VoL 15. No.8 January 8, 1964
B. S. S. BECOMES A. B. DEGREE
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,CLAUDE FRECHE'M'E and SEAN MALONEY, both of the Ciass of '6'6, are the recently
iappointed Editor-in-Chief and Managing Editor of the STAG. Frechette, a member of
;the staff since Freshman yera, served as Assistant News Editor this past semester.
,Maloney, formerly Assistant-to-the-Editor, took over the production job i morith ago.'
classical background.
The announcem~nt by Davidson
marks' the first confirmation
of curriculum changes during
this year, but sources close
to the situation report that the
University will soon experience
changes in course and course
procedure which maybe termed
sweeping. It is widely known that
·some in the University are in
favor of altering the Philosophy
Department along lines similar
to that ofthe Theology program.
The entire faculty is present!,
scrutinizing all department'
and policies of the University
which may result in changes of
methods and content in courses
as well as changes in systems
of testing and grading.
third appearance on the Fairfield
campus, "is the fastest
rising performer on today's
folk-singing horizon," Her.
latest Columbia album "This
LUe I'm Living", has r'eceived
lauds from the critics and is
regarded as a masterpiece of
the folk idiom.
CARO~YN HESTER
TICKETS
Tickets for all Carnival
events are on sale at the Winter
Carnival Booth in Xavier Cafeteria.
The Package-Deat is
$25., with a $3. discount cit::-fered
to the holders of a Student
Council ActiVity Card. Admission
to the concert alone is
$6. per couple. '
QUEEN CONTEST
The deadline for entries into
the Queen Contest is January
15. (Only head and shoulder
photographs will be accepted.)
The students will vote on January
17 to choose five semifinalists,
the finalist being chosen
by a faculty committee.
The winner will be announced at
the. Prom, with a free Package
. De~l. going to the Queen and hel'
escort. '
SCHEDULE
The formal prom will open
'the weekend on January 31 at
the LOngshore Country Club
in Westport. The Intonations
will provide the dance music.
Immediately following. there
w1ll be a skating party at Greens
Farms Rink.
Saturday afternoon will' see
an indoor picnic, with the Catalinas
and the Three Jacks, (from
Long Island's Chop House) entertaining.
Saturday evening
Johnny and the Hurricanes will
"sing up "a storm" at the informal
dance, "StormyWeath-er."
.
The Mass on Sunday morning
will be in Loyola chapel with
the Communion Breakfast following
in the cafeteria. Mr.
'Carmen Donnarumma, a professor
at the University will
be the guest speaker -at the
Breakfast.
The afternoon concert, featuring
the Lettermen and Carolyn
Hester in concert, will officially
end the weekend festivities.
The Lettermen are currentlyon
a tour of colleges and
night clubs and are delighting
audiences everywhere with
their "magnificent vocal blend
and entertaining antics,"
Carolyn Hester, making her
Student Council President
'James Davidson told the Council
and the STAG on Wednesday
night that the outmoded
. Bachelor' of Social Science degree,
awarded by the University
has beQn dropped in favor ofthe
Bachelor of Arts degree.
The decision had been expected
from the office of Dean James
Coughlin for some time. The
changeover is effective immediately
and will benefit the
members of the Class of '64.
At the JuneCol)1mencement
Exercises an students in the
B~A. and B.S.S. curriculum will
receive the B.A. degree. There
is no honor division noted on
the diploma, although some
scholars have the benefit of a
~ettermen, Carolyn Hester,
Highllg~t Varied Carnival
ENTERTAINMENT
The Lettermen, Carolyn Hester,
Johnny and the Hurricanes,
the Intonations, the Catalinas,
and the Three Jacks will all
provide '~a most entertaining
and varied' Winter Carnival"
according to George McGinn '64
General Chairman orthe weekend.
"We have attempted, and believe
we have succeeded," said
McGinn, "in bringing different
and refreshing, types of talent
to the campus for the '64 Carnival.
· In doing this it is our
hope to satisfy the diver sified
tastes of all. The main objective
Of a college weekend is·
to afford the members of the
school an opportunity for relaxation
and entertainment. We
think the Carnival will fulfill
this objective and hope all will
show interest in their weekend
by attending at least sonie of
, the events," '
arranging the newspaper. 'According
to D'Alessandro, the
off-set process now used by the
STAG makes the Layout Editor's
job "one requiring long
hours and no small degree of,
skill,",
EDITORIAL B()ARL
Last semester's Layout Editor,
Robert Mazzochi '65, was
'appointed to the Editorial Board
,along with David Aurandt '6~
'Sean Maloney, Claude FreChette,
Robert BolIo, Tom Ehmann
'65 and Vincent. D'Alessandro.
Frechette will be chairman
of the ~ard.
OTHER CHANGES
others avPointed by the Editorial
Board were Leo Paquette,
Features Editor; Jerry Leary
'(j6, Advertising Manager and
Dennis Dickinson '65, photo editdr
with William Flahive '65,
who returns this month from a
year's study in Santiago, Chile.
Tom Ehmann '65 will take-over
the position of Personnel director
and will run ,the heeler
system in that capacity. Jeff
Campbell '65 will remain in
his position as Sports Editor:
BANQUET·
torty persons, students a~
faculty, attended thp. hannuet
at the inVitation of D'Alessandro;
who presented awards to
the out-going s'eniors.
his position and was replaced
by Maloney. Maloney hlid previously
been the assistant to
the Editor-in-Chief.
NEW EDITORS
BUSINESS MANAGER
D' Alessandro announced that
:Robert BolIo '66 has been named
Business Manager of The STAG.
,BolIo bas been a Board mem-'
ber for one year. Jack Craig
'66, who has. been Advertising
Manager, accepted the positiori
of Layout Editor. 'He will be
responsible with 'the new Editor-
in-Chief for compiling and
-
Frecnette's appointment was
made offici::.l at the annual STAG
banquet held last night at the
Center Restaurant in Fairfield.
Also, appointed at that time
were John Nuzzo '66 and Andrew
Hogan '67 as News Editors to
replace Gilbert Cass '64. Nuzzo
served last semester as Special
News Editor, and Hogan,
the only freshman named to
the editorial staff, is an alumnus
of the heeler training system
which was initiated last fall
by D'Alessandro and executed
,by James C. Moore, former
'Editor-in-Chief,- of the newspaper.
As second semester
seniors, Moore and Cass must
leave the newspaper's staff.
other seniors affected by'the
regulation are B.,Jeffrey Clairmont,
BuSiness Manager, and
Gene Massey, Board member'
and former Layout Editor.
Frechette Assumes Editorship;'
Maloney Fills Second. Position
, ~NOW JOH, the fi r s t
,mixer sponsored by the
Class of '67, will be held
tonight in the Stag Ski Lodge
(l ess 'romanticallY~' t Ii e
back gym) at 8 p.m.
According to Nick DePaolo,
general chairman of
the dance, girls have been
invited (r 0 m Manhattanville,
New ,Rochelle, Good
Counsel, Marymount, Albertus
and other area colleges.
The MISFITS will
provide the entertainment.
Refreshments will be,
served; ticketS are on sale
.now for $1.00; admission.
will be $l.~Oat the door.
Vincent R. D'Alessandro,
Editor-in-Chief of the STAG,
and tlie Editorial Board of the
'newspaper confirmed last night
'the appointment' of Claude Frechette
'66 as Editor-in-phief'
for the coming two semesters. _
Frechette will be assisted in,
his post by Sean Maloney '66
wh~ is Managing Editor.
FreChette, a psychology major
·from Rhode ISland, joined the
newspaper in his freshman year
and during the last semester
served as ASsistant News EdiItor.
The decision to appoint
. 'Frechette was made by ,the
Editor-in-Chief in late November.
At that time the Managmg
Edito of the S~AG resIgned
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HOUSE OF fORMALS'
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On.Mu'1.n
(Author of Rally Round the Flail, Boys!"
and "Barefoot Boy With Cheek.")
1964: YEAR OF DECISION
We"the makers of Marlboros, available ,in soft:pQ.ckor ftip~
top box'in all fifty states of the Union, wish to join Old Max'
in extending good wishes for a happy and peac~f~I:1964.
There are, of courSe, certain ,difficulties connected with &
municipal shift of this siZe. For instance, to move Chicago
you also have to move Lake :Michigan. This, in itself, presents .
no great problem, what with. modern iCientific advances like
-electronics and the FI:ench miff. But if you will look at your
map, you will find Lake Michigan is attached to all the other
Great Lakes, which in"turn are attached to the St. Lawrence '
Seaway; which in turn is attached to the Atla'utic Ocean. ydu
start dragging Lake Michigan to phoenix and, willy-nilly, you'll'
be dragging all that other stuff too. This would make our'
British allies terribly cross, and I can't Say as I blame them.:
Put yourself in their place. What if, for ~xample, you were a'
British costermonger who had ~en saving and scrimping all:
year for a summer holiday at BriglltOn Beach, and then when
you got to Brighton Beach there 'wasn't any ocean? There you'd
be with your inner tube and snorkel and nothing to do all day
but dance the Lambeth Walk. This, you must agree, would not'
help make you NATO-minded!
I appeal most,:earnestly to the residents of Chicago an~
Phoenix to reconsider. I know it's no bowl of cherries going:
through life without ever seeing an iguana, or a frostbite, but
I ask you-Chicagoans, Phoenicians-is itr too big a price to
,pay for preservrng the unity Of the free world?
'.. I feel sure that if you search your hearts, you will make the'
right decision, for all of us-whether we live in frostbitten
Chicago, iguana-infested Phoenix, or narrow-lapelled New
Haven-are first and foremost Americans!
But I digress. We were speaking of 1964, our new year. And
new it is! There is, for one thing, new pleasure in Marlboro
Cigarettes. ',How, you ask, can there' be new pleasure in
Marlboios ~en that fine flavorful blend of tobaccos, that clean
efficient Selettrate filter, have not been altered? The answer is
simple: each iiine you light a Marlboro, it is like the first time.
The flavor is such that age cannot wither nor custom stale.
Marlboro never palls, never jades, never dwindles into dull
r-outine. Each puff, each cigarette, each pack, each carton,
makes you glad all over again that you are a Marlboro smoker!
Therefore, Marlboros in hand, let us march confi-dently into
1964. May good fortune attend our ventures! May serenity
reign! May Chicago and Phoenix soon recover from their disappointment
and join our bright cavalcade inkJ' 8,> brave tomorrow!
..©i964, M,?, Bhulmal1.
Well sir, here we go into 1964, which shows eve-iy sign 'of being
quite a distinguished year.First off, it is the only year since
1954 which enc!s wi~h the Figure 4. Of !J(>urse, when it comes
to lfigure 4's, 1964, thQugh distinguished, can hardly compare
with 1444 which, most people agree, had not just one, not just
two, but three Figuje 4's! This, I'll wager, is a record that will
stand for at least a thousand years! " .
1444 was, incidentally, 'notable for many other things. It
was, for example, the year in which the New York Giantsplayed
the, Philadelphia AtWetics in the World Series. As we
all know, the New York Gian.ts have since moved to San Francisco
and the Philadelphia Athletics to KaDSll,S City. There is
a movement afoot at present'to move Chicago to Phoenixthe
city, Qot the baseball team. Phoenix, in turn, would of
course ~.ove to Chicago. It is felt that the ch3nge would be
broa'demng for residents of both cities. Many Chicago folks
for example, have n•ever seen an iguana. Many Phoenix folks;'
on the other l:!~d, have never seen a frostbite.
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.: - ,HAPPINESS .:
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With thanks to cartoonist, Happiness is an inexpensive
Charles Schulz, James Dulicai, " textbook.
columnist for The Brown And Happiness' is avoiding the
White; Lehigh University, Beth- draft.
lehem, Pa., writes:, Happiness is a gas-price war.
Happiness is getting served. ' Happiness is sleeping in class
Happiness is a postponed test and not missing anYthing.
you weren't prepared for. Happiness is enough hot
Happiness is 14 minufes of water.
extra sleep. Happiness is growing a beard.
Happin,ess is a late professor. Happiness is seeing movies
Happiness is money froni" "For Adults Only."
home. Happi~ess is being ignored
Happiness is one girl for, by the Dean of students. '
homp Anti one for schoo~ Happiness_is a parking place.
CAMPUS
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PERSONAUTY
By ED SCHUCK
DAN CARNEY
"We have a: ChamPlOnSmp
College Bowl Team, a basket-,
ball team, that made headlines,
'by defeating Boston College,
and we intend to have a cham,
pionship ,Glee Club this year.'" '
These are the words of Dan
Carney, President of our Glee~
Club. -
Dan; wno hves in AVOIi~- '
ecticut, graduated from St. Thomas
Aquinas High School where
he participated in the Student
Council and the Glee Club. '
His'singing talents have also
been employed here at Fairfield.
Spiriting the Glee Club
along, he has sung with the
Campus Minstrels and the Ben-'
sOliians. Dan began his extra
curricular activities by serving
as treasurer of the Class of
'64 during his freshman year,
and has gone ,on to aid the
,Young Deins, the Hartford Area
Club, the, Manor and the Knights
of Columbus.
Needles'!l' to say, among his
hobbies" music ranks high; he
plays the saxaphone, clarinet,
and guitar. Portrait sketching
provides another diversi-,
fication.' 'Dan is majoring in
English and intends either to
teach or go to music school
afte,prraduation.
his Ph. D. in French and Literature
at Yale. He previously,'
taught at Yale and at Tufts
University. He lives at 106
Brookview Avenue, Fairfield.
With, him on the discussion
"was Rev. ,Victor F. Leeber,:
S.J., associate p'ro~essor of
Modern Languages,ili.the Graduate
School of Education at·
, :Fairfie1d University.
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University 'Language Prof:
Appears On Radio Series
John G. Kolakowski, assis-,
'tant professor of Modern Lan,
guages at Fairfield Unive:rsity"
discussed whether or not a student
can really learn a foreign
'language in his own country,
SUnday, January 5, 'on WNAB
at 1:05 P.M.
Mr. Kolakowski graduated
from Yale UniversitY. in 1954
_a!).d is oresentlv a candi<la~~for:_.
, "
An early 19th century s0cial
reformer is rescued from
current neglect by Fairfield
University professor, Dr. John
Norman, in "Edward Gibbon
Wakefield A Political Reappraisal."
The study occupies a
separate issue of Fairfield University's
quarterly{'New Frontiers."
A political and social refor-'
mer, as well as a founder of
the New Zealand colony, he was
the chief precursor of the British
Commonwealth of Nations
idea, Ardent for self government
and liberty he aided the
Astabl1shment of hom~ _I1!le in
cont. on p. 5, coL 3
Dr. John Norman·
Publishes
For New Frontiers
College Seniors
-Needed as
Claims Examiners
to take Initial claims Mid
3Jssist in claim5' determinations
in Uri,employment CompenSation
pr-Olgram for State
of Connecticut.
Sal,ary: $4·500; $5080 ~fter
_ one year. '
-, C-om.prehensive benefits
~ Splendid Career Opportuni[.
ties ex,ist in this program.
College Seniors are urged to
apply 'now for -this examinaUQlIl
prepaTatory to placement
after g,rad uation in June.
Write to State Personnel
Dept., 435 State Office Bldg.,
Hartford, Conn,
Poge Two
After the death of the late President, it had been suggested
that there be a thirty day moratorium on partisan political
activity. The politicians, among whom the new President and
his late predessor must be classed as experts, seem to have
forgotten the national mourning, already.
To take one example, President Johnson with one eye on the
nine months distant presidential campaign is already hot at
work developing his campaign strategy. He supports the Civil'
Rights Act of 1963, a measure with decided appeal to crucial
minorities in the north and increasing minorities in the south.
The President is well aware that he cannot expect to win the
northern big-city states if even a small portion of the ninetyfive
percent pro-Democrat Negro vote deserts the party. Since
the Negroes are suspicious of Johnson because of his Southern
background it is a good guess that he will push harder and
achieve more than his predessor.
Johnson will need" an issue with ~ide appeal .in ali sections
of the country 'in !text Year's', elections., Therefore, ,he has'
thrown his support' behind the tax 'cut, though he had little,
,choice in the matter. For if he were to abandon a measure of
such wide appeal as the tax cut at this time it might have serious
,repercussions politically.
The President has not completely ignore,d his southern.
colleagues either. Having given them cause fOT concern by his
s;uPport of the Civil Rights Act, he' soothes their anger by'
constantly calling for economy in government and for the Federal
agencies to trim their ,budgets for the neXt fis~al year. In his
concern for the south, Johnson reasons that the south will feel
less ill at ease with the Civil Rights Act being administered'
by one of their own brethren, even if they do consider him a
radical by their standards. One of the conditions for the south'S
acceptance of the Civil Rights Act may well be the replacement
of ~ttorney General Kennedy. Johnson, who never had much use
for'Robert Kennedy may find it expeedient to replace him with a
more acceptable appointee. Some commentators feel that Johnson
will hold on to Robert Kennedy, for fear that,hi"s removal will
ev~e too much unfavorable publicity.
In aomesnc ana economic matters Mr. jOhn~n's attitUde is
not too clear. He is definitely in favor of the tax cut andpas
consistently opposed the dividenq credit, having voted against
it in the original enactment and having voted for its repeal in
both 1959 and 1960. In his congressional career the president
has sometimes supported labor, sometimes management. He
has supported government as opposed to private development
of natural resources, but has consistently voted for high de-pletion
allowances for the oil and gas industries. '
Johnson's close ties 'with military leaders will prObably
produce a defense policy more to the military's liking, Jo~nson
is definitely more friendly with the military than his predecessor'
and will hold their 1"oint_or. view mhigher esteem. He will
show more resped for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. - ' -------- ' . ' .' - ~~.:::'-~~oruson Is trapped info s'upporting the policies of the late
President, whether he ,likes them or not. Three years, of intensive
publicity have been concentrated on their acceptance
and enactment. The whole of the executive department is geared.
to their enactment. The nine months that Johnson has before'
h-e will have to start active campaigning is too short a time
to develop and SUfficiently pUblicize a different app~oach.
Johnson with his intimate knowledge of the workings or
Cong~ess may well succeed where Kennedy failed - in getting
his pr.oPQsals enacted into law.
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S.C. To Schedule
,Samples of other aCtivities:
. Arranged for picture of Fairfield
University (Fr. McCormick
advising, student and
parents) to be printed in
Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce
bulletin for distribution
at the Wor.d's Fair.
Wrote two proclamations of
Fairfield University Day -'
one for the town of Fairfield
and one for the city of BridgePOrt;
arranged reception with
town officials in Fairfield for
Rector and Dean. Set up appearances
of College Bowl
Team at Fairfield JWlior
,Chamber of, Commerce;
Fairfield Kiwanis ClUb; Fairfield
Chamber of Commerce;
and Bridgeport Chamber of
Commerce. Wrote an editorial
for the Bridgeport Post
on Fairfield University's
contributions'to the community.
Radio-TV:
One TV program on CBS
- a giant plug for summer
studies. Another program
scheduled for January on psychological
servic'es of the
University. .
~dio program - (Graduate
School program "Fairfield
University's Views of Education
Today.")
WNAB, l?ridgeport, has carried
8 programs.
WNHC, New Haven, started
rfovember 17 using tapes of
same program.
14 programs have been taped.
3 more will be done 'before
Christmas. '
Beginning second semester
the Student Government will
control the scheduling of all
stude!)t activities through its
office in Campion HalL Res.
ervation of rooms and meeting
dates along with necessary equipment
for student functions
will be available through its
office as of February L 1
Government representatives
announced on Wednesday that
any organization wanting t()'
sponsor an event must register
within twp weeks. No studenf
should call, the office of Fr.
Mahan, S.J. in an effort to re"
serve a room on campuS after:'
the effective date. Counciloffi':'
,cers stated that student cooperation
with the calendar will
prevent the overlapping of too
many events at the same time
or in the same place.
The calendar will be published
in the dorms, Canisius
and in' Xavier on alternate,
weeks. Once the list is pub-
'lished no additions will be made.
Student Activities
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-ECHANICS
ARMERSS~8ANK
Public Relations Office
Totals 257 Releases
The Public Relations Office,
since its split with the Place-'
ment Bureau, in September has
concentrated its efforts to bring
Fairfield out into the public ~ye.
Under the direction of Fr.
Burke, S.J., the Public Relations
Office has submitted the
following report of the achievements
thus far.
PUBLICITY SUMMARY FOR
:THREE MONTHS (September,
October, November,1963)
Pope To Receive
FU Statue Feb..2
Shrady's ('Peter,' Fisher-of
Men," Fairfield's gift to the
Pope, will be presented to him
February 2 by Lester Abram
'65, a Fairfield student'study-ing
at Romt '
The statue, flown to Rome on
,December 14 by Pan American
Airways, will be presented late
due to the Pope's vi~it to the
Holy Land.
The Pope already has one
statue by Frederick Shrady, an
Easton, Connecticut Sculpturor.
Funds for the statue were raised
through student contributions.
The bronze statue is finished
in a green patina, and is mounted
on an oak base.
; In the November 27 STAGj
Palko 'LUkacs, Professor of
Fine Arts at Fairfield, and an
accomplished artist, said the
'statue " ••• is Wlmistakably,
uniqullly the Apostle Fishing
for the Soul of, Man."
News releases sent out to
newspapers and radio stations;
Gen. School or Students 169'
Science" ,,' 31
Business 13
Graduate School 13
Sports 31
Academic Total 226
Sports ,Total 31
Generar Total' 257 '
Full mailing list consists of
approximately 200 newspapers
and radio stations. Average re-'
leases go to' approximately 45
newspapers and radio stations,
that is, Connecticut dailies and
radio stations. There are va,
riations in some instances on
releases in New York, New
Jersey, and Connecticutpapers.
Clipping service secured
116,5 copies of Fairfield University
releases printed in
newspapers. They get perhaps
1/5 of what appears.
When news of Fairfield University
is on the wire services,
it sometimes gets on TV news
programs, e.g. the gift of the
statue of St. Peter was carried
on at least one New York sta-
. ,tion. There is no efficient way
of checking up on this coverage.
Story of statue being commis-~
sioned by Fairfield University
.students for the Pope was carried,
orqinarily with a picture,
in most of the States and also
in Europe.
Prepared 20 page basketball
guide; 1500 copies printed. Stu- ,
dent organizations_'/!' assumed
EI:SIE LENGYEL IS PICTURED part of the expense;1his enables
with her paintings which are the guide to be sold cheaply
presently being shown at The 'enough so that most students
.Connecticut National Bank, in 'can have a copy: this should
Fairfield. _ :00 its bit toward ~tudent,Wlity.
Reps.' R~direct Council \
. Frosh Ask Opportunities
.•~hman Class Pre sid e n t :,~Sl"AG receTves are -frOin -starf'
~Gerald Fitzpatrick said Wednesday "members, referring to a letterr
~hat he is hopeful that theft:om Sean Maloney, Managing EdiCouncil
leaders will waste notime 'tor, in a previous issue. O'.8ulliproviding
opportunities for the van went on 'to say that the STAG
class offiC€r s to demonstrate their is not trying to get student interenthusiasm
and that of the Class .est, and that no one on·,the newsof
19{17. During the course of the paper really cares.
meeting Davidson responded by At the close of the session
asking Paul Barnes, class treas- student Council MOderator, Rev.
, urer, t,o fill the chairmaI)sbip of Richard L. Rooney, S. J. called
the Honor Committee left vacant . upon all members of the Council
by Leo Paquette. ..- .
Fitzpatrick made his statement cont. on p. 5, col. 4
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which representatives were Invited
by the President to offer their
criticisms of Council activities
and policies over the last semes-ter.
.
In the course of the half hour
'; meeting criticism ranged from a
charge that members were not
fulfilling their obligations to another
statement by Gene Massey
that the student body doesn't really
care enough about the Council
to provide representatives who will'
fill all the neces.sary obligations.
Maurice O'Sullivan charged that
The STAG, the Council's, principle
organ of publicity, has not
been living up to its requirements,
He said that the only !etters the
JIFFY LAUNDROMAT . ,
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THE POST "OUJ.FAIRFIELD. eon.
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u. 'Secretary Exhibits Art Work]
organizations specializing in
the college anO university field.
'Their previous commissions at
private institutions include
studies made at 'Dartmouth,
Holy Cross, Princeton, Smith,
Sweet Biiar, and Yale. They.
have also been engaged by an
impressive list of public institutions.
Among these are institutions
of the State of Colo'=rado,
University of Manitoba,
State University of New York,
and the United States Coast
Guard Academy.
The present study at Fairfield
reflects the determination
~f the University administration
to provide-for the future of
Alma Mater in an orderly,
scientific way; keeping the immediate
and long-range goals of
development in proper perspec-
.,tive, ,and planning each stage of
growth in Wlified relation'ship
to the final end desired.
This is not a publicity stWltl
, Public Relations is getting to
be so large and important a field
that it will not be long before
public relations men have public
relations men~
OUr own PR man, Father
Thomas Burke, S.J., has surrounded
himself with office help
,Who attract campus and local attention
in the name of Miss Elsie
Lengyel, who has been assisting
Father along with Miss Barbara
.Olsen since August.
Miss Lengyel, a native of
Fairfield, who p a i nt s in h.er
spare time is the featured art~:ist
in this month's exhibition at
the Connecticut National Bank'
in Fairfield. Each month the.
bank sponsors the works of
local artists whom they considered
to be promising and talented.
Certainly, the personable
secretary is talented. Her
, ,eleven paintings are colorful
and impreSSionistic, although
she has studied art formally for
only one year.
Univ. Conducting Survey:
, '
For .Efficient Development
CKS
MEMBERSHIP
IN -FEBRlIAR Y:
Dr. Leallyn B. Clapp, Pro,
fessor of Chemistry at Brown,
'University, was a guest speaker'
in the National Science FOWldation
In-Service Institute at
,Fairfield on Saturday December
14. He addressed the 33
,partlcipants in the Chemistry
section of the Institute and discussed
the new Chemical Bond
'Approach to' the teaching of
chemistry in high school.
Dr. Clapp, a graduate of Eas,
tern,lllinois State Co~ege, pursued
his graduate studies in
chemistry at the University of
nUnois. He obtained his mas,
ters degree in 1939 and his
doctorate in 1941. In recognition
of Dr. Clapp's significant
contributions to science education,
his alma mater, Eastern
lllinois State College, conferred
on him an honorary doc~
,tor of pedagogy degree in 1956.
, Dr. Clapp has been active in:
the development of the Bond
Approach, has conducted a number
of institutes topreparehigh
,school teachers in the method,
and has lectured widely on CBA
'chemistry and in other areas
,as a Visiting Lecturer of the
:American Chemical Society.
Mr. Kenneth Borst, accompanied
Dr. Clapp, and has had
extensive experience in CBA
Chemistry as a high school
teacher and discussed the la-
..bo!!tory ~spec~s of the method. _
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SUPPLIES,
SuNDRY NEEDS
FAIRFIELD .SHOPPING CENTER,
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Fairfield University is in the,
midst of asix month's compre-
-hensive study by Taylor, Lieberfeld
and Heldman, Inc., pianning
consultants, to enable the
University to plan its hlturedevelopment
with maximum
efficiency. The focus of the
survey includes determination
of the most effective utilization
of existing· physical plant,
the nature and size of additional
construction required, and
the integration of physical plant
and campus site into a compre-'
hensive plan for organization
and development.
In order to attain this gfal,
all aspects of University oper-
·ations that. bear on physical
plant use and requirements are
·being analyzed in the context
of the history, traditions and
·educational objectives of Alma
Mater. The study extends to a
variety of factors, including
curriculum, enrollment and
,course registrations, scheduling,
methOds of improving
the utilization Of existing space,
research activity levels, staff
,needs for instructionalandnoninstructional
activities, and financial
and budgetary implications.
At the present time, Mr.
'Herbert Heldman, one of the
principals of the firm, is com-
" pleting interviews with all de,
partment chairmen and with
members of the administrative
staff. These interviews provide
data concerning the cur,
rent status of the University
and lay the foundations for future
planning and develOPment.
The firm of Taylor, Lieber,
feld and Heldman is the most
experienced of all consultS
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Scene Around Campus
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Men,and Manners
The Final Bow I do feel, however, that I have ~a -larger
responsibUity to devote my time to the
furtherance of student leadership by the
most effective means possible. I realize
now that my personal membership on the'
Council is not the most effective way I
can serve. My resignation is as much
an .admission' of· my own failure in this
respect as it Is of the other members"
failure.
Nor do I wish my resignation to be a'
reflection in anyway upon your leader-'
ship of the Couricil. I have nothing but
the utmost respect' and admiration for the
efforts you are making this year, and
deepest sympathy for the lack' of cooperation
you have received. I feel that, '
barring a drastic change in attitude, the
Council will be in a much poorer position
next year after the' graduation of some of'
its senior members~ .
You may rest assured that I will continue
to do all in my power to further
the cause of a responsible student academic
and socil!.i leadersh!l> at Fairfield.:
S1Dcerely.·
Leo Paquette '65
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January 4, 1964
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Paquette Resigns SC. Post
To TAe Editor:
. The. following is a copy of a letter I
have' sent to Student Council President·
:,James Davidson:,
.~ Mr. James DavIdson·
President .
I. Fairfield University Student Council
Dear Jim,
With a good deal of regret I am writing
you to offer 'my resignation as a member'
.Of the Fairfield University Student Coun.
cU. After a long period of thought and
inner debate, .I have decided that I cannot
continue in conscience as a member of·
. this body.
I owe apologies to the members of
the Junior Class who paid me.'the honor
of election. But since I feel I have not·
done, and cannot do anything for my class by
sitting on the Council under its present
.make-up, I do not choose· to live the
'hypocrisy of . collecting offices for their
paper value. To those who might construe
my resignation as an evasion of
!esponsibili~~_Iwill o!~er no argu~ent."
moderators and members of changes
in schedule or meeting places is abasic
requirement. Asking rather than.
telling our elders what we would like·
is' not only good manners but good
diplomacy. The wider use of
"please." "thank you." and "may I
help you" is welcome. .
.It has long been known that
seniors at Fairfield do not assume any
preferred positions on campus. How-'
ever. if a freshman should walk over
a senior in the cafeteria it would be
w-operative if he' would say "eXcuse
me" even if he doesn't help him up ~
again. .
Seniors, too, should not feel exempted
from the everyday court'esies
that can make some people happy
that they are here, while others' are
insensitive to our polite overtures to
them. Yet, it remains that being'
courteous never hurt anyone. Handsome
is, they say, as handsome does,
and Fairfield isn't winning any
f.eauty contests this semester.
Vincent R. D'Aiessandro ;65
Editor-in-Chief
January 1963-January.1964
'James C'Moore '64, former Editor:
in-Chief; B. Jeffrey Clairmont '64,
Business Manager; Eugene A.Massey
'64, Board member and former
Layout Editor; and Gilbert W. Cass
.'64, News Editor. To these men I
. extend my most sincere thanks and
congratulations. .
Furthermore. for his interesting,
comprehensive coverage of the Fairfield
College Bowl" appearances 'and
.Student Council activities as well as
;his news features and commentaries,
,Gil Cass received the Reporter of'the
Year award. The presentation of
'these awards gave me much personal
satisfaction.
A final word of thanks is directed
'toward the Administration and our
moderator, Rev. Richard D. Costello:.
S.J. for their support and assistance'
thtou~hout the year.
In' a 'very Important way the new
.spirit of the University which has'
I been brought about by the dynamic
.programs of'both students and fac-ulty
has been run rough shod by
some students. Several upper classmen
have brought to our attention the
fact that there is an increasing lack
of courtesy especially on the part of
some members of the Freshman Class.
Whatever the cause of this may be,
there is no ,excuse .for. failing todisplay
to fellow st~dents and faculty
the polite attitude which denotes a
sincere appreciation for their. good
will towards us.
The Freshmen are.not to be singled
out by any means; all of us from
time.to time forget the ground rules
for getting along with others; Yet,
if we. practice them for awhile they
will become habits with us. Because
we -live in close contact with priests
and laymen on this campus we must
make every effort to be courteous
toward them. Forewarning club
With this issue another era in
the history of the STAG comes to
an end. Since January 1963 I. with
most of the present staff of editors.
was given the privileged opportunity
of heading one of the leading
organizations on campus.
Since .that time many problems
have arisen and been solved, many
Beasts have passed and many controversies
have ·been settled. For
their loyal and continued assistance
in all these areas I would like to
thank publically each present Board
member, editor and staff member.
Last year the STAG Editorial
Board initiated an Outstanding Service
Award. Only Senior members
of the ~aff are eligible for the award
and the honor is bestowed on those
who have in some way given a significant
contribution to the .STAG
during their tenure of office. Last
evening at the Third Annual STAG
,. Banquet I proudly pre.sented four or'
these' engraved pewter awards to:
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News: EdWard Schuck, Michael DeMore, Andrew Hogan, Stephen O'Neil
Layout: Edward Schuck, Paul Hefele, Michael DeMore, John Craig
Photo: Dennis Dickenson, Gregory Wilinski, Leonard Pietrafesa, James Nugent
FeatlJres: Leo Paquette, Jay LaCroix, William Garland, Dave Freschi, Richard
Mergardt, David Bannon
Sports: Phil Sinisgalli, Joseph Buckly, Peter Garry
Typists: Richard Meehan, Douglas Ciacci
Transportation: Gary Kwiatkowski, Thomas Everts, Gene Boffa
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already received by exhibitors have been
turned over to Echelons for processing.
Mr. Maack rev~aled that a lax:ge percentage
of the applicants were college students
from all parts of the United states, as well
as from western Europe and North Africa.
All will be acknowledged' and many, who
are available for the entire. duration ofthe
Fair', will be invited to arrange an appointment
interview at Echelons. . .
Employment interviews will generaily
begin in January, with hiring completed
early in March.
College students who expect to· find
summer employment at the New York
World's Fair are likely to be disappointed,
because the jobs will be filled before the
summer vacation begins, a New York
.personnel executive said today.
Elmer H. Maack, Vice President and
director of personnel of Echelons Office
Temporaries, In. 39 Cortlandt street, New
York, declared, "The Fair opens April
22nd. The need is only for people who
can begin early in April." Echelons is
staffing many of the major Pavilions for
World's Fair exhibitors.
It is true, Mr. Maack declared, that
exhibitor.s' staffs will increase during the
summer peak, but these staff increases
will probably be slight. Since all guides,
hosts, and hostesses will be uniformed,
exhibitors seek to minimize employee
turnover during the Fair to avoid additional
costs of uniforms for new employees.
staff expansion during the summer months
will partially be met by!engthening the
hours of employees who begin work in
April.
Primary consideration in s e 1e c tin g
World's Fair employees will be intelligence,
attractive appearance and grooming,
and courteous manner. "Obviously
.we would prefer college students if we can
get them", Mr. Maack said, "but we don't
anticipate that many will be available in
April."
Thousands of employment applications
ED 4-1G2.
bY'Today. It is expectec\ that the
Council will examine the activities
of certain'clubs in order to determine
whether or not the campus'
needs a particular organization.
. ·BIUDGEPORT'
also fiiliDg fe»- Wimer Camiftl
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familiar fables
David $_ .Aurandt
.!!QQ~ HEXNER RlDES__M;iA~
Last issue we left Editor Playboy Philosophy to sink slQwI}
in the Mid-West. But this issue brings :ytother dawn, and up he.
comes again much like the hero of an opera who is always dying
but is never dead yet. There are so many profound and deeprunning
ideas ,crammed into this work of true philosophic
.genius that one .just gives up trying to grasp the meaning of.
everything proposed. That is to say, one will now limit his
discussion to an area of partiCUlar J,'elevance that will not in-'
volve' one over his head with Master Hefner's all-encompassing
genius. After all one must realize one's limitations in matters.
'of the "scientia rerum ·omnium". I will not even attempt to
treat of the many important questions raised by Editor
PhUosophy, e.g.: "Will Lenny Bruce be silenced? Perhaps.
And if he is, the world will be a little poorer for it. Who else,
but Bruce could conceive of avoiding the newspapers' cameras
after it Los Angeles court appearance by printing four-letter
words allover his face with Mercurochrome?". (Oh, you are so
right. He is a gentleman and a scholar). .
In the sixth part of this dead horse Hugh keeps beating censorship
and enters upon a discussion of "Obscenity And The
Law" when the point is made that [would like to dwell on for a·
while (until I have about four more inches of copy). In order,
to ,supplement the already multi-voluminous proof which has
been given against censorship and for separation .of chuJ,'cp
and state, and so oni a statement of Thomas Jefferson is quoted.
"The press, confined to truth, needs no other restraint•••no,
other definite line can be drawn between the inestimable liberty
of the press and demoralizing licentiousness." I take no issue
With this. It is perfectly sound, and if news and opinion media
would only recall it and- reflect· upon it today we might see a,
great change in the quality of printed matter. What struck me'
here )Vas that Playboy's Editor proffers it in defense of his own
publication and "philosophy"; and goes still further to stretch.
Jefferson's meaning to the implication that our Forefather.
favors exactly what he meant to oppose. ..
. For Thomas Jefferson the freedom of the press meant that
,it is free to print the TRUTH. This is the dividing line, and
beyond this the press is not free. For H.M.H. the freedom of,
the press means that it is free to print the truth, but we might
'ask the wortl\Y Philosopher, what is ·truth? From his "statement
of our guiding principles and editorial credo'" one can
assume that by truth he means any cotton-pickin' thing at all., .
Truth is everything, and freedom means without restriction.
At the Catholic college we are all particularly sensitive to the
'·scholastic definitions of such things as truth and reality,
but let us not now shudder to say at least that truth has to be:
some sort of conformity with ,reality. Even Mr. Hefner would
admit th'1s, I think. His proble~ a cQ.IDll!Q!LQne t~
Reality is not known, and truth 1s a--veryfla~t. I '
fear that he beleives his magazine, his .organization and his :
"philosophy" are all true, as conforming to. reality;' and, therefore,
such things should have complete freedom. We can,
perhaps,. grant his sincerity; but hopefully we do not support
,him in his confUsion. A full discussion of freedom, truth and,
reality is. not in order here; but should we not all be impressed
by what is a more accurate example of contemporary thought
tban many would at first admit? Is the w,Prld of Playboy the
real world? Is obscenity true, and therefore to,have unrestrained,
freedom? Is the truth of obscenity really beneficial and not
detrimental to society? Editor Hugh would have us think it,
be convinced of it; or at least let us know that he and many·
others are so convinced that it is worthy to be called a,
philosophy.
"Gadfly" Hefner will now finally fade into the sinking Mid- =.
West (or whatever I said before), and we will leave him there.
But leaving him dOes not mean he w1l~ .stay there, does it; ,
nor 'does it mean that any of us are safely outside of his
"philosophy"•
cont. from p. 3, col. 4 "#
to - ask themselves what - are the
aim, end· and purpose of the Student
CounciL He said that each.
me mbe r should make himself
aware of the Council's purpose
in order to have an efficiently Meetings Calendar .
working organization. Davidson announced that due to
.During the reg u 1a r meeting the new meeting calendar planned
O'Sullivan announced that he had by the Council, all f!leeting ansent
letters to all school activities nouncements will be made through
asking for a statement of planned· the Council as of February 4. All
activities. Only five replies have 'club representatives should conbeen
made, and O'Sullivan asked _tact someone on the Council while
that all clubs make their returns cont. on p. 6, colo I
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Dr. Norman
Seeger +G-uitar:'
pical .song. An album entitled:
Gazette VoL 2 has been made
. available by Folkways rec<?!~s} ,
with one of Ameriea's leadingj
folksingers. A master of the]
12 string guitar and banjo, many!
say his playing is better thanl·
his singing. This is under-'
standable when one considers
his somewhat raspy voice. De-; .
spite this he is an excellent,
folksinger, this Pete Seeger.
The songs in the album are
all enjoyable and real folksongs
written within the last,
,thrity years. They concern'
-topics from the coal mines to
.the. Johnl;lirch society". Folk ,
buffs will" recognize ~'The:l?:ring
M.iner" Written by'WQ9dy
Guthrie' about a serious mine
disaster ;at Centralia; Illinois.'
One which would be familiar to
older people is the song "Th~.
Peat 'Bog' Soldiers." This was
very popular during the.$e(:ond
.. World War. .:
There are a few instances
where Seeger s'eems 10" ios~
control of his materiaL ODe is
in his treatment of Huddie I,.ed-.
better's "Bourgeoise Blues.".
. His treatment seems to..weaken'
the song. Much of ,Ledbetter's
work is difftcult to'do justice
to however. '
There are two songs by Bri':'
tish Pacifists. Both have a tone.
of desperation and determina-;
tion which made them well adapted
to their purpose, that of·
protesting nuclear. weapon~. My
own "'favorite on the album is a .
sQng about Hiroshima after the
bomb. The words were, according
to a folder supplied with
the album, written by Turkish
poet Nazim. Hikmet. The words
are set to the .tune of the very
old "great siik'y" which renders
them especially effective.
All . told it is a good collection
of modern topical songs.
It may, seem a: bit leftist at
times but I don't think it is
too far left. A word of warning
though, if.. you get the record
play it with the windows colsed.
A "Patriot'·' of the Right or a
K.K.K. man is liable to shoot
you right through the record
player.
R. M. Mergardt .
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The 1950 novel bY Henry Mor-ton
Robinson has finally been
adapted and brought to the
screen-and by none other than.
Otto Preminger. In order to
follow the sequence of events
and evaluate the acting you have
to crawl from beneath a blanket
of exquisite sets, captivating
scenery "'from' 'all corners of
the globe and Hollywood sen-'
,sationalism, a la Preminger~'
'Tom Tryon, portraying the
intelligent young· priest who
rises dramatically to the rank
of Cardinal in the Catholic
ChurCh, delivers his role with'
tremendous professional ease.
In his first .appointment as
curate F!l-ther' Stephen Fer-,
moyIe encount,ars the humorous
Monsignor (Dollar) Monahan•.
But shortly after being in the'
diocesethe Archbishop of Bos- ,
ton !Jllayea oy Jonn tluSton, wno, ,
incidentally, is everything one
would expect the Archbishop of
Boston to be like) decides that
yoUng Father Fermoyle is ·too .'
ambitious and valri. in trying
to pUblish a book concerning
the Reformation and aSsigns
him to an isolated parish in the .
snow covered hills of Massachusetts.
At this point in his
priesthood he is confronted with
his first major crisis. He must
tell his sister (Garol Lynley)
she must break off her relationship
with a Jewish boy
(John Saxon) with whom she'
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Robert E. Bolger, assistant
professor of Mathematics in
·the Graduate School of Fair-.
field University discussed new
directions in Mathematic~ on
WNHC, .Sunday, January 5, at
6:00 P.M. .
Mr. Bolger received his B.S.
Degree4n 1951 from Fairfield
Universit§; his M.A. from New
York University in 1953, and is
pres~nUy working toward his
Ph. D. at N. Y. U. He lives at 63
Fox Street, Fa¢field.
With him on the discussion'
was Chester J. stuart, associate
professor of Education
and German in the Fairfield
TTniversitv Gradu~e SchooL
FU Math Prof.'
On Radio Jan~.. ~
Jll!1uary 8, 1964
- Versatile Artist
"Lord" Flys Short Of Novel,
I was very much impressedwith ' enjoyed the noVel•. After- the letWilliam
Golding's novel, LORD OF - down, they might give the theatre
THE FLIES. I wish I could say the. managers a break by urging the .
same of Peter Brook's screen'"' neighborhood kids to go see it on
adaptation. This is unfortunately. Saturday afternoon. They are al-
. not the case. Granted, "The book ,ways a receptive audience.
is always better than the movie";', DAVID BANNON
but little if any attempt was made
at getting the point Golding was
trying to convey to his readers.
For those who haven't read the.
book or seen the film, the story
is about a large group of English
schoolboys whose plane has
crashed' on an uninhabited island
'-~t:rny remoyea n"om clvlllzanon.
The government they forin' is soon
, shattered by anarchist forcesand~
naturally, pandemonium and bloodshed
follow. The action in book and
film is basically the same;
the major differences are results
of treatment. .
Golding tells us that man is
, basiclilly evil and that he is the '
corruptor of society. These ele- .
ments of savagery are inherent
in the characters of the boys;
they' become apparent when the.
boy's S1:lperficial manners and deportment
are stripped away. Now
the movie seems to suggest that
. the boys, under these primitive
conditions, revert back to barbarism;
They're not really bad,
their environment has imposed this
upon them. If the director wanted
to keep the tone of the book, he
could have done so. The most important
scene of the book is left
out. Simon the Mystic has a con:versation
with the pig's head in the
novel. This part makes explicit·,
the theme. When Simon confronts
the Lord of the Flies in the film,
he but stares dumbly at the head.
What's to be made of that? Someone
who has read the book will
derive the true meaning of the
scene; yet this is not to be presupposed
in the making.ofamovte.
On the technical lavel, "Lord of
. the Flies" has faults also. Except
for Hugh Edwards' commendable
performance (in which he
ooks and sounds ·like a puerile
Charles Laughton) as the gauche
pragmatist Piggy, the acting is
terrible. It is obvious that the boys
Brooks had chosen were authentic
English schoolboys; they were any- has had promiscuous affairs
thing but actors. Unpolished line and de~ires to marry. Having,
(ieliveryt uncertainty of exp _ .- lost falth in her Church she,
sion an<r bad timing are ch too runs off, becomes pre~ant and ~
evident throughout. Tom hapin as dies in chUdbirth. ThIS Father
Jack, the leader of the anarChists, Fermoyle ~ssumes as person,;.
is arrogant but not convincing.' -al guilt.
James Audrey gives a mediocre ,Here the movie' loses all
portrayal of Ralph' the dethroned continUity. We are no longer
ruler Simon is c~t as a cross- able to follow the spiritual "-
eyed,' dimwitted moron, not quite growth of this priest as done
the type one would expect for a' so brilliantly in the novel. ,Canada. He died in 1862 tn.
mystic. Tom Hollyman's photo- Preminger gives us only high- Wellington, N.Z.,.tlie city.which:
graphy is clear but often shalty lights in his life: his moment he had named.
and off-center. The music of Ray of indecision when he takes a, Karl Marx devoted a whole'
Leppard is nice, I guess. leave of absence. and falls in chapter of "Das Kapital" to at-
Many people will go to see 1.0veU " " pup "\ttt'»,al1ye~u... bbeyavtuvhafuclIoAuusstRqrmia-ny.. "-'"-lM--n.... the theories of Wake-'
Lord of the Flies because they Schne.ider) but returns to '-field. on the other hand, Philos-,
the Church fuliy realizing t1iai- :.opher John Stuart Mill in
his only love is of God and his "Representative Government"
only marriage can be to Rome;' praised' Wakefield's practical
his rapid climb in ecclesiastl- wisdom. Professor Norman
cal circles; his Victory for a'" .tries to present. a balanced es- .
colored community in Georgia. timate both of the wisdom and
over the KKK; and his near" the impact of Wakefield's ideas
fatal meeting with the Gestapo of selfgovernment on the course'
during Hitler'stakeoverofAus-of "colonial" political history.'
tria. Dr~ Norman, Professor of
All these scenes are done .Government at .Fairfield Uni-magnificently
but they do notversity, studi~d at Syracuse and
explain why he is worthy of.a Clark Universities. He, has'
red hat. His growth in the taught a~ Syracuse ,Vniversity,
political arena of Rome seems Carnegie Institute of Techno- '
all too nonchalant-almost pre.., logy and Chatham College.
destined. Apart from academie 'positions·
The movie is not great. It he has worked with the O.S.S.
is however, stunningly refresh- and the State Department's Of-ing,
and proves that Hollywood fice of Intelligence Researcb.
can produce movies with some He hl!-s been' knighted by the,
,merit. . ". . Italian Government.
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P~Six , , January 8, 1964
. Engineering and Science Programs
Onesided In Philosophic Commitments
WE FOLD 'EM T90I
THE BEST IN LAUNDERING
Need~d On 'Campus t
Ito be conslilte<i prior to decision
about matters that affect the
stUdents.
The opinion of a non-understancnn~
or a mis-under-'
sta,ndffig public; outside the,aca-,
demic community, is one bar- .
rier to achle.vement of stUdent
freedoms, Dean Williamson
states. others are ~'the dead
weight of tradition,'.' the ageof
difference between faculty-administration
and studimts, and a,
"reltictantsharing" of decision-
making authority by
those in authority. .
. Internationally-known as a
psy'chOlogist' and eXpert in personnel
matters, Dean William-
. son rejected the idea of a "na-
~ tioJ;la1 uniformity of academic
freedoms." Each instituttot"""'"
will have to decide on Itsown
freedoms and these must' be
thoUghfully and periodically reexamined,
he states.
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or a good part, of his introductory
courses.
4. The first four courses
are taken in a relatively fixed
sequence so that each subse-'
quent course can be taught with
awareneSs of what the' student"
-has already taken. ThUS, a ~
,measure of coordination is
possible.
5. ~Modern language stUdy for
humanistic-social credit may
. be taken in the last .!Y!'.0 years,
providing the student's ,reading
ability enables him to read the
literature of a foreign language
with sophistication.
6. The sixth-term free elective
and fourth-year' 'senior
s~quen("e' provide opportunity
fOl' me diversity' of teaching
assignments. s6' necessary to.
the recruitment of a competent
senior staff in the social scien- .
ces .and humanitites and can ac-
.'commodate both 'integrators'
and 'traditiopalists.'
. 7. LikeWIse, these last three
terms provide opportunities for
e~perimentat1on essential to
continued educational vital1ty/~ .
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Managed Freedom
Freedom. ~ .but "manag(:ld
freedom" - is necessary .10'
academic communities, Deanof
Students E.G.' Williamson of
the University 'of Minnesota believes.
Faculty and students
must be free to deal with controversial
topicS, problems and
issues, he declares. But this
"doesn't mean that the academic
community should be
,open-ended and unmanaged;
available to eXPloitation by stu-"
denForlion-student~" .
Dean Williamson identifies
what he calls four ".currently
crucial issues of academtc
free.dam for students." These
are: freedom to discuss issues
.' '~d topics of their own choosing,:
to hear speakers of their choice:
on matters of their choice, to:
criticize and comment in the'
college press on issues insid,e'
or outside the univer!>ity, 3JiU'
. vestigatedmay be chose~ T~'
..',seventh and eighth semesters, ~
the senior year, are treated
as a one-course entity called
,"the senior seqUence." Seniori
sequences coUld conceivably be'
either 'integrated' courses .
drawing upon two or more dis,
ciplines - or a pedagogically
sound sequence of two traditional
courses in a'single discipline.
"Considered as a whole, the
Rensselaer program exhibits
the following general attributes: .
1. All students must be exposed
to at least five different
areas in the humanities and social
sciences with at least two
courses in. either the social
sciences '- humanIties. .
2. Any student whosedesires
may concentrate on ene discipline
to a depth ot twelve semester-
hours, or four courses.
3. The. student who does not
want to concentrate may expose
himself to six differentareas
and may 'top off' his'
program with a 'capstone;'
course which draws upon all,
each day in advance of tfie meals~
The suggestion was made by O'SUllivan.
Freshman Barnes continued the
discussion of the cafeteria byasking
if anything could be done to
improve the appearance of the
room. He regarded the fact that
many students do not return their
trays as. dis~ourteous. .
James J. Higgins, a graduate
of theclas5 of '63, is one of
the 50 volunteers beginning a
.two-year assignmentas a Peace
Corps Volunteer in Nigeria.
He is one of 50 Volunteers
now on home leave prior to
departing for Nigeria Decem-ber
31. .
These Volunteers, who win
teach primarily in the fields of
English, history and drama
at both the secondary and university
levels, trained for ten
weeks at the University of Cali- '
fornia at Los Angeles. They
will join nearly 400 Volunteers
at work in Nigeria, all in the
field of education. '
The Peace Corps program is
designed to help the govern- ..
ment of Nigeria achieve its. goal
of doubling attendance in se'
condary schools. The Peace
Corps is also providing,
teachers for the new universities
established by the. go- .
vernment. •
i '63 Grad Begins
Peace CorpsDuty
Many of the engineering and
science programs, according to
catalogue statements throughout
the United States, are sin- .
'gularly onesided in their philosophic
commitments and rep-resent
rather extreme views on
some of the. basic issues in.
volved such as depth vs. breadth
and election vs. prescription.
In his book, "Liberal Education
and Engineering," Dr.
Edwin J. Holstein, Associate
Professor of Economics at
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,
. points out that others
represent a broader - a more
electric - approach with a more
comprehensive consideration of
purposes of engineering educa-·
~ Hon. ,.
"The program at Rensselaer,
an example, we believe o~ the
latter variety, consists of
twenty-four credit hours. The
student takes a prescribed
course' in each of the first
four semesters, which in Jhe
, ., interest. of balance, consists of
two social sciences and two humanities.
'This prescribed core
of courses which rests on the
assumption that some breadth
is desirable, consists of. introductory
courses 'in the uses of
language, literature, recent
history of the Western World,'
and economics. . "
"The fifth term introduces
the elective principle and requires
the student to do introductory
work in one new field
not represented in thefirstfour
.. courses. Such fundamental and
varied areas·as philosophy, sociology,
'anthropology, literature
ina foreign language, music,
and the fine arts are avail-
.able. . A
"In the sixth, .seventh and
ei[l!th ter.!Ils, the individual in-,
terests of the student arerec-'
ognized. Since the sixth term
;is freely elective, introductory
courses in new areas or seco.\'\d
'courses in area~ a~~a(ty'''rlt-
POST :.RO~D, FAIRFIElD
fAIRFIELD LAUNDROMAT
NOW PICKS UP ON WEI>. AND DELIVERS ON FRIDAY·
.,' AT MRS "BROWN'S OFFICE NEAR THE MAIL "BOXES
cont. from p. 5. col. 5 • the cafeteria, will be -SCheduled
planning their next meeting. The if there are complaints to air.
purpose of the calendar is to elim-! Duquette said that these officials
inate confusing bulletin boards and are more than willing to co-operthe
high incidence of o!:e,rlaIlP,ing':-,ate, and Mat DeLuca, Junior class '
_oi--dates-arrd-mnes.Details of the president, said he felt a meeting
·new procedure Will be explained' is necessary. Duquette also told'
on the Council bulletin board. The .the Council that he w1ll ask the
meeting calendar will be published cafeteria to pUblish the menu for
regularly at .all campus points of ,. '
information.
In other action, Davidson told
the Council that Leo Paquette,' '65
had resigned from the Council,
and asked the Freshman to assume
'Paquette's position as chairman,
'of the Honor Committee. (text of; •
Paquette's letter of resignation
is printed on page four).
· James Duquette, Senior class
·president, asked the class offi-
·cers to voice any objections about
.food served in the cafeteria. Meetings
with officials of Beechmont
Dairy, . who own the franchise in
The Sodality In' Italy - The Struggle to Make The Rofnans Catholic
The complex and delicate story of th~ Church in Italy is one
which I am not qualified to handle correctly. It is far too involved
to be discussed well in so limited a space by one who has stUdied
it so brieny~ Let us say that this is the way one twenty year old
American Gollege stUdent, who has been brought up in a society
which has known Protestantism, Jansenism, social and political
revolution, views a 2000 year old Church in a society which has
never witnessed these changes.
No one can deny that Italy is a religious land. More candles
are lighted on her altars than on any in the world. Italy is a
land of great Faith but few faithful., To the Italians, the Faith
is a national heritage, (one of very few they have as a nation),
which they share with the world. To us, their weeping Madonnas,
their hymns, their showy pUblic demonstrations of Faith may well
seem superficial. Paul Lechat, an author of books on Italy,
mades a distinction between superficial and extraneous which
is worthy of note. Says Lechat, "Extraneous is not the same
as superficial. Granted that the essential psychological and
moral substance of people in other countries has been molded
by a religion that looksJnward. But in quite as profound though
_,-different a way,lne affitudes of mind and behavior of the 'Italians
are molde~ and have been so over the centuries, by the outward
manifestations which represent the substance oftneir intellectual
spiritual and aesthetic life." ,
, When I was in Germany, I attended a Lutheran Communion
service which I found most impressive. After I had attended
my first Mass, in Italy, the thought occurred to me that the
Lutheran service had been more closely akin to the worship
, I was used to than my own religion which seemed alien when
submerged in local color. .
How could the superficial be so distracting? Allow me to
describe a Mass. First the glass coffin under the altar is ,lighted
· revealing a wax image of some martyr or saints (in some cases
the actual corp_se)., Next, the record player is turned on (r~lation
about sacred music may have reached New -Yorklive
years ago, but it's a long way ,from Rome to Florence). Some
,crooner belts out a sentimental ditty about Our Lady, The
priest then comes in proceeded by two tiny altar boys dressed
·in bright red cassocks. The Mass is always dialogue but even
this seems to distract and disunite the congregation. Everybody
,rushes along at his own rate muttering a combination of Latin
and Italian. The net result is more like a 'retake' of the tower
of Babel than a religious service. All during the Mass there is '
an undercurrent of private conversation. If the people seem to
· have little understanding of what is taking place at the ~tar,
they have a keen understanding when the priest turns and says
"Ite, Missa est.". Everyone literally runs to obey his command..
I have not gone into this description to be1ittle those who
· worship in this manner nor to poke fun at the situation. Rather,
I am giving you this little background so that you will have some
· understanding of the reasons why so many people, repulsed by
this type of display, remain away from Mass and the Church.
There is a saying here that only old women and fools go to
church because the Church is an bId and foolish woman. The
sad fact is that there is much truth to this.
The priests have lost contact with the people. Christ's
humanity is SUbmerged by his divinity and the people find that
they can identify- themselves with the Madonna and the saints
who share their humanity, rather than the Master, Christ. Is,
not the priest the representative of Christ? The priest who is
often proud and aloof' and so 'involved in important matters that
he will not bow a greeting to them in the street.
A CHANGE?
While the problems of the Church in Italy are great there are
,0, many good and intelligent Catholics who are aware ~f them and .
are seeking solutions.
One effectlve group is'the Sodality of Our Lady. The Jesuit
house where lam living is the center for the Sodality in Florence.
·The Jesuits in charge, being very pragmatic individUals~ have
initiated a sports program which serves to attract the boys of
the city. Older boys and Catholic students at the university aid
the priests as coaches and instructors. Here the boys see that
·there actUally are men, and educated men who are practicing
their Faith. They see men who are not afraid that their priestly.
dignity would be lost by kicking a soccer ball. They bring gifts
to the poor and learn that the Church is trUly interested in the
,humanity of Her people. Along with this they receive religious
·instruction.
The young people attend Mass, as a group; on Sunday and .
first Fridays. Two older boys, dressed in suits serve the
Mass while another boy leads the responses. Th~ attention
and reserve of the students is markedly different than their
elders•.
There is indeed great hope for the Church here but time
is needed, and, after many years with no revivals, the Church
finds time running out. If the Church will not respond to the needs
of Her people the Communists will. The race is on.
FLORENCE, ITALY
, .by' Jay LaCrois'·
dateline:'
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!nomer. He has been tabbed
by his own coach, Mr. George
.Bisacca, as "a coach's dream. "
In the opening game against
The University of Pittsburg,
the fans at Pitt's Field House
responded to Mike's all-around
sparkling offensive and defensive
play by giving him a much-.
deserved . standing ovation in
the concluding period. One
time Celtic great and present
Boston College head coach, Mr.
Bob Cousy, commented after
his opening game defeat at the
hands of the Stags, that "those
6-4 jumping-jaCks like. Branch
and Poole play more like 6-8."
It is ·praises such as these that
show the true picture of a successful
competitor.
When asked why the squad is
getting off to a relatively slow
start, Mike answered, "The
team is starting to cofne around.
We have tremendous talent, the
right attitUde, and we're getting
experience; we need a little
more' finesse and once we jell
as a team working together,
we'll make it tough against the
best." Mike anticipates a win~
ning record this season, and
with three fellow sophomores
on the starting quintet besides
himself, he couldn't help but
.smile when he said the future
"looks bX:ight:'
He is in the B.S.S. curriculum
with economics as his m~j-or.
.
Mike is looked up to in ~ore
ways than one, both on and off
the basketball court. With his
natural talent and his great desire
thiS much respected sophomo~
e can't help but go to the
top here at Fairfield.
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MIKE BRANCH
Mike Branch, star basketball
ace for Fairfie,ld's varsity, is
-this week's Sports Personality.·
This admirable sophomore,
who graduated from Hillhouse
High School in New Haven,
Connecticut, started compiling
his impressive record in his
high school days. Having three
years of varsity experience at
his forward and center positions,
Mike was elected captain
of the squad as a senior. He
not only was the team's high
scorer with a 19 point per game
. average but ~lso led the team
to the semi-finals of the Connecticut
Interscholastic Athletic
Conference Tournament. It was
here that Mike was honored by
being chosen on the all-tourney
team.' .' He was also an all-New
Haven d' strict candidate in both
his junior and senior years
and culminated his high school
career as an· all-Connecticut
choice at his center position.
As a Fairfield Freshman,
Mike displayed an 18 point average
per game, netting 30 as
a seasonal high against Seton
Hall. He showed great potentiai
for a varsity berth and this
year as a sophomore he not only
secured a starting position. but
also leads the team in the aIr.
important rebounding department
and sports a 20 ppg. aver-age..
. .
, Hailed by both benChes, Mike
has a great basketball future.
His deadly jump-shot from
twenty feet out takes superhuman
skill to stop. At 6'3"
and 185 pounds, this boy jumps _
with the biggest of men. Hence,
his "Human Jumping-Jack" sobriqu~
t is by no-mean~ amis-
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Fr~sh Imp'ressive·
Despite Early Losses
The Fairfield University
freshman ~ . basketball· team,
coached by Lou Saccone, has
achieVed a 4-3· record after
its first month of play. The
team has been far more. impressive
than its record, however
and now that Coach Saccone'has
settled on his starting
five the team's play should be
that'much more consistent.
The scoring sparkplugs for
the frosh have been 6'3" Jim
Brown and 6'1" Charley Phillips.
Browp, a former great at
Hillhouse High School in New
Haven ";--Connecticut, has been
averaging about twenty points a
game and hit ·for 30 points
against the Fairleigh Dickinson
· frosh. .Improving with every'
game, Brown gives cause for
great expectations among basketball
fans at the University.
Charley Phillips, who was an
All-Met selection as a senior at
Brooklyn Prep in New York last
year, has also been a consistent
scoring threat with a fine jump
shot. .
• The other stalwarts that form
the nucleus of the squad are
Carl Menendez, qhose value to
the team eannot be overlooked,
Pat Scully, a real hustling ballplayer
who turned 6ut: ta' be a
"find", and Bill Pritz, who it
seems has moved into the starting
guard position alongside
Menendez and has looked very
good.
After posting a 1-1 slate in
their first two games, the freshmen
moved into the Adelphi
gymnasium on December 12th,
. where they whil'ped the Panther
. frosh 96-84. Jim Brown was
high man for the Stags with .
27 points~ The frosh 'continued
their winning ways the following
week by topping the freshman
team from .Long Island University
83-70, as Charley Phillips
scored 25 points and Jim Brown
poured. in another 23.
THE YOUNG stagsdemon
strated a real high powered
offense on their home court by
exploding against Fairleigh
Dickinson for 102 points.' In
this game, Jim Brown registered
30 points and Charley
Phillips 28 as the Sacconemen
whipped the Jersey Contingent.
102-62. . '
With their record at 4-1, the
frosh took on a 'highly touted
St. John's freshman team which
boasted two men at 6'6". bespite
the tremendous height advantage,
the stags battled right
down to the wire, finally being
edged out 73-61. .
In their' most recent game,
the· frosh lost to Seton .Hall,
75:-64.
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January 8, 1964
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FRoSHJIM BROWN l~ap~for score against LIU.
\ ; .
Despite a 3-5 record thus far this season, the Varsity
Stags have shown themselves to be an extremely capable
unit and an exciting team to watch. They have also de.monstrated
that they possess the ability to notch a wi~mng
record by the season's end.. ....
( It must be remembered that such a team, w1th four·
starting sophomores, cannot make up for its lack of experience
overnight. No doubt, the Sta~ sophs ~ave been, fantastic
but their. capac~ties will increase Wlth expenence,
which is 'anything but an unpleasant tnought.
As the schedule progresses, a pattern becomes evident. in
the team;s play. The Fairfield five wiU fight a .team h~e
Providence all the way and then lose to Adelphi. They 11
swamp Wagner and then lose to Fairleigh Dic~inson.
Neither of these losses was to a better team taleptw1se. ~s~_
.a result, though the team will notch an upset ortw:o, 1t
will also be susceptible to the same. . .. .... .
This can be partly attributed to a lack of expenen.c~ but
itWilllld appear that experience is no~ the lone culpnt~ ..
,A point that might be overloo~ed 10 regard to., the season,
is that win, lose or draw, Fa1rfield 1S att.ractmg a lot
of attention these days. The Boston College ~1ctory helped
and so did the Wagner Tournament. The St. ~ete(s game
in the Garden will help more. People who' d1dn t k,now
anythin$ about Fairfield a year ago, ar.e sitting up and
taking notice and that has been the keynote of the 196364
school year.
.. Player 0/ the Week .
Starting in the next issue of the Stag, this column wIll
feature recognition of the intramural player of th~ week.
The purpose of this recognition will be to emphas1ze ~hat
l.____/although not everyone can playa varsity sport there 1S a
lot of talent in the intramural ranks. , ..
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STAGS BEAT LIU~WAGNER,LOSENEXTTWO
"Burke missed the flrst and the"
game went to the Redman 89-88.
FAffiLEIGH DICKINSON
The first chance for the full
student body to view the Stags
came on January 2 as Fairfield
hosted its Tri-State rival
Fairleigh Dickinson and in one
of its poorer showings of many
years were crumbled by the
Jerseyites 82-61. Only stan
Poole could compete with the
strong shootingofBrendonBarba,
along with Porada and Rosell.
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-and with two seconds to go tne'
,ball went to Branch to the left
of the basket who dropped in
the short jumper at the buzzer
for' a ,tie. ,
IIi the overtime, Fairfield fell ,
behind from the start and again
got the ball with nine seconds
to go down 2 points and in this
instance Pat Burke attempted a
tying layup at the buzzer and
was fouled. There with the
period over, Burke had to make
the twoshots to keep the tie
and go to the second overtime.
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COACH BISACCA
hustled to a ",t-'3Z'iiitet missi01l
lead, although they had led by
as many as'nine shortly bejore
the end of the half.
In the second half, the Redmen
sparked by their ace forward
Roger Twitchell, pulled
even after about 4 minutes and
the lead jumped back and forth
throughout the last 16 minutes.
Burke helped along by Rafferty's
long jump shots kept
the Stags up there in competition
with Twitchell, Edwards
and Pete Bernard of U. Mass.
The lead seesawed back and
forth and with nine seconds to
go Fairfield got the ball after
a timeout down 79-77. Up the
court came Rafferty and ~!ngua
,Rafferty, BranCh, BurKe and
Poole.' These four combined
for 94 points. and easily out'
shone the hosts of the tournament.
On the next afternoon before
a New York area T~V. audience,
the Redmen of U. ,Mass. met
the Fairfield Stags for the
championship of this holiday
/tourney. In this game the Jes-'
< uitfive playing steady alert·
'\ ball and paced by~ the strong
in. close work of pat Burke
In the tournament, !"alrfield
drew Wagner, the host, in the
opening round as st. Peter's
took on the University of'Mass':'
achusetts~ The opening frays
here made many think that defense
in basketball had departed.
Fairfield clobbered the'
Seahawks 105-89 and U. Mass
ran away 'from the Jesuits 11085.
It was the first time the
Stags have gone over the 100
mark in 4 years and it was the'
3rd highest single game total
in the school's history. A fantastically
high shooting percentage
was made by the 'victors'
and it showed in the'scoring of
but it fell ,short 75-72. Branch
led the 'home scorers with 2~
while, Johnson took 'game hon:-
ors with 25.' '
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Over the Christmasholidays,
the Stag Hoopsters were active
in three games -including parti'cipation
in the first annual Richmond
County Invitational Tournament
which was held at Wagner
College in Staten Island.
The fir st game of the three
was a league encounter against
Long Island University which
was also the first qome game of
the season for Fairfield. The
Bisaccamen sought to avenge
last year's upset beating by
the Blackbirds and while playing
steady ball managed a 3228
half time lead. The guests
staggered a bit in the early
part of the secohd half and Pat
BurJ<:e and Mike Branch combined
to pull the Stags away to
a 9 point lead, but L.LU.'s
"Cornflakes" Johnson led a
rally at the end ofthe skirmish,
':'l'HE SPOTLIGHT
"Papa Bear" George Halas - his attitude problems were well
is a man younger than his 68 pUblicized,mere Tsvery likeiy
years. At least, he must have more to that story, than meets
overcome his age to reaChieve the eye. Looney has expressed
National Football League mon- his desire to play with the
archy just as his Chicago Bears Giants and hopes to be an asset
overcame a shoddy offense to to the club. One dou1.'>ts that
achieve that same goal. Halas he will be an attitude problem
did it with verve and imagina- on a pro club. lf he does come
tion'and the Bears did it with through, Looney will make Giant
a monster of a defense vihich fans "run-conscious". ,
allowed only 10 points a game Another possibility would be
all season. a trade with Los Angeles for
The New Yorl<' Giants, on Jon Arnett, the great Ram half-the
other hand,came into the back, whose talents are being'
Championship game in Wrig- wasted on the bench this year
ley Field with ~(high powered because the West Coast Club
offense engineer'ect by the great is swimming in backs. Arnett
Y. A. Tittle. The classic clash has plenty left and has always
of immovable object and irre- wanted to play for a winner.
sistable force was won by the The thclught of a Tittle pass-immovables,
14-10. .jng attack coupled with a
Losers in 3 out of 3 Cham- crunching ground game and a
pionship contests, the Giants stubborn defense is almost too
must now realize that although much to contemplate and cer-their
ground game is adequate,' tainly too much to beat.
it doesn't command much re- ' In the Western Division the
spect from the better defenses Packers; buoyed by the P~Ob-around
the league, and thereby able return of Paul Hornung
puts greater pressure on old to the fold, should come back
Y. A. Tittle's fertile cranium. as Champions. The' Packers
The defense is fine and new- had a bad year and still posted
comers like Jerry Hillebrand an 11-2-1 slate, with their only
and Al Gursky, who played a defeats coming atthe hands of
fine game in Chicago, attest Chicago. It shouldn't happen
to the fact that it is not about again.
to crumble. The offense, on Another team to watch is
the arm of Y. A. Tittle, led Minnesota. Norm Van Brock-the
league, but the problem Un has been building quite a
remains' in the running back football team and it should be
department. ready to assert itself some-
The present Giant backs are time during the next few years.
blockers first and runners sec- He has Fran Tarkentor. andRon
ond. The best are Phil King VanderKelen at quarterback
and Joe Morrison. Allie Sher- Tommy Mason (All-Pro and
man, Giant mentor, is planning 3rd in rushing) at halfback and
on shifting Morrison out to the very adequate Bill Brown
the flank next year. This move from Illinois at fullback. In-would
ope!! a spot for, as well addition, Van Brocklin has
as emphasize the neecr-or-a" s[gneef his' first "two 1964 draft
powerful breakaway runner to choices, Carl Eller (6'6", 260
team with King. This position Ibs.) from Minnesota and end
just might' be the place for Hal Bedsole from' Southern
Oklahoma's Joe Pon Looney. California.
The Giants' first draft choice, Next year's N.F.L. season D.._.cI.·Ia.; Dry' aea-n..... &ft.-..........
Looney is a 225 lb. bull that should bemore.interestingand ~1!mI1'- , CU, -r1C»CU
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