Stag - Vol. 15, No. 12 - March 25, 1964

              March 25, 1964
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Pl!Biishedby Stu~enis of Fairfield University, Fairfield, Conn.'
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Vol. 15, ~?,1-2 _
Texaco Gives $1,500 Grant
REV. JAMES E. FITZGERALD, S.J., Is being, presented with a
$1500 unrestricted grant from Texaco Inc., by Texaco district
sales manager R. J. Haden. T!J.e grant is one of 150 awarded
annually to privately supported colleges.
Directory
CAMPUS PERSONALITY: Gil Cass - a student interested in in­terested
students. Page, 2~
WILLIAM ZAVATSKY: Newly named editor of New Frontiers plans
some revisions. Page,~
EDITORIAL: Suggests stude!1ts consider some important questions in
Student Government. Page 4 , '
. LETTER TO EDITOR: Comments of students on recent Student
Council meeting, special library index; and constitution•.'Page:~
ONION PATCH: Discu~ses student' Government and brings out many
failings of constituHon. Page'7
REVIEWS: Dave'.1jarmon picks' Best Film, Best Actor, Best Actress,
Best Foreign Film. Page 9
To the Editor:
, Last Wednesday flight Iattend­ed
a meeting of tlle Student Coun­cil
during which they were to act
on ratification of the new Consti­tution.
I saw a sorry spf;!ctacle.
At this meeting, which supposed­ly
was the climax of a year and
more's work, only 14 of our 23
councilors decided to come. Rep­'
resentatives O'Meara, De lla­'
Bitta, Ahern, Egan, McGovern,
Bradford, and Keane were among
the missing, as well as Council
PresIdent James Davidson. The
meeting was presided over by the
Vice-President.
(See LETTERS. page 5)
Council Approves
"Judicial Branch
On Thursday, March 19, the Student Council met to
affirm the substance of the Judicial Branch of the Constitu­tion,
and give the officers of the right to make technical
changes, when presenting it to the administration,
The meeting began with a controversy as to whether
the last meeting was adjourned or recessed. The motion was
made at the preceeding meeting,
(March 18) to adjourn and was
seconded, however, before action:
was taken the Council members
left the room. In order to re­cess
a motion must be made and
acted upon. (Robert's Rules sec­'
tion 18) This was not done at the
previous meeting.
The meeting proceeded as if it.
'had been recessed, and under this'
assumption just the absent mem­bers
were called. Alegal quorum
call of all members must be
taken to determine if a quorum
is present. This was not done, and
some confusion arose as to the
status of members present at the
preceeding meeting but notpres-,
ent at the meeting in question.
The question next arose as to
whether one half plUS one, or a'
two-thirds majority was needed,
and after much debate it was
,decided that a vote of two-thirds
'was needed. '
Next a point of order was made
'by Richard Kappenburg, as to
whether the constitution was ~ati­fied
in total last year, or voted
Qn by section. If it were consid­ered
in total. then the entire
constitution must be re-ratified,
oy 'the student COWlcil, not oniy
the Judicial Branch. The minutes
from last year were not available,
and Kappenburg took the word of
three members who thought ,they
remembered it was considered
by section last year.
As the v 0 tin g proceeded...
0'Mara, O'SUllivan and Ahearn
who were not present, voted af­,
firmative by proxy. The question
of legality of proxy votes was
brought up. Robert's Rules states
that unless' allowed for in the Con­stitution
(which is not the case in
the present Student Council) they
cannot be counted. (Robert's
Rules section 46) No official
ruling was made from the chair,
and the matter was not cleared
up.
Also in the process of the
voting President James DaVid­son's
name was called, and he
voted. .. According to Robert's
Rules he is not entitled to vote
unless it would change the re­sult,
or ,the vote is made by
ballot, which was not the case.
The final vote was not announ­,
ced from the chair owing to the
fact that the proxy question was
not settled. The vote does not go
into effect until announced by the
Chair. (Robert's Rules section 9)
Although the Council left be­lieving
that they had ratified the
Judicial branch of the constitu­tion,
many left the meeting in
doubt as to what actually had
been done, or whether there ac­,
tually was' a meeting.
FUHosts ­Ten
Colleges
The Bellarmine'Debating So"­;
ciety of Fairfield University will
host tE!ll colleges at the First
Annual College Debate Tourna­ment
on Saturday, April 11, 10:30
to 3:30, in Berchmans Hallonthe
University campus. The tourna­ment
is open to the general public.
Taking part in the event are
12 teams from: Columbia Uni­versity;
the University of Con­,
necticut (Storrs and Hartford);
lona College; Albertus Magnus
College; Merchant Marine Aca­demy;
Fordham University;
Southern Connecticut State Col­lege"
Good Counsel College;'Col';'
lege of New Rochelle; and the
'City College of New York.
The debate topic will be: Re­solved:
that the federal govern­ment
should;guarantee an oppor f,
tunity of higher education to aU
gifted high school graduates.
Trophies will be awarded to the'
best school, the best affirmatiye
and negat~ve'teams, and the best
affirmative and neg a t,j v e
speakers.
Chairman for the tournament
is Thomas Reilly '64, 30 Point
Lookout, Milford, Connecticut,
(See DEBATE. page 9)
A Questionable Situation'
The Pro The Con
Noted Social Scientists'
To Speak At Symposium
JOHN J. HORVATH, '64
Dr. Gordon' J. DiRenzo, Assistant Professor of Sociology, has an-'
nounced that the Departments of Sociology and Psychology will spon-'
sor a symposium on the topic of "Conceptual Definition in the BEl­havior
Sciences" on Wednesday, April 22nd.
The guests inclUd~Dr:Tal~ott~ r---------------------~'---.,.....-----.
Parsons of Harvard University,
Dr. Musafer Sherif ofthe Univer­sity
of Oklahoma. Dr. Paul F.
Lazarsfild of Columbia Univer­sity,
Dr. Daniel J. Levinson of
,Harvard Medical School. Dr.
Leslie A. White of the University
of Michigan, Dr. Ailan Anderson
of Yalo and Dr. Omar K. Moore
of Rutgers University.
The theme of the symposium
reflects one of the basic metho­ooological
and theoretical ques­tions
confronting all areas of
scientific inquiry.
Horvath
Wins Wilson
Fellowship
teachers. For an unmarried
student like Horvath it means
full tuition for a year at a grad­uate
school of his choice and a
living allowance of $1,800••
, Approximately -'1500 students
out of about 11,000 candidates,
nominated by colle g e' faCUlty,
members were winners. Through
·funds granted by the Ford Foun­dation,
a Fellow is fully suppo'rted
for one academic year at a United
States or Canadian g r a d u ate
(See HORVATH. page 6)
To the Editor:
Seve r a I procedural pur i s t s
charge that the Student COl,lncil
has not legally ratified the pro­posed
Student Constitution, which
appeared in the last issue of the
STAG. This charge is based on
the council's imprecise use of
parliamentary procedure. Since
'December, however, the Student
Council, because of the U!1neces­,
sary waste of time discussing in­consequential,
non-essential par:",
liamentary, Line points, has de­emphasized
rigid parliamentary
procedure. This action has pro- '
vided amore infOrmal atmo~her~
(See LETTERS. page 5)
Senior John J. Horvath of Fair­field
University has been awarded
one of the coveted Woodrow Wil­'
son Fellowships. The scholar­ships
are for fUture scholar -
The 90 member Glee. Club of,
Fairfield University will give a,
concert April 10 at the Klein
Memorial Auditorium to provide
scholarships for greater Bridge­port
area students regardless of
race, creed, or religion. The ­concert
will be sponsored by
business leaders, alumni of Fair­field
University, and the Bridge­port
Undergraduate Clu~.
The Glee Club has twice won
first place in the Catholi.c Inter­collegiate
Competition; has ap­peared
with the New York "Pops"
orchestra in Carnegie Hall and
with the Connecticut Symphony.
The director of the Glee ClUb,
since its founding by Fr. J., P.
Murray, S. J. in 1947, is Simon
Harak. Harak sang as a soloist
with NBC and CBS and is married
to opera soprano Laurice Lian.
Born in Lebanon, Harak studied
music in Hartford, Connecticut,
New York City, and in Mexico
City under, Madam Pia de Lo-
,zada. In addition to conducting
duties, Harak is temporary
chairman Qf the Sterling Theater
Restoration Committee whie h
hopes to revive the old opera
house which was at one time a
fa med cultural center in the
Naugatuck Valley, Connecticut.
'Critics have praised Harak'~
success in obtaining precision
of attack and clearness of enun­ciation,
as also his mastery in
tone and interpretation.
The Bensonians Quartet, a
special,old-time harmony group,
also will appe~r at the Fairfield
,University Glee Club perform-ance.
.
, GlUiert Holt '64 has been ~amed
general chairman of the concert.
Glee Club 'To
, - S'ing At Klei",
The priest replied in the affir­mative
and both he and the Pope
admired the statue which was now
sitting on his desk. "Very beau­,
tifuI," commented the Pope.
"What is the English word for
netto," he asked pointing to the
net that St. Peter is casting. He
then asked us how many students
there were at Fairfield, and how
many were studying in Europe.
His Holiness then asked if we
would like to have a picture taken'
and summoned the Papal photo­grapher
by pressing a button.
Holding the statue, His Holiness
said, "Thank you very much.
Please thank the students for Us"
He then gave each of us a com­memorative
medal of ,his Ponti­ficate.
We thanked him and he
then said, "Now We will give Our
blessing to you and to the students
of Fairfield." We knelt for the
blessing and remained kneeling to
kiss the FiSherman's ring. His
Holiness raised each of us to our
.feet and shook our h<!llds saving.
"'Good-by and God bless you."
As we left the Papal secretary
cofhmented that His Holiness was
very pleased with the gift.
Audience In Private Study
Pope Blesses University;
Fr. Felice read a scroll of
,presentation translating it into
Italian. When he had finished,
the Pope put on his glasses and
carefully re-read the scroll in
English," 'A token of affection
and esteem of the students of
FairJield University' how very
,thoughtful," he commented. His
Holiness noted the name of Fre­derick
Shrady, the artist. We
told the Pope that we believed he
had commissioned Shrady to do a
statue when His Holiness was
Archbishop of Milan. His Holi­ness
replied that he believed
Shrady had done a statue of St.
John the Baptist for him. He
pressed a buzzer and a priest
entered the room. "This is a
statue by the American artist
said the Pope, "didn't he do a
statue of St. John the Baptist.
for us when we were in Milan?"
His Holiness Pope Paul VI granted a private audience to Fairfield
University for the presentation of a statue of 'St. Peter, The Fishf;!r
of Men' by Frederick Shrady, which was a gift of the students 'of
Fairfield. The audience was on March 7t1i. Presenting the statue, on
, behalf of the student body were Lester Abrams, a Fairfield junior
who is studying at Loyola University's extension in Rome; and this
reporter, Jay LaCroix, also a Fairfield junior, now studying at
Gonzaga University's extension in Florence. Accompanying us was
Rev. John Felice, S.J., pirector of 'Loyola in Rome', who was in­strumental
in securing the audience.
PAGE 2 THE $TAG March 25, 1964
II..-_C_A_M_P_U_S_P_ER_S_O_N_A_LI_Ty~1 STUDENT OPINION POLL
(ill.. CASS, '64
CENTER
RESTAURANT
*
freshman of Fairfield I feel that
these proposals should be con­sidered.
A swimming pool (in­door,
outdoor) for the use by
students and for the possibility
of having swimming meets with
,other colleges. Also music rooms
equipped with cabinent stero
where students could play stero
albums (supervised hours), a
room where club mixers could be
held, and, three or four special
rooms where a piano and drum
could'be used by groups who need
to practice for mixers and con­certs,
*
OnblqJ1aMax"t-
(Author of RaUy Round the Flag, Boys!"
and "Barefoot Boy With Cheek.")
But I digress. We were speaking of Planck's Constant, which
is not, as many think, difficult to understand. It simply states
that matter sometimes behaves like waves, and waves some-,
times behave like 'matter. To give you a homely illustration,
, pick up your pencil and wave it. Your pencil, you will surely
agree, is matter-yet look at the little rascal wave! Or take
flags. Or Ann-Margret. '
Planck's Constant, uncomplicated as it is, nevertheless pro­vided
science with the key that unlocked the atom, made space
travel possible, and conquered denture slippage. Honors were
heaped upon Mr. Planck (or The City of Brotherly Love" as
he is familial'iy known as). He was awarded the Nobel PrIZe,
the Little Brown Jug, and Disneyland. But the honor that­pleased
Mr. Planck most was that plankton were named after
him.
Plankton as we know, ate the floating colonies of one-celled
animals on' which fishes feed. Plankton, in their turn, feed
upon one-half celled animal~ called krill (named, inciden~llr,
after Dr. Morris Krill who Invented the house cat). Knll, In
their turn, feed upon peanut butter sandwiches mostly-or,
when they are in season, cheeseburgers. > •
But I digress. Back to Max Planck who, It must be saId,
showed no indication of his scientific genius as a youngster.
In·fact, for the first six years of his life he did not speak at all
except to pound his spoon on his bowl and shout "More gruel !"
Imagine, then, the surprise of h!s parents when on his seveI?-th
birthday little Max suddenly cned, "Papa! Mama! Something
is wrong with the Second Law of Thermodynamics!" So aston­ished
were the elder Plancks that they rushed out and dug the
Kiel Canal. '
Meanwhile Max, constructing a crude Petrie dish out of two
small pieces of. petrie' and his &ruel bo:vl, began to experiment
with thermodynamics. By dInner tIme he had discovered
Planck's Constant. Hungry bllt lIappy, he rushed to Heidelberg
University to announce his fuldiIigs. He arrived, unfortunately,
during the Erich von Stroheim Sesquicentennial, and everyone
was so busy dancing and duelling that young Planck could find _
nobody to listen to him. The festival, however,. en~edafter
two years and Planck was finally able to report his dIscovery.
Well sir, the rest is history. Einstein gaily cried, "E equals
mc squared!" Edison invented Ma~coni: Eli Whitner.invente?
Georgia Tech, and Michelangelo Invented the ceiling. This
later became known as the Humboldt Current. ,
' © 1964 Max ShU1m&n
Mr. Shulman is, of course, joshing, but the makers of
Personna Blades are not: if., after trying our blades, you
think there's another stainless steel blade that gives you
mOre luxury shaves, return the unused Personnas to Box
500, Staunton, Va., and we'll buy you a pack of any blade'
you think is better.
This is the first in a series of 48 million columns examining the
careers of men who have significantly altered the world we live
in. We begin today with Max Planck. '
Max Planck (or The Pearl of the Pacific, as he is often
called) gave to modern physics the law known as Planck's
Constant. Many people when they first hear of this law, throw
up their hands and exclaim, "Golly whiskers, this is too deep
for little old me!"
(Incidentally, speaking of whiskers, I cannot help but. men­tion
Personna Stainless Steel Razor Blades. Personna IS the
blade for people who can't shave after every meal. It shaves
you closely, cleanly, and more frequently than any: other
stainless steel blr.de on the market. The makers of Personna
have publicly declared-and do here repeat-that if Personna
Blades don't, give you more luxury shaves than any other
stainless steel blade, they will buy you whatever blade you
think is better. Could anything be more fair? I. for one, think
not.)
WELL-KNOWN FAMOUS PEOPLE: No.1
FUL and GOOD FOOD)
2. a newspaper and magaZine
stand which would sell cigarettes
over the counter a!__"popular
prices" (less than 35~)
, 3. a game room, FREE for
Fairfield Students on presenta­tion
of an I.D. card
4. rooms for "special affairs"
(i.e. parties, conferences, and
enterf;aining special guests)
5. a dancing hall other than
the gym
6. A SWIMMING POOL DE­FINITELY!
ARTHUR SANDS '67 As a 1
Prom $7.00
Jazz Motel Party $4.00
Picnic•••••••••••••••••••••••••$5.00
Beach Party $6.00
Communion Breakfast••••$3.00 '
Concert•••••••••••.•••••••••••$6Ii100
The Package Deal for the entire
weekend is $26.00; the Prom
Package Deal, which includes the
Prom and the Jazz Motel Party,
is $10.00.
Dogwood Plans
'Queen Contest
QUESTION: What-would you
like to see included in the new
Student Union Building?
ALBERT LOJKO '64 The stu­dent
Union Building should con­tain
enough space to provide an
adequate room for our Glee
Club's rehearsal 'sessions, as
well as a swimming pool, a snack
bar ,open to serve the student
body, and certainly student rec­reation
rooms such as a record
room, a music room, and read­ing
rooms.
WILLIAM SCHUCK '65 In the
proposed Student Union Building .
I would strongly desire to see
included those things which
would, in general, provide an
atmosphere of stimulation, re­laxation,
quality, and enhance­ment.
The things achieving suet.
an atmosphere would be a snack
bar (and/or rathskeller) in addi­tion
to the cafeteria; paintings,
music, and all purpose game
room (for card playing chess,
dominoes, etc.), a number of,
lounges, a number of reading or
study rooms, and finally a gen~
eral recreation room for dancing, '
billiards, and bowling.
CHARLES OBOL '66 The Stu­dent
Faculty Center should have
an atmosphere of relaxation and
,socializing. The following facili­ties
should be available, in my
opinion, to effect these ends:
1. a snack bar with a chef
and waitresses on duty at all"
times (Of course with,TASTE-As
in the past. the 1964 Dogwood
'Festival will feature a Queen's
Contest. The rules are as follows:
1) Any undergraduate of the
University, except a Festival
Committee Chairman, may
enter his date.
2) The picture ofthe contestant
(preferably 3" x5") should be
submitted in an envelope at
the Mail Room any class day
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Deadline is April 21.
The following information
s h 0 u Id be included with
photograph: name, home ad­dress,
school address, and
home phone number of the
contestant; name and school
address of her escort.
3) Five finalists will be chosen
by the Undergraduates ofthe
University; voting will be in
Xavier Cafe from April 22
through April 24 from 8: 30­1:
30.
The Festival Queen will be
chosen from these five finalists
and the coronation will take place
at the Friday night Prom. The
panel of jUdges is composed of:
Mrs. Rose D. Pearson, Rev.
Thomas Burke, S.J., Dr. Donald
'Ross, Mr. Palko Lukacs.
Any inquiries regarding further
information should be directed to
the Contest co-chairmen, Robert
Mazzochi and Armand Basmajian.
PRICE LIST
The following is an itemized list
of prices for the 1964 Dogwood
FestiVal:,
,THE BEST IN LAUNDERING
President Lauds
Pacesetters
WE FQLD 'EM TOOl
FAIRFIELD LAUNDROMAT
NOW PICKS UP ON WED. AND DELIVERS ON FRIDAY
AT MRS BROWN'S OFFICE NEAR THE MAIL BOXES
Fairfield University Pre s i­dent,
Rev. James E. FitzGerald,
S. J., praised the generosity of
the alumni annual fund members
and the "Pacesetting Alumni"
.in particular.
'The annual alumni giving pro­gram
has realized'approximately
$22,000 this year which means,
according to Fr. FitzGerald, that
"the individual alumnus - who is
quite young since the first ones
graduated in 1951 - is giving this
year approximately fifty dollars.'
'This is a high average for any
college's annual g i v i n g pro­gram."
Fr. FitzGerald gave high',
praise to the Alumni "Paceset- '
ters," a group of seventy-six who
are giving from $100to$400each
year. "Their generosity is lead­ing
the way in strengthening
alumni involvement in the con­tinuing
improvement of the edu­cational
opportunities available
here for talented youth regard­l~
s1?9f raCE\ creed, or color."
.Further praise went "to, hard
working John Mullady '51 who is
successfully heading this year's
~lumni fund."
POST, ROAD, FAIRFIELD
When asked about the studerit
council, about which he did much
reporting, he said that for the
past year and a half it has been
in and out of trouble so much
that it made Cape KenneQY look
lii<:ean Erector Set.
"As much respect as I have
for Co u n c i 1 President James
Davidson, I was put in a situation
which forced me to look on the
Student Council with a critical
'eye. The reaction which Jim
had to some things we said in
the STAG was healthy and forth':
right. This school is not only
made up of people who can be'
good friends, but of people who
can think critically together on
, serious matters of student life,'
without letting personal relation­ships
interfere.
"Students-sUffer under many
misconceptions, ' I don't think the
Student Council has got the pulse
of the Student body."
Gil's favorite teacher is Fr.
Bonn. "I think everyone in this
school, by ,hook or by crook,
should have a course with Fr.
Bonn. He is 'a Teacher. His en­thusiasm
for the' arts and the
classics is something everyone
should have some contact with.
Fr. Bonn instills determination
in you, he doesn't tell you, he
shows you how to learn.
Gil also wants other students
.to share his enthusiasm, and he
wants other students to be inter­ested
in things. "Too many sit
'around trying to be too cool, it
Is the fashion to be uninterested.
We have many Cool Catholic Cats
around here. Things do have an
effect though, people work so hard
,to get people interested.
A first rate school is where it
is fashionable to be interested.
No one seems to get angry any
more, no one really get excited.
I don't mean truculent how~ver,
truculent people and television
are two of my dIslikes.
People should get their person­ality
into something, I would like
to see people get angry, get happy,
that is what makes or breaks an
institution."
Next time you sit back and ask
"Who cares?", think for a
minute, people like Gil Cass care. •
"Ange" "George"
Anthropologist AshleyMontagu
once said of the human race" man
is interesting because he is inter­ested."
Going from the generalto
the partiCUlar, I think this can be
applied to a single person, being
deeply interested E what makes
a person interesting.
Gilbert Cass is interested ­interested
in the people and situ­ations
that surround him. More '
than this he is a person who cares
what goes on around him and who
is enthusiastic about what he
finds, This interest he carries
into everything he does.
Gil is a member of the Drama
Society, The Hartford Area Club,
and is active in the Knights of
Columbus, having been a second
trustee, editor of the Ignation
Bulletin, and he is now chair­man
of a committee which is
planning to hold a district Mass,
which should involve some 2,000
people. He also writes for the
Bridgeport Post, and is publicity
CbalrDWl tor semor Wort.
Tap Room
Luncheonette
and
-"The Colonial Room"
Post Road Fairfield
Gil also worked -on the STAG,
. and the enthusiasm and interest
he brought to the paper can only
be hinted at by the fact -that he
was awarded the Reporter of the
Year Award at the annual STAG
banquet.
After tie graduates, Gil" an
English major, plans to teach
and work for his masters degree.
When asked to talk on his favor­'
ite SUbject, the University, he is
more than enthusiasti~, he is un­stoppable.
He disagrees with
those who call the University
second rate, and thinks that those
who call it that should, look at
themselves, maybe they are sec­ond
rate. "There is definitely
an intellectual atmosphere at
Fairfield, but I don't think enough
, people ,here are taking advantage
of the opportunity to Channel their
energy into diverse' areas which
will help them to develop."
"The student newspaper, and
other student organizations give
students the opportunity to think,
to think critically, and to get
along with people in a way that
is competent and effective. I said
a lot of things when I was on the
paper, and I think more people
should get in a position to think
critically. Here is where a stu­dent
organization can do a lot
for student deVelopment, too
many pass up the opportunity.
At Fairfield I have met a lot
of people'- I consider invaluable
to myself. This has helped me,
and I have much regard for them.
Whether a school is first, second
or third rllte depends on the stu­dent
body, and the people I've met
here are first rate. The reason
that people work is that they are
interested in 'p eop Ie they are
wo!_k~g:with ~d for."
.~..
New Frontiers
WILLIAM ZAVATSKY, '65 '
ZavatskY said the content will be
improved by the use of more art
work, and the addition of a bit of
I humor. "Like most of the things
at Fairfield, it has tremendous
potential, and I would like to see
a little of the potential realized. "
Many members of the present
staff will be graduating this year,
and he hopestorecruitnewmem­bel'S
from the Freshmen and
Sophomore class. There are a
great many talented people on
campus, but they don't get to­gether
enough.
. The magazine now uses about
75 per cent of outside material,
and would like to increase the
amount of student material, stu­dent
participation. Zavatskysaid
"anyone is 'invited to submit'
anything, anytime." However he
also stated that "the problem is
that if we get good work from
outside, and mediocre work from
the students, because of our high
standards we are forced to reject
student work."
Zavatsky: Heads
William Zavatsky '65, has beEm
named editor of. New Frontiers
. for the coming year. He will be
co-editor of the spring edition of
the literary magazine with Dale
McNulty '64 arid Robert Dillon
'64, the present editors, and will
take full charge in the Fal~
LOOKING AHEAD
With the sun moving
closer each day it's time to
visit us for the new and
interesting in spring and
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DRINK PEPSI
A good many· misconceptions seem to have ar.isen on the tired
subject of thl! student constitution. These de~uslOns are on bof.h
sides and in analysis, it is safe to say that the Student Council,
has failed to accurately record the political temperature of t~e
University. What it comes down to on the part of the student IS
that we have failed to ask the right critical questions about the
wrong constitution.
Last week Leo Paquette '65, a former member of the Co~Cil
and presently an editor on The STAG, offered the CounCIl an­other
type of constitution styled along the line~ of a town-go.vern­ment
This was presented to a meeting at WhICh the CounCIl was
going to vote on the judicial branch of the cons~itution. There was
no really sound reaction to Paquette's ,suggestIon, but perhaps it
is too late. .
The constitution is a large and inclusive ,document which re­quires
a good deal of manpower. How can Jim Davidson let the Council;
vote on it to say nothing of the student body? The presidents of the
various cl~sses should call upon their classmates NOT TO VOTE ON
THE CONSTITUTION UNTIL THEY ARE MADE AWARE OF THE
MISCONCEPTIONS and until the representatives at least can say
that they understar:d it and favor it generally. This school-wide vote
is a necessity for which we are not 'yet prepared.
The Constitution involves many criticisms: 1) It creates too
many bosses for the stUdents; 2) It is too much involved with
student life rather than with student organizations; 3) It is too big
a plan for the group represented on this campus, and 4) It is too
unweildy. -
Misconceptions are involved in these criticisms although some
of these above criticisms are very sound from the stud~t of
'view. Perhaps the. Council is not a representative group. Some do not
like being on the Council while others think that Fairfield U. is an
experience "I've had to endure," aso?~ membe~remarked. Not ~ant­ing
to sit on the <;;oup.cil may be a legItImate grIpe, but ~hese attIu?es
"I've had to endure" as one member remarked. Not wanting td
sit on .the Council :nay be a legitimate gripe, but these attitud~s
make us wonder what type of people we have here. Surely, many
are interested, but a few (it only takes one) can throw a monkey
wrench into the shooting match.
The people who do not understand should aSk, and those who
do not like the Council should get off it, and anybody who thinks
this education is nothing more than an endurance contest has no
right to be either on the Council or at Commencement ceremonies.
No wonder there's so much wonder about ttle ConstitutiQn.
WARNING: IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THE CONSTITUTION,
THEN DON'T VOTE ON ELECTION DAY - FOR OUR SAKE AND
YOUR OWN.
--The Student Government will
present "Monte Carlo," a night
of dance and gambling, April 11.
'This will be a mixer with ten
girls colleges invited, and gambl­ing
with play money. At the end
of the night an auction will be
held with the money won during
the night, for prizes.
The PDQ's, a group of nine
girls from Pembroke, will sing.
They will be performing in the
Virgin Islands during.the Easter
Vacation. Also performing willbe
Jack Casper and John Kappen-:
burg, by special permission of
the Society for the Propagation
of the Performing Arts.
"Monte' Carlo" To Feature
-'-Gambling And Dancing
DR. JAMES VAIL
Dr. Vail received his B.S.
from Seton Hall and his M.A.
and Ed.D. from Columbia Uni­versity~
He anticipates more
research in regard to college
students and more specifically
the reasons for a student going
to coll~.
DR. DONALD ROSS.
Dr.'Ross received his BSfrom
Fordham his MS from Boston
College ~nd Ph:.D. from Fordham.
He said he is planning a revision
of the prese'nt curriculum. "Em­phasis
will be placed on the
'preparation of professional biol­ogists
wnereas now the pre-!
medsand pre-dentals take pref-'
erence. There is a lack of pro­feSSIonal
biologists, and with this,
planned revision, more electives
will be offered for them."
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doctor will be on hand through­out
the time ofthe bankto examine
anyone who may feel he' is not
physically fit to donate blood.
Ron Bianchi '64 is chairman of
the-event. In commentiilg on the
baI1ii:-Ron said:"Wellope to siir-,
. pass the amount collected during
the fall term so as to tally the to­tal
years corifributlon' to ~ecom­i.
ng 'somewhat more credIble. A
great deal of credit goes along
with contributing a pint of blood
and it's within nearly every stu­dent;
s capacity to receive this
credit. We, therefore, urge every,
student and faculty member to
parla,ke in this very mature act
of C)(arity.
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March 25, 1964.
ARTHUR REIL
CARMEN OONNERUMMA
,Mr. Donnarumma received his'
A.B. and M.A. from Fordham
University.
C.K.S., K of C Out For Blood
Ross, Vail,Donnarumma,Reil Constitution Misconceptions;
Given Full Professorships One Side Of The Question
Mr•.' Reil received hIs A.B.
from Holy Cross, and his M.A.
from Boston University.
Four mtmbers of the Univer- .
sity faculty have been granted
full professorships. They are
Dr. Donald Ross, Chairman of
'the Biology Department, Dr.
'James Vail, of the Sociology
Department, Mr. CarmenDonna­rumma
of the History Depart­ment,
and Mr. Arthur Reil of the
English Department.
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The second Blood Bank of the
year will be held on April 14th
a.JVi 15th in Loyola Cafeteriafrom
10 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. on both
days. The event will again be co­sponsored
by the Cardinal Key
Society and the Knights of Colum­bus,
19natian Council.
Parent's release slips have
been distril;>Uted to those under
,21 years of age and will be col-.
leCted after the Easterw.cation.
Each' individUal will be able to
submit a time preference for
contributing his blood. A definite
time is not absolutely necessary,
and both students and faculty are
urged to walk in at ,any time. A
"N~" _
Reviewing The Facts
THE STAG
As the Student Council Constitu­tion
comes more and more under the
scrf,ltiny of tl!e students, the STAG
feefs more stron'gly its duty to report
on evaluations of this important doc-'
, umimt as they arise. This editorial in
no way reflects a position _either for
or against the issue, but is intended
to crystallize the '6ften confused
opinions of all of us.
In the last few weeks students have
had the opportunity to read and con­sider
the full text of the constitution'
Due to the monumental nature of
the changes in student life being con­sidered
it 'is essential that every stu­dent
discover for himself at leaSt the
bC!~~ o,utline of the document.
Arguments and discussions in favor
of and opposed to sections of the
constitutions have evolved through
student examination and 'through
council meetings., Among the favor-able
points suggested :ilre: ,
I) All agree that the general idea
'.... ... [
of a student counei'l co~stitrition and
government is a good one-beneficial
to the strident community. '
2) The propose.d constitu~i?J1 in"
volves more men m the actiVIty of
,the government, and will serve to
increase a sense of responsibility,
among the participants. Greater rep-,
resentation is provided in the govern­ment.
(A minimum of 65 men will
be appointed anq elected in the first
,yeare> '_,
'3) The activity fee proposed will
enable campus organizations to ex­pand
their activities in all direction,
i.e, social, spiritual, academic and'
cultural.
4) The constitution provides a
unique opportunity for student in­volvement
in their own affairs, both
disciolinarv and organizational.
5) ,.it presents'more opporrunmes
for students to gain experience in
leadership, politics, and, law than any
other organization on campus.
The points brought forth rl;lflect­ing
disfavor' with the Constitution
,are:
f) It, is toplieavy' with juridical
jargon and does not attack the funda­mental
problem of student govern-,
ment efficiency· '
2) It is too grandiose a scheme in
relation to the actual nature and size
of the University. It should be made;
more general in its sections ,in order
that future by-laws' and amendments
may develop its effectiveness. ,
3) The executive chairma~a-nd'
board should be eliminated with the
provision that it could be enacted at
a later date.' The reason for this ob-
, jection is that it is potentially a beau­,
reaucratic', office lending itself to a
, duplication of activities of the leg'is-i
lature.
4) In advance of a school-wide
election the Council should explicate
the matter of the judiciary and the
disciplinary code. Some students ob~
jected to the Council ratifying the
judiciary without elaborating on the
contents of the Code.
5) The student coundl officers
have not taken careful note of sug­gestions
ma,deat class meetings and
'in the council, 'and seem to explain'
them away rather than look at them
as honest queries~
6) The ultimate responsibility of
action is unclear. Too many generals
seem to have been created for an army
whi'Ch needs only one leader in,
March 25, .1964
reality. ,
Wh~'her or not the pomts in favor
of the constitution are more theoreti-,
cal while the points in objection are;
more precise is for the student to
decide. Our point now, is that the
Council should provide a time for,
active consideration of suggestion lest
they al1enate the student body by
arbitrary action in the Council'
,Human nature being what it is,
'students did not take advantage' of
invitations from Mr. Davidson to
offer suggestions as long as a year
ago. It is our hope that the' president
alld 'the vice-president, along with
the council, realizing this, will, pro­vide
a final ,chance for student par­ticipation.
,
This of course,creates an oppor­tunity
in which the involvement of
'the student body is absolutely essen­tial.
The Constitution concerns our
future experience in college and the
students should become as enthusias­tic
about it as are Mr. Davidson and
Mr. Schuck.
A word to the wise, etc. . . " and
we do not feel that we' are explait,ling
anything to idiots-,-TAKEPART
-at least' in 'private discussion and
consideration-,-at most by bringing
your questions or ideas to the Coun­cil
leaders or through comments to
The STAG.
Understand The Index,
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April 15, Wednesday
Apr,il 29, Wedne,sday
May 13, Wednesday ,
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This might be something to ,con­sider
for our Unive ,shy, 'if not for
the whole nation. '
Autstanl-to-th..Ecl1lor
Edward SChuck
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EDITOR-lN'-CHIEF
CLAUDE, FRECHETTE
ond. Vatican' Council would take
those'~repressive institutions which
the Church got along very well with­out
for fifteen hundred years and
which are unquestionably out of date
today -' and boldly and confidently
abolish them. I' refer, firstly to the
Index'pf Prohibited Books; secondly,
to the advance censorsbip of religious
books ..."
, " Out:>id_e this', there is a second a1-
, butmerely following' th~Code. fernatlve; that of totciland absolute
" The root of all this lies, in the permission for the University. Such
,Gahoh Law. Many people think the a thing is quite possible. It is work-
'Idea of the Index is ridiculous and "ing in Germany right noW, where
should be abolished.' This might be. -any student, under dispensation of
the case. Hans Kung, .in his speech the Holy See, in German Universities
, "The Church and Freedom mention- has the permission to read indexed
ed' this: "It would be a magnificent books.
'.manifestation of freedom if the Sec~,
which professedly treat of religion,'
unless it is ,clear that they contain
nothing contrary to Catholic faith:
books which attack or ridicule any
Catholic dogma, or defend errors
proscribed by the Holy See: books
which disparage divine worship, or
seek to undermine ecclesiastical disci­pline,
or avowedly defame the ecclesi­astical
hierarchy, the clerical or re­ligious
state, are considered as fo:rbid­den
books. Naturally the list is more
extensive.
In every episcopal Curia, there are
censors ex-officio to examine works
that are to be read, and are not to
judge according to their private
opinions or the tenets of a favorite
school but. according to "common"
Catholic doctrine. Consequently, the,
librarian is bound by natural law. to
,keep bad books ftom falling into the
hands of others, "and cannot in any
manner whatsOever be communicated
to others.", (C. 1398). However, a
censor is not bound to condemn
,books 'which are necessarily condemn-,
ed elsewhere, providing he follows
the stipulation of Canon Law.
Unfortunately, the result of alI
this falls primarily on the student,
who feels he should be free to read
whatever he wants in order to'stimu­late
his education.
The situation is not all black how­ever.
The use of such books can be
granted to the student who is in any
way engaged in the study of Theolo-
'gy, Philosophy, or what have you.
Generally permission cannot be pre­sumed.
The Church reserves the right.
to herself to legislate persons to g-rant
permission. This permission does not,
"relax" the law, because the law it­self
provides for permission:' it is
rather a personal privilege. '
The student should realize the
total situation. Although the Index
here at Fairfield is sometimes thought
to be "a serious and insulting form
of conservatism," it is merely an ex­tension
of the Canon Law. True,
some books on the Fairfield Iridex are
not on the Church's Index,' this does
not,'mean that the University is legis.
latiritg stricter laws than the Church,
.: t' ~
We therefore consider but two
documents, one of which proscribes
certain types of literature, while the
other provides an enumeration of in­dividual
works and authors' con~
demned specifically by name. This
latter catalogue is commonly referred
to as the Index of Forbidden Books:
the more generic legislation is derived
from Book II of the Code of Canon
Law. In outlining the types of books
that are forbidden tpe Code makes it
specifically understood that books
that in any way defend heresy or
schism or that tend to undermine the
foundations of religion: books which,
'of set purpose, attack religion or
}l1orals: ,books of non-Catholics
The Church, being divinely insti­tuted,
is charged by. Christ himself,
with the responsibility of safeguard­ing
Catholic faith and morals. Hence,
in all reasonableness, we must con­cede'
the right and, duty of the
Church, if she deems it necessary, to
exercise a measure of control over
literature we read and to establish
norms and regulations whereby the
faith and morals of her subjects will
be protected from what might be
called "subversive influences." She
recognizes the fact that the general
faith will be imperiled ·if individuals
are allowed to judge for themselves
in these cases the presence or absence
oJ personal danger. Consequently this
law is intended to oblige even those
who have every reason to believe that
the reading of certain forbidden mat­ter
will not in the least affect their
personal faith or morals. In the inter-
, ,est of, the common good, the right to
, ,pass, judgement on that question is
legit'imately reserved by the Church
to herself.
Many people tddaydo not know,
what bad literature is, or believe that
there exists a sort of right to publish
anything whatever in virtue of what
is called the freedom of the press.
Literature is. morally bad if it en­dangers
faith or morals, and no one
- has the right to publish such litera­ture.
The freedom of speech and of,
the press which we cherish as part of
our free system of government is a
valuable compromise, but only a.
compromise.
March,Z5, 1964
"
THE STAG• • I
1....__L_E_T£~'ER.--..S_TO_T._'H_'E_E_'D_'l_~....;:.O_il 1
J;''"'l.nklin Debrot
To The Editol':
Since Fairfield University seems to be
riding . on the crest of an intellectual
upsurge -' at least some'think so - why
not re-examine some of the basic policies
which have been in effect now for a lolig
time? Take, for example, the library.
Here at Fairfield the Roman Index isn't
good enough to protect our intellectually
defenseless (?) students. The policy seems
to be that additional restrictions must be
made just in case anything slips through
which may be the occasion of a student's
questioni~ his faith. Of course, all this is
nonsense. What is the function of a uni­versity
if it isn't to challenge people to j
think? Perhaps those in authority question:
the competency ofour professors to handle;
the complex questions that could be con- i
ceivably thought up by an inquiring mind.;
Those books which are on the Index now!
should not be made unavailable to students.!
Since this is, a Catholic university it musti
abide by Canon Law. But I don't believe
there is anything said in the-Canon which:
makes it necessary th~t the books be:
locked up. Why not make it a question of:
personal conscience whether to consultor
not. consult the authority in such matters
in regard to Index books?
In conclusion it is interesting to note
the number oforiginal philosophical works .
to be found h'!derthe Philosophy-Theology
section of the book list which comes out
every month. Usually there is no more than
four or five out of a list of fity or sixty.
(':flIis month therewere only two). This is'
the responsibility of. the philosophy fa­culty.
Thank you,
Gilbert Cass '64
Peter Jones '64
John Bradford '64
William H. Crawford ill Robert Betuke
Joseph J. Kearns David Orintas
Robert Edenback Louis De Rosa
Kenneth M. Waters John Dalton
Victor Urbanowicz' Gene Dumas
Thom.as CalderWOod George Heine
Michael J. Oles John DOnnelly
Albert T. Lojko
. . To The Editor:
The legion of decency carried on in the I
University library is a notorious subjectj
for students seeking to release their ten-I
sions .in campus rebellions. On this ~­casion
it is with a sincere regard for In- '
tellectual enooavor and freedom that we .
petition the administration for the release'
of books which haye philosophical, theo-: l
logical, literary and historicalsignifi-, i
'cance to students in the modern age. '!
OUr role as students in this University
carries with it no privilege to demand or.
to threaten the administration. However,:
it is within our realm to ask and to ex-'
pect an answer at an early date. In an'
age which ·'has seen Savanorola dead for
three centuries, we believe that action on
,the part of the library is also in order.,
There is no complete list of books: '
indexed by the library readily available.
However, we aware, through the lists of
recently acquired books published by the:
library since the turn of the year,thati
'several works of the prominent Protestant
theologian, Karl Barth have been bamied.
Others are Bridgeport (Diocese) Synod, I
.1961, Most RE1verend Lawrence J. Shehan,!
D.O., Bishop of Bridgeport; Liturgical i
Conference, Madison, Wis., 1958; Teilhatd,
de Chardin, The Divine MUieu; Sorenl
Kierkegaard, Either/Or; and Emmett Mc-.
. Louglin, An Inquiry into the Assassination'
of Abraham Lincoln. In all due respect,
this seems to be an absurdity of the modern
day•
The Fairfield Index
Intellectual Upsurge
~isquot.d
To The Editor:
Fora paper that is very liberal in its'
use of the ~ord NO (cf. cartoon, Stag,
Vo. 15 #10) your paper left out a very
important NO when quoting me concern­ing
the jl,ldicial branch of the Student
Government. '
"In SUbstance there WAS argument on
what the Judicial Branch should be in a
Jesuit College". It should read "in sub­s~~_
there was NOargllment etc/;:
Further, according toyOOr~'paper.the
Judicial Branch WAS approved by the
administration. As a matter of fact it
iW.as NOT approved. We are waiting for a
,.final draft.
I realize that these errors might well
have been typographical.. .
Sincerely,
Rev. John L. Gallagher, S.J.
Ass't. Dean of Mim
Sincerely,
Harry R~ssetto 465
Sincerely,
Richard Francis, '65
THE PRO
The Non-Stop Express
The Robert's Rule Comic Strip
fo The Editors:
· You would have been ashl!.lDed pf your
student Council Thursday night.' The way
the meeting was c;:onducted you would never
believe they were in the process of mak-
·ing history here at Fairfield. It looked
;more like a satirical CQmic strip on
how not to run a governing body. Or per­haps
a skit parodying good legislativl;l
procedure. The Council claimed to be
running the meeting according to Robert's
·Rules, but time and time again they neg­lected,
violated or just plain fled them.
For instance: the chair voted when it had
no right t() vote, and when they finally
finished 'a roll call vote on ratification of
the judiciary section of the new con­stitution
no exact results were announced.
These two points are· in direct violation
'to the tenets of proper procedure as set
forth in Roberts Rules, the bible' of such
bodies, and they reflect the slipshod man­ner
in which the entire meeting was con­ducted.
Having been present at this absurdity, I
seriously wonder if this is any indication
of the quality and perciseness of the Con­stitution
they so fervently wish the student
body to adopt?
,for dis Cus s iii g' ideas and. "working
togehter" in the council. The meeting of
March 19 was conducted in the same \
atmosphere.
The council's approval, almost to the.
man, of the proposed 'constitution was
obvious; their debate centered about the
exact technical method of ratifying this
constitution, and, more specifically, about
the validity of proxy votes. seeing that the
motion to ratify the constitution had re­ceived
the' necessary two-thirds majority
vote rega~'Jlessof the validity of the,
proxy votes, ti)echairman of the meet­ing
declared the motion "passed. ,In the·
context of the informal atmosphere of
recent meetings, the charge of extra­legal
procedure is unfounded. '
On the surface, the members of the
stUdent Council may have seemed to act
::1n haphazard indifference by hastily rati­'
lying the constitution; but, in. fact, ex­tensive
discussion has'taken place in com­mittee,
in previous council meetings, and in
consultation with committee members•
Questions had been tliscussed and solved;
support was enlisted; the only thing re-
·maining was a final approval. That ap­'
proval was given with or withou! proxy
votes. The neXt move is in the hands of
all students - to consider the value of the
constitution and vote intelligently on it.
, .. Sincerely,
JOSEPH SANTANGELO
To The Editor:
I have never been so disgusted with my
,Student Council as last Thursday night.
They illegally railroaded through ratifi­,
cation of the Judicial Branch of the new
Constitution. The m.eeting. was called on
'very short notice because of CoUncil
bungling the night before. Consequently,
the President of my claSs was unaole to
attend, being away on an officiai school
function. Council President James Da-
•vidson said in effect that he would con­.
sider no substantial changes in the Con­stitution,
and further discussion was un­necessary.
A half-hour was spentwrangl­ing
over procedure, because no one on the
council was well-versed in parliamentary.
law. Davison showed himself to be ex­tremely
inept even in running the meet­ing"
For in the final analysis, the vote to
ratify wasn't even announced because of a
dispute over proxy ballots that wereil­legally
used In the railroading job.
· If it weren't for the efforts of coun~
cilors Kappenberg and Bradford, there'
would have been no questions asked. The
Council and its leaders have acted shame­fully
and irresponsibly. If this Constitu­tion
is worth anything it should be acted
upon properly, not pUShed through because'
of a {leadline certain people would like to
meet.
Don Lupo, Cl~s '62,
Sincerely;
Joseph Ploszay'65
THE CON
What Ever .Happened?
None Of the councilors seemed to have
the slightest idea of what was going.· on.
The presiding officer stated tha,t the Coun­cil
had to ratify only the Judicial Branch
.of the Constitution, as the other parts were
acted on last year. I question the legality
of this. He then' said that there would
probably be no substantial changes in the
present form. At this point a class-mate'
of mine in attendance inquired whether the
Council members had been' advised of a
n1ne-pag~ letter he had written to the
Council President and the Council, pre",:
senting objections and sugg~stions. The
Council had not been informed.
On leave of the Council, my class-mate
.read a copy of his letter and outlined his.
suggestions. This threw the Council into a
turmoil because, in the words of one
councilor, "We don't know enough about
the Constitution to act on these objec­tions."
After all was said and done, the
presiding officer repeated that in' the
opinion of· ,the Council officers, there
would be no substantial Constitutional re­visions.
. If this is true, why did the officerseven
meet with the Sophomore and Junior Class­,
es and solicite their opinions?And whydid
the Council act to ratify before its officers .
had even gone before the Freshman Class?
Apparently their object .was to sell the
-Constitution as is, not to welcome sugges­tions.
Anyway, thanks to the fair-mindedness
of some Junior and Sophomore represen­tatives,
including the presidents of both
these classes" the vote was only 8-5 for
ratification, not a two-thirds majority
needed for Constitutional matters. But a '
haggle o,ver Parliamentary procedure
followed, because no one on the council
knew enough parliamentary law to clear
up the situation. The Council had to call
another meeting for Monday night, the
results of which I do not· yet know.
I'd like to ask why the Council even
~ublished the Constitution, if they had
already decided to entertain no changes
from the stUdents. And I question the le­gality
of their procedure. Why didn't the
Council hold an open hearing at which
,students could present their suggeStions?
Why were the councilors so uninformed or
uriiDterested? WhydlHlie senioTCowlcil­ors
show an interest mainly in getting. out
of the pla<;e, and resort in one instance'to
a personal attack on the petitioner?
l'(flThe some aJiswers, please.
To The Editor:
Have you ever read one of those .re-linion-
type articles that digs out in de­tail,
the frolic and joy that the Class of
1901 from Ivy League College USA dis­played
upon meeting old classmates,
C!I'inking old booz, swapping old stories,
and walking old halls? Did you wonder
at what it might be like to be an es­tablished
old gent in stich a situation•••
filled with emotion, pride, nostalgia? The
- campus green is· a' confusion .of grand­children,
lost identification tags, class
tents, crazy hats, barber shop quartets,
beer' bottles; ballons and banjos. It is
all quite a show•••and chances are as a
.graduate of Fairfield University you will
never experience it.
What happened to the stag who would
rather eat ALL his meals in the Loyola
Caf then respond at a dialogue Mass?
DO you still have a few who find that this
sort of thing swings only with the Sodality
boys? If you do, tolerate them or trounce
on them but don't ever encourage them or
they will swallow you up and the greatness
of your efforts may suffer• Ifyou have your
share of "class clowns" who do not bUy
this new spirit at Fairfield, cauterize
their comments, and sing lOUder, answer
more clearly••, ..._."
, In the mearitime,remelDi:'ier that pe~­haps
there will be an alumnus at Chapel.
He will not be in his 80's; he will not be
Ivy' League USA; he will not be looking
for something that no longer exists. He
.will be somewhat nostalgic as he kneels
and recalls the times he knelt as a stu­dEmt,
perhaps in the very sanie pew. He
.will wonder, when he sees the mlisic
sheets•••will it be like it used to be or·
will they display a sense of Catholic man­hood?
He will leave proud of what he was
jtisf prlveledged to share and 'eager to
return.
Sincerely,
PATRICK JLHU~LEY
Neg~e The. N~gati,e
All Letters to the Editor are to be
addressed to P.O. 913, and are to be
submitted no later than Thursday before
lPub!ication.
To The Editor:'
Will Rogers once said- - "all I know is
what I read in the papers" - but he was
surpassed recently by one who claimed ­"
all I know is what I DON~T read in the
paper". How magnificently this state­ment
transcends mundane facts and abiqes
in the non-particulars of ideal formst I
myself admit only too readily to not the·
least understanding of this gift, but am
willing to concede it as intuition or in-spiration.
.
, The same party made. refernce to this
University's Paper as possessed of a
COMPLETELY NEGATIVE editorial
policy. A nihilistic, "nothing-is-satis­factory"-
attitude would be unpardonable
for this schools vocal organ. What is
wanted then must be a: POSITIVE policy
,and this may be obtained by negating the
negative present one.
The present negative, attitude of The
Stag holds: - things .are !lot as t~
slWUldt>e-:-The 'negation of this gives the
,more progressive, positive outlook: ,­things
are as they should be. However, /
there may be some skepticism concern­ing
this view, - that a University 17-­years-
old is already perfect. My humble
opinion is that the 25th anniversary is
time enough to celebrate that event.
It could be pointed out at this time
the Scholastic distinction between a posi­tive
statement looked at staticly and one
viewed dynamicly. As stated above the
static approach would read - things are as
they should be. This statement was shown
to be doubtful at the present time. Dy­namically
it would read - things are good,
'but getting better. But this implies they
are not yet compl~tely'suitable, and due to
this implied lack, the statement cannot be
wholly positive)n nature.
I will ·leave it to more supple minds
to ponder the way in which a positiVJl
policy can be had. ·For both myself, and I
think the staff of this paper, the sofution
lies in the paradox of a positive approach
gotten in a negativ(l manner. This seeming
contradiction Is resolved by simply act­~
1ng - in other words by wIiting a news-.
paper, rather.than talking on the writing
:of one. As I conceive it, and editorial
should point and criticize While it ~
;,forms. This can be done quite positively
in a negatlye manner. ' . ",
Anti Climaticus
(translated by Thomas SUllivan, '64)
A Possibility
To the'Editor:
Fairfield Umversity has made tremen~
ielous strides in the paSt year in the areas '
of academic excellence and athletic po­~
ntial. However, <Me area probably the
mo~ ~portant to the internal harmony' ,
~f the student association has'not grown
roportionately. The area of which I
. peak is student government. In the last
issue of the sTAG was printed the first
positive step toward the formulation of an
adequate stUdent government. T~s new.
constitution embraces in an unbiased man­Iner
the areas of student life which ne~
prganizatioD, stimulation, and an efficiency'
which doE1s not now exist under our present
system of "Council" government.
However, far and away the most 1m­,
portant and tangible quality which this
new constitution,embodies is that of re­:
sponsibility. This constitution gives tothe
..student association the vehicle through
-which it can govern itself in aresponsible
;way. It seems that this is ttle sole purpose
!which guided its framers. It shows that
(,we Rave taken the first step forward on
tthe road to maturity as a student body.
,!It shows that we recognize and accept
!,those principles upon which our own na­tional
government Is based. We see that'
.those principles should guide not only our
own conscience, but also the conscience of
a mature and respansi1)le student body.
,This is the greatest asset which this con- ~
stitution has and alone reasons its accep­tance
as our form of government.
It is certain that this giant step in our
,growth as a community will meet with
'difficulties, but these diffiCUlties can be
overcome and, I am sure, will be overcome.
We should give it a chance to prove itself,
,; ,but more than that, we must give our-selves
the chance to show that we can
;,accept this responsibility. Thus, I urge ac­ceptance
and support.
. PAGE 6 '. - THE STAG March 25, 1964
THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANIES
SALUTE: 'FRANK FRASIER
Chem. Club
Hears B.C. Prof
BELL TELEPHONE COMPANIES
Frank'earned his latest promotion afterpro~ing him­self
on a staff job in Arlington, Massachusetts. And with
the spark he's showing on his new job, Frank's future with
New England Telephone Compa~y is bright.
Frank Frasier, like many young men, is impatient to
make things happen for his company and himself. There
are few places where such restlessness is more welcomed
or rewarded than in the fast-growing telephone business.
I On Wednesday night, March fb,'
'Dr. Robert OtMalley, chairman_
of the Chemistry Department at
Boston College, was guest sp"ak­er
at the regular meeting of the
Chern. Club. His topic was "The
Chemistry of Some Compounds of
Nitrogen." Dr. O'Malley began
with an introduction to the nit­rides
(binary compounds of nitro­gen),
and discussed their basic
divisions (ionic, coovalent, and
interstitial) with emphasis on the
physical and chemicalproperties,
synthesis, and problems in the
. synthesis in relation to their
divisions. Examples of this would
be the consideration of the nitride
ion as nucleophilic (proton seek-
,ing), reducing agent, and basic
'catalyst, general insolUbility in
water, and, high reactivity in
;ether solvents.
NORMAN F. DACEY Next Dr. O'Malley discussed
Financier .",._.,~,.•, "the fluoro-nitrogen compounds,
Those wno' comrneme<t on Mr. particularly that of nitrogen tri-
Dacey's lecture, found it very fluoride. With respect to this, he
,provocative and extremely inter.. emphasized the work of the Ger-lesting.
Members oithe aiIdiencei'man chemist, otto Ruff. He stated
recognized his great sense or' that Ruff tried various reactions
humor and certainly were im- as the direct combination of ni-pressed
by his ability to hold the trogen and fluorine,.. and the re-
:interest of everyone p·resent. Mr" :action of nitrogen trichloride with'
Daeey was pleased at the over silver fluoride with no results.
capacity. crowd and commented In 1928 Ruff achieved good re­that
he didn't realize that so many :sults by the electrolysis of am-
'would be interested in estate monium hydrogen flouriqe a stabl~
planning. The audience was liter- (See CBEMCLUB, page 8)
ally blUlging from the eaves• - ,'" - --- -----
:Speaker Discusses Life Insurance
,1, .• 1 .' .....; I ,
"The only purpose of insurance, __
is to provide protection.'" :I'his
.quote by Norman F. Dacey left
many Fairfield University stu­dents
with a thought provoking
.question; How desirable is a life
insurance policy?
Norman F. Dacey has been a
professional estate planner for
ove'r thirty years and heads the.
.financial· consultant firm of Nor-man
F. Dacey and Associates,
Inc. in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
.He is the noted author of more
'than one hundred books and arti­
·cles. Recently Mr. Dacey return­ed
from a lecture series at the
.U nit e d States Air Force Aca­demy.
He is sought after as a
;lecturer by universities ana na-
.tional confe.rences, as well as on
.radio and television. Last year,.
Mr.~ Dacey finished his book,.·
';What's Wrong with Your Life..
_;Insurance." Published by:
.Crowe11- Collier in a first edition:
'of 10,000 copies, the book was'
sold out the first day. "
On March 11, 1964, Mr. Dacey
.appeared on campus anddeliver-,
'ed his lecture on "Estate Plan­ning."
In his lecture, Mr. Dacey point- .
.ed out the importallce of hedging
against i nfl at ion. Too many
people are suffering the -conse­'
quences of not having ahticipated .
·the rise in the costofliving. In our,
wealthy nation we find 75% of! .
those over 65 yearsoldreceivlng:
less than $1,OOOperyearincome•.
Frank Frasier (RA., 1960) helps see to it that the phones
of 60,000 customers stay in top working order. Frank is
Foreman-Service for New England Telephone in Somer­ville,
Massachusetts.
What's a liberal~arts graduate dOIng in such a technical­sounding
position? "Exercising his supervisory ability,"
is the answer in Frank;s case. Frank's is a management
'job-his 9 craftsmen handle the technical aspects for him.
.development' :of the' faculty;tfiey ;
should stimulate their profes­sors.
The student should hold to his . ;own ideas, and should voice them. :
:Granted that they sometimes tend
Ito go overboard,this is the best
!wayfor them to learn by their
!mistakes.
i The. University should cultivate
a spirit of optimism, ~ rSPirit
of som~thing unrealized., and this '
has to be constantly implimented.
This is a challenge to both stu-
'l!ents and teaChers.
. REV. WILLIAM T. EGAN, ~.r'
FACULTY PERSO~AUTY(~
,i $ . •
Considered by some to t>e ope,
of the more liberal minded of,
llie Faculty, Rev. William T.
Egan, Assistant Professor of:
Philosophy, received his Bache­lors
and Masters Degree from'
Boston College, and is now stu­dying
for his Doctorate~.F()r~­,
ham University. The thesis he
is working on concerns the Phi­losophy
of History. He has also :
studied at Weston Collere.....and 'as a scholastic spent three years.
'\11 Baghdad, Iraq. _ .. ,. ,I
.As "'3.memher of the Philoso- .
. Phy Department, he thinks that
more emphasis should be placed
on the historical development
of Philosophy, for "we are lack­ing
a sense of history. The re­cent
change in the PhilQsophy
course" he said "is a start,
a breakthrough;" What he would'
like to see is a basic core'
cour~e of one' year, plus two: .
,required electives of' the stu-:
dents choice.
'''We should' put 'more empha-
'sis on' the historical develop­ment,
rather than isolation of
ideas. It is impossible to study
philosophy without its histori­cal
development. However, it
· should not be a strict history
of. Philosophy, but the develop­ment
of the themes of Philo­sophy."
Evaluating our Ph 11 0 sop h y
course against the courses of
other schools, he said that all
'Jesuit schools are undergoing
'serious re-evaluation of their
· Philosophy courses, which is
long overdue. We are now get-'
ting a historical perspective, and
are just catching up to secular
,colleges' in this historical· ap­,
proach.
~'We have," Fr. Egan feels,
:"abstracted thought from histo­i
ry, .and are now realizing this•
. ~The spirit of Ecumenism .has
1>ro~gfit this about, ana made
us realize this. There is still
need for substantial revision and,
, re-evaluation."
Fr. Egan seel'1 the University
as agrowing institution, but would
not like to see it get much
larger, be'cause we. would lose
a sense of identity and a sense
of persoJ:l3.1 contaCt between fa­culty
and the student. The per- .
sonal relationships demand this
s!.ze. ,
Among the student body a need,
exists. for more exchange of
ideas. He sees the· Bellarmine.
Series as a step forward in.
awakening of intellectual aware­ness.
The. student should also
recognize his responsibility in
this a'rea. The students have
·lIl,\lch to' do with the intellectual
HORVATH
school. ~llgible for nominat1o~
·are men and women of outstand-!
,ing intellectual promise, gradu;'"
ates of or seniors in the colleges
· ,and universities of the U.5~an«
, Canada.. !
Horvath, remembered by manyi
, for his appearances. this year onl
the Fairfield U. winning G. E~: .
College Bowl team, is the son:
'\.~ lof Mr. and Mrs. John J. Hor-'
vath, 81 Lola Street, Fairfiel<1-.J.
His choice of. griiClUilesChool '
.is not yet definite. He will major
in German Literature and Lan­guage.
This is the first WoodrowWil­son
scholar,ship awarded to a
s~dentat.$~U;j .. ~ ...
.16
March 25, 1964
, REVIEWS
THE STAG
THE
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As for specific issues: 1) The Constitution should not provide·
for a mandatory executive branch, with the needless duplicating
system of its committees., Rather it should give the President the
power to appoint secretaries and boards to assist him IF AND WHEN
NECESSARY; 2) Similarly the much-disputed judicial branch should
not have two mandatory courts. A SUpreme Court is SUfficient.
for a start, with the provision that. the legiSlature may appoint
inferior courts IF AND WHEN NECESSARY; 3) the president should
;preside over the Legislature, avoiding the artificial system: in
the present draft that tends to spread the government. and con­se'qnently,
fixation of respOnsib1l1ty. allover the lot; 4) the sections'
'on recall and referendum "ar'e' not'clear'enough, and do not give the
Student Body enough direct check over the actions of a closed
legislature. _
I have many other more minor objections, such asfhe very
wording and meaning of some clauses, which are unclear, and the
inclusion of many other issues which do not even belong ina Con­stitution
or By-laws.
The Council has left itself open to the charge of' many students
that it is trying to "play. government." It has presented a Con~
stitution which has BOJIle 'lery fine points. But it also is a potential
three-winged'Pterodactyl :that ,may never get off the ground.
Gentlemen ot' -th-e ·Student'· Councll, the decision is yours. Do not
present the Student Body with the unhappy alternative of rejecting
a Constitution to which so many: people have given their efforts.
And gentlemen of the student Body, be sure you know what you're
voting on, with all its implications, before you cast your' ballots.
Quote of the fortnight:. "Be sure you're right, then go ahead."
.- Davy Crockett.
. Well, I reckon by now all of you who are interested have read the
n~w Student Government Constitution. Now both the Student Council
and the Studen~ Body will have to make some important decisions. I! the CounCil decides to send the Constitution to the Student Body •
. in Its present ,form for ratification, it will present us with some very
poor alternatives. The Student Body can either give its stamp of
approval to a grandiose. bureaucracy ,or settle for the inadequate
system ?I~he present.._Th~reIs a...i.biriLalterni!t1ve,. buf this depellds
,on the wlllmgness of the Council to make compromises and revisions
.in the text. .
During the formulation of this Constitution I imagine that the com­mittee
s.ubconsciously bec,ame overly-involved in the "legalistics'"
of. dr~wmg up such a document, and lost sight of its practical ap­phactIon
to present conditions. Basically the Constitution demon­strates
a frame of mind which all too often has hampered our StUdent:
C<;mncils in .the past. It shows itself to be overly-concerned with'
mmute details, side-issues, and jargon, while failing to cut through'!
the haze of legalistic clauses to grasp the fundamental principals I
of student Government power, efficiency, and effectivenss.
. Government is not an end in itself, as so many students have;
been given the impression by this Constitution. OUr Constitution
must be made to apply practically and fundamentally to the situ­ation
here and now at Fairfield,. whlle providing adeqUately for
future developments. The basic error made in conceiviilg this Con-·
stitution is to model it after a vast enterprise such as the United
States. government. A Student Government· in an academic com­munity
could better be modeled in many aspects after a town
gover~.'.!!.~!1t.
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'YOUR ROUTE TO OPPORTUNITr
world of inti-igue. Neither is
ne - a stranger-' to the rnenry
worlCi. His ,past two novels,
dealing. with 'tlle sam e sul?jeCt
incidentally, '. and published in
1961 and '62 have both received
high praise from the Crime Wri­ters
.Association. And now he
finds himseU on the best seller
list.. Alex Leamas, the central
figure in LeCarre's novel, is
slowly taking the place of- Ian
Flemming's James Bond on the
night tables of readers who are
not afraid of delving into the
fearfully thrilling career of an
undercover agent.
The-settIng is Germany. The
time-present day. Leamas is,
recalled to London after the last
of his agents is killed by East
German intelligence. The home ­office
decides that the leader of
the German opposition, a man
by the name of Mundt, must be
killed. A positively ingenious
plot is drawn up in which Lea-.
mas is to, play the role of a de­fector
and plant evideuce which
wlll prove Mundt a traitor. Lea­,
mas discovers later that Mundt.
is actually in the service of
England and upon proving Lea­mas
a liar in a <:wsed court, he
strengthens his oWn position in
the German urxlerworld. Leamas
realizes that he was sent to build
up ,. Mund~:~yattempting to knock
him do~ His mission was
cruel but it worked. And for this
he was shot to death iii the
beams of the blinding search
lights which llluminate the Ber-lin
Wall.. .
. The style in which LeCarre
writes is perfect for this kind
of episode. The brevity of the
chapters, the terseness of his
expression, and the rapidity of
events were· all indicative of the
life led by a spy. LeCarre has
gupplied us with an almost in­credulous
plot, a pathetic sac­rifice
of one man for the sur­vival
of an intelli!!'encp ring and
the "coltl war'" climate with
which we are all too familiar.
Taking all this and placing it
in the shadows of Check Point
,Charlie he has turned out a
novel which is both shocking and, .
enjoyable. .R" M MERGARDT'., .
CAPTAIN ..
NEWMAN
I
. The County Cinema
120 King's Highway
Fairfield, Conn.
.his forrrtldable'·talent. Maybe the
quote that Bob Dylan "has his
finger on the pulse of our genera­tion"
is true•. On the back o{
·the jacket and on an insert there I
are eleven epitaphs written by
Dylan. I won't attempt to make'
any judgments on the~r poetical
qualities but I will say they are
interesting.
I suppose the usual complaints
on Dylan's voice can be voiced.
Well, as I said the songs wi!'l be
taken up by other singers. I
think that with· Dylan the most
important thing is not his voice
or delivery. What he is sayingor
trying .to say gives the album
its essential value. •
. Dave Freschi
Psychologists beware, Captain New·.
man is in town. And where is he?
At the County Cinema of course,
The fun has begun with all the
patients in Ward 7 so why not
journey down and see just what is
going on in Ward 7. By. the way
Gregory Peck, Tony Curtis star in
this hilarious adventure of comedy.
Set! you!· .
~actor' has been added. Simone
. )1gnoret's acting in "Room At
the Top" is the last creditable,
performance I can remember in
such a part.
BEST 'FILM:' "Tom Jones".
This picture has everything a film
should have: fine acting. photo­gr~
Phy, interesting v'tsual -ei-.·
fe cts, and a lively script. Not to
be overlooked either is the musi­cal
score which is catchy as
well as exciting. John Osborne,
author of such plays as LOOK
BACK IN ANGER and LUTHER,
. wrote the script based on Henry
FIelrUncr' co ","'YF~ 1
tiEST FOREIGN LAl';GUAI.iI!;
FILM: Federic Fellini's "81/2'"
should win hands down. This film
is hailed by most critics as his
masterpiece, his monument of
Qll>U&lction, surpassing even the
.higmy pllilsed' "La Dole" Y ita':.
Marcello Mastr.oianni is the star
along with the likes of CI~udia
Cardinale and AnolIk Aimee.
·tiI view of tile qual1ty of the
films that came out in i963,'we
can optimistically look for
greater things to come in 1964.
Cinema is quickly on the rise in
this country and will soon rank
with the already firmly-es­tablished
European countries.
THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM
"HE COLD
By John I.e Carr'e;
If you arefascimitedbythe life
.C!f....a sPY, desir~,to. pe~etrate the
shroud of secrecy and suspense
which covers his daily opera­tions
and willing to share the
frustrating sacrifice of a spy who
is too old and of no use to his own
government except as a guinea
pig in a world where "justice is
murder" then you must read the
number one best seller, John Le
Carre's "The Spy Who Came in
from the Cold."
John LeCarre, - a pseudonym '
for Davia Cornwell, who is a
Britislt civil servant· presently
employed in one of the Whithall ,
,ministries, shgws.1J.s,::.LlJatJru!h.
is sometimes, ~~ra!Jger than-.1ic.:: _
tion. At one time a spy in the
service of England, 'he is no
stra~ger to the intern~tional
The Academy Awards will soon
be presented to the outstanding
contributors to the art of film
for the year of 1963. This re­viewer
here makes his selections
in the major categories. The can­didates
will make it difficult for
the judges this year; all competi­tors
in the running are close, if
not eoual. in worth.
. BEST ACTUl<: .pau! Newman in
:"Hud". This· modern-day wes­tern
saw Paul Newman in his
'strongest performance yet.
Bombing along the prairie· ina
pink Cacldie convertible, throwing
some bum through a bar window,'
or belching over a can of beer
,at the breakfast table, Newman
plays Hud Bannon with such emo­tion
that one wonders if he is
really. acting. Richard Harris,
star of "This Sportl.,ng Life", is
too much like Newman. Albert
Finney' was great· in "Tom
Jones", but· it wasn't his acting
that "made" the movie as did
NewmAn's in "Hud".
BEST ACTRESS: a toss'::up be­,
tween Rachel Roberts of "This
Sporting Life" and Leslie Caron
'.of "The L-Shaped Room'". Both
~ere,eouallv as moving in these .
British "slice of me" f1lms.
Woman left out in .the cold is
admittedly a sterotyped role by
this time, but a new vitalizing
keep well groomed l1t
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thru Sat.~c1osed on Wed.
Deodorant. hair tonic and
other grooming needs can
be obtained· here.
Bob Feels Pulse - ........~ ..._.
Ol~han!QngT!~e
I was pouring over the stacks
in the folk music section at the
record store yesterday looking
·.for something worth reviewing.·
Flipping Beatle albums and rock
and roll reGords over my soulder,
- things are .all over the place,
- I came upon Bob Dylan~s n~w
album. I didn't intend to re­view
another Dylan album for a
while, but after listening to it I
think it is rather important. It
is important in that it shows a
!jon vyIan who has grown wIthout
losing his insight Into· his own
generation. I think I can also
:safely predict that it .>won't be:'
!long before we see some 0'£ the!
,'SOngs taken up by SIngers with a;
wider appeal. This will give those
who just can't stand Dylan's voice
. a chance to hear some of the
.songs.
The 'album is' ten songs long.
The shortest song runs around
two and a half minutes and the
longest is a marathon seven min­,
utes. The label is Columbia and
the title is;· "Bob Dylan; The
trImes·· Thev Are a Changin'·".
Two of the songs are relativeiy
f well known' J)ylan· tunes. "With
God on Our Side" has been heard
and applauded by many aUdiences~
( think it is one of Dylan's most
effective songs to date. The tune
"Only A Pawn In Their Game" is
also f;tmil1ar. There is Ii ballad
in this album which, as most
ballads· do, tells a story. Unlike
most ballads the hero is not a
lord, a Robin Hood, or a j1lte<l
lover. He is.a shanty dweller
,watching his family starve. Ro­mantic
huh? The thing that keeps
the listener thinking is that al­though
Dyla...!! stops singing th~
song it never really enos. The
name; bs- tlie-way-'1s"'The Bat:.·
.lad of Hollis Brown". The theme
song of the album is "The Times
Thev Are a Changin' ". Here one
clearlY ""es Bob Dylan's growth­in
id.eas anq .the strengt~ening of
March 26, 19~
familiar fables POLITIOAL AWARENESS?
DAVID S. AURANDT
April may be the cruelest month§/but the midoMarch madness
Ican be worse. This is the month of warm Spring promises and
· Summer wishes. but alas de@it and disappointment when rain.
l'Wet snow, .cold and wind come running out of Maine or Canada.
;There is falk of German IDeas1es and dTci you here that so and so
has scarlet fever and the entire campus may be quarantined?
·Lectures and class matter are only now and then absorbed because
teachers must yield to coughs and hacks, fog horn nose blowings
and wall-cracking sneezes., Mid-term exams came too soon and st.
Patrick's Day too late. Campus is too muddy-there's not a clean
shoe or dry foot on the cori'idor. Xavier is too far from Canisius'
and all the classes were deliberately and diabolically scheduled
so that no two consecutive classes_are in the same building. Food
is more tasteless than ever and Lent is no fun. Estimates will be
.terrible,. cuts are running out already and all the late slips have
been used up. Haircuts are up to two dollars, but town is too far to
walk2.nyway., Winter has come but Spring is still quite far behind.
Personally I much prefer Willter to any other time of year,
but now that it is not yet dead and Spring not yet near life why do
we so easily turn to complaJning? I suppose that question con­tains
its own answer. The Ides of March meant doom for Caesar and
·for many, many reasons they hold no joy for anyone it seems; but
while we are harping about the injustice, inadequacy or insufficiency
of ,just about everything and everyone, let us recall and praise a
~ew things that are deserving. .
There is the College Bowl, the new PUblicity office,the basketball
team, the rugby team, the academic rejuvenation and the curriculum
changes (theological a.nd philosophical), the Bellarmine Lecture
·Series, the up-coming sociology symp.0Sium, graduate school ac­:
ceptances and fellowship awards, the Film Society, the co-operative
·endeavors of the political clubs on campus. There are many more
:advances made and someone will think of a dozen more than should
be inclUded, but this is enough to indivate a growth that may go un­noticed
or uJ:lrealized especially when there seems so much that is
___ target for complaint. It is too bad th.!1..!_Loo olteJ:l the.s9Jll..Pllliners
have all of the answers and none of the solutions. It is not Uncommon·
to here most from those who maY have ~ ~,turn~d f~om another
,schoOl, aiid find themselves in deep depression and despair about the .
meagerness. they are "forced" to endure at Fairfield.' Much of
what they say is true and cannot be denied but the comparisons are
sometimes ~o ridiculous and naive that they deserve only a laugh.
Slow progress and gr,adual development that are accompanied by the
pains and problem's of growth are too' often interpreted as stag­nation
and .unconcern on _~e .Par! of ~he faculty and administration.
Grantea' there are problems llIld there are many legitiIDatE! com- .'
plaints to be made, but perhaps what we all need is greater under­standing.
To coin a phrase from that well-known movement, there
>!hould .be fruitful dialogue beh'een, the student,bodr and thefacultv
·and administration. A step waS' made in this direction when a few
'weeks ago a standardized questionaire was substituted for some of
the regular class time. ,
In general; all were pieased when it was given out and there was
an interest and an anxiousness to let the administrat10n know.
what was on the mind of the student. Most found it disappointing,
however, because the questions did not seem particularly applicable.
to our situation or to our problems specifically. The answe'rs were
liri1ited to a true of false when many, said they could have gone on to
-L giv'Ei a much fuller answer. than was possible on this survey. So the
idea. of such a SPrvey is a very good one, arid certainly the interest:
and concern of the students :was demonstrated in their comments'
Idter it was given. Theunfortunate part was that it did not give anyone
,the opportunity to really express in a full manner and with genuine
concern the problems and possible splutions as he sees them. This
would lead to a greater understanding all around and might turn ir-'
responsible complaining into constructive ~riticism. It is hoped that
.the future will. see the employment of such promising measures,
tQward UJ.lq~.~tanc:l,!!!~~s__an adequate 8l!rvey~_
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THE STAG
IKelf cNaTes]
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HERBERT DIMEOLA, '65
The Knight of the MonthAward
for February has been presented
to Herbert J. DiMeola '64. Herb'
is in his third year with Igna­tian
Council and is the present
E.ditor of the Ignatian Bulletin.
Being a Pre-Med. major, he did
not have too much time in the past
to get involved in any of the
Council's activities. This year,
'however, he accpeted the editor's
position on the Ignatian Bulletin
and immediately began to im­prove
the publication. His first
reform was to change from
mimeograped sheets to a pFQ- '
fessionally printed Bulletin. Re­cently
he has added advertise­ments
in an effort. to make the
.. Bulletin self sufficient. Besides
the Ignatian Bulletin, Herb was';
recently cho,sen to be on the No- '
:minating Commiftee.-' ,.'..'
* * * First Trustee, Ron Bianchi,
was recently picked to head the
'Nominating 'Committee, which
will present a slate of officers
for the coming elections. Dick
,Lucey was selected as ~ecretary
,of the committee' while other
members include Fr. T.E. Mc­,
Peake, S.J., Chaplain of Ignatian
Council; George Egan, Grand
·Knight; Herb DiMeola, Editor of
the Ignatian Bulletin; Tom Cur­tin,
Chancellor; Paul Rooney,
·Chairman Of Catholic Activities;;
Tom Connors, Chairman of Mem­bership
- Insurance' Activities;
Vin D'Alessandro, past Deputy
Grand Knight.
· ~
several members of Ignatian
Council - partici~ted-- -in the
'Greater Bridgeport Area Leu-.
kemia Fund Drive held Saturday'
afternoon. Gary Kwiatkowski,
,chairmaned the committee.
M. DeMore
By now, even the most uncon­cerned
are realizing that we are
facing a national election. The
. first of the primaries have pass-
·ed, even ifthe results were some­what
inconclusive. What effect has
this had on the campus, or what
effect will it have? Perhaps an
idea of this can be had by looking'
at the activities of the political
Clubs on campus, the theoretical
spearhead of such activity.
A problem facing all three po­litical
clubs is lack of interest.
This is evident by considering the
membership, the Democrats have
35 dues paying mambers, about 6
active members, the Republicans .
'have abOut 20 members, 5 ofwhom
are active, the Conservatives
, have 20 members, 10 ofwhom are
;active. students haVe av"aguewon:­,
der as to what the clubs are do­,
ing, but many never take the
! iniative to find out. We may.
'wQnder why this is so, and what
ireasonS are behind it.
· One answer may be in the
, clubs themselves, therefore it is
necessary to consider what the
i functions of the clubs should be.
I According' to Leo Paquette, pres­ident
of the Young Dems, the club
has two roles. It is first respon­sible
to the college .students, to
give them an opportunity to dis.­,
cuss issues. and pending legis-lation,
to better determine their
own feelings on these..mattE,tl's. It
should stress the theoretical as­pects
of these issues. Secondly
it has a responsibility to take part
in campaigning for local, state and
national elections, aiding the
·local and state party organiza­tion.
This phase offers an in­valuable
aid to the student in-
.' terested in practical politics to
. ,gain experience in meeting vot­
·ers and party officials.
GUY' Caputo, president of the
Young RepUblicans thinks the pul-­;
pose of the political club on cam­Lpus
is the distrtbuting of infor­:
mation and the education of stu­dents
in politics•••The club should
,force the issues of the party,
because you must know the is­sues
involved before you can take'
a stand. The college club dif-
, fers from other RepuDlic'an Clubs
, in that there is more emphasis
on preparing students and edu-
· ~ating them, than on, the ring-.
· ing ,of doorbells (this does not.
exclude ringing doorbells, how­ever.)
We should be in contact
·with the town committee and be
·able to help {hem, but not to the
extent of doing all the town's
work. On the practical level,
the club' should have speakers
·and encourage discussions."
W111iam Garland, president.of
the Conservative club said that the
,club should encourage and stim­:
ulate the student body to tw,rikon
,political affairs and to distribute­'
information on political affairs.
How are the various clubs
,carrying out these objectives?,
'The RepUblican and Democratic
clubs are jointly sponsoring the
Capitol Review, a summary ofthe
·events of Congress during the,
week. The two clubs alternate In
pUblishing it weekly, however it
is said to be strictly objective.
About 500 are printed and dis-.
tributed about the campus.
The two clubs also sponsor
Monday night discussion groups,
open to all,at which current,
topics of political interest are
discussed. These are carried on
informally, and all present are
invited to participate,___
In addition the Y-Dems are
planning to attend the Young Dem­ocratic
State Convention which
will take place in Bridgeport
April 17 and 18.
The Y-GOP is in the process of
starting' a RepUblican Club at,
Manhattanville, and plan a forum
to de fin e what RepUblicanism
stands for today. Their state con­vention
w111 take place April 19.
The Conservative Club is mak­ing
available Conservative liter­ature
on campus, and offers stu- .
dents the opportunity to sign up on
the mailing list of the Inter-,
collegiate Society of Individual­ists.
As individuals, the members'
· of the club are supporting a\
Goldwater candidicy by assisting
other Goldwater supporters in
Fairfield and elsewhere to obtain
Goldwater orientated delegates to
the state Republican convention.
The members encourage discus­sion
of political affairs, feeling
that this is the most effective way
of communicating their ideas•.
The clubs are providing an op- .
portunity for the stUdents, but
students often don't take advan-
· tage of it. The reasons for the
lack of interest in political events
· may be more complex. We face no
great and immediate crisis at the
moment. Internationally there has
· been a gradual easing of East­West
difference, or at leastthere
seems to' be. While the major
Com muni st powers eye each
other, it seems ~o ease the tension
between us and them. There are
persistent trouble spots, asViet-
,nam and Berlin which agitate the.
status quo,' but world war does
not seem imminent.
In the nation the economy is
good and promising to be better.
by all forecasts. There is little
cause for immediate worry on the
home front. These factors; the
.fact that there is no cause for
,panic with the way things are, ,
coupled with the passing of a
much admired President, maybe
a cause of lack of interest also.
The leaders ,of the political
clubs have high hopes for aroused
interest in the coming months.
How great an effect the election .
will have on political awarenes~
is yet to be seen.
,'CHEM. CLUB
compoUnd with ~ boiling point at'
-1290C.
Next 'the tetrahedral structure
of nitrogen trifluoride was dis­cussed.
Dr. O'Malley stated that
the molecule is not basic (electron
pair donating) since the high
electro-negativity of the fluorine
atom restricts the loss of the
electon pair by the nitrogen.
LastlyDr. O'Malley compared
the fluoro-nitrogen compounds
and their analogs (nitrogen tri­fluoride
with ammonia, dinitro­gen
difluoride to diimide. dini­trogen
tetrafluoride to hydrazine,
etc.). He further discussed the
extremely high reactivity ofthese
compounds and hinted at the vast
amount of research now being
conducted to control this reacti-
'. vity since if they could be con­trolled,
they would be ideal as
oxidizing agents in rocket fuels.
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at Fairfield University
this spring by the Society for the
,Advancement of Management.
, "'CampUs Pac" is an assort-,
'ment of poptilar men's toiletries,
Man with most empty packs of the
below listed brands
Packs Ilollllted at Loyola cafeteria;' Friday, April 10tll
from noell to 3 p.m. '
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WHO WINS:
Debate: Federal Aide
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president of the Fairfield Uni­versity
Debating Society, as­sisted
by Vice-President Harry
Rissetto '65 of 69 West 9th Street,
New York City; Secretary Tho­mas
Oligino '65 of 25 Kimberly
Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut·;
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I
REF LEelIONS
William Garland
Every fourth year Campus politics receives a strong shot in the arm
from the presidential campaigns. In the 1960 campaign the youthftil
image projected by the Kennedy campaign brought many youths into
the Kennedy camp. Youth organizations were formed for Stevenson
and Rockefeller but these were small, though dedicated group;>.
Senator Goldwater inspired followers, though the improbability' of
his nomiliation four years ago limited the scope of his following at
that time. Nixon had enthusiastic supporters, but it must be stated
'that in the youth department Kennedy definitely had the edge. The
contest for the Democratic nOlJlination in 1960 starte<;l mc;>vemel!ts
.earlier tban usual for Kennedy, whereas Nlxon.lack1ng a real contest"
did not activate his suPporters tiIrlhter in the campaignr
This year's election may well see the tables reversed. No one'
- seriously doubts the nomination of Lyndon Johnson by the Democrats.
The lack of an early contestfails to inspire followers to organization. I
Furthermore, Johnson, cast in the' image of the progessional poli- j
tician (an image which he is making every effort to change), fails to
inspire in the way that the more idealistic Kennedy did. There is doubt·
that Johnson supporters will form a youth organization, but due to the
lack of a contest for the Democrats' nomination, this organization'
will not gain impetus until after the nominating convention.
Presidential political activity among youth is, at this time, largely
limited to the Republicans. Among the announced candidates, both
Goldwater and Rockefeller have organized youth support. Besides the
formation' of a formal youth organization, Rockefeller is making a'
special effort to enlist the support ofsome college newspaper editors.
Rockefeller national headquarters is mailingpropaganda to newspaper
editors stating, among other things, that "By any measurement
Nelson A, Rockefeller is THE Republican Presidential Candidate."
The Rockefeller literature makes a special point of the Governor's
record on education by stating that he "has established an outstanding
record in dealing with New York State's education problems."
Rockefeller forces are especially looking for favorable editorials
and features and they are offering a regtilar column. Goldwater sup­porters
are attempting to form Youth for Goldwater clubs on as many
campuses as possible or are working through existing Conservative
Clubs. The Goldwater forces have the advantage here of having a
significant number of clubs of Goldwater supporters organized even
before the Senator made his formal entry into the Presidential
race, Many campuses, for example, have chapters of the Young
Americans For Freedom, :/prO-Goldwater group organized right after
the 1960 campaign. National Youth for Goldwater is initiating a
"Bumper Branding" project to demonstrate grass roots support by
placing Goldwater stickers on as many cars as possible. In his recent
, speeches, Senator Goldwater has stressed the fact that one of his
major reasons for deciding to seek the nomination was the support for
him among youth organizations. The other announced candidates for
the nomination, Harold Stassen and Mrs. Smith have, as of yet, no,
demonstrable youth support.
Encouraging to all responsible student political leaders has been
the almost total rejection by college students of attempts by the Com­munists
to form a national youth organization. The organization,
Advance (not to be confused with the magazine ADVANCE, a liberal
Republican journal), is almost on the verge of dissolution. The Com­munists
have decided to embtrk on a new strategy of enlisting non­Communist
students to organizations they, the Communists have
created, but which have no visible party ties. American students
will have, enough sense and,perception to reject this bid. '
tir. John Norman'of the Fair­field
University faculty finds good
and bad in the views of teacher
training which Dr. James B.
Conant expresses in his contro­versial
book; "The Education of
American Teachers." Norman
'expresses his criticism in a
special article "Conant Flunks
the Educational lUstertan," pub-,
lished in the current issue of, ,i"""-----------------~~~--~-~~~~
."Teacher Education Quarterly."
The whole issue is devoted to
, Conant's views.
Norman' agrees with Conant
that course requirements and
certification by the state instead,
of universities should be elimin­'
atedo He also agrees with Conant
that methods courses without
'content are unnecessary. Dis­agreeing
with Conant, he defends
History of Education c'0 u r s e s
which he asserts "represent a
singular synthesis of content and
method." '
-Norman Criticizes
,Conant's "Education"
,Jr.'s Attempt
Co-operation ,
Matt DeLuca, president of the
class of '65, called a class meet­ing
on Wednesday, March 18. The
purpose' of the meeting was to
discuss contemporary activities
of the class of '65.
The class officers chose a
planning committee of ten to
help 'facilitate the participation
and co-operation of class mem-'
bers. Members of the' committee
, were chosen as a representative
cross section of the class. Matt
DeLuca has released a list of
members as follows: George Cin­cotta,
Vi n c e nt D'Alessandro,
Peter Fallon, C. Webster Mc­Caffrey,
Richard Mergardt, Leo
Paquette, Frederick Saalwach­ter,
Kenne~h Waters, David
Wright, and William Zavatsky.,
The Junior Class party and the
Folk Festival are examples of
the co-ordinated efforts of the
p I ann i n g committee and the
Junior Class. The Folk Festival
was a financial success. Never
before has there been suchanef­fort
to unify class participation.,
William Graziadei, gen era I
, chairman of the Dogwood week­end,
made a report to the class
on the progress of the festival
'committee. Tickets to the Chad
Mitchell Trio Concert have been
made available at several nearby
high schools and colleges. Those
purchasing a package dealtor the
weekend. will stand a' chance of
getting a rebate on their tickets '
_ lndThree package deals will b~
given away to those with ~'lucky
, numbers." Because of the per­sistent
efforts of the committee,
,this year's weekend will include,
a Saturdaynightpartyatthe Fair­field
Beach Surfclub. Members of
the Dogwood Festival Committee
have worked longer this year than
ever befoFe, are sure the results
will reflect their added efforts.
Next year's blazer was also a
.~op~c of discussion at the meet­mg.
THE STAG
Gerard ~oU
education. These students take
their responsibilities rather ser­iously
and often debate long
periods before taking a public
stand on an issue, be.it na­tional
or international.
Such was the case on two dif­ferent
occasions while I ,was in
Chile. I participated quite ac­tively
in a university reform
movement within the Catholic
University in Santiago., Debate~,
at the meeting, held in private
homes, usually went into the'earl¥
hours 'of 'the morning. POUlts
aiscussed rangea from the role 01
the .university in society to the
role of the student in relation to
the university and the society.
-'t'ne'-other occasion presented
itself during the strike of the
National Health Service (Ser­vicio
Nacional de Salud) in San­tiago~
It was shortly after the
strike begun, that the Medical
School of the Uniwrsity of Chile
decided to participate in the hope
of securing higher wages, not for
the professional workers, but for
the manual worker in the
federally operatedhospitals.
United'States CitIzens place the
South American student il} the
ambiguous category of It ra!n>le­rouser",
and "communist dupe'"
'without realiZing what the reason'
is why the students might be de­monstrating
or protesting. It is
merely an open act of violence
against the recognized govern-'
mente
Politically, the U.S. does riot
inspire them USUally because they
consider that on one hand we are
no longer young, adventuresome,
experimental, and daring (aside
from our space accomplish­ments),
all or which appeal to
youth, while on the other hand
they smugly r~gard if, as im­mature••
However, their, poignant
and vitriolic criticisms of our
grave social problems with re-t
gard to Negros and Puerto Ri­cans
have been quite valid. It is
felt that a "hardening of, the'
arteries" has set in the United
States, and that it has forgotten
~ its own birth pains and early
struggles and no longer identifies
itself or its sympathies with li­berty
in other lands, but even
attempts to suppress it in favor
of U.s. investment.
To the U.S., what value do the
university students of Chile, or
of all Latin America have? Deal­ing
with Latin American untver-:
Slty students, means dealing'with
educated men and women from all
political and social segments of
its various nations. To have ctil­tural
interchanges, volunteer
workers, travelling professors,
and most of all to have North
American students studying in'
their _countries wotild be a be­ginning
in regaining the respect
of' the Spanish Aml;lrican
. 'countries.
Understanding cannot be mea­sured
monetarily but th~ under­standing
had between one Ameri- '
can student and one Chilean stu­dent
is worth more than any fo­reign
aid program Conceived. I
know. '
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OUTLOOK ON
March 25, 1964
LATIN AMERiCA
_ 2..
Th.e Chile~_·StUdent.
The topic of this article was
originally entitled - The Uni­versity
Student. After a careful
consideration, I feel that I am
not qualified to express my views
and opinions on the LatinAmeri­can
student whose traits and,
background varies from country
to country. Instead, I wotild like
to pre..the Chilean university
student, his character, his'
drives, and his opinion of the
United States. I must be made
clear, though, that the Chilean
student reflects his ctilture onI}'
and not that of. neighboring P"ni
or Argentina.
The male Chilean university
student is a very special person.
He is held accountable to his con­science
alone for his actions. The
Chilean student carries a false
,sense of maturity. Instead of
facing things as they are with
feasible solutions, he tries to
fabricate answers from an erro­neous
process of rationalization.
He sees what is before him now,
not what brought it aboUt, or what
can be done to CHANGE it, not
destroy it. This example refers"
directly to Chilean attitude to­wards
U. S. copper interests
there.
,Being,exposed to the European
system of education, the Chilean
student has a high regard for the
, intellectual. The new innovations, '
and sweeping social reforms en­able
the student to find ordered
and expressed, in the written
,word, his disorganized values
'towards society, man, G~, gov­ernment
and himself. The student
is treated as an adtilt. He can
drink, smoke, and frequent
,houses of prostitution without
raising too many eyebrows with­in
the family circle.
The Ch,ilean university student,
unlike most Latin American sfu­dents,
is not cynical towards
military authority. In Argentina,
Peru, and Honduras where, the
,military has been instrumental in
the overthrow, of the governments
during the past three years, there
is a great deal of animosity to­wards
the' army, in partictilar.
-Because of the lack of athletic
activities (only intramural soc­cer
and basketball, and the uni­'
versity volleyball team), the
Chilean student finds himself
functioning as a political being.
He takes HIS analysis of na­tional
.and international situa­,.
tions a~being the sole remedy,
Human dignity is highly'prizea,
and a basic humanistic appeal is
a guiding force in the student's
life. He obligates himself to be
the, "voice crying out" and the
,guardian of the nation, and ex­:
pecially of groups which he con-'
siders to be in the minority. In
Chile, however, this does not'
lead to the rise of. the student
"professional do-goo,der", the
panacea peddler, or the fanatical
zealots, but to the rise of 'stu-
, ~nts who feel that they have a
responsibility to the people of
their nation, since approximately
25% (2 million people) are il­literate
and with,out a formal
I' \
PAGE 10 THE STAG March 25, 1964
JIM COlTER, '64
SPORTS PERSONALITY
MVP Walt Hazzard lived up to
all his advanced notices and look­ed
like definite pro material with
his deft passing a~d ball control.
In the NIT in New York City,
Bradley swamped the New Mexico
Lobos in the tournament final,
86-54. Hitting 62% from the floor
and playing their best defensive
game of the season, the Braves
completely outclassed the big
squad' from the southwest. MVP
Lavern Tart scored only 13 points
but showed class in everyting he
did, on the court. Bradley's 32
point bulge was the greatest in
NIT history and the title was the
Braves' third.
* * *
The New York Giants trading of
Dick Modzelewski to the Cleve­land
Browns for Bobby Crespino
hints at their desire to pick up
;lpother running back. The likli­hood
being that Crespino will be
used for trade bait.
Allie Sherman makes no bones
about his need for a big, powerful
back and isn't taking any chances
on Joe Don Looney's not making'
the squad as a rookie. He expects
to h;lve to give up a flanker
(hence the Crespino trade) plus
a defensive back for the man he
wants. Among those mentioned as
future Maramen are 'Earl Gros
(Green Bay), John David Crow
(St. Louis) and Ted Dean (Phil­adelphia
Eagles).
The Giants make veryfewpoor
trades and point to Del Shofner,
YA Tittle, Aaron Thomas and
Joe Walton as evidence. Look
for them to pick up Ted Dean
before the exhibition season com­mences.
Another possible trade
to watch for is one for a sea­soned
quarterback to back up
Tittle - the Giants aren't ready
to go with Griffing yet.
* * *'
The NCAA To urn II) e n t in
Kansas 'City produced few sur­prises
as UCLA won the cham­pionship
handily over Duke. The
Bruins displayed a swift, smooth
offense and a rebounding strength
that seemed incredible in view of
their tremendous disavantage in,
size. Fred Slaughter, the Bruin's
biggest man at 6'5", didn't play
much against Duke but those who
saw the game couldn't he'lp but
be impressed by the number of
carroms the West Coasters drag"
ged down.
. . ... THE SPOTLIGHT
by JEFF CAMPBELL
WHO IS THIS MAN?
True, if Clay's pre-fight deal­ings
with Liston weren't too
kosher, the Association has a
case, but they could wait uhtil an
investigation is held before
screaming for Cassius' scalp.
Before Joe Louis could get his
shot at Jimmy Braddock in 1937,
he had to agree to give Brad­dock
10% of his career earn­ings.
No one questioned Louis's
right to the throne.
If the World Boxing Association
strips Cassius Clay (Cassius X,
Mohammed Ali, the Louisville
Lip, etc.) of his title this week,
it will be an injustice.
The Association claims that
Clay is giving a bad example to
the youth of America and is not
acting in a manner befitting a
champion. These two charges are
, the basi,S for the group's proposed
action against the heavy-weight
champion.
If bad example is sufficient to
invalidate a fighter's claim to the
crown, how corne Liston was
permitted to reign for, as long as
he did? Sonny isn't Santa Claus,
no matter what he looked like on
the cover ofDecember's Esquire.
As far as acting like a champion
goes, what does a champion act
like? Does he go into hiding for
the duration or what?
The freshman team of Fairfield
UniversUy broke all the offensive
scoring records in finishing the
basketball season with an 18-4
mark. Their 90.8 ppg is one of
the highest in school history.
Jim Brown from New Haven,
Conn., led all scorers with a
23.3 ppg. His 514 points breaks
the old mark of 454 held by Pat
Burke, 1962-63. Brown's 116 free
, throws gives evidence of his value
underneath and his ability to make
the all important "3 point play."
Charlie Phillips of Brooklyn
ran a favorable second position
behind Brown with 438 points and
a 19.9 ppg. Phillips has one of
the best jump shots around and
he led the team in field goals with
201. Charlie scored 42 points
against U.B. on February 29 for
a new individual game high re­cord,
originally held by Pat Burke
at 40.
The rem a i n i n g two men in
double figures were the "quar­terbacks"
of the team, Bill Pritz,
Bridgeport and Carl Menendez,
West Hempstead, L.I. Pritz with
his ability to go either left or
right on his drives, totaled 258
points for',an 11.7 ppg. Menendez
carne on strong in the second
half of the season with his great
outside shot to attain an 11.5
, average.
Pat ScullY, New Canaan, Conn.
and Al Snyder, Bridgeport, were
the two other forecourt men who '
proved valuable to the Frosh.
Both reached double figures on
more than one occasion and Scully
finished with a 9~5 mark while
Snyder wound 'up with an 8.1
~ ppg average.
, As a team, the Stag Yearlings
amassed 1998 points and passed
the century mark on six occa­siQns.
Their high game was 122
FROSH HOOPSTERS
SMASH F.U~ RECORDS
"Nycz breaks individual scor-'
ing record."
Sen i 0 r Torn Nycz,' with 45
points, set a new individual scor­ing
record last week. The old
record was 42 held by Torn Leon­ard
(class of '63). Nycz's effort
enabled Gately's Goofballs to de­feat
the Waters team and throw
them into a virtual tie for last
place with Haughey's Hapless
,Hoopsters.
Meanwhile up at the top of the
league Vic Costello and his Mar­vels
captured the Senior-Junior
title with a' perfect 10-0 record.
Congrats are in order also to
Wilkos and Della Bitta of the
Baby Stags division who battled
, all year in a race that was
(See INTRAMURALS, page 11)
NYCZ SCORES 45
PERSONALITY
,THE LEDGENDARY
ED FAULKNER
NEXT WEEK'S
communication for the proper
coverage of athletic events at
Fairfield University in order to
make the people aware of ath­1etics,
at Fairfield."
His office has a huge mailing
list and includes all modes of
communication from radio sta­tions
avd newspapers to tel~
vision and national magaZines.
Although most of the mail is
centered in our locale, every
major daily newspaper along the
en t ire Eastern coast carries
sport's releases from the Red
and White. He sends out releases
on every athletic event at Fair­field
by way of the Associated
Press, which, in turn, mimeo­graphs
this information, and re­lays
it to other sections of the
country.
Jim is presently asp0 r t s
writer for the Bridgeport Po s t
and has occasionally written fea­tures
on Stag athletics for the
Bridgeport Herald.
Duri ng this past 'basketball
season, Jim was the tea m' s
score-k e e per and basketball
statistician, and when- baseball
comes along, he'll be the official
scorer for the batmen, as he has
been in past seasons.
An ,economic major in A.B.
Greek, Jim will attend George­'
town School of Law next Septem­ber.
With such a varied and com­'
plete background' as Jim has
paved for himself, we, at Fair­field,
see success as his future
pathway.
r'
Although one would think that
these activities would normally
take up all of a'student's spare
time, Jim is the ,director of
sports publicity at the Univer­,
sHy.' He 'has worked as pUblic
relations director, since' his
sophomore year, and as a junior, ,
he was promoted to' the
head of the sport's releases for
Fairfield. Jim summarizes his
duties at hispostj stating, "We
make use of all the means of
JIm cotter;' director of Fair­field's
sports publicity, is thi~
week's sports personality. Jim,
a senior from Rhode Island, grad­uated
from LaSalle Academy in
,1960.
Jim carne to Fairfield after
compiling an impressive record
at LaSalle Academy. He was a
member of the National Honor
Society and graduated with Magna
Cum Laude honors. He attained
his writing experience as a sports
reporter on his high school's
newspaper staff and found time
to participate on the school's
golf squad.
At' Fairfield, up to his present
status as a senior, Jim has parti­cipated
'Nidely in his share of
school activities. Besides being a
member of the Knights of Colum­bus
and the Democratic ClUb,
this senior actively takes part
in the Student Athletic Associa­tion
and has, in the past, at­tained
scholastic honors.
As a junior, JIin was on the
Freshmen Orientation Commit­tee
and served as the assistant
chairman of the Field Day. This
event was successful and later
in the year, Jim was elected
as Publicity Chairman of the
I Dogwood Festival. He is pres­ently
a member of the literary
staff on th~ :(\1anor.
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In the seml-tinal matches both
finalists displayed great pres­,
sure shooting. Rossi defeated
Richard Maloney· '67 and. Mc­Guirk
defeated Sam Confalone '67
before advancing to the cham­pionship
where R 0 s s i' s fine
s~ootingev~ntually:won out.
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The First Annual SAA Pool
Tournament came to an exciting
conclusion Thursday, March 12,
with Bart Rossi '66 emerging as
champion. Bart. an Economics
major from Bound Brook, New
Jersey, defeated .Jerry McGuirk
'64 three games to one for the
champi()nship.
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decided on the last day of the
season.
These men averaged twenty
points per game or better this
season: (Sr.-Jr.) Robinson, Jor­dan,
Nycz, Casson, (Frosh.-Soph.) .
Della Bitta, Fitzpatrick, Wilkos,
Burke, Lavin, Grimes.
N.B. Softball will start direct­ly
after Easter Vacation.
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The 1964 Spring Track squad
at Fairfield has begun workouts
under the guidance of their coach,
Nick Giaquinto. Giaquinto, who
. was a standout sprinter while at
Seton Hall returns for his third
season with a ten-meet Winning
streak on the line.
This year's team has aset of
tri-captains including sprinters
Jim Daly and Br~ce Linsky and
weight Man Denny Fitzgerald.
Daly and Linsky along with junior
Jerry Norton and Sophomore Er­nest
Fini are expected to carry
the quad in the sprints, .440 and
the hurdles. Others expected to
aid the cause in this area are
hurdler Kevin Reilly and soph
all-purpose man Phil Toomey.
. The 'middle and long distance
competitors are a seasoned crew,
including seniors John Guerin and
Pete Garry, junior Rick Anastasio
and up-and-coming soph, Jim
Milton. The latter has been a top
performer in his two years on
Cross Country and broke the
school record for the two mile
nE"! last spring.
The only place the Stag squad
lacks depth is in the weight de­partment
where Denny Fitzgerald
·.is the only major point getter.
Denny is working hard toward a
coveted school record in the shot
put.
In the high jump, always a
strong event for the Stags, sen­iors
Bill Fabbri and Carlo Or­lando
return to be backed up by
Jerry Norton and Ernie Fini. In
the pole vault, points should be
garnered by junior Carl Hagen and
possibly senior Mike Curley. Ace
broad jumper Bruce Linsky should
continue his mastery in thatevel,lt.
All in aii, provided the afore­mentioned
stick with their events,
Fai r fi e I d can look forward
to another undefeated season.
The schectule:
STARTS ON APRIL 11
.,.1 -.
Forward
Warren Issac
Iona
.Forward
Nick Werkman
Seton Hall
*
*
Guard
John Austin
Boston College
Guard
John Wendelken
Holy Cross
*
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Providence
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Ed Johnson
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** ALLOPPONENT TEAM **
FIRST TEAM
G~ard
Jim Brown
Georgetown
Guard
Wayne McGuirt
Fordham
Split shoulder St9dlum
stitched. Popu.lar 38,-!n.
The advent of spring (where is it?)' and the end of the
basketball season find the eyes of Fairfield sports fans turning
to the baseball diamond. In the past, this was rarely done
wtithout .a sense of foreboding due to the fact that despite
the willingness and hustle of the players, the school just
didn't seem to take the game seriously. .
But that was the old order. The new order is characterized
by the appointment of John Redway as baseball 'coach and
by an attitude of interest by the new athletic administration.
The team itself looks good and should provide the school
with some good baseball this season. One of the highlights
of this spring's play will be a g'ame with Holy Cros~, gener­ally
recognized as one of the best bas~ball team~ III New
England (including the Red Sox!). The only senous ques­tion
mark regarding the team will be in the pitching <;!epart­ment.
Ed Skibiak, a '63 graduate, won.'t be back this year
and most of the mound staff is relatively inexperienced. If
the pitchers come through for Coach Redway, the season
could be a good one. .
From
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THE, SPO:R~TS DESK
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Last year's varsity Track team was only the second te~m
in the school's history to complete the outdoor season with
a perfect slate. Most of the sp~rkplu~s o~ that team ~re back
again this year and Coach Ni~k GiaqUlnt? should be able
to mold them into winning shape by the time the first meet
tolls around.
Also on the agenda for spring athletics is a new goJf team,
an excellent tennis team and the Rugby Club's sppng s~a­son
which includes games against Holy Cross, Columbia,
Brown and Harvard Business School. .
All of these teams will welcome candidates and if you ca~'t
find time to participate, come on out and watch them III
action. You won't be sorry..
Forward
Tony Greer
St. Anselm's
Forward
Brian Generalovich
Pittsburgh
ALL OPPONENT TEAM
At the end of every Varsity Basketball season here, it is
a custom for the squad to vote for an All-Opponent team,
'consisting of the best players Fairfield faced:
SPORTS
PERSONALITY
PAGEJI
PAGE 12 THE STAG
FROM THE
SPORTS DESK
PAGER
March 25, 1964
RUGGERS LOSE TO
BROWN BY· 25 • 18
R~DWAY NEW BASEBALL
COACH;··WORKOUTS BEGIN
JIFFY LAUNDROMAT
Three coecfs working in Europe EUROPEAN
JOBS
, The trend among students
is to work in Europe during
the summer. Thousands of
jobs (e.g. resort, lifeguard~
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travel grants are available
to every registered student.
Some wages are as high as
$400 a month. For a com­plete
prospectus, job and­tr'avel
grant applications, a '
$1 ASIS book coupon and
ha,ndling and airmail
charges send $1 to Dept. M,
American Student Informa­tion
Service, 22 Ave. de la:
Liberte, Luxembourg City,
Grand Duchy of Luxem-
-J).Q~!K:
Robinson, a Marketing major
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. ,Wil:
Ham H. Robinson of 260 Wash­ington
Parkway in Stratford. He
is the brother of Bill Robinson
former Fairfield Prep and Bos:
tl:m College star pitcher, who is
now with the New York MetS'Farm
system.
\CH JOHN REDWAY surveys the scene at baseball practice this
k. Redway was named to replace Coach Feroleto.
FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY
1964 Baseball'Schedule
April School Place
1 Queens College Home
3 *Rider College Home.
7 *UB Away
9 C.W. Post College Away
11 '*Seton Hall U. Home
13' Providence C. Home
15 Adelphi College . Away,
18 *Fairleigh D. U. Away
20 UB Home
22 New Haven C. Away
25 Holy Cross C. Away
28 Quinnipiac C. Home
May
2 *Upsala College Away
4 Long Island U. Away
8 U. of Hartford Away
13 New Haven C. Home
14 Southern Conn. Home
16 *St. Peter's C. Away
'*Collegiate Baseball League
.UNIDENTIFmD BATTER sharpens his eye during pre-season work­outs.
The Stag nine will be under a new coach this year, Mr. John
Redway.
Robinson, one of seven return­ing
lettermen, is optimistic about
the team's chances this season,
"This looks like the best team
we've had since I've been here,"
commented the personable sen­ior.
"We've got a lot of sopho­mores
who are going to heJp us."
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Dick Robinson, a senior- from
Stratford, Connecticut, has been
elected captain of the Fairfield
University baseball team. The
former Fairfield Prep star has
been the Stags' top catcher for the
past two years.
In his sophomore year, Robin­son
was honored by being chosen
for the All League team of the
Collegiate Baseball League after
batting .288. Robinson started
off his junior year in a blaze of .
glory. He had compiled a .361
batting average before he suf­fered
a broken bone in his hand
in the seventh game of the sea­son.
This injury kept the spirited
captain idle the rest of tlie sea­,
son.
Robinson, who is rated one of
the finest defensive catchers in
New England, is fully recovered
from the hand injury.and is anx­iously
awaiting the season's
opener on April 1 against Queens
College at the Fairfield U. Field.
John Redway, a former Fair­field
Unive~sity baseball star,
has been appointed varsity base­pall
coach at Fairfield, it was an­nounced
by Athletic Director;
George R. Bisacca. Redway re­places
Frank Feroleto, who re­signed
the post to devote full time
to his law practice.
Redway starred in baseball at
Fairfield before signing a pro-,
fessional contract with the Mil­waukee
Braves after his junior
'year. At Fairfield, Redway playedr
under the man he's replacing,
Frank Ferolet~, and batted .300.
in his first year as a: pro,
Redway played in the Rookie
League for the, McCoOk (Ne­braska)
Braves. The following
year he was promoted to Class B
ball with the Eau Bleau (Wiscon­sin)
Braves. In 1960, he was
assigned to Jacksonville, which is
AAA ball, but passed it up to
enroll in Fordham Law School.
The former catcher received his
law degree in 1962 andnowprac­,
tices law in Norwalk with a for­mer
teammate from Fairfield,
Ron Bard. Redway, his wife and
three children live in Norwalk,
his hometown. .
Redway greeted thirty candi­dates
for the squad last week and
will cut the squad down to 18
within the next week. In spite 01
the erratic weather, Redway is
optimistic about having the team
in shape for the season's opener
on April 1 against .Queens COl-'
lege. The Stags play 17 games
this year, seven of them at the
Fairfield University field. Six of
the games are in the Collegiate
Baseball League. The Stags hope
to better their 3-3 league mark
of last season.
Two previous .opponents,
American International and
Stonehill, are no longer sche­duled.
Five newcomers this year
are Holy Cross, Providence Col­lege,
Long Island University,
Adelphi College, and New Haven
College.
RUGBY CLUB SCHEDULE
APRIL
4 New York R.C. Away
11 Columbia Away
18' Holy Cross Away
25 Harvard B.S. Home
MAY
2 'Brown Univ. Home
9 Manh~ttan R.C. Home
.Rugby Game
Vs.
Harvard B.S.
'April 25
kicker better position£or his con­version
a