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

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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.

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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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REV. JAMES A. MARTIN, S.J., PRESIDED OVER THE RETREAT The next week saw the upper classmen in the pews of the downtown church. The January 1950 Seniors were reg- istered for the customary closed re- treat at ]Manresa-on-Severn, held in December. On October 3, the academic year began in earnest. The Frosh chose Jim Garland as their temporary chair- man and Student Council represen- tative. The Council, itself, elected Edward IcNeal as vice-president; Walter Smyth became secretary: Francis Meagher, treasurer, and James Dietz, parliamentarian. Bertram Mo- rales was named social secretary and Dr. Harry Rirwin was chosen as lay faculty advisor. Tea is served behind the velvet curtain Social activities were enlivened by the reconnoitering expedition conducted by Edward McNeal and Ferd Leim- kuhler into the no man’s land of the Notre Dame campus, which resu lted in the first tea dance, held on the after- noon of Friday, October 14. The Freshman Welcoming Dance the next night was sold out. Loyola made Life magazine in ref- erences regarding Evelyn Waugh. The English novelist had been a guest at Evergreen in 1948. The Greyhound staff edited a page in the Siujday American during the round robin of collegiate coverage. Walter Smyth stepped in as Mendel Club president. Edward Pula was directing campus N.F.C.C.S. activi- ties, and Xavier Trainor was named vice-prefect of the Senior Sodality. The religious group was planning a special performance of Loyola Night for the orphans of Baltimore, in con- junction with the Dramatic Society. Vivisection was the current topic in the printed forums locally when the Baltimore Bees sliced away the Grey- hound’s soccer championship by a 1-0 win. which had been preceded with campus deco rations by marauding Bee fans. A giant tree crashed to earth to make room for the high-steepled Me- morial Chapel. Leaf-Strewn ground was broken for the structure by Arch- bishop Reough on October 9. CLASS ELECTIONS EMBROILED THE STUDENT BODY IN POLITICS Below left. After a hard-fought campaign, new officers for the Sophomore class emerged. Left to right, the victorious are Edward Pula, secretary: John O ' Connor, treasurer, Robert Shaw, vice-president; and Richard Wojfek, president. Below right. Later the June ’51 class picked Edwin Leimkuhler to continue as their president. John Schanberger shifted to secretary and Eugene Conroy was named treasurer. Thomas Oaster became vice-president.