Montgazette, Vol. 06, No. 01, 1971-09-24

              Montgomery
County
Community
College
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3,0
Mystic Lecturer
To Visit Montco
The secrets of the mysterious
East are to be revealed to the
students of Montgomery County
Community College.
On Thursday, Sept. 30, Miss
Barbara DeAngelis, an advocate
of the ancient Indian ait of
Transcendental Meditation, will
address the student body in a
lecture to be held in the College
Hall Auditorium. The program
is scheduled to begin at 10:30,
and will end at 12:Q0.
Miss DeAngelis is a teacher
of TM, as the advocates of
transcendental meditation most
Montco Plans
For European
Holiday
Trips to France, Spain, and
Germany are being offered by
Montgomery County Community
College, to take place over the
Christmas vacation, to students
attending the college. The trip
is to begin Dec. 27, and will end
Jan. 13.
Air transportation will be
furnished by Lufthansa German
Airlines. The point of departure
will be Philadelphia International Airport. Flight and
tour cost is $430.00, but for
those who wish to travel on their
own through Europe, the cost is
$227.00.
Featured in the trip to France
are tour stops in Paris and
Grenoble. The trip to Spain will
include stops in Barcelona,
Madrid, Granada, andValencia.
The German tour, however, is
divided into two different
groups. The group choosing
Option A of the plan will visit
Munich, Vienna, Salzburg, and
Frankfort.
Travel arrangements for the
tour are made for the Community College through the "Around
the World Travel Center",
located in the Neshaminy Mall.
Also at this time, a class is
being offered by the Community
College, particularly for those
who elect to travel on their own.
The new course, LI25, gives an
introduction to France, Spain,
and Germany. Films, slides,
and general travel tips are included in the course, which
offers 3 credits. There are
still openings in this course.
For further information, students are requested to contact
Mrs. Hedi Zutter, Travel Coordinator. She may be found in
the Student Activities Center
between 11:15 and l:00Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday in Mr.
Page's office, or call 825-1775,
Ext. 44. Students are urged,
however, to call soon, as a
$50.00 deposit for each reservation   is   due   Oct.   5,   1971.
commonly refer to it. She is a
student of theMaharishiMahesh
Yogi, the man who brought up to
date this ancient art and transformed it into the Science of
Creative Intelligence. Over the
winter months last year, Miss
DeAngelis studied at the Ma-
harishi's teacher training
school in Majorca, Spain, and
has taught the art of transcendental meditation during the
summer and fall at eastern
Pennsylvania colleges and universities.
According to the Maharishi
Mahesh Yogi, TM "develops
creative intelligence and improves clarity of perception at
all levels of experience ... is
practiced a few minutes morning and evening during which
time the body gains deep rest
while the mind expands in
awareness ... is unique and
natural, insuring full development of the individual . . . can
be easily learned and enjoyed by
everyone . . .". And according
to an articleon the Maharishi in
the University of Massachusetts' "The Summer Statesman", "... Wherever the
message of TM has penetrated,
it has worked like magic: on
drug-ridden campuses, in in-
■* dustries threatened with alcoholism ..."
TM, therefore, would appear
to offer an alternative to the
use, or abuse, of drugs, and
would offer the student an opportunity to really fill the void,
to really fulfill himself. It
would, according to the Maharishi, "provide a systematic
inquiry into the source of all
knowledge in order to provide
a unifying or holistic basis for
all branches of learning.
Thus far, TM has received
much acclaim from many areas,
and from many individuals such
as renowned scientist and
architect Buckminster Fuller.
But for a proper and fair evaluation of the science of transcendental meditation, students
are invited to come to Miss
DeAngelis' lecture.
Faculty Member
Spends Summer
In Africa
Associate Professor James
Drew, Physics instructor here
at Montco spent this past summer in Africa. During his stay
there, he recorded tribal music
and studied the various "learning   systems"   of the people.
Mr. Drew, who is also a research physicist, and chairman
of the Nuclear Radiation Department at the Franklin Institute, was accompanied on the
tour by his wife, Christine, and
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Strikes And Bad Weather
Delay Move To New Campus
PROGRESS of the new campus at Route 202 and Morris Road
as of August 30.
Montco Faculty
Expands
BSU To
Eleven new members have
been added to the teaching staff
at Montco this year. In alphabetical order, they are:
Dr. Warren E. Atwater, Jr.,
who is a new addition to the
Department of Social Relations.
After obtaining degrees from
North Carolina State University
and Emory University, Georgia,
he received his Ph.D. from the
University of Chicago;
Mr. Lawrence S. Backlund,
one of three new members of the
History Department. He graduated Cum Laude from Ithica
College in New York, with graduate work at the University of
Pennsylvania. He is now a Ph.D.
candidate. His major subjects
are European and English History;
Mrs. Mary L. Clark joins the
English Department after several teaching positions, including having taught at Temple
University. A graduate of Lock
Haven State College, she completed her Master's Degree
work at Temple University;
Mrs. Carolyn T. Jones, another new member of the
English Department. She graduated from Montclair State College, New Jersey, and earned
her Master's at Central Missouri State;
Mr. Thomas A. Kolsky, of the
History Department, attended
Rutgers University, and then
continued his graduate work at
the University of Hawaii and at
the University of Pennsylvania.
He has completed requirements
for his Ph.D., and is an Arabic
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Concert s
A series of lectures, movies,
and concerts will be presented
by the Black Student Union of
Montgomery County Community
College throughout the school
year.
Many activities have already
been planned for the fall semester . This program was initiated
Sept. 16 with a lecture by Poppy
Sharp concerning his last political campaign in New Jersey.
Also included in the program
was "Spirit of the Masses", a
jazz group. Both Sharp and
"Spirit of the Masses" made
their appearances at Montco's
Lecture Hall in the morning
hours, and in the evening appeared at the Salem Baptist
Church in Jenkintown.
As for future events, on Oct.
12 the "Sun Children" African
dance and drummer group are
scheduled to appear. Sharing
the bill with the "Sun Children"
troupe will be Edgar Brown, who
will lecture on the plight of the
black musician. This portion of
the B.S.U. series will appear at
the Lecture Hall of the college
in the morning, and later in the
day at the Norristown Center.
Three films are also scheduled for future showing. A film
on "Black Determination" will
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, Labor strikes and severe
weather conditions have delayed
the move of Montgomery County
Community College from Con-
shohocken to the new permanent
campus in Whitpain Township.
At present, 95 per cent of the
work on the 18 million dollar
site is completed and it is
speculated that the remaining
work will be completed before
the end of November. Herman
B. Blumenthal, chairman of the
Board of Trustees of the college
was quoted as saying however,
"... the relocation will be
made as soon as construction
of the 4-building complex is
completed, and facilities are
equipped and furnished sufficiently to fulfill the college's
basic minimal requirements."
It appears that the most feasible
date for the move would be over
the Christmas vacation period,
allowing ample time for all
phases of the tedious process.
The original deadline date for
completion of the new campus
was September, 1971 as stated
in the college specifications.
However, six weeks of general
laborers striking directly affected every phase of the operation. In addition, 13 weeks of
operating engineers striking indirectly affected all other labor
by interrupting the flow of
materials onto the site.
Torrential rainfalls which we
recently experienced caused
another setback for the workers.
Minimal damage was recorded
although another week was lost
for a "drying out" period plus
a "repair week". The site
came through the storm beautifully, due mainly to the facts
that the grading design functioned as planned, as did the
storm drainage system. The
road beds which had been laid
are still intact along with the
topsoil which is now ready to be
seeded. Only the area of the
tennis courts, which may still
be under water, needs major
attention. This area must be
drained, dried, and filled before
the  courts  can be completed.
The majority of work on the
campus has already been completed. The electrical substation is now supplying power to
the buildings, the plastering is
complete, along with toilet and
washrooms, ceiling grids. The
terasso floors are 90 per cent
complete and carpeting has been
laid in most of the Student
Learning Center Building, and
all that remains now is the fine
interior finishing along with the
delivery and installation of the
seats in the auditorium and a
section in the Science and Technology Complex. Parking lots
are two thirds complete and
work has begun on widening
Route 202 in order to allow for
deceleration lanes for entering
the campus.
The present program under-
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