The Hilltopper (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, March 6, 1964 Page: 1 of 4
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THE HILLTOPPER
UNIVERSITY
ST. EDWARD’S
Four Pages
Number 13
Austin, Texas, Friday, March 6, 1964
Price Ten Cents
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Father Sheerin Talks
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TSEA Chapter Chosen
2nd Most Outstanding
Dutch Anticipate
Big Victory Over
‘Talentless’ Irish
A Melchite rite Mass was celebrated in English on Sunday,
March 1, by Father Byron Whitley, currently stationed in Haifa,
Israel. Father Whitley, who is a native of Detroit, Michigan,
joined the Melchite rite while he was studying for the priest-
hood in Rome. He is in the US making arrangements for the
Archbishop of Galilee to visit this country during the summer.
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August. Larry Gries will follow
Jorge Esparza in this position in
furthering the name of St. Ed-
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Sheerin, editor of Catholic World,
and Mr. Peter Pesoli, associate
professor of English. The discus-
sion was held in the University
dining hall. Mr. Pesoli put the
questions to the priest, who was
the English translator at Vatican
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Mr. Griffin disguised as a
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Father John B. Sheerin, editor of ‘Catholic World,’ makes a
point at his recent question-answer discussion on the Vatican
council. Mr. Peter Pesoli, associate professor of English, is at
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Activities begin at 1:30 pm with
a softball game played according
to 16 inch rules. For the uniniti-
ated, this means that the game
is played with ten men on a team
using a “pillow” for a ball. Ac-
cording to Tom Bentley, presi-
dent of the Illini club, “The Irish
never seem to win. They just can’t
recruit the talent.” By the rules
that govern the “Day,” anyone
who shows up will have a chance
to play.
Sustentation Goal
At the 50% Mark
By Marty Lewis
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The seventeenth annual TSEA
convention was held this year
in the Rice hotel in Houston with
over 650 delegates in attendance.
Saint Edward’s university was
represented by 26 students and
the chapter sponsor, Mrs. Lillian
Warren.
In answer to the question, “Why
the Bishop’s Press?” Father men-
tioned that before the organiza-
tion of the press, secular press
relations were bad. The experts
under the direction of Father
Sheerin were appointed to try to
improve these relations. It was
Father Sheerin’s job to direct the
questions of the press to the per-
son best qualified to answer the
question. Every day about 75
members of the press met with
about 125 bishops and guests to
try to accumulate more accurate
facts for the reading public.
Two Views
Communists and the right-wing
Italian press tended at times to
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Mr. Joe Stjepcevich, president
of the Texas State bank, and
chairman of the University sus-
tentation program, recently re-
ported that over one-half of the
$35,000 goal has been reached.
This sum represents about eight
percent of the school’s general
operating budget for the academic
year, and is solicited from Aus-
tin’s general public. Since the 15th
of January, 110 workers divided
into 22 teams have contacted over
500 businesses in the Austin area
to collect for the program. The
team members are men acquaint-
ed with the University who are
convinced that SEU is a definite
asset to Austin. For this reason,
all city banks have contributed
a five-man team or a team cap-
tain to the drive. The rest of the
team captains are Austin busi-
nessmen, physicians or alumni.
Having run a member, Jim
Trunk, for a state office this year
and lost, SEU has gained much
from the experience and will
attempt to rectify its deficiencies
and place a TSEA member on the
executive council next year.
The softball game and the
other contests will take place on
the field just southeast of the
high school gym. Following the
events, awards will be presented
to the winning team and the out-
standing participants.
Author of 'Black Like Me'
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Will Lecture Here Mar. 16
distort their reports on the Coun-
cil’s actions. There were no organ-
ized factions at the council, but
there were two definite attitudes
expressed: "open door bishops”
and “closed door bishops.” These
terms were used, respectively, to
mean liberal and conservative
thought minus the political impli-
cations.
Commenting on the two popes,
John XXIII and Paul VI, Father
Sheerin stated that there was a
great deal of difference in these
two men. Pope John was a pro-
gressive prophet type of person
with profound insight into the
needs of the present day Church.
He was a lovable human being
acting on common sense. Pope
Paul, on the other hand, is a pro-
found intellectual diplomat.
Perhaps the death of John
XXIII was providential because,
although Pope John saw what
had to be done and started mak-
ing the changes, Pope Paul, who
is implementing these ideas, seems
better qualified for the task of
carrying them out.
There was a spirit of “bringing-
up-to-date” at the council, the
feeling being that by reorganiz-
ing and restating laws and truths,
the Catholic religion might be
made more relevant to today’s
problems and more acceptable to
modern man.
On the question of Ecumenism,
Father Sheerin suggested that hu-
man antagonism is the first bar-
rier that must be broken in order
to create an Ecumenical move-
ment.
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informal
discussion
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Carpenter
Fund
The St. Edward’s chapter of
the Knights of Columbus an-
nounced that the collection on the
University campus for the Don
Carpenter memorial fund resulted
in a total of $35.44. This amount
will be matched by the Knights
and later presented to the patrol-
man’s wife.
The SEU chapter of TSEA, less
than three years old but possess-
ing an outstanding record of
achievement, has striven this year
to gain state acclaim for being
active and fully participating in
the work of the educational or-
ganization.
St. Edward’s was honored high-
ly by being chosen the second
most outstanding chapter in the
state. Considering that there are
61 chapters of TSEA in Texas,
SEU has far outdistanced many
larger schools and much older
TSEA chapters.
A second place was awarded to
the University’s chapter in the
Yearbook contest. Jorge Esparza,
chairman of the Programs and
Projects committee, has been
sparking the SEU chapter with a
tremendous desire to make St.
Edward’s known throughout the
state and has done a marvelous
job.
For the second straight year,
SEU has placed a student on the
state TESA Programs and Pro-
jects committee to represent the
Alamo area at the TSEA Officer
Planning session to be held in late
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question and answer
held between Father
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Second Vatican council
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Inside Info
Baseball Schedule..........Page 4
Meaning of the recent
tax cut ..........................Page 2
Tracy’s Art Show...........Page 3
Pre-Cana lecture ..........Page 3
By Marty Lewis
The seventh annual Dutch-
Irish day, sponsored by the Illini
club, will be Saturday, March 14.
According to the Dutch, as vocally
represented by the Illini club,
they want to give all the Irish on
campus a chance to celebrate St.
Patrick’s day appropriately. Thus
they have scheduled a day of
events pitting the Irish against
all corners. For the need of a
name, “all comers” have been
termed the Dutch.
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By Martin McLaughlin
Mr. John Howard Griffin, skill-
ful author of the controversial
best-seller Black Like Me—an ac-
count of his experiences while
living as a Negro in the South—
will present a lecture in the St.
Edward’s university dining hall
on Monday, March 16.
Lecturing on his book (and now
a documentary movie as well),
Mr. Griffin, a native of Texas,
will explain how he had his skin
darkened by a New Orleans doc-
tor, traveled through four South-
ern states and wrote, he says,
“the journal of my experiences
living as a Negro.” Shattering
and soul-gripping may be the only
words to describe Mr. Griffin’s
report on the penurious economic
condition, the subservient political
position, and the downtrodden
social niche of the Southern
Negro.
Born in Dallas, Texas, in 1920,
he attended grade school in Texas
and received his high school and
university education in France.
At school he studied medicine,
psychiatry and music.
In World War II, he served in
the French army until 1940, and
later fought in the Pacific. While
there, he suffered wounds which
impaired his vision.
Totally blind by 1946, Mr. Grif-
fin returned to the United States
to attend a school for the blind.
Settling on a farm in Mansfield,
Texas, he married in 1953 and has
three children.
By undergoing time-consuming
medical treatments, he was able
to obtain partial restoration of his
vision by 1957. Since his recovery,
he has written, in addition to
Black Like Me, Land of the High
Sky (about West Texas).
A scintillating speaker, Mr.
Griffin has been a popular figure
wherever he has talked in his
series of lectures on the racial
situation in the United States.
Lon Tinkle, book critic of the
Dallas News sums it up saying,
“Griffin has a presence and an
absolute sincerity that hold an
audience, even the dissenting por-
tion, spellbound.
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