The Aquinas 1987-09-09

              - Scholarship students adjust
well to American way of life
Archives developed
at 'U', :M:arywood-
BY YVONNE FALCONE
The University 'of Scranton and Marywood College
have received a joint grant of $25,600 from the
Pennsylvania Historical Records Advisory Board to
preserve the histories of both institutions.
On or about October 1, a project will begin involving
the inventory of rt:~ords still scattered throughout both
campuses. .
Dr. John Bluth, the project's director, will supervise
the work at both schools and will be assisted by
archivists and student assistants, according to Dr.
Kenneth Oberembt, director of the Alumni Memorial
Library. Bluth earned his doctorate in history at
tlringham- Young University.
The first task of the project will be to describe in
detail the records and recording their specific location
on the campuses, Oberembt said.
These records are to be collected and organized into
suitable inventories so that they may be accessed by the
archives of the respective schools, he added.
Oberembt explained that, in addition to actually
collecting the records, the project will consist of
determining inventory strategy, appraising the records,
and training staff.
Systems for adding future records to the archives will
also be developed, he said.
The selection committee who approved the grant
received twenty-three submissions fro!TI various
institutions interested in obtaining the funding to be
used to study their histories, Oberernbt added.
After seven applicants - including the University of
Scranton and Marywood College - were chosen to
receive full or partial funding, the winners had to
undergo ratification by a special board, he said.
The University's archives have real historical value,
Obermebt eXplained, telling in essence where the
University has been and what the University is.
Oberembt added that if the records are not gathered,
nobody will spend the time and effort required to
preserve them. If not properly collected and organized,
the information could be lost or accidentally destroyed.
The records are office records no longer needed
because they are outdated and not functional for the
schools.
The ro'ect office will be located in the Jesuit Estate.
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Laurence .uu~'ni:Peter Power and Patricia Jones
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(left to right) are this year's winners of the Francis
Redington and Dermot Harris scholarships.
Irish .stud~nts have a choice days in November to
of gomg eIther one or four prepare for his
years. . . performances of "Julius
Panuska saId that RIchard Caesar" in January
Harris will be at the .
Universitv for three to four
basement which may
contain a computer facility,
washer/dryer room, lounges
and various other student
rooms.
Leung, Hemmler and
Camayd, the same
architects who designed
Redington Hall, will design
the new dormitory.
·,The dorm's revenues and
expenditures will be
discussed at a University
Finance Committee meeting
next month, P.ellino said.
He added that a final
decision concerning the
financial feasibility of the
dorm will be made at that
time.
Dermot, who died of a heart
attack just before a Nov.
19, 1986
performance of "Camelot"
in Chicago. .
"Harris wanted the
scholarship to go to
students who would best
carryon his orother's talent
and who needed financial
help in order to go to
college," Panuska added.
The three students, when
interviewed by The Aquinas
, said that they were
I adjusting well to their new
environment.
"Our orientation aides
really did a good job of
getting us settled in,"
Jones, who is majoring in
psychology, said.
Duffy, a communications
major, pointed out that, in
contrast to American
colleges where one can go
either two or four years,
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The scholarship winne!,s'
academic credentials are
then reviewed by the
University Admissions
Office, Panuska said.
,There,''jVas, however, one
sigriificant difference .
between the Redington and
Harris scholarships, he
explained.
While the former is
intended for college
students from any part of
Ireland, the latter is for a
student attending the high
schools which Dermot
Harris went to, he said.
Power, who is majoring in
management at the
University, attended
Rockwell College, one of
Harris's schools, according
to Panuska.
He said that Richard
Harris established the full,
four-year scholarship' in
memory of his brother
residents, he added.
Second, the Committee
believed that students
should be provided with the
ability to have apartmentstyle
housing, Pellino
explained.
The new dormitory will be
built facing southside, in
correlation With Redington
Hall's direction.
Although the two
buildings will have similar
exteriors, the new building's
interior will be different.
The apartments will also
.contain a kitchenette and a
living/dining'area.
The four-story building
will also have a full '
BY JOHN McGUIRE
Aquinas News Editor-
Three students from the
Republic of Ireland are
,atte~ding the University
this year on both the
Francis Redington and
Dermot Harris scholarships,
according to the Rev. J .A.
Panuska,. president of the
University.
Laurence Duffy and
Patricia JoneS" - the
Redington Scholarship
winners - and Peter
Power, the winner of the
Harris Scholarship, were
selected by the same
process, Panuska said.
, A committee comprised of
the headmasters of the five
Jesuit schools in Ireland and
the educational
representative for the Irish
Jesuit provincial reviewed
the applicants' records, he
added.
BY PATRICK LYNCH
A new $7.3 million
apartment-style dormitory
will be built on the corners
of Clay Avenue and Linden
Street, according to' Glenn
Pellino, vice president for
planning and development.
The building, to be
completed by the fall of
1989, will house a total of
262 students in 131'twobedroom
apartments,
Pellino said.
A parcel of land now
occupied by a parking lot
and the University-owned
Lancaster House, will be
the site for the new dorm"
he added.
Pellino explained that, in
order to facilitate
construction, Lancaster
House will be demolished.
A proposal by the
University Facilities
Committee to the Board of
Trustees requesting that a
'dormitory be built was
approved, he said.
. "_The Facilities Committee
deemed the proposal a
necessary project for, the
University's community
life," Pellino explained.
. This was done for two
reasons, he added.
First, it was thought that
a new dorm would allow
more students to stay oncampus
and therefore
strengthen the University's
relationship with Hill _
Apartment dorm to be built
Will be completed by fall of '89
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