The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 44, Issue 2 - September 26, 1966

Eos An Hr oijolon VOL 44 — No. 2' LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF LOS ANGELES September 26, 1966 PUBLICATIONS PROBLEM RESOLVED FATHER PRESIDENT CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION — Father President Charles S. Ca- sassa, S. J. marked his 56th year last Friday with a celebration by the students of Loyola. Father President Charles S. Cas¬ assa,* S.J., President of Loyola Uni¬ versity, celebrated his fifty-sixth birthday last Friday with students and faculty wishing him congra¬ tulations and thanks for his many contributions to Loyola during his seventeen years of presidency. Last Friday, after the Mass of the Holy Spirit, Father Cassassa was presented with a birthday cake and a plant as appreciation of his many achievements at Loyola. The ceremony, organized by ASLU President Mike Maloney and Loyola Belles head Mary Kellett, was at¬ tended by many students and faculty. Father President was born in San Francisco on September 23, 1910. After Attending University of Santa Clara from 1930 to 1932, he moved on to Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington, from which he graduated in 1935 with a R.S., continuing his studies there until he received his M.A. He was ordained to the priesthood, June 15, 1938 at the Mission Church at the University of Santa Clara and pro¬ ceeded to the University of Toronto and Pontifical Institute of Medi¬ eval Studies at Toronto where, at the end of four year's study, he re¬ ceived his Ph.D. in 1946. As well as serving as President of Loyola, Father Casassa has also Paul Kaufman Del Rey Addition The Del Rey Players have a new addition this year in the person of Mr. Paul Kaufman. Together with Mr. A. Martial Capbern, the Players «faculty advi¬ sor, Mr. Kaufman will share direc¬ torial duties on the groups four pro¬ ductions. The two he will direct are Robert Bolt’s A Man For All Seasons, and Peter Ustinov’s Photo Finish. He joined the Loyola University faculty this year after having been on the faculty at St. Louis Univer¬ sity, the College of St. Scholastics in Minnesota. Between the years 1962-66, Kauf¬ man served as resident director of the Town Theater at Columbia, South Carolina. Mr. Kaufman holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from La Salle College in Philadelphia and an M.F.A. from Catholic University in the same field. This new addition to the already highly successful Players should make for exciting theater in the coming months. served as professor. He taught in the philosophy department from 1939-1941 and also at the University of San Francisco summer sessions from 1940-1941. On February 2, 1949, Father be¬ came President of LOyola and has maintained that post ever since During his presidency, Father has been a member of the Los Angeles World Affairs Council, serving on the Board of Directors of that asso¬ ciation. He has also been a Presi¬ dent of the Independent Colleges of Southern California, Inc., a past President of the Western College Association, Vice-President and member of the Executive Commit¬ tee of the Association of Independ¬ ent California Colleges and Univer¬ sities, and a member of the Cali¬ fornia Coordinating Council for Higher Education. When Governor Brown called to¬ gether a commission to study the causes of last year’s Los Angeles riots, Father Casassa was chosen to be a member of the commission, headed by John McCone. Also, Father Casassa is a member of the Los Angeles Chamber of Com¬ merce. In addition to Father’s participa¬ tion in many distinguished organ¬ izations, he is also actively in volved iii the fight against discrim- ( Continued onPage 2) BELLES LEADER TO BE NAMED Loyola Belles’ President Mary Kellett offered this comment to the Loyolan following interviews last Thursday night, which were sup posed to produce a new Belles Chairman. “The committee for the selec¬ tion of the Loyola University Belles Chairman could not come to a unanimous decision. There¬ fore, in order to benefit the Belles and the University, it was decided to re-open the interviews. New ap plications will be added to those of the students already inter¬ viewed.” Students may make application in the Dean of Students Office. The interviews will take place within the next two weeks and applicants will be given ample notice as to the time and place. The Belles Chairman must have some knowledge of what the Belles are and what their function is. He must be willing to work not only for the Belles, but with them as well. Students who have not pur¬ chased their parking permits must do so in the Treasurer’s Office. Traffic' regulations are now being enforced and all vio¬ lations will be handled through the Office of the Assistant Dean of Students, Malone St udent Center, Room 108. By JERRY FLOYD A new policy on student publica¬ tions will go into effect next month, University President Charles S. Casassa, S.J., told this reporter last week. The policy, approved this summer by the Academic Council, will include the major changes proposed by the Student Publications Committee last year. The structure of the Committee and a six point statement of the Committee’s jurisdiction have been approved and will become official as soon as the Committee appoint¬ ments can be made. Asked how long this would take, Father President said he saw no reason why the makeup of all com¬ mittees could not be completed “by the middle of October.” It was a dispute over publication policy that led to the resignation of three Loyolan editors last April. The task of resolving that dispute was given to the Academic Coun¬ cil’s Committee to Study the Stand¬ ing Comittees of the University. Dr. Wilbur R. Garret, Dean of the College of Business Administra¬ tion, was Chairman of the “Study Committee.” Its other members were Mr. Joseph P. Callinan of the College of Engineering; Rev. Ro land A. Reed, $.J., then Academic Vice President; and Dr. Anthony F. Turhollow, Chairman of the History Department. In its report to the Academic Council, the Committee recom¬ mended no delays f “The study committee,” the report said, “is of the opinion that the failure to adopt a policy regarding this matter has led to serious add embarassing consequences.” In an effort to avoid such prob¬ lems in the future, the new Com¬ mittee on Student Publications wiR, Father C a s a ss a indicated, be “broadly representative of faculty and student body.” No advisor to any publication will be a member of the Committee and no student editor can be appointed to it. To avoid conflict of interest, no appointive or elective official of any recognized student organiza¬ tion will ’ be eligible for the Com¬ mittee. The Committee will consist of three faculty members, appointed by Father President through the Faculty Advisory Committee; three students, chosen by the Student Legislature from a slate of candi¬ dates recommended by the ASLU President, and Father Rolfs, S.J., Dean of Students. The Chairman of the Committee will also be appointed by the Presi¬ dent. According to an amendment introduced by Father Rolfs, the Chairman must have been a mem¬ ber of the Committee for at least one year. (Dr. Daniel T. Mitchell is the only member of the present Stu¬ dent Publications Committed who would qualify, should the regula¬ tion be enforced this year). Rather than work out the- minute details of policy, the Study Com¬ mittee recommended and the Aca¬ demic Council agreed that only major policy statements should be included. The Editorial Policy Statement (EPS), which was worked out by the Student Publica¬ tions Committee under Father Mar- key, S.J., last year, was modified by the Study Committee and pre¬ sented to the Academic Council. The Council, however, decided to return the revised document to the new Committee. Once that Commit¬ tee has been appointed, its job will be to make a final draft of the EPS and present it to the Academic Council for approval. Six segments of policy have been approved, however, Father Casassa announced. They will become offi¬ cial University policy as soon as the Committee posts are filled. “Any written work produced by Loyola University students and/or any association of those students, and intended to be issued periodi¬ cally or repeatedly to the student body at large” will be under the Committee’s jurisdiction. This includes published matter of the RSA and the ASLU. The Committee will “appoint the faculty advisor of all student pub¬ lications, subject to the approval of Father President.” It will appoint the editors-in-chief of all student publications “upon recommendation of the faculty ad¬ visor involved,” and will “suspend or remove from their positions edL tors-in-chief of student publications for proper and stated causes;” In addition to establishing and enforcing policies concerning pub¬ lications, the Committee will de¬ termine whether any new student publication shall * be allowed on campus. Finally ^ the Committee will “act as a board of appeal in any griev¬ ance concerning a student publica¬ tion.’,’ This includes any grievance coming from staff members. According to statutes approved by the Academic Council and Father Casassa, the Committee must have a minimum of two meet¬ ings each term, with special meet¬ ings upon request of any Commit¬ tee member. The Committee is also required to “convene periodically with the staffs of the student publications.” The hope is that this will prevent the growth of discontentment од publications staffs. FROSH FROLICS The Freshman Class of Mount St. Mary’s College, D о h e h у Camp us, is sponsoring the Frosh Frolics Mixer, which will be held at The Knights of Co¬ lumbus Hall— -8049 Manchester Avenue, Playa del Rey, on Fri¬ day, September 30 at 8:00. Tickets will not be sold at the door but may be purchased from a Mount St. Mary’s Rep¬ resentative this week.