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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS
UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO
The Foghorn recommends to the
Student Rody the lecture by Father
D'Arcy tonight in the Auditorium.
Vol 24        No. 9
SAN FRANCISCO, NOVEMBER 14, 1941
FRIDAY
FR. D'ARCY HERE TONIGHT
Drag Tomorrow At Beresford
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Oxford Scholar To
Speak Tonight On
"Modern Prophets"
BIDS ARE SOLD OUT
FOR SOPHS' DANCE
Hawaiian Theme, Hecksher's
Band at Country Club
Tomorrow night at Beresford Club, the high point of
the USF social season will be reached when some two hundred and fifty couples dance to the rhythms of Ernie Hecksher at the annual Soph Drag.
A sell-out last Tuesday, this year's Drag will be presented in a distinctive Hawaiian theme. ^-
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KFRC FORUM
FOR U.S.F.
theme will be Leo Carew. According
to Carew, the main ball room will
be decorated in palm trees, with
the orchestra playing from within
a grass hut. Besides the main ball
room there will be an ante room
and a smaller dance floor just adjoining.
Yesterday Soph President Bill
Conroy announced that the programs have been completed, under
the direction of Bob Hovorka, former student at the university. Conroy also stated that every girl in
attendance will be given a surprise
momento that will closely blend into the atmosphere and theme of the
occasion.
The Don dancers will sway to
the music that took San Francisco
by storm last summer, when Ernie
Hecksher held forth at the Hotel
Mark Hopkins. His orchestra specializes in tunes of a modern version along with renditions that are
constant favorites to all American
dancers. Hecksher also plays South
American music in a manner comparable to those of Henry King, of.
ten referred to as the "King of the
Rhumba."
Beresford Country Club, site for
tomorrow's affair, has three rooms
for dancing. Surrounding the entire
club are glassed-in porches which
will become a haven of rest to many
couples when the temperature of
the dance floor goes beyond a comfortable point.
The Country Club is situated
twenty miles down the El Camino
Real and is one mile south of San
Mateo. To get to the club proper,
the dancers must drive up the road
just on the south side of the San
Mateo Polo Field.
A statement was forthcoming
from Chairman Conroy, that the
corsage 'rule would be strictly enforced. The committee requests
that all those going to the dance
please follow this rule, and save
themselves embarassment.
Committeemen for tomorrow
night's dance are: Chairman Bill
Conroy, Dick English, Frank Mahoney, Achille Muschi, Frank Clifford, Leo Carew, Hal Tobin, John
Kearney, Ken Blue and Larry Lalaguna.
ACTIVITY IN
FRATERNITY
The development of Alpha Sigma
Nu, national honor fraternity for
Jesuit colleges, into an active campus organization for the university
was proceeding at a rapid pace this
week, an officer of the local chapter pointed to services already rendered and services contemplated.
So far the U. S. F. chapter,
founded last March but not yet
officially initiated as far as its
members are concerned, has assisted the university in providing
marshals for the Memorial mass
and the Mass of the Holy Ghost as
well as ushers for the Monday evening lectures on Hispanic America.
Members of the society will act as
ushers for Father Martin D'Arcy's
lecture in the auditorium this evening.
CAMPUS SURVEY
Most important project of the
honor society is its survey of campus organizations, both active and
inactive, with a view to stimulating interest and activity in worthwhile groups.
Plans for initiation of the present membership rest in the hands
of Gene O'Meara, treasurer of the
group, and Bob McCarthy, secretary, President Boessenecker revealed, with the two being deputized to contact the national headquarters in Milwaukee to make final arrangements.
Sunday, November 23, at 11:15
a. m. over station KFRC, William
Lowery, senior, majoring in political science, will represent the
University on the Intercollegiate
Forum broadcast, discussing with
students from Mills College, San
Francisco State College and Stanford the question of the! month at
USF, "Is the Good Neighbor Policy Working in Latin America?"
Father Jerome Sullivan S. J., chairman of Forensics Council, will be
program moderator.
The Intercollegiate Forum has
been obliged to yield its time on
the air next Sunday to allow for a
nation-wide Red Cross program.
The discussion of the Good Neighbor policy, in which USF speakers
will participate, will be heard over
KFRC, Sunday, November 23.
The broadcast marks the second
consecutive program that has featured a Hilltop representative. On
the panel with William Lowery, a
senior Philhistorian, will be Duncan
Gillies, of San Francisco State,
and Lawrence Werner of Stanford.
America's good neighbor policy
is of prime importance in our national efforts. Widely discussed
throughout the whole United States,
this policy has been turned inside
out at a series of lectures now
near conclusion at the University
of San Francisco.
University of San Francisco
speaker Gerry O'Connor, together
with representatives from San
Francisco, San Jose State, and California, examined the question "Are
the Movies Being Used for Propaganda Purposes?" on the last Sunday's Intercollegiate Forum broadcast. This. was the ninth in the
series of Forum programs.
CANNON VIES
IN SULLIVAN
NOVEMBER 25
FIVE CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
COMPETE FOR AWARD
IN   ORATORY   CONTEST
Tuesday evening, November 25,
will find Jack Cannon, USF entry,
vying with representatives from St.
Mary's College, Loyola University,
and University of Santa Clara for
top honors in the Sullivan Oratorical Contest.
"Civil Liberties in Times of
Crisis" will be the topic of the
speeches which will be limited to
fifteen   minutes.
14TH  YEAR
This annual contest was first
held in. 1927, sponsored by the Ignatian Council in honor of their
first president, the late Judge Jeremiah F. Sullivan. It will be held
this year at the YMI auditorium,
50 Oak Street, S. F., at 8:30 p. m.
In addition to a first prize of
fifty dollars, awards of ten dollars apiece will be made to the
three runners up in the contest.
In conformity with a practice as
long established as the oratorical
itself, a musical program will be
arranged by representative groups
from each of the participating
schools.
GLEEMEN ON PROGRAM
The USF Glee Club will present
an octet consisting of Chicourrat,
Gallagher, Hovorka, Horgan, Gil-
logley, Lynch, Lazzareschi and
Raffetto. Rinaldo Ritchie will play
the  piano accompaniment.
Highlight on their program will
be a special medley of college songs
arranged by Mr. W. Leo Hovorka,
director of the USF Glee Club, consisting mainly of the songs of the
four Catholic men's colleges in
California.
For the first time Gonzaga University of Spokane will send a representative to the contest.
Portland University intends to
send a participant next year. Thus
the original purpose of the founders of the Sullivan Memorial is
gradually being attained.
ALUMNI IN
SIXTIETH
BANQUET
The U. S. F. Alumni Association will hold its sixtieth annual banquet on November
twenty-sixth. With this important anniversary, the committee is making every effort to
see that this year's banquet will
top  all previous ones.
It will be held in the main
dining room of the Elks Club.
Arrangements are under the
-direction of Judge T. I. Fitz-.
Patrick of the Superior Court.
Judge Fitzpatrick is a member
of the Class of 1893.
Bill Muller, Alumni Secretary,
looks forward to a crowd of
some five hundred "old grads",
who will join in an evening of
fun and recollection of their
days spent on the Hilltop.
Players Use
Staff Radio
Not mentioned in either the pro.
gram or the review of the last College Player production, "George
Washington Slept Here", was a
tried veteran of many Little Theatre plays, the FOGHORN radio.
Either angry at the treatment it
received from Jack Cannon in the
first act, or proud and haughty at
its dramatic success, the radio has
not yet returned to the office.
The radio had no speaking part.
One tube is missing. A new set
of "innards" may be the price for
the use of the wreck.
Freshman
Debaters'
Conclave
On Thursday afternoon, November 13th, the Gavel Debate Society
attended the Northern Debate Con.
ference of California held at San
Francisco Junior College. The representatives of the University of
San Francisco were Bob Riordan,
Joe Kelly, Frank Poggi and the
Moderator Mr. Mara S. J.
The conference was held to improve the intercollegiate debates
in Northern California for the year
of 1942. At this important meeting, the idea of unity among all
the Colleges throughout Northern
California  was stressed.
After talks by the Coaches and
managers of the various Colleges,
the meeting was closed with lunch.
The first Gavel intercollegiate debate will take place next Wednesday evening in the Semeria Room
at 8:00 sharp. The opponents of
the University of San Francisco
will be the Freshmen of the University of California.
KLS ARGUES
ON AMERICAN
LITERATURE
Kappa Lambda Sigma, upper division literary honor society, inaugurated a series of evening meetings last Wednesday evening in the
Semeria Room, with a round table
discussion of "The Nature of Lil&
eralism in modern English and
American  literature."
BUSINESS SESSION
In a brief business meeting preceding the actual discussion tho
fraternity discupsed the problem of
t cfreshments for further meetings,
duos, keys, and guest speakers, sev
ural of whom aie being contacted
b}" the officers.
In connection with the club's
ceneral discussion theme for the
year, "Liberalism in post-war English and American literature" each
member nominated five author* for
treatment to assist in the forma-
ion of a general schedule of round
tables, guest speakers and readings.
QUARTERLY SUPPORT
During the meeting President
Boessenecker asked for the support
of the membership for the San
Francisco Quarterly, explaining the
close link between the Quarterly
and the Kappa Lambda Sigma.
The officers promised to make
every possible effort to obtain an
informal afternoon lecture from
Father Martin D'Arcy during the
latter's stay at the university.
In the discussion following, an effort was made to reach a working
definition of liberalism in letters,
to ascertain just what are the most
prominent liberal names in literature, and the general trend of liberalism in English literature as
contrasted with American.
S.F.J.C. PROF
LECTURES ON
SO. AMERICA
WE'RE BECOMING LATIN
AMERICA CONSCIOUS
TREUTLEIN REVEALS
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Biochems Are
Wasmann
Guests In
Club Field Trip
The Biochem Club has taken the
initiative in Intramural competition and has challenged the Wasmann Society to a football game
on Friday, Nov. 21st during the
noon hour. It is hoped that other
such contests will be arranged with
the active Clubs of the University.
A representative group of the
Biochem last Friday, Nov. 7, accepted the invitation of the Wasmann Society to visit the California Academy of Natural Sciences
with that Club. The methods of preserving animals were displayed to
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all visitors. The whole group was
shown the actual building up of
the specimens from the skin or
external   covering.
Then followed a trek through the
mammology and ornithology exhibits. The visit was concluded with
an informal discussion, with questions asked by the members of
both  the  Wasmann  and  Biochem.
Due to the continued bad weather conditions, the outing has been
postponed to next semester. In its
place, an informal social will be
had  in  the  near future.
No Theses For
ROTC Seniors
"The   seniors  taking  advanced
R. O. T. C. will be exempt from
writing their thesis," the Faculty
Committee announced this week.
The term  paper of the R. O. T.
C. course will be substituted for
the Senior Thesis, they reported.
Because so many of the Seniors
are   taking   Upptr   Division    Military Training, it was decided that
it  would   be   expecting  too  much
from the Seniors to write a thesis
and also the R. O. T. C. paper.
"It is Important to remember,"
the Faculty Committee reminded,
"that all others  not  taking Upper Division R. O. T. C. will be
required to fulfill the regulations
concerning the Senior Thesis."
These   Seniors    must    file    their
completed   theses   with   their
Advisor's approval in the Main Office not later than May 1, 1942, the
President  of  the   Committee  said.
Title forms must be filed in the
Office by Friday, November 14, and
the   blanks   for   filing   the   Thesis
Title may be obtained in the Registrar's Office.   These blanks must
be filled out according to instructions   and  signed  by  the  Advisor
of the thesis.
"The people of the United
States are finally becoming
Latin America conscious,"
Dr. Treutlein stated Monday
night in the fourth of the USF
sponsored series of lectures
on Hispanic America.
Speaking on the subject
"The Background for Solidarity," Treutlein delved deeply
into the historical aspects of the
present United States-South America accord and pointed out that
much of the good will that is being built up between the two continents is the result of early Jesuit
explorers.
HISTORIC TREATMENT
While many of those in the audience expected to hear a discussion
of the efforts of living diplomats
to bring about solidarity between
the Latin American countries and
the United States, Professor Treut
lein  chose the opposite technique.
He concerned himself with the
work of Fathers Kino and Fapri-
corn, founders of the Jesuit Missions on the Coast. He told how
the missionaries had to take their
life in their hands to Bring civilization to the hostile Indians. He explained that the entire cost of the
conversions was borne by the mis-
j ■ oneirics.
UNITY OF FAITH
According to Dr. Treutlein, it ,is
the Christian faith, Brought to
South America by the intrepid
Jesuit missionary explorers, that
makes up the real background
upon which an agreement and total
accord can be reached between the
Northern and Southern American
continents.
Following the lecture, there was
shown a colored moving picture,
a travelogue  about Yucatan.
Professor Treutlein was introduced by Lloyd Luckman, USF
alumnus and professor at San
Francisco Junior? College. Mr.
Luckman pointed out that both the
speaker of the evening and USF's
own Peter M. Dunne S. J. are former pupils of Dr. Herbert Bolton, famous lecturer and author
from the University of California.
LAST OF SERIES
According to advance reports, the
final lecture of the series of Hispanic America, which will be held
in the University auditorium next
Monday evening at the usual time
of 8:15, will be the most interesting of all from the standpoint of
modern  day Americans.
At that time Professor Herbert
Bolton will address an anticipated
capacity audience on the subject
"Bases for Hemisphere Understanding."
All previous lectures were to fill
in the background and prepare the
way for Dr. Bolton's speech, it is
said. Dr. Bolton is particularly
well-fitted to discuss the bases upon which, South America and the
United States can join hands across
the border for their mutual betterment, according to reports.
NOTED TEACHER
His books and other historical
writings' have shown him to be an
outstanding authority on early and
present-day South America. He has
spoken in Washington, D. C. for
Pan-American Union. Many of his
students, including Dr. Treutlein
and Father Dunne have become authorities   in   their   own  right.
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CO-OPERATION PRICE
OF RAFFLE SUCCESS
Five Hundred Ticket Books
Now Distributed
With the Senior Raffle now well under way, Senior
Class President Blob Rossi foresees an unprecedented success
in ticket sales.
"The student body has responded generously to our
appeals for wholehearted cooperation.    Five hundred books
have been distributed by the class <$>—
committees, working in close con
junction   with  their  class   presidents,   and   returns   are   already
coming   in   in   a   steady   stream.
"Due   to  a   slight  shortage  of
books,   some   of   the   Freshmen
have not yet received their tickets, but they will be supplied as
soon    as    possible    with    those
that are returned by the upper-
classmen. Quick sales and quick
returns   aTe  essential to the  efficient management of any raffle.
"We further ask that the un-
sbld tickets be returned as soon
as  is  feasible, in order that we
may redistribute them among the
Freshmen.   If  the  students   continue to cooperate fully, we can
expect a sellout on the chances."
The  prizes  will be  a $20  and a
$10   merchandise   order   on  one   of
the  large downtown  stores. Which
store, has  riot  been  definitely  decided as yet, but will be announced
at a later date.    The price of the
tickets is 10 cents, or three tickets
for 25 cents.
Sophs Inviting
Loyola Up For
Spring  Debate
The Soph Debate Society met the
University of Loyola Debaters at
Los Angeles Saturday November 8
on the question, "Resolved: That
the Neutrality Act should be abolished." As the Neutrality Act was
at the time being discussed in Congress, the debate was judged timely and interesting.
Representing USF Achille Muschi
and Greg Collins took the affirmative side of the question while the
Loyola men, Jim Perkins and Red
Hopkins, defended the issue. It was
agreed that the Loyola debaters
should come to the University of
San Francisco at the beginning of
the   new   semester.
Debate prexy Muschi also announced that the drive for new
members is on and that anyone
wishing to participate in intercollegiate competition is urged to join
the Society immediately. A meeting is being held Monday, November  17  at  noon.
CI.C PLANS
PAMPHLETS
FOR CAMPS
The second meeting this semester
of the Catholic Intercollegiate Conference was held last Monday night
on the campus of the College of the
Holy Names in Oakland.
Under the direction of Chairman
Bob Rossi, of U. S. F., the meeting discussed plans for a Catholic
Action phamphlet drive within the
Service cantonments of the Bay
Area.
The idea behind the drive is to
distribute religious books to Catholic soliders and sailors in service
in camps of the Bay Area. Camps
that will be contacted in this drive
will be Fort Scott, Fort Barry, Fort
Cronkhite, the Presidio of San
Francisco  and  Hamilton  Field.
Also under discussion at last
Monday's meeting were plans for
the Spring Formal. It was suggested that the proceeds for this affair would be turned over to Catholic charitable organizations to assist   needy   Catholic   families.
Plans were also formulated at
this meeting to hold a Christmas
party at an unnounced Catholic orphanage in the weeks prior to the
Holiday season. Appointed as a
committee to work on this affair
were Jack Beck of St. Mary's, Phil
Kearny of U.S.F. and Patty Cole
of Dominican College.
Chairman Rossi announced that
the next meeting of the conference
would be held at U.S.F. on Tuesday evening, December 9.
CONDOLENCES
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The Foghorn offers
sincerest condolences to
George Blurtner on the
death of his father Monday morning.
Wasmann Club Adopts Chairman's Design
For National Honor Key And Emblem
Dr. Edward L. Kessel, moderator
of the U. S. F. Chapter of the National Wasmann Society, announced this week that the National
Society has adopted an official emblem to be used, as the designs
on the Honor Key of the Society.
HARPER DESIGN
The search for such an emblem
has gone back to the Society's infancy here in the university. The
idea did not achieve much headway until it was laid before Dr.
Harper, U. S. F. Faculty member,
and national president of the Society.
Dr. Harper conceived a design
consisting of the Egyptian symbol
of life, the "ankh", made of a loop
of rope on top of a great "tau".
Collaborating with other members
of the society, Dr. Harper presented a final draft of the design
before the Executive Council of
the National Society, which consists in the officers of the Society
and the moderators of the various
chapters. They accepted the emblem by a majority vote, and it is
to be used on the Society letterheads, Periodical, and official documents.
HONOR AWARD
The key will be presented as a
reward for the maintenance of a
stipulated grade point average during two years of undergraduate
work, or to any graduate  member
of the Society who receives a Doctorate in any of the various scientific fields.
A paper written by Doctor Harper and discussing the meanings
of the various symbols of the design will appear in the Wasmann
Collector. And the emblem will ap-
oear printed for the first time in
the same edition.
Due to the fact that not all members of the Society are able to
maintain the high grade point
<werage necessary, or go on to re-
reive a doctorate in a scientific
field, the emblem will be made into
•> membership pin, for which all
Wasmann Society members will be
eligible.
Fr. D'Arcy Is
Auditorium
Lecturer
Father Martin Cyril D'Arcy,
S. J., world famous scholar,
will lecture in the University
auditorium tonight at 8:15.
The subject of Father D'Arcy's lecture is "Prophets Of
Our Times," one of four addresses which the renowned
English intellectual leader
will deliver in the Bay Area.
He will also speak at the University of California, San Francisco
Teachers College, and Dominican
College in San Rafael.
OXFORD HONORS
Father D'Arcy began his scholastic career at Stonyhurst College. He
later attended Oxford University,
and graduated with the highest
honors that can be attained by any
Oxford student. He made his
priestly studies in Rome at the
Jesuit theologate, Gregorian University. His ordination followed in
1921.
After his ordination, Father D'Arcy returned to England, and
taught at Stonyhurst, where he was
once a student. He later taught at
Oxford and there received the position of master of rector of Campion Hall, which post he holds at
the present time. During his years
at Oxford he has attained international fame as a student of the
classics. He holds the distinction of
being the first person allowed to
teach Scholastic Philosophy at Oxford since the Reformation.
FAMOUS AUTHOR
Father D'Arcy is the author of
several famous books. Among them
are: "Catholicism," "Thomas Aquinas," and "Christian Morals."
During his stay in San Francisco
Father D'Arcy will be the guest of
the University.
Admission to tonight's lecture is
one dollar.
Father D'Arcy visited the University of San Francisco for the
first time on September 22, 1939,
when he addressed the Student
Body on "The Catholic Intellectual
Life  in England.'
He had come west after a speech
to the Pax Romana Society in Chicago. His comments were particularly notable in that he had come
from an England only three weeks
at war.
Father D'Arcy attended Hastings
College in England with Father
Peter Dunne, Chairman of the USF
Department of History.
Debaters In
Round Table
"Post-war European Reconstruction" will be the subject under
discussion at the monthly college
round table to be held tomorrow,
Saturday, on the campus of San
Jose  State  Teachers'  College.
Expected to be present are delegates from the most important
colleges and universities in Northern California, including besides
San Jose, Stanford, California, Saint
Mary's, Santa Clara, San Francisco
State, College of Pacific, and U.
S. F.
TWO DELEGATES
Representing the University of
San Francisco will be Bob Riordan
of the Gavel and Ed Boessenecker
of the Philhistorians. Each will deliver a seven minute talk on some
phase of the reconstruction of Europe, and participate in the gen.
eral discussion on proposals to follow the talks.
Delegates will be guests of San
Jose State College at a luncheon
to follow immediately after the
morning  talks.