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'!Jiu.sings Page 8 The Xavier University News l,<tge ll Student lewsp1per of the Oldest C1tholic College in the lorthwesi Territory VOLUME XLI CINCINNATI, OHIO, MON~AY, MARCH 25, 1957 NO. 17 Conteinporary Problem To _Be Worlcl-Renownecl Co1ifere11ce 011 W eek-e1id Discussed At ''A" Convocation Little Singers Here By Bob Frommeyer, News Associate E1li1or At 'B' Convocation Students will have the opp·ortunity of hearing Cincinnati­ Versatile Choral Gro111l born Monsignor Francis B. Kennedy speak on "The Near East Dilemma" in the Armory Wednesday at 1:30 p.m., in an "A" Offers V ariecl Repertoire Series convocation. Msgr. Kennedy is very well qualifie~ to A happy combination of re­ speak of the Near East for in September, 1952, he was given ligious and secular choral mu­ leave of absence from the Arch­ sic will be heard here tomor­ diocese of Cincinnati by Arch­ row when The Little Singers bishop Karl J. Alter, to serve Of Paris appear in a "B" as assistant secretary of the Series Convocation at 1:30 p.m. Catholic Near East Welfare in the Armory. Association, New York, a Pon­ Currently touring America for tifical Mission Aid Organization, the seventh time, the Little Sing­ and· with the Pontifical Mission ers are famous the world over for Palestine Refugees, in the for their performances of great capacity he is still serving. From sacred music-Gregorian chants, June 1954 to September 1956, 15th century French church mu­ he served in the Middle East as sic, Palestrinian masterpieces and Field Director of the same Pon­ contemporary religious works. tifical refugee relief agency with They also sing Christmas carols of headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon, supervising and directing the Only one "B" Series convoca­ refugee relief activities in the tion remains after the appearance Officers of the Tenth Annual Xavier University Family Life name of the Holy See, in Leb­ of the Little Singers. The Col­ Conference discuss the program for the confcre1foe which will be anon, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Gaza, lege-Conservatory Mu Phi Epsi­ held March 29-31 in the Armory. Left to right are Mr. William E. (then under Egyptian Military lon Sorority will present a con­ Cm·coran, general chairman; Rev. John J. Wenzel, S.J., cha11lain of occupation and administration) cert in the Cash Room on April 8. the Family Life Institute; ancl Mr. Robert Cissell, director of the and Egypt. During that time he Msgr. Kennedy Institute. Cissell, assistant professor of mathematics, 1Jartici11atc<l in traveled extensively throughout many nations. the national Family Life Conference of the Family Life Bureau of the areas, working in close co­ Tea111 Participates For the religious portion of the National Catholic Welfare Conference March 19-21 in l\'lilwaukcc. operation with the United Na­ their programs, the boys appear I tions Relief Agencies, U.N.R.W.A., In Drill Meet in white vestments known as for Palestine Refugees in the albs and wear wooden crosses Students Invited To Attend Near East and with other vol­ The second Xavier group to around their necks. untary agencies .for the refugees compete on the campus of the Their secular repertoire in­ both the religious and non­ . Fighting Illini a.t Champaign, cludes: 16th century French mad­ religious. · Ill. in as many months will be rigals; 17th and 18th century Fa111ily Life Conference He was the assistant spiritual on its way when 38 members Fr0 nch music; masterpieces of The Rev. Lucius F. Cervantes, S.J., Jesuit sociologist from director of St. Paul's Guild, of the Xavier Pershing Rifles great contemporary French com­ Regis College, Denver, Colo., will give the principal addresses New York, to aid. convel't .min­ group and an entourage of mil­ posers such as Debussy, Ravel at the tenth annual Family Life Conference at Xavier on isters ·and was assistant editor of itary dept. officials leave by and d'Indy; and folksongs gath­ March 29, 30, and 31, Robert F. Cissell, director of Xavier's their quarterly publication, The air frol.,11 Wright Patterson Air ered from a dozen different coun­ Family Life Ins ti tu te, has annou_n_c_e_d_. ---=--·-=----;---:--..,.,.-- Epistle, from September, 1952 Force Base next Friday morn- tries which they have visited. Father Cervantes is the co- for monopoly of popularization to June, 1954. ing. Each song is rendered in its author with Dr. Carle Zimmer- rights. Monsignor Kennedy was born The Pershing Rifles will com­ original language. Thus, these man of Harvard University of Father Cervantes is a regular in Cincinnati in 1915. He is the pete with many other P.R. com­ youngsters who range in age two widely-heralded studies of son of Joseph Kennedy of Price panies in the ninth annual Illi­ from 10 to 16, sing in twenty dif­ family life, Marriage anci the All students arc cordially in­ Parochial . School, Mt. Auburn, nois invitational Clrill meet there ferent languages besides their Family: A Text for Moderns, vited to partici1mte in the Fam­ Hill. He attended Holy Name on Friday, Saturday, and Sun­ native French. Among them are and the soon to ·be published ily Life Confe1·cnce program. and St. Gregory's Seminary, day. Latin, English, German, Spanish, The Successfui American Family. There will be no aclmission Mt. Washington, where he re­ The competition will be in Italian, Portugese, Russian, Pol­ Theil' first book has been charges. For the first time, the ceived his Bachelor of Arts straight platoon, exhibition pla­ ish and Czechoslovakian. called "the most eloquent exper­ Conference is being helcl while Degree in 1936. For his. theolog- toon, and individual drill with (Continued on Page 6) imental justification of the stuclcnts are on cam1ms. The con­ (Continued on Page 6) (Continued on Page 6) Christian family system in the ference has been listecl as an "A" Progrant English language." Convocation ancl stuclcnts who To gather material for The attcncl will receive crcclit for President Named To Ohio Conference SuccessfuL American Family, the attendance. two authors investigated the -------------­ Friday, l\larch 29, 8:00 p.m. living habits of 60,000 families speaker on the International Chairman: Very Reverend Paul L. Group For Education ~esearcli O'Connor, S.J., President of Xavier and over a quarter million indi- Sacred Heart program and has University. viduals. spoken on the national broadcast Very Rev. Paul L. O'Connor, S.J., president, was appointed Opening Prayer: Rev. John J, Wenzel, S.J., Chaplain of the Xavier Family This later book has been sub- "Faith in Our Time" series. March 12 to membership on the Ohio Commiss~o~ on ~du~a­ Life Institute. Award to the Family of the Year: Father sized by the .F'ord Foundation Cana Conferences, retreats, and tion Beyond the High School by Gover!1or C. Wilham 0 Ne.ill. O'Connor. Father O'Connor is the only Cathohc school represent~bve UNDERSTAND YOUR PARTNER-BE­ and is to receive further assist- Religious emphasis Weeks have FORE AND AFTER MARRIAGE, ance from ·the National Institutes likewise been his specialties; on the 12-member commission formed by Governor O'Neill to_ Rev. Lucius F. Cervantes, S.J., Regis College, Denver, Colorado. of Health Division of the Federal within recent years he has given make recommendations to meet ~ill be seeking admission to coi.: Saturday, lllarch :m, 2 :00 p.m, Chairman: Mr. G. M. Discepoli, Assist­ Security Agency. On a popular them at such universities as the crisis in lilgh education in leges in Ohio in ten years. ant Chairman, Tenth Family Lifo level, Look Magazine has offered Harvard, Yale, Creighton, St. Conference. Dr. John Baker, president of Prayer: Rev. Clarence Rivers. to subsidize the academic pub- Louis, Cornell, Oklahoma, Den­ Ohio University, is chairman of ATTITUDES AT HOME AND AT SCHOOL, Rev. Lucius F. Cervantes, lication of the book in return ver, and Marquette. the Commission. Other college . S.J. Dinner, G:OO p,m., Xavier Union House presidents on it include: William Toastmaster, l\Isgr. Robert J. Sherry T 01u·na11ient Slated Friday; E. Stevenson, Oberlin College; T. Prayer :Msgr. August J. Kramer. Verka1np PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS IN MAR- Keith Glennan, Case Institute of RIAGE, Rev. Lucius F. Cervantes, Vie F 01· Gold Medals · S.J. Four Debate1·s Technology; Howard F. Lowry, Sunday, !\larch 31, H:OO p.m. Wooster College; Robert M. Chairman: Mr. Wlllfam E. Corcoran, By Way1w Felir Chairman, Tenth Family Life Con­ Montgomery, Muskingum Col­ ference. The annual Verkamp Prize Debate will be held on Frid~y Prayer: Rev.. Paul Scales, O.F.M. evening, March 29, at 8:00 p.m. in the Albert D. Cash iyrem01:raI lege; Asa F. Knowles, University Panel: PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF FAM­ of Toledo; and· Novice G. Faw­ ILY UNITY Room. 'fhis is the annual public debate of the Plulopedian Moderator: cett, the Ohio State University. Dr. Joseph Evans Debating Society. A gold medal, established by the late ~oseph Rev, Lucius F. Cervantes, S.J. B 0 Verkamp will be awarded at the Honors Convocation on Also named to membership Mrs.