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Vol. VI — No. 8 $1.50 Per Year Published Tri-Weekly by the Students of Loyola College at Los Angeles 15c An Issue March 23, 1928
We Qo Down
To The Sea
In Ships
STUDENTS LAUNCH DRIVE
TOWARD ENGINEERING UNIT
By John Quinn
Among Old Testament stories
familiar throughout the Christian
world, a general favorite with boys
and girls from their earliest years
is the story of Joseph — a seventeen-
year-old lad, the son of his father’s
later life, and most loved of all his
children. In Genesis we may read
how his brothers became jealous of i
Joseph because of Jacob’s care for
him, and their anger increased
when the boy related a dream
wherein he had seen himself ex¬
alted to high position while his fam¬
ily and all the world did honor him.
History goes on to record how
Joseph was sold into bondage and
“went down into Egypt,” where by
dint of personal integrity and serv¬
ice, he, a Hebrew became honored
among the Egyptians.
Centuries have gone into oblivion
down the dim lanes of time and we
come upon another city and an¬
other Joseph; Father Joseph Sulli¬
van, S.J., president of Loyola Col¬
lege^ in the city oi the Angels*
Time has wrought many changes
. and while the original Joseph ob¬
served the Passover, the modern
Joseph reveres St. Patrick’s Day.
But in one particular they are alike;
they have both dreamt great
dreams, the Joseph of antiquity
dreaming of his own greatness and
realizing it in all its fullness, and
the Joseph of Loyola dreaming of
a great Catholic University, a Jesuit
seat of learning nestling on the
placid shores of the great Pacific
in his native California.
One dreamed of personal ambi¬
tion to be realized through service
to others.
The other dreams of service to
others, service to the youth of our
land without thought of himself.
Twelve hundred students of Loy¬
ola have sworn a mighty oath to
make that dream of a modern Jos¬
eph come true, so that some day,
some day when the pyramids of
ancient Egypt are part of the dust
of the Sahara, historians may mar¬
vel at the Joseph of the Pacific
who built so well on its sunlit
shores.
Many men owe the grandeur of
their lives to their tremendous dif¬
ficulties.
Building a new Loyola is a tre¬
mendous task.
So our efforts must be character¬
ized by intensity, strenuous effort
and tireless exertion.
Guided and animated by this im¬
pulse, we are organized — and the
organization is the Loyola Navy.
Father Sullivan is Admiral of the
^ Fleet.
. At the first “officers’ mess” a few
: nights ago, the organization of a
fighting unit was described to those
present. It is desired to amplify
that explanation somewhat.
The Loyola Navy is a surface and
a super-surface organization. Sub¬
surface craft have been dispensed
with in our plan of attack.
We are organized into three bat¬
tle force units; two of dreadnoughts
and one of light cruisers, two de¬
stroyer forces and an air force. All
are co-ordinated under the corn-
continued on Page 8)
Outstanding among the activities
centering around the building pro¬
gram of the new and Greater Loy¬
ola, is the plate luncheon to be held
at a local hotel in mid- April.
Dependent uppn the success of
this enterprise is the erection of the
Science Building on the site of the
new university at Playa del Rey.
After a whole-hearted response
to the proposal that the science
building be committed to their care,
some 200 members of the Ladies of
Loyola, formulated and projected
the plan which is to serve as a
source of funds sufficient to finance
the gigantic proposition.
The plate lunch idea met with
instantaneous and genuine approval
of the organization.
Sponsored by these Ladies of
Loyola, the proposed function
promises to be one of the most
unique gatherings ever to grace the
calendar of Los Angeles social af¬
fairs.
It is expected that 1500 guests
will be present in the dining room,
to which a fee of $200.00 per plate
will be charged.
An enthusiastic corps of lady
workers is meeting with success in
the disposal of invitations which
exceeds the expectations of even the
most optimistic.
Already hundreds of prominent
citizens from the professional and
business world have secured their
tickets, and are now co-operating
with the various committees in se¬
lecting new guests.
Most recent among the celebri¬
ties to welcome an invitation to the
luncheon is Ann Nichols, noted au¬
thor and playright, whose Abie’s
Irish Rose is known to every play¬
goer in the country.
Meetings of various committees
and of the entire organization are
held each week on Monday after¬
noon, in the present administration
building. Reports are made, plans
outlined and instructions given.
Each Monday finds many new
members received as co-workers.
The invitation extended to the
mothers and friends of Loyola to
attend these weekly meetings is be¬
ing answered by increasing num¬
bers.
Inspirational talks ate given the
workers by eminent speakers. Dr.
Baker P. Lee and Mr. Frank An-
sted addressed the assbmbly on last
Monday.
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Commander in Chief
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President J oseph
A. Sullivan, S.J.,
who is in per¬
sonal charge of
the building pro¬
gram for the
Greater Loyola
which will be
erected soon on
the site chosen
Playa del
Rey.
Plans for the new University
call for fifteen buildings, neces¬
sitating an expenditure of $15,
000,000 when complete. Con
struction on the first unit will be
started soon.
Naval Officers
Dine in Cafeteria
Admirals, Vice Admirals, Cap¬
tains and Lieutenants enjoyed a
very savory and satisfying dinner in
the college dining hall each Mon¬
day evening of the past two weeks.
Each dinner proved to be a merry
and profitable hour, spent in dis¬
cussing, preparing and enlivening,
the campaign for the engineering
unit of the new University. .
The sea going nomens signify,
officers of Loyola’s naval force
which is now maneuvering to attain
a goal of three hundred thousand
dollars. The unique organization
of the campaign was devised and
proposed by, Mr. John Quinn
prominent member of the law
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It is important that the mother
of every student , of Loyola at¬
tend the Monday afternoon
meetings held every week in the
Administration building.
Rev. Joseph A. Sullivan, presi¬
dent, requests that you bring
your mother to these gatherings,
or see to it that she is present
if possible.
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El Padre Merits
National Laurels
El Padre the artistic and literary
success of the past college year
was awarded first prize in prefer¬
ence to all the year books in the
United States published by mem¬
bers of the smaller college division,
in the recent contest sponsored by
the Commercial Art Association. In
the words of Mr. Lewis, who con¬
tributed materially to the contest,
the recognition given Loyola by the
outstanding book is truly a great
step in the history of the college.
I Among the ‘Pacemakers’ or the
unqualified group which admitted
the annual books of all colleges and
universities in the country, Loyola
again was honored. In this great
scope of yearbooks, numbering 458,
Ed Padre ranked ninth, which
means that the Loyola book sur¬
passed in merits the annuals of
many of the larger, older and more
renowned institutions of the en¬
tire nation. That such honor
be given Loyola, small and com¬
paratively unknown, is a remark¬
able tribute to the work of the pre¬
ceding staff, and no doubt should
be a great incentive to every stu-
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a PATIO BALL
TO FEATURE
EFFORTS
Combined forces of Loyola stu¬
dent bodies are now launched in a
vigorous drive, to erect the Engin¬
eering unit of greater Loyola Uni¬
versity in the heart of the Del Rey
hills. The , sincere trust and con¬
fidence of the zealous President,
Father Joseph Sullivan, in the stu¬
dents of Loyola, manifested itself
in the privilege to sponsor one of
the main units of Loyola at Del
Rey. While even in its infancy the
compaign is strong, and the spirit
earnest, and it is believed by the
leaders of the endeavor that the
minimum of the drive will be
greatly surpassed.
The Engineering building will
cost approximately 300,000 dollars,
and as an important sector of the
campus group will stand with Loy¬
ola as a lively tribute of honor and
love of Loyola students for* their
Alma Mater. The important object
of the drive and the resulting grav¬
ity of the results behooves the com¬
bined student groups to respond to
their greatest opportunity to do for
their University in a bigger and
better way than that which has ev¬
er been done before. Father Presi¬
dent has placed a great trust in the
care of his students, sincere and
productive response is all that is ex¬
pected in return.
Mr. Luddy Bremner, well known
law student and comedy sensation
of the Rear Car, is student man¬
ager of the entire campaign, Mr.
Wiliiam Haggerty is chairman of
the Day College, Mr. James Sulli¬
van of Law, Mr. J. J. Gill of High
School, under these most able lea¬
ders and executives, class captains
with two lieutenants each, have
been selected as the framework of
campaign organization. The cam¬
paign is organized in a unique man¬
ner which specifically divides the
work among various groups and at
the same time will bring each mem¬
ber of the student body into per¬
sonal contact with the leaders. The
enthusiastic support of the men in
the ranks harnessed by such an ef¬
ficient organization will most prob¬
ably reap benefits far greater than
the most optimistic expectations.
The El Patio ballroom, one of
the largest and finest of its kind in
the world, will be the scene of a
titanic campaign ball, by which the
student building fund should be ma¬
terially increased. The time of the
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