News Scrapbook 1969-1971

Land Deal Marks USD Subsidy Encl· Southern Cross Reporter r J 10 SA DIEGO - The University of San Diego took la t w th fir t legal major action toward severing

Good News The signing ceremony at first did not seem very in- teresting. II formally transferred acreage on Alcala Park campus from the USO corporation to the diocese of San Diego. The lot split handed over the diocesan office and the beautirul Immaculata Chapel to the diocese. In effect, however. the deal recognized for the first time the separate entity of the University of San Diego in a land deal which passes owner hip for the remaining acreage of diocesan property at Alcala Park to the USO corporation - subject to a note of indebtedness. This heralds the way for the completely independent USO corporation to stand on Its own feet, hopefully befort long to be under a single college president and single governing board, after the two colleges officially merge. Bishop Maher hailed the tep as giving San Diego a stronger consolidated in- dependent university. He said that with the loss of direct diocesan financial aid, USO must rely more on community and individual . upport. In this connection Msgr. Baer said that the university benefits the entire com- munity and always has been opened to all qualified students regardless of creed. U D is no longer a drain on diocesan funds - which will be good news all around the diocese.

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it.a corporate ti~ with the Diocese of San Diego which has developed and partially supported the university sine It was tarted 21 years ago. Th USD corporation transferred to the Bishop of San Diego title to 8.40 acre of the Alcala Park campus on which stand the Dioce an Office for Apostolic Ministry nd Immaculata Chapel. U D also gave the Bi hop a note for $1,930,458 ured by a tru t deed on the campus' remaining al.85 acr . Excluded was the land at the Student Sports Center which was acquired from the Depart- ment of Health, Education and Welfare. Th note bears no interest and is payable by USD at $50,000 a year b ginning June, 1972. TOWARD' I DEPE DE CE igning of the legal forms on Aug. 28 mBishop Leo T. Maher' office, marked a big step toward USD financial independence from diocesan support and its furth r development as an independent institution of higher learning. It also pave· the way for the corporate unification of th USD College for Men and Law School and the College for Women, operated by the Religious of the Sacred Heart. The two undergraduate schools already have coru olidat d academic departments, classes, and bu ine dmi sions and other offices. While U D will maintain its link with the Church, the transfer means the diocese will no longer have to ub idize the university. This subsidy has continued to decrea e through th years as a result of the college con olidation, and other recent improvements in admini tration. SUB IDY GOE' Two year ago the subsidy was more than $500,000 but la t year's subsidy was only $191,000. This year no ub idy will be needed. The College for Women has received no aid from the diocese since it began apart from the original land Transfer deeds were signed by Msgr. John E. Baer, USD corporation president, which includes the men's college and law school, and Msgr. I Brent Eagen, corporation ecretary. Value of transferred land was placed at $3.8 million. Total U D campu value is about $27.6 million - two- thirds owned by USD and one-third by the women's ('Ollegc (RSCJ). The two colleges' Boards of Trustees have named a comm tt to earch for a new university president who will be top administr tor for the coordinate college and law school. Bishop Maher ob erved that many clergy and lay applicants from all over the country have applied for the job. This, he aid, points up the lure of the USD campus as an intellectual community and is ignificant at a time when about 300 other colleges are caching for presidents. M gr. Baer and Sister Nancy Morris, president of the women's college, also praised the transfer as clarifying the po ition of the diocese and USD and as giving USD and the college a legal boost toward complete unification.

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New students at the Univel'sily of San Diego unpack on move-in day yes- terday. The girls, all freshmen, are,

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Freshmen Move In At USO Dorms By JORI\ STEWART This is orientation week al the with the Associated Students off. University of San Diego and 300 icers in the student union. new freshmen are getting their On Monday the new students first taste of university life. will have an opportunity lo at- Yesterday was move-in day lend several different works~ops and the campus was crowded planned by a student committee with cars and families and last year. boxes and bags. The girls The workshops will cover the seemed to have brought the Experimental College on the most baggage with them for the campus, how to study, aspects new school year. of the law that affect college Fathers and brothers students, teacher expectations struggled l-0 get suit.cases and for students and the ways open trunks up the dorm stairs while to students to gel things done on the girls came along behind the campus. . . carrying makeup cases and Students and administrators loose clothes. will conducl the workshops. There was Jess activity in the The freshman women will be boy's dorm. The men made short hosted al an Alumnae Luncheon work of moving in their suit- Tuesday in the DeSales Hall cases and clothes carriers. Dining Room. That afternoon DINNER WELCOME the _returning students will begin arriving on campus. The new students were wel- comed at a dinner in the cafe- CLASSES WEDNESDAY teria last night. After the dinner Classes will begin at 9:30 a.m. they attended several orient- Wednesday. ation meetings to brief them on About 1,400 undergraduate the school and its facilities and students are expected this year, the upcoming events. a 7 per cent increase. The uni- Today they will take tours versity also wtll have 237 gradu- around the campus, meet the ate students. up from 121 last university administration and year. The law school, V1·hich be- attend a dance in the student gan classes Thursday, has 707 union. Part of the afternoon is students enrolled compared with free so the students can relax or 589 last year. go to the beach or shopping or ''We are almost bursting. at sightseeing. \the seams." said Julie Benedict, Tomorrow is a light day, with an administration spokesman. only a night session scheduled "But it looks like a good year."

TELLING TV - Presidents Msgr. Baer and Sister Morris interviewed by KFMB-TV explain implication of deal. - Staff Photo

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USO AlumHost To Presidents CORONADO The president of the USD Law School alumni association, Robin Goodenough is also mayor of Coronado. And in this capacity he will be of- ficial host to two presidents today - President Richard Nixon of the United States and President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz of Mexico. Tonight there will be a formal state dinner at the historic Hotel Del Coronado following a day of events which will attract thousands. Spanish and English greetings - "Bien Venidos" and "Welcome" - will be displayed. There also will be a big parade and even the cost of crossing the bridge has been lowered for today.

MAJOR STEP - Le2a1 papers signed for transfer of diocese office and lmmaculata Chapel Alcala Park portion from USO to Diocese. Seated from left, M gr I. Brent Eagen, chancellor, Bishop Leo T. Maher,

Sister Nancy Morris, president, College for Women. Standing, Msgr. John E. Baer, USO president. Ceremony took ?le!:~ in the Bishop's office at Alcala Park. - Staff Photo

/d, lf?O Verona Fathers Move from USD SAN DIEGO The Verona Fathers' left the Alcala Park campus last week, closing their minor of the Sacred Heart. Father Busetti said the center also has

Latin America and Afrka. The priests also serve in the Los Angeles archdiocese. Bishop D . Camboni of Verona, Italy, founded the religious order in 1867. Its general motherhouse is in Rome.

served as a meeting place for the order's missionaries in Mexico and the west coast. Father Busetti was assigned as administrator of the order's American Province, with headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio, where the priests have a major seminary .. He will assist Father Sergio Contran, FSCJ, provincial superior The Verona Fat ers, dedicated to missionary w k among the Indians and colored people, have some 1,600 priests in the United States and abroad. Most of their foreign missions are in

seminary and mission center. Father Charles Busetti, FSCJ, superior, emphasized the center's closing will be only temporary until a new location is found in the San Diego diocese. Father Busetti pointed out that Verona Fathers remain in the diocese at the Pala and Santa Ysabel missions where the priests serve Indian reservations and chapels. The Alcala Park center has been a college, theological department and minor seminary for the Verona Fathers, officially called Sons