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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.
Mikesell, W. E. Miner Profes
sor of Economics and associate
director of the institute.
The project at Merida de
veloped out of a visit to Ven
ezuela last summer by Dr.
Mikesell as a consultant to the
Ford Foundation. Following
his report to the Foundation
on the faculty of economics,
University of the Andes, Ford
Foundation officials requested
the University of Oregon to
provide assistance for their
teaching and research pro
gram,
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State Fair this year will in
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