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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS
UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO
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VOLUME 38
SAN FRANCISCO, MARCH 17, 1950
NUMBER 21
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You Cant Take It
With You'' Slated
Auditions Being Held; Plan
Extensive Use of New Talent
By S. SCHYLER MAISON
The College Players are holding auditions this week for their
last major production of the season, the delightfully zany farce,
"You Can't Take It With You."
Casting for the Kauffman-Hart comedy, one of the most
popular of the American stage, will be concluded this evening
at 8:00 p. m. in the auditorium; there is still plenty of time to
try out, since none of the parts have^
yet been fiilled.
Director Stuart Bennett sent out
a special invitation for newcomers—
experienced or not—to attend casting tonight. "We have a great many
excellent parts, both 'character' and
'straight' in this show," said Mr.
Bennett, "and we plan to make extensive use of new people."
Due to the unusual nature of this
play, almost all the parts offer broad
opportunities for characterization.
For "You Can't Take It With You"
deals with the antics of a highly unusual—to put it mildly—American
family, the lovable Sycamores. Each
of them does exactly what he or she
best likes, without bothering about
conventions or the opinion of others.
Penny Sycamore, for example, has
been writing plays for eight years—
ever since a typewriter was delivered
by mistake at the Sycamore home.
Little Mr. DePinna has devoted his
life to manufacturing home-made
fireworks in the basement. Paul
Sycamore prints anything he can
think of on his own press—including
the daily menus of the Sycamore
family. Ed likes to play Beethoven
on the xylophone.
In the midst of this merry hubbub
sits the inperturbable Grampa Vanderhof, who left a profitable business
many years ago after discovering that
he didn't like it, and spent the rest of
his life doing things he wanted to do
—including attending Commencement Exercises at Columbia every
year to listen to the funny speeches.
There are a number of equally
lovable and unconventional people in
this play, including the flamboyant
Russian ballet dancer, played so effectively in the movie version by
Mischa Auer.
"You Can't Take It With You"
is scheduled for April 19, 20, 21, 22.
Law School
Briefs
By HERB BROWN
SIMPSON   REPORT
Another meeting of the alumni
faculty will be held next Wednesday
evening, March 22, to finish the discussion on points of agenda concerning the "Simpson Report."
The alumni faculty is interested
in the University's affairs and have
shown this in their lengthy discussion on the report.
MOOT  COURT LAURELS
The Barristers Club of San Francisco has sent a letter to Dean Hall
of the USF law school, congratulating him upon the oral presentations and briefs of USF law students
who recently participated in the
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Campus Calendar
TODAY — Frosh Fandango,
Sir Francis Drake, 9:00 p.m.
Bus Ad Club, Semeria
Room, I 2 noon.
Biology Seminar, Semeria
Room, 4:00 p. m.
SUNDAY—St. Patrick's Day
Parade, Market St., 2 p. m.
MONDAY—Sodality, Semeria Room, 7:30 p. m.
TUESDAY—Thomists, Semeria Room, 7:45 p. m.
St. Ives Club, Semeria
Room, 8:00 p. m.
WEDNESDAY—ROTC Movies, Auditorium, 12:15 p.m.
THURSDAY —Ski Club, Semeria Room, I 1:30 a. m.
Marketing   Club,   Semeria
Room, 12:45 p. m.
Education Club, Semeria
Room, 7:45 p. m.
Miguel Awarded
Luckmann Prize
Ronald J. Miguel, class of '53, was
chosen winner of the 1950 Luckmann
Oratorical contest held in the USF
auditorium last Tuesday evening.
He took the prize, a $50 Government
Bond, for his oration on "The
United Nations—Safeguard of Human Liberty," and now has a chance
to represent the University in the
annual Hearst Oratorical contest
which has a first-place award of $200.
Other speakers were James E.
McCaffey, "The Middle Way"; John
F. Delury, "Thou Shalt Not Kill";
Gerald B. Dalton, "Here Is The
Atomic Bomb"; Kenneth McKee, "Is
This America?"; and Robert J. Slattery, "Lost Souls."
Introductory remarks were presented by William Duffy, winner of
last year's Luckmann award. Judges
for the contest were the Hon. William T. Sweigert, AB.,LL.B., Mr.
Robert L. McCarthy, Jr., AB., LL.B.,
and Mr. Stanley Walsh, B.S., LL.B.
The annual award is the gift of
Lloyd D. Luckmann, A.B., LL.B., in
memory of his father, the late Henry
C. Luckmann.
Flaherty Topic
Readied
Compulsory loyalty oaths for state
college faculty members is the subject for the Flaherty debate. This
controversial subject was picked by a
conference of debate team members
and the moderator of the Philhistorians, Mr. Burke, S.J.
William Duffy, Norm Adler and
Gerry Dalton will defend the affirmative position against the attack of
John Delury, Cy Beattie and Joe
Giuffre, who represent the negative.
Ron Miguel, winner of the Luckmann contest will act as chairman
for the debate.
All the debaters are experienced,
having had one or more terms with
the Philhistorian Debating Society.
Both sides are now preparing their
cases. In Bill Duffy's opinion "The
loyalty oaths are vital tp the country," while Delury holds that "they
are an abomination to free men."
The Flaherty debate will take
place in the auditorium on Tuesday,
March 28, at 8:30 p. m. All are invited.
Senior Brochures
Wanted Now
Frank Sunderbruch, Placement
Bureau head, announced today that
the final deadline for senior brochures is May 1. These brochures are
being processed on a first-come, first-
serve, basis, and the late filers will
suffer.
Employers are even now demanding brochures for review of June
graduates. Mr. Sunderbruch stated
that he does not intend to harry those
who have not made their papers
available to him—sufficient notice
has been given to introduce the sincere members of the senior class to
the opportunities offered under the
brochure system.
Information and applications are
available for summer jobs in the
Park service. These jobs are of various types and in different localities.
For further and more exact information see Mr. Sunderbruch during his
regular office hours as soon as possible.
Club Presidents
Meet Monday
A meeting of Club Presidents will
be held at noon, Monday, March 20,
in the Semeria Room, announces
Chairman Harry Murphy. The purpose of the meeting is to coordinate
publicity efforts and lessen conflicts
in scheduling of meetings. The constitution states that the charter of
any club missing three consecutive
meetings will be revoked.
West Pointers
History Profs to
Address COP
Rev. Peter M. Dunne, S. J., chairman of the History Department and
Rev. John B. McGloin, S. J., assistant professor of history, will participate this weekend in the annual
meeting of the California History
Foundation which will be held at the
College of the Pacific, Stockton, today and tomorrow, March 17-18.
Father Dunne will take part in a
panel discussion on the teaching of
California history, while Father McGloin will read a formal paper on his
particular field of specialization, the
American Period of the California
Catholic  Church.
Father Dunne has been considered
an outstanding historian since he
received his doctorate degree under
the supervision of Dr. Bolton, of the
University of California. Since that
time he has written many scholarly
texts and historical works. His most
recent work is the latest in a series
on the pioneer Jesuits of Lower
California, "The Early Jesuits in
Tarahumara." The first in the series
was "The Pioneer Jesuits on the
West Coast." A textbook now widely
in use in American Universities entitled, "A Survey History of South
America" was written by Father
Dunne in collaboration with Rev.
John Bannon, S. J., professor of
history at St. Louis University.
Father McGloin has recently authored a life of a pioneer Jesuit of
San Francisco, James Chrysostom
Bouchard, S. J., entitled "Eloquent
Indian." He specialized in contemporary American History at St. Louis
University, where he received his
doctor's degree.
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WEST POINT DEBATERS—Cadet Sergeant Walter C. McSherry and Cadet Captain George
F. Vlisides, in process of preparation for their coming debate with USF's Philhistorians today
at 3:00 p. m. in the Semeria Room. Subject of the debate is Communist China.   The debate is
open to the public.
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Cadets Arrive
For Debate
Cadet Sergeant Walter C. McSherry and Cadet Captain George F.
Vlisides of West Point arrive today
to participate in a debate with the
Philhistorian Debating Society in the
Semeria Room. Subject of the forensic meet will be: "Resolved, That the
Communist Government of China
Should Be Recognized by the United
States."
The debate will take place at 3:00
o'clock this afternoon. Representing
USF will be Norm Adler and Ron
Miguel.
Cadet Vlisides, vice-president of
the West Point Debating Society,
hails from Ann Arbor, Michigan.
While at the Point he is participating
in wrestling and soccer. He will
enter the Air Force on graduation.
Cadet McSherry, hailing from Mc-
Alister, Oklahoma, has participated
in the Point's Glee Club and Corps
Magazine.
The debate this afternoon is open
to the students. "We feel that it will
be worthy of campus support, both
because of the question involved, and
the fact,that the opposing team has
traveled across the continent to participate in it," stated Mr. Burke,
moderator of the Philhistorians.
St. Patrick Talk
By Father Dunne
Rev. William J. Dunne, S. J., president of the University will address
the Hibernian's annual St. Patrick's
Day luncheon today in the Rose
Room of the Palace Hotel. The subject of Father President's address
is, "The Responsibilities of Higher
Education." According to a press release, the speech will deal with St.
Patrick as a model of the function
which higher education, under his
inspiration, played in the course of
the history of Europe.
Not only is Father Dunne an Irishman and a native of San Francisco,
but he is at the present time vice-
president of the Executive Committee for Colleges and Universities
of the National Catholic Educational
Association. The annual St. Patrick's
Day parade will be held on Sunday
afternoon, with the line of march
taking over Market Street for the
afternoon. USF's R.O.T.C. contingent will represent the University in
the parade.
Choral Group
Here from Austria
A group of Austrian college students who are touring the United
States under the sponsorship of the
State Department will sing at the
10:30 High Mass in St. Ignatius
Church next Sunday, March 19.
The students have formed a choral
group, touring the United States and
singing at major American universities. They have sung at Harvard,
Yale, and other large eastern universities. Their performances have
been well received at the eastern
universities.
Accounts Closing
The University Bookstore announces that ALL BOOKSTORE
ACCOUNTS FOR THE CURRENT SEMESTER WILL POSITIVELY CLOSE ON MARCH 31.
This means the end of this month!
Those who have not received all
the books to which they are entitled
are urged to REPORT THIS
FACT TO THE BOOKSTORE
WITHOUT DELAY.
Annual Fandango
Goes Tonite at 9
Music By Lee Scott's Orchestra
In Sir Francis Drake Empire Room
Ireland Forever and a big cheer for the Frosh Fandango will
today be the sentiments of all the good Irish on the hilltop.
A St. Patrick's Day tradition, the Fandango is always a
happy thing. This year Lee Scott and his orchestra will furnish
the music. Scott and his band played for the Junior prom last
January and he has just recently completed a successful four-
3>week engagement in  the  Venetian
Room of the Hotel Fairmont.
The   Empire   Room   of   the
ROTC to Parade
On Sunday
The army boys of the University
will honor St. Patrick next Sunday
afternoon by joining in the grand St.
Patrick's day parade. The University
unit of the R.O.T.C. will be present,
400 strong, to participate in the festivities. Last year's parade saw the
USF marching unit receive top honors in their class for precision marching. Always a hit with the crowds,
the unit will march the length of
Market Street, accompanied by the
R.O.T.C. band, under the direction
of Bandmaster Arthur McCue.
The band will wear fancy green
helmets, with the embossed letters
USF in gold on top. Colonel Stuart
was quoted yesterday as saying he
expects his outfit to take another
award Sunday.
Students are cordially invited to
watch the triumphal parade on Sunday afternoon anywhere along Market Street.
Schedule for New
ROTC Film Bill
Another program of movies will
be presented by the ROTC Department in the USF Auditorium at
12:15 p. m. on Wednesday, March
22:
"AMERICA SAILS THE
SEAS"—Activities of the Merchant
Marine.
"THE PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE"—The Philippines assume full membership in the fraternity of nations.
"SEEDS OF DESTINY"—Famine in Europe; what is happening,
and what is means to America and
the world.
"PROBLEMS OF PEACE IN
ASIA" — Shows social, economic,
and political conditions of the countries of Asia, together with recent
progress in finding solutions for
some of the major porblems.
Sir
Francis Drake Hotel will host the
Dons and their ladies. Contrary to
what was published in The FOGHORN last week, there will be adequate facilities for all thirsty people.
To clear up another thing, the
term "black tie" does not mean you
can't wear a maroon tie or a white
dinner jacket. The term "black tie"
is merely a term that denotes formal
dress.
In keeping with a long-time precedent, the no-corsage rule will be in
order.
Let us repeat. The Fandango is a
happy thing, so let's everybody be
there. Bids are still on sale for the
nominal sum of $2.50. The place is
the Empire Room of the Sir Francis
Drake, located on Powell Street near
Sutter. Things get under way at nine,
and will last 'till one.
Lit Society Holds
Special Meeting
Tom Powers of USF and Ales-
sandro Baccari of the University of
California will be featured speakers
at a special meeting of the Kappa
Lamda Sigma Society at the Baccari
Mona List Studio at 525 Sutter St.
on Wednesday evening, March 22.
Purpose of the meeting is to enlarge the membership of this upper-
division group composed of English
majors. Interest in literature and cultural subjects and high academic
standards are requisites for the organization.
Candidates desiring to join the society should submit their names to
Alfred Allesander, Paul Soito, William O'Leary or Rev. James J.
Lyons, S.J., faculty advisor for the
group.
At This Week's
Exec Meeting...
The planned business of the day
concerning the approval of the revisions of the constitutional by-laws
went ahead as scheduled.
Seven amended sections presented
to the group for approval by Vice-
President Bill Duffy included articles in regard to the meeting time of
the council, absences of members,
intra-murals, campus improvements,
the constitution and by-laws and
regulations concerning candidates for
student body offices.
It was also announced that these
amendments were ready to be presented to the student body for petition, to be approved by at lease ten
per cent of the members. With the
necessary number of signatures, an
official delegation would then present
the proposed amendments to student
body president, Larry Lawson.
As quoted from the University
constitution, "The president shall
then, within ten days, call a special
meeting of the Association by publishing on the University bulletin
boards, and in the columns of the
student paper, a notice of the meeting and proposed amendments. Voting shall be by secret ballot."
On approval of the amendments,
they would then be forwarded to
Father President for approval or rejection. If approved, the articles
would immediately go into effect.
Dick Benson, student body cheer
leader, recommended the construction of special memorial plaques,
with accompanying pictures of those
athletes of the University who have
gained All-American recognition by
the nation's sports writers and magazines.
The proposal was favored and
Benson was appointed head of a
committee to investigate the matter.
BOUSCAREN DELIVERS TALK ON CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Analyzes Soviet
Threat to Peace
On Monday evening, March 13,
Mr. Anthony T. Bouscaren addressed the International Relations
Club on the subject: "Two Years
After—The Meaning of Czechoslovakia." Author of the recently published book, Soviet Expansion and
the West, contributor to numerous
scholarly publications and well-
known lecturer on various aspects
of Soviet Communism, Mr. Bouscaren treated listeners to one of the
most informatinve discussions the
I. R. C. has yet presented.
After a careful and fact-laden analysis of the means the Soviets employed to bring Czechoslovakia's
more than two milion people within
the iron curtain, Mr. Bouscaren
brought   the   event   into   focus   by
showing the manner in which it fitted
into the pattern of Soviet imperialistic expansion which has since continued to unfold in such an ominous
manner.
Stressing the fact that Soviet activity since 1945 is more than a threat
to peace (that it is, in fact, war), and
that the Russian pressures and aggressions in both Europe and Asia
constitute the opening thrusts of
World War III, the USF professor
urged the importance of the United
States adopting a realistic diplomatic policy which would recognize the
fact of Soviet aggression and take
appropriate steps to meet this menace.
After his talk, Mr. Bouscaren
called for questions, and an open
forum ensued. During the questioning, Mr. Bouscaren stressed the importance of the United States maintaining itself at a high level of preparedness.
Mr. Bouscaren also exploded the
myth that Stalin is the "prisoner in
the Kremlin." As for Stalin wanting peace, Mr. Bouscaren respondec
simply that Stalin must be taken at
his word, and that Stalin has said
that peace is but a prelude to war.
Among members who took an active part in the question-period were
Lewis Howell, Don Shank, Jim
King, Norm Smith, Gene Dawydiak,
Bob Castagnetto, Frank Brass, Ron
Schenone, Ed Kamlan, Paul Busi,
and Don Turner.
With President Harry Murphy
presiding, a short business meeting
was held. Secretary-Treasurer Henry
Hough made his report and laid
several problems before the members for their consideration. Plans
were laid for the next issue of the
I.R.C. NEWS, scheduled for an
early appearance on the campus.
Thomists Discuss
Evil and Freedom
The problem of natural and moral
evil and its relationship to human
freedom, divine goodness and divine
concurrence is the featured subject
of discussion for the Thomists in
their weekly seminar during the
present semester.
The group convenes on Thursday
evenings at 8:45 under the chairmanship of Bob Leahy, senior and Thom-
ist president—and ordinarily in the
student lounge. Principles, ingredients and directions towards hoped-
for conclusions are supplied by the
works of St. Thomas Aquinas (group
patron) and Jacques Maritain's ST.
THOMAS AND THE PROBLEMS OF EVIL. Sessions consist
of exposition and subsequent free-
for-all infighting with objections and
replies.
Philosophy majors in particular,
and seniors converging on final examinations in philosophy are welcome to on-campus sessions. Permission from President Bob Leahy or
from Mr. Maekin, S.J., group moderator, is the only necessary preliminary.