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Meese accepts UD
invitation
University News
Volume IX, No. 1
University of Dallas
September 4, 1985
2 5 years at UD celebrated
Cunningham
Novinski
respected
by Mark Grayson
central desk, dealing with the patrons,
Dallas Area Rapid Transit
English.”
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DART stop
planned
for UD
helped
build UD
was looking for suitable places
to make more of the kind of
speeches (as he has made recent-
ly); so we simply wrote him a
letter.”
Though no specific date has
been set for Meese’s speech,
West said that it (the speech) will
deal with the theme, “Constitu-
tional Principles and the Institu-
tions of Government.”
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Wisconsin, where I went to graduate
school. He was going to Texas to help
start a new college and an art program,
and he said he’d call me as soon as he
needed a second person. Two years later,
in 1960, he called, and I came to UD in
the fall,” Novinski said.
UD was a very ‘‘primitive place,”
Novinski said. “There was no Highway
114, no Loop 12, no Northgate, no Las
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by B. Ruth Rinehart
Twenty-five years of service doesn’t go
unnoticed at this university. Ruth M. Cun-
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an exhibition of works produced by
students taking the childrens’ literature
course offered by the Education Depart-
ment,” Allen Bond, Periodicals Dept.,
said. “She is clearly proud of such ac-
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we study English only by reading books.
But speaking ability is very important,”
recognized with certification as a trans-
lator in many capacities, including that of and faculty for the welcome he has
“Translator of Science and Technology ceived at UD. “I can enjoy this campus
" J’ ” life very much.”
In coming to UD, Mr. Takeuchi hopes
to strengthen his language skills. “I wish
to take courses to help my spoken En-
experience may be more unique than that glish. ’ ’ But he has other hopes as well,
of most new students. At the age of 84,
Mr. Takeuchi is the oldest incoming
freshman in the history of UD.
Mr. Takeuchi has come to UD as the
winner of the First West Japan Business-
men’s English oratorical contest. The ti- here as a goodwill ambassador of sorts.
“I will try to promote the relationship be-
tween the U.S. and Japan in private, in
a personal way. ” He feels that Japan can
Hideo Takeuchi
Man’s odyssey leads toUD
by Buck Downs
For every student, life at UD is a new
experience. But for Hideo Takeuchi, the
General have not raised fun-
damental questions, but Meese
has been doing so, and that
makes him particularly in-
teresting to us,” said West.
As regards to how the Univer-
sity was able to attract such a
well-known politician as Meese,
West said, “I discovered
through someone I know in the
Attorney General’s office that he
America,” said that the Universi-
ty was looking for a prominent
public figure to speak on the
principles of Constitutionalism,
and that in recent speeches
Meese has been raising some fun-
damental issues with regards to
the way the Supreme Court has
been misinterpreting the Con-
stitution in the past few years.
“Most recent Attorneys
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by John Posey
The politics department has
announced that Attorney
General Edwin Meese III will
give a lecture at UD this spring as
part of the . University’s three
year celebration of the bicenten-
nial of the U.S. Constitution.
Professor Thomas G. West,
director of UD’s project, known
as “Constitutionalism in
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One is to communicate with people his age
in the Dallas area. “I would like to meet
other older people here and discuss social ✓
programs with them,” he says.
He also sees a broader value to his stay
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Edwin Meese
years of service as a teacher at UD. This was a fascinating question: Why not a
is an honor few faculty can claim, for the school that was Catholic, coeducational,
University is only 27 years old. and committed to the arts? We firmly is always in contact with the people she
In those 25 years, he has helped found believed in what we were doing, even serves. The job has a touch of public reta-
in those 25 years, he has helped found believed in what we were doing, even < • ■ • •
the Art Department and has served as its though we were one of the first Catholic tions to it, since she is out front, at the
central desk, dealing with the patrons,
See page 2 helping them with their needs. “Her fan-
tastic memory of past students and student
workers in the Library is quite im-
pressive,” Sister Theresa Schuettenberg,
Circulation Assistant, said, “especially
those returning years later.” Undoubted-
ly, a “fantastic” memory contributes to
her excellent skills in the library. '
Cunningham is responsible for the
250,225 volumes the library now con-
tains. Special events also come under her
attention. “In recent years, as part of Na-
vice to the UD campus will begin in tional Library Week, it has become
Colinas, and only a handful of buildings
on the freeway between here and down-
town Dallas. Although the first wing of
the art building was under construction,
the only building on campus besides the
dorms was Carpenter Hall.
“That year, we ran 8 art courses out
of the same room on the second floor of
Carpenter Hall. But by Thanksgiving, the
art building was ready, and we’ve been
down here ever since.”
Even though the campus wasn’t very
Professor Lyle Novinski, Chairman of much then, “it was a very exciting op-
the UD Art Department was honored in portunity,” Novinski said. “At that time, ningham, Head of Circulation in the 1
a special ceremony at the Fall Convoca- most Catholic education in art was con- library, was honored at the Fall Con-
don on Tuesday, September 3, for 25 fined to women’s universities. To me, it vocation, September 3, in the Maher I
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tie of his speech was “It’s never too late
to learn. 7 “Studying language is my hob-
by,” he says, “one that is a challenge.”
Bom in Himeji city near Osaka in 1901, show the importance of peace to the U.S.
Mi. Takeuchi taught grammar school and “All Japanese have learned the value of
worked with a major textile manufacturer peace. ’ ’
until 1956. Then, after his compulsory Mr. Takeuchi’s age itself presented a
retirement at the age of 55, he joined the problem to travel, despite his good health.
Better Diet Association of Hyogo Prefec- ‘ ‘My family was afraid for my health, but
ture as a certified nutritionist. my desire (to come here) was very sin-
Mr. Takeuchi began to study English cere,” he says. “We can be healthy when
on his own at the age of 62. “In Japan, we have a goal; something to study for.”
In addition to his load of courses at UD,
Mr. Takeuchi will be participating in a
he says. His dedicated studies have been series of lectures on “American Campus
- Life. ’’ He would like to thank the students
re-
chair for 20 years. He has been continual-
ly producing more artworks. He has
served UD in many capacities, especial-
ly as chairman of the UD Landscape
Committee. He is also married and the
father of five children. In these and many
other ways, he has touched many lives,
and helped lead UD.
“Since I’ve been here almost from the
beginning, there is a little bit of my blood
on almost everything you see. I like to
make things. It’s what artists ought to do. Dallas Area Rapid Transit an-
As long as people let me do just that, I’m nounced recently that DART bus ser-
very happy. I’ve been well tolerated here,
so it’s been a wonderful 25 years, and I
expect 25 more like them,” Novinski
said.
The key to his dedication and accom-
plishments can be found in this artistic
desire to “make things. ” Not least among
the things Novinski has “made” is the
UD Art Department.
“It all began with Father Phillip Szeitz, DART cities,”
classmate of mine at the University of spokeman.
The UD route is part of DART’s
Suburban Local Service, which in-
cludes 47 routes in ten Dallas
suburbs. The new routes will be
linked by transfer centers where
riders can obtqin connections to
other cities in the DART system.
Bus fare will be 50 cents, and most students and it has been a real pleasure
transfers will be free. See page 2
November. Route 306 will serve the customary for Mrs. Cunningham to set up
campus and connect with routes in
Irving, Dallas, DFW Airport, and
other Dallas suburbs.
The new service will give UD
students “unprecedented travel op- complishments by UD"students, and
portunities within and between joys showing the exhibition to others.
DART cities,” said a DART Many students have had occasion-'to
remember her kindness and interest in
them. Often after graduation they will
return to speak with her or write to her.”
The interest in students is a large part
of the reason Cunningham has remained
with the University for twenty-five years.
“The highlight of my work has been
working with the young people,” she
said. “They are an outstanding group of
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