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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS
UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO
Vol. 25     No. 8
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, MARCH 27, 1942
FRIDAY
Gleemen Out
For 'Good Try'
etition
Have   Trial
Recording
Soon
Taking new heart after Director Leo Hovorka threatened to suspend their entry in
the Fred Waring National
Glee Club Competition because of lack of "sufficient
interest," the Glee Club membership this week moved for
a regeneration of spirit, made
plans for a trial recording,
firmly resolved that the Don
Glee Club WILL be an entrant
in the nation-wide Intercollegiate Glee Club Competition.
Rinaldo Ritchie, along with
moderator Hovorka and press agent
Jim Moser renewed their plea to
the student body for full support
in their undertaking and promised
that "if the Glee Club has a full
turnout, the Don chorusters will
be one of the top-ranking entrants
in  the contest."
Also encouraging was the news
that only nine colleges will participate from California in the first
stage of the contest, the largest being the University of California.
"I am confident that our Glee
Club is as good as any of the
contestants from California, and
with any appreciable degree of
support from the student body we
should make out very well," Hovorka stated
Since the first recordings, to be
forwarded to competition headquarters in New York, will be made
within two weeks, the Glee Club
has arranged to make a trial recording of their choral selections.
"Sweet and Low", "USF Hymn",
and one other selection will make
up  the  Don  Glee Club's  program.
Telegrams and press releases
from Fred Waring headquarters
indicate that the contest will embrace practically every state in the
union. However, the first trials, as
far as USF is concerned, will concern only two or three states on
the West Coast.
When the Don Glee Club enters
the final stages of Fred Waring's
National Glee Club Competition,
their offerings will come to the
critical ear of the man who has
probably done as much for glee
club singing as anyone on the air
today.
When Waring, in 1938, inaugurated the Pleasure Time broadcasts,
sponsored by Chesterfield Cigar-
etts, he didn't dream that the radio editors of the country would vote
his program the best 15-minute
show on the air for three consecutive years; nor that he would wind
up as America's champion writer of
college  pep songs.
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Trip Holds Up
A S N Initiates
TWO   CAMPUS
MEN    GO   TO
HONOR
DETROIT
Plans for initiating the six new
nominees for Alpha Sigma Nu were
hanging fire this week, pending
completion of travel plans of the
chapter's delegates to the Detroit
convention of the national honor
society. Representing USF at the
A.S.N. convention will probably be
EM Boessenecker, chapter president
and Bob McCarthy, chapter secretary.
The initiation will be held together with the annual chapter banquet
immediately on the return of the
delegates from the national convention.
Scheduled for initiation at the
time are six prominent members of
the junior class headed by their
class president, Ronald McLennan,
and including Fred Woeinen, Burton Pacioretty, John Zaro, Harry
Aguirre and Warren White.
WEDNESDAY
SET ASIDE
FOR PRAYER
The Day of Recollection will be
held all day Wednesday April 1, in
St. Ignatius Church. This day is
devoted to the students to suitably
prepare themselves for the coming
Easter, Fr. Raymond Mc Grorey,
Student Counselor, said.
"All Catholic students must be
present, and any non-Catholic,
who wishes to attend is entirely
welcome," Fr. McGrorey advised.
For some years, the Day of
Recollection has been received by
the students of the University of
San Francisco with open hands,
and they will agree that is not a
waste of time, he said.
"USF is the first school to start
this Day of Recollection, and it is
my wish that every Catholic College and University accept the
idea," the Student Counseler remarked.
During times like these it is fitting that a day be given to the students to ponder over the facts of
Christ's Passion, Death, and Resurrection, concluded Fr. McGrorey.
The schedule of the Day of Recollection will be found on Page 4.
MARASCHIS
PLAN CLUB
CONVENTION
MUSCHI CHAIRMAN FOR
ANNUAL ITALIAN
DISCUSSION     MEET
The bay region collegiate Italian
Club Convention will be held sometime in April, following the next
midterms, probably at Santa Clara
University, it was announced this
week by Maraschi Club president
and Convention Chairman, Achille
Muschi.
The convention, an annual highlight of Northern California college
clubs, is designed primarily to promote general interest within the
Italian Club memberships and to
exchange ideas on organization and
operation of the clubs during the
college year.
This year's conclave will feature
committee meetings, speeches by
prominent civic leaders and faculty
members of San Francisco and East
Bay universities. The meet will also include varied performances by
musicians, singers, dancers and
many other talented local entertainers.
Father Bacigalupi, S. J., from the
University of Santa Clara, who entertained members to last year's
convention with a talk relating to
the various Italian operas, will appear at this year's gathering, it was
learned from latest reports.
Muschi appealed to all members
at the last Maraschi meet to be
present at the convention and thus
insure its success.
Most of the invitations for the
convention have been already sent
and final plans for USFs part in
the meet will be drawn up at the
Maraschi meeting scheduled for
next Thursday at noon in the Semeria Room.
NINETY HIGH SCHOOL MEN
EXPECTED FOR ARMY DAY
Over ninety cadet officers from the various San Francisco High School divisions of the Reserve Officers Training
Corps will be welcomed to USF's hilltop campus by the Don
Scabbard and Blade Club at the annual Visitors Day, April
6, Chairman George Plato announced today.
"• **This year's Visitors Day,"
stressed Plato, "will be held in
conjunction with Army Day and
we would appreciate all the cooperation the student body can
offer us in making this day a
rousing success."
PLANS STYMIED
Former plans to have soldiers
from the Presidio present at the
gathering with various Coast Artillery combat weapons showing
their transportation and intricate
operation, have been stymied by a
special military order from Lieutenant General DeWitt forbidding use
of Army equipment for such an occasion.
Nevertheless, several reels of motion pictures demonstrating the essentials of first aid, the operation
of Coast artillery units, and other
vital subjects will be shown the visitors.
DON REVIEW
Colonel Englehart will welcome
the officers with a short talk and
a review of the Don military unit
will be held for the guests at eleven
o'clock.
Army orders have also defeated
the possibility of serving high
school officers a luncheon from a
portable army canteen which was
to have been set up on the parade
grounds.
Moderators
Form Group
Revival of interest in the status
and activities of campus clubs has
given rise to the formation of the
Moderators Executive Committee,
headed by the Dean of Men and
including the moderators of four
of the most active organizations.
Father Giambastiani, S.J., Dean;
A. Russell Berti, St. Ives head; Mel-
vin Gorman, moderator of the Bio-
Chems; Dr. Edward Kessel of the
Wasmann Society; and Dr. Alphonse Fiori, Assistant Dean of
Men compose the Committee.
The group will meet on the first
Tuesday of every month to discuss
plans for coordinating all club activities, and to eleminate dead wood
and duplications in activities.
The idea of Fr. Giambastiani,
the committee is one of the results
of the Foghorn investigation
into the standings and activities
of campus clubs. Among the first
resolutions of the moderators was
an investigation of their own into
club standings, and an agreement
to inject life into those clubs which
have been inactive this semester.
"DID YOU EVER SEE A
NEUTRAL IRISHMAN?"
By WALT McELROY
"Ireland Should Remain Neutral," thundered Irish Freshman
debaters Jim Henderson and
Wallace Colthurst at last Monday's Gavel meeting. "And who,"
demanded Tom Poggi and Dan
O'Sullivan, "ever heard of a
neutral  Irishman?"
"You said that Ireland couldn't
be  invaded,"  said   Colthurst.
"I did not," countered O'Sullivan.
"You did."
"I didn't" Carefully examining the physiques of the two
warriors, Chairman McElroy decided that the slightly sturdier
Colthurst was correct.
But this was beyond the stage
for mere soothing words. The
debaters attacked with brickbats
instead of phrases.
"Come now," demanded Gavel
moderator, Mr. Mara, S. J., "the
syllogism is mightier than the
shillelagh. The judges will render their decision."
Crowley, Rice, Riordan and
Berliner wisely voted the conflict a draw.
Invited to attend the monthly
debate conference at St. Mary's
College, the Gavel will send Dan
O'Sullivan, Bob Riordan, Tom
Poggi and moderator Mr. Mara,
S. J., to Moraga as representatives. At the conference Riordan
and O'Sullivan will answer the
question: "What are the present
trends of Democracy V and all
four delegates will then participate in the Round Table discussion of this same subject
Comedians Hit Hilltop After Last
Morning Class; Jeep Campaign
Brings In Ten More Combat Cars
St. Ivesmen
Double
Sales
Driving out in front of the
entire student body in the
Foghorn's current 'Buy Jeeps'
campaign, the Saint Ives Law
Club took a $3,632.90 lead
over its nearest rival with the
purchase of over $5,000 in
Victory Bonds this week.
With a grand total of ten
Jeeps thus far, the moderator,
Mr. A. Russell Berti, and
Chancellor Bob McCarthy of
the Law Club both expressed
confidence that their group
would have many more Jeeps
to their credit before the first Jeep
drive reaches its climax with the
forthcoming dedication ceremonies,
April 7.
The Wasmann Club was holding a trailing second to the Ivesmen at the end of the fourth
week with a total of $2507.00 purchased in bonds and stamps. Officers hinted they would immediately start a new and final push
to surpass the Saint Ives towering total.
The Irish Club, with an unexpected show of power upped their total
to $55.70, while the Bio-Chems
pressed with purchases amounting
to $43.75. The Don Band Club still
holds an appreciable tally of $81.00.
The Senior Class, surging through
with purchases of bonds amounting
to $150.00 captured the class lead
from the Frosh this week and their
total now reads $153.75 compared
to the Frosh $120.60. The Sophomore and Junior classes remained
steady with a slight increase in the
Junior's ranks.
Maraschi's still hold the cellar
post with a $1.50 total.
 BUY JEEPS!	
BIO-CHEMS
'MAKEARMY
MEN HAPPY'
With the new slogan "Make a
Service Man Happy", the Bio-
Chem Club committee, consisting
of Bob Lukes, Ed Seghieri and
Chairman Bob Vogel have begun
a drive to collect useful articles
for the entertainment of soldiers,
sailors, and marines during the
lonesome hours in quarters and on
transports.
The comcitteemen have distributed leaflets among the members of
the club describing the material
desired, and the members are asked
to gather magazines and books,
candy, radios, stationery, playing
cards, games, and athletic equipment of all kinds.
JEEP RAFFLE
"The Buy a Bond to Buy a Jeep"
raffle is meeting with success as
the $1.00 chances are being rapidly
bought by the members. The $25.00
bond will be given to the winner
of the raffle to be held soon, and
the profits will be donated to the
"Buy a Jeep" campaign.
"Colored Motion Pictures" will
eb the title of a talk to be given by
Edward Seghieri, freshman member of the Bio-Chem Club at 12:15
p. m. on Tuesday, March 31.
FTLM CHEMISTRY
Seghieri will talk about the chemistry of the motion picture film,
primarily those films which are
commonly known as technicolor, or
colored films.
The principle of coloring the films
and the chemistry that is required
in making such films will be explained in Segheiri's talk.
BUY STAMPS; IT SAYS HERE
Left to right, the Ritz Brothers, who will
appear in the Auditorium Victory Rally at
11:45 this morning. Which one is which
we are not able to determine, since the one
in the middle is over to the left and the
other two have switched. See what we
mean? But no matter; they'll help fill the
"Buy Jeeps" fund today.
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EXECS SQUASH MOVE
TO AMEND ELECTIONS
Soph President John Conroy exercised his constitutional
prerogative at the Executive Committee meeting Friday afternoon, and presented a petition for the amendment of an
amendment—Article XIX of the ASUSF Constitution, which
requires a 1.5 grade point average for student body officers
and a 1.0 average for the head yell^	
leader.
Article XIX, the sixth amendment
to the constitution, was adopted by
a large majority in the Spring elections of 1940, and was one of five
passed by the students in the one
election1. It supplanted a previous
faculty regulation which required
a 1.5 average for all elective offices.
As soon as Conroy presented his
petition, the Executives pointed out
that the wording would destroy the
whole force of Article XDC and
bring the old faculty regulation
back into effect.
The petition was an attempt to
remove the 1.5 requirement from
the officers. In so doing, the Execs
declared, it would have voided all
present constitutional requirements
for all elective offices, and would in
particular have restored the old
regulation that demanded a 1.5 for
Varsity Yell Leader.
It is rumored that after the objections, Conroy will withdraw his
petition.
The whole of Article XIX was the
result of a compromise reached by
the Student Committee of revision
which cleared up several questionable constitutional points in the
Spring of 1940.
Another constitutional question
was settled when the Committee
approved last week's resolution
which moved the Student nominations and elections from the third
to the fourth week in April. The
change was made necessary when
the semester was shortened and the
second mid-term examinations were
moved up a week. Nominations will
thus be held on the 20th and elections on the 24th of April.
Phils Meet
Santa Clara
Two Santa Clara debaters, Roger
Garety and Don Driscoll, journeyed
to the Hilltop last Monday evening
to uphold the resolution that the
United States and Great Britain
Should Guarantee the Future
Peace.
Attacking the issue, University of
San Francisco Philhistorians Harry
Aguirre and Ed Boessenecker
replied that such a piece of force
would not be a peace at all.
Moe 9 Harry,
Al—Raid
Campus
Paramount Studio's three
wacky mad-caps, Harry, Al,
and Moe Ritz, stars of numerous Broadway productions
and roadshows, will invade
the Don campus today to
stage the second all-star Victory Bond Rally scheduled
for the noon-hour in the Little Theatre.
Hollywood's top-notch "screwballs", long-noted for their offscreen antics have appeared at
numerous benefits to aid sales of
Victory Bonds and will stage
today's show in conjunction with
the Foghorn's "Buy Jeeps" campaign.
The bell for the end of the 11:00
a. in. class will be sounded at
11:45 and the rally will start at
approximately 11:50 a. m. as soon
as everyone is seated.
The Ritz Brothers are currently
at  the   Golden   Gate  Theatre
Hollywood
Stars Run
Riot
Consternation and hilarity
will take over the Auditorium
at 11:45 today when the three
Ritz Brothers swarm over the
Hilltop in the second Victory
Rally in the Foghorn "Buy
Jeeps" campaign.
Hollywood's gift to hysterics will become Uncle Sam's
Minute Men for three-quarters of an hour, to boost the
campus sale of Bonds and
Stamps beyond the tremendous total that it reached during the week.
OWN SHOW
The Ritz Brothers will put on
their own show. What that means
could not be determined early in the
week, but the rally committee, hearing rumors from downtown San
Francisco and Hollywood, have
stripped the Auditorium stage and
are prepared for any eventuality.
The comedians were secured
through the cooperation of Mr.
James Campbell, Publicity Director
for James Smyth, Northern California Administrator for Victory
Bond and Stamp sales. Smyth's office has been especially cooperative
in support of the "Buy Jeeps" drive,
having already secured artists from
the Horace Heidt troupe, currently
touring the country as "Minute
Men and Maids."
SALE DOUBLE
Huge bond sales from the Saint
Ive's Law Club boosted the "Jeep"
total to $8,670.40 this week, making
possible the purchase of no less
than seventeen combat cars for the
United States Army.
The total was more than doubled
in one week, with only two clubs
still to show any returns on their
original quotas, and practically all
other campus oragnizations well on
their way to doubling their original
allotments.
Plans for dedicating the Jeeps,
bought by the campus drive were
given a temporary set-back late
this week by the Fourth Army's announcement that no military equipment will be displayed in Army
Day parades or celebrations. Negotiations, however, were still pending
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Prof. Gorman
Writes Paper
FIVE    YEARS*    WORK    ON
TIN    AND    COMPOUNDS
KLS HEARS THEORIES
OF MODERN AUTHORS
"The Modern Short Story" was
the subject of the lecture delivered
by Edward Dermott Doyle, Evening Division instructor and
CHRONICLE critic, at the last
meeting of Kappa Lambda Sigma
held Friday, March 20 in the Semeria Room.
"My first appreciation of the
value of the short story as a
literary subject came with the reading of Stephen Benet's 'The Devil
and Daniel Webster' " Doyle declared.
He listed Maupassant and Chekhov as the two great masters of
the modern short story, but recom
mended Somerset Maugham as the
best model for the study* of the
short story as a literary type.
Professor Doyle emphasized the
impossibility of securing a ready
definition of the short story, pointing for illustration to such outstanding contemporary authors as
Steinbeck, Saroyan and Heming
way.
Touching on the present status
of the short story, Doyle pointed out
that the war will probably bring
about a tendency to "romantic" and
"escapist" stories and that the great
war tales will probably come after
the war  is  over.
Another scientific paper from
the Chemistry Department has just
been published in the March issue
of the Journal of the American
Chemical Society. The author is
Professor Melvin Gorman, whose
research specialty is the field of
inorganic chemistry, particularly
the study of tin compounds dissolved in water and acids.
The subject of the present article,
"Solubility of Stannous Oxide in
Perchloric Acid," marks Mr. Gorman's second contribution to this
little-explored field, the first having been published in the same
journal two years ago.
"Although tin and its compounds
have been known to chemists for a
long time, very little is known of
the nature of the solutions formed
when placed in water," Mr. Gorman said. "The results of this latest
work comprise the second completed step in a research program
which will extend over five years,
with the purpose of elucidating this
subject as completely as possible."
Since part of this experimentation was performed at Stanford, the
article is listed as a joint publication from Stanford and USF. The
Journal of the American Chemical
Society is the official publication of
the largest body of scientists in the
world, and represents the highest
standards of technical articles.