Saint Ambrose College - Oaks Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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SIX CAREERS TOTAL 170 YEARS OF SERVICE The '67 Oaks is here dedicated to six members of the St. Ambrose College faculty family who have distinguished themselves by their years of scholarly labor on this campus. Humility is defined as a modest sense of one's own merits. As two of our priest-teachers approach their 45th year at St. Ambrose They seek no recognition of their meritorious achievements. The Very Reverend Edward M. O'Connor, Rector of the Seminary dep't labovel, and the Reverend C. Francis Grif- fith, Spiritual Director of the same department, joined the St. Ambrose Faculty in i922 immediately after ordination. They both have qualified for the highest competitive de- grees in their respective fields of Philosophy and History. Two genuine individuals, they have been known to thou- sands of Ambrosians through the years as Father Ed and Father Grif . The Rev. C. F. Griffith Dr. Prudent Coussens: Aside from the paperwork, I find the teaching profession most enjoyable. It is definitely a satisfying occupation and has even become lucrative. l can remember being seriously advised twenty years ago that it was a iob better left to women. The years have proved how short-sighted and incorrect this advice was. The years have also brought considerable frustration in one respect: one is increasingly made aware how little he can actually communicate. We need a breakthrough in the transmission of ideas. Both of our methods, by speech and the written word are insufferably antiquated and ineffective. It is indeed an inadequate Thank you that we extend to these two humble but celebrated campus figures.

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Xxx XX, A Nw I X is BISHOP HA 2' ES RETIRES In September of I966, Bishop Ralph L. Hayes submitted his resignation to Pope Paul VI, The 82 year old preIate's tender was accepted by the Holy Father on October I9. Thus Bishop Hayes became the first Bishop to resign in keeping with the prescriptions ot the recent motu proprio Ecclesiae Sanctae ot Vatican II, which requested bishops to submit their resignation by their 75th birthday. Bishop Hayes, a native ot Pittsburgh, Pa., has been a priest tor 57 years and a bishop tor 33 years. He was installed as Head ot the Davenport Diocese on January II, I945. On Wednesday October 26, Pope Paul VI named the Most Reverend Gerald F. O'Keete, auxiliary to Archbishop Leo Binz of St. Paul-Minneapolis, Minn., to succeed Bishop Hayes as bishop ot Davenport. NEW PRELA TE: MOST RE VEREND GERALD F. O'KEEFE Bishop O'Keefe was ordained to the priesthood on January 24, I944 in St. Paul, Minn. On August 25, I945, he was named Chancellor ot the Archdiocese. Pope Pius XII appointed him a domestic prelate with the title of Right Reverend Monsignor on June I4, I957. He was named titular Bishop of Candyba and auxiliary to the late Archbishop William O, Brady of St. Paul on May 5, I96I. He was consecrated on July 2, I96I. At the time ot his ap- pointment at age 43, he was one ot the youngest bishops in the United States. Y' l'

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Mr. H. Shannon Boyd, head of The Engineer- ing Dep'T of ST. Ambrose College is anoTher member of The eliTe TwenTy year lay faculTy corps. He commenTs: parenTs have ThrusT The bulk of Their childrens educaTion inTo The Teachers' hands, so ThaT EducaTionisTs have become one of The mosT inTluenTial groups in our socieTy. I'm proud and honored To be a parTner of such a membership. The presenT Trend of Teachers leaving The field for beTTer paying jobs has aT leasT one noTable excepTion in The person of John F. McGuire. AlThough he has held many diTTerenT posiTions in indusTry, he has al- ways reTurned To Teaching because iT offers varieTy, freedom of acTion seldom found in oTher professions or businesses. In poinT of experience, Mr. McGuire has Worked for a law Tirm, as an educaTionaI consulTanT, for a large mill- ing company and for a public uTiliTy TTrm as a Teacher of business correspondence courses. 2 i Social Science Divisional Chairman Miss Agnes Renner visifing the Temple of Linde, Lindos, Rhodes in The Easiern Me-diTerranean. Miss Agnes Renner has seen many changes in her Tenure aT ST. Ambrose College. Among These have been The esTablishmenT of MarycresT College from iTs sTaTe as The Womens Division of ST. Am- brose, The exodus of The high-schoolers To AssumpTion To make This campus ToTally a college, increasing numbers of sTudenTs, graduaTing and becoming Teachers in boTh public and parochial sysTems, and The ReTiremenT and Tenure plans worked ouT by The College Tor The FaculTy. She has seen closer communicaTion vviTh municipal groups, work-sTudy programs, lecTure series and more acTive Alumni, Friends and AssociaTes of The College. ST. Ambrose conTinues To live in digniTy. 6