Vol. XLV, No. 15 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON, D. C. Friday, February 26, 1965 Student Forum Meeting Coral Gables Swee·ps Hears Campus Politicos First Censure Motion Debate Tournament Debate Student Apathy by Bob Barrett Passes E.C. Council by Jim Capra Palms Lou n g e witnessed On Sunday, February 21, Wayne Silver and Dan another battle royal last week Schwarz of Coral Gables High School of Coral Gables, Flor­ as the opposing political lead­ ida, defeated Michael Hayes and Edward Ferrarro of Ford­ ers on campus, Casey Brown ham College High of New York to cop the championship and Tom Pauken, along with trophy of the tenth annual high school invitational Cherry IRC chief Phil Mause, pre­ Blossom Tournament. The tournament. sponsored annually sented their views on "Politics on by the Georgetown Philodemic Campus". The Student Forum, a new undergraduate organization, Society, featured ten roundS' brought the three students to­ I of debate beginning Friday gether to debate college politics. night and ending with Coral Violence! Casey Brown, past leader of the Gables' victory on Sunday YD's, began by emphasizing that afternoon. In that time, the there were two types of student AFTER THE SUMMIT ... ' the East Campus student officers are Coral Gables team swept to ten political action. The first kind is seen following their meeting with Fr. Campbell concerning admin­ straight victories, six in the pre­ any activity that is associated with istration handling of the Ki!arns case and relocation of student liminary rounds and then four final violence. Clerical work done for activities offices. From l-r: Council Vice President Bruce Peterson, round victories. Congressmen, and written state­ Fr. Campbell, Council President Jim Ethier and Senior Class "Power-Paired" ments of opinion were given by President Walter Draude. (Photo by Martin Quigley) The tournament opened with one Brown as examples of the second round of debate on Friday night. type of political action. He main- by Keven McKenna' The following day, after breakfast, tained that "no action is a consent On February 15 the East Campus Student Council cen- the teams embarked on five more to the evil" of the world, and thus sured the administration of Georgetown University for the preliminary rounds. According to students should take part in some chairman Alston Johnson, the political activity. But since "the first time in its history and threatened to call a student teams were "power-paired" in such face of evil is clouded" students of- demonstration within a week unless a satisfactory explana­ a way that with each succeeding ten become confused with the prob- tion for the clearance of student activity offices from Loyola round the number of undefeated lems that require solution. (Continued on Page 10) Hall is given. The motion to censure the administration had teams was cut in half. ---------------------------- been previously defeated. but SUCCESSFUL DEBATERS Schwarz Outstanding Saturday night at the awards East CalDpus Leaders at the last meeting it was car­ banquet, Da.n Schwarz of Coral ried unanimously. .~ PhilodemicTriumphs Gables was named the tourna­ ment's outstanding speaker; at the ;) --- · · The Council stated in reso- j At Dartmouth Meet; same time the sixteen finalists were C onf ront AUIIIlnstratlon lution that, whereas the peti- announced. Among them were two by Brooks Erickson tion from the English Depart­ teams from Coral Gables, two 'J~:,'; Shrum, Koeltl First As a result of the sudden expulsion of the East Campus ment, the recommendations of ten­ Last weekend the Philo de­ teams from Clarksville, Kentucky ured members of the English De­ and two teams fl"om Jesuit High Student Council from its offices on first Loyola Hall, the "". mic Debating Society gar­ partment, the pet i t ion of the t:. School in Louis:iana. executive officers of the Council met last Friday with Aca­ Student Council, and the petition ! nered top honors at the Dart- Semifinals demic Vice-President Fr. Brian McGrath. S.J., the deans of 1,200 students has borne no mouth College and University After two rounds of debate on results, the Council censures the of Richmond debate tourna­ Sunday, four teams were left in of the College and the Institute, and the assistant deans of administration for the dismissal of the tournament. In the semifinal the Business and Foreign Service Schools. Dr. Francis E. Kearns, Assistant ments. round, Coral Gables (8-0) defeated Professor of English, and for the The officers expressed their -=d-u-e-t:-o-a-d-=-e-f07'e-c-,-t-:i=-n----:"th=--e-c-a-m-p-u-s-m-a""'il;-. f~ The First Harrodsburg, Ken t u c k y (8-0) manner in which the affair was ,. At Dartmouth the Georgetown while Fordham (7-1) defeated pre­ belief that the University has Fr. McGrath refused to talk a- handled. ' bout the Kearns dispute. He ex- team was the first ever to win the tournament favorite Regis High th ht f It In a second resolution, which never oug 0 consu lng plained that Kearn's was a "normal was also passed unanimously, the ;: top two-man trophy for the second School of New York (8-0). This student representatives on de- case," of the type that would us­ ,: successive year and also the first set the stage for the final round, Council gave its President permis­ cisions affecting stu den t s, ually end in his office. But he had squad to capture both the two and held before a full audience in the sion to call for a student demon­ ~.:.·.~ sent it on to Fr. Campbell, Presi- stration and it criticized the Rev. I four-man awards in the same year. Hall of Nations at 3:30 that after- such as t h e K earns case or the dent of the University. The officers &~ The team of J'ohn Koeltl, and Bob noon. Brian A. McGrath, S. J., for what office change. They emphasized that then arranged a meeting for Tues­ they considered his disregard for ~" Shrum won all of their eight pre­ Resolved they didn't care about the location day morning with Fr. Campbell. student opinion. t: liminary debates, defeating such The final round was a rematch of their office as such, but they Since the officers thought that the . teams as Harvard, St. Joseph's and The passage of the resolutions is of the finals of the Miami Beach wished to be conferred with on mat- administrators had not yet under­ the result of a series of events ~t Dartmouth. In the elimination invitational held earlier this year, ters concerning the students they stood them clearly, they drew up a ~~ rounds they beat George Washing­ which began on Thursday, Febru­ won by Fordham. The debate topic speak for. summary of their position which ary 11, when Delta Sigma Pi, the t~ ton, Boston College, University of was: Resolved: that nuclear wea­ Fr. Fitzgerald, D.ean of the Col- they submitted to Fr. Campbell. Illinois, and Wayne State in the Young Republicans, and AIESEC L pons should be placed under the lege, did most of the talking for the At the Tuesday meeting Fr. were moved from their offices on h finals to take first place. John Cros­ control of an international organ­ administration. At one point he im- Campbell agreed to the two main the first fioor of Loyola Hall into by and Rick Rinaldo compiled a 5-3 r. ization. Coral Gables, the affirma­ plied th:1.t the lack of cOll1munica- points of the memorandum: (1) the basement. In the process some r.!. record in the preliminary matches tive, determined the focal point of tion about the office change was that on all controversial issues af­ of Delta Sigma Pi's belongings ~. and, on the basis of team points, the debate when they contended fecting students or their represen­ Crosby, Rinaldo, Shrum, and Koeltl were damaged and their secret files that within a few years Egypt and tatives, the representatives would were exposed. AIESEC had to pay Were designated the best four-man LSl'ael will have atomic weapons, in be consulted prior to the formula­ for the re-installation of tiheir unit in the.competition. Shrum was which case either Egypt will at­ tion of any decision; (2) that on phone in the lower office. On Fri­ also named second-place individual tack Israel or a state of mutual non-controversial decisions con­ debater. day, February 12, the Student vulnerability will precipitate the cerning students, the decisions Council learned in a letter from the Best Debater escalation of a nuclear conflict be­ would remain tentative until the Student Personnel Office that the At the University of Richmond tween the two powers. To meet this Council was notified and had time class offices and the Sodality office tourney Gerry Mitchell and Mike need, they proposed a program for to comment. were to be moved. The Sodality Naylor won third place, losing in control of the production of nuclear Fr. Campbell remarked that Dr. successfully protested and were al­ the semi-final round to George weapons. The negative side at­ Kearn's release was based on Uni­ lowed to stay. After complaints Washington University. Nay lor tacked the contention that Egypt versity policy, which is to retain from the class officers, the S. P. O. 'Was awarded the trophy for best and Israel will obtain nuclear wea­ only professors who are extremely gave them a one-week reprieve. debater in the tournament, and pons in a short time, together with competent. He said that the Rank On Monday, February 15, it was ~, Mitchell placed third.