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'ROMAN HOLIDAY' SALUTES GRADS l»5« ((Mill Sheila Schock Freshmen Seniors Juniors Queen Sophomores Gail Cushing Bette Kay Mason Joey Beswick Barbara Meagher Ruth Oaksmith Patti Brannon Sue Schwab Marilu Schreck SpectatorSEATTLE vol.xxni SEATTLE, WASHINGTON,UNIVERSITYWEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1956 No. 14 Hall Dedication 'La Matinata' Climaxes Justices Reveal Tonight at 7:30 Board Decision Last Sunday, Jan. 29, the Seattle Another big event planned for University Judicial Board met to Homecoming Homecoming Week is the dedica- Festivities writea decision on actionbrought tion of XavierHall, the newmen's Swinging into the second half Gordon Green and Bob Harvey preliminary contest willseea girls' forth in a hearing on January 9. dorm, by the Most Reverend of the 51st annual Homecoming have been engaged to play in the team from Marycrest play a team TheBoard workednearly 15 hours Thomas A. Connolly, Archbishop celebration,SU's "Roman Holiday" Spanish Ballroomand the Olympic of town girls. Janet Hopps, cap- torender the four-page decision. of Seattle,at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, will reach a climax on Thursday Bowl of the Olympic Hotel. Dec- tain of the towngirls, andMichele captain, The mainpoint wasthe question Jan. 31. night, Feb. 2, at the student dance, orations carrying out the Italian Mulherin, Marycrest re- Assembly During the ceremony, will spirit and have of whether the Board which "La Matinata." motif will feature an Italian gar- port that skill, fun had the right begin the activities of the Home- predominated the practices. constitutional to cre- Baron Ferdinande Qnaranta di den scene. at ate a committeeof investigationin coming Open House, Archbishop San Severino.consulfor Italy,will Dance programs, which werede- The alumnidance willtakeplace Connolly, the A. Lemieux, Saturday, regard to other parts of the consti- Rev. A. crown Queen Sheila Schock of signed by Pat Raney, went on sale in the Olympic Hotelon govern- S.J., University president, Mayor repeat performance of tutionally createdstudent Yakima. At the coronation, which yesterday at the InformationBooth Feb. 4. A ment. Allan Pomeroy and Thomas Cox, will take place at 10:30 p.m., the of the Liberal Arts Building and the coronationceremony will take president, speak, The JudicialBoard decision was student hall will royal court will be escorted by an inthe Chieftain.The sale willcon- place at 10:30 p.m. with alumni unconstitutional, John Murphy, U - Murphy, that this is as in- with Seattle honor guard in dress attire. tinue through the week. Programs president, Mr. John vestigatory powers granted president, acting as the are alumni The royal court willmake their are $3.50. crowning the queen. they of spirit of the Homecoming insofar as do not interfere master of ceremonies. Members first public appearance 'in the The student dance will be non- Inthe of govern- of regents, university- festivities, Rev.A. A. Lemieux, withother branches the the board Homecoming gowns at the dance. cabaret.There willbeno pass-outs. the ment. Otherwise, system officials, and guests 8.J., of the of civic officials Kathy Werran, a sophomore home Tomorrow night, Feb. 1, at 8 president Seattle Univer- checks and in- the dedication in the sity, Friday, 3, balances would bo will attend economics student, designed and p.m. the faculty team coached by has declared Feb. effectual. lobby of the Hall. Logan, S.J., Holiday. Allclasses made the dresses which are of sil- Rev. Francis will host as President's The nextpoint was on the ques- The new building which cost ver metallic lace over blue satin. WillardFenton's alumni team. The are dismissed for the day. $699,817 to build, was designed by tion of a committee report by an John W. Maloney, architect, and unconstitutional committee. The erectedby John H. Sellen, general Assembly Boardhad renamed this contractor. The structure, which committee and then legislated on contains approximately 45,000 a report given by the original com- square feet, was near enough to mittee. The Judicial Board held completion by September 21 for this as unconstitutionalbecausethe students to move in to begin the report was invalid by reason of fall quarter. the original unconstitutionality of There are 103 rooms in the Hall the committee. providing quarters for 206 stu- The'question of whether the As- dents. Furnishings for the rooms, sembly Board could pass on pro- including desks, bookcases, ward- posed legislation before the ASSU robes, chests, -in was able to question the constitu- built bulletin tionality boards, wash basins,medicinecab- of the legislation, was inets and telephones, cost a total declared no question at all. The proposed of $30,000. Board held that "a act The Hall advisors are the Rev- is not in effect and cannot contra- McCusker, S.J.; dict a constitution." erends Owen points Cornelius O'Leary, S.J.;JohnHar- Several as to the clarifica- rington, Reich- tion of ambiguous terms were de- S.J. and James (Continued en Pagt Sis) mann, S.J. y ACTIVITIES BOARD ASSU MEET Activities Board meeting Body will Homecoming Student beheld at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, meeting will be held from 8:45 Feb.6, in Room 409, 9:15 a.m.,February 1. Classes BuhrHall. to All club presidents arerequired will be dismissed during this to attend. time. Xavier Hall 'ROUND TOWN' " TOM DeMAN Tothe Alumni... Through Specs Last Thursday the Seattle City Welcome back, Grads and Alumni! This week of Home- our Council short-sightedly called halt comingactivities hasbeen planned for your pleasure. Organi- program for Homecoming, 1956, marks another milestone in the his- to a well-organized zations throughout the campus have been busily preparing tc providing Seattle with a first-class happy tory of Seattle University. A history carved out of courage, sportsauditoriumand civic center. make this a memorable occasion and a visit to youi foresight, Alma Mater. All of us on campus are happy to have you and determination of the Jesuit fathers to mold a the chairmanship of Rob- developing Under back to relive old traditions in which you have had a part great educational institution dedicated to men and ert J. Block, a Civic Center Com- — women able to stand in a world of uncertainty and fear. mittee has worked for months to in starting to renew old acquaintances among the faculty Tonight, as we welcome back to the SU campus, alumni secure enough petition signatures and yourselves, and to see at first hand the progress the uni- who stand in society as graduates of a Catholic university, t oallow the $8,500,000 general ob- versity has made these past years. ligation bondissue to go before Se- carry We hope that you will make this an opportunity to see our only hope is that we too will with us the traditions attle voters March13. andphilosophies that personify the Catholic education we are the newest building on campus, Xavier Hall, the spacious and Sixteenthousandnameswerere- beautiful and modern hall for men students. You will also be receiving. quired and well over 18,000 were Physically, Seattle University is growing as befits an in- tentatively accepted. But, with gratified to learn that the Jesuit Faculty have moved into creased enrollment. Educationally, our faculty is the best. timerunning out,only one-sixthof their new, modern residence, Loyola Hall. Spiritually, a spirit pervades the campus. With a the names couldbe checked and it May we alsoat this time invite all our alumni to join with Catholic wasdecided that thepetitionmight combination of these three factors, the goal of educating Chris- signa- us and with the alumni of* all Jesuit colleges in the country lack several hundred valid tribute, 11, the tian men and women is and has been realized. tures, therefore the council re- in a on March to St.Ignatius, the Founder of It is for the future grads of '56, '57 and on to follow in jected the petition. Society of Jesus. A worldwide Mass and Communion observ- beingplanned — 400th the footsteps of you whom we welcome back tonight. At a time when other cities are ance is /or that date which marks the —A. O'D. completingciviccentersandplazas, anniversary of his death. The alumni of Seattle University it is more than unfortunate that and all other Jesuit alumni in the Seattle area are urged to Seattleitescould not have had the attend a special Communion Mass at St. Joseph's Church and opportunity to at least vote for breakfast in the Union Cafeteria. We should like jimplastino civic improvement. a Student NOTES offthe cuff to have a large turnout;and, hence, ask you to reserve this There would hardly have been a your calendar for this important event. Homecoming on any college radio and TV all being used. ... person in Seattle who would not date on campus is most always oneOf the Father Toulouse maybe missed in havebenefitedfrom thebondissue. God bless you. year's biggest displays of student tomorrow night's game,buthis ab- Leaving aside the aesthetic values A. A. LEMIEUX, SJ. cooperationand unity. Surely, that sence should be more than com- of a First Hill civic center, the President. is thecase withSeattleUthis year. pensatedfor by the sharpshooting, initiative would have provided a The Committee, harddrivingProfessor La Cugna. desperately for ..