San Francisco Foghorn

              By THE EDITOR
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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS
UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO
COLLEGE PLAY
OCT. 22,23,24
ENCOURAGING ... to cheer | Vol. 22 No. 6
leader Mai McCarthy was the enthusiasm shown by Don rooters
at last Saturday's game. With
such a spirit the San Francisco
varsity cannot fail to come back.
The Stanford game is lost. It will
remain to smear our record; but,
and this is important, it should not
serve to spoil the season. The
Dons can come back; they can return to beat Saint Mary's and to
defeat Santa Clara. They can salvage this season.
San Francisco, October 4, 1940
Friday
WE HOPE . . . that the bonfire
rally   for   Saint   Mary's   proves
more successful than the rally
staged  for  the  Stanford  game.
We understand that uncontrollable circumstances hindered the
efforts of the rally committee
last   week,   but   we   trust   that
steps will be taken to prevent
their   recurrence.   Chairman
Harry Katz  has made  a good
start by engaging the services
of Sportcaster Doug Montell as
Master of Ceremonies. We hope
thai a series of supporting acts
are obtained of college stature.
Which brings us to one important point: U.S.F. has one of the
finest college bands in this vicinity.  That's our opinion  anyway.
Why then must we have a rally
with  the band  on  the  absentee
roll? We understand the band will
be present next week. We trust
$o.
Besides the band we have a
dramatic organization in the
College Players with a reputation unequalled in local Little
Theater circles. If talent is
needed for our rallies why go
further afield than these actors?
Our idea would be to engage
the College Players in a short
skit of a humorous nature as
one of the features of the evening's entertainment. It's not
an impractical idea. It has been
done before. It can very easily
be repeated.
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THE THOMISTS ... are developing further plans for their new
magazine. The near future should
find the complete details of what
is nuiv only in the embryonic
stage appearing in the FOGHORN
news columns. The magazine
should bring considerable renown
to this University if it lives up to
its purpose of providing a philo
sophical outlet for members of
the student body and faculty. An
Interesting means of obtaining
immediate popularity for this
magazine was suggested by a recent speaker on the campus.
"Write about philosophy in modern English." This could be a very
interesting experiment, and one
well worth the consideration of
the members.
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DEBATING . . . takes the spotlight, with the Alumni Debate
and the Sullivan Contest coming up. Full particulars on the
Sullivan Contest, should be
found in the news columns. It
requires but little comment
from us. This contest is the most
important of the year to the
Catholic colleges. Victory carries with it a prize of fifty dollars, no mean sum. The contest
is in honor of the late Judge
Jeremiah Sullivan, one of old
St. ' Ignatius' most illustrious
sons. The past two years top
honors have been captured by
two Dons, John J. O'Rourke
and Eugene O'Meara. Good
things come in threes. Some
other Don student has an opportunity to annex a tidy purse
for himself.
PRACTISING . . '. for their first
Fall production of the year are
James J. Gill's College Players.
"You Can't Take It With You" is
one of the great plays of the past
few years. The Hollywood version
with Lionel Barrymore was one
of the smash hits on last year's
screen. The original play is declared to be even superior. With
such veterans as Al Coenen, Jim
Herning, Ed Marron, Mary Mc-
Gowan and Gerry Amos, the College Players should add to their
long list of smash hits. Knowing
the ability of "Boss" Gill and his
actors we venture to predict that
the Players will provide an entertaining evening for their legion of
followers.
Gill Completes Cast For
Latest College Player Hit
'YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU' REHEARSING
Player Chief
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JAMES J. GILL
Al Coenen, Jim Herning, Ed Marron, Gerry Amos
Star In Pultzer Prize Play
Casting for the College Players' initial Fall Production of the
Kaufman and Hart laugh hit, "You Can't Take It With You," was
settled definitely at the rehearsal held last Thursday evening.
Cast in the role of Grandpa Vanderhof was veteran College
player character actor, Al Coenen, who starred in "Our Town"
and   "Father   Malachy's   Miracle."    This   is   the   same   role
which won plaudits for Lionel
Barrymore  in the screen  play
and    for    Frank    Cravens    on
Broadway.
The romantic interest will center around Freshman Frank Mc-
Ginnis, as Tony Kirby, the son of
a wealthy capitalist, and Lorretta
Egan as Alice Sycamore, one of
the few sane members of the Van-
derhof-Sycamore home.
Herning Stars
Jim  Herning,  star of  "Cyrano
de  Bergerac"   and   "Our  Town,"
has   the   important  role   of  Mr.
Kirby,  the  New  York capitalist,
who discovers that wealth is not
the only thing worth attaining in
the world.  Playing opposite Herning as Mrs. Kirby is the veteran
Mary McGowan.
Harry Kullijian has the role
of Paul Sycamore. The comedy
role    of    Essiex,    the    ballet-
minded daughter, will be played
by   Gerry  Amos,   another   talented veteran. Playing opposite
her is Howard Herning, freshman brother of Jim, as Ed Car-
michael, her husband.
Jim Raggio, a third freshman,
has   the   role   of  Donald,   which
raised Eddie Anderson of "Rochester"   fame   into   the   spotlight.
Kohlenkov, the hilarious Russian
eccentric,   will  be  portrayed   by
Ed    Marron,    promising    young
sophomore.   Warren White plays
Mr.  De  Puina,  the  iceman  who
dropped   in  for  a  visit  and  remained indefinitely.
Minor Roles
Minor roles are in the hands of
Virginia   Humbert,   Louis   King,
Dave Lavelle, Jack Blake and Al
Nalhandion.
"This week," declared Player
"Boss" James J. Gill, "the emphasis of our rehearsals will be
on tempo. This play moves
along at an exceptionally fast
pace, even for a comedy. Hence
timing is of the utmost importance."
Rehearsals are scheduled tentatively for Tuesday and Thursday
evenings and Sunday afternoons.
The play is scheduled for presentation on the evenings of October
22, 23 and 24.
Tickets for the play will be
available in the near future. Full
particulars will be available in
next week's Foghorn.
C.I. A. Plans
Intercollege
Mag. & Play
ST. MARY'S IS HOST
Six Colleges May Hold
Dance
The first autumn meeting of
the Catholic Intercollegiate Association will be held on October 7
at St. Mary's College in Moraga.
Plans for the year will concern the possibility of publishing
an intercollegiate literary magazine and the producing of a
monthly play. Both of these proposals originated during the meeting of April 22, 1940. Other discussions on the improving of relations among these colleges will
also take place.
Six Catholic colleges of the
Bay area comprise this organization, which was founded last
year by Thomas Feeny, student
body president of St. Mary's
last year. The purpose of this
society is to foster a closer "social, cultural and educational
relationship.'
The first meeting was held last
February and resulted in the Intercollegiate Formal held at Lakeside Country Club March 30 of
this year. The probability of a
similar dance to be held this year
is in the offing, and will be
brought up at this coming meeting.
Castagnola New President
of Maraschi Italian Club
Chronicle Editor
Describes World
Dangers to KAP
United States in Peril
If British Navy Falls
By  ED  ROBINSON
"If the British fleet goes under,
the United States will become a
second class power, and will be
forced to play good-doggy to the
fleets of Germany and Japan."
Thus spoke Albion Ross, foreign editor of the San Francisco
Chronicle, before his University
of San Francisco audience last
Wednesday afternoon.
Pulling no punches, Ross gave
his own interpretation of the Tri-
Party Fascist pact signed this
week. Pudgy, with subtle Irish-
brogued wit, he presented a cold,
well concealed case for intervention.
"The  new   Japan,  sprawling
from the East Indies  to Manchuria, in population and natural resources, will be the greatest empire the world has ever
seen."
Ross swung from the East to
South America, related the progress  of the  Fascists  in  securing
control over Spain and an ultimate bridge to the Latin nations
of  the  south.  He  described  the
two-class economies of the lower
Americas,    predicted    a    sudden
swing   to   totalitarianism   if   the
pure-blood   Spanish   leaders   are
threatened  with  German  battleships at Dakar.
"The British fleet is the last
bulwark bewteen us and the
'new order', and we have only
the promise of Winston Churchill that it will not quit. If the
appeasers get back in, there is
no telling  what  will happen."
Ross compared the combined
fleet of the new Axis partners
with that of the United States,
added the iron, factories and shipyards of the New Europe, and
showed the relatively poor position of America left alone.
In predicting the possible future set-up, Ross stated that we
will be able to get along, to work
and earn a living, but that we
would not be able to live as free-
thinking and freer-acting Americans, nor could we put on the
Yankee swagger.
"We will be able to trade," said
the nervous correspondent, "but
if more small nations are invaded
we will either shut up or approve.
If we raise our heads for an opinion, the new imperialists will
kick us back into the kennel."
Fr. Lyons Gives Retreat
During the past week Father
James J. Lyons, S.J., the assistant student counsellor, has served
as retreat master for the senior
students at St. Ignatius High
School in the annual exercises of
that school.
John Castagnola was elected
president of the Maraschi Club
for the coming year at last Friday's meeting. Sally Costa was
chosen vice-president and Julio
Barsotti the new secretary-treasurer.
Castagnola   will   succeed    the
leader of last year, Ray Cicerone.
However, Ray will not be entirely
detached because he will remain
as advisory councillor to the new
administrator.    As   president   of
one of the most successful years
in the history of the club, Ray is
certain that the forthcoming year
will be one of the greatest in the
span of the local Italian club.
History of Club
For the benefit of those freshmen interested in such an organization, the USF Maraschi is the
local   Italian   club.    It   is   named
after the founder of our university, the Italian Father Maraschi.
The purpose of this club is to
further  the  interest  in  Italian
culture and tradition among the
college students, and to promulgate the university among those
students who approach college
age.   It also helps to assimilate
new students into extracurricular college activities.
In the past the Maraschi has
been one of the most active of
college organizations. It has
twice sponsored the Bay Area Intercollegiate   Italian   Clubs'   con
vention, in which nine institutions, bringing together over two
hundred students, participated.
It is a member of the Intercollegiate Italian Club League,
which this year has been extended to cover fencing as well as the
original basketball. For the first
time last year it sponsored the independent USF-St. Mary's football rally, now an annual affair.
The first regular meeting of
the year will be held today at
12 o'clock in the Semeria Room.
Father Giambastiani, the popular moderator, will give the
main talk on the purpose and
future of the Maraschi. Ray
Cicerone will give a short farewell talk and turn over the
meeting to his successor. At this
meeting the membership cards
will be distributed and the future activities will be dscussed.
This year a new policy wll go
into effect, whereby all those
members who do not actively
participate in the affairs of the
organization will be dropped. Ov.t
of last year's sixty members only
thirty-five were active.
Any freshman interested in the
ganization should contact either
John Castagnola or Ray Cicerone
as soon as possible so as not to
miss any of the important details
discussed at the first meeting.
Varsity Debaters
Will Meet Alumni
Squad October 16
The annual Alumni-Varsity debate will be held October 16 in the
University auditorium. The subject chosen for this year's debate
is "Resolved, That the western
hemisphere should form an alliance against foreign aggression."
This topic is most appropriate
because of the present crisis in
international affairs. The subject matter of the debate is not
confined to military aggression
alone, but it also includes economic and ideological aggression as well.
This second phase of the
question is important to us because of the threat to our world
trade and the inherent ideals
of our country by the militaristic and atheistic nations of Europe and Asia.
The alumni team will be composed of three prominent barristers who were formerly members
of the Philhistorian Debating Society. As has been the custom in
the past, the varsity team will
consist of a senior, junior and a
sophomore, who as yet have not
been selected.
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THE CAMERA CLUB will
hold its first meeting today
(Friday) at noon (12) in room
B4.
All interested should be present since plans for the year
will be made. Elections will be
held at this meeting; A committee will be appointed to
draw up a constitution. See
Bob Burman for further information.
Ex Committee
Passes Okeh
on Card Stunts
GAEL GAME STICKERS
Congratulate McCarthy
On Saturday's
Enthusiasm
Echoes of last Saturday's football explosion filled the regular
meeting of the Executive Committee last Tuesday.
Bill Partmann raised a motion
of congratulation to Mai McCarthy, head yell leader, for hjs management of the rooting section at
the Stanford game.
Card Stunts
Dick   Blake  moved  and  the
committee passed a motion approving   card   stunts   for   USF
al the St. Mary's game a week
from Sunday.   Necessary, however, for this stunt is the financial co-operation of the athletic
department.
Slow talking and jumpy as usual, Harry Katz mentioned to the
committee that the recently appointed games committee would
be on duty at all future rallies.
Particularly effective will be the
co-operation  of the games managers at the St. Mary's rally one
week from tomorrow night.
Gael Slickers
A few moments before Katz
had suggested an appropriation
of $10 for special stickers for
the St. Mary's game.  Secretary
Bob   Rossi  obligingly  put   the
suggestion in the form of a motion, which passed the committee.   Lowry,   Blake   and  Partmann were appointed to write
the new slogan for the stickers.
The treasury again came in for
a  beating   when  the   committee
passed the $60 budget of the varsity debate squad,  then gave to
the finance committee a request
from the IRC for $25 to pay expenses to the regional convention
at Stanford.
Rev. James Cronin
Talks to Thomists
On Practicality
Graduate  of   Philosophy
College In
Rome
Tuesday night the Rev. James
t). Cronin of St. Augustine's parish in Oakland spoke to the Thomists relative to the practicality
of philosophy.
Father Cronin said that philosophy is useful as an instrument for obtaining truth. He
quoted Thomas Aquinas as
stating that authority is the
weakest form of argument, reason being the only sufficient
form. He further quoted Aquinas as stating that one cannot
have absolute certitude from
science, because the number of
possibles can never be exhausted.
' He reconciled the philosophy of
Plato and Augustine with that of
Aristotle and Aquinas. However,
Father Cronin declares that he
prefer being a neo-Thomist because: First, it starts with something solid, i.e., the principle of
Being; second, because of its common sense, and third, because of
its potential openmindedness.
In summing up the usefulness of philosophy. Father Cronin pointed out that the theologian will have a better knowledge of his subject by a sound
background in the fundamentals of philosophy. By revelation, philosophy goes even further by pointing out the reasonableness of theology.
Philosophy is even useful by
its leading of the individual to a
broader and truer concept of values. Its broadness in scope furnishes one with a background,
which if used to good advantage
will lead to success in practically
any vocation.
The prime purpose of philosophy is the leading to trucn. In
speculating and deliberating on
specific points, this basic objective should always be kept in
mind.
Gerald J. Kenny
Public Defender
Addresses Ives
Describes Protection
for Rights of Poor
Gerald J. Kenny, public defender of the City and County of
San Francisco, spoke to the St.
Ives Law Club last Wednesday
night.
Mr. Kenny took as his subject
the duties and functions of the
public defender's office. The
speaker was well qualified to
treat of this subject, inasmuch as
he has served in this department
for the past 16 years. He acted
as chief assistant under the previous incumbent and for the past
GERALD J. KENNY
few years he has held the post of
public defender.
He is a graduate of St. Ignatius College and Law School.
Among those with whom he attended the Liberal Arts College was the present Dean of
Faculties, Father Raymond T.
Feely, S.J.
His work in this office has attracted much favorable attention
not only in the legal profession,
but from all those interested in
the social rehabilitation and legal
representation for the penniless
law violator.
Mr. Kenny gave the keynote of
his speech in the opening words,
"It must be generally recognized
that in the administration of justice an impartial search for the
truth should be the paramount
consideration."
He quoted Chief Justice Hughes
as saying that the administration
of the criminal law is a disgrace
to civilization. He also brought
out a statement of President
Roosevelt that there are two
kinds of justice in this country:
one for the rich and one for the
poor.
Mr. Kenney said that there was
sound basis for this criticism. The
poor too frequently are victims
of their poverty. The gangster
and criminal rich too often escape merited punishment.
Huge Night Rally to Precede
Annual Gael Football Classic
MONTELL TO BE MASTER OF CEREMONIES
Chairman Katz Plans Bonfire, Special Acts, Dance;
Held on Parade Grounds
ConiestTryouts
Slated for Oct. 14th
Tryouts for the annual Sullivan
Oratorical Contest will be held
one week from next Monday in
Ropm Bl. Junior, senior and
sophomore students are eligible
to try out.
The subject of the contest will
be "A Just Peace." Contestants'
speeches should be about five
minutes long. They should treat
some phase of the assigned topic.
The winner of the school's
contest will meet speakers from
Santa Clara, St. Mary's and
Loyola University in the finals
of the Sullivan contest.
In the pas'., the University of
San Francisco has always been a
leading contender in the competition of the four colleges. Santa
Clara and USF have both won the
contest four times.
Jack O'Rourke brought the
Dons in with flying colors in 1938.
In 1939 Eugene O'Meara won for
the Hilltop. In the past, no school
has won the contest three times in
a row. This year the University
of San Francisco hopes to break
this tradition.
The winner will receive a $50
cash award.
A traditional contest during the
college year, the Sullivan Contest
is sponsored by the Ignatian
Council of the Young Men's Institute. It is in honor of the late
Judge Jeremiah Sullivan, famous graduate of old St. Ignatius.
Plains Laid
ForI.R.C.
Conference
SPEAKERS INVITED
Meeting With S. F. C. W.
To Be Held
Soon
To offset the disappointment suffered by the Stanford Game
last Saturday, Harry Katz, chairman of the rally committee, today
announced that a monster bonfire pep rally will be held on Saturday evening, October 12 at 8:00 p. m. in anticipation of the annual
USF-St. Mary's Game on the following day.
Montell to Speak
The "we're not through by a long
shot" pep meet, through which
the official study body "spirit-
raisers" hope to raise the somewhat dampened ardour of "Don
Francisco" will be an outdoor affair featuring as master of ceremonies the celebrated sportscas-
ter, "Doug" Montell.
Mr. Montell, long a favorite of
the fireside sports fan, is perhaps
more well known as one of the
Coast's best basketball announcers, having broadcast almost all
of the important games here on
the Coast for the past five years.
Said Chairman Katz of the
scheduled activities for the night:
"Highlights of this rally will
include entertainment and talent far superior to that of the
Stanford rally.
"The main events of the evening will be a monster bonfire
rally, a varied list of really talented entertainers and, to top it
all off, a dance in the University auditorium.
"The rally itself is planned to
lake place in the court at the
east end of the Liberal Art*
Building opposite the handball
courts, while the bonfire will
light the sky from the middle
of the R. O. T. C. parade
grounds, the only safe place on
the campus to hold it."
Committeeman Bob Watson has
been placed in charge of putting
on the dance and also deciding
upon and furnishing the decorations for the gigantic spirit raiser
for the Gael tussle.
Last Monday the IRC held a
short business meeting to discuss
matters concerning membership
and financial conditions. Plans
were made for a round table discussion with the IRC from the
San Francisco College for Women.
President Wardell informed
members that he plans to invite
Captain Rasmussen of Fort Scott,
who has lately returned from consular work in Asia, to speak before the club at its next meeting.
He will probably discuss Asiatic
affairs. 'Moderator Carrico then
read the following letter from the
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace:
Invite Dons
"The Northern California-
Nevada IRC Conference will be'
held at Stanford University,
California, on November 1-2.
Conference plans are well under
way. The Carnegie Endowment
will send distinguished speakers who will participate, and
round table discussions will
form an important part of the
program. I myself shall be there
throughout the Conference and
shall hold special meetings to
discuss the club work.
"Attendance at this Conference will enable you to work
out a successful program for
your International Relations
Club for the coming year.
"Sincerely Yours,
"Amy Hemingway Jones,
"Division    Assistant    in
Charge  of  the  International Relations
Clubs."
Moderator    Carrico    expressed
his belief that among the topics
discussed would be the new Axis
agreement,  German  and  English
propaganda in the United States
and the possibility of American
aid to Britain.
Bill MacWatters continued his
talk started at the last meeting.
He showed examples of German
propaganda directed against
America and Great Britain in
particular. He showed posters
announcing that Jews were not
wanted where the posters were
placed. He outlined briefly the
newspaper campaigns in Germany preceding the invasion of
Poland. He also told how highly
prized was American money in
the European countries visited.
Prof. James Price
At State Bar Meet
The annual meeting of the
State Bar of California was held
at Coronado during the past
week. Professor James F. Price
represented  the  School  of  Law.
Among the matters discussed
at the meeting was the report
prepared by Dean Hogan on the
necessity for review courses in
preparation for the bar examination.
Citing the high percentage of
failures of graduates of Harvard,
Yale, Michigan and Columbia
Law Schools, as well as the law
schools of California, in the bar
examination he argued that a
special form of preparation is
needed for the examination since
there is such a great lack of conformity between law school examinations and bar examinations.
There also was presented a memorial to the late Dean Simmons
of the Hastings College of Law,
which was prepared under the direction of Dean Hogan.
As yet, Bob has made no announcements as to whose orchestra has been signed to furnish the
music for the dance but word is
expected very soon from those
who have thus far been contacted
as regards the cost and quality of
their music.
Talent Scouts
Out scouting in quest of talent
for the entertainment at the rally
are  Committeeman Joe  Sanchez
and Julio Barsotti, who to date
report that they have contacted
some fine artists throughout the
city and assure the student body
that the talent presented at the
rally will really be worth seeing.
As usual, the hard working
freshmen have been delegated
the   privilege  of  building  the
bonfire for the rally and this
year the energetic group under
the leadership of President Bob
Haag has vowed to make this
year's bonfire the largest and
most   successful   of   any   that
have been held here al USF.
The dance, starting immediately after the bonfire, will probably end at 12 p. m. or 12:30.
Stage Crew Builds
19th Century Set
The set for the latest college
production will be finished in a
very few days. Much credit must
be given to Jim Baylis and his
stage crew for their efforts in
getting the set ready for rehearsals.
The three fast moving scenes
will take place in a Nineteenth
Century drawing room, built in
the Gay Nineties.
The crew has been hard at
work all week attempting to line
things up. Bob Havorka will lend
his assistance to give the set an
artistic touch.
The crew will have to paint
their own background, and will
be working with old-fashioned
props, which means a lot of work.
Because there is a fireworks display in the second act, all the
stage  will have  to be fireproof.
Every detail will receive the
utmost attention, in order to insure a smooth running performance.