Montgazette, Vol. 06, No. 02, 1971-10-08

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Montco Chorus Slates
Season Of Bacharach
Transcendental Meditation Lecture
Montco Meets Mystic
Montco's College Chorus has
begun another season of music,
this year to the sounds of Burt
Bacharach. Along with selections from Jesus Christ Superstar, the chorus is working on
a show entitled "An Evening
With Burt Bacharach.'
In addition to local concerts,
a travel tour is scheduled.
Slated to end the season is a
campus show, sometime in
early December.
Students interested in singing
are asked to report to Library
Hall during rehearsals onMon-
day, Wednesday, and Friday at
12 noon or Tuesday evening.
While all members are required
to attend at least three of the
four weekly rehearsals, no
audition is required.
Two assistant conductors -
one choral and one instrumental
- are needed to assist and lead
rehearsals. Performing experience is necessary.
Two pianists, an organist,
percussion players and stage
band players are needed for
the chorus band. Instruments
are supplied whenever needed.
Positions on the production
staff still open are a Public
Relations Coordinator and edi -
tor  of the Chorus Newsletter,
New Course,
Evolution
Of Rock
A new dimension has been
added to the music program
at Montco. "The Evolution of
Rock' is the title of a new
course designed to explore our
current music culture.
The intitiation of rock, its
developments and where it's
headed are the main features
to be discussed.
Evolution of Rock features
student lecturers as well as
recorded illustrations. The
course will encompass the rock
scene in America and beyond
and includes such famed per-
sonae as Cream and Jimi Hen-
drix from England, Ekception
from Holland, Jefferson Airplane and Grateful Dead from
San Francisco.
The Evolution of Rock is a
non-credit course and is open
to all students. The class meets
in the Lecture Hall from 10:30
to 12:00 noon on Thursday, October 14; Tuesday, October 19,
Tuesday, October 26; Tuesday,
November 2; and Thursday, November 4.
The course stems from Dr.
Szul's Music History Class in
which one week is spent on
rock music. Because of the
overwhelming response from
his students Dr. Szul secured
permission for an extension
of this period in Music History.
and a stagemanager to coordinate technical logistics including
photos and tape recordings of
performances.
Activities anticipated within
the chorus include monthly
parties, barbecues, hayrides,
and a winter weekend in the
Catskill Mts.
Drama Club
To Feature
"Bald Soprano"
"The Bald Soprano' by Eugene Ionesco is tentatively being
planned by Montco's Drama
Club as the school year's first
presentation. The production
will be held November 18th
and 19th at College Hall. Admission is free.
There are six main characters in the play; 3 males
and 3 females. The male parts
have been cast, and Mr. Joseph
Eckhardt, advisor, is seeking
and auditioning females for the
remaining roles.
Enrollment
Peaks At
3,300
Registration for the fall semester at Montco has topped the
3,300 mark, according to Mr.
Verl A. DeCamp, director of
admissions.
Of this number, 1,890 are
full time students, while 1,490
are part-time. Mr. DeCamp
also stated that over 600 applicants were rejected for the
fall semester because of lack of
space   to accommodate them.
George W. Philips, the Registrar, said that in 1966, the first
year of operation for Montco,
there was a total of 597 students
enrolled. These figures show
that in the five years since the
founding of Montco, student
population has increased more
than five times.
The prospect for an even
greater enrollment is evidenced
by the fact that the admissions
office has already accepted 500
students for the spring semester. Mr. DeCamp added, however, "that the admissions office has stopped accepting
students for the spring semester pending withdrawals by
students already accepted, and
the results of preregistration
of returning students.''
Miss Barbara DeAngelis, a
teacher of the ancient Indian
art of transcendental meditation, as taught by Maharishi
Mahesh Yogi presented the
first of a seven-lecture series
to the students of M.C.C.C. on
Thursday, September 30, 1971.
Miss DeAngelis, who became
interested in TM while attending the University of Wisconsin, later attended the Maharishi's teacher training school
in Majorca, Spain, where she
learned the instruction of this
technique.
In her first lecture, Miss
DeAngelis acquainted the students with Transcendental
Meditation.
"We release ourselves from
BARBARA DeANGELIS, pre-
sentor of Transcendental Mediation lecture series at Montco.
Montco Peddle
People - Plan
Future Peddle
Mr. ZieglerHeilman, science
instructor, his son, and two
Montco students, Alan Gehret
and Paul Trainor, cycled 40
miles to Geigertown, Pa. on
September 18.
Stops along the route included
Hopewell Village, French
Creek, and St. Peters Village,
all of which added interest and
stretched the excursion to a
seven hour ride through the
countryside. However, the
American Youth Hostel in Geigertown was a welcoming sight
even for the heartiest cyclist
in the group It was there they
spent the night before returning
home   early   Sunday morning.
Another journey is planned
for October 23 along the same
route and all students and faculty are invited to participate.
If you have a bicycle in good
condition and are interested,
you should contact Mr. Heilman
at least a week in advance for
reservations. The fee is $1.50
per person for hotel, $1.50 for
groceries at Geigertown, and
pocket money is needed for food
along the road.
our  inner mind,'   she pointed
out.
During Transcendental Meditation, the mind engages in a
lesser state of thought, and the
body merely corresponds. Oxygen consumption, cardiac output, carbon dioxide elimination,
heart rate, and respiratory
rates decrease significantly.
The metabolic rate of the body
drops by an average of 20%.
However, the chemical content
of oxygen and carbon dioxide in
the blood remains normal. Skin
resistance is also greatly increased.
All this physiological evidence concludes that during TM
the body is in a deep state of
rest, although the mind is fully
alert and able to respond to
stimuli.
Transcendental Meditation,
as compared to sleeping, surpasses sleep, in that it greatly
slows down the body processes
and relieves tensions, as compared to six to eight hours of
sleep which only relieves some
of the tensions, and metabolism
rate drops only 10-15%.
"We dream to release tensions,'  Miss DeAngelis stated.
A repeated interruption of
sleep and dreaming causes a
person to start hallucinating,
and mental damage may result.
TM is the fourth state of consciousness which is as natural
as wakefulness, dreaming and
deep sleep.
In stating that TM helps to
relieve the tension of the nervous system, Miss DeAngelis
inferred that this release of
tension also eliminates 80% of
diseases which are psychosomatic in nature.
In concluding, Miss DeAngelis declared that only a small
portion of a person's potential
is used, and TM helps to expand
this potential along with personal awareness. The mind and
heart expand together, resulting
New Programs
Added To Teacher
Curriculum
The Instructional Teacher
Aide Program and the Student
Teaching Program, are two new
programs headed by Mrs. Doris
Jones, Curriculum Coordinator
at Montco.
The Instructional Teacher
Aide Program is the newest,
having its beginning in May of
this year. The object of the program is to train and place
Teacher Aides in Pennsylvania
schools.
This program is conducted in
three phases: The first is a
twelve week summer program
where all books, monies, and
fees are paid by the college.
Along with this, the trainee
is allotted fifty dollars a week
for living expenses During the
in the ability to love and appreciate one's fellow man.
This lecture was the first of
seven steps of instruction involving TM. The second lecture
will explain the mechanics of
TM: what a person must do to
gain satisfaction from TM. It
is at this lecture that prospective students decide if they will
complete the course. The third
meeting is a private interview
between student and instructor,
followed by a group introduction
without talking, in which the
students seek personal satisfaction from TM. After this
fourth meeting, there are three
more encounters on the three
immediate following evenings,
so that the course is completed
with the most benefit to the
students.
The only requirements for
those interested are the discontinued use of non-prescription drugs, such as marijuana,
for a 15 day period between the
first lecture and the second,
which will take place Thursday,
October 14, in Lecture Hall.
Secondly, even though the organization represented by Miss
DeAngelis, The Students International Meditation Society,
(SMS), is a non-profit organization, a $35 fee is required for
the rental of a meeting place
and publicity costs. Finally, a
period of four consecutive days
are needed for the last four
lectures.
Any interested students can
contact SIMS at The University
of Pennsylvania, 3905 Spruce
street, Philadelphia, Pa. 19104,
or by calling EV 7-1733.
second phase, trainees are
placed in eleven different school
systems in Montgomery County,
where he receives a salary from
the school district. At this time,
he will also be required to take
two education related evening
courses. The third phase, or
post service, is another twelve
week session during which the
college again pays all fees. At
the end of these phases, the
trainee will have acquired 42
credit hours, applicable towards the two year Associate
Degree.
The Instructional Teacher
Aide Program for 1971 involves
twenty students. Mrs. Jones
urges students to look into programs such as these because
this is a new and popular field.
The Student Teacher Program involves the only Early
Childhood Program in Pennsylvania Community Colleges.
This program meets the certifications of the State Board of
Private Academic Schools for
an assistant teacher in a licensed private nursery school.
There are fifteen staients
in this program enrolled at
Montco. They have been placed
in seven local nurseries or
kindergartens, and teach from
9:00 a.m to 12:00 noon, Monday through Friday.