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SCHOOLS BUSTLING
Aliens Topic: 'In Defense'
3,100 Lawyers Here; Double 1970Number /~-J7-?b By HERBERT LOCKWOOD ANDTEGODAII.YTRA.\'.'i(RJP'/'SW/ H'nter At a swearing-in ceremony last week, former State Bar president David S. Casey told new lawyers there were 250 lawyers in San Diego County when he came here 30 years ago , and there Wl're gripes then that there were far too many for the area. the County Bar Assn . there arc close to 3,100 - than double the number of Today, e ·timate more
UNIV.ERSITY EVENT HAS LARGEST FIELD
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"In Defense of the Alien" is the topic of a two-day conference on Immigration Law and Practice Feb. 4- 5 at the Royal Inn at the Wharf. The conference is co-sponsored by the University of San Diego Law In• stitute, the San Diego County Bar Assn. and Fronteras. A practical course geared to give news reporters a working knowledge of the county judicial system is being sponsored by the San Diego Bench- Bar Media Committee. The class will m t on Monday evening at the county courthouse for e!ght weeks. Cost will be $15. Chief Justice Donald R. Wright, as chairman of the Judicial Council, has named three San Diego County superior court judges to serve on th~ appellate departm nts of the superior court in 1977. They are Robert W. Conyers (presiding), James L. Focht Jr., and Louis M. Welsh. In eaeh of the state's 58 counties there will be a three.judge appellate department to hear appl'als arising from municipal and justice courts. A seril's of six debates involving law and economics questions will be presented by the University of San Diego , chool of Law at Salomon Lecture Hall. First debat(• is on "Should Congress Enact the Ken- nedy.Corman National Heath In surance Bill?" Pro: Dr. Lester Breslow, UCLA School of Public Health dean; Con: Harry Schwartz editorial board, New York Times: author of "Case for American Medicine."
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t ams will be participating In th1> El Centro tournament, and anoth r paIr of San Diego repre ntatives will be compellng In the Chino Toum y tarting today Christian High will be the ho t chool for the Western • ocl atlon. of Christian Schools Tourney encompass- ing 12 schools 1n two dlVl· 10n at two site. whJch tarts today, and a pair of ddll!onal local toi.maments are waiting to begin tomor- row
Grossmont;Santana Invita- victory in the Kiwanis Tour- t1onaJ, an eight-team tourna- nament's Unlimited Division ment to be held at Santana last week, are featured in over three days and the tonight's nightcap contest Granite Hills Eagle Classic, against Southwest. a four-team event slated for two days. Kearny figures to get its The biggest of the tour- stiffest competition later on neys, and the ones with the from similarly unbeaten Lin- most interest for local fans, coin or twice-defeated Pa- figure to be the University trick Henry. Three schools and Baron-Optimist group- from outside the county, lngs. Huntington Beach, Downey In the Uni event, undefeat- and Notre Dame of River- ed and top rated Kearny Is side could also be title fac- the team to beat. Coach Tim tors though little is known S 011's Korn fresh fro abouUhe.ir rds t.o date.
"Many Sta) on in their present jobs and arc appointed, sav. house counsel or g<•t better jobs because or their legal qualifications "W havP. n adiv plac1•ment departm nt and rrsponse has been very good. Alumni help a lot. Our old graduates hir,• th1 new ones: they stick together. · Cabrillo Pacific University College of Law al o finds many of its night students have already lined up jobs before graduallon. All agree that the day students are the ones who have the most problems in finding jobs. Night students have the contacts . An unknown number of recent graduates hai: from out of town, ('Ven from out of talt- and have no in- tention of practieing in San Diego Countv. This ht·lps thl' local Joh situation a hit. There an• two rpasons why other la--. yer population of the l ' .S.: --.1th centr,1liw
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s ·•.\ 101 or ra:m!1i>s ar.d stt:dents are v.1!.:;: to rr:a ··p satr 1!1r<'S r a q:.J ..:~ ec;cat:0:1 On t~e other r.;,.:-d v. e r.a\ e L'1e l"f',p,-,r.sit::JJty to see u:a: 1::~~ g1:: it. or.ce tl".e; enroll hef'P ' !Li:""S sa:d. ··~ - •.o\e a:: ir.creas:::g r.llmberor f,i1.r·.a.! a.a pa: ,;_a_<>s a\ ;..:ab~ to 1\4 r <:" ......... :.,s In a:. r a~ cases, \l ;-1: :S I."\ J .H"C At,:,_! l") Of the s:~::~-:.s a_.-o -. .;;"'k!r.Z e,:.?:'-r lull or pa:-:•~:-::e 'r.:"Y are err:p.o~ed either on 0r o'.f ca:r.;:i:is ·T -e f.:-.anc,a: aid o'.'.:ce ll OOO c:0x.: " .:r. tr.e st.. c~r.:s to f;r;d JObs for tt>:'m .·· E.. :~"S recalls t!'.at v. hen he me, . r : ::.:o U"-e prt:is;='- -:1's o~f!ce in 19- 1. ('(.of!: r.;: t: -"~ frr::n a \ ..,,. p:eg.. d•·r--:. ~: , :1:<-:-n Anz r.a L \ e~ t~ .:. La; '..a'.'. •,e bd !: •, :-.-' f:.!'~ ((Ont. OD pagt B·l(, C'OL 1) .. With a heavy night
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Senate by . Portman, then religious studies chairman (he later resigned) and the Rev. Laurence Dolan, campus chaplain. Last September a committee chaired by Thomas C. Barger was named to investigate USD's Catholicity. Sister Sally Furay, USD vice president and provost, says one reason today's Catholic colleges may not always appear to be as Cathohc is that they no longer force Catholicism on their students or make them feel bad for not accepting it unquestioningly. "Students today are presumed to have an intellect. When I was in a Catholic college I wasn't presumed to have an intellect," she says. Founders of the new college say the nun's observation has some validity, but that it's essentially a caricature "I can't recall anything like that on any Catholic college campus I was ever on," says the Very Rev. William L. Lanahan, Cardinal Newman College presi- dent. Magdalen president Dr. Peter V. Sampo admits some teachers in the past were heavy-handed, but he says "the colleges today have gone too far in the other direction, either presenting Catholicism as just one of many options or ignoring it altogether " For Father Lanahan the question is not how poorly Catholicism may have been taught m thr past, but if and how well it is being taught today. He says there will always be poor teachers, but that the question now is whether Catholic colleges ex1Sl pnmarily "to transmit a Catholic body of knowledge" or simply to survive by appealing to government, non•Catholics and the AAUP. Dr. Ronald McArthur, Thomas Aquinas College presi• dent, says Catholic colleges today need more than the orthodoxy behind which most of them hid their shortcom- ings in the past, however. He says that while a truly Cathohc college must take Catholic orthodoxy seriously its principal objectives are truth and teaching student~ how to think for themselves. Involved in all this is the question of what obligation a Catholic college has to teach the doctrines of the church. Sister Furay says the church can sav what it teaches but that it cannot tell a Catholic college this is what it must teach or otherwise manage its affairs. McArthur thinks this misses the point that in a Catholic education the magisterium (teaching authority of the church) is "a guide to the whole educational process, not a sort of informed opinion Catholics can accept or reject." But for Sister Furay an institution that allows itself to be dictated to by the church becomes "an extension of a diocese or chancery" rather than a university Father Rigali says USD still teaches Catholicism as the one, tru~ reli~!on "in the sense that it's not taught as a false religion, but that 1t also teaches truth is round in other religions as well. He says this in no way denies the uniqueness of Catholicism. But Sampo says this can be done without the embar- rassment he says most Catholic colleges today exhibit in 1dent1fying with Catholicism " Even in the comparative study of religion you get in these modern religious studies departments, you need a standard by which to compare. In a Catholic college, you d thmk this would be Catholicism, otherwise it shouldn't call itself Catholic," said Sampo. Father Rigali concedes the church never said other religions are devoid of truth, but he claims it often came out sounding that way in the pre•Vatican 11 church. Donnelly thinks orthodox Catholicism ("and nonP of this post-Vatican II bit, either") is "eminrntly reason- ablP" and trachable without indoctrination. "It's nothing we should feel the nred to apologize for WP only need to apologize for the fact that not Pve1 yonr who calls himsP!f Catholic today 1s m fact Catholic," said Donnelly. But Samp~ says most Catholic eolleg s today arr being foolishly reticent, toning down their Catholicism whi!P other groups loudly trumpet th!'ir own value systems before today's college students. "We're losing a lot of thrsr kids by default," said Sampo. Sister Furay said she wishes the new trad1tionaltst collegrs wrll, but that most rollrge students wo11ld probably regard their curricula as too narrow. Bar~er say.s one of the firsl things his CSD Cat11olil'ity committee will have to do is to determine what Catholic1• ty means at a collegP with so manv non-Catholic mu~n~ • the Rev. s
~/.Af'o{IA t,~- USD auxilians to he~ty,De ~~~~era;~X .. ~v:!~~ Copley Diego Auxiliary will of hostess~ airman La Jollans to be E. Arnold E. Asherfeld, University Club next Howarl' :rs. ~bert C. Mrs. Vernon H. Gaston, Thursday. H gh 'M rs.. eter J. ~rs. R. Clemson Griggs u . es, rs. Richard C. Mrs. Peter J . Hughes' Mrs. James S. Copley, La Jolla based newspaper publisher and a"university trustee has accepted an in~ vitation to speak and will present "Women in the Media." ~v1 and Mrs. Richard Mrs. Louis Mack and · Mears. Mrs. Charles A Others are Mrs. Patapou. . James ~- Mulvaney, Others are Mrs. Josiah L. Neeper, Edward Pulask' Mrs. Mrs. Frank J. O'Connor, John Sandrock 1 ' Mrs. Mrs. John F. Scanlon, Edward Skillin' ~rs. Mrs. John Senneff, Mrs. John Snite and M~!: James M. Smathers, Harriet Mons Wille Mrs. Ross G. Tharp . · Mrs. John A. Waters Jr' Mrs. Richard Duncan and Mrs. Richard and Mrs. James M. Viertel. honor sixty new Auxili . honored are Mrs. Vin- members at a noon are M::Y Jostesses cent L. Buckley, Mrs. lun~heon meeting at the Handle . ohn Mrs. Serio Anton and Mrs. James R. Davis are cochairmen of the event. Mrs. Charles L.
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when 1t takes the floor against Hayward State (5- 4) tomorrow night. USD (U) Sonia Claro <•J Hornell (0 McGet' (21 Stewart W Pierce (81 Ely <•J Rambls (16) Cole <•J Taylor ("l Davis (1.5) Chavez (2) USO ........................2t SOllta Clora ••• .•• .••• .••••• 34 46 -ao Other S<:Orirl9-USO: Strode 13, Gibb 8, M ichlemore 2,. Honz 11; 5onto Clora: Thais 17, Nelson 16, Eosiev 3. Fouled Out-Nooe. Technical Foul-McGee (SC) Total Fouls-USO 23, SOnto Claro 16.
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AfJl?a sn unq sr41 1.4:;/nol/l I PUI? ;lMI? UT aq. 01 AJUapUJJ e ilAl?lj no.{ Ull?a] I ON e ierd no,( aWJ1,(uy ·pies lJl?J}I l{Jer ljJeo~ PU!![SJ ilPQQU' .. 'llmss ed wan-,Jxa pira i>aads aJe sias -se 1sa1e~ OMl s. lllljJ IJ . uonsanb u s ;)Ja"·.L · ' '1 , t " JOQJV uuy m st?M awe.ll J ljj JI JUJJamp U Smathers of Rancho Santa Fe will also be honored. Mrs. John H. Mazur is president of the auxiliary. EVENING TRIIUNE 1-1 Son Diego, Thursday, December 30, 1976 DEEMPHASIS OF PHILOSOPHY, THEOLOGY CRITICIZED Growing se ular trend on Catholic campuses debated are also cited as having made many of today's Catholic colleges less Catholic. College in Triangle, Va. To some, it appears the traditionalists are displaying a characteristic preoccupation with orthodoxy, resistance to change and predilection for indoctrination. But for Dr. Warren H. Carroll, Christendom's president, the issue is that "There are f!!w Catholic colleges today where the full Catholic truth is taught or the Catholic faith even spoken of except peripherally." USD philosophy department chairman Dr. John Don- nelly retains his faith in Catholic colleges (he says USD is better than most) and suspects the traditionalists of indoctrination, but he concedes they have a point. " They're correct in that Catholic colleges surely are not Catholic any longer," says Donnelly. "They're Catho- lic in name and tradition only. Their content , their reality is simply not that of a Catholic school " Donnel!y says today's Catholic colleges "go to great lengths to make it absolutely clear they are no longer Catholic" in their attempt to attract non-Catholic stu- dents and government funds. But he does not regret the cut in philosophy and theology requirements, claiming these were often exces- sive, poorly taught and wasted on unintere ted tudents. He says USD has retained its Catholicity with far less. The Gatholic1ty issue has been a hvely one at USD for yea , although few faculty members who f I the school is less ~atholic than 11 should be will peak on the record. In 1974 the mattPr was broachi>d before the Priests (Cont. on page B·5, col. I) regard as unmistakable signs of secularization. Many Catholic colleges, for instance, have severed church ties (USD went independent in 1972), added non-Catholic trustees and advertised themselves as "community" colleges offering a "value-oriented" rather than a Catho- lic education. Theology and philosophy requirements formerly long on the thought of church-approved St. Thomas Aquinas have all but disappeared. Holy Cross, for example, went from 28 required philosophy units in the early 1960s to none. At USD, which once required 15 units of St. Thomas a ne, students could get through with six philosophy units au told. Theology departments specializing in Catholic theology have been converted to "religious studies departments" offering world religion and other courses in a manner the critics say makes Catholicism sound like just another religion. Perhaps the most serious concern to traditionalists is the feeling that most Catholic colleges today are less than dedicated to the church's teaching authority or "magist- erium " Hard•pressed to understand how a college can undergo so many changes and remam Catholic, disgruntled traditionalists have opened two colleges in recent years: Thomas Aquinas College in Calabasas in 1970 and Magdalen College in Bedford, N.H., in 1974. Due to open in 1977 are two more traditionalist schools: Cardinal Newman College in Normandy, Mo., and Christendom There are those who dismiss this picture as overdrawn, however. Catholic colleges, they say, are still Catholic, though not so pushy about it, less narrow, less unques- tioningly submissive to the church or condemnatory toward other relig10ns. Critics of today's Catholic colleges, they suspect, would be placated only if they issued students a compendium of the writings of 13th century philosopher-theologian St. Thomas Aquinas with intellectual bhnders to match. For tho:;e unglued by the removal of crucifixes from classroom walls, they counsel caution against a preoccu- pation with externals. To those alarmed because Catholic theology and philosophy requirements have been all but eliminated, th y suggest that students formerly may have been treated to too much of a good thing in this regard . For those upset over the vanished emphasis on Catholi- cism as "the one, true religion" they cite Vatican !I's willingness to acknowledge that all religions contain at least some truth. "If they think we're going to keep on fighting Martin Luther the way he was fought ever since the Refornia- lion, they're crazy. Times have changed and they apparently haven't," says the Rev. Norbert J. Rigali, chairman of the University of San Diego religious studies department. But traditionalists remain suspicious of what they •
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