Vol. 48 — No. 12
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF LOS ANGELES
February 8, 1 965
DR. LESTER TO LECTURE
Goethe's Faust Topic
Of Dr. Lester Address
By Eric Hansen
Doctor Conrad H. Lester, Professor of German at
Loyola University, will lecture this Wednesday, February
10th, on the German poet and dramatist, Johann Goethe
and his most famous work Faust. The lecture, the first of
four parts all of which concern Goethe and Faust, will be
held in Strub Memorial Theatre beginning at 8:00 P.M. Of
the four lectures, two will be held in February and two will
be held in March, all on Wednesdays throughout both
months and all in Strub at 8:00 P.M.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(1749-1832) is ranked as Germany’s
greatest poet, dramatist, and phi¬
losopher and is also considered in
the literary world as matching
Shakespeare and Dante, as a phi¬
losopher, Goethe became famous
for his unique and deep under¬
standing of the motivation of hu¬
man behavior. As a poet, his works
realistically portray the peasant
life so common to his contempo¬
rary Germany. As a dramatist, he
is perhaps best known for Faust
with other works such as Tasso,
Iphigenie, and Egmont also classi¬
fied as masterpieces, works which
all portray the author’s unhappy
life. In addition to his many dra¬
mas and poems, Goethe also wrote
many novels; his Wilheom Mei-
ster’ Apprenticeship, written in
1791, became so popular that it was
later translated into English. To¬
ward the end of his life, he pub¬
lished a variety of short works—
Herman and Dorothea, a poem
mainly concerned with life on a
German peasant farm; an auto¬
biography; and another novel,
Elective Affinities. In addition to
writing, he worked with various sci¬
ences, especially botany, a topic on
which he wrote and researched on
extensively. His fame also included
politics. He served as Prime-Min-
DR. CONRAD LESTER
ister of his German principality of
Saxe-Weimar and later was the
producer of the court theatre.
Goethe, throughout his life, had
shown himself to be a man of many
talents and occupations, all of
which he pursued successively.
Yet, for all his accomplishments,
none is better known than his dra¬
ma, Faust. It is considered to be
the finest work of literature to ever
be written in the German language
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Gateway Trio Spotlights
Folk and Queen Contest
One of the many highlights of Homecoming will be pro¬
vided by the combination concert-mixer on Saturday, Febru¬
ary 13th, featuring the Gateway Trio and the New Folk Trio
in concert at Orville Wright Auditorium at 8:00 p.m
Queen Candidates Present
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All the candidates for Loyola’s
homecoming queen will be present¬
ed at the concert. Therefore, it
will appropriately be called the
Queen’s Presents.
The Gateway Trio appeared at
the Queen’s Presents last year and
were received with near ecstatic
praise and jubilation. Consisting of
two male singers and one female,
they are sure to provide a bal¬
anced program of contemporary
and classical folk songs.
The second group is relatively
new on the Folk circuit. They’ve
been together for less than a year,
but their songs display a perfect
blending of voices typical only of
‘old’ groups. The New Folk Trio
have something old, something
new, something blue, but never
borrowed.
Two Band Mixer Following
A giant two-band mixer will fol¬
low in the Lair, lasting till 12:30.
Tickets will be on sale both here
at Loyola and at the Girl’s Col¬
leges.
Loyola Plays
Host to OLA
An appeal for mutual respect,
understanding, and co-ordination
within the entire new generation
of young Catholic laity issued forth
from Loyola University last week¬
end, the outgrowths of which may
even someday alter the spiritual
social, and academic system in
which we are now involved.
The event was the annual con¬
ference of Sodalities and O.L.A
within the California Province Je
suit Colleges attended by some 40
representatives of Santa Clara Uni
versity, the University of San
Francisco and Loyola University it
self.
Spirit Dynamic
The prevailing spirit was dynam¬
ic, creative, and constructive, call¬
ing for a new approach to Chris¬
tian living and, ^ultimately, for a
deeper commitment to it.
This is the product and hopefully
the voice of a new generation that
is coming to maturity in these hec¬
tic days, a generation that wants
no pat answers, no easy read-made
solutions, no external conformity
as a substitute for genuine convic¬
tion and personal involvement.
They don’t want to sit passively
and listen. They want to act— and
to achieve concrete and substan
tial improvements in the world
about them. They want to speak
out— and to be heard sympatheti¬
cally. They will have nothing to do
with lecturers who will not try to
understand their world.
Learn New and Old
They don’t think they know
everything but neither do they be¬
lieve anyone else does. They may
need to learn that new and old are
not synonymous with good and bad
but they know that their parents’
generation must also learn that a
thing isn’t necessarily wrong be¬
cause they never did it that way.
These young Catholic men and
women reserve the right to doubt
and at the same time they feed
spastic children; teach drop-outs
how to catch up; mingle with Ne¬
groes and Mexicans in under¬
privileged areas with programs for
developing leaders among them;
engage in ecumenical projects with
Jews, Protestants, and non-believ¬
ers; serve in Community Fund
shelters; teach catechism to local
parishes; coach athletics in local
schools; expose Newman Club stu¬
dents to Catholic philosophy and
theology; visit delinquents in jails;
and countless other projects; all
while striving to excel as studetnsj
on campus.
Frontier Days' Slated
For Jubilee Homecoming
By JOHN REDMOND
If you have looked at your social calendar lately, you
have noticed that February is Homecoming month. The plan¬
ning of this event began as early as last May to insure that
this year’s Golden Jubilee Homecoming-Frontier Days will
be the finest and most successful possible. The same basic
outline as last year’s Homecoming will be followed, but this
year’s will be greatly expanded in some areas and improved
wherever needed.
The largest and most important
part of Homecoming is the Carni¬
val. There will be a record 36 en¬
tries in this years carnival plus
four thrill rides. The Associated
Student Body itself is sponsoring 7
games, the four rides, two folk
groups, 3 food booths and a rock
and roll dance. The reason for the
A.S.L.U. sponsorship is twofold: 1)
These entries add color, fun and in¬
terest to the carnival and 2) In this
way it is hoped to make Homecom¬
ing a self-supporting event while
at the same time giving everyone
a chance to have an active part
in Homecoming.
Loyola’s Carnival
Two folk groups will entertain at
this years carnival. On Friday
night, February 26, a new and very
lively group, The Youngfolk, will
do two shows; and on Saturday
night The Travelers 3, one of the
most outstanding folk groups in the
country will entertain. The admis¬
sion to the carnival this year will |
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be only 75c per day, but students
can save $1.25 if they buy advance
sale tickets priced at $1.00 which
will provide admission for all three
days that the carnival runs.
There will again be a rock and
roll dance on the carnival grounds
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5BX TEST OFFERED
ON SULLIVAN FIELD
Wing Commander Daryl Yamamoto announced last week
that the 5BX test will be held this semester on Friday morn¬
ing February 12th at 11:00 A.M. For those of you who start
complaining about having ROTC on Friday, consider the
advantages. Attendance for all basic cadets is not required.
However, all ROTC officers must compete in the event.
Exempt From Drill
Any basic cadet who fulfills the
requirements of the test next Fri¬
day will be exempt from drill on
the following Tuesday. Also con¬
sider the thrill beating your flight
commander around Sullivan Field.
It may prove to be the only chance
you will get to show him up.
If these reasons are not enough
to draw you to the field, be re
minded that in this great society
of ours, physical fitness should be
right at the top of everyone’s must
list. What better fay to show your
physical aptitude than to race
through those five easy exercises?
Those of you who wish to be
exempt from drill the following
week be on Sullivan Field at
11:10, Friday, Feb. 12th. Dress for
the occasion will be athletic
clothes. However you may wear
your uniform if your please. The
cost of cleaning the uniform after
our brisk workout may seriously
influence your decision about what
to wear.
Remember, what Bob Richard’s
points out in the Wheaties com¬
mercials, “A strong mind and a
strong body go hand in hand.”
What better way to get out of drill
and at the same time increase
your athletic prowess.
