Maroon

              The Loyola Maroon VOL. XXXIII Loyola University, New Orleans, La., Friday, March 16, 1956 No. 18 Mid-Semester Exams Will Open Thursday All Classes Cancelled For One- Week Period through the following Wednesday, March 28, according to the Rev. Edward A. Doyle, S.J., dean of faculties. All regular classes will be cancelled during this time. In departmental examinations, all sections of the courses mentioned will take their examinations at the hour indicated, even though the class does not meet regularly at that hour. A special list of rooms and proctors for departmental examinations will be I  All other examinations will be conducted in the room in which the class usually meets and under | the supervision of the regular pro- i Exam* Thursday are: departmental exam ination in mathematics 103, 105, 108, 110 and 302, 8:10 to 9 a.m.; biology 103 and 303, chemistry 102 A and B, 310 and 312, education 310, journalism 102 and 204, Latin 104, physics 309 and 322, 11:10 to 12 noon; biology 306, chrmiitry 307 and 314, sociology 102 A and B, 2 to 2:50 p.m. I Friday's exams are: departmental examination in English 101 and 102, 8:10 to 9 a.m.; departmental examination in English 202 and 390, 10:30 to 11 a.m.; depart- Ktal examination in history 102 202, 1 to 1:50 p.m.; medical nology 102, 202 and 302, 2 :50 p.m.; education 302, English 340, physics 203 A, 303 and 319, 4 to 4:50 p.m. Exams scheduled for Saturday, March. 24, are: biology 312, chemistry 102 (Saturday), physical education 287, 8:10 to 9 a.m.; biology 102, English 328, Latin 202, physical education 151, political science 102, 9:10 to 10 a.m.; expression 310, Greek 102, philosophy 211, physical education 390, political science 304, 11:10 to 12 noon. Exams Monday, March 26, are: departmental examination in theology 106 and 312, 8:10 to 9 a.m.; departmental examination in theology 210 and 310, 10:10 to 11 a.m.; departmental examination in French 102, 202 304, Spanish 102, 201, 202, 303 and 322, German 102 and 210, 1 to 1:50 p.m.; biology 108, chemistry 203, journalism 206, physical education 263, sociology 206, 3 to 3:50 p.m. Scheduled for Tuesday, March 27, are: departmental examination in philosophy 202 and 310, 8:10 to 9 a.m.; departmental examina-1 tion in philosophy 303, 10:10 to 11 a.m.; departmental examination in all military science courses, education 155, 1 to 1:50 p.m.; biology 302, chemistry 304, Latin 313, mathematics 310, physics 213, political science 312, 3 to 3:50 p.m.; journalism 321, 5 to 5:50 p.m. Exams on Wednesday, March 28, are chemistry 302, journalism 208, physical education 261, sociology 329, 9:10 to 10 a.m.; biology 207, biology 314, education 353, journalism 202, physics 333, 11:10 to 12 noon; expression 202, journalism 341, physical edi364, physics 203 B and ;o 1:50 p.m.; expression ving 102, history 332 and hematics 312, 3 to 3:50 nations for student nurses ay, chemistry 102, 9 a.m. Dlogy 108, 3 p.m.; Monch 26, biology 109 and j.m., and philosophy 102, Wednesday, March 28, 102, 2 p.m. Slifkin To Sing In Senior Recital Loyola's own Experimental Opera Theatre of America, audition winner, Ralph Slifkin, will present his college of music senior recital at 8:15 p.m. tomorrow in Marquette Auditorium. The baritone was named last week-end as one of 13 national winners in the annual competition.V He will be accompanied by Elizabeth Schwarz of the music faculty. On his program are English, Italian, Russian, German, and French selections taken from the works of. Scarlatti, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Strauss, Tschaikowsky, Duparc, Gretchaninoff, Rachmaninoff, Pierne, Faure, Verdi, Sacco and Curran. The public is invited without charge, Guy Bernard, Loyola Concert Series manager, said. Ceylon Week Nets $353; Not Over Yet The annual Ceylon Mission Week, which began last Friday, will continue through the middle of next week with more sodality projects scheduled. Through Wednesday, proceeds from the various sodality projects netted $353.57, it was announced by Ann Block and George Satterlee, Little Flower and St. Thomas Aquinas sodality presidents, respectively.The "Ugly Man" contest, iponiored by Pi Kappa Epsilon, professional commerce fraternity, is the current fund-raising activity. From a display of "character" photographs, students will contribute 10 cents to choose the "ugly man," winner to be announced Wednesday and presented with a loving cup. A name will be drawn from those voting, and the winner will receive five dollars. The seniors and juniors in the school of dentistry will clean the teeth of any Loyola faculty member or student for one dollar in Bobet 200 Thursday at noon. Appointments should be made Tuesday or Wednesday between 9 and 11:30 a.m., or between 1:30 and 4 p.m. in Bobet 200. The project is sponsored by St. Appolonia sodality.The Little Flower sodality "Lost and Found" sale netted $37.02. Articles were returned to owners for a charge of 25 cents. Other articles were sold at nominal prices. The Student-Faculty basketball game doubled last year's profits, netting $269.05 this year. The '"Guess the Score" of the game brought in profits of $47.50. Two BA Profs To Attend Meets Two members of the college of business administration will represent Loyola at convocations in San Antonio, March 29, 30, and 31. They are Dean Henry J. Engler, Jr. and William P. Carr, professor of accounting. The dean will attend the Southwestern Business Deans' meeting for three days and Professor Carr will participate in the accounting section of the Southwestern Social Science Conference next Friday and Saturday.Yesterday Dean Engler spoke to the John Albert District of the Boy Scouts on "The Importance of Scouting in Career Selection." Steib Speaks On Same Old Stuff - Exams By JEAN STEIB Last year around second semester exam time, I felt the need to pen, for the edification of freshmen, a "How To Do It" on the passing of exams. I, as a junior, felt that I should let thejn benefit from my experience. This year as again the eleventh, hour approaches, I look around the sparsely populated sophomore class, and find that all too few freshmen took my advice to heart. They failed to listen to the voice of experience. As I survey the quadrangle and cafeteria, I see bright, happy freshmen faces—-faces free from lines and eyes free from bags. They are care-free, confident, trusting faces. But, 10, what are those slow moving, emaciated masses of inert matter I see dragging about the campus and the cafeteria. That, dear freshmen, are seniors who learned too late that you can •never try to outguess a prof in an exam—you've got to out-bluff them. I feel an obligation to save these happy, shining, confident faces from becoming this type of senior. So below is a reprint of part of my exam article which I entreat all freshmen to read and read again. It explains how a careful observer can fathom the workings of a prof's mind and thus have a small chance of passing the course. "Here's some advice, that is invaluable in cramming. It gives the industrious student an opportunity to find out which exams he should spend most cramming time on. This ingenious little device is called "teacher observation." A few classes before your scheduled exam, pay close attention to the teacher's eyes and the area immediately under them. If, as exam time approaches, you detect a slight discoloration in the eyes, (i.e., the condition which results from straining the eyes, called "bloodshot eyes," in vulgar parlance), and a puffing of the area immediately under the eyes (called, also in vulgar parlance, "baKs")—-the reader is advised to BEWARE! "A special warning is given to the student whose teacher, in addition to the aforementioned traits, also has lately been observed looking at his class and breaking out into insane laughter for no apparent reason. This teacher has prepared an exam for you in which no amount of studying or cramming will pass you. An added precaution: if you're in doubt about your teacher's intentions, and do not wish to waste valuable cramming time on an 'easy' exam, employ the 'night' observation' method. In this method one simply locates his professor's room in Thomas Hall and observes it a few nights prior to the exam. If, in addition to the other telltale signs of 'bloodshot' eyes and 'bags,' his light burns late into the night, there can be no doubt left in your mind. "An equally dangerous type of teacher is the 'dear-eyed and FRESHMEN, BEWARE! THIS COULD BE YOU! Thespians Rehearse Drama; Zinser Announces Cast Changes By SHIRLEY STOMA Rehearsals are underway for the Thespians' production of "The First Legion," a three-act drama of the Society of Jesus by Emmett Lavery. Production dates are April 10 through 14. Leo C. Zinser, director, announced the following changes in the cast. Norris Borden will replace George Hoag in the role of Father Duquesne; George Hoag will replace Richard Redmann in the role of Monsignor Carey. The role of Father Sierra is uncast, Zinser said. Also in the all-male cast are Michael Jung as Father Keene; Ronald Fonseca as Father Stuart; Pat Farley as Dr. Morel); Bill Wells as Father Quarterman; Reginald Hendry as Father Ahern; Pat McGinnity as Father Rawleigh; and John Bourgeois as Father Fulton. The motion picture, "The First Legion," was shown over WDSU-TV last Tuesday with the screenplay by Lavery. Critics have been almost unanimous in proclaiming the play far better than the motion picture. Before the showing of the film on television, there was a discussion of the Ignatian Year celebration and of the alumni Mass and breakfast held last Sunday at Jesuit High School. The Rev. Edward A. Doyle, S.J., dean of faculties, spoke on the life of St. Ignatius Loyola; the Rev. Harry Crane, S.J., president of Jesuit High School, outlined the history of the Jesuits in Louisiana; Miss Cecilia Lashley, executive secretary of the Loyola Alumni Association and vice-chairman of the national Ignatian Year celebration, who spoke on the importance of the alumni for the success of the celebration; and Al Farrell, chairman of the local Mass. The presentation of "The First Legion by the Loyola Thespians will be the organization's contribution to the observance of the Ignatian Year, which commemorates the 400 th anniversary of the death of St. Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus. The drama has received rave reviews by critics all over the United States. Forum To Present Ruth Cranston Friday The topic of her lecture is A Protestant Looks at Lourdes." The Rev. John A. Toomey, S.J., Forum director, said that Miss Cranston, daughter of a Protestant bishop, spent one year in Lourdes itself and three years altogether in the study of the miraculous cures I at Lourdes before writing her Christopher Award book now on the Catholic best-seller list. She became interested in Lourdes through reading accounts of the shrine in French books and newspapers. Moil of her work involved analysis of the medical investigations which arc mad* of cures added. In her book, which wa* condensed in Reader's Digest, McCall's and Catholic Digest, she points out how careful the Catholic Church is with respect to declaring miraculous cures. All the cures cited in the boo! had been pronounced incurable bj doctors. Later, these cases ol blindness, paralysis, epilepsy, brail tumors, idiocy, etc., were pro nounced cured through means beyond the power of nature and medicine by doctors, some of whom were Catholics, some non- Catholics, some complete unbelievers.As a young girl, Miss Cranston lived in China, where several hundred Protestant missionaries came under her father's jurisdiction. She "attended school for two years in France and Switzerland and later attended four years of college in Baltimore, Maryland. While in college, Miss Cranston began writing and her first stories were published in Harper's. Her early twenties were spent in different cities of Europe—Madrid, Munich, Paris, Florence, Vienna.Vienna. There she concentrated on her writing. After that, she spent two years in India, studying in iir- iou» colleges and traveling all over the country. At this time alio, she visited religious centers and convents of Europe. She returned to America and wrote several series of articles on religious subjects for magazines in this country. The series for the Century magazine led to a second series—on science—which took her to England and ultimately to Geneva. She went to Geneva to stay two weeks—and stayed 10 years. Shortly after arriving there, Miss Cranston was invited into the world conference of religion and served on that and other world bodies from 1928 to 1938. Activity Cards To Admit Students Student activity cards will admit all full-time students to the Loyola Forum next Friday night, according to the Rev. John A. Toomey, S.J., Forum director.Appearing as lecturer at 8:30 p.m. in the Roosevelt Hotel is Ruth Cranston, author of "The Miracle of Lourdes." Father Fichter Signs Contract For New Book The Rev. Joseph H. Fichter, S.J., chairman of the department of sociology, announced the signing of a contract with the University of Chicago Press for the publication of General Sociology.This is the author's ninth published book and is the result of almost 10 years of study and research.Three grants have supported the research for this study, Father Fichter said. A grant from the Carnegie Foundation made possible the early research on urban and religious structures. A Fulbright lecture and research grant in Germany provided comparative data. The more recent research for the book has been supported by a grant from the Ford Foundation's Fund for the Republic. Research and verification of data will continue throughout the present year, both at Loyola University and at Notre Dame University, where Father Fichter will fill the Distinguished Professor post in Sociology for two semesters. The manuscript of General Sociology includes the universal aspects of society and culture with a specific orientation to the United States. Much of the research funds has been directed to the social processes in ethnic, religious and racial minorities. Probable publication date will be the Spring of 1957. »4  FATHER FICHTER, S.J Conway Merits Physics Book Edward D. Conway 111, freshman physics major, received the 1955-56 Achievement Award of the Michelson Physics Society at a meeting last night. The award is given each year to the most promising student in lower division physics. The latest edition of the "Handbook of Chemistry and Physics," donated annually by its publishers, the Chemical Rubber Publishing Company, was the award. It was presented to Conway by the Rev. John F. Keller, S.J., moderator of the society. ■ ♦*  PHI MU ALPHA CONCERT Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia will present an American Music Program Sunday at the college of music at 3 p.m. Admission is free and the public is invited. (See EXAMS, page 8)