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LAW-COMMERCE
FORMAL
JANUARY 30
VOL. VI—No. 1 5
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF., JANUARY 15, 1932
FRIDAY
NEEDLES RESIGNS ATHLETIC POST
New Staff
To Manage
Foghorn
Dowling Replaces Hanley as
Editor for the New-
Year
In pursuance of FOGHORN policy,
the paper will have a completely revised staff for the spring semester,
with Jack Hanley, '33, being replaced
by William Dowling, '32, in the editorship and George Bottoms, '34, being
superseded by Jack Rhode, '34, as
sports editor. Lewis Levin will continue as business manager of the publication.
FORWARD STEPS
Under Hanley's regime the FOGHORN has made decided and definite
steps forward. The paper has become
a weekly, instead of the bi-weekly
that it was formerly. Not a few of
the issues were extended into the six-
page class.
"We are fortunate in having had
such a capable man in the editorship
for the past term," James J. Gill, publications director, said today.
At the same time, Matthew Tier-
ney, '32, gives up his position of associate editor to Thomas Trodden, '34.
Tierney will continue to delve into
the idiosyncrasies of other college
and university campi, and write an
exact account of them in his feature
column.
NEW  STAFF
The new staff begins its duties with
the present issue. The men who compose it have been working with the
former editor and his associates for
the past six months, and are familiar
with the work and policy of the publication.
The new year expects to see as
many improvements in the FOGHORN
as can be logically and safely made
by the incoming staff.
Charles Pearce took over the duties
of managing editor with the start of
the new term. His staff of assistants
will be, in general, the same as last
year. Last year's policy regarding
the staff of the publication, namely,
that anyone who wishes his name on
the masthead must do a sufficient
amount of work to merit the position,
will  be  rigidly enforced.
Oratorical Contest Date
Set For February
Twelfth
Upperclassmen will compete for the
annual Ignatian Council award in oratory this year on February i'2 in the
Little Theatre.
The contest is held annually and is
one of the outstanding events of the
forensics schedule for the spring semester. A gold medal, the gift of Iga-
tian Council No. 35, Young Men's Institute, is the award for the most
effective speech of the evening.
James Baker Bassett, chairman of
the Forensics Council, announced today that any members of the junior
or senior classes who wanted to compete for the prize would have to sign
up In the office of the registrar early
next week. There will be a book
placed there for their convenience.
The award was won last year by
Joseph Dondero, '31, who presented
an admirable discussion of the Soviet
Russia situation. Eneas Kane, '31,
took the medal the previous year.
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Considered by Athletic Control Board
"Overture"
Due Feb. 3
Bolitho's    Play    Acclaimed
Best on Broadway
in  1930
Arranged
Registrar Announces
Scholarship Ranking
The ranking students in their respective divisions for the past term
are as follows, according to figures
released by the registrar's office:
Seniors: Sidney Linden, J. J. Sullivan, T. P. Magilligan and Alan B.
Aldwell. Juniors: Richard C. O'Connor, James J. Barry, Harold A. Harper,
Bernard L. Collier and Rinaldo C.
Sciaroni. Sophs: Joseph P. Kane,
Frederick J. Hazelwood, George W.
Hippeli, John J. Firpo and James D.
Gallen. Frosh: William H. Smith,
Norman C. Curtis, H. Malcolm Macdonald and Forrest M. Willett.
. Sidney Linden and J. J. Sullivan of
the senior pre-legal department had a
straight "A" average.
Spring Registration
Totals Not Tabulated
Registration figures for the spring
term have not yet been compiled by
the registrar's office. However, the
indications are that the student body
has grown in number over the tabula--
tions arrived at last August. The figures at that time were: Day School,
785; Night School, 613; Day Law
School, 15. The total enrollment was
1413.
PUNS FOR ANNUAL
NOW TAKING FORM;
PHOTOGRAPHY SOON
With final arrangements completed
and individual pictures of the members of the Senior and Junior classes
and of the fraternities to be taken
within the following week, Barry
Whitehead, editor of the 1932 Ignatian,
today announced that work on this
year's annual is well under way.
STARR  ARTIST
The yearbook for 1932 will contain
many new interesting features. The
art work by Judson Starr, an artist
of no mean ability, is in itself a masterpiece, let alone the written material. The book will have four color
inserts, worked out in as many colors.
The stock to be used is the very
latest development of paper recently
released by Eastern paper mills. This
new brand of paper to be used is in
Itself quite costly. Nevertheless it
will make the 1932 Ignatian one of
the best ever to appear on the campus.
PRICE UNDECIDED
Whether the price of the yearbook
is to be reduced this year or not depends entirely on the circulation and
the advertising support given the publication by the general student body.
It is hoped to be able to reduce the
price as low as $3.50.
Senior Ring Orders
Expected on Jan. 19
The senior ring committee, composed of S. Linden, J. Coakley and K.
Girard, selected a ring which was
especially designed by Gardner &
Gravelle, San Francisco jewelers.
A new price has been set of $20,
a $5 reduction from last year's price.
Orders are being taken at the present
time and it will be greatly appreciated
if seniors who have not yet placed
their orders will do so at their earliest
convenience.
•On Tuesday, January 19, at noon, a
representative of Gardner & Gravelle
will be here at school to take orders
for all those who are desirous of obtaining rings.
By GEORGE   BRADY
Work has been started on "Overture," a drama by William Bolitho,
the next production of the College
Players and the first presentation of
the new year. The play will open on
February 3rd and will run for the 4th
and 5th. It will be produced, as usual,
in the University Little Theatre.
In producing "Overture" the College
Players are presenting drama that is
of unquestioned merit. At the time
that the piece was first staged in New
York in December, 1930, the play was
acclaimed the best on Broadway by
the distinguished critic, Percy Hammond.
ONE  OF  TEN   BEST
Burns Mantle selected "Overture"
as one of the ten best plays of the
year. The criticism of Bolitho's work
was of a particularly favorable nature.
This drama offers a really satisfactory and capable vehicle to the College Players, for it is well written,
brilliantly conceived, intelligently executed and unmarred by the childish
phraseology that was exhibited in a
recent production.
TENSE   DRAMA
"Overture" is a tense, hard drama,
replete with true dramatic situations
and suspense. It is, in short, a drama
that is complete, brilliant, satisfying
and thought provoking, and will prove
interesting to the College Players and
their admirers.
James J. Gill, director of dramatics,
is in charge of the production.
The cast is headed by such well
known players as Bernard Carr, Matt
O'Brien, Miss Mary Brennan, Bill
Ferdon and Jack E. Freed and a well
chosen supporting cast.
Adriel Fried, debating manager, announced today that the spring schedule has been tentatively settled by
the Forensics Council and will include
the usual trip to the southland. The
dates for each encounter have not yet
been definitely accepted.
The debate with the San Jose State
Teachers' College on the Boulder Dam
issue that was to have taken place
during the fall semester and was postponed on account of interference with
the Thanksgiving holidays, will take
place in the very near future. Debates
have also been lined up with Nevada,
California, Stanford and San Francisco State Teachers.
MEET U. S. C.
The southern trip will include contests with TJ. S. C. and TJ. C. L. A.
The feature of the spring term will
be the McKinley Medal Debate, scheduled to take place on March 15, with
the tryouts set for the middle of February. The award in the McKinley
Debate is a medal presented by Benjamin L. McKinley, '93, for the best
speech of the debate. The medal was
won last year by Jack O'Dea of the
present senior class. The 1930 contest was won by Vincent Lafferty, '31.
SKILLED   DEBATERS
The entrants in this contest may be
from either the upper or the lower
classes. The debate always brings
out the best of the forensic skill In
the university.
Jimmy Needles Resigns as Mentor of Don Sports Teams;
Coach to Be Chosen From Likely
Candidates
JANUARY 30 SET
FOR ANNUAL LAW-
COMMERCE FORMAL
FATHER FOOTE FINDS
SOLUTION TO OLD
GEOMETRY PROBLEM
Arch and Arc Initiates
The Association of the Arch and
Arc initiated three men into the organization during the Christmas holidays. The recently admitted members
are Arthur Foley, John Dunnigan and
Charles Fenn. The formal initiation
was followed by a dinner in honor of
the new members.
No Faculty Changes
For Spring Semester
Father H. J. Flynn, S. J., dean of
the university, announced today that
there were no changes in the faculty
for the spring semester. While certain new courses are starting and certain fall semester courses have been
completed, the same men will handle
the students as before the Christmas
holidays.
Frosh Meets Wife-
Beater; Result—
Late Registration
"Listen, mister, students are supposed to register on January 8 or 9
for the spring semester," one of the
members of the Board of Student Control said to Carl Mclnnis, freshman.
"Yeah, I know," Mclnnis said. "See
that black eye. Well, I was on my
way up here when I saw a fellow beating his wife on the street car."
"What's has that got to do with the
eye. And another thing, I hear enough
of these funny excuses," Joe McCor-
mack, chairman of the  board, said.
"But this is the truth. I walked up
to the fellow and slugged him on the
chin. He stopped beating his wife.
Then I walked over to my seat and
started musing about this and  that."
Mclnnis said the car was two blocks
from school when the wife-beater
stepped up behind his seat in the
street car and hooked a right around
from the back.
"And you can take that explanation
or leave it. But that's why I was late
registering."
That, however, was only one of the
excuses given the board this semester.
Here's a better one.
Eugene (The Chile) Chilberg walked
into the registrar's office Monday,
January 11, two days late for spring
matriculation.
He was told about the usual fine for
late registration.
"But," Chile explained, "I was down
in Los Angeles for the Christmas vacation. Coming home I drove up the
Ridge Route over the Tehachapi.
When I reached the summit a terrific
snowstorm froze the motor. Not only
that, the tires on the car churned the
snow so fast that it melted like
butter."
"That's okay by me," the registrar
told him. "But tell it to the Board
of Student Control."
He did.
Father Patrick J. Foote, S. J., prominent mathematician and member of
the university faculty, says that the
statement of most mathematicians to
the effect that an angle cannot be
geometrically trisected is absolutely
false. The reason that Father Foote
is so sure that the rest of the mathematicians are wrong is contained in
the saying, "Contra factum, non vali-
dum argumentum." In other words,
he has succeeded in trisecting an
angle—has been teaching his method
for five years in fact.
Father Foote says: "It is really
simple once you catch on to It. After
trying for thirty years to find the solution to the problem, I finally discovered it some five years ago and I've
been wondering ever since why I
didn't see  it  before."
METHOD   SIMPLE
Father's method may be simple; see
how it sounds:
"The method given is analogous to
the method of trisecting a straight
line. Here is the method for trisecting an arc of 30 degrees or less:
"Quintuple the arc. Draw a cord
subtending the first three divisions of
the quintuple arc. Also draw a cord
subtending the last four divisions of
quintuple arc.
DRAW THIRD CORD
"Finally draw through the intersections of these two cords a third from
the upper terminal of the fifth division to the circumference of the
circle.
"This cord will divide the first division of the quintuple arc into parts
having the ratio of two to one, thereby trisecting the arc."
Announcement has been made of
the annual Law-Commerce Formal
which will be held this year on January 30 at the Fairmont Terrace.
Arrangements have been made with
the management of the hotel for the
use of the famous plunge for the
greater part of the evening.
SCHOOL-WIDE INTEREST
It is planned to make the dance this
year one of school-wide Interest regardless of division. Acting on this
plan, bids have been placed In the
hands of Allan Breen and Roy Bianchini, prominent members of the Day
School student body. Students of the
Arts and Science division may obtain
their bids from these men. Bids for
the use of the students of the Day
Law School may be obtained from
Louis Comte. The price of the bids
this year has been set at the nominal
sum of $1.50 per couple, thus insuring
everyone a good time at depression
prices.
The committee appointed to manage
the formal consists of John A. Curtis,
chairman, Roy Bianchini, Allan Breen,
Richard Cullen, Richard Fitzgerald,
Joseph Dondero and Edward Kilmar-
tin. Students of the Evening Division
may obtain their bids from these men.
Soundproof Doors
Put in Auditorium
The work of installing soundproof
doors in the auditorium is rapidly
nearing completion. The only remaining part of the work is the covering
of the doors with leather. When the
task is finished there will be two sets
of doors to each of the entrances of
the Little Theatre from the main corridor. The object is to deaden the
sound that has been a disturbing note
during all College Players' productions
and all debates that have been held
there.
The office announced that the work
would be completed before the first
night of the new play, "Overture,"
which goes up Wednesday, February 3.
Representatives
Praise Pacific
Relations Meet
Ken Girard and Maurice Flynn, of
the Senior and Sophomore classes,
respectively, were the two delegates
from the University of San Francisco
to attend the Student Institute of
Pacific Relations at Lokoya Lodge
over the last Thanksgiving holidays.
INSTITUTE EXPLAINED
The nature of the institute was explained in a communication received
here from Miss Elizabeth Jackson,
Publicity Director of the Institute.
The Institute extends an invitation to
various universities and colleges to
send delegates from their Cosmopolitan Clubs, International Relations
Clubs, Student National Clubs, Forum
Groups, International Houses, and
similar organizations to a meeting
which has convened at Lokoya Lodge
for the past three years. Here the
delegates may choose any one of six
"round table" discussions, all of
which deal exclusively with Pacific
problems.
Because of the presence of an unusually large Indian and British delegation this year, an additional group
met to discuss problems of Indian
Home Rule. This question proved so
interesting to the Institute as a whole
that it was considered at some length
in the plenary session, and was followed by a final consideration, by the
entire Institute, of the patterns into
which the conflicts resulting from imperialism resolve themselves throughout the world.
The "round tables" are informal
groups in which the discussion is conducted by a leader. These discussions were conducted in a spirit that
was at once friendly and scientific.
The discussions last for two hours
each, two being held each day of the
Institute, which lasts from Thursday
dinner to Sunday breakfast.
The Institute is composed of delegates from many universities and colleges and represents such distant
lands as China, Japan, the Philippines,
Hawaii, India, Russia, Great Britain,
Canada, Germany, Scotland, France
and  Switzerland.
The Board of Athletic Control of the
University of San Francisco at the
present time is considering the appointment of a new football coach to
supercede James R. Needles, who resigned his position as athletic director
of the university on January 3.
Due to the rush at the opening of
the semester, it has been impossible
to secure a definite  statement from
either   Graduate   Manager   James   G.
Smythe or the members of the Board
of Athletic Control on the matter of
a new man for the  position.    Those
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mentioned prominently for the coaching job include Jack Chevigney, assistant to "Hunk" Anderson at Notre
Dame at the present time. Chevigney
is reputed to be the best end in Notre
Dame football history. Another of
those in the limelight for the position
is "Spud" Lewis, backfield coach for
Northwestern. Lewis is a former
Stanford star.
STANFORD   MEN
Other Stanford stars who are mentioned as a par with Lewis and Chevigney are Ted Swan, line coach at
Wisconsin; Ted Shipkey, now holding
down the berth of head football mentor at Arizona State, and Harry Ship-
key, Ted's brother, now at Salinas
High.
Among the front line possibilities
must be reckoned "Hack" Applequist
of Sacramento J. C, who developed
"Tony" Donadio, Jack Happe, Glenn
and Lyle Brown and Al Koslosky.
Babe Hollingberry may come down
from Washington State to take over
the reins if it is felt that he is the
man to be desired for the job. Holl-
ingberry's business interests lie in the
bay city and the arrangement from
his standpoint would be ideal if the
financial terms could be made to suit
him.
BLEWETT MENTIONED
Jimmie Blewett, former California
star and now with the San Diego Marines; Nibs Price, well known in local
sports circles, and "Cack" Hubbard of
the Olympic Club are well up in the
line of prospects.
It was pointed out that the men who
have been mentioned have not in all
cases applied for the job. If the board
should decide that any of these men
will be suitable for the position they
will be approached on the point.
PRESIDENT   SPEAKS
On the choice of a new sports mentor for the Hilltop, Father Edward J.
Whelan, S. J., president of the university, said today that "We educate
young men primarily and football is
secondary. We will not attempt o
break into the big league class of
coaches at the present time. The
university does not wish to become
known  as  a  football  university."
It was indicated that the type of
man who will be acceptable to the
board will be one who is ambitious
and willing to devote his time and
knowledge to the university itself. He
must be a capable director and a personable leader. He must not only
stress football but also take a hand
in the molding of young manhood.
It is a certainty that the board will
not attempt to set a salary and pick
a coach to fit it. When a man acceptable to it is found the Board of
Athletic Control is ready and willing
to pay him what he is worth.
There has been a rumor circulating
about the city that Notre Dame system coaches will not be considered
and that the university is looking for
a man who will teach the Warner system. Certain members of the board
feel that the Dons will meet too many
teams who play the Notre Dame system during the coming season. Among
the U. S. F. opponents who will display the Rockne system next fall are
St. Mary's, Pinta Clara, Loyola, Nevada and Gonzaga. It was felt that
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