Loras College - Purgold Yearbook (Dubuque, IA)

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one of us will ever be the same! There were new people and friend: everyday in this city of indescribable poverty: yet also there was a sense, in the most human way. of the pulse and vitality of what might be termed the most alive city anywhere in the world. One simply cannot recount the extreme varieties of Calcutta encounters and experiences: from Mother Teresa to elegant country club surroundings, luncheons and receptions. performances of Indian artists, for and in honor of the group. and so many memories. Unlike New Delhi, the choir arrived in Bombay Qbarelyj in time to change into concert dress. In the audience were the Indian families with whom the Friendship Ambassadors would be living for the next few days. The entire program in Bombay was arranged and sponsored by the Indo-American Society, with whom FA had previously worked in l976. Host families were arranged and coordinated by the Bombay Chapter of the Experiment in International Living. By the last encore, everyone in the Birla Auditorium was singing along together. Backstage, when parents and students were matching up, a distinguished and prominent Bombay businessman, Mr. T. A. Bhansali. approached Harry and Cappy Morgan with an extraordinary invitation: to show his appreciation, he would give an authentic festive farewell dinner and party for all of the FA group at the Taj Mahal Hotel. In giving. once again the Friendship Ambassadors were receiving so much more. FA President Harry Morgan summed up the India trip in this way: Living wth Indian families in their homes was such a perfect way to end our journey to India. We could identify with each other and our hearts were touched, one to the other, in that same kind of spirit of friendship that has been ours since the very beginning of our arrival in New Delhi .... in Kathmandu, in Calcutta. None of us will ever be the same! 1 w et

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Met at the airport by Miss Diane Stanley. Public Affairs Officer of the American Embassy, the Friendship Ambassadors were assigned to the American families who would host them so graciously for the next three days. There was no way to describe the beauty of this tiny mountain' kingdom - and what a sensational program had been planned! Ambassador Douglas Heck greeted the Americans with a helpful and instructive briefing on Nepal-American relations: afterwards there was an evening show in a former palace of traditional Nepalese folk dancing and music followed by a candlelit dinner. Quite a few of the hardier choir members were up at 3:00 a.m. to see the split second sunrise over Mt. Everest. Kathmandu's City Hall concert. hosted by Ambassador Heck was filled to capacity . . . . hundreds of diplomats and their families from all over the world were there, including Nepal's Prime Minister Kirti Nidhi Bista. A glorious high indeed, in this glorious high city! ln Calcutta, Ram Datta. local manager of the Reader's Digest, and Mr. Ghose. manager of the Great Eastern Hotel, whose wife and daughter handmade the exquisite garlands that were given each Friendship Ambassador, greeted everyone personally. While the world has great admiration for the work of Mother Teresa and her Missionaries of Charity. there is nothing to compare to actually spending time with this incredible woman and her helpers. who have dedicated themselves to helping the poorest of the poor. Mother Teresa believes in getting involved: You're here to do something beautiful for God. she told the choir, and we'll keep you busy giving that something to our people. One day it seemed as though the singers had performed so much in the various centers that their voices would surely fail. but. in the words of one of the choir members. We discovered an energy within us we never knew existed. Mother Teresa had gotten us 'involved' .... even more than our singing,it seemed as though our mere presence, our feeling, touching and reaching out to her orphans. her patients. the children in her schools, was all that really mattered. Sitting and singing on the beds with the terminally ill at the Home for the Destitute and Dying .... our journey to the outskirts of Calcutta to sing and comfort the hundreds living and working in the leper colony .... in their way they lifted our spirit .... gave new meaning 22 Mother Teresa, Pres. Carter 0 6 0 and significance to our own lives and our purpose on this earth. We had come to sing and to give. and yet it was us, the choir. that received. if

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asquale DiPasquale, Jr. lnaugurated Christ the King Chapel was the site of a very prominent event in the l39th year history of Loras College. Dr. Pasquale DiPasquale, Jr. was inaugurated as the 2lst president of Iowa's oldest college as well as being the first lay person to be conferred the Chain of Office for the presidency of Loras. The inauguration ceremony took place on October 27 in the presence of Loras and Dubuque dignitaries, students, faculty, and friends of Loras College. President DiPasquaIe's inaugural address followed official greetings to him by Dubuque's mayor. Emil N. Stackis: the Student Senate president, Phil Edgecomb: the Chairman of the Loras Faculty, Dr. Joseph Schaefer: a Loras alumnus and member of the first co-ed class, Deborah Linebarger: and finally the president of the University of Dubuque. Dr. Walter Peterson. Dr. DiPasquale's address stressed the formation of values and the relation of this to teaching and learning. The inaugural address was followed by a musical presentation by the Loras Concert Choir and a Mass with the most Reverend James J. Byrne. Archbishop of Dubuque. as the principle celebrant. Immediately following the Mass was a reception for Dr. DiPasquale held in Tuohy Auditorium. Lan Dr, DiPasquale ascends the stairs to his new office as Joe Colaluca directs the stage band. in vt' v 7' I 1 Master of Ceremonies - Fr. James Barta. Academic Fr. Gary Krapfl, Chaplain. leads prayer. Dean Dubuque Mayor Emil Stackis Student Senate President Phil Edgecomb Faculty Chairman Dr. Joseph Schaefer Alumnus Deborah Linebarger U. of D. Pres. Dr. Walter Peterson 1