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as well as the reluctance of most students to move off-campus reflects an attachment to the University rarely found at other institutions. But success on the economic level does not insure success on other levels. Despite a close student body, current residence conditions are in no way conducive to cultural and intellectual development. While rigid and authoritarian rules have been abrogated in favor of personal freedom, the value of a residence university is questionable if it does not con- tribute fully to the development of its students. Most of the older halls offer only con- stricted accommodations with minimal facilities for study and relaxation. Newer resi- dences unfortunately present a sterile conformity distasteful to many. Although plans have been completed for three tower dorms to be built north of the Library, funds are currently unavailable, and in lieu of private donors a government loan will be sought. Recognizing these structural inadequacies, both students and administration have at- tempted to make hall life a vital force in student development. Part of this has been achieved by placing upon the student the responsibility of hall regulations. No longer are students required by administration fiat to observe curfew and sign in at appointed hours. Other restrictions on the possession of liquor and presence of women in the halls have been at least tacitly eased. Although the necessity for instruments like the hall judicial boards were questioned by some and rejected by members of Lyons, they do represent a shift in emphasis from the rector to the student. Not directly concerned with hall life, the development of the Honor Code places the burden of personal integrity on the student and indirectly forms the basis for community by creating concern for others. Underlying this has been the assumption that the removal of external regulations would allow students to form meaningful relationships in a hall community. The difficulty of forming any kind of community within the halls, however, indicates that the absence of structural rigidity is no panacea. Although there is no Catholic equivalent, Notre Dame included, of a Chicago, Harvard or Berkeley on the graduate level, in undergradute studies the institution is competitive with any university in the United States. Despite a poor representation this year in Na- RIGID AND AUTHORITARIAN RULES HAVE BEEN ABROGATED FOR PERSONAL FREEDOM
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tional fellowship competition, Notre Dame has more Danforth, Woodrow Wilson, and Rhodes Scholars than any other Catholic institution in the country. Notre Dame ranks number one, along with Harvard, in Danforth competition and is among the top twelve United States institutions in the number of Woodrow Wilson scholars. A further indica- tion of the quality of undergraduate education is the extremely high number of National Merit Scholars who choose Notre Dame over all other schools. And of prime significance on the undergraduate level is the recommendation of the Phi Beta Kappa commission that Notre Dame be granted a charter. One of the most crucial questions facing Notre Dame and all Church-related institu- tions is to what extent the Christian dimension should enter into a predominantly secular curriculum. Today an array of courses vie for the students ' attention and Theology is no longer seen as the unifying element. Hence academic and professional competence are stressed, rightly so, but the relevance of Christianity except as a separate discipline is rarely realized in the classroom. Where Christian overlaps with or permeates University is more often unclear than not. The University has until now found it difficult to arrive at even a tentative version of an- swers to such fundamental questions as its relation to and place in the Christian tradi- tion. This inability to define its basic suppositions is perhaps indicative of the nature of the problems the University must now face. During Notre Dame ' s noisy evolution the University was under the illusion that it was dealing with large problems. But the removal of old restrictions has only revealed much more basic questions which at present neither a bland student body nor a concerned Administration appear ready to solve. THE REMOVAL OF OLD RESTRICTIONS HAS ONLY REVEALED MUCH MORE BASIC QUESTIONS
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