Rosaverian, Vol. XXV, Issue 2

              Two THE R O S A V E R I A N October 13, 1961
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A M E N D M E N T S I X . . .
November inevitably means a trip to the polls and, as elec­tion
time rolls around, qualified voters, such as your parents,
and in some cases, the upperclassmen here at the College must
take stock of the issues at stake. This November in New York
State there is one issue which strikes home to every college ad­ministrator
as well as any parent whose young child will attend
college in the late ’60’s or in the ’70’s. Amendment Number 6
“would put the state’s guarantee behind bonds issued to finance
the construction of facilities at private and public colleges and
universities, ” stated Sister Catherine Francis, President of the
College of Saint Rose, in a recent comment. “Remember it does
not involve more state spending. The state’s guarantee, however,
would widen the loan sources for the colleges and universities
and also would lower the interest rates on their loans. If the
amendment is defeated, more public facilities will have to be
built at taxpayer expense.”
It is partially up to us, the college students of today who
now have our educational opportunity, to insure a like oppor­tunity
for the generations to come. Speak about the amendment
to your parents and to the people in your community. Mention
that Governor Rockefeller, the Board of Regents, and the Board
of Trustees of the State University of New York have given their
full support in favor of this amendment. Encourage people to
vote "yes" on Amendment 6.
C H A N G E m P O U C T . . .
While minor innovations and gradual changes seldom re­ceive
a great deal of attention, they are usually enduring and
quickly produce a noteworthy result. Such, we hope, will be the
case with the changes being introduced into the C.S.R. student
newspaper. The various staffs are making use of new and simple
devices which will constitute a better finished product.
However, a newspaper staff is not an isolated entity; its
members cemnot work alone. Just as a metropolitan newspaper
needs an active community of readers, so does a student news­paper.
These readers not only glean information and form opin­ions
from the content of the paper, they also contribute to the
paper—often by their own newsworthiness, often by an expres­sion
of their views and opinions.
In regard to a student newspaper in a relatively small col­lege
community, this reader function is especially important.
Besides being cui effective vehicle for the transmission of views
and news of every member of the college community, a college
newspaper provides valuable future citizenship training. There­fore,
no matter how many changes have been and will be initi­ated
by the staff, they will be of absolutely no consequence
without the active and interested support of the reader.
We encourage your writing letters to the editor. Since not
all can be published, preference will be given to those of a more
universal nature. We ask for your cooperation—both in suggest­ing
story possibilities and in supplying reporters with informa­tion.
And finally, we welcome your suggestions and criticisms.
The Rosaverian is your newspaper.
To the Editor:
Although it is not the policy
of the Rosaverian to criticize
the members of neighboring
colleges, I would like you to
print my views on the recent
column in the Siena News en­titled
“Campus Comments.”
The writer of this column has
herein collected an assortment
of opinions, mostly derogatory,
about Saint Rose girls. It mat­ters
not whether these opinions
are true or false. What does
matter is the fact that the ques­tion
should not have been
printed in the first place.
The Rosaverian has not re­torted
in like manner, even
though some students have
voiced many and violent opin­ions
on the subject.
I would suggest to the editor
of the Siena News that he re­frain
from printing any such
material in the future. Such a
column is poor journalism as
well as poor taste.
Geraldine Dunn,
Class of 1962
WORLD FOCUS:
H a m m a r s k j o U ' s D e a t h
P r o v e s R u s s i a n T o o l
By PATRICIA CORR
Contrary to many reports is­sued
since the untimely death
of Dag Hammarskjold, the fate
of the U.N. will not be decided
by that event nor any other
single event. It should, how­ever,
serve as the occasion for
some serious evaluations on the
U.N. as an effective means to
world political peace.
To be valid, any appraisal of
the U.N. must transcend the
mechanics of the organization,
or any specific event to which
it has been a party, and focus
on that which is its foundation,
good faith. Russia lacks good
faith. Hence, the effectiveness
of the U.N. as a preserver of
political peace is negative.
Call it lack of idealism if you
will. But, idealism does not
evade reality. It must have as
its basis some truth and truth
is a conformity with that which
objectively is.
It is foolhardy to rely on ne­gotiations
with the Russians.
More than world peace, Russia
wants world revolution. This is
why the popular defense of the
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PHOTO POLL:
S o d a l i t y n e m b e r s h i p :
R e s t r i c t e d O r O p e n ?
While discussions on philos­ophy
and mysticism seem to be
cropping up wherever two stu­dents
meet, the campus talk has
not been confined strictly to the
more abstruse. The question of
the selectivity of Sodality ad­missions
and membership has
received much attention also.
Should Sodality be open
only to those girls who demon­strate
great interest? Should
girls be allowed to feel that
membership is somewhat com­pulsory?
These are some of the argu­ments
heard.
KATHY CONNORS, '63
Should a girl
decide n o t t o
join Sodality af­ter
observing it
in action for
nearly a year,
the fault lies
n o t wholly in
I the girl’s think­ing,
but in the
example t h a t
Execs and consecrated Sodalists
have shown her.
I don’t believe that a severe
selective program is the an­swer,
although one less strict
might be feasible. If only those
girls joined Sodality who were
devoted to its ideals and way
of living, we would have a se­lective
Sodality, made up of
truly interested persons who
elected to join and did not do
so because they thought it was
compulsory.
Joining Sodality just to be
“one of the crowd” would make
it a social clique rather than a
way of living.
JUDY BARKER, '64
Since Sodal­ity
is an inte­gral
part of
Saint Rose life
a n d govern­ment,
I think
students should
be strongly en­couraged
to at-t
e n d orienta-tion
classes i n
order to discover what this
way of life entails. Then, how­ever,
they should not be made
to feel obligated to join Sodal­ity
if they have no intention of
trying to be true Sodalists.
An ideal solution lies in
making every girl truly inter­ested
so that we won’t have
the selectivity problem,
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