Mercyhurst College - Thesaurus Yearbook (Erie, PA)

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SISTER MARIA Theology FATHER JOHN SCHANZ Theology Theology, Philosophy and Psychology A welcome addition to this division was Father Julian Burt, O.S.B., from Belmont Abbey. A new resident professor, he compiled a simplified The- odicy text for his class. In order to deepen the students' conception of Philosophy, he substituted a course in Epistemology for Philosophy Readings. The theology department offered a one-credit course, The Theology of Grace, taught by Sister Maria. It dealt with the nature of actual and sanctifying grace. In conjunction with their conducted tour of Warren State Hospital for the Mentally Ill, the students of Abnormal Psychology, under the direction of Dr. John A. Donatelli, appealed once again to the student body to aid these afllicted persons both by prayer and by donating material goods for their benefit. A MASTER of the Ditto machine, Father Julian runs olf his T heodicy text. JOHN A. DONATELLI Philosophy and Psychology 5 tra MARIA HAAS Psychology FATHER JULIAN BURT Philosophy and Theology FATHER ROBERT D. GOODILL Theology

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,.f . , X SISTER M. MARCIA Registrar FATHER DANIEL J. MARTIN Chaplain New appointments and innovations marked progress during the 1961-62 academic year. Sister M. Carolyn, former dean of residence and associ- ate professor of chemistry, received a new ollice, that of executive vice-president. Mother M. Ben- edicta, treasurer of the college, initiated a new system for payment of tuition and fees. In order that there may be a free and increased exchange of ideas among the growing faculty, a coffee hour was instituted, and a Faculty Newsheet, edited by Sister M. Fidelis, was organized. The Administration appointed a Lay Advisory Board, consisting of prominent men and women of integrity and intelligence who are concerned with the future development of Mercyhurst. The Board organized committees to investigate the long-range planning of the curricula with special emphasis placed on the liberal arts. MOTHER M. BENEDICTA Treasurer SISTER M. CAROLYN Executive Vice-President 17 MOTHER M. LORETTA President

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Letters, Languages, and Speech Arts The Department of Speech and Drama, in addi- tion to the production of Joshua Logan's The Wisteria Trees, presented a series of one-act, student-directed plays in March. A Reader's Theater enactment of James Thurber's Fables and the joint production of Plain and Fancy with the Music Department completed a success- ful season. Two special features in the Modern Languages Department were greater emphasis on use of per- sonal phonograph records and tape recordings in the language laboratories and student-teaching at St. Luke's. Symposia on the nature of tragedy and con- temporary poets highlighted English Department ac- tivities forthe year. I I l I 1 A CURE for unprofessional tactics is a must, de- cides Sister M. Brigid, as she catches a Kiddies' The- ater fledgling peering through the curtain. SISTER M. BRIGID MOTHER M. EUSTACE English Speech and Drama SISTER M. ANNE FRANCIS English -.4 ,, MN as fr I W ....,.t . . ' I ' lx I is 1 I DONNA SCHAEFER . VIVETTA PETRONIO SISTER M. VIRGINIA English French Spanish and Latin 2 X MARIA HAAS German - 1 SISTER French , A M. GABRIEL