San Francisco Foghorn

              SOCCER RECEPTION
THE USF SOCCER TEAM beat San Jose
State last weekend, 2-1. The Dons, however,
lost goalie Bob Braghetta probably for the
rest of the season due to a dislocated elbow.
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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS, UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO
YEARBOOK SCHEDULE
A COMPLETE SCHEDULE for taking of '57
DON pictures - undergraduate, graduate,
and faculty is posted below. Location for
taking the photos is the office opposite the
FOGHORN office.
VOLUME 48
SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1956
No. 9
Former Clubs' Re;
Explains Content
Of Political Letter
By WILL REITH
FOGHORN Staff Writer
Peter Keegan, ex-Clubs Representative, explained in a
speech before the Student Legislature his grounds for resignation, and proposed several reformations to the legislative
body of which he was a member.
Undisturbed by the fact that the rigid attention of all present in the Semeria Room was focused directly upon him, and
that a tape recorder was reg
istering his every phrase, Kee
gan, standing before the foot
of the conference table, delivered the points of his talk in a
mild but confident tone of
voice and in providently chosen words.
"I am not going to run
again." he assured.
Keegan declared that the
question of the legality of his
being Club's Representative
was due to a conflict between
the interpretation of the USF
Constitution and the rules of
the Student Legislature concerning the appointment of
that office.
SUGGESTS COMMITTEE
He suggested that a committee be established to investigate this matter
Twenty-Six Dons
In "Who's Who" in
American Colleges
Twenty-six students from the
University of San Francisco
have been accepted to represent the school in the 1956-57
edition of "Who's Who Among
Students in American Univer
sities and Colleges," it was an
nounced by Mr. H. Pettus Ran
dall, Editor of the publication
The book is not a publication of A. N. Marquis and Company, publishers of the famed
"Who's Who in America."
Included in this select group
of American college students
are: William S. Alioto, Chief
"Last year, I was president justice of the Student Court;
1 Albert J. Boro, ASUSF President: Paul F. Capitolo, Sanctu-
> ary Society Prefect; James H.
of the Sanctuary Society." said
Keegan. "My political advisors, my friends, told me to
run for the office of Clubs
Representative. I did on the
assumption  that  I  would  be
And I Quote
president again the next year.
Concerning his charge of
"ill-feeling," Keegan told the
legislators: " I was referring
to no one on the legislature."
He went on to explain that the
term "ill-feeling" was directed tive; Austin P. Keegan, former
by him at those individuals
"who wanted to rectify the situation (the controversy whether Keegan legally occupied
a seat on the Student Legislature or did not) in an underhanded manner."
Cara, NFCCS Senior Delegate;
James E. Casassa, ADG President; Raymond B. Casaudoumecq, BSC Chairman; David J.
Cerini, Senior Class President;
Charles R. Colety, Deltasig
Headmaster; Gerald J. Crowley; John J. Doherty, Irish Club
President; and John R. Doherty.
John A. Doty, FOGHORN
Editor-in-Chief; Robert Gadas,
St. Ives Law Club Chancellor;
Jeremy T. Harrison, former
ASUSF Corresponding Secretary; Henry J. Hermann, for
mer Junior Class Representa
FUNCTIONS FAILURES
In the latter part of his talk, jrnawfYR
Keegan offered several "personal observations" upon the
USF law making body. "The
legislature is too idealistic and
theoretical in its approach.
The dances were all successes,
but the dances were successes
in themselves. Every other
function initiated by the student legislature was a failure.
The freshman initiation was a
drastic failure." Keegan claimed that although a Freshman
picnic was scheduled immediately following the initiation
period, it was not carried
through.
"Whenever there is going
to be a club function," continued Keegan in his criticism,
"the members of the legislature are told to tell their
friends about it. But not one
does anything about it. The
students don't know what is
going on. More class meetings
Clubs Representative; John J.
King, vice president of Pi Sig
ma Alpha and the Senior Class
Robert T. Lambing, BSC mem
ber; Thomas F. Mathews, Se
nior Class Representative; Wil
liam P. Mulholland, former
Freshman and Junior Class
John J. Murray,
FOGHORN Managing Editor;
Thomas F. Nelson, ROTC Regimental Commander.
James R. Skidmore, Senior
Class Representative; William
J. Silva, Bio-Chem President;
Kenneth R. Sullivan, former
Junior Class Vice President;
and Alvin Wolf, Student Court
Associate Justice.
NFCCS Dance
In Phelan Hall
Tonight is the night of the
NFCCS Dance to be held in
Phelan Hall from 8:00 p.m.
to midnight.
Chairman Bob Ferrera announced that admission is 50
cents and that proceeds will
go to the campus treasury of
NFCCS.
The affair is themed the
"All-College Dance," since it
are needed to rectify this prob-Jplays host t0 all neighboring
lem
"And," followed up Keegan,
"don't be afraid to speak out.
(Keegan here referred to the
previous legislative assembly
when,  in   a  vote  concerning!
Catholic colleges and has committee members from Dominican College, Holy Names College, Notre Dame College, and
USF.
Sal Carson,  who has been
Keegan, who was^ot present, previously engaged at the Ju-
"* nior and Senior Balls at Notre
there was a marked contrast
in the number of votes between a hand vote and a roll
call vote.) I don't care if you
speak against me. We've been
in disagreement all year."
GOOD LUCK
In closing, the self-relinquished representative told
the body in session, "I wish
you luck."
Upon being queried why he
had not mentioned these suggestions in his letter of resignation, Keegan replied, " I
did not realize them( the imperfections of the legislature)
until now for I was guilty of
them myself."
Later during the session last
Monday, Rev. Francis A.
Moore, S.J., Dean of Students
and Faculty Adviser to the legislature,   challenged  the  stu-
See Legislature
—Continued on Page 4
Dame of Belmont, will supply
the musical renditions.
Ferrera, when questioned by
the FOGHORN, stated that he
"expects at least 750 individuals to participate in the social
event."
Debating Teams
Take 1st Trophy
At St. Mary's
The USF Philhistorians have
again opened their debate season with a tournament victory.
The first major speech conference of the year, held last
weekend at St. Mary's College,
resulted in a sweepstakes win
for the Don orators.
Out of more than twenty colleges which attended, the top
five, pointwise. were: USF
(122), COP (114), Stanford
(97), Humboldt State (83),
Stockton College (56).
This represented the second
straight year in which USF has
won the St. Mary's Tournament
sweepstakes trophy, and it
took a twenty-two-man squad,
including some of the best
speakers ever to have attended this school, to turn the trick.
TEAM GOES ROUTE
In debate only one team
went the route, as veteran
speakers Bob Sullivan and Lawrence Lujan won five straight
rounds to tie with four other
teams for first place in the
tourney.
The freshman team of Frank
Thomason and Jim Polakof
came close with four out of five
wins, and the teams of Frank
Trumbower and Tom Jennett
and of Bill Schuler and Ed
Chow had three-and-two records.
Other debate teams consisted of Bob Proaps and Jack Bon-
anno, Ron Campbell and Don
Hadley, Bill Kievith and Don
Krank, and Bob Verzello and
Warren Hinckle.
Commenting on this rather
disappointing debate record,
Philhistorian President Bob
Sullivan was heard to mutter,
"The judging seemed strange."
SURPRISING STRENGTH
To make up for this, however, USF showed surprising
strength in individual events.
Freshman Jack Felciano took
first in interpretive reading,
and Bob Durard, another freshman with an outstanding reputation for speech activities at
Bellarmine, won second place
in discussion. In oratory Durard tied for second and Polakof for fourth.
The most impressive sweep
of all occurred in impromptu
speaking, where Trumbower
tied for third, Jennett took second, and Chow first place.
Others who spoke in individual
events only were Bob Ferrera,
Al Wolf, Boyer August, and
Chuck Strom.
NO SURPRISE
That the Philhistorians won
the sweepstakes came as no
particular surprise; but it was
not quite expected that the victory should be so well-balanced
for experience, with veterans
and newcomers sharing the laurels rather equally.
Moreover, the unexpected
results in individual events indicate that USF, primarily
known as a debating power,
was developing better balance
in this respect also.
Last, year USF's debaters
started the season with a tournament win at Humboldt, and
wound up with the fifth best
team in the country. This year,
with that squad returning nearly intact and with so many
promising newcomers to offer
a wider range of talents, the
only direction is up.
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Alumni Secretory
Attends Sessions
David Devincenzi, secretary
of the Alumni Association, recently attended sessions in Los
Angeles in connection with College Advisement Week.
Opportunity was given to
students and parents to speak
with representatives of universities and colleges on offerings,
etc.
YEARBOOK PICTURE SCHEDULE
Wednesday, November
and
Thursday, November 29
Friday, November 30
Monday. December 3
28    Pictures taken of graduating
seniors
Day Division: 7:30 a.m. to
3:30 p.m.
Evening Division and Law
School: 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Pictures taken of graduating
seniors Day Division: 7:30 a.m.
3:30 p.m.
ONLY Day reserved for pictures of freshmen, soph-
mores, and juniors whose pictures were NOT taken at
registration; pictures taken of
all Faculty: Lay and Jesuit:
7:30 a.m. to 9:00p.m.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE very colorful and
solemn High Mass of the Deceased Faculty
and Students (shown above) went on last
Tuesday morning before an assemblage of
USF  students.   Most  of  these  attended   in
ROTC uniforms. A color guard of the Pershing Rifle Society surrounds the catafalque
(center, foreground). On the altar Rev. Francis A. Moore, S. J., Dean of Students (center) is celebrating the Requiem Mass.
-Photo by Tony Rhine
ampus Poll Shows
Favor US
tervention
By JERRY FINNIGAN
FOGHORN Copy Bdntor
Intervention by US forces in the Suez conflict is justified
if they are acting under auspices of the United Nations says a
general consensus of the USF student body.
In a poll conducted by the FOGHORN last week this question was asked: Should the United States enter into the Middle
East Conflict?
"you can only take so many
blows then you have to throw
one yourself. Nasser and
Egypt deserve anything they
get, but I think Israel has gone
]ust too far. And as for England they are frantically trying to hold on to that last shred
of a fading empire. The Arabs
no longer need England, bur.
England sure needs the*
Arabs."
Nurses too were interviewed
and they feel as does the majority; US intervention — if
and when the UN gives the
okeh.
The overall answer was yes
—if such action were taken as
representing the United Nations, and then only to relieve
any danger to the Suez Canal
and carry out the laws of the
United Nations Charter.
The most vitally concerned
of all students interviewed, the
senior class, with graduation
just over the horizon and the
obligation of military service
yet to come, is positively in favor of such action.
Said one: "This dilly-dallying around with votes and vetoes is beginning to get my
goat. The United Nations Charter plainly forbids any such
aggression as has been committed by Israel, France, and
Great Britain. Either we stand
by the laws of the organization
that we helped to create or we
go on allowing the nations of
the world to laugh at us."
JUNIORS AGREE
The juniors agree with their
fellow upper-classmen wholeheartedly but go one step further.
They say we should move
troops into that trouble spot
now, with or without the consent  of  the  United  Nations, organization   primarily   inter-
This feeling ran about 6 to 4 esiJrd_ m chanty and Catholic
in favor of immediate action. ~ " '
Natl Catholic Frat
To Start Local
Campus Chapter
The Knights of Columbus
are responding to interest
shown by USF students in a
recent poll by establishing a
chapter on campus, said Rev.
John F. X. Connolly, S.J., President.
K. of C, which has a membership of more than one million persons in the United
States, is a Catholic fraternal
Sophomores and freshmen
agree almost unanimously that
US intervention should come
oniy when the United Nations
has so sanctified it and then
done swiftly.
"We are slowly losing the
prestige we once had. It is not
action.
Mr. Edward Molkenbuhr, a
local attorney and a USF alum
nus, will accompany other lo
cal prominent Knights when
these come to the Hilltop next
Thursday, November 15.
This occasion will serve to
explain the  functions  of the
the fault of any one particular organization together with a
manifestation of the procedure
in becoming a member. Cam
pus chapters of the Knights of
Columbus have been establish
ed on the St. Mary's College
(Moraga) and Loyola University of Los Angeles campuses
political party but rather the
failure of the entire country
to realize the problem that has
been growing in the Middle
East," said one freshman interviewed.
CANNOT BLAME ISRAEL
"In a way you can't blame
Israel," began one sophomore,
Stop the Press
Typewriters will be buzzing
away for the next three weeks
as the combined FOGHORN
news and sports staffs join
forces for the November 30th
Basketball Issue.
Meanwhile, the FOGHORN
suspends operations in the interim due to midterms and the
Thanksgiving Recess.
There have been recent
changes made in the staff:
Jerry Finnigan and Will Reith
have been assigned to the Copy
desk with the former designated as Copy Editor. News Editor Don Halog was beaming
this week since both were part
of what he proudlv calls "the
best staff on the FOGHORN."
Further Policies
Released By
Mardi Gras Head
Joe Bondanza, chairman of
the Mardi Gras (March 1-2),
released further plans for the
coming social gigantic.
The booths over which Rod
Sulit has been appointed chairman will be placed not only
about the sides of the Green
and Gold Room, but will stand
in the center also.
Three campus clubs will
share each booth and it will be
their responsibility to see that
it is decorated. The three clubs
that are judged to have the fin
est decorated booth will each
receive a trophy.
It will be up to the Mardi
Gras chairman to decide what
games will be played and to
what booths the clubs will be
!; assigned. "It is hoped," said
Bondanza, "that well-known
entertainers will be secured
for the Mardi Gras to crown
the queen and possibly to entertain."
Bondanza has sent a letter
to the president of the Plymouth Distributors to find out
if a new Plymouth can be obtained at no cost for raffling
off on March 2nd, the closing
night of the Mardi Gras.
Because "there is such a
great amount of work to be
done," stated Bondanza, "students are being asked to sign
up and work on the various
committees: Prizes, booths,
queen contest, tickets, off-
campus publicity, on-campus
publicity, dance, decorations,
and finance.
Those with a "sewing hand"
are especially needed on the
costume committee, informed
Bondanza. Signs, on which students may apply for work on
any committee are to be found
on the bulletin board outside
the student body office in Loy
ola Lodge.
As always, some lucky miss
will be crowned as Mardi Gras
Queen. Student body officers
from various Bay Area colle
ges and universities will be
the judges who will break
down the field of contestants
to five. The winner from the
final five will be chosen by a
panel consisting of the repre
sentatives of model and charm
agencies. Bondanza states that
no definite dates for the
Queen contest have, as yet,
been decided upon.
Dons Speak Out
Against Russian
Move in Hungary
"In view of the situation in
Eastern Europe, do you believe Russia is losing control
of her satellites?"
This question was asked of
cross-section of USF thinking  by  the   FOGHORN   this
week.
By TIM MILES
Collins, dance committee
chairman.
Co-sponsored by the Pershing Rifle Society and Scabbard
and Blade, the gala event runs
from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Dress
is formal, i.e., cadets uniforms
or dinner jackets are the rule
of the evening. According to
University policy, the no-corsage rule is in effect.
Bids are priced at $2.50 and
may be obtained from members of the Pershing Rifles'
and Scabbard and Blade's societies.
Bert Whiting and his band
are engaged to supply the music. ROTC instructors and their
wives will be guests at a cocktail party hosted by Military
Ball sponsors and their dates
prior to the Ball. Lt. General
The past two weeks  have R°b.ert *•' Young and members
., " , .      ,!of the  USF  Faculty will be
seen the oppressed people of |honored guests at thJe party.
ill-fated Hungary revolt! The dance committee con-
against the domination of the,sists of Lawrence Collins, Mike
Kremlin only to be crushed]McGee, Ken Sullivan, Vince
under the ruthless brutality of1 Senatore. ! < > n ■ •. < i r:,,,,
the Russian Bear.
Bill
John
Gissler, and Dick Burke.
Students going to the dance
Free people the world over.may nominate their dates for
have turned their sympathy tojthe Queen to be crowned at 11
these   freedom-loving   people P,m,"   . _, ... . ,  ,,   .
... ,    .     , fTO£ , Chairman Collins said that
and the students of USF have he «expects a large attendance
" and a very successful dance.
"The evening, he continued, "is planned for a maximum of smooth music and the
main event, of course, will be
the crowning of the Queen."
He further added that there
"will be a bar available and a
nominal fee of 50c per drink
will be charged."
showed that they are giving
serious thought to the question
as it is an ultimate threat to
the Western World.
Jim Comiskey and John
Conroy were talking the situation over in the Green and
Gold Room. Both of these
freshman agreed that the recent revolts are proof that a
free-thinking people refuse to
accept a tyranny being ruthlessly forced upon them.
Mike McCormac, a sophomore, said, "I believe that this
is the beginning of an internal
revolt which has been threatening to happen for a long
time."
"I agree with Mike," said
Frank Mulholland, "this is going to be the start of greater
oppression in the other satellites."
Freshman Class Secretary
Joan Waterman, replied, "the
people are tired of having
Communism forced on them.'
Dr. Alexander Smetana, Political Science professor, said,]
"Up until recently, it was evident that control was weakening. However, now the Russians are attempting to reestablish their control and they
are doing it unmercifully. The
Middle East situation is preventing Western Powers from
exploiting fully the Russian
situation in the satellites. It is
most unfortunate. The West
should be united and take full
advantage of the situation."
NFCCS Regional
Congress Set
For Belmont
The annual Regional Congress of the NFCCS will be
held Sunday, November 18, at
the College of Notre Dame,
Belmont, it was learned this
week from Jim Cara, USF Senior Delegate.
The Congress will open with
Mass at 9 a.m., followed during
the day by six workshops.
Campus
Calendar
AREA STUDENTS RALLY
FOR HUNGARIANS TODAY
The strike of the Hungarian
peoples has been felt by the
College students of the Bay
Area.
Today at 12 noon in front of
the San Francisco City Hall
students will show their beliefs and ideals in a sympathy
demonstration on behalf of
the suppressed peoples of
Hungary.
Arising spontaneously from
the universal feelings of students from surrounding colleges and universities the aim
of the gathering is to gain aid
for the massacred nation, by
appealing to the government,
and the people of the United
States, and to the United Nations.
To quote one Hungarian
sympathizer, "We must bring
to the public's attention that
the everyday things that are
taken for granted in America
such as the simple act of voting, are not had in all the nations of the world as was obviously seen by the revolt of
the now massacred Hungarian
revolutionaries. It is up to us,
who have such freedoms, to
help all we can those people
who through blood and desire
struggled for their natural
rights."
Photos For Annual
Set For Nov 28-30
And December 3
Last call!
Students and faculty are re
minded that the '57 DON has
scheduled pictures to be taken
at the end of this month and
early in December.
Photo Editor Tom Harrison
announced that a room just opposite the Office of Development and the FOGHORN office have been obtained for
the use of Wagner-Churchill
Photo Studio in snapping the
pictures. (See schedule below.)
Harrison stressed the fact
that pictures in this year's annual will be all new and that
no old pictures will be used.
Three days have been set aside
for graduating seniors to have
their profiles snapped while
still another date was sched
uled for taking undergradu
ates who failed to have their's
taken two months ago.
"This is absolutely last call
for the delinquent undergradu-
. ates," said Harrison.
TODAY — Mid-Term Examinations for sophomores,
juniors, and seniors continue; NFCCS Dance, Phelan
Hall; 8:00 p.m. to 12:00
p.m.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10
—SOCCER: USF vs. Santa
Clara, Don Field, 10:00 p.m.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12
—Mid-Terms continue thru
Wednesday for sophomores,
juniors, and seniors.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER
15 — Mid-Term Examinations for freshmen. Senior
Class Meeting, 10:00 a.m.,
Room B-l.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16—
Military Ball, Presidio Officers'Club, 9:00 p.m. to 1:00
a.m.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER'
17—SOCCER: USF vs. California, Don Field, 10:00
a.m.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18
—NFCCS Regional Congress,
Belmont, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00
p.m.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19
—Mid-Terms continue thru
Wednesday for freshmen.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22
Thanksgiving Recess begins.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER
24 —SOCCER: USF vs. City
College of San Francisco,
Field, 10:00 a.m.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER
28 — Yearbook pictures for
seniors begins and runs thru
Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 3:30
p.m. (Day students) and 5:00
to 7:00 p.m. (Night students).
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30—
BASKETBALL USF vs. Chico State, Chico, 8.15 p.m.