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              The Loyola Maroon Vol. XXXII, X-259 Loyola Univer»ity, New Orleans, La., October 1, 1954 No. 1 University Enrollment Reaches 2784 trosh Registration neacnes 595, Fr. Doyle Announces By JOHN NICOSIA A freshmen enrollment of 595 has increased the University's total student body figure to 2784, the Rev. Edward A. Doyle, S.J., dean of faculties, announced. All schools with the exception of college of music show increases in freshmen enrollment. The college of arts and sciences and the school of law lead the way with substanticil rises. Three hundred and sixty-five freshmen are enrolled in arts and science swelling its enrollment to 936. Business administration has an increase of 103 newcomers, upping the number of students in that school to 289. Dentistry registered an almost identical figure as that of last year. This year's 54 new students brings its total to 213. No new statistics have been compiled for the college of pharmacy. Pharmacy has been changed «o that the courie now covers five years. As part of this plan freshmen now majoring in pharmacy are considered part of arts and sciences until their third year. Music shows a drop of exactly SOr/C over last year in the freshman class. The 12 new students raises its number to 83. Registration thus far shows an enrollment of 738 in the Evening Division and 209 in Industrial Relations. The latter's registration is incomplete, the Rev. Louis Twomey, S.J., director, said. Loyola welcomed the 595 freshmen during Orientation Week, September 13-17, with a program including lectures designed to familiarize the students with the University and its traditions. They were addressed by the Reverends Edward A. Doyle, S.J., dean of faculties; Anthony C. O'Flynn, S.J., dean of students; Sam H. Ray, S.J., student counsellor; Miss Joan Barrios, dean of women; Mr. Jack Orsley, director of intramural sports; Maj. Robert Goggans, assistant PMS&T, and Tom Rayer, Student Council president. The freshmen were guided on tours of the campus by members of the Student Council and by LSL and APO, service organizations. All freshmen are required to attend the Jambalaya Party tonight in the quadrangle. This party serves to bring them and the upperclassmen together in a social activity. 'Mama' Joins Teen-Agers In Loyola Freshman Class By JOAN GAULENE* "Mama is a freshman!" And a Loyola freshman at that. Always wanting a college education, Mrs. Louis (Lillnette) Hiller, 37, enrolled at the University this semester where she wjll study toward a bachelor of science degree in secondary education. Mrs. Hiller only smiled at the attention she gets garbed in frosh "beanie" and dog tag and confided, "My secret ambition has always been to go to college." Having graduated from high school during the bleakest days of depression in 1934, higher education at that time was out of the question. However, she went out to prove that "where there's a will there's a way." "Now that we are living in New Orleans, and the children are older, with three universities in my backyard it would be foolish not to take the opportunity," she explained. This enthusiastic freshman intends to be a full-fledged student and enjoy extracurricular activitivea as well as her studies. Still MRS. HILLER Frank Newman Appointed ROTC Regimental Commander Frank R. Newman, A&S senior, was named regimental commander for the Univerversity's ROTC unit for 1954-55, according to Lt. Col. Luther R. Barth, commandant of the Loyola unit. Clarence J. Zimmerman, A&S senior, executive officer; James W. Finegan, BA senior, adjutant, and Fred P. Westenberger, BA senior, S-3, comprise the regimental staff. Robert C. Hanburg, A&S senior, and Richard A. Vavrick, BA senior, have been appointed battalion commanders. Joseph D. Drez, BA senior, and A 1 J. Belaire, A&S senior, are executive officers of the first and second battalions respectively. Company commanders appointed were James P. O'Shaughnessy, John W. Nicosia, Matthew E. Baer, and John E. Albright, A&S seniors. Col. Barth said that Newman has been one of the University's outstanding ROTC cadfets during the past three years. A graduate of Metairie High, Newman has been an outstanding trackman for Coach Jim McCafferty.During the past season his 20.9 performance in the 220 at Miami was one of the best in the nation. He was also a top century man and a member of the Pack's fine 440-relay team. FRANK NEWMAN Campus Party Slated Tonite In Quadrangle Tonight's the night! The night for a Jambalaya party that is. The time is 8 p.m. and the place is the University quadrangle.Activities include games, contests and competitive singing, and it promises to be a gala event. A king and queen of bubble gum blowing will be crowned; a trophy will be awarded to the winner of the fraternity group tinging; out-of-state attendees will be presented with badges denoting their home state, Rosie Parrino, chairman of the party committee, said. Danceable music by the Campus Capers ' orchestra, refreshments, and an over all pleasant atmosphere blend into what should be the party of the year. The Rev. Sam Hill Ray, S.J., University chaplain, and the various sodalists will lead the recitation of the rosary at midnight. Asher Heads United Fund Campus Drive Henry W. Asher, Jr., of the department of Public Relations, was named chairman of the committee for the United Fund Drive which begins Monday, the Very Rev. W. Patrick Donnelly, S.J., president, announced. Assisting in the drive as committee heads for the faculty and staff contributions are Dr. Harold Peterson, dentistry; Dr. Edward J. Ireland, pharmacy; William P. Carr, business administration; Dr. Mark D. Home, arts and sciences; Guy F. Bernard, music; Patricia Murphy, law; Timothy Duggan, biology; and Henry Guerin, maintenance. Pledge carii have been distributed to faculty and staff member*. Richard Colson and Rosie Parrino, presidents of Alpha Pi Omicron and Lambda Sigma Larqbda service organizations, were named co-chairmen to solicit student funds for the drive. The campaign will last through October 20. The United Fund aids the American Red Cross, the Community Chest, Boy Scouts, American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, United Defense Fund, and United Cerebral Palsy. Vets Club To Meet The Loyola's Veterans Club will meet Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the Broadmoor Room, Don Faust, president, announced. There will be many important points to be discussed and all University veterans are urged to attend.Nicosia, Stoma, Co-Editors Of '54-'55 Loyola Maroon John Nicosia, journalism senior, and • Shirley Stoma, journalism junior, were appointed co-editors of The Loyola Maroon for the fall semester, Ed Fricke, Maroon moderator, announced. The new editors succeed Joy Marie Landry and Pinky Vidacovich, both recent journalism graduates.Other executive appointments are Jane Suhor, news editor; Teresita Williams, desk editor; Joan Gaulene, feature editor; and Tom Finney, sports editor. Columnist* appointed for the fall »eme»ter are Teresita Lopez, Gaulene, and Suhor. DenniD Bucher wai appointed staff cartoonist. The business staff remains the same with Joe Nielsen as business manager, Marilyn Johnson as advertising manager, and Raphael Eiffert as circulation manager. Named to the executive board of the Thirty Club, an academic and .social organization in the journalism department, are Mike O'Connor, Nicosia, and Stoma. Nicosia and Stoma were among the top three journalism students last year and received gold keys at the annual Maroon staff banquet. Nicosia is a former desk editor and Stoma, a former managing editor of the campus weekly. The new editors said that The Maroon will appear on the campus 24 times during the fall and spring semesters. NEW EDITORS of The Maroon for the 1954-55 semester are pictured making plans for the year. They are, bottom row, co-editors JOHN NICOSIA and SHIRLEY STOMA; second row, TOOTSIE WILLIAMS, desk editor; JANE SUHOR, news editor; TOM FINNEY, sports editor; and JOAN GAULENE, feature editor. Pick Up '54 Wolf Before October 15 Friday, October 15, is the deadline for students to pick up their copy of the 1954 WOLF, according to Tootsie Williams, editor. After that time, copies of the '54 WOLF will be difficult to obtain because they will be stored away. There will be a meeting of the editorial staff, business staff, section editors and all upperclassmen who worked on the WOLF last year on Monday at 4:30 p.m. in the WOLF office, Williams added. World Group Meets Here The world assembly meet of the International Relations Club will be held in the University Fieldhouse in October, TommyWalshe, president, announced. The assembly discussions will be led by Dr. -Rudolph Coper, moderator of the IRC, Jerry Chopin, vice-p resident, and Walshe. The discussions will be similar to those of the United Nations, Walshe said. Delegates from parochial and public high schools of New Orleans will attend the assembly to discuss and debate world problems. The assembly will continue to meet monthly. The IRC entertained the freshmen with a variety show recently. Ttte show, directed by John Salvaggio, treasurer of the club, featured John Paquette, the Melduets, Marilyn Johnson, Sandra Scafide, Theresa Kelly, and Salvaggio.BAE Mass Sunday Beta Alpha Epsilon, social sorority, will fete junior and senior coeds at a soiree Sunday following a 9 a.m. Mass in Thomas Hall, Dot Watkins, president, announced. The soiree will be held at the residence of Margaret Brignac, law freshman, at 4104 St. Charles. The first of their rush parties was held last Sunday at the home of Marilyn Arnoult, BAE vicepresident.Education Society To Elect Officers The Zeta Rho Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, honorary education society, will elect officers Wednesday, October 6, in the Dean's Conference Room, Miss Lucille Bostick, counselor, announced. Plans will be discussed for formal initiation of members unable to attend initiation last June and the year's program will be outlined, Miss Bostick added. Radio Show, Meeting, Display Highlight Pharmacy Week Chairman for five committees were chosen and tentatative plans for Pharmacy Week were discussed at a student branch meeting of the American Pharmaceutical Association on September 23. President Merlin Allen appointed the chairmeTi for the I various committees. They are: Charlotte Gilberti, freshman committee; Geraldine Biundo, display committee; Merlin Allen and Thomas Haydel, program committee; John Louvier, museum committee; and Robert Mayes, intramural committee. The display, which is held annually by the college of pharmacy, can be seen on the fourth floor of Bobet Hall, Mayes said. Scheduled for Pharmacy Week, which will be observed Monday through Friday, is a broadcast, sponsored by the college of pharmacy, on Monday at 9 p.m. over WWL. Loyola graduates Daniel J. Murphy, Jr. and L. Farell, moderator of the panel discussion on the service of pharmacy to the public, Ernest J. Simacher, chief pharmacist of the Public Health Hospital Pharmacy, and Troy L. Carter, chief pharmacist of the Veterans Administration Hospital Pharmacy, will appear on the program. The topic of the discussion is "Front Line Pharmacists." Also planned for Pharmacy Week are a display in the college of pharmacy and a meeting of the student branch of the American Pharmaceutical Association. Suhor Elected Card Key Head Jane Suhor, A&S senior, was recently elected president of Cardinal Key, national honorary service sorority, for the 1954-55 season.Other officers include: Frances Hebert, vice-president; Scoopie Mongeau, secretary; Aline Brousseau, treasurer; and Shirley Stoma, historian. At the first meeting of the group Wednesday, a committee was appointed to draft a constitution for the local chapter. On the committee are Rosie Parrino, Isma Zelenka, and Joel Stephens. The annual mass for the group will be held in Thomas Hall Chapel on Sunday, Oct. 10 at 8 a.m., followed by a breakfast at College Inn. Law Conference Elects Papale Dean Antonio B. Papale of the law school wai elected secretary-treasurer of the Southeastern Regional Conference of Law Teachers this summer at Columbia, S.C. He was also re-appointed to the Steering Commission, an executive committee composed of a .chairman and secretarytreasurer. The commission acts as a board of directors for the conference. Lee Freeland Named Head Of Talent Nite Blue Key, national honorary fraternity, appointed Lee Freeland, A&S senior, chairman of the annual Blue Key Talent Night, at a meeting Tuesday night, Sam Mayes, president, announced.Audition forms are available in the Ecology office, Bobet 122, and should be picked up between 12 and 1 p.m. Oct. 18 through Oct. 22. The deadline for returning forms is B p.m. Oct. 22, Freeland said. Students desiring information on the subject should contact Charles Fuss or Freeland in the Ecology office. The date is tentatively set for Dec. 8, but as yet the site has not been selected. Also decided at the meeting was the completion of the board of officers. Carried over from election last semester was Sam Mayes, pharmacy senior, president. Other officers are: Lee Freeland, A&S senior, vice-president; Dan Stapp, law freshman, secretary-treasurer; Dick Colson, A&S junior, alumni secretary. Construction Begun On Firing Range Construction on the new ROTC pistol and rifle range began this week and is expected to be completed in the near future, Jim Finegan, president of the Pistol and Rifle Club, announced. The new range will be located under the grandstand on the west side of the Fieldhouse. It will be the University's first pistol and rifle range. The club formally used the range at Tulane through the courtesy of the Naval ROTC. 'Prayer Effective Weapon Against Communism' Father Ray Says The forces of atheistic Communism can be combatted only by prayer for the wisdom to withstand its evil, the Rev. Sam Hill Ray, S.J., University chaplain, said in his sermon at the annual Mass of the Holy Ghost Tuesday. The Mass which was celebrated to invoke the blessings of God on the current school year was held for the first time in the Loyola Fieldhouse. The Very Rev. W. Patrick Donnelly, S.J., president I of the University, was celebrant. "The pursuit of wisdom is not ! easy," Father Ray explained. He 1 symbolized the attainment of this j wisdom with the seven great sacraments of the Church. Confir- I mation, by which we are made soldiers of Christ, was symbolized I in the discipline we must submit I to, and the sacrifice necessary to obtain wisdom symbolized the sacrifice demanded by the sacrament of matrimony. Father Ray, who recently returned from a tour of Europe, i said that he witnessed in YugoslaviaNEARLY 1500 STUDENTS, faculty and »taff memberi attended Mai* in the Uni»er«ity'» Fieldhou»e Tuesday to invoke the Holy Spirit's blessing for the year. Student nurses from Hotel Dieu and Mercy Hospital Schools of Nursing also attended the Mass, which was the first University-wide function in the Fieldhouse for the fall semester. THE VERY REV. W. PATRICK DONNELLY, S.J., president of the University, celebrated the annual event. THE REV. SAM HILL RAY, S.J., delivered the sermon. tives as wen as ner studies, ouu (See Mama, page 6) (See Man, page 6)