Persistent but Poor

THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION, Nov. 19 — A “presidential profile” of Sister Francesca Onley, 71, who has led Philadelphia's Holy Family University, for 23 of its 50 years, contrasted the Sister of the Holy Family of Nazareth's skills as an executive and the fact that she draws no salary.

Sister Francesca “has no worldly concerns,” said the Chronicle feature. But when it comes to the af fairs of the university, “she is shrewd and persistent.”

A successful fundraiser for the 2,800-student, commuter university, she leads an independent board of tr ustees composed of what the newspaper called “strong-willed, successful professionals.” Says one: “Sometimes it's tough to say ‘no’ to somebody in a habit.”

Land Rich

CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA, Nov. 19 — The university announced that recent purchases of land, including 50 acres of adjacent proper ty formerly owned by the federal government, has made CUA, at 200 acres, “by far the largest campus in Washington.”

The expansion was noted by Vincentian Father David O'Connell, president of the university, in a repor t at the U.S. bishops' recent meeting in Washington.

Father O'Connell also repor ted that current enrollment, at 2,760 undergraduate and 2,900 graduate students, is the highest it has been since the mid-1970s to the late 1970s.

North American College

NORTH AMERICAN COLLEGE, Nov. 19 — The U.S. national seminar y in Rome has under taken a $25 million capital campaign with more than half that sum slated to increase the college's endowment.

Some $10.7 million would be used to make improvements at the seminar y and at the 400-year-old Casa Santa Maria, the graduate house for priests in the center of Rome.

A national fundraising campaign will begin this coming spring.

New President

SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS, Nov. 15 — Oblate Father Ronald Rolheiser has been named president of the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio.

An author, newspaper columnist, speaker and retreat director, Father Rol-heiser recently completed a term as general councilor for Canada for his religious community, the Oblates of Mar y Immaculate. He will take up his new assignment in August.

Throughout his priest-hood, he has taught theology and philosophy at Newman Theological College and at Seattle University in Washington state.

Per fect 100%

AVE MARIA SCHOOL OF LAW, Nov. 5 — For the second consecutive year, the school's graduates achieved the highest pass rate among all Michigan law schools on the state bar examination.

The law school's second graduating class achieved a 100% pass rate among its first-time exam takers — significantly higher than the 73% pass rate of all first-time test takers in the state.

The graduates of the University of Michigan finished second with 89% of its graduates passing. The only other Catholic law school in the state, the Jesuits' University of Detroit Mercy, saw 63% of its graduates pass the bar.