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              THE MAROON Volume XIII No. 20 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS, LA., FEBRUARY 21, 1936 FROSH STOP SOPH'S TROPHY DRIVE Students of Economics Department Organize New Commerce Club GEORGE SEFEROVICH NAMED PRESIDENT OF NEW GROUP DeMahy Elected Vice► President, O'Donnell Secretary By Charter Members At Initial Meeting Wednesday; Dr. Connor To Be • Moderator. Realizing a need long felt by the -faculty and*Btudents of the Loyola university department of economics, approximately 50 students enrolled in the commerce course met Wednesday afternoon in Marquette auditorium and formed a commerce club. Dr. John V. Connor, head lof the department of economics, directed the formation and will act as moderator. Officers chosen to head the new organization for the current session are: George Seferovich, senior, president; Charles De Mahy, junior, vice-president; and A. J. O'Donnell, Jr., sophomore, secretary.The purpose of the club, according to Dr. Connor, is threefold. It was organized to afford a medium of thought and expression for the students of the commerce department, to give them an opportunity to analyze current economic thought as given vent to in national and international problems of the present day, and to bring the students of the commerce department into closer contact with one another. Approximately 50 members constitute the roster of the club. Meetings of the organization are •scheduled for each Wednesday at 4 p. m. in Marquette auditorium, Dr. Connor said. The meetings #will be conducted informally and talks by the various club members will feature the weekly assemblies. Plans for instructions in the writing of theses in economics were Choral Society Is Reorganized The Choral Union of Loyola university was reorganized Monday Monday with the attendance of 50 students of Loyola, Ursuline and ♦Dominican, when the group met and elected officers to serve for the remainder of the year. The 1 organization disbanded at the close of last year. Officers elected were: Marion J. LeDoux, president; Miss Florence Fit; aiorris, vice-president; Neckley M. Ferris, treasurer; and Miss Florence Chauvin, secretary. Miss Alvareda Champagne was appointed Dominican college representative.| According to Dr. Ernest E. Schuyten, dean of the college of music, who will act as moderator of the choral union, a pageant in connection with the life of Christ will be presented in May. The musical scores and the orchestra'tions for the pageant have been written by Dr. Schuyten and rehearsals of the chorus will begin y this week. The chorus will meet every Tuesday at 8 p. m. in Mac- Donald hall. The Loyola Symphony orchestra, which will accompany the chorus in the presentation ,1s scheduled to /fcieet every Monday at the same time, and Dr. Schuyten will direct the orchestra as well as the chorus.Officials Select Honor Rolls of Upper Classes Upperclassmen honor rolls of the college of arts and sciences were announced Wednesday by th'e officials of the university with bulletins posted on the board of the office of the registrar. The "A" honor roll is composed of Ktudents with general averages from 93 to 100. The "B" honor roll is made up of students with averages ranging from 83 to 93. The honor rolls are as follows: SENIOR "A" HONOR ROLL George H. Seferovich 96.7 Arthur M. Haves —.95.0 Alton L. Deßlanc _ 94.8 Pierre V. Bernard 93.4 Charles A. Vanney 93.0 JUNIOR "A" HONOR ROLL Leonard Rosenson 97.5 Julian G. Michel -95.6 James T. Nix, Jr. 95.3 Charles T. de Many 94.5 Louis Reed _ - 94.2 Louis V. De Gruy, Jr. 93.75 Andrew P. Richard, 111 93.2 SOPHOMORE "A" HONOR ROLL Winfred C. Craig _ 95.4 Senior class "A" honor roll: George H. Seferovich, Arthur M. Hayes, Alton L. Deßlanc, Pierre V. Bernard, and Charles A. Vanney.Senior class "B" honor roll: John J. McAulay, Earl F. Wegmann, Everett J. Gares, Louis J. Castille, Richard H. Kerr, Robert G. Werner, Edward E. Spranley, Joseph S. Petersen, Jr., Robert G. Lacey, George J. Finnan, Leslie J. Hottinger, J. Driscoll Daspit, William A. Roy, Donald V. Higgins, Thomas W. Dunn, H. A. Schuyten, Augustus Elmer, Jr., George T. Joint, E. J. Robichaux, Jr., Roy H. Sides, Collum J. de Gruy, Joseph F. Egan, Jr., Henry J. Beter, Jr., and Wilfred N. Drewes. Junior class "A" honor roll: Leo- Leonard Rosenson, Julian G. Michel, James T. Nix, Jr., Charles T. de Mahy, Louis Reed, Louis V. De Gruy, Jr., and Andrew P. Richard, 111. Junior class "B" honor roll: Marcel J. Messonier, Jr., William G. Knoph, Jr., James W. Hughes, Clyde Simmons, Arthur J. Ferguson,Ghio Is Appointed Associate Editor Of Student Paper To Serve With Harold De Blanc In Co- Duties Bernard Ghio, junior arts and science student, has been appointed co-associate editor of The Maroon, university student weekly, it was announced this week by Earl F. Wegmann, editor-in-chief. Ghio formerly served The Maroon in the capacity of assistant feature editor. • Harold De Blanc, freshman law student, who now holds the position of associate editor, will continue in the same capacity with Ghio, Wegmann stated. De Blanc has been associate editor since 1934. Ghio, a native of Texarkana, Texas, came to Loyola in 1933 and started as a reporter on The Maroon staff in his sophomore year. At the beginning of this year he was appointed to the assistant feature editor post under Driscoll Daspit, feature editor. He has had two years of journalism work under Dr. Hugh M. Blain, head of the English department, and last year reported for The Times-Picayune as part of the prescribed class work. He is now reporting for Catholic Action, archdiocesan weekly published iii the city. The appointment of Ghio is to become effective immediately, Wegmann said. No appointment has been made to fill the vacancy in t!ie feature staff. Pianists To Feature Weekly News Flash Loyola's sixth weekly broadcast over WWL, scheduled for Saturday at 5:15 p. m., will feature renditions by Miss Florence Chauvin, pianist from the music school, who will play the Alma Mater and Fight song, and Alvin de la Houssaye, playboy of the ivories from the law school, who will present a medley of popular dance selections.The regular newscast by Earl F Wegmann, editor-in-chief of The Maroon, who will present highlights of news in the university and on the campus, and the sports comments of Thomas W. Dunn, sports editor, will complete this week's program. Soph Takes Easy Way To Win Grand Prize In Treasure Hunt TrCa ure hunters are compared like adjectives: the smart one follows the olues, the smarter hunter follows the crowd and tho mart est stays at home hoping that the treasure will be somewhere In his neighborhood. While 350 modern pirates chased around the city searchingfor clues leading to the treasure grounds where "Grandpa Foxie" had hidden his pot of gold, Dennis Casey, sophomore arts and science student, ate his dinner and read the daily news. His reading was interrupted by the noise caused by numerous racing automobiles of the "get rich quick" crowd. Peering out the window he saw the mob of frantic searchers and went to investigate. "Why all the excitement?" he inquired as he approached the scene and saw men and women digging up the earth with their hands, overturning rotten logs and uprooting shrubbery. "Treasure-hunters looking for $50 dollars", some one answered. "For fifty bucks I'd become a treasure-hunter myself," Denny exclaimed. It was no sooner said than done. Casey was already searching. He wajked over to a huge stump under whic* two women were crawling. He i ioked it over and saw the many pieces in which the prize might havt been hidden. On top lie noticed a small match box which he seized with which he began toying. pushed his finger in the and opened it. "No $50 in here," Denny thougllj Then he noticed a slip of frost? paper. Unfolding it, he discovered that it was a "Grandpa Foxie French Club Announces Drama, New Moderator Rev. Louis G. Soniat Will Head Club For Year Current with the announcement of a new moderator for the French club, the group announced the name of the forthcoming French club play to be presented in the latter part of April. The Rev. Louis G. Soniat, S. J., professor of French and English, has been appointed by university officials as the new moderator. "Moi", a comedy in three acts by Eugene Marin Labiche and Edouard Martin, is the play selected by the cllib for its second presentation of the year, according to C. Cyril Broussard, president of the French club. Broussard said that the cast is to be announced next week. This afternoon at 4 o'clock, the French club will present "Une Matinee de Rire et de Sourire", in Marquette auditorium. Different parts from the French play, "Knock," written by Jules Ro; mains, famous French playwright, will be read by John J. McCann, Fobert Pascal and C. Cyril Broussard, which will then be discussed by the guest lecturer. The Philaristai has been invited to attend the program after its birthday party Friday, afternoon, and the French classes of the university have also been invited to attend. Discussions, Debates Planned By Forum Three public discussions by iif dividual members of the Aristotelian Forum and four debates with outsiders are being planned by the organization, according to an announcement by John J. McCann, president of the Forum, after consultation with the Rev. Martin Burke, S. J., moderator, and other officers. The three discussions to be given by the members are on "The recent killing of the Nazi chief in Switzerland", in which the double effect theory and the direct and indirect voluntary will be explained; "Law," showing the es sential differences between the positive and the natural law; and a third subject not yet announced. In conjunction with an outside group, preferably the philosophy classes of Ursuline college, the Forum will argue upon the subjects of "Private Property," "Mar riage and "The Obligation of an Employer to Pay Just Wages to his Employees," and "The Double Allegiance to Church and State." The scholastic viewpoint will be presented by one or the other of the two groups, and the opposing side will present a different viewpoint, endeavoring to point out flaws in the tenets of the scholastics. In each case, discussion from the floor will be welcomed. As yet, definite appointment of speakers and selection of dates for presentation have not been made. Within the next week or two the complete program will be announced.with the tallofiven by Dr. HarolJ Cummins on "Fingerprints, Palm?, and Soles," HOLIDAYS Carnival holidays as announced by the deans of the five departments of the university are as follows: the college of arts and sciences, Tuesday, February 25; college of pharmacy, Tuesday, February 25; school of Dentistry, Monday and Tuesday, February 24 and 25; school of Dentistry, Monday and Tuesday, February 24 and 25; college of music, Monday and Tuesday, February 24 and 25. Daspit Appointed Production Manager F. Driscoll Daspit, senior in the college of arts and sciences, was appointed yesterday to take complete charge of the business managment of the forthcoming Thespian production, "You Wouldn't Fool Me", which will be produced in Marquette auditorium March 15, and later in country parishes, according to an announcement by John MfcCann, president of the dramatic group. "The appointment of Daspit," McCann stated, "follows his three and one-half years of active service in the organization. He has taken part in a number of Thespian performances, and has shown his capability in a business capacity in numerous other productions." Rehearsals for the play have been going on for the past week, and the show is quickly taking shape under the direction of Mc Cann, who is acting in capacity of director in the absence of Dr. Alfred J. Bonomo, faculty moderator of the organization. Dr. Bonomo will take over the actual direction of the play, after it has passed the preliminary stages. Tickets for the home presentation of the play will go on sale within the next two weeks. The price has been set at 25 cents. Scripts for the final play of the year, "The Passing of the Third Floor Back", have not yet been received by the society. Immediately upon their arrival, practice for this play will begin. Radio Commentator Gives Views On What Pharmacist Should Be Height, 5 ft. 7 in. Weight, 175 lbs. Color of Eyes, Blue. Color of Hair, Brown. Favorite Color, Gray. And there, ladies and gentlemen, you have a few characteristics of the average American druggist—not a man of flesh and blood, but a composite pharmacist who has been created by Mr. Charles A. Mullen, merchandising director and radio commentator for the 'American Druggist" liagsziuc. His statistics pr»D romkled from results of a questionnaire mailed to pome 8,000 egistered pharmacists throughout he country. Mr. Mullen, who addressed n group of Loyola pharmacy students on Thursday, February 13, gave out full particulars concerning his poll in a talk over radio stition WWL last Saturday morning Among other interesting facts, he disclosed that the average marrying age was 23; that 75 per cent of them played cards, preferably bridge and poker; and that, by a , large majority, fishing was the favorite sport. In addition to this composite pharmacist, Mr. Mullen set forth • some of the necessary qualifica' tions for the present day pharma" cist He, the pharmacist, must have a thorough college training, a great deal of natural ability and human insight, the ability to keep ' abreast of his fast-niosing profea' sion, and a disregard for his own convenience. Besides, he must , also be a combination postal 3 guide, encyclopedia, first Aider, 3 lost and found department, and, in j minor cases, a medical advisor. FRESHMEN MAKE SCORE 2-1 BY WINNING CAMPUS NIGHT Judges Give Decision To "Hobo Interlude,, Theme Of Freshman Presentation; Sophomores Depict Radio Broadcast In Vain Attempt To Cinch Trophy Series. Winning a surprise victory in the campus night entertainment in Marquette auditorium Wednesday night, the frosh scored their first win in the current series of Hansmann Trophy events, to make the score two to one. The decision was two to one. The winning freshman program, directed by Jack Smythe, president .of the class, was in the nature of an entertainment in a hobo jungle. Highlights of the program included piano selections by Alvin De la Houssaye, freshman law student. Irving Lyons, winner of the local Philharmonic contest, who played with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra recently, also featured the program with a piano selection. Judges were Rev. Joseph Butt, S. J., Prof. J. O. Monasterio, and Dr. John McCloskey The sophomore program was in the nature of a radio broadcast, and included musical selections by an orchestra, singing, and a short comedy skit. Harold Juge directed the sophomores. The sophomores had previously won a. tug-o-war between the halves of the Loyola-Mississippi State football game last fall, and a debate.Sophomores taking part includ,- ed: John Screen, A. J. O'Donnell, Robert Morrow, Winfred Craig, John Connelly, Denis Casey, W. Leßlanc, J. Cousins, F. X. Hayes, Criminal Case Scheduled For Trial, Feb. 29 A criminal case will be the subject of the second moot trial conducted by the senior law class Saturday, February 29, at 7:30 p. m. In Division "E" of the civil district court, according to an announcement by Prof. M. C. Scharff, director of the trials. Counsel appointed for the case are John Blasi and Frederick Gesevius, senior day class, prosecuting attorneys, and John Walker senior night student, and Lyria Dickason, senior day class, defending attorneys. Robert Sarpy, the defendant, is charged with the murder of his wife. The salient facts of the case are as follows: The defendant, a gentleman of leisure, refuses to go Ito work and is living from the income of his wealthy wife. Upon request of his wife to go to work, he promises to do so if she leaves him a considerable legacy in her will. About a month after the will was drawn, the wife is found by the defendant at midnight strangled in their apartment. The defendant phones the coroner, who testifies that the death occurred sometime between 9:30 a. m. and midnight. The defendant is unable to account for his whereabouts during this time with the exception that it is known that he was playing pool at 10 p. m. The defendant further alleges that he found the rear door of his apartment open when he arrived home that night. A delivery boy, from the drug store, testifies that the door was open when he delivered a pint of milk to the apartment about 8 p. m. Paul Barker, day senior, will be the coroner and the rest of the participants in the trial will be taken from the members of the night and day senior night classes. College Council Meet Postponed to March 2 The College Council of Sodalities has postponed its regular meeting scheduled for Monday February 24, to March 2 because of the Carnival holidays, according to the Rev. S. H. Ray, S. J. Alumni Begin Member Drive Beginning this week, the Loyola Alumni association will launch an extensive membership drive, according to Edward Lucas, chairman of tDhe membership committee.To conduct the drive, membership teams have been appointed in the various departments of the university. Captains of the respective teams were announced as follows: R. J. Glas, college of arts and sciences; Harold Lenfant, school of law; Dr. A. D. Smith, school of dentistry; John Earhart, college of pharmacy; Thomas Mc- Laffon, college of the Immaculate Conception; Leon Sarpy, team at large. The executive committee of the alumni association was elected at the last meeting of the group in the student library of Marquetto hall. Those chosen to serve for the year 193 C are Dr. Louis Maumus, Dr. Prescott Smith, Dr. A. D. Smith, Dr. Andrew Whitley, How'ard Lenfant, Harold Winlinjg, Robert Ainsworth, Leo Dubourg, Joseph Porter, Dr. C. V. Perrier, Thomas McLaffon, Paul Reising, R. J. Glas, Alcee Legendre, William Ritchey, Edward Lucas, Louis Schwartz, Leon Sarpy, Clifton Meaux, Rudolph Vorbusch, John Oulliber, Percy Sitges, Ambrose Weddle, Warren Poncet, Milo Williams, Ralph Alexis, Prieur Leary, (Continued on page 4) (Continued on page 4) (Continue on page 4) (Continue on page 4) (Continued on page 4) (Continued on page 4) Success To Commerce Club Success To- Commerce Club