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              The Loyola Maroon  No. 12 Vol. XXXVIII Loyola University, New Orleans, La., Friday, February 3, 1961 Clem Sehrt Heads Alumni Campaign Clem H. Sehrt, New Orleans attorney, will serve as general chairman of the university's 1961 Alumni Endowment Fund campaign. The kickoff dinner will be held Feb. 19 at Loyola with more than 350 of the 600 class agents expected to attend. Speakers at the kickoff dinner will include the Very Rev. W. Patrick Donnelly, S.J., president of Loyola, the Rev. Edward Doyle, S.J., dean of arts and sciences, and the Rev. Joseph Butt, S.J., alumni moderator. F. Winter Trapolin, president of the Alumni Association, Walter B. Hamlin, association justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court and Sehrt will be toastmasters of the dinner. Sehrt received his law degree from Loyola in 1932. He was a star tackle on the Loyola football squad and was named most valuable player on the 1930 team. He is a member of both the board of directors of the National American Bank and of the Program of Progress committee of Loyola. From 1948 to 1952 he served as general counsel for the state banking department of Louisiana.Sehrt said that there has been a dramatic growth in alumni support of colleges and universities throughout the country. He pointed out that Loyola's campaign last year under the direction of Judge Thomas Brahney broke all records with 2,050 alumni contributing $34,992. The previous year's totals were 1,526 contributors and $26,898 in contributions. "Alumni here and throughout the country are increasingly aware that private colleges and universities wage an unending battle with rising costs and increasing needs," Sehrt said. "Additional support from alumni and other sources must be forthcoming if they are to continue their vital role in higher education," he said. "At Loyola our goal for alumni giving in 1961 is 3,000 contributors." CLEM H. SEHRT the Inside Story By HIL LEIBE Burdick Answers 'Yes' To Important- Question Will America win its battle for respect among the countries of Southeast Asia? Eugene Burdick, co-author of "The Ugly American," answers ye* to this question. Speaking before the Loyola Forum, Mr. Burdick admitted that the United States ranks high in potential. But he confessed that proper motivation was sorely lacking. Read the report of his speech, as well as an exclusive interview with Mr. Burdick by a Maroon reporter. Page 3 Scribe Mokes Home In Gold Fish Bowl Would you like to live in a gold fish bowl? Columnist Janie Counihan thinks it's fun. You see, she lives in one of the university dorms. (Need I say more.) For an accurate and eye-opening look into the private life of a Loyola coed read this amusing story. "Home was never like this," shouts Janie, "and thank goodness for that." Page 4 Rifle Range Offers Coed Sharpshooters Yes-sir-re-bob, things are looking pretty good on the range— the rifle range, that is. It seems that Loyola's ROTC unit has started a girl's rifle team. Wha? Anyway, insiders report that the gals can shoot with deadly accuracy. Some have a 98 point average. So, what's their problem? There isn't any available coed teams to challenge. Page 6 'Derby Week' Begins Monday Monday will begin "Derby Week" for all law students, Huey Breaux, Student Bar Association president, announced. All graduating law seniors will be expected to wear suits, derbies, and canes for the week of Feb. 6-10. The Rev. Louis Hiegel, S.J., will celebrate a mass at 10 a.m. on Monday for the graduating law seniors. During the week there will be several private parties and on Friday Derby Week will be climaxed with the Mardi Gras Barristers Brawl to be held in the Trophy Room of the Fieldhouse from 8 p.m. 'til midnight. There is a limit on invitations and preference will be given the seniors although the underclassmen who get them will be welcome.Pick Beth Feehan Frosh Sweetheart Co-ed To Rule Over Cotillion By PHYLLIS DAROCA While talking to some of her friends in the cafeteria, pretty Beth Feehan, was told by Stu Lagarde that she was Frosh Sweetheart for this year. "Really? Are you sure?" were the remarks from the jumping med tech freshman. Later her comments were, "I can hardly believe that it's true." BETH FEEHAN Delta Theta Phi Pledges Fifiteen The Edgar Farrar Senate of Delta Theta Phi, national legal fraternity, has selected 15 law students for membership. Mettery I. Sherry, dean, announced the names of those to be pledged: Lawrence McNamara, Robert Winn, James McPherson, John Lopiccolo, Louis Wattkins, Robert Ahrens, Melville Goutierez, Patrick McDonough, Dan DeVun, J. D. Bloom, Robert Martin, Edward Dufresne, Leon Poirier, Joseph Taranto, and Donald Fendlaaon.Beth is the eighth frosh Sweet heart in Loyola's history. She was elected in balloting held the Thursday and Friday before final exams over four other candidates. The others nominated were: Carla Atkins, Pearl Burke, Linda Plaisance and Cynthia Sliman. Cynthia placed second. The five-foot-seven Sweetheart will be officially presented at the Sweetheart Coltillion Ball which will be held at the Gentilly Knights of Columbus Hall Feburary 12. Music will be provided by the Moonlighters.The first Freshman Sweetheart, Jackie Keiffer, was elected in 1953. Others who have had the honor include: Janet Perrault, 1954-55; Millie Marshall, 1955-56; Jo Ann Zazulak, 1956-57; Yvonne Boeing, 1957-58; Kay Poole, 1958-59; and Judy Haydel, 1959- 60. Feehan is the present sponsor of ROTC's Company E. A native Orleanian, she is one of four children. Frosh Cotillion Slated Feb. 12 The Sweetheart Cotillion held in honor of the Freshmen Sweetheart will be held on Feb. 12 in the Gentilly KC Hall, the freshmen committee announced. Frosh Sweetheart Beth Feehan will be officially presented to the student body for the first time in her title as Sweetheart. She will be crowned by last year's Frosh Sweetheart Judy Haydel. Bert Harris and Frank Wager, co-chairmen of the Cotillion Committee, said that the Cotillion is a university-wide function open to all students, not only the freshmen. Tickets for the Cotillion will be sold by members of the freshmen committee and during the noon hour in the quadrangle. The committee said that it will be a BYOL dance from 9 'till 1 with music by the Moonlighters. 43 Teams Compete In Holiday Match Forty-three rifle teams will compete in tfie two-day 4th annual Mardi Gras Rifle Invitational Match to be fired on Tulane, Loyola, and Camp Leroy Johnson ranges next Friday and Saturday. The match is co-sponsored by the Loyola ROTC and the Tulane NROTC corps and will bring teams from central Texas, down from Ohio and across from Florida.The schools to be represented include Arkansas, Arlington State, Texas A&M, the University of Tennessee, Xavier of Ohio, the University of Alabama, the University of Florida, LSU, Tulane, and last year's champion, Kansas State. The three top teams will be awarded trophies and the members of these teams will each receive a medal. The three high individual scorers will receive trophies and the two highest scorers in each positions will get medals. Five men may represent each team. The five shooting for Loyola will be chosen from these seven members: Team captain William Connick, co-captain Bryan Torres, Alex Ortolano, Paul LaNasa, Larry Lagarde, Tony Morse and Andrew Dawson. Loyola finished second in 1958 and fourth in 1960. The tournament gets its name from the fact that it is held every year on the Saturday preceding Mardi Gras, enabling the participants from out-of-town schools to attend some of the carnival season activities.