Stag - Vol. 01, No. 10 - March 1, 1950

              Vol. I-No. 10 Published By Students Of Fairfield University March L 1950
The Fairfield University Glee
Club will perform tonight in An­sonia
under the auspices of the
Valley Club. Mr. Simon Harak,
who hails from Ansonia, will
lead the club in its presenta­tions.
Friday evening, the Water­bury
Club will sponsor the Glee
Club in a concert at Waterbury.
The program will be the same
as that which will be presented
at Ansonia tonight.
The program was selected
carefully and will include a wide
variety of selections, demonstra­ting
the versatility of the club.
Soloists will include George
Keane, Edward Caldwell and
Rudy Ross.
These are the first of a long
series of concerts planned by the
Glee Club. This series will con­tinue
during Spring.
Mass is being offered
every morning during
Lent at 8:45 in Berch·
mans Chapel.
I{nights' Father­Son
Night Ready
For Next Week
By a decree of Very Reverend John B. Janssens,
S.J·, General of the Society of Jesus, Very Reverend
James H. Dolan, S.J., President of Fairfield University,
has been appointed Vice-Provincial of the New England
Province. For the period of Father Dolan's absence
from Fairfield, Reverend W. Edmund FitzGerald, S.J.,
dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, has been ap­~
ointed Acting Rector of Fairfield University.
Very Reverend John J. Mc­Eleney,
S.J., has been desig­na
·ted as Bishop of J,amaica,
British West Indies. Father Mc­Eleney,
founder of Fairfield
College preparatory school, had
been provincial of the order in
New England since 1944. F,ather
Dolan's appointment was made
at ,the same time it became
known that Father McEleney
w,as made bishop.
The newly-appointed bishop
is well known in this area be­cause
of his work as the first
Rector of Fairfield Prep. In
March, 1942, the Jesuits bought
the ,adjoining Fairfield estates
which had previously been own­ed
by Walter B. Lashar and
Oliver G. Jennings. Together
the estates had more than 200
acres of land. Under the direc­tion
of Father McEleney the
Jennings mansion was converted
into a' classroom building, and
the Lashar mansion w.as pre­pared
,to become the Jesuit fac­ulty
residence, First classes
were held in September, 1942.
Fa-ther Dolan succeeded
Father McEleney in December
1944. During Father Dolan's
tenure, the development of the
university began. Berchmans
and Xavier Halls were erected,
and additional buildings ,are
planned as the school develops.
(Continued on Page 2)
The first Father-Son night at
Fairfield University will. take
place next Wednesday evening,
March 8, in Berchmans Hall, ac­cording
to Raymond Rossoman­do,
chairman of the event. The
Knights had previously planned
a similar affair for February 21.
However, due to a mix-up in
dates, it was postponed until
next week.
The principal speaker of the
evening will be Reverend John
C. FOTd, S.J., of Boston College.
Father Ford is the noted lecturer
and moralist.
Rossomando's committee plans
a gala evening which will in­clude
several selections by the
Fairfield University Glee Club.
The price of tickets will be one
dollar per person. Refreshments
will be served at the affair.
The Knights hope that this
social event will become a tra­dition
at the university. Its pur­pose,
they say, is to bridge the
gap between home and campus.
They hope to bring fathers, sons
and faculty together informally.
Delano, Flaherty
To Debate In N..Y. Coneert Ton·l·O"ht Joseph Delano and Thomas 0
Flaherty, Fairfield University de- By Glee Club
baters, will journey to Good .-
Counsel College, White Plains,
New York, on March 13, to de­bate
the following topic - Re­solved:
That the legal voting age
be reduced to 18 years of age.
Flaherty and Delano will uphold
the affirmative on this question.
This will be the Senior De­bating
Society's first intercol­legiate
debate; thus far the club
has restricted itself to intra-club
debating.
All students are cordially in­vited
to attend these club de­bates
on Wednesday afternoons
at 3:00 p.m. in Room 208. Rev­erend
John Clancy, S.J., is Mod­erator
of the Debating Society.
REV. JAMES H. DOLAN
Plans For Junior
Week Under Way
Plans for Junior Week, which
will take place May 4-7, got un­der
way last week with the ap­pointment
of four of the five
committees which will be hand­ling
the affair.
Junior class president Jim
Keating has announced that the
following men have been select­ed
to work on the various as­pects
of junior week: John Gor­man,
chairman of the Smoker
Committee; William Heagney,
chairman of the "Juniors vs. the
World' day; James Gibson, chair­man
of the Communion Break­fast;
John Reilly, publicity chair­man;
Vin Bartelmo, Financial
chairman.
Although very few reports are
trickling through as to just what
will take place during Junior
Week, it looks as if the Junior
class is really planning to make
it a memorable event.
Men who have been chosen to
serve on the different commit­tees
include: Smoker Commit­tee,
Edward Gubbins, Frank Di­Scala,
J ames Conklin, Ray
O'Connor, William Ryan, John
Heckler, Ciro Veneruso; "Jun­iors
vs. the World' committee,
Robert Mark, with the rest of
the junior class assisting; Com­munion
Breakfast, James Flynn,
and Harley Black; Financial
Committee, Michael Levinsky,
Robert Kelly, Vincent Nemer­gut,
and Jim Burns. Reilly has
not yet completed his publicity
committee.
The highlight of Junior Week
has already been announced as
the Junior Prom; scheduled for
the Lawn Club, New Haven, on
May 5. Harley Bla~k has been
appointed as chairman for the
class dance.
Orders For Class
Rings Taken Now
Mr. Cranwell of Dieges and
Clust will be here today be­tween
11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
to take orders for Class of '51
rings. Many juniors who were
unable to order their rings last
December and who still wish to
order them will be able to do
so this morning.
This will be their last oppor­tunity
to order the rings in time
for April delivery. All those or­dering
rings will be required to
make a ten dollar deposit.
Mr. Cranwell will be avail­able
in the basement corridor
outside the physics laboratory.
The time again this morning is
between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30
p.m.
Juniors Invited
To Calvert Club
Meeting Tonight
Card Party Was
Enjoyed By All
The card party held two
weeks ago was successful in
every way. Francis DiScala and
James Murray deserve congrat­ulations
for their efforts in mak­ing
an enjoyable evening for all
who attended.
Abo u t sixty-five students
played various -card games. Nov­elty
prizes were awarded for
LOUIS FRANCIS BUDENZ (Continued on Page 4)
Louis Budenz Will Speak Father Dolan Appointed As New
On Communism Today v· p · · I f N E I d
On October 11,1945, Louis Francis Budenz, for five ICe- rOVlnCla 0, ewng an
years managing editor of the Daily Worker, the fore­most
Communist newspaper in this, country, announced
to the world his rejection of Communism and his return
to "the faith of my fathers, The Catholic Church."
Today, Mr. Budenz, the second speaker in the current
Bellarmine Lecture Series, will answer the question
"CAN THE UNITED STATES DEFEAT SOVIET COM­MUNISM?"
A member of the National
Committee of the Communist
P,arty for six of his ten year
membership, Mr. Budenz is a
recognized authorilty on the s.ub­ject.
Born July 17, 1891, in Indian­apolis,
Mr. Budenz attended St.
Xavier's College, Cincinnati; St,
Mary's College, Kansas, and in
1912 was admitted to the Bar of
Indiana. From 1915 to 1920 he
was Secretary of the Civ.ic
League, outstanding St. Louis
municipal reform organization.
The years 1920 to 1930 he served
as ed1tor of a labor periodical.
Prompted by his interest in
social reform and believing that
the Communists offered the
best solution, Budenz joined
the party in October of 1935. He
became Labor Editor of the
Daily Worker and in 1937 took
over the edito·r's chair of the
Midwest Daily Record, Com­munist
mouthpiece in the Chi­oago
area. From June 1940 to
October 1945 Mr. Budenz acted
as managing editor of the Daily
Worker. Fairfield University Juniors
F'ollowing his reconversion by have been invited to attend the
Monsignor Fulton J. Sheen, Calvert Club of Bridgeport's
Budenz spent a year away from meeting this evening at 8:30 p.m.
the 'public eye at Notre Dame This meeting will take place at
University. His first public ap- the Catholic Community House,
pearance was on a radio broad- 224 Washington Avenue, Bridge­cast
in 1946 when 'he ,announced port.
to the world that Gerhard Eisler The Calvert Club is composed
was the representative of the of Catholic men and women who
(Continued on Page 2) have completed at least two
--------------1years of college and reside in
the vicinity of greater Bridge­port.
Its members meet once
monthly and have various pro­grams
planned for their meet­ings.
Tonight, Reverend Mark Tsai,
editor of The China Monthly,
will be the guest speaker. Fa­ther
Tsai's talk will include the
truth of what is happening in
China.
Page 2 THE STAG March I, 1950
Published every other Wednesday at Fairfield, Connecticut
NEWS DEPARTMENT EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
John McNamara Editor James Evrard and John Luckhart
Sodality Notes
Gro'wing Up
In Christ
A magazine subscription
Drive is now being conducted
by the Sodality of Our Lady of
Fairfield. The Drive began last
week following an addrress by
Mr. W. Burns, a representative
of Catholic Digest, to ,the mem­bers
of the Sodality.
Through this Drive, that is
the sale of subscriptions to
America, Catholic Digest, Cath­olic
Mind, and other magazines
both Catholic and secular, the
Sodality wi1l realize 30% of the
total llmount colleoted in sub­scriptions.
Thus the purpose of this
magazine drive is twofold: (1) to
spread and increase the sale of
CathoHc literature; (2) to raise
funds for the Sodality.
Student CouncilNotes
Due to the lack of a quorum,
no meeting of the Student
Council was held last week.
Absent on February 21 were
the following: DiScala, Heckler,
McNamara, Conroy, Mullen,
O'Connor, W a Ish, Gilson, Mc­Carthy
and Rice.
At the February 14 Student
Council Meeting, Council mem-1-------------­bel'S
Costello and Connell were Our Holy Father Speaks To His
re-instated to the Council after Priests:
submitting oral explanation for "Above all, try with your con-their
previous absences. stant zeal to have all the faith-
This was necessary because of ful attend the Eucharistic Sacri­the
Student Council ruling fice from which they may obtain
which automatically brings sus- abundant and salutary fruit;
pension upon any member miss- . . . The Mass is the chief act
ing two out of three successive of divine worship; it should also
meetings. be the source and center of
The Council also granted Pres- Christian piety."
ident of Council the power to Our Holy Father Speaks To His
appoint a two-man committee People:
who would seek audience with "The co-operation of the faith­Father
Rector. Their purpose ful is required so that sinners
would be to discuss with him may be individually purified in
ways and means to supplement the Blood of the Lamb. For
and strengthen the intercolle- though, s pea kin g generally,
giate basketball program at Christ reconciled by His pain­Fairfield
University. 'Heagney ful death the whole human race
and Flynn were duly appointed with the Father, He wished that
by President Conklin to this all should approach and be
committee. drawn to His Cross, especially
Also passed at this meeting by means of the Sacraments and
was a motion stating that the the Eucharistic Sacrifice to ob­chairmen
of all social events tain the salutary fruits produced
which are sponsored for the stu- by Him upon it.... The august
dent body be obliged to turn in sacrifice of the altar is, as it
a report to the chairman of the were, the supreme instrument
Activities Committee of the Stu- whereby the merits won by the
dent Council. This report shall Divine Redeemer upon the Cross
give all data pertaining to the are distributed to the faithful:
event, for example, number at- 'as often as this commemorative
tend.ing, cost of refreshments, Sacrifice is oftered, there is
admission price, etc. A file will wrought the work of our redemp­be
made up of these reports and tion.' . . . It is therefore desir­will
be available as a reference able, Venerable Brethren, that
to chairmen of future activities. all the faithful should be aware
The Council granted the that to participate in the Eu­Knights
of Xavier permission to charistic Sacrifice is their chief
hold a Father-Son Night on duty and supreme dignity, and
either March 8 or March 22. that not in an inert and negli-
Discussed by the Council but gent fashion, giving way to dis­left
unacted upon were the fol~ tractions and daydreaming, but
lowing topics: (1) parking situ- with such earnestness and con­ation;
(2) card playing in the centration that they may be
cafeteria during lunch periods; united as closely as possible
(3) source of revenue for Stu- with the High Priest, according
dent Council-possibility of mak- to the Apostle: 'Let this mind be
ing money on a blotter as was in you which was also in Christ
done by several enterprising Jesus.' And together with Him
young men last year; (4) the un- and through Him let them make
fortunate Father-Son Night post- their obligation, and in union
ponement and remedies for pos- with Him let them offer up
sible future similar occurrences; themselves."
(5) basketball nets for outdoor The Church and Communion:
court. "She (the Church) wishes in
Absent from meeting were the first place that Christians-
Black, DiScala, and Mullen. especially when they cannot re-ceive
Holy Communion-should
do so at least by desire, so that
with renewed faith, reverence,
humility and complete trust in
the goodness of the Divine Re­deemer,
they may be united to
Him in the spirit of the most
ordent charity."
The Mass and the Missal:
"Therefore they are to be
praised who with the idea of
getting the Christian people to
take part more easily and fruit­fully
in the Mass, strive to make
them familiar with the 'Roman
Missal,' so that the faithful,
united with the priest, may pray
together in the very words and
sentiments of the Church."
BUDENZ
(Continued from Page 1)
Communist International in the
United States. Mr. Budenz also
served as the chief witness for
the government in the ,trial of
J. V. Peters, the man Whittaker
Chambers accused of being ·chief
of the "Red Espionage in this
country.
Budenz has been the only lec­turer
and writer on Communism
in this country to support his
data by submitting it to drastic
cross-examination in trial after
trial.
In his first book, "This is My
Story," Mr. Budenz relates how
his attempt to reconcile Com­munist
beliefs with that of the
Church brought about his re­con
vel'S ion. "Men Without
Faces,' his latest book which is
to be published some time in
April, contains a further expose
of Communistic activities in this
country.
At present Mr. Budenz is As­sistant
Professor of Economics
at Fordham University, special­izing
in Labor Management Re­lations.
To The Editor:
In the closing days of the
school year - 1949, a Ring Com­mittee,
under the chairmanship
of Mr. Robert Allard, was organ­ized.
Under his direction, a no­tice
was posted inviting all and
any who desired to work on the
committee. And it was from this
group that the rings were not
only scrutinized but designed.
Many drawings of rings were
submitted but the works of Mr.
Conrad Sternchak easily stood
out. The endless time and
energy necessary to complete
the drawings were indeed not
wasted.
The committee often met at
inconvenient times. The sales­man
would usually arrive during
the late afternoon making it dif­ficult
for many to attend. The
committee gradually grew small­er
because of certain circum­stances
and much of the work
was left to Allard and Stern­chak.
Still, thQse remaining few
were indeed sincere in their de­sire
for a most beautiful ring.
The class rings have been
ordered and should arrive some­time
in March. It seems but fit­ting
that those who gave their
most should in some way take
part in the presentation of the
rings. Thosp. in question being:
Mr. Allard, the chairman of the
committee and Mr. Sternchak,
the designer of the ring.
-Joseph Regensburger
Letter To Editor
REV. JOHN J. McELENEY, S.J.
FATHER DOLAN
(Continued from Page 1)
Father McEleney became Pro­vincial
of the New England
order after he left Fairfield. He
served in this position until he
was appointed recently the
Titular Bishop of Zeugma in
Syria and Vicar Apostolic of
Jamaica, British West Indies.
The reputation of Father Mc­Eleney
in this area was chiefly
that of an educator and admin­ish-
atar, but his previous work
in the foreign mission field has
prepared him for his present
assignment. As a young Jesuit
he was ,assigned. to the mission
in rthe Philippines for three
years, 1924-1927, and served
there as language professor at
the Ateneo de Manila. During
the past five years he had juris­diction
over the missions which
are staffed by Jesuits from New
England.
The territory over which the
new bishop-elect will preside
covers an area of 4,411 square
miles with a population of
1,300,000. There are 70,000
Catholics, 65 Jesuit priests and
4 J esuirt brothers, 162 Sisters,
85 churches and mission sta­tions,
53 parish schools, one hos­pital,
and one leper colony.
Editor-in-chief
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BUSINESS DEPARTMENT
Alfred Bown Manager
William McGrath, Vincent Vogel
MAKE-UP DEPARTMENT
James Gibson, Joseph Hamilton.
William Schlenk
PHOTOGRAPHY
John Malakie and Francis McGould­rick
EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT
Francis Prior Editor
William Scanlon
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FRANCIS A. MALYSZKA .
Daniel Cuddy. Bernard Mallon,
Francis Woods. Walter Lee
FEATURE DEPARTMENT
Charles Black Editor
David Cunningham. George Garo­falo,
Nicholas Rosa
SPORTS DEPARTMENT
George Keane Editor
Bernard Beglane. George Birge. Wil­liam
Heagney. Gus Horvath, Eman­uel
Macchia
Why Have Rules
We have often heard that old eX'pression, "Rules
are made to be broken." However, when we say rules,
we imply enforcement. If there is little or immature
enforcement, the rules are of little value.
The Council passed a rulipg earlier this year, which
stated that if a member missed two out of three con­secutive
meetings, he is .liable to suspension. The re­maining
members, by majority vote, could reinstate him
if his reasons for being absent were deemed valid.
At a recent Student Council meeting, two members
were requested to give reasons for being absent from
two consecutive meetings· One did not understand the
ruling. The other explained that he had tests scheduled
for the day after the meetings. The attitude taken by
the latter was of a provocative nature, for he almost
dared the Council to enforce the ruling.
Such an attitude is, of course, childish and uncalled
for. The Council members should know the importance
of the organization. The attitude of some of the mem­bers
is certainly not mature. It is up to the remaining
members of the Council to demand attention and respect
at the meetings.
The Student Council meetings are open to the
student body. At the present, the meetings take place
every Tuesday evening, and begin at 7:30 p.m.
Opinions In Writing
We noticed that the editorial in the last edition
caused quite a stir. Several of the students were highly
indignant at the obviously radical thinking found in the
piece. Within a half-hour after the edition was circu­lated,
this writer was approached at least ten times by
scowling students, who, it appeared, did not entirely
agree with the conclusions of the editorial. Did anyone
rush to put their opinions in writing, such as a letter to
the editor? Did anyone offer to write a concrete reply?
What do you thinK?
Thoughts For Lent
Every Christian knows that the purpose of Lent is
to bring ourselves closer to God. We do this by think­ing
of him more often, and by taking greater care to do
His Will. And that is the way it should be· But now
that Lent has started again, what are you doing to
improve yourself? Did you give up drinking? smoking?
movies? sweets? You did? Fine! But what are you
doing? Giving things up is not-doing. Try doing some­thing
positive during Lent. DaHy Mass, an extra
Rosary' each day, more freque~t Communion, extra
prayers and acts of charity, are the things to do. Try
it. It's much more consoling.
'larch 1, 1950 THE STAG Page 3
Men's Furnishings. Read's Street Floor
The current topic for discus- 1. A lack of sufficient material.
sion among the cafeteria card In my opinion, we have a six­sharks
is the basketball team. man squad. We do not have that
'.rhe basic question which is be- necessary reserve strength and
ing batted about is: "Why should depth. We also lack a big man,
the team have a worse season one who will spark the team and
than last year, when they have net sixteen points a game. Our
practically the same team and second team is willing and has
the same schedule?" I have fight, and our first string has
heard so many inaccurate, twist- done well against far bigger op­ed,
and dim-witted explanations ponents. This lacks of players
by self-appointed authorities, Iarises from the fact that Fair­that
I conducted a personal in- field does not give out scholar­vestigation
to try to find out ships.
where these men were wrong 2. A more difficult schedule.
and what the real reasons were. Even though it appears to be
The opinions of the "experts" practically the same as last year,
followed these lines: a more careful examination re-
I. There was dissension on the veals a different situation. In the
team, which caused the losses; first place we have added New
or, Britain, Iona, and Hofstra to the
2. The coach isn't qualified to schedule. Whether you realize it
coach college ball. or not, though comparatively
The first of these, I regret to unknown, they are rated high in
say, is partially true. Please their class. Secondly, of the
note, however, the word par- teams which we played last year,
tially. There was a slight amount two are the same only in name,
of conflict at the start of the Arnold, and Bridgeport U.
season, and after a few losses Threatened with abolition be­these
petty jealousies were shar- cause of a poor season last year,
pened. The personal difficulties, the Arnold team sprang back to
gradually cleared up, until by become one of the strongest in
the middle of January, they this area. As for Bridgeport U.,
were replaced by a growing they have come up with an al­team
spirit. I do not like to bring most completely new team. Cer­this
sore spot to light, because tainly these five teams made the
it has already been corrected. schedule far rougher. Add to this
Still, I feel it is necessary to cor- the fact that we also faced
rect the numerouse false and ex- Brooklyn, Brooklyn Poly Tech.,
aggerated rumors which have St. Anselm's, and Providence,
now been circulating for some and I don't think anyone can
time. That this poor team spirit criticize our showing this year.
was responsible for our record. 3. Poor student support. I do
With regard to the second off- not intend to revert to the well­ering,
that which states the worn false alibi that it was all
coach is unqualified, I think that the students' fault. I do believe
it is this unfounded criticism however, that it did have some
which is unqualified, not Bob effect on the team. The boys
Noonan. In the opinion of the like to have someone yelling for
team, he is a good coach. Those them. The meager crowds at the
of you who attended the rally home games disheartened them
last November may recall the considerably. They devoted long
words of such authorities as Jack hard hours to practice and met
Fleischer, sports editor for the with inconvenience. They did
Herald, praising the new coach. not do this for its own sake.
That he knows his basketball is They expected and deserved the
evident from his many boys' support and applause of the rest
club pupils who later became of the students. When they did
Central and Harding stars, and not get it this season, they de­members
of Eastern College veloped a defeatist attitude. This
teams. is not speculation on my part.
These are the reasons which I This is by the admission of the
believe add up to our poor rec- team members with whom I
ord. spoke.
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Stags Defeated By
Arnold, 66 ·to 64
Fairfield University takes its
home floor Friday evening to do
battle with its arch rival, Bridge­port
U. The Purple Knights are
expected to win in all circles
except possibly the small area
that makes up this Jesuit insti­tution.
Here, the boys will tell
you, regardless of records that
the Stags will cop this one. Their
reasons are good enough in a
game like this; we want this
badly. U.B. will floor a tall and
comparatively stronger club. Be­sides
the same team that defeat­ed
us back in January there are
a few newcomers who ·will give
Bridgeport even added strength.
Fairfield will depend upon its
untiring six: Captain Jack Sulli­van,
Joe Miko, Joe Kehoe, Joe
Regensburger, Jack Mullady and
Jack Moffett. Fairfield's poten­tial
scoring power is terrific but
it seems that the boys take turns
in that department. However,
Jack Sullivan has been the most
consistent. Of late, Jack Moffett
and Joe Regensburger have
come into their own.
The recent St. Anselms game
will probably be remembered
because of its interesting occur­rences;
however this contest was
a close one regardless of the 72­59
score. In the third period
Fairfield was down by one point
49-48 but then ,the Hawks pulled
away to a more comfortable lead
and F.U. couldn't close the gap.
The Stags had to compete with
6'7" Nick Bastin and high scor­ing
Ed O'Connor. Sullivan led
the home team with 14 points,
while Regensburger and Moffett
hit for 13 and 12 respectively.
A brilliantly played second half
enabled the Jesuits to overcome
a 7 point deficit at 'the half to
'defeat Pratt Institue 69-53. With
but 5 minutes to play a set shot
by Moffett tied it up. Miko fol­lowed
with a tap in to put Fair­field
ahead for the first time.
The n Sullivan, Regensburger,
Moffett, Miko and Kehoe con­tinually
registered to make a
minor route in the closing min­utes
to give Coach Noonan and
his squad a pleasant victory.
Stags Play
Bridgeport Friday
RITZ
BALLROOM - BRIDGEPORT
SUNDAY, MARCH 5
Glenn Miller's Protege
AL LOMBARDY &: His Orch.
Including the Dixieland Quintet
TONITE WEDNESDAY
Squares - Waltzes - Modern
Irv Hintz - Tommy and Farmers
SATURDAY-Casa Ritz Orchestra
SUN.. MAR. 12, ART MOONEY
ST. PATRICK'S NITE, MAR. 17
Mardi Gras and Dance with
2 Bands-Casa Ritz and Irv Hintz
Fattibene Defeats
Forte To Take
Ping-Pong Crown
The Stags lost a tough one
Tony Fattibene became the last Friday to Arnold, 66-64. This
1949-1950 ping-pong champion was a far cry from the earlier
of Fairfield University by defeat- 32 point drubbing the Stags took
ing Rocco Forte in three suc- at Milford in their first meeting
cessive games last Friday. The of the year.
champion of the Third Annual
Tournament had· little trouble Red Verderame of Arnold
in taming his. opponent. scored the winning points with
Fattibene had little trouble in his timely shooting. Fairfield was
defeating his opponents a 11 sparked by the brilliant play
through the tournament. He won of Joe Kehoe and Jack Mul­his
gam e s in easy style in lady.
every match. He was never in The game was close all the
serious difficulty during the way. The margin of the leader
tournament. was never more than a few
Two of the favorites Bob points. The lead changed hands
Steele and To~ Flahert; were several times in the last few
eliminated in the early stage of seconds of play. In the last few
play. Steele was last year's minute~ of ~he game, Verderame
champion and Flaherty won the looped m his shot, a one-handel'
tournament in the first year of from Just outside the bucket.
play.
The new champion will have
his name engraved on the ping­pong
Champion plaque. At the
present, the plaque is in the
Athletic Director's office.
The STAG offers congratula­tions
to the committee for its ex­cellent
work in conducting the
matches, to the players for their
fine co-operation, and especially
to Tony Fattibene, the winner.
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Track Squad To
Initiate Practice,
Plan Nine Meets
The third edition of a Fair­field
University Track team be­gan
preliminary conditioning
Monday. The prospects for a
good season are bright since all
of last year's squad has signed
up for another year. Adding
these twenty men to the new
prospects, which number about
fifty, there will be plenty of
depth, which is one of the main
reasons why last year's team
finished the 1948 season with a
2-3 record. However, new candi­dates
are still needed, and wel­come.
The competition will begin for
two Fairfield runners this Sat­urday
at the Knights of Colum­bus
games in Madison Square
Garden, in New York City. Ed
Conroy and Tom Loricco are be­ing
entered in the 60 yard dash
with a handicap. Another group
of competitors are to be entered
in the second annual Providence
College Relays in Providence on
March 25. The undefeated half­mile
relay team, which scored in
all of last year's meets, will be
entered as a team in these Prov­idence
Relays. The schedule of
dual meets is as follows:
Saturday, April 8- Mr. Perrault On
St. Peter's at Jersey City C h· S ff
Saturday, April 15- oac lng ta
C.C.N.Y. (Evening Session) According to an announcement
at New York from the Office of the Director
Saturday, April 22- of Athletics, Mr. William E. Per-
Bryant at Home rault has been appointed to the
Saturday, May 6- coaching staff for the coming
Adelphi at Hon;e track season. Reverend Edmund
Wednesday, May 10- D. Walsh, S.J., made the an-
University of Bridgeport at nouncement on Monday, and
Home said that Mr. Perrault would en-
Saturday, May 13- tel' upon his duties immediately.
Hofstra at Home Mr. Perrault is a newcomer to
Wednesday, May 17- the Faculty at Fairfield this
Arnold College at Home year. He is a native of Massa-
Saturday, May 20- chusetts. He. made his under-
White Plains Tech. at Home gra.duat~ studies at Northeastern
Pending-Providence College Umverslty, and then we.nt on to
Also three meets for the Fresh-· the Umverslty of ~Ichlgan ~or
man team a graduate degree m hiS special
'. . field of Mathematics.
There Will be three different He has had a long-standing in-types
of awards given to the tel'est in sports and a good deal
te~m members who earn them of running experience. He will
thiS year. There Will be Fresh- specialize on the running events.
man numerals to be awarded to Reverend Gerald F. Kinsella,
memb~rs of the Freshman te~m, S.J., will direct the weight men,
a varsity letter fo: the varsity and Mr. Victor F. Leeber, S.J.,
scorers, and a spe~lal award for will coach the jumpers.
the most outstandmg performer.
Members of the Freshman team
can also earn varsity letters,
since they can participate in the
varsity meets.
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Page 4 THE STAG March 1, 1950
Side by side with ping pong, Most fellows simply don't want
bridge, pinochle, and CanaSitia. to tell him he's not wanted and
kibitzing has become a favorite to mind his own business, so he
pastime of many "intellectuals." goes merrily' on his way, exasp­The
kibitzer is often unwanrt:ed, erating the players as usual.
usually ignored, but sometimes Kibitzing is a good way to
welcomed by the card players. bide one's time between periods
One game becoming increas- if a table isn't to be had for a
ingly popular among kIbitzers is good game. As long as the play­bridge,
perhaps because the~e ers don't mind, I'll keep watch­are
but few men who play thIS' ing ... quietly.
game as 1t should be played. Ex
l
- "Your deal."
amples. are Joe and Jerry A - A few fellows have wondered
tIen, JIm Murray, Ray Schwa,rz, why this column was given the
Bill ~cGrath: and other exp~ril;s. title, "Boundings of the Stags."
It IS mterestmg to watch It en:, Some consider it to be inappro­and
~herefore whenever .there IS priate, others wonder why it
a br.Idge game m seSSIOn, the was chosen, and st1'll 0 thers
four corners of the table are oc- wonder why the column exists
c~p.ied by int~rested or amazed at all ... my buddies!
kIbItzers, whIle others crowd . . .
over them. Pity the poor bridge- ! chose thIS tItle after conSId­pIayer
who would eat his lunch ermg othe:s, such as Stag
as a kibitzer flicks cigarette Shorts, Behmd the Antlers, and
ashes into his lunch bag, or wno Hoof Beats,. because of th~ type
would drink a bottle of milk, of co~umn It headed.. ThIS col­only
to have it jarred by another u.mn IS not .mea;o-t to be educa­reaching
to see his cards, leav- tIonal or dIreotIve, nec~s.sanly,
ing him to choke on his half- or perhaps even entertammg. It
swallowed gulp! is merely the means employed
Kibitzers however sometimes by me, IggIe, to present the
are handy' "gadget;" to have thoughts form,~lated d~ring my
around. They ·are often utilized moments of . m~anlty to my
to run to the counter for ice- readmg publIc, If any. It has
cream or candy, and usually bee? said that. if one has a
leave with the plea "Save my penod of msamty and wrItes
seat!" Others often 'are "touch- down his thoughts, puts them to
ed" for cigarettes and, of course, music, ..and publishes -them, he
cannot refuse. This is the price ImmedIately becomes a popular
they willingly pay merely to s?ng wnter. Well, Ig~y pub­watch
the "masters" bid a slam lIshes hIS thoughts m THE
or game-in-hand, or what hav~ ST~G. But he doesn't get paid
you. This is the price the kibi,tz- for It.
er pays to hear a bid of "four Considering the question,
spades" or its like when Ithe then, "Why the tiltle?" Simply
bidder has but two in his hand, because this column merely
and watch, gaping and admiring touches upon insignificant inci­as
the bid is made. It certainly dents happening in school or
is interesting, though confusing. elsewhere, as a stag ,touches the
The kibitzers who are never ground momentarily while
wanted are the ones who usuw- bounding gracefully across the
ly flock around the pinochle fields. He doesn't land heavily
tables, telling a player of twenty and investigate each step, but
or more meld he had not no- lands li.ghtly on the ground (,as
ticed. Then when the bid is 011 a subjeot) and having touch­made
the oppositions' eyes na- ed it, bounds off again. That's
turally glare through the kibitz- the reason. It may take me a
er as a dagger through s·ilk. months to land on but two sub-
Then there's always -the fel- jects, but I hope I can land
low who tells his friend not only lightly and as a result, keep the
how -to bid his hand, but how column bounding from one feed­to
play it! He's always popula'l'! ing spot to another.
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Chemistry Club
Mr. Malloy, of our Chemistry
Department, gave a somewhat
technical, but highly informa­tive
talk on Polymers, at last
Tuesday's meeting. To the man
in the street, as we'll be in a
year or two, that means plastics,
mainly. The members, (a few
had jungle rot, and couldn't ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
come) learned that plastics are
made of extremely large mole­cules
which give the great
strength and flexibility that are
peculiar to these substances.
Meetings every Tuesday.
Dixieland Club
This small nucleus of sincere
jazz fans is planning a skit for ~~~~~~~~~~~~~g
the forthcoming College night. ji;
They would' like to increase
their membership. All invited.
Watch bulletin board for meet­ings.
Club Notes
By BERNARD MALLON
Biology Club
With the noose drawing tight­er
around their necks, I don't
think a single Pre-Med Junior
missed Father Wilkie's lecture
on Medical School applications,
last Monday. Sitting on the edge
of their seats, the embryonic
doctors, dentists, and morticians
were told that the Medical Ap­titude
Test must be taken this
May for possible admission in
September, 1951.
While Father Wilkie claimed
repeatedly that he did not wish
to sound pessimistic, many Jun­iors
got the impression that
now was the opportune time to ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
join their colleagues in the So­cial
Science course.
All Biology majors are invited
to join this fine club. Meetings
every Monday.
Waterbury Club
These busy little men will
play host to the Fairfield Uni­versity
Glee Club this Friday
night in Waterbury, at Wilby
High School. All are invited.
Recently, committees have
been formed for the proposed
Easter Dance in Waterbury, and
for the revision of the Constitu­tion.
Seems t4at they have out­grown
their original one.
Metropolitan Club
The cream of New York so­ciety,
and a gentleman from
New Jersey are preparing for
several affairs to boost the club's
scholarship fund. Outstanding
among these will be a dance in
April, in THE city. Students
from the New York and Jers~y
area are invited to join.
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Prizes ranged from little plastic
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Everyone who attended is
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