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by Gary B u k o w s k i< 5th in a series)Where O'Neil had disappearedremained a question for sometime. It was reported that hecrossed the border many timesand hid in San Remo, Italy toavoid being served a summons totestify in the Teapot Dome case.John StarBand M.H. Werner inTeapotu Dome s ta ted: "O'N eilcould not be found. His son,Wayne O'Neil, ha d bought th eVil la San Patr iz io in Rordighera,Italy, and his wife had been foundat Cannes , bu t neither of| themcould be forced to give th ewhereabouts of the father a n dhusband The government a dvertised in the Pa ris edition of theNew York Herald with a pictureof Mr O'Nei l but it got only falseala rms in return. Mr O'Neil ha da different story. He sa id that hema de no effort to hide but insistedtha t h e h ad registered under h isown name a t the Grand Hotel inCannes . France . |H e sa id that noeffort ;was m a d e to serve hi mwith a subpoena, though th egovernment agents knew wherehe w a s *at |every hour of theday. -Another picture of O ' N e i l ,besides that J of a fugitive, a ppeared during the tria l Mr. W. S.Fi tzpatr ick , cha i rman of thelx>ard off P r a i r i e O i l a n d G asCompany offered th e followingremarks about O'Neil : ' f W e a llloved Mr O'Neil, a n d love hi myet, a n d I would do a s much forMr O'Neilhe m a d e all of us*.brought:us up and gave*us th epositions we now hav e, he taughtus th e business, a n d this is th eonly thing that anyone of us ever

knew or ever heard of in con-nection^with hi m that-might bequestioned, a n d w e love him a n dwill do a s much for him, all of us .a s we would do for our ownf amily. " JIn October of 1919 O'Nei l openlys ta ted that she h ad n o relevanttestimony to offer a n d therefores aw* no r e a s o n fo r suchsurveillance as the U.S. Government ha d provided. O'Neil neverdid testify in the cas e a nd cont inued to r e s i d e in C a n n e s ,F r a n c e . In 1932 he sent for his twosisters. Sister Regis a n d MotherXavier . both of whom resided a tMercyhurst College. Th e sistersreceived th e letter^ in the fearlypart of 1932. The letter containeda check fo r $2,u00 a n d a n i n vitation to visit O'Neil a t hi sFrench Villa. I t was during th esisters visit that some &men-t ionwas made of a chape l : a tMercyhurst .to M r. O'Neil , wh oreplied th a t he "would t thinkabout i t."The sisters later reported thattheir brother longed to be back inthe United States but was too sickto make th e trip. They told th estory that to celebrate the 4th ofJuly Mr.*O'Neil fixed up his housewith American flags a n d h ad ap a r t y t o j c e l e b r a t e ' th eD e c l a r a t i o n of Independence .During their visit James O'Neila lso remarked that he wanted toreturn to the States to die. Hiswish w a s never,, granted for tw omonths later in August. 1932 hedied of pneumonia. Before he diedhe ma de i t clear to his wife, Mrs.()rva O'Neil , that he wouldfinance th e building of a chapeland tower a t Mercyhurst. j

In just a few months, October.1932, th e ground w a s broken forMercy hurst 's second building.And! on November 5, 1932 thecornerstone of the tower was laidwith M r s . O ' N e i l a n d h e rd a u g h t e r j M a r y pres en t . T h etower consisted of four floors.F i r s t floor wa s the reception ha ll.

Gary Bukowskithe second floor th e l ibrary, thirdwa s a n assembly hal l and the topfloor, sleeping quarters. In thechapel there w a s room for 50upeople plustone m a i n a l t a r a n dtwo side a l t a r s , \ The architect w a s Walter T.Monahan and the Contractor, H.P i a t t Company, both of Erie.Since i t was the DepressionI *eriod the sisters announced thatthey would hire only local help.The tower a n d chapel were ex pected to be completed in eight toten months. I*l T h e f i n a n c i a l a r r a n g e m e n t scalled for Mrs. O'Neil to"give th esisters a total of three paymen tsto pay for the building. The firsttwo checks consisted of a tota l of$150,000 a n d a final payment w a sm a d e for $25.00o which broughttheir gift to $175,o00. The a pproximate cost of the buildingitself w a s $10u.000 and the res twa s" to be used for the organ ,furnishings, etc .

The chapel ancl 'towfcri werecompleted in 1933 but i t wa s thendec ided t o ad d a " Q u e e n ' sCha pel." This chapel w a s a nexact replica *of a chapel thatMrs. O'Neii ha d seen in Englandand which ha d impressed h e rgrea tly. Mrs. O'N eil wan ted thischapel to be a burial vault forherself a n d h e r family. Sh estated in her will that if she diedin the U .S. she wa s to be buried a tMercyhur s t in A t h e " Q u e e n ' sChapel'* and her husband's bodywa s to be brought from F ra nc e torest beside hers. ' In addit ion,Mrs. () 'Neil 's? two sisters^ werealso to be buried in the chapel. f The four vaults have neverbeen used. Mrs. O'Neil died inF r a n c e a n d w a s buried next toher husband in the church "N otreDame d es P ins " where she andhe r husband | s t i l l rest. SisterReg is a n d Mother Xav ie rpreferred to be buried with th eother S i s t e r s i n S t .C a t h e r i n e ' s C e m e t e r y inTitusville a n d t h a t i s where theynow repose. jThe Queen's Chapel remainssilent, th e subject of increas ingghost' stories that tell of therestless soul off Mr . O'Neil stillseeking to return to America a n dMercyhurst:

u. RE VIE Wby lAI Belovarac

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Last Wednesday evening, th evenerable Representative unionof Students w a s called to orderwith a number of important a n dno t - s o - impor t an t i s s ues be ingdecided by i ts members. On th efirst item of the agenda , amember of* th e security \forcerequested that R U.S. endorse a na t t empt by security to convince.the administration to unchain th epa r k ing lot near Pres ton Hal l inthe morning to permit th e officestaff a n d maintenance crew toa r k . an d in the late afternoon toet them out. He felt such a naction would* unclog th e Weberparki ng lot, relieving some of th eoverall congestion existing on th ecampus . In the course of thediscussion which followed, Mr.Kennedy pointed out that two newlots were in the process of beingcompleted, a n d appealed to thea e s t h e t i c t a s t e s oC R . U . S .r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s in-.noting t h ea b s u r d i t y of; . j n a i n t a i n i n g apa r k ing lot as the geometriccenter of a college campus. Heexpla ined tha t this empty lo t willeventually j be converted uo *aquad, completing Hh e na tu r a llayout ofi. th e campus . R.U.S.voted 2u to 13 not to supportsecurity in their efforts. $tJim McAndrew next brought upthe question of security for thetownhouses a n d the!new a p a r t ments near the tennis courts. Hefelt more was needed, but i t wa snoted that ou r security iforcemakes regular passes a s well a sthe city police, a nd t h a t th e onlywa y to mcreaseHhis^ protectionwould involve guards entering th eapa r tments themselves . Sincemost members did not considerthe r eac t ion of t ownhous eresidents to be very favorable tothat alternative, the question wasdec lared a dead issue. ?Next. R.U.S. voted to pu rchasea bicycle r ack capable of holding

fifty-four bikes fa t a j cost of$325.9u. After a number of r a therhumorous suggestions as to i t sp l a c e m e n t , th e decis ion w a sdeferred to a l a ter date. ,. Gerry Barron then presented areport on ] the \ newly acquireds o u n d ! s ys tem for the Coffeehouse. After reviewin g anumb er tof bids, a system w a spurchased a t a 25 per{ : centdiscount forf $759.43. He wasgranted a request to purchasetwo more mikes and a monitoringsystem. fThe oldisound systemwill be kept in the SAC office forth e use ot SAC, R.U.S., a n d a n yother users that may ar ise. |T r e a s u r e r M K a r y n Smithpresented her report on the stateof R.U .S. fina nces. The followinglist enumerates where the moneyis being spent; I j B B S S$30,oo0balance before a 3 B 3p | HHf expenditures fmM^g$ 5,o00 R.U.S. share oMfiBSJ S.U. director's s a l a ry jgj| $ 2,UOHSpring Weekend Bw$ SH U Father-daughter | H

H Weekend ffij$ 6fooo SAC jf I I I |*$ 1,5*III Senior Class | 3, $ l ,o0u ( onvention fund * || $ fo0 Freshman class$ 6 I H ) Student Oirectory i$ 96:. j uni or Class i$ 7-17 Sophomore class$ 25o PSEA #$ 2\ JO Alpha Phi Omega$ 8iM Dra ma Club$ 56 UiologyClub$ l.2oi' Hotline phone$ K.685 balance remainingThe possibility of establishing av e t e r a n s organization on campuscame closer to real i ty a s R.U.S.r a n t e d a | reques t by Tomiillingsley an d Ma rty Keeney for$5o to send a delegate to a s ta teconvention seeking membershipin a state-wide college students'veterans group. It was noted that

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78 veterans attend Mercyhurst,and that a majority responded infavor of establishing such anorganization, p jt ~l i |Roy Feinburg \ introduced aproposal to set up a w orkshop forR.U.S. representatives to furtheracquaint them with the workingsof R.U.S. and the College Senatesince he felt many members areunawa re of the various aspects ofquestions they vote on such asf i n a n c e s , \ adminstrationalprocedures, and the exact powersH.II.S.j actually has; % The ideawa s I unanimously I accepted,followed by ja buzz session togather topics fortthe workshopand the appointment of a five mancommittee toI organize jthe endeavor, i j - i1 Jim McAndrew! continued theagenda with an explanation ofwhy the election of Mr. Kennedywa s considered valid . Kennedywas elected over Steve Davis by avote of H to 6. Since 14 is not avoting quorum, the election wascalled into question by a numberof students. McAndrew remindedthem that a quorum was presentwhen it was agreed to hold theelection by ballot during the interim between s th e ?first jtwoR.U.S. meetings, thus validatingthe election. Nobody challengehi m a nd the matter wa s dropped.R.U.S. also adopted a proposalto be submitted to the CollegeSenate qual ifying I s tudentalterna tes to* vote in l Senatemeetings if theyfhave a writtenauthorization from the student forwhom they are substituting.- |The last item resolved was tha tR.U.S. will ;pay!for a securityguard to assist whoever m ay b ereceiving money a t R. U. S . -sponsorea movies? on Sundaynights. I Anyone whoi cannotproduce a fMercyhurst ^ Collegei.D. must pa y $l.oo to gain a dmittance. I *r iEditorial

Who Draws The Line?< )n the surface, the fact that theMercyhurst Security force soughtth e suppor t f of $11.U.S. inpetitioning th e adminis t r a t ion toopen up the P reston lot seems fineenough, in fact, it is r a ther a dmirable to see such a r appor tbetween th e j| students a n d t h esecurity m en that could makesuch a request feasible. However,if one considers the ra mifica tionsof such a move, he cannot helpbut Kind th e en t i r e i nc iden t

s o m e w h a t odd. The secu r i tyforce on the camp us is under th esupervision of the adm inistration .They directed th e security forceto keep the Preston lot closed, butsecurity seems to have taken a nindependent attitude by enlistingthe support of the students inundermining the policy that theiremployeiv ha s hired them toenforce. -Whether Preston lo tshould be open or closed is not th etopic of discussion here, but theaction by our security force on the

matter calls into question th eattitude* of the security forcetowards th e adminis t r a t ion a n dwhether that attitude is a heal thyone. It further causes one towonder about th e ability of theadminis t r a t ion in managing theirown security force. Hopefully, th especulation rai sed here* is onlythat , a n d that th e relations bet

ween security and their superiorsis not what th e action a t the lastR.U.S. meeting might imply.DARK OF THE MOONRill McMillen, a drama majorat Mercyhurst, is playing the roleof conjur man in Da rk of the Moonat the Mercyhurst Little TheatreNovember 9th -l2th. IRill has had

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experience in Guys a n d Dolls,Crucible, a n d h e w as ass is antdirector a n d s t age manager inBlack Comedy, Private E a r ,Ma me a nd I Do, I Do.Conjur m an , i n Dark of theMoon, i s a n fold, ragged hunchback. Rills make.up t a k e s a pproximately 45 minutes to finish.His han ds and pa rt of the face a recovered with latex which whendry feels like a second skin. T helatex is ; pulled a n d stretched tom a k e th e skin appear to be oldand wrinkled. When th e make-upis finished on e would hardlyrecognize Bill.Th e box office opens October3oth. Tri-college t ickets a re $1.00.

all other student tickets $1.50 andadults $2.oo. For reservations callK64-0681 ext. 271. * Afe ?

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f S p o r t s E d i t o r f i |As winter begins to set in ondreary Erie, the sports of tennis,/&ftgolf, crew, baseball pack their*** gear and wait J until the fairA ^weather arrives aga in. It will be; f$a long wait, but with the per-$. formances of each of these tea ms rX during their" respective fa ll$ seasons the spring outlook is very^fa vora ble. During the | hiber-. na tion of the fair weather sports,eking basketball moves into the spotlight. Dick F ox is preparing[- his ll-ballers for their openinggame aga i ns t Edinboro on November 28 and the latestreport from the coach ha s it thatthe practice sessions are movingfl . along v e r y w e l l . 1 1Jjjgf [.The mustachioed bandits of% baseba ll. the Oa kland A's, should:%' be commended for theirf tremendous performance in theWorld Seri es. They foughttremendous odds, especia llyi? after the loss of slugger Reggie. J Jackson and defeated the heavilyfavored Reds in thef best ofseven series. Much of the. credit for the As championship,.1^ which is the first ever of its typeto come to the bay a rea, should begiven to Charles O. Finley. The? dynamic owner of 4he A's|>; organ i z a t ion i n i t i a ted many$8*; changes which fwere ant i -.? establishment as far as baseball>!- is concerned and proved that hisi innova tions could be worked into| the molding of a championship: k team.Sr I m

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Hie ] i n t r a m ur a l footballprogram, under the direction ofDave Shimpeno, is r apidlymoving towards the conclusion ofleague play. The season thus farhas been a great success and theCbility of a Mercyhurst Super. _ I, pitting the league champions against the playoffchampions, is generating greatinterest around campus. Garyliukowski and Bill Vernall shouldbe ' given special 'recognition forthe fine job they are doing inmaking sure the games are runsmoothly. They are the* peoplewho | do the things that no onehears about; such as:; keepingtime, lining the field, serving asball and down spotters, andusually acting as mediators inevery a rgument. ds$No sports editor is worth hissalt un less he comes out at sometime or other and makes a fewfearless predictions. I have beenleaving away from this inherenttask of any spo rts writer for fearof striking out, but the time hasarrived s here we go. The MiamiDolphins will defeat theWashington Redskins in the SuperBowl. The Boston Celtics aregoing to ta ke the NBA Crown bybeating the La kers in six games.The Montreal Canadian s are onceagain going to rise to the top ofthe NHL. For a long rangeforecast, the Cleveland Indiansa re going to win the World Seriesin 73 . And away we go!!! MrMFL

B y T o m F r a n k Last Wednesday at the TullioAthletic Field, two more gameswere played at ten and eleveno'clock. The ten o'clock)opener,which could be called the "ColdBowl" ended with the Budmentrouncing the Bud Brigade 19-6.Jim Caruso: netted|the Budmenwith two! touchdowns. The onescore Caruso snagged a 22-yardpass in the second quarter and a thalftime the Budmen led by a 6-0edge. \ i | | | | |The third period opened with aspectacular 25 yard pa ss fromTom I Multhaner to Rich Guzakwith only seven seconds la psing.The try-for-point was unsuccessful, thus ending theBrigade's scor i ng! ^threatthroughout the encounter. | ?%'| While the Bud B r i g a de ' sscoring punch was depleted, theBudmen were not wasting time inthe second stanza scoring on twoother occasions.?The first touchdown of the third quarter netterCaruso with another six pointercoming from a 34-yard run. Theother score came in the fourthquarter on a ten-yard pa ss play toBob Curtis, who seconds lateradded the P .A.T. \ | p | | ^The eleven o'clock encounterwas truly an upset with the Dukesstunning thejlot Tunas*II by an18-6 margin. .*The Dukes, after a loss by theMother Truckers meshed theiroffense with short passes and anestablished ground game whichkept I the formerly undefeatedTunas confused throughout; thega m e . M JS vWith both teams feeling outtheir opponents throughout; thefirst quarter, the Dukes were thefirst to hit paydirt in the secondquarter on a 15-yard run by CraigFalbeur ended the half with theDukes leading 64). H jfci The third qua rter opened witheach team failing to score in fivedowns and being forced to punt.But then Falbeur, the "goldenboy" of the M.F.L. twisted andturned ten^yards to his secondtouchdown and a 12-0 score < infavor of the Dukes.Midway v through the thirdquarter, the Tuna s churned out 34yards in