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              The MAROON Vol. XXXVII Loyola University, New Orleans, La., February 26, 1960 No. 13 Philosophy Speaker THE REV. W. NORRIS CLARKE, S.J Fr. Clarke Slates Aquinas Day Talk 'Togetherness' Is Topic The Rev. W. Norris Clarke, S.J., assistant professor of philosophy at Fordham University, will discuss "A Philosophical Meditation on Togetherness" as guest lecturer on the annual Aquinas Day program on March 6. The lecture, sponsored by the Philosophy Club, will begin at 8:15 p.m. in Marquette Auditorium. Father Clarke will explain phiosophy's relationship to contemporary life developing his topic from the point of view "that 'to be' is always in someway 'to be with,' that togetherness is one basic property of all beings." The Aquinas Day program will be the final offering of the Philosophy Club Lecture Series for the 1959-60 series, the Rev. Henry R. Montecino, S.J., said. It is free of charge and open to the public. Father Clarke studied at Georgetown University, Woodstock College, and received his doctorate in philosophy from the Louvain University in France. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1933, and has taught philosophy at the Jesuit seminaries of Woodstock and Plattsburg, N. Y. Father Clarke holds membership in the American Philosophical Association, the Metaphysical Society of America, the executive council of the American Catholic Philosophical Association, and is listed in the 1957-58 edition of Who's Who in American Education. He has also published several articles in various philosophical reviews including "Social Order," "The New Scholasticism," "Thought," and "America," national Catholic weekly. Panel Stresses 'Real Value' In Philosophy Philosophy is a critical and reflective study in terms of its most basic knowledge according to reason, Larry McNamara remarked during the Philosophy Club panel dicussion last Thursday. Chairman of the discussion, Mc- Namara, a senior philosophy major, said that "Man, he's way out of it," a term used in reference to beatniks, has been similarly applied to philosophers. "The point is," he said, "that philosophy has a definite real value." The purpose of philosophy is the pursuit of truth by reason and the unification of findings of formal philosophy with man's other knowledge to help him lead a more orderly life. Other members of the panel, whose topic was "The Place of Philosophy in the Modern World", were Ruby Reed, junior philosophy major and senior philosophy majors,The Inside Story By HIL LEIBE Carnival Offers Lenten Conflict? The Maroon's principal editorial cautions everyone to be careful as to how they take that "long day's journey" into Mardi Gras. It seems that the festive occasion should not blur or color the approaching lenten period. It's all right to shout, "Throw me sumthin', Mistah!"; but bloodshot eyes and aching heads don't seem to be a proper way of entering a religious season.Pate 4 Scribe Reports On 'Paris Life' Last year's editor, Gail Gritter, gives us a bird's-eye-view of the City of Love. "I love Paris in the 'winter,'" she exclaims. And it seems that European girls are v prettier than their American sisters (is this possible?), while the continental man shows up a poor second in European-American relations (this is possible!). Now all we American men have to do is to convince the girls that we're so "perfect." Page 4 Eddie Baumann Loyola's 'Saint' Loyola has its own "Saint." Eddie Baumann, BA junior, heads a music combo called "The Six Saints." And when this happy group starts swingin' the spiritual world is never the same. Page 2 Council 'Fails' To Hold Meeting The student council does it again! With critical issues left and right, a majority of members failed to attend the Tuesday meeting. Now they can add "attendance" to their list of accomplishment*.Pace 4 National Honor Physics Group Selects Seven New Members Slate April Reception Seven science students have been selected for membership into Sigma Pi Sigma, national physics honor society, Keith J. Carroll, president, announced. Membership in the society is based upon outstanding overall scholastic a c h i evement, and superior scholarship as well as active interest in physics.Selected for membership are: Kenneth Leahy, junior, 20, parliamentarian of the German Club and sergeant-at-arms .in ÜBI. fraternity; John Conway, junior, member of Beggars fraternity; Michael Pittman, junior, 20, member of the German Club and the ÜBL fraternity; Emile Flauts, sophomore, 20, member of the Michelson Physics Society; Victor Lagarde, sophomore, member of the Michelson Physics Society; Emmett Pugh, sophomore, 19, prefect of St. Thomas Aquinas Sodality, Student Council, Michelson, Physics Society and ADG fraternity; Manuel Lopez, sophomore, 19, Michelson Physics Society, ÜBL fraternity. Sigma Pi Sigma is the associated society of the physics section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of the Association Colege Honor Societies. The national honor physics society was installed December 19, 1954. The four-fold purpose of this group is to reward high scholarship, to advance knowledge and interest in physics, to promote a spirit of cooperation and fellowship between students and faculty, and to serve as a student sponsor to the extracurricular activities of the physios department. Formal induction will take place at a public meeting to be scheduled in April. MANUEL LOPEZ KENNETH LEAHY EMMETT PUGH JOHN CONWAY VIC LAGARDE EMILE FLAUSS ■RHMOM PITTMAN Customers To Return Cafe Food By EUGENE KATSANIS Management Will Replace, Refund Students dissatisfied with the cafeteria food are advised to return it so the cafeteria management can either replace it or make a refund. The cafeteria committee of the student council reached this decision Tuesday night. "If the students are not satisfied with the cafeteria food we want them to return it," said Bill Caldwell, committee chairman. Caldwell also said that if the students have complaints the cafeteria will be the first to know. The committee also advises students with complaints to report them to the committee or to any member of the student council so that the cafeteria committee could analyze them and submit them to Tom Preston, manager of business operations for the university. Caldwell said that if the complaints are determined valid and reasonable, some settlement of the problem will try to be reached. He made it clear that the "committee is working for the students as well as the cafeteria" and is appealing to the students to help with the problem. Yesterday the committee presented Preston with a list of complaints that they said they had gathered. "Three cups of coffee were lukewarm, two cups icy cold, (all of these were from the snack bar), watered down catsup, lipstick on coffee cups before being used, poor quality lettuce, greasy hamburgers and hair on pie" were some of the complaints. In reference to the hair that was found on the piece of pie, committee members said that they would check "to see if the female cafeteria help wears hair nets." They said that a law of the Board of Health requires that all such employees handling food wear hair nets. Caldwell said that protests of the dirty floor in the cafeteria would also be discussed in the meeting with Preston. The cafeteria situation reached a peak when the student protest drew the solid backing of the student council and Preston concluded at the last student council meeting that there was nothing much that could be done to remedy the situation. Students Conduct Cafe 'Boycott' Dissatisfied students conducted a "boycott" of the university cafeteria yesterday in an apparent effort to curb current food policies. The move climaxed a situation which has been the cause of many complaints. The cafeteria has been badly citicized by students for poor food, high prices and deliquent service. Before 12 noon yesterday, the cafeteria had "some" five customers buying lunch. The rest of the students brought their own sandwiches and cokes. The Maroon has received no information as to how long the "boycott" will continue. As of press-time yesterday, it was expected that the action would last unit the problem was resolved.LU Sodalities To Sponsor Mission Drive The university sodalities will sponsor a drive during Lent for the benefit of the Jesuit Ceylon Missions, according to Donna Odom, sodality union prefect. Miss Odom said that the goal this year for the Loyola students is $1000 and collections will be made during the fifth week of Lent, April 4-8. Ceylon is an island off the southeast point of India. About half the size of Louisiana it has three times as many people where approximately 7'/, of the population is Catholic. According to Miss Odom, native priests are badly needed since the government has put a restriction on the entrance of foreign missionaries, into the country. "Thirteen Ceylonese are now studying for the priesthood," she said; "each of them can be supported by $1 a day. This is where we come in. We are asking each Loyola student, over the entire period of Lent to save $1 for these seminarians. This will be collected during the fifth week of Lent. We are asking your whole-hearted cooperation in prayers and support." Says Ordinance Delayed By EUGENE KATSANIS Curtis Interviewed The city ordinance to remove the two-hour parking signs from Calhoun Street and the adjoining side streets will be delayed for further study, City Councilman Henry Curtis said this week. Robert Wall, executive assistant to Mayor deLesseps S. Morrison, told Bob Landry, student council parking committee chairman, that Curtis said he would introduce the ordinance to remove the signs. Curtis said that he knew nothing about the ordinance and told Wall nothing. He said that he found out that he was supposed to introduce the ordinance from an article which appeared in The Maroon upon his return trip from Mexico. "I am very sympathetic toward the parking problem facing the Loyola students as I am a graduate of Loyola myself," the councilman said. He said that he doesn't know if the ordinance would be the solution to the parking problem, but that he needed time to study the situation before he could do anything.Curtis said that the property holders would have the controlling voice on whether or not the signs would be removed. "The property holders must be considered first," he said. Councilman Curtis, who is a graduate of the Loyola law school and served as first president of the Alumni Association in 1926, said that he knows about the parking difficulties, but does not have a solution. "I will not be able to give a statement about the problem for a week to 10 days, that is until I have enough time to study it," he said. Curtis said that Wall had not talked to him about the problem until the article had appeared in The Maroon. He said that the petition signed by the residents on Calhoun Street and the map made by Landry showing the residents that signed the petition was left with him to look over. letters EDITOR'S NOTE: The Maroon has printed the student council's side of the parking problem. Now, here is Mr. Schiro's views. Dear Editor: One of the great privileges of the democratic form of government we enjoy in this country is the right of the individual to criticize the action, or Jack of action, of a public official, on a national, state or local level. Ab an elected public official, 1 have occasionally received criticisms without basis of fact, or of such a nature as to discredit the source. In my opinion, a publication representing Loyola University would be considered a reliable source and its news or editorial content based on fact. For this reason I was shocked at the inference beneath my photograph on page six of your February 5 edition, considerably baffled by the attitude expressed in your editorial, and amazed at certain inaccuracies which 1 hasten to call to your attention. Your editorial of February 5 states that I "introduced an ordinance—which subsequently passed the City Council— to extend the two hour parking signs near Loyola from St. Charleß to Freret St." There are two serious errors in this statement. The ordinance you refer to. Calendar No. 1970, bears only the name of Councilman Curtis as its author, although it was passed by a unanimous vote of the Council, with all members present. Ordinance No. 1970 extended the two hour parking only from LaSalle to Freret —one block—and not from St. Charles to Freret St. as reported in The Maroon. The two hour parking signs have existed on Palmer, Cromwell and Calhoun for over ten years. As President of the City Council, may I assure you that the interests of members of this Council is to serve the best interests of the City of New Orleans, and its citizens, in the most judicial manner possible. Were the space available, the City of New Orleans would be pleased to provide off-street parking not only for universities, but for hospitals, churches and other institutions. Unfortunately, parking has become a major problem for most large cities in the United States, with the result that many people are unable to enjoy the convenience of driving their cars to and from their daily destinations and must use public transit systems. In New Orleans, it is the responsibility of institutions, and not the City or adjacent property owners, to provide off-street parking. If the City sought to provide offstreet parking for a particular group, others would be completely within their civic rights in demanding a similar facility.It is also my opinion that the City Council of New Orleans would be remiss SCHIRO SC Parking Committee Closes Current Drive The work of the student council's parking committee is completed as far as aiding in the removal of the two-hour parking signs found in the university area, according to Bob Landry, parking committee chairman. Robert Wall, executive assistant to Mayor de- Lesseps S. Morrison, was impressed with the way the student council committee handled the problem and complimented them on doing the work so well without city help. Landry said that this is the farthest the student council has gotten to the city counciy in recent years. (See PANEL, page 3) (See LETTERS, page 6)