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              The Loyola Maroon VOL. XXIX, X-258 Loyola University, New Orleans, Friday, March 7, 1952 NO. 17 Solemn High Mass To Honor St. Ignatius A solemn High Mass will De celebrated March 12, J:l5 a.m. at Holy Name church honoring the Cannonization of St. Ignatius of Loyola founder of the Jesuit order, the Rev. Edward A. Doyle, S. J., dean of faculties, announced."The request for the Mass was made by the General of the Jesuits, the Very Rev. John Baptist Janssens, S. J.," the dean said, "and all students are obliged to attend." Celebrant will be the Very Rev. Daniell C. O'Meara, S. M., rector of Notre Dame Seminary; deacon it the Rev. Maur M. Robira, O. S. 8., Assistant Pastor of Our Lady of Sacred Heart; and sub-deacon is the Rev. Cordon P. Hughes, S. S. J., Assistant Pastor at St. Peter Clever Church. The Very Rev. Charles C. Johnston, O. P. E. T. Lr., Prior and Pastor of St. Anthony's Church, will give the sermon. The choir will consist of students from our College of Music under the direction of the Rev. George Francis, S. J., and Ushers will be composed of members of the L.S.L. and A.P.O. service organizations. 8:00 a.m. through 10:00 a.m. classes will be cancelled.Awards Given Pharmacy Students Students with the highest ncbolastic average in each respective class in the College of Pharmacy will receive an award from the Louisiana State Pharmaceutical Association March 12 at 7:30 p.m. in Room 304 of Bobet Hall. The association will have a joint meeting with the Student Branch of the American Pharmaceutical Association and there will be open house following the meeting with laboratory classroom demonstrations for all visitors. JMr. O. A. Ernest, president of the Louisiana State Pharmaceutical Association, will present the awards which will be pharmaceutical books. Tryours For Lenten Play To Be Held Tryouts for the Passion Play to be presented during Lent by the Thespians will be held Monday and Tuesday eveings, according to Mr. Zinser, director. The play is an original composition of the dramatic department and will be presented Monday through Friday of Holy Week. Pan Am. Club To Hear Talk By Fr. Mclnerney "Spanish America and the Thomistic Conception of Man," will be the subject of a talk to be given by the Rev. James A. Mclnerney, O. P., before the Pan American Club, Wednesday, March 12, at 8:15 in Marquette Auditorium, according to Joe Garcia, president.Father Mclnerney it currently Professor of Philosophy at Xavier University. He has been chaplain of L.S.U. and is a member of the Louisiana Historical Society, the Thomistic Thought Association and the Catholic Philosophy Society. The public is urged to attend the talk, which will touch on Spanish beginnings of International Law, as initiated by Rev. Francisco Victoria, 0. P., Garcia said. Rev. J. A. Mclnerney, O.P. Industrial Relations Interest Increases One hundred and five people registered for night classes in the Institute of Industrial Relations, the Rev. Louis J. Twomey, S. J., director, announced. "It is expected that IS or 20 more will be enrolled before the end of the session on May 3. This is a reminder that interested persons may attend classes of the Institute at any time during the session," Father Twomey said. "The number enrolled is much greater than that of last semester, showing that interest in the affairs of labor and management has definitely increased. It is interesting to note that many of these registrants are already students of the University," Father Twomey concluded. Xavier Univ. To Host Catholic Interracial Day Students from Loyola, Dominican, Xavier and Ursuline will participate in the fourth annual Catholic College Interracial Day, this Sunday, March 9, at Xavier University, according to Ed Kammerer, chairman of activity. The day is ipomored by the Southeastern Regional Interracial Commiuion of the N.F.C.- C.S., and activities will be built around the theme, "All the Same in Christ.' The program will begin at 9 a.m. with the celebration of Mass in the Xavier Auditorium. Events of the day will include speeches by Mr. Morton Elder, vice-chairman of the Catholic Committee of the South, and Mr. James Jones, of the United Steel Workers. The molt Rot. Joseph F. Rummel, Archbishop of New Orleans will award cups to the winners of a forum held for college students, and a poster contest for high-school students, the posters being appropriately linked to the theme of the day. "All students and friends are invited who are interested in unity within the Mystical Body of Christ," Mr. Kammerer said. Loyolans To Attend College Meet Eleven Loyola administration and faculty members will represent the university at the 14th annual Louisiana College Conference tomorrow and Saturday at Dominican college, the Rev. Edward A. Doyle, S. J., dean of faculties announced.The Rev. Theodore Ray, S. J., university treasurer, and leader of the business managers' section of the meet, will lead discussions on "College and University Business Problems, Practices and Procedures."The Rev. Edward A. Doyle, S. J., dean of faculties, and the Rev. J. F. Whelan, S. J., head of Loyola's education department, will participate in panel discussions on "Problems of The Dean," and "Improving Services which the Colleges Render in Elementary and Secondary Schools," respectively. Father Doyle will also present a paper on "In-service Teaching."Dr. Ernest Schuyten, dean of the Music School, is to assist on a panel discussing the possibility of a symposium for music students. Among confci-encc speakers will be Dr. Julian Michel, head of the modern languages department here, who will talk on "Some speculation about the Didactic Purposes of the Jew d'Adam." The Rev. Paul Callens, S. J., head of the classical languages department, is to speak on "Do Not Pity the Teacher of the Classics," and Alexander Warrington, of the Business Administration facultyVeteran Checks Due March 75-30 Loyola veterans who have received checks for but two days' subsistance may receive remainder between March 15-30, according to an announcement by Miss Dorothy Thompson, veterans' advisor. "The delay in subsistence checks is due to the fact we're on a three semester basis and had to re-register the veterans for the spring semester," Miss Thompson explained. Miss L. Bostick At Michigan Meet Miss Lucille M. Bostick, Assistant Professor of Education at Loyola, will attend a meeting of counselors of the Kappa Delta Pi, honor society in education, at Michigan State University on March 6. 7, 8, according to the Rev. Edward A. Doyle, S. J., dean of Faculties. Miss Bostick is representing the Zeta Rho chapter from Loyola, membership of which it limited to outstanding students in the field of education. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss graduate student membership and the initiation of pledges, Fr. Doyle said. A&S Continues Summer Session The College of Arts and Sciences will accelerate again this summer from June 6 (registration date) to August 29 it was decided at a recent meeting of University administrators, the Rev. Edward A. Doyle, S. J., dean of faculties, announced. * The deans of the schools and colleges of Law, Pharmacy, Business Administration and Music, have said that they would strive to gear their own sessions between these dates, Fr. Doyle said. The school of Dentistry ia not affected in the change. "For grave reasons the Administrators left the extension of the summer session beyond August 29, to the descretion of the other deans," he said. "The acceleration of the curriculum will cease with this summer's session, but for the normal beginning of the academic year in September the continuation of the accelerated program definitely was needed," Father Doyle continued.Another reason for the course was to continue with the education of teachers, lay and religious, which took place during the summer, the dean explained. A maximum course of 14 semester hours will be the limit for all Arts and Sciences students. i *•  New Sergeant Assigned ROTC Sergeant First Class Hubert J. Rapp, a native of New Orleans, Louisiana, has been assigned to the staff of the Loyola Detachment of the ROTC, it was announced by Lieutenant Colonel Charles A. Post, Commanding Officer of the unit. Sergeant Rapp was assigned to Loyola from the 37th Infantry Division, Camp Polk, Louisiana. He served with the 519 th Military Police Battalion in the Occupation of Japan and was sent to Korea with that unit on October 3, 1950, returning to the United States on November 2, 1951. Prior to his service in Japan and Korea, Sergeant Rapp served in the Asiatic Pacific Theatre during World War 11. Sfc. Hubert J. Rapp Faculty Priests Attend High School Blessing The Rev. Edward A. Doyle, S. J., dean of faculties, and the Rev. James F. Whelan, S. J., chairman of the department of education, recently attended the blessing of the new De La Salle High School on St. Charles Ave. His Excellency Joseph Francis Rummel, archbishop of the diocese performed the blessing of the Christian Brothers School, and the provincial of the Order, Brother Edwin, also officiated. Student Council Considers Re-acceptance of Rejected Plan by Gary Hymel The proposed student government plan will be revoted by the Student Council Wednesday. Reconsideration was given the plan, voted out a month ago, as a result of a lengthy two-hour discussion last Wednesday between Rev. Anthony C. O'Flynn, S. J., Dean of Student, and members of the! The movement was precipitated whe'n Ralph Redmann resigned the chairmanship of the organization committee. Stating that he couldn't get "any jurisdiction from Fr. O'Flynn to investigate organizations for violations." Fr. O'Flynn then spoke. "There are too many organizations on the campus," he stated. "During the war there were 3200 students here but now we have about 2200. We don't need 50 organizations. They should be cut down." "I have no intention of limiting your constitution," he continued, "but I may offer student government to another group. I perhaps will try it at the Inter-Organizational Council meeting, but I believe that it should be in the StudentStudent Council." Law President Douglas Clause then rebutted that the present council was "ready to do the job of their constitution but the big split was at enforcing rules that the Council didn't make. He added that the "l-O Council could not justly be made an investigator without assuming disciplinary responsibility also." Redmann reiterated Clause's idea of rule enforcement saying that "we would enforce rules if we could adopt them 'as we see it'." William Watkins then said that the action of giving the power to the 1-0 group would be a "complete refusal on the part of the administration to cooperate with (See Conference page 2) (See Plan, page 4)