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VOLUME I PHILADELPHIA, PA., DECEMBER, 1950 NUMBER 4

Annual Dinner in Honor of Archbishop O 'H ara

H is E xcellency Archbishop Gerald P. O’Hara em erging from an audience w ith the H oly Father at the Vatican.

Recent Donations

Augment Figures

For Library FundL atest figures reveal th a t 443

members of the Alumni have do­nated $22,867 tow ards the con­struction of the new library building.

These gifts, made in the form of pledges and contributions, re ­flect an average gift of fifty dollars.

As the tim e for com pilation of the p r o v e r b i a l gift-list ap­proaches, A lumni are respect­fully rem inded to consider one fact: th a t there can be no wor­th ie r gift than one which aug­m ents the noble purposes of C hristian education. C ontribu­tions, if made a t this tim e, are still deductible for 195 0 income tax purposes.

The following Alumni have made the ir donations since the publication of the November Alum nus:

H arry J. Reed, ’38 Anthony J. DiEnno, ’39 Paul J. Donahue, ’39 John J. Angelo, M.D., ’41 Arnold A. Bulterm an, ’49 Joseph J. Eberle, ’49 Jam es A. Hinchey, ’49 R ichard J. Lloyd, ’49 John A. Lynch, ’49 John A. McHale, ’49

Sincere thanks is extended to the above Alumni and to all o ther Alumni contribu tors for th e ir expressions of in te rest in a g rea ter La Salle.

Globe TrottingThe Alum nus travels to 27

sta tes in the nation and to 5 foreign countries.

Alumni will read this issue in the Deep South, the Mid­W est, and on the Pacific Coast; they will peruse it in Switzerland, Italy, E g y p t , Puerto Rico and Hawaii.

Alumni Ball Has Successful Revival

W ith 122 couples in a tten d ­ance a t the Barclay Hotel, the Alumni Ball on November 18 proved a distinct social and fi­nancial success.

The music of Tom Darlington, ’40, m erited unanim ous approval of the Ball-goers, who were em i­nently pleased w ith the arrange­m ents for the evening.

The Ball, m arked by a strong and unprecedented advance ticket sale, was the first Alumni form al dance to be sponsored in nine­teen years and spurred the desire for an annual event of this nature.

Seventy-seven patrons w e r e listed on the dance program , which included a dedication to the C hristian B rothers, in recog­nition of the ir La Sallian Year.

The following B rothers a t­tended the function: G. Paul, E. S tanislaus, F. Christopher, D. Vincent and D. Julius.

A picture of the Ball appears on page 2.

Brothers Gratified

By Prelate’s AssentThe announcem ent of A rch­

bishop O’H ara ’s acceptance of the Signum Fidei Medal p re­sented an in teresting sidelight to the national convention of the C hristian B rothers Education As­sociation, which was held last sum m er on the La Salle campus.

B rother G. Paul, P resident, in welcoming the various Brothers at the opening session, read the following le tte r which he had re­ceived from Archbishop O’H ara:

“ I am reluctan t, sincerely re ­luctant, to accept honors for merely having done my duty, but I am quite willing to accept the Signum Fidei Medal, not for my­self, but for the brave, coura­geous C hristian B rothers in R u­m ania, who in the m idst of te rro r and oppression of every kind, re ­mained steadfast in the ir faith and in the ir devotion to Our Holy F ather.

“They have stood by me through thick and th in to the end and am ong the very last persons to whom I said good-bye in B ucharest before my depar­tu re, were two B rothers of your congregation. The Christian B rothers in R um ania have been

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' W ith the designation of A lbert J. Crawford, Jr ., ’3 6, Commis­sioner of Delaware County, as Chairm an for the Annual Alumni Dinner, organization is under­way for the most prom ising af­fair in Alumni history.

The dinner, ano ther Alumni event to com m em orate the Chris­tian B rothers La Sallian Year, will be held on W ednesday eve­ning, January 31, in the La Salle gymnasium, and highlights the conferral of the 195 0 Signum Fidei Medal upon His Excellency, Archbishop Gerald P. O’H ara, of the Savannah-A tlanta Diocese.

The announcem ent on Ju ly 5th by the R um anian Foreign Office of the sum m ary expulsion of the prelate aroused world-wide m is­givings and speculation as to the credibility of the accusations of “Anglo-Am erican” espionage lev­elled a t him.

Vatican sources were explicit in pointing out th a t the Nuncio’s expulsion was ju st one of the many blows struck a t the Church since the Reds grabbed power in Rum ania at the end of W orld W ar II. In the sum m er of 1948, the regim e decreed the confisca­tion of all religious schools. L ater th a t year, it arrested all Greek rite Bishops in th a t coun­try and began a drive among Greek Catholics to reunite them to Orthodoxy. To bring about this reunion, the regim e sent Red agents to persuade the coun­try ’s million and a half Greek rite Catholics to sign voluntary transfers to the Schism atic Rus­sian Orthodox Church. Those who refused to be persuaded— both priests and laity — were th reatened w ith a rres t and im­prisonm ent or deportation to Si­beria. By the end of 1948, the regim e declared the Greek C ath­olic Church nonexistent and

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3fn JfflemonamIn your prayers, please re ­m em ber:

H annah G. Dougherty, m other of Michael J. Dougherty, ’38

2 L A S A L L E A L U M N U S December, 1950

LaSalle AlumnusPublished 10 times yearly in the inter­ests of the General Alumni of La Salle

College.

Please address communications to the A lum ni Office,

Member of the American Alum ni Council

Dr. Flubacher

Publishes BookDoctor Joseph P. F lubacher,

’35, Professor of Economics a t La Salle, has published his first book, “The Concept of E thics in the H istory of Econom ics.”

The publication, which was Doctor F lubacher’s doctoral dis­sertation , was released by the V antage Press of New York. W ith a foreword by the Most Reverend F rancis J. Haas, Bishop of Grand Rapids, the work traces the idea of ethics th roughout the whole h istory of economic thought.

The au thor, who has been as­sociated w ith La Salle for the past fifteen years, twelve of which have been spent on the faculty, is a m em ber of the American Economic Association and the American Catholic Eco­nomic Association. He is a past P residen t of the Alpha Epsilon Honor Society and has been prom inent in the L ibrary Fund Appeal.

BROTHERS GRATIFIED(Continued from Page 1)

heroes and some day the story of the ir heroism will be told. It is for them th a t I accept the Sig- num Fidei Medal, not m yself.”

In a subsequent le tte r to the Archbishop, the P residen t de­scribed the convention reaction in these words: “ . . . the B roth­ers were th rilled to hear your message about the B rothers in Rum ania, especially about the ir loyalty to His Holiness Pope Pius XII. From the tim e of St. La Salle, close attachm ent to the Holy See has been one of the characteristics of our Institu te . I t is good to know th a t th is tr a ­dition is still alive.”

A Reason’s Greetings A“To each Alumnus ancl to those dear to him , I convey sin­

cere greetings for a holy and happy Christmas and for a peaceful and bountiful Neiv Year. These sentiments I am expressing for all who have been or are note associated with our Alma MaterP

O. F r a n c is L evy , ’38 President, A lum ni Association

ARCHBISHOP O'HARA (Continued from Page 1)

tran sfe rred all its properties to the Orthodox Church. Mean­while, it had “ reduced” the num ­ber of Latin Rite O rdinaries to two and arrested the deposed Bishops. In June of 19 49, the regim e then arrested the two re­m aining Latin Rite Ordinaries.

In line w ith the ir policy of “ fitting the Catholic Church into the legal fram ew ork of the R u­m anian C onstitu tion ,” the Reds have ousted the country’s Re­ligious from schools, hospitals and charitable institu tions, and have ordered them to re tu rn to the ir fam ilies or re tire to con­cen tration m onasteries. Against th is background of oppression and in trigue, the R um anian Reds put th e ir fam iliar liquidation plan into operation. They a r ­rested Bishop O’H ara ’s chauf­feur, Nicolas Popescu, subjected him to the usual “ tr ia l” and sen­tenced him to seven years in prison afte r obtaining his “con­fession” th a t he had been hired to spy by Bishop O’H ara. (The prelate, before the tr ia l, had de­scribed his im prisoned chauffeur as a s ta lw art and courageous m an; during the tr ia l he ap­peared an u tte rly broken one.)

Along w ith the chauffeur, six others were tried on charges of gathering inform ation and send­ing it to an Anglo-American es­pionage center a t Istanbul, T ur­key; two were sentenced to death and the rem aining four drew sentences ranging from 10 to 20 years.

Only one hour afte r his chauf­feu r’s conviction, Bishop O’H ara was summ oned to the R um anian Foreign Office. He was ordered to appear w ith Monsignor Guido del Mestri, aud ito r of the Bu­charest nunciature, and Monsig­nor John K irk, secretary. There Red officials asserted th a t the “tr ia l” had proved all th ree were spies and then ordered them to leave the country im m ediately.

Vatican sources have pointed out th a t because of diplom atic im m unity, Bishop O’H ara could not be subjected to a rres t and therefore “ the only possible Com­m unist solution was expulsion based on ridiculous slander.” The same sources fu rth e r em phasized th a t this la test action was con­firm ation of the Rum anian re ­gim e’s unquenchable hatred for the Church, aim ed a t rem oving “ troublesom e w itnesses of reli­gious persecution” in Rum ania.

The Alum ni B a ll at the Barclay H otel, as 122 couples dance to the rhythm s of A lum nus Tom D arlington’s Orchestra.

M e e t th e B r o th e r s

B rother George Lewis, F.S.C., V ice-President, received the hab it of the C hristian B rothers on March 19, 1904.

His first teaching assignm ent was in 19 05 a t Calvert Hall Col­lege in Baltim ore, and in 1907 he was transfe rred to Rock Hill College, E llicott City, M aryland, where he rem ained for five years. In 1913, he came to La Salle for the first tim e as an In struc to r in M athem atics and Physics and was subsequently assigned to St. Jo h n ’s College, W ashington, in 1918.

R eturn ing in 1919 as P rofes­sor of M athem atics and Physics, B rother Lewis rem ained a t La Salle for th ree years.

His next assignm ent was a t St. Thomas College in Scranton as V ice-President and Dean. In 1925, he became P residen t of the institu tion , serving in th a t ca­pacity un til 1931, when illness forced his retirem ent. The next th ree years he spent a t Calvert Hall College.

In 1934, he again re tu rned to La Salle as Professor of M athe­matics. He was made Dean in 1938 and became V ice-President in 1944.

In 19 37, he was instrum ental in reviving the Alumni Associa­tion.

In addition to his B.A. and M.A. degrees from La Salle and the U niversity of Pennsylvania, respectively, B rother Lewis holds the H onorary Degree of Doctor of Science from Duquesne Uni­versity. A Fellow in the Am eri­can Association for the Advance­m ent of Science, he is listed in “W ho’s Who in the E as t” ; “American Men of Science” ; “W ho’s Who in Pennsylvania” ; and “Am erican E ducato rs.”

December, 1950 L A S A L L E A L U M N U S 3

Personal Patter— By John a . Clement '39

The item s are coming in. As a m atte r of p leasant fact, we’ve tried to fit them w ithin these confines, but to no avail— some of our happenings m ust aw ait fu tu re issues. You have, however, our

unqualified assurance th a t the p a tte r will appear subsequently. To our contributors: thanks so much. To all: Merry Christm as, of course!

THE MILITARY: Now in A rgentina, New­foundland, a fte r his recall to active naval duty is Joseph T. Metzler, ’49. Naval Aviation Cadet F rank L. Keck, Jr., ’50, graduated on Novem­ber 4 from the Pensacola P re-F ligh t School. Upon com pletion of tra in ing a t Corpus Christi, he will be assigned to the fleet as a naval aviator. John Y. M cIntyre, ’50, in the army, is stationed a t Camp Gordon, Georgia, and Joseph P. Rod­gers, ’50, also in the army, is a t Camp A tterbury, Indiana.

WEDDING BELLS: News from the middle-aisle departm ent. A bridegroom on July 15 was Charles B. F itzpatrick , ’39, who m ar­ried Marie C atherine Lubin a t Cam den’s St. Joan of Arc Church. Carl W. Sharer, ’49, wed M arilyn P. Leonard a t the Church of St. F rancis of Assisi on September 2 3. R ita J. Giacchino became the bride of Dr. John J. Vivacqua, ’42, on November 11, a t St. An­drew ’s Church, Drexel Hill. November 18 w itnessed a N uptial Mass a t St. Benedict’s Church for Thomas W. Rogers, ’48, and Jean Anne Rooney. Joseph A. P lunkett, ’49, m arried Marie Theresa H ettler a t St. Benedict’s Church on November 23. Jam es F. K en­nedy, ’43, and R uth Claire Hagen exchanged nuptia l vows on De­cember 2 a t the Church of St. Aloysius in Oaklyn, New Jersey.

THE BUSINESS WORLD: Henry J. McCullough, ’36, has ac­cepted a prom otion w ith In ternational H arvester and has tra n s­ferred to Delmar, New York. A nother change: F ergus McKeever, ’39, has recently joined the P urchasing D epartm ent of the Alan Wood Steel Company, Conshohocken. From Charles J. O’Keefe, ’41, comes the word th a t Pan-Am erican Airways has John F. Mc- Evoy, ’41, on its sales force. The word is th a t John P. Ryan, P res­ident of ’49, is quite happy and contented in H orn and H a rd a rt’s Accounting D epartm ent. R obert J. Sweeney, ’50, dropped in on a campus visit the o ther day; he’s w ith New York Life Insurance. He says Jam es Coyle, ’50, is now associated w ith Pierce W ire Re­cording Company.

HIGH ROADS: H erm an F. P elstring , ’27, a civilian employee w ith the M arine Corps, has been tran sfe rred to A laska as Chief Expediter and Engineer-in-Charge of Construction M ateriel. P re ­viously in South America for five m onths, he does not expect to re tu rn for a t least ano ther year.

THE PROFESSIONS: Dr. Joseph V. K lauder, ’24, who is a t­tached to the W ills Eye Hospital, has received a g ran t for scien­tific research from the U. S. Public H ealth Service. Edw ard Can­non, M.D., ’46, a resident in te rn a t the same hospital, has engaged in special research on diseases of the eye. Michael M andarino, M.D., ’42, will soon complete special w ork in Orthopedics a t H ahne­m ann Hospital.

PURSUIT OF LEARNING: Alumni are busily engaged in aca­demic efforts. P atrick V. Maley, ’36, is teaching General Science at Overbrook School for the Blind; he took postgraduate work at Villanova. Holding fo rth a t Dayton U niversity as an In structo r in Economics is Joseph R. Guerin, ’48. At Penn G raduate School: Joseph P. Coogan, ’49, and John E. W arren, ’50, are m ajoring in English, as is Andrew B. McCosker, ’49, who expects his M.A. in February . From the P residen t’s Office comes the inform ation th a t Jam es C. Moffet, ’50, is in the G raduate School at M arquette Uni­versity, m ajoring in Physics. F rank L. Zarilli, ’49, P atrick F. Dugan, ’50, and W alter P. McHale, ’50, are attend ing Georgetown Law School. W illiam A. Graham, ’48, m ajoring in speech and dram a a t Catholic U niversity G raduate School, appeared on Octo­ber 21 in “ Stars in Your Eyes,” a TV variety show on WPTZ. He and Edw ard A. W arren, ’50, will appear w ith Arlene McMahon in a C.U. T heater production of “The Mad W oman of C haillot.”

HARRISBURG BOUND: John F. Byrne, ’35, was elected to the Pennsylvania S tate Senate on November 7.

125 m em bers of the Class of ’49 hold their first reunion in Leonard H all, on Friday evening, November 10. In the foreground are B rothers D. Thomas, D. V incent and G. P aul. Third from the right is John P . Ryan, Class President, and to the extrem e righ t is John L. B iehl, Treasurer.

Loeffler Views Basketball ProspectsW ith regu lar practice sessions

underway since the middle of October, Coach Ken Loeffler has been sending his basketball charges th rough offensive and defensive patterns in p reparation for the season which began on December 6.

The problem confronting the basketball m entor is his lack of seasoned ta ll men, and he has been w orking arduously w ith his squad to com pensate for the loss of defensive strength , particu ­larly on the backboards, occa­sioned by the graduation of 6’9” L arry Foust.

Confronted w ith a schedule as difficult and longer than last sea­son’s, Coach Loeffler has been sharpening his offensive tactics to counteract defensive w eak­nesses, and feels th a t the present outfit will be a t least the offen­sive equal of last y ea r’s to u rn a­ment five, and capable of better team play.

The task of selecting the s ta r t­ing club will be a difficult one, w ith four sta rting berths open and more than ten candidates striving to fill them. A lthough rangy John G rauer and sharp ­shooting F r a n n y M c M e n a m i n have been lost to the Marine Corps, re tu rn ing are Jim Phelan, Jack H aggerty, John Gillespie, M att Fanning, Newt Jones and Charlie Donnelly. Newcomers to the squad are F red Iehle, Jack French, Ducky O’Donnell, Norm Grekin and Jack George, all of whom are considered good m ate­rial and from among whom po­ten tia l s ta rte rs may develop.

W ith the exception of French, all are members of last y ea r’s freshm an squad, which won th irteen of its fourteen games.

“We can hold our own if we play team s of our size,” indi­cated Loeffler, “but if we en­counter a team w ith a man of F o u st’s size, we will run into trouble. W hile the average height of our team has increased to 6’3” , you m ight say our small men are bigger, but our biggest man sm aller. That one big man last year m eant the difference in ball possession in im portan t games.

“ Some reliance m ust be placed on our new men. These sopho­mores are for the m ost p art de­fensively inexperienced and th is factor may prove vital, particu ­larly in close, hard-fought ball games.

“ Jim Phelan will be as good or better than in previous sea­sons. In Jack George, we have a driver and in 6’5” Norm Grekin a good backboard man. French, who is 6’6” and has never previously played high school or college basketball, is developing, but speculation as to his effectiveness as a replacem ent for F oust m ust be based on his lack of seasoning.

“ I t ’s only n a tu ra l th a t our rivals will be gunning for us, in view of the past two years. Miami and Duquesne, among others, will be form idable, as will be N orth Carolina State, which had a particu larly good and ra th e r ta ll freshm an team .”

4 L A S A L L E A L U M N U S December, 1950

Ca m Re v iew

Three former students have pronounced religious vows and received the habit of the Christian Brothers. They are Brother Daniel Kevin (Francis J. Diamond, ’53), Brother Frederick Thomas (Frederick J. Stokley, ’52), and Brother Gregory Kevin (James L. McManus, ’52). . . . Construction of a new building under the west stand of McCarthy Stadium is now well underway. Upon completion, the structure will house the high school band, and perm it transfer of the ROTC office from Benilde to McShain Hall.

James W. Healy, C.P.A., Assistant Professor of Accounting, was elected to membership in the American Institu te of Accountants.. . . Student enrollment at the outset of the academic year was 1472, with the veteran population numbering 534. The freshman class totalled 330, of whom only about 6% are veterans. The Eve­ning Division reported a student body of 850. . . . Students faced with induction into the m ilita ry service may request postpone­ment of such action until the end of the current academic year. Approval of such requests is mandatory upon local Selective Serv­ice Boards.

Dr. A ustin J. App, A ssociate Professor of E nglish , has published his new book, “M aking Good T alk,” a practical guide to im proving conversation. The work was the November selection of the Cath­olic Literary Foundation. Dr. App’s other books are “H istory’s M ost T errifying P eace,” “The True Concept of L iterature” and “L ancelot in E nglish L iterature.” He has contributed to such m agazines as The Sign, Columbia, Catholic W orld, and Am erica. . . . W ith students from over forty colleges and un iversities in a t­tendance, A lpha E psilon D elta sponsored the first annual pre­m edical conference for eastern Pennsylvania on November 4th on the La Salle campus. The program included a tour of Jefferson M edical C ollege and H ospital, a C ollege auditorium sym posium on m edical school requirem ents and adm issions policies, and a dinner for delegates and guests in the gym nasium .

The College T hea ter’s first offering, ‘‘The B lunderer,” was pre­sented for th ree perform ances, beginning November 9th. F u tu re vehicles are “M idsummer N ight’s D ream ,” “The M ikado,” and an original play on St. La Salle, w ritten by Louis Tursi, ’52, and sched­uled for Lenten production. Proceeds of the series will be used for the purchase of new auditorium seats. . . . 520 stations of the M utual Broadcasting System aired a La Salle Glee Club program on November 25. The choral unit, under the direction of F a ther W illiam J. Sailer, was heard over W IP, M utual’s local affiliate. Interspersed among the various selections was historical and bio­graphical inform ation about the College.

Dr. Bernard B. Goldner, Associate Professor of Industry, has been appointed Group Instructor for the Purchasing Agents As­sociation of Philadelphia to conduct their Techniques course in Purchasing. Fifty-five members from leading companies attend the course every other Monday evening at the Bellevue-Stratford.

The College has awarded a fu ll scholarship to the finalist in the Private School division of the “I Speak for D em ocracy” essay and public-speaking contest, recently sponsored by the Philadelphia Junior Chamber of Commerce. The contest, of w hich Public R e­lations D irector John J. K elly, ’39, was chairm an, was held am ong sophom ores, juniors and seniors in P hiladelphia high schools. . . . The C ollegian, now a w eekly, is published each W ednesday. The editorial staff is now planning a literary supplem ent, to appear at the end of the present term .

Item s for a Christm as L ist: The Campus Store offers finest- quality glassw are adorned w ith a blue La Salle seal fired in the glass and guaranteed not to scrape, rub or w ash off. At the left, the P ilsener g lass at $7 .50 per dozen and $4 .00 the h a lf dozen. On th e right appears the heavy-bottom ed 10 ounce h ighball glass, featured at $4 .75 per dozen and $2 .50 per half dozen. These prices include packaging and m ailing. W rite to John L. McCloskey, Cam­pus Store, and m ake rem ittances payable to La Salle College.

*50 Donates Memorial OakA m em orial tree, to tower over

the campus in fu tu re genera­tions, has been donated to the College by the Class of 1950.

The tree, a red oak, has been transp lan ted to the north side of the quadrangle, in the vicinity of the present library.

Upon graduation , officers of the class, in behalf of its 500 members, stipulated in the ir be­stowal th a t a tree be dedicated to the memory of ’50, and speci­fically one which would exist for many years.

In conform ance w ith the re ­quest, B rother F. Christopher, Associate Professor of Biology, purchased the oak from the An­dorra N urseries in Conshohocken and transp lan ta tion was effected by the landscape force of the m aintenance departm ent.

According to B rother Chris­topher, the tree is of the Quercus rubra L. variety , is tw enty feet high, approxim ately tw enty years old, and has a caliper of 3 1/2 inches.

A plaque, to com m em orate the gift, is to be installed.

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