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By THE EDITOR
The suggestion that the Executive Council hold its regularly
scheduled weekly meetings on the
stage in the auditorium is worthy
of careful consideration. The
plan is not as foolish or farfetched as it sounds, for it would
give the students a better insight on their student government.
The idea is to have thc Execs
go through their paces in front
of the studentbody. Motions, arguments and reports could be
read in full view of the assembled
student. Thus, the Exec members
who have the floor will be recognizable by the students, and it
would afford ASUSF members a
chance to get acquainted with
their class representatives.
Also, the students could be recognized from the floor to question any of the decisions reached
by the Execs while the latter
could mull over any problems or
ideas which the associated students could offer. A wider scope
of interest would thus be
achieved.
Another advantage, and possibly the primary one, it that
many students could sit in on the
meetings of the Executive Council. The Semeria Room, at the
■ present time, is badly overcrowded, as many students who would
be interested in attending the
meetings of the governing body
cannot gain admission.
The possibilities stemming from
the auditorium suggestion are unlimited. The result would be even
more advantageous, for it would
allow all students to actually take
an active part in their student
government. In this manner,
greater plans could be laid for
thc future welfare of the University.
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Queries have been received regarding the Quarterly, The University's literary magazine, all
wanting to know when the book
will make its appearance on the
campus. Sad to relate, we do not
know, nor does anyone else for
that matter. It is too bad that
the other colleges have already
produced several editions of their
literary magazines while the Hilltop has yet to come through
""wfth any such venture.
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Last week's reception for
Dominican college was one of the
most successful affairs of its
kind in many years. The committee, under the general chairmanship of vice-president Joe Vevoda, should be commended for the
manner in which they performed
their various tasks. Little do students enjoying the benefits of
thc committee's work realize the
amount of labor necessary for
the success of such an activity.
Before the actual physical work
of decorating the auditorium can
commence, many long hours are
spent in planning such details as
the food, publicity, music and
entertainment. Then the actual
decorating entails much time; in
this case, the committee worked
Sunday morning, and all day
Monday and Tuesday.
The majority of the work was
handled, in addition to Vevoda, by
Bob Jones, Joe Truzzolino, Gus
Chronis, John Meniktas and
George and Don Muldoon. while
thc preparatory work and most
of the planning was accomplish-
by Vin Sullivan. Rod Martinelli,
Jim Triggas and Sut Chalios.
To these few men—and it is
significant to note that it is
these same men who were responsible for the success of the
other recent receptions—the Hilltop should be grateful, for they
transformed the University Auditorium into a thing of beauty.
Careful groundwork and execution of the prepared plans to the
last detail combined to give Dons
the best reception of the school
year.
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With the resignation of Bill
Richards the Board of Student
Control is once again left without
a chairman. Richards has done
a very commendable job during
his chairmanship.
Starting late, last semester with
a college population twice the size
of any previous year, Richards
had, first, to ask for additional
men and, secondly, to clarify
many of the obselete rules. That
he finally had the BSC running
smoothly after many initial obstacles is to his credit. He handled the various conventions and
particularly the Retreat vvith extreme skill.
A successor to Richards will be
hard to find, for no one particu-
larly relishes the thankless job of
BSC chairman. A person who as-
'nes this responsibility must
ave more than just ordinary
school spirit and should be willing to devote much of his time
to running the university in the
proper manner.
Whenever the BSC is strong,
Ihe student government is always
the strongest and vice-versa; the
Board of Student Control is the
backbone  of   any   good   student
(Continued on rage i, Col. 2)
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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS
UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO
Maraschi Club
Meets In B4
Tomorrow Noon
VOL. 34, No. 1
SAN FRANC1SC, FEBRUARY 25, 1947
Tuesday
Pledged Initiated
In Alpha Sigma Nu
Solemn Ceremony
First Meeting Of
Group Since  1943
In an impressive ceremony,
eight candidates were initiated into Alpha Sigma Nu, National
Jesuit Honor Society, last Thursday in the Semeria Room as Bob
Smith, former B.S.C. Chairman
and now attending law school,
presided as chairman.
' The students initiated were:
Louis Dito, Rinaldo A. Carmazzi,
Raymond O'Brien, Robert O'Malley, Daniel O'Brien, Jack Durkin,
Joseph Kelly and Peter Lojo.
Assisting Smith in the ceremony were Robert McCarthy, Ed
Bossnecker, Warren White and
Father Paul J. Harney, S.J., faculty representative of the Society.
These men explained the various
purposes of the organization
along with introducing the charter members.
The high point of the evening
occurred when Father Harney
presented the pledges with their
fraternity keys and certificates
of membership, congratulating
each member on achieving the
highest honor which student's
may attain while a member of a
Jesuit University.
MEETS THURSDAY
After the meeting, the new and
old members retired to Simpson's
Restaurant for an informal banquet where guests of honor were
the new men along with the old
members.
Father Raymond T. Feely, S.J.,
Dean of Men, keynoted the affair
with his speech when he emphasized that the Alpha Sigma Nu
means among other things to be
always loyal to an ideal and particularly being loyal to the ideals
of the University.
Former alumni members who
attended the initiation were: Harry Aguirre, Gene O'Meara.
The first meeting of the new
members will be held Thursday
night at which time officers for
the new term will be elected along
with planning the semester's
activities.
Largest Ever
Registration Highest
In History Of Schoo
New Class Buildings Added;
School Faculty Extended
According to the dean's office, the spring semester will
see the largest enrollment of students in the University of
San Francisco's 92-year history. The new mark will be well
over 2200.
This figure constitutes the total number of students in all
the colleges; arts, science, business and law. There are now
over 155U in the day division, 300 in the night school, and
. — <s>324 students returning to the law
Death Takes Col
Donald Sanger !n
Vacation
Special Showing
For CIC Colleges
Of Henry V Movie
The Catholic Intercollegiate
Council will sponsor a Catholic
Play Nite to be held the evening
of March 3. Seats will be available to students attending the
seven Bay Area Catholic Colleges.
The CIC hopes this will mark the
first of a planned annual event.
The screen version of Shakespeare's great historical play
"Henry V" will be the presentation.
The Stage Door Theater will
present this showing exclusively
for members of the various stu-
dentbodies. The theater was secured through the efforts of Jack
Durkin, who also managed to
obtain a special rate for this performance.
GET  TICKETS
Only forty seats are available
for USF students, so those interested in attending are advised to
secure their tickets early. Tickets may be purchased from either
Bill Pryce or Jack Durkin, or at
the main office.
The success of this event will
determine the number of such
productions that will be attended
in the future. The CIC plans to
make Catholic Play Nite an annual function giving all members
of respective studtntbodies thc
opportunity of attending such a
presentation once a semester.
The Catholic Intercollegiate
Council sponsored a Communion
Mass and Breakfast held last
Sunday. This was the first religious function sponsored by this
organization.. The CIC is in the
hope that this, together with
Catholic Play Nite, will become
an annual extracurricular activity.
Mass Sunday was at 9:30 a.m.,
at St. Ignatius Church. Father
James J. Lyons was celebrant. A
Communion Bicakfast followed
which was held in the Italian
Room of the St. Francis Hotel.
Those attending were addressed by Father James Keller, who
flew from New York specifically
to address this gathering. Father
Keller is head of the Mnrvknrill
Order.
Father Harney presides as
moderator of the CIC. Under his
guidance and through his effort
this function was made possible.
American Civil
War Authority
A few days before he died,
Colonel Donald Sanger remarked to his colleagues that it was
their jobs to teach college students the right way of life, so
that the students might not
make the same mistakes which
his generation had made. This
statement was the aim of Professor Sanger's teaching credo.
Colonel Sanger died in the line
of duty, in the line of teaching
the college men he loved so much.
Sanger passed on February 11,
passing away in his sleep from
an heart attack.
Thus died one who had dedicated his life to the youth of his
country, one who was dearly
loved and cherished by professors
and students alike.
AIDE TO GEN. BELL
Dr. Sanger was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, attended
the public schools there and graduated from the "Massachusetts
Institute of Technology in 1910.
He began over 34 years service
in the army by being commissioned a second lieutenant in the infantry in 1911.
He served as an aide to Gen
eral Bell in the years preceding
the first World War, participating
in the Vera Cruz Campaign at
first and then with the renowned
second division in the World War.
After the war, Dr. Sanger serv-
ed on the General Staff Head-
quarter's Command and then attended the various army general
service schools. He was vvith the
border cavalry unit from 1928 to
1935.
His most important assignment was in the years 1936 to
1939 when he was commissioned
to engineer thc building of a
cable system for the defense of
the Philipine Islands. After successfully completing this task,.
he served on the Coast Artillery
Board for several years.
In 1940, Dr. Sanger, now a
colonel, became associated with
USF when he was appointed Professor of Military Science and
Tactics, but his stay was shortlived, for when war broke out he
was transferred to Washington
D.C. to assume the position of
Chief of the development of
weapons for the army ground
forces.
WORKING ON BOOK
He served faithfully in this
capacity until October 1945 when
he was hospitalized for a recurrent war injury and subsequently
discharged. He returned to the
school he loved so much and
taught history here for nearly
20 months prior to his death.
Although spending most of his
time in the army, Dr. Sanger did
not neglect his education, getting
his Masters in 1928 from tho University of Chicago, and a Phd. in
both History and Philosophy in
1934. He also did some graduate
work in electrical engineering in
Massachusetts.
Dr. Sanger was an authority on
United States History, particularly the Civil War years. He had
been contemplating a book at
the time of his death and finished the major portion of research
on this project.
ROOTING SECTION
TOMORROW NIGHT
There will be an organized
rooting section at tomorrow
nights' Santa Clara game, announced head yell leader Dan
Galvin. Students arc requested
to sit in the rooting section
roped off by thc Games Committee.
division.
William J. Dillon, registrar, emphasized that the day school had
an increase of more than 10%
over the previous high of last
semester. This likewise is an increase of 130 per cent over the
fall of 1939, the year that is being
commonly taken by statistical bu-
reas in compiling figures for universities.
BIG SCIENCE COLLEGE
"Not only is this the greatest
enrollment in our history," said
Dillon, "but there has been a
particularly noticeable increase in
the science college. This is probably due to the technical training
many men received while in the
armed forces. We have always
had a good science college, but up
to now the enrollment therein has
been comparatively small due to
the lack of publicity."
Because of the great influx of
students, new huts and buildings
have been erected throughout the
Hilltop campus. These will relieve
the congestion in the laboratory
classes and make more space
available for additional subjects.
SHIPPING DIFFICULTD3S
Father Feely, S.J., dean of faculties, added, "the shortage of
desks is caused by governmental
shipping difficulties. We have
had the order in some time for
the desks and they should arrive
in the very near future. Lights
will be installed this week."
The faculty of the University
has been increased by the addition of the following professors:
Mr. Van Atta, botany, from the
University of California; Mr.
Genesey, University of California,
will teach history.
NEW PROFESSORS
The late Mr. Frank will be replaced by Mr. Uhr, who is a candidate for doctorate degree of
economics; the late Colonel Sanger will be replaced by Mr. Stewart, Ph.D. candidate at the University of California; Mr. Robert
Powell, M.A., political science,
Yale; Mr. Edward Brusher, M.A.,
philosophy,  St. Joseph's College.
Mr. P. N. Allen, C.P.A., accounting; Mr. Schuler, M.A., English, Wisconsin; Mr. Luckman,
who received his B.A. at University of San Francisco and his
M.A. at the University of California, will teach political science.
Paul Eisler has been added to
the German Department.
Lenten Services
In keeping with the age-old
pious custom of attending
Mass daily during Lent, Father Raymond McGrorey, S.J.,
student counselor, has announced that Mass will be celebrated every morning at 7:30
a. m., in the student chapel
during the season.
"This will enable students
to hear Mass daily and have
breakfast before their 8:10
classes," he said.
Many students participated
last week in Ash Wednesday
ceremonies marking the first
day of the Lenten season and
symbolizing the Biblical teaching, "Remember, man, that
thou art dust and unto dust
thou shall return."
Two series of Lenten sermons will be presented at St.
Ignatius Church.
One, at 7:45 Wednesday evenings, will be^by Father Ralph
Brown, S.J. Fathers Raymond
T. Feely, S.J., Paul J. Harney,
S.J., and John Giambastiani,
S.J., will present a Sunday evening series.
Novena Of Grace
At College Chi
Fr. Maher Speaks
Jesuit Renowned
San Franciscan
The Novena of Grace this year
will afford many of the faithful
an opportunity to hear Reverend
Zacheus J. Maher, S.J. one of
America's most eloquent and
forceful orators when he con
ducts the Novena at St. Ignatius
Church.
Born and reared in San Fran
cisco, Reverend Maher is well
known in California. He was at
one time president of Santa Clara
University and Provincial of the
California Province of Jesuits, a
position he held prior to his appointment as American Assistant
to the Father General of the
Society of Jesus in Rome.
A tireless and relentless worker, Father Maher is undoubtedly
America's foremost authority on
the Order, and especially the foreign missions.
The theme of the Novena will
be "The Missions," an exception-
Tilly appropriate motif since the
Novena held annually by all
Jesuit churches in honor of the
Cannonization of St. Francis
Xavier, one of the original members of the Society of Jesus who
has been named by the Holy Father, The Heavenly Patron of
the Missions.
Father Maher, who will conduct
the Novena from March 4-March
12 has taken a parable from the
Bible to develop his sermons on
our foreign missions. "The Field
of Corn," "The Sower," "Thc
Seed," "Cockle," and "Full Corn
in the Ear" will furnish the
esteemed rhetorician with the appropriate themes for his sermons.
Services will be held every day
at 3:15 P.M. and at 8:00 P.M.
Blessing with the Relic of St.
Francis Xavier will be given individually after each service. Ben
cdiction of the Blessed Sacra
ment will also take place after
each of the Services.
Wassman Society
Plans Activities
For New Session
The first meeting of the new
semester will take place Wednesday February 27, at 4:30 in the
afternoon in room D-l. As a guest
speaker 3Ir. Slevin, the curator
of reptiles at tha California Academy of Sciences, will talk to the
members.
The society, during the coming
term, has planned a number of
field trips. With thc help of Dr.
Harper, the club's moderator,
Stan Ritchey has obtained permission to witness operations at the
French Hospital for small groups
of the society's members.
WASSMAN COLLECTOR
The new issue of the Wassman
Collector is now in press, and
should be out in a few days. The
Wassman Collector, the society's
newspaper, is under the very capable editorship of Dr. Edwin
Kessel, chemistry and biology
professor.
Included in this publication will
ic a very informative article by
Dr. Karabinos, a professor of or-
anic chemistry here at the Uni-
1 versity.
School Of Law To
Open Registration
This Coming Week
Margaret Proctor, registrar of
the USF Law SchOol, has announced that registration for the
coming Spring sesion will bo held
on February 24 and February 27.
Students, both day and evening
division, beginning their law
training will register on February 24.
February 27 wil be registration
day for day and evening division
students now enrolled in the
school.
Instruction for the Spring nes-
sion will begin on March 3.
All   evening   division   students
were requested to file a proposed
schedule for the spring term  in
tho   Law   School   office   prior   to
February  19.
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S^llalliJ v To
Plan Events
The Sodality, under Rev. Father
Lyons, S.J., has not announced
any definite plans for tho coming
Spring semester as yet; however,
Father Lyons expects thai things
will  be getting under way soon.
He urged all Catholics to make
a genuine effort to attend the
daily Mass during the holy season of Lent.
Bill Richards Resigns
BSC Chairman In Surprise Move
At The Executive Committee's
First Meeting 0( The Semester
No Successor
Is Chosen Yef
William W. Richards, Chairman of the Board of Student Control, tendered his resignation to
the President of the Executive
Council at their regular business
meeting last Friday. The resignation was effective upon receipt.
The move came as a surprise to
many members of the Council.
In a letter addressed to the Executive Council, Richards stated
that he is prevented from devoting the maximum time and attention to the duties and functions charged to this office because of increased pressure of
school duties and the fact that he
is required to commute more than
sixty miles each day between his
new residence in Marin County
and the University.
Richards was appointed to the
office of Student Control for the
46-47 term at the beginning of
the Fall semester by the Executive Council and subsequently
was elected as Chairman by the
members comprising the Board.
CAPABLE JOB
During his tenure of office
Richards was instrumental in
bringing about a great number
of changes in both the procedure
and operation of the Board which
resulted in increased efficiency
of operation and which has since
proved to be particularly beneficial to the entire student body.
In addition to reviving the dormant Board of Student Control
and serving as its first post-war
Chairman, Richards is credited
with the inauguration of sweeping reorganization which among
other things brought about the
ratification to the constitution
which resulted in the creation of
a sub-committee composed to
supplement the regular Board.
This has resulted in bringing
the structure and membership
of the Committee more into line
which permits them to effectively
cope with the increasing duties
imposed by a post-war swollen
studentbody.
SUCCESSOR SOON
The selection of another student to fill the vacancy created
by Richard's resignation has been
taken under advisement by thc
ASUSF governing body and the
announcement of a successor to
this post will be temporarily delayed.
The normal procedure followed in the selection of a candidate
for appointment to the Board of
Student Control, according to the
provisions of the Constitution, is
the appointment of a student to
this Board by the Executive Committee who is a member of the
upper class and who has a high
scholastic average and possesses
thc qualities of leadership.
The members of the Board of
Student Control hold their own
election in selecting a Chairman.
"It has been particularly gratifying to me," said Bill Richards,
"and a great pleasure to work
with one of thc most cooperative
groups that I have even been associated with. I have given careful consideration to this step for
the past several weeks and have
reached the conclusion that I can
make a greater contribution to
the studentbody by relinquishing
the post to another student who
can devote (he necessary time required of this office."
George Muldoon Replaces
Justin Smith As Junior Rep.
The Executive Committee of the Associated Students of
the University of San Francisco concluded their first meeting of the Spring term last Friday after an active session
presided over by vice-president Joseph Vevoda, filling in for
the ailing Dan O'Brien.
William Richards, chairman of the Board of Student
Control   for   the   past   semester,
Summer Session
Dates Announced
The dean of summer sessions,
Father Paul J. Harney, announced that the coming summer session will commence Juno 13 and
end August 3. There will be a
wide variety of courses offered,
covering all important fields and
some will be instructed by visiting proiessors. There will be one
summer session only, with regular classes resuming in the latter
part of September.
was the feature attraction on thc
agenda when he turned his resignation to Joseph Vevoda. Richards explained that pressing academic reasons plus great living
distance from the college was the
main reason for his resignation.
Richards' action precipitated a
discussion of the Board of Student Control with Don Farbstein
finally making a motion requesting the attendance of all members of the Board of Student Control at the next Executive Meeting for an interrogation into their
activities.
Gerry Kilday concluded the
discussion with a vote of appreciation to Richards for his fine
work, a motion in which all the
members unanimously concurred.
FULL REPORTS
In the matter of Executive
Committee membership, the Execs elected George Muldoon Junior Class representative succeeding Justin Smith who has withdrawn from school. Muldoon has
been a member of the Activities
committee under Vevoda and has
been unofficial second-in-command in that group.
It was Muldoon that did much
of the organizational work for
the Lone Mountain and Dominican Receptions.
Vice-President Vevoda cleared
the agenda of many matters
which have been plaguing the
committee for several weeks with
much., dispatch... The Constitutional committee promised a full
report at the next meeting while
the Freshmen class, under President Jack Riordan, showed progress with the plans for the Frosh
Fandango.
DEBATE POINT
A debate ensued over the responsibility for class dances with
opinion divided over class responsibility or Executive Committee responsibility. The interpretation of Jim Smith of the Junior
Class that the Freshmen alone
were responsible for the outcome
of the dance was contested by
CIC Chairman Jack Durkin, and
Treasurer Gerry Kilday.
Riordan disclosed that thc
Frosh Fandango bids will be sold
in a booth in the main hall, and
he said certain members of the
dance committee would have
bids. The price of the bids was
set at $3.00 with the music to be
provided by Eddie Fitzpatrick
and  his orchestra.
Kilday presented the Budget
for the Spring Semester to the
Committee in the next business
before the council. With a total
registration of over 1500 students, the Activities fund of the
Associated Students will total in
the vicinity of $3,000.
INTERPRETATION
Kilday explained that: "I have
alloted each activity a sum of
money so that vve can see just
how much we need and where it
will go. Providing the Senior
Adios does not sustain too big
a deficit, the Associated Students should sec a balance of the
the books in the black."
Before Richards resigned he
pointed out that ex-officio members of tho Council were entitled
to vote according to an interpretation ho had decided on after
consulting a book on parliamentary procedure. Thus, tho Foghorn Editor will bo allowed to
vote.
The meeting closed at 1:25 with
a discussion of tho CIC Communion breakfast which the Execs
decided  to attend  in  a body.
Maraschi Club
Meets Wedsnesday
Father Jim Giambastiani, S.
S., moderator of the Maraschi
Club, announces a meeting will
be held tomorrow for al members of the Italian Club, in
Room B-4, at 12:10. All members are urged to attend.
Elections of officers for the
coming term will be held at
this time.
"Big doings arc ahead for all
those of Italian descent," said
Father Jim, "such as a big
spaghetti feed and a good old
healthy picnic at a later date."
Frosh Fandango's
Committee Wil!
Announce
St. Francis
Of Formal
■WIN
Scene
Dance
The first major social event of
the current spring semester will
be the Frosh Fandango. The old
tradition of holding the dance on
St. Patrick's Day will be resumed
this year. •
Jack Riordan, Freshman Prexy
said, "Due to the large atendanCe
expected, the Colonial Room and
Italian Room of the St. Francis
have been reserved to avoid
crowding and to afford more
dancing pleasure. The Green
Room has also been obtained in
order to provide refreshments
during the evening."
Eddie Fitzpatrick and his band
will be present to furnish the
music from 9 P.M. till 1 A.M.
The dance will be formal
and the no corsage rule will be
in effect. According to the Frosh
prexy "Any violators of this rule
will not gain admittance to the
Colonial Room."
Students desiring to attend thc
Fandango will be able to obtain
bids this week from the booth
set up in the main hall of the
school: The price of the bids Is
$3.00.
Riordan also said, "There is a
limited supply of bids so those
who obtain them first will not be
disappointed."
Deadline Extended
Mr. Sullivan of the Veterans'
Administration has announced
that there has been a three-month
extension from the present February 1, on the deadline for your
G.I. insurance.
Field Pieces
For K.O. I nil
Colonel La Rhet Stuart, Head
P.M.S. & T. at the University of
San Francisco has announced
that the unit is slated to receive
two anti-aircraft artillery guns.
The guns will be a 90MM antiaircraft gun, with an SCR 581.
radar attachment mounted on a
trailer, a director and power
plant complete with all necessary
cables and equipment; and a Bo-
fors 40MM gun with a separate
director and power plant.
This equipment will be used in
the training of the unit and housing  for the  guns  is  now  being
built.
In the meantime new R.O.T.C.
buildings are being constructed
adjacent to the old structures
and will be put into use in the
near future.
Many advantages are being offered in the new enlarged College R.O.T.C. course; all those interested should contact Col. Stuart immediately.