Stag - Vol. 21, No. 01 - September 17, 1969

              Welcome To Fairfield Class of '73
Vol. 21 No. I Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut
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Seplembe, 17, 1969
Two n:embers of the Class of 1967 from Fairfield Uni·
v~:"Sity died In the Anned Forces during the swnmer months.
Sgt. Michael De More of Berlin, Coon., was killed in
action in Vietnam on August 22.
Earlier Special Forces Lt William Koscher of Glaston­bury,
Conn, was drowned while attempting to rescue Spec. 4
John A. James of Weston, W. Va., who had developed
the bends while testing special scuba equipment during a
night time 1,500 yard underwater swim at the Special Forces
School o( Under~ater Operations, Key West, Fla.
Mr. De More, an English major, was a member of the
Stag staff (or four years, serving as a reporter, news editor,
edltor-in-chlef and editorial manager. He was also very ac­tive
in the University Playhouse where he served as ltudent
manager and appeared. In the cast of .. Roar of the Grease­paint,
Smell of the Crowd."
His death marked the second university alumnus to be
killed in action in Vietnam. William Clalhive '65, died during
the previous year.
Mr. Koscher majored in history and was also active in
several extra..curricular programs. A dean's list student, he
was founder and first executive chalnnan of the Interna­tional
Relations Club.
He waJ" a four-year member of the ct"OS$. country and
track team, which he captained in his senior year. In 1967
Mr. Koscher was a C'l>reclpient of the WilUam Wallin
Award, which is presented. annually to the student-athlete
who exemplifies outstanding character and leadersblp.
Other activities included the Presidenrs Academy, and
the St. Ives Pre-Legal Guild. Mr. Koscher was also listed In
Who's Who in Ar:le:ican Colleges and received the CardInal
Key Society's Award for Outstanding: service.
A motion that the group
break into small task forces to
discuss the three categories of
social life, academic life and
trl-partite structure within the
framework of the University,
At the conclusion of the in·
troductory remarks, the official
business of the agenda was at­tended
to. Fr. Robert Varnerln,
chainnan of the Chemistry De­partment,
asked that the C0un­cil
establish a flexible frame­work
within which to work.
services. Mr. WWiam SChimpf,
put before the group that they
attempt to make Fairfield an
"outstanding" Institution.
The Tri-partite University Council he ld a weekend long session over Sept. 13-14----­to
discuss the prospective academic and 80cial changes for the upcoming year. Also
included was the defining of the Council itself and its place and role within the Uni-versity.
...
The September meeting at- was Implemented for the after-tempted
to pull together the There will be a Stq noon session.
ideas suggested and debated meeting for anyone in- After several hours of separ-during
the informal summer sea- terested in working in ate talks, the groups reported
slens. any capacity (e.g. writ. back to the g:eneral session with
ing, advertising, circula- their findings and their Ideas.
tion) at 3 :20 in the Stag The evening session was de-
Office (opposite the voted to final consideration of
Campus Center Mail the Academic and Structural
Room). problems.
The following six points are
the recommendations that the
Council will make to the three
sectors of the University for ac­tivation
and realization as soon
as possible:
1. Endorsement of the activi­ties
of the Core Curriculum and
its abns.
2. That a mechanism be es­tablished
for having students
participating in faculty deci·
sions. on the departmental level
3. That a pool of courses be
made available from which a
student could choose a limited
number of "pass fail" courses
4. That a mutual, harmonious
grading system be implemented
(ConUnued on Pace 1)
about 500 of them enter the
university. This year, however,
nearly 70% of those accepted
conftrmed their Intentions to
come to FaiI"field, forcing the
closing of admissions at the end
of March.
The class of 1973 will have
33% of its members coming
from 120 public schools while
the remainder represent 106
Catholic high schools. Fairfield
Colleg:e Preparatory School
placed 42 students while Notre
Dame of Bridgeport and Arch­bishop
Steplnac of White Plafus,
N.Y., will each have 22 grad­uates
coming to Fairfield.
Academic proa:rams showing
the sharpest upswina: are the
pre-medical prog:ram, with 47
enrolled, and 21 freshmen in
the cooperative engineering pro­gram,
which is being conducted
for the second year In conjunc­tion
with the University of Con­necticut.
Mr. Dennis Donovan, '70, and
chairman of the weekend ses­sion,
opened the Saturday morn­Ing
session with the proposal
that the group "develop a tri­partite
spirit." He added that
the four swnmer sessions held
on social, academic and struc­tural
problems were Instrwnent­al
In eliciting opinion on a va·
rlety of topics pertinent to the
University community.
Dr. John Barone, Vice Presi­dent
of University Planning
added that the Council was de­signed
to enhance a communal
spirit among all seg:ments of the
University.
Dr. James Farnham, chair­man
of the English department,
voiced a similar sentiment add·
Ing that respect and respon­sibility
towards one another
should be the primary· guide­line
for discussion.
The new Dean of Student
Tripartite Urges Academic,
Social and Structural Reform
HENRY W. KRELL
Fairfield Welcomes
Six Hundred Frosh
Fairfield University has an­nounced
that it will admit the
largest class in the school's his­tory
when 607 students enter
the freshman class this sep­tember.
Accordi.ng to Rev. Henry
Murphy, S.J., fonner dean of
admissions, his office had pr0­jected
a quota of approximately
5IXl acceptances, with 550 as an
outside margin.
The Jesuit Institution, whose
largest previous class was 503
students admitted In the class
of 1971, received over 7,000 re­quests
for intormation from
prospective applicants over the
course of the academic year.
However, Fr. Murphy was
possibly the most surprised per­son
on campus when the un­usually
large number of con­ftnnations
came back from ac­cepted
applicants.
Fr. Murphy explained that
Fairfield accepts approximately
900 students each year and that
In other changes in the Stu­dent
services Department Jay
CIncotta, a June graduate of
Fairfield University, was named
Head Resident and two other
members of the class of 1969,
Don Fields and Brian Malone,
were named Asst. Head Resi­dents.
tion from the University of Con.
nectiouL
WILLIA.M P. 8ClDMPF
University Appoints
New Student Deans
The appointments of William P. Schimpf of
Storrs (Conn.) as dean and Henry W. Krell of Coventry
(Conn.) as associate dean in the university's student
service division were announced over the summer.
Mr. Schimpf wlll asswne re­sponsibility
for all non-academ1c
student·related areas and win
report directly to the president.
As dean of student services, he
will hold a position on· the unI·
verslty's admlnistrative board.
Mr. Krell'. primary respon­sibilities
will center around
Fairfield's five donnltorles and
the I,m students housed there.
He will also have duties con­nected
with o1r~pus and
commuting students.
A native of Philadelphia, :Mr.
Schimpf has: held student affairs
positions at Pennsylvania State
University, the UniversIty of
the Virgin Islands and the Un~
verslty of Connecticut, where
he was assistant dean of stu­dents
before his appointment at
FaiI"field University.
He holds an A.B. and M.Ed.
in counseling from Pennsylvania
State University and has also
studied collelte administration
at the University of Pennsyl­vania.
Prior to accepting his posi­tion,
Mr. Krell served as a
counselor and co-ordinator of
student personnel staff for three
branches of the University of
Connecticut During his three
yean at the Storrs campus, his
duties included supervising and
counseling commuting students,
fraternities and student coun­ulors.
Born in White Plains (New
York), Mr. Krell received a B.S.
degree in sociology from Utah
State University and recently
completed a masters program
In cOWlSeUna: and blither educa·
September 17, 1969
What kind of socIety is it,
they ask, that is first to put a
man on the moon and fourteenth
among the nations of the world
in Infant mortality, I know the
answers to these questions are
not as easy as asking them. But
they are not going to be solved
by simply repressing student
dissent or wringing our b.anck
about It
RespouslbWty
Society's responsibility, as
Kenneth Keniston of Yale bas
said, is to tum the private
alienation of the well-motivated
mass of student protestors into
public aspirations; to mobilize
their energetic discontent Into
constructive channels of reform
instead of confrontation; to ob­tain
their help In reinvigorating
our society.
We don't do that merely by
telling them to be patient There
is no point In preaching patience
to black students after a cen­tury
of discrimination. There is
no point in telling white activists
to be patient about the war
when their draft boards are bn­patient,
or to await the next
Presidential election when they
gave their all to the last one
and regarded Its results as a
tragic farce. There's no point in
telling them to use reason and
persuatlon with establishment
figures who will not listen to
reason or persuation. There's no
point in telling them to accept
war, racism and human selfish­ness
as immutable facts for
their generation just because
they are part of OUTS.
We are the ones who will
have to be patient and not panic,
to rely on reason and not re­pression.
We are the ones who
s h 0 u I d be challenging and
changing the old system, begin­ning
with the university but not
stopping until government and
society itself are rid of all in­equity.
It we can do that, then I am
certaln that the ..~at majority
of coQCemed. youth today will
bJl.ve the good se.nM to aee that
this nation's violeDce agalDst
VletDam_ doea lIot exCUlJe
violence on the campu.; diat •
rHOrt to force lastead of law
ultimately give- the upper baIld
to those who are rn"t powerful
in our lJOClety, not those wbo
al"6 mOBt moral; that disruptive
lawlelM tacUC8 OD the tar left
can only Increaae the ln4uenCEl
of the tar rtght; and that p0­litical
campa.lgns and lobbying
and lIttcation and collective bar.
ga1nl.nc ....d cooperative _d
commun.lty Mrvke and. pnbUc
advoeaey, to IllUDe but a few
ehaDaelJl, 08"er more hope of
thelr makIn.. ~ beadway
acaIn.t the eva. of our sodety
than taking" the law into tbelr
own baa~.
Together we can change the
system, we can build a good
society, we can restore the
American dream for all before
it Is too late, before the ex­tremists
of the far left and the
far right wreck It beyond re­pair.
There may not be much
time. In a sense, the message
for the graduating class of 1969
was all sununed up centuries
and centuries ago In the Say­Ings
of the Fathenl, '''!be day
i8 short and the work Is great
and the laborers are 'sluggish
and the reward II much, and
the Master Is urgent."
the powerful _ tree to seek un­safe
and unpleasant truths.
To banish violence for all
times from our colleges, there­fore,
let each of them become
a responsive Institution of re­newal
and change; an Institu·
tlon in which there Is no de-­stnlction
of human values or
rights; in which there Is no
trespass or violence In the name
of the law or In defiance of the
law; and In which no one Is
barred tram his office or his
class by any barricade to free
access or any barriers to aca­demic
freedom.
Studeng aDd Society
But the real causes of student
.unrest today are not found In
the university alone. They are
not due to some secret consplr-­acy
or over·permlssive parents,
or radical professors, or too
much coddling by the authori­ties.
The real causes are the
basic ills and defonnations of
our system and society which
students perceive more clearly
than most They cry out as the
figure cried out In Christopher
Fry's A Sleep of PrUonen, "Oh
Goa are we to be shut up here
in what other men do and watch
ourselves be ground and bat­tered
in'to their sins. Let me,
dear God, be active and seem
to do right whatever damend
result. Let me have some part
in what goes on or I shall go
mad."
OUr young people today want
a part in what goes on. They
refuse to be shut up in what
other men have done. They raise
questions that ought to be rais­ed.
What kind of society is it,
they ask, that sends them off
to kill an enemy they cannot
respect, to offer their lives in a
sacriftce they cannot under­stand,
all In order to achieve
six months or twelve months or
eighteen months from now a
settlement that you and I know
will not be basically difrerent
from what could be achieved
today or could have been achiev­ed
six or twelve or eighteen
months ago.
Society'. Loopllole
What kind of society is it,
they ask, that maintains a se­lective
service system that Is
shot tull of inequities and l~
holes and preferences - that
has one standard for the rich
and one standard for the poor,
and that in practice Is too often
administered In a way that Viol_
ates the guarantees of the first
amendment.
They have raised questions
that ought to be raised when
they are about to inherit a ~
ciety in which a black man who
goes to college and receives his
degree will still over his life­time
earn less than the average
white man who dropped out of
school in the eighth grade. They
ask questions because they are
about to pay taxes under a Fed­eral
tax system which enables
some millionaires to pay little
or no taxes at all while they
have to dig deeply Into their
own pockets. 'They find hundreds
ot millions of dollars of their
taxes In this lirst year going for
an ABM system that the best
scientists say will not work and
is not needed, at a time when
the government says it cannot
aWord to spend one-tenth that
much to feed. hungry children
here in own own country.
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lHE STAG
University In Danger ,.....-----
THl'X)DQRE C. SORENSEN
tees who surrender to political
or public pressures for repres­sion.
The universitY can be saved.
But it can be saved only by the
many, not by the few. It cannot
be saved by outsiders, however
weU·meaning. By outsiders I In­clude
speakers such as myself,
outside organizations such as
the national 50S, the Congress,
the courts and the police.
The university must be saved
by the many. It must be 6aved
by those students who are now
preoccupied with grades, ath­letics
and social events; by those
facultY members now preoccu·
pied with outside consulting fees
and research projects; by those
administrators and trustees now
pt"e()CCUpied with raising money
and building buildings. It must
be saved by all of these groups
turning their primary attention
to the university and achieving
before It is too late a peacetul
revolution in academia. Yes, I
said a peaceful revolution.
The colleges them.elves mWlt
revolutionize themselvetl. Each
univentty must become an open
1nJItttutlori; open to the mu;.­imum
number of student6 reo
canDela of race or income,
open to cilanl"" in personnel,
currieulum aad approach. When
unh'enlty power aDd .a4mJs.
.lons are larrely reatrlcted to
those who are white and af·
fluent, or when tbe dlsrupthld
aDd obfltruetlona of a ltudent
mlnortty shut down cl.a..MM for
the majority, that 18 not an
,open in.mutlon. When a pro­fe8sor
feels intImidated becalde
of his views or a black student
fee18 lntlmidated because of his
color, wbel1 a college de_ pro·
hiblt. all pr0t8ts or wbel1 pro·
testors prohibit that de&D kern
teacb.1n&". wben trustees bar roe­cruitiDr
00. campus by far out
politlcal orpnIzatlODlJ, or stu­deDta
bar reerult1D&" on eampu8
by a rovernment agency or con·
tractor, when left·wing speaken
are kept out by the tmlvenlty
or riCht·wlnr speaken are
drowned out by demonstraton,
that is Dot an open institution.
Open ID8t1tutioP
In an open Institution, classes
in ROTC that are controlled by
the Penta&oo. have no more rliht
to be given eollege credit than
cla'>seS In black studies that are
controlled by outside indepen­dent
&rOUp5. And neither secret
annament can be pennitted in
an open community of peacetul
scholars who must remain fr@e
to criticize the establisbed and
Sorensen
enforcement officers and politi­cians
who respond to popular
dismay over student behavior
by unleashing a host of harsh
measures and methods, ranging
from swinging billy clubs to cut­ting
off financial aid - methods
that do not discriminate be­tween
just and unjust student
objectives, between peacefUl and
violent demonstrators or be­tween
those who are eomm.It­tlng
outrages against the uni­versity
and those who are pro­testing
outrages by the univer­sity.
The university 15 endangered,
finally, by those members of the
general public whose reaction
to continued disorder Is all too
likely to be one of repression
Instead of refonn, thereby In­creasing
the power and popular­ity
of those already committed,
even In the absence of disorder,
to cutting back on university
funds and freedom, to holding
back the rights of the young
and the black and to boosting
the very causes of militarism,
racism and bossism that most
protestors st:nJggle to end
VIoleDee
This is an awesome combina­tion
of' forces and threats. The
tragic irony of it Is that nearly
all of them are well motivated.
Most of the danger stems from
those who want only the best
for our universities, however
they may dIfIer on what the
best Is. Many students, for ex­ample,
not the Irresponsible
and Irreconcilable nihilists who
have no coherent, consistent
policy other than confrontation
and destnlction, but the vast
majorIty of students who seek
the redress of just grievances­those
students, if they condone
violence, or even under provoca­tian
CI;lITltnlt violence against
property, If not persons, do not
stop to think that it Is wholly
inconsistent with their protesta­tions
against - violence In Viet­nam;
that it can unleasb the
same unreasoning emotion and
force ~ the campus as on the
batUetield; that it is self-defeat­ing
and self-destructive, unable
to achIeve meaningful gains and
more likely to invite reaction
and repression that will set back
by many years the very causes
they hope to advance.
But to condemn those who
commit violence or vandalism
accompllshes very little it we
do not simultaneously condemn
those whose conduct provokes,
incites or invites violence. We
must condemn violence that is
done In the name of the law
.as well as violence in detiance
ot the law. We must condemn
not only the swift ugly violence
of men but -also the slow, equa).
ly ugly, violence of institutions,
the violence of indiil"erence and
inaction and slow decay.
VIolence Is not an acceptable
form of dissent, but the su~
pression of dissent Inevitably
leads to violence. Violence 15 In­excusable
on the part of stu­dents
who say their demands
are non-negotiable but vIolence
Is predictable when an adminis­trator
refuSes to Deiotiate.
S&v1DI" the UllIVeraity
For a college administration
or trustee to sllI'T'eDder to vi~
lence would destroy that insti­tution'.
value to a fr@e society:
but Its value Is equally destroy­ed
by an admlniatration or trus-
Theodore
Pege Two
Principal speak" at the Uni·
versity's nineteenth cCHtlmence·
ment 'WaS Mr. Theodore C.
Corensen, former Special
Counsel to the late President
lohn F. Kennedy. Mr. Soren·
sen is currently 0 portner in
the law firm of Paul, Weiss,
Goldberg, RifkiPld, Whorton
ond Garrison cs well os editor­at-
large for S ATU RDO Y
REVIEW. The following is
his address to the Closs of
1969.
by Theodcwe C. Sorensen
Conunencement Day U.S.A. 15
nonnally the time when the
establishment tells the students
ot the nation what kind of
world they are getting as a
graduation present. This year,
however, the students have al­ready
told the establishment
what kind of world they want.
DUI"ering Concepts
The gap between their dif­fering
concepts of society makes
the dilI'erences between our two
political parties look so small
by cemparlson that one could
almost agree with the sage of
Montgomery, Alabama, that
there's not a dime's worth of
difference between them.
I find myself at a somewhat
awkward age on this occasion­too
young to be embraced by
the establishment and too old
to be embraced by the students.
1 must, therefore, strlk!! out on
my own. I will not talk about
the wonders of the coming age
of space or the worries of ad­vancing
overpopulation.
LoaIDI" Role
I feel compelled to sPeak in­stead
on the one subject that
brings us all here - the uni­verslty.
Not this university but
the university and Its place in
American society. I reel com­pelled
to speak because the
American university today is in
danger. It Is in danger of losing
Its primary role as a center of
free Inquiry and learning, as n
source of renewal and refonn,
and as the defender of hwnan
values and human rights in this
oountry.
I do not exae-rerale. Thl8 Is
80t a phue or a tad. 'l'berefore
I must speak frankly, The tmI­ventty
.. tD daDger. It is eD'
danprecl by tboee member!! of
the student body whose only
consistent program I. to wreck
a vtrtualIy defeldele.. instltu·
Uon througb violence, coerclon,
threat. aad arbltn.ry interfer­ence
wltb the r1rbg of other
.tudenta. It is endaDl"ered by
thoee memben of the faeuJty
who pIaoce their ~ for
populal1.ty amoq" tile studenta
and tbeJr deeIre to be ID 1be
av_t-carde uead of their 0011·
ptIou to the unlvenlty'. In·
terrlty. It • enclaarered by
thOle admlnlatralor. wbOM re­fusal
to beed peaceful protesta,
to neroUate jut grtevaneu, to
lwten to ,..lOn, or to acoept
ehaace, thereby makes violence
.p.r.e.d.ictable, bowever unjustlJl..
It Is endangered by those
trustees who seek to suppress
dissent and non-eonformlty on
the campus, who refuse to grant
students any voIce In their own
dairs and who, thereby, Invite
an escalation of protest tactics
aDd an enlargement of the ~
test:iD& group. It Is endangered
by tbolle public oJ!'ictah, law
Teq of thODUlllds of people tIoeked to tile P'aIJ .eld Un1venIty~to -JoT tile daIl:r work,
outs &lid~0( tbe New York GIaa... (Photo by Job. G. O'ee..or).
versity.admlnistratlon, faculty
and students. What 11 Import·
ant, however, is the way in
which I interpret consensus and
the way I implement it.
STAG: Do you feel _ Deu
of Studeaw that you should be
more of a _tehdOC for the ad­m1.
D.latn.tioD, or bI tile cMbeJ'
baDd a stadeat spokesm&D wtth·
In the admlnl1tn.tloaf
Mr. Sclmpf: I think that I
have a service to offer both the
university and the students.
My theme for this year is "to­wards
a better Fairfield." We
should always think about how
what we are doing as individu·
als Is ell'ecting Fairfield Uni·
versity as a whole.
STAG: What do you thlDIt of
-bI·lo-eo-pareD.1U aDd student au.- III'. SeIdmpf: U In·loeo-par
entia means someone boldin&
the students band while be
crosses the street so he doesn't
get bit by a ear, then I'm
against it.
U student autonomy means
theating students as a adults
and allowing them the expected
controls over their own behavi­or
and holding them responsi.
ble for it, then I'm for It.
However, if just &lving ad­vice
to rtudents would be con­sidered
in.loco-parentls, then
I'm for iL
In my conversations with
some students they were very
emphatic that U they rot In
trouble with the Fairfield pollee
that It wasn't any business of
the schooL Then a few minutes
later they were saylna that U
they got in trouble down in
Tarrytown that they would
want someone from my oll'ice
to corne down and bail them
out, that seemed very contra­dictory.
STAG: Row wtD die I'aIe.
--be tt-aJ. )"MI.'.C.C.l.D.O.e.l".aI.D.&..d.e.I-Dla- Ilr. 8c:htmpt: UntO Novtm-ber
1, the nJ.les will reman as
they were at the end of school
(~UDaecI OD Pap 01)
•,-
CAPSULE students had mIXed 1m.. lie-. of &be 'IffJr1 g.
fere.~t atyled works to be f0Wl4 .. ODe of tbelr eultaraI tripe
to the Metropolitan Museum of Hode", An.
Mr. Schimpf Stresses
'A Better Fairfield'
By PATRIOK K. LONG
Edllor·lD-Chlef
(Ed. Note - The Stae re­~
DtIy bltervlewed the pew
DeaD of Stu4e~ts, Mr. Wllllam
P. Seblmpf, Ip order to aDd out
bJa attitudH toW&l"lk his job
_d his piau for the com1Pr
.-r)
STAG: What Is your bule
pbJI080pby l~ perfonnlag your
duties as Dealt of Stude~ts.
Mr. Sehlmp: It is difficult to
come up with a static philoso­phy
because of the state of flux
and rapid change which higher
education finds Itself in.
I don't really feel that it Is
important what I think on a
given situation. I think that we
are moving towards a consen­sus
of all segments of the UnI·
;~ --
THE STAG
Serving as a relaxIng, yet
still educational relief from the
many academic oriented pro­grams
wer'e a series of cultural
and artistic shows that enliven­ed
many afternoons and eve­nings.
CuJtanJ Procrama
A three--part summer tribute
to jazz, Jazz Fest '69, brought
some of the ftnest performers
in the world to the Campus Cen·
ter Oak Room on successive
Sunday eveningS.
Barry Martyn and his Rag·
time Band. journeyed the At­lantic
from England, the Jbnmy
Owens Nev.. York Jazz Quartet
introduced squares to avant
guard jazz forms, and the Pre­servation
Hall Jazz Band of
New Orleans rekindled the joy.
ous sounds of Bourbon Street
with their l'evival of the original
jazz style of Louie Armst:rmg
and Jelly Roll Morton.
For those of artistic bent,
Threshold Artists, an exhibition
featuring the prize - winning
paintings, sketches and photog­raphy
of talented graduates
from three area high schools,
gave connoisseurs a glimpse of
the local e<lItU11unlty's artists of
the future.
N. Y. Gl.._
Finally, there were the Giants,
somewhat tarnished in image in
recent years but cherished none
the less by the tens of thou·
sands of loyal fans throughout
the East who flocked to AlwnnJ
Field for practices and scrim­mages,
anxious to witness the
rebuilding of what someday
might be 8. champion again.
For all tile visitors who have
occupicd the dormitories, labor-.
ed in the dassrooms and par·
taken of thE~ myriad sununer ac·
tivities on campus, most are
gone now .and finally there Is
relative quieL But then, school
begiru; today.
equally serious level, was the
Hwnanltles Institute, under the
direction of Dr. Joseph Grassl,
head of the university's philos­ophy
department, which uWlzed
the outdoor classroom setting
of the campus pond or other
restful surroundings to discuss
the more pressing social prob­lems
of the day and how to cope
w:Ith them.
Students weren't the only ones
boning up during the summer
hiatus. A three-week Workshop
for Religious Superiors and DI­rectors
of Formation, designed
to better prepare the religious
to serve the growing needs of
modern society, was held un·
der the direction of Rev. Thom­as
R. McGrath, S.J., chairman
of the university's psychology
department.
Nearly 100 superiors of religi­ous
houses or those directly In­volved
in the training of young
religious men and women con­vened
from all over the country.
Along with seven lay residents
of the local area, they sought
to self~xamine and search for
more effective means of com­munication
with lay society, in
keeping with the ecumenical
progressivism of the Church.
SensJUvUy Workshop
The SChool of General Educa­tion
offered a week.long sen·
sitivlty workshop which sur-..
veyed several of the leading
methodologies and techniques
employed in group dynamIcs.
Conducted in conjunction w:Ith
GROW, a professional associa­tion
of psychiatrists and psycho­logists
interested in developing
and maintaining understanding
within the community through
the ongoing process of problem
solving groups, the workshop
provided Individuals with an 0p­portunity
to experience the ef·
fects of personal encounters as
well as a basic fund of knowl­edge
concerning the operation
of sensitivity training.
Soptombeo- 17, 1969
Summer Months Bring No Quiet
To Fairfield University Campus
8mDmerUme, oftea _)'D.0Il0lD­au.
with vacatiODa and ether
b'aDquU. pastlmM. broucht no
letup In tbe pu1Ie of the FaIr·
6eJd UDlvenUy ~pus over
Ute put couple ot montha.
Although June commencement
formally brought a close to the
school year, the campus remaiIL
ed as vibrant and populous as
ever. the educatjonal process
continuing in such diverse forms
as rellgious workshops, swn­mer
school programs and cul­tural
entertalrunent to the pre­season
strategies ot the New
York football Giants.
Between the formal programs
being conducted on campus and
numerous informal gatherings
titat brought various segments
of the local community within
the unlverslty's confines, there
is little doubt that at one time
or another. activity at the uni­versity
was concerned with iJn.
portant social, political, religious
and educational processes in the
local area.
FURST Camp
Two of the most Important
educational advances made by
area students came through the
successful completion of the
Fairfield University Recreation­al
Study Techniques (FURST)
and Creative Approach and
Performance to Secondary
and UniversIty Edueatloo
(CAPSULE) programs.
FURST, a procram of remedl.
al aeademice, cultural .eId trI.-,
aud athlettc. tbal; enablH biter·
clty youth to prepare for coDep
-eh01anhl~, laW I....... claas
bound for coUep campaae. af­ter
.ve yean of p:eparat!oD.
Throughout the sum mer
weeks, teenage boys from the
greater Bridgeport area spent
productive days at Fairfield In­creasing
their skills and broad·
ening their horizons· for higher
learning. Boys in the last two
of the five-phase program were
housed in the dormltories.
CAPSULE
Meanwhile, project CAPSULE,
an edacational experiment that
enables talented young men to
realize high school and college
education in six continuous
years of highly productive and
condensed study, completed Its
first successful year of opera·
tion.
Through a less formally Itnic..
tured educational system, 18
&lfted young men spent the
sununer trying to observe, dis­cover
and create through In­tensUled
academlc and extra­curricular
programs under the
joint sponsorship of Fairfteld
Prep and Unlvenit)'.
......or ......
Regular undergraduate pro­&
rams proceeded at a somewhat
decelerated pace through the
operation of sununer school,
where many students sought to
make up credits or take extra """""". On the graduate level, the
UniversIty's School of Corporate
and Polltiea1 Communications
was In the full IWina of Its
third trimester, olrering \D1usual
insights and approaches to the
rnedJa and methods of mass
communications.
RDDlaaitIea IuUtute
On • more Jnfonnal, yet
Tr'i-Partite-A New Starti
Since 1966, the concept of tri-partite government has been evolv­ing
as a way of life at Fairtleld University. Not until the students of
the University confronted thl~ administration with threats of strike
and violence and the faculty with a desire for their opinions and ad­vice
did a positive and actual sign of triMpartite government become
apparent.
•
T_K~.
ERab'1abed 11
EDITORIAL II(
Welcome
~to~~ef .
Managing Editor .
News Editor ; .......••.......
Ed!torial Manager .
Asst. Editorial Manager .
Associate Editor .
SPORTS EDITOR: Joseph Valerio. ADVEB
CJRCUIATION EDITOR: Anthony Nal=
Heggie. con EDITOR: Jame!l Stratudoki!
ry Bondi. PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR: All8
Bill Borowicz. Box
THE STA G
Information
The Council has decided on a spirit of communal relations among
the sectors which make up the University. We firmly and strongly
encourage such an atmosphere at FairfielJl to replace "in-loco.-par­entis."
We also endorse its specific recommendations within the frame­work
of academic and social change. However, the following sugges­tion
is offered as another guideline to achieving these ends: the stu­dents
were deliberately lied to, cheated and threatened during the
events of the past spring. They are anxious and wary of glorious ges­tures
of tri-partitism and res:ponsibility and respect for one another
in the hopes that working through the established machinery can pro-­duce
positive results. That has never been true at Fairfield in the past,
but we do not preclude its possibility for the future. However, if we
are to work together within -this University, let us truly and a"ctually
do so, so that the bitterness and high emotions of last April and May
can be avoided tomorrow.
Beyond this, however, the Council has endorsed, unanimously,
the Student Bill of Rights introduced last year. It has also voted in
favor of the aims of Core Cur:riculum, committee student voice in fac­ulty
decisions within the departments, optional final exams in certain
cases, a pool of course that would be graded "pass-fail" and a revision
of the present unjust gradin~: system.
With the first fall meeting of the tri-partite University Council
just completed, a glimmer of hope has arisen from the fog of medioc­rity
so lavished upon Fairfield from on high. The University Council
is, at long last, a real and seemingly fruitful device for mutual and
communal dialogue for the community of Fairfield University. The
actual work of reform has just begun. We still live under a compro­mise
inherited from the six demands of April; the academic environ­ment,
although responding to student and faculty proposals, still re­mains
chained to antiquated thinking and bureaucratic machinery.
Nevertheless, the University Council has instituted some potentially
powerful devices for improving academic and social freedom. Its
power is not yet binding. This consideration is foremost in its plans
towards making Fairfield Uniiversity an "outstanding" institution.
When the frolic and bewilderment of Orientation Week passes
into the routine of the academic schedule for the class of 1973, and
the painful reality of return to Fairfield confronts the rest of us, the
focus of all members of this community will sharpen on the results of
last April and May and telescope into the speculation of future ac­tivities
in the realm of campus reform,
Most students return with sharp and cynical memories of the ad­ministration's
reaction to proposed reforms of past springs. Now we
are back again; the compr.omise of last May remains temporarily in
effect. As this paper expressed this past spring in the same context,
now is "no time for euphoria." The unity of the student body is a
salient factor in social and academic reform. Even more important
than our .own unity is our inevitable relationship with the rest of the
community.
University
Recap of
University
Law Suit
'ogo Four
IIIDrroBS NOTE: In .....
... tile VDlvel"llty (loomnIIl.
tty IDA1' become beUer JD.
formed on Ute ... of tile
pmdlq' law .wt. &be ,toUow·
.... arUclfJ .. prIDted.
By PAUL OUNNINGIIAM
Uld RIC BAKER
On September 28, 1968, the
American Civil Liberties Union
and the American Jewish Con­gress
flIed suit against Fairfield
University, Anhurst, Sacred
Heart University, and Albertus
Magnus. This suit, filed in New
'Haven, asserts that the recep­tion
of Federal funds by the
above Damed institutions viol­ates
the first amendment of the
Constitution of the United
States.
This was the first taxpayers'
suit filed after the June 10, 1968
"Flask ruling" by the Supreme
Court. This ruling upheld a tax­payer's
claim to IDe suit against
the Federal Government as to
the appropriation of Federal
lim"'.
Consequently, the "Flask rul­ing"
allowed eight tax-paying
professors from Connecticut col.
leges, acting on behalf of the
A.C.L.U. and A.J.C., to bring
suit against the Federal Gov­ernment
and Fairfield Univer-­slty.
n the court upholds the
taxpayers' allegation, Fairfield
University would no longer be
the recipient of Federal funds.
The plaintiffs allege that fed­erally
financed construction at
institutions like Fairfield sup­ports
religious causes. The com­plaint
states that the grants
thereby subject the taxpayers to
"compulsory taxation for religi­ous
purposes." This, they as­sert,
violates the first amend­ment
to the United Stafell C0n­stitution.
The Washington law finn of
Williams and Connolly has been
retained to represent the Con­neeticut
schools. While Ewani
B:ennett Williams will ultimate­ly
present the case, he has not
yet emerged himself into this
matter as of this date. Mr. Jere­miah
C. Collins and Ml. Charles
N. Wilson, Jr., members of the
staff of Williams and Connolly,
have extensively researched this
ease. To date the firm of Wil­liams
and Connolly has put In
over l,OClO man hours in pre­paring
for this litigation.
It is important to make clear
that each college will be ex­amined
as a separate entity.
Thus it is possible thllt the Fed­eral
Court may rule that aid to
60me Institutions will constitute
(Continued on Page 7)
Fairfield
FAlBFlELD INFORMATION BOX
I. CHECK CASHING - Treasurer's Office ftrst ftoor
Canlslus Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 1:30-3:30­())
ecks must be under $25.01.
Z. INFIRMARY - Nurses on duty twenty-four hours
• day, doctors available Monday thru Friday from ~IO a.m.
I. MAINTENANCE - Any problems with upkeep of
dormitory rooms (e.g. no -heat, broken fumituN) should be
reported to the Maintenance Department In Campion Hall.
t. DORM PROBI,EM8 - See ~oclafe Dean of stu­dents
Mr. Henry !Creel in Loyola Off'ice for any troubles with
fellow students, resident advisors, etc.
5. ACADEMICS - see Dr. Vincent Murphy or Fr.
James A. Coughlin, S.J., in Dean's Office bl Xavier for any
problems with eOuraes, changes in majon. etc.
.. -c.u"mIlIIU. - DJn1D&: HOU1'II:
Week Days
Breakfast 7:30- 9:00
Continental Breakfast 9:00- 9:30
Lunch ... _........•...•...•...•...•. 11:00- 1:30
Dinner ...................•.......... 4:~ 6:45
SatarcIa.yB, Sanclays aad B~
Continental Breakfast... 7:30- 9:00
Brunch 11:00- 1:00
DInner. .. .. 4:45- 6:45
't. CLAI~ HOURS:
lst period ................••..•.....• 9:1~10:OO
2nd period ................•......... 10:1~11:00
3rd period 11:10-12:00
4th period .....................•.... 12:10- 1:00
5th period 1:30- 2:20
6th period ................•......... 2:30- 3:20
8. GENERAL INFORMATION - For any information
cmcerning O1I1-campus activities eall ~1011, EJrt. 3T1•
ST......
NEWS: 'Ibomas Perrotti, John Leddy, Pat
Duane McDonald, John Roberto, Vince RJ
SPORTS: Dave Caisse, Bill Warnken. Joe
Armada. Robert Sillery, Gary Marzolla, ~
Riel. PSO'I'OOI\&PIIY: Allan Pilch, Fred
ani Doolan, Robert Vogel. COLUMN18T8
John Brennan. ART ASSISTANT: Bob A!
ghegan.
The opJlllOIlf; .~ by columllilh .nd ,.-­r.
tI~ th. Edrtort.l 'osition of THE STA6.
PublJaMd w..Uy d lng .... -;ul.r um..ni
••qtioll p..-Jods, by dmilliltr.tfon of ... Ull
doU.n p"r YNr. Add,... 801: S. C."'fIUI e...tw. I
by N.tl_1~5.noic., 1ftC"
... 17, 1969
,I
Prosh ...
... ,.....
· • •• • . • • • • • •. Pat:r1ck It. Lane
........•••••..• I)a~ ~
................... RJe Baker
· .. • • • . . .. • .. Kevin McAuUfl'e
• ••••••••••• WlDIam Borowicz
• . • • . • • • • . . • •. George Brlttcm.
'll'l8DfO EDrroR: Joe 0d08rdI.
olltano. ABT BOrroR: Dick
I. BU81NE88 JllANAQJ:B: Har­D
Pilch. Jl'ZA.TDBIIB BDrro&:
tl CUnnIngham, l)avkl McVlttle,
tY, Mike Conn01'1l, Jan S8ttem.
Bl'OD8OD. Frank SantuW. Frank
lteve Daur. J.l'ItATUBB8: Paul
Sandman. OICULA.TlON: ~
: Robert Murphy, Colin KIley.
IJ1son. lAYOUT: Tbnotby Geo-
..... .,. ....Ir llWft ..... In 1M! ••,
" .,..... .-pi ...... hoIlcl., .114
1vwIItr. 1M IIIbIcripHon ,. It tow
t.pr......w .. Net*woI Ad-+Wnt
THE STAG
New Directions
WbM: to.......... lad&i.ded to .......... tIdI ..."..
bat my~recoiled a& it, Ilad Ia ftIJw 01. recMd~ mea.. 1* I:IIa1" be taappJ opa late Bat, *0 _ve .., fMe, I II""
--. alIu' ....,. • ,_ntq', ben ....
'l'IMZ FOB BEOBIEN'l'A'DON, 111I
Last year at this time, 'I'Ite 8tac wrote an upbralcJlrig editorial
entitled '"'l"Ime for BeorIea....... whIch was :tntended to inspire
upperclassmen with the fact that the paper had leapt into the
vanguard of campus reform and shock the atlll-timld freshmen­into
bucking ..the system" rIgbt away. It was an audacious and
praiseworthy move, but not all the upperclassmen were Inspired­or
wanted to be _ and the freshmen: evidently decided that If the
peper said the school W8Il evil, the Paper must therefore be' evil
AU year long, we were berated .... n_m wUh epithets like
''n1hllIstic radicals" and we never cUd get the freshmen volunteers
we needed. This year, our fury Is spent, and sheer exhaustion
roles out any tirade. But when we said. "Beneath this 'country
club' exterior there is a poor excuse for an academic community
suJlocating in its own mediocrity," we were quite right And it
seems nothing can change that
To the Class of 1973, we o1fer our deepest condolences. You
have very likely made a mistake big enough to haunt you the rest
of your lives in coming here - and we hope that is an exaggera­tion.
The members of your class will not just get homesick - If
you are a normal class, you will have several cases of students
vanl6hing from sight without warning. If you came to enjoy aca­demic
life, you will be dismayed to learn that you have no say in
what you are taught, that your material will lull you to sleep, and
that your teacher will probably be more Interested In giving you
a hard mark than In making his course challens:lng. If you harbor
romantic notions about college social life, you will be disappointed
to discover that here you will have precious little. If you came
here to savor the joys of a small college, you will find that most
service offices - especially Maintenance and Treasurer's _ go out
of their way to be surly, as If they were handling the crush of a
Berkeley or a Michigan. If you thought to go to a Jesuit coUegC!
was a relatively liberal experience in this da)' and age, you will
60CIl see that the freedom enjoyed at Fordham, Georgetown, Holy
Cross, and Boston College Is of another world. If you looked for­ward
to cheering on our basketball team, you will. chafe when you
see the school's name mispelled or lost completely In major news­papers,
its outstanding achievements ignored by the New York
sports writers who converge here each summer. If you inquire Into
the nature of the 1969 Spring Uprising, and the near-sb1ke, you
will learn that Vietnam, ROTC, or a Black Studies program were
not involved, but rather alcohol and parietal privileges _ and not
only that the Administration won, but that news media could not
be attracted to witness the highly unusual episode. If you were
leery of - Ol" looking forward to _ meeting up with Black Pan.
thers and dope pushers. you will learn that Falrfteld is not Ivy
League, it is Bush League.
The Administration usually shoulders most blame for any_
thing, and While we are througb with Invective. we think It should
It subscribes to an unwritten, ol<ktyle ethic born. in the era when
American Catholics buddled In ghettos for safety. voted the
straight Democratic line to show their baUot power, and set up
parochial education to save their o1I"springs from Wasp inDuence.
Catholic colleges were where one learned to be clean-cut, well­dressed,
upstanding, patriotic, a good drinker (in private), and
the sort of Catholic who could debate a Protestant on a momen't
notice. In the 1960's, the advent of the two Johns - President
Kennedy and John xxm - liberated Catholics to mingle in
American society and world eewneni.sm, and events since have
revealed young. Catholics refusing to 6gbt in Vietnam or obey the
Pope on birth control with equal fervor. Clearly. Catholic colleges
have changed. Today they are private schools with a religious
touch - appointing lay trustees, lobbying for public funds, featur­Jng
Marxist speakers, relaxing roles, going coed, promulgating
community action. But here these trends, if here at all, are still­born.
Until three years ago, twIee-a·week IT\.!lndatory Mass was
enforced via punchcards and letters to the parents; and long haJr
was frowned on and attacked In olrlcial University notices. Until
two years ago, shirts, jackets, and ties were needed at meals and
classes. Until last year, penalties for alcohol and women In the
room were a week's suspension. These change,1 were painfully ob­tained,
and they were piecemeal.
Another reason for the Adm.irUBtratkm'l ,attitude Is Its fund­raising
posture. Fair:fleld needs money badly .- thus It raises tui.
tlon, goes coed, and cannot aft'ord to lose 1lhe suit against its
Federal aid on constitutional grounds. All around 111 Falrileld
County, fabulously wealthy enough to 6ll the caustic pa.s:es of
J. D. Salinger and the campaign colfers of Ric:hard NIxon Money
is available nearby at a certain price the Uni~~rsity PrKI.dent was
well aware of last spring when he challeDJ"ed the Student Govern­~
ent's reforms.
Our faculty .is berated otten; it will not be here. It Ia not
their fault that no plus or minus s:radea are used here, .. they
ougbt to be. But many faculty are, In fact, IlIn1'eJnal'bbJ dead­wood.:
the sort of l:narticulate prima donnas who bcJcged down any
c:bance the facul1;y bad to arbitrate last QIriDa's troub~. who are
P.,. m.
more interested in dispensing gradeB thaD kDaw1edKe, who ure
afraid or incapable of teachlng ~ere, where the ecmpetftl.an
is keener, the students more abraa!ve. At Fordham, virbIalIy hill
the student3 have Indexes of 3.0 or better; here, ooJy a fraetIm do.
When graduAte school beckons, our .tuden1B suffer; theirs do not.
The students are sick of being called "apathetic joclcI," aDd
we are aiek at saying tt. But suppose the studeDta were not 10
easily intimfdated here, 10 wary of radical atudentlJ, more diveni­6ed
In background? The system's lnequ1tiel would be docmed to
extinction.
Actually, the Class of 1973 Is entering at a very good. time.
Fairfield cannot get worse; your cluB could make tt a lot better.
Girls enter next year - a 6naDcIal booa to the school. a IOclaI
godsent to everyone else. Indeed, behavioral. adentIsts be1leYe
girls are more prone to political action (like aeiziDa bnllettnp) ­It
would Indeed be ironic if Fa1r6eld were eettmc more tbab. it
bargained for.
But no reform bas ever been enough before. .ADd bow doeI
one reform a feelJ.ng in one's soul that be is stuck in a D..i&b1Jnare
world. not to return to the real one unW it is too late?
Schimpf Releases
Policy Statement
TOWABD A BlitER 1I'AIRll"JELD
Fairil.eld University, as are all institutions of higher edueatlm
in the United States, Is Involved in a process of re-evaluatlon aDd
redefinition of Its role. The consenslU of the members of this Uni­versity
on the appropriate role of the institution Is emerging In a
new fonn. This new consensus regarding the operation of the Uni­versity
will result in basic changes in Fairfield as we know it
tnday.
These changes will, in part, meet the much needed reforms
in higher education. As a result of this emerging consensus higher
education will make a more meaningful contribution to students
and the community.
The challenge that faces higher education today Is, how ca
we best evaluate these changes, implementing the good and avoita­Ing
change for change sake alone.
Observers are quickly aware that the motivation for a new
consensus within the University has been supplied primarily by
the student body. The Division of Student services with its ~ncern
for student welfare. and for the welfare of this institution must.of
necessity be directly Involved In this process of an emerging-con­sensus.
With this understanding In mind, our goal for the year will be
to stimulate thought in the minds ol the students, members of the
faculty and administrative officers concerning the future of FaJr­field.
It is essential for the operation of a Unlvery.ity that a delinea­tion
of the role of that institution be understood and accepted by
the members of its community. The necessa...")' consensus will nOt
emerge quickly nor comfortably. but rather will bea slow, and at
times painful, process. The speed and dl.socmfort experienced i:D
arriving at this consensus will be a direct function of the sincerity
and good faith of all members of the academic community.
While we are examining our University and attempting
~h reason to Improve upon It. a SYStem of guide lines is neces­sary
to facilitate an ordered atmosphere conducive to the basic
functions of this institution. In an attempt. to provide Immediate
guidance, the general rules and regulations as they existed at the
end of the school year, 1968-69, will be In effect on a temporary
basis. I am requesting that the TrI PartIte Cound1 develop a ~
ced.ure for the continuing review and reevaluation of the guide
lines necessary for the opeMltlon of this community. With a firm
understanding of the problems that lJUch a review Involves, I am
requesting that the recommendations resulting tram the f!J'cft re­view
of our temporary guide Ilnes be presented to this olfict prior
to November 1.
The Division of Student Services 6nnly endorses the proposed
resid~ hall council. It Is hoped that this council may become
effective enough to allow the Resident Advisors to asswne a purely
advisory role, contributing their experience and providing a chan­nel
of communications between the student and his University.
Further, we are In complete agreement with the expressed
intent of the University to give the control of student funds to the
Student Government. We will continue the development of the
necessary safeguards to see this program realized.
Further areas for immediate study are:
- The establishment of a disciplinary system which will pro.
vide due process for the student.
- The examination of what Is to be substituted for "in loco
parentis" and how this wllJ aft'ect the individual student.
- 1be deveJopmeat at metbodl at Improved communicatiODl
between segments of the University Community.
- The effect that co-educatlon will have upon Fairfteld wftJ
emphasis upon what each segment of our community must do to
see true co-educatlon realized.
- The development of a proocedure to guarantee a hearln&
for the opinions and desires of each mIDorIty group within the
University Community.
All of the above must be acccmpUsbed within a relattvel1
short period of time. Delay or obstruction from any aqment wiD
result in a 1088 of the "good faith" 10 essential to the developmeut
of our conseMUS. There is wft'iclent time for deliberate ratkmaI
analysis of our problems. There is no time for delay. Each aegmeu(
of the University has its own time piece, aDd bopetuDy eacb ....
m-en-t has an appreclatIaD fc;r the time UDdard f1 every otbu
JHE STAG September 17. 1969
Music PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARS NAMED
•
Molloy High SChool, Jamaka,
New York, Mr. Gallo is enrolled
in a cooperative five-year en­gineering
program leading to a
Bachelor of Arts degree from
Fairfield University and a Ba­chelor
of Science degree from
the University of Connecticut
Mr. Marchlony will study in
a non-classical program leading
to a Bachelor 01 Arts degree.
He was graduated frm1 Arch­bishop
Steplnac High School,
White Plains, New York.
Mr. Bagara.zzI, from Bergen
Catholic High SChool, Oradell,
New Jersey, will pursue a Ba­chelor
of Science dep>ee in
physics.
Rev. George A. Gallarelll,
S.J., acting dean of admissions
at Fairlieid University, has an­nounced
the appointment of
three Presidential SCholarships
for the incoming freshman class
at'the university. The .recIpients
of the scholarships are Michael
W. Gallo, Stephen F. Marchlony
and James Bagarrazzl.
'[be Presidential Scholarships
were inltlated two years ago by
the Very Rev. William C. Mc­Innes,
5.J., president of Fair­field
Universlty, to provide aid
to outstanding students on a
national scale.
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The ulStrumental work, espe­cially
Furay's l2-string guitar,
is excellent, as are the vocals_
They recently stole the show at
the PavUiOIl in New York from
the headlining Chamben Br0­thers.
so perhaps their next aJ.
bum will hold more pn::m1Ie.
Of ,~
Nell Youna:. who has released
two albums since the B.S. split,
is a mystlea1 and elusive IlOna:·
writer. He went through a n0­ticeable
hardening process in
the period between the release
of his two waxings. 'The fragile
"If I Could Have Her Tonlghf'
from his ftrst effort is quite a
contrast to "Everybody Knows
This Is Nowhere," the blt:l.na
commentary on Los Angeles
found in his second record.
Although very diJlicult to
fatb<m, Young is a superb ~
poser anel gultarist and both his
a1bwns are well worth their
price. His voice is a personal
th1n,g like Bob Dylan'. or TIm
Hardin's. I like it, and eviden~
ly Young must be beginning to
realize the potential of his voice,
beeause he is currently re-mlx~
ing his lI:rst album to brin& out
the vocal track.
The fatl~ of the Bu1ralo Spring·
Jl.eld hQ taken some stranae
turns in the last few montha.
Youna: has Joined Crosby, SWls
and Nasb, although be a1Io
plans to continue recordlni by
himself. In additiOn, the or1&lnal
B.s. bass player Bruce Palmer
(Jim Messina replaced him) hal
joined U,e Il'OUP. Currentb'
there are rumors that they are
all going to split and re-form
the Buff.llo SprlngBeld once
again. MllYbe now they could
finally be recognized and appre­ciated
as llhe "super..group~' that
they were.
Rules must be clumlina, we
are in too much nt a dynamic
community to rema1b stat1e.
We also want to aee how we
can better' Ml'Ve the studentL
(e-tlrUled tram Pace I)
last year. However, aometime
between now and November 1
the tr:\·partlte body will review
all rules nnd we hope to have
a handbook published by that
time. I h,lve had a statement
exp~ this poliey mim~
Kl'&phed and it will be distrib-­uted
to all stUdents (Ed. Note­It
is also printed in this issue
of The St....) entitled '-rowards
A Better Fairfield:' This and
a copy of the rules as they
stood at the end of last year
wDl be Elven to every student.
Revisited
The talents of Steve Stills,
who is considered one of the
foremost roc k sonawrfters,
whine throughout this album.
Although he is not an overpow­ering
guitarist like Jiml Hen­drix,
he is just as pr06cient and
has also learned something
about playing guitar which Mr.
Hendrix never has - eootrol
Stills' compositions, especially
"Suite: Judy Blue Eyes," are
the highlight. of the album. All
his songs on this outlnJ: are
tinged with sadness, probably,
as a result of his recent abort­lived
romance with folk.goddess
Judy Collins. 1b1a !I deflnltely
not an album to be misled
Unfortunately, Poco did not
fare as well on their flrat at.
bum, although they did manage
to sound incredibly like the Buf­falo
Sprlng:fleld The' major
weakness seems to be th:lt
Riehle Furay simply doem't
have the depth to write all 12
songI for an album. The quality
of the music: is very Wleven, at
times It Is brilliant but orten it
ia borinl:.
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BLOW YOURSELF UP
By PAT LONG
It is a common occurrence in the human situation not to 8.ppreciate an entity
until it is lost to us. Such is the case of the Buffalo Springfield, a group who many
considered to be the finest American rock combine, which split-up because of lack
of public interest.
The talents ot the croup were
not exposed unW after they
broke up and spllntered--Steve
Stills joining Crosby. Stills and
Nasb, Richie Furay and Jbn
Messina formin&' Poco and Neil
Young per(ormJng on his CI'l¥Ir­and
now people are ftna1Jy a~
preciatlDg bow I'ood Buffalo
Springfl.eld was.
Il is easy to see why the C:all.
fomia-based band became 10
frustrated with the public's in­attention
when you compare
some of their classIcs like
"Bluebird" and "Broken Ar­row"
with some of the junk the
Beaties are currently paddllni'
81 music.
Of the splinter groups, Cr0s­by,
Stills and Nuh Is undoub~
edly the best. Their first album
surprised most people in that it
was non-electric and abnost
sounded llke a folk album. After
eetting over the initial shock.
however, the record was found
to be a gentle. enchanting and
captivating combination of the
senlus of former members of
the Byrds, the Bu1Jalo Spring·
field and the HoWet, respec>
tiveJy.
Soptemw 17, 1969 THE STAG
THE FLAME
By .108El'll VAI.ZBlO --
Announced
Weekend
Final Plans
For Father-Son
.ill " writi"9 for the
STAG ,..ri yur.
Lower level of Campus Center
3:30 ·p.m. today!
GIRLS!
News
Football
take the examinations. The
school systems and state depart..
ments of education which use
the examination results are des·
ignated In the Bunetin of Infor·
mation for candidates.
(ee-tbaaecl rr.-. Pap 8)
best players on olfense, hoping
to 1m any defensive gaps with
capable freshmen. The coach
expects to carry a good number
of frosh, and that is why he Is
very happy over the frash turn­out.
This upcom1ng year is a very
bnportant one for the club. 'Ibe
,team hopes to rebound trun lut
year's 1-6 record to at 1Nat .500.
Most likely It will surpass .500,
and w:lth just a UtOe bit of luck,
Coach O'Toole and President
Tom Mullaney hope to lead the
Stags to an upset win over the
number one football club in the
country - the Rams 01. !\rl).
ham.
Campus
TEST DATES FOR
NATIONAL TEACHER
EXAMINATIONS
ANNOUNCED
PRINCETON, New Jersey.
september 15. Conege seniors
preparing to teach school may
take the National Teacher Ex·
aminations on any of the four
different test dates announced
today by Educational Testing
Service, a nonprotit, educational
organization whIch prepares and
admInIsters this testing pro­gnun.
New dates for the testing of
prospective teachers are: Nov·
ember 8, 1969, and January 31,
April 4, and July 18, 1970. The
tests will be given at nearly 500
locations throughout the United
States, ETS satd.
Results of the National Teach­er
ExamInations are used by
many IBrie school districts u
one of several factors in the
selection of new teachers and
by several states fO(" certi1l.ca­tion
or lkensina: of teachers.
Some conere- also require all
aenlors prepuiDa to teach to
Good Times, Bad Times
Dynamite Or D....ter?
Bill Connolly, president of the Rugby Club last
year, predicted that the current batch of Red Ruggers
"should be dynamite." Don't bet on it. The roggers
may be in serious trouble as one of their stellar per­formers
will not return to school this semester due to
academic deficiencies. In addition to this glaring weak­ness,
the roggers will battle Manhattan twice in a truly
herculean schedule.
As interest in rugby has zenithed at Fairfield, the
football ran has all but vanished. Whereas the rugby
club is a very profital5Je one, the football organization
lacks a treasury. Furthermore, the gridders lack depth.
So as 600 freshmen attend their first claasfts today,
the football and rugby clubs will anxiously wait to see
if any frosh can lead them to glory overnight. The
ruggers will not have to worry about a big freshman
turnout. but for the football club a weak turnout could
spell its death. Football is on the way down at Fairfield
University. Rugby, though, is an established sport, a
successful one. Another bad season for the gridders
could be their last. Their only chance of survival here
rests with the class of 1973, but even that is a slim
one.
The referee took the ball and threw it up in the
air signifying the game's end. Car horns blared loudly.
The Red Ruggers had just upset the nationally third·
ranked Columbia Old Blues, 14-6. It was Homecoming
Weekend and for the Rugby Club their long-awaited
hour of glory had finally come. Players and fans alike
were caught in a frenzy of excitement and happiness.
Up the road, however, there was no JOY. The Fair­field
University Football Club was losing again, this
time to Iona, 7-0. Whereas the ruggers posted a 7·2
mark against outstanding competition, the gridders
won only one of seven games last Fall. It may prove
significant.
In the early sixties two separate groups of am·
bitious men formed the rugby and football clubs. One
would imagine that football should have flourished at
this Jesuit college, but it dido't. The Stag eleven has
posted only one winning season - 1967 - when they
were 4-2. On the other hand, the colorful roggers have
proven to be consistent winners. Last year they were
big winners as they entered their final Spring game
undefeated before being pasted by unbeaten Manhat­tan,
24-3.
Law Suit Recap
(Continued from Pare t)
a violation of the First Amend·
ment, while aid to others may
not.
A tentative date for trial In
the Federal District Court in
Hartford has been set for De­cember
I, 1969. It is expected
that the defeated party will peti­tion
that the case be brought
before the Supreme Court for
consideration. It is believed that
such a bearing would take place
during the October, 1970 lei­......
he must be subject ·to "its
shared nanns of social respon­sibility."
3. Parietal hours will be de.
cided by the Individual Resi­dence
Halls.
4. Alcohol shall be eonsumed
only In the students' rooms and
in areas designated by the Uni­versity
Council.
5. Dress shall not inhibit or
endanger the activity of the
community.
6. The Judiciary Rev i e w
Board should be endorsed by
the faculty as soon as possible.
7. A common place for the
consumption or alcohol be erect-­ed
at University expense (If
necessary).
8. Academic and disciplinary
records shall be kept separate.
The next session for the Coun·
ell has been temporarily set for
sept. 30. It Is here noted by
this reporter that the above
items, In the three realms of
social life, academic endeavor,
and strUctural arrangements of
the University Council, are only
recommendations. They will
only become reality when the
three representative constltuen·
des at the various Council rep­resentatives
have approved. at
them. Until then, the rules as
appear In the new and tem­porary
handbook will be in el·
feet
The following members of the
Council have been chosen to
serve for the duration of the
upcaning tenn: Faculty - Dr.
James Farnham chairman ofthe
English Department. Mr. Hany
Fishman, instructor of social·
ogy, Mr. Leo O'Connor, assist­ant
professor of English, and
Fr. Robert Vamerin, chairman
of the Chemistry Department;
Administration - Dr. John Ba·
rone, Vice·President 01 Unlver·
sity Planning, Dr. Vincent Mur­phy,
Assistant Dean at Aca­demics,
Mr. John Hickson, Di­rector
ot University Operations,
and Mr. WIlliam Schimpf, Dean
of Student services. Students­Mr.
John Harrington, '70. Mr.
DennIs Donovan. '70, Mr. James
Kiernan, '72, and Mr. George
Britton. '7l.
Tri-Partite Body
Considers Reforms
Now
The committee is looking for
any Individual, group, or class
Interested In performing at the
Variety Show. The College
Bowl, always one of the most
(CoaUllued from Pap 1)
be-tween faculty and adminis­tration
along the lines of the
A·B·C·D·E sysetm.
5. That In certain cases a fal>
ulty member, In conjunction
with the deparbnent head, could
exempt a student from the final
exam.
6. That the Academic Calen­dar
be scrutinized tor possible
revision.
The next seven Items were
also passed as recommendations
of the Council In the area of
the structure at the Council It­sell:
1. That the Body be called a
Tri·Partite senate.
2. That it will be a decision
making body with some areas
of responsibility yet to be de·
fined.
3. That each section have four
representatives on the senate,
each carrying one vote.
4. That it consider problems
brought to It by the three see-­tors
of the university.
5. The body will aet when
the ~ ariseS.
6. When a conflict arises be-­tween
segments of the Univer­sity,
the Senate will Identity
the area of responsibility, or
handle the problem itself if the
former Is not possible.
7. That the Council w:l1l seek
adequate representation on the
Board of Trustees.
The Sunday session was de.
voted entirely to the question
of the Social Code. The pro­ceeding
8 paraphrased recom­mendations
were passed by the
Council:
1. Respect and responsibilities
towards others is the primary
motivation behind all commun·
Ity action.
2. That when a person Is
deemed to be a representative
of the University community,
Stag Office
Join
hUler·Son Weekead UNJ9
will be held GO October 18 and
19. nu. &IlDual event. spouor·
ed by the Fatben' CoUllCll. pro­vIdee
Fa1J1I.eld fMben a chance
&0 umple In* band blI _'S
ea.v1r'oIlmeot at N'hooL
IDvttatioll EsWlIlded
Student co-chalnnen Joseph
R. KraJci. '70 and Thomas E.
Dyblck. '70 extended an invita­tion
to all to attend the week­end.
Details about the weekend
will be forthcoming in a letter
to the fathers later this month.
Registration will be held Sat·
urday in the CampU1l Center
Mezzanine at 9 a.m. FoIlowing
w;ill be the business meeting
with guest speaker Dean of Stu­dent
services W UII amP.
Schimpf, At 11:50 lecture of­ferings
with (aculty members
representing the d1JI'erent de­partments
will be held.
F..-oo-
The aftemoora'$ activities will
begin at 1 p.m. with a buffet
luncheon followed by a battle
between the Stag football team
and St. Peter's College at
AlunuU Field. For rugby fans
a contest will be provided on
Lt. Grauert Fjeld.
At 4:30 p.m. in the Oak Room
a College Bowl will take place
pitting fathers against sons in
an intellectual bout of quick
thinking and response:. There is
a possibility of lnter-class com­petition
to detenniite student
contestants (looking torwa.rd to
Falrfleld's once again placing
a team in national television
competition.)
Banquet DlnDer
After a short break a banquet
dinner w:lll be held In the stu·
dent dining room. Presentation
of various awards to the out.
standing athletes of the after·
noon and to the falhers who
have traveled the greatest dJs..
tances to attend the weekend
will then take place. A Variety
Show featuring the Glee Cub's
Campus Minstrels and any oth·
er Interested participants will
bring Saturday's activities to a
conclusion.
Father. William C. McInnes,
S.J., President, w:l1I speak at
the Communion Breakfast ·fol·
lowing Sunday's mass In the
Oak Room at 9 a.m.
Experienced Stag Ruggers
Seek Unbeaten Campaign
UP TIGHT: Red RUClers ba.tt1e VWanova WUdeats for ball durlnr·a Uno-out in IMt Fall'. battle.
Crowley have graduated, the
backfield will again be powerful.
Steve Ryan, Curt Schllcting, Pat
Burke, Bill Geraghty, Fatty
Maher, Joe Sindt and sophl>
more Chris Galvin all saw c0n­siderable
action on the "B"
squad and varsity last year.
Even though they will play a
very strong schedule of eight
games, a winning season for
the Red Ruggen seems all but
..,ured.
Stron, Turnou'
Joining the 17 veterans are a
few upperclassmen who are try_
ing out for the team for the
drst time. Coach O'Toole has
been very pleased with these
newcomers whom he feels can
and will help the club immense­ly.
Also, Mr. OToole' was de­lighted
with the turnout of over
50 freshmen.
O'Toole has been using his
(CoDUnued OIl Pap 1)
and defensive lines are Tom Rc>
sental and Tom Hlldenband
Both of these men are two year
veterans who have been playing
full 60 minute games since the
middle of last season. Enough
cannot be said about the endur­ance
and desire of both these
boys on the gridiron.
The leader of the Stags on
the field is soph Quarterback
Frank Schultz. He took over
the reins as a freshman. With
already a year's experience be­hind
him, Frank should prove
tQ be one of the outstanding
club football team Quarterbacks
around His exceptionally stroDg
ann and his extremely cool d.i.s­position
under fire should lead
the Stags to a successful sea­,
on.
Although standouts like Steve
carre, BUly Connolly and Tom
from last year's 7-2 club return
for their final year of action.
Long-haired Frank Santull, a
senior, will again team with Q.
Murphy, P. T. Salomone, Tcm
Krenn, Brian Hanlon, Chuck
Dombeck: and Mondo Flanagan
in ·the powerful serum. It win
be their job to generate the of­(
ensive machine.
school's history. Co-c:aptain Don
McInerney Is the only return­ing
halfback.
Goalie Gary Dayon and J O!
Driscoll, a reserve, return to
the nets from last (all. Dayon
allowed an average of two goals
per game while posting three
shutbuts.
Coach Kuhlman expects sev­eral
freshmen and sophomores
to crack the varsity line-up.
This year (or the first time
freshmen are allowed to com­pete
in varsity athletics. This
new NCAA ruling could hurt
the Stags for they don't have a
strong recruJting program.
The 14-game schedule will be­gin
sept 'Z1 at Fordham. Fair­tield
will play only f1.ve games
at home.
they will now be entering their
fourth season as Stag Irorunen.
Mike is a first rate defensive
halfback while John can play
either fullback and/or lineback.
Most likely these men will go
both ways.
The core of the Stag offensive
Lettermen Lead
Soccer Combine
Coach Football Team;
Faces Critical Season
By MICHAEL LEARY
The llOC..'Cer team has high
hopes ot improving on last
year's 7~ mark. Coach Jim
Kuhlman is welcoming back
seven starters, so the !WCCer
outlook is very bright.
High scorers Tim Roa~h and
MIl~e Foley, along with deten­sive.
stars Tom Moylan and Tim
Hill have graduated. Counted Oil
to pick up the offensive slac.k
are Roland Corbin, Dan Wilcox.
Jim Loring, Jim Higgins, and
Joe Nagy.
Last year's high scorer, j~
ior Jack Monahan and co eap­taln
Buzz Kowaluek will lead
the team in their drive (,)r an­other
winning season. Last
year's 7-6 record was the 6rst
wtnnIn&: season in the Jesuit
14-5. Thi.'! year the ruggers have
again set as their primary goal
an undel'eated season. Vaunted
Manhatton. who nipped the
Stags 3-0 last Fall, will do bat­tle
with Fairfield twice and they
should win at least one of the
games.
Still many observers think
this will be the finest squad
ever assembled. at the C0nnec­ticut
college. several starters
Returning
Optimistic
hard in preparing the gridders
tor the Fordham club.
Of the returning veterans,
John Morjarlty and Mike Kene­fick
have been chosen as co­captains.
Both Moriarity and
Kenefick have been with the
club since its initiation, and
To
Baseball
By JOSEPH VALERIO
Sports Editor
The Fairfield Rugby Football
Club will open Its Fall season
Sunday, sept. 28 against Ford­ham
University at Marymount.
The Red Ruggers proved
themselves to be one ot the
East's most highly regarded
teamll last year as they ruined
Villanova's unbeaten season,
6-3, and stunned nationally
thlrd·ranked Colwnbla Old mue,
great potential" Under the new
NCAA rule freshmen may par­ticipate
in varsity baseball, and
more than 30 freshmen will be
'fighting for spots on the team.
The new NCAA rule accord­Ing
to Coach Cook will strength­en
our team by letting us put
our best plaYers on the field
regardless of age.. Because of
this new rule Falrfteld has
dropped Its frash program in
baseball.
Practice begins on Thursday
for the varsity with the ftrSt
Fall game set for Sept. 23
against New Haven. The Fall
schedule includes four double­headers
and a triple header in
the New Haven tourney with
such powers as St John's.
Springfield, and L.I.U.
By GARY MARZOLLA
The Fairfteld University foot­ball
team, which is now enter­ing
its fourth season, has been
practicing since September 3rd
(or their season opener against
Fordham Saturday, September
Z7th.
Returning to the ::IQuad are
17 veterans who, of course, will
provide the core ot the Stag
eleven. Joining the club this
year, though, is a new coach
and a new assistant coach. Law­rence
O'Toole, who resides in
Bridgeport and who had previ­ously
taught math courses at
Fairfl.eld Prep, comes to coach
the Stags after a number of
years' experience as· an assist­ant
coach at the Prep. O'Toole,
though, has left his teaching
job at the Prep in order to de­vote
all of his time and efforts
toward the Stag eleven.
Murphy b AAiatant
The new assistant coach for
the club is J. Murphy, who
comes here to Falrfield after
nllUlY years' experience in oper­ating
and coaching a Pop War­ner
League in the Norwalk
area. 80th O'Toole and Murphy
have been workina exceptionally
Club Eleven
O'Toole
SPORTS
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age 8, September 17, 196
Fairfield
Sophomore Jim McGintee, a
freshman phenom with an e~
ed run average for the trosh of
well under one, is expected to
play a vital role. Another pitch­er,
Hank Dumphrey, is descri~
ed by the eo-captains u ''bavin&' .
To Begin New Era
By DON SOHMIDT
'''n1e end at an era," said
Don Cook.
This expression more than any
other signlftes the outlook for
the Fairfield nine this year.
After many long losing seasons
baseball here at Falrfteld looks
like it will finally turn ·the cor­ner
and become a winner.
Why should a team that fin·
ishes last year with 10 wins
against 13 losses, and losing
ballplayers of the caliber of Bill
Granata, Bob GIusti. Skip Bol­ger,
and Ed Hock be expected
. to suddenly become a Winner '!'
As Coach Cook pointed out the
Stags defeated many excellent
teams such as Fordham, Boston
College, Manhattan, Tampa Rol­lins
College, L.I.U. and all
of this with an injury riddled
leom.
This year the team has 11
returning lettermen led by Stan
Norman, and Bob Gibson, Cl>
captains. Great things are ex­pected
bun Tom Finch, last
years sta.rting catcher, who
performed excellently in Cape
Cod. Another of the team's top
players is veteran shortstop Ed
Wargo, who should be even bet­ter
this year. Also expected to
produce is co-captain Stan Nor­man,
,the starting centertle1der.
Norman, during the span of two
games (Southern Conn. and
Sacred Heart) went 7 for 7,
hopefully Cook can expect more
of the same this year.
The major cause of optimism
for this year's baseball team is
the depth of pitching on the
team. The mound staa, led by
Senior co-captain Bob Gibson,
should be vasUy improved over
last year's corp. Gibson, who
was ailing most of last year, is
sound for this campaign and
that can only be a plus. Jim
Tully, a southpaw, is expected
to improve on his 54 record of
last year, and should be a better
pitcher with an additional year
of experience.