Stag - Vol. 13, No. 01 - September 15, 1961

              "Closing College Door" Laughed A.t By Class of '65!
Published by Students of Fairfie,ld University, Fairfield, Conn. September 15, 1961
REQUIESCAT' IN PACE
The ST'AG wishes to express its
deepest sorrow on learning that
Professor Arthur Riel of the Eng.
lish Department lost his eight­year-
old son Joseph in a swim­ming
accident in the Housatonic
River this Summer. Joseph was to
enter the fourth grade in St.
Thomas School in September. The
Riels live at llZ Catherine T'er­race
in F'airfield.
Enlarged Book 'Store
I The first floor will contain a
lounge and a conference room,
as well as a new and enlarged
bookstore offering a greater
variety of reading matter and
personal items. There will also
be offices for Rev. Charles A.
Duffy, Bookstore Director, and
Rev. John D. Kelley, Mainten­ance
Administrator; in addition,
there will be office space pro­vided
for student organizations.
Another innovation will be a
I coin-operated laundry, includ­ing
washers and dryers.
(Continued on Page 8, Col. 4)
BISHOP
LAWRENCE J. SHEHAN, D.D.
Sophomore Appointed
STAG Layout Editor
STAG Editor-in-Chief Michael
T. Kiernan announced the ap­pointment
of James e. Moore,
'64, staff member of the Univer­sity
paper, to the position of
Layout Editor. Mr. Moore is a
native of Ridgewood, N.J., and
a member of the A.B. curricu­lum.
Mr. Kiernan, in consultation
Bj,shop Lawrence J. Shehan with the Board of Editors, an­of
Bridgeport, has been named nounced that Mr. Moore's ap­Titular
Archbishop of Nicropo- pointment is effective immedi­Hs
ad Nestum and Coadjutor ately.
with' the right of succession to1------------ _
Archbishop Francis P. Keough Ir-------------~
of Baltimore.
The appointment, made Iby
Pope John XXIII, was announc­ed
in Washington recently by
Ar-chbishop iEgidio Vagnozzi,
U.S. Apostolic Delegate.
Born in Baltimore, Arch­bishop
.' Shehan. was ordained· in
(Continued on .Page 5, Col. 1)
Bishop Shehan New
Titular Archbishop'
Of Baltimore, Md.
Breaks Ground Soon
Four-Story Dormitory
University
For New
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I $950,000 Loan Granted
1st Student Directory By Federal Government
Goes On Sale For 50¢
A forty-page Student Direc- The University' will break
tory, listing the name, home ground in October of this year
address and phone number of for a new four-story dormitory
all Fairfield U .undergra~uates building. Financed through a
went on sale thIS week m the lo.an of $950000 from the Com-
Dean of Men offices m Loyola . . '. . ...
and. Xavier HaIls. Imumty FacIlItIes AdmmlstratlOn
The booklet, whkh also con- in Washington, the as-yet-un­tains
the year's social and acad- named building will be in a
e1?ic calendars, as well as a style similar to that of two re-dIrectory
of dormItory phone p
numbers will sell for fifty decessors, Loyola and Gonzaga
cents. Printed by letterpress intended dormitory quadrangle.
process by the FaiDfield Town "The building'" according to
Crier (the same company that .. ' ".
prints the STAG), the directory Umverslty spokesmen, wll~ be
is set in a six-point modern .con- Z-sh;'lped, placed to the nght
densed type. It has a red and Iand rear of Loyola Hall, to bal­white
c~ver. .' ance Gonzaga Hall at Loyola's
ThIS IS the first .tlme that left. The three are art of an
such a compLete lIstmg of the . . p
student body has been made mtended dormItory guadrangle.
available in bookl€lt form. A road will be laid from Round
Hill Road to the new dormi­tory."
Glee Club Featured
On Worldwide Radio
'Religious Programs
The Fair-field University Glee
Club will tape a special pro­g,
ram of religious music to be
broadcast throughout the world
on the 70 member radio station
circuit "The· Sacred Heart Pro­gram,"
according to the Rev.
John P. Murray, S.J., moder­ator
of the club.
Portions of the mus-ic have
already been taped from past
glee club concerts, including
last year's "Ado.r-amus Te" and
"Emitte Spiritum."
The Sacred Heart Program,
produced 'by the St. Louis
Jesuits, features a brief talk or
prayer with a background of
religious music to be supplied
this year by the Fairfield club.
The programs run daily in five
minute spots, while Sunday
prolg.rams may be as long as
thirty minutes.
Student Managers Needed
Fr. Murray inf,ormed the
STAG that freshmen are wel­come
to sign up for the Glee
Club at the student activities
display to be held this morning
in the gym. He emphasized that
student managers were especial­ly
needed this year in addition
to a large number of freshmen
voices.
Intercollegia.te Contest
The Fairfield Glee Club plans
to enter I1;he 4th Annual Inter­collegiate
Festival to be held
(Continued on Page 8, Col. 4)
'5J Donates $11,000
Anniversary Gift
By RICHARD M. LAWL·ESS
Antonio Carbonell, Class of
65, who fled Castro's Com­munist
Cuba last November
with his family, gives SoTAG
feature writer Richard M.
Lawless a first hand account
of what's happening in the
Soviet's latest satellite coun­try.
Mr. Carbonell, a former
vice-president of the now­exiled
Cuban graduate Sodal·
ity A.C.U., attended Colegio
de Be'len, .the JesuitsChool in
Havana.-Editor's Note.
"I non't Like Him but I Don't Hate Him,"
Cuban Freshman Says of Premier Castro
ICommunist tendencies.
Mr. Carbonell came to this
country with his family last No­vember
because of rumored
repression and. possible trouble
in his school. He is at Fairfield
on scholarship and is enrolled
in the B.S. pre-med program.
"When I was younger, I was
not allowed to see and hear
much of the news, since my fa­ther
felt that I should not be
aware of the happenirigs in our
country. However I did more as
I became older, and there were
just too many things to go un~
"Castro 'became a Communist noticed," Mr. Carbonell said,
because of the infiltration of his "and one does get concerned
government and the influence of over one's own country."
,his dose advisor Che Cuevera." Mr. Carbonell answered the
So states Antonio Carbonell, a question of sufficient cause for
witness lo the events leading up the Revolution with this: "It
to the present Cuban regime's I (Con,tinued on 'Page 10, Col. 3)
WELCOME, DOCTOR; Fr. Joseph E. McCormiete, S.J.. Dean
of Men, greets Albert Mason, '65 (left), who was accompanied
to campus by a Holy Cross confrere.
Vo,I. 13 - No.1
The Class of 1951, incelebra­tionof
its tenth anniversary,
has left the University' a fund
The Freshman Orientation of $11,000. At the June 17th
Week continues tonight with Class Reunion, Chairman Ed
the firston-'campus mixer in
the ·gym. Over 300 girls from. Flannery said that about 90%
Connecti<:ut and New York' of the Class of '51 has partici­schools
will attend the dance, pated in this drive.
according to the Orientation Of th· d· th fi t U .
Chairman Vincent Oliviero '63. IS rIve, e rs lll-
M.e. Jo~ DiSpalatro enlisted versity Memor,ial Drive, Mr.
the aid of St. Raphael's Band Flannery said: "The figures are
which spent much of the past of themselves remarkable both
summer entertaining in Europe. in the total sum contributed
Refreshments and the dance and in the participation achiev­contest
will add to the occasion.. ed, but even more so in that
The. program of events for I which they represent - the
the week started on Sunday depth and sincerity of the loyal­night,
Sept. 10th, with the ty and generosity of the alumni
Frosh cIass arriving for a three- of F·airfield University.
day Retreat which opened Mon- ----------;----.:.---------------
day and culminated on Wed­nesday.
Tomorrow m 0 r n i n g, the
week's events provide for a
breather. But the afternoon
heralds the ",biggest field day
Fairfield has ever seen." Eve'nts
are planned for everyone's par­ticipation;
a series of track
events is balanced by several
"clown" adivities. "A greased
pole climb .~ill be one of the
h~ghlights of the day." The finale
will be ,the traditional tug-o'­war
over the pond in the lower
end of the campus. .
The Frosh's "foes for' the day"
are the ISophomores. The pre­ceeding
Sop:h Classes have won
the day' for. the past. two con­secutive
years .
To facilitate' the drying-out
process' afte,r ·the tug-o'-war, a
cook-out for the Freshmen is
scheduled in Alumni Field. The
awards for the various events
will be presented at this tiine
from the Concert Shell.
(Continued on Pa.ge 8, Col. 3)
Jllnior Class
Welcomes
Class Of '65
PaQ'e Two THE STAG September 15, 1961
FEATURE EDITOR
DONALD A. PREZIOSI
PHOTO EDITOR
SEAN M. DUNPHY
SPORTS EDITOR
ROD DOWLING
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ROBERT STEVENS
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STAFF
The STAFF of this first freshman edition of the STAG in Fairfield
history. consisted in the above editorial board. Dick Lawless '64, Ernest J.
Webby '62, Robert L. Berchem '62, George McGinn '64 and all club repre­sentatives
who graciously answered this paper's ·form letter request for
copy. Our thanks go also to Rev. Joseph McCormick SJ, Dean of Men; Mr.
Robert Pitt, Registrar; Mr. Frederick Tartaro of the P-R office and to Steve
Veroczi and his staff at the Fairfield TOWN CRIER, who all made this
venture possible. .
By RICHARD M. LAWLESS
The beginning of an academic career at the under-graduate
level can be the most exciting and rewarding period spent in the
life of the maturing mind. The first year of concentrated study
for the serious mind constitutes a solid base, a jumping-off place
for further activities. Here in the process of education, views
and motives are examined and re-evall'~ted. The mind is sub­sequently
stripped of old misbeliefs and untruths, old ideals be­come
smothered by newer ones, the mind is sharpened and stimu­lated
by the influx of ideas that stands to shape all future
thinking. Somehow academic drudgery becomes a small part of
this life.: hours of seemingly unnecessary work are forgotten in
a few moments of serious discussion with professor or equal, in
or out of class. This can be what lies ahead.
Education on a secondary level is aimed at mass-production
of semi-prepared minds for just this coming period of maturity,
whether in a class room, in this case, or starting in an occupa­tion.
Consider yourself fortunate that you are allowed a chance
to mature before facing the responsib'ility of earning a living.
Where the lower system is orientated towards a group education,
covering the individual in most cases until the day when he is
sufficiently mature to accept the burden of himself, at the col­lege
level, the individual is not so much educated by professors
as by himself. His self-education consists of his action and re­action
to the stimulus of ideas, his acceptance and refusal of
various theories, his own mind's growth at the influx, his rapid
,and sobering maturity, so distant from the inanities of his sec­ondary
education life that even to himself there seems to be a
new individual superceding the old, a Phoenix rising from the
ashes of his old immaturity.
These are ideals; behind ideals lie reason and reasons. One
look at a daily newspaper will show the direction of the world
body; toward systems, even imposed democracy, over the indi­vidual,
towards a materialist complacency, content with an ex­istence
merely matter-bounded, towards the designation of God
as a personal object, something to be taken up and dropped as
a toy, if taken up at all; these are today's morals and command­ments.
In our own country the chief rule of conduct seems to
be "Thou shalt not offend." Mass-custom is the norm of society.
Intellectual, political and religious differings are not considered
proper and' are best left to the newspapers. On this subject,
Adlai Stevenson considers as "the worst distempers of the public
mind," complacency and mediocrity, the will to be happy with
the existing order, regardless of inherent evils and perhaps even
danger to an individual.
And so this is the world which the beginning under-graduate
discovers for perhaps the first time as he advances in knowledge.
The one person who must not be smothered by this mass of norm
is the individual. Regardless of the rah-rah rantings of orienta­tion
committee members, you do not exist for the University.
Rather. the University exists for you. in every facet; professors,
library and all facilities, all are here for you; not you in a group,
as a class or a body, but you as yourself. This should be true of
all systems. And your education should not be taken piece by
piece, class by class, but as a synthesis of all experiences seen
through the sharpened eye of the developing mind. Do not even
discount the bull-session as a source of education.
The most important person on this campus is you. Don't let
him down. Involvement and responsibility to self are the only
true norms for the maturing student, the individual educating
himself.
Sincerely,
ROBERT DRAKE, '63
Secretary
THE STAG
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before publication.
MOTTO OF THE JOHN BIRCH
Robert;~. Stevens I ~OCIETY: ~rive recklessly the
AdvertIsmg Manager Inext pedestrIan you hit may be
THE STAG a Communist.
MEMO TO THE FRESlIMEN:
We!come back! WeI com e
Freshmen! With the start of a
new year at Fairfield I would
like to Doint out the fact that
many local businesses are tak­ing
an interest in Fairfield U.
by supporting The STAG, The
MANOR, as well as various pro­grams
published by various
campus organizations. These
businesses are interested in the
students of Fairfield U., and
they appreciate your patronage.
If you need something while
at F~irfield, whether it's clothes,
food, gasoline, entertainment,
or lodging for visiting friends,
support the businesses who are
supporting your campus publi­cations.
OF SANDPAPER
LIBRARY EXT'ENSION
To the Editor:
In a recent discussion regard­ing
our past year at Fairfield a
few of us touched upon a very
significant point in relation to
the Class of 1964 and their rec­ord
of achievement.
It is my opinion, and I am
sure that it is the opinion of
'others, that our class has not
only demonstrated intellectual
The charge that American society is educating its best promise but also shown a unity
minds in the wrong directions and with a false sense of values; that is a most necessary attri­a
phenomenon to be blamed mainly on specialized scholarship bute to a class of our size. The
which turns out "splendid splinters who can talk only to men in the class of '64 formed
other splinters from the same woods as themselves," was strong friendships among them­leveled
at American education by a mid-Western college pro- selves and showed a goodly de­fessor
in a recent NEW YORK TIMES article. gree of self-sacrifice in the ac-complishment
of their academic
The liberal arts program as it exists at Fairfield with goals.
four years of philosophy and theology required, provides the One of the most significant
sandpaper to eliminate such splinters, IF employed correctly factors in the development of
by the student. To often these subjects are considered inferior this unity and spirit, not pre­superficial
credits added to the curriculum for variety or di- cluding the intellectual gains,
version. While this' student mentality is augmented by pro- was the Fairfield University li­fessors
who fail to emphasize the need of extra reading. and brary. It was in the well-lighted
discussion to supplement class lectures, the personal responsi- and silent atmosphere of this
bility of each student taking the course remains paramount. center of knowledge that our
The student, realizing this obligation of personal responsi- class worked toward· the fruition
bility in his four year vocation as a student, should adopt of its academic goals. The avail-ability
of the library, not only
the role of an academic pragmatist, employing every means at to the on-campus boarders, but
his disposal (whether. it be the school library, the evening also to the student body as a
lecture series or a coffee bull session with his professor) to whole was a most important as­attain
intellectual perfection. pect in developing our intellec-
It is only with this intellectual competence that the stU-I tual awareness_ in an ideal study
dent upon graduating from Fairfield can truly fulfill the motto' attitude w~thout the blar~ of
of the Society of Jesus that has been his teacher for four years, TV or r.adIO, house rumblmgs,
"ad maiorem dei gloriam." bull seSSIOn and what have you.
MTK Being convinced of this great
--------- need on-campus, and also pos­sessed
of the firm conviction that
Dear Editor: the class that studies together
Trudging through the apple stays together (if you will ex­orchard
which leads me from the cuse the plagiarism), I submit
parking lot to Canisius Hall each this plea for the extension of
day, I often think how many library hours and subject .my
thousands of teachers have pav- views to the forces of Adminis­ed
the path way as they headed tration policy and campus pub­from
classes. ; lic opinion. I ask that this be
The thought that p'rompts this particularly applied to a con­letter
is: It would be a great tinuance of the Sunday night
convenience to the teachers extension which has been so
(especially on rainy days) if pointedly helpful.
there were an asphalt walk laid Respectfully submitted,
there. Certainly it would help KEVIN M. ECCLESINE, '64
keep the mud and dust out of1--------------
the corridors and classrooms. 1 ..--------------:;
Thousands of footprints can't be
wrong. We need a sidewalk
there.
Spike Heels
Reprinted from the Fairfield Univer­sity
"SUMMER SESSION."
OPEN LETTER TO THE
STUDENTS OF FAIRFIELD U.
OF COMITATUS
OF UNITY
In an effort to abolish the tripartate cancer that has
persisted in saddling the student body, the STAG last year
suggested the utilization of the cafeterias in Loyola and
Xavier in post-class periods as snack bars or poor man's stu­dent
unions. The need for this common meeting spot where
all three pseudo-factions can congregate with both their con­freres
and those brave members of the professorial staff who
will venture forth, is certainly apparent.
Although the proposal was totally ignored by last year's
rather torpid body, newly elected Student Council president
Lou Zowine promises at least an investigation of the project.
A vigorous unified backing of this by the freshman
class could mean the difference between the success and failure
of the plan.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Traditionally, the Junior Class
Orientation Committee and the
Junior Class as a whole play a
key role in welcoming the in­coming
Freshman Class. This
year that arrangements con­Having
begun what may be the most important four tinues, with the Junior Class
years of their lives with three days of prayer and reflection promising to outdo their pre­on
the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola, the new decessors in easing new Fairfield
freshman Class of 1965 receives the fluttering torch that is students into their new life.
Fairfield tradition with the best odds in the school's short Consequently, the Class of
history of kindling it into a flame. 1963 has planned a program
For, in addition to the deep sense of personal unity covering the entire Orientation
induced by a closed retreat, the freshmen have the unique period through which the Fresh­experience
of living together as a complete unified class. In men will be made familiar with
the past, necessity formed a tri-divided class; boarders, off_all extracurricular organizations,
with the more informal side of
campus boarders and dayhops have only recently realized the academic life, and with the
necessity of communion for an effective class. Previously, intricacies of dormitory life.
freshman elections have been a ludicrous exposition of the As in the past, a bond of fra­power
of cliques and railroading tactics to bring in a candidate ternity will be formed between
elected because his· name was the only one ·familiar on the the two classes to the greatest
election ballot. The friendships begun over coffee or in the extent possible without sacrific­retreat
free time periods should be nurtured into lasting bonds iIllg individual class pride.
during the year. Spokesmen for the Junior Class
extend, on behalf of the entire
stpdent population, the warm­est
of greetings to the Class of
1965.
Editorials:
CUBAN FRESHMAN Antonio Carbonell (center left) is greeted by Chicago native John Ploen. as
classmates Tom McGoldrich. Jose Jarabo-Alvarez. Den Dickenson and Quentin Greeley look on,
September 15, 1961 THE STAG
,'S. J.' Tickets Go
On Sale Monday
Tickets for the Sodality mixer
"SJ" to be held Friday, Sept.
32 will go on sale Monday at
ticket booths set up in both
Xavier and Loyola oafeteria,
1ccording to John O'Reilly, '63,
. ~hairman of the dance.
The fir,st social event of the
;,chool year, several hundred
5irls from area coHeges are
~xpected to attend.
An autumn motif will be
~arried out in the university
'Sym under the direction of
C:harles J. Roland '62, and Guy
Simonelli '64.
Dan DeMaroo, a veteran en­tertainer
at Fairfield dances
will provide dancing music
irom 8:30 ·p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Re­f,
reshments will be served.
Cost of admission for Fair­field
students will be $1.99;
women 'College students will be
admitted free of charge.
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Photo Editor. Sean M, Dun­phy
in Loyola room 314 or in
the STAG office in Gonzaga,
Fairfield U0 Attracts
Frosh From. 13 States
The 13th annual meeting of
finance administrators of Jesuit
colleges and univers·ities in the
Uni,ted States took place Aug.
16-18 at Fairfield University.
I
Fairfield U's treasurer, the S· L ell SCh0 Ias·tIc Ii'" 0 McGrath Studies Rev. HarryL,. H-uss, S.J., w h0 IX aym ., . Polygrath Techniques was chairman of the confer-
O' F 1 ence, said approximately 60 Join University -1 ae'u ty The Rev. Thomas A McGrath, delegates represented 26 of the
- - S.J., chairman of the Univer- nation's 28 Jesuit institutions of
1 U · .t higher learning.
. Seven new t.eachers are J.' oin-
I
nomics a, t Clar ( ,l11ve.rs. I y, Isity PsycholO'g.y De.partment,
mg the Faculty at the Umver- IWorcestel, Mass. MI. J 01 dan conducted a senes of polygraph fieTldheUoIf1ograntihzeatifoirnstmteimt aet iFnaiirts-slty
thIS fall, It was announced graduated from Boston College tests upon New York and history.
today. The majority of the new in 1949 magna cum laude in B 11 ., I tl' S
Professors have Doctorate de- Business, maJ.Or.Ing.m Account- ro.o ('yn cnm" 1l1a.s liS. um- The delegates were housed in
grees and they have come from ing. He received his M.A. in mel.' 111 cOnjUnctIOn wlth the Loyola Hall and conduoted their
a variety. of educational back- 19"0 from B.C. He has taught at PolIce Depal'lments of those meetings in Canisius Hall under
v the direction of Father Huss.
grounds and represent many Boston College, Boston Univer- areas. In his work Fr. McGrath Vice Chairman of the sessions
areas of this country and the sity, and, from 1958 to 1960, at' subjected criminals to lie de- was the Rev. Thomas C. Cronin,
Free World.. . . the University of Connecticut. tector tests by means of the S.J., of Fordham University.
Dr. FranCIS J. RIce received Mr. Jordan was here at Falr- olygraph the use ,of which he Fairfield University's assistant
his B.S. at Colorado State Um- field from 1953 to 1956 as a P'll t I' t f th P treasure.r, Thomas A Maher,
versity in 1950, majoring in Ani- member of the faculty. \~I 1 eacbas. pa{ 0 thO e sy- was secretary-treasurer of the
mal Husbandry. Repro~uctive Mr. Dalko Lukacs lives in c 10 ogy .urncu um . IS year. administrators.
P.hysiology was the mt~JOrUf~r Norwalk, Conn., and attended The proJeet was done In con- The group was the fourth
I11S M.S. m 1951 from 1e nI- high school at the Realgymna- nectIOn WIth Fr. McGrath's major Jesuit body to convene
\'erslty of Wyom1l1g. Dr. RIce sium in Vienna. College was at stud-ies at Fordham University at Fail'field University in recent
was awarded I11S Ph.D., m~Jor- the Kunstgewebeschule, ma- this summer. During his leave, years. It has also been the site
Ing m Al1lmal GenetICS, .f.ro~n joring in Oil Painting and min- the summer classes Father of meetings held by deans and
the Ul11Versity of Mlssoun 111 oring in Advertising and the normally teaches were taught I science ~fficials of the S~ciety
19G6. From 1950 to. 1951, he ::rraphic arts. He graduated in: by the Rev. John McCall, S.J., Iof Jesus In addItIOn to an mter­taught
at the UnIversity of Wy- 1934. Mr. Lukacs graduated from Weston College in Massa- national conference of the
ommg and later was on th~ from the National Academy of chusetts. presidents of Jesuit ,schools.
Fa~ulty.. at the Yl1lverslty of Fine Arts in 1936, majoring in
MISSOUll untIl 1906. Art. He later attended the
Dr. Joseph G. Grassi gradu- Academie Andre Lhote in Paris
ated from St. Bernard's College 'lnd the Vienna Conserv'atoryof I
& Seminary in 1941 with a B.A, Music. Mr. Lukacs was on the
majoring in Philosophy. His faculty of the Cathedral School I
M.A was granted at Cathohc in Havana from 1952 to 1960.
University in 1948. From 1953- .
55, he studied 'at the University Mr. MIchael F. McDonnell re-of
FlOl.ence, Ita1y. DI' Gl'assi Ic. elved5 hISMB".S.£. fr.omAFaIrf.ield
took his Ph.D. at the University 111 19 9. aJonng 111 menca.n
of Buffalo in 1960. He has been L!terature,. he was granted hIS
at Howard University, LaSalle M.A at VIllanova. Mr. McDon­College
and most recently the nell also taught at VIllanova..
Rochest'e.r In's.t'Itute of Tech' nol- S JMr. Eddward J. MurawskI, t d f H 1 C
og as a teacher. . . ., .t!ra ua e rom 0 y ross
y . 111 1953 completmg an A.B.
DI> Thomas J. McInerney Math course. Boston College
studIed for his. M.A..at Bos~on granted him an M.A in Philoso-I
:olleg:. He majored m HEngll~h phy in 1961. Mr. Murawski also"
a~d gladuated m 1948. e ple- studied Meteorology in the Air
vlOusly. took hiS AB. at Dart- Force. He has worked toward
~110Uth In 194~; the Doct?r ma- his Doctorate at N.Y.U.
Jored m Busmess AdmInIstra-tion.
In 1959, the University of I
Washington granted him his I
Doctorate. Dr. McInerney taught
at Seattle University from 1948
to 1961.
Mr. Edward A Jordan from
East Norwalk, Conn., has start­ed
his Doctorate work in Eco-
Page Four THE STAG September 15, 1961
FRAYER FOR REUNION OF
DISSIDENT EASTERN
CATHOLICS
o Lord, who hast united
the various nations in the
confession of Thy name, we
pray Thee for ,the Christian
peoples of the East, Mindful
of the high place they held of
old in Thy Church, we beg
Thee to inspire them with
an ardent desire to regain
that place, in order to form,
with us, one only fold under
,the guidance of one and the
same Shepherd. Grant that
their hearts may be docile to
heal' the voice of their holy
Doctors, who are likewise our
Fathers in the Faith. Let a
spiri,t of concord and charity,
which is a sign of Thy pre­sence
among the faithful,
hasten the day when our
prayers shall be united to
theirs, so tha,t ,every nation
and every tongue may a-c­kmowledge
and glorify our
Lord Jesus Chnist. Amen.
(R 500 days).
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Brothers In Christ Philosophy, Arts
Eastern RI'tes DranlafIZe C.hnrchUnl·tY ,Cito~hm:~~"tsi:e~s~":O:Ocf~f~;e,rn~en;d:i;:
By ERNEST WE.BBY. JR. sidered that the overwhelming, Eastern rites was well known, Itirely to displace the other two osophy program to replace the
The following is the first of majority of Catholics in the issued a famous encyclical, "Ori- among orthodox Christians) on former two - year ·program in
what will be a series of articles world today are organized under entalium Dignitas," in which he I ~'ccount of, the ,Mohammedan order to allow for the introduc­on
the Catholic Eastern Rite the Pope and BIshop of Rome praised the various rites as be-I mvaSIOns of Syna and Egypt tion of the Fine Arts depart­Churches
and the liturgy in use as Patriarch of the West and ing witness to the divine unity, and the newly ,begun conver- ment, with its two-semester pro-among
CathoLics of the various fi'nd their eucharistic supper of the Catholic Church, sion of Russia, This last great
Eastern Churches. It is the hope and sacdfice m' t,h e. Latm' Mass. On May 1, 1917, when he eventIde t() tlle n'v1a1'mg 0 f gram aimed at rounding out the
of the writer that this study of Senous error It IS, however. created the Sacred Congregation Greek, by ~lavol1lc as th~ most liberal arts Iba'ckground of the
the Oriental Churches will not Neither today nor at any tIme for the -Eastern Church, Pope used lrturglcal language In the student.
only enable the reader to under- in the Church's hlstor;y has Benedict XV stressed the imp01'- East, At thIS time the use of The program consists of two
stand better and so appreciate there ever been ul1lformlty (as tance of the various rites in un- We~'tern and Eastern forms of
more his own beloved rite, but distinct from unity) in worship, mistakable terms: "The Church worship in the Church was 1)er- courses, one a semester, Fine
will likewise arouse further in- canon law and .organization; nor of Jesus Christ since it is neith- haps about evenly balanced, Arts 151 and 152, The former,
terest in the Eastern Churches has such uniformity ever been er Latin, nor 'Greek, nor Slav Christendom Splinterc. titled "Introduction to the His-
'and in their Ibeautiful liturgies. held up by the Church as a but Catholic makes no distinc- Th tl d 1 tory of Art" is designed, accord-
I have tried to show how our desirable or possrble ideal. We tion betweeI; her children and t' en ct~~e Ele t gra ua 't s~pci ing to University catalogue" "to
brethren of Eastern Churches are concerned here only with these whether they ~re GI;eeks ~ra 1100n54° d fie 't~S, precIPl
1
a
47
e
2
increase the student's visual
Western' ASI' a, Nort'heas tern wor:sIII.p, and..tllecentI'al ac t of,Latins' , Slavs or Inem'bers of, TInhe then, seepanrlatIevde cShIunrccehes are. pepcep,tI'On 0 f worksofar"t t 0
Africa, and even in the Amer- wOlshlp, Wll1c1: we of the W:st other natIOnal groups, all occupy what we now call The Orthodox Iencoulage mtellJgent lJ1vestIg~-
icas JOIn" in the one universal call The Mass, and m, that re- the same Tank in the eyes of E "", Ch' h tIon of the means of artistIC
voice of warsIII'p 0 f the one spect tl'1e age 1ong posrtron ca. n this Apostolic See." aF",o.errna timUIeC.after 1472 there expreSSI,On, and. t0 prOVI'de h'IS-
'world-wide Church of Christ. "bTe l sumMmed. up m. tbhet tslentence, Inear1y Chn'st'Ian t'lmes the were 1eft'mtheCartha II' C'CIluhrtocnc,al perspectIve fo, r an under-
Any Latin Catholic who at- le ass IS one, U le ways h' t' 'fi . d' 1 tw 11 b d' f E t standmg of the achIevements of
tends an Eastern rite High Mass of celebrating it are many." deutc alrfrs IC slacrr tce Ivane In
h
on YCh 0 t~ma 0 res °G as - western architects, sculptors
e ar pam p 'ace 0 pace; muc ern' ns rans - some raeco- d . t '.
for the !first time is apt to be Holy See Recogn,izes Easterns of it was ex:tempOl'ized at first. Albanians in southern Italy ann ~n itam ers fro~, a~~entltr~e~
bewildered by its apparent From the 'beginning we must And in those days it was cele-I the Maronites in Syria. It look- tOtl d ~'I ptredsent: t e
th
~H~r,
stI'angeness In fact he mayIt" '1 f . '1' len 1'0 uc IOn 0 e IS- . ay S ress on a pr mClp e 0 brated 111 Greek, for that was ed as If the Catho rc Church t f M . " . . "t
perhaps wonder whether it is a capital importance, which no the language of the earliest was going to become wholly ~ry tOh tusdrc, rs ddesrgned 0
Mass at all. The ceremonies - Catholic reader should fail to Christians even at Rome. It was "Western" and "Latin" uni- grve e s u ent a rrect expen-the
bowing, the incensing, the note when studYI''ng Eastern no t -unt1'l t'lle mi'ddle af the tl1'11'd form m' worsh'Ip organ'.rzat'IOn ence of thebworI'ksto'f thetogreat
processions - all seem to him rites. In spite of various import- century that the vernacular and the rest· e;pecially after c(j;~posers Yd tS'enrng. d ~e-so
different, that it is difficult ant divergences in the liturgies, Latin came into use for wor- Pope St. Piu's V revised and cor mg~; b~n ~,prOVI de ht,le
for him to identify even the whether by comparison with ship in the West probably first standardized the Roman Mass ~e ~v~nb ~ograp drcaf an . I~­principal
parts of the holy the Roman rite or by contrast in North Africa.' and directed it to be used al- t~nc~. 't ac gr~un to mus~c m
sacrifice. with another, all these rites are Around the year 400 just 'be-' most universally in the West t e : IS ~~y 0t dwe~ ern
d
cu ture
Liturgy Essentially Same reoognized by the Catholic fore -the Church was' rent by at the end of the sixteenth cen~ dO g~ve d' e s u ~n a le;p I un-
Basically the liturgy is the Church as entirely lawful, ven- the schisms called Nestorianism tury. But very soon at a time ers an ~~g ~n a" r e- ong
same. The essential elements erable and holy. This fact has and Monophysitism, we find when great mission'aries were apprecra IOn 0 mUSIC.
are identical in the Roman rite constantly been declared by the these early fluid liturgies settl- carrying Catholic faith and The Fine Arts course is offer­and
dn anyone of the Eastern Soverrgn PontIffs In word and inO' down into -certain well- Western practices to the heathen ed optionally, with another new
rites. But externally they look in act. Idefined groups. They can be of the New World and the Far course, Philosophy 191 and 192.
very different and a Catholic of, As early as Pope St. Leo IX distinguished broadly as East- East, small bodies of Eastern The two semester course is
the Roman rite would have diffi- (1048-1054) the Church recog- ern and Western and in more IChristians nearer home began divided into two parts, "History
cuIty in following the service in nized the i~,portance of the va,rr- detalI accor'ding' -to different to return to communion with of Modern Philosophy" and
an Eastern nte church. ous ntes. The Roman ChUICh provin,ces of those two halves the Holy See. The first were "Contemporary Philosophy." The
It is very commonly taken for 1'5 not unaware that the dlvers- of the Roman empire. some Syrians in Mesopotamia former "offers the student a
granted both among Catholics ity of uses, accordll1g to tIme I It 1 th th n in 1551 (the Chaldeans of Iraq) basic understanding of the
and nOI;-Catholics that the unity and places, is not an obstacle to ,n t ~ ere wder~'l e 1 ur
d
- This process has continued at genesis of ideas in the history
of religious faith' and standards the salvation ,of 'believers, when g~~S of ome anN t~ aif ~n intervals ever since' the most of modern thought from Des-of
conduct that are part of that the same faith commends us all ~ 1er ~rm,s m d 0~1 Cr~~a, recent group reunio~ being the cartes to Hegel. It offers a rich
faith which necessarily distin- to -the same God." au k' paUl t a.n T/e e IC fO'llowers of Mar Ivanios in background in the history of
O'uishes the Catholic Church is Various documents threaten sPlle~ mL
g tco~n rIles. l~se v:t
ere India in 1930. I ideas for students of the social
b , .'. 'th' l' t' I a m a In, a arge piOpOI IOn I' "I th 1 tt " t d
accompanred by unrformI~y 111 WII. senoLust.ecc eSIIas lcta pehn- of the people in the western 8 Million Eastern Catholics Iscrtelncbes. n
d
e
f
ather a s ~ YI
ways of worship disciplmary a tIes any a m ecc esras rcs w 0 t f th ' d t d 'th It f th' . wr 'e ma ,e 0 e pnnCIpa
rules organiza-tio~ and relig- may dissuade Easterns. f·rom pa~ oQ k e t;~p~re un ~rs ~~ th ~ e [~SU °h tts ,prCoce~s Irs I currents and trends in contem­ious
~ustoms This ~rror is quite carrying out their rites. Leo ~n t spa e th a ongutnn . e C:' h 0 u g 'le adt 0 tIC porary thought such as Positiv­understandable
when it is --eon- XIII, whose enthusiasm for the tas v.:ere f e severa
J
I urlgles W urtc remLartns, pretpon erha e ism and Marxism." The student
--============================~-s e~mr'llg rom e~usa em, es ern or a,rn m IS wors lp is not required to follow either
';!' AntIOch, and Alexandrra, ~om- and ,cha'ractenstlcs, ,Ithere are the Fine Arts course or the new
monly In Greek but m.cr.easrngly tod~y over ~lght mIllIOn non- Philosophy co u l' s e s straight
m Synac, the two chIef spoken LatIn CatholIcs: that rs to say through the year, but ma al­languages.
Between these two 26 CathoLIcs Il1 every thousand I ternate taking one semest~r of
ma1'l1groups of, lrturgr~s there do not use the LaitIn .langua~e each subject according to his
was of course mteradIOn and and the Roman Mas,s m publIC interests '
influence, not only of Rome worship, as well as having ' . _
over the rest of the West, but other important differences
also of East over West, notably proper to thenlselves.
through Constantinople. At this Over one miLlion of these
time there were in the Church Eastern rite Catholics are now
, more ,people using Greek than in the United States and Canada,
Latin forms in their public and almost 200,000 in South
worship. America.
Around the yea,r 1000, just This means that all existing
before the beginn~ng of the ancient Christian liturgies of th~
long and hitherto final growing East survive not only with non­apart
which eventually separ- Catholics but within the Catho­ated
practically all the Eastern lic Church as well. The Holy
Church from the center of unity Sacrifice is the Holy Sacrifice,
at Rome, we find a further whether offered in the mannr;~r
crystallization, accompanied by of Rome or of the Greeks or of
great variety in detai,i in the the Syrians: and all the recog­liturgy.
There was an increas- nized ways of celebra,tin:?; the
ing number of liturgical uses in Mysteries are of equal dignity
the West, but all more or less a'nd worth, the Roman Mass has
resembling the practices of the no precedence or superiority.
church at Rome. They were Greek influence was forma­also
all Istill in Latin, pa,rtly tive of the Church in her early
because of long tradition, partly days; the first eight general
,because the fluid dialects spread councils were predominantly
across Europe by the !;>arbarian Eastern; many of the greatest
invasion were only then settl- names in Christian history were
ing down into recognizable members of the Eastern Church
languages. In the ~ast the three - St. Athanasius, St. Basil, St.
principal liturgies were now John Chrysostom, 'St. John of
those of Constantinople, Alex- Damasc.us, St. Efrem, st. Greg­andria,
and Antioch, among ory Nazianzen, Origen, Clement
which Constantinople greatly of Alexandria, and many others.
preponderated (~t was, soon en- (To Be Continued)
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Western Mass. Club
Holds Frosh Cookout
Aquinas Acad. Admits
Only Sophs and Juniors
The Aquinas AcademY,a phil­osophical
research and discus­sion
group, will be open this
year to juniors and sophomores
only - "despite the catalogue
reading," according to Rev. John
D. Donogh.ue, S.J., moderator.
Explaining the group's func­tion,
Fr. Donoghue said, "This
academy is not another lecture
or class. The work is done by
the individual student and each
one's work compliments the
others.
"Requirements are few but
hard-to-come-by these days;
witness the demise of the aca­demy
last year because we did
not have men who could find
the time to do any work and/or
come to meetings. The Aquinas
Academy wants only men who
have proven ability in philos­ophy,
plus the desire to spend
time reading and discussing say,
for example, The Work and In­fluence
of Kant."
The Academy, founded in
1953, numbers among its alum­ni
two members of the present
lay faculty: Mr. Rudolph Landry
of the English Department, and
Mr. Paul Nagy of the Philoso­phy
Department.
The Western Massachusetts
Undergraduate Club, which was
formed this past year with the
division into two clubs of the
former Bay State Area Club,
welcomed the incoming fresh­men
from the Western Massa­chusetts
area with a cookout.
The cookout, held at the home
of one of the members, was de­signed
to give the incoming
freshmen an opportunity to talk
with the 'present members about
their new school.
This year the club is plan­ning
its big dances for the
Christmas and Easter vacation
periods. There are also a num­ber
of smaller parties in the
planning stages but their dates
are yet to be decided. The ma­jority
of these events will be
held in Springfield. Another
service which the club plans to
initiate for its members will be
a system of rides so that it will
be easy to obtain transporta­tion
to and from school.
The club's officers, for the
coming year, are Jerome Burke
Springfield, President; Sea ~
Dunphy, Northampton, Vic e
President; Thomas Holland
Springfield, Treasurer, and J oh~
Safarik, Holyoke, Secretary.
Mr. Burke said that the first
meeting will be held during the
first week of classes. .
BISHOP SHEHAN
(Continued from Page 1)
Rome in 1922. He was named
the first Bishop of Bridgeport
III 1953 when .the Diocese of
Hartford was elevated to the
rank of Archdiocese and two
new dioceses were created ­Bric1geport
and Norwich. He
p~eviously s,erved as Auxiliary
Blshop of Baltimore and of
Washington before the Archdio­cese
of Washington was dis­united
from the Archdiocese of
Baltimore.
Avohbishop Shehan is Episco­pal
Chairman of Ithe Depart­ment
of Education of the Na­tional
Catholic Welfare Confer­ence.
September 15, 1961
Page Six.
FROSH
THE STAG
1961
September 15, 1961
JUNIOR ORIENTATION CommiUee members Bill Reidy,
Joseph D'Agostin and Terry MoKeever w'elcome a member of
ihe class of '65,
SENIORS Bob Jenkins, Louis Zowine and S,teve Jaco·bs assist
Freshmen in purchasing textbooks.
HAcPPY FRO'SH oompare book lists; len to right Dan Patrissy,
John ,Pectra.
STUDENT COUNCIL Members Gerald McCarthy and Wanis
Ganim sell Robert Batch '65 one of their $1.00 Activity Cards.
Dr. John Klimas, Jr. checks out a book p'a,yme,nt for an
unidentified freshman.
R'ETREAT MASTER, Rev. Joseph W. Murphy, S.J., leads the
class of '65 in the spiritual exercises o,f St. Igna,tius.
Page Seven
By
RICHARD
TINO
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Albert Camus entitled an essay "Create Dangerously." His
advice was to the artist. If he had been speaking to a less spe­cialized
audience, his theme might have been Live Dangerously.
Oamus knew that security does less for the creative person and
his production than might be supposed from its widely evi­denced
desirability. It is bread that is the opiate of the people.
There is no more powerful narcotic to induce the static indiffer­ence
in which civilizations die. The sense of well-being which
accompanies a full stomach leaves one disposed to accept the
present as the fuifilllment of man's destiny, to forget past pain,
and to wish for a future which is nothing more than an exten­sion
of the same intestinal affluence. There is one thing wrong
with this cornucopia of security and complacency: it decays and
leaves nothing by which it can be remembered but the bad odor.
Not to live dangerously is not to use one's life. It is to have
that life used to you. It is putting that life on the market, sell­ing
it to the highest bidder and, as is so common in commerce,
forgetting the merchandise once the sale had been completed.
To acquiesce is not to live. Life must be more than a lump of
clay that can be formed by the thumbs of force. Life must be
more than the stagnant water into which is thrown any and
every kind of debris and from which arises the pestilence of
apathy. Life must be living. And living involves action and
commitment.
To ·act is to live dangerously. To be committed is also to
live dangerously. In ·every action there is the acceptance and
rejection of thousands of alternatives. Man alone, among the
animals, can make of his actions something meaningful. It is
not enough that one perform the biological functions which
catergorize man as ,an animal. Man must make of his humanity
something of worth, and he can do this only with the attach­ment
to values and ideals which take him out of a world of com­fort
and put him into a world of tense, constant, and exciting
danger.
The people of the world today suffer much in the same way
they have suffered throughout history. But literacy is creeping
into the villages and towns of these people. With that literacy
- more accurately, its cause that is its companion - comes an in­creasingly
efficient system of communication. The small and
underdeveloped nations, the small and exploited nations, the
a $5,000 sm.all and newly formed nations are discovering the world out­Medical
side and its history. And the history of the world is one of
oppression of class against class and color against color. To
these small nations, new and old, the conflict of ideologies be­tween
the West and the communist countries represents a dan­ger.
They are in danger of losing their newly gotten sovereignty,
their newly gotten voice in world affairs, and their chance to
improve the conditions in which their countrymen are forced
to live and to die too young. Their reaction to this danger will
most likely shape the future of mankind. They need an almost
superhuman courage to act according to their ideals in the face
of possible annihilation. In the past month many of them have
shown the world chq.racter traits resembling more parochial
pettiness than sophisticated courage. These countries are excel­lent
examples of what becomes of the security seekers.
As it is with a nation, so it is with an individual. The seeker
after security cringes at the first threat to that goal. He is will­ing
to relinquish his loosely held ideals before he will let go of
his bread. And there are those who will let him keep his bread
in return for the smell of incense before their own Caesars'
statues.
The ideological struggle in the world is merely an amplifica­JESUIT
ATTACKS MACHINES' tion of the per~onal struggle with.in. every ma~ between com-
I fortable vegetatIon and dangerous lIvmg. There IS no such thing
Teaching machines can't do as co-existence in either of these struggles.
the job as it should be done,
Rev. J. J. McLaughlin, S.J., of
Fairfield University, told a Holy
Name Society meeting in Green­wich
recently.
"Such assemblages of me­chanical
gimmicky can assume
only a relatively unimportant
fraction of the teaching pro­cess,"
he said.
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REV. FRANCIS A. SMIALL, S.J., Head Libr'arian of The' Uni­versity,
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Mr. James F. Stapleton, '54,' Bob Bello, Bill Doyle, and
has been elected President of Robert Sabo, all '58, received
the Alumni Association Board their L.L.B.'s from St. John's.
for 1961-1962. Joe Annunziata, '60, awarded
Bill Gilhuly, '59, stationed a second Fulbright and begins
with the Army in Germany. his Doctoral Studies at the Sor-
Brian Boland, '59, with the bonne. Joe was granted the
Mass. Mutual Life Insur. Co. Loyola Award at graduation
Vincent Morrissette, '58, re- and now is the first from F.U.
ceived a scholarship for Doctor- to take two Fulbright Scholar-al
Studies at Princeton. ships.
Ed Chopskie, '59, attends Walt Rinko, '61, has
Georgetown Medical School. research grant at the
Pete Negri, '59, is currently a College of Virginia.
teacher in the Wallingford Ted Maguder, '61, named a
School System. biology assistant along with
J. Dennis Flynn, '60, studying Walt Kaczmarczyk, '61, at St.
as Georgetown Medical student. John's University in New York.
H. Allen Greer, '59, now with Eric Nanfeldt, '61, granted a
Dun & Bradstreet. Chemistry Fellowship at Yale.
Dick Cormier, '59, is a field Joe Flannigan, '60, with the
representative for the Bryant New York Telephone Co.
Electric Co. Tom Aosati, '58, admitted to
Neil McAneny, '60, is with the Conn. Bar Association in
the Prudential Life Insur. Co. August with Bob Ryback, '58.
from Newark, N.J. Jlack Tine, '59, with UAC Re-
Jim Riordan, '59, with the search Labs in East Hartford.
F.B.I. in Las Vegas. Lawrence Washburn, '59, ;s
Tony Vitarelli, '60, teaching head copyboy at TIME maga­at
Swift Junior High in Oak- zine in New York City. His
ville while working for his M.S. wife works on the news maga-at
Southern Conn. State. zine's research staff.
Hank Petroski, '60, with Si­korsky
Aircraft at Stratford.
Andrew Broughel, '60, at
Georgetown studying law.
September 15, 1961
New Library Copy Unit
For Use Of Students
The Rev.. Francis A. Small,
S.J., University Librarian, told
The STAG this week that the
library has purchased a Thermo­fax
Premium Photo-copier for
the general use of University
students and Faculty. The copy­ing
machine, located in the li­brary
itself, was purchased with
funds donated by The Student
Council to be used at the dis­cretion
of Fr. Small. The dona­tion
was $500.00, approximately
the price of the machine.
Fr. Small stated that similar
machines were used with great
success at Yale, UConn, and
Trinity (Hartford). The Thermo­fax
will be used by any indi­vidual
who desires a copy of a
book page, lecture notes, or
newspaper articles. It may be
used with success, as demon­strated
by Fr. Small for The
STAG, on photographs, or any
printed matter. It will not copy
blue ball-point or fountain-pen
ink. It takes about four seconds
to copy a page. It may be used
with books up to 2" thick.
Any student may use the
Thermofax. To use it, he will in­form
the librarian at the desk
of his intentions, pay a fee of a
Public Affairs Slates
'Operation Abolition'
The Public Affairs Club will
open its 1961-1962 season of lec­tures
and debates with the
showing of th~ controversial
film, "Operation Abolition," to
be followed by a debate between
two prominent speakers on the
subject matter of the film. The
speakers' will be Fulton Lewis
III, and Mike Harrington (a
graduate of The College of the
Holy Cross and a prominent
liberal lecturer).
The date of the film and de­bate
is as yet indefinite; an­nouncement
of the date will be
made within the next two
weeks.
The Rev. William H. Hoh­mann,
S.J., moderator of the
organization, and President
Thomas Tierney, '62, informed
the STAG that the Public Af­fairs
Club is in the process of
reorganization. Originally, the
club was conceived as a forum
for students of differing politi­cal,
social and economic views
in which to gather, debate and
concretize opinions. As a result
of these early efforts, the De­mocratic
and Republican Clubs
came into being and took over
a good deal of the activities of
the original Public Affairs or­ganization.
The central conception of the Bpt. Club Will Offer
new club is one of a continu-ing
series of forums grouped Student Scholarships
around periodic lectures and The primary purpose of the
public debates. Thus the first Bridgeport Area Club, accord­lecture,
dealing with the abo- ing to club President Edward
lition of HUAC, will be discus- Fitzgerald, "is to provide scho­sion
material for subsequent larship assistance for needy
club meetings. Bridgeport ,area students com-
The Connecticut Intercolleg- ing to the University and sec­iate
Student Legislature, con- ondly, to provide a common
stitutionally a part of The Pub- ground of recreation for all
lie Affairs organization, will re- members during the scholastic
ceive active members of the year."
club at the Mock Legislature The Thanksgiving Dance, New
held in Hartford each Spring. Year's Eve Party and the Glee
Membership is open to all in- Club Concert, held annually,
terested undergraduates; new will be held again this year. All
members are invited to attend profits from these activities will
the first regular meeting dur- benefit the club's scholarship
ing the first academic week. program.
Freshmen are especially wel- Mr. Fitzgerald also said that
come. Time and place will be the first meeting will be held
posted. I shortly after classes begin.
Page Eight THE STAG September 15, 1961
Theology Progranl Needs Revamping Personal Respo·nsibi.litv Of Sodalists Stressed
Or Individual 'Remains Adolescent A L Ale 0./ H ld I N' Y J_
By JAMES C. MOORE t ay posto ate ongress e n ew orn
Gl£E CLUB
(Continued from Page 1)
this year in King,s College in
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. The club
plans an enlarged concert tour
this year with a brand new
repertoire.
tion of "Hamlet," which ~result-I Chairman Vincent Oliviero
ed in most of the production's notes that "... although Orien­crew
obtaining summer stock tation Activities end Sept. 23rd,
positions. the Junior class invites the class
of '65 to consult them on any­thing
they wish. Special note
should be taken of the Junior
Sponsors. They are not here just
for this week, 'but for the entire
year. They will be glad to help
out in any way they can."
By KEVIN M. ECCLESINE ! norms for the numerous sessions ment of the Lay Apostolate in
Members of the Sodality of I of lecture and discussion which today's love-starved world.
Our Lady of ,FaiJ.1field attended dealt with the great evil of The entire Congress of the
the third annual Sodality Con- Communism. Lay Apostolate consisted of one
gress of the Lay A;postolate " hundred and five general and
(SCLA) held last month at the The ·first sessI~n began. at special sessions,each lasting
Hotel Roosevelt in New York 10:15 a.m. on Fnday mornmg, about an hour and one-half.
City. 'The five day affair, which the twenty-4ifth and was a Those topics covered were as­drew
more than 2,000 delegates general assembly of all p~esent pects of Sodality organization
from all over Canada and the to be welcomed and motIvated and management, the Dynamic
United States, was hosted by by the timely ~h~I!1e "The Per- Christian Life with special em­the
New York Archdiocesan sonal Responstbl1Ity of Free phasison the L.ayman's voca-
Federation of Sodaities. Men." Rev. Wilfred 'T. Riordan, tion to excellence, The Mind of
. ,N. Y. Archdiocesan Director of the Church with particular at-
FaIrfield l!. was represented I Sodalities welcomed all and tention paid to the 'Tole of the
by .a de~egatr~n of over ten So- then introduced the Most Rev- layman, his theology and his
dahsts mcludmg the Rev. Jo- erend Joseph M. Pernicone, mission. The sessions took the
seph W. Murp~y,. S.J., dlrec~or, D.D., Auxiliary Bishop of New form of action ·groups by a par­and
the Rev. WIlham G. Devme, York. Bishop Pernicone gave a ticular delineation of the Lay
~.J., moderator. Officers present very strong and excellent ad- Apostolate in the Parish, Com­mcluded,
~ohn C. 0 !tegan, dress dealing with the Sodal- munity, Specific .professions,
P~efect; MIchael T. KIernan, ists' Ohallenge in Today's World and in the Student World. Al­VIce
Prefect and R<:>bert Jorlett, entitled "Thy Kingdom Come." most all the lectures left suffi­Instructor
of CandIdates. When the Bishop had ended his cient time ,for discussion of
There were delegations pre- talk, Rev. Francis K .Drolet, S.J., questions which were always
sent from all over' the United the Director of the Congress asked.
States, England, Nigeria, India, and Regional Sodality Promoter The Fairfield University So­Canada
and other parts of the gave his address in which he I dality covered as many of the
world. Of particular importance e~plained the Congress, the sessions as were possible and
at the Congress was the Agru- Theme, and the Five Apostolic pertinent to our wide range of
pacion Catolica Universitaria Training Days which the SCLA interests. Each of us seemed to
Sodality of Havana, Cuba. This offered. The address of Mr. come away a better informed
informed ,group related many of Frank Bernardino, Sodalist-in- and better orientated individual.
their experiences, persecutions exile, ACU ISodality. Havana, The very real and significant
and suppressions in the Cuban Cuba, followed Fr. Drolet. Mr. formation of sodalities as apos­capital
over recent months. 'Bernardino gave a scholarly and tolic as well as spiri,tual organ­Their
spontaneity, dedication, action-filled presentation of the izations impressed everyone
and inspkation was indicative conditions in his enslaved home- with the importance of this way
of the spirit of the Congress as land. The verve and virility of of life for the responsible Cath­a
whole. Their first hand know- the speaker typified the male olic layman. It is ·our hope that
ledge of the methods used by sodalist in action and his fine the knowledge and experience
the Communist "Masters of address left an impression gained by our members can be
Deceit" added much to the con- which was a real incentive to used and felt in ,the coming
crete establishment of realistic the continuance and enlarge- year at Fairfield.
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College Crisis
Everyone is aware of the blemishes on the Mystical Body
that are steadily being produced in ever-growing numbers; but
who does anything about improving the Catholic's formation?
No effort is put forth to re-vitalize the basic roots to the vege­tables
produced by the Catholic theology programs. The college
prof knows he cannot teach Charley anything deep in Apologetics
unless Charley knows something about the Bible. And after the
Bible comes the fact that there isn't much time left to educate
Charley; the result is that the great majority of the Church
Doctor's writings are left untouched, Social E'ncyclicals are sadly
laid aside, any work in the class as to the practical techniques
of the Layman's work in the parish, at business or for his family
life must be left to the school of hard-knocks. Is it any wonder
that this college graduate goes into a defensive position on any
subject concerning faith and morals? He has, in Theology, the
mind of a thirteen-year-old, give or take a ,year or two. He has
been given little encouragement to try and really do something
for society in God's work. Understand that Charley's parents
went through the same system. We merely compound the felony.
Where does the fault lie? What can be done?
The fault does not lie with anyone group or individual. The
fault does not only rest with the faculty here at Fairfield. The
responsiJbility for this great educational neglect sits squarely on
the student who does not study, who will not ask questions, who
will not demand more of a true education in his faith. So, Charley
is to blame. But he is not alone.
Parents Neglect Task
The powers that be, they too are to blame. You call them
the faculty; this writer calls "the powers" parents, with whom
the basic responsibility for education rests,' and the individual
teachers who won't demand more from their students. Couldn't
we offer for extra. credit or even as part of a course at least
one term paper on one social encyclical? Optional reading lists
would be a starter - not just the musty technical works, but
the very vibrant social writings of our time.
You cannot blame the faculty - far too often they are used
as a whipping boy, a handy Herbert Hoover. Time and effort to
the limits of human ability are expended now by the faculty.
Little more can be asked.
This newspaper has called for what is so scholarly denoted as
the "COMITATUS" movement to better this University. As part
of that movement, as part of the Sodality program, as part of
the activities of every student, informal Theology seminars
should be conducted. This is one of the most important intellec­tual
apostolates of this campus or any Oatholic college campus.
Whether anything will be done about this here at the center for
"Students Anonymous" is for you to decide.
Drama Society Plans
Theatre, Productions
Founded nearly six years ago,
the Fainfield University Drama- ROCKET PROGRAM
tic Society has achieved a suc- The Math-Physies Club has
cess seldom .gained by many announced plans to continue
older university drama clubs. work on its rocket program
It has gained 'a reputation as one which began last year. The con­of
the finest groups in New strucbion of the solid-fuel .pro­England,
and critics and audi- jectile capable of attaining a
ences all attest to this success height-of over ten miles and
with their warm and challeng- performing simultaneously vari­ing
responses. ous high altitude experiments
The present state of affairs is is expected to be continued.
largely the result of the efforts The dub will also continue
of Mr. Robert G .. Emerich, for- publication of its scientific
merly of NBC In New York, j.ournal, "Scientia," as well as
Oxfo.rd ~ellow and. Pro~essor of i initiate a thorough study and
Englrsh In the Ulllverslty; and construction of an analog and/
to Mr. Frank Barr~tt of New or a digital computor. NEW DOR'M
York, w.hos~ ·prof~,sslOnal adv.lce The club plans to ·present a
and .'dIrect IOn In product IOn movie every other week and a (Continued from Page 1)
techlllque ha:ve .been essentIal speaker each month on subjects The three upper stories will
to the orgalllzatron as well to pertaining Ito the club's areas accommodate 207 students and
Rev. Lawrence MUll~n, S.J., of concentration. six Corridor Prefects. Unlike
moderator of the thespIans. GonZlaga and Loyola, the new
Plans f.or a new theatre have OIUENfATION dorm will contain no chapels;
been made, with completion (Continued from Page 1) nor wI'll a crucI'fix be'mstalled tentatively scheduled for Fall on the exterior of the building
1962. The theatre will be locat- Sunday morning, a Commun- itself.
ed as part of Southwell Hall on ion Breakfast for the Class of (This government loan to the
the townSI'deof the ·campus, and '65 will have Rev. William J. University is considered by un-will
seat about 200. Healy, S.J., Dean of the college, official spokesmen to be a
The President of the Society, as guest speaker. That after- breakthrough in the future Uni-
,Eugene Daniel Honan, '62, noon, the annual President's .
"welcomes on behalf of the or- Reception will be held in Loy- verslty building programs; fur-ganization
all students interest- ola Loun·ge. :Refreshments will ther dormitory space will be
ed in any of the varied and ibe offered in the TV Lounge by provided as soon as the financial
equally important aspects of the the Bellarmine Guild. Faculty situation will allow. Despite
theatre." Work each year 'cul- members and parents of the the facilities offered by the new
minates in two productions, one Freshmen will have an oppor- dorm, off-campus boarding will
in the late Fall and one during tunity to meet. The Very Rer. be with the University for some
springtime. The club is com- James E. Fitzgerald, S.J., Presi- time. There are over 350 men
prised of forty-fifty undergradu- dent of the University will be at present for whom no space
ates whose end is "excellence on hand to greet the parents. I is available on campus.)
in their individual functions 'and On the following Saturday, The new building is being
in overall production and pre- September 23rd, a Freshman designed by J. Gerald Phelan
sentation." mixer will be held at the Col- of the Fletcher-Thompson Archi­In
recent years the Society' lege of New Rochelle. Expenses tectural firm, and is scheduled
has staged "Teahouse of the are for tickets, which are limit- for completion by Septe~ber,
August Moon," "Time Limit," ed, and bus fare, if no other 1962. Mr. Phelan was the archi­"
EXlperimental '601," and, last form of transportation is avail- tect of Gon21aga, Loyola and
'- ..;.. -8'. year, the widely hailed produc- able. Canisius Halls.
He is a Catholic college graduate. He has, granting his at­tendance
at Catholic parochial and secondary schools, tasted the
fruits of Theology of one form or another for about 2,000 hours
in class. Yet, as staggering as this total is, what has happened
in those many hours? 600 or more of them were spent in ele­mentary
school Catechism classes. Charles C. Catholic then
enrolls in the local Catholic prep and is again set for another
600 plus hours just for Theology. But the retrogression begins
when the ·high school teacher finds that his students don't know
the basic facts too well, so, using larger words and more money
per hour, Charley is sent through the same course again. If he
is lucky, he gets a few new twists here and there; this is solely
dependent on the initiative and personality of the teacher.
Come senior year in high school,and Charles is now thor­o~
ghly schooled in or sick of the elements of Catholicism, his
'teacher sees the deficits that have mounted over the past several
years and attempts to cram Charley full of Encyclicals, the or­ganizational
theory of the Church, the lives of the Saints, the
qasic principles of Logic and a little Metaphysics on the side;
the poor professor just about gets around to the principles be­hind
a Catholic marriage and what is a vocation to the Lay State
when the year ends and the teacher hopefully sends off his
"men" to college.
Sepfember 15, 1961 THE STAG Page ,Nine
Attention drivers! The annual
holes in the fork of the road at
the pond are back again. Drive
with caution, the springs you
save may be your own.
young men remain eligible for
compulsory military service un­til
their twenty-sixth birthday.
But those who apply for and
receive an eduoational or other
temporary deferment are auto­matically
eligible until they are
35. The extension of liability to
age 35 applies to all registrants
classified lower than I-A.
In practice many college stu­dents
have deliberately refrain­ed
from seeking an educational
deferment. They have gambled
on completing their college
work without being drafted, and
on doing so without extending
their service liability to age 35
through deferment.
Registrants classified I-A are
selected for induction in the
following order: (1) Those who
are delinquent in registering or
in following regulations, or who
are 19 or older in order of date
SEATTLE, WASH. (LP.)-An of birth, oldest first; (2) volun­excellent
program whose pur- teers for induction under 26, in
pose is to increase the supply of order of volunteering; (3) Reg­teachers
in colleges and univer- istrants 19 to 26, in order of
sities has been initiated by the volunteering; (3) Registrants 19
University of Washington in to 26 who are childless, oldest
coope'ration with other institu- first; (4) registrants 19 to 26
tions of higher education in the who have a child or children
Pacific Northwest. with whom they maintain a
The other schools participat- home, oldest first; (5) regis­ing
in the program: Western, trants over 26 but still eligible
Central and Eastern Colleges of due to prior deferment, young­Education;
Gonzaga University est first, and (6) registrants 17­and
Whitman College. The, Co- and-a-half to 19, oldest first.
operative Program of Education
for College and University Barring obvious justifications
Teaching, as it is known, was for a lower classification, such
made possible by a grant from as a crippling disability, Selec­the
Ford Foundation, and seeks tive Service registrants are
to encourage superior under- placed first in the I-A classifi­graduates
in the participating cation, available for military
institutions to proceed to grad- service.
uate study in their chosen fields. Physical examinations and
Since the purpose of the pro- deferments on other grounds
gram is to meet an increasing usually result in removing over
demand for college and univer- 50 per cent from the I-A group.
sity teachers, its emphasis is in The lower classifications are as
the area of the Arts and Sci- follows:
ences, and in particular, in the l-A-O: Conscientious objec­fields
of chemistry, English, his- tor, available for non-comba­tory,
languages, mathematics tant military service.
and physics. However, excep- I-C: Member of the armed
tional students in other' major
fields will also be considered for forces, the Coast and Geodetic
selection. Surveyor the Public Health
Service.
The program is designed to
extend over a period of three I-D: Member of a reserve or
years, commencing with the stu- National Guard component, or
dent's junior year and following a student taking military train­through
to the completion of ing.
the first year of graduate work 1-0: Conscientious objector,
at the University of Washing- available for civilian work con­ton.
Most of the students in the tributing to the national health
program would be able to earn or safety.
a Master's degree by the end of 2-A: Deferred due to agricul-their
first year of graduate work. tural occupation.
Each undergraduate selected 2-S: Deferred to complete
for the program will be awarded education.
a pre-graduate assistantship, and
will work under the direction 3-A: Registrants with a child
of a professor in his chosen field. or children, or deferred by rea­The
professor will use the ser- son of extreme hardship to de­vices
of the, assistant in such a pendents.
way that the work done is of 4-A: Registrants who have
positive assistance to the pro- completed military service, or
fessor in the discharge of his who are a sole surviving son.
duties in teaching and research, 4-B: Officials deferred by
an~, at the same. time, g.ives the I law; members of Congress,
asslst~nt so:ne IllstructlOn an.d judges, and others.
expenence III college and unl- 4 C' AI"
versity activities. -. lens.
In addition, a pre-graduate 4-D: Ministers and Divinity
counselor at each instituti'On students.
will advise, the student concern- 4-F: The physically 'Or men-ing
his general program of stud- tally unfit.
ies, while coordinators from the 5-A: Those over the age of
University of Washington rep- liability for military service.
resenting each of the major
departments involved in the
program, will be available for
consultation concerning .the stu­dent's
program as it relates to
his plans for graduate study.
55 Teachers Join
FU Science Forum
FAIRFIELD
CENTER
1418 POST RD.
its out-of-class demands on the
student.
"Under the old ,five course,
two semester system," Dr. Dick­ey
continued, "a professor with
any memory or heaFt makes al­lowances
when a student tells
him, 'but sir, I am taking four
other courses besides your"s!'
But when the professor knows
the student has only two other
courses he rightly increases his
demands."
He sees the three-pIan's great­est
potential in the increased
out-of-class performance of the
students. "It offers students the
opportunity to realize the goal of
a college educational experience,
that is, a 'progressive disengage­ment'
of the student from the
professor with an increasing
acceptance by the student of the
resDonsibility for his own edu­cation."
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COIN OPERATED
Open 24 Hrs. - 7 Days a Week
20c Wash - IOc Dry
JIFFY LAUNDROMAT
located directly behind A&P liquor store on
THE POST ROAD. FAIRFIELD, CONN.
CLearwater 9-9082
CLOTHES
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REASONABLE RATES
(Formerly located at the corner of No. Benson & Post Rd.)
GAS - LUBRICATION - OIL
MINOR REPAIRS
TIRES - BATTERIES - ACCESSORIES
Fairfield Laundromat
1227 Post Road Fairfield
Opp. Post Office
IN ANTICIPATION of Saturday tug-o'f-war eve,nt. barely dis­cernible
Society membe'r counsels we'ak-mlUsded frosh on
intricacies of dunking orie'ntation c'ommittee.
Fifty-five high school teachers
have been selected to participate
in Fairfield University's in-ser­vice
science and mathematics
institute which begins Septem­ber
23.
All will study at Fairfield U
through a $10,228 grant awarded
by the National Science Founda­tion.
Dr. John A. Barone of the
University faculty will direct
the institute' which will be con­ducted
on 30 Saturdays during
the academic year.
The teachers will specialize in
b i 0 log i cal science, physical
science and mathematics which
will be presented by members of
the Fairfield U faculty augment­ed
by other authorities who will
offer special lectures.
The program, according to Dr.
Barone, provides the teachers
with the opportunity to increase
proficiency in their own field or
take subjects toward certifica­tion
in a related field.
Fairfield U officials have pre­pared
a three-year program. The
NSF award includes tuition and
travel allowances for the first
year. Funds will be requested
for the remaining years, which,
1916 POST ROAD if granted would enable those
___________(N_e_xt_to_R_u_dy_'s)__________...:l..' swehqouesnoce.desire to complete the
Dartmouth Institutes
Three-Term System
HANOVER, N.H. (LP.)-Dis­cussing
some of the outstanding
features of Dartmouth's unique
three course, three term plan,
Dr. John Sloan Dickey, presi­dent
of Dartmouth College, em­phasized
that "three courses are
two courses less than five, but
your arithmetic is just plain
faulty if you think for that rea­son
that the three-plan means
less work."
"Whether good or bad," he
observed, "the three year old
plan has unquestionably stepped
up the academic pace of the
campus. The faculty has accept­ed
the reduction in the number
of courses as an invitation­indeed,
a command-to increase
NFCCS Gives $5~,500 GOVerllment .L4nnounces Rise
For Formosan LIbrary
His Eminence, Cardinal Rich- In 1tlonthlv Draft Totals
ard Francis Cushing, Vatican- ,./
appointed director of a drive to In a television speech in July
build Catholic Fujen University President Kennedy forecast a
on Taiwan (the island of For- doubling and tripling of the
mosa), disclosed that Catholic monthly draft total. At the rate
college students in the United of 25,000 draftees a month, the
Sta,te,s have donated $52,500 to- Selective Service will soon be­ward
the building 'Of a library. gin to enter the future plans of
The library will be erected college men throughout the
as a memorial to American stu- country, just as it did to the
dents, the Cardinal said. students during the Korean con­Donors
to the library fund are flict.
student members of the Nation- Selective Service officials have
al FedeI'ation of Catholic Col- announced that any student
lege Students (NFCCS) founded doing satisfactory work in col­by
American bishops a cen- lege would continue to have a
tury ago in Washington, D.C. good chance of being temporar­The
Federation operates today ily excused from military serv­on
192 college and university ice if he applied for a 2-S
campuses, in 19 geographical classification.
regions. The NFCCS functioned Under present regulations all
for this drive under the auspices
of the National Council of Cath-olic
Youth. Univ. of Washington
(The campus unit of the To Train Teachers
NFCCS withdrew last Novem­ber
from the national federa­tion
on the basis of its continued
inability to pay the assessed
dues, although it still functions
as an integral part of the New
England region of the NFCCS.
The Formosan University drive
was conducted on the campus
by the chapter in conjunction
with the Sodality.)
As national director, Cardinal
Cushing is responsible for the
raising of a million dollars to
complete the Chinese univer­sity,
now under construction.
Pope John XXIII as already do­nated
$100,000 and the students'
fund, with other donations now
totaling moOre than a half mil­lion
donal's, are expected to
complete the drive within a
year.
r;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;:;.1 In his announcement, the .-------------.1 TAP ROOM RESTAURANT Cardinal said that the drive
has had "an extraordinary re­sponse,"
and said the University
library will be "a lasting me­morial
to the ,charity of these
exemplary young men and
women."
Page Ten
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September 15, 1961
eastern to the western end of the
island as towns fell before his
advance, Castro ended his last
radio broadcast with the words,
"The tyrant is finished, we are
going home."
Castro in Havana
Castro triumphantly entered
Havana to the rejoicing of the
people, rich and poor. Almost
everyone was for Fidel: the stu­dents,
the peasants, he had ev­eryone
in hand. "The staggering
thing to me is that he has now
let down these same people who
were so wholeheartedly behind
him. The only people who have
consistently rallied behind Fidel
are the poor; for they are the
only ·ones who have benefited
from the Revolution. They have
received the necessities of life
for the first time: education, ade­quate
housing and even so small
a thing as adequate toilet facili­ties."
Mr. Carbonell continued, "Cas­tro
the former lawyer has a great
power of speech and easily
swayed the crowd at his num­erous
rallies during the first part
of the regime. At one particular
rally on agrarian reform, he call­ed
in half a million peasants
from the country to outline his
plan for land seizure of the rich
Batistianos. (To average peasant
the term 'Communist' is identi­fied
with the only good life he
has ever had.) This led to further
seizures and finally the whole­sale
confiscation of American
property on the island."
"As Castro's power grew so
did the rumors of communism in
his government. As to the Prem­ier
himself being a communist
reports varied. I myself did not
believe him once until shortly
before I left. Because of the
trust I had in him, I couldn't
believe- that such a thing was
possible. The import of Che Gue­vera's
influence, I believe, ac­counts
for his conversion coup­led
with the gradual infiltration
of his government by the com­munist
party."
Roughed Up By Communists
An officer in his Sodality in
Havana, Mr. Carbonell took an
active part in the attempts to
check the mounting attacks on
the Church. (In addition to the
destruction of the Catholic uni­versity
newspaper, priests out­side
relatively safe Havana fear­ed
to read any pastoral letters
condemning the regime because
of agitators ready to harm them
or their churches.) He partici­pated
in such anti-communist
activities as distributing pam­phlets
answering Castro's prop­aganda
flow and debating pub­licly
with the communists. While
loudly heckling speakers at one
rally he and his friends were
roughed up by communist sup­porters.
When asked his opinion of the
United States, the young Cuban
expressed his disappointment in
American mishandling of democ­racy.
"Democracy is a beautiful
thing but not in the direction it
is being allowed to go; a free
man can not be too free. If the
present downhill c 0 u r s e in
American morality, spiritual and
ethical, is allowed to continue,
something will happen to Amer­ica."
His final comment on Fidel
Castro: "I pity this man; I don't
like him but I don't hate him."
Still, when asked if he plans to
return to Cuba as long as Castro
is in power, he answered, "Cuba
is my home, but if Castro re­mains
in power, he will rot be­fore
I will return."
NEIL P. O'KEEFE, S.J.
CUBAN
(Continued from Page 1)
must be remembered that Batista
took over in a coup-d'etat in
1952. His rule was illegal as al­most
all regimes in Cuba have
been since 1920. His sup­pressions
were quite criminal
and the youth of the country
were quite opposed to him. Ba­tista's
reign of power-rule grad­ually
increased to the point
where young men who even
looked "suitable" would be pull­ed
off the street and horribly
tortured. Some of the tortures
included machines for pulling
out finger-nails, puncturing eye­lids
and castration. Can you
imagine what kind of life a tor­tured
man could live after­wards?"
llelative Whipped
Mr. Carbonell explained one
close contact with the Batista
tactics of force-rule, "I have a
cousin who was instrumental in
starting a strike at a local Gen­eral
Electric plant during the
latter days of the Batista reign.
He was taken by the police and
whipped. Afterwards, he came
to our house where my family
and I were sitting and talking.
My cousin walked in and we ask­ed
him what happened. To ex­plain,
he just took off his shirt
and showed us his back. It was
a horrible sight, all black and
lacerated from the whipping."
The former Cuban Sodalist
went on to explain of life be­fore
and after the Revolution.
"The Batista regime was a "Rule
of the Rich" and the poor were
completely forgotten. The change
had to be made. On one point
alone was the change necessary;
the government was morally de­generate.
Batista himself had
two wives and this sort of moral
corruption was prevalent in the
government. This sort of thing
can completely demoralize a
people."
"I first became aware of Cas­tro
when he was encamped in
the mountains engaged in guer­Four
Form New College illa fighting. At this early stage
Castro was considered crazy.
NORTHAMPTON, MASS. After all, he had a small band
(LP.)-Plans for the New Col- of men and was opposing all the
lege, an ideal liberal arts college organized forces of Batista.
under study by a joint commit- "In spite of its organization,"
tee from the four existing valley Mr. Carbonell pointed out, "this
colleges-Amherst, Mt. Holyoke, army was not powerful but was
Smith and the University of weakened by the quality of the
Massachusetts - have aroused government leadership."
wide-spread interest among edu- He went on to explain that
cators, according to Professor Castro's influence increased as
Donald Sheehan of Smith Col- time went on and as people
lege. started to listen to his short
Conceived as a means of stim- wave radio reports of the fight­ulating
new ideas in liberal arts ing, gains and losses, and most
education, the New College important the ideals of his revo­plan
is the result of an effort lution. "This especially sounded
to emphasize the qualitative good to our people who had
rather than the quantitive as- been so long under the terrible
pects of higher edudcation. rule of Batista. People gradual-
Evaluating the existing weak- ly got the feeling of a leader in
nesses of the curricula at the Castro - his promises were
four valley colleges, the commit- beautiful!"
tee has tried to offer solutions Tracing the last months of the
to the charges of "spoon feed- Batista regime, the young Cuban
ing" and "the problem of course told of the constant rumors that
coverage" explained Professor "something was going to happen
Sheehan. Too great an emphasis though no one knew exactly
on fact-crammed courses, the what. At this time most of the
committee found, tended to en- people were supporting Castro
courage student passivity. though not openly.
The New College's solution to Flight of Batista
the problem, Professor Sheehan "The people's reaction to the
described as an "inverted Smith Batista flight was rather re­curriculum."
Rather than the strained as they feared a recur­broad
survey courses usually rence of the flight in 1952 of the
offered in the first two years tyrant Machada who slaughtered
freshmen and so~homores would I the people in the streets as they
take part in a program of sem- rejoiced over his supposed de­inars.
The program for the ma- parture.
jor is envisaged as being flexible Bragging that he would match
enough to incorporate several the feat of the Cuban general
related fields of knowledge. who in 1895 marched from the
Mr. O'Keefe's position, in the
sophomore philosophy curricu­lum,
has been filled by the Rev.
Mr. Edward J. Murawski, S.J.
Mr. Murawski graduated from
Holy Cross in 1953 and holds an
M.A. in Philosophy from Boston
College. An Air Force veteran,
Mr. Murawski completed the
Jesuit's ordinary seven year pre­teaching
period in four years.
THE STAG
Gone from the Fairfield scene
this fall is the Rev. Mr. Neil P.
O'Keefe, S.J., a popular young
member of the Philosophy de­partment.
After teaching at
Fairfield for two years, Mr.
O'Keefe has been transfered to
Georgetown University w her e
he will be working toward his
Ph. D. in U.S. Constitutional
Law. A Boston College graduate,
class of '51, Mr. O'Keefe served
on the U.S.S. Knapp for four
years during the Korean War
before entering the Society in
1955.
Mr. O'Keefe S.J. Gone
For Georgetown Ph.D.
SERVICE
STATiON
CORTIGIANO'S
TEXACO
By DONALD A. PREZIOSI
Reason and Nuclear Warfare
Leonard Woolf once wrote, "the sordid and savage story of
history has been written by man's irrationality, and the thin
precarious crust of civilization which has from time to time been
built over the bloody mess has always been built by reason."
When human reason is brought to bear on all departments
of life it is a disturber of the peace. It wakens us from our dog­matic
slumbers; strikes from our minds the lists of emotional
adherences which saV€d us the trouble of thinking.
When it is brought to bear on the current crisis in hum~"ln
affairs, reason, indeed common sense, shows us that unless we
abandon war as an instrument of international policy, we shall
all oerish. Recent messages from Washington and Moscow do
not -discount the possibility of nuclear war as a last resort in
dealing with the "Berlin Crisis." The occasion for one of the
two parties to mention this possibility comes without fail on the
heels of a "provocation" by the other, as if a warning from one
nation is somewhat akin to a test of the other's virility.
A parallel to current 'attitudes may be drawn by citing a
sport as practiced by some of our youthful degenerates called
"Chicken." It is a "game" in which two young men race toward
each other in hot-rods to determine which is the more courage­ous.
Courage is determined by the ability of one party to keep
from swerving his car from the path of the other fellow's as both
speed head-on toward mutual suicide. The one who chooses to
save his own life by swerving away then becomes the object of
contempt within his group.
As played by such people, the game is regarded by all as
immoral and decadent. But when played by government poli­ticians
who risk not only their own lives but the lives of millions
of people, it is thought on both sides that their separate states­men
display a high degree of wisdom and courage.
This is absurd. But the day may come when neither side
can face the derisive cry of "chicken" from the other; then the
militarist politicians will have plunged the world into destruction.
The Alternative
But brinkmanship and surrender are not the only alterna­tives.
Our motives in the current crises must, if humanity is to
survive, shift to motives appealing to the common welfare and
interests of both parties. Since a nuclear war between the USSR
and the USA would annihilate both, the two countries already
have a common interest in the preservation of peace and the
restraint of the ever-growing expenditures of the militarists.
In this country we must learn to welcome anti-war move­ments
not as importations of some alien "-ism" or as the faint­ingsof
the "weak"-hearted, but as what they really are, the
voice of sanity and reason which desires the greater good: the
survival of human kind, whether it wear the garment of capital­ism
or communism. The only solution to our current problem
rests in a rational detachment from the squabbles of tribal po­litical
ambitions and a weighing of what is really at stake ­survival.
Those who believe absurdities will commit atrocities. Recent
events in Europe show with what inhumanity quite sincere peo­ple
can behave when they believe that one tribe in the family
of man is more worthy of perpetuity than the others. Today the
scepter of nuclear ,annihilation makes belief that one political
system is more worthy than another of perpetuity an equal
absurdity.
War is no solution for rational men. The victory of a war is
determined by a combination of accidental physical factors, not
by any set of inherent objectively valid virtues which one side
possesses and the other does not. In the political wars of today,
as in the religious wars of yesterday, victory is not assured by
the invoking of God or Democracy but by the ability of one side
to muster the sheer physical strength to overcome the enemy.
The rational view of things offers no future paradise on earth
or anywhere else, but it does give us confidence that we have
the power to rearrange human affairs and make the world at
least a better place in which to live. We can desire no more
than this.
"'COMMENT"' will appear in each issue of THE STAG.
Objections to or agreements with the views expressed here
are welcome, and you are invited to express your opinions in
writing. As space permits, THE STAG will publish your com­ments
on "'COMMENT:'
Cafeteria Expands for New Dorm
In anticipation of increased ing hours. Two self-service cof- meal. Now a maximum of one
dorm facilities the dining area fee urns will allow the student thousand students can be served
in Loyola Hall has been com- to dial and automatically receive with both of the new lines work­pletely
renovated. The acquisi- his preference, black, regular, ing. A schedule is being drawn
tion of new kitchen equipment lor light. up to determine at which meals
coupled with an architectually The kitchen spa~e has now Ithe heaviest student concentra­planned
method of distribution b'~::m devoted exclusIvely to food tion will occur. At such peak
is at least a year in advance of preparation. Major equipment times both lines will be put into
its anticipated need, according to chang['s include a stainless steel operation, at less busy times
Mr. Paul Scalzi, Food Director. walk-in freezer, new salad ta- only one line will be utilized.
The reorganized dining area bles, a diccr unit, an additional .
consists of three distinct sec- oven, a pressure steamer, and a Meal TUllC Changes
tions; the dishwashing area, a third disposal. Tlw spreading out of much ot
distribution. island, and the Pierre Comments the kitchen equipment has ne-kitchen
proper. However, a proper evaluation cessltated certam changes, 111
The dishwashing area, located of any such sweeping changes procedures at mealtIme. Durmg
in what was formerly the facul- must of necessity come from the breakfast, lunch, and. dmner,
ty dining lounge, has been man in the field. Pierre, Master the door to the cafeterIa at the
equiped with a new and larger Chef, expressed nothing but South (CamsIUS) Entrance WIll
washing unit and two refuse glowing praise for his new do- not be open. Entrance WIll be
disposals. Incorporated into the main. He asserted that the reor- made through the mam entrance
washing unit is a conveyor bell cranization would not only great- to Loyola or the back (Gonzaga)
device which eliminates stacking lY increase health conditions door.
the dishes in trays before feed- but would also decrease fatigue A new meal ticket system has
ing into the unit. The separated among his staff. The orderly ar- been inaugurated which will
washing unit and the refuse dis- rangcment of the kitchen space primarialy aITect those oIT cam­posals
will greatly increase sani- into three distinct sections, he pus students who have purchas­tary
conditions in the kitchen felt, would ease 'much of the ed semester meal tickets. The
area. former confusion at mealtime. prices of the tickets are as fol-
Two Feeding Areas The kitchen area is now com- lows; a three meal ticket,
The distribution island has pletely separated from the noise breakfast, lunch, and dinner,
been organized so that two lines and heat of the dishwashing ma- will cost $225 per semester, a
of students can be processed chines. The cleaned dishes will two meal ticket, lunch and din­simultaneously.
Two parallel now be taken directly to the ner, will cost $200 pCI' semcster.
lines each with its own steam, serving island without passing Due to the increase in room and
refrigeration, and coffee dis- through the kitchen. Still to be board which became effective
pensing units have been set up. installed is an intercom system this year the price of meals
A new food control unit will to connect all three sections. purchased has risen by ten cents
store the prepared meals under Previous to the renovation a per meal. Breakfast will now
correct temperature and mois- maximum of five hundred stu-[ cost $.60, lunch $.85, and dinner
ture conditions dming the din- dents could be served at one $1.35.
September 15. 1961
Carefully guarding against STAG staff reporter's fingerprints,
veys his spotless domain.
THE STAG Page Eleven
PASSING JUDGMENT on the modern coffee vendo,rs are Mr.
George Maloney of the maintenance staff lind Brother John
Kelly, S.J., of the coffee-drinking staff.
GRACE. THE TEA-LADY pours coffee from the new vendor. which cuts time and work for
the staff.
"QUICK. LUIS," says Dan McC'ormick, to the waiting staff
member. who will transport the hot liquid to the dining area.
University Clubs Schedule Active Year
Page Twelve
Prepsters Open
Manresa Retreat
This Jfleekend
Fairfield Preparatory School
seniors will make a closed re­treat
this weekend at the
recently dedicated Manresa Re­treat
House in Ridgefield, Conn.,
according to Rev. George S.
Mahan, S.J., Executive Asst. to
the President.
University seniors are ex­pected
to fulfill their fall retreat
obligation at the RIdgefield
house, although a specific sched­ule
allowing the entire class,- of
ever two hundred to make a
closed retreat is yet to be for­mulated.
Fr. McCabe Direcls
The former Mamanasco Lake
Lodge, the retreat house has
undergone $350,000 worth of ex­tensive
alterations and re'pairs
under the direction of Rev.
George V. McCabe, S.J., former
Executive Asst. to the President
of F1airfield' U. Designed by
architect J. Gerald Phelan and
act i n g consultants, Fletcher­Thompson,
Inc. (the same team
who designed the University's
four most recently constructed
buildings), Manresa will provide
accommodations for forty stud­ent
retreatants.
The main lounge will be call­ed
the Mission Room, display­ing
maps of the countries where
'New England Jesuits work as
missionaries: Baghdad, Iraq,
Jamaica and Grand Canyon, The
West Indies, the South Sea
.Islands and Japan. Reading
rooms, a library, dining room
and kitchen will occupy the rest
of the main building.
Marble Altar Donated
Located on the main floor of
the new wing, the chapel will
contain a marble altar donated
by the family of Mrs. Jacque­line
Kennedy some years ago.
,(The altar was formerly locat­'
ed in the one time Jesuit house
on Kaiser Island in So. Nor­walk,
Conn., as well as for >a
short time in the old Shadow­brook
Novitiate Chapel in Len­nox,
Mass.)
Manresa Retreat House is
named after the Spanish cave
where St. Ignatius Loyola,
founder of the Society of Jesus,
wrote his famed Spiritual Ex­ercises
four hundred years ago.
Retreatants at the Ridgefield
Manresa will follow a shorten­ed
version of these exercises.
Bob Stevens '62
Represents Mags
Robert J. Stevens, '62, has
been appointed Campus Repre­sentative
for Time Inc., publish­ers
of Time, Life, and Sports
Illustrated, for Fairfield Univer­sity,
it was announced today.
Stevens will offer both under­graduate
and graduate students
special student rates (as little as
3c a week) 011 the three well
known news magazines. Through
special arrangements with the
Publisher, students may fill out
handy business reply cards,
which can be obtained at bulle­tin
boards, and be billed by the
publisher.
Mr. Stevens, a senior from
Brunswick, Maine, is an educa­tion
major. and is active in the
Dramatics Society. L"'yout Edi­tor
of the '62 MANOR and Ad­vertising
Manager of The STAG.
Canisius Academy
Plans Symposium
The Canisius Academy, the
theological society at Fairfield,
begins another year of discus­3ion
and debate this fall. At bi­weekly
meetings, members are
granted an opportunity to deep­en
their knowledge of Chris­tian
theology; each student de­velops
a thesis over the aca­demic
year which he presents
w a group of upperclassmen on
the feast of St. Peter Canisius
,n Gonzaga Auditorium.
The Rev. Richard Rousseau,
5.J., Moderator of the Acad­~
my, advises members on the
progress of their manuscripts
at the bi-weekly meetings, and
makes the final selection of
theses to be read at the annual
Symposium in Gonzaga Hall. A
panel discussion on the merits
of the individual theses follows
the readings, and thereupon
the floor is open to the upper­classmen
audience who tradi­tionally'
provide lively com­mentary
on the conclusions of
the panel.
Membership is restricted to
Dean's List Students. The sched­ule
of meetings will be posted
in the near future. Interested
and qualified students are wel­come.
New Frontiers Opens
Pages To All Classes
NEW FRONTIERS is the lit­erary
magazine published by
students herc at Fairfield. Three
times each school term it prints
poems, stories, articles, essays
and short drama of high literary
quality, receiving its contribu­bons
primarily from the under­graduate
classes and occasion­ally
from distinguished outside
sources (contributors of nation­al
prominence in last year's
issues included Phyllis McGin­ley,
Martin D'Arcy, S.J·., and
Wm. Kenealy, S.J.
The magazine is principally
devoted to developing fresh lit­erary
talent within the Univer­sity,
and welcomes all contribu­tions
from the student body.
Manuscripts submitted by un­dergraduates,
whether accepted
or not, are given thorough
criticism by the Editors and the
Editorial Board either in writ-
I ing or personally.
Any student may submit
poetry, fiction, or drama to the
NEW FRONTIERS office, ground
floor, room 10, Gonzaga Hall, or
to the Eidtors oi' Moderators
personally.
The Faculty Moderators are
Rev. John Louis Bonn, S.J., and
Mr. Artur Riel. The Editors are
Donald A. Preziosi, Room 322,
Loyola Hall and Richard Tino,
Meriden, Conn., both Class of
1962. .
Membership in the NEW
FRONTIERS staff organization
is open to any undergraduate.
One may join the staff either
by contacting any of the afore­mentioned
persons or by attend­ing
any of the weekly meetings
held in the magazine office.
Meeting times will be posted
in The Stag and on hall bulle­tin
boards within the next two
weeks.
THE STAG
I French Club Plans
Lectures, Contest
The French Club of Fairfield
University announced i,ts series
of 1961-62 events this week as
"a supplement to the study of
the French language in the
University." These include
twice-monthly meetings featur­ing
lectureDs from the Univer­sity
and elsewhere, recordings
made in France, book reviews,
theses, discussions on art, archi­tecture,
music, history, litera­ture,
industry, and various
other aspects of French civiliza­tion.
Language skills are increased
through the use of professionaI
tapes and records. Members of
the Club sponsor and organize
the annual contest for local
high school students on French
culture and ,civilization. Last
year's ICOlTlpetition included
someone hundred students
from Connecticut.
Membership is open to stu­dents
of the 'French language
with at least a B average, ac­cording
to a sta'tement by the
Moderator, Dr. Gerald B. Mc­Donald.
St. lves Enlarges
Program For '61-'62
The St. Ives Pre-legal Guild
is al]. organization of students,
on the Fairfield University
campus, interested in attending
law school ,and in the field of
law in general.
This student organization was
formed several years ago with
the encouragement of Professor
Stephen J. O'Brien, Law Ad­ivsor
at the University, who
now serves as the Guild's fac­ulty
advisor.
The purpose of the Guild, as
Pres. Frank McQuade terms it,
is to help students, usually up­perclassmen
interested in at­tending
law school to become
familiar with all the procedures,
tests and other requirements
necessary for admission to a
law school.
The expanded program which
will include members of the
freshman and sophomore classes
is designed to acquaint those
who have not chosen their goal
in life, with the field of law in
order that their decision re­garding
a goal can be facili­tated.
The program for the year
will include a series of lectures
by qualified members of the
faculty, on subjects such as
applications to a law school,
financial aids available and the
many opportunities open to the
law school graduate. There will
also be addresses by law school
Deans whom the Guild will in­vite
to the campus, to person­ally
interview all interested
,t.udents. Finally there will be
addresses by persons prominent
in the field of law itself.
The first meeting of the
Guild will be held approxi­mately
one week after the
opening of the school year. For­mal
announcement will be made
on the Bulletin Boards in Cani­sius
and )Cavier Halls.
The Officers of the Guild for
the year 1961-62 are: President
Francis J. McQuade, '62; Roder­ick
A. Dowling, '~2, Vice Pres.;
Gabriel W. Merola.. :'62, Secre­tary;
Gary W. Muller, '62,
Treas.; Richard J. Bpdolato, '62,
Recording Sec.
Conservative Club
'f0 IIold Lectures
Formed last year, the Con­servative
Club, a political or­ganization,
has planned a series
:Jf events to interest Fairfield
,tudents in their doctrines. It
will, through various lectures
held dUl'ing 1961-62, attempt to
present the University with
what it ,believes is a realistic
view of world and national
affairs.
The Conservative Club will
:llso work with other polibical
groups on campus to endorse
:lnd canvass for local and state
politicians holding views con­1ruous
with those of the Club.
Spokesman Gabriel W. Merola,
'62, an-nounces that membership
is open to all budding conserva­tives
on ·campus.
Eastern :Mass. Club
Opens Year Sept. 19
The officers of the newly
formed Eastern Massachusetts
Area Club are planning an ac­tive
and well integrated pro­gram
for the coming school
year, according to a report pre­pared
for presentation at the
Area Club meeting, September
19 in Canisius Hall.
The report to be given to the
meeting by President Ernest
Webby, Jr., '62, shows that the
club has a potential member­ship
of over 50 students.
The program for the year
will include a get-acquainted
dinner; a "Brother" system, to
aid new students; a sports pro­gram,
involving other Area
Clubs, and, a holiday dance in
the Boston Area.
The first meeting of the year
will draw interested students
from the Boston, Worcester,
Providence, Portland, Maine,
and Manchester, New Hamp­shire,
area.
Club Moderator Rev. T. Ever­ett
McPeake, 8.J., will speak at
the meeting and welcome the
new members to the University.
President Webby will chair the
meeting. Members will act upon
the prepared program, and new
ideas will be added to the pro­gram.
The officers for the coming
school year are: President,
Ernest Webby, Jr., '62; Vice­President,
Joseph Brodigan, '64;
Secretary, James Curtin, '64;
and, Treasurer, Michael Hur­ley,
'62. ,
Debating Society's
Contest Set Sept. 25'
Handbooks, outlining the
year's debating topic, will be
distributed gratis to the first
meeting of the Fairfield Univer­sity
Debating Society to be held
during the week of September
13.
The Society, anticipating an
active and progressive year, will
conduct its first intra-mural de­bate
meeting during the week of
Sept. 25. At this second meeting,
all those who intend to remain
in the Society will have with
them prepared five minute
speeches on a topic assigned' at
the previous meeting.
For those who have as yet
not spoken publicly to any great
extent, the year will be devoted
primarily to training. For the
September 15. 1961
Russian Club Offers
Social, Culture Study
The Russian Club of Fairfield
University, organized by s'1u­:
1ents for the purpose of study­ing
all aspects of Russian cul­~
ure, holds a series of lectures
during the academic year for
Faculty and Students to stim­ulate
the growing interest in
the -Russia of the past and the
Soviet Union of today. Infonna­tive
and well-prepared studies
of Rl,lssian music, propaganda
and social life are periodically
presented.
Membership is not restrictsd
to students of the Russian lal1­guage;
all interested Fairfield
students may join. A recent in­noyation
is the ppivate instruc­tion
in the Russian language
given to non-Russian students
by members of the Club, in
order to give new members a
deeper insight into the Russian
mind.
The members feel that the
study of the Russian people, as
also the study of other non­EngIish-
speaking peoples, is in­adequate
without anapprecia­tion
of the native language.
Faaulty Moderator, Wolfe M.
Czamansky, instructor in Ger­man
and Russian, and club
spokesman, Francis Crowley,
'64, invite all interested students
to share with them their Club's
activities.
Naugatuck Valley
Hosts Benefit Concert
The Naugatuck Valley Club
of Fairfield University, one of
the oldest area clubs on campus,
was the first undE,rgraduate club
to sponsor a glee club concert.
The proceeds of this concert,
held in each year in Ansonia,
are used to award a scholarship
to some deserving Valley boy
who plans to attend the univer­sity.
Composed of some 40 mem­bers
from the valley towns of
Orange, Shelton, Ansonia, Der­by,
Seymour and Oxford, the
club will hold a party to wel­come
incoming freshmen.
Over 35 couples attended the
2nd annual summer picnic spon­sored
by the club, which was
held at Lake Quassapaug in
Middlebury. Michael Donnarum­mo
and Michael Petro were co­chairmen
for the affair.
Club President Joe Flynn has
extended an invitation to all'
Valley area freshmen to join
the club which acts as a bond
between students from the vari­ous
valley towns.
Other club officers for the
1961-1962 academic year are
Thomas Walsh, vice-president;
Richard Ryan, secretary; Daniel
Skuret, treasurer.
The club, in addition to spon­soring
the concert, also has a
full schedule of social activities.
Planned for this year are several
dances, speakers at the monthly
meetings of the club, a joint
dinner with the alumni and
other functions.
Meetings are held on campus
and also in the Valley Chevrolet
Auditorium in Derby.
more experienced, a full sched­ule
of inter-collegiate debates­both
with individual colleges
and in tournament competition
is slated. .
September 15. 1961 THE STAG Page Thirteen
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1961-62
DECEMBER
St. Peter'5-home
So. Conn. State--away
Georgetown-away
"'Yeshiva-home
Boston College-away
, Adelphi-away
JANUARY
3 Wed. St. Francis (Bklyn)-home
6 Sat. Amer. International-away
10 Wednesday F'ordham-away
13 Saturday 'Bridgeport-away
17 Wednesday Seton Hall-away
FEBRUARY
3 Saturday Stonehill-away
6 Tuesday 'Long Island U-home
9 Friday 'C. C. N. Y.-home
12 Monday lona-home
15 Thursday 'Hunter-home
17 Saturday Assumption-home
20 Tuesday 'Brooklyn-away
22 Thursday 'Frlgh Dickinson-home
24 Saturday Bridgeport-home
26 Monday Providence--away I
28 Wednesday 'Rider-away I
MARCH
3 Saturday St. Anselm'5-home i
*Tri-State League Game
The New York Giants undertake a light wo!kout on Alumni Field during their two month
training period here this summer. Due to a gr eat deal of 90 degree weather many light work­outs
were necessary. The final such workout. September 10. was lame,nted by both 'playe,rs and
coaches. Seen in the stands are some of the m ore than 20.000 fans who viewed the Giants dur­ing
fheir stay.
NEWS And VIEWS
By ROD DOWLING
As Fairfield University enters its four,tJeen:th year
of organized spOII'tS, this year's prospeds ,appear ,to be
the brightest. With returning lettermen at 'every posi­tion,
the v<ars~lty basketball and cross oountry teams
seem destined for their grea1test Iseasons. Also on tap
will be Fairfield's first ,alttempt at Fall baseball. Thie
team will pllay in a league ,c'Omposed of ,such teams
as Iona, St. P[I~er',s and Rider, and will comprise the
remnants of l'a:lt season's vars.ity. There lis a1so ,an out­side
chance of Fai!rfield's starting a soccer team if stud­ent
support warrants ,it.
Returning Vets Spark Harriers
Leading the rEOlturning cross-country pack are Sen­iors
Jack Barry and Lou Ockey, both back with three
years of Fairfield roads under ,their spikes. Behind these
two all-conquering veterans will be Juniors Mickey
KJinney, Ray Schuster and Tom Ma'ra. Heading a thin
erop of Sophomore runners will be Jim Daly and Peter
Gary, both of whom stood out as freshmen 1ast year.
Qn paper this 'team 'appears to be strong both in ,top
runneI1S and knee-deep in reserves. It is safe to predict
a winning season and hope for an undefeated season.
Hoopsters Have Potential Powerhouse
Coach George Bisaoca, entering his fourth yea.r as
head coach of F'airfield's hoopstJers, will welcome back
his top four scorers :firom last year's great squad with
hopes of imp110Viing on their impressive reoord of 17-7.
Captain Art Crawford is the only f110nt line performer
who was graduated,a1ong with Dick Panuczak of
Bridgeport, Conn.
Last yea1r the Stags ,swept their nine sta'11ts in the
Tri-Starte League Ito oapture ,their second consecutive
league C'l'own. This extended the Stags' unbea,ten streak
in the loop to 17 games over a two-year span which
,again quahfied them for the NCAA EJastern Reginna1
tournament.
Among the veterans returning wlill be diminutive
Senior guard Bob Jenkins, who cleared 134 Tebounds
and averaged ove:r 10 porms per game, while gaming
all-toU!rnament 'and the Tri-Sta'te League all-star team
honors. Jenkins' classmate, Mike Touhey, connec1Jed fOT
a 12-point ,av~age and 'es1Jablisheda school mark of 106
free throws in a season.
Hob HutteT and Nick Maoarchuk, two Juniors,
who won starting positions and added considemb1e
punch to the F'airfie1d University attack will return.
Hut'Per, who is on his way to 'rewriting rthe record books
'at Fai'rfield, established marks of 172,field goals and 415
points in his fi,rst season while earning 17 points per
game. Macarchuk collected 299 rebounds to pace the
Stags lin this department and oontributed 15 points per
game.
Another second-year man who will he heard from
is speC'tacular Fred Weismiller, another Bronx, -N.Y.,
product. A fancy ball handler, sharp passer and geneval
team spark plug during lulls in the aHack, Fred came
off the bench on several oceasions to score as many as
19 points in nine minutes Ito carry the Stags to vietory.
If Bill Shin, a 6-6 Seni'OY forward frrom Brooklyn,
N.Y., returns to his Sophomore form, he may win a
starting berth. Shin, hampeI'ed ,by an ,ankle 'injury dur­ing
most of last year, is perhaps the top defensive per­former
for Bisacca.
Other returnees are Devin Doolan (Chevy Chase,
MdJ, Joe D'Agostin (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Ron Riescher
(~emp~ead, N.Y.) land Fmnk McAnulty (PiJttsburgh,
Pa.).
The prolific scoring Stags 'averaged mOTe than 82.2
points per oontest ,and set team recoods for consecutive
wins (8), victories on the 'road (9), field goals (735), free
throws (504) land ,total points 1974) while rtying :£01' the
mO!'?t wins in a season (17),
With additional help fI10m the Freshman team, the
Stags lappear to be lin excellent position to de:fiend their
league title next year and hope to reward theitr follow­ers
with another championship.
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The Cardinal Key Society of
Fairfield, the University's hon­orary
service organization, has
announced -a list of several
events it will sponsor this aca­demic
year.
The first event will be "To­bacco
Road," a mixer to be held
on Saturday, September 30th.
President Louis Ockey, '62, tells
The STAG that several hun­dred
women will converge here
for that mixer, from all points
on the women's college com­pass:
Manhattanville, Goo d
Counsel, New Rochelle, and
Marymount from the south and
west, as well as from other area
colleges.
Mr. Ockey adds that the Key,
which ushers at basketball
games and sponsors the annual
Blood-Bank drive on campus,
looks forward' to welcoming
the incoming Class of 1965 and
will do its utmost to help
freshmen adjust to the new life
here at Fairfield.
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QUENCHERI
Fourteen F,airfield University.
June graduates have been ac­cepted
for medical -and dental
school studies in September at
nine schools. The students rep­resent
100% of those recom­mended
by Fairfield U. for ad­vanced
study in the medical
and dental professions, accord­ing
to Dr. Donald J. Ross, chair­man
of the Department of Bi­ology
at the University.
Biology Dept. Reports
100% Grad Acceptance
ASK
ANY TEENI
Grad Dept. To Start
Fall Registration
Registration. for the F,airfield
University Graduate Depart­ment
of Education will begin
September 22, from 3:00 p.m. to
5:00 p.m. in Oanisius Hall, and
will continue September 23,
from 9:00 a.m. to noon and Sep­tember
25, from 3:00 p.m. to
5:00 p.m.
The Rev. J amE'S H. Coughlin,
S.J., chairman of the Graduate
Department said classes will
begin September 25.
Counselors will be available
in Canisius Hall each afternoon
from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and
during registration periods to
assist prospective students in
planning a program.
Two evening courses are
planned in audio-visual aids
and bacteriology, while remain­ing
subjects will be offered
weekdays from 4:30 p.m. to 6:15
p.m. and Saturday mornings.
QUESTION
How did you first hear of
Fairfield University? What de­cided
your choice? What im­pressed
you about Fairfield vs.
another college?
* * *
PUBLIC OPINION
COMMENTS
Leo Paquette, from East
Hartford, attended East Hart­ford
High School: "I always
knew the school was here; sev­eral
of my teachers graduated
from Fairfield. The location,
campus, and the newness of the
dorms and facilities impressed
me. The friendliness of every­one
was a deciding quality."
John Flynn lives in Stratford
and graduated from Fairfield
Prep: "Knew of the school from
the Prep. I wanted to continue
here - always liked the school.
Fairfield is a good school and
the location is very favorable."
Ed Spruck is from Yorktown
Heights, N.Y., and attended the
local high school in Yorktown:
"My Guidance Counselor re­commended
Fairfield; the stud­ents
were friendly when I visit­ed
- the atmosphere was very
good. 'The school catalogue ap­peared
to offer more than other
colleges. A Jesuit education also
helped my decision."
John Cam!,bell from Mal­verne,
L.L, and graduated from
Chaminade High School: "My
mother went to this College
Day - I was at the Giants­Browns
game. The Giants won
48-7. I chose Fairfield from B.C.
and Holy Cross because of the
size, which I think is a distinct
advantage, and Father Galla­gher
seemed like a nice guy
when I visited the school."
Tom Calderwood is from New
Hyde' Park, L.L, and attended
Chaminade High School: "My
friends, who were thinking of
coming here, told me about the
school. I think you can get a
good education here; the loca­tion
is ideal - the campus is
nice."
John Maguire went to Holy
Cross High School and lives in
Princeton, 'N.J.: "A friend of
mine was thinking of comin<t
here (he decided not to) and he
told me of Fairfield. I also read
about the school in a local news­oaper.
My choice was made on
the basis of a Catholic schooL
Jesuit. and the location was
!Sood for a boardin« school."
Vincent D'Alessandro lives in
Crestwood. N.Y.. and went to
Fordham Prep: "I heard about
Fairfield from Preo school. The
newness. small size and exten­sive
curriculum imoressed me.
The Frosh Orientation Commit­tee
made us feel as if we were
wanted - the atmosphere was
great."
I
C. Ashton Thmumm is from
Summit, N.J.. and attended
IDelbarton in Morristown, N.J.:
"A priest told me of the school:
'( just like the vlace. It's Jesuit.
the oampus is nice - everyone
is very friendly. The school is
~mall and I think that it is good
to be in an all men's collee-e."
Tom Curtin PT:'Iduated from
Morris Catholic -Hie-h and lives
in Boonton, N.J.: 'A lady from
Boonton told me of Fairfield.
The Jesuits, small enrollment
and the location helped my de­cision.
The school also has a
good reputation."
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Four University area c 1 u b s
have pre sen ted scholarship
grants to members of the incom­ing
Class of '65, it was 'announc­ed
this week. The Bridgeport
Area Club offered two awards,
one was a four year grant, won
by Brian Dalton '65, and the
other, a one year scholarship,
received by Carl H. Phillipp '65.
Both of these incoming fresh­men
were recent graduates from
Notre Dame High of Bridgeport.
Two other organizations, the
Hartford Area Club and the
Naugatuck Valley Club also of­fered
financial aid to two stu­dents.
The "Insurance City's"
award went to Michael Richard
Dillon of Willimantic, while
John F. Oates, a Fairfield Prep
alumnus, was the recipient of
the Valley Club's one year
scholarship.
William Gilmartin, a sopho­more,
received a three year
grant from the Waterbury Un­dergraduate
Club.
Four Area Clubs Give
Five Scholarships
'The University .found it neces­sary
to raise the fee "to meet
rising Coosts."
The Graduate School tuition
will become $25 per credit this
Septemlber.
STYLE and COMFORT
According to a Newsletter
published this Summer by the
offi,cers of the Class of 1962, a
proposal will be offered for the
wearing of Senior Academic
Gowns on formal occasions.
Chapel, assemblies and class
generally constitute places
where the gowns could be worn.
As of this writing, the gowns
may be proposed to the Class
on an optional ibasis.
The Newsletter also prov'ided
in:1Jormation a'bout the tradition­al
Bermuda Week and Senior
W·eek, as well as, a proposed
lecture series, an evening of
jazz entertainment on October
4th, and an improved and ex­panded
intramural system.
'62 Officers Propose
Class Academic Gowns
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Area Club ...4tvards '61 Scholarship
HARTFORD CLUB $200 scholarshiD is D,resented to Michael
• Dillon (left) '65 by scholarship ohairman -Ned ColI '62 in cere­monies
held e'arlier this, mon!h at the Ho,tel Sota,tIer in Hartford.
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Michael Richard Dillon '65
of Willimantis, Connecticut, has University Announces
been selected recipient of the T . . I
$200 scholarship award present- ultIon ncreases
ed b~ the Hartford Ar~a Club. Graduate and undergraduate
. Th~~ an!?'ual scholarshIp award Istudents attending the Fairfield
IS prImanly based both upon University Graduate School this
the student's academic and ex- fall will find the 'credit fee rais­tra-
curricular background. ed from $20 to $25, according
Mr. Dillon is 'a 1961 graduate to Rev. James H. Coiaghlin, S.J.,
of Maryknoll Junior Seminary Director of the Graduat~ School.
in S c l' ant 0 n, Pennsylvania,
standing academically in the
"top ten" of his class. He was
also President of the Student
Government, a member of the
Debating Team and Treasurer
of the Entertainment Commit­tee.
Committeemen of the Hart­ford
Scholarship Bo'ard are Ned
ColI, Chairman, Phil Bucchi,
Jack Casper, Dan Carney, Dick
Clarkin, Bob LaPierre, Mike
,Sullivan, and Alan Wilson.
; Ned ColI presented the award
to Mr. Dillon' 'at the Intercol­legiate
Welcoming Party at the
Statler Hilton Hotel in Hartford
on September 6.