The Los Angeles
LOYOLAN
Loyola University
of
Los Angeles
Vol. 45. No. 2
Oct. 9. 1967
Jesuits Attend Historic Meeting
Fr. Terry Speaks of
Hope in Crucial Year
We stand “at the begining of a crucial year in Loyola’s
history,” Academic Vice-President Rev. Thomas D. Terry,
S.J., told a congregation of faculty and students assembled
for the annual Mass of the Holy Spirit last Wednesday in
Sacred Heart Chapel.
He cited the quarter sys¬
tem and the upcoming Mary-
mount affiliation as the
greatest challenges con¬
fronting the University in
the year ahead.
Fr. Terry noted on the
Marymount move that this
is “our last year to plan how
the ... affiliation will work
on all levels.” If the ex¬
periment works, he said, “it
will mean much, not only for
Loyola and Marymount, but
also for Catholic higher edu¬
cation in Southern Califor¬
nia.” V
But it is not only Loyola
that is changing. “Social, po¬
litical, and collegiate unrest
are facts WtfWrwith.” But,
morgrtfean this, we “are also
afiecteaby changes withm
the Catholic Church :
“Just 16 years ago, it
would have been hard to im¬
agine a Pope John. Ten years
ago the National Catholic
Reporter probably could not
have survived. Three years
ago who would have thought
of a concelebrated Mass of
the Holy Spirit in this Chap¬
el?”
In a hearty second to Jes¬
uit theologian Fr. Bernard
Cooke’s talk to the faculty
on September 13, Fr. Terry
emphasized the need for col¬
leges to teach students how
to livej'with rapid change in
all aspects of life.
Noting that static, pat an¬
swers are no longer useful or
accurate in many areas, and
that “even in the area of
divine • -revelation ,
„
£<£ . the
Church constantly moves
(Continued on Page 7)
FR. TERRY
Senate Quorum
Fails to Show
The ASLU Senate failed
to get a quorum last Wednes¬
day for an emergency meet¬
ing called by ASLU Vice-
President Ralph Smith to ap¬
point student members to the
University Committee on
Student Publications.
The Publications Com¬
mittee was scheduled to
meet at 2 p.m. the following
day, without any student
members.
The Senate meeting was
scheduled for 12 o’clock, but
by 12:10 only five Senators
had arrived — three short of
a quorum.
The senators who arrived,
HAPPENINGS.,.
Tuesday, Oct. 10
Interviews — L.A, Oity Dept,
of Water and Power, L.A. City
Bureau of Engineering, Place¬
ment Bureau.
Wednesday, Oct. 11
Interviews — • North American
Aviation, Placement Bureau,
Navy, Lair.
Thursday, Oct. IS
Interviews — Hughes Aircraft,
Placement Bureau.
Friday, Oct. IS
Mixer — Saint Vincent’s
Last day to file for degrees
for candidates who will complete
work in December.
noting that the emergency
session ought to take preced¬
ence over the World Series,
could only advise Vice-Presi¬
dent Smith to appoint the
student members by means
of “emergency legislation.”
Emergency legislation is
passed with the author¬
ization of the ASLU Presi¬
dent, ASLU Vice-President,
and the Dean of Students,
subject to Senate approval.
So new Committee mem¬
bers Bill Bedsworth, Wayne
Limberg, and John Niespolo,
S.J., face confirmation at the
regular Senate meeting this
evening.
Many senators later com¬
plained that Smith had not
notified them of the meet¬
ing. Mike Shery, Senior
Class President, said he had
received no word of the ses¬
sion.
RSA President Mike Ma-
lak stated that he had been
informed of the meeting, but
was tied up with problems on
the Resident Student Hand¬
book.
Senators Jeff Bachmann,
Steve Gorey, Wayne King,
Jerry Floyd, and Jim Finley
showed up for the meeting.
Proposals to Provincial
Fr. Rigali Presents Paper
Nine Jesuits from the Loyola community attended an
historic California Province Conference at the El Retiro
Retreat House near Los Altos last weekend.
It was reportedly the first such gathering in Province
history at which elected representatives from each of the
Province’s Jesuit houses were in attendance.
Present from Loyola were University President Fr.
Charles S. Casassa, S.J., and to present a paper to the
Conference, Rev. Norbert Rigali, S.J. of the Philosophy
Department.
Accompanying them were elected representatives
Revs. Clarence Wallen, James O’Farrell, John Clark, Clin¬
ton Albertson, Carlo Weber and Scholastic Dick Rush, S.J.
Among them the Confer¬
ence unanimously proposed
the creation of a “Province
Advisory Group,” with
whom the Provincial might
consult in making decisions.
The Conference made sev¬
eral recommendations to
California Provincial Rev.
John F. X. Connelly, S.J.
Among them the Conference
unanimously proposed the
creation of a “Province Ad¬
visory Group,” with whom
the Provincial might consult
in making decisions.
The Conference also passed
recommendations for a
Province financial audit, a
study of the Provincial’s Of¬
fice by an outside manage¬
ment-consulting firm, and
wider experimentation in
small community living.
A new method of naming
superiors was sent to com¬
mittee for further study.
During the Conference,
Rev. Patrick Donohoe, Presi¬
dent of the University of
Santa Clara, announced that
Santa Clara was seriously
considering transfer to a lay
board of trustees in the near
future.
Rigali Talk
Fr. Rigali’s talk was a
summary of a paper entitled
“The Community in Relation
to the Apostolate.”
In a treatise documented
with more than five, single¬
spaced pages of footnotes,
Fr. Rigali emphasized that
(Continued on Page 3)
Boyd Refuses
Alumni Post
Alumnus Jerry Boyd, President last year of the Crim¬
son Circle and the local chapter of Alpha Sigma Nu, has
refused to accept a fund-raising post for the Class of 1967.
In a July 25th letter to Jesse Ray Brown, Loyola’s
Director of Alumni Relations, Boyd, who is now teaching
at Salesian High School, said he was presently “unwilling
to accept any official position relative to the Alumni Asso¬
ciation and/or the solicitation of funds for the University.”
Boyd, who was Chairman
of the Student Delegation to
the Joint Committee on Uni¬
versity Reform last year,
linked his position to sum¬
mer difficulties over Joint
Committee agreements.
“This does not mean,”
Boyd emphasized, “that I
have lost concern for the
meaningful progress of Lo¬
yola . . . only that my parti¬
cipation is predicated upon
sincere implementation of
the procedures agreed upon
between the student body
and administration last se¬
mester.
“If Loyola carries through
with its promises of greater
sensitivity to ‘human con¬
cerns',” Boyd said, “then I
will be only too happy to sup¬
port it . . .”
“If, however, Loyola con¬
tinues in the status quo
which has too long existed,
then I will unfortunately
find no compulsion, nor foun¬
dation in good conscience, to
support it in any way.”
In an explanatory letter to
University President Fr.
Charles S. Casassa, S.J.,
Boyd noted that “Loyola has
in the past not evidenced its
concern for the feelings of
all areas of the University
community.”
In the same letter Boyd
said that the reform agreed
to by the Joint Committee
“provides for the consid-
JERRY BOYD
eration of a variety of opin¬
ions prior to decision-mak¬
ing. It provides the structure
for ‘due process,’ and a more
democratic method of ap¬
proaching real and mean¬
ingful problems.”
But Boyd added that he
thought it would “take a few
months to see whether the
changes agreed upon by the
Joint Committee are
effectively and sincerely put
into practice.”
Again Boyd denied that he
wished to cut his ties with
the University: “I simply as¬
sert that I feel compelled to
wait a few months in order
to better ascertain which
direction my efforts in the
University’s behalf will be
channeled.” .
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Senate _ _ ._ Page 2
LAIR Annual _ Page 3
RSA ... _ ...... _ Page 3
Beatles _ ........ _ Page 4
Cosa Nostra _ Page 5
Vietnam _ . _ Page 5
Sports _ Page 6
Editorials _ Page 8
