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              The Loyola Maroon Vol. XXXII, X-259 _____ s  Loyola University, New Orleans, La., April 29, 1955 NO. 20 Dr. Bella Ootid Talks Wednesday Former Communist Bella V. Dodd will appear as the speaker on the final Loyola University Forum Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. at the University Room of the Roosevelt Hotel. Her topic will be "The Challenge To Our Nation From Within." A member of the Communist Party's National Committee and the State Board and State Secretariat, she worked with the Communists during the period of the Democratic Front in World War 11, and the Rapp - Coudert investigation of Communist teachers, in behalf of Loyalist Spain, on the Women's Trade Union for Peace. In her book, "School of Darkness," the former Communist tells of how she grasped Communism as a new gospel, and a new faith, for which she worked sacrificially, and how those efforts were used and abused by the Party leaders in America. She first attracted the attention! of the Communist* by her effort! to improve the salary and other condition* of teachers. But the Party's creed did not attract her immediately. She explains, "I did not become a Communist overnight. It came a little at a time. I had been conditioned by my education and association to accept this materialistic philoso phy." Her book explains how her mina was slowly infiltrated by appeal to its best motives—love of humanity, the vision of a better society, a wider social justice. The true objectives of Communism she realized only after years of activity.Her activities in the Party con- I tinued until she broke with it, and returned to the Catholic Church, ■ the faith of her youth. "What I had failed to understand wa* that the security I felt in the Party wa* that of a group and that affection in that strange Communist world i* never a personal emotion. You were loved or hated on the basis of group acceptance, and emotion* were stirred or dulled by propaganda," (he says. "That propaganda was made by : the powerful people at the top. I That is why ordinary Communists get along well with their groups; they think and feel together and 1 work toward a common goal." On April 7, 1952, Bella Dodd was baptized by Bishop Sheen in St. Patrick's Cathedral. Afterward he heard her first confession, and the next morning received Communion from his hands. "I have learned from bitter experience that you cannot serve man unless you first serve God in sincerity and truth," she asserts. Student activity cards will admit Loyola Students to the forum. •-•  LSL FETE Lambda Sigma Lambda, service sorority, will hold its annual banquet Thursday, May 19, in the Lobster Room of Lenfant's Restaurant, Rosie Parrino, said. Fifteen certificates of merit will be presented at the banquet along with a special award to the outstanding girl in the sorority. Reception of honorary members will also take place. DR. BELLA V. DODD Forum Closes Secty's Week In New Orleans A forum designed to develop better qualified secretaries will climax National Secretaries' Week tomorrow at the International House. Sponsored by the New Orleans chapter of the National Secretaries Association International in co-operation with the Loyola Evening Division, the forum will begin at 9:30 a.m. and will continue to 4:30 p.m. "Today's secretary must be alert to the changing requirements in secretarial training and must constantly improve her office skills," Dr. Raymond P. Witte, director of the Evening Division, said. "Typing and shorthand alone are not enough in today'i busineu world," he stressed. Speakers on the program will include: Millard Collins, educational consultant of International Business Machines Corporation, "The Front Office;" Audrey Stark, director of Star Modeling Studio, "What to Know about Beauty and Charm;" Ivor Trapolin, New Orleans attorney, past president of the Young Men's Business Club, and a professor in Loyola's college of business administration, "The Better Letter;" and Dr. Witte, "Better Learning for Better Living."A question and answer period will follow each talk. National Secretaries' Week was opened last Sunday at 3 p.m. in the Student Lounge. All secretaries in the city were invited. THAT PIERCING WAIL you heard across the quadrangle Wednesday was not from a not-quite-cold cadaver meeting the scapel. It wa* TED PFISTER giving out with a yodel at the Swiss Auction. PEACHY KERSH look* out at the going* on from behind the rule board. Other onlooker* are JERRY GUILBAULT (ROTC uniform), and (left to right) PALMA COVINGTON, DOT HORVATH, ANN BLOCK, and BILL WELLS. ASN Initiates Members Monday New members of Alpha Sigma Nu, national Jesuit scholastic society, will be initiated in the President's office following a cocktail party in the Student Lounge, Monday at 8 p.m., the Rev. Charles C. Chapman, moderator, announced. Speakers for the installation will include the Very Rev. W. Patrick Donnelly, S.J., university president; the Rev. Edward A. Doyle, S.J., A&S dean; the Rev. Anthony O'Flynn, S.J., dean of students, and Albert Gelpi, English instructor. Disc's Success To Decide Composers Future What does it take to write a song? According to Milson Luce, Loyola's own rhythm and blues man, the ingredients include: one set of library steps, a mad dash to a music school piano, and approximately four hours of work. Sound strange? It isn't really, you see it all happened like this. There was Luce sitting on the library steps gazing out over the green quadrangle, when all of a sudden he began to get ideas (for song lyrics that is). When he had these down pat he betook himself to the music school, sat at a piano, and set about adding music to the already written lyrics. The BA junior has not only written music but has recently recorded two of his works, "I Remember The Night" and "I Don't Mind." "It was 'I Don't Mind' that I started writing on the step* and finished in four hours, but it took me four months to finish 'I Remember The Night,'" he grinned. Luce is also the man behind the nifty combo that gives out with the downbeat at the Lake Plaza. They have been there three months now and are doing well from all reports. "I am now contemplating making a switch to music school, but all depends on the success of this disc deal," he explained. With a brush of his crew cut locks the young Mercer went on to point out that music really doesn't take too much of his time. Three hours a week go toward practice, arranging and composing plus four hours on the job at the Plaza. "That's really only a total of seven hours," he explained. The records that Luce has already cut were done independently and he now hat three tentative publisher* from which he is awaiting offers, two being national 'music houses and the third local. There's also a girl (isn't there usually). She is Jean Arbisi who sings and helps out when the darkhaired composer gets stuck for the proper word. Luce has been playing piano since he was seven. A native Orleanian he attended De La Salle High. He always displayed a certain amount of interest in music but the success of these two songs will decide the young man's future career. What will it be for Milson Luce? Composing and arranging? Or International Trade? A spinning disc and the listening public hold the answer. RHYTHM AND BLUES are a specialty with MILSON LUCE who has recently cut a platter with his personal compositions. Here Luce gives out with a sneak prevue of one of his "Hope-to-be" hits, "I Don't Mind." Wolfpack Cagers Will Enter Oklahoma City Tournament Eight Teams Selected For Dec. 27-29 Event A bid to compete in the 20th annual all-college tournament in Oklahoma City was accepted for the Loyola Wolfpack basketball team, the Rev. Anthony C. O'Flynn, S.J., athletic director, announced. The Pack is one of eight teams chosen for the event which will be held December 27 through December 29. In addition to Loyola, others chosen were Seattle, Idaho State, Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Texas Tech, Pennsylvania* and Oklahoma A&M. I  Four of the teams—Seattle, Idaho State, Tulsa and Oklahoma City—were in the 1955 NCAA basketball tournament this past year. The defending champions, San Francisco, will not appear this year. It wai announced last week that Loyola will meet San Francisco here on December 23. The bid to the Oklahoma tournament is the third tourney bid which the Loyola cagers have received in the past two years. Last season the Wolves went to the NCAA and in December they participated in the annual Sugar Bowl basketball tournament. Records of the competing teams are: Loyola (13-10), Seattle (22- 7), Idaho State (18-8), Texas Tech (18-7), Oklahoma City (9- 11). Records of Penn. Tulsa and A&M were not publicized. The Wolves of Coach Jim Mc- Cafferty, incidentally, opened their annual spring training program Monday. It will continue through Friday, May 20 when an intra-squad game will be played in the Fieldhouse. Coach McCafferty said that students and faculty will be invited to attend the game, which will feature the new rules laid down by the NCAA this past spring. McCafferty greeted 18 varsity candidates at sessions this week. In the group are four lettermen: Bob O'Donnell, Charley Gallmann and Dick Vavrick, seniors, and Crit Lorio, junior. In addition, two squadmen from last year's varsity are candidates. They are John Broussard and George Mettler, both juniors. Up from the Loyola Frosh team are 12 candidates. They are Jim Hall, "Boogie" Murret, Pete Gaudin, Bernie Brennan, Ray Doran, Tony Cioffi, Bill Schweiberger, George Rinaldi, Urbano Zea, Dick Corrado, Ray Didier, and Henry Ex3terstein. All are sophomores. Generally, the 1955-56 Loyola varsity will be a new team, Coach McCafferty said. We lost Eddie Galvin Mat Baer, Bob Nominate SC Reps Monday — Wednesday Nominations for Student Council offices will run from Monday through Wednesday, Walshe, election chairman, announced. Officers will be elected the following week, May 9 through 11. The four colleges, two schools and evening division will nominate officers for their respective schools. Arts and sciences will elect a president, three junior representatives and four sophomore representatives. Susie Hanemann, A&S junior, elected for a two-year term, will remain on the Council. Business administration will choose a president and one senior representative. Rosie Parrino and Birdie Mount, BBA juniors, will continue on the Council for the second year of their term. The dental school will elect a president and two representatives. The law school and the colleges of pharmacy and music will choose a president and two representatives respectively. Students are requested to nominate one student for president and one student for each office respectively. No candidate's name may appear more than once on the same ballot. If such a ballot is found, it will be declared null and void. The polls will be open at noon on each day of nominations and elections. Business administration and arts and sciences will vote on voting machines. All other colleges will use the ballot box. The election committee, headed by Walshe, includes the representatives from all colleges and schools on the campus. Tot/ays Swiss Auction Ends Drive For Ceylon Missions Benefit Fund The final cries of "going, going, gone" will ring out for the last time today at noon in the quadrangle as the Sodality's Swiss Auction ends the drive for the Ceylon Missions. Sponsored by Little Flower Sodality, the event brought a group of curious students together at the base of Marquette Hall Wednesday in the opening auction to see what they could bid on. The articles were all on display, and each had a particular time limit. I  Lucky donors to the missions made bids on such articles as a towel set, a case of baer, silverware pieces, a home-made cake, a box of candy, a stuffed kangaroo, and a surprise package which contained a ukulele. Today students still have a chance to bid on a steak dinner, cosmetics, a wallet, linens, jewelry, a phonograph album of classical music and a fifth of whiskey. In the mysterious "Mitt Ceylon" contest sponsored by Our Lady of the Wayside sodality, Marlene Harris, pharmacy sophomore, won a dollar for correctly identifying Irlee Ledere, music senior, as "Miss Ceylon." Approximately 100 attempted to solve the mystery, and only 10 guessed the correct identification. The winner, Marlene Harris, was drawn from the 10. A $5.00 prize was awarded Winnie Stiegler and Beverly Conzelman for coming closest to the correct identifications of the BA profs and their baby pictures. About 225 participated in this event, sponsored by Our Lady of Guadalupe sodality. All articles in the swiss auction were donated by New Orleans merchants, and included the Top Shop, the Loyola Book Store, Van's, Simmons Press, the University cafeteria, Werlein's, D. H. Holmes. Gus Mayer, Klein's, Hansell's, Petitin's, Pailet & Penedo, Medical Arts Pharmacy, Coca-Cola, Long's Bakery, Elmer's Candy, Hausmann's, Bernard & Grunning. Father O'Connor Celebrates Jubilee The Rev. Eugene J. O'Connor, S.J., chairman of the department of English, will celebrate his Golden Jubilee as a Jesuit priest Sunday, the Very Rev. W. Patrick Donnelly, S.J., president, announced. Father O'Connor entered the Jesuit order in June of 1905 at Macon, Ga. He is a native of Augusta, Ga. He came to Loyola in 1926 and has been here ever since. He was ordained in 1921 and took his final vows on February 2, 1926. Maroon Is Ail-American; Fifth Straight Time, Too! The Maroon stepped up in class and still rated Ail- American. The Associated Collegiate Press announced this week that The Maroon was awarded the All-American rating for the fifth straight semester.Last year The Maroon was judged with colleges having enrollments from 1251 to 2000. This year the journalism department stepped the weekly into the 2001 to 4000 bracket. And the result was even better. The Maroon compiled 1775 points —the highest in quite a few years. Judge was G. D. Hiebert of the school of journalism at the University of Minnesota—home of the ACP. Co-editors last semester were John W. Nicosia and Shirley Stoma. The five consecutive awards tied a previous record set during the 1946-48 period. The Maroon was judged superior in news sources, editorial page features, sports coverage, sports displaydisplay and in printing. Excellent rankings went to balance in news coverage, treatment of copy, creativeness, news story content, feature stories, copyreading, sports writing, front page makeup, editorial page makeup, inside news pages make-up, headline schedule, typography and photography.In a comment on campus coverage, the Judge said: "Bouquets and commendations to the staff for a thorough coverage of campus news. The paper gives a good cross section of Loyola life." In regards to sports display, he remarked, "Bright and consistently 'eye-appealing'." About photography, "you do an outstanding job of using photos as good display devices." He said that headline schedule was very effective and also that the personality sketches on the sports pages were especially good. He commented that the only poor part of The Maroon were its editorials. The Maroon received its lowest rating in this section. Liuuic uaifiu niai unci f wwu (See BASKETBALL, page 2)