Quincy University - Gyrfalcon Yearbook (Quincy, IL)

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Student membership in Delta Epsilon Sigma is voted to outstanding members of the senior class. Winners of this award must have maintained a 3.3 cumulative average during three years of residence at Quincy. The group inducted presented an inter- esting cross-section of student academic achievement, in that the nine seniors hold- ing the required scholastic average repre- sented nine distinct fields of concentration. Father Titus, Father Owen and Father Pacific listen as Dr. Mar- shall Smelser ' 35, reads his research paper on the founding of the American Navy. Inducted into Delta Epsilon Sigma, national scholastic honor society, were two alumni, a faculty member and nine senior students. Pictured Left to Right are: SEATED, Dr. Paul Jacoby, Seton Hill College; the Rev. Victor Hermann, O.F.M., dean; the Rev. Owen Blum, O.F.M., president of society; the Rev. Titus Ludes, O.F.M., head of college de- partment of education; Dr. Marshall Smelser, Notre Dame university. STANDING, Dr. Laveme Wag- ner, head of college music department, and stu- dents, Robert Broeker, James Moran, Eileen Mona- han, Ruth Quin, Kathleen McLean, Mary Abele, John Torricelli, John F. Smith and Alan Under- brink. 103

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Honor Society Installation Ceremony . . . On the evening of Sunday, February 8, the social hall was the scene of the honoring of two Quincy College alumni, the dean, and nine senior students by inducting them into Delta Epsilon Sigma, na- tional scholastic honor society. Professor Marshall Smelser, Ph.D., professor of history of the University of Notre Dame and Profes- sor Paul Jacoby, Ph.D., chairman of the department of philosophy at Seton Hill College, received alumni membership into the society. In the society ' s open presidential address, Father Owen Blum, O.F.M., Ph.D., told the purposes of the organization, saying, Our country is desperately in need of high quality in its academic life to under- stand our past, interpret the present, and prepare for our ultimate goals in the future. The presidential address. Delta Epsilon Sigma was founded in 1939 and its 77th chapter was established at Quincy College in 1956. Standing faculty membership in Gamma Eta Chap- ter of Delta Epsilon Sigma, voted by the faculty of Quincy College, is held by the Rev. Francis B. Steck, O.F.M., Ph.D., Rev. Owen J. Blum, O.F.M., Ph.D., president, Rev. Pacific L. Hug, O.F.M., Ph.D., vice president, and Rev. Titus Ludes, O.F.M., Ph.D., secre- tary. Dr. Paul Jacoby ' 37, is received into the society by presi- dent, Father Owen Blum, O.F.M. 102

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Leading the discussion of Sorokin ' s Crisis of Our Age is Father Gabriel Brinkman, O.F.M. Honors During the fall semester, a group of Honors Courses was introduced to the students of Quincy College. Students with a 3.0 or better scholastic av- erage were invited to participate in the new endeavor by its inaugurator, Father Victor Hermann, O.F.M. Students without the 3.0 average were also allowed to participate if they showed serious interest. Mr. Hugh Fitzgerald awaits an answer to a thought-provoking question. The Honors class of Father Owen Blum, O.F.M., gets a laugh from one of the lecture notes. 104