The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 43, Issue 19 - May 2, 1966

Vol.43 — No. 19 _ LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF LOS ANGELES . «jjj» 2 May 2. 1966 PUBLICATIONS CLARIFIED Dr. To Max Rafferty Speak in May Tour Success For Singers The Loyola’s Men’s Chorus re turned last week after a success¬ or. Max Rafferty, California State Superintendent of Public Edu¬ cation, will speak in St. Robert’s Auditorium May 12 at 8 p.m. His talk, sponsored by the Student- California Teachers’ Association, Ijll | g |ц ||| || 1 1 i i ш DR. MAX RAFFERTY will be the culminating and most important lecture of the year. It will be especially important to the voters on campus since Dr. Rafferty is running for re-election as superintendent. In that position he is, at present, the most controversial figure in American education. While honored repeatedly by the Freedoms Foun¬ dation at Valley Forge, he is at¬ tacked repeatedly by the 4 ‘Pro¬ gressive Education Establishment.’’ His 1961 speech, “The Passing of the Patriot” rocketed him into nationwide notice. Then came his two best sellers, “Suffer, Little Children,” and “What They Are Doing to Your Children,” followed by his nationally syndicated news¬ paper column currently featured in more than fifty papers coast to coast. Dr. Rafferty has more schools with more school children under his supervision than any other man in the country and is noted as one of the few major educational re¬ formers in America’s history. Responsibility to Re New Program ufl singing tour in the Bay area. Under the direction of Paul F. Salamunovich and management of Vance Schiveitzer the combined group of 56 men and women pre¬ sented one of the best performances in its recent history. Residing at the University of Santa Clara Dormitories, the group performed at Dominican College, College of the Holy Names, and Notre Dame College of Women. The largest audience, however, came at their performance at Los Gatos High School. Sections of the concert were sung seperately by the Men’s chorus, the Mount Singers, and the Wom¬ en’s Chorus of Mount St. Mary’s, with the finale combining all the groups. Selections ran from the classical to the folk, to the spiritual in an effort to give everyone a taste of what they like. Wedged between a busy singing schedule, the group found t i m e to explore the wonders of San Francisco, visiting Chinatown, Fisherman’s Warf, the Cliff House and the Sausalitd Art Colony. In an interview last week, Presi¬ dent-elect Mike Maloney outlined a few of the points he wants to get across for the coming year. Ш the lighter side, Maloney ex¬ pressed a desire for a beer pub on campus. Possible head of this com¬ mittee is Senior President Jim Jertson. In a more serious vein, with on¬ ly eight days left until he officially takes office, Maloney has been holding interviews to put the best men in the right positions as part of his administration. Junior Jerry Boyd has been slated as possible head of a day students organization comparable to the RSA. To prevent the recurrence next year of more than one event sched¬ uled at the same time, Freshman Jim Mortorana has been slated as Student Activities Coordinator. Maloney has hopes that young blood in his administration as well as the old faithfuls will make for a lively, interested governing body. In the foyer of Whelan Hall, Md- loney gave an idea of some of the other things he has been doing. He has been discussing with Fr. Rolfs the possibility of getting scholar¬ ships for all the ASLU pfficers. At present, only the president re¬ ceives such a scholarship. Again with Fr. Rolfs, Maloney had disagreement on the subject of Playboys on campus. It seems whenever one of these magazines turns up in a mailbox, it is taken to the Dean of Students office where it must be picked up by the student. Maloney feels this to be an incroachment of “freedom of conscience” and should be discon¬ tinued. As a final note, Maloney ex¬ pressed a desire to work as much as possible with the news medias on campus, including the LOYQ- LAN. He discussed the matter Wednesday with an acting man¬ aging editor, Terry Sargent, and both were in agreement. The week’s activities ended, with a farewell Chinese dinner, then it was back to Loyola to catch up on a week of missed school. STUDENT AID The Office of Financial Aid announced last week a new aid to students in financial diffi¬ culty. The Works Study Program, to be inaugurated next semester is to be akin to the existing Student Workers Organization. The program is backed 90% by the Federal Government with the balance being made up by the University. To be eligible for the new pro¬ gram, students must be able to prove to satisfaction that there is definitely a need. The students will work on an average of fifteen hours per week at jobs ranging from life- guard to clerical work to class- room assistant. Students eligible and inter¬ ested are advised to contact the Office of Financial Aid before the end of the semester. ^ By Jim Brochu Beckett, More Paralleled by John Speaight By MICHAEL RUSHING Before a miserable crowd of fif¬ teen students, two teachers, one mother, and three Crimson Circle ushers, Mr. John Speaight lectured at St. Robert’s Hall last Wednes¬ day, April 27. Despite the turnout, which he humorously called a “small but appreciative audience”, Mr. Spea¬ ight gave perhaps one of the finest lectures this campus has heard in sometime. The topic was Two Saints in Two Plays concerning two very famous characters in the history of the Catholic Church in England, Thomas Becket and Thomas More. Mr. Speaight, who has played both these men in T. S. Elliot’s Murder in a Cathedral and Robert Bolt’s A Man For All Seasons, had pertinent remarks to make on both. The parallel between these two great saints of the Church is ama¬ zing, according to Speaight. Both were named Thomas, both served as chancellor to a king named Henry and both were that king’s closest friend. Finally both ended in martyrdom because of a falling out with the king. But here the similarity ends. What is even more striking is the cantrast. According to Speaight, Becket was a very cold man who had a flare for the histrionic. It could almost be said that he wanted his own martyrdom in a mood of theatrics. More, on the other hand, gives the impression of being a very warm human being despite his highly legalistic mind. Rather than wish for his own martyrdom, he hardly conceived it possible/ and fought it in court to the last. Speaight’s comments were not restricted solely to the characters, but also to the creators, Elliot and Bolt. Elliot seems to have been very close to history, portraying the man Becket, with his psychology, as it must really have been. , Bolt also has followed closely to history, but goes a step further than Elliot, by involving the audience with a character known as the “Common Man”. Speaight’s subtle British humor, renditions from parts of both plays and interesting monologue, made the evening worthwhile even if the attendance did not. “The irresponsibility of the stu¬ dents involved in the ‘Loyola Stu¬ dent Dialogue’ might seem to some an evidence of the truth of their fears of what would happen if stu¬ dents were given greater responsi¬ bility in student publications. This could make it more difficult for the faculty and administration to accept the recommendations for philosophy and policies of student publications toward which the com¬ mittee is working.” This was the reaction of Dr. Frank B. Carothers to the recent, unsuccessful, attempt of four Loyola students to publish a complete uncensored, opinionated student publication. Only moments before editors Wil¬ liam Johnson, Roger Batty, John Schiavone and Michael Mayo, were to pick up their publibation from the University duplicating office, the publication was discovered by a University administrator and con¬ fiscated. The students were called to ap¬ pear before the Student Affairs Committee and Dr. Frank Sullivan defended the editors against dis¬ ciplinary action. Dr. Sullivan point¬ ed out that he was in no way de¬ fending the publication, in fact, he felt that it was stupid and said nothing. Dr. Sullivan did not feel, however, that the students should be disciplined, possibly suspended, for their actions. The committee discussed the con¬ tent of the publication, rather than the violation of University regula¬ tions by its editors. The students violated the regulations when they compiled a publication without a moderator or the approval of the University. The committee felt that the intent of the editors was less than honor¬ able, in light of the method they used in having the publication printed on campus. The publication was generally in bad taste and this was illuminated by the use of four letter words. While no disciplinary action was taken against the students, the pub¬ lication will not be distributed, but it will be destroyed. Dean of Stu¬ dents Fr. Rolfs said that disciplin¬ ary action was not taken in hopes that the students would channel their efforts towards the already recognized student publication. The Letterman’s Club will hold its annual banquet at the Surfrider Inn in Santa Monica this Sunday, May 8. Individual team awards will foe given and the guest speaker for the eve¬ ning is Fred Schaus, coach of the Los Angeles Lakers. All are invited to attend. The cost is $3.75 per person. Anyone inter¬ ested should contact any mem¬ ber of the Letterman’s Club or the Athletic Department.