on the faces of these freshmen rumor a test in English Literature. Mercita Reilly Sharon Kane, Judith Jolly, and Margaret Seager test the value of the last-minute check. l 1 em 5 or , r ' ' ffm' jsfispi A V Y ,jygx i' ' ' k ,T

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l hold the HEY to the forgotten PHST. A. REPPLIER THE RESPONSIBILITY OF the historian lies in the construc- tion of a hierarchy of values, indicating the importance of an event while not abstracting from its moment in time. For Immaculatans the principles of Christianity form the criterion of values for the department of history. This Christian influence has a twofold eFfect. It pervades the department's curriculum, from courses involving the study of Eastern and Western civilizations to Latin American cul- ture, while serving as a norm for evaluating events, past and present. For a iust and comprehensive evaluation, a deeper in- sight and a balanced perspective must be developed through careful search and study. Once the means is mastered the student can proceed to interpret the past meaningfully and survey the present historically. Concentrating on authentic early American documents, these iunior history maiors explore rare and priceless volumes of Jesuit Relations. Spontaneous discussion and informal atmosphere characterize the seniors Co-ordinating Seminar. The topic, Church-State Relations Through the Centuries, proved to be a timely issue.