Vol. Ie No.2 Fairfield Uni...e~ity, Fairfield, Connecticut September 28. 1966
NEW GRAD SCHOOL OPENS
Artillt'H MncepUon ot Communkatlon Center'8 tacllltle8 Wlder exh'n8lve renovation.
Vietnam's UNAmbassador
Discusses Country's Future
F. L.
named
Fr. Burke has received degrees
from Fordham, Weston, and SI.
Robert's Hall. He has also participated
in a seminar in public
1'Clations at Carl Byoir & As·
sociates. Former Religion Editor
o( Amerlca, he has been
Associate Editor of ,Jesuit Mifl·
8101lJJ.
Among the bOOks which h,
has edited are Bel'ond The Hor18Onll,
Sinews of .LO\·e, and Mlll'y
and tbe Modern MIlD. He also
coordinated and wrote a 13week
TV series, Faoo or tbe
World, dealing with fon;:es affecting
the individual in develOiling
countries.
Anthony J. Pia and
Peter White have been
assistant directors.
A new approach to comunications will be embodied In courses
starting this Saturday at the Center for the Advancement of
Human Communications. it was announced by Fr. Wllllam C.
McInnes. "The Graduate study wlll be humanistic and interdisciplinary,"
Fr, McInnes said.
"Fairfield's Center is concerned with furthering the understanding
of communications
not so much by elaborating
techniques as by exploring the
broad and general [oundations
of comunications that are anchored
in human life."
"The studies of the Center
will include the academic disciplines
of social psychology,
value l'Cseal'Ch, cullural anthropology,
and philosophy. To these
courses it will join organizational
behavlol' theory, cOI-porute
experience in comunlcations
and the study of public
opinion:'
"The approach will be broad
rathel' than narrow; conceptual
rather than vocational; humanistic
rather than technical:'
More than thirty leading communications
executives have
served on an Advisory Commit- Fairfield, Conn., Aug. 26 lee
during the past year to Anthony J. Pia, was Special Asassist
the University in achiev- sistant to the Commandant and
ing this new concept in Cradu- Assistant Comandant of the
ate experience in communica- U. S. Army Special Warfare
ate study. James F. Fox:, who School, Fort Bragg, North C8roheads
his own International lina, and a propaganda spedalPublic
Relations firm in New ist for mOI'C than 15 years.
York, is the current Chairman The former Civilian Advisor
of this committee. at the Army school, the aca-
The Center has been organ- demic 31'm of the John F.
ized to serve domestic and in- Kennedy Center for Special
ternational students, private Warfare, for the past six
groups, social and welfare years, and previously an Infor·
agencies, state and federal gov- maUon Specialist with the U, S.
ernment bodies, and interna· Information Agency, will assist
tional institutions as a training in the administration of the
and research resource. Center, initiate research pro-
During the past year, the grams in the field ot human
Center has begun fundamental comunlcations, and teach a
l'esearch in communications. graduate course in propaganda
This has been done to establish and political comunications.
the parameters of knowledge Mr. Pia was Cultural At'Cairs
available to communicators and Officel' with USIA in Burma,
to chart newal'eas' that need ex- and served as Propaganda
ploration through interc;liscip~tn7: . rl~g" Offi~er. at. ~neral
ary techniques-. A Reference Li- eHadquariers, United Nations
brary containing Ihls material, Command during the Korean
has been set up at the Center, Conflict. He has had extensive
to which over 100 leading cor- experience in civilian and millporatlons
have contributed valu- tary propaganda progranuning
able literature. in wartime and under cold war
The director of the new cen- conditions. He is a combat vet·
tel' is Fr. Thomas J. M, Burke, eran o[ World War n and after
Fr. Burke will also l'Cmain as the cessation of hostilities
director of Public Relations. served as Chief of Denazlfica-
A graduate of Boston College, Contbtued OlD Pace 5
The decision eulminatcd many
months of discussion between
Fr. McInnes, Dr. Henry W. Littlefield,
president of U. B., and
Dr. William H. Conley, president
of Sacred Heart.
Fr. McInnes' dramatic announcement
came mQre than
-hal( way througb an address
in which he recommended that
the compassion and cooperative
spirit which binds collegians of
this era together was "a lesson
the college administrators
might well take to heart since
the need for cooperation in ur'
ban society is more pressing
than ever before."
"Cooperation offers an alterCODtinUed
on PBK"e S
AmbMsndor 1'1. Nguyen-Day-Lien
Plnns for a cooperatlve education
program which will enable
students at Fairfield. the
University of Bridgeport, and
Sacl'ed Heart to share course
offerings, cultural presentations,
and library facilitic:s were announced
by Fr. McInnes at the
U. B. 'commencement exercisc,;.
last May.
The program is scheduled to
begin this semester. Although it
will be initially limited to undergraduates
the possibilities of
faculty m e m b e r s teaching
courses at anyone of the participating
institutions and the
joint appointment of professors
to serve all three student bodies
arc being contemplated.
Fairfield Joins
Tri-University Plan
The Ambassador and Permanent
Observer from Vietnam
to the United Nations will open
the 19th Bcllarmine Series of
cultural events at Fairfield University.
His Excellency M. NguyenDuy-
Lien will speak on "What
Future for Vietnam?" and will
answer questions from the audience.
The program will take place
Tuesday, October 4, at 8 p.m.,
in Gonzaga Auditorium. Admission
Is free. An informal coffee
hour will follow the program.
Born In Hanoi, Vietnam, the
Ambassador graduated from
Hanoi University (Faculty of
Laws) in 1938 with the "License
en Droit." A generation ago his
father and grandfather were
well known personalities among
literary circles in Hanoi. In
later years his fath('r taught
Chinese literature at the University
of Saigon until his re(:
cnt retirement.
The Ambassador began his
career in Civil Service in North
Vietnam in 1935. In 1951 he entered
the Foreign Service and
became Counsellor at the Embassy
of Vietnam in Bangkok,
1951-55.
He was Minister-Counscllor at
the Vietnamese Embassy in
Washington, D. C., from 1956
to 1963, and was Secretary General
of the Foreign Ministry,
1963-65.
Mr. Nguyen·Duy-Lien has at·
tended many international con·
ferences as delegate of Viet·
nam. Among them are the
E. C. A. F. E. Conference In
Tokyo, ]965: Atomic Energy
Conference in New York, 1956;
Universal Postal Congress in
Ottawa, 1957: and F.A.O. Sponsored
Conference in Washington,
D. C., 1963.
University officlals have noted
Ihat the Ambassador's appear·
Continued OD Page S
PlIge Two THE STAG Soptombor 21, 1966
Enter Expresso?
Open Letter
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...... of Directors
Chm. or th. eo.rd_ AlltI.ony ltlna::r.l
Editor·in-Chi..r Richard 'Hi
Ec!ilori"l, Editor __ Frank Ch,idofJ.r
Business Manager John Kelly
Secretory Charles Mookley
fraternity, especially students, have
become highly visible and actl\-e In
the st~ts as well as on. the campus.
'The placard bas replaced the
notebooks. the magic marker the pen.
But inte'resUngly enough, the Radical
Lclt, which once turned to the college
student to fill the vacuum left
by the proletariat of the Marxist
revolution, has been disenchanted
with student elrorta and now is turning
to the poor aDd underprivileged
as the \-ehic1e for community organi_
zation (d Tom Kahn, "1,. New
Left". eo..u-tarr. July, 1966) 'Ibe
tilick magazines still publish their
annual "studies" of "Youth" but the
insight is on the level of a freshmaD
term paper and the taste is reminiscent
of last night's stale beer. There
are many more guitars on campus
this year and many more con:Iuroyed
musical groups each with its own
bizarre Identification. But there is not
yet much really new music. Tbe urpnt
lasues of hut year seem to have
evolved Into attacks on the tood
served In student unions and whether
Seniors should have to wear socks.
The pyrrhic victories of last spring
have left the student groups in total
possession of the pOSt-midnight hours.
But they have been typed and flingerprinted
not only by the sodologists
but al80 by the local draft boards.
And the vast middle class, the gentleman's
C student, has slept through
rTIOlSt of the noise. Hence the real
challenge is to awaken some as well
as to quiet others.
WhUe the learning process has become
a C'Tbis by its confusion and
students by their activism, the institution
Itself has become a problem
by its own success. Operations are
more standardized. Plants are bigger.
Enrollments are up and teacher-stu_
dent contact Is down. Teaching by
TV is in and student coddling is out.
Placement olrlces are sut'l'erlng a de-
CoatlMled ... Pace 5
Faculty Modllulor
Alb.rt F. Raddy, S.J.
Th, opinionl .~prMS.d by ecillmnid
and r.vi.....er' 0'" th.i, own ,nd in no
"'oy refl..:t tho Ee/aoriol Position of THE
STAG.
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Re: Mr. Kevin B. McGovern, President,
Fairfield University Student Association
Dear Mr. McGovern:
In accordance with Article II, section
4, of the Student Constitution ot this
university, I am rendering my resignation
as Ai&oclate Justice of the Student
Court; this is to be effective 1mmcdJ.
ately.
To the Editor:
Have a Gripe?
Royal W. &hodH
5eptember is a month of redtonina
for higher education in the United
States. That's the month the colleges
and universities must go back to class.
Like returning soptKmores the col·
leges return with promises and pJ'Ob.
~ms with the assurance that experi_
ence brings and the hesitation that
the future suggests. As usual, they
are ready but really DOt quite pre·
parM. I...euning is in upheaval, acti\
ism has exploded across the eampus.
procedures are archaie.
In a society compulsh·-ely dedicated
to mass education the colleges are
challenged by rapidly changing methods
in the process of learning; they
are continuallY kept 011' guard by the
on and otr campus actIvities of their
younger and sometimes older-mem_
bers; they are swept by new demands
to update their housekeeping 110 that
the school will nm etficienUy _ but
personally. massively - but individually.
autonomously - but safely!
The learning process has grown
highly sophisticated and fragmented.
There are many larger classes. But
there is less learning in the classroom.
There are many more teachers
- but there is less teaching. Students
defy any attempts at academic
birth control But there is less intellectual
motivation for attending college
among large groups ot them.
There is a rising demand by students
to share in the evaluation of the performance
of their teachers. But \-ery
fessional standards required for
teacher performance appraisal. Nor
has anyone yet suggested a valid w8)'
for applying those standards. Teach·
ing and learning from the heart of
college life. yet little is really known
about either.
1be process of the academic com·
munity may be obscure. Its members
certainly are not. Enjoying the elreeu
of the new status symbol of youth
and the new notoriety of the mass
media. the members of the college
EDITOR'S NOTE, All letten
to the Editor mlUt be aia"Ded,
typed and double-spaced on
8%":K 11" .tatioDel"y. The
STAG reserYea the riaht to re-jed
any letten « to print es·
cerpu thereof.
Letters To
The Editor
Tell us at the STAG open forum
every Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in our
oalce.
The ChristiQn College
In The Modern World
a
Sincerely,
Aatbony LeBruzz.
Ch.m. of the Board
ST;.\G, but it is contrary to our
polley to delegate editorial authority
to another campus organization.
I wish to thank the fraternity
for its offer.
- to encourage campus activities
to appoint a public relations
officer who will be responsible for
providing copy for the STAG
news department.
- to add to the general appearance
of the STAG by adopt109
the most recent advances in
typography.
Since it is impossible for me to
view the STAG objectively from
inside the organization, I welcome
your suggestions and your crit~
dsrns either through a letter or
through your presence at our
open forums.
Waiting
sufficient diversification and extension
to appeal to all segments
of the University Community.
Last spring, when the present
position holders were running for
office, they followed a well worn
path and made numerous promises
of better things to come. This
was to be expected and is not to
be frowned upon; but now, we
have the right to expect fulfillment
of these promises. Thus
there is the possibility of an active
year; but the responsibility does
not rest solely with the Student
Government. The Government,
hopefully, will provide a sufficient
number of activities to adequately
reimburse the student for his activity
fee. However, reimbursement
is a sign posted on a twoway
street. While it is true that
on today's "modern" campus it is
considered "IN" to criticize and
castigate any organized endeavor
designed to facilitate total participation
in the college community,
to follow this path will eventually
lead us into the same impasse
in which we have found
ourselves in the years gone by.
Although the student has the
right to expect the promises of
the candidates to be fulfilled
when they attain their offices, he
also has the obligation to take
advantage of the fulfillments
which are offered. Ole Man River
MUST stop "just rollinR: along":
and Tom Swift MUST "grow
up" ...
The proposed coffee house
would also offer the opportunity
to our campus poets, guitarists,
actors, and musical groups to entertain
the rest of the university
community. It would be an ideal
place to bring a date.
The physical set-up of the coffee
house need not be complex.
At most it would require painting
the walls a dark color, setting up
some card tables and chairs. and
providing space to make and sell
coffee and perhaps doughnuts.
We feel that the proposed coffee
house would make a si5O\illcant
contribution to the social life
of the campus. It might be run as
a money·making venture by one
of the classes or even by the Student
Government. No matter who
runs the coffee house, it should
at least be tried.
An
To all readers:
Without a defined set of goals
we soon become disorganized and
confused in any pursuit. The following
are what I feel to be
major goals of the STAG for the
coming year:
- to be responsive to all areas
of campus life. To accomplish this
the Board of Directors is inviting
any member of the Fairfield community
to attend an open forum
in the STAG office at 7 :30 p.m.
on Thursdays, preceding Editorial
Board !\feetings.
- to become a leader in campus
activity through pertinent and
positive editorial policy.
- to provide a calendar of significant
events that can be clipped
from the paper and used for reference.
Originally the Phi Kappa
Theta fraternity volunteered to
perform this function in the
Watchful
". am waiting for the day
that maketh all things ~Jel\f 11
and I am waiting .....
for Ol~an River
'ust stop rolling along
past the country club .•.
I am waiting for Tom Swift to
grow up ..."
LaWl"eace FerliJtchetti
Late this summer the students
of Fairfield University received a
letter from the Student Govern·
ment informing them that the activities
fee for 1966-1967 had
been raised to the "inflated" price
of $4.50. The most predominant
reaction to this notice appeared
to be one of woeful indignation.
Cries were heard throughout the
cosmopolitan pockets surrounding
Fairfield University, "Wasn't
$2.00 enough ?", "What do they
need $4.50 for?", and ''What are
we R'oing to GET1" The answers
to these questions are basically
simple.
First, we must not look to the
past. Previous governments have
R'one "the way of all graduates.It
We cannot and must not judge
the present government before
they are given a chance to prove
themselves. We must enter into n
period of WATCHFUL WAITINC.
The Executive Board, meeting
in several sessions this summer,
has composed a list of diversified
goals, academic and social as well
as cultural and athletic. This list,
it is hoped, will prove to be of
The physical structure of Fairfield
University is rapidly changing.
Most campus activities now
operate out of the new campus
center. Among these is the recreation
room which was formerly situated
in the gym.
What will become of the old
recreation room? We feel that it
could be best put to use as the
site of a campus coffee house similar
to the ones at other colleges.
Such a coffee house could become
the center for student-faculty
communication. Atthe present
time the faculty dine in their
private hall separated from the
student body. Furthennore the
snack bar does not provide the
proper atmosphere for several
hours of infonnal debate and discussion.
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Tri-University
September 28, 1966
Conf.loued from Page 1
native to massive size; a rcsponSe
to the pressure of Federally
oriented programs in a
local community; and a realistic
answcr to the overwhelming
challenge of urban problems
ahead. No one university in this
area can hope to solve the urban
problems ahead. It will not
only lose its finances in trying
to do so; it may well lose its
soul!" Fr. McInnes said.
"This is only the beginning a
symbol of cooperation. To
meet future problems we will
work together on joint curricula;
we will broaden our efforts
to strengthen the cultural
life of the region; we will encourage
our students to expand
their work among the poor and
disadvantaged in the area; we
wiU dedicate jointly our facilities
to the many so social problems
of the region - housing,
transportation, regional cooperation
and planning," Fr. McInnes
pledged.
Concluding the president asserted,
"Thus the three univessities
have learned from the
current mode of student com-
Plans
passion and participation. The
university has no walls; it seeks
no center; it has no towers; it
only seeks vision; it has no
boundaries; only the core power
of the mind. It will, therefore.
learn how to preserve its distinction
through cooperation
with all of those whom it
serves."
Ambassador
Continued from Pag(' 1
ance at Fairfield is coincidental
with the day Pope Paul namro
specifically in asking the Catholics
of the world to pray for
peace in Vietnam. October 4
also marks the anniversary of
the Pope's dramatic peace appeal
before the United Nations
General Assembly last year.
The Ambassador is eager to
answer questions from the audience.
He will speak for about
15 minutes and then open the
program for a question period
of about one half hour.
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The kick-off event of Horne·
coming Weekend will be a semiformal
dance, featuring the big
beat sound of the Saints and
Sinners, from nine to one in the
new Campus Center.
Weekend Schedult;
Package Deal
Semi-Formal Dance--Gctober
14, nine to one, Campus Center
- Music by Saints and Sinners.
Football- October 14, 2 p.m.
- Alunmi Field _ FU 'Is.
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"You Better Run," and "Come
On Up," their most recent disc
whieh has rocketed to the top
of the charts.
Their appearance at Fairfield
University, Saturday, October
14, Is scheduled for 8:30 p.m.
in the front gym.
Homecomlog }'ootball
An innovation at the University
and an event which promises
to create excitement and
enthusiasm for all in attendance
is the Fairfield University Foot·
ball Club's first home game.
The game. set for 2 p.m..
October 14, on Alumni Field,
October
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a wonderful oppartunity far all Freshmen to introduce
their fathers to the "Falrfielcl family."
The Young Rascals, a rock
group featuring frenetic, fast
and driving music, will highlight
Homecoming Weekend,
October 14 and 15, according to
Robert Rollauer '67, weekend
chairman.
This first annual homecoming
will also include a football
game, pitting the Fairfield University
Football Club against
Adclphi. and a semi-format
dance in the campus center.
The Young Rascals' record
career has been as spcctaculal'
as their nighl club appearances.
Their first smash hit "I Ain't
Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore."
was followed by several
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Soptem.... 21, 1966 THE 5 T A I; I The Christian College In The Modern World I
Voatblaed from P~ !
cline in business and psychological
servl~ are enjoying a boom. Because
of increasing size the colleges
ODd themsel~ in the paradoxical situ·
ation of having to do more and more
just to keep up. Though few deans
would admit the educational iDsigbts of
an eeonomist, it does appear that Joseph
Schempeter's "creative destruction of In·
novation" might find some application
in academic as well as corporate olrioes.
Where can the American college to"
To a new Enllghtenment-with its sterile
rationalism in a non-intellectual world?
To new furies of student groups moving
like the Red Guard through present
social structures whJch they oelther
understand nor care for? Or to a new
skysttaper of institutioDal egocentricity.
caught in the unreflecth.'e surge of more
ell'ident operations geared {or self.per.
petuatioa rather than for individual
meaning. Will the social Institution
which has automated change become
more intellectual? More activist? Or
more corporate?
'The uniqueness of the situation is
not the fact that education once again
stands at a crossroads this September.
It has been perennially at the crossI"
OIIds. What is unique today is that
there is a questim as to whether It will
have the strength to go on. Or will it
sit down in the road!
In such a setting, the church-related
college has a special role to play. The
Christian college has at its disposal a
heritage or religious values, the most
important of which is that gift of the
Holy Spirit called charity. This charity
can bring to the masaive college enter·
prise today • new depth for learning,
a clearer motivation for action and an
individual renewal within the institutional
1'ramework.
What is this gift of the Spirit called
love? A modem college professor described
it recently as "the ability to
take a genuine Interest in another per·
son." It was analyzed through its effects
centuries ago by St. Paul In his Letter
to the Corinthians (l Cor. 13) and by
St. John In his first Epistle (l In. 3).
It was made visible on earth in its fullness
in Jesus Christ and it is t.ransm.itted
through hIstory, at least dimly, in the
lives of all who live "as citizens with
the saints." It is a gift from God; who
gi\"es it freely; it is a demand on man
who must respond to It faithfully.
Though It may often be ignored by sophisticated
Intellects and corrupted into
sentimentally by immature students, it Is
nonetheless a fonnldable lnstIument for
any community seeking beyond itself
for life.
To some it may seem jU\'enile even to
suggest that love can add a new dJmension
to learn.ing and to Its sister dialogue.
After aU, it may be objected,
truth and not love, is at the heart of
the university. But the search for truth
In an academic community Is filled with
risk as well lllI promise, and - as every
frestunan knows - the deftnitlon of a
university does not guarantee Us vitality.
Very often in the strenuous and tiring
search for Understanding, Jt is easy to
settle for half truth, to substitute propaganda
for depth, to be more Interested.
in how others will react rather than In
finding what is true. It is popular to
use words like "freedom", "democracy",
"truth", even "love" itself, But where is
=-un·.
the strength to seek their real uxl bid·
den meaning? A questioning mind is
necessary to open ODeself to the investigation
of the truth, but it Is easy to
settle into scepticism as a comfortable
way of raUoneUztng Ufe's PftMDt pr0blems
rather thaD as an ~path
to deeper understanding
Love, however, can provkie an efl'~
tive depth for scbo1arly shallowness and
scepticism. When Pope John xxm
opened the Vatican CouncIl, be e:am.
missloned the BIshops to examine the
Church and Ita relations to the modem
world "with ~ aerotiny:' The work
was to be one not of n1hiUsm nor of
cynicism but of new depths of inslght
and intensity. So in the academic workS
only those who love the truth delIerve
to touch It. A kJovt.c c::oooem must pdde
all members of the academic CIllIIIDIUDity
whether they are examInIq subject
areas or the school ItseU. It is only
love that can replace sceptidllm as the
beginning of learning and point to wisdom
rather than the fact accumulation
as Us goal Without love keenness of
intellect can be twisted into snobbery
or soured Into escapism.
Love serves a apedaI puJ'JlOR for the
dialogue which has become the baUmarIc
of the modem inteUectual CXlIDID!Imlty.
The "civilization of diaIocue", a
phrase coined by JOerkepard to describe
the emergence of a political democracy
in the 19th century, can be applied to
the university to describe the DeW acadt'mlc
democracy in the :?nth century.
Conversation is the sharing of minds
and an educatlonaJ institution who8e
members cannot converse wUh one another
is simply not an academic c0mmunity.
Dialogue, how~'er, hu its own temptations.
For some It means flying 08'
into clouds of inteJJectualiam, with an
esoteric jargon and a total non-involvment
in the world around For others
less intense, dialogue may be used aa the
rasping throat for propaganda. 1bere Is
wide social involvement but little integ·
rity. For still others dialogue can harden
into the fonnulae of technocracy where
the only question e,,·er raised is what
is the most etrlcient way of doing this!
But worst of all temptations is to con·
fuse dialogue with the unprepued bull
session - a way to pass the time in the
donnitory by sharing insnorances or uncharitable
opinions.
Lo\'e can provide the heart for true
dialogue. At the base of all human com.
munication is basic trust and Interest
in another. Love carries tbls as its companion.
Necessary for all dialogue is
genuine respect for others. Lo\'e carries
this too. Owity is DOt 0DIy patielt aftd
kind It is also interested and alert. It
is interested In sdence as the manifestation
of God's love; It is interested in
man as the image of His love; it 18
Interested In God Himself as the object
of love. Thus the dialogue which in
modem times 80 easily descends into
a double monologue (or even a diatribe)
can be deeply intensified by the presence
of charity.
Lm'e furnishes not only a new depth
for learn.ing but also a DeW motivation
for action. Thus it affects DOt ODly
truth in the classroom but also life OR
and off the campus.
An increasing percentale of education
today is taking place beyond the class-
111I··..'
room. even beyond the campus. 1be in a modern multiversity. No one, Doesacademic
community has been deeply toevesky hopefully reports, who has
touched by a new student and faculty learned to think can be completely deactiv1sJn.
lllere is not only an induce.. prived of liberty. But that seems to hold
meat to Jearn. among the young but also small promise for the freshman who
a pressure to act. Though the numben feels alienated from his SUITOUDdings
of students involved in activism .. not uxl for the administrator who fee.
larp. the impact has been widely felt. overwhelmed by the size of his tasks.
On me..t campuses a C&ftfully selected 'Ibeol:Iore Sorensen describes the late
departure of arty students would cause PresIdent Kennedy as "the oldest kind of
weeds of social unconcern to grow over llbera" the free man with the free mind"
the rest of the campus resideces. But the To this might be added, "the free beart,"
challenge is not only how to reach the one capable of love as an Ideal for tQ-.
fifty activists and purify their activity; day's college llheral, whether he be
it is also to moUvate more deeply the faculty, administrator or student.
other 1,450 ~ that they become at least'; "Ibe extension of life for student and
slightly concerned with their neicbbor. administrator through mote concerned
1be power that must be added to love of his neichbol' aDd a deeper love
activism is not a traDquillizer but a of God at least bas never been disproven
stlmuJanl The activists on camptII must by theory. Nor has It been disappointing
not be discouraged from ae:tirag; they in experleDce. It .. poaaibJe for love to
must be shown a more perfect way to infuse all the members of an academic
act. community aftd in doing -0 bring a new
AcUvism unnourished by deeper roots life to the campus scene. With Boris
tends to wither into apathy or explode Pasternak's Dr, Zhlvago. those who have
into violence. Energy not fed by a sense been su1l'ocated by the confonnlty and
of purpose tends to fragmentation and apathy of modem Uie might experiment
inadequacy. Thus mum youthtuJ enerv ,with the BibUc:a1 teaehinp of charity to
Is wasted on aenaeless motion. Activity restore their coosdo'lSDe8I and turD
needs ttIOI'e than a plac:ard; It Deeds. their Impotmce lato Uie.
t.art. 1be 0u1atlaD college, tbeftl'ore, will
The application of OUiItian charity survive uxl contribute to higher educa·
to the world-wide campus of student lion far beyond Ita size aftd numbers in
activism would provide a DeW dimension direct proportion to its ability to bring
in college experience. Love draM tQ-. its unique gift of love to the academic
getherj it does not separate. Love unites; world. 'Ibrolq:h charity it can provide
It does not divide. Love &eel beneath a stronger patronage for leamlna: and
the surface to the unity of men and it dla1olUe, deeper motivation for action,
does not crlnp at the color of another's and a new core for community living.
akin. Love ahhon arrogance in favor of The institution that today speaks the
a willingness to learn.. And 10\'11 dlsdainI language ol men aDd preaches to modern
insolence as a mode of action because It soc:Iety and Jmow. all secret truth and
recognizes the truth of humility and possesses all knowledge, must be rooted
compassion. In short, love cannot hate. ; in lo\'e. 1be community that has come
It can onl)' love. U action is to be an·' together to aeardl for truth can stay
integral part of student life in the future - together only if it is grounded in charity.
- as it apparently will be - then love ThIs gift must And its place in the
must become the prayerful companion facuIty office as well as in the classof
collegiate activism. rooms. It must be manHested in the
Love that can intensify the search for wonhip of the community as well as
truth and modify the impuse for action. in Its basketball rallies. It must be
can also be the source of rene....>al of shown in the dining hall as in the neighinstitutional
life on campus. boring girls' colleges. It must Infuse the
Administrators, faculties and students, acth1ties of the Campus Center as well
in rapidly e\"Olving educational institu- as of the llbrary. It must be present
tiona quickly get caught in the self- In the dormitories as well lllI in the
winding mechanism of etrort that pro- front offices. U the OlrisUan college
duces technocracy in the front office, community can ftnd its deepest roots, it
absence in the faculty studies, and the can share its greatest gift.
attraction of La Dolce Vita in the stu- But will it do so?
dent body, The pusuit of truth, even in Yes it will - if it will accept its
a comunlty setting, can become highly own vision and mission to be a part
self-centered and speciaUzed, even lone- of the mainstream of American educa1)'.
Recreation then becomes a means Uon but destructive in its own un.
not of renewal but of escape. It would apologetic combining of religious vitality
be interesting to discO\w, for example, and intellectual curlos1ty.
how much weekend sex and ak:obol in Yes it will - if it can enlist the wide
the city are linked to midweek boredom participation of the majority of its
In the classroom, how many student an- members in the tasks It faces and if
tics are an escape from a serious inter-. it can convince them of a uniquely
est in the intellectual life. U modern Christian way of acting.
young people are hesitant about dying :.; Yes it will - If It remalna open to
for a principle, certainly they would not experiment, in quality rather than
be expected to die for an InstltuUon. quantity, within its own commitment.
For many the university has become, Yes it will - if it can translate into
not an instrament for learning, but only speclftc and relevant dally tenns what
an obstacle. it means to be "rooted and grounded
The virtue of charity can help indi- in love so that you Jna¥ be able to
victuals working through complex insti- grasp fully with all the saints what
tutions to find a means of renewal for is the breadth and length and height and
themselves and for their companions. depth, and to know Christ's love whlcb
The catalogue of obstacles that St. Paul IMlJ'pU8es kDowledce in order that you
places before the man of charity seem may be filled with all of the fullness
to flow directly out of the dean's ofI'ioe of God". (Eph, 3)
New Grad School Opens
tion section in Vienna, Austria.
He remains sctiw in the U. S.
Army Reserves as a Psychological
Operations OffIcer.
A graduate or the University
of Callfornla, he holds AB and
MA degrees from that 1DIUt;u.
lion; he has done additional
graduate work at Columbia
University.
Mr. F. L. Peter White 18 a former
Anny Air Force Intelligence
Officer.
A native New Yorker and a
graduate of Harvard, Mr. White
received his Army Air Force
Ccmmiss10n u ~ Air CommunicaUoas
Otrloer at Yale in 19'3,
and lierved as a Communications
Intelligence officer with thc
Ninth TactIcal Air Command
in support of the First U. S.
Anny in the European '!beater
during World War II.
He spent the first few montha
of occupation duty interrogating
his counterparts in the defeated
Luftwatfe, Sinoe the war he has
\l,wked for a number at fJ.rna
in the book-pubUshing Industry,
the Book~(.the-Month Club,
Inc. and also the ManneI College
of Musk: in New York:
City. He did graduate work at
the New School for SocIal Research
coincident with work for
the publishen.
As assistant dIrector of the
Center, Mr. White is also
scheduled to conduct a seminar,
"New tlirectioas and Research
In ComunicaUon." He will retain
his present connection
with the U. S. Joint Publicat
ion s Research Service, a
branch of the Department of
Commerce, which pertonns custom
translations from worldwide
foreign press for all U. S.
Government aa:encies.
SOCCER TODAY ... TICK!:TS ON SALE
f"
Home Football Game.
September 28, 1966
Ing win in the team's history.
Coach Kulman noted that after
last year's record (l·10) the
only way Is up and with this
year's talented club you can
look forward to an exciting
brand of college soccer.
For Opener
The Director of Intramurals. Richard Peck. has announced
that the 1966-67 Intramural Program will open
competition on Monday. October 3, with the football schedule
getting underway. The competition will be based on the
corridor system with a supplementary draft for non-resident
students.
PLAIS SET FOil IITRAIURALS
Tomorrow night there will be a meeting of the captains
who are the elected representatives of the various cor·
ridors. The first order of businesa will be the election of the
President of the Intramural Council. This will be followed
by the selection of the various sports in which the &ors
will compete. as well as the rules which w1lI govern the
program.
At this meeting there will also be the drafting of off
campus and commuter students to augment the floor rosters.
They will be selected rrom the lists which haVe been posted
around the campus. This draft will present the only opportunity
for non-resident students to participate in any phase
of this year's program.
Stag QB Brl&o Burke sweePti ead with Bam taclders lD bot
pursuit duriJllt Saturday's lleI'Imm&ce.
or back-up play In the nets.
Tony Palumbo, another strong
defensive back, Is currently
nursing a leg injury but will
see plenty of action.
ThIs afternoon the boaters will
be gunning for their first open·
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Wealth of experience In the many facets of journalism.
Resourceful Freshmen and Sophomores interested in filling positions
in the STAG staff in both reporting and business capacities.
TII£: 3:15 DATE: Toda,
PLACE: STAG OmCE ill the Campus Celller al elld
of hall opposile sloremail HIlS
Wanted:
Is Jay CIncotta. a hustling per_
former who is tough to beat in
one on one situations.
Adding depth to the team will
be eo<aptain Jack caseY. l\
versatile performer who can be
called on for either front line
down 0lI the one. On the next
play he powered in for the
""re.
Late in the scrimmage the
ftred-up Stags put on their best
sustained march of the day.
Taking a handotr on his own
20, fullback Fairfax galloped
14 yards around end and 5
yards up the middle to move the
ball to the 39. Garrity scampered
12 yards around end and
5 yards off tackle to move to
the Fordham 44. Swanhaus
crashed 5 yards to the Fordham
39. but here the drive
stalled.
Burke had tough luck on
several or his passes. He
found the mark, but his receivers
couldn't hold on to
thom.
Freshman quarterback Bligh
looked sharp in his brief appearance.
He found the mark
on a neat 10 yarder, but IUl
Burke. his receiver couldn't
handle the throw.
Fans should get another
chance to see the Stags before
their season opener with Iona
on October 7.
Right now the club is workIng
on two poqlble scrimmages
to be announced at a future
date.
THE STAG
Impressive
Scrimmage
For the third straight year.
the varsity ~r team will
initiate Fairfield's fall sports
program. This year's team has
the added advantage of a week
of pre-season conditioning and
should be at a mental and physIcal
peak for its road opener
against Quinnipiac College today.
several new arrivals promise
to bolster Coach Jim Kulman's
team and should blend well with
a group of reliable veterans.
Tom Wilmott '69, an AlICounty
goalie from Westchester,
New York, has been given
the nod to start In the nets for
the Stags.
Larry Ellnskas '68 has proved
to be a potent scoring threat
and should be an important as-set
to the team.
Tom Moylan '69, has been ex·
cellent at the center fullback
slot in pre-season workout'! and
';VfO 'tearn up" wltb veterans
Chuck Moaktey and Ke'vin L0oser
In the defensive backfield.
The Stags front line will be
led by eo-captain Ben Hill, n
three year veteran, who has
led the club in scoring each
year.
Tim Roach, a deft ball handler
and scorer, returns to his
center halfback position.
Rounding out the front line
STAGS SCORE
Langan's fumble recovery on
the Fordham 25 got the Stags
rolling on their touchdown
drive. Garrity sprinted 9 yards
around end and Fairfax belted
4 yards up the middle to give
the Stags a first down on the
12. Garrity found an opening off
tackle and scooted for a first
loss of the day for either team.
His fumble recovery set up the
only Stag score. Sullivan also
had a fumble recovery following
a jarring Swanhaus tackle in
the Fordham backfield.
The Stag offense started slow.
The first three times they were
In possession. they failed to
move the ball. A 40 yard bomb
from Junior quarterback Brian
Burke to Soph flanker Harry
Devanney finally got the Stags
going.
Burke started the next series
orr by scooting 15 yards around
end for a first down on the 45.
A nine yard pass to three year
Intramural sensation Pat Scully
and a four yard burst off tackle
by hard running Soph Charlie
Fairfax moved the Stags to
a first down on the 33. Fleet·
footed Junior Jim Garrity carried
to the 26 before the drive
stalled.
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Football made Its long awaited
appearance on the Fairlield
University campus Saturday
morning as the Falrfleld and
Fordham Football Clubs engag·
ed in a spirited 2 hour scrimmage
before 300 fans.
Despite being outscored 4-1,
the Stags displayed a welJ balanced
offense and aggressive defense
that le(t fans optimistic
about the coming season.
Fordham looked sharp In the
early going as they struck for
two quick scores. However the
hard-hltting Stags defense led
by Seniors John Swanhaus and
Kevin Sullivan, and Soph John
Longan, settled down and held
Fordham scoreless until they
gave way to subs. Langan was
especially Impressive. Early in
the scrimmage he broke up a
power sweep and threw Fordham
for a 15 yard loss, biggest
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