The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 37, Issue 13 - February 29, 1960

Vol. 37— No. 13 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF LOS ANGELES February 29, I960 Cinderella Team Nears Championship Loyola Union Argues Fate Of Chessman “Controversial Caryl Chessman” kicks off the first session of the neophyte Loyola Union today at noon in the old library. The Union, which welcomes views from all of the university community on di¬ verse topics, is expected to develop into a walk-in walk-out free for all. Dr. Edward Fry, of the Educa¬ tion Department, will be the initial speaker on the podium. Other faculty members and many stu¬ dents are also expected, and in fact welcomed, to take public stands on this timely topic. From Out of the Darkness . , • The Union, a mixture of the famed Oxford Student Union and the infamous Pershing Square, was organized by a group of loosely knit students and their profs. Ap¬ proval of the public sounding box has already been received from the administration and complete free¬ dom of speech has been guaranteed by its backers. Students Alex Schoenborn, Fred Taugher, Ted McNamara, Bill Hager, Frank Cooney, John (Continued on Page 2) Frats Drop Best Award Last November 16, the frater¬ nity presidents requested that the annual Fraternity award be dropped. This past week, after dis¬ cussion with them, permission was granted to terminate the award until further notice. Also, a service bureau is pro¬ posed, to be located within the Interfraternity Council. Fr. Kilp considers that it “is a good idea, and should prove to be of practi¬ cal value.” In order that individual frater¬ nities may assume the expected leadership in this matter, three captains will be appointed by each fraternity. As each set of captains is called upon they will supervise the particular service activity, drawing their assistants for the project from the IFC service bureau. Fr. Alfred Kilp, S.J. -Л> LIONS OVERPOWER ST. MARY'S; 60-59 By Mike Yost The Lion Casaba Crew shows off their “makings” against cross I town rival Pepperdine. The two teams meet again tonight in the most decisive game of the season. Loyola’s Sophomore studded squad may be the school’s first conference championship team. COMMUNION BREAKFAST TO HONOR FATHERS ON SUNDAY Loyola will host its third annual Father-Son Commu¬ nion Breakfast on Sunday, March 6. This event, one of the outstanding and best -attended functions on the school calendar, was founded two years ago with the purpose of fostering a family spirit and tradition at Loyola. Mass at 10 The day’s activities will begin with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass at 10 a.m. in the Sacred Heart Chapel on campus. The fa¬ thers and sons will participate together in the reception of the Holy Eucharist. Mass will be fol¬ lowed by breakfast served in the beautiful new Malone Student Cen¬ ter. Knights Set Annual Blood Bank Refill Loyola will once again host the Red Cross bloodmobile for the an¬ nual blood drive on Thursday, March 10. Bantamweight Any person between the ages of 21 and 60, who weighs at least 110 pounds and is in good health is eligible to donate his blood. Unmarried minors between the ages of 18 and 21 must submit the “minor release form” signed by a parent. The Red Cross supplies these forms. Good Insurance This contribution not only goes to help someone in need but also helps to establish a blood insur¬ ance program to protect the do¬ nor. The blood will be taken in the Garden Room of the Student Cen¬ ter from 10 a.m. till 3 p.m. Those wishing to give blood may sign up in the Student Center from March 1 to 10. Set for The date of the Junior-Senior Prom has been set for Wednesday, May 25, announced Junior Presi¬ dent Dave Fortune. To be held at the Crystal Room of the Beverly Hills Hotel, the date will fall on the Wednesday night before Ascension Thursday. The Prom will feature the music of Jacque Robinson, Your p rayers are re¬ quested for* the father of George Schaerer, who passed away recently. Political enthusiasts line up to select their favorites. Nixon came out on top with 556. His combined opposition (Kennedy, Humphreys, Johnson) totaled 438* SPORTS ARENA, Feb. 26, 11 p.m.— Loyola Univer¬ sity’s battling Lions moved a giant step closer to the West Coast Athletic Conference title and an NCAA Regional playoff berth tonight with a stunning 60-59 victory over the St. Mary’s Gaels before 3000 screaming fans. - . — — — — For L о у о 1 a , it was all Jerry Kennedy Wins Vote Vice-President Richard Nixon was beaten by Senator John Ken¬ nedy resoundingly 60 per cent to 40 per cent in what might be in¬ terpreted as the latter’s home grounds-— home grounds in this case being the campus of Loyola University of Los Angeles, a Cath¬ olic Jesuit institution, where yes- ( Thursday, February 25), a Straw vote was taken on student political preferences.- However, with a total of 343 stu¬ dents taking part, Nixon beat Sen¬ ator Lyndon Johnson 61 per cent to 39 per cent, and Senator Hu¬ ber Humphreys, 67.5 per cent to 32.5 per cent. As Nixon appears to be the only GOP presidential possibility, the straw vote was set up so that each voter made his choice three times between Nixon and each of the three declared Democratic candi¬ dates. Catholic View According to sophomore John Farrell, president of the Young Republican organization at Loyola, these particular candidates were also chosen in order to reveal the results of a Kennedy-Nixon con¬ test on a Catholic campus, the relative strength of liberal Hum¬ phrey compared to that of con¬ servative Johnson when faced with the same GOP opponent and also the strength of Nixon against each of the three avowed Democratic candates. Gorte, Tony Krallman, and Tom Ryan. Grote led the pack with 23 points, scoring mostly an jump shots. Krallman and Ryan followed with 15 and 14 points respectively. Jn a losing cause, Gene Womack was high for the Gaels with 15. He was followed by A1 Clairborne with 12, while the vaunted All-American Tom Meschery was held to only 11 points. This was largely due to the tremendous defensive job on part of Tom Ryan, who covered Mesch- ёгу “like a shoe.” The game evens up the Loyola- St. Mary’s series for this season at 1-1. The loss to Loyola tonight s ф, r i о u s 1 у dampens St. Mary’s chances to repeat as WC AC cham¬ pions this year* For Loyola this marks the high point in a tremen¬ dous comeback for the 1960 season. St. Mary’s Loyola Meschery 11 Bento 2 Leedom 6 Krallman 15 Claiborne 12 Ryan 14 Womack 15 ' 'Grote 23 Brennan 5 Wiederkehr 6 Hart 10 Bdwler 0 Hayward 0 Simeon 0 Holmes * 0 Sehske 0 Score ' by halves: Loyola 32 28 St. Mary’s 28 31 Greek Week Set in April Plans for Greek Week were dis¬ cussed at a meeting of Fraternities and Sororities last Thursday night, in the Del Rey Room. Representatives from four Loyola Fraternities, Immaculate Heart and Mount Saint Mary’s Sororities, and Marymount were on hand. Under discussion were the vari¬ ous activities of the Greek Week to be held last week in April.