1964 Yearbook
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1964 Yearbook
Description
Contact with Alumni - Friends
Realizing the need of a media to
more fully acquaint the public of the
developments at the College and in
the education world the Office of
Public Information introduced the
magazine "Acorns & Oaks" with the
winter issue of 1961. Now published
five times a year it keeps the Am-
brosian Community abreast of the
study, research, publications, travel
and awards of the administration and
faculty through articles prepared by
them for the magazine. The Development issue reviews where the money
comes from and where it goes.
Acorns & Oaks provides an organ
for the Administration to state policy
and review the goals of a liberal
arts college as it interprets them.
Cognizant of the fact that its readers are interested in the constant
changes in education, yet rather removed from source material the
magazine editor occasionally prints
articles received from Editorial Projects for Education.
"Acorn & Oaks" always features
delightful art and photo work for
the cover and articles. This cover
is by Ambrosian Terry Munch. The
watercolor "Ambrose Hall" was a
local award winner and became a
part of the permanent collection as
the Davenport Mutural Art Gallery.
Mr. Don White, Director of Public Information, edits Acorns and
Oaks.
"Ambie Al" was the Ambrosian
version of a "round robin" during
World War II. Sensitive to the need
of Ambrosians in the Armed Forces
to have mail and home ties the Rev.
Robert J. Welch took up the task. It
was continued by the Rev. Francis
J. Marlin when Father Welch left the
campus for graduate study. With the
end of hostilities the pattern changed
and after an interval liasion was
again achieved by the new Alumnus.
Volume I, Number 1 came off the
press in October, 1949. From the
President's office the following message went out to its readers:
To the Alumni:
At long last we are able to launch a
magazine exclusively directed to the Alumni of St. Ambrose. We have long felt
the need for such a publication. During
the war "Ambie Al" did noble service,
and we had hoped that it would continue
as the official alumni organ. But the pressure of swollen enrollments with the task
of providing greater facilities within our
limited physical plant and the necessity
of increasing the faculty to provide ade
quate instruction left little time for other
worthy projects.
At the start, THE AMBROSIAN
ALUMNUS will of necessity be a small,
unpretentious publication . . .
It is a strong tie that binds us together.
Whatever else we are, we are all Ambrosians. May this alumni publication be more
than a medium of news exchange; may it
awaken old loyalties, keep alive the memories of happy years now gone, and bring
into closer relationship the many sons of
St. Ambrose scattered throughout the nation and the world.
Sincerely,
A. J. BURKE
The Alumnus has fulfilled its
founders expectations—it is a magazine of news about Ambrosians.
Class editors now share the news
gathering and writing part with the
editor, Leo G. Miller, executive secretary of SAC alumni, and managing
editor, Don White. Change, the only
constant feature of a dynamic society, has come to the Alumnus. It is
now a quarterly and has a new format.
Realizing the need of a media to
more fully acquaint the public of the
developments at the College and in
the education world the Office of
Public Information introduced the
magazine "Acorns & Oaks" with the
winter issue of 1961. Now published
five times a year it keeps the Am-
brosian Community abreast of the
study, research, publications, travel
and awards of the administration and
faculty through articles prepared by
them for the magazine. The Development issue reviews where the money
comes from and where it goes.
Acorns & Oaks provides an organ
for the Administration to state policy
and review the goals of a liberal
arts college as it interprets them.
Cognizant of the fact that its readers are interested in the constant
changes in education, yet rather removed from source material the
magazine editor occasionally prints
articles received from Editorial Projects for Education.
"Acorn & Oaks" always features
delightful art and photo work for
the cover and articles. This cover
is by Ambrosian Terry Munch. The
watercolor "Ambrose Hall" was a
local award winner and became a
part of the permanent collection as
the Davenport Mutural Art Gallery.
Mr. Don White, Director of Public Information, edits Acorns and
Oaks.
"Ambie Al" was the Ambrosian
version of a "round robin" during
World War II. Sensitive to the need
of Ambrosians in the Armed Forces
to have mail and home ties the Rev.
Robert J. Welch took up the task. It
was continued by the Rev. Francis
J. Marlin when Father Welch left the
campus for graduate study. With the
end of hostilities the pattern changed
and after an interval liasion was
again achieved by the new Alumnus.
Volume I, Number 1 came off the
press in October, 1949. From the
President's office the following message went out to its readers:
To the Alumni:
At long last we are able to launch a
magazine exclusively directed to the Alumni of St. Ambrose. We have long felt
the need for such a publication. During
the war "Ambie Al" did noble service,
and we had hoped that it would continue
as the official alumni organ. But the pressure of swollen enrollments with the task
of providing greater facilities within our
limited physical plant and the necessity
of increasing the faculty to provide ade
quate instruction left little time for other
worthy projects.
At the start, THE AMBROSIAN
ALUMNUS will of necessity be a small,
unpretentious publication . . .
It is a strong tie that binds us together.
Whatever else we are, we are all Ambrosians. May this alumni publication be more
than a medium of news exchange; may it
awaken old loyalties, keep alive the memories of happy years now gone, and bring
into closer relationship the many sons of
St. Ambrose scattered throughout the nation and the world.
Sincerely,
A. J. BURKE
The Alumnus has fulfilled its
founders expectations—it is a magazine of news about Ambrosians.
Class editors now share the news
gathering and writing part with the
editor, Leo G. Miller, executive secretary of SAC alumni, and managing
editor, Don White. Change, the only
constant feature of a dynamic society, has come to the Alumnus. It is
now a quarterly and has a new format.
Date
1964
Rights
St. Ambrose University, 518 W. Locust St., Davenport, IA 52803
Identifier
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