Vol 19 No.3 Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut October 4, 1967
Father-Son Weekend
Innovations
Mr. Andrew Heath
Pianist
Pianist Heath will play selections
by Bach. Brahms. Chopin,
Debussy, Frank, Hindemith
and Martinu. Mr. Heath, who is
on the music faculties here and
at Unquowa School in Fairfield.
was recently appointed associate
conductor of the American Symphony
Orchestra by Leopold
Stowkowski. He has performed
both in the United Sattes and
abroad and has been acclaimed
by The New York Times as "one
of the major young pianists now
before the public."
Concert
shore Music Club of Southport.
The recital will begin at 8 :30
p.m.
In using Baldwin's critically
praised, improved instrument.
only 30 of which have been produced
since its debut at Manhattan's
Town Hall in the fall of
1965, Mr. Heath will have
chosen a piano which is the result
of a concentrated H)-year
program of experiment and research
by the Baldwin Company
dedicated to achieving a marked
improvement in the modern
piano.
Mark
to participate in the weekend.
The Saturday Evening Variety
Show will be hosted by the
Phi Kappa Theta Fraternity
which plans an hour of comedy
skits presented by students
and any talented fathers willing
to participate in the show.
ConclUding Saturday's events
will be an informal dialogue
"to provide a mutual exchange
between fathers, sons, and
faculty." The tone of the dialogue
should be such that the
discussions will allow fathers
and sons fo come to a clearer
and more meaningful understanding
of the role of higher
education in modern society.
Sunday's activities will begin
with Mass celebrated by Fr.
McInnes, followed by a communion
breakfast in the Student
Dining Room.
Basketball Coach George
Bisacca. promises an exciting
scrimmage Sunday noon by the
team to end the weekend
events. All '1houId enjoy this
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When the widely acclaimed
pianist Andrew Heath appears
on the Gonzaga Auditorium
stage for his Friday night recital.
he will be performing with
another headlinemaker - the
Baldwin So.10 concert grand
piano.
Dedicated to Wife
Mr. Heath·s Fairfield concert,
dedicated to his late wife,
actress Liza Chapman Heath
who was killed in an auto accident
last January, is being sponsored
by the Music Department
of th~ University and the South-
Famed Faculty
Holds Memorial
New Faculty
Greeted by
Student Body
game on campus against Penn
State.
Game Of Wits
Fr. Donald Lynch, S.J., has
advised the Fathers' Council
on the set up of the "College
Bowl" to be held in the Oak
Room Saturday afternoon 'between
the hours of 4:00 and
5:00. The event will pit fathers
against sons in a game of wits
similar to its highly successful
television counterpart.
At a steak banquet Saturday
evening, awards will be pre·
sented to both the most valu·
able player on the football
club, and to the father who
travelled the greatest distance
New members of the faculty
will meet the Fairfield student
body this evening at a Faculty-
Student Reception in the Oak
Room at 8:00. The reception,
open to all students, is sponsored
by the Student Government
to "provide a congenial
atmosphere for faculty and
students to mix," according to
spokesman Fred Lucey.
Invitations have been extended
to Father McInnes, Father
Coughlin and Dr. Murphy
to attend. StUdent organization
heads will include the president
and Vice-president of each class.
president of the CKS, editor of
the Manor. grand knight of the
Knights of Columbus, Student
Government president, vicepresident
and Executive Board
chairman, president of Phi
Kappa Theta, president of the
Bridgeport Area Club, and THE
STAG editor-in-chief. Refreshments
will be served at the reception.
By RIOBERT ARNONE
"Additions and innovations
will mark the annual Father/
Son Weekend," conunented
Stanley G. Robertson, advisor
to the Fathers' Council plan·
ning the weekend events for
November 4 and 5.
To make the weekend more
interesting and profitable, a
College Bowl and dialogue are
planned to allow fathers to become
better acquainted with
various aspects of their sons'
lives at Fairfield.
This year's events will begin
on Saturday morning with registration
of fathers and sons
in the Campus Center Mezzanine
from 9:00-10:00.
Following registration and a
social, the fathers will be invited
to attend lectures and
evaluations of career opportunities
open to their sons conducted
by various members of
the faculty.
University In Motion
The morning activities will
be highlighted by an address
"Fairfield: A University In
Motion," delivered by the Very
Rev. William C. Mclnness, S.J.,
President, in Gonzaga Auditorium.
After this, a short business
meeting of the Fathers' Council
will be held, followed by a buffet
style lunch served in the
Campus Center Dining Room,
concluding the morning activities.
Fairfield Football
An exciting afternoon of
sports activities is in store for
the fathers when the Stags
will feature a football game on
Alumni Field. The club will
play host to St. John's University
of Jamaica, New York,
and a donation of $2.00 per person
will be collected at the
gate. The money will be used
in support of the Fairfield
Football Club. Saturday afternoon
will also feature a rugby
University and Prep Unite •m
Six Year Program
A telescoped pattern of education.
leading to a high school
diploma and a college degree in
six years rather than the customary
eight, will be initiated
in the summer of 1968 at Fairfield
and Fairfield College Preparatory
School.
Announcement of the program,
entitled CAPSULE for
"Creative Approach and Performance
to Secondary and University
Level of Education."
was made today by the Very
Rev. William C. McInnes, S.J.,
president, and the Rev. Alfred
E. Morris, S.J.. principal of
Fairfield !'rep.
New Creative Program
The CAPSULE Program.
which represents a new design
in education for private schools
in Connecticut, will utilize six
summer sessions and six regular
academic years "to provide
an open door to mature students
with an adventuresome
spirit, adaptability. and perseverence
to pursue an unusually
creative program." said CAPSULE
officials.
Designed to coordinate and
integrate the various elements
of high school and college education,
the program will consist
of three years at Fairfield
Prep and three years at the
University in a course of study
leading to a bachelor of arts or
bachelor of science degree.
CAPSULE will be directed
by Mr. Michael K. Wolfer. a
noted Fairfield County educator
and architect of the joint Uni-versity
- Prep endeavor. Mr.
Wolfer noted that emphasis will
be placed on the students' talent,
industry, maturity and
dedication to a concern and
service to others." and added
that "avenues for knowledge
and creativity will be planned
in the program to enable the
student to 'Help me do it myself
·...
"Present Being"
The CAPSULE director said
the present educational pattern
of 8-4-4 will be modified by
"focusing on the student as a
'present being' living in an envirnoment
where he may pursue
a creative approach towarJ
the achievement of his secondary
and university education."
Strp.ssing the concept of
"learning by doing," Mr. Wolfer
said the CAPSULE program
will provide an opportunity for
students to develop more efficient
study skills, mature
thinking, and creative talents
"in an effort to prepare the in-
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PEACE CORPS
Performances are given at
banquets and other functions
on college campuses, YIC workshops,
and poverty programs.
All students interested should
contact Ken Daly in Campion
229 "without delay."
* * *
The Peace Corps recruiting
team, on campus for the entire
week, will proctor the Modern
Language Aptitude Test this
afternoon at 3:15 in the Campus
Center, G 41 and 42. The test,
given again on Friday at 3 :15
P.M. and Saturday at 10 :30
A.M., is offered to those who
have completed the Peace Corps
application.
A film and lecture are scheduled
for this evening at 7 :00 in
Gonzaga Auditorium. "A Step
at a Time" will be accompanied
by Dr. Edward Dew's account
of his experiences as an Assitant
Representative to the Peace
Corps in Peru.
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FOLKSINGING
The "Spontaneous Generation"
a campus folksinging
group and part of the University's
Youth Interracial Council
is now preparing for its
second season, and invites new
memibers to join.
* * * FLOAT CONTEST
The Student Legislature will
meet tomorrow evening at 9:00
in the Campus Center Oak
Room. The meeting is open to
all students.
STUDENT GOV'T
The Homecoming Weekend
Committee is encouraging entries
for the Float Parade during
Saturday's game with Providence
College. Organizational
floats will compete for a $150
prize in the cavalcade from
Fairfield Center to the Campus.
EDITORIAL BOARD
Established 1949
Editor-in-Chief _ _. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Paul Hughes
Managing Editor _ _. . . . . . . . . .. Michael Lynch
Editorial Manager _. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Michael Mullin
Associate Editorial Manager Laurence Prud'homme
Business Manager .. _ " Paul Callahan
Secretary Robert Kohler
far has been much less than at
the normal and necessary rate.
It is certainly faulty reasoning
to think you can lend no financial
support and expect to get something
in return, while complaining
about the poor job the government
is doing. The Student
Government can do a good job,
but it must have the five dollars
activities fee before it can give
you something in return. It is a
fact, based on the last academic
year, that if a student participates
fully in government functions he
will receive about twice the cost
of the card in discounts. The mere
purchase of the activities card
gives you a free chance to win a
trip to Texas for the FairfieldHouston
basketball game. You
also need a card for mixers, guest
lectures, and discounts on social
events and movies sponsored by
the Student Government.
Students will be helping themselves
by purchasing an activities
card. There is good reason to have
faith in the Student. Government.
It has already brought some
changes. It needs your help to
continue.
gation to correct the wrongs inflicted
on our fellow man.
But the community remains
complacent, sheltered from the
Negro. We must transcend this
apathy and take an active interest
in understanding the Negro.
This University offers tutoring
programs, the YIC's traveling
forums, the Harlem Street Academy,
and other interracial activities,
but 90% of the student
body ignores them all.
The student body should be
leading the battle to destroy the
barriers of ignorance and prejudice
between the races. The
Negro's demand for civil rights
is finally being answered. but his
desire for social acceptance may
be long in realization.
The .opportunities exist on thi
campus for students to actively
commit themselves to this cause.
If thev fail to meet these obligations
the iniustices of the present
society will onIv continue to
breed' hatred and violence.
the Editor
Yourself
to
He Ip
Letter
The position of THE STAG
concerning the Student Government
has always been one of
praise where it was due, criticism
when it was needed, and a general
call that all students support:
their government.
This particular call for support
is made much easier in the wake
of the recent Student Government
success in securing more liberal
dormitory regulations.
The Student Government has
shown its willingness to work.
The recent changes in the Student
Handbook are a good start. But
there is still much that can be
accomplished in the way of financial
support for clubs and organizations,
and a more effective
social calendar. As the plan for
this year stands now, seven of
the thirty-five academic weekends
have been provided for socially
under Student Government
auspices.
These plans can never be realized
without the support of the
students, namely, the purchasing
of a Student Government Activities
Card.
The sale of activities cards thus
The death and destruction of
the summer months has subsided.
Newark, Detroit, New Haven and
dozens of other urban centers
heal their wounds during this uneasy
ceasefire. But the Fairfield
community returns to campus detached
from the reality of the
summer's events.
Detached because the Negroes'
problems hold little relevance on
a campus where Negroes number
less than 2%. Detached because
it leads a life of "de facto" segregation,
refusing to grant these
students social acceptance.
If the events of the past summer
show anything, it is the lack
of understanding between races
and the failure of the white community
to accept the Negro on
equal terms. As the future doctors,
lawyers, scientists, and busin~'
ssmen of America, we have a
pragmatic duty to avoid a recurrence
of the recent disaster. As
Christians on a Catholic college
campus, we have an ethical obli-
Our Social Obligation
Dribbling or Drooling?
To the Editor:
"Gone [but not forgotten" is a phrase
that suffers fram overuse, but I could
not help recalling it while I was looking
at the 1967 Fairfield University yearbook.
The theme of the 1967 Manor,
more properly, could have been "injustice."
Pr.imarily, the yearbook was
unjust to Fairfield University. It represented
a very small aspect of the
total picture of Fairfield, and in a technical
sense, was inferior to a great
many low-budget high school yearbooks.
Secondly, the 1967 Manor was unjust
to many members of the Class of 1967
itself. It seems that the number of times
a senior's picture appeared in the book
was in direct rat,io to how "in" the "ingroup"
he was. I believe it depended
mQre on what corridor he lived on in
his junior year than how active he was
in his senior year. Finally, the 1967
Manor was unjust to its successors. The
staff of the 1968 Manor has now to labor
under the burden of poor publicity, of
which it had no part in forming, besides
the ordinary difficulties involved in the
production of the book.
All that can be asked of this year's
staff is that they produce a yearbook
that a Fairfield student would not be
ashamed to show to his family. I am
sure that they can and will do it.
But it is a very sad state when you
are forced to close out "dribbling." Or
is it drooling?
John F. Cronan
Class of 1968
SENIOR EDITORS
NEWS EDITOR: Jay Doolan. SPORTS EDITOR: Edward Williams. FEA·
TURES EDITOR: Ralph Kister. LAYOUT EDITOR: Philip Keane.
PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR: Thomas Quackenbuish. ADVERTISING EDITOR:
Barry Smolko. CIRCULATION: Steephen Hackett. ART: Peter
De Lisa. COPY: Fred Heissenbuttel.
STAFF
NEWS: Danel Richardson, Bill Brower, ChUck Angelo, Robert Arnone,
Edward Castiglione, Benoit Poisson, Gerald Sabo, Michael Collins,.
SPORTS: William D'Allesandro, Robert Sillery. James Magnuson, Steven
Ryan. FEATURES: Richard Downey, John Boland, Peter Hearn, Richard
Otto, Richard Elliot, Vincent Curcio, Paul Kemezis. PHOTOGRAPHY,
Mark Borserine. ART: Richard Heggie. CIRCULATION:' Joseph Lembo,
John Legowski, Richard Leuschner. LAYOUT: Thomas Boudreau.
FACULTY MODERATOR, Albert F. Reddy, S.J.
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Editorial Position 01 THE STAG.
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Finance Clubs
The Student Government has
managed to finance and emburse
young clubs' social functions
in stabilizing their structure,
despite monetary troubles
in the past.
"It works out better than
twice what is put in and yet
there still exists enough poor
logic to think that people can
complain, give no money and
still get something out of it."
The principle aims of the
government are to ensure sound
academic standards before all
else. The issuing of funds is to
secure a sound educational and
social environment for all students.
The source for capital is
the money collected, and the
government intends to use it
beneficially to "maintain a high
standard of rigorous and enlightening
activities on campus."
PACK ROADS
Activities Fees Used
Beneficially
AVAILABLE AT
2 Village Square
Westort, Connecticut
One of the most painful tasks
which face both the administrative
branches of the student
body as well as the students
themselves is that of collecting
the activities fee.
As it has been in the past,
the Student Government uses
the collected five dollars from
the members of the four classes
and in turn finances social engagements,
clubs, and speakers.
Government President
Michael Bocchini stated that
"in order to finance a club, the
members must have already
paid the activities fee. They
must have your five dollars invested
in order to give it back."
The issue of activities fees,
however, goes deeper than mere
payment and collection of money.
"The Student Government
can't function without it. It will
touch every student in some
way," commented President
Bocchini.
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sistant in General Chemistry
at Yale University. He received
his B.S. in chemistry at
Providence College and his
Ph.D. at Yale University in
Chemistry.
Philip J. Peters, assistant
professor ~n the Business Department,
recently taught at
Queens Borough Community
College where he was assistant
professor of Economics. He received
his B.S. in Business Administration
:it Providence College,
a M.B.A. at the University
of Massachusetts in Business
Administration, M.E.D. in
Education at Bridgewater State
College and is a member of
the Ph.D. Program in Business
at New York University.
Helene L. Scher, assistant
professor of Modern Language,
was preViously a lecturer in
the German Department at
City College of New York. She
received her B.A. in German
at the University of Michigan
and an M.A. an Ph.D. in German
at Yale Univer·sity.'
Tlen Wei Yang, assistant
professor of Biology, taught at
Western Reserve Academy.
Professor Yang received his
A.B. in Botany at Oberlin College,
an M.S. and Ph.D. in Ecology
at the University of
Arizona.
Thomas E. Vesce, associate
professor of Modern Languages,
was formerly a lecturer
in the Italian Department
at Elizabeth Seton College in
the Adult Educational Program.
Mr. Vesce received his
B.A. cum laude in French and
Italian at Manhattan College,
an M.A. in Medieval French
at Fordham University and a
Ph.D. in 'Romance Languages
from Fordham University.
Uk Knen Tong assistant professor
of Philosophy, received
a B.S. in Economics at New
York University and a Ph.D.
in Philosophy from the New
School of Social Research.
as a law professor at Yale and
the University of Chicago, Mr.
Katzenbach won a Ford Foundation
fellowship for a project in
international law in Geneva,
Switzerland. Before finishing
this project, however, he was
called back to the United States
by Attorney General Robert
Kennedy and offered a position
as Assistant Attorney in the
new administration.
As a member of the Justice
Department, Mr. Katzenbach
was the principal drafter of legislation
establishing the Com·
mnnlcatlons Satellite CorporatIon,'
drew up a lengthy brief
in support of the decision to
blockade Cuba during the 1962
missile crisis ,and played an important
role in' drafting the Civil
Rights Act of 1964 and securing
its enactment.
Following Is a partial 1I8t of
new faculty members. Other
additions will be reported next
week.
John J. Boitano, Associate
Professor of Psychology, received
a B.A. from Manhattan
College and an M.A. and Ph.D.
from Fordham University. He
was formerly chairman of the
Department of Experimental
Psychology at Rosary Hill College.
Donald A. Coleman, preViously
a part-time Philosophy
instructor at Columbia University,
has joined our Philosophy
Department. He received his
B.A. frcmt the University of
Connecticut, his M.A. at Brown
University and a Ph.D. at Columbia
University.
Edward M. Dew, assistant
professor of Government, received
his B.A. in Philosophy
at Pomona College, an M.A.
in Government at George
Washington University, an
M.A. in international relations
at Yale University, and a Ph.D.
in Political Science at U.C.L.A.
DUl'ing the Spring and Summer
of 1963, he was in charge of
the U.C.L.A.'s Peace Corps
training for Peru and Bolivia.
Betty J. Fisher, assistant
professor in the English Department,
was most recently an
assistant professor of English
at the University of Nelbraska.
She received her B.A. in English
from the University of
Arkansas and a doctorate in
Medieval English from the University
of Wisconsin.
Evangelos Hadjlmlchael, assistant
professor of physics,
has been an :lssistant professor
of physics at California Polytechnic
College. He received
his B.S. in Physics at the City
College of New York and his
Ph.D. in Nuclear Physics at the
University of California in
Berkley.
Edmond J. O'Connell, Jr. assistant
professor of chemistry,
was previously a teaching as-
Impressive Additions
Augment Faculty Staff
grams in which the UniversitY
is involved."
Under Secretary
Mr. Katzenbach, who is coming
to Fairfield especially for the
progress dinner, was sworn in as
Under Secretary of State at a
White House ceremony on October
3, 1966. His appointment as
Under Secretary followed nearly
two years at Attorney General
of the United States and more
than five years in the Department
of Justice. Mr. Katzenbach
is a graduate of Phillip;;
Exeter Academy Princeton University
and Yale Law School,
where he received a cum laude
LL.B. degree. Following his
graduation from Yale, he won a
Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford
University in England from 1947
to 1949.
After eight years of service
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To Pay Tribute
In announcing the dinner and
the main speaker, the Very Rev.
William C. McInnes, S.J., president,
said the affair "will pay
tribute to those who have worked
so hard during the past year
in establishing the foundation
upon which Fairfield's future
growth and development .will be
built."
Father McInnes also noted
that the progress dinner will
provide the opportunity "to
make our friends, both old and
new, aware of University ex·
pans10D to date as well as inform
them of the varied com·
munity and ed1Klational pro-
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TOT Staplers?
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Under Secretary of State
Nicholas deBelleville Katzenbach
will be the keynote speaker
at Fairfield's first annual progress
dinner to be held In Campus
Center, Tuesday, October
17 at 7 P.M.
Over 350 business, civic and
education officials are expected
to attend the dinner to review
Fairfield's progress for 1967 and
plan for the coming year. This
first annual event is beipg hosted
by members of the University's
Board of Trustees, President's
Council, Fathers' Club and other
friends.
Under Secretary Katzenhach
Speaks at Progress Dinner
Page Four THE STAG October 4, 1967
Gxperience
shows are having their previews
now which are regular performances
open to the public
at reduced prices. You can see
a good play before it's reviewed
by the critics and tickets get
scarce.
Downtown the Garrick Theatre
is running a Road Runner
cartoon festival, for those interested.
Phil Ochs returns to
Carnegie Hall on Sunday October
1. Tickets start at $2.50.
For jazz and folk buffs: The
Lee Morgan Quintet is playing
at the Slugs. Tony Scott is at
the Club La Boheme. Vaughn
Meader of "First Family" fame
is performing at Downstairs at
the Upstairs.
In the future the events will
be treated more fully. For
those who will be hitting New
York for the first time soon a
street guide to fit in your
pocket is an indispensable aid.
Sometime, just for kicks, walk
around the streets of New York
and 'be a New Yorker for a
while. It might well be one of
the best days in your educational
career.
It is becoming more and more evident to Americans that we
are primarily a Pacific power. Europe has been withdrawing its
remnants of Empire, but the U.S., with its coasts reaching in an
arc from Mexico to the Bering Straits, is one anchor of a vast
Pacific community. Both our interests and our ideals propel us
westward across the Paci,fic - not as conquerors but as partners,
linked by .the sea not only with those oriental nations of the
Asian Pacific but with occidental Australia and New Zealand and
the island nations in between.
Right now we are weary, disheartened, disillusioned and dismayed
with our involvement in Vietnam to the point that some
Americans are turning to a new isolation bent on curing ourselves
domestically. But there can be neither peace nor security for our
children and for the children of the Pacific unless we recognize
now the massiveness of the forces at work in AS'ia nationally,
economically, and politically. Asia's future is in a deep sense our
future, and we must accept this and act accordingly in realization
of the future.
Right now in Vietnam is the time for our nation to act for
the future. We must secure South Vietnam militarily and, then,
begin to encourage economic and political stability for Vietnam
and for those parts of Asia which need and would accept our
support for their initiatives.
When I say secure South Vietn!llffi, the question immediately
arises concerning approach. The approach would be any means
considered necessary by our military - including invasion of
North Vietnam. Many seem to shy away from the idea of invasion
because of fear of Chinese or 'Russian involvement.
But this invasion and this victory might be necessary for it
would stop the drain upon American manhood :lnd morale, and it
would be a direct action against aggressive Communism in Asia
rather than our present stagnant reaction.
Those who fear a stepping in by China or Russia have not
thought this fear out. There are two reasons why Russia would
not become involved in an all out war in Vietnam: one, Russia is
primarily a European power; and, two, and above all, Russia has
completely broken off diplomatic relations with China - even
with our escalations, and not even invasion of North Vietnam
could induce China to allow Russia to transport large numbers
of troops across Chinese soil and encroach on her sphere of
influence.
That China would enter into full scale conflict is possible. But
because of their current internal conflicts and because of their
undeveloped military - and especially without the nuclear force
they are striving to attain, their entrance is less likely now than
in a few years. And if we are still fighting in Vietnam when China
is able to threaten us effectively with nuclear warfare, a serious
climax will certainly evolve.
Therefore, we must right now secure Vietnam and Asia from
the threat of aggressive Communism.
We must realize that we are a Pacific nation - a Pacific
power.
Then, we mus,t - as partners within the Pacific community encourage
economic and political stability.
lage (Land of the Flower PeopIe),
pass in front of the United
Nations, Sutton Place (for the
tres upper crust), Yorkville
(this old Germa:1 section is now
the haven for post-college pickup
'bars) and finally into Spanish
Harlem. Not bad for twenty
cents.
This column will note those
events in the city that will be
of interest to the many students
who will spend a significant
portion of their years at
Fairfield in going to New York.
The activities will include such
activities as the performance
of ,the New York City Opera
season which this weekend will
present "Der Rosenkavalier"
by Strauss on Friday evening,
Puccini's "Madame Butterfly"
on Saturday and "Carmen" and
"La Traviata" on Sunday. These
performances can be seen for
as low as $1.00 and they are
very good productions. Leonard
Bernstein is conducting the
New York Philharmonic this
weekend. In the "keep-youreyes-
open" department note
that many hopeful Broadway
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ludicrousness, Dr. Cook has a
heart attack while attempting
to smother Dr. Tennyson,
where upon the upright and
noble younger doctor just lets
the old man die as he says,
"See how easy it starts?" We
might have cared, if the play
hadn't been knocking around
in sensationalism for an act
and a half. Since it has,
though, the end provokes only
a mild stir of concern in the
audience.
At the performance I caught
Seymour Penzer ,filled ,in for
the ailing Burl Ives, and
though shaky on lines, gave
quite a capable performance as
Dr. Cook. Keir Dullea was
four square and somewhat dull
as Dr. Tennyson. David Hay's
doctor's office setting was done
on a general scheme of parallel
vertical lines, with flowers
peeping over windows and New
England America everywhere
in evidence - most effective
indeed.
"Dr. Cook's Garden" does not
qUite make it as an important,
well-knit problem play, but it
often stimulates and always entertains
its viewer.
GJucation
Suite and a Broadway show.
For example: Jast weekend Central
Park held its annual model
sailboat regatta, displaying
some of the most beautiful, and
some of the most un-seaworthY,
saHboats. The adults were more
excited than their children. Also
recently concluded was the
Greenwich Village art show for
which half the city turns out
to see block after block of art
and artists - for free. The festival
of San Gennaro - a wide
open block party on Mulberry
Street in Little Italy is just
now cleaning up. The list could
go on and on.
Would you like to see a fascinating
cross section of New
York? It can be done easily.
One of the ways to do it would
be to pick up the First Avenue
bus at City Hall just North of
the Wall Street financial area.
It will take you first past the
Municipal Buildings and the
Federal Court House, and into
Chinatown with its pagoda-like
telephone booths. Then you will
head into the Bowery and Skid
Row, Little Italy, the East Vil-
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on all its undesirable citizens.
Up to this point the play has
given us excellent background
to a very important moral
problem, and has handled a
rather weighty symbol, that
of the garden-town, quite well.
Next to come is the revelation
of Dr. Cook's motivations, and
this too is intelligently set
forth in the play's plot fabric.
But when Dr. Tennyson, who
dbviously disapproves of Dr.
Cooks' actions, gets around to
stating his reasons for his position,
the play babbles incoherently
and degenerates into
a faltering crime melodrama,
whose main interest is whether
or not Dr. Cook will kill off
Dr. Tennyson. The moral dilemma
of the characters is
completely abandoned <till the
very end, when, in a burst of
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New York has been dubbed
the entertainment center for
the world. Plays and musicals
are drawn from Boston, Philadelphia
and New Haven but
they make it or break it in
New York. Movies come into
the cinema houses from Hollywood,
London, Paris, Venice
and P rag u e. Entertainment
abounds for 'ill tastes from underground
movies on Second
Avenue in the East Village to
the Metropolitan Opera in its
palace at Lincoln Center to the
Broadway musicals in Times
Square. But the real show is
New York itself. Be it summer
or winter, day or night, New
York is always on stage. The
curtain is always up; the lights
are always on.
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The Broadway season opened
last week with "Dr. Cook's
Garden," Ira Levin's good, if
ultimately unsuccessful, attempt
at constructing a wellmade
play.
Dr. Cook is a roly-poly, loveable,
small town Vermont
doctor who lives in a little
house with a well pruned
garden, which he can't help but
analogize to the contented
town he has looked after so
carefully for so many years.
Into this rosy setup Dr. Jim
Tennyson, a young man who
idolized Dr. Cook as a boy
returns after receiving his
medical degree, and discovers
that "the happiest and best
town in all the world" has become
that way through Dr.
Cook's practice of euthanasia
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Retreat Program Features
Aspects Of Christian Life
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assist both students and faculty
in understanding and meeting
the challenges of Christianity
today.
The retreat office, located in
Campion 102, will be glad to
assist students in any way.
The office will set up retreat
dates, reserve retreat houses,
and will help in procuring
films, tapes and reprints of
magazine articles. Although
the University is underwriting
the greater part of the program,
students will be asked
to finance part of it. The cost
to the student for a weekend
will be only five dollars.
Speaking of this year's program,
Father Fitzpatrick said,
"The uniqueness of the program
is that at the end of the
year we plan to invite a group
of students to make the Spiritual
Exercises of St. Ignatius
during a five day period. We
hope to make each retreat an
exciting spiritual experience."
For further information contact:
but violent solutions to the
country's race problem. And to
have their way they must de·
stroy moderate attempts at so·
cial reform. And so they pro·
claim the futillty of social ac·
tion and try to obstruct it when·
ever they can. But, whether or
not they are successful depends
upon the average American,
and here at Fairfield on the
average student."
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Student Contact
As director of Fairfield's
CAPSULE program, Mr. Wolfer
will coordinate its various
phasl/s, inclurling the recruitment
and selection of teachers
and students. Mr. Wolfer noted
that student contact will begin
in the near future and that the
program is open to all qualified
eighth grade pupils. Further
details related to student qualifications
and program design
may be obtained by contacting
the director, CAPSULE Program,
Fairfield Prep.
Father George D. Fitz·
patrick, S.J. announced the
new retreat program for the
1967-1968 academic year. Father
Fitzpartick pointed out
that this year's program will
feature a wide variety of retreats
dealing with many 'aspects
of Christian life.
In addition to the "traditional"
retreat format, "Co-Ed"
and "Weekends in Christian
Living" will highlight this
year's program. There will
also be several new innovations:
Engaged Couple Retreat,
Corridor Retreats, Cursillo and
a retreat for Married Couples.
Students are encouraged to
"take the initiative" ,in planning
programs to discuss special
topics that may interest
them, such as: "God is Dead."
"Christian Social Action." and
"The Relevancy of Christianity
to 1967." Faculty participation
is encouraged in an effort to
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dividual, academically and culturally,
for earlier entrance to
a professional position or graduate
school, and therefore for
earlier service to his fellowman."
New Program
Council Begins
Intense Activity
political ideology or viewpoint,
but it does commIt itself and
its members to self·education
and research of social problems
and aspects of the CiVil Rights
Movement. One device especially
designed for this is the
monthly film seminar at which
films and speakers present
VIC members with specific information
concerning the facts
of social plight and possible
remedies.
Tutoring ~d the Social
Action Corps
Many YIC members and
scores of other students tutor
underprivileged chi I d r e n at
Bridgeport's grammar, junior
high, and high schools through
the Fairfield University Community
Act ion Pro g ram
(FUCAP). This year the Diocese
of Bridgeport's Bishop
Curtis and social action director,
Fr. DeProfio are expanding
a similar program, known
as the Social Action Corps, in
Bridgeport, Norwalk, and Stamford.
The Youth Interracial
Council in all its activities in
Fairfield County will channel
interested people into both of
these programs.
Coordination 'with Other
Colleges
Students at several colleges,
including University of Connec·
ticut and Central Connecticut
State College, have requested
YIC aid in forming YIC type
groups at their schools. In ad·
dition, social action groups at
University of Bridgeport, Sac·
red Heart University, College
of New Rochelle, Manhattan·
ville College, Marymount Col·
lege, and Yale University have
either requested YIC speakers
or asked YIC assistance in social
aid programs.
The Immense Problem
But while YIC and Socia!
welfare activities have expanded,
YIC members see no
reason for complacent satisfaction
or optimism. Junior William
Luddy, editor of the YIC
pamphlet, "Society in Crisis,"
anticipated in a recent STAG
interview, a grim future for
American Society if social progress
is not swift and massive.
Mr. Luddy said, "The problem
for moderate social reform is
truly immense for two main
reasons. First, there is so much
to do and so few, relatively
speaking, who are willing to do
anything. The lack of understanding
and the apathy towards
serious social problems
among most Americans has always
restrained significant progress.
But today ignorance and
indifference have blossomed into
a harvest of violence and
hatred. The point is, unless social
aid programs are massive
and immediate, white reactionism
and black nationalist extremism
will end the hope of
peaceful reform and treat
America to a blood-bath of
rioting and police suppression.
"The second aspect of the
problem faced by VIC and slm·
ilar groups also stems from
the antagonism of white and
black extremists. The white reactionaries
and the frustrated
Negro radicals both seek simple
Year Of
Interracial
The Youth Interracial Council
is ready to begin a year of
intensified activity on and off
campus. In addition to expansion
of last semester's traveling
panel system, film seminar
program, tutoring recruitment
drive, and folk groups, the YIC
will send fifteen members
weekly to join with CNR girls
in conducting a "Street Academy"
in New Rochelle.
YIC will also help set up and
aid social action groups at colleges
in Connecticut and Westchester
County. The overall
YIC program for '67-'68 aims
to stimulate a massive cammitment
to the Civil Rights
Movement, not only among
Fairfield students but among
college and high school students
throughout the tri-state
area. The enlargened scope of
activity is intended to provide
students with a full range of
opportunities for constructive
involvement in social action.
The street Academy
This semester a limited num·
ber of students will participate
in a Harlem Street Academy at
the College of New Rochelle.
Street academies are part of
the National Urban League's
"return to school" drive in Har·
lem. The purpose of the Academy
is to involve high school
drop·outs in !lemi·academic ac·
tivities and eventually channel
them into the recently founded
Harlem Prep where they can
work for high school diplomas.
Weekly sessions at New Rochelle
will include lab experiments
in physics, creation and
publication of a Harlem newspaper,
film making, drama,
group seminars, and occasional
baske1Jball games. If the Academy
is successful, the project
will be doubled in size next
semester.
Traveling Panels
YIC members are generally
agreed that the simultaneous
growth of white backlash and
black nationalism constitutes a
dangerous polarization of racial
interests in American society.
Now, more than ever, they feel
that an organized effort is necessary
on all levels to end the
lack of understanding and the
indifference to social problems.
To help accompJ.ish this in
the Fairfield area, YIC has
formed a traveling panel system
to explore the realities of
the racial problem, the Civil
Rights Movement, and the possible
role of the st.udent in social
reform in seminars with
high school and college students
throughout Connecticut
and Westchester County. Last
semester, the panels conducted
more than twenty Civil Rights
workshops at colleges and high
schools and :llready have been
requested to :lddress audiences
at the University of Connecticut,
Central Connecticut State
College, College of New Rochelle,
and high schools and
CYO's in Norwalk, Bridgeport,
New Britain, Darien, Newark,
and Springfield.
Film Seminars
The YIC, as an organization,
does not espouse any particular
Office
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Ingmar Bergman's "Winter
Light", offered on Thursday,
October 5, deals with a priest's
relation to God and his bitter
failure in offering spiritual corsolation
to his flock. Following
on October 19, Truffaut's "Jules
and Jim" will attempt to illuminate
the "modern woman" and
her constantly changing attitudes
starring Jeanne Moreau.
Other features include "To
Die in Madrid," Antonioni's
"The Red Desert," Fellini's
"Juliet of the Spirits," and
Huston's award-winning "Treasure
of Sierra Madre."
Soccer
Film Production
In addition to the scheduling of
movies the Society will attempt
to produce its own film. Anyone
interested in filming, directing,
acting, and production work is
invited to participate.
ThE' first meeting of the grcun
was held last week in Gonzaga
Auditorium.
In an effort to "please most
of the people most of the time,"
the University Film Society is
featuring a distinguished list of
foreign and American films with
emphasis, this year, on the director.
Intellectual ActiviMn: Escape from Freedom?
" . more forceful than power, more permanent than
apathy," able to leap tall buildings in a single bound? The White
Knight? Superman? Not at all. Just the good old Fairfield Stag,
now disguised as a mild mannered intellectual 'lctivist at a great
subuI1ban university, waging his never ending battle with commitment,
intellectual responsibility, and ,the long lost American
way. He is, however, almost certainly doomed to lose the battle
because of his unY'ielding persistence in assuming the irrelevance,
immorality, or distastefulness of the basic realities involved in
any real change. We are talking about power: political power,
intellectual power, black power - call it what you will - it is
that essential element necessary and prerequisite to any social or
political modification. Power exists rampantly irresponsible and
unresponsive to any but its own needs. 11 is, therefore, unrealistic
to assume that one can confront an existing power structure from
a purely academic or intellectual standpoint.
It is in attempting to deal wizth this type of power that one
must begin to question the efficacy of Father McInnes' recently
promulgated concept of "intellectual activism." To us it sounds
like the same old "don't rock 1he boat-ism" contemporized with
student movements of the left. Phrases such as "intellectual activism"
and "pa::ticipatory democracy" can, like black power, be
interpreted dn many ways. To some, black power means snipers.
To others, it means organization of the black community to assert
itself as an interest group, primarily in an economic manner. If
intellectual activism means that we will be activists who will be
intellectuals, we are glad to hear it and fully endorse Fa1her
McInnes' view. If, however, it means that we are to be actively
intellectual and nothing more for four years, if it means that we
are to suspend judgment and disdain commitment in the interests
of some mythical pure knowledge, then we doubt the validity of
the term intellectual and certainly of the term activist. For an
intellectual must be involved and, if one is also a 'human being,
it seems that involvement implies action.
The question now arises: at what point does one commit oneself?
Should we be good boys for four years and think and study
and discuss but avoid commitment because, after all, we ar~
"only students?" The American university chooses to treat us as
"boys." Its structure, which dispenses knowledge in fifty-minute
packages and rather glibly assumes that it already knows the
meaning of education, consults us only minimally and at best for
display purposes. Yet we leave it 'to encounter a world that expect
us to live, and currently to die, as men. The stance of the
American undversity goes a long way to convince us of our incompetence
to decide. But the decisions are crucial and relevant.
If change is to begin, it must begin right here, right now with us.
The war in Vietnam, the draft, racial violence, and nuclear fallout
will not discl'iminate 'between those who made policy and those
who awaited their chance in silence. It seems a shame that the
intellectual elite of this country just may be composed of those
who are too young to really know anything.
Continued from Page 8
field win. Special credit must be
given to Fairfield goalie Tom
Kickum, who did an OL:tstur.dir~
job of filling in for irjurcd goalic
Tom Willmott.
With two of their toughcst
opponents behind them, th~
Stags now open a five game
homc stand, with the first two
opponents scheduled to be Fairleigh
Dickinson and Monmouth
College.
Basketball
Tickets
ATTENTION!! ALL BAS·
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tickets for all home games,
both in the gym and arena
are now on sale daily (Monday
to Friday) from 1·4 p.m.
in the gym. Tickets for in·
dlvidual home games will be
on sale after November 10
for all interested. There are
no limitations on regular
tickets purchased. All Fairfield
University students are
entitled to one half-price
ticket per game. Each stu·
dent must present his own
I.D. upon purchasing a
ticket.
By BENOIT POISSON
"A universitY in motion" will
be the initial theme of a
magazine published by the new
publications office of Fairfield.
Mr. Dale McNulty will head
the new post created through
the efforts of Mr. Thamas Donahue
and the Rev. William C.
McInnes, S.J.
Stimulate and Coordinate
The purpose of the new office
will be to stimulate and coordinate
the whole range of
university publications. This
more professional approach will
strive to "coordinate editorial
style and graphic design," according
to Mr. McNulty. In
line with this thinking a striking
new admissions brochure
has been designed and a new
magaz,ine, "FaiI1field", is being
published.
Mr. McNulty is a graduate of
Fairfield where he received a
Bachelor of Arts degree. His
literary career began when he
was editor-in-chief of The STAG
and co-editor of the school
magazine, NEW FRONTIERS.
Previous to his appointment
this year, Mr. McNulty served
as editor of publications at
Lybrand Ross Bros., and Montgomery,
one of the "big eight"
accounting firms.
To Convey AU
The traditional alumni bulletin
will supplement the quarterly
magazine issued initially
this month. The publication is
seen as more than an alumni
magazine, attempting to serve
as "a medium to convey all
that the university is doing" on
campus as well as in the community.
The publication will contain
articles of general interest to
the a 1 u m n i, parents, and
friends of the university, as
well as "provocative" issues on
the "ethical, religious, moral,
and social levels."
Mr. Donahue, director of
University Relations and one
of the moving forces in the
creation of the new office,
stressed that his department,
of which the publications section
is an integral part, strives
to "provide those servkes to
the university which in the
long run will make the meeting
between the faculty and
students most productive."
Continued from Page 1
special preview of the basket·
ball season.
Recognition
Special recognition is extended
to Rev. George S. Mahan,
S.J., Moderator of the Weekend;
Mr. William Sheahan,
Weekend Chairman; and the
Cardinal Key Society under the
direction of William Ferretti.
Thanks are also given to Dr.
Donald J. Ross, for arranging
the lectures and dialogue, Mr.
Stanley G. Robertson, Director
of Development, and Mr. Walter
Donnaruma, President of
the Fathers' Council, for their
invaluable assistance in planning
the weekend.
Lists of m'>tel and hotel ac·
commodations will be made a·
vailable to fathers upon their
registration. All reservations
are to be handled on an in·
dlvidual basis by the fathers
directly with the hotels and
motels.
Karate
Club
Tonight at 7:80, at the
Campus Center fire place,
there will be the first meet·
ing of the year of the Fair·
field University Judo Karate
Club. This unusual organiza·
tion for the study of these
ancient Japanese and Chi·
nese sports, was founded in
the latter part of last year
by its instructor, John H.
Gagnon, a Karate Black Belt
and a Judo Brown Belt.
All those interested in join·
ing should attend this first
meeting.
Weekend
National Vocations Director
A band of
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numbering
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has to
We may be small but we feel
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One reason may be that the
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Many feel our mark
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Whether it be in Newman Centers,
missions, parishes, information
centers, speakers platforms
or television, the Paulist
Priest tries to contribute a
"total self" to spread the Christian
message.
His greatest assets are that he
is free to remain flexible in a
changing world ... free to develop
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SPORTS PERSONALITY
Ruggers on Rebound
Win Summer Tourney
and 'Twiggy' Perkins promise to
give the seniors a good fight.
The 'A' and 'B' teams open
the season this week down by
the pond against WesleJan on
Saturday and Freeport of Nassau
the following Thursday. The
Weslc~'an opener IHomises to Le
a hard-fought, exciting affair, a~;
the IRuggel'S have hcen Cl:g-PJ ly
awaiting the opportunity to avenge
last spring's close dekat.
to be polishing his talseteeth
and starching his orange wig for
this year's play.
In all his activities at college,
Brian Burke has showed the
qualities of leadership, organizing
ability talent and personality
that should carry him far.
Most important right now, however,
is the dream of a winning
football team which hopefully
will be realized Friday night at
lona.
Hold on Tight
Senior Ruggers ~iIl Dunn and Jack Doyle make rough tackle
during recent scrimmage.
cellent break-away runners in
Tom Crowley ('69) 'Flush'
<;:onnoll~' ('68), and a fine serum
half if senior Mike Fox stays
healthy. Battling for the remainin
positions will be seniors Jack
Doyle, Richie Gordon, Jack Hi~~·
gins, Bob Lutz, Don Archibald,
and Winslow A. Dunn. Underclassmen
Mark Feele~', Steve
Carre and sophs Jim Case~',
Steve Ryan, 'Snaggles' Sindt
Brian Burkt"
ing at the graduate school of
the University of Alabama.
According to Football Club
President Kirk Walker, Brian
has a very stable, friendly personality
that has made a ,big hit
in most of the girl's schools in
the area. His fine sense of humor
was in full display at last
year's Christmas play, where his
portrayal of one of our campus'
leading Jesuits will not soon be
forgotten. He is already reputed
By STEVE RYAN
After a discoUJ aging Spring
S(~aSon, the Fairfield Rugby Club
appears ready to come roaring
back in the '67 Fall season.
Under captains 'Beef' Sll'ith
('68) and Jack Novero ('68) the
Fairfield fifteen ex[ect to show
the same excellent ballplaying
with which they won the South·
hampton Summer Tournament
this July. During these games
the Ruggers defeated such powers
as the Philadelphia and the
New York R.F.C.'s, and in the
Finale, they edged a bigger
Westchester club in the fourth
overtime period to take the
championship cup.
In the 'A' serum the superior
jumping ability of Pete Smith
('68) and cJub president Chris
Grauet, coupled with the power
of 'Beef' Smith and Greg Polzer
('68) in the set serums shcu'd
prove to be an unbeatable combination.
Experienced SEniors
Frank Allard, Bill Cosgriff, John
Butter, and Paul McGrath along
with juniors Billy Conolly and
'Freight-train' Maney form the
nucleus of the "A" team. It also
includes sophs Q. Murphy, Al
Salomone, Bruce Klastow and
'Org' Santulli.
Novero's 'A' backfield, per
haps the shiftiest and fastest
Fairfield has ever seen, has ex-
By ROBERT SILLERY
About three years ago several
Fairfield students began planhing
what at that time had to
be considered an impossible
dream. After a year of organizational
and financial difficulties
that dream, the dream of a football
team on campus, became a
reality last fall.
n is only fitting that one of
the most influential of those
founders of football at Fairfield,
senior Brian Burke, should be
the starting quarterback and
field general of this year's
squad.
Despite the inauspicious debut
of last year's makeshift team,
football has firmly planted its
roots here on campus. Burke
states that with this year's
veterans providing a more experienced
squad, his hopes for a
winning season are strong. He
also feels that the club has firmly
established itself for continued
success at Fairfield.
One of the main reasons for
this optimism should be the play
of Burke himself. Operating
from the quarterback spot, this
speedy senior's passing and
running should provide the spark
which makes the offense go.
A finance major here at Fairfield,
Brian has established an
impressive list of activities. Last
year he served as chairman of
the highly successful Freshman
Orientation Week. He was also
one of the chairmen of the Dogwood
Weekend, Fairfield's leading
social event, and is a member
the Business Club. Brian
played his high school football at
Marist High of Bayone, N.J.
where he was a starter for two
years. After graduation, he
hopes to use his business train-
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GREAT OPPORTUNITIES
After an initial year of bruises and many frustrations,
the team hopes to avenge their 24-12 loss of last
year. The biggest change in the team this year has
been the attitude which has been instilled by the new
coach, Dick Curtis.
Mr. Curtis has given our men something to fight
for. When he tOlok ,Over the helm in September, his
major problem was to make the team forget about last
years' record of 0-5-1. Coach Curtis w~nt out on the
field and announced that he wanted the entire team to
be in top shape by their first game - thig Friday.
His rules are strict - no alcoholic beverages and
no smoking during the season. All men are put on the
honor system and, as far as I know, they have all stuck
to the rules.
Another problem which has developed during this
past week, is the large number of unexpected injuries.
Tight end Kevin Sullivan, last year's recipient of the
Father-Son Most Valuable Player Award, pulled a
hamstring muscle and is a doubtful starter in the opener.
Junior John Langan, M.V.P. at last year's homecoming,
is another doubtful starter due to cracked ribs
incurred in practice last week.
However, the team is still strong as they finally
have found a leader, which they lacked last year, in
senior quarterback Brian Burke. Both on .and off the
field, Brian has developed a new winning attitude in
the team. With one year of experience under his belt,
he has grown into a full-fledged quarterback and it is
hoped that he will be as outstanding during the season
as he has been in practice.
Another story which will be devel,oped during this
first game is the attitude of the Fairfield fans. Most remember
the scene at last year's lona game.
However, for those who missed it, many Stag fans
came to the game filled with "spirit" - -but not f.or
the football club. Before coming to the stadium, most
of them visited the local bars, coming to the game
intoxicated.
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has a game in New York, the Stags feel that as a prerequisite
they must "fly high" both before and during
the game.
Although I don't really like t,o sound like a preacher,
in this case, I think it is a necessity. The Fairfield
University Football Club has finally develo1ped into a
fine team - one we can be proud of - let's also make
the team be proud of us, their fans. The problem will
be answered on Friday.
Fairfield football returns again this year on Friday
. night when the Stags open their seoond season against
lona.
SOCCER
'·s. l\IOlllI\IOL'TH COLLEGE
Honl(' - Friday, 3:00 P.I\I.
Page Eight THE STAG
STAGS \'s. IONA
at Mt. Vernon Stadium
Friday, 8:00 P.M.
October 4, 1967
Lineup Set For Clas·h With Gaels
Stag Gridmen Ready and Anxious
Rough and Ready .
The starting Stag backfield for Friday's game against Iooa appears ready for action. From left
to right - Jim Garrity, Rich Gaeta, "Bullet" Devaney and Brian Burke.
By ROBERT SILLERY
With this season's opener
against Iona only two days
away, Coach Dick Curtis has an·
nounced the tcntative starting
lineup which will meet the
Gaels Frida~' night.
The starting backfield will
consist of Brian Burke, a 5'U',
170 lb. senior at Q.B. with ~udor
Rick Gata, 5'10" 175, at f1'11back.
The halfbacks will be
junior "Bullet" Devannc-y, 5T'
160, and Jim Ga:-:'ity, a 6'0'·
170, lb. senior.
Turning to the line, senior
Mike Jacobs is the 6'0" ] 80 lb.
center. At guards will be Tony
Labesky, a 5'9" 185 lb. senior,
and Kevin Doyle, a 5'8" 175 lb.
frosh sensation. The tackles will
be senior John Gilsenan, 6'1"
215, and junior George Langley,
5'9" 200. In the passcatching
department, the ends will be
seniors John Langan, 5'11" 185,
and Kevin Sullivan, 6'0" 200 Ibs.
Senior Nick Pietangelo, 6'0"
205, is also expected to see extensive
duty on the line.
The defense, operating from
a 4-4, will be anchored by senior
tackles Norm Balthassar, 6'4"
230, and Hank Frieary, 6'0"
225 Ibs. The ends will be Tom
Conroy, a 6'1" 205 lb. frosh
surprise, and Gilsenan.
The linebackers will be Langan,
Labesky and Jol':n Praksac,
a 5'10" 180 lb. junior. The
cornerbacks will be' fre'~hn'an
Doug Sach, 5'9" 175, ani Eill
Cibuisky a 5'8" 180 Ib_ senior.
The safeties will be Garrity and
Mike Kcnifick, a 5'8" 165 lb.
junior.
In viewing the tcam's last
practice sessions, it aprears that
Coach Curtis has effectivelJ
"ps~·ched" his squad, which is
eager to a.venge last ~'ears beat·
ing, which was chiefly due to
earlJ Fairfield fumbles. Declar·
ing his offense strong and his
defense also coming along well,
Curtis states that he is holding
to a shutout prediction, and that
a better than .500 season is his
goa.l. The moment of truth, how·
I'veI' will be this FridaJ night at
8 :00 vs. Iona.
Stags,
Booters Notch 1st Victory
Smother Bra v e s, 4-1
Mahoney
Redmen
By BILL D'ALESSANDRO
Sunday, when Red Sox fans
celebrated a pennant, snatched
up in the final hour of the
season, Fairfield also reached
a levei of success, as the Stags
whipped Sacred Heart University
5-2 behind the sparkling
performance of pitcher Frank
Mahoney.
This was the first game since
a devastating 13-1 mauling at
the hands of St. John's earlier
in the week. In that contest
Adam Alberico stymied Fairfield's
batting attack while his
teammates rocked the Stag's
unmercifully. Starting pitcher
Brad Behan was forced out in
the bottom of the second inning
when St. John's came up with
four runs. Sophomores Bob
Gipson and Bill Sheehy finished
the game with no better results
Stymies
Crush
as the opposition was just not
to be stopped.
Mahoney Stars
However the diamond fever
that was circulating on the
closing day of the AL race
showed itself in Fairfield's effort
against Sacred Heart.
Frank Mahoney went seven
complete innings without giving
up a hit. He was finally
touched in the eighth inning
when pinch hitter Marty Gristini
singled. Mahoney left the
game in the ninth leaving a
comfortable lead for reliever
Bob Gipson. He had allowed
no runs and just two hits, while
also contributing an RBI single
back in the third frame.
The Stag's scored their five
runs mostly on back-ta-back
singles and by taking advantage
of fielding errors by the
Redmen.
S. H. U.
13-1
Two costly misplays occurred
in the sixth inning after a walk
to Pete Gillen, and singles by
Stan Norman and Barney
Monks. Both Norman and
Monks were allowed to score
on consecutive passed balls by
the catcher. This placed the
score at Fairfield five, S1. John's
o and the Stags coasted on for
the win.
With a 2-2 record, Fairfield
will face New Haven Thursday
and then wind up the fall season
with a double-header at
Queens on Saturday. Senior Ben Hill of Fairfield shows some fine hustle as he
chases down a loose ball during the Sacred Heart ganle.
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After dropping their second
straight game to an always
tough Quinnipiac team, 5-1, the
Fairfield Soccer team finally got
into the victory column with a
4·1 win against a stubborn
Sacred Hcart squad.
The Quinnipiac game was a
frustrating affair for the Stags,
who constantly had the ball in
enemy territory but just couldn't
seem to work it in for a
score. Quinnipiac drew first
blood in the contest as they
quickly slammed a perfect shot
past Tom Wilmott in the ope r:ing
minute for a 1-0 lead.
The Stags seemd to rally at
this point as their offense dominated
the contest, keeping the
ball deep in Quinnipiac territory.
Midway through the period,
Tim Roach scored on a penalty
shot to even the game.
Quilmipiac got going in the second
period, however, scoring
twice to take a 3-1 halftime
lead.
The Stag defense looked good
in the scoreless third period, as
Quinnipiac could move the call
into Fairfield territory only
twice. The Stag offense, however,
was not able to capitalize
on its opportunities. In the fourth
stanza, Quinnipiac scored twice
more for a final score of 5-1.
The Stags responded to this
loss with a fine showing against
S.H.D. for their first win. After
a scoreless first period, Sacred
Heart shocked the Stags with a
score midway through the second
stanza for a 1-0 halftime
lead.
It was all Fairfield in the
second half as the Stag') scored
three times on two goals by
Roach and one by Bill 0 Mallt y.
Larry Elinskas booted a shot
past the Sacred Heart goalie in
the final period for a 4-1 Fair-
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