San Francisco Foghorn

              Deficit-spending policy must go
Finances have plagued the University of San
Francisco since its founding in 1855. On May 1st
of that year, the books of the University opened
with an $11,000 debt, the price paid for the property on which the first campus we eretfted. Today,
some 106 years later, the Associated Students of
the University reports a $2,200 deficit, and it
seems the figure may continue to grow.
It is a common trait among those who strive
for excellence that they often overlook the financial burden which their efforts place on others.
The FOGHORN itself suffered such a financial
set-back several years ago, as it launched into a
progressive program of daily publication lacking a
sound financial basis. Today, however, the FOGHORN can report that it is the only financially
solvent student organization on the campus. We
now begin to look at the others, to question the
lack of funds existing to support student acivities.
The deficits can be explained. All deficits can
be explained in one way or another. To start the
year of, this legislature was left with a $ 1,763 debt
from the previous year. This debt is apparently
due to the failure to accurately correlate the records in the Treasurer's Office with those reported
in the records of the ASUSF. There is also a possible $2,024 loss on this year's Mardi Gras to fur
ther darken the picture.
The Mardi Gras loss must be chalked up as
simply "one of those things." Poor judgment, perhaps; who knows?
But the debt left the students of the Association by the previous year's membership gives us
some cause for concern. This year's debt may be
well above $2,000, almost one quarter of the in-
AN EDITORIAL
coming legislature's allotment. This means that a
good percentage of their money is already being
spent for them, even though they have only had
one meeting — their inauguration meeting last
Monday night.
Are the students who register here next year
the ones who should pay for the debts incurred
this year? Must the freshmen who enter here next
September have one-quarter of the money which
they pay for their student government taken from
them to pay for entertainment and services of
which they never could avail themselves? We of
the FOGHORN are definitely opposed to this
"hold over debt" policy, a policy which lets the
irresponsible ones go free while those who follow
must make up the difference.
The problem does not only exist in the legislature. It applies to publications, to clubs and fraternities and so on. But still we ask whether or
not incoming groups should be responsible financially for the debts incurred by others, over
whom the newcomers have neither control
nor regulation.
We believe that the Student Body officers and
legislature elected by the students in the recent
election may prove to be on of the finest in several
years here at the University. We would hate to see
their potential cancelled because previous years of
poor financing have devastated the economic resources. "An army travels on its stomach," said
Napoleon. Without money next year's legislature
could be little more than a debate club or a class in
parliamentary procedure — a wealth of surface
activity without an ounce of solid undercurrent.
When the purse strings are tightened, the
energetic and imaginative ones will never be satisfied with the finished product. There is much we
would like to do, less that we can afford to do. But
one of the things we would like to do is remain
solvent; and that we, as students, will be able to do
when the older policy is gone.
SAM JpRAH
foghorzn
Wednesday, May 10, 1961—Vol. 52, No. 40
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Martin blasts'unfair, New legislature votes
innaccurate reporting jn Farewell Dance
Vic St. Martin charged last week that this newspaper was
guilty of "over-emotionalized, unfair, and inaccurate" reporting in its coverage of the recent Monday evening meeting held
by the USA (the United Students of America).	
Martin was a key figure in the
USF-sponsored rally to defend
the policy that the Kennedy Administration adopted toward
Cuba.
Referring to an article which
appeared in the FOGHORN shortly after the meeting, St Martin
accused the paper of "intimating
that I am attempting to form a
cloak and dagger type organization on campus to fight communism."
"The meeting was not secretive," he said, "and was open to
all interested parties, as seems
demonstrated by the fact that no
security checks or codes were
used to keep news reporters out.
Furthermore, a meeting attended
by approximately 25 students
could hardly be expected to be
kept a' secret.
"The fact that the meeting was
held to discuss plans for the rally
and that everyone was encouraged to talk to anyone they felt
might be interested in participating, seems to me adequate
proof that nothing secretive or
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At 7:38 p.m. Monday night the Associated Students of the University of San Francisco
inaugurated a new president, Junior English Major Bob Ralls.
There was a brief moment for applause and the inauguration of the other officers and
members of the legislature. Then the first controversy arose. The subject: whether or not to
hold the Farewell Dance voted by
the outgoing legislature.
The former legislature, it was
announced by retiring president
Bob Crowley, voted to hold the
Farewell Dance; '.'It had been set
up by them and will now have to
be put on by the new legislators." he said.
Coppinger sided with newly
elected Treasurer Lee Brossier in
showing that there will be definite difficulties in putting on the
dance. "We are $2,200 in debt,"
Brossier  said.   "Putting  on  this
Out with old, in with new
dance may really put us in the
red, unless the students give it
their wholehearted support."
Coppinger said that he would
put every effort into making the
dance a real success, but that
everybody should remember upon
whom the responsibility for any
losses should lie.
"Don't fool yourselves," said
former ASUSF secretary Rich
Barbazetter. "This is going to be
seen as your dancemby the students of this university. As such,
ii will be your responsibility so
far as public opinion is concerned."
Newly-elected    Senior    Repre
sentative Frank Foehr stated that
he believed this new legislature
was capable of taking this dance,
"With only two days in which to
publicize it and KD bids, and do
a better job with it than any
previous legislature had done."
He received a round of applause
for his comments.
At that point President Bob
Ralls called the issue to a vole,
whether or not to carry through
with the legislation enacted by
the outgoing* legislature. The
solons voted unanimously to support the motion of Ted Hoff to
the effect that "this legislature
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By BOB CHANTELOUP
Last Monday the newly-elected
student body officers of the
ASUSF were sworn in at the
final legislature meeting headed
by Bob Crowley.
That day marked the beginning of what could very well be
the strongest upper table seen
at the University in recent years.
The associated students, after
witnessing one of the longest,
hardest fought, and closest campaigns, went to the polls and
elected Bob Ralls to the post of
student body president.
Ralls, a senior English major
from San Carlos, garnered 54%
of the votes cast. He brings to
the   office  of  president  a  solid
Poli Sci group convenes
The Northern California Political Science Association will hold
their convention at USF on
Saturday, May 13.
Dr. Alexander Smetana of the
USF Political Science department will host the conclave. He
will be assisted by the members
of Omega Chapter of Pi Sigma
Alpha.
Professor Leo Strauss of the
University of Chicago will be the
featured speaker at a luncheon
to be held in Phelan Hall. His
subject will be, "What is the
Theme of Political Theory?"
Discussion panels will be held
in the Gleesor. Library Lecture
Room both before and after the
luncheon. "Power Structures and
Urban Politics" will be the topic
of the morning session. "Scope
Method and Status of Political
Science: Assessment of Approaches" will be discussed during the afternoon session.
background in student beady and
class affairs. On this knowledge,
Ralls built a thirty point platform during the campaign designed for what he calls "action:
action to revitalize the campus
rather than the student legislature."
Second in command during the
coming year will be Sophomore
George Coppinger, the former
Freshman class president. Coppinger has plans to carry the efforts of his well-planned and
executed campaign into his
duties as Vice-President. "We
have to bring the Mardi Gras
back to the campus," he said, "in
order to make it a social as well
as financial success."
Alma Merlo, only the second
female ever to sit on the1 upper
table in the school's history, has
proven through her campaign
and her activities with other campus organizations, that she is one
of the hardest working individuals on the campus.
Choose your own retreat
date; 15 weekends set
Father Mcintosh, S.J., university chaplain, announced that
there will be no common student
body retreat next year.
Instead of the usual single retreat commonly held in September, there will be fifteen smaller
retreats held throughout the
year. These retreats will be limited to approximately 75 students
and will be held on the weekends.
When the students register in
the Fall, they will be required
to choose the date of their retreat. There will be fifteen different retreat masters.
Those who do not make these
retreats will be required to make
one in a recognized Retreat
House.
Father Mcintosh says this new
policy was implemented because,
"Most students feel that they
don't get much out of a common
retreat. This is an attempt tej
make a student's retreat more
meaningful to him."
Dooley talk
off tonight
The scheduled lecture by Malcolm W. Dooley tonight has been
canceled, SEC chairman Dan Rit.
ter announced early this morning.
Dooley, younger brother of tho
famed Dr. Tom Dooley, and executive director of MEDICO, suddenly became ill and was ad-
mitted in a hospital.