Stag - Vol. 16, No. 10 - February 24, 1965

              Vol. 16 No. 10 Fe........, 24, 1965
SIZEABLE CARNIVAL DEFICIT
LEAVES GOVERNMENT IN DEBT
Shown In 8. Itate of surprtse Is MIM Kirk at a party
gh'en for her by th., "'omea 01 &be UaJvel"ltty.
Dogwood Entertainment
Highest Priced Yet
TONIGHT'S GAME
AGAINST ADELPHI
Wll.L BE
BROADCAST ON
\YNAn
1430
chaUenied the greatest adven.
ture story. I hope that in the
future if the OPPOrtunity ca&
for It they will deal with me
jirectIy,"
Mr. DeLuca then left the au­:
1itorium and the meeting con.
tlnued. Matt Lyons asked tor a
suspension of the rules and said
that the loss was greater than
Mr. DeLuca expected, and went
;)0 to aay that the committee
-Has poqrly organized and was
ntn by a small select minority.
Several people immediately
retuted hill statements. and the
.neetina:: then adJoumed.
At the beainnlnl or the Fe!)..
ruary 18 meeting Art PaJa.mn:ra
read a report to the Legislature
-Hhlch COIItained names of al­most
all or the committee mem­ben
of the Winter CarnIval
<1ttestlnl to the cotnpetenee ot
the Commtttee, especiaUy the
Clalnnan, In which any charges
or a "one man committee' were
refuted,
Richard Kappenberg was the
next tq address the Student
Leg:i.aJ.ature, aaying that the pre­vious
1lnanciaJ report was DOt
completely accurate. A break.
down of how much each event
!ost was not obtainable, but was
In the prooea of being pre.
~1be Student Government
IS responsible for the debt In.
curred by the Winter Cam:tvaJ.
aDd seems to haw quite a ded­.:
it qn Ita banda.
Accon1ing to l<appenberg's re..
port. the CarnlvaJ bas collectm
a total of $5,248.98, and has
.;470 still due, The entire cost
,)f the weekend was $8,891.38,
,ivinl a lou of 13,152.42.
The Student Government has
come up wIth no ideas as yet
qn how to pay oft' this debt,
"'-Side from usual mixers and
,novies. The Idea of a one or
two dollar tax on the student
oJOdy next year Is being consld­;
red for future capital of the
Government.
____on you. d'al
check at all; In fact we have
lost a sum of $2,513.85.
In explaining the reason for
his huge loss he said that "We
must not blame the student
bQdy, we have received more
support from them for this
weekend than tor any other,
Winter Carnival or Dogwood,
since we of the Class ot 1965
have been at FalrtIeld." In reo
gard to the Sunday Concert he
said "The biggest mistake seems
to be In the choice of the talent
itself. There shquld have been
more emphasis placed on the
commercla1 rather than the ar- -"DeLuca went on to say ''My
biggest disappointments are
two: first that more members
of the Student Government did
not attend the weekend them­lelves,
and secondly that certain
members of the Government did
not offer me their criticisms but
rather resqrted to plots that
donations QJ Patrons, Benefac­ton
and Boosters, and the fact
that only 10 campus organlza­Ums
advertised in the MaDar:'
. Mr. D'A1essandro noted that
this was the 1argest yearbook
Yet to be put out, without the
mpplement, and fo,r the ftrst
time the book was otrered to
seniors for $10 rather thlUl the
usual $15, to encourage sales;
yet only 180 out of 270 seniors
purchased a book. He also
stated that every boQ.k is sold
at a $15 loss to the staff, and
the money must be made up in
advertising sales and donations,
which did not happen, and tor
this reason the alternate 301u.
Uon must be offered.
He continued "we reaUze that
our initial advertlsl.ng Inc1udl.'d
a promise ot a supplement; thb
prqrnise was based on the a'S­sumption
that the endeavor
would be supported, Since that
time we haven't received that
,>upport and must reneg on our
Initial plans."
The supplement, if published,
will contain among other things
spring sports, the Dogwood Se­nior
Week and Graduation.
Manor Short Funds
For Supplement
The 1965 Winter Carnival has lost a total of $3,152.42 according to Chair­man
Mathew DeLuca, most of it from the Sunday afternoon concert with May­nard
Ferguson and Morgana King, despite the fact that it had "more support
from the Student Body than any other weekend since the class of '65 has been
at Fairfield,"
As a result of this fact the Student Government owes the Administration
two thousand dolla;s it. had borrowed t~ support the weekend, plus about $1,000
worth of yet unpaid bills for the CarnIval. Needless to say the first installment
to repay the loan to the Administration cannot be made.
At the February 11 meeting
of the Student Lecislature the
ordinary rules were suspended
to pe.nnlt Matt DeLuca to make
a special address concerning the
financial report ot the Winter
Carnival. The Student Govern·
ment apparently gave the Com­mittee
a white card In running
lhis big sodal event, since no
restrictions on the Commlttee
with regard to repqrta, chair·
manshlps or money were made.
In his speech Mr. DeLuca
thanked the lovernment for
their confidence, and stated that
"What I wanted to do was to
restore the Winter camtvaJ to
its former position ot primacy
in the social calendar Q/. Fair­field.
1 was also con1l.dent that
in the process [ would be able
to present to the Student Gov·
emment a sizable check . . .
nevertheless as [ stand before
you this evenInl I have no siz·
able check for you; I have no
The 1965 Manor bas met its
deadline, but bas fallen RVera.1
hundred dollars short of fInanc·
ing the book, and the Admin1s­tratioo
15 covering the ditl'er­ence.
However the Administra·
tion will not be asked tQ ftDaDce
the supplement which was
scheduled to appear in late
summer.
According to Editor·In-Chlef
Vincent D'A1essandro, the staff
decided originally not to publish
the supplement, however at a
meeting with members of the
Senior Class, consensus ot opln­iqn
was that a supplement was
wanted, and they expressed
their willingness to help finance
It.
D'Alessandro saJd that "We
would like to take this oppor-.
tunlty to present thIs dilemma
to all of those who haw placed
a deposit on a or purchased In
full a 1965 Manor. It our pa­trqns
will consent to IUl addl·
tional $2 fee we will be able to
publish the supplement and
avoid imposing a burden on
anyone."
TIle reason for the shortage
was due to very dlscouraging
sales, a poor response in parent
weekend of this sort,-$10,930,
It was also stated that approxi­mately
one half of the budget
would be spent on the entertain­ment
for the Sunday aftemQ,On
concert.
L'Hommedieu and Meehan
expressed confidence in the
progress to date, stating, "We
are extremely pleased with the
way things are going and plan
to announce the slated enter·
tainment in the very near fu­ture."
but three ha\'e been removed to
the donns tQ acconunodate Miss
Kirk, Those attending the
"house warming" for Miss Kirk
contributed to a monetary gift
to help furnish ber new
quarters,
Miss Kirk will now be in
charge of purchases and infir­mary
records. She will also be
on duty at the office from
1-5:30 daily, except weekends.
Mrs. Pitt will be in the inflr·
mary each morning and Mrs.
Kostik will be on duty from 6
to 12 midnight. Brother Sullivan
will be in charge of the infir·
mary from midnight to 6 un.
Brother Sullivan served as in·
flnnarian at Boston College for
fifleen years before coming to
Fairfield. This new position will
be Brother's first job here since
his recent illness.
Miss Kirk Moves;
Girls Give Party
Miss Mary Kirk, the Univer­sity's
head nurse, was recently
given a surprise party by the
~1>men of the University, on the
QCCasion of her moving from
1.o)'Ola HaD to a three room
apartment in Southwell Hall
The rooms presently occupied
by Miss Kirk will be used to
enlarge the infinnary. Help will
be made available in the inftr..
mary twenty-four hours a day.
When asked about the party
Miss Kirk said. "I was really
surprised, and [ was ready to
kill Fr. Varnerin for his part in
arranging iL" Miss Kirk is lqok­ing
forward to her new apart­ment,
since it will enable her to
lead a fuller social lire.
Her new apartment consists
of a living room, a bedroom, and
a kitchen, Five students previ­ously
occupied Southwell Hall,
I.ASl Wednesday evening a
gencl'al meeting or the Dogwood
Festival Committee was held
with Co-Chairmen Gary L'Hom·
medicu and Jim Meehan pre­siding.
The main purpose of the
meeting was to allot funds to
each of the variQ,us sub-com·
mInees. During the session it
was disclosed that this year's
budget represents the largest
amount ever to be spent on a
February 24, 1965
JOHN KANE '66
R. REYNES '65
represented in CQUrt as it was
two years ago?
Does the Administration wish
that its students travel forty
miles to New York, not in a bus
with the beer parties, but in
twenty cars, thus increasing the
chance of misfortune many
times'!
I realize that the Adminis­tration's
previous acceptance o[
this responsibility was a crush­ing
burden and that the Admin­istration
saw Itself as another
Prometheus. Yet, if the admin­istrations
of Manhattanville and
Marymount still manage to
brave the onslaught, why can't
oura?
AJthough there may be some
objections to the beer parties
from the girls' schools, I feel
that they are.
Qn the whole, a
I::ood thing.
Abuses may be
pointed to in
any social activ­ity.
especially in
college. How­ever,
If no activities are allowed
in one area, the need will be
fulfilled In another. U the stu­dents
cannot have enjoyable &0­cial
activities openly as class
[unctions, they will wind up in
far less favQrable situations. Let
the authorities, who jump so
quickly to decry any function
such as a beer party, suggest
what they think the students
wlJl do without otl"lcial class
activities.
I C~POST COLLEGE
located on the beautiful fbtIt SIlln •
of lone Island, the 211Hcn campuI
Is just 30 minutes from tile World', Flir.
60 minutes from mldtowft MInhIttIL •
~yourcsear- PlID111l111
wfttl • drstinplshed vIsttf:ll:
and resident f8cuIty, outstandlnaleboratoty
Mel Ubrary taclIJties,.
UCNODIElRGRAD_UATE
Include stuerteS In
...... Arts and SdMces.
r-r.-PIofes­sionaI.
....... a~ Educatlcln.
EnioY swimming, tlllIlis, rldln&. bowflllL ---8--" outdoor plays and concerts on the tamplIL --_...- ---
Nearby are tamoUl beadles, sallllll dubl.__
stock theatres, JIItb and JOI1 CCKnIL
.............raidlClCa IlIIIL
APPLY NOW••• Adm.ton opentoVIsmNG STUDEN1'S
'or from oth.r accrechted coa..... ..utu-aIlnfomutNn. _ IIMIrl ....
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prevalent at one o,r two girls'
schools.
Beer parties are never merely
good or bad. They are either
fantastically great or wretch­edly
gross. What must be ar·
rested is the metamorphosis
from "having a ball" to "having
a brawl." Some students start
out the night like Fred Astalr
and end up like Sonny Uston.
The result is a castratiqn of
reputation both for the people
Involved and for the school.
With the proper sterilization
methods I think that the unde­!'
lirable etrects can be screened
out. An example of this 1 would
point out my class beer parties
- bQth of which were a credit
not only to themselves but to
the school as well
JIM. CLEARY '67
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PI......nd m. Summu S...Jons lnfonnfilon bUla.tln. C:P :
o Worn.n'. R..ld.flU H.n 0 MH" ReII.s..- Han I o UndIorarMu.WI 0 cndu.. 0 _ C £-*'a :
Now that the Administration
has withdrawn its sponsorship
of the beer parties, because it
is no longer
willing to ac­cept
the respon·
slbility, 1 won­der
if the Ad­ministration
is
aware of the al­ternatives
it has
left to the student bqdy, and
whether it is willing to accept
the responsibility for these al­ternatives.
Does the Administration now
wish that the students have
parties in the motels, when the
Administration has banned such
parties?
Doos the Administration wish
that now we should drink In the
local bars, underage as we are,
so that Fairfield University
might have a chance to be well
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THE STAG
The Administration's decisiqn
is wrong, because it is incon­sistent
with what the University
expects of us­they
demand
academic re­sponsibility
yet
turn about and
say we are not
men enough to
att('nd a party
wh('re alcoholic bever-c.ges are
~nsumed.
A college should endeavor tQ
make the student a mature.
educated person. both intellec­tually
and socially. By failing
to accomplish the latter, the
school is falling far short of its
obligation to the ,;tudent.
Finally. frwn the appearance
of the otrielal notice, it would
!>cern that the Administration
was forced into its decision by
a handful of girls' schools ­this
was hardly the fortitude
which is charactel;stic of a
Jesuit institution.
JOHN 2A.MARA '68
I was di~mayed by the Ad­ministration's.
recent ban upon
school beer parties. In myopin­ion,
however,
the key words
in this annQun­cement
were
"until further
notice" - the
direct implica­tion
of this be­ing
that it is a temporary meas­ure,
due to be rescindoo. I cer­tainly
hope that this is an ac­curatc
llPI)raisal of the situation
and that we are not drifting
into some. cockeyed form of
puritanical lunacy which equates
pleasure with evil. Unfamiliar
with all of the circumstances,
prompting the mwatorium. I
would not think it fair either
to applaud or criticize the ac·
tion. although I can say that I
would think it irrational for us
to base our jXlJicy upon the
FRA.l\'K RICHTERS Victorian attitudes currently
GEORGE OINCO'rTA
!\llCHAEL BRANCACCIO
STUDENT OPI'\IO\ POLL
it be to God or to an organizu­lion.
He feels that when one
loses his commitment for some­thing,
there is no longer an:,:
reason for participation. '"Therc
is no sense belonging to some­thing
just for the sake of be­ionging."
With his background in Eng­lish,
he plans to attend law
school with the hope of even­tually
branching out into pqJi­tics.
This decision clearly IUus­t
rate s the Administration's
opinion of the student body. If
we are to take
college seriously
it must in turn
take us serious­ly.
HQ\\' can the
student g row
socially, in
terms of the
University when the only occtl­sion
it offers us are infrequent
mixers which in my estimation
were inadequate even in high
school days. 1 often wonder
where and how the student is
supposed tQ develop a mature
and rational attitude toward s0­cial
drinking. It is more than
evident that the University is
not providing the means. I can­not
understand why such a
dichotomy must exist betw~n
the intellectual and the matcri­al.
the academic and the social.
Surely the student capable of
studying the complexities of
modern science and phllQSOphy,
and subject to the continual
pressure of grades should be
able to conduct himself propel'ly
at a social function where liquor
is served. If he is not, then
somebody somewhere has failed.
I believe this failUl"C lies in
thc Administration's continually
negative attitude toward drink­ing.
It is unfortunate that the
only social activities on campus
am geared well below the col­lege
level. 1 feel that the real­ization
of this by many students
is a cause of the alleged apathy
on campus. Can the student be
mature when treated immature­ly?
This is the question I a."k,
and like so many urgent ques­tions
it receives the same nega­tive
answer.
ty, yet I believe their respon­sibility
was fulfilled when they
reqwred the students to take
buses. K. DAVIDSON '66
What .. )'OW' re.ctloa to
the AdmlDlltraUoa". aJlQoun­eement
that there wUI be ..0
more school ~red beer -'
After graduating from Brook­lyn
Prep where he maintained a
B average while participating in
dramatics. and holding the edi­torship
of the school newspaper,
George CinCQ.tta chose Fairfield
because of its close proximity
to New York and its fine liberal
afts course. After a hectic
freshman oricntation week, he
promptly joined \he Soda.Iity
atiil the STAG. ·~th {fie rom­pletion
of his sopho,more year,
he had added the K. of C. to his
active interests. In keeping with
his outgoing personality. George
eagerly became interested in
the freshman orientation pro­gram
and was chosen Co-Chair­man
of Rcglstratlon. AlsQ in his
junior year. he helped wHh the
Winter Carnival and was ap­pointed
Co-Chainnan of the
Dogwood Festival Prom.
Apart from his participation
In various committees and or­ganizations,
GeQrge's other in­terests
include rea(ling contem­porary
novel[\; about people, es­pecially
those of Salinger and
Baldwin. horseback riding, poli­tics.
and a wide range of music.
Among his many convictions.
there is one which makes this
personable student a devQut and
dedicated person. That is his
firm belief in sincerity. whether
The Administration was a
little hasty in condemning school
sponsored beer parties. There
were two such parties held this
yeaf and as far
as I could see
there were no
incidents to jus­tify
this discon­tinuance.
We
have not had
enough social
events on or o,lT campus to pre­vent
Fairfield from becoming a
suitcase college. Most of the
students have be<!n careful and
responsible in returning from
these parties across the state
line. I don't believe the tldmin­istrators
of all girls' schoqls are
more prudent than the adminis­trators
of our school. simply
due to the fact that Manhattan­ville
is sponsoring a beer party
on February 27, and New Ro­chelle
has just had an orr cam­pus
dance where liquor was
supplied. I realize the Admin­istratiQn's
concern for our safe-
1 penoonally was disappqinted
to learn that the Administra·
tion had, at least temporarily,
banned all class
beer parties. I
have enjoyed
both or the beer
parties that my
own class has
held within the
last year. A lot
of the students restrained them­selves
knowing that their ac­tions
would determine whether
or not we wquld be allowed to
hold future parties in N. Y. Al­most
everyone concerned. both
students and faculty agre«l. that
both parties were successful
All the dorm students complied
with Ole Administration's wishes
and went down to the parties
and returned on buses.
BRlAN McGILL '67
1 can honestly see the school's
position in their concern for the
~tudents coming back across the
.;tate line with
tOQ much beer
in them. If any­thing
wel'C to
.lBppen it would
be the school's
I'esponsibi lit Y
sincc it spon­501'('(
1 thc party.
On the other hand I think the
school should consider the posi­tion
of thc studenl. I think o.ne
of the main obj('ctives of col­lege
is to teach students the
idea of responsibility and to mix
with other people. Lacking these
lwo facets, a college student is
nothing more than a glo,rifled
hig:h school graduate.
These beer parties are one
way of helping to develop both
of these traits. If a student is [ Iirresponsible enough to drive
.Ifter drinking too much beer,
CAMPUS PERSONALITY he hasn't learned the concept
of "",,"rudbBity ,0<1 i, failing
.... ..J what I feel Is one of the major
purposes of colIcge. A year
hence he will be off the campus
and making his way in the
world. No one will tell him what
responsibility is then. U he isn't
gi\'en e\'etj' opportunity to de­\"
Clop responsibility - even it
it means ct'QSSing the state line
- I feci he is being cheated.
KEVIN BOLL '66
Hollingshead To Speak
On Social Stratification
the honorary certificate, Dr.
Pitt also received the American
Marketing Association's gold
honor key.
The Collegiate Marketing Club
Is one of over a hundred such
student professional g r q ups,
which are located on the cam­pus
of colleges and universities
throughout the United States
and Canada, and It Is one ot
the few professional organiza­tions
at the University.
Marketing Club
Honors Dr. Pitt
Honorary llfe membership b pre-ented to Dr. Robt:rt F.
PItt, AssIstant DeaD of the UIlI"ersUy by Mr. Frederick V.
Bess. 'M, president of the Club.
The Collegiate Marketing
Club of the University has pre·
sented Dr. Robert F. Pitt, as­sistant
Dean of the University,
with an Honary Life Member­ship
Award, given annually by
the Club. The award was pre·
sented to Dr. Pitt for his out·
:standing eo,ntribution to the
club's educational program.
This is the fifth year that the
award has been made at Fair·
field University. ln addition to
March 2
THE STAG
00;umor wo.d'. la'll'"
lee Cl'MIIII .peelaItJ.. manwtKturer
win hold o~mpu. Intenrl.... on tnll date.
REO/STER NOWI
Your Summer Placement Director or Student Aid Officer
will set up an Interview schedule for you, If you're selected
)OUr job I, reserved until school closes.
And you may start work as early as April !st.
EARNINOS ARE 8/G WITH GOOD HUMOR
Of the students world", six or more week$: last Summer _
2 out of 3 earned $110 or more a week
1 out or 2 earned $118 or more a W\!:ek
1 out of 4 earned $133 ()( more a week
HOW TO QUAUFY FOR INTERVIEW
1. Minimum age, 18
2. Have a valid driver's Jlcense In State you'll be
WOrking. and be .bl. to drive a "stick" transmission.
:So Pass. physlClI examination.
ology" and "Elmtown's Youth",
and was senior author for "So­cial
Class and Mental Illness".
He has also contributed exten­sively
to many science journals.
IF YOU NEED TO EARN
AWEEK
OR MORE
THIS SUMMER
~".. •
Of the twenty-one FairfIeld
representatives, two wiD sit In
the Senate and nineteen in the
House. In '8ddition to repre­senting
Fairfleld In the senate,
senior Bob RoQney is also Vice
Chairman of the State Board.
In both the senate and the
House, Fairfield's representi­tives
will introduce controversi­al
pieces of legislation. The
Ilrst bill will call fo,r the liber­alization
ot package store and
bar hours in the State of Con­necticut;
and the second bill
will provide for horse racing in
the state, which Is presently
illegal.
The Connecticut Intercollegi­ate
Student Legislature is com­pletely
studcmt run, with all
legislation passed at the session
by both Hquse and the Senate
being placed on Govenor Demp­sey's
desk tor consideration.
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Jwt 5 minut.. from ull'lpa
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MOTOR
Wagner Versus
For C. I. S. L. Position
belQflgs to Sigma Xi and is a
past president of Alpha Kappa
Delta
Dr. Hollingshead has written
"The Principles of Hwnan Ec-c.
the nwnber of electives
that should be offered;
d which free electives stu­dents
.....ould like to see;
e. whether estimates should
be retained, and for
whom;
f. whether students with an
A average in a course
shQuld be exempt from
the final exam;
g. whether the new quality
point system should have
a finer scale <C+, B-,
etc.).
The Academic Forum asks
students to keep these ideas in
mind in case they are asked to
participate. A ready opinion will
save much time in polling.
on
Forum to Poll
Curriculum
368-9471
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''TOPS IN TOWN"
GREEN COMET
DINER
90 Kings Highway Cutoff
Fairfiekl. Conn.
Academic
Students
With the beginning of the sec·
ond semester. the Academic
Forum wiU undertake a com·
prehensive palling of the stu·
dent body to find out questions
concerning the academic situa­tion
at Fairfield. Although a list
q.f students has already been
selected, any student who wishes
to participate will be welcome
to do so. The Academic Forum
will investigate student opinions
on:
a. the Dean's newly pro-­posed
curriculum changes;
b. the number or required
general education CQurses
as opposed to required
courses In one's major;
February 24. )965
Dr. A. B. Hollingshead, Chair·
man and ProCessor of Sociology
at Yale University, will pre­sent
a lecture entitled "Social
Stratification In America" on
Thursday, February, 25, 1965, at
8:00 P. M. in Gonzaga Audi·
torium. The lecture is sponsored
by the Bellannine series, In
conjunction with the Depart·
ment of Sociology.
Dr. Gordqn J. DiRenzo, who
is arranging the lecture. has
provided special d1scusslon perl. At the next meeting of the
ods for the Caculty and students Connecticut Intercollegiate Stu­of
the Sociology Department, dent Legislature, to be held in
preceding the lecture. the Capitol Building in Hart-
Dr. Hollingshead received his ford on March 11·13. senior
A.B. and M.A. degrees Crom Larry Wagner will oppose Lee
the University of CaliComia Lundy of Yale for the positioJl
and was awarded a Ph.D. from of Speaker of the House.
the University of Nebraska. The election will take place at
Mter serving as an instructor the opening session of the
of sociology at the Universities House. where last year Wagner
of Iowa and Alabama, he be- was elected House Majority
came Associate ProCessor of Leader. Besides the Friday
Sociology at Indiana University rnQrning elections, there will
in 1946. be three other offices open to
Dr. HQilingshead was award- election: House Majority Lea·
cd a Social Science Research der, President oC the Senate,
Council postdoctorial Cellow- and Senate Majority Leader.
ship to the University of Chi- Candidates for these three of·
cago. After serving as a visiting fices will be from such schools
professor at the Universities of us Yale, Albertus Magnus, and
Chicago and Southern Californ. the University of Bridgeport. In
ia. he joined the facully oj. Yale all. there will be sixteen col­UniversIty
where he soon be- leges represented. with dele­came
a professor and Chairman gates all staying at the new
of the D<!partment ot Sociology. Hotel America in Hartford.
In 1957 he became a visiting In addition to. the junior re·
professor at the Psychiatric In- presentitive, Dave Bannon, two
stltute of the University of committees wiD be chaired by
London and was aPPQ,lnted the students from Fairfteld John
senior Fulbright Scholar In the Swanhaus '67 will chair any
United Kingdom. proposals that deal with his
He has been a member of the House Motor Vehicle and Liq­midwestern
region of the Na- uor CQrnittee; and Tom Cal­t
io n a I Resources Planning lahan '67 will be chainnan Cor
Board. the American Associa- any proposals pertaining to his
tion of University Professors. senate Constitutional Amend­"
America", and "Eastern". He ment Committee.
THE STAG Fobru«y 24. 1965
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ASSOCIATE IEDITOU
Jowopll BudJoy. Robort Dolton,
BofFo.
&t.bIWlM 1949
Cn. of .... 8o.Ird __ JoInt erol,
IOARD OF DIRECTORS
EcIitor·inChi.f Wk"-ol o.W_
EdItorl.I Mono,or__Andr.. Hoton
EdItorial Asst. _.__.._ Cloudo ml;h....
1u.1_ M... RolMrt Bolio
s.cmo.., Edwf,rd Sdlud
SENIOR EDITOkS
NEWS: Frank ThomplOn. SPOllS:
Ptlilip SinilgoUi. LAYOUT: Paul H....I•.
ftHOTOGRAI'HY: Chid Nug.nt. AD­VERnSIN6:
Jod Kolly, FEATURES: Fr.nk
Cunnin91l0m. CIRCULAnON: ChuO:
U..~. Al.T: Kovi ... Kior...o....
Dear Editor.
By serving a poor quality food and
meager portions. the pmsent manage­ment
of the cafeterla is drivtna many
studeDts to seek the gleaming, metal
monsters for further nQUrishmenL
Consi$t.enUy served dishes such as
hash, stew, barbecued pork. and
chicken surprise are obviously inexpen·
sive and can be heartily laced with
potatoes and vegetables, thereby dis­guising
their lack of meat. Of course,
we appreciate the management's ef·
torts in serving u artistically pre­sented
salads, however, a pretty piece
of pineapple is no aub6Utute for an <:\C.
caslonal steak.
As a result of this fare, students
seek the shiny seduction of the new
food machines to flll the nocturnal YQid
in their stomachs caused by the speedy
asaimilation of their starchy repasL
To be blunt. we are paying the same
amqunt of money for glorUled franks
this semester as we paid for steak
last semester.
Sincerely
ARNOLD 1.. LEI IlERI, Jr. '68
To the Editqr:
We seem to have on our campus a
certain group of individuals who re­ceive
a great thrill out of stealing the
hats of the servicemen that visit our
campus. Last fall, the three Marine
Corps representatives lost two hats in
as many days and just this week the
Coast Guard representative had his
stolen the first day here. These hats
nm ten tq 8fteen dollars apiece and
their replacement COlt comes out of
the serviceman'. own pocket. These
representatives, often non-catholic, are
thu exposed to a ftnthand obeervation
of our fine "Catholic men" in actiQn
and have made comments to that
ell"'"
AQone eariaI: euoqb to return these
articlea may leave them ia the mail­c.
tIaDed _ PAGE I
STAFF CONTlIIIJTOlS
NEWS: Joh... Nrmo, Robert IofFo. Rido­ord
UOreciOlll, Uic:llo.! Mulli..., Royal
Rt.odes. SIOlTS: Joff Compbell. P.u1
I Bo"*,. Mic....! Oubei.., hul Huqt,..
I Paul. Kemo~l, Miko K.lty. FEATUltES:
IDov,d Aurondl. Fronk J. Cunninqhom. leo
Poquotto, David Frlllchi. ,HOTOGRArHY:
! Robort Huilc:h, Chorlol laVQfi, Greq
1
Wilinlki, AlT: JofF Clutt.rbuck. LAYOUT:
6110"9. Sinclair.
I FACULTY MODERATOR
, lev. Rickard D. CoeteIo, $.J.
PuOI!ahed bi-wMktv d4"ri"9 tho fe9lllor
, uniYertiiy )'Mr, e-e.pt durinq holiday 00ld
vo~tion periodl. Tho lubKripfion r.t_ II I tw dolla", ond fifty cants par y"'. Ad.
I d 60. 913, Campion Hall.
R~prlllontod for N.tional Advertitin9 by
Nat'o"ol Adqrtiling SoNic_, Inc.
W....ben of tile Intor-Collo,qia" and
AJIoOoted Col~iote Prea s.m~
Of&e: c.",pio/l Hal 101
"'-e: 255-1011 &to 107
~.
Crisis
Thank you,
MICHAEL M. SULUVAN
However, the Government will
have learned a great lesson if it
has learned that it must be much
more careful in its future deal­ings.
The time for crying over
spilled milk is gone. The Gov~
ernment must begin to revamp
in the face of its present crisis.
The Government will be sty­mied,
if not helpless, without the
full support of the student body.
It is for this reason that we aak
the students of Fairfield to stand
behind the government in its
future endeavors.
The Government has, in a very
real way, let us down. Yet,
through careful handling of fi­nancial
matters in the future and
with the support of the Student
Body, the organization which
should be the most Important
body on campus, will be the
most important body on campus.
To the Edilor:
On behalf of the Radio Club (s0me­day
WVOF), rd like to thank all thoee
who helped make our recent raJne •
monetary success. Special thanks to
Malt DeLuca and the Wmter CamivaJ
CornaUttee who were so generQUS with
lheir help. We also thank the follow­ing
for their much appreciated c0n­tributions:
The Merritt Parkway Mo­tor
Hotel. The Center Restaurant, The
House of Formals, SuUivan's Flower
Shqp, The STAG, and Remar PrinUng.
Without their help, the rame wouldn't
have been the success it was.
STEVE OAKFORD
.....ldent
To the Editor:
In a letter to the editor in the last
issue ot the 5rAG concerning the
Winter Carnival, the President Qt. the
Student Government echoed a growing
opinion on campus. Mr. santangelo
said "the University apparently cannot
and the community will not support a
high priced concert.·'
Before admitting this [ think the
university and the community &hould
be given entertainment which is mqre
than just "high priced" Quality and
general appeal more than high price
are the essentials of a fl:nancial suc­cess.
In line with this the 1965 Dog_
wood Festival has secured, at an ex­pendltuN!
much greater than any put
w~kend. feature entertainment.
Due to managerial contracts the an·
nouncement will not be made until
March 10. I ask your support in our
attempt to "prove" FaIr8eld.
Sincerely,
TOM FINN
Concert Co-Chairman
To the Editor:
As we begin the second semester I
would Uke to take tIds opportuDtty to
congratulate the Adm.tnisb'ation and
especially the personnel in the Dean'.
office. 1be ferocity and detenniDati(Jl
with which they hoarded and guarded
the first semester marks against the
onslaught of inquiring students would
doubUess have left the CIA and FBI
panting with envy. They are also to be
congratulated for the efficiency of
large scale management. which they
employed as was evident from the
alacrity with which they mailed out
the first semester marks. Ten days as
QPposed to five or seven days for land
grant and other private colleges is not
bad at all!
I LEITERS TO THE EDITOR
~---=-...".",.....--
Government's
As a result of the substantial
loss incurred by the Winter Car­nival
Committee, the Student
Government is presently in rath­er
steep financial straits. It is
rather unfortunate that the Gov­ernment
is now in the situation
of having to repay a large debt
while attempting to conduct
business as usual. Undoubtedly,
many students will adopt an at­titude
of indifference towards
the Government and lose faith
in it as a result of the loss.
There is no doubt in our minds
but that the present troubles
could have been avoided if the
Government had reserved the
right to review committee men,
expenditures, and entertainers.
Nevertheless, this was not done
and the figures speak no joy. All
the planning or complaining that
might be done now would be to
no avail.
The
And
Professoriat
The Peasantry
ahould bave aome ..y over the
quality of the product.
However, just as the article
in Harpen pointed out, the stu­dents
are getting just about what
they deserve, since they allow
the situation to go on unchecked.
A number of remedies that stu­dents
might use to correct the
situation were also suggested.
For example, many students get
up a rating list of teachers, by
means of confidential question­naires,
for student use. This may
not be of any immediate use at
Fairfield since students do not
choose their own professors here.
It would, however, be of consid·
erable aid to any interested
member of the above mentioned
board.
The old adage, "if you don't
like it here, then get out," and
all its relatives, will probably be
just as effective for the next
twenty years as it is today be­cause
of the "college jam." Nev­ertheless,
the American student
need not be brought to his knees,
at least not without a struggle,
by the devastating social blow,
"U you ain't got that sheepskin,
you ain't nothin," therefore forc­ing
him to swallow anything
which will not be immediately
vomited back up.
Tbe problem is certainly a
deeply rooted ODe. Tbe conaid­erationa
of aerioaa atudenu and
devoted teacben have received
little attention wbile wavea of
poateR and the movina: of a atat­ae
have received top priorit,..
The time for picket.. atrik..,
p_ten and sit-ins ia DOt at hand
a.i.D.c.e.M..I'_iou,I,.o.r._a·i.._..a..r.bpilterad­.
The Gennans make a distinc­tion
between Schuler and Stu­dent
- a pupil and a student.
It is like the difference between
a diploma and an education.
When we realize this distinction,
as a community of academicians,
and when we begin to act ac­cordinglly,
Fairfield will be a
body of students and not a ran­dom
group of pupils.
Students, professors, and Ad­ministration
must begin working
together - not as the three sep­arate
entities of High Court, the
Professoriat, and the Peasantry.
"Some professors still believe
that higher education is an ar­cane
rite which ought to be con­ducted
by (and largely for the
benefit of) its own Sanhedren,
without interference from the
peasantry,"
"However liberal a professor
may be on political or social is­sues,
when it comes to his own
professional environment he is
almost invariably as conserva­tive
as Charles I - believing in­deed,
in the Divine Right of the
Professoriat to do as it damn
well pleases, with a minimum
of accountability to anyone,
whether president. parent, tax­payer
or student."
Both of these quotes have
been taken from this month's
edition of Harpen in an article
entitled "Js There A Teacher
On The Faculty 1" The STAG
is not proposing these statements
as absolute. Yet, we do feel that
there is some truth in them
which is applicable to the situa­tion
as it exists on this campus.
Studenu at tbe Univenity
have made two erron in tbeir
attitude toward education bere.
They bave complained, for the
m_t part. about tbe wrona:
thina:a - about tbe trite and in­aiaDi6cant.
Secondl,., they bave
DOt acted upon their complaiDb.
The Administration, perhaps,
has received too much blame for
the insufficiencies in this school.
The faculty and students cer­tainly
deserve as much criticism
88 the Administration.
Some of the faculty, besides
being entrenched in an age-old
mentality, acute moderation, and
the exciting life of dead ideas,
don't seem to understand that
the student wants and deserves
an education which will prepare
him to do anything beyond
punching a time card or writing
scholarly essays - from mem­ory.
Education here is, in the
eyes of many professors and
students, a matter of passing
tests, attending class and looking
intellectually bright while your
life slips away.
The students of this university
can recognize the difference be­tween
good and bad teachers.
However, to define a teacher
who lies in between the two ex­tremes
has been very difficult
since the abolition of the colored
hats by which the good guys and
bad guys were so easily distin­guished.
The probable cause of
this is the infectuous mediocrity
which has seized those students
and teachers who are not either
freakishly good or monstruously
bad.
The atudent ahouJd bave tbe
richt to effective criticiam of bia
profeuon. The creation of a
board consiatiDa of repruenla­tiv.
of tbe aiudea.t bod,., fac­ulty.
and Adminiatration to be
concerned with tbe quality of
tbe educatioa heiDI' received by
tbe atudeDt bod,., rather tban
the differences esiatiDl' between
a particular atud.nt aDd prof...
lOr. would be a dedaive atep lo­ward
makine Fairfield a UDiver­aity,
not only OF studeDb, but
alao FOR atudea.ta. Any cuatom­er
payina: $1,000 for a product
The Divine Right Of
TEACHING THE FAITH
Fobnwy 24. 1965 THE STAG -A FAILURE
to arrive at confusIon rather
than light, we are more human
and our faith will perhaps be
more sincere. Who has said that
faIth is understanding? In faith
we should have an appreciation
of mystery.
Hqwever. in this challenging
period the Chun::h is entering
upOn. how many students at
FaiJ1Ield are truly interested?
Perhap8 because of thl5 blWll­ing
effect the tradttlonal train.
Ing has had, with this new
spirit breaking forth. many stu­jents
are emotionally flat ­~
motionally irresponsive, Inter­~
t in the Church haa never
')cen sufficiently aroused, 80
why should It now? However.
the prqblem is complicated
vhen we observe those students
who do manifest a real interest
'n current developments within
the Church. These personaUties
;cern to have been strong
'Dough to prest!rve themselves
'rom apathy and complacency.
I'hey have been able to chal­'
enge themselves despite any
;ystem of tralninJ:. Hats oft' to
them!
sadly. this brand 01 student
is su~ in number by those
who are indift'erent. In this
;>romlslng period of the Church,
we need many thinkers. There
l.re today so many fields of spc­~
iaIlz.aUon that theologians, car­linals,
bishops. priests will have
to converse with individuals
vithin these specializations for
'1D adequate appllcatiqn of
';athoUdsm. The Church Is go­ing
to develop now through a
liaIocue among all Its members.
But this is going to demand
thinking, this is going to de­mand
Individuals who know how
'0 make mistakes. (FQt' in all
-.erious thinking many inadequa·
~es are encountered). [)e...
manded also will be people who
are interested. But how many
will be interested and able to
")ffer a well thought·out opin­ion?
It Is hoped that this adven·
turous spirit within the Church
will Ignite the interest of the
indifferent mass. An interest in
the Church Is an interest in the
~ of all people. We Deed
many thinkers. We have hope.
Let contIdence instill confidence,
Mr. Cunningham has said
that perhaps the failure o{ the
W. C. can be ascribed to the
lack of entertainment, or an
impropcl' tone or thcme. Yet,
after such lengthy ami enlight­ening
considerations, he at­tempts
to place the reason of
failure on thc {act that most
couples were forced tQ. face
the cultural e\'cnts o{ the \V. C.
sober.
He has moved from the realm
of posslbUities into an un·
founded speclftc, and In doing
so has managed to reduce the
students' goals to no mo.re than
pleasure·seeking. But more im­portant,
he has underestimated
and insulted many people.
Perhaps be{OTe Mr. Cunning·
ham sits down to write again
about so important an issue.
he will stop and think. rather
than leap before hc looks.
Sincerely
WILUAM F. DELUGA.N" '66
To the Editor:
It is un{ortunate that the
integrity and motivations o,f
those who attended the Winter
Carnival. i.e, the weekend C\'ent
guided by a certain idealistic
few. heve been the subject of
an unwarranted. groundless, at­tack
by Mr, Cunninghnm.
Criticism of an event is in
itself a difficult'task especially
when objeclivity is to be held.
But. when criticism is le\'eled
at that {'vent in the light o{ its
being a reaction to the loss
of emphasis from past events
and theil' conseQuences, we
move Into the realm o.f the rio
diculous,
Mr. Cunningham 5C(!1T1S to
feel that the animals f I believe
I am interpreting correetlyl and
their "mates" present were sub­jected
to a pessimistic outlook
for the weekend due to the lack
o{ emphasis on a brawl, aug·
mented by beer, in the back
gym.
Can he possibly believe what
he has written is the reason for
the lack q{ success o{ the week·
end?
MORE LETTERS
Sincerely
GERALD M. cmSHOLM '66
C. W. McCAFFREY '65
Dear Editor:
It would appear to us that
there Is at least Qrie small voice
on campus who has taken it
upon himself to find fault with
those not attending the W.C.
This VERY small voice seems
to imply that ony weekend
without a "back gym beer
brawl" would be unsuccessful.
It is however. possible for one's
tastes to differ from those 01­the
EXTREMELY small voice
and not be of the sordid, ani·
malistic nature of which non­attending
students have been
accused. Nausea may be brOught
to the MINUTE voice only by
realistically philosophizing on
his own lack oJ understanding
and tolel'ance of other's inter­Mis,
Perh:lps SUCH a small voice
could suggest a method of en­tertainment
more culturally
balanced {or the college stu·
dent than the DogwOQd Fes­tival.
which .....e have read he
is planning to attend. The Dog­wood
Festival has had a long
histol)' of "back gym beer
brawls." which are in reality,
no more than glorified mixers.
We are positive that there ls
nobody in this schOQ.1 who finds
it necessary to seek the solace
of alcohol In order to enjoy the
companionship of his date and
friends, as the lNSIGNIF1­CA!'\'
T voice has so rldiculQUsly
intimated.
After reading his past article
it seems that those particular
comments should not have been
called "ONE SMALL VOICE"
but rather "A MINORITY OF
ONE."
COpltnued from Pal;e Four
room in care of my name and
they will be returned to their
owners. Remember. the name of
our school and the reputation
of our religion are at stake.
SlJ1ceorely
DERMOD F. NORTON '65
This is to continue a subject
Qf recent interest at Fairfield This week'. faculty editorial was submit- One reason could be that to
Univenity - apathy. Several pass courses .....here memoriza-months
ago in a STAG article ted by Mr. TbOlll.. Fitzpatrick. S.J. lion is stressed is easier than
Mr. Petry emphasized a sodo- --------------------------1courses demanding thinking.
logical factor to account Cor it. But there is also the ditl'iculty
He made the observation that that because of tra.ir:Ung thus
in the school we have many who 51'b1Y be dc'endo. F - <be ar circumstances in which we f1.nd I:.'U. 0.. • Car, there is security in a corn-have
had Catholic high schOQl gumcnt would go, hoW much ourselves thal we must emerge pact statement. Given such a
and grammar school education. can the child learn? But cer· as better Catholics. !f we have proposition. they do. not have to
The Implication was apparent tainly it cannot be de{ended on been trained within a catechism, worTy. With this text book.
that this training in traditional the high school or college level. textboqk mentality ",'e might cathechism mentality the y
Cathou"e.tsrn ...~.._.......~. ,0 blun'<be A heavily mechanical technique find groping with contemporary wouId Ilke to g"ude throueh lite
intellectual interest ot the Itu- in training would be rather and :nno.."ent of any intellectual dis-denL
This is all too sad a reali- CQJJlIIlendable in schools of a problems distasteful some- turbance. Problems easily arise
ty. The traditional methods of totalitarian state where there thing to be avoided. This ",-auld for these machine-like Cath­educating
Catholics in their is blind and total control over in part stem [rom the desire olics when they have to apply
faith have been Qverly preoc· subjects. Ilowever. it is not apt for clear cut answers, But to .rome particular pro,position to a
cupled with 10gicll1 precision for the training of Catholic stu- want such objective answers is new situation for which they
and memorization through dents because we have. or a mentality that this article is are unprepared. It would be
which other important factors should have. an appreciation {or criticizing. It will oft!:!n happen comforting to advance througl­of
learning, such as personal in· the individual as a person and that we wW have to admit that Ufe with a teacher at our eloow
volvement. ha\'e been neglected. not an Qbject. We have some- we do nQ.t know what the an· to tell us what proposition fits
As a result. in solid traditional thing to give, certainly, but this swer is. But again, faith do~s here and what one there.
training individual Catholics giving cannot be adequately ex- nf't come through answers, but Our criticism has been di.
, de -_........·ted merely in nicely worked I' <b" b '" have lost a sense 0 WQl1 r lUlU "...... is a rea Ity a IS y I.., ver:.. reeted against the traditiona:
Cree pIa)' of ideas. And in some phrases. To be a Catholic is a nature diJTerent {rom under- methQd of leaching and learning
extreme cases of logical for· very personal matter which standing and perhaps is more the {aith. It seems that organ
maUty and memorlzutl'on we..".an "...'.nnot be conveyed through adcquat e1y convey._."" .no, by Izatlons too much tied to tradi-
wonder whether persona1 ,mv01• word of mouth alone. Words can what a leacher has '0 say bu' tion wither. So, it a system of
vement has "- ""n crusht-:U· '0 be emp'y and meaningless espe- by hI'S own pe-."on,a d.-."U.'.-..".. '."..,n philosophy which is the expres-h
"
such an extent tao be a "-',ally if they are foreign to the l-U_lU...mvo1vemen'.S0, 1'f W• hav• sion of an age far removed from
Catholic has any meam,ng a t .'1.1- -....n.. ".O...... ' of an individual's life. to admi t that wedQ. no' under· our own Is strenuQUSlY and ex-It
seems that for -_-•-•-~-""-'" a We should not be afraid to stand, or "I we do not'mun.-.....'l· elusively proposed for our age
catheChism and lext_uo.(hUn ap- become involved in contempo- a le'y I"IS many refutal'lOns 0 , the organiz.ation propoolng sud.
proach to Ca'h0UC'lSrn couId"..".'.",~. rar-v~ problems. It is out of the pasl','IOns th.II. , appe.~.~. ."..V.."..~..~.....,..1...'. a system is doomed, because the
to the Church, we are not poor system as a whole answe~
members o{ the Church. Our problems of the age in which It
faith is developed in humility. was developed and dQCs not an.
understanding and an apprccia- swer the questions and problems
LIon Qf mystery. arising out of the new circum-
It seems that historically we stances. 1be philosophical sys­have
been too much influenced tern then becomes irrelevant,
In our faith by scientific deter- and thus the organization be­minism.
The ImpUcation in this comes irrele\·ant. and is phased
elasstcaJ notion of science was out. Within the Church we have
that bulldl.ng upon certain Individual minds that have losl
proven propositions through ex- the adventure of thinking be­perimentation
we will at SO;J11e cause of a devoUo,n to tradition.
time come to a complete knowl- However, the Church as a whole
edge of the universe. It seems with the promise of lasting
that matters of faith were not to the end of time - is showing
and are still not completely free <;igns of real development. There
jf this notion. Pragmatically we is a spirit breaking forth wh.ich
hove limited our faith to what we must assign to the Holy
we under.;tand or perhaps lQ Spirit. The Church as a whole
what we may be able to under· ;s rethinking herself.
stand. But if our faIth does not This atmosphere oJ renewal
~o beyond the limits of our pas. should counteract a complacen­<
tible understanding we will be· ~y, an apathy among young
Iieve in very little. What our Catholic students and faculty.
thinking needs is a sprinkUng We should be encouraged to
of confusion to help oJ[set our question what .....-e hold. not in
tendency to scientism. We have order to doubt. but tq ~n
to be able to understand the and develop ourselves as Chris­value
of struggling for some- t1ans. If in questioning we seem
lhing we believe, If we have not
grappled with the problem of
the existence of GOO. can I truly
say that GOO exists? Here we
are emphasizing the need to. ex·
perience problems and questions
rather than merely give artifi­cial
and superficial sclentlftc an­swer.;
to th(!:m.
Because we have failed in
making the Church thoroughly
contemporary and because we
h a v e inadequately separated
faith from sclentism, it may
well be that we share the re­sponsibiUty
of contemporary
atheism. The faith is something
more than what is enunciated.
Numbers then. experiencing our
failure in meeting acceptable
human longings jump tQ. ex·
treme measures, and themselves
fail to separate the inadequate
{rom the valid. But. nonetheless,
for atheists GOO is dead and
maybe we have helped kill Him.
The difficulty presented thus
far has more pertaIned to the OPEN
teaching side of education, Ob- FRIDAYS
:lerving the other sIde of the TO
desk, we find some students who I 8 P.M.
are satisfied with these nicely Drt-.. ..... ...-....: __ ~ ,;... 4:_
enunciated, safe propositiqns. ---------
BOOK REVIEW========
THE STAG Feb",.ry 24, 1965
"What Have They Done To The Rain" "We Hold These Truths"
•
iMp well _mad at
YOUR ON CAMPUS
BARBER SHOP
dent and practical men. These
nen did not develop a govern­nent
from reason alqne, as the
Trench tried. but rather worked
:1t a realistic government based
:m the natural law, whether
they would admit it or not.
Atter developing the basis for
.he consensus, the need for one,
md a1I'lnning the Catholics Be·
~ptance, the bo.ok becomes
:ather current. Problems facing
!l.U Americans, regardless of
their faith, are treated: govern·
.nental aid to parochial schools.
:ensorship. morality and war,
the nature of Communism. and
)ur policy with regard to Com­munism.
Even when dealing with par­Icular
problems Father Murray
lqes not offer any solutions nOI'
joes he weight his book down
.vith a multitude of facts. Rath­er,
dealing in generalities he
:oncerns himself with setting
the problem in the right con·
text. A contention at Father
Murray's. which becomes appar­~
nt. is that the confusion that
~xists today Is the result of a
-nisunderstanding Qf the prob­lems
and the lack of "right
thinking" about the problems.
If one is looking for concrete
answers his search is in vain.
for no answers are given. A
.villingness to think and think
continually Is a necessary rc­lu1rement
for reading this book.
Father Murray exhibits the
process o;r "right thinking,"
of reason and intelli­gence.
laboriously cultivated by
the discipline of passion, pre­judice.
and narrow self-inter­est:'
which is necessary in the
City to Insure progress. The
book (u1fI.lls an urgent need and
mould be read by all.
RUSSELL F. KELLERMAN
8)' .Iohn Courtney ftolurray, S'"
Many worthless and lIit,
bqoks have appeared on th'
bookshelf with the rise in pop
ularity of the paperback. Bu,
111 the new printings have no,
been of this type. One of tht
latest additions to the shelf il
John Courtney Murray's book
WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS.
Fathcr MUI'ray has not writ
len a history boo.k nor a plar.
of action; rather a book or.
"right thinking." Today, in tht
pluralistic society in whieh we
live. there are many exampleE.
of "wrong thinking" and ever.
of non-thinking. We becomt
aware. through the newspapers
of peqple screaming at a young
man to jump from a building 01
watching a young woman being
3tabbed to death - afraid oj
getting involved. These are tht
examples of Americans who reo
fuse to think, that are moved
by the croWd. and conditionerl
by mass media to. react and not
think.
Into this arcna comes a book
dedicated to "right thinking" by
a Catholic. With amazing depth
and perception Father Murray
analyzes the need, in America,
for a public consensus and dem­onstrates
that the Catholic is
not at variancc with this con­sensus
but rather embraces it
fully. An understanding of the
historical situatiWl, at the time
of the writing of the Constitu­tion.
reveals that the consensus
whieh makes possible the gov·
emment. was the work of pru-
Bacldash
By Morrb. L. Wellt (\ther. stiLi lost. But as the book
Jb(:klll8h is an interesling progresses, his fears mount at
novel. which in many respects, lhe realization that what he is
can be said to follow West's looking for is a meaning for his
own existence.
earliel' prize, The Devll's Ad- He runs from the fact that I;:"''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''';;;;
"ocate. The two hold many his duty as a husband should
things in co.mmon. But of more come first in his mind. But like
importance, they both portray a consoling thought, he realizes
a level headed representation thnt his marriage is sour, much
of men brought to action by 1ilge his taste fQr everything else
their desires and ambitions in a in the world. So he runs again
world too afraid to accept them. until he finds himself in Jove
The framework of the story with Anna Kunzll, who portrays
lacks in many respects. The the innocents he himself never
time is shQrtly after W. W. U. knew. This aJTair has Its good
The allies have the grueling and bad points.
task of making good the spoils The reader is dragged through
of war. The town is Bad Quel- many incidents necessary to the
lenberg located in the Austrian plot. It has taken the author
Alps not far from Munich. Lt. 200 pages to build everything
Colonel Hanlon has been placed up to a no.t so hot fever pitch.
in charge of restoring economic With the death of his wife and
qrder and justice in the town, the attention of his lover Anna,
while rehabilltating the torn the local priest and other char­minds
of its occupants. During acters in the story, Hanlon is DRINK its course, the plot takes rather brought to his senses. He finally _ . _ .
convenient turns to set up a findS himself and the story neat- _
particular situation to test the Iy closes.
ability of the characters. West Backlash deserves recommen- PEPSI uses various mechanisms that dation fo;r its style and literary L.
are at the disposal of any au- etrorts. But praise is certainly I~===========~ thor. But these "quirks of fate" due for its masterful handling
are rather artificial and tQo of human nature. West apin
agreeable to the needs of the is a true artist depleting the
author; much like Fleming and necessary conflicts that exist in
his use of the mechanized Bond. morality and passion, justice
However West·s genius does and pride, ambitions and mi&­not
lie in his handling of the fortunes while not distorting the
plot. but rather in the masterful true picture of life.
control of his characters. We CLAUDE M. FRECHETTE Gonzaga Rm. I ,=="::::":=='::"'11 sec Hanlon lost in a wo;rld he ARNOLD'S Open 8 e.m. to 6 p.m. Mon.
thought was refuge after he left tfv" Set.--c1owd on Wed.
the monastery. He enters the PRESCRIPTIONS Deodorant hair tonic and
story a lost man in search of S·UPPllES
somethm· g. He wanders aimless- SUNDRY NEEDS 0"",, 9rooming needs cen
ly throughout the story, hop- be obteined here.
ping from one incident to an- ,-_F~.;~m~.~Id..;.S~ho;.;:P~P~;"9..:._c.:":"'_"~-_.Jl 1
LEO PAQUErrE
relationships. This grim portent
of a contaminated, sterile world
is not as IncredulQUS as it
sounds. Most insecticides and
herbicides are stored in small
amounts In fat tissue until these
energy reserves are assimilated
by the animal. Then any num­ber
of drastic metabolic changes
from nervous seizures to even
death can occur depending on
the poison level. For example,
M1lJ8 Cal'8OD shows that the
ONION PATCH
TIlE
By RadM:l Canon
Miss Carson, a biologist and
humanist, is protesting wanton,
irresponsible attempted chemic­al
control of insect pests. She
presents a scientifically docu­mented
account of widespread
disruption in nature's web of
life. Both animal and plant life
are in danger oJ extinction due
to the potent effects of uncon­trolled
spraying which "rains
down death" on our ecological
averaage DDT level of the gen­eral
human population was 5.3­7.4.
parts per mllUon. The DD'l
level Is constanUy rising due w
repeated accumulation of this
polllOn througb food, water. and
al,.
Such facts might be called
alarmism. but Miss Carson's
trained scientific interpretation
Qf data plus her honest ap­proach
to the problem dissuades
egotistical notoriety or fanati-
•
, clsm. Shc gives solutions in na-tural
predators includiing para­sites
and bacteria which speci­ficaUy
destroy pests. Natural
control has been used previQusly
but due to economic pressue by
ehemical companies. very little
research has been done in this
field.
Her style is lively and read·
able, in spite of the technical
material, which she presents in
layman's terms. Throughout the
book, Miss Carson's pure love
of nature. of life in all its as­pects,
gave me a fresh perspec­tive
Qf simple biological beauty.
Her presentation touches the
pulsebeat of nature's struggle
amid man's futile attempt to
dent the fabric of life. Ironic­ally,
man's poisons only kill
those creatures least liable to
rapid evolution and resistance­man
himself with his m~mmal
counterparts. And until man
leamlS to KUlde natural fol'Cft5
cautiously. hi. lmpetuolltl "rotn
of death" may tnl1)' lead to a
silent .prlng.
WALTER BLOGOSL\WSKI
ApoIogla Pro Cohunn" Sua
This column will be a little mqre personal than the last
twenty-three.
Although an)'one who has been reading the Onion Patch for
the last three years should have a good idea of what it's all
about, I think it is time to spell out more concretely what my
aims have been. This is necessary (l) because two new classes
have entered Fairfield since I began, and (2} be<:ause the Onion
Patch has been lately attacked in some quarters as being too
one-sided and negative in its criticism.
The OnIon Patch began in rather stormy times, during the
Fall semester of 1962. Every student at Fairfield, it seemed.
had discovered the magic word "apathy" and was using it in
countless new and ereative ways to describe his own and his
school's depravity. We had succumbed en masse to a blanket
inferiority CQI'llplex, as was only natural for a teen-age univer­sity.
and suttered especially in our self-imposed unfiattering
comparisons with other schools. This self-criticism r regarded
as a healthy sign. but its wailing, wandering tone coupled with
the desire to Imitate other colleges was. I felt. a grave mistake.
The Onloa Pateh was born then with the convictiqn that
Falrfteld is wholly capable of great achievements, and that we
should develop In our own way, without imitating the bad habits
and surface realities of other cqlJeges. Its aim has been to pro­voke
debate and action on the part of students, faculty, and
Administration. To do this In a constructive way r have tried to
pick out in each column specific problems that can and should
be remroied.
So what has the Onion Patc.h accomplished? I don't know.
lUke to think that it was the first column to explore and search
for the identity of Fairfield in down-to-earth terms. But it has
failed to provoke the extensive public dialogue on our problems
that I desired, and the tangible results Qf action recommended
in this column are negligible. I do still hope that it has been a
constant pressure for change, a pressure that needs to be con­tinued
and greatly intensified.
This is an area where many of our student leaders have
failed us. They display, almost to a man. the prim and cautious
attitude of a Jesuit prep-school graduate, and grow up tq be the
epitome or a "responsible" Joe College, who is powerless to do
. any really creative thinking, much less to mobilize forces tq put
pressure for change on an even more naturally cautious admin­istration.
The "rebels" among us content themselves with vehe­ment
protests about the food, while those who cqnsider them­selves
intellectuals "1Crely snicker and wish a plague on both
houses.
This is the vacuum in which the Onion Patc:h finds itself. So
if this column (or other opinions in this paper) seems at times
nQt to present the complete pieture of things, or to be too harsh
in its criticism, it is because the field has been abandoned by
others. at least in a public form.
If I have been harsh in my criticism of Administration and
faculty, it is because I fear they are still thinking in terms of
Holy Cross vintage 1948, rather than Fairfield. 1965, in their
plans for a great university. This I say despite many advances
that have been made. because I do not think they are radical
enough. or creative enough. But this is to be expected when we
have a student body that dqes not demand changes. I do not
believe our Administration is thinking in terms of Fairfield as
a great university. I think they would be satisfied with a prog­ressive
Catholic <:allege. If I am wrong I wish they would tell
me so and offer evidence to the contrary.
Meanwhile, I would like to thank tho,se teachers who have,
at some time, discussed issues brought up in this column with
their students, even if it was tQ disagree. We need much
greater dialogue on these problems. I suggest that the next time
you disagree you might share your opinion with us through a
letter to the STAG.
The Onion Patch in its final days will continue to opt for a
Fairfield University that will take its place as the best college
in this country. To aim or to settle for less is to sell our­selves
out.
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THE 5TI<6
Within Harold Pinter's TIle Eugene Ionesco, and Harold written a play that most IIUCo
()ueUlleJ' we 6nd a atranae Pinter. Beckett'. WaI'" FOl' ceaatully comb!Des the two dI­mixture
01 ccpedy aacl trapdy, Godo& served 81 the Jead ,the verse elements of the tradI­a
mixture wbIch II Qpka) 01. guide bt d1recUD&: future Abo tloDal theatre, the elements of
the Theatre of the Absurd. This sUJ'dbt ~ . comedy and trapdy. The Ian.
m 0 v e men t in contemporary Follqwmg this trall blued gunge employed is sometimes
drama rests upon a aiD&Ie, di- into a largely unexplored scare poetic, often ridiculous, but al·
reel. mystifying aDd matterin&: of drama was Harold Plnter, a ways rea..Uatica1ly, tragIcaUy hu­premise
_ modern l1te is ridlc-. writer whose ear1y plays de- man. Paru Q/. "I'Ite cantaker
uI and Uklg1caL pended to a great extent upon border on pure farce; yet the
ous terTOJ' and mystery. Pinter be- ftnaI .ceDe wblch deals with
'Ibe TI1eatre of the .u.urd lieves that drama caD only be- the eJeeUna of Davies cIoa!Jy
can 6nd Its orlabl in the ritual em with &b UD8DSWeJ'ed ques- ~bIes pure trapdy.
dance. an ear1y form of theatre tIon, and he also believs that TIle Oantaker Is a drama
which does nqt depend upon the best method of PIfteIIt1nc baled on love between three
words to convey its meaning. this question ill to direct that men. The love described by
Later we see that the mime was the audience initially be pre- Pinter is intimate1y CODDeCted
growing In lmportaDce, lncreas· sented with a view Q/. a room. with the spirit of true brother­ing
in popularity to the extent The room must have a door, hood. But the flDaJ scene bitter..
that singing, dandn& and Ju&. for behind that door lies adveD- b' comments on the present bu­gling
often were more blJIueu· ture mystery and the unknown. maD CClDdiUon, a ccpUtion III
tia1 than c...-cal trapdy or The Canb.kft' foUows this wbJcb .U-preservation confUcta
ccmedy. 'The clown of the mime basic ouWne, for the p1Q' be- with a benevolent OU1sUan at.
eventually breathes his sp1rtt gins in a cluttered room i:D ., Utude toward fellow man.
into the Italian~del· otherwise unoccupled tQ.uIe. '!be 'fte 0ueIaII;er is a C"('Cl'UT!erto
l'arte. The commedia dell'arte staging retemb1es a cage, a cage: tar)' on eoatempocuy man. It
consisted of a travellnl; P'CUP In wbicb a human drama is is a play desl&ned to make the
In caravan fann which worked enacted. The snadUaI UghtlDa of 8""'eDce think lIbl! retIect upon
from a scenario, abd wbldl. nor· the stage area reveals lOck, the the _ ..
mally adapted Ita improvisations owner of the house. Footstepa ...... of -
to the _....I_·tar locale of its ~. PInter baa postu)..
--....... are heard In the hallway, and ated a view t:4 hwnan existence
perfonnancea. The slqck char- Mlck leaves. Aston the older _ the audience must judge Its
aelers of the eommedla deU'arte brother of Mlck, en~rs with an truth.
galned In Importance and apo old man. 'The old man is crou JAMES J. FOTTA
proval, and survived In both the and cantankerous, but has be-I... ~
English music hall and In Amer- come the Pl'Q,tected of Aston.
Ican vaudeville. Improvisational 'The old man, Davies, for an un.
theatre reached Its height with known reason uses the name of
the advent of the great allent· Jenkins. Davies is primarily In.
film comedians, Buster Keaton tereste<l In ftndlng a place to
and Charlie ChapUn. These t!O- sleep, and Aston offers the bed
medians brought forth the hope- unoccupied because Mlck drives
less plight of man in an WQlical a van at night. Davies Is later
world. With the perfection of offered the job of caretaker.
projected sound, the Marx but his deeply-rooted sense of
Brothers brought the doetr!rIe penqnal triumph (OrcH him to
of lIIogicaUsm to Its height. place the brothers at odds In
Other forces which have con· the hope that Davies wiD em.
trlbuted much to the Theatre erge the victor. The high point
ot the Absurd are the no,nsense of the drama comes with the
poem, the dream play, Gennan expulsion of Davies from the
Expresslonism, and Surrealism. room (and from the lives1 of
The Theatre of the Absurd Aston and Mlck.
as a legitimate movement In Pinter ascribes completely tQ,
modem drama centers about the basic doctrine of the The-the
works of Samuel Beckett, atre of the Absurd. He has I~------- .J
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U the high tragedy 01 the has three plays nmnlnl in New trice, his wife}, Jon Voight (as
Greeks is dead, as is maintained York. has created an unques- Rudolpho, Cathrine's IQverJ.
in numerous literary circles. tionable masterpiece in his ~ Ramon Bieri (as Rudolpbo's
vised version of A. VIew From brothe1'), and Val BisogUo {law­then
there is a post stalking Tbe BJ1dce. When the play ftrst yer-cborua} round out the show
the stage of the Sheridan appeared on Broadway 1m ni~ly. Each pert'0I1JB wen. with
Square Playhouse. Exterior ap- years ago, it failed. But the the devotion ancI intensity
pearancell have bee1I altered present combination Q,f. rewrit· needed tQ. carry the story me­slightly:
the tragic hero wurs ten script, exceUent direction. ~.
the clothes of an ltalian·Amer· and proper casting, perhaps The Sheridan is small, and
iean lonphoreman and the linked with a alight cbanp in ilrector tnu Grubard uses Its
chorus sits in a lawyer's offlce outlook on the part 01. the .ti.rnms1ona bl!autituUy. He has
wearing a dark suit; but the American audience has spelkd ~ated the effect of envoMng
Fates still rule, and a character not only success for Miller's 'he .u4I~ in the action. pro-
Robert Du,'.l1 _lTUy pouads Ute table, whIIe.leaaae of herqk proportions is driven play but an evening of superb luclnc in the theatre the Inti-
Kaplaa. h" be\l1kleftd wife looks OD, III • __ from blindly on to bis destruetion. enjoyment for the IleriQuI the- 'MCY of a Uvinc room. while a1-
Art.bor MIller'. "A \'Iew FI'om TIle Hiidee-" Arthur Miller, who presently atJ'e..goer. 'owing the Jawyer-cborus to Ie- --.::..:::..::-=:..:::..:.--=....:.....:....::..:.:.:::....:.:::.-===--------....:.....:.---'-----'---C.I Robert Duvall, as Eddie Car- -nain • totaUy detached aDd.
bone, the powerful dockworker ')bject1ve Q:bserver. The result
drivea to degradation and dealt '. that at times you wonder
by an unrealized lust for his Nhether the chorua is comment­niece,
delivers a mqnlftoenl 'nl 011 the players or on you.
perfonnance. One cannot help In brief both writer, actors.
Identifying with him as he loWfl 'UId director, have ccmblned to
hates, shouts and suft'en fCO" the produce a much IDQl'e than sub­funily
he is betraying. Duvall ,tant1al play. Anyone who
vance in the intellectual growth gineered and aimed their ma- makes Carbone. who could east· misses the OPP.O...-.'.-u'ly to be
of the University. I "'y-of the I' h _ ly become fantastic, not only completely ovenvhelmed aDd
chine, and t IS my ope t believable but very very real enveloped by A. VIew From 'I'be
University, because it must be they w1l1 follow through with Performances by Susan AlIS. Brtdp should at leut be barred
hoped that the University fos· more of the same and better. pach (as cathrlne, Carbone's fram vlew1n1( serious drama
tel"i" ,the t
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b
pe
w IC 1 SUC aofpuatmbclaiotsiPo.nherec.'"- I --.:D::.":8:":A.:... -=:""""'::.::;':.:J:':"""::.'::..:K:a:p:lan::;_(.:::.._::.:":... -==F:.J:.:C.:...
velops. Perhaps it is the result
of only 8 few and is not a
gOQd index of intellectual activi·
ty at the University in its en­tirety.
However that may be,
we all have evidence of a pro­duction
that is deserving r(
much attcntion and considera·
tion. In this sense we all bene­fit
nnd panicipate In the ad­vance
made by New Froatlent
lhls winter.
Above all else I think the
Issue may be lauded for its
varity and diversification. Nol
only does it include articles,
lictiqn, drama. art, poetry am
reviews, but it draws upon
many different sources. Past is­sues
have been too limited in
their outlook and presentation
nnd so they ha\'e tended to
hold little interest. No such
thing has happened here, how­e...
·er. and the results speak for
thernseh·es. Whatever may be
said of the quality of the indi·
\':iduaJ contents It must be rec·
QgJIized that on the whole It
posses true integrity and stat·
ure. The art-work and layout
reveals a touch of the profes­sional
especially because it is
complimentary to the Publica­tion
and not an insult to the
reader as so much of the usual
literary magazine art tends to
be.
All in all the editors oj N-.'
FronUel'8 must be compliment·
ed. The Winter Issue possesses
worth and merit of a scope
that is wide and from contribu­tors
of many different back­grounds.
I have deliberately reo
frained from looking into the
individual pieces oJ work be­cause
there Is neither time nor
space here, and I think that
Is best left to the reader. And
that is C!xaclly where the special
value of this Issue of "Fron·
tic!rs" lies-in its appeal to the
reader. It is no perfect pro­duction
by any means, and I
am certain the editors realize
this; but it is the best issue
produced as far as I can re­call
precisely because of the
reader interest it strives to
create. Its elements are a happy
combination which et'I'ects ma­ture
and praiseworthy effort.
The editors have skilltully en-
New "~ronUel'lj is the JQ,urnal
of Fairfield University, and I
mention that fact in the event
that some may not be aware
of its cxistence. In the past its
appearance all campus seems
to have attracted only minor
interest and enthusiasm with
the student body, Now, the
fault may have been in that
body itself, but in part wc may
say that past pUblications havc
lacked fullnC!ss and scope which
just did not deserve intensive
interest. No qne may accuse
this winter', edition 01 New
Froatlent of that particular de­ftclency,
though some have
lC!veled Othel' criticisms at the
Iuue.
Unfortunately, initiaJ student
reaction has nothing to do with
the Publication itself; for it
has CQ,me from those who have
not read it. The complaint is
that material from outside of
the University dominates, and
so it Is unfair to call it a stu·
dent production. I must ask
where would it be if it were
only to publish student contri­butions
or to limit the outside
material? The answer is obvi­ous.
I was most pleasantly sur­prised
to SC(> so many non·
members of the Unh·ersity in
this issue because it is a sign
of genuine maturity that ",:e
accept and make available the
artistic works and ideas of th~
beyond our walls. U anything
may be said in critism It Is not
that so much of New Froatlen
is taken Uj) with non-student
work but that the University
community has failed with re­gard
to contributions and real
Interest and I Include some
faCUlty members here. I am
sure that all o,f us would like
to see a great deal more from
the facully In our literary pub­lication.
Detailed criticism of each
article or piece of art or of
literature serves no purpose
here. What we nre interested In
is the Publication as a whQ.le,
and my general observation Is
that this issue marks a true II.d·
THE STAG Fobnoa'Y 24, 1965
Vich¥, Dutchman, Cocktail Par­ty,
Time Remembered. and
olbe....
In presenting the discussion
and showing the contemporary
dnema view, Rev. J. J. McLau­ghlin,
8.1.• Instnlctor in En·
gllsh and Cinema, wiU empha·
size tUms of soda! protest.
THE BEST IN LAUNDERING
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Adult Education Courses
OnContemporaryProblems
Rev. Oliver E. ~Ickerson, S.J., I&nee at selected plays. This
Director Qf Special Community course. under the direction of
Courses at Fairl\eld University Robert E. Emerich, M..F-A.,
President of Pygmalion Pro..
announced today Ulat proble~ duction. New York, and Resi.
of modem men and women Win dent Director of the Fairfield
receive detailed treatment in University playhouse, wiD take
fh'e courses to be given at Fair- up the Caretaker, RhlnocerQl,
field Unh'ersity starting Mon. Mother Courage, Incident at
day, Febroary 8. The courses
will concern today's problems
as viewed b:r psycholQgists, the­ologians,
no\'elists dramatists.
and fllm directors.
The psychologist's \-iew will
~ considered by Rev. Thomas
A. McGrath, S.J .. Ph.D., Direc­tOI'
of Ps)'chological Services
and head of the Psychology J)e.
partment at Falrfleld. Special
emphasis will fall on problems
of marriage, children and the
stresses of contemporary life.
The theological vie..... wiU be
given by Rev. Thomas A John­son.
S.J. This will cover the
diverse problems arising in the
ecumenieal movement and in·
creased common concern for re­UgIQn.
The novelist's point of view
of tQda.y's living as seen by
Go I din g Salinger, Knowles,
West, Lee, and other.; will be
subject for reading and dis­cussion
In the course conducted
by Rev. Oliver E. Nickerson.
Father Nickerson Is Associate
Profefi90r of English at Fair­filed.
The COUl'lie In the contempw­ary
dramatist's view will entail
reading discussion and attend-
Marines
LIBRARY: A QUESTION OF DlJ"()RTANCE
In the December 19, 1964 issue of Saturday ~ there
is an article to which we would aU dq well to give more than
cursory attention. It was written by David Borot'l", Associate
Professor of English at New York University and concerns the
evaJuation of American colleges and unh'ersltles. His treatment
is far from dull and I1Qt at all the usual "study" by a so-called
"educator." Among the "indices of institutional excellence" which
he suggests he includes the library; "The browsing room in the
library is another sensitive area. Here again the self·image of
the institution is reflected:' Now, we all know that Fairfield
University has no browsing f'OQrTl In Its library; but we must be
willing to grant that first things come first and that there are
many difficulties that take precedence over such a luxury. How
are .....1.'. then. to appraise the worth of our library? There are
certainly many things we might say and a number of approaches
open to us. but again I say let us begin with that which Is most
imPQrtant. PUlting all else aside unUJ another time I think a
most basic and important matter Is that of the atmosphere in
our II braI')'.
Is it not your Impression (It certainly is mine) that our
library is no more than a high SChool-type study hall? Lack of
space in the building and other limltatJona are things we might
be able tq overlook If the library staff "-'Cre a IitUe less petty
and a IittJe more mature in their attitude toward students. Ab­solute
silence Is enforced with unJlinching aeveret)'. Those who
------------Iare DOW accustomed to it must make a special effort to believe
that they may not have their knuckles cracked should they be
caught whispering. Are the librarians there to conduct a patrol
qr is their function to assist students and to see to the care and
use of the books? Furthermore, is It fair to require monastic
three ')'ears for ground officers quietude of students when the slatl' may enaage In any kind of
nnd four and Qne half years for loud conference, important or not? Why does that noisy Xerox
CQIltraption have to be in the main body of the library? Aside
aviators. Freshmen, sophomores from the staff it is the most distracting thing in the room, and
and juniors are eligible to apply the irony is that students are held so responsible for noise and
for this program. distraction.
orrl"'e-l" C...dklatf!' eou,.. - The library boasts a \'ery liberal availability of its books,
A\'laUon or GrouDd; Open to and yet it finds itself compelled to make the absence oj a tie
seniors. OCC·AOC training is on an otherwise well-attired student a massh'C issue. If we are
~ducted after graduation at required 10 meet the extreme demands of propriety then why are
~uanlic:l, Virginia and lasts ten phone-ealls in the library aosll.'Cred with a proud and loud.
I ....eeks. Candidates are then "Liberry!"?
I :ommis ioned. AOC's rt>pOrt to In all matters of general libraI')' discipline and control
Pensacol.-l, Florida for flight there seems to be the ever·present lecture in condescence, the
traininr. OCC's remain at Quan- holier-than·thQu that is not only unnecessary but also the most
Jco for further training. improper and juvenile way to handle a situation. I am not ad.
The Otricer Selection Team \'ocating the abolition of discipline or of roles that are needed,
.viU furnish full details on these but there is a way to operate on a college level and there is
PrograJus during .its visit, in· the way our library is presently QPCrating. This University will
'Iuding ctigib.llity. requirements never get otr the ground if we have to be treated. like-drst·
lnd ho'\' to initiate an nppliea- graders In, of all places. our own library. Are we not going
ion. The learn will be lQ,Catcd there to be served and not to serve? I admit the need for roles.
n Loyola Hall from 1000 a.m. but have we not grown sufficiently to realize the ditrerence be-
10 2:00 p.m. tween the letter and spirit oj the law?
-------------1 J would be fearful of an unannounced visit to our library
by Professor Borotr, not for academic reasons _ this is not
under discussion here - but because I feel he would find the
aLmosphere rather insulting. It Is a matter SQ basic and im­portant
as to be an initial assumption that should usually re­quire
no such treatment as I am now indulging in. But we do
A Cllf':SS club has been form- have a problem situation here - a situation no first·rale uni­ad
on the Fairfield campus, and versity would tolerate.
Is I eln~ moderated by Fr. Rich.lt';;;;""....;;,;;;::;:..:;;::;.::::"----------------.,
ard Rousseau. The fourteen
_'''mber.dub meets every other
M?nday, with Its next scheduled
m~etlng on March 1st. The
club plnns to play in tourna.
ment against several high school
teams this semester and hope­fully,
will engage in intercol.
legiate competition by next
Fall. Interested students are
w<'I"Ome ttl. contact Jeff Crooks
at 372-1107. or Joe Plosnlck in
Campion 210.
Hosts
lay missionary makes it possi­ble
for many more people to
be served. since larger funds
for regular employees are there·
by saved.
The \'olunteers from Fairfield
will receh'e a training program
here nt the University during
the semester from various guest
lecturers and mcmbeJ'S of the
faculty who. are familiar wiOl
the situations in the designated
areas. They will then be sent to
°he mission they choose. Funds
ooollccted from such student pro­jects
as last semester's "Green
SnO\..... will be used to pay til<!
\'oluntrer's travel expenses.
Once on his mission lhe volun­teer
will be supported by thal
mission. Though given a small
3ffiQunt of spending money, he
will not be Ii\ing at a level far
above that Of those with whom
he is .....orking.
The mis.<;ionary's goai will be
10 instruct the student In the
culture of Ihe area, and to de­velQp
thal area, as a meaning­rul
part of the .....orld eo,mmuni­ty.
The program docs not pro­duce
"little Americans", around
ttJe World, or advertise the
glories of the United Stllles.
The program is !"eally designed
tor mutual growth by both the
mlssio.n and the missionary who
comes inlo contact with another
culture. He learns to under·
stanel and appreciate; thus, the
program calls for sacriflce
but It is a very rewarding one,
and one very much in keeping
with the modem social interest
of American youth.
periods at Quantico. Virginia.
rluring the summer. There are
nQ military drills. or other ac·
tivities during the school )-ear.
Candidates are commissioned
upon graduaL-on from college.
The active duty obligation is
o'Coataet the MariDe Otl'k68 III 1.o)·ola RaU
on 1-% Maft"h from 10:00 ~ to !:OO p.m."
Lay Missons Program
Holds Campus Course
Campus
The Fairfield University Lay
Missions Pl"Qgl'aDl will hold its
first m~ting tomorrow, Feb.,
25th, The Program, to be
chaired and coordinated by
Fnmk Filipowski '66, is de­signed
to encourage Fairfield
University students to de\"ote
a year Qr mo:-e to ",'orklng on
the Jesuit Missions in Baghdad.
Jamaica, or Alaska. 1be pro­gram
has been functioning for
some time now. and there are
already students from Jesuit
colleges on the mISSions of the
New En~land PI"Q.\'ince.
The need IQr more lay mis·
mionaries Is nC\'crtheless very
great. In Bagl\dad. for example,
teachers are badly needed on
b.,t' the unh-erslty and sec·
o:ldary school level. 'n1e need
Ie; parliC'ularly severe in that
the go\'crnmenl requires a
bachelor's degree to teach on
the secondary school level and
a m1s1ers degree to leach on
the cq,lIege le\lel.
In Alaska, there are so few
pJi~ts that mnny Catholics are
removcd from the sacraments
for lon[{ periods of time. Lay
misionarlCli can relieve the
pllests of many tasks more fit­lin~
for the laymen, and pro­vide
so:clnJ as well as eduea·
Ilomtl support for the people.
Ed Slonc. of Fairfield's dasll
of '64. is presently teaching as
a lay missionary ot the Jesuit
=;choo! in Kingston, Jamaica. Ed
reports that most of his classes
are CQmposed of boys from poor
families. The R:enerosily of a
Ot'ticcrs of the United States
Marine Corps will be on campus
MaT'Ch 1st and 2nd to discuss
with interested students the
Corps' ground and air programs.
Platoon Leaden C...: Con­sisting
of two-six week training
.. You·re DOt even married.
We've known each other
three full weeks.
e. U you really waDt to be
practical, why doIl't you get
a LJving Insuraooe policy
from Equitable-and give
her security, lRat way, when
you got ...mod, you1J
boW that she and the kids
will always be provided for
if something should happen
lDyou.
Swell Idea. Now, what do
you think she'd like for
NatiooaI Crab Apple DayP
",Im't that oven:Ioiag It a bW'
Not..beD you'alD Jove.
5. You'D be broke before you
get to the altar.
Ob, we're very
practical. Sue gave
me a pocket pepper
grinder and I gave
her my B+ theme OD
Parental Attitudes
Among the Arawak
IndWiL
3. You gh'e a gift every week'
We try to rvrwmber
the important data
1. Hitting the boob?
No, I was just
thinking about what
to give Sue.It',
our aouivenuy.
•
citadel qf. higher education man whq brought the title
could long ignore such a cbaI- back to his IChooJ with a 24
lenge, and within days the hour aoUina that aaw nearly
gauntlet was picked up by Bob 200D plkea of water pour over
Pemberton at the University of his 1Udt.
Kentucky, who spent 16 hours W--.en WIll
washing himself to brine the But for Kentucky It wu too
title to Lexington. cood to latt Just as a universi­ty
olndaI was saylq that if the
BeconIa FaD f~ eontimJes "we mieht bave
It didn't stay there kJn&. A tQ enabUIb 8ClIDe rep)atioaa..
Yale University law atudmt (to .tave ott the threat cl
took an 18 hQur sprinkllDg for drouaht no doubt), • stunned
the glory of the Eli. nation learned that a sophomore
The Univen1ty of Kentucky at Berkley has brought the ree­wasn't
about to bow to the ord to the UnJversity 0/. Call­Ivy
League, however. Into the fqmla with a drenchina: that
storm - literally - lept Larry luted 33 hour15 33 minutes BDd
Denham. an 18 year old fresh- 33 seconds. K of C
• Notes
• • •
Grand Knight Meehan has an­nounced
the following Commit­tee
Chainnan appointments.
Bro. Joseph Crappenzaino '67
and Bro. Francis Smoko '67
have been apPQinted ~hair­men
of Youth Activities, replac­Ing
Bro. Nick DePaolo. Bro.
Joseph D'Arco '67 has been ap­pointed
chairman of the annual
banquet and award night Bro.
Mike LoMonlco '68 has been ap­pointed
assistant chaJrman. Sir
Knight Jerry NortQD '65 is in
charge of Council arranaementa
for the Fourth Degree.
• • •
The Knight of the Month for
January Is Terry Toal '66. For
the past year Terry has ft11ed
the office of Treasurer (or Isna­tian
Council. Since his election,
lasl April, Terry has fulfilled
the obligations QJ. this atrice to
lhelr fullest extent and has done
much to Improve the financial
records in his care. Terry )::lIned
[gnatian Council in the spring
THE STAG
................
Colleclate P'reM 8uvIoe
A new fad is sweeping the na­tion's
colleges and universities
- taking showers.
As nearly as anybQdy can
tell, it started at American In­ternational
College in Spring­field,
Mass., when a student
look a 15 hour 41 minute d0us­ing
to ntabl1lh a record for
the world's longest shower
bath.
Needless to say. no institu­tion
that prided itself as a
Clean - Minded Undergrads
Break Shower Records
Thurs. March <4 Fri. 5 Sat. 6
presents
The Caretaker
by Harold Pintar
Players Company of
Fairfield University
Sat. Fab. 27
February 24. 1965
In recent Issues of the STAG it has become a polley to
feature comments and editorials by prominent members 01 the
faculty concerning Fairfield's particular situation. These edito­rials
have on the whole been well received by the community.
General opinion has been that the thoughts expressed were
penetrating and the questions raised stimulating. This is nice to
see. It promotes a certain air qf. contentment to know that the
thinking members or the faculty are appreciated. The only dis­turbina:
thing is that nothing has gone any farther. Where ap­predaUoa
et.opa, • vut voAd becIa
I question whether this is healthy. I question whether the
sludent should be content to sit back in his comfortable little
Intellectual armchair and dQ. nothing but objectively appraise
the ideas of others. I wonder whether he shouldn't make those
ideas (at least the ones he agrees with) his own. I wonder
whether his present attitude does not lead to intellectual inac­tivity
and decay. I questloa. lI1 e.tred, the complete ab8eDce of
• rebel OQ eampaa.
1 realize that in uttering a cry for rebelliqn I have im­mediately
alienated myself from almost half of the Fairfield
community but that is perhaps only because no one Is quite sure
of what a rebel is. Albert Camus defines him this way; "What
Is a rebel? A man who says no, but whose refusal does not imply
a renunciation. He is also the man who says yes, from the mo­ment
he makes his first gesture of rebellion." What 1 think
Camus is trying to say is that the rebel does hot speak in tenns
of universal destruction of a system, but only in tenns of the
modification of a part of that system. He is willing tQ. function
within the set of laws that he Is committed to, but only provided
certain of those laws, which he finds opposed to personal de­velopment
and gl'Qwth, are modified or removed.
This is the type of rebellion I am advocating here. I don't
think a person should be critical only for the sake of being
critical. I hardly believe that everything at Fairfield is useless
and should be overturned. I am not In favor of burning that
infamous HandbQ.ok the student court loves so much. But 1 do
tb1nk 'Chat there are certain .naII that are open to chaage and
modlftcatlon, And I don't plan to coD.fl.De my search for flaws to
tbe AdmlnbtraUOn'. slde of the fence. I feel that the .ludellt
abould do a bit of self-e\'aluaUoa .t the ume Ume. He's far frqm
perfect and a creat deal of his non-development is seJC~imposed.
Perhaps we should all re-read Mr. Petry's guest editorial of fOUl
issues ago with one eye on the printed page and the other q,n
ounelves.
Yes, the rebel is notably absent [rom our campus. Crltldsm
.. Ddt,. but It COUftDes leself to e)'IIIcaI commenla uttued bWde
dormitory I"OOIDSo It \'V'y rarely dads Its way Into the outalde
world In the fonn 0' poaIU'"e acUon. Even the A.A.A.., which
appeared to hold great promise for applied criticism and active
comment seems to have died quietly and unnoticed. If Mario
Savio lived at Fairfield, it is doubtful whether he could remain
Mario Savio for long.
There is only one cure. Each and every one of us has to
flex our muscles a bit. It "'e are to be. _ytb.Iac but • 8eCOIId
Nt.! sebool we ha\'e to make the dfort to eel up from our lI1­telleetual
euy ~ aIId do the "'ork that ..... to be doae.
Education is not a passive thing, it's active. Let's act. Let's
stand up and make a litUe noise - pc.Ith·e DObe.
The A, A. has a prayer that I remember only vaguely. In
general it says. "Lord Ch'e rae. the courace to cbaaee tboae
thInp I C&D ehaAce, the. patience. to accept thotte thIap I caDDol
chance, aDd Cbe wtadom to kaow the d1llelU1ce." At preMllllt
FaIr1leld Is DOt.
of 1963 and since has been very
3ctive in the works of the Coun·
cil. For the past two years he
tlas maintained the pamphlet
rack in the back of LoYQ1a
Olapel and he has worked on
;======================~IIKthneigphatsst. two mixers nm by the
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1, 1965.
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FROSH THE STAG
ROMP
Fo......'Y 24. 1%6
OPPONENTS
CoUege lost to the baby Stags,
96-83. This game marked the
end of the freshmen's two game
losing streak.
Billy Jones led the Fairlleld
attack with a personal hlgh of
31 points, ronowed by Saul
C1"enshaw (20) and Larry CUi­na
(6). Ron Richard waa sen­qtlonal
in defeat netting 38
'"JOints QP 15 fteld goals aDd 8
free throws.
'Ibe S1. Peter's game was
probably the poorest game the
'reshmen played all year, losing
17-79. 'There was a combinatioD
...r events which caused the set­')
ack.. St. Peter's, a very wei!
11sdpllned team, rorced the
'rash to shoot over its tight
"QIle. The Stags were 32 for 81.
'I. mere 39%.
Another facet St. Peter's
~howed was excellent game con­'
1"01. Throughout the whole
<;ame the yearlings were never
In the lead, the closest margin
being 66-67 with 10 minutes re­maining.
They neutralized the
baby Stags' rastbreak by con­troJJlng
both boards and quick­closing
defense.
Jones led the frosh with 23
p~nts while St. Peter's Jlm
O'Dea grabbed scoring laurels
StQ,tlehUl with 26 tallies.
Southern Conn. State College,
]02-57.
Though the game was a lo~
sided a1Iair, Art Kenney, 6' 8'"
center, saw limited action test­ing
how well his foot had
mended. It was Kenney's first
appearance since January 26.
Showing no signs of pain, Ken­ney
put the yearlings ahead to
stay with four minutes of play
gone. From this point the fresh·
men gradually moved to a 44-3]
lead at haHtime.
In the second halt, the baby
Stags pressured the Owls' of·
fense and broke loose for num·
erous fastbreaks. Ot one point
the frash had doubled Southem
':onnecticut's production, 94-47
The statistics of the game can
verify how well the frosh were
"}laying. They connected on 42
':)f 72 floor shots (58.3%) and
18 QUt of 20 from the charity
tine. It was an extremely grati.
fying night for Stag followers.
Saul Crenshaw, one of six
frosh in double figures, ca~
t.ured scoring honors with 18
markers while Bob Shelley and
Tom Cappello had 14 and 12
'"Joints respectively in a losing
cause.
On February 15,
FRESHMEN STATISTICS
GAMES FG FT TOTAL PPG
Jones ,. 137 38 31' 19.5
Cirina 1. 86 .. 221 13.8
Crenshaw I. 84 34 ,.,. 12.6
Kenney 13 ., 37 157 12.1
Sotinski 15 59 28 ". • .8
Kobierowski I. .. 11 ., 5.7
Walsh I. 3' I. 84 5.3
McCann 15 •• 11 59 3.'
GlUin I. 23 I. 62 3.'
Callahan 8 " 1 29 3.•
Yahner 8 12 1 25 3.2
Frosh Total I. 574 242 1390 86.'
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Jones (16 p18.,. saul Crenshaw
(14 pts.), and John Walsh (13
pls.). Bill Elliott and Jeti' Hohl
SCQred ]3 and 10 points respec­tively
to pace Sacred Heart.
The preceding night, the
frosh romped OVl!r the Owls of
Goes Gridiron;
This Fall
substituted 5killfuUy to make
a game of it Wld at the hair
the yearlings continued to pile
it on with every man on the
team scoring.
LaITy Cirina led the scoring
with 24 points, followed by Bill
D. Norton 'b5 C ]07
AIR OR GROUND
OFFICER TRAINING
PROGRAMS
Fairfield
Possibly
,
Marine Corps
Enquire:
Administration O.K.'s.
81 .....uI Bather
I....ast Thursday night, the
Croeh defeated Sacred Heart
Unlversity, 102·52.
The game was never in doubt
as the freshmen pulled ahead "to
a 8-0 lead CQach Bob Jenkins
81 Kllu.. KeIl7
Autumn or 1965, with it'~ tra·
ditional display or flaming color,
it's brisk OCtober winds, and
it's invigorating days of Indian
Summer, co u I d conceivably
bring to the Fairfield University
campus, another tradition that
is revered by all who have ever
been thrilled by the drama and
excitement that occurs every
Saturday on college campuses lion fNJll a cautious administra­throughout
the nation. tion, Ole club-members, under
Barring any unfQ,l"eSe('n die- the direction of Presldenl-elect
Paul Bames '67, had been tread­f1culties.
Fairfield Prep's grid- mg on uncertain ground. Now
iron will be the scene of the that the administration has con­first
genuine (ootball game to descended, the operation has
be contested by the University gained the needed momentum.
In competition with a rival col· The biggest cog in the club's
lege. under the auspices of the efforts will probably prove tQ,
school. Complete with helmet, be meeting the administration's
pads, and cleats, a new Stag mandate to ralse five thousand
witi be introduced as a result dollars to cover initial costs,
of the etrorts Qf the Fairfield Immediate plans are to solicit
Football Club. donations from students, par-
[nspired by the success ot ents, and alumni, with the pas.
football c I u b s at. familiar sibility Q,f a raffle. Barnes is
Georgetown. Fordham, and N, "optimistic" about the chances
'i.U., and the desire to awaken of garnishing the funds. There
a dormant yearning to play may be the hope that the New
football that has apparently re- York Giants. in gratitude for
maine<! unsatiated by intramur· using the campus for t.heir sum­als
or rugby, a grQup of zealous mer abode, will donate support
buffs have been arranging and of some kind.
planning a similar club at Fair· If all goes well, and pros.
field. A club that would in· pects are good at this PQint,
corporate all the rules, equip- future football seasons will
menl, and spectator enthusiasm prove to be more for Fairfield
of varsity football without the fans than indifferent attend­commercialization
of scholar- ance at Prep games or some­ship
players and huge coaching what envious following of col­stall's.
lege fqotball on television. The
1===========",:~~lm~ped~:"'~b~y~th:e:...::I.:'~k~o.~:.r:,.~~.: Istudents will have something
of their own to cheer about
along with added lustre to the
name of a small Jesuit unlversi·
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Intramural Loop Tight
As Season Nears End
'.-
the teams of Kurt Kilty 5-1.
and Tqm Lonc:l.rqan 5-1 are lied.
for fint plaet', altbouch a de­cisive
contest between these two
teams tomorrow should mean
the eUminaUon of one of them
from the top spot. A 64-53 upset
by BemJe Casey over Dave
Wright knQCked the latter out
of first plaet' although neither
team can be counted. out yet,
Wright sporting a 5-2 record
while Casey Is close at 4-3,
Dave Della Bilta continues his
scoring ways and leads the
league with an impreu1ve 19.6
average, followed by Jack Mc­Govern
18.1 and Ken Waters
with 17.0 a game.
Things couldn't be much
tighter in the Frosh-Soph divi_
sion as Jim Cleary 8-1 h~ds a
slim first plaet' lead over Pat
Scully 7-1 and Pete Odium 7-2.
These three teams still have to
play each other onet' more, and
the outcome should Prove both
Interesting and decisive. Bill
Palmer retains his position as
leading scorer with a 20.0 aver­age,
followed c1qsely by Pat
SCully 18.0 and Pete OdIum
with 16.1.
TEAM STANDING
IUNIOR-SENIOR W L
K. Kilty .............!5 1
T. Londregan ........!5 1
D. Wright ...........!5 2
B. Cuey '" 4 3
A. WasniewsId 1 6
B. Sullivan , . . . 0 7
FBOSII-80PR W L
J. Cleary .••.•.....•• 8 1
P. Scully............ 7 1
P. OdIum •..•..•. ,... 7 2
P. Garstka ,.,... 6 3
J. Burke ....!5 4
B. Foley............. 4 5
B. Palmer 3 6
G. Fitzpatrick 2 7
M. Griftbt ,.......... 0 8
mOR SOORER8
.JUN10R-SENIOR P.P.G.
D. Della Bltta 19.6
J. McGovern ,.... 18.1
K. Waters 17.0
J. Benedict '" 14.6
S. Lavin , 14.2
K. Fitzpatrick 13.6
W. Graziadei l3.3
VARSITY STATISTICS
.I0EL PASOALE '66
HOYAS
remain closer than ever, wtth
the teams in either league stub­bornly
refusing to give ground
as last minute pressure sets in.
In the Junior-senior division,
GAMES FG FT TOTAL P1'G
Brown 17 131 78 340 20.•
Burke I. m 62 31. 19.5
Branch 13 81 58 220 16.9
Phillips 17 73 21 ,.7 9.8
Pritz I. 38 39 115 7.1
Pascale 17 44 28 11. ..9
Boyd 15 17 1. 44 3.1
Menendez " 13 11 37 2.8
Hegarty • 7 1 15 2.5
Scully 1 1 1 3 2.5 Ly.n • • 0 12 2.0
OdIum 1 1 0 2 2.0
Fairfield 17 539 300 1387 81.5
Opponents 17 51. 257 1289 as
activities to the basketball
court. Jqel is the present secre­tary
of the Sociology Club as
well 8S 8 member of the KnIghts
of Colwnbus.
Majoring in sociology, Joel
plans to work In student per_
sonnel. One oJ. his tentative
plans is to come back here next
year as a student prefect.
Joel closed his comments by
wishing the team and Coach
Bisaeca the best of luck next
year. M.D.D.
THE STA&
STAGS BAG
~POHTS PERSO~ALlT\
By Paul Rope.
As the intramural basketball
teams head into the home
stretch of the season ending
March 11, the division contests
One of the two starting
l!;uards on the basketball team,
Joel Pascale is this month's
Spqr1.s Personality.
This six foot senior has been
setting records in basketball
since he played ball at Loyola
Prep in New York City. He set
the scoring record for the most
points scored in one season, a
record which still stands, and
scqred over one thousand points
in the course of his high sd'lool
career. Because of his outstand­ing
play he was elected to the
all prep team in the city,
Joel decided upon Fairfield
University because it stressed
not only the athletic side of a
college education but also the
scholastic training needed fqr
the development of the student.
Upon entering Fairfield, Joel
immediately distinguished him­self
on the Freshman tcam by
selling the record for most
points scored in one game. His
fellow teammates recognized his
ability by electing him captain
of this year's team.
When asked about the team
and the seasQR, Joel com­mented.:
"I feel the team has
had a successful )'Mr a1noe
they've proven that they are not
only capable of playing, but
winning as a major college. This
.....as due to a great team effort
and one coach who brought out
the best that was in us."
But he has not limJted. his
Continued from PAGE It gave Fairfield a 62-55 lead with
personal high by tossing in 22 seven minutes left In the game.
The Peacocks came back to
points and also helped in the make it 66-63 at 6:32 but then
rcbounding with Brown and Burke, Brown. Pascale, and
Pat Burke. Pat Burke scored 15 points althqugh he played Phillips took charge to put the game away.
lcss than half the game due
to foul trouble. Joel P&$C".aIe Burke wound up with 21
was the fourth man to hit dou- points and held the game re-bqunding
honors. Jim Brown _
~:gures as he ta1Ued 11 tied. for high scoring laurels FBOSB.fJOPB ."'.0.
with 22 markers while Charlie B, Palmer .. ,......... 20.1
RebouDdlDc off UIeIr cnDb- Phillips tallied 14. Joe Pascale P. Scully ,.. 18.0
loC trtumph on.. CaaieI.... FaIr- garnered 10 points while Bl1I P. OdIum .......•..... 16.1
6eW coaUDaed tbetr 'W'IIuIbIc Boyd and Bill PrItz had 8 points S. Crimes .......•. ".. lUI
ways In aD 83-1'1 victory 0\'eJ' apiece. B. Foley .. ,., " l~ 1
St. Pt!ter·. 01 .leney City. This '!be Stags ha"e now pl'Ofr- T. Burke .. ,........... 1 0
was the first f ~e ;'th:t reMed to aD ll~ record th T. Deeley 12.:l
the services 0 Mi e ran , far this season. P. Garstka..... 120
and the Peacocks hoped to du-I ~=-=:....:.:.:::=:....: .:..:.:....:=:::=-:....::....:=-:....:=--.::-::
plicate their upset victory of
last )'ear at the Garden.
However. Coach Bisacca and
his charges had o.ther ideas as
they jumped off to an carly
lead and fought hard to main­tain
it after St. Peter's started.
closing In.
.Ibn Brown and CharUe PhD­lips
comblned for :U polnts to
gh'e the Blsaccamea the lead
lit the half 45-39. Due to fqul
trouble, the Stags had to play
a conservative game In the
secQIld half.
St. Peter's came out red hot
in the second half and tied the
score at 52 all. TIm Kehoe
(22 pts.) was the mainstay of
their attack. Successive baskets
by Pascale, Brown aDd Burke
THE SPORTS DESl
Congratulations go to Head Basketball Coach
George R. Bisacca for the tOOth win of his career as
head mentor of tbe Fairfield University cagers.
Coach Bisacca's reign started in 1958 after com­piling
a brilliant record (89-32) coaching at the Prep
over a six-year tenure. Since coming to the University,
Mr. Bisacca entered the '64-'65 season boasting a rec­ord
of 90-56. During these six years, the Stags have
captured three Tn-State titles and have been runners­up
twice. In fact, at one point the Stags rolled to an
amazing 29 straight victories against league contend­ers
and this exists today as the national all-time
NCAA record for most consecutive wins in conference
play.
At the time of Mr. Bisacca's assuming respon­sibility
as head coach, Stag basketball teams were
enjoying winning season after season against Tn-Stale
competition, with the big game of the year played
against teams like lona and Central Connecticut (then
known as New Britain State Teachers College). He
had immediate success, displaying seasonal records
of 17-9 and 17-7 for his efforts. In 1961, competing
against the same schedule, the Stag Quintet was rated
the Top Small College Team in the East, going 20-5
on the season. It was at this point that Mr. Bisacca
brought his "big-time" plans to the attention of school
officials.
The past two seasons have been b'ansition years
as the schedule gradually toughened, dropping Tri­State
competition and replacing it with stiffer, nation­al
contenders. This was an abrupt change in the
quality of ball played as can be seen in the Stag rec­ord,
sagging to 11-13 in '62 and 14-11 last season.
Coach Bisacca sacrificed his winning ways in Tri-State
League for an 11-13 record that was to throw a com­pletely
different light upon the University and its
athletic outlook.
Thia season Mr, Bisacca baa
proven his "big-time" status
in a tremendous seasonal per­formance,
beating the likes of
Canisius, Fordham, and Geor­getown.
What's even more re­markable
is that he's had to
contend with many of these
powerhouses with lim i ted
bench service throughout the
season, and as of second sem­ester,
minus big Mike Branch.
(It's a shame that Mike has to
sit the remainder of the season
out, but there's no doubt that
he'll end up as Fairfield's all­time
greatest. Fairfield back­ers
will breath easier with him
in the line-up come Decem­ber).
At the start of the season,
the cagers met the bulk of
these contenders with St. Joe's, Providence, and St.
Bonaventure leading the way. It was at this time that
critical comments of the "big-time" scheme were
heavily concentrated on all sides, as a cloud of skep­ticism
shaded the plan, and it's no secret that the bulk
of this band-wagon of unfavorable criticism was di­rected
towards a successful attorney in Fairfield. After
all, one cannot possibly flourish in more than one field
of endeavor! (Whatever happened to the concept of
the "complete man" that Jesuits say exists from a
liberal arts education 7)
A man who would take as much interest in his
players to the extent of splitting up his law-practice
(and the motivation must be interest) - a man who
would take time out not only from practicing law but
also from coaching in order to help one of his indi­vidual
players in time of need - this is big-time.
Fairfield is fortunate, indeed, to have OIle person
with as much genuine interest in its students as Coach
Bisacca has shown. U's difficult to realize that one
person is responsible for lifting the Stags from the
very comfortable, but terribly antiquated, Tri-Slate
League, Fairfield's design for "big-time" competition,
and the present success and respect that has been
coming our way. This he's done and still has borne
the brunt of criticism in an admirable fashion from
scribes throughout the state when the chips appeared
to be down.
Yes, all this Coach Bisacca has done - not bad
for a "part-time" coach, eh 7
'" PHIL SIMISGALLI
- Fo......'Y 24. 1965
SPORTS
PERSONALITY
PAGE 11
Pege Twelve THE STAG
FROM THE
SPORTS DESK
PAGE 11
Februery 24. 1965
STAGS BAG HOYAS IN
FINAL MINUTE OF PLAY
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Charlie Phillips scored the
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aftcr one minute of play and
gave Fairfil:'ld a lead they never
relinquished. Fairfield kept roI­ling
up the score and lead by at
least eight through most of
til<! first half. At the 1:56 mark
Phillips roeled off six straight
poinLS on a juml:ler, two foul
throws, and a lay-ul>. This
string gave the 'red and while'
n 49-35 haIr time advantage.
Once again Coach Bisacca
cleared the bench and everyone
reached the scoring column.
During most of the second half
Fairfield maintained at least
a 15 point lead. With about six
minutes left the Slags wenl on
a .....ild SCOring spree and
widened their commanding lead
to 28 points.
11m _Br(m-n ~o""" 34 points
IUId eelip!Jed Bob Hulter's old
rfford Of 33 for most points in
the Stag gym. Brown alAo tied
Hutter'8 record of most field
I'0MJ!J In a pme at fifteen. The
New n.a,'en !JOph had another
bl~ night as he netted 16 mark­...
·s In the fl.r8t half and 19 in
Ihe second.
Charlie Phillips reached a
Continued on PAGE 11
Coaeb George Bisacca reMlh­ed
a 'milestone' 10 ttI§ colU,lbJng
eareer last Wednesday by "10­n.
lng his looth pme as "anlty
mentor at. Fairfield Unh-erljlty.
It took CQach Bisacca seven
seasons and 162 games to reach
this pedestal and beCOme the
most successful coach in Fair­field
history. Mr. Bisacca came
to the Fairfield campus in 1952
as coach of the Prep and in 1958
took charge of the University
cagers. During the past seven
seasons, Bisacca wa<; the person
mainly responsible f(if bring­ing
'big-time' basketball to
Fairfield.
Three Bi8&C()a ooached warnl
ha"e won TrI-State LeRgue
title!> and .,nee wound up In tlte
N.CA.A. Small College Dh1.!:ilun
T.,urnament. Hl.!:i moe;.t success·
hd ,year wu bls 10.6 record 01
1161-186%,
Hidden in the shadows some­what
by Bisacca's achievement
was the recQrdbreaking scor·
ing by soph Jim Brown. Brown
scored 39 points as the Stags
roUed over Southern Connecti­cut
93-49. Brown's scoring feat
erased the old indhtidual game
record of 37 points by Harry
Hyra against Central Connecti­cut
in 1959. Jim. CQJlnected on
13 field goaIs and 13 charity
throws. He also surpassed his
own record of 34 for most
points on the Fairfield court.
The Stags outclassed the Edu­cators
and made a rout of the
oontest despite the Iqss of stars
Mike Branch, Pat Burke, and
Bill Boyd, Sophs Pal SCUlly and
Pete Odlwn were reactivated
to give some strengUl to the
dwindling Stag team. Both
were standouts on last )'ear's
frosh team.
During the game everyone
scored and four men hit double
figures as the Stags were ne\'er
headed after Charlie Phillips'
lay·up at the 16:05 mark. Of·
fensively both teams were co)d
most of the first halI, but Brown
and the Stags caught fire in
the closing minutes of the half.
Brown's Z3 points helped give
the Bisaccamen a 47-22 lead at
the intcnnission. .
Others to hit double figures
were Phillips (16 pts.), back·
court whiz Bill Pritz (13 pts),
and Carl Menendez (10 pts.).
This victory capped a four game
winning streak for the Stags
that started with the upset
victory over Canisius.
Prior to their victory over
Southern, the Stags trounced
Skteopntehtihlel ir C1o'&ll'Oegrde u9n7b.0l6e9misahnedd'L J
BISACCA WINS HUNDRETHj
CAGERS CONTINUE STREAK
By Il1e Buckley
Fairfield University overcame
the height advantage of a much
taller Georgetown University
team and squceked by with a
major upset, 88-84.
Thb wu the ant time tbat
a SUg team ever defeated ..
Moya "S\'e." Otrenslvely the
SItae_ were red bot and durlng
the IIl'8t half they sunk 17 bas­kela
of 26 attempt&.
Pat Burke used his jump shot
to great advantage as he tallied
34 points, 19 coming in the first
half. It seemed as though Pat
would never miss and he was
deserving of the standing ova­tion
he gett when he fouled out
with six minutes left.
The Stags were always in the
lead during the ftrst half al·
though the Hoyas kept ftghting
back. At the 2:45 mark in the
opening half the Bisaccamen
were in the lead 40-33. George.­town
tied the score at 44 all
with 10 seconds left but carl
Menendez threw in a 3O-footer
at the buzzer to give the "Red
and White" a 46--44 half time
lead.
Fairfield carried their hot
streak right into the second
half and led lj6.55 with 13 min·
utes left in the game. The
Georgetown cagel'S kept fighting
back largely on the strength
of Jim Barry's 30 points. They
narrowed the score to 74.069 at
the 6:48 mark. Two technical
fouk against Fairfield and a
few e~t StigpilSSeS helped
the" Soothemers to-tie the score
at is ~ach with five mmutes to
play. .It was also at this poInt
th«t. Pat Burke fouled out. •
Jiri'r BI'QWIl (24 ptsJ, - Joel
Pascale (12 pts.), and Bill PrItz
(11 pts.) kept the team In front.
Brown tried to dribble out the
clock and was fouled, thereby
collecting fQ.ur clutch points on
the charity line. Joel Pascale
set up an important play with
Brown in the closing minute to
keep the Stags ahead by two
points.
BUI Pritt was faced with a
Q.lle and one situation with 16
seconds left and the Stags in
front B6.s4. Bill calmly and
coolly sunk both buckets and
iced the game for Fairfield. As
the final buzzer sounded 200
students swarmed on the court
and carried Coach Bisacea off
the gym floor amid the cheers
of students and alumni. This
win was the biggest '"etor')'
ever achieved by any Fairfield
team and was a fitting QI'le be­cause
of the last second loss at
Georgetown last year.