News Scrapbook 1986

San Francisco, CA (San Francisco Co.) Chronicle (Cir. O. 630,954) (Cir. sat. 483,291)

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enges erra etrac ors the Vatic-an declare omeone a

vi11an authorities O\'Pr tr atment of the Indians. One historian said that only about 10 percent or the Indians entered the mi sions and that those bad done o voluntarily. Da\id Hornbeck, professor of hLstorical geography at California Stale Um,·crsity at . 'orthridge, said: "l look al him as a leader in term of his extraordinary admin- istrative ability, his abihty to coor- dinate the settlement or a whole new frontier." Michael fathffi, a hi tory pro- fessor at the Univer ity of San Francisco, said that Serra was "such a fanatical mis ionary that he really didn't want to cooperate with the civilian government" and that he gave food to the Spanish garrison only after the needs of the Indians w£>re satisfied.

saint. Some Serra supporters hope the pope will canonize Serra dur- ing his trip to California next fall. There no eyew itnl'Ss t£.>sti• mony man or the historical Jitera tur as to Serra's actions. But in his definitive two-volume biography of Serra, the Rev. Maynard J. Gei- ger wrote that ''Serra upheld the custom of "hipping" - a custom "as old a. the conqu .t of Ameri- ca.'' S£>rra v.a known to lash him- s£>1f during prayer until he bled. And when he wa~ criticized during his lifetime for the treatment of Indian converts at the Carmel mis- sion, be offered a v ry forthright defen e, according to Geiger. "It has alway. been a cause of surprise to me," Serra wTote one superior, "to obser,;e that Your Lordship should take 1t as a slight to your own . en e of dignity that here my fellow missionary fathers should order the lash for an Indian in thb mi ion 'which has been Christian for so short a time." , ording to iger's J 959 book, Serra wrote that "undoubt- edly the first to evangelize these shores followed the practice, and they surely were saints." Defending Serra's reputation, Shub. da relea. ed nearly 75 pages of interviews with eight California hi torian. yesterday, on the 273rd anniversarv of Serra' birth on the Spanilih island of Majorca. The hi torians quoted said they had seen no documentary proof that Serra bad ever beaten Indians. In fact, they said, he bad often clashed with military and ci-

Engstrand said, "There were a Jot of abuses under ecularization (the American settlement of Cali- fornia in the early 1800s) but that is another period that I think they confuse with the missionary era." Dr. Doyce B. J\unez Jr, a pro- fessor of history at the University of Southern Califorma, said abuses occurred at the end of the mission- ary penod, but added, "Serra was not responsible for what his suc-- cessors did, any more than George Wa~hin ton Ls for Ronald Reagan."

Father Junipero Serra, candidate for Roman Catholic sainthood

was suppo cd to be the leader, and i! you're part of the policy, you're part of the proc s of genocide." Last year, Pope Jobo Paul II declared Serra "venerable," the fir ·t, and some say the most diffi- cult, bureaucratic step in having

ou di cu ion v.ithm the Catholic Church over wheth r e had soul or not, v.hen we had b n praymg m our own way to th creator for thousands or yf'ar . "Certainly, Father Serra should have part or the blame. He

La Jolla, CA (San Oiego Co) La Jolla Light (Cir. W. 9,040)

Valk1 lose two crucial games Vol1eyball team fails in quest for fifth straight CIF title By l>A Y MI: DOZA

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No. I playoff represeniative, the Valks defeated their opponents handily, winning 3-0. Three days later La Jolla played Sweetwater - who had lost on Saturday to Poway - to determine who would gain the at- large bid in the state tournament. Eveleth hoped that the home court advantage would give the Valks that e,ctra edge they needed to defeat their 3A opponent. But in each of the first two games the Valks surrendered late leads, enabling Sweetwater to win 17-15, 15-13, 16-14. It is a shame that _the 1986 girls' volleyball sea on will be remembered as the year that La Jolla did not win the CIF cham- pionship. The team should not be judged on its performance in is final two games, but on what it accomplished throughout the year. With only four players return- ing from last year's varsity team, the players had to work very hard from the beginning of the year to establish their own identity ad personality. They did this, play- ing superb volleyball on numerous occasions and finishing the season with a record of 20-4. Now, Eveleth and her younger players must look next year.

The La Jo la High girls' volleyball team had hoped for a happier ending. Within three days, the girls ex- perienced two devastating upsets. On Saturday, in their attempt to win an unprecendented fifth con- secutive CIF championship, the Valkyries lost a thrilling match to University of San Diego High School, by the score of 15-5, 7-15, 16-14, 13-15, 15-10. Then on Monday, the Valks faced 3A runner-up Sweetwater, with the winner moving on to the state tournament. Again, La Jolla was defeated in a close match, losing 17-15, 16-14, 15-13. Against USDHS, nervousness took its toll, as La Jolla started slowly. However, towards the end of the first game the Valks had settled down and were play- ing excellent volleyball. La Jolla looked deadly in the second game, as the momentum swayed to its side. When the Valks jumped to a 14-11 lead in the third game, they seemed lb be well on their way to the title. Despite serving se, era! times for the game, La Jolla was unable to win the point, which would have given them this crucial game, as USDHS rallied to win, 16-14. La Jolla miraculously

regrouped the fourth game, but it seemed they had us- ed up all their energy, as USDHS quickly took command of the fifth game, building a 9-1 advan- tage. Once again, La Jolla show- ed its character. Playing brilliant- ly, the Valks closed the gap bet- ween themselves and their oppo- nent to one point. With the Valks trailing 10-9, the La Jolla crowd was now on its feet as it seemed that their team would be able to pull off an astonishing comeback. Unfor- tunately, La Jolla was able to score only once more, as the match was eventually served out by USDHS' Jenna Borrer, who led all players with 27 kills. La Jolla was led by Amy Randel, who had 20 kills and seven blocks. Coach Vicki Eveleth was ob- viously disappointed, but on her players' behalf acknowledged that all the pressure had been on them. "We were four-time CJF champions, while they came out with nothing to Jose and everything to gain," she said. The loss was especially disap- pointing to the players because they had beaten USDHS twice earlier in the season. In the match to decide the Western League's to take