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              LOYOLA MAROON Vol. XLIV Loyola University, New Orleans, La., Friday, October 6, 1967 No. 4 Students blacken signs on Palmer By DAVID PERRET Wanted: parking The two hour parking signs on Palmer Ave. were painted black by a group of 10 Loyola University students early last Saturday morning. The action was taken in an effort to have the parking restrictions repealed. Palmer Ave., two blocks from the Loyola campus and parallel to it, is now adorned with a black-painted sign in every block. A spokesman for the group said, "At least on three occasions Tulane University and Loyola University students petitioned City Hall in a legal manner to have the two hour parking signs removed from Palmer Ave. Since no recognition was given to the movement, our group felt it was our duty to take stronger actions. "We feel the Student Council has sat on their hands long enough on this and other matters." Members of the clique claim the purpose behind the action was to solve the problem temporarily until ample parking area could be obtained permanently. "We want.. the city's officials to sit up and take notice," the leader continued. "By painting the signs, this will cost the city time and labor as well as money. Maybe now they will have at least a vague idea of how bad this growing problem really is." The sign painters rendezvoused at 2 a.m., synchronized their watches and then departed on the venture. The spokesman said it wasn't an easy job since Palmer Ave. is patrolled by private police, university security guards and the New Orleans Police Department. The job was "pulled off due to modern tactical devices and diversionary tactics and it was accomplished with ease." He went on to say "walkie-talkies and an automobile headlight coding system" provided a relatively easy method for getting around the law enforcement officers. As one of the members put it, "We really caught them napping." "What really gripes me," the spokesman went on, "is the fact that people who live on Palmer Ave. can park in front of my house for as long as they like. Why is it I can be in front of their's for only two hours?" BLACK IS BLACK: Palmer Ave. parking signs were painted black last week in an effort to remove the two hour limit currently in effect. 'Picnic' set for presentation by drama dept.; cast chosen Production has begun on William Inge's play Picnic which will be presented by the drama department Oct. 26, 27, 28 in Marquette Auditorium. The Pulitzer Prize winning play, originally presented in New York City in 1953, concerns the entrance into a small Kansas town of a young virile man. He disturbs the small community because of the "end of summer romances" which he generates.Frances Mandill, A&S sophomore, will take the female role of Helen Potts and Barney Fortier, A&S senior, will portray Hal Carter, male lead. Other members of the cast are Roseanne Coletti as Millie Owens, Carl Ordonez as Bomber; Sharon Seckso as Flo Owens, Lee Greer as Rosemary; Steve Calamia as Alan Seymour; Cassie Anderson as Irma Kronkite; Beth Collins as Christine Schoenwalder; Bruce Bonnecarrere as Howear Bevans; Kathy Kilgore as the fourth teacher; and Trish Lynch as the fifth teacher. Rehearsal of the play has been going on for two weeks with four more weeks of practice left before final rehearsals. The cast of the play consists mostly of drama department students, nine of whom are rookie actors.Miss Carroll Durand is the set designer and W. Patrick Harrigan assists as technical director. Dr. Donald V. Brady, chairman of the department, is the director. "I think three-fourths of the plays last year were good," said Dr. Brady. "We proved that there is an interest for drama here at the university. Audiences rose from 25 to 30 to full houses of 240," he said. The drama department has seen an increase in majors this year from last year's five or six to 20 presently. "Obviously our majors have increased and many students are minoring in drama. We are now the equal of any drama department in the city and superior to most," he said. Dr. Brady praised the university's administration for its support of his department and productions. Other plays to be presented during the year will be Jack Gelba's The Connection, Frederick Longsdale's On Approval, and Ben Johnson's Volpone. An original play by Dr. Brady will also be presented. REMBRANDT COMPETITION: Loyola students combined their artistic talents, dipped their brushes into brilliant hues, and came up with this masterpiece of modern art. The "Paint- In," as it was called, was sponsored by the Student Union. The "art work" will be auctioned off at the next TGIF, with the proceeds going to the United Fund. Talent Nite slated Dec 2; auditions set Ott. 20-21 The annual Talent Night program, sponsored by Blue Key National Honor Fraternity, is set this year for December 2 in the Field House. Participation is open to students enrolled in any of Loyola's schools and colleges. Eligibility will be made by application blanks turned in to Blue Key before October 17. Individuals and group applicants, before being accepted, must audition before the Blue Key membership. Auditions are scheduled for October 20-21. Time and place will be announced at a later date. Members of the accepted acts are required to pay a $.50 fee to cover insurance, make-up and maids. All acts must provide their own scenery, props, costumes, sound-tracks and any other special effects. Faculty members are invited to participate in a skit to be written and produced by the drama department. The skit will be presented only if an adequate amount of interest is shown by the faculty. Those interested should contact Mary Fiser, chairman of the Faculty-Student Relations Board. Acts are classified into three categories: individual, group and variety. Three awards will be presented in each division. Talent Night will also include the presentation of the campus court to the student body and the public. The show is considered part of the homecoming activities on campus. Application forms are now available in the dean of students office, dean of music school office, lobby of Danna Center, evening division office and Biever and Buddig Halls. Senator says 'Asian commitments' needed before U.S. can pull out of Vietnam fight By SHERYL BUTLER Sen. Charles Percy (R.-Ill.) said at a Republican fund-raising dinner here Saturday night that the U.S. "can't pull out of Vietnam without requiring commitments from the Asian nations." He said that it is these nations whose "political and territorial integrity is more at stake than ours." The United States cannot take away the South Vietnamese people's right to fight for themselves and their own freedom, Percy added. Percy said one of the many causes of the "great credibility gap" that has arisen between the administration and the public is due to President Johnson. Johnson campaigned on a policy of moderation in Vietnam, Percy said, yet "thrity days after he was inaugurated, he started bombing North Vietna—the very thing he condemned." Percy, who is considered a "dark horse" candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, excluded himself as a candidate for either the Presidency or Vice-Presidency in 1968. However he spoke favorably of California Gov. Ronald Reagan, New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, Michigan Gov. George Romney and New York Mayor John Lindsay— all of whom he said would be a better alternative than President Johnson.No one thought that after its humiliating defeat in 1964, Percy said, the Republican party could rise from the ruins and forge ahead to regain their national prominence and power."The Republicans are not responsible for 6,000 to over half a million fighting men being over in Vietnam; or rising taxes or the ruins of Newark and Detroit," he said. Percy said that the people, both Democrats and Republicans, will demand a change and rally around the Republicans for this change in 1968. Republican leadership has never been so dynamic or capable than it is at the present time, according to Percy. If the Republicans are to win in 1968, they must emphasize the basic differences between the two parties, said Percy. He cited four major dif- Who's Who cites LU students, tags 34 for new catalog Thirty-four Loyola University students have recently been named to Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. Those receiving the honor, which is based on scholarship, leadership, citizenship and extracurricular activities, are nominated by the heads of their respective departments. The Rev. J. J. Molloy, S.J., Vice- President of Student Affairs, made the announcement of the honored students. They are Gail Ester Albritton, a senior from Balboa, Panama Canal Zone, vice president of Beta Alpha Psi national accounting fraternity; Jacob John Amato, law senior from Covington, La.; Bernard James Arghiere, junior from Tampa, Fla., BA president. Charles Bradley Bice, law senior from New Orleans; Donald Edward Borey, senior from New Orleans and ROTC batallion commander; Joseph Leroy Boudreaux, dental junior from Labadieville. La.; Susan Breaud Alexander, A&S senior from New Orleans.Edward Victor Brown, dental junior from New Orleans; Theodore Weber Burns, dental senior from New Iberia, La.; James P. Doherty Jr., BA senior from Opelousas. La.; Edward Lawrence Donaldson Jr., dental senior from New Orleans. Robert Louis Dupont, New Orleans senior, A&S president; Lynn Marie Fitzpatrick, New Orleans senior, vice president of Theta Phi Alpha national social sorority; Charles O. Flickner, Jr., Biloxi, Miss., senior, historian of Loyola University Student Historical Association: Charles W. Flink 11, A&S senior from Bay St. Louis, Miss. Eva Joan Gallagher, Tampa, Fla., senior, secretary of Loyola University Student Historical Association; John Ferrel Guillory, A&S junior from Baton Rouge, La., editor of the Marooti; James Terrell Heath, law senior from New Orleans; Lindalee Ann Horil, New Orleans senior, vice president of Student Union. Ronald J. Lauland, Evening Division, senior from Marrero, La., president of Cross Keys evening division honor fraternity; Howard G. Maestri. New Orleans senior, parliamentarian of the Student Council. Jane Frances Maher, senior from Metairie, La., and president of Theta Phi Alpha social sorority; Donald H. Mahoney, Jr., A&S senior from Tampa, Fla.; Richard Gerald Ness, senior from St. Paul, Minn., president of Alpha Sigma Nu national Jesuit honor society. Frank J. Oliveri, Jr., Arahi senior and member of Blue Key national honor fraternity; George Malcolm Papale, law senior from New Orleans; Kathleen Alicia Sullivan, senior from Charleston, S.C., and, recording secretary of the Student Council. Alexander John Tiliakos, New Orleans senior, music school president; Carolyn M. Truxillo, New Orleans A&S senior; Henry George White, senior from Miami, Fla., president of the Student Union. Thomas Vincent White, BA junior from Des Moines, lowa, vice president of the Student Council; John Thomas Wright, senior from Miami, Fla., president of the Student Council; and Ann Louise Zimorski, senior from Orlando, Fla., member of Beta Epsilon Upsilon honorary medical technology society. Author Miller Williams has five books ready for print Five books authored by Miller Williams, Loyola English professor, will be published in early 1968. Williams wrote the books over a period of four years. "Chile: Selected Writings from the 60's" was a result of a year Williams spent as a visiting professor of United States literature at the University of Chile in 1963-64. The book is a collection of contemporary Chilean poetry, short stories, and a one-act play. "Poems and Antipoems of Nicanor Parra" is a translation of poems written by Nicanor Parra, a controversial Chilean poet who revolutionized Spanish poetry. Willaims said he chose Parra as a subject because "he is the most exciting poet in Spanish now." He has broken the "sweet sentimentalism" which has characterized Spanish poetry for so long, Williams said. Parra's antipoems are a "deliberate attempt to destroy" all the old poetry written under the Royal Spanish Academy, said Williams. "Parra is doing in Spanish poetry now what Walt Whitman did 100 years ago in English poetry." He is "breaking all the rules," he said. The poems in this book are arranged in a bilingual parallel fashion with the Spanish text and its English translation set side by side. William's second book of poems, "So Long at the Fair," will be among the new books published. A critical anthology, "The Achievement of John Ciardi," deals with Ciardi's lyric poetry. It is also in bilingual parallel arrangement and is included in "The Modern Poets Series." Williams' first novel, "Coley's War," is the story of four University of Arkansas students who, for different reasons, go to Latin America to help rebels overthrow the government.The book is a "kind of initiation novel, an odyssey," said Williams. Rev. Fuller appointed to Project REACH Staff By GARY ATKINS Inter-faith exchange The Rev. Clarence G. Fuller, a 36-year-old Methodist minister, has recently joined the staff of the Loyola Institute of Human Relations. The Rev. Mr. Fuller, who will serve as co-director of curriculum for project REACH (Rural Employment Action and Counseling Help), said one of the reasons he came to Loyola was because of his belief that "churches need to work across denominational lines." Project REACH is a new, one-year program designed to provide counseling, training and employment aid to the unemployed and "under-employed."An under-employed person, the Rev. Mr. Fuller explained is one who is unemployed because his skills are becoming obsolete, one who is working less than full time, or one who is working below his capacities. The project, according to the Rev. Fuller, has three specific purposes: to help the local communities to develop through the use of their own resources; to provide "prevocational orientation" for the trainees through the use of lectures, movies and workshops; and to develop jobs for the program's participants. "Project REACH does not teach skills," he emphasized. "Rather, it helps people understand the basic skills and opportunities" that they already have. Generally, the program, which is funded by the Department of Labor, is "going very well." Mr. Fuller said. Some changes have been made, he explained, and the program directors hope to improve the project further. The Rev. Fuller feels that he is now having "one of the most interesting experiences" of his life with Project REACH and Loyola. He had "no feeling of apprehension" and "no hesitation whatsoever" about coming to a Catholic university, he said. In fact, the Rev. Fuller continued, he "would like to encourage more churches" to cross denominational lines and "enter into social work through projects similar to REACH." Mr. Fuller was ordained in 1964 and then served as associate minister at the Carrollton Methodist Church in New Orleans. Later, he was appointed minister at the Magnolia-Corhin Methodist Churches in Baton Rouge. The Rev. Fuller has also served as chaplain at the Greenwell Springs Tuberculosis Hospital. (continued on page 3)