Stag - Vol. 07, No. 07 - January 23, 1956

              Vol. VII-No.7 Published by Students of Fairfield University, Fairfield, Conn.
Finalists For Carnival
.January 23, 1956
Queen
The recently released concert schedule points to
another busy and enjoyable season for the University
BUSY SEASON AHEAD
FOR GLEE CLUB MEMBERS
CONNIE MINICUCCI
Waterbury
PATRICIA DUBE
Stratford
I.R.C. New Club
Elects Officers
At a meeting held by the Pub­lic
Affairs Club befor'e Christ­mas
with Father Hohmann and
Doctor J,ohn NOl'ffian presiding,
reor,ganization proceedings were
undertaken. The new organiza­tion
the Public Affairs Inter­national
Relations Club now
embodies C.I.S.L., CCUN, The
PUiblioc Affairs Club and all other
political organizations on cam­pus.
In order to aocolmmodate
the change a committee was
appointed to revise the existing
constitution in order to alter­nate
the meetings so that each
'group will be alble to execute its
business without any undue
delay.
The officers elected for this
new club are: Robert Imbro,
president; David Barry, vice­'
president; Frands Doherty, sec­retary,
and J'ames Masterson,
treasurer.
(Continued on Page 6)
Berch-mans Hall on February
12th. The concert is being gioven
especially for the nuns of
Bridgeport and the surround­ing
area.
At present Mr. fIiarak faces
the problem of trying to instill
the spirit of the veterans in the
nerw freshman meombers. The
channeling of enthusiasm into
singing is necessary to weld the
Glee Clt~b into the solid unit it
will have to be in order to meet
(Continued on Page 4)
FRANCES HELDMAN
West Hartford
Cagllassola Named
'57 Carnival Chairman
Queen To Be Chosen At Dance; Weekend Features
Jazz Concert, Informal Dance & Communion Breakfast
W . The greatest social night in the University's history
wIll take place between the hours of nine and one on
February 10 at the Ritz Ballroom.
Jerry Malafronte '56, chair­man
of the 1956 Winter Carniv­al,
has announced that a sell-out
crowd will be present for an
evening of dancing to the swing
music of Pat Dorn and his Or­chestra,
whose Glenn Miller
style has long been popuLar with
the college crowd. The latter
half of the weekend has several
parties, dances, and concerts
scheduled to provide the frost­ing
for the cake and will close
with the Fairfield men and their
dates attending Mass and a
Communion Breakfast on Sun­day
morning in Loyola Hall.
The most arresting feature of
this year's Carnival has been
the new method of choosing the
Queen of the Carnival. Students
were asked to submit pictures
of their dates to the Carnival
Committee to be selected by a
pi1cked Board of Judges compos­ed
of Mrs. Jos·eiph May, Mr. Car­men
Donnaruma, and Dr. James
Vail. The response was tremend­ous
and the final selection of
the Queen and her four Prin­cesses
was extremely difficult.
Another factor in the interest
in this year's affair was the
f,urious controversy over the
Student Council's act in sup­porting
Jerry Malafronte's deci­sion
to have the traditional
Ice Carvings.
On the Saturday following
the big event, a Jazz Concert
will be held in Xavier Hall.
Featured at the concert will be
the newly formed Fairfield Uni­versity
"Stag Stompers," led by
Bill Connell '56.
That same evening, an in­formal
dance will be held a'gain
in Xavier Hall. The music will
be supplied by the F'airfield
University Dance Band. This
dance is being sponsored by the
Bridgeport, Wa.terbury, Valley,
New Haven, Metropolitan, and
(Continued on Page 4)
The Student Council has re­cently
annQunced the appoint­ment
of John Oagnassola as
chairman of the 1957 Mid-Win­ter
Carnival.
If participation in campus
affairs is any criterion of ability
John's appointment augers /Well
for the success of next year's
Carnival. John is presently serv­ing
as a member of the Loyola
Council and he also takes an
active part in the affairs of the
Waterlbury CIUlb and the Sodal­ity.
Among his other achieve­ments
are his feats on the base­ball
diamond, and the co-chair­manshi'p
of this years Junior­Senior
Dance.
This is the first time that a
Mid-Winter Carnival chairman
has been named so early in the
year, and the innovation is not
without purpose. John is certain
to gain valuable experience
working with Jerry Malafronte
on this year's committee. This
ex,perience, along with careful
planning and diligent working,
are certain to assure the success
of the 1957 Carnival.
Glee Club Combined concerts,
Appearances throughout the
state, and a weekend jaunt to
Chicopee, Mass. will be the
highli'ghts of the year, and
should .give the Club a chance
to shaw off its versatility and
ability to perform under diver­sified
conditions.
Under the direction o·f Mr.
Simon Harak, the club is pre­sently
in rehearsal for the forth­coming
concert with the AI­bertus
Magnus Glee Club at
JEAN DEGNAN
New Haven
The United States Navy today
announced the commissioning
of Ensign John Philip Fray, U.S.
Naval Reserve. John is a native
of Fairfield and graduated from
Fairfield University in 1952. At
Fairfield he was a member of
the Public Affairs Club, Junior,
Senior Debating Societies and
the Cross Country Team.
Ensign Fray is one of 685 men
to graduate today from the high­ly
competitive U.S. Navy Officer
Candidate School. His future
assignment is to the Naval Jus­tice
School.
Rear Admiral Howard A. Jea­gel',
USN, Assistant Chief of
(Continued on Page 6)
MARY ILLY
Waterbury
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Press Discussion Feutured
On F.U. Interprets the News
By DAVID McCARTHY
On Tuesday, January 10, the radio program "Fair­field
University Interprets the News" presented a lively
and controversial discussioI\ on the press. Joining Pro­fessor
John A. Meaney were Rev. John Bonn, S.J., of
the University's faculty and two students, Arthur Ben­nett,
'56, and David McCarthy, '57.
The discussion brought out~>--------------­many
:£acts. Freedom of the Fairfield Alumnus
press means that the press is • •
free to print the truth, without ComnllSSloned Officer
fear of governmental controls.
The reasons given by many of
today's publications were de­bunked.
Rather than cater to
advertising, which demands
more subscribers and thus have
to use "appealing and sensation­al
matter," the press should
strive for truth keeping in mind
the right of privacy, justice to
which the pr,ess has at times
proved a handicap,) and the
moral duty of decency, versus
obscenity. The famous "Pope
favors Rosen:bergs" headlines,
and the breakup of a Hollywood
marriage by a columnist's writ­ings,
as well as certain publica­tions,
were among the ex:amples
cited.
The common belief in the
relativity of truth was refuted
a belief which was illustrated by
the December 12th issue of
"Life" in which there appeared
an article rationalizing religion.
The press, because of its
power (200,000,000 readers) has
a vast reSIPonsibility toward
truth. The existence of some
10,000 Communist newspapers
in 86 lalllgua'ges proves what
failure in this responsibility can
lead to. (This does not take into
account the Communist infiltra­tion
on American Newspapers
in the person of many column­ists.)
In a parting word, Father
Bonn exhorted the public to us·e
all means poss~ble in seeing that
the truth is printed.
Page Two THE STAG January 23. 1956
Exchange Editor
Donald Ga'briel, '57
Business Manager
Edmund Measom, '57
Photographer
Wilbur F'omento, '58
Robert Berthelson, '56
John Toal, '59
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By ART CONWAY
Art Editor
Richard Warfle, '58
EDITOR-IN·CHIEF
Thomas Sheehan, '56
News EdiJor Feature Editor
David F. Barry, '57 Arthur Conway, '56
Sports Editors
Robert Schreck, '56
Paul Nagy, '58
Make-Up Editors
John Crowley, '56
John Cagnassola, '57
Associate Editor
Andrew Perrella, '56
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the Campus
On and Off
Sodality Way
D·RINK PEPSI
This is the time of year that is dreaded by most
students, with the end of the gay holiday season, comes
the bleak month of January with few days off and exams
to boot. Well, fear not fellow students, still imbued
with the recent Christmas spirit, I shall explain to you
a system worked out by a very good fri.end of mine, and
a former student at Fairfield, Roland Hotchkiss. Roland
came to Faireld in 1950 from Tedium High in How­dryiam,
N.Y., where he had been recently elected "Most
Likely to Make Out." Roland. entered his college full
of good humor, and a knowldge of playing the banjo.
Needless to say he became quite the gay blade, life of
the party around the campus, and a well known sight
to girls of nearby colleges. A big man on Campus, he
soon distinguished himself on the school paper with his
knowledge of newspaper fillers, e.g., there are five
grams of silver in a Spanish peseta. Roland was also
awarded the honor of a membership in the Alki Club,
and in his senior year elected to the Corps de Kiwi in
the Birdwatchers Club.
After a semester of carousing Roland was suddenly
faced with the fact of Mid Term Exams. Following
several unsuccessful attempts on his own life he decided
the situation had to be faced. His first exam he noted
was history, immediately he decided to flick out to all
the historical movies as was possible. Since his second
exam was French he decided to go only to French his­torical
movies. The math exam had him stumped until
he remembered an old girl friend who had been good
in math in high school, so he took her to all the movies.
The English exam didn't bother him, after all he had
been speaking it all his life. For his theology exam he
Father Hogan recently spoke h I
to the Sodality concerning New took one night off from going to istorica movies to
Year's res{)lutions. He asserted see the movie, "The Ten .commandments." His final
that these resolutions are good exam was economics, so Roland speculated heavily with
in that it is one way of develop- the funds of the Alki Club Treasury making a huge ing yourself. H{)wever, many
people fail to keep such resolves profit on Consolidated Air. Roland is now retired on
usually because they are either his farm in Gettysburg, 111., where he lives in compara-too
broad or not practical. One h
good resolution for the New tive simplicity surrounded by fifteen servants and is
Year, he stated, would be for us lovely wife, Abernatha.
to use our talents and do a little
extra studying, especially with This issue of The Stag brings an end to my pleasant
finals coming up. This is cer- association with the paper. It has been a lot of fun
tainly one that should not be writing this column, I hope that those of you who read it broken.
------------ enjoyed it. If I have hurt anyone's feelings unjustly, I
apologize. In poking fun at different things around
campus I've also poked fun at myself; so that just about
squares everything away.
In his address to the Sodality,
Father Bonn emphasized the
personal sanctificati{)n od' a S'O­dalist.
He said that both per­sonal
and social sancti,fication
are necessary in the work of
the Sodalist. Logically speaking
though, you are the first. In the
temporal -order howe,ver it must
be remembered that personal
sanctification of oneself cannot
be perfectly achieved. Er,go, let's
help others get eternal salvation
as long as we are pretty sure
we can make it upstairs ourself!
The last Devotional the Sodal­ity
held was opened on a cheery
note when it was announced
that Father 'Murphy will be
back with us for our next meet­ing.
As we all know Father was
sick for awhile and s.peaking for
the Sodality we are most glad
to see him back.
D.J.McC.
The End
Underhanded Opposition
The Catholic Truth Section
has added a few more pamph­lets
to its rack down in Xavier
J T S Hall. Among those are "Modern
• • • Youth and Chastity" and "Je-hovas
Witnesses Exposed." Also,
because of the demand, addi­tional
copies of "An1erica' have
been procured. If any of the
students have any suggestions
There have been many articles written on the sub- on other types of Catholic liter-
J.ect of school spirit here at Fairfield both in our own ature that should be included in
. . .. . d the rack, please drop a note to chool paper and m outsIde publIcatlons. WIth regal' that effect in the coin box or
to the past, enough said. But this past week a new and else see the. head of the C.T.S.,
different type of incident was added to the several Sandy Capna.
which now make up the history of the university. It must be noted ~hat the
. C.T.S. does not receIve any
The Student Council, the representatlve body of the financial 'aid at all. Therefore,
Student Association, is attempting to put into pradice we ask the students that when
a prooTam of expansion which will -coincide with the the
k
y ttahke pamPfhlet.s
t
frthom thde
.b. .. rac, ey payor 1 en an
phySIcal expanslOn of the school. Included m thIS pro- not put it off until tomorrow.
gram is a system of providing financial aid to worthy * * *
clubs which would use that aid to enhance their activi­ties,
a partial support of the Intercollegiate Dance, pay­ments
of dues and expenses for intercollegiate organ­'
zations, sponsoring of worthy and beneficial activities,
and a financial plan which would insure financial bal­ance
and success to future councils.
In order to carry out this pI'ogram, a student tax
was deemed necessary. Whereas in other schools such
costs to the student run much higher, the small sum of
one dollar was set up by the Council. A collection date
was arranged and publication of same was provided for.
What was the result? Several posters were drawn
up and posted with the permission of the Dean of Men.
They were put in suitable places throughout Xavier
Hall. Not long afterwards, however, they had been
taken down by persons who did not care to make them-
~lves known. This happened more than once. But
he collection took place. A new sign was added to the
fatalities. It was torn off the collection table.
The tax was unsuccessful due to the lack of coopera­tion
on the part of the student body and also due to the
failure of the publicity to reach the students.
Opposition is healthy. When a group of students
have a legitimate reason for opposing any action of the
Council, there are reasonable means for making this
opposition known. However, the means that were used
this past week do not constitute legitimate opposition.
No objections were brought into the open. What actu­ally
happened was that a few students who like to be
called members of Fairfield, showed their lack of true
pirit, intelligence and maturity in depriving their
Council and other students of information which was
rightfully publicized and which they have a right to
know.
This issue of the Stag marks the end of the present
editorial staff of the paper. At this time I would like
to congratulate my successors, David F. Barry and Ted
Measom and wish them the best of luck. To Dave, my
News Editor, my thanks for seeing to it that all the news
was in on time - even if it meant writing the entire
paper himself. To Ted, the former Business Manager,
my thanks also for securing enough ads to keep The
Stag running in the black.
Many, many thanks are due also to: Art Conway,
retiring feature editor; Dave McCarthy, his successor~
Jack Crowley and John Cagnassola, make-up editors;
Bob Berthelson and Jack Toal, photographers; Bob
chreck and Paul Nagy, sports editors; and Don Gabriel,
exchange editor.
I have worked with these men for the past year and
can say with all sincerity that it has indeed been a
pleasure to have them on my staff. They have worked
hard and have done the best with the facilities given
~hem.
My thanks again to all for the help they have
given me, and to my successors, I offer the hope that
Their Stag will be the best yet.
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DANIEL REED
France. Our 'ace in the hole,'
our 'secret weapon,' is the woo­ing
of countries that have been
aided economically since World
War II.
Student Council President, Junior Class President. Deutscher
Kultur Verein President 2, Debating 2, 3: Aquinas Academy 4:
-C.I.S.L, 1. 3: Family Life 1. 2: Public Affairs Forum 1. 2, 3.
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By DAVID F. BARRY
Every so often there emerges from the American
intellectual community a voice "crying aloud in the
wilderness." The most recent of these is the noted col­umnist,
Walter Lippman, in his book, The Public Philo­sophy.
Mr. Lippman's theme is the general lack of a
a code of public ethics in the United States, a lack which
has developed gradually over the years of our existence
as a nation. He holds that the moral standards which
were recognized ,as binding and as the basis for our
liberty by the authors of the Declaration -of Independ­ence
and the Constitution have been let slip to the point
that the average man is no longer aware of their exist­ence.
This has created a dangerous situation in a time
when the pressure of mass opinion plays such an im­portant
part in the creation of our governmental policy.
The central theme is seriously handled and fully de­veloped.
The first draft was made back in 1939 when
dictatorial fascism was at its height and the events of
the intervening decade and a half have convinced the
author that unless the secular, democratic state can re­gain
its raison d'etre, it will destroy itself.
Sheed and Ward are in the process of doing hu­manity
a very large favor. They are in the process of
re-issuing many volumes of Chesterton which have been
long out-of-print. The only panacea lean offer to the
disgruntled, disgusted, and despairing is to read Ches­terton.
An hour or two of Chestertonian song and wine,
superimposed on a hearthy, boisterous Christianity is
usually a very good cure for the after-effects of a bad
day.
GLEE CLUB
(Continued from Page 1-
the heavy schedule and make it
a success musically.
There is no doubt that through
the inspirational leadership of
Mr. Harak, the glee club will
not help but capture that sen·se
of pride which has and will
place them head and shoulders
atbove any other college singing
group.
CARNIVAL
(Continued from Page 1-
Hartford Area Clubs. It will be
offered to the students and their
dates free of charge. The price
for the ibid to the Carnival
Dance is $6.00 and to the Jazz
Concert, $1.50.
Arrangements are being com­pleted
for the Mass and Com­munion
Breakfast on! Sunady
mornin.g. It is hOiped that this
very fitting close to a g,reat
social weekend will become an
annual feature.
Club Notes
Veteran's Club
Plans are going ahead for the
Veteran's Club Mid-Winter Car­nival
Party to be held at the
Fairfield Inn after the formal on
Feb. 10, 1956. From all indica­tions
those attending this event
will have a very enjoyable time.
A fine turnout is also expected.
Tickets for this affair are be­ing
sold now. Those planning to
attend should get in touch with
one of the members of the Vet­eran's
Club. Last year, those
who waited until the last min­ute
found that tickets were no
longer available. A word t,o the
wise ...
Deutscher Kultur Verein
At the club's meeting on Wed­nesday,
J,an. 11, several movies
. were shown for the benefit of
the members. These included:
"Muenchen," Peasant Wedding
in the Schivalm and Singendes
Deutschland.
Public Affairs-International
Relations Club
Welcome t,o the newest club
on the campus. This group has
selected Robert J. Imbro as its
president. The other officers in­clude:
David F. Barry, Vice-
President; Frances H. Doherty,
Secretary, and James Miasterson
as Treasurer.
New York Metropolitan Club
Plans are moving forward
rapidly toward the proposed
Glee Club Concert in Ne-w York.
Bruce Kennedy has been ap­pointed
Arrangements Chair­man.
Letters have been sent out
to the A.Iumni and !parents of
the Metropolitan area. These
letters seek to build the support
of these very vital groups for
this venture. The success of the
concert will depend on the sup­port
of thel aforementioned
groups.
"I have personally emphasiz­ed
the German concept of the
Gefolgschaftidee (notion of fol­lowers)
to my German students.
I do not deny that even now the
authoritarian structur-e survives,
because in Germany today, Ger­man
lalbor unions are still ser­vile
to employers, German capi­talists
are doing their best to
revive old cartels, and Lebens­raumis
being persued by Ger­man
businessmen from India to
Peru.
"Germany is still Germany,
and its military helplessness is
temporary. But, that the furor
Teutonicus is hereditary and in­corrigible,
is to be denied. Wise
American policy is based on the
assmnption that a cure is pos­srble
through environmental
change. The German environ­ment
since World War II has
changed more radically than the
environment of anY' other
nation."
Professor C'tester }. Stuart
Discusses Germany At Dinner
Campus Personality
"Germany is considered to be an ally in any forth­coming
hostilities," declared Professor Chester J. Stuart
in an address to members of the Deutscher Kultur
Verein of Fairfield University at a recent supper meet­ing
in the Turf Club.
Introduced by Dr. Gerard B.
McDonald, Associate Professor
of Modern Languages at the
University, and Moderator of
both the DKV and French Clubs
(a phenomena "impossible in
modern E-urope"), Professor
Stuart posited the premise that
the German will support any
government which will secure
for him a minimum standard of
living and which can offer an
equitable culture. He added that
the German thinks little of what
we in the U.S. call political free­dom,
but much of the wise eco­nomic
provisions for the secur­ity
of life.
Professor Stuart emphasized
the international tensions. "In­creasingly
disturbing reports of
Eas-t-German Communist threats
of blockade, the incr-easing tem­po
of Russian propaganda in
India, impending vetoes in the
UN, create in ,American minds
the picture of a new and im­minent
threat to our country.
"At the same time, political­science
students are evaluating
the reserves and potential of the
free wor1d - under the leader­ship
of the U.S., England, and
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TRENTON, N..J. - Jan. 9. _
The lack of height, which has
plagued the Stags all year
brought them once more to de­fea't,
this time to Rider, 77~66.
Pedro. Tagatac with 22 points
was hIgh man for the Stags.
At the e~d of the first quarter,
the Men m Red trailed by 2,
~3-11. By halftime, Rider had
mcrease~ its lead to 8 points,
36-28. RIder continued to pull
away during the third period.
At the end -of the third quarter
the score was 61-45.
Led by Pedro Tagatac with
8 points - Jack Smyth and
Capt. Lenny Paoletta with 6
points each, the Stags surged
back and whittled down Rider's
20 point margin to only 4. With
only three minutes remaining,
the Stags tried desperately to
cut this margin. However in
their attempt to do this they
committed several very costly
fouls which enabled Rider to
win going away.
Tagatac hit with 8 field goals
and 6 fouls for 22 points. Jack
Smyth, playing his finest game
of the year clicked for 18 points
and Lenny Paoletta with 8 field
goals had 16 points.
Heigbt-Disadvantage
Disastrous To F.U.
Cortland St.
Defeats
Red Stags
The Armory, Dec. 17 - In the
last g'ame before the Christmas
vacation the Stags dropped their
fijith straight as they went down
to defeat before Cortland State
71-60. Capt. Lenny Paoletta was
hi,gh for Fairfield with 16 points
and Pedro Tagatac hit for 14.
The S'ta1gs jumped to a 16-15
first quarter lead as Lenny P.ao­letta
hit for 7 qui,ck points. The
tide turned in favor of Cortland
during the second period, as
they moved t oa 33-25 lead. By
the end of the third quarter the
score was 58-37.
Fran Hanley with 10 points in
the s-econd half and T-agatac
with 8 in the fourth quarter ac­counted
for almost all of the
~oints scored by the Red Stags
III the half.
Pe-r Game
22 pts.
18 pts.
16 pts.
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Leading Frosh Scorers
one pin. Dan Kraninski bowled
a string of 140 which looked as
a sure trophy winner only to be
surpassed by the unpredictable
string of 143 by Nick DePoalo.
There has been such enthusi­asm
shown for bOlWling that the
committee (Vin S'cully and Hal
Bowman) anticipate forty teams
-for the handicap tournament
beginning in February.
Mike Mullen
Froank McGowan
Kenny O'Brien
Frosh Win Over
Raybestos Cardinals
The Fairfield Frosh took their
first game of the campaign as
they halted the Rayibestos Card­inals
84-81. !Mike Mullen was
high man for the Fr-eshmen as
he combined six field goals and
17 foul shots for 29 points. His
roommate, Frank McGowan,
shared the scoring burden as he
hit for 20 Doints.
The Cardinals held a 26-18
lead at the end of the first quar­ter.
The Frosh surged back to
tie the game at 38 all by the end
of the half. Raybestos came back
strong and moved away to a
ten point margin mid-way dur­ing
the third period. Mike Mul­len
with 9 points in this quarter,
aided the squad to cut down the
lead to four ipoints by the end
of the period, 58-54.
With four minutes to go in
the game, the Oardinals held a
71-68 margin. A driving layup
by Mullen resulted in a 3 point
play. Immediately aftel'Wards
Mullen intercepted a pass and
converted it to give the Frosh a
margin which they never a'gain
relinquished. The other scorers
for the Frosh were John Avig­non
with 12, Kenny O'Brien 10,
and Dave Carpenter 9. *
~ Utilizing a closely knit defense, a determined Fair-field
quintet battled its way to a 72-53 victory over once
beaten New Haven Teachers. Before a stunned gath­ering
in the spacious Teachers' gymnasium the hungry
Stags, led by the prolific sooring~~-------
of Jack Smyth, captured that
elusive first vktory. New Haven
o·pened the scoring with a three
point surge whi1ch "Dixie" Pavel
out down with a driving layup.
The Owls then rallied for three
points while allowing a foul con­version
by Smyth and held their
largest and last lead of the
night. After quick hoops by
Pavel and Smyth the score was
tied at seven apiece. Paoletta
then fired a long set shot which
gave the fighting R-edmen a lead
they never relinquished. Smyth,
who had "hot hands" through­out
the half was continually set
up by his t.eammates. He alone
accounted for 17 of the Sta-g
points when he left the floor
with two minutes and 43 sec­onds
remaining. At this stage of
the game the Stags led by a 36­27
margin. However, "Topsy"
DelGobbo, a supeI1b performer
for the T-eachers, closed the gap
to 36-31 at the half.
Stags T-ake Lead
The speedy well-coached Han­rahan
pupils racked up a com­manding
15 point lead as the
dock showed 11 :02 remaining
in the second half. Seemingly
defeated, the Owls raced back
into contention with seven con~
secutive points. This drive was
sparked by 6'4" Frank Switas. It
was at this point that the an­xious
Te.achers learned a lesson
about the foolishness of fouls
for Smyth and Ta'gatac calmly
comlbined for ten consecutive
points from the free throw
stripe. With the Stags leading
by a commanding 66-51 margin,
Pedro Tagatac, a tremendously
gritty and tireless pemomner,
was forced to leave the game
with a knee injury. Miko, Han­ley,
and Bartamoccia combined
with two pointers to give the
Stags their final 72-53 margin.
Smyth High Man
To single out the top perform­er
on the floor would be impos­sible.
Smyth led the scoring with
25-points. He made 68% of his
shots. Paoletta, the 0001 headed
oaptain garnered 10 points be­sides
directing the team offen­sively
and defensively. Tagatac,
who made eight consecutive free
throws in the second half, not
only scor-ed 14 points but con­tributed
many ste·als through his
cat-like reflex:es. Pavel played
his usual steady game, rebound­ing
well and added 13 points to
the point total. But probably the
most s,atis,fying perromnance
was the defensive work of
Frank Hanley. The sophomore
L-R: Father Farrington, Pedro Tagatac. Harry Riede. Bob Jessick. was tremendous under the
Bob Gallagher. boards, garnering 22 rebounds
and initiating the Stags fast
breaking atta-ck. From the all
important foul striJpe the Stags
hit for 28 successes out of 32
attempts for a stu pen d 0 u s
87.5%. In fact, the team scored
18 of 19 in the second half. Cer­tainly
the green, heightless team
has been transformed into a
fighting, fleet, smart unit under
the fine tutelage of Coach Han­rahan.
Bowling
About seventy students par­tidpated
in the Fall Tourna"
ment. This tourney was run on
the process of elimination so
that the final match ultimately
consisted of the best eight teams.
There were many upsets, for
example, Cox and Ohijieski, fav­orites
in the tourney, lost by
* *
Intramural Tournament Ends
Trophies Awarded Winners
The Ping Pong Tournament,
which ran for five weeks, and
saw many thrillin'g matches,
ended with freshman Harry
Riede taking top honors as the
school's top player. The best of
s~ven games semi-final and final
matches were by far the most
exciting.
Individual champs: Freshman
- Harry Riede; Sophomore ­Bob
Jessick; Junior - Pedro
Tagatac; Senior - Bob Gal­lagher.
Riede won his semi-final
match over B~b Jossick, soph
champ, before a cr,owd of over
fifty students. Jossick for,ced the
champ to go the seven g-ames
before bowing.
In the finals Riede, spirited
by his close victory over Jossick,
outmaneuvered a talented and
hard-ifightiI1'g Bob Gallagher.
Riede drove and placed his shots
well. The score of four games to
two gives little indication of the
evenness of the match, nearly
each game was a deuce game.
Many players are looking for­ward
to the Winter Tournament
which will begin on February 5.
It is the hope of the ping P0Il!g
committee (Alphonse Avitcrble
and Fred Beloin) that at least
fifty students will sign up.
Fairfield University has never seen such a success­ful
intramural program as the 'one being employed this
year. Since I am still in the praising mood, this might
be a good spot to heap some of the praise on the Intra­mural
Sports Committee and Father Charles Farring­ton.
The news and photographs on this sports page are
ample proof that Father Farrington and his ,committee
have given much more than what was required of them.
Their enthusiasm and hard work have been appreciated
by the sports staff as well as the student body in general.
They said it while he was in high school; they said
it when he starred with the freshman team two years
ago; they said it last year when he first saw action as a
varsity cager: "He's too small, he'll never make out."
So what happened? Pedro Tagatac is currently
leading the Red Stags in the point-making department
besides being the team's best defensive ball-hawk. When
he is not rippling the nets with high-arching set shots or
leading a fast break, he is either stealing opponents'
pass~s or throwing a wrench of some kind into their
offensive maneuvers. A minute doesn't pass without
Pedro making an important contribution to his team.
In an off-year with only a mediocre team, Pedro is
one of the few exceptionally bright spots. A little guy
always starts out on his athletic -career with two strikes
against him. Make that two and a half in basketball.
He has to dig deep into his bag of tricks and develop
special talents that will overcome the obstacle of size.
Pedro has developed his quick reflexes, his deadly shoot­ing
eye, and an unreserved energy to roam the hard­wood
like a gazelle, to such a degree that he has assum­ed
the position of leading scorer and playmaker on a
college basketball team. Tell this to any observer five
years ago that Pedro some day would make the grade,
and the most you'd get in reply might be a contemptuous
sneer. But make the grade, he has, and it is a genuine
pleasure to watch a five foot, eight inch ballplayer stand
head above shoulders in talent over his taller opponents
on the court.
Page Six THE STAG January 23, 1956
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OFFICER
(Continued from Page 1)
Naval Personnel, was the guest
of honor and featured speaker
at the graduation exercise.
The new officers have just
completed four months of in­tensive
training and indoctrin­ation
designed to qualify a com­petent
and educated man to be­come
a Naval Officer. All men
selected to attend the school are
carefully screened college grad­uates.
These men undergo in­tensive
training in Naval sub­jects
from navigation and tactics
to military law. Leadership
training is also heavily stressed
and practiced. The military in­doctrination
is rigid and de-l
manding.
The Navy considers those men
At the Flix
GREEN COMET
DINER
I. R. C.
(Continued from Page 1)
·Mr. Imbro announeed a pro­gram
of scheduled speakers will
be effected and which is hoped
will inspire new interest in the
cluib. One of the topics recently
discussed was the amalgamation
of the C.I.O. and A.F.L. The
next scheduled speaker is Sam­uel
Freedman, a noted Bridge­port
lawyer who will talk on
the effect or/' the U,N.
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"Tops in Town"
By AL BOBAY
ARTISTS and MODELS
S·tarring: Dean Martin
and Je,rry Lewis
Gorgeous girls, one hero, one
foil, six new song hits and hilar­ity.
unlimited are effectively
blended to produce the Vista
Vision, technicolor film entitled
"Artists and Models."
The main course of events in
this musical comedy revolve
around the much loved, laugh
evoking, and feeble minded foil
commonly known as Jerry, who
is in actuality the hero though
not treate'd as such. Our friend
Jerry is an insatiable and omni­vorous
reader of comic books,
on which his mind sUibsists day
and ni,ght. At night, as is his
wont, he has comic book type
nightmares and occasionally
spouts atomic equations which
are veritalbly authentic and po­tentially
disastrous when in the
wrong hands. Jerry's fanaticism
for eomic books leaves both him
and his friend Dean, jobless.
Irwarialbly Jerry is incapable of
doing anything sensible, and
breeds trouble and dilemas
wherever he works.
When eventually they become
pennyless, Jerry draws on his
Quixotic idiosyncrasy of enact­ing
the great pretender to turn
beans into sizzling tenderloins
and Soparkling champagne, all
of which is very comical to ~ay
the least. Befure too long this
arrangement of putting mind
over matter soon proves inade­quate
as a means of livihood
thereiby forcing Dean to seek
work. In the course of job-seek­ing,
Dean meets a woman car­toonist
-and her model. The
model falls in love with Jerry
and Dean in turn falls in love
with the cartoonist. At this point
foreign spies entrust to an at­tractive
girl the job of getting
Jerry's atomic formulas. In at­tempting
to procure the formu­las,
the girl and spies are the
cause of overall misunderstand­ing
between everyone hereto­fore
mentioned and other artists
and models.
Boring, repetitious, and inane
parts of this picture are few
enough s·o as not to detract from
its general purport of hilarity
which is successfully achieved.
Needless to say that the
Hollywoodian ending is "As you
like it."
Summing up: A colorful, hum­orous,
and musical treat.