Stag - Vol. 06, No. 12 - March 31, 1955

              Fr. Corridan At Club Dinner
Vol. VI-No. 12 Published by Students of Fairfield University, Fairfield, Conn.
- Story below
March 3L 1955
Fr. Daniel Mazkov celebrates Byzantine Mass
[(lein Concert On April 22,
Bpt., Glee Cl,ub Sponsors
(Continued on Page 6)
Speaking on the topic "Prob­lems
of the Waterfront," Father
Corridan will discuss the "mob
rule" now present on the New
York waterfront, and recently
brought to light in the motion
picture, "On the Waterfront,"
which has received several
Academy Award nominations.
This movie stressed the activi­ties
of Father Corridan in his
fight against the underworld
tactics employed by the corrupt
I.L.A. in its struggle to keep
conb'ol of the longshoremen.
Though at this writing {If the
article the awards have not
been presented, it is this report­er's
opinion that the movie will
be chosen "Best Picture of the
Year."
More recently, Father Corri­dan
received national recogni­tion
for his book, "Waterfront
Priest," a biographical work
treating of the difficulties he has
encountered in his position as
head of the "Labor Institute of
New York" and the ,active ad­versary
of the I.L.A. 'and the
indolent shipping associations of
the Port of New York. For a
summary of the book refer to
the column, Library Jottings.
Tickets for this interesting
and informative dinner-meeting
may be secured from any mem­ber
of the Board of Directors
Or from Mr. Jordan. All mem­bers
of the student body are
invited and urged to 'attend.
This problem that Father will
discuss is one that is important
to all of us as citizens.
The invited guests are as fol­lows:
Mr. W. Flanagan, Placement
Director at Fairfield University.
Fr. J. Fitzgerald, Rector at
the University.
Fr. Hohman, S.J.
Fr. O'Brien, S.J.
Mr. Bernard Gilhaly - Fair­field
County Real Estate.
Mr. James V. Joy - Insur­ance.
Mr. James T. Kline - Patent
Attorney.
Mr. Charles Allen - U.s.
Customs Appraiser.
Mr. Peter Reiley - Warner
Bros. Personnel Director.
DR. ROGALIN
Tonight at the Stratfield Hotel, Father John M.
Corridan, the famous "Waterfront Priest" f,rom New
York, will speak before a dinner-meeting of the Busi­ness
Club.
Reception
Given For
Dr. Rogalin
WATERFRONT PRIEST i\.T
BUS. DINNER TONIGHT
THE ACTIVITIES
COMMITTEE
Due to the confusion re­cently
evidenced in regard to
the clearance of dates for
club and class functions. we
think it advisable to inform
the student body of the
necessary procedure which
must be followed in this re­gard.
It is the obligation of
the chairman of any event to
follow the steps listed below:
1. Consult Father Barrett
in regard to holding the
event;
2. Clear the date for said
event through the office of
the Registrar so that it may
be placed on the activities
calendar; .
3. If the event is to be held
in any of the school buildings
(including Xavier). permis.
sion for the use of the build­ing
must be secured from the
person in charge of it (e.g.
Father Carty for Berchmans);
4. Submit the date for the
event to the Student Council
for final clearance.
Special otice
To The Students
Election of Officers,
Talk at French Club
At a recent meeting of the
French Club elections for new
cfficers were held. The officers
for the '55-'56 academic ye,ar are
Marcel Faucher, president; Vin­cent
Hogan, vice president, and
Dominick Cerritelli, secretary- Dr. Maurice A. Rogalin, Ph.D.,
treasurer. profeSsor of education in the
After the election Dr. Mc- college and graduate school was
Donald gave a very interesting given a surprise reception in
talk on the places of interest his honor on the occasion of his
that one should visit when in 70th birthday recently. More
Paris. Plans were also made for than one hundred and fifty peo­the
"French Irregular Verb pIe, among them, the Rector,
Contest" which is sponsored members of the faculty, present
yearly by the French Club, the and former students, and friends
date for which has been set for attended. The Doctor's gradu­April
24th. Marcel Faucher, Leo ate students whose efforts were
Morrissette, and George Boil- mainly responsible for the or­ard
were chosen to be judges ganization of the reception, pre-
. . sented him with a purse.
at the contest. EIghty-four high I Doctor Rogalin came to the
schools, both private and public, University in 1950 with a wide
have been invited to attend. background of experience in
Last year Stratford High School the various levels of education.
won first prize, which was in He 1:aught in the New York
the form of a trophy. In order public school system, was prin­to
keep this 1:rophy, the school cipal of the T,aft school, pro­must
win the contest three fessor at F·ordham University,
years in succession. It is hoped and president of the Jamaica
that this contest will be .as suc- Teacher's College ,in Jamaka,
cessful as last year's. N.Y.
esprit de corps, has been instill­ed
in the new men 'of the Club
by the old members and is ce­mented
by the loyalty and admi­ration
of their director, Mr.
Simon Harak.
Mr. Harak is truly deserving
of this admiration as is evi­denced
by his skillful moulding
of amateur and largely untrain­ed
voices into a group whose
quality borders on the profes­sional.
His study of voice has
carried him to Hartford, New
York, and Mexico City where
he was under the direction of
Madam Pi'a de Lozada. This ex­tensive
tr,aining prepared him
well for the many years he
spent as soloist for NBC and
later for CBS.
This year the Club will again
present a varied program. Some
of the arrangements are those
of the colorful Fred W,aring 01'-
(Continued on Page 6)
In the past the Bridgeport Glee Club concert has
always been a highlight of the school year. Under the
co-sponsorship of the Bridgeport Area Club and the
Glee Club itself, this evening of relaxing entertainment
has always proven itself to be a social magnet 'to which
Fairfield students of all areas, as well as the general
public, have been drawn.
This year has every indication of being no excep­tion.
The date is April 22, 1955 at eight-thirty P.M.,
at the Klein Memorial Auditorium, Fairfield Ave.,
Bridgeport.
In the past this organization
has provided in an excellent
manner not only enjoyment for
its audiences by its varied rep­ertory,
but also an exciting
panorama of the intricacies of
vocal interpretation. In the
seven years of its existence the
Glee Club has gained reknown
for its discipline, precision, ,and
interpretation. This year's group
has been left an excellent tradi­tion
and a set of standards
which have been hailed by
critics as those of a professional
group.
The present organization is
fully capable of equalling the
accomplishment of its prede­cessors.
In fact, early glimpses
of the group indicated that these
accomplishments may be sur­passed
during the present sea­son.
That quality which is pre­dominant
in all teamwork,
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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Thomas Sheehan, '56
News Editor Feature Editor
Thomas Connors, '56 Arthur Conway, '56
Sports Editors Business Manager
Robert Schreck, '56 Edmund Measom, '57
Paul Nagy, '57 Exchange Editor
Make-Up Editors Donald Gabriel, '57
John Crowley, '56 Photographers
John Cagnassola, '57 Charles Umstatter, '55
Associate Editors Robert Madden, '56
John Leonard, '55 Robert Visokay, '57
John Buckley, '55 Thomas Murray, '58
Bernard Joy, '55 Wilbur Fomento, '58
Club Notes Editor
James Attolino, '57
Le'ading Disgrace
Today the leading disgrace to our democratic form
of government is the pitifully low wages paid to our
teachers. Some increases have been made, granted, but ~---------_... By A. CONWAY
By ANDREW PERRELLA
the level is very much below standard. Because of this The meeting was called for 7:30 p.m., so naturally
In the very near future the
low standard we are now experiencing a crisis - that annual Student Council elec- the boys drifted in around 8:30 p.m. and after a few
of the shortage of competent teachers. tions will determine who will rousing games of ping-pong, the meeting got under way
Many students who would make excellent teachers fill (and I use the term liter- about 9:00 p.m.
ally), the seats left vacant by The first order of business was a reading of the
have disregarded the teaching profession as ,their means the present aggregation. Aftemr'mutes f h d' C il . Th 0 t e prece mg' ounc meetmgs. e secre-of
a livelihood because of sound monetary reasons. serving one year as a represen- tary announced that he could only read off half of the
Either they want more money as a consequence for tative and spending the past former meeting because he had run out of lead during
having spent four years in college (maybe more as the few months as one who voiced the sec-and half. A motion was proposed by Pete Em-h
h h ' his opinion about the actions of case may be) or else they t ink t at the teac er swage bargo (his father sells lead) ,that the Council buy some the present Council (at times to
is not enough in itself to enable them to raise 'a family their great dismay), I have a lead for the secretary. Next came a report from the
suitably. I know myself of many men who are teachers little advice for any of you who standing committees, who made a mation that they be
and are forced to take on additional jobs to compensate might be interested in running allowed to sit down. The opposition to this motion was
for the low wages received as teachers. This situ3.tion for office. led by Roland Hotchkiss (his father sells ankle supports).
in turn affects the children in the schools because their Most important of all, be in- His argument was if they be allowed to sit down it
teachers have these extra jobs and are not able to devote terested in the welfare of the would necessitate a changing of the name to "sitting
the necessary time required to prepare the children's student body and not in getting committees." "A point well taken," announced Barry
lessons. If the teacher is ill-prepared, the students, re- your own handsome face plas- Curley, our Student Council presidnet. "We willlilnit
fleeting this attitude, will not regard their school work tered on an extra page in the discussion on this question to 10:30 p.m.," he said. There
with any enthusiasm. yearbook. Make sure your scho- followed a discussion on the question of limiting the
The case of a man expecting more money for his lastic standing is high enough tiIDe of debate on the question of allowing the standing to allow you to be in Xavier .
abl'll'yt'is a perfectly sound argument'm favor 0f an Cafeteria on Tuesday night committees to sit down. It was finally decided to cur-increase
in wages. Many laborers who have never gone when your fellow classmates tail the discussic;m of curtailing the amount of time to
beyond high school, if that far, are receiving far better are cramming for a chemistry discuss the former question to 10:30 until 10:00 p.m.
wages than teachers. Recently in an ad in the New exam on Wednesday morning. A short riot took place between the two opposing
York Times, pleading for higher wages for teachers, it If you commute from West factions, but order was soon restored by Curley, who
was stated tha,t a teacher had resigned his post to go to Wokkington Falls, Ohio, don't beat out a few bars of Ko-KcrMo on the 'table with a
work driving a brewery truck because the job paid more run for Council!; we would like Pop bottle he uses for a gavel.
money. Understand, I am not saying that the brewery you to attend meetings once in Robert Grim then made a motion that the school
truck drivers, or any laborer for that matter, should be a while. be turned Co-Ed. "A point well taken,' announced
paid less money to equal that of the teachers', but that If you don't get elected to Barry Curley, our Student Council president. The
the teacher's wage should be increased at least enough Council, ,one way to find out oopposition to this motion was led by Bob Gerwain (who
to either equal or even exceed the laborer's wage. what not to do is to observe the ha tes gl.rIs). Ronny Gl'psome, wh 0 's engaged anyway,
inefficiency of one faction of the went along with ,the idea.
If salaries were raised, we would find' many more present group. The latest gem
competent, dedicated men entering the teaching field. At this time a point of information was brought up in which they showed gross in-It
would offer them a good wage and allow each teacher as to whether Art Conroy was dead or asleep. After a consideration was at a recently
to spend the time required to prepare their school work. scheduled meeting. At this lit- few prods, he emitted a growl and it was decided that
A raising of standards for entrance into the teaching tle gathen'ng there appeared the he was only asleep. This hurt John Greene~-ate's feelings
Council moderator, an invited very much (his father's a mor,tician).
profession should follow the increase in salaries, and guest, and several uninformed Discuss~nwent on concerning Grim's motion, until
in this way discourage any incompetent individuals Council members. These poor it was put to a vote. The motion was defeated and once
from applying for a teaching job. souls finally decided (about an again the hallowed halls of Fairfield were closed to
J. T. S. hour after the usual starting femininity.
time) that the meeting had been As time was getting late and our throats were get-called
off. ting dry, Swing Concerto made a motion to adjourn.
With atrocious behavior of "A Capital idea," cried Andy Citrenella, who isn't even
this kind combine endless hag- on Council, but writes for the STAG. The meebng was
gling, trying 'to dictate to the
Dean, and a great deal of closed by a few well chosen words from Barry Curley,
N.F.C.C.S. discussion which has lOur Student Council president. "Remember every day,
no bearing on the great major-ity
of the student body and {_C_o_n_t_in_u_e_d_on_P_ag_e_6_) ....,- _
you've got a pretty good idea of
what the several competent
members of this year's Council
are going through.
Of course, most of you won't
run fOr Council, but when you
vote for your representative,
treat the matter with some im­portance,
so you won't have to ispend next year complaining
1 about bad government.
Following are three quotations
from members of the Student
Council whose names I will not
divulge. One member of the
Senior Class openly declares,
"We have become subordinate
to the N.F.C.C.S." Another Sen­ior
ventured forth with, "This
is undoubtedly the worst Coun­cil
on which I have ever serv­ed";
while one of the Sopho­more
representatives stated
that, "Several members of the
Council delegate too much au­thority
to themselves."
March 3L 1955 THE STAG Page Three
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Campus Briefs ·
JIM ATTOLINO
tact Jim Attolino with any
news that you would like to
have published in the STAG.
Library Jottings
By DAVID F. BARRY
The Club Notes Editor for the
STAG this semester is James
Attolino who has replaced Vin­cent
DeRosa. Jim is a sopho­more
and a transfer student
from Boston College. He has
introduced the new column
Campus Briefs. in which he
combines ,all the news about the
various clubs and societies of
the school, as well as local hap­penings
about the campus. You
can expect to read about the
future activities of the different
clubs of our school and on com­ing
social ,affairs. If you are a
member of any club, or serve
on a committee of any social
activity, you are advised to con-
James Attolino New
Stag Briefs Editor
Is Fairfield going co-ed? It
would seem that way from lat­est
reports of ,the SOPHOMORE
Class Meeting. A talk was given
by Bill White, '57, of the pro­posed
combined F.airfield-St.
Joseph's Orientation Week for
incoming Freshmen of both
schools. Since it is customary
for the JUNIOR CLASS to .take
charge of the Orientation Week
program, the SOPHMORE
CLASS, the majority of whom
we hope will make the transi­tion,
have been invited to start
plans for next year's pr,ogr,am.
Any interested SOPHOMORE
should get in touch with Jim
Rourke. The faculty must have
a great deal of confidence in
the SOPHOMORE Class for
they have given their sanction
to the first off-campus FRESH­MAN-
SOPHOMORE picnic to
be held on the Saturday of
Junior Prom week-end. John
Cagnassola, '57 has been ap­pointed
chairman of this affair.
The affair has been restricted to
Russia is an enormous nation, much larger than couples only, with a tentative
the United States in both area and population. It is a price of 2.00 per couple. More
complex nation with many nationalities and races con- definite information will be
tained within its borders. A requisite for a sound un- published after the committee
derstanding of the present world problem is a knowledge has held a meeting. Let us hope
of Russia. A knowledge of not only its life under the that those who attend will act
present Communist dictatorship, but of its histor yunder in a manner worthy of the trust
the Czars, its life and customs, its literature, and placed in them by the admin-through
these, and perhaps because of these, and a istration, as this picnic is being
used as an experiment of
knowledge of the great enigma, the Russian mind and whether or not Fairfield Men
soul are necessary if we are to spend the next decade or can act as MEN! April 6th has
three·watching them, waiting, trying to sound them out. been set as the date for a meet­In
this respect the students of Fairfield are extremely ing for nominating next year's
fortunate. An entire section of our compact libra.ry is officers of the NEW HAVEN
devoted to a collection of Russiana capable of answering AREA CLUB. Also to be dis­any
need. One of the most effective is The Russian cussed are the final plans for the
Idea, by Nicolai Berdaev. Berdaev delves into the mode Club's dance to be held on
of thought that has distinguished the Russian mind from April 22nd. JUNIOR-PROM
that of the West. He expLains it as the result of a com- CHAIRMAN Jack Crowley ,tells
us of one suggestion he has re­posite
Asiatic and Western background. The Russian
ceived to aid his committee in
concept of suffering for the sake of suffering reveals an choosing an activity for the
answer to the question as to how the people of Russia Saturday night of the week­have
endured the spiritual misery and emptiness of the end, ,and that is to hold a crazy
past thi,rty years. Few Westerners appreciate how ROCK and ROLL PARTY. Who
deeply the ideC;l of Moscow 'as the Third Rome has iin- would be M.C., Moondog? The
pregnated the thought of the country. It is a lucid and outcome ,of the recent election
comprehensive book which will profit the reader of the METROPOLITAN CLUB
IS as follows. PresIdent Ralph
tremendously. Carguilo, Veep Ed Coyle, Re­cording
Secretary Jim Russell,
Corresponding Secretary Phil
Messina, Treasurer Tony Cala­vita,
Sergeant-at-Arms John
Prendergast. Art Conway has
been appointed special spelling
expert on the STAG. Peter
DeMarco has been appointed
Chairman ,of the JUNIOR
CLASS Communion Breakfast
to be held on April 24 to start
off Junior Week on the right
note. The Mass is scheduled for
McAuliffe Hall with the break­fast
following in Xavier Hall.
The guest speaker will be Rev.
Joseph W. Murphy, S.J., with
Rev. Joseph D. Fitzgerald, S.J.,
Rector, and Fr. Healy, S.J.,
Dean, as invited guests. What
is the reason behind the abund­ance
,of recruiting officers that
have been spotted on campus
the past few weeks? We still
have a month to go 'before
finals.
Rugged, hardened men are not too rare. Rugged,
hardened priests are. But if 'his parish comprises sev­eral
square miles of docks and some of :the most rotten
thugs in town, a priest has to be rugged to survive,
to fulfill his apostplate. F'ather Corridan is that kind
of priest. His job is tough, so tough he admits he has
lost the first battle. The second battle is a long way
off by his own admission, but he hasn't quit and won't
quit. The battle isn't primarily by and for Catholics
alone, but for the decent people of New York City, a
battle for the guy with five kids killing himself down
on the docks, standing in line in the morning shapeup,
forced to line the pockets of some parasite hoodlum with
a kickback on his daily bread. The story, Waterfront
Priest, is written by a Protestant, Allan Raymond, and
prefaced by a Jew, Bud Schulberg. Father Corridan's
story is not 'a pretty tale, but it shouid serve to remove
the blinders from people who think gangsters went out
with Prohibition. It is an honest book about an honest
man, Corridan, S.J., his school, St. Francis Xavier School
of Labor, and his job, get rid of the rats on the docks.
It is a book that should be read. It is a book ,that must
be read.
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its expected I
Albertus
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reaction keeps the
the organization at
level.
After the concert a party was
given for the memebrs of the
Club at which all thoroughly
enjoyed themselves; thanks to
the efforts of Gary Carney and
his Waterbury Club.
O'Brien said: "To visit 'a large
Air Force Base such as Maxwell
and witness the efficient efforts
and dedicated devotion of our
Air Force officers and Airmen
is an interesting experience. I
came away from the base with
the certain conviction that the
defense of our beloved country
in these perilous times is in
good hands."
For Workshop Dr. John Norman declared in a broadcast of Fair­field
University Interprets The News over WNAB, :that
After 'a meeting held on 1it was Allied disarmament af.ter Wodd War II and not
March 23, Chairman Jim Rourke I h' h 'bl f' All' d
announced that the Family Life the Ya ta ,agreement, w IC was responsl e or Ie
Commission of N.F.C.C.S. here losses in the East and West and for the current Cold
at Fairfield has made tentative, War.
plans to hold a workshop rat I Dr Norman commenting on berment.
Albertus Magnus College onthe' , .
af,ternoon of April 3. At the Prime Minister WIn s ton Both Dr. Norman and Moder-
Sunday aftrnoon affair, two Churchill's criticism that the ator John Meaney deplored the
speakers from the University, recently publ.ished Yalta docu- publication of the documents at
and two from Saint Joseph Col- ments contained serious mis- this time because of the do­lege
in Hartford will give the takes, stated that, if mistakes mestic political implications and
various aspects of ,a college have appeared in the docu- the consequent embarrassment
girl's planning a career and a ments, they were made by the to our Allies. Both professors
family. Both the male and Yalta participants land not by also expressed their shock ,at
female outlooks as well as the the editors of the State Depart- Roosevelt's flippant remark at
advlantages and disadvantages of ment's Historical Division, Yalta concerning the late Wen­the
subject will be discussed. It whose reputation for accuracy dell Willkie. And they ,also
is hoped that the t,opics as pre- and competence is extremely agreed in sympathizing with
sented by Fairfield's Sal Fama high. Roosevelt's moral dilemma in
and Phil Messina 'and the two The documents disclosed lit- having to make concessions to
girls from Hartford will provide tle new information, and save American lives.
plenty of ammunition for an in- simply reaffirmed what was A little known fact, Dr. Nor­formal
discussion which will already known. They revealed man pointed out, was that
follow ,the talks. that Foreign Secretary Anthony Stalin wanted the Asilatic con-
Since the workship is planned IEden opposed undue conces- cessions put in writing, so that
only for the Connecticut area, SlOns .to RussIa; that Alger HISS it seems unlikely that he in­students
from Annhurst, Saint was lIttle more than a clerk at tended to vioLate something
Joseph, Albertus Magnus, and Yalta; that .It. was Secretary of that could have been violated
Fairfield will be invited. • State Stettimus who wanted without its being put in black
Hiss at Yalta, and not President and white. It was Allied dis-
On Arpil 22, the N.F.C.C.S. Roosevelt; that Hiss commented armament, Dr. Norman declar­New
England Regional Con- critically on the proposed three ed, that encouraged the viola­gress
will begin in ·Worcester votes for two Soviet Republics tion. Further proof of this is to
with Holy Cross College as host. plus one for the Soviet Union be found in the recent biography
During ,the weekend many itself 'as foHows: "The Soviet of Marshall Tito by Vladimir
wo~kshops, ?iscussions, and Republics ,are not sovereign Diodijer. In this book Stalin is
busmess meetmgs wIll be held. states under international prac- quoted as having said to Yugo­A
banquet and dance are plan- tice ...;" that .Roosevelt, as the slav Foreign Minister ~ardelj,
ned for Friday night. INew York Times has succintly in 1948, that contrary to his
Fairfield's Industrial Relations put it, ha.d to deci~e betwee? (Stalin's) wishes "that the
Committee will present an ac- the moralIty of havmg Amen- Chinese comrades should seek
tual case of arbitration between Ican lives against the morality a modus vivendi with Chian.g
labor and management. Hugh of making concessions to get Kai-shek", they organized their
Boyle and Gerry Garvey have Russia in the wrar against forces to defeat Chiang. The
arranged to have two members Japan; that the joint chiefs of biography also reveals that
of the National Arbitration staff had urged upon Roosevelt when Tito refused Stalin',s
Association act as larbitrators in the necessity of securing Rus- efforts to bring anti-communists
the case. sian assistance against Japan; into the Yugoslav Government,
Family Life has also planned that the con~essions ,accorded to Stalin warned that the British
a workshop for the Congress in RUSSIa both m the East and the would invade Yugoslavia. The
which many contemporary pr,ob- West could, and doubtless Alsop brothers, noted column­lems
will be discussed. Jim would, have been taken by ists conclude concerning this
Ro'urke will speak on Evolution force anyway; ~hat Roosevelt biography that "the same Sta­in
Present Day M,arriages Fi- wanted the electlOns m Poland lin who feared British power in
nancial Difficulties in Y~ung "to be "the fi~~t one, be~o~~ the Balkans equally feared
Marriages will be treated by I questlOn lIke Caesar s wlf.e , American power in China - 'at
Tom Fitzgerald, Dan Reed will tha.t Roose:relt, far fr,om sellmg least, until British and Ameri-
Successful Concert talk on Shotgun Weddings, and ChIang Kal-shek. down. the nv- can demobilization removed all
Dave McCarthy will treat the er, wanted to gIve hIm Hong caUSe for fear."
Held In Waterhury subject of Birth Control. Kong a~d insisted,. succ~ssfully, Moreover, Dr. Norman con-
.. on Stalm's recogmhon m 1945 cluded, Gen. MacArthur was
Last Friday evening in Wilby Fnda~ mght and Saturday, of Chiang's regime instead of quoted by Secretary James V. '
High School lauditorium Fair- there WIll be, tall~s ,by three ofl that of Mao-Tse-Tung (not to Forrestal, in the F,orrestal Dia­field's
Glee Club presented the New Engla~ds B~shops: At the mention the fact that Chiang's ries, as expressing the need for
third in its series of seasonal banquet. FrIday mght the .dele- China got a permanent seat in a great Soviet miHtary effort in
concert. A capacity crowd was gates WIll hear a ,talk by BIshop Ithe U.N. Security Council as a the Far East if the war against
on hand to welcome the group ~nght of Worcester. .s~turday result ,of Roosevelt's initiative); Japan was to be victorious. This
which evidenced the splendid BIshop. Weldon of Spnngfield that Churchill as well as Roose- was over two weeks after the
work done by the Waterbury and BIShop Shehan of Bndge- velt favored German dismem- Yalta conference 'had ended.
Undergraduate Club in publi- port will speak. 1-----------------------------
cizing and arranging the sing- This Congress will mark the
ing group's appeamnce. last official meeting presided
The audience was extremely over by Fairfield's T. Paul Tre­enthusiastic
about the selection, mont, who is president of the
arrangement and presentation New England Region. The elec­of
the evening's program. tion of the new president which
Laughs and pleasing expressions will he held at the Congress will
were visible on the jjaces of all bring to an end Paul's very suc-/
attending when the Campus cessful term.
Minstrels gave their perform- The attendance is expected to
ances; "The Goat" was particu- exceed five 'hundred, land it is
larly well liked. hoped that as many as possible
Ronnie Skumt was hailed for will attend from Fairfield.
his beautiful rendi,tion of "One 1
Alone" and "Dancing in the
Dark."
Applause thundered through
the audit,orium for nearly all
numbers. In general, the eve­ning's
presentation turned ·out
to be one of polish and precision
on the part 'of all. The compli­ments
paid the Club by indi­viduals
and by the audience's
Campus Personality
))/Ch.
Activities:
Vice-President of the Senior Class, Mendel Club 1-2-3-4
New Haven Club. Next year Georgetown Medical School.
FR. O'BRIEN .Lt\TTENDS
MEETING AT AIR UNIV.
Last week Fr. O'Brien, professor of philosophy at
FCl.irfield, attended the meeting of the Board of Visitors
of the Air University at Maxwell Field Air Force base.
This University is made up'
of a number of schools. ,attended
by the Air Force men:
The War College is one of the
schools attended by 4% of the
ranking Colonels and here they
receive training for executive
offices.
Another school is the Air
Staff and Command School at­tended
by 500 officers of the
rank of Major and 2 Lieutenant
Colonels.
Squadron Officers School is
attended by 700 Captains and
Lieutenants.
The R.O.T.C. Headquarter
units are also attached to the
staff of the Air University, to­gether
with a research institute.
Some of the schools connected
with the Air University are the
School of Aviation at Randolph
Field, Tex'as, and the Institute
of Technology at Dayton, Ohio.
The Commandant of the Air
University is General Lawrence
S. Kuler. The BOlaI'd of Visitors
is made up of education and
businessmen and are appointed
by Gen. Twining for a period
of three years. F,ather O'Brien
has been a member of the
Board for two ears. Other mem­bers
are: Frather Cavanaugh,
C.S.C., former President of
Notre Dame, John A. Hannah,
President of Michigan State
University, together with other
leading educators throughout
the country. Aimong the ,busi­nessmen
are: William Kahler,
president of the Illinois Bell
Telephone Co., ·and Thomas B.
Watson, Jr., President of LB.M.
Frather O'Brien's impression
of the Air Base is very ell(~our­aging
to those of us who might
have had some doubts ,about the
defense of our country. Father
March 31, 1955 THE STAG Page Five
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Here are a few at random baseball notes concern­ing
the major league picture for the coming season. Due This 1955 season commemo­to
the radical shakeups in the managerial staffs of six rates Coach Joseph Brosley's'
Amen.can League clubs (onCly, asey ,StengIe dan Al . fFiaftihrfieyledarninaet . the helm of the
Lopez retained thei,r pos~tions) the Junior Circuit flag A team weakened by the loss
race will be much closer than it was last year when it of seven of last year's regulars,
but made promising by the
was as lop-sided as a beat-up, twenty-nine cent basebalL many experienced returning
Cleveland won't even approach its fantastic 110 game lettermen will take the field for
mark of the '54 season and the Yanks needn't fret again the Men In Red.
about winning 103 games and losing the pennant. The Experts claim that the best,
insurance f\or a winning team is
rest of the league, each team with a spanking new an excellent pitching staff.
manager, will make its presence known 10 the Big Coach Brosley may not have
Three of Cleveland, New York, and Chicago. Both the best around, but in hurlers
. . . Ed Cerulli, Skippy Vincent, and
DetrOIt and Boston defimtely appear stronger In all Joe Moretti he has much prom-departments.
Likeable Bucky Harris should go over ise. Also, ~uch in the way of
big with the Tigers' youth brigade and get much more Ipitching will depend upon th,~
h 1 f h 1 '·· disposition of John Kulowiec's I ust e out 0 t em. A wel.~s~asoned pltchmg staff pl~s, arm. John injured this over a
a one-two.,three punch of WIllIams?, Jensen, and Aggamsl year ago and has ,been nursing
gives freshman manager Mike "Pinky" Higgins a very' it back to health ever since.
pleasant outlook. Pending on the Splendid Splinter's On the receiving enc. of the:;e
return from "retirement" the Bosox may have the best pitchers will be ~turdy Jack
. ' . .. Cagnassola. Jack Will see much
outfield In the league, PIersall, Jensen, and WIllIams., action this season due to the
As for Washington and Kansas City, nothing out of the fact that three backstop,; gradu­ordinary
is to be expected from ,them. With Baltimore ated last June.
the case is different, however. First base is the real problem
that Coach Brosley must ~olve
Now that Paul Richards holds down both the field by opening day. One of the lead-I
and general manager's chores for the Orioles anything Lng candidates for this job is
h newcomer Tom Kearney who I can appen and probably will. Already his big deal has claim to a mighty 'heavy
with the Yanks has caused quite 'a stir. Did he wrap bat. We all know that sports are a part of American
up the flag for the Bombers by giving them Bullet Bob The double play combination life, but most of us share this life only by reading
Turley among a host of other players? The answer is Iwill most probably be Jack
an emphatic no! A glance at Turley's record tells us McLean and Pedro Tagatac, at accounts of the achievements of various great athletes.
that w-hile leading the league in strikeouts with 185, he second and short, respectlvely. H f F . fi Id f t t' th t D' h h t owever, we 0 aIr e are very or una e In a we
. . . utles at teo corner
was also tops In Issumg free passes last season with 181 should go to reliable Art Pa\,- have right on our campus a member of a doubles bad-walks.
If his wildness continues during this campaign, luvcic. minton team that is one of the best on ,the East Coast.
chalk one up for Mr. Richards, who received some very In the outfield, steady clouter For, Harry Quinn, a senior, and his partner, Noel Fehm
good materi~ out ~fihe gade. ~n the other hand Turley ~~~dd~~e~a~~e,i:i;~4,aa~~l J~~~ of New Haven (not a student), have been chosen as the
may come t roug or asey tengel and take up the Kulowiec will undoubtedly number one team to represent the East Coast in the
slack in the pitching staff. But one pitcher doesn't winl start. The other spot out in the
a pennant. In conclusion the Orioles definitely got the pasture may be filled by hurler National Badminton Championships at Long Beach, CaL
b f h
.' Ed Cerulli, who finds himself 1 fitt' th t r.>---- _
etter 0 t e transactIOn. 'at home both facing and wield- It is on y mg a we I" I acknowledge the honor that' The Connecticut State Bad-
Over in the National League the world champion' ing a bat. this versatile athlete has earned minton Tournament was held
New York Giants are going to have some pitchiI1JCf diffi- All in all it looks like a good both for himself and for F'air- on March 18th, 19th and 20th
It ' b t t h'+- k h f fib year in store for the Fairfield cu IeS, u no enougLo eep t em out 0 rst or nine, but only time will tell. As field. For, during the month of and here ,again Harry and Noel
second place. There are two big ifs with Brooklyn, if soon as Coach Brosley brings February, you may recall that received top honors. In the
Campanella can start delivering the long ball and if his .team ?a.ck ~om e~tensive Harry, as a representative of \ doubles matches they defeated
S g tag n Flonda we Fairfield won the smgles and, '
Newcombe can regain his pre-service form. Over in J~mdefi:i~t; k~ow more.' along ~ith Elane Langdon of the New Haven team of Howard
Milwaukee the Braves need to synchronize ,their pitch- Westport, the mixed doubles; Hthopkmson
fi
anld bHartrhY Seagel ill
d h' h h 11 b matches in an inter-collegiate I e seml- na s y e sc?res 0 f ing an Itting, t en t ey wi e ready to go places. My Fine Foods tournament held at Mt. Holyoke 1.5-2 and 15-2. Then, m the
candidate for the biggest flop of the '54 season is the College in South Hadley, Mass. finals, they proceeded to Will
St. Louis Cwdinals. With such power as Musial, Moon, The Best in Music In a very recent competition, agamst Bob L.augheed and Ken
Cunningham and Schoendinst in the lineup, they should h and his partner acquired Kost of Westport by the scores
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t~eir fourth victory of the year of 15-6 and 15-12. This v!ctory
finish higher than sixth place this year. TURF CLUB at the Mid-Atlantic Tournament made Harry and. Noel retam the
Odds and Ends Dept.: Joe Jay, the twenty-year old held at St. Joseph's College doubles champI~nshlp of the
Post Road Fairfield (Jesuit) in Philadelphia. The State of Connectlcut.
right-hander for the Braves, has one distinction that no at every mo- In the semi-finals of the
pressure was on . 1 H d f td K other player in the Majors can boast. The strapping at ment during this tournament as smg es, arry e ea en
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'd d b the victory Kost by the scores of 15-3 and six foot four inch youth from Middletown, Conn., is the Southport Turn-off tsheyeVIekeendceout aYgainst Bunkey 15-13'.but he 1ost to h'IS partner,
first product of the Little League to play big league J1MMY NASSEF, Permittee Roche of Baltimore, Maryland Noel, ill the finals by the scores
baseball. and Art Jones of Philadelphia, of 17-15 and 15-4.
Pennsylvania, with the follow- The ffi[xed. doubles brought
" scores' 18-14 and 15-13. This Harry and hiS partner, Helen
~~~mph ~as the key to the Gibson of Westport, the mixed
finals which they proceeded to doubles champIOnship of the
win over last year's defneding state by defeatmg. Noel Feh~
champions Clint Stephens of and Peggy Qumn m the seml­Baltimore,'
a Thomas Cup Play- finals by the scores .of 15-7 and
er and a nationally ranked PlaY-I 15-13 and a victory m the finals
er for the past twenty years, by .the scores of .15-4 and 15-9
and Harry Hacket of Philadel- agaillst Wanda Gibson and Bob
phia, by the follow~g scores: Laugheed of Westport.
15-11 and 15-12. ThiS tourna- We want Harry to know that
ment was ,a very strong oontri- we wish him the ,best of luck
buting factor in Harry and when he goes to California and
Noel's qualifying for the Cali- that win, lose or draw, we are
fornia event. all behind him.
March 31. 1955
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Mr. Raymond Builty - Assist­ant
Controller, Columbia Rec­ords.
Mr. Robert Pitt - Registrar
at Fairfield University.
The Catholic Truth Stand is
one of the best sources of infor- With the coming of Spring,
mation on Catholicism and reli- Fairfield University's Track
gious matters in the school. Squad once more takes to the
Within the past month it has se-I cinders. Inclement weather has
cured many copies of the famous hampered pnactice sessions, but
Fathers Rumble and McCarthy within the next few weeks the
Radio Talks dealing with such squad should be in excellent
diverse topics .as Lutheranism, shape, ready to take on a heavy
Mormonism, and the very in- schedule. This year's team will
teresting sect, the Christian be headed by returning letter­Scientists.
Recently acquired are men Harry Quinn, Al Purcell
the new volumes in Doubleday's and John Smyth.
Catholic series. Included among The schedule for this Spring Al Purcell begins training for
these is Felix Timmerman's follows: track season.
"The Perfect Joy of St. Fran- .
cis", a nighly recommended IApr~1 23
book giving the reader an in- AprIl 27
sight into the gentle nature and May I
warm heart of the "Saint of May 7
Love." May 14
If you see a pamphlet that May 21
you particularly like, yet ---------------------------
do not have the money to
pay for it, please wait until
you do before taking. One or
two students have fallen into
the habit of taking booklets
from the r,ack and reading them
at their table while drinking hospitality St. Patty's Day and a special word of thanks
their morning coffee. They then '
replace them, slightly dog-eared to Ann and Peg.
and stained. No one else willl----------------------
buy a pamphlet that looks as ~-----------.....,.------------.....,
though it were used to wipe I
cafeteria tables. Please w.ait or Fairfield Laundromat
else borrow the money from
some bosom buddy. He will
snarl and bite, but if you are
bigger than he is, the eloquence
of your rhetoric will convince
him of the merit of giving till
it hurts.
INCORPORATED
JAMES
On·and Off
the Campus
GLEE CLUB
(Continued from Page 1)
ganization; others are special
arrangements done by the fam­ous
Emile Cote. Included in the
program are the hymns
"Emitte Spiritum" and the
beautiful "Hail Mary," written
by D'Artega ,and arranged by
Mr. Cote, the oft-requested
"Malaguena" and "Battle Hymn
of the Republic," old favorites
such as Scott's "Think On Me,"
and Bach's classic "Jesu, Joy of
Man's Desiring."
In a more popular vein ,are
included "September Song,"
"The Desert Song," "Falling in
Love with Love," and "Keep It
Gay." There are also the Negro
Spirituals "Set Down Serv'ant"
and "De Animals a-Camin'."
Continuing the program are
other songs such .as "The Old
Road," "Sing Me a Chantey,"
and "Goin' Home."
Several soloists and solo
groups augment this interesting
program. Ronald A. Skurat
lends his rich baritone voice to
the ever-popular "One Alone."
Accompanist Arthur Einhorn
displays his keybo.ard ability
with a beautiful and artistic
rendition of "Revolutionary
Etude." The well known Ben­sonians,
an entertaining barber
shop quartet, render old favor­ites
such as "Chicago Town,"
"After Dark," and "I Had a
Dream Dear." The octet, famous
throughout the area as The
Campus Minstrels, give humor­ous
renditions of the par,ody,
"Toreador" which features a
solo by an up and coming
freshman, Bill Doyle. This
group also does two Cote ar­rangements,
"The Goat" and
"There's a Hole in the Bottom
of the Sea."
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