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Tourney Hopes Fizzle For Hoyas-See Page 10 Vol. XLVIII, No. 3 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON, D. C. Thursday, February 17, 1966 Council Unification Sent To Students H.S. Debate Meet Unification Committee Views Will Begin Friday Action Taken By 3 Councils With 184 Debaters by Robert Mannix Yard Rejects Unification Bid, E. C. Council Suggests The eleventh annual N a Opposed To Idea, Structure Changes In Constitution tional High School Invitation As Not Workable, Effective Before Giving Approval al Debate Tournament will be by Bill Cotter by Ken Fuchs held this weekend, February The College Student Coun The East Campus Student 18-20. The Philodemic Debat cil formally rejected unifica Council, acting as a Commit ing Society, the sponsor of the tion on Wednesday evening, tee of the Whole, voted unan weekend, expects one hundred February 9. It decided, first, imously last February 7 to eighty-four teams represent that the proposed constitu accept with certain alterations ing ninety-five schools. tion for unification was not a the proposed constitution for The largest regular season meet in the nation, the tournament this "workable and effective" plan the undergraduate student year will be drawing participants and, second, that they were body of Georgetown Univer from twenty-seven states from inherently opposed to the sity. Maine to Florida, and as far West as Colorado and California. "principle of unification" it This acceptance came only after self. the committee of the whole had Chairman Appointed carefully considered the entire The chairman of the tournament After a prayer by Father Davis document and had made "recom this year is R. Richard Hayes, (SFS the Council began consideration of mendations" as it deemed necessary. "68,) assisted by Robert J: Dixon unification on two points: 1) "Does Jim Wilkinson, (SFS '67,) East (ColI. '66), the Tournament Co the student council favor unifica Campus chairman of the Unifica ordinator; Robert B. McKenna, Jr. tion (in principle) ?" and 2) "Does tion Committee, presented to the NEW MEMBERS OF THE MASCOT COMMITTEE ••• protect Jack the student council favor the pro (ColI. '67), the College Tourna as he glares at the Hawk and his followers at last week's game Council the committee's report on ment Chairman; and Philodemic posed plan (constitution)?" This unification. This report included against St. Joseph's. Chairman Joe Solari and the Mascot Committee division of -the problem, whose President Carl J. Morelli (CoIl. hired four of Philadelphia's finest to protect Jack; and then the the proposed Student Body consti '66); all of whom are supervised prime exponents were senior rep tution. management threw Jack out of the Palestra. resentatives John Callagy and John by Dr. William M. Reynolds, the New Constitution Philodemic Moderator. Lee, was' heatedly debated. Mr. Callagy proposed that the coun Wilkinson, after submitting that The topic for this year's tourna cil vote "NO" to the first question "the present system of three coun ment debate will be the national Gen. Hershey States and "YES" to the second, in other cils is chaotic," proceeded to outline high school debate topic, "Re words "vote to disapprove uni the basic governmental structure solved: That the Federal Govern fication per se" and "vote to ap established by the new constitution. ment should adopt a program of Ne~ Draft Measures prove the proposed constitution." After Wilkinson's comments the compulsory arbitration in Labor In this way, he argued, "the uni Council members, still in a com Management disputes in basic in The college campus is no longer a sanctuary from the fication issue would be ended," mittee of the whole, began posing dustries." draft. Lieutenant General Lewis B. Hershey, director of the whereas by rejecting the constitu their questions and offering their The Tournament is scheduled to tion the council would, in effect, objections. begin on Friday with registration Selective Service System, recently announced that the Kore be leaving the question open to the Council Treasurer Joe Baczko from four to five p.m.; the first an War qualification test for college deferments was being submission of revised systems. asked why there was to be no at preliminary round of debate, will reinstated. Under this standard 'a good score on the College Yard Treasurer Ken Herbst ar tempt to integrate the undergrad be held after dinner that evening. gued against the constitution, say uate classes and why the three On Saturday, five more prelimi- Qualification Test or a fairly high class standing will defer ing it contained "bureaucratic of East Campus schools would main (Continued on Page 6) an eligible 'Student. fices with little or no power." tain but one class at each level Last Saturday afternoon The Junior Class President David Mul while the College and ,the Nursing HOYA accepted an invitation to chinok and Freshman Representa School would likewise each have come and hear General Hershey tive Jerry Corsini argued that Mr. one. NYU Cites Anti-Selllitislll answer questions about the draft Callagy's first question was unac Wilkinson replied that each school over CBS Radio. He explained that ceptable, since it was impossible to would maintain its own Dean's requiring either good class stand vote on the constitution as a docu- Council, an organ which is "to be In Alleged GU Ruckus ing or high performance on the (Continued on Page 9) (Continued on Page 9) Qualification Test would tend to Georgetown University and its prompted charges by N.Y.U. stu equalize the differences in academic student body have come under at dents of anti-Semitism. excellence among colleges across tack for an incident which oc This provoked a half-dozen let the country. curred at the New York University ters from students at New York Georgetown basketball game, Sat U. In addition, the incident was Differences Equalized urday, February 5. Two students, brought to light at a New York Under the class standing cri one appearing in the garb of an sportswriter's luncheon; since then teria, which would exempt the top Arab and the other wearing a the University has received in half of the freshman class, the top World War II German helmet, have quiries from several New York pa two-thirds of the sophomore class, pers. The first publication of the and the top three-quarters of the incident occurred in last Monday's junior class, students who do poor evening papers. In addition, the lyon the Qualification Test can Anti-Defamation League is looking still fall back on their rank in "with interest" at the case; and it class. has been the subject of a program Students attending "academic" on NBC Radio. schools, where the competition may The Rev. Anthony J. Zeits, S.J., place them in a lower class rank, Director of the SPO, gave the Uni would still be eligible for defer versity's statement to THE HOYA: ment with a good score on the "The impersonation of the German Qualification Test. This national soldier and the Arab have been exam, prepared by the Educational done frequently in the past by Testing Service, is optional, not Georgetown University students at mandatory, and has a passing many other ball games.- It is ob score of 70 out of 100. The test vious that no slur was intended, used during the Korean War was and no offense was meant. George a test of general knowledge, math, WHAT DO YOU THINK ••• asks Council Treasurer Joe Baczko of town University has over 600 stu science, and English. In the past, '67 V -P Keven McKenna. This was one of the quieter moments in the dents who profess Hebrew religion, any s_tudent not classified II-S by hectic three-day meeting of, the East Campus Student Council over SOURCE OF CONTROVERSY (Continued on Page 8) (Continued on Page 8) the question of Unification. Page Two 2'H'E HOYA Thursday, February 17, 1966 Campus Police· Force Adds Meter Maid~ Patrolwoman by Bruce Cohen 'The campus police have re cently hired a "meter maid" for the general campus and a patrolwoman for the St. Mary's and Darnall area. In a HOYA interview Captain William A. Fotta, head of the Se curity Police, said that with the two new additions to the staff he felt there would be greater effi ciency in ticketing traffic violations and better security measures in the girls' dormitory. Parking Violations The new "meter maid" will be A POINT OF ORDER .•. exclaims one Faculty Senate member. The in charge of ticketing cars unlaw Senate held its second organizational meeting in preparation for the fully parked, and also processing drafting of the permanent Faculty Senate. and administering these violations. As of the present time only one female will be used for the whole campus. On the suggestion of a Faculty Senate Meets, night sergeant and with the sup port of Mr. :James Hull, Adminis ACE HOYA REPORTER . Francis Fisher Bodkin checks on the trator of the Physical Plant, Cap activities of Georgetown's Miss Meter Maid, who is to be the sole Ponders Organ ization tain Fotta has initiated this inno dispenser of campus traffic tickets. vation at Georgetown in hopes of The Provisional Faculty Senate, which will serve as an better control of the ticket situa police informed on various parking mIssmg and several others have interim body until a permanent Faculty Senate can be estab tion. problems. When she finishes this had coats stolen. The exact duties lished, dispensed with primarily procedural matters in antic Same Offender she must then type up the control for the patrolwoman have not yet Prior to the recent change sheets, check the cancelled tickets, been determined and will be left ipation of its major task in the weeks ahead-the writing parking violations were issued by and review the appeal forms.