Stag - Vol. 14, No. 15 - May 10, 1963

              MAY 10. 1963
Brian Dunn
Valedictorian
The Rev. James H. ~oughlin,
S.J., Dean of the University,
announced on Wednesday to the
STAG that Brian Dunn has been
named Valedictorian for the
'Class of '&3. Brian is ·the son of
\J;r. and Mrs. Raymond F. Dunn
-<If Winsted, Conn. The Valedic­I
tQrian hail been on the Deen's
List during his four years at
the university and was active in
the Cardinal Key Society, In­tramurals,
and various class
functions. He was co-chairman
of both the Dogwood and Win­ter
Oarnival, and is on the staff
of the yearbook. Mr. Dunn will
graduaie Magna Cum Laude,
and will attend Rutgers gradu­ate
school in the Fall where he
has received a teaching assist­
·aIlltship. Upon completion of
Graduate studies, Brian plans
to teach mathema~ics.
THE FOUR PREPS
See Page N1De for Queen Contest FlnallsSs
BRIAN DUNN
Four Preps In Concert Sunday;
Quee~Contest FinalistsChosen
The Dogwood Festival Willi Promising Vocal Group" of 1958
present the Four Preps in con- in the Cashbox Magazine poll,
t S d M 12th f and others such as "Down by
cer on un ay, a! ,ro~ the Station," "Cinderella" and
2:~0 to 5:30 p.m. In ~he maIn "More Money for You and Me."
gym. Harry Downie, the local ~heir night club appearances
disc jockey on radio station have taken them to such na­WLOC
will serve· as master eyf tionally known nightspots as the
ceremonies. Cocoanut Grove and the -Dunes
Ticket prices will bej$3.00 per Hotel. They' have made college
person ,for genera~ admission appearance!' all over the United
seats, and $3.50 per person for States.
reserved seats. Tickets may be Queen's Cootest
obtained in Loyola cafeteda The Queen's Contest finalists
during the eveni.ng meal, in were selected by stl,ldent vote
Xavier cafeteria daily from 9 to (Con'. on Page 9, Col, 1)
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Public Relations Office, or by
calling CL 6-0503_ Page Directory
Opinion Poll "" Page 2
The F'our Preps have distin- EcUtorials " Page 4
guished themselves irt the popu- ~vi:w~~:'" Meiiagui~'" =::::
lar music field wi,th their hit Latin America " Page 7
songs, "26 Miles," a million- Club News " Pag. 8
Queen FlnallsSs Pag. S
seller, "Big Man," which gained Constltutlon Pag. 10
the Preps recognition as "Most ..S._P_OI'_t_s._._._,,_._.._._,,_._."_"_"_P_ag_"_13_-_16.-.
Senior Pledges
Average $98
SAM- To Survey
Town of Fairfield
Bob Foy, vice-president of
the senior class and chairman
of the Class of 1963 Senior Class
Gift Drive, has informed the
STAG that 'the class has pledged
$23,100 to the school. This, is an
average of· $98 per pledge with.
66% of the class contributing.
A scroll with the names of the
donors was presented to the
Rector of the school on Sunday,
May 5, during the Senior­Parents
weekend. Thil? is the
second year that the pledge
system has been used at Fair­field.
Under this system, the
members of the senior class
pledge to contribute $90; $120,
or $180 over a three year period.
In return, -the school erects a
plaque in the memory of the
class.. The new Research Cen­ter
is to be dedicated to the
Class of '63.
Chairman Foy is pleased with
the results and wishes to ex­tend
his thanks to those who
helped him in the drive, and
to all who contributed.
School of New York University
in the Fall. He has been award­ed
a scholarship of $850.
Published by Students of Fairfield Uni~ersity. Fairfield, Conn.
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THOMAS FITZGERALD
Thomas Fitzgerald
Salutatorian
Valedictorian, Salutatorian Chosen;
Senior Class Gift Totals $23,100
'1
Fr. Coughlin, S.J., has an­nounced
that Thomas Fitz·gerald,
an accountig major, is the Sa­lutatorian
for the Senior Class.
Tom is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas A. FitZigerald, Sr., of
Whtte Plains, New York. Tom
was Business Manager of the
STAG and the Manor. ·He was
last year's tre'asurer of the Stu­dent
Council, and ser.ved this
year as the Recording Secretary
of the Council. He has been on
the Dean's' List for three years,
and will graduate cum laude
from the University. He will de­liver
the Salutory' address at
Class Day on June 9 in the gym­nasium.
Tom will attend the Law
On Wednesday, May 1, Rev.
George S. Mahan, S.J., an­nounced
plans for a statistical
survey of Fairfield next Fall by
the University Chapter of the
Society for Advancement of
Management.
The survey will be conducted
in conjunction with the Univer­sity's
Bureau of Business Re­search.
Granted a stipend of $800
by the Fairfield Chamber of
Commerce and Town Plan and.
Zoning Commission, the student
chapter under the guidance of
Robert F. O'Neil of the Business
Department, will investigate the
town's market appeal in compar­ison
· with its neighboring towns,
the flow of traffic in the town,
and the public's opinion con­cerning
the fate of the Sherman
Avenue School.
In announcing the project at
S.A.M.'s Annual Banquet, Father
Mahan cited the University's
great pride in the accomplish­ments
of its organizations and
graduates over the years. In par­ticular
he noted S.A.M.'s re­cent
undertakings, which includ­ed
a movie meeting April 22,
. sho~s as the Pe~ry Como, Ed featuring American Management
SullIvan and Tomght Shows. Association training films and
In addition, Mr. Flatley and I discussions led by distinguished
the Senior Class Officers hClve local leaders. Also the newly in­reserved
the entire Merritt Park- stituted Frank B. Gilbreth, Man­way
Motor Hotel as the hub of ager of the Year Award, was
"unscheduled" Senior Week ac- presented at the Banquet to
tivities. Motel reservations will Leete P. Doty of Sikorsky Air­be
accepted only after a $5.00 de- craft. "It is with great pride that
posit has been placed on a Pack- we of the University's Adminis­age
Deal at the Xavier Ticket tration take note of such posi­Booth
which will open May 13, tive contact with our neighbors,"
DAMITA JO at 8:30 a.m. " . : 'said Fr. ·Mahan·. '
Student Council
Accepts New
Constitution
Damita Jo Headlines 'U.S. '63';
Senior Week Plans Completed
Vol. 14 - No. 15
Joseph M. Flatley, General afternoon at "Shell Shock" are
Chairman of Senior Week, has Sneaky Pete and the Playboys
annou~ce~ that Dami!~ Jo, night featuring Caveman Pkce direc~
club SIngIng star, wdl be the f . '
featured performer at "U.S. '63" rom the SurfsIde Lounge.
the climax of the social portion In August, 1962, Dami~a. Jo
of Senior Week scored one of the most bnllIant
At the same time Mr Flatley successes ever witnessed at the
announced t hat the Fortunes Copacabana in New York. The
smash success at the Winter Car~ reviewers heaped accolades on
nival, will again entertain' by ?er, compa~in~ her with the .b.est
popular demand on Friday night. In show bUSIness, an~ hadIng
Scheduled to entertain Saturday her as the most dynamIc, young
!singing sensation to come on the
American entertainment scene
in quite a spell.
Best known for her smash hit
"I'll Save the Last Dance for
You," she has become a power:
ful headliner in such' leading
supper clubs as the Riviera Hotel
in Las Vegas" the Diplomat in
Miami Beach and the Latin
Casino in Camden; N.J. She is an
equally strong attraction on tele­vision,
having/appeared on such
The Council's three - m 0 nth
project of drafting a new con­stitution
was completed last
Tuesday evening when the stu­dent
representatives reviewed
and accepted the new document.
Climaxing a series of lengthy
meetings, last week's vote en­ables
the Council to forward the
constitution to. the administra­tion
for approval.
In February the Student Coun­cil
divided its membership into:
three committees, each of which •
was to formulate one of the'
three branches' of the new gov­ernment.
From that time until
Saturday, April 26, the Council's
twenty-three members designed
a tentative structure. Ten days
ago the officers and three com­mittee
chairmen undertook to
coordinate the committees into
an operationaf constitution. At
the meeting last Tuesday the
final draft was composed..
Primary elections for classes
will be held on May 13. The final
elections will be on May 15. Vote
for Student Council representa­tives
will be held subsequent to­approval
of the constitution by
the administration and the stu­dent
body.
If the new constitution is re­jected
by the Student Associa­tion
it will be dropped complete­ly
and the present form of gov­ernment
will continue to gov­ern
next year.
Gerry McCarthy has stated
that "the Council realizes the
brief period of time we have
to work with in order to com­plete
the necessary arrange­ments
if this government is vot­ed
in. So I encourage any stu­dent
thinking of running for
office in the executive branch
to become thoroughly acquainted
with the constitution and con­sider
right now the students he
will have to appoint to office."
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(Author of "I Was a TeefI-age Dwarf', "Th£ Many
Loves of Dobie GiUiB", etc.)
HOW TO SEE EUROPE
FOR ONLY $300 A DAY: NO.3
When all of you 'go' to Europe during your summer vacation, •
you will certainly want to visit Spain, where the tall corn grows,
The first thing you will notice upon entering Spain is the
absence of sibilants. In Spain "s" is pronounced "th" and
thereby hangs a tale. Until the reign of Philip IV-or Guy
Fawkes, as he -was sometimes called-Spaniards said "s" just
like everybody else: Philip IV, however, lisped, and Spaniards,
having an ingrained sense of propriety and not wishing to em­barrass
their monarch, decided that everybody should lisp. This
did indeed put Philip IV very much at his ease, but in the end
it turned out to be a very bad thing for Spain. It wrecked the
sassafras industry-Spain's principal source of revenue-and
reduced the nation to a second-class power.
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Piretti Awarded
Fellowship'
Robert Louis Piretti, '63, has
been awarded a three year Na­tional
Defense Graduate Fel­lowship
for study in Mathe­matical
arid Quantitative Eco­nomics
at Fordham University.
The Fellowship provides a
stipend of $6,600. .
Mr. Piretti will graduate from
Fairfield in June. He is on the
Dean's List and active in the
Bridgeport Area Club and the
M~rketing Club.
Georgetown students' sit-in was
keen, since a few years ago I
had the opportunity to play a
minor role in a similar demon­stration
at the University of
North Carolina in Chapel Hill.
The aim of this agitation was
the integration of the town's
restauJ'ants, and although con­siderable
resistance to integra­tion
was initially displayed by
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(Printed with Permission of 'nte
Commonweal. the weekly journal
of opinion edited by Catholic lay­men.)
The doctor teaches the cours'
in 'American Literature ever~
Henry J. Jacek, '63, of Derby
other year, has a freshmar has been named an alternate for,
class, teaches Victorian poetry a three year $10,000 fellowship
and handles the Seminar for at Georgetown University Grad­English
majors which is consid- uate School. If he does not re­ering
Modern Literary Criticism ceive the three year National
this year. Last, year the topic Defense Educational Act fellow-ship,
he will receive a $2600
was development of the Ameri- University teaching / fellowship
can Novel, and in 1963-.64 it will in the Department of Govern­take
up the modern short story ment. He will also receive free
and methods of bibliography. tuition in the University Sum­Dr.
McInerney also teaches in mer School beginning in the
the graduate department. summer following the effective
While pleasantly regular in date of his award. He will regis­most
of his activities, the doctor tel' September 17, to study
l1as become nearly as well American Government under the
known this year for his occa- orientation of Political Behavior.
sional unannounced "quizzes" as He was also named an alter­he
has always been known for nate for a regular departmental
the pipe he smokes. His poetry Iassistantship at Fordham Uni­class
hopes the pipe will out- versity Graduate School in the I
live the quizzes as an identify- Department of Political PhHos-ing
mark. lophy and Government.
Is This True Of Fairfield?
ACatholic Campus Viewed
FACULTY' PERSONALITY' Offered to Jatek '63
AIternateGU Grants·
Two Months Later, a Dead Issue
on Campus
SIT-IN AT GEORGETOWN
DR. THOMAS McINERNEY . FRANCIS E. KEARNS
On the evening of February
ed for his Ph.D. at the Univer- 12th. fifteen Georgetown Uni­sirty
of Washington while teach- ver~lty students - fourteen
ing at the Jesuit University of' whites and ·one !'legro :-. were
Seattle arrested for stagmg a slt-m de-
. monstration at a diner located
Dr. McInerney is originally in Arlington, Virginia, a short
from Lynn, Massachusetts, and walk across Key Bridge from
his fi,el~ of specialization is the university, campus in Wash­American
literature. Thus, with ington, D.C. At first it appeared
family connections and the that the incident would offer a
roots of American literature 10- 'dllamatic answer to the fre­cated
in the East, Dr. McInerney quently heard charge that Cath­and
his family decided to return olic students are indifferent to
here after fourteen years in problems of racial justice. But
Seattle. the demonstration was met with
Dr. McInerney considers the casual indifference, if not out­last
three-quarters of the 19th 'right fear, by students, faculty,
century to the golden age of and administrators alike, and
American literature, and be- now, two months later, the Ar­lieves
that the courses offered lington sit-in is a dead issue on
at F,airfield cover this area the Georgetown campus.
closely. My own interest in ,the
'Studying poetry in a relaxed
classroom a,tmosphere is not one
of the fringe benefits listed for
English majors in the Univer­sity
catalog, but it is desirable,
This quiet approach to rational
analysis is the one used by Dr.
Thomas McInerney, now in his
second year at Fairfield. He is
like a Perry Oomo, only with
tests and term papers.
Dr. McInerney s-pent one
year at Holy Cross under the
Navy Pr~gram, and was trans­ferred
to DaI'ltmouth where he
took his B.A. Finishing as a ci­vilian,
he went to Boston Col­lege
for his Masters, and work-
• FOR SPORTS FASHIONS
• FOR SCHOOL FASHIONS
• FOR DRESS FASHIONS
" @1963 Max Shulman
* * *
Let us not, however, take our leave of smoking pleasure. Let
us keep enjoying those fine Marlboro Cigarettes-rich, golden
tobacco-pure white Selectrate filter-soft pack or Flip-Top
box-available in all fifty States of the Union.
As a result, Spaniards were all forced to turn to bull fighting
in order to keep body and soul together. Today, wherever you
go in Spain-in Madrid, in Barcelona, in Toledo, in Cleveland'
-you will see bulls being fought. For many years the bulls
have sought to arbitrate this long-standing dispute, but the
Spaniards, a proud people who 'use nothing but Castile soap,
have rejected all overtures.
It is therefore necessary for me to explain pull fighting to
anyone who is going to Spain. It is also necessary for me to
say a few words about Marlboro Cigarettes because they pay
me for writing this column; and they are inclined to pout if I
ignore their pr~duct. In truth, it is no chore for me to sing the
praises of Marlboro Cigarettes, for I am one who fairly swoons
with delight when I come upon a cigarette which gives you the
full, rich taste of good tobaccos plus the pure white Selectrate
filter, and Marlboro is the only smoke I have found that fulfills
both requirements. Oh, what a piece of work is Marlboro! The
flavor reaches you without stint or diminution. You, even as I,'
will find these statements to be happily true when once you
light a Marlboro. Marlboros come to you in soft pack or Flip­Top
box, and are made only by the makers of Marlboro.
But I digress. Let us return to bull fighting. Bulls are by
nature bellicose creatures who will keep fighting till the cows
come home. Then they like to put on pipe and slippers and
listen to the "Farm and Home Hour." However, the Spaniards
will not allow the bulls any surcease. They keep attacking the
bull and making veronicas-a corn meal pancake filled with
ground meat. Bulls, being vegetarians, reject the veronicas
. and then, believe you me, the fur starts to fly!
To be perfectly honest, many Spaniards have grown weary
of this incessant struggle and have left their homeland. Co­lumbus,
for example, took off in three little ships-the Patti,
the Maxene, and the Laverne-and discovered Ohio. Magellan
later discovered Columbus. Balboa also sailed to the New
World, but he Was silent on a peak in Darien, so it is difficult
to know what he discovered. /
Well sir, I guess that's all you need to know about Spain.
So now, as the setting sun casts its rosy fingers over El Greco,
let us take our reluctant leave of Spain-or Perfidious Albion,
as it is jocularly called. Aloha, Spain or Perfidious Albion, aloha!
.John Terapane '63
In my opinion the science de­partments
of Fairfield University
have developed most in the past
four years. The Physics and
Chemistry departments have
made notable gains in available
equipment through val' i 0 u S I
grants. Progress has also been'
achieved in the required courses
of study. The Chemistry Depart­ment
recently changed the entire
curriculum, dropping several
courses and instituting others to
bring the curriculum up to date.
Irs
Your ·BestBet
I is shown by Campion Hall. Last
but not least its development is
shown in its rising reputation.
Steve Francis '63
'In the four years I've been
at Fairfield I think that the Uni­versity
has made the biggest ad~
vancement in the calibre of the
students enrolled. Each year the
standards for enrollment have
increased. I think that this is
the most important improvement
that can be made, especially in
a school that is growing as fast
as this one.
By BOB BOLLO
In this final issues of the
STAG, we thought it appro­priate
to give the Seniors a
chance to express their opin­ions
on the developments they
witnessed while at Fairfield.
QUESTION:
In what area do you think
Fairfield University has devel­oped
most in the past four years?
ANSWERS:
Thomas Fitzgerald '63
Fairfield's greatest develop­ment
has been, I, think, in the
area of admissions. The number
of applicants has increased each
year, a.nd the requirements for,
admission have become more de~
manding. In short, it is "harder"
to get into Fairfield University
than it was four years ago. .
.Jim Radigan '63
I believe that Fairfield's big­gest
development in the past
four years has been its reputa­tion.
I think this can be attribu­ted
to its alumni and its increas­ing
ability in varsity athletics.
David Piskorski '63
The greatest improvement vis­ible
to me since I've been at
Fairfield is the increasing enroll­ment
of higher calibre students
with each incoming class. The
school has also become better
known due to the spread of its
academic and athletic reputa-;
tion. .
Phil Pusateri '63
Fairfield has come a long way
in its academic possibilities WITh
the addition of new courses. Im­provement
was sighted last year
with the broadening of its lec~
ture series. I~s physical growth ... ...J
STUDENT OPINI01VPOLL
May 10. 1963 THE STAG Page Three
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. at Warren Street
Whichever lies ahead
when school iets out,
you will want to look
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source: our RP Shops
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fashion, good taste and
reasonable prices work
in happy combination.
From our exclusive
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at Rogers Peet !
mixed the yeast with dough,
the yeast became the catalyst
and caused the dough to rise. So
too, are you Catholic students
the yeast of the world. You can­not
remain isolated if you wish
to become the catalyst of soci­ety."
Sodality;Installation~
Lawle·ssPref~t
o~ ~ eM.m and ~~ Ali.rtct 1874
fR~@m
c6mpfUUJ .
In New York:
WHAT·S AHEAD •••
JOB OR JAUNT?
Fifth Avenue
at 41st street
Fifth Avenue
at 48th street
ms EXCELLENCY
WALTER J. CURTIS
Boston: Tremont St. at· Bromfi~ld St.. Washington: 14th & G Streets. N.W.
fore attempting ref 0 r m on a
larger scale.
In speaking of the students
the Bishop said, "you are the
yeast of the Church." His Ex­cellency
then made an analogy
between the yeast he bought for
his mother, as a small boy. "The
yeast was wrapped in silver pa­per,
.but when my mother re­moved
the silver' paper and
Bishop Curtis Celebrates Mass;
Delivers May Day Address
C1 9-5846 .
PURCHASE SEMINARY
GUILD MOTHER'S DAY
CARDS IN THE
LOYOLA OFFICE
Clampett's also ex­tends
its best wishes
to ihe Class of '63 and
reminds you that we
have gift certificates
for any and all such
occasions as gradua­tion.
Grad. Fellowship
Accepted By
David Emilia' '63
His Excellency Walter J. Cur-
David A. Emilia, '63, of tis, Bishop of Bridgeport, cele­Bethel,
Connecticut, has accept- brated a Pontifical High Mass in
ed a three year National De- the gym on Friday, May 3 in
fense Graduate Fellowship for honor of .St: JoseI,>h and the
. . - Blessed Vlrgm. ThIS Mass, an
full time· g:aduate study. 10 annual ceremony at the Uni-
Nuclear PhYSICS at Northeastern versity, is known as the May
University in Boston, Mass. Day Mass. Students from the
The Fellowship is offered by ~rep a~d the Univ~rsity joined
. 10 offermg the Sacrifice.
the. Department of Health, Edu.- BI'Shop Curt'IS spoke on the
catIOn and Welfare. It leads dl- spirit of revitalization present in
rectly to a: Ph;D. and provides the Church and manifested in
a stipend of $2,000 for the first the Ecumenical moYement. -He The Sodality of Our La<ly of
year, $2,200 the second year, said. that it was necessary to look Fairfield has elected officers for
$2 400 the third year and the beneath ~he bUb~les of contro- next year, and has held its An-
'. . . . . versy whIch receIve so much at- ·nual Communion Breakfast and
remiSSIon of tUItIOn. tention. There is a deeper and
Reception of Candidates.
Mr; E.milia is in the Bachelor mQre important spirit within the
of Science course with a major Church; it is personal reform The officers who were c.hhosedn
which must be accomplished be- at a recent meeting are: RIC ar
in physics. While at Faim.eld Lawless '64, prefect; Robert La-he
was on the Dean',g List and pinski '65, vice-prefect; Rob~
was active in the Math-PhysicS ert Bethke '64, secretary; Kevin
club, the Student Tutor Society, Ecclesine '64,- Treasurer; and
James C. Moore '64, Instructor of
the Bridgeport Area Club, and Candidates. .
was co-chairman of the 1963 Sunday, May 5, the Sodality
Science Forum. received its newest members.
After Mass celebrated in Loyola
Chapel, the Candidates were ac­cepted
into the Sodality. Robert
Beeman '66; Edward Butler '66;
Thomas Cutolo '65; George Don­oghue
'66; Michael Fix '65;
James Jackson '65; Mark Kelly
'66; John Magenheimer '66;
Charles Obol '66; William Philie
'66; Charles Riley '66; Thomas
Schlueter '66; Edward Schuck
'66 and Peter Valuckas '66; are
the new members.
Next on the program for the
day was the Communion Break­fast;
Rev. Thomas McGrath, S.J.,
was the speaker. At 11:15 a
panel discussion was held in
Gonzaga Auditorium. The panel,
commemorating the Fourth Cen­tennial
of the Founding of the
Sodality of Our Lady (1563­1963).
David Gianetti '63 spoke
of the history of the Sodality,
Joseph Cirasuolo '63, the future
of the Sodality movement, and
Kevin Ecclesine '64, the present
purpose and functions, of the
Sodality on campus. Each speak­er
outlined problems and posi­tions
the Sodality faced, will
face or faces now.
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Attention School
. Organizations:
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Have you got an award
to make? A trophy to
present?
Clampett's Sport Center
offers a complete selection
of plaques, trophies and
ribbons to choose from. at
a reduced price for YOUR
organization.
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Fr. Walsh &Forum On Theology:
Prof-Student ,Ratio, Revisi~ns
Nuclear Physics LabOratory
Located In Xavier Hall
'BUM'BOAT' BEST
New Fro n tie r s, Fairfield's
literary journal, recently an-­nounced
the winner of the pub­lication's
first short story con­test.
. Jay La Croix, of the Class of
'65, submitted the winning entry
entitled "Bumboat." This is the
story of a poor immigrant wo­man,
who is forced to the reali­zation
that her son will never
attain the high goals which she
has set for him.
Richard Lawless, co-editor of
New Frontiers, described the
story as '!very well written." Mr.
Lawless also expressed disap­pointment
in the number of en-tries
submitted.
La Croix described the story
as "easily written." Much of the
short story was based upon ac­tual
experiences in his home
town of Newport, R.I.
"Bumboat" has been publish­ed
in the Spring issue of New
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'641t1anor Selects
Netv Publisher
Thursday April 25, the Aca- 9-Method of Theology as
demic Forum met to consider Faith; Theologizing in the
"The Theology Curriculum at Faith·
Fairfield University." Present Commenting then on the The­were
Rev. James A. Walsh, S.J., ology Curriculum at Fairfield,
Rev. Thomas A. Johnson, S.J. Fr. Walsh recalled the tendency
and Rev. Oliver E. Nickerson, of teachers to present a "wa­S.
J. representing the faculty, and tered dow n seminary course."
the six permanent student mem- However, he noted at the same _
bers. time, that increasingly more em-
Acknowledging the opportun- phasis is being given the his­ity
to further understanding, Fr. torical approach, by which it is
Walsh emphasized his depart- hoped the student can grasp the
ment'si desire.·to continually im- doctrine more easily. He cau­prove
its pte~ntation of Christ's tioned though, against the popu­message,
and welcomed any sug- lar tendency to "capsulize" sub-
Jeff Clairmont, :9iisiness. Man- gestions the Forum might wish ject matter for easy digestion.
ager of the 1964 Manor, has an- to formulate. He then pointed "Theology is a science, and as
nounced the selection of the out the continuing efforts of the such it must be approached as
year book's publisher, and offi- Jesuit Educational Association to a discipline." For this reason it
cial photographer. meet the needs of the nation's is necessary to proceed from
The New York publishing firm college mind. Culminating ef- truths easily perceived to those
of Bradbury; Sayles, O'Neil, forts to date, was a national con- bathed in mystery.
Hurley, and Thompson, was cho- ference held at Los Angeles last Asked what some of the cur­sen
from among eight such firms summer on theology. and philos- rent obstacles to the depart­interviewed.
The selection was ophy, which Fr. Walsh attended. ment's goals were, Father Walsh
based upon quality and price. From that conference, the' fol- cited the severe shortage of the­The
Manor's new publisher is al- lowing themes for theology were ology teachers. This has resulted
so employed by such colleges as promulgated as essential: in at least one theology class of
Brown, Amherst, Fordham, and I-Theology of the Layman 108 students, requiring the use of
Vassar. 2-Theology of Society a loudspeaker. When . asked if
The '64 Manor's official pho- 3-Theology of the Incarna- competent laymen could be em-tographer
is Warren Kay Van- nation ployed, Father Walsh remarked
tine, of Boston. The Junior por- ~Theology of Culture that such men were scarce, but
traits were scheduled to be tak- 5-Theology of the Primacy hoped some might be found in
en during the week of April 22. of Charity in Christian the near future.
All. but twenty-five were com- Moral Life . Questioned as to possible re-pleted.
The remainder will be 6-Theology of the Trinitar- visions in light of the Los An-taken
in the fall. ian Character of Catholic geles Conference last summer,
Proofs of the pictures taken Spirituality Father Walsh announced that a
will arrive this week. The Jun- 7-The Location in History "major revision" is underway at
iors will be able to order extra of God's Self-Revelation Fairfield, which will streamline
copies of these on May 17 and 8-Liturgy as the Re-enact- the current offerings in .favor of
18. The photographer will also ment of the Saving Event Theology electives. .
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other Junior Class eyents.
SENIOR EUGENE SCHNEIDER points out new apparatus for
physics nuclear laboratory.
Fairfield's old bookstore in Iers, scintillation counters, and a
Xavier Hall has found a new use. neutron howitzer which produces
This room, now filled with vari- a beam of neutrons and makes
ous instruments which to the objects attificially radioactive.
layman . are just complicated In the future, the Physics De­gadgets,
has become a new addi- ~artment hopes to open an op-\
tion to the Physics Department tics lab also.
_-a_nuclear physics lab. -----------------:------------....:.--'--
Fr. W. F. Burns, S.J., Chair­man
of the Physics Department,
has opened up this new nuclear
physics lab by making use of
a grant of $12,000 from the
Atomic Energy Commission. The
new facilities improve the lab
work available to undergradu­ates
in atomic and nuclear phys­ics
and give the students an op­portunity
for individual re­search.
The instruments iJ1clude five
different types Of scalers which
automatically count radioactiv­ity.
There are also geiger count~
Page Four THE STAG
Editorial Commentary:
OUR EXPERIMENT IN DEMOCRACY
The proposed three,' branch gov­ernment.
soon to be~ presented to the
studen,t association. has incorporated
in itself a good deal of power on Jhe
camp#s. The /present constitution
which would be cast away for the
new plan was signed in 1960. and
has been only intermittently engaged
in student life.
The new plan. while revolution­ary.
appears to fill our governmental
void. and has been structured along
the' lines of the Federal Constitution.
,This new constitution is aimed at
ac'commodating for the shortcomings
<$f the old-the three branch syste,m
lends itself to a greater representation
of student life and problems.
Through the assumption of judicial
powers' and stronger conttol of stu­dent
extra-curricular activities. the
government would become a far­reaching
unit of organization.~_This
power extension works in the realm
of both regulations and finances,
and. as illustrated in other college
rxperiments with the tri-branch
form. the power of the purse prom.:
ises to invest the Council with extra­ordinary
influence.
The student requires some form of
representation. and the three branch
government is the best and most
functional solution that presents it­self
here. However, the STAG per­ceives
in the constitution the pres­ence
of the solution to a more serious
student difficulty than the execution
of campus government: \
There is inherent in the program
an obligation on the part of individ­uals
to perform the duties involved
in self rule; and we must prepare
ourselves to take on the task of mak­ing
critical decisions (as regards so­cial
and judicial codes. monies, etc.)
and to be more acute in the criticism
of our own work. The ratification of
the constitution by the student asso­ciation
would announce our engage­ment
to the responsibilities which
this type of program places before us.
While we' appreciate the achieve­ments
which the proposed constitu­tion
would bring to the University,
the shortc;omings of the past hang
'over this new endeavor as a cloud
of fear. The present constitution
(pending suspension) cannot fulfill
the increasing needs of Fairfield. Yet,
its full potential has not been to­tally
realized because ,the powers
vested by it have never been fully
executed.
Due ~o its broader scope and in­creased
responsi1?ility the proposed
plan' appears to be enormous; but not,
so enormous that it is unwieldy. It
is a gigantic machine which demands
a follow-up by the student associa­tion
to our vote of confidence. The
proposed constitution is the plan
needed at Fairfield; it is our duty to
see it properly executed.
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vs.
A.B. PATRIOTISM Mendel Club
MF.M8ER ft-
John Kappenberg '64
Faculty Day Chairman
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PETER GARRY
Aniatant Sporta Editor
Jeff Campbell
To the Editor:
A very special word of thanks is due
the 36 biology majors whose efforts'
made "Faculty Day" an event that both
the Biology Department and the Men­del
Club can be justly proud of~ The
expense of the evening was nominal
and included only the cost of their 86
invitations to the faculty. The 6 inter­ested
faculty,guests who attended could
see that the evening represented many
weeks for each student in planning and
preparation in order that their guests
might share an enjoyable and truly
profitable experience. Their project
was, in part, a means of discouraging
the notorious student apathy, so often
criticized.
have agreed on a "closed. season from
snatching' from May 1 to September I,
Wild said. The agreement applies to
faculty staff members with the rank of
assistant professor and up. An earlier
1959 agreement ran from June 1 to
September 1.
It is university policy, he said, to
require all faculty members to do some
teaching "because we are not a research
institution; the students are all-import­ant."
Dean Wild considers curricula
secondary to teachers. "Our policy is
not making a change unles related to
something basic. A change in curricula
shoul~ build on the university's
strength."
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Gil Cass
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Thomas Cook
To the Editor:
What good is a car without gasoline?
And what good is a bicycle without
wheels? We are faced with a problem
here at Fairfield, similar" but of much
greater consequence. Gas for our cars
is not missing, wheels for our bicycles
are not missing, but the flag' of the
United States is.
It's not that we don't have a flagpole,
but no one on the staff has the initia­tive
to put it up.
Let me be the first to volunteer.
EVANSTON, Ill. - (I.P.) - What
Northwestern University is doing to
build its faculty and facilities and to
upgrade its curricula and students was
explained recently by Payson S. Wild,
vice president and dean of faculties.
"The stature of a university depends
on the quality of its faculty and stu­dents,"
he said. The best courses are
ineffective Wlithout top-notch professors
and receptive students, Wild added.
"_We are out to retain the best qualified
men and women as we posibly can."
Ruthless Competition
He pointed out that there is ruthless
competition for the best teachers. The
University of Chicago and the Big Ten
In our opinion. the B.S:S. pro­gram
is in every way similar to the
A.B. program with the exception of
the courses in Latin and Greek. In
point of fact, the A.B. prpgram de­mands
"a minimum of two years of
Latin." so that technically the only
difference in the two degrees may be
two years of Latin. A student in
B.S.S. may major in the same sub­ject
as a student in A.B. and yet he
will not receive the same degree.
We recognize the value of the
classical program offered at Fairfield.
and the value of the ancient lan­guages
in obtaining a broad liberal
arts background. We feel that the
students who pursue such a program
should receive special recognition for
their efforts. The STAG proposes
that this recognition be giv,en by tit­ling
their degree A.B. Classics.
The students in the B.S.S. pro­gr:
am are receiving a liberal artsedu­cation
and we feel that the -title of
their degree should reflect this fact.
comments of student discontent. He
challenges students who want freedom
to come up with some strong leader­ship
of their own.
"How long have we waited for stu­dent
leadership to or,ganize an honor
system that really works - to outlaw
once and for all, the widespread cheat~
ing that tarnishes academic life on
most campuses, and this one too?" he
asks.
He says much the same thing that
President Blanding said at Vassar last
year, i.e. any student who .feels ham­pered
by being expected to observe
the state law regarding drinking and
promiscuity should seek education else­where.
Father Hesburgh also dares to say
something we find most refreshing:
"Your primary role as students here
is to Jearn, not to teach. Students who
think otherwise should go out, found
their own universities, and then take
lessons from their students. This, in
fact, is the s<id anatomy of most South
American universities. It is also the
reason that they do not amount to
much, as universities."
The argument about student freedom
should, and will go on. We believe it
is asking a lot of a college to supervise
the behavior of young people between
18 and 22. On the other hand it is
ridiculous for students to expect to be
able to do in college rooms or on col­lege
campuses what they would be
arrested for doing in a hotel room or
a public park.
But the Hechingers came back to
the age-old answer. Responsible, be­havior
by young people in any com­munity
is something their parents have
to settle with them before they leave
home. '
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Campus Freedom Or Responsibility?
REQUIESCAT IN PACE
The Edltors IUlcl staff of the STAG .x­preu
their aympatby to:
Re". J'obD P. Murray OD the cleatb of
bb brotber, -
MartlD PlDo '65 OD the death of b1a
fatber.
DomlDlc Toto' '64 OD tbe death of b1a
grlUlclfather.
Michael aDd. K.vID GIUlDOD OD the deatb
of tbelr father.
The question is often raised.
"Should those in the Bachelor in
Social Sciences Program be receiving
a Bachelor of Arts degree for ,the
courses taken?" It is obvious that
many students would favor such a
move. (Note: Student Opinion Poll,
April 10 issue.)
It is the' opinion of the STAG
that the University should seriously
'consider the extension of the A.B.
program to include many students
'now in the B.S;S. curriculum. In
1960 the Jesuit Educational Associ­ation
set up conditions for an A.B.
degree without Latin. Therefore it
is no longer valid to argue that Latin
is a requirement for an A.B. degree
in all Jesuit colleges.
The Fairfield catalogue states
"The curriculum in Social Sciences
is in many ways similar to the Bach­elor
of Arts program; with the ex­ception
of the work, in the ancient
languages. it is liberal education
without Latin or Greek."
(Reprinted from the Holyoke
TrllDKrlpt--Telegram)
The question of student freedom in
coilege, thrown before ,the public
through student protests at Vassar Col­lege
last year. is being seriously dis­cused
on many campuses with some in­teresting
results. It may bring forth a
new awareness of the social changes
caused by.the education explosion.
Fred and Grace Hechinger, who
write for the New York Times and who
have just published a book about teen­agers,
have pointed to the fact that
many parents expect a residential col­lege
to maintain supervision of their
children, while at the same time stu­dent
bodies include married couples,
mature graduate students, and students
who live independently off campus. It
is also true that college students are
older than they were a generation ago
because elementary education starts
later. Once there were 'few college stu- '
dents over 21 in the undergraduate
ranks. Now there are many.
Changing admission standards, put­ting
heavy emphasis on academic abil­ity
and less on ability to pay tuition,
are affecting the social climate, too, as
intellectualism with its focus on indi­viduality
overcomes the upper - class
conformity of the old raccoon coat set.
Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, presi­dent
of Notre Dame, has met a student
protest over censorship of the college
news magazine with some pungent
May 10. 1$63 THE STAG Page Five
Inaugurated;
Key Society
Cardinal Key Society include:
1. The first inter-collegiate
mixer
2. Tours of the campus for
prospective students and
their families
3. Greeting visiting athletic
teams
4. A 'blood bank
5. Sports rallies
6. Ushering at all campus
events
7. Record hops after basket­ball
games
8. Chartering buses for away
basketball games
9. A senior parents weekend'
10. A soda concession at bask­etball
games
(Con'! on Page 8, Col: 3)
By WILLIAM BUlIBS
In a lecture sponsored by the
C~isius Academy, Reverend
John J. Castelot, SS, warned of
questioning the proven histor­icity
of the Gospel and also of
demanding a twentieth century
historical approach from the
evangelists. During his discus­sion
"History and the Gospels"
.Fr. Castelot first outlined some
of the problems currently .under
discussion. Basically the issue is
contained in the concept of di­vine
inspiration combined with
human work producing the var­ied
yet integrated style of our
Gospels. The tradition of a
meaningful interpretation of the
Good News rather than a bio­graphical
history of Christ's life
was emphasized.
In what he described as the
main area of his discussion, Fr.
Castelot developed a series of
principles leading to his defini­tion
of the Gospels as the inspir­ed
interpretation of the Christ
event in the light of Pentecostal
Faith. Here he noted the flexi­bility
of the evangelist's versions
to fit many circumstances yet a
remarkable similarity in mean­ing
applied to certain sections,
especially the Passion.
With the evidence gathered
from analysis of their linquistics,
geographical references, and re­ligious
atmosphere in compari­son
with the Dead Sea Scrolls
we may be assured of the Gos­pels
authenticity. Because of the
sincerity and awareness of their
authors we may be assured of
their historicity. But above all,
Fr. Castelot explained, we must
view the gospels not merely in
the light of history but in th
light of inspired and interpreted
history.
How About Your Summer Plans?
Council Of Keys
Proposed By FU
Catholic philosophy and, second,
that since perfection is restrict.t
ed to religious, there is no the­ology
of marriage, work, or the
other so-called secular realities.
These conditions have promoted
a negative attitude towards the
Church especially in the face of
laxity among Catholics toward
social injustices and in such
areas as the United Nations.
Mr. Sharper recommended that
there be a re-thinking of the es­sentials
of the Christian life.
This re-thinking would empha­size
the Sermon on the Mount
as a charter rather than as coun­sels,
so that the model of the
Christian life becomes not what
is licit but what is Christ-like.
Realizing that such concepts
might seem idealistic Mr. Sharp­er
commented that "Perhaps the
highest idealism is the greatest
prac;;ticality."
On April 6, 1963, the first
Council of Keys was inaugurat­ed.
The purpose' of this council,
as proposed by the Cardinal Key
Society of Fairfield University,
was to afford an opportunity for
Key societies to exchange ideas
on organizational structure and
operational techniques.
After a brief tour of the cam­pus
and a baseball .game which
the members of the Council at­tended,
official proceedings be~
gan at 7:00 p.m., in the Univer­sity
Conference room. The Card­in
·al Key Society, acting as host,
initiated the conference. During
the conference a history and
report of activities were g.iven
by each of the Keys.
Some of the activities of the
Canisius Academy Lectures'
Castelot Renders
View On Gospels
Linked To Histon·T
Sharper: Code or Commitment
MR. J. O'CONNELL, MR. P. SCHARPER, AND FATHER WALSH
discuss the lecture hosted by the Canisius Academy. .
Leo Paquette
ONION PATCH
THE
Pruning Time
Now that the Cardinal Key Society has held its annual elec.
tions and has welcomed new members, the time is right to abolish
the Key. Now no doubt this statement will cause some anger
among Key members" I make it with no .malice of forethought,
however, but only after much consideration.
The abolition of the Key is only a logical consequent of the
growth of Fairfield University, and the maturing of her student
body. When the University was in its infancy, the student body
could hardly be expected to elect a representative group of its
fellows to effectively co-cordinate student government and serv­ices.
An organization of responsible students, such as the Key
members are, was an excellent temporary measure to provide
services for the student body and its functions. Now, however,
that the University is maturing, there is !!o reason why the stu­dents
cannot elect their own officers and representatives to carry
out these functions through the proper organ, the Student Council.
This is no't to say that the students would necessarily elect
different types of individuals to the Council than those who are
in the Key. As a matter'of fact, many Key members are in the
Council. But the question is one of emphasis. For some time we
have heard complaints about the ineffectiveness and powerless­ness
of the Council. One of the main reasons·for this has been
the divided duties and divided loyalties of the two organizations.
Whether the Cardinal Key has more theoretical power than the
Council or not, the fact remains that the Key is a much more
active group. Now you might. ask why I, who profess to be in
favor of increased meaningful activity in every way at Fairfield,
now propose to abolish what is perhaps the most ·active campus On Tuesday, April 30, the first
club. The reasons are simple. The abolition of the Key will not layman ever invited to speak for
do away with the activities assumed by the Key. It will merely
place these activities within the realm of the proper organ, the the Canisius Academy Lecture
Student Council. Under this proper organ, these activities will Series, Mr. Philip Sharper, dis­have
the opportunity to multiply. cussed the aspects of morality in
And what is more important, each and every student at the twentieth century.
Fairfield University will be able to feel that these are his activi- In keeping with his title "Mor­ties,
and that he has at least a small role in supporting them. ality-A Code or Commitment,"
As it stands today, the Key is a society alien to the overwhelm- Mr. Sharper distinguished be­ing
majority of the student body. It is the only sanctioned exclu- tween the morality of the act
sive fraternity on campus. How can the average responsible and that of the intention. Moral­student
be expected to support the Key, and yet watch his own ity conceived as commitment,
Student Council flounder? consisting of growth in perfec-
No matter what any member of the Cardinal Key' says, no tion of the Christian life, he sta­matter
what any member of the Student Council says, the stu- ted, has been concentrated with­dents
of Fairfield cannot serve two masters. The time has· come in the religious orders so that
to consolidate the power and efforts of the student body into certain chosen members have
one responsible organization, the Student Council. been called to the perfection, but
that layman have appeared to
The Cardinal Key has served well in its role. But it is now be second class Catholics. Much
time for the Key to step down from the stage, and gracefully
bow out. Its members, keeping the greater good of the University of the guilt for this lack of
in mind, as they always have in the past, should vote to disband. communication, Mr. S h a r per
And the Student Council should step up its efforts to assume its placed upon Catholic education
role as the voice and pOwer of the students. which seems to have empha-sized
outward conformity to the
Even th~ best of trees is in need of careful' pruning, and dictates of the law. He feels that
one brandi. must be cut off to make room for another. So it is 'such misplaced stress has pro­that
the Key must make way for the Council. duced two tragic results: first,
Quote of the week: "You cannot serve both God and that the morality based upon ad-
Mammon." herence tc the code has come to
Bellarmine Raffle
The Bellarmine Guild in con­junction
with the Cardinal Key
Society will rame off a 1963
Ford Thunderbird. The drawing
for the car will take place at 11
p.m. on May 25 at the Annual
Baza·ar.
The receipts from this raffle
will be added to the undergrad­uate
Scholarship and Welfare
Fund ,which aids students at­tending
Fairfield Prep and
Fairfield University.
George Cincotta, general chair-
. man, stated: "Last year the Uni­versity
students were prafsedby
the Bellarmine Guild for' their
excellent work. I anticipate an
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Page Six
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THE STAG May 10. 1963
the
Gary Bombardier
Reviews: The Glass. Menagerie;
Fairfield University Playhouse
~>------------------------------
Martin J. Pino
. The "Colonial spattering" was
Mr. Emerich's own idea. He had
done some of this work in his
own home and thought it would
be quite effective in the Play­house
lobby. The technique of
application is relatively simple:
the floor was painted a solid
black and then the pain (red
and white) was flecked with a
fullsize paintbrush.
The theme of the lobby is
early American enhanced by the
graceful lines of a convex mir­ror
and complementing Chan­delier.
Mr. Emerich's mother do­nated
the money for the Chan­delier,
and Mr. Emerich selected
the style.
The Playhouse proper is fin­ished
in jet-black. This color
was selected not'· only for its
restful effect on the eyes but
also to conceal extensive piping
which criss-crosses the ceiling of
the building. The curtains are
of red 'Velure and were designed
in accordance with the specifica­tions
of Mr. Emerich.
The first tier of the raised
platform is removable making it
possible to seat spectators on the
stage allowing for a theatre-in­the-
round presentation. There is
only one 'criticism-the tiers of
the raised platform must be car­peted
as soon as possible.
The Playhouse is in exception­al
good taste. And, most import­ant
of all, the Playhouse is quite
functional.
ASPECT'
by Richard M. Lawless
Univ. Theatre
YOU'LL GO UP, up on a broomstick, over Blue Mountain with
seventeen gentlemen callers. You ugly-babbling old-witch.
THESIS
During and after -the recent Cuban CrISIS, the question of
news management by the nation's leaders was raised. The policy
of strategically announcing known facts generated much discus­sion
and almost unanimous condemnation. Abstracting a moment
from the emotion-charged elements of tha·t situation, wasn't it
strange that the question has gone the way of all wonder-news,
and that people who did raise the question were usual analyists
and commentators who are paid to do this? Running, or rather,
walking true to form, the American public did not respond to the
supposed danger of. being told (indirectly) what to think and
when to think it. Though some people were justifiably worried
about the immediate danger of Russian missiles aimed at this
coun.try, this is the reasoll they were angry, not beCause news
had been held back from them as citizens. The possible thesis
arises from this situation: persons of a country should not be told
of something that leaders are far more capable of handling.
It would be easy if this thesis were merely abstract, but it
isn't. This has been done, notably in the Cuban situation, and
probably will be done again. In the opinion of some, thIS is what
the Amerkan people need, even deserve; because they are no­toriously
unconcerned with what they cannot see either as an
immediate danger or an immediate good. American democratic
processes, say some cynics, are a myth anyway and are only seen
as true by the politically naive. To say the least, this .gives some
food for thought, and perhaps even a little fear for one's status
as a citizen.
But then, gentle reader, this is merely politics and couldn't
possibly concern you. Everyone knows why we elect leaders ­to
think for us.
Four years ago, Fr. Mullin at­tended
the presentation of Ib­sen's
play-Enemy of the People.
The theatre was a bistro off­Broadway.
There. and then the
Fairfield Playhouse was conceiv­ed.
For· Father Mullin thought
if they could present this so well
in an old cafe how much better
the old garage at Fairfield would
serve the Thespian arts.
The garage was open to the
elements on· all four sides, and
if you look at the floor alongside
the walls of the playhouse, you
will see the tracks on which the
sliding doors of the garage rode.
The ticket office now occupies
the space given formerly to the
gasoline pump. If the theatre­goer
keeps these facts in mind,
his appreciation of the Play­house
will be greatly increased.
Father Mullin went through
the necessary channels and then
approacheQ a number of archi­tects,
the majority of whom en­visioned
expanding the walls,
lifting the roof, etc. Finally, John
Phalen .of Fletcher-Thompson
Associates, submitt~d a series of
sketches from which the present
playhouse plan was taken.
The general over-all ~sign
and decor of the Playhouse is
due to the skills and devotion
of Mr. Robert G. Emerich. He
chose the wallpaper for the lob­by
and he, himself, papered the
walls. The floor of the lobby is
quite distinctive and original.
Glass Menagerie
Staging
Staging can be lauded for ef­fects
that are close to what Wil­liams
himself asks for in keep­ing
with the presentation of a
memory. It is regretable, though,
that the music dies and goes out,
and that the lighting tires all
too soon. The greatest flaw of
the whole produc.tion is that it
nearly becomes a comedy; wit­ness:
the audience's reaction to
Amanda's lines. The haunting
music effectively produced the
desired irony at the start, but
for s 0 m e reason it dies and
what should be sad becomes
nearly hysterical at moments.
With this one drawback the risk
is run of a tragedy that is not
a tragedy at all.
All in all, let it be said that
. if anyon~ passed this production
up, he shall be anathema for
missing an outstanding portrayal
. and presentation of one of Wil­'/
liams' best tragedies. All are to
be congratulated. (Congratula-tions.)
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Communism is today the number one challenge to our
national security. Faced by. this challenge I would like to examine In red, white, black, and Ten­the
role our civil liberties play in the struggle with communism. nessee Williams, Fairfield Uni­I
feel they play a significant role - a role which for some reas~m
has been largely underestimated and concealed from the p~bllc. versity has opened its very own
Our Founding Fathers were men who were willing to sacri- playhouse. Has anyone been un­fice
their lives for the cause of freedom, and when the time came impressed? I don't think so. Mr.
to establish a government for the American colonies they incor- Robert Emerich and his players
porated this love of freedom into the Constitution. In the Declara­tion
of Independence they had said: "We hold these truths to be have, with a good measure of
self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are en- success, brought The Glass Me­dowed
by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that nagerie to this <;ampus. One who
among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Hap~iness." is familiar ~th off-Broadway
Now in the Bill of Rights they enumerated, these unallenable
rights which man derived from God. And for one hundred and and the many successful Sum­seventy-
five years all men have benefited from these rights. mer playhouses may' find him-
It is interesting to note that the Founding Fathers considered self. at home here for an enjoy­civil
liberties necessary to a republican form of government. able evening. Though it is an
They wisely recognized that without freedom of speech, freedom
of assembly, freedom of religion, freedom of the press, equal amateur production there is an
protection of the laws, and other civil liberties, men would not air that is not unprofessional.
be able to govern themselves intelligently. The question co?'- From the theater itself to the
fronting Americans today is whether these fundamentals still performance of the individual
hold true. Do we as Americans still believe in the ideals of the
Constitution? For if we are not willing to renew our faith in actors the entire spectacle is of .
the Constitution then our cause will certainly be lost. a quality that Fairfield is not
Unfortunately there are among us those who dismiss these accustomed to.
civil liberties as legal technicalities which should be disregarded Characten
when their use endangers our national security. They claim that
national security comes before civil liberties. They are wrong! Four in character, The Glass
They are wrong b~cause national security and civil liberties are Menagerie is stronger for its wo­the
opposite sides of the same coin. We will never have national men and not enough can be saii
security without civil liberties because national security involves about Susan Hyra's Laura, and
choices: Should we rely on C'ur nuclear deterrent or should we
build non-nuclear conventional forces? Should foreign aid go Vera Myers' Amanda. Mrs. Hyra
only to our allies or should it also go to non-aligned nations? limps about the stage a far more
If we are to make intelligent choices on these and other issues delicate thing than the all too
affecting our national security, we need to know all the facts solid pieces of her collection, and
and opinions available. We need above all to keep our minds
open to new ideas. The Bill of Rights is the guardian of our carries the play to success. Laura
security as well as our liberty. We should encourage debate and IS the tragedy and Susan Hyra
dissent, for as President Kennedy has said: ". . . If we should is ,the perfect Laura. Her move­ever
abandon these basic American traditions in the name of ments and words and expression
fighting Communism, what would it profit us to win the whole are the high moments of the eve­world
when we would have lost our own soul?" The challenge ning. The quiet, fawn-like shy­of
communism is basically this: Can a nation such as ours with ness and fear of Laura are inter­such
freedom and diversity meet the single-minded onslaught of preted flawlessly throughout, so
communism while still maintaining our civil liberties? I believe that Williams himself, I feel,
we can. Communism suffers from the fact that it has but a single could not but be pleased with
mind, and if this mind goes wrong then the whole system comes the effect.
tumbling down. We can and will meet tp.e challenge of commun-ism
if and only if we maintain our civil liberties. The United Structure
States has survived in the past because our ideas were wiser The structure of the play is
and more enduring. New ideas are abov~ all what we need at built upon consecutive episodes
:his time. Basically what I have been trying to say is that the revealing to us incidents of
old concept that national security comes before civil liberties memory - the memory of Tom
is wrong, and that we will never have national security unless primarily, and within his recol­we
uphold our civil liberties. As I mentioned before, however, lections, the memory of his
there ar~ those who would dismiss civil liberties as legal tech- mother, Amanda. Vera Myers is
nicalities, and they are becoming more vocal. I would like to Amanda and at times her por­mention
just a few of our civil liberties which are coming under trayal of the reminisCing mother
attack. comes off too strongly. I say "too
The Fifth Amendment provides that no person shall be com- strongly" because she is funny
pelled to be a witness ag~inst himself, but increasin~ly today to the point of obscuring the sad­any
p~rson.who takes the FIfth ~mendment b~fore a g~vernment I ness and depression of Laura's
commIttee IS presu~ed to be gUIlty of somethm~. In hIS attempt situation. This is not however
to brand the CommIttee for a Sane ~uclear Pollcy ~ ~ommum~t due to a lack on the p~rt of Mrs:
front, M~. E. J. ~cCallum, Jr., P~esldent of the CItizens Antl- Myers because despite such in-
Commumst CommIttee of Connecticut, stressed the fact that of . '. th t
twenty-three witnesses from the Greater New York SANE com- co~vemences as e mos un­mittee,
twenty-two took the Fifth Amendment. I asked him what ~Ieldly c~stume-bathrobe, she
he felt this proved and the ,best answer I could get was: "If it IS outstandmg.
doesn't prove anything to you, then nothing I can say will." His The others of the cast are
attitude was that of a man who feels civil. liberties are legal James Majoros and Robert Eden­technicalities.
I would point out that many an innocent person bach. There are times when only
have had their reputations blown to bits by the innuedoes of a the resonant tone of Mr. Majoros
Martin Dies or the exaggerations of a Joe McCarthy. As Wendell can be heard and when Mr.
Willkie has said: "Equal treatment under the law means exactly Edenbach can be heard much too1,..---------------------------.. what it says; whether the man before the tribunal is a crook, a well and times when a more
Democrat, a Republican, a Com1?unist or a businessman." consistent and dynamic portray-
The Fourth Amendment provIdes that people shall be secure al is desired Tom's drunkenness
in their perso?,s, houses, papers, and effects, against ~nreasonable .was e3Peci~lly well done, but
search and seIzure. Last year Robert Kennedy submItted to Con- his character runs into some flat
gressa bill whioh would have give~ his Justice Department al- spots as does that of the Gentle­most
complete freedom to place a wIretap on any person's phone man Caller
suspected of criminal actions. Fortunately the bill did not pa~s, .
but the fact that such a high ranking official should introduce a
bill which clearly violates our civil liberties is a sign of the
intensification of the assault upon our liberties.
The two preceding examples are only a very small part of
the attacks under which our civil liberties are coming.
I have tried to bring out two points in this article: (1) Na­tional
security cannot exist without civil liberties. (2) Civil liber­ties
are under a vicious attack today. It seems logical to me
theI;efore that if you are interested in the survival of the United
States you must ·be interested in the survival of civil liberties.
Therefore it is in our interest at all times to be tolerant of those
with dissenting opinions. By doing this and by supporting civil
liberties you are helping your country to win th~ Cold War.
This positive act of yours can be your important contribution to
our struggle with Communism.
May 10. 19&3 THE STAG Page Seven
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"But the students are expect­ed
to pay a price for their privi­eges
in the form of good behav­ior,"
Rieff observes. "To be
idealistic and, above all; to try
to carry that idealism into de­monstrative
political action is
to take unfair advantage of
one's special situation as a stu­dent.
It is to perversely reject
the pleasurable and cozy isola­tion
from the real adult world
... which has been arranged by
a great deal of adult effort and
expense."
Perhaps apathy is not the ma­j'or
reason for the avoidance of
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Fund. The Business Club ex­pects
to add to this project each
year, eventually' attaining a
well-balanced and diversified
portfolio.
The stocks were selected by
the Investment Committee with
the advice of Mr. David Smith,
Executive Vice-President of the
brokerage firm Smith, Ramsay
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the committee were approved
by Mr. Thomas Fitzpatrick,
moderator of the club.
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hierarchy's frequent pronounce­ments
against segregation and
repeated calls for the laity to
take an active part in the strug­gle
against racial intolerance.
Indeed, during the same week
the Georgetown demonstrators
were carrying out their sit-in,
Archbishop O'Boyle of WaSh­ington,
D.O., was calling on
Catholics of the Diocese to di­rect
their Lenten sacrifices and
prayers to the apostol<ates of
racial justice.
One of the reasons for student
apathy at Georgetown is, ob­viQusly,
the generally pragmat­ic
and circumspect view -of
education adopted by today's
college students, regardless of
whether they attend secular or
Catholic colleges. In spite of a
certain enthusiasm for such
projects 'as the Peace Corps, the
average student realizes that as
a future member of the diploma
elite he. will step easily into a
managerial position in our af­fluent
society: he displays no
particular .penchant for rocking
anY'body's boat. Thus at George­town
it is a matter of local
pride that the school has one
of the few student bodies
wealthy enough to field a polo
team, and sports car ownership
is a major student s'tatus
symbol.
Lack Of Commitment
Moreover, a lack of commit­ment
seems to be whtat is ex­pected
of the student by the
adult world. Writing in the
October, 1961 issue of Ha11per's,
Philip Rieff points out the
On April 5, the Business Club
under the direction of the Finan­cial
Chairman, Louis DeRosa,
purchased stock' in three major
corporations listed on the New
York Stock Exchange.
The acquisition included stock
of American Telephone and
Telegraph, Martin-Ma,rietta Co.
and Montgomery Ward. This is
the initial purchlj,se of securities
made possible by a loan from
the University Development
CATHOUC
CAMPUS
VIEWED
(Con't from Page 2, Col. 3)
the average North Carolina stu­dent,
that goal was soon achiev­ed.
Its attainment could be di­rectly
attributed to the activity
of student leaders and faculty
members, on the one hand, and
to the agitation carried out by
local church groups, on the
other.
Thus, 'while the student news­paper
was edItorializing 'for in­tegration
of the restaurants, the
YMOA and other religious clubs
were gathering student support.
Moreover local Catholics played
a vigorous part in the inte.gra­tion
eff·ort. A Newman Club offi­'
cer helped to draft an appeal
to the restaurant owners which
was signed by every priest,
minister and rabbi in Chapel
Hill; a Catholic math professor
served as co-chairman of a
committee of townspeople and
faculty members working to­ward
integration; and the local
Newman Club chaplain conduct­ed
a special discus:;ion series on
the social encyclicals.
Apathy
At Georgetown, on the other
hand, the general reaction was
one of apathy: neither The
Hoya, the student newspaper,
nor The Courier, the student
news magazine, commented edi­torially
on the Arlington sit-in;
when a motion to commend the
demonstrators was introduced. in
the Student Council, a vote was
postponed indefinitely. The uni­versity's
Student Personnel Offi­cer
issued a press release stress­ing
the university's non-involve­ment;
and a student-faculty pe­tition
calling for the administra­tion
to support the demonstrat­ors'
moral position met with
considerable resistance and has
as yet elicited no response from
the administrati¥e office to
which it was directed..
The indifferent response at
Georgetown is puzzling, partic­ularly
in view of the American
On Thursday, May 9, Mr.
Wolfe Czamanski, instructor in
Russian and German, spoke
before the German Club. Mr.
Czamanski chose for his topic
FATHER MAHAN VIEWS one of the many exhibits at the th erelationship of the early
Mendel Club faculty night. Germanic peoples of Central
~Europe with the Slavic peoples
The Mendel Club, in an effort ty and their families; seven fac- in the east. In particular Mr.
to acquaint the faculty with the ulty members attended. Czamanski discussed the simi­curriculum
and facilities of the According to John Kappen- ditions. The German Club meets
University's biology/course, ini- burg those who attended gained in Canisius Hall, room 106, at
tiated an annual Faculty Night an iUSight into the expanded 3:15 p.m. All members of the
on April 30. scope of activities in our scienc~. faculty and students were in-
Exhibits were set',up in Xav- departments~ vited.
ier Hall demonstratIng the var­ious
science courses the biology
major takes during his under­graduate
years.
.Experiments in physics and
chemistry, and demonstrations
of the various biological speci­mens
examIned o:Y"the students
were the planned "highlights"
of the evening.
Thq chairman of the Faculty
Night was John Kappenburg '64.
The event had been in planning
since last October. The 'actual
setting up of the exhibits took
about two days.
Eighty-one invitations were
mailed to members of the facul-
Mendel Club Initiates' Annual 'Modern Marriage
'Facuh Ni -ht- 7 of 81 Atte"nd ,S~ject Of. Talk y g, Wednesday, May 7, Mon-signor
George A. Kelly, Direc­tor
of Family Life Bureau,
Archdiocese of New York, con­cluded
the Canisius Academy
lectures with a lecture entitled
"The Layman F,aces Problems
of Modern Marriage." He stat­ed,
in a society where marriage
is becoming merely an empty
social custom it takes real hero­ism
to practice christian vir­tues.
The' Monsignor called Mar­riage
a vocation, one just as de­manding
as the Priesthood.
A question and answer per­iod
followed the lecture.
Kevin Ecdesine Gary Ambert
The Catholic Church in Latin America -
One of the largest "problem areas" which faces the redemp­tive
work of the Catholic Church today is Latin America. One
third of the world's Catholic population lives in this area -
- about 200 million people, a population which, at its incredible
rate of growth, will be some 600 million in about fifty year~.
Facing the fact that this area might no longer be 90% CatholIc
but rather another "lost territory," Latin American hierarchy,
. priests, and laymen are slowly becoming more aware than ever
of the social message of the Church.
It is perhaps hard for North American Catholics to under­stand
how countries which are 85%'and 90% Catholic could be
such vulnerable areas to the advance of communism. This situa­tion
becomes more easily understandable when we see the REAL
Catholic Church of Latin America. It is a poor, traditional, and
very human Church - one limited by past failures, abuses, and
political involvements. Spiritually, this .Church has failed in .its
mission to "teach" all nations. Its CatholIcs are not good CatholIcs
by and large. The immense range in the practice of Catholicism
goes from intensity and devotion that is heroic to an indiffer­ence
that is difficult to conceive.
Startling Statistics
A formal three year, forty-five volume' study by a large
team of social scientists has produced the rather painful spiritual
and social data which gives the Latin Church much to worry
about. The report shows that many Catholics are ignorant of
fundamental truths and do not practice what they say they be­lieve.
An Argentinian parish of some 25,000 people boasts that
100% of its parishioners are baptize!!; but only 13% attend Mass.
This example is high when compared with the one precent prac­tice
of some workers' parishes in Santiago, Chile. Devotion is
superstitious to a great extent, Baptism is regarded fanatically
while Marriage is treated with a profound cynicism.
Father Roger Vekemans of the Bellarmine Center in Santiago,
Chile is a man closely -associated with these problems. He is
a Beigian Jesuit who heads up a seventeen-man brain trust of
social scientists which is considered to be one of the most influ­ential
in South America. In explaining the highly personal rela­tionship
the Latin 'American Catholic feels toward his God, he
states: "He may neglect the needs of the real world, not through
selfishness or any other whim, but simply because he is consti­tutionally
incapable of seeing the reality of the world around
him. And what is the source of such conditioning? Largely, it
is the "mystical" tradition of the Hispanic Church, which con­cerns
itself with another world, and not this one." This state­ment
serves to illustrate why social doctrine has not been
advanced more vigorously.
The relationship of the Church with the upper classes be­comes
clearer when we realize that a good number of the clergy­men
come from this class. For other clergymen, the relationship
is intellectual since the- hacienda of the aristocrat is the only
place where the priest can come in contact with another educa~ed
man. This linkage with the aristocracy has caused many to thmk
that -the Church is rich - the contrary is true.
Latin American churches find it very hard to support them­selves.
The weekly collections are far from enough to finance
the works of the Church. The Church .properties, in many coun­tries
confiscated during the Independence Movement, hardly serve
as sufficient sources of income. In many parts of Latin America
today, such as Chile, the Church leads in Agrarian reform ­thus
sacrificing about 1A!. of its income in order to avoid embarrass-ment
and implement reform. .
Stay and Starve?
• Bishops and priests have been subject to the pressures of
the rich since these are the only real supporters of most parishes.
These people have boycotted collections, in some cases, in order
to make their wishes prevail. Monsignor Ivan Illich, a multi­lingual
and intense New Yorker who heads the Center for Inter­Cultural
Formation at Cuernavaca, Mexico; refers to this situa­tion
with these words: "We can't antagonize too much certain
classes of people. We have to do what we can not to produce a
vacuum. Under these circumstances, it's a miracle that the Church
is doing what it is at all."
Redemption Without Reform
Whether dependence, tradition, or inclination has been the
reason for the Church's lack of vigor in the social field - this
lack has been co~tly. Socialist and labor leaders have judged the
Church's silence as approval of dictatorships and extremely un­just
social and economic situations. To the practical mind of
the masses this explanation is the most logical in contrast to
the active struggles against tyrannies by Communists, Socialists,
and even some Christian lay people. The result is hostility and
anti-clericalism drawing the masses toward faith in Communism
or some other seemingly "just" ideology.
Against this backdrop the Church in Latin America has
emerged recently as .a leading proponent of liberal reform. Pres­sure
has ,been applied - at great risk - on the oligarchy to raise
wages, reapportion lands, and lead reforms. Church lands have
been sacrificed to spur .land reform. Rural syndicates and city
labor organizations have the Church as founder or chief sponsor.
Young priests are moving to depressed areas that were neglected
before. And great attention is being paid to the necessary reforms
which the Church itself is considering in the Ecumenical Council.
Liturgy in the vernacular would have much more meaning to a
people who can't read missals much less understand Latin. A
restructuring of schools to aid the poor as well as the rich is
being considered. The introduction of a married clergy to a area
long famous for a great shortage of priests would be helpful.
One priest for every 4,800 is hardly enough.
A Church which is so traditional and conservative in char­acter
cannot and will not change overnight, but the new elements
. active today in the Latin American Church are trying to make
it into the champion rather than the enemy of redemption. These
elements are young, well-educated, and broadly-traveled clergy­men,
dedicated and intelligent bishops and priests, as well as the
NEW ELITE - laymen dedicated to the reorganization of. Latin
America according to Christian principles. Recent examinations
of Latin America by Church officials have shown the formation
of this laity to be perhaps the most important aspect of the re­making
of the Latin Church. Where there is a will there is a
way, but this road is a tough one and one that cannot be built
without a great deal of grace. Here is where the prayers of the
Church Militant throughout the world will do their part to save
what at times appears to be a hopeless and too long neglected
~. condition.
May 10. 1963
DR. HAROLD BROWN
Business Club's
Dinner Finishes
Year' ~4ctivities
'COLUMBIA UNIV.
DOCTOR SPEAKS
ON·MED. MISSION
• • •
lONewMembers
Selected ByKey
At the April 24 meeting Fra- I
ternal Activities Chairman Jef­frey
Clairmont presented the
Knights of the Month award to
Brother John Carway. John is
in his third year with Ignatian
Council and has served the
council during the past year as
Outside Guard and Council Ac­tivities
Chairman. In the recent
elections he was elected Inside
Guard for the coming year.
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(Con'l from Page 5, CoL 5)
11. A raffle for a Prep schol-arship
-
12. Sports banquets
With the presentation of the
Maroon Key, the Council of
Keys had provided for a pre­sentation
of all the societies pre- The Cardinal Key Society of
sent. A general discussion period Fairfield University has an­followed
during which Key nounced its new Junior and
problems and difficulties were Freshmen members.
discussed along with advice for
tentative projects which the Chosen from the Class of '64
Keys were contemplating. Then were John Dalton, Jackson
the resolutions of the Council Heights, New York; Steve
were drawn up. They included: Adamowich, Terryville, Conn.;
Joseph Clisham, Naugatuck,
1. That another Council of Conn.; Patrick Hurley, Winnet­Keys
be called next year ka, Ill.; Thomas Mettling, Tor-
2. That it beat approximately l'ington, Conn.; Louis LaVecchia,
the same time of the year Bronx, New York.
3. That the location be either The new members from the
Boston College or North- Class of '66 are James McDon­eastern
aId Stratford, Conn.; William
4. That the Cardinal Key So- McCarthy, Charlestown, Mass.;
ciety be the medium for Joseph Burke, Ozone Park, New
answering que s t ion s York; and Thomas Londregan,
throughout the year. New London, Conn.
pursuing his point, proposed that
all the so-called neutral nations
of the world should be forced to
align with one block or the
other.
Mr. Diorio then scored the At the same meeting Grand
United Nations for its lack of Knight Egan announced the
effectiveness, proposing that as new committee heads for the
United Nations army should in- coming year. Catholic Activities
vade Cuba and that Russia will be headed by Brother Paul
should be dropped from the U.N. Rooney, Council Activities by
Mr. William Miller closed the Brother James McLaughlin, Fra-ternal
Activities by Brother
conference Saturday afternoon, Louis Krodel, Membership-In-. On' April 24, Alpha Epsilon
after a luncl'leon banquet. Mr. surance Activities by Brother Delta, the international pre­Muller,
a member of the United Thomas Connors, Public Rela- medical honor fraternity, spon­States
Mission to the United
Nations, stressed the importance tions by Brother Russell Keller- sored at lecture in Gonzaga audi-of
youth's interest in thoe U.N. man, Youth Activities by Bro- torium by Dr. Harold Brown. Dr.
their Paul Alogna. The new Brown, a professor of Parasito­Contact
Chairman is Brother logy at Columbia Physicians and
Peter Sztaba, and the Editor of Surgeons Medical School, has
the Ignatian Bulletin will be won international acclaim for
Brother Gil Casso his work with the natives of
South America. Dr. Brown
spoke about a trip he made sev­eral
years ago to Dutch Guinea
with several of his students. An
accompanying film strip por­trayed
the hazards of the jour­ney
and the conditions as they
ex.ist in -One of the last primi­tive
areas of the world. This
trip, one in a series sponsored
jointly by Alcoa Aluminum and
Columbia Medical school serves
to give the students actual ex­perience
in the diagnosis and
treatment of jungle diseases.
Their two month stay affords
them an opportunity to do work
at a settlement hospital and to
make a field trip to a primitive
village to carryon original re­search.
In the final part of his
talk, Dr. Brown related some of
the problems encountered in
Formosa where he went to reor­ganize
the State Medical School
there.
The Business Club closed its
activities for the year with a
dinner' meeting at the' Hitching
Post Inn in Bridgeport. The
guest speaker of the evening
i was Thomas J. Wall, President
of Mersick Industries, Inc.
For 13 years Mr. Wall was
President of the Norwalk Hat
Co. In 1954 he joined the Nor­walk
Tank Co., becoming its
President. In 1959 Norwalk Tank
Co. purchased C. S. Mersick
& Co.
The main topic of Mr. Wall's
speech was his original, simple
and practical plan for tax relief
for small business. Basically,
his proposal is to boost the pre­sent
government surtax exemp­tion
beyond the $25,000 level
now allowable.
Mr. Wall's plan is designed to
provide a more realizable profit
for small businessmen. This
would be accomplished by in­creasing
the $25,000 surtax ex-'
emption to $150,000 and then
;reduce the Federal normal tax
NEWLY APPOINTED K of C: I. to'r.-Peter Szt&ba, Paul Alocna, on this by five per cent. The first
Louis Krodel, Thomas Connors, lames McLaughlin, Paul Booney $150,000 would then be taxed by
and Russell Kellerman. ' only 25% instead of the pre-
I sent 30% tax rate applied to
KofC Notes:' Banque·t, first $25,000 and an additional
22% on every dollar thereafter.
Mr. Wall pointed out that big
D C · business would also benefit by egree ommltteemen adoption of the sUrtax exemp-
, ; tion theory, but the larger their
earnings, the smaller their pro-
The annual Knights of Colum- of Ignatian Council. Fraternal portion.
bus banquet was held last night Activities Chairman Jeffrey "What the giant corporations
at the Hitching Post Restaurant Clairmont presented outstanding must remember," said Mr. Wall,
in Bridgeport. During the ban- attendance awards to many of "is that Big Business does de­quet
Past Grand Knight Lafitte the brothers. pend for both supplies and sales
presented the Knights of the The banquet was followed by outlets on many small business­Year
Award to Brother Daniel a Fraternal Party under the di- es, so that anything which helps
Smothergill. He also presented rection of Brother Ciairmont. their suppliers or customers is
the Outstanding Service Award Brother D'Alessandro, chairman of benefit to them in the long
to the following knights: Bro- of the banquet was assisted by run."
thers Vincent D'Alessandro, Brothers Gary Kwiatkowski and At the present time, move-
Robert Foy, Joseph Kelly, Russell Kellerman. ment towards formulating the
George O'Connell, William • • • proposal into a congressional
Reidy and Daniel Smothergill. At the April 24 meeting of the bill appears to be making good
Awards of Honorable Mention K 'ght f C 1 b th progress.
went to Brothers Ronald Bian- m s 0 0 urn us e coun-chi,
John Carway, Thomas Con- cil voted to appropriate travel- ---------
nors, B. Jeffrey Clairmont, Wil- ling funds for Brothers Guy Ca­Yam
Hoeih.ler, John Koenig, puto and Thomas Cook, who
Thomas McGoldrick, James Mc- will spend the summer in New
Laughlin and Philip Pusateri. A MeXlico doing Lay Apostolate
special award was given to Fr. work.
T. E. McPeake, S.J., Chaplain
CLUB 'NEWS
The panel was then opened
for questions from the students.
Mr. Diorio as leader of the· mi­nority
group suggested that in
today's power struggle between
East and West, no country can
truly remain neutral. Diorio,
F.U. International Affairs Club
Attends C.C.U.N. Conference
Until the beginning of the
academic year of 1962-1963, the
Philosophy Club was called the
·St.. Thomas Aquinas Academy.
It was moderated by the Rev.
John D. Donoghue, S.J., pre­sently
teaching at Boston Col­lege.
Membership was limited to
Seniors. This year, Dr. Joseph
Grassi became the moderator.
Although the Aqumas Acad­emy's
stated purpose did include
study- of "the modern philoso­phers,"
it was decided that a
new name would encourage an
atmosphere of free thought; the
change was consequently made.
Membership was opened to all
undergraduate students.
This year, to obtain a broader
perspective on significant philo­sophical
- problems of today,
philosophers .from outside the
University were invited to -ad­dress
the student body and the
faculty. Two speakers appeared,
Professor McDermott of Ford­ham,
and Professor Smith ,of
Yale. Professor McCarthy of
Fairfield's history department
also spoke on the role of philo­sophy
in history.
To encourage student involve­ment
with philosophy to a de­gree
greater than attendance at
lectures, some of the members
will write research papers con­cerning
present-day philosophic­al
problems during the summer
vacation. They are: Joseph Es­posito,
Victor Urbanowicz, and
Frank Debrot, all of the Class
of 1964. The papers will be read
in the fall. The faculty and the
student body will be invited to
hear the readings and to com­ment
and criticize. The theses
of the papers will be posted well
in ·advance of the reading.
The club at present i.s consid­ering
affiliation with a state­wide
group of similar organiza­tions.
MR. ROBERT B. GORE
Y. DEMS SPONSOR
GORE FROM CORE
Wesleyan University in Mid­dletown,
Conn., hosted the 1963
New England Regional Confer­ence
of the Collegiate Council
for the United Nations, April 18-
Elections Held By 20. !airfield U's .Internatio~al
AffaIrs Club, plannmg an Affiha- Mendel Club, For tion with C.C.U.N. sponsored a
'63 '64 Off· five man delegation to the con-
- lCerS ference. The delegation, Neil
Cavanaugh, Jam e s Diorio,
On Tuesday, April 23 elec-tions
were held for next year's Geor~ Donahue, Bob Donohue,
officers of the Mendel Club. Tom and Maurice O'Sullivan, joined
Kravis, a junior from Manhasset, forty-six fellow students from
Long Island was elected Presi- coli e g e sand uriiversities
dent. John Clune, also a junior throughout New England.
was elected' Vice-President.
Elected as Treasurer was Harry Friday afternoon a panel dis­Rissetto,
as Recording Secre- cussion on the role of the U.N.
tary Mike Dogali and as Corre- was held. The participating
:~~ing ~ecretary, Paul Gar- members Pierro Van de Bergh,
a Professor of Sociology from
Tom Leonard, this year's presi-dent,
. stated that he felt the South Africa as Wesleyan U.,
club had progressed during this Gary Glenn, national director of
year and expressed a desire that Accion, Nassanali AhJenmohem­the
club would give its newly ed, a student from Kenya, and
elected officers even more co- J.' D. Rhouma, the assistant to
Q{lf!ration in the activities plan- the Indian Ambassador to the
ned for next year. U.N., swept over cultural pat-
Tom Kravis' program includes terns in underdeveloped nations,
a visit to a medical school early and the sooial and moral reper-cussions
of African and Asian
next Fall, a meeting with vari- nationalism. Mr. Rhouma dis-ous
pharmaceutical schools in cussed Ghandhis non violence
the area in order to obtain
scholarships and a Mendel Club. theories and equated India's pre-sponsored
mixer. He also stated sent policy of neutralism to a
that next year's biology major similar policy in the United
freshmen would be contacted States during the eighteenth
during the summer to interest and nineteenth centuries.
them in the club's activities.
Plans for next year also include
the obtaining of advertisements
for the Nucleus, the Mendel
Club's':' publication, and more
frequent issues of this publica­t~
on.
Page Eight
"Non-violence is the moral
jujitsu creating the greatest
possible effect." Thus Mr. Rob­ertBrookins
Gore explained the
theory of the Congress of Racial
Equality toward reaction in.the
face of social injustice during
a lecture sponsored by the Fair..
field University Young Demo­cratic
Club.
Mr. Gore, currently assistant
director of Community Rela­tions
for CORE, emphasized
that while CORE does exert
direct action it does not believe
that violence is at all effeCtive
in settling any dispute. While
the direct action employed by
CORE often involves the vio­lation
of the law, it is felt th~t
this 4'~erely civil disobedience
or a:- c.'lallenge to the validity
of a aA-tain form of legislation.
In the positive aspect of Direct
action, Mr. Gore cited the dem­ollStrations
and final boycott
ca~ by a discriminatory hir­ing
policy of Sealtest Company
.lin New York. Also discussed
were projects at the Waldorf
Astoria and certain apartment
buildings which defied the
antidiscrimination clauses of
New York Employment and
HOUSIng Acts.
The protection by most po­lice
departments, Mr. Gore de­scribed
as atrocious. He re­counted
several incidents in his
own experience attesting to a
dauble standard of morality ap­plied
to majority and minority
groups. In conclusion, Mr. GOre
answered questions from the
floor in the areas of communist
infiltration, the Black Muslim
Covenent and the southern
voter registration drives.
May 10. 1963 THE STAG Page Nine
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MISS MAUREEN McNELLIS
Catholics and the Sharon Statement
Some Catholic Liberal pundits, by establishing a supposed
contradiction between the -Sharon' Statement and Papal social
teaching have sought to advise their co-religionists that ~hey had
better abandon such organizations as the Young AmerIcans for
Freedom and join the ranks of the peace demonstra,tors, increased
federal welfare advocates, and Woolworth boycotters. They
ask how could any self respecting Catholic join the ranks of the
supporters of the laissez-faire loving Sharon Statement? (For the
unini,tiated, the Sharon .Statement is the Young Americans f~r
Freedom's statement -of principles adopted at Sharon, ConnectI-cut
in 1960). .
The passage often cited by Liberals when contending that
Catholics must reject Papal social te;;lching in order to affirm the
Sharon Statement is article eight. Article eight reads as follows:
"That when government interferes with the market economy it
tends to reduce the moral and physical strength of the nation;
that when it takes from one to bestow upon another, it diminishes
the incentive of the first, the integrity of the second, and the
moral autonomy of both." This, contend the L~berals, is an en­'
dorsement of laissez-faire. Father Ralph Gorman, editor of the
Sign magazine which is published by the Paulisls, has stated
that on the basis of this statement, it becomes, in his opinion,
close to impossible for a Catholic to be a member of the Young'
Americans for Freedom because to do so one must reject Papal
social teaching. The simple fact of the matter, which Father
Gorman and his associates seem to overlook, is thatYAF mem­bers
including members of the National Advisory Board, do not
inte;pret this artiole as an endorsement of laissez-faire. Article
eight presupposes government intervention in the economy and
merely warns against, adverse' conditions created by its excesses.
The statement does not say that the conditions necessarily follow
any government intervention, but merely that such intervention
"tends" in that direction. In other words, ,the Sharon Statement
does not preclude federal action or intervention iIi the economy.
It merely states that such actioh tends, Le., is inclined towards,
certain undesirable results such as the reduction of the moral
and physical strength of the nation and t~e lessen~ng of produc­tive
incentive and integrity. As Catholic members of the Young
Americans for Freedom have pointed out, these probahle conse­quences
must be taken into consideration when any in,tervention
into the economy by the state is proposed. If the harm in these
fields will exceed the positive good accomplished by the proposal,
then the proposal is inadmissable, according to the Sharon State­ment.
Article eight of the Sharon Statement is not a case of an
absolute prohibition but rather a requirement that the govern­ment
must present a preponderence of evidence for its interven­tion
to be admissable. In whichever direction the preponderence
of good .will be achieved, this is the direction which must be
followed.
. .Lest this discussion of the principles of the Young Americans
for Freedom seem completely academic, allow me to cite the
example of Niagara University, a Catholic university in New
York State: Father John Caine, Director of Student Activities at
the University, has banned a YAF chapter there. Father Caine,
while praising the· anti-Communist and pro-American policy of
the Sharon Statement stated that the eighth tenet is contrary to
sound Catholic principles. "This statement," he said, "as it stands,
would oppose any legislation affecting economy by f~deral or
stale government on the grounds that it would reduce moral and
physical strength of the nation." Robert Bauman, national chair­man
of YAF replied in a letter to Niagra University's president:
"It would have been more correct to say that YAF favors a free
market economy with the least amount of government regulation
authority and discipline on the compatible with public order. We would rather support sound
Oatholic campus has resulted in programs of public welfare on the town, county or state levels
a timidity which robs the Catho- than by a centralized federal government ... We approve and
lic student of that sense of per- support military and economic assistance to free nations on a
sonal responsibility requisite for selective basis." In addition to this, Professor Anthony Bous.caren
significant' participation in civil of LeMoyne College, and a Catholic, has defended the Young
rights agitation. As Justus Americans for Freedom; "YAF does not believe in unrestricted
George Lawler remarked in The laissez-faire. Its emphasis on the dignity of the individual and
Catholic Dimension in Higher personal initiative is little more than a reiteration of basic papal
Education, "Within the school writings ..."
this abuse of obedience may Those who persist in the campaign against Young Americans
take the form of a suffocating for Freedom seem to be possesSed of a oasic misunderstanding
uniformity and con for mit y about YAF. The tendency. has been, especially in such editorials
which, while occasionally toler- as Father Gorman's editorial in the Sign magazine, to attempt
ating free discussion, quite fre~ to associate YAF with the so-called "ultra-conservatives" such as
quently interdicts free action, Robert Welch of the John ,Birch Society. This seems to be a
even where prudence w<;lUld re- revival of the notion of 'guilt by association' which the Liberals
quire it." inveighed against so vehemently in years gone by. Certain writers
and commentators now, either deliberately or by accident, been
One would suspect that the prone to associate many moderate conservatives with the more
timidity of students at Catholic extreme right wing groups.
colleges would, in the end, be It is to be hoped that the Administration of Niagra Univer­more
than balanced by the sity will reconsider its somewhat groundless objections to the
stimulus towards personal com- Young Americans for Freedom and that it will permit some
mitment found in the Church's young Americans to enjoy a little more freedom of action on the
social encyclicals. But the truth campus in the future.
of the matter seems to be that -------------------- _
these encyclicals are not being
taught on the Theology Catholic
campus.
Referring to the theology
courses offered at Catholic col­leges,
Father Murphy reports:
"We give our young people
standards by which they can ex­amine
their own consciences
and come to moral conclusions
about their personal lives. On
(Con't on Page 13, Col. 3)
faculty members in fifteen min­ute
interviews with each of the
finalists on Friday afternoon,
May 10th, the aft~rnoon of the
prom.
The Dogwood Festival's out­door
picnic will be held at Sher­wood
Island on Saturday, May
11th. It will last from 1-5. Re­freshments
will be provided, in­cluding
hot dogs and hamburg­ers.
The price will be five dollars
per couple.
COIN OPERATED
Open 24 Hrs. - 7 Days a Week
20e Wash - tOe Dry
JIFFY LAUNDROMAT
located directly behind A8cP liquor store on
THE POST ROAD, FAIRFIELD, CONN.
CLearwater 9·9082
MISS JOAN MAGNETTI
MISS CAROL ANN BAGNELL
or the student handbook. On the
other hand, these publications
deVote considerable attention to
the type of clothing appropriate
for a "Georgetown gentleman."
Moderator Vs. Adviser
III . is still the exceptional
Catholic college which has a
powerful student government, a
student-directed honor council,
or a genuinely ~free student
n~spaper. In regard to student
newspapers, it is still a general
custom at Catholic schools to
employ faculty "moderators"
whose function is to exercise
prior censorship.
At the major secular camp­uses,
on the other hand, the stu­dent
newspaper is assigned a
faculty "adviser" who may be
consulted at tile discretion of
the student editor. The lack of
genuine authority given to stu­dent
leaders on the Catholic
campus was vividly illustrated
in the recent incident at Catho­lic
University involving the re­moval
by the administration of
the names of F·athers Murray,
Kung, Diekmann, and Weigel
from a list of speakers prepared
by a student committee. The
students were free to suggest
speakers so long as they sug­gested
the "right" speakers.
, The unresolved problem of
MISS TRUDY ALTADONNA
MISS
MARY ELIZABETH KNAVER
OOGWOOD Gregory Walsh, '64; Trudy AI-
(Con'! from Pagel, Col. 5) tadonna of South Ozone :Park,
N.Y., escorted by Michael Feli­on
April 30th.' Steve Adamo- cetti, '65; Maureen McNellis of
wich, the queen's contest com- Waterbury, Conn., escorted by
mittee chairman, announced the William Hoehler, '64; and Joan
finaHsts. They are Mary Anne Magnetti of Englewood, N.J.,
Dursi of Larchmont, N.Y., who who will be escorted by John
will be escorted by Floyd O'Connor, '64.
DeAngelo, '64; Carol Ann Bag- Lt had originally been intend­nell,
of Wantagh, N.Y., who will ed to choose five finalists, but
be escorted by William Schuck, a tie vote necessitated a sixth
'65; Mary Eliz'abeth Knaver of .choice. The Queen will be chos­Norwalk,
Conn., escorted by en by a judging staff of three
CATHOLIC
CAMPUS
VIEWED
(Con't from Page 7, Col. 5)
1
. i
"causes" on the Oatho IC camp-us.
An even more important
reason seems to be the general
timidity and fear displayed by
students at Catholic colleges. In
discussing the Arlington sit-in
with a class of some thirty
sophomores, I discovered a gep­eral
reluctance among them to
express themselves publicly on
a controversial issue. This same
fear of controversy was under­lined
recently by Father Lau­:
renee Murphy, editor of World
Campus, in an article in Ave
Maria. According to Father
Murphy, the student reared in
a secular education "is more
likely to involve himself, to
make commitments, to make
mistakes, to question" than is
.the student on a Catholic
ca;mpus.
Clearly one of the major
causes of this timidity on the
Catholic college campus is the
excessive concern by the admin­istrators
of such colleges with
student discipline and obedi­ence.
Minds educated to view
obedience as a matter of religi­ous
vow are not always the
minds best adopted for setting
standards of student conduct.
At Georgetown, attendance
at mid-week Mass was required
of all students until quite re­cently.
And one of the most fre­quent
subjects of student com­plaint
is still the mandatory
dormitory curfew and bed­check.
Moreover, though stu­dent
cheating is a growing
problem at every American
college, one finds little attention
given to ethics of higher studies
in either the school catalogues
Page Ten
Proposed
THE STAG
Student
May 10. 1963
Constitulion
J l
The following is the complete text of th~ proposed Student Government.
Constitution. The Student Council asks that each student retain his copy
for future reference.
PREAMBLE
We the members of the Student Association
of Fairfield Univer:;ity of St. Robert Bellarmine
do hereby ordain and establish this constitution
for the mutual satisfaction, protection, and fulfillment
of the general well-being of our members
spiritually, intellectually, morally, phsysically and socially.
ARTICLE I: Executive Branch
Section I-Purpose
The purpose of the Executive Branch is to perform those duties which
. are consistent with the Constitution and with any legislation that the
Student Government may see fit to initiate. .
Section 2-Organization
" The Executive Branch of the Student Government will consist of:
a. President--elected by the entire Student Body.
b. Vice-President--elected by the entire Studnt Body.
c. Trasurer--elected by the entire Student Body.
d. Executive Chairman-appointed by the President.
e. Executive Board-appointed by the President.
Section 3-Qualiftcations for Oftice
a. President must be:
1. a member of the Senior Class.
2. a member of the Student Association for two consecutive sem­esters
prior to election.
3. subject to the regulations regarding participation in extra­curricular
.activities which participation will not be in excess
of memb~rship without office in one major, one minor, and/or
one social activity, excluding membership without office in any
cardinal aCtivity with the exception of the Sodality of Our Lady
of Fairfield University, and "ex-officio" membership in the /
Cardinal Key Society.
b. Vice-President must be:
1. a member of the Junior Class.
>2. a member of the Student Association for two consecutive sem­esters
prior to election.
3. subject to the regulation regarding participation in extra­curricular
activities, which participation is' not in excess of
membership without office in one other cardinal, one major,
one minor, and/or one social activity in addition to member­ship
in the Sodality of Our Lady.
c. Treasurer must be: I
1. a member of either the Junior or Senior classes.
2. a member of the Student Association for two consecutive sem-esters
prior .to election. .
3. an individual who has completed a minimum of six credits in
accounting (two semester course).
4. subject to those extra-curricular activity restrictions as speci­fied
above for the Vice-President.
Section 4-Powers of the executive
a. President shall:
1. conduct the full sessions of the Executive Branch.
2. initiate, with the powers at his disposal, those actions which
are necessary for the enactment of this Constitution and the
laws thereof.
3. represent the Student Government in meetings with the ad­ministrative
authorities of the University or delegate'such rep­resentatives
as he deems necessary to fulfill that duty.
4. have the power of veto of Article XVI in the by-laws of this
constitution.
b. Vice-President shall: .
1. assume the duties of the Presidency in the event that the Presi­dent
should become incapacitated or for any other reason is
unable 'to assume the duties of his office.
2. preside over the convocation of the Legislature and call into
session the first full convocations of that Legislature after its
election in May and at the beginning of the fall semester.
c. Treasure shall:
1. preside over all meetings of the Financial Committee of the
Executive Branch.
2. be responsible for all financial reports, records and funds which
pertain to the tSudent Government.
3. choose those members from the Student Association to serve
as members of the Financial Committee of the Executive
as members of the Financial Committee of the Executive
Branch.
4. be responsible for the formulation of the budget.
d. Executive Chairman shall:
1. assume the duties of Secretary of the Executive Branch.
2. preside over all meetings of the Eexuctive Board.
3. organize and execute those actions which the President deems
necessary for the fulfillment of those duties allied to this Con­stitution
and the laws thereof.
4. act as an advisor at all meetings of the Executiv~anch.
e. Executive Board shall be composed of a Financial, Activmes, Griev-ance,
Social and Correspondence Committee. Jr'
1. Financial Committee shall be: -:-
a) presided over by the Treasurer of the Student Association.
b) be responsible for formulating the budget. . :::
c) be responsible for the maintenance of the financial records
of the Student Government. ._
2. Activities Committee shall be: -~~
a) presided over by a chairman appointed by the Pr.~ident and
approved by the LegIslature of the Student Go~nment.
b) charged with the responsibility of fOI:mulating, ~din~ting,
and regulating the activities of the several exttlFCurncular
activities of the University.
c) responsible for the formulation and publication of an Activi­ties
Calendar, which calendar will register the eVents of all
activities for a consequent one month period of Article XIII
of the by-laws of this constitution.
d) shall tabulate and record the honor points of those students
applying to the Honor Society.
3. Grievance Committee shall be:
a) presided over by a chairman appointed py the President and
approved by the Legislature of the Student Government.
b) responsible for the application of measures considered ade­quate
for the redress of Student grievances.
4. Social Committee shall be:
a) presided over by a chairman appointed by the President and
approved by the Legislature of the Student Government.
b) responsible for formulating a social calendar for the Uni­versity
c.f. Article XII of the by-laws of this constitution.
c) considered the representative of the Student Association in
all intercollegiate social activities.
5. Correspondence Committee shall be: .
a) presided over by a chairman appointed by the President and
approved by the Legislature of the Student Government.
b) responsible for all correspondence between the Executive
Branch of the Student Government and all other agencies
of the Student Association. and all the correspondence dele­gated
to it by the President of the Executive Branch.
c) responsible for the minutes of all Executive Board meetings.
ARTICLE D: Legislative Branch
Section I-Purpose-to insure for each member of the student community
a just representation in the affairs of the designated Govern­ment
of that community and to provide an opportunity for each
member of the community to serve as a representative of his
constituency.
SeCtion 2-Organization-the Legislature of the Student Association shall
consist of all duly elected representatives of the Student Asso­ciation
in accord with the procedures for election of representa­tives
as stipulated in Article I, Section 2 a, b of the Bylaws of
the Constitution.
Section 3-Powers of the Legislature
a. to determine, with the concurrence and approval of the University>
Dean of Discipline, the disciplinary and social codes of the Student·
Association. .
b. to determine the needs of the student community and to act to fill
those needs by legislative measures.
c. to provide such funds as is necessary for the enactment of that same
legislation. ,
d. to approve and/or censure the activities of all extra-curricular
organizations except the Sodality of Our Lady of Fairfield and ex­cept
where those activities are pertinent to the disciplinary and/or
the social codes.
e. to approve or reject all executive appointments to either the Exec­utive
Branch or to the Judici~ Branch.
f. to determine' the rules of action for all branches of the Student
Government. .
g. to call before the Legislature, in committee, person or reports
from any segment of the Student Association including inter­governmental
and extra-curricular areas concerning matters of the
common good except where those matters are considered by the
Court to be pertaining to the disciplinary and/or social codes.
h. to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying
into execution the foregoing powers.
Section 4-Ofticers
a. The Vice-President of the Student Association shall preside .over
all convocations of the Legislature.
b. The President pro tempore of the Legislature shall be chosen by
the Legislature from among the senior class representatives of the
Legislature by a majority (50% plus 1) vote of the quorum present.
1. He will preside in the absence of the Vice-President of the
Student Association.
2. He may also head one of the standing committees of the
Legislature.
c. The Secretary of the Legislature shall be elected by the Legislature
from amongst the Jl,lnior and Sophomore representatives of the
Legislature by a majority (50% + 1) of the quorum present.
d. The Parliamentarian of the Legislature shall be chosen by the
President of the Legislature from amongst the Senior class repre­senattives
with at least one year's previous experience in the Legis­lature
and approval by a majority of the quorum present.
Section ~ensure
a. Censure is defined as loss of voice and vote for the remainder of
the legislative session.
b. if any representative in the legislative branch is absent from five
(5) Il?-eetings during anyone session he is liable to compulsory
censure.
c. notification of the censure will be published by the secretary along
with an announcement that the members of the Association whom
the censured member represents would be in order to recall the
censured legislator and elect a replacement if a majQrity of them
so desire.
d. the method of recall and replacement is to be published as part
the announcement.
Section 6--Quorum-50% + 1 majority of the duly elected representa­tives
of the le&islature constitutes a quorum.
ARTICLE m: Judicial Branch
Setcion I-Purpose-The Judicial Branch of the Student Government will
have the responsibility of upholding, suspending, or modifying
those penalties imposed by the Dean of Men with regard to
the Disciplinary and Social Codes and/or like decisions of the
Student Government.
SeCtion 2-Organization of the Judicial Branch
a. The Student Court will be composed of
1. nine justices appointed by the President of the Student Associa­tion,
four of which shall be Seniors, three of which shall· be
Juniors, and two of which shall be Sophomores; one of which
Seniors will be designated by the President of the Student Asso­ciation
to preside as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court..
2. a clerk of the courts, and a court stenographer who shall be
appointed by the President of the Student Association.
b. The Supreme Court will be composed of
1. the Dean of Men, the Dean of Students (or a person designated
by him), the Moderator of the Student Government as appointed
by the President of the University, the Chief Justice of the Stu­dent
Court, and one other Senior Justice of the Student Court
as appointed by the Chief Justice of the Student Court. The
Moderator of the Student Government shall preside as Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court.
2. a clerk of the courts, and a court stenographer who shall be
appointed by the President of the Student Association.
Section 3-Duties
a. Chief Justice is:
1. to preside over all sessions of the Student Court or delegate said
responsibility to a Senior member of the Student Court.
2. to determine the necessary quorum as specified in the By-laws
(Article II, Section 3 a 3 of the Constition.
b. The Clerk of the Court is:
1. to determine the calendar for particular sessions of the Student
and Stlpreme Courts in accord with Article II Sections 3a5
and 3b3 by the By-laws of this Constitution.
2. to notify the appellant of the date and time of his court appear-.
ance.
3'. to provide that information from the records of the Court and
the Dean of Men's office pertaining to the case at hand.
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4. to sufficiently promulgate these decisions of the Court which are
applicable to the conduct and organization of the Student Asso­ciation.
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5. to administer the oath to all persons giving testimony before
the court.
c. The Court Stenographer is:
1. to record the proceedings of all sessions' of the Student and
Supreme Courts. .
2. to be responsible for the maulfenance of all Court records.
Section 4-Tenure of Office-All Justices are appeinted for the remainder
of their matriculation as a member of the Student Association
unless this tenure is terminated by personal resignation sub­mitted
in writing to the President of the Student Association.
ARTICLE IV: Faculty Moderator
Section I-The Student Government shall be aided by the services of a
Faculty Moderator, designated by the President of the Univer­sity
to act as the official representative of the Administration
with the government and as the counsellor thereof.
Section 2-The Faculty Moderator shall have the right to veto any and
. all executive or legislative actions of the Student Government
when those actions are thought by him to be antagonistic to
best interest of the Student Association. The Student Govern­ment
shall hold itself free to put into effect any legislation
or action not vetoed in the course of five school days. after the
passing or initiation of said legislation or action.
ARTICLE V: Amendments
Section I-Amendments of this Constitution may be carried at any meet­ing
of the Student Government Legislature by a two-thirds
vote of those present; the amendment must have been proposed
at least one meeting previous to vote.
Section 2-The amendment when carried by' the Legislature will then
be published in the student newspaper.
Section 3-The proposed and publicized amendment will then be sub-mitted
to the whole association for a vote. .
Section 4-A strict majority vote (50% plus one of those votes cast by
the members of the Student Association) is needed to make
such an amendment valid and licit.
ARTICLE VI: Adoption
For adoption this Constitution and the Student Government By-laws must
be approved by a majority vote of the present StUdent Council. It must
then be recommended by the Dean of the College to the president of the
University. Upon approval by the President this Constitution and the
By-laws thereof must be approved by a majority (50% plus one) vote
of the members of the Student Association voting, for ratification. Once
ratified th~s Constitution and the By-Laws thereof become effective im­mediately
superceding all the previous Constitutions and By-laws.
BY LAWS
ARTICLE I: Elections
Section I-Executive
a. All elections for executive offices shall take- place during the last
week of April and the first week of May, such date to be determined
by the Chairman of the Elections Committee of the Legislature.
b. Primaries will be held one week prior to the general election.
where there are more than three nominees for an executive office.
c. All nominees for executive office are subject to the approval of ·the
Dean of Studies and the Dean of Men.
d. All nominees are subject to the campaign procedures as specified .
by'the Elections Committee of the Legislature.
Section Z-LePsIat~
a. Qualifications for office
1. Any student may .qualify for office in the Legislature if
a) he is a fully enrolled member of the undergraduate com­munity.
b) he receives the necessary ten names on his petition for nom­ination,
which names do not appear on another legislative
nomination sheet, which ten names come from the nominee's
contsituency division.
c) he is not p.rohibited from running by any academic deficiency,
as determmed by the Dean of the 'University and subject to
the approval of the Dean of Men.
b. Proportional representation
1. For freshmen
a) One member for each fifty students shall be elected from the
freshman class.
b) The areas to be represented are:
1) the on-campus boarders
2) the off-campus boarders
3) the day-hops
c) Each area must be represented in the Legislature by at least
one representative from each of the four classes.
d) Should the number of students in the freshman class be in .
excess of a multiple of fifty, the class will be allowed one
at-large candidate for every fifty members drawn from the
total excess of day-hops, off-campus, and on-campus boarders.
2. For upperclassmen: '.'
a) The number of representatives to the Legislature for sopho- .
-mores, juniors, and seniors shall depend on that class' fresh-'
man year representation regardless of the number of members
presently enrolled in that class at the time of nomination.
c. Election of officers
1. The election of all officers shall take place at the first meeting
of the Legislature within two weeks of. its election such meet­ing
to be called by the Vice-President of the Student Association.
a) The procedure will be as follows:
1) nominations will be entertained from the floor.
2) a secret ballot will follow each set of nominations for each
position.
3) the votes will be counted by the Vice-President and
reported to the Legislature.
4) the elected will assume their positions immediately.
d. All elections for upperclassmen shall take place on the same day
as the Executive elections and shall be subject to the regulations
as determined by the Elections Committee of the Legislature.
e. All elections for Freshman representativs shall take place three
weeks after tht: beginning of school in the Fall term and shall be
subject 'to the regulations as determined by the Elections Commit-tee
of the Legislature. .
f. At the time of adoption of the Constitution these election dates
and procedures may be waived by a majority vote of the quorum
present of the existing Student Council.
Section 3-C1ass Elections
a. Elections for class officers will be held during the second and third
weeks of May, such date to be determined by the Chairman of the
Elections Committee.
b.. Votes will be cast for Freshmen class officers during the fifth and
sixth weeks after the resumption of school in the fall, such dates
to be determined by the Chairman of the Electfons Committee.
c. Nominees shall abide by the regulations concerning campaigning
~rocedures as specified by the Elections Committee and all regula­tIons
theretofore apertaining.
Section 4-Elections Committee
a. The Elections Committee of the Legislature:
1. shall be compOsed of all senior chairmen of the standing legisla-tive
committees' .
2. shall be headed by a chairman appointed from the committee
by the president of the Legislature
3. shall run all elections for office within the student government
and elections for class officers .
4. sl!all receive all nominations two school weeks prior to date set
for the general election . '
5. shall determine, each year, the acceptable campaign procedures.
6...shall specify from which area a candidate is a representative
two school days prior to the election by notice' or any other
communicative means at his disposal and as is determined by
a popular majority vote of the committee .
7. shall print separate ballots for each area, and each class and
shall include on these ballots the at-large candidates.
8. shall check the registration of each voter to determine the ballot
they are to receive
9. shall count all ballots, in committee, and present the results to
the Student Association.
10. shall acquire the necessary voting machines for the general
elections.
ARTICLE B: Meetings
Section I-Executive .
a. The executive board will meet within two weeks of the acceptance
of the board members by the Legislature as specified in Article V
Section 1 of these By-laws. '
b. This meeting will be called by the President of the Students Asso­ciation.
c. All consequent meetings of the Board will be called by the Presi­dent
at· his discretion provided the time lapse between meetings
does not exceed ten school days, in which case the Executive Chair­man
may call said meeting.
d. Should the Executive Chairman fail to call said meeting' within
the time presc!ibed in Article II Section Ie of these By-Laws, any
member of saId board can, with the concurrence of the majority
of that Board call said meeting.
Section 2-Legislative
a. The first meeting of the newly elected Legislature shall be called
within two school weeks of the Spring elections by the Vice-Presi­dent
of the Student Association.
b. The first meeting in the Fall term shall be call~ by the Vice­P!
esident of the Student Association within one week of the begin­nIng
of fall classes for all classes of the Student Association.
c. The consequent meetings of the Legislature shan be called by the
Vice-President of the Student Association every two weeks after
the first convocation in the Fall term save during those periods
of Christmas, Examination, and Easter recess in which case the
Legislature shall adjourn until reconvened by. the Vice.-President
of the Student Association. .
d. A meeting will be constituted by a duly called convocation at which
50% plus 1 of the duly elected representatives are present and
register their presence with the secretary, a quorum must be main­tained
for the commencement of business and the taking of vote.
~tion 3-.Judiciary .
. a. Student Court
1. The Stud~nt Court will meet at least once every school week at
the discretion of the Chief Justice.
2. The Chief Justice will preside over all meetings of the Student
Court, save in those cases where it is determined by him to be
impossible, in which case he will choose a senior member of the
Court to act in his stead, such se1l,iority to be determined by the
number of years the Justice served on the Court, which rule
may be suspended during the first year after adoption of this
Constitution. . .
3. The number of Justices presiding at any session of the Court
~ust be an odd number, five (5); ,seven (7), or nine (9), except
m case of emergency, in which case the Court:may sit with a
. minimum of three (3), Justices.
4. No Justice may sit on any case concerning an activity; person,
or situation of which or with which he was or is personally
involved. .
5. In a case where the Judge feels he cannot render an objective
decision he may abstain from hearing the case.
6. Procedures
a)' Appeals will be made to the Court by the appellant on a
Court form provided by the Clerk for that purpose within
three (3) days of the notification of the sanction.
b) The Clerk will notify the appellant of the time and place
of his tHaI. .
c) The trials will always be closed (e.g. military) ..
d) The appellant is allowed at all times, the right to counsel,
such counsel not restricted to .the University- community.
. e) Decisions of the Court will be handed down within one (1)
school week consequent to the date of trial.
f) Failure to appear before the Court will be considered' an
admission of guilt.
b. Supreme Court .
1. The Supreme C