LOS ANGELES LOYOLAN
A LOVOLA-MARYMOUNT PUBLICATION
Nov. 27, 1972
Photo by Phil Heithaus
Basketball begins; see Page 11
BSFA denounces Admissions
as black enrollment doubles
by Jeff Taxier
Black student enrollment at Loyola/Marymouiit
doubled this year, from 150 in June to about 300
in September, acording to the Admissions Office.
Wayne Jackson, executive chancellor of the
Black Students’ Freedom Alliance, recalls that
When he was a freshman in 1970 there were only
50. In 1905 there were three.
i The Admissions Office has claimed credit for
the increase in minority enrolment at the Univer¬
sity generally. But Jackson told the Loyolan that
the real reason blacks are corning to Loyola is
the Afro-American Studies Department’s and the
BSFlA’s recruitment programs.
Ronald Galway, assistant director of Afro-
American studies, concurred. Using Admissions
Office funds, Galway’s organization canvasses
inner city high schools to recruit students, he said.
The program began in 1970 and got into full
swing in 1971, Galway added, commenting that
the Admissions Office had rarely, if ever, visited
those schools prior to that time.
The Admissions Office, Galway charged, is
much too interested in recruiting out-of-state stu¬
dents, and ought to give first priority to those from
the Los Angeles area.
Jackson’s criticism went further. Loyola/
Marymount, he said, is far more selective in ad¬
mitting blacks than whites, screening out all who
might cause trouble, and all but “the cream of
the crop” of the rest.
Michel L’Heureaux, the admission director,
is “scared” of more militant blacks, Jackson
charged, and that fear explains the high percent¬
age of “brains” and former student body presi¬
dents among this year’s black freshmen.
(The BSFA has a leadership problem now, he
said: everyone wants to lead.)
The BSFA’s leadership speaks
out on other topics. Page 4).
The Admissions Office denied that it applies
different standards for black and white applicants.
Galway, for his part, said he found those
standards “very lenient.” He did not know of any
students, he said, “ with a 2.4- 2.5 GPA and at
least 700 (composite) Scholastic Aptitude Test
score who wasn’t accepted.
Nearly two^thirds of Loyola/Marymount stu¬
dents receive some sort of financial aid, he noted,
and this percentage is higher among blacks.
More money should be available, he said. At
present, aside from other programs, $20,000 is al¬
lotted to Afro-American Studies for grants to stu¬
dents. The maximum grant per student is $1,000.
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LU gift fund runs into red so L/M could
break even last year, final audit shows
by Liz Henderson
Just completed, the final audit of Loyola Univer¬
sity’s and Marymount College’s finances for the fis¬
cal ye’ar ending June 1, 1972, shows that, while
Loyola is operating with a deficit in the unallocated
gift fund, both institutions broke even last year.
Audit documents, including an abbreviated bal¬
ance sheet and a summary of income and ex¬
penditures, were released to the Loyolan by John
A. Pfaffiniger, Loyola’s vice president for business
affairs.
At the end of the last fiscal year, Loyola had a
deficit of $250,000. This was absorbed by tapping
$190,00 from unallocated gifts and $50,000 from the
Seaver Fund, Pfaffinger said.
By repaying most of the deficit from the unallo¬
cated gift fund a deficit was created in the gift
fund. On the balance sheet the current entry for the
unallocated gift fund shows a deficit of $196,532.
Pfaffinger believes that this deficit will be re¬
moved by the end of this year and the fund will be
back in the black. He said he hopes that the unallo¬
cated gifts will not be used to cover future deficits,
but to develop new programs and funding expendi¬
ture projects.
The Frank R. Seaver estate includes a fund of
which Loyola is a beneficiary. Last year, an ex¬
traordinary distribution of $177,000 was given from
the fund to Loyola. Ordinarily the University has
received $35,000 to $55,000 per year.
Pfaffinger stated that he expects income from
the Seaver fund to total $84,000 this year and main¬
tain that level in the future.
Loyola’s total income for 1972-72 was $10,091,939.
Tuition and fees accounted for $5,818,457. Reim¬
bursement from Marymount for shared costs was
$940,921.
Pfaffinger stated that it is common for institu-
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Sacking Lease: Seeking reasons why
by the Loyolan Staff
When the Loyolan reported the dismissal of Dr.
Gary Lease, assistant professor of religious studies,
it promised editorially to give any further details
it received to its readers. The following article is
partial fulfilment that promise.
The official explanation for not renewing Lease’s
contract, which expires in June, was overstaffing
in his department.
That explanation, with slight variations in word¬
ing, was given by the Rev. Donald P. Merrifield,
SJ, Loyola’s president, the Rev. John Clark, SJ,
academic vice president, and Dr, Theodore Erland¬
son, dean of liberal arts.
Merrifield said dark, who notified Lease of his
termination, was chiefly responsible for the deci¬
sion. Clark said that if anything but overstaffing
had been involved, he would not have talked to the
Loyolan.
Erlandson, who admitted “there is opposition
to Dr. Lease by certain members of the faculty,”
insisted, however, that the opposition had nothing
to do with dismissing Lease, of whom he said he
had a high opinion.
That opinion had been expressed before. On
October 20, 1970, Erlandson nominated Lease for
a fellowship.
“During the two years Dr. Lease has been at
Loyola,” Erlandson wrote then, “he has proved to
be an excellent, stimulating teacher, who is inter¬
ested not only in his classes, but in working to
promote the ideals of liberal education, through¬
out the University.
“He played a significant role in developing the
new major in Religious Studies. He is engaged in
many activities on campus beyond his professional
field.
“For example, he is a moderator in our Honors
Program, and he has been a most creative member
of the Presidential Commission on General Educa¬
tion, for which he has written several fine position
papers.
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