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Spectator VOLUMEc**SEATTLE*V SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY,COLLEGEOCTOBER 1, 1947 Number 98 i McNAUGHTON HELPS TO FRAME ASSC Devotes This Week CONSTITUTION OF U. S. CHAPTER Meeting the New Frosh OF WORLD WIDE STUDENT UNION " To """"" Stanley weremanifested.Here was a sounding Last May Mc- " " Naughton, Steve Robel, and board geared to the heart beat of There'llBe a Mixer There'll Be a Rally There'llBe a Picnic America, students today, but leaders Gene Voiland represented Se- " """"" in society tomorrow. attle College at the first re- The purpose of the convention was The most important and yet the gionalmeeting of the National to write a constitution and draw up a* A WORD OF WELCOME FROM lowliest formof collegianonthe cam- Student Association which program of activities for the ensuing pus this weekare the freshmen.Under was held at the University of year. A Constitutional Committee of the co-chairmanship of Tom Sheehan, thirty-six delegates, THE COLLEGE PRESIDENT 1.X., and Virginia Clark, SilverScroll, Washington. This organiza- elected after bit- ter and prolonged debate on many plans have been completed to intro- tion was inaugurated last De- issues, finally drafted a constitution duce those newcomers to life at SC. cember andis madeupof dele- which willbe sent to the campuses for Today, October 1, willbe spent by gates from some three hun- ratificationas soon as they are avail- freshmen and upperclassmen alike in dred and fifty campuses aple. The Seattle College delegate finding classes, greeting old friends, and looking the prospects for throughout the nation. was a member of this Constitutional over Committeeand takes pridein the fact new acquaintances. Sales will begin At the regional meeting plans for that many of the points therein sug- Wednesday of student handbooksand the Constitutional Convention which gest the influence of this campus. mixer tickets. was held at theUniversity of Wiscon- The program of activities consist The women students will congre- sin this past September, were dis- mainly in the further organization of gate in the K. of C. auditorium at cussed and apolicy for theregion was N.S.A. on the campuses, and the dis- noon Thursday. There they will be established. tributing of reports from commissions greeted by the AWSSC officers. At Stanley McNaughton was selected and committeeson projects consistent the same time the men will gather to represent the students of Seattle with"thepurposes statedin the consti- in the gym where Coach Yandle or College at theConstitutional Conven- tution. Also a committee of observers his assistant, Bill Fenton, willexplain tion. He was one of thirty-six dele- will be sent to Europe to sit in on the intramural athletic program. gates chosen to form the Constitution Europeanand worldstudent meetings, The official welcome will be ex- Committee which drew up the first and will report their findings to the tended to the new students by Steve N.S.A. constitution. His report to the N.S.A. Robel, student body prexy, at a rally students of Seattle College follows: Structure in the gym Friday at noon.Plans will Background of the N.S.A. The structural organization of the be made for the organization of the In thesummer of 1946, twenty-five N.S.A. is organized on three levels: freshmanclass. Entertainment willbe students from the United States at- the campus, the regional, and the na- providedby the LittleAlley Art Play- tended 'a World Student Congress in tional. It'wilF carry on its functions ers, whose talents are well known to Prague, Oyeohoslokakia. There were on the campus levelthrough coopera- all SCers. studentsfrom fifty-one nations at this tion withexisting studentgovernments Friday eveningat cl:00cl:00 juthe Sena- Congress. The purpose of the Con- by the use of student commissions. tor Ballroom, Seventh and Union, all gress was to organize anInternational The campus-wide activities of N.S.A. SC willmeet for the Freshman Mixer. Union of Students (lUS) whosemem- willbe coordinated ona regionallevel Iam always happy to see old students return in the Fall Chairman Jim Reilly announces that bership would comprise the national where comparison, with criticism and and especially interested in meeting and welcoming the new Archie Kyle's band willprovide danc- student organizations of the many suggestion for and from other cam- members of our College family. able rhythms from 9 till 12. The countries of the world.The American puses, will be possible. Through the The spectacle of the UN sessions should be conclusive proof tickets will sell for 65 cents. delegates not representatives of annual National Student Congress Contrary to observance, were necessity learning Christian principles of life is common the American studentsas a whole, but (N.S.C.) correspondence,publications, that the of Saturday will be a day of rest in represented the groups which spon- and otherwise, the regions will com- even greater than that of acquiring the knowledge requisite preparationfor the picnic Sunday at sored them.Ten of thedelegateswere pare ideas on a national scale. The to the gaining of a material livelihood. Gaffney's, Lake Wilderness. Swim- theUniversity campuses, four fromthe emphasis is, therefore, on the campus The advance of science has revealed the secrets of nature ming, golf, baseball and loafing will National Catholic Youth Council, and and regional level, where the stream and industry has converted them into human comfort and be the order of the day. Anyone who organi- of ideas and the experienceof there- wishes may advantage r eleven from national student power. have been able to learn the true nature of take of the zations, includingAmerican Youth for spective campuses on issues can be But men not opportunity to use the Lake Wilder- Democracy, American Internes and coordinated, while the national level men, nor how to live in peace and happiness because they do ness dance floor. Those who wish may God, Medical Students, StudentFederalists, is the center of information and co- not know the true nature of their Father. (Continued on Page Six) National Intercollegiate Christian ordinationon nationaland internation- We lecture that you students may become scholars in the Council, Student Volunteer Move- al issues. Sciences and Arts; but you and Ishould remember that the ment, Youth, Purposes Unitarian U. S. Student very purpose of the existence of Seattle College is to make Creative Writing Assembly and Youthbuilders. "The purposes of the N.S.A. are Upon their return, the American said to be two-fold: First, to foster you Christian men and women in principle andpractice. delegation decided to organize a na- and developcampus activities thatim- To Be Taught at tionalunion ofstudentsin this country prove the welfare of the student; and which wouldbe representative of all to conduct activities which willbring SAFETY COURSE Twelve Members SC Night School students. Therefore, in De- the American student to closer and American A night class designed to cember of last year, there was a con- friendlier contact with the students Faculty ference at the University of Chicago, and cultures of the United Nations." FIRST IN N.W. Added to aid Seattle writers and others with delegates from over three hun- Specific nationalaims include: Looking to the needs of The announcement of new interested in creative writing dred campuses attending. was de- 1. To promote student friendship postwar industry,Seattle Col- heads of two departments,bi- will be given on Monday Jt and understanding on a national and cidedthere to set up a NationalCon- lege will introduce into its ology and philosophy, was nights,beginningOctober 6,it tinuations Committee for the international scale. purpose night school this fall a course made this week by the Rev. was announced today. of organizing and publicizing a Con- (Continued on Page Six) Richardson, author of stiutional Convention with invitations in industrial accident preven- A. B. Corrigan, dean of Archie J. on police science sent to all campuses in the nation. It tion. The weekly survey class studies. The Rev. Leo J. numerous works and formernewspaper editor, willconduct was at this latter cnvention that Seat- Spectator to is designed primarily to de- Schmid, S.J., replaces Dr. tle College was represented. the weekly two-hour lectures. velop an awareness of the Helen Werby, who held the Long identified with state and city Convention on safety problems facing post- post in his absence, as head law enforcement, Richardson is the Over million students, from Take More one biology department, authorof "The Lawof Arrest," nowin three hundred war industry. of the some and fifty cam- its edition, more Seattle College labor instructors and the Rev. Harry Kohls, third and of than puses from all over the United States, Staff Members 100 articles published avered that the evening course will S.J., succeeds Father Daniel in state and sent over sevenhundred official dele- The Spectator willholdits first magazines. be the first college programin indus- national law enforcement gates to theconvention. Studentsfrom meeting of the year in Room 118, Reidy, S.J., as head of the de- police trial safety ever offered in the state, He has also instructed science countries all ocr the world were there Arts Building, Monday, partment of philosophy. University Washing- Liberal although many eastern universities classes at the of as observers. The foreign as well as Oct. 6, 12 sharp. Everyone, in- Father Schmid, re- Wahington at schedule accident control courses who has just ton and State College. the American press gave the conven- cluding freshmen, who wouldlike ceived his doctorate from Fordham The evening lectures will extend yearly and a few have even estab- tion complete coverage. Hundreds of a place on the Spec staff this year University, returns to the College after through the three lishedsafetyengineering departments. terms of'the school observers frompolitical,religious,so- should be there.Those whocannot an absence of three years.A graduate year.The first term series, continuing groups prominent engineer cial and other interested at- attend the meeting can leave their A Seattlesafety of Gonzaga University, hepursued his from October 6 to 8, will the December tended and distributedliterature ex- names at the Spec office, Room will teach course. Heis Harold E. theological studies at San Francisco cover the mechanics of short articles, pressing opinions on Wersen, founder of a local accident their the issues' 403, Buhr Hall. Positions are now and did graduate work at Fordham. and the second term will feature discussed.[This , preventionservice andlastyear's pres- was the most inclu- open in both news and sports de- Father Kolds is also a former SC round table discussions on creative sive gatheringof students in the his- partments, circulation department, ident of the American Society of teacher who left the College three writing. tory States, Safety Engineers. of the United As the and at the rewriteand copy desk. yean ago to earn his doctorate. He is Collegecredit willbe given for the agenda unfolded, the forces play on survey at We also needseveral good typists. The course will industrial a graduate of Marquette High, Yak- course. Registration is being taken at the minds of the youth of America (Continual on Past Six) (Continued on Pa«c Six) Seattle College. 2 THE SPECTATOR Wednesday, October 1. 1947 Survival Iand II The Leadership A Word to the A Course Not Listed in the Catalog Of Tony Buhr Freshmen Class by O.ISTRIS "It is a small college, sir, but there are those who love it," Today is New Year's Day at Seattle College. again Webster, College Case. Once Dantki. Dartmouth we greet old familiar of the past year and Reprinted from '47— the Magazine of the Year— owned faces extend a warm greeting to those who are with us for the first by 300 of America's leading writers, painters, and pho- His grave is on Leyte Island, whereit has been visitedby time. But before there is a to yield to any temptation tographers. Copyright, 1947, Associated Magazine Con- many SC vets. The mentioning of his name among the older chance to wax "students or alumni will often bring forth a flood of reminis- eloquentalongchannels customary to such occasions, there are tributors, Inc. * cences about the old school. Faculty members of long standing a few thoughts that might be passed along for what they are You have learned thattoday the Roman scepter throwsbut a are occasionally heard to say. "We lost a good man in Tony worth. faint shadow across the dusty pages of your history books. Buhr." Most of us are here this year to acquire an education. For You are aware that the body of feudalism, though it breathed many of us this means we are training ourselves for liody president, that a for centuries, breathe forever.The edifices of "As a remembrance of a former student the specific occupation. We are to learn. did not all civili- ■new Anthony Buhr Hall will lie opened October 1. Student serious. We want We want zations, however magnificent, contain in some corner a spare activity offices, lecture courses, and the Veterans Administration high grades. Such things, according to popular opinion, are room enclosing a death bed; and the Pyramids, gigantically testing and counseling center will he moved into the building. keys to immediatesuccess in the worldcareers, jobsandsalaries. thrownup to evidencethe orragance of empire,have dwindled Private Buhr a native of Tacoma, was killed on Leyte in De- But the ability to earn money is not all that there is tolife. 1 to the status of organizedrubble. Yet few of us can seriously cemher, 1945. —NtoM story. We are hopeful that out of the present student body some conceive our culture to be no less subject to mortality, just as By theend of his freshmen year,people whowereinterested balanced men will arise. They will be people who understand, no one, except the philosopher and the saint, really believes in such things knew thatTony Buhr would bestudent president not only the mechanics of a particular job,but are also capable that he willdie. in his senior year. There may have been more brilliant fresh- of dealing with every situation that they find forced upon It is almost impossible, is it not, for you even to play with men; certainly there were several louder freshmen; several them.The reason that they will able to handle these problems the possibility that, for some ages to come, yours may be the more industrious at getting their own names in print.But none willbe due in no small measure to a broad educational back- last generation of civilizedWestern man. Yet unless you play had more friends than he; for aboveall he possessed acapacity ground. with that possibilityand incorporateit into your thinking, you for friendhip. Here was no handshaker, no hail fellow well Whether or not you become one of these leadersis entirely areunpreparedforlife. Itdoesnot matter that you are a Deke. met. At first he seemed just a littleshy. Later they called this up to yourself. What we aim to point here is simply this; you Itdoes not matter that your father is holdingready a desk for simplicity. have the opportunity to do so. The policy at Seattle College you in his brokerage house. It does not even matter that you is to produce a person with a broad educational background. But in the classrooms, in the halls, at the social events, on an all-American (much less, of course, that you are That is why such emphasis is laid uponphilosophy, and are fullback the cleanup,publicity, ticket, etc., committees, Tony Buhr was extra- Phi Beta Kappa), unless you realize that you are part of a curriciular activities.Without a goodsound philosophy a man always getting acquaintedwithsomebody.Hecouldbe counted civilization, which during you own time must either change or is virtually helpless whencalled upon to defendhisprinciples. on to make that first small gesture. This was easy for him die, you are unprepared for life, and your college career has Men with a weak philosophy are easy prey to the cold logic because he had one thing incommon with everyonehere: Seat- been a waste of effort and money. used by the representatives of communism and fascism. It is tle College. doing You are young; you do not possess much past and are not its best to make certain that all us have a good philo- growing possessed by it as we, your elders, are by ours. We know a He came here when this was a small but school. sophical background. But such things cannot be injected by slowly dragging great deal, and most of what we know is now wrong— though The Great Depresion was itself from the na- means of a hypodermic.It takes study and plentyof it. But if you really it was not always wrong. You youngsters know much less; tional scene and most students were,even more, far*more than are lerious about your education you will see the studying hence you are capable of learning what is now right. It is now, short of funds. The way to a full life while was value behind the long dreary hours and eventuallythe bearers easier for a young man to accept the possibility of a basic the wayof mutual cooperation.Our few wouldbesnobs could of the hammer and the sickle will feel your influence. You change in the universe than for an old one to accept the pos- not find enough "consciously superior souls" to form a clique. will be able to hold your own against any argument against sibility of a slight change in his club regulations. So Iwill The freshmen werealways toobig a part of the school to be your principles and beliefs. now repeat what all my equally platitudinouspredecessors on "put in their lowly place." The spirit of SC, the pervading The extracurricular activities on our campus are also im- this platform have alwayssaid: You Are theHopeof the Future. atmosphere was one of friendliness and democracy. portant to the serious student. They offer him an opportunity What future? This Seattle College, its spirit, its principles, its fellowship to gain valuable experience, to meet influential people, and above all, to follow and eventually Here, as some see it, is one possible future, sketchily out- went straight to his heart. And because of that he gave of to lead. Almost all of the active organizations are any lined in three general statements: himself to SC, its activities and its people, freely, endlessly, open to student who wishes to take part in 1. A fairly largeproportionof the world'schildren, women, and humbly. His personal friends came to be counted by the them. There are several debating and discussion groups, as well and men, includingparticularly those who by accident inhabit hundreds, if friendships can be counted by loyalty, sincerely as clubs devoted to many vocations and fields of study and just the planetary area roughly 30° N. by 50° N. latitude, 70° W. given andreceived. His character took onforce and weight. some to plain fun. Whatever your inclinations may be, you will by longitude, willduring the decade or die undoubtedlyfind a niche to fit your taste. 125° W. next two To him the ASSC was the guardian of the friendly and premature Students who are new to our campus will find things con- and unnatural deaths. democraticspirit of Seattle College.He was a strong supporter 2. on fusing and crowded for the first week or so. But as things The technical and industrial base which "advanced" of the studentbody meetingsystem. In thestudent meetingany fatally begin to quiet down they will begin to discover the feeling of peopleslike ourselves rest will he gravely and perhaps tudent is as goodas any other,and to Tony Buhr, that was the good disrupted. fellowship and democracy that has always been so much essence of SC. a part 3. The system of ideas and incentives (call it Western civili- of our college. We are small, but the compensation of personal or reputation. zation) which is whatreally sustains us will be wrecked, to be He was never a man to court glory smallness is unity. His name willbe rememberedin the new building.Excellent. We the replacedby a new system. This new system— which is as old welcome freshman class this year with the fervent a more we, as the Egypt of thePharoahs,for itis merelytyranny in modern But fitting memorialwould be for the ASSC and hopethat they willfind Seattle Collegeall that they had hoped the students, to give to Seattle College something of what he it be clothes— will offer the richest nourishment to two extreme would and that they will find a place for themselves in gave her and receive somethingof whathe received. our types of livingorganisms: near-paranoiacsand humanautomata. campus life-and also in the Cavern! Good luck to you all. Towards these threestatements— actually they are indivisible —you may adopt one of three attitudes, each involving a par- Many have a deep passion for dictatorship, whether it be the the killingemanations and germs and poison gases and clouds dictatorship ticular line of conduct. First, you may reject them as absurd. small of the family, or thte vast dictatorship of a of fire-should you survive all this, Ipredict for you a brilliant servility. Second, you may accept them with resignation or approval. whole country. Many more have a deep passion for future. You will end up a master or slave and in either case Third, you may investigate them. , The first group loves irresponsibility; the second, no responsi- you will feel just dandy. bility. Both groups— how expensively this was rehearsed for us First, youmay reject the statements as absurd. In that case However, itmay turn out that you wish to serve as neither in Germany between 1933 and 1945 — must hate detached you willendeavortoleadmuchthe kindof life thatour present master nor slave-for both are servile, each being the prisoner I thoughtand what is looselycalledculture. culture holds out as desirable. It is the kind of life and of an unnaturalrelationship.It may be that you neither accept leading. The reason is clear: if one thinks longenough one is bound millions of my fellow Americanshave been nor reject the dark future Ihave sketched. Schooled, as Ipre- to conclude that freedom is a good. Plato said it long ago: you You are probably familiar with its main features: commer- sume have been,in the methods of free inquiry, you may money, "As there are misanthropists or haters of men, so also are there prefer cial competition; the accumulationof objects,and insur- a third alternative. You may prefer to investigate the policies; misologists or haters of ideas." And the two, you might add, ance the pursuit of passive diversion(spectacle-sports, statements. You will then seek to determine, first, the degree movies, radio, magazine-and-newspaperreading); clique-gre- are one. " , of probability of their truth; and, second, the methods, in case gariousness (the club, union, church); the attain- Perhaps you are such a misanthropist-misologist. Do not that the labor the degree is found dangerously high, of averring the catas- ment of respectability (well-dressed wife, well-mannered chil- hesitate to confess it, for you will find yourselfin the company trophe they picture. dren, securities); shunning activity of some of the greatest andmost famousmen in history. Indeed, Very well-invested the of political well.We will start with some dismalnews. You have together conversation; a preference for long intervals the world has been owned and operated by just with a liking for political spent years in an atmosphere of and studies, at such men, the powermen, the strong men, the shrewd men, books for anglefiguringover rational thought; respect for law, auto- least in part. You are doubtless eager to step of the angle-figurers,the accumulators. out this atmos- matic gearshifts, order, cleanliness, mother, individual initia- phere into what is loosely called "practical life." tive, business, busyness, people like ourselves, and all suc- you in yourself irrepressible of, or contempt Such eagerness is If feel an dislike an quite understandable. But there is a cessfulfolk, includingcinema stars, radio comics, and political, for, people you in race,color, religion, catch it. who do not resemble to To determine whether that "practical life" is to industrial, top-flightNeanderthal minds. manners, behavior; (otherwise andlabor leaders with economic background, social if to your continue there's not much sense,is there, in rushing There is nothing harmful about this life, and Iam far from inward vision humanityseems to be or shouldbe arranged in into it?) you will a have togo back at once to the very thing you deriding it. It is, except as regards the well-investedsecurities, fixed,hierarchicalorder; if you are confident that the applica- have just left behind: the world of thought. one I myself many, many years leading. I the have for been It tion of sufficient force will solve any problem; if the idea of am not underestimating the difficulty of your task for is which, absurdities, there a life for all its has hiddenin it the seeds violence subtly fills some of your unconfessed day dreams; if is nothingharder than fundamental thinking-and that is decency. only thing the of freedomand ultimate There is one the the notion of obeying a "superior" supplies you with a secret requirement for this course, which we may call false, you comfort; judgment Survival matter with it: unless the evidence is will not be if in your mankind has worked itself into One andTwo.Those who do not care toelect this postgraduate allowed to live it much longer. such a complicated only course mess that salvation can come about needlisten no longer. They should remember, however Second, accept you may the statements with resignation or through the imposition of "order"; if you are heartilysick of that they havethrown away some of their chances of persisting pleasure.If you are resigned and your glands are on the quiet the words nobody understands, such as democracy, freedom, as free men and women who areslowly on the way to become side, your cue is merely to drift along in a kind of mild coma. justice; if you are intrigued by the words everybody under- civilized men and womenalso. If you resigned your glands lively, adhere, stands, success, are and are ou will such as power, security; if in the depths of To the die-hard rest of you: first you must study something as so many in past have done under roughly similarcircum- your heart you feel that the idea men, from you see, touch, taste, the Socrates and Jesus cannot smell, or hear: the atom To do stances, to philosophy carpc diem, dancing your to own philosophy professor, are profession the of rhumba down your but a this read SeligHecht's book "Explaining the Atom" (The Vik- at the foot of a volcano. of futile windbags; suppositions you a ing Press, 18 if these awaken in posi- East 48th Street, New York.) Thi will require If you should welcome these statements, not with resigna- tive response, then you^will probably be a happy and useful about 12 hours of concentrated work: like all good tion approval,you Explaining books hut with needhaveno fear of standing alone. citizen of that future state so well characterized by H. G. the Atom" is clear but not easy. After realists, you these 12 There are quantities of people, known as in all coun- Wells as a human tcrmitarium. hours, willknow more about atomic energy than virtually who already in their minds written off one In urge you all our representatives tries have or more that case Iwould to work as hard as possible in Congress, most of our other officials atomic and wars to come. Professors have written to bring the next war about, making sure that andmost of ourmilitary leaders; ultra-atomic the "victory" for you willknow that there books suavely explaining both the inevitability and the pro- will be ours. But in your proper zeal destroy foreign unfortunately no "secret," is to the as supposed, to the manufacture of priety of the ant heap state. The German, Oswald Spengler, enemy, do not lose sight of the more insidious enemy at home. atomic bombs. was such of professor, and we have sonic of them in our own That erremy is the you Next you detached intelligence, and must do must study Hiroshima. Not the event which is country, Generals have calmly accepted the probability of the you can its what the everything to lower prestige. newsreels and picture magazines arc so anxious to death of 25,000,000 of our populationas the but ,for example, convey to you, unfortunate You must vigorously attack those men and but the meaning of the event which as they do necessary result of a sudden attack. Publishers and journalists subject not women who are to the absurd delusion that there is make a specialty of reflection, they are not quite so able of the Goebbel type— a type not in the least peculiar to Ger- some nobility in every individual. but you hardly to convey to you. Your study You must— of the meaning of Hiroshima can many—look forward with interet to a social order in which need specific counsels; your own sound, best be started by dropping health instincts will a postcard to the National Com- Iln minds beings may be manipulated They choose, mittee on of human at will. tell you which side to whichmen to cultivate, which Atomic Information, 1749 L StreetN.W., Washing- are already warming up for the game. , phrases utter, which support, ton 6, D. C, asking to measures to and which office- for a list of their study materials! Some It is a grave error to assume that all men love srt'kers And, freedom. to elect. should the atomic bomb miss you and (Continued on Pftgt live) Wednesday, October 1, 1947 THE SPECTATOR 3 AWSSC to Hold Wow!!Here's"How" A Message to the Student Body College Fall Fashion BuyNow;ButHow? From the Associated Students Prexy It is possible that in the confusion Beat Show on Oct. 22 From anI.K.IsHow of meeting old friends and teachers ASSCPresident again, smellingsticky new bonks, By BILL MARSH Women For the first time in the history of once students of Seattle staring the studious freshmen and the College the new freshmen will be at College will study longer listening too eagerly to first lectures, Remembering our freshman days, greeted by a student handbook. The hours this year, but they will you students may overlook the fact take great pleasure in dispelling "HOW" book,printed in a Chieftain we is social side to college misconceptions of Seattle Col- also study longer skirts when motif, was edited by Dottie Klingele. that there a popular slip into such conscientious lege in particular of Freshman they attend the Associated The book will be on sale at the life and and study you willbecome oblivious Liberal Arts Building, Anthony Buhr that Women's Students' "Hour of* danger of Hall and in the Science Buildinghalls to school activities.The this Fashion.' The social ball will prompted me call during Freshman Week. contingency has to Week is a hazing period. start rolling October 22, to your attention that wehave possi- Freshman on The book was printed for new stu- have yet to s'ee any hazing bilities for the most entertaining and Not so. I when the girl's gather at the dents as wellas old.Pertinent facts of College. Freshmen diversified social calendar since Seat- of freshmen at the Edmond Meany Hotel for din- college life are wellanswered in this wear signs or tle College became co-educational. are often required to our newest ASSC publication. ' be new ner and a Fall Fashion Show. ribbons that show them to With the new gym and new student make them The evening's program will com- students, but this is to offices, combined with, new ideas, Old- mence at 6:30.Dinner willbe served known to the other students. new policies and new affiliations, we according (custom, to twohundred womenstudents in the time students, to Half Hour Radio ready to offer youenough dances, week, main ballroom. Then, for an hour, feel then introduce themselves.The plays andsports tointerfere sufficient- models will promenade fall fashions then, is devoted to 'merging the new ly with studies, but not to ignore com- from Dorothy Hanscom's Olympic ShowIs Proposed students withthe rest of theschool. pletely the new high prices. Acquainted Day" gives you Hotel Shop and Nicholson's Apparel "Get To accomplish these aims means 24 hours within which to find the Shop for Women to the accompani- For SC This Term more than student cooperation and proper classrooms. The practice ment of a seven-piecestring orchestra usual Seattle College may soon be spon- participation; it means voluntary stu- is to have coffee frequently in the from Holy Names Academy. soring a serious weeklyradio program dentassistance andactive support.Let during these initial wanderings. Patty Collins is in charge of the Cave over Station KING. us see some new faces in our new event and she will be assisted by is Headquarters and the realization of Nora Murray, chairman of the Father Harold O. Small now Jean one our prospects will be assured. The AWSSC is a snooty bunch of ticket committee, and Pauline Cruirk- seeking a suitable director.If can found, program, half hour females who run the womenstudents shank, chairman of the publicitycom- be the a Attendance at all the activities and their activities. This, also, is a mittee. discussion now tentatively titled "Ad- scheduled for Freshman Week is the ventuses in Thinking," will be sched- first step. I'll see you around, girls— false idea. The AWSSC is composed will accepted Every Reservations be to- uled, probably on Sunday afternoons. and boys. of all the women students. morrow after the AWSSC meeting at Steve Robel right vote, speak A final decision will be reached STEPHEN B. ROBEL woman has the to to the Knights of ColumbusHall.As only mind, and will not be stopped. after a conference between studio her a limitednumber of places are avail- This, way, is a goodplace to officials and Father Small sometime by the able, those who plan to attend the this week. break into College activities. Just vol- "opener" of the Seattle College social Here's a List of Seattle College's unteer for a job when the organiza- season shouldmake reservations early. The proposedprogram wouldbe a tion is planning any of its many conversational inquiry into the great ideas that have shaped the western Most Prominent Club Officers NEWLYWEDS mind, and in some cases the anti- The active clubs at Seattle College Gavel Weddings place westernmind. There would be three are designed to meetevery need. They President, Beverly McLucas you play varsity brandball held a of If can't speakers,one, a permanent moderator vary from recreational to spiritual, Vice President, Spellman place College importance in the social calen- John there is no for you in (probably Bill Marsh), one a faculty offering various means of self-devel- Secretary, Marcie Mooney College has sports. Wrong again. The dar of the summer. TwoSeat- member, in whose field the topic opment. Each club and its purpose Treasurer, Margo Horsman sports plan that will an intramural tle College graduates, Jack would lie, and the third an upper- are explainedin the HOW Book. If Mendel some have everybodyplaying kind of Terry Betsy clasman, conversant with the topic. any detailsare desired they campuses '44 and Healy additional President, Bet Abbott sport. Too many American An initial script on the topic "Wil- can be obtainedby seeing any of the athletes that the were wed in Mt. Vernon the Secretary, Laura Ellis have professional liam Wordsworth, in the Lyrical Bal- people named below. average student may pay to watch. At last week of August. Opera lads, defending a new cultural ap- AWSSC SC Mr. Average Student needs only Former students John Wilbur and proach, 'romanticism" has been pre- President, Bill Moeller participate in President, Mercedes Siderius President, Kirby to show the desire to Nan Powers were marriedatSt. Bene- pared andsubmittedto studioofficials Vice Bill some kindof sport.There is ameeting dict's the first of September. for consideration.The faculty"expert" Vice President,PatriciaCollins Secretary, Rita Horan show Rosemary Barrett Thursday in the gym that will Other weddings to fill the schedule who workedon the script was Profes- Secretary, Treasurer, Lou Duvall every male where and when he can of the summer's end were George sor Arthur Olmer. He was aided by Treasurer, Joanne Cruickshank Chemistry unlimber his muscles in friendly com- Maxwell and Dorothy Dodd at St. Rooney, Spectator editor, Bill President, McCoy drag John Commerce William petition. We might even our Anne and Michael and Marsh and Roscoe Balch, summer stu- President, Margery gym. McQueston President, Stanley McNaughton Vice Latta flabby set of musclesover to the ElizabethHaggerty. dent radio director. Secretary, Helen Schneider Our tiddley-wink game has always Vice President, JohnDavis Helen Jo Connolly was married to Other possible topicsinclude:"Mal- Secretary, Wyoming Brooks Treasurer, William Farrow R.P.McNeilatSt. Michael's inOlym- thus Doctrine of Fear Is Answered Treasurer, John Stanford Drama pia. Mrs. McNeil was a nursing stu- by Ricardo, Who Was Answered by President, Mary Ellen Moore dent Engineers Everybody has a voice in the gov- at ProvidenceHospital. Marx." TheDivine Right of Kings was Vice President, George Floud President, Dick Read ernment. This is correct. Every mem- Some of the newlyweds willbe at- challengedby two continental Jesuits. Secretary, Joanne Cruickshank Acquinas President, Hank Cary ber of theAssociated Students has the tending college this fall. Teresa Ann "Thomas held with Aristole Vice Treasurer, Ken Wood (Continued Six) as against Secretary, Katherine Bott right to speak and to vote as he sees on Pa#e Plato." (Continued on Page Six) fit, according to Robert's Rules of Order, of course.

The oppositesex andupperclassmen are difficult to know. Perhaps this is true, ater all who really knows a woman? If you have ideas about get- L R O O M acquainted,however, the Fresh- BAL ting man Mixer and Sunday's picnic are the suggestions we have for the im- mediate future. If the Spectator for- got to tell its readers how to reach Lake Wilderness,don't worry about it. CLASSES! The committee willhave directions on the bulletin board. The easiest way is to be at the east door of the L.A. REGISTRATION THIS WEEK ONLY Building in time to catch the Luxury Liners Sunday morning. Besides being a means of transportation the Liners are another good place to meet the BEGINNERS -ADVANCED RHUMBA AND SAMBA men and women who are or will be your classmates.

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TOWEYTOON Musings of a KEY INTRAMURAL SPORT WoodenIndian IN FALL QUARTER PLAY It seems that Head Coach Broadway and Liberty To Be Sites and Athletic Director Len Play Squads Yandle and his assistant, Bill Of for Fast Six-Man Fenton, spent most of the Athletic Program Attention all speedy backs and summer doing their best to sturdy linemen! The annual fall ses- locate "students" for Seattle sion of touch football is soon to be College. Upon encountering under way. Once again intramural sports hold the spotlight and a good some walking pine trees in turnout is expected. Anyone desiring these hallowed halls, we won- to engage ina rough-and-tumble,high der whether or not the Coach scoring sport should avail themselves had only Latin inmind when of the opportunity to joinone of these selecting these tall morsels of Quarters six-man juggernauts. Setfor you sticky out FallandWinter Do have fingers? Get studiousness. P.E. Key and catch a passIDo youhave a lop- We had the last season's Takes sidedshoulder? You'llmake a blocker Chieftains pegged as darn Spot This Fall first class. Do yob havebig feet? Re- good ball players. Guess we member,no holdbarred. Anyway, get weren't such bum guessers. together' a group of six men, name the team, and elect captain The New York Giants think a who will in Great shades of perspiration! Be- turn report to Coacli Yandle for news so, of stars NEW GYM TO BE too. Three our Hiyu's Trek to to ginning this year a complete schedule of schedules, rules, and the like. have been offered contracts of grunts andgroans is plannedfor in- Last year about 5 per cent of the southpaw by them. Stellar freshmen, vets excluded. male students bartered the Broadway Pitching coming the Frank Vena is one. SITE OF CHIEF- compulsory for a turf and each other as seven teams Heather Lake in The program is semi-pro ball this summer he played out their full schedule, came period of one year, classes meeting never lost a game and when sun, came rain. twice weekly. The new gym will his team participated in the Opening This year the even faster, more RANGER GAME the "poor weather" sports. championship playoffs he won Jaunt "Seattle College will open house wide open six-man game willreplace HiyuCoolee,the college hik- Broadway and Liberty fields will be the cleanly and definitely. Joe its new gymnasium for inter- nine-man teams of last year. To ing tribe, will take to the hills the arenas for outdoor activities. allow for the increased number of Faccone, young right-hander, collegiate competition when games requiredby six-man on its first hike of the fall Under the jurisdiction of the Ath- the game, is another. Johnny Ursino is they the intramural speedsters will use quarter Sunday, October 12. meet the St. Martin's Department, a programhas been the third. While playingsemi- letic Libertyplayfieldas wellas the Broad- Destination for this "fresh- Rangers in early December," which includes horseshoes, pro ball this summer, John formed way site. man introductory" trip will be Athletic Director volleyball, badminton, golf, tennis, wound up the season batting announced The Athletic Department plans to Heather Lake, a two and a and the major sports of fastball and a tremendous .460. Len Yandle in a recent inter- increase the number of contests by half mile trek from the high- baseball. instituting a double round robin far baseball heroes view. Thus the Chieftain sea- Thus our way. Fundamental skills, rules, etc., of schedule with a final playoff. This left by ison will open with the SC will allow polish up have been unsullied The Luxury Liners will leave the the foregoing sports activities are slow starters to such tempting offers and are Liberal Arts Building at 8:30 Sunday mentor meeting the team he taught withthe purpose of familiariz- theirgames. Six-man football, with its emphasis on deception and passing remaining in school. Ihighly morning. In accord with old Coolee formerly coached years ago in ing the student withthese games and should provide plenty of opportunity regardmen of this calibre who custom a one dollar transportationfee arousing his interest in them. time. Hikers are the Winco League. for the less sizable to make up in realize the importanceof edu- is collected at that This programconstitutes thecoreof bring lunches buildings brains, planning and finesse for any advised to their own Rushing of work on the the entire athletic program, an intra- cation and stillrealize it after boots, particularly if the shortage of brawn. and wear on the lawer campus has somewhat mural and intercollegiate sports will being offered such heady weatheris wet. delayed the completion of the gym's stem from it. A desired result would This touch football league will be spirits. Hikers of the Hiyu Coolee, whose discovering of undevelopedor strictly amateur or Len Yandle will Chinook, interior. However, the painting job be the appears the girls name means "much walk"in which wouldeventually know the reason why! There will be It think will soon be completed. Glass back- latent talent clamber up to mountain lakes in the varsity status, as good men are no floaters or football bums, and no our baseball players of last boards will be installed in .the very gain Cascades or Olympics every other in days of "hired proselyting! A student, no matter how season's Winco League cham- near future. The floor willbe of max- hard to find" these Sunday throughout the year, rain or professionals. talented,may play with one team and pionship team arepretty good shine. Chief events of the Hiyu year imum size, 94 by 50 feet. It has also volleyball and bad- Each student, before participating, one team onlyduring the season,and too at least we hear that are the anniversary jaunt to Suquam- been lined for ... obtain physical report fromhis a list of players must be submitted in February when candidates are minton. These games will have a must a Dick Parchem andEddie Wel- ish family This information will before the start of each game. initiated and new officers installed, prominent part in theintramural pro- doctor. lens, catcher extraordinaire' gram be used to determine the sports the " The schedule willbe completedby and two overnight hikes, one follow- for students. and fleet shortstop respec- student is most capableof handling. ing the spring quarter, the other at The intramural program willbegin November 28. An intramural basket- example:a weak heart wouldrule league tively, are soon to be roped the endof thesummer quarter. as soon as work has been completed For ball will thenbe started. — out basketball. and branded1 hitched to you Anyone attending the College may on the gym. However, the touch foot- Last year an aggregation of unre- go on the Coolee hikes by adding his ball league will begin in early Octo- As the Cojlege is not responsible stricted Irishmen, calling themselves tenderfeet. occurring during these name to the listpostedon the bulletin ber.Basketball turnout for varsity and for accidents the Sinn Feiners, rolled to seven Speaking of walking pine insurance plan is board by the center stairway in the frosh has been set for October 20. All "activities, a nominal straight triumphs and the champion- trees, we have every indica- Coach L. A. Building. Freshmen and new men who are turning out for basket- available for all participants. ship. Their star captain and quarter- strongly tak- tion that for the first time in studentsespeciallyare invited to come ballare asked toreportto the Athletic Yandle advises all those back, Ray O'Leary, will call some of advantages of Seattle College history, twins andshare the "singing, camaradieand Office this week for an interview with ing part to obtain the the signals for theSantaClara Broncos plan. are turningout for basketball. coffee" of the Hiyus. Mr. Yandle or Bill Fenton. this this fall. A fine all-around athlete,he Louie and Jim Whittaker by Beasley Says pitchedSC'c intramuralfastballers to name, they both stand six- two 3-2 victories over the U. of W. team to win the city collegiate cham- four,tippingthe scales at 185. pionship this summer. They may well be sensations However, it must not be assumed learn that in frosh basetball this coming The call of the Sports Editor for turned out for thehome games. Looks ley was greatly relievedto that the Sinn Feiners had things all classes were not compulsory for season. copy marks the end of the summer like a good spot for thelittle guy with P.E. their own way. The Vets lost the upperclassmen a leaked big lungs. ...After bit of liber- championship game by only two Word has somehow vacations. As baseballprepares to bow the If Bill Herman did outstanding on ation, the men O'Dea points, which Farell kicked de- out of that airtight vacuum out in favor of football,it is interest- poorlyas a manager he rated high as and Seattle Prep casaba teams, Bob Jim a prophet. When he learned that the spite mud and the water-logged ball the surrounds the athletic of- ing to note the cjpse races provided Hedequist and Gordy Davidson, have Pirates hadshippedBobElliott to the on the rainswept Broadwayplayfield. fice these days that some local by many of the minor leagues. In the enrolledat SC. On theChieftain roster Braves to get title to Manager Her- In thatgame, Jim also snaggeda slip- prep past year Association, Texas and In- for this season you will not find any. stars of the will Southern man, the latter moaned, "You have pery ball out of the vaporizedair and Leagues the winners were of the stars of the statetournament of be in the Chieftain camp this ternational traded my ball team!" rambledfifty yards for a touchdown. decidedby but two percentagepoints. lastMarch. As time goes on, however, season. Just who they are and during Other teams who smacked the In the W.I.L. Vancouver shaded Spo- At various times the summer we believe that these boys from the spent sounding football and rent the inno- where they're from is unfor- kane bybut a single point. As we go Ihave an evening at the Broad- high schools of the state will see the way Bowl watchingthe fastball cent turf were the Rangers, the Mi- tunately not part of the to press S.F. and L.A. are all even Dust advantage of enrolling in smaller col- trains. Most of the teams had signed kados, the Specs (who played rumor. with but three games to go. It was leges...probablyless glamorous,but football generally thought that Bill Kelly uppitchers whocouldreally whip the from a basketball point of view,more like the good reporters they were), Pat Brady, crashing home plate. the the McHugh Mailers and the Ma woulddo a better job with the plenti- ball across the Sometimes fun to pick up points onthe floorthan run hitter,is reportedbooting spectator interest reach fever Smiths. ful help affordedto the Angels by the would slivers on the bench... Upperclass his usual 60-yard punts for pitch wouldreach first. Cubs. It's my guess that Stan Hack, when arunner men will be interested in these lines Sometimes, a of Everett Junior College..Bob just released by the Cubs, will take through combination from"Kelly'.,skier andhiker extraord- Truckey was home from med over as the Angel boss. Hack is very a wild pitch,bunt and error the run- inary, who writes from Japan, "When ner would the plate.Isometimes changes school this summer. He was a highly regardedby his employersand cross Ihear aboutall the inSC and wondered what a professional ball the new buildings going up, Ifear I varsity basketball star a few is a cinch to remain with theCub or- manager of the team could do with the mystifying would hardly recognize the campus that he ganization. As player years back and said Angels he would do very wellin the pitches of these fastball hurlers. The were Iever to return. Inever knew would keepan eye out for pos- league whichsent to the majors many answercame during thesummer when how much Iloved theplace tillIwas Browns sible Seattle College recruits years ago. Shouldn't be surprised, the St.Louis playedafastball thousands of miles away fromit. You among prep- either, if Durocher took over at Pitts- team under fastball rules. And how surely will do me a great favor by local Mid-West did ileath, Stephens, Judnich, Dil. sters. burgh. Billy Herman didn't have any keeping me posted on what is going linger and the other sluggers make on there and don't forget to tell the Remember, success with the many veteran players October 20 is which were purchased by the new out?They were the victims of a no.hit students who may remember me that the day for varsity and frosh Pitt owners. Plenty of power but no game. they are often in my thoughts and basketball turnouts. pitching. But more than a millionfans About tin- Campus ...Jack Maril- prayers." _ ___ Page Five Wednesday. October 1, 1947 THE SPECTATOR SURVIVAL IAND II So You Dorit Think AWSSC Holds First (Continuedfrom Page Two) exceptions, seem to have come able all coun- Meeting Tomorrow of these materials are free; the rest- from the "practical" men in including a year's subscription to the tries. Were Growing Fast? the Scientists-add A little reflection will give you the NoonatK.of C.Hall Bulletin of Atomic By investment of exactly $6.50, reason for this odd circumstance. Tomorrow at thefirst Asso- up to an jobs (research approximately theprice of two tickets the very nature of their ciated Women Students'meet- plus four drinks after- into the truth) theimpractical men are to the movies detachedly; to ing,Mercedes Siderius, a sen- As consequence ofyour read- accustomed to think wards. a compared with the ior Sociology major, will be ing you willcome to many conclusions think, at least as us, in all time and all presi- about the bomb. rest of terms of introduced as the new ' great thiskind One of the conclusions willbe that space. Once ina while dent. Mercedes, the retiring necessary,not for it is a weapon of war than a of thinking becomes secretary, less necessary was voted to the method of genocide. You will reflect the long run-it is always the short run. Now presidencyof theorganization on the meaning of the difference that for that-but for times. the elections held one will now find between war and is one of those at annual genocide. Practical men, bythenature of their during the final week of of the present Now you must on your own do a jobs (action in terms schoollast Spring. into the history of in- plus a short-term future), are accus- little research expediently.Expedient Assistingher in planningthe various vention. Fromthis you shouldemerge tomed to think will by the practical activities of the women students with one idea: that the atomicbomb thinking, conditioned be Pat Collins, junior English major, perfectly understandable fideli- is merely oneof a seriesof morelethal men's as vice president. ties to a particular time and place, is weapons to come. You will link this minutes was willfind unfortunately unequal to the task of Chosen to keep the fact with another, whichyou Rosemary Barett,Education junior. researches of the solving the problemsraised by Hiro- demonstrated by the for the forthcoming year historians, that im- shima. Treasurer best of modern place willbe Cruickshank anEduca- provements in the art of war tend to Hence you will probably Joanne ideas of certain — — tion sophomore. accompany setbacks in civilization. more emphasis on the Well Here's Buhr Hall as it was a month ago historians, educators, All students of the College The greater the improvement, appar- philosophers, women on utterances to attend this first meet- ently, the greater the setback. and scientists than the are invited secretaries, and ing, which will be held at 12 noon You now have in theory completed of commissars, foreign you learn Thursday the K. of C. Hall. Plans the preliminary work required in our editorialwriters.Intime will at by instinct pre- for the coming year will be an- "course, Survival One and Two. It is to separate almost thinking from post-Hiro- nounced. not my purpose to lay out a curricu- Hiroshima lum of advancedstudies, for you are shima thinking. thing you discover- bound toperceive its proper direction. One odd will confusing first-is that Iwill, however, two general this will be at outline be con- conclusions that your elementary pre-Hiroshima thinkers can apt to suggest to you. temporary, and post-Hiroshima think- studies are long The first is that Hiroshima sym- ers may have been dead for a and bolizes one of the most crucial events time. For example, Molotov pre- in recorded history. It symbolizes Thomas E. Dewey strike me as man's formalannouncementnot mere- Hiroshima, whereas Plato is surpris- ly of his ability but of his apparent ingly post-Hiroshima in his ideas. willingness to make an end of him- By the time you have reached this human self. You willconclude that, if suicide point you will be an altered pre- is tobe avoided,a fundamentallynew being. 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Welcome 3re3nmen \ Chieftain Fountain \ ■i (Opposite the College) j; j: " HAMBURGERS LUNCHES .DINNER \ I BREAKFAST MALTS SHAKES jj Seattle College 1947-1948 Owned and Operated by Students of Seattle College ■! "HOW" Book — 10 cents 10 I -OPEN 7 A.M. to P.M. i| /On Sale at L.A. Bldg., Buhr Hall and Science Bldg. f ji Page Six THE SPECTATOR Wednesday, October 1, 1947 Associated Women's Students Officers Student Congress Report (Continued from Page One) largely withtheN.E.C., butultimately enablehim toanalyze, synthesize, and 2. To for all young people secure with the N.S.A. appraise the fruits of research as they equalrights and possibilitiesof higher 5. Affiliationwith theInternational apply to issues, and to manifest his education, regardless of sex,race, re- Union of Students(1.U.5.) willbe de- findings in society. These manifesta- ligion, political recog- beliefs which terminedby the next N.S.C. and then tion, if from the yoke of a nize liberated the sovereignty of the United if accepted,it will requireratification perverted philoophy will be in har- States Constitution, or economic cir- by two-thirdsof the campuses repre- mony with man's end, his relations cumstances. sented in the N.S.A. comprising at with his fellow man and will give him 3. To encourage student-faculty- least fifty per cent of the students the necessary means of ever striving administration cooperationon student represented in the N.S.A. Failure to problems. to perfect himself. report on thepart of any student body in the world at the 4. To take practical measures to is not to be considered a positive present time, there are certain groups lead to the strengthening of demo- vote. whoseperverted ideologiesare initiat- systems cratic and functional of stu- 6. Where the purpose and projects ing organize the dent self-government. movements to stu- of N.S.A. interfere with the regula- dents of thenations into organizations, 5. To foster and social ac- cultural tions of private institutions, the regu- which willbe, if they succeed, instru- tivities, such as, intercollegiate de- lations of the institution will prevail. ments to obtain a strangleholdon the bates, exhibits, dramatics, and art Recommendations educational on the student musicalprograms. process The N.S.A. is the largest and most level. The consequences of such 6. To serve as a general clearing representative student organization in obvious. house for the compiling, editing and movements are It was once the United States. Its activities will said by a German leader: "He who Rosemary Barrett, secretary; Mercedes Sidereius, president; disseminationof information pertain- Left to right: have a pronouncedinfluence not only controls the youth controls the future Cruickshank, treasurer; Collins, president. ing to allphases of activity of students Joanne Fat vice on the Americaneducational process, of the nation" and how effective the the worldover. but also on the world level. This is Germans proved that to be. Specific international aims include consistent with America'srole in the Therefore, whenever an organiza- 1. To program of ex- further the world today. The magnitude of its tion into being such po- change scholarships, and to promote comes with The Music Box "potentialitiesarebeyond enumeration. tentialities, it is encumbent upon us the welfare of foreign students in By Basically, its activities can be reduced to assure that the good in such be VAL FOUBERT American colleges and universities. to two classifications;namely, national manifested to the exclusion of the back, everybody!Clear the a typical number, the cornet played 2. To aid in the reliefandrehabili- Stand and international. Every student at evil. Just such an organization came Leave 'emplenty of a "stop-rhythm" introduction of two tation of foreign educational institu- decks for actionl this college knows then the necessity into being at the University of Wis- room, for the jazz-swing ad- measures to in" the number, tions, andforeign students. elbow "lead for the assurance that the N.S.A.'s consin in Madison, Wisconsin, this sleeves then carried on through the first 3. To plan andconduct, incoopera- herents are rolling up their policiesbe based on sound principle, summer. and girding their loins for the battle chorus with the "lead", or melody of tion with the National Unions of Stu- and that such policies be manifested or- If Imay, Iwould like to suggest with be-bop followers. Action has al- the piece of music. While the cornet- dents of other nations and other by competent representatives imbued strongly that the delegates to the ready begun,actually, the jazz crowd ist playedthelead "adlib"(ad libido: ganizations interested in student tra- with the correct philosophy of life. vel, N.S.C., selectedby your studentgov- getting in the first tellingblows with at liberty), the clarinet played "runs", summer travel tours for American only way this TheTe is one to assure erning body, be mature individuals as "SwingHas Swung," amounting to little-more than scales, students visiting foreign nations and is toparticipate in theN.S.A. suchheadlines and that well oriented in parliamentary pro- "What Happened to Jazz?" and while the trombone played chromatic for foreign students visiting the and vigorously champion those ideals cedure, capableof chairing a commit- "Don't an Obit Yet, Boys: chords,forming the basicchords from United States. is anoppor- Write for whichwe stand.This tee, and having had Logic, Psychol- There's Stilll in Kansas Cityl" which the cornet worked. When the 4. To give responsible"representa- tunity meet the focal points of the Jazz to ogy, Ethics and, if possible, Meta- The be-bop crowd, meanwhile, isn't cornet had finished a chorus, the lead tives to the American college student various movements exerting their in- physics. I einphaize strong- doing much about fighting back; they went to either the clarinet or trom- in all phases of international student the youth and where this cannot too fluence on ly the importance of the part played seeminglycontent to go right on bone, whereuponthe cornet andother activity. to the interests are influence be inimical by our philosophy as it mirrors back playingtheir kind of music whilstthe instrument played "harmony", which Resolutions man.Itmay be effectively of Godand through mental disciline, correct of harsh and bitterwords rages consisted of chords— thirds and fifths through debate and other storm Many resolutionswerepassed at the dealt with thought on pointspresentedby others, their horns. —to form a back [round for the lead means enlightening the student about convention, but only the more im- of which are so vital there. Futhermore, This, dear instrument. All this without written portant concerning basic policy world.Remember that whichhas the What is this all about? will it wouldbe advantageousfor themto latest con- music; and yet this jazz, this "Dixie- be a date, a power to build also Ras the power to music lovers, is about the mentioned heVe. At later be there a few days before the con- music-dom, land" music had coherence and ex- complete destroy. troversy in popular recordof allresolutions will This organization has the vention in order to become pressiveness.This pattern Ihavegiven in aware of brought about by a recent trend in be available to the student body. power to build both this country procedures,forthcoming issues, and varied in many instances, of course, to playing which threatento developinto 1. Affiliation with national religi- and the world. accept responsibility but is probably the most familiar and where possible, the strife of strifles. Of course, the ous, social, fraternal, political and Fortunately, it isn't necessary to to effective participation. At most widely used jazz pattern of all. insurean weapons are nothing morethan musi- other such student organizations, was point out to the students of Seattle the preent time, the Seatle College This pattern is well illustrated by cal instruments, else real mayhem flatly rejected by the convention. College the significant part playedby delegateholds the Muggsy Spanier on his "Tin Roof office of treasurer might be the reult! 2. The representation of student the student in society. We are most for the Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Blues". Another recording, this time a deal with this latest bodies at the N.S.C. is to be based fortunate to be enjoying the benefits Region. In order to more recent one, which reflects the Montana and Alaska Seattle in popular music, and to ex- on a delegate-enrollment ratio provid- of a sound philosophy which should College to help trend general jazz pattern, with the excep- has the means make simple as possible, ing that no student body shall have influenceour every thoughtandevery this organization prog- plain in as tetrms tion of an ensemble opening, is Eddie a vehicle for necessary divulge a little more than seven voting delegates. action, guidingus always torecognize our it willbe to Miller's "Muskrat Ramble" (Capitol ress. Let's utilize all means. history. Therefore, taking first things Seattle College will have three dele- certain principles that are in harmony Before concluding, Iwould like to A40039), on which such present-day first, we'llbegin with jazz, going on gates. with man's destiny. When man's in- express my gratitude for the honor jazz greats as Miller, Matty Matlock, swing, and finally be- 3. Regions shall be represented on tellect is given the facts, the resulting of having representedSeattleCollege from there to Nappy LaMare, Stan Wrightsman, bop. "" the National Executive Committee judgment will be correct. In educa- at the U.S.A. Constitutional Conven- Wingy Mannone, and Ray Bauduc are We start with jazzbecause init we (N.E.C.) by a two-one plan based on tionalprocess, itis the function of the tion and it is my sincerest hope that featured. A couple of ideas to keep found the begmningof the American the number of students per region university to provide the means for your representation there will prove in mind as you listen to true jazz: re- facility for expression through the representedin the N.S.A. ThePacific the search for truth and the distribu- to be a fruitful activity, now and in member that jazz is played on the medium of popular music. Volumes Northwest Region has one representation of such findings to the student.It the future. mostpart by individual instrumental- tive on this committee. is the function of the student to ac- Respectfully submitted, have been pounded out explaining ists, soloists, banded together largely learned, some not-so- 4. The judicial powers wereplaced quire a mental discipline which will STANLEY O. McNAUGHTON jazz, some by intuition; jazzmen "feel" each learned, each differing in most re- other's ideas andphrasing so thatthey spects from the next. Basically, jazz work together smoothly without ever NEWLYWEDS CLUB OFFICERS NEW FACULTY is nothing more than a term which is readinga note of music. And if you've (Continuedfrom Page Three) ("Continuedfrom appliedto a type of music whichhad Pag-e Three) (Continued from Page One) beenbrought up entirelyon a diet of Acheson will enter the college for its inception most probably in New the Iliyu Coolee ima, Georgetown classical music, don't scoff at jazz, first time husband, and attended Uni- Orleans, which had as its principal whileher William President, Don Byington either; because jazz in itself is a form Pigott, versity, from which he received his exponent King Oliver, and which is will return after being in the Secretary,C. A. Gibbons of music entirely foreign to any other They PhD last spring. still kicking around in various parts service. weremarried September Treasurer, Ellen McDevitt kindof music. is all American.It of the country. The hot horn of King Jazz 16th. Other faculty additions are: Dr. drifted from bayous of Louisiana up Following wedding Riding Oliver nournished this new form of their September Club Walter A. Carmody, chemistry; Rev. toholes-in-the-wall'neath the "El"in 27th, music from its infancy until its man- Ruth Roberts and Thomas President,Dick Hourigan Mueller, Chicago, then on to the Schultz will also William S.J., commerce; hood, which was reached in,the years Waldorf-As- return to school. VicePresident,Dick toria, spreading and enveloping,until Miss Roberts has been Shanks Rev. Arthur C. Earl, S.J., commerce following the first World War, the attending the Secretary,Diane Fiebig its followers reached the millionmark collegesince the and finance, Mr. Earl Wisser, engi- '20s. fall of 1945. Treasurer, Lloyd Carpenter and over. Jazz does not pretend to In the beginning jazz used a two- be neering. whatit is not. How does it differ from Sodality beat rhythm as its foundation. The SAFETY COURSE Dr. Richard Hiclcey, English; Dr. classical music? In many ways too drummer played the first and third (Continued from Page One) President, Powers Charles S. LaCugna, History; Miss numerous too mention, but the great- John beats of each measure on the bass accident Vice President, Marcie Alberta Beasom, English; Rev. Owen est and most essential is statisticsandaccident control Mooney drum; the second and beats difference practices in Secretary, Pat Collins McCusker, S.J., Philosophy; Mr. fourth that jazz is a relaxed, semi-spontan- the state. It also will study were there, but not played by the state and national safety codes Charles MacGregor, English; Rev. eous form of music, while classical and Ski drum. In other words, the rhythm industrial insurance laws. Club William Codd, S.J., PhD, Education. music is un-relaxed and certainly not went"ONE-two-THREE-four" and The course is scheduled for Wed- President, Joe O'Brien Father Codd is Prefect of Studies of spontaneous. Can we then say that on top of this foundation the jazzmen nesday nights at 7:30 o'clock, begin- Vice President, Lou Duvall the Oregon Province. He will teach jazz is more expressive of the Ameri- weavedcurious, yet melodic and cer- ning October 8 and ending Decem- Secretary, Joanna Mein Methods. can people than the other type of tainly richly expressive patterns ber 10. music which we have Many which, paradoxicallyenough, seemed fostered? think we assert this as a truth. Next at once out of step with each other time more questions and and yet wereclosely knit. Tin- instru- answers Parisienne Tuxedo Salon Anyhow, good listening,whether itbe mentation of the bandnaturally varied Goodman or Grieg! WATCH FOR OUR OPENING 5-Point Cleaners with availability of musicians in those days, but the ideal was cornet (later RENTAL OF 1112 Broadway trumpet), clarinet, trombone, the FROSH WEEK EVENING GOWNS piano, banjo (later the guitar), drums (Continued from Page One) and traps, and possibly a tenor saxo- hring their own lunches but the con- and TUXEDOS phone NextDoor to Chieftain Fountain or soprano saxophone.With the cessions willbe open for all. Proprietresses : addition of a sax, matters tended to For those who do not have cars, Lucille Masters — Delia Carbow get alittlecomplicated,so we'llmere- transportation will be furnished by CONVENIENT LOCATION — SERVICE University QUALITY ly stick with the basic jazz "combo" Co-ChairmenLaura Ellisand Jim Mc- 4144V0 Way (from combinationof instruments). In Kay.