Loyola University Maryland - Evergreen / Green and Gray Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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“ hate to be adamant, Sam, but it says here . . Some of the “away” debates consisted in trips to the Naval Academy or to Washington where sev- eral schools were met. Among these were Howard University, George Washington University, Catho- lic University, Georgetown University, and Trinity College. A trip to the Philadelphia area included debates with Villanova, LaSalle, Temple, St. Jo- seph’s and the University of Pennsylvania. Throughout the school year, Loyola teams were participating in various tournaments. The first tournament was the Temple University Novice De- bate Tournament held in early December. This tournament was designed to give experience to those debaters who had not been engaged in many previous intercollegiate debates. Loyola was rep- resented by eight novice debaters and two judges. Loyola debaters also participated in the Cherry Blossom Invitational Debate Tournament sponsor- ed by Georgetown University on March 18-20. Could you hold that pose just a bit longer?” Members of the debating society presented ex- hibition debates before various high schools in this area and such organizations as the Holy Name So- cieties and Kiwanis Clubs. It can be said of the Bellarmine Debating So- ciety that the work never fell on one man’s shoul- ders, for it was generally true that no Loyola de- bater had two debates in a row. Everybody got into the act. The officers for the year 1953-54 were Richard Otenasek, president; William Hicken, vice- president; Bruce Alderman, secretary; Hal Sanks, treasurer; James O’Hara, manager of debates. The moderator of the society was Mr. Francis O. Voci of the English Department whose invaluable guid- ance and assistance was greatly appreciated by the members. In connection with their debating, the Loyola debaters acted as judges for the debates of the Catholic High School Debating League in the Balti- more area. Lt. Patterson keeps a close check on points for and against free trade while judi7ig a debate. What is the hand doing- making shadows on the wall? 29

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Debate prexy Otenasek look. ' ; .surprised at announcement that he must partici pate in forthcoming debate. Unrelenting are; Front row. Hick- en, Mr. Foci, moderator, Mehling, Seegall, Schamehorn. Second row. .4 Iderman, Sanks, Mackey, Fall, Heymann. Third rozv: Knapp, Ady, Rog- ers, Reeder, Fink, O’Flara, Tortney. oi eLatin 9 The members of this year’s Robert Bellarmine Debating Society set a new record for debates. As a member of the newly formed James Cardinal Gib- bon’s Debate League, the Society participated in approximately twenty debates over and above the usual number scheduled each year. In fact, it was through the efforts of certain members of the Bell- armine Society that the new league was formed. For his efforts in bringing this new league into existence, Hal Sanks of Loyola was elected presi- dent of the Debate League. He was also one of the senior delegates from Loyola; the other was Dick Otenasek. The alternates were James O’Hara and Paul Rogers. In addition to these league debates which were held on a home-and-away basis, Loyola participated in many home-and-away debates with colleges in the Washington-Baltimore area and with schools from various parts of the country. Very seldom did a week go by in which Loyola was not entertaining a visiting college here at Evergreen or was not en- gaging an opponent in debate on his own campus. I i I “Fine dollars for pencils! Vice-presi- dent Hicken and pi ' esident Otenasek seem lost for words to explain this debate expenditure to Mr. Foci, mod- erator. Could it be that these debaters have found the perfect affirmative case? What else could fascinate O’Hara, man-

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Front row, left to right: Kuhn, Gaeng, president, Mr. Toland, director; Fr. Scanlon, moderator; Shields. Second row: Childs, Cain, Quimper, Steedman, Sullivan, Otenasek, Whiteford. Third row: Kauper, Farrell, Field, Lombardi, McNa- mara, Waters, Kenny. JHMK mt 3UHS31 Having lost the services of some of its most talent- ed members, either through graduation exercises or the Armed Forces, the Mask and Rapier Society faced a rather severe task as the 1953-54 dramatic season opened. The reputation established the pre- vious year by the Society’s spring production of “Billy Budd” proved a formidable challenge for the continuing memhers of the Society and its new moderator, the Rev. John J. Scanlan, S.J. Unlike previous years, the Society’s first appear- ance of the new season was in the role of sponsor for the annual Loyola Nite. This venture proved highly successful, both as entertainment and as a financial support for the remainder of the year. In December, under the guiding hand of its new director, Mr. John Toland, the Society staged a theatre-in-the-round production of “The Hasty Heart’’, a drama in three acts. This was the first time in the history of Loyola that such an experi- ment had been attempted. The novelty of the pro- duction attracted many curious observers and, as a result, the Society’s first major production of the year met with mixed approval and mild success. Another first in Mask and Rapier history came in February when the Society played host to the annual one-act play contest sponsored by the var- ious Jesuit Colleges of the Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New York areas. 30