Dungan Wins Council Chair; Classes Choose 12 Officers Kane, Grayum; Benoitf Named Class Prexies; Brilliant Campaigns Feature Campus Elections Ralph A. Dungan, Jr:, '50. was elected undergraduate leader of the student body and chairman of the student council amid a plethora of posters, pictures, promises J. Ivers Elected and petitions which also resulted in the campus-wide elections, Friday, May 6. Dungan who replaces the incumbent, To Head NFCCS graduating Thomas P. Ivers, '49, polled a total of 437 f oi the 825 ballots cast. While garnering a' heavy majority from In Phila. Region both underclasses, Dungan met stiffer op- John B. Ivers, '51", was chosen president position from his two opponents, Thomas ' of the Philadelphia Region of the NFCCS G. Mitchell and Paul R. Duke in the at its closing "Council" meeting for the Class of '50 returns. academic year. 1948-49, held at La Salle Held National Post College, Saturday, May 14. The meeting Msgr. Francis J. Furey, D.D. James Joseph Breen Rev. Joseph G. Cox, J.G.D. Basing his appeal on student government was convened by Thomas F. Kehoe, retiring president. experience, Dungan, a Political Science Ivers major, relied chiefl y on -.informal talks to , who first eritered national student the student body during his two week affairs when he was appointed publicity 98th Class Receiving Degrees campaign. Mitchell and Duke vied for director for the Fifth National Congress in this city poster originality in their excellently man- last year, rose this year from aged campaigns. junior to senior delegate to the Regional Dungan brings to the office a wealth Council. In'Ttpril, he was chairman of the In Aliimni Fieldhouse Ceremonies of- background in student affairs. Playing Philadel phia Region's first Congress held an important part in the establishment of at St. Joseph's. As senior delegate to the Sixth National Congress Senator Myers Guest Speaker; Three the National Student Association late in , Ivers "was chosen chairman of the powerful Nominations Com- COUNCIL PRESIDENT mittee. 12 Juniors Received Receiving Honorary Degrees; Class of '99 Offices Equal^yUDivided Celebrating Golden Anniversar A Sophomore Business major, Into Alpha Sigma Nu y Ivers is a Twelve juniors were inducted into Alpha two-year member of the HAWK staff , Commencement exercises for the 230 members of the St. J osephs Col- and Sigma Nu, the National Jesuit Honor So- was named to the editorial board at the ciety, in formal rites conducted by. present lege Class of 1949 will be held Sunday, June 12. Bacca laureate service will beginning of this year. members of the College chapter and pre- h Mass at the Cathedral, The slate of officers for .the Region is open the ceremonies with a Solemn Hi g 18th and sided over by th'e Very Rev. John J. Long, 1 evenly divided among the area colleges the Parkway. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Francis J. Furey. D.D., rector of St. , S.J., president. with no two officers from the same school. Following the ceremony May 19, in Charles Seminary, will deliver the sermon. First vice-president is Miss Marie Rosata, Father Rector's office^ the new members Degrees will be awarded lo the graduat- of the College of Chestnut. Hill who suc- , were welcomed by alumni members of tlie ing seniors in the Alumni Memorial Field- ceeds Godfrey W. Schroth, - '49. Former society and members of the faculty. house" al 3 p:m. that afternoon with the president Kehoe, of La Salle College, ac- Accepting the gold key and scroll of Very Rev. John J. Long, S.J., presiding. cepted the posit ion of second vice-presi- Council Chooses the society were : Tbe honorary degree of Doc-tor of Law will dent. The duties of the first vice-president George F. Buchanan be conferred upon Msgr. Furey; the Rev. include coordination of the regional com- Joseph G. Cox. noted educator; and James missions, James E. Dougherty while Kehoe is charged with the 4 NSA Delegates Joseph Breen . prominent Catholic layman James J. Duffin At a special meeting of the Student responsibility of implementing in the Region and lawyer. the new international cooperative plan ap- Paul R. Duke Council , Wednesday. May 18, the dele- proved at the National Congress in Chi- Ralph A. Dungan , Jr. gates to the national and regional con- Golden Jubilee Class Honored cago. Miss Peggy Johann. of Rosemont John J. Kell y - ventions of the National Student Associa- The commencement address will he Koerwer College was re-elected as Treasurer, and Thomas IN. J. tion were selected. given b y the Hon . Francis J. Myers, '23, Robert O'Flynn, of Villanova was named Joseph F. McElwee, Jr. James Dulfi n and Patrick Henry, both I' .S.. Senator from Pennsylvania. to fill the job vacated by Ivers, that of Harold E. Mortimer, Jr. '50, were chosen to represent the College In a special ceremony nine members of regional publicity director. Matthew G. Polignone at the-national convention to be held this the Class of 1899. celebrating the Golden Charles F. Shreiner summer at the University of Illinois , Chani- of Ralph A. Dungan The regional meeting, following closely anniversary their graduation , will he the*Natiorial Congress, presented to the in- James F. Simons nagne-l'rhana. Vincent Dougherty, John honored by thc College. The members 1946, he was first elected Pennsylvania coming President and Council their rec- Nomination for Alpha Sigma Nu is the J. Kell y and Gerald Rooney were selected are: Francis .1. Barton , Frank L. Dawson, regional chairman , then later to the post ommendations, plus suggestions for imple- highest honor obtainable by students at- as St. Joseph's representatives to the Ambrose J. Egan, Gerald A. Griffin , John ' of national vice-president , a full time posi- menting next year's program, which was tending a Jesuit College. Inductees are regional meeting set for Philadel phia s John W, Callahan. Richard . L. Heverlc, Thomas lion at Madison , Wisconsin. More recently approved at the Chicago convention. , At- chosen on the basis of scholarship, loyalty Bertram Hotel , June 16-18. A. McNab , Esq.. I gnatius F. Hurph y, lie was a delegate to the National Catholic tending ihe National Congress for St. and service to the College. The purpose Thc National Congress scheduled for tin- D.D.S., and .Tho^g F. O'Brien. Also Educational Association 's convention held Joseph's were Ivers and Raymond F. Bro- of the society is to hand together those nine days from August 24 to September 2, scheduled to be in aFTjJhdance is the Class " iu Philadelphia during the Easter- recess. gan, '51, while Schroth represented thc men who must full y understand and ap- will consider the activities and policies to of 1924 ''Syhich' . -;is " .*celebrating ils silver At the convention Dungan was a speaker Region in the capacity of vice-president. preciate the ideals of a Jesuit • education be followed hy the NSA (hiring the coming graduation anniversary. nn the panel concerning student-faculty Frank Hartman, '52, carried to Chicago and, as members, to impress these ideals year. Prominent among the issues whicli Msgr. Furey, presently beading the Dio- relations. the program of the Nat ional Forensic Com- upon their fellow men. will come up for discussion and clarifica- cesan Sem inary in Overbrook , had pre- mission, and served as chairman both of Undergraduate members pledge them- tion are the problems of academic free- viousl y served as president of Immaculata Officers Experienced Junior the commission, and thc Legislative Review selves lo foster all College activities and dom , thc perennial question of cooperation College from 1936 to 1946. Born in Sum- Elected lo head the largest class in the committee on Federal Aid to Education at to undertake independent activities of such wilh thc Internat ional Union of St udents mit "Hill , Pa., Msgr. Furey attended St. College's history, next year's seniors, was the Congress. a nature as lo elevate the intellectual and and a re-evaluation of the NSA's progress Mary's High School , Conhlalc, before enter- John J. Kane. Kane will be bolstered In their consideration of program resolu- cultural level of the students within the and future aims. ing his studies for the priesthood at St. in his new capacity hy Thomas N. J. tion , the Sixth National Congress decided college. Concurrent with thc nat ional Congress, Charles Seminary. He continued his studies Koerwer , vice-president ; F. Patrick Henry, on a number of far reaching projects . The National Society began in ' 1915 al the NSA is sponsoring a student governing at the Roman Seminary when; he was or- secretary ; and James F. Higgins, treas- Chief among theih ; was one presented hy Marq uette University, Milwaukee, Wiscon- personnel training program aimed at pro- dained by Cardinal Pamp ili in 1930. urer. John Nathans, of La Salle College. The sin , when a group of undergraduates handed viding leadership and organizational tech- Ordained at Rome Kane, who is majoring in Sociology, resolution deals with the establishment of together for the purpose of fostering the niques lo studen t government pe rsonnel, eng ineered the successful Junior Prom last u nation-wide placement bureau , the serv- ideals of Jesuit education among young and a college newspaper conference for lie received the doctorate in scholastic hill , and is an active member of the ices of whieh would he available to all men. The name they gave Io the society college- editors to discuss the role of tbe philosophy in 1926 and the doctorate in Sodality, the Sociology Club and The Catholic College students. The purpose are the first letters of the Greek words college press in the educational community.