The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 47, Issue 2 - October 13, 1969

Los Angeles LOYOLAN VOL 47 — NO. 2 A LOYOLA-MARYMOUNT STUDENT PUBLICATION October 13, 1969 Congressman John Tunney to speak at convocation By Grover McKean Congressman John Tunney, possible candidate for the United States Senate, is slated to speak on the Loyola campus on Tuesday October 14, at 1(1:40 a.m. Tunney will address himself to the issues, confronting California as it enters the 70’s. Tunney, a Democrat’ represents Цй “ - — - — the Riverside and San Bernardino “There is no proof of either its counties. In the traditionally Re- value or its ultimate cost.” publican and conservative district He favors an immediate and de- that he serves, Tunney’ s increas- liberate pro, gram of complete ingly high margins of victory in combat disengagement in Viet- the last three election campaigns nam, beginning with the with- have thrust him into state- drawal of 100,000 troops. He has wide prominence and to increas- stated that “the Thieu-Ky gov- ing speculation about his s.ena- ernment must understand that the torial possibilities. U.S. no longer will underwrite the He is a member of the in- Saigon regime’s shaky relation- iluential House Committee on ship with its people. ” Foreign Affairs and its sub- Tunney is often identified with committees on Foreign Economic the Kennedy wing of the party not Policy, State Department organi- so much because of his voting zation and Foreign Operations, record but on account of his per- Tunney also serves on the House sonal closeness to the family. Committee on Interior and In- While attending the University of sular Affairs, with assignment to Virginia Law School, he roomed the subcommittees on Indian Af- with Edward Kennedy and often fairs, Public Lands and Irrigation is seen in public with the Ken- and Reclamation. nedys. A graduate of Yale University, While he is presently the lead- he studied at the Academy of In- ing potential candidate for George ternational Law at the Hague, Murphy’s senate seat another Netherlands, in 1957, and earned Congressman is in contention, a law degree at the University of George Brown of Monterey Virginia in 1959. Park has already declared for the Generally regarded as a liberal seat. According to the Political in foreign and domestic matters, Union, attempts will be made to Tunney has announced his opposi- bring Congressman Brown on tion to the ABM program stating campus as well. Merrifield to be installed as new Loyola president On October 22, Fr. Donald Merrifield; S.J., will be officially inaugurated as President of Loyola University of Los Angeles. Approximately 300 university administrators and organization offi¬ cials will be in attendance. Fr. Merrifield actively took over the. functions of president last June 15 from the retiring Fr. Charles S. Casassa, S.J., who served as President of Loyola since 1949. Fr. Casassa will con¬ tinue his service to Loyola in the newly created position of Univer¬ sity Chancellor. The inauguration ceremony and Mass will be held in Sacred Heart Chapel beginning at 10:40 a.m. ASUL President Joe Deems will be the first speaker. Fr. John Clark, the Academic Vice-Pres¬ ident, will then make a few re¬ marks, followed by Rabbi Alfred Wolf of the Wilshier Boulevard Temple, who will read the in¬ vocation. During the Mass Fr. Clark will conduct the official inauguration ceremony, which will be followed by an address by Fr. Merrifield for the students, faculty and guests. The Benediction will be delivered by Dr. John E. Cante- lon. After the inauguration Mass, a reception will take place on Re¬ gent’s Terrace. A luncheon is Fr. Donald Merrifield scheduled in the Terrace Room at 1:15. Guests will be entertained by a Mariachi band. Students can eat in the Lair. At 2:00, Dr. William Fitzgerald chairman of the Political Science Dept., will welcome and intro- (Continued on Page 7) Congressman John Tunney Financial aid cutbacks threaten university By Brian Gorey “The real problem is that we have no large capital.” “We need money.” These comments by Loyola administrators are indicative of a grpwing problem that is facing Loyola-Marymount. In fact, a mounting crisis situation exists today in the American educational system which concerns both students and universities. The reason for this crisis is a _ _ ■ ' . v - War protest hits campus Wednesday A festival of life will highlight the events at Loyola during the nation wide campus opposition to the war in Vietnam on October 15. The day is slated to be a na¬ tional student work study mora¬ torium to focus the efforts of the peace groups on cam¬ puses throughout the country. In a newsletter published by the various groups involved in the mobilization, it was stated that the mobilization was necessa¬ ry to keep the pressure on Presi¬ dent Nixon. Various peace groups on the Loyola campus have united to pursue a unified program. They are scheduling movies for Mon¬ day and Tuesday of this week in addition to the activities on Wednesday. Tentatively scheduled for Mon¬ day are two movies, All Quiet an the Western Front and Why Man Creates, and for Tuesday Flight of the Phoenix, and perhaps a re¬ play of Why Man Creates. The activities Wednesday will begin at 10:00 on Regents Ter¬ race with a peace vigil. At noon a speaker will address the gather¬ ing. His name will be announced. The peace vigil will continue from 1:00 until 3:00, when the festival of life is scheduled to be¬ gin. Everyone is invited to bring whatever he may wish to share to the festival, which will last un¬ til sunset. tremendous difference between the needs of the universities and the actual money appropriated by the President, Congress, and foun¬ dations. According to the Los Angeles Times last August, there will be 42,000 fewer students receiving National Defense Stu¬ dent Loans in the next 12 months. The Work Study Funds will be able to provide for 375,000 stu¬ dents as compared to 395,000 a year ago. The result is that more students have turned to the federally insur¬ ed loans at 7 percent interest. But with rising costs and tight money,' the banks have found such loans to be unprofitable and predict that one-third of those students apply¬ ing for student loans will be turned away. Students now look to the univer¬ sity to provide them with finan¬ cial aid. But the university, with its limited funds for scholarships and reduction ih work study, can¬ not nearly handle all of the appli¬ cants* The university in turn must seek new sources of revenue. One means is to raise the tuition which puts more students in need of fi¬ nancial aid and is thus self-defeat¬ ing. The other means is to seek more help from foundations which are currently under attack from Congress. (Continued on Page 3) Also, in observance of the mor¬ atorium on the war, the motion picture “Oh, What a Lovely War” will be shown Wednesday with¬ out ticket or admission charge at the Four-Star Theater on Wil- shire Blvd. Research course to study families in inner city Father Alexander Humphreys, S. J., announced at the Sunday meeting of the ASLU Senate that the Sociology Department is offering, starting this quarter, a full unit course consisting of work in the inner city. Humphreys described the course as a research project rather than an aid program, encompassing a quarter long study of families living in the Mar Vista housing development in Venice. Students enrolled in the class would work in teams at their leisure. The students would have to ~ — , build their schedules around those of the families they are studying. Except for orientation, no formal classes will be held. According to Humphreys, last year’s program was stifled by the failure of the former Dean of Arts and Sciences to grant full credit for the class. Dr. Erlandson, the new Dean of Arts and Sciences, awarded this year’s class full credit. The upper-division class is open to all majors, providing that they are of sophomore standing or higher, and may be taken for cre¬ dit as many times as the student desires. Fr. Humphreys stated that the ideal program would be to have a corps of students who would actively participate each quarter for a period of two or three years. Where possible, cre¬ dit will be given in the area of a (Continued on Page 5)