News Scrapbook 1969-1971

Page 4 THE SOUTHERN CROSS, THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1971 A Time to Keep

By Michael New!17an

Rating Those Sermons

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News from area universities and San Diego State College. UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO By OSCAR RODRIGUEZ "'y-,4 .f. '7/ This week marks the tormal opening of USD's new Founders Gallery lo 1he public. The ga ll~ry will present the paintings and graphics o( Jeff Ruocco, a San Francisco artist. The exhibit will be open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, including Sundays, and will hang until May 31. The gallery is located in Founders Hall. Ruocco·s various prizes include the Richmond Museum

Alumnus to Trustee Another a lumnus of the Universitv of San Diego,llas been appointed trustee of the College. Bruce V. Wagner, a graduate of USD School of Law, has joined two other USD a lumni on the board, Francisco Marty and Robert Keyes. Bruce is a trust counsel for Southern California First National Bank and has long been a good friend of the University, with ,active participation in many alumni occasions. He was a notable graduate from the Law School--which is rapidly achieving a formidable list of notable alumni--as he received the highest distinction granted by the School when he was named a St. Thomas More scholar. He is immediate past chairman of the probate division of the San Diego Bar Association and becomes the first alumnus of the Law School to be made a trustee of the University. When I was responsible for development at USD Bruce Wagner was always available for consultation on matters pertaining to investment and estate matters, and was most helpful. Football Partnership Mention of Bob Keyes in connection with USD ·s topical because he and another former "great" of the old football team at Alcala Park recently were confir112.ed together. Jan Chapman, former quarterback, and Keyes were confirmed by Bishop John R. Quinn a few weeks ag?, with their old trainer and mentor Bob Sexton as their sponsor. Both were converts to Catholicism. There are many who regret the end of regular football on the hill, but financial and other im- plications make such luxuries beyond most colleges these days. And even those colleges which are in the really big time games do not come off well financially. They Really Love Him Home in San Diego county-Oceanside and San Diego--for Easter was Nicolas ~veles, seminarian. Formerly at St. Francis semmary at Alcala Park, Nicolas (no "h" please) was able to visit his folks and his friends by the loving generosity of the young people of Search in north county. They knew Nick had not been home for Christmas from his theological training at the Pontifical College Josephinum,

An interesting idea has just been proposed by an American Baptist pastor in Pocatello, Idaho. Rev. Wilbur Rees would like to see sermons graded in the way we grade movies. From his point of view, "This would be a great help when deciding whether to get out of bed on Sunday morning." His proposed code for sermons would be as follows: G--generally acceptable to everyone. Full of inof- fensive puerile platitudes such as "Go ye into all the world and smile" and praise of motherhood. This sermon is usually described as 'wonderful' or 'mar- vellous.' M--for more mature congregations. At times this sermon even makes the Gospel relevant to today's issues . It may even contain mild suggestions for change. This sermon is often described as 'challenging' or 'thought provoking' even though no one intends to take any action or change attitudes. R--definitely restricted to those who are not upset by e truth . This sermon 'tells it like it is.' It is very th eatening to the comfortable. It is most often ·cribed as •disturbing' or 'controversial, ' (and ally indicates the preacher has an outside source of income> . X--positively restricted to those who can handle c plosive ideas. This sermon really 'socks it to 'em.' I s the kind of sermon that landed Jeremiah in the well, got Amos run out of rown and set things up for the stoning of Stephen. It is always described as ". hocking' or 'in poor taste.' Ministers who preach this sermon should have a suitcase packed and life insurance paid up. Of course we don't have sermons any more in our ch1,1rches. We have homilies, which are thoughts spoken-aloud based on the day's liturgy of the Word. But with the wealth of material which can be built into a homily, they, too, can reach the X rating. . Unfair to St. Joseph I really don't think the Capuchin Franciscan Fathers of St. Louis did justice to St. Joseph with the 100th anniversary medal they struck. It com- memorates the centenary of the institution of the feast of the patron of the Universal Church. "That all may be one" appears across the top of one side, with the legend "Saint Joseph, Our Protector,

Group Exhibit prize in 1964 and the most recent of his shows was at the Gallerie Nouvelles Images at The Hague (Netherlands). A na- tive San Diegan, Ruocco is returning here after serving as professor of art al the Al- bert Schweitzer College in Switzerland, and touring Eu- rope. The Associated Students will present a folk night Fri- day, from 8 p.m. until mid• night in the Student Union. Special guests will be Bob LaBeau and Julie Thompson of The Heritage, a folk group. The music department will present a senior recital by Ka- thy Fleming next Wednesday,

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at 2 p.m. in Camino Hall theater. The presentation of senior recitals is required by the music department for music majors in order to graduat~ with a tnusic major. U.S. INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY By MARY ROBBINS A program known as Middle College is scheduled to become part of the USIU educational system in September. The pro- gram will admit promising students age 16 or older who have completed the sophomore year in high school for study at the college level. An intensification of the liberal arts program in the lower division level is made possible through Middle Colle~e, provid- ing able students the opportunity to accelerate. According to Sill Prestl

dent Dr. William C. Rust, the program was originated be- cause "for many capable young people college is too long delayed. For some the last two years of high school are periods of ar ing time to enter colle . And for some the first t o years of college are repetitive of what they have alreadyl covered." The campuse involved with this program are EUiolt, England, Hawaii, and Colora- do. The Cal Western campus is to remain part of the uni• versity's already existing four-year liberal arts pro- gram.

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MARY ROBBINS One of the developers of this concept was Dr. Harlan Hanson. president of the College En- trance Examination Board. His program allows qualified students to complete six years of work in five by gaining credits through testing. Outstanding students also have the opportunity to begin graduate work while completing undergraduate work. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA By SUSAN GRAVES Voting to elect student officers began Monday and will con- tinue through Friday. There are six candidates for president, five with vice presi• dential n.mning mates. Four commissionership races also will lbe decided. They in- clude commissioners of academic affairs, student welfare, community service and external affairs. A public relations director and a program board chairman also will be elected. Two resolutions also will be considered. One deals with re-

Worthington , Ohio, so they determined to bring him back this time by making a collection on his behalf. This talented young pianist, who performed brilliantly with the San Diego Symphony last year, composed much of the music we now take for granted in the guitar Masses. Anyone who has heard the beautiful and gently lilting style of "The Lord is My Shepherd" at many of our chur Reveles touch.

Pray for us." On the other side are symbols of the papacy. The medal. designed by Norbert Schrader, was specially commissioned by the Capuchins, who were asked by Pope Leo XIII to spread devotion to St. Joseph. But such st eotyped representation does not really do very much for this great patron. Worth Pondering " There is only one person who ought to be changed by prayer, and that is .the person who is praying."-- Louis Evely in The Prayer ol a :vtodern Man .

Music maker es will recognize the

ducing by 50 percent the sala- ries of student officers. Sala- ries currently range from $30 to $100 a month. The other deals with making the $6 stu- dent fee, a voluntary contri- bution. Presidential candidates are running on a variety of plat• forms - from a "non-candi- date candidate" statement by Revelle College senior Douglas Ballis and his run- ning mate, Muir junior Mary Elizabeth Lyons, to the "Harui Project: Ideas, Activ- ism, and Positive People" by Muir junior Diddo Harvi Clark and her running mate Carmen Nevarez, Muir soph-

Unfortunately in these days of Xe machines young composers lose their royalties in the in- discriminate copying which goes on everywhere. What the solution is, I don't know .

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"A Guide 'Religious

to Celibacy for and Laity ," is

education qualify interested amateur.

COME BLOW YOUR Ml 'D WITH ME. by Andrew Greeley. Doubleday, 236 pages, $5.95. There is only one Father Greeley - priest, sociologist, satirist, who is not afraid to speak his mind to the Church. This latest of many volumes is subtitled, "Provocative Reflections on the American Religious Scene," and is a collection of articles published elsewhere. • The chapteN; therefore vary a great deal in quality. He is at his best, of course, when he puts schol.arly facts aside and "blows his own mind." Those who have not read any of his previous books will enjoy this one , but his fans will not find anything really new in it. Father Warren J. Rouse, OFM CHASTITY, SEXUALITY AND PERSO:\AL HANGUPS , by Joseph D. Wade, Alba House, 1970, 171 pages, $4.95. At the outset the author mentions that he has been a priest working with people for thirty years, specifically he has lived among Mayan tribes, Caribs, and American college students. "My authority, then, is the voice of all these people This experience with different cultures increased my un- derstanding of the sexual in- stinct in man and woman, and also formed my judgment on what is moral and acceptable." One cannot help but wish that Father Wade had also kept up on some serious reading in contemporary theology. For his book, with the subtitle

pathetically naive. It is also incredible. He has taken a stance concerning morality that would make the old ma st er,

In general this collection is as indicate. The author has been involved in one way or another currents that swept American that Catholicism during the 1960s '. If these essays smack of the deja vu don't say we didn't sprightly as the title might a with every one of the main by Anthony T. Padovano, Paulist Press, 1971, 92 pales, $5.00. In 10 chapt s flaither Padavono offers meditations..o)'.l topics such as b~th, pray~r. 1 suffering and death. Without 11 doubt, he is a think41r who has·a fine way with words. He states at the "Cnd of tbe Preface: "This is a book of expectations and memones~a book which recognizes darkness but believes in light. It is a book which awaits a dawn without darkness, a dawn when all things shall converge and when everything will be just about to begin forever." It is also a book for use in classes or informal groups. Guideline questions are in- cluded. The photography is as well done as the text. The price is rather high, the binding very poor, but the contents are in- deed worthwhile. Father Warren J. Rouse, OFM

SUSAN GRAVES omore. Revelle junior Paul Kaufman and running mate Tom Caryl, Revelle junior, would like to ake the present student organi- zation an off-campus entity with an independent financial base while Muir senior Karl Keating and running mate Mike Shee- rin, Revelle freshman, are running on a cam ign based on the two resolutions lo be voted 011. SAN DIEGO STATE COLLEGE By STEVE KARMAN Sunday is Founders Day marking the 74th birthday of San Diego State College. Observance of the occasion will continue through Sunday. Among the activities will be a special issue Friday of the Daily Aztec, honoring the school's birthday and retiring Presi- dent Dr. Malcom Love. Novelist Irving Stone will give the keynote address at the formal dedication of the new Malcom A. Love Library at 2 p.m. Sunday.

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HELEN HOROBETZ, chairman of the big con- tract bridge tournament going on at Hotel del Coro- nado, tried to arrange a match between the Char- gers and the L.A. Rams. But the locals couldn't come up wilh four players. Rams coach Tom Prothro is a wizard . . . Another $5,200 to replace billiard tables and game equipment makes Mrs. Jeannette Pratt the biggest single contributor to the Marcy Street Boys Club. The widow of Arthur

fhe basic problem is sexual hangups cannot be resolved merely by having a

strong devotion to the Blessed warn you. Mother and papal documents. These are good and well ; but Father Charles Dollen the relatively new science of DAWN WITHOUT DARKNESS,

psychology has things to tell us, as do recent theologians who have explored the nature of sin in the light of Biblic~I theology. Father Wade is c,l>viously sincere and devout;J>ut be does not accomplish his goal. Someone at . Alba House - known for its excellent publica lions - should never have allowed this book to be printed. Father Warren J. Rouse, OFM COME BLOW YOUR MIND WITH ME, by Andcew Greeley. Doubleday, 236 pages, $5.95. If you are a fan of Father Greeley's, then you will enjoy this new book. It is a collection of thirteen of his articles which have previously appeared in such magazines as The Critic, Our Sunday Visitor and the National Catholic Reporter. Greeley is a provocative critic of the American religious scene. When he writes as a sociologist, whi!!h he is, his thoughts have great weight. Sometimes, however, Greeley writes with some other hat on, and then he can become boring. His amblings about politics and

Pra , onetime owner of Coca- Cola here, has given $25,000, all in the last three years . . . Paris' biggest distributor of news pictures tagged San Diego free-lancer Klaus Bythiner to shoot the Academy Awards Thursday night, a rebuke of sorts to all those Hollywood photographers . . . John De Meio, who recently left Vaca- tion Village, says he will be- come the food and beverage man aboard the Queen Mary in Long Beach 2% months from now . . . An overlooked hero in the wolf pit rescue at San Diego Zoo last week was Bartley

Student elections began to- day and will continue through tomorrow with the polls open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. There are polling booths in Aztec Center, in Scripps College, and the quad near the Busi- ness-Mathematics building. Officers of Sigma Pi frater- nity say they will seek a new hearing before the San Diego City Council in an attempt to get a conditional use permit to allow them to continue us- ing a structure at 5665 Hardy Ave. as a fraternity house. The fraternity members claim they ·ere not notified in advance of the date of the council hearing at ,~hicli

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Rhoades D'Alfonso, 19, a fre~man at ~- It was D'Alfonso, a part-time mamtenance man at the Zoo, who jumped into the pit and kept wolves from attacking two men who rescued the injured boy. He did it by beating the ground in the path of the wolves with a tree limb, a trick he learned from a travclog.

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denied The fraternit moved into the hou e last faU but n~glected to apply fo1 a conditional use permit to operate the hou e at the new location.