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              LOYOLA MAROON VOL. XLVI Loyola University, New Orleans, La., Friday, November 14, 1969 No. 11 Council increases vote for freshmen By STEVE VAKAS (Maroon Staff Reporter) The Student Council passed an amendment Tuesday designed lo create a larger freshman voting committee. The amendment goes into effect next semester. It calls for an "equally proportional" freshmen vote on the council, according to Ron Legendre, originator of the amendment. Based solely on the population of the Colleges of Business, Arts & Sciences and Music, the amendment increased the membership of the freshman committee by three students, said Legendre. The freshmen committee currently consists of the freshman presidents of the three colleges. Under the amendment students would elect a committee for the specific activity of participating on the council. Freshman presidents would no longer serve as council members, said Legendre. If the amendment were to go into effect immediately, the freshman committee would be composed of one councilman each from the colleges of business and music, and four councilman from the college of A&S, said Legendre. The amendment passed by a majority of 24-4, with one abstention. Prior to the start of the meeting vice-president Charles Magarahan said he was informed that Loyola will have a yearbook this year. He said the only stipulation placed on the council by the administration was that a minimum of 1,000 subscriptions must be taken. The price of this year's yearbook was set at $7.50, according to Magarahan. The council unanimously passed a motion calling for the "support and strong recommendation" of two black studies courses in the Department of Drama & Speech next semester. The Black Actor Speaks and The Black Theatre in America are the courses. If they are placed in the curriculum they will be three-hour courses, according to Pat Burk. Three new council members were sworn in at the regular meeting: Ray Fransen, Dan Kelley and Larry Sarrat. Fransen is the music school president, the others are sophomore and freshman representatives respectively. The council also voted to support a proposed local public accomodations ordinance by the New Orleans Human Relations Committee. The ordinance is aimed at eliminating discrimination in the Crescent City. Groups already supporting the proposed ordinance include the Chamber of Commerce of Greater New Orleans and the Junior Chamber of Commerce. In other council action, a motion failed which was designed to reduce the number of absences allowed a council member to three. A councilman can now miss five meetings before incurring a suspension. A majority of members voted to pass this amendment but rules of parliamentary procedure require a two-thirds voting majority on amendments dealing with constitutional changes. Vice-president Magarahan expressed dissatisfaction with members who have missed four or five meetings. There have been eight meetings this semester. According to Magarahan, Lyn Troxell and James Dumas now have five absences, while Jeri Russell and George Fisher have four. GETTING READY-Players in the presentation "Loot" rehearse a scene from the dead serious farce outrageously directed by Don Campora. The play opens Wednesday and runs through Saturday. Performances are nightly at 8:30 in Marquette Auditorium. Jesuits reevaluating their role in education By ANNALYN SWAN (Maroon Staff Reporter) Ten years from now, a Jesuit on the Loyola campus could be a rather rare sight. Twelve years from now, Loyola's tuition may have skyrocketed so high that the average student would be unable to meet the costs. Both possibilities may arise from the results of a self-study survey currently being taken by Jesuits across the South. The question of primary importance seems to be: "Where should Jesuits be in the future?" The final answer, to be determined in February, may radically affect Loyola's future as a Jesuit-run institution. According to the Rev. Thomas H. Clancy, S.J., vice president for academic affairs, the Jesuits of the New Orleans province have realized that changing conditions necessitate an assessment of possible changes within their system of education. Accordingly, they have determined to evaluate all phases of their educational system. Definite plans for assessment got under way during the summer, when Father Clancy chaired a committee designed to present a plan of self-study for southern Jesuits. This group hired a Boston consultant firm to help in the process and also planned a convention to decide which issues should be stressed during the survey. Forty Jesuits were elected to attend the planning convention, which was held last weekend in Grandcoteau, Louisiana. Among the delegates were seven Loyola Jesuits, including Father Clancy. It was decided by them that fifteen areas of Jesuit activity needed assessment -education ranked high on ' he list. The congress-convention appointed study teams to consider the various areas. These groups will assemble in February to formulate a definite course of action for the future. Whatever decision is reached concerning Jesuit education will greatly affect the future state of Loyola University. Consideration has already been given a proposal to shut down one of two Jesuits institutions of higher learning in the New Orleans province Loyola or Springhill College in Mobile, Alabama. However, a university "shut-down" by the Jesuits would only mean that secularization would take place. The Jesuit order would simply stop sending priests to the university, and it would become a lay private institution. The possibility of secularization may now seem remote, but it definitely, exists. Such a change at Loyola would have far-reaching results especially in the areas of faculty and finances. Father Clancy pointed out three vital roles of the Jesuits at Loyola: 1) Supplying the university with a president and other administrative officials. 2) Supplying faculty manpower on an unpaid basis (Last year, there were 10 fulltime Jesuit teachers and 33 in all. This year, the number has increased to 23 fulltime faculty members and 48 in all). 3) Financing the university. If Loyola were secularized, according to Father Clancy, the immediate problem would be one of finances. With an increase of faculty demanding a salary would come a sharp decrease of resources available to the university. This, of course, would entail a tremendous hike in tuition rates. Is secularization of Loyola likely to take place? Father Clancy, in an interview, seemed to consider this only a slight possibility: "I don't think they'll phase out at Loyola. For one thing, the university is well off financially, largely due to WWL station. Also, it has tremendous possibilities. Last year it attracted more Jesuits than any other place in the country. They're coming here because we have something they like." However, Father Clancy pointed out that a tremendous change has already taken place within the Jesuit structure at Loyola; "There was a phase when Jesuits here held ironclad control. Now many think that the pendulum has swung the other way, that Jesuits have too little power." He also mentioned the few benefits open to Jesuits at Loyola, saying, "Let's look at it this way. No one is getting less out of Loyola than I am from a financial angle." Despite this gradual trend toward secularization, Father Clancy sees Loyola's continuation as a Jesuit-run institution probable. "I think Loyola has a bright future it has a good location, is financially stable, and is attracting more Jesuits eacy year," he stated. He added that Loyola's future cna't be decided solely by the Jesuits, since the university is governed by an independent board. The Jesuits' actual position is to administer the public trust, or money given to Loyola for the purpose of education. Whatever the decision reached February, it will not signal the termination of Loyola University. However, it could usher in a new period in the university's history, with the evolvement of a private, non-religious institution. Smith should resign An Editorial The reappointment of Dr. G. Ralph Smith as chairman of the Student Rights and Freedoms committee last week constitutes a grave disregard both for the importance of student rights and for the credibility of the rights committee. His reappointment can only cast more doubt upon the administration's sincerity with regard to student rights. On at least two occasions, Dr. Smith has demonstrated what we beljeve to be less than serious concern for the freedom of students. Last spring, while Dr. Smith was chairman of the rights committee, the committee ruled that an underground newspaper, the Word, could be sold on Loyola's campus. Unfortunately, the wording of the decision was vague enough to allow the administration to misinterpret its meaning and prohibit the sale of the newspaper. Called upon to clarify the committee's decision, Dr. Smith refused to comment, citing the committee's policy of not revealing its deliberations (a policy which, ironically, was adopted for the protection of student rights). Finally, the matter had to be returned to the entire committee for clarification. By this time, sides had already been taken on the issue-the administration had committed itself to prohibiting the sale of the paper; many students were just aS committed to seeing the paper sold. It was in this heated atmosphere that Dr. Smith sent a letter to the rights committee "I believe it is imperative," he wrote, "tliat we put no one with administrative authority in a cul-de-sac in this issue (although that might be necessary at some other time in a matter involving a student's future). Thus my suggestion to 'reappraise both words and positions.'" The Maroon can only interpret this statement as meaning that Dr. Smith did not find the issue of rights involved in the Word case to be of sufficient importance to rule against an administration that was already committed to the position that the paper should not be sold. Fortunately, the committee refused to accept that course—but the fact of Dr. Smith's action remains. We do not believe the chairman of the student rights committee should be engaged in politicking which decides which student right is important enough to enforce and which is not. fl seems that the Word case involved some conflict of interest for Dr. Smith, who is also dean of the College of Business Administration. He was caught between serving two masters. Last June, Dr. Smith and the BA Academic Standing Committee dismissed Frank Aseron, BA senior, for what they called "lack of interest in the serious work of college life." The catchall phrase was used in spite of the fact that Aseron's grades had been rising for three straight semesters. The use of such a catchall phrase, one which provides the student with no effective appeal, demonstrates less than complete concern for the rights of students. The Maroon feels that Dr. Smith's actions in the Word and Aseron cases demonstrate something less than complete interest in the protection of student rights. We believe that Dr. Smith's resignation from his position on the rights committee would be both proper and in the best interests of the university community. Also, since the idea of an administrator serving as chairman of the rights committee- especially a top administrator such as Dr. Smith-involves conflict of interest, one of two methods could be used to secure a new chairman. The senate could nominate candidates, one of which could then be approved by the Student Council. Or the nine representatives could elect their own chairman. The error should be corrected as quickly as possible. The rights committee's credibility and the dedication of each individual representative to the defense of student freedom should be above question. Students asked to back ordinance By MIMI GRIFFITH (Maroon Staff Reporter) Tony Gagliano, Loyola history instructor and co-chairman of the New Orleans Coalition (NOC), is trying to raise support on campus for the proposed public accomodations ordinance for the city. The ordinance, sponsored by the New Orleans Human Relations Committee, and supported by many local organizations including the NOC, is designed to complement the already existing federal law prohibiting discrimination in public places. "It is directed at covering certain loopholes in the federal law," according to a brochure published by the NOC. "It will also provide an opportunity for the local governing structure to affirm its commitment to basic democratic principles," the brochure further stated. In an interview early this week Gagliano said "the university must be concerned" with the city's problems and that Loyola should participate actively. He said that the first step in student involvement was for official campus organizations, such as the Student Council, the Maroon and social organizations, to publicly endorse the proposed law and to express this support to city councilmen. He also urged that interested students form "ad hoc committees to demonstrate that the university community has a practical need for the ordinance." Gagliano said that the students' most important role is of a tactical nature, that is, to prevent the public accomodations ordinance from being restricted to the downtown area. He Clancy faced with requests Dr. Frank Crabtree, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, recommended Wednesday that the Rev. Thomas H. Clancy, S.J., vice president for academic affairs, appoint an A&S Rank and Tenure Committee. In a letter dated Wednesday, Dr. Crabtree recommended that the Rank and Tenure Committee be appointed by Father Clancy in consultation with the Dean c." A&S. In the letter Dr. Crabtree noted that the A&S faculty had "deliberated for one hour and forty-five minutes on the question of an elected Rank and Tenure Committee" Tuesday evening at a meeting of the A&S faculty and then adjourned because a quorum was not present. Dr. Crabtree said he felt he was justified in recommending that Father Clancy appoint the committee because the deadline for the signing of contracts for next year is Dec. 15 and the committee will be needed. Dr. Crabtree also noted that he had nine requests for promotions on his desk which he can do nothing with until the committee is formed. "I view it as a kind of tragedy," said Dr. Crabtree. A sub-committee worked very hard to draw up the proposal, he Dr. Crab tree acts addeuTand there seemed to be a lack * of interest on the part of the faculty since only dl-) out of 157 members were at the meeting at 5:37 p.m. Dr. Crabtree further recommended in his letter that the cut system be abolished. If the system would be abolished, Dr. Crabtree said in the letter, he would see that a lightening of the advisory system for freshmen would be initiated. "With regard to upperclassmen some system will have to be developed whereby professors are able to recognize protracted absence from class on the part of individual students," Dr. Crabtree said in the letter. He also recommended that mid-term grades be abolished. He suggested a method in which each professor would receive a form at mid-semester. The professor would indicate on the form which students were failing or in danger of failing his course. Wednesday night Father Clancy said he had not had a chance to consult with Dr. Crabtree on the matter and had made no decisions. He said he would probably decide on the matter over the weekend. Williams leaves post as editor of Review By MIKE LANGE (Maroon Editor) The New Orleans Review (NOR) lost an editor this week when Miller Williams resigned from the position for what he termed a conflict with the recently-appointed editorial board. Williams, associate professor of English at Loyola, issued a statement Tuesday in which he said, "Of the first three manuscripts the board saw, all three were rejected by the board on grounds the editor (Williams) considered untenable. In each case, the editor's judgement was reversed and his accetpance of the manuscript was overridden." Williams also stated that if he was wrong in accepting the manuscripts, then he should resign, but that if the board was wrong, "then it would not be possible in any case for the editor to work through it (the board) to any good end." Dr. John Christman, vice president for research and administrator in charge of the NOR, said it was with regret that he was accepting Williams' resignation and that a man of Williams' talents would be missed. Dr. Christman added that the board would handle the duty of naming a new editoc and that this would be the first order of business at the board's meeting next week. He said letters were sent to the 10 board members Wednesday to inform them of Williams' resignation and to make them aware of their job to name the next editor as soon as possible. Tom Bell, associate editor of the NOR, will be in charge of the publication until a successor to Williams is found. Williams, who will leave for Mexico City at the end of this semester on a leave of absence from the university, said in his statement that he was pleased to have edited the first four editions of the NOR. The fourth edition is currently in the page proof stages. It was over several articles that were for the fifth issue that the board objected, according to Dr. Christman. Dr. Christman explained that each of the three articles had been rejected by an 8-1 vote of the board with one member not submitting an opinion each time. Copies of each manuscript were sent out individually to each member and their responses were returned to Dr. Christman who relayed the consensus to the editor. "The reasons (for rejection) were MILLER WILLIAMS (continued on page 4) (continued on page 5)