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EdYcators and Their Heada In thi peciaJ edition devoted to education it is perhaps fitting to look at ome of our Catholic educators and their manifold problem .

cidentally, where the janitor is the brother of the rector, but Tom Alcaraz has been a devoted worker to the needs of the buildings, while his brother looks after the spiritual and material needs of the students. Fr. Bill the Boy Scout At the high school level the man with a host of new situations is Father William Cornelison, principal of University High School which, in September, becomes coeducational. The girls of Cathedral High will invade in some numbers. Father Bill, as he is known among the Boy Scouts, will be joined by some of the nuns who formerly taught at the girls school and wiJl thus not have to face all these new problems alone. However, the perennial and worsening problem of financing Catholic high schools shows no signs of fading away in the smog or evaporating like the early morning mist. Somehow it seems to take an awful long time to get through to our non-Catholic friends that the cost of educating children now at Catholic schools might one day be a great new burden on all taxpayers. Infallible Oath? Lee Trevino, the ebullient and mercurial professional golfer, certainly knows how to use influence to back up his story. Following rumors that he had been partying too much the night before, to be able to wake in time for the Westchester Classic he is reported to have said: "I had dinner with a couple of friends. I didn't have a single drink. I swear. I swear that on the Pope." As if the Pope hasn't enough trouble. Variety in Observance Last weekend's observance of the feast of the Assump- tion led to some variety in fulfilling the obligation. In this diocese, of course, the double obligation for Saturday and Sunday was required. In at least one diocese I noticed the local Bishop gave exemption from the "double" obligation. Strangest of all, to my mind, was a church in a neigh- boring diocese where it was permissible to go to the Saturday evening Mass - normally Sunday obligation - and then again Sunday morning to complete both obligations. Do two Sundays make a spare obligation for a feast day? Odd. McGill and the FBI It was almost two years to the day that I interviewed the new chancellor of UC San Diego, Dr. William McGill, on his new appointment, when last week we said farewell to him on his departure to New York's Columbia University as president. His short hair cannot get any grayer, anyway. Bill McGill, a product of Fordham, once told me most of his contemporaries from college are in the FBI. He will probably need them at Columbia. The gathering which ranged from the Bishop to bankers - and all the interesting stops in between - the little used "official" coastal home of the UCSD chancellor, provided a humorous dilemma for Father Roger Lechner, vice chancellor of the diocese. He hesitated to describe himself as vice chancellor among so many UCSD people in case he was mistaken for the chancellor of the latest academic discipline, or king of the yippies.

till controlling the "separate but equal" responsibilities of the coordinate colleges at the Universii of San Diego ar Msgr. John E. Baer and Sister Nancy orris. Both are now in the lame duck category because a committee, under energetic bantam weight Father William Shipley, is ac- tively searching for a new and sole president to replace the two now in command. Father Shipley, who heads the philosophy department of the joint colleges, has written thousands of letters all acros the nation, seeking the right kind of help and ap- plicants for this vital spot. Pt•r oual Charm Sister Nancy Morris, whose personal charm and most attractive presence has been a feature of the campus in recent years, would, I suspect, like Msgr. Baer, happily hand over to a newcomer. In a letter she sent last week to all alumnae of the Sacred Heart she said: "In spite of what popular opinion would suggest, there are many persons who eem to desire the position of president of a small liberal arts Catholic university." Msgr. Baer, whose tenure, like that of Sister been a fairly frustrating time of tedious, di m~ ·c and xhausting negotiations towards mer g two entities and the Law School, wiJl also breath a- sigh of relief when he can hand over. And he does not wish to succeed him elf. preuding th Word Another of the principals on the campus is Father Michael Alcaraz, rector of the diocesan seminary of St. Francis. He is leaving for a speaking visit to Vancouver, B.C., Canada - a series of lectures for the archdiocesan religiou education institute there. This subject is very dear ~---- often

to his heart, as we know from his work on the new liturgy - the subject of "the great leap forward," to borrow a communist tag, resulting from Vatican II. Father Alcaraz with the eminarians is now in the Santa Paula apartments just off the USO campus. In addition to his seminary responsibilities, he is ecretary of the Diocesan Liturgical Commission and had much to do with ex- planation and im- plementation of the new Mass as we now celebrate it everywhere.

Rector and liturgist He recently became an author on this subject and his book "Love: Sign and Symbol - A Liturgical Manual for Laity" has been published by the USO Press. So far it has only been printed for circulation among priests so that they may pass comment. Revisions, if necessary, can be made before more widespread publication. Liturgy, says Father Alcaraz, is "the celebration of the bond of love uniting the Christian community." And he is a living witness to this in his dedicated work with the seminarians. There cannot be many seminaries, in-

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0 7,000 / nvited ToUSD Autumn Tea Some l.000 women have bee!! mvited to a fall member- ship tea to be giYen by the Lnil'ersit) of San Diego Aux- iliary Sept 17 the Point e of Mr. and Mrs. r 3 o.m., will nor pro pectJ e mem- bers and ls open to interested women in the area Mr . Har- old A. Tebbetts auxiliary presidtmt. w II greet guests and introduce u sity offi- cials Among those a endmg will be • Isgr. I. Br t Eagen. di- ocesan chancellor; Msgr. John E. Baer. president of the Col- lege for . !en and Sister •·an- cv Morris. president of the College for Women. Mrs. Frank J. O'Connor and :'vlrs. George A. Kiligas are co- chairmen for the event. 1lmes. James Barron, R. Ken- neth Whitney, Frank F. Rose, Robert A Rose. John E. Han- dlev John E. Leander,. A. J. C F~rsyth and Leo J. Durkin will assi ·t. Other committee chairmen include ;'\,Imes. John M. Ath- aide, Jrvmg W• .\1artin, Paul A. Vesco, Ross G. Tharp, Eu- gene H. De Falco and Carl Avilla. :\,Jr . Oliver \\ ho 1s first ice president of the "l!ux1liary, will have on dis p I a y four ::1-la- donnas b Pa arini, Italian contemporary arti t. for view- ing at the tea

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A workshop in "Ghetto Black American Studies" will be given in the post session. The course will be an advanced study of Black American life and culture in the ghetto, offered in conjunction and direct communication with Black Americans within the ghetto situation 0 It will run from August 3 to August I4o Sister Patricia Barrett, Professor of Political Science at Maryville College, St 0 Louis, will be the coordinator of the Black American Studies \

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