The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 45, Issue 12 - February 5, 1968

The Los Angeles LOYOLAN Loyola University of Los Angeles Vol. 45. No. 12 Feb. 5. 1968 Jesuits Disagree in Letters to Cardinal WAYNE KING (center) answers question from the floor in last Tuesday's Forum in the Lair. Frank Hidalgo (left) and Moderator Fr. R. A. Taylor, S.J. (right) look on. Lair Forum Produces Racial Confrontation In a crowded Lair, hot with tension, a forum discussed the formation of a Non-White Student Alliance Tuesday at noon. The scheduled speakers, Wayne King and Frank Hi¬ dalgo, gave opening statements and then the floor was opened to discussion. - Priests and President Join To Disavow Liberals ’ Letter About twenty-eight “conservative” Jesuits, including University President Fr. Charles S. Casassa, S.J., have reportedly sent a closed letter to Cardinal McIntyre dis¬ sociating themselves from an earlier open letter signed by thirty other Jesuits, and published in last Thursday’s Los Angeles Times. The news followed by only a few hours the Times’ front-page story announcing that a group of Jesuits from Loyola were supporting the Immaculate Heart nuns in their dispute with Cardinal McIntyre. L.U. Tuition Raise Again The Board of Trustees has raised the tuition for full¬ time undergraduate students $105.00 per academic year ($35.00 a term) effective the fall term of 1968, according to an announcement made by the President’s office on January 30. Tuition for students in en¬ gineering and the physical sciences will be $1425 per academic year ; for other students it will be $1395. (Nearly half of the private colleges in California already charge higher tuition than Loyola’s new rate.) The Board of Trustees has also raised the charge for room and board $75.00 for 1963-69. Room and board at Loyola will be $1005.00 for the academic year. (Of 40 California colleges listed by the California State Scholar¬ ship Commission, two-thirds are already charging more than Loyola’s new board and room rate.) According to the official statement, “increases in tui¬ tion and room and board have been made necessary due to rising educational and operating costs in all areas of university function.” 1958. • He recently achieved na¬ tional attention for his strong support of academic freedom when several alumni protested a Santa Clara “Christian-Marxist Di¬ alogue” which included Dr. Herbert Apetheker, leading Communist theoritician in the United States. Reason for the March 12 change-over date was not im¬ mediately clear, but it has been speculated that Fr. Donohoe wanted more time to work out the delivering of Santa Clara’s governance to a non-clerical Board of Trus¬ tees. Relations between the Of¬ fice of the Provincial and the Wayne King said in defense of his proposal for a Black Student Union (BSU) that “we need it because we have to find out about our¬ selves.” He stated further that he felt there was a need to educate the white on this issue. King added that the Black University last year were a major topic in the grievances presented to Loyola’s admin¬ istration by the Ad-Hoc Com¬ mittee on University Reform. Students objected in par¬ ticular to theology and phil¬ osophy courses that were re¬ quired in the Loyola curricu¬ lum by order of the Provin¬ cial. At the last report, the matter was being studied by the Jesuit Educational Asso¬ ciation. Fr. Donohoe’s more liberal reputation led student lead¬ ers to hope that this long¬ standing issue would soon be solved. Student Union would offer a good way for people to get together on an intellectual basis. He concluded that the BSU as a group “could set an example by constructive methods.” Frank Hidalgo of the United Mexican American Students (UMAS) , began by stating that he had not crea¬ ted the issue of racial identi¬ ty, that it was already here. He mentioned that some people think that if you do not bring out the issue there will be some kind of peace. He characterized frater¬ nities as not being evil but as an available channel for Mexican-American students to reject their heritage. He explained that they crudely ignore the identity crises non-white students go through. Hidalgo suggested that white students could help if they examined the image they have of the Mexican- American. He also thought that UMAS could exist as a link between the Mexican- American community and Loyola. Regarding his community in general he stated that ed¬ ucation is the main problem and that the text-books used in the community are “inadequate.” In this regard, he pointed out that Garfield High School has a forty-five percent drop-out rate. Other problems he cited were the lack of motivation (Continued on Page 3) YR President Riley Runs for Cify Council Tim Riley, Loyola senior and President of the Loyola Young Republicans, has for¬ mally announced his can¬ didacy for one of the three city council positions for Beverly Hills. Riley made his candidacy public at a news conference, January 19, at which he taped interviews for KNX and KFI Radio. A political science major here, Riley began his politi¬ cal activities in the summer of 1960 when he actively campaigned for Richard Ni¬ xon. He is also a licensed Real Estate salesman, and a partner in Campaign Asso¬ ciates, a political PR firm. TIM RILEY “A Young Approach to Old Problems” is his cam¬ paign slogan for his “uphill battle” against the three in¬ cumbents. Riley sees this campaign “as a first step into a definite political career. If I do not succeed this time, I certainly will not have jeop¬ ardized any future political plans.” While Fr. Casassa declined to comment and the signa¬ tories of the second letter would not release a copy to the Loyolan usually reliable sources within the Jesuit Community indicated that the tone of the letter was “very calm” and that it sup¬ ported the Cardinal’s view that the dispute should not be carried on in public. It was also revealed that Fr. Casassa has received a letter from the Cardinal, criticizing the open letter. The letter was reportedly posted on a bulletin board in the Jesuit residence and then removed without explanation after “about 10 minutes.” An informant said th-*>t the letter was “angry” in tone. One Jesuit observed th?t the letter may have been re¬ moved as the result of an in¬ cident that occurred in April of 1966. At that time, an angry let¬ ter from the Cardinal to Fr. Casassa (over Loyola’s front - facing altar) fell into student hands and led to the picket¬ ing of the Chancery Office by 150 Loyola students. Thursday’s letter from the Cardinal was also said to contain a statement cha1 lend¬ ing the writers of the so- called “liberal” letter to meet with the Cardinal at the Chancery. As the Loyolan went to press, those who signed that first letter were discussing how to respond to that chal¬ lenge. They had written to the Cardinal as “individual re¬ ligious” to express their “dis¬ may” at the disagreement between His Eminence and the Sisters. The Jesuits expressed their “sincere hope . . . that changes which pertain to the religious life of the Sisters will in no way be considered as criteria for judging their qualifications as teachers in our diocesan schools, unless the Sacred Congregation for Religious judges otherwise.” The Cardinal has, in effect, admitted that he can¬ not control the religious life of the nuns. But he has also indicated that, if the nuns (Continued on Page 2) Donohoe Named Jesuit Provincial The Very Rev. Patrick Donohoe, S.J., President of the University of Santa Clara, will become Provincial of the California Province of the Society of Jesus March 12, it was announced last week. He will replace the Very Rev. John F. X. Connelly, who has been in poor health for some time. Fr. Connelly became Provincial in January of 1963. Fr. Donohoe has been President of Santa Clara since