Rec,d Elected Council President
- Story below
Vol. VII-No.2 Published by Students of Fairfield University, Fairfield, Conn. Oct. 14, 1955
prayers.
Students and Faculty extend
their deepest sympathy
to David Merry. '59. on
the death of his father. He
will be remembered in our
The chairmen have secured
the services of a local band for
the event which will provide
just the right type of music for
a chill, golden Harvest evening.
Refreshments, in the grand old
manner of the Fall haying, will
be served to men and their dates
free of charge.
The price for the bid will be
only two dollars. However, only
160 tickets to the Hop will be
sold; so, those who plan to attend
should see the chairmen
immediately. Those who do not
will be left out in the cold, both
figuratively ~nd literally.
Chairmen Give Scoop On
Blast Plans - It's a Must
Co-Chairman of Junior-Senior Dance - Art Conway and John
Cagnassola.
Sodalists To Further the
Development of Student Body
By J. D. MACCHIA
The Sodality, contrary to most beliefs, is not a club
of Fairfield University - but an organization of young
Catholic men who are engaged in the tremendous task
of furthering the ascetical and spiritual goals of the
Catholic Church whkh were given to us by Christ. The
Sodality hopes to achieve these goals by a spearhead
of Apostolate Committees dedicated to furthering of
truth through Catholic doctrine.
On campus the Sodality will~>--------------offer
an extensive program for Prolific Poets Will
students, both resident and day- P P T P
hops, which will consist of ut ens 0 apers
Daily Rosary, First Friday Mass, The Natioml Poetry AssociaMass
for all the feasts of the tion ha . announced its annuaJ.
Blessed Virgin Mary and a competltlOn for.oollege Sltudents.
Novena of Grace, to only men- The contest wlill close on Notion
a few. Through this pro- vember 5, 1955.
gram they hope to strengthen This will be the Th~r:teenth
the spiritual morale of the stu- Annual Gollege. COmpetItIo~,. It
dents which will develop the affords reoogmtlOn and credit ~o
men of Fairfield into useful both the s.tuden.t author, and hIS
soldiers of Christ. school. Over o~e hundred thou~
s.and manuscrIpts have been
submitted to tJhe National Poetry
Association in the past ten
years. Of these, about 4,500 hlave
been aocepted for pubLioation.
Rules are simple--as follows:
Manuscripts must be tY'Ped,
or writtel1l in ink, on one side
of a shee.t. Students home addiress,
name of OoUege, and
College Address must appea'I' on
each.
(Continued on Page 6)
To sum up, the driving aim of
the Sodalists on the Fairfield
campus this year will be to devel'op
among the student body
a Christ-consciousness that will
grow in campus tradition, e.g.
student attendance at Mass, recital
of the Rosary and following
the Church year spiritually.
This consciousness will also
translate itself into modes of
lay Apostolocism.
The Dean's< Office has recently
~nnounced thia't applications
fm the F<airfield University
Honor S'ociet,y will be accepted
at the present time. Seniors
whose cumu1atJive average and
honor points aiI'e of the required
s'tandards are urged to apply.
It was noted ·that in past years
some students hesitated to appLy
beca'U,s·e of uncertainty con>cerning
it!heir avel'ages,; however,
others· hlave not app!lJied
purely through oversight. These
students have been given a
short period of grnce in which
to file application. The combined Junior and Senior classes will pre-
Any senior who is unce'I'ltain sent their annual Harvest Hop on Friday evening,
about his eligibility is asked to October 28, in 'Berchmans Hall. The dance, a tradicontact
the Dean's Office to
clarify his status. tional Autumn affair, will last from 8:30 to 12:30.
------------------------------<~ Co-chairmen Art Conway, '56,
and John Cagnassola, '57, have
announced the completion of
final plans for this colorful
event which has always been
the social must for October at
the University.
On Sunday, October 23, the
Family Life Commission will
hold a sec,tional workshop at
St. Joseph CoLle.ge in West
Hartford. The subject to be dis.-
cussed is "College Dating."
With the kind assistance of
the College's delegates, Irene
BJa'ke and Jeanne Degoon, a
form'at has alrelady been prep,
ared. There will be a panel
di>lcuss'ion., the panel consisting
of two spe,akers from Sit. JoselPh's
and two from F'airfield
Univer'sity. The topic will be
viewed from two major aspects,
that of courtship and that of
what might be termed less'se,rious
dating. These will be considered
in the Hght of this year's
topic, that is, Catholic views on
court>:hip and dating contrasted
with those of the secular world.
Following the panel talks,
there will be group disoCussions
and a question and answer period,
a policy which the Commission
hias found very successful
in he past. Refreshments will
be served, and a social will
foUow.
Fanlily Life To
IIold Workshop
Left to right - David. McCarthy, James Rourke, Dan Reed, John
Coss. Francis Doherty.
On Tuesday evening, October 4, the first meeting
of the Student Council was held ,in Xavier cafeteria.
At this meeting the election of officers was held for the
year 1955-1956. The officers elected for this year are:
Daniel Reed, '56, president; James Rourke, vice president;
John Coss, '57, recording secretary; David McCarthy,
'57, treasurer, and F'ran Doherty, '58, corresponding
secretary.
Dan, President of the Junior~~------------Class
las't Y'ear, is a veteran IW'ho
served in the Army Intelligence
Corps during the last war. He
has be.en active in the Public
Affairs Forum and the C.I.S.L.
unit on. campus, through which
he was chosen to attend the
Student Legisliature in Hartford.
An honor student, Dan has still
had time to participate in many
other activities which have given
him a fine kJnowledge of
parliament.ary procediure.
Jim was PresideDlt of the
So,phomoiI'e cLass last year and
is serving hlis third year on the
Counoil. He is Senior Deleglate
for the CISL on campus' and
is Tre,asurer of the State C.I.S.L.
Family Life Commission for the
New England N.F.C.C.S. and
Chairmen od' the Freshmen
Or,ientation Prog,rem were some
more of Jim's activities'. He is a
Sodalist and a member of the
Debating Club and the Bridgeport
Area Club.
The new Treasurer joined his
cla,::,s at the beginning of Sophomo're
year a:f.ter transferring
from St. Thomas Seminary.
Dave is Junior DelegJate of the
campus N.F.C.C.S. and a member
of the Glee C1ub. He is
Vice P,resident of the Hartfo.rd
Area Club and a news reporter
(Continued on Page 6)
DAN REED PEOPLE'S ISeniors
CHOICE; IIE~t\DS COUNCIL IApply For
Honor Society
Page Two THE STAG Oct. 14, 1955
Exchange Editor
Donald Ga'briel, '57
Photographer
Wilbur Fomento, '58
Feature Editor
Arthur Conway, '56
Business Manager
Edmund Measom, '57
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News Editor
David F. Barry, '57
Sports Editors
Robert Schreck, '56
Paul Nagy, '57
Make-Up Editors
John Crowley, '56
John Cagnassola, '57
Associate Editor
Andrew Perrella, '56
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Thomas Sheehan, '56
Berchmans Hall
Junior - Senior
Hush Mush says "A Spectacle"
W'alter HaUshell says "WOW"
Southbrook Pegler can't write, but he liked it .anyhow.
THE STORY:
Vera Vague
October 28
Sam (played by Chickenlooper) rides into a small Mexican
bar and engages in a brawl with Pug Ugly (played by Roland
Hotchkiss). Swede (played by Chester) likes the way Sam fights
dirty, and they form ·a corpor,ation. They prove their worth to
Emperor Maxmillian by shooting his Mother-in-Law from 12
different firing positions. They are signed to guard a convoy
of raffle tickets ,bound for the town of Acapulco. The chairwoman
of the forthcoming bazaar to be held in Acapulco (played
by Denese Duchelle) which is on behalf of homeless racoons, accomp,
anies the boys on the journey. Swede decides that the
Mexican peons (played by 4,000 unemployed Democrats) can use
the first prize, a purple Cadillac, much more than the racoons.
A tremendous battle ensues and everybody is killed except
Swede, Sam, and the Mexican Babe with a French accent.
Sam and Swede shot it out and since everybody is for Sam,
the camera f.ollows Swede as he holsters the gun, goes upstairs,
brushes his teeth, combs his hair, and dies smiling at the camera.
Sam rides out to hunt quail in Idaho, and the Mex with the
accent is left with 6,000 raffle tickets and a purple Cadillac without
any gas.
By ART CONWAY.
LOVE UNDER WATER
Harvest Hop
P. U. Pictures Present:
Superduper Scope, Twist-A-Vision, Steriphony Sound!
Starring:
Gary Chickenlooper - Burp Chester
Roland Hochkiss
And introducing Denese Duchelle
SEE - 2,000 Bald Headed Women dancing the "La Raspa"
SEE - Mexicans battle the Creature from Sleepy Lagoon
SEE - Love as you've never seen Love
7:30
Loyola Chapel
DAILY MASS
7:30
By ANDREW PERRELLA
A Month's Mind Mass will
be held October 14 at 8:30 in
room 212 for the repose of
the soul of Mrs. Bridget
Mean,ey, mother of Jo'hn A.
'Meaney, prof,ess-or of rhetoric
and Latin at the University.
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,•
Study ROO'ID
Studient"s Newspaper
However, if we are able to obtain a study room,
I hope it will not be conducted as in the past.
Please, gentlemen, keept his room silent for its
original intention of study. This intention was badly
maimed by the use of this roo:r:n as a meeti~g place for
sidewalk philosophers and a catch-all for campus gossip. ''- ...1
The need of a study room is obvious to most of the
day-hops; but due to the overflow of new students the
room that was used for this purpose during the llast two
years has been pre-empted for the use of classes. I believe
that if this fact is brought to the attention of the
director of studies our request will be granted. WE
DEFINITELY DO NEED IT. I~;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;~
The need of a study room for these students has
been loudly declared by many, if not most students, as
they walk into room 212 and find a professor spouting
his gems of intellectual wisdom to a much disturbed
class.
If the Ql)ening ses,sion of the
young s'chool year is any yardstick
at all, this year's Student
Council shapes up as the best in
years. There is a sense of balance
which has been conspicuously
a'bsent in the past few
years, a spirit of great enthUSJiasm,
not only in the upper eliassmen
(as in days of yor,e), but
als'o in the Sophomores, and last
but not least, a tremendous
amount of ,personal talent. Underlying
these other admirable
traits is a level-headed-ness and
g'ood will which promises to
restore this ye,ar's Council to
the good gr,aces of both Faoulty
and Student Body alike.
The task of making these
promisi2s into realities faNs
main1y on the shouldens of
newly-eleded Peesident Dan
Reed, and fortunately for all
cQ,ncerned he is "the man" to do
the job and do it weI,!. Dan ha-s
proved his worth as a Council
member in the past and undoubtedly
has the respoot of all
his fellow members - a trait
which should make the Pres,ident's
job easier than it has
been in the past.
Operating under the new time
limit of four hours per month,
the Big Chie~s got right down
to business and doled out wampum
to both NFOC and the
Sodahty so that these organizations
could send delegiates to
approaching conferences,. DisFairfield
University, in its short years of existence, cuss-ion on these points did not
drag and the business at hand
has made great progress. We have expanded in many was dispatched qui'ckly and
directions: our faculty has increased as has our student' with ease.
body; the 'caliber of our graduates has improved with Only ,once did the boys threaten
to go back to their inexcus-the
higher standards required of those seeking admit- ab1e habit of wasting time
tance and the erection of finer physical facilities,' our (when a discuss,ion of conges,tion
on the stairways ca'me up), but
library is in a state of continual expansion and a beauti- some good old common sense
averted the irntPending catasful
new dormitory has recently been completed. But in trophe.
the enthusiasm of this great progress a very common Would you say it was a little
need of the day-hop student has been sadly neglected. ironic that Dave McCarthy
(Nr'CCS) de1egate) is the ne,w
Treasurer of the Oouncil? ...
Is it true 1Jhat the next NF convention
is being held so far
north (Winooski Park, Vt.) because
it will be easier to make
it a' snow job? . . . With the
new time limit enforced
shouldn't the Council's new
theme song be "Time on My
Hands?"
Participation in this plan would help the Stag present
a complete picture of activities of organizations
and the feelings of the students ·on certain matters. No
one will be discriminated 'against and The Stag will
endeavor, with the cooperation of the students, to become
still further "the students' newspaper."
Common means of expressing viewpoints to the
student body are: 1. guest editorials, 2. letters to the
editor, and 3. ordinary news articles. All are accepted
readily and printed in the next issue, provided space is
available and the article is in at least readable English.
If for instance, space is not handy immediately, the
article in all probability will be printed the following
issue. Articles not suitable will be returned to the
owner and if he desiores, he may rewrite it and submit it
for the next issue.
The Stag, run by the students of Fairfiel..d University,
is the students' newspaper and means to function
as such. It is an instrument by which the students are
able to voice their opinions, whether their views be an'
tagonistic or approving. Using the newspaper in this
way, the students throw their opinions open to the entire
student body and as a result more people are
acquainted with the topic. If the majority are in favor
of the opinion, perhaps something might be done, providing
the need requires it.
Oct. 14, 1955 THE STAG Page Three
By AL BOBAY and JIM BREEN
I Yes, only Viceroy has this filter composed of 20,000 tiny
• filter traps. You cannot obtain the same filtering action
in any other cigarette.
VICEROYS
than any other
filter cigarette?
BECAUSE ONLY VICEROY GIVES YOU
20,000 FILTER TRAPS IN EVERY FILTER TIP,
MADE FROM A PURE NATURAL
SUBSTANCE FOUND IN DELICIOUS FRUITS
AND OTHER EDIBLES!
Why do more college
men and women smoke
2 The Viceroy filter wasn't just whipped up and rushed to
• market to meet the new and skyrocketing demand for filtered
cigarettes. Viceroy pioneered. Started research more
than 20 years ago to create the pure and perfect filter.
New Angle For
News To Seniors
This year the FamiLy Life
Commission has assembled what
are os>tensibly topicS> already
used in the past into a new field
01 endeavor. The workshop discussion
also wiH assume a new
tint because the year's topic
pr~,ents a new aspect. The
Commission is not only presenting
discussions of the Cavhoi1c
viewpoint in problems of family
lif,e but it is enlarging its topics
to include a more pr,actical asp,
ect.
The above can be best sum~
marized by a statement of the
topic. It is "The Position of the
Catholic Family in Modern
Society." Under this heading
will be dis,cussions concerning
young marriages, fam,iLy economics,
college dating\ courtship,
dress, literature, discipline
and. education. These wd.ll be
viewed not onLy in the Catholic
aspect but as the main heading
indi,cates witih respect to the
confliot whioh exists (in most
cases) between the SJecular position
on thes,e subjects and that
of Catholic families. The CommisSiion
in tend,s to find, wdth
the help of aLl students, some
means of alleviating, in the
minds of Catholics, so called
merital blocks which say "You
mus,t ltive as the rest of the
world lives."
'Dhus the Commission hopes
to provide for the students of
the New England Region, a
practioal, down to earth outlook
on their teachings, rather than
one on a more ethereal plane.
Among the students who will
be invited to participate iru the
various workshops will be those
of the Newman Clubs, in the
area.
Modern Family Topic
In Family Life Talks
LOUIS DI GULlA
Queens. New York
BBA ('59)
PAUL McCARTHY
West Hartford
BSS ('56)
LARRY McTAGUE
Bronx. New York
BSS ('59)
CampU6 Lomment6
The answer to this momentous prublem is harbored by none at
the present time. In order to arrive at a satisfactory conclusion
we must attack the problem scientifically. In other words "dey
oughta clam da joint till somebody tinks a sumthin."
I propose the employment of female teachers in order to encourage
students to leave the dassrooms less rapidly after the
bell has rung.
What would you propose to eliminate the congestion between
periods in Xavier Hall?
V~S-~~~y
C'~"'li ,.~.h
20,000 /('NG:;~"$
Tiny Filter Traps ...
plus that Real Tobacco Taste
4 Viceroy draws so easily that you wouldn't know, without
• looking, that it even had a filter tip ... and Viceroys cost
only a penny or two more than cigarettes without filters!
3 Smokers en masse report that filtered Viceroys have a
• finer flavor even than cigarettes without filter. Rich.
satisfying, yet pleasantly mild.
That's why more college men and women moke VICEROYS than
any other filter cigarette ... that's why VICEROY is the largestselling
filter cigarette in the world!
Flash!! !
A new innovation on CaInJPus
this year has been a Senior Class
news sheet. Following up the
campaign promises issued at
~ast year's eLection, Senior Class
President John Papandrea has
had! a mimeog,raphed letter
printed for the benefit of the
class.
Written under the direction
of Jack Smyth, the bulletin informs
the Senior Class of what
has transpired at the laSit Executive
meeting, plans for the com~
ing yoe,ar in genereI, reports on
the work of the financial com-
Imittee, the sO'cial committee,
and the Manor.
Also listed are the Senior
Class Meetings and the topics
to be discussed at these times.
The news Jetteif is a welcome
<JIddition to the University
Sicene since it is the first step in
forming an informed electorate
in their most important year.
In 1936, of the total South
A f l' ic a n population, 64.37%
t spoke English, and Afrikaan,
18.98% spoke English, and
16.39% spoke Afrikaan.
In my opinion the best possible solution would be acquired in
the following manner. Designate a particular stairway as an
up-stairway and the other as a down-stairway. Another aid
would be to keep all traffic to the right in the corridor, thus
eliminating much of the congestion.
Page Four THE STAG Oct. 14, 1955
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subject matter fields. AJpplicabons
must reach ETS fi£teen
days prior :to exam.
A:':;lplications and a Bulletin of
Intormation may 'be obt-a~ned
from college advisers or direct'
ly :(Tom:
DROODLES, Copyright 1953 by Roger Price
IF YOU'RE UP A TREE about what cigarette
to smoke, there's a pleasant
point of view in the Droodle at left.
It's titled: Davy Crockett enjoying
better-tasting Lucky as seen by b'ar
in tree. Luckies taste better for a
hatful of reasons. First of all, Lucky
Strike means fine tobacco. Then, that
thar tobacco is toasted. "It's Toasted"
- the famous Lucky Strike processtones
up Luckies' light, mild, goodtasting
tobacco to make it taste even
better •.. cleaner, fresher, smoother.
So set your sights on better tastelight
up a Lucky yourself!
If
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Cut yourself in on the
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mine. We pay $25 for
all we use-and for a
whole raft we don't
use! Send your
Droodles with descriptive
titles, include
your name, address,
college and class and
the name and address
of the dealer in your
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whom you buy cigarettes
most often. Address
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Educational Testing Service
20 Nasslau Sltreet,
Proinceton, N.J.
Comp1eted applications must
be receiv,ed ten days prio,r to
testing date.
* * *
rather than acquired information.
Bulletirus' of Information and
applioations should be obtained
four to six weeks before the
desired teshng date from:
The Graduate Record Examinatoions
wrll be adminis,te·reod:
November 19; January 21; ~pril
28, and July 7. Candidates are
permitted to 'bake the Aptitude
Te's't and/or one of the Advanced
Tests of the sixteen different
Admission Tests For
Law, Grad Schools
The Educational Testing Service
has announced that the
Law School kdmiss'ion rr'ests
ar..d t'~e Graduate Record examinations
wil Jibe administered
four times in the academic year.
Many Amerioan 1aw and graduate
schools cons.ider these exams
a requisite.
The Law School Teslts will be
administered: November 12;
February 18; kpril 21; and August
11. Since many law s'chools
select their freshman class in
the spring preceding entrance,
the November and February
tes,ts are recommended.
The Test features objective
questions measuring v€ITbal
aptiJtudes and reasoni'n:g abilJity
WHAT'S THIS?
For solution see
paragraph at right.
SPRING HAT
Dale Sponaugle
West Va. U.
X-RAY OF ADAM
(AFTER EVE)
Judith Hey
Boston U.
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OCTOPUS AT ATTENTION
Jerry Romotsky
North Texas State
Expenses for the work will
be paid out of a :flund already
on hand tor such work and
by contributions received fur
the deaf-mutes of the dioces'e.
If <l'ny,one woulJd like to contribute
to this commendJabJe
1abor ror Christ, his effort would
be very much apprecia,ted.
LET'S GO! IT'S LUCKY DROODLE TIME!
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The adminiS'tration has requested
that an election be held
and a body of resident student
advisers be chosen and 'to be
known as the Loyola Council.
This is done by the administration
with the hope that the administration
of Loyola Hall may
become more efficient and that
the life and sodal Hotivities of
the students better or,g,anize.d.
Each eliass will be represented
by two members and the bOlaI'd
will be iheaded by a chairman
who will be elected from the
members of the Senior Cloass by
all the reside'nts of Loyola Hall.
Nominating petitions, must be
in the hands of Father Grady,
Dean of Resident Students by
Friday, the 14th.
This organi~ation will not
supplant the present Student
Council, but at times will even
be all! aid to it. This deliberative
body can be of great value in
starting and carrying out social,
athletic and spiritual events for
those students who l'eside in the
dormitory.
MR. SCOPP INSTITUTES
DACTYLOLOGY PROGRAM
By DAVID F. BARRY
Loyola Council To
Better DOrIn Life
Fairfield University, which has long taken pride
in the fact that it is not only one of the newest of the
Jesuit universities, but one of the most progressive, will
very shortly institute a Dactylology service £or the
Diocese of Bridgeport. Dactylology will deal with the
provision of religious and social outlets for the deafmutes
of the diocese.
Under the leatde,rship of Henry
Scopp, the Dactylology will
oper,ate as a s'ection of the Sodality
C.C.D. Igrou\p, and will
work in conjunction with Fr.
PoUer of Stamford Wiho has
been assigned to this work by
the Bishop of Bricligeport, Very
Reverend Lawrence J. Sheehan.
Classes fOl' the Fairfield men
who will take part in this' P'l'Ogram
will begin wHhin the
week. They willI be instructed
in sign language by Mr. Soopp.
On October 30, and the last Sunday
of every month thereafter,
the Catholic deaf-mutes, of ~he
diocese will come to Fairfield
ror instruction and recrealtion.
The program will oans'ist of
movies, birugo, Benediction and
Confessions by Father P,otter;
and then the serving of ref,reshments
and a social hour. There
wUI also be sermons and short
religious discus,sions,.
This servke will filil. a most
definite need in the Diocese,
since relioglous instruction for
many of the deaf-mutes ends
either at completion of grommar
school or, in a few instances
hj,gh sohrool.
Mr. Scopp and the Sodality
are to be commended for the
institution 'of this program. J.t
has' been some time since this
work Wlas last carried out. This
servioe is in the finest trad'ition
of sacrifice and Christian
charity that has been established
by the Sodality under the
direction of Fr, Murphy, S.J.,
the Sodality Director.
Gun
ticut but it sounds like Deoember
7, 1941 somewhere in, the
heart ad' Pearl Harbor. Sudd€ll1ly
the other 5,384,932 hunters appear
with their 1,837,548 do,gs.
Every conceivable wea,pon on
the £ace of the earth is· being
med.
The beautiful leaves which
were waving in the br:eeze are
no lon'ger waving, in fact they
are no longer in existence.
Branches of trees have been
shot off and are falling down,
injuring me'n and dogs. The
dogs, (those who aren't foaming
at the mouth), have run off in
terror.
As for the hunters, most of
them have been injured by
either the reooil Drom their
gr:andfather's two-gauge shotgun,
or by the f.allmg trees.
Others are suffering from dog
bites·, choking to death froan the
gun s,moke which has caused a
giant fog, or are dying from
gunshot woundsl. Those :!jew who
were fortunate enough to escape
injury are wading through the
enliPty shotgun sheUs :in their
search of the suppo,sedly downed
pheasant or of their dogs.
Finally, (after about five hours),
ever)"One leaves and the pheasant
flies back to the shell-covered
battlefileld to resume his
normal and peaceful life.'
But what happened to our
friend? W1eH, he lost his Chihuahua
and the pheasant. His
$52.50 water-oproof boots are full
of birdshot holes. His wakh
wasn't bulbet-resistent after all
- (the company didn't figure on
a 30-06 shell hitting it). Everything
is, ruined and hllls, l'Ost jts
va},ue except for the stock of
his gun which has incerased in
value - (the birdshot holes
hav,e giVlen it an antique appearance).
Yes, our friend is piretty weU
disgusted. Hie hals suddenly decidied
that hunting on opening
dray is "too dangerous.. "
But that's no attitude to take
when there is a solution to the
pIlOblem. Simply disguise yourse11
as a pheasant and you
won't even get scratched.
this year it's the
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Tweed Sport Jackets 30.00 to 45.00
For Campus Executives or Gridiron Heroes
By SAL GILBERTE. Jr.
Page Five
Last April this column was
devoted to the mock description
of the typical "opening day" of
fishing season. By po/pulai' demand
- (my dear mother and
father) - we will again attempt
to de'scribe the tylpical "opening
day" of HUNiTING SiE:ASON.
'I1HE TLME: October 22, 1955
- 5:59 A.M.
THE PLACE: A corn field
somewhere in Fairfield County.
THE CHARACTERS: Approx~
mately 5,384,933 enthusiastic
lioel1lsed Connecticut nimrods
and their dogs-1,837,548 V2
- (the one-half being a Mexican
Chihuahua).
The sun is just beginning to
rise over the multi-colored
leave51 of the tree tops. The
white fro51t on the ground
creates a sce·nic conkasting effect
with the bright red and
brown leaves as they wave to
and fro in the mO'l'rung breeze.
Ah, nature is so beautiful, so
peaceful, so ... Wait! What's
this? A mall1l getting out of his
car at the edge of the fi'eld with
a ... a Mexican Chihuahua?!?!
He's all decked out in the newest
of hunting equipment. His
gun is well oiled - (some of the
oil is dripping all over the dog).
The man looks around cautiously
as he loads his $350 shotgun
and sneaks into the corn
field.
"What luck!" he thinks, "not
another hunter in sight. I knew
I w,as the only OI1l€ that knew
about this spot. Wh'at luck!!"
He looks at his $97.50 bulletres,
istant wrist watch which he
bought eS'pecially for the' occasion.
Ten seconds to go ... five
... three ... two ... one ...
and away he goes.
He runs into the field with the
speed of an Eng'lishman. Suddenly
the dog, (who was left
stranded at the car), begins
barking. The man turns quickly
and there ... there in f.ro'nt of
the dog is a giant cook-rpheas,ant1:.
The pheasant :dses.
FI10m here on in the description
of the scene is vivid. We
know that the date is October
22, 1955 and that the place is
s,omewhere in southern Connec-the
Campus
On and Off
THE STAG
DRINK PEPSI',J=======l.1
Jack Smyth, star of F.U. Harriers.
"Every member of the University
should be engaged in at
least one 8por:tand as, many
other sports as possible." Thus
was explained the intramural
program of Fairfield Universdty
by its new director, Father
Charle9 F,arrington, S.J. The
intr,a:mur:al pW,gmm will be adjug;
ted to SUtt the needs and
(k~sires of the studenlts.
Among the activities planned
are basketball, softball and possibly
football. Also on the
agenda for the y,ear are plans
tlor a tennis tournament as weB
as t1he annual ping-pong tournament.
V01ul1lteers are noeded to help
the program get into :full sw'ilng.
Leagues are to be or,ganized in
the various sports by sections.
The first two teams in each olass
league will take part il1l the
play-offs. The winning teams
wi11 receive trophies or other
prizes.
Each se0tion should elect a
pers,on to take charge of their
intI1amural ·team. He must t'ake
the name of thos'e interested in
playing, the sections free time
and must also help to choose a
name for the team. Other volunteers
are needed to score,
referee and other managelrial
chores. Ii there is any interest
in a touch football league, it is
imperative that a leader be
chosen quick~.
Aims of Intramurals
Proposed By Faculty
Jack Smyth and Bill Connell prepare for cross country season.
Oct. 14. 1955
Sports News and Views
By CHRIS BOAL
On December 4th, a sharp Iona College quintet will
invade the usually calm and collected (save when Fairfield
defeats U.B.) Bridgeport area, for the purpose of
giving Fairfield University one of the toughest home
openers in its history.
Last season Fairfield's Red Stags journeyed to New
Rochelle, complete with what possibly was thei'r best
team ever, and held a promising lead over Iona with
only seconds remaining in the game. However, the
breaks in those last few seconds didn't fall Fairfield's
way, and the Stags lost by one point.
This year the men from New York state will enter
Connecticut with their perennial good squad, seek!Ilg
revenge for last year's squeaker. But Fairfield won't
be playing that experienced squad of 1954-55. Instead,
a very green and untested team will, for the earlier
part of the season, be sporting more fight than ability.
The Stags have lost last year's entire first team, and,
oonsequently, this is a year of rebuilding.
And just what does all of this mean to the student
body of Fairfield? It means that the team needs support,
and lots of it. Not just a few 'good luck" wishes,
but loyal attendance at every game, both at home and
away.
Perhaps we at Fairfield could take a pointer from
one of the most highly spirited student bodies in the
country, the one at Notre Dame. It was the great AllAmerican
quarterback Ralph Guglielmi who told reporters
how the defeated Fighting Irish emerged from
their dressing room immediaetly after the Purdue upset
of last season, to be met by some four thousand screaming
students standing in the pouring rain, waiting to
emit a thunderous ovation, audible throughout the
South Bend 'campus. That cheering was the students'
way of thanking the Irish for a great game, a great try,
and a good showing - even though in defeat.
That might be just the thing that will pull the
Stags through a very tough season, and put Fairfield
back on the road to top-flight basketball. It shouldn't be
many years before Fairfield is recognized as one of the
leading New Engl1and basketball squads. But it's going
to take at least this year and perhaps a few more of
building - urged on by the support of the student body.
Just recently ex-Chicago White Sox general manager
Frank Lane took time out from blasting Casey
Stengel to impart a good theory to attentive reporters.
The gist of Lane's theory was that it isn't the money
in the box office that gives a team the desire to win, but
rather the constant cheers and boisterous sounds of encouragement
from the fans on the sidelines.
It may be treason for a New York fan to admit that
Mr. Lane is even partially right - but in this case he'll
be given a voice of lapproval. For it sounds like a good1------------theory
- one that all at Fairfield will readily put into
practice.
Page Six THE STAG Oct. 14, 1955
Fr. Bonn says Mass at Senior retreat.
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Ethical
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POETRY
(Continued from Page 1)
Students may submit as many
as desired. Theme and form may
be in accordance with the wish
of the contributor. In orderr to
give as many students as possible
an opporturnity for recognition,
and because of space
limitations, shorter efforts aore
preferred.
Closing date for submission
of manuscripts is November 5.
Send your work to:
National Poetry Association
3215 Selby Ave, Los Angles 34
Oalifornia.
COUNCIL
(Continued from Page 1)
1ior the Stag. Membership in the
Debating Club, C.I,S.L. and the
Sodali,ty also take some of
Dave's time.
John Goss is new to the
Council this year as is Dave.
He is a member of the Sodality
and the German Club. Active
in the V,alley Club and the
campus C.I.S.L. unit he took
part in the Mock Legislature in
Hartford last March. Jack has
been recently appointed Executive
Secretary of the Family
Life Commission of the
N.F.C.C.S. here on the campus.
Fran Doherty, the corresponding
secretary, is serving
his second year on the Council.
He is recording secretary for
the Central Connecticut Club.
Fran is ,also a member of the
Sodality.
Other business that was taken
up at this meeting included:
the reading and acceptance of
the report on the work of the
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tional N.F.C.C.S. Congress in
Pittsburgh, the allotments for
the Sodality Delegation to the
CCD Conferen<$e ,and to the
N.F.C.C.S., and a discussion on
methods for alleviating the congestion
in Xavier Hall, although
a motion on the subject was
tabled for two weeks in order
to give the representatives time
tc study the problem. Newlyelected
President Dan Reed advised
the members of the Council
to sound out their
constituents for their opinions
regarding various pertinent
issues, especially that of the
student tax.
Over
The main ded'llctrons have
been, made by photographs taken
of the H01y Shroud by the
author himself. He is one of the
few who have ev-er been given
,uch a magnifient oPIPOrtuiIl,ity.
Also used in the calculations
was the Nlew Testament, which
was hs.lIlJdled in the OiTi,ginal,
since Dr. Barbet is also quLte
competent in Latin ando Greek.
The completed work is the
b!rog,~,om of a lifeuime of ,thought
on the Passion. So fascinating
are some of the findings that
the prese'l1lt Pope Pius XII went
~r3.'·e with gI'ief anld complained,:
"We did not know, nobody has
~v·er told us' that."
'Em
By DAVID F. BARRY
Glancing
This' process of the main character
becoming more and more
immoml, and conscience of his
manly degrrac!lation, is brought
out by intrigue. The characters
are inv01ved in practically every
conceivable scheme against one
another. This ma1kes reading the
This is the basic story of
The Mask of Innocence: human
dignity degraded to its 10weI5t
level by scheming women. It is
a chamderistic of Mauriac to
bnilng out in all his works his
personal hatred! of women. It
.seems they are blamed for any
problem that arises in any of
his wrirhngs. However, subjective
though this trait may be,
the author has dJOne a g100d job
of making the characters in this
novel very real andJ hurna'll.
Considerin,g the situations he
put these women in, through
the iommoral iLife of Gabriel
Gnadiere, it appears at times
tha.t penhaps the human degradation
i,s due to the main
character, Gradiere, andJ not entireley
to Gabriels' wife or to
his son's fiance.
Gabriel Gradiere, the main novel suspenseful and inten:!stoharacter
of Francois Mauriacs' ing.
novel, The Mask of Innocence, Christ's dea,th has been a fasis
a man accepted by all because cinating story to believers and
of a unique gift which partly non-believers ever since Easter
hid every evil thing the man Sunday. The iJrnmortal words of
did - and his was a very im- . .
moral life. thiS story, I am sure, WIll have
. I a much more vivid meaning
Gradlere beaame awa,re of the . .
advantages of his giLt as a' very after reac!ling Dr. PIerre Barbets'
young man. Whatever he did he A Doctor At Calvary. Once you
was I'Oved and praised b(Y ev~ry- have read this medical analys·is
one. Eventually he found he of the Bas:>ion and death you
could get away with almost will unders1land, perha(ps. for the
anything. It was, I1JOlt long be- first time, what is behind the
f'Ore Gabriel was using his mask words: 'JeI5US suff,ered and died
of innocence to its greatest de- for us.'
ceptive powers. Written by an eminent French
Prima'I'ily sohooled to be a surgeon this work is of intriguCatholic
priest., the character ing interest and scientific accurbecomes
a complete ou,tcast of acy. The death of Our Lord is
sodety. The degmdation of his des,cribed from the AgiOny in
moral VIalues, personality and the Garden to Cahn,ar,y. The
manly dignity is all due to the physical imp.act of eacll and
extent which Gradiere used his every blow and pain suffered by
mask. Christ is eXiplained in vivid
d,etail. From the blood-sweat to
the whipping post to the diriving
of the nails and lancing
with bhe spear, the author has
been wdth Christ. So tremendous
an impact did his findings
C1J3V'e on him ,that the author can
no longe'!" make the g,tJationg, of
the CroSJS without falling to the
ground completely unconscious.
Who's suffering now? Chrisk, or
the author.
