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Fulltext: ii I <s (T NEW ■ ADMINISTRATION FR. PRESIDENT APPOINTED CURATOR OF THE ACADEMY FOR INTERCONTINENTAL CONTACTS In St. Augustine’s near Bonn, an Aca demy for Intercontinental Contacts has been established. Its main purpose is to create an understanding of the many problems affecting men of the different continents. The Academy is an interna tional organization. Father President Rahmann has been appointed a Curator of the Academy. As such he represents its interest in the Philippines. ARCHBISHOP ROSALES BLESSES USC CENTER FOR THE POOR On Sunday, August 15, the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, Archbishop Julio Rosales blessed the San Carlos Center for the Poor. After the blessing, he celebrated Holy Mass in the Chapel of the Center. The efforts of apostolic souls and the gifts of generous benefactors made it possible to put up a quite beautiful Chapel. After Holy Mass, the Archbishop gave an inspiring sermon to the good people present. They had indeed come in large numbers; including the children, there were 1,300 of them. Nobody had anticip Afler the blessing the Archbishop celebrated Holy Mass in the Chapel of the Center. At extreme left Mrs. Amparo Dorotheo, the "good angel" of the Center. The Newly Elected USC FACULTY CLUB OFFICERS FOR 1965-46 (see pictorial section for details] ated that there would be so many; as a matter of fact, for the little treat given to them after the ceremonies, four hund red additional breakfast rations had to be bought hurriedly. The Archbishop was received at the Center by the Father President and the Vice-President. Monsignor Tomas Maglasang, Pastor of the Cathedral to which the Center belongs, also came to greet the Archbishop. The ceremon'es were further attended by Mrs. Luisa Pido, Treasurer of the Cebu Catholic Aid, and City Councilor John H. Osmena. Like wise were present Sister Superior Cha rity, the Directress of our Girls High School, and Sister Bernadette who for some years already has taken care of the liturgical vestments of the Center. Father Fermin Dichoso, who is in charge of the services in this Center had, in coopera tion with Mrs. Amparo Dorotheo and her husband as well as a group of USC fa culty members and students, prepared everything in a perfect way for the cere monies. The Archbishop was deeply im pressed by the active and devout way in which the simple folks participated in the celebration of the Holy Mass which was also attended by the SVD seminarians of the Boys’ High School. While the Archbishop, Councilor Os mena, and Father Rahmann were taking breakfast in the Dorotheo residence, the ladies took care of the poor. (Monsignor Maglasang and Father John had to leave earlier because of their Sunday assign ments). Every Sunday morning, some physi cians and nurses of the Cebu Velez Hos pital render free services to the poor in the clinic of the Center. The Administra tion of the University of San Carlos ex presses its profound gratitude to Dr. Ja cinto Velez, the director of the Velez Hospital, as well as to the doctors and nurses who come to the clinic for this noble work of mercy. A cordial word of thanks goes also to all members of the USC family, who on Sunday mornings give catechetical instruction to the child ren coming to the Center. Councilor Osmena brought Father Rahmann in his car back to San Carlos, and on the way and before thejf depart ed from each other, further plans con cerning the development of the Center were discussed. Our distinguished alum nus, Councilor Osmena, spontaneously of fered his special support for the Center. The Center was very dear to our for mer Rector, Father Harold Rigney, and he continues to have an active interest in it. It will be recalled that His Eminence Ildebrando Cardinal Aritoniutti, the Pa pal Legate to the Fourth Centennial Ce Page Two THE CAROLINIAN Aug.-Sept., 1965 lebrations, visited the Center on April 30, and made a substantial donation to it. It may be also mentioned here that Joseph Cardinal Frings, the Archbishop of Cologne, gave Father Rahmann, when he visited His Eminence on December 7, 1964, nearly 1’3,000 for the Center as a Christmas gift. With the interest and encouragement of the ecclesiastical as well as civil autho rities and the cooperation of so many friends, it will certainly be possible to further develop the Center and achieve its ultimate goal, namely, to put as many families as possible economically on their own feet so that they themselves can provide for their material needs. On a moderate scale, a kind of cottage industry has already been organized, and it is hoped that it can be expanded soon. May Our Lord abundantly reward all those who in one way or other give their moral as well as material support, and their regular personal help and service to the Center. FATHER BUSTOS IS NEW SECRETARY GENERAL Rev. Anselmo Bustos, S.V.D., whose appointment as secretary-general of the University of San Carlos was announced last summer, arrived on August 3, 1965. He will take the place of Father Gregorio I. Pizarro, S.V.D., who is presently un dergoing his tertianship at the Divine Word Missionaries House at Nemi, Italy. Father Bustos, who hails from Pampanga, was until his new appointment, the director of the Divine Word High School in Sorsogon. He is also the national chaplain of the Barangay sa Birhen. Father Bustos has also served as national director of the Propagation of the Faith in the Philippines. He has also been as signed as procurator to various SVD seminaries in the Philippines. For several years he was the parish priest of the Im maculate Conception Parish in Cubao, Quezon City. NEW MENTORS ANNOUNCED Owing to a marked increase in enroll ment for the current semester, (600), the USC Administration found it neces sary to take in additional members to the faculty. Following is the list of new teachers according to departments, as re leased by the respective deans or heads: I. GRADUATE SCHOOL 1. Abayan, Perfecto — M.A. Econ. (UST) 2. Yap, Elsa — M.A. Educ. (USC) M.S. Ling. (UCLA) 3. Rosegrant, William — (Ful bright Professor) II. COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS & SCIENCES THEOLOGY 1. Cortes, Flora — A.B. (USC) 2. Pernia, Ernesto — A.B., Th.B. (UST) 3. Enerio, Ignacio — A.B. (USC) ENGLISH 1. Bulabog, Praxcdes — B.S.E. (USC) 2. Canizares, Potenciano Jr. — LI. B. (USC) 3. Enage, Thelma — A.B. (STC) 4. Matheu, Josefina — A.B. (USC) 5. Munro, Stanley — M.A. Chinese Lang. & Ling., (Univ, of Hawaii) 6. Rosegrant, William — (Ful bright Professor) 7. Teves, Angel — A.B., Ll.B. (UV) SPANISH 1. Balbuena, Thelma — B.S.E. (USC) 2. Camacho, Carolina — A.B. (USC) 3. Lira, Arturo de — A.B. (Letran) 4. Sarthou, Pilar — B.S.E., MA (UV) PSYCHOLOGY 1. Mendoza, Agustin — A.B., B.S.C. (USC) SOCIAL SCIENCES 1. Lopez, Rogelio — A.B. (USC) 2. Roa, Carmen — A.B. (UP) BIOLOGY 1. Cariaso, Emperatriz — B.S.E. (UP) 2. Espiritu, Trinidad — M.D. (CIT) 3. Jumalon, Humaida — B.S.E. B.S. Zool (USC) 4. Soco, Fe — M.D. (CIT) CHEMISTRY 1. Chia, Rita — M.S. Chem (Univ, of California) III. TEACHERS COLLEGE SECONDARY EDUCATION 1. Munro, Aileen — B.S.E. (USC) M.A. Guid. Univ, of Hawaii) 2. Tan, Erlinda — B.S.E. (USC) 3. Barba, Elena — B.S.E., M.A. Educ. (USC) ELEMENTARY EDUCATION 1. Geronilla, Azucena — B.S.E.Ed. (USC) 2. Warque, Teresita — R.N. (SPSN), B.S.E. (USC) HOME ECONOMICS 1. Cedeno, Salustiana — B.S.E. (STC) IV. COLLEGE OF COMMERCE 1. Revilles, Josefa — B.S.C. (STC) V. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE 1. Dimagiba, Ely (USC) 2. Uy, Pedrito — B.S.C.E., B.S.E.E. (USC) VI. PHARMACY 1. Mercado, Lolita — B.S. Pharm. (USC) USC PUBLISHES REPORT ON CEBUANO MARRIAGES Current awareness of the need to know the Filipino better has prompted a study of marriage customs among rural Cebuanos published in a 77-page monograph released this week by the University of San Carlos. This is said to be the most recent study on the subject. A previous report in Spanish was made in 1929. Written by Dr. Lourdes R. Quisumbing, member of the USC Graduate School faculty, the new study, entitled “Marriage Customs in Rural Cebu,” is the sixth faculty work published by San Car los Publications and the third in the Hu manities series. “Marriage customs, beliefs, and prac tices form part of the mores of a society,”. Dr. Quisumbing states in her preface and adds that characteristic ways of think ing and doing reflect and influence a people’s mentality. This study then as sumes a historical and cultural signific ance, as it provides data valuable to so cial scientists and educators. In compiling data for the study, Dr. Quisumbing employed the explorer me thod and the interview. Investigations were conducted in towns and barrios of Cebu province, which has the second largest population in the Philippines (1,535,000 in 1963) and is the center of the Visayan region. Reliable persons, parish priests, and town officials aided the author with their own inquiries. In terviews were made with older residents, barrio folks, friends, small landowners, and household helpers. Earlier studies have also been made on Philippine marriage in general by Alip, Zaide, Blair and Robertson among others, as well as research on specific groups by Vanoverbergh, Lambrecht, E. G. Bielouss and Cooper, dated between Aug.-Sept., 1965 THE CAROLINIAN Page Three the years 1910-1930. However, Dr. Quisumbing states, “much remains to be done about scientific investigations con cerning marriage and family life situa tions which form an integral part of the character of the people." (Correspondence about this recent monograph may be addressed to Editorial Office, San Carlos Publications, Univer sity of San Carlos, Cebu City. Foreign distribution is managed by The Cellar Book Shop, 18090 Wyoming, Detroit, Mich., USA.) ■ GRADUATE SCHOOL NEW MASTERS OF ARTS The recent summer term saw a new crop of successful masters of arts in various fields. 1. MR. JAISURIND JUMSUPANVAREE, a candidate for a Master of Science degree in business administra tion, successfully defended his thesis en titled "A Study of the Central Banking Systems in Thailand with Reference to Some Banking Practices in the Philip pines," in an oral examination held re cently. 2. Our congratulations go to MR. HERMAN JOSEPH SERAN, a candi date for an M.A. in English who defend ed his thesis, “Didactic Elements of Pan ehatantra Origin in Indonesian Fables and Their Social Values." Mr. Seran passed cum laude. 3. Another graduate student, MISS VICTORIA YAU CHUA, passed her M.A. in Education when she successfully defended her thesis entitled “An Analytic Interpretation of the Personality Factors of 628 BSEED Women Students of the University of the Visayas as Compared to Those of GOO BSEED Women Students of the Divine Word College, Tagbilaran. Bohol." 4. MRS. LEONISA L. RAMAS (see Scholarship Grantees, p. 6) is the last but not the least of our new masters. USC extends warm congratulations to these new masters degree holders. ■ COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS & SCIENCES FATHER LORBACH GOES ON HOME LEAVE Rev. Father Hubert Lorbach, SVD, left Cebu last August 9, 1965, for a va cation in his home country, Germany. REV. FR. HUBERT LORBACH on home leave Father Lorbach joined the teaching staff of USC four years ago after celebrating his silver jubilee in the priesthood. Of his twenty-five years as priest, he had spent one in Rome, twelve in China, three in the USA, six in Germany, and three in Dagupan City, Philippines, where he was director of the St. Therese’s Chinese Academy, now the Divine Word High School. In San Carlos he has been teach ing religion and physics; at present he is head of the Physics Department, col lege section. Fr. Lorbach hopes to catch a bit of a nice German summer. He is prepared for a real winter with ice and snow and long frosty nights. If things develop according to plans, he will re turn some time in March 1966, after having enjoyed one month’s vacation for every year spent in the Philippines. ALPHA SIGMA ELECTS OFFICERS The Alpha Sigma Fraternity, an ex clusive fraternity of the College of Libe ral Arts and Sciences elected its new of ficers during its first regular meeting recently under the advisorship of Prof. Samson Lucero. The following were elected: Francisco E. Legaspi Grand Chancellor Manuel Juanillo ... Prime Chancellor Jimmy Chan ... Auxiliary Chancellor Seigfredo Jalalon Keeper of the Rolls Tito Orig .. Guardian of th.e Treasury Jude Doblas .. Manager of the Coffers Antonio Baguio ................. Chronicler Norberto Cuizon .. Business Manager Roman Sy .... Wielder of the Sword Antonio Sapayan Wielder of the Sword This Fraternity which was founded last January by a group of enterprising young men has sponsored the following major projects: helped in the collection of gifts in cooperation with the “Opera tion Bundle of Joy” for the indigents last X’mas, sponsored a USC Tourist Guide during Centennial Celebration, and re cently rendered an enrolment guide serv ice for newcomers during the entire re gistration period. Plans of sponsoring the following arc underway. 1. To foster Christian brotherhood and unity among the men students of the College. 2. To represent the College as a sym bol of unity and dynamism in uni versity activities. 3. To provide academic incentives in any form not only among the mem bers but also among the other stud ents of the said College. 4. To serve as a training ground for leadership and gentlemanly con duct. Presently, the Fraternity is preparing for their Annual symposium on “The Making of a Gentleman" which will be held on August 29 at A-V Center. Last April, during its first annual honoring of graduates and outstanding members, the following members were awarded for excellence in their respective fields: Roberto Velasco ................... Academic Frank Legaspi ....................... oratory Lew Hortillosa ......................... poetry Ben Bordalba ... devotedness to duty Jimmy Chan .... devotedness to duty The Fraternity wishes also to congra tulate the following successful members: Roberto Velasco — Pre-Med ’65, magiui cum laude, for passing the UP Medical Entrance exam; Arturo Tiu — AB ’65, for passing the UP College of Law En trance exam; and Lew Hortillosa — PM ’65 for passing the UST Medical En trance exam. PROFESSOR JUMALON GOES ON FIELD TRIP Professor Julian Jumalon of the biology department is once again blazing Nature’s trail through a series of short field trips in connection with the Rhopalocera Ce bu ana research project currently in pro gress. A stint at Camp 7 resulted in new discoveries of heretofore unrecorded species of the altitude. This “limbering up” will prepare him for the 3-month ex pedition to Negros, Davao and Palawan with the micro-lepidoptera expert, Dr. Don Davis of the Smithsonian Institute of Washington. The pair will stay a full month in each province starting Sept ember 15 and return on December 15 this year. Dr. Davis will trap micros at night using black light, while Professor Juma lon will concentrate on diurnal lepidoptera, and at the same time act as guide and interpreter. Page Four THE CAROLINIAN Aug.-Sept., 1965 ■ COLLEGE OF COMMERCE NF-JPIA MEETS IN CEBO FOR 2ND NATIONAL QUARTERLY SESSION CAMPOS WINS The two-day second quarterly session of the officers and Board of Directors of the National Federation of Junior Philip pine Institute of Accountants was held in Cebu City in June. Eight delegates from various universities in Manila and two from. Mindanao came to attend the session. Several other JPIAns of the Cebu Federation of JPIA, including Ca rolinian JPIAns took part in the activi ties. The delegates had their first meeting at' the University Audio-Visual Center during which legal problems connected with the affiliation of the NF-JPIA with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the International Students Association (ISA) were discussed. The chairman of the meeting was the Leyteno NF-JPIA president, Ernesto Montejo of FEU. In the afternoon of the first day was a guided city tour. The site of the next meeting was CSJ-R. The chairman this time was our own Frank Seno, External Vice-President of the USC-JPIA and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors. Discussions for the formation of the JPIA Secretariat and changes in the set-up of the officers took place. Evelyn Creencia, USC-JPIA Internal Vice-President, was appointed Asst. Executive Secretary while a JPIAn from UV was appointed editor of the “Newsletter”, NF-JPIA organ. The Third National Convention of the NF-JPIA is fixed to be on November 25 to 28, 1965, during the last meeting at CIT. It will be held at Baguio City. Atty. Lara of FEATI, legal adviser of the NFJPIA presided the meeting. The session wound up with a joint PICPA-JPIA affair at the Casino Espanol. The Manila delegates were so impress ed of the Cebu JPIAns’ warm cordiality and unequaled cooperation that made the session a success that they are to send us here a token of their appreciation—a plaque, they said. CAMPOS WINS AKA SCHOLARSHIPS The search for a scholar by the ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA fraternity ended with the selection of Reineria Matabalan Campos, an honor graduate of the USC Girls High School Department. Applic ants were subjected to two sets of exami nations. Only four passed the first set, including Miss Campos, who later topped the second set. Final selection was made following the advice of Father Luis E. Schonfeld, SVD, dean of student affairs; Mrs. Juliana Ordona, psychometrist; Mr. Jose Tecson, dean of the college of com merce, and asst, dean Vicente Gorre. This scholarship grant is one of the projects of the ALPHA KAPPA AL PHA, an exclusive fraternity of the col lege of commerce. Following are its officers: Grand Akan ............ Rodolfo Salcedo Deputy Grand Akan . . . Henrio Chan Scroller ............................... Morito Loy Exchequer ..................... Carlos Tepait Jnformer................. Wilfredo Cardona Comptroller..................... Rex Acosta Business Manager ........ Roberto Lim Chaser ....................... Hiroose Delaven Pedro Balaba Adviser................... Mr. Rafael Mayo) REV. RAYMOND KOLK, S.V.D. Ph.D. a scholar who came home ■ TEACHERS COLLEGE FR. KOLK RETURNS — IS APPOINTED DEAN The Rev. Raymond F. Kolk, S.V.D. re turned to University of San Carlos after a five-year absence, on August 19, 1965. He had been away for further studies at the University of Notre Dame in the United States and recently received his doctoral degree in the field of education. A whole new generation of students has since passed through the university: those who would remember him are now well up in their studies on the college level having graduated from the Boys’ High School where he assisted for some years. While he may be a stranger to many students, he is not a stranger to Cebu, its schools, its sports, and its religious life. Fr. Kolk spent six years up in Vigan, I locos Sur, when he first arrived in the Philippines shortly after the war. In 1952 he returned to the United States and earned an M.A. in Education at the De Paul University in Chicago. From 195456, upon his return, he assisted at Holy Name College in Tagbilaran, Bohol, when he was transferred to the University of San Carlos to devote his time to the Boys’ High School. He will be found on campus occupying the office of Fr. Buchcik as the newly appointed dean of the College of Educa tion. We hope that his association with the student body at the University will continue to be as warm as it was when he was here before. ■ COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & ARCHITECTURE USC GRAD IS SECOND PLACE IN ENGINEER TEST The University of San Carlos copped second place in the board examinations for civil engineers given last year, it was officially announced yesterday. The board topnotcher was Engineer Napoleon G. Co, son of Mr. and Mrs. Co Tiong and assistant manager of the Cebu Oversea Hardware in Cebu City. Engineer Co had a rating of 83.75. Finishing his engineering course at USC in 1963, he took his pre-board review last year at the Cebu Professional Training Institute. He was one of the examinees represent ing only 38% of those who successfully passed the board. Other USC Civil Engineering candi dates who passed said board examina tions are: Eddie Bano, Aproniano Estoque and Jorge Boco. NAPOLEON G. CO copped Second Place Aug.-Sept., 1965 THE CAROLINIAN Page Five MISS LUZ S. CATAN ■ MISCELLANEOUS SCHOLARSHIP GRANTEES Once again, USC is proud to announce that a number of its faculty members and graduates have been picked out for scho larships abroad. This is in line with the University’s policy of encouraging worthy and talented students and instruc tors to specialize in their individual fields of study to their utmost capacity by ac cepting scholarship offers for abroad. 1. The British Embassy in Manila in formed Miss LUZ CATAN, dean of the College of Pharmacy, that she has been awarded a one-year British Council scho larship. The award consists of studies in two or three different schools of pharMISS NORA PANGALO For her a well-deserved scholarship. macy and visits to a number of different hospitals in London and the provinces. Miss Catan’s programme starts with an attendance at the British Pharmaceu tical Conference at Cardiff in Wales from September 6-10, 1965. She has already been accepted by the School of Pharmacy of London University for the autumn term, beginning in October, and by the School of Pharmacy of the University of Strathclyde in Scotland for the spring term, beginning in January 1966. 2. In a letter to the Father President of the University, MISS NORA PAN GALO requests for a study leave for the school year 1965-1966. Miss Pangalo, who handles various English subjects, has been granted a graduate assistantship in the Department of English of the Cath olic University of America. “I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to have served the University of San Carlos. My experience here has indeed been enrich ing and rewarding and I hope to return to my position in the Department of Eng lish after my study abroad.” MRS. LEONISA L. RAMAS For her an M.A. and a grant. 3. MRS. LEONISA L. RAMAS has been the recipient of a Fulbright-Hays scholarship grant to the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado. She ex pects to stay there for a year and take postgraduate studies on a special aspect of anthropology. Mrs. Ramas, an A.B. alumna, recently completed her M.A. in anthropology here at San Carlos with her recent successful defense of her thesis, “A Cultural Picture of the Visayans as Derived from, the Phil ippine Islands Edited by Emma Blair and James Robertson." She rated a magna cum laude. MISS BASILISA VILLACORTA, a faculty member of the Home Economics Department, has announced her intention to leave soon for the United States for a vacation trip. She plans to take some MISS BASILISA HORWITZ VILLACORTA postgraduate courses there before coming back to USC. To each of these scholar travelers, our sincerest felicitations. VISITORS & LECTURERS DURING the past few months USC played host to a number of outstanding visitors. 1. DR. JUAN SALCEDO JR., chair man of the National Science Development Board (NSDB), paid a visit to the Uni versity of San Carlos in early June. On the eve of his visit, he inducted the first officers of the newly formed Cebu As sociation of Science and Technology (CAST) at the Casino Espanol. The next day he visited the new USC Technologi cal Center at Talamban, which is under the supervision of Father Philip van Engelen, regent of the College of Engineer ing and a founding member of CAST. Next stop was the downtown campus of USC with Mrs. Amalia Rodriguez, the regional science promotions officer in Cebu of the NSDB. The party inspected the nuclear physics laboratory and the Department of Anthropology, where they examined the rare collections of prehisto ric specimen of Philippine culture. The party was enterta'ned by Very Rev. Father Rahmann, USC president, in his office. Dr. Salcedo expressed his inten tion to visit USC again in the future, after expressing the tremendous impres sion that he gathered from his visit. 2. MR. FRANCISCO SIONII?JOSE, noted short story writer and publisher of Filipiniana, paid a visit to USC some weeks ago. He conferred with Father Rahmann and Dr. Gertrudes Ang, acting dean of the Graduate School. He also dis cussed with Father John Vogelgesang, head of the English department, several projects concerning Philippine writing both in English and in the vernacular. Mr. Sionil, who until recently was con nected with the ASIT MAGAZINE, is Page Six THE CAROLINIAN Aug.-Sept., 1965 launching the publication of a new liter ary magazine to be called SOLIDARITY MAGAZINE. He urges college students who are interested in writing to send short stories, essays, poems or novels to him for possible publication. Mr. Sionil also asked the cooperation of San Carlos in conducting writing workshops and seminars in Cebu City. 3. MR. DAVID L. LEAVITT, assist ant architect in the New York and Tokyo firm of Antonin Raymond and L.L. Rado, last week visited the University of San Carlos to make a preliminary survey of the future University site in Talamban. Mr. Leavitt, who has had years of ex perience in architectural planning, ob tained his Master of Architecture degree from Princeton University and is a Fel low of the American Academy in Rome. The firm of Raymond and Rado did the architectural work for Nanzan Uni versity in Nagoya, Japan, which is, as the USC, conducted by the S.V.D. Mr. Raymond, 78, who has designed many of Japan’s outstanding structures, was honored by the architectural institute of Japan with its 1965 award for the excel lent planning, layout and construction of Nanzan University. It is envisaged that the firm will do the same work for the University of San Carlos in Talamban. It is furthermore planned that Mr. Ray mond himself will come to Cebu a few months from now to finalize the tentative layout just prepared by Mr. Leavitt. 4. DR. CHARLES R. S. MANDERS, scientific attache (Counsellor) at the British embassies in Tokyo and Manila, arrived at Lahug Airport on July 22. He was welcomed by Mrs. Amalia Rodrfguez, Father Hubert Lorbach, and Fathers Philip and Herman van Engelen. The party directly proceeded to the USC Technological Center at Talamban. Dur ing his visit, Manders gave to a group of staff members an interesting confer ence on some recent developments in the coordination of research and education in Great Britain. A physicist himself, he had in previous years designed some ap paratuses for the Philip Harris Ltd., a company that manufactures physics equipment for schools in England. The scientist-educator was a guest of the SVD Community during his stay in Cebu City. Before returning to Manila, he expressed the opinion that the USC is fulfilling a great mission in the Philippines. 5. DR. GREGORIO ZARA, vice chair man and executive director of the NSDB, spent several days in Cebu City last July with daughters Pacita, an M.D. also con nected with the NSDB, and Josephine, an M.S. in business administration from Columbia University. The well-known scientist, who holds the degree of Doctor of Science from the Sorbonne University Distinguished participants at annual meeting of the Association for the Study of History of Christianity in Japan. Standing In front, left to right: Father Van Zl|l, Prince Mikasa, and Dr. Arimichi Eblsawa, President of the Association and professor of the history of early Christianity In Japan at Rlkkyo University. of Paris, was invited to be guest speaker during the commencement exercises at CIT. Dr. Zara’s 4-day program of acti vities included visits to Cebu universities, starting with USC. He spent most of h's USC visit in Talamban to see the Tech nological Center. Dr. Zara and his party were guests of the SVD community at lunch, after which they visited the An thropology Department. The visit culmi nated in a dinner at the Cebu Country Club tendered in Dr. Zara’s honor by the CAST. In a letter dated July 2, 1965, Dr. Zara expressed appreciation for the "splendid cooperation extended to the NSDB by the University of San Carlos as host in stitution in the recently concluded con ference on science and mathematics for school administrators.” 6. MR. DONALD CROSSON, a mem ber of the Catholic Relief Services, Phil ippine program in Manila, called on Father President Rahmann on Monday, August 16. Mr. Crosson was accomppanied by Mrs. Luisa Pido, treasurer of the Cebu Catholic Aid. In the conference that was held, Father Matthias Weber and Mrs. Amparo Dorotheo also took part. Plans for the further development of the work in the USC Center for the Poor were discussed. FATHER VAN ZIJL ATTENDS MEETING IN JAPAN Rev. Dr. Theodore P. van Zijl, SVD, currently a professor of history at the Divine Word University of Nanzan, Na goya, Japan, attended the sixteenth an nual meeting of the Association for the Study of the History of Christianity in Japan. The meeting was held at the Provincial Library of Nagasaki last July 2-5. Father van Zijl gave a talk on "Ge rard Groote and the Unity of the Church.” Gerard Groote was the great Dutch reli gious reformer who died in 1384. The brother of Emperor Hirohito, His High ness Prince Mikasa, who has been a faith ful member of the Association for more than ten years, was also present at the meeting. It will be recalled that the June 4 issue of THE UNIVERSITY BULLETIN car ried the news item that Father van Zijl had recently been appointed by the Su perior General of the Society of the Di vine Word to the University of San Car los. Father van Zijl is expected to arrive in Cebu early next year. DIEHARDS ARRIVE FROM AUSTRALIA After twelve months’ training at the Australian Officers Cadet School in Portsea, Victoria which ended with their graduation last June 12, former Corps Commander of the Diehards Casimiro Nadela (1962-1963) and his companion, former Corps Ex-0 and S3 (Operation and Training) Office Filomeno Garcia arrived here last June 14. Both were com missioned 2nd lieutenants in the Philip pine Army upon their graduation. Aug.-Sept., 1965 THE CAROLINIAN Page Seven