The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 39, Issue 9 - January 8, 1962

Vol. 39— No. 9 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF LOS ANGELES January 8, 1962 Loyola Hosts Charity Tilts Friday evening, Jan. 12, Loyola will open the WCAC basketball season against the University of San Francisco in a benefit game for Mt. Saint Mary’s College. All the proceeds from the game will be donated to the Mount for rehabili¬ tation purposes. The Mount suffered an estimated million dollar damage and had over 20 per cent of its facilities damaged in the recent Bel-Air fire. It is hoped that the money made from the game might help a little to¬ wards the reconstruction debt. Pep- perdine, Santa Clara and USE- have graciously given up their usual gate receipts in order to make this proj¬ ect a success. For nearly three days the fire raged out of control destroying numerous buildings and causing an unestimated amount of dam¬ age. Owing only to the help of the Guy F. Atkinson Contracting Co. complete devastation of the campus was averted. The contracting com¬ pany brought along numerous wa¬ ter tanks and set up a defense against the holocaust. A large turnout is expected for the doubleheader which will see nationally ranked Santa Clara go against Pepperdine in the opener beginning at 7 o’clock. Everyone is urged to appeal to their friends and relatives to help support this worthy cause. Pep Club Holds Rally On January 12 a rally organized by the Loyola Pep Club will be held in the Lair at 11 a.m. to encourage student body support for the Lion’s two weekend basket¬ ball games against USF and Santa Clara to be held in the Sports Arena. League Play Opens It will be a big weekend for the Lions who Friday night will both open league play and combine with the other teams — Pepperdine, Santa Clara, and USF— to donate the profits to the benefit of Mt. St. Mary’s rebuilding program. In order to bring Loyolans out in full force at the Sports Arena, the Pep Club is planning a spirit¬ ed half-hour Friday morning. The rally will include the music of our fine Pep Band, Mr. Arndt and the basketball team, cheers, and of course, women from Mt. St. Mary’s College who will publicize the bene¬ fit game. %дЦе . . . CCD Appraised 2 Editorials _ _ - 4 Senor Mouse _ - i-j . 4 Sports 6-7 Letters . . 5 Bento Biosts 8 Yeor Record Loyola University’s brilliant cen¬ ter, Ed Bento (6’6”, 210), broke three records and tied another in the Hawaii and Redlands games played last week in Loyola’s gym. Wednesday night against his fel¬ low Hawaiians, Bento scored 40 points to breag Bob Cox’s 8-year old record of 38 points set against Santa Barbara in 1954. He broke another one of Cox’s records by making 18 field goals which eras¬ ed the record of 17 set against Seattle in 1954. Also, against the Rainbows, he tied the school re¬ bound record of 25 set by Cal Gar¬ vin in 1953 against Los Angeles State. Thursday night, with his third field goal of the game against Red¬ lands, he broke former coach Bill Donovan’s record of 1102 total points for three years. Also, if Ed continues to average about 26 points a game, he will break Dono¬ van’s four year record (’46-’50) of 1457 points, Ed Bento, Lion stellar center, eyes basket in recent encounter with Hawaii. Bento scored 40 points against the team from his native state, breaking a record that stood for nearly a decade. Expert on Greek Orthodox/ Fr. Dennis/ Views Vatican II By CHARLIE KUNZ, News Editor The announcement by Pope John XXIII that the 21st Ecumenical Council of the Cath¬ olic Church will be held near the latter part of this year was received with great interest and optimism throughout most of the world. Here at Loyola we have an authority on the Eastern Church in Fr. Dennis, S.J., teacher of Theology and History. According to Fr. Dennis the^ main discussion, as far as can be seen, will concern the position of Bishops in relation to the Pope. This particularly was the topic at the last Ecumenical Council which is discontinued before any de¬ finite conclusions could be reached. Fr. Dennis feels that there will be a decentralization in the Church. The Bishops will take on added responsibilities heretofore not un¬ der their jurisdiction. Cultural Adaptation Other topics for discussion, which were sent in by Bishops and seminaries throughout the world, include missionary problems, such as adapting the Church more to the culture and civilizations of the underdeveloped countries instead of trying to Westernize them, and getting more participation in the Mass by saying it in the vernacular of each country. Concerning the latter problem, Fr. Dennis feels that nothing definite will come of it except the setting up of a com¬ mittee to analyze the situation. Also on the discussion agenda will be the problem of clearly defining the infallability of the Pope more exactly and precisely. Fr. Dennis earnestly believes that, although the Council will not deal directly with the problem of union with the Greek Orthodox Church, the discussion on the posi¬ tion of the Bishops will be of par¬ ticular interest to the Orthodoxy, since a great many disputes have arisen between the two Churches on respective powers of the Cardi nal and the Patriarch. But he does not think that the Orthodoxy is quite ready for union. Background A Ph.D., Fr. Dennis did his graduate work at the Pontifical Institute of Oriental Studies in Rome, University of Munjchi, Uni¬ versity of Rome and the Gregorian University in Rome. In 1960 he was awarded the degree of Doctor in Oriental Ecclesiastical Studies His doctoral dissertation was pub lished in book form in Rome in 1960. He has also contributed many articles to European and American journals. Registration Appointments Announced Appointments for registration for the spring term may be obtained on January 16 and 17 between 7:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. All students who plan to return to the University for the spring term must obtain an appointment time. Registration will take place in the order in which the permits are obtained and no exceptions are to be requested ex¬ cept in the case of extreme emer¬ gency. A limited number of students will be allowed to register early and they must obtain their appoint¬ ments on January 15 between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. No early registra¬ tion appointments can be given out after this time. Students whose names appear on the approved lists of the following organizations or service groups will be given early registration: Athletes: Basketball, Baseball Student Body Officers Crimson Circle Members Student Service Workers Editor of the Loyolan Editor of the Lair Obtain clearance from the Treas¬ urer’s Office and the Dean of Men. These clearances may be obtained at any time after you have re¬ ceived your Permit to Register. It is strongly recommended that you obtain these clearances prior to the time of actual registration. No stu¬ dent will be permitted to begin registration for classes until they have the clearances and you will save valuable time by taking care of the matters before registration. On the date and time of your appointment report to the Regis¬ trar’s Office, St. Robert’s Hall. Further directions on registration are contained in the Schedule of Classes.