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Father Joseph H. Fichter is an example of this sometimes disconcerting blend of past and present. Fichter was appointed to the Divinity School faculty this fall as Chauncy Stillman Professor of Catholic Studies. But unlike his predecessors, who lectured in medieval history, Fichter holds a Harvard Ph.D. in sociology. Although he is a Jesuit, he admits he "can't remember the last time I read Thomas Aquinas...
According to Mrs. Ryan, the 5,900,000 pupils in Catholic elementary schools, high schools and colleges in 1963 constituted less than half of all Catholics of school age. The best evidence on how they fare, comparatively, comes from the Rev. Joseph H. Fichter, S.J., head of the sociology department at Loyola University. Testing social standards, social skills, family relations and school and community relations in typical parochial and public schools in South Bend, Ind., he found that pupils were nearly identical: both "accept and demonstrate honesty, obedience, gratitude, self-control and kindliness in about the same proportions...
...students received Frank Knox Memorial Fellowships. They are Chesley P. Booth of Eliot House, Craig K. Comstock and Thomas E. Weisskopf of Quincy, Robert P. Fichter and Carl J. Green of Lowell, and Robert S. Leiken of Adams...
Robert P. Fichter '61, of Lowell House and Rockaway, N.J., was elected President of the Advocate Monday; David M. Landon '61, of Lowell House and New York City, Pegasus; and Mason D. Harris '61, or Lowell House and Fitchburg, secretary...
James C. Marlas '59, Mark J. Mirsky '61, Keith D. Lowe '60, Robert P. Fichter '61, E. Eugene Pell '59, John S. Wolfson '60, John E. Lawyer, Jr. '60, and Ralph B. Perry...