Loyola University of Los Angeles - Lair Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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Cultural events were far more numerous in ' 67- ' 68. Robert Short presented a slide lecture on his best-selling The Gospel According to Peanuts before a jammed St. Robert ' s audience. Sterling Siliphant screened In the Heat of the Night before an equally responsive crowd; the screenwriter entered into a give-and-take session with students afterwards. Australian-American duo-pianists Nelson Neal pre- sented a piano concert at the close of the fall quarter, featuring Bach ' s Minor Fugues and Brahm ' s Sonata in F Minor. Paul Fay spoke on John F. Kennedy — Book Subject and Friend. Fay, author of The Pleasure of His Company, was a close friend of the late president, and his talk was second in the University lecture series. Third lecturer was education critic and former Time magazine cover subject William Arrowsmith. His speech, Toward a New University, was well received by both student and faculty intellectuals. The National Association for American Composers and Conductors co-sponsored with Loyola a chamber music concert. Dr. Robert McAfee Brown ' s lectures on The New Ecumenical Situation and Current Trends in Protestant Thought were presented before near-capacity houses. Perhaps the most popular speaker of the winter quarter was Brother Antoninus; he addressed his continuous and unified love poem to a rapt audience. Last speaker of the second quarter was State Superintendent of Public Instruction Dr. Max Rafferty; he delivered the second major speech of his campaign for a U. S. Senate seat nomination. « - - T— 7 - ■■ ■ Mutk ■ -■: !:■■■ :-., -L- „ ' :■ ■■■ .a- • r ■ •- • ' ■■ W ■ ' ■■■■■■-.■ n

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Loyola University, 1968. Football returned after a sixteen year ab- sence, and the basketball team rebounded with the West Coast ' s third best record. A small article by a Mexican-American student con- cerning Loyola ' s brown underground triggered a series of dialogues on the state of the minority at Loyola. The issue struck a nerve of the University that few realized ever existed; it produced the year ' s most dynamic and heated — and enlightening — Lair forum. Even in the oft-criticized field of student communications there were achievements of considerable merit — the Loyolan was able to spark controversy, and radio station KXLU enlarged its FM broad- casting range. After considerable coaching, Loyola fielded a team for G.E. College Bowl competition. Sensitivity groups mushroomed on campus, yet another reflection of the generation-wide turn from the altruism of yesterday ' s Civil Rights movement to the current emphasis on self- discovery. The chemistry department began operating under an honor code during all examinations. And, as usual, tuition was increased . . .