News Scrapbook 1979

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READER SEP 2 0 1979

THE SAN DIEGANS

"Noontime Concert& 0 serie!i wilt continue with a presentation by harpStchordist Gabriel Nauta, Wednesday, September 26, 12:15 tu I p.m., French Parlour Founders Hall, USD, Alcala Park. 291-6480 x4296.

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APatio Tea In Spite Of The Heat The day was warm, but the guests were congemal yesterday for the membership tea of the University of San Diego Auxiliary. Marge Hughes, whose husband, Author, is president of USD, welcomed the guests in the patio of her home on campus. The event honored Pat Pickett, wife of the new USD vice president, Dr. William Pickett - they have just moved here from Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Among the guests were Betty Bass and Georgette :'llcGregor - Betty has the responsibility of chairing the auxiliary's big benefit fashion show Oct. 2 at Vacation Village; Georgette is her co-chairwoman.

with members Judy Comito, Dian Peet and Bonnie Coggan. (Photo by David Eidenmiller) to SD She has served on the boards of the Symphony Womef!'s Committee, La Jolla Opera

USD Auxiliary president Pat Keating, left, checks decorations for the group's Oct. 2 fashion show F II ,. Mrs. Eric Bass of La Jolla has been announced as the

chairman of the University of San Diego Auxiliary's annual benefit fashion show, says Mrs. Edward T. Keating, also of La Jolla, auxiliary president. The luncheon fashion show by Bullock's will be held October 2 at Vacation Village. Co- chairman of the event is Mrs. John Porter McGregor of Rancho Bernardo. Mrs. Bass, who has her M. A. from Stanford, has chaired the Symphony Ball, Combo evening auction party, Women of Elegance and many other benefit events.

Guild, Women's Association for Salk Institute, UCSD Medical Center Auxiliary, is a Makua Life Patroness and is listed in "Who's Who of American Women." The fashion show benefits the University of San Diego's Financial Aid Program which assists 56 percent of its students. Other fa&hion show committee members are: advisers, Ruth Mulvaney and Bea Epsten; treasurer, Dian Peet; mailing, Barbara Carlson; telephone, and seating, Eleanor White and Ernie Grimm. Others are decorations, Betty Tharp; files, Betty Fergusen; publicity, Marjorie Toillion; social hour hostesses, Sally Thornton; and luncheon hour hostesses, Llereva Athaide. Auxiliary president is Pat Keating. Luncheon decorations will feature fall colors in shades of yellow, rust and gold accented by straw flowers and autumn leaves. For reservations or ii)· formation, phone 454-2886. Antoinette Georgia Cihak; menu, Borthwick;

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Mrs. Eric Bass

and Prof James Robert Moriarty III has been no exception. - Tribune photo by George Smith

FAl'\11L \' TRADITlO · - The )toriartys have b1:en soldiers and scholars since the 12th century,

Chinese here in prehistory? Possible, says archaeologist By GUS STEVE:'IIS TRIBUNE Stoff Writer "I've been involved with some exciting projects," Monarty said as he sat back, pi~ n hand As he spoke he gazed at ellowed human i-kull , s~acks of books, magazmes and papers that jam lus office. .

Alan Merian 3 for eethoven is not a crowd

Jame Robert ~lonartv Ill reports that his family has been trac .d back to tbP ear 1100, even though the Moriarty are a small gr p originating in southern Ireland. "l\ly family has been soldiers and scholars for generations," Monarty said as he_ sat m his small oflice, hi jacket off as the mormng sun streamed across his desk. Moriarty himself has been true to th_e breed. During World War II he was all soldier, an infantry sergeant with the Army's _Am~rical Division, a veter- an of fighting on the Pac1f1c islands of Bougamville, ew Guinea and Cebu. Moriarty was wounded in the Solomon Islands and later he was cut down by a Japanese machme gunner on Cebu as he came ashore in the first wave dunng the recapture of the Philippmes. . The sergeant meted out a full measure_ himself before he was through, killing 20 enemy soldiers.. To this day Moriarty, now 55, walks with a lrrnp. And •o t 1s day a samurai swo_rd, symbol of the Japan warrior elite, hangs mhis office.. "I came home a bitter young man, leanmg on my canes," Moriarty said "While I was in. classes at Wayne State Cniversity in Detroit - the city where I was raised - I was mad at God and the world._ An older, much wiser student took me aside after a time and straightened me out. lie told me I was a young punk and to start behaving myself." . The advice worked and Monarty went on to fulf1ll the other side of his family legacy. He became a scholar, a doctor of philosophy in history and anthro- pology . . Thus, today's Professor James Monarty I~ t,~ be confused with his namesake, "the evil gemus, the Napoleon of crime," the other Professor James Monarty who so bedeviled Sherlock Holmes. . Our Moriarty eventually moved to San ~1~go, takmg his degrees at _San .Diego State and Umted States Intematmnal Umvers1ty. . . He now is an associate professor at the Umvers1ty •of San Diego, where he teaches history, anthropology and archaeology . . Monarty has become a nationally known scientist who ha produced nearly 200 papers and three boo~s. And, during long assoc_iat1on with Scnpps Institu- tion lJC-San Diego, Cahforma Western and ~SD, Mo;iarty has become a familiar figure at local digs.

Even a narrow bed crowded into the office m Founders Hall is covered with boxes and papers arranged neaUy enough to gladden the heart of an inspecting officer. . . . "I've been working at the San Diego l\11ss1on, at the Presidio and m Old Town. It's a thrill to uncover old foundall n Li s. We've belped accurate reconstruc- tion of~ number of buildings." . . . Currenll) l'ilonarty is excited at the P?SS1bil1ty of uncov ng concluSJve evidence of an Oriental pres- ence on the west Coast 1,500 years ago, ?r ,i;arlier.. "I've been following an ancient trail, he said. "We've long suspected Asian voyages to the Ne"!; World but positive Chinese artifacts ha,;e eluded us. No~ Moriarty has examined a large round stone anchor, of Asian origin, found off Cape Mendocino. Possibly 11 was lost from a Chinese junk which had been blown to the West Coast. . . "I've been in contact with Peking, ' Monarty said. "We're going to send them samples from the_ anchor. They may know what stone quarry the material came from" When he's not teaching, digging or studying his specialties, Moriarty's interests range Widely.. He reaches for the complete works of Shakespeare, given him by his father when Moriarty was 13. . The book falls open to Henry Vand Monarty quotes without looking: "Once more into the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead!" · "Wh "I'm very fond of that stuff," Moriarty said. en I was a boy I read everything written by Roy Chapman Andrews, who was an early Thor Hyerdahl adventurer type." Andrews, seeking his first_ job in a mus_eum, was told he'd have to start as a 3amtor, sweepm~ floor~. According to Moriarty, Andrews replied, I don t mind sweeping a floor, so long as 1t 1s a museum floor." . . "That is {he way I feel about my umvers1ty;"- Monarty said. "At USO we place a high premium on character. We tell our students: You must grow to be one of the good men ... or women." Moriarty, soldier and scholar, attempts to set an example.

Whoever said that three is a crowd was not at Camino Theatre on the University of San Diego campus Sunday, for the beginning of the Beethoven Cycle of Piano Sonatas. They will be presented in nine con- certs on the third Sunday of each month. In perfect company, local pianis Ilana Mysior, Father Nicolas Reveles and Michael Bahde, who are all faculty members at USD, are dividing up the duties of this project. Each will play in every concert. Ilana Mysior is well known for her keen skill as an ac- companist, especially for singers. Her performance in a concert of lieder by Hugo Wolf about a year ago at UCSD was remarkable. Perhaps it is that kind of experience that made her contribution to this concert one of exquisite phrasing. Starting right at the begin- ning (although the cycle will not be in chronological order), Mysior opened the concert with Op. 2, No. 1, in F minor. Dedicated to Haydn, this sonata demonstrates Beethoven's complete understanding of the classical form, but already his music seems to be bulging at the seams of the old structure. He wrote four movements in- stead of three, slightly daring modulations and a minuet that drops hints of scherzos to come.

Mysior's meticulous yet gracious phrasing benefits greatly the music of this period. It helps us identify Beethoven's skills and points to the direction of his youthful imagination. The thunder and lightning had not yet struck, so why pretend? Instead, Mysior delivered a delicate and well-shaped per- formance. Op. 22, ih B flat major, was played by Reveles, who in addition to his responsibilities as a performer, teacher and priest, is director of music for the Diocese of San Diego. He brought warmth to his per- formance, of the second movement of Op. 22, Adagio con molto espressione. This movement is broad and intense, and he filled it with a sentiment which was appropriate and consistent. Reveles also defined the development in the Rondo of the final movement very well. With his attention to harmonic movement, he gave an un, derlying strength to the overall work as it unfolded. This effect could have been even more rich with some added attention to melodic direction in the last movement. At this point something should be said about the environment of these concerts: The grounds are beautiful, the atmosphere

inviting and the hall is intimate and very attractive; the acoustics are fine, the seating is literally parochial but also fine. Unfortunately this idyllic mood was interrupted by a bit of roughousing in and about the hall after the intermission. There was some tardiness by the audience and it was very hot, therefore the third and last performance didn't get the attention it deserved. Bahde's performance was purposeful and deliberate as he played Op. 53, in C major (Walenstein), building inexorably to the memorable theme of the Rondo and through its increasingly interesting deviations and transformations. This sonata is not a work in which the ideals of the classical era are being rejected, but rather one in which the ideals of the romantic era are being evolved. Aware of that, Bahde was clear in his interpretation, but slightly less so with his scale passages. This Beethoven Cycle is the first to be done in San Diego and like the Verdi Festival reflects a growing interest in important composers. It is an ambitious, conscientious and enjoyable project which deserves support. For Beethoven buffs, the Dec. 16 concert will be followed by a birthday party for the com- poser.

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LEMON GROVE REVIEW SEP 2 0 1979

USO at Pomona For Sat. Grid

The U. of San Diego foot- ball team (2-1) will travel to Pomona - Pitzer College for a Saturday 7:30 p.m. contest. The Pomona Sagehens, USD's oldest rivals, will be out to avenge last year's 27-23 last- minute loss to the Toreros. The Sagehens have 2 key returnees back from last year's team, QB Larry Bragg (excellent throwing arm), and RB George Bushala (a quick slashing-type runner). The Toreros, coming off a 23-14 victory over fifth-ranked Redlands, will have another tough game against Pomona. Georg'e Calandri was the star on defense with 3 JB sacks, 14 assisted tackles, 2 unas- sisted tackles at the goal line, and batted down 5 passes. George is a 5'9" 160 lbs., sen- ior free safety, at USO.

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