Stag - Vol. 07, No. 11 - April 20, 1956

              Vol. VII-No. II Published by Students of Fairfield University, Fairfield, Conn. Ap::-il 'J.O. 1956
Ignatian Council, K. ofC., FormedAtFairfield
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During the course of the eve­ning
election of officers for the
campus unit were held. Jack
Flaherty was elected Grand
Knight; M. Vechiarelli, Deputy
Grand Knight; Paul Dunn, Re­corder;
George Heldman, Treas­urer.
Robert Imbro, Junior class
President, was appointed Finan­cial
Secretary.
Saturday and Sunday witness-ed
the conferment of the sec­ond
and third degrees. A com­munion
breakfast was held Sun­day
in honor of the newly-form-ed
campus unit. Honored speak­were
Judge Samu~l Tedesco of
Bridgeport~and Horr:=--Ttm s­Dodd,
Congressman from the 1st
Congressional Dis t ric t. Con­gressman
Dodd is a member of
the House Committee on For­eign
Affairs and the sub-com­mittee
on National Security.
N. F. Congress To Be
Held This Weekend
"In Lumine Christi" is the
theme of the annual congress
to be held at Holy Cross, April
20-22. F'ive hundred students
and delegates from 25 colleges
will participate.
The General Session will be­g:
n with a Mass in the Cathe­dral
in Worcester on Friday
evening.
The weekend will feature an
address by Bishop Wright of
Worcester at the banquet which
will be held Saturday evening
at the Bancroft Hotel.
On Saturday the nine work­shops
of the region will conduct
programs for the members of
the various commissions. High­lighting
the workshop of the
Family Life Commission of
Fairfield will be a speech by
Father John L. Bonn, S.J.,
Father Bonn will discuss "Lib­eralism
in Child Training."
Hugh Boyle and Dave McCar­thy
will head the Fairfield dele­gation
of twenty-five students
that plan to attend the Con­gress.
Among the delegation
will be Dan Reed, President of
the Student Congress, who will
speak at the Student Govern­ment
Workshop, conducted by
St. Michael's College.
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Flaherty Made Grand I(night
At First Degree Rites Here
On Thursday, April 12, 1956, forty-one students of
Fairfield University received their first degrees of the
Knights of Columbus. The degrees were conferred by
the Fat~er Coleman Council.
On April 26, 27 and 28, the
Senior Class attended its annual
retreat at Fairfield. Father
Thomas Fay, a member of the
Jesuit New England Mission
Band, was the retreat master.
Each day started off with the
celebration of the Holy Sacri­fice
of the Mass. The program
for the rest of the day included
four lectures separated by ten
minute periods of recollection.
Part of the three-day program
was the daily recitation of the
Litany of the Blessed Mother.
Peter DeMarco, Prefect of the
Sodality; Joe Ryan, class treas­urer,
and Dan Reed, president
of the Student Council, were
the three men who led the class
int his devotion.
Everyone in the class receiv­ed
Holy Communion on the
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The annual Scholarship Fund
Benefit Concert co-sponsored by
the Glee Club and the Bridge­port
Area Club, was held last
Friday, April 13, at the Klein
Memo-ial Aud.itorium in Bridge-
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Bridgeport Area
Concert A Success
Junior Week, an annual series of activities for the
entire University which is sponsored by the Junior
Class, will begin on May 4, with the raditional Prom,
to be held at Laddins Terrace, Stamford.
Chairman Announces Plans
For Junior Week ~t\.ctivities
This spring formal is open to~>---------------
all underclassmen. They haveIS' CI
strongly supported this activity enlOr ass
in preceding years and, judging Retreat Held
by the interest evinced in the
past few weeks, this year will
not prove an exception.
Laddin's Terrace has always
been a popular spot for Fair­field
proms because of its con­venient,
midway location, and
its sophisticated atmosphere. The
house orchestra will provide the
dancing music.
Paul Check '57, General
Chairman, has announced that
the bids will be available at a
price of five dollars and are
now on sale in the cafeteria. He
has also included in his plans
for that weekend a picnic on
Saturday at Sherwood Island in
Westport and a Communion
Breakfast Sunday morning. Be­cause
of a limited capacity there
wil be only forty tickets sold
for the picnic, Juniors taking
priority.
A Sports Night sponsored by
the Junior class will be held on
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Essay Contest Given
By Young Republicans
The National Young Republi­can
Club has informed the
campus organization of an essay
contest. The contest consists of
a three hundred word essay on
the topic, "Why I am a Repub­lican."
The winners· will be sent
to San F'rancisco for the Repub­lican
Convention free of charge.
Applications and information
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Noted Publisher Is Guest
Speaker Of Senior Class
Allnual German Exhibit To Be
Displayed Today In Xavier
On Friday, April 20th, the annual German exhibit,
sponsored by the Deutscher Kultur Verein, will be held
in Xavier cafeteria. Many interesting items have been
lined up by George Zeeb, president.
Among the more outstanding\%·-------------­features
of the exhibit will be
a display of German postcards
from the collection of Bob Ber­thelson.
Bob now has more than
30,000 postcards. This section of
the exhibit will consist of three
parts. The first depicts various
scenes from Wilhelm Tell, some
beautiful Swiss covered bridges
and flags of Switzerland, Ger­many
and Austria. The second
part covers German architec­ture
and famous German scenes.
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Last evening, at 8:30 o'clock, Mr. Frank Sheed, head
of the noted Sheed and Ward publishing firm, addressed
the student body in Berchmans Hall. His topic was
"The War of Minds." The lecture was under the spon­sorship
of the Senior Class.
Mr. Sheed is a native of Aus-~------
tralia and one of the leading! P I·· I P .
figures in Catholic letters. He has 0 ltIca artles
authored a large number of Encourage Interest
books on Catholic faith and
theology, the most noted being, In a statement sponsored by
Theology and Sanity. He has the Citizenship Clearing House
lectured on three continents and Mr. Paul Butler, National Dem­was
one of the leaders of the
Catholic Evidence Guild in Lon- ocratic Chairman, and Mrs. Leo-don,
an organization which has nard Hall, National Republican
done much to bring the truth of Cl1airman, urged college stu­the
Church back to a country dents and graduates to assume
once wholly Catholic. Recently the political responsibility for
he was given a singular honor
by Pope Pius XII, who directed which their academic training
that in reward for his tremend- equips them.
ous services, Mr. Sheed be grant- Mr. Butler pointed out that
ed an honorary Doctorate in "Our political parties are the­Sacred'
Theology from the Uni- chief instruments of politics. It
versity of Lille, the modern suc- is they that breathe life into
cessor to the University of Douai the principle of 'the consent of Rev. Joseph D. :FitzGerald congratulates Grand Knight John
which served as a headquarters the governed'." Flaherty of the Ignation Council.
for the Catholic exiles from Eng- In the statement by Mr. Hall,1-----------------------------
land during the Reformation. It President Eisenhower was quot­is
believed that this is the first ed to the effect that participation
S.T.D. granted to a layman. is inevitable since by not vot-
A large attendance was ex- ing "you double the value of the
pected since this was Mr. vote of anyone who does not be­Sheed's
first appearance on lieve in the things you believe."
campus and will be, for t.he The Cit i zen s hip Clearing
most part, the only opportunIty' .. ..
that most of the students will House .IS a natlOnal orgamzatlOn
have to hear him. The tickets ope~atmg th:ough 24. state or
. were available for only seventy- reglOnal affihates, WhICh coop­five
cents to students and one erate wIth n:ore Ylan 300 col­dollar
to others. The friends of leges and umve~slties. The !?ro­students
and parents were cor- grams of the affihates are deslgn-dailly
invited to attend. (Continued on Page 4)
GLEE CLUB
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port. This concert is held to pro­vide
worthy students of the six
local high schools in the Bridge­port
area with scholarship assist­ance.
Chairman of the affair was
Donald Neuberger, a junior, and
he was assisted by Peter De­Marco,
coordinator; Joe Laco­bara,
President of the Glee
Club; Joseph Germain, tickets;
Thomas Boucher, Business Pa­trons;
Joseph Zackowski, pro­gram,
and Fred Tartara, public­ity.
Moderator of the Glee Club
is Rev. Joseph Murray, S.J.
New York Metropolitan Club
Plans for a Glee Club Concert
have been cancelled for this se­mester
because of the financial
problems which have presented
themselves. It is hoped, how­ever,
that one will be possible
next year.
Tentative plans have been
laid for a dance in one of the
large New York hotels. Bruce
Kennedv acquired the costs of
the va;ious hotels during the
Easter vacation. Under consid­eration
for the dance are such
hotels as the Waldorf, Park Lane
and the Biltmore.
Notes . ..
JOHN PAMPEL
April 20, 1956
Campus Personality
By WALTER NAEDELE
The president of the Aquinas Academy is a fellow
known to most seniors as the embodiment of scholastic
success - a clear thinker. John Pampel is a man who,
after four years of Jesuit training, believes the most
important thing he has learned is to read all things ­novels,
editorials, speeches - with a critical eye,
noting the implications and subtleties of the writer.
John is an English major, yet his chief interest at
school has been philosophy, and his association with
English has been more philosophical than journalistic.
He holds that there could be no better case book of
human action than novels of man, by men.
John believes emphatically that rhetoric and logic
should be required courses at all colleges, since these
teach the need for perception and analysis. His chief
after-hours interest here at Fairfield is the Aquinas
Academy.
In addition to the classwork, John has been actively
enrolled for over a year in the "Magazine Institute," a
correspondence school of journalism. He began by
sending sketches to the Institute for criticism, and now
is preparing a full-length story. Each item was returned,
as requested, with a detailed critical analysis and clear
literary advice.
In his leisure time, John enjoys relaxing at his home
in Greenwich with a collection of fine jazz records. The
collection is colored with all forms of jazz, from King
Oliver to Dave Brubeck. To complement these, John
has gathered selections from classical works.
John's immediate plans lean naturally towards
journalism. As he prepares to leave Fairfield, his
thoughts are thankful ones for the Jesuit educational
atmosphere - depicted to him in the phrase, "non
multa, sed multum."
• • •
THE STAG
Letters
Dear Sirs:
John Coss, candidate for sen­ior
class president, is well quali­fied
for the post. Jack is a gov­ernment
major with an exten­sive
background in his field. A
delegate to C.I.S.L. for the past
two years, he initiated and in­troduced
one of F'airfield's two
successful pieces of legislation
at this year's session. He has
also served as a delegate to the
Collegiate Conference on the
United Nations which is held
each year at Harvard.
On campus, Jack has taken
active part in the Public Affairs­International
Relations Club. He
is deeply interested in govern­ment
and political theory and
recently delivered an address on
political conservatism before this
group. He is also a contributor
of political and historical arti­cles
to the New Frontiers liter­ary
magazine.
Jack is a graduate of Fairfield
Prep and a native of Ansonia.
During the recent flood disaster
which inundated his hometown
he gained valuable leadership
experience as an auxiliary po­lice
sergeant.
As Recording Secretary of the
Student Council he has faith­fully
contributed his time and
energy, making the long trek
between Ansonia and Fairfield
on Tuesday evenings. Jack has
served ably on the Council for
the past year and as a member
of The STAG news staff has
written a news column concern­ing
the Council activities.
Jack has also found time to
serve as executive secretary of
the Family Life Commission of
NFCCS and as co-chairman of
the Sacred Heart Committee of
the Sodality. He is .also a mem­ber
of the Naugatuck Valley
Club.
He is fully aware of the re­spo'nsibilities
of the office of
Senior class president and will
sincerely devote all the dili­gence
and work for which his
record of activities speak in
order to insure a successful
senior year.
N.F.C.C.S.
On April 12, there was a meet­ing
held which was attended by
those students who plan to go
to Worcester for the Congress
which will be held on April 20,
21 and 23.
Expenses and transportation
were discussed py Senior Dele­gate
Hugh Boyle.
French Club
The Club is holding its annual
irregular verb con:est on April
29. Dr. McDonald, club moder­ator,
has expressed the hope
that this will be the best con­test
in the club's history. The
contest has been 'Non for the
last two years by Stratfield
High, who by winning this year
can retire the trophy.
The student judges for this
contest are Richard Preto-Rodas
and Ralph Marcarelli.
Bridgeport Area Club
The Area club sponsored a
Glee Club Concert at the Klein
Memorial Auditorium. Donald
r-reuberger was the Concert
chairman.
Joseph Macchia
Notes . ..
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April 20, 1956 THE STAG Page/Three
administration has suggested that if sufficient
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In our last issue we asked all those who were plan­ning
to seek nomination as president of their respective
classes to submit a short letter stressing their abilities
and qualifications. We were willing to do this as a
service both to the candidates and to the students who
will cast the ballots.
As of today we have received but three letters. Two
of them came from men planning to run for president
of the Senior class, and the other was submitted by a
candidate for the presidency of the Sophomore class.
These men were: John Coss, '57; Tom Fitzgerald, '57,
and Bob Kaulbach, '59.
It is distressing to think that such lethargy could
exist among men who are planning to ask their fellow
students to award them one of the highest honors which
could come to a college man. We can only hope that
such a lack of interest in class affairs does not permeate
the student body as a whole.
There's no such thing as evolution.
(Continued from Columns 1 & 2)
PRO AND CON
By JACK SMYTH
Connecticut voters appear to be none the worse
after their first encounter with the State's new primary
law. The clouds of confusion have begun to clear away
and, for the average party member, the experience isn't
much different than in previous years. Newspapers are
carrying legal notices of the primary dates in April.
Names of Candidates endorsed for town committee
Letters • • •
Dear Sirs:
In announcing my candidacy
for the office of Senior Class
President, I would like to thank
you for this opportunity to ex­press
my purpose in seeking
this office, and inform you of
some of my aims should I be
elected to this office. .
Before I enter into my aims
and desires, I think it is fitting
that I should list some of the
past accomplishments. which membership are also being published. Within fourteen
would quahfy me for thIS posi- . .
tion. I can honestly say that I days pnor to the pnmary dates, anybody who wants
have in the pas~ .",:,orked. to the to challenge may do so, thus makinl1 a vote on the ma-best
of my ablhtles wIth the h' . , . b
class officers for the benefit of c mes necessary. Perhaps it s a little early, but it seems
the class. I a~ willing to double fairly safe to bet there will be few, if any, challenges.
these efforts If the confidence of The original idea of creating a law which would leave
the class should be placed in h b . .
me. I believe that I will be able t e aSiC caucus-conventiOn system largely unchanged
to handle the class well,as I survived the basic maneuvers and compromises in
have had experience,. servin.g which it became entangled. There could be a lot of
for the past year as Vlce-preSl- . ..
dent of the Waterbury area changes and a lot more confusiOn - brmgmg about the
club. As far as the financial end worst feature of the law. A primary election could be
IS concerned I bel~eve that the forced next month. Another might be necessary later
Glee Club Concert m Waterbury· .
in 1955 will speak for itself. I m the Sprmg, when delegates are selected for the State,
had the pleasure of being chair- congressional, and senatorial conventions.
man for this concert, which was If 1 t h dId one of the most successful finan- a er caucuses are sc e u e to name local rep-cial
ventures ever attempted by resentatives and probate judge nominees, a primary is
the Waterbury Club. I have possible again. Candidates selected by the conventions
always attempted to serve not 1 b· h 11 . only my class, but the school as are a so su Ject to. c a enge. This could therefore mean
well, as is attested to by my one more primary vote, either statewide or within a
activities in the N.F.C.C.S., district.
where I have served as ·alter-nate
delegate from Fairfield Exper~ opinion holds that the wider open the pri-
University for the past two mary, the more it weakens party organizations. Like-years,
as. well as having been . th t 1 'bl d· . appointed Regional vice-chair- wis.e, e ru y reSpOnSi e an responsive party orgam-man
of the Family Life Com- zahon has been found to be a prime essential. Hence
mission l~st year. In. order to laws giving party leadership greater responsibility have
Sahteortthen t
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S leftter, I Wlll~fitert~in- been favored. What has been needed is a means to make
e 0 my qua 1 ca lOns .
with the statement that I am Connechcut party leaders more responsible and re-at
the presen.t ,moment working sponsive to the wishes of party members in all their
on the comm't.ee for the Junior t' S --t-~ - d ~ - - - -
prom, and d;ing all in my pow- ac iOns. 0 i Has ~eeme uest to. grant them a good
er to make it the best weekend measure of authonty and to prOVide a way to check
ever fOr the class of 1957. them if their performance is poor.
To pass to my plans for the Wh th th . 1· . class, I think that the most im- e er e new pnmary aw Will serve thiS pur-portant
statement that I can pose no one can tell. It is a weak law. Maybe it can be
make in this connection is that strengthened in years to come. Indeed, it obviously has
~I wIsh to serve that I may serve d t t' 1 If thO h· . . personally have gotten much goo po en i~ s. is were not so, t. e political machme
Just from being a member of boys wouldn t be so alarmed about it.
this class, and I would now like
the opportunity to give some­thing
back. I am anxious to
work with the Student Council
as close~y ll? possible. I will. do student support could be assured so that neither the
everythmg m my power to Im- U··t h 1 prove this council, although I mverSi y nor t e ecturer would be embarrassed by
must admit that I do not think poor attendance, the lectures could be held in the eve­~
hat there is too much room for ning. The adoption of this idea would depend to a high
Improvement, ·at least on this d .. .
year's Council. I promise to eg:ee upon ItS receptiOn by the non-resident commut-give
the class representation, as ers m the student body.
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it skhOUld be tghiven. Ilw
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wolrk We hope that some way can be found to achieve
o eep up e exce en re a- .
tions between our class and the these goals, and we would welcome ideas and sugges-faculty..
I will strive to make tions from the students. Yet, if it is impossible, the
o~rllsem.o~ yeathr melmorable so- student body is in no way the loser, for the Bellarmine
CIa y, gIvmg e c ass as many
of the type of activities that Lectures as they are at present are far better than no
they want. I plan to run several lectures at all.
special activities to bolster the -------------------------­class
treasury, that we may
have, among other things, a
fine Year Book. And, above all,
I wish to promise solemnly, at
this moment, to the entire class,
that if I am elected, there will
be no forgotten man. I will try
at all times to provide the great­est
good for all involved. And
above all, I promise that all ap­pointments
to be made during
the senior year will be made
stricUy on merit. In all official
actions I will leave friendship
out of the question. 'This should
not alarm or upset any of my
friends, as I consider every
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Editorials • • •
During the past years the administration has made
it a regular practice to invite noted Catholic lecturers
to the campus to address the student body on topics of
current and lasting importance. Many of these lecturers
enjoy international fame in their respective fields and
their presence has served as a source of both entertain­ment
and enlightenment to the Fairfield undergraduate
body. .
There is but one small flaw in the arrangements for
guest lecturers as they are presently constituted, though
it may well be stretching a point to term it a flaw.
The University, because of its youth, is hampered
in not only space but time as well in setting up the class
schedules for each day. Perhaps it would be easier if
the administration had only the classes to contend with
but space and time must also be found for the many
student activities which go on each week.
Quite naturally, then, it is extremely difficult tor
the administration to sandwich into the tight schedule
anything which must be termed, of its nature, extra­ordinary,
such as the Bellarmine Lecture series, and
yet avoid disturbing the class time and room arrange­ments.
At the present time this difficulty has been met bv
scheduling the lectures during the second period o~
Thursday which extends roughly from ten to eleven
o'clock. Unfortunately, many of our guests come pre­pared
to deliver an address which would run quite a
bit longer than the allotted hour, minus the time neces­sary
for the students to get over to Berchmans, be seat­ed,
and then return in time for third period class. Some
lecturers attempt to condense their address during its
delivery which usually 'results in their visible discom­fort
and a destruction of the continuity in the minds of
their listeners. Others merely stop talking at the end of
their time. A disadvantage other than the above men­tioned
occurs even when the lecturer is brief enough
to enable him to finish in time. There is very little
time, or none on some occasions, left for a question and
answer period between the lecturer and the students.
As we have said before we realize the many diffi­culties
attached to the presentation of the Bellarmine
Lecture series. Yet we wonder whether or not some
means might be found that on a special occssion, such
as the presence of a guest lecturer on campus, third
period classes could be cancelled to give the lecturer
more time to devote to his topic, and also, to give the
students sufficiently interested, the opportunity for
freer and more informal contact with the wisdom of our
guest, whether or not a classroom or hall could be found
which could be used for the remainder of the third
period in which the lecturer could meet with the stud­ents.
The
April 20, 1956
REPUBLICAN
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regarding the contest may be
obtained by contacting Ed Mor­ey,
Senior Delegate.
The Vice President of the
United States is expected to
speak in Hartford on April 22
at the request of the Collegiate
Republicans of Connecticut.
CITIZENSHIP
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JOHN COSS
THE STAG
DeCONCILIO
NFCCS
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Jim Rourke, F'amily Life
Chairman, is a candidate for the
presidency of the New England -------------------------
Region. The elections for offi­cers
will be held Sunday after­noon.
Holy Cross and Fairfield, the ed to bring college men and
finalists in the forensic tourna- women, faculty, and recent grad­ment
held here on campus some
weeks ago, will debate on the uates into closer association with
topic "Movies Are Deceptive." respected political leaders, with
Professor Arthur Riel, of F.air- a view to acquainting them with
field, will also deliver a talk the actual workings of the po-after
the debate. litical process.
..,fro m. .
thicsorner...
By C. P. BOAL
Miss Phull, that's not what I mean,
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Sports News and Views
Election time is fast ap- By PAUL NAGY and BOB SCHRECK
proac~ing. ~he St~dent OPINIONS CAN COINCIDE AND THEY CAN DIF-Coun.
cll at Its Apnl ~o FER HERE IS A CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF THE
,meetmg declared em~hatlc- LATTER.
The pretty little thing was no more than eighteen, ally that no one WIll be
but in firm possession of Hollywood's basic demands. allowed to vote if he ha.s PAUL NAGY: Beginning on April 17, the farm situ­She
was seated in a lounging chair, where the lighting not yet paid his student ation, the cold war, the Stevenson-Kefauver debates,
would best reflect her highly-valued assets. And her tax. and the perils of Dick Tracy will all take a back seat
clothes were made to order - that is made to order for This action was taken to in the minds of Americans as secondary issues. From
a young lady half her size. They had named her Kit coerce the students who that time forth, no one will care much whether Russia
Phull. It fit. have been delinquent in takes the lead in weapon development or not, or
this obligation into making whether the South secedes from the Union again ­their
tax payment. Evi- the 1956 baseball season embarks on a bigger and better
dently they do not seem to campaign!
realize that they are com- In some respects this season will be quite different
mitting an un jus t act from any other, what with the Dodgers playing seven
against those students who games at Jersey City, and Bobby Bragan guiding the
have paid their assessment. fortunes of the Pittsburgh team. More important, how-
This tax is valid and ever, will be the fact that many of the top clubs are
binding upon all members throwing their lot with a crop of exceptionally fine
of the student body. There Irookies and yearlings. In the American League, the
is no option concerned in Yanks, the White Sox, Cleveland and Boston all possess
making payment, it is Iyoung·ballplayers with little or no big league experience
merely a question of pay" but loaded with talent. Most notably, the Red Sox
ing a just assessment. roster is studded with youngsters like Frank Baumann,
The Council also deter- Don Buddin, Marty Keough, Frank Malzone, Pete Daly,
mined at its past meeting Hayward Sullivan and Billy Consolo. These newcomers
that the date of nomina- should provide a bolstering bench to such established
tions for class officers shall stars as Piersall, Goodman, Vernon, Jensen, Nixon and
be April 19, and that the Porterfield. Needless to say, the one deciding factor
elections shall take place in determining whether the Hose take the flag by ten
on April 26. The nomina- games or run a poor third or fourth is the Ole Splinter
tions for the Student Coun- himself, Ted Williams. If the Thumper can avoid any
cil election will be open jnjuries, the Sox are in!
from Monday, April 30, un- First division in the American League should look
til May 4. The elections for something like this come next September: Boston, New
the Council seats will be York, Cleveland, Detroit.
held on Tuesday, May 15. In the National eague, no one team will seriously
challenge Brooklyn's supremacy. Only the Cardinals
RETREAT have made any change for the better. Following the
(Continued from Page 1) Dodgers in this order will be Milwaukee, St. Louis, and
third day of the retreat. On this Philadelphia.
day, the entire Senior class was
enrolled in the League of the BOB SHRECK: Once more the bookies are shying
Sacred Heart, otherwise known away from the baseball season and it appears that the
as the "Apos'leship of Prayer." main reason is the strength of the defending champions.
The retreat was ended with the
conferring of the Apostolic New York and Brooklyn are loaded. Last season, it
Blessing. appeared to many scribes that the Yanks, with their
Although this was an open young pitching staff, were still a year or two away
retreat the spirit was the same
as a closed one. Father Fay from greatness. However, they developed quickly and
stressed the positive aspects of with Byrnes, Ford, Larsena nd Turley consistently
life in his lectures. throwing clutch games they breezed into the pennant.
LETTERS Brooklyn, on the other hand, with certainly one of the
(Continued from Page 3) heaviest hitting lineups in modern baseball history,
member. of the class as my had no competition.
friend. This then is my plat- What about this year? Definitely the Yanks and
form for my class: Service,
Representation, Greatest Good. Brooklyn have improved. Both clubs have farm sys-
If I am elected, I feel safe in tems which are the most productive in the game.
assuring. the Class of 1957 t~at Brooklyn has found a second baseman in Charley Neal.
they WIll have a fine Semor .
year, in all aspects, because I Robmson can be rested for clutch games. Also two or
firmly believe that, better yet I three young pitchers have impressed. With the Yankees
know that w.e have a· fine class. it is the same old story. If you can't beat them buy
Smcerely; .'
Thomas J. Fitzgerald them. So they purchased MIckey McDermott.
The Yankees should encounter the stiffer opposi­tion
with Detroit, Boston, Chicago, and Cleveland pro­viding
alternating token resistance. Brooklyn should
have little difficutly.
"Excuse me, Miss Phull," the impatient reporter
said, "but the interview is supposed to start now. Do
you mind if we begin?"
"No, not at all," she was able to answer, unaware
that her manager's tardiness was stationing her in a
very precarious position. She'd have to answer for her­self
- and certainly, this wasn't in the contract.
"Now then," the eager scribe began. "In this past
picture, you were the highly emotional sweetheart of a
confirmed alcoholic. The instigating moment actually
occurred when you started your dramatic condemna­tion
of your fiance, isn't that so?"
The answer strongly resembled a question itself.
"Yes? - I mean yes!" She looked bewildered.
"Can you tell me," continued the writer, completely
engrossed in his work - with no regard for circum­stances,
"if you feel that you employed that quality
which Plato called the ethical proof, most advantage­ously
in this same dramatic speech?"
The two little blue eyes left their aggressor's face
and swung upward, until they were firmly centered on
the ceiling. The little head was cocked at an adorable
right angle - obviously the result of many months of
h~rd practice. Two petite limbs swung over the arm
of the chair and slid under the million dollar frame. A
deep breath signified serious contemplation. The
writer took notice. Quickly producing an extra sheet
of paper, he dusted the point of his pencil, and readied
his finger muscles for action. His eager ears anxiously
picked up the slightest sound in the tranquil atmosphere
of the room. His expectations were mounting. Then
she spoke.
"No," she answered.
"But, Miss Phull, that means you lacked sincerity.
Surely you must have that. Why, even the Greeks
recognized -"
~'Please, please, we're talking about my picture,"
the pretty little forehead was beginning to perspire. "I
don't know anything about Greece - why, I've never
even met a Greek."
"No, no, you don't understand, I mean - well,
let's skip that." He paused, then continued, "In the
scene where you learn about your fiance's other girl,
and you plan to kill him, are you supposed to be aware
that there's a moral issue involved?"
The innocent expression on the smooth, round face
suddenly turned in acrimonious defense, "I have my
morals -"
"N0, no, no,
I just -"
"I didn't write this movie, you know, I'm just an
actress."
"I understand perfectly." Now two foreheads were
perspiring, "If you'd just answer a few simple ques­tions
-"
"Like what?"
"Like what!!! Good grief, woman, wake up, I've
only spent thirty minutes talking for nothing -"
"Don't shout at me."
"1m not shouting," he shouted, casting all patience
to the wind.
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Intramurals
On and Off
the Campus
Father Farrington recently
released the figures of total par­ticipation
in Intramurals for
the year 1955-1956. In table ten­nis
a total of 117 students par­ticipated
in the Christmas and
Spring Tournaments. The Soft­ball
League membership was
120 and 64 participated in
bowling. In touch football 108
signed up and 44 students are
currently participating in golf.
This brings the total to 453 stu­dents,
more than half the en­tire
student body.
TABLE TENNIS
A new table has been install­ed
in the cafeteria which will
make the Spring Tournament
much more exciting. Competi­tion
win be more keen as the
players have come a long way III!.
since starting last fall.
GOLF
Because of inclement weather
one round has been cancelled.
However, many rounds have
been already completed. The
fourth round must have been
completed by April 13. The
rules of the U.S. Golf Associa­tion
which govern all play were
stated in the April 9 issue of
The STAG.
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SOFTBALL
Opening day for the Softball
League is Monday, April 16.
The schedule was posted on Fri­day,
April 13. With the Water­bury
Club still to be added, the
• circuit total will be ten teams.
Games are to be played on Mon­days,
Tuesdays, and Wednes­days
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Junior Meeting,
(Continued from Col. 4)
the end. This love story is inter­spersed
with such songs as: "If
I Loved You," and 'When You
Walk Through a Storm." An il­lustrious
rendition of singing
and dancing, is Rodgers and
Hammerstein's version of "June
Is Bustin' Out All Over." How­ever,
the singing and dancing
are not as spectacular as the
magnificent scenery to which
CinemaScope 55 does ample
justice. The following caption
advertising this picture is ac­curate:
"A New Wonder Has
Been Added to A Wonderful
Show."
Summing up: A merry-go­round
of color, beauty, song, and
entertainment.
GERMAN EXHIBIT
(Continued from Page 1)
The Deutscher Kultur Verein
extends an invitation to all to
come and view the exhibit. If
anyone still wishes to donate
any articles, they may leave
them on Mr. Stuart's desk in
the Consultation Room.
(Continued from Page 4)
"Oh, stop it, stop it." And these words brought the
tears - smearing the beautiful, well-insured cheeks. A
million dollars going up in tears.
"Hold it, hold it, what in the name of Sam Gold­wyn
is going on here?" A big cigar burst through the
dgorway, immediately followed by a short, fat man.
"My million dollar baby - crying," her manager
screamed.
Since such offenses usually carry severe punish
ments in Hollywood, it's needless to say that the inter
viewer's departure wasn't systematically carried out.
As a matter of fact, it's a wonder that people in the hall
even heard him mumbling to himself as he went - but
all they caught was the end of his jabber:
"To think of all the people in Hollywood who'd be
glad to give me an interview - without getting excited
shouting, crying, and what not. Why, there's Lassie
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BY SAL GILBERTIE, JR. In Baseball Season Opener
Ah, Spring - the season of
the rebirth and return of Mother With two weeks' practice behind them, the Stags
Nature's wondrous splendors, d A'l 13 . t R d
The robins arrive with their gay opened their season on Fri ay, pn , agams. 1 er.
songs, the bright velvet green According to the coach, the bad weather has hmdered
colors return to the grass cov- the team in its effort to get into adequate condition. This
ered lawns and meadows, the h d 1 . th h l'
warm air rejoins us after its year's team has the largest sc e u e m e sc 00 s
long absence, the trotters re- annals. It includes St. Peter's and Holy Cross, a peren­turn
to Jamaica, and "Rod and nial powerhouse, along with the traditional rivalry
Gun" returns to the sport pages
of The STAG. Oh, you lucky with Bridgeport.
readers! --------------0 Is is expected that Ed Cerulli
And with the arrival of C. will be the opening day pitcher
Spring come also the wandering lnema . .. for the Men in Red. "Easy Ed"
thoughts of young men... compiled a three and one record
(towards fishing, of course!) Re- Gordon MacRae, S h i I' ley last year. Billy Burns, an ex-member
all the trout we dream- Jones, Cameron Mitchell, music perienced sophomore, is also de­ed
of catching last year - but and lyrics by Rodgers and Ham- pended on to give the mound
somehow the fish never were staff needed depth. Bill is the
very co-operative in respecting merstein, the wonder of stereo- onIy pI'tCher m. Fa'Irfield P rep
those dreams. They always phonic sound, and the initial at- history to spin a no-hit, no-run
seemed to have just finished tempt in CinemaScope 55, make game.
their meal when we arrived to CAROUSEL the most colorful The tentative opening day
tempt them with every imagin- and glorious musical entertain- lineup will probably have Pedro
able bait and lure on the mar- ment event in motion pictures Tagatac behind the plate, Danny
keto So We w-ould sadly wade yet. Mico at third, Art Pavluvcik at
out of the stream, disassemble The new wonder of Cinema- short, Mike Grasso on second.
our equipment, ,and pack it all Scope 55 along with Stereophon- It is a toss-up for the initial sack
in the car when they would ic Sound provides for captivat- between Paul Dunn and Paul
start feeding on some light-col- ing glamour in the gay dancing Williams. The outfield will prob­ored
fly which had just hatched scenes, and greater depth, in- ably be McGolderick, Waters and
and come to the surface. At creased sharpness, and height- Foley, although both Wes Greg­first
we pay no attention to the ened audience participating ory and Howie Hickey have
two or three rises; but then the throughout the entire picture. been playing some fine ball re-water
begins to boil with rising In the background of this cently.
trout and we nervously and ex- musical, there is a down-to- The squad is built around
citedly scamper back to the car earth love story. The novelty of seven lettermen who saw action
for the rod. But before we can this lies in the fact that it has last year including a pair of .300
get reassembled and reorganized good and bad times, or even hitters, Tagatac and Pavluvcik.
the hatch is over and the fish vacillation in conduct or purpose
have had their bellies full. We, on the part of one of the lovers,
nevertheless, get back into the as opposed to the flawless and
stream to try again. We fish un- unrealistic love often formulat­til
the mosquitoes have practi- ed in some pictures. Gordon
cally eaten us alive and when MacRae, a handsome carousel
we finally get home we vow barker, falls in love with Shi~­never
to go fishing again, but ley Jones, an ardent and beaut!­the
next afternoon we are in ful admirer, and loses his job.
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that little fly or worm Or spin- father, and then his spirits soar.
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laUl;h because we "never catch friend of his attempt a holdup
nothin' but colds"; then we'll and Gordon is killed. Then his
show them that fish DO bite as child, a girl, grows up in pov­well
as mosquitoes. Maybe this erty and scorn due to her fath­will
be our year ... maybe. er's reputation as a thief. Gor­Here's
wishing you luck! don is permitted a one day leave
See you at "your favorite from Heaven to visit his wife
spot" Saturday. and daughter. He attends his
daughter's graduation, where
she heeds advice which solves
her difficulties. He then leaves
with all well on earth, and dis­appears
back to Heaven amidst
a blazing and tranquil sunset;
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Track Coacll Instructs
Track And Field Men
Coach Edward Tamashunas met with his returning letter,~en
and new track candidates for the first time on Monday, April 9
in Room 211. The Red Stag track and field mentor made a few
brief remarks that were direct-~
ed primarily to freshmen about
conditioning. "Legs are basic in
track" Coach Tamashunas
stres~ed. He said that being a The meeting was called to
shot-putter does not excuse a order at 1:00 p.m. by President
man from running in his con- Bob Imbro. The announcement
ditioning. A strong pair of legs of a Month's Mind Mass for the
is just as valuable to a shot- mother of Ken Catandella on
putter, a discus man, or one who May 1, was the first article on
competes in the hammer or the agenda.
javelin events as they are to the M~.. Imb~o stressed .that the
sprinters and the middle-dis-, admmlStratlOn IS makmg sure
tance runners. Therefore, all that all pay the stud~nt tax to
field men are guaranteed quite the Student CouncIl before
a bit of running this season by electing any Class Officers.
the coach. George Myers st~ted that the
. Junior Week pIcmc, scheduled
The four home meets wIll n~t for Saturday afternoon, May 5,
be held on the prep field thIS will cost two dollars per couple.
year as in previous seasons, but This includes all refreshments.
on the new varsity trac.k that The last possible date for pur­was
~onstructed along wIth the chasing tickets is the preceding
dormItory. Monday, May 1.
In summing up his remarks, Paul Check, Prom Chairman,
Coach Tamashunas told his said that all details of the dance
squad to "take it easy" during have been worked out. Bids
the first week of conditioning must be obtained early to in­and
to train gradually to avoid sure good tables since 'only 250
sprains and sore muscles. He bids will be sold. The date is
also told the "runners to think May 4, 9:00 to 12:00, at Laddin's
in terms of field events and the Terrace, Stamford.
field men to think in terms of This was the last meeting
running" so that a balance may conducted by Bob Imbro. We
be attained in all departments. are all very glad that Mr. Imbro
Both Coach Tamashunas and was our Pres!~ent during this
Father Lyons, Director of Ath- most important y~ar. The Jun­Ie
tics expressed a desire for ior Class takes thIS opportumty
more' upperclassmen to tryout to thank Bob for his effort and
for the squad. As it stands, a trio sound decisions.
of seniors, Gerry Garvey, Jack --------
Smyth, and Bill Connell form JUNIOR WEEK
the core of this year's team. The (Continued from Page 1)
remainder of the squad is mostly
unexperienced. A pair of sopho- campus on Wednesday, May
mores, pole-v,aulter Ray Brooks ninth. This affair will include a
and weight man Hal Connelly buffet supper and movies. Tro-will
be counted on heavily. phies will be awarded.