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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
SEPTEMBER 29, 1956.
Report Reveals Steps Taken
By Belmont Abbey College To
Strengthen Teaching Staff
BELMONT,^ N. C„—In a pro
gress report made public today,
the Very Reverend Cuthbert E.
Allen, O.S.B., president of Bel
mont Abbey College, disclosed
the program undertaken to
strengthen the instructional staff
of the college. By placing first
emphasis on the faculty, the ad
ministration of the college aims
at a qualitative improvement in
the educational structure as a
basis of the institution’s services
to its students.
The report indicates both a
vertical as well as a horizontal!
growth and the results are mani
fested in the recent additions to
the faculty.
Already appointed to the facul
ty* are six additional members
spread over the various depart
ments, and further appointments
are to be made in the next few
months, which will bring the full
time faculty to 36 members and
an instructional ratio of one teach
er to 15 students, Father Cuth
bert stated.
Among the new appointments
are three with the doctorate in
their teaching fields, one with
the doctoral work completed, and
two with professional degrees.
The appointments announced in
the report are the following:
Mr. W. Stephen Sanderlin, Jr.,
Ph.D., to the department of Eng
lish. A native of Portsmouth.
Virginia, Dr. Sanderlin received
his A.B. degree at William and
Mary, where he was elected to
Phi Beta Kappa, his Master’s
degree at the Catholic University,
and his doctorate at the Universi
ty of Virginia. A student of Whit
man and Poe, he is the author of
numerous monographs published
or to be published.
Sister M. Annella Lynn, R.S.M.,
Ph.D., to the department of Soci
ology. Sister Annella received her
A.B. from Trinity College in
Washington, D. C., and her mas
ter’s and doctor’s degrees from
Catholic University. She has pub
lished many papers on sociolo
gical problems and will chairman
the Sociology department at the
Abbey.
Mr. Benedict Berry, License en
Philosophic from Laval Universi
ty, Quebec, Canada, to the de
partment of Philosophy. He is a
native of Greensboro, N. C., and
an alumnus of the Abbey, gradu
ating from the Junior College.
Mr. Berry received his A. B. de
gree from Mount Saint Mary’s
College in Maryland and he has
completed his graduate work at
Laval University except to defend
publicly his thesis for the Docteur
en Philosophie (Ph.D.) later this
year.
Mr, Alois C. Baggenstoss, Ph.D.,
to the Chemistry department. Dr.
Baggenstoss was born in Berne,
Switzerland, and took his doc
torate at the University of Berne,
He did additional research at
the universities of Frebourg and
Zurich, for six years he did re
search in chemistry and for' two
years served as a consultant in
organics. He is married and has
one child. Mrs. Baggenstoss, who
also has her doctorate in Biology,
was a former member of the Ab
bey faculty.
Mr. Francis Rossner, LL.B, to
the department of Business Ad
ministration. Born in Budapest,
Hungary, he earned his bachelor
and law degrees at the University
of Budapest. After serving as
floor manager of the Budapest
Stock Exchange, he came to the
United States in 1924 and be
came an American citizen. He
has had wide business experi
ences and he served as Army in
terpreter in Bavaria in 1947 and
as civilian employment manager
for the American Military Gov
ernment in the American Zone in
Germany.
Mr. Nield Gordon, A.B. in Phy.
Ed., to the Physical Education
department as coach of basketball
and instructor in hygiene. His
home is Washington, D. C. He
attended Wingate Junior College
and earned his bachelor’s degree
at Furman University where he
was an outstanding athlete. Mr.
Gordon served in the Army and
later played professional basket
ball with the New York Knicker-
Court Dismisses
Contempt Citation
DES MOINES, IOWA., Sept, 18,
(NC)—A mother cannot be pun
ished for contempt of court be
cause she ignored a divorce sti
pulation directing her to raise her
son as a Catholic.
This was the 5-4 decision of the
Iowa Supreme Court, which dis
missed a contempt of court cita
tion-against Mrs. Gladys Lynch,
rural school teacher of Clarion, *
Iowa.
Mrs. Lynch, a Protestant, di
vorced her husband, Francis L.
Lynch, a Catholic, in April, 1953.
The divorce decree gave, her cus
tody of her son, Richard, age 9
but directed her to rear him in
the Catholic Faith.
Mrs. Lynch admitted raising
him as a Protestant since the di
vorce. Her former husband filed
a contempt complaint against her
and the Iowa District Court found
her guilty. She appealed the find
ing to the State Supreme Court.
The American Jewish Congress
intervened in the case in behalf
of Mrs. Lynch, filing an “amicus
curiae” (friend of the court) brief,
contending that the decree of the
lower court violated her religious
freedom.
The high court majority dis
missed the complaint, and ruled
that the lower court was “actively
enforcing” a provision which
violates religious freedom as
guaranteed by the Constitution.
The minority opinion claimed
that the majority ruling was
wrong in holding that the terms
of the divorce- stipulation were
too vague to be enforceable.
bockers.
Two Abbey faculty members
were granted leaves-of-absence to
complete their studies for the doc
torate. The Reverend John Oet-
gen, O.S.B., of the English depart
ment, is in residence at the Uni
versity of North Carolina, and
Mr. Gilbert J. Farley is on a fel
lowship at the University of Mi
ami, Florida.
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