Vol. IX - No. 15 Published by Students of Fairfield University, Fairfieid.:-Conn.
5.Jo
March 13, 1958
NF Regional Congress
Urges Strengthening
Of Campus Activity
Delegates from twenty-five
Catholic colleges met at St.
Joseph College, W. Hartford, on
Feb. 21, 22, and 23 for the Winter
Council of the National
Federation of Catholic College
Students.
Fairfield was represented by
Larry Fayette, '58, NF Senior
Delegate, Bob Shepard, '59, acting
Junior Delegate, and John
Croake, '59, Family Life Commission
Chairman.
The delegates met the recently
appointed· Regional Chaplain,
Rev. Dennis Burns, Professor
of Ethics at Regis College.
In two short talks, Father
Burns emphasized first the importance
of close co-operation
between NF personnel and their
faculty moderators and second,
the privileges and responsibilities
of Catholic college students.
The two regional commissions
seated at Fairfield, Family Life
and Forensics (Randy Harper,
'59, Chairman), were evaluated
as "most active" and "very
good" by VP Lucille Chenette.
Miss Chenette also reported
that thirteen regional workshops
had been held before the
Winter Council and spoke of the
unfortunate cancellation of six
others.
The assembled delegates urged
all students of the member
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ed in the fashion of a seminar.
Those eligible and interested
should call on Father Hogan,
with a written statement from
the Dean's office testifying to
their scholastic record, for an
interview on or before the 14th
of March. Father Hogan's office
hours are posted on the main
bulletin board in Xavier, and
are every 5th period. except
Tuesday and every 6th period
except Thursday.
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Under Patronage Of St. Peter Canisius
Father Edmund Hogan, chairman of the Theology
Department, with the approbation of The Very Reverend
Father Rector, announces the formation of a new
academy on campus. It will be a theology academy
named after St. Peter Canisius, the famed upholder of
the faith during the Protestant Reformation, author of
a well known catechism, and Jesuit Doctor of the
Church.
Fr. Hogan Announces Start
Of Campus 'Theological Group
Membership Restricted
The Canisius Academy will be
restricted in membership. The
desired quota will be 12 members,
6 from the junior class,
and 6 from the senior class. In
order to be eligible a student
must have maintained an 85
average in his studies.
The general purpose will be
to study more thoroughly modern
theological problems. Most
of the meetings will be conduct-
Manor Staff Gathers for First Meeting
JOHN CROAI(E TO HE.L~D
On Friday morning, March 7, STAFF OF 1959 MANOR
the Aquinas Academy of Fairfield
University presented its
annual symposium in honor of
St. Thomas Aquinas, the Angelic
Doctor and patron of the
Academy. This year the academicians
devoted their interests
to the natural law concepts,
past and present, and under the
successful moderation of Fr.
John D. Donoghue presented the
fruits of the i r intellectual
labors at the symposium, which
was attended by the faculty
members of the Philosophy Department
and the members of
the Junior and Senior Classes.
Several of the young philosophers
in the Academy participated
in the panel discussion.
The early thoughts and writings
on the Natural Law by Aristotle,
Cicero, Augustine and
Aquinas himself, were ably discussed
by Richard Preto-Rodas,
James Russell, Robert Banyai,
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Educational Self-Complacency Nil
Fairfield Passes Chaplain
Bill At CISL State Meeting
Bob Healy, Junior Class president, announces
through the offices of The Stag, the appointments for
the 1959 year-book staff.
The Manor's Editor-in-Chief is to be John Croake.
John is currently a second year member of the student
council and is chairman of the NFCCS Family Life
Commission. He has consistently been a Dean's List
student and has written for both The Stag and New
Frontiers. As an able and interested member he serves
CISL and the Public Affairs Club. Asa Socialist, he
has spoken on numerous occa-~·>---------------------------
sions on panels held through- E 1 T Th S
out the state. His qualifications XC usive 0 e tag
are many and have amply prepared
him for the important position
he will occupy. John will
be responsible for co-ordinating
the staff's efforts and will ensure
contracts, dead-lines, etc., in his
post.
Named to serve as his Associate
Editors, are Jim Boesch
and Jack Toal, who have shown
their activity in the K of C and
at the many Junior class activities
throughout the year. Pat
Waide, well known for his excellent
scholastic record, will
On February 27 and 28, and March 1, the eleventh annual serve as Literary Editor. He will
Connecticut Intercollegiate Student Legislature convened in Hart- correlate and edit the copy for
ford, with seventeen colleges and universities participating. A the dedications, class history
delegation from Fairfield, headed by Senior Delegate Bob Kaul- and club descriptions.
bach, and Junior Delegate Steve Ryan, played an extremely ac- Bob Shepard and Bob Kaultive
part in all the functions of the Legislature, and succeeded bach, both business majors, will
in passing one of the few bills to survive through this year's handle the financjng imd bud-session.
geting of the year-book expen-
Bob Kaulbach was defeated<€> ditures as Business Managers.
in the election for Speaker of Peter Baldetti and William Bob has served the Stag as Busthe
House by Allan Munroe of Doyle. After their contribution iness Manager for the past two
Wesleyan, in a very close vote, posing adjustment of the wage years and is currently the State
112 - 108. As a consequence, Bob scale of hourly-rate state em- Treasurer for the CISLo Shep
:vas installed as House Minor- Fairfield unit had prepared a has ably helped both the WatIty
Leader, and was also ~alled bill providing for full-time erbury Concert and the Carnival
upon to perform the dutIes of chaplains at the state juvenile Committee in financing and tickSpeaker
when the occasion de- institutions, introduced in the et sales.
manded. House by John Croake and Des-, Stag Sports Editor, Larry
Each delegation submitted mond Sullivan, and a bill pro- Lessing, will care for the ap-two
bills for consideration; the (Continued on Page 6) (Continued on Page 5)
The first New England College Sodality Convention
was held at Boston College, February 21-23. Nine
Fairfield Sodalists attended. They were Prefect Bob
Dorin, Santine Capria, Phil Calcina, Dick Lappert, Tony
Bosco, Jim O'Connell, Jim Devlin, Rafael San Miguel,
and Frank McDonald.
The program was similar to that offered at the
S.S.C.A.conventions given throughout the nation to
Sodalists. After Mass, on both days, these delegates
attended four lectures and a workshop on Sodality
problems given by Jesuits and~
laymen prominent in national 'S . N. t 1
and regional Sodality activities. ymposlllm on aura -------,---------------------
One especially interesting fea- Law Investigated The
ture was the lecture by mem- p ... Of H 1
bers of a professional medical OSltIvlsm 0 mes
Sodality, the "Two Damians" of
Philadelphia.
Three controversial issues
were brought up at the Saturday
session of the workshop on
Post-graduate Sodality Living.
The chairman of the workshop,
Fr. Scott, S.J., director of a
post-graduate Sodality in Syracuse,
raised the first issue when
he said that the Sodality way
of life as realized on the college
level does not provide a spirituality
sufficient for modern living.
He took pains to emphasize,
however, that the Sodality
rules can provide this spirituality.
These rules, then, and
the way of life they outline
should be further explicated by
post-graduate Sodality discussions.
Several delegates took issue
with this assertion. Fairfield
delegate Bob Dorin persistently
protested.
The discussion was lively and
wandered into the second con(
Continued on Page 6)
Sodality Boston Convention
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Page Two THE 5 TAG March 13, 1958
STAFF
•
against the micetution of the
United Cheeseland."
"1 know," said the chief, "it's
like putting the cheese on the
top shelf so we can·t reach it."
Chewing over the situation
Peter squemarked, "But isn't
that what the 'Big Cats' do in
cheeselitarian countries, and
isn't that one of the many problems
in the micetorial countries
in South Cheeseland."
"Yes," the chief squeaked dejectedly.
"Then why is this freedom so
highly valued and extolled, if
here, where we should have it
firmly intrenched in our mouschience,
the right is denied us
little mice," queried Peter.
"That's the way it is," said the
chief. He continued, "All we can
print are articles about pantry
gatherings; election of mice officials,
fruitroom concerts and
other social notes."
"But can't we even criticize
constructively," Peter squeaked
back.
"1 think the big mice think it
might breed discontent among
the little mice," answered the
chief.
Totally disillusioned, Peter
turned to return to his hole,
confusedly trying to figure out
why one mouse would deny another
mouse "freedom of
cheese," even if the other mouse
was bigger. - W.E.K.
FREEDOM
of
CHEESE
Micefield U. freshman Peter
Z. Mouse, a staunch supporter
of the "freedom of cheese,"
curled his tail and squealed
with delight as he read the notice
on the pantry bulletin
board, oroclaiming that an extra
tw~ day's ration of cheese
had been granted to the mice.
"This is 'the greatest since the
discovery of Limburger," Peter
squeaked.
Peter, a news chewer for
THE MICE, the mousepiece of
the students at the university,
immediately raced to the newspaper's
hole to make certain
the news was in the next issue.
With his whiskers dragging and
his tail tucked in between his
hind legs, he finally managed to
crawl into the hole. "At last,"
the little mouse thought.
Squeaking heavily he told the
mouse-in-chief of the wonderful
cheese news. But the chief,
who sympathized with 'Pete!.",
informed the zealous mouse that
he had received a squeal. advising
him not to use the cheese
news.
"But that's a denial of the
freedom of cheese news," Peter
squeaked back and added, "It's
By GEOFFREY STOKES
This issue's non-controversial topic will .be Merchandising in
the Middle Ages. I know it's dull, but it sounds pretty safe and
I'm getting tired of ducking mudballs thrown by the seniors. The
column was really going to feature an expose on the library. I
even went so far as to send one of our roving reporters over there
to see about the rule that students must wear ties and jackets.
Unfortunately, he went out the wrong door and was never heard
of again. Lose more roving reporters that way!
Took a few looks around Mary Journey's after the U.B. game.
I couldn't help noticing some of the girls who were escorted by
Fairfield men ... the time has come for a few fatherly-type pats
on the shoulder and some advice on dates.
EYES - She should have two of them, looking at you and
not at each other (some claim that this means her eyes are so
beautiful that they are fascinated with each other). They should
be of one, or at most, two colors. Madras is out this season.
NOSE - Only one, please. It should be placed so that if she
looks at you, you should see its front and not its side. Its length
should not interfere with dancing (although I've been told that a
long nosed girl practcally guarantees winning any Lindy contest)
else it gets caught in your ear and she blows your brains out,
sneezing.
HAIR - Should be limited to top and rear of head. Should
also be one of the more common colors. Not that I have. anything
against chartreuse, mind you. (On the contrary, I love
everyone and everything. I have the heart of a fun-loving boy.
It's in my top drawer, preserved by Saran Wrap.) It's terribly
nice, but for hair, no.
TEETH - Should be white, or reasonably close to it. She
should have a full set of them. If there are any missing ones,
they should be located in the back of the mouth. It's strictly a
matter of opinion.
LEGS - Should be two in number, equal in length, tapering
gracefully down to the ankle. They should stop there, however.
If they don't something is definitely wrong.
. You must remember that these are purely general rules. Particulars
are left to the individuals involved. One of the more
popular models on campus is the one which combines Marilyn
Monroe with Father Bonn. This is most popular when the good
Father's mind is combined with Mrs. Miller's more obvious
charms. Hardly any demand for the reverse.
So much for that; any nasty letters to the editors on this one
and I may really write on Medieval Merchandising.
FEATURE EDITOR
Bill Lavery
BUSINESS MANAGER
Bob Kaulbach
Freshman Meeting
The Freshman Class had a
general meeting on the 5th of
March in conjunction with the
presently active campaign to
improve the interest of freshmen
in the campus extra-curricular
activities at Fairfield.
Present at the meeting to
carry the cause of the upperclassmen
to the gathering were
Student Council President Bill
Doyle, John Croake of the
Council, Larry Fayette of the
NFCCS, and Phil Swanson,
Editor-in-Chief of the Stag.
The meeting was attended by
approximately 125 Freshmen.
The meeting is an integral
part of the drive to get underclassmen
to join and participate
in the activities which are available
to students on the campus.
NEWS
B·RIEFS
Debating Meets
On February 26, the debating
team encountered Providence
College at home. The two debates
were open to attendanc~
by all the students. The affirmative
team of Bill Margotta and
Art Manion were victorious
over the Providence negatives,
while the Fairfield negatives,
John Warburton and Dave Royston
suffered defeat from the
Providence affirmative team.
Fr. Farrington, S.J. and Mr.
Babcock, S.J. acted as judges
for the contest.
On the following Monday, the
3rd of March, the team of
Geoffrey Stokes and John Warburton
traveled to the College
of New Rochelle, to defend the
negative side. They were quite
successful in their victory. At
the same time four other debaters,
Art Manion, Bill Margotte,
Ray Nalewacjk and Dave
Royston went to New Haven,
upon invitation by the K. of C.,
and put on a blood and thunder
exhibition debate.
EXCHANGE EDITOR
Larry Kelly
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Philip K. P. Swanson
MANAGING EDITOR
Walter Naedle
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
William Keish - Paul Nagy
NEWS EDITOR
Dick Cummings
SPORTS EDITOR
Larry Lessing
J. Chester, J. Croake, A. Einhorn, B. Lawlor, M. Margiotta, J.
Monahan, R. McCarthy, T. O'Connor, R. Scanlon, J. Stokes,
D. Sullivan, R. Tiscornia, P. Waide.
SUPPORT
THE
BLOOD BANK
Dear Sir:
Once upon a Thursday a
meeting was held in Xavier Hall
to solve the problem of poor
participation in student activities.
The meeting was sponsored
by the Student CounCil. The
meeting was a complete farce
and accomplished NIHIL.
The function of the Student
Council should be to present
concrete proposals, which would
solve the problem, to the administration.
Proposals were
made. All have been tried beoire.
None were concrete.
This is not the only matter
in which the Student Council I
has been deficient this year.
Another blunder is that of the
student tax. The "Student Association"
is a laugh. Being "a
member in good standing"
means nothing. Now I suppose
they will enact the "take the
student vote away" restriction.
Re-election will be tough this
year with no record to run on.
ROBERT L. HIRTLE, JR.
What Price Glory?
Letter
Upon asking any college man why he came to college, you
are certain to receive a myriad of answers. But almost universally
the answers will center around three points; to gain the
education involved, to prepare himself for a job with which to
earn a living. to have some of the good times which are generally
associated with going to college.
All three ooints have as their function the rounding of the
individual int~ a man; with talents exposed. personality formed,
and thought based upon a set of principles. Fairfield offers to
its students a better opportunity for attaining these ends than do
most colleges, for not only are the thoughts of students set to a
base of principles, but to a set of right principles.
Fairfield offers to its students, besides this set of true principles,
the essentials of a fine education. with which essentials
he may most adequately enter a field of endeavor after his graduation.
He is versed not only in a particular, narrow field, but
also in the arts and the fundamentals of philosophy and history
and languages.
Fairfield also offers to its students a broad and comprehensive
selection of extra-curricular activities in which they may
participate. They are as much a part of the formative cycle to
which a student of the university is subjected as are his studies.
True, thev should be subordinated to his studies. but they ar.e
still a definite oart of his formation as a man. They are also a
definite part o{the "good times" of college. They act as a prime
source of broad general knowledge which will have a bearing on
the formation of the student's personality.
Recent controversies have arisen over the lack of participation
in extra-curriculars by the underclassmen at Fairfield. These
controversies prompted the Student Council to endeavor to find
the cause of this lack of particip~tion.
Now you may ask the same college man if he would like'
to have it known that he had attained a certain degree of prominence
while in college as the president or chairman of an activity.
and you will. I assure you, receive an affirmative answer.
Everyone wishes to have it known that he has done a good job
at some undertaking.
The underclassmen of Fairfield have to come to a realiza,tiona
In order to attain this prominence. they must first prove
themselves worthv. The road to a presidency or a chairmanship
is long and studd"ed with hard work, often without open recognition.
They must be willing to accept the commonplace, the
sometimes dreary, and the often monotonous work if they are
to be ready to accept the responsibility which goes with a higher
position. They must also accept the fact that a university
graduates a class every year, and the chance to gain the knowledge
of the funct~oning of the clubs is limited. The classes will
continue to graduate, and the responsibility for the running of
the various activities will undeniably fall into their hands. WILL
THEY·BE READY TO ACCEPT THE RESPONSIBILITY? Unless
their present apathy is overcome, unless they can rise out
of their present state of inertia, I doubt that they will.
The price of glory is participation in this case. ARE YOU,
THE UNDERCLASSMEN OF FAIRFIELD, WILLING TO PAY
THIS PRICE, IF UPON ITS PAYMENT RESTS THE FUTURE
OF THE EXTRA-CURRICULAR PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY?
Editorial
Junior Week Staff Members Meet
Page Three
Goodrich Executive Describes
Industrial Growth At Banquet
On Tuesday, March 4, the Business Club held a
dinner at the Turf Club in Southport. The guest speaker
was Mr. George Hunt, Employee Relations Manager
of the B. F. Goodrich Company in Shelton. Mr. Hunt,
a graduate of Holy Cross in 1949 with a BS in Accounting,
spoke on the current business situation and the
opportunity of employment for college graduates. He
stated that current business situations were not as bad
as they seemed, and that an improvement period was
near.
Chemistry Major
Receives Grant
From Purdue U.
Walter P. Fitzgerald, (above),
a senior majoring in chemistry,
has been awarded an assistantship
in organic chemistry by
Purdue University. He will begin
his graduate studies at the
Lafayette, Indiana institution
next fall.
$> Mr. Hunt went through the
development of his company
from a small barn factory which
was started in New Haven in
1924 with an investment of
$5,400, to the million dollar
establishment of today. Back in
1924 when the business started,
they were producing rubber
balls. When they needed to expand,
they moved to Shelton
where B. F. Goodrich bought
the plant for $18,000,000. This
Foam Products plant employs
2,000 people, and they produce
such products as seats, Laytex
Ifoam pillows, and various other
sponge products.
To give an idea of the size
of the entire B. F. Goodrich
Company, Mr. Hunt told about
the nine divisions of the company.;
1) The Tire Division, 2)
WALTER FITZGERALD RetaIl Store Division 3) Indus-
--------------'trial Products, 4) F~otwear 5)
Textile Industry, 6) Aviation
Division, 7) Canadian Division
8) International Division, 9) and
finally, the Chemical Division.
These divisions employ over
45,000 people, 50% of which belong
to unions.
When asked what companies
seek in those whom they intend
to hire Mr. Hunt replied, "mostly
prestige and personality." He
then enumerated the other qualities
looked for, namely those of
a good worker and one who can
make a responsible decision.
He stated that the college man
of today will have to work
harder because companies are
becoming more demanding. He
warned against becoming over
ambitious to those who think
that they should be president
of the company over night; he
stressed that the beginner
should work his way up by accepting
the challenges that confront
him.
The honored guests were
Rev. Mr. Babcock, S.J., professor
of Economics; Mr. Guy Barbano,
Moderator of the Business
Club and professor of Accounting;
Mr. Frank Ash, professor
of Business; and Mr. Kenneth
Kunsch, professor of Business.
A 1954 graduate of Fairfield
Prep, he is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter P. Fitzgerald of
811 White Plains Road, Trumbull.
At Purdue, Walt will work
towards his doctorate degree in
organic chemistry. He intends
to go into research.
Listed among his activities at
Fairfield are the German Club
and the Chemistry Club, of
which he was secretary in his
junior year. Walt has been emplayed
in the University's book
store for the past three years.
He is engaged and plans to
marry this summer, following
graduation.
THE S TA G
Annual Help ~Teek
Again Commences
The second annual Help Week
at Fairfield University will be
held March 19th to the 26th.
There are three big events
planned in cooperation with the
Fairfield Red Cross.
On the evening of March 19th;
the Freshman basketball team
will play a team composed of
area high school stars, at the
Bridgeport Brass Receration
Center. The team will be selected
by Robert Noonan, director
of the North End Boys' Club
and coached by Pedro Tagatac,
class of '57. Mr. Tagatac was
captain of the Basketball team
last year and is now coach at Club Members Seen Talking With Guest Speaker
Notre Dame Catholic High in I-------------------------~=---Bridgeport.
Plans also are being
made for a preliminary
game.
On March 25th, a Blood Bank
will be held on campus at
Loyola hall. The quo ta is a
minimum of 75 pints. Since this
is such a worthy cause, we
should exceed the minimum
goal quite easily, with the cooperation
of the Student Body.
The Ignatian Council is cosponsoring
the Blood Bank in
co-operation with the Student
committee. Also during this
week, a home service project
will be carried out in co-operation
with the Fairfield Red
Cross.
The Student Committee making
preparations for Help
Week is as follows: Randolph
Harper, James Boesch, and J 0seph
Sargent, in cooperation
with Matthew R. Blick, chairman
of the Fairfield Red Cross
blood program and George
Hughes, vice-chairman of the
blood program.
The blood collected by 41 Red
Cross Chapters in Connecticut
is immediately transported in
iced containers to the Regional
Blood Center in Hartford, where
the type and RH factor are determined
by trained technicians.
Then it is stored under refrigeration
and held for orders from
the approved hospitals of the
state.
Whole blood is usable for
medical purposes up to 21 days.
When it becomes outdated, the
blood plasma is separated from
the red cells. From plasma come
such valuable products as gamma
globulin, to modify or prevent
measles and infectious
hepatitis; fibrinogen, for control
of certain types of bleeding;
and serum albumin, for treating
s~vere shock, burns, and kidney
dIseases. These blood derivatives
are furnished to physicians
and hospitals as needed.
There is absolutely no charge
for the blood collected by the
Red Cross. Some confusion exists
on H"~ ~'lint, because most
hospitals make a charge for
"blood tranfusion service," but
these charges cover the hospital
expenses in connection with the
matching and transfusion of the
bl('~-1
As a last point, there is never
enough blood collected to meet
the demands of the hospitals.
* * *
PATRONIZE
OUR
ADVERTISERS
March 28 - Distribution of
remaining copies of Advisor to
the Faculty and the student
body.
YOUNG REPUBLICANS
YR. Club - Des Sullivan
1st Meeting - March 17th
(1) Plans for Spring Training
at Yale
(2) Reports on YR - Fairfield
Co. and State College
groups
(3) Campaign plans in Town
G.O.P.
2nd Meeting - evening
Willmoore Kendall - Yale
Editor (Assoc.) of National
Review.
3rd Meeting -
Film from National G.O.P.
* * *
SODALITY OF OUR LADY
Agenda for March
Novena of Grace (March 4-12)
Maromite Mass (March 6)
Two Devotional Meetings
(Speakers) Alternate Tuesdays.
Two General Business Meetings,
Alternate Tuesdays
(Training of Candidates)
Officers and Committee Heads
Meeting - 2nd Thursday night
of month.
Continue Lenten Mass Crusade.
Support Knights of Columbus
Day of Recollection
General Communion on First
Monday (Sodalists)
Daily Rosary (Classroom
buildings and Dorm)
Weekly Mission Collection
Stations of Cross (Thurs. 6:30
p.m. - Lent)
Holy Hour (Thurs. night 11
p.m. before First Friday)
Panel discussion in Meriden
(March 9)
Richard Lappert, Sec.
* * *
THE STAG
Publications March 13,
March 27.
Staff Meetings - March 4,
12:10, Gon. #3; March 18, 12:10,
Gon. #3.
Any Freshman or Sophomore
who is interested in writing for
The Stag is strongly urged to
attend Staff meetings.
* * *
CHEMISTRY CLUB
March 6, Speaker, Yaggi,
Room 320.
(Continued on Page 4)
Seven Event Junior Weekend
Planned By 'Toal Committee
Choice Of Dance ~
Band Indefinite
The Junior Week, occurring
May 9, 10, and 11, will have as
its General Chairman Jack Toal,
it was recently announced by
Junior Class President Bob
Healy. The week will center
around the college play, "Time
Limit," with a formal dance and
a stag dinner. Seven different
events, whose schedule will be
published in the next issue of
The STAG, have been planned.
Toal, an AB economics major
from Yonkers, was chairman of
the K. of C. party after the Winter
Carnival.
The full Junior Week committee
appointed by Healy includes:
George McGauley, chairman
of the formal dance; Jim
Boesch, the after-formal party;
Tom Roach, stag party; George
Haux, jazz concert; Bill Lavery,
ticket sales for the play; Mike
McDonald, cocktail party after
the play; Des Sullivan, picnic.
March 13, 1958
Club
Agenda
THE BUSINESS CLUB OF
FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY
Established 1951
FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY
F AIRFIELD, CONNECTICUT
Agenda for the Month of March
March 6 - Meeting of the
Board of Directors to discuss
financial returns from the dinner
and related business.
March 13 - General Meeting
for the entire membership. Report
on the dinner, new business
and tentative plans for
Annual Banquet.
March 20 - Deadline for all
copy to be submitted for publication
in the Advisor. The
paper has been revived after an
absence of a year and a half.
There is enthusiastic interest
among the members in this
undertaking and every effort
will be made to publish another
issue before the end of the
semester.
March 27 - General Meeting
for- the entire rp~.mbership. Distribution
of the Advisor to the
members and discussion of
pertinent business.
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On and Off
"Tops in Town"
GREEN COMET
DINER
90 Kings Highway Cut-O.
Fairfield, CoDD.
Tel. FO 8-9471
DRINK PEPSI
to
THE
GIVE TO
MISSIONS
HELP
WEEK
JOHN F. CALLAN. Jr.
TIME LLMIT
SUPPORT
BUY TICKETS
to Work Law, presented by the
F.U. Debating Society.
March 12 - Tom Dodd. Evening
meeting.
March 19 - Student debate.
Admission of Red China to the
U.N.
* * *
Agenda March. 1958
NEW YORK METROPOLITAN
AREA CLUB OF FAIRFIELD
UNIVERSITY .
Week 6f March 3rd
March 3, Monday - Constitutional
Committee Meeting. 2
officers and 4 committee members.
Purpose: Reorganize the Con-I ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
stitution. Make it more explicit.
Create espirit de corps among
the members. Build a stronger
and more spirited organization.
March 4th or 5th - General
Business Meeting - Room 101.
Canisius Hall, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Report
from Committees on Easter
Dance. Initial Report of Constitutional
Committee.
Week of March 10 - Constitutional
Meeting.
Week of March 24 - Final
plans for Easter Dance. Report
from Committees. Assignment
of Committees to dance. Ticket
Committee, Poster Committee.
Publicity Committee.
Week of March 31 - Report
from Constitutional Committee.
Week of March 24 - Constitutional
Committee Meeting.
Submitted by
BILL MORRISSEY,
Vice-President for
VINCENT TEDONE,
President.
HARTFORD AREA
UNDERGRADUATES CLUB
March 7, 6:45 - Loyola Hall
1. Resulting from our meet-ing
of Feb. 26, we decided, after
discussing the problem of lack
of interest and attention that
each member would talk, individually,
with these lax members
and find out the reason for
their attitude. It was decided
that a leUer will be written to
e:e.ch student advising them of
the meeting's agenda and explicitly
stating that attendance
at this meeting is compulsory
and absence will mean denial
of membership to the Club, and
the attending members will be
the active members.
. 2. Hartford Concert of the
Fairfield U. Glee Club.
(a) contracts for advertise-ment
distribution.
(b) ticket distribution.
(c) miscellaneous.
3. Spring Formal - April 12.
(a) band decision.
(b) place decision.
(c) cost of admittance.
(d) miscellaneous.
James R. Boesch, Pres.
* * *
* * *
period on Monday and Tuesday,
March 10 and 11.
3. The week of March 16thmovie
on Alcoholism. It will be
shown approximately fifth period
on Monday and Tuesday,
March 17 and 18.
Anthony V. Main, Pres.
PUBLIC AFFAIRS LR.C.
March 5 - Debate on Right
WATERBURY AREA CLUB
Meeting, Wednesday, March
26.
Concert,' Friday, March 28.
Other meetings for concert
will be short and notices on
bulletin board.
* * *
MENDEL CLUB
Due to the fact that a great
majority of the members attend
daily Mass at 12 :00 p.m. during
Lent and the absence of a convenient
time to meet other than
at 12:30 p.m. Wednesdays, there
will be no formal meetings as
such during March. However,
movies will be shown at different
times during the month.
The schedule is as follows:
1. The week of March 2nd, a
movie on Menstruation will be
shown at approximately fifth
period on Monday, March 3 and
Tuesday, March 4.
2. The week of March 9th,
movie on Immunization. It will
be shown approximately fifth
* * *
AGENDAS .
(Continued from Page 3)
March 13, Speaker, Farrington,
Room 320.
March 20, Speaker, Bonessar,
Room 320.
Week of March 27, Night
meeting, Speaker, Mr. Carano,
Room, unknown.
YOUNG DEMOCRATS
March 6, Organization meeting.
March 12, Tom Dodd
March 19, Elections.
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March 13, 1958 THE STA G Page Five
CAMPUS PERSONALITY
By PAUL JONES
Fairfield Tuition Remains
Far Below Level Of Expenses
Book Review
By JOSE-PH MONAHAN
THE UNSILENT GENERATION.
edited by Otto Butz.
Rinehart, $2.95.
This book is a lie - I hope.
Called "the surprisingly frank
autobiographies of eleven articulate
members of the generation
which has been called
silent," it is a collection of
essays written by seniors at
Princeton last year. Here, we
are lead to believe, is a crosssection
of "typical" young
America.
Among the anonymous writers,
several are born Catholics.
Only one has managed to reaain
his faith. He sadly admits
he does not have Princeton to
thank for that. For the others
they parade their souls in vari~
ous stages of spiritual undress
with s 0 met h i n g startling
shamelessness and even pride.
There is perhaps only one of
these who has been able to
formulate a philosophy of life
which does not seem as if its
owner is waiting to trade it in
on a new model as soon as
something better comes along.
He is a Jew who proudly points
to a rich tradition of spirituality
and scholarship handed
down to him by an admirable
father.
The inescapable implications
of this book, I feel, are going
to be disastrous for the reputation
of so-called "liberal" education
in our country. While
the essays in the book are in no
way authorized by Princeton
University officially, that is not
going to stop many well-intentioned
people from pointing an
accusing finger at those who,
they will say, have betrayed
our youth. Almost to a man
every writer in this book admit~
that there is nothing of which
he can be sure. God mayor
may not exist; in any case, He
must be way "out of touch"
with things. Morality is a relative
thing: principles are formed
to fit the situation at hand.
-There is no universal standard;
and wrong is right, if necessary.
This is where Catholic students
must rise to answer the
challenge of the "unsilent generation."
- Are we to be numbered
among them? The question
points to the difference between
a liberal education and
one that is simply baseless. If
there are absolute truths - and
there are - education must
build up from them. Principles
and philosophies are either true
or not. There is no possibility
of conflict, for truth can never
conform with errer. To know
error one must first know truth,
but no intelligent person has
the right to be so reckless as to
assert the contrary. No, Catholic
students must not allow
themselves to be swept into
this tide; for it can only wash
us away to lonely, bottomless
depths.
Even beyond this, though,
Catholic students must rouse
themselves. It is time to stop
thinking of our faith as a "gift."
It goes far deeper than that _
it is a command. Christ commanded
us to go forth, to be
for Him. This "unsilent generation"
then is part of that gift
and the object of that command.
If Christ has given Himself
to us, then we in turn
must give ourselves' to them:
Our generation is our responsibility
- even more so because
if we truly are in the ~ight, we
(Continued on Page 9)
on registration day, or works to pay it in installments, is partially
subsidized. For instance, this year, the New England College
Fund granted Fairfield $12,000 to ease the burden.
Therefore, the student is actually protected and sheltered
from excessive tuition.
Third, consider the situation in other representative c<¥leges.
While Fairfield was announcing an increase of $75 per annum,
and Marquette was whispering of a $50 a year raise, Trinity was
heralding a tuition boost of $250 to $1050 for a year's education,
and Harvard, Cornell, Amherst, Williams, Bowdoin and Princeton,
-among others, were telling of $200-$300 yearly increases in
base expenses. Since 1951, Yale has increased its tuition from
$600 to $1100, a 100% jump. Since 1951, Marquette, the largest
Catholic college, has increased its tuition from $350 to $550; a
43% boost. Since 1951, Holy Cross, one of the nearest Jesuit
colleges, has elevated its tuition from $500 to $600, a 20% increase.
(Don't forget that the last two of these institutions are
fairly well endowed and could afford to charge below the level
of Fairfield.) Since 1951, the tuition at Fairfield has increased
from $500 to $625, a 30% rise.
Considering that the cost of living index today is 122.3 based
on the 1947-49 dollar as 100, the Fairfield situation appears fairly
well in hand.
Can there then be a doubt about the naturalness of this
latest rise in tuition when the percentage of tuition increase here
is below the percentage of educational improvements, when the
student is guarded from building costs and aided by an occasional
grant, when the more recent rises in tuition at other colleges have
outdistanced Fairfield?
The economic inflation has been reflected in bills for the gas,
oil, water, electricity that the University uses. The maintenance
crew which today consists of 29 laymen and 3 Brothers has increased
20% in the last three years. The faculty salaries have
gone up more than the tuition has, and still every available opportunity
to add to the wages of the professors is considered and
attempted in order to maintain a high-caliber faculty. Expansion
of such services as the library, which now has a staff of nine,
and which must constantly purchase books in order to exist as
a college library, signals rising costs.
Indeed there is only one reason why the tuition has remained
as low as it has. It is the presence of the Jesuit Fathers, whose
replacements would cost $200,000 a year, an additional increase
of between $100 and $200 in every student's tuition. To the benefit
of every student here, these men serve, as somone said a
while back, solely for their bread, board, and the glory of God.
"Viva Comrade Zapata"
By JOSEPH P. CHESTER
The foreign affairs division of the present administration
has been referred to by many appropriate descriptions, among
them, the notion of it's being a farsighted policy-making group.
That's an excellent attribution, providing that, by farsightedness,
one means a severe case of hyperopia.
Since the coming-into-power of the nation's present administrators,
the U.S. has spent in the vicinity of $50 billions on foreign,
military and economic assistance. Trans-oceanic areas,
mainly in Western Europe, have been the principal target for the
dumping of the greatest percentage of this rather enormous
amount of money. In attempting to appease the French and the
British, de-neutralize the Indians and bribe the Titos, the U.S.
has poured everything from jet planes to false teeth into the
grabbing hands of our not-too-appreciative "friends" on the other
side of the Atlantic. Our esteemed policy makers in the foreign
affairs department have been stretching their necks to see what's
doing on the other side for so long now that they have neglected
to detect the signs of brewing trouble right under their noses.
International communism, a la Moscow, - the very thing we are
attempting to put in check in Western Europe, Asia and the Middle
East via the billions - has made a virtual powderkeg under
our own feet with its rapid gains in our own neighbor's yard, the
Latin republics of North and South America.
While the experts in the State department are shoveling billions
into these areas, especially Western Europe, in a fingercrossed
endeavor to build reinforcement against communist advancements
in the area, the pros in the red sombrerors are building
successful inroads all the way from Mexico City to Rio de
Janeiro. Wliile Europe was rapidly gulping the better part of
$50 billions worth of assistance in the last eight years, our southern
sister republics have been getting nothing but a lot of lip
service from our foreign aid offices. In the meantime, Ivan has
been buying his way into the political, economic and social affairs
of Latin America and, amazingly enough, has succeeded in convincing
rather large numbers of Latin Americans to look to the
Kremlin for a much brighter future. And it's not too difficult
a task to buy a few influential Latins here and there - prosperity
has long lost its meaning in many Latin American areas.
Pan-American unity and a lot of gobble-dy-gook about community
ties and interests isn't really that appealing to the Latin
American under-privileged - you can't eat good will, no matter
how well Washington seas~ms it.
Communist dollars, on the other hand, are making many
friends for the Kremlin gang. Latin American labor ranks, and
to some extent its political echelons, are being infiltrated by the
Reds to such an extent that already some unwary workers and
politicians are speaking in terms of the "proletariat" and conversion.
And ·one can hardly predict what the unruly blood of
Latin Americans might tend to produce - especially when a
few dOllar-toting left-wingers take advantage of the little interest
the American government is exhibiting toward its rather
susceptible neighbors to the south.
Robert L. Hirtle, Jr.
. . President
sophomore year. He readily
proved himself as an able worker
and his appointment as
Editor-in-Chief was the crowning
achievement in a long career
on The Stag staff.
Now in his final semester of
senior year, in the B.S.S. Economics
course, we still find Paul
functioning on The Stag as Associate
Editor, and in various
other campus activities.
Paul is an active member of
the Glee Club, and also its vicepresident.
He is also a member
of the Valley Club of Ansonia,
and, of even more worth, a
meber of the Aquinas Academy.
Paul's activities are not confined
to the campus alone. He is
a sports reporter for the Ansonia
paper; and plays basketball with
a local team.
After graduation, Paul intends
to continue his education
at grad school, with teaching as
his ultimate aim.
At this time we would like
to express our sincere wishes of
good luck to an outstanding
Fairfield man.
PAUL NAGY
In such an organization as
The Stag, it is necessary to have
as Editor, a man who has shown
his ability as a leader and a
worker. It was evident from his
very first year at Fairfield that
Paul Nagy was such a man.
Paul worked as a sports writer
as a Freshman, and assumed the
post of Sports Editor in his
A month ago each underclassman received a letter from the
President of the University announcing a tuition increase to
seven hundred dollars per academic year, beginning next September.
A short while afterwards, an appeal for exemption
from the new charge was made to the Student Council by Junior
Class representatives. The argument presented was that the
class had experienced tuition increases each of the three years
it has been at Fairfield.
it was interesting to note this concern in this day of the
tight dollar: It was enlightening to learn that similar concern
exists in almost every college in the East, for tuition increases
this year have rained down like the angel of wrath at Passover.
Only, now, very few colleges have been spared.
The STAG has investigated the matter. It has weighed the
issues. And it must conclude that the increase in tuition at Fairfield
is conservative and at a minimum, when one considers the
advance in services and improvement in facilities since 1947 and
1951, and when one considers the corresponding tuition hikes at
other institutions of higher learning.
First, the Jesuit faculty here has increased from ten to
thirty-five since 1947. The lay faculty has grown from four to
twenty. In one instance, there is a 250% increase, in the other,
a 400% increase. The Public Relations Office and the Placement
Bureau have been inaugurated since 1947. All athletic team expenditures,
including scholarship, have easily advanced 100%.
The physics and the chemistry departments have experienced a
50% enlargement in- personnel since 1947.
In ten years, these services, accumulated, have hit triple
percentage figures. But in 1947, the tuition at Fairfield was
$400 plus a $20 activities fees. In 1957, the tuition was $625,
That is only an increase of 48.8%.
Second, the general impression has been that anticipation
of building costs for the new gymnasium was an important
factor in the decision to increase tuition. To the contrary, the
building costs of the new gym do not and will not affect the
student tuition. Any expenditure for new plant on campus does
not fall back upon the student.
What is more, the student pays only 70% of what it costs
the University to educate him. Every student, then, whether he
boards or lives at home, whether he pays the full year's tuition
MANOR. . . . PUBLIC AFFAIRS CLUB
(Continued from Page 1) The Public Affairs Club is
the parent organization for such
pearance and disposure of the activities as the International
book as Lay <?ut Editor. He is Relations Club, the Young Dewell
known for his News and mocratic Club, the Young ReViews
Column and activity as publican Club, and the Connec-ticut
Intercollegiate Student
Varsity Basketball Manager. Legislature. Each year the Pub-
Working as Art and Photo- lic Affairs Club sponsors a sergraphy
Editors will be, respec- ies of guest speakers. In additively,
Bill McQuillan and Jim tion, the Club holds a series of
Maher. Bill's ability, evidenced student debates on contemporin
his poster and illustration' ary political, social, and econwork;,
coupled with his .Busin~ss omic'issues. Where possible we
Club activity, will show well in try to stress the Christian aphis
post. Jim is an active Re- proach and answer to these
publican' Club member and is issues.
well proving his worth as Jim-ior
Class Veep.
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posing adjustment of the wage
scale of hourly-rate state employees
to fluctuations in the
cost of living index, introduced
in the Senate by James Masterson
and Steve Ryan. The
former bill passed through committee
and was adopted by
both the House and Senate with
only a slight change in wording.
The latter bill was unfavorably
reported in committee,
and a motion to have it considered
in the Senate was defeated
late in the session.
On Thursday, February 27,
the C.I.S.L. gathered to register
delegations in the afternoon and
to attend their annual banquet
that evening in the ballroom of
the Hotel Bond. State C.I.S.L.
Chairman Frank Curry of Trinity
presided over the activities,
and after introducing the candidates
for office and making
various announcements, he presented
the two main speakers of
the evening, Mrs. Chase Going
Woodhouse and Mr. John Bailey.
Mrs. Woodhouse, a former
U.S. Representative from Connecticut,
spoke on the need for
greater participation in politics
by younger voters and the
necessity for an aroused electorate
who will fight for the political
freedoms of our national
government.
Mr. Bailey, presently the
chairman of the Democratic
Party in Connecticut, delivered
a partisan speech concerning
the various issues before the
state and the nation, and then
answered many questions from
the floor, involving particular
political issues. After the banquet,
many meetings and caucuses
were held in connection
with the bills before the legis-
Sodality. lature and especially in connec- of juridical positivism, its phil- same subject, expressing the Student Council Representatives
(Continued from Page 1) tion with the election of officers osophical concepts and advo- Federation's disapproval. Fayette and Croake.
of the Assembly. The Fairfield
troversial issue. Mr. James J. delegation was quite active in cates. In summ~tion, Paul Nagy The NF Regional Congress, to In the President's report, Mr.
Lynch, group-chairman of a dis- its campaign that evening on and Robert Hughes evaluated which all students are invited, O'Grady recommended that the
cussion-study group, of the behalf of Bob Kaulbach. the natural law in its present is to be held on April 18, 19, intercollegiate activity of the
Cardl·nal Newman AlumnI· of day statu·s, mdicatm. g its treat- and 20 at the Hotel Bradford Region be de-emphasized in
Boston, and a Boston University ment by the philosophy of Com- in Boston and on the B.C. favor of a strengthening of
graduate, raised the point. He AQUINAS. . . . munism. Roger Belliveau then campus. campus ~ctivity. After insist-
mam. ta·med -that Cath0 1·IC grad - (Continued from Page 1) cI.ted the indications of a defi- Of sOlJle note, a1so, was theence by Mr. Croake and Dave
uates of secular colleges are nite resurgence of the natural Student Government Seminar, Collins, CCD chairman from St.
more active in Catholic post- Peter Baldetti and William law into the jurisprudence of attended by over thirty student Anselm's, that this recommengraduate
organizational affairs Doyle. After their contribution contemporary jurors. Questions government presidents and their dation be very carefully studied
than Catholic graduates of Cath- as to the origin and develop- from the floor followed each representatives from all over and very flexible in action, the
olic colleges. Here again, no ment of the natural law and its panel discussion.· New England. The first part of recommendation was accepted.
conclusion was reached. definition, Robert Schumacher the meeting, designed to clarify The Regional Treasurer, Jim
Mr. Lynch then introduced and Dominic Ceritelli introduc- NF's relatIonship to student Ryan, from Providence College,
the third controversial issue. He ed the interpretations of Gro- NFCCS . . . . government, was conducted by reported a very small balance
noted that Fr. Gannon, S.J., tius, Hobbes and Rousseau of (Continued from Page 1) NF President Terence O'Grady. but explained that with the col-former
President of Fordham the definition, with Roger Belli- The last hour, in which the rep- lection of dues and the revenue
University, had stated that the veau providing a re-evaluation colleges to express to LIFE ma- resentatives discussed and clari- from the Spring Congress, the
criticisms of Catholic education of these various interpretations. gazine their sentiments on the fied problems existing on indi- Region would be able to funcby
Fathers Ellis, Weigel, and Joseph Chester, Charles Wil- "Unsilent Generation." The Re- vidual campuses, was conduct- tion as actively as it has in the
Cavanaugh were unfortunate Iiams and Robert Thibault then gional Executive Board was or- ed by Fairfield's Larry Fayette. past.
and had resulted in "excessive proceded to introduce the notion dered to write to LIFE on the Fairfield was represented by John P. Croake
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the supposed self-complacency
in I~sponsible quarters, he had
"never encountered it in my 28
years of educational administration."
And so, Mr. Lynch held
that there must be a recognition
"at least by a large number of
Catholic intellectuals that a deficiency
(in American Catholic
education) actually exists," before
any remedies are applied
to the situation. Time ran out
on this issue. However, Mr.
Lynch passed out six pages of
Newman discussion-club notes
on this and related topics to interested
delegates, including
some from Fairfield. The summary
of interesting talks of
various Boston professors, editors,
and leading Catholic figures
in America were included.
March 13, 1958 THE S TA G Page Seven
National and International Issues
The Right to Work Laws - Pro and Con
By JOHN F. X. WARBURTON
The labor movement has always been a source of controversy.
This is due to the it'nportance of management-worker
relations in the economic structure of our industrial nation. Senate
investigations, Hoffa, and the Kohler strike keep the spotlight
close on labor today. The heat of the issue comes from the
"Right to Work" law versus union security, or compulsory unionism.
The discussion's importance is indicated by the designation
of it as the national college debate topic. "Resolved: That
the requirement of membership in a labor organization as a condition
of employment should be illegal" is the wording of the
topic. This ideal is embodied in the "right to work~' laws, which
have been passed by 18 states.
A novel and relatively easy approach to the topic is in the
manner of a debate. We hear the affirmative side, supporting
the right to work laws and the elimination of compulsory unionism;
then the. negative, who feel that methods of union security
such as the union shop and the closed shop should be declared
neither legal nor illegal. The closed shop exists in a plant where
to get a job, a man must be a member of the union; this operation
is illegal for interstate commerce. The union shop exists
where, after 30 to 60 days on the job, the man must join th~
union; union shop existence. is the main issue.
The affirmative steps forth: The right to work laws protect
the freedom of individuals to make their own choice whether or
not to join a labor union. Forcing an American citizen to join
any organization, and pay dues to it, for the privilege of earning
a living is a form of economic slavery contrary to the moral principles
of democracy; i.e., man's right to work and his freedom
of association. RT.W. laws safeguard the right of an individual
to obtain any job for which he is qualified, regardless of union
membership.
Membership in a union should result from a free choice of
workers in response to the organizing activity of the union itself.
Under required union membership the threat of discharge becomes
the most important factor in getting men into the union.
If unions were forced to merit their membership, they would
have to keep a "clean house". Tile RT.W. laws would thus be
beneficial to the labor movement and protect workers from such
as Hoffa and Beck with their -special brand of unionism. The
aws do not interfere with the right to bargain collectively with
management, which is all a union needs for its security.
In the 18 states that have adopted these RT.W. laws, wage
earning increases, percentage-wise, have. exceeded the national
1260 Main St.
BRIDGEPORT
Just Ideas
By TOM O'CONNOR
The recent flurry of social
activity here at Fairfield
brought to my mind a topic
which I believe needs a little
discussion. The subject is that
of the' "blind-date." The '~blind
date" is the chef-d'oeuvre of the
feminine world. It is possible to
see in this social coup de main
all the wiles and deceptions of
the weaker sex, and in defense
of my fellow students I feel I
must speak out even though my
future social life may be ruined
... it's been rather static anyway.
I rpust stop here to tell my
readers, if there are any, that
I have nothing against girls,
female girls in particular, but
beware, men, beware.
This problem first weighed
upon my mind some months
ago and at that time I decided
to conduct a field project in the
interests of education and of our
superior, but I'm afraid, not too
knowing sex. In conjunction
with my aide, who for safety's
sake will be referred to by the
name he picked up in his research,
I bravely invaded the
test area.
Lamby Pie, my aide, and I
arrived upon the "rolling hills
beneath the blue" and immediately
proceeded to take those
steps which put us in a position
to observe the workings of the
feminine mind.
After many harrowing experiences
Lamby Pie reported back
to our field headquarters located
in the midst of the "jungle"
at Storrs. After hearing his report
I was elated. We had done
it, we had proved that there is
a mathematical relationship between
the personality and
physical beauty of the "blinddate."
The experience of my associate
in the field and under fire
had shown quite conclusively
that the various types of "blinddates"
can be plotted on a curve
on which the two extremities
represent the attributes of looks
and personality. Now with this
as a basis it was possible to go
on from here and arrive at
some very astonishing facts.
First of all was the fact that
in a "blind-date". looks and
personality are never found together.
This fact is represented
on our graph by putting these
characteristics at opposite ends
of the curve and will be corroborated
by anyone who has had
any experience with "blinddates."
Next among the noteworthy
facts we were able to gather
was that as you proceed from
any point on the graph in either
direction you will get more of
one and less of the other, but
never much of both. This leads
us to further conclude that in
the middle of the graph, say the.
middle twenty per cent, there
is a general deficiency of both
looks and personality. These
rather "bland" girls are the
subjects of about ninety per
cent of "blind-dates" and are
the particular objects of a
special brand of feminine sympathy.
They are forever described
in such glowing terms that
one sometimes wonders why she
has to look for "blind-dates,"
but this query is usually stifled
by the date's promoter, and promoter
has every appropriate
connotation for some of these
girls. I remember one girl I met
who would have been a credit
to Jim Norris and the LB.C.
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Ethical
Pharmacy
press. For example, he made the
Farmers Home Administration
(legal successor to Rex Tugwell's
Resettlement Administration)
an agency with enormous
spending potentialities. In obtaining
this blessing, Eisenhower
demanded an initial appropriation
of $25 to $50 million
merely to get the project off the
ground. The extravagant roadbuilding
program is another of
his unnecessary "contributions"
to the welfare of the economy.
Most people think that Congress
cuts government expenses
when it grants a smaller appropriation
than the president asks.
However, in 1957, Eisenhower
asked for over $73 billions of
new obligational authority, or
new appropriations, plus the
authority to make long-term
commitments and contracts
which must be made good by
future additional appropriations.
Such financial irresponsibility
has had repercussions. The
American people, now conscious
of the situation, are cashing in
more heavily on savings bonds.
Treasury revenues are falling
below, and expenditures are
rising above the predicted estimates.
average. These states al~o have a record of greater labor-management
harmony than the national average, as measured by the
number of man days idle, from strikes and work stoppages"
Unions are undamaged. RT.W. laws do not forbid the worker
from joining' a union and at the same time protect his rights and
benefit the nation.
Take a deep breath; since this is an important issue, there
now comes forth the negative side: The negative contends two
statements to be true; one, that in order to preserve unions you
must preserve union shop and also that compulsory unionism is
morally just. Man's right to work is relative and conditioned.
It is relative to the existence and opportunity of a job. The
right is conditioned by the employer, in such matters as job
qualifications and shop uniform, and by the fellow employees, in
rules such as shop safety regulations for the protection of all the
workers.
Is compulsory unionism a just condition? Examine the present
economic structure of industrial America. You will see that
no individual, by himself, can obtain his economic needs, decent
wages and good working conditions. The employees must join
together to obtain those economic goods to which they have a
right. They meet with management in collective bargaining. But
unless labor has a strong front and is an equal force with management,
collective bargaining is useless; the worker's rights and
demands are unstable and without meaning.
How is the solidarity of unions dependent upon union security
measures such as union shop? In a plant, not having union
shop, even when the majority of workers belong to one union,
the union does not possess its one weapon in the fight for the
betterment of the worker, the unified strike. When the union
strikes, the striking members know that while picketing goes on
out in the cold, the non-union men will be in the plant making
money and production will continue. The union men will not be
so eager to strike. But the better wages and working conditions
for which they originally struck will not be obtained; not that
management would object to this. Only social justice would.
Such proposals have occurred in our history before. In 1920,
the Open Shop plan, or the American plan, was inaugurated; it
was identical with the RT.W. laws in principle and application.
Closed and union shops were outlawed. The Plan led to results
that would be identical with the results of the "Right to Work"
laws. Those were low wages, riotous strikes and a great industrial
unrest. The American Plan had to be repealed by 1924. This
mistake we cannot afford to repeat. RT.W. laws are a guised
attempt to attack unionism and reduce unions to a hollow form.
This would not be for the benefit of the worker or the nation.
The debate goes on.
ed" in Treasury LO.U.'s. In
simple language the money is
gone. The budget discloses that
under this so-called welfare
planning, the surplus of receipts
over disbursements is gradually
narrowing. If the situation continues
to regress, there can be
no alternatives but a raise in
taxes, more borrowing - or let
the Bureau of Printing and Engraving
go hog wild.
The contingent debt of the
government is another contributing
factor to our nation's
fiscal problems. This is incurred
when the government "goes on
the notes" for tens of billions
of dollars for housing mortgage
insurance, ad infinitum. Even
when insurance is collected, this
money is "invested" in government
bonds, representing money
already spent!
It is a platitude that one's
own subsidy or gain is. a necessity,
whereas the other man's is
an extravagance. Thus, Congress
plays by the rule that
votes for economy in the House
and Senate bring few votes in
Senatorial or Congressional
elections. On the other hand, refusal
to vote for a pay raise for
government employees, a farm
benefit, or a public works project
invites the furor of high
pressure groups which will vote
in revenge against the offending
legislator.
President Eisenhower's Administration
has added greatly
to the already existing difficulties.
Vested interests in federal
spending have had additional
years to become entrenched and
to increase their claims on the
Treasury. Mr. Eisenhower has
also added new undertakings
and welfare benefits of such in-significance
that they manage ,
to escape the attention of the 1"' -'
.limited to outside earnings of
$1,200 a year.
These inducements are so
loaded with financial sex appeal
that you can't blame a congressman
for looking.
A congressman finds solace,
too, in the fact that he can retire
on his full pension at age
62. This is a considerable improvement
on the Social Security
requirement which makes a
man wait until he is 65. After
all, the vast majority of the
members of Congress are males.
In view of the fact that an
ex-President of the United
States gets no pension at all, it
looks like Congress takes pretty
good care of itself. No wonder
so many congressmen are eager
to retire.
Government
Spending
By FRANK FULLAM
The American people have
belatedly awakened to the fact
that government spending has
gone completely out of hand.
This overdue public realization
of how our Executive branch
has handled governmental financial
affairs may help, but the
job of bringing government
spending under control presents
immense difficulties. The road
to fiscal sanity has become so
fantastically difficult because
there has been no effective effort
by federal administrations
since Roosevelt to stop feeding
the American economy the poison
of deficits.
For years, the government
has been collecting billions more
in social security and income
taxes than it has returned to
the inVOluntary investors. Those
"surpluses" have been "invest-
Reps & DelliS
By BOB HIRTLE
A Ne,w '"Lame Duck'" Congress
There is going to be a bumper
crop of voluntary "lame duck"
Congressmen and Senators this
year. A voluntary lame duck is
a lawmaker who decides for
reasons of his own that he won't
run for re-election the next
time around.
Never before in an election
year have so many voluntarily
chosen the road to political
oblivion. Five senators and sixteen
representatives already
have announced that they will
retire at the end of the present
term. But this is only a start.
By summertime, the way things
are going, a new record will be
established for voluntary quitting.
Now, important decisions
such as these are seldom a matter
of chance. It is instructive,
therefore, to analyze the list of
retirees in a search for some
common denominator - some
overwhelming fa c tor that
prompts these men to abandon
public life.
You don't have to look very
far. Congress, as everybody
knows, operates one of the most
fabulous pension schemes ever
conceived by the mind of mortal
man.
The maximum pension is
about $18,000 a year. The top
under Soc i a 1 Security is
$108.50 a month. A congressman
earns full and permanent coverage
after only six years of
service. Full and permanent
Social Security takes 10 years.
A pensioned congressman is
free to earn as much as he likes
after leaving Washington. A Social
Security beneficiary is
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completion of their courses intend
to enter into the field of
business as such.
(2) To acauaint +1..~ ~ombers
with practical application of
progressive business methods
which cannot be accomplished
completely in the classroom.
This 'knowledge is to be acquired
at business conferences and
luncheons where practicing business
men will contribute their
k now 1 e d g e and experience
through talks.
(3) To better acquaint the students
~ith each other and function
as a social organization.
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be open to all those students
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BUSINESS CLUB
This club has been organized
in order to form a truly representative
business club for the
students on the campus of Fairfield
University and to interest
such students in modern business
techniques and practices in
wide and varied phases of business.
The purpose of the Business
Club is threefold.
(1) To unite into one local
organization those students of
Fairfield Univpr~a" who upon
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Sodalities throughout the state,
our Fairfield Sodality sends out
panels of speakers who help
other groups to start or reorganize
Sodalities in line with
the ideals of Pope Pius XII.
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SODALITY
The Sodality movement has
a heritage of over 400 years.
The original Sodalities exclusively
for men functioned as
effective lay forces during the
Reformation. The Sodality of
Our Lady of Fairfield in union
with other true Sodalities has
fostered the very ideals which
were the backbone of its original
prototypes. In doing this it
has closely followed the canonically
approved rules which are
designed to produce a threefold
purpose. The first, selfsanctification,
effects strong convictions
and the courage to follow
these convictions. Next, the
sanctification of others is the
natural out-pouring of this
strength and courage to -help
others. Finally, thinking with
the Church is the willingness to
let the hierarchy guide these
energies.
The Sodality of Our Lady of
Fairfield has been working toward
the ideals spelled out by
Pope Pius XII. After a one year
probation period the Sodalists
made a perpetual act of consecration
to the Blessed Virgin
Mary. Sodalists attend weekly
meetings and work in organized
committees. For example,
work is done on the Fairfield
campus to spread devotion to
the Sacred Heart by encouraging
students to join the Apostleship
of Prayer and to attend a
monthly Holy Hour in preparation
for First Fridays. Attendance
at daily Mass especially
during Lent is encouraged. A
special committee works to increase
devotion to the Blessed
Mother especially by daily recitation
of the Rosary. The CTS
committee rna k e s Catholic
pamphlets and periodicals available
to the student body. A
liturgy committee helps to provide
Mass servers and sacristans.
There is a missions committee
which conducts a weekly
mite box collection for the
foreign missions as well as obtaining
pledges to offer Mass
and Holy Communion for the
success of the Missions.
The Sodality publishes its
own monthly paper known as
the Flos Campi.
Days of Recollection are sponsored
and there is an annual
reception of candidates into the
Sodality.
Special annual events are an
Eastern Rite Mass, the Novena
of Grace to St. Francis Xavier,
a closed rereat, and the sending
of sodalists to the Summer
School of Catholic Action in
New York City.
A group of Sodalists work
with deaf mutes who come to
our campus once a month. A
;recreation period is provided
which is usually followed by
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
and a short sermon in
sign language.
To assist the parishes in this
area the CCD committee sends
out a number of Sodalists who
instruct high school students in
Christian Doctrine classes.
Upon the request of many
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