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              The Maroon No. 20 Vol. XXXVIII Loyola University, New Orleans, La., Friday, April 13, 1962 Blue Key taps new members APPLETON K. AUCOIN Fourteen active and eight honorary members will be tapped for membership into the university's chapter of Blue Key, national honor fraternity. Sunday at 8 p.m. in the student lounge. Active members are Patrick J. Browne, William G. Caldwell, Vincent T. Lococo, George E. Mouledoux, Edward A. Dufresne, members of the school of law; Albert S. Dittman, Jr., R. Joseph D'Avignon, Dallas, Tex., college of arts and sciences; John J. Dardis, Kenneth J. Aucoin, college of business administration; Van L. Aueoin, college of music; Albert J. Rozas, Eunice, La., school of dentistry; Albert L. Maurin, evening division. The honorary members selected are Most Rev. Robert E. Tracy, bishop of Baton Rouge; Very Rev. Andrew C. Smith, S.J., president of the university; Joseph Merrick Jones, New Orleans attorney and president of the Tulane university board of administrators; Dr. G. Ralph Smith, director of the graduate division in the college of business administration. Also Frederick J. Gisevius, Jr., New Orleans attorney and president of the Loyola Alumni Association; Percy H. Sitpes, chairman of the executive committee, National Bank of Commerce in New Orleans; and John J. McAulay, professor of law; Dr. Richard A. Walle, associate professor of orthodontics.The new members will be formally inducted at the group's annual banquet in May. Thespians' three faces Whatever the circumstances may be, these members of the next Thespian production, "The Miser" seem to have very different attitudes toward the whole situation. Left to right are Ben Murphy as the miser's son, Bert Harris in the title role and Ande Rehm as the girlfriend of both miser and son. (See story, page 6) DITTMAN DUFRESNE LOCOCO MAURIN V. AUCOIN BROWNE MOUIEDOUX NORTH CALDWELL D'AVIGNON DARDIS A&S picks Cordaro, Sills By EUGENE KATSANIS Small turnout marks balloting Disinterest toward the Student Council nominations seemed to grip the student body Monday and Tuesday as considerably fewer students, as compared to last year's record number, cast their ballots in the nominations held in each respective school and college. At stake were the offices of the presidents of the schools and colleges and an enroll- j  ment controlled number of representatives to seats on the Council. Elections will take place on Monday and Tuesday of next week. In an upset vote in the college of arts and sciences J. B. Cordaro, junior, ran ahead of the incumbent Ken Sills, also a junior. Sills, besides being president of arts and sciences, is president of the Council. The vote was 208 to 202. The third candidate in the race in A&S was Fred Ketchum, junior, who was eliminated with 148 votes. Jack Dardis, junior, took a slight lead over Gene Smythe, junior, for the presidential race in the college of business administration. The vote was 108 to 98. Nominated for president in the other schools and colleges were; music: Lynn Gelpi, junior, 30 and Al Zansler, junior, 7; dentistry: Gil Tripplet, junior, 25 and Mike Speidel, junior, 21; evening division: Walter Eckert, 18 and James Skiffington, 18. Nominations in the college of pharmacy are still being held. Because of conflicting events in the college, nominations were held Thursday and Friday, today. Don Jansen, junior, was the apparent winner in the presidents race in law school. He was unopposed.Dentistry added a representative from its department of dental hygiene. Nominated were Amy Prudhomme and Kathleen Ryan, both freshmen. Blamed for the disinterest on the part of the students were the lifelessness of the campaigns conducted by the candidates. "The campaigns were as snappy as a wet cracker," voiced one student. "There were no real issues, so I didn't care to vote." Last year a record number of 604 votes were cast in A&S compared to the 558 cast this week. In BA the vote last year was 283 to 208. Other schools showed an equal drop. Campaign speeches by the presidential candidates in A&S and BA will be held in the quadrangle today at noon. Nominated for representatives were: A&S—j un i or representatives, Frank Buffa, Bert Harris, Bobby Homes, Lynn Friedmann, Jimmy Isper, Joe Perez, Cynthia Sliman, Sue Talbot, Eric Timmreck and Marilyn Vidacovich. Elect five. A&S — sophomore representa- These jive made 'Thirty' Beaming over their recent acceptance into the Thirty club, honorary journalism society, are from left to right, Charles Young and Gwen San Marco, journalism sophomores; junior Bonnie McGinley, sophomore Rosemary Ruiz and junior Matt Racki. Pictured in The Maroon office, the five are all on the staff of the campus paper. Missing from the picture is Doris Gritzman. J. B. CORDARO KEN SILLS Pre-registration April 25-30 All underclassmen wishing to pre register for the 1962-63 school year must do so April 25-30, said head registrar Henry 0. Cazentre. They are required to see their advisors about arranging their schedules for next term at that time. Dr. Edward Ballard defines integrity on last of Philosophy club's lectures What is integrity? This is "The Moral Problem as Un- • derstood by Plato" and the lecture topic of Dr. Edward Ballard, Tulane university professor of philosophy, in the last of the Philosophy club's lecture series this year given last night in Marquette auditorium. "Integrity (as shown in "Plato's Dialogues") is the real- ization by a rational being that he is said rational being," explained Dr. Ballard. "By using a practical syllogism in which X is in situation Y and is therefore obligated to do act Z, Plato shows integrity as a kind of selfknowledge." • PLATONIC EXAMPLES Giving as examples of Plato's selfknowledge pattern, Dr. Ballard cited "Crito," "The Apology.', anCl "Phaedro" in which Socrates is the protagonist. "The key to Platonic drama is how Socrates identifies himself," said the lecturer. "First, Socrates sees himself as serving the public function of gadfly of Athens in respect to the city's justices and injustices and secondly, he views himself as a person who is curious about oriignal nature and what its use is." He pointed out that in "Crito," Socrates argues as to whether or not he has gone too far in bringing destruction upon himself and decides he has not. In "Phaedro," Socrates tests the argument of nature as immortal and achieves some proof that he has made the right choice in drinking the hemlock.• PHILOSOPHIC CONCLUSION "The outcome of these dialogues in which Socrates dominates is that the ancient philosopher reaffirms his role in life although not completely," said Dr. Ballard. "Socrates is on the right track for he has identified himself as X being in situation Y and reasons that he is is obligated to perform act Z. In other words, Socrates identifies himself and proves his identification rationally. The person he ends up with is the same person he started with." Dr. Ballard contrasted the pattern of Plato's drama with that of Aristotle's. Using Aristotle's "Oedipus Rex" as an example, he said, "In this drama, the hero identifies himself hypothetieally as a certain kind of person and goes through the struggle necessary to uphold that identification. Later, the protagonist recognizes his radical error as did Oedipus, and ends up knowing who he wasn't." • REASSERTION OF SELF According to Dr. Ballard, Plato's hero does the reverse, that of ending up who he was in the beginning of his self-identification. Dr. Ballard is a noted authority on the philosophy of Plato and Kant and has written many articles about both philosophers in various journals and publications. He is the author of "Psyche and Science," and "The Experience of Beauty: an Essay on Aesthetic Value" in which he points out hia history of art. DR. EDWARD BALLARD Six accepted into Thirty club Six journalism students were accepted for membership into the Thirty club, honorary journalism society on campus, at its meeting last week, Bert Emke, club president, announced. Named to the group were Charles Young, Rosemary Ruiz, Doris Gritzman, and Gwen San Marco, all sophomores, and Matt Racki and Bonnie McGinley, juniors.Membership in the Thirty club is judged on a student's scholastic average in journalism, interest shown in the field and work on The Maroon and Wolf yearbook. The Thirty club was formed by journalism students to promote interest and understanding of journalism on the college and professional levels. Induction has not as yet been set. (See COUNCIL, page 3) FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY . . . Looking Inside • In case you've noticed a recent step up in many advertising campaigns, with such commercials commemorations as "National Automobile Month," "National Welded Products Month" and "National Library Week," the fact that this is the month of April might have something to do with it. For the complete story, turn to . . . Page 2 • For the fifth year in a row, the National Law Institute, sponsored by the St. Thomas More law club will take place, this year in the Holy Name of Jesus auditorium tonight at 8 p.m. The principle speaker for the event will be Sen. Eugene McCarthy of Minnesota. His topic will be "Political Expediency in the Light of the Natural Law." For the finer details, see . . . Page 3 • There might be a few gray clouds looming on the horizon for many faculty members and students of the health professions on campus. The cause for the concern stems from the fact that the Interstate and Foreign Commerce committee eliminated in bill H.R. 4999 the provision to provide financial support in the form of scholarships for medical and dental students. All you dents and med students can read the whole story on . . . Page 4 | FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY