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              The Loyola Maroon Vol XXXI, X-259 Loyola University, New Orleans, La., November 6, 1953 No. 8 Campus Queen Elections Begin Monday By TOOTSIE WILLIAMS Night School Nominates 7; Council Decides Voting Rules Elections for campus queen and court will run Monday through Friday of next week, according to a Student Council decision. The Student Council also decided on the rules to be followed during the elections. They are: 1) Every ballot must contain seven names. Ballots having less or more than seven names or containing the name of non-candidates will e disqualified. 2) Every voter must use the official ballot, which will be the same in all schools and colleges. 3) Every voter must write his own ballot. The school of dentistry will cast an absentee ballot this af-D ternoon because of the Junior American Dental Association convention during the week of the regular voting. The other schools and colleges will vote during exam week. Elections will be handled individually by each school and college. The law school ballot box will be open from noon until 1 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday only. It will be located in the law school registrar. The ballot box for the college of music will be in the basement of the music school. As of yet, there is no specific time set for ballot-casting. The college of pharmacy's ballot box will be stationed in front of Bobet Hall in the Quandrangle. In case of rain, it will be moved in the bottom floor of the building. The box will be open from noon to 1« p.m. every day. BA and A&S will have the same ballot box, located in the Quadrangle under Father O'Flynn's office. In case of rain, the voting will be transferred to the Student Lounge. It is still indefinite what time the box will be open. All voting will end at 2 p.m. Friday, November 13. The Campus Court will represent the University at the Blue Key Talent Night and during the Alumni Homecoming Week, which will climax with the Homecoming Ball at the Grand Ball Room of the Jung Hotel. Fifteen candidates were chosen this year because of a tie for fourteenth place. They are: Lois Burg, 18-year-old A&S freshman from New Orleans. A radio and TV major, she graduated from the Academy of the Holy Angels. Odessa Elston, 19-year-old senior in elementary education. A graduate of Ursuline Academy, her hometown is Triumph, Louisiana.Jo Jo Finney, 20-year-old transfer student from Vanderbilt University and a native of Nashville, Tennessee. She is a junior, majoring in English, and graduated from the Peabody Demonstration School. Jerelyn Glas, 18-year-old freshman in the Ph.B. program. She is from New Orleans and graduated from Holy Name of Jesus High School. Dottie Haindel, 20-year-old senior in pharmacy. A native of New Orleans, she graduated from Wright High School. Betty Hanford, 20-year-old senior from New Orleans. She graduated from Sacred Heart High School. Barbara Jas, 19-year-old junior in elementary education from Chicago, Illinois. She graduated from Notre Dame High School. Jackie Kieffer, 18-year-old graduate from Ursuline Academy. A native of New Orleans, she is a freshman in med tech. Evangeline Molero, 20-year-old senior in education. She is from New Orleans and graduated from Holy Angels Academy. Ola Morgan, 19-year-old senior in pharmacy. A graduate of Ursuline Academy, she is from New Orleans. Sylvia Nunez, 20-year-old junior in elementary education and a native of New Orleans. She grad- I aated from Holy Angels Academy. Kay Page, 19-year-old sophomore in med tech. Her hometown is McComb, Mississippi, and she graduated from Wright High School. Patsy Stephens, 20-year-old med NOMINATED TO THE 1953-54 Campus Court were 15 coeds, from which six maids and a queen will be elected next week. They are, front row, left to right: BETTY HANFORD, JANE TREPAGNIER, ODESSA ELSTON, and SYLVIA NUNEZ; middle row: JO JO FINNEY, DOTTIE HAINDEL, BARBARA JAS, and OLA MORGAN; back row: EVANGELINE MOLERO, DOT WATKINS, KAY PAGE, JACKIE KIEFFER, LOIS BURG, and JERELYN GLAS. Missing from the picture is Patsy Stephens. EXIT MAROON! Because of the mid semester exams no Maroon will be published next week. Classes are cancelled for the week and the regular Sunday Student Council movie will not be held because of exams. All activities will be resumed the following week. Spanish Play Scheduled for November 21 "The Romance of Ferdinand and Isabella," a oneact play starring Carol Bachechi and John Paquette, will be presented by the Spanish department Saturday, Nov. 21 at 2 and 8 p.m. The play was written and directed by Miss Isabel Snyder, associate professor of Spanish. Awards will be given the best Spanish student, best actor and actress for artistic contribution and service, after the night performance.The Consul of Spain, the Very Rev. W. Patrick Donnelly, S.J., president, and the Loyola deans will present the awards and act as the judges, Miss Snyder said. Paquette and Carol Bachechi will portray the leading roles, Paul Antinori will portray Gutierre, an envoy to Isabella's suitors, and Vinca Carevich will play Beatrize, a friend to Isabella. Marguerite Dubos and Paquette will sing Spanish arias in the production, accompanied by Fifi Alonzo on the guitar. Milagros Santiago will offer her rendition of some of the typical Spanish dances. Also in the cast are Jacqueline Kerry, Louis Cuccia, Jimmy Pittman, Forrest Smith and Brwin Caswell. All Loyolans, New Orleans high school and college Spanish students are invited to attend. Music Freshmen Present Recital The freshmen of the college of music presented a recital Tuesday for music upperclassmen. The recital was presented in order that the upperclassmen might meet and become acquainted with the incoming "musicians," according to the Rev. Joseph B. Bassich, S.J., acting dean. The program, which was presented during the Tuesday recital class opened with John Bourgeois, president of the music froshies, introducing some of the performers to the upperclassmen. Refreshments were served afterwards.Accompanied on the piano by Irvin Fricke, Cliff Wiegand and Henry Barroca played a clarinet duet to Debussy's "Reverie." Cecelia Ascough, who played two pianos, offered "Toccato" by Kachaturian, and Chopin's "Nocturned in E Minor, Mies Nami, accompanied by Paul Gelpi, sang Youmen's "Through the Years," and "A Little Bit of Heaven" by Ernest Ball. Closing the program was a brass sextet, consisting of Curtis Rome, Betty Johnston, Gerald Kimbell, Cliff Wiegand, John Bourgeois and Bob Morgan. * Registry Exams Given To Med Tech Students The National Registry Exams were given to the American Society of Clinical Pathology at Loyola last Friday in Bobet Hall by Dr. John G. Arnold, chairman of the department of Medical TechnologyOf the 60 Louisiana girls taking the exam, 20 of, them were from Loyola. The purpose of the exam is to register the students to practice med tech in every state in the union. The exam was given at the same time throughout the U. S. Campus Show Opens Drive In answer to the call by the president of the University for a contribution of $10 a student for the new field house, members of the college of music presented a show as a "kick-off" for the student body last Monday in the Quadrangle. Under the sponsorship of the Student Council, the show, which was directed by John Enders, included a Dixieland Combo and two vocal solos. The Dixieland Combo consisted of Mickie Sievers, piano; Henry Voelkel, trumpet; Curtis Rome, trombone; Charles Suhor, drums; Charlie McDonald, bass; and Edward Merritt, clarinet. Theresa Kelly entertained the group with a vocal solo on "Save Your Confederate Money" and "That's My Desire," while Lynn Murphy sang "It's Almost Like Being In Love." This contribution by members of the college of music is the first of a series to help the drive for the new field house. John Enders, president fo Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, national honorary and professional music fraternity, and Bessie Marie Gorso, presideirt of Phi Beta Epsiloa, national honorary sorority, have announced joiat plans for a Loyola talent night for the purpose as previously mentioned.Music Prof Addresses Arts Group Mr. Guy F. Bernard, chairman of the music school's piano department, addressed the Fine Arts Club at their meeting Sunday. The piano as an instrument for orchestra was the subject of the discussion at the meet which was held at Mr. Bernard's house. Variations of a Nursery Trine by Ernst von Dohnayi, Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninoff and Concerto in G major by Howard Hanson were some of the pieces used to illustrate Mr. Bernard's talk. The newly organized Fine Arts club is designed to interest Loyola students in the arts—music, painting, writing, etc., according to Gene Palmisano, president. Bimonthly meetings will be held at the homes of different Loyola profs and all interested students are invited to attend, he added. Col. Ryan Rates ROTC 'Superior' "Superior" was the rating afforded the Loyola ROTC program by Col. T. J. Ryan, representative of the Fourth Army General, the ROTC public information announced.The acting Inspector General, for the second straight year, gave the University program that rating.Major General Leo M. Kreber, commanding general of the 57th Infantry Division, toured the University a week later and concurred the decision previously rendered. Bishop Fulton Sheen Next Forum Speaker Bishop Fulton J. Sheen, the celebrated and scholarly prelate of "Life Is Worth Living" weekly TV program, will address the Loyola Forum Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. in the Municipal Auditorium, the Rev. John A. Toomey, S.J., Forum director, announced. Called the Catholic Church's most famous orator in the United States, Bishop Sheen's Forum speech is entitled "Dry Martyrs," according to Father Toomey. Bishop Sheen who has an estimated weekly audience of 10 million may now be seen on the new local UHF channel 61, WJMR-TV on Tuesday nights. At well at being a TV orator, the prelate tervei at director of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, and it a winner of thii year't Cardinal Gibbon* Medal. He was ordained in Peoria, Illinois, Sept. 20, 1919 and was named a Papal Chamberlain to Pope Pius XI in June 1934. He was consecrated bishop in Rome on June 11, 1951. A lecturer and convert maker of world-wide repute, the populai Bishop receives as many as 8,000 fan letters a week as a result of his program. Tall and majettic in hit billowing cape, the orator talkt for approximately 20 minutet without interruption on "Life it Worth Living." Hit tky-rocketing popularity in the field of televition induced Dumont, the network on which he pretently operatet, to pay over a $1,000,- 000 for the show. But the Bishop receives no fee; the proceeds of PROF. BUGEA ON PANEL Mrs. James Bugea, professor of law, will appear on a four-man panel discussion Tuesday, Nov. 10 at the New Orleans Bar Association Symposium in the St. Charles Hotel at 8 p.m. He will present a case "The Succession of Gomez." Wednesday Maroon Subscription Limit Wednesday will definitely be the last day for filling subscription cards for The Maroon, according to Jane Suhor and Leo Duffy, co-editors. Students who have not as yet filed cards are urged to do so immediately so that they may be sent to the printer for The Maroon mailing list. All day Friday a mailing list of The Maroon will be on the bulletin board. Any student can check to see if his name is on this list. Provost Corps Appoints Nine The .Provost Corps, national Military Police society, has named nine honorary members, according to Henry Burch, provost marshal. They are: the Very Rev. W. Patrick Donnelly, S.J., president of the University; the Rev. Edward A. Doyle, S.J., dean of faculties; the Rev. Guy J. Lemeuix, S.J., associate professor of philosophy; the Rev. S. H. Ray, S.J., chaplain of the University; Dr. John D. Arnold, chairman of the biology department; Mr. Francis J. Kennedy, associate professor of international trade; Major Robert Kriwanek, associate professor of military science; Captain James Tynan, associate professor of military science, and Captain James Goggins, associate professor of military science. The Provost Corps will hold a dance Saturday, November 14 at Camp Leroy Johnson to accept its new members. Eighty-Three Join Social Fraternities The University's social fraternities have pledged 83 students, according to the Rev. Anthony C. O'Flynn, S.J., dean of students. ADG leads with 32; SAK has 29, and Beggars has 22. ÜBL will announce pledges later. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday the frat nrembers kept a three-day period of silence, in which no member could speak to prospective members about joining. Bids were mailed out Monday morning by each of the four social fraternities on the campus. Following the issuing of bids, pledges were asked to sign up for the fraternity of their choice. Signing up was done in Father O'Flynn's office. Wednesday afternoon at five, the fraternity presidents met with Father O'Flynn to receive the names of their pledges. Pledges are as follows: ADG Louis Andrews, Ebb Barry, Rene Bonee, John Bourgeois, Maurice Clark, Bernard Cox, Joseph D'Aquin, Hillery deßen, Tony de- Haro, Pat Farley, John Fontenot, Alfred Gravel, Carl Guderian, Milt Jensen, Balir Johnson, Rodney Krumm, Bob Lind, Edgar Maresma, Wesley Mire, Bobby Morgan, Jim Murphy, Edmond O'Brien, Ray Pinner, Ralph Richards, Curtis Rome, August Scheurich, Gasper Schiro, Matt Schott, Danny Scott, Forrest Smith, Harry Strain, and Richard Wood. SAK Allen McClure, Louis White, John Meyer, Bill Smith, Edward Merrit, John Schopes, C. J. Abdo, Marion Dauphin, Jerry Redmann, Richard Bickerstaff, Lynn Ketchum, Delphin Britsch, Joel Borrello, Mich%cl Federico, Joe Almerico, Archie Raymond, Juald Poche, Paul Gelpi, Jack Ciolino, Ed Galvin, Don Bobo, George Mettler, Ed Schmidt, Robert Tracy, Clyde Giordano, Neville Landry, Dan Salzer, Jim Curtis and Jim Loekhart. BEGGARS Milton Luce, Bob Crochet, John Eckholdt, Bill Finegan, Joseph Durr, Alfred Huxen, Larry Fitzmorris, Roland Turner, George Rojas, John Eppling, Rummy Perret, Bill Rives, Edouard Ferrier, Ramon Abdallah, Thomas Woods, Gene Franchini, Robert Landry, Emil Turner, James Berrigan, George Hoag, Tom Finney and Jean Nordurft. 100% Pledge Anticipated One-hundred percent returns are expected on the field house drive pledge cards issued to every student this week, Moon Landrieu, Student Council president, announced. "The majority of the pledges returned have been for $10, and I feel that this drive will be a big success," Landrieu said. The field house drive is undertaking the project of paying for the seats in the new field house. Each student has been asked to contribute $10, the cost of one seat. "Everyone can give something," is the campus motto. Students are asked to make returns on their pledges in the finance office between now and May 81, 1954. The pledged amount may be paid in one lump sum or in parts. 'Merchant' Postponed The Thespian production of Shakespeare's "Mercnaul of Venice," scheduled to open last Wednesday, has been postponed and will run November 16 through  cording to Mr. Leo Zinser, director. Don Barnett will portray Shylock, and Mildred Glankler heads the female cast as Portia. Others in the cast include Claude Riche as Antonio, Al Huddleson as Bassanio, Ted Pfister as Lorenzo, and Melvin Graziano as the clown. Female parts are Madeline Steiger who will play Jessica, Joan Gravois as Nerissa, and Elizabeth Ainsworth as Portia's Servant. In minor roles are Clarence Rareshide, Gene Palmisano, and Pat Farley. Handling lighting for the production will be Lee Freeland and Marie Merthens. Anna Copponex and Ken Offan are in charge of sound. Grace Russo, Philip Gallaty and Emile Lausteneau are in charge of the stage. MELVIN GRAZIANO Law Club Offers Tour Of Courts The Student Bar Association is sponsoring a series of orientation tours to the Criminal District Court House on Tulane and Broad. Visits will include the Criminal Court Building and the District Attorney's Office, the Parish Prison. The purpose of the tours is to acquaint the law and pre-law students with the facilities and management of those in the legal profession in New Orleans. (See Forum, page 6) (See Queen, page 6) VOTE FOR CAMPUS QUEEN BISHOP SHEEN HERE WEDNESDAY