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              LOYOLA MAROON VOL. XLV Loyola University, New Orleans, La., Friday, November 8, 1968 No. 8 Terry Tracy chosen queen By PAT FISK (Maroon Staff Reporter) Homecoming court announced Blonde-haired junior Terry Tracy has been chosen queen of the 1968 Loyola Homcoming Court by a vote of the student body held this week. Coeds chosen to serve in her court are Anne Higgins, A&S senior; Beth Treuting, A&S junior; Mary Nolan, A&S junior; Beryl Ferrar, A&S junior; Joan Maroney, A&S sophomore and Marilyn Pike, Evening Division junior. Miss Tracy is an economics major and a member of the Theta Phi Alpha sorority. She was the Pershing Rifles sponsor for 1967-68 and the regional ROTC sponsor for the same year. Miss Higgins, the only senior on the court, is an elementary education major and president of Cardinal Key. She is historian of Theta Phi Alpha and was on the freshman sweetheart court in 1965-66. Miss Trenting, junior, is an English major. She is also a member of Theta Phi Alpha and an ROTC sponsor. She has also been on the sweetheart court of two fraternities. Miss Nolan, a visual arts major, is a member of Phi Phi Phi and the senior Pan-Hellenic Council representative for Tri Phi. She is also a member of Cardinal Key and the president-elect of Tri Phi. Miss Ferrara is a junior history major, member of Theta Phi Alpha and was freshman sweetheart in 1967. She has also been an ROTC sponsor for the past two years. Miss Maroney, the only sophomore on the court, is a psychology major. She is a new member of Theta Phi Alpha, was a member of the Wolfettes last year, and is presently an ROTC sponsor. Miss Pike, Evening Division representative, is the final member of the court. She is the secretary of Cross Keys, corresponding secretary of the Evening Division student committee, and Evening Division representative to the Student Council. HOMECOMING WEEK ACTIVITIES The presentation of the homecoming court at the homecoming football game Nov. 16 is only one of many events scheduled for the week of Nov. 10-16. Homecoming Week will open with a panel discussion Nov. 10 on "Loyola's Student Today." The alumni will be holding a reunion during this week, and this will include such events as a special Mass and breakfast and a cocktail hour followed by the homecoming ball. Student events for Homecoming Week include the football game between the Wolfpack and the Spring Hill Badgers in City Park at 1:30 p.m. on Nov. 16. The game will be followed later that night by the homecoming ball at 9 p.m. in the Student Center. There will also be a special homecoming TGIF on Nov. 15 at which the football team will be introduced. A special student Mass will be offered Nov. 17 in conclusion of the activities. The Homecoming basketball game will be held in the Field House on Dec. 7. It will also be against Spring Hill. TERRY TRACY Queen of Loyola's Homecoming God, Church, Christianity discussed At Theology Symposium God, Christianity and the Roman Catholic Church were among the topics discussed last week at a symposium sponsored by the Department of Theology. Problems of the relationship of Christianity to man, of Christianity with other religions, and of change within the Catholic Church were discussed at the three day session. The Rev. James Pillar, 0.M.1., chairman of the Department of History, discussed problems of the church during the first day's session. Critics who condemn the church for its failings as an all-too-human institution are "misdirecting their critical energies," he said. "To envision the church as some sort of mystic fellowship without organizational lines is too, by far, simplistic," Father Pillar said. "That overlooks certain important theological, historical and sociological facts," he said. 'The church was from its very beginning, and always will be, an institution," said Father Pillar. However, one must be careful, he said, not to confuse those divinely inspired "sub-institutions" within the church, such as the sacraments and the papacy, with those of human origin, such as religious orders and the discipline of Lent. Sub-institutions of divine origin will endure forever, he said, while those invented by man may come and go as needs dictate. "There is a tendency," he said, "for these human sub-institutions to freeze, to hinder the larger institution in the performance of its task. When this happens, it's simply an indication that the sub-institution has outlived its usefulness." In an informal commentary on the talk by Father Pillar, Ernest Briones of the Department of Philosophy said, "There will always be an inevitable conflict between the progress of the church and the world." Briones added that because of the nature of the church, it is sometimes less adaptable to change than is the world. During the second session, Dr. Thomas Preston, chairman of the Department of English, and the Rev. Emile Pfister, S.J., chairman of the theology department, discussed the image of God and man in a technological society. Mankind cannot find God in the secular world. Dr. Preston said; rather, he can only point to God since a Christian cannot find the Kingdom of God within the world. Father Pfister called the present decade the "Secular Sixties," saying "problems have arisen in relating Christianity to man, since we are living in a technological age," he said, "we expect immediate solutions to our problems." The problem today, said Father Pfister, is to evolve a theology for the secular world. Through the world, he said, man becomes Christianized. In biblical times man could relate to God through the world about him, he said, but today mankind can do practically anything through science. In the third session, the Rev. Orlando Saa, S.J., assistant professor of theology, and Peter Cangelosi, assistant professor of history and political science, discussed Christianity and other religions. All religions are "based on the same idea of a supreme power, and instead of criticizing other religions we should forget our emotional differences and discover other religions," Father Saa said. "There is a natural tendency towards a supreme power, and this includes a tendency towards Christ," said Father Saa. When Buddhism came to Japan, he said, the approach was unity because the Buddhists had the same god as Shintoism. Since God always is and always was, so is Christianity eternal because Christ was pre-existing. "This type of mystery exists in embryonic form in all religions," he said. Father Saa described Christianity as a revelation, and made the distinction between revelation and religon. Revelation, he said, is the "seeking of man by God" whereas religion is the "seeking of God by man." Religions, therefore, are merely different paths in the search for God, he said. Cangelosi said that although "men must relate to some reality, their realities are different, and religion is an extension of this relation." "In each culture there is a different approach to religion," he said. "Christianity is a self-centered religion," and when a religion is "eaten up" by love of itself, how can it be concerned with others, he asked. EXPRESSING HIS VIEWS-The Rev. James Pillar, 0.M.1., chairman of the Department of History, speaks on the problems of the Church in today's society. His speech was part of a three-day theology symposium held on Oct. 28-30. Yearbook photos now being taken Yearbook photo portraits are now being taken in the Cardinal Key-LSL office in the basement of Danna Center. Photo sessions next week, Nov. 11 to Nov. 15. are from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Photo sessions will end November 15. All faculty and students are expected to get their pictures taken, according to Ed Curda, 1969 Wolf editor. "It is necessary for everyone to get their picture taken in order to make the yearbook a complete record of the year," Curda said. Appointments for pictures can be made every day in front of the Book Store from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Leonard White, Wolf adviser, said that the photographers are easily capable of photographing 500 people a day. "Stevens Studios has sent two photographers with automatic cameras," he said. "A portrait session should last no longer than five minutes." Policy issued for disputes The Standing Committee on Student Rights and Freedoms (SCSRF) issued its procedural statement recently outlining the manner in which disputes involving the student rights policy will be presented to and handled by the committee. The salient point of the statement is its emphasis on protection of the parties to a dispute through closed hearings and the keeping of "all deliberations of the Committee" in the "strictest confidence." The statement was issued at a meeting of the SCSRF held for that purpose. The SCSRF has four purposes: 1. To interpret the rights policy to "protect these rights and to guarantee these freedoms," according to the procedural statement; 2. To enforce the section of the rights policy dealing with non-discrimination in campus organizations; 3. To serve as an appellate board in disputes involving the university forum which "affects the right of any segment of the academic community to hear any personality and to present any idea in university forum," according to the procedural statement; 4. To conduct public hearings on proposed amendments to the rights policy and, should the amendment be approved by two-thirds of the committee, to recommend it to the university president. Procedures to be followed for disputes involving non-discrimination in organizations and appeals on the university forum are generally the same. The person making the complaint or appeal must submit a signed statement of all facts concerning the complaint or appeal to a member' of the SCSRF. If the matter is within the committee's jurisdiction, the complainant will meet in closed hearing with the SCSRF within two weeks. If the SCSRF decides to pursue the matter, it will summon the person accused of violating the policy and all who might have information about the matter to a second closed hearing. The accused and the accuser will not face one another, according to Dr. G. Ralph Smith, chairman of the committee. According to the procedural statement, "the identity of the complainant shall be kept in strictest confidence by the members of the committee." If, in a complaint, the accused is found guilty of violating the policy, the committee will take steps to insure compliance—one such action implied in the rights policy might be withdrawal of university recognition from an organization. In an appeal, the SCSRF would either "reverse, modify or uphold the action from which appeal is taken." In either case, "in the interest of fairness to all," the identities of all parties to the dispute and "all hearings and deliberations of the Committee shall be kept in strictest confidence," according to the procedural statement. The reason for the emphasis on secrecy, according to Howard L'Enfant, faculty representative on the SCSRF, is "to encourage people to speak openly and honestly." "The committee has to serve to protect them," he said. "This is not going to be a trial or an adversary process." However, the SCSRF will hold open hearings on proposed amendments to the rights policy, as required in a rights document. The amendment must be submitted to the SCSRF in writing and the hearing must be announced one week in advance. If the amendment is approved by a two-thirds vote of the committee, it is submitted to the university president for his approval. The procedural statement was drawn up in a series of closed meetings held by the SCSRF since mid-September. DR. G. RALPH SMITH Inter-American Center holds 24th graduation The Inter-American Center recently graduated its twenty-fourth class from a six-week program at Loyola. The aim of the program, said Roger Huitric, coordinator of the center, is to help develop organizational and leadership skills. The program involves groups from rural and urban communities as well as teachers and student leaders, said Huitric. The center, he said, tries to get students from a variety of backgrounds. The sessions are programmed, said Huitric, around the different groups. The last group that graduated was from rural areas, he said, and the next group will also be a rural group. the students are nominated, Huitric said, by Peace Corps workers, the Alliance for Progress, and various ministers. The next class, said Huitric, is from five Latin American countries: Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. The Inter-American Center is financed, he said, by the Alliance for Progress. Each country pays for the transportation of the students, said Huitric. This center, said Huitric, has existed for four years and during that time has received reports from some of its past students. Felix Arauz of Necoya, Costa Rica attended the first session of the center, said Huitric. The center received a report about Arauz recently that said he has done great work within his community. Arauz, said the report, motivated the PTA of the community to paint the school. He got 80 raincoats for the students of the school from various merchants. Arauz also enlisted help from the United Fruit Company and the Standard Fruit Company to build latrines in villagers' homes, and he started a re-forestation program called "Dia del Arbol" or tree day for the children of the village. Another student, Casvaldo Rodriquez from Santiago de Veraguas, Panama, works for Archbishop Mark McGrath training villagers for cooperative organizations. There are now 137 cooperatives in Panama. The council — what is it doing? By GARY ATKINS (Maroon Desk Editor) Perspective: Student Council (Editor's note: The following is the first installment in a three-part series concerning the scope of the Loyola Student Council- its place and future in the plan of campus Student Government organizations. The series will treat the council in the aspects of what it is doing, what it should be doing, and what it may have to do in the future. This series is the result of more than a year's work on the writer's part. Mr. Atkins has covered both Student Council and the Student Rights and Freedoms policy statement formulation during this time. This series is the result of his work.) "Even though we go through the motions of working with student governments, we permit students little real involvement in planning their own education or in shaping the educational environment in which they work and live." Report of the Hazen Committee on the Student in Higher Education Student government today is beset by serious problems in colleges and universities throughout the nation. Confronted by the apparent success of aggressive activism on one hand and a history of tactful persuasion (and sometimes ineffectiveness) on the other, student government often finds itself in a vaguely uncomfortable positon halfway between irrelevancy and final success. It becomes irrelevant to those who believe in the quick success of threats and force and it becomes successful to those who see university administrators giving more and more influence to student governments. Loyola is no exception. Many of the major events and changes of the past few years have come about while the Student Council stood on the sidelines. The spark for abolishing compulsory ROTC was lighted by individual students. The demonstration protesting a "breach of trust" by the university was initiated by individuals, without the council's immediate support. The student rights policy was initiated by the administration not the council. And yet, the Student Council seems (continued on page 5)