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PUBLISHEDJ3Y THE '$TUDENTSOF Fi-.IHFIELb U1HVEHSITY
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HISPI1NIANSGO' NATIVE
'l'he:'S}Janish ,club will meet on Tuesday,
. l\lay ?5tf1" for its final IaeetinE, of the
year.. rIhe'bulk of ,the business will be
center~d'aboutelectiGnsand an out~g.
'Office'rs wi~l be elected for the coming
year •. Final plan::; fur the outing will
be compLeted! a day in New York in as
. flllj.ch 'Spanish atmosphere ·as poss:j:bie • .-=
'lJhether Miss Carmen l'Jliranda is· i+l;clucled
in the tl~.y' s plans has not been. Ill-ade
definite. However, there will be a' .
Spanish {!leal and mGvie.·
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AWARDS
Finale of T4-7-'48: This, thE!) final
appearance of my colwnn (and oil'the
baby FULCRUM), should contain I~emories
for many yea,rs to come. - So many things
.have happened that we cQuld spend a,
month at the Center Cvyhat ~;1orelV' s is
to Yale) telling the many tales' of valor
of the men of Fai)"field.
President Bob Patterson dutiful)..y .
calling the meeting to vrder ev~ry after- .
hoon. How tlJugh it was for hirq a few
weeks ago when his mother said :he was
TI1UDSday, iJay -27: lillLIG:LON
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tromiay, :...fay J1: Ll.TIN
The sccial club will Tue;sday, June 1: GHE~K - UiiTH Francis A. Malyszka,
meet tonight in the Au-· Weqnesday, June 2. CHEld...,. ECONOIiIJj section D, has beenap-ditorium
at 7:30, when Tnl.trsday,· June J: ACCOUNTING - HIS J.)ointeJ the first edi-elections
.for next fall Fr~day, JWl13 4:. MODEml LiJ~GUAGES tvr Gf THE FULCRUM, ac-will
take place • / All ~;', .,e ->~ ->~ ole ccrJing to an announce-the
registered members .,eA~l Exan}s except Lati,1].1 '11.40-1~ ment ,Jade today by Rev.
should attend. The vat-. 'and Relj.#4pn: Arthur ~cGillivray,
ing will be by secret Latin; lO~OO·,l2:00 i McderatcJJ!': From the
ballot. . Three men fer' He~igiorlJ 9:400-11:19 mGffient that the Nov.7th
each vfthe five office ~eOn 'Thursq,ay, HajT 27, regular single sheet) 8~ x 11, - .
were neminated at-last classes \vUl be cohducted from relied from the mimeo-··
week's meetint, .. · . Jrd hour G.Qward. ACcuwlting Lah graph lilachine, Malyszka
Plan,s fer the outing ,"lUi meet as usual.. I . has been by its side,
will be completed at ~i-On $ubsequent e:;:Ci":iCil days, there foni father tel a then-this
meeting, it is w:i;:n be no classes held. white but now-yellow
expected. Such details' -To
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as refreshments, time, place will be made I . The: new editur, whc .has lived in
definite ~ The Guting will take place as Louisville and RegensLurg, GeruBny, now
soon <).fter the final exams as possible. lives in Bridgeport, He has attended .
Central Hiul . Schcol as well as' the University;
of Nvrwich, Vonncnt. His likes
include photeJgri.l.phy, ind00r sports oand
the lie).~.ers Digest, Edit0rialduties
of 'Il-ll~ ¥ULCHUl,l, whicri include proof:
readih~:, o~bht-to tlelp hira in his future
w9r~ as an ophtha1n~lGgist.
Elections for
C/L/b TO/"ight
Jim Keating's
./ NEWS· &
Tom Davis, Ed Lynch, and JackSulli- CAMERA SHOTS WAN-TED
van were given mvards recently for sell....
ing over 100 bricks for the Bu~.ltling
Fund ::Drive. Last 'leek Tony Anr1uncio Some time in 1950 or 1?51, when a
received a smoking jacket, valued at Year BDole will be in progress, clamor
.Jii18 during a raffle among s'tude.pts ';vho .wil+ be made for photo graphs of members
had sold more than 25 bricks. . of the class, camera shots of activities
Fr. MacDonnell annoWlced tha"t the :(Yh)t~a p.ampus, classroom shots, candid
campaign had reached th~ goal. of :$3000; .p..f'faj,I's.r and all that.
and totalling .tills amount.with 'Prep . ,'; HI1y not make sure that your Year
school contribu:tions brings the SUIll ...' ::Book has a cClmplete coverage of some
.to ;;PIO, 000. This amount can be t)ouble<1:,. ,ev~nts. or angles thC1t have taken place
. it was said, by a sale of HORE ERICES. Uurilfg the past year? Some pictures of
The campaign will close afte:q th~ . previous .dances are nGW un file just
opening of college in the Fall.' It is fur suc:h a use in the f\lture e However,
hoped that MOHE. BRICKS will be ~old dur- there are some camera feins who have
ing the sU1i1Iller.Fr. ~,1acDonnell intendslJictw~!?s taken about the campus, and
to beat Fairfield .jurin'g the swnmeh; off the. campus, that will'fn in pre-to
rec-ei.vereturns and also distribute cisel,y'with the idea of.a Year Booke
more. bl"idks', which ntaY be sent through Interested j,onors of shots should
the lnait~ . prGSerlt them to the Dean's Secretary.
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CUN'l'INUED ON PA.GE 3
FI<ENCH CLUB
,Th~ officers e:Leeted at the ,first
meet~nE of the German Club on November
t~ntb,. 1947, were:
. President: Llichael Levinsky
Vice President: ~;i[illiam McKee
, $ecretary: Thomas MacCalla
Plans for G,iril1.an inovies and collectinG
GeriIlG.l1 books were made at the following
JtH;letings •. A film on Germ3.nY
was shown i:i t a 18.ter meeting. It was
an, ~'w·restin£ item, d:3picting the
effeQts and ravages of war on the
country 0 •
. 'i'I'ne GerI11ar~ Cl\.l.b conducted its meet...
ipgs";in <.\. manner different from that.
of other~anbuage academies. It was
. propb~ed to be a socialclllb. va-rich met
to', eiIjoy the vu.rious Gerr:lan arts.
111'0' Chester Stu<.i;ft, the moJerator,
Jllade~,plans to have a GerIila,n library.
Tho drive t'yr these German books has
bIjH~ri~:very successful and :vir" stuart
repo~us th.J.t ;aany books' acquired are
now, in the college library. iik,re
.boc*s are being held until next fall
when 'a.n eptire German section is
planned. 'lhese books are en .:L;Lterary
subj\';)~,cts, science, etc., and sho'Uld
prov~ 'extremely helpful to students
of the German language.. .
. Eftensive plans are anticipated for
tho club come next falL Though marlY
of the hoped-fur excursions this year
hav~ net materialized, tbey h<;l.ve not
been '.entirely discarded for, there is
alw~.Y$'a next year!
The social club began in November
'Wlen a group of. twenty students got
toget{ler :i,ri Norwalk to do sOI;lothinr;
about getting acquainted. Because of
the lack of d'ormitories, ch(Josing friend
was slow, and this was one solution,to
. speed it up - to organiie a. special
'club for that very Pllrpose.
The' fj,rst meetlng took place March
4th in' the Auditorium, and such points
as activities and pUrpose were-discussed.l,
The idea of the olubwas ~ccepted by ~he
students, and all agreed that such get~"
\togethers would be' welcomeq. An organizing
cOIllmittee was chosen to forIilulate
plans for thefcll,l.b,. ,for which a name has
yet to be chosen~ "
The, members 'of the committse <;l.re:
Charles Atherton, Robert Hall, John M~ko,
Ray Rossomando, Donald"Swanson, and honcrary
.chairman Francis MalYSZka.
nlB next jobwCl,s to su~ait a sonsti~
tutiono Donale:f Swanson with other CQm-, "
\{Uittee members drew one llP and had it
mimeographed and distributed to the stu-1
dents, who were invited to attend the '
March 23rd ueeting. After long argu-ments
and many changes, the present. constitution
evolved.
The organizingcorrilliittee then cenduc~
ed a drlve for charter members. sixty....
five students responded and registered.
Thlese charter members will constitute
the nucleus of the c~ub when it re sumes
activities next -semester.
Mr. Carmen Donnarumm,a, hi,.stery in~
structor, was the clubis first guest
speaker. Speaking on the -essence of
Communism, Mr 0 DonnarwruIlfJ. treated, the
subject from an external viBwpo;int, and I
cbmpared it to other forms of governIl\sntJ
Guests of' the' students were invited to" . ".(
attend this meeting. '. . ';.vi:~h the college year' almost over,
An outing is beinE, anticipated b,Y the • thd. F:rench Club, under the direction
members as soon after the end of exarni- ., of 'R9\~'" Janes A. Walsh, has cOIn}!leted
natdlons as possible" Pi~ns will bel its t~lans for the coming year.
Ina e at the meeting this evening_ Be'-j ..NE;lxt fall, in addition to a lI\onthly
sides the outing, the [llOre important I Frel}G.;h paper tv, be e,{ited by the mem-· ~
,elections will 'take place tonight to ' bers:o! the club, Fr. Walsh plans to·
determine next year I s officers. ' incl~ide !..s [.1Uch French conversation as
It",!, Ja.mes A. Walsh has been acting '1' .
as JUod8l'al:.,or of the club sinco IJlarch r
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The Debating Cl.ub of the .University
had. its first meeting on Nov~mber 5th
under the direction of Rev. James Ao
Walsh. At this time plans for an extensive
.,.. 'if not restricted ~ .,... debLi.ting
year were discussed.
Aftqr a short period the leadership
of the Debating Society came w1cler the
direction of Mr. Arthui Riel, instructo
in English and French. On February 16
the following officers of the club were
elected:
President: Francis Lane
Vice President: Harley Black
. secretary: Joseph Miko I Consulting Secretary: Stephen Broqy
The club members began their research
work· on the topic discusseclby all Catholic
colleges this year: "Whether the
United Nations Organization in its present
form 01' povrer and rights should be
changed into a Federal Wvrld (k)urt."
The outcome. of their ende<:J,vors broug)1t
about. a discussion among the members of
the club •
.On M::J.rch 1st, John rieynaud' and
Steph8n Sedensky, L;phoJ_ding the negative
side, won the debate •
.~ lLlther ques tion, lfl'{rletller the United
~t..:lte'Jshould adopt Uni-rers.'1l Military
~:'a.j '1l.ngl ' Vias discussed on March 15th.
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possible, some one-a.ct-plays, one lec..-
. ture and ·~.me moving picture each f;1(mth,
and some ex.hibits ()f, French~"art and
.cult ure •
The club's program' was unfortunateJ..y'
~urtailed during this past year because
of the apparent scarcity of 'French educational
films. One film, however,
waS shown: 11 Post.,..War France." ,
Although the French Cl.ub began with
a handful of .students, ·the membership
at the firla.:).. meeting reached twentJrfive.
Officers of the cJ.,ll,b are:
presiderm: Tho!uas :Fraher
Vice President: Bernard Mallon
Secre tarjr....,Treasurer: Orland
Bergere
Editor: Francis Waters
DEBATING· CLUB
SE'VEN MONTHS
VvlTl-i THE 'F()LCRUM
GlancinL through the first seventeen
cup::i,es o;f'IHE FULCHUM is like thumbing
thrGu~h a: filiaily scrapbook. Itrec~lls'
Fairfield University's first danees,
CJrganizations- of clubs, and the oreeping
progress of its student council. Such,
major ~'vents as the first annual MidWinter
Carnival and the first Ping-Pong
tournar;ient flash again before the mind.
Hist.ory c<3gan for TIlE FULCRUM on
Novembet 7, 1947. Ule paper was suitab'"
called lfThe Tentative " inasmuch as ~ , ,
DC) .final name had been selec.ted. To
remedy ~the situa~i.on a contest was begun
to select an apt n~lle for the modest
perivdical, Ita distinctive,' ca tchy, appr0pr;
iE..~e name 1'(',1' our college newspaper.1I
Hebert Liddle won the ~lO pr;ize for
.suggesting the present na.Iil8" and the
seventh issue appeared under the new
·masthead. 'Ule same issue carried news_
0f rdd..,.year exams; shortly afterwar9, our'
r8,nks' d,windled from ]0] s t l,ldents to 286.
The ,;first Mid-Winter Carnival was
,being p~anned, with J{aJ..racmd Longden and.
Donald ,3vfanson heading the ,dance cor.unittee.
Tada'9, Buctraitis was interviewed for
, the Feoi'uars 20th issue. 'raj, an auditor',
,related his ex:periencesin European
cc:nCdntration CafillJS. FULGHUM headlines
swung -fvthe New Look.
The Pin/:;-Pong medal went to Thomas
Flaheri;:ji, and a unique cCJlunm, "News and
Views" 'by Jim Keating appeared in the
tenth ·issue. This was, the paper's first,
and up ~o the present, only feature
column.· ,
Dr; William Ryan of New York delivered
the first cc.rllege lecture. And .em March
19th, the· FULCRUM headlined the beginning
of the:BuilJing Fund Campaign Drive. Tom
Davis '~on the first premium for selling
the most b~icks within a definite period.
It ,~ias ,evident that Fairfield University's
first newspaper, with Rev. Arthur
MacGillivray as moderatvr, had Igrown
along with the college itself.
FOREIGN AFFI1/RS CLUB
The Foreit,n Affairs Club was CJrganized
under the uirection of Rev. JilltieS Creamer
last De~elllber, after a fe1!; students had
attended the annu.al cC!Dvention of the
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The Spanish Club met fvr the first .
time on,Ndve~ber Jrd, 1947. Mr. Victor
Leebar.,. S , J ., the iiloJerator, Gutlined
pJ,ans fe/t, tht) year 'withsug~,estions from
the students •. The ufficers elected at
the !.loeting were.; ~
Chairnan: JV$eph Powers
Vice Chairman: Jc)hn Hiko
S8eretary: .John King
Treasurer: Hobert Berg
The P.url-jose uf the club has been to
give its members an oppcrt\iinity to use
the. Spcu::1i'sh language in everyday spe~ch.
· Mr. Leet:er [[;iVa several talks 0n speech:
Usaf~e cmd custOlilS in Spain.
The £rC\lp cele trated the Quadricenten-
· nial A,hniversar,Y c0mrnernorating. the virth
of Ce·ry<.>.ntes with a pre· gram of talks on .
his life .and reading sele dions frcIn his
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wrJ.tJ.f\L~,.'
The'r~ ,were several movinG pictures
shcJWn 'to the members. "Life and Customs
;.of the Ar~entine" was one fi.lm with its
dial(Jgue entirely in Spanish. OtHer
films url S}ieech and usage were given,
Follcwine; this appearance t~.¥" i.?~v""
virled .enterti;Linuent l'e.,r· the Quarter-Century
Cl,ub of the Bridgeport Brass Com-pany,
at which (k:vernQr Shannon ()f the -
· state: cf Cunnectiout W<l.S guest vf honor •.
Its \Jest perfc,rmance, hcwever, was in
a radio broadcast eyer St::.tion WICC of
Bridge.lJort.on May 6th~ 'Atranscription
of the broudcastwas made.and aired
over Sta.ticnY;lLAD ill Danbury on M~y
(15th and 16th. l'.iany favorubJ,e comments
were receiveJ~ .
'Fh~ ElQst recent performance was l~st
sunday, May 16th, before the 6a therirtg
uf Muthers and Sons in Bercr41ians Aufi-t0riwll~"
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The. Glee Club will cOJilplete its activities
;~n June 10th, in~iud~n~ an appear2.
rlC8,,·a.t the .lUtz in Fairfield, an·i
a Newihiven radio broadcast. i' - .
Some say that the members of the
Club ~n their off moments have b~en a
pleasing addition to th,e. 1rRec" room.
Cert2;Lnly ·it seems tv have been a 'de1igbtful
·· recrea tion for the members
I. themseiy.es r
New England Federation of' Catholic
College Students (NEFCCS) a't [101:{ Cress f
College. Michael Levinsky at this
convention gave a talk on "The ,PalJal
Policy of Peace." -
Informal discussions amant'., tpe m~!lf.-o
bers continued.,throughout theyea.r;
the tvpics disousseu beinl, liThe Organization
of theD .n." by Andrew Z:.;.remski, '
"An Evaltiation of the U.N~lIby Robert ..
GoCJd;ricp ) and "TIle IJiarshall Plan" by
John Stusalaitus. .
~ev. Vincent GQokin, of the Chemistrj
Departrrlent, spo~e authoritatively to
the merfiOOrs on the situation' in PeLlestine,
while John Heynaud spo!ce on the
same topie at a round-table'dlscussion
at Albertus MaLnus CQllet.e in New Haven.
The active members of the club are '
Micha~l, Levins.Ky, Andrew Zaremski, .<Reb,..
ert Gvodrich, John stus'alaitus, John
Reynaud, Raymond O'Connor, John C(~1IiJ1S,'
Edward Lynch, George Ke,yes, and James
Gibson~ . .
. In. response to student requests, the
Glee Club got its start durin[ the past
year. In December c:i. ccmmittee was fermed.!.
consistint; of G80rge Keane, 'RGbert
McKnack, and Donald Swanson. This cem.,..
mittee tClok aoursory survey of ir;tteresteJ
students and reported to Father
Langguth. Beoause of the large nwnber
interested, the Reverend Dean secured
a director, h~. 'Slinon Harak of De~by,
Connectiout •.
'Mr. Harak, former choir director of
the Assumption Church in Ansonia, and
director of the K. of C~ Glee Club in
Derby, has studied widely and has had
a good de;.ll of musical exp(;rience.
When he. took over his duties here on
JanuEir-.v 7th, he was c()nf~()nted with a
money group of fifty inexperienced
s:i ngers c
In a brief ten rehea,rsals he shaped
th,o:j8 boys into a grc;'up of .firli.shed·
s.Lnt;~;rf," 'Ori kpril 21) the ch~bpresent8(
t ]"'::,8 fi:::-st CynC~lrt for the B311armine
(-:'" .; -, '-l 'DC-I F"·· In I C1 "b' . In' , •.~ ~..d _ ,... • . d lJI1ex-s u 5 < .lney sang a.
gr:lu].) d' five sungs and surpriseu the
audien.:::e with their hie)l calibre.
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Other·me.etings included
plays and songs
in Spanish. Donal¢l
Angell, John King, and
Robert J$rg composed
the cast of tiEl Medico
Infortunado," a oneact-
play in· Spcmish.
With the year almost
cumpleted, the
club will have its '
. lp,stmeeting on May
25th, when the members
will elect officers
.who will be gin the ir
duties rext fqll.
STUDENT
.COUNCIL
rDlD CfOJ110=rnOJM . ,;. p.age five
May 21; ',+'~48 " .' "
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Over the c.uurse':~;f the i.past college year,' sports have
played an active p~rt in ~~udent life •. 1hey have flashed
and fizzed on and otf, a's1 the interest mounted and. declined;
but on the whole, j:,Jrley have teen in the furefront in one
form or another •••mbst ol'~the time.
Intt'alillU'al football was first to make an appearance
early last fall. 1 Interest ran high fur the first few weeks
an~ some close'contests w~re waged. However, teanlS began
to lo~e spirit as fewer.players showed up for each succeed~
ing game. Section E wcnthefinal playoff with Section F
as the league- closed: its se'asbn on November 20th •
With the end of football, basketball'quickly sprang up
with many teaIls .entering t;rie league competition • Games
were played un the macadam C(Jurt behind the AuJiturium•
This competition' fell th):'c>ugb even more quickly and com....
plete1.y when practically no one sh()wed upl .
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, ball terim was formed, with ";iilliam Con- ! nol1y,a Hoiy Cross graduate, as Coach,
. , and the Bridgeport Annory was secured as
the hop~ cuvrt. With barely two weeks
of practise, the team met and defeated
"Warren institute at Bridgeport on Janu-
: ary 18:tn.~' Its vnly oiher game was with
. EasteI]p ~Military Acadetl\Y, also at the
With Rev. Robert l~racDonneU as' l\lodera.,..home grounds, 'and this game was lost.
tor, the Student Council met .for the 'The', interest in Ping...·Pong, which h,a.s
first time on December 'l, 1947 .. Members lasted a:p. year, prompted tpe initial'
of the' Council were: tournaJ'l~nt which was oegun in January.
Neil Gearin : Sec. J.. After .some weeks cf play in v\hicih some
Francis Costellcl': Sec. B exc011er~t matches were played, Tom Fla-
Edward Flannery : Sec. C hertysllclceeded in defeating Bub Hall
Frank BelJko : Sec. D ' for the ~'chanllJionship; Rev. Francis
Harold Savard: Sec. E Buck, MttJerator, ,presented T0m with ,a'
Charles Atherton: Sec. F medal on March 6th. TIle Student Council
James Conklin : Sec ~G!did its bit i'¢r Ping:"Pcmg by mal):ing and
A constitution has been drawn cmd is enfurc:irfi.g playing-rules.
to ~e pres\(n~ed for alJvroval next ~.eek. rille. ~'irst organizing and planning
The Councll hCi.s promuted many activi- meeting :f6r Athletics was on March 6th,
ties uuring tht! year. The first big job when Fr. Buck outlined future plans for
was ,the very sw;:cessful Winter Carnival. 'the SP9rtS program. Five main points
Over 100 couples attended th~ dance when were . br~U:ght' (jut: .'
Miss Virgmia Maher was crowned' Snow . (1) A studen·t athletic commission
Queen. would be organized, consisting of intra-
"Hulas for Play" were instituted by mural ,and, varsity iilanagers, a burser, and
the Council to eliminate the crowded con- a publici;~y and corresponding mcinager •.'
di~ion of the Recreation Room •. And by (2).. Thi3re would ,be no football team
thls system ever:l one had an opportunity : for at least twv years. .
to use the Ping-Pong table. . '(3) Va~sity baseba~l woul~ begin in
Among the lesser c~ctivities, a Radio the Spring of 1949, while intramural
Club was formed through the S1,J.gge stion of .sports' VfoulJ continue permanently.
Al~ert r~akacs •. 1..],.1 s plans now include a I· (4)E'reshmCin-Sophomore basketball
Unlverslty Radlo Station. • I' will f,unction next year. Games ~villbe
. Dances vvith Good Counsel College and I played, a'Qiil1s,t Junior Cvlleges, with
Albertus Magnus College were arranged by ho~e gc:-mes at the Bridgeport Armory.
the Council, and the recent annual Pr~m I (5)' .1'rack will continue with competi:'"
Wi.~s also one of its projects. ,I' tion qgdinst other colleges.
During the past week a Bank Acco~t J Tra,ck (began in January and has proved
wa~ opened .~~ the .FCiirfiel.cl Branch Of. the to· be the·most successful of this year l s
Brl~geport Clty Trust Company with a de..:. sports. ~ ,Mr. Frp,ncis Toal, gru.dua.te and
poslt of .;p210 to the credit of ·the tlFair- f~rmer tr~ck star of Manhattan C0:~_1.:Jge,
~ield University Student Fund. Ii , This de. dld an. excellent job cf ccachinf:.'· o'1{~
po~it will be sUlJplemented by class dues i Mr. Victy,r Leeber, S.J.,.lvIollet';.)~:J:r','''as'
for the current term. i most act'ive in lJlamling eve)1~j < ' .i
!
Schaeffer, firqt at
the beach, and last
Gecrbe Ke~ne and his iron lungs
dr1jlNn.inb Gut Jviill UICvnnell in'the
:corner Gt the h,t'lC Room. At the sarne
tir,le Cunnin-gh2.l;t an.l, (j , Cvnncr are shcw,
in!:, each other what they don I t know in
:the t~st that's ccmini::. next period.
H,,:n'l~lil Soward anel Jim Ccnk'Lin (Who
_is still drearaint, i:l.Lout a irpl 3.n8S J but
,vihe lii.(n ~ t tcl.ke a ride 1lIltil June) being
,souGht out b.y Fr. lJacDcr.neJl' s latest.
John h0ckler (just }Jlain John) -
, ncthinb 1;1Ore nBeJ. Le s<::.id, ,
",be Innis sti.ll tryirib to· refoI'JU
Grant,. Gr o.tleast gtlt h:iJji tc. ca.rryon·
a ClJrlV;'3rs:~ ti\.~n •
:; Fr; ]'.:130cGillivra,Y s tanJinr:; nedr the
j. Health HuGm w,litinb fer SUlle ene to
~ brinL hL1· som,;: news.
Fr:wk Pric,p sitting :i.t the type'tiTite I'
tellin~; Fra:i1k Duvlin about the two-man
f(jotbL\.ll, teal:l he hilS at De,mu.
Ed FlmmBry chimine:: his buy can
take. J"e LGuis.-
Je8 Sullivan, tile v;,j,nishing American.
. Dave .Gc>o;'lspc:3ed" still a trif;Le 'deaf
- after tho se se. lar explera.tions in his
rccket ship. he fin:.i.Jl,r got the muffler
fi::zed" Had you nuticGd that Berch~
'mansi-ias skPIJed vibrating?
And thcJsa notices in r8J that Father
Vlals~l'd;?libhted in lJ()st~nL on the board?
Ther,e '.S 1'10 itlisslng a te st in Religion. '
Vin Bdrtelmo I s OvID recive fur cracking
a test?
N0~1 Geadl1 anJ his wunde rful Sl'lCJre
and tkuntryCl\ib.
Frarlk DiScaJ,a and his wCJnderful
BWilble'..Boogie. . '
JiIi~ Fl<~nCi.gan~ fur effort.
'l'hq:s e VVorClS c,f wiscic;;ill th<.1 ~ flowed
fror,1 Ff., LJ.ne;guth I slips, especLl.lly
abc ut Guts. '
l\n'..\J' Zaremski,. le:'irning hew to be a
f a th~n; b'y min-lint, his lm~dladyI sorats •
Joe, H::1.milt0n and i.ir. Let:lber whose
novenb.8 were q.nswered by the -Arnold win.
.Bob T.rler ~ whl; is e;ettinf, raarried •••
in fiva Jrears. He Is not theonljT 0ne. .
That scien~ific group Gver-interested
. in the c'u:tner: Herbere, Seclensky, Waters.
~ob"Ga!fnay, neyar tiring of pinning
nGtlCi.-::S about CY3'r-Jue beaks 0; And talking
Cl.b~;ut the Cre,ss I basketball team.
Th(;~e~ "Keep-Out-''YhilCl-Cleanj,rig'' signs
thut d:;.dn,lt !il€i:l.n anything.
DiCK 4",onarci cutting meat, maintainmE;
that John Garfi0ltl looks just the
Sdlne. "
FI.C:l.y,'tJugent, knGwinf:, how I feel about
girls I . mothers., -
Hc~urs'. killeJ i.i t the C(:Jlle ge TowriShop.
. The llttle.-used Fairfield Library, and
lts hi.st0ric 1,1useurn. -
hIr. Riel, still lookint, fGr the poet
CJf-S~ction G.
1a,mb, Riley, and
, Hollancll-s, first to
in the finals.
ArlJ finally, Jim Keating who is very
thi:l.nkftll you read hiln down tc the last.
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'L,qJ ·n1U1f!_,too
.young tc; go to the Pre'Ill.
Bill Lynch guiJing the lNhirl-pool button
tG kel:3p in shape for tr'ack. -
Bub (Abelard) Allard keeping the air-puro
with El Pre,ducta. -
Mike Bowler studying while wa.iting
for the train.
Ed Leonard wc!ndering 'whether he shoul:1
wait for Allu.rd vI' taLe the bus.
- . Those days of leng ago when FJ,Cl.herty,
Hall, and Fitzgerald held the Ping-Pong _
paddles all day long. N0w it Is lc)c,k out
fer Remlint
Red Hammer, Jolm Sullivan, and Tun
M~cCalla r;1E>.king the hard ones look -easy
(lIl practlse) on the uutside cGurt.
The 'big event vf uuI' year was , as we
hav~ inJicated, the regent Prom. , The
CoDncil acted wiselJT in asking Robert
Hall to act as chairma,n. BO\.,;l s untiring
efforts wera well re'warded- when 150 freshm,
en invaded (?) the Shore and
Country Club in NorwaJ,k for the uanceuf
the year.
_ The CC;lIDCil nc.:.s just alJbut ,cUIrl}Jletec(
its ~irst year of activity. E~ch student
is, in sume measure, responsible
for its success as an organizatie,n. The
fa c ulty, as well, a~~e to be cUH1mencle d
fer their, unfL,ltE~ringassistance, in...
valuable counsel and fine mora+ SUl)port.
Joseph Hamilton should also be L,iven
credit f(;r his consistent effcrt8 as
l,1cmaE;er. Th::3 tracic tedJ"l, und.cfeate;l
in tbree meets, has tettereJ. the Fairfield
Prepsters ':Jy t)1e s(;cre of 56--39,.
'i:lilford Prep lJy 96-8, al1d ;.rnoU Cel] eb8 '
on la.st Tuesday lJy b2·~42. In Ld.sl3.st
cvntest therel~y te~n set a n8~ record
for Alun\Ili Field; the. tiiae being 1;39,
SoftlJaJ,l preved to be the shc:rtust,~
lived spcJrt so far, lasting, cnl';'T a few
weeks before phtin£ out because of lack
of support~
It is tru':! that Fairfield Universit.r
was not invited tc the Pasadena PalladiWll
last January fi:r:s t, nor weI',:) we considered
fer the NCAA ur the Invitation
meets; even the Olympic'Bc.arJ pass8dus
by'. But a beginning has been made, and
that is the important item for the
~cord.
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