Valparaiso University - Beacon / Record Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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A tour of campus will ultimately lead visi- tors past Mueller Hall, home of Christ Col- lege. Despite the name, this is not a pro- gram exclusively for pre-seminary students. Christ College is VU's Honors College. Twenty-five years ago a directive studies program, emphasizing more individualized studies, was initiated at VU as alternative education for honors students. By the mid- 1960's, President O.P. Kretzmann estab- lished a full-fledged honors college, later called Christ College, or llCC. CC was based in part on British models, with both Oxford and Cambridge having Christ Col- leges as well. The honors college was established to combat what President Kretzmann saw as an increased emphasis on professionaliza- tion - a threat, as he perceived it, to the central mission of the liberal arts ground- ings of the University. Kretzmann also was interested in the relationship of Christianity to intellectual studies, and he was interest- ed in having the best of students struggle with this. The Christ College curriculum was in- tended to include both integration and ex- ? perimentation from its origins. By including integration as a focus, the college wmuld be interdisciplinary and provide a liberal arts grounding for all colleges. ' The Freshman Program was integrated into the CC. curriculum in 1972, and has retained its basic purposes in its evolution since then. The Production became an es- tablished tradition with original music and w . drama trying to incorporate new ideas and : materials and new ways to present them. Christ College is looking forward to many more years of integration and experimenta- tion. Dean Meyer of Christ College feels that the college has matured in this time, but, he adds, the basic ideas and purposes are still the same. --- Debbie Petersen 1. Dancing their way to success: Freshmen prepare for the production. 2. Christ College students take time out of their studies to relax and socialize. 3. Producing The Dream Tree production took time, dedication, and patience. 4. These CCers talk under the tree where dreams come true in the freshman production. 5. One building with many rooms, many uses. The CC building embraces the future. 6. Hours were spent composing music for The Dream Tree. 7. CC? Avant garde? 8. Mike Caldwell, Julie Meyer, and Bill Rohde discuss Olmsted's latest suit and tie combo.

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1i The football team debates whether they want to leave the field at halftime. 2i Christopher Collier turns in surprise as the football team executes a good play.. 3 The Phi Kappa Psi and Chi Sigma Xi Homecoming glow worm is bursting with color and energy along the parade route. 4i Julie Rahn, Kim Bentley, Carla Ebert, and Kristen Lien are exploding with personality at the coronation - or are they just trying to pick up men? 5i Do you ever feel like someone's watching you? All of Valparaiso was watching VU's Homecoming. 6 King Dave Boyle and Queen Tara Meyer are all smiles at the football game. 7i V.U.'s marching band thrills the crowd with their new style of per- forming a'la Paul Simon's llYou Can Call Me Al video. 8i The men of Sigma Phi Epsilon are enjoying themselves - as usual - on the parade route. 5 E a . ? moi Homecbmihg 15

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