LOS ANGELES LOYOLAN
Vol. 50 — No. 10
A LOYOLA-MARYMOUNT PUBLICATION
Jan. 29. 1973
MM to abolish PE
as merger takes effect
by John Wildermuith
On July 1, 1973 Loyola Univer¬
sity and Marymount College will
merge into a single institution.
Both institutions have been work¬
ing for the past year to smooth
out any obstacles that might hin¬
der the merger. According to Dr.
Doris Chasm, Marymount aca¬
demic dean, “We are trying to er¬
ase distinctions; to blend.’’
One of the distinctions slated lo
be erased is the Marymount Phys¬
ical Education Department. A
small department, with only two
faculty, it has existed in the past
mainly because of the classes re¬
quired for graduation at Mary¬
mount. But since that require¬
ment is strictly Marymount, the
college decided it would not be
fair to keep it just for the women.
4 ‘This isn’t a snap decision,”
said Chasin. “We had been think¬
ing for some years of dropping
the requirement. This just
seemed like the best time.”
Chasin admitted that before the
merger there was no real thought
of dismantling the department.
“Physical education is still
valuable and we have to work to
maintain interest in it,”, continued
Chasin, “The question is whether
it belongs as an academic dis¬
cipline.”
Nothing has been decided about
the fate of Elizabeth Collins and
Olga Connolly, the two faculty
members of the P.E. Department.
“Neither Miss Collins or Mrs.
Connolly are tenured,” said Cha¬
sin. “Mrs. Connolly hasn’t been at
Marymount long enough and I be¬
lieve that Miss Collins started out
part time when she was at Palos
Verdes.
“Both are excellent people with
very special and necessary tal¬
ents. I have recommended very
highly to Mr. Scully that both be
kept at Loyola in some capacity.”
Chasin had a final comment.
“Right now the largest stack on
my desk is requests for women to
get out of the P;E. requirement.
Maybe if it’s not required and not
academic, people will be more at¬
tracted to the courses.”
One person , who is not happy
with the change is Elizabeth Col¬
lins, head of the Physical Educa¬
tion Department.
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.“Naturally, I feel my depart-,
ment is serving a real need. A col¬
lege needs organized, scheduled,
instructional sports and activities.
I don’t care where the response
bility for these , programs goes, I
just don’t want to see them
dropped.”
Collins had known since Sep¬
tember that the requirements in
her department were to fee
dropped, but admitted that the
disbanding of it came as a sur¬
prise. It came at a time when new
programs were getting a wider
range of students into P.E.
pourses than ever before.
“All the P.E. classes this quar¬
ter are filled to capacity. Over 260
students are taking the courses
this winter,” continued Collins, ; “I
imagine that there are. a. loti of
girls out there just fulfilling the
requirement, but not everyone.
Men make up a big proportion of
the classes and there is no re¬
quirement at all for them.”
The semester system could
open the P.E. courses to even
more students, according to Col¬
lins. A three-two weekly sched¬
uling system would provide more
flexible class times, one of the big
problems with the Wednesday
morning sessions.
“I feel there is interest in physi¬
cal education at Loyola,” said
Collins. “Thirty-six students had
to be turned away from an ad¬
vanced volleyball class, which in-
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Mayor Yorty flew to Loyola for a speech in St. Robert’s last Monday. He spoke to a capacity crowd.
Mayor arrives
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? copter
Yorty affirms concern for minorities
by Rosemary Patmore
Sam Yorty, Mayor of Los Ange¬
les, spoke in Robert’s Auditorium
January 22 at noon. He was-flown
in by helicopter, creating quite an
aura of excitement and dramatic
politics for the Loyola campus.
Yorty began his talk by con¬
firming his credentials as a con¬
servative Democrat who has pro¬
moted the cause of the blacks, by
being the first congressman to ap¬
point blacks to Westpoint and
Annapolis. >
He stressed his concern for mi¬
nority groups by concentrating on
Spanish-speaking people, blacks
and the 18-year-old vote. “Many
don’t know this, but in 118319 when I
was a member of the California
legislature; I proposed that 18
year olds be allowed to vote.”
According to Yorty, Los Ange¬
les has fewer police per capita
Faculty on the move
Why Sue Caldwell won’t be back
by Hoffman and Michel!
A number of Marymount facul¬
ty members were notified by Dr.
Doris Chasin, Marymount aca¬
demic dean, that they would not
return next year.
Rev. John W. Clark, SJ, Loyola
academic vice president, said an
October 17 at general faculty
meeting of both Loyola and Mary¬
mount that no untenured faculty
members would lose their jobs
because of (the merger (though
there would be the usual faculty
turnover.
Several of the Marymount fac-
chology.
This year she would be eligible
for tenure but she is not working
for her doctorate, which is re¬
quired by both Loyola and Mary¬
mount for tenure consideration.
before she began teaching at
Marymount. (She expected to
stay only one year.)
Caldwell then proposed a two
year program which would result
in a doctorate from the Profes-
She explained her arguments to sional School of Psychology in Los
the Loyolan
“I realize I am in a more
tenuous position than the other in¬
structors who have been termi¬
nated because I’m not in the pro¬
cess of getting my doctorate.”
She explained that in Novem¬
ber, 1971, she received notice
from Doris Chasin; Marymount
ulty members who received a ter- academic dean, that she had to
minal notice, believe their dis- make “sufficient progress to a
missals are due , to the merger, doctorate degree in psychology’’
Among them is Mrs; Susan* Cal- to be retained. She said she had
dwell, associate professor of psy- not been told of this requirement
Angeles. Although she has not en¬
rolled in a doctoral program she
has gained an equivalent number
of credits in applied psychology.
'She said Chasin had told her to
write a letter about her plans
which Chasin would present to
Loyola administrators.
“From my conversations with
Chasin it really appears that
Marymount would have given me
the OK to continue my program
than the other major cities. This
brought dp the problem of law¬
lessness. “L.A. has the best police
department. We’re confronted
with lawlessness, but we are not* a
lawless people. I recognize crime,
however, it .is not something
that’s epidemic — it’s simply
among a small number of
people.” ^
Turning to the pollution prob¬
lem, he outlined his role by say¬
ing, “the city has no authority in
the pollution field. Over 90% of
emissions are from cars and I feel
that if public attention reverted
more to the auto, then there
would be relief.”
Yorty then focused his attention
on- the award Los Angeles re¬
ceived for city administration
from the magazine, American
City, and spoke on the rapid tran¬
sit system. “We’re trying to find a
way to subsidize a rapid transit
system. The Watts area is the
first entry, but I don’t feel hope¬
ful for a bond issue because
people are wedded »to cars.”
Several Mexican - Americans
were present in the audience and
they made known < their dis¬
satisfaction with Yorty. He touch¬
ed on a short explanation, then
continued by outlining the duties
involved being mayor of Los An¬
geles.
“Mayor is a non-partisan office,
and I don’t think partisan politics
is a place for city government. A
Mayor’s job is salesman for the
city, and I’d like to tell you about
some of the positive news that
sometimes have been over¬
looked.” :
Returning to complaint of the
Mexican
г
American, he reite¬
rated, “we have a large number
of black and Spanish people gov¬
erning and have made an effort to
without tenure, which I am not recruit more. To date, 30 per cent
(Continued on Page 3) are from the Spanish-speaking
community. Spanish-speaking citi¬
zens founded the city and they de¬
serve honor.”
By and large, Yorty lauded the
system of government and the
policies of Los Angeles, but ex¬
pressed the need for alteration on
many issues. “The city charter is
a basic document I consider the
worst, because it compels the
members to meet everyday. It
should be a legislative body, to
avoid bickering over petty de¬
tails.”
A question and answer period
opened up, with the critical ques¬
tion of housing in East Los Ange¬
les. “Housing is a major problem
and currently there is a big proj¬
ect for the building of a new inter¬
city in Watts. The growth of the
city is abatting, and most of hous¬
ing is provided for under federal
programs. The federal govern¬
ment has to limit growth, or there
will be a tremendous inflation in
taxes.”
Yorty evaded the question
“Who do you expect as an oppo¬
nent?” He offered the traditional
Kennedy “wait and see” attitude
and an equally traditional, safe
answer, “I don’t know.”
• “What do you plan to do about
the crisis in the school system of
violence and deficit in budget?”
He explained that there has been
a decrease in federal funding and
an increase in state funding up to
42 per cent.
He stated the need for tax re¬
lief. “Homeowners need tax alle¬
viation. The city taxes have limi¬
tations, we need more state aid.”
Yorty concluded his talk by em¬
phasizing the need to avoid
“doomsayers” and the necessity
of being more impervious to the
morbid side of life. “I never want
to be someone that just sits back
and watches — I always want to
(be a positive do-er.’*
