The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 43, Issue 18 - April 25, 1966

Vol. 43— No. 18 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF LOS ANGELES April 25, 1966 LETS OFF Due to the complications which arose at deadline time of last week’s publication the LOYOLAN was not able to publish a story concerning the r e cent protest march against the Chancery Office of the Archbishop of Los Angeles. The editorial staff of the LOYO¬ LAN regrets our tardiness in re¬ porting this incident. ‘‘The protest that rocked Los An¬ geles,” referred to by The Los An¬ geles Times as a “Tempest in a Teapot,” received its spark on the afternoon of April 5, 1966. On that afternoon, Fr. Charles S. Casassa, President of Loyola University, was ordered by His Eminence James Francis Cardinal McIntyre, Archbishop of Los Angeles; to re¬ move a temporary facing-the-peo- ple altar from the University’s Sacred Heart Chapel. Sometime between six and ten o’clock p.m. a group of students brought the Cardinal’s dictum to the attention of ASLU President Jim Freeman. After verifying the report, Freeman consulted with several aides and called an emer¬ gency student body meeting for ten o’clock p.m. in the Lair. Approximately three hundred and fifty students attended the meeting and heard Freeman read a letter which Fr. Casassa had written to the Jesuit community, explaining the removal of the altar. After listing a series of “nega¬ tive actions” on the part of the Cardinal. Freeman asked the as¬ sembled students to march in pro¬ test with him at the Chancery Of¬ fice the next morning. Before the meeting adjourned, Dean of Students, Fr. Rolfs, ex¬ plained to the gathered students the stand that the University would take with regards to the protest march. Fr. Rolfs warned that any student taking part in the march would be subject to disciplinary measures. He also said that the University could not allow a pro¬ posed student body meeting to be held on campus the following morn¬ ing. Freeman and his planning com¬ mittee stayed up most of the night making their preparations for the march. The next morning, day stu¬ dents were informed of the situa¬ tion as they entered the campus, and a student meeting was held in a vacant lot just west of, the cam¬ pus. ; At the student meeting, Freeman read a statement from Fr. Cassasa, warning that any student taking part in the march could be subject to suspension. Freeman told the assembly that in light of the pos¬ sible suspension and with gradua¬ tion approaching and the current “draft” situation, he could not ask With decks swabbed and brass polished and seamen shaved, Her Majesty’s gallant ship, the Pina¬ fore prepares to dock in Strub Theater this Friday night. H.M.S. Pinafore, the widely popular Gilbert and Sullivan oper- atta of some eighty-eight years, will be in port for four days, April 29-30 and May 6-7. Some critics have dismissed this light operatta as naive, thus over¬ looking the genuis spirit implicit in unself consciousness and simpli¬ city of statement. In truth, it’s very magic lies in this naivete. Pinafore marks the fourth and last production of the year for the Dey Rey Players and the first mu¬ sical in some years. Drawing directorial duties for the production is Mr. John Csar. Mr. Csar is an alumnus of the University and is presently on the faculty of Loyola High School. This assignment marks his home¬ coming to his former Alma Mater as well as to the Dey Rey Players in which he was a star in 1962. Cast as various Gilbert and Sul livan characters is a conglomera¬ tion of the old and the new. The old comes in the person of Michael Guichard as Captain Corchran, well known on the Del Rey scene. The new is supplied by fresh¬ man Jim Ferrier, the young love struck sailor, Ralph Rackstraw. In the major female roles of Jo¬ sephine and Little Buttercup are Joyce Hamilton and Norma North- cott. The box office for this final show of the year will be open in Strub Theatre on Friday and Saturday of each week of production. the students to continue with their plans. Despite Freeman’s warnings and those of the administration, some one hundred and fifty students went ahead with their plans and pick¬ eted the Chancery office. Seven students, not connected with the marchers, received an audience with the Cardinal and were re¬ ported to have apologized to him for the actions of the student marchers. Himself not a participant in the march, Freeman said that the marchers were students acting on their own initiative. When asked why a formal delegation of stu¬ dents did not request an audience with the Cardinal to voice their feelings, before protesting; Free¬ man said, “When there is no hope for a method to succeed, why try?” When this reported asked Free¬ man for the reasons behind the pro¬ test, the ASLU President referred the reporter to the statement which was released to the press on April 6, 1966. “We protest because this (the altar incident) is but the most recent of a long series of such nega¬ tive actions (on the part of the Cardinal)”. The press statement went on to say, “In a wider context, the Car¬ dinal’s action highlights the basic lack of participation by the laity in decisions that affect their re¬ ligious life. In spite of Vatican II, there is still no recognized, legal way within the framework of the Archdiocese by which the laity can influence decisions pertaining to their own spiritual welfare. The Cardinal has shown in this case and in many others that he is not receptive to personal appeals on such questions.” The “long series of negative ac tions” on the part of the Cardinal were not revealed in the statement, neither were the “many others (cases) that he is not receptive to personal appeals.” “We have, therefore, reluctantly come to the conclusion that a pub¬ lic protest is necessary— if for no other reason than to highlight our inability, to influence such de¬ cisions.” IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT The Treasurer’s Office wishes to inform all students that any student who has not cleared all financial obligations, will not be permitted to take final examina¬ tions or graduate until these matters are cleared up. GooctAshbysBachmann Complete ASLU Slate Mike Maloney, in one of the dullest campaigns in ASLU history, was the victor over Jo6 Zvonkovich in the April 20 Student Body elections. When the final ballots had been counted, Maloney held a margin of 97 votes. Greg Good, Joe Ashby, and Jeff Bachman were all easy victors, running un¬ opposed, for the offices of ASLU Vice-president, Secretary, and Treasurer respectively. - — — - — - — - Larry Rasmussen defeated Dick Boland and will be next year’s Jun¬ ior class vice-president John Moutes defeated Dick Gannon in a run-off for the job of Secretary-Treasurer. In the Sophomore Class, Jan Акте walked away from his op¬ ponents for the President’s office. Tom Gutirrez, running unopposed, was easily named Vice-President. However, due to an error by the election committee the name of Wayne King was left off the bal¬ lot. This somewhat embarrassing situation was allievated, however, by a run-off between the two on Friday, which was won by Wayne King. (To err is human, to for¬ give divine, Ed. note) In the R.S.A. elections, Andy Smith defeated Bruce Strotz by a margin of 10 votes to be named next years president. Ralph Smith was the victor over “Big Frank” Dantona for the vice-president’s job. Jim Sauerwein was named R.S.A. Secretary-Treasurer, runn¬ ing unopposed. The eighteen newly elected mem¬ bers of the Crimson Circle were: Joe Ashby, Jerry Chris, Rick Del- Bonta, Pat Derdenger, Vince Es¬ posito, Everet Fields, Mike Ga¬ vin, John Gunther, John Moutes, Vince McGraw, Larry Rasmussen, Dave Robinson, Howie Rumjahn, Ed Shaheen, , Tom Stringer, Bruce Strotz, Bill Sweeney, and Dick MIKE MALONEY Jim Jertson will be next years Senior Class President. Running unopposed, Jim gathered 179 yes votes to 20 no votes. In the day’s closest contest, Pete Gavin edged out Mike McCullough by a margin of 10 votes for the Vice-Presidency. Greg Cunningham coasted to an easy win in the race for Secre¬ tary-Treasurer by defeating R-on Kahle, 124 to 70. In the Junior Class elections, Pat Derdenger (of the New Per¬ spective ticket) was the victor over Mike Bressert for the Presidency. The other half of the ticket did not fare as favorably, however, as Zembal. Math Dept Recognized The Mathematics Department has been informed that William Frascella, alumnus ’62, has com¬ pleted his doctoral program at the University of Notre Dame. Dr. Frascella will devote the next year to research at Notre Dame. The following excerpt is from a letter from Clifford Kottman, ’64. mathematics major, now working for the Ph.D. at Iowa. “More good things are hap¬ pening at Iowa: both Mike Cul¬ len, ’65, and I have been awarded two-year National Science Foun¬ dation Graduate Fellowships, starting next September. (Mike also had his NSF Traineeship renewed for next year, but he will decline that.) Now two out of the three NSF fellows at Iowa are Loyola alumni. No kidding, more than one professor has approached me and asked about the little school in L.A. that ^producing such good graduate school material. They ask me about the faculty you have, and naturally I sing the praises. Some of them are sur¬ prised that a small school can do such a good job, but I am con¬ vinced that my training was superior* to that of any Iowa pro¬ duct with a B.S. in mathematics. Several members of the present senior class of mathematics ma¬ jors have been recipients of schol¬ arships and-or teaching assistant- ships for graduate studies in mathematics.