The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 45, Issue 4 - October 23, 1967

The Los Angeles LOYOLAN Loyola University of Los Angeles Voh 45, No. 4 Oct. 23, 1967 President Confirms Riley Resignation Football Board Sends Letter to St. Mary's The Board of Control of Loyola Student Football last week dispatched a letter to the moderator of the St. Mary’s College Football Program, voicing the Board’s displeasure with several incidents at the October 14 game. In a letter to Mr. John Parziale last Wednesday, the Board detailed four “game arrangements” it found objec¬ tionable and set down a number of conditions under which a future contract with St. Mary’s would be signed. The letter followed by two days a Monday evening meeting of the Board at which the St. Mary’s game and action to be taken were discussed. It was consid¬ erably milder in tone and content than initial state¬ ments made by some mem¬ bers of the Board. In their original state¬ ments Monday night at least three members of the Board of Control opposed renewing the St. Mary’s contract after the already-agreed-upon re¬ turn match is played at Lo¬ yola next year. But statements^ by Tony Brooklier, (representing the team) , Dr. Alex Aloia (facul¬ ty advisor) , and Stead Coach Jim Brownfield convinced the Board that it would be better to try to correct the problems before making any final decision abotit a future contract. After calling attention to the Board’s “hope of pre¬ serving and improving our profitable rivalry,” the Board voiced its concern over the following items : “T. The game site was changed from Oakland to Pittsburg, which involved our incurring an additional expense of transportation between Oakland and Pitts¬ burg. We point out that our contract called for the game to be played in Oakland.' “2. While we are appre¬ ciative of your assistance in transporting our equipment from the airport to the sta¬ dium, we are concerned over (Continued on Page 3) Correction Last week, an article on page two of the Loyolan re¬ ported that Mr. Stanley Chan had resigned as Chair¬ man of the Political Science Department and as a Profes¬ sor in the Department. We have since learned that that report is untrue. Mr. Chan has resigned as Department Chairman be¬ cause of his health. But he will remain as Senior Profes¬ sor in the Department of Po¬ litical Science. The Loyolan regrets the inaccuracy and apologizes for any inconvencience it may have caused. RILEY Senate Moves Closer To Committee Approvals The ASLU Senate inched closer to filling student positions on several University Committees last Sunday night, Oct. 15, approving the appointment of four students while tabling or defeating the appointments of five others. At the same time, the Senate appointed five students to the Joint Committee on University Reform. The ap¬ proval came on a narrow 5-3 roll call vote. Students named to the committee were John Jack- son, Larry Rasmussen, Joe Ashby, Mike Shery and Jer¬ ry Floyd. They were ap¬ proved after RSA Repre¬ sentative Jeff Bachmann generated heated debate with his contention that none of the appointees were “conservatives.” The Senate unanimously approved the appointment of Tony Cole and Pete Szondy to the Committee on Intel- lectural and Cultural Af¬ fairs. But two other appoint¬ ments to that committee were defeated. Fine Arts Circle President Tom Bilike was defeated 0-7-1 after several Senators criticized his performance on the Committee last year. Senior Eric Hansen, also a veteran of the Committee, was rejected by a vote of 2-4-2 after a lengthy discus¬ sion. RSA Representative Bachmann was joined by Academic Council Repre¬ sentative George Sheridan and I F C Representative Steve Davidson in criticizing Hansen’s alleged indecisive¬ ness last year. Bachmann charged that Hansen had vascillated on three different occasions re¬ garding the appearance on campus of Dr. Herbert Ap- theker last May. Senior Class President (Continued on Page 3) Loyola’s first football Homecoming dance in six¬ teen years will be held this Friday, October 27, at the Ambassador Hotel, Social HOMECOMING COURT includes (from left] Leslie Selby, Pat Redman, Homecoming Queen Michelle Maddox, Carolyn Matson, Kathy Allen and Mary Brittingham. Issues Official Statement, Dispels Rumors of Rift University President Fr. Charles S. Casassa, S.J., offi¬ cially announced the resignation of Mr. John K. Riley, Vice-President for Development, last Wednesday. In an official release distributed through the Office of Public Information, Fr. President said that “family circum¬ stances have led Mr. Riley to resign.” The resignation had been rumored on campus for more than a week, and, by the Friday before the official an¬ nouncement, had been confirmed by several administrators. But with Fr. President in ~ I I Г ” Г ! 7Г” ter s husband earlier in the summer. By the first of September, Fr. Casassa said, Mr. Riley had told him definitely that he would resign and return to his former job in the New York office of G.A. Brakely and Co., so that he could live near his sister and her fami¬ ly. But the rumors were not the only problem confronting the President on his first day back at the job. Faculty Meeting A number of faculty mem¬ bers, on learning that Fr. President had known about Mr. Riley’s intentions for a long time, could not under¬ stand why the President had not mentioned it at the re¬ cent faculty meeting, at which a well organized defense of Development Of¬ fice spending — in reply to a pre-meeting request by Fr. Carlo Weber, S.J. — was presented. Fr. President explained that he had agreed with Mr. Riley not to announce the resignation until Mr. Riley wanted him to. He also said that he saw no reason to dis¬ cuss the resignation in an¬ swering a question about the financial operation of the Development Office. Meanwhile, Fr. President said, Fr. George Lucy, S.J., Vice-President for Univer¬ sity Relations, would be Ac- ( Continued on Page 3) Election Returns RSA Vice President: Lorenze 147 Armstrong 138 Frosh President: Fields 113 Napoli 98 Frosh Vice-President: Alonso 111 Stumph 95 RSA Delegate-at-large: Aros 133 Gallagher 105 the East attending three different education confer¬ ences, no official statement could be issued until his re¬ turn. With the rumors of resig¬ nation had come a rash of speculation about the rea¬ sons for it. One rumor had suggested a rift between Ri¬ ley and the President over deficit spending. Mr. Riley, according to that rumor, had wanted to mortgage forty-five acres of the University and engage in a massive building cam¬ paign, which Fr. Casassa op¬ posed. Fr. Casassa told the Loyo¬ lan this rumor was complete¬ ly untrue. In an interview with Loyolan Editor-In- Chief Jerry Floyd, Fr. Ca¬ sassa said that he had never discussed deficit spending with Mr. Riley nor had any disagreement with him about it. The President said Riley had discussed resigning in August, after a serious acci¬ dent had disabled his sis- Homecoming Dance at Ambassador Friday Chairman Vince Esposito an¬ nounced. The semi-formal dance fol¬ lows the homecoming game by one week, due to the pre¬ viously scheduled Fluers de Lis Ball at Mount St. Mary’s. The October 21 game, at Santa Monica City College, pitted the Dons of USF against the Loyola eleven. The dance, highlighted by the presentation of the Homecoming Queen, Mich¬ elle Maddox, and her court, will feature the Starfires band. Other events surrounding the Homecoming include a Residents’ dance at the Mount October 30, and a Spe¬ cial Events Concert at Loyola October 31. Bids will be available for purchase in, the campus bookstore.