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

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I THE YEAR Loyola men were concerned with national elections, world politics, as well as campus social life A glwce i retrospect at tlie period 1952-53 shows a coiii})lex hurryinji of events tliroughout the world, political and economic changes here in the L nited States and the continuance of strife between dominions of East and West. A President of the I nited States was elected and a premier of the Soviet I nion died. There was no apparent casual relation. In Europe, the countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization strengthened their lines under the leadership of General Matthew Ridgway. The Korean War was deadlocked and the youth of the nation, in- cluding many Loyola men, were fighting on the deso- late hills of that peninsula jutting into the China Sea. The Erench in Indo-China and the British in Malaya fought a “dirty, jungle war” against the Chinese com- munists for possession of those valuable properties in Southeast Asia. 1952 was an election year, and Loyola suddenly became an institution of button-wearing, table-pound- ing. extremely vocal young men. In the conventions, General Eisenhower won the Republican nomination from Senator Taft on the first ballot. Governor Steven- son of Illinois won the Democratic nomination in the small hours of the morning by outlasting a half-dozen other Democratic aspirants. Politics ivith a vengeance On the Loyola campus, The Greyhound came out thumpingly for General Eisenhower in an editorial called “Don’t let them take ivhat away?” This pro- voked a barrage of irate “Letters to the Editor” from students who saw it differently. General Eisenhower’s subsecjuent victory was accepted graciously by Loyola Democrats. By Inauguration Day most were resolved to their roles as members of the opposition party. Meanwhile, campus activities were moving at a lively rate. Scientists of the Atomic Energy Commis- PRE.SIDING OVER THE Mask and Rapier Society were, top, left to rifjlit : Maurice Bozel, secretary; John Kel- lelier, president; John Kuhn, treasurer; and Peter Stewart, production manager. Kelleher acceded to the presidency on the resignation of Janies McNamara. The ■Sodalities had a centenary. OHicers and moderators, left to right, are: William Kernan, Maurice Rozel, Revs. Eugene J. Tucker and Thomas J. Higgins, S.J., Robert Raiimiller ami Harry Hock. 14

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li VINCENT PROVENZA Biology t eaves the back door open.” JOHN G. REESE Business Administration “Purchase Lloyd’s of London.” JOHN J. SCANLAN, S.J. Psychology ' ‘So much therefore by way of an aside.” JOHN O. SCRIMGER Dramatics “Well sure, sure.” TANCIS J. SULLIVAN usiness Administration “Now look ‘it’.” JOHN E. SWEITZER Business Administration “Alright you monkeys.” GEORGE C. THOMPSON Chemistry “Oh, goodness yes, you can do that.” EUGENE J. TUCKER, S.J. Biology, Religion “Next week, a Solemn High Practical.” R. E. VANDERVORT, JR. LT. COL., USA Military Science, Tactics “Gentlemen, the hat is worn on the head.” JOHN E. WISE, S.J. Religion “Attd for tomorrow . . .

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I sion conducted a scries of lectures on the radio-isotope. The Block L Club held its annual dance, “The Athletes’ Fete.” In conjunction with the newly established Re- serve Officers Training Program, the precision drill team of the third infantry regiment performed on the athletic field. National Students Association representatives from Georgetown University, Dumbarton College, the Uni- versity of Delaware, Trinity College, Howard Univer- sity, and Notre Dame of Maryland met at Loyola in November to map out projects for the year. The de- bating society was concerned with the subject: Re- solved that Congress should adopt a compulsory Fair Employment Practices Bill. A Mass in celebration of the Sodality’s 100th anni- versary was sung in the Chapel on December 7 by the Very Rev. Thomas J. Murray, president of the college. THK (1AMPU.S SHOP, left, where llie elile meet to tlis- eiiss sports, is presided over by Uill MePdroy. In true eraeker barrel fashion, impresario McEIroy conducts daily sessions on the world situation and life at Ever- green. Known in some ijuarters as the Toots Shor of ( ' .harles and t oldsprins. Mack has a large following and is one of the best-liked members of tbe Eoyola family. Two members of the Loyola International Relations Club, Victor Sudnik and Thomas Southerington, at- tended the conference of the Catholic Association for International Peace held in Washington at the Statler Hotel. The Glee Club under Felice lula’s direction presented its annual Carol Concert on December 14 in Cohn Auditorium. I ectitre series inaugurated Brigadier General Leslie Carter, chief of staff of the 2nd Army Corps, made an on the spot inspection of the college’s ROTC unit in actual drill maneuvers and expressed great pleasure with the job done by Lt. Colonel Vandervort and his aides. The Alpha Sigma Nu Honor Society inaugurated a lecture series which brought outstanding authorities on world problems to the campus. This series gave promise of becoming one of the most significant annual events at Loyola. Much was accomplished by students and faculty in the period 1952-53 to aid in enriching the academic soil at Evergreen and in ensuring an even more re- warding educational experience for the men who will enter Loyola’s classrooms in the future. TOI» SCIENTISTS DISCUSSED THE RADIO-ISOTOPE Two members oj the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Dr. James G. Beckerley, director of classification, left, and Captain Hyman G. Kickover, USN, chief of the Naval Reactor Branch, Reactor Development Division, were among scientists who conducted a course at Loyola during the first semester. This was the first such course held anywhere in the country on the use of radio-isotopes in science te aching. Other scientists who lectured ivere: Robert L. Butenhoff, AEC expert on the geiger counter; Dr. Robert Swain, chief physi- cist of the U.S. Public Health Service in Baltimore ; Dr. Walter Koski, supervisor of the construction of the Van Der Graff Accelerator at Johns Hopkins, and Dr. I aul C. Aebersold, director of the isotopes division at Oak Ridge.