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2 B THURSDAY. MARCH 14. 1963 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON Excommunication Caps Long Feud of Church, Communism By WILLIAM P, SUNDERLAND Sasso Marconi, Italy - (VJPD -Side by fid In the village square stand the cross ot the Roman Catholic Church and the hammer and sickle of communism, symbols of a bit ter quarrel that divides the town, On the one side stands Don Dario Zanlni, the priest; on the other,, Mayor Renato G orgi, a Communist. In an interview. Mayor G- orgi made a superstitious ges ture with his hands and said grimly: "I honestly couldn't care loss about the excommunica tion. But his curse is nothing to shrug off. This priest cursed two men before. One of them went bankrupt and the other died of cancer When the mayor's words were relayed to Don Dario, the priest said talk of a "curse was absolutely riaicu lous. He had indeed excom municated Mayor Giorgl and seven of his Communist-socialist councillors, all members of his parish. But, he said, there was no curse. Not Unique . The battle between the mayor and the priest is be tween two irreconcilable en emies - the Roman Catholic Church and communism. It is not unique in Italy, an almost completely Catholic nation that has the largest Commu nist party in the Western world. Don Dario's conflict with Mayor Giorgi hit the heud lines in Italy last month when, on Feb. 24, the 1 priest an nounced from his pulpit that under Canon 2334 of church law - which provides for ex communication of those who Experimental Plan Undertaken by UO At Honors College Eugene - An experimental program undertaken by the University of Oregon Honors College is demonstrating that intellectual activities can be successfully combined with dormitory life and social life, as well. Four Honors College classes in "Introduction to Social Sci ence" were moved from their traditional settings fall term, to dormitory dining rooms and the College Side Inn, a coffee shop on the edge ot the cam pus. Dr. Luclan C. Marquis, act ing director of the Honors College and assistant professor or political science, holds his class in the McClure Hall din ing room; Dr. W. M. Resch, as sistant professor of psychology and his class meet in Hen dricks Hall. Classes In Inn Both Don Dumond, assist ant professor of anthropology; and Dr. G. Benton Johnson, associate professor of sociol ogy hold classes in The Side. Thus far, the 20 or so stu dents in each class are en thusiastic over the relaxed surroundings. When the students voted on whether or n o t the experi mental program should be re tained, they "overwhelming ly" preferred the new idea, Dr. Marquis said. In these classes, "there is less emphasis on lectures and more on discussion," he ex plained, "and the informal settings are helpful in getting discussions going." The classroom move is part of an attempt by the Honors College to bridge what Is felt to be a gulf between dormi tories and living organiza tions, on the one hand, and in tellectual activities on the other. This is exemplified by the student who views his unl versity living quarters as being completely divorced from the area In which class and intellectual activities take . place. The University's Honors College, established In I960, is designed for students of SU' perior ability. Mother Clings To Gate Bridge Girder San Franclsco-WTO-A moth er of four clung by her fin gertips to a metal girder on the Golden Gate Bridge. 249 feet above the Pacific Ocean, Wednosday before two bridge workmen rescued her. Mrs. Margaret J. Bejar, 42 Daly City, told officers she had planned to Jump when she climbed over the railing. Workmen Marty Slem and Bud Mullins noticed her lilting on a girder a few feet below the roadway. They grabbed for her but she fell, catching the girder with her fingers. Slem and Mullini lifted her to the roadway. Mrs. Bejar's husband, Ralph, said she left i suicide note. She told officers she had been worried about her health. Mrs. Bejar was taken to San Francisco General hos pital for observation. interfere with the rights and liberty ot the church - he was excommunicating the mayor and seven members of the city council. Hereafter, said Don Dario, the men named would be de nied the right of church at tendance, baptism of children, religious marriage or religious burial. Plans Legal Action The mayor did not take the announcement without pro test and now, after consulta tion with his fellow excom municants of the council, has announced he will file charges against the priest of "insult ing public officials." Few believe the matter ac-1 tually ever will reach court. Under such charges the priest, if found guilty, could receive a fine and prison sentence. The feeling in Sasso Marconi is that Mayor Giorgi threaten ed the suit as a matter of hon or. The quarrel, if it is ever re solved, probably will come through negotiation, or change of position. Raioning Hurts Church The dispute has been going on for some time, but it reach ed its peak recently when the mayor pushed through a zon ing plan that took church land for a parking lot and "green area" where nothing could be built. Don Dario had purchased a large area directly behind his church and had planned to build on the land a kindergar ten, theater, youth house and soccer field with money ob tained from the sale of other church property that border ed on an industrial area. "This zoning plan," he ex plained, "is useless to every one and brought about only by animosity to the church. They have decided to use part of the land behind the church as a parking lot, and declared most of the land I was going to sell to the industrialists a 'green zone' that cannot be used for building. If I cannot sell the land, there can be no kindergarten and the other things planned." Don Dario is 38 years old and comes from Bologna. He is the eldest of 11 children whose mother was killed in a World War II bombardment. A self-educated man, he is slightly balding, intense in manner and speech. Mayor Giorgi is a 48-year-old former resistance fighter, from Padua. He is a college graduate in philosophy and history, and wrote a prize winning story, 'The Bridge." He is heavyset, dark - haired and highly articulate. Don Dario, with whom I spoke as he sat on a hard wooden chair in his sacristy. wrapped in an overcoat to keep warm in the unheated room, said, "The excommuni cation of the mayor and the councilmen was the culmina tion of a series of events, but what brought it to a head was the zoning plan. It was set up to do nothing more than hurt the church." Mayor Giorgi was sipping an American soft drink and smoking an American ciga rette when I spoke with him in his comfortable apartment Apart from the "curse," he said, the excommunication didn't bother him except as a matter of principle "because I never go to church anyway, University Receives Foundation Monies Eugene - The University of Oregon has received a 1120, 000 grant from the Ford Foun dation for advisory assistance to the faculty of economics at the University of the Andes, Merida, Venezuela. Under the grant, the Uni versity of Oregon will pro vide advisory personnel and other services to the faculty of economics of the Venezue lan university over the next two years. Purpose of the pro gram is to strengthen the teaching and research activi ties of the University of the Andes. The program is under the general direction of the Uni versity of Oregon's Institute of International Studies and Overseas Administration. The campus coordinator of the pro gram is Dr. Raymond F. 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