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sah fRAn jpoghoRn Vol. 54—No. T8 151 Winner of the Pacemaker Award All-American 1954-1961 Tuesday, March 6, 1962 SKyline 1-31 18, 9i PhiSisforian forum District attorney, three teachers discuss thorny censorship issue By BRUCE DIASO FOGHORN Kxecutive Editor The perennially thorny problem of censorship received consideration from four varied perspectives last night in the Phelan Hall Dining Room as the Forum Committee of the Philhistorians presented four panelists discussing the question before a capacity audience of 500. The panelists, Father Francis Marien, S.J., of the USF Philosophy Department; Father Eugene Schallert, S.J., of the Sociology Department; Dr. David Kirk of the English Department, and San Francisco District Attorney Thomas Lynch approached censorship from different vantage points: philosophical, sociological, literary, and legal. Father Marien, the last speaker, during an informal opinion rendering session, asserted that he was representing philosophy in the "just plain horsesense" sense. He went on to say, "My own definition of censorship is that it is one type of thought control restraining another type." "You have thought control at Cal, too," Father Marien pointed out. "It's just a different type of thought control checking our type of thought control." The latter comment proved the best applausergetter of the night. Some censorship, Father Marien felt, is "inevitable and necessary; all of it is dangerous." He opined that the state should be the last censor because it is the most dangerous one and that the best censorship comes from citizens themselves. "In the end, it has its place; it is unavoidable," Father Marien continued. He emphasized that prudence should govern censorship: "there should never be a gleeful censor; the censor should dislike his job." Father Marien concluded, "It is a good thing for man to be free, and when in doubt, leave him free." Father Schallert said it was the task of the scientist to look THE LENOX QUARTET, featuring (I. fo. r.) Paul Mersh, Theodora Mantr, Peter Marsh, Donald McCall, will perform Thursday night at the Phelan Hall Dining Room, at«:30 p.m. The SEC, sponsoring the concert, has come up with an especially reduced price of fifty cents for all USF students. Lennox String Quartet climaxes SEC spring musical series The Special Events Committee will go into musical orbit this Thursday night when it will present the Lenox Quartet in a concert in Phelan Hall. These musicians—three men and a woman, none of whom are over thirty years old—have excited critics and audiences alike throughout the country in the few short years of their existence as a group. The New York Times summed up comment by calling them "one of the finest quartets this country has yet produced." A mass for the dead will be celebrated this Thursday at 11:15 in St. Ignatius Church for the repose ot the soul of Rosalind Stewart, sister of USF junior Conrad Stewart. Miss Stewart perished in the crash of American Airlines flight No. 1 in New York. The junior class is sponsoring the mass and encourages all of Conrad's many friends to attend. The Lenox has been especially ■ admired for its interpretation of contempoary music. "Bringing flavor and fire, and most of all, youth to modern music, the quartet master many pieces that older groups find difficult or even impossible to conquer," SEC co-or- dinator Dennis Kennedy said. The program for the Thursday evening concert will include the Leon Kirchner Quartet No. 2. Written in 1958, the work is a masterpiece of modern chamber music. Kirchner, who until this year was a faculty member at Mills College at Oakland, won the New York Circle Award in 1959 for this three-movement quartet. The concert will begin at 8:30 p.m. Admission for non-ASUSF students is one dollar; for general public, two dollars. at this phenomenon in terms of what can be empirically asserted of it. "In the matter of censorship, we must look at the mass media, the types of effect they have, and the function they have on the persons involved." Reviewing from a criminological aspect the effect the portrayal crime and violence had on the instances of such, Father Schallert stated that given the frequency of depiction, there were few observable resultant effects. He also reviewed the influence of escapist television programs. "Regarding pragmatic morals," Father Schallert concluded, "we must ask the question: If they (violent TV programs, etc.) have an efect, should they be shown?" Dr. Kirk traced the philology of the word censorship. "Now, as we see it in our newspapers, it's a nasty word, a negative word." Its origin, Kirk continued, was positive: in Sanskrit, the word censor meant "leader"; in early Rome, the censor was the counter or checker; in the Roman Empire he protected the body politic. "In 1962, who is the censor?" asked Kirk. "He is not an umpire, a traffic cop, a parent or a teacher." Yet the censor is in a way all of these, Kirk maintained. The mustachioed professor recalled his own experience with the Henry Miller tandem, Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. He noted how in 1953 the books were outlawed, while in 1962 this opinion apparently changed. Doctor Kirk said he would like to see a pornographic cam- —Continued on Page 3 Thomists hold election meet Election of officers for the Thomist Club will take place at the club's next meeting, scheduled for tomorrow night at 7:30, in the ASUSF office, according to Thomist moderator, Father Albert Smith, S.J. The newly elected officers will serve for the spring semester. The Thomists, a philosophy discussion club designed for both the loquacious and taciturn student, is not limited merely to those who adhere in varying degrees to the system of the Angelic Doctor. This week's meeting will also receive new members and interested onlookers. Membership is open to both day and evening students. Honorary membership goes to students from neighboring colleges. "We welcome followers of Kant, Nietzsche, and Carnap," commented one veteran member. -Special report- Constitutional Revision The ASUSF constitution committee is preparing a new constitution with radical innovations aimed at bringing student government into harmony with student opinion. If approved, the innovations under consideration will grant wide powers to the President, so that he will actually be responsible for his Administration. Many offices now elective would be appointive, and would constitute a presidential cabinet, If the President and his cabinet did not live up to the expectations of the student-body, he and his cabinet could be easily removed and a new election held. The legislature, under the new system, will have a voice in student affairs with the "power of the purse" to back it up. The President and cabinet will submit a budget to the legislature for approval. The Vice-President will preside over the legislature, and the legislature will appropriate all finances. The President and Vice-President will be the only elected student-body officers; class representatives to the legislature will continue to be elected. These are the essential points of the system being considered. No final draft will be prepared before open meetings are held to hear the opinion of any interested student. While giving the President maximum authority, it will impose on his shoulders maximum responsibility, and, it is hoped, the old "buck-passing" of past administrations will merely illustrate political ineptness. Past constitutional committees have exhausted themselves studying rival constitutions from Harvard, Cal. We feel, however, that the solution to our particular problems lies in an analysis of USF's particular brand of student government. The present committee mixes a Thomistic stance (starting with existing realities) with a Machiavellian air (no-nonsense, pragmatic solutions). We urge the student-body to objectively weigh the proposed solutions reported by the committee. Open hearings will be announced soon; the student-body must take an open-minded interest in these proceedings. All else having failed, the VOX POPULI must revivify old institutions to meet the challenges of the present. Mardi Gras draws crowd, nets profit Some 3000 souls danced and played games in Phelan Hall last weekend at the most successful Mardi Gras ever to be staged by the Associated Students of the University of San Francisco. A net profit of approximately $1400 was realized during the two nights of pre-lenten fun. The on-campus carnival and dance drew a far greater participation than the 1961 version, held in the Sheraton-Palace Hotel at a loss of $2000. More than $600 spent on publicity attracted capacity crowds to the Hilltop for entertainment which featured Bobby Freeman, Stan Wilson and The Diamonds. A perceptible change of spirit could be felt as early as Friday afternoon when decorations were hung in the Phelan Hall dining room and booths began to appear in the Green and Gold room. Friday night's basketball game was highlighted by the coronation of Mardi Gras Queen Lucy Lowery at half time. The crowd moved from the gymnasium to the Green and Gold room, where the various games of chance had opened for business at 8:00. The new influx of revelers filled the room to capacity and hundreds rubbed elbows as they moved from one booth to the next, carrying the tokens of their victories: stuffed animals, glassware, hats, etc. The sponsoring clubs showed a total profit of $879.85, after ex penses had been deducted from the gross receipts of $1737.11. A baseball toss sponsored by the Sophomore class was the biggest money maker with net receipts of $111. Revelers were able to leave the smoke filled lower rooms, ascend the stairs and enter the dining room to twist to the music of Ray Frederic. Balladier Stan Wilson and Bobby Freeman supplied the featured entertainment for Friday evening, while the Diamonds appeared for two shows Saturday night. Seven hundred fifty people paid $1101 to see balladier Stan Wilson and Bobby Freeman at Friday night's dance. More than 10,000 paying customers paid a total of $1586.09 to twist and watch the Diamonds wail through two shows Saturday nigt. ASUSF Treasurer Lee Bros- —Continued on Page;3 see Ralls page 2
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Transcript | sah fRAn jpoghoRn Vol. 54—No. T8 151 Winner of the Pacemaker Award All-American 1954-1961 Tuesday, March 6, 1962 SKyline 1-31 18, 9i PhiSisforian forum District attorney, three teachers discuss thorny censorship issue By BRUCE DIASO FOGHORN Kxecutive Editor The perennially thorny problem of censorship received consideration from four varied perspectives last night in the Phelan Hall Dining Room as the Forum Committee of the Philhistorians presented four panelists discussing the question before a capacity audience of 500. The panelists, Father Francis Marien, S.J., of the USF Philosophy Department; Father Eugene Schallert, S.J., of the Sociology Department; Dr. David Kirk of the English Department, and San Francisco District Attorney Thomas Lynch approached censorship from different vantage points: philosophical, sociological, literary, and legal. Father Marien, the last speaker, during an informal opinion rendering session, asserted that he was representing philosophy in the "just plain horsesense" sense. He went on to say, "My own definition of censorship is that it is one type of thought control restraining another type." "You have thought control at Cal, too," Father Marien pointed out. "It's just a different type of thought control checking our type of thought control." The latter comment proved the best applausergetter of the night. Some censorship, Father Marien felt, is "inevitable and necessary; all of it is dangerous." He opined that the state should be the last censor because it is the most dangerous one and that the best censorship comes from citizens themselves. "In the end, it has its place; it is unavoidable," Father Marien continued. He emphasized that prudence should govern censorship: "there should never be a gleeful censor; the censor should dislike his job." Father Marien concluded, "It is a good thing for man to be free, and when in doubt, leave him free." Father Schallert said it was the task of the scientist to look THE LENOX QUARTET, featuring (I. fo. r.) Paul Mersh, Theodora Mantr, Peter Marsh, Donald McCall, will perform Thursday night at the Phelan Hall Dining Room, at«:30 p.m. The SEC, sponsoring the concert, has come up with an especially reduced price of fifty cents for all USF students. Lennox String Quartet climaxes SEC spring musical series The Special Events Committee will go into musical orbit this Thursday night when it will present the Lenox Quartet in a concert in Phelan Hall. These musicians—three men and a woman, none of whom are over thirty years old—have excited critics and audiences alike throughout the country in the few short years of their existence as a group. The New York Times summed up comment by calling them "one of the finest quartets this country has yet produced." A mass for the dead will be celebrated this Thursday at 11:15 in St. Ignatius Church for the repose ot the soul of Rosalind Stewart, sister of USF junior Conrad Stewart. Miss Stewart perished in the crash of American Airlines flight No. 1 in New York. The junior class is sponsoring the mass and encourages all of Conrad's many friends to attend. The Lenox has been especially ■ admired for its interpretation of contempoary music. "Bringing flavor and fire, and most of all, youth to modern music, the quartet master many pieces that older groups find difficult or even impossible to conquer," SEC co-or- dinator Dennis Kennedy said. The program for the Thursday evening concert will include the Leon Kirchner Quartet No. 2. Written in 1958, the work is a masterpiece of modern chamber music. Kirchner, who until this year was a faculty member at Mills College at Oakland, won the New York Circle Award in 1959 for this three-movement quartet. The concert will begin at 8:30 p.m. Admission for non-ASUSF students is one dollar; for general public, two dollars. at this phenomenon in terms of what can be empirically asserted of it. "In the matter of censorship, we must look at the mass media, the types of effect they have, and the function they have on the persons involved." Reviewing from a criminological aspect the effect the portrayal crime and violence had on the instances of such, Father Schallert stated that given the frequency of depiction, there were few observable resultant effects. He also reviewed the influence of escapist television programs. "Regarding pragmatic morals," Father Schallert concluded, "we must ask the question: If they (violent TV programs, etc.) have an efect, should they be shown?" Dr. Kirk traced the philology of the word censorship. "Now, as we see it in our newspapers, it's a nasty word, a negative word." Its origin, Kirk continued, was positive: in Sanskrit, the word censor meant "leader"; in early Rome, the censor was the counter or checker; in the Roman Empire he protected the body politic. "In 1962, who is the censor?" asked Kirk. "He is not an umpire, a traffic cop, a parent or a teacher." Yet the censor is in a way all of these, Kirk maintained. The mustachioed professor recalled his own experience with the Henry Miller tandem, Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. He noted how in 1953 the books were outlawed, while in 1962 this opinion apparently changed. Doctor Kirk said he would like to see a pornographic cam- —Continued on Page 3 Thomists hold election meet Election of officers for the Thomist Club will take place at the club's next meeting, scheduled for tomorrow night at 7:30, in the ASUSF office, according to Thomist moderator, Father Albert Smith, S.J. The newly elected officers will serve for the spring semester. The Thomists, a philosophy discussion club designed for both the loquacious and taciturn student, is not limited merely to those who adhere in varying degrees to the system of the Angelic Doctor. This week's meeting will also receive new members and interested onlookers. Membership is open to both day and evening students. Honorary membership goes to students from neighboring colleges. "We welcome followers of Kant, Nietzsche, and Carnap," commented one veteran member. -Special report- Constitutional Revision The ASUSF constitution committee is preparing a new constitution with radical innovations aimed at bringing student government into harmony with student opinion. If approved, the innovations under consideration will grant wide powers to the President, so that he will actually be responsible for his Administration. Many offices now elective would be appointive, and would constitute a presidential cabinet, If the President and his cabinet did not live up to the expectations of the student-body, he and his cabinet could be easily removed and a new election held. The legislature, under the new system, will have a voice in student affairs with the "power of the purse" to back it up. The President and cabinet will submit a budget to the legislature for approval. The Vice-President will preside over the legislature, and the legislature will appropriate all finances. The President and Vice-President will be the only elected student-body officers; class representatives to the legislature will continue to be elected. These are the essential points of the system being considered. No final draft will be prepared before open meetings are held to hear the opinion of any interested student. While giving the President maximum authority, it will impose on his shoulders maximum responsibility, and, it is hoped, the old "buck-passing" of past administrations will merely illustrate political ineptness. Past constitutional committees have exhausted themselves studying rival constitutions from Harvard, Cal. We feel, however, that the solution to our particular problems lies in an analysis of USF's particular brand of student government. The present committee mixes a Thomistic stance (starting with existing realities) with a Machiavellian air (no-nonsense, pragmatic solutions). We urge the student-body to objectively weigh the proposed solutions reported by the committee. Open hearings will be announced soon; the student-body must take an open-minded interest in these proceedings. All else having failed, the VOX POPULI must revivify old institutions to meet the challenges of the present. Mardi Gras draws crowd, nets profit Some 3000 souls danced and played games in Phelan Hall last weekend at the most successful Mardi Gras ever to be staged by the Associated Students of the University of San Francisco. A net profit of approximately $1400 was realized during the two nights of pre-lenten fun. The on-campus carnival and dance drew a far greater participation than the 1961 version, held in the Sheraton-Palace Hotel at a loss of $2000. More than $600 spent on publicity attracted capacity crowds to the Hilltop for entertainment which featured Bobby Freeman, Stan Wilson and The Diamonds. A perceptible change of spirit could be felt as early as Friday afternoon when decorations were hung in the Phelan Hall dining room and booths began to appear in the Green and Gold room. Friday night's basketball game was highlighted by the coronation of Mardi Gras Queen Lucy Lowery at half time. The crowd moved from the gymnasium to the Green and Gold room, where the various games of chance had opened for business at 8:00. The new influx of revelers filled the room to capacity and hundreds rubbed elbows as they moved from one booth to the next, carrying the tokens of their victories: stuffed animals, glassware, hats, etc. The sponsoring clubs showed a total profit of $879.85, after ex penses had been deducted from the gross receipts of $1737.11. A baseball toss sponsored by the Sophomore class was the biggest money maker with net receipts of $111. Revelers were able to leave the smoke filled lower rooms, ascend the stairs and enter the dining room to twist to the music of Ray Frederic. Balladier Stan Wilson and Bobby Freeman supplied the featured entertainment for Friday evening, while the Diamonds appeared for two shows Saturday night. Seven hundred fifty people paid $1101 to see balladier Stan Wilson and Bobby Freeman at Friday night's dance. More than 10,000 paying customers paid a total of $1586.09 to twist and watch the Diamonds wail through two shows Saturday nigt. ASUSF Treasurer Lee Bros- —Continued on Page;3 see Ralls page 2 |
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