The Shield (Irving, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 6, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 25, 1967 Page: 1 of 4
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OCTOBER 25, 1967
UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS
VOL. I, NO. 6
Homecoming At UP
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Martha Koock as Claire Zachanassian and Steve Wisdo as Anton
Schill rehearse scene from Drama Department’s first production,
“The Visit.’’ The production will run Nov. 2-4.
door on the day of the perform-
ance . Tickets should be picked
up the day before the perform-
ance they wish to attend.
Box Office hours: 10 a.m. -
2 p.m. Mon. - Fri. & 7-8p.m.
evenings of the performance.
Bulletin!
The schedule for Homecoming
Week has been changed. See
page 2 for revised schedule.
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The theatre Box Office opens
today for its first performance
of the year. Each student
may Strain his ticket in trade
for 'nis University Theatre
Coupon' #1. These coupons
will n<5t be accepted at the
By SHARON BANDY
for a year.
Dominican College in Racine, Wis-
consin. Father Fenton said that
previously he had only been to
Texas for short visits around the
panhandle area. And although he
says that he really likes Dallas,
UD, and the people, he’s going back
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By PAUL BARKER
Last Wednesday morning an 80
foot, blue and yellow striped
balloon and its passenger came
sailing out of the mist over Dal-
las towards our hill. It came down
on a rifle range a few miles north
of U.D. and the pilot was picked up
by a U.D. student, Mike Gieb, who
talked him into making an as-
cension from our campus the next
morning. So, at 8:30 a crowd of
students gathered to watch Mr.
Bill Barry assemble his balloon
from the back of a Ford van. Mr.
Barry’s balloon is the symbol this
year for the State Fair of Texas
and they have been flying around
over Dallas advertising the Fair.
The balloon flies on hotair. The
giant nylon bag was stretched out
on the ground and filled by a fan.
At the bottom end of the nylon
was the gondols, lying on its side.
When the bag was about half full,
the two propane gas burners were
aimed into it and ignited, raising
the temperature inside the bag to
the necessary 100 to 125 degrees
above air temperature. Then the
whole thing rose and stood up-
right, all 60,000 cubic feet. In
stepped Mr. Barry and his pass-
enger, Fr. Risley. When the as-
sistants let go of the gondola,
the balloon rose about 20 feet up
on a half inch nylon tether line,
while the earth-bound masses ap-
plauded.
The pilot took in the rope and
turned his burners up and the bal-
loon drifted up and caught a wind
toward the new graduate building.
Fr. Risley waved at the dumb-
founded brick layers standing on
top of the building, and Mr. Barry
brought the balloon up to about 250
feet, coasting over toward the
Cistercian Prep School. Here it
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The period extending from Fri-
day October 27 through Saturday
November 4 will witness the first
Homecoming celebration ever held
at the University of Dallas. These
ten days will replace what in the
former years has been called Spirit
Week. The main reason for the
change was best expressed by Stu-
dent Council Vice President and
Social Committee Chairman Dan
Ryan who stated, “We know we have
the spirit; we just want to bring it
home.”
The election of a Homecoming
Court and of cheerleaders for the
football game will begin the
“week’s” activities. These elec-
tions will be held on Friday, Oct-
ober 27. Then on Saturday the 28th
the Freshman boys will have a
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party in Gregory Dorm which will
begin at 8:00 and last until 12:00.
On Monday October 30, the Re-
ligious Life Committee will spon-
sor a second town meeting in the
SLC at 7:30. On Halloween night at
7:00 there will be a rally complete
with a bonfire. Immediately fol-
lowing the rally the Knights of
Columbus will sponsor a hay ride
at Ground Hog Park. Friday,
November 3rd is the date of the
game which will match the girls’
football team from Austin College
against University of Dallas all-
star girls’ team,
be played at 4:30.
The Alumni Association will
sponsor several activities on the
day of the game for the returning
alumni. From 1:00 to 2:00 they
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passenger I’ve ever had: he showed
no visible signs of fear.”
When asked for his opinion of
the ride, Fr. Risley said, “It was
a really thrilling experience, and
you don’t have to be afraid of what’s
coming next. There’s no shaking,
the ride is smooth and delightful,
and the view from up there is
beautiful.”
From the Prep School road Mr.
Barry and one of his assistants
drifted off towards California
Crossing. They floated over the
For those of you who have heard
“Laura,” “Moon River,” and the
boogie woogie being sounded from
the Dominican Priory, your curi-
osity will be satisfied— the
music comes from one of the most
versatile Dominicans -- Father
Fenton.
Father Fenton has been a “man
in white” only since 1962. He
graduated from high school in Cal-
ifornia, then went to Stanford Uni-
versity to study philosophy. Taking
a break from his academic studies,
he joined the army and was sta-
tioned in Hawaii from ’42 to ’45.
After the war he returned to Stan-
ford where he received his B.A.
in philosophy and his LL.B. Then
he stayed in California as a law-
yer for the state legislature. Dur-
ing this time Father Fenton was
entertaining ideas of working to-
wards a doctorate degree and also
becoming a Catholic. So he went
to the University of Chicago in
1952, became a Catholic and en-
tered the Dominican novitiate in
’55, was ordained in ’62, and is
still working on his doctoral dis-
sertation, “Leibniz’ Doctrine on
Space.”
Before coming to the Southwest,
Father was at a parish in Illinois
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FR. FENTON
to Chicago in January to complete
his dissertation. Presently he is
teaching three ontology classes and
one class of History of Modern
Philosophy. And in his spare time
he sits down at the piano. He has
been playing since he was about
ten years old and used to play for
cookies. In the service he played
professionally. In Chicago he said
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Bringing That Spirit Back Home
will be served lunch in the cafe-
teria. Then from 2:00 to 4;00
there will be lectures and tours
of the campus. At 4:30 the alum-
ni will attend the game and they
will close the day with a beer and
barbecue banquet at 6:30.
On Saturday evening November
4th, the sophomore boys will spon-
sor a Homecoming dance out-
doors on one of the campus park-
ing lots. This dance will bring to
a close the week that will mark
the advent of a new tradition at the
University of Dallas. It is a tra-
dition that in many ways is com-
mon to most universities and yet
a tradition which is unique in pur-
pose and nature at the University.
made a rather abrupt landing.
There is a 15 second delay
between the controls and the bal-
loon’s reaction, and the pilot let
out a little too much air. “We
just sort of clumped down on the
ground,” said Fr. Risley. While
the balloon waited at its landing
site on the road leading to the
school, the pupils poured down
the hills to watch one of their
teachers, Father Dennis, take a
short ride up and come down
again. Mr. Barry said of Fr.
Risley “Be sure to put in your
paper that Father was the coolest
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