A Blessed Christmas
University Shares in Ford Grant;
Donation to Raise Profs’ Salaries
JeworCoh
The University of Portland will
receive $313,100 from the donation
made by the Ford Foundation to
privately supported colleges and
hospitals throughout the nation.
The half-billion dollar grant was
announced in newspapers and over
the radio last Monday.
“We are deeply gratified at the
generous gift of the Ford Foun¬
dation,” remarked the Rev. Howard
Kenna, C.S.C., university president.
“While the gift of a new build¬
ing may have been more tangible in
the eyes of the students," Father
Kenna continued, “the increase of
faculty salaries which the gift guar¬
antees will make it possible for us
to continue hiring professors of
superior quality — the real core of
good education.”
Details of the university’s grant
had not been received in the office
of the president Wednesday morn¬
ing; however, the grant was con¬
firmed by a telegram Tuesday
morning.
According to newspaper reports,
the grant carries with it a specifica¬
tion that the interest on the money
be used to increase faculty salaries
for ten years. At the end of that
time, the university may use the
principle for whatever it desires.
The amounts given to each col¬
lege were determined by approx-
BEACON
VOL. till — NO. 7
UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND, PORTLAND, OREGON
DECEMBER 16, 1955
imately matching the payrolls for
instruction for 1954-55 for each
school. All these grants will be paid
to the colleges in cash within 18
months. Half of the amount will be
delivered by July 1, 1956, and the
remainder by July 1, 1957.
A total of eight colleges and 43
hospitals in Oregon shared in the
history-making gift. Hospitals wiil
be allowed to use their donations in
whatever manner most needed.
Of the Oregon colleges, the Uni¬
versity of Portland’s gift was second
only to Reed college which received
$391,400. Other state institutions
which profited include Lewis and
Clark, Portland, $277,800; Will¬
amette, Salem, $216,600; Marylhurst
college, Marylhurst, $172,600; Lin-
field college, McMinnville, $171,200;
Pacific university. Forest Grove,
$147,400, and Mount Angel women’s
college, Mount Angel, $51,700.
In order to fulfill these grant
promises, the Ford Foundation has
announced that it will use its in¬
come and, if necessary, the prin¬
ciple.
Twenty Seniors Rate Who’s Who Biologists Name Roya! Court
г- г
si — ni — I* L To Groce Traditional Formal
Six Colleges Place Members
In Motional Publicotiors Book
Twenty members of this year’s graduating class of the University of
Portland were named to the annual publication of Who’s Who Among
Students in American Universities and Colleges for 1956.
These 20 seniors, one more than last year, represent all colleges of the
university. The college of liberal arts leads with seven members, followed
by the college of business administration with six. Other breakdowns are
the college of engineering, three; college of nursing, two, and the college
of science and music, one each.
Election of the candidates took
place November 10 and 11 at a
booth in the Pilot House. Seniors
had previously nominated candi¬
dates for the national honor on
November 3 and 4.
Qualifications considered in the
selection included scholarship, extra¬
curricular activities, service to
school, present leadership and prom¬
ise of future leadership. Candidates
were submitted to the deans of the
colleges for approval before they
were put to the vote of the senior
class.
Who’s Who Among Students in
American Universities and Colleges
is an annual publication which ac¬
cepts nominations from approxi¬
mately 800 schools throughout the
country.
Additional information and pic¬
tures will be found on page 2.
Pianists Prepare
Program, Party
An all-Bach program will be the
Christmas offerings of Miss Lily
Keleti’s piano students to be pre¬
sented on Tuesday, December 20, at
6:30 p. m. in the Recital hall.
Bach’s 15 two-part Inventions,
several minuets and four preludes
and fugues from “The Well-Tem¬
pered Clavier" will be performed by
Lena Amato, Patricia Brandt, La-
Verne Butts, Dolores Church, Betty
Dettman, Sister Edith, Mary Eme-
rick, Ann Foley, Peter Lacroff,
Cheryl Langille, Ferriel McKinney,
Wallis Nelson, Anna Rinella and
Karen Woodward. This opportunity
to hear various individual inter¬
pretations of Bach’s music is open
to all students.
After the recital. Miss Keleti's
pupils will hold their annual Christ¬
mas party in her studio amid gay
holiday decor. The highlight of the
evening will be a talk by the Rev.
Gregory Lombardo, C.S.C., one of
Miss Keleti’s piano students.
Agenda Varies
In Hemscomfng
Initial plans for homecoming fes¬
tivities, scheduled for February 11
and 12, were released this week by
Joe Berg, homecoming chairman
and president of Blue Key national
honor fraternity. The activities will
center around a basketball game
series with Seattle university.
Something new on the agenda is
a whiskerino contest which is dated
to begin during the latter part of
January and to climax on Friday
evening, February 10, with the an¬
nouncement of contest winners.
Rules of the contest will be posted
at a later date.
Also scheduled for February 10 is
a rally dance in Education hall.
The homecoming queen, to be
chosen by a studentbody vote, will
be announced at this dance. During
the intermission of the social, the
traditional homecoming bonfire will
be put to the torch.
An inter-ciub display competition
is also in the planning stage. The
club or group of individuals sub¬
mitting the poster or display best
typifying the homecoming spirit
will receive a prize.
Homecoming, which is sponsored
by the ASUP, is under the direction
of Blue Key and assisted by the
senior class and Upsilon Omega Fi.
school spirit fraternity. Student
suggestions for homecoming will be
welcomed by the committees. Sug¬
gestions may be dropped in the sug¬
gestion box on the ASUP door or
given to any member of Blue Key.
Berg stresses two ways in which
students may help make this home-
coming a success, first by buying a
homecomnig button when the sale
begins in February and publicizing
the activity among alumni, and sec¬
ond by learning the school songs
as one evidence of school soirit.
Students may submit names for
queen by putting them in the ASUP
suggestion box before Monday.
Private Colleges
Merit Donation
A contribution of $5,000 was made
to the Oregon Colleges Foundation,
Inc., of which the University of
Portland is a member, in recent
action taken by the General Foods
Fund, Inc., it was revealed in a
bulletin released to the Beacon on
December 9.
Each college member of the foun¬
dation will receive a portion of the
grant. The amount that the uni¬
versity will receive has not yet
been announced.
Other schools who will share in
the contribution include Cascade,
Lewis and Clark, Linfield, Maryl¬
hurst, Mt. Angel, Multnomah, Pa¬
cific, Reed, and Willamette.
Trustees of the General Foods
Fund, Inc., an independent founda¬
tion sponsored by General Foods
corporation, announced on Decem¬
ber 9 this aid-to-education program
for 1955, with grants totaling $278,-
000. The program is broader in
scope than the fund's first such
program in 1954.
The trustees stated that three
colleges, Amherst, Hamilton, and
Oberline, were selected to receive
grants of $25,000 each. Grants total¬
ing $117,500 are being made to 16
state and regional associations of
private liberal arts colleges.
Six senior women were chosen as candidates for queen of the 23rd
annual Biology ball, “Silver Bells,” by the Biology club at its meeting
last Tuesday evening. This first dance of the year will be held on Jan¬
uary 6 from 9:00 p. m. until midnight at the Knights of Pythias ballroom.
The six princesses who compose the royal court include Barbara
Brown, Dorothy Stevens and Barbara Reilly, senior science majors, and
Diana Vardanega, Peggy Brunkow and Nancy Rivers, seniors in the col-
lege of nursing.
Don Romanaggi, president of the
Biology club, will crown the queen
at the intermission and the remain¬
ing candidates will form her court
as princesses.
Couples will dance to the music of
Jerry McClelland and his ten-piece
orchestra. Refreshments will be
served throughout the entire eve¬
ning.
Bids for this formal may be pur¬
chased in the Pilot House at the
booth or from members of the Bi¬
ology club. The price per couple is
$3.00. *
Don Petersen, the general chair¬
man for this formal dance, is as¬
sisted by Jim Van Dyke, in charge
of refreshments; Dick Guasco, dec-
orations; Martin Arrigotti, bids; Bob
Rigert and Ray Moshofsky, ball¬
room; Richard Cavalii, advertise¬
ment: Dawn Kinkade and Barbara
Deklotz, posters; Arden Huff and
Jerry Hutchison, clean-up, and Don
Romanaggi, band.
Chorus !© Slug
At Tub Cuii¥©
A Christmas program will be fea¬
tured during convocation period in
Education hall on December 21. The
program roster at present consists
of a speech by the Rev. Howard J.
Kenna, C.S.C., university president;
songs by the campus chorus directed
by Margaret M. Dundore, and the
Ostet from the “Showboat” revue;
a violin solo, and a monologue by
Mary Murphy.
According to convocation director.
Milton McMenamin, the show is still
in the embryo stage but he feels
confident that students will receive
it with as much enthusiasm as the
Showboat” revue. This is the first
year that a program of this special
type has been attempted and it is
expected to be a permanent innova¬
tion.
Also on the convocation agenda
for January 11 in Education hall is
entertainment by the chorus from
Holy Child Academy here in Port¬
land.
®l?t> JJrrabrntB iteaage
To each of you and to your families, a Merry Christmas'
This wish is not a perfunctory one, not the conventional sea¬
sonable greeting, but a prayerful expression of the regard in
which you arc held by me, surely, and by all the faculty, re¬
ligious and lay. It. is an expression of our profound hope that
God will make your Christmas merry and have you always
in His keeping.
To be merry means not merely to enjoy the fun and food
and frolic of the season but to possess a deeper happiness,
joy and a tranquility of soul, mi interior security, that comes
from peace with God, peace with your neighbor, peace with
your conscience— a peace arising from a serene faith, a con¬
fident hope, and a generous love, the three-fold gift of the
Son of God and of Mary to men of good will.
This gift in full measure, pressed down and overflowing,
may God give to each of you and to those you love.
Merry Christmas!
HOWARD J. KENNA, C.S.C.
President.
Check For $500
Ups Lounge Fund
A check for $500 was presented to
Mike Strong, carnival chairman
and ASU? rice -president, during
the pep rally convocation Wednes¬
day, December 7, to go toward the
remodeling of the Pilot House stu¬
dent lounge. The cheek is a dona¬
tion from the father of one of the
members of Upsilon Omega Pi, who
wishes to remain anonymous. .
Don Graham, rally chairman and
former president of Upsilon Omega
Pi, presented the check in the name
of the school spirit fraternity. The
group, which was suspended in Oc¬
tober for disciplinary action, was
recently reinstated by the Rev Erwin!
Orkiszew.vki, C.S.C., director of stu-.
dent welfare.
Graham announced the donation}
at the close of the assembly during*
Which the rally squad led student^
in yells in preparation for the bas-j
ketball games. The cheer leaders*
include Betty Jo Brown, MomaT.
Pizzo, Beverly Wehren, Betty Jo.
Wylie, Dick Benevento, Bob Duffy
and Sam Sinclair.
