The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 38, Issue 12 - February 13, 1961

Las ■j oUn Vol. 38— No. 12 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF LOS ANGELES Feb. 13, 1961 STEVE SHIFFREN and Jerry Uelmen prepare arguments for up¬ coming debate tournaments. The duo comprise Loyola’s senior debate squad which finished second in the recent “Rocky Mountain Speech Classic” in Colorado. DEBATERS SECOND IN DENVER MEET The Loyola senior upper division debate squad copped second place in the Rocky Mountain Speech Conference Feb. 3 and 4, held at the University of Denver. JERRY UELMEN and Steve 3> ■ - — — — — Shriffen, the Loyola entry, main West chester Irate Charge L.U. to Be New'CityDump' “Operation Fill-in,” a plan as safe as possible for the neigh¬ borhood children, a s e v e n foot tained the best win loss record in the entire tournament and the judge’s second place trophy. THIRTY-FOUR colleges from twelve states were represented in this, one of the more rigorous speech tournaments of the year. The Rocky Mountain event was started in the early 1930’s and since then its promotion of highly competitive debates has attracted the top college teams of the nation. THE TEAM, coached by Loyola debate director Michael Schon, easily conquered debaters from Hastings College, the University of Utah, and the University of Wyom¬ ing. Their final record showed them winning six of their seven scheduled events. TWO JESUIT institutions fell be¬ fore Loyola’s debaters. Uelmen and Shiffren defeated both Creighton and Regis Universities, and the Air Force Academy, the tourna¬ ment’s third place finisher. UNFORTUNATE scheduling pre¬ vented the Lion duo from the tournament’s top position, as the University of Redlands, the first place finalist, did not face the Loy¬ ola twosome. JERRY UELMEN also placed high in the individual events, fin¬ ishing fourth in oratory. I $пдЦе . • • \ I r 4- J Communism Forum Pg. t 2 J Editorials . . . Pg- 4 | Max Schulman . . Pg. 5 о Sports ..... Pg. 6 | Lions in *V; I WCAC Lead jid Pg. 7 i IFC Posts Rush Dates The Fraternities are once again opening their doors for new mem¬ bers. The aspirants will naturally have a chance to get a good look at each fraternity at the “rush” parties. QUALIFICATIONS ARE few but demandable. All prospective “rush- ees” must have an overall average |of 2.00. Anyone without the pre¬ scribed grade point will definitely not be invited to rush. Freshmen cannot pledge. All transfer stu¬ dents must have completed at least one full semester at Loyola University before they are eligible for pledging. A rushing list will be drawn up by the Inter-Fraternity Council, and any fraternity having pledges that are ineligible will be severely penalized. RUSH DATES FOR the fraterni¬ ties are as follows: Phi Kappa Theta on Feb. 11, 16, 21 and 26; Tau Kappa Epsilon on Feb. 12, 17, 22, and 27; Alpha Delta Gamma oh Feb. 13, 18, 23 and 28; Delta Sig¬ ma Phi on FeV 14, 19, 24 and Mar. 1; Phi Sigma Kappa on Feb. 10, 20, 25 and Mar. 2. Some of the above V are “open” rush parties by which the city of Los An¬ geles will fill in the ravine on the Northeast corner of Loy¬ ola’s property, has met with some formidable opposition from some of the residents in this area. TWO OF THE bigger questions that have been raised are those concerning the safety of the neigh¬ borhood children and the problem of dust. With these and other fighting points, the citizens have presented a long statement to the Westches ter Co-ordinating Council protest ing the proposed fill-in. This state¬ ment was accompanied by a peti tion signed by over 500 residents THE CITY HAS endorsed safe guards which should help quell these fears. The trucks used in the fill-in will be prohibited from us ing any route other than the spec! fied one along Manchester Avenue to Loyola Boulevard. In addition to this, another safety factor will keep these trucks from operating on these roads before 10 a.m. and after 4' p.m. These times were se¬ lected so that the children could go to and come from school with¬ out any danger of being hurt by passing trucks. THE CONTRACTORS will also take every precaution to prevent the circulation of the dust by using water sprinklers. Caterpillar trac¬ tors will be in constant use to pack! treasury close to a quarter of a the dirt down. million dollar over and above the TO MAKE THE whole operation 'cost of filling the ravine. fence with locked gates will be constructed around the entire fill area, In the event that combust¬ ible materials are used, every safe¬ ty measure will be taken. АП these safeguards are to be considered first before the city will give its approval to the operation, which at this time it has not given A meeting of the council next week will decide the fate of this project. IT HAS BEEN emphasized time and again that the ravine will be filled with only the unused mate¬ rials from the city’s construction works. For the most part dirt will be used in the fill, but in some cases cement and rocks will also be put in. THE HOME-OWNERS have ex¬ pressed feirs th&t this ravine will be used as a common dump for the Westchester area. This title has a connotation of putting any¬ thing and everything into a large hole. This gulley will not be used at any time for the dumping of garbage and other waste for the purpose of decomposing it. THE PROPOSED FILL-IN will make a tremendous cut in expenses which the city now has to appro¬ priate for the removal of excess building materials. The city has to send its trucks out to the Palos Verdes area to unload. The pro¬ posed operation will save the city Annual Event Shows at SMC Tradition will take another step forward on Friday, March '24. That night, at 8:00 p.m., the F ourth Annual Intercollegiate Spring Sing is to be held at the Santa Monica Civic. Auditorium. The Spring Sing, though quite new, already enjoys the honor of being one of the most popular events on the local Catholic Col¬ lege scene. AS IN THE PAST, the Loyola University Glee Club is sponsoring the famous singing event. The Glee Club sponsored the first Spring Sing under the direction of Jerry Kenefick and Paul Connelly in 1958, and has continued to do so in the succeeding seasons. The Co-Chairmen on the Spring Sing, Roger Lestina and Phil Mark, have expressed the Glee Club’s hopes to make this year’s production the finest yet. ORGANIZATIONS on the cam¬ puses of the Catholic Colleges of Los Angeles will compete for the various awards in the Men’s, Wom¬ en’s, Mixed, and Mixed Produc¬ tion divisions. In order to keep the singing of high quality, elimina¬ tions are going to take place on Sunday, March 19. A general re¬ hearsal of all Spring Sing partici¬ pants will be ' held on the after¬ noon of the actual presentation at the Santa Monica Civic Auditori¬ um. AS OF YET, a number of en¬ tries still remain available for in¬ terested organizations. These espe¬ cially lie in the fields of Men’s di¬ visions, Mixed division, and Nov¬ elty, Any group that wishes infor¬ mation about the openings (or Spring Sing) can contact Roger Lestina or Phil Mark on campus or by writing to Box 427, Loyola University. AND ON Tuesday, Feb. 14, a meeting of representatives of the participating organizations with the Spring Sing committee will take place. At that time the judging system will be worked out and other questions will be answered. THOSE WHO INTEND to go to the Spring Sing are advised to buy their tickets early, since the seating capacity of the auditorium is only 2800 and the tickets may be sold out' a few jlays before the production. NEW BELLES INSTALLED THE PLEDGE BIDS will be Thirty-five young women from Immaculate Heart College, Mary- mount College and St. Vincent’s will be installed as members of the Loyola Belles. on February 14, in Malone Students Center at 7:30 p.m. They will act as official host¬ esses for the University. THE GIRLS BEING installed from Immaculate Heart College are Misses Polly Bartolone, Norma Chandler, Maureen Coleman, Col¬ leen Curran, Vanette Kaye, Vickie McWhorter, Carmen Mandelbaum Marjorie Olsen, Janelle Richard¬ son, Evelyn Strait, Patty Sutton, Karen Ulvilia, Marie Vilven and Lynne Zechner. ^ BELLES FROM MARYMOUNT College are Misses Cathy Arico, Bonnie Camero, Marleah Compton, Pamela Grote, Nancy Hiatt, Pa¬ mela Kelly, Paula Lorhan, Kath¬ leen Meagher, Terry Parker, Jean- nie Rosenberger, Judy Sheehan, Sue Stone and Patty Vollstedt. BELLES FROM St. Vincent’s include Linda Brewer, Mary Anne Fischer, Jo Anne Fredrick, Joyce Hindman, Amy Jones, Mary Lou Morreale, Mary Parkinson and Lydia Schacht. RECENTLY, Miss Vanette Kaye, a junior at Immabulate Heart Col¬ lege, has been elected 1961 presi¬ dent of the Belles. She succeeds Sandi Goehringer of Marymount College. VANETTE, AN ACTIVE mem¬ ber of the Belles last year, served as vice-president of the group- and was sponsored by the Freshman Class in this, year’s Homecoming Queen competition. She is a mem¬ ber of Delta Chi Phi Sorority at Immaculate Heart where she is majoring in history. AMONG OTHER ACTIVITIES the campus hostess organization has selected three - prominent Los Angeles Residents as recipients of their Annual Belle Awards for Citizenship, Sportsmanship and Public Service. Named to .receive the Citizen¬ ship Award is Henry Bodkin, a former member of the University’s Athletic Board of Control and a prominent attorney who was in¬ strumental in the founding of Loy¬ ola’s Law School in 1920. LOUIS J. CANEPA, a member of the University’s Board of Trus¬ tees and Athletic Board of Con¬ trol, will receive the Sportsman¬ ship Award. IRA WALSH, the Los Angeles Examiner National Director of the Scholastic Sports Association and organizer of the Catholic High School Journalism Day, will re¬ ceive the Belle Public Service Award. CERTIFICATES -of Apprecia¬ tion will be given to Rev. James J. Markey, S.J., and Rev. Alfred J. Kilp., S.J., both members of the University’s faculty. The awards, given on the basis of outstanding contributions and service rendered to home, commu¬ nity and Loyola University, will be presented at the Belles Installa¬ tion. Vanatte Kay