The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 44, Issue 17 - April 10, 1967

Cos fin # МыШ oyolon Vol. 44— No. 17 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF LOS ANGELES April 10, 1967 LOYOLA- MARYMOU NT AFFILIATION SIGNED EACH SCHOOL WILL RETAIN , eiBfe; w$M ” & fer * 11 ШШ SISTER M. RAYMUND, R.S.H.M., and Fr. Charles S. Casassa, S.J., view master plan for Loyola-Marymount affiliation. SOME PROGRESS MADE BY REFORM COMMITTEE “The job ahead of us is not a glamorous one.” So saying, A.S.L.U. President Mike Maloney informed the student body that the University Reform movement had moved from the protest stage to that of actual reform. The week be¬ fore Easter, the Joint Committee on University Reform was estab¬ lished to do just that. The Joint Committee consists of Fr. Casassa, Fr. Terry, Fr. Rolfs and five students chosen by Ad Hoc Committee Chairman Maloney; Pat Derdenger, John Jackson, Larry Rasmussen, Jerry Floyd and Jerry Boyd. Boyd is chairman of the group. In an interview last week, Mr. loyd explained why the committee vas formed. “When the Ad Hoc [>mmittee approached the admin¬ istration, they felt that these griev- pces were valid, and that they hould be discussed and should be piscussed immediately.” The committee has had five Icheduled meetings as of this wru¬ ng, Mr. Boyd made it clear that, ^We decided we would schedule meetings as long as it takes to cov¬ er each and every point of the grievances ane’ recommendations — to discuss them from both sides.” Permanent Joint Committee Because of the nature and extent of the material involved, it appears that the work of the committee may continue for some time. “There will be a recommendation made to establish a permanent Joint Committee on University Re¬ form which will include faculty,” said Mr. Boyd. This committee, Boyd explained, will discuss all fa¬ cets of University life at Loyola. At the first meeting, two specific problems were discussed, that of duplication and posters, and that of traffic, both of which have pre¬ viously been the responsibility of the Assistant Dean of Students. A “provisional agreement” was reached to temporarily return enforcement of duplicating regula¬ tions to the Dean of Students Office until student representatives could submit a new proposal. Another provision agreement was reached which gave students a second ap peal to the Dean of Students’ Office above that of the Assistant Dean’s Office, with regard to traffic of¬ fenses. On April 3, two new proposals were presented to the Joint Com mittee. Although they have not yet been finally agreed upon, their bas¬ ic structure is this: in the matter of duplicating and posters, the A.S.L.U. will be responsible for fis¬ cal soundness and good taste. Vio- (Continued on Page 3) Symposium on Secular City In accord with tradition, the Jun iors will present their annual Sym¬ posium on April 12 at 8:00 in St. Robert’s Auditorium. The members of the Junior hon ors program will first listen to three papers by different honor stu¬ dents giving varying points of view on Harvey Cox’s Secular City. The readings will take approximately 10 to 15 minutes. Afterwards, the Junior Honor Students will engage in a half-hour; round table discussion on the Secu¬ lar City. After the discussion the floor will be open to the audience for debate. The Junior Honor Students have invited alumni, the girls’ schools, Loyola students and friends of the University to attend. OWN NAME, AUTONOMY By JIM BROCHU Marymount College will affiliate with Loyola University on Loyola's Playa del Rey campus in the fall of 1968. The announcement was made April 4 by Rev. Charles S. Casassa, S.J Loyola president and chairman of the Board of Loyola-Marymount, Los Angeles, the Aptheker Cleared, Communist to Speak After a struggle that lasted all of last fall and most of the spring, Mike Shery’s Political Union has carried out its ultimate goal in political speakers — A Communist on campus. According to Shery, in order for the speakers program on campus to have any value, all political views must be shown. Communism is a political view, a valid one, and thus has a right to be heard. Aptheker The Communist speaker, sched¬ uled for April 26, is Herbert Apthe¬ ker, Director of the American Insti¬ tute for Marxist studies. In some circles, he is believed head of the Communist Party in the United States. In an interview last week, Shery outlined the problems and the aids that confronted him in finally ob¬ taining permission for this speaker. In the fall, before the present Cultural Committee was formed, the posssibility of a Communist speaker was ruled out by Fr. Ca¬ sassa, who said that Aptheker would be using the University, and that he would never speak here. With the formation of the Com¬ mittee on Intellectual and Cultural Affairs in October, the prospects seemed to brighten. According to Shery, its chairman Fr. John Clark didn’t have much hope in getting a Communist passed by Father President, but the committee passed it by a nar¬ row margin and their proposal again went to Fr. Casassa. This time the reply was that balanced program would be accept¬ able. That is, if views of the oppo site side were presented, there would be no objection from the ad¬ ministration for Aptheker to ap¬ pear. Balanced Program Finally, last week, the balanced program was agreed to, with Gil bert Durand, a conservative, speaking on April 14, Christopher Emmet, a liberal anti-Communist, April 24 and finally, Herbert Aptheker, on April 26. Emmet will be flown here from New York through the funds of a benefactor who wishes to remain anonymous. Emmet will speak on the same topic as Aptheker) “Marxism’s Relevance to the U.S. Today,” but from the opposite point of ivew. Importance In his interview last week, Shery explained the importance of these speakers on campus. For the first time, it allows the University to get away from the cloistered shell that has surrounded it, enabling it to confront the world as it is — a world with views that are far reaching and deserved to be heard TRIBUTE TO YOUTH TO BE HELD MAY 3 Loyola Student Football, in a fund raising effort, will stage a “Tribute to Youth” in the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on May 3. The evening’s program will consist of talent groups from high schools, junior colleges, and four year col¬ leges in the Los Angeles area. Serra, Santa Monica, St. Ber¬ nard’s, Notre Dame Academy, Bishop Montgomery, and Chadwick high schools have already accepted invitations to participate in the event. Santa Monica City College and Mount St. Mary’s (Downtown) are two year colleges which have agreed to take part. Loyola and Marymount will be the four year colleges involved. Performances will range from that of a female humorist from St. Bernards, to a foreign folk singing group from Serra. A six week trip to Berne, Switzer¬ land will be the door prize, awarded to some lucky tickethol der. The program is under the directorship of Dr. Alex D. Aloia, of the University Guidance Center. Tickets are priced at $2.50 and $3.50, and may be purchased either at the Santa Monica Civic Audito¬ rium Box Office, or from Dr. Aloia in the Guidance Center. new academic entity. After nearly two years of plan¬ ning and deliberation the announce¬ ment was officially made at a Stat- ler-Hilton press conference. In at¬ tendance were Sister M. Raymund, R.S.H.M., president of Marymount College, Alfred S. Bloomingdale, chairman of Marymount’s Board of Regents, and Jerome K. Doolan, Loyola Regents’ chairman. On Campus in ‘68 The resultant coordinate univer¬ sity, Loyola-Marymount, Los Ange¬ les, will continue many of the indi¬ vidual traditions of education ex¬ ercised by these schools within a new lframework of cooperative education. The entire Marymount student body and faculty will move to the Loyola campus on a perma¬ nent basis by September of 1968. Own Autonomy Each school will retain its identi¬ ty as a corporate educational, de¬ gree — granting body. Each will share in the use of present and pro¬ posed facilities on the Playa del Rey campus — library, laborato¬ ries, classrooms, athletic and fine arts facilities. A cooperative inter¬ change of faculty and staff and complementary curricula will key¬ note the affiliation. Both Loyola and Marymount will retain the per¬ sonal character and size fundamen¬ tal to individualized education. Marymount will build a residence — a classroom complex and per¬ forming and visual arts facility on the Del Rey campus, the latter two of which it will share with Loyola. Marymount will enjoy the use of the library, science and commu¬ nication arts facilities and other non-residential buildings on the Lo¬ yola campus. Where one school has particu¬ larly strong programs, as Loyola in the sciences and humanities and Marymount in the fine arts, stu¬ dents will cross lines rather than duplicate faculties and faculties. The majority of interchange on the student level will take place in the College of Arts and Sciences of the two schools. There will be a joint operation on the administrative level, as in plan¬ ning and development and public relations. Not A Merger A Joint Board of Trustees will operate in the name of Loyola- Marymount, Los Angeles, with the scope of powers and areas of re¬ sponsibility delegated to it by the individual Boards of Regents of Marymount and Loyola. 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