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

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EXTRA-CURRICULAR ENGINEERING OCTUPLICATE FORMS AND PUP CAPS THE FALL OF FORTY-NINE Clubs and classes vied with steamshovels for the students’ attention as a new sehool year got under way. E vergreen’s summer calm was shattered when 884 undergraduates began registering for Loyola’s 98th year of activity, between September 6 and 10. Among the entries marked upon the octiiplicate forms were included 246 Freshmen, one less than were in the 1948 Class and made up mostly of non-veterans; 41 out-of-staters and 28 other boarding students repre- sented the new era of the Loyola of the East Coast. In the President’s first address of the year, mention of a prospective 1,200 student body was considered sig- nificant. Sun tans were fading during the week of September 7-12, when the Freshmen were undergoing Orientation. Directed by Emidio Bianco, Student Council president, and Dr. William D. Hoyt, of the History department, the annual shaking-down period included an outline of the extra-curricular activities which would occupy the Frosh during their four years. Also explained were the basic philosophy behind the Loyola system of educa- tion and the traditions built up over the years at Evergreen. THE MASS OF THE HOLY GHOST

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FACULTY HOUSE PERSPECTIVE College’s history points out again the primary purpose of the College, the inculcation of a general cultural background in its students. In an effort to acquaint the student with this culture and with truth, thirty-two credit hours of philosophy are required in order to be graduated. Many take issue with this policy because of an improper understanding of the stipulation. Are there any more important questions to be answered by the college student than those which philosophy embraces. ' ] Iost education today prefers to avoid a consideration of logic, truth, God, ethics, and valid thought. The student must decide these issues for himself, i.e., he must choose a set of answers from the conflicting beliefs and ideologies of the ages. Loyola makes its greatest gift to the student by presenting him with an integrated system of philosophy. The student thus receives a sure knowl- edge of truth, the essential postulate of all legitimate knowledge and inquiry. This is ample reason for the inclusion of any number of philosophy courses in an undergraduate program. Every student, however, must turn at some time from the atmosphere of his college and set out to put his beliefs at practice in the world. Any graduating class is reluctant to leave its alma mater, but it departs with the knowledge that it will forever bear the imprint of her teachings and her Weltanschaung. A Loyola graduate is at least consoled by a feeling of safety in having acquired a proper sense of value, a reason for existence and a purpose in life. It seems only proper that we should have paused to preface a consideration of the unseen elements of his education and of the growth of the college to which he has given and from which he has received. His is the possession of the traditions of his college and of the many years which preceded its founding. The external factors of a college career are the less enduring of the values derived from his education. He shall always remember that he has been given a goal to attain, and because he sees the universe in its relation to its ulti- mate end, that he has been given the means to attain that objective — wisdom. Ave Clique vale! ROBERT P. ARTHUR, S.J. Dean of Men PAUL J. GIBBONS, S.J. Assistant to President CATHERINE H. McDONALD Registrar

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The Rev. Francis X. Talbot, S.J., celebrated the Mass of the Holy Ghost on September 16, and the Rev. Thomas Mardaga preached the sermon at the exercises in the Cathedral, which marked the formal opening of the school year. The Greyhound reported that the cere- mony was “enjoyed” by all. The tennis courts were busy about the time when the Freshmen were released to the waiting Sophomores for their hazing. The campus blos- somed out in grey caps and green ties, while leaves were turning red, brown and yellow. An old taboo was quietly torn down to make room for the quiet friendliness of Charles Dorsey, the first negro student. The Frosh were docile under the discipline of the Vigilance Committee, headed by Richard Wojtek. The World Series was over and foot- ball pools appeared on the campus. At the same time the Grab Bag began supplying many with cigarettes. Loy- ola athletic prospects looked good in soccer and cross country. William McElroy was named the first full-time athletic publicity director. Students launch activities The business majors had been ad- dressed by Wallace Rennett, president of the National Association of Manu- facturers; Edward 0. Clarke had re- turned from an Alpha Sigma Nu convention at Marquette University to edit The Greyhound; Richard Cadi- gan was back from the National Stu- dents Association in time to be elected N.S.A. regional president; and activi- ties were well under way. While the Sophs were cracking the whip over the Freshmen, The Grey- hound discovered that the newcomers had changed as a composite average from their predecessors of 1947. They CLIMAX OF FROSH-SOPH FEUD Top to bottom. When orientation au- thorities placed the freshmen under the surveillanee of the Vigilance Committee they were told ' ' Big Brother is watching you, and sophomore justice was soon meted out to demeanant pups. The freshmen, however, won liberation in the annual rugby elassie (Loyola version), in which they were victorious over a strong sophomore team. Both classes buried the hatchet and shook hands at the Freshman Welcoming Dance spon- sored by the sophs on October 15. were now one inch shorter overall, had just come from high school, and num- bered hardly a married man among them. They were motivated by a desire for a Catholic education, a wish “to meet male companions for a change,” and to improve job possi- bilities. The paper concluded that the Freshmen of 1963 will be five nine, weigh 115, come from grammar school “for a change of scenery” and be all out for daily dances. Among the entire student body, a wholesome admixture of nationalities and descents was represented. Ten Smiths and two Joneses daily met twenty-one bearers of names suffixed with “ski,” while eleven Irish “O’s” and thirty-six “Mc’s” added to alpha- betical confusions. Formal activities got under way for the Freshmen on Tuesday, Sep- tember 20, when retreat exercises were begun at St. Ignatius’ lower church.