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AT U D1:0MMENCEMENT - More than 3,000 persons at the USD commencement heard Lt. Col. Anders deliver the major address. Amona: principals on speakers' platform are at left, Most Rev. Francis J. Furey, university chancellor, ria:ht, and Auxiliary Bishop John Astronaut Anders Honored

R. Quinn, provost. USO conferred 332 acad_emic degrees. Col. Anders received an honor- ary doctor of science degree. He was cited for his professional and personal life and his trust in God.

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Lt. Col William A Ander told 3J2 graduates of th University of San Diego last week that man's "guidrn ta rs ' through life are and hav always been "faith, hope and charity." The famed astronaut was th prmc1pal speaker at the ll' commencement exerc1 e:. last Sunda; Ill the Civic Theater here attended by more than 3,uoo persons. He received an honorary doctor of science degr e from Mo.;t Rev. 1''rancis J Furey, university chancellor Col. Anders emphasized that man "must have faith in lumself, his fellow men and, mo:;t of all, m God." Without faith in fellow human being , he stated, "you can n ver start on the road of life win ·h demands th teamwork of faith 111 people." The Air Force colonel, who with two other astronauts or- bited the moon last Christmas on the Apollo 8 flight observed: "NASA space flights depend on teamwork, on faith in our fel low workers, from the aerospace workers here in San Diego who build parts of our spacecraft, to the radio technicians in isolated lands who monitor our craft and maintain the communication link during our flight." From faith, he continued, comes hope "for yourself, for the world and for a better life to come." He cautioned at the same time that in seeking a better orld "whenever you seek to change, it must be change brought about by introducing something better and something tha I can be prac- tically accomplLhed, not change which simply destroys without any sub5titute or by impractical utopias.'' Of the three, he said, "charity is the most difficult and yet most effective guiding star because 1t means concern for others, consideration for other~ " "It means,'' he told his audience, "love and peace,

come garbled man age when communicalions have been improved to the extent that we have too much." He added that "love and peace, two words which your generation have enshrined," demand more than physical demonstration. "They demand sacrifice and giving in the widest sense." The commencement marked U1e second time that the USD's three schools held joint graduation exercises. The College for Men graduated 130 students, the College for Women, 90, and the School of

laude: John Howard, Richard

In bestowing the honorary 'degree on Col. Anders, Bishop Furey described him as •one of America's mel;t daring and illu trious sons, whose trust m God and belief in the destiny of the United Sta Les is exemplified by every facet of his family and official life." Bishop Furey also spoke and cited the growing unifica lion of the university's three schools and the add1 lion of laity on Boards of Trustees. He also expressed hope for public financial support of the universit said that .. help

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Astronaut Anders Given Doctorate, Tells Grctduates Of 'Guiding Stars' e,ctures - Page a-3 The Univ r ity of San Diego yesterday conferred 332 academic degrees and one honorary degree in commencement at the Civic Theater The honorary degree, a doctorate of science, was bestowed by the Mo Rev. Francis J. Furey, bishop of the San Diego Catholic diocese, on William A. Anders, one of the three astro- nauts to make the first flight into orbit around the moon.

laude: James Franklin; magna cum laude: David Ault, Mrs.

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Bishop 1''urey repea d his Catherine Chandler, John pledge that the university "is of Driscoll, Laureen Gray and the diocese, by the dioce e and Leon Kranz; cum laude: for the diocese. It shall not Ronald Fein, Wilson Fleetwood, perish from tlle.el!rth." Roy Garret, George Haver- a Marriott, Mrs. Christine Vetter Bacca laureate Mass was Pale, Mrs. Betty Phelps, Irwin concelebrated in Immaculata Schroeder, Jr., Richard Songer Chapel by Bishop Furey, and Frank Stevenson. Auxiliary Bishop John R. Besides graduating summa Quinn, USO provost, and priests cum laude from the School of of the university faculty. Law, Franklin received the Phi Speaker was Father Charles S. Alpha Delta Award as the Casassa, SJ, president of school's most outstanding Loyola University in Los student. Phi Delta Phi's award Angeles. for the highest scholastic The day before the com- stick, Jon Jenkins, Francis mencement, Sa turda

E;wlicr yesterday, in Hou ton, Anders' daughter, Gayle. 7 re- ceived her first communion. a joint graduation ceremony for the university's three schools. The College for Men graduated 130 students; the College for Women. 90, and the School of Law. 112. Among the latter was the Cllargers' offen- sive tackle who was 'picked for the all-pro team. About 3,00-0 persons attended the ceremo- nies. EDUCATED IN LA MESA Anders. an Air ~'orce lieuten- ant colonel who went lo school in La Mesa gave the comme11ce- ment address. "The whole achievement of pace flight," he said, "is a trib- ute to knowledge from the cam- puses of United States centers o( higher education. " Yet today, as we look around the campus scene, there is the tragedy and torture of unrest, disturbance and destruction. "Famous campuses have be- come storm centers. From space, we could clearly see na- ture's own storm centers. The swirling cloud of nature's havoc has aspects of awesome beauty. But the storm of anger and hate engendered by the destro)'ers of our campuses has no beauty, no redeeming feature SOME NOW LOST "Man, we have proved, can navigate by the stars, as we navigated the moon with split- second accuracy. But are we sec111g. oy the discordant notes on earth itself, that some men have lost their personal sense of direction, their navigational ajds?" • Anders said "man's aids sure- ly are the three guiding stars of faiU1, hope and charity." '·Man," he said, "must have faith in himself, in his fellow men and most of all in God. "From your faith will natural- ly come hope- hope for your- self, for the world, for a better life to come. The ~ommencement wa. Ron Mix, "Charity is the most difficult and yet most effective guiding star because it means concern for others. It mrans love and peace, which demand sacrifice and giving in the widest sense." Anders piloted a T-38 here from Houston. His wif . Valerie, 11d a son, Alan, 12, flew here l commercial airline . I A1Rler flew back la. t night to • -tu n to his tight schedule of ra ir ng as a member of the ha< kup crew for th!' flight of polio 11, which is scheduled to [,-nd on the 1110011 in July In a brief address at the <. mmenccment, Bishop Furey, ~ho is also chancellor of the 1{niversity, said "efforts to ob- (Coniinued on Page b-5, Col. 4)

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Col. Anders, who comes from La Mesa and served as an altar ' boy in St. Martin's parish, flew back to .Houston after the commencement to return to his tight schedule as a member of the backup crew for the Apollo II flight scheduled lo land on the moon in July. Wife, Daughter Attend Early Sunday morning his daughter, Gayle, 7, recei •ed her first Holy Communion in Houston. His wife, Valerie, and a son, Alan, 12, flew to San Diego for the commencement on a commercial airliner, while the astronaut piloted a T-38 plane. Special permission was required from the National Aeronautics and Space Ad- ministration (NASA) to release Col. Anders for his com- mencement appearance. His parents, Cmdr. Arthur F. Anders, USN, ret., and Mrs. Anders, who live in La Mesa, were among those at the ceremony to see their son honored. Twenty-four students were graduated with honors from the three USD schools. They were: College for Women - cum laude: Patricia Ann Baker. summa cum laude: Timothy Doyle and Edwin Iliff, Jr.; magna cum laude: Richard Davis; cum College for Men -

1 USD GraatJ Class Of 32, Honors (Continu di tain financial support for the university have not borne much fruit ... ·~ut,'' he said. ··we are on our ray. Help will coftle when the aims of the university are better known and especially when people realize what the university means to our com- mumty. "I hope and believe that brighter days are ahead for all institutions of higher learning." nders

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The Very Rev. John E. Baer, president of the University of San Diego College for Men, has been named interim coor- dinator for the unification prclgram at the university. Commencement ceremonies June 1, Bishop Francis J. Furey, chancellor of USD, announced the ap- pomtment of Father Baer when he reported the steady progress of steps towards unification of U1e two undergraduate colleges and the School of Law on the campus "Much, ver)( much, has been accomplished during t short space of one year,'' said Bishop Fure. "As typical examples of admirable cooperation, may I mention the first joint con- vocation of honors students; the first combined Homecoming celebra t10ns by alumni or all three schools on the campus, U1e merger of the two un- dergraduate student bodies and the consequent election of of- ficers," hP said. The 81 hop also said that both the university and the College for Women had added members At lhe

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School there. Ile returned to the Gregorian Univer:.ity in Rome in 1961 to take his doctoral studies which he completed in 1963. On his return to the United States he was named president of his alma mater, St. Francis College, El Cajon. The college moved to the USD campus in 1966.

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As coordinator, at North American College and Father Baer will ensure that the Gregorian University where he program of uniiication con- earned the bachelor and tinues smoothly and will remain licentiate degrees in Sacred president of the USD College for Theology. Men. He was assistant pastor at St. Fattier Baer has been Anne's Church, San Bernardino president of the USO Collegefo __ r_a_n_d_ taught at Aquinas High_ interim

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E8i!Jilh6 flJJ;iNE Youth Rall~ Faces Delay A "Youth for Decency Ral- ly," originally scheduled to be held June 23 m Balboa Stad- itim, 'llill b delayed, its spon- sors report unles£ the move- ment gets me financial sup- port from the c o m m u n i t y soon. '·We've had a lot of verbal encouragement from the busi- ness community. C'lubs and or- gJnizations," said Gary Lane, chairman of the San .Diego Youth for Dec-ency Commit- tee "But we haven't received much money.'' Lane said of the est ,mated $3,500 n e e d e d to stage the event, the committee has only realizf'd about JOO. "That's not even enough to pay the insurance premium (Cont. on Page C-6, Col. 3)

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A "Youth for Decency Rally," inspir~d by a simila~ rally in M1an11, will be held m Balboa Stadium at 7.30 p.m. June 23. The idea for the rally came from Garry Lane of 4792 Mt. Gaywas Drive. He is a student at the University of San Diego School oTtaw. Lane said he feels "it is time for the responsible youth to speak out for decency," He said he was disturbed be- cause San Diego "has become known as the smut capital of the United States." Entertainment will be provid- ed at the rally by the "Let's Go San Diego - Up With People" singers, and several other groups that have been invited. Gov. Reagan, Mayor Curran, Archie Moore, and other gov- ernment leaders and celebrities have been invited to attend. Lane has asked interested young people to volunteer their time and services lo promote the rally. They should contact him at home.

\~h,ch men have a I w a drawn m order to elevate the s Lane said, however, that he Y.asn ·t sure the rally would come off at all now unless the than verbal encouragement. He said the committee has temporarily postponed the ral- .y until at least July 21 enough time to raise the mon- ey we need." Lane explained. "I hope v.e won't have to post- pone it a second time.'' and internationallv known en- tertainers at the n'ight rally. It would be open to the public. Lane said he hopes anyone in the • 1111 Diego area willing spirit of men.'' group get something more "Miiybe this will give us Plans call d for speakers

coNTINUeo FROM PAGE c-1 m the stadium," Lane said in Lane, 23, who was graduat- ed this week from the Univer- ·sity of San Diego School of Lav., organized the group to counteract what he calls the that is being push.,d off on American youth today in the ''This rally is designed to in- spire youth to unite in reach- ing for high morals rather than lower standards." Lane ··We want to bnng together young Americans to join in a crusade against drugs, pro- miscuity and obscenity. help build the future with a force of ideas that draws its roots from the same sources an interview. decadence and immoralitv namP of freedom. said. ·'We hope thnl youth will

Decency Rally Slated Tonight The "Youth for Decency Ral- ly.'' inspired by a similar rally in Miami, will go on as sched- uled at 7:SO p.m. today at Bal- boa Stadium. The idea for the rally came from Garry Lane of 4792 Mt. Gaywas Drive. He is a student at the University of San Diego School of Law. Entertainment will be provid- ed by the "Let's Go San Diego -Up With People" singers and several other groups. Invited to attend were Got. Reagan, May- or Curran, Archie Moore, other leaders asd celebrities.

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