News Scrapbook 1968-1969

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Dr. John McGeever, USD Educator, Dies S~1,..,_ Vu-= - J- /' /?69 Dr. John Francis MeGeever, chair~an o( the Education De-· partm~nt at the University of San Diego, died of complications following urgery Thursday, January 9, in St. Louis, Mo. Services were held in Pittsburg, Pa., with interment in Home- stead, Pa. The rites were attended by Father John E. Baer, pres- i"ent of USO He is survived by his widow, Other positions in 'he edu- Margaret, and daughter, Kel cation profession held by Dr. ly Ann, two brothers and a McGeever included ditector of sist r m Homestead . Dr. Mc- Counselor Training at Western Gcever was born in Home- Carolina College; director of stead on December 29, 1912. guidance, Dade County ·Pub- The educator has been lie Schools, Miami, Fla., ath- chairman of the USD Educa- letic director, Linesville-Con- tion Department and teacher neaut-Summ1t Sc hool District, training program since 1966 Pennsylvania; varsity basket- and a professor on the USD fa - ball coach, Allegheny Col- culty. From 1963 to 1965, Dr. lege, Meadville, Pa. , supervis McGeever was dean of student ing principal, Linesville Con- personnel, Palomar College, neaut-Summit School District San Marcos. and instructor in physical sci-

Hi tory Professor Ci es ~z: Q-~ c1: ';la San Diego owes its birth to Spanish political and commer- cial interests in Alta, California, and here, too, were born the Mission Indians, through the efforts of Father Junipero Serra , says a University of San Diego assistant professor of history Writing in the first issue of Oceans magazine, James Moriarty, says. unlike earlier Spanish exped 1tion into California, dians, some bearin~ the names of the original miss10 ns

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diafi• n ition.·, funds, pPoplP ~nd J)l it-I'S, )AW, o,(ll'r and ju•t• iC'f'," "An ldf'Al th P ml• n,,ri1, m1·stiri11P 11nrl hi~• lor:,.:.~ gn, f" 0 r nm,, n1 rolP 1n th@ UI h~n <'Ii.si s and dtil' In \!lR9," ;incl " llolP of Cit1zPns in a Ch a n1ati n~ n,moc-rary." Th,- !'our,I' mi" h, t ken for onE' c rPdit o~ no crPdit. It will bP hPld 10 thP Ro e Room or the University•, CollrgE' 1or WomPn, F urthr r 1nrormalion l'I'• garding lhl' rourse may b obtaiMd by calling 296-6113, Pxtpnsion 48.

Commun ity A1·11on Cn11n<' il San l)kg,; has maclP 1n111P prng, PSS than ~ny oth<'r AmPt'i r "n l'il, in shif1ing its phih1Sophk al· positions and alt ilurl l's to 1P<'ngnizr thC' e:.istl'nt'P ol \\ hite rac.i:rn. •·But lhi ha~ ) l'l to hf> t ranslalPd int o ac·11on." he :;aid. Wa) mon will discus,; among othc>r :rnbjecl the po. tPntial for San Diego lo be• come a modt•I or ra!'ial har- mony du l'i ng a s ix,wPek let· lure cou1 se he will pn•sl'n l at llw Uni\ e1~11\· or San Di- ego ht•ginn in g F-1'1>. 1\1. Tlw S<'l'il's, \\ hi<-h will \Jp pr(•~tll)l(•

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the founding of San Diego al- most 200 years ago was a peaceful one. Oceans magazine, a non technical publication con- cerned with all phases of the oceanographic frontier be- gins publication with its Jan- uary, 1969, issue. Dreams of Wealth The dreams of wealth to be looted from ew Spain's or- iginal inhabitants had long s ince died with the earlier explorers San Diego harbor was by-pa ·sed for well over 100 ye ars by the early visitors along the coast," Moriarty writes. "By the middle of the 1600s, the Spanish government had become more interested in the pote ntial for safe trade routes acros the Pacific a nd th e pro- tection of its vast lands in Alta, aliforni a. Threatened by fo ,. ,gn incursions into the Pac·· ,,., the Crown decided to occupy the area." Fa her Serra a nd his fellow priests, accompanying the mil- itary l'ontigenl, had as t he ir major purpose the bringing of Christianity to t he Indians, Moria rty says. The heritage of t he .Mission Fa ther· linge rs in the Southern California In- di an ba nds, still known col- lective ly as the l\1iss1on In-

The Portola Expedition of 1769 established the Presid io and the Mission of San Die- go de Alcala was later founded up stream by Father Serra. Today, the baroque Spanish Renaissance architecture of the University of San Diego, duplicates the architecture of Alcala, Spain, birthplace of San Diego (St. Didacus).

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Faculty Concerts Set At College A special concert in the Fa• r utty Concert series to be presented February 3 by the University of San Diego will feature Henry Kolar. A form- er first chair violinist with the San Diego Symphony, Kolar is on leave from the USD College for Women faculty to get hi s doctorate at the- University of Colorado. Kolar will pre sent a violin sonata recital of the music of Bach, Beethoven and Kur- ka. The concert is open to the public at the College for Women Theater. The next concert in the la• cully series will be held March 14. In honor of the 200th an- niversary of Sa n Diego's birth, the program will feature the music of 1769. Ilana Mys1or, at the piano, ~ill accompany Marjorie Hart on the cello Also on the program is vio- linist Nancy Garvey, accompn- ied by her husband John Gar- vey, noted pianist and conduc- tor.

ences, Linesville High School. He entered the U.S. Army as a private in 1941 and was dis- charged as a first lieutenant. He served as comma nding of- ficer of the Taal Rest Camp, Balangos Bay, Philippine Is- lands. He earned his B.S. in Educa- tion and M.A in History at Duquesne Universi ty, Pitts- burgh , and was All-American basketball selection for 1933. He also attended University of California at Lo Angeles, and earned his doctorate in education at Teachers Col- lege, Columbia Univers ity . He is listed in Who's Who in American Education. He has had published several arti- cles published in national ed- ucation journals and authored two textbooks. He resided here at 5720 Erlander Drive. USD Cagers Defeated by Fresno State ~t,i.<. Vl<,,Jd JQ,,.," 11, f Ball control is the niime of the game. The University of San Diego Toreros just couldn't do that last Monday night and lost to Fresno State 91-64. ' The Bulldogs outrebounded the Toreros 40 to 30 and cashed in on the situation on almost every turnover. . The Toreros played the first two minutes excep- tionally well , leading most of the way. But Fresno took the lead with 10:15 remaining in the first half a nd never lost the edge the remainder of the game. Phil Woolpert, USD coach used all of his 13 men i~ the vain effort against the sup- e rb Fresno team. Jeff Filzenger led the Tor- e ros with 22 points. Bob Ste- phens paced the Bulldogs with 21. USD again had trouble at fhe free throw line and on defense. The Toreros were called for 33 foul to Fresno's 15. Saturday night the Toreros travel to Pomona to meet the Cal Poly Broncos. USD 's next game in San Di<'- go is January 25, playing Cal W~stern in Golden Gym on Point Loma. ------------ USD Opens Classes On Saturday ~~'t,o.. c~ t/J/tf for Saturday classes at the University of San Diego will be from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Febru- ary 1. The first Saturday class will meet February 1 at 9:45 a .ln. USD College for Men is of- fering an undergraduate and graduate level course in His- toric Site Methods. The stu- dents are excavating the ruins of the old Mission San Diego de Alcala. Instructors are Dr. Raymond S. Brandes and James R. Mo- riarty. The class meets from 8 to 11:30 a .m. at the mission. Three units of credit are giv- en for the history course. Other Saturday courses are offered by USD College for Women. Two are graduate lev- el courses in education and Spanish literature: Counsel- ling of the Handicapped and their Parents, New Renais- sance of Spanish Literature. Undergraduate courses of- fered are Romantic Literature (English), studies in Asian Civilization (History), Italian Civilization (Italian), Modern Philosophy (Philosophy) and Urban Community (Socioloi.'Yl. Classes meet from 9 to 11:45 a.m. at the College for Women. Eac h is for three un its of cred- it. Students may preregister by telephoning 296-6113, ex- tension 48, Monday through Friday, from 9:30 a .m. to 4 p.m. Registration

Before coming to t\le Uni- versity ol' San Diego, Dr. Mc- Geever was chairman or Grad- uate Education Program and an associate professor in the Graduate Program at West Carolina Colleg , Cullowhee, N.C. llSJ~~:r~ 1.5 l'/ 6 ~ Seen af Od s OnKash I 1r The United Stat may soon com rom the Soviet Union in the dispute betwe n Ind ia and Pakistan over th control of Kashmir, according to Dr. A. Paul Theil, chair 1an of the political science department of University of n Diego's College for Men. In his new book, ' ashmir: Storm Over Asia," published by Stromme-International of La J olla, Theil says the Unit- ed States and the Soviet Union have co~sistently held oppos- lJ)g positions in all five of the worlds's major confrontation poii ts: The Middle East, Ger- many, Vietnam, Korea and Kashmir. India Claims Control, The United Slates has re 0 0~- r ized Kastimir as a pa rt of J1;. dia. Pakistan claims the right to control Kash r K a s h m i r is opnlatcd hy both Hindus and 1os ms. Jn. clla is predomi anti Hinau w h i I e Pakistan predom1- nantly Moslem. " Allhought the V i t n a m c on f lict," sa· h ii, ''has held the a t t e n I o o the American public Imo t xclu- sively, the conh ,uin between India a ak1stan threatens to bring e two Asian countries to the pomt of war. Ancient Hatr d Cited "We are dealin with a mat- ter of territorial onfrol but the Indo-Pakistan !JU sti~n is made much more complicated because there is the centuries of Hindu-Moslem distrust - even hatred," Theil sa id . "Add to this t 1c diverse ideologies and syll)QQJs which r ep res en t power for ooth countries and you have an enormouEly explosive s i t u a- tion." The question of political set- tlement for Kashmir has twice br11ught India and Pakistan intp shooting wars - in 1948 d again in 1965.

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N ws of Of' Diego College end area un,vers ltes UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO E EDY Students return from·a long Ch 1Stmas vacation to b m f xammat ons this Fr1dav. Finals v.ill end Jan. 28. The new m ter will open with registration Feb. 2 for day classes a F cb 3-6 fort e e\ening session. USD enjoyed an unusually Jo g

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MEMORIAL /TES SET FOR DR. J. F. McGEEVER A pontifiml concelebrated, iass in n:emory of Dr. John Francis 11cGeever, :i6, a San Diego educator who died .Tan. 9 in St. Louis. will be at 11:30 a.m. Feb. 6 in the Immaculata Chapel at the University of San Diego. McGeever, of 5740 Erlanger St., was ead of the Department of Education at USD College for Men. H died of complications after surgery. The l\Io.'t Rev. Francis J. Furey, bi op of the San Diego Catholic Dioce e; the Most R \·. John R. Qumn, auxiliary bishop, and the Very Rev. Jo~n E. Baer. president of the College for Men, will be among the concelebranli:;. Bishop Furey is USD ehancellor and Bishop Quinn i · its provost. . Contributions mav be made lo the John Francis l\IcGePver Memorial Scholarship Fund, established by the U D faculty.

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the at the same time as state co l 1 c g e campuses Crov.ded nditions have made it imp ible for mam· studrnts lo enroll for t second semester at ale col- leges. A good number of these students responded to USD's semester change and have reg- 1sLered for the second emesler. The chairman of he Univer- sity's Education Department, Dr. John Francis kGeever, died last week of complications following surgery in St. Louis. Dr. McGeever joined the facul- ty ol the Universitly in 1966 after serving as dean or stu- dent per·onnel, Palomar Jumor econd serneste

THE TOWN LOAFER: Herl' is a statistic from the American Seating Co. of Grand Rapids, Mich.: "The average student spends 15,000 hours at a desk, kinder- garten through college." It has got to be an old figure . Nobody riots in a sitting position. Natty Bob Gould, U.S. at i o n a l

Bank's vice president for real estate fi- nance, transferred to U.S. Financial as executive vke president. The \.J l· gave farewell luncheon Friday for t best dref'sed man below the 25th floor . Fortune Magazine carries an interest- ing article abou• New York's 21 Club. It says waiters there make more money than many of the cu tomers wh pay $14 for :unch, if only once, to r er•

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USO Theater Issues Call F~?cL! fY?Y)Jb, Tryou ts for the University of a n Diego production of "M be r of the W dding" by C rson McCuller . will be hel from 4 to 6 p.m, Febru a ry 10 a nd 7 to 9 p.m. Febru ary 11 The pl ay is pr• ented by the Th eater Ar D part• ment of the Colle for Wom e n. rhe tryout · b held at the CW Theat the Al - cala Pa rk cam I) r ctor Kathleen Za or d cast- ing of the play wom n, five m,'!11.,,.,.,.,,... delicate, scra aged . even to 12. The sets have ''The Member o the Wed- ding" will be presented at th e l niver ity of San Diego M_arch 28 and 29. The company will al so play at Loyola Uni- vers ity, Los Angeles, April 10 to 12 a nd 17 to 19 a s part of the thea tric I intercha nge pro gr11m hetw •en the two univer- sities. The pl ywrl ht's "The Heart 1 a Lonely Hunter" 1s now be, ing Sl'reened in S n Diego. County Group Dr. (, erald Sperr zzo, di· rector of r:du<·ationa l Devel• opmt•ot Cc-nter, ni ver~i ty of San Di ego, ha been na med pre ident e lect or tht' San Diego County P y holog1ca l ocwtion Dr. SpNrn zzo will s it on the sociation 's xec uhvc hoard, nnd wi ll t:i kc offi<'<' a s pr· 1dent 111 •J111111 11ry, 1970, \\ ith th el ection of Dr Sperruuo, l ' SD facultv mcm ber huve top po t wllh the t~o P ycholog1cal a oclalions 1n the county Dr Ho! nd K l'hcl P adju nt·t prof or with th Edu 1t1onal l.>e 'lopm nt C •nt •r, took office 111 t Sep ternher a prcs1d nt of Ute orth County I' >Cholo ie1II ,\ s ·oc111tlon Prof T oH:cfcr. by D •I Corbett.

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