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              The Maroon DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF LOYOLA UNIVERSITY TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1926 No. 12 VOL. IV LAW SCHOOL REGENT PREACHES AT DEDICATION Fr. Foulkes Delivers Sermon At Blessing of Cornerstone. At the ceremony of the blessing of the corner stone of the new church of Our Blessed Lady of Victory at Sour Lake. Texas. Fr. John Foulkes. regent of Loyola Law School, preached on Sunday, February 28. on the function, claims and permanence of the Catholic Church. Reviewing the history of the greatest empires, kingdoms and republics which flourished in ancient times, Fr. Foulkes iccorded their rise, growth and fall. In contrast with their dissolution and disappearance is the presence and permanence of the Catholic Church. Graphically, Fr. Foulkes declared that "while the path of centuries is strewn with broken sceptre-., torn constitutions, outworn systems and abandoned philosophies, the Catholic Church moves on her way majestically, looming larger and larger in the minds of men." Assigning the cause of the Church's imperishable existence, Fr. Foulkes showed that the Catholic Church "is a divine masterpiece, the foundation of Christ; brought into being by the power of God; ever living with the super-natural life whereby He nourishes and sustains her." Paying his tribute of admiration to Bishop Byrne of Galveston who blessed tin corner stone; to Fr. Collins whose zeal had brought about the building of the church; to his loyal and helpful parishoners, and lastly, to the crowd of Texan citizens. Catholic and non- Catholic who had come to the ceremony, Fr. Foulkes went on to point out that "the one, holy. Catholic and apostolic church has been for over 1900 BOGNER TAKES FIRST PLACE IN ORATORY Rault Awarded Close Decision Over Ganucheau. Howard Bogner, sophomore in the college department, won first place in the annual oratorical contest finals held in Marquette Hall auditorium Friday night, March 12, at eight o'clock. Bogner's oration, the Maid of Orleans, dealt with the life of Joan of Arc. His subject matter showed originality of composition, his delivery was excellent, and his tones were well modulated and expressive. He won the unanimous verdict of the judges, who based their decision on his superior originality of composition. Second place was closely contested fur by Gerard Rault and Paul Ganucheau, both freshmen. The judges rendered a two-to-one decision in favor of Rault, Ganucheau receiving third place. Rault's selection was "The J,ocarno Pact." Ganucheau delivered a fiery speech on "A Carnival of Crime." The judges were Henry B. Curtis, Morris B. Redman and Herve Racivitch.L. LOYOLA OPPOSES CURTIS-REED BILL Federalized Education Invasion of Constitutional Rights. I.oyola University falls in with sound and patriotic Americans in their protest against the passage of the Curtis- Reed bill which aims at the federalizing of education. With Doctor J. G. Machen of Princeton University, with President Goodnow of John Hopkins University, with President Lowell of Harvard among the educators; with Senators Borah. Broussard, Ransdell and others; with governors and judges throughout the country; and, lastly, with all Catholics, Loyola University condemns the Curtis-Reed hill for aiming at enslaving education, and establishing an unwise, unstable and unnecessary bureau of education at Washington. Dr. Machen declares that " a Federal Department of Education would be the worst kind of slavery the world has i vcr known." President Lowell denounces the hill because "it would inevitably hring education into politics and niake a Federal Secretary of Education a political appointment."President Goodnow attacks the bill because it will impose "standardization and uniformity of education, which are not only undesirable, but dangerous: If the same sort of control is exer- DENTAL SCHOOLS HOLDS CONVENTION Pres. Sullivan, Drs. Vignes and Dimitry Represent Loyola. The American Association of Dental Schools held its annual convention on March 25, '6, 27, at the Congress Hotel, Chicago. The three delegates representing Loyola at the sessions were President Sullivan, Dr. Vignes, Dean of the Loyola Dental School and Dr. Dimitry, Lecturer on Dental Anatomy. At present there is a marked variation in the time-schedule. In some well-known schools three schedules are in operation. The one-four course requires one year of predental work and four of finishing. The second schedule is the two-three course in which the student does two years predental and three of finishing work. The third course calls for two years predental and four of finishing work. In all three courses it is the aim of the Dental Association to grant the B. A. along with the D. D. S. degree to students who complete the course. Dr. C. C. Vignes representing Loyola Dental School at the convention was formerly president of the National Dental Association. Dr. Dimitry discussed a paper read by Dr. Prinz of U. of lowa on "Anatomy in Dental Schools." It is noteworthy that of the fortyright dental schools which are members of the national association six are Jesuit schools, Georgetown. Loyola (Chicago), St. Louis University, Marquette. Milwaukee, Creighton, Omaha and Loyola (New Orleans.) 'HEARSAY EVIDENCE' USED AGAINST JUDGE WILLIAM H. BYRNES Junior Law Class Finds Him "Guilty" on Statement of Third Party. "Hearsay Evidence"—when is it admissible? That's a moot question; but the Junior Law Class took it upon its shoulders to establish the "precedent" that in certain cases all one has to do is "bear" a thing and it will be sufficient to permit the use of the thing heard against the party about whom it has been said. Decision--reached without a dissenting opinion—follows: Persistent rumor—probably started by some of the female contingent—had it that our beloved lecturer on "Evidence" had failed to properly conceal his identity in a recent contract having for its object the creation of a community of acquets and gains. True there was a lot of "circumstantial" evidence to justify the belief that there was some truth in the rumor, but the class was reticent about a conviction until more drastic evidence could be obtained. Result—undercover methods disclosed adequate reason for believing that rumors were correct, and proceeding against the esteemed Judge William H. Byrnes without further ado, and in the satisfaction that there would be no "reversal" when the matter was brought "higher up" to be determined by the Judge himself. Then, night for the "dirty work" was set, and one Peyronin was charged with the duty of making the accusation that would force from our esteemed friend, the Judge, an admission or compel him to rescue himself. At the appointed hour, in slips the stealthy Peyronin with the verdict under his arm. "Your honor" blurted the cursed Peyronin, "we find that you've been guilty of concealing the fund—the fund of knowledge which made it possible for us to know that you've gone into the business of 'acquets and gains', etc.. etc." Completely taken aback, the Judge floundered around first in an effort to assert his judicial position in that particular court; and then in an effort to explain that he was "ignorant of the law" relative to that particular offense. We believe that he would have emphatically asserted his "jurisdiction" were it not for the fact that Doc Bonomo reinforced Peyronin by his presence, and the Judge, in deference to the presence of "Doc" permitted Peyronin to make the "charge." Then Peyronin, in all the usual solemnity that accompanies the passing of a sentence, informed the Judge that the penalty had been determined by the members of the class, and explained that the decision had been reached as follows : "That the silver-tongued oratory of one Hon. William H. Byrnes had again exercised its unevadable influence over one of the opposite sex; that as a result, this lovely creature had been completely overwhelmed by the musical strain of the Judge's ballad "I'll be Your Acquits if You'll Be My Gains'; that the records of one Lenauze indi- ATHLETIC COUNCIL MAKES CHANGES Three Sections Established For Greater Efficiency. At a meeting of Loyola University Athletic Council held in Marquette Hall, Sunday, March 21, three sections were established for greater efficiency in the management of athletics. The first section known as the Executive Council on Athletics is vested with full control over all Loyola athletics. This council is made up of six members of the faculty. The president of Loyola is ex-officio head of the council. With him aro associated, Fr. Kiarns. Dean of Arts-Sciences; Fr. Muliy. Faculty Director of Athletic; Fr. Foulkcs. Regent of the Loyola Law School; Judge William Byrnes and Denechaud, professors in the law school. The second section is called the Advisory Committee: It consists of Peter Dunn. Sidney Souers, Felix Yaccaro and 15. S. D'Antoni. Loyola Gridiron Club is the picturesque title of the third section. It numbers over twenty-five prominent business men of New Orleans noted for their deep interest in sports and their loyalty to Loyola. This live organization under the leadership of Bill Coker, Y. M. G. C. and Bill Dillon will take care of publicity, attendance at games and city-wide enthusiasm in Loyola athletics. THREE BIG QUAKES REGISTERED HERE Disturbances in Carribean and Mediterranean. While the fiddlers in Old Ireland on St. Patrick's day and tin lads and lassies jigged on their national feast, Mother Earth decided to take part in the merriment and to have a Kerry dame all her own. And the dancing was not only in Ireland. Mother Earth jigged down along the north coast of South America on St. Patrick's day in the morning. And it was early in the morning when Fr. Leo Abell, director of the Loyola seismograph station, watched his needles record the awful shindy. At 5:58 the fun began and lasted a full hour growing in intensity until the maximum rumpus was reached at 6:08. Mother Earth took a rest then and went off to breakfast. Fr. Abell began to compute the distance of the quake from Loyola. His reckoning showed it to be about 1000 miles to the south along the Carribean sea coast. The Associated Press confirmed the Loyola calculations after getting reports from three other Jesuit seismic observatories, those at Georgetown, Fordham and St. Louis. After breakfast Mother Earth traveled to a new dancing floor. Whether she hopped, skipped and jumped the distance just to tune up for her new performance, the Loyola instrument has no means of finding out. But when she got to the eastern part of the Mediterranean she was all pepped up. Cutting loose with her fantastic toes she JUDGE CAGE FLAYS EASY DIVORCE LAWS OF AMERICA Praises Catholic Church for Defense of Marriage. In a recent divorce case in which he refused the request of the plaintiff wife, Judge Hugh Cage of the Orleans Civil Court, Lecturer on Contracts and Dean Emeritus of Loyola University Law School made the statement : "I for one am so thoroughly convinced of the ultimate downfall of the nation if the institution of the family is destroyed by these laws and the administration of them, that so long as I sit on this bench I am going to set my face against them, and I am going to render a judgment of separation OT divorce only when I feel convinced that the law and the evidence leave me no ether course." Exposing the legal aspect of the contract of marriage the Judge went on to show "that our code declares marriage to be regarded in law simply as a contract. That statement taken by itself is so bald and naked that it is far front telling the truth. Of course marriage is a contract, but far above its contractual aspect is its aspect of status." Analyzing this aspect of marriage Judge Cage showed that "the marriage contract creates a social aspect, a legal status, which no other contract known to man creates; and, whether for good or ill, in our system the individual is not the unit ot the nation, hut the family is—the monogamic family. Let that crumble and the nation, sooner or later, will go down in ruin." NEW MEMBERS FOR STUDENT COUNCIL TO BE CHOSEN SOON Wolf Editor for 1927 to Be Selected By Council. Among the matters decided by the student council at its meeting in Bobct Hall last Tuesday. March 23, was the moving up of the date for the annual freshman-sophomore tug-of-war from Friday March 19 to Friday March 26. All the conditions and rules which were laid down for the contest which was to have come off on the nineteenth were declared to he binding for the contest on the twenty-sixth. The student council also discussed the question of the 1927 Wolf, the appointment of the editor and the selection of the staff. Nothing definitely was decided, it having been believed best to shelve the question urrtil a future date. The question of new members to the student council was brought up and a date for the election of these members will be announced later. The newly-drawn up constitution for the student council will be voted on next Tuesday, March 30, according to John O'Kccfe, secretary of the body. (Continued on Page 2 (Continued on Page 2.) (Continued on Page 2.) ' (Continued on Page 2.) (Continued on Page 2.)