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A cut-and-paste collage of words and images related to current events and student life in the 1969-1970 school year.
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This article is by Penny Dee, who was studying abroad at the time of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. She descries the experience and responses of students who were abroad learning the news and coping with the news. At the bottom left corner, a box announces a memorial mass and moment of silence and prayer to be held for the first anniversary of the assassination.
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In this letter to the Loyola News, Don Hubert, president of Loyola's Afro-American Student Association, replies to administrator Wayne F. Tinkle's letter. Hubert asserted that the university was all talk, writing letters but not acting on their promises to address Black student concerns. The article includes a photo of Hubert.
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In this photo, student Don Hubert addresses the incoming freshman class at the 1968 convocation.
The caption reads:
"Don Hubert, president of the Afro-American Student Association, addresses the freshman general convocation Thursday. Looking on are (l. to r.) Tom Dolan, John Ryan, Wayne F. Tinkle, and George Ireland. Hubert spoke of the need for white students to realize the problems of the Black student, and for the need of whites to end their hypocracy [sic] toward Blacks. Hubert urged the Black student to become involved in university life, to join organizations, with the hope that a future union between Blacks and whites would occur."
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This article contains details of Loyola's free university, which began in the fall of 1968. The university was "free" in two senses, by being free of charge and offering space for free thought. Four courses - "Elections '68," "Academic Revolution," "The Military Instrument," and "Seminar on Birth Control" - were offered in the first iteration.
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Item 1: This article in the Loyola News reports on Loyola's Varsity Debate team's victory in the 18th Annual Azalea Debate tournament at Spring Hill college in Mobile. This was their fourth annual victory in a row. The debate topic was "Resolved: that the federal government should guarantee the opportunity for higher education to qualified high-school graduates." The team's coach took them to New Orleans for Mardi Gras as a celebration.
Item 2: Detail of the photo included in the article. The four team members pose, with one holding a trophy, while another shakes hands with the debate coach. The caption reads: "Dr. Donald Stinson, debate coach, congratulates LU debaters victorious at Spring Hill college; Terry Hallberg, Nancy Prete, Bill Theis and Jerry Woynerowski."
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The caption reads: Peace Corps Volunteer, Evelyn Mittman, (standing extreme left) observes a scientific demonstration in the Philippines with her fellow Corps members. Evelyn plans to join the Foreign Service after two years in the Corps.
Evelyn Mittman graduated from Mundelein College in 1961 and was a member of the first Peace Corps delegation to the Philippines.
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This comic depicts two characters, a large one labelled "LSGA" and the other, smaller one labelled "ARA" (Automatic Retailers of America). The "LSGA" character is depicted in formal wear with its hands in its pockets, looking at the "ARA" character. A speech bubble emanating from the "LSGA" character contains the words "Listen Son Go Away", with the first letters of each word stylized to form the acronym LSGA. The "ARA" character is depicted as a crying cafeteria worker with a serving tray suspended from its neck.
As part of a bid to demonstrate its intention to control the union, the LSGA announced a boycott of ARA that began October 21 and ended October 23.
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This article is an assessment of CALM's (the Chicago Area Lay Movement's) activities and contains images of Loyola students engaged in different activities with program participants. The article points out that while the program's progress had been somewhat chaotic due to a lack of facilities, materials and organization, its flexible nature enabled tutors to "make valuable mistakes."
CALM was a Chicago-area cooperative venture to tutor students in Chicago's inner city. The group's activities included adult education classes, high school discussion groups and recreational activities.
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Carolyn Dukes (standing) points to a book as two seated students look on. One of the students has her hand raised.
The caption reads: Volunteer Carolyn Dukes, a 1962 liberal arts graduate at Clark College, Atlanta, Ga., instructs women in an Ivory Coast Village as part of the Peace Corps "foyer feminin" project. The program concentrates on teaching adult women literacy, homemaking and health care.
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This Loyola News article carries details of the testing centers and qualifying exams for applicants keen on serving in the Peace Corps. Two tests, each lasting six hours, were administered. One test was for applicants keen on teaching positions at secondary schools or colleges. The other test was for general applicants.
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This cover of a pamphlet for Mundelein's Degree Completion Program is printed on yellow paper and features the name of the program and division at Mundelein in charge of it, along with a large drawing of a flower taking up about half of the page.
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This photo appears on page 280 of the Loyolan Yearbook of 1960. The caption reads: "Ed Sullivan, Rev. John J. Beckman, S.J., and Bob Newhart stroll across the campus followed by a contingent of eager Loyola students. Bob Newhart captivated a Loyola audience with several of his hilarious, side-splitting routines." The page is titled "tv comes to loyola," and describes the visit of Ed Sullivan and Bob Newhart, Loyola alum, to campus to film part of a salute to Chicago. The feature was meant to be filmed at Mr. Kelly's, a famous Chicago club, but was changed to Loyola at the last minute.
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A group of students and a woman religious cheers and smiles in the direction of the camera. Another woman religious has her back to the camera.
Please see the 1960s item set for full image.
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A black and white photograph taken at Peggy Roach's apartment. The group is from various churches and the Leadership Council.
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Under the pseudonym Pandora, the student author of the Skyscrapings column reflected on the day of President Kennedy's assassination.
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Sr. Mary Irene Meyer, BVM is pictured teaching.
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An article in the Mundelein student newspaper, The Skyscraper, discusses activities of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Chicago, which began six months prior to printing. It discusses the group's views of welfare and what pragmatic steps they are taking.
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An article in the Mundelein student newspaper, The Skyscraper, discusses activities of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Chicago, which began six months prior to printing. It discusses the group's views of welfare and what pragmatic steps they are taking.
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This is the first two paragraphs of a full-page article by Aldine Favaro on the front page of the Skyscraper student newspaper recounted police violence at an anti-Vietnam War protest in downtown Chicago. A contingent of Mundelein staff and students attended, including Rose McKiernan, who was beaten by police and recovering in the hospital at the time of printing. A second protest was held later without incident.
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An article by Aldine Favaro on the front page of the Skyscraper student newspaper recounted police violence at an anti-Vietnam War protest in downtown Chicago. A contingent of Mundelein staff and students attended, including Rose McKiernan, who was beaten by police and recovering in the hospital at the time of printing. A second protest was held later without incident.
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Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin,Lunar Module (LM) pilot, salutes the U.S. flag that has been placed on the moon. The LM is visible in the left field of view. Numerous footprints and the cable of the surface television camera are visible on the lunar surface in the foreground. Image taken at Tranquility Base during the Apollo 11 Mission. Original film magazine was labeled S. Film Type: Ektachrome EF SO168 color film on a 2.7-mil Estar polyester base taken with a 60mm lens. Sun angle is Medium. Tilt direction is South (S).
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A woman religious, two Mundelein College students and a scientist in a lab coat looks at equipment during a visit to the Argonne National Laboratory in 1965.
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Students sit on and stand around the steps of Coffey Hall during a prayer vigil held in protest of the Vietnam War. Piper Hall can be seen in the background.
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In this extract, Mary DeCock reflects on how the Second Vatican Council dissolved the split between laity and the religious and how it led to new understandings of the meaning of religious life. She also talks about the tensions that arose between lay women and women religious when the latter shed their habits.