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              THE MAROON Volume XII LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS, LA., JANUARY 12, 1934 Number 12 FIRST WEEK OF NEW YEAR FINDS NEW ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVE ON LOYOLA CAMPUS POTHIER SOCIETY FOUNDED FOR STUDENTS OF BIOLOGY In commemoration of the late Dr. O. L. Pothier, and to stimulate interest in the biology classes, the ■O. L. Pothier Society" is being 7 formed by the joint action of Fγ. James A. Greeley, S. J., Prof. D. I. Farnsworth, A. 8., M. S., and Prof. • E. L. Merill, B. S., M. S. Dr. O. L. Pothier was instrumental in the foundation of the Loyola school of dentistry, and was connected with t'ne departments of bacteriology and pathology here for a good many years. He was sent to South America by the Rockefeller Foundation to carry out an extensive study for • the cause and cure of elephantiasis. "We have drawn up a complete constitution, and have started on the by-laws of the society," said Professor Merill in his office when asked about the new society. "Membership in t'ne club will be limited to those having finished one year of biology. It is understood, of course, that those who have taken a year of biology, but are now studying some other course, may join." "We hope to set the organization in motion as soon after the midyear exams as possible." According to Professor Farns" worth the members of the new society will hand in from time to time papers which they have prepared of their own initiative. The members will also discuss at the meetings subjects for which they have not sufficient time in class. Regular officers, in addition to a publicity manager and a sponsor, will be elected at the first meeting of the society. The students will also decide on a pin, which is provided for in the by-laws of the society.• —— ITALIAN CLUB DRAWS UP CHARTER AND MAKES MANY PLANS Meeting last Monday night at the Italian hall in the Vleux Carre, a number of students from Loyola university organized themselves into an Italian club. The official name of the organization is "Circolo Universitario Italiano". The officers elected were: John Sehilleci. junior arts and science, president; Jacob Amato, arts, vice-president; Anthony di Bartolo, junior dental, secretary; and Anthony Santangelo, junior arts and science, treasurer. The idea for the club was suggested by Prof. Antonio E. Papale, of the law school, and President Augusto Miceli, of the Unione Italiane in New Orleans and a graduate of the Loyola law school. Its purpose is to foster interest in Italian literature and arts. Mr. Micele is now drawing up the charter and, as soon as it is approved by the authorities, the organization will be formally recognized as a campus activity. It was announced that plays in Italian would be given, and that the membership would not be restricted to Italian students. Sehilleci stated that an informal meeting would be held tomorrow night aboard Mr. Micele's yacht and would be followed by a moonlight ride for the members and their dates. He also said that a dance would be given on February 3 at the Blue Room of the Italian hall. FREE SPEECH IS NEW FORUM TOPIC Taking Issue with the university professor who claims the right to say anything he likes without fear of interference, Martin Burke, S. J., head of the philosophy department, reopened his Forums in Philosophy, last Sunday, at 7 p. m., In Marquette Auditorium, with a discussion of "Free Speech". The subject will be continued next Sunday in its political aspect. Classical selections were given by the String Ensemble of the col-0 UQr of music, under the direction of Dr. Ernest E. Schuyten, dean. . Presidential Issue Debated by Owls Conservatism scored a triumph over radicalism Tuesday evening at Marquette Auditorium when the Loyola Evening Debating Society held the third of a series of elimination debates upon the question: "Resolved: The powers of the President should be substantially increased as a settled policy." The affirmative side of the question was ably upheld by Frank Trower, Vincent Arena, and Charles Thomas. The decision, however, was granted to the negative, which was argued by Messrs. Joseph Schwertz, Edward Haggerty, and Peter Naughton. Haggerty and Naughton, stubstituting for absent debaters, argued extemporaneously. The judges were Robert Ainsworth, Bentley Byrnes, and Baldwin Allen. This Week Friday, Jan. 12 1:00 P. M.—Spanish Debate, Mar quette Hall. 4.:Q0 P.M.—Thespian rehearsals, Marquette auditorium. 8:00 P. M.—Chorus of opera rehearse, Ursuline college.Saturday. Jan. 13 1:00 P. M.—Blue Key meets, Marquette hall. At Lafayette—Loyola vs. South* western. 8:00 P. M. —Chorus of opera rehearse, Ureuline college.Sunday Jan. 14 7:00 P. M.—Philosophy forum, Marquette hall, WWL. Monday, Jan. 15 4:00 P.M.—Thespian rehearsal, * Marquette hall. Tuesday, Jan. 16 12:00 Noon—Student Council meet, * Rm 114, Bobet hall. 8:00 P. M.—Chorus of opera rehearse, Ursuline college.Wednesday, Jan. 17 9:00 A. M.—Semester examinations uegin. 8:00 P.M.—Chorus of opera rehearse, Ursuline col lege. Thursday, Jan. 18 6:00 P.M.—Student Campus Quarter Hour, over WWL, Charles Bailey, an nouncer. 8:00 P.M.—Chorus of opera rehearse, Ursuline »-.0 l lege. Friday, Jan. 19 7:30 A. M.—U nlvereity Mass, Thomas Hall Chapel. 8:00 P.M.—Chorus of opera rehearse, Ursuline college.9:00 P. M.—Gym Dance, Loyola gymnasium. 1934 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Rice Institute September 22 (Night) at New Orleans Birmingham-Southern September -!D at Birmingham, Ala. Mercer University October 5 (Mint) at New Orleans Howard University October 12 (Nicht) at New Orleans Mississippi College October 11) (N in lit) at New Orleans Spring Hill College October 26 (Night) at N«w Orleans Xavier- University November 2 (Night) at New Orleans Texas Christian University November 10 (Afternoon) at New Orleans Mississippi State November IT (Afternoon) at New Orleans Centenary College November 29 (Thanksgiving Day) at Shreveport '34 Grid Program Has Four New Opponents The 1934 complete football schedule, announced by the athletic authorities recently, includes some of the best teams in the entire South. Next year the Wolves will meet such outstanding teams as Texas Christian University, Centenary, Rice, Mississippi State, Mercer, Birmingham-Southern. Xavier, Mississippi College and Springhill. There will be only two road games on the 1934 schedule. One is on September 29 to Birmingham to meet the Birmingham-Southern Panthers and the other on Thanksgiving Day to Shreveport to meet the Centenary College Gents. The Wolves will open their 1934 season here the night of September New Roof, Floor Are Gym 'sXmas Present Athletes and visitors treking through the gym after practice periods now have a more pleasing sight before their eyes, for the gym has undergone some improvements during the holidays. The roof has been raised and gone over and all leaks and holes repaired. The old floor of the basketball court, pockmarked from Ihe spikes of trackmen, baseball men and football men alike, has been sanded down and a new covering of varnish applied. New floor boards have been installed in some places. Matting has been strung up on the wall behind one of the baskets on the basketball court to prevent injuries to players thrown against the wall. It was reported that collapsible bleachers would be put up on the Freret street side, but plans along this line have not materialized so far. Tulane Theatre To House 'Chimes' Feb. 1 The Loyola student opera, "Chimes of Normandy," will be presented at the Tulane Theater on February 1. at 8 p. m., and on February 3 at 2:30 p. m. Rev. A. Z. Goodspeed, S. J. announced recently.The price of admission, Fatlier Goodspeed said, would be 75 cents for the evening performance and 50 cents for the matinee. Moreover, he stated that each student will be expected to sell at least two tickets. The principal characters and members of the chorus have been practicing nightly under the direction of Miss Elisabeth Wood and Miss De Reyna respectively. The chorus consists of approximately one hundred voices from Loyola university, Ursuline college and Dominican college. The cast of principal characters, composed of both trained singers and young amateurs, will be announced shortly. Gym Dance To Be Next Friday Night The first Gym Dance of the new year will be held one week from today, Friday, January 19, according to an announcement by the committee in charge. "To be held in the renovated gymnasium this first dance promises students an evening of real entertainment on a floor that equals any ballroom in the city for dancing purposes," said J. Skelly Wright, chairman of the committee. The Loyola Orchestra, which has received much favorable comment on their playing for the French play, the 1933 banquet and other functions, is In top form and will provide the music for the affair. , Tickets may be secured from the members of the committee. They are as follows: Pharmacy—Charles Aprill; Law— Larry Babst, John Blasi; Dental— William Calhoun, Abram Diaz; Night—William Cahill, Konrad Lagarde; Arts and Science—Tom Dunn, Dan Home, Leslie Hottinger, William Hamilton, Marian Loisel, Charles Bailey, Chester Reith, Steve Hodi. POST SCHEDULES FOR JAN. EXAMS MidCterm examinations for the majority of the departments of ihe university haiVe been announced and the scehdule posted on the various bulletin boards. In the college of arts and sciences, examinations will start Wednesday. January 17, and continue through ihe following Wednesday. January 24. Examinations will be (or two hours and regular classes will not br held. No examination will be given in the public- speaking classes. The dental school, having already begun examinations last Wednesday, will continue with the tests through January 34. In the day law school, exams will be held Sunday, January 31, through Monday. January 39. Night Law Examinations are scheduled to start January 29, and will continue through February 6. Pharmacy students will be examined from Wednesday, January 17 until January 23. Examinations In the night part time courses will be given on January Iβ. 18. 23. 34, and 26. Regular classes will meet while examinations are not being held. Examinations for the Saturday part time courses will be given Saturdays. January 20. 27, and February I, The schedule for the examinations In the college of music has not as y*-t been announced.Procession Marks Anniversary of Battle In thanksgiving for the victory won at the Battle of New Orleans through the intercession of Our Lady of Prompt Succor, 1500 members of student sodalities from all parts of the city participated in a pilgrimage Monday afternoon. This pilgrimage, held for the third time, is sponsored by the College Council of Sodalities of New Orleans. The procession, led by the St. Aloysius High School band, left Loyola University at 4 P. M. and marched down St. Charles avenue out State street, to the shrine of Our Lady of Prompt Succor of Ursuline chapel. Stephen B. Rodi, head of the college council, recited the prayer to Our Lady of Prompt Succor, to whom the Ursuline nuns prayed before the battle. Solemn benedicdiction was given by Rev. Joseph Pyzikiewicz, pastor of Mater Dolorosa church, assisted by Rev. Richard Needham, S. J., director of high school sodalities, as deacon, BLUE KEY TO MEET The Loyola University chapter of Blue Key, national honor fraternity, will meet tomorrow at 1 p. m. in the student activity office, according to announcement by Leo C. Zinser, president. The organization will discuss the new plans forwarded by national headquarters concerning national reorganization, and will also take up matters concerning the local chapter. 1934 BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Millsaps January 5-6 at New Orleans (Played) Southwestern January 13 at Lafayette Millsaps January 15-16 at Jackson, Miss. Louisiana Tech January 22-23 at New Orleans Circuto Mercantile Mutalists February 1-2-S at Monterey. Mexico Louisiana College February 11-10 at New Orleans Louisiana College February 12-13 at Pineville Centenary College February !«-!"■ at New Orleans Centenary College February lft-20 at Shreveport Louisiana Tech February 21-22 at Huston Southwestern February Zβ at New Orleans S. I. A. A. Tournament March 2-8-4-5 Wolves To Play Twenty More Games Although Varsity basketball has been inactive here for some time, the prospects for a successful season are very good. The loss of the first two games was due partly to lack of time for adequate training. With time the Loyola squad should temper into one of the best basketball clubs in southern college circles. With the brilliant players who will come up from the freshman squad next year and those of the Varsity who will return, Loyola will again hold the limelight in basketball circles. Tomorrow night the Wolf cagers will meet the Southwestern quintet at Lafayette. After this game the Wolves will journey to Jackson, Miss., for a return engagement with the Millsaps Majors January 15 and 16. The Wolves will then meet Louisiana Tech here on the 22nd and 23rd. The last of January will mark Headache? I Should Say! Exam, My Man Headaches were trumps January 3 when the students filed into the university to resume their labors after a most enjoyable, and, ahould we say, delirious two weeks of Christmas vacation. But the biggest ache was yet to come—an ache that would make the worst ache seem like a mild ache. Merrily they walked in the door talking about the dances they had been to, how much turkey they had eaten, how much they enjoyed their visit back home, how much sleep they had missed, how swell this girl was, and how swell that girl was, and all the various and sundry things a student will talk about on his return from a holiday. SOCIETY ENTERS MATH CONTEST Descartes Mathematics Society met Thursday night in Marquette Hall and discussed further plans for elimination contests to select five teams to represent Loyola in the Southern Intercollegiate Mathematics Association tests scheduled to begin on February 22. The teams competing in these tests will be coached as follows: analytical geometry and calculus by Profesor H. Fledermann; trigonometry by Reverend Karl Mar- Ing, S. J.; and algebra by Professor J. Monasterio. The dates of the tests were announced as follows: algebra, February 22-24; trigonometry, March 8-10; calculus, April 5-7; and general mathematics, April 19-21. The college whose teams attain the highest general average in the teste will compete in the inter-regional contest to be held on May 5, at Louisiana college, Pineville, La. FIRE CLIMAXES WEEK OF IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS IN LOYOLA COLLEGE OF MUSIC FIRE CHECKED; INSTRUMENTS SAVED BY PROMPT ACTION A fire late Tuesday threatened to completely demolish Conservatory hall on the corner of Calhoun street and St. Charles avenue, but prompt action held the damage to approximately $2,000. Students of the college of music first noticed the fire when the walls of the second floor contracted with the heat and cracked the wall paper. Investigation proved that the third floor was ablaze and an alarm was immediately sent in. Valuable instruments escaped damage when students of the university and members of the faculty made their way into the building and rescued them. Dr. E. E. Schuyten, dean of the college of music, announced that the Alumnae Association had offered the use of the Alumnae House, 1722 Calhoun street, for the scheduled classes until Uie damage could be repaired. Dr. Schuyten announced that classes will be resumed in the hall in a few days. ARTISTS ADDED TO FACULTY; COLLEGE ACCREDITED; STUDENTS WIN The Loyola college of music held the spotlight of interest this week with three important announcements indicating the steady pro* gress that has been going on in that phase of university life. Dr. E. E. Schuyten and Rev. A. B. Goodspeed , S. J., dean and regent of the college, announced on their return from the National Association of Music Colleges, that the Loyola college 'nad been fully recognized and accredited by the association. The addition of three members to the faculty, announced last week, completed the operatic department of the college and offers musical instruction from a faculty of celebrated musicians and artists. Adding to the list of laurels Marcel La Nasa and Inez Beeknell carried off first honors in the Young Artist Contest held during the Christmas holidays. This is the second consecutive year that Loyola college of music students have won the contest sponsored by the New Orleans Philharmonic Society. Famous Artists Join Faculty The additions to the faculty include Madame Eve (irippon, internationally known operatic star, as head of the department of opera; Mademoiselle Louise Elya, graduate of the Brussels Conservatory of Dancing and former premier danseuse at the old French Opera here in New Orleans, as head of the department of aesthetic and classic dancing; Albert Kirst, said by critics to be foremost among Southern violinists, as professor of violin. Thespians Name Casts of Plays The first Thespian presentation of 1934 will be given within the next few weeks. The Thespians have departed from their regular procedure of giving a three-act play as their season opener each year in ithat this year's presentation will be composed of three one act plays, the most important of which is the premiere of Evelyn Soule Ford's new play, "The Beloved Chair". The two other productions are Hilliard Booth's "His Majesty, the Queen", a two-scene farce, and Frank G. Tompkin's "Sham", a social satire. The cast is already hard at work under Dr. Alfred J. B'onomo's direction. The assistant directors are A. P. Schiro 111 and John Schlllecl. The cast is composed of the following Loyola Thespians: THE BELOVED CHAIR Peggy McOivney, El.na Monasterto. Robert Lacey, Thelma Mae Mouledoux, A P. Schiro 111. HIS MAJESTY, THE QUEEN L. P. Artman, Edward Drtscoll. Yvonne Oalatorle. Louise de Tarnowsky. Mildred Cazenevette, Samuel McNeely. Jr.. Claire Dumestrr. SHAM John D. Schilleci. Edna May Neyrey. F. Winter Trapolln. Joseph Martin. DEBATE ON GRID TOPIC TODAY Arguing the question, "Resolved that football is over emphasized" members of the freshman and sophomore Spanish classes will debate on Friday, January 12, at one "'clock, room 31 in Marquette Hall with the freshmen upholding the negative side, according to Miss Monteyo, director of the Spanish Club. Members of the debating teams will be: sophomore: S. McNeely, C. Cosse, L. P. Artman; freshman: DeMahy, A. Elmer, T. Dunn, witli B. Barrosse as chairman. All are cordially invited to attend. BASKETBALL LEAGUE STARTS; ERSKINE ASKS ALL TO ENTER The student council, in coordination with Coach "Doc" Erskine, is this week planning an intramural basketball league which will be open to every student in the university without exception for size or ability, all freshmen and varsity players being ineligible. Students coming out for these teams are guaranteed an opportunityopportunity to play in all games played on week nights in the reconditioned gymnasium. All those desirous of taking part are requested to fill out the entry blank below and drop it in the box in front of the Maroon office, not later than Wednesday. January 17. Teams will be drawn up as soon as all entries are received. (Continued on Page 3) (Continued on Page 3) (Continued on page 4) (Continued on page 4) Observe— The edltmial titled "A Word To—." If you are wise, read it. £rz/oy— Dancing on the new gym floor nr.it Friday nigltt at nine o'clock. OFFICIAL ENTRY BLANK INTRA-MURAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE Xanie —  I )epartment — -  Year - — -