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              The Maroon VOL. IX LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS, LA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1951 No. 7 Loyola Will Honor Governor Long STATE EXECUTIVE TO RECEIVE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF LAWS University Will Recognize the Governor's Outstanding Achievements CEREMONY TO TAKE PLACE IN FEBRUARY The Honor Has Been Conferred On Few In School's History Huey P. Long, Governor of Louisiana, will receive the honorary degree of Pootor of Laws from Loyola University, it was announced by Rev. J. W. Hynes, dean. This honor, which has been conferred on but a few men in the history of the school, is in recognition of Governor Long's outstanding achievements in promoting the welfare of the state. The conferring ceremony will take place early next month, it was learned, instead of at the end of the year during the graduating exercises, as this 1 time would be most convenient. Following is the letter which was sent by Father Hynes to Governor Long indicating His Excellency's acceptance of the honor: "December 27, 1930. "Hon. Huey P. Long, "Governor's Mansion, "Baton Rouge, La. "Your Excellency: "The Board of Trustees of Loyola University wish to acknowledge the Will Be Honored Huey P. Long, Governor of Louisiana, on whom Loyola will confer the honorary degree of Bachelor of Laws early in February. Debating Club Announces Schedule PROGRAM CARDED FOR MEMBERS OF FORENSIC GROUP Seven Road Contests and Four At Home Are Included FATHER HARTY IS NEW MODERATOR Team Will Be Selected Through Series of Elimination Debates Trials for the Loyola debating team will be held Tuesday, Jan. 13 and Thursday, the 15th for the purpose of selecting teams to carry the university's colors through a long campaign which will include seven road debates and at least four home debates.Father Harty, faculty moderator of the debating club, announces that the trials will consist of an elimination contest between six members of the club. The six candidates will split up into two teams and debate upon the subject of free trade. Tuesday night Ainsworth, Casey, and Zinser will uphold the affirmative of the proposition: Resolved, that the nations of the Marquette Ladies to Award Trophies Presentation Is To Be Made Annually To Most Active Thespian At their December meeting the Marquette Ladies' Association decided to award two trophies to the Loyola Thespians to reward the individual members for outstanding work and to encourage greater interest in the organization's activities. The announcement of this award was made to Fr. Ruggeri through Miss Mary Walsh, secretary of the Marquette Ladies' Association. Miss Walsh, who suggested the award to the Association, announced that it was to be made annually and that the presentation would take place on Trophy Night at the end of the school year. The basis upon which the trophies will be awarded has not been definitely decided as yet, but will probably be given for the best individual performance and for the most conscientious work throughout the year. The Marquette Ladies' Association has been very active in support of all Loyola activities and have taken a particular interest in the Thespians. Glee Club Will Continue Without Aid of Directors Extra Duties Force Father Francis To Discontinue Instruction Owing to the sudden passing away of the Rev. Andre J. deMonsabert, S. J., and the taking over of instructorship in some of his classes by the Rev. E. Francis, S. J., practice of the Loyola Glee Club has been temporarily suspended. The extra amount, of work which the taking over of these classes entailed made it necessary that Father Francis give up the direction of the Glee Club, and so that organization is left without a director. It was at first thought that the club should disband for the remainder of the year, but it was later decided to continue for the time being until someone will have been found to replace Father Francis. Instead of holding their meetings on Thursday nights, as has been the custom, practices will be held during the lunch hour. The first of these day sessions will be held next Tuesday. Although definite dates for practice have not been assigned, Tuesday and Thursday will probably be decided on for practice periods. Those members and aspirants for membership who showed enthusiasm and interest this year by attending the meetings are urged to be on the lookout for likely material for the Glee Club. FATHER LORD MAY ATTEND CONVENTION National Director Of Sodalities Invited To Participate In Meeting Plans for the sodality convention to be held on March 7 and 8 have been discussed and a letter sent to the Rev. Daniel A. Lord, S. J., national director of the sodalities, inviting him to participate in this meeting to discuss spiritual affairs of the students. The answer to this invitation has not as yet been received, but the Rev. G. A. Hayes, S. J., director of the Loyola sodality, is confident of receiving a favorable reply. The local sodalities held a meeting of prefects to discuss plans for this convention on Monday, December 8, 1920, which was attended by fifty representatives. William Dardis, prefect of the Loyola men's sodality acted as chairman; Anthony Riolo, of Loyola, as secretary. The girls' sodality of the university was represented by the prefect, Miss Adelfia Lopez, and the secretary, Miss Julia Espenan. SOPHS WIN ANNUAL DEBATE FROM FROSH Upperclassmen Gain First Of Series For Hausmann Trophy The debate between the sophomore and freshmen classes in competition for the Hausmann Trophy was held Thursday, December 18, 1930, in the unversity auditorium. Felicien Lozes and Gene Flynn, sophomores, victoriously upheld the affirmative side of the question, reso""Cfr*}: the nations of the world should adopt a policy of free trade. John Connolly and Paul Barker, freshmen, upheld the negative side, but they were defeated by their sophomore opponents. The vote of the judges in deciding the winners was two to one. This debate was the first of five contests to be held this year between the freshmen and sophomore classes for the Hausmann Trophy. The freshmen have by no means | become disheartened by their recent defeat in the debate so ably defended by John Connolly and Paul Barker. To the contrary, the splendid efforts of these men have but proved an incentiveTHESPIANS GIVEN PARTS FOR PLAYS Practice Begun For the Presenting Of Two Comedy Dramas The Thespians, dramatic society of Loyola, began practice on two comedy dramas to be presented in the college auditorium with the assigning of the parts by Alfred J. Bonomo, director. The two plays which have been selected for presentation are "The Bluffers," or "Dust In My Eyes," and "The Importance of Mary." Feminine characterizations will be filled by members of the Thespians Auxiliary, composed of the co-eds of the university. Parts in the first of the two presentations, "The Bluffers," have been assigned to Marnell Segura, Helen Cahill, Alice O'Connor, Marie Le Blanc, Carl Buchmann, Thelma Guichard, Rene Nicaud, Hampton Gamard, Sewall Oertling, Marion Oulliber, Victor Choppin and Nicholas Masters. In "The Importance of Mary" the following have been cast: Rosemary Ahrens, Alice O'Connor, Helen Fletcher, Marnell Segura, Sewall Oertling and Charlotte Roccaforte. WORK ON 1931 WOLF COMPLETELY FINISHED History of Radio Station Will Be Interesting Feature With the reopening of school, the editor of the Wolf has announced that the annual has been completely finished and sent to the engraver. The completion of the book at this early date is entirely due to efforts of the editor and his staff who have been working since the beginning of the school year, even through the Christmas holidays. The work of picture taking was capably handled by the Wolf photographer, Mr. J. J. Varenholt, who completed his task in record-breaking time. Moreover the photographer has secured some excellent views of the school, action pictures of the football games, and other campus activities.Among the interesting articles included in the feature section is a complete history of the university's radio station tracing its growth from the mere experimenting station of pioneer days to one of the outstanding broadcasting stations of the country. This will be an attractive feature in the book and is due to draw considerable attention. A preliminary outline and sketch of the book has been finished by Ainsworth, Lucas and Choppin which shows that the annual will be the largest ever published in the history of the college, being well over two hundred pages. This work has been sanctioned by the faculty adviser and all of the preliminaries having been finished the volume has been sent to the publishers. This is an assurance that the book will be present on the campus well before the end of school and probably by the end of March. New Professor Begins Duties Father Harty Is Appointed To Replace Late Father deMonsabert Rev. William J. Harty, S. J., has been appointed to take up the work which the late Rev. Andre deMonsabert, S. J., so creditably carried on in the past few years. Father Harty has been given the office of professor of freshman English. He will also be the moderator of the Debating Club and of the Thespian Dramatic Society. Previous to his appointment to Loyola, Father Harty was secretary of the Jesuit Novetiate at Grand Coteau, La. Moreover, he will be remembered by many as professor of English, and Moderator of Debating and Dramatics at the Jesuit High School until 1925. Father Harty was a life-long friend of the late Father deMonsabert, and served as a pall-bearer at the funeral. (Continued on page 2) (Continued on page 2) (Continued on page 2) U. S. 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