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Vol. VII-No.4 Published by Students of Fairfield University, Fairfield, Conn. November I L 1955
Frosh Hold
First Dance
The Class of '59 will sponsor
its first dance, the Freshman
Welcome Dance, this evening.
The scene for thi spectacular
event will be Berchmans Hall.
Dancing from 8:30-12:00 to the
musical strands of the "Rhythm
Aces," a newly formed dance
band made up of musicians
from the University.
The hall will be decorated beautifuly
by members of the committee
and refreshments will
be served to the men and their
dates during the evening.
Guided by Jr. Class President
Bob Imbro and a committee of
Juniors, the Freshman committee
has been doing a creditable
job arranging all the details for
this fete.
This dance, the first one ever
to be put on by a Freshman
Class, promises to be one for the
records.
Ambassador States Aims
Of U.N.; Stresses Unity
Under the guidance of Dr. John Norman, moderator
of The Collegiate Council for The United Nations and
along with John Prendergast and Philip Messina, Senior
and Junior delegates, a group of political science students
attended a lecture on the UN two week ago.
The lecture was given by G.1>-----·-------L.
Metha, Indian Ambassador to
the United States and Mexico,
on October 24, thE' Tenth Anni",'
ersary of the United Nations,
at the Bassick High School Auditorium.
The lecture was sponsored by
the Bridgeport Chapter of the
American Association for The
United Nations which is the mother
organization of the C.C.U.N.
Mr. Loyd Truman, President
of the Bridgeport Chapter gave
a short introductory speech and
he then turned the floor over to
Mr. Samuel Freedman, the chairman
of the function, who in turn
introduced Mr. Metha.
Mr. Metha spoke generally on
the United Nation's history, its
merits and achievements and its
hope for the future. Mr. Metha
restated that the objectives of the
UN are to maintain international
peace and security throughout
the world. He showed how the
UN has achieved its purpose in
disputes that might have lead
to actual conflict. The Ambassador
then illustrated how the po-
Continued on Page 6
Fairfield,
Danhury
Talk Bills
Bensonians entertain crowd at Junior-Senior Dimce.
Officers, 1. to r.: G. Sheehan, J. Pampel. P. Zimmitti, and J. Prendergrast.
Aquinas Academy Elects;
Topic For tIle Year Stated
11'
This year's topic deals with
the History of American Philosophy;
what it is and what it
is tending toward.
The members of the society
this year number approximately
tw€nty men. They represent a
cross section of all the curricula
in the school.
On Friday, October 28, the~-------------second
official meeting of the
Aquinas Academy was held for
the purpose of electing officers.
The officers are: John Pampel,
President; Paul Zimmitti, VicePresident;
Gerard Sheehan, Secretary,
and John Prendergast,
Publicity Director.
The Aquinas Academy is an
organization composed of outstanding
philosophy students
who are now in their senior
year. Each year the Academy
chooses a philosophical topic
and it comprehensively examines
the various sources of data
pertinent to this topic.
This data is then analyzed
and oompiled into a treatise
which is presented to an assembly
of the student body in the
form of a Bellarmine Lecture.
New England Scene Of
Mnch N.F. Activity
On Sunday, Oct. 25, The Family
Life Commission, whose
New England seat is here at
Fairfield, conducted its first
workshop, before 175 students
from twelve colleges in the area.
Jim Rourke, Chairman, conducted
the workshop with Martin
Toomey and Tom Fitzgerald as
panel speakers. Two girls from
St. Joseph also spoke on the
panel .The topic was "General
College Dating" and the workshop
provoked much discussion
and interest. More than thirty
Fairfield men participated in this
workshop.
Sunday, Nov. 6 the Family
Life Commission traveled to
Manchester, N. H. to conduct
the s'econd workshop at Mount
Saint Mary's College. The attendance
at this New Hampshire
sectional was very good, and the
topic "Casual Da,ting, Catholics
and Non Catholics" proved
most interesting. Four Fairf.
E:ld juniors, Edward Morey,
John Salling, James O'Meara,
The campus C.I.S.L. unit con- and George Myers, were the
ducted a meeting Wednesday panel speakers at N. H. Jim
evening, November 9, at Dan- Rourke served as moderator.
bury State Teachers College for
'he delegations of both colleges. A total of ten Fairfield men jourIt
was an excellent opportunity neyed to N. H. to participate in
for }<'airfield to practice its par- this seminar, and stayed at Holy
limentary procedure methods in Cross, Saturday night. Many stu- Address By G.E. Dept. Head the proper atmosphere of argu-r.
1entation and debate. dents from area Newman Clubs G
Jim Rourke, Fairfield Senior attended both these Family iven To Chemistry Club
delegate, conducted the joint Life Workshops.
meeting, assisted by Miss Nancy
Johnson, Danbury's senior dele- On October 20, the Chemistry Club was host to Mr.
gate. This is the first meeting New Dance Greenhalge, department head at General Electric. who
that has been held in the state delivered a lecture on plastics and rubber.
organization bet wee n two B d T schools before the mock legisla- an 0 Mr. Greenhalge, who is also a Besides the physical proper-ture
which is to be held at member of the University of ties of these materials the chem-
Hartford in March. The Fair- PI N 18 Bridgeport's faculty, discussed ical makeup was also considered,
field Delegation also had an op- a v OV. the rigidity and elasticity of the showing their composition and
portunity at this meeting to in_.I rubber products, and illustrated in many cases the close relation-vestigate
potential bills in con- Well, it has finally arrived. these properties with sample ship of one substance to another.
. . 'th D b d specimens. Continued on Page 6
J'mctlon WI an ury an Fairfield has its own dance band1----------------------------
meet other delegates on a social
plane. as of Wednesday, October 26,
----------------------------1 when the first rehearsal took
place.. It is a twelv'e-piece band
comprised of a reed section of
four saxes, a brass section of
two trumpets, two trombones,
and a full rhythm section of
bass, piano, drums and guitar.
It was formed through the
hard work of Bill Labrecque
and Tony Colavita. Father Barrett
is the moderator and Bill
Labrecque is the director.
The band is already booked
for the BTidgeport Clu~.
Vincent's Dance. Other tentative
dates may be the Intercollegiate
Dance, the Norwalk Club
Dance, and a possible, date for
one of the Winter-Carnival
dances.
Page Two THE STAG November 11. 1955
immediately
was there,
Feature Editor
Arthur Conway, '56
Exchange Editor
Donald Gabriel, '57
Photographer
Wilbur F'omento, '58
Robert Berthelson, '56
John Toal, '59
Business Manager
Edmund Measom, '57
...fromh
.
tiS' corner...
News Editor
David F. Barry, '57
Sports Editors
Robert Schreck, '56
Paul Nagy, '57
Make-Up Editors
John Crowley, '56
John Cagnassola, '57
Associate Editor
Andrew Perrella, '56
Richard Warfle, '58
Art Editor
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Thomas Sheehan, '56
By ART CONWAY and ANDY PERRELLA
Since I was in a 'rush, I placed my foot in a convenient
pocket and boosted myself on top of a pair of
shoulders. Thus I began my ascent head by head.
Beyond the first floor I happened to step on a familiar
face. "Buster Glunk!" I exclaimed, "why I haven't
seen you since you graduated three years ago." "Yea,"
was his reply, "I came back last month to say goodby
to some of the faculty, 'cause I was going into the army.
Everything was fine until I got caught in the rush, I've
been here ever since." "Tough break," I replied, "well
I've got a class, See you later." "Say" he yelled, as I went
on, "if you get near a telephone, call my draft board and
tell them I'll be a little late."
Nice fellow that Glunk, I thought to myself, "oh well
come Thanksgiving holidays he should be out."
I wondered if when I took off my shoes, I would get
the same sensation from the hair that grass gives my
bare feet. I tried but kept slipping off the greased
heads. Knowing that no Fairfield Prof. will ever let
me into class with greasy feet, I headed for the Men's
room to scrape them off. I fought my way in the general
direction, and plunged through a doorway. To my
embarassment, in the maze of cigarette smoke I had
completely missed my destination, and found myself
in the broom closet where "The Students for the Advancement
of Chamber Music" were meeting. (The
crowded conditions had forced them to this.) Mike
Rusty, the Glee Club's infamous accompanist and president
of the group, was playing an original composition
"She Sneezed In Her Tomato Soup, And All The Guests
Thought She Had Measles" on the harpsichord. Loving
the finer things of life I decided to stay, and enjoyed
Ronald Scat singing several operatic arias including
"Was It Malice Alice When You Stepped Upon My Callous?"
and as an encore "Was It Malice Alice When You
Drank All My Vitalis". The program then closed with
another original composition "As I Turned On The Old
Victrola, She Slipped A Mickey in My Pepsi-Cola."
I finally made my class, where I was immediately
ejected because the Professor mistook my greased feet
for dirty white bucks. .
It was a lovely day, the birds were singing, there was
a hint of autumn in the air. I had had a good night's
sleep, my steps had a spring to them, my heart was
light, and I was at peace with the world.
Entering the University building I
headed for the stairs. The usual crowd
jammed from the fourth floor down.
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Pr·ohlem DeConcilio
By JOHN COSS
Who's running this affair anyway?
Why don't they ,referring
very vaguely to some sort of organized
group) tell us what's
going on? These questions are
all too often heard around the
campus and unfortunately they
are not ,always asked by bewildered
freshmen. The answer to
the first question is very often
the Student Council. The answer
to the second is the reason
for this column.
This year's Student Council
has in the two council meetings
since its inception arrived at
satisfactory solutions to several
questions regarding stu den t
matters with a minium of exces,
s verbiage and a maximum
of responsible thinking. There
are, however, two points which
must be emphasized in order for
the council to function properly.
The first is the quality of its
meetings. The second is the student
body's response.
The great danger to a student
government like the Council is
that it can easily lose itself in
the mire of that Sel'bonian bog
called parlimentary procedure.
The sensible plan set forth by
President Dan Reed, at the outset,
must continue to be observed
if the council is to expedite
business as effectively as
it has to date. Dan keeps a wise
lookout for legal wizardry which
will result in many motions burt
no action.
This. year's Council has sacrificed
the trimmings in favor of
sound sense, put into action
with a close ear to the ground
for the opinions of the student
bod\y. However it must be
pointed out that these opinions
must be forthcoming from the
students.
The Student Council is not
(as i;ome think) an occult clangathering
which meets stealthily
on Tuesday nights in the
V{hile the Big Four Diplomats sit at the confer,ence table dim recesses of Xavier to ponsmiling,
displaying affa<bility, and hedging ·on the question of tificate the opinions of its memGerman
unification, "People's Governments and Police Forces bel'S upon an unwilling student
continue to crush individual initiative and impinge Communism body. The council is interested
and its Godless tenets on the populace of Eastern Europe and a in your opinion and depends for
larg.e section of Asia. But this has been smoothed oyer by Russian its success as a governing body
Vodka and Caviar. upon it. Make your opinion
known to the representatives of
For the past few years, refugees have been fleeing by the your class on the Council.
thousands from Communists-controlled countries toward free- The fast spreading American
dam in Western Europe. What has become of them? They have political heresy of "Let Joe do
been placed in refugee camps, suspected as subversives, treated it" has no place on the campus
as inieriors, and no,w forgott<en as Geneva oversadows their plight. of one of her finest universities.
The result of this is that many of them have g<me back and are We are not all separate entities.
still going back to their homeland to face permanent suspicion, We are all part of a university
poverty, and sometimes death. They fled for freedom's sake, but in the fullest sense of that
their lot in the Free World was not much better than that behind word.
the Iron Curtain. This year's representatives are
capable, diversified and inter-
Thus, conditions in Europe appear the same today as they ested, but the wheels of proghave
in the past. But something must be different because the ress depend upon one importanrt
world seems more inclined to peace. What is it? The answer that cog without Which the best
is usually given is "the change in the Russian attitude." council deliberates in va,in. It
Why has there been a so-called change? History can give needs the active interest of
us the answer. When it was to the Reds advantage to ally them- every indiivdual student in the
selves to Germany, they became benevolent toward the famous activities of the school. By all
Paperhanger When Hitler turned against Russia, smiles were means let the Council know that
suddenly directed toward the Allies. When Russia eyed ter.ritorial you are behind them or ahead
expansion, friendship was showered upon the United States in of them or even opposed to
thir efforts against Japan. And now, it is to Russia's benefit to them, for even lively controvera.
ppear in good light. Thus benevolence and politeness has again. sy is better than lethergy.
been their policy.
This policy has resulted in ,giving to the free world a fa.lse
sense of security. Excessive "peace" verbiage has disguised the
facts that Russia and Communism are still acting in their accustomed
manner, that they a,re still trying to violently 'convert' the
world, and that they are still a,rming and testing for war.
Credit is due to Senator Knowland for speaking out lest we
be taken in by Soviet Propaganda. It is hoped that more of our
leaders realize the truth of his statement before we Iose face
behind the Iron Curtain.
Although the Geneva Conferences have been somewhat successd'ul
in their attempts for peace, we must remember that coexistence
between contradictory elements is hardly possible,
an dthat if we stand for Freedom, we must prove it by living
up to its tenets and our promises.
To many people, the prospects of peace look brighter today
than they have in the past ten years. But suddenly there has
appeared a voice "crying in the wilderness." In the midst of the
Geneva Spirit Overture, ther'e is heard a note of discord.
Senator Knowland is partly responsible for this for he has
pierced through the Geneva "smoe screen." His mention of "Iron
Curtain" and "Refugees" has proved a thorn in the "Pace Propaganda."
Today the leading problem of our country is not
whether Russia will disarm or if Egypt will attack Israel,
but whether or not our juvenile delinquent problem
will be alleviated. Every day in the newspapers we
read of occurrences in which teen-agers are involved.
One event occurred in New York. Six boys entered a
school building, drinking beer and proceeded to molest
girls they encountered in the school corridors. These
events though are not restricted to New York as is evidenced
by two incidents that happened in a large
Connecticut city. One youth, who apparently had no
reason, walked up to a college student, asked him a
question and, with the reply, struck the student on the
head with a bottle. The student was taken to the hospital
and seven stitches were required to be taken in
his head. Another happening in this same city was
this incident: Six youths piled out of a car and began
to actually "beat up" another college student-again
no reason was evident. He too, had to to bE' taken to the
hospital.
Such are the actions of these hoodlums who plague
eV8ry town and city in America. Maybe incidents of
this sort by these "hoods" are reflections on the lack of
parental guidance or even improper education, but
whatever the cause, it must be remedied immediately.
It is a problem important to the future of our country
and must be heeded by all, inclUding college students,
in order to arrive at a feasible solution.
November 1L 1955
Campus Personality
ANDY PERRELLA
Sophomore Class President; Editor in Chief Manor; Student
Council 2; Glee Club 1, 2. 3. 4. (Campus Minstrels 3. 4); Mendel
Club 2. 3. 4. (Publicity Director 4); Stag 3. 4. (Associate Editor 4);
Waterbury Club 1, 2. 3. 4; Carnival Committee 2. 3. 4; Junior
Prom Committee; Commencement Committee 3; Senior Executive
Committee 4.
Book of the ~Ionth
By JAMES B. RUSSELL and PHILIP CALCINA
An excellent book recently written is "I Despise
Homework," by the brilliant exponent of progressivE'
education, Mr. Drahcir Gnivri. Mr. Gnivri is an eminent
Sophist, member of the Liar's Club and President of
the Society For Keeping Lazy Students in Fairfield
University.
In his scintillating novel Mr. Gnivri attacks the popular
misconception that the purpose of college is an education.
He asserts that it is to have one last fling before
settling down. Most students, hitherto, have attended
college to quench their thirst for knowledge. He
is of the belief that you should go to quench your
thirst.
Mr. Gnivri is one of the few lawyers who never passed
a Bar without first stopping in. His life has been well
publicized, his autobiography having appeared in such
excellent magazines as Suppressed, Terrors of Narcotics,
Man at his Worst and What's Wrong With Society.
Mr. Gnivri has just returned from an archeological
expedition and he has donated to the National Library
two early Arabic manuscripts:
THE EARLY BOYHOOD OF HAJI-BABA and HAJI-
BABA IN THE TWILIGHT OF HIS CAREER. The
middle manuscript, THE MANHOOD OF HAJI-BABA.
he has kept for himself.
At a recent seminar when questioned as to his views
of the Kinsey report, his only remark was, "Optime
Quidem!"
A true liberal and classicist he ardently advocates that
a "must" for all 'Classicists is the reading of Mickey
Mouse in the original. He firmly believes that the fulfillment
of man lies in the supression of his intellect.
THE STAG
At the Flix
By AL BOBAY
FOOTSTEPS IN THE FOG
STARRING: Jean Simmons as
the maid. Stewart Granger as
Mr. Lawry.
The movie "Footsteps In The
Fog" is another typical Hollywood
portrayal of the POOl' sub~
ordinate husband who poisoned
his wife mainly because she
drove him to it with her incessant
nagging, (she was too old
and enviably wealthy).
Mr. Lawry's panacea appears
to materialize with his wife's
funeral until his maid, who is
secretly in love with him,
threatens to divulge circumstantial
evidence concerning
Mrs. Lawdry. Thus he finds
himself in a worse quandry.
Possessed by blind vindictiveness,
he mistakenly bashes
in the skull in a London "peasouper",
thereby rendering a
warden's innocent family both
wifeless and motherless. Mr.
Lawry's maid, not wanting to
relinquish him to the law,
proves him not guilty by giving
false testimony in court. The
lawyer who helps the maid
clinch the case. ironically
enough, is ardently courting the
girl for whom Mr. Lawdry has
murdered.
In a final attempt to rid himself
of his maid, Mr. Lawry resorts
to taking measured doses
of poison to aid him in feigning
sickness and near-death, for
which he will accuse his maid,
whom at the same time he will
accuse of his wife's death.
After sending for the doctor
and calculating the time of his
arrival, Mr. Lawry takes the
fatal dose of poison. The doctor
is unavoidably delayed in bringing
the antidote and Mr. Lawry
rel'uctantly joins his wife.
The story concludes with
somewhat of a surprise. Al.beit
the maid uncovered her master's
scheme for doing away with
her, she wishes with tears in
her eyes that she might have
given her life in order to spare
his. With a fore lorn countenance
she disappears into the fog.
Summary: The surprise ending
provides a novel contrast to
the usual Hollywood endings.
Sophomores
Hold Dance
Nov. 5
Under the theme and decor,ations
of Autumn Leaves the
Sophomore Class held it's first
social event of the year. Soot
candlelight and a fall a.tmosphere
provided the background
for an evening that will be long
remembered. Under the capable
leadership of the chairman Gerry
Gingras and ,his loyal committee,
I know that everyone
will agree uhat the dance was
highly successful. The Beneonians
were welcomed with the
usual warm applause that they
received everywhere they entertain.
These were truly "Moments
To Remember."
Page Three
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PRINCETON, N. J., October
28. The National Teacher Examinations,
prepared and administered
annually by Educational
Testing Service, will be
given at 200 testing centers
throughout the United States on
Saturday. February 11, 1956.
At ~he one-day testing session
a candidate may take the
Commo.l Examinations, which
include tests in Professional Information,
General Culture,
English Expression, and Nonverbal
Reasoning; and one or
two of ten Optional ExaminatlOns
designed to demonstrate
mastery of subject matter to be
taught. The college whioh a candidate
is attending, or the I ~~~~lliI~~~~Irr="",,'----------------"
school system in which he is III'••••
seeking employment, will ad- II
vise him whether he should';
take the National Teacher :€xaminations
and which of the
Optional Examinations to se- '::;
lect. t
Application forms and a Bul-letin
of Information describing
registration procedure and containing
sample test questions
may be obtained from college
officials., school superintendents, 'i.:
or directly from the National I.
Teacher Examinations, Educa- Ii {i
tional Testing Service, 20 Nas- ,}. C I GAR E T .T E 5 {
sau Street, Prin~eton, New Jer- .. -i
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companied by proper examination
fees, will be accepted by
the ETS office during November
and December, and in January
so long as they are received before
January 13, 1956.
Grad School
Test AnnolIDced
Anti-Brainwashing Hit
By Sign Magazine
UNION CITY, N. J. - The
Sign, national Catholic magazine
published here, declares
in a leading editorial in its November
issue that anti-brainwash
training cannot protect American
GI's against the "savage
military conventions of the
Communist bloc."
"No matter what toughening
exercises you put a man
through," the magazine asserts,
"Red wardens can always make
things too tough for him. They
will apply as much torture as is
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when the enemy will undo
your efforts by simply feeding
him a horse's dose."
Instead. the magazine suggests:
"The obvious countermeasure
is to ventilate the
whole business in the United
Nations in the clearest and most
direct terms. Then let the United
Nations adopt some form of
repri sal which will take the I~ilIIIIlIlIIIIIlIliiiiii!lliiil.iiii!lIiiiIiiii!lIiiiI.iiii!lIiiiI.iIIIIIIII.iiii!lilllllllllIlIlIIIlIllIIIIIIII!ilIIIIIII!IIIiIIIII.illllllllmiiii!lliiil~
smirk off the face of Communism's
literate savages."
"The United N.(;ions .could I
do it, 'the editorial continue!>.
"And it is the U.N.'s failure to
do such things which has ruined
its credit in so many quarters."
Questioning the value of antibrainwash
training, the magazine
says, "Flor instance, you
get a man trained ... to stand
in a dark sweatbox for three
hours without quitting. A couple
Coniinued on Page 6
November 11. 1955 THE STAG Page Five
of the officials (nnt men from
its roster for each of its games
or be liable to forfeit.)
4. The use of baseball, football,
or track shoes and spikes
forbidden. No one allowed to
play for two teams.
5. The games are played on
emy area 60x40 yards, and the
game itself is comprised of two
twenty minute halves and a five
minute intermission.
6. Time out may be taken
only twice each :half, not including
time taken out for injuries.
A penalty of five yards for other
time outs. No time out during
the final three minutes of the
game.
7. Eight men to a team, two
alteI'nates. Six points for each
touchdown, two for a safety, no
extra points, and four downs to
make twenty yards.
KICK OFFS AND PUNTING
1. The kick off is made from
the goal line (including kick
offs after safety.)
2. The offensive team must inform
the defensive one when it
is going to punt, and no quick
kicks.
OFFENSIVE RULES
1. The center must pass the
ball through his legs.
2. A pass can be thrown from
any place behind the line of
scrimmage, and any offensive
team member is eligible to receive
a pass.
3. No run,rung interference, or
no down field blocking.
4. The ball carrier must be
tagged with both hands, simultaneously.
5. A pass which is completed
behind the passer's goal is a
safety.
PENALTIES
1. Five yard penaHy for offsides,
back in motion and too
many time outs.
Begin; Football~
Bowling Teams
Coach
By BOB SCHRECK
Garvey,
Sports News and Views
The Reverend Charles A. Farrington, S.J., newly
appointed head of the intramural program, has announced
the following schedule.
For football and basketball,
the forms should! be filled in
outside of the Cafeteria and
placed on Fr. Farrington's desk,
adjacent to the Placement office.
There is a possibility tha,t
softball will be started this fall,
but if not, it will definitely get
under way in the spring. Those
interested in Ping Pong should
sign up near the Ping Pong
table. Plans for a bo.wling team
have been formed and all iIllterested
should sign up on the
bulletin board in Loyola Hall.
Football
The Rules governing play:
GENERAL RULES FOR
TOUCH FOOTBALL
1. All situations not covered
in the following rules will be
covered by the intercollegiate
football ,rules.
2. There will be no protested
games and the decision of the
referee is final.
3. Each team will supply one
Oft-berated for lack of sports news, this harried scribe finally
sees the breakin.g of the clouds and a bright and promising ray
of Ji,ght. After hinting in the last three issues on the formation
of an intramural league, this vision has finally become a reality.
Football, basketball and bowling leagues are being formed along
with a ping pong tournament and individual golf matches. Certainly,
the mos,t ambitious of all slates in the school's brielf intramural
history, this program should meet with great success.
* (~ ~:
Along with the rapidly developing intramural prog;ram, comes
the sad news of despondent Cuach Hanrahan. Faced with his
greatest rebuilding job, Hanrahan must rely almost wholly on
untested material. Lack of height is his chief woe and may prove
a boon to Adler's elevator shoes.
Under these ciroumstances, the student spirit and cooperation
with the team will have as much. if not more effect, than the
tutelage any coach can give. When an untried ballplay€ir drops
a pass or blows a "bunny," 'he does it usually out of nervousness
and tension. Certainly, it is childish and :f\oolish to deride or boo
any such play. Rather, encouragement should be given. .
Student attendance and support is as vaLuahle as the most
partial officiating. The team has the raw material and win in the
second half of the season have the experience necessary to battle
any team to the wire.
By SAL GILBERTIE, JR.
Rod and Gun
Back row: Avignone. Cuskley, McCarthy.
Tamashumnas.
Front row: Schwiiz, Smyth, Connell. Kiernan.
The story goes on to say that
on the fifteenth day "funeral
services were held for the boy
and the cow"!
One of the least mentioned but most spirited sports groups
on the campus is the cross country team. Despite their losing
record, they have :f\ound the true meaning of sports. The thrill
of competition. the knowledge of all out endeavor, the ability of
cheeJ:1fully accepting the jibes of classmates and the taste of
defeat, all these qualities are theirs. Seen running on the coldest
days, these trackstel's a~e to be commended. Although student
acclamation or support may never be showered on this team,
nonetheless, few team endeavor have ever accomplis'hed more
for the individual.
* * * I .
The natives in them there i .
woods up there tell the story of Ilntramurals the farmer's teenage son who
had hunted for twelve consecu-tive
days from sunrise to sunset, Basketball.
and had failed to even spot a /
deer. Finally, determined to get
a deer and thoroughly disgusted
with them there no good game
laws there about only shooting
deer in the daytime, he decided
to "ja,ck" a deer. For those of
you who are not acquainted with
hunting lingo, this is an illegal
method of attracting game at
night by means of a spotlight.
So, at about 2:30 a.m. on the
thirteenth morning he set out
from his house with a spotlight
and his rifle. Shining the light
across the fields directly behind
his house, he spotted two shiny
eyes and the dark outline of the
animal. He took careful aim and
fired. The deer 'fell. The boy
quickly ran back into the house
yelling, "I got one, Pa, I got
one!" His f,ather awoke, dressed,
and a few minutes later the two
went out into the fieLd to drag
the deer back into the barn. Upon
inspeotion they found that
the boy hadn't shot a deer after
all; it was PA'S PRIZE COW!
The October heavy rains and
floods seem to have washed
away most of the game in Fairfield
County. Except for Dave
Papallo, Who has been downing
birds on all of his. hunting trips"
there have been very few reports
of any bird kills from
Fairfield nimrods. By the way,
I almost forget to mention the
species of birds Dave has been
downing. It is an "entirely
black, oscine bird" called a crow.
They say he never misses
and that is why . . . they call
him ... "CROWEYE"!
Fairfield University opened its
cross-country sea son a few
weeks ago with a meet against
Westchester in New York. Fairfield
was defeated by the score
of 20-38. Running firslt was Ed
Rilly of Westchester completing
the distance in 14:33 minutes..
The top runners. for Fairfield
were Jack Smy<th (15:14)
placing 3rd, and Fred Schwitz
(15:36) coming in 5th.
Last week the "Red Stags."
ran against Hofstra on our new
cross-country route. Fairfield
was again defeated by the score
of 27-30. The top time was registered
by Doug Brusih of Hofstra,
running the course in 20:38.
Once again Jack Smyth and Fred
Schwitz paced the Redmen, running
4th and 5th respectively.
Harriers
Lose First
Two Meets
By C. P. BOAL
ON THE SIDEl~INES
RED STAGS ANTICIPATE
RETURN TO COURTS
And then all was quiet. Nearly sixty thousand Lans carried
hoarse voices to the exits, while the Navy team sadly lellt the
field, defeated. But in one part of that great stadium there was
no sadness. and no one was hoarse - 0'1' even tired. That was the
Notre Dame dres,sing room, where the Fi,ghting Irish, victorious
by 21-7, were peeling off torn and tattered green jerseys with the
exub€rance of a team that had just rested for two hours. This
was no ordinary Notre Dame victory, for they had just beaten a
team which was, on paper, by far their superior. But this time it
wasn't the luck of the Irish that won it.
F'or there was one in the stands who swore that he saw
youtMul Terry Brennan stop at the entrance to the dressing room,
gazing up at the clearing sky. And, as the clouds parted momentarily,
Terry seemed to smile at something il'1 the small patch
of lue, and whisper: "That's one for you R,ock."
The 1955-56 basketball season will soon be getting
underway, and a rebuilt squad will ~port the Red and
White colors of Fairfield University.
Hard hit by graduation, this0-------------year's
team will have to build a
nucleus around Jim "Dixie"
Pavel, Paul Williams, Lenny
Paoletta and Bob Bolcer, Coach
Jim Hanrahan will have his
hands full trying to floor a team
wit.h speed, height and aggressiveness
Bolcer, the tallest on the
squad, wiH have to carry the
burden of rebounding by himself.
Pavel is equipped with a
fine shooting eye and plenty of
speed. Williams can help in the
rebounding and also has a fine
eye. Paoletta is a fine floor man
and will be the playmaker on
the team.
Several Sophomores. up from
last year's Freshman squad
should add considerable strength
to the teaml Among these Kenny
Felsman shows <the most
promise thus far. At present
there are about twenty hopefuls
expected to tryout for the
squad. In the first week of November,
when formal practise
starts, the squad will probably
be cut to around twelve men.
The cJouds then became more productive, and a slight wind
beg,an to play about the Notre Dame campus. But the weather
merely caused the screaming fans to move around more while
they cheered every pass, roared at every run, and felt the pain
of every teeth-jarring tackle, unmindful of the rain, knowing
only that they were watching the game of the year; the team
named "desire" ,against the team named "fight." The clouds rolled
and the people roared as the blue and green jerseys continuously
clas'hed, and the Midshipmen used every last bit of strength,
trying deSoperately to beat Notre Dame, and remain undefeated.
i'unid the mass confusion a party of five filled a box on the
fifty yard stripe and awaited not only the opening kickoff, but
al,so, and especially, the half time ceremonies. For this was the
group of former Figlht Irish coaches, Jesse Harper, Hunk Ander- On a recent and very unsucson,
Elmer Layden, Ed McKeever, and Frank Leahy, which was cessful deer-hunting trip in
to pay trtbute at the half to a ,great man in Notre Dame history. Vermont, your reporter ran
You see. this was not only the game in which Navy had its great- across a sign hanging in a cabest
chance in ten years of beating Notre Dame - this was also in up there in them there woods
the Knute Rockne Memorial game. there. It read as follows, "BE-
, HOLD THE HUNTERl HE
Then the two teams took the field; Navy led by All-Am~ncans,RISETH UP EARLY IN THE
George Welsh and Ron Be~gle, the best defensIve lIne In the IMORNING AND DISTURBETH
natwn.. an extremely explosIve back;fie~d, and the four~h ranked THE WHOLE HOUSEHOLD.
team In the country. Notre Dame entenng the game wIth a once MIGHTY ARE HIS PREPARAdeiea~
ed squad now facing, for the second time this season, a TIONS! HE GOETH FORTH
superIor foe. FULL OF HOPE AND WHEN
THE DAY IS FAR SPENT, HE
RETURNETH SMELLING> OF
STRONG DRINK AND THE
TRUTH IS NOT IN HIM."
Ain't it the truth, tho'!
The clouds had already taken their places in the crying sky,
and the rain was coming down with the consistency of a Johnny
Padres in the final game of the World Series. But this couldn't
stop the flow of cars, trains, and buses rushing fans from all
points on the globe to Notre Dame Stadium to see an unbeaten,
untied Navy team g,o a,fter its first victory over Notre Dame in
ten years.
While a record number of 59,000 people, largest in the Stadium's
twenty-seven year history, filled up every nook and corner
availaJble, the pre-game radio announcer was screaming to millions
of fans at home that it was Navy's game, by two - maybe
three - touchdowns.
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The final point made by Mr.
Greenhalge was that interest in
the plastics and rubber fields
has become so widespread that
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startling. The lecture proved I;
most interesting and was well
received by the group.
Sign Magazine
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:>f weeks later the Chinese Commies
shoot him down on a. reconnaissance
flight in the Formosa
Strait and stuff him into
their sweatbox.
"He take sit for three hours
without offering to talk. But
then do the Red inquisitors take
a look at the clock, haul him out,
shake hands with him, and
say: 'Nice going, fella. Now get
yourself a shower and a cold
bottie of beer?' They do not.
They leave him there for ten
hours ... Eventually, the mind
thus outraged begins to show a
few cracks, and the tongue gets
loose".
"The enemy is not interested
in three hour ordeals, or seventen
day ordeals, or squatting ordeals,
or bending ordeals", the
editorial cbncludes, "He is interested
on'ly in making the job
too big for the prisoners."
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AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY
Ted Figlock and Bob Berthelson
are now known by their
call letters WNIHGY and
WN-HHA since the arrival of
their "tickets" last week. They
hope to get on the air soon. Tim
Murphy and Joe Sargeant are
studying the code in lieu of getting
their licenses.
The members of the MathPhysics
club visited the Telephone
building on John St.
Bridgeport Wednesday November
2. Mr. Robert Bender conducted
the extensive tour. Another
tour of the Steel Point
Station of the United Illuminating
Company will take place
in two weeks.
Team and New Haven State
Teachers. This year's National
Topic is: "Resolved that all nonagricultural
industries give a
guaranteed annual wag'e to their
employees." Father Hohmann
gave a talk on this subject to
the members of the clubs.
German Club
On October 19, the Deutscher
Kulture Verein held its first
meeting of the year.
The officers are: George
Zeeb, President; Dick Lavery,
Vice-president; Bob Dorin, Secretary;
Ted Figlock, Treasurer;
and Bob Allenby, Publicity
Director.
S'everal movies and socials, a
trip to New York, and the annual
display are on the agenda
for this year, more may be included
if attendance keeps up.
Any,me who is taking or has
taken German is heartily invited
to join the Deutscher Kulture
Verein.
By LARRY. LESSING
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Bridgeport Area Club
The BAC is co- sponsoring a
dance with St. Vincent's Hospital
on November 18 at Berchmans
Hall. This dance will feature
the first performance of
the newly organized Fairfield
Dance band.
Math-Physics Club
On 'Wednesday, November 2,
members of this club toured the
Telephone Company Building
on John Street in Bridgeport.
Debating Clubs
A debate has been scheduled
for Nov. 14 between the St.
Robert Bellarmine Debating
FRENCH CLUB
The French Club held it's
first meeting recently and formulated
plans for the coming
year Dr. McDonald, club mod- litical and the economic situa-eratoI',
outlined the purpose of tion in Asia has Improved durthe
club and presented a four ing the UN's reign. Asia has
point program: Ibecome more economically sta-
1. Cultural meetings-guest ble, and free states have grown,
speakers, mOVIes, etc; such as India, Burma and Ceylon.
2. Laboratory sessions to de- .
velop linguistic ability; He added that Chma has become
3. Social meetings with sever- a unified nation and must evenal
women's colleges in Connec- tually be recognized by the free
ticut; world.
Hartford Club 4. An entire day's visit to New One point that the Ambassa-
A committee under John Fla- York. dol' maintained as favorable was
h.E'!I'ty is investigatin? possible A dinner date will be an- the disarmament program of
SItes and other busmess con- nounced shortly. Professor Ar- .~. .
necte.d with the club's proposed sene C1'0teau 0 f the Un'lverSl'ty PreSId.ent EIsenho.wer, WhICh
Christmas Dance A second com- '11 b t ak has gIven much JOy and hope
mittee under F~an Marcellino WI e gues spe er. to the world.
._ tt' th Th -,- g' . g It was agreed that all students Mr. Metha concluded that the
1:> se mg up e alllKS IVln f th U' 't b . 't d to
h .d J' M C h b I0 e mverSl y e mVI e UN is a machine and instrument
~yrlde.. l~ c r~a th as 1e~,n join the clUlb whether they are which can be improved by more
p atce In IC art?e. t? Aett CUtS actually following F l' e n c h cooperation of the member na-
In ra-mura ac IVI les. emp s t So kn 1 d
1 be' d t bt' I courses or no . me owe ge tions
are ~ so mg rna e 0 0 am of spoken French would, how- .
a sUltable sponsor for the Har.t- ever be hel ful.
ford Glee Club Concert. As m ' p
the past, the club plans to pro- MATH-PHYSICS CLUB
vide a scholarship for a student
from Hartford to the University.
Veteran's Club
A smoker was held last night
at "Healy Hall" and it was decided
that the possibility of setting
up a scholarship fund will
be discussed at the next meeting.
Plans are in the making
for another get-together after
the formal of the Mid-Winter
Carnival which will be on the
same order of the last highly
5uccess£ul post-formal affair.
CISL
Among. those working jn the
campu:; unit who participated
last year at the legislature are
Thomas Sheehan,. J,ohn Coss,
David McCarthy, Theodore
Combs, David Barry, Richard
Warfle and Michael Catalano.
Page Six
Sodality
The Sodality's own publication
"The Flos Campi" marked
the start of its third year with
Frank Matthew:; '57 at the helm.
The Sodalists' first lecture was
given by Father Walsh who
lectured on Mental Prayer. A
Mass for the deceased relatives
of anyone' connected with Fairfield
University was sponsored
by the organization on November
2, All Souls Day.
NFCCS
Plans are being made for the
University of Bridgeport workshop
which will take place this
month. Robert Imbro, Richard
Cox, Paul. Dunn and Charles
Duarte are. preparing the topic
for the workshop.
