Stag - Vol. 20, No. 07 - October 30, 1968

              Vol 20 No. 7
First Open Discussion
Held With Mr. Griffin
By DAVID It
News llr"
'"nwt purpose of the director
of Student Services here at
Fairfteld is to serve as a repre­sentative
of the students to the
administration and a represen­tative
of the administration to
the students."
Flnt 01 A Sertee
October 30 1968
In the first of a series of
open meetings with students,
Mr. Robert K. Gri1fin, Director
of Student Serivces, noted that
"the students and the adminis­tration
have been· going in op­posite
directions. There has been
a delinlte lack of conununlcatlon
~ a lack of understanding be­tween
these two groups. That
is why I am here tonight
General Elections
Set for Nov. 6
"The administration is 'made
up of a board with representa­tives
from the various adminis­trative
areas of the university.
The director of Student Ser­vices
is the students' represen­tative
on this board and in this
capacity Is concerned with mak­ing
student life on the campus
as pleasant as possible. He t:an­not
slove any problems without
first knowing what they are.
"l have not come here tonight
to defend or justify anything
the administration has done. I
am here to find out what areas
of student concern I can help
in. I realize my position as an
administrator in making de­cisions,
but more importantly
I realize my role as a spokes­man
for the students.
"I don't know what all the
problems are but this forum is
a channel 80 that things can be
straightened out. I would not be
80 foolish. as to just give 30nle
yes and no answers but l will
try to work out complete an­swers
and lf necessary I will
contact other members of the
administration for answers. ·
BODHty Uld Sincerity
Studeota llltea at reeeat forum •••
"We will get no place, how­ever,
lt there is no confidence.
The only ti.me you accomplish
anything Is when people see that
you are honest and sincere. I
am an administrator and I do
have to make decisions, but I
have never pictured myself ln
an office giving out pat answers.
I must make judgments in the
best possible manner, and these
judgements must be based on
facta."
Since Mr. Griffin arrived
here, three years ago, he has
approached numerous class and
student government presidents
in attempts to get a free-flow­ing
discussion forum going but
all such attempts failed until
now. He has worked with the
Student Government trying to
make a strong organization
since he cannot personally deal
with seventeen hundred stu­dents.
Last year he personally
suggested to Michael Bocchini,
then Student Government presi­dent,
to set up a handbook com­mittee.
Po.ltlve Phlloeophy
During the discussion, Mr.
Gri1fin remarked, "I had wanted
CoDt.baued Oil Pap I
By GEORGE BRITI'ON
On Wednesday, November 6,
the Student Government will
hold general elections for all
representative positions. The
class of 1972 will also hold its
elections for class oiffcers.
The five On Campus represen­tative
positions in the class of
1969 will be filled by Richard
Makse, Thomas Moylan, Wil­liam
O'Brien, Wl,lliam O'Malley,
and in the day student category,
Richard Otto is the single can­didate
for election. L. Kevin
Mineo is running for the one
representative position for Com­muters.
Running for the two On Cam-
SDS: A SeH Analysis
By THE STAG EDITORS
In 1961 a small group of students withdrew from the old League for Industrial
Democracy and issued the Port Huron Statement at Port Huron, Michigan, bring­ing
into existence the Students for a Democratic Society. This document commit­ted
the new organization to political and social reform based upon the principle
of "participatory democracy - the principle that all political and social decisions
should be made with the active participation of those people who are affected by
them."
Homecoming Offers $100 Prize
Adherence to this principle in
Its own affairs has kept SDS
from becoming a unlfted organ­ization
on the national level.
Although there is a national
convention at which three na­tional
officers are elected, and a
national office in Chlc.ago, each
of the more than three hundred
campus chapters are complete­ly
autonomous regarding aims,
goals, methods and principles.
Over $100 In prizes will be
awarded during the festivities
of Homecoming '68 on the
weekend of November 8, 9, and
10.
A $100 prize will be given to
the ll'OUP. club, class, dormi­tory,
floor, or individual that
builds the most artistic, crea­tive,
and imaginative display.
For further details concerning
the Display Contest contact
either Steve Carre at 259-4374
or Bud Chase at 259-2502.
A free package deal will be
lfven to the escort of the girl
who is crowned Queen. To enter
your date in the Queen's Con-test
submit her picture with
your name, yota' address, her
name, and her school to Greg
Seaman, Box 1403 by Friday,
Nov. 1st
Homecoming '68 kicks-off on
Thursday evening, November
7th with a huge rally and bon­fire.
Friday · evening, November
8th will see the Lettermen in
concert in the Gymnasium.
WICC disc jockey Vinnie Rob­erts
will be the Master of Cere­monies
for the evening and will
introduce the lucky girls In the
Queen's Contest during inter­mission.
Saturday afternoon, Novem­ber
9th will pit the Falrfteld
"Red Stag'' Football Club in a
sure to be exciting clash with
the Gaels of lona College.
Saturday eevnlng the Wood­land
Inn in Stratford will be
the site of the Homecoming '68
Semi-Formal Ball with the
fantastic Four-Fifths of New
York City providing the music.
Sunday Bruch will be served
in the Campus Center Mezzan­ine
Lounge with the Campus
Minstrels and the Bensonians
presenting the entertainment.
Package deals for Homecom­ing
'68 are $18 and are on sale
dally in the Campus Center.
DeceatrallutloD
Of the thirty-five thousand
SDS members, on]y s e v en
thousand belong to the national
organization. It is possible that
a failure of non-members to
understand this radical decen­tralization
in SDS Is partly re­sponsible
for the widespread
public antipathy towards the
organization, and which allows
Oolltaaae4 • Pace a
pus representative poaitlons of
the class of 1970 are: John Har­rington,
Willlam Reilly, Michael
McVerry.
The candidates seeking to 611
the one On Campus representa­tive
positions from the class of
1971 are: Stephen Daur, Wil­liam
Manthey, Richard Militel­lo,
Thomas M 1 t c h e 11, and
John Leddy. The position for
Off Campus representative is
un6lled.
Candidates for the position of
President of the class of 1972
are: Michael SanFilippo, N.
Barrett Quinn, Edward Bar­beau,
Stephen Ferri and Frank
Cappuccio. Running for Vice­President
are: James Shuhie,
Joseph Malglerl, John Hollteld­er,
and Joseph Berardino. Run-
. ning for the office of Secretary
are: Robert Roy, and Arthur
Gallagher. Running for the of­fice
of Treasurer are: Joseph
Puzzo. and Charles Frlssom..
Running for the nine posi­tions
of On Campus represettta­tives
for the class of 1972 are:
John Zreblec, Thomas Sobocin­ski,
Mark Silvester, William
Rogers, John Philllps, David
O'Connor, Gregory O'Brien,
James Morrow, J. Oakey Mc­Knight,
Willlam Luddy, Thomas
Kwasniak, Paul Kendrick, Her­bert
Keating, Brad Heger, Den­nis
Gallagher, Roger Fox, Ron­ald
DePietro, Stephen ·Dormer,
James Donahue, Raymond Cor­by,
Frank Cappuccio.
Freshman running fDr the
two Day Student representa­tives
positions are: Anthony
McDonald, Frank Flerrrionte,
and Ralph Burt Running for the
one At Large representative po­sition
are: Peter Sheeran. and
Michael Pema.
The executive position of
Treasurer of the Student Gov­ernment
will be ftlled by Thom­as
Mannion '70, as he la the
on]y student who died a petition
for this offtce.
Page Two THI STAe October 30 1968
Campus News Significance of the SDSI
CIIBISTIAN LIVING
WEEIDtND
On ~e weekend of November
22, 23, and 24 Fr. Albert F.
Reddy, S. J ., wlll again hold a
"Weekend in Christian LiviJl&."
Not a retreat, the weekend will
center around group discussions
of Ideas pertinent to Christian
life. For further details, inter­ested
students ·should contact
Larr)' Prud'homme, Box 1248,
New Dorm 112, 259-9295. • • •
WALKING BACJC
On Wednesday, Nov. 6, the
Fairfield University Playhouse
will hold a "Phlladelphla, Here
I Come" walkin& race. 'lbe race
is llmlted to 50 contestants and
the winner will receive a prize
of goo.d cheer from PhUadel­ph,
ia. The rules for the race are
as . follows: no running. Post
time wlll be 3 :30. The race will
beetn at Xavier and end by the"
PlayhoUse. Students may :~lin
up Wednesday and Thursday,
Oct. 30.and 31, at the lunch and
dinner hours in the Campua
Center. • • •
DENTAL .BESEABCB
For the fttth consecutive year
the American Dental Associ&•
tion Is sponsoring the Program
in Dental Research for College
Students under a grant from
the National Institute of Dental
Research. This pr.ogram makes
It poulble for selected pre-bac­calaureate
college students to
st)end 10 weeks in the labora­tory
of a senior dental scientist
wlio is. workln& in the field of
the student's career interest.
·n.~ ove~ objective of the
program is to Identify excep­tional
students and to furnish
insight. throuah a direct ex­perience,
into the challenges
that exist in oral biology and
related research. Since the
scope of modem-day oral re­search
encompasses almost the
enUre spectrum of basic science
disciplines, thi4 program w~uld
be of interest to those ~tudents
plannlpg to work t9Ward ad­v~
ced degrees in. the biological,
physical, and behavioral !ICI·
ences as well as students ori­ented
toward medicine and den­tistry.
Successful candidates will be
placed in the laboratories of
senior dental scientists who can
provide training opportunities in
a fteld of research related to
dentistry that is within the ex­pressed
primary intereat ol
each student. The program pro­vides
a stipend of $700 to the
student for his maintenance
durin& a period of 10 weeks in
the sununer and transportation
to the lnstltution where he will
work. It further provides round­trip
transportation to a conler·
ence of the students which will
be held in August for the pur­pose
of communicating their ex­periences
and giving the Ad­visory
Committee an opportuni­ty
to evaluate the success of the
program this year.
The deadline for application
for the Program in Dental Re­search
for College Students Is
February 15, 1969. Information
and application kits are avail­able
from:
Donald Ross
Falr.fte l.d U.. niversity
PHI KAPPA THETA
"The uniqueness of the fra-ternity
experience lies in Its
range of activities and friend­ships,
found in no other cam­pus
organization," said Presi­dent
Frank Olah last Monday
to PKT's incoming pledge class.
The pledge initiation, held in
Canisius Hall, marks the ;tart
of a ten week program of edu­cation
in the history and ideals
of the fraternity and that elu­sive
entity called brotherhood,
as well as participation in the
group's activities.
A coffee social followed at
which attending alumni were in­troduced
to the ft~dgllng Kaps.
• • •
SENIOR OLASS GIFT
'lbe Senior Class Gift survey
is due by this Friday. Bernie
Price, '69 Vice President, urges
all to ftll out the form, regard­less
of some of the events of
the past four years. '"nlis is
some~'!ing we will leave that
might ht?!.P '.hose behind us to
have a better four years," notes
Mr. Price.
C•tbaaed from Pap 1
certain chapters - eg., Colum­bia's
- to determine public at­titudes
towards the entire or­ganization.
What, then, is the signlftcance
of the existence of ari SDS
chapter at Fairfield? The Stag
has undertaken to answer that
question. The following is SDS's
. explanation of how it sees it­self
here, drawn from inter­views
with many students active
in the local chapter, especially
those who have been involved
with "the movement". for sever­al
years and who have emerged
as the leadership of the SDS
group at Fairfield.
New AeUvbt Pbue
The establishment of a chap.
ter of the Students for a Dem­ocratic
Society at Fairfield
marks the beginning of a new
phase In the development of the
activist student movement on
this campus. 'lbe "movement"
has been buJlding here for sev­eral
years now, and this Is the
ftrst year that Its several roots
Legislature Passes
Grants, Appointments
By DAVID DZUREC
New. Eclltor
Last Thursday evening, in
the shortest Legislature meet­ing
this year, six bills were
passed into law without any
debate. Called into session at
9:15 p.m. by Legislature Presi­dent
Donald Mcinerney, the
meeting began with a closed
conference in which appoint­ments
for the Academic Forum
were accepted. Appointees were
Kevin Kelley, '70, Drew Draves,
'70, Michael Morrissey, '69,
John Shields, '71, Jay Walker,
'71, and William Zolenskl, •n.
YIC Graa&
The second bill proposed and
passed was a grant to the Y·IC
for $1,000. This amount will be
given to the YIC with the stipu­lation
that aU its members pay
their Student Government ac­tivities
fee. Donald DeFronzo,
'70, ·sponsored the bill.
The Class of '71 was given
$100 to pay a debt incurred last
year. This amount was author­ized
by the '69-'69 budget of
the Student Government.
Other financial business in­cluded
an appropriation to the
various committees of the Stu­dent
Government for a total of
$11,770. The most noticeable
expenditures are $4,000 to so­cial
PI'Oir&JDI, $2,000 for speak­ers,
and $3,000 for covemment
loans.
In other action taken the con­stitution
and by-laws of the
Fail'lfield University Y o u n g
Democratic Club were ap.
proved.
The last bill passed which
was not on the original agenda
allows any student who has
paid his activities fee to use
the Student Government mimeo­graph
machine at a cost of ten
cents per ream of paper run
off. Each Individual must pro­vide
his own paper and ftnished
stencil. The machine's opera­tion
must be under the super­vision
of an authorized Student
Government representative and
is effective bnmediately.
The meeting closed at 9:40
p.m.
Computer Club Holds Meeting
An organiz~tional meeting for a campus Computer Club was
held recently with 35 students in attendance. The mM -1500 In­structional
system, which came on campus this past sununer, was
described by the club moderator, Dr. John C. MacDonald.
Computer Ooacem
Dr. MacDonald noted that 1t
was Imperative for those inter­ested
in modem education to
concern themselves with the
computer, giving as an example
the presence of computer ter­minals
in many Connecticut
high schools, and at the college
level by the fact that more than
80 percent of entertne fresh.
men at Dartmouth take a course
in computer sciences.
The Director of the computer
facility at Falrfteld Is Dr. John
Schurdak who has set aside
computer tfme at the eicht
cathode ray terminals for mem­bers
of the Computer Club.
Computer courses are available
to all Fairfield students. Any
student interested may sign up
by consulting his faculty de­partment
representative, whose
name is available from his de­partment
chairman.
OouUtuttoa
Several students are present­ly
drawing up a constitution for
the Computer Club and inter­ested
students may become In­volved
by contactinc the club
moderator.
have converced to make radi­calism
a viable force in th1a
University.
The most Important of these
was the opposition to the war
in Vietnam, which first made It­self
felt here early In 1967. As
more and more students became
disillusioned with thia country's
conduct In Southeast Asia and
with the ineffectiveness of the
traditional channels of reform,
they began to open their minds
to the possibility that the hope
for chance rested in radical ac­tion
- for example, in taking
to the streets to demonatrate
their opposition to the war and
confront an apathetic public
with the issues, raising ques­tions
and forcing us to take a
stand. Gradually, the feel.lne
that the war was some kind of
perversion of traditional Ameri­can
values gave way to the
view that it was actually the
logical outcome of a system of
priorities and values that have
become firmly entrenched in
American society.
P'lmdamental Qlaagea
The failure of liberal rbetorie
and stopcap pro g r am s to
squarely face the needs ot the
disadvantaged minorities further
convinced many that funda­mental
changes are needed If
America is to survive as a free
society. Furthermore, it became
evident that such changes would
not come about as a result of
liberal action through the es­tablished
channels, for they are
controlled by those who are now
in power and who therefore
have a vested interest in the
status quo. 'lbe only alternatives
left were revolution - the
wholesale destruction of the
current social system with the
hope that something better
could arise from the ashes -
or radical action, seeking to
change the system for the better
by stepping outside of it to
point out its faults and bring
pressure through w h a t e v e r
methods are available to remedy
them.
One thing, then, which charac­terizes
the members of SDS Is
a perception of American so­ciety
as a system which is no
longer responsive to the needs
and desires of the average man,
and which sees people only in
terms of their use as functional
units in the system, and the
conviction that this system
must be fundamentally altered
to make it fit for human babl­tation.
Sabvertecl By System
The question then arises,
what is the tuction of a radi­cal
action group at a university
Birth Control
Coatllluecl from Pace I
functions. Finally, Dr. Marra
summed up the problem as "one
of the most duticult questions
in modem theology."
This short question and an­swer
period which followed the
two speaches, aired but a few of
the desired questions and was
stretched into an informal
"question-over-cotree" hour.
- particularly this university?
To the membership of SDS, the
university is an institution
which has become subverted by
the corrupt system in which it
exists. Rather than attempting
to teach students to question
what occurs around them and
to seek excellence, it baa be­come
a means by which individ­uals
are treated as raw materi­al
to be processed into parts of
the huge social machine which
our society has become.
"Subverted by financial mat­ters
- federal crants. corpor­ate
contributions, etc. - it has
surrendered its educative func­tion
to tum out rows upon rows
of faceless, non-thinJdng, non­critical
technocrats who will go
through life helping to maintain
the system and aJ.lits inhumani­ty.
SDS is not out to make
noise for Its own sake, but if
refusing to submit to such arbi­trary
and unjustlfted authority
means rock1n& the boat a bit,
then SDS is ready to start rock·
inc.
Reaecta IPs
An example of how the instl·
tution reflects the ills of society
Is offl'red by the recent Issue of
1 ns tit u t1 onal racism. Not
tbrouah bJgotry, but simply by
following the accepted pattern
of society, which determines
that education coes to those
who can ftnanctal.ly a1ford it
and who have beeu prepared by
the best elements of a school
system that is Inherently un­equal
in Its treatment of the
underprivileged mIn o ri t i e s,
Fairfteld unconsciously conuib­utes
to the continuance of the
status quo. Every black who is
not admitted to Fairfield be­cause
of a substandard prepara­tion
in high school is one more
lou to the black community in
terms of its potential for edu·
cated leadership. But Fairfteld
has yet to make the committ·
ment necessary to change thil
aspect of society, and so shares
the guilt for its continuance ..
The same is true of the whole
educational system as it oper­ates
here. For every student
who Is trained to submit him­self
unquestionably to the sys­tem
as it now stands, there Is
one less person who could have
been working for the changes
which American society needs.
Need For Belorm
SDS, then, feels that Ameri­can
society needs fundamental
reform, and that right here is
as good a place as any to start
to work for it. Also, because of
the situation that exists within
the system, that change can
only come about by working
outside the usual channels, by
bringing pressure and educatlnl
people with whatever means
are available. Whether "the
Movement•• shall have a con­structive
or a destructive effect
on society, just as whether SDS
shall have a conStructive or de­structive
effect upon Fairfield,
depends in a great measure on
how the majority of people who
are now either conaclously or
unconsciously part of the "sys­tem"
react to it. SDS doesn't
pretend to have all the answers,
but it has raised the questions.
It Is up to eveeyone to try to
answer them.
'
OetoiMr 30, 1968 THE STAG
Birth Control Forum:-Conscience vs. Obedience
B7 DAVID Mcvrrro:
"The Pope's encyclical waa
supposed to end controversy,
but since its publication on
July 29, 1968, there has been
more controversy, more discus­sion,
more debate, and more dis­sension."
This was Fr. Vin­cent
Bums, S.J .'s estlrnatlon of
the ~xlstlng situation resulting
from Pope Paul VI's ~.
H111DAD8e VItae. Fr. Burns was
the moderator of a debate, in
the Oak Room. between Dr. Wil­liam
MatTa, who defended the
papal decree, and Rev. John
Conigan, who defended the use
of one's conscience with regard
to birth controL
Dr. MatTa, a philosophy pro­fessor
at Fordham University,
was the ftrst to speak, and
stated, "I in no way say con-
DB. WU,JJAM A. MARRA
traception is murder." However,
he went on to emphasize that
those who use contraceptives
"presume dominion over an
area which ls not theirs.'' Dr.
Marra here compared contra­ception
to euthanasia, pointing
out that the latter presumes
domination over the end of life,
and the former, over the begin­ing
of lffe.
lrrevereaee
Dr. Marra did make a dis­tinction
as to what sin is com­mitted
by those who practice
contraception. "Contraception Js
not a sin of irreverence," he in­sisted,
"but rather the sin of
irreverence.'' This statement
applied to those users who do
so with the best intentions. The
philosopher also mentioned the
rightful prerogative of fearing
Views Presented on
Constitutional Change
B)' COLIN KILEY
The bill proposed in the second Student Legislature meeting of the year will
be submitted to the Student Association for approval or rejection on the same day
as· the government elections scheduled for November 6.
The . bill in . effect, aays that
the S~clent Government wlll
no longer submit any amend­ment
or revision of its Consti­tution
to the Administration of
Falrfteld University for approv­al;
Thus, all actions of the Stu­dent
Legislature are ftna1 and
the admln.lstration bas DO con­trol
over . tl)em.
itadeJlt Aatoaom,y
Roger A. Grigg who voted in
favor of t,be bill passed at the
legialative meeting made some
COI'IUPeDts on the proposals.
''What I feel the Student Gov•
ernment 1s looklni for Is stu­dent
· autonomy over student
matters, the faculty should have
autonomy over faculty matters,
for example they should be able
to teach courses how they feel
1s .be$t, z.t the same token the
administration should have au­tonomy
over administrative mat­ters.
They should decide oiUCh
things as admissions require­ments,
grade requirements and
curriculum requirements or in
other words the general direc­tion
of the University should be
theirs. They ahould not be con­cerned
about the 7~ of students
who don't wear sockl or wear
dungarees.••
lllr. Grtmll, Director ot SIU·
cleat Se,rvicN, JaacJ t1aeee com·
meDta • make &boat tbe BW
of BIPta. Tile admlnktradve
cbaap propouls prtated In Tile
Stac two weeks ~o were tlae
.an-Uou wblcb be JaacJ made
blluelf. lllr. GrUnD expreMeel
tba& be wu t&kea qalte an·
aware wben be saw tbe sue·
~ wblcb be JaacJ made oa
aa bafonaal bula tunaed Into
a formal dOClWDeat. He explain·
ed tlae altaatloll tb1s ~. "Laat
year PhD Howe approubed me
aDd requested tba& I make aome
IUOMtlou oa the propouls.
Wlaea I sa& dOWJa with blm I
cUd .. atrle~ oa aa baformal
..... u aa ladlvldaal aot M aa
admlaJatrator ·"
The ebaqes 1n the Bill of
Rights by Mr. Gritfin were also
jusWlecl "'lba.e chan1es were
for cooslsteney," he sald. For
~ple. be pointed out that
the change ui the word "Asso­ciation"
to "Government" was
due to the fact that the word
government had appeared pre­viously
and association had !'lot.
This change would then be con­sistent
with the entire constitu­tion.
Pat.enaallam
He also said, ''I will continue
to be accused of paternalism
and the like because students
too often fail to see the other
side of the coin." He gave a
concrete example. "Students
now wish to divorce their ac­tions
outside the campus from
the school yet it would be the
same students who if pulled .into
jail would expect the school to
bail them out and appear in
court with them. We realize in
something like this that we are
not taking the place of the par­ent
but it would be our respon­sibility
since it would be ter­ribly
inconvenient for a parent
who lives 200 miles from the
campus .. Who then are we pro­tecting?"
He went on further to say
that the administration itself
had done nothing about the Bill
of Rights since they have not
~ approached. "'11\e only
thing I was told was that there
had been some students who
claimed they tried to make an
appoinbnent and were not able
to do so until the date of Oc­tober
lOth. This is not true be-cause
there never has been any­one
who has not been able to
see me within twenty four
hours."
MlsrepreeentaUoa
Mr. Philip Howe agreed with
Mr. GriJfin, "The Stac entirely
misrepresented the situation,
Mr. GriJfin's comments were
made at my request.'' The ad­min.
istrative board members of
the University were all given
copies of the proposals but Mr.
Howe wished first to conduct
an informal study.
Mr. Howe was asked then,
how did Mr. Grilfin's informal
suggestion which appeared as
fonnallzed administrative docq-ment
get printed. "I gave a
copy of the GriJfin suggestion
to Donald De Fronzo and
Thomas Gleason who were to
see Mr. Grilfin. They returned
to me and said they could not
see Mr. Griffin until October
lOth. Mr. Griffin's secretary
said that there never was !!Uch
a request made from these men
for an appoinbnenl"
D.l.sculelon Needed
Mr. Howe added thal he does
not go along with the proced11re
being used to circumvent the
Administration. "In a one-hand­ed
unilateral rude fashion some
students wish to take control.
They want responsibility but are
not willing to achieve it through
responsible means.'' Finally he
said, "I think if someone sat
down with Mr. Grltfin besides
myself the whole situation could
be straightened out. I do, how­ever,
realize that this would
probably take too much steam
out of those who are trying to
take over."
omce ctoeecJ
Donald De Fronzo and Thom·
as Gleason defended their ac­tions
concerning the Bill of
Rights. They pointed out that
they had made an attempt to
see Mr. Griffin but a sign on
the door stated that the Direc­tor
of Student Services was not
seeing any students until Oc­tober
10 since he was in the
process of moving his olfice
from Canlsius to Xavier Hall.
Mr. DeFronzo commented on
the appearance of Mr. Griffin's
version of the Bill of Rights
saying, "Mr. Grilfin, by virtue
of the submission of his sug­gested
Bill of Rights to Mr.
Howe in elfect made it public.
Even though Mr. Howe falls to
realJze that in a decision c-on­cerning
students, student opin­ion
Is the paramount considera­tion.
The fact remalns that
some of those who wrote the
Bill of Rights do, at times, tend
to think of students ftrst and
not compromises made behind
cl<lled doors."
REV. JOliN E. COBBIGAN
conception, and hoping and
praying that it does not occur.
"We have to put aside our
principles and do the right
thing." This was Fr. Corrilan's
paradoxical statement concern­ing
his stand. The chairman of
the Association of Washington
Priests and leader of a public
dissent concerning this subject,
argued his point on somewhat
ditferent lines than did the pro­ceeding
speaker.
Key Word: Love
Of the th.ree moralities: ex­istentialistic,
ethic, and legalis­tic,
Fr. Corrigan advocated the
second. The key word for ethics
is "Love" and the key action is
"doing the most loving thing in
your situation." He asked that
we drop the "God is a tyrant"
view where "to do the deed Is
WVOF
to commit sin" no matter what
tbe reasons.
The lines of argument be­tween
Mr. Marra and Fr. Cor­rigan
did cross, however, on the
point of the Church's authority
and the infallibility of the
Pope's decree. Fr. Corrigan be­lleves
that "the Church is a
guide" and one must rely on his
conscience for the fmal answer
in morality.
The Washington priest also
emphasized the existence of ex­ceptions
and reminded the au- ..
dlence that "exceptions must
always be faced.'' On the same
subject, Dr. Marra stated that
in a case such as this that, "the
only time you can evoke con­science,
is if in following the
decree you would sin."
The Fordham professor be­lieves
that "the conscience does
not discover good or evil, but
nags us to do good and avoid
evil" and "that what sin is, is
discovered by learning."
Both speakers made the point
that the weight of the prelate's
decree is uncertain, but Dr.
MatTa claimed this uncertainty
to be irrelevant to the question
of birth control.
Accldental Sanctloa
During the question-answer
period, Fr. Corrigan was asked
how he got involved in this
open dissent. The sanctioned
priest answered, "We got into
this by accident!" Fr. Corrigan,
along with 53 other clerics, is
now forbidden the right to pub­licly
perform their priesUy
OonUaaed oa Pap I
Offers
Election Special
WVOF, the Fairfield University radio station, has announced
plans for a special election night broadcast. The program, EleeUon
1968, will begin at 7:00 p.m. on election night and will conclu4e
sometime after victory and defeat speeches of the major presi­de.
ntial candidates have been broadcast.
For the first tlrne in its
history, WVOF Radio will be
linked with each of the three
major broadcasting networks,
as well as local radio stations.
The use of such combined facili­ties
will enable WVOF to broad­cast
voting returns as soon as
they are reported by each dis­trict,
county and state. In addi­tion,
WVOF will carry live all
major events from their point
of origin, and will visit the na­tional
headquarte.rs of each
party.
To help give a better analy­sis
of voting returns, WVOF
will have as its guests John
Sullivan, First Selectman of
Fairfield, John Kemish, First
Selectman of Westport, br.
James Kellis, Fairfield Town
Chairman, and representatives
of each of the major parties. In
addition, various political ex­perts
from the Fairfield Uni­versity
faculty will olfer their
opinions on the election returns.
EleetloD 1868, WVOF's most
ambitious effort to date, is ex­pected
to provide listeners with
one of the most complete and
complex election night reports
of any radio sattion. It will
mark the first time that WVOF
will become a part of a na\lon­al
broadcasting network, and
will exhibit the giant strides
that WVOF has taken since its
founding three short years ago.
Manchester's Boosts Cheerleaders
Manchester's Texaco Station wlll donate a day's profits from
all the gas sold on Wednesday, October 30 to benefit the Univer­sity
Cheerleaders and the Booster Club.
Manchester's Texaco Station -----------­located
on 808 Post Road at games this year and in the
years to come.
the comer of North Benson Mr. Ray Manchester and his
Road in Fairfield will be open men have volunteered to do all .
from nine in the morning till the work in the gas station in
six at night. an effort to help the Cheer-
The funds raised from this leaders and the Booster Club
day will be used to purchase a instill more spirit in the follow­stag
outfit, which will be used ers of Faritleld U n i v e r sit y
in the football and basketball sports.
Up Against~~
The Wall
.. Under the spreading chestnut tree
I 60ld you and you sold me."
• pardon DnY plage~.
A. Winston Smith raised the bottle to his mouth and took
another slug of Victory Gin. Looking out the window, he regarded
the bleak plain of Oceania University fifty miles from New York,
Capitol City of Airstrip 3. Drinking was forbidden in the tene­ments
and one had to be careful for two members of the Inner
Party designated by the Thought Police as Prefects were billeted
at the end of the hall.
Outside, students were walking to the mess hall on the second
ftoor of the Ministry of Plenty. Nearby in the Ministry of Truth
the Inner Party was constantly at work. Smith as a student and
a member of the Outer Party was often in this building but never
knew what transpired there. Diagonally across from this building
was the Ministry 9t Love where 1•"- ..,· ot the new Outer Party
was billeted Below the tower of this large building was the office
of the Thought Police controlled by the Director of Student Ser·
vitude located in the Ministry of Truth. Smith knew even less of
the function of this, the most sinister of the Directories.
Winston flicked his Victory cigarette out the window. As he
watched it fall to the ground, he began to doublethink. First, he
thought of his job in the Ministry of Trut;tt, learning and rewriting
the facts. "bb dayorder doubleplusungood re.fs unpersons rewrite
fullwlse antefilling."
Smith then thought of the past. There had once long ago been
a student newspaper called The Stag, and Smith had several old
stolen copies. He had found these copies while functioning in his
position as President of the Association for the Propagation of
the Administration, once known as the Student Government. These
copies of the paper were dated October 1968, sixteen years tn the
past. They told of the Student Government fighting for the rights
of the students, of the subsequent abolition of this body, the end
of the newspaper and the beginning of Ingsoc, the rule of the
Inner Party. This all ended here and Smith knew nothing more
of the past. He had, however, in one of these copies, the first
statements of Ingsoc, printed on the second page· of an October
issue. It had been revised a thousand times since then and now
in 1984,
Big Brother is all. All is Big Brother.
The past of the student fight for power was meaningless to
him under Ingsoc; no free press, no government, no rights, only
lngsoc. Back in 1968 the administration of that time had become
tully repressive and following "'The Suggested Bill of Rights'' now
lngsoc had destroyed all freedom, all humanity, all trust. lngsoc
was god, Big Brother was power.
Smith took another belt of the Victory Gin. He knew the
truth of the past. He had committed doublethink, he had thought,
he was a dead man. But Smith thought of Big Brother. Ah Big
Brother, dressed in flowing black, P.r!de of Oceania. His achieve­ments
were many, new tenements, new science factories, new in·
novations. But Smith knew the truth. Big Bro•her was not one
man but a whole group of the Inner Party who over the years
since 1968 had transformed the fascist repression of the past into
total control over the student Outer Party.
Smith began to cry and moving to the window screamed out
above Victory Quadrangle "Down with Big Brother, Down with
Big Brother, Down with Big Brother." He slumped to the floor. It
was all useless. It was all hopeless. There was a knock at the
door. It was the Thought Police, coming to recondition him in the
principles of Ingsoc. But as Smith was dragged from the room
he remembered a columnist for the long dead Stag had once writ­ten
a story as fiction that was similar to his plight He also re­membered
a scribbling on one of the old dog-eared issues written
years before, something from a man named Marks or something.
A. Winston Smith, student of Ingsoc, looked back to the put and
screamed out as he was being dragged down the ball,
"STUDENTS UNITE. YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE
Bt.rr YOUR CHAINS - DOWN WITH
BIG BRO'niER
THE STAS October 30, '1968
The Constitution: Apology & Suggestion
'
'I'wo weeks ago we chastised "the Administration" for what we,
at the time, felt to be a deliberate attempt to replace the student
proposed Student Government Constitution with a revised version
favorable to the Administration. This was not the case and we feel
that we owe a formal apology to the Administration, particularly to
Mr. Robert Griffin, for this misrepresentation of the facts. We have,
however, finally compiled the "facts" about the proposed constitution
and strongly feel that our overreaction is somewhat understandable in
light of them.
It ia a fact that the Student Government proposed constitution
has never been fonnally submitted tD the Administration by the Con­stitutional
Commission Chainnan..
It is also a fact that the "revised" Bill of Rights that appeared
in print two weeks ago was simply a list of suggestions casually pre­sented
by Mr. Griffin at the request of the Constitutional Commission
Chairman. Moreover, these suggestions were in no way meant as a
formal reply to the student-proposed document simply because that
document. itself was not presented as a finalized draft. Needless to
say, these suggestions should never have been printed.
It is a fact that the Constitutional Commission has never been
'dissolved and the chairman of that commission is none other than
Philip Howe who is now Student Government President. But in what
capacity has Mr. Howe been acting in regard to the constitution prob­lem
·- as Constitutional Commission Chairman or as Student Gov­ernment
President?
In the March 4, 1968 issue of The Stag Mr. Howe was quoted as
saying that as CC Chairman he would bring the constitution to the
Administration and "If they don't accept parts of it, or if they find
structural flaws, we will certainly take suggestions." And this he has
done. ·
However, ih his Presidential platform Mr. Howe promised to "be
the chief demonstrato:r for the Student Association, that is, to use my
(his) office and powers as a means to convey the demands of the
Student Association to the Administration." And this he has not done.
The students have demanded a new constitution. Had Mr. Howe
acted in his capacity as Student Government President he certainly
would have presented the constitution formally to the Administration.
He has had three months to do it in.
Mr. Howe has recently launched attacks upon the legislators
'Yes' on Novembe.r 6
Barring unforeseen circumstances, the student body wili be
asked in a referendum o~ November 6 whether to approve an amend­ment
to the current Constitution of the Student Government which
removes Administration objections as a barrier to passage of the new
Constitution, which is still waiting in the wings (see our first edtorial).
The Stag endorses a "Yes" vote on the referendum, and we urge
as massive a student turnout as possible to make the mandate un­mistakable.
We do so primarily on technical grounds. since the Con­stitution
has been mishandled on all sides and positions have been
misrepresented all along, even by The Stag. It would be both tragie
and silly for the amendment to provoke a confrontation between stu·
dents and administrators into which both sides merely drifted. But
the fact that neither the Student Government President nor the
Legislature have "done their homework" on this issue should not
preclude an affirmative vote on the principle behind the referendum.
That principle is, as stated by Lewis B. Mayhew of the Higher
Education Association, that "Students should have the power of self­determination
over their private lives." Here at Fairfield, that means
the Student Government must become self-sufficient, an autonomous
organization representing the students' interests to the rest of the
community, not a mock government designed to entertain. Let it be
clear· from this vote that Fairfield University cannot exist for one
moment without its students: they shape its complexion and its future,
and if they are dissatisfied the university must reform itself and not
bid them leave. And let it be clear, particularly to the Administration,
that our morality and their security are not the same, that running a
school and running its students' lives are not the same, that "ma­turity"
and "responsibilitY" can come to the student body only after
it has grasped its share of power, and that this school will not fall
apart at the seams the moment its students become emancipated. If
that is clear, progress and not confrontation will come to Fairfield
with a "Yes" vote.
who proposed the amendment which will enable the student body to
ratify the Constitution themselves and upon The Stag for blowing
Mr. Griffin's suggestions out of proportion. Having now publicly
apologized for our actions we feel that Mr. Howe himself owes formal
apologies for not following through on his two-fold platform promise
to: one, "give monthly reports over WVOF and use both Focus and
The Stag as news outlets" and, two, "to report all successes and
failures to the Student Association through the news media."
We feel, further, that it is impossible for Mr. Howe to operate
in both positions with any amount of effectiveness in either. We there·
fore urge the following steps to remedy a very messy situation:
1. the dissolution of the present Constitutional Commission;
2. the passage of the proposed Constitutional amendment that
would make only the students' approval necessaty to put the new
constitution into effect (see related editorial) ;
3. the submission ·of the new Constitution for the approval of
the student body;
4. if approved. the presentation of the Constitution to the Ad­ministration,
not for its approval, but as fait accompli.
5. if rejected, the establishment of a new Constitutional Com­mission
to work out an acceptable draft to be submitted again to the
student body.
We hope that the legislature, the student body and Mr. Howe
give these suggestions serious consideration as a pre-requisite to stu­dent
unity. It is time for the activists to seek the assistance. of those
who, either out of fear or ignorance. have alienated themselves from
the movement for liberalization of the current institutional set-up. It
is time for the student body to judge the actions of such groups as
the Young Democrats. Youth Interracial Council and Students for a
Democratic Society in terms of their individual merits as groups
rather than the individual personalities of their members. It is indeed
a time for student unity.
In Poor Taste
The demonstration which was held by the members of the SDS
at the . recent Progress Dinner was in extremely poor taste and the
leaflets which they passed out to the people attending presented the
facts in a distorted manner.
In the paper which they distributed, Mr. Robert Cook was
quoted as saying, "General Electric recently was found guilty and
thirty of their executives found guilty of conspiring to violate the
anti-trust law."
The truth is, this "recent" infraction occurred in 196·l. Mr.
Gerald Phillippe, former Chairman of the Board of General Electric,
was called in after this conspiracy to straighten out the business, and
was made Board Chairman in 1963.
It was in poor taste, because it appeared to be a verbal attack
against a dead man who was unable to defend himself or his com­pany
that night. Some of the backers of the demonstration might reply
that it was not a personal attack :· but any attack against a company
cannot help but hit its highest officer.
Mr. Phillippe would be a curious man for anyone to attack. He
was founder of the Urban Coalition, a national alliance of business,
labor, municipal, religious and civil rights leaders to help disad­vantaged
communities.
It was just a few weeks ago that picketing was going on by
many of these same people in an effort to help their black brothers;
does it make any sense for them to attack a man who had done so
much to help remove the blot of racial discri~ination?
The speech which Mr. Phillippe prepared to give at the Progress
Dinner was intended to suggest that _the community action programs
being mounted to battle slum problems might "reshape our whole
environment." Is this the type of man that college students who "give
a damn" are out to disgrace?
Perhaps it might be wise in the future for the SDS, or anyone
else who is planning a demonstration on campus, to examine their
subject a lot more carefully. If these are many more baseless demon­strations
like this, no one will listen when demonstrators have legiti­mate
gripes. Remember that old story about the boy that cried wolf
to9 many times?
I LI:J1'ERS TO THE EDITOR l
Time For A Change
To the Editor:
Certainly it is time for a change -
time for us, in the words of Walter
Lippman, "to come alive and to be ~tlert,
and not to keep mouthing the same old
slogans, and not to dawdle along in the
same old ruts."
The primary concerns of the SDS on
campus have been concentrated around
three national storm centers: the Viet­nam
War, race relations, and our own
educations. SDS says, from what I have
read in The Stag, that the adult world
has botched all three. But these th:ee
areas of concern are present in every
college student's mind in some form or
other. Not all students feel equlllly
strong about all three matters, but it is
pretty hard to find students who don't
fault society on at least one of the areas.
These students sympathetically will
listen to those ~ho accuse society of
failure in another area.
I find fault with society, but I am not
letting others who find fault in other
areas lead me down the primsrose path
to self-destruction. Radical activism
marched onto the campus of Columbia
and through the hippie-lined streets of
Berkeley to deal with explosive elements
of the so-called Establishment. Radical
activism marched into Chicago. Radical
activism marched during Father-Son
Weekend at Fairfield-. Radical activism
protested at the University's progress
dinner. These types of demonstrations
deal with a specific issue and can raise
the emotions of all those who find fault
in general with society. I merely wonder
if each student is taking the time to find
out for himself if tbe criticisms of the
SDS, YIC, Afro-Ams, and the irrespon­sible
adolescents are true (based on
fact). A student group of concerned in­dividuals
is right now researching the
charges of racism at Fairfield. This in­dependent
group hopes that all the facts
behind the charges will be presented
rationally and no! emotionally.
On c.ampus you hear many rumors. I
wonder if each student always considers
the source, and researches the facts,
himself. A minority can control a ma­jority
through emotions. But a well in­formed
majority can make its supremacy
felt. I, wishing to make a clear and
distinct judgment on the charges of
racism, want to know more than an emo­tional
argument. I wish to know:
1. Are the charges of SDS true?
2. Are the proposals of YIC realist:ic?
3. Is The Stag reporting all the facts
or merely avoiding the issues by
giving one-sided opinions T
To these questions, I hope someone
can provide answers. To every argu­ment,
there must be two sides. Laurence
Prud'homme's colwnn '"nle Other Side"
(Stag - lG-~), clearly points out
that not even The Stag is free from
biases. Thank you, Larry, for present­ing
the opinions of the majority of those
that make up the student body.
Sincerely,
Davl4 Zola. 'lJ9
• • •
Solons Speak Out
To the Editor:
As Student Govenment representatives
we feel bound to reply to the charges
made by Mr. Howe in his letter to the
Student Association. First we will ex­plain
the outlook which has guided the
majority of the legislators this year, and
then make specific answer to the points
raised by Mr. Howe in his letter.
Each student has a very real stake in
Fairfield University by virtue of the fact
that we will be known throughout our
professional careers as Fairfield gradu­ates.
Furthermore, since the greater
part of · the operating expenses of the
university are drawn from our tuition,
room and board payments, we each own
a piece of Fairfield. Even a freshman
has already invested a considerable sum
of money in Fairfield; we pay through
the nose for the so-called "privilege" of
being here. We came here, and pay for,
an education and/or professional train­ing.
As applicants we were interes ~ed
in Fair.fteld as an academ.lc institution.
Few of us were even aware of those
aspects of the University to which we
now object; for example, the fact that
the administration insists upon regulat­ing
our private affairs as well as our
formal education. (Remember that the
picture painted by the recruiters stresses
the best possible aspects of the univer­sity,
and this is the only picture we saw
before we enrolled.) While it is easy to
say that any dissatisfied student (who
can afford summer school or an extra
year to make up un-transferable credits)
is free to transfer, but why should he?
His financial and temporal investment
establish his right to seek reform here.
There are aspects of student life that
IU'e no body's business but the students'.
Few will deny this. There will be areas
of concern in which both students and
administration have legitimate interests,
and in which disagreement may arise.
We see the Student Government as the
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SPORTS EDITOR: J oseph Valerio. LA.YOIJT EDrro&: 'IbomM Boudreau.
ADVEr.TISING EDITOr.· J~ Odoardl.CIRCULA'riON EDITOR: Anthony
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NEWS' John Brennan, Geor1te Britton, Bob Burgea, Jim Crufulll, Colin
Kiley, Thomas Perrotti, Paul Cunningham, David McVittle, Michael Mor­rissey,
Paul Berg, John Roberto, Duane McDonald, Stephen Mikochik.
SPORTS: Dave Caisse, Bill Warnken, Joe Bronson, Frank Santulli, Frank
Armada, Robert Sillery. FEATURES: Stephen Kobasa, Paul Riel, Bruce
Schauble. PRO'IIOGRAPHY: Allan Pilch, John Colahan. CIRCULATION:
Richard Doolan, Robert Vogel. COLUMNISTS: Daniel Turner, Robert
Murphy, Kevin Kelley, Robert Ellis, Willlam O'Brien, Jack Mara, Lawr­ence
Prud'homme. TYPIST: James Fisher.
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By BOB ELLIS
U you lie down in front of George Wallace's automobile, he
says he'll run you over. According to his campaign managers this
is proving one's courage, this is "standing up for America."
George Wallace (like Richard Nixon, his sophisticated equiva­lent)
directs his campaign to the "lost American," the man who
_ works, raises his family, bothers no one, and does not want to be
bothered. He is the man who has worked his way, if not to the
top, at least to the middle and now wants to keep what it has
taken him so long to earn.
Looked at from this perspective George Wallace represents
not only political belief but a way of life, or more accurately
George Wallace's way of life demands his present political stance.
A quick glance at his background will clarify:
"George grew up riding wagon loads of cotton to town to be
ginned. He also picked cotton, chopped cotton, and side dressed
cotton."
In high school he played quarterback and was twice a Golden
Gloves bantamweight boxing champion. In college be was presi­dent
of the freshman class, captain of the baseball and boxing
teams, finalist in the Student Debating Tournament, president of
the Spirit Committee, a member of Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fra­ternity,
and a member of the Law School Honor Court. Of course
he entered the Armed Forces after graduation, and from there
began his political career which is jus •!eadly boring as what
has been mentioned above.
But George has made it and is now running for president to
make It even bigger. He has worked within the system, has made
it work for him, and has hurt a lot of people (including himself)
in doing so. This last condition need not necessarily be the case,
but more often than not It is. The Protestant work ethic bas en­trapped
George Wallace and a fantastic proportion of America in
its Idea of what a person should be. Although it might not have
originally, the work ethic now sees the value of a person only in
what he does and what he accomplishes. Under such analysis a
human being becomes devoid of any value, save that of work. Life
in such terms presents itself as not only a struggle but a fight -
a fight between people. And in our competitive society, many seem
to thrive on this routine; only the November 5 results will surface
the hidden face of the "lost American."
More devastating, however, than the moral and political pos­ture
of the "lost American" is the even more basic question: Is
._ the lost American the real American! Is America a society
grounded in hard work and fertilized with bate? U so, Wallace
has a greater proportion of the American vote than any of us
would want to admit to even ourselves.
Cringingly, I somehow feel that the polls are going to fulflll
our worst expectations. From many people I've run into, it seems
that Wallace's originality lies not in his beliefs, but in the manner
in which he assumes responsibility for them. Instead of living
them as his fixed nature (as America allowed until the last decade)
Wallace has been forced to elevate the fight from economics to
the political arena. Most of his adherents still remain politically
mute, but that's only because they have a spokesman. They are
behind him silent but strong.
In spite of Wallace's hidden possibilities of capturing a large
percentage of the vote, chances that he will actually be able to
unlea.sh his fantasies on 200 million people are unlikely. Most
Americans are more sophisticated and will probably pull the lever
for Richard Nixon, ("he'll have his chauffeur run you over").
Open Discussion
CoDUn_. from Pap 1
to change the basic philosophY
of the handbook which bas al­ways
been written in a negative
philosophy. T h Is t 1m e we
started out with the intent that
most of the students would act
in a responsible manner."
When asked whether he
thought that this philosophy has
worked, Mr. GrU!In applied af­firmatively.
"There have been
a few hitches such as an oc­casional
noncompliance with
dress regulations and a recent
situation concerning parletals
on Loyola II, but there has been
no excessive abuse."
In reference to the proposed
Student Government Constitu­tion
and Bill of Rights, Mr.
Grit!in said that they have
never been officially submitted
to the administration for per­usal
As for new organizations on
campus, In particular SDS, Mr.
Gr it!in stated, '"The administra­tion
has a rleht to know what
organizations are present on
campus. Any group of students
has a right to form on campus.
The fact that SDS calls itself
a chapter of the Students for
Democratic Society of Fairfield
University implies that it is
something other than of the
university."
When asked to make his
statement more speciflc, Mr.
Gri1!in put It this way, "I have
no objections to students who
have a cause for banding to­gether.
I find no fault with ac­tivism
but the name SDS has
the connotation of an outside
national organization."
Mr. Grl1fin defended his
presence at Father-Son Week­end
saying, "I wanted to make
sure that as long as the demon­strators
weren't bothering any­one,
nobody would .bother them.
I wasn't sure bow the fathers
would react."
Oft Cunpua Bespoulblllty
The final question asked was
in relation to off-campus re-
October 30 1961
Music
Ian and Sylvia - 'Nashville' .
By BRUCE SCHAUBLE
"NASHVILLE" is a hard album to get into. There is an obvious willingness on
the part of Ian and Sylvia to follow the leaders into the country; Its "sound," never­theless,
has an authenticity which springs from their own strong Canadian Folk­Country
background.
This backiround serves to
divorce them in a subtle but
deflnite way from the other
Folkles, Blues Men, and Shlock­Rockers
who have moved into
the country bag. In the great
majority of the latter cases, the
New Country Sound is a sort
of squishy soft (apologies to
STA) conglomeration of assort­ed
sounds edited by studio men
to give a country flavor to a
sound which has only an .lrti­flclal
identity to begin with.
Country OrleutaUoD
Ian and Sylvia on the other
hand, have had a baslCI\lly
country orientation since "Play
10ne More" (which antedates
"John Wesley Harding"), ll!ld
this basic country orientation
provides them with an identity
which at once distinguishes
them from the 'New Rockers
and makes them harder to in­terpret,
for the di1ference be­tween
Ian and Sylvia and the
likes of Big Brother, Vanilla
Fudge, The Byrds, The Butialo
Springfield is somewhat akin to
the di1ference between floating
in water and drinking it; in the
first case the experience is total
and immersary (look that up in
your Funk & Wagnall's); in the
second it is selective, exterior,
and vital, in this sense, this is
not an album to be rotteD into.
It .. an album to be heard, and
heard often.
As has come to be expected
with Ian and Sylvia, the backup
men (especially Fred Carter and
Jerry Reed on guitars, and Bob
Moore on bass) are superb, and
the arrangements (done by Ian
and Sylvia, for which a thou­sand
hosannahs to Vanguard)
are subtle, consistent, and at­tractive.
The songs ("Mighty
Quinn" and "Wheels of Fire"
by Dylan, "90. X 90., by David
Rea, and the remainder by Ian
and/or Sylvia), are unique in­dividually
and yet consistent as
Forum
sponsibillty of students. Mr.
Grit!in commented, "Any stu­dent
going off campua takes on
the name of Fairfield Universi­ty
no matter what be does. For
everyone's welfare, there has to
be a time when the school can
take action. We are not talking
about the administration but the
name of the school. I will be
accumsed of paternalism but the
students are not living an iso­lated
life. Anything they do
a1fects others and this cannot
be undone. The problem is not
who has authority, but how it
is exercised."
In conclusion, Mr. Griffin said
that the forum was a success
but was not as varied in Its
range of topics as he had hoped
He said, "I wanted to go away
with questions that oould be
possibly answered at future
meetings."
The next discussion with Mr.
Grl1!in will take place at 9:00
p.m. Thursday, November 7.
a group, which I feel, as I have
implied in previous columns, is
essential if an album is to suc-­ceed
as a whole. (Speaking of
"Mighty Quinn," does anybody
out there have any idea what
it is about?')
Best Vocal Work
The vocal work is the best
Ian and Sylvia have done to­gether.
I still don't really un­derstand
how they manage to
get so close without sounding
like Steve and Eydie, but their
style is unique and beautiful.
(forget the words and just IIAteD
to "90. x 90•"). Get this album
and give it a chance. It is cut
aw~y from and above the rest
of the Rock Field.
Addenda and Corrigenda:
that was W-YBC (Yale Broad­casting)
at 94.3 FM (not
W-IVC), that I referred to in
my first column . . • Catch the
"Gashouse Kids" at the Club
42 in Scarsdale . . . Big Bro­ther
in New Haven at Woolsey
Hall, November 9 •.. October
26 "Saturday Review'' bas a
feature on "Pop in Perspective."
Free University
Begins 2nd Year
The Free University is currently beginning its sec­ond
year of activities here at Fairfield. It was organ­ized
in October of 1967 by a group of student and fac­~
lty members for the basic purpose of bridging the
mtellectual gaps which all too often exist in the class­room.
In its treatment of topics
which are frequently beyond
the scope of the regular aca­demic
curriculum, the Free
University seeks to provide a
common meeting ground for all
those who express a sincere in­terest
and concern for the prob­lems
of our age. These are is­sues
which should be of vital
Importance to everyone. In oro­vidlng
the ideal setting and-the
impetus for informal discussion,
the Free University is not only
fulfllllng a vital function of its
own, but is also supplementing
the role of the academic com­munity,
as well.
Counee Ofterecl
This year's curriculum In­cludes
widely-varied topics as
the American political scene,
drugs and the mind, the poetry
of revolution, Marx, Mao, and
Marcuse, new rock, and the
role of the Catholic university
today.
Open to Public
Mr. Bruce Schauble, the
chairman of the committee, has
expressed his desire to reorient
the Free University in such a
way that It becomes a vibrant
local, as well as academic func­tion.
"We are constantly seeking
new members from the out­side,"
s~id Mr. Schauble, "and
not just from the student body.
Everyone is invited to attend."
All those interested are asked
to contact P. 0. Box 1399.
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·-e - MOre Letters to the Editor
Coatlaaed from Pap 5
organ through which students will man­age
their own a1fairs (and when neces­sary
insist upon the right to do so), and
which will represent the students when
disagreement arises between the student
body and the Administration In areas of
mutual concern. If the government were
to act merely as a medium of negotia­tions
between students and administra­tion,
who is to represent the students
when administration and government sit
down to deal? There would be repre­sentatives
of one side of the dispute,
a mediator, and nobody representing the
other side.
To allow the Administration the pre­rogative
of prior approval over the new
constitution would be to negate this
concept of government, for if we are to
determine our own a1fairs, we must be
free to decide bow to do so. This l.s
why we have passed, subject to ap.
proval by the student body, an amend­ment
providing that students alone shall
approve future constitutions. Who is bet­ter
to decide how we shall manage our
affairs and be represented in uruversity
a1fairs than we ourselves T If we pass
this amendment, we can decide.
Mr. Howe claims that our action in
recommending this amendment is un­constitutional
and illegal. The present
constitution, (which is administration­approved)
provides that the Legislature
may call for amendments without prior
approval by the Administration, and that
they shall go into effect If passed by the
students in a referendum. What this
amendment will do Is remove the section
of the constitution granting the Admin·
istration the right to approve or refuse
the new constitution before the students
may vote on lt. All very legal, very con­stitutional,
as Mr. Howe himself ia well
aware.
Mr. Howe says we have removed the
possibility of administration recognition
of the new constitution. False, because
except for the Bill of Student Rights
and a few sections dealing with the stu­dent
court, It deals only with gov~rn­ment
matters; atlministration acceptance
of It is irrelev:mt. As for the BUl of
Rights, we feel that concerted action by
the stu~ents can bring about compliance
with it by all segments of the .:om­munity.
We are not helpless - if the
student body Is willing to Insist upon It,
we can have our Bill of Rights recog­nized
and made binding.
Mr. Howe says the constitution Is a
contract. This Is absurd. The University
derives Its power to grant degrees and
maintain a physical existence from Its
charter; It says nothing about power to
interfere with the lives of the student
body. The argument that the Univer:;ity
granted us certain powers that we are
bound not to ext!eed has no legal or
ethical basis, for a contract made under
dureP It &Pvalld. Even if we weren't
acting in accordance with our constitu­tional
powers, and even if that constitu­ticn
was set up as a contract between
equals, the rights we demand are already
ours by virtue of our existence here as
human beings - we merely demand the
opportunitY to exercise them freely.
Mr. Howe says we seek to make the
students autonomous from the rest of
the university and secede from Fairfield.
This is a flagrant misrepresentation of
our aims. We seek only the right to
manage those affairs that concern only
ourselves and to participate in the man­agement
of those that a1fect us wiul
othl!r segments of the community.
Mr. Howe says we seek power but
avoid responsibility. Not true; but we
do di1fer in our conception of who we
owe responsibility to. For example m
the recent dress controversy, Mr. Howe
felt responsible to the administration to
enforce their rules, while we felt that
since this is a student affair, and the
students indicated in a poll that they
opposed dress regulations, our respon­sibility
to the students dictated that we
refuse to actively help the administra­tion
enforce its regulations. We never
agreed with these rules - we merely
accepted them as an improvement over
the past ones. Yet we must continuo? to
seek what the students themselves want.
The charge that we refuse to research
issues or talk to students, administrat.lrs
or faculty is ridiculous. On the current
issue we disregard administration :md
faculty . views as irrelevant; it Is a stu­dent
affair. It wasn't we who tried to
block putting the issue before the stu­dents
in a referendum. I wonder why
Mr. Howe's friends were so anxious to
prevent this, if they're so sure that the
majority of you agree with them . . .
The problems in student-administration
relations have in the main been the
result of the administration's insistence
upon the right to intervene in strir:tly
student affairs and to force its own solu­tions
upon problems which a1fect the
students as well as the administration.
(Mr. Howe's proposed tri-partite body
would only extend the principle of in­terference
to all segments and all as­pects
of university life.) What is needed
is a strong Student Government which
will represent the students views and
protect their rights. Only then can we
participate as equals in any such tri­partite
body (which must concern itself
only with issues of truly legitimate mu­tual
interest), . for otherwise our control
over our own collective and individual
affairs will be reduced to nothing.
The upcoming referendum will tell
whether the government will lead the
struggle for a strong student body, or
continue as it bas in past years to be a
WHAT??!! HAVEN'T TRIED
OUR PIZZAS EVEN ONCE!!??
Straight "A"s guaranteed if you don't get it
on your tie.
Come on ln. We have the greaiest.
patsy for the arbitrary and unjusWled
pow.?r of Administration authoritarian­ism.
(All the signers are Legislators who
voted for the amendment).
Michael Morrlasey, Rep. '69; Tom
Gleuon, Rep. ''70; DOD De Fronzo, Rep.
''70 1 Albert 1. MarlanJ, Secretary of the
Legislature, Rep. ' '70; Doaald Malone,
Rep. ''70; lohn Engratt, Bob Carpenter,
Robert Quick, ''70, Andrew Soltys, Rep.
''71, Thom Perrotti, ''71, lelf Belnharclt,
lame. Schlefentlen, Drew Draves, ''70
Roger Grl&'g, Rep '71, Chalrman W~~oys
and Means, Bob Bucclao, Rep. ''71, Don­ald
Frl&'OD, Rep. ''71, Brace Slhauble,
Rep. '69, Mala.chl O'Connor, Rep. ' '71,
John Fallon, Rep. ''71, David BurroU&'ha,
Rep. ''71, lames 1. Ruane ''71.
• • •
Help Wanted
To the Editor:
During my three and one half years
at Fairfield I have always wanted to
write a letter to the editor of The Stac.
However, due to my apathy or Stactsm
or what have you, I have thus far ne­glected
to do so. But now, after reading
your article on the problem of open
house and dress, I am seriously con­cerned
that my "essential barbarity"
(as Father Mcintyre so aptly put it) is
emerging. I am presently residing at
135 Fairfield Beach Road and am plan­ning
to have a party this coming week­end.
Therefore, in order to prevent the
emergence of this barbarity, I would
like to ask Father Mcintyre two simple
questions. First of all, am I permitted
to invite members of the female sex to
this party? And, secondly, are jackets
and ties required for the event? Also,
before closing, I would like to ask Fr.
Mcintyre if he could possibly take some
time out from his "excellent lectures"
to impress upon me some of the finer
points of "the power of social life and
manners."
Apologetically,
Robert Fra.l'a.cclo '69
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Perhaps
Fr. Mcintyre should be invited to the
partyT • • •
Identity Problem
To the Editor:
Over the past two weeks, a great deal
of controversy, confrontation and gen~ral
disorientation has appeared on campus.
It is necessary for me to approach the
problem of the identification of the Youth
Interracial Council with the Students
for a Democratic Society. Many students
feel that the S.O.S. bas infiltrated and
taken over the Y.I.C. I must state em­phatically
that there is total disassocia­tion
ftnd, many times, disapproval of
S.D.~. on the part of the majority of
the PiZZA PAN FACTOIIY
2090 Post Road, Fairfield
In Shopping Center Near Ward's Steak House
SHIRl
OUTLD
AdioCetu to Tradin1 Pou.
~ Mrandl acie Hll are aold
~ ala. FiM~t Stora in alae .
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prka.
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the membership. It is probable that six
concerned members of S.O.S. may be­long
to Y.I.C. because they wish to
serve in the community. The Y.I.C. does
not reject any valid constructive ideas
which may come from any group on
campus since such rejection would l~ad
to sterility in the academic community.
It is necessary again to state the aims
and goals of the Youth Interracial Coun­cil,
as they have always been and will
continue to be. The Y.I.C. wishes to in­volve
the ordinary college student in
community service work. Y.I .C. is not
an on-campus nor ot'l-campus political
organization. The foremost concern of
Y.I.C. is service to the community which
lies olf Fairfield's campus. This means
students working with disadvantage,#
children in community centers; it means
programs like the H8l'lem Street Aca­demy,
the Bridgeport Street Academy,
Community Centers, Tutorials, and
Traveling Panels appearing throughout
the Northeastern States, 1t means
bringing underprivileged children to
Fairfield's campus for sports eve.nts and
for other activities; it means, too, a
series of films on campus to acquaint
students, faculty and administrators with
the many aspects of social problems as
they exist in America. Involvement is
the key and service is the job of the
Youth Interracial Council.
The recent Y.I.C. proposal, "Towards
Racial Equality at Fairfield," ls meant
as a catalytic idea to stimulate aware­ness
of a problem which exists here at
Fairfield as well as in much of the rest
of the nation. Those who know the goals
of the Y.I.C. have realized that this pro­posal
should not be considered an ul­timatum
but the opportunity for students,
faculty and adminl.stration to work to­gether
to eliminate the problem. Hope­fully,
concerned persons of tbe Fair.fleld
community will take an active part in
devising programs and plans for the
future. It cannot be called a condemna­tion
of the community as racist, and 1t
Is Y.I .C.'s desire not to see such a name
rashly attached to any group.
We hope that it Is possible for the
faculty and students of Fairfield to con­sider,
answer, and follow the commit·
ment of Fr. Mcinnes presented in his
"State of the University Address."
"It is not enough to hurl unfounded
accusations at others or to rant care­lessly
about the . evils in this world.
The baste question each one of us
must face is: what am I willing to
do myself . . . The Christian revolu­tionary
is not one who takes the life
of another; he is willing to lay
down his own life for his brothe"'.
That is the real meaning of service."
Sincerely,
WDUam Luddy
Chalnnan Youth Interraclal CouncD
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O etober 30 I 96S
Rooters Bow·
In Overtime
By DAVID CAISSE
Last week's schedule, featur­ing
three games in five days,
left Fairfield's soccer record at
~5 as the booters dropped
iwo out of three decisions.
In the first game of the week,
Fairfield outkicked New Haven
College as goalie Gary Dayon
recorded his first shutout of
the season. Stag goals were
scored by Buzz Kowaluk and
Dan Wilcox. The ofl'ense work­ed
together, as much give and
go spiced the action. The de­fense,
led by co-captain Tom
Moylan, was also impressive.
less.. Dan Wilcox led several
brilliant otrenslve drives, but
the Eastern defenders contained
him with double teaming.
At Poughkeepsie, N.Y., the
Stags lost a heartbreaker to
Marist College 3-2 in overtime.·
The first Fairfield goal was
· scored by Jim Higgins. Depend­a
ble Dan Wilcox came through
again and scored the last S~
goal
The Stags have been hamper­ed
in recent games hy the loss
of standout Jack Monahan due
to an injury. Fairfield has four
games remaining and must win
three to finish with a winning
record. They play Western New
England at home this Saturday.
Defensive ace Tom Moylan kJcka ball o • I>! ~alrtleld territory aa Stap' Don Melnem ey moves
Eastern Connecticut topped
Fairfield in the next game 3-1
with red hot Vic Villacorta of
Eastern racking three goals in
the first half. Mike Foley broke
through the Eastern defense to
score Fairfield's only goal In the
first period. The second half
was a thrilling defensive battle
as both teams were held score-
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0 S aDd DSP Rule
The B League sufiered only
one forfeit as ND 4 bowed to
BAK. Campion 3 (with two
wins) and DSP (one win) con­tinue
to share the top spot. In
close pursuit is Campion 4
(5-1) which recorded two wins.
Campion 3 topped Loyola 2,
6-0 on Mike "Doc" Dougherty's
TD filp to Tom Eaton. C 3
trounced G 3, '22-0 to complete
its perfect week. Dougherty
raised his mark to four TD
passes for the week when he
hit Eaton twice UO and 50
yards) and John Lindsay for a
25 yarder. The C 3 defense
made 6 interceptions. DSP kept
pace with an 18-0 rout of R 2.
Chuck Dombeck led the way
with two TD. passes to Rich
"Bird" DelJ' Aquila and Larry
Dunn. Dombeck finished a busy
afternoon by converting an in­terception
into a 50 yard score.
Campion 4 set the season's
scoring high in its 32-0 drub­bing
of G-3. Paul Kelliber threw
for four touchdowns.: Marty
Murray hauled In two at close
range and Tom Thlelebeule
grabbed the others, good for 20
and 35 yards. Tbielebeule turn­ed
in the play of the game on
an elusive interception return
for a 40-yard score. In a "hard­fought"
game against BAK, C 4
emerged with a 12-0 verdict.
Late in the first-half, Marty
Murray made an interception,
stealing the ball ofl' the re­ceiver's
ftngertlps, and scram­bled
25 yards for the score.
The other half of C 4's brother
act, Rich Thielebeule, caught
a 5-yard toss from Kelliher in
the second-half. The Campion
4 secondary came· up with four
interceptions while the line, led
by Rich Thielebeule and Jim
Gallagher, got to BAK's Quar­terback
slx times.
BAK, Its only bright spot
being the forfeit win over ND 4.
was held to a scoreless tie by
Loyola 3. New Donn 1 moved
from sixth place to fourth with
ita two victories. Brian Murphy
caught Brian Macauley of R~is
2 for a safety , leading ND 1 to
a 2-0 decisio n. Tom "Bugs"
Schwind fiipp
and out pass
eluded his man
yards down th
plete the 65 y
Vitolo return
pass 25 yards
for the othe
subdued Loyo
Gonzaga 2·
Regis 4
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and Frank
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Oetober 30, 1968
By .JOSEPH V ALEBIO
Sport Editor
As a senior at La Salle Mili­
·tary Academy in Long Island,
Richard Gaeta finished ninth in
the national speech and debate
tournament. In fact, the articu­late
senior who wears a handle­bar
mustache was the New
Jersey and New York oratorical
champion. But, four years later
due to his college's limited cur­riculum,
Rich has failed to con­tinue
his oratorical efforts at
this Jesuit university, for Fair­field
·only engages in debating.
The inability to further this tal­ent
is one of Mr. Gaeta's rare
failures.
Three autums past, as a
short (5'9~")and stocky (180
pouna> sophomore, Rich joined
the newly formed Fairfield Club
Football team In the organiza­tion's
initlal, winless season,
Rich incurred a severe concus­sion
which forced him to the
sidelines, A lesser athlete, one
with perhaps more common
sense· 15Ut ·tess love for the
game, would have -:ailed it a
career. Not so with Richard. A
star prep halfback and f11llback,
Rich returned the 1. lowing
Fall to help spark the Stags to
their best slate, 4-2. Still, Gaeta
su1fered injuries but would not
succumb to the security of the
sidelines. Today he's p•·obably
the most injured player in the
brief history· of the .. l b, and
therefore, ·he require£ .. ereat
amount of bandagin. before
each outing. Thus his team­mates
have ·tabbed him "J..J"
Gaeta because Johnson and
Johnson produces the tape.
On the other hand, Rich is
known as Frito Banditto to his
Gonzaga l fan club where he Is
employed as a prefect. Unlike
several other prefects on this
campus, Rich and his room­mate,
Dick Benashskl, work
extremely hard. ''The restric­tions
on handling the frosh are
much more demanding on us,"
the Dean's List student explains.
"Dick and I are on duty from
eight to one weeknights. Also,
we have to check for ~ts out
dally at 12:30 in the momlng.
Therefore, it can interfere with
one's studies."
"Ttui Black Room," where
Rich resides, is an amazing
conglomeration of art. The
room, save for one small lamp
in a remote comer, is painted
entirely in black, with African
sculpture and Mexican ceram­ics.
On the main wall Rich
painted a striking dragon. "I
enjoy art," he notes, "and chess,
though I'm not that accom­plished
a player." As a further
indication of his artistic talents,
number 30 designed the land­scape
for his family's backyard
swimming pool.
Upon graduation this June,
the brilllant economics major
plans to work in the South
American Rural Development
Program, a subsidiary of the
Peace Corps. This two-year pro­gram
will enable the Stag's
hard-running back to com­mence
his graduate work with
a two year felkowship. Although
tbe football team is currently
on a downward awing, the
ambitious Richard Gaeta cer­tainly
seems headed up the
ladder to: .succeu.
THI STA&
Richard Gaeta, mustached and llde-burned, relaxea before practic'e .
(Photo by AI Ftaber)
Stags Bow 13-6
CoDUnued from Pace 10
short yardage in your own
territory.
Fairfield then drove to make
it 7-6 at the half. A fine run
by Journalist set Mueller up
for the score. However the try
for two points and the lead
failed.
The two teams battled score­lessly
in the third period. The
Friars scored again when a 8
yard punt by Fred Gaeta set
them up on the Fairfield 28.
Ma.rtin punched ac.ross on the
third play to complete the scor­ing.
Providence came up with
a long drive in the closing min­utes
and the game ended with
the ball on the Fairfield goal
line.
For Coach Curtis and his
squad, the realization that this
year's team will not achieve
the glory, drama and excite­ment
of last fall was all too
obvious. Beset with problems at
quarterback, injuries in the
backfield and the lack of a real
breakaway receiver, this year's
squad just does not score long
and the opposition can a1ford
the luxury of playing tighl In·
juries have sapped the squad's
size and a tangible amount of
its spirit
The three remaining contests
are looming qe on the hori-zon.
They can be won, but only
by a momentous effort on the
part of Curtis and his charges
can the gloom of Providence
possibly be dispelled.
Cross Falls
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rest of the Fairfield points came
from Don Fulton's patented
drop kick, remembered in many
memorable r u g by practice$
throughout the years. But Fair­field's
six points were met by
two Holy Cross trys, and the
Red backfield was unable to
establish a decisive movement
in order to break into the lead.
Despite good serum play by
Willlo Renke, Denny Johnson,
the "C's" had to settle for a
tie against their opponents.
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The Philadelphia Eagles have been getting nasty
phone calls from people who claim that they are ready
to physically attack the head coach Joe Kuharich ...
The fans are vehemently upset over the lackluster per­formance
of the Eagles ... Franklin Field is looking
like the New Breed at Shea Stadium with placards
such as "Do the team a favor, Joe," "Kick the Bucket."
... The Eagles by the way are 0-6 ... Another group
of Baltimore Colt fans burned Johnny Unitas in effigy
two weeks ago after he threw three interceptions in
the Colts 30-20 loss to the Cleveland Browns ... Last
Sunday Earl Morrall led the Colts to a big victory over
the Los Angeles Rams 27-10 ... Los Angeles Lakers
are getting their lumps even though they have Baylor.
West, and Chamberlain . . . Chamberlain has ne·;er
been a big winner and he is not known as a tealil
player ... Fans have observed that Wilt slows down
the fast breaking Lakers and that the club has looked
better at times with Mel Counts in the pivot ... The
U.S. Olympic team finally proved itself to the world
in the second half of its game with Yugoslavia for the
gold medal ... Coach Hank Iba's club was tense at
the outset taking only a 32-29 lead at half-time ...
But in the second half the score zoomed to 49-29 a~
the Yugoslavians were held scoreless for 81!2 minutes
... It was truly a team effort as the United States went
on to win 65-50 gaining the gold medal ... It was also
the 74th consecutive victory for the United States in
Oly~pic competition . . . Former Stag Art Kenny is
pla.ymg professional basketball in Italy this year ...
It IS expected that Coach Lynam will be using 6' 4"
Jim Brown in the front court this year . . . Jim who
just returned to Stagland is expected to provide ihe
scoring punch along with Frank "Instant offense" Ma­galetta
. . . Rick Barry is back and playing for the
Oakland Oaks of the ABA . . . His value to the ABA
was immediately recognized as he drew an ABA rec­ord
crowd at Louisville of 13,067 ... Meanwhile, the
Stags were mistified in Providence, 13-6 as the fans
experienced a new first, "the invisible game."
Lynam Men In '71
Quaker Tourney
Fairfield University took an­other
step on its way to promi­nence
in national collegiate
basketball recently when it an­nounced
its acceptance of a bid
to compete in the 1971 Quaker
City Basketball Tournament to
be held in Philadelphia on De­cember
ZT, 28 and 29 of that
year.
George Bisacca, Fairfield
University's Athletic Director,
said the Stags were invited by
the Eastern College Athletic
Conference to join in a field of
basketball powers including
Tennessee, South Carolina, Bos­ton
College, Villanova, La Salle,
Manhattan and Massachusetts.
The Quaker City Tournament
and the Holiday Festival in
New York are generally re­garded
as the top two Christ­mas
tournaments in the East, if
not in the entire country.
Bisacca said, "We are deeply
gratified by this acknowledge­ment
of the high esteem in
which Fairfield U ni v e r s i t y
basketball is held. This re­presents
another great mile­stone
for us. Coach Jim Lynam
is especially happy for the op­portunity
to compete in this
great tournament in his home­town."
Their appearance in the Phil­adelphia
tourney will mark the
second major holiday tourna­ment
for the Stags. Three years
ago, Fairfield finished second in
the annual Queen City Tourna-.
ment in But!alo. The Stags up­set
unbeaten Loyola of New Or­leans
in the first round before
losing to host Canisius in the
finals, a loss the Stags avenged
later In a regularly scheduled
season game.
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THE STA6 October 30 1968
Red Ruggers Crush Holy Cross
Harriers 'Holding' Victory
First .500
Mark Achieved
By COLIN KILEY
The cross country t e am
raised its season record to 8-2
Saturday with a victory over
Assumption and New Haven .
in a triangular match at Fair­field.
Fairfield defeated Assump.
tion 19-45 and New Haven
19-68.
Three Stag runners finished
in a tie for first place with John
O'Rourke, George Train and
Curt Rashi jubilanty holding
hands as they crossed the line.
Dennis Keefe finished fourth.
The Stags hop~ to make it
ten vict'bries this week with
meets against New Paltz, to­morn.-~
. a.~ New York Tech,
Saturday.
Friar's Gridmen
Edge Stags, 13-6
By ROBERT ·SILLERY
Tbe dismal pa1i cast on Fair­field's
football fortunes by the
13-6 loss to Providence . Friday
was deeper and thicker than tlie
pea-soup fog that lingered and
clUll¥ to the bleachered confines
of the desolate outpost known as Cronin Field.
The misty haze covered moot
of the contest with a nearly un­penatrable
blanket, and as far
as the meager collection of
Fairlleld fans \\fas concerned. it
was just as well because the
action on the field hardly pro­voked
cheer.
The Stags suffered t h ei r
third loss to a weak Friar team
that had been unable to come
up with ·rictories against the
likes of Assumption and St.
Michael's. The loss can be par­tially
attributed to numerous
factors which toften the blow
and make it more understand­able
but whiCh still cannot wi~
out the stigma of the heart
breaking defeat.
The defense again c a m.e
through with a sparkling effort.
The otte'nse clicked fairly well
in the first half, but for several
reasons ground to a halt in the
second. An injury to Ed Journ­alist
robbed the Stags of their
outside running threat. Granata,
Hanka.rd, Langan, Rosendahl,
Moriarity, and Murphy were
going both ways and were
understandably less than fresh
in the second half. The quarter­backing
was done by a new
man, Dan Mueller, and Frank
Schultz, who played with a
broken finger.
As in the Fordham game, the
entire contest was played in the
shadow of the Fairfield goal.
Also, as in the Ram contest,
some wretched snaps from
center on punts proved the
Stag's undoing.
Providence came up with a
big break late In the first quar­ter
on a bad snap by the
Stags on a punt, and went
12 yards to score on the third
,play of the second period to
make it 7-0. Dick Martin, who
did most of the running for
the Friars all night, came up
with the touchdown.
The Friars drove to the Stag
16 previous to the score, but a
fumble recovery by Rosendahl
and a long run by Gaeta got
Fairfield out of the jam. The
situation was precipitated by the
type of gambling which worked
so well last year but which has
backfired every time this fall.
"Going for it" on fourth and
CoDUaoed oa Pace •
Fran Neary (G 2) leaps for a. recent interception.
Scoring Highlights
Intramural Action
By BILL WARNKEN
At the conclusion of the third
week of intramural football play
four teams remain undefeated:
League A's Gonzaga 2 and
Regis 4, and League B's camp­ion
3 and DSP Fraternity, both
of which are undefeated and
untied. The league suffered the
loss of three teams, each of
which forfeited more than the
one game minimum: League A's
Regis 3 and Regis 1 as well as
League B's New Dorm 4. The
week's scores:
League A
FF Beach 7 ND 3 0
R 4 14 G 1 0
G2 7 ND3 6
ND 2 8 C 2 0
(Forfelta: R S lost to PKT and
to G 1, R 1 lost to ND 2 and
G 1 lost to FFB)
Leacue B
NDl 2 R2 0
C3 6 L2 0
C4 32 G3 0
BAK 0 L 3 0
DSP 18 R 2 0
NDl 13 L2 0
C 4 12 BAK 0
C3 22 G3 0
(ND ' forfe4tecl to BAK)
Six teams scored in double
figures this week, which has to
be rated a break-through for
the offense, although the de­fense
by no means took a slide,
~ evidenced by the eleven
shutouts in the twelve con­tests.
The battle for first place
in League A remains deadlock-
. ed with Regis 4 and Gonzaga 2
both posting wins. Fairfield
Beach (5-1) and New Dorm 2
(3-1) each became seious con­tenders
this week when they
won two games apiece. Regis 4
downed League A doormat G 1
(1-5), 14-0. Ed Viola spotted
Willie Garrity on a 65-yard
scoring strike and Doug Kassar
ran from in close for the other
score. Mark Alexander led the
R 4 defense with three inter­ceptions,
duplicating his per­formance
of a week ago ver­sus
R 1. Regis 4 is one of three
teams that are still unscored
upon, Fairfield Beach and Cam­pion
3 being the other two. The
Beach edged New Dorm 3, 7-0
as the combination of Greg Kel­ley
and Ed Beaudreault clicked
for a 55-yard TD. They picked
up their second win when Gon­zaga
1 forfeited.
Ofteose Comes to Life
In the most exciting game of
the week, Gonzaga 2 clung to
its first place tie with Regis 4
as the frosh nipped ND 3, 7-6
on some last minute heroics.
Joe Malgieri connected with
Fran Neary for a 25 yd. TD
with only ten seconds left to
play. Then, with the clock run
out, Malgieri hit Don Salamone,
cutting over the middle, for
the game-winning extra point.
In the other game, New Dorm
2 'climbed into the thick of the
race, by besting Campion 2,
8-0. Chuck DeAngelis threw a
TD pass to Craig Greiner, who
grabbed it after it was deflected
by a C 2 defender and coasted
in I to complete the 50 yard
plf-Y· Tom Mulaney trapped the
C 2 quarterback for a safety to
fi~ish the scoring. Regis 1 for­lifted
to provide ND 2 with its
other win. PKT and G 1 regis­tered
their first wins, courtesy
of Regis 3, which forfeited
twice.
C~ntlnued on Pace 8
Meet Villanova At
Marymount Saturday
By FRANK SANTULLI
The Fairfield Rugby Club met
a highly rated Holy Cross club
this Saturday as the Red ~'A"
team won 12-3, the "B's" lost
17-0, and the "C's" tied 6-6.
In the "A" game, the Red
Ruggers faced a sizeable, fast
and experienced Holy Cross
club, but lost no time in scoring
as Tom Crowley set up Steve
Carre for the first try. Tom
Krenn's kick was perfect and
Fairfield went ahead 5-0. Bruce
Klastow then ran expertly
through the Crusader backfield,
only to run through the end
zone and have his attempt neg­ated.
But Crowley and Carre
again got together for three
more points, aided by the ex­ceptional
play of Bob Maney
and Billy Connolly in the Red
serum. Also to be noted was the
valiant return of Jim Casey
who, after taken ott the field for
a crushing head injury, return­ed
moments later to finish a
.fine game for the Red back­field.
Another .fine effort was
made by Beef Smith, whose at­tempted
field goal was perfect
but blown back onto the field
and ruled void. Nevertheless,
Fairfield remained victorious by
a 12-3 margin at the end of the
game, as Mark Feeley executed
a letter-perfect drop kick from
40 yards out to ice the match.
In the "B" game, Fairfield
was continually hampered by
injuries as the much larger
Holy Cross club battered them
to a 17-0 loss. Joe Sindt ran
across for a try early in the
game, but it was called back by
the ref due to an unknown
technicality. Serum half Jack
Mara was then put out of the
game after being injured in a
violent loose serum. Next to
join the injured list was Bill
Freeze, downed in a fast back­field
movement. With these
holes being opened in the Fair­fieid
backfield, Holy Cross ran
through continually with a 12-0
lead at the half. The Red serum
battered hard in spite of this
weakness in their backfield, and
Chuck Dombeck was also in­jured
in the serum as the "B's"
played out the game with only
12 men. Fine efforts were made
m the backfield by Chris Gal­dn
and . Tom King, who was
moved from his regular position
at wing forward. Despite their
overwhelming h an d i c a p, the
"B's" played fine rugby through­out
the game.
The Fairfield "C'' team faced
a much more experienced pur­ple
squad, but played them
hard to a 6-6 tie. Hooker Brian
Hanlon scored th~ first Red try,
as the "pups" pursued the ball
consistently in the serum. The
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