News Scrapbook 1956-1959

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THE PAPER

USD FOOTBALL vs. IDAHO STATE ... Nov. 22, 8 p.m. vs. MONTANA U. ... Nov. 27, 8 p.m.

Publication of the Associated Student Body College for Men University of San Diego

PRICELESS

ALCALA PARK. SAN DIEGO. CALIFORNIA. NOVEMBER 20, 1958

Vol. I. No. 4

Prexy Piazza Smiles Awhile By JOHN MARKLEY Anthony J. Piazza, USD student body president, wore a weary smile this week, as if he knew that in the real crises of life students were only children. It had been a busy week for Piazza. He was worried over many things. But in the midst of helping to organize a com- bined council for San Diego's four colleges, spending himself for his own student body, trying to pass midterms and stay eligible, he saw that one thing was necessary - Piazza kept up with his reading. * * * I In a San Diego State Aztec edi- torial, he found himself heavy- handedly upbraided for having FOUR COLLEGES OF SAN DIEGO FORM SOCIETY lightheartedly advised USD stu- dents the week before to "say you go to Cal Western" if pinched on

COEDS TO HELP ACTORS Since women students from the USD campus are not al- lowed to act in Men's College shows, Fr. Leo F. Lanphier, men's drama coach, has invit- ed coeds from San Diego State to tryout for the next produc- tion of the Men's College Mas- quers Club, "Ten Little In- dians." Father Lanphier said that he was acting with Administration approval. He explained that it had

ACCREDITING VISIT SET FOR JANUARY The College for Men will be visited for accreditation Jan. 15- 16 by a committee of the West- ern College Association. The announcement was made last week by the association's Com- mission on Membership and Standards. Chairman of the committee for the full-scale visit will be George C. S. Ben- s:in, Ph.D., president of Clare- mont Men's College and profes- sor of Public Administration. ASB Meeting Same as Usual

... MR. NIES

Get to Know Your Faculty By BILL KIDDER A typical example of an able ambitious American is George K. Nies, chairman of the mathematics department a'c the College for Men. He wn~ rnised on a farm in South Dakota and attended North- ern State Teachers College in nearby herdeen. He mnrried a loral girl, joined the Third Army, became an IBM whiz and a ;-,init- pong chnmp. Short, stoutish and slightly . tooped in physique, George Nies is un upstanding ginnt in intellect. Only 34 years old, he has seven years of college, 10 years of teaching and three years of mili- tnry . ervice behind him. Besides being a fulltime teach- er, Mr. Nies is also a part-time sales consultnnt for a realty com- pany and a licensed insurance bro- ker. One of the old guard at the University, Mr. Nies came to the college in 1954, when it had an en- rollment of only 35 students. He chuckles when asked whether ma- ny of these were math students. "I had some of the 35 in my classes," he admits, "but none of Turn to P. 3, FACULTY Apartments Up; Alligators Out By C. G. WALKER Four more apartment units in the Men's College dormitories be- came ready for occupancy this week. The scoreboard now reads: 12 up, 28 to go. A marked change in design en- hances the livability of two of the new units, according to dorm res- idents. Instead of one bathroom for four persons, these units have two bathrooms, having sacrificed some bedroom space to permit this Janus-type arrangement. The improvement is expected to greatly ease the pre-class rush each morning, though non-Catho- lics feel that ablution arrange- ments could easily be simplified if more non-Protestants went to the morning services of the church of their choice. All 40 apartments will be com- pleted by the end of January, ac- cording to Fr. William D. Spain, admi nistrative vice-president. He anticipat('s an influx of boarders in the pring. But still no alliga- tors allowed.

By BILL HAGEN

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The student leaders of four San Diego colleges have banded to- gether and formed the San Diego Intercollegiate Coalition. The group is still in the em- bryonic stage, according to Tony Piazza, USD student president, who along with Ed Blessing, San Diego State student president, conceived the idea of a coalition at the Intercollegiate Conference last year at Pepperdine. Piazza said the purpose of the coalition was "to further under- standing and friendly competition between the member colleges and to help San Diego as a college town." The four member colleges are USD College for Men, San Diego State, San Diego Junior College and California Western Univer- sity. Each school sends two repre- sentatives to each meeting. Tony Piazza and Tom Tiernan, ASB secretary, represent USD; Ed Blessing and Frank Hoole, vice- president, represent SDS; Toby Richardson, Associated Me n's president, and Barry Haley, ASB president, represent JC; and Turn to P. 3, COALITION 'Maybe Soon, Maybe Not' It may be one or 10 years be- fore USD will meet San Diego State in athletic competition, ac- cording to State athletic director Bill Terry. "However, when the time comes, a rivalry will be established," Ter- ry said Monday. He added that he didn't know when that time would be, except that it would be "when it's to the mutual advantage of the two insti- tutions.'' Terry cited three mutual advan- tages: ( 1) same sort of general objectives for athletic program; (2) fair competition; and (3) fi- nancial returns. He also said that "there may be others." State, which "endeavors to carry on a nine - game schedule," ac- cording to Terry, had an eight- game schedule this fall. Both State and USD were idle Oct. 11. In replying to a game request from USD athletic director Bob Mccutcheon last Dec. 3, Terry indicated SDS scheduling diffi- culties "to point out that the pos- sibility of scheduling is several years in the future." The SDS newspaper, The Aztec, Turn to P. 3, TERRY

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Piazza smiled his tired smile and said: "I thought I was being dif- ferent and I thought college stu- dents had a sense of humor. But, I guess, if you don't see the dif- ference, you don't see the joke." He was speaking as a student, he said, and not as ASB President when he made the tongue-in-cheek remark. "Anyhow," he apologized, "I shouldn't have told USD raiders to 'say you go to Cal Western.' I should have told them to 'say you

Furthermore, he said, he re-1 .1sual walkout by a few dis- ceived word_ !rom Women's Col- gruntled students marked last lege authorities two weeks ago .veek's Associated Student that henceforth women students ...., d ~· would not be allowed to make-up !..>O Y meeung. the actors in Masquers' produc- 1 The announcements included: tions. " I hope the day will soon come," he commented, "when the men

1. The United Fund Committee has asked the University of San Diego, including the Women's Col- lege and the Law School, for a contribution of $500. ASB Presi- dent Tony Piazza reiterated that no contribution would come from the ASB treasury, but from pri- vate donations from the students.

and women students of the Uni- versity of San Diego will be al- lowed to collaborate on dramatic functions, as they now do on so- cial functions." Father Lanphier expressed ap- preciation for the cooperation he was getting from State coeds for "Ten Little Indians," which will be staged Jan. 16-17-18. He was also grateful for the success of "Stalag 17," which had a packed three-night run, Nov. 6- 7-8. Theatregoers, he said, singled out Jim O'Leary, John Bowman and Steve Lenihan for topflight performances in "Stalag." "But I am grateful to the whole cast," said Father Lanphier, "and to all who made the show so me- morable." I

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scheduled for Nov. 22 was can- Piazza was referring to a pic- celled, primarily because it would I ture published in Monday's San have conflicted with the Idaho Diego Union clearly showing the State football game. (The game vandal symbol "SD S" on Cal was originally scheduled as an af- Western's storm-damaged theatre.

ternoon game for Nov. 22, but was later changed to a night game.) 3. There will be a mixer at the auditorium in More Hall immedi- ately following the Idaho State game. 4. ASB Vice-President Charlie Turn to P. 3, ASB

Though it was true that last weekend's storm, not last week's vandalism, destroyed the beauti- ful old theatre, it was also true that the vandals were not Piazza's students from USD. "S" is for San, "D" is for Diego, I "S" is for State.

MISLEADING MARQUEE-Last weekend's storm grounded Cal Westem's (initials CW) Greek Theatre. "'SDS" on front of theatre could possibly be confused with those of another institution in town. Theatre will be repaired sans lettering.