News Scrapbook 1973-1974

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Casa de Alcala. the home of Dr. Author Hughes. presi- dent of the University of San Diego and Mrs Hughes. will be the ·etting for the annual JMembersh1p tea of the Uni- versity ol San Diego ..auxiliary from 1 p.m to 3 . Tuesday. Members. mothers ol udents faculty wives and ospective new members r invited Dr. Hughes will ve a short talk on the uni- v rsity's programs. Music will be provided by the university's music de- rlment dutrng the tea hours .

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auxiliary fashion show to be presented at the convention hall of Vacalion Village. will attend Campus tours will be conducted after the tea by student guides . Mrs . James Davis is president of the auxiliary . T

Robert Howard, Robert Cihak, Dominic DePietri. Leo Durkin, Ralph Hardi John Ho gan . Bernard Maloney and Paul Vesco. Others are Mmes. Robert Bond. Melvin Bartell. David Garfield. Richard Levi. Helen Anne Bunn. Maurice Sims . thomas Holmes and Walt r Wilkins Mrs. Ross Tharp and Mrs John Rippo. co-chairmen ol

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An International theme was chosen, ac- cording to l'hairman Mrs. John D. Frager, to "ren ct the fart that although the University 1s Catholic, parts of many cul- ture ar(' blended here. We wanted to show our dinner guests through some of the buildings on campus, and also to point out that whUe Sarred Heart 1s French in origin, there now arc branches in many countr1 of the world." nd although raismg money through the dinner Is not the primary purpose, funds above costs will go toward the many cholar hip~ offered by the school and to a campus improvement program. Dinner guests will progre s through four building , beginning with cocktails and Mexican hor d'oeuvre m th foyer of De al Hall t 6 p.m. after gr ting Dr. and 7\1r Hughes Iarlachi mu ic and walks ltned with Jummanas bet\l.een thP white Spanl h renal nc bulldmg.s bordered b) nowermg bu he \I.ill l ad guests to the oth r bulldin

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FOR CLUES TO PAST . Students Sift Old Town Earth 1 I~ '1 f

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"We are fmdmg enough here to determine the shapes of the walls, the sJZes of rooms, the type of floors and a lot about the people that lived ln these buildings." For instance, no one knows when the American Hotel was built since build- ing permits were not re- quired in the mid-19th Centu- ry. But USD research places the date between 1851 and 1858, Brandes said. DETECTIVE STORY "It's kind of like a detec- tive story - fitting the piec- es together," he added. Moriarty described some of these pieces. The beef bone might indicate the kitchen area of the hotel, especiall y when several china piee:ts wtre recovered in the same a,·ea. A half-inch chip of glass indicates tnat tne name of the Amenca11 Hotel. was painted in blue . Other <'trnnks ol wuort show that ,.rw hotel L·

By DIANE CLARK Education Writer The San Diego t:nion

building not only showed that gas was used, but be- cause thev were coated with tar to prevent rustmg and because an Old Town resi- dent remembered an era of gas lighting, they were dated between 1870 and 1880. Moriarty held up slivers of glass and described their be- lieved role in Old Town his- tory. One was from a dry smk counter top or about 1870 designed to support a pitcher and washing bowl. Another, dated by its thin- ness and degree of deteriora- tion, was determined to be- long to the hotel's original windows , and another piece, thicker and better pre- served, was dated between 1914 and 1918. Whisky-bottle glass, hand- blown between 1860 and 1880, indicated where the hotel bar was located. 2ND YEAR This is the second year of excavation at the hotel site by USD students who work four morr ings a week in the su.n1 r• and on weekends aunng the winter Hours of research preced- ed the first excavations, ho e er Historical docu- men were researched, old- ( Continued on B-4, Col. l)

Univer:,1ty of San Diego students are slowly unearth- ing San Di go's early history in Old To'r'rn. Bits of china, square hand- wrought nails, corroded gas pipes. painted boards and even old beef bones are writ- mg the history of a three- building block of Old Town as they are brought to light. Dr. James Moriarty and Dr. Ray Brandes are leading their "historic site archeolo- gy" class in gathenng infor- mation that will blueprint reconstruction and furnish- ing of the 0'> ·em house, a 12- foot alley, the American Hotel and the Machado- Wrightington House on the west side of San Diego Ave- nue. FEW RECORDS "Americans are terribly poor record keepers," said Brandes, who has speciai- ii.ed for yP:ir in 'reL·tmt• · , 1 , r1c archf 1 l all Lake 111ctu s o• t 1e fronts of buildings, but never the backs. We don't always have dates, land titles and • descriptions of furnishings inside a house.

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- Staff Photo bv Bob lvln With picks and brushes these University of San Diego students carefully sift an historic Old Town site for artifacts to be used as clues in reconstruction of an old hotel and two houses along San Diego Avenue.

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Youths Sift Old Town ( Continued from Page B-1) "But with o~r soC1ety ad vancmg so rapidly and tech- and hold it." timers interviewed, pictures nologically we soon will EXAMPLES DISPl.AYED and drawings pursued clear out aU the old areas She pointed to some n~!irl,Y across the country and It- and onh the people living decayed cotton, a Sv.1m s brary and history books there v.:ill remember what mineral water bottle,_ an studied, instructors said. thev were like " 1830s med1cme bottle, :;ome "My students have 1-? de~! Moriarty explained that china imported (mm En- with many artifacts, said Brandes initiated the histor- gland and hand-wrought :',loriarty. '_'That means ic archeology at several square nails. . when they fmd a hunk of sites in San Diego _ includ- Brandes explamed that rusted iron they . have to ing ~ission San Diego de they hope to ~ompl~te re- know what a cast-iron stove Alcala and Presidio Park - search on the site thJS sum- looked like and how it oper- in the late 1960s because he mer so reconstruction of the ated." was alarmed that so much period bmldings may follow He calls his course an "in- history is being lost and stu- in keeping with an Old Town troduction into the i:oots of dents were not learning master plan for restoration San Diego community cul- about their own area's histo- as it appeared m the 1800s. ture" The California Parks and , ry. 1elmda Blade a USD Recreation Department that \ ~.~~~:~tG~J~E~te in gr~duate student ~ho is ca- maintains tdhe statC;)wnfed · · this summer's park grante perm1ss1on or the United States to come to tegonzm1ained the value of USD to dig at the site . It the real1Zat10~ that we must fmds._ exp also has given the uni •ersity begi~ pr~servmg th:gs ~ .a.~ th ?,~~t can do all the re- a grant for its research from are_n t ~ery o}~•he !id i~. search m ~Jass and from Which architects and Jand- tonan ou , h t l to learn ,scape artiStS evl' tually will tany arctJeologt~ prefer to books t a you wan ct thee.Irly town ;tudy ancient man. about an area, but we can _r_eco~----~-~~ come out h c and find it

USD anniversary party plans jell

~trs. John D Frnger, chairman of the University of San Diego' 25th an- ni ·er ary party to be held A g 28, recently an not.meed compl etion of pl n for the gala affair. or than 5,000 fnends of the unive ity have been invited to Join together to eel ate the 25th birthday of th university's chart r at progr sslve in- ter national dinner ,ind dance

s:-:o.~·~t.'i?, ~7j/ Guitarist Lee Ryan To Play Ryan will perform at 8 p.m. tonight in the French Parlor in Founders Hall at the University of San Diego. . Ryan will be joined in the concert by flutist Cathy Shetwin. . . Ryan is a member of the san Diego State University Music World (Continued from E-2) music faculty while Miss Sherwin is a graduate student at UCSD. · Selections will include solos for guitar and flute, and works for both instruments, including Telemann's "Sona- ta in C" for flute and guitar and Mauro Giuliani's "Opus 85" for flute and guitar. Classical guitarist

election of wine will be served 'with a number of Italian pasta . Lum inana will point the way to Founder ·Hall to the next stop on the p rty 's gourme t route . can • dina vi an salads will served In the foyer , American Parlor and French Parlor. In the dining hall behind Found Patio, guests will be eated at tables for eight for a French dinner. B varian desserts and Irish coffee will be served on the patio , ·ind dancing will continue uni] 11 p.m and dancing will continue until 11 pm. R ervat1on for the affair m Yhe rn d by callin\the public relation,; office at U D, 291 6480, extension 354

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Art auction,show slated The Alumnae of tl}e

Chairman of the event is Miss Angel Kramer. Mrs. John Earl is president of the alumnae group. Proceeds will be used for the San Diego area special education and scholarship fund.

acred Heart of San Dieg? will present an art ~xhib1t and auction Oct. 4 m th~ Camino Theater of the Um- versity of San Diego. . A reception and preview showing begins at 7 p.m. Included will be Signed lithographs, etchings, oils, watercolors and other \ works, collected by Graphic Art Galleries, Ltd. of Los \ Angeles. \

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Choosing wines to accompany the Italian pasta to be served at Del Sales Dining Room, second stop on the route of the progressive international dinner for the University of San Diego's 25th anniversary party on Aug. 2B, are Mrs. John J. Wells, left, dinner chairm n, and Mrs. Bob Crosby, music co- chairman.