Stag - Vol. 19, No. 07 - November 2, 1967

              Vol. 19 No.7 Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut November 2, 1967
FREEDOM
Unity
Student Rights,
Page 2
Joint Statement,
Pages 6 and 7
Officers
STUDENT
Fairfield begins to form­ulate
its own opinions on
this national issue.
See
the election of class officers and
Student Government represen­tatives
took place. Officers for
the class of 1971 are President,
James Ruane; Vice President,
Robert Weingartner; Secretary,
Timothy Geogehan; and Treas·
urer, Jay Walker.
The elected on~ampus repre­sentatives
are Stephen Daur,
Brian Donohue, Richard Doo­lan,
James Doyle, Roger Grigg,
Shaun Harrington, Michael
Leary, Stephen Leone, Robert
Murphy, and Edward Violla.
Paul Anderson and John Bren­nan
are the 'It-large represen­tatives.
Mr. Ruane's primary con­cern
is to bring about class
unity and organization. He be­lieves
"that day-students and
on-campus stu den t s should
work together to achieve mu­tual
benefits:' "Unity is achiev·
ed through the interest of the
students. Interest is promoted
by the involvement of individ·
uals in projects."
Campaign promoters believe
that their class "has elected as
president a capable and respon­sible
leader." Mr. Ruan~ looks
forward to a very successful
year and he hopes that he will
have full c.ooperation of the
class as they will have his.
l\lr. Ruane's endeavors are
not restricted to Fairfield as he
Is also seeking the office of Na­tional
CYO president.
Class
Prt>sident Ruane, vice president Weingartner, secretary Geo­gehan,
and treasurer Walker plan coming events for the class
of '71 at the first executive meeting.
Freshman
Seek
By COLIN KILEY
Vigorous campaigning ended
last Wednesday for the fresh­man
class as final voting for
Corps Head
Involvement
Concert
that the legislators are given
this information.
The twenty-three members
of the commission have been
divided trIto four committees:
legislative, judicial, executive,
and miscellaneolis. The' miscel­laneous
committee will be re­sponsible'for
formUlating a stu­dent
"Bm of Rights." The com­mittees
are headed by James
Reme, Pat I' i c k McC(}rmick,
Bruce Schauble and Donald De­Fronzo,
respectively.
Cohesi"e Document
The commission will preparp
and submit fo the Legislature
the finished Constitution after
these sections have been WOrked
(Continued on Page '5)
at Gov't
Prestige and Power
Chairman Howe commented
that the powers of the Chief
Executive must be strengthened
··to give a little more prestige
and power to the Presidency."
The cqmmission also hopes to
eliminate some of the "nebul­ousness"
of the Executive
Board.
The commission expressed the
desire to pI'utect the financial
interests of the Student Gov­ernment.
"The Government
should have the right to audit
the books of those clubs which
are subsidized by their funds,"
noted the commission chairman.
There is no such power in the
current constitution to insure
By GERALD SABO
"It really started with the death of President Kennedy," related Ned ColI .
'62, founder of the Revitalization Corp s, at last Thursday night's address. Mr:
con, ,who was in the public relations section of Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co.
at the time, was told that becau::;t of the a ssassination, a new building COuld not be
ope:ned. Stunned by this overt indifferen ce to the tragedy, the Fairfield alumnus
began to think about
where he was going in
life.
A1fec.ted by Poor
In March of 1964, in Pitts­burgh
to attend ceremonies in
which a friend was to become
a religious brother, he was af­fected
by the sight of poor chil­dren
receiving whatever food
was left from retreatants at
the monastery. When he tried
to speak with the mayor of
Pittsburgh about this, the
mayor, still in office today, re­plied
that he did not speak with
people from Connecticut. That
was over three years ago.
And In that time, the R~vltal­Izatlon
Corps has answered the
mayor and numerous other
skeptics or persons, who were
simply hostile to any ideas of
social change. In that time, the
Revitalization Corps has become
an organization that cannot be
ignored. In his Thursday night
address, Mr. Coil personally in­vited
Fairfield to participate in
It.
Oreatlve Thought
In chronicling his social
awareness, the Fairfield alum­nus
recalled that some of his
Continued on Page 8
Urges
Revitalization
Student
Boys Featured
Tht> Beach Boys will be featured at a concert sponsored by the Student GO~'ernment on Monda;)'
nig-ht, ~o\'ember 20, in the UniYersit)· gym. The show will also include the Soul Sun-ivon
and the Buffalo Sprlngfields. °.rhc Beach Bo;)'s w ill tour most of the major cities of the North­east
includin~ Boston, '\'ashington and Pittsbur~h. Student tickets \\ill cost $3.50 with activi­ties
card and college I.D., and normal admission will be $4.00.
Beach
Meaningful Constitution
Members of the commission
are presently discussing ways
to produce a meaningful con­stitution.
"We don't need an
intricate, minute paper guiding
the government. Wording must
be geared to future expansion,"
explained Mr. Howe.
M a j 0 I' revisions in all
branches of the Government are
iJeing considered~ Student Court
Justice Patrick McCormick has
suggested that the scope of the
court be changed. He proposed
a grand jury type of court or
board of justices. Under this
system, nine judges would sit
to hear cases and conduct their
own investigations, asking their
own questions. "You can cut
out Perry Mason nonsense that
has to be changed to give the
court more power," urged Mr.
Howe. Definition of the powers
and jurisdiction of the court
were also felt necessary.
By BILL LUDDY
College students throughout the United States .are trying to ~ain more righ~s
for the individual and more freedom to operate effiCient student governments. ThiS
drive is being expressed at Fairfield in th e fon;nat!on of a Constitutional Commis­'
sion to draft a new Student Government ConstItutIon.
"In the last few years we've
learned how to operate a gov­ernment
and many facets of
the old constitution have proved
to be ambiguous and unneces­sary.
They should never have
been approved," stated Philip
Howe, Chairman of the Com­mission.
Commission To Draft
New GOy't Constitution
Page Two THE STAG November 2, 1967
~_L_En_'E_'R_S _TO_T_'HE_E_'D_{~_OR__I The "Non-Affairtf
Peace Corps Praise
To the Editor:
You might be interested in the fol"
lowing excerpt from Jere Smith who
visited here last week for the Peace
Corps:
"As leader of the Peace Corps Re­cruiting
Team which visited the campus
last week, I am writing to inform you
of our experience. With the invaluable
help of campus organizations such as
the Cardinal Key Society and the Stu­dent
Government Association, we spent
a very active and pleasant week at Fair­field
University. If all of the Colleges
and Universities are like Filirfield, I
will spend an enjoyable eight months
telling the Peace Corps story.
"In all, thirty seniors (about ten per
cent) filled out applications and were
given a Modern Language Aptitude Test
at the school. FortunatelY,we were able
to get to know most of these young
men, and I was deeply impressed by
their sincerity and sense of duty. As I
told you personally, I am very. favorably
ilnpressed .bY the 'new' Fairfield, ever
changing and growing . . .
"As a Fairfield' graduate and Peace
Jh-<. ~fl.twl,,, c:f--
FREDDIE FROSH
in L-'3-j~'L,-,
Corps Public Affairs Officer, please ac­cept
my kindest regards. I hope to meet
with you again very soon."
Sincerely,
Rev. William C. MeInnes, S.J.
President
* * *
Wron.g Impression
To the Editor:
A wrong impression has been given
by an article which appeared in the Oc­tober
18 issue of THE STAG, charging
the Crass of '71 with having a "distinct
lack of interest in their university."
First of all~ the seats for which peti­tions
were not received were seats desig-­nated
for otf-campus students. This group
constitutes only one segment of the
Freshman crass, and is by no means
representative' of the entire class. It
should be pointed out that all of the
seats for on-campus representation will
be filled.
SecondlY, what the freshmen do lack
at this time is not interest, but a suffi­cient
knowledge of their fellow class­mates
and. of the University In general,
to benefit themselves the most through
Continued on P&gIe 9
In this week's issue of THE
STAG, two different opinions are
expressed about the now famous
"Katzenbach Affair." A compari­son
of the letter from Mr. Thomas
J. Donohue, Director of Univer­sity
Relations, and The Activist,
the column of Richard Elliott and
Richard Otto, will make this
obvious.
The Editorial Board of THE
STAG feels that both opinions
are misrepresentations of what
actually took place. That doubts
exist concerning the origin, validi­ty,
and pointedness of the ques­tions
put to Mr. Katzenbach can­not
be disputed. And these doubts
are irreconcilable.
However, we must take issue
with Mr. Donohue concerning
any expansion in the student's
"wealth of information" or "ap­preciation
of the nation's prob­lems."
On the contrary, we con­tend
that the panel fell consider­ably
short of displaying the in­telligence
of "students in search
of information."
If Mr. Katzenbach appreciated
the mature and enthusiastic audi­ence,
he also must have been
pleasantly surpris~d at the com­placent
attitude of this cozy little
Jesuit institution. Mr. Katzenbach
never had it so good. Had he
been on any other university
campus, more pointed and pro­vocative
questions would surely
have been raised- for considera­tion.
As a polished and experi­enced
politician he expected to
have his knowledge of interna­tional
affairs questioned and
thereby brought to light. Instead
he found it necessary only to rei­terate
stock answers to a con­tinuous
line of trite inquiry. Sure­ly
he would not have been of­fended
had he been subjected to
any intelligent and difficult
points.
As for The Activist, Messrs. El­liott
and Otto have created a hol­low
sensationalism, rooted in emo­tion
rather than fact, typifying
the best efforts of the radical ac­tivist
faction on this campus to
date. While the liberal element
preaches the abhorrence of vio­lence,
this column is a .good ex­ample
of the violence of words.
Innuendoes, implications, poor
taste, word manipulation, and
cliches exemplify only anti-intel­lectualism.
We find it hard to believe that
their distorted view is typical of
any but mishiformed students at
Fairfield. In this light it is still
more incredible that they would
try to impose so many vague im­plications
on anyone else. Also
astounding is Mr. Donohue's at­tempt
to shelve the reception to
Mr. Katzenbach's visit as "respon­sible"
when so little of anything
profound came from his encoun­ter
with our Student. Body. The
obligation to ask penetrating
questions and maintain a mature
attitude and respect can come
only from a Christian commit­ment
deficient on this campus.
Neither Mr. Donohue's letter or
The Activist caught the spirit of
such an obligation.
Student Rights ~tag
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Managing Editor Michael Lynch
Editorial Manager Michael Mullin
Associate Editorial Manager Laurence Prud'homme
Business Manager Paul Caliahan
Secretary Robert Kohler
NEWS EDITOR: Jay Doolan. SPORTS EDITOR: William D'Alessandro.
FEA'lWRES EDITOR: Ralph Kister. LAYOUT EDITOR: Philip Keane.
PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR~ Thomas Quackenbush. ADVERTISING EDI·
TOR: Barry Smolko. CIRCULATION: Stephen Hackett. ART: Peter
DeLisa.
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
SPORTS: Robert Sillery. PHOTOGRAPHY: Mark Borserine.
STAFF
NEWS: Daniel Richardson, Bill Brower, Chuck Angelo, Robert Arnone,
Edward Castiglione, Benoit Poisson, Gerald Saba, Michael Collins,.
BiB Bertier, Bill Updegraff, John Brennan, Colin Kiley. SPORTS:
Steven Ryan, John Ward, Peter Behm, David Caisse, Frank Carollo.
,FEATURES: Richard Downey, John Boland, Peter Hearn, Richard Otto,
Richard Elliot, Vincent Curcio, Paul Kemezis. ART: Richard Heggie.
CIRCULATIlON: Joseph Lembo, John Legowski, Richard Leuschner.
LAYOUT: Thomas Boudreau.
FACULTY MODERATOR, Albert F. Reddy, S.J.
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THE STAG feels that the rights
and. freedoms of students at Fair­field
mu~t be properly delineated.
The new. student handbook has
progressed from the vague gen­eralities
of the past. But even this
advance is minimal compared to
the "Joint Statement of Student
Rights. and Freedom" found in
today's issue.
That statment is an excellent
attempt at a national guideline
for institutional policy. It repre­sents
the ideas of five of the na­tion's
leading education organiza­tions.
But in this attempt for uni­versal
application we find its fail­ure
as a practical thesis. Many of
its points must be made far more
specific and applicable to the
Fairfield community.
. The Student Government has
recently appointed a Constitu­tional
Commission to formulate a
more meaningful government con­stitution.
THE STAG urges the
Commission to include a detailed
Bill of Student Rights. The"Joint
Statement" should act as an in­formation
outline for this pur­pose.
Many of the ideM expressed in
that text are long overdue at
Fairfield. Such vights as student
participaion in institutional gov­ernment,
protection against im­proper
academic evaluation, free­dom
of inquiry and expression,
and freedom of student publica­tions
are nowhere clearly defined.
These rights must be defined
so that the confusion resulting
from arbitrary statements of stu­dents'
rights by both students and
administrators can be avoided.
The faculty now has a compre­hensive
handbook describing its .
freedoms; the student body
should have the same. We hope
the Constitutional Convention will
realize the importance of this
statement and prepare a text for
the acceptance of the student
body.
l"B senior class prl'sident James Klaber demands a "balance between governing
bodies and .those governed" ;in the opening speech of Ithe October 28 rally. The
students, 2000 strong, heard the call for "Student Power" at UB,
U.B. Students Demonstrate
For Equal Voice in Decisions
Page Three
and Technology, The Grade
Teacher, and La Revue Mod·
erne.
A participant In over 25
group eXhibitions, Mr. Nonay
has displayed his art throughout
New England and in such far
distant places as F1orence,
Italy; Rumania's National Aca·
demy Exhibition; and the Na·
tional Art Gallery In Budapest.
One·Man Shows
Mr. Nonay has had one-man
shows in Amsterdam, Munich,
Utrecht, and in Connecticut at
the Vinceletti Gallery in West­port,
Rive Gauche Gallery in
Darien, the Rowayton Art Cen­ter,
the Carlson Library at the
University of Bridgeport, and
the Stamford Museum.
Mr. Nonay is listed in Who's
Who in the East and Who's
Who in American Art.
Weston Artist
Displays Work
An exhibition of paintings
and collages by Weston artist
Paul Nonay opened last Sun·
day at the Campus Center Gal·
lery. The one man show will
run through November 21.
Mr. Nonay, who for two
years in a row has won the
New Haven Arts Festiv'al Prize
in addition to other numerous
awards and honors, studied at
Budapest's Royal Academy of
Fine Arts, the Munich Academy
of Fine Arts, and in Italy and
Holland on fellowships.
Magazine Covers
His works, represented in
many museums and private col­iections
throughout the United
States, Europe and South
America, have been reproduced
as magazine covers by The Re·
porter, Today's Living, Science
November 2, 1967 THE STAG
Fraternity Installs
Record Pledge Class
'A Creative Option to Violence'
In conjunction with the Tri-University pro­gram,
Fairfield's Student Government extends the
in,:itation to Sacred Heart and the University of
BrIdgeport to sponsor a panel discussion on the
topic of Student Power.
"Each of the Student Government presidents
would select one student and one faculty member
or administrator to represent his school in this
discussion," stated Michael Bocchini SG president.
Administrators, faculty members an'd students are
invited to attend.
A question and answer period will follow the
panel discussion.
The panel will be held here on one day
during the week of November 12-] 8. Place and
time of the panel will be announced at a later date.
this will be a planning session
for direct action," he said. Mr.
Schwartz emphasized that his
organization hoped to provide
"a creative option to violence."
Panel
Power
Legislature
Meeting
Two financial bills
comprise the official
agenda for tonight's
Stu den t Legislature
meeting. A $250 grant
to the Hockey Club and
a $300 grant to the
Youth Interracial Coun­cil
will be debated at
the meeting which stana
at 9:00 in the Oak ROClin
of the Campus Center.
The bills which were
proposed at the last
meeting, a $300 grant
and $200 loan for the
Fencing Club, a $200
grant and a $400 loan
to the Judo - Karate
Club, and a change in
the Le&islaturerules
concerning the power of
the Way. and Means
Committee. aTe stin. in
committee.
Tri-U Holds
On Student
terials for the Vietnam war
such as the Dow-Chemical Cor­poration,
which is a supplier of
napalm.
"1'f college administrators
continue to rely on the unre­strained,
eyen brutal use of po­lice
to disperse these demon­srations,
we are heading.for the
most serious. crisis higher edu­cation
has faced perhaps in this
century," he predicted.
Protest Plans
Mr. Schwartz said he had
been in daily telephone contact
with student leaders who had
told hiJrn of plans for protests
at Fordham University, the
University of Chicago, City Col­lege
of New Y~rk, the Univer­sity
of Michigan, Wayne State
University, Harvard University,
Princeton University, Oberlin
College, Stanford University,
Columbia University, and on
other campuses.
Mr. Schwartz also announced
that a conference on "student
power" would be held at the
University of Minnesota on
Nov. 17 through 19. He said
he expected 400 students to plan
tactics and coordinate nation­wide
activities f~r asserting
"student power."
Direct Action
"This will not be a confer­~
nce centering on resolutions-campus
from a daze of student
apathy. Monday, October 28,
saw some 2,000 students as·
semble in the campus Student
Center to listen to the student
leaders' plans tor action.
The library situation stemmed
from a report that a school of
the University's size (8,600 stu­dents)
should have a library
consisting of at least 320,000
volumes. The official released
toml is appraxiinately 140,000
volumes.
Orderly Fashion
Klaber emphasized that the
demonstrations had been con­ducted
in an orderly fashion
and that the atmosphere was
not that of "a Berkeley or a
Brooklyn." "We speak for
every college and university in
the country where students
face the same difficulties.
NSA Conference:
Demonstrations would con­tinue
in protest against military
recruiters and job recruiters
for companies that provide rna-
The 24-year-old leader said
that the organization would
continue to provide "direct as­sistance"
in the protests, espe­cially
in student strikes result­ing
from what he called the
"unwarranted use of police to
bludgeon student demonstra­tors."
Demonstrations Continue
Edward Schwartz, the presi­dent
of the National Student
Association, said that recent
demonstrations like those at
Broolqyn College, the Univer­sity
of Wisconsin and the Uni­versity
of California, Berkeley,
·"will occur on at least 25 other
major campuses" in the coming
months in an assertion of "stu­dent
power."
ATTENTION, SOPHOMORES
Any member of the Class of
'70 interested in working on
the Parents Weekend Committ­ee
should contact Ron Mitchell
in G-205 or Bill Fallo in C-430
or leave his name and address
jn Bl;>x 477 or Box M.
of a student union. Had this
been approved, the University
of Bridgeport would have been
the first American university
with such a set-up. The original
demand was coupled with a 72­hour
ultimatum during which
time Dr. Littlefield was ex­pected
to make a decision on
the issue.
Rumors Spark Action
A rumor concerning the Uni­versity's
losing its accredita­tion
due to a lack of books in
the library, plus other unsatis­factory
conditions such as the
inconveniences to women board-
Turn to page 9 for
U.B.'s "Plea For Ed·
ucation."
ers who have been forced to
live in a dormitory that was
built for 450 men, sparked the
action which was a direct con­sequence
of a meeting of dis­gruntled
student leaders on
October 10.
The 72·hour demand was not
taken seriously by anyone on
the campus, but it did accom­plish
what Student Council
President Stuart Broms had
hoped it would. It roused the
brothers on various social and
service projects. Brother Sta­neck
emphasized t hat the
Pledge Period is a time for get­ting
acquainted with the ideals
and objectives of Phi Kappa
Theta.
After successful completion
of the Pledge Program, the
Pledges will be admitted into
the active Brotherhood of the
Fraternity in a formal initia­tion
to take place next semes­ter.
It is hoped that the latest
Pledge Class will continue- to
work to uphold the traditions
of Fairfield University and Phi
Kappa Theta in their goals of
a high scholastic standing, as
well as a balanced program of
spiritual, intellectual and social
activities.
By BILL BERTIER
"We don't want to strike or
boycott classes. We don't want
to dictate policy. We'd just like
to have an equal voice in up'
per·level decision making." Sen·
ior class president James KIa·
ber of the University of Bridge·
POl't had this to say about the
aims of last week's student
demonstrations at that school.
Student Proposals
Members of the Student
Council met with President
Henry W. Littlefield on Mon­day,
October 30, but at the time
of this publication the results
are not known. Some of the
proposals that were presented
to the Administration by the
students include: the fonnation
of a student-faculty forum, im­proved
library facilities, a voice
in dormitory planning a more
effective security force, no re­striction
on off-campus housing
for seniors, higher salaries for
faculty members and unlimited
cuts.
The protesting students have
accused President Littlefield of
ignoring their previous petitions
concerning the above proposals.
Their original demand was one
which called for the formation
A record number of pledges
have been installed into the
University's Phi Kappa Theta
Fraternity. Thirty-nine pledges
received their pledge pins in a
ceremony, headed by Ritual
Chainnan Brian Morris, that
took place last week in Canis'ius
Hall. The installation was the
first step in the formalized
Pledge Period which will run
approximately eighteen weeks.
In a short meeting that fol­lowed
the installation, the
rights and responsibilities of a
Pledge were set forth to the
prospective brothers by Pledge
Director Joseph Staneck. Dur­ing
this period, the Pledges will
form a more cohesive unit by
working along with the active
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"TO THOSE WHO HYSTERICALLY OPPOSE"
There was a march a weekend ago in our nation's capital in
which some of our populace expressed their distaste for our Viet­namese
involvement. Also in the week preceding this march, there
were demonstrations throughout the country. On this campus, we
were given a taste of this opposition by both a circled stand-out
and a sign displayed across from the Air Force·Recruiters. In the
Pentagon march, there was violence when the psyched-up marchers
attempted to storm the Pentagon in a show of hysterical force.
On the campus the protesters peacefully stood in the hope that
they were influencing the community, the government, and the
world; while in the Campus Center a sign read that the Air Force
"murders" Vietnamese babies (later changed to "is killing").
Although the stand-out circle was futile in its effect on the war
and useless other than to have the committed fifty become martyrs
to the insignificant chauvinism of watchers on it was at least
peaceful and within the context of a democracy. But the sign in
the Campus Center and the march in Washington and other
places throughout the country were wrong - not in the sense
that an interested group does not have the right to express itself
within our democratic society - but wrong because the manner
of the protests were unpatriotic.
We have heard much concerning patriotism since the Second
World War - but what does it mean in the context of our times?
It is the sense of national responsibility which will enable Amer­icans
to live with self-respect and with respect for aU men. A
patriotism, that puts country ahead of self; a patriotism which is
not short frenzied bursts of emotion, but a tranquil, rational,
steady dedication of a lifetime. It is based on toleranCe and a
large measure of humility.
Intolerance and public irresponsibility cannot be cloaked in
the shining light of self-righteousness. Riots in the streets, burn·
ing draft cards, calling fellow Americans "murderers" has no
rectitude. This is nothing but intolerance and unpatriotic frenzy.
This section of the Anti-Vietnam interest group's opposition
to that conflict has little effect on our involvement and might
eventually be their undoing. They might be the agents of their
own destruction through this frenzied opposition. To defame their
country, to call it a land of murderers, to call our President the
real enemy of our nation are bad tactics and are unallowable
within any democracy. Democracy exists in its best fonn only
with the rationality that its citizens give to it. To take to the
streets and resort to violence and to defame hysterically are not
rational.
By RALPH KISTER
To do as those opposed to the Vietnamese ccnflict have done
in the Pentagon march, in other demonstrations and draft card
burnings, and on this campus must be condemned as unpatriotic
to our democracy and therefore as an affront to us all.
What must happen to them when eventually our boys have
died too often, our people have suffered too much emotionally
and psychologically, and their opposition becomes more frenzied
from the futility of not being heeded? Senator Fulbright in his
book admired the patience of the America;) people in the face of
,an opposition to a war in the middle of the war. What shall
happen to the frenzied few if this patience is lost by the majority?
Worse yet what shall happen to our rationality and eventually
our democracy?
'professional presidents'," ac­cording
to Thomas Faria, Presi­dent
of the Thomas G. Faria
Corporation. "In bee 0 min g
memJbers of YPO we hope to
become better pre sid e n t s
through the exchange of ideas
and through l'!duc~tion," stated
Floyd Wallace, President of
Cooper Thermometer' Company.
When asked. "What do you
consider yoUr job as the presi­dent
of a c:offil>any," Mr. Wil­liam
Kemp answered ''to keep
the employees from fighting."
Mr. Kemp, President of Kemp
Pontiac-Cadillac Inc., has seen
his dealership grow from the
125th largest in New England
to the third largest in the coun­try
in a period of two years.
lIe announced that his dealer­ship
receives "two hundred and
eighteen per cent return on
capital investment," to which
Mr. Barnes stated that in'the
spring business returns of "fif­teen
per cent" is very good.
This panel was one of a
series of discussions being or­ganized
by Mr. C. Donald
Cook, Director of Placement,
to better acquaint students to
the opportunities of the busi­ness
world,
may be: Finding the meaning
in any play, Pinter's included,
is a matter of looking and lis­tening,
and establishing the
context of what is being said
and done.
William Ritman, one of
Broadway's very best designers,
has provided a spooky, seedy
set for the play, and Alan
Schneider does a fine job of di­recting
a decent-to-good cast in
which Ruth White as the land­lady
and James Patterson as
Stan give standout portrayals.
A young president defends unionism before a large crowd of
business minded students.
Young Execs Discuss
Free Enterprise
By John Brennan
"Do you feel that unions are
stifling the progress of free en­terprise"
was one of the ques­tions
asked of young corpora­tion
presidents as they met re­cently
with Fairfield students.
"I think univns do a good job
when the leadership is good,"
replied Mr. Carlyle F. Barnes,
Ch'airman of the Board of As­sociated
Spring Corporation of
Bristol, Connecticut.
The Young Presidents Organ­ization
is a group of 2,100
young, successful chief execu­tives
who have become presi­dents
of sizable companies 'be­fore
the age of forty. The typic­al
company employs two hun­dred
people and grosses five
million dollars in business an
nually. Annual sales range frorr.
the minimum of one million to
more than three hundred mil­lion
dollars. Memlbers of the
YPO are retired from the or­ganization
at the age of forty­nine.
The- presidents in YPO are
divided into three categories,
"those who started their own
business, those who inherited
the presidency'· through family
ownership and the so called
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"The Birthday Party," now
playing at the Booth Theatre
on West 45th. Street, was Pin­ter's
first fulUcngth play, writ­ten
ten_ years ago. It shows,
for there are many structural
flaws, particularly in the area
of exposition of background
material (which almost stops
the first act cold in eternal
repetition). But there is some­thing
unmistakeably solid and
comp.elling here also.
The central character in
"The Birthday Party" is a
young man named Stan living
in an English seaside boarding
house run by a typically fish­wifey
dumb middle class house­wife.
Much to Stan's dismay,
she insists on mothering him
with a venge:mce, and is ever
giving him a birthday party,
although he insists it is not his
birthday. Suddenly two gang­sters
arrive, questioning Stan
about who he is and why he
left "the organization." At the
actual party, everyone gets
drunk and Stan's girl friend
tarts it up with one of the
gangsters. Stan, without warn­ing,
steps through the drum his
landlady had given him for a
present, walks over to her and
begins strangling her, when
suddenly the lights blow and
there is much confusion; when
they come back on, Stan is
standing snivelling over his
girl friend whom he has just
attacked. In the last act, the
gangsters take the babbling
Stan away to be "rehabilitated"
by their boss, Monty.
On my right, as I left the
theatre, were two ladies saying,
"but I didn't understand it." I
thought to myself, "it's because
you didn't really watch what
happened or hear what was
said." The gangsters, in copious
references, identify themselves
with ordinary middle' class so-
A very intelligent young man"
once said to me that Pinter is
a: good' playwright because 'he
is dumber than his audience;
that in this age 'f en e..;eryone
is terribly clever and basically
vacuous, Pinter writes plays
which are quite simple, and in
their simplicjty, p~rceptiveand
real.
The,ater
'BirlhJa';f. part'! '
ciety, and most of the other
characters,in their acceptance
of the gangsters ~c.cept wp'-at
they stand for; Stan, who has
left their "organization," has
left what they' stand for. In
smashing the drum he accepted
from the landlady at the false
party (it isn't his birthday) hI:'
smashes his link with what she
stands for, and his subsequent
assaults and breakdown show
what happens to a man who
breaks his ties with established
society, meaningless though it
More Letters to the Editor
November 2, 1967 THE STAG Page Five
One View of Truth
Sincerely,
Thomas J. Donohue
Director of University Relations
To the Editor:
For those who were there in Wash­ington,
the e d ito ria I "Democracy
Abused" could only bring to their minds
the realization that indeed there was
abuse, but not 'by peace demonstrators:
the abuse was the abuse of truth by the
STAG's editorial staff.
The editor would have you believe the
popular misconception that it was the
demonstrators who, "by a display of
their naked strength" were "bypassing
democratic procedure." The truth. of the
matter is that the only naked strength
I witnessed was executed by battle
gal'bed M.P.'s who often felt is neces­sary
to employ clubs, gas, and rifle butts
on defenseless and non-violent demon­strators.
The editor implies that the demon­strators
were not interested in discus­sion.
The truth is that the demonstra-which
they did not belie\'e, but they
were in fact creating barriers to infor­mation
with which they could advance
their own opinions, and to facts upon
which to base their own points of view.
Last Tuesday the members of the
Fairfield University student body had
the opportunity to hear Undersecretary
of State, Nicholas Katzenbach, and re­gardless
of their own points of view, or
political opinions, they displayed the in­telligence
of individuals in search of
information. Today, their points of view
have not changed, but their appreciation
of the nation's problems, and their
wealth of information has expanded.
I should like to congratulate the Fair­field
student body on the mature, re­sponsible
and enthusiastic reception
given to the Undersecretary of State,
and to assure them that every effort
will be made to encourage men and
women of similar stature to visit Fair­field.
• • •
down the average amount of steps with
2 average students, went back to my
average room, and talked to my average
roommate.
I understand fully the value of con­centrating
the course but not giving
"C's" where "A's" or "B's" are de­served.
This average "C" will only make
an average University, but isnt that
what you're paying for, Mom and Dad?
See you soon.
With an average amount of love,
Your Son
George Lawrence '69
Into the Ghetto
To the Editor:
About 200 students heard Ned Coli
speak in Gonzaga Auditorium last
Thursday night. How many are willing
to make the commitment he is asking
for? About half of the students present
signed one of the lists that he passed
around indicating that they are inter­ested
in at least getting their feet wet.
Some students object because a chapter
might conflict with the work of FUCAP
or The Youth Interracial Council. I hope
that if we could start a chapter on cam­pus
it would only add to the organiza­tions
which now exist. There is a great
chance available to really be active
under Ned ColI's organization. As an
alumnus of Faivfield he is very inter­ested
in seeing our school come down
off our hill and get into the ghetto. I
think that with everyone's support we
can be a valuaJble link in the bridges
he is trying to establish between the
middle class and the poor. I'd like to
believe that we will at least have the
support necessary to make such a pro­gram
a part of Fairfield University.
Sincerely,
William M. Coffin
•
Leonard R. SlmO'llll
• •
tors were more than anxious to talk to
anyone (including the M.P.'s>, but the
Administration still continues to turn a
deaf ear to talks of peace. The fact is
that one of the most important reasons
that the demonstrators went to the Pen­tagon,
in the first place, is that too few
people are really interested in discussing
peace. (And by peace I mean an honest
effort to bring the war to an end, not
by more escalation or an imposition of
the Pax Americana, but by a coopera­tion
with the Vietnamese people in their
struggle for an end to tyranny at the
hands of the government>. The demon­stration
was held not for '\bypassing
democratic procedure," but so that
America does not fall into the grip of
the undemocratic and amoral industrial
and military power complex which is
spreading its dominance in a violent and
uncontrollable manner all over the
world.
I challenge America to be as great
as its promise! I challenge America to
cast aside its mad arrogance! I chal­lenge
America to destroy -forever the lie
that America should be supported right
or wrong! Freedom, Justice, and Peace
can be established only on the founda­tion
of Truth.
To the Editor:
A Letter Home
Dear Mom and Dad:
It's test time here again, and I've got
good news - I'm an average student.
Yup, I studied for a test, took it, and
knew I did well. Yup, I did well, I got
an average "C," I had two questions
perfectly correct that even rated a writ­ten
"good" from my professor. On the
final and third question, there was
nothing in red. I questioned this' with
my professor, and he replied, "Well,
you left out one factor - you could have
elaborated more ." So I got an
average "C" for my efforts. I walked
An Average Letter
• • •
Sincerely,
K. J. Fritsch "71
Mature Display
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their right of representation. At the
Primary election, it was a rarity if a
voter actually knew more than five of
the twenty candidates for on-campus
representative. If one does not even
know who a candidate is, much less
know what his stand on various issues
is, can he be expected to make a sound
choice for his representative? The fresh­men
should be given more time. Time
to get to know the candidates, time to
attend meetings of the Legislature, and
to acquire an understanding of the func­tion
of the Student Government. Then
he can weigh various opinions of candi­dates
regarding issues before the Legis­lature
with his own opinions. The end
result will be not only that the freslunen
will receive much better ·representation
from his representative, but also that
the individual will himself become in­volved
and concerned with the function­ing
of the Legislature and Student Gov­ernment.
To the Editor:
During the past months hundreds of
University students throughout the na­tion
have been afforded the privilege of
a first hand review of some of the most
pressing social, political and internation­al
problems facing our nation. This has
been made possible by the presence of
high ranking government officials on
University campuses.
It is significant to note that many of
America's students, On many of Amer­ica's
campuses chose to deprive them­selves
of this privilege, and of this in­sight
by creating unmannerly disturb­ances
which prevented the points of
view of the speakers from being put
forth.
Many of these people took their ac­tion
with the belief that it was a protest
against various government policies in
UN: 'Lost a Battle, But Stopped a War'
By BILL LUDDY
"The failure of the Assembly to reac h accord on a formula in the Middle East
is, of course, to be deplored ... The United Nations lost a battle, but stopped a
war." The Honorable Abdul Pazhwak, ambassador from Afghanistan to the United
Nations, speaking here for the United Nations Day Festival Program, c~nsider~d
this an accomplishment, however, and im portant because it averted a pOSSIble "Big
Power confrontation." As the time of the Address, the Security Council was meet­ing
in emergency session for the most rec ent breaches of the Israeli-Egyptian cease­fire.
Ambassador pazhwak poses the question: If not the United
Nations - what'?
U.N. A.chlevements
The Amlbassador discussed
many of the little publicized
programs and achievements of
the U.N. in the past. "The Uni­ted
Nations has been instru­mental
in giving national free­dom
to two thirds of the pop­ulation
of the world," He ex­plained
that they have been
successful in filling a vacuum
in these newly independent
countries. Through the world
organization, established nations
have exerted a "moderating
educative influence" w hie h
makes them less "suscptible to
all forms of subversion,"
The U.N. has made many
strides in the field of human
rights. In the past two years,
two major agreements have
been reached which aim at giv­ing
political, social, and eco­nomic
freedom to all. In 1966
the International Covenant on
Economic. Social and Cultural
Rights and the. international
Covenant on Civil and Political
Right were passed by the As­sembly.
"What is needed now,
of course, is to expedite the en­forcement
and application of
these agreements by all parties
concerned," There is now con­sideration
of a Declaration on
Religious Freedom before the
General Assembly.
Use of Outer Space
Most recently passed was the
treaty to regulate the explora­tion
and use of outer space.
The Ambassador declared that
this may someday become the
"Magna Carta of Outer Space,"
At present the Assembly is also
discussing a treaty for non­prolif~
ration of nuclear weap­ons.
U.N. Critics
Ambassador Pazhwak was
concerned over the amount of
criticism of the U.N. Most
critics, as he described them,
fall into two categories: 1)
those who still cling to the
concept of nationalistic power,
and 2) those who seek over-night
solutions to age-old prob­lems.
"We should further re­member
that the United Na­tions
is a human institution and
therefore, liable to the weak­nesses
that characterize and be­set
every human establish­ment,"
It is important to re­member
that responsibility lies
with the "Super Powers and
Major Powers" as to the Or­ganization's
effectiveness or in­effectiveness,
according to the
Ambassador.
Many critics concern them­selves
with the seemingly futile
work of so much deliberation.
In reply, the Ambassador con·
siders a positive aspect of the
U.N. to be "its supreme value
as an H.l':'ency of political me­tereology,
giving warning to
peoples and governments of the
dangers ahead . . . The As·
sembly book of records Is a
chronicle of dire prophesies
which time has - almost in·
variably and alwa;\-'s unhappily
- borne out."
Not often thought of is the
question he posed in closing:
If not the United Nations ­what?
He concluded, "How­ever
optimistic my views about
the United Nations may be,
whatever I have said is with
deep conviction that humanity
will not submit to defeat."
During the question-answer
period which followed, the Viet­nam
issue arose. Ambassador
Pazhwak stated that because
"all those directly involved are
not members of the United Na-tions,
the Organization can do
little in the way of finding a
solution," He further com­mented
that it could not be dis­cussed
or acted on formally be­cause
no one has proposed to
put it on the agenda.
The evening's program was
sponsored by the Unlt~d Na­tions
Association of the Greater
Bridgeport Area and the Inter­national
Relations Club of Fair­field
University. The I.R.C. is
very active in bringing Impor·
tant speakel'll to the Campus
this year.
Page SiJr THE STAG November 2, 1967
Text of Joint Statement on
Recently, THE STAG Editorial
Board wrote an editorial on The
National Student Association. In
this editorial, and in othen, THE
STAG asked that the Student
Bod yg i v e some intelligent
thought Ito the N.S.A. and the
queation of Student Rights. To
facilitate this we are reprinting
here the complete "Joint State­ment
on Student Rights and Free­dom,"
in hope that discussion on
these national collegiate issuea
will begin on this campus.
WASHINGTON
Following is the text of A
"Joint Statement on Rights and
Freedoms of Studenta," prepared
by representatives of five educa­tion
organizationa.
Academic institutions exist for
the transmission of knowledge,
the pursuit of truth, the develop­ment
of students. and the general
well-being of society. FI'ee inquiry
and free expression are indispens­able
to the attainment of these
goals. As membel's of the aca­demic
community, students should
be encouraged to develop the ca­pacity
fol' critical judgment and
to engage in a sustained and in­dependent
search for truth. Insti­tutional
procedure~ for achieving
th '~se purposes ma~' vary from
campus to campus, but the min­imal
standards of academic free­dom
of students outlined below
are essential to any community of
scholars.
Freedom to teac!l and ft"eedom
to learn an' inseparable facets of
academic freedom. The freedom
to learn depends upon appropri­ate
opportunities and conditions
in the classroom, on the campus,
and in the larger community.
Students should exercise their
freedom with responsibility.
The responsibility to secure and
to respect general conditions con­ducive
to the freedom to learn is
shared by all members of the aca­demic
community. Each college
and university has a duty to de­velop
policies and procedures
which provide and safeguard this
freedom. Such policies and pro­cedures
should be developed at
each institution within the frame­work
of general standards and
with the broad\~~t possible par­ticipation
of the members of the
academic community. Th-e pur­pose
of this statement is to enu­merate
the essential provisions
for stud<>nt freedom to learn.
I. Freedom of Access
The admissions policies of each
college and university are a mat­ter
of institutional choice., pro­vided
that each college and uni­versity
makes clear the charac­teristics
and expectations of stu­dents
which it comiders relevant
to success in the institution's pro­gram.
While church-related institu­tions
may give admission prefer­ence
to students of their own
persuation. such a preference
should be clearly and publicly
stated.
Under lIO circumstances should
a i'tudent be bal'red from admis-sion
to a particular institution on
the basis of race.
Thus, within the limits of its
facilities, each college and uni­versity
should be open to all stu­dents
who are Qualified according
to its admission standards. The
facilities and services of a college
should be open to all of its en­rolled
students, and institutions
should use their influence to se­cure
equal access for all students
to public facilities in the local
community.
II. In the Classroom
The professor, in the classroom
and in conference, should encour­age
free discussion, inquiry, and
expression. Student performance
should be evaluated solely on an
academic basis, not on opinions
or conduct in matters unrelated
to academic standards.
A. Protection of Freedom of
Expression.
Students should be free to take
reasoned exception to the data
or views offered in any course of
study and to reserve judgment
about matters of opinion, but they
are responsible fOl" learning the
content of any course of study for
which they are enrolled.
B. Protection Against Improper
Academic Evaluation.
Students should have protec­tion
through orderly procedures
against prejudiced or capricious
academic evaluation. At the same
time, they are responsible for
maintaining standards of aca­demic
performance established
for each course in which they
are enrolled.
C. Protection Against Improper
Disclosure.
Information about student
views, beliefs, and political asso­ciations
which professors acquire
in the course of their work as in­structors,
advisers, and counselors
should be considered confidential.
Protection against improper dis­closure
is a serious professional
obligation. Judgments of ability
and character may be provided
under appronriate ·circumstances,
normally with the knowledge or
consent of the student.
Ill. Student Records
Institutions should have a care­fully
considered policy as to the
information which should be part
of a student's permanent educa­tional
record and as to the condi­tions
·of its disclosure. To minim­ize
the risk of improper disclos­ure,
academic and disciplinFlry
records should be separate, and
the c.onditions of access to each
should be set forth in an explicit
policy statement.
Transcripts of academic rec­ords
should contain only informa­tion
about academic status. Infor­mation
from disciplinary or coun­seling
files should not be available
to unauthorized persons on cam­pus.
or to any person off campus
without the express consent of
the student involved except undel'
legal compulsion or in cases
where "the safety of persons or
property is lnvolved. No records
should be kept which reflect the
political activities or beliefs of
students.
Provision should also be made
for periodic routine destruction
of noncurrent disciplinary rec­ords.
Administrative staff and
faculty members should respect
confidential information about
students which they acquire in
the course of their work.
IV. Student Affairs
In student affairs, certain stan­dards
must be maintained if the
freedom of students is to be pre­served.
A. Freedom of Association.
Students bring to the campus
a variety of interests previously
acquired and develop many new
interests as members of the aca­demic
community. They should
be free to organize and join asso­ciations
to promote their common
interests.
1. The membership, policies,
and actions of a student organiiza­tion
usually will be determined
by vote of only those persons who
hold bona fide membership in the
college or university community.
2. Affiliation with an extra­mural
organizat1ion should not of
itself disqualify a student organ­ization
from institutional recog­nition.
3. If campus advisers are re­quired,
each organization should
be free to choose its own adviser,
and institutional recognition
should not be withheld or with­drawn
solely because of the in­ability
of a student organIzation
to secure an adviser. Campus ad­visers
may advise organizations
in the exercise of responsibility,
but they should not have the au­thority
to control the policy of
such organizations.
4. Student organizations may
be required to submit a statement
of purpose, criteria for member~
ship, rules of procedures, and a
current list of officers. They
should not be required to submit
a membership list as a condition
of institutional recognition.
5. Campus organizations, in­cludingthose
affiliated with an
extramural organization, should
be open to all students without
respect to race, creed, or national
origin, except for rtligious quali­fications
which may be required
by organizations whose aims are
primarily sectarian.
B. Freedom of Inquiry and
Expression.
1. Students and student organ­izations
should be free to examine
and to discuss all questions of
interest to them, and to express
opinions publicly and privately.
They should always be free to
support causes by orderly means
which do not disrupt the regular
and essential operation of the in­stitution.
At the same time, it
should be made clear to the aca­demic
and the larger community
that in their public expressions
THE AU
Members of the joint drafti
on student rights were:
Phillip Monypenny, professo
of Illinois, chairman; Harry D. C
for Social Research; Edward Sch'
dent, National Student Associatio
Ottawa University, and former I
American Colleges; Earle Clitfor4
fairs, Rutgers University; Ann Br<
Santa Fte (Fla.) Junior College; B
tary, American Association of Ur
or demonstrations students or stu­dent
organizations speak only for
themselves.
2. Students should be allowed
to invite and to hear any person
of their own choosing. Those rou­tine
procedures required by an
institution before a guest speaker
is invited to appear on campus
should be designed only to insure
that there is orderly scheduling
of facilities and adequate prep­aration
for the event, and that
the occasion is conducted in a
manner appropriate to an aca­demic
community. The institu­tional
control of campus facilities
should not be used as a device of
censorship. It should be made
clear to the academ·ic and larger
community that sponsorship of
guest speakers does not neces­sarily
imply approval or indorse­ment
.of the views expressed, ei­ther
by the sponsoring group or
the institution.
C. Student Participation in
Institutional Government.
As constituents of the academIC
community, students should be
free, individually and collectively,
to express their views on issues
of institutional policy and on mat­ters
of general interest to the
student body. The student body
should have clearly defined
means to participate in the for­mulation
and application of insti­tutional
policy affecting academic
and student affairs. The role of
the student government and both
its general and specific respon­sibilities
should be made explicit,
and the actions of the student
government within the areas of
its jurisdiction should be reviewed
only through orderly and pre­scribed
procedures.
D. Student Publications.
Student publications and the
student press are a valuable aid
in establishing and malntaining
an atmosphere of free and re­sponsible
discussion and of intel­lectual
exploration on the cam­pus.
They are a means of bringing
student concerns to the attention
of the faculty and the inst1itution­al
authorities and of formUlating
student opinion on various issues
on the campus and in the world
at large.
Whenever possible, the student
newspaper should be an indepen-
Student Rights
THE STAG
and Freedom
Page Seven
THORS
-ing committee for the statement
pr of political scie11ce, University
Gideonse, chancellor, New School
~wartz, national. affairs vice-presi­on;
Peter H. Armacost, president,
program director, Association of
rd, university dean of student af­omley,
associate dean of students,
~obert Van Waes, associate secre­niversity
Professors.
dent corporation financially and
legally separate from the univer­sity.
Where financial and legal
autonomy is not possible, the in­stitution,
as the publisher of stu­dent
publications, may have to
bear the legal responsibility for
the contents of the publ'ications.
In the delegation of editorial re­sponsibility
to students, the insti­tution
must provide sufficient edi­torial
freedom and financial au­tonomy
for the student publica­tions
to maintain their integrity
of purpose as vehicles for free
inquiry and free expression in an
academic community.
Institutional authorities, in con­sultation
with students and fac­ulty,
have a responsibility to pro­vide
written clarification of the
role of the student publications,
the standards to be used in their
evaluation, and the limitations on
external control of their opera­tion.
At the same time, the edi­torial
freedom of student editors
and managers entails corollary
responsibilities to be governed by
the canons of responsible jour~
nalism, such as the avoidance of
libel, indecency, undocumented
allegations, attacks on personal
integrity, and the techniaues of
harassment and innuendo. As
safeguards for the editorial free­dom
of student publications, the
following provisions are neces­sary:
1. The student press should be
free of censorship and advance
approval of copy, and its editors
and managers should be free to
develop their own editorial poli­cies
and news coverage.
2. Editors and managers of
student publications should be
protected from arbitrary. suspen­sion
and removal because of stu­dent.
faculty, administrative, or
public disapproval of editorial
policy or content. Only for proper
and stated causes should editors
and manaJ{el1l be subject. tore­moval
and then by orderly and
prescribed nrocedureR. The agen­cy
responsible for the appoint­ment
of editors aud managers
should be the agency responsible
for their removal.
3. All university published and
financed student publications
should explicitly state on the edi­torial
page that the opinions there
expressed are not necessarily
those of th., college, university or
student body.
V. Off-Campus
Freedom
A. Exerciae of Rights of
Citizenahip.
College and university students
are both citizens and members of
the academic community. As citi­zens,
students should enjoy the
same freedom of speech, peaceful
assembly, and right of petition
that other citizens enjoy and, as
members of the academic com­munity,
they are subject to the
obligations which accrue to them
by virtue of this membership.
Faculty members and administra­tive
officials should insure that
institutional powers are not em­ployed
to inhibit such intellectual
and personal development of stu­dents
as is often promoted by
their exercise of the rights of citi­zenship
both on and off campus.
B. Inatitutional Authority
And Civil Penaltiea.
Activities of students may upon
occasion result in violation of law.
In such cases, institutional offi­cials
should be prepared to ap­prise
students of sources of legal
counsel and may offer other as­sistance.
Students who violate the
law may incur penalties pre­scribed
by civil authorities, but
institutional authority should
never be used mer~ly to duplicate
the function of general laws. Only
where the institution's interests
as an academic community are
distinct and clearly involved
should the special authority of
the institution be asserted.
The student who incidentally
violates institutional regulations
in the course of his off-campus
activity. such as those relating to
class attendance. should be sub­ject
to no greater penalty than
would normally be imnosed. In­stitutional
action should be inde­pendent
of community pressure.
VI. Discipline
In developing responsible stu­dent
conduct, disciplinary pro­ceedinKs
playa role substantially
secondary to example. counseling,
guidance, and admonition. At the
same time, educational institu­tions
have a duty and the corol­lary
disciplinary powers to pro­tect
their educational purpose
through the setting of standards
of scholarship and conduct for
the students who attend them
and through the regulation of the
use of institutional facilities. In
the exceptional circumstances
when the preferred means fail to
resolve problems of student con­duct,
proper procedural safe­guards
should be observed to pro­tect
the student from the unfair
imnosition of serious penalties.
The administration of discipline
should guarantee procedural fair­ness
to an accused &tudent. Prac­tices
in discinlinary cases may
vary in formality with the gravity
of the offense and the sanctions
which may be applied. They
should also take into account the
presence or absence of an honor
code. and the deQ'ree to which
the institutional officials have di-rect
acquaintance with student
life, in general, and with the in­volved
student and the circum­stances
of the case in particular.
The jurisdictions of faculty or
student judicial bodies, the disci­plinary
responsibilities of institu­tional
officials and the regular
disciplinary procedures, including
the student's right to appeal a
decision, should bc clearly for­mulated
and communicated in
advance. Minor penalties may be
assessed informally under pre­scribed
procedures.
In all situations, procedural fair
play requires that the student be
informed of the nature of the
charges against him, that he be
given a fair opportunity to refute
them, that the institution not be
arbitrary in its actions, and that
there be provision for appeal of
a decision. The following are rec­ommended
as proper safeguards
in such proceeding'S when there
are no honor codes offering com­parable
guarantees.
A. Standarda of Conduct
Expected ()f Students.
The institution has an obliga­tion
to clarify thosc standards of
behavior which it considers es­sential
to its educational mission
and its community life. These
general behavioral expectations
and the resultant spec'ific regula­tions
should represent a· reason­able
regulation of student conduct
but the student should be as free
as possible from imposed limita­tions
that have 110 direct rele­vance
to his education.
Offenses should be as clearly
defined as possible and inter­preted
in a manner consistent
with the aforementioned prin­ciples
of relevancy and reason­ableness.
Disciplinary proceed­ings
should be instituted only for
violations of standards of conduct
formulated with signifIcant stu­dent
participation and published
in advance through such means
as a student handbook or a gen­erally
available body of institu­tional
regulations.
B. Inveatigation of Student
Conduct.
1. Except under cxtreme emer­gency
circumstances, premises
occupied by students and the per­sonal
possession of students
should not be searched unless ap­propriate
authorization has been
obtained. For premises such as
residence halls controlled by the
institution, an appropriate and
responsible authority should be
designated to whom application
should be made before a search
is conducted. The application
should specify the reasons for the
search and the objects or informa­tion
sought. The student should
be present. if possible, during the
search. For premises not con­trolled
by the institution, the or­dinary
requirements for lawful
search should be followed.
2. Students detected or ar­rested
in the course of serious
violations of institutional regula­tions,
or infractions of ordinary
law, should be informed of their
rights. No form of harassment
should be used by institutional
representatives to coerce admis-sions
of guilt or information
about conduct of othel' suspected
persons.
C. Statua of Student
Pending Final Action.
Pending action on the charges,
the status of a student should not
be altered, or his right to be pres­ent
on the campus and to attend
classes suspended, except for rea­sons
relating to his physical or
emotional safety and well-being,
or for reasons relating to the
safety and w~lI-being of students,
faculty, or university property.
D. Hearing Committee
Procedurea.
When the miscond,,!ct may re­sult
in serious penalties and if the
student questions the fairness of
disciplinary action taken against
him, he should be granted, on re­quest,
the privilege of a hearing
before a regularly constituterl
hearing committee. The following
su)!gested hearing committee pro­cedures
satisfy the rcCJ uirements
of "procedural due process" in
situations requiring a high degree
of formality:
1. The hearing committee
should include faculty memberR
or students, or, if )'cgularly in­cluded
or requested by the ac­cused,
both faculty an'd student
members. No member of the hear­ing
committee who is otherwise
interested in the pmticular case
should sit in judgment during the
procf'~ding.
2. The student should ;be in­formed,
in writing, of the reasons
for the proposed disciplinary ac­tion
with sufficient particularity,
and in sufficient time, to insure
oPPoltunity to prepare for the
hearing.
3. The student appearing be­fore
the hearing committee should
have the right to be assisted in
his defense by an adviser of his
choice.
4. The burden of proof should
rest upon the officials bringing
the charge.
n. The student should be given
an opportunity to testify and to
present evidence and witnesses.
He should have a.n onpoltunity
to hear and question adverse wit­nesses.
In no case should the com­mittee
consider statements al!ainst
him unless he has been advised
of their content and of the names
of those who made them. and
unless he has been given an op­portunity
to rebut unfavorable in­ferences
which might otherwise
be drawn.
6. All matters upon which the
decision mav be based must be
introduced into evidence at the
proceeding before the heari ng
committee. The decision should
be based soley upon such matter.
Impronerly acquired evidence
shoulrl not be admitted.
7. In the absence of a tran­script.
there should be both a
di)!est and a verbatim record.
such as a tape recording, of the
hearinl!'.
8. The decision of the hearing
eommittee should be final. sub­ject
only to the studp.nt's right of
appeal to the president or ulti­rnatp.
ly to the governinK board of
the institution.
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"The Katzt'nbach Afl'air: Intellectual Activism Defined"
The Johnnson Administration lies. Wc are accustomed to
that by now. We console ourselves with the cliche that all politi­cians
everywhere lie. It is part of their craft. The current Ad­ministration
has a particularly distasteful crew of slick peripatetic
apologists but no matter. The democratic processes must surely
rescue us in 1968. After Truman, came Eisenhower. At any rate,
we went to hear Mr. Katzenbach last Tuesday night with resigned
heart. The Ibig Santa in Washington lays down policy. His cheer­ful
State and Defense department elves only carry it out. The
big Kat fulfilled our worst expectations. He trotted out the hack­neyed
and dreary Administration dogmas on Vietnam, and we do
not propose to dignify them with comment.
As is the case with most political events, the truly interesting
aspects of the story consist in the behind the scenes maneuvering
which precedes them. It wal> later boasted that in the midst of a
week of Vietil&m war protest, ouc campus greeted the beleaguered
wavmaker with 500 cheering intellectual activists. How this de­bacle
occurred needs same explanation.
Whether the University administration wanted to admit it to
their 350 invited business leaders and civic officials (money
people) or not, there are those cussers and doubters on this cam­pus
who al'e actively opposed to the Vietnam war. Since Mr.
Katzenbach had not originally intended to deign to confer with the
lowly students during his visit, these pinko-peacenik-radical
bearded wierdies had contrived at least a unilateral expression
of views in the form of a picket line around the "progress dinner."
That last term, by the way, must go down in Fairfield Univer.sity
history as one of the most grotesqueIy comical misnomers of all
time.
Now the University has a policy: build, build, build. The
money people are the keys to the tripartite academic kingdom of
expansion, notoriety, and public image. They are the dispensers
of the largesse that may transform Fairfield into the kind of
education factory which 'could ultimately justify its now ana­chronistic
existence. Totally unthinkable then, this confrontation­between
the glittering money people- and the unsightly campus
radicals. Real politik demanded a deal and one was cordially
struck. The cussers and doubters would trade their picket line
for a chance to taLk to Mr. Katzenbach aIbout Vietnam, which was
what they wanted in the first place, since access to their govern­ment
is hard for people to come by these days. Taking their cue
from LBJ, the dissenters assumed the same sincerity on the part
of the University administration that they reserved for them­selves.
And were promptly hustled blind. We are only surprised
that tickets were not sold. It was a great show and a splendid
time was had by all.
The awaited free discussion amounted to a press conference
in which the worshipful student representatives, representing no­body
that we know, asked questions culled from the rank and file
of the student body. The exact circumstances of this culling re­main
befogged by the great bureaucratic mist. The mysteries of
imperialism and the Cold War mythology were unfolded and none
of the initiates made ,so bold as to question the medicine man
seriously. These are matters of faith, we suppose. How else can
the true believers continue to prosecute their fanatical crusade?
Yet another faith is destroyed. For we have 3een the sickening
spectacle of free inquiry, the essence of a real university, sacri­ficed
on the altar of expediency to the great American dollar god.
Of such disillusionments, revolutions are fashioned.
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II _" " . Richard C. Otto
Head
Harlem Weekend
Mr. Call in response to ques­tions
expressed a desire to
establish one-to-one relation­ships
between convicts and
Fairfield students (at Cheshire
Reformatory); he would also
like to start a library there.
He had aides circulate sheets
on which students present
signed up for a Fairfield to
Harlem weekend. Mr. Call ex­pressed
the hope that a fund­raising
event might possibly
occur in the future. Such funds
would help the Revitalization
Corps to become more financial­ly
secure and thus to be able
to expand its operations farther
and faster.
not. "Did you come to school
for an education or for a job?"
asked Ned Col!.
War on Apathy
In describing his war on
apathy, the' Fairfield graduate
noted that "middle-class Amer­ica
is analytical, does not want
grass roots involvement; it is
afraid of the ghetto." In con­trast
to the physical poverty of
the ghetto, "the middle class
suffers from another poverty,
a poverty of purpose, a fear to
explore new ideas, to get in­volved."
In the beginning, "it was dif­ficult
to get recognized and get
help. Sometimes, I'd hold alum­ni
meetings in a phone booth."
The Corps' office still receives
calls from the F.B.I. "Some
people still believe, 'It's new ­stop
it'." In its first three years,
it has taken the definitive step
toward involvement. But it
needs help.
A recent Gallop poll indi(',s,ted
that 75 percent of America's
college students would be will·
ing to spend a couple of hours
a week performing meaningful
volunreer services. "Fairfield
has a tremendous potential.
Remember, that as a young
school, it can set new tradi·
tions," "Those students who
are now involved in extra·cur·
ricular activities are going to
be the same ones that wIll
tackle social problems later on,"
Glorified Outhouses
Mr. Call expressed his dis­gust
on seeing the starvation
occurring in the Mississippi
River Delta. He added, "The
kitchens Iooked like glorified
Connecticut State outhouses."
It was this visit to the Delta
region that resulted in project
I.G.A.D. (I give a damn); The
Fairfield alumnus asked the
students present to give a damn
by contributing clothes and mo­ney.
"If the white man does not
give a damn, then the slob who
does not have a piece of the
American pie will take all of
it." "Violence is also just sitting
on campus, and not getting in­volved."
"I am asking you to please
help, to get involved. I want
you to learn how much you
have missed. You are important.
You must be courageous enough
to face the jugglers of confor·
mity. You must avoid that
Time-magazine attitude of crit·
ie, cynic, of a person who laughs
at efforts. Remember! They are
starving to death in Mississippi
while we're yawning away
here."
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Fairfield, with its faculty and
students, must get involved
with real problems and people."
It must accept the challenge
that President Kennedy gave
to the dormant American mind.
The late President had a sense
of history, because of which he
conveyed his attitude of why-
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profcssors incited him to a
sense of creative thought. "cspe­cially
Walter Petry, whom some
of us love and some of us hate
for good reasons." "Petry's ac­tivism
is not a theoretical lib­eralism
but a positive, realistic
liberalism." "A school such as
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Applicants for the graduate
awards will be required to
take the Graduate Record Ex­aminations
designed to test
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The examinations, admin­istered
by the Educational Test­ing
Service, will be given on
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centers throught the United
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The annual stipends for Grad­uate
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Dr. RObert O'Malley, gradu­ate
of Boston College, Ph.D.
from M.LT., addressed the
Fairfield University Chemistry
Club on October 24, 1967. His
stimulating talk involved recent
research in the field of electro­chemical
fluoridation, a topic of
great interest to current re­search
scientists.
The National Research Coun­cil
has been called upon again
to advise the National Science
Foundation in the selection of
candidates for the Foundation's
program of graduate and reg­ular
postdoctoral fellowships.
Panels of outstanding scien­tists
appointed by the Research
Council will evaluate applica­tions
of all candidates. Final
selection will be made by the
Foundation with awards to be
announced on March 15, 1968.
Fellowships will be awarded
for study in the mathematical,
physical, medical, biological,
engineering, and social sciences.
including the history and phil­osophy
of science. Applications
may be made by college seniors,
graduate students working to­ward
a degree, postdoctoral
C,onstitution
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together into one cohesive doc­ument.
It will be discussed,
probably point by point, at a
Legislature meeting. If the final
draft is approved, it will be
sent through Mr. Griffin's of­fice
to Fr. McInnes. When
agreement is reached with the
administration, the new Con­stitution
will be submitted to
the entire student body for a
plebiscite.
Mr. Howe expressed the hope
that, "If the new Constitution
is approved, it will bring about
a dynamic new era in Student
Government-Administration rap­port."
The annual Blood Bank spon­sored
by the K of C, the CKS
and Alpha Epsilon Delta, will
be held November 8 and 9 in
the Campus Center. A minimum
of 300 pints has been set for
'Fairfield.
Permission slips will be dis­tributed
tomorrow in the donns
for those under 21. Off campus
students and faculty may make
appointments and obtain per­mission
slips in the Campus
Center opposite the mailroom
on Tuesday, October 31 and
Thursday, November 2.
"Reciprocity A g l' e erne n t",
whereby donated blood can be
transferred and credited to the
immediate family in one year
to banks in any state, will be
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WHEREAS THE CSI\'ERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT HAS:
I. not respondt>d t~ student ,plt'as for an Improvement in the
IIbrar.y Itnd has In fact turned down an offl'r of help from
tht> studt>llb,
2. not consld~rt'd us mature enou~h In our (o.apa..clt)' a!l
f>tudf'nts to lM'cept the personal responslbllit;)· of class
a.ttendance,
S. not· considered our request to evaluate our own faculty
within the context of improved communIcation and in thp,
Intt>rt>st of high education,
4. rl'fu!>t>d to make available to the students at registration
time the facult;)· schedules for the coming- semester 80 as
to allow Uf> to choose those instructor.. from whom we
feel we can benefit the most, .
5. repeatedly refused us '11. voIce and a votl' on the faculty
S.-nate, the Dean's Councll, and the like, .
6. stunted the c:eneral progressIve splrtt of the student8 on
thIs campus by refusing to acknowled"e their pleas for:
off·campus housing, better quality in thc dormitories in
which they live, increased l!uallty in the bookstore, often
called the "UB Drugstore," an improved and more ade­quate
dining hall, an upstep In what Is now a deterlora.
tion of athletic facilities, an increased lUld more el'lectlve
securtty force, and·a reverse in the constant movement
of the Student Center away from the students and fac.
ulty as a gathering place for which it was originally
desIgned.
THEREFORE:
The Student Council has found it neces_ry to take a.
course of action other ·than those previously punued. The
Student &dy wlll inot be thwarted In its present attempt
to be made an integral part of pollcy.making declslons for
the general welfare of the student community. We regret
thIs action has to be ·taken, bot, THE USIVERSITY HAS
FORCED IT UPON ITSELF.
SPORTS PERSONALITY
November 2, 1967
record move in to the final com.
petition.
Action was fierce in the finals
as two Fairfield fencers, Jim
Ellsworth and Mark DelMauro
'69, were pitted against fencers
of equal worth and ability. Jim
Ellsworth emerged victorious,
taking third pace for his valiant
efforts.
Representing F-airfield were
also Frank Carollo and Ladd
Raleigh, class of '70 and Bill
Carr, Roger Rogalin, Gilbert
Thornfeldt, and Mike Wojeicki,
class of '71. Roger Rogalin, with
only three weeks experience,
and Ladd Raleigh managed to
withstand competition until the
final elimination.
Many other individual meets
remain for the Fairfield Fenc­ing
Club in the upcoming year.
The Fencing Team begins its
scheduled series of meets in
February, with a dual meet
versus Trinity and Norwich
Colleges, on the 3rd. The Fenc­ing
Team hopes to place high
in intercollegiate competition
this year in its bid to avenge
some close losses from last
year's meets.
home match with Penn State
and a projected rematch with
Nassau,. and with such new in­novations
as a non-playing
coach being considered, the con­tinued
success of _the Rugby
Club seems assured. Likewise,
the future success of Chris
Grauert, a hard-wor>king, thor­oughly
capable personality who
has proven his ability with his
astute handling of the presi­dency
of the Rugby Clulb, seems
equally assured.
CHRIS GRAUERT
Fencers Impress
In Opening Meet
By FRANK CAROLLO
The Waterbury, Conn. YMCA,
Sunday, October 22, was the
scene of the Fairfield Fencing
Club's first entry into individual
foil competition on the novice
level. In a meet sanctioned by
the Amateur Fencers' League
of America, eight Fairfield
fencers took part, with a third
place medal by Jim Ellsworth,
'69, as the final outcome.
The individual meet placed
Fairfield's fencers against some
of the best foil fencers in Con·
necticut's novice class. The
meet was comprised of sixteen
fencers, necessitating three
pools, and led to semi·final and
final elimination bouts. In each
bout two fencers compete until
a total of five touches Is SCOTed
against one fencer. Those fenc·
ers with the highest win·lost
was reflected in the statistics,
as Fordham compiled 105 yards
rushing and ZOI yards in the air
for a total of 806 yards, as com·
parred to Fairfield's totals of 180
rushing, 167 passing, for a total
of 297.
An A starter for three years,
Chris is known for his boyish
good humor and easy-going per­sonality.
The many Ruggers
who live near Grauert and his
roommate, "Cloud-Man" Dunn,
on Campion 2 describe Grauert's
room as "Fairfield Rugby Head­quarters"
and acknowledge that
without Chris' instrumental in­f1uence,
the Rug'by Club would
scarcely have made the huge
strides that it has.
With such future games as a
THE
ran out the clock. It was, how­ever,
a gallant effort by the
Stags who have been improving
weekly and are now certainly
capable of playing respectably
any club team in existence.
The closeness of the game
By ROBERT SILLERY
Begun in 1963, Ru~by has
been a growing, evolving opera­tion
here at Fairfield. It has
quickly increased its scope be­yond
the New England area to
take on a national and interna­tional
flavor. One of the per­sons
most responsible for this
highly successful, flourishing
ou1Jfit is Rugby Club President
Chris Grauert.
A member of the club since
Its early days, Grauert has pro·
gressed from treasurer in his
sophomore year, to lIecretary in
his junior year, and now presi.
dent. He has seen and helped
the club achieve such notable
successes as last year's Penn
State trip and this year's
matches against Nassau of the
Bahamas, and has helped pave
the way for the Rugby Club to
continue tts phenomenal growth
in the future.
The President's responsi'bili­ties
are many. He must provide
uniforms, schedules, insurance,
and transportation, and he must
also set up the Ruggers' highly
acclaimed victory parties. He
also casts Fairfield's vote at
the meetings of the Eastern
Rugby Union. Chris has per­formed
these duties commend­albly;
in fact, the only com­plaint
against him is that the
"refreshments" he provides at
the Ru~by parties are usually
too warm.
In additton to his administra­tive
services, Chris is also one
of the Ruggers' leading on-the­field
stars. Using his jumping
ability to perfection at lock,
Grauert gives the Red Ruggers
the advantage of being able to
control the line-outs and thus
get the offense rolling upfield.
Chris also uses his leaping abil­ity
to great advantage in intra­mural
basketball, where he was
one of the leading scorers and
rebounders on last year's cham­pionship
team from Campion 4.
A fine effort by end Kevin Sullivan is to no avail
hitting Fordham defender jars Ithe ball loose.
Byrnes brought the ball to the
Fairfield 22, and four plays lat­er
Signori slipped out of the
backifield into the end zone to
receive the T.D. pass for the
game-winning score.
Fairofield marched back up­field,
but Burke ran out of
tricks as his pass was inter­cepted
on the 31, and Fordham
time to come up with the big
play."
One of the greatest offensive
players to come out of Fair­field,
Phillips, now attending
Fairfield's Graduate School,
scored 366 points last season
for a 17.5 average in 21 games
as the Stags finished 12-9.
"We feel fortunate to have
a boy of Charley Phillips' cal­iber
working with our fresh­men,"
Bisacca said. "We are
confident he will transmit the
same determined attitude and
basketball awareness he demon­strated
as a player to the fresh­men
players he will coach."
Phillips was a three-year reg­ular
at Fair-field, playing guard
and forward positions with
equal skill. He was a key fac­tor
in the school's 1965~ cam­paign
when the Stags posted a
19-5 record, best in the school's
history.
Phillips has begun his new
duties molding the Stag fresh­men
in preparation for a 20­game
slate.
Page Ten
Fairfield University varsity basketball Coach George Blsacca
and Charlie Phillips, former Stag standout who has been
named Freshman coach, check out :play chart during a squad
drllL
Football
Continued from Page 12
by Doug Sack, Fairfield ·took
over at midfield. On the first
play from scrimmage, Rich Ga·
eta powered through the line,
turned on the speed, ana roared
50 yards for a T.n. Sullivan's
kick was blocked, but the Stags
held the lead by six.
The Fordham offense re­sponded
to the challenge, tak­ing
the kickoff to the 40, and
marching 60 yards for the
equalizer. Rich Yario's conven­tional
conversion was perfect,
and Fordham took a one-point
lead into half-time.
The third quarter was a
bruising, scoreless defensive
battle. The Fairfield defense,
led by BllI Clbulsky and BllI
Granata, stopped the Rams
three times fleep In Stagland to
prevent a score.
The potent Fairfield attaok
could not be held in check for­ever,
and earty in the fourth
quarter it finally exploded for
the go-ahead score. From the
Fairfield 27, Burke found Jim
Garrity in the clear on a long
bomb, and Garrity flashed down­field
unhindered for .a 73 'yard
Score. Sullivan's run for the
conversion failed, but Fairfield
led 19-14 with about 10 min­utes
left.
After a series of punts, Ford­ham
took over on their own
34 with 4 minutes left. A long
bomb from Keefe to end Mike
Phillips Appointed
Freshman Coach
Charles Phillips, one of the
most popular and effective play­ers
in Fairfield University bas­ketball
annals, has been named
freshman coach at the school,
George R. Bisacca, athletic di­rector
and varsity coach, an­nounced
yesterday.
Phillips, a Brooklyn, N.Y.
resident who starred in three­sports
at Brooklyn Prep before
coming to Fairfield, was a co­captain
and one of the top
scorers for the Stags last sea­son.
Phillips, known throughout
his three-year Fairfield varsity
career as a "clutch player,"
will succeed Lou Saccone, who
last week was appointed as­sistant
athletic director.
"Everyone Who has followed
Fairfield basketball knows that
Charley PhiUlps was one of the
most outstanding players and
competitors we ever had," BI·
sacca said. He was the type of
player who always seemed to
be in the right place at the right
November 2, 1967 THE STAG Page Eleven
.. ;..:- ."
Gagnon's I(arate ·Cluh Big Success
By WILLIAM D'ALESSANDRO
PLAYBACI(
Regis 1 defeated Oampion 3,
6-0 and Loyola 3 North upset
G 0 n zag a I, 6-0. Gonzaga
Ground had a comparatively
successful week as a freshman
team and defeated Gonzaga 2,
8-0 and tied their fellow class­men
from Loyola 3 North, 6-6.
An interesting note on the
importance of an adequate de­fense
in these tight games is
shown by the presence of 13
shut-out games in last week's
action.
roaring back after a fine knock­on
by "Knots" Fulton, and
Bobiby Lutz ran the ball over
for a score.
Good kicks by Larry Conners,
more hard-hits by Klastow, and
good push by SantulIl and
Schmeislng- kept the Fordham
team honest as the Fairfield
RFC extended their lifetime
record against Fordham to
17-0-1, and the "young pups"
won their ninth straight match.
The Fairfield defense was
superb throughout the game,
and the offense finally found
the spark It. hll8 been lacking.
With the squad finally back on
the beam, the Stags are eagerly
awaiting this Saturday's home
match with Ma,rlst.
Rebound
Black !Belt holder John Gagnon explains one of Karate'.
finer points to pupil Larry Nocera.
Continued from Page 12
the whistle ended the match as
the B ruggers won their second
straight game.
In the C match, wing fol'­wards
Knute Heine and Bruce
Klastow showed tremendous
pursuit as they pounded the
Ram bacl~field repeatedly, re­sulting
in a score as Heine
picked up a loose ball and ran
it in for a try. An injury to
Billy Dunn brought the Stags
Booters
to the final few weeks. Led by
Pat McCarthy, Greg Kelly, and
Tim Maloney this team finds
itself in the same league as
Campion 2, so the loss of one
game could very well put them
out of contention.
In other league action, Regis
2 split games, winning 11-6
against Loyola 1 and losing to
Campion 4, 4-2 in a tight de­fensive
battle, with the game
ending on a controversial safety.
In other low scoring clashes
Continued from Page 12
Left-wing Tom Willmott fol­lowed
up with another goal, the­first
of his career, as he finally
got a chance to see how it feels·
to be on the other end of a
score.
Ruggers RipRams
The Karate-Judo Club has
been in existence but for a
short time, but has already a
following of close to one hun­dred
members, mostly fresh­men.
They are looking forward
in their premiere year for suc­cess
in both Ii mixer which they
will sponsor, sometime in the
second semester, and with a
demonstration planned for Gon­zaga
Auditorium in two or three
months. Every student will be
invited to· see this fascinating
show of art. It defies reality
to watch a man such as John
Gagnon put on a show in prac­tical
defense techniques, board
breaking and the most amazing
feat you will see: John will.stop
an arrow in mid-flight. Both
functions will be used for fund
raising.
In a recent election Thomas
Lezo, class of 1971, was elected
chairman, Ralph Straci, class
of 1971, secretary, D'a v i d
Wright, class of 1971, treasurer
and Mark Borserine, class of
1970, pUblicity manager. If the
enthusiasm which this reporter
saw continues there is no doubt
that this club will become an
overwhelming success and a
credit, not only to Fairfield
University, but to John Gagnon,
its founder and most dedicated
member.
Fairfield Beach, C-2
Near Title Clash
By PETE BERM
The weather is getting colder
and the wind is floating the ball
all around the field but one
thing is certain, the teams from
Fairfield Beach and Campion 2
are headed for a title game.
As both teams upped their
records to 7-0, their respective
offensive and defensive teams
showed why they reign supreme
over this league. Last week was
no different as Campion 2 clob­bered
Loyola 2 North, 26-0 and
later in the week defeated Re­gis
Ground, 14-0. The boys from
the beach, coming off a 20-0
romp over PKT, however, had
to rely on their excellent de­fense,
as it continually turned
back scoring threats' by Cam­pion
3 in a 6-0 squeaker.
From the remainder of the
league, two teams presenUy
stand out above the rest, Regis
4 and Regis 3, as possible league
champions. Regis 3 has re­bounded
from a couple of early
season losses to break over the
.500 mark. They improve each
game and last week showed
their potential impressively in
combining a shut-out defensive
unit with a high-scoring offense.
They romped easily last week
over Regis Ground 20-0 and
Loyola 1, 30-0. Meanwhile Re­gis
4 remained the third and
final undefeated team with a
15-0 win over Gonzaga 3 and a
20-0 breeze over Loyola 2
North. A tie earlier in the sea­son
is the only blemish on their
record. This is the team to
watch as the competition draws
the club's doings and give as
much help and advice as pos­siible.
The Karate Club at present
is working on the basic funda­mentals
of punches, stances and
defense measures. These are all
found in the "Kata," or the
basic motions of Karate. Bal­ance
and precision and the con­trol
over one's body are ex­tremely
important in order to
master the art of Karate. This
reporter on a visit to one of
the club's meetings saw a great
willingness to learn and a
strong dedication on the part
of all memibers.
The other half of the club,
the Judo side is run by both
John and Father Devine, who
is also the moderator of the
entire club. Judo, unlike Karate
is more a form of wrestling.
while Karate is more a style
of boxing: Both Father Devine
and John seek to develop not
only the physical aspects of the
body but also the inner man.
The Judo ClUb does not have
as many members as the Karate
Club and is presently trying to
acquire mats which were lost
over the summer.
By JOHN WARD
An .idea, with one man be­hind
it, is now one of the most
successful activities on campus.
John Gagnon, class af 1969, is
the man who first conceived
the idea for the Judo-Karate
Club, and is now chief instruc­tor
to a large and well disci­plined
group of students.
This sport is not for the
meek, and weak af heart, but
for those interested in the mys­terious
art of Karate-Judo who.
can physically and mentally
adapt themselves to its rigor­ous
demands. John first received
the idea to institute a club when
he realized that there were
many students who wished to
learn the Art of Self.a:>efense.
There could be no teacher more
qualified than John, being a
Black Belt expert. For those
not familiar with the sport the
level of Black Belt is the high­est
one can achieve.
John runs the club in the
strictest rules of discipline and
respect, and demands silence as
a must at all meetings. Both
he and his assistants, comprised
of two Green Belt experts, and
one yellow, keep a close eye on
There appeared recently in The New York Times an article
discussing the plight of the perverted male in America. He is the
poor unfortunate who suffers banishment and persecution be­cause
he does not like sports.
These men are mysteries to the mass of male society because
they are not only unathletic, but are also "non-spectators." On
Sundays they often visit museums, walk in parks, or read, while
millions of their peers are transfixed before the TV and huddled
against the icy gusts in stadiums watching the NFL Game of the
Week.
The odd ones do not know the difference between a foul line
and the line of scrimmage, do not care who Bill Bradley is, and
are bewildered at the frenzy exhibited by fans 3.cross the nation
during the Fall Classic or on Super Sunday.
It is a fact that such individuals exist on college campuses.
Fairfield is no exception. While the University is rocking with
magnificent thrills on the gridiron, while students and players
are anticipating the start of a tumultuous basketball campaign,
there are people oblivious to it all. The characters under scrutiny
may be missing a speoial kind of excitement, but they are helping
to combat a plague afflicting collegiate sports, namely the super­fan.
Like the specialist in industry and business, athletics has its
own expert who is a statistidan, a prophet, and a consumer. The
product is sports, a commodity that has swamped American
leisure time, overflowing onto college campuses in lieu of a seem­ingly
insatiate demand for a professional brand of talent.
The spectator runs this complex operation, and the problem
is magnified when he confuses the ultimate goals of college sport
with national acclaim, enormity of output, and monetary profit.
At the same- time, the "non-fan," failing to see any intrinsic
value in a fanatical build-up of athletic power and prestige, is
cOl!'hating an overemphasis on sports by failing to give his sup­port
and often by channeling his interests towards some other
area of campus activity.
The answer does not lie in choosing one path or the other.
Dropping any aspirations for athletic success at Fair-field in hopes
of funneling energy towards creating a brilliant academic com­munity
is futile and detrimental. The benefits, not omitting pride,
that the Football Club has given the student body in just four
weeks are immesuraible. What donations the Varsity basketball
team will provide, no one is willing to estimate.
On the other hand a no-holds-barred plunge into the American
preoccupation with spectator athletics will defeat the cause of
college sport which is primarily concerned with the stimulation
of the internal life of the school. This is generated by the par­ticipation
of as many students as is realistically possible.
Any other goals that we demand or expect of University
teams, Club or Varsity, is perverting nature of college sports.
.FOOTBALL CLUB
ST. lOllN'S
SAT.-'HOME
Page Twelve THE STAG
SOCCER
HARI8T
SAT. - ROME
November 2, 1967
Fordham Upends Stags
In Final Minules, 21-19
Harriers
Edged
Twice
By DAVID CAISSE
Fairfield's Cross Country
team lost two meets this past
week although taking the first
position in both five-mile races.
The Stags fell victim to Queens­borough
College and Assump­tion
College, the latter being a
tri-cornered meet with New
Haven.
Freshman Jack O'Donoghue,
continuing his string of excel­lent
performances, placed firSt
against Queensborough with a
time of 28 minutes llJld. 20 sec­onds.
But Queensborouldt was
8!ble to outpoint the- stags by
placing- runners in six of the
top 'ten positions. Jack Lauter
and Captain Joe De Cresce
caine-in second and seventh re­specfively
for Fairfield in the
tight 31-26 loss.
At ,Edgewood Park, borne
course for New Haven College,
Assumption won by a large
margin over the host, and the
FaiI'field Harriers. However,
O'Donoghue again took first
place with the winning time
just three seconds off his mark
earlier in the week. Lauter
finished sixth while Fitzgerald,
and De Cresce came in well
ahead of the pack.
The Cross Country team has
two remaining meets, with Ma­rist
and New Paltz College, be­fore
the Collegiate Track Con­test
on November 11.
Hard·nuudnr fullback Rich Gaeta picks up Ito bloek from loba
Conroy and heads upfield.Both players "&1Bterecl IIeOrea for
the Stags.
only three plays to blitz through
the Fairfield line for a 7-0 lead.
Defense StUrena
The rest of the quarter was
played in the ,shadow of the
FaiI'field goal 'but, again follow­ing
the pattern of the Marist
game, the defense rose to the
occasion to twice stop the Rams
inside the 10.
Early in the second quarter,
Burke waved his magic wand
and Fairfield had a touchdown.
Some hard running by !Rich
G a eta and Hal Devanney
brought Fairfield to the Ma­roon
14, and from there Burke
spotted John Conroy alone in
the end zone for a score. Kevin
Sullivan 'brought baek some
memories for any Fordham
old timers present as he neatly
dropkicked the P.A.T. to knot
the count.
Following a fwnble recovery
Continued OD Page 10
A lunging tackle by defender Bolli" 'Sack brJnrs .. abnapt
halt to the Fordham ,back's Jaunt upAeld,
By ROBERT SILLERY
In one of the hardest-fought, most exciting football contests ever witnessed on
the tradition-steeped Rose Hill gridiron, a late fourth-quarter score by the Ford­ham
Rams provided the margin for a 21-19 win over the Stags of Fairfield.
This was the three hundredth
total victory for the Rams, who
began playing football before
the turn of the century, and
whose heritage boasts such il­lustrious
figures as Vince Lom­bardi
and the "Seven Blocks of
Granite."
It· took a thirteen yard pass
from substitute quartei'1back
Frank Keefe to fullback Pete
Signori with three minutes left
for the Rams to conquer the UIr
start Stags, who began football
only last year. Until that score,
it appeared that the magic of
quarterback Brian Burke and
the rest of the offensive crew
would weave a victory even
more dramatic than last week's
come-from-behind win over Ma­rist.
The Fatal Flaws
Ultlmately, It waa the In·
abUity of tbe defense to estab·
IIsh Itself early In tbe game,
plus tbe lack of a P.A.T. kicker
which cost the Stags a win.
Shakey Start
As was the case in the Marist
game, Fairfield appeared to be
jinxed in the opening minute.
A "Bullet" Devanney fumble
was recovered by the Rams on
the Red 25, and it took them
Jersey City to take on the Pea­cocks
of St. Peter's. Following
a scoreless first period, Buzz
Kowoluk put Fairfield on top
as he took the ball following
an unsuccessful penalty shot
by Ben Hill and smashed it into
the net.
Willmott Scores
The Stags scored again mid­way
through the fourth period
on a lOhort goal by Jack Casey.
Continued on Page 11
Rebound
though FaiI'field did penetrate
deep into Ram territory due to
fine kicks by Jack Higgins, and
great desire by the Red scrum.
In the second half, Bob Mar­cavage
ran the ball into enemy
territory and Greg Polzer's pen­alty
kick seemed to be good,
but to the dismay of the Stag
fans it was denied by the ref­eree.
FaiI'field came close again in
the closing minutes as Tom
Krenn and Tommy Larkin won
the line-outs, and Bill Cosgriff
gained the hooks to put Fair­field
near the Ram goal, but
Continued on Page 11
By ROBERT SILLERY
The Fairfield soccer team
finally began Rlaying the brand
of ball that has .:}ong been ex­pected
of- them last week as
they downed Danbury State
3-2, and St. ,Peter's 3-0.
In both games, the Stags_
combined a rejuvenated defense
led by Tom Moylan and Kevin
Looser with a fast.movlng of·
fense sparked by tbe play of
Larry Elinskas, who 18 6nally
returning to fonn after halt a
season of injuries.
Fairfield s cor e d midway
through the first period in the
Danbury contest on a hard shot
by Timmy Roach. Larry Elin­skas
added to the Stag lead in
the third period as Fairfield in­creased
their margin to 2-0.
Danbury narrowed the Stags'
margin late in the 4th quarter
and, with darkness gradually
setting in, came up with the
equalizer with only two minutes
left. The Stag offense, finally
coming up with the big play at
a crucial time, marched back
upfield for the game-winning
score. Bill O'Malley penetrated
the Danbury defense and sent
a short pass to Larry Elinskas,
who zipped a hard shot into
the net to end the Stags' long
victory drought.
The Stags then traveled to
Booters
With tbe aid of four Falrfield teammates, Tom Krenn bursts
through a pack of would·be tacklen and heads for the Ford·
luun goal.
Ruggers Rip Rams
A's B's C~s Sween " r
By STEVEN RYAN
The FaiI'field RFC did their
best to spoil Fordham's home­~
ing on Saturday, and their
best was more than enough as
the Red Ruggers won the A
game 25-5, the B game EH), and
the C match by the same EH)
margin.
FaiI'field got the first break
early in the game as Steve
Ryan fell on a Q. Murphy fly­hack
in the end zone for a
quick score. Minutes later, Ry­an
scored again on a nice pass
from Mike Fox to give the Red
a 6-0 half-time lead.
Sindt Ices Game
In the second half, ;'Snaggles"
Sindt turned the corner and
scored on a fine 60 yard sprint,
to ice the game for the Sta,gs.
"Freight-train" Maney followed
him by bulldozing his way
through four Ram ruggers to
make it a 12-0 game. The ex­cellent
push of props "Beef"
Smith and Al Salomone got
another fly-boy score as Tom
Crowley danced through the
Fordham backfield for a try,
and the successful conversion
was made by Bob Jurcsh.
After. this, Fordham came
back for. tbeir only try of the
game, as they·' adwmced into
deep Stag territOCy, and, despite
a fine kick by Jim Casey, went
over for the score. The Red
Ruggers came roaring back and
a fly-kick by "Flush" Connolly
and the follow-up by Steve
Carre put the ball deep in Ram
territory, and Doug Ferraro
split the uprights on a penalty
kick as the ruggers kept pour­ing
it on.
The final Fairfield tally came
when BUly Connolly won the
hook and Chris Grauert drove
threugh for the score. Bob
luresh's convenlon was good
and Fa.lrfield won to even their
record at 2·2·1.
The B team recorded both
tallies early in the first half, as
"Fatty" Maher dove into the
end zone for one score and Pat
Burke got loose and went to
the outside to record the other
one. The rest of the game was
mainly a defensive battle al-