oyoian
Vol. 40 — No. 11 1 <^g|g|^>75 January 14, 1963
CHRISTY MINSTRILS combine talents of polished performers and original simplicity of
folk music for Loyola Homecoming show, February 10.
Minstrels Make
Melodious Music
Homecoming To Be Highlighted
By Christy Minstrels, Feb. 10
One of the many highlights of Homecoming will be pro¬
vided by the combination concert-mixer on Sunday, Febru¬
ary 10, featuring the famous New Christy Minstrels in con¬
cert at Westchester High at 7:30.
The New Christy Minstrels are a relatively new group
on the folk music scene, and were originated by Randy
Sparks who has achieved fame as^- - — - -
a soloist and also through his
Randy Spai^ks Three. His idea in
establishing his group was to
bring folk music back to the realm
and ideals of one of its earlier
exponents, Edwin P. Christy, who
coincidently happens to be the or¬
ganizer of the original Christy
Minstrels way back in 1842. Chris¬
ty's original success was achieved
through combining the early sim¬
plicity of folk music with the tal¬
ents of polished musicians and
performers.
BIO NAMES
Although only recently organiz¬
ed as a group, the New Christy
Minstrels have a lone lineage of
individual talents and big names
and hence they are referred to as
a group of groups. Composing this
10 man group are the Randy
Sparks three, Art and Paul, and
the Inn group.
The Minstrels' appearance at j
Loyola marks only one in a long
chain of successful and greatly
heralded college appearances. They
have received national exposure
on both the Vic Damone and Andy
Williams shows.
PHENOMENAL SALES
These most successful personal
appearances and the phenomenal
sales of their album “The New
Christy Minstrels" and in particu¬
lar the acclaim given to their ver¬
sion of “This Land Is Your Land,"
which has penetrated into the pop-
record field throughout the coun¬
try, have helped to make this
group one of the hottest and most
sought after groups in the United
States.
Tickets will be available for this
Pay One Price affair after finals
with tickets being sold at all the
women's colleges as well as at
Loyola.
Pi Gamma Mu
Chapter to
Come to L.U.
Loyola University's application
for a chapter of Pi Gamma Mu,
the national Social Science Honor
Society, was approved at the 1962
meeting
о
fthe Society's Board of
Trustees.
The Society was incorporated
on April 5, 1929. Under the terms
of its charter, Pi Gamma Mu has
undertaken the task of encourag¬
ing the study of the social sci¬
ences by stimulating such inter¬
est among graduate and under¬
graduate students and faculty
members in college and universi¬
ties throughout the world.
MEMBERSHIP
The privilege of membership in
the Society is granted to those
who have shown unusual interest
and aptitude in the study of his^-
tory, political science, sociology
and economics, (including anthro¬
pology and geography) . Member¬
ship is open to any person who is or
whs an officer, member of the
teaching staff, alpmnus, graduate
student, senior or junior in col¬
lege, university, or other institu¬
tion of higher learning who may
be elected to membership by a ma¬
jority vote of the chapter under
the supervision of chapter faculty
members, provided that such per¬
son has had at least twenty se¬
mester-hours of social science
with an average grade therein of
not less than “B" or 85 percent
(3.plus in gradepoint average) and
has further distinguished himself
in the social sciences. The maxi-
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By Dave Callahan
The Brothers of Alpha Delta Gamma Fraternity will
again present their Annual Post Mortem Dance in commem¬
oration of the passing of the Fall Semester of 1962. To be
held on the night of the last day of semester tests, January
23, the festivities will take place at the luxurious Thunder-
bird Hotel in El Segundo. From 9 to 1 A.M. Loyola’s defini¬
tion of a riot will try to forget the harrowing experience of
final tests, and if the law of averages applies, from midway
through the dance they will have no problem about remem¬
bering anything.
ANOTHER FIRST
This is the first Post Mortem dance to be held at the
Thunderbrid (a thing which can be said about all previous
Post Mortem sites, because for some strange reason there
has never been any return engagement to any preceding
Post Mortem locations)! This also the first Loyola dance to
be held in the newly completed Crystal Room. This room is
so big that the National Democratic Convention could con¬
vene in its foyer. The bar is so big that it takes alternating
platoons of 25 bartenders on roller skates to run it. The car¬
pet is so thick that every patron is given a compass and a
machete to clear his way to the dance floor. The powder
room is outfitted “gratis” by ADG so the girls from the six
Catholic Women’s Colleges can feel free to take powder
any time they want to. There are more chandeliers in the
Crystal Room than Liber ace has candalabras, however, the
management has strictly forbidden such barbarous practic¬
es as in former -years when human sacrifices to the great
God “Flunk” hung from the chandeliers.
LANGE CHAIRMAN
Dance Chairman Walt Lange will not Admit just how
big of a turnout he expects, however, he has reserved the
International Airport for a parking lot and rumor has it
that the second floor is being remodeled to serve as a hat
check stand. Walt stoutly denies that the swimming pool
will be turned into one gigantic punchbowl, but giggling
workmen have been seen rerouting a bubbling, effervescent
stream around the perimeter of the ballroom.
WHITMORE FLAYS
Walt at first contacted the New York Philharmonic Or¬
chestra, but magnanimously decided that nothing was too
good for Loyola and he therefore dug deep into the ADG
pecuniary pit and has produced etnough money, so that
with our fee the James Whitmore Orchestra will become mil¬
lionaires overnight with enough left over to pay the national
debt.
ADG did not want to charge for this dance but being
berievolantly cognizant of the light that this would put other
less generous organizations into, the fraternity took the
smallest bill the treasury had and this ($3.00) was estab¬
lished as the donation for a bid.
it GOOD DANCE-
This dance is always the best attended of the entire so¬
cial calendar, and this year’s should prove no exception.
The size of the ballroom has been increased a hundred fold
over last year’s, but a thousand couples will still figure to
constitute a crowd in the room. It is at this time that The
Brothers of Alph Delta Gamma Fraternity extends its sea¬
son’s wish - “May your grades be good: May your girl be
beautiful; and may you celebrate both at the Post Mortem
Dance on January 23, at the Thunderbird Hotel.”
JAMES WHITMORE'S orchestra provides fascinating dance
music for annual Post Mortem, to be held in the Crystal
Room of Thunderbird Hotel»
