News Scrapbook 1970-1972

MISSION ARTIFACTS Brandy Jugs and rass Buttons T elf San Diego Story

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SITE-Boulder marks location at San Pasqual of 1846 battle between Gen. Andres Pica's lancers a nd Gen. Stephen Kearny's

Jieutena'1tn .med Sweeney \I ho had lo • n arm In the Iexican Ha:i,e headed we,t acros de· •·t. Thry were apprehended by Col. Lewis Craig and t\\ o St>rgeants on a geo- lol!tcal urvey. The "Urvey party had left a wagon train top 1rsue the two de- rt 1"3. The colonel attempted to pursuade the two men to return to their post at Ft. Y ~ma. They refu ed. Thr, corporal clrcw a line in tht sand with hi bayonet Don t cro it, Colonel,• Haye v r'1 "We'v h d

e ough and we're not go- Ing back• ra1g ignored the threat, epping aero~· the line - ayes mortally wounded im with his carb1ne. Con- don wounded one of the ~t>rgeants, but the other managed to esrape to the wagon train. • he two de rter vere marked men,• Moriarty saili. • A reward wa po t• ed." The fugitives rode Into Temecula, badly in need of food and water. An In- dian chief nam d Pahl ppia realized ey w• r th vanted pair. He of krea o c.xchange fr l and s olH o ·

their weapons. Both hand.- ed the Indian th !r car- bine. ppia cocked the ham- mer of one, pointing it at the oliders. You are my prisoners," he said. Hayes anrl Condon were taken to the San Diego , 1i ion where the court martial was held. They were found guilty and sen- ter.cerl to death foriarty gaz d across t h e mission cou yard, where exca ation :wbrk i. continuing. In the dis- tance is a small rise. "I' v e I o n g wondered vhere the allo wa~ recteu," he sa! •mhat wouM b a lo.-""'=-- "So far, we haven't lo- cated the graves of the two soldier~. They would- n't ha\ e been wearing any buttons or other military insi nia when executed,

because these would hav• been stripped from their uniforms. Should we lo- cate their remains, thi would provide some clue to their identity." ---~-

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By CECIL C. MOYER will be used for an expanded museum and for after-school religion classes for children of the parish. History d~part- lil£!ll cla~ of the Umyers1ty ...!l ?lfego also wffi be conducted there. se classes have made important archeological discoveries in the mis- sion grounds, where more than 6,000 relics dating back through the last two centuries have been uncovered. The most recent discoveries have been in the old graveyard east of the church, where the remains of three pnests were found. One of these was Fr. Luis Jayme, the first Franciscan martyr in California. He was killed in

The acceleration of plans for even• tual full restoration of the . fission San Diego de Alcala has been made pos- sible by the purchase of three addition- al acres of land adjoining the mi~sion, announces Msgr. I. Brent Eagen, chan- cellor of the San Diego Diocese and pastor of the parish. This increases the mission property to nine acres. The land, which includes a large two-story stucco building, was purchased from t'he Poor Sisters of Naz- areth, which operates a convent and day school for 200 students. The Sisters plan to build a large retirement home on adjacent property Part of the newly acquired building

the 1775 Indian attack and the mission was burned. He had been buried in the church when it was rebuilt, then the rem,gins were moved to the graveyard for safe- keeping after secularization allowed the mission buildings to decay. Msgr. ,Eagen was able to auth cate the discovery and had the rem re-interred in the church recently. A large cross honoring Fr. Jayme has been erected near the spot where the remains were uncovered. Changes are under way in the church, also. New pews have been or- dered and will be placed on either side of a single wide aisle. At present ther is a narrow aisle on each side, The re, redos (altar backdrop) also will be re- placed to duplicate the appearance of the front of the mission. Msgr. Eagen hopes t.o mak sion a cultural center for the;., has planned a program for e our- agement of the arts. At the pr sent time a residence is being bwlt for priests at the northeast corner of the quadrangle. Future plans call for full restoration of the mission in the form of a qua- drangle, as it was in its classic period between 1813 and 1820. E-very effort will be made to duplicate the appear- ance of the original buildings. This sometimes is difficult, according to Msgr. Eagen, who is directing the program. The unskilled Indian workers made no effort to place roof tiles in a straight line or erect walls that did not bulge in many places. Today's crafts- men will duplicate such careless work- manship only wider protest.

ELICS UNCOVERED-Prof. James Moriarty displays two weapons und during excavation work at Son Diego M1Ss1on. Sword 1s of type comed by Me111can lancers at San PC!squal battle_ in 1846 and U.S. dragoon pistol was used by American troops in bottle.

Mrs. James S. Copley named San Diego University trustee

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·:smce me mcorporation of the two. colleges into one University of San Diego in May, it followed that the Board of Trustees also be reorganized to meet our new needs of reaching out into the community of San Diego and beyond. "The Board of Trustees establishes the general operating policies for the university which provide the overall direction for the university's growth. " Secondly, we ask our trustees to indicate their areas of special interest and thus direct his or her attention to that area. For example, if the interest be law, the trustee might be asked to be involved in USD's School of Law. "A trustee," Hughes con- tinued, " also assists the university president in meeting the general public." Mrs. Copley is the wife of James S. Copley, chairman of the Copley Press, Inc., and publisher of the San Diego Union and Evening Tribune. The University of San Diego Board of Trustees is composed of the clergy, the Religious of the Sacred Heart and the laity. It will be expanded to 35 members. Dr. Anita V. Figueredo, La Jolla physician, is vice-chairman of the Board of Trustees.

Mrs. James S. Copley of La Jolla was named today to the University of San Diego Board of Trustees. The board chairman, Bishop Leo T. Maher, made the an- nouncement. Mrs. Copley, born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was graduated from Benjamin Franklin High School, Cedar Rapids, and then attended Hunter College in New is an active member of many La Jolla and San Diego organizations, among them the Social Service League of La Jolla, Inc. , Scripps Memor ial Hospital Auxiliary, the Freedom Foundation at V~lley Forge, The Commitee, Belles for the Young Christian A ociation, the Latin Committee the Fine Arts Society and the Star of India Auxillary. She also belongs to Makua Auxiliary and the San Diego ounty Women's Council of the Navy League of the United States. Dr. Author E . Hughes, president of the University of San Diego, id: ------- , Mrs. Copley Mental Health,

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