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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS
UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO
Vol. 31
No. 1
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, OCTOBER 31, 1945
Wednesday
Clipper Smith  Is
New Head Coach!
Ex-Sanfa Clara Mentor Hired To
Start Don Francisco on New Era
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With the signing of Maurice^
"Clipper" Smith as head coach by
the Board of Athletic Control, the
Dons return to football, ,no longer
as a second-rate team, but now as
a major gridiron power. Succeeding Al Tassi, "Clipper" is the first
"Big-League" coach to come to the
Hilltop. The task facing the new
head-coach is a difficult one. It
will be his job to form a team from
a school that has not seen intercollegiate football since the poorly
manned 1942 squad closed its season. When "Clipper" returns from
the East in December, his work
will be cut out for him; but if he
upholds the splendid record he has
established in twenty-four years of
coaching, U.S.F. will be THE team
of the Pacific Coast.
Back in the early '30's, when at
Santa Clara, Westerners were delighted with the color and class of
his Bronco Elevens. When he left
Santa Clara in 1935 to go to Villa-
nova, Pacific Coast football lost a
great coach and individual. While
at Villanova, however, he upheld
his high record. Against such
teams as Temple, Boston College,
Duquesne, Penn State, Texas A &
M, his Villanova squad won 29,
lost 4, and tied 3. In 1942-43 his
record was not so impressive, since
he was working with teen-agers
only. He enlisted in the Marines
in 1943, when 25 of his gridders
did likewise, and he rose to the
rank   of   Captain.
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REGISTRATION
INCREASES
NEW REGISTRATION
Signs of normalcy have begun to
appear on the hilltop with an increased enrollment for the fall
semester. Up to October 18, 218
students have enrolled in the day
school and 138 in the evening
division. These figures are compared with the day school enrollment of 131 for the preceding
semester show an increase of about
65  percent.
The end of the war and the
resulting discharge of men from
the service has been one of the
prime factors in enlarging the student body. At the present time
95 veterans are attending classes
under the  GI Bill  of Rights.
Execs Rule
On Frosh
On Friday, October 19, the first
meeting of the University of San
Francisco was held and ended in
a lengthy hour and a half session
in which all the policies for the
year were outlined.
The Frosh regulations are coming back in all their full fury by
vote of the Council. The Frosh
will be compelled to wear Green
& Gold hats during their first
year of higher education and will
be required to enter the building
through the lounge entrance commencing Monday, October 29.
Plans for the Soph Drag were
completed, the Board of Student
Control was organized with Bill
McDonnell as its Chairman while
Bob Mclnnis, Ray Schwab and
Bob Rezan also ascended in membership. The next meeting is today
at 12:00 sharp in the Semeria
Room C6.
DONS TRIP
TO DANCES
DOMINICAN DANCES
Social activities at the Hilltop
got off to a quick start this scholastic year when Dominican College of San Rafael played host
to the USF Dons on Friday evening October 12 from the hours of
eight to twelve, at the Fanjou
Hall of Dominican College.
With transportation problems and
gas shortages a thing of the past,
the familiar pre-war line of automobiles appeared on the premises
of the college and a large representation from the Dons was evident. Together with guests from the
University of Santa Clara, Saint
Mary's College, plus the representatives of the Army from Hamilton
Field and the Navy from another
nearby base, the male attendance
was larger than anticipated.
Through some mixup in date the
orchestra schheduled to play for
the dance was unable to appear,
but a fine variety of records,
featuring rhumbas, congas, tangos,
sambas, and slow numbers, substituted to the enjoyment of the
present terpsichoreans.
Last Friday evening, October 19,
the Junior Class of Dominican College entertained upper classmen of
USF at an informal dance at Fanjou Hall. To the satisfaction of all
present, the crowd at the dance
was much smaller than the previous week, and hence more conducive to dancing.
Soph Drag Is On
Next Saturday
Support 2nd Year
Dance At G.H.C.C.
Ushering in the new era ol
post-war social activities in the
University's revamped social schedule, the annual "Soph Drag,"
wreathed in the laurels of past
traditions and memories, will return in full color and revelry this
year. In an exclusive interview with
Sophomore Prexy Dick Raffetto
and Lou Dito, vice president of
the student body, this reporter obtained the following details:
DICK RAFFETTO
The date of the colossal extravaganza has been set for Saturday,
November 3, 1945. The site which
will be honored by the presence of
U. S. F.'ers is the spacious Green
Hills Country Club, nestled among
the gentle, rolling hills of Millbrae.
Directions will be furnished by Mr.
Raffetto or Mr. Dito. If you can't
contact either of these two, it is
situated four miles south of Millbrae, just off the "El Camino
Real."
So there you have a date and a
place, but what is a dance without
an orchestra? Those engaged in
Terpsichorean art (dancing to the
illiterate) will sway to the scintillating music of Art. Wiedner and
his 10-piece orchestra. Dancing
will be from 9 until 12.
Incidentally, don't let the title
"Soph Drag" discourage you. Any
student can attend, or if you know
of any desiring friends of college
age, give them the privilege of
coming with you.
So—spot  your  tux or    sport  your
suit,
It   really doesn't matter,
But if you're  like the rest of us,
Then you'll prefer the latter.
Then come one, come all! Help
put over the first of many successful dances. Support the "Soph
Drag."
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RETREAT
CONCLUDED
"Whaddya  mean,  no   classes?"
"Oh yeah, we're checking up today aren't we?"
Yes, there was a checking up—
a sort of vacation's end inventory
or an annual clearance, but of the
soul. For some, there was a look
back over several years activities,
outside of the United States and
its relation to more normalized
living.
For once each year, USF (and
the 24 other Jesuit American Universities) takes three days from
strictly academic classes to review
"fundamental and eternal verities"
of living. The Catholic students
follow a set religious program called a retreat. Non-Catholic students
attend a series of non-sectarian,
religious lectures by faculty and
guest speakers. Non-Catholics are
also free to attend Catholic exercises.
The Catholic exercises this year
were under the able direction of
Fr. James McCann S.J. of Loyola
University while Fr. Raymond T.
Feely S.J., Dean of Faculties was
in charge of the Non-Catholic
exercises.
RO. STARTS
NEW YEAR
USF has the largest ROTC unit
in the last three years, Major
Whittaker  announced  yesterday.
The commanding officers of the
unit are Lieutenant O'Brien and
First Sergeant Sullivan. The acting corporals are Farbstein, Allen,
De Martini, Slavich, Kilday, and
Petrini. Permanent corporals will
be appointed in the future. They
will be chosen according to best
leadership and scholarship.
Major Whittaker said that rifles
will be issued to the unit soon, but
not until the drilling is satisfactory.
There will also be a rifle team
this term under the direction of
Sergeant Worley. Anyone who is
interested is urged to sign up immediately. Twenty or thirty men
are needed. If enough candidates
sign up there will be a large schedule of competition. Inter-squad
contests, matches with civilian
teams, entrance in the Hearst
matches, and also intercollegiate
competition has been planned.
The advanced ROTC course will
also be reinstated in February.
Men who enter the advanced
course, on graduation, will be commissioned as Second Lieutenants
in the Coast Artillery Officers
Reserve.
USF SODALITY
STARTS ROAD
BACK TO FAME
With the advent of peace and the
influx of new students, the Sodality
of the University of San Francisco
is reorganizing and redeveloping
along traditional lines. The promises of a revitalized and spirited
organization is not only possible
but forthcoming.
A Sodality Roster is being compiled and a number of activities
have been planned to meet the need
of an increased student body for
the coming year. A meeting will
be held early next week and all
officers and committees will be
appointed   at  that   time.
An Inner Council consisting of
charter members has already been
appointed to guide the proceedings
of' the coming term. These members are as follows: Ray Schwab,
Mario Pezzola, Bob Coleman, Dick
Raffetto, Ray O'Brien, Bill Mc
Donnell, John O'Brien, Lou Dito,
Ken Bertken, Bob Mclnnis, Jules
Levaggi, Gene Brusatori, Jim De
Martini, Bob Neumayer, Bob Jones,
Don Farbstein, Jim Donohue, Al
Aubert, Frank Schwab, Joe Vevoda,
Jerry Kilday, Bob Sullivan, Bruce
McGuire and John Ward.
Besides the usual spiritual activity of a monthly Communion
breakfast many cultural, social
and athletic activities will be inaugurated. With the increased
membership of the Sodality it is
hoped that various Sodality teams
may be able to compete in intramural sports with other college
clubs. The first team formed would
be one for the basketball season.
Sodality teams have been very
prominent in the past and have
contributed a great deal to intramural progress. An Apostolic will
take over its past job of organizing Communion Breakfasts as they
have been noted in the past for
the fine presentations of guest
speakers and student orators. The
Cultural Committee has been one
of the outstanding groups of the
University and has done much for
furthering the appreciation of art
and music. This group will again
obtain its reserved box in the
Opera House  in the near future.
A special feature of the Sodality
in the past has been the publication of its own newspaper to
acquaint the student body with its
activities. This paper will be revived as soon as possible and along
with the FOGHORN will aid in
developing student spirit.
Any member of the student body
interested in the Sodality and its
function should contact Fr. James
J. Lyons, S.J., Faculty Moderator.